Plymouth Tribune, Volume 5, Number 9, Plymouth, Marshall County, 7 December 1905 — Page 8

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ENTERTAINING REMINISCENCES OF THE WAR. Graphic Account of Stirring Scenes Witnessed on the Battlefield and In Caxip-Veterans of the Rebellion B cit Experience of Thrillln Natmr. "The other day," said the Major, "I went out to see the Sergeant, on an Invitation to take Sunday dinner with him. I put in an appearance about noon and found that Mrs. Sergeant was at church and that the Sergeant Himself was cooking the dinner. I went with him to the kitchen and came upon the most appetizing smells that ever tantalized a hungry man. . "The roast beef was cooking Just to my taste; the potatoes were browning In Just the right way, and the other vegetables were steaming alongside, signalizing odorously to my senses. The Sergeant had everything well In hand, and when Mrs. Sergeant came In we sat down to a well planned and a well cooked dinner. The Sergenat Incidentally remarked that his wife was a very fine cook. The wife admitted this, but said she had learned all tie knew about cooking from her husband. "She went on to say that, unlike most women, she recognized her husband's superiority as a cook; and had never asked him to" surrender the supremacy he had won during the war. She wondered, however, 5f all soldiers who believed, they were good cooks In the old days could really cook any one thing as well as the Serjeant could cook everything. This reminded me of Captain A. A. Lee of the Eighty-sixth Illinois, now 11 ring at Harper, Kan., and I told her the story. "When Captain Lee was promoted from Lieutenant to Captain he secretly planned to give his brother officers a surprise in thoj shape of a banquet This was in the winter, after Stone River, and we were on outpost duty below Nashville. The Captain borrowed a' Dutch oren, sent to Nashville for flour and other things, and wrote to 'his mother for a recipe for making a pound cake. When the .time came he equipped himself for work and set about preparing the repast for his invited guests. "Captain Lee had learned to cook while In the ranks, and he was proud of the record he had made and had great confidence in his ability to meet every emergency. lie mixed his flour and other ingredients for the pound cake with great care, because he was ambitious to say to his shoulderstrapped guests that he had cooked everthing himself. When his mixture was too thin, although measured accoMIng "to his mother's recipe, he thickened it until, when rolled out. It was stiff enough to stand alone. "Then he brought the dough to the desired thinness and put it, after deft manipulation, in the Dutch oven. For a time he relaxed his vigilance to receive his guests. Meantime he detailed his faithful servant Bob to watch the oven and to keep live coals under It and on the lid. Soon the lid began to rise and Bob weighted it down with a rock. But it wculd not stay down, and Bob, as a last rerrt. took a musket and pounded the lid down with the butt end thereof. "Later the Captain, Ignorant - of Bob's rough treament of his rising pound cake, ordered the dinner served. Everything was cooked to a turn and the Captain received many compliments. To make his triumph complete he ordered on the pound cake as a reminder of the homes and the mothers In the North. The guests were generously helped, but not one of them beyond the first mouthful. The cake, having been overmlxed and pounded at the wrong time, was a failure. Captain Lee believed that pound cake ruined his social career In the army and he never boasted of his skill as a cook in the presence of his wife." "Bad cooking in the army, said the Doctor, "killed thousands of men. Therefore tne soldiers who learned lo be good cooks deserve the more credit. Some men learned . easily, some came into the army vi'j fair knowledge of cooking, and others with the sportsman's training in roughing, but the majority were as helpless as kittens even In the matter of cooking beans. In our regiment I discovered half a dozen hotel and steamboat cooks, and I had them detailed to teach the men in the ranks . how to make soups, to cook meats, and to bake bread. In this way our boys escaped the troubles of the soldiers who ate sinkers and half, cooked food. One of my instructors in cooking was a hard case when it came to sol dierlng, but I stood by him for several weeks. One night, however, he took advantage of my friendliness toward him. rode through the lines on my own horse, and did not return. An active campaign followed, and little thought was glren to the desener. My tors'? was brought to the pi:ket lines by a country boy, and no questions were asked. Before the campaign was over I was !?ft In an isolated camp in charge of twenty or Rore sick and wounded mtn. I h?.d no cooks, no nurses, and vil the last xu guards. - One day I caught the. odor of chicken being cooked according to rule. It was, under the circumstances, extremely tantalizing, . and many a tick man looked at me reproachfully or inquiringly. Somebody .was making soup that was palatable and nourishing, Just the kind I. had wanted for my men. But who wa I he and where was he? I started opt 'to investigate, and found not far aivay my deserter, my instructor In cooling. He greeted es with How are jsuDoc? I inspected your camp last .night ' and found you needed a cook. t I am making some soup for the boys. .Are we on the square? IM , ....... "He stayed with nw two days. In addition to being a gefcd cook he was a capital nurse, and he was of the greatest service to me! On' the third day a company of cavalry came up to ereort ma and my patients' to the new Tte. Joe, my nurse and cook, simply zzil 'G cod-by, Doc,r and Tallied aray. I never thought ! of ordering

his arrest until he had gone an hour. Then some of the cavalrymen reported that he tad been shot That seemed to me the last of Joe, and I moved off with my hospital, caravan. "That night, however, Joe slipped through the guard line, came to my tent, and asked me too look after a wound In his arm. I drysed tho wound and was giving Joe a piece of my mind when he put a finger to his lips, and while I waited for an explanation he whispered 'Good-by, Doc. Remember the chicken sovp, and walked away, and again I forgot to order his arrest All my. men remembered the chicien soup and askci no questions. A little later Joe was captured by the rebs, was sent to Libby prison, made himself useful to the Yanks in the prison hospitals, and, as he said to me after the war, 'established an honorable record through no fault of bis own.'" Chicago' Inter Ocean.

Stanton's Kind Heart. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War during and after the Civil War, impressed many who came to him with appeals for aid as a stern and even heartless man. He was frequently contrasted with President Lincoln as his very opposite in mercy and gentleness. Yet Incidents described to tea latest biographer by men who knew him well show that he sometimes suf fered as bitterly as those whose re quests he felt compelled to refuse. "I went to the war office after 10 o'clock one night to consult Mr. Stanton," says a former clerk. I found the mother, wife and children of a soldier who had been condemned to be shot as a deserter on their knees before him, pleading for the life of their K red one. He listened, standing, in cold and austere silence; at the end of their heartbreaking sobs and prayers he answered briefly that the man must die. The crushed and despairing little family left, and Mr. Stanton turned, apparently unmoved, and walked Into hla private room. "My own heart was wrung with an-i gulsh. It seemed to me that Mr. Stan-; ton must be a demon the very lncar-i nation of cruelty and tyranny. "I was so dazed that, forgetting myself, I followed hi oi into his office without rapping. I found him leaning over a desk, his face burled in hi3 hands, and his heavy frame shaken with sobs. " 'God help me to do my duty! God help me to do my duty! ho was repeating in a low wail of anguish that I shall never forget. "I quickly withdrew, but not until I had seen a great light I have loved, almost reverenced, Edwin M. Stanton ever since. His own heart was perhaps suffering more Intense agony than the hearts of his petitioners, but he was compelled to steel his outward face for the bloody duties of war, while within his soul was warm with sympathy and sorrow." One cannot help hoping that this deserter may have been one of those whose lives President Lincoln spared by overruling the decision of bis Secretary of War. A more cheerful view of the great Secretary is given by a fellow hwyer who knew him before the war. "He was traveling by steamer on the Ohio to Pittsburg when he saw a man on the forward deck with a broken leg. " 'Why Is that sufferer not attended to?' he demanded of the captain, who replied that the man lived In Pittsburg, then nearly a hundred miles ahead, and would receive attention there. "From a carpenter's chest Mr. Stanton promptly secured a saw and a hatchet, with which to cut splints. Taking a sheet from a stateroom, he set and bandaged the fracture. lie then brought vinegar and water from the cook's room with which to steep tho swollen parts, and all the way to Pittsburg sat by the side of tho injured man, applying the bath. When the boat reached Tittsburg, he hired a carriage and took the man home. And so he went through life great in emergencies, available when others failed." Duck-and-Bull Muskets. In the winter of 1801-'C2 we encamped on Minor's Hill, Va., along with the Fourteenth . New York, Ninth Massachusetts and Sixty-second Pennsylvania. We were armed with buck-and-bull muskets, which we were "to exchange for Enfield rifles. Word was given the different companies to send details for guns. The Company B detail was dispatched, and soon the boxes were brought and opened. Behold! a mistake was made, and the boys thought, on purpose. Instead of Enfields, the box contained the same kind of. guns we already used. The men were indignant and refused to accept them, but finally concluded to use them a while, as they were new and bright The guns were distributed and the boxes ordered hack. A procession was .formed, a la funeral, an escort with reversed guns and music, and very conceivable thing that any noise could be got out of followed to the quartermaster's depot A volley was fired over the boxes, and the procession returned to quarters. Soon a racket was heard In the vicinity of Company B. Every other man had a gun slung around his body and was down oi all fours. The other fellow had a gun thrust between the gunsllng and along the man's spine, firing blank cartridges. As soon as the gun was discharged, the man on the ground would assume a sitting posture with the muzzle up; then the gun would immediately assume the horizontal again to be fired. There were some forty of the company engaged in thisv Josh Billings Philosophy. - When brothers fite, "then cams the tug 07 war." Envy "won't let a man eat drink, or sleep in'peace. ' . ' s The man. who kan'f blush is no wuss than a mule iz. : ' . . " Thare are times , when it will do to play the fopl Just a little. , - To listen quietly, to a slander iz to bo a silent partner In -the circulashun. TLirc.iz nothing cn earth cd empty ax a hed without enny branes In it; It iz wuss than a pall with th3 fcottoa knocktrat

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TURKEYS ON THE FARM. No one is in as good a position to laise fine turkeys as the farmer. It 13 almost impossible to rear them successfully without free range, and that is where the farmer has the advantage. If the hens are fed too sparingly they will not lay early enough in the spring, while if too fat the eggs are apt to be infertile or have weak germs. When they begin to lay, which they will do in the poultry house if properly tamed, the first 15 or 20 eggs may be confiscated and put under hens. Then break up any tendency to broo.V iness, and if the torn runs with them at all times, as he should, they will soon lay a second clutch, which they may be allowed to sit on. As fast as the poults hatch and get dry, remove them to a warm covered box placed near the kitchen stove, else some will surely get crushed. This i also the best time to give them a private mark, by which to identify them. A chicken punch costing 10 cents to 25 cents may save many dollars before fall. Punch each cne on the Fame foot and in the samo web of that foot. Then if some biros join a neighbor's flock, which they will often do, tho feer. will jhow proof of ownership. I find .t best to confine the little ones in a small inclosure, about a foot high, for a few diys, or elso put thu mother in a large coop with slat slides so the little ones may pass in and out. In either case they fchould be out an hour or two before sundown, at which time they should each be driven Into the poultry house for the night. By managing them in this way I find that they do ;:ot stray fo far from the house, and do not become a nuisance to one's neighbors. Feed no mashes. Prepared chick foods are good for a little while, more like nature's food. Several limes a day at first, but only a very little at :i lime. Rolled oats, a little millet and finely cracked wheat are also gool, with grit. I think it good to give onlynecessary water. In the wild state when they grow fastest they do not drink much except the dew in the morning. Unless they range enough to get many insects, they should be give n meat scraps frequently, a few at a lime. The only thing 1 have ever done for lice is to rub the head and necks slightly with melted lard. This need not be done If the hen is treated for lice before hatching and the poultry house kept free from them. Mrs. E. G. Feint, in Orange Judd Farmer. MORE FARM BEEF. It some-times happens that keeping up with the times means going back to old times. It appears that we have an instance of this in the cattle business. Once upon a time there were no cattle ranches; beef was all made on the eastern farms. Then the prairie of a sudden opened its great vistas; these were natural pastures. What better could be done than to turn them over to cattle until such a time as an Increasing population should demand that the grass be turned under with the plow? The plow asls gone forward, forvird! the steers retreating before. The herds are driven into the country if drouth and scanty grass; but even here the plow, though checked, does not stop. Irrigation moistens its furrow. What of the steer? There is not any longer room for all the market needs on the western pastures. Fortunately the continual high price of beef Is finding a solution for the difficulty. The westerners have alread begun to find it profitable to go to the expense of irrigating land and raising feed for their stock. The feeding ide.i has .spread further and further east, but it hardly seems to keep pace witli the encroachments of the plow on the far- western pastures. It scarcely keeps , pace with the increase of population and the demand for beef. Wherever the cow is kept otherwise than for specific dairy purposes the slaughter of calves should cease. The production of beef is surely returning to the farms. The middle western grain farms, half-worn out, badly need the stock to keep up the old yield of grain per acre; aDd the plow wants the meat. CAN I CONTROL SWARMING? The following plan, whicli I believe, is entirely original, was tested on but I a few colonies during the summer of 1 1904, and cannot guarantee satisfact I ory results lor that reason. However, if it appeals to you, try it, and I should like to know of the results. Acting on the knowledge that all queen Iis are built downward I reversed the entire brood body of n I heavy, prosperous colony that had number of cells in different stages of development. The frames and follower fitted so snugly after swelling that not a frame sagged. The hive used was the Danz. One week later all cell. but one were destroyed - and that contained a dead queen. TheLe few colonies so treated failed to mature a queen cell and, so far as I know, cast no swarms. The bees were located ten miles from home .and visited weekly. . , By placing two thin, narrow boart's over the ends of Hoffman, or any other style frame,' and passing a wire over each, fastening the ends 'to screws cn the outside, any hive bod could be safely reversed without tho frame falling to the bottom board; All combs would then be built to the bottom bar and all honey stored In the Upper part of the frames be. carried Into the supers, when reversed, as the balance of the frame would be filled with brood or pollen" If this system works" satisfactorily it will simplify the control of swarming. E. H. Dewey In the American Cultivator. ' . THE DRY EARTH MULCH! Watering an orchard is a bigger Job thai! mcst any 'one would care to undertake, unless cr.Q had a system of piping attached to an adequate water source. And yet, "we my water tLo trees, cither cid er your-; er tha

vegetables, by means of countless little invisible pumps that we may pur. In operation with . the plow and tho harrow. There is" always moisture lu the earth; and away down there it is full of water and this water has a tendency to rise to the surface all the time and to dampen things at the top. But, when there is a drouth,' and thj surface becomes baked and hard, the rising process is greatly retarded, if not entirely suspended, and then it is that vegetation and trees suffer the many little pumps are clogged and fail to work, for there is nothing to climb and nothing to invite the expansion of the water from btlow, up hear the surface. But, if we are timely, and apply the plow, and can turn and loosen the earth on top, and will then occasionally pass the harrow through it, we may keep all the air and water cells open in the top soil, and the moisture will then come up again, and the things that we havs planted in that area, whether it be vegetables, corn, or young trees or old ones will drink in this moisture from be low, and thrive and grow. Indeed, the dry earth mulch is quite the moat practicable and the surest mulch that can be applied in a general way. No matter if the dust rises pnd settles on things, keep a Ltirring, r it is a safety valve that will pump moisture up from below during the night while the plowman, Is sleeping. H. B. Goer in the Epitomist. GETTING ALL. THE MILK. At the Vermont dairymen's meeting, Professor Hills staled that the process of milking might be so conducted In its operation that a pound of milk or ounce of butter more might be obtained than in the usual method as practiced. This pl&n would consist of a proper manipulation of the udder and force exerted on the teats, a drawing down motion that would tend to a more free "letting down" of the milk. This, with gentleness aiid carefulness in the entire operation, particularly the finishing off in the milking or getting all that the cow hatto give. Where possible it is better for eac;i one to have his own particular cows to milk than to take them as they come. It is often found that cert:in cows will do better when milked by one person than by another. Then there should be gentleness and carefulness on the part of the milker performing the work in a reasonable length of time, and getting all the milk. Jn this way the cow will be induced to hold out In milk and not to become dry too soon as the result of careless milking. E. R. T. in tho American Cultivator. THE HORSE'S MOUTH. If owners would only lay out a little more money in the purchase of bits there would be fewer bad moutha and more comfort amongst their horses. As it is, most people appear to be wedded to one pattern of bit, and, if so, are extremely disinclined to adept any other. The result is that the manners and mouths of their horses are permanently Injured, and accidents occur which might otherwise have- been avoided. If horse owners, breakers and stud grooms would only remember that there Is a vast difference In mouths, and many a horse is driven half mad by an unnecessarily severe bit) a good deal of money could be saved and many an equine reputation would be spared. It by no means follows that a horse which pulls will lose the habit if he is driven in a severe bit very often It Is just the reverse; and, therefore, the study of their horses mouths should be the care cf every owner. American Cultivator. THE PHEASANT INDUSTRY. The golden , pheasant is universally admired by everybody and is one of the most handsome birds on earth. To its brilliant plumage and active disposition we must add the valv.e of his feathers to the salmon fishermen. The adult cock has a crest of pale orange, the tippet, of deep orange lined with J)lue, bl?ck breast, crimson red. shoulders, green wing, coverts steel blue and tall brown, with yellow legs. The hen is of quiet brown and lays from thirty to thirty-five eggs In season. The eggs can be hatched in common chicken incubators. Bantams are preferable as foster mothers. The young are very hardy, stand any climate and are easily tamed und require Jittle room. The extcenely beautiful plumage and graceful move meets always charm the beholder. Massachusetts Plowman. Ranchers Find 30 Elk in Enclosure The spectacle of thirty elk inside an enclosure is something rarely seen in this country, but nevertheless such a sight has been witnessed by severaj of our ranchers recently, and within a few miles of Pinedale. Mrs. M. J. Westfall has a school section near the head of Willow Creek, which is , entirely fenced, making an enclosure a mile square. Th!a Is well up In the mountains, and recently the gate was left open, which Is near the trail; -with the result that the elk entered. "Uncle" George Smith and a party of riders, who were, out rounding up their beef caitle, found it necessary to ride this pasture, and rode right into -the herd, which immediately fled, and followed the'line of" the fence, making no attempt to gö through . The riders were without weapons and contented themselves with watching the bunch for some time, and then proceeded on their way. Ordinarily an elk will go through barbed wire fence and scatter it for great dis: ranches by these animals.- Pinedale damage Is often done to the tones of ranhers by Ihese animals. Pinedale correspondeiiC3 Denver Republican. . Horses play an Important part in shrrnp. Lzhzz clcr.Z ttD'E-Ian

KISSES. One egg, one cup sugar, one-half cup butter, one-half cup of milk, one teaspoonful cream of tartar, one-half of soda, flour enough to make a stiff dcugh; drop on tins and sprinkle over with powdered sugar. Bake in a quick oven. MAYONNAISE. Take the yolks cf two eggs, pepper and salt, stir continuously, always turning the spoon slowly from left to right, add to the yolks, by degrees, olive oil until thick and the quantity required; next put in a teaspoonful of tarragon still stirring.. Place on ice until ready to serve. PLUM PIE.. Have a light crust of puff paste, bake this in the oven then put in, if fresh, plums previously stoned, sweetened and slightly stewed. If canned add sugar. Place on the top of the pie and heat again. Put on Ice until cold. FRIED TURNIPS. Peel and slice the turnips, and throw into cold water. At the end of half an hour drain and put over the fire in a saucepan with a little salted water. Cock until they begin to get tender, or until a fork pierces them easily. Be careful net to break them; drain and, when cold, pat thex dry between thj folds of a towel. Dip first in cracker, crumbs, then in b?aten egg, then in cracker-crumbs. Lay on a dish in th-j ice-box fcT the crust to harden. Fry in butter to a light brown. Serve very hot. SCALLOPED CELERY.. The coarse outer stalks of celery may be used for this disa. Cut into inch lengths, and cover with salted water. Stew until tender. Drain, and keep hot while you make a white sauce by cooking together a tablespoonful each of butter and flour, and when these bubble pouring upon them a cup of milk. Stir to a smooth white sauce, put the celery into this, ant' turn into a buttered pudding dish. Dust the top with buttered crumbs, and set in the oven until lightly browned. Tab is a simple and very palatable dish. SHEPHERD'S PIE. Two cups minced veal, one tablespoon butter, one tablespoon flour, one cup water or -stock, salt and pepper, one teaspoon minced onion. Make sauce with butter, flour and water, add seasoning and minced onion; add one egg beaten slightly; boil gently three minutes; add minced meat, stir until hot, but not boiling; turn into buttered baking dish, put over it a layer of potatoes mashed and creamed with quarter cup milk and one tablespoon butter for two cups potatoes. Brush over with butter. Brown in good hot oven. PEPPER RELISH. Pepper relish is usually made ol green peppers, green toxatoes and celery; but cabbage may be substituted for the peppers. For the latter, chop fine a small head of firm, white cabbage, six large green peppers, taking care not to leave in any seeds, and a nice bunch outer leaves; put intr a large bowl, sprinkle with a half cup ful of salt, mix well, cover and let stand over night. The next morning drain In a colander, then pack in a stone jar with two tablespoonfuls ol mustard seed mixed through it. Put into a porcelain kettle three pints ol vinegar, two tablespoonfuls of sugar one tablespccnful each of wliole cloves, allspice and whole pepper, a clove of garlic and one onion minced; simmer gently twenty minutes, to ex tract the virtue of the spices; strain and pour boiling hot water over tne vegetables. Tnere should be enough of vinegar to cover. When cold cover the jar and keep In a cool place. A little red pepper may be added, if you like it very hotButtered and salted popcorn is often used as a substitute ior. sauea aimonds. USEFUL HINTS. A good filling for sandwiches is made by mixing finely chopped pecan nuto with Chutney. An ordinary headache may general- . . . i i ly be cured Dy applying waier as iwi as it can be borne to the feet and bck cf the neckFlat irons hould'be kept with partien!ar tare, and occasionally rubbed over with wax to keep their surface perfectly smooth. 1 Varnished paint can be kept, as iright as though freshly done by ioaking in water some time a bag filled with flaxseed, and then using dt as a cloth to clean the paint. For brass goods, lemon juice with a little fine silver sand is excellent. They should afterwards be rinsed with boiling water and polished with a sott ragFor cleaning spouts of tea and coffee pots always have a small bottle brush hanging in your pantry. This helps wonderfully in cleaning and costs only a few cents. Stirring anythlrp over a hot stove often causes brittle finger nails. Try rubMng a little almond oil in every night and keep a pair of loose gloves to slip on when cooking; t: If damp bran is used, Instead of the traditional tea leaves, when one sweeps a carpet, not oaly is the dust laid and the work facilitated, but the colors are ' brightened. 1 For clecning white . canvas shoos make a paste or benzine and powdered magnesia. Hub on the paste and let it remain until dry, then brash off with a clean dry cloth-. ' If a cloth such, as is used for dustinf and cleaning is dampened and laid over the registers, when the. furnace Is being shaken, the annoyance of dut flying over tho rooms will ba obviated-

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