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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-07-29
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ABOUT FARM DAIRYING.

Many think that the creamery but
ter is better than can be made on the
farm. Now, this Is entirely erroneous
Not only lie it perfectly possible to
make as good butter on the farm az
can be made, but is a matter OF no
great difficulty and does not require an
expensive or elaborate equipment. The
principles that govern the manufacture
of good butter are the same In either
case: their observance will result In
good butter on the farm just as surely
as their neglect will result In bad but
ter In the factory. That this is 30 Is
seen in the fact that numerous private
dairymen, having recognized these
principles, are getting more for their
butter made mp In a small way In n
private dairy than Is given for the very
best grades OF creamery butter. In
deed, from the fact that the private
dair, men can control the cows, their
feed and care, and the milk from the
time It leaves the COW until the fin
ished product goes on the market, he
should be able to make finer and more
uniform product than the factory man,
who cannot control these important
conditions. Notwithstanding the pos
sibilities of the case, the facts are that
today the great mass OF butter made
on the farms IL sold for u less price
than that made In creameries. Let us
look for u moment mt some Of the rea-
sons for this condition OF affairs
In the first place, there is n large
amount OF butter made on farms that
is not good to begin with, and Justly
should not bring any more than 1t usn-
ally does. This sort of butter Is made
where the cows and butter making are
a sort OF side issue of the farm, where
the milk and butter must await the de-
mands Of all the other farm and house
work before they receive attention II
Is made where the maker IL ignorant,
careless and dirty The cows nre
MIXED mt the convenience of the hired
man, and the milk IL strained and put
into the creamery mt some indefinite
time thereafter when the hired girl
gets ready. Sometimes the cream Ii
removed In "a hours, and sometimes
not in four days. In hot weather the
cream gets too sour, and In cold, 1t
sometimes mover gets sour at all. II is
churned ut temperature sometimes
too low, but oftener too high, and
never twice alike. Tho buttermilk IL
not completely removed, salt is added
by guess, and II IL worked by main
strength till tho dairy maid gets tied.
During the whole process It associates
more or less intimately with the cooked
and uncooked food In the family pan
try, and the wonder ia. not that II is
bad, but that 1t is us good as II H.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-07-29
Saving the Manure.

There is as great a difference In the
way two men will save manure on
farm as in the way they will care for
their stock or raise their crops One
farmer will recognize the value of the
manure and will add straw and all
sorts of refuse, working them in and
Incorporating them together so as To
make an excellent article. Such a
method was systematically carried out
on farm where the writer visited this
summer. Nothing was wasted citntr
inside the house or out. Whatever was
not of value for pigs or chickens was
set aside for the compost heap. II did
not matter how triflng the amount, 1t
always found its way there during the
course of the day. AS result the
owner is steadily bringing up run
down farm at the yearly expenditure OF
a very small Glm for commercial fer
tilizers, while his next-door neighhol',
with originally better land, larger
means and q more extended experience,
is rapidly becoming bankrupt.
The change I'm their circumstances
Is being brought about by their differ
ent methods of handling the manure
question The old farmer Is going on
in the old rut he got into 20 years ago,
when his land was virgin and the
prices of farm products high. Labor
was high too, then, and he economical
by moving his animals about, feeding
here and there In odd corners In the
woods or along the road, wherever ii
happened to be convenient, or where
It would save the trouble of cleaning
up afterwards for he regarded the
manure as simply waste product.
These habits cling to him still to
far greater extent than he Is aware OF.
He thinks that he saves his manure,
or Mt least "all that Is worth the
bother" but fully one-half of 1t Is
still lost and the remainder Ia thrown
out, to be leached by every passing
storm, while an insuficlency of bed
ding causes the almost total loss of
the liquid manure. Though this farmer
keeps double the amount of stock that
his careful neighbor does, he has al
ways fewer loads of manure to haul.
He says he cannot understand 1t, and
gets very indignant ut the suggestion
that he, a farmer born and bred can
learn anything from an engraver,
whom failing health and sight have
driven to an outdoor life. Yet the be-
glnner Is already doing better than the
old farmer, He says his only strong
point Is his manure heap, but 1t struck
me that he liz succeeding because that
same care Is bestowed on every part of
the farm. He finds nothing too much
no leaks to run away with the profits.
C. ID. Bell, in N. Y. World.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-07-29
Dairy l)onts'.

Don't think scrub sires can produce
choice stock for any purpose.
Don't keep calves in dark filthy
places and expect them to thrive
Don't be afraid to spend money for
Il sire from flrst-class family.
Don't make your cows drink water
that you could not drink yourself.
Don't feed calf grain before Its age
Is sufficient so II chews a cud
Don't try to be called large dairy
man by the number Of cows you keep.
Don't keep COW month without
testing her to see If she pays her way.
Don't think that strainers or sepa-
rators can take soluble filth out of
milk
Don't run or worry cows going to
and from the pasture or IA. he milking
yard or stable.
Don't think to raise calf for a milch
COW and feed II up to It's time of par
turitlon for beef animal
Don't forget that II COW Ia decidedly
creature of habit and in all ways try
to conform to her peculiar habits,
Don't feel that your cows are wasting
time II they lie in the shade and chew
their cud for n few hours each day.
Don't forget to SOW plenty of oats
and peas or corn for green feeding
when the annual shrinkage is sure to
come.
Don't leave cows with cracked or
sore teats day after day ard then beat
them because they kick while being
milked. Colman's Rural World.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-07-29
Duck Raising Pays.

A good many people are preiudiccd
against ducks, because OF the notion
that they make mud and are noisy and
are not as profitable rs chickens This
Is n great mistake. for ducks can he
kept M easily and In as clennly man
ner rs any other fowls, II they are fur
nisllea with proper quarters.
Pekin or Rouen ducks do not need
water, except u plentiful supply to
drink, and this can be furnished In
such n way as to keep them from get
ting into IT, as they surely will If they
can. We always give our ducks n tub
to bathe in, and when they have had
their bath empty the tub for that day.
Ducks produce as many eggs rs do
hens. and In most Of places their eggs
sell for two cents a dozen more than
hens eggs, because of their greater
size, II they have been we'll kent
through the winter, they will begin to
lay about the middle Of February, and
continue until they have produced
about 10 dozen, when the old ones may
be sold, leaving the spring hatch for
next seasons work
Ducks will thrive on the coarsest
kind of food and the young are very
hardy, as they are never bothered with
lice or diseases of the kind that often
attack young chickens. A duck once
Matched is liable to live to maturity on
food that n chick would die on In n
week.
When sold ducks always sell for
more by the pound than chickens do
and there Is no reason to believe that Il
pound of duck costs more than a
pound of chicken.
We have named Pekins and Rouens
The Aylesburys are just as valuable
but pure-bred ones are very rare, mos,
OF them having been crossed with
Pekin blood
We are very much in favor Of the
farmers paying more attention 10
ducks than they show disposition Il
ut this time-Farm and Fire.ide.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-07-29
Facts for Farmers.

II you have gravel near you. improve
your highways.
Don't feed rats unless you mix poi
son with the food.
ENtermirate the rat. Roth poison
and cats are cheap.
Paint your machinery If needed. 1t
Is money we'll expended.
Wide tires on hard roads act as
rollers and improve the road,
Chopping firewood in midwinter is
n mighty unpleasant business.
Save the hay. Substitute corn fod-
der and good straw to some extent.
BE an idealist, Set your mark even
higher than you can reach, but reach
as high rs you can.
One man thinks that the opening Of
new farms In the west Is evidence that
farming Is profitable. That sort of
logic would indicate that all kinds Of
business Is profitable, Western plow-
man
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-07-29
THE LAWN MOWER.

Over 30 years ago commenced In
the lawn mower business. writes
Thomas Coldwell We made $50
per year for the whole United States
The cheapest mower was S65. We
employed about IL men. Our tools
and machinery were very crude: hence
all the work was hard and laborious.
But genius came to our aid new In
ventions in lawn mowers; new tools
and machinery to make them were
brought out. and as these things de-
veloped wider avenues of trade were
opened. The result is that the lawn
mower business now furnishes employ
ment directly to over 1000 people and
indirectly to over 10000. Not only has
1t benefited labor in this direct way,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-07-29
VIM. JOHNS WEDDING TOUR.
His $11 Was Soon Spent, and He Ap
piled to the Police for Aid.

William John Boardman and Sally
w. Bryant, who live in East Richmond,
Va, came here yesterday on an after
noon train. Sallie had her name
cl al ged from Bryant to Boardman by
the Rev. ]. J. Muir, and the happy
couple, wholly ignorant of the respon-
sibilities of married life, spent their
last 50 for carriage Fire and then the
husband appealed to the police for aid.
When the young husband and wife
reached the Baltimore & Potomac de-
pot just before the departure of the
Richmond train the former related
his woes to an officer. He and his
wife were strangers in strange place,
he said, and were without money
enough to pay for something to eat.
The policeman could do nothing for
them other than send them to the
police station for the night and ask
Sanitary Officer Frank for transporta-
ton home in the morning But he did
not like the idea of seeing them spend
the first night of their honeymoon in
a station and so he called ut the How
ard house and told the clerk of the
predicament in which they were
found.
He gave them a room and fed them
and this morning William John, dress
ed in his wedding garments, was
ushered into the office of Sanitary
Officer Frank at police headquarters.
And William John will never forget
this visit, for he heard more good,
common sense in the form of advice
from the sanitary officer than he ever
heard before probably in all his life.
The story of the applicant for free
ride on the railroad was short but
sad one. He had saved $11 of his earn
ings in a Richmond paper mill to
spend on tho event OF his life, and he
pictured bridal trip which woul1
eclipse anything of the kind in which
his fellow employees had ever figured.
4 trip to the nation capital was
planned, and although it was to be
brief one, he knew his Sally would
enjoy it. They would visit the big
house on the hill and hear tariff
speeches, see the president and perhaps
Speaker Reed. They would, in short,
inspect all places of public interest and
do the town in style.
When they reached the depot in
Richmond the prospective groom had
that $1l in his pocket. 1t required the
expenditure of 81 for two tickets to
bring them here. Round trip tickets
would have cost more than he had
They would have no trouble getting
back, so William said to himself.
IN pawn my watch" he said in a
tone not loud enough for Sally to hear
and along they came and We're made
che. The license cost him 81, and when
he had given another dollar to the
minister he had solitary 81 bill lef',
and his money he paid to the hack
man He was then penniless.
Sanitary Officer Frank after giving
William John the good advice referred
to supplied him with tickets to take
his wife and himself home Washing
ton Evening Star.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-07-29
THE HOME CIRCLE.

Treacle Tart is, properly made. de-
cheap one. Line soup plate with
some pastry and put first layer of
breadcrumbs soaked in golden syrup,
and favored with few spots Of lemon
juice. Next put very thin layer of
paste. a second layer of golden syrup,
mixed this time with -four to the thick
ness OF stitf jam. Put top crust on,
and bake. 1t can be served either in
the plate, or turned out bottom up, and
covered with sifted sugar. 1t Is not 80
good cold as warm, and II not eaten at
once should be warmed through before
serving.
Beef Roll.--Get l 10 of good beef
steak. islh. Of lean ham, teaspoonful
of mixed spice. Il pinch of pepper and
salt. Mix these well together, after
mincing the beef and ham very fine;
add a teacupful of breadcrumbs, a
tablespoonful of flour, and a little good
stock or gravy. Mix all in thick
paste and roll it into roll, the
proper size for cutting into slices.
Press all we'll together, put buttered
paper round and a plain paste made of
-four and water. Tie all firmly In a
pudding cloth, and boil for two hours
to two hours and half. When 1t is
quite cold. remove the cloth, paste and
paper. and brush 1t over with glaze
This makes delicious breakfast and
supper dish, also cuts up very we'll for
sandwiches. especially II made from
brown or whole-meal bread.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-07-29
POWDERLY'S PLUM HUNG UP.

Washington, July Thursday
the Powderly nomination again failed
te secure confirmation at the hands of
the senate committee on immigration,
because of the lack OF a quorum. An
other effort will be made to secure
committee meeting today but the i'm
preston is gaining ground that the
nomination will not be reported to
the senate at the present session OF
congress.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-07-29

Paris and Marseilles are new con.
nectod by telegraph lires eotirely I'M
der ground They are placed in iron
pipes and buried four feet beneath tho
surface, with manholes 5000 feet apart
II cost $1,000, oC0 TO bury the wires.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-07-29
WILL SHE ACCEPT j?
GREAT BRITAIN MAY TAKE PART
IN SILVER CONFERENCE.
NEW TARIFFS DlSTASTEFUL

Ichn Bull Doesn't Like the Dingley
Bill--What the Spectator Says-All
Paris Discussing the Duel Between
Mendez and Poe-Affairs of Honor
Threatened.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-07-29

The Fall A.ountan Paper Company Of
Bellows Falls, VT, has recently shipped
& number Of car loads of news paper to
London for use on one of the large
papers there. It has during the past
year shipped = number OF orders to
Australia and other foreign countries.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-07-29

The miners strike is growing crit
zeal, especially in West Virginia.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-03
GEORGES GASOLINE JAGs.
They Are Very Complete ana Arc Not Followed
by kntzebjnmmcr.

From the Philadelphia Telegraph.
About q year ago the police Of the Twenty
fifth district were mystifed by the conduct Of
a number of downtown boys, who acted as
though under the influence of liquor. The
lads, all members of the hayward gang, were
closely watched with the hope that it would be
learned where and how they procured the
Watching did little toward explaining the
mystery; The lads stSssered about the streets Is
Allied with bad rum. Fifnaliy, three Of the boys
about by the confession of one Of them. To
Lieut.. Harmer the laxative boy said:
have on -" and it beats any other kind Of a jag on
record, and don't cost a cent"
The boy was asked to explain, more fully !:
climb up to the tanks on the gasoline lamps In
the downtown alleys. They would turn on the
Several boys would 60 through this proceeding,
and then all would gather in an alley and inhalc
yMe fs slmiia Of to ons sh nt'e caused asei BY bge l tTsSs e ta aHeno in.
ternally; The story was at first doubted by
the police: but, after careful watching, the
Unlike liquor. the effect of the gasoline. were
hot in evidence. the morning. after the fumes
ures OF the novel drunk died away very soon.
But there were chronic gasoline inhalers in
IS, OF 2o42 Moore street, had an inordinate
fondncss for the pungent fluid, and three times
he had been picked up by the police in a help
less condition OH the streets. He was always
charged with intoxication, but usually got off
free the next morning by denying very truth
fully that he had tasted liquor.
Last night young Goldthorp was found yell
ing like a Comanche Indian on the street and
hardly able to stand upon his feet. His actions
tremens. Policeman Schaeffer picked him up,
and he spent n night like an imprisoned tiger in
a cell. This morning when he was arraigned
before Magistrate Henderson the effects OF his
gasoline debauch had vanished. He was so
addicted to the use OF the lighting fluid Thai his
The boy admitted that he had procured the
gasoline from the fountain OF a lamp in an alley
at Twelfth and Watkins streets. He was
charged with malicious mischief and held in
$500 bail, but late: this decision was reversed.
sentence usually. nder the now law, given to
commonrunkardsdu.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-03


SLOAN SPRINGS, Ark, Sept. 27.-What is be-
lieyed to he the biggest cave and what may turn
out to be one Of the greatest natural wonders
yet discovered has been found near Logan, u
Springs. in Benton county.
The full extent Of the discovery has not yet
been determined. bnt, according to the state
ment OF H.. IL. Garfield. a prominent resident OF
this place. who claims to have been in the cave
from 4 p. NJ. until midnight, from Ave to
seven miles were explored without find
ing the end. The cave is traversed by
n large stream, and their trip was made
in boats, Mr.. Garfield mas travelled extern
sively and has visited many of the natural won
ders OF the world, but he claims to have never
seen anything that beats the mammoth cave OF
Arkansas. Tho existence OF this cave has been
known by old settlers ever since the war. but it
had never been explored. At many places along
the underground river no bottom could be found,
although sOundings were made.
There 10 cavern after cavern, Mr.. Garfield
says. the grandeur of which. by torchlight, can
NOT be PORTRAYED by pencil. Az some places
along the route trnversed by Mr.. Garfield cocks
could DO heard growing in the barnyards above.
so close did he come to the top of the earth.
within.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-03


shire line to swanton on Lake Champiain, and
has not deer lurking somewhere in It's Limits.
even II no deer are found.
Rutland county is the next desirable terri.
York via Troy, and BENNINGTON, Or, Via, tho
The wooded mountains OF the county arc in.
tested with deer. II is in the town of Wells
where dHs ,r crops gS.o have yt,u been totally destroyed By
Rutland men purchased a small herd Of deer
not far from Rutland. The result is noticeable
in the exceptionally large herds in all the hill
accessible and one may return to Rutland
every night II he chooses.
From Rutland q ride of twenty-five miles to
tho south via tho Rutland Railroad takes one
oyer the Green, Mountains, passed at Mount
there It is only a few miles to the lakes and
wooded hills and mountains OF Plymouth
and BridgeTater: Ludlo% Mountain is an ideal
driving distance, are almost unbroken Norcst,
with here and there farm clearings which afford
have moderately good hotels and compSrativos
~ cheap livery stables, SO that transportation is
hardly hardly a ,va G%n;SsS'i Ont Of ID Sifii EomS:.o The mater 1tsS.o of
thereabout. While in B%ridgowater the hunter
could amuse himself examining a genuine New
states where gold Is being mined prontabiy. In.
gots are produced there every month that would
compare favorably with the average output of
territory of the same size in Alaska. 1t is a
wonderful, region, from a intercollegiate point
Of view, piymoat having deposits OF all known
BitSRine eus c coal, " Sui hunters RanteT'y viii fiiif hardly o sars
for thatf though they may be Interested in
twenty. to thirty pounds are frequently taken.
Around this lake are ideal camping spots, and
twill be easy to track the deer from any ono Of
them.
The southern part Of Windsor county has less
woodland and fewer deer. The billy portion Of
Chester, bordering on Andover, Hawks Noun
tween Windsor and Weathersneld, West Wind
sor, hills and mountains, Heading. Baltimore
Shooting sha RIaF'S Some So 4sd deer have ep Saen SO seen a't theres' P but
cause there is less woodland and tho vii.
the county can be reached by going p to Spring.
field. Mass, then over the Boston and Maine
road to Charlestown. N: H. From there cleo
there Is a hotel with city appointments. From
there good roads radiate to oil the places
Windham county has some good deer fields.
The hunter can go Brattleboro. from Spring
field. Mass, and then change to the Brattleboro
and Whitehall. the only n%arrow.gauge railroad
and mountains and lakes and indescribable
grandeur. Jamaica, Peru, Londonderry, at
wooded, little settled and abound in all varic-
ties Of game. There are fair hotels, but it is
best TO camp out.
Bennington county, on the west side of the
State. has fewer deer ,wilds than any other
county In Vermont. with the possible excep-
ton Of Franklin; But there are g few towns
smaller ones which Wilt afford average sport.
Troy, and it win reward the patient hunter,
but he must be patient.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-03
SUED FOR UNCLE'S ESTATE.
Promissory Notes for SO. 900 That Were WRIT
ten on ola letters and Receipts.

B~INGHAMToN, Oct. 2.-Something over n year
ago Alexander Mcdowell died in Whitney
Point, his home. He left a will bequeathing
10000 to his widow. Mary +. Mcdowell, who
was named as the sole executor, and who fled
the will for probate. Three months later Mrs.
Mcdowell was surprised to have three notcs
presented against the estate for payment. These
notes amounted to 50, 1000 and purported to have
been executed by her husband. The larger note
for $5. 900 was payable one day after his death.
Payment on the notes was refused and suit Was
brought to recover. The plaintiff was Louisa
Glover. the wife of the dead mans nephew.
After a trial Of six days the case was given to
the jury, which disagreed. During the trial q
stereopticon was used and experts were EN-.
ployed to examine the writing on the notes. w.
nesses., It was proved, and admitted by the
counsel for the defence, that the signatures
executed on letters and receipts. but all of the
original writing, with the exception Of the sig
natures, had been erased; evidently with chem.
with promissory notes. In spite Of the erasures.
some Of the original words could be made out
with the aid of a strong glass.
The plaintiff alleged that Mcdowell took din
ner ut her house and that no other person was
present. He asked her for pieces OF paper upon
which to draw some promiSsory notes. which no
dictated. She testified that Mcdowell wanted
her to learn how to draw such notes. as tho
knowledge might be valuable to her. He then
gave her the notes.
Mrs. G%lover's husband testified that he had
no knowledge Of the notes until after Mr.. Nc
the notes were alleged 10 have been executed
Mcdowell was twenty miles distant and took
dinner at a hotel in this city; His name APP
peared on the hotel register. Then 1t was al
legged by the plaintiff that a mistake had been
made by her regarding the date on which the
the plaintiff moved fora new trial. but after
ward withdrew the suit.