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Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-25
Notes on Orchard Work,

Select only standard varieties.
Spray frequently and thoroughly.
Clover crops prevent soil washing.
Sell direct to the consumer whenever
possible.
Form strong symmetrical heads Oh
ali trees.
Prepare the ground the fall previous
to planting.
Supply an abundance of plant food
at all times.
Clover crops perform many useful
functions.
Fruit farming has been styled gentle
mems farming.
Poultry and fruit growing make q
good combination.
The finest fruit is grown by thinning
the fruit on the trees.
Sow clover crops SO that they will be
thick and cover the ground
Keep up to date by reading what the
most successful men have to say.
Fruit growing and fruit eating make
people sunny, happy and sweet.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-25
Nutriment in Milk

Bulletin No. 81 from the Storrs Ag-
ricultural Experiment Station, Con
necticut, is a most excellent one on the
origin or sources of those small or
ganisms called bacteria, which are
found so abundantly in milk. The
bulletin also contains some rather
startling statements and some whole
some suggestions.
Among the statements which ought
to make the average man sit up and
think are the following:
"A quart of milk at Sc is equivalent
in food value to pound of beef at 1Sc.
This means that &c worth of milk gives
as much food energy in the body as &c
worth of beef.
''The average individual consumes
three or four times as much meat in a
day as the body actually needs for re-
pair, and for its highest physical con
dition.
IF the American people would eat
one-half less meat and consume one
half more milk, they would save about
$15O,OO0,0OO, in money and in health
enough to make the doctors bills look
small"
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-25
Louise Barbey's Romance.

NJ. Didier, q Frenchman of family and
fortune, tells why Belle Louise Barley.
who died the other day, became a maid
servant when she might have shone as
matron i'll society. H er romance prior
to her death in the home Of Mrs John
r. Brady, widow of Supreme Court JUS
tice Brady, was n singular one. NJ.
Didier was a school teacher and lived
at the inn of NJ. Barley, in the village
of Tartas, IN the south OF France. He
fell III love with the inn-keeper's daugh-
ter, who was his own age. When he
left he held the girls promise to some
day be his wife. But one day a friend,
named Walden, brought his sister to a
fete at Mont De Marsac, and asked the
school master to entertain her for few
minutes. While the couple We're sitting
by the roadside Louise passed in q car
rIage. She glanced scornfully at Didier,
he says, and told the driver to whip up
his horses. That night Didier sent her
a letter of explanation, but it was not
answered. As soon as possible he went
to TartaS where the hotel keeper told
him Louise had disappeared the day fol
lowing the fete in the other village. Il
have wandered about all over the world
in the last twenty-five years seeking my
Louise" said NJ Didier in the surro-
gates office in Jamaica. II never found
any trace OF her until a few days ago,
when | saw in the papers that French
maid named Louise Barley had died in
a sanitarium. The trunks, which the
story said, contained fine clothing
against the time she should become a
lady undoubtedly held her trousseu. She
was never anything but a lady, no mat
ter what place she took for her bread
and butter. Just one note l received
from Louise after she left. 1t was brief
and only wished that l might be happy
with my new sweetheart"
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-25
To Tell the Ages of Swine.

1t may be interesting to those who
do not already know it, to learn of
some way to arrive at the age of pigs,
SO we give the following:
Pigs having their corner permanent
incisors cut will be considered as ex-
ceeding six months. Pigs having their
permanent tusks more than half up
will be considered as exceeding nine
months. Pigs having their central per-
manent incisors up and any of the first
three permanent molars cut will be
considered as exceeding twelve months
Pigs having their lateral temporary
incisors shed and the permanent an
pearing will be considered as exceeding
fifteen months. Pigs having their lat
eral permanent incisors fully up will
be considered as exceeding eighteen
months
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-25
LYDIA e. PENKHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

to conquer al female diseases.
Mrs. Norman r. Barndt, of Allen
town, Pa, writes:
Ever since l was sixteen years OF
age | had suffered from an organic de.
rangement and female weakness; in
consequence l had dreadful headaches
and was extremely nervous. My physi-
clan said | must go through an opera
ton to get well. A friend told me
about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, and took it and wrote you
for advice, following your directions
carefully, and thanks to you l am to-
day q well woman, and / am telling
all my friends of my experience"
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-25
Fiji Golf.

The Fijian game of tiga is probably as
ancient as golf, which it somewhat re-
sembles. The brown warriors play along
the roadway, and the game consists of
long drives with a reed, one end of
which is set in a large brown bean. Bal
Rncing a javelin nicely in the hand with
the foretinger as the driving power they
project it swiftly at a mount on the
road ahead, from which it glances, fall
ing 200 or 800 yards away. Thus they
walk and play for miles, vying with
each other for the longest drive. The
Fijians keep their eye on the mound"
for it needs some skill to strike the
heap of stones at the right spot on the
reed so as to secure n long straight
fight.-London Illustrated News.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-25
How and Where 20 Register for a Farm
in the Rosebud Reservation.

The President has signed a proclama-
ton opening that part of the Rosebud
Indian Lands in South Dakota, generally
known as the Trip County lands. and
designated Judge James w. Witten,
the Chief Law Officer of the General
Land Office, to superintend and conduct
the registration and drawing to be held
III October, 1908
Persons who desire to register for this
drawing should go to CHAMBERLAIN
or FRESNO, South Dakota, via Chi
cago, Milwaukee and ST. Paul railroad.
between October and October II and
there sign and swear to an applca-
ton for registration which will be fur
msned by the officer administering the
oath.
These lands embrace $4,000 acres,
part of which have been allotted to In
dams, and are located on the south side
OF the State of South Dakota, and adj
JOIN the lands in Gregory County which
were opened in 1904. They are desirable
Tor farming and stock-raising purposes.
Similar lands in adjoining counties are
selling for $50 to $40 an acre.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-25
AFRAID TO EAT.
Girl Starving on III-seleeted Food.

Girl Starving III-Seleeted Food.
Several years ago l was actually
starving" writes a Me girl. yet dared
not eat for fear of the consequences.
u had suffered from indigestion
from overwork, irregular meals and
improper food, until at last nay stom-
ach became SO weak l could eat scarce
ly any food without great distress.
Many kinds of food were tried, all
with the same discouraging effects. /
steadily lost health and strength until
l WIS but a wreck of my former self.
Having heard of Grape-Nuts and
its great merits, purchased a package,
but with little hope that it would help
mel was so discouraged.
Il found it not only appetizing but
that l could eat it as l liked and that
it satisfied the craving for food without
causing distress, and if 1 may use the
expression, it filed the bill
For months Grape-Nuts was my
principal article of diet l felt from
the very first that l had found the
right way to health and happiness, and
my anticipations were fully realized.
With it's continued use I regained
my usual health and strength. To-day
l am well and can eat anything l like,
yet GrapeNuts food forms a part Of
my bill OF fare" There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Greek, Mich. Read The Road to Well
VILE" in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-25
ENEMIES OF ARIZONA CHICKENS.
Bullsnakes and Big Frogs Get Into the
Poultry Houses.

About four days ago L. T. Clifford,
who owns fine lot of poultry. was out
in the yard engaged in doing the chores
when he heard an unusual commotion in
his hen house. On opening the door and
lighting up the building he was aston
ished to see a large bullsnake lying in
the middle of the floor with its body
coiled around two chickens, which were
yet alive
Mr.. Clifford struck at the reptile. land
ing a blow on its head. when it i'm
mediately frightened its coils and crushed
the chickens The snake measured be-
tween 312 and feet in length.
On Saturday evening the owner was
again disturbed by noise among his
fowls. and this time the cause for alarm
in the hen house was made by a large
frog who had just finished making an
evening meal of one of the broilers. Mr.
Clifford killed the frog.-Arizona Repub-
Gcan.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-25
The Milk Machine.

There is mighty little sentiment
about a COW. She's nothing but a deli
cately organized Matchmaking machine
Her nervous organization is we'll de-
veloped, though, and is easily disturbed,
but if she Is well supplied with milk
making material and is let alone she
will turn out good product and plenty
Of it, provided, of course, she is built
on the right lines. A poor machine of
any kind is a curse to the owner.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-25
RESCUED FROM SHARKS.
Narrow Escape of Filipino Sailors from
a Wrecked Vessel

Capt. Carlos Krebbs, commander of
the steamship Dalupaon, reports that
last Sunday afternoon about 3 o'clock,
while en- route from Tudela to Iligan, the
ship sighted four Filipinos clinging to a
submerged banca surrounded by a school
of sharks, which. even after the vessel
had come alongside, persisted in lowering
about the banca. The four men upon be
ing picked Up related terrible tale of
suffering and agony. They stated that
they had left Basac, Negros, bound for
Barili, Cebu, and that on Saturday they
ran into heavy weather which caused
the banca to fill, sinking to the water 5
edge and washing away their food and
drink.
Shortly after that the weather cleared
leaving these poor mariners under the
glare of a tropical sun. Then the sharks
appeared and to the agony Of thirst and
the pangs of hunger was added the ter
rife fate of becoming a morsel for q
sharks tooth.
They had despaired of relief and every
vestige Of hope was gone when they
sighted the Dalupaon.-Cebu Courier.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-25

WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS
please say you saw the Advertisement
in this paper.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-25
No Egg Too Bad to Sell.

Seated in dark corner, lighted
candle in ono hand, three eggs in the
other, the egg Gambler talked.
No egg is unsuitable" said he. You
can sell an egg when there's nothing
left Of it tut the smell. Who buys them
The kid glove maker. He beats his kids
soft III II yolk bath, and the ripper that
great foaming yellow bath is, the more
Joyously the kid glove maker splashes
about in it.
Here's a half dozen fresh brokers',
o. Is. but for the shells. The confec-
TONERS III take 'em.
This couple is what you might call
fresh. not new laid'|nor best best fresh f' -
only fresh Such eggs you could stand
III a Spanish omelet, but not boiled.
Wen split them and sell the yolks to
low class bakers and the whites to paper
makers Tor sizing. louisville Times.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-25
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN,

For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, Inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, tiatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness rnerVOuSp rOStratiOn.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-25

line. The side-boards should be about
IS inches wide to keep the potatoes
from rolling off the sides. The wires
are fastened to pulley at the top to
tighten them so they will not sag and
let the large potatoes through. Shovel
the potatoes in at the top and the
small potatoes will drop through the
screen into the box.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-25
German tuchaIuBf.

Half-pound of butter, three table
spoons sugar, pinch of salt, rind of
lemon, cake of compressed yeast, dis
solved in a cup Of lukewarm water,
twelve ounces flour and two ounces
cornstarch. Stir half an hour Put
into form with tube in center and let
rise until light. Raisins may be added
if wished
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-25
Apple Butter.

Cook two parts apple and one part
rhubarb until tender. Rub all through
colander. If set in the oven it will
cook without scattering the stove.
Sweeten with sugar and flavor with
cinnamon. For grape butter take two
parts seeded grapes and one part apple
run through colander. Apple gives
much better favor to the grapes.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-25
Mashed Potato for Fried Fish.

Pare and boil the potatoes as usual,
in sailed water, then drain and press
them through a slicer or vegetable
press. Add a generous piece Of butter,
plenty of salt and cooked tomatoes,
pressed through a sieve, and moisten
as needed. Serve in a separate dish
or on the plate with the fish.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-25
ChOcRlata Cake.

One cup sugar, half-cup butter, half
cup milk, two eggs, two cups flour, two
teaspoons baking powder. Before be-
ginning the cake take half a cake of
chocolate, put it on the stove to melt, let
it come to boil, add the yolk of one
egg, then pour on the cake batter while
hot. Bake in long shallow tin. Put
together with boiled icing.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-25
SpfPed Cherries.

Nine pounds of fruit, pounds of
sugar, pint of cider vinegar, p ounce
of cinnamon bark, y ounce Of whole
cloves. Let the strip come to a boil
before putting in the fruit; cook the
fruit until the skins break then take
out the fruit and boil the strip down
until thick; pour over the fruit hot
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-25

Break into kettle a half package
spaghetti, cover with salt water and
boil. When almost tender add half can
fry three large sliced onions till brown.
Add two pounds beef run through the
machine. When all are well Drowned
add spaghetti and tomatoes, boil a few
minutes and serve hot.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-25

Then. too, the opener eliminates all
danger of cutting the hands on the
metal of the top or the glass of the
Jar. Many a case of bloodpoisoning has
developed from wound sustained in
This way and, taking a different view
Of the case, many family has sat
down to the table without preserves be-
cause the jars coOld not be opened. In
the old days a prolonged soaking in
hot water was the only remedy for an
obstinate top.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-25

One of the uses for cold boiled corn
left over from previous meal is as an
entree with green peppers. Wash the
peppers, remove their seeds and boil
them for about twenty minutes. Then
chop them fine, mix them with the
two together in butter, salt and pepper.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-25
Nafer for CONS

1t is claimed that COW needs eight
gallons Of water a day, and will con-
sumo that much If it is within reach.
Milk is composed of about 81 per cent
water. Cows confined to pastures In
which there is no running water and
the COWS are watered morning and
night, 1t would necessitate that a COW
would have to drink four gallons at
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-25
HELPFUL
ADVICE

You won't tel your family doctor
the whole story about your private
illness you are too modest. You
need not be afraid to tell Mrs. Pink
ham, at Lynn, Mass, the things you
could not explain to the doctor. Your
letter Will be held in the strictest con
fidence. From her vast correspond
ence with sick women during the
past thirty years she may have
gained the very knowledge that will
helpyourcase. Such letters as the fol
lowing, from grateful women, es.
tablish beyond a doubt the power OF
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-25
Cake Custard.

Soak a coffee cupful or less of the
cake left over from the pudding in q
sufficient quantity of milk to nearly fill
a small pudding dish. Beat two eggs
with a cupful of sugar; add to mixture
with any desired tlavoring. Put in a
small quantity of raisins, currants or
citron and bake until brown. Serve
with cream.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-25
MIX Vessels

Use no wooden milk vessels, and
after washing milk vessels set them
out to dry scalding hot Never rinse
out with cold water after the final
scalding. Leave them hot so they will
dry quickly and not get musty.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-25
Sauce For Nut Loaf.

To three tablespoons melted butter
add one teaspoon chopped onion and
one-half sour apple, two tablespoons
flour. Cook to a clear brown, add one
pint milk, one cup hot water, in which
the glaze from baking pan has been
melted. Stir until boiling hot, add
chopped nut meats and one tablespoon
lemon juice and one-half teaspoon salt
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-25
Canadian Cake.

Two cupfuls each of sugar, water
and raisins, onehalf cupfuI of butter,
one teaspoonful each Of allspice, CHINA
mon and nutmeg, two teaspoonfuls Of
baking powder, two quarts Of -four,
mix and bake.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-25
Baked SQUASH,

Peel, boil and mash two small
squashes and when cold beat in two
tablespoons melted butter, two whipped
eggs, a gill Of cream and salt and pep
per to taste. Turn into a bake dish,
sprinkle with bread crumbs and bake
half an hour.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-25
The Dismal Photographer.

When the members of certain cam
era club were out on pleasure bent a
member of a rival society took snap
shot of them as they started off.
have seen the picture, and of all the
lame, the halt, and the blind, it beats
all. A procession of scissors grinders
and chimney sweeps would have ap-
peared more jovial.-Amateur Photogra-
pher
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-25
Scotch WoodcOck.

Chop fine four hard-boiled eggs. Take
one pint of milk, thicken with one ia
blespoonful of butter, creamed with one
tablespoonful Of -four Season with
salt and pepper and pour over the eggs.
Serve on toast
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-25

The hoof Of the mule, being smaller
and tougher than that Of the average
horse, does not need shoeing unless
worked on hard roads a great deal. 1t
is better not to have them shod if con-
fined to work on the farm, unless used
to haul heavy loads on frozen ground.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-25
Not the Farmers This Time.

Prof. Trueman of the University Of
Illinois, after making a searching in
vestigation, declared that milk dealers
of Chicago Systematically adulterate
and water milk delivered to families
in the poorer sections of the city. In
many instances the stuff is entirely IN
fit for food. In the better residence
districts, however, the milk was nearly
always up to standard
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-25


opener. This device is con-
structed on the principle Of
a pair of pliers, and the
jaws. which are semi-circu-
lar and made to fit around
the top of a jar, are ser
rated in such a way as to
obtain a firm grip. Here
tofore it was impossible to
get a good purchase on the
tops, as the hand would
slip before the top would
turn if the latter stuck very
haH1v
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-25
Apples for Insomnia.

No harm can come even to delicate
system By the eating of a ripe and juicy
apple before going to bed. 1t is excel
lent brain food, and promotes sound and
healthy sleep. This is not all; the apple
prevents indigestion and throat diseases.
Family Doctor.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-25

dry bed. The size of the whole pen is
s feet by Is feet, SO that the f1oOred
section Of the pen is feet square 1t
is made Of strong materials, usually 2
in. by 4 in. stuff, and rests on cleats in
the bottom Of the pen.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-25
ScOurge of Tipping.

In London tipping has become a public
scourge. In west end restaurant if you
pay IA for your dinner and DO not leave
a fifth of that sum as Il tip, you are
looked upon as a skinfint.-Les Annales,
Paris
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-25
Training Day Gingerbread.

One cup sugar, one cup molasses, one
cup butter, one cup sour milk, two eggs,
one tablespoon saleratus, five cups
-four, cinnamon and ginger.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-25
Risk in Drenched Cattle.

Doctor David Roberts, State Veteri-
Perhaps the best way of demonstrating
the danger of drenching cattle is to adj
wise the reader to throw back his head
as far as possible and attempt to Swal-
low. This you will find to be a diff
cult task, and you will find it more
difficult and almost impossible to swal-
low with the mouth open. 1t is for
this reason that drenching cattle is a
dangerous practice. However, if a cows
head be raised as high as possible and
her mouth kept open by the drenching
bottle or horn, a portion OF the liquid
is very apt to pass down the windpipe
into the lungs, sometimes causing in
slant death by smothering, at other
times causing death TO follow in a few
days from congestion or inflammation
of the lungs. Give all cattle their
medicine hypodermically or in feed. if
they refuse feed give it dry on the
tongue. The proper method of giving a
COW medicine is to stand on the right
side of the cow, placing the left arm
around the nose and at the same time
opening her mouth, and with a spoon in
the right hand place the medicine,
which should be in a powdered form,
back on the tongue; she can then swal-
low with safety.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-25
Sealskiy Returns to Fashion

valued furs, has steadily been increasing
in price during the last few years. Elk
perts agree that this season the cost of
the fur will be almost prohibitive.-Fur
News.