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Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-06-11
Double Header Holidays.

I'm always glad when the month of
May comes around" remarked a clerk
in Il Broad street Office building, for
then l know that u holiday will soon be
due me. You see, it's rather a long
time between Washingtons birthday and
Memorial day without having a whole
day off, and a fellow is mighty glad TO
see May 30 in sight. This year Pm par
ticularly glad, for May 80, falling on
Sunday, will be celebrated on the fol-
lowing day, and that means q half-holi-
DAY on Saturday and all of Sunday and
Monday. That's the right kind of a
holiday. Why, it's a miniature vaca-
ton. just think of going away from the
office on Saturday noon and not coming
in again until Tuesday morning! I'm go
ing to take advantage Of it to slide
away for short vacation to the shore,
and there are thousands Of others who
will do the same. And then the beau
ty Of it is that when the next holiday
comes along-the Fourth Of July-it's the
same kind of a vacation, for the Fourth
falls on Sunday, just as Memorial day
does. It's a regular double-header in
holidays, and it will make you rather
anxious for your regular summer vaca-
ton. There's only one drawback to
these good-sized holidays, and that is
that fellow might be too lavish in his
expenditures on his two short vacations,
and may have to economize when the
long one comes along. "-Philadelphia
Record.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-06-11
SKIN WAS ROUGH AS BARK.
Baby Boy Had an Intense Itching
Humor-Scratched Till Blood Ran
-Eound IN Cnre IN

Baby Boy Had an Intense Itchins
Humor-Scratched Till Blood Ran
Found n Cure In Cuticura.
Our son, two years old, was afflict-
ed with rash. After he suffered with
the trouble several weeks | took him
to the doctor, but it got worse. The
rash ran together and made large bis
tiers. The little fellow didn't want to
do anything but scratch and we had to
wrap his hands up to keep him from
tearing the flesh open till the blood
would run. The itching was intense.
The skin on his back became hard and
rough like the bark of a tree He
suffered intensely for about three
months. But l found q remedy in
Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment.
The result was almost magical. That
was more than two years ago, and
there has not been the slightest symp-
tom of it since he was cured ]. w.
Lauck, Yukon, Okla, Aug. % and Sept.
II, 1905"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole
Props Of Cuticura Remedies Boston
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-06-11

A weak solution of salt and water
will brighten mattings
Sponges are great germ collectors
They should be scalded out thorough
ly every little while
Kid slippers, belts, gloves and
purses are best cleansed by rubbing
them with French chalk.
Never forget to dust over the door
and window frames when giving 2
room its thorough weekly cleaning.
Use half-rye and half-wheat bread
rub over rug the same as scrubbing
and when through sweep thoroughly
The rug will be like new.
A heavy broom lasts longest, but
light one is best for easy work, and
with care a light broom will last al
most as long as more expensive one
A box Of sardines and can Of
shrimp, both prepared for eating and
served together on lettuce leaves with
dressing of oil, vinegar, onion juice
salt and pepper, make delicious
salad. Mayonnaise dressing may be
used.
When scraping new potatoes they
will invariably blacken the hands
There is nothing better than a piece
of lemon for removing the blernish
and when obstinate, if a pinch of pow.
dered pumice is placed On the lemon,
1t will instantly remove the stain.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-06-11
MfddIenlen,

Retailers are necessary according to
present methods Of doing business and
until farmers organize selling force
Of their own middlemen will continue
to toll the farmers grist as thorough
ly as the traffic will bear Peaches
may rot on the ground in Missouri
while selling for cents each in Chi
cago, but the farmer In Missouri IS
helpless because he has no represen-
tative in the market center. The time
will come when farmers will have an
agent at each central point to handle
farm products and distribute them
either to the consumer or retail gro
Ger. When that time comes farmers
will come nearer getting what they
work for. 1t is just as necessary to
sell right as to farm right-Agricul-
tural Epitomist.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-06-11
Sulphur Fumtgation.

1t takes some ingenuity to burn sui
phur in a vessel, as 1t tends to smoth-
er flames. If several pounds are to
be burned, a fire of cobs or sticks
soaked with kerosene must be built
above the sulphur and kept burning
until you see the blue fame of the
sulphur licking up through the wood
blaze
One way to disinfect the poultry
house with sulphur is to dissolve one
half pint Of turpentine and one-half
pint Of tar in one-half gallon Of kero-
sene. Soak corncobs in this solution,
and when ready to burn out the poul
try house for lice or germs of disease
have ready a sharp-pointed piece Of
iron to thrust in the ends of the cobs,
set lighted match to it and while
1t burns pass the cob over the roosts,
cracks In the henhouse and every
where about 1t. This should be done
every week for a month or more
Agricultural Epitomist
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-06-11
Redeeminr Neglected Garden.

Discouraging as a neglected garden
may appear, It IS not beyond redemp-
ton, even so late in the season-but
1t must be taken hold of at once.
Stunted and failing crops, choked by
weeds, should be pulled out at once,
weeds and all, and burned, and the
ground ploWed or spaded, and replant-
ed.
How much more satisfactory and
profitable it might have been to have
planted only half the space, and work
ed it well, than to have scattered the
available labor over the entire ground
and do nothing to perfection.
A garden with rows upon rows OF
all the delicious vegetables Of mid,
summer and not a weed to be found
is indeed a pleasant picture. But how
few Of that class are found! Instead
Of choice vegetables there are rank
weeds, and where order and beauty
should reign, desolation stares at one
IN too many family gardens, caused in
the majority Of cases by simply bit
ing off more than we can chaw."
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-06-11

The prodigal waste of timber during
the last forty years is estimated to
average $50,000,O0O annually, or ap-
proximately S2,OoO,000,00O worth Of
timber wasted. 1t is time there was
a national movement to conserve our
national resources and arrest the pro-
digal waste of our forests and the de-
pletion of the fertility Of the land.
While Uncle Sam is no longer rich
enough to give everybody farm,
there is plenty of agricultural land to
support population of 300,000,000 in
the United States, Texas alone being
capable of maintaining 100000 peo-
pie if all her arabic land were under
cultivation to cereals, fruits and vege-
tables-Farmer's and Drover's Jour
nal
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-06-11
Cows Giving Down Milk.

John Burrows, the well-known scien-
fist, in regard to cows giving down
their milk says: Many persons think
that giving down or holding up the
milk by the cow is voluntary act
In fact, they fancy the udder as a
vessel filled with milk, and that the
COW releases or withholds 1t Just as
she chooses. But the udder IS a
mandatory; 1t is filled with blood,
from which the milk is manufactured
while you milk. This process is con-
trolled by the cows nervous system.
When she is excited or in any way
disturbed, as by strangers or by TAX
ing away her calf or any other cause,
the process is arrested and the milk
will not flow. The nervous energy
goes elsewhere. The whole process is
as involuntary as is digestion in man
and Is disturbed or arrested in about
the same way.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-06-11
Winchester, Ind.
told me that they

pound. After taking one and one
half bottles of the Compound, | am all
right again, and [ recommend it to
every suffering woman" Minis. MAY
DEAL, Winchester, Ind.
Hundreds Of such letters from girls
and mothers expressing their gratitude
for what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound has accomplished for
them have been received by The Lydia
10. Pinkham Medicine Company, Lynn,
Mass.
Girls who are troubled with painful
or irregular periods, backache, head
ache, dragging-down sensations, faint
ing spells or indigestion, should take
immediate action to ward off the Serl-
Gus consequences and be restored to
health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. Thousands have been
restored to health by its use.
IF you would like special advice
about your case write a cOnfiden-
Jial letter to Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free,
and always helpful.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-06-11
Passing of Horned Cattle.

Horned cattle and horned sheep are
rapidly disappearing. Many of the
cattle bred and fed in the corn belt
are hornless. Breeds of this kind are
growing in popularity. in the noun
famous country and on the plains
wild cattle needed long horns for the
protection of themselves and their
young. Now, however, with the plains
thickly settled and with few wild ami
mails the cattle do not need horns.
Among the hornless breeds are the
Galloway, Angus. Red Poll and Polled
Shorthorns. Polled Jersey and Polled
Hereford are also coming into favor
BY the application of caustic potash
the growth of the horns is prevented
in the young calf.-Inter Ocean.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-06-11
Farm G1eaninEs.

Provide ample pasture for the calves.
Overcrowding of the chickens is a
strong bid for trouble.
Fit yourself to the weather. DOM
get all out of kink because the weather
is
The work of raising chickens has
only begun when you get the downy
things out Of the she'll.
1t is claimed that an orchard in the
State of Delaware has an annual in
come of $4,000 from 200 acres of apple
trees.
Have driveway right through your
barn. 1t will prove valuable in many
ways, especially in the matter of keep
ing it clean.
Nothing better for growing swine
than good pasturage, and there is nc
more economical method of raising
them, either.
The Connecticut Experiment Station
recommends that for the best results
in Matching, eggs not over five days
old De used.
Poultry and dairy products have al
most doubled in price in the past ten
years Eggs and milk are still rising
in average price.
Dip the sheep right after clipping
them and then again about ten DAYS
after to be sure and kill those that
hatch after the first dipping.
An excellent feed for all kinds OF
young stock is fine cut clover hay
cooked and stepped in boiling water
and mixed with salt, bran and corr
meal
To have finely colored fruit it is nee
essary to have plenty of light. A
dressing of wood ashes, or potash
around the base of the tree, will also
help considerably to improve the color
Oklahoma is the only state which re
quires the teaching of agriculture In
all country schools. The courses in
clude agriculture, horticulture, stock
raising, fertilizers, dairying, drainage
irrigation and grazing.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-06-11
PLANK BLOWN THROUGH TREE.
Remarkable Testimony to the Force o
the Recent Georgia Tornado.

Each day brings to light some new
freak Of the tornado which caused death
and destruction in this part of the state
& few days ago.
AS an evidence of the freakish force
of the wind a big pine tree and large
plank on the property of S. M. Roberts,
about twelve miles from here, are now
Joined as if done by an expert carpen-
ter.
Although the tree was a large one the
plank was picked up and driven through
the center as neatly as if shot from a
gun. Not only was the plank shot
through the tree, but it went through
without tearing the tree.
The plank was picked up in the yard
of Mr. Roberts sawmill and other
planks in the pile were not molested by
the wind. SO singular does Mr. Rob
erts consider this action of the tornado
that he has posted a notice telling how
the plank was driven through the big
pine and ordering that it shall not be
cut down.-Atlanta Georgian.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-06-11
SETTING OUT 100000 TREES.
Pennsylvania Railroad Preparing for the
CompanY's Future Needs

The Pennsylvania railroad is planning
to set out this spring more than 100000
trees. This will make total of 3.43O,-
600 trees planted in the last three years
to provide for some of the company's fu-
ture requirements in timber and cross
ties. This constitutes the largest forest
ry plan yet undertaken by any private
corporation.
Heretofore the company's forestry op-
erations have been confined to a limited
area between Philadelphia and Altoona
This year, however, 50 900 trees are be
ing set out on tracts of land near Metu-
chen and New Brunswick, n. J. In ad-
dition, there are to be planted within the
next month POI, 900 trees near Cone
WACO, Pa, $4,000 in the vicinity of Van
Dyke, 334 900 at Lewistown Junction,
1000 at Pomeroy, and 2O5,OO0 at Den
holm
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-06-11
MAKING SUNSHINE.
1t Is often Found in Pure Food.

1t Is often Found in Pure Food.
The improper selection Of food
drives many healthy person into the
depths of despairing illness. Indeed.
most sickness comes from wrong food
and just so surely as that is the case
right food will make the sun shine
once more.
An old veteran Of Newburyport.
Mass, says: In October, | was taken
sick and went to bed, losing A pounds
in about so days. had doctor after
doctor, food hurt me and l had to live
almost entirely on magnesia and soda.
All solid food distressed me so that
water would run out Of my mouth in
little streams.
Il had terrible night sweat and my
doctor finally said l had consumption
and must die. My good wife gave up
all hope We were at Old Orchard
Me, at that time and my wife saw
Grape-Nuts in a grocery there. She
bought some and persuaded me to try
it.
Il had no faith in it but took it to
please her. To my surprise it did not
distress me as all other food had done
and before l had taken the fifth pack
age l was well on the mend. The pains
left my head, my mind became clearer
and l gained weight rapidly.
II went hack to my work again and
now after six weeks use of the food L
am better and stronger than ever be-
fore in my life. Grape-Nuts surely
saved my life and made me a strong
hearty man. Is pounds heavier than
before I was taken sick.
Both my good wife and are WILL
ing to make athdavit to the truth of
this
Read 1.-The Road to MELVILLE" in
pkgs. There's a Reason"
Ever read this above letter? A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true, and full of
human interest.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-06-11
Crust1eSs Pumpkin Pie.

This will be relief to some of our
cooks who do not like to make pie
crust. Make the filling of the pie as
usual, adding a little cornstarch, SO
that 1t will be firm when baked. Cover
the inside Of rather deep pie plate
with rather thick coating of but
ter, then sprinkle with -four, either
white or entire wheat, until the but.
ter is entirely covered. Pour In the
filling and bake as usual. 1t will be
found very delicate and nice.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-06-11
Pressed Mock Chicken.

Boil a piece of fresh shoulder of
pork until tender, adding pepper and
salt to the water in which it is cooked.
When done, run the meat through the
meat chopper, and return to the liquor
IN which 1t was boiled in the kettle.
Add enough boiled oats to absorb or
th1cken the liquid, season to suit the
taste, and simmer from twenty to thir-
ty minutes, then pack into bowl or
crock. When cold it is nice to spread
on sandwiches. 1t is also good cut
into squares, dipped into -four and
fried for tea or luncheon.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-06-11
Kentucky Corn Dnarers.

SLIT any quantity desired of the
best meal made from the white corn
Salt to taste. Mix with cold water
into stiff dough and form into round
long dodgers with the hands, making
the dodgers about 4 or inches Ions
and ~ inches in diameter. Have q
griddle hot, grease a little with lard
and put the dodgers on as you roll
them. Put in the oven and bake thor
oughly, when they will be crisp and
rich brown. This bread does not
rise.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-06-11
MackereI Balls,

Soak mackerel over night boil
four, large potatoes in their skins
When these are done peel, mash soft
add salt and pepper to taste, beat
one egg and add it, with butter, to
the potatoes while hot. Bone the
mackerel and flake it fine, add the
potatoes, mix well together, run
through your potato masher again
then make into little balls, put into
a creased pan and bake in a hot oven
until brown.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-06-11
The Work Horse.

Oil meal or ground faxseed is a
good remedy and preventive for con-
stipation.
In training colt teach him one
thing at a time and do that thor
oughly.
When horses have free access to
salt at all times. they are not so apt
to suffer from worms.
If the horses shoulders are clean
the collar will not be much dirty.
Feeding a horse corn one day, oats
the next and something else the next,
is a good way to quickly invite in
digestion.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-06-11

Scrape the stalks Of a bunch of sal
sify plant and cut each stalk into half
inch lengths, dropping it into cold
water as you do so. Drain and boil
In hot sailed water until tender
Drain again and pour into the sauce
pan with the vegetable a generous cur
OF milk that has been thickened with
a little butter and flour rubbed to a
paste. Season with salt and pepper
to taste, stir until hot and serve.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-06-11
A HOMEMADE CULTIVATION.

5 feet long and made of oak or other
hard wood inches wide and ~
inches thick. The rear pieces can be
made of any width to accommodate
the distance between the rows. The
teeth are made of forty God spikes
which are driven in clear up to the
head An iron ring is fastened to the
front end, while the handles are taken
from an old pillow. Any handy man
can make a cultivator Of this kind
which is the best l ever used.-F. B.
Treadway, in Farm and Home
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-06-11
A Narrow Escape.

A German shoemaker left the gas
turned on in his shop one night, and
upon arriving in the morning struck a
match to light it. There was a terrific
explosion, and the shoemaker was blown
out through the door almost to the mid
die of the street. A passerby rushed to
arise inquired if he was injured. The
little German gazed at his place of bust
ness, which was now burning briskly,
and said: mo, / aindt hurt. But l got
out shust in time. ehY'-Argonaut.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-06-11
Glass Shoppers That stfcE

To remove an obstinate glass stop
per which not only resists force, but
the usually prescribed hot cloths and
everything else which ingenuity could
devise, use drop of sweet oil. Put it
on the rim Of the bottle, where it will
settle around the stopper. In ten min
utes the top lifts out.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-06-11
BURGLARS CURIOUS MISTAKE.
How a Package of Stolen Jewelry Came
Into the Hands of the Police.

1nIO lue hduQS VI the fOllCe.
Jewelry and gold watches to the value
of f4O0 have been handed in at Scotland
yard under extraordinary circumstances.
A woman was travelling outside an ON
nibus from Paddington toward Edgware
road carrying with her a brown paper
parcel containing pounds of soap. She
alighted at Westbourne grove, taking
with her what she thought to be the
parcel she had been carrying.
During her journey a well dressed man
sat next to her, also carrying brown
paper parcel. He left the omnibus. a
short time before she reached her destin-
alton. Reaching home she was aston
ished to find instead of the soap the
jewelry and watches, which she con-
veyed to Scotland yard.
1t has ben ascertained by the police
that the jewelry formed the proceeds of
a burglary at Mazda Vale a week ago.
1t is believed that the man was on the
way to the receiver at the time he made
the singular exchange of parcels.-Lon-
don Evening Standard.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-06-11
Salmon Loaf,

One cup boiled salmon, minced; one
cup stale bread crumbs, two eggs well
beaten, one-half cup milk. Season
with salt and pepper, one teaspoon
each of lemon juice and chopped pars
ley. Pour in buttered mold, steam half
hour. Pour on hot dish and serve
with white sauce.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-06-11
Cream Salad nrexsiup

Put into a saucepan the beaten
yolks of two eggs tablespoonful Of
butter, one tablespoonful of sugar, one
third of cup of milk, pepper to taste
one-third teaspoonful of dry mustard
and one-thtrd cup of vinegar. Boil
stirring steadily, until as thick as rich
cream. Serve very cold.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-06-11
Eggless Cookies.

Mix together a half-cup of butter
and a half-cup of lard, add a cup of
sugar and work to a cream, then stir
in a cup Of milk and enough flour,
sifted, with two teaspoonfuls of bak.
ing powder, to make a dough that can
be rolled out Roll, cut into rounds
and bake.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-06-11
A Rare Gift.

A friend of the late Lord Granville,
noted for his badness and avarice, was
speaking one day about o mutual friend
who was going to be married. Il would
like to give him, my lord" said he,
something rare but not expensive"
Present him a lock of your hair"
Granville whispered, sweetly.-Argonaut
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-06-11
The Busy Bee.

Three hundred billion bees made
enough honey last year to fill train
of cars long enough to reach from
New York to Buffalo. At the low
wholesale rate Of 10 cents a pound, 1t
was worth S25,000,000.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-06-11
Clenr Sauce.

One cup brown sugar, one-half cul
boiling water, thickened with one tea
spoonful cornstarch; boil until thick
Flavor as liked
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-06-11

Stew pumpkin as for pies and
while bubbling hot, stir in enough
corn meal to make it thick, or like
dough. Before adding the meal salt il
and be sure it is we'll scalded before
taking the mixture from the fire.
SWeeten to taste and bake in a thin
sheet. Eat hot with butter.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-06-11
Discipline.

Nearsighted Lady-The boy who is
trying to tie that can to that poor dogs
tail ought to be thrashed within an inch
of his ife-the horrid little brute.
Maid-It's your boy, mum.
Lady-My boy?
Maid-Yes, mum.
Lady-Tell him, if he'll stop, I'll give
him some cake.-Christian Advocate
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-06-11

pure. Keep them in good flesh with
hay and grain foods. Corn and clover
hay are about the best feeds for these
young animals, and they will eat them
all the year round. Dry clover hay
is relished by all cattle and horses,
even when on good summer pasture,
and it is a good thing to give them
2 daily feed Of il.