The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-11-04
STATE NEWS.

III audltlOn To aFeTrlnS Ills IalIufe 10
support her, inhumane treatment: and
general worthlessness. she charges thas
be is affected with the leprosy.
A fellow was c.ught setting fre to
the grass in Mobiles county and plead
guilty before a justice Of the peace.
who fined him SEQ, which sam, with
the costs, $50, he will have to pay, or
be imprisoned for ninety days in the
Blue Earth county Jail.
The work of building the connecting
line railroad from Albert Lea, Alinae.
sofa, to Norwood, Iowa, has at last
been commenced. aud is fast pushed to
completion by Col. DsGraff OF St. Paul
who has the contract for the entire
work. Trains are expected to be run
ming by the first Of December
A farmer named Thomas We!eh liv.
ing near Dover, Olmsted county, lost
BY fire on the morning Of the 24th u|t,
fourteen stacks OF wheat standing in
different lots about the 6eld, and - or
50 rods apart. Loss, 900 to 1000
bushels Of wheat. Fire is supposed to
havc been started ~ al inscndlary.
Mr.. George Harmon, of Faribault,
ono OF the first graduates of TIE Min.
uesuta institute ios the deaf and lr'.!b,
vas married on the ,y,;, in>,. ~ .iii%s
| Or. <. Wood. Of last PrairieriI!a
The lady IS in iu'l pos e>siou o: al her
faculties, consequently she could not
turn a deaf car to- tho entIeatle, Of
George, and therefore gracefully con.
sented to Ha,mouize.
Active operations on the line Of the
railroad from this place to Northwood
commenced yesterday. We are not
aware how large force OF men and
teams are at present at work, but arc
assured that all the help which can be
obtained will be put Oh, SD as to com.
p'ete the grading, il possible, whilo
the pleasant weather lasts.-i'rec!orn
County Standard.
Probably one Of the largest farmers
in Freeborn County is William NORM.
We are not aware how many acres ho
has under cultivation, but he has eight
tenants, and VIC are enabled to say that
the net proceeds Of his farming opera
tions this season amount TO 81 900,
During the past summer he has broke
two hundred or three hundred more
acres land, and he has this week added
by purchase three hundred and twenty
acres to his Alden farm -Frccborn
County Standard.
A YANKEE TR1ck.-Two merchants
at Nas',au. N. H.. were recently run
ming each other on stockings. Tho
first trader marked down tho specimens
at his door, and after his rival had
passed aud noted the change, resumed
the former low prices. The trick was
repeated every morning for week or
more until the second trader was sell
hing stockings which cost at wholesale
twenty-five cents for five cents. This
Was the first traders opportunity. lie
engaged the services Of several girls
and boys, and, before the second trader
was aware of the fact, his whole stock
Of stockings had been transferred to
the counter of his rival at Eve cents
per pair, and were being sold by him
as ''a bankrupt lot-at great sacri-
.ce'-and yet at splendid profit.
English vs. American Harvesting.
An English farmer with 800 acres
Of wheat, barley, and cats, proportion
not stated, found himself at the begia-
ning of harvest with II hands and a
foreman, several Of his regular hands
having left. With this force the har.
vest was put in stack 10 fve weeks
during which the woikmen were iu,cr-
upted oaly one quarter Of a day by
rain. This the Agricultural Gazette
calls an extraordinary feat in harvest
ing, and makes it tue subject OF Il: lead
ing editorial. The grain was all cut
by the foreman with one rcaping ma.
chine the barley was not bound but
al raked with All American revolving
hay rake by Il boy-not counted in
the other force The IA men la / to
bind, cart ana stack the wheat and oats
and cart and stack the barley. The
stacks were made snail, and in or ucar
each field The crops were not heavy
aud the wheat stood we'll, but some Of
the barley and oats were laid.
In the Uu,ted States this certainly
would have been an extraordinary feat
in harvesting, but the wonder would
have been that no more va, accom-
plished. That Is m"n and boy with
the aid of what nut have been an ex-
cellent reaping machine, and gathering
part Of the crop without. binding,
should have considered putting up 10
acres day remarkable performance
is something We fad it hard to UNDER
stand, 1t is fair to bear in mind that
the amount of straw was probably
greater than is usual with us, but at
the very most five men would have
bound ten acres day, leaving mine
for the shocking and stacking We
do not think it too much to say tiiat
with good Harvester, Oh which two
men ride and bind the grind a. cut,
with equally favorable weather, five
men could have put in stacy 200 acres
in the time named.
Tue EARTH's DANaER.-In tho
preface to his recent excellent book,
.'The Abode Of Snow Mr., Andrew
Wilson, we'll known as the author of
one Of the most interesting works on
the Chinese empire, revives the old
theory OF NJ. Adhemar that the earth
will topple over one these days, aud
send the oceans sweeping over the con.
tinents. The theory is that owing to