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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-08-05

"The sweetest, most powerful and durable
now in use.''
BLOOMFIELD & OTIS, e.
NEW SCALE PLAN OS,
2O9 EAST 18TH ST., NEW YORK.
EMBRACING new and most valuable Patents,
Il giving greatly insproved treble; also, by a
new manner Of stringing and new method of in
serting sound board, the most important results
have been obtained.
"The tone is full and sonorous, with sweetness
and delcacy of touch that cannot he surpassed. l
have tested them as I would Grand, for points
of delicacy and strength, and they have stood the
test in every way. In many respects they are ST.
perior to any manufactured in -4nae'ica.
CHARLES FRADEL.'
(The eminent and favorite Composer and Plan
ist to His Royal Highness, the Due Gustave OF
Sax Wemar Of Eisenach.)
Rochester Musical Tlmes.)
"The firm of Bloomfield & Otis have lately made
several important Improvements in their pianos,
ufacturers."
(Toledo, o., BlaCe.l
"Bloomtield & Otis, of New York. carry away
the first premiums at the Ohio State Fair as they
did at the Fair Of the American Institute. Con-
sdering the fact that they met in competition all
the established favorites, such rs the Knabe Dun
ham, Lghte, Bradbury, and many others, which
were skifully handled, this is certainly high
compliment, as thetests were thorough and critical
(Brooklyn, N. Y Etrgle)
"The Music Committee of the Board of Educa-
ton, Brooklyn, together with the local commit
tees, after examining and thoroughly testing authe
principal instruments manufactured, have pur-
chased Bloomfield u OTIS celebrated Patent Treble
Pianos for the use Of the schools"
These Pianos are warranted for seven years.
Responsible and energetic AGENTS WANTED
everywhere.
@- Send for Circular and mention the name of
the paper in which you saw this advertisement.
January % tt
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-08-05

Picking CUCUMBERs.-Ac correspondent Of
the Massachusetts P!oughman sends recipe
for picking cucumbers, which he says he has
used for many years. He says: There may
be simpler methods, but none, am sure, that
can be followed by happier results: Pickles
made this way will keep hard and good the
year through, and are always of beautiful
green color.
Some say that cucumbers for picking ought
never to be washed or rubbed, as it removes
an outside coating and impairs the quality Of
the pickles. How true this may be, have
never determined by experiment; but, to be
on the safe side, we never wash them (unless
very dirty, the successive scaldings cleaning
them sufficiently. Place the cucumbers in an
earthen jar and pour over them weak brine,
scalding hot, and let them stand in it twenty
four hours, when it must be turned off, scald-
ed, skinned, and turned on again to remain
another day, and then scalded again. Now
they must be freshened by pouring over them
hot vinegar, and let stand few days, when
they must be put into cold cider vinegar,
adding horse.radish root and any kind of
whole spices that one prefers. Stir them oc-
casionally to prevent scum from rising. Many
housekeepers labor with the mistaken idea
that pickle vinegar must be scalded every
time white scum rises. 1t does no good.
whatever only weakens the vinegar, and
eventually kills it outright And just here,
let me ask question, Why does the scalding
of vinegar lessen its strength? Is not the
killing of those minute creatures to which
good cider vinegar owes its vitility the cause
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-08-05

sss- Occasionally a farmer may make good
strike and make money by taking hold of a
new thing, and pushing it for year or two,
then dropping it. But there is more often
failures than success in this method. The
man who makes the most steady gains is he
who takes up plant aud sticks to it through
thick and thin. When everybody goes into
one product, and creates a greater supply
than there is demand for it, and the major
ity leave it for something else, he sticks TO 1t,
and, in the long run, makes money. The
most brilliant success often comes from learn
ing to grow given crop at less expense than
any one else can. Hence the good policy of
growing that which one knows the most about.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-08-05

WHY SMALL FARMERS ARE PROSPEROUS.
We have often had occasion to call attention
to the fact that those we are accustomed to
call "small farmers are generally the most
prosperous people in the South. They are
not so because small farms and very limited
operations are, in themselves, best; but because
these farmers are working in harmony with
their circumstances. They have accepted the
situation, and put their own hands to the
plough. Having small capital, and often
very little knowledge and skill, they 60 safe
ly, as they see the way clearly before them.
The large planter, on the contrary, often
without any capital at all of his own, attempts
on borrowed money, Cat fearfully high rates
of interest," to conduct large operations, with
out closely counting the cost or the risks, and
fails, as any sound.minded man, not infatuated
with cotton, would see that he must. This
does not prove that small farms and small
farming are necessarily most profitable, but
that our operations, both as to method and
to extent, must correspond with our capital
and other circumstances.
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FODDER WANTED.
i for which will pay $3.50 per hundred pounds.
A. WILLIFORD.
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THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER.

pY a very liberal contractjust entered into with
LID the Weed Manufacturing Company, we are
enabled to offer greater inducements to club
makers than ever heretofore.
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In addition to the attractions of the ENQUIRER,
we invite attention to our terms of subscription,
and the liberal offers we make to those who may
be disposed to form clubs.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-08-20
JACOBS CREEK.

AUGUST IS, 1875.
Jacobs creek has been this month
the highest ever known. Water Is
inches deep in Mr.. Funk's house, at
the crossing of the EmpOria and Edo
RADIO roads, Mr.. Parker's cellar full of
milk, washed away. He also lost rye
out OF his field. w. v. Phillips had
oats and Hungarian washed away.
Water four feet deep on Mr.. Roth's
spring wheat stacks. He tried to
fresh to-day, but found the wheat rot
ten. Fences and grain washed away
the whole length of the creek.
w. ". Phillips has regained his
former equilibrium of mind, but the
prospect is that the little girl will have
to winter in the old house, AS the new
house sprOuted in the shock, and went
down the creek with the flood.
The wet weather was the cause OF
SO few grangers from Lyon county at
tending the recent grange picnic al
Cottonwood Falls, to hear lecturer
Thompson, who is one of the most in
resting and elegant speakers 1 ever
heard. His lecture at Emporia is very
highly praised by all who heard it
No one should miss an opportunity o
hearing him. When we want a sue
cessful picnic we will try to procure
the services of the EmpOria fourth o
July manager, have plenty of peopl
and no accommodations. l..
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-08-20
PLYMOUTH.

The past week has been a busy one,
farmers thres.Iing. Carter and Bray
are pushing things since the weather
has been dry enough for work, and
most of the grain is safely housed,
Fall wheat not so badly damaged as
was feared.
We understand that NJ. Sanders is
preparing for working up the crop of
sorghum in this vicinity. This is a
step in the right direction, as one has
been badly needed here for several
years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henning and the
Misses Weesner returned last week
from the Indian TerritOry-their ma
meroIs friends gladly welcome them
back.
j. q. Ecret had two line steers
killed by the cars OH Saturday morn
ing last, and J. L. Rambo, one killed
and another crippled few days be-
fore.
At our school meeting on the 12tl
Neil Campbell was reelected treas
urer. J. S.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-08-20
NATURALLY SMART MAN.

GUMBO TIP BLTTZER's FARM.
MIsTUR EDITER.-Its alters bin wOn-
dermOnt tn me, watts the guide o sieh a
main lot nusepapers Sum folks git
sich armfuls on en-, ivry ia or SOL tells
SaIlyJane (mi ole woman) tina mus be
mi spensive kindlin! don't tax nan on
EN-. Yer don't seen nun o. the pesky
things httain up Sallyjane's hOus, yer
bet! But miss tompkins, our skule
marin, says "a nusepaper is edicator,
for Medication and for dispensing knOwl-
edge, mongst the peOpie''-Blame mi
skin, II knOs one bit them long wurds
meen! woodn't spelled EN-, only Jeems
al sit down wat Mis- tompkins said, an
copied EN-. But 1 spose, in gineral, she
meens, nusepapers tells US wat we don't
already kno. Wall, now Mr.. nusepaper
man, wants to know wat makes 1t rain
so much. Jeems says, an he's got nifty
full ofIarnIn, sence Mis- tompkins come,
ats the transit OF Wenus:' Wat is the
transit of Venus? wen COS to toun,
here 4 deel O. talk bout the transit o.
Venus, but blame my skin if l kin find
out wat Venus Is out transit either
OSCHis say venus 10 - IAAiI PoAIS NOs10H
My Dad down in ole Kintuck had a thing
OF brass, called transit but they didn't
hav no sich rains has bin pOurir
doun up here. Now If yer'le be fair al
squar chap an tell Us what it is, an how
many times she's going to transit, III
plank the money rite down for yer papel
) months and if kin read it an like ii, i'll
take longer-Jeems is groin lad an orte
hav cdicaton - if yer cant tell it, git SOM
| o Your harmed readers to tell 1.-THE but
ter don't cum rite guide sumhOw this sum
mer and Sally jane says It's kos Of ''transi
of Venus" JACOB BLITZER.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-08-20

to invite him to emigrate from that
section. He opened FIRE on them, and
broke the hind leg of horse with one
of his bullets. Just then his own horse
fell dead, and ne tnmbled over with q
bullet behind his ear, but it did not
dangerously injure him. His wife and
brother then interceded for him, and
he agreed to leave and did SO. Pass
him around for an internal old villain
who ought to be hung.
A spiritualist on Grouse creek, Cow
ley county, predicted that the spirits
would take care of his grain for him,
but it is more than half spoiled by
rain.
One million six hundred and twelve
thousand and two hundred bushels OF
corn is the estimated crop in Cowley
county, and 1896 bushels of wheat.
Arkansas City men have taken con-
tracts to furnish 100000 pounds OF
-four to the Indians, and this will
make home market there for wheat
Two gentlemen from Austria have
bought 30 sections of a, T. s. s. F
land, for colonies.
The Mcpherson independent says
s.Nr. and Mrs. MsrVuis, of GroVeian6
township, were made happy, last Sun
day, by the appearance of pair o.
sons, one of which, strange IS it mag
appear, had full set of teeth and &
heavy pair of whiskers.''
The Cottonwood Falls COuranl
hOists the name of Judge Peters to-
reelection.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-08-20
ALLEN.

Edward Moys, superintendent of the
Allen creek Sunday school, represent
cd it at Emporia last week. IL is locat-
ed on section :, township II, range IL,
was reconstructed March IL, 1875.
Edward Moys, Supt.; j. B. Hinkle,
asst. snpt. Emma Moys, treasurer; c..
Drake, sec. Teachers. e. Moys,
Avanette Hntchins, j. B. Hinkle, Es-
ther C. Kerr, Jennie Moys, Rocella
Drake. Scholars enrolled, So average
attendance, 40; ages, 5 to 80. Mrs.
Kerr's infant class Is very bright and
prompt, and is as follows: Nettie
Hutchins, Agnes Seegar, Jessie Saun-
ders, Libbie Tits, Edney Adams, Bril-
lie Saunders, Perry j. Frost, Loren
Drake, Lee Hinkle, and Harvey Ad-
ANS. Very acceptable preaching
every Sabbath by Rev. Mr.. Vanvoris.
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COUNTRY NOTES.
Big COrn-Red-HOt for q Railroad, Etc.

Big COrn-Red-HOt for q Railroad, Etc.
FOREST HILL, August 16, rs.
EDITORS NEWS We wish to say
to the people of the eastern states
through your paper, if they will come
out to Kansas now they can see the
best corn crops, and the most of it and
the tallest, in the world. Corn will
average seventy-five bushels to the
acre. We took a tramp the other day,
stopped at the well-tO-do store OF o.
F. Richmond, at the Rapids; found
him at his post very busy waiting on
his friends. There was nailed up to the
front OF his store stalks of corn, raised
by Mr.. Lumpkins; the length we did
the ground to above the top of the
store, we guess some eighteen feet
long; had two ears on each stalk large
and well filed. Good for the Rapids.
Cattle men are around picking up
all the fat cattle they can get. Leave
some money for the farmer.
There is not one half the loss In
small grain as was feared.
We are glad to say we have got tn"
right to open up a narrJw-guage wa
gon road from NeoshO Rapids EN-
poria, SO we can get there to see oul
friends, as there are lots OF them there
now. You see One-half of the men in
town want to be sheriff or some other
officer. We start down Commercial
street in hurry and almost every maj
we meet must shake hands with us
and have little talk, and he says: q
am a candidate; would like to haV,
your help" Well, that is all right, bu
we will be glad when the election i
over, for when we come 70 town we ar,
always in hurry and don't like TO tall
SO much, unless there is more profit il
it. Such topics, for instance, as ''corn,
or ''pOrk," or ''catIle," or the ''Beeche
ease"
Our bridge across Badger will sooI
be completed through the Garnes
efforts of w. B. Scott and Others ais,
the Snow ford will soon be opened up
The people here are ''red-hOt'' for
railroad up the valley.
wish to say to the people of Lyoi
county that it Is all hoax, that see'
come from Iowa, will not do well Il
Kansas. Il they will come and lool
at Mr.. Spencer's field they will be cor
WINGED. 1t is at least one month aheal
of the Kansas corn, better ears and BET
ter fiiled-better in every way.
That is right, Stoiler s. Graham, &c
the freights down. We have cattle an
corn and wheat to ship. A. S.P.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-08-20
THE RuLI OuESTION.

As usual, there are two sides to the
question Of letting bulls run at large up
on the prairie. The law prohibits 1t, and
renders the owner Of any bull running at
large, liable To prosecution and ine But
the law is very generally disregarded,
and its iniraction very seldom punished.
Sometimes people take the law into their
own hands, by altering the bull, but they
have no legal right to 10 this.
The farmers who are not rich, claim
that the law AS it stands is oppressive up
on them, and Oug hit TO be modified so that
while evidently inferior, ''scrubby" ami
mails, W hich would deteriorate the aver
age stock, should be prohibited from run
ming at large. good animals which would
not result in inferior stock, should be al
lowed iull liberty. The county commits
sioner- might decide, in each case brought
befoIe them, whether the bull WAS OF
good enough grade TO he entitled 10 his
liberty. In case this plan WAS adopted
we would suggest that no bull, aniil Il
| had been approved by the commissioners,
be allowed the freedom OF the prairies
All which had not been presented to the
/ COMMISSIONERS tpi AHN PGHSGN
| upon faVOrably, should be held under the
same restrictions that the present law i'm
poses upon them ali.
The farmers who..want the present Law
thus modified, claim that it WAS created
in the interests OF men who had extra an
finals, for the services Of which they
charged high prices. We don't know
how that is, but think that many OF thos'
who have bought tirSt-class bulls hav'
failed to make the investment pay.
The open prairie should be As free t.
every DOdy's use as il can be without en-
eroaching upon individual rights, Tn
Improvement of stock is OF great bench t.
the country, and Oughtto be encouraged
in all reasonable ways. Scrubby, inferi
or bulls, should certainly be. barred GU
ought in fact, to be turned into veal
IL only good ones run ut large, we do no
think there will be ground for complaint
and on the other hand, \ number of poo
men, who cannot afford TO own or hir
good bulls, will be benefited But an
scrub stock has got to be Kept up, If W
expect to make this profitable aud pros
porous stock country.
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STATE.

Shawnee county fair, at Topeka,
Sept. 22d, 23d and oath.
The yellow lowered prickly weed,
getting too numerous in Kansas, is
the old Mexican "sand burr," and will
become great nuisance if it is not
kept down.
Morris county proposes to hold
fair.
T. A. Thompson, lecturer of the ma
tiOnal grange, has completed q six
months tour In Kansas, and returned
to his home in Minnesota.
People are very nervous about the
grasshoppers, fearing that they may
| visit US again this season. We think
the apprehension is groundless. The
season has been wet and the growth of
+ vegetation great. The grasshoppers
migrate for food, and we think they
can get all they want without COM
| ing here.-lLawrence Journal.
Senator Ingalls, will deliver the adj
dress at the Atchison bridge celebration
ON the I'd prOx.
| uC nays SItS soy
r. Fenlon, the mail carrier from the
north, reports that the grasshoppers
are coming south. They extend as far
south as the south fork of the Solomon.
He says they are going for the crops
red hot"
The Industrialist claims that the
herd law is making Dickinson county
rich.
A Pottawatomie county farmer has
q fine honey locust hedge.
The Holton Express says that r. NJ
Kennedy reports q new disease thai
I.has attacked several head of cattle ir
Ibis heighborhood. 1t is kind of sore
: mouth, which SO effects them that they
are unable to eat, and go about witt
their tongues swollen and loliing from
their mouths. The disease has attack
, ed some three OR four herds, and alto
l gether some dozen or more are effect
D ed. Mr.. Baxter is of the opinion tina
3 the disease is contagious: and wa
! brought into the neighborhocd by Mis-
souri, cattle that have been shipped IL
to Craze. Peter Dteksenssays it is tn
same as uSedt0 eject the cattle cross
ing the plains. A wash was made O
blue vitriol or coperas, has been use
: with good effect.
oA The New York Sun says that tw
= Catholic priests are in that city beg
. ging for suffering Kansas.
Senator Harvey is to address the col
Ored people of Fort Scott, Sept. 22d.
t The levy of taxes in Atchison thi
e Iyear for city purposes, is two cents
h nine mills, aad four-tenths of mil
This is besides the school, county an
= State tax.
t, The Kansas Pacific shops at Bis
marck are to be transferred tn Arm
\ strong.
le Susan B. Anthony is beginning
despair of her brothers recover!
r. When she despairs, there can he hG
Is little hope.
y A farmers daughter near indt
- pendence, aged IL years, and neigh
W boris son, aged Is, are, though unmaI
lie ried, the prospective parents of bal
70 soon to be born.
n
d Sylvester Paule, of Pomona, Frank
10 lin county, brought to Ottawa, on Il
lt 18th, a wagon load of fully ripe corr
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HARTFOR.
Weather pleasant.

Quarterly meeting was in session
here Saturday and Sunday last; had a
good meeting.
We regret the departure of our
much esteemed friend, Miss Ella E.
Gould, who will start for her home in
Missouri next week. Miss Ella has
gained many kind friends since her ar
rival at this place.
Miss Katie Stewart has been visit
ing her Hartford friends during the
past week.
MIR. C. o. Hin has q painting class
at this place. He is well qualified TO
teach; will commence next week.
Terms, $3.50 scholar, and a present
of a large picture of his own painting
to each scholar when through.
"A friend of ours undertook to
measure the depth of cistern the
other night when it was raining, but
worst of all he didn't know how deep
it was when he got to the bottom.
n. AND X.
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THE NJ. X. RAILROAD AGENCY


The NJ. X. 4 T. railroad has secured the
services OF NOyes Spicer, Esq, as its
ticket and freight contracting agent. MIR
Spie-r is so we'll known throughout this
part of Kansas AZ Il tirst-class business
man la all respects. that it is almost SUI
perfiuOus to say that the n. X. l. Il. has
done wisely in securing him as It's agent.
Its business in general way has needed
special attention, aud has for some time
been without any one delegated to attend
TO this duty. MIR. SpIcer's acquaintance
is so general. and any buriness put into
his hands is always so well attended to,
that the friends of the NJ. X. 81 I. feel
we'll satisfied with this arrangement, and
every body looks for more healthy rail-
road competition than has existed here so
far tins season. Mr.. Spicer will make his
headquarters In EmpOria, at the bank oil
Howard Dunlap & Co., and is now fixed
n excellent shape there, with ticket CASE
To all points, and prepared TO accomlnO
date all parties with the most favorable ar
rangements, and with any iHformatiOn,i il
his possession relative to railroad bust
ness
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-08-20
FARMERS ACCOUNT BOOK s!

EMBRACING separate accounts for all
IL cereal products. stock, orchard, dairy
garden, family expenses, labor, seed, receipts
and expenditures in every departments OF
farm business, with the pages ruled and
printed directions over each column in such
= manner that any person can in this book
easily keep full, clear, and correct account
of ali the various transactions OF farm and
family, and see at glance his exact financial
condition at any time. IL is pronounced by
all who haye seen it just what every farmer
needs, and it is selling very rapidly. The
price is only three dollars, and the book will
last twenty years, and save q thousand times
its cost. 1t is manufactured by Day. Egbert
Il Fiddler, book-binderS, Davenport, Iowa, in
their best and most substantial style. The
following endorsement speaks for itself:
EMPoRIA, KANSAS, July 6, 1915.
E T. KERNs-Si=: Having examined the
Farmers Account Book, p" which you have for
sale, we do not hesitate to commend il 10 the
farming community as one of the most ad
mirable methods of booking ever devised. 1t
enables the farmer To keep an account of each
crop and all property peculiar to his calling
as well as every business transaction. in such
a simple and concise manner that every ac
count may be kept with but small expendi-
ture of time Every farmer should have one
and keep his accounts posted.
j. +. STRATTON, j. s. CRAIG.
CHAS. +. PAINE. Il. r Parker,
JACOB METZGER, JOSEPH ERNST,
ii, ii GRAY, ID. \. STAHL,
7. +. HALL.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL
Emporla Kansas.

TIME fall term of this Institution will COM
mence Sept. sth. Examination for aj-
mission, Sept. 18th.
Diplomas, which are State Certificates,
are awarded to graduates. Tuition for Nor
NAL students is free. Incidental fee 81 per
term. Students not of legal age (ladies 10
years. gents 10, may enter the preparatory
department, and. according to advancement.
be graded in either the Grammar or High
School. Tuition in the former is s.; in the
latter 81 per term. Any not designing TO be-
come teachers will find opportunity in the
Grammar and High School courses. of study,
for thorough business collegiate educa-
tion.
Text books will be furnished AT COST, or 81
per term, be charged for their use dspoSis
lee of 81 to ensure the return of books in good
condition. will be required of all who loan
their text books. ALI fees must be paid in
adpaace For full particulars send for circu-
lar. L. x. FOMERO1, PRESIDENT
Ne Citizens OF Emporla viii md for
their children in the TRAINING SCH00k
superior T,yiasdry SRStrHeEioH. Heaithfns
moral influences and physical culture com
bined with best methods of mental training.
Tuition 81; text book fee 80 cents per term.