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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-12-02
interviewing II Farmer.

Wishing to keep posted as to the condition
of the crops, and to ascertain the exact
amount of damage done recently by the flood
q reporter started out on an interviewing ex-
pedition. He was fortunate enough to en-
counter farmer at the edge of the town
bringing load of hay into the city Burn
ing with enthusiasm the reporter hailed him.
He halted and the following colloQuy took
place:
''How are you friend?"
''Tired.'
Whats hay now?'
''Same as it always was
"What's that?"
''Dried grass"
''What did you think of the rain:'
''Thought it was Damp
''Didn't raise anything, then ell: 2
Nothing but an umbrella
"What did your neighbors get:'
''Chills and fever"
"What are you doing now?'
''Setting out here in the sun, and may be
losing chance to sell this hay. Come up
here ii you want to talk"
The reporter scrambled UP to the side of
his new-made acquaintance, and as they jolt
ed on again he produced his notebook and
continued:
''What did the farmers do last spring."
''Ran everything into the ground as usual
''Did your wheat do anything:'
Eyes"
''What?'
''Sprouted."
''Can you raise any tobacco, now
eyes; do you want chew"
"How are the potatoes?'
''Under the weather somewhat, bat able
to be out"
Becoming just the least bit discouraged,
the reporter asked timidly:
''Will you bring many beets to the city this
year?"
'Got good load now," was the rcjoinder
as he checked his horses and said: ''Guess
you'd better plant what I've told you, and see
what it'll yield. Here's where you git off. .
Remembering that it was about time to re-
port at the office, the baf1ed searcher after
news climbed down the side of The wagon,
and thinking that soft answer turneth away
wrath, he calmly said:
''That's nice hay, my friend; where did it
come from?"
''Timothy seed.''
The interrogation grew faint, but he sum-
moned up courage to ask:
''What do you think you'll get for it -
"Cash, of course. Get up, Whitley; this
fellow will talk us all blind in minute. He
asks more questions than catechism," and
before the discouraged representative of the
press could recover from his surprise the hay
wagon had turned the adjacent corner.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-12-02
No.. z

rows gauge roads yet built, and have lighter
rolling stock in proportion to capacity. These
are mostly private roads, and we have seen
no reports of their expenses.
The Republican journal., 1875-05-06
He Tackled the Wrong Man.

The scene occurred in 4 railroad car on
the Union Pacific road, in which two men
were gambling, while the rest OF the pas
sengers looked on. One Of the gamesters
was q type Of the professionals who
s. work. the road-a desperate trickster,
sleek and ugly; the other was a rough,
griZzled miner, fresh from the mountains,
and carrying abundance Of money. The
game-draw poker-was for large stakes,
and played silently and watchfully. FL
na!iy a huge pot accumulated Each
man had evidently a good hand, and was
the other until finally the miner called"
The gambler showed his hand-three aces
and two queens-at the same time cover
ing the money with his hand. The miner
uttered not a word; he merely took two
OF his five cards and laid them down they
were aces. This meant five aces in the
pack. The gambler had dealt. Then the
miner reached back like lightning, draw
ing huge navy revolver. He cooked it
and placed the muzzle between the eyes
OF the gambler. Not word was spoken,
but each OF the two men looked steadily
into the eyes OF the other. Soon the gam
bler's hand upon the money, began to
draw back, and the gamblers form as
well The revolver followed, The gam
bier stepped into the aisle, and at this
point passengers in the cars seemed to
lose their interest in the game, most of
them trying to get under the seats. The
gambler backed down the aisle toward
the door, and as he passed out the muzzle
OF that huge revolver still stared him in
the face. Then the miner put up his
pistol, pocketed the money, lit his pipe,
and was as other men, Not a word had
been spoken from the time the "call" was
made. 1t was merely one of the rare oc-
caslons where a gambler on the Union
Pacific mistakes his man.
The Republican journal., 1875-05-06
A Mich Cow.

j. o., in the Country Gentleman, writes
A mich cow should be quiet and con-
tented She will have to be petted and
made much of This influences her do
mesticity, and that, in the milch COW,
seems to be allied to the maternal feeling
which prompts to tactical secretion But
whether this is so or not, certain it is that
where a single cow is petted and well
taken care of, there is II great increase
IN the milk over her former yield when
number of such cases never knew one
that did not show this Improvement
And now we have come to the point in
dscussion-the difference in the quality
Of herds with respect to their size. Treat
each Of the members of the herd like
the one taken from it and kept as
single COW, and the whole herd would
be improved. 1t would be improved to
such all extent as would not well be done
by mere selection My experience has re-
vealed to me the tact that our native COWS,
which from the staple OF our dairles, are
capable OF great improvement. probably
because they came OF good blood originally
when brought over, but have been abused
or permitted to run down. 1t needs only
good treatment to bring them up to good
point. This is my experience, and is one
OF the principal sources Of profit in secur-
ing dairy herd. There are cows-the
Ayrshlres-that give more milk, and the
Jerseys, that have more cream, but tor
profit on the whole, the common native,
50 far as the writer's experience goes, sur
passes them both-only, however, when
The treatment is discriminatiye and thoro
Then the advantage, with the whole herd,
will be similar to that OF the one COW sep
arated from it. But this is seldom fully
realized. because the requisite pains are
not taken, and the principle is not suf-
liciently understood"
The Republican journal., 1875-05-06
Farm, Garden and Household,
Cure for Diphtheria,

The following is from the February
number OF "Hall'S journal of Health, y an
old and highly reputable work on Hygiene
published in New York
Apply pounded ice in cloths to the swol-
len neck and Jaws, feed crumbs OF the ice
to the patient increasingly, and sustain the
patient entirely upon new milk. The
swelling Of the glands of the neck and
under Jaw quickly disappears, and the pro-
fuse and offensive eXudations from the
mouth and throat and nostrils cease as by
magic, the congestion and engagement
of the parts is relieved, the heat is dimin-
Ished, the pulse is lowered and the patient
RECEIVERS rapidly. No attack which we
have seen. however malignant, has with
stood this treatment twelve hours. Some
other conditions should be observed. The
teet should be placed in hot baths and the
air pure and abundant 1t is essential that
he ice treatment shall be perSi>tant and
}neeasin9.
The Republican journal., 1875-05-06
HumOrs Of a Fire.

People do some very funny things at
fires. The Pierrepont House, in Brook
lyn, caught fire lately, and, though the
flames We're eXtinguished before much
harm was done, the guests Of the hotel
improved the time to display great deal
of ridiculous human nature. The build
ing was we'll provided with fire escapes
but the frightened occupants of the rooms
didn't remember it. One excited young
gentleman clambered up into the cupola
OF the structure and there ensconced him.
selt another capered down the stairway
and out into public view, clad elaborately
in night-goWn and overcoat. One man
pitched out on a neighboring roof an iron
bound trunk which required three men to
lift after the scare was gone, and the
Adonis Of the hotel dashed down stairs
almost undressed, but with a button-ho]e
bouquet in his hand, while a lady lushed
frantically from the neighborhood of dan
ger with q band-box in one hand and her
back hair in the other The funniest case,
however, was that of a guest, a stranger
in the hotel. This man leaped wildly out
of bed, and mistook the door of closet
for the door opening into the corridor.
The door was locked. but the man re-
solved to make desperate struggle for
life; he wrapped his head in pillow and
battering- ram. The pillow split open,
and it rained feathers in that room long
after the fire was put out. A hotel con-
migration is a magnificent test of char
acter, certainly.
The Republican journal., 1875-05-06

Potatoes are raised in Alaska, but when
full growth rarely attain a size greater
than than that Of hens egg. Grasses
flourish in June and July, but there is
nothing to encourage agricultural develop
ment
Cotton-s seed meal increases the flow of
milk Of cows more than corn meal or
wheat-shorts. 1t is an excellent feed, but
a mixture of equal parts corn and cotton
seed meal is probably better.
A APloughman correspondent says that a
teaspoonful Of butter salt put into lambs
mouth and the head held up till it swal-
lows, is sure remedy for poison by eating
laurel or lamb kill
The area of wheat grown in Minnesota
has increased 65 per cent. in four years ;
that OF oats "a per cent. corn AZ per cent !;
flax &c per cent.
Several fruit dealers in Portland, are
sending apples to Europe, receiving $12
a barrel.
The Republican journal., 1875-05-06

OLD-FASIHONED WINTERS. The New
Haven Palladium has been searching his
tory for a colder winter than the past,
and selects 1741 as specimen. In that
year the snow, which covered the whole
country as early as the 18th of November,
was still found the next April covering
the fences In January tent was main
tanned on Charles River, Boston, tor the
entertainment of travellers. From Febru-
ary %, George Washington's ninth birth
day, until March 6, the people crossed the
Sound on the ice every day from STRAIT
ford, Conn. to Long Island, a distance Of
three leagues. Even as far East as New
London the ice extended into the Sound
az far as could be seen from the town,
and Fishers island was united to the
main land by a solid bed. On March %.
the Boston News Letter reports that the
people living on Thompson's Island had
crossed over to Dorchester to church on
the ice for the fifteen preceding Sundays
AS late as the 9th of July, a letter from
New London, Conn. reports on the east
side of the Connecticut River body OF
ice as large as two carts can draw, clear
and solid, and adds very artlessly that ''it
might lie there month longer were it
not that so many resort out Of curiosity to
drink punch made out of it." On the 18th
of July snow was still lying in a mass in
the town of Ipswich, Mass, nearly four
feet thick But the most marvellous record
OF that season is the statement made by
Alonzo Lewis, author of the annals of
Lynn. Mass, that " Francis Lewis, the
signer OF the Declaration of Independ-
ence, drove his horse from New York to
Barnstable, the whole length of Long
Island Sound. on the ice
The Republican journal., 1875-05-06

and Mrs Dewsford grew tired, and cross.
and rheumatic, and still. like the charac-
ters of~omance, ''they came not
Something has happened" :" cried the
| prophetic soul of Mrs Dewstord. 1T can't
| be possible that shall have to stay here
| all night"
| She looked nervously round. 1t was a
! tall, steep cliff whereon she stood, cut of
from the woods beyond by the rush and
| roar of wide and by no means shallow
stream on one side; while on the other
three it was almost perpendicular, rising
some twenty feet up from the road Mrs
Dewsford began to feel as She surveyed
it, very much like ST. Simeon Stylites ou
his column in the wilderness
eff they shouldn't come v she thought
But at the same instant welcome rum
bling of wheels broke the hushed stiffness
of the seldom travelled mountain road.
and Mrs. Dewsford'S strained eyes caught
sight of Mr.. Everett's spirited gray, dash
ing round the curve Of the hill.
:" she cried, II never was more
thankful for anything in my life l am
tired to death. waiting
"Are you ?" said Charles Everett, as he
checked the horse in the middle Of the
road
"Yes. Why can't you drive closer '
sharply demanded Mrs. Dewsford
"Oh. did you want to drive home with
us?"
"Why, of course | did I'd have been
home long ago if could have got off this
place"
"Well, ma am, " said Charley, in accents
Of the cool st dehberation, while Lizzie
clung, frightened and yet smiling. to his
side, Il shall be very happy to help YOU
off the cliff on one condition"
Condition Charles Everett y eXclaim
ed the astonished and indignant matron
what do you mean ?"
Simply this, Mrs. Dewsford | want
to marry your daughter. But Li2zy, like
a too dutiful child, will not become my
wife without your consent"
(Which she shall never have - said Nj.
Dewsford, emphatically.
Very well, ma'am Gee UP, Whitley ''
and he shook the reins.
YOU'RE not going to leave me here
shrieked Mrs. Dewstord. in panic ul ter
rOr.
Unless You comply with my condition.
ma'am, most certainly shall
And your condition is"
"l our consent to my marrlaEo Will
your daughter"
Elizabeth !" cried Mrs Dewsi,rl, will
you be witness to thi5-thi7 alr"Hjou-
conduct. and not Interfere ?"
Charley won't let me have q N1.rc .a
the matter, mamma, at all, said l.lff.
demurely.
Mrs. Dewsford gave a hollow sriau
Mr. Everett touched his morse ,dLl.
with the whip.
Stop" cried Mrs. Dewstort II ..-
sent-but it is under protest.
you can protest all you like, said Air
Everett. driving closer to the roch. l'i
standing up to assist his mother-ia- tN
elect into the pheton.
Silently Mrs. Dewstord entered tIy ,.-
hicle-silently she rode home-siiruJ
she crossed the threshold of her house -,-
became conquered party
Ito think she said, in hollow voice.
as she sat down to dinner, ''that after NJ.
my precepts and example, EliLtbeth
should end her career by getting mar
red."
Mamma, said Lizzy, timidly, III 'IN0t
think it's so very terrible after all e.
40 think, sighed Mrs Dew~rori ptr-
ing no attention to her daughter tep.F
''that you should meet the fate ol M ur-
dinary woman 9
The Republican journal., 1875-05-06

Under the Stars.

o Night, look down through cloud and Sta
Upon our fret and pain!
Bid all the dreams that day denies
Bloom into faith again.
In tender shades of shadow come
And take earth's weary children home.
Sweet teacher, wiser than the schools,
Thy speechless lessons bring;
The rebel soul, the aching heart,
The will like broken wing,
Make ready for stiller night,
And for dearer morning light.
The Republican journal., 1875-05-06

A Detroit gentleman walking behind
two school children the other day heard
the boy inquire: "Will you be at tho
party tonight ?" 81 shall be there an
swered the miss, "but may as well tell
you now that your love is hopeless. Mann
ma is determined, father is set, and il
isn't right for me to encourage your atteH-
ton. l can be sister to you, but moth
ing more. Therefore you needn't buy me
any valentine or give me any more gum. 7
The Republican journal., 1875-05-06

One farmer, near Faibault, Mimi, has
cut from six acres 27 800 hoop poles, though
this is above the average. The price has
ranged from so cents to sl,20 per hun
dred At the lowest prices they pay better
than wheat.
The Republican journal., 1875-05-06

Stephen Young of Starks, who enlisted in a
Maine regiment, in 1861, and was supposed to
have been killed during the war, astonished his
family by putting in an appearance few days
ago.
The Republican journal., 1875-05-06

Horatio Seymour is reported as saying that
the Democratic nomination for President next
year will not 60 outside OF four persons: Samuel
J. Tilden, Sanford f. Church. Thomas A. Hem
bricks, and Allen G. Thurman.
The Republican journal., 1875-05-06

When the stiffened body goes down IL
the silent tomb. sad, silent, remorseless.-
feel there is no death for the man. That
clod which yonder dust shall cover is not
my brother. The dust goes to its place.
man to his own. 1t is then feel my i'm
mortality. | look through the grave into
heaven. ask no miracle; no proof, no
reasoning tor me- ask no dust risen to
teach me Immortality, | am conscious ot
eternal life Theodore Parker.
The Republican journal., 1875-05-06


ton editors lodged away into New llaml-
shire upon q fishing aud hunting eVcur-
sion. One bright morning-it was i'm sep
tember-thev took team and set fortl
with their fishing rods, bound for rare
days sport \ few miles away they c.,mr
to very neat and comturtabIc-lookiu-
farm house, with substantial out building,
from the porch of which approached au
aged man. who hailed them a. they cam
up,
'What is it ?" asked Bill, A. h. ,lrow ia
the reins, and came to 4 stop, W. are ID
q hurry
Instead of replying in wor.Js, the o'i
turning to his fields, he shouted at Nh" top
OF his voice -
Timothy. Timothy
Our two sportsmen looked in that dirr.
ton and saw nearly quarter Of a mile oil
boy engaged in digging potator7 III.
had evidently heard the old mans vni-o.
for he suspended his labor and. .raniuC
upon his hoe, he faced the house. auj
directly afterwards came the Eig, ~utu
Of
''IIalloln
The aged sire, seeing from The nN.~
motion that he had been heard, -E"ur-l
again, with stentorlan power
Where is the new oX-yokc
a response, faint but distinct, rsm-
back
In the corn-crib
'.What did he say asked theoIl mlu
turning towards our sportsmeu
"IIe said it was in the corn-rrio- .D..
swered Ben.
Speak louder, VIII We I'm htrj
hearin'n
Ben yelled the words int the veteran
ear.
"Ah-thank ye2 That's ALL lou ron
drive on"
And 50 the heroes of the quill AND iLr
rod had been made to serve rs an ct-
trumpet to a deaf man, But they enjoy
Ell the Joke, and they enjoyed tine t"ImL
of it when they got home.
CoStMERCIAL VALUE OF CUtErE>4 o.
one of our large hotels a young man a.-
a very large salary rs room clerk H.
has the faculty of slowing people awty u
all sorts of unmentionable places IN AI-
hotel, and making the guests feel happy
about it. His stock of politenrSs and
good never run empty. Stout, ID
the Shoe and Leather Bank, is celebrated
for his financial success and tor his lleN
haustible good nature. He is never ~'
busy but he has kind word tor the hum
blest. When they are rushing thing, Iu
the bank, Mr. Stout always finds time tu
say, Take seat, I'll be ut leisure in %
moment man came into the bank the
other day and opened an account. 7
came here" he said, mot simply because
| knew my money would be safe with
you, but because you are always civil
| have been a depositOr in - bank
for many years. went in to-day to Sre
the cashier knew him when he had NO
society to boast of and hardly money
enough to pay for dinner at cheap res
taurant | laid my hat on the desk, which
| suppose | had no business to do. H.
waved his hand with an imperiouS air.
and said, Take this hat off" | removed
my hat, when he said. 'Now will hear
what YOU have to say" 1--WE nothing t.
say to YOU" l replied. | went to the
book-keeper, ordered my account to hr
made up, took the banks check for 81
900, and this wish to deposit" The pres
ident and cashier represent two styles ot
business common in New York. Sauci-
ness does not bear n high commercial
value among the financial men ot the
city n. Y Cor. Boston journal
The Republican journal., 1875-05-06

Brigham Young was up for contempt of court,
Saturday, for not paying Ann Eliza's alimonv
Decision reserved.
The Republican journal., 1875-05-06
a Reclaimed Meadow.

"A Reclaimed Meadow
IAal the reclaiming of our lowland
promises The greatest reward OF any oper
.u-l our farmers can engage in, we have
lot shadow Of A doubt. These lands are
abundant throughout New England, and
need only the outlay OF a little capital and
labor tu make them the very Eden of the
and ii IS mystery TO rs why our agri-
cultural societies do not take hold OF the
l..ting eflor, in this direction by Offering
I-l. ..... .. ....,,.t. -! .1.S
'oi 'l''ll S,' l''liilel 1-.tceS'
nr some ii the Massachusetts societies
with the very best results The Pl0uph-
poi.
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states ina an,yad emf and hn.nod tbo
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I'm 1s-l b, ,,lnuoba3 and narrowed and
,,I.+,od ,,at.fnes End c,,hharns manurad
IN tba bin. m aron naiG avnnnsos ot
Mn. .a,r'. work In he tall he pIonobed
.,,..i --',.3 ,.ith Tfn,otb,, and Pal ,Ta9
II, ~ b. emf thI,an t9ns '.'' of hav ~ tho
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W. .ho a,.,a
In rs-E ba sawed Red Clovar in tho
The Republican journal., 1875-05-06

Dat meal, long a favorite article Of food
in Scotland, is steadily growing in favor
in this country In starch and nitrogenous
compound, it is richer than wheat, barley
or corn, and as food it sits lightly upon
the stomach, and is very digestible.
The Republican journal., 1875-05-06

A farmer having written a long article
in an agricultural exchange advocating
the use Of green wood, ''house-wifen
responds that if moisture makes the wood
better She still prefers to have it dry to
begin with, and will add the water. 10
suit nerseltn She concludes that if that
farmers wife has to burn green wood the
house sometimes gets tao hot for him, and
that is why he thinks it makes such a hot
fire
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1875-05-07
ArrIonItnrnl snclntr-

The Board Of Directors met at The
secretary's Office May 1st, 10 examine
the Premium List for the fair of 1875.
Vice President Chas. A. Norton, in the
chair.
Henry Baker was elected Treasurer,
and Isaac NJ. Keeler Secretary.
The Premium List was read and ap-
proved. The executive Committee were
direetedto to have the same printed for
circulation at as early a day as possible.
r. b. Hayes offered the following.
which was unanimously adopted, and
was ordered to beinserted in the Prem
ium List as Glass 47.--Shnde Trees.
RESOLVED. That to encourage the
planting of Shade Trees along the roads
and streets of SanduslSy county, prem
lums for the same be offered as follows.
To the owner of the best row containing
not less than forty (4O) trees, 500. Sec,
ond best row containing not less than
twenty COO trees, $40. Said trees TO be
planted during the year ending June LIST
1876, and the premium therefor to be
awarded at the annual fair in 1876.
Adjourned. IsAAcM M. KELLER, Sec.