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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-09-20
me- ATE CROW.
How hoy Got His Father Tn Eat tho
BIRD.


Bird.
There n ono family in Norwood TINT
knows how crow tastes when served In
pot pie, and now that these folks have
tried IL they are not afraid to tell about
IT, Two or three years ago a family citire
here from New York city, brin ing n
couple 81 boys. one Of whom was called
Ray. was about 10 years old and was
sickly. He was turned out to grass. ms
the natives here say. and supplied with
a small rifle and cartridges. he not
only acquired health and skill with { o
rife, but he cultivated disposition to
make his fathers life burden with prac
tlcAl jokes The last joke relates 10 q
crow.
One day recently tho boy came homo
from tho woods with n mysterious mir
and bulging pocket Taking his mother
to one s,de he opened tho pocket, pointed
ut n skinned bird. and said:
PARTRIDGE Coax pop to say it's all
right"
Pop was approached automatically by
the mother. who said the boy was fool
ish 10 WONT, the law, and besides IL was
wrong To kill even cock partridge at
this season. but the was sure the boy
would not Lili another. Pop was angry.
Lu. only 10 the extent OF ser ously lect-
rr.ng to bow, and whom ~ last the lad
suddenly put his hands 10 his face as
tears can,c to his eyes even the lecture
was suspended. and he wa, told TO go,
something which l.e did with The utmost
haste.
Wei, there wns tho dead partridge.
The law and conscience would not be
healed by wasting the bird, aud seeing
t.mrs was bit OF veal. bought for n stew.
in the ice Ghost. II was better TO make a
pot pie OF the combination than to throw
away the bird. And 20 it was done.
On the next day. at tho Iooniay din
nor. n most savory heap OF dumplings
was stacked upon "A plate IL the center
Of tho table. while great owl Of cream
gravy stood on one side. and plate OF
veal. with u plump bird Oh top. stood Mt
the other Pop carefully cut tho bird,
giving hnif OF the breast 10 the boy
rnd serving just - ias'e to each OF the
other tirec Ter ons nc the table. Ray,
with unwontsi ncrns.ty. offered 70
share his piece with his father. but the
fat.er dcc.iael. AID thcrcupon the bird
wns eaten with many expressions OF
pleasure. The father AMI mother no
,.ccd. meantime, that Ray was convu!srd
over something. Tut when inquiry WAS
mn de about il lie sad that he could mo
help thinking how GeorSe Pardy got ex-
cited when tn. bird wa, killed"
" hen the bird had disappeare | on tho
other places II y uddenly left tho table.
havin. widowed hut ons moltldul II
his share of Tho ird. anil few minutes
later &c WIS rolling Oh the lawn. well
nigh IL Mysteries, which condition lasted
til the father came 10 the door, AMI thea
the boy screamed:
"'Twas "A crowl twas crow. OIL OIL
Think Of the trouble ! might ct iato Tor
breaking the game law y
The father says that it took some half
hours nrgnmen. and the productio OF
the birds wings md skin To coD,irc'
him that crow had really been eaten.
II was young bird. just grown, an 8
fat n butter. aud, " the truth be told. in
sspitc Of prejudice. IL was as good eating
! m one could ak for In. Y. Sun.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-09-20

sells provided with every modern appli-
ancc for capturing fab by the Wholesale.
CAPITAL aud biz slips and trained crews
are To- much for the old fashioned fish
ernol Tho average condition Of the
New Eng'and Aiming village to-day Is
one ~ decay. Hundreds OF fishing boats
lie ro.ting NJ tho wharves. while their
owners pick up precarious living dig
ging clans or picking up odd jobs Of
worx. or sit lille ia shoir little weather
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-06
lash, thinking that it would then clear

lash, thinking that it would then clear
out.
When the lash cut it on the head the
second time the animal gave vent to three
ear-piercing screams, and Mr.. Hanson then
realized that he was dealing with a pam
Their. He had the horse well under control,
with the lines in his left hand, and as the
panther followed and kept screaming. he
lashed it again and it dartea to the rear of
the buggy and leaped to toe right side,
where Mr. Hanor lashed it half a dozen
times. Again it acted as if it would spring
upon him if the top wasn't there, and
fearing that it would do so before long,
Mr.. Hanor threw down his whip, pulled
off his right mitten, unbuttoned his over
coat, pulled out his six-shooter and fired
four times at the panther Each bullet
took effect, and the beast rolled into the
ditch and died
1t was female panther nearly seven
feet in length, and it is supposed that it
was the mate of a huge male panther which
a party of Wilkesbarre deer hunters ran
down and killed in Dead Pine Mountain
In November, after they had followed Its
tracks In the snow for more than eight
miles. Mr. Hanor said that he felt GER
tain that the panther would have killed
him if there had been no top on the bug
Gv
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-06
Horsewhipped a Panther.

While driving through the Stony creek
ravine last Saturday, Mr. II. NJ. Hanor,
who lives in the Elk Creek valley, four
miles from SINNERS Creek, Pa, says a
dispatch in the New York Sun, had a
single horse attached to a buggy with a
canopy top, and he was alone. The horse
was on a slow walk, when suddenly it
SHE'D to the right, and Mr. Hanor saw a
quick movement among the bushes to his
left. What the flash like moment was he
did not know, he said, because his whole
attention was directed to the skittish
horse at the instant, and when he reined
the morse back into the road he saw long
bodied animal creeping through the copse
toward the carriage. Before he had time
to make up his mind what kind OF a beast
it was, the animal crouched and then
sprang at the buggy.
1t landed In the roadway opposite point
between the wheels, having seemingly
checked its leap on account of the canopy.
the fringe of which futtered. The horse
snorted and plunged ahead, and the
strange animal kept along and made sew
eral moves as if it meant to spring into
the carriage 1t constantly eyed the fut-
tering top and seemed afraid to make the
spring, snarling little as it kept alongside
Of the wagon. Seeing that the beast was
bent on following him, Mr.. Hanor picked
up his whip and dealt it two cuts with the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-06
superstitions About Old Herbs.

Borage from since the days of Lycurgus
has been supposed to give courage, or,
in the language of Lord Bacon, ''repress
the fuliginous vapors of dusky melan-
eholy.'
Thrift, the old garden plant, was invari-
ably planted before new house in ''Old
Connecticut days to bring economy and
wealth.
Eyebright was so thoroughly believed in
that no housewife who valued her vision
dare neglect to cultivate it in her garden.
Hemlock ';digg' din the dark, or slips
of Yew silvered in the moon s eclipse, kept
off Witches. Rue entered largely into
magic rites. and to this day in the Tyrol
when worn with agrimony, maiden hair,
broom straw, and ground ivy is said to
confer fine vision. St. Johns-wort had ?
noted use, and was extensively worn a.
amulet in Germany ON St. Johns
while the Italians give it the name of Il
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-06
Russia the Unhea1thiest of Lands.

81. PETERSBURG Cor 10 LOndOn Times.
IF st. Petersburg is the most insalubri-
Gus of European capitals, Russia alto
gether is the unhealthiest country in the
civilized world The latest statistics of
the medical department for 1887 show a
less satisfactory state of the public
health than those of the immediate pre-
ceding years. The cases of infectious dis
eases, although far from having been all
chronicled, were much more numerous in
proportion to the population than in Eng
land, Holland. Belgium and Prussia;
leprosy was found in sixty-fve districts
and 615 fresh victims were registered dur
ing the year; there were q blind to every
10000 inhabitants-a greater proportion
than anywhere on the continent = and
q, 10Y persons poisoned themselves. Every
year Is more persons in every 1000 die in
Russia than in England, which accyrdigg
to the Nevoe Vremya, makes an unneces-
sary loss of l, $50, 900 persons annually sac
ri6ced through inadequate medical assist
ance. An example of this latter deficiency
is given In the Caucasus, where there is
only one hospital for every 800, 900 in
habitants and or hospital bed for every
10000
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-06
Feeding Fowls in Winter.

Many fowls that have free range In sum-
mer will then of their own accord take
exercise enough to get their food. But in
winter it is different What they get
must be fed them, and it is usually in such
concentrated form that they can FIJI their
crops in a few minutes. Then they stand
moplng In the cold or return to their perch
for greater warmth. If fattening be the
object this is well enough; but it gives
small chances for the healthy thrift neces-
sary for egg production The feeder who
always makes his hens scratch for their
living gets the most eggs. Feed small
grains, oats or wheat, and throw this
among so much finely cut straw that they
will pick but one grain at time. The
health and prolifcacy of barnyard fowls
that depend on the manure leap for their
living is due to the fact that they have to
earn what they eat before they get it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-06
MAMNO from the diary Of touristaI
WFN commercial travellers, buGi-
ness men and others ~

M0MNO from the diary OF touristA
UUlEO commercial travellers, busi-
ness men and others ~
revealed:
That the Wisconsin Centrri has The
unqualified endorsement Of all;
That the Wisconsin Central has to-day
the most popular line between Chicago
and Milwaukee, and ST. Paul. Mime
apolis and the Northwest;
That the Wisconsin Central is daily
adding to its admirers as the rsooG-
nized Pullman line between Chicago
and Milwaukee and Ashland, Duluth
and Lake Superior;
That the Wisconsin Central touches
the most prominent points in Wiscon-
sin, and that it his more important
business centers on its through line
than any other railway to and from
the Northwest;
That the Wisconsin Central has made
an enviable reputation with its poer-
less Dining Car Service;
That the Wisconsin Central runs faA
trains on which all classes of passen-
gers are carried with commodious and
distinct accommodation for all;
That the Wisconsin Central has repre-
sentatives distributed throughout tbs
country, who will cheerfully give any
information that may be desired and
that its terminal agents are specially
instructed to look after the comfort Of
passengers who may be routed via ita
line.
For detailed information apply to yous
nearest Ticket Agent; or to represents
tives of the Wisconsin Central
VIM. 3. NJ ELLEN, JAMES BARKER
General Manager Gen1 PaSSr. & Tkt. AsE
LOUIS ECKSTEIN
A1sx tien1 Passr & Tiki. Agx
MILWAUKEE. WIS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-06

Devil-chaser, because it scared the work
ers In darkness, and brought hidden deeds
to light.
OF the adder's tongue, a kind of fern,
old Culpepper says: 1t is an herb under
the dominion of the moon and cancer. and
therefore if the weakness of the retentive
faculty be caused by an evil influence
of Saturn in any part of the body gov
erned by the moon, this herb cures it
by sympathy. 1t cures these diseases
after specified, any part of the body
under the influence of Saturn, by an
tipathy."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-06
CONTRIBUTIONS :.
Many Office Holders Made Happy BY the
Clinchins of Appointments.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. State

WASHINGTON United States attor-
neys: Chas. S. Johnson, of Nebraska,
district of Alaska; J. A. Connolly, southern
district of Illinois; Louis Miles, southern
district of Iowa; Morris D. 0'Connell,
northern district of Iowa. United States
marshal-Chas. D. Hitch, southern dis
trict of Illinois. Register of land Office
Lyman P. Hotchkiss, Eau Claire, Wis. !;
Indian agent, Everett W. Foster. Yank-
ton. 5. D.. agency. Postmasters for Wis
cousin: Henry BAIL. Harvard: R. W.
Cheever, Clinton; T. R. Whitlesy, Flor
auce; ]. B. Drives, Darlington; c. T. P.
Zen, Evansville; Geo. E. Bryant, Madi-
sca.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-06
Ventilation of Milk Rooms.

The ventilation of milk rooms, observes
correspondent of the Stoekman and
Farmer is generally even less philosophi-
cal than that of stables. The end sought
In the two cases is entirely different, de-
handing precisely the opposite treatment,
and the provision for a strong current or
draught of air is as uncalled for. and even
injurious, in the one case as it is indispen-
sable In the other. 1t seems to be forgot
ten that currents of air only reduce the
temperature in proportion as they cause
evaporation, and this is just what the
dairynlan does not want. 1t dries the curd
of the milk into fakes, which adhere to
the cream, producing what are known as
''hecks, those very undesirable white
specks In the butter. We repeat that the
air In the milk room, unlike that In a hv-
ing room, does not require to be constant
ly or even frequently changed, and it ex-
erts far better influence if left undisturb-
ed, especially in warm weather. Milk
rooms therefore, should be ventilated only
from above, and on opening is sufficient
for all practical purposes. Were the prev
alent notion true (which it is mott, that the
air In such room is likely to become per-
nicious in some of its influences, the open
ing of the doors several times day would
dispel all such influences. That it is de-
sirable so to ventilate the room as to
evaporate the moisture in and around it is
another fundamental error. A quantity of
water or ice upon the floor exerts cool
ing influence just in proportion to the
evaporation produced, as we have already
said. of the current of air; but it is not de-
sirable to cool one portion of air and at
once drive it off, to be replaced by anoth-
er dryer and warmer portion. Such an
operation might we'll be called an attempt
to cool ''all outdoors, . instead of the air
in the milk room alone. The moisture of
the air in the milk room is not in any re-
spect unfavorable to the production of
crea Al and butter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-06
CARCAssONNE.
WRITTEN By G. NADAUD }

How old ami I'm sixty yeats
I've worked both hard and long,
Yet, patient as my life has been,
One dearest sight have not seen,-
1t almost seems wrong
A dream had when life was new.
Alasi our dreams, they come not true,
/ thought to see fair Carcassonne,
That lovely city, Carcassonne!
One sees it dimIy from the height
Beyond the mountains blue.
Fain would I walk five weary leagues,
/ do not mind the roads fatigues,
Through morn and evening" dew;
But bitter frosts would fail at night;
And on the grapes, that yellow blight
! could not go to Carcassonne,
/ never went to Carcassonne.
They say it is as gay all times
AS holidays at homei
The gentles ride in gay attire,
And, in the sun, each gilded spIre
Shoots up like those of Romei
The bishop the procession leads,
The generals curb their prancIng steeds.
Alas! / know not Carcassonne.
Alas! | saw not Carcassonne.
Our wears right! he breaches loud,
And bids US to beware.
He says, "Oh, guard the weakest part,
And most the traitor in the heart
Against Ambitions snare!"
Perhaps, in autumn, can find
Two sunny days, with gentle wind.
/ then could go to Carcassonne,
l still could 60 to Carcassonnel
Ny God and Father. pardon me
If this, my wish. Offendsi
One sees some hope more high than he
In age as in his infancy,
To which his heart ascends!
Ny wife, my son, have seen Narbonne,
Ny grandson went to Perpignan;
But / have not seen Carcassonne,
But l have not seen Carcassonne.
Thus sighed peasant, bent with age,
Half dreaming in his chair.
/ said: "My friend, come, go with me,
Tomorrow, then, thine eyes shall see
Those streets that seem so fair.
That night there came for passing soul
The church bells low and solemn toll.
He never saw gay Carcassonne.
Who has not known a Carcassonne?
Translated by NJ. f. W. :
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-06
THE FARM And HOUSEHOLD.
THE QUEEN OF THE BALLET.
GALVESTON DAILY NEWS.

What a figure fine,
What grace divine,
Wrought by Natures grace,
What a facet
Sweet as cherub in the sun,
Where the ragged children run.
In the dingy court,
Thou didst sport,
A fairy in the mud,
Till the limehght's waXed glare
Bound thee in the devils snare,
And flood
Of golden incense made thy face
A grimace.
Art alone can show thee
And l know thee
By the jewel in thine ear,
Pretty deari
By the sealskin wrapper
And the clapper
Of thy tongue;
Without soul or thought or fear;
By the idlers that are near
To beland thee and applaud the,
All day long.
Virtue thou didst never know,
-NOI Tie AON
Of a childlike innocence
Pure and free;
Love was not Unborn In thee.
Nor the flower of sense.
Yet may time most gently flow
Ger thy life;
Ere the love deriding crow
Masks the strife
Meath the lustrous dew
Of thine eyes deep blue,
And the icy rhine of care
Frosts thy waves of ebon hair,
And the silent years
Bringing their tears.
Sport then, splendid butterfly.
Ere thou die.
Folly writes thy epitaphl
"Light as her dance was her laugh.
Was the plaything of a day
For the brains of softest clay,
Yet, alas yet. alasl
Beings of the light must pass
With the light,
Into night,
Into gruesome night away
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-06
THE HOUSEHOLD.

Swallowing saliva often relieves sour
stomach.
Hot, dry flannel, applied as hot as pos
sible, for neuralgia.
When not in use the umbrella should
be left loose, unconfned by elastic or silken
band
Broken limbs should be placed in natural
position and the patient kept quiet until
the surgeon arrives.
Rancid lard is improved by trying it over
with little water In the kettle, adding
slices of raw potatoes.
Do not blow the food to cool it for
children; the breath is often impure and
will make the food injurious to the child.
A brown bread sandwich is spread with
cream cheese and watercress of parsley;
with cayenne pepper and salt.
Hemorhrages of the lungs or stomach are
promptly checked by small doses of salt.
The patient should be kept as quiet as
possible.
RICE CAKE.
One teaspoonful of rice flour, two cups
of wheat flour, two eggs, one cupful of
sweet milk, one teaspoon of baking pow
dish in quick oven.
BAKED HASH.
Take any kind of cold meat and chop
fine, with little cold ham or salt pork,
mix one or two eggs and a little butter,
and season with salt and pepper; with this
mix bread of rusk crumbs, moisten a very
little and bake like pudding.
POTTFD REEF
Take solid lump of lean beef and put
it In water sufficient to cover it; boil till
tender and season with salt, pepper and
summer savory; remove the water from the
kettle, leaving about a cupful; cover tight
water is absorbed.
HOMINY MUFFINS.
One large cupful of white flour, two
tablespoonful of baking powder, two tea
spoonsful of salt; mix together dry. Add
two cupsful of cold boiled hominy beaten
smooth, three eggs, one-half cupful of
melted butter, two tablespoonsful of white
sugar, and sweet milk enough to make a
thick batter.
SQUASH PIE.
Wash peel and steam the SQUASH, and
to a pint of the strained vegetable allow
rather more than full pint of milk, one
egg, a teaspOonful of cinnamon and tea
spoonful of salt, also little mace or nut
meg and half acup of sugar. If a Hub
bard is used, two thirds of the quantity of
the squash will be sufficient. Bake with
one crust.
MILK BREAD FOR AFTERNOON TEA.
The following makes eighteen tiny
loves: To one pound of fine flour put a
dessert spoonful of good baking powder
and pinch of salt Then rub in one
heaped teaspoonful of butter and two
ounces of sifted sugar. Mix with milk
to light dough. Make into smallest
loaves, as above, and bake in a quick
oven. These are thinly sliced, when cold
spread with butter, and doubled over so
as not to soil the glove.
RAGOUT OF MUTTON.
One pint cold mutton, cut in dice, one
small onion, one small turnip, one-half
carrot, salt and pepper to taste, boiling
water to cover. Simmer till tender, re-
move the meat and vegetables, skim the
gravy, season to taste, and thicken, if nee
essary, with -four wet in cold water. The
mutton should be rather underdone for
this, and may be the remaining of either a
roast or boil. Remove the bits of girls
tie vegetables and place with the meat in
a saucepan, and cover with boiling water
Simmer till tender
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-06

Hurricanes continue in the northwest
and central part of Germany, and great
damage has been done to forests.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-06
La Grippe in Ancient Times.

Away back IN the nth century there was
an epidemic of malignant influenza in
Europe, extending into Asia and Africa,
which assumed the form of a plague,
carrying off many thousands of people.
1t is to this calamity to which Haydn s
Dictionary of Dates" refers when ex-
planning the origin of the salutation,
''God bless YOU" thus: I'VE are told
that in the time of Pope Pelagius II. a
plague ragged in Rome of so fatal nature
that persons seized with it died sneezing
and gaping, whence came the custom of
SAYING God bless you!' when a person
sneezes, and of Roman Catholics making
the sign of the cross upon the mouth
when one gapes" The terrible grippe
affection of that period began In the year
55S and continued with varying degrees of
virulence for many years, the Pope Pc
lagius dying of it in SIS.
OF course there is much incompleteness
in the descriptions of old plaques and cpl
denies given in the histories of the times.
Medical science was then mere supersi-
ton or worse. and every fantastic account
was given of diseases that had a wide
spread effect on mankind The people of
this age know better, and the grip has
no especial terrors for those who suffer
from its attack nor for the general public.
Herman Westphal, brewer and ice
| dealer of Minneapolis, assigned, with liza
bilities at $4,000 and assets figured at
! $3.50. 900.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-02-06

Wash. peel and steam the squash, and
to pint of the strained vegetable allow
rather more than full pint of milk, one
egg, teaspoonful of cinnamon and tea
spoonful of salt, also little mace or nut
meg and half acup of sugar. If Hub.
bard is used, two thirds of the quantity OF
the squash will be sufficient. Bake with
one crust.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1890-07-05
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