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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-12-08
OIeOmargarf Tactics.

The way the OleOmargarine fraud is
now behaving is an invitation to kill
it outright and be done with it, says
The Creamery Journal. That paper
has pointed out the fallacy of it's ar
gument, a fallacy which for the time
misled a few friends Of justice and
fair dealing and a fallacy which was
worked for all there was in it, and
much more, by the designing allies Of
OleOmargarine and the sore headed
neutrals who were afraid some one
else would do a good turn to honest
dairying and get the credit for it. This
fallacy is that the 10 cent tax is de-
signed to wipe out an honest industry
the making of oleomargarine to be sold
to those who wish to buy it for their
own use. The intent Of the movement
is, as is we'll known, to prevent it's be-
ing sold for butter to those who do not
wish to buy oleomargarine. The 10
cent tax is intended to apply only to
Oleomargarine colored to look like but
ter and has SO been stated in terms so
plain that no man with q thimbleful
Of sense and reason in his head need
misunderstood the import.
The oleomargarine interests solemnly
declare that all they ask is a chance
to sell their product for what it really
is, but what they are doing is COM
plete REPUTATION of what they are say
ing. They send their bogus butter into
states having state laws against the
sale Of colored oleomargarine. and they
sell colored oleomargarine "in origi-
nal packages" and invoke the United
States courts to protect them in doing
so, on the plea that the state cannot
interfere with interstate commerce.
With the braZen confession that they
will sell colored oleonlargarine wher-
ever and whenever they can the fraud
is entitled to no quarter. 1t is con-
fessiOn that uncolored oleomargarine
cannot be sold fraudulently and that
fraudulent opportunity is what they
demand. Anything which can exist
only by fraud has no right to exist.
When a wolf cannot live If deprived
Of it's covering Of wool. it is high time
to kill the wolf.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-12-08
Bearing Home the YuIe Log.

In the Black mountains at the pres
ent day the custom Of bearing home
the Yule log is still carefully observed
in all it's ancient detail. The housefa-
Their fells the chosen trees. Then he
utters prayer and carefully lifts up
his log and bears it home on his Shout
der. His sons follow his example,
each bearing log for himself. The ia
Their then leans his log up against the
house, being very careful that the
freshly cut end is uppermost. The
lesser logs Of the other members sur
round it, and this is the Glavni Badn-
jak. AS the housefather places each
log he says, ''Veseh badnji DAMP or
"a merry log day.!
The fire thus kindled was not allow
ed to go out until the following year
or great evil would befall the house
hold. The fagots of the old fire lighted
the new logs and then were carefully
extinguished and stored away among
the household treasures. In the high
lands of Scotland to this day it is con-
sidered a great misfortune if the fire
is allowed to go out, and often one
hears it said, "Yae nae luck, we've lect
cot the fier."-Boston Herald.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-12-08
The Intelligent Cow.

Next to the sheep. the cow is re-
garded by the slaves of insular preju-
dice as the stupidest Of four legged
things, says the London Globe. In
pictures. when it is not eating. it is ly-
ing down. In comic Journals it is Ell
Their tossing inOffenSiye old ladies or
galloping madly round field with its
tail on end. And even to him who
sometimes gets beyond the four mile
radius the COW in propria persona
presents no particularly intelligent
characteristics. Its life apparently is
divided between eating when awake
and chewing the cud when doing, and
the farmer is ready to admit that for
dizziness of comprehension there is no
animal on the farm quite so bad as the
COW. But writer in one of the week
~ papers seeks to correct this idea.
If the COW is stupid, he AYERS, it is be-
cause man has made her so. In a wild
state she is a highly intelligent beast,
and to this day there are places on the
earth where she is held in high esteem
for other properties than her milk
giving virtues. In South Africa the
COW appears in the role Of the Pooh
Bah of the farm. Among South Afri-
can savages, we are told, the cow not
only provides the breakfast milk, but
she is trained to watch the sheep and
keep them together, to drive off wild
Nnimals, to come down like a wolf on
ne fold on the midnight burglar and
even to take an active part in the grim
business of tribal warfare. Whether
the milk is Of SO good quality as that
yielded by our stupid, cud chewing
animal Is a question which the writer
Sorbears to discuss.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-12-08
Homemade Calf Meal.

DR.. Somerville, professor Of the Dun
ham college. England. has recommend
ed the following homemade calf meal
from experiments recently carried out
in the north of England. 1t is said to
contain the same proportions of di-
gestible food constituents as new milk.
has been tried with satisfactory re-
suits and will be further used. 1t is
cheap and highly nutritious and seems
to suit the calf's stomach:
Flour. one part by weight; ground
linseed. no oil extracted. two parts
by weight: ground linseed cake, three
parts by weight. To prepare it for
calves take 21a pounds Of the meal as
a days allowance for each calf and
scald with boiling water. afterward
adding more water, SO as to make two
gallons from the weight Of meal. This
cruel is recommended to be given in a
tepid condition at three meals to young
calves. adding a little salt and sweet
ening with sugar before serving. It
should gradually be made to take the
place of new milk after the first fort
night Taking -four at IL shillings per
hundredweight, ground linseed at 13s.
Cd. and ground linseed cake at Is. 3D..
a calf would cost only Is. Sd. per week
to be fed.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-12-08
SIMMENTHALERS.
A Dual Purpose Breed Intro
duced In a Small Way Ia
the United States.

Simmenthaler cattle, writes Chief
Henry e. Alvord of the dairy division
of the bureau of animal industry, are
found, with slight variations, through
out western Switzerland and along the
frontiers of France.
Few representatives of this breed
have been brought to America. The
first importation was in 1886, when q
small herd was taken to Texas. A
year later a few Of these cattle were
imported by an Illinois farmer. One
small herd of choice animals is be-
ing kept pure In northern New Jersey.
The chief use to which the blood Of
this herd is being put is an expert
ment in cross breeding with Jerseys,
the Simmenthaler being used as the
sire. No results can yet be reported.
The animals Of this breed are large
framed and heavy, the COWS ranging
from 1000 to LOO or 1900 pounds
and averaging 1,4OO pounds or over,
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-12-08
YULETlDE GAMES.
Snapdragon a Diversion Popular In
England.

Little known in this country, snap
dragon is a diversion in which in Eng
land young and old participate through
out the Christmas season. Apparently
it is a dangerous pastime. Really it is
harmless, and no one ever suffers an
accident through playing it. Babies Of
or years engage in it with great
glee, in which there is an admiXture Of
fear, but nerve generally conquers,
kept out Of it.
The requisites of snapdragOn are one
or two large platters such as roasts are
served on, some large, fat raisins, a
little brandy or gin, match and a
darkened room. The platters are ar
ranged thus: If there is but one and
the party is of moderate number, it is
laid in the center of dining table. If
the number Of participants is large,
then two platters are laid, one at each
end of the table, or there may be two
small tables, with a platter on each.
Next the raisins are laid over each
platter, singly and at short distances
apart. A small quantity Of brandy or
gin is then poured over each platter
and ignited. Put out all the lights in
the room, leaving none but that from
the dancing blue flames in the platters.
Everybody looks weird and feels un-
canny, and the fun begins. Each par
ticipant "snaps" at raisin on the dish,
and, hit Or miss, the blue fame clings
to the fingers in writing, forked
tongues, thus providing the dragon"
The raisins are all finally secured, the
flames die out, the lights are turned on,
and the company is ready for another
diversion, unless, as is often the case,
there is call for q repetition of the
fun just ended.-San Francisco Post
Magazine.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-12-08
DAIRY LESSONS.
Six Things Learned at the New Jer-
sey Experiment Station.


sey Experiment Station.
1. The yield and the composition of
the milk Of different animals vary
widely. 1t will pay to make frequent
tests both Of yield and composition, in
order that improbable animals may be
detected.
g. These studies show that milk con-
hundred If the extra expenses requir-
ed in exercising proper sanitary pre-
cautions are included-namely, clean.
wholesome food, clean barns, clean
animals, clean mixers. clean utensils
and proper cooling and storing. If
producers of milk for direct consump-
ton are required to exercise these pre-
cautions and to furnish product rich
er than the average, they should re-
ceive higher price than is now paid
for average milk.
3. In herds of 25 head and upward it
is possible and practicable to maintain
a reasonable uniformity In the CON-
position Of the mixed milk. This is an
important factor in the sale Of milk
on the basis of quality, the progressive
and rational method.
4. The experiment with good and
poor rations strongly emphasizes the
principle that it is not only the amount
of actual food that is contained in a
ration, but the kind and proportion of
the different nutrients. that measures
the rate Of production from it's use.
The ration we'll balanced in respect to
different nutrients was "a per cent
more profitable than the poor ration or
one unbalanced in this regard. A
small herd we'll fed may be more prof
liable than large herd poorly fed.
5. Weekly tests Of dairy COWS which
show large records are not necessarily
confined to pure bred animals. Tests
Of this character are valuable in show
ing possible production. thereby en-
couraging better methods of care and
feeding.
6. While a healthy animal may con-
sumo large quantities of feed. the rate
of increased yield is not in proportion
to the increased amount of feed used
after a certain point is reached. Ra
lions containing feeds in excess Of ten
pounds per day, while they were prof
table, were less profitable than those
containing this amount.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-12-08

while the bulls when mature weigh
1920 to $500 pounds and frequently
more. The color of these cattle is q
creamy white or white ground with
large, irregular spots Of light yellow
or cream shade.
They have rather small, well shap-
ed head, light red or white nose, large
nOstrils and mouth and small horns,
turned forward and upward, yellowish
white and waxy to the tips. Their ears
are rather long, shapely and we'll firing
ed with hair. The neck is Short with
a strong deWlap. The mature bull has
a high. we'll arched crest. Animals
of both sexes, and especially the males,
have loose, pendent skin under the
throat. a peculiar characteristic Of the
breed. The back is straight and broad,
body we'll rounded on the ribs, hind
quarters broad. long and prominent,
legs round and we'll formed. rather
short, muscular and strong. The skin
is in most cases smooth soft and very
loose, with fine hair, quite thick. The
udders are large and well formed,
low
Simmenthaler cattle Of both sexes
are generally gentle. tractable and cas-
lily managed. The Swiss farmer uses his
COWS to plow his land. haul manure,
harvest the hay crop and do general
farm draft service, They are not over
fastidiOus as to food and are noted for
excellence at the pail when fed little
Use but hay or pasture grass, yet they
gequire good care, comfortable sta
bling and abundant food to do them
selves justice in milk labor or flesh
making.
j This breed has a good reputation as
dairy stock, although not quite equal to
that of their Brown Swiss kindred.
Cows yield 5000 to 5000 pounds of
milk a year, superior animals prOduc-
ing 10000 pounds or more. Among
the few in this country, records made
conform to these figures. Their milk
will make about four pounds of but
ter per hundredWeight.
This strain Of Swiss cattle shows at
a glance their natural hardness. vigor
and strength of constitution; also their
adaptability to labor and beef produc-
ton. There are several offshoots of
this Simmerthaler breed. but they have
little more than local regulations in
and near Switzerland. The best known
of these is the so called Freyburg
breed, which is simply Il variation from
the parent stock, common to the can
ton of that name. Their chief dis
tinction is in having spots of bI>,Ik.
instead Of cream or yellow, or red, as is
sometimes the markings Of the Sim
menthaler. The Freyburg cattle are
still heayier and coarser and decidedly
inferior for dairy purposes.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-12-08
Roast Turkey With Chestnuts.

Draw, SINCE, pare, truss and remove
the breastbone the same as for roast
ing. Chop up separately 10 ounces Of
kernel of veal and 16 ounces Of pigs
leaf lard and then mix together. Sea-
son with salt and spice, adding lit
tie shallot and the liver, both well
chopped. To this add also the peel
ings of a dozen medium sized truffles.
Put this into mortar with a gill of
stock, pound well and place in sau-
toir to cook for Is minutes. Let it cook
and stir in 40 cooked chestnuts and the
dozen peeled truffles. Stuff the turkey
with this preparation and roast, dress
and pour over little good gravy.-Ex-
change.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-12-08
THE YULE LOG.
1t Has Its Origin In Scandinavian
Mythology,

Mythology.
In the Scandinavian feast of JUL,
when shey burned huge bonfires in honor
Of Thor, we discover the origin of the
Yule log. The descendants of the old
Norsemen, who no doubt are responsible
for the custom in England, carefully
preserved half Of the log with which to
be burned at next Yuletide, and so we
have the old English proverb, but in
poetical form, by Herrick:
Part must be kept wherewith to tend
The Christmas log next year,
And where it's safely kept the fend
Can do no mischief here.
The Druidical contribution to the mod
ern Christmas celebration originated in
the annual feast given in honor of the
Druid god Tutanus. who corresponds to
the Phoenician sun god Baal. His IA
vorite among all trees and plants of the
forest was supposed to be the mistletoe.
The number three was held in rever-
ence by these ancient people, and. be-
cause the leaves and berries of this par
asite grew in clusters of three, this, in
addition to the glory Of being Tutanus'
favorite, made the plant sacred, and an
nually there was a great festival given
in it's honor.
In the choice and selection of the Yule
log the ash tree plays very important
part. In Scandinavian mythology it is
Odin's tree and was most noble, for its
wood made the spear and the javelin,
the oar and the mast In their lam
guage ash means man, and the legend
runs that when the sons of Dor, who
were sons of Odn, formed the first man
and woman they were made out of
piece of ash. This man was named
Aska. And at the present day in Devon
shire, as a relic of this pagan reverence
for this tree, we find the Christmas fagot
made of ash sticks, bound tightly to-
gether by green withes or bands of pol
lard oak. AS each withe bursts quart
Of cider is passed around, and healths
are drunk, amid great glee and rejoicing.
The gypsies. too, and the wild hill peo-
pie of Bavaria and Bohemia reverence
the ash, although their legends attached
to it are Christian in their origin.-Bos-
ton Herald.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-12-08
Spirit of Christmas.

About Christmas there is an ineffable
strangeness and mysticism. 1t seems pos
sessed Of a spirit as well as body
This spirit seems redolent in the air, in
the strains Of Christmas music, on the
evergreen and mistletoe and on the very
pealing of the bells which flood tn
world with melody seemingly garnered
through all the II months since that sa-
cred night when heaven kissed the eartl
and Christ our Lord was born md the
angel choirs chanted, GLORY to God in
the highest, and on earth peace to mel
of good will!' For nearly 1900 years
this hymn has continued to ring down
the changing grooves Of time and still
re-echoes DER the weary world at Christ
mas dawn.-Elmira Telegram.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-12-08
CHRISTMAS GREENS.
Decoration of Evergreens and Flow
ers Is of Pagan Origin.

Decoration of Evergreens and Flow
ers Is of Pagan Origin.
The Christmas decorations may have
originated in the saturnalia or in the
old Teutonic practice of hanging the
interior of dwellings with evergreen
asa refuge for sylvan spirits from the
inclemency Of the winter, but the
Christmas tree is of German origin.
1t is their chief ornament and symbol.
1t is not used for the hanging of gifts,
but it is used entirely as bright orna-
ment, being made to glisten with
lights and tinsel
1t is kept throughout the II days of
Christmas and at intervals is lighted
and on New Years eve is lighted for
all night.
The custom Of decorating dwellings
and churches with evergreen was
known by the Christians to be q rem
nanI of paganism and was forbidden
by the council, but it had too strong q
hold to be given up.
Even in Boston Justice Samuel Sew
all cried out against it, but it crept to
it's place by degrees. Holly and ivy
were favorites in Great Britain, being
regarded as sacred emblems of the
season.
Holly used in churches was kept by
families to insure a lucky year.
The mistletoe was held in so much
vereration by the pagans that it was
cut with golden sickle by the prince
Of the Druids, with whom it first ap-
pears.
The Introduction Of flowers to the
tokens of festivity seems to have ex-
listed universally and at all times of
history. 1t was a pagan manifesto
ton of rejoicing, and, although forbid
den by the early church and de-
nounced by the Puritans of New Eng
land, it became a general custom.
While obliged to give credit to early
and heather notions for much of the
Christmas which we so fondly cherish,
We can but remember our own Ben
jamin Franklin for the one motto as
being American, "a good conscience
is continual Christmas" boston
Globe.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-12-08
Christmas Game.

You are to write a capital d on a
sheet Of paper while standing at table.
At the same time you must try to make
your right foot swing III the opposite
following on the paper. 1t sounds easy.
Try it in every way you can think Of.
First get your foot going toward the left
in an easy swing and then start your let
ter and see what will happen. Then try.
beginning the letter first and going in
presently with the proper circle in the
opposite direction. If you do not laugh at
the result, you will probably be profane
San Francisco Evening Post.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-12-08
CauIffOwer For Christmas.

Boil good sized caulifower until ten
der, chop it coarsely and press it hard in
a bowl or mold so that it will keep it's
form when turned out. Put the shape
thus made upon a dish that will stand
the heat and pour over it a tomato
sauce. Make this by cooking together a
tablespoonful of butter and -four in a
saucepan and pouring upon them pint
of strained tomato juice in which half
an onion has been stewed. Stir until
smooth and thicken still more by the ad-
dition of three or four tablespoonful of
cracker dust. Salt to taste, turn the
sauce over the nodded caulifower, set it
in the oven for about ten minutes and
serve in the dish in which it is cooked.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-12-08
Selecting the Turkey.

In choosing turkey the age Of the
bird is the principal thing to be attend
ed to- A young gobbler is best. He may
be distinguished from a hen turkey by
his comb. The age may be ascertained
by the lower part Of the breastbone. If
soft and pfable, the turkey is young. II
stiff, it is old and not good for roasting.
It can only be used for boiling and brais-
ing. Turkeys weighing from eight to
ten pounds each are thought best.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-12-08
A Gard

We, the undersigned, do hereby agree
to refund the money on 80 cent bottle
of Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar if it
fails to cure your cough or cold. We
also guarantee 25-cent bottle to prove
satisfactory or money refunded.
COLLINS PHARMACY,
Albion, Wis.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-12-08
VeaI Producfsor.

In Holland considerable attention is
paid to the production of fine veal. The
calves are confined in narrow stalls.
bedded with sand and fed very liber
ally with whole milk, great care being
taken that the calf gets no solid food
of any kind, which, it is claimed, will
have deleterious effect upon the quail
ity of the veal
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-12-08

The Christmas carol, with it's elevat-
ing and inspiring effects, corresponds
In many ways to the song of praise by
the heathens for Saturn at the festival
of ancient time.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-12-08
TO cure A Cold I'm one Day:

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund money if it fails to
cure. E. w. Groves signature on every
box 25c.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-04-12
Dearie's Innocent Prattle.

An exceedingly pretty and graceful
young woman and a little girl of per-
haps FIVE years Of age boarded Ire
mont street electric car. says the Bos-
ton Herald. and the car being nearly
empty, walked up to the forward end
and took seat where the young miss
could watch the motorman twist and
untwist the brake and turn on and off
the electric current. She watched
him with the deepest interest for
long time, and when the car started
without the aid of horses or any visi-
BILE signs Of power, she become deeply
perplexed. Mamma" she said, what
makes this car go 2" 'This is an
electric car, dearie. Electricity makes
it go. Mamma, said the little
miss after long silence: 1--WE learn
morn n more every day, don't we?'
eyes, dearic, mamma answered, with
a far away look in her eyes. "Did
you pass that bad quarter on the con-
ductor?' dearie queried after that in
dividual had just gone by, collecting
the fares. Every person in the car
heard her and tried not to smile.
"Papa said if the conductor wouldn't
take it you could pass it in the con-
tribution box next Sunday. Could
you do that, mammal Mamma sig
nailed the conductor just then. AS
they were getting off dearie was tell
ing mamma that those three redhaired
women were awfully homely, and when
the car started off again the red-haired
women blushed even redder than their
hair, and strange, unde6nable con-
straint pervaded the car until the last
red-haired woman had got off, which
was somewhere near the end Of the
route.