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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-10-28
THE FARMS OF THE FUTURE.
Lands in the United States VIII be Worth
500 an Acre.

500 an Acre.
The Country Gentleman of recent
date prints a letter from Mr.. c. Wood
Davis on crops per capita, and the con-
clusion he draws is "that good lands
anywhere in the United States will be
worth 500 an acre within five years"
This ought to cheer the hearts Of the
farmers.
Mr.. Davis asserts that there is an ex-
act ratio between population and pro-
duction, but that this has not been made
manifest for the reason that we have
been cultivating too much land and
could at any time increase one product
at the expense of another without max
ing shortened supply of the lessened
crop" But this is not to be so another
decade. Indeed, he fixes the limitation
in 1895. His reasoning is eXhilarating
and reads better than one of Senator
PETERS speeches:
We cannot reduce the number of cattle
other than mich COWS below $50 to 1000
people without making beef so valuable
that the farmers will rush into It's prOduc-
ton, and thus create shortage in some
other product; nor make the mich cows
lees than $50 to each 1000 of the population
without making a shortage in some other
direction and putting up the price of every
thing pertaining to the dairy The balance
must be preserved. For each 1000 units
added to the population we must add 230 to
235 mich cows and given number OF
! horses, and but for the surplus of beeVes
now existing we should have to add fifty
| to fifty-three cattle other than mich COWS.
For every cow, steer or horse added we
must add about six to seven acres to our
| farms, and of this two and One-halt to three
| acres must be in pasture.
On those figures Mr.. Davis, in 1891,
| believes that home consumption by 1895
will consume all the products of Amerl-
can farms, and that the price of good
farm lands in the old Northwestern
States will be 500 an acre.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-10-28
Care of Farm Animals.

The most practical and valuable in
formation that can be brought to the
intelligently practical farmer is that
which relates to the care and man
agement of farm animals. But few
farmers have any solid data of facts to
draw upon derived from their own
experience. To know just exactly
which costs the most to produce, a
pound OF mutton or pound Of beef
or pound of pork is something not
more than one farmer in a thousand
can tell, for the 900 never keep eX-
act records. All of them can guess
at it, may be, quite closely, but it is
guess work after all. To be sure they
put their money up on their guess
work, and embark in mutton feeding,
beef feeding, or pork feeding, and
many say they ought to know all
about it as long as they are in the
business. 1t is true they ought and
they would know if they did not have
such an universal contempt for keep
ing exact records. Here Is
where the English and Scotch
farmer excells his American cousin.
He is trained in the art of keeping
books and records. He is not consid-
cred good safe farmer unless he can
show what thing costs. That is
just as great an advantage to the
earnest thinking farmer as it is to the
manufacturer The dollars the farmer
is to earn runs the gauntlet of ill-luck
and accident to as great an extent as
the manufacturers dollars. He
should not be loaded down with an
extra per cent. Of carlessness and in
difference to sound rules of business
procedure.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-10-28
Farmer.
Farm Proverbs.

Use diligence, integrity and proper
improvement Of time to make farm
ing pay. Do not have more live
stock than you can keep well. House
all things as much as possible-ani-
mails, utensils and crops. When you
are offered a fair price for your pro-
duce do not store it for rats and spec
ulatOrs. The more comfortable you
can keep your animals the more they
will thrive. A good cow is yalua-
bic machine; the more food she can
properly digest the greater the profit.
A few roots daily to all the stock are
as welcome as apples to boys and
girls. Iron shoes on sleds last a life
time and are cheaper in the end than
wooden ones. Replace the bars where
you often pass by strong gates, and
then wonder that you did not do SO
before. Although in draining land
thoroughly your purse may be drained,
yet the full crops that follow will
soon fill it again. Always give the
soil the first meal; if it is well fed
with manure it will feed all else
plants, animals and men. A Dor
rowed tool if broken should be re.
placed by new one. A sense OF
honor in such matters is much to be
commended.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-10-28
Best Horse to Sell.

The American Agriculturist states
that horses to be sold in the New
York market for general purpose"
will bring the best prices when they
conform as nearly as possible to the
following standard: A good sized,
bony head, full, kind eye, pricked ears,
good crest, oblique shoulders, short
on back, long on belly, somewhat
arched at coupling, well ribbed up,
heavy boned, short, fiat legs, COM
pact, active, blocky, good tempered
and a good walker He should weigh
from 200 pounds upward.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-10-28
Dairy Notes.
Pay as you go.

STILL another milk-testing appar-
atus is announced, called the Hutton.
NIAGARA is the name given butter
cooler exhibited at the show at Bath,
Eng. 1t consists of water tight
chamber around which cold water is
made to flow.
A CONDENSED milk plant is to be
put in at Newport, Me-, at cost of
$50, 600 to consume the milk Of 4, 900
COWS. Several others are to follow if
this one succeeds.
FILLED cheese is still in the market
in Chicago and the Farmers Review
of Chicago and correspondent Ofthe
Wisconsin Farmer both advocate a
national law against all such frauds.
MILK drawn from an infiamed I'D
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-10-28
ABOUT PRICES.

Some Important Articles-How the Nc
KinIey Bill Affects Comparisons.
The American Economist has been
making a thorough canvass in almost ev-
cry state in the Union for the purpose
Of getting at the average price of goods
sold at retail during the month of Sep
TENDER and for October Of 1890, before
the passage of the Mckinley tariff and
back in 1857 under the glorious old days
Of Democratic low tariff The figures
the Economist has collected are of in
terest. We quote few of them to
show results under thirty-four years
protection on. the articles of common
necessity among the people:
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-10-28

LILO DCOCJ 10 row
that's the condition of liver, stom-
ach and bowels, when DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets have done their
work. It's work that isn't fin
ished when you've stopped taking
them, either. It's lasting. They
care, as well as relieve. And it's
all done SO mildly and gently
There's none cf the violence that
went with the old-time pill. One
tiny, sugar-coated Pellets a gentle
laxative three to four act as
cathartic. Sick Headache, Bilious
Headache, Constipation, Indiges-
ton, Bilious Attacks, and all de-
rangements of the stomach and
bowels, are prevented, relieved and
cured. AS a Liver Pill, they're an
equaled. They're purely vegetable,
perfectly harmless = the smallest,
cheapest, and easiest to take.
They're the cheapest pill you can
buy, because they're guaranteed to
give satisfaction, or your money is
returned.
You only pay for the good you
get. Can you ask more Z?
That's the peculiar plan all DR..
Pierce's medicines arc sold On.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-10-28
pendence when we produce our own tin

pendence when we produce our own tin
plate
1t seems to me that nothing, unless it be
n lack Of faith in the maintenance Of the
present law, can thWart this desirable
achievement. / can understand how our
success should be doubted and our failure
accepted with satisfaction in Wales, but /
cannot understand how any American can
take that view of the question or why he
should always approach every evidence of
the successful establishment of this in
dustry in this country with disposition
to discred1t and reject it. If the great ex-
pertinent is to fail, our own people should
not add to the modification of failure the
crime of rejoicing in it. Very truly yours,
BENJAMIN HARRISON.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-10-28

line down the center of each side and
one edge, and with plane or sharp
knife pare it down to sharp edge;
faSten a handle of convenient size
and length at center of strip on the
upper edge and the device is COM
plete.
Grasp the handle firmly, press the
sharp edge into the earth, and you
have a straight, even drill of uniform
depth for sowing. BY marking and
cross-marking, as in corn planting,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-10-28

you have even spacing for pricking
or transplanting. To mark off the
distance to next row you might also
put on runner at one side, fastened
to rod of iron passing through the
marker, as shown in lower figure
This runner can be adjusted any dis
lance and do perfect work. OF course
handle and marking strips can be
made any length from a few inches to
several feet. After trying one you
will probably make several of differ
ent sizes.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-10-28
OHIO SHEEP.
Woodworking Expanding Under the Nc
Kinley Law.

Wool Growing Expanding Under the Nc
Kinley Law.
Increase in the flocks in Ohio has been
noted by the returns of the personal
property assessors of that state, and til
shown that whereas from 1885 to 1890,
both inclusive, a substantial loss was
yearly sustained, yet thus far in 1891 an
increase is shown of '202, PAL sheep. 1t
is claimed that this gain is owing to the
increased duty upon wool in the new
tariff, and that the increase in sheep
means 1913 46 pounds more wool TO
market in Ohio, or about $375 900 worth
in excess of that sold in 1890. If the
same gain has been made in other West
ern states then there are now :, 426, 800
more sheep in the country capable OF
yielding II, l34 900 more pounds of wool
than last year; this means as we'll gain
To the growers in the value of their
sheep of not far from S., 1000, 000.-Bos-
tom Commercial Bulletin.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-10-28

two rows Of 20-penny wire spikes into
each plank, about two inches apart
each way; now bolt three pieces
across these, as shown in cut; attach
an eyener with three chains and you
have the harrow made. Corn can
be narrowed till two or three inches
high with this harrow, without injur-
ing it, and, therefore, is superior to
the common harrow for that purpose.
j. W. Armstrong, in Practical
Farmer
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-10-28
horticultural Hints.

The Pearl tuberose, besides being
dwarf and having larger flowers than
the common one, is earlier blooming,
the flowers opening a couple of weeks
before the other.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-10-28
Dignity OF Agriculture.

GRICU LTUR E
is the basis, the
foundation of all
wealth, and the
other pursuits are
SO closely con-
nected with it
that their pros
sperity depends
upon the success
o f far m i II G.
There is not only
no antagonisnl
between t b e m,
b ut tn e y are
mutually bene-
fetal to e a C b
other and the ut
most good feeling
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-10-28
THE HOUSEHOLD.
Water as a DisinfecUant.

1t is fact that appears to be not
generally known, perhaps because it
may not be generally credited, that
pure, fresh, cold water is one of the
most valuable Of diSinfectants, mas
much as it is powerful absorbent.
Every sick room should have a vessel
of clear water frequently renewed,
placed not far from the bed, or even
beneath it. This not only abSorbS
much Of the hurtful vapor, but by it's
evaporation it sOftens and tempers
the atmosphere, doing away with the
dryneSS which is so trying and de-
pressing to an invalid-or even to
we'll persons, for that matter. 1t has
frequently been shown. by actual eX-
pertinent, that troubled sleep and
threatened insomnia are corrected by
so simple thing as the placing of an
open bowl of water near the sufferers
couch. OF course it hardly need be
said, after these matters have been
considered for moment, that water
which has stood for any length Of
time in close room is not proper for
drinking purposes. = Good House
keoDing
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-10-28
Free Tuition Abolished.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Oct. 22.-Lehigh
University will abolish free tuition after
January l, 1892, charging those who ap-
ply after that date.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-10-28
ORCHARD AND GARDEN,
A Good Marker.

To make a neat soil marker, says
Popular Garden, take a piece Of board
an inch thick and two inches wide,
and of any desired length; draw a
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-10-28

This, for effective work, cannot be
beaten. Take four pieces of good
plank, 2x6 inches, and ten feet long:
soak in water thoroughly; then drive
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-10-28
REAL RURAL READING
WILL BE FOUND IN THIS DE-
PARTMENT.

agriculture the Basis and Foundation of
All Wealth-A homemade Harrow
Care of Farm Animals-H ouseh old
Orchard and Garden, Etc.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-10-28
How Much a siIo should Cost.

In reply to question how much
silo should cost, it is told in bulletin
issued from the New Hampshire
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-10-28
Polite Table Manners.


Soup should be eaten quietly from
the side of the spoon; never from the
point.
Do not use your knife to serve your
self from dishes from which other
people at the table are to take food.
DO not sit sideways on your chair or
on the edge Of it.
DO not drink tea from your saucer
Or pour it into the saucer to cool.
Do not leave your spoon standing
in your tea cup, but take it out and
lay it in the saucer.
Do not wait on yourself before
older people or any guests, who may
be present, are served.
Do not shove the dishes along the
table, but take them up carefully and
pass them.
Do not use your napkin for pocket
handkerchief or the back of your
hand for napkin.
DO not use your knife to convey
food to your mouth; that marks you
as from the backwoods at once.
Do not leave the table before the
ing to be excused.
DO not monopoliZe all the CONVEX
sation with talk about the crops if
you are farmer, or about the jelly
that will not 'Jell' if you are a
farmers wife; neither should you eat
your meal in solemn silence, but
make the conversation general and of
interest to all DreSent
Do not eat fruit in mussy or I'M
| pleasant manner or spit the stones,
skins or seeds into your plate, but
remove them from the month with
your thumb and fingers or with a fork
or spoon.
The table is not the proper place to
clean or pick the teeth and tooth
picks should not be placed on the
table in a private house.
Make no noise with yonr mouth in
drinking or eating; it is sign of i'll
breeding. Farm and Home.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-10-28
SHlL-OIl'S
c0NSlyEsPTI0N
Cl.RE.

The success of this Great Cough Cure IS
without parallel in the history of medicine.
All druggists are authorized to sell it on pos
tive guarantee, a test that no other sue
cesslully stand. That it may become known,
the Proprietors, at an enormous expense, are
placing a Sample Bottle Free into every home
in the United States and Canada. If you have
Cough, Sore Throat, or Bronchitis, use it, for
it will cure you. If your child has the Group,
or Whooping Cough, use it promptly, and relief
is sure. If you dread that insidious disease
CONSUMPTION, use it. Ask your Druggist for
SHILOH'S .Rt'se~.Iss css's-.se
$s:ee.~> 1f~y66r Lungs are sore or Back lame,
use Shiloh's Porous Plaster, Price IS cts.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-01-08
ANNUAL MEETING
OF the Stockholders Of the Austin Club.

or the Stockholders OF the Austin Club.
Last night at 8 o'clock some fifty mem
bers of the Austin club met in first annual
session in the hall of the board Of trade.
Mr.. Lewis Hancock, president of the club,
presided, and explained the object of the
meeting was to hear the report of the Sec
rotary and treasurer and elect the directors
of the club for the ensuing year. Mr..
Warner, the secretary, reported the club
had 10 resident and ten non-resi-
dent members and there were
but five delinquents in dues
Mr.. @. r. Drake, the treasurer, reported
paid into the treasury $10,343.02, and ex
pended SO, 922.70 during the past year, leav-
ing 1920 on hand. The income had been
from membership fees, $4800; from club
dues, 1920. IS; from house committee
$2,26932. He reported the club absolutely
free of debt.
After considerable discussion as to the
election of the next directory of eleven, il
was determined to elect committee of five,
who should select twenty-five names and
post them on the bulletin board on or
before next Saturday, and that the
stockholders should meet again next
Tuesday night at o'clock to elect from
those names or others that might there be
suggested eleven directors. AS the com
mittee of five the following gentlemen were
elected: Messrs. Geo. p. Warner, Lewis
Hancock, @. f. Drake, Frank knight and
A. o. Watson. The meeting then ad
journed to Tuesday night at 7 o'clock.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-01-08

A man once wrote to frieaS. q
could not write you longer letter as
am troubled with chilblains. You had
better come and see me yourself, when
can explain the matter more fully
than in writing"
The friend wrote in reply:
IF the chilblains prevent your writ,
ing long letter, I, too, am unable to
eell upon you, as this morning | cut
one of the fingers of my left hand, and
cannot walk so far" Strenno de-
Fischietto.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-01-08

The ticket so far as aldermen we're con
cerned was thrown out and peace reigned
and the count proceeded, and resulted as
follows:
For mayor: Newninr 20. Wilson 4S.
For marshal: Tom Blum l, N. P. Houx
4O, Jud Howell %, Bobt. Weyerman 48.
For alderman: J. V. Bergen 70, P. w.
Bouldin so. H. ]. Doughty 81, Leonard Eek
"a, W. ID. Gorton 50, J. f. Hart 46, III. J.
Ketchum so, J. r. Peel 81, w. C. Reid ID,
Z. A. Toner AZ, j. P. Wallace AZ.
Messrs. Bergen, Doughty, Gorton, Eek
and Ketchum were declared elected, and
the crowd dispersed as Ed. Byrnes joyously
opened box of matches and offered to
treat the whole assembly.
The victorious crew duly celebrated their
victory last night and had good time.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-01-08
Painful Accident,

Late Saturday afternoon while out
RABBIT hunting near the residence Of
Mrs. Ex-Governor Pease, Murray Ora
ham, son of ]. w. Graham, climbed a
tree, and while Niles Graham, grand
son OF Mrs. Pease, was standing
directly under him the limb upon
which Murray was resting gave way
and the boy fell head first Upon Niles,
fracturing his thigh bone midway be-
tween the knee and hip. DR.. Lowry
is attending and reports Niles as do
ing we'll. Master Niles is a very
bright boy and has host of friends,
8e consistently exhouorates his
cousin Murray aod says that lac him,
sell Is TO blame for the accident.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-01-08
WOOL MARKETS,
GALVESTON.

GALVESTON, Jan. g. Wool-Quiet and
unchanged; II months clip Xxx, 81 to
59c x, IS to 57c No. 1, 50 to Soc; spring
six and eight months Xxx, 55 to 56c; x, So
to 54c; No. l, so to SIC. Sales -
pounds unsecured.
Unscoured-Spring, 2 months clip IS to
dc; fine, IS to 2lc, medium, 10 to &c. Fall
wool, six and eight months fine, IS to zoe;
medium, IS to dc; Mexican improved, Is
to 17c; Mexican carpet, IA to 15c.
ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. -Wool-Receipts, 1900
lbs. Light sales. Unwashed bright medium,
20 to 23Lc; coarse braid, IA to &c; low
sandy, IL to lie; fine light, 16 to 21c; fine
heavy, II to lSc; tub washed, choice, 33c;
inferior, % to Bic,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-01-08
IRE ELECTION,
THE SOUTH SIDE BANTLING ENJOYS
THE HILARIOUS SENSATION or
A CITY ELECTION,
= Very quiet bay AMI Deeply Path tic
Count Of tho VOTE Last
Night.

eon,h hns,i, ,,,s,ora,,, ovne,;srced tho
c,,
uoYelty Oh CITY eiectIoll Nlu eiecteo Ill
1edged MAYER and i've aldermen
THO e,,orpea cnnth kustipitp felt the I'M
- :.
porVanoe o. ti'o oo'Ss'oA an" "soI "uo'' IL
with becoming demurrer and dignity
There were 40 riotcas demonstrations,
..,.,...,rc ,,t,,,,, 49,. r,;t;,,c i,,,t.,
p"''N9 ~" ~ ''''''e' ''''.'' '0''A"e VI w. va
lent conduct
The South Austintg is not iUkewarm,
corsless ,,or unconcerped wben he acts ont
IL. ,'.''...,s
~.0VUu pi'ar ~, poa0'
He goes 81 IL IN dead earnest, and with
witherp upwrunc he accompanies the work
a. LII. i,,.,.,., ,,,;srs,tio,
~ H"n" VIZ
y WAS 81 yesterday,
lie had to slect a mayor aud five cOrpu.
iart aldermen and he aid H.
~ $3.50. c.,,,;,,. TIA.
Mi. a; "; nhplonsi W. 2" LINN ~ o., ,lo9 9
SalpWtll, De,.cS yoo' nv " "a
we're ludges and clerks o. {he eleeuou' ana
the a9lsulh liel'let ~ Will , ~ Con
dtctoI me ceteu,ohy impress 'ne h1tI-
age yotet .n9' II Was az NV W. 9i t;,a,
vosStt3t' driv W. ~ ncrf5rm. ~ '
Dnring ne dav lie able candidates and
ths;, rriends snrroundsd the nnlls and lis
ronrsed most wisely anon uuegtong of
citv craft aver and anon eurning 10 axe
With 81 concealed disdsin upon The otfete
aud much dammeD city on the north side.
Occasionally courier or scout WOnl3 dis
tllrb the euuiiibriunl OF the gathering by
rushing lranucally into il dragging oy ne
collar or hair a bewildcred and much
confused voter WHOM he lad
found somewhere whiio sconiing
the woods md brush thichels. His dfent
would be thp ,trnsl for the candidates to
look intensely Wise and profound, and " III
adroitness thBt would become an old.tIjner
on me north side. thew would press thgir
claims and extol their eminent fitness ror
places Of honor.
tDur,Dv the day, by skinping up the cow
trails and seeking IN the holloWs they
scared IN llS voters, and lest night 10 he
son1bre clare of sorle tallow candles me
vote Sns counted In the presence OF most
of those who he'd cast bheCu
Mr. Sullivan called out The uames and
Nessrs Cn,Iweil, Wood and Jones kept the
tailv sheets
ma eSSd,es Jared ana 9ickored. aud
~, Nm. ,bs ,o,.r.t INA bnsL,d' sriIlress and
aoruisb of dle caadidates was painful. and
called up the ines of the poet
,.r.,,,,rtol .ilaocai
rf,,,. ,,,,i9 ~ -a.s 't1,I ,,psic from, .ns
Nae'e ~ ~ "N''' -'N'' '0'' '"'
SpnneieS
~ n'".N'
FOR the hrSt Chirty-hye or forty
votes It was mp and tuck
between Mr.. NeTumg Nnd Lieut. wilson.
Sometimes Que NHs ahead and then the
other When the lieutenant swas irsthe
lead ne aud his friends wodld look wise and
cheerful, and Mt SeWnmg and has friends
would look diannl.
When Mr NevninG forged to the 'front.'
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-01-08
Divining Her Weakness.

Henpekt-That new doctor you In
troduced me to, Bowler, is a great symp.
tomotologist-great student of human
nature.
Bowler-Suits you, does he?
Henpekt-To dot. Had him il
last night to treat my wife for a cold
said she didn't need any medicine. but
that she must be particular, above ali
things, to keep her mouth shut an
breathe through her nose. -Boston
Courier.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-01-08
Nebraska I,eOislotura

LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. The legislature
organized at noon to-day, the Farmers AL
lance having clear majority, and elect
6 temporary officers without trouble.
The temporary speaker is without educa-
ton or experience, and turbulent session
is confidently expected.