New Richmond Record, Volume 5, Number 38, New Richmond, Montgomery County, 28 March 1901 — Page 4

ible to succumb to the inevit- /■ on acconiit of the corpulent idition attained which involves 6vend layers of fat about the neck ireventing his respiratory organs

farm which includes many acres, and although their surroundings differ materially from those to which they wore accustomed in their wild state they seem to thrive and bo content and are, it is said, easily controlled, unless some unusual disturbance occurs near by which frightens them. The population of the herd increases under these conditions with sufficient rapidity to make the venture of buffalo farming one of profit to the owners.

every ailment.

OPERA HOUSE.

RAISE PIGEONS FOR MARKET

It is not unusual for quail on toast to be a snare and a delusion and to see dO.OOO pigeons in dovecotes at Watertown lias a tendency to make even the least skeptical believe there is some truth in the statement, and especially so when it is learned that the birds are sold to be served as a rare epicurean relish. The magnitude of the Watertown ’quail” industry is astonishing. Thousands of the birds are shipped away from the several dovecotes which are mostly located along the riveras it skirts the town. Albert Wegemann has the largest “quail” farm and at times there are 14,000 pigeons under the great iron screen which prevents the birds from escaping and becoming a nusiance in the neighborhood. In the same happy family are common pigeons, tumblers, carriers, blowers and the several other varieties. When they all move together there is a peculiar windy sound audible for a considerable distance. The food required would supply an average liver}' barn and the birdsaregiven a substantial repast three times each day. Necks are slit and feathers plucked.

Tom performing their natural

Saturday Night, March 30, 1901.

functions. When ho has become corpulent to the proper degree his weight has increased from about twenty pounds to at least thirty, and the price of his flesh is no longer 20 cents per pound but has bounded up to 30. In order to facilitate the fattening process the bird is placed in a small, darkened box whore he not only eats all that ho wants hut is forced to gormandize himself by having soft balls of corn meal forced down his throat until his crop is full to its utmost.

MS.

It is said that London is famous C-for fogs. Newfoundland for dogs, Maine for logs, Indiana for frogs and Iowa for hogs. Likewise it follows that Wisconsin is a star of the first magnitude in a peculiar . characteristic, for the reputation , of its freak farms is predominant in all parts of the commonwealth. , ;;Tn the summer sleek Jerseys feed .upon a hundred hills and dairy farms are on every hand, tender tubers are turned out of the soil superior in excellence, so that poI tato planters profit from a lavish

ce; vineyard and'orchard, pictures of plenty in the 3 dotted here nil the way from the prairies of northern Illiho waves of Lake Superie, therefore queer industding pleasure and profit to omoters, who have sought out some whimsical idea.

“Dora,”

RAISES ANGORA GOATS.

Old Reitnn of Bayfield is the proud possessor of more Angora goats than any other man in Wisconsin. He recently purchased the entire stock from the Angora Goat company of Bayfield, and enjoys a complete monopoly of the business in this section of the country. The forefathers of the flock were imported from their native hills in Asia. When confined in a limited area they completely devastate the inclosure of all unpretentious plants and in this wayland thickly coveted with young sprouts where the larger timber has been cut away is easily made suitable for the plowshare. Since the herd was started there has not been a single loss by disease or accident and the latitude has proved to be an ideal climate for them. Besides being a great aid in removing obj’ectionable verdure from the land there is abundant compensation for the care of the animals in the silken wool obtained. The farm is a great success.

‘The Farmer’s Iron Will.”

Tin’s overfeeding enlarges the goose’s liver until it is no longer in proportion to the size of the bird. The peculiar thing about the process is that the liver turns white. The change in color comes wity the overgrowth which often reaches two pounds, wortli $1 a pound, and used as the basis for goose liver pie,. This queer food product is always sold before being removed from the fowl and the delicacy is produced in such a few places that Watertown enjoys the distinction of being a shipping* point for pate de foie gras. Consignments are frequently made to Germany, the home of the stuffed goose.

A PASTORAL DRAMA.

New Richmond Commercial Band

Promoters and Beneficiary.

the cast;

IE RE WORMWOOD j IS GROWN, posing among the quiet hills 3 northern part of Danecouns a peaceful valley, the lower mity of which is the shore of al lake. Here are broad, ferr.res devoted to cultivating listilling wormwood, the oil of

BARABOO PANSY MAN

William Toole of Bnraboo is known all over the northwest as the “pansy man.” His farm is the meccn for many tourists who delight to look upon the acres of flowering faces, with so many varied tints. The farm inclines to the south and on this warm exposure the pansy man tills the soil and year af:cr year brings forth now creations in his specialty.

Farmer Allan Charles Westfall si. Allan (his son) Mark Alexander Luxe Blomfield . ..Arthur Bible Jem Blunt Arlie Lucas Little Willie Mash >r George Washburn Dora Allan Miss Myrtle Work Mary Morris&on Miss Grace White

WHERE MINKS ARE RAISED.

To the farmer who has found it necessary to exercise all his ingenuity in order to free his property from minks as poultry pests the idea of deliberately breeding them and even maintaining a farm for their comfort seems almost preposterous. But E. N. Harvey, at Lake Mills, has attained no little experience in the mink-growing business and says he is not obliged to worry as to whether there is room at the top in his line, for ho is probably the only person in the republic who is reaping a profit from the production of the sleek skins.

which is largely'usedjn the preparation of ointmentsand from which absinthe may bo obtained. LeanDrew ’ s t* 16 proprietor of the -arm and has inherited both the .secrets of the business and the land devoted to wormwood culture from his father, who came to Wisconsin ?s a pioneer. For decades the Iruitful valley has produced the uant to be converted into the oil V curative properties. Originally \e seeds were sown broadcast up\the freshly plowed land and the plants were permitted to grow during the first Rummer. The plants were not distilled the first season, as they were Considered too small for the pur'pase, and, besides, it was desired ■3-*at they become well established

for t'.io rigors of the approaching winter and be ready for an excellent growth the next year. For about three I seasons the plants wore cut away for distillation purposes and then the land was devoted to some other crop in order to'give it an opportunity to renew its lost vitality. Owing to climatic changes newer methods are now employed. There has been a perceptible decrease in the snowfall of central and southern Wisconsin during the last decade, and 'or this reason the plants are now Wont in rows and cultivated the -irst year the same'as tobacco. In this way the grower is certain of a crop the first year, and the plant becomes hardy.

SKUNK FARM A FAILURE.

This very pleasing drama, in three acts, will be embellished by Specialties between Acts by Mr. Mark Alexander, Mr. E. \V. Harriman, and the AKolian Quintette of the following personnel:

Until recently there was a skunk farm at Baraboo, but the business has gone to the four winds. An inclosure was constructed so that the animals could not burrow out nor get over the top of it. Refuse from meat markets satisfied their hunger and the expense of keeping them was nominal, but after maintaining the industry for some time, the proprietors concluded they were on the wrong scent for success and ended the enterprise.

DISTILLING DITTANY PLANTS.

On the banks of Spring creek near the village of Okeo, there is a familiar object to passengers on Chicago& Northwestern trains and the spot is known as Henry Haggard’s dittany distilling plant. Bubbling springs in the bed of the old water course furnish enough power to turn a dimiutive water wheel which forces a portion of the crystal fluid into the vats of the distillery on a slight elevation not far away. Scattered upon the sand dunes about the village are thousands of the dittany plants which fall before the knife and are hauled away that the oil may be extracted. The oil of dittany is used in many preparations, but the places of its production are rare. As it grew upon the slopes of Mount Dicte in ancient Greece man first became acquainted with the properties, in number and value as the range of knowledge has extended.—Chicago Record.

W . W. Harriman, 1st Tenor. Mark Alexander, 2d Tenor. E. W. Harriman, Baritone. Chas. Westfall. 1st Bass. M. Westfall. 2d Bass

Minks manage to make life a success when undisturbed in their native habitat, but when it comes to mining wealth by engaging in raising these quadrupeds, due caution must be exercised in the undertaking in order to prevent the animals from escaping. Mr. Harvey constructed a tight board fence several feet high around the plot of land devoted to the minks, and a stone foundation extending two feet under the surface of the soil does not allow the creatures to burrow out. The pioneers of the colony he captured from a swamp close by and there has been no difficulty in increasing the population for the animals are characteristically prolific in the wild state and even more so when partially domesticated, for then there is slight opportunity to bo beset by their enemies.

WHERE GINSENG IS RAISED,

Before the days of the triumph of the buzz saw in Wisconsin, the woods abounded in ginseng but with the cutting away of the forest the source of the supply diminished. Not only is this true in Wisconsin but in all other states as well. In order to meet the increasing demand which has corns! with the decreasing supply, several ginseng farms have been established in Wisconsin, the most celebrated of which is that of Emanuel Lewis at Hemlock, as well as those of H. S. Seymour at Richland Center, and of W. (i. Palmer at Boydton. Mr. Lewis was the first man in the state to conceive the idea of propagating the root and now’ has over 36,000 healthy plants. The product brings over $1 a pound at the present time. There are others who desire to engage in ginseng culture but find it difficult to obtain either plants or seed at a reasonable price. The unabated demand for the root in the orient keeps the price at such a mark that it would be unprofitable to use the roots in starting a farm, and the seeds are so rare that they sell for SI per ounce. The root is almost exclusively used by the Chinese for nearly |

ADHISSJON, rr E ER H E o USB 15 and 30 cents.

tFhe»@oab 6reek* tPowmship <j?nnual SUNBAT*SeH00L Convention Wingate M. E. Church, Thursday, March 28, 1901.

IN A KINGS PALACE

The boy King of Sp;iin, Alfonso XIII., wlio is tlio smallest King in the world, lives in one of the biggest palaces ever built. It takes visitors two days to go through it. In its vast court-yard there is room for a considerable army to meneuvor. The youthful monarch is said to have no affection for his enormous and somewhat gloomy residence, and to have expressed decided intentions of making radical alterations when he grows up. However, there is plenty of time for him to change his mind before ho will have attained the authority to reconstruct anything more extensive than the quarters for his toy soldiers.

10:00 Devotional.. .Rev. S. M. Hosteller,

10:15 Welcome Prank Phillips. 10:20 Response Rev. C. W. Postill. 10;.'10 Music. 10:40 What Should Constitute a Roaeonsble Excuse for Abscence From The Sunday

A GOOD COUGH MEDICINE FOR CHILDREN

“I have no hesitancy in recommending Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy,” says F. P. Moran, a well known and popular baker, of Petersburg, Va. “We have given it to our children when troubled with bad coughs, also whooping cough, and it has always given peifect satisfaction. It was recommended to me by a druggist as the best cough medicine for children as it contained no opium or other harmful drug.” Sold by J. W. Hollin & Co., druggists.

School? Rev. H. C. Weston. 11:00 Music. 11:10 The Sunday School and Its Influence on Mankind.... Samuel Rafferty. 11:30 Music. 11:40 Adjourned.

HERD OF PURE-I5LOOD BUFFALOES.

Tf • In due time the plants stand about four feet high and are cut down to supply the distillery just before they reach their maturity. During the harvest season about half an acre a day falls before the reapers knife and is hauled to the distillery where it is crowded into an immense vat in order that the oil may be sot free. The same as in any process/of this kind the plants are heated by meansofsteam v.S the oil escapes with the steam it is condensed in a coil cooled with water in a tank. The oil is secured ns it drips from the end of the still and is usually sent direct to some wholesale druggist to be used in compounding various medicines.

One of the three best herds of pure blood buffaloes in America is owned by Huber Bros., at Cochrane, Buffalo county, Wis. There is loft but a remnant of less than 500 head of buffaloes in this country and of these the Wisconsin herd numbers mpre than a third. The buffaloes are kept on a

NOON.

1:15 Devotional Rev. H. C. Weston. 1:30 Election of Officers. 1:45 What Rule Should We Apply

EDITOR’S AWFUL PLIGHT.

In The Selection of .Newspapers For The Horae? Rev. S. M. Hosteller.

F. M. Higgins, Editor Seneca, (HI.) News was afflicted for yeara with Piles that no doctor or remedy helped until ho tried Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. He writes two boxes wholly cured him. It’s the surest Pile cure on earth and the best salve in the world. Cure guaranteed. Only 25 cents. Sold by F. M. Johnson, druggist.

2:05 Music. 2:15 What Lesson Helps Can a Teacher Profitably Bring Before The Class? Rev. C. W. Postill. 2:35 The Ideal Sunday School Superintendent J. D. Thomas. 2:55 Music. Adjournment

Loss of mental energy, lack of thought power, failing memory or inability to concentrate the mind on the work in hand, there is nothing so good as Dr. Miles’ Nervine. Its powerful influence in build-

“I take pleasure in recommending Dr. Miles’ Nervine to those suffering from nervous prostration, insomnia and melancholy. After several months of torture from above diseases, I tried that medicine and found immediate relief. It soothes and strengthens the nerves, chases away the gloomy and depressing thoughts and gives the sufferer renewed strength and hope.” Jacob Seemann, 12 W- Dayton St., Madison, Wis.

A. W. Dazey, President. R. L. Armfield, Secretary.

WILL YUO DO IT?

Many of our subscribers each' week after they liave read the Kecord they mail it to some distant relative. That's right! But it costs you j'pfty-two cents a year to do so, and for only forty-eight cents more we will send the paper direct from this office every week for a year and save you the trouble. A few other of our subscribers who have paid for the paper complain that before they get a chance to hardly look at the week’s issue it is borrowed by a nest door neighbor, and does duty in four or five families, but fails to find it$ way back to its ovyner.

Mrs. A. 0. McGorkle has in her possession a portion of nn old campaign flag carried by her father, Isaac Martin, of Crawfordsville, in 1840, when William Henry Harrison was the candidate for president. The flag contains the faint outlines of a log cabin and is a rare old relic, prixed highly.—LaFayette Courier.

UJCUIUUlfb. BUSINESS OF STUFFING GEESE. There is nn old German colony near Watertown where the stuffing of geese Ims become a vocation in order to obtain the delicious pate de foie gras, a rare delicacy which is the chief ingredient in goose liver pie. To stuff one of these fowels requires about sixteen days and in that time his weight increases by one-half. There is great danger in continuing the process /or a longer period, as the goose

ing up and strengthening the broken-down

nerves, makes this great remedy an inval-

uable brain-food and restorative. It nour-

ishes, fortifies and refreshes the tired and worn-out brain and gives new strength, new life, and new energy to the system.

Dto Miles* Nervme

Adds renewed force to the system, puts a new light in the eye. gives new firmness to the step and new life to the mind. Now is the time to try it. Sd£ by all druggists on a guarantee* Dr* Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind*

A California farmer has fifty thousand acres in a sweet pea farm, and it will all be in bloom at the time President McKinley visits the coast. There’s color for you.