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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-02-11
FARM NOTES.

The best site for a poultry house is
an elevated one, but where that is not
at hand the ground should be spaded
or plowed, and the earth throwR to-
ward the center. A frame, say 10x12
will accommodate a dozen hens and a
cock nicely. We prefer an earthern
floor, as it is cheaper and healthier
than any other. And it should be
raised to the top of the under-priming
with dry road dust, loan and sand,
and rene wed occasionally.
1t is not so much what bushel Of
corn may be worth on the farm as
portant. When converted into beef,
butter, lard or pork, it is not only
more easily transported, but also more
readily salable. In the conversion of
corn INTO concentrated Or higher plac-
ed products, manurial matter Is left
on the farm, instead of being carried
away, as would be the case of the
corn were sold in its grain on the
farm.
Onion seed may be sown very early
in the spring, as soon as the ground
can be placed In condition to receive
it in this preparation of the ground
it pays to take great pains. After
blowing, it should be furrowed, rolled
and narrowed again, uatil 1t is thorO-
ughly pulverized, then raked clean of
sticks, stones and Jumps of earth. AS
thus prepared, the drill-if a good
one-wlll SOW the seed evenly, the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-02-11
FURNITURE POLISH.
The ENTERPRISE Of Dakota

The sharpest dodge in the real
estate business comes from Dakota,
the land of handsome women" The
town of Dunlsith have offered $500
and town lot to the first baby born
within It's limits. lady living some
200 miles distant went over, gave
birth to bouncing boy, poeketed her
$500 and the deed for the town lot,
and finished up the entire transaction
in less than forty weight hours Let
cor gressmen who are trying to keep
Dakota out in the cold take note OF
the snap and energy and enterprise OF
the people up IN that Territory, and
come to a realizing sense of their
mistake.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-02-11
American Cultivator.

All culture Of pot plants, whether
IN rooms or greenhouse, depends in
great measure for it's success on how
TO water properly. Everything is
simple after that. The oftener plants
want water the healthier they will be,
but TO give them water when they do
not need ii, is extremely bad practice.
The drainage, that is to say, tina ma
terial over the hole at the bottom of
the pot, is in order to help carry water
rapidly away.
It seldom hurts plant to give it q
great deal of water, provided it runs
rapidly through the pot and away
through the hole in the bottom.
Therefore, if you give a plant water
in some quantity and it does not run
rapidly, be assured there is something
wrong with the drainage. We must
always watch very carefully when
the plant is dry before again watering
It.
The best plan is to turn the pot up
side down, and knock the edge against
a post, letting the ball fall into the
left hand. Examine the bottom of
the ball and take away whatever may
obstruct the waters passage, and then
return it to the same pot. It is impos-
sible to give plant too much water
when the water passes away rapidly
through the soil and through the hole
in the bottom of the pot.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-02-11
Cows VS.. Hen.
Iowa Homestead.

We asked the price of butter and
eggs at store in Winterset the other
evening and were told that butter
was from to Is cents per pound and
eggsY15 per dozenthat is, the speckled
hen brings la dozen eggs and trades
them for one pound of the best farm
er's butter in Madison county.
Which has made the most of their
transaction, the farmers COW or the
farmers hen2 Or, to put it in other
words, which cost the most, or upon
which does the farmer make the
most2
It's a very good cow that will aver.
age pound day, and its good two
dozen hens that will average q dozen
eggs a day, Now does the farmer
make the most from his cow or his
two dozen hens? The hens, with a
good sized cock thrown in to wake the
farmer up in the morning, cost one
tenth that the cow costs. Their shell
ter costs less. They eat the grass
hopper, while the cow eats the grass.
They skirmish for themselves in the
winter Or sit on the sunny side of the
straw stack. while COWS solve the
problem: Which is the worst, flies
in August or billiards in January9
But its more fun to gather egg than
to milk. It is easier to feed the chick
ems than to feed the calf. It's no trouble
to hunt eggs even in December, but
their is grief whea the butter won't
come. We remember, long ago,
that the new hens nest or the hens
new nest was more gratifying to us
than the dash churn.
If our farmers will make batter to
sell at or 10 cents, had they better
not interview the speckled hen and
call on the lineal descendants Of the
cock that convicted Peter of the cow
ardice, and see if they can't teach
them some lessons in political ecan-
omy, or the best way of making
money!
And then there is another side OF
the matter. They should allow the
Yankee hen to supply the home mar
ket and not import the eggs of toe
German hen. If Bismarck won't take
our pork. why should we take his hen
Fruit The speckled hen Will
settle that without an act of con-
gress if the granger will get ready
warm place for her spring chickens,
and feed them with food suitable for
them and q pile of sand for them to
scratch over. and sprinkle her house
with sui phuric acid diluted with forty
parts of water.
Since people in the city will eat
katherine let them have 1t so. Let the
calf do the milking and look after the
hen and save yourself grief and your
wife vexation. Get over the nonsense
that the chicken business is too small
for you Don't despise the speckled
hen, and don't go back on the cow
that will raise you calf worth $40
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-02-11
She Did Not Write Poetry.
Texas SiftingS

.~-I6xaS SuEnSS.
Judge Dusenb berry took tea at the
Skyes mansion on Fifth avenue one
night last week. Conversing with
Miss Skyes, Judge Dusenberry remark
ed: 81 am delig hted, Miss Skyes, with
the poetry of your friend, Miss Skim
merhorn, but, of course, you yourself
don't write poetry" How do you
know 1 don't write poetry2" replied
Miss Skyes, somewhat piqued, for she
has written a number of poems for
publication. II know you are not a
poetess because, as a rule, all ladies
who write poetry are very homely.''
"You are vuite right, Judge Duseu-
berry," replied Miss Skyes. with great
dignity, ''the cares of the household
preclude me from cultivating the
muses., even if were ever so much dis.
posed to do So"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-02-11
GIandered Horses
WASHINGTON Star,

Mr.. Mickey, the agent Of the HUI
name Society, in the discharge of his
duties, has had his attention called to
the growing prevalence OF the disease
known as CHAMBERS among horses in
this District. He is of the opinion
from what he has observed and learn
sd during the past year and half,
that there are quite a large number of
cases In the city and district, aud says
that owners Of horses, especially those
having colds, should take immediate
steps to have them cured. When the
animals have any complaint, especial
Iy OF the nature of running cold in
the nostrils, they are more likely to
take the CHAMBERS. It is almost i'm
possible, he says, to avoid coming in
contact with horses having this dis-
ease, because IN many instances the
owners are not aware that the ami
mails are afflicted with CHAMBERS, In
the worst stages a yellowish matter
flows from the nOstrils, but the
swelliHg of the glands, from which
the disease is named, can be detected
by passing the hand along the throat
of the animal. The disease, he SAYS,
is incurable, and the only thing to be
done is to shoot the animal This
NAV be considered rather heroic
treatment, but al! men of experience
with horses would rather suffer even
the loss of valuable animal than to
run the risk of having the disease
communicated to other horses. The
contagious nature of this disease is
not alone confined to horses in the
same stable and feeding from adjoin-
ing boxes, but there have been in
stances where horse coming in con
tact with glandered horse Oh the
street has caught the disease. This is
especially true of horse which has a
ruaning cold in the head. Mr.. Key
has had a number of glandered horses
shot, and whenever he hears of a case
of this kind he notifies the owners to
take measures to have the animal $50
lated, and when it is demonstrated
beyond a doubt that it has the disease
he advises that it be killed at once.
There were one Or two cares or this
kind among the horses used il the
work on the reservoir extension dur
ing the last spring, and also several
III private stables. Mr.. Key is of the
opinion that the disease is more pre-
valent in the northwestern portion of
the city. The actual extent Of it he
does not know, but he thinks that
there may be 100 cases at present ia
the District. He finds that very often
horses with this disease have their
nostrils stopped up and are then sold j;
the diseased animal in this way pass
ing from one owner to another, and
all the time spreading the contagion
of the disease.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-02-11
FARM, HONE AND GARDEN.
THE FORSAKEN FARM HOUSE
j. G. WHITTIER, IN THE ATLANTIC.

Against the wooden hills it stands.
Ghost of a dead home staring through
Its broken lights on wasted lands
Where old time harvests grew.
Unplo Ensewn, by scythe unshorn.
The poer torsaken farm fields lie,
Once rich and rife with golden corn
And pale green breadths of rye,
OF healthful herb and flower bereft.
The garden plot no housewife keeps;
Through weeds and tangle only left
The snake, its tenant creeps.
A lilac spray, once blossom clad,
Sway bare before the empty rooms:
Beside the roofless porch a sad,
Pathetic red rose blooms
His track, in mold and dust and drouth.
On floor and hearth the squirrel leaves
And in the fireless chimney mouth
His web the spider weaves.
The leaning barn about to fall
Resounds no more on husking ewes;
No cattle low in yard or stall,
No thresher beats his sheaves.
So sad, SO dearl 1t seems almost
Some haunting Presence makes its sign;
That down yon shadow lane some ghost
Might drive his spectral kline!
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-02-11

became too strong to be resisted, and
Maud Leavenworth's hope of her hus-
bands reformation vanished like the
morning dew. He lost his place, and
her earnings were insufficient TO meet
their demands.
One day carriage stopped at their
door, splendid equipage, and from it
descended lady elegantly clad. She
rang the bell. and Maud Leavenworth,
with strange futtering at her heart,
opened the door.
A glance and then the two women
were clasped in each others arms, for
the lady was the wife of Philip Arg
yle, the great architect, and M aud's
sister.
Only six years since Ruth had left
her fathers house to wed poor mech
anic. Disinherited because she chose
to become the wife of man who
toiled, and bringing disgrace, in the
estimation of her father and bringing
upon their aristocratic name and
standing.
There had been no communication
betweenEthem.. Ruth had been thought
of SIS one dead, and-behold the
meetingl
Maud had married rich man, had
lived in princely style, but the tickle
wheel of fortune had reversed their
positions.
Ruth Argyle's husband had be-
come one of the most famous archi-
teets of the day, and his wife, Ruth
might be. if she chose, q leader in
society, while Maud Leavenworth,
who could not think of associating
with the wife of a poor mechanic,
now toiled for her daily bread, and
to her Philip Argyle's wife had come,
to engage her as a seamstress for her
family.
The meeting was a scene full of sad
and tender pathos, for Ruth had no
feeling of citation over her own good
fortune; she was thankful for her hap
piness, but her sympathy for her sister
was profound, and she insisted upon
taking her to her own home, but Maud
would not leave Arthur.
For better or worse, Ruthie," she
said at parting, Though It's all worse,
but [ shall stay with him"
And she did; but not long, for death
freed him from the shackles that be
had weakly and vainly tried. to shake
off. It was death caused by his ex-
cesses. and Maud Leavenworth was
free; but it was sad-hearted woman
who, after the lapse of four years, re-
turned to her fathers house.
Rath accompanied her at the urg
ent entreaty of her father, who had
long mourned over his unkindness to
her, and with her went her two beau
tiful children, the joy and pride of
their parents hearts, the jewels of
their household. They awakened the
tender affection of the old mans
heart, and when he came to know
Ruth's husband he was forced to &C
knowledge that worth, rather than
riches, makes the true man.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-02-11
Wonderful that he Wantet to Work

CaIfornIa Mayerick. -
A man walked up to Person, of the
Baldwin, and accosted hin:
II hear you want porter"
eyes. Can you works"
II guess / can. Amt I big enough
to works" 3
pretty hard job here. What have
you been doing,at your last placer"
Nothing. I was a. policeman.
"A policeman! and you want to
work! Here, Sam, ring the call for
two policemen and an ambulance.
Here's an ESCAPED lunatic. .
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-02-11
HOUSEHOLD RECIPES.

TO FRESHEN STALE BREAD OR ROLLS,
Wrap in a cloth and steam for ten
or fifteen minutes in steamer. Then
dry IN the oven. Rolls or biscuit NAV
have the top crust wet with a little
melted butter, and then brown mn
ute after steaming.
APPLE PUDDING.
A new way to make an apple pu6-
ding is to make batter of -four, sweet
milk and one egg, with baking DOW
der in proper proportions; pare and
core six tart apples, stew them In a
little water Until they are unite soft,
then beat the apples into the batter.
This is to be baked In a buttered
earthern pie plate; it should be deep
plate; this is to be eaten with cream
and sugar, Or if cream is an impossi
bility use butter instead.
FIG SAUCE.
Soak the figs in water, or better
still, IN little sour cider, all night.
Then boil them gently until tender.
Just before taking them from the fire
add sugar to the taste, and the Juice
of q couple Of lemons to prevent the
sauce from tasting insipid.
CARROT ENTREE,
Scrape ten small carrots and put in
q saucepan with three ounces OF but
ter. Let them simmer gently, when
they have cooked for fifteen minues.
add some salt and pepper, small
onion and a teaspoonful of parsley
chopped hne. When the carrots are
tender drain the butter from them
and serve hot. Serve with roast
beef.
ENTREE FOR ROAST PORK.
Peel as many potatoes as will cover
the bottom of big pie-pan. Sprinkle
a half teaspoonful of dried sage over
them. Cut an onion in thin sllces
and spread them over this. Add salt
and pepper and Jumps of butter.
Cover the bottom Of the dish with
water or nailk, and bake in moder-
ate oven.
FURNITURE POLISH.
An excellent furniture polish that
will keep for any length of time is
made By this receipt: One ounce Of
white wax, one ounce OF yellow wax,
one-half ounce of white soap and one
pint of boiling water. Melt all to
gether III sauce pan over the fire,
and pour into g bottle. Apply it by
rubbing little on small space with a
cloth of any kind, run with d second
cloth and polish with a third. The
economical housekeeper may have her
furniture nicely polished at trifing
expense.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-02-11
1t Will Be Spread Thin
Texas Siftings.

All the justice that Ireland will get
from England will not amount to
much if it is voluntarily given. II
will be smeared as thin as the butter
is on the bread in the Fizzletop family.
"Jonny. do you want butter on your
bread?' asked Mrs. Fizz letop. "Just
suit yourself ma. You spread it so
thin that I don't get the bad taste of it
in my mouth, anyhow.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-02-11

The Star reporter who talked with
Mr.. Key ON this subject suggested
that the public drinking basins might
be the means of transmitting the dis
ease, but Mr. Key said that it had
been his experience that when the
germs OF disease were taken into the
stomach the contagion was less likely
to spread than when it entered the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-02-11

A single locomotive recently drew
14i cars In single train across Lou
isiana at an average of 10 miles an
hour.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-02-11

If every inhabitant of the country
gets his share of the years grain crop
he will have to consume or waste
fifty-three bushels.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-02-11

blood through a cut Or when they
found their way into the lungs and
thus affected the blood
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-06-11
nEws OF rHE moRNINe.

FoREIGN-A mule attacked with tsiro-
phobia caused great excitement in AVignon,
France. Queen Victoria has consented
that Parliament be dissolved King
ludwig OK Bavaria has been declared in
sane, and Prince Luitpold, his uncle,
has assumed the Regency. Silver in
London, 45d; sCensols, 1921; 4s, 1881 As,
1873.
EAsTEEN.-Matt Arnold. @ noted des-
perado, has been killed near Sierra Blanca,
Tex. while resisting arrest. The printers
OF the United States propose 10 establish a
Home for the Graft III Philadelphia.
....Troubadour won the CRY and Suburban
stakes at Shecpshead Bay AT st. Louis
the Charles Green stakes were captured by
Haggins Ben ALI. Government bonds
are quoted in New York 1T 126 for As OF
1907; liz for Ais; 101 for 3s; sterling,
"a S74@4 S9l; silver bars, 9Sg.
WAsHINGToN.-The Congress of Work
mems Clubs prays for the establishment OF
postoffice savings banks, The President
at Petaluma-....The nomination of Posey
5. Wilson. 10 be Asssyer of the Mint at
Denver, Col, has been rejected by the
Senate
Pacific CoAsT.-Anfhony Fox met with
a horrible death at Virginia, Nev......A Ere
at the Chico race track destroyed the grand
stand, eating house, stables and three
horses,-...A fire near Fresno caused a loss
of $4,000. The sudden death of j. C.
Warren, an old resident, is announced
from Redwood City,. Ex-Mayor S. z.
Clark, of Santa Rosa, is dead
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-06-11
California Wines.

Charles A. Wetmore, the Chief Executive
Viticultural Officer of the California State
Board of Viticulture, and f. Pohndortf,
were present at the meeting of the council
of the Wine and Spirit Traders Society on
the 10th inst.
The main objects of Mr.. Wetmore's pres
ence in the East were stated in our last
issue. These were discussed by Mr. Wet
more and the council, and it was shown
that the views of the society regarding the
points at issue were practically the same as
his.
Mr.. Wetmore showed some exceedingly
interesting samples of California wines.
None of them were entirely free from the
usual faults of these wines, but they showed
a marked improvement upon the samples
that have hitherto been shown here, and it
was generally agreed by the members of
the council present that the products of
California vineyards will soon prove them
selves formidable competitors to some Of
the European vintages.
The samples were of young wines that
are as yet produced in only very small
quantities, but Mr. Wetmore informs us
that the State will very soon be able to
produce sufficient quantity of these grades
to make mark upon the markets of the
world. He does not, however. look to
foreign markets for a large consumption,
but expects to inculcate habits among our
people that will make the demand for
drinkable wines quite large enough to carry
off the total production. There is ample
room for this, for if our people drank as
much per capita as is consumed in the
Herault, the present annual wine produc-
ton of the country would barely suffice for
two days consumption.
Mr.. Wetmore informed the Council that
cuttings of vine would produce nearly the
same wine wherever planted, and hence he
expects in the course of a very few years to
produce wines in California well up to the
better growths Of the Gironde and the
Rheingau.
His remarks were very interesting and
instructive, and although we cannot en-
tirely agree with him in all his views, we
think that the course he is pursuing is the
best that can be taken under the circum-
stances. His efforts cannot fail to result in
doing an immense deal of good to the
cause of American wines, and we assure
him of our hearty support in his efforts.
The braldies that he showed elected
from the gentlemen present still more
unqualified appreciation than did the wines.
Vine and Spirit Circular
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-06-11
GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION.

Action by Government" was what
was demanded in the river destruction
debate long ago. 1t was for governmental
interference thai the RsscoRD-UNIoS so
long pleaded 1t has been decided by the
United States Attorney-Geaeral that the
Secretary of War could not bring an action
TO prevent the dumping of debris into the
nayigable streams; but the same officer
also decided that information in ehaneery
could be filed, or legislation had, 10 stop
the filling mp of the California rivers by
artificial processes. The people do not
care fig what department takes action,
nor Just what legal method is invoked, so
long as governmental interference in some
form is made to stop the destruction Of the
navigable streams in this State. 1t may
now be taken as settled that the Govern.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-06-11

He KNEW JIM.-The landing of large
number of Cinnamon from China steamer
usually develops many amusing incidents,
and there was no exception to the general
rule yesterday, when the heather were be-
ing taken off the steamship Oceanic, which
brought 839 of the bias-eyed individuals to
this port During the afternoon Surveyor
Tinnin, as is customary with him, was sit
ting at table by the gangplank, scrutiniz-
ing each certificate closely, and questioning
the applicant regarding his knowledge of
this country. Presently, a greasy, fat,
round-faced Monaghan was yanked out Of
the crowd in the pen by a burly sailor and
brought in front of the Surveyor, who was
examining the fellows certificate, which
set forth that the applicant was from Mr..
Tinnins own TOWN. eaverville. The
heather stood cycling the Surveyor for sew
eral minutes, as if greatly perplexed, and
then as some one mentioned the name
" Weaverville, broad smile broke out
around his mouth and scattered over his
dusIy features Then, putting his hands
on his knees, he peered into the officials
face and cried out loud enough to have
been heard block: " Oh, me heap shabby
you; you Jim Tinnin, - Weaver. You
shabby network for All Tong?" The
Surveyor joined in the general laugh that
resulted, and the heather that knew jim
Tinnin was landed.-S. Y. Post, June 10th.