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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-18
"Dirty Dicks"
From the New York Star ]

From the New York Star
George Wickham, the brother CT ex.
Mayor Wickham, who has just re-
turned from Europe and dazzled the
other diamond merchants with the
splendor of his impor5ations, describes
an eccentric establishment in Shore
ditch, London, known as "Dirty
Dicks" The original proprietor
would not have the spiders disturbed
nor the floor swept, and was initiated
by chop house in Thames Street,
New York. But he had other pecul.
iarities which are observed by
his successor. No person could
be served twice at his bar
on the same day. Ways, who tried to
deceive the landlord by walking out
and then coming back through another
door with their coat collars turned up
and their hats tipped over their eyes,
discovered that the bar-keeper was
keen enough to detect them, and that
the rule was infexible. All drinks
were the same price. For threepence
you might take glass OF ale, of gin, of
brandy or of champagne. The queer
tavern in street of London which
corresponds to our Bowery, was the
first place in which champagne was
sold by the glass. AS patent corks were
not yet invented, the cranky propri-
etor preferred to spoil a whole pint of
wine rather than violate his OWL regu-
lat1on about prices.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-18

was cut in half-inch lengths by horse
power, and after being packed solid, it
was covered with short boards FIVE
feet long, weighted with eighteen inches
OF dirt. The ensilage kept nicely, and
my cattle preferred it to hay, although
| fed some hay with it. When using it
removed one length of boards at q
time, cutting the ensilage down, and
not removing the covering from the
balance until ready for use. The dirt
as removed, being perfectly dry, made
an excellent absorbent for use under
my cattle.
There are a number OF farmers in
this vicinity who intend building silos
this year. l can only wonder that the
practice is not more generally followed,
as it presents a very much cheaper
method, and one equally as good for
wintering stock as compared with any
of the old methods.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-18
Forty Years Ago.

from the Port Deposit (Md.) CALI
There was time to live.
Men slept yet in their beds.
The epoch of haste had not come.
The saddle was the emblem of speed.
Drawn and brains went hand In
hand.
We were still a nation of handwork-
ers.
A days journey was serious mat
ter.
The highways were dusty and popu-
lous.
No house contained g. sewing-ma-
chine.
The canvas-covered wagon was the
ark of trade.
The turnpike was still the great ar
terry of trade.
There was not a mower or harvester
in existence.
The land was lighted with candles
after night-fall.'
Butter was unmarketable 100 miles
from the dairy.
The steam saw-mill had just begun
to devour the forest.
The lord of a thousand acres sat
with his harvester at dinner.
The day began with the dawn and
not with the trains arrival.
The spinning-wheel and shuttle
sounded in every farmers house.
He who counted his possessions by
the square mile kept open house for
the wayfarer.
The telegraph had begun in Wash
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-18

the house and rested. When we came
out the sight of that beast attached
to low phaeton made us feel that
our labor was thrown away. He
looked higher than ever. He was
monstrous. He would have looked
tall in q T-cart or an omnibus. When
we sat down and Itook the reins, thew
came to me from such height and
descended SO far before they reached
the little dashboard that I was
ashamed.
I think we had sufficient reason for
putting Jacob to pasture. He tum-
bles down walls and fences, but we are
in comparative peace. When Mrs.
Fletcher reached Liverpool she wrote
that she hoped that we were enjoying
that dear horse and she knew we
should be kind to him. She felt per
fectly easy about him.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-18
Superstition in New York.
[From the New York STAR

On the upper part of Broadway is a
humpbacked italian bootblack, who,
although he dresses poorly, and will
give you a patent leather shine for 5
cents, has accumulated an ample for
tune by his deformity and the super
stition of his customers. If you
watch him at work you will see the
person whose boots are being polished
lean over slyly and touch the hump
with the tips Of his fingers. Light as
is the touch, the bootblack feels it,
looks up grimly, and is silenced by q
quarter or half a dollar. That touch
Of the hump is supposed to bring
good luck to gamblers, stock brokers,
business men and holders of lottery
tickets. Sometimes when the super
stition is verified by a coincidence the
customer gives the bootblack SIS or
$40 bill out of the profits, and then
the magic touch is repeated more
openly. I know of a theatrical man
ager who keeps a humpbackin his en-
ploy to bring him good fortune by
this touch. Many otherwise sensible
spectators never 60 down town with
any confidence in their operations un-
less they have touched the old Italian
in the morning.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-18
Nearly Buried Alive.
From the Montreal Star [

IRON CQ6 montreal start
The Rev. Father Smith, of Brooklyn,
q member of the Dominican order, has
had two very peculiar trance expert
ences. They are thus narrated by
him:
81 am suffering from g. malady
which weakens me greatly. But never
did 1t cause me to enter into trance
before, except once in Italy. Fol sew
eral hours l was believed dead, and it
was only when the chapelle ardente
was being prepared that awoke. In
Brooklyn the trance began in the same
manner. had been ailing for several
days. One evening when ] was lying
on my couch I suddenly felt a great
weakness creeping over me. tried to
callfor help. My mouth refused to ar
ticuiate any sound. A moment after
/ had entered into q trance like the one
l had had in Italy. When my friends
came into my room they found me
pale and motionless. They felt my
heart, but it's pulsations could not be
felt, and they copjectured that I must
have passed away during their absence
from my bedside. could hear them
walking about my couch, but was so
overcome with weakness that I was
unable to move finger. 1t is custom
airy in religious communities to bury
one of their deceased members shortly
after his demise. In accordance with
the custom, they wired thenews of my
death to my family at Ottawa, and
charged one OF my confreres to prepare
my funeral grafton. When the time
came to place me in the coffin [ fully
realized my horrible position. l tried
to move, but the effort proved fruit
less. When in the coffin I made q su-
preme effort and called upon Heaven
to hear me and save me from such
horrible fate. succeeded in partly
raising my head, and this is what
saved me. The first to congratulate
me was the priest who had been sum-
moned to preach my funeral sermon"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-18
AT HARVEST TINE.
BY BETH DAY.

He stands with pale bowed face to wait her
coming
A swarthy reaper from the rest apart;
The voices of the happy insects humming,
Find not echo in his hungry heart.
She came with spring times bursting leaf and
blossom,
From out the citys crowded soitudes
To lay her head on Natures ample bosom,
And find lost health by streamlet, field and
wood.
She takes for him the music from the singer.
ALI glow and glory life may ever reach;
And for herself she takes, while life shall linger.
An added pain she may not balm by speech.
She stands beside him, from where shade enfolds
She gathers tender sprays of severed wheat
He cannot know that all her life she holds it
More dear than gold because it touched his
feet
The sun drops arrows from his golden CULVER,
AS DER their heads the leaflets family Stir,
And silence runs between them like river,
Ger which his wild thoughts dare not cross to
her.
She lifts her eyes to his, and all unhidden
His love leaps up, as altar flames arise,
One moment all the woman looks unbidden
From dusky depths of heavy-lidded eyes.
moment her white hand in his is lying
And then the distance grows between the two,
He stands alone beneath the leaves that, dying,
Still drop their grateful shade like dusky
dew.
He hears a quail low in the stubble calling,
BE hears her garments trailing DER the grain;
He cannot see her bitter tear drops falling
Or note her features set in deathless pain.
She goes at noon-tide, like the summer swallow
Far to the South, Ger hills that shut him in;
Ger which he may not let his fancies follow
In tender longing that, for him, is sin.
And still he seeks the science of forgetting,
With close locked lips that prison every sigh,
Still straight behind him, till the sun is setting,
The yellow swaths of severed wheat. stalks lie.
Far off, the wheat heads TO her pale lips press
ing
And heart where pride and sorrow are at
strife,
She wonders vaguely if they can be guessing
Amid their pain of death, her pain of life.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-18
"A story for Druggists.
[From the San Francisco D..

From the San Francisco Post
Apropos to the recent poisoning Of
an infant by q clash in the under.
standing OF doctor and druggist of the
meaning OF "spl," a prominent medi.
cine maker tells the following story:
lit was about three months ago
when got prescription from we'll
known doctor, which called for five
grains of opium, to be taken
In g. mixture as directed. For
fear OF accidents / put the
stuff in q poison bottle,
and told the nurse who came for it to
be sure and use it for outward appli-
cation only. She went off and present
ly got strong note from the doctor
ordering me to put up the prescription
as directed and not interfere with his
instructions, which were tablespoonful
doses every three hours. AS I had no
wish to kill q patient and ruin the
doctor changed the five-grain dose to
one-tenth OF a grain and sent off the
medicine. Presently the doctor came
in, white With anger.
"Damme, sir, when Isend a prescrip-
ton don't you dare to interfere with
it," he roared.
"'But suppose you had made mis-
take?' | said. 4 suppose you did not
want to kill the woman Then I
showed him his order for fve-grain
doses and called his attention to the
fact that q fifth of that amount would
kill.
"'Did you send up the stuff he
asked, pale With fright.
"sTndead did onouorod syUbo+
could do after your peremptory or
der?'
"'Then the only thing for me to do
is get up TO the undertaker's and
claim commission. I guess I'll need
all the money cen get now he said,
and he dashed off at full speed"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-18
The Engineers Story.

A party of civil engineers, among
whom was Gen. D., were running a
line for a railroad through the mount
aims of Kentucky and crossed forty.
acre farm belonging to an old gentle.
man who came out to the party and
inquired:
"Are you going to build railroad
through here, gentlemen ?"
"That is our Intention" answered
the foreman.
"Well, now, want to tell you you
will have to pay me heavy damages.
| wouldn't have a road through my
farm for less than 81, 900, sir"
"How much do you value your farm
at 2" asked the good-natured foreman.
"Six hundred dollars, sir" proudly
answered the old man, and lie marched
off in righteous Indignation.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-18
Feeding Oats.

For many purposes oats make q
better feed than corn, and especially
during the summer for work teams.
Corn perhaps makes the better feed
during the winter, as it contains more
heating and fattening material than
oats. This, of course, is not especial
~ desirable in the summer. Of course
horses, and in fact stock of all kinds,
want to be kept in a good thriving
condition, and it is very poor econo-
my for the farmer to allow his stock
d do pi in stock ea5 b n v yesv fat
suffers considerably from the heat,
and especially the working teams.
Oats furnish more nutrimentt that sup
plies muscle and sinews than corn and
when hard at work this is what the
teams want the most.-Practical Far
mer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-18
FARM AND HOME.


Charity.
Only drop in the bucket,
But every drop will tell;
The bucket would soon be empty
Without the drops in the we'll
Only poor little penny,
1t was all l had to give;
But as pennies make the grineas,
1t may help some cause to live.
A few little bits OF ribbon,
And some toys-they were not new;
But they made the sick child happy,
Which has made me happy, too.
Only some outgrown garments
They were all [ had to spare;
But they'll help to clothe the needy,
And the poor are everywhere.
A word now and then of comfort,
That costs me nothing to say;
But the poor old man died happy,
And it helped him on the way.
God loveth a cheerful giver,
Though the gift be poor and small;
What doth he think of his children
When they never give at all?
The Catholic
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-18

lngton and ended in New York twelve
months before.
Inc rich were lavish in an abundance
wnlcn was not yet coveted by the keen
rrom East to West was the pilgrim
age OF q life; from North to South was
a voyage of discovery. ~
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-18

stHERE is list of books to take to
the mountains Or seaside" remarked
Mr.. Shopper, looking up from his pa
per, land they have actually omitted
the most important book of ALL"
"What book have they omitted P"
asked Mrs. Snooper. 1.-THE pocket
book. "-Pittsburg Chronicle.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-18
SilOs and Ensilage.

The necessity for farmers being pro-
gressive, and getting out OF some of
the ruts which our ancestors made,
says writer in the American Guilt
vator, has caused me to be very much
interested in the discussion for and
against silos and ensilage, which
have taken pleasure in readingin your
paper. Last year determined to
test the system for myself. I did SO,
and my verdict is decidedly in it's
favor.
AS had large barn cellar, utiliz-
ed portion of it in building the silo.
dug the silo about four feet deeper
than the cellar, and allowed it to ex-
tend upward to the scaffold of the
barn. The dimensions of my silo are
as follows: Thirty feet in length, IL
feet in width, and about 81 feet in
height. It's full capacity would be
about $50 tons. I cemented the in
side of the wall, also the bottom of
the silo. The distance above the wall
was fitted with matched boards,
double thickness. with the space be-
tween filled with sawdust.
AS only raised three acres OF corn
for this purpose, did not have enough
ensilage to fill the silo. The ensilage
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-18
Potato Rot.

Potato rot is not, as it's name inn
plies, a rotting of the potato, but is
the result of a minute growth which
affects alike the root, stem and leaf.
It's first appearance is indicated by g.
brownish, blighted appearance of the
leaves, and q closer examination re-
veals innumerable slender stems grow
ing from the surfaces, which branch
and terminate in pear-shaped ends.
This is a parasitic plant, and like
others of its class steals its nourish-
ment from other plants; it penetrates
all parts of the plant and soon destroys
it. The minute pear-shaped termini of
the branches are the spores or seed, and
when ripe separatefrom the stems, and
being very light are waited to some
other plant and there terminate. The
disease appears about the LIST of Au-
gust, and as the fungus grows very
rapidly and soon natures, whole
field will soon become affected unless
precautionary measures be taken at
once. The only remedy against this
disease is to destroy the parasite. AS
soon as q field becomes affected dig
the potatoes at once, the fungus may
not have reached them; after digging
keep in q cool dry place. The affected
stalks must be burned before the
spores have time to develop and
spread.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-18

sSHADE of Death" is the romantic
name of q place in Parke County, In
diana.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-18
Feeding Work Horses.

According to the New York Star the
following is the method of feeding the
horses Of the Adams Express Compa-
ny, in New York In the morning, the
first thing, we give our horses each
about seven pounds of oats, with
about a quart of shelled corn and g.
double handful of good hay. At noon
we give them a good peck of chop,
made of ground or crushed corn,
white middling, and bran. Every
other night we give them about
ten pounds of hay, and every
night eight or ten pounds of
clean rye straw for bedding.
We don't give them hay every night,
because if we do they won't eat their
chopup clean. By giving it every other
night we find they always eat up their
feed. We water them three times a
day-before they go out, when they
come in, and after we clean up Tor the
night. Of course the drivers, when the
horses are out, give them water when
they need it. In warm weather in
stead OF cracked corn and middlings,
we give corn meal and wheat bran.
Our horses have to do hard work, but
we Keep UuCLl AL SOOO COAOAUAOAs AAcUO
is general statement of the
way we feed horses. OF course,
in particular cases, we have
to use judgment. When O. horse
is dull and blows over it's feed
the best thing is to take it away. The
chances are that the next time it will
eat up clean. Don't allow horse to
stand blowing over it's feed. My men
are particular also to clean the
manger out well before feeding and rot
allow any stale or sour feed to be left
in the manager. There is nothing like.
regularity in feeding. When horses
don't have enough at one time, and
then perhaps too much at another,
you cannot expect to keep them well.
I said we gave the horses hay every
other night. That is amatter of judg-
ment. If you find horses on their feed
and eating it up clean, you can give
them hay every night.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-08-25
BOLD BURGLARS.

They Ransack a House on Whiting
 Street i'm Broad Daylight After
 Frying Open the Front Door.
 Detective Brewer was called to the house
 No. 71 Whiting street yesterday afternoon to investigate one of the boldest daylight bur glaries wEich has happened here in some time. On the first fiat of the house live MT. D. R. Latham and his wife. Yesterday
 morning about Il o'clock Mrs. Latham went down into the basement to cook dinner, and
 on coming up again about o'clock she found
 that burglars had been in the house and that
 gold watch and chain and three white shirts
 were missing, and everything in the parlor,
 kitchen and bedroom turned upside down.
 She at once sent for her husband, who sent
 for Detective Brewer. When the latter ar rived he found that the thieves had first pried open the front door with some sharp instru- ment, probably chisel, and so obtained en- trance to the front hall, after which they pried open the parlor door leading into Mir. Latham's apartments in the same manner. They then went through the set of apart ments to a rear bedroom in which MT. Harry Wood, printer, was sleeping, and closing the door leading into his room they began ransacking the other rooms. In the pantry l they found pair of scissors with which they pried open table draw in the hs1room and stole the watch and chain and shirts, and were evidently frightened away by Mrs. | Latham coming upstairs as they left many 1 things untouched and bamboo cane behind 1 them. Detective Brewer thinks that from | the boldness of the job and the way it was done that it was the work of boys.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-08-25
CHARTER OAK RACES.

Some of the Flyers That Will Appear
 on the Track at Charter Oak Park
 Next Week-Charter Oak Notes.
 The thirteenth annual meeting of the Charter Oak Driving Park association will take place at Charter Oak, Hartford, or Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of next week and some fast trotters will ap- pear on the track. A few of the flyers ar. rived Monday. night. Among them were Murphy's stable, consisting of Wentworth, owned by Sheriff Hugh Grant of New York; Maud Messenger, owned by R. A. Compton of New York; Mettie T. and Madam Maran. tette's running horses, Major Banks and Ev- ergreen, Hard Luck and Bigaroon, and the saddle horse Brilliant. Orrin Hickok was at the park yesterday and gave Arab three miles at about 2:30. Eva, owned by E. S. Stokes, is also at the park in Hickok's stable.
 The running horses, Evergreen, Major Banks, Hard Luck and Bigaroon, also the faney park horse Brilliant, the exhibits of Madam Marantette and Miss Myrtle Peek arrived at Charter Oak Park Monday night, and can be seen at the park from now until the close of the meeting
 The drivers of the contesting horses in the S1O, ,OOO stake race will be Budd Doble, oi Bonnie McGregor; Frank VanNest, of J. R. Crit Davis, of Prince Wilkes; George Forbes of Oliver K:; John Murphy, of Wentworth 'Knapsack" Mccarthy of Belle F., and 'GeneraP' Turner, of Spofford
 It is commonly expected that Argyle owned by that smooth Tennesseean, Bot Anderson, can go in just about minute. Orrin Hickok's horses, Arab and Eva, are at Charter Oak and will be warmed up daily at the park.
 George Saunders is at the park with the fast mare Femme Sole that MT. Rockafellel gave $5, 200 for at an auction sale in Ken lucky. He has another one on exhibition besides
Morning journal and courier., 1886-08-25
CONNECTICUT AHEAD.

ocean Steamers Dependent Upon COn-
 nectieut Faciltties-The Sound Route
 For Ocean Steamers.
 Captain Townsend informs us that he learned yesterday coming up on the cars from Colonel Joseph Richardson, late a di- rector of the Union Pacific railroad that the Bridgeport Forge company has been of late doing heavy forging for European steam ships that could not be done in New York or vicinity. It seems the White Star steamer Brittanie cracked her shaft on one of her late passages to New York, and the crippled section was put on board the steamer Vul-
 can and taken to Bridgeport and forged
 anew and taken back to the B1ittanic in
 twenty-four hours time, enabling her to | make the return passage without delay, Colonel Richardson says another ocean steamer had a similar mishap and the re-
 pairs were done with quick dispatch at tn @ l same works. All this, Colonel Richardson said, goes to prove that Connecticut has ia | steamers, and when the route l to New York or Port Morris via Long Island Sound is again attempted. | as it was with success by the steamer Great | Eastern of 22, ,000 tons burthen, which led
 the way, these facilities for repairing and
 other advantages, such as landing passengers | and mails at New London and being able to
 start on schedule time, will have great
 weight with the steamship lines that must
 save time by getting rid of the delay at Sandy Hook bar. By the Sound route distance of | at least forty nautical miles is saved. Cap tain Townsend says: Now for New Haven we say hurry up the great west breakwater and get the appropriations recommended by
 our learned and skilled United States en- eineers, who have long advocated this great
 national work for the benefit of not only for eign but our rapidly increasing domestic commerce, and give the valuable old Con- necticut harbor its true rank with other American ports.