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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-14
A Scurvy Trick.

A story is related of very odd
trick which has just been played by a
servant on her mistress who, dissat-
isfied with her conduct had given her
warning, adding that she did not in
tend to pay her her wages. The young
woman, thirsting for revenge, ex-
planned her plight to friend of hers,
who is clever mechanic. The man
contrived during the lady's absence
from home to introduce an electric
battery under the mattress of her
bed, with instructions to the servant
as to how she should set it going, two
wires having been afso faid down for
the current, and when about midnight
the lady retired to rest the trick was
played on her. Suddenly electrified,
the unlucky woman screamed out for
help, and after time the servant
made her appearance on the scene,
and, laughing merrily at the sorry
spectacle thus presented by her mis-
tress, declined to put an end to her
misery until she had promised to give
her the wages. The lady agreed to do
so, but the next morning she went of
to the nearest police station with a
complaint, and search is being made
for the girl, who had prudently left the
house in the meanwhile.-Paris Cor
respondence Of the London Telegraph.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-14
RAISE GOOD CALVES.

In successfully growing calves pre-
fer an April calf, of good beef stock.
The mother should be we'll taken care
of. fed on plenty of clover hay, ground
corn and oats, mixed half and half.
Let the calf have the finest milk that
it wants, then take it away from the
cow and put it in stable handy, and
where the COW can see it, if it is bad
weather. If the weather is nice put
the cow on good pasture of rye,
with the calf just over the fence at a
straw shed or stack, where it can get
the benefit of the sun. The calf should
be turned to the cow morning. noon
and night for the first two weeks;
then the calf will eat, if it is where it
can get something green. There
should be a small lot of rye fenced
off for the calf, and that, with plenty
of milk morning and night, will be all
that is required for the next two
weeks. Then the calf will be one
month old
The first of May there should be a
patch of oats ready for the calf, with a
box nailed up under shed, where the
calf can go out of bad weather and eat
a quart of ground corn and oats, equal
parts, morning and night for the next
month. Feed just after turning the
cow out During the third month,
June, the calf should be treated the
same as the second, except little
more ground feed-say, one-half pint
more. The fourth month it should
have a patch of peas to run in, and the
feed should be cut down to one quart,
morning and night. The fifth month
the calf should have three pints Of
ground oats and corn and one pint OF
oil cake or fiaxseed meal given just
after being turned to the cow, with the
pasture increased by letting run on
a fresh rye patch. At the end OF Au-
gust, he will be six months old and
should be ready for the market at top
price for calves. l should have said
at the end of two weeks the calf
should be trimmed and dehorned, ii
a horned calf, and during all this time
the calf should have fresh, clean wa
ter, where it can go and drink at Will.
w. M. c., in Indiana Farmer.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-14
Tomato Scum.

For this soup use one-half Of q can OF
tomatoes, or one pint Of fresh stewed
tomatoes. If you use the canned goods,
don't leave the other half in the can;
pour it in a china bowl, and II con-
venient cook it little before you put
1t away. It will keep in a cool place
Two or three days. 1t is said that peo-
ole are poisoned by using canned goods,
only because the article is allowed to
remain in the can after it has been
opened. But about the soup-one-haL
can Of tomatoes, one pint Of water,
small onion chopped, bay leaf and a
sprig Of parsley boiled together for nj
teen minutes. Press through fine col
ander return to the kettle and add
teaspoonful of salt, two of sugar ans
A shake Of pepper. Rub together one
tablespoonful of butter and one of -four,
and stir into the soup when it boils; stir
until it thickens. Serve with squares
Of toasted bread.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-14
THE DUNMOW FITCH.
Story of the Prize Bacon for Happy
Married Couples.

'FThe Dunmow Fitch? Don't you
know what the Dunmore Fitch 1s!,
asked a traveller. well, l am sur
prised at your ignorance"
Then he went on:
"The Dunmow Fitch was a side OF
bacon that was always waiting in the
little English town of Dunmow for any
man who, after having been married a
year and a day was ready to swear
strong oath that his marriage had
been a complete success-had brought
him greater happiness than he had
ever dreamed of.
"Dunmow is in Essex, and the h1tcn
was given to the prior of the little
Priory of Dunmow Whenever
couple appeared to claim it jury OF
six men and six maids was gathered
together, and these twelve cross-ex-
amined the claimants and passed on
their fitness to receive the meat.
"The custom originated in the thir-
teenth century. Sir Reginald Fitz-
water is supposed to have instituted
it. Sir Reginald ano mis- bride, IN
rustic garb, appeared before the prior
of Dunmow and received fitch OF
bacon as reward for their constancy.
There have been only few recorded
instances of the bestowal Of the fitch.
"But there are number OF refer
ences to the custom in literature.
Thus, in Piers 'Plowman' it is said:
"'Many couple since the pestilence,
have plighted themselves together, and
the fruit they bring forth are foul
words, jealousy without happiness, and
quarreling; and if they go to Dunmow,
unless the devil help, to follow after
the fitch. they never obtain it, and
unless they are perjured they lose the
bacon
"This is the form of oath that was
taken in the seeking OF the fitch:
Hear We, maintainer and giver OF
this bacon, that 1, A, syth 1 welded
B.. my wife, and syth had her in my
keeping and wylle, by yere and a
dave after our marriage, would not
have changed for none other, fare ne
fowler. richer ne poorer, ne for none
| other descended of greter bynage,
sleeping ne waking at moo time ana
if the said B. were sole and sole,
would take her to be my wye before
all the wymen of the worlde, OF what
CONDITIONS soever they be, good or
eyyle. as helps me God, and his seynts'
and this flesh and all fieshes.'
"a prize for happy marriage ike
the Dunmow Fitch, ought to be instr
tinted here in America. Maybe it would
help to solve the divorce problem. Ii
married people tried to be happy to-
gether. even though their object was
the winning of a prize, it stands to
reason there would be less misery In
| the world"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-14
THE BROOD SOW.

I advocate liberal feeding of the
judicious mixture of corn as part Of
her ration; if she is excessively fat,
| would give her no corn, but would
feed her literally during that time
on ground oats, millstuffs, etc., and I
come now to what l conceive to be
serious problem confronting the
breeders of pure-bred Poland-China
hogs, who are engaged in the business
of selling brood sows at public auc-
tion The buyers taste seems to de-
mand that these animals, when sold,
shall be in high flesh. practically in
show condition.
There is no grain which will pro-
duce that result so quickly, cheaply
and thoroughly as corn. Therefore,
a majority of the breeders feed the
brood sows which they are feeding for
sale into condition so that they
would be classified readily in the stock
yards as choice heavy, but are certain
ly in anything but condition favor
able for the production of healthy, Wig
orous pigs. A majority of these sows
are sold less than 60 days before the
time when they are due to farrow,
and one cannot hope, by however jul
dicious dieting, to overcome in that
time the effects of the heavy and long
continued feeding on corn diet.
But if you cannot sell your sows if
they are thin, what will you do?
answer, deny yourself, if necessary,
perhaps so large margin of profit,
and taking longer time for preparing
your sows for sale. feed them more
literally upon soft feeds. A brood
sow can be made to p ok very well
upon a diet composed one-third corn
and two-thirds to three-quarters
ground oats, mill stuff, ETC., moderate
ly fed for a considerable time; while
as breeder she will be infinitely more
profitable to the purchaser and of
much more lasting benefit to your
trade, than if fed much shorter
time upon the heavier diet-H. L..
Sweet, in American Agriculturist.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-14

10 snap shots, interviews and ban
quets. His professional services are
| performed with enthusiasm because
| MS heart is in his work. He submits
| to the snap shots with the utmost good
humor, likewise to the interview.
which he recognizes as an American
! practlce to which he Is now fully &C.
| customed. AS to the banquets, that
! is another story.
upon the eve of leaving Baltimore
| 1or Philadelphia the doctor in an in
| tervleW remarked that he was heartily
weary OF the banquets he had to en-
cure with their endless variety of
FOODS. Being man of simple tastes
ne liked plain, simple, solid food. do
| not Think said he, "that I am In
sensible to the great good will which
your hospitality illustrates. But so
much eating! Why, it is wonderful!
1t is extraordinary
Unquestionably Americans are too
much given to eating. So are Britons.
So are DIR. Lorenz's own countrymen,
for as to eating and drinking as Ger
man kommerz is prodigious as COM
pared with an American banquet, and
most Americans who should try to
keep up with Teutonic spreads for any
length of time would end as physical
wrecks. All the northern nations are
great eaters as compared with the
Latin and other southern nations. 1t
is partly the survival of savagery,
partly the effect of climate The
Cloths and Vandals were huge eaters
and the Anglo-Saxons hardly inferior
to them. Much depends, after all,
upon the individual capacity. DR..
Lorenz may not be fair specimen of
German alimentativeness. Perhaps,
having more intimate acquaintance
with the human body than most per-
sons, he appreciates the blessedness Of
plain, simple living.
Still, it cannot be denied that MANI
of our feasts are Gargantuan; that
as rule, we eat too much and too
often; and that our chief way of ex-
pressing our hospitality is in lavish.
ly feeding our friends. 1t is not alone
the public banquet which we give the
distinguished guest, which sometimes
he wrestles with successfully, as did
Prince Henry, and sometimes unsuc-
cessfully as did the Grand Duke Boris.
The private banquets go on like the
brook, forever" Society must have
it's refreshments upon every occasion.
Ministers get together to discuss theo-
logical affairs and straightway proceed
to eat. Women's clubs meet to listen
to a paper upon some important or
unimportant subject, and tea must be
poured and salads served. The birth
day, the wedding day, the funeral day.
each must have it's appropriate menu,
and the holidays cannot be fittingly
celebrated without sumptuous spreads.
Perhaps there is no way of reforming
our eating habits, but, all the same,
as DR.. Lorenz says. cit is wonderful!
1t is extraordinary! "-Chicago Tri-
bune
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-14
Brief Suggestions.

a little salt will make delicate,
wholesome supper for children.
If mutton chops are rubbed over
with lemon juice before broiling, their
flavor will be much improved.
Rice cooked In milk instead of water
has a much richer favor. 1t must be
watched closely while cooking, as it
will burn quickly.
To soften hard water add little
borax. Water thus softened is whole
some for cooking purposes and Is use
full In laundry for whitening clothes
and effecting a saving of soap.
thin flexible steel knife is one Of
the most useful of kitchen utensils.
This can be used for many purposes,
for loosening cakes from the tins, for
icing cakes, scraping dishes or cutting
delicate cakes and buildings whose
Iightness would be quite ruined by
using a heavy duh knife.
IL the parafin paper, which comes In
the packages Of fancy biscuit Ii saved
and used to wipe the bottom Of the
irons on ironing day the effect on the
smoothness of the irons and the tenn
per of the maid will be quite notice
able. There Is just sufficient guam
t1ty of wax In the paper to make IL u.
splendid cleanser.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-14

| thoughtful attention of the shepherd,
for half the years profit may depend
upon the manner in which they are
reared and fattened for market. They
need to be protected and nourished
so their growth will be continuous and
| rapid. 1t is the condition of the
lambs and not their number which
will determine the profits of the bust
ness. There will be some weakly
be fed away from the others with
special reference to their needs.
Sometimes these may turn out to be
as profitable as the more robust ones
The earlier in the season that one can
get the lambs ready for market, with
an average weight of sixty to seventy
five pounds, the greater are his chances
for profit. The ewes must receive
considerable attention also, and their
feed must be carefully selected while
the lambs are running with them.
There is probably no better way to
make grain more profitable than feed
ing it to young lambs, which can be
sold in the early markets. Not only
this, but one is sure of getting quick
returns A few weeks or months and
then the returns come in, and at once
is ready to reinvest the capital in more
stock or crops. In the spring of the
year it will pay to feed the young
lambs for market good grain just as
soon as they will eat it, and continue
to do so up to the time of marketing.
Good grain food will produce plump
ness and fairness of the carcass, which
nothing else can equal, and the butcher
looks to these in his good lambs. Thin,
scrawny lambs, no matter what they
weigh, do not come to market with
high recommendations. They are
handicapped, and will in most cases
bring little less per pound than the
plump ones.
A good mixture of grain is made Of
corn meal and oats in equal parts, and
either fed whole or ground to coarse
mixture. A good deal depends on the
age of the lambs. This fed daily so
they can have access to it as stated
periods, where the ewes are fed, will
generally keep the lambs in good con-
dition. They should also have access
to good grass when the season is adj
vanced sufficient. Good blue or orchard
grass is relished by them, and later
the clover when it clothes the fields
with its luxuriant yield. With grass
and hay in plenty and grain sufficient
to strengthen and fatten them, they
should take on growth rapidly and
prove profitable investments.-Wal-
lace Simmons, in American Cultivator.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-14
Chocolate Creams.

Dissolve two cups of fine confection-
er's sugar in half cup of water, set
upon the fire, and let it boil rapidly for
twenty minutes. Turn out ON platter
and stir with a large spoon till cool,
adding at the same time a tablespoon
full of vanilla extract. When well
creamed, butter the fingers and work
it up in small balls. Prepare half a
pound Of chocolate by setting 1t over a
steamer till melted; then thrust long
pin into the balls and dip them in the
chocolate, laying them upon buttered
paper to dry.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-14
<uE DIscouEAeEF'

.r beneath the skies.
Lhs nS a most doth move my ire
a' T ,.tsrs with scornful eyes
30 DO, ,'t things that I admire;
a.' fain would rhapsoolze
T1'G ~ intellect obtuse,
|G: al boEes his head and signs
o1s .!5,l sDI murmurs, Whats the
d"
,,.r5 pythagoras have "a e, done ,
foa, .'.to the world OF thought!
6na .. had great Caesar won?
a.'ls, nc Aristotle TAUGHT
..s si5'I prevent each house and
~ ,,l,g wholly to the deuce
sJ IN listen to the man
:. ,o ~ and mutters Whats the
%' Washington Star.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-14
SteWed bs.

Clean, tie down the legs and wings
and put a piece Of bacon on the breast
of each bird. Put few slices of bacon
in the bottom of kettle and put the
SQUADS on them; cover with stock and
let them stew gently until tender. Serve
on toast, and pour the stock slightly
thickened around them.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-14
Rice Cake.

Beat up three eggs to a stiff froth.
put them in a double boiler, and stir
briskly on the stove for eight minutes.
then add slowly three ounces Of fine
sugar and quarter Of cup of ground
rice, also fiavoring to taste. When
all is we'll mixed, pour into a buttered
pan and bake in hot oven for twenty
minutes.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-14
Peanut Brittle.

Boil together a cup each Of molasses
and brown sugar, tablespoonful Of
vinegar and two tablespoonful of but
ter. When a little dropped in cold
water is brittle add a cup of blanched
peanuts; remove at once from the fire.
add teaspoonful of baking soda, beat
hard and pour into buttered pans.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-14

Halifax School Board wishes to dis
continue teaching inrants sewing, on
the ground that 1t causes defective vi
sion.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-14
Escal1oped Eggs.

Six hard-boiled eggs, one-fourth pint
of cream, butter the size Of an egg,
little parsley chopped fine, one-half
tablespoon -four. Mix the cream, but
ter and -four and cook until thick.
Place in a buttered baking dish alter
nate layers of sliced egg and bread
crumbs seasoned with salt and pepper,
until the dish is filed, having layer
of crumbs and bits Of butter on the
top. Mix the cream and parsley to-
gether and pour over the whole. Bake
in a quick oven till brown.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-14
DO WE EAT TOO MUcHe

Americans Consume Too Much FOOD
Habit or Survival OF Savagery.
When DR.. Lorenz has not oeen en-,
gagged professionally his time seems
to have been occupied with suDmlttins
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-14

CARE OF SPRING LAMBS.
The young lambs require the most
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-14
Cream Toast.

One-half cup cream, one-half cup
milk, one-half teaspoonful salt, small
lump Of butter. Melt the butter and
add enough sifted -four to make 1t stiff.
Mix the milk, cream and salt and pour
slowly over the butter and -four, keep
ing the mixture smooth by stirring.
When thickened, strain and pour over
toast. Serve hot.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-14
Cream PuHs.

Into a pint Of boiling water stir
half-pound of butter. Stir until 1t boils;
put in three-quarters Of a pound OF
-four, boil for minute, turn into deep
dish and cool. When cold beat into 1t,
first, the well-whipped yolks and the
stiffened whites Of the eggs. Drop by
the spoonful upon oiled paper spread in
the bottom of baking pan and bake
to golden-brown puffs. When cold cut
a slit in the side of each and fill with a
cream filing
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-11-11
ABOUT, BOZZING.

We have heard the faint buzz of a
congressional bee in this bailiwick re-
Gently, and the question of opposition
to the gentleman from Terrell is ger.
main not only to him but the people at
large.
The buzzing was in Decatur, and OF
course we'd like to- know if there is
anything in the poesibility.-Bain-
bridge Democrat.
The buzz is about.aR there is to 1T.
About six years ago there arose very
distinct buzz, also from Decatur coun-
ty, the result ,ot which is we'll known
throughout the district, While the
Eemocrat leaves us in the dark as to
whose bonnet contains the bee that
is buzzing that doesn't matter, as the
result will be Identical to that in the
ease cited.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-11-11
LESSON FOR DEMOCRACY.

New York city is again democratic
The oonglomerateE horde OF repI bill
cans, fusionists, 5sseUde-refOrners
soreheeds and eranks haYer5een oustee
by the straight Tammay ticket lee by
Mcclellan, and the democracy of the
whole country feels an answering
thrill to the tigers victorious grow.
Two things contributed largely to
Seth Lows defeat-the utter failure OF
his promise when he .essnmea The acE-
ties of the Office OF mayor t6 make "a
big Sunday school of the metropolis,
and because his administration has
been the emost expensive New York
has ever known. Because of the fall
ure of his administration, which is
usually the case with t'reformH office
holders heard his followers OF, varie-
gated political faiths have -sunken irT
remediablyin the mlus of decisive de-
feat.
Ia this election there is a 'waOle-
some lesson for democracy. In the
preceding campaign ia New y ork the
democrats deemed it expediezt toEom-
mate a ma1 fcrsrlayor from the crowd
of mugwumps. This they did, and
ran Shepard at, the head OF their tick
let against the fusionists- Although
he was man of aupquestiOned ability
and high character the result was
disastrous ia the extreme. He Dot only
failed to draw any support froa the
fusiouists, the crowd with which he
had always affiliated, bpt also failed to-
poll the full democratic vote for the
reasen that he ha& not always support
ed the, regular party ticket himself.
Realizing their miatake, the democrats
in the last contest namec loyal and
tried party man, and thesEesult shows
their wisdom.
There are always just as good men
in party as can be found ,Gut of it,
and it is never good politics ho go into
the ranks of the other cro&.d for a
candidate.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-11-11
SLIPPED A COG.

The Macon Telegraph and the Sa-
vannah Press are working overtime
in mighty effort to create a Grover
Cleveland presidential sentiment Ia
Georgia. In. pursuance of this OBJECT
the latter paper, the morning after the
New York mayoralty election, pro-
ceeded to print & story from the me-
tropolis whichsaid that the result had
served to turn the attention OF the
democratic newspapers and prominent
democratic politicians of that city to-
ward Mr.. Cleveland in this connec-
ton.
In view of the sact that there is only
one democratic. paper in New York,
which single handed upheld the aemo-
cratic flag and supported Mcclellan,
and chat paper is the American, OF
which Mr.. Hearst, himself a presiden-
tial asprrant, is editor and sole propri-
etor. we fail toccatch the connection
of the rather analogous circumstances.
In its extreme desire to infuse life
into political stiff our usually clever
contemporary has slipped cog.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-11-11
DOVEREL DOINGS.
News Notes and Personal Items
from That Village.

Rev. w. w. Mabrv filled his regular
appointment here Saturday AMI Sun
day and delivered two very able and
instructive sermons, as he usually
does
Several of our Youngpeople attended
an entertainment at the home OF Mr. +.
Jodie Chambless, near Graves, Friday
night. They say the oc casion was one
of much pleasure.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Henry and Miss
Katie Williams of Brentwood visited
relatives near here Saturday and Sun
day.
Miss Euzera Elder and Mrs. Bowden,
of Fender, have been visitinglthe fam
lily of DR.. J. T. Lee for several days.
Mr.. Randolph Foster spent Sunday
with homefolks in the Pleasant Hill
community.
Miss Leila Thornton of Dawson spent
Sunday here, the guest of homefolks.
Judge M. C. Statham of Dawson Wis
tied Mr.. j. T. MeLendon Sunday.
Mrs. T. Fl. Woods and children are
visiting relatives at Morgan.
Mr.. Willis Ingram has returned to
the lone star state.
Ben Wall was here Sunday.