The Grange advance., 1874-03-25

RED WING, MINNESOTA WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25 1874

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passed this way. They informed US that
they sold twenty-five thousa nd dollars
worth Of goods in Blue Earth Co. They
are very smooth tongued craythurs.-
Hibuue Cor.
RICE COUNTY.
FdriJdut-The first of a series Of Un-
ion Temperance meetings was held in
the city on Sunday last the 22d.-Wm
NJ Frink lectures tonight on the sub
ject Characters and incidents on the
Pacific slope" The lecture is under
the auspices Of the Young Peoples Asso-
citation, u society Of young people for
social, moral, and intellectual improve
ment.
Cannon Csy Batter Dat,y.-Mr.
A. B. Hills, in writing to the Faribault
Republican from this town, says:
Years ago we began with two COWS, very
good ones, and we found that whenever we
had few pounds of butter to sell, it always
brought good price. My :. better half"
has the honor Of making the butter that l
sell. Another COW or two was added to our
stock, and still others inquired if could
not spare them just few pounds per week
for table use. For the past two years we
have milked twenty cows. The average
profit Of our COWS has been fair, although
their ages have ranged from two years old
to fifteen. and one or two are nearly old
enough to be qualified voters. We have
kept strict account OF all butter sold for
several years past The biggest average
number of pounds per low has been 22O
pounds per year: Fro. Feb. 1st. 1873. to
Feb b:,, 1st, 1874 the r"o3t;' of our COWS was
40O lbs used in family. y............... 1l2 90
Total value Of butter. ter..............Sl.iJ .iJ2 IS
Value OF calves and pelts sold..... 81 90
FaleeQ............. ~ W
Total product. .$l ,233 IS
The average price realized from the but
ter per pound was nesrly % cents. The
average number Of pounds produced per
COW was 2O4. The average cash value of
product per COW $6l.68.
In addition to the above, there has been
large amount Of cream and milk con-
sumed in our family. which, together, with
sour milk for pigs, would raise the product
Of each COW to $65.00.
s1BLEY COUNTY.
Fro@en-Mr. Torgason, of the town
Of Cornish, on his return home from the
New Auburn woods in the late storm
Was frozen to death. His body was
found in the township of Transit. One
of his oxen was also frozen.-Independ-
ent.
A SHORT hand reporter takes the evi-
dence in the District Court now in ses-
sion in this county. Half Of the time is
what is proposed to be saved by this
method.-John J. Story, lately confined
in St. Peter jail on charge Of stealing a
COW, has been removed to the Insane
Asylum on account of insanity either
real or well COuntertelted.
DAKOTA COUNTY.
Hastings. THE Merchants National
Bank has been removed to Minneapolis.
Temperance is to be the issue in the
coming city election. new bank has
been organized known as Dakota Coun-
ty Bank. The officers are R. J. Mar
vim, President J. F. Norrish, Vice
President; J. G. Norton, Cashier. The
stock is owned by the residents of the
county; the capital is $4,000 and may
be made 100000. The stockholders
are said to represent two million dollars
capital.-Bob Califf was arrested for Civ
ing to Iowa Attorneys, for getting him
out Of Jail, a mortgage on the wrong
piece Of property in St. Paul. Bob arose
to explain that it was a mistake, gave
proper mortgage and bobbed for parts un-
known. 1t then transpired that Min
neapolis man had become the owner of
the property, but compromise was again
effected, and the Attorneys were for the
third time made happy.