Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-06-09
WHAT THEY SAID.
A Sermon Preached From the Lips of
Pretty GoSsips.

Pretty Gossips
The debutante had come into the
room of the young matron with her
: eyes full of tears to tell of some idle re-
mark that had panied her, and which
had no foundation in fact, but was
merely the ill-tempered sentiment of a
woman who ought to have known bet
ter
Don't you care" said the matron,
as she handed "Debby'' a cup of tea.
I've gone through lot more than that
and lived. You know there is always
who talk a lot about what they abso-
lutely know nothing. Just let me tell
you my experience and then cheer up
To begin with, don't you think my
husband and I pretty good friends?"
81 never saw more devoted couple"
came the answer, mixed up with lots of
! sobs and sundry gulps of tea.
''Well, last summer, as you know, he
! had to go West, and instead of my shut
! ting myself up in my room and bowling
over what L couldn't help, in accord
ance with his wishes I went to the sea-
shore. We corresponded as regularly
! as lovers, and in the fall back we came
! to this house, and will yea believe me,
| just because man old enough to be
my father, friend of my husbands as
well as myself, had shown me a little
kindness while I was alone, the gentle
danes refused to speak to me, and
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little married friend against me. 1t is
needless to say she sticks to me and
has met time and time again with my
husband and myself the terrible man
that the tabbies have taken to talking
about
you've got your husband to stand
by YOU" murmured the unhappy one,
bit consoled to think that others
We're in the same boat with herself.
Indeed I have, thank Heaven and
wouldn't you think when these scandal
mongers saw us together it would be
enough to shut them up? But they
must talk, and when they are talking
about me they are not busy with any
one else's reputation, which is one con-
ISOLATION"
But they judge so harshly,' said
number one.
That's just where the trouble comes
in" sighed the matrOn, "noW the ones
that talk most are a minister's wife,
whose sour face is no encouragement
for one to be religious, and an old
woman and her passee daughter, who
We're once very glad to be friendly with
me before I made up my mind that If
| they were so blind they couldn't see
me one day when we met they should
not bow to me at all. All Of them are
supposed to be very religious, but de-
! liver me from creeds and doctrines that
are without charity, ever ready to see
flaws in others and never mindful of
their own, nine times out Of ten form
ing wrong and hasty conclusions and
doing untold mischief by their tongues
that are unbridled in their censure, but
fail together when justice should be
done to those whom they have judged
wrongly"
The Rural New Yorker, in an extend
ed description of a 1,OOO-Leghorn-
Power-Hennery," which the owner has
made exceedingly profitable, tells how
the owner u years ago was diScOur-
aged farmer, struggling with heavy
mortgage upon his farm. With the aid
of pure-bred White LeghornS the egg
| business was adopted. and now the
owner not only has his farm paid for,
but possesses considerable property in
nearby thriving village. About the
time first mentioned the owner
fully determined to sell his hens, con-
Sidering them too expensive luxury
i'll his then condition to keep. His wife
earnestly protested, and he allowed the
hens to remain. The wife then took
charge of the hens, and the success
attained is mostly due to her efficient
management. The farm consists of
$50 acres. The Rural says: By care
full selection a strain of Leghorns has
been established which are larger and
lay larger eggs than the ordinary
kinds, and are excellent types of the
business hen, though perhaps not
characterized by a great number OF
fancy points. When the season is fairly
opened about 800 dozen of eggs per day
are gathered. Exact figures as to cost
of feed and labor and the receipt OF
money could not be obtained, but the
yearly product was estimated at
10000 dozen, worth at least $1,000,
| half of which was set down as clear
profit. Among the questions asked the
proprietor Of this egg farm We're the
| following:
Q. How do you keep your fowls
healthy?
Ave guard against lice by keep
! ing the floors, houses and platforms
clean, and try having two sets OF roosts.
other is out in the air. The sun and
weather soon rid it Of vermin. We do
not think ke1os and such washes
are very efticacious We ward Off roup
by giving the fowls turpentne twice
week in their food-say large tea
spoonful to so. The health of the hens
is also preserved by dose OF copperas
in the drinking water twice week
a teaspoonful Of the saturated solution
to a pail of water. Once a week-on
! Saturday might've fill the drinking
water trougEs with a milky solution of
lime; this remains until Monday orning,
when the troughs are thoroughly
cleansed after being disinfected. The
hens are greatly benefited by drinking
the lime water. Much the same remedies
are employed in raising chicks.
Q. Do you use egg foods and condi-