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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-04-04
A Mouse in Strange Quarters.

Not long since an amusing scene
which might, however, have had a very
serious ending-was witnessed in a me-
nagerie in India A little white mouse
having escaped from its cage, an effort
was made to recapture it. Mousie,
having tasted the sweets of freedom.
tried to avoid its pursuer and, for want
of a better place, went into one OF the
holes OF an elephants trunk which was
dragging On the floor. The huge nerv-
GUS creature, grew frantic in q moment,
rising on its hind legs. waving its trunk
wildly in the air, shrieking and snort
ing in a terrific manner. Its alarm
was taken up by the other animals. and
the whole place resounded with fren-
zied yells. The keepers. who had not
the smallest notion Of the cause OF all
the uproar, were at their wits end what
to do, and it seemed as if the elephant
would burst its chains, and smash up
the show in its madness. In vain was
dog set on it, and the keepers thought
they would have to shoot the elephant;
when all on sudden the tiny mouse.
heartily tired OF its strange quarters,
dropped out OF the trunk and ray away.
In very short time sweet peace fell
upon the elephant and its mates Lit
tie Folks.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-04-04
SEASONABLE FEEDING.
How to Keep Dairy Cows Busy Nine
Months I'm the Year.

How to Keep Dairy Cows Busy Nine
Months In the Year.
The only profitable animal on farm
or in a dairy is one that is kept either
growing or producing all the time. It
is too commonly supposed that cows
are necessarily idle in the winter; that
the rigorous season precludes the max
ing OF butter. The idea is wholly
wrong and doubly Improbable. It
forces the largest product of the year
to be made in the summer months,
when the hot weather is unfavorable
to the quality and keeping Of the
butter, which is thus sold ut an inferior
price. and it causes the large waste Of
food above referred to. Cows should
be kept busy all the year. A
good cow-and none other should
be kept-should be making butter
nine months in the year. and almost
any COW will do this with the right
feeding. No doubt there is much in
the breed OF "A COW. but breed is nothing
without feed, and feeding has had very
much to do with the excellence of
breed. It is question often discussed
how many times day COW should be
fed. In regard to this the judgment Of
the COW is worth more than that OF the
owner. Two good meals, one early in
the morning and one late in the even.
ing, with an interval OF fourteen hours
between, in the middle of which q light
meal is given, are certainly more salts.
factory to a COW. Let person Judge
for himself. Usually he feeds them be-
fore breakfast and after supper. But
he himself gets good dinner between
these times. or he feels disagreeable
sensation Of hollowness or weakness in
tho stomach. A COW will unques.ion.
ably feel the same. and she shows it by
calling for food in her very eloquent
way. To insure her best product COW
must be- kept satisfied, contented and
happy; and, like many Of her owners,
she is happiest on we'll filled stomach.
Hence. approve of hay or some other
good fodder at noon. and at least five
pounds Of good hay, with five or six OF
grain food Of some kind in the morning
J and the same in the evening. -Christ.an
1t Work.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-04-04
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.
-Borax Il said to be . protection
against ants on plants

-Borax Il said to be . protection
against ants on plants.
Put the finest and best manure IN
,he garden. Use the coarse manure On
,orn. Endeavor, however, to have
The whole heap we'll rotted before
lsing.
-Green corn and Lima beans dete-
:iorate more quickly than any other
vegetables; they should be spread out
,ingiy on the cool cellar floor as quick
y as possible after they come from the
market
"A supply Of herbs should be found
in every garden. Put them on one
side in planning the garden, SO that
in seeding or planting they will be out
81 the way. They can be made to yield
large profit.
1T IL estimated that every bushel
Of hardwood ashes is worth at least
twenty-five cents. and they therefore
partially remunerate for the cost of
the wood. The ashes should be stored
In a dry place and covered, as they
draw moisture from the atmosphere.
Ham Toast Fry some thin sip
pets of bread. either rounds or diamond
shape, and spread tho toasts with
little ham chopped fine. Make
thick mayonnaise sauce to which has
been added chopped onions and capers.
Spread the sauce between the sippets.
make into sandwiches, and serve with
watercrcss.
There is an old rule about cooking
corn which holds good with regard to
hominy: Cook until it is done, and
then cook as long again" Hominy.
such rs Is now bought in tho market,
put into plenty Of sailed boiling water
in q double boiler and cooked for one
hour, will perhaps approach TO the
old-fashioncd article.
The crops on the farm should be
grown to suit the market II wheat
does not pay. some other crop should
take its place. Tho crops that bring
the highest prices in proportion to
cost of productions should be grown.
and to do this every farmer should be
familiar with the market reports By
comparing prices for year much val
liable information can be derived.
A paste that will adhere to white
washed and all plastered surfaces is
made as follows: Soften eighteen
pounds OF inely-powderod bole in wa
ter; next boil one and quarter
pounds OF glue. adding to it the above
with two pounds Of gypsum. The
whole is to be diluted to thin paste.
When putting dne paper on old walks
it IL we'll to coat them with q ground
paper, using this paste
In domestic life there are faithful
and intelligent women who discrimi-
nate between the bcnefcent purposes Of
the home and its mere trivialities, and
who devote their lives to the former
and only their odd moments to ths
latter; there are others SO wrapped MP
in snowy furnishings. luxuriant sna-
roundings and general appearances
that they lose sight OF the truth that
the home exists for the welfare and
happiness OF the inmates-Once q
Week
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-04-04
PUMPKINS FOR COWS.

An Old-Tlme Food which II ~ Valuable
To-Day rs 1t Ever WAS.
/ am surprised SO little is said about
pumpkins as an article Of food for
dairy cows Perhaps our familiarity
with this old-time food leads to its
neglect. just as a farmers son goes
past the homespun beauty of neigh
boris daughter for the more dashing
attractions of some city-bred miss,
only to see his error when it is too
late. Your corresf ondents tell us
about ensilage. hay, corn fodder, bran,
oats. corn, etc. sometimes they even
mention roOts-Dlt never word
about pumpkins; and yet this old-time
food is ono Of great consequence.
II is easy o: production. producing
immense returns both for the ground
occupied and for the labor expended.
1t is relished by all kinds Of neat
stock and by hogs. 1t is nourishing
and health full for them at all seasons.
but more especially SO during the
early winter months, when they first
come on to dry food. Mich cows in
particular are greatly benefited by at
least one mess daily. It is laxative
and antisorbutivc - Just the thing
needed when otherwise dry food alone
is available. Stored in a cool place
that does not freeze very hard. they
can be kept in good condition till Feb
ruary.
My cows have had one good mess
daily till about that time. Sometimes
this is varied for variety by packing
a barrel full Of pieces Of pump kin and
thrusting steam hose to the bottom.
turning on the steam and boiling till
soft. They viii then be quite sloppy,
and enough bran or corn meal is then
stirred in to take up the water, and 1t
is lett over night. or till cool enough
to feed. This is very rich and whole
some mess. and one that will soon
make its presence felt in the cream
can. Most people plant their pump
kins with their corn, and sometimes
get a very fair crop. but it is quite un-
certain. and | doubt il it is the best
way. usually plant one or two
acres of dwarf wax beans, which ! use
In my canning factory. These are
planted in drills with q common two
horse corn planter, the rows being
three feet nine inches apart, and they
are very thick in the row. After
planting the beans | 60 crosswise of
the rows, and with hoe plant pump
kin seed in about every third row, and
these rows say ten feet apart. In at
tending the beans the pumpkins are
also we'll taken care Of. As the beans
arc of the ground by the time the
pumpkins begin to run, and therefore
they can have their own way, they
give full crop. More pumpkins for
your cows, brother dairymen, and
they will ''rise up and call you
blessed. "A. L. Potter, in Dairy
World
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-04-04
A LITTLE CHILD.

Years and years have passed. away
Alas. can forgets
Though baby comes no more 70 ria-
Ipiay with baby yet!
lhear her childish prattlc still,
One little X s. / crave,
Although know beyond the hill
The snow lies on her grave.
And when the tears I'LL in my eyes
This thought 70 me Is given:
For every little child that dies
An angel blooms in Heaven.
Sweet thought that consolation brings
To hearts whose cup Of sorrow
Finds no relicf IN earthly things,
But look for LIES tomorrow;
When all this grief and pain and WOO
With which this world Is rife
Shall ind release and we shall know
Gods cverlsst ng life.
Ard 20 for those With tear stained eyes
Th sacred thought Is given:
For every little child that dies
An angel blooms In Heaven.
George Wtlmot Harris. IN Chicago Times.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-04-04
THE DAIRY.

Private dairymen. It Is said. make
about eight-tenths Of the 1000. 600, 600
pounds OF butter annually produced in
this country.
"A COW that takes on flesh and fat
freely will not, as general thing.
make good mixer, and one making
liberal large flow OF milk will not at
the same time be good animal for
beef.
The following explanation Of terms
ID from Prof. Robertson, Of the Ontario
Agricultural College: "Ensilor stands
for the person using silo to ensile fod-
der for silage by the process Of ensi
lage.'
Dairy cows which are expected to
come in carly in the spring should BIO
well sheltered and given generous ra-
tions Of fodder and bran. but no heat
ing food like corn or meal. Keep them
in good condition but not fat, or there
will be danger OF milk fever.
A Wisconsin farmer says that win
ter dairying is much more profitable
than summer dairying, when one has
a silo and wise combination of BUSH
ness principles. He keeps one hundred
cows OH two hundred acres OF land and
the silo enables him to do SO with
profit.
A dairyman reports having fed 10
tons Of ensilage, the expense for which
(including cost Of silo. filling, growing.
etc. was 81 cents per ton, on which he
fed Is cows for six months. 1t was
grown on less than nine acres Of
ground, the cost per COW being less
than $3.50, or IS cents per month.
Such q report places ensilage at the
front as an economical food.
The pedigree Is not the first thing
to look at, says the American Stock
man. The COW herself should be the
first object Of investigation. Is she a
good COW? Has she the marks Of q
good mixer? That being determined,
what is her pedigree? Is there any
thing more OF her than herself? That
is to say. can she reproduce herself.
Her pedigree will settle that question.
II she is full blood she will essentially.
-Hoard's Dairyman is OF the opin-
ion that .'the whole world don't eat
half as much milk. cream. butter,
cheese and buttermilk as it ought to;
and cow can be kept in good w.Nk-
ing condition on half the land. for ha..s
the money she was twenty years ago."
Also that I'VE are to see dairy products
produced more cheaply and millions
more Of people reveling in the greater
consumption Of dairy products, ere
long,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-04-04
YOUTHS DEPARTMENT.
TWO BOYS

Two boys who once grew up together.
Grew mp In the same old town,
But one II now scapcgrace rather.
And one has gained renown.
Two boys who started out In living,
Each in different way.
And differently took the worlds free giving.
And SO they are different to-day.
Jack, he hal . widowed mother.
And Dick was rich mans boy;
Jack had always his wishes TO smother.
While Dick had every JOY.
Jack earned hi. own bread and butter,
And part OF his mothers too;
And often the wish was heard to utter,
That he had more work TO do.
Jack got out ct the elbows often,
Grew too fast for his clothes;
Had but little his lot to soften.
But his cheeks were red as rose.
Dick wore clothes OF the finest order,
Nothing he seemed TO lack:
Always o father, q careful wardcr,
To keep all hardness back.
One studied hard 10 60 through college,
No hinderance the other knew;
One found thorny the way to knowledge,
The other Was pushed right through.
Ones muscles grew nabby, and cheek grew
faded
As bravely and proudly and all unaided,
He wrcstlcd his way along.
Now to-day in the halls OF the nation
Is heard Jacks powerful voice;
And Jack in his proud and lofty station,
Does something but make noise.
For he labors well among his peers
None ever ask II he
Had enough to eat in the long-gone years
II his pants were out at the knee.
Dick. and oh! how hate TO tell II,
He is poor weak thing
He'd heritage, but he had to sell ii,
Just living to bring.
Only cumberer, not one needed,
In all the worlds grea. strife,
A man who is scarcely ever needed
That's what he's done with life.
Works little. drinks strong liquor.
His children cry for bread:
And he's travelling down, and daily quicker
Down to q drunkard'a bed;
Life pa npercd one and strengthened the other.
1t Is good to bear the yoke"
Honorable Jack tells every brother;
Word truer he never spoke.
Hard are the blows which shape to beauty
The marble cold and white,
And rough is the poor boy path OF duty,
I It leads to . golden height.
So all you Jacks keep on your trying,
Trying and trying again
Rich AMI poor with each other vying
As often the poor will win.
-Pansy
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-04-04

Colonel Elliott F. Sheppard. the
editor OF the New York Mail and Elk.
press. carries tortoise-shell handled
cane. On the broad gold band dividing
the handle OF the cane from the stick
the following suggestive text is en-.
grayed: "A sof. answer turneth away
WRATH
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-04-04

A writer says that the best cure TO
mango in dogs is gunpowder mike
with vinegar. Gunpowder mixed wit!
shot is just as effective and work
quicker. Free Press.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-04-04

moment, ''thee was right II hadn't
seen that wi my own eyes I'd ne'er ha'
believed it; but SEEM Is believin'. sure
enough. David Ker. in Little Folks
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-04-04

Ella Wheeler Wilcox. though 8
lover Of cats. has never devoted one O.
her impassioned poems to Tabitha o,
Thomas
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-04-04
FINE TABLE BUTTER.
The Change In the De mands OF Fife
Years Ago and To-day.

The Change In the DE mands OF Fifteen
Years Ago and To-day.
What remarkable revolution has
taken place In the end aimed at by
butter-makers within the last ten or
fifteen years. Formerly the main OBJ
ject with the expert performer was to
make an article solid as rock. thor
oughly sailed and dry as a bone. with
most admirable keeping qualities.
Well do We remember when the tirkin
was stripped from it. then six or
eight months old. how it had to he
scraped, losing a pound or so to get the
dirt of it from the package. Then it
had TO be cut. and what time we had
with it until some cute genius learned
to saw it up. first with D. string and then
with wire. 1t was almost as tough
as skim cheese and q great deal harder.
Now, however. all that is changed not.
Of course, that the old firkin butter has
entirely left the field, but as top arti-
Gle In the market. as it then ranked,
we know OF it no more forever. In
these days the opposite rule is
observed-make butter not to keep.
In texture and quality when of the
first rank it perishes early. just as it
should do, and then the dairyman is on
the lookout and his butter goes into
the consumers hands Immediately.
He (the dairymaD learns the necessity
for hasty action at the barn. in the
dairy room and especially in the mar
ket. The idea Of holding butter even
in cold storage for months and until
the market rises! What absolute folly!
You might rs we'll attempt to hold
oysters in barrels or sea foam in an
open boat. Is it not q fact that even If
tho market rises, which it does not al
ways do, for this class of butter, the
goods themselves deteriorate quite as
fast. and if the prices 60 the other way
as they often do. what then? an absolute
oss. No, there is but one way to mar
ket butter. and that is just as you
would peaches. as soon as it can be
gotten to market after it is ready. In
this way you not only save it from its
own inherent weakness, but you do
yourself favor by inducing the con-
sumner to eat it when it goes the
shortest distance where he will need
more. One pound Of packed butter
will last as long as three pounds Of
high-favored fresh goods. Every thing
appeals to you in behalf Of haste
American Dairyman.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-04-04

There are so many explorers lost
in Africa now they ought to go tc
work at finding each other-Pitts.
burgh Chronicle.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-04-04

Margaret E. sangster Discusses Question
Pertinent 70 This Day and Generation
Suggestive Reading for Thought
less II usbands,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-04-04
HU M PHREYS'

DIR. HUMPHREYS SPECIFICS are scientifically and
carefully prepared prescriptions; used for many
years In private practice with and for
thirty years used by the people. Every single Spe-
CHIC Is special cure for the disease named.
These SPECIFICS cure without drugging. purg.
Ing or reducing the system, aud are In fact and
deed the sovereign remedies Ofthcy World
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1889-07-30

FOR DYSPEPsIA and Liver Conplaint Won
have printed guarantee on every bottle of
Shiloh's Vitalizer. Itncver fails to cure. Sold
by c. Frank Jones.
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SHILOHS CURE will Immediately relieve
Group: Whooping Cough aud Bronchitis. Sold
lay G.. Frnnl, ,Innra
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Excursion to Atlantic City via
the B. g o.

The announcement that the Balti-
more and Ohio r. r. Co. will again
this summer resume their select excur-
sion to the most popular of our sea-
shore resorts, will be hailed with de-
light by the public, who appreciate
the advantages offered in these trips.
The low rates, long time limit and the
privilege of their best train service,
running on regular schedule, com
posed of fast express trains, elegant
day coaches, Pullman's best equip
ment and Vestibuled Limited Express
trains among the advantages offered
by the 3. & o., and the stop-off at
Washington on the return trip will al
low the sight-seer an opportunity to
take in the points of interest in and
about Capital before returning home,
and form afitting termination to a
weeks sojourn at the shore.
The second of these select excur-
sions will be run on Thursday, Aug.
1st. 1889. We give below list of sta
tions showing the time of trains and
round trip rates of fare:
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Take Notice ]!

SEC. %. No person shall permit in his or her
cellar. clubhouse, yard or garden within the
corporate limits OF this town. any manure. dirt
or Nth OF any kind that produces an unpleasant
ing herein. nPon the complaint of any citizen.
or The Information OF the sergeant shall be
hHed not less il,'u one nor more than five dol
!ars AND the nuisance may he removed by or
der of the Mayor at the cost of the offender in
addition to such fiue
strict compliance with the requirements
OF the above ordinance is necessary to the
heaithiulness OF the town, and its provisions
viii be strictly enforced.
GUSTAV BROWN.
July, ., 1889. Mayor of Chnrlcstowu
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PoETIoAL,
The Kiss / Gave.


She was a timid little maid,
In manners such prude,
That many things that others did
She thought extremely rude.
She blushed at compliments she'd heard,
o, many times before,
And frowned so swcetly that one felt
Like Praising her Tie Wore,., S
sho.rcad oEbooks of etiquette
The lessons they impart,
Aud conned them DER and DER until
She knew them all by heart
And being anxious to improve,
Nor wishing to offend
In any way, botl, rich and poor
Considered her their friend.
O, many a lectare she would give
To me, who oft rebelled
On purpose that she might declare
The rigid views abe held;
And once, as payment of my debt
Not thinking it amiss- a
Ethrew my arms around the maid,
And gave her-such kiss.
She did not like the kiss 1 gave,
She said it was not right;
And, being in Marching mood.
She stormed with all her might
While I-who would at other times
No manly courage lack
Confessed my fauit-the kiss was wrong
And so took it back!
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NoTECEI
Furniture Repair Shop Removed

TTNHE undersigned has removed his Furniture
i Repair Shop 10 his residence on Congress
street, near George, Charlestown. where he in
tends to Repair all kinds Of Furniture ;.s here
tofore-Mattresses Sofas. and spriDg-seat
Chairs Re-UPhoisterei in the very best style.
Persons wanting work OF this kind done at
their Residences viii give him notice. and he
viii be right there. He viii also do small Jobs
of Carpenter Work, and viii be glad to see all
his old customers.
If persons having Household Furniture to
dispose of will send IT to me, win sell it for
them, on very low Commission
April 10. 1855. =. G. RUST.
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additional mixed trains Southward pass
TN 5 az a. IA H1' "a ~ AZ SiaGn-
ht Strasburg at Cos A. NJ
For tickets and further information apply to
B. & o. Agents or to b. F. BOND, Pass Agent,
Baltimore. c. Z. DUDRow, Travelling Pass
Agent, Staunton, Va.
b. & o. palace sleeping cars are run through
to Cincinnati, st. Louis, Chicago and Pittsburg
on all express trains.
L. NJ. COLE. GenI Ticket ACT.
CHAS. o. SCULL. Gent Pass Agt
w. VI. CLEMENTS, General Manager
May n, 1889.
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lie. Williamsport for HagerstOwn. 5 IS. z Is.
10 IS. 4. ", % and IS r. n
lie. Hagersfown for WilIiamspOrt. 20 A. n
10 Il. 3 O5. 6 20 and O5. r. n. -.
lie. Rocky Ridge for Eg9Iittsbugg, ~, A.
". 3 20 and 6 30 p. 81 -
Le- EIHInitts6HTg for Rocky Ridge. 8 % A. II.
3 o. and j IS P. Is.
lie. Frederick Junction for Frederick, 10 80 A.
". aud 81 2. NJ y
Le- Frederick junction for Tanestown. co,
iuni5ia and York. . IS A. ". and3 e P. 81.
y VI. and 10 ?. NJ
H. q r X. r Trains arrive at Shippe1sburg,
u Is A. N. and { 90. P. NJ
Daily All others Daily. Except Sunday.
}. NJ HOOD, Prest. and Gent Manager
B. Fl. GRISWOLD, Gent Pass Agent.
July q 1889