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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-10-11
COWS IN WINTER.
Hints for Dairymen which should Not II.
Neglected.


Hints for Dairymen which should Not he
Neglected.
Winter is approaching, and it is the
proper time to talk about the winter
care Of farm stock. especially when any
preparation is needed. In order for
dairy cows to do their best they should
have early cut hay, or. as Mr.. Terry
says. '.dried grass in abundance, sup
plemented with plenty OF good, bright
fodder corn, also corn, oats and oil
meals, and plenty of bran. As rule.
dairymen understand the quantities Of
each for ration of two feeds per day.
In feeding for butter expressly, good
proportion of corn-meal will give the
best results.
No herd of cows can be comfortable
in cold barn or stable, lying on the
bare floor, constantly accommodating fer
tilizing material every time they lie
down. 1t is almost impossible to keep
COWS clean on level stable floor. Tho
floor should have three inches slant
toward the tight gutter in the rear
made expressly for holding all liquids
and solids. With plenty of good bed
ding and proper care cows can be kept
clean. The card and brush should be
used daily. When once broken in cows
enjoy it. A good clean herd Of cows.
with their hair all smooth, lying in the
| right direction, their sides and udders
free from filth of all kinds, is a beauti-
full sight to look upon. One can take
pleasure in sitting down and milking
such cows.
But" says one. IL have no time to
spend in brushing and currying." just
try the experiment once and satisfy
yourself. Another says, Il don't be-
lieve c. w. X. practices what he rec
ommends to Others Any one is at
liberty to step into my stable and see.
/ shall be glad to show them that cows
when stabbed can be kept clean, which
is very essential to their comfort. !
also have the satisfaction of having
clean milk. One can take pleasure in
sitting down and milking such cows,
and when he gets through he has a
pailful of milk that is free from what
some call animal odor." The true Sc
cret OF having good milk and butter ID
first in good feeding, second in keeping
the COWS and stables as clean rs posi-.
BILE; third, in care and watchfulnesa
while milking. The udder should be
carefully brushed with the hand before
the pail is put between the knees. Nc
loud talking should be INDUCED while
milking. There is plenty of time for
silent reflection, and am not sure bu,
it would be perfectly proper to silently
mediate upon some OF our past mis-
takes or misdeeds, if We have been
any guilty Of such! often see the dairy
COW carrying about more fertilizing ma
terial in the winter time than is abso
lutely necessary for her comfort or con
venience. sincerely believe that i
she could make few remarks upor
this subject she would declare this fer
tilizing business burdensome and over
done.-C. W. Kellogg. IN Ohio Farmer;
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-10-11
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Mrs. Tennyson Ii described rs a
sweet, graceful woman, with singular
ly winning. gentle manners, but look
ing painfully fragile and wan.
Mrs. Emily Ripley Barnes, Of Wal
pole, N. H., aged cighty-nine. and
blind, is the author Of a history Of the
Bellows family Of that town, recently
published.
| H. c. Bunner, editor OF Puck, Is
said to command a higher price from
the magazines for his short stories
than any other American writer OF his
4 age. Mr.. Bunner was once reporter
OH a daily newspaper in New York,
and. it is said, not good reporter
either.
Julian Hawthorne has said himself
that he probably makes more by his
pen in a single year than his father
made in his whole life; and yeti is re-
puted to have had a hard, continuous
struggle since he adopted literature as
profession seventeen years ago.
] Current Literature.
Prof. Crowell, OF Amherst College.
is SO blind that his wife has to lead
him through the streets OF Boston. She
reads to him the lessons OF the day be-
fore he goes to the classroom, and he
has such q remarkable memory that
his affection is of little consequence.
He is popular with the students.
In recent interview the wife OF
General O'Beirne (born Brennan),
with whose family the Poes once lived
in the old house on the Bloomingdale
road, now destroyed. stated that the
poet wrote 1.-The Raven" there and
read the manuscript to the assembled
family, and that there was at that time
bust Of Pallas just above the chamber
door.
OF w. d. Howells as a boy-printer
the Ohio State Journal says: He was
hard worker and first-class COM
positor. He is still remembered as
one who rarely mingled in the sports
and jests OF the composing-room, had
few companions, and always seemed to
have his mind on career much high
err than a conventional compositor.
whose only ambition was to get big
string and make away with his earn
ings."
There are less than five hundred
individuals out Of the sixty millions in
the United States-excepting. of course.
those who have a direct editorial posi-
| tion-who can make a decent living
by the haphazard and promiscnous
sale of pocml, sketches, stories and
literary articles in general. say five
hundred, because that figure is large
enough tc exclude mistake; but the
exact truth, if there We're any real
statistics bearing on the subject,
would fell far below that number
america.
| Napoleon was greedy novel
reader. Andrew Lang, the essayist,
saws that he was one OF the most
voracious readers OF novels that ever
lived. lie was always asking for the
newest of the new, and, unfortunately.
even the new romanccs OF his period
were hopelesSy bad. BARRIER, his
librarian, had orders to send parcels
of fresh fiction to his Majesty wherever
he might happen to be, and great loads
Of novels followed Napoleon to Ger
many, Spain, Italy, Russia. The con.
lucror was very hard to please. He
read in his travelling carriage, and
after skimming few pages, would
throw a volume that bored him into
the highway. He might have beer
tracked by his trail of romances.
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REMARKlno ON THE WEATHER.

A va1 paaelng Der . stilA
and my sweetheart true together,
Id he: what think you. let mo hoaxs
Will b to morrow's weather.
1hen stood NO on tho top step ther0
NJ sweetheart and myself Together
SEazed up to the bright blue sky,
The winds from West wore gently blow
A.d. o. the field. Of waving rye.
Tue noon-day eun was warmly glowing
&couid not tell. indeed, not 1:
sad twas knowledge past my knowing
There mtght be rain. there might be shine
Or morrows trophies past undoing:
Doth faii for shadows close PURSUING.
He kissed my lips as there stood:
Ais, what could do for blushingi
cree re 1.p pd my prS.tsy snpod
He kissed my lips: knew twas wrong.
Yet JOY went thro' my heart swift rush
ting;
He held me in his arms SO strong.
NY pretty suood quite crushing.
Tho morrow brought its wealth OF beams
And strewod them all the meadow over,
And 10 my heart brought brighter CLEANS,
For q, it brought to me my lover.
ae kissed my lips: what could dor
And sworc me love heart-true foravoe:
Siucc shadows all 20 close pursue
aid he: Now list my prayer unto,
And let US haste the wedding over"
I'D every time we cross that stile.
and my sweetheart true together.
Somehow Iuy snoOd slips Oh the while,
A few bright moments we beguilO
Remarking on the weather.
IN. Brennan, IN Current.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-10-11
THE DAIRY.

Six thousand pounds of milk is 6
amount that q good COW should pro
duce.
Milking seems as yet to be one OF
the operations that can not be done
we'll by machinery. All artificial milk
ers have tendency to decrease the
yield Of milk and TO dry mp the cow
N. Il. Farmer.
Cream charged with milk. il
churned i'm the first stage Of acidity,
promoted by frequent STRINGS. churns
better and cleaner than thick cream.
as it is more fluid and performs better
in the churn.-4meyican Dairynsan.
1t is better not TO retain u bad
mixer in the dairy, for troublesome
COW will be avoided by the mixers rs
long as possible, and will not be prop
erly MIXED, and therefore will not do
her best or hold out her flow Of milk SO
long as she should.
Thick cream can be churncd better
il % per cent. of water at 80 or 81 do
grees Is added at the commencement
than with a dilution of milk, because
this milk is charged with albumino,Is
matter that we churn to dispose OF, and
only adds to the viscosity of the CREAM
AS the Scotch people never joke. it
must be true that dairyman in tho
West OF Scotland has been found guilty
by magistrate. on charge Of adult
terating his milk. The offense con-
sisted in feeding rock salt to his cows
in sufficient quantity to make them un-
naturally thirsty. As a consequence.
they drank more than the normal al-
lowance of water, and the milk was SO
much the thinner and poorcr.-Fafr1s,
Field and Sfockman.
The best and richest milk Is found
to be Produced just after the growth
ceases. and while the vitality Is
strongest. When a COW has reached
that age when she begins to lose vital
force. her secrctions OF milk becomes
less perfect. just as her digestion and
assimilation do. When cows begin to
show the effects Of age in this way, they
should be replaced by younger and
more vigorous animals. Dairyrnen
lose great deal Of money by keeping
cows after they have passed their most
profitable age.-Dairy World.
IL you have every thing else al1
right and let the cream stand until it
is too sour you will reduce the value OF
the butter made from it two or three
cents pound. Why? Because the
butter will have sour smell and taste.
This kind OF butter is not choice. The
difference may be more than named.
and it will be if the cream gets
watery. Amy way, the three cents q
pound will pay freight and commits
sion, and this is paying reward for
| care and pains-taking. 1t is this over
sour and neglected cream which makes
SO much rancid butter and drags down
| the market. Form Journal.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-10-11

~ G. q. Posr.
rUBLIsuRD BY PERMISSION or J. =. DowNRY
1 Co., PUBLISHERS, CHICAGO.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-10-11
In Need Of Exercise.

Wife (ominously) 1t must have been
very late when you came in last night,
John, for ! didn't 60 to sleep until aft
or eleven o'clock.
Husband fearlessly)-It was half
past eleven, my dear.
Wife-And you kept muttering in
your sleep: ''Set 'em up again." 'set
'em up again."
Husband Yes. ! WAS playing tenpins
with Brown. ! need q little exercise
Of thai sort ~ Y EYa.
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no De CONrMUER1

You travel through the country and
50 some struggling houses and :
couple Of shanty stores and are told
that It - Bungtown. A couple o.
weeks later. under tho head Of especial
Dispatch" you read in tho pspors that
the business osnter" Of Bun2tovn hAa
been destroyed BY Gre. 'ioss will reals
taaH $780, dn "-hasebsrgA Gb,pnSoaa
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-10-11

Johnny had dropped of to sleep. as he
ALWAYS did after dinner in the long
days, John. ST., went to the bureau and
rummaged around until he found some
writing paper and finally pen and a
bottle Of ink.
These he brought to ths table, drew
up chair and sat down.
.rll jest give Rastus him" be was
saying to himself, AN il he's still of
the same mind AZ he used to be, he'll
be here in less n two weeks an mother
an Lucy II never know what fetched
| him.
.'Wimin's curis about some things; /
never did understand 'em very we'll.
There's Marty. now; best woman livin' I.
tender hearted as chicken, an Lucy's
Jest like her; but they re a-lettin' 'Rastus
an her break their hearts fer each
other rather than to speak up an tell
him how the land lays; but ! amt goin'
to low it."
He dipped the pen In the ink and
then let It slip through his fingers and
make . great blotch on the white table
cloth.
This WAS unfortunate; 1t would b .
tell-tale spot informing the women OF
what he hsA boon doing In their ab-
sence.
He arose and vet the dish rag and
tried to remove tho Ink spot but only
succeeded In making It larger. Finally
he carried tho pan. Ink and paper to the
burcan. took on tho table cloth and
hung il In the window to dry. brought
back the writing materials and again
sat down 10 his task.
It WAS . long time since he had writ
ten \ lettsr; hs tried - think bow leeg,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-10-11

The evening milk has been proven
by recent English dairy tests to contain
more solids than the morning milk
DAIRY Werlag
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1888-10-06

The Republican State Committee
met in New Orleans last week and put
up the following electoral ticket.
At Largo-P. F. Herwig and r. F.
Guichard.
First District-L. Lamaniere.
Second District-A. Hero, Jr.
Third District-T. A. CAGE. of Ter.
rebOnne.
Fourth District-E. j. Barnett. of
Rapides.
Fifth District-Janes Eorsythe, Of
Catahoula.
Sixth District-Napoleon Lastrapes.
Of st. Landry.
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A Remarkable Tree.

A Nevada paper describes aremark-
able kind of tree which is said to grow
in that part of the county, and which
certainly possesses qualities of great
value according to the description.
The trees do not grow large, a tree
with a trunk about a foot in diameter
being much above the average. When
dry, the. wood is about as hard as box
wood, and being Of very fine grain
might, no doubt, be used for the same
purpose. 1t is of a rich red color and
very heavy. When we'll seasoned it
would be a fine material for the wood
carver. In the early days it was used
for making boxes for shafting, and in
a few instances, for shoes and dies in
quartz batteries. Used as a fuel it
creates intense heat. 1t burns with a
blaze as long as ordinary wood would
last, and then it is found-almost I'M
changed in fOrm-converted into char
coal that lasts twice as long as ordina-
ry wood. For fuel a cord of it brings
about the same price as a ton of coal
Unfortunately it burns out stoves fas.
ter than any kind of coal.
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Irish Mutton.

The sweetest, tenderest and most
palatable mutton in the world is that
raised in Ireland. The sheep grow
larger than ours, they feed on better
pastures, and their meat is wholly
free from that strong. "sheepy" taste
which makes ours so disagreeable to
many palates. No American who has
eaten the mutton served in the Irish
hotels will take any other kind Of meat
while he stays there. The English
mutton, though better than ours, is far
inferior to the Irish. American NUT
ton is sold in the English, Irish and
Scotch markets, but it brings from
three to four pence less a pound than
the native products, and no one who
can afford the lstter will take the for
mer.-Boston Globe.
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Three million women in the United
States work for money. Of these 6OO,-
600 are agricultural laborers, mainly
in the cotton fields Of the south. &c.
600 are employed in the manufactures
of various kinds, while $4,000 in the
laundries of the country insist that the
"Chinese must go;" 100000 are MILL
ners, and 200, 900 find employment as
dressmakers $1,000 arm their bread
in the tailor shops, and 100000 are
saleswomen, teachers, telegraph Oper-
ators, typewriters, book-keepers, type
settlers and nurses, and many other oc-
equations find small numbers a living.
There are in round numbers $500 fe-
male physicians.-Ch Chicago News.
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Avoid them by al means. Many
good and kind people, With many ex-
cellences Of character, render them
selves disagreeable-nay, odious to
others, merely from lack of-han it
be said1-lack of delicacy or want Of
observation. They pick their teeth,
OF. worse still, suck them, smack their
lips at table, or make other disagree
able noises when drinking or taking
soup. If they help themselves to any
dish on the table they bring it up be-
side their own plate, edges touching,
and perhaps plunge the spoon into the
heterogeneous mass in the plate, or
clean it off with their own knives, q
proceeding most exasperating to per-
sons of fastidiOus natures.
Others clean their ears, pare their
nails, hawk and clear their th1Oat,
forgetting that in the privacy Of their
own rooms they should attend to all
such matters of personal cleanliness.
Still others, particularly young men,
loll in their chairs, or beat a tattoo on
window. panes, tables, or anything
convenient. Another disagreeable
habit, uncommOnly annoying to sensi-
tive nerves, is that of rocking back
ward and forward, crickety-creak,
crickety-creak, and keeping time with
the monotonous sound by regularly
raising the palm of the hand on the
chair arm.
If all guilty of these tiresome pecu-
liarities Of manner were only to on
slider the effect which they have upon
others, the avoidance, the dislike
which they incur on account of them,
they would surely make a sturdy effort
to correct them.-May Edwards.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1888-10-06

Politics makes strange bedfellows.
instance the present relations Of Broth
ers Jones and Cross of Baton Rouge
to the Nichols administration. Be-
fore the late gubernatofial nominating
convention. Bro. Jones. vas prancing
At the head Of a McEnery torch-light
p~drocessioli, Hiis owafheAd casting = lu7
hid glare over the surroundings, and
Bro. Cross was valantly holding up
the banner Of reform: Now Bro. Jones
il the champion Of the Nichols admin
istration aud Bro. Cross is kicking like
. mule because a little "Kitchen Cabi-
net" in Baton Rouge, which he has a.
ways opposed, has the al Of the Gov
ernor. It was always thus.-Ouachita
Telegraph.
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"Sitting" and "Setting."

Many Of the agricultural journals,
says the Christian World, are sorely
troubled to know whether a hen sits or
sets. If some editor Of dignity would
set a hen on the nest, and the little
editors would let her sit, it would 10
we'll for the world. Now = man or .
woman either a set a hen, although
they can not sit her !; neither a they
set on her, although the old hen might
sit On them by the hour if they would
allow. A man can not set on . wash
bench; bat he could Get the basin
it, and neither the basin nor the
gramnarians would object. He could
ait on 3 dogs tail if the dog we're will
or he might set his foot on it.
But if he should set on the aforesaid
tail, o. sit his foot there, the gram
marians ~ well as the dog would howl,
aud yet strange as it may seem, the
man might set tho tail aside and then
sit down, aud neither be assailed by
the dog nor the grammarians.-Ex.
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Between IL Laaes.
It was such q discreet little letter,
Net formal enough to he cold,
Net fe0d enough to encourage
The reader to love and be bold.
It held him at right proper distance,
No sweet Verbs or dad give-away.
Yet somehow it filled him with glad
And frightened the wksae prosy day.
For be read her love ell unspoken.
And he had the assurance to write
"My dearest, expect me at Lakewood
On the late train Saturday night"
Then he said that day in the effice
He should take a week out Of town,
That his sister was off in the country,
And he ':really must take a run
down.
O, happy the lover whose sweetheart,
Tho prudent and shy she may be,
Leaves hid meath the lines of her letter
Some MASSAGE he only can see!
-Picayune.
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When the President was at Weldon
quite a large crowd shook hands with
him. Among them was a c~Ountryman
who, tall and lank, took his stand in
front of the President and, as he shook
his hand said =fs,e
"Well, are you the President
eyes," answered Mr.. Cleveland, 81
am the President"
"Well. l have voted for many Il
President, but l never seed one be-
fore.1 And as he stood looking at him
all over, up and down, and from one
side to another, he exclaimed "Well,
you are a whopper in fact" Where
upon the President smiled uncomfor-
tably, and Mrs. Cleveland, who was
near by, laughed till she cried.-Ra-
leigh Observer.
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While Mr.. Blaine was in Enron.
IN Italian newspaper contained tn.
following information During thu
European trip Of President Blaine.
congressman Cleveland has been in
charge of the White House,
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An optinist is a woman with 4 new
spring suit. A pessimist 10 q woman
without q new spring suit. An Opt
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by 1873 nights old and teething.
The Democratic House has sen to
the Republican Senate . bill forfeitinr
100000 acres Of unsarned land
grants. The Senate repudiated this
measure and passed one returning to
the Government about 100000 acres.
And yet the Republican party il in ia
vor Of preserving the National domain
from land-grabbers. Platforms are
osrious things.-NashriLe Amcricax.