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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-09-12
How to Handle Patrons.

How TO handle patrons just right is
sometimes a serious question. writes A.
Schoenman in the American Cheese
maker 1t is well known that a
cheesemaker, to be successful, must
have ability to handle patrons with
''gloves on" as it were The cheese
maker who simply examines the milk
and accepts or rejects without cere-
mony has much to learn. When /
was teaching school and attending
teachers institutes, conducted by our
best state institute conductor his adj
wise. first, last and all the time, was:
Study your pupils Each puTil is a
law unto himself and must be studied,
if you would get the best results.
Just so, l claim, is it with cheese
factory patrons. The cheesemaker
must study each patron and handle
him accordingly. The cheesemaker
who can make first-class cheese in
every respect, but who frequently gets
into a jangle with his patrons, cannot
command the highest wages. Hand
ling the patrons just right is most
important part of the cheesemaker's
business.
I will tell you how I handled a
cranky patron, this spring, where many
quick-tempered cheesemaker would
have failed
Early in April l received a vat CT
milk with a strong faint of rotten po-
tatoes-in fact, l hardly knew whether
the product would be potatoes or
cheese. The next day I took pains to
discover the rotten potato man, which
was easily done, but l was at sea just
what to do, as ne was a valuable
but cranky patron; and knew | stood
in danger of losing his custom if /
should say: "This milk you must take
back; it is way off" l said to my
helper, Run this milk into a can by
itself and, if we can't make cheese of
it, We will make potato dumplings. We
must visit our patron this evening, and
We'll have to handle him with gloves
on Promptly at p. M. we visited
his home. We found him at the barn
and casually and pleasantly asked him
to show us his cows. We talked cows
and milk and tests for some time. He
seemed pleased to have us take an in
terest in him and was, accordingly, in
good humor. l said to him, Did you
ever hear of potatoes tainting milk?"
mo" said he. l said, Rotten pota
toes give milk worse faint than any
thing on Gods green EARTH is that
SO? Say! I have my mornings milk
in the cellar now, and there are po-
tatoes down there and some of them
are rotten WELL said /, IF that
is SO, won't you please put your cellar
milk in a separate can from the rest?"
Eyes" said he, Il will" The milk was
brought as promised and was way
off"-bad enough to sicken anyone.
gave him a sip and he made wry face.
'Of course said I. that milk l can't
take" And he willingly took it home,
humber and a wiser man.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-09-12
Appearance of the Musk-ox.

The appearance of the musk-ox is so
odd and striking that when once seen
it is seldom forgotten, You see an OBJ
long mass of tremendously long brown
hair, four and half feet high by six
and half long. supported upon wide
hoofs and very short, thick legs, almost
hidden by the body hair There is also
blunt and hairy muzzle, a pair of
eyes. pair of broad. fiattened horns
that part like a woman's hair and drop
far downward before they curve up
ward-and that is all. The mass Of
hair is so thick that as the robe lies on
the floor ii is about as easy to walA
over as feather bed. Over the loins
you will find. If you look closely, a
broad "saddle-mark" of dirty-white
hair. shorter than the rest OF the coat
Next to the body is matted mass OF
very fine and soft hair like clean wool
so dense that to STOW and fog it is
quite impenetrable. Over this lies a
thick coat of very long, straight hair,
often twelve inches In length and some.
times twenty, like the grass rain-coat
Of a Japanese soldier. Sometimes 1t
actually touches the snow as the ami
NAL walks.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-09-12
CHANGING THE BIZ
Centuries Ago 1t Was a Very Danger
Gus Undertaking.

About the middle of the twelfth CEN
fury came. so far as the aworld now
knows, the first gainsayer of the gen.
eral theory concerning the Bible. Then
It was that Aben f "a, the greatest
biblical scholar of the middle ages,
ventured very discreetly to call atten-
ton to certain points in the Pentateuch
incompatible with the belief that the
whole of it had been written by Moses
and handed down in its original form
His opinion was based upon the we'll
known texts which have turned all
really eminent biblical scholars in the
nineteenth century from the old view
by showing the Mosaic authorship of
the five books in their present form to
be clearly disproved by the books
themselves. But Aben Ezra had evil
IDENTIFY no aspirations for Inartyrdom;
he fathered the idea upon a rabbi of a
previous generation, and, having yelled
his statement in an enigma, added the
caution, Let him who understands
hold his tongue" For about four CEN
turtles the learned world followed the
prudent rabbits advice, and then two
noted scholars. one of them a Protest
ant, the other a Catholic, revived his
idea. The first of these. Carlsbad, in
sisted that the authorship of the
Pentateuch was unknown and unknow-
able; the other, Andreas Macs,
expressed his opinion in terms
which would not now offend
the most orthodox, that the
Pentateuch had been edited by Ezra.
and had received in the process sundry
divinely inspired words and phrases to
clear the meaning. Both these innova-
tors were dealt with promptly. Carl
stadt was, for this and other trouble
some ideas, suppressed with the ap-
plause of the reformed church, and the
book Of Macs was placed by the older
church on the Index.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-09-12
ONLY a SEA TURTLE.
But II Aroused the Grocer to Action
and He shot Quickly

and He shot Quickly.
a bis. gren sea turtle was responsible
for all the excitement in the neighbor-
hood Of Preston and Camp streets. Lou
isville, Ky. the other morning. The
turtle was the property Of c. L. Hofr-
man, a grocer on the corner of Pres
ton and Camp streets. Some days ago
during the rain Hoffman saw a shower
Of turtles fall from the heavens. The
turtle that aroused the neighbors was
not one Of these. 1t was a turtle shipped
from the seaboard. 1t was an immense
leathery creature about three feet
across the back Hoffman had a big
tank made for the turtle, and put in
about two feet of water. Saturday
night some one in the store turned on
the water and filed the tank to within
few inches Of the top. Hoffman lives
upstairs over the store. He had been
asleep probably two hours when he was
aroused by noise. He jumped up out
of bed and seized his pistol. As he was
pulling on his clothes ne heard start
ling succession Of noises that were
enough to rouse the dead. They sounded
as If two or three men were seunling
over the floor and tipping over barrels
r 40 NtA1AA sAA Us SITES III AAAS
darkness he could not see nothing, but
he got a line on the direction from
which the noise came and fired He
fired again and again. until he had
emptied his revolver. BY this time all
the neighborhood had been aroused
with startling suddenness. They con-
cir ID that some dire tragedy was be-
Ing committed. They poked their
heads out Of the windows. and as they
saw Officer Manly hurrying down the
street with his club and pistol in hand
they were certain that the deed was a
bloody one. officer Manly raped at
Hoffman's door. which was quickly
opened. Mr.. Hoffman stood before him.
pistol in hand.
What's the matter?" demanded the
officer.
u think about six men have been
killed here answered Hoffman. rub
bling his eyes.
Light lamp: let's look into this
thing" said the officer. A lamp was
quickly lighted. AS the light burst out
a scene of disorder greeted the crowd.
Boxes and barrels were scattered about
in great confusion. In the midst of
them was the big turtle with four gap
ing wounds in different parts of it's
body.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-09-12
HEAT AND COLD.
Ten Miles Below u Is Fire, Ten Miles
Above Is Is Frigid Air.

'"f@ - i ErlSiu Air.
Beneath the peninsula Of Lower Mich
igan there are brines ana sheets of
mineral water lying in basin form, and
very rich IN salt. bromides, etc. and of
great medical and commercial value
They have been reached by numerous
wells which run down to about 5000
feet near the center Of the basin. as at
Alma and Bay City. The water comes
up from the bottom of these wells hot
lover 80 degrees. showing a detidedly
more rapid increase in temperature
than in the copper mines. But the ia
nous Comstock lode, where fabulous
wealth lured the miners on, showed
perhaps the most rapid increase in
temperature that man has ever dared
to face. It was, however, doubtless
due to the action Of hot waters rising
from stin greater depths-probably the
same waters that deposited the silver
ores, still al work. In tine mines of
this region the miners, naked as saw
ages, reeking with peg aspiration. drink
ing pailfui after painful of ice water
twenty tons Of ice. or. in another case,
ninety-five pounds per man. were used
each day., could labor but ten minutes
at the drift lin imminent danger Of be-
ing sealded By striking a stream Of hot
water before being overcome by heat
and reeling to cooler place. Painting,
delirium, even death have been the ef-
feet Of tae reaction on coming to the
surface Verify the Cuban proverb,
that Yankee would be found to go af-
ter sack of coffee though it were at
the gates of hell. was not far from the
literal truth.
However the rate of increase of tenn
perature may vary, all indications thus
agree that less than ten miles below us
a red heat is attained and within
twenty white heat. Think of it, Ten
miles below us it is red hot. Ten miles
above we have the pitiless cold, far be-
low Zero of interplanetary space. 20
what narrow zone of delicately bal
anced temperature is life confined!
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-09-12
Pekin nacks.

There is probably no branch of the
poultry business more profitable than
duck raising, yet but comparatively
few farmers viii admit these big white
beauties to their premises. The wives
would like to keep them, for their
feathers are light and elastic, and
every way as desirable as goose feath-
ers, and while the goose lays but few
eggs the duck lays q great many. The
great objection raised against ducks is
that they foul the horse troughs. and
the majority Of the eggs are lost, for
It IS of no use TO give Pel1in duck
nest or nest eggs She lays wherever
it happens.
To keep ducks successfully and with
out annoyance about watering tr0ughs
a small pen is necessary. Their house
need not be a fine affair nor the yard
expensive A fence two feet high will
hold them, and twelve feet square is
ample for dozen or fifteen ducks IN
side the yard may be placed a trough
An inexpensive trough may be made
by taking two pieces of 2x10 scantIing
four feet long. Round them up at each
end like sled runners Take a piece of
galvanized iron two feet wide and nail
it to the rounding sides of the scant-
ling. To make it stronger nail pieces
of 2x4s across each end. This makes
a very convenient trough to clean, for it
can be rocked back and forth to clean
it. A pipe from the windmill supplies
ours with water. Our trough has been
in constant use for six years and looks
good for several years more. Ducks
soon become accustomed to their home,
and after their gate is opened in the
morning-it ought not be opened before
10 o'clock during the haying season
they will go forth in search of bugs,
etc. but frequent return visits will be
made to that trough. The eggs should
be gathered before they are given their
liberty, and they should always be Civ
en- breakfast in their pen.
The best food for laying ducks is
scalded bran and the table scraps. En-
silage will be eaten greedily by the
ducks. Raw carrots are good food.
Very little grain will be consumed if
green food and table scraps are fur
nished. Ducklings are very easy to
manage, but a mistake sometimes costs
the loss of a large flock They are best
raised in breeders even if Matched
under hens. For years we have no ar
tificial heat for ducks, but we would do
so II we raised them in large numbers.
They can stand more cold than chick
en-, hut we cover ours when the weather
is bad, only letting them out of their
box to eat. We feed them every two
hours until they are several weeks old.
Open water dishes are disastrous to
ducklings. They get wet, roll over on
their backs and die. We have never
been very particular what we fed the
ducklings-b crumbs, cold pota-
toes, scalded corn chop and table scraps;
only feed often and keep them clean.
Lice is sure death to ducklings. If
Matched under hens oil their heads as
soon as Matched. Inbreeding is great
cause of failure in duck raising. You
may inbred chickens and have fair
success. but ducks never. They take fits
and die. 1t is poor economy to try to
get on with the stock on hand to save
expense.-Betsy Trotwood in Western
Stock Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-09-12
A LUCKY ACCIDENT.
Why blackstone Maker Turned His
Attention to Puzzles.


As an example of how a remunerative
speciality in hardware forced itself on
a receptive and appreciative Yankee.
the following incident will be of inter
est: Among manufacturers small cast
ings are often put in revolving cylinders
with pickers or stars made of cast iron.
having usually six points, the extremes
of which are about an inch apart. They
are also familiar to toy dealers, who
sell them to children as 'sjack-stones."
The pickers together with small cast
ings. are put into the tumbling barrels.
so that any particles of sand adhering
may be removed and a better finish
given the castings. A large and we'll
known New England concern. which.
In addition to the other lines. manufac-
lures screw wrenches largely, formerly
used peculiarly shaped malleable iron
ferrule with irregular openings at the
four sides and circular openings at the
two ends, weighing about an ounce.
Some of these ferrules CHANGED to be a
part of the contents in one of the
tumbling barrels. When the barrel was
opened the attendant noticed, what to
him seemed almost incredible, that the
picker with all its prongs was inside
the ferrule, the openings of which were
comparatively small. The observant
mechanic logically concluded that as IL
had got in it could be got out again. The
phenomenon was brought to the atten-
ton of parties who decided to apply the
idea in a puzzle. and the result has
been that the original manufacturers
are now making the two parts under
contract in ton lots, while the first or
der is said to have netted a profit to
the promoters of $1,7O0 This is known
on the streets as the Trilby puzzle.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-09-12
This wifo
is Singing

the praises of a
suit of clothes l made for her
husband for $50. She helped
pick out the cloth, the but
tons, the lining and gave her
opinion as to what the style
should be. No wonder, then
the clothes were stylish!
There is always something
about my clothes that stamps
a man wearing them as we'll
dressed, and a woman is quick
to see it-quicker than a man.
Come and examine our line
of spring and summer suit
ings. We have a nice selec-
ton. Our prices are as low
as frst-class goods can be
made for and are far better
for wear and fit than Cheap
John" city houses make.
JOHN JEIDE.
Isa-t IS f.xz,.w4 IT,,,r,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-09-12
The Force of Truth.

Dreadful limits are set in nature to the
powers of Discrimination. Truth tyran-
nizes over the unwilling members OF
the body. Faces never lie. il is said.
No man need be deceived who will study
the changes Of expression. When a
man speaks the truth in the spirit OF
truth, his eye is as clear as the heavens.
When he has base ends and speaks
falsely, his eye is muddy, and some
times asquint. 1 have heard an expert
enced counselor say, that he never
feared the effect upon jury. Of law
yer who does not believe in his heart
thai his client ought to have a verdict.
Emerson.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-09-12

The honor of the Victoria Cross has
for the first time In the history az that
order been conferred upon a colored
mana coal-black negro who saved the
life Of his superior officer on the field
Of battle by throwing himself in front
Of hi commander and receiving in his
own body the bullets that would other
wise have struck his chief. The dark
skinned hero is a corporal in one OF the
West India regiments Of the British
army
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-09-12
Found Her Purse in Her Horses Hoot

Mrs. Jacob Darue, living a few miles
north of Canandaigua. N. Y, drove to
that town % do some trading. She tied
her horse on Main street ana made sew
eral purchases. but found that her
pocketbook containing $50 was missing.
After searching through the carriage
and the stores she advertised in the
evening paper, offering a reward. On
her way home she noticed that the
horse was somewhat lame ana the lame
ness increased until she alighted from
the vehicle and made an examination.
The animal lifted his foot at her bid
ding, and Mrs. Darue was surprised
when she found, firmly imbedded in
the hollow of the hoof, the missing
purse with all the money. Mrs. Darue
believes that in alighting from the car
riage the purse fell from her dress and
under the horses feet
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-09-12

Prodigality IS the vice Of a weak ma
ture, as avarice Is OF stroRg one.--H.
Taylor.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-09-12
Cost to start.

In sharp contrast to the columns of
rot which are published in the agricul-
tural press regarding the large profits
to be realized from a few dollars in
vested in the poultry business, is the
following from Farm Poultry, in an
swer to question from correspond
ent, in which the editor clearly points
out what margin of profit may reason
ably be looked for:
'Can the poultry business be started
with $350?"
eyes, it can be started, but we imag-
inc we can read between the lines that
in that start and for that amount of in
vestment our friend expects to be sup
ported, and of course, wants all
the other expenses met 1t cannot
be done. Three hundred and fifty
dollars is no money at all to invest in
any business unless the operator ex-
poets to find himself Three hundred
and fifty dollars at per cent interest
would earn S21 year.
rs it not a good business that would
give II per cent interest? Yet that
would only be $42 a year. How many
businesses are paying II per cent?
Poultry will, but $42 not being enough
for a living, the capital must be in
creased.
'How much of henhouse can be
built for 800? At 81 running foot, it
is easy to figure out a 50-foot HENRY.
Divide this into five pens, and put ten
fowls in each pen, and there will be
quarters for just forty Ave hens and
five cockerels.
Zone hundred hens at 50 profit each
would give but 5000 year clear money
on the entire collection. Could one live
on that amount?
'But there are more who only make
81 a head profit than that double the
amount. 1t requires experience to
bring out big results, just like any other
business.
''Now, If our inquirer has some other
occupation for living and will start
as we suggest he can gradually build
up a paying business.
'Moral-Begin small; 60 slow: don't
expect too much with little. Rather
reverse it,"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-09-12

Under the head of milking may be
comprised the cleanliness of the ami
mails and the manner and time OF milk
ing. The introduction of separators
practically revealed the necessity for
cleanliness in cow stable. At the ter
minati0n of the process of separating,
a peculiar slime is to be found adher-
ing to the sides of the separator. Its
color varies from gray to green, brown
and even black. When examined I'M
der the microscope, germs, portions OF
plants, hair, SCOT, linen, have been dis
covered, and when exposed to the air
for a short time IL putrifies rapidly. 1t
consists in reality of dirt, and as such
must injure the quality of milk and
butter. In order to keep the milk as
free from the dirt as possible, the cows
ought to be rubbed down with a straw
whisk on their right headquarters and
udders before they are MIXED in the
morning. During the day it is neces-
sary to currycomb and brush each ami
NAL. The best kind of brush to be used
is the one rather more open than an
ordinary horse brush, but of the best
hog bristle. The animals are first
scraped over with the currycomb and
then brushed. In addition the udders of
all COWS ought to be washed and DRIED
before milking, and the mixers ought
to dip their hands in cold water before
milking each animal. Care must be
taken to completely empty the udder
when the COW is MIXED. In large estab-
lishments where several mixers are
employed it is advisable to select one
or two of the more careful persons to
strip the cows after they have been
MIXED. BY this means the carelessness
of some of the mixers may be correct
ed. Each mixer should have his own
stool and pail marked and numbered.
and should be held responsible for the
cleanliness of the same. The milk ought
to be poured from tie pail into the milk
can through double hair strainer, and
the milk cans ought, if possible. to be
placed outside the cowhouse.-R. II.
Beamish in Connecticut Farmer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-09-12

Cross-Bred Fowls.-In England quite
a demand is annually created for cross
breds by the poultrymen there adver-
Using such, showing that they are of
a more hardy nature, and that as meat
and egg producers they excel the bird
in its purity. Until few years ago.
on account of fanciers sacrificing the
utility points Of the breeds to gain high
scoring fowls, 1t looked as If similar
step had to be taken in this country.
But the fanciers are more careful now.
and we believe that better and harder
stock is being grown. We prefer pure
bred poultry, but want them profitable.
We do not care for high scores when
we are aiming at supplying a market
for table poultry and eggs, and for that
reason the cross-bred question was
raised. But let the fanciers continue
to aim at utility and hardness, a nd the
bottom vii drop out Of the idea OF
crossing fos protit.-Iowa Homestead
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-09-12

Dairy Form.-One point must always
be kept prominently in mind. We may
not know exactly how milk is produced
but we do know that it comes, some
how, from the food. The great dairy
COW must be able and willing to eat
digest and assimilate large quantities
of food A large abdomen is important,
as it is an indication of health, vigor,
vitality. This suggests the danger of
going to extremes in insistence on
DIARY form" The cow must be a good
animal first, that is she must have abil-
ity to well perform all the functions
necessary to preservation of life and
health. Fineness of bone or general
delieacy of structure may be carried
too far. Another common eomplica-
tion in judging pure bred cows is the
difficulty in properly apportioning the
relative importance of breed character
istics and general dairy characteristics
There is no reason to believe that color,
or the size, shape or absence of horns
materially affect the ability TO give
milk, but such things are taken into
account by the breeder. There must be
considerable modification Of definition
of terms in judging different breeds.
That which would be called small or
fine in one might be called large or
coarse in another breed.-Ex.