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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
MAKE GOOD CUT FLOWERS

ANIMALS of easy culture that make
good cut flowers are many. No mat
ter how many perennials you have
some easily raised ANIMALS are neces-
sary fer the beauty of your garden.
In the white-fowering ANIMALS you
can select sweet alyssum, which is
so attractive in bouquets and so fra
grant, carnations, candytuft, chrys-
anthemuln, Cosmos, early and late
Towering, Dianthus, Gypsophila, Nico-
tiana, Pansy, Phlox, Ten Weeks Stock,
Sweet Peas, Verbenas, Zinnias and
Scabiosa.
Blue-Ageratum, Centurea or Bach.
elor's Button and Aster.
Lavender-Ten Weeks Stock, Sweet
Peas and Asters.
Nasturtiums, Poppies, Mig.
aonette, Stocks and Zinnias, An
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
HAVE A FLOWER FARM
BY E. VAN BENTHUYSEN.

The demand for choice flowers never
fails and the big cities of the United
States sell enormous quantities. They
must be fine though.
The city man who wishes flowers for
a special decoration does not care how
much they cost if they are the best
that can be grown.
Flower farming is an agreeable oc-
cupation. But little help is required
The costly adjuncts, such as curing,
drying, housing and storing are not
required Plants increase in value
and once place is going it continues
to increase in productive ability with
each year.
Flower farming does not require rich
SOIL but it must be quick and respcn-
sive. Some of the requirements for
success, however, demand that your
farm be located near a railway station
and should have the convenience of a
telephone, ice or cold spring, and a
good road to town.
Start in small way Be content to
buy from 100 to 500 plants each year
until your plants get old enough to di-
vide and build your stock from. BY
starting in small way you will &C
quire the necessary experience to cope
with the situation and understand the
workings on a larger scale. No book
knowledge can compare with a year 8
actual experience
There are many plants that increase
Drodi2iOusly. Others take several
years to be strong productive plants.
The hydrangea will pay for itself in
a single year. The peony takes longer
to arrive at perfection.
If planted in the fall the peony will
bloom the first season, but young
plants are apt to be too quick in get
ting out in the spring and the buds
may be injured by late frosts. One
thousand bushes three years old will
produce 10000 flowers.
The dahlia is a good flower to grow
1t can be planted June 1, come into
bloom about August Is, and will be in
full bloom by September 1t is a free,
easy early bloomer, has bright colors,
long stems and good plump tubers.
The peony must not be overlooked.
It's requirements are simple, yet at a
few periods they are very easily dam
aged
Plants that are kept dormant by be-
ing dug in the fall may be planted until
June with fine success. When plant
ing peonies in clayey ground they
should be set about four inches deep,
but in light, sandy soil or loamy soil
five or six inches deep.
Never use much manure the first
year on newly planted peonies, and
never overmanure them. Cultivate
them about three inches deep, then ap-
ply about one inch of manure and
work well into the soil in the spring.
Plant peonies in the bright sunshine
away from trees that are liable to
shade them or whose roots may sap
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
PENIS Descendant to War.

Vernon George Green, thirty-five
years DID, a musician, in applying at
Sheerness for absolute exemption from
service on the ground of i'll health and
conscientious objection, made the
claim that he was the great-grandson
of William Penn, who was born 272
years ago. In his written appeal he
said:
Il was brought up under strict Chris
tian principles not to take life in any
form, my great-grandfather being Will
liam Penn, Quaker, founder of Penn
sylvania." The tribunal refused ex-
emption to PENIS dissemination
don Observer.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
Look and Feel
Clean, Sweet and
Fresh Every Day
Brink a glass of real hot water
before breakfast to wash
out poisons.

Life is not merely to live, but to
live well, eat well digest well, work
well, sleep well, look we'll What a
glorious condition to attain, and yet
how very easy it is if one will only
adopt the morning inside bath.
Folks who are accustomed to feel
dull and heavy when they arise, split
ting headache, stuffy from cold, foul
tongue, nasty breath, acid stomach,
can, instead, feel as fresh as a daisy
by opening the sluices of the system
each morning and flushing out the
whole OF the internal poisonous stag
nant matter.
Everyone, whether ailing, sick or
well, should, each morning, before
breakfast, drink a glass Of real hot
water with a teaspoonful Of limestone
phosphate in it to wash from the
stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels the
previous days indigestible waste, sour
bile and poisonous toxins; thus cleans
ing, sweetening and purifying the en-
tire alimentary tract before putting
more food into the stomach The ac-
tion Of hot water and limestone Phos-
plate on an empty stomach is wonder
fully invigorating. 1t cleans out all the
sour lamentations, gases, waste and
acidity and gives one a splendid ap-
petite for breakfast While you are
enjoying your breakfast the water and
phosphate is quietly extracting a large
volume OF water from the blood and
getting ready for thorough flushing
Of all the inside organs.
The millions of people who are both
cred with constipation, bilious spells,
stomach trouble, rheumatism; others
who have sallow skins, blood disor-
ders and sickly compilations are urged
to get quarter pound of limestone
phosphate from any store that handles
drugs which will cost very little, but
is sufficient to make anyone pro-
nounced crank on the subject of in,
ternal sanitation.-Adv
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02

Some operators cover the entire
wound, scions and all, with melted
wax. Where the bridged portion is
below or near the ground, many opera
tors conserve moisture by covering the
CRAFTS with earth.
Bridging From the Ground.
Where the wound is so large as to
make ordinary bridge grating impos-
sible, another method of bridging may
be used. Two-year-old trees are plant
ed about the base of the injured tree
and their tops grated into it's trunk
ABOVE the girdled space, which has
FIRST been cleaned as in the other meth
cd. AS the tops of the small trees are
too large to manipulate readily in the
manner described for scions, V-shaped
vertical grooves extending through
the cambium are cut just above the
wounded area in the bark of the tree
to, be treated. The tops of the small
trees are shaped to correspond with
these grooves. The two are then &C
curately fitted together in such a man
ner as to bring the cambium Of one
into contact with that of the other.
Small nails may be driven through the
tops Of the trees into the trunk, to hold
the parts firmly together. The wounds
incident to joining the tops Of the
small trees to the trunk of the large
one should be well covered with wax
to prevent drying out. Sometimes cord
is tied around the trunk'to aid in hold
ing the tops of the young trees in
proper position.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
HYDRANGEAS

In the spring hydrangeas should
have some branches cut out at the
bottom to give them a more compact
and sturdy look. They should occupy
a sunny position in the garden and be
protected from the cold winds of au.
tumn. When the buds begin to swell
in the spring cut the branches at the
bottom and the plant will quickly
throw up shoots that will produce large
heads of bloom.
The plants should be watered occa
sionally with liquid manure.
Hydrangeas make a good house
plant if good air and sunshine are
given them
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
Easily Fixed.

Soulful Samuel Stopper, the would
be poet, was interviewing his landlord.
"Of course, the whole place wants
doing throughout" sighed Sammy.
The wall paper interferes badly with
my counting of the evanescent muse,
while the color of the paint jars dread
fully with the gladstone visions fam
would summon in poetic rhapsody"
The landlord grinned.
But l surely must insist" went on
Samuel, speaking severely, upon the
doors and windows being attended to.
They fit so badly that the draft actu
ally blows my hair about"
The landlord seized the golden mo-
ment to get his own back.
"Humph!' he snorted That's cas-
lily put right. Get your hair cut"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
SPEAKS UP FOR CANADA
And No Misunderstanding His
Land He Made $3.50
Per Acre.

So many Americans now have per-
sonal knowledge of Canada that false
reports concerning this country are
being continually corrected by Amer
leans themselves who know the facts,
and who are too fair-minded to let a
false statement go unchallenged. A
case in point arises out of a statement
supposed to be made by resident of
Alberta, and published recently in the
Spokesman-Review, of Spokane, in
which the condition of settlers in this
country was painted in a very bad
way indeed. The writer of this at
tack on Canada refused to let his
name be known, so it can be taken
for what it is worth, but Mr.. s. L.
Wallace, of N 1923 Crestline, Spokane,
who lived for some years in Western
Canada, came to the defense of the
country in the following letter which
was published il the Spokesman-Re-
view of February II, 1916
ITO the Editor of the Spokesman-Re-
view:
I'm Sundays Spokesman Review was
chamber of commerce. asking that
something be done to keep Americans
from going to Canada, and saying that
that government was run by the rail-
roads, banks and manufacturers; that
once a man got there he never could
get away. Had this man published
that letter over his own signature
there is no doubt but he could get out
of Canada.
No country will do as much to help
a man to get on his feet, if he tries to
help himself, as Canada. | know of
the government helping people to pro-
visions, feed, seed grain and fuel, and
charging only cost of delivery to the
nearest town and 6 per cent What
more could a man ask?
| lived five years in Southern SaS-
katchewan and earned a patent to 800
acres of as good land as l ever saw.
/ have raised over so bushels of cats
on sod, 40 bushels of wheat, and 20
of flax to the acre. Until ] lost my
health never was better satisfied any,
where. / had my land rented this last
year for one-third. 1t brought me al
most $3.50 per acre, or s1,14391 for
1S5 acres.
This man says he loves the land his
fathers died for. So do I, and l love
the land that gave me my home.
IS. L. WALLACE
N472S Crestline, Spokane.--Advertise-
ment.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
The Cause.

A Philadelphia woman has long pur-
chased fish from certain market deal
er of that city. One day, when the
prices seemed much too high, the
housewife complained; and her COM
plant was met by the following re-
joinder:
''Yessum, fish il high-yessumi
Amt no doubt bout that! Fish Is
awful high! Yo' see, mum, fish is
gettin' scarce on account of all these
heah !"-Youths Com
paniOn.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02

full of rich milk and half cupful of
the water in which the onions were
boiled cook until smooth and pour
over the onions; sprinkle generously
with finely-minced parsley just before
serving.
Chestnuts With Bermuda Onions
Select small, even-sized onions, and
parbo1l for Is minutes; drain and set
N a buttered casserole For six onions
take a cupful of tomato PURGE, chilli
pepper, cut in shreds, four sprigs of
parsley a teaspoonful of salt and boil
ing water or broth to just cover the
onions; let cook an hour, then add a
cupful Of blanched chestnuts and cook
another hour. Serve when both chest
nuts and onions are tender Thicker
the sauce with butter and flour before
serving.
Cheese and Onion Sandwiches
cream or cottage cheese mixed with
seasonings of salt, red pepper, and
finely minced onion or chives spread
on buttered white bread.
Adelaide Canapes. Have ready
TouhdS OF bread tried In butter, two
for each service. Mix teaspoonful
of curry to paste with four table
spoonfuls of worcestershire sauce and
let it heat to the boiling point, then
add two-thirds of a cupful of cooked
chicken and one-third of a cupful of
cooked ham. Spread the mixture on
the slices and place in sandwiches.
On top of each place a ball of par
mesan cheese which has been mixed
with butter. Place in the oven to get
hot. Serve at once.
Shred bacon in fine strips and
brown, then add a can of green
string beans, turned into the hot ba-
con, heated and seasoned with a lit
tie salt, pepper and onion juice, with
very little vinegar, makes a most
tasty dish
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02

Cough Sirup.-Take tablespoon.
full of molasses and stir it thick with
ground ginger. Make only a small
amount at a time, and it will always
be fresh. Take a teaspoonful, or as
much as is needed.
If you burn soft coal in your CRATE,
save all paper bags and use them
filled in the wood basket, thus the
coal is more convenient to handle. To
replenish the fire just drop in a sack
Of coal.
Discard all enamelware that has be-
gun to wear off, as the chipping of the
bits, as sharp as glass, falling into
the food, may cause serious trouble.
Homemade hard soap that you know
is sweet and clean is easily made,
costs but a few cents, and saves sew
eraI dollars worth Of the purchased
article. Put into a crock one can
of I've, pour on it quart of water.
Let cool. Add a half cupful of borax
in water to dissolve, mix together a
half cupful each of ammonia and kero-
sene. Have five pounds of clean
grease warmed in a granite pan. pour
in the cold I've, then the ammonia
and oil and the borax, stirring with
a clean stick until all is we'll blend
ed. Pour into a strong box and in "a
hours cut in bars.
When washing comforters do not
wiring them Let them hang and drip
from the line. Then before they are
quite dry, whip with a beaten to make
them fluffy and light.
IN the farm home freless cooker
is indispensable, at times when a large
amount of cooking is done it will work
overtime, night or day, without get.
ting out of repair or using up fuel
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
THE MAGIC WASHING STICK

THE Magic Washing Stick is just
fine. 1t did just what you said it
would do, and the clothes were so nice
and white with all that hard rubbing
left off," writes Mrs. Sarah Goodale,
Preston, Texas. The Magic Washing
Stick is not a soap nor a washing
powder. Fifteen washings Csc. Sold
by all grocers everywhere. Roundy,
Peckham & Dexter Co, Milwaukee,
Observation-Disclosures ADV.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
Had Lost His Words.

Edward had something important to
say one day, and in his eagerness to
talk had hard work to keep from in
terrupting his mother. WheA she had
finished speaking, his mother asked
Edward what he had to say, but the
little fellows face suddenly fell, hav-
ing forgotten what it was, and he ex-
claimed, in tone Of great detection:
20, mamma, | lost my words"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
Preserve the Trees.

An oak or hard maple cannot be re-
placed except through long years of
growth. 1t therefore behooves US to
think twice before we needlessly re-
move one. We should, however, look
over our trees often and give what
ever pruning or other care is needed,
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
N1A. N~x .<eaQ
In STRANGE Quarters,

A little friend was spending her
first night away from her mother and
home. When she awoke next morn
ing she sat up in bed with eyes as big
as saucers, looked around at every
thing, and finally said: Where is dis
bed?"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
Optimism Supreme.

Optimism is the great producer. 1t
is hope, life. 1t contains everything
which enters into the mental attitude
which produces and enjoys.-Orison
SWEET Marden.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
Quite the Contrary

Young Reginald Twobble is said to
own 27 suits of clothes"
Whats the idea?"
There isn't any. Do you suppose
an idea is ever associated with the
possessor of 27 suits of cIothes?"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
Test Milk and Cream,

A testing machine for testing per
cent Of fat in cream and milk can be
bought for small sum. Every
farmer should own one, and thus keep
tab On the cream buyers and also on
the richness of the milk from each CO
his COWS.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
IL Wasn't Like Her.

Observation-Disclosures that you are
reading?
Wife-It's q letter from mother.
Husband-What does she say?
Wife-Oh, nothing much
Husband-You are trying to de-
ceive me. It's a cold day in August
when your mother hasn't much to
say
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
Plant Some Asparagus.

Plant some asparagus roots TINS
spring, sure, if your garden does not
already contain this easily grown and
delicious perennial. Nothing is more
acceptable ~than tender asparagus IN
season and no farm table should De
without it.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02

Take one and a fourth
cupfuls of graham flour
and three-fourths of a
cupful Of bread flour
sifted and we'll mixed
together. Cook this I'M
til of the right consist
ency to serve and serve
with cream and Sugar-
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
A Large Measure of Success.

Doctor, how many times have you
operated for appendicitis
''Oh, at least fifty times, l should
say"
"And how many cases have you
Iost?"
only two. One of them went into
bankruptcy and tho other died with
out leaving dollar"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02

Dreamed Onions With
Parsley. - Cook peeled
onions in boiling, sailed
water until tender. For
six onions melt three
tablespoonful of butter,
add three tablespoon
fuls of flour, a half tea
spoonful of salt and
paprika; stir until well
blended, then add a cup
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
Start in Horse Business.

In starting in the horse business,
choose the breed best suited to your
locality, conditions, and, If possible,
to your individual desires.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02

You are beaten to earth? Well, well.
what's that?
Come up with a smiling face.
It's nothing against you to fall down
fat.
But to stay there, that's disgrace.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
Geese Cause No Trouble

If the geese and ganders run togeth-
er in one flock they will pick out their
mates without any assistance from
the owner.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
The Difficulty.

do you think the nations are real
ly going to get decision at Verdun?'
Don't know; too many outsiders
umpiring the game"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02

tirrhinum, Calendula, Calliopsis and
MaTigold.
Red-Carnation. Poppy, Peony,
Stocks, Sweet Peas and Zinnias
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02

now employed in the munition fac
tories of Germany.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02

The woman who repeats a scandal
adds her stamp Of approval.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
TOOTHSOME DISHES.

Eat onions in May, and all the year
after physicians may play.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
GOOD THINGS TO KNOW.

A very good and inexpensive break
fast food may be prepared as follows
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02

No man measures in advance
His strength in untried circumstance.
Whittier
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02

So Sudden, Too.
Geraldine you get me-" Ger.
aids that leap-year proposal?"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02

To have what we want is riches, to
be able to do without is power-Geo.
Mcdonald.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-08-23
Your Flag and My Flag

Your flag and ny flag, and how i flies today
In YOUR land my land, and half the world awaT
Rose-red and blood-red its stripes forever CLEAN;
Sn0w-whe and soulwhite, good f0reta-hers dream
Sky0lue and truebue, with that CLEAN Alright,
glorfed gudon Of the day shelter through the night
Your flag and my flag, and Oh, how much it holds.
Your land and my land within its folds
Your heart and my heart beat quicker at the sight;
and wind-tossed red. the blue the white
flag, great flag, the flag for and you,
whole world wide the red the white, the blue
Your flag, my flag every and stripe
Drums beat as hearts beat and flies shrillE pipe.
Your flag and my flag, blessing in the sky,
Your hope and my hope, il never hid q lie.
Home land and far land. and half the world around,
wilbur D. Nesoit
American Printer.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-08-23
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prompted by the picture in hi
text book.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-08-23

The latest report from ne d.
ncnd State Cow Testing ASsoc.a-
ton gives the names and records
u the COWS in the association
which have produced more than
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-08-23

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