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, 1873-12-29

oATTLEAnotier week Of meuers teeetp,e as aas
enabled aslora to further ndvanco prices Of beu cattc
Notwithstanding tho continued absonco Of any srcciai
ward during last week resulted In pretty genoral up
or war; ,nnry.i 9ysot n Of rscs T. the srtes below ard
proved situation Of affairs ii mis- department IN chiefly
ater6ltaelo to THO eanaos above noted, tic be!or
aa ono o. tho influences TINT has insisted iu lifting tho
market from Ito prostrate condition. Flra, second,
o y aFe oi Id
ceiling weeks az ia shown by o fact that tho major
portion Of the trn1sfers wero effected at prices
average price Bonowl'ere between $3.50 and &.7S,
e1rs salable at s7S@ooo On Fsiay, RoSsrt Sbsa
htrahorn %. sold drove ut $G.25, wllth waB we
1eevf tho only instance In which over So 90 ws il.
butchers DID not wans many cattle, but their require
aud they wcrc cotspcled to ply aomewhat higher
pscea than prevailed las. week. Stock cattle also lave
nppFscated 70 value, though not to tic extent AZ
medium lots sold al s2.o5ayo0. Veal calves huvo
lceh III nolerate supply anl In email demand. at
$2.15@5.25 for poor to extra.
To-day tho market was fatrly active and 1lrm with
s''es at Sa's0@S.'S for inferior 10 extra.
Extra 1ceyes- Graded steers. uyoragtng1l0o
Choice iat woii formed syear
to 8 year old stcers, averaging l,300 to
GOOD n:iy formed Sa'@S'o
s1, stHcrs ayessglng 400 to 1880 1ta &75a6oo
aging 1lm to 1.25o lls. ......... 4.25es&as
and good to extra cows, for city slaughter.
os aysrIginE $40 to l,loo lbs. aoo@46o
,u9 aesh averaging 7so 70 o5o s...;:... 2.os@ses
stgs bulls, and acaawag Hteoss. 1.75@26o
Cas!ie-mesns, choieo corn.fod. 400tstC0
01!Lie-1exaa' eammcreu North. ..-....... 3.0ut@3b0
tAttlt-IDfl9. 4flFOH1h drOYnH I
H0Gs-s!uce the dutc Of our last weekly review
only moderate demand has existed for this claBs Of
ssock neither local packers Eastern buyers scot
lug parttcuarly anxious to invest, 70 that notwtth-
stpdtng dccreaHo in tho receipts OF over 900 bead
the supply hns kept pace with tho Legitimate require
mens ot the tradc In prices thcre has been very
advanced ariifc, hut for the descriptions grading
below cholce there lids been percepliblo inproye-
n,en III values. The best ovdpnce In support Of tue
"tatl end IT this seasons hog crop IL fo,ad III
tho fact TINT tho receipts Of tic past fow
daya exhibit . steady deterioration in quality.
Iao ouk Of tho past weeks recelpta consiatcd Of
thoro was comparatively litlo local outside on,and,
even at tue relatively low rnnge OF B4.509485 Good
to prime lots hive sold seady 4.aO@5.l0 whu ex-
tn commanded ss.l595.20. To-day there was fur &C
ycsasday though sclters did not snccocd III working
up prices TO any Qsotabo extent. Shippers and pack
era bought liberally at s+.o0@5.5, with few extra
.os takon = a. hgner hgure Aose Of tho days Baea
From tho following quotations ii will be seen that
prices arc now fully sloQ@1 40 per 100 bs lighor a,
i" @ e osg raes r EsnGa s s ssar
lows:
5l5@6.e0 S1.7dt93.80
doou 70 eaoieo. a90gsalQ 3.65tS3.7o
Common to medium. ,.....,. 4.5D11.H5 3.bO{13N0
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Tile Wool Ernle.

Dosron, Dec. e8.-woo1 firm aud buoyant, With m
upper tendency. The principal transactions OF tne
week have teen in double extra. Ollto aud pennsy-
vania ilceres ut $50 Michigan and Wisconsin Aeeccs
al 4af@53o; and good tiaea Ut supertlno and oxru
pulled vt 6oGb5c. Some VI tho principal holders OF
ohIo and Pennsylvania eeces arc not dlaposo to ac-
cep css than o5@57kn for straight lots OF oxtra COO
for double extra Pulled wools scarce, anil good su.
perane difficult to nt. at 6Oc Haea Of the week
amount TO gAG, ,160 lbs Of domestic,
, 1873-12-29

10 ibs less. N'
Returns received by tho Cincinnati Prtca Current in
rcgara the progress Of tho pack1ng indicate fang
the crop will be short. At Louisville, oio Or two
houses aro running bur the nJory Of tito argo pack-
era have ceased operations, mud tho packing will prob
ably 10 700 or 000 abort Of last year Packers In
sac G,nc!nnaa estimate That thetr city will full 900
snort o. laat year Chicago, 1ndiauapolis aud Aii-
aggregate will probably exceed that OF last scaaon
The Daily Commercial Repor. gives tho fol-
lowing aH tile shipments Of provisions from this
point during tho wcok ending Dec. rs, aud ainco
Nov. /:
, 1873-12-29
COMMERCIAL.

SATURDAY EVENING, Dec. AZ.
The following wero tho receipts a,id shipments
Of tho leading articlos OF produce III Chicago
during the paBt twcnty. four hours, aud for the
corresponding tihte ono year ago;
, 1873-12-29

fancy prns solling WE'LL Worstcd drcss goods IN ot
crate request Fancy casaineroa Of light md heavy
We1ghta atld worsted coatings moro actlyU.
, 1873-12-29

New VoaK. Dec. 2s.-l'usnusa continues very quiet
with manufacturing aYoits aud jobbiug anl tho retail
branches have been Interrupted by Fs0rmy weather,
C1stoA RoodA nutats hui Rsa44t and pnahspaVa In
, 1873-12-29

'pFcon han.s shipped during Tho wook, ,S9l pcs
against Haei tho corresponding poriod list year
s snee Mov a WI 'ss pcs. aralnss g6e aa1 pcs tho
t1ncutos Ill cut mpats o1copt shoulders and s, P.
hams. -
Flour was again dull, almost to inactivity.
The shippers wore out OF tho marSct, aud tic
local domand WIS very Light. l'rcos weso O.
ported unchanged, md hot much was offered, as
much IoHs rapidly than might bo iI,forru4l from rom
the reports Of receipts and shipments. Bran
was firm. sa!es were reported Of 80 brla
white winter oxtras at 97.g5; 200 brls do (,yiH.)
ct e6.25; 60 brs npring extras at $500; 160 brla
90 at S4.92H; 200 brls DO Oh private torma; rs
brls do OF $40; 20 br1s do at $3.50; SO brls do
at S7.25. Total, 760 brls, Also, 10 tons bran at
$1260 at mill 30 tons coarao corn meal ut $9 50
on track. Tho following Wara tho claainr 1,l,cas
, 1873-12-29
THE LIVESTOCK MARKETS.

CHICAGO,
ncvle1v for tho svce,k T3ndfnu Sntur-
any, Dec. ~.
,,.,.,. SATURDAY EVENING, Dec. 27.
To receipts Of 1.-Two stock during thu week havo beon
, 1873-12-29

Whhdrawn from ason .Ay for city con-
sumption: 26o3 bu coau, .,y21 bu oats 847
bu rye; ao5 bu barley. Withdrawn for do
during tue weak: 1901 bu wheat; 40,053 bu
corui 7,811 hui Data ; ,235 bu rye 1000 bu bar
Icy. Withdrawn for do during ths past year
6sl ,018 bn whcat LOO, ,8sG bu corn 00s, ,105 bu
oats; 4o5. os3 bu ryo; 7oo,2 POI bu barley. Total,
4,0l4 ,l22 bu Of MI kinds.
Tho following grain has been inspected into
store up to 10 O'Clock this morning, 4i7 carr
wheat; 102 cars corn; 30 cara oats; 8 cars rye;
10 cars barley. Total, COG cars, or 219, 600 bu.
The following wero the receipts aud shipments
OF broadstufs and live stock at this point during
tho past wooh and for the corresponding weeks
onding as dated:
, 1873-12-29
MONEY AND COMMERCE,
MONETARY.

THURSDAY EVENING, Dec a., 1919.
Tho feature tn financial circles to-day Ia tho
duplication Of His Honor Mnyor Colvin to tho
banks for temporary loan Of 100000 to mcot
Vie Immediate noccssties Of tho city. Several
IT them responded lint tl,oy would advanco tllosr
proportion, and thoro Ia no doubt that tho funds
will ba promptly forthcoming. Tho money will
be remltted to-day atld htonday and TueHday to
Now York. 1t Is lclt thai tho homer
Of our city must he maintained. Somo
Of tho bankorB, however. doclEnod to assiBt, To-
Earding their duties to customers rs Of tho first
Importance.
Tho prompt payment Of our city obligations,
deRpite Of tho heavy defnlcation Of our Treaa-
urer. will at onco allay tI,o fears in Now York, OF
Which audible mutterings hayo rcaohcd US, that
our Communists and demagogueB might muko
serious trouble for our City Government. What
ever dnnger might at first have been antioipat-
ed haa passed away. Our ctizenn generally
have too much good sonso-too high n regard
for tho principles Of justiceto he led far astray
by tho agrarinn rawlings OF low half domeutcd
Foreigners.
Money iB close, consequent as stated yestor-
lay OH tho closing up Of accounts ut tho end OF
tho yonr, aud proparationD to phY interest Oh
public md private 'ndebtodnoss during tho COM
lug woek. Danhers, however, moot ole9rfully
alf reasonable wants Of their customers, ant
thero H., therefore, no real atilngoncy or surer-
Ing.
Exchange ts close, the ruling figures being par
10 25o por IN premium. Selling to customers
Mt par ; to outsiders, 25D50c per IN premium.
just now atreot rates are very firm md monoy
scarce. Discount range, l114@211 por cent per
month. according to tic quality Of tho paper,
time, DC.
CHICAGO CLEARINGHOUSE,
Cloariugs for tho week ending Dec. a. 1878:
Date. CeariHns l}aofces.
Monday. So 035,J1 $3fl D3l.G1
Tuctday..........+....... 3,U3025l.Ul 449,l07.43
Wednesday,. .......,.... 5W1,8iD.44 Ji1, 1850
Thursday duy................. .......... .........
Friday y.......,............ 31lG087.G5 213,55].M
Saturday. 2825 oj0.a4 34J,l6A.7o
Total .$1S 9D2 l09.74 81, g32 80
Corresponding week lust
year r....,............ 13,9l5. 5.o8s.75 0273o
LOCAL BTocK AND uoED a1A1KET,
Mcssrs. Preston, Koan i Co. quote Us follows
flia Afkeruupp
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exhibit showing Tho ayorago ratio for oach soa-
sou on wheat from Chicago to Buffalo. and tho
annual receipts Of flour mid grasn at Buffalo by


Nino thouaant nine hundred aud ffiy.nino
vessels have arrived at tho port during tio last
year, ms compared with 0,a63 III 1879, III 1909
tho number WIN 10, 800.
rUflK PACKING.
Tho Cincinnati Price Current has the follow
, 1873-12-29

Tho following quotations OF local stocks arc
furnished by MesHrs. Hammond j. Gago, Flnan-
cil Agents, 7G Washington street:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-05
Roots as Manure.

IT has been found that the roots of a
good crop of red clover left in an acre OF
land after the removal of the crop weigh
six thousand five hundred and eighty
pounds, or from three to three and a halt
tons. The same examination gave the
weight of an acre of rye roots at thirty
five hundred pounds, and of wheat roots
at thirty four hundred pounds. All of
this matter is of course valuable for the
use of such crops as may be grown dur
ing or after its decomposition. The we'll
known superiority of clover as a manur-
ing crop, however, is not due alone to the
greater amount of organic matter taken
mainly from the atmosphere which its
roots supply, but also to the position in
which this matter is deposited. The roots
reach deeply into the soil, and on their
decomposition they serve to draw moist
ure from the lower soil, and by the de-
composition Of fertilizing matter to a
considerable depth, they induce the de
scent of the roots of other crops to a
point where they are much more sure of a
supply of moisture during dry seasons
than they could be if nearer the surface.
Then again these deeply penetrating roots
traverse parts Of the subsoil not hereto
fore open to vegetation, and in their de-
composition they produce chemical
effect on the inorganic substances that lie
along their courses, and help to render
them, too, serviceable for future crops
american Ag1aculturist
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-05
Hop Culture.

FIRST be sure to secure good quality OF
the right kind of plants. The English
cluster stands far in advance of all, or any
other variety, both for productiveness and
quality of hop. We should be as cautious
in selecting the variety of hops as we
would be of fruit ,rees, seeds, etc. The
English cluster hop can be profitably
grown in any climate or soil that will pro-
duce any kind of grain or potatoes.
AS regards profit to the grower, | say
first, at low average of 1900 pounds per
acre, and at low average price of forty
cents per pound the crop would bring 5000
per acre. The expenses of cultivation and
harvesting are to be deducted theretrom
Some fix the expense of production as high
as ten cents per pound; others as low as
five cents. The variation depends upon
the number of pounds produced per acre,
as a light crop costs nearly as much labor
as heavy yield.
My experience teaches me that an aver
age yield of hops can be grown at an ex-
pense not exceeding seven cents per pound,
making an expense of $105 per acre; de-
duct this from the $500 and the grower is
left in possession of a etprofit OF S495 per
acre
To start with, the plants will cost about
$22 per acre. The next year the vines
need polling, which can be done at an eX-
pense of about $50 per acre. Many farm
ers have plenty of poles upon their own
Iano which will cost them nothing but the
time and Labor of cutting and hauling
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-05

He held up the Reed ticket toward
Enoch, who, without paying the slightest
need to the paper or the man who offered
1t, stepped past to the window Perkins
started and scowled, and then laid his
braWny hand on Enoch's shoulder.
Didn't you hear what said, my ladY
he inquired in high and menacing key
THAT amt the name we're voting her to
day; you take this one and put it right IL
| there"
Enoch shook off the hand from hii
shoulder, and returning the ruffian's bully
ing look with one of undaunted flrmness
replied;
~ believe did not ask your advice or
this subject I shall vote for Colone
Walton. Stand out of the way if you
| please"
1t was the first manly opposition that the
bully had met that day, and the words
were spoken in tone that told him he
| was dealing with brave and determined
spirit. But Perkins had welded his pecu
| liar power too long to brook such defiance
as this, uttered in the ears of a hundred
men, who were now gazing at him to see
what he would do next.
Ho! putin on airs, are we, lad?" he
vociterated, while his face redeemed with
anger. Now, say we shan't vote that
ticket-sor'
With the words he reached out his hand
and snatching the ballot from Enoch, tore
it to pieces With promptness that
| amazed the crowd, and with an audacity
that made them hold their breath with
fright, Enoch seized the bully by the nose
| and tweaked it vigorously, and then, with
his flat hand, sm0te him on both sides of
his face with noise that sounded like the
crack of muskets.
The young man took two steps back and
planting himself against the building,
gathered his muscle for the onset that he
knew would follow 1t did follow imme-
diately Smarting with pain, and fairly
bowling with rage, Perkins made head
long rush. like wild beast springing on
its prey. The spectators shuddered, ex-
pecting to see Enoch strangled in the
grasp of the Infatuated rllffian. But he never
reached him; a terrible blow from Enoch' s
fist, delivered with all the force that could
be thrown into it, fell full on his breast,
with a sound like the beat of great drum.
Perkins threw up his arms, and with a
loud groan fell in heap at the young
him up; they saw him gasp once-and
then all was over.
as he dead?" Enoch coolly asked.
"Yes-you've killed him-you've killed
him!'' one of his late adherents ex-
claimed
The Reed party carried off their fallen
chief; and so thoroughly cowed were they
by his tragic but merited fate that they did
not show themselves at the poll again that
day. The result was that Walton was
elected by more than one hundred MAORI
ty, and rampant ruffianism never raised
its head again in that county The next
grand jury formally investigated the cir
cumstances of Ham Perkins death, and
emphatically vindicated the conduct OF
Enoch.-F0rney's Weekly Press
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-05
Hiying Bees.

4 CORRESPONDENT of the National Bee
Journal gives his plan of living bees thus
Some say that some swarms come out
and 90 direct from the hive to the woods
but in the time that have kept bees, |
never had such an instance. In the first
place, | prepare my hive. | generally put
a piece of comb into the hive to attract
them. | keep the hive in the shade and
when the bees come out, they will alight
on some tree near by them. Take the hive
and rub the inside with lemon balm, or it
will do without; put in the shade of the
tree, on the table; tip the hive back.
enough to let the bees enter; put a board
eighteen inches square, or cloth, in front
of the hive, and take the bees down and
put them on it. Then take cold water
from the well, and with a hand broom
brush sprinkle cold water on the ground
and a trit1e on them, and they will soon
go up.
Repeat this in twenty minutes and con
tinue till the hottest part of the day is
past. AS soon as they are nearly all in, re
move the old hive, and put the new one
where the old one stood, and put board
over to keep the sun and rain off,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-05
Lost OCCUPATIONS.

Half century ago bellows-making was
thriving trade. Every house had its
pair of bellows, and in every wel-fur-
nished mansion there was pair hung by
the side of every fireplace. Ipswich, in
Massachusetts,, acquired quite a notoriety
all over New England for the elegant and
substantial articles of the kind it pro-
duced But as stoves and CRATES took the
place of open freplaces, and as coal was
substituted for wood, the demand for bel
lows diminished until the business as d
separate trade died out.
The same is true of flint cutting Flints
were once necessary, not only for fire
arms but for finder boxes, and finder
box was as necessary for every house as a
gridirOn or a skillet. Every one who
looks to childhood of forty odd years ago
must remember the cold winter mornings
when the persistent crack of the flint
against the steel sent up from the kitchen
an odor of igniting finder and sui phur
which pervaded the house. Ihave no more
idea what became of the flint producers
than the old man Of sorrowful memories
who, three or four times a week, called at
our door with birthstone matches for sale
at cent the half-dOzen punches. Both
have been as completely banished from
England and New England as have the
ED Indians and the Druids.
Then, again, are gone the pln-make-s,
who, though they may nave been in tht-1
graves this quarter of a century, still figure
in lectures and essays to illustrate the ad-
vantages of division of labor. Instead of a
pin taking a dozen men to cut, grind,
point head, polish and what not, as it
used to do, pins are now made by neat lit
~ fl1n r.tn Of i, roo hmm rnH
a minute, of which machines single
child attends to half dozen.
Nail making at the forge is another lost
industry. Time was, and that in this nine
teenth century, when every nail was made
on the anvil. Now, from one hundred to
one thousand nails per minute are made
by machines. The mailer who works at
the forge has but bad chance in compel
ing with such antagonists; and he would
have no chance at all were it not that his
nails are ten-fOld tougher than the former.
AS it is, the poor men follow an all but
hopeless vocation, and are condemned to
live in continual hand grips with poverty.
In the DAYS of Presidents Madison and
Monroe, and even later straw bonnet-mak-
ing was practiced in every middle class
house where there were growing families,
and straw plating formed the staple Of do
mestic leisure work. At my grandfather's,
around the huge kitchen fireplace, Caesar,
born a slave, who sat on an oak bench di-
rectly under the gaping chimney, and we
boys, who crowded upon the settle, used
to pass winters evenings splitting straws,
while the lassies were plating them. Then
bonnets were bonnets, covering the head
with the margin Of foot or two to spare,
and presenting q sort of conical, she'll
shaped recess, in which dimpling smiles
and witching curls nestled in comfort.
The work has vanished, and will never
reappear, unless the whirligig of fashion
should glide again into the forsaken track
-Appld0ps Journal
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-05
THE WIDOW TO HER SON.

The following touching verses from the Dublin
Freeman, represent an Irish mothers message to
her emigrant son in America, by another emigranl
just about to sail
Remember, Denis, all babe you say:
Tell him were well and happy, thank the Lord
But of our troubles since he went away
You'll mind, ayck, and never say word.
OF cares and troubles, sure, we've All on,
share.
The finest summer isn't always fair
Tell him the spotted heifer calved i'll May;
She died poor thing; but that you needn't
mind:
Nor how the constant ram destroyed the hay:
But tell him God TO Us was ever kind,
And when the fever spread the country DER
His mercy kept the sickness from our door.
Be sure you tell him how the neghbors came
And cut the corn and stored it in the barn;
'Twould be as well 10 mention them by name
Pat Murphy. Ned McCabe. and Shamus earn
And big Tim Daily from behind the hill;
And say, agra oh say, miss him still.
They came with ready hands our toll to share;
Twas then missed him most-my own right
hand:
felt, although kind hearts were round me there
The kindes. heart beat in a foreign land
Strong hand brave heart t-one severed far
from
By many weary league of suore and sea-
And tell him she was with us-hell know who;
Mavourneen, hasn't she the winsome eyes?
Inc udfkeSl, deepest brightest, DOnnleSt Dlue
ever saw, except in summer skies;
And such black hair lit is the blacklist hair
That ever rppled over neck SO fair.
Tell him old Pincher fretted many day.
And moped, poor dog! twas we'll he didn't die
Crouched by the roadside, how he watched the
way.
And shifted the travellers as they passed him by
Hail, rain, sunshine, sure twas all the
same,
lie listened for the foot that never came
Tell him the house is lonesome-like and cold.
The fire itself seems robbed of half its light;
But may be It's my eyes growing old,
And things look dim before my failing sight
For all that, tell him twas myself that spun
The shirts you bring, and stitched them every
one
Give him my blessing; morning, noon. and night
Tell him my prayers offered for his good,
That he may keep his Maker still in sight,
And firmly stand as his brave father stood
True to his name, his country, and his God
Faithful to home, and steadfast still abroad
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-05
BY THE SHORE OF THE RIVER.


s. ..-- G. p
THROUGH the gray Willows the bleak winds are
raying
Here the Shore with its drift-wood and
Over the river the lilies are waving
Bathed in the sunshine of Orient lands;
Over the river, the wide, dark river
Spring time and summer are blooming forever.
Here. all alone the rocks am sitting,
Sitting, and watng-my comrades all gone
Shadows of mystery dreariy fitting
Over the surf with its sorowfu moan.
Over the river. the strange cold river.
Ali must wait fer the BOatman fOreverf
Wife and children and friends were around me,
Labor and rest were as wings to my soul;
Honor and love the laures that crowned me ;
Little rocked how the dark waters roll
Bnt the deep river, the gray, misty river
All that lived for has taken forever!
lent]y black boat DER the pillows;
.- Stealthiy grated the keel on the sand;
Rustling footsteps heard through the willows
There the dark Boatman stood, waving his
hand,
whispering, II come DER the shadowy river;
She who is dearest must leave thee forever
Suns that We're brightest and skies that bluest
DaTkened and paled in the message he bore
Year after year went the fondest the truest
Following that beckoning hand to the shore,
Down TO the river, the cold grim river,
Over whose waters they vanish forever.
Yet not in visions of grief have wandered;
rs5 stil have l toiled, though my ardors have
Labor is manhood and life is but squandered
Dreaming vague dreams of the future alone.
Yet from the tides of the mystical river
Voices of spirits are whispering ever.
Lonely and old in the dusk waiting,
Till the dark BOatman, with soft, mufied oar,
Gldes DER the waves and hear the keel grating,
See the dim, Reckoning hand on the shore,
Waiting me DER the welcoming river
&c. To gardens and homes that are shining forever!
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