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Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-10-01
Flowing.

THERE are three principal things nee,
essary to good blowing: first, the ability
to properly guide team; second, knowL
edge and tact to arrange the pillow to the
work in hand; and third, an intelligence
in gauging the furrow slice and properly
turning the furrow. These being learned,
the rest is easy.
The greatest difficulty with plowmen
is in laying out and finishing the lands.
This being properly understood, the act
ofplowing becomes simple enough. Let
us give one easy, efficient and ordinary
plan: Set line of light stakes across
the field; gauge the reins SO that, when
placed on the beam handle of the pillow,
and at the point where it is grasped by
the hand, the team being in motion, they
will just bear kindly on'the bits OF the
horses. Place the team so that the line
of vision will be over the mold board OF
the pillow and between the horses to the
stakes. Set the pillow so that it will turn
furrow from one-half to three-quarters
the depth the land is to be plowed
grasp the lines with two fingers OF the
left hand, at the near or left side OF the
handle, so that, when the rein is pulled
straight back, there will be leverage
enough against the handle with the oil
rein to draw both alike. Thus, pulling
slightly TO the left will swerve the team
to the right, and easing on the rein Will
bring them to the left. A steady rein
will keep them straight; and, however
fresh the team may be, If steady, no
trouble will be experienced in keeping
them in direct line to do good Work.
There is no other plan that we have ever
tried by which team is under so good
control. Some practice is required by
the plowman to do good work, but less
than by any other plan, not even except
ing the Irish way of grasping a rein In
each hand while holding the pillow.
Keeping the eye directly along the
stakes, seek to SO pillow them down that
they shall fall sideways. Upon reaching
a stake do not stop, but continue to the
end of the furrow. Bringing the team
directly about, gauge the pillow to cut the
full depth you wish to work. Turn the
next slice and the previous one into the
furrow already opened, stopping at each
stake to place them for the next land
and thus proceed until you have reached
the starting point. Then go once more
about, drawing two more burrows. An
ordinary plowman may then be trusted
TO finish twothirds or three-quarters OF
the land
In blowing the lands after they are
laid out, the lines, without any detriment
TO the work, may be carried around the
hips of the plowman; but if the team be
fairly trained, they may be tightly held
with two fingers of the left hand, or even
De allowed to rest upon the handle, which
leaves the body entirely free; and 1t is
Inc motion of the body as much as any
Thing else that assists In doing perfect
work.
Each bolt about the pillow should fill
.he holes and every nut should be drawn
ught. The team should be in direct line
u draught, so that, when the team is
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-10-01
Best Organs on Most Favorable Terms

Cabinet or Parlor Organs are capital
things for peddlers to work with, be-
cause very poor ones can be made at half
the cost of good ones, and few people
are competent to tell the difference from
first examination. Manufacturers
print in their catalogues prices which
are three or four times as high as the
value of such cheap work Then the
peddler starts out and puts them on the
people in various ways. He sells at an
enormous discount, if he can get cash
takes part trade if necessary, or leaves
the organ awhile on trial, and sells it on
long time at manufacturers price" ex.
hibiting the catalogue to show that it is
such, or even at o discount from this
which he can well afford.
The Mason 81 Hamlin Organ Co. have
recently announced plan which is like
ly to interfere with this business. This
company, as is well known, makes only
the best work, which, by its uniform ex'
cellence, has obtained the highest repu
tation for their organs. They proved the
best, and obtained the highest awards at
the recent Vienna and Paris Worlds Elk
positions, as they have uniformly done
in American industrial competitions
The fact that these organs are the best
in the world is indeed too well estab
lished to need further Endorsement.
The company have now added large
new factory to their former extensive
works, and design to greatly increase
their business. This they propose TO dc
by offering organs for time payments,o r
for rent with privilege Of purchase, al
barely sufficient advance on the cash
prices to afford reasonable interest for
the time. An organ may be hired by the
quarter with privilege of purchase at any
time in one year or longer. If purchased
within the year, the whole cost, including
rent paid, is only to 10 per cent. more
than if the cash had been paid down at
the beginning.
Persons having any idea of purchas-
ing will be wise to send note to the
Mason and Hamlin Co, at either Boston,
New York or Chicago, and obtain their
new circulars, before purchasing.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-10-01
Peace at Home.

IT is Just as possible to keep calm
house as clean house, an orderly house
as q furnished house, If the heads set
themselves to do so. Where is the diff1-
Guilty of consulting each others weak
ness, as well as each others wants-each
others tempers as each others wantsy III
is by leaving the peace at home to
chance, instead OF pursuing it by sys-
TEN, that so many homes are unhappy.
1t deserves notice, also, that anyone can
be patient and courteous in neighbors
house. If anything goes wrong, or IS out
of time, or is disagreeable there, 1t is
made the best of, not the worst; every
effort is made to excuse 1t, and TO show
that it is not felt; or if felt, 1t is attrib-
uted to accident, not to design; and
this is not only easy, but natural In the
house of a friend. We will not, there
fore, believe that what is so natural In
the house of another is impossible at
home, bat maintain, without fear, that
all the courtesies of social life may be
upheld in domestic societies. A husband
as willing to be pleased at home and as
anxious to please as in his neighbors
house, and wife as intent on making
things as comfortable every day to her
family as on set days to her guests,
could not fail to make their own home
happy. The sweetest, most clinging at
lection is often shaken by the slightest
breath of unkindness, as the delicate
rings and tendrils of the vine are agl-
tated BY the faintest air that blows In
summer. An unkind word from one be-
loved often draws blood from many a
heart which would defy the battle-ax OF
hatred or the keenest edge of v1ndictlye
satire. Now, the shade, the gloom OF
the face, familiar and dear, awaken
grief and pain. These, in the elegant
words of the preacher, Read, are the lit
tie thorns which, though men OF rougher
form make their way through them with
out feeling much, extremely incommode
persons of a more refined turn In their
Journey through life, and make their
travelling irksome and unpleasant. HOW
careful ought we to be not TO darken and
mutilate the sweet images OF hope and
Joy and peace that might gid the cur
tains of our companions life by suffer
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-10-01

going forward, the pillow will cut its ordi-
nary furrow with the guide pin in the
center hole of the beam, and, when the
side of the pillow is running level, the
furrow slice shall be turned naturally
and perfectly in the preceding furrow
If this be carefully attended to, any IN
telligent man can be taught In half a
day on clear land to do fair work In
blowing by instructing him in holding
the plow, gauging and turning the FUR
row. and in bringing the team and pillow
about at the ends. 4,
1t is even more difficult to finish land
neatly and well than to lay 1T out. In
LAYING out the principal thing is to see
that the team draws even and walks d.
rectly forward Not only must this be
observed, but, having a strip equal to
two furrow slices, the pillow should be
gagged to take a furrow only two-thirds
the usual depth. Having turned one OF
the burrows thus, readjust the pillow to
the ordinary gauge and turn the last
furrow. making no balks. If it be nee
essary to clean the furrow for drainage
the plow may be passed again back and
forth, leaving the center full OF mellow
earth, through which the water will per-
colate readily.
Excellence in blowing consists in lay
ing out the lands, and thereafter keeping
the burrows perfectly straight; in having
them of uniform thickness, and in laying
them in such manner that they may best
continue permeable to the air; in per
fectly covering weeds and trash, so that
they may not interfere with the sub
sequent working of the crops; in so
varying the implements that they may
do as perfect work as possible, wheth-
er in mellow SOIL in stiff clays, among
rubbish or weeds, in stiff sod or ordinary
sward. All these must be reached by
study-not only of the proper shape of
the pillow used, but also of the nature OF
the soil to be worked.
All this the farmer should understand.
To the mere plowman it is not essential.
1t is, however, essential that he be able
to take team alone, stake and strike
out the lands; adjust and readjust the
pillow to suit the various contingencies
that may arise, and to perform his work
in a uniform and workmanlike manner.
This constitutes good blowing, and the
performer as a good plowman The per-
feet plowman is he who can not only do
all this but knows why ii should be SO
done. This constitutes intelligent labor
What portion of our plowmen may prop
erly claim this perfection? Compare
lively few Why not? The simple act
of blowing, the knowing when and how
to do it properly, is one of the most inn
portant labors of the farm. 1t is what
often makes or causes serious loss
thereon Western Rural.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-10-01
Best Organs for Easiest Payments

The MASON q HAMIIy ORGAN Co. winners of
THREE HIGHEST MEDALS and DIPLOMA OF
HONOR at PARIS. 1867. and VIENNA, 1878. and
HIGHEST AWARDS IN AMERICA ALWAYS, re.
srectfnlly announce that having greatly increased
their facilities for manufacture, they offer their
celebrated Cabinet organs. not only for cash ex-
clusively. as formerly, but will also rent them
with privilege OF purchase, or sell for pay.
ments running through ono to four years.
One may rent an organ and thoroughly test before
completing its purchase. IL paid for in the course OF
one year the cost will be only five TO ten per
cent more than the lowest price for cash on deliy.
cry.
The following table shows amounts and times of
payment on several plans, running through year,
for FIVE OCTAVE DOUBLE REED ORGAN, style
I, with Five Stops, yox Humane, etc. Other styles
are at proportionate rates.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-10-01

MEDICAL MANIACs.-There are num-
bers Of medical men so welded to the
old formulas that all changes seem TO
them like innovations. These medical
maniacs are, fortunately, incapable of
much mischief in this practical age.
While the VINEGAR BrrTERs are curing
Indigestion Nervous Debility, Constipa-
ton, and countless other diseases that
defy the remedies of the pharmacopGia,
it is impossible to thrust down the Threats
of intelligent invalids "heroic" doses of
mineral poison, or to persuade them to
take adulterated alcohol, impregnated
with cheap astringents, as a healing
balm" or a "balsamic preparation"
VINEGAR BITTERs, pure botanical tonic
and Alternative, guiltless of the curse of
distilled or fermented liquor, is actually
accomplishing what the mineral and
alcoholic cure-mongers have so incessant-
ly promised but have never yet per
formed Under these circumstances it
is no wonder that this medicine has
taken precedence of all those burning
fluids miscalled tonics.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-10-01

this little thing is beauty. What do say IL beaut
fulp A transparent complexion and luxurious head
of hair. What will produce these? Hagan's Magnolia
Balm will make any lady OF thirty appear but twenty
and Lyons Kstharon will keep every hair In ia
place, and make 1t grow like the April grass 1t pre-
the hair from turning gray, cradicaes Dandruh
and is the finest Hair Dressing in the world. and a.
only half ordinary cost. IL you want TO get md o.
ssllowness, Pimples, Ring-narks, Motbpatches etc.
don't forget the Magnolia Balm. ladies'
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-10-01

WMHoFT's ToNIC!-UNFAILING AND IN
FALIIBLE This great Chill Tonic cures
Chills without the Intervention of doctors and
their bills. No consulting yists-no prescrip-
tons to be flled-no huge bills, entailing pc
cuniary embarrassments, added TO loss Of
health. 1t is the friend Of the poor man, be-
cause it enables him TO earn a living, and Of
the rich, because it prepares him to enjoy his
wealth. This great boon to mankind is cheap,
safe and prompt. WHEELocK, FISLAY d Co.,
Proprietors, New Orleans.
FoR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-10-01

HARLENyILLE, Columbia Co., n. Y, July 9, 1873.
r. V. PIERCE, NJ. D., Buffalo, N. Y:
Dear Sjte-Your favor is just received. lin
tended to have written to you several weeks
since concerning the improvement in my
health, which is now very apparent. | have
used one bottle of Favorite Prescription with
the best results, although ] will admit | was
somewhat discouraged after its use for a
short time only. took it under very disad-
vantageous circumstances-hayin the super
vision of the house and during the season OF
house cleaning was obliged, through the
incompetency of help, to do more than |
ought, and, of course, suffered dreadfully,
lifted when ought not to have raised my
hand and did all could TO bring order out
Of chaos"-but upon laying aside all cares
and continuing the remedy find after using
less than one bottle to be so much benefited
that have discontinued the use, with no re-
turn Of the symptoms of which wrote you.
have suffered terribly, and what added To
my distress was the consciousness OF not pro-
curing relief from ordinary sources; at times
it seemed about impossible to stand, so great
was the distress. All of those severe neural
gic pains have Disappeared they were so bad
at times could hardly walk without some
external pressure. They seem To have left
me like magic, and have had no return; all
other symptoms have been removed. The Sc
we're weakness and faintness have disap-
peared, and can go upstairs with compare
tive ease now. | would have informed you
ere this of my improvement for appreciated
it, but | was fearful it was only transient ben
eft was receiving, but think sufficient time
has elapsed to consider the beneficial results
permanent. Accept of my best wishes for
your future success and your kindness in ad-
vising me.
Very truly, Mrs. NJ. NRrTIE SNYDER.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-10-01

THE Cincinnati papers think it wonder.
full that man in that city for wager OF
twenty dollars jumped from height OF
1903 feet into the river, and seem sur
prised that the conclusion didn't Kill
him. In the island of Hawaii, at the
lower falls of the Kilaau, near the port
of Hilo, native boys can be got to leap
from cliff 10 feet high into the river
for the small pay of twenty-five cents,
and we have never heard of the death or
injury of any of them by such leaps
The Protestant Episcopal Bishop of the
Hawaiian Kingdom once made the same
leap simply for OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
B,IlltfiD
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-10-01

joaquin Miller complains of the
wearisome use of marble in Italy, and
says that living there is like taking up
ones quarters in an aristocratic church
ward
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-10-01

ing these spots to mingle with them
these shadows of upas leaves to be col
lected in the stream. OF all cruel words
or deeds those that would darken hope
are the most cruel
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-10-01

SOMETHING NICE.-Gentlemen have been
troubled for want of a paper collar more
closely resembling linen. This is furnished
them in the Elmwood Collar 1t has a cloth
surface that must certainly be linen from the
quality, and folded edges that prevent it,
looking like paper. 1t lis so perfect an imita
ton of linen that it cannot be detected, even
on close scrutiny. 1t is for sale at all gents
furnishing stores, and we would recommend
every gentleman to try it.--BostOn Herald
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Reward.-I will give 500 for any case

Reward.-I will give 500 for any case Of
fcsh bone or muscle ailDcnt like rheumatism, Bruise,
SPAWN Strain Lameness. upon either man or AMI
NAL, which the Mexican Mustang LiniIncnt will not
cure when used according to directions Near sOyear
has proved Is 10 be the most wonderful remedy for
Neuralgia Burns, 6wellings, Enlarged joints, Hoof
AL Screw Worm, Sting, Caked Breasts, ETC., ever dis.
covered Who will let horse limp when Mustang
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they can buy Mexican Eminent for 80 eta. and S.o?
IL IL wrapped in steel-pate label, signed &c. W.
westbrook, Chemist WIN. T. Everson, Agent.
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Organs viii be furnished on these plans, either
through agents directly almost any part OF the
country.
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUES, with full descrip-
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lars showing in detail the different plans of payment
on which they are now offered. sent free. Address
MASON & HAMLIN ORGAN CO.,
Boston, New York or Chicago
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The Crucial Test of the value Of medicine IL
time Does experience confirm the claims put forth
In favor the outset is the grand question Apply
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has It worn? What has been Its history How doesit
stand t.Siay2
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ScrOfula, or Kings Evil, White
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Goitre, Scrofulous Infiammai)us. Indolent
Infammations, Mercurial AdecaJn Old
Sores, Eruptions of the Skin, Sore eyes, etc.
In these, as in oil other constitutions Dis
eases, WALKERS VINEGAR BTTTERs nave
shown their great curative powers in the
most nhatinatn and inlrnclahla cAshs.