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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-01-27
Moon WOrShiDDerS

IN olden times many people really wor-
sAlpPed the moon-at least | am told so,
anc nave no reason to doubt the fact.
seeing what those pile in olden times
were capable OF doing. Worshipping the
moon was decent com pared to Worship
ing apes and geese, which they used TO
do on the banks of that Nile which flows
1hrops n hush'd old Egypt" according to
Leigh Hunt, who wasn't torueuted nv
lmPcrtunate Arabs with yeIls for "bsck-
sheesh" when he visited the country.
Inc Jewish law ordered the man or
WOE an to be stoned with stones until he
oled who hath gone and served other
gods and worshipped them, either the
sun or moon, or any of the host of heaven
Ia Ely ptlan theology, too, the moon was
regarded as personal divinity of enor-
NOUS s"ay-in fact, almost equal to ?
goose; while IN the earliest Aryan theolo-
gy We find the moon an object of adora
tlon. Among savage tribes it is still
|orshlpped, and numerous omens are
sought from its changes. Dr.. Tyler tells
Us how the negro tribes welcome the LIE "
moon, and with what droll gestures the
Guinea darkeys greet it, iirgiug them
selves about aud pretending to throw
hrebrands at it. IN prehistoric times
moon worship was practiced in Eng ant
Just as the sun worship was the faith III
ireland. The form they gave her was
that of beautiful maid,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-01-27
Queen ViCtOria's Susnami
New York World

Queen Victoria has no other name than
that given her in be ptism. Her name is
not Guelph That was the baptismaI
lame of an ancestor. To say that her
name is Guelph because she is a descend
ant of Guelph % Bavaria, or a member
of the house of Guelph, is as ridiculous as
to say that the name of a descendant OF,
or member of the house of, William the
Conqueror ia Williams. Nor is her name
Victim. That supposition Is more re-
diculOus still than the Guelph" super
stition. She married q descendant of the
Countess of Victim, but no descendant
of the King of Bulgaria will even be Mr..
Bulgaria, and no descendant of the Counts
of Victim ever be Mr.. Victim. II has not
been necessary for all people to assume
surnames, and very few royal or princely
families have taken them. Louis XVI
was indicted as Louis Capet; but be in
formed the court that it was mistaken, as
he had no surname, and on his authority
it may safely be assumed that neither the
house of Orleans nor the house of Bour
bon enjoys that distinction. Charles
Stuart, of England, came from the Stuart
family and had family name Changed
to Stuart from Fitzsia7), aud so did
Henry VII, grandson of Owen Tudor.
The Duke of Modena has none and the
Duke OF Bedford is~Mr. Russell; the Duke
of Birkeufeid hSs none and the Duke of
Montrose is Mr.Grahsm-
The Prince Of Wales when he took his
morning drsught5 at the Hamburg
springs, dazzled beholders with an emaz-
ing costume. Il was made apparently
out of a snuff -eoiored blanket, deiicately
set off By q red-silk handkerchief TIED
around his neck so a. 10 show above the
collar "thin red line" This striking
costume was based on taa-leather shoes
and crowned by Iight-grey felt Tyrolean
hat. A white Pomersrian dog followed
at bis heels. His i1variablc salutztion to
his feminine squaintences4 was, Are
you drinking the watahs this morning:E
Have you anything to say in deferses"
remarked q magistrate TO a professional
mendicant charged with begging. Ser
tingly!" replied the yagrspt, 'certingly!
yer washup. Wort I ses Is this: If il
admit ha' been Q for these bioomin'
pleecemen, / shouldn't be dere.- They're
too fond of gokin' there noses into other
folks business I dom. interfere with
them, do /: No, not me, Now just put
me for q week in Chaviey WARNS place,
and id The p, N. was abruptly
sent up for seven days, but was not put"
IN ChsxIey WARNS place Fun.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-01-27
In the Fifteenth Century.

In Europe in the fifteenth century
many were in habit of paying obediance
to the new moon with Bonded knee or hat
removed and as DR.. Sam johnson says
it Is true even now that it "had great in
fuence in vulgar philosophy" Ac-
cording to Yallancey the Irish
Or seeing the new moon, immedi-
ately knelt down and repeated the Lords
prayer, at the conclusion of which they
exclaimed, MAY thou leave Us as thou
hast found u.s." They still make the
sign of the cross, repeating the accom-
panying words, imagining that by this
act they will gain what they wish for.
The English say when the moon is full
sit is fine moon, God help her"
Various forms of moon worship survive
in the divinatious aud superstiticu5 rites
still associated here and there, with its
changes, which are supposed to influence
the affairs of daily life. In the United
States large number of these myths are
believed not only by the uneducated but
also by people who ought to have better
sense. They are mostly jumbled remin-
iscepces of the old myths of the countries
whence America was first settled, chief
England. As we track their origins
down In different places many will rec
ollect, if they ever lived there, to have
heard them pUled out as gems of wisdom
by the weather prophets and the town
oracles of the rural districts.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-01-27
4. sLOCUM. NJ. C.. Isl Pe.rI St.. n. \.
The Larynx or Voice Box.

The American LaryDgoIogical Associa-
lion is com posed of physicians who make
a speciality Of the treatment of affections
81 the lsrnyx, or voice box. Hitherto
ssch specialists have been, as We think,
rather too prone to treat these affections
by local measures and surgery alone, and
We are therefore glad TO zee that DR.. S.
". LaGgmaid, of Boston, said at meet
ing of the Association: However i'm
portant and interesting the morbid
changes in the upper air passages may
be locally, the Important lesson should be
learned that they have underlying consti-
rational causes, which must be removed
in order TO effect cure. Local treatment
is in the nature of repair, while consti u
tio1al and hygienic treatment must be 10
the direction of the renewal of norm a.
processes" = From DR.. Foote's Health
Monthly.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-01-27
Winter Thoughts
W HUI IIIVNrHIN
By \. L. Crosby, Rocklani Farm, Cantonsvil,

Al u
Winter has come, and it is time TO think
as to whether you had not better make a
trial of Winter dairy ing. Consider all
the pros and cons, and see if there is not
more money in Winter than in Summer
dairying. How Will it do to try warming
The water for the COWS? | have never
tried it, but think it will pay, and want to
try it this winter. And then why not
make q few experiments in feeding cows
Spend little thought ON the subject
and some money. 80. If you live near a
town, try and get first class private Gus
toners for first class butter--but learn
how TO make the butter first. See if the
draught through your COW stable is strong
enough to turn dry windmill-if so, it
will turn the cows food into weather
strips; that is, the food will have TO sup
ply the place of said strips, and the milk
will be mere strippings. Banking up
with leaves, straw or wild hay VIII do as
well as the strips, and be warmer. Treat
your cows kindly; have them so tame
that when you go through the yard they
won't step out of your way unless you
tell them to-that is the kind of cows
that pays. Feed the calves well; try and
make them, when two years old, all appe-
title and digestive apparatus, with good
udder for a savings bank-you can draw
checks on that bank, and they will be
cashed; don't forget this. Start your
bank when the cow is young; keep max
ing daily eposits-large ones--and after
two years you will be surprised at the per
cent. of interest you willget.. =. And then.
il you want the whole amount of your de-
posts at once, it will not be hard to find
a purchaser gor your own bank. Try to
buy one of those No. COWS, and see how
hard it is to find her, the price asked will
shook you. Better commence now, and
grow a few for yourself.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-01-27
WILD GEESE GALORE


valley.
At this particular season of the year,
says The Woodland Democrat, the epicQre
ofSacramento and San Francisco Ia lux
urlatIng upon the festive goose,
and the farmers OF the Sacramen
! to valley would be delighted if the warns
of the fowls which are now coming in Tor
winter quarters could be transferred in a
body to the city markets. 1t the San
| Francisco denizen, who looks with long
ing eye at the tempting display of dres,
| ed geese in the markets and show - III
/ dOws of San Francisco, could look upon
! the immense tiocks of the birds as they
| swoop down upon the wheat-fe in this
! section OF the state, aud see how numer-
| ously they are killed and left lying on the
ground, his idea of goose luxury would
! vanish.
! Not until late years the geese invaded
the farning precincts of Yolo county to
any damaging extent, but now they are
looked for with mingled confidence and
dread by the farmers in the northern por-
ton of the county. They generally make
their appearance early in the fall or Just
| before the fall rains. Their first visit is
confined to the country along the river or
where they can obtain water, but after
the rains come and water can be had on
the back plains they migrate TO The wheat.
fields and live sumptuOusly upon the
wheat stubble. Yet their numbers are
indeed small in this county as compared
to those which infest COlusa county, as
the large expaase of barren plains In the
latter county affords them a better rem
devious. The writer has seen them in
bands which covered as much as fifty
acres of ground,
These invading armies are very damag
ing to young grain, end as soon as the
grain begins to sprout it is necessary to
employ "herders," who parade the fields
with rifles ard drive them off. Such far
mers as BOggs, Rideout, the Glenn
ranch, etc, employ no less than dozen
of these herders every fall and winter,
who live in cabins distributed over their
lands. OF late years the farmers of Yolo
county in Hungry hollow, and along the
tules have also found it necessary TO herd
off the fowls in order to protect their
grain. People living where these geese
a.ouud so plentiful scarcely ever use
them for food In the early part of the
season they use them, but as soon as the
grass starts and the flavor begins to grow
strong they are not considered fit to be
eaten, bat the hunters, all the same, con
tintue to send them into the market for
the epicures of the metropolis.
These fowls also feed at night, especi-
ally on moonlight nights, but the ducks
are more troublesome after nlghtfall.
One plan adopted by the farmers is to
station lighted lanterns over the fields,
but the ducks soon learn. to walk up to
the lanteros to warm tkeir feet. These
fowls, both geese and ducks, are a great
nuisance in quarters where they congre
gate in such numbers, and the farmer
finds them a stubborn enemy to contend
with. The goose is by no means the pro
verbal goose" applied to his name.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-01-27
A Prize of 500 600

is good thing TO get, and the man who wins ii
by sup rIor skill, or 10y an unexpected turn Of
Fortunes wheel, is to be congratulated. But he
who escapes from the clutches of that dread
monster, Consumption, and wins back health
and happiness, is far more fortunate. The
chances of winning 100000 are small, but every
consumptive may be absolutely sure of recoYe, y
II he taxes DR.. PerCe'S Golden Medical DScov-
cry in time. For all scrofulous diseases (consump
ton is one of themj it is an unfaiing remedy
All druggists
What's thatI" asked a country gentleman in a
music store.
a chin rest"
Chin rest, is it? Well give me one. It's Just
the sort of thing l want for present for my
wife"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-01-27

You can do it easily, ana you will not have t
Vi priVe yourself Of a single comfort; on the con
uary YOU VIII enjoy Hfr more than ever Hos
can sou accomplish this rasultg Easily: c n
dOnn your doctors bills When you ios. youi
and therefore low spirited don't rush off to tAt
family ply rician for prescription. or on the
o,Eer hand, wait until you SICK abed brfur.
dong any thing at all; but just 70 to the DIR.
E'~t'S and for TIVE MY five cents get a SUNNY ui
Dir Tie. Ce's Pleasant IurratIvs Pei .ts IA ,
them as arecte t. and our word for u yuir a D
yoi viii have 10 big, Doctors biz to pa, an
everybody interested Except tho dyctorl. vi
f,el happy.
According 10 the Boston Record, Master Jy,,l
HofWenn recently told Miss Nett mr. emf
Abe Charming young vOinist that since nlgr;it,.
her he had Tecousiered his determnatlg u ll"v,.l
10 marry. Very Well" said abe, Il II wait 70!
you "Oh, but it's !, - returned he "wholi hav,
to wa +. You're all ready"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-01-27
ITO be continued
SQUIBS.

terrible e1ample-the first one in
arithmetic that doesn't have the answer
appended.
If the queen confers upon Red Shirt the
order of the Bath, won't it have a tendeu-
cy to tske the color out of hims
Have smoke Simon g. said his friend,
as he passed out fragrant Havana.
NO, thank you, I've sworn of" swell,
pat one in your pocket to smoke to NOR
row."
Mother and daughter examining Christ
mas presents: Daughter-"are both of
these boxes of candy differents" Mother
NO; neither is alike"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-01-27
SCOTCH BROTH.

Pick over one-helf cup of pearl barley
and soak over night. Remove the skin
and fat from neck of mutton then cut
into small pieces. Put the bones into a
pint of cold water and the meat into three
pitts. Let the meat come to boil quick
ly and the bones simmer slowly. Cut up
one-half cup each of celery, ouions, car
rot and fry them in one tables pconful of
butter until yellow, but not until brown
ed. This requires care. Skim the meat
until clear and then add the barley, now
let it cook until the meat is tender.
Strain the water in which the bones were
boiled and add also the vegetables. Let
the whole cook until meat and vegetables
are very tender; three hours is about the
right length of time. The water will
need replenishiug.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-01-27
Owners of Ii All

At Northwest Upper Village, Lower
Falis-which the reader will at once know
is thriving village in Massachusetts, "a
young man came to the hotel 70 take me
over TO see "our hall" He wore a visor
less cap that was intended TO be an i'm
preston of an imitation of estrakhap,
and his oysrcoat was trimmed with fur
which had wlthStood the rayaSes of time
and moth about rs well as fur trimming
can be expected to withstand the ravages
of those relentless foes during a constant
and pltiless struggle of seventeen long
and weary years. He was pleasant and
evidently professional young man, who
explained the "acoosticks" of our half
TO me; showed me what Improvements
I'VE" had made and contemplated max
ing; said tina. three parties of his
people were on this circuit now; he was
playing them on two ana three hit
stands; wouldn't do any other Kind of
business; would rather keep his people
on the road on expense than hold them
over at oLe-night town. That was the
reason that he didn't like to handle lee,
turers. He had hesitated some time be
fore taking me, and only did so TO please
some OF the old patrons of the opera
NOoSS- AS NANNu I care 10 nanGl9 lee
turerS.
said they wero a mean lot of citizens
He placidly assented, and told me ]
had better leave the setting of the stage
to him, as lecturers knew nothing about
such things. He always managed BeecheI
and Cough when they came on this
| circuit, but
Just then short, fat man, with 8
| scowl that looked as though it had beer
stolen from the property man, came on
the stage.
Bill" ne roared, 'tthere's three inches
of dust in them boxes. Git in to EN-
right away, and then go down and shift
that coal ever, as l told You"
And as Bill fed into "them boxes" anG
went to work saw that the removal of
his overcoat displayed a red flannel shirt
and paper collar. The janitor told me
Bill was handy sort of fellow about
the house, but so all KILN lazy you had
to keep after him with q club all the time
ROBERT j. BURDETTE.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-01-27

Mixing milk is injurious to the yield
OF butter. This is well known to milk
men ana butter-makers. If milk which
mss been set for some time, and upon
which the cream has partly risen, is stir
RED, the cream never rises again fully,
ana there Is considerable loss of batter
from Il Why this should be so is not
easily explained, but it is so well known
that milk dairymen stir the milk occa
slonaily to prevent the cream from ris-
Ing. The centrifugal cream system
would probably get all the cream from it,
out the butter dairymau who depends
upon the ordinary system of raising the
cream will not.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-01-27
She Coulnn,t Understand IL

-. ~ ASt N the world has happened 10 You SllsC,'
,ls last time saw vNuy'' gSS3 N,,a IsS,r ~ ~,
N,her Whsn they met On the street the other Gly.
! can understand II Then YOU were pale has-
~''N ana lNW-SplrieUt ana remember Won said
NNd 'iarNly cared whether You lived or died I.~
iA' \oU look ever 81 much younger and il ,
very evident from your ocSuliuS face that YOUR
~ SpUNS have taken flight Mes, indeed ''
vas the reply; "aud shall tell YOU what drove
them awSyy IL was Dr. GisTcA'S E.lvCrite Pre-
Ncrtption. was martyr 70 functional dersi,Ct,-
ne"t until began taking the Prescription.
N,w am as veil as ever was in NV life Nc
woman who suffers rs did ought - let an hour
pass before procuring this wonderful remedy"
t-aUr3-'So NCu are realty engaged to him
e'>ts lie - 80 and you are SO-juSt twice as old
.S ~" - ''> ''''
-, l .as"- Good gracious. hadn't thought Of
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-01-27
Delicate Children, NursinT

Mothers, OvSrwovScd Men, and for all diseases
where the tissues are vast .nS away from the IA,
ability 10 digest ordinary food, or from over
work If the brain or body. al such should take
SCotfS Emulsion Of lure Cod Liver Gil with
Hypopho>pNJteS Il uSed the Emulsion or e.
Bronchitis. 1t put her in such good health and
flesh, that ! must say 1t is the test Emulsion
ever used" Il. 7. WAnpEI.I, NJ. D., HuSh$
Mills, :. c
Who was the most patient mans" asked a
teacher of one q the Pittshurg Sunday Schools
lately. None 81 the small scholars seemed to
Know until little chap, who had been in brown
STUDY Ter q few minutes, held up his hand 'WRO
was II. Johnny" "ltwas the man who had such
an EW fully poor turkey"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-01-27


of course. vour aunt can do far more Tor
Won than [ can do" (Mr. Herbert, despite
his recluse habits. was by no means blind
to the main chauce) she is a very
wealthy woman, and lives entirely in what
is called the beau monde. think myself
it would be a good thing for you; and as
YOU seem to desire it, will write to Mrs.
Langley and accept the offer"
So the matter was settled in five minutes,
and before the evening the letter was de-
spatched which was to consign Valerie TO
a brilliant and perilous life. Certainly
William Herbert was scarcely the Laan TO
have the charge of a young and beautiful
girl. He told his niece in general terms
what he had said to Mrs. Langley; but he
did not mention that he had informed that
lady of the 'sboy and girl engagement be
tween Valerie and Louis Charters, and
that he CMr. Herbert) had refused to re-
cognize it in any way. Mrs. Langley
would. of course, agree with him on this
point
That will 7, assuredly," said the lady,
laughing to herself as she read these lines.
ENGAGEMENTS Of this sort are simply in
cfdental to boy and girl like whoOping-
cough and measles The idea OF my hay-
ing the child up, to get her well settled IN
life. and letting her brow herself away on
a Young fellow with two hundred year
in the civil service, and no particular posi-
ton! However, these cases cure them
selves"
Louis came 10 the Lines that evening
with news. His appointment in the For
cign Office was secured, and he was to en-
ter upon his duties in October.
,told tl,i. IN Valerie in the Garden.
~, ho foII,,d her sittfng under a tree on
~ law,
,y-t.,., ......,,,,,.,.-
VI" "'ll ~ go 9aio -
n"U ,'' 'U -.
y" en- uS"'' oii4y =" hu'i''' - ""o v.
course II lhCIeaSeS' n"O me- - VII, Ti0"'
draWback' OF CDuFac l Hi'9' llNo III Low IL
ana we snail De Parleu'
81 don't know, Louis. Her dark eyes
sparkled. II have news, too; perhaps
shall be in town rs Wcll!'
"Va!crie, what do you mcan?"
az am going I'D in November to live with
a1,utT,nplay-. size - ,r,furr IN hrino mo ont
You don't seem pleased, LOUISE for his
brow had cl0uded and he turned suddenly
aside.
Chow should be? Pray when was this
settled2" asked the young man, almost
roughly.
Her letter came this morning, and un-
Gle VIII wrote back al once"
"What made her write? She hasn't
troubled herself about You all these years. "
"Shc heard about the ball mt bennington,
and said should be a success in London,
and"
Yes, that's it'' cried Louis, bitterly:
chat cpnfoundcd ball turning your head,
and those military tops fiattering You.
And now you are going to take London by
stornS and you'll just be spoiled utterly,
and taken away from mc-that will be it!
Mr.. Herbert must be mad to let you go!
or course you like il; you're beautiful; and
all the girls Ike to be made much Of"
Valerie turned white with passion.
"lf that is all you have to say, Louis,
she said, springing to her feet, and facing
him haughtiy, you can leave me! Nou
circuit me with nothing but vanity.
course am glad TO go 10 London; l am
SICK oil TINS stupid country life and II aunt
Langley had not sent for me, | would get
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-01-27
Married Men Preffrrtd.
s. LOWS Globe Democrat.

The railroad companies. as a rrls.
greatly prefer that their conductors
should be men of family for the two fold
reason that they are more easily located
when wanted, and. again, for the influence
for good that living wife and affection
ate children may have over him "A man
viii often hesitate before doing wrong
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-01-27
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
MOTHER KNOWS.

Nobody knows OF the work it makes
To keep the home together;
Nobo ~ x ows Of the steps It takes
Nobody knows-but mother.
Nobody listens 70 childish woes
Which kisses only smother;
NobOdv's panied by naughty blows,
Nobcd only mCth-r.
Nobody knows OF the sleepless care;
Bestowed on baby brother;
Nub 'dy knows OF tue tender p-ay'r,
NOOOoy-oEiy mother.
Nobody knows Of the lesson taught
OF loving one anUTher,
Nosody knows OF the patience sought.
Nobody only mother
Nobody knows Of the anxious fears
Lest darilngs may not y Gather
The storm OF life IN after years,
Nobody kIows-but mother.
Nobody kneels ct the throne above
To thank t. e Heavenly Father
For that sweet gIfI-a mother : love;
NOBODY cal-Uut mother.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-01-27
Eggs in Winter.


Right now, at tho beginning of cold
weather, let me tell you how to have
eggs all winter, if you have young hens
of any good laying breed, or rather,
will tell you how l have them and you
may do likewise. " e have a comfortable,
but very cheap HIN house packed with
straw around three sides. The south side
or front Is left clear for a door, ard
window made by placing four sashes con-
tanning six lights OF by 10 glass in a
row. The perches are opposite the win
dows and nests underneath.