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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-29
FRUIT PUDDING.
DAME NATURE.
Her Economy in the Construction of the
Human Frame

Her Economy in the Construction of the
Human Frame.
We may see glimpses of the great sys-
tenn of general regulation which guards
nature from overdrawing her accounts in
connection with the arrangement of liv-
ing things, says Langman's Magazine.
Not only of beings of high degree, but
in animals of low estate, do we meet
illustrations of the economy of power
and the saving of needless expenditure
of force and energy which dame nature
practices. The study of human anatomy,
of course, is one in many points with the
comparative science as applied to lower
life, reveals not a few instructive examples
of this saving tendency in life's ways.
The human head, for example, is nicely
balanced on the spine. Compared with
heads of lower type, this equipose forms
prominent feature of mans estate.
The head mass of dog, horse. or ele-
plant requires to be tied as it were. to
the spine. Ligaments and muscular ar
rangements of complex nature perform
their part in securing that the front ex-
tremity of these forms should be safely
adjusted. But in man there is an absence
of effort apparent in natures ways of Sc
curing the desired end. The erect DOS
ture, too, is adjusted and arranged for on
principles of neat economy. The type
of body is the same as in the lower life.
Humanity appears before US as a modifi-
cation, an evolution, but in no sense a
new creation. Man rises from his 'fore-
legs"-arms being Identical, be it re-
marked, with the anterior pair of
limbs in lower ife-and speedily
their enSueS an admiration of means
to ends, and all in the direction of the
economical conversion of the lower to
the higher type of being, The head be-
comes balanced and not secured, as we
have seen, and thus a saving of muscular
power is enta1led. Adjustments of bones
and joints take place, and the muscles of
one aspect-say the frOnt-of the body,
cOunterbalance the action of those of the
other aspect-the back; and between the
two diverging tendencies the erect posi-
ton is maintained practically without
effort. So also IN the petty details of the
work nature has not been I'M
mindful of her Saving clause
We see this latter fact illustrated
in the disposition of the arrange
ments of foot and heel. One might legiti-
mately announce that the man owes much
to his head; but the truth is, he owes a
great deal of his mental comfort and
physical economy to his heels. The
heel bone has become especially prominent
in manwhen COM pared with lower forms
of quadruped life. 1t projects far behind
the mass of foot and leg, and thus forms
a stable fulcrum of support wherein the
body may rest. Here, again, economy of
ways and means is illustrated
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-29
Teaching Horses to Stand.

An old hOrseman gives the following as
his method of training horses to stand
without being tied: After young horses
have become entirely bridle-wise, 1 first
endevor to teach them the meaning of
every word L say to them. This is not a
difficult matter, providing too many
words are not used at once. The first
step is to adopt some word at the sound
of which they are to understand that they
must stop. Words that are easy to speak
and which can be made emphatic should
be chosen, such as "ho," "whoa," etc., and
every time the word is used the horse to
which it is spoken shouted be made to
obey it fully. 'Carelessness in regard to
this mttter will do more to undo what has
been taught than anything else. When
a horse fully understands the meaning
of the word which you use when you wish
him to stop and stand still, the greater
part of the work is accomplished. He
then can be trusted with safety while
you leave him short time. To take no
risk, and to make the work more effective
it is good plan to get into the vehicle
| to which a horse is hitched, and, having
| stopped after a short drive, one should
| get out and leave him for short distance.
| Should the horse then start, the one in
! the vehicle can draw the lines suddenly.
and thus prevent his wetting away. There
will be no trouble in teaching any horse
with an ordinary amount of good cannon
sense to stand without being hitched, if
little judgement and patience are usad
in attempting it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-29
HELEN OF TROY.

Long years ago he bore me to a land beyond the
sea,
To city fair and stately that renowned must
ever be,
Through all ages yet to follow, for the light shed
there by me.
1 am Helen; whera is Troy?
They have told me that not a roof tree, nor wall
is standing now,
That o'erthrown is the great altar, where ten
thousand once did bow,
While on high to Aphrodite rose the solemn hymn
and VOW.
1 am Helen; where is Troy?
Do they deem that thus the story of my life will
pass away?
Troy betrayed and all who loved me slain upon
that fatal day,
Shall but make the memory of me evermore with
men to stay.
am Helen; where is Troy?
Fools to dream that time ever make the tale
of Troy grow DID,
Buried now is every hero, and the grass green
Ger the mold,
But of her they fought and died for, every age
shall yet he told.
am Helen; where is Troy?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-29
NOTES.

Alr-slakel lime will destroy all kinds of
slug-like Larvae that have sticky skin.
Encourage the district school teacher
to take an occasional walk with the child
rem, and give them some practical botany
talks.
The Sixteenth Annual. The Great Fall
Meeting and Fair Of the Kansas City In
ter State Fair will occur September Is,
IA, Is, 16, II and IS, 1886.
A bushel of lump lime in the cellar will
absorb much of its dampnes, and peck
of powdered charcoal in shallow dishes,
much of the smell.
A patch of thistles cut when in full
bloom and just before rain was com
pletely destroyed, according to writer
in an exchange. The hollow stalks filled
with water and decayed.
Many persons think that corn is the
best food for poultry. 1t is if you do not
wish eggs. For eggs, feed soft feed,
bran or meal, with a little salt in the
morning and a little cayenne pepper
added every other morning; corn,
wheat Or oats in the evening. A sole diet
of corn produces too much fat.
Good tiIlage is the strongest weapon
with which farmers can fight hard times
and gain success. Imperfect culture, on
the other hand, will scarcely enable him
to gain a living from the richest soil, and
the soil will deteriOrate rapidly in quality
from such treatment besides.
A good condition powder for fowls is
as follows: One pound each of ground
bones, dried meat, linseed meal and fenu-
greek; an ounce each of sulphur, ginger,
pepper and cOpperas. Give small guam
tity once day mixed with soft feed. But
do not feed condition powders to hens
unless ailing.
If large watermelons are desired for
show or exhibition purposes, give the
vines very deep, wellenriched soil and
do not permit more than one fruit to re-
main on vine. Pinch back the leading
shoots occasionally, and be very careful
not to injure the vine in any way during
its season of growing.
In the six months ending March 81,
England imported from India 7,486,OOO
cwts. co, 1888, 1873 busheIs) of wheat, as
against only 4,O24,O0O cwts. (33, 533, 1888
bushels) in the same period of the pre-
ceeding year; while the imports from
America were only 5,984,000 cwts. 49,
523,333 bushels), against 10,264,000 cwts.
(85,533,333 bushels)
Large hogs are neither fashionable nor
profitable. But few hogs are now bred
that, when fully developed, weigh over 700
pounds. The small-boned, early deveI-
oped hog that weighs from 275 to 800
pounds at u months meets the popular
demand as the most profitable, while those
large hogs most always develop later, and
have to be kept too long.
The idea that horns on cattle are use
less incumbrance and should be bred away,
seems actually to be gaining ground. Why
should COWS have horns any more than a
horse? The idea seems sensible enough;
in fact, no desense has yet been made of
the horn, but it in not probable that the
breeders of pure bred cattle can at pres
ent be induced to make such a change.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-29
LINCOLN AND DAVIS.
Ward III. Lamont COnrtadictS Some Remin-
isCenCeS of the Two.
Denver Tribune

DSnVSF lTlDune
[ think that no man living had the in
fuence over Mr.. Lincoln that Davis had.
[ went to Washington at that time, hay
ing been promised the consulship at
Paris by Mr.. Lincoln. But as soon as we
realized how serious was the state of
political affairs Davis seconded by Lin.
coin himself, persuaded me to remain
near the presidents person to protect
him against danger. [ was consequently
made marshal of the District of Colum
bia. During all my close acquaintance
ship with the two men, [ never knew
them to have a quarrel. The only point
on which [ ever knew them to differ was
over Lincoln's large-hearted - but, in
Davis's opinion, sometimes misguided
liberation and charity.
L remember one occasion on which
Davis brought this out in an amusing
manner.
Lincoln had appointed to an Office a
man who was his political enemy, and
who had done him a positive injury. 10
Davis's remonstrance, Lincoln, with his
never-failing large heartedness, respond
ed:
eyes, I know he is my enemy, but you
know [ never can think of these things"
Lincoln" said Davis, ''you never will
be worth a damn until you learn to
hate"
Davis, himself, was far from being a
malignant man, but he was like other
men. I remember at another time when
Davis was again making the same com
plant, Lincoln said:
''Davis, [ had to appoint that man. He
was personal enemy of mine"
Davis WAS tho Cnonn5 M on NV
Lincoln to the bench of the supreme court
of the United States. He never sought
the office. I do not think that he ever as
pired higher than the supreme bench of
his own state. [ was personally interest
ed in ono important case in which he de-
livered the opinion. It was the famous
case of MiHigan, BOwles and Hursey, who
were charged with conspiracy in Indiana
against the government.
1t being 81 a time when the habeas cor
pus had been suspended, Gen. Bur inside
was on the point of court martialing the
accused. But by the efforts of Judge Nc
Donald habeas corpus was secured.
Judge Black, David Dudley Field and
myself we're the counsel for the defense.
just before the trial Judge Black came to
me and asked whether [ was anxious to
try the case.
[ told him that l was very anxious to
get out of it.
"Well," said Judge Black, what do you
say to taking on Garfield? He is on the
opposite side politically, and then his
reputation as literary man and a scholar
will help u.s.
"Yes," L said, she is just the man we
want But he doesn't know any law. He
hasn't even been admitted"
ooh, well,' said Mr.. Black, 'sIll admit
him, as for the law we will stuff him up
all right"
So we stuffed him up with the case.
Judge Davis delivered the opinion on
the ground that Indiana was not in a
state of war, and that, hence, martial law
was not apple able.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-29
When to Wean Colts,

There can be no arbitrary rule laid
down as to the time when a colt should be
weaned, says The American Farmer, as
that depends very much upon the cOndi-
ton of the colt, and if it is a weakling it
ought to be permitted to suck for eight
months. Three months, however, is too
early at which to wean a colt. There may
be cases where a colt weaned under six
months may develop well, but we are COM
PEELED to face the truth that no food is so
perfect for the young animal as the moth
ers milk. If it is a fall colt it never
should be deprived of the dams milk I'M
til grass comes in the spring, and if it is,
1T will be cited in all probability by those
who say, a fall colt is not as good as a
spring colt, as evidence of the truth of
their belief. And right here we will say to
another correspondent that mare will
not wean her colt as long as she has any
milk. The colt must be taken from the
mare and removed entirely from her sight
and hearing. There is no animal which
will wean her young except the SOW who
will often do SO. It is not uncommon to
see her cuff her pigs away. The colt is a
close product of management. If weaned
at three months the chances are that it will
be stunted in growth and perhaps remain
weak horse all its life. The young ami
NAL should certainly have what nature re-
quires and nature requires the milk of
the dam until the colt is months old or
| older. 1t is all important, as one writer
expresses it, that the colts should get no
backset. Thousands of colts, however. do
get serious backset, even after they are
weaned at the proper time. They do not
receive the care that they should, and Of
ten in one winter they are injured to the
extent or an entire years growth. 1t may
! be laid down as rule that all young grow
ing stodk will pay for generous treat
ment and that indifferent treatment is "a
tai to profits. The colt because of its
natural tenderness, should be well sheler-
ed in winter and we'll fed, and neglect to
do this often lays foundation for dis
eases that debelop in after years. The
diet should be generous, but ought to be
strictly suitable to the colts nature. Fat
| forming foods and dry foods are very
/ bad. 1t will be found that moistened
chopped food will be excellent for him.
and ought to have a bran mash once
week, if not twice. He requires but very
little corn meal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-29
Bows Leaving The Farm.

How to keep young men on the land is,
and long has been, a difficult problem with
American sarmers, says writer in The
Standard of London, whereas in England,
at any rate until the bad times came. the
difficulty was of a contrary character.
The explanation partly is that life on the
farm in America is much less inviting
than it is in this country, as there is at
once more drudgery and less recreation.
Labor is so well paid for in the United
States that the farmer is compelled to
work long hours daily in order to pay his
way, and he is apt to think that his sons
should work as long as he does. The
young fellows, with their natural craving
for recreation. rebel agrinst the drudgery
and restraint, and the smartest of them
go to the cities to seek their fortunes.
But, besides being repealed from the land
by the causes named, they are also attract
ed to the cities by the great success often
attained by men who have started with
the traditional half-crown in their pockets.
No doubt ninety mine out of hundred of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-29
Concerning CreamerieS.

Henry Stewart says that the requisites
of the successful operation of a creamery
are: First, sufficient number of COWS TO
supply the cream or milk, and there
should not be less than one hundred, and
from that up to one thousand, but this
large number shOnld be in not more than
fifty herds, on account of the labor of
gathering the cream or receiving the
milk in small quantities from widely
scattered small herds, the distance not
being more than radius of three miles
from the creamery. Second a good sup
ply of spring water, and ice for use in the
summer. Third a sufficient building, with
ample furniture and utensils, and prop
erty constructed, and having either per-
manent water power Or steam, the latter
being preferable on account of the use of
bad water and steam for washing the
utensils. Fourth, an expert manager
who can make first quality butter, and
strictly honest and upright, as consider
able trust must be reposed in him. Last
ly, a convenient and central location in
the midst of the farms which supply the
milk or cream.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-29
The Dairyman's Standpoint.
San Francisco Call,

In an address to congress the dalrymen
made the following statement:
The dairy industry of this country has
been brought to the verge of ruin by the
introduction and sale eff counterfeit but
ter.
The business of manufacturing and
selling such butter was inaugurated and
has been carried on under and by virtue
of chartered rights, which we're obtained
from the government through the patent
office.
From sixty to 100 patents have been is
sued giving the patentees the right to
manufacture bogus butter, and the gov
eminent has been placed in the anoma-
lous position of appearing to be an act
i've party to a stupendous fraud which has
been perpetrated on one of our important
agricultural industries.
The large demand for bogus butter is
the result, in a measure, of the practice
of bogus butter manufacturers selling 1T
as genuine butter. Against this practice
the dairymen have right to demand pro-
lection. The government has no right to
legalize counterfeit, whether of butter
or money. When a patent is issued per-
hitting the manufacture of an article to
take the place of another article in COM
mon use, the patentee should be required
to so designate his product as to distin-
guish it clearly from the product he
proposes to supereede. Genuine butter
and bogus butter have been exhibited
side by side in dairy shows. The one was
butter, the other was counterfeit The
fact that the counterfeit looks so much
like the genuine that the ordinary OBJ
server can not tell one from the other
does not imply like resemblance in
quality. The dairymen complain, not
that bogus butter is made, hut that it is
allowed to be sold for genuine butter.
They do not greatly fear counterfeit
that is marked on its face counterfeit.
Bogus butter would be sold to an extent
if it were properly Tabled, just as grease
is now sometimes used in place of butter.
But it would not prove a formidable com
petitor of the dairy if it were sold on its
merits. The protection the dairymen ask
for is not only reasonable in itself, but it
is in the interest of common honesty.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-29

them fail to secure any of the great priz-
es which they seek, but in country where
fortunes are made rapidly every sapguine
youth expects to be one of the lucky few.
Thus it happens that those who are best
qualified to succeed as farmers, or at
least, to get living, go to the cities,
while the failures of city life often turn
to farming as a last resource. This in
great measure explains the wrecked
character Of American farming, as rule
which strikes an English agricultural
visitor forcibly, as it struck Messrs.
Read and Pell. when they visited the
United States.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-29
FARM, HOME AND GARDEN
THE FARMERS WIFE.
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING.

From out the rosy land of dreams
She comes at early moruing;
The dew upon the me adoW CLEANS
Fair as brides adorning.
Aroma from the waving pines,
And fields Of blooming clover:
The noisy brook that sings and shines.
With willows bending over.
The eastern sky glows all afiame,
AS though to one beholdiDg
The gold and sapphire clouds that came
Were heaven gates unfolding.
But all this glory stands apart,
Nor charms her with its beauty
For care sits heavy on her heart.
Where falls the line of duty.
The cows await the milking time
With soft and patient lowing;
The sturdy farmer, in his prime,
Must hasten to his moving.
His wife must speed the Tnorn's repgst,
And work with nimble fingers,
For farmers all, from first to last,
Make hay while sunshine fingers.
And when the meal is DER, the pals
OF foaming milk are waiting,
With fragrance caught from sunny wales,
To future joys relating.
The cream lies thick, like cloth of gold,
Where shining pans are trimming,
Their riches gathered fold on fold,
All ready for the skimming.
Then, later, as in olden days,
With much of stir and f1utter,
By weary hands the dasher plays,
And wins the golden butter.
And so the day goes on, and on,
No time for rest or pleasure;
ga woman's work is never done,
Is true in fullest ID easure.
And as the sun sinks in the west,
Ard day grows into even,
Weary and worn she goes to rest,
And almost longs for heaven.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-29
4 Shying Horse.

Why does a horse shy? asks The Live
Stock Journal. Because he sees some
thing which he does not understand, and
is filed with greater or less degree of
fear, something as the boy feels when he
shys at the burying ground and goes
around to keep clear of it. 1t may be
some new or unusual object that the
horse sees, or it may be an imperfect
view of it. Even familiar object, if it
comes to view suddenly and unexpected
~ viii cause horse to shy or jump, just
as an unexpected object or sound causes
a nervous person to start. When per
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-29
THE HOUSEHOLD.
APPLE SAUCE,

Soak good dried apples a few hours,
then stew carefully until soft, with a
handful Of rasins, or few slices of lem
on; keep it covered closely and do not
stir. Turn carefully out into dish,
keeping the slices unbroken, and serve
when cool with powdered sugar, or sweet
en- while cooking.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-29
RHUBARB PIE.

Delicious rhubarb pie may be made by
taking enough nicely stewed rhubarb and
favored with grated rind and the juice of
lemon or an orange, and the yolks of
two eggs. Bake in an under-crust sprink-
ed with sugar and -four. When done, put
the whites of the eggs, beaten, over the
top, and brown lightly in the oven.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-29
CHOCOLATE CAKE.

One cup of sugar and one egg stirred
well together together, cup and half
of flour, piece of butter half the size
of an egg, two square inehss of choco-
late. Melt the butter and chocolate to-
gether, and add them last of ALL Use
half cup of water stirred in gradually,
a teaspoonful of cream of tarter and a
hrlf teaspoonful of soda, teaspoonfuI
of vanilla.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-29

Roderic Fatty, a little Apache, pupil
in the Indian school at Carlisle, Ia, re
Gently said to his teacher: L don Ike
'Roderic Fatty [ want a new name.
'What name do you want! Il would
like 'Roderic Reconciliation SAID the ut
redskin
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-29

A man in Campbell County, Ga, had
thirty-six boys old enough to fight IN the
last war, and twenty three Of them we're
killed. He has been married nine times.
Other interesting facts are gradually
coming in
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-29
TO MAKE CREAM CHEESE.

The London Gazette gives a good re-
cipe for making cream cheese, namely
Take a quart of cream, or if not desired
very rich, add thereto one pint of new
milk: warm it in hot water till about SO !;
add tablespoonful of rennet; let it stand
till thick, then break it slightly with a
spoon, and place it in frame in which
you have previously put a fine cloth;
press it slightly with weight, letit stand
a few hours, then put finer cloth in the
frame: a little powdered salt may be put
over the cloth. 1t will be fit for use in a
day or two.