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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-05-18

BUSINESS IN MINNESOTA DURING 1870.
Number and amount Of policies
on the lives Of citizens Of Mn
nesota in force Dac 3lst Of
the previous year: No. 317 All. s 6l2,f4Ga0
Number and amount Of policies
on the lives 81 citizens u Min
nesota issued during The year
No 90 ... .... $50. .ss.... 1o5 900 90
Total. No. $50 III. til .740 90
Dednc. number and amour.
which nave ceased 70 b. Id
force during the year M. 81 -, 10 %
Total number and amount ri
policies in force in Minnesota
be 81, 1916 No 81 I'll @ 62s, sos 10
Amount of sos--S and fiain- Oh
policies iii Minnesota incurred
during th- year, No 7 $4,000
Total, No 7.. .-... s-.. l4,210 30
Amount If losses and claims on
policies iii Minnesota paid
during The year, No :, .. $4,000
What amount u premiums was
collected, II secured III Mn
ne-ota during the Faar. i'll
ash and other obligations
without any deductions f8f
losses, dividends ontnis-
siors ar other expenses
Answer. Cash, a.f5l III. other
obligations excepting lnsar-
anee deposits Lott~ Total,
sla,b5l2 p.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-05-18
a New Idea.

A New Idea
DUDLEY BROTHERS, booksellers. ST. Paul,
have Just received large assortment OF wall
papers, borders and window screens, which
they offer very low. Wall paper trimmed free.
Remember the place, -Dudley's Bookstore, 8
East 3rd street, Just below the bridge.
90-3n,
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-08-17
THE 20 LTRY YARD.
BEST BREEDS OF FOWLg-
We're sent.

There can be no possible doubt but that
cross-bred Game and Dorkings are infinitely
superior as table fowls to Brahmas or Coch-
ms. A Game cock and Dorklngs hens, will
produce early maturing birds, taking size
and quality of flesh from the mother, plump
ness and hardihood from the sire, while
there will be a striking absence of offal arts
ing nom the smallness of bone. | com
menced keeping poultry in December last.
and hearing, or rather reading so much of
the famous Brahmas, I procured eight pull
lets and a male bird of the best prize strains !:
out having always had a fancy for Game
fowls, | also bought sixteen Game hens and
puliets. i may mention that [ obtained the
fowls from several different sources. so that
they may be considered fair representative
breeds. Now, what is the result? The SIX
teen Game hens have laid 200 eggs, and are
now laying at the rate Of eight daily, while
The brahmas have only laid twenty eggs and
ior some time past have laid none: besides
winch they are in Compatibility bad condi-
ton and scraggy, whereas the Games are
plump and fit to kill, although thew all re-
celve the same treatment and have the run
OF the farm. l am sorry to. say that I am
not the only one who has been disappointed
III the Brahmas as a farm yard fowl. Sew
eTal OF my friends have found both Game
ana Dorkings, and especially a cross be-
tween the two, better and earlier layers than
ei'iief brahmas or Cochins, and as table
lowis' no one doubts the superiority of the
FORMER 1t remains to be proven whether
Tile aafne chickens thrive, and the hens Law
as ia'e as the Brahmas, but 1 shall report
p'osfess 10 at the end of the year. In
lne meantime | am decidedly in favor Of
ualhes and Dorkings as farmers fowls and
aso written this letter that others may
'lo' pe deceived, like myself, by the promi-
aaa sven 70 brahmas at the Crystal Pal
ass ".'u o'her shows, and in the hope that
"a'3"ia'ral societies may rather en-
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-08-17
STOCK TIE S .

A mare in Madison county, Alabama, re-
Gently gave birth to two colts, one a mule
and the other a horse.
There is in the United States only one ed
ucated veterinary surgeon to every 1865
horses and mules.
DR.. Dodd, whose farm is six miles south
of Bloomington, Ind, says he is the owner
of a full-blooded Devonshire calf, two weeks
old, that weighed 1O2 pounds at birth.
Hon. Sam. Allen, Of Galveston, Texas.
owns 100000 bovines. One Of Mr.. Aliens
ranches is situated near Galveston, and one
string of plank fence thereon is fifteen miles
in length.
Mr.. Shaw, of San Francisco, was lately
offered $4,000 in gold for his stallion Con-
tender, and now wishes he had taken it, for
the animal recently broke from his stable
and ran violently, receiving such injuries
that he almost instantly died.
A total of $3.50 horses were exported from
England during the past year, of which 257
We're sent to Germany, 652 to Holland, 545
to Belgium, 1888 to France, and 357 to 9TH
er countries. The value of horses exported
from the United Kingdom in the last month
was e173,992, against e136,S19 in the pre-
ceding year. To France his year horses to
the value of e63,4O1, and in l771 g43. sO6
were sent.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-08-17
TO CURE RINGBONE.

The Veterinary Editor of the Prairie
Fa1ner in answering a correspondent as to
how to cure a %ringbone, says:
Procure an ointment composed of one
drachm Of biniodide Of mercury, mixed with
six drachms of simple cerate. Shorten the
hairs which cover the enlargement, and APP
ply little by little, one half Of this ointment
by smart friction. This had better be lone
in the morning, and the horse kept tied short
Until evening, that he may not interfere with
it. Next morning, by aid of a soft sponge
and lukewarm soap suds, wash all off gently,
and when dry, anoint the place with a little
sweet oil, once a day for Two days, then
wipe clean with a soft dry rag. and apply
the balance of the blister. Proceed as after
the first blistering, and thus repeat the bis
tering four or five times. The horse may
then be turned out to grass for a month or
six weeks. IF after that time, lameness still
remains, the listering may be repeat eel as
before. In recent cases, this treatment will
most generally prove sufficient. However,
obstinate cases will certainly occur, where it
may become necessary to use the firing iron,
as a last resort. 1t should be remembered.
that no mode Of treatment will ever remove
the bony enlargement. All that can be ac-
complished by treatment is, to allay the ex-
isting irritation, and stay the progress of the
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-08-17
TO MAKE A MILE TRACK.

A good mile track can be laid out as fol-
lows: Select a level field of forty-two acres ;
draw through the center of it a straight line
OF 40 yards Zone quarter of a mile). On
each side Of this line, and at an exact dis
lance from it, draw parallel lines Of equal
length, so that the space between the two
outer lines will be 280 yards. This done.
drive a stake at each end of the centre line {;
fasten a cord thereto extend the cord at
right angles for 40 yards, until it touches
the end of the outer line, and then describe
with the extreme end Of the cord an outer
curve or semicircle between the ends of the
two outer lines. You will then have the
shape you want; the continuous outer line
describing it being exactly a mile Il ,7G0
YARDS in length, divided into four sections
of a quarter of a mile $40 yards) each, and
inclosing torty-two acres OF ground. From
this outer line of track, set the fence of the
course three feet back on the straight side
and curves. In this way, an exact mile (as
near as may be- is preserved for the actual
foot-track of all the horses. In brief, then,
mark out for your course a parallelogram Of
40 yards long and $50 yards wide, with
curves thrown out at the ends of equal
length with the sides, and you have the
course you want. The first distance post is
placed sixty yards from the judges stand;
the second at 240 yards and the start is six
ty yards before entering the turn. The
track should be graded round the turns,
like the track of a railroad or circus, the
outer portion highest, SO that a horse can ex-
tend himself at full speed as we'll around the
turns as on the straight sides.-Sp,Jt Of the
Times.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-08-17

was shining brightly, or by moonlight when
snow was on the ground.
lie had a favorite pony which was subject
to megrims. He removed the winkers from
the bride and the pony never showed any
symptoms of them afterward. 1t occurred
to him then that the rejecting of the sun
upon the winkers falling directly on the OPP
tic nerve, was the cause of this extraordina-
ry complaint. Since that he has had many
patients affected with megrims, and i'll every
case he has ordered The winkers to be re-
moved, Or if they were not to have the
horses eyes shaded with a piece of leather
three Or four inches wide, e%xtendingin front
from II winker to the other. In every
case this treatment proved successful. He
feels satisfied, from the symptoms he has al
ways observed in megrims, that the brain is
not the seat Of difficulty.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-08-17
THE SHIPMENT OF DRESSED BEEF TO
ENGLAND.

LII something over a year ago since GER
tain parties began to make preparation for
shipping beef in the carcass from New York
to Liverpool. AS a matter of course this
Kind OF enterprise could only be carried out
by lifting up sea-going vessels with refrig-
orator compartments on the same principle
thai the refrigerator cars are fitted up for
The same kind of service. The experiment
was made cautiously at first, but it vas O
found to work like a charm. The beef t4at
was shipped at New York came out in the
most perfect order at Liverpool. and from
there was sent to London, Manchester and
other large cities in the Kinpdom. where it
met with prompt sale at high prices, on ac-
count Of its fine, ripe condition. On Tues-
day last MI. Samuel Studd, of Manchester.
England, was at the Union Stock Yards
with a view of furthering the interests of
this trade in the future. Mr.. Studd has been
fully identified with the introduction Of this
dressed beef trade in England during the
past year, and speaks with the most perfect
confidence in the permanent success of this
trade; indeed, he considers its success fully
assured already ina permanent way. Some
two weeks ago over GOO carcasses of beef
were put on board one vessel at New York.
$40 OF these being destined for Glasgow.
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Scotland, this being the first shipment of
this kind that has been made to Scotland.
There is no doubt but what carcasses of pork
and mutton can be shipped across the ocean
just as well as beef. The expense OF ship
ping meat in this way is not near as great as
would generally be supposed. The ice that
is required for keeping a cargo of meat cool
while crossing the ocean makes good ballast,
and it can uniformly be sold in England up
on arrival there for enough money to pay
the whole first cost in New York. We pre-
dict that the dressed meat trade between our
country and England is to assume very large
proportions in the immediate future.-Drou-
ers Journal.
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CAUSE OF MEGRIMs In HoRsxs.

A correspondent of the T~etea1aa,1an, says
hat he has been in practice as a veterinary
surgeon for thirty years, and he has taken
pains to ascertain the cause of mcgrims. On
examining the horses eye Immediately af
ter or during the attack, he has found it ex-
ceedingly convulsed and acted upon by
spasmodic affection of the muscles, a symp-
tom that could not be present if the disease
arose from distension Of the a~rterial vessels
OF the hrain> He has never seen a saddle
morse affected with this complaint, and ali
the cases he has seen occurred when the sun
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-08-17
POULTRY REcoRDs.-Dr. A NJ. Dicke1

POULTRY REcoRDs.-Dr. A M. Diclo1,
sends the following record:
"Our eight Brown Leghorn hens have tho
following record for April, 1876: One hun
dred and seventy-six eggs weighing twenty
seven and three-quarter pounds. This is an
average Of t~wenty-three and one-quarter
eggs to each, and an average product by
weight Of very nearly four and one-half
pounds to each. The eggs were worth at
market price, $2.7o. Cost of keeping and
attendance, $1.35; psofit $1.24 on the lot, or
fifteen and ahalf cents each. For May it is
as follows: one hundred and ~thirty-nine
eggs of the same average size; average per
hen, seventeen and threc-eights. Not SO
good as for April, but still fair."-Colorado
Farmer.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-08-17
courage useful breeds than mere fancy birds
in every way their inferiors.-London Aor;
cultural Gazette.

PREVENTIVE o GAPEs.-When tho H.,
has finished Matching, saturate her we'll ~
der the wings with a strong suds made ~
carbolic soap. This should be repeated nm
til the chicks or turkeys are too old to boro
the gapes. The smell of the carbolic nra
vents the formation of the worm in III.
windpipe and at the same time both nro
vents and destroys lice. In the coops I strev,
dry, strong wood ashes. A teaspoonful 81
ground black pepper mixed with the food
about twice a week will be found very hene-
fetal, both as a stimulant to the chickons
and a preventative of cape worms. / wop1d
like some Of the readers of the Farmer 70 trv
this remedy and report results through its
columns.-Cor. Practical Farmer.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-08-17
a CARD.

] desire to state to stockmen throughout Montana,
that in accordance with my challenge, 1 was prompt
~ on hand at Canton, On the 9th ult. to compare
my horse with any other horse in Meagher county,
whether p~edigreed or not, and finding myself alone,
without a single competitor, / unhesitatingly pro-
nounce him champion, and ask breeders to call and
examine him and his colts. J. LANEY
Having been solicited by a number Of admirers Of
John Morgan, l have determincdto visit f. J. Har-
rls, place, near Camp Baker, once a week during
the season, and give the Smith river farmers and
breeders an opportunity to breed their mares to tho
pest stallion IN the county. John Morgan will be ct
Z. Harris stable on Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday of each week. J.LANEY.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-08-17
LIV Z STO K
SHEEP IMPROVEMENT.

dEEE~ IMf1OvLmGN
The time of the year is rapidly approach
ing when farmers and sheep-raisers begin te
look around for males to place with Their
Hooks. Sheep and wool, compared with
former prices, are very low, the ~shrinkage
OF values has in fact been so marked that
many persons are anxious to go out of the
business. While sheep and their product is
very low, we still think they have a future
fully as promising as any other line of bust
ness. Stock of no kind can be grown so
cheaply as sheep, and while the depreciation
may disgust some, others of clearer precep-
ton and better judgment will use their best
efforts to secure and raise all the sheep pos
sible, and improve them to that extent that
profit both from the carcass and the wool
will be one of the certainties. If we can af-
ford to raise sheep that only yield annually
four pounds of wool, if by judicious crossing
we secure a fleece 0 fisk, eight or ten pounds,
the increase can be counted as so much prof
1t, This increase is ia the range of proba-
bilities, and many facts can be adduced
showing that it has often been accomplished.
Sheep on hand, from which no profits can
be expected, should be prepared for the
butcher-not driven off and sold, for what
they will bring, but fatted and sold for NUT
ton. We never go to the stock yards of this
city but what we come away Disguised with
the quality of sheep daily offered on the
markets. A sheep-killing dog of any taste
or judgment, if turned into some of the pens,
would have to be well starved before he
would be induced to kill the bony, scrawny
things called mutton sheep. Sheep mar
keted in such condition bring less than half of
what they would bring were they properly
fed and fatted before bringing to market.
There are other reasons than the few al
ready mentioned why breeders should inn
prove the quality and quantity of their wool
product.
While all kinds of business is very dull
and many kinds entirely stagnant, the man.
ufactlrers Of wlooen goods in this country
have maintained a steady advance, both in
capacity to manufacture and in demand for
such goods. In 1870 the number Of sets of
cards engaged in the manufacture Of wooden
goods was something over 1000, and to-day
we have not less than 1000 sets. Almost
all kind OF wooden goods can now be manu-
faciured as cheaply as those of foreign coun-
tries, and it is stated that all except the very
finest kinds arc made at less cost here than
IN the older countries Of the world, and will
compete successfully with foreign goods in
markets other than our own. With q duty
on foreign wool, and the rapidly increasing
capacity Of our wooden factories, we see no
Just cause of alarm to our sheep h~usbanery.
The cloud that now enshrouds the business
will clear away, and with improved sheep
and wool the future success of this branch of
stock-raising is assured.-Journal ofAgricul-
suae and Farmer.
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DESCRIPTION:
R Il e:

Bob Lee was sired by Rineman; he be imported
h Tlen fd BoD,s dam was by Timoleon John; he
ported Dlomed, Grand dam was BY BIackbuln's
WHIP; ana ne by imported Whip.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-08-17
EXAMINE HIS COLTS.

And satisfy themselves. They are the only recon-
mendation necessary.
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LIVE STOCK DIRECTORY.
MORGAN.

This celebrated stallion will stand for mares the
present season, at
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-08-17
MY STABLE, IN DIAMOND CITY,

John Morgan is a beautiful dark chestnut-sorrer,
neat, and trinity built, sixteen and one-half hands
high, weighs 1880 pounds, and is six years old this
horse, and his dam was a thoroughbred Morgan
mare. Any person having doubts about my horse
being the best breeder in Meagher county, can
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-08-17
ROB LEE

ID
This finely bred stallion will stand for mares tho
ensuing season
AT THE RANCHOF G. BARR SMITH.
Two miles above Centeryille. on the Missouri val
ley, 1rom May 1st to August list, 1876 at
SIG THE SEASON.
risk.
DESCRIPTION:
bob LEE is a beautiful brown, nearly sixteen
hanus nlgh, weighs eleven hundred and seyenty-dye.
Rounus, OF me form and carriage.
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n II M s.:
Single leap,
The season,
$1,000
1000
j. LANEY.

May IS, lS76-26-tf.
Will be ut Canyon Ferry on Thursday, May q,
with my stallion, and invite all owners Of stallion
70 meet me upon that occasion and compare points.
l Will also be at Canton on Saturday, MAY n. for
the same purpose, and hope the owners of stations
OF note will be promptly on hand. J. LANEY.
The Portland daily press., 1876-12-27

NOTICE is hereby given that the subscriber has
~ been duly appointed Executrix of the win OF
SARAH B. TEACHER, late of Portland,
in the County of Cumberland, deceased. and has
taken upon herself that trust by as giving bonds as
the law directs: All persons having demands upon
e estate OF sad deceased required to exhibit the
same; and all persons indebted to said estate are
called upon to make payment to
AMELIA IL. TEACHER Executrix.
Portla d. Dec. g. 1876. de20d1aw3wsW
The Portland daily press., 1876-12-27

NOTICE is hereby given that the subscriber has
IN been duly appointed Executor of the win of
ELISHA P. MASON, late of Portland,
in the county of Cumberland. deceased, and has
taken upon himself that trust by giving bonds as the
law directs. All persons having demands upon the
estate OF said deceased are required TO exhibit the
samej and all persons Indebted TO said estate are
called upon to make payment to
HENRY q. PEABODY, Executor.
Portland, Dec. 5th,1S76. deI2d1aw3v RI
NOTICE is hereby given, that she subscriber has
IN been duly appointed Executrix of the VIII of
CALEB JONES, late of Deering,
in the County of Cumberland deceased, and has
taken upon herself that trust by giving bonds the
law directs. All persons having demands upon the
estate of said deceased required to exhibit the
same; and all persons indebted to said estate are
called upon to make payment to
LYDIA II. JONES, Exeeutlix
Deering, Nov. 81 1876. del2d1aw3wT
The Portland daily press., 1876-12-27
RAILROADS.
Grand Trunk Il. II. of Canada.
ALTERATION OF TRAINS.
WINTER ARRANG EMENT

sfsaSHui On and after MONDAY, Oct. 16, 1876,
" trains will run as follows:
Express train for GOrham at ITO a. M.
Express for Auburn and Lewiston at 100 a. m.
Express train at 1872 p. m, for Auburn and Lew
istOn.
Mail train 100 p. m. stopping at all stations to
Island POnd)* connecting with night mail train
for Quebec, Montreal and the West.
Express train for Auburn and Lewiston and
South Paris at 5.15 p. M.
Trains will arrive as follows:
Express train from Gorham at $50 a. m.
Express from Lewiston and Auburn at S.45 a. m
Mail from Quebec, Montreal and West at 200 D. n.
From Lewiston and Auburn at 2.25 D. IN.
Express from Lewiston and Auburn at 5.45 p. m.
The Portland daily press., 1876-12-27
PORTLAND 4 OGDENSBURG.
Notice ofFOreclosurc and Sale.

WHEREAS Patrick O'Malley, of Portland, in
w the County of Cumberland and State of Maine
on the twenty-seventh day of October A. D. 1875 by
his Mortgage Deed OF Trust, of that date conveyed
10 the undersigned certain parcel Of land with the
Brick Block and Wooden Buildings ON the same sit
mated on the NOrthwesterly side of Fore street, and
SouthwesteTy side of Union street in said Portland
and bounded Southeasterly by Fore street and land
OF Edward Harlow, Southwesterly by land formerly
OF Elizabeth w. Knsman, Northwesterly by land
formerly OF Smardon, Seaman IL Company and
Northeastery by Union street and land Of said Har-
low, and being the premises conveyed to said ONal-
ley by Hugh Dolan, by his deed, dated Oct. 49, A
ID 1874, and recorded in Cumberland Registry of
Deeds, Book 412, Page 4S6, which said CONVEYANCE
by SAID O'Malley to us was made subject to a Mort
gage TO Mary w. Duncan, on which was then due
the sum OF i've thousand dollars, and about six
months interest upon the same, and whereas, by
said conveyance. said OMalley did authorize us at
ter the expiration of year from the date thereof
and in order to carry out the purposes and i'm
posed by said deed, to sell said premises at public
auction, and whereas said period of one year has ex
pi ed and the conditions of said deed have been bro
ken, we do hereby claim foreclosure of the same
by of the breach of its conditions and in or
der to carry out the purposes and trusts thereof we
do hereby give notice that said parcel of land and the
buildings thereon, will be sold, subject to the Mort
gage TO said Duncan, at public ancton on the pIem-
Uses, on Tuesday the second day of January 4 ID
1871 at ten O'Clock in the forenoon.
In witness whereof and by virtue of the authority
conferred by said deed, we have hereunto set our
haods and give this notice, this twenty-trst day of
November A. ID. 1876
H HFi5s + TH u S5s%es Trustees.
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