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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-05-28

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Old Farmer OakAam, one Ane summer morn,
Went ont 10 his Geld to hoe his corn,
And Joseph, his con, went along;
They twain crossed . meadow wet with the dew
That sparkled on grass and buttcrcups, too,
And walked up the bluc-bfrds glad song.
II oakham was old. his boy was yet young.
But both were alike in that each had tongue
In fondness for going, though each went ii
And the sxc ways they went were asundes that
As ss .Ssla,tway now .hau tell.
81 think that by noon We ehall make twenty rowe
The weeds are not high and sharp are our hoes"
"Her eyes are a blue y IN yioiefs hue,
And her lips are - sweet a. her kisses are true"
Said the boy, with blushing pride.
what stun Is that you are muttcring now!'
Asked the father at once, with frowninG brow;
"You are not thinking Of the cosni"
I Twin Geek once more her beautiful face"
Whispered Joe, BY hope upbornc.
1.-The corn we shall Gu. when autumn comes
Put TIL ears in crib. the stalks in . stack"
Said Oakham. the elder, aloud.
When her rose-red lips she let me touch"
Said Joe, with his eyes in cloud.
SSi ysa and naH se s.a W.
We're over the meadow ct last"
YES. win! Yeel will" spake tn youth-with
etare,
while you work for corn, I'll work on fare
That eerv'd Jon time in the past.
~ shall work! cong in my heart to cheer,
A hope that ehall bring me future dear,
When Nancy ehall be my bride.
The old work for gain, but the young for love,
A love that is hx'd a. tn heavens above,
And viii never be Get aside"
"Oh! now see" said the father. "that You
Have a heart like this meadow eOak'd with dew.
Or bird with its morning song;
It's tn way Of tn world, since first Adam and Eve
In wedlock were joined, I do believed
Now put In your hoe sharp and strong"
Hearth and Home.
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The Old.Time Farm LabOrer.

Donald G. Mitchell, in his my Farm
of Edgewood," thus pictures the old.
time Yankee SHRED man.: There lived
some twenty or thirty years ago in New
England . race of men, American born,
and who, having gone through q two win
ters' course of district school ciphering
and reading, became the most indefatiga-
BILE and ingenious of farm workers. Their
hoeing was q sleight of-hand; they could
make an ox-yoke or an ax-helve on rainy
DAYS; by adroit manipulation they could
relieve . choking COW, or as deity hive
a swarm of bees. Their burrows indeed
were not of the straightest, but their con-
troll of . long team of oxen was miracle
of guidance. They may have carried q
bit Of Cayendish twist in their waistcoat
pockets; they certainly did not waste
their time at lavations; but as farm work
ers they had rare aptitude; NO tool came
churned, if need were; they chopped and
piled three cords of wood between sun
and sun. With bare feet and keen
whetted six-pound Blanchard they laid
such clean and broad swaths through the
fields of dewy herds-gras as made old
countrymen" stare. BY . kind of intu-
ition they knew the locality of every tree
and every medicinal herb that grew in
the woods.
Rarest Of all which they possessed was
an acuteness of understanding which en-
abled them to comprehend an order be-
fore it was half uttered, and to meet &C.
casionally any unforeseen difficulties with
. steady assurance, as if they had been
an accepted part Of the problem. It was
possible to send such q man into the
woods with his team to select stick Of
timber, of chestnut or oak, that should
measure . given amount; he could be
trusted to find such-to cut it, to score it.
10 load it; if the gearing broke he could
be trusted to mend it; If the tree lodged
he could be trusted to devise some artfflce
for bringing it down, and, finally, for its
sure and prompt delivery at the point
indicated.
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were times when my heart rebelled, and
I felt / might have postponed without
severing all hope raS eonce. But felt It
dishonorable to bind him, when after .
long absence he might find the letters
irkDome. ~ GE ~ sg
never yielded to dependency, for the
knowledge that had thus sacrificed my
self sustained me. Yet was never the
same lighthearted, joyous creature l once
was. There was now q shadow upon my
heart which was newer lifted.
F Five years have passed away. was
prosperous In all my speculations- seldom
had failure. There was NO longer need
for labor. could have sat down in ease
If had wished. Sometimes thought /
would write to Percy. But he might be
married, was q thought which deferred
me.
In the midst of this prosperity my dsr.
ling mother showed signs of decline. I
travelled with her everywhere In the vain
hope that change of place would effect .
cure. It was attended only by disappoint-
ment. She went quietly to sleep in my
arms, leaving me in q desolation almost
hopeless.
When laid my mother in the grave
life seemed barren route, without tree or
shrub to relieve its monotOny.
] sat for days afterward in state of
loneliness, almost unconscious of what
was going on around me. There was
nothing TO draw me from this fearful
solitude. l longed to lie down in my
mothers grave and, like her, be at rest.
Grief will not always destroy US; we
often live on when every hope which
made life desirable is dead.
1t was summer when laid my mother
to rest in that sleep which knows no wax
ing. I was sitting musing in the deepest
melancholy, which even the odor of my
mothers flowers, which came with the
fresh evening breezes through the window
that soft summer evening, could not
arouse The doors were open-footsteps
were in the room-footsteps not un-
familiar. turned and rose to my feet
but to find myself encircled in the arms
of Percy Elmore.
The rest is soon told. Percy had
prospered his sisters were both married,
their mother living with them. He had
come back to ask me once again to take
back that word unalterabls which I did.
Percy Elmore and myself have been
married some years. We have no dis
putes about who shall rule. We are
equal in everything, and our only strife
is which shall contribute most to the
others happiness.
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8IrpFRY.ELM BARK AS A PO1sON.-
An exchange gives an account Of q boy in
Iowa who ate quantity Of slippery-elm
bark: "A DAY or two afterward he was
taken vioiently i'll, and, four days from
the time Of eating the bark, died. On q
post-mortem examination his stomach
was found full Of the bark twisted into
balls, the organs being too weak to di-
gest it.
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This b tho famous s'vIBRA1oR" THREsHER.
which has created such revolution in the trade
and become 80 FULLY ESrABLIsHED Is tho
s.leading Throsher" of this day and generation.
More than seven thousand purchasers and ninety
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HO8TABLE STEAM ENGINIS9 FOR
Steam Machines
All persons intending 20 buy Threshing Ma.
Chimes or Separators "alone, "or Horse Powers
'Alone," - well as GRAIN RAIsERs AND FARM.
cleaned to the best advantage are invited to send
tor our new forty page Illustrated Pamphlet
and Circulars (sentJ ree) giving full particulars
nation valuable to farmers and threshermen,
Address,
NICHOLA SHEPARD q CO.,
A. 49,
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HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

butter, two and half cups Of sugar, one
cup of milk, four cups Of flour, one tea
spoonful of soda, two of cream of tartar.
Take two oranges-juice and rind-one
lemon, one and q quarter pounds of pow.
dered sugar, whites of two eggs. Spread
between layers.
Paving Horses.-A correspondent OF
the Farmers Union gives this remedy for
paving horses: "Take q piece Of trace
chain two feet long, fasten it to the leg
that he paws with, Just above the knee,
with hame strap, and let the chain hang
at the side of the leg; he will soon be glad
to keep it STILL"
Lotion of Acetic Acid for Badness
The following lotion is superior for q
shampooing liquid, for removing dan
druff, and as useful and pleasant appli.
cation for badness. 1t is, of course,
moderately stimulating, and in those
cases in which the hair follicles are not
destroyed, but have become merely in
active, it is likely to prove efficacious.
Take of acetic acid one dram; cologne
water, one ounce; water to make in all
six ounces. Country Gestleaann.
The utmost tidiness and cleanliness
should be secured in the sick room. The
oon ooo IF fhA ,Notionf roudoro6 anS1fo hvy
d;sssse rosse S;sorSsr and diff ten.fnIad.
mora frv;nr than thew arc in heath
Evarv sc;iaJ d;eh or Cloth sbon,d he at
onca y,e,nn.ed f.on, tho rno,n and M ar.
c,,wnlo,;crs of envth;ne dice oreeshle ner.
m;tted We heard = venno centleman of
refinement and culture sac once that he
should have married such . young lady
1t her brothers sick.room, In which she
was nurse. had not been 60 untidy. Not,
however, nom interested motives shsuld
the nurse abhor untidiness, but because it
10 in itself abhorrent Cleanliness Is
next to goodness. "-HrchGnge.
The Dahlia.-The dahlia has come
before the people lately in the shape of a
bit of history connected with the family
of the Hollands of Holland House. lii
some memoirs lately published there is
an account of its introduction from some
other part of the world. its narrow escape
from being eaten as q vegetable, etc. and
after this fortunate escape 1t became the
parent from which all dahlias sprung. It
seems strange that 80 many curious
thinos have been in lust this danger; the
potafo. the tulip. and we dont know
WHIT All barely escaped a VOYAGE down
some human throat. and Just in time to
render their names with us forever blest.
It would seem as if there must have been
a wondrous disposition on the part Of our
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VELVET CAKR.-One quart of new, un-
skinned milk (half cream and half milk
is preferableh three eggs white and yolks
beaten separately, and very stiff one
teaspeonful salt, rice flour. Mix the
beaten yolks with the milk, add the salt,
then rice -four to make batter thick as
that for flannel cakes; lastly, whip il the
stiffened whites very lightly and bake i'm
mndSa%o1v
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TIE FAVORlfr HONE REMEDIES
PERRY DAVIS
PAIN-KILLER
AND
ALL NI,a
LUNG BALSAM /!
Why They Should Be Kept Al
ways Near at Hand.

medical science has ever produced.
2-Allen's Lung Balsam, - cough remedy. has M
&-Pain Killer win cure cramps or pains I'm a,y mart
OF the system. angle dose usually saects
A-AllenI Lang Balsam contains no opium in any
s-Pain Killer win cure dyspepsia and INDIGESTION
II used according to directions.
S-Anenn :Lung Balsam - an expectorant has no
-Pain.K Killer has proved . sovereign remedy for
FEVER and egue, and chill fever: Il has cured
. the most obstinate cases.
d-Aueng Lung BalDAm II an excellent remedy for
curing bronchitis, Asthma, and al throat
s-Pain killer - liniment is uneoualed for frost
oites, chilblains burns. bruises, cuts, sprains
lo.-Alisa's Lung B.ls.m win cure tina. terr,b,.
d diise.:s, consumption. when al other RENE
li.-Pan.K Killer has cured cases Of rheumatism and
Lung Balsam IL largely indorsed bv phv.
ano the press, All Of whom recommend its use
commend 1t In the highest terms.
The above reasons for the use Of these valuable
ana standard medicines are founded ON facts I'D
tnousande VIII confirm what We have said. The de-
mand Tor them 10 increasing daily, and large sales are
J. n. HARRIS d CO., Prop'rs.
Cincinnati. Ohio.
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i WAY wan Tea suDsr I

WHEN WHITING 10. ADvfRTIeERe.
w please sAy yoa saW the adveKs,senens
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wildered, scarcely conscious of what had
occurred. Then came reaction, and /
started as though an avalanche had
suddenly fallen upon me,with its icy cold
ness crushing out all that was warm or
bright in my life. I sent in an excuse of
illness which was not feigned, and LEFT
the store. My mothers quick eye de-
tected my agitation. / made light Of her
fears-said with truth I had headache,
hut did not add, - might have done, .
heartache too.
Nervously I awaited Percy's appear
ance. Finally put on my bonnet say
ing I would 60 out for walk, and IL
did mot return soon not to suffer uneasi-
ness, q I should perhaps meet Percy and
be out some time. He was at the gate
when ! went out and We sauntered of to
q beautiful spot ON the lake, where we
seated ourselves for long talk-that lake
with its Wild heavings and tossings which
illustrated but too truly the storm raging
in my heart.
Reader, I shall not tire you with this
conversation. You can imagine ito Inn
port. There were arguments, there were
strong appeals which scarcely knew
how to resist - my own heart was plead
ing the same cause. But was inexora
BILE. Ny duty must not BE- sacrificed t.
my affections. ! looked that night to Z
higher tribunal for strength, else my weak
loving heart might have yielded 70 thai
which would have blighted the happiness
and prosperity Of two families.
Percy was going that night All, me
What would life b without himf At tha
rate we parted. For ono moment ] VA
clasped to his breast and kiss imprinted
on my lips, and he was gone gone for
ever. stood for some moments duml
with agony.
How got into the house or into my
bed that night Is still . mystery. cal
only now recall the anxious expression o
my mother fsce when recovered. Pare,
vas gones ! said, and she guessed the nj
1 without annoying mo with diealTeeahl
questions. a great tornado had paaeel
over my life, and Year, sftFward ther
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ladyss father never drew . sober breath
and was mot capable Of understanding
such an instrument of writing; besides,
you see she is past the age.'
Well, If the old woman had not made
such fuss over it might have given in /;
but am reyenged, for have made You
remember, in spite of your fine airs, that
you are old Bill st. Glars girl. Here, take
the old paper" throwing it at me, and
leaving hurriedly the office. picked Il
up, and found it was binding me to two
years service TO this wretch, specifying
that was to sing and dance in his CON.
certroom above his saloon. All mel I
grew sick ct the thought. Two years. in
such den Of viceI What then was before
me but life which dared not think Off
Had I reason to love drunken fatherf
When this man left, my good friend,
Mr. Temple, came mp to me, and, putting
his hand gently upon my head, soothingly
said:
poor child, you have had hard life;
Isympathize with you heartily. You had
better get your bonnet and 60 home; you
are too much agitated for work. I will
let you out at the private door, SO you need
not 60 through the store"
Mr.. Temples delicate kindness and
sympathy touched the fountains of my
heart, and tears gushed from my eyes in
torrents. 1t was some time ere I could
command myself to thank him. He
walked q few squares with me until be-
came composed sufficiently to be left
alone. I could not go home with such
traces of grief upon my face, SO wan
dere5 out toward the lake and sat down
where the cool breezes famed my cheeks,
bringing back their usual glow of health.
When entered our door I went to my
mother to give her my usual salutation
without tremor or trace of what had
suffered, and throwing the hateful docu-
ment In her lap stepped out of the room.
l will not dwell upon her joy at having
this matter settled, for she had been in
constant dread Of some trouble with this
man since the death of my father. We
all suspected that it was this man DENY
ing my father liquor unless he complied
with this indenture that produced delis
ium tremens and caused his death at that
time. / never told my mother the extent
of the exposure nor the deep modification
it had been to me. It was so humiliating
to me. Many who thought me proud
would rather exult that l was brought
down. I could have overcome al such
envy and ill-feeling, but there was one
who would not perhaps acknowledge it.
yet who would feel it q great degradation.
His family were people proud of their
familv's stainless character. How could
he, or they, respect one whose father had
been such disgrace almost to humanity
pleaded q headache and retired early,
INV mnfhor newer evsonoctin0 tho rool
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THE THRESHER OF THE PERIOD. !"

THE G1AAS11C TRUSS COMPANY.
6S3 Broadway. New York.
, 1874-09-06

from the LiE. tdEI l-fAG !.
4 Cleveland lady distinguished herself for
coolness and determination while ia Canada last
week, and the story is well worth teliug. show
ing, a. it docs. that American pluc1 is not at q
discount even among the kanucks.
4 litsio BOD of the lady WAS pIayi1g in yard in
3 Canadian village that shall be nn1ueless, when
large dog tiat WAS passing in company With d
farmer, ran into the yard and bit the child So
yerely in ono OF its arms. The brute then rxu
of and followed his master away. The mother
learned OF the little ones injury, and endea@or-
ed to get some ono to follow the dog aad put
him out OF the world, but none Of tile 1non to
whom she appealed would do rs she desired to
have them.
Bound to get VENGEANCE on the dog, she made
inquiries as TO wLero his master lived, and dis
covered that his homo WAS 1t = distance OF II
miles, Arning herself with revolver, size
travelled that distance, sought Al interview and
demanded rnat the dog should be shot, tn: the
owner refused 70 .ccede tAezeto. To cut the
matter s1ort, the lady walked into the yard.
enp;,cd two barrels OF her revolver st tho dog
and walked of, leaving the aullnal stretched oat
on the turf, aud lmptesssnr the farmer and hls
family with the promptness and quality Of AMER
ican pluck Yesterday morning eho rescued
Cleveland and had the caill's wound cared for
by DR.. 4. P. butcher. Ths injury Is not conAid-
e1ad dangerous.
, 1874-09-06

Twenty five years, and through varying weather,
rweuty-Ts We var, @ " YOU I nnys M josrreyed iosette
Travelling on in the worlds highway.
Hiches came unto you, honor. descended;
Youth. ere you knew 1t, far backward had flown
But in your children, When Siriustia1o had endcd
Youth hIooned agnfn till j; seemed like your OWL
Sorrow befe1l: with another to bear It,
Light WAS the weight that elPe heavy had pTesaed.
Eortunc fair: with another 10 share 1t,
Pleasure seemed sweeter by sympathy blessed
Time wings his silent flight, swift and unsleeping:
Quickly the Future giides into the Past:
Tt; lis our lope that Tisuo hath in Ills keeping
a1any glad years cze he numbers your lxst.
May the kind wishes by loving lips spoken,
May the bright drraufnss that hoEo ever known,
Fall In fulh!ln1ent to you, AID uubroEen
The e,re,m Of you- lives roll along to the close.
MADISON, Wis., CHARLES SouLx G1EGonx.
, 1874-09-06

An Old.Tixnc sho o.v.11anugcr-KRerG Gift
OF Cab

OF Cab.
From AL h4e ltdr Round.
l. famous provincial manager, or manaReress.
was one Mr.. Baker, concerning whom curions
Dlodn, aud in the life OF Gr1maldi, the clown.
Tho lady owned theatres ut Canterbury, Rocf1-
ester, Maidstone, TunbrldSe, Wells. Fovefsham,
Deal, and other places, but was understood to
have commenced her professsonal career 10 coz
nrction with puppet shov, OF even the homeiy
entertainment Of Punch aud Judy. But bcz ~
dustry, euergy, and enterprise were of III lu-
dnmltshle kind. She generally lived IN her
theatres, and, using early to acco1isAsh hef
marketing and other household duties, sle pro
ceedcd to taLe up her position in tho box-ot1iee,
with the box-book open before her, and Le6ling
upon it D !" masslve silver lnksianu, wAlcn, Eitn
q superb Eair Of silver trusnpets, several cups.
tan xarda, and candiesticks OF the aame pure
metal It nas her honest pride to say
clio had paid for WITH her own bard
earnings." While awaiting the visits OF those
deelSous to book tho places aoT the evening, sue
arranged tho programme Of the entertain fneIit5.
Her education vns far from complete, however,
ior, although she could read, Hhe was m ind;f-
fereut Scribe By the help OF SCISSORS, needle.
thread, and bundle OF old play bills, aho
acaleyed her purposes. Sho cut play from
one bill, luter:uoe froEa another, = farce from
q Third. and, scwiu: the slips neatly together:
avoided the use Of pan aud Ink. When the nalue of
3 new performer haa t. he introduced she le It
blank to Ee filled up by the ifs: Ut her aclors
she happened to encounter, pzesumlng A1.n ~
be equal to the use OF pea. She sometime u
beat the drum, or to1led the bell behind tne'
eccnes, when the representation needed such
embellishments, and occasionally performed the
duties Of prompter. In this respect it was un-
avoidable that abe should be no" and then rath,,
er ovcrta.ked. Gu ono special evening ste neid
tho book during the performance Of the
old farce of - Who's tho Duke ?" Tie
part Of Gradus was undertaken bT
her leading ector, one Gardner. and in tho
Ecene OF Gradus' atto1nps TO impose upon the
Greek, tho performers memory unfortunately
t.lled him. He glanced appeal!ngly toward the
prompt aido Of the stage. 3lEs. Baker Wa
mute, examining the play;book With puz. m "
zIed sir. Give me the word, noa1an,
whispered tho actor. "1t'a hard word,
Jen." the lady replied. Then give ne
the next" "1tat'a harder" Tho perform"
" vas becoming aesSsrsto: r "Tho ..;,, ns1t!" q IT.
cried Ga1dner {uriouslE. ''HRzder st1l!' an
ewered The prompter, and then. per2le1ed bo~
yoed hearing s1e uns .hs boof ea taa sias hsys
them al: take your choico." The l4aJ's usual
station VA Ia f1un. Of tbs house, horsvas. sh"
, 1874-09-06

Tor the KING as soon 18 he hasl nnlsneu Ills
breakfast; no .se sa. down conteu ted to tho sec
Hayea had provided for us.
l.. Tho Strokr is pit about 5 feel! in diameter,
and feet deep to the ordn :ry level of tho
water, which is always 10 turios:s boiling state.
Prof. Stcentt1up assured mo tn At i: is not con-
nected with the grca. geyser, as the ansl5sls or
tho water shows difference bJ: the people are
equally convinced that it is and taat to provoke
it. activity dlninshes the chanct's OF the former
gpoGt!ng. However this mag be, the Royal COM
maud was given. The pile OF turf was pitched
into the hoe, and all gathered around at safo
DISTANCE waiting to Beo what wuuld follow.
For ten minutes ne noticed nothing except q
diminution Of steam; then this water gnsned up
to the level o! tho SOIL in sta to OF violeut ngi-
tation subslded, rose AGAIN, spouted the full
breadth Of the hole to height Of Is or 20 feet.
hank bank, and fually, after another moment OF
quiet,
SHOT 100 FEET INTO THE A1R.
The boiled turf. reduced so the consistency OF
gravel, filed the jet, and darkened its central
Shaft. but / did not find that it diminished the
beauty Of the phenomenon. Jet after JET FOL
lowed, sending long p,une-ike tuft" from the
summit aud sides Of ths. main column, around
which the snowy drifts Of steam whir1ed and
eddod with grace so swift that tho eye could
scarcely seize it. At sue u mo1neuta tho baso Was
hidden and the form OF the fountain was like
bunch Of tho Pampas g:xss in posson-a clu2ser
Of fcaslery particles OF soray.
The performance la5sted nearly ten minutes,
ard WAS resumed aga11. :vo or thteo times altar
it seemed to have cea5 oJ. Two OF thsee OF the
Last epoutiags ~eto TIE hencAt, and some esti-
nnted them At fully 100 tee:. Finally, the i'll
diganut caIdron threw ont the last Of it. unc!ean
cmotic, and ssuk to its normal level The King,
who had turned asit2e to salute our company.
was in the net Of expressing to me- his admin
ticn OF tho scene when .Ae Itt(a Keysar gay
audasa stgns Of action. There Was ruah Of th .