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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-09-07
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
CHICKENS NEED FRESH
SOIL THESE DAYS

By PROFESSOR J. G. HALPIN

At this time of the year most chick
en- yards, especially small ones, are
very hard and dry The soil should
be spaded or plowed up at least once
every three weeks during July, Au-
gust and September If the hens are
confined in the yard. 1t does not take
long for disease germs to become nu-
merous in the soil of the chicken yard
if the ground is not stirred up often
Inasmuch as chickens need green
feed at this time of the year, it is a
good plan to SOW rye or oats when the
ground is stirred. Rye is the best on
the farm because it will come up
again next spring. 1t is not only avail
able as a green feed but also sweet.
ems up the ground great deal On
town lot, oats is the better crop. II
grows faster than rye and hens like
it better.
& sodded yard is good for chickens
but it finally becomes infected also
and the chickens become diseased
Furthermore, if chickens are allowed
to run on sod continually, they will
kill the grass. II the yards are ar
ranged in such way as to be moved
from lawn to meadow it will be
found beneficial to let the chickens
run on the sod.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-09-07

Have it well groomed and commence
now to feed and care for it in a man
ner that will enable it to take on at
least a little of the bloom which at
tracts peoples attention. You viii be
surprised to note how much interest
people take in your animals if you
have them looking better than the
ordinary farm animals. If you have
stock for sale, you will be surprised
to learn how many people want to
buy and are ready to pay good prices.
Be charitable and courteous toward
the judge, even though his opinions
and Judgment do not exactly coincide
with yours. If you are fair minded 1t
will be interesting and profitable to go
over the points of distinction between
the various animals of each class.
Train your animals to lead and stand
before going to the fair. They will
make a much better showing as re-
suit Boys and hired men like to do
this at odd hours if there is good
time at the fair coming for them.
Provide plenty of feed and bedding
to keep animals In good condition, al
so blankets and things to keep your
self comfortable If you have to sleep
in cattle or stock sheds. Have pleas
ant smile at all times and be prepared
to answer questions cheerfully.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-09-07
Bit of Unwritten History
BY E. J. EDWARDS

ways come unsolicited; he had never
asked for any appointment under the
government, Lincoln's selection of
him as assistant secretary of the
navy coming as complete surprise
to him.
But shortly after he had refused
to become rear-admiral, he did
break, in way. his well-known rule
Of asking anything for himself. But
he did this not for his own advance
ment, but to prove practicable a
theory he had long held And here
comes in a bit Of unwritten history.
After the failure of the attempt to
assassinate Car Alexander H., in
1885, congress by resolution expressed
its sense of gratitude that the life of
the European sovereign who had been
so friendly to the Union in our own
time Of great emergency should have
been spared. President Johnson at
once decided that this congratulatory
resolution should be delivered to the
car by a special representative of
the government, and he designated
Mr.. Fox for the mission
AT that time there was serious
question of the seaworthiness of the
type Of war vessel known as the mon
itor. The marine engineers were prac-
tically unanimous in declaring that
the monitor was unfit for any service
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-09-07
NEW NEWS of YESTERDAY

except that which was near shore.
But MI Fox had long been confident
that the monitor was perfectly sea
worthy, and he had stated at various
times that he would be willing, should
opportunity offer, To risk his own life
and stake his reputation as a naval
authority upon an experiment which
would decide once for ali the question
of the seaworthiness of the monitor
When he was asked to carry the con-
gratulatory message to the car he ct
once saw an opportunity of putting
the monitor to the test he had long
had In mind, and he stated that he
would be glad to undertake the mis-
sion provided the monitor Miantono-
nah was commissioned TO take him
across the Atlantic as the official rep
resentative Of the United States.
His request was granted. He
boarded the monitor with perfect con-
fidence She steamed easily across
the ocean. demonstrating beyond the
shadow of a doubt that this type of
vessel could cope with any emergency
of wind or weather which any other
type of vessel could meet. And when
this had been demonstrated Mr. Fox
was never happier. He was, l be
Iieve, prouder of his victory over the
marine engineers than of the I'm
portant part he played in opening the
Mississippi, one of the greatest feats
of the war"
Copyright. 1911, by E ]. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved)
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-09-07

The county fair is one of the grand
est agricultural organizations in the
country. There is nothing which Of
fers better opportunity for profit at
the fair than the live stock exhibits
Every community of the county should
have representatives of its live stock
on exhibition. 1t is the best means
Of advertising that can be employed.
The interchange Of ideas among ex-
hibitors and the opinion of judges and
Onlookers concerning the animals is
of great benefit to men who are anx-
ious to breed and own live stock as
good as any to be found elsewhere in
the country.
There are many animals in every
community which can make a credit
able showing at the county fair with
out very much expense. Do not wait
for the superintendent to solicit your
animals. Notify him or the secretary
that you are going to show and want
suitable quarters for your animals.
Do not go for, just the money there is
in the cash premiums, for the other
fellow may get this unless you have
been before and learned what is neces-
saTy to get your share of it. Go for
the purpose of showing your stock to
the onlookers and the Judge and learn
how it compares with other stock
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-09-07
Gustayus v. Fox, Carrying Message
10 Gar, Crossed Ocean in Mon
Itor Miantonomah TO Prove Its
Seaworthiness.

ITO Gustayus V. Fox, assistant sec
rotary Of war during the Civil war,
was popularity credited, and rightly,
the plan for opening the Mississippi.
for the capture of New Orleans, and
the selection OF Farragut for high
command" said Frederick ". Seward,
assistant secretary Of state during the
war and also under Johnson.
4 think l am safe in saying" CON
tinued Mr.. Seward. who is now in his
eighty-frst year, that of all the men
who had an influential part in public
affairs during the war Fox was the
most modest and the freest from any
of the tricks of self-advertisemen
But while he was personally one of
the most retiring Of men, he was a
curious combination of great bravery,
great ability, and a tremendous ca
pacity for work and seIf-assertion
when important official action was de
manded of him
often during the war the closest
cooperation was necessary between
the state and navy departments. At
such a time my father would ask Fox
to take dinner with us, and while at
dinner the whole subject would be
threshed out, Fox never failing us
with pertinent suggestions and ad-
vice. He was a man who could al
ways be depended upon, and his sole
aim was to do what he could, and do
it as well as he could, for the Union.
After the war was over 1t seemed
to my father that there should be
some high official recognition of Mr..
Fox's work during the war Others
high in the administration agreed
with the secretary of state, and so a
hint was carried to Fox that if he
would ask for appointment as rear
admirable had served for eighteen
years in the navy before retiring to
private life as a wool manufacturer
In 1856-that appointment would
surely be made and confirmed. But
Fox absolutely declined to ask for the
appointment. l knew the reason; he
felt that high appointment should al
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-09-07
Story About Amos Kendall

enough. few days later, Mr.. Kendall
was served with papers in a proceed
ing asking for mandamus to issue
against the postmaster-gener to
compel him to grant extra compensa-
ton to Extra Billy and to restore
certain of his mail routes.
Again Mr.. Kendall laid the situa-
ton before the president. old Hick-
ory's' ire was up on the instant
Kendall he said-and l had the
conversation direct from Kendall him
sef-'Kendall. don't you pay any at
tention to that paper If the courts
try to commit you for contempt. you
turn to me. I'll make it speedily I'M
derstoou that the executive depart
ment of this government is indepen-
dent of the courts. No court can man
damus me or any member of my cab
met. We can be impeached, but we
can't be mandamused, and it is time
that the courts understood it.
so Amos Kendall went back to the
postoft1ce department and paid no at
tention to the mandamus proce edings.
Hoh 110ho De6dh move 10 nave MIN
punished for contempt. Mr.. Kendall
told me that he believed that had it
been necessary, President Jackson
himself would have gone into court
and denounced the court to it's face
for even daring to summon a member
of the cabinet to the court to answer
charges Of contempt But the law
officers Of the government took the
matter up, contending that the courts
could not mandamus the executive
department-the president and the
cabinet officers-and the higher court
sustained that view, settling the issue
once for ALL"
Copyright, 1911, by T. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reseryed)
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-09-07
Book That Won Writer a Bride

also authority for the story told here
of how his life of Greeley won Parton
bride
Il had the story from the lips of
the lady who became Parton's wife the
year after his life of Greeley was pub
lished-the widowed sister of Nathan
lei P. Willis" sand Mr.. Stanton. "She
was then Sara Eldridge in private life,
though known from one end of the
country to the other as Fanny Fern.
Up to the time of the appearance of
Uncle Toms Cabin, Fanny Fern stood
pre-eminent among American women
authors, her sketches in the New York
Ledger bringing her in a handsome
income.
Not long after James Parton had
seen his life of Greeley leap into in
slant popularity, winning him per
manent place among American biog-
raphers, Fanny Fern visited her broth
er at his estate, Idlewild,' near New
burg, n. Y There she met for the
fist time James Parton, an old en-
ployee of her brothers and a friend.
Naturally, the subject of Parton's sue
cess came up in the ordinary course
of conversation-the book~was the talk
Of the day-and the poets sister
evtnced a lively interest in the man
ner in which the material had been
collected for the life. Parton had spent
weeks travelling all over New Hamp-
shire, Vermont and Pennsylvania in
terviewing persons who had known
Greeley in the days of his obscurity,
and Fanny Fern became so interested
in Parton's story of his travels that
she laughiu gly declared to him that
if he wrote book entitled How
Wrote My Life of Greeley she be-
lieved it would be quite as popular as
the life itself.
Thus Parton entertained the ia
nous Fanny Fern, whose collected
sketches sold over 100000 copies be-
fore the sale dropped off; while she, in
turn, found Parton deeply interested
in her stories of her own career
how, for example, after the death Of
her husband she was in such strait
ened circumstances that she decided
to open a sewing school, a venture
which was not very profitable. Then,
one day, she wrote out little sketch
ana sent it to newspaper, which pub
lished it and sent her dollar. But
is was not the pay that impressed
Fanny Fern; it was the fact that she
found the little sketch copied into a
great number of newspapers; and,
Judging from this that she had struck
a popular chord, she went on her way
writing, and so wrote herself into
fame.
In this way, and over Parton's Life
Of Greeley as it were, the courtship
of the two writers began. And when
their betrothal was made it was mu-
tually agreed that each should go on
as he or she had gone on in the past
that each would maintain a separate
literary identity. That agreement was
perfectly kept, neither interfering in
the slightest degree with the others
literary work And their married life
was ideal, and 1t was ideal because
Mr.. and Mrs. James Parton were one.
ThiIe James Parton, biographer, and
Fanny Fern, popular author, were two
entirely different persons"
Copyright, 1911, by E. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-09-07
Methods and Recipes for
Making Ice Cream
By PROFESSOR A. C. BAER
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Observation-Disclosures
Nearly every farm and household
has an ice cream freezer. If it has
not, 4 part of the equipment of the
home is missing. Ice cream which
has been regarded as a delicacy, is
coming to be an important article of
food. Good ice cream is wholesome
food for every member of the family
and is enjoyed by ali.
Ice cream can be very easily pre-
pared in every home and at small ex-
pense Almost any mixture of cream,
milk and sugar with a few eggs and
favoring can be made into a good ice
cream. There are perhaps several
hundred different recipes for making
various kinds of ice cream. All cook
books contain recipes for making
dainty dishes called ice cream. A
great many of these formulas have
too many ingredients, the compound
ing of which is too tedious for the or
binary housewife.
Ice creams may be divided into two
classes: The plain ice cream, which
consists of cream, milk and sugar;
and French ice cream, which has eggs
in addition to the cream and sugar.
The mixture is often boiled into a
custard and then frozen.
Here is a simple formula which will
make fine, creamy, delicious product
if properly frozen: For one gallon Ice
cream use two quarts cream, one quart
nilla or other f1avoring.
All the ingredients are mixed at
once and put into the freezer. Ii
crushed fruit is 20 be used for flavor
ing, it is not best to add this until
the other mixture has begun to freeze.
Another simple formula, including
eggs, is as follows: For one gallon
ice cream, Two quarts cream, one
quart milk, two eggs, three-fourths
pound sugar, favoring.
The cream, milk and sugar are
mixed first. The whites and yolks OF
the eggs are beaten up separately and
then stirred into the mixture. The
whole is then frozen as before.
The secret of making good ice cream
lies in the method of freezing it. A
good mixture is often spoiled by i'm
proper freezing. Very often it is
frozen too rapidly, the machine is
turned too fast, or it is frozen too
long. A mixture of cream and milk
may easily be churned into butter in
the freezer and a coarse buttery ice
cream is the result.
The proper way to freeze mixture
is to turn the handle of the freezer
very slowly at first until the mix" is
well cooled below the churning tenn
perature As soon as the mixture is
cold enough lit should be between 80
and 40 degrees) the handle can be
turned as rapidly as 1t is possible to
turn Care must be taken not to
freeze the mixture too hard. It usual
~ takes from four to eight minutes to
complete the process after it is first
cooled off
As soon as the handle begins to
turn hard it is time to stop. The ice
cream should now appear like a very
thick gravy. The dasher must be re-
moved Immediately and fresh ice and
salt packed around the can in the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-09-07
When Love Was Blind

In the negro car of a railway train
IN one of the Gulf states, a bridal
couple were riding-a very light. rath-
er good looking colored girl, and a
typical. full-blooded negro of possibly
a reverted type, with receding fore
head, proTuding eyes, broad. fat
nose, very thick lips, and almost no
chin
They had been married just before
boarding the train, and like a good
many of their white brothers and sis
tiers, were very much interested in
esch other, regardless of the amuse-
ment of their neighbors. After vari-
Gus billings and cooings," the man
ssnk down in the seat, and resting
his head on the lady's shoulder, look
ed soulfully up into her eeys.
She looked fondly down upon him,
AID after a few minutes murmured
gently: Laws, honey, amt you
'shamed to be so handsome! Youths
Companion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-09-07
His Fight Against extra Billy"
Smith Which Settled Point That
President and Cabinet Cannot
Be Mandamused.

Under tWenty-siX postmasters-gen
eral of the United States did James
Henry Mari serve before he was gath
cred to his fathers. He entered the
department in 1885 under Amos Ken
dali, who has gone down in history as
the brains" of Jacksons two admin
istrations, and he died chief clerk
when William F. Villas was enjoying
under Cleveland the distinction of be-
ing the country's first Democratic
postmaster-general since Buchanan's
administration.
Kendall has been called the man
who really put Jackson up to many of
his best-known acts as president"
said Mr.. Mari to me one day in the
early eighties Il remember that it
was freely said all through Jackson's
administrations that Kendall was the
real author of most of old Hickory's'
state papers. But however that was,
I do know that it was Amos Kendall
who made the fight, with Jackson
back of him, which established the
fact that the federal courts could not
mandamus president or any mem
Der of his cabinet.
That fight all came about because
of the persistence of Extra Billy
Smith. Extra Billy as young man,
in the late twenties, had established
mail routes running across Virginia
into the Carolinas and even into
Georgia; he was what a good many
years later would have been called
Star Reuter-. Now Extra Billy was
not content with the regular COM
pensatiOn from the government; he
was always asking for extras, and
when he did not get them he usually
made fuss; hence his nickname,
which gave him national notoriety
long before he was elected governor
of Virginia in 1876
We'll, when Amos Kendall became
postmaster-general he made up his
mind that some of the mail routes in
Virginia in which Extra Billy Smith
was interested were costing a good
bit more than they ought to, and that
still other routes were unnecessary,
and he proceeded to act accordingly,
only to find himself at once in hot
water with Extra Billy who threat
ened all sorts or political conse-
quences.
Mr.. Kendall, in HIS dilemma. called
upon the president and laid the
whole matter before him.
He threatens. does hep cried old
Hickory when he had been told Of
the rage of Extra Billy Well, you
can say to him that if he threatens
you he threatens me. Let him under
stand that I have never yet been
frightened by threat
Amos Kendall went back to the
postoffice department and gave a final
and emphatic mo- to Extra Billy
who swore nightly that he would
have the law on Kendall: and sure
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-09-07
German Walters Condition of Mind
Furnished Food for Some
Quiet Thought.

An example of the happiness result
ing from individual thought was en-
phasized in conversation with a
German waiter in a New York depart
ment store, a jolly, affable little chap
to whom it was a pleasure to offer
the customary tip.
One day as we sat at table talking
business and hurrying through our
luncheon betimeE, some one called at
tention to the content reflected from
Adolph's smiling face, and asked him
If he really felt as happy as he look
ed. The waiter said:
Yes, I am happy-very happy. I
have two sons in college. 1 have a
fire wife, who works every day as I
do, and often we go to see our boys.
They are not ashamed of their
father @1d mother; they are proud to
tell of the help we have given them
in getting an education with every
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-09-07

freezer tub. A proportion of one part
of salt to five of ice, crushed quite
finely, makes an ideal packing mix
ture. The top of the freezer can be
covered with heavy blanket or bag
and the ice cream will be hard In
from one to two hours, when it is
ready to serve.
If the freezing is properly done the
ice cream will have a rich, creamy
appearance, not coarse and spiny, and
will melt IN the mouth with pleas
ant sensation. Let's make ice cream
for dinneri
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-09-07
New Motor Cars supplant the Camel.

Ne" Motor Cars Supplant the Camel.
One by one, slowly, but none the
less surely things old and venerable
are aside, destroyed or disregarded by
trade, progress and other relentless
instruments OF change The latest is
the attack on the Asiatic caravan, by
means OF which the best tea has been
brought from China across the Great
Cobb Desert Of Central Asia to Russia
crossing enroute three high mountain
ranges. This picturesque transporta-
tation by camel will soon give away
before the motor car. A line, running
at regular intervals, has already bsen
established and two weeks time is 81,
off.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-09-07
How James Parton's Life of Greeley
Aroused the Interest of Dan
ny Fern" in the
Author.

Recently l told the story of how an
obscure writer on Nathaniel P. VIII
lis Home JournaI-James Parton
made himself famous as a biographer
by writing an anecdotaI life of Hor-
ace Greeley in the middle ffties, when
the name and deeds of the great Whig
editor were on the lips Of every Amer
lean, north and south. My authority
for the story was Parton's friend, Hen
ry B. Stanton, husband of Elizabeth
Cady Stanton; and Mr.. Stanton is
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-09-07
Fielding and His Publisher.

In the HUH collection Of autograph
letters being prepared for sale by
auction is the original agreement be-
tween Fielding and Andrew Miller for
the publication of Tom Jones" 1t
bears date March 25, 1749. and in con-
sideration of payment of the sum of
$500 absolutely makes over the
copyright to the publisher
The work is described as "a GER
tain book printed in six volumes,
known and called by the name and
title Of the History of Tom Jones
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-09-07
Would Purchase Index Finoer

One Of the queerest advertisements
which has ever appeared in a news
paper was one which the other day
made known the wish of Mrs. Regi-
maid Waldorf, a wealthy lady of Phila-
delphia, for new index forefinger.
Mrs. Waldorf's right forefnger was
amputated after becoming infected by
an accidental cut with a rusty knife
She appealed TO DR.. Fred B. West,
who advertised for a finger. He names
no price, but says his patient is will.
ing to pay literally.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-09-07

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Remember the name-Doan's.
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