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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-03-27


gloomy solitudes ever since any thing
was known about 1t. Parties sometimes
came there from Philadelphia and New
York, for, besides the deer and large
game, it had some Of the finest trout
streams in the country.
I had no dog with me, father having
taken the only canine we owned, and of
course hadn't the slightest idea whore
to look for the large bruin which set
out to find. In fact, the further pene-
trated into the woods the less ardent l
became. and may as we'll confess that,
had suddenly come upon the terrible
beast, l believe / would have thrown
down my rifle and Skinned up the near
est sapling.
But I tramped forward until was
fully two miles from home. During all
that time had not caught the first sight
of any creature larger than rabbit.
was beginning to think that another
disappointment awaited me, and was
half disposed to turn about and retrace
my steps when suddenly jumped fully
foot from the ground, with my blood
tingling in every vein.
had not seen any thing, but from
some point near At hand proceeded =
series of cries that would have lifted
the hat from the head of the bravest
backwoodsman that ever lived. There
were the growls Of some Infatuated
beast, the yelping Of another desperate
ly wounded animal, while through and
above them all rang the frenzied shouts
of some person in dire extremity:
Hep! help Sare mel"
What did do but drop the rife in my
hand and start for home with such fran
tic speed that the wonder is my neck
was not broken before had run dozen
steps.
Then / awoke to the cowardice OF
what was doing, and with strong re-
! vulsion of feeling dashed back to where
my weapon lay, snatched it up, and
reckless OF the consequences tore
through the underground and among
the trees to the spot from which the de-
spairing cries still came.
The next moment / saw . fearful
sight Terror, our faithful hunting dog.
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the winner load was getting quite rough.
Our progress was rather slow, though
the driver put the horses at their best
pace. As we foundered along made
inquiries as to my prospective patient
and the cause of his accident.
"''Twas done a-scufflin',' the team
ster replied. 'Ye see the crow Amt
workin' to-day. They got ter foolin'
and ter scuH!in', and in the fracas Pete's
shoulder got pulled out o tint
WHO is this Pete, . French Cam
adiang
"'Wal, dunno 'zackly. He KEN
from up in the French country. ] should
say that We might call him French re-
piled the man, who seemed, thought,
somewhat amused at the question.
"'How old person is hep ] asked.
"'Wal, now, we've got me, doctor.
Its dit1ikilt tellin' how old them fellers
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THE BLACK MOUNTAIN.
Its Ascent 10 Dinlcult and AccOmpiishe
by Very Few Tourists.

Its Ascent 10 Difficult and Accomplished
by Very Few Tourists.
Climbing is much the same all the
world over, and the only noteworthy
feature in our ascent was the atrocious
heat reflected from the bare gray slabs
of rock on every side. Long before
reaching the summit l had added my
shirt to my coat, and when, after two
hours very stiff work, we stood at length
on the crest of kerstatz we felt we had
well earned the refreshing breeze which
greeted US from the other side, but
which never blows in the fearful natural
oven from which we had just emerged.
The view from the top is magnificent
embracing not only the whole length of
the Bocche, but stretching over the
horizon beyond. The ascent is one OF
the steepest known, and Lady Strang-
ford aptly describes the impression pro-
duced in saying that ere has the feel
ing Of ascending the highest tower in
the world and looking down from the top
into the perpendicular depths below"
On our way up we overlook Monte
negrin, who, as being the first specimen
of the race had met in his native wilds,
interested me considerably. In spite Of
the heat he was dressed in thick
double-breasted waistcoat and felt-cloth
jacket with an inevitable struka over
his shoulders. This integral part OF
every Montenegrin'sc costume is coarse
black rug Of raw goats hair six feet long
by two wide.
No inducements are adequate to per-
suade the women to spin broader pat
tern, consequently it is Of little use ex-
cept to sit upon. 1t is worn thrown over
the shoulders with the two long fringed
ends dragging In the dust, and thus
certainly forms some protection for the
back against the rain, but leaves the
chest and throat exposed. 1t is too mar
row to wrap round one as . blanket, and,
speaking from experience, / failed to
get IS much warmth and comfort out OF
three strukas as would have been given
by common ulster coat or Scotch plaid.
Our friend was very communicative,
and insisted on accompanying US into
Cettinje, whittier he was himself bound.
Whenever we stopped for . mo.
ment he spread his rug for my use. and
was particularly anxious for me to
wear 1t when we reached the
higher and colder atmosphere. I was
surprised to see that both he and the
Dalmatian drank copiously from every
running stream we came across. As he
grew more at home with us he pro-
duced letter from brother of his
dated ''Johnsonville, Cal, where he had
been mining for many years, and FREE
quently heard later of others who had
emigrated to the fields Our companion
had general recollection of all the
British Consuls and well-known travel.
ers who had visited Montenegro and
seemed astonished that ] was not per-
sonally and intimately acquainted with
| all OF them. On the whole. however.
he was an intelligent, quick-witted
fellow, full Of stories and questions, and
his company helped not little to
shorten the long walk.-Fortnightly
| Review.
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70. They amt Jest like our folks. 70

arc They Amt Jest like our folks. 70
ton could elicit from the driver, but
gained the impression that my patient
was probably an eccentric man. The
teamster seemed to prefer talking upon
other subjects
when we had gone about halfway
we came to hill SO bad that we got of
the sled and walked. A team had lately
broken down on the hill, and among
other remnants Of the wreck on the
snow at the side Of the road was q news
paper. picked IL up and read the
date on it-'Thursday, March Is It
must be . week old, for that day was
Thursday.
Like . flash 1t came into my mind
that the day was the First Of
April. All Fools Day. ! had not
thought OF 1t before. In an instant
then it passed through my mind that
my call to sct shoulder was proba-
bly, case Of April fool; that these
lumbermen had planned and we're car
rying out an April fool joke on the un-
sophisticated young doctor
THE case now seemed SO plain that
my first impulse was to take my traps
of the sled and start for home; but
had already come SO far that they would
have the laugh on me in any event l
began to feel angry as we'll as mortified,
and the smattering OF law taught at the
medical college came to me. l could
collect my fee by suing for it, ii pro
ceeded to the place to which l was sum-
moned.
80 without allowing the teamster to
mistrust that suspected practical
joke, changed the topics o. converse
ton and went on with him, mentally
bracing myself for the result, whatever
it might be.
AT length we came in sight of the
three or four large, low log shanties
which formed the lumber camp. Nearly
. score OF lumbermen were standing
about the door OF the man camp as ii
awaiting our arrival. Not yord was
spoken by any Of them as we drove up,
but they looked to me like men who
were keeping their faces straight by q
great effort.
"Wal, boys, here's the doctor!'
shouted the driver. He's got all his
tools with him. Shall we take him in
ter see Pete?"
"'Sartin! sartin" they all said. and
one Of the crowd added that Pete had
been takin' on awful
Lead the way said, I'm here at
your CALL
'"The whole party at once proceeded
to one OF the adjoining shantics. Every
man seemed to be REFRESHING some very
strong emotion. The shanty door was
thrown open, and they all stood aside,
marking in husky voice that Pete
was inside. stepped to the doorway
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lcal college," said he, ''twenty-six years
ago. l was twenty-one years old that
June. l remember just how fresh and
green the whole world looked to me on
those June days. The color may have
been partly reflection from something
inside me. Indeed. had an intuitiye
feeling that this was the fact. In con-
sidering where it would be best for me
to settle. accordingly fixed. naturally,
on the rural districts, where the con-
trast between the general aspect Of
nature and my condition would be less
striking.
II went to small town in New
Hampshire and hung out my 'shinglc'
in little saw-mill kind of village.
where the people were mostly lumber
men. with sprinkling of French-Can-
adams. There thought might pick
up enough preliminary practice to cut
my professional teeth.
But even with the advantages OF
this rustic, green background, there
was still a vernal contrast not in my
favor. | could see that even the lum-
bermen's wives made fun among them
selves of the young doctor and his now
trunk. but the old people of the place,
particularly the old ladies, seem to
have thought themselves authorized to
ask me any professional question that
interested them, but as for paying me,
they had no idea of doing that. My adj
vice was worth having If it was to be
had for nothing.
so, of actual practice which brought
me In any income, had next to none
all that summer and fall. had but two
bona fds calls all that season, and one
case was merely one of toothache.
There was an older physician settled
FIVE miles distant, and ! sensitively
imagined that he disparaged me-
However, it did not cost me much to
live there. My Office rent was but
thirty cents a week. l got boarded
for dollar and fifty cents q week, and l
kept no horse.
During the succeeding winter had
one or two cases where there were Sc
we're colds and three or four of cut
feet among the lumbermen, but when
there were any serious ailments the
old doctor was sent for Naturally
enough, may say now, though it then
seemed cruelty unnatural to me.
by spring l was getting pretty
badly of financially, in spite Of several
humiliating remittances from home. l
was meditating all sorts of desperate
shifts and expedienta when just at noon
one day lumberman, with q span OF
heavy dranght horses and q sled, drove
up at round pace for SO heavy . team
and raped loudly at my Office door.
"A Teller they call Pete, up at John.
sons loggin' camp, 5 got his shoulder
out o tint, were his first words. They
want you to come up an set it You're
the doctor, amt yep be asked.
That's my profession / replied,
with proper dignity, and inquired as to
the place and the distance.
"I'll take We back with me- the man
replied. i KEN a-pnrpose for ye.'
'''All right l said, good deal elated,
with vision Of hve-dollar fee dancing
in my mind. ran in to pick up wha,
] might need, including my surgical
case and bottle of chloroform.
Sin two minutes was out and on the
sled with the teamster who had sum.
moned me, and on the way to the
logging camp about six miles distant in
the woods to the north of the little viii
lage. The snow had begun to thaw, and
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-03-27
sALTLEss BUTTER.
The Demand for It h Becoming Stronger
Every Day.

The Demand for It h Becoming Stronger
Every Day.
On many occasions we have told 1t as
q fact that the best butter used in Lon
don and Paris is entirely free from salt.
That Information was gathered many
years ago from ! visit we made to these
cities. Mr.. Basham, skilled English
dairyman who has just arrived in this
country and made us . visit, tells us that
to-day no butter sells 1t or near the top
of the market in London that possesses
. trace of salt in it
The butter of the very highest class
he thinks is made in England, but there
is not much Of it, representing the same
position probably that our dollar-a-
pound dairy butter does. The great
bulk Of fine butter he says comes from
the northern part OF France, and is
made by the French farmers, collected
and worked together according to guam
tity, has little color and no salt. That
is the pat butter to be seen on the tables
Of the best hotels and restaurants Of
London.
This French butter comes to England
in two pound rolls and boxes containing
twenty four pounds, and is exposed for
sale in the stores in this shape. Fine
cheese cloth is used for wrapping
with pinked edges, but only covering
about two-thirds Of the top Of the roll
leaving . space open for testing. Danish
butter, he says, Is more salt and takes .
rank below the Normandy or French
rolls.
This evidence bears us out in the
statement that the world is working to-
ward butter sweet and entirely free from
salt. Mr.. Basham says this is insipid
butter to those accustomed to sour milk
butter freely salted, but he also says
that those who like the former eat two
or three times as much of it as those do
who prefer the sailed sour milk article.
1t may be said that the New York ID
not the London and Paris market, but
only last year the reported talks Of the
1airymen whosupply the Boston market
all gave evidence Of the strong tendency
Oethat market toward butter without
salt, many Of them furnishing it in that
condition. 1t WAS only the other day
when the writer took dinner with Z
friend at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, this
city, which our country friends know is
tho swell hotel In this city. and we noted
Particularly the butter that 1t was nearly
II not quite free from any taste of salt.
Go into the highest class Of restaurants
in the city, and do you find high
favored sour cream butter?" Not at all.
every thing in that establishment Is Of
delicate flavor, butter and all.
The dairyman who has an eye to bust.
! ness will take . note Of this fact and
measure his actions observation-disclosures.
lean Dairyman.
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THE DAIRY.

Every chill that cow gets shrinks
.er mess of milk and takes fat out Of 1t,
lays the Vermont Chronicle.
There are fifty manufactures Of inn
tation butter in Germany. One at
Mannheim makes daily 5000 pounds
from cocoanut preparation.
"A correspondent asks II ground rice
would be good food for mich COW. As
part Of ration, say with bran. corn
neal, oil meal, ETC., rice -four is good,
but 1t Is not practical to feed it.
MIR. A. L. Crosby reminds whom II
concerns that the essential nastiness OF
''dirt' once admitted into milk stays
there, even though its period Of soakage
be brief. You can neither strain nor
ing it out.
Brine sailing is done by pouring
,rine into the churn after the butter
milk is drawn off and the butter first
washed with clear water. The churning
stops IS soon as the granules are large
wheat grains or even less.
The true way to make the dairy
more profitable is to grow better cows,
CdEc lOT &Hu lieu tuGIl UCGUCl OhN ensc
by the use Of improved machinery and
methods reduce the cost Of production.
This can be done. and sooner or later
must be. for the world demands that the
necessaries Of life shall be made cheap
Or.
The perfect dairy cow should show
. lean muzzle with large nostrils, wide
head at the brain, eyes bright, large and
expressive. strong, uplifting, rugged
spine, and fine, angular, not beefy. ribs,
to give strong lung power. The pelvic
arch should be high and sloping; UNI
bilical development large. ! do not
want hardy cow, but constitutionally
strong cow. Don't be worried about ex-
ercise when . COW is turning out .
pound Or two Of butter per day.-Gov.
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MANUFACTURE or BUTTER.
How to Use the Ordinary Barrel Churn
to Advantage.

How to Use tho Ordinary Barrel Churn
to Advantage.
ssWhy don't the butter Gomez" Well,
probably ii you use barrel churn, it IS
because you don't get the ''chug;" any
way found that was one reason why
our butter did not come. The hired
man generally churned, being from one
to three hours 1T the job. For some
reason he was away one day and took
his place at the churn. had read
about the chug and determined to try
it, and after some little difficulty sue
.eeded, and the butter came in about
fifty minutes. II the churn is turned at
. uniform rate Of speed for the entire
revolution q swishing noise will be
heard, but no thump. Now II the handle
is brought slowly through the first,
second and nearly through the third
quarter of the circle which it describes
each revolution, and then rapidly
brought through the remaining part Of
the circle with enough force to carry 1t
to the point where the rapid motion be-
gins, thump will be heard as the handle
passes the point from whence it origin
ally started. This Is the chug, and is
caused by the cream being suddenly
lifted to the top Of the churn and fall
ing solidly to the bottom, and this re-
peated conclusion is what brings the
butter. With thin cream and the churn
filled to its full capacity the chug is at
first diffiult to get, but with thick cream
the chug almost comes of its own accord.
Those who possess barrel churn and
are now considering whether or no to
buy butter-worker should decide no,
for in private dairy . barrel churn
will probably do better work than any
butter-worker made. In summer, after
the brine is drawn of, replace the top,
churn slowly from one to three minutes
and the butter will be found to have
gathered in one large lump or several
small ones, and In perfect condition for
either printing or packing. The reason
that butter gathered in the churn ex-
cells that gathered by worker is readi-
~ understood. All butter-workers have
more or less grinding motion, but the
churn gathers the butter by humping
it. To illustrate the difference in the
modes: Drop lump of butter from .
height OF three or four feet to the table,
examine 1t most carefully and no trace
of injured grain will be found; now.
with the side of the paddle rub the but
ter lightly for few moments and the
particles with which the paddle comes
in contact will assume > lighter hue
and look like what 1t really is-grease.
The Rural New Yorker recently pub
lished accounts Of butter-making by
prize butter-makers, and number Of
them Il majority, II ! remember rightly
gathered the butter in the churn. Besides
adding to the quality OF the butter, using
the churn instead of the butterworker
is : great saving in time and labor.
During cold weather, unless the churn-
ing room is warm, the brine should be
heated to about seventy degrees Fahren'
heit-Cor. National Stockmen.
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Glve Childreu Plenty Of /.

For the reasons given, l advocate
under all conditions . plentiful addition
OF water to children's food. In this
connection would lay stress upon the
fact that, as rule, small children re-
ceive water only as they get it in their
milk or milk food, alike in summer and
in winter. It is probable that the fact
seldom occurs to mother or nurse that
. child may be thirsty without being
hungry at the same time. Certainly
many discomfort and even sickness In
child is conditioned upon the fact that
it has been compelled to eat in order to
get its thirst satisfied, and often has to
suffer thirst because the over-stimulated
and injured stomach will take no more
nourishmcnt at irregular and too short
intervals Of Pediatrics.
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HOLDING THE PASS.

Every Roy Soldier. Brave or Othsrwlss
The Enemies to H Overcome.
Now, although there is no war in our
dear country just 1T present, and though
small boys can not go to fight in the
United States army in time Of war, there
is real soldering to be carried on all the
time. Every boy is soldier, brave Or
otherwise; and every boy has his enc
mics. Real enemies they are, too, and
nothing but real pluck will overcome
them.
One day Leonidas was training his
soldiers; this time three little dogs that
he had coaxed home with him-a terrier,
pug and mongrel. Dogs were very
fond of our boy, and retinue Of these
little beasts generally followed him
about The three dog soldiers had been
in training for some time and were
quite credit to their teacher. But -
it happened, the day was wet the
ground very muddy. and the three
soldiers, having twelve feet among them,
had soiled mammals carpet. The lady,
seeing this, was indignant and opened
the door and disbanded the army.
The General threw himself Nat upon
the floor and set his heroic heels flying.
Some very naughty words came out Of
his mouth--words that surprised and
grieved his mother. She sat down and
looked at him. At last she said, sorrow
fully: u thought my little boy was
trying to be q hero. like the great
Leonidas; but see was mistaken"
Down went the heels and up jumped
the soldier.
what do you mean. mamma9' he
demanded
II mean that you have not kept the
pass like the Greek hero"
Leonidas hung his head, his cheeks
got very red, and his lip quivered.
"How, mammag' he questioned.
"How, my little soldier? Why, you
gave way without striking blow, and
let the enemy come rushing in"
"What cnemy?"
sanger, rude words, disobedience,
bad manners
The little general understood
These are some Of the enemies we
have to fight in peaceful times" said
mamma. MY young Leonidas has -
great task before him as the Spartan
hero-a task as full of difficulty, and
bringing as great honor"
What task?" asks the boy soldier,
lifting moist blue eyes.
1.-The task Of conquering your faults;
Of keeping out mean, cowardly, un-
grateful feelings; of holding the pass
against words that are wrong and fool
ish."
This little talk made deep i'm
preston upon little American Leonidas.
Indeed, when he was naughty, mamma
had but to say: Hold the pass. my
hero" and he quickly put on soldierly
look and brought himself to order
Mrs. NJ. +. Butts, in Christian Union.
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FOR LITTLE PEOPLE.
A GREEDY CHAP.

"A greedy fellowf should say.
They passed the apples round this way
And then he snatched-he couldn't wait
The biggest one upon the plate.
Such greedincss / do despise.
had been keeping both my eyes
Upon that apple, for you see,
The plate was coming next TO me.
Twas big and mellow. Just the kind
greedy chap would like to find.
He laughed as II he thought II fun
Imeant to take that very one.
Sydney Dayre, In st. Nicholas.
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AN APRIL FOOL" JOKE.
How It Was Neatly Turned and
Gained q Reputation.

I A dinner given
by a society Of
m e d ical stu
dents one OF the
most celebrated
surgeons Of New
England, " b o
was a guest of
the young fell
| o " =, in re :
Spouse to the
toast. My First
Year OF Medical
Pra G t ice, !" re-
lated the follow
ing anecdote OF
one of his early
professional eff
forts:
II took my de-
Oron Mt TIM mad.
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a FORTUNATE SHOT.

low = Country BOY Killed , Bear and
Won . Rifle.
COPYRIGHT. 1890.
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A BosroN newspaper says that baby
in that city has been named Grip h
sen McGinty Robinson"
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A DOG that can not bark is one Of the
curiosities Of Edinboro', N. J.