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Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-02-03
OF WARRANT.

We warrant the Grange Wagon of our brand. sold
to--to be wen made and Of good seasoned
timber. Any breakage, with ordinary usage, with
in one year from this date, resulting from bad work
lnanshlp OF defect in material, we agree to have re-
paired on replaced without cost to purchaser.
VIM. M. PRICE s. Co.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-02-03
STOCK RAISIN G..
spOTTING SHEEP.

SFOl11NU SEECE. #4
ssSpotting y sheep consists in placing the
sleeps head into some stationary yoke and
doctoring such spots on the sheep as can be
discovered to be affected by the scab. The
woke may be made of the forked limb of a
tree !: or. take a Aka scantling and spike on
two 2x4 pieces with holes bored through the
same have a peg OR bolt that can be insert
ed freely into these holes, SO as to keep the
sheep from disengaging his head or neck
from the yoke after he has been placed in
position. The yoke is to be set firmly into
the ground or into the floor OF the place
where the work is to be done. Next inspect
the sheep for scab thoroughly, and with a
swab dipped into the wash, rub all places
that show trace 0 fscab, or even look sus-
picious-for it is easy to overlook a patch
the size of ones hand if the operator be not
up to his work. A sheep whose fleece is
yet entire may be quite scabby and need
only a few weeks to loose large patches Of
wool, yet to the casual observer there may
be nothing wrong. These places in the wool
are lighter colored than the balance of the
fleece, and have a dried-up, white appear
ance, that one may soon learn to detect as
readily as he would We're the wool off and
an ugly sore formed. Either in spotting or
dipping sheep, / would see that all bad
places, that were sore or scabby, as the term
would imply, should get an extra allowance
of doctoring. Some advocate rubbing or
scarifying the parts with a curry-comb until
they bleed. This looks cruel, but [ would
do it if / had any doubt that the liquid was
thoroughly penetrating every part of the
wool clear to the skin. / found it convenient
to use an ordinary mechanical oil-can filled
with coal oil. With this, the oil can be
squirted into such places, and then a slight
kneading or rubbing in with the fingers will
cause it to penetrate all parts. In fact, for
spotting sheep coal oil, if not considered too
expensive, is one Of the best applicant ons
for scab,
From this account of the process, it will
be seen that spotting is at best only a half
way plan for doing the work. / have seen
.open-wooled sheep do quite well when treat
ed by this method. Still, one is always in
doubt as to its ~thoroughness. When scab
has once appeared it is better to dip " the
shoop each spring, ~continuingit for a season
or two after the affection appears to have
been eradicated from the flock and from the
range. Hence, it is better to prepare at once
for dipping; just as one prepares shearing
pens, etc. For the new hand must bear in
mind that, no matter how lucky some of his
older neigbors may appear to be keeping
down scab in their flecks (Which, perhaps,
are of common or open-wooled Sheep, still,
as the new flock goes on improving each
year, particularly if breeding up in either
of the merino varieties, the owner is liable
to become disguised at times with the inn
perfect success of his efforts to keep down
scab by spotting.-En.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-02-03
WHITE FEET ON HORSES

A writer on Agriculture says of white
feet:
Whether a defect or not, | believe white
feet are an indication of blood. IT you look
at the "Trotting Register" and Forrester's
F" Horses of America" you will find that
out Of twenty-five plates of horses, twenty
Of them have more or less white about their
feet. Such horses as Dexter, Lexington,
and Pocahontas have four white feet. Ethan
Allen has three.
While visiting the breeding establishment
of Mr.. Steele, near Philadelphia, where is
Happy Medium, one of the best stations
this country affords, I noticed in one yard of
about a dozen colts, only one without white
feet. % &
We quote this in order that our
readers may form their own opinion as to
it's value, but we must object to the follow
ing, from the same authority
The best remedy for an interfering horse
cannot control his limbs if he naturally in
~terferes. The worst, though not the most
inveterate interferer I ever knew was cured
in one month by regular use and high feed
ing. 5., 1aa
We have always regarded interfering as a
defect in the form or structure of the animal
but must admit. that it always seemed worse
when the animal is tired from a long jour
ney or a hard days work. 5l
DIPPING.-' Dipping" sheep, as the term
implies, consists in submerging the whole
animal in the liquod or wash used for the
scab. For this purpose a box or trough of
appropriate size is used to hold the liquid.
After being dipped the sheep is to be taken
out and placed on a shelf or platform near
at hand, set at such an inclination that the
liquid, as it drains off the animal, shall flow
back into the dipping trough. Where a
large flock is to be dipped a platform or pen
is usually arranged large enough to accom-
MEDIATE fifty to one hundred sheep at a time,
the floor so inclined that the liquid that
drains off them will flow back into the dip
ping trough. The trough is also 50 ar
ranged that the sheep may be driven
through it, thus obyiatinsg the necessity of
catching and holding each animal. Each
shepherd has, Of course, his own ideas Of a
pen and dipping-trough, and / only give my
" for what they may be Worth.-Record-
Union. .sm
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-02-03
YVHE GRANGE G

The Grange Wagon is manufactured in St. Louis,
of thoroughly seasoned timber, well ironed, and
put up by experienced and skilled Worknen.
Wehavea adopted as our trade mark, 8 The Grange
Wagon, P. of H. which is in monogram form on
the sides of the. body. We are the only parties who
can manufacture this wagon, and we caution all
parties interested to beware of limitations. None
are genuine without = 1he Grange Vagon, T. OF H.
the front Of the body.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-02-03

HORSES, though docile and gentle, are
ualld and nervous; noise and violence will
only aggravate their terror if once ro,,sed
but they can be soothed if a man has the
sense and temper to go about his task in tho
right way.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-02-03

I ;na Iop B~UGG1-PATENT WHEELS.
l tncH raIent IRON Axle, l 1-4x3 inch leaf front
spring and LIKE inch leaf hind spring. Ieatber
o os u OoaIa, cushions ard fall, shifting TOD. roof
GOOD . stpyi Lappef' balance of top leather, finished in
o Me nave our Wagons and Buggies made in ST.
guarantee l them a a. II handsomely finished, and we
If you want a Spring Wagon ' nr Tary pest I'm material g rial
ana durable, send us your order. ''a' = n'''
M "a sa,4,, WIN. NJ. PRICE & Co.
NoV25r75-tf. ~, LOUIS, MO.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-02-03

HERD BooK.-The publishers Of the
"American shorthorn Herd Book" an
nounce that the time up to which pedigrees
for the 10Th volume has been extended. In
sending any pedigrees the volume in which
the dams have been recorded should be men
toned. IF. Allen, s1192' Niagara street,
Buffalo, N. T., is the editor, with W. T.
Bailey, of the same city, assistant editor.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-02-03

orEN TOP -BUGGY-PATENT WIrEErr
l men Patent Iron Axle, 1 1-4x3 inch Leaf spr;ncs
d nad ! dash board, cushion and fall, square body,
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-02-03
St. Louis,
DUMP CARTS.
Wight, complete,
SPRING WAGONS.

SPRING WAGON, WITH COMMON WHEELS.
! l.s lncl Iron Axle, | l-sx5-l6 inch tire, 3 springs
lqfont spring ll-2a4inch leaf, hind spring. | i-aSS3
inch leaf,) bed 6 feetlong by 5 feet wide, / Seat and
Withshaft, o,,o 90
With tongue, p11s ~ ~
With shaft and tongue, 1os o. U0
! II inch Iron Axle, with springs and work in nroo
portion, So higher than above prices. = - pr
STRING WAGON, WITH PATENT WHEELS.
| 10 men latent Iron Axle, / l-4x5-l6 inch tire.
sp faat io ! r-a ana men J leaf and l-2x3 inch leaf, bed
seat and | cushion ''AoA "'sh poaro'
With shaft, n,a- . =
With tongue, piao W
With shaft and tongue. iao W
: i1 ,non natent iron Axle, with springs and work
IN proportions So higher than above paices.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-02-03

HORSES, says one of our exchanges, can
be educated to the extent of their under
standings as well as children, and can be
easily damaged or ruined by bad manage
ment. We believe the great difference found
Al horses, as to various habits or reliability.
comes much more from the different man
agement OF men than from variance of NAT
ural dispositions in the animals. Horses
With high metal are much more easily
educated than those of less or dull spirits,
ana are more susceptible to i'll training, and
consequently may be made good or bad ac-
cordlns to the education they receive.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-02-03

PRICES ON BOARD CARS OR BOAT IN ST. LOUIS
W'twith WIT with pu:..
, 1876-05-03

High temperature exhausts the chips
more rapidly and coagulates the albumen
IN the cane, thereby rendering it insoluble,
and causing it to remain in the chips.
This is of immense advantage, as the
albumen is the principal generator of
fermentation. As the diffusion Juice can
be kept a longer time than mill Juice
before any fermentation sets in, it is prae-
tlcally proved that the greater part of the
albumen and other mucilaginous sub
stances remain in the cells of the cane
1.-THE density of the diffusion juice in
the practical working of the apparatus is
from one degree to one and a half degree
Beaume less than the density of the juice
OF the cane, which gives an excess of water
to be evaporated, amounting to from I6 to
, 1876-05-03

them through q Sheet-iron funnel success
sively into each ditfuser.
{" As soon as vessel No. / is filled with
chips, and while No. 9 is being filled, direct
steam is let into the bottom, until it has
penetrated the whole mass of chips and
begins to escape at the top. Steam is
then shut off, and water let on from the
tank above through the heater until the
vessel is full, when the manhole is tight
ly closed. No Q being filled with chips
and duly steamed, water is again let down
from the tank through the heater into
No. 1, driving the liquid by hydrostatic
pressure out of No. l into No. 2 through
the connecting pipe, which has in the
meantime been opened. No. 3 is filled,
steamed, and charged with Juice through
No. Q, as above. When No. 4 is filled
with chips, cold water is let directly from
the tank into No. 1, driving the Juice
which was in it through the heater into
No. 2, and from 2 to 8 and 3 to 4 Next,
cold water into No. 1, and frem No. l to
No 2, from No. 9 through the heater into
No 3, then directly into 1 and 5, and so
on, care being taken to preserve the tenn
perature of the last vessels filled at about
1909 to 200o Fahrenheit. When the
hot juice has passed through No, 7 it is
considered sufficiently col centrated, and
is discharged into the Sugar-house ; No. l
is now emptied, and No. 9 becomes the
first vessel in the battery, and the work
goes on as before, there being always
seven vessels working, one vessel being
emptied, and two being reflIed so that
practically when the work is in full opera
ton, as fast as one vessel is filled, q charge
Of concentrated juice goes into the sugar
house, and one vessel with exhausted chips
is emptied.
"The discharging Of chips is done through
the large manhole above described near the
bottom of the d%iffuser, the exhausted chips
being received on a carrier which drops
them into the bagasse carts. The empty
ing of vessel is accomplished, by two
men, in from six to eight minutes, including
the opening and closing Of the manholes.
The filling of a vessel with chips requires
twelve to fifteen minutes.
The following table will give at a
glance the status of each diffusion vessel
at the moment of making the first dis
charge of juice to the CHARTERS. 1t is also
the normal condition of the battery il
regular working order:-
, 1876-05-03

90 per cent, which entails an additional
expense of about II cents for every 1000
lbs. of cane, estimating wood at three
dollars a cord, and coal at rs cents a bar
rel Of 200. lbs.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-10-12

NoTHING is more easy than to grow
rich. 1t is only to trust nobody-to be-
friend none-to get every thing, and
save all you get-to stint ourselves and
every BUDDY belonging to us-to be the
friend OF no man, and have no man for
our friend-to heap interest upon in
teIest, cent upon cent-to be mean,
miserable and despised some twenty
years1-7and riches will come as sure as
disease and disappointment. And when
pretty nearly enough wealth is collected
by a disregard of all the charities of the
human heart, and at the expense of every
enjoyment, save that of wallowing in
filthy meanness-death comes to finish
the work-the body is buried in hole.
the heirs dance over it, and the spirit
goes-where?-N. 7. Commercial Id
vertiser.
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A Mans Life Saved by q Dream.

Early on Friday morning Mr.. Hall, .
butcher of Franklin, Mass, went into
his ice-chest to inspect the premises,
when the door accidentally swung back,
operating the spring lock, and the man
was prisoner in very small room o.
icy temperature, and without means OF
escape. A speedy and frightful death
stared him in the face. He shouted
and thumped upon what promised to
be his coffin, but all in vain. Now comes
the marvellous part of the circum-
stances. When Mr.. Halls son arose on
that morning he was deeply impressed
with a dream which he had during the
previous night. He dreamed that his
father had been caught and sufocated
in the ice-chest. Not finding his father
on inquiring for him, the son at once
proceeded to the ice-chegt Al9 found It
locked. On opening it the apparently
dead body of his father was discovered
and rescued. So near death had the
unfortunate prisoner come that It was
hours before he came to d state Of con.
seriousness, and-is still in an enfee3Ied
condition. To those yourselves among
the number) who have no fAith IN
dreams and visions, it may be difficult
to account for the connection between
the sons dream and the fathers acci-
dent.-Woonsocket (R. ~ Patri0E.
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lead line passes over the fore finger,
second swing between the fore and mid
die fingers, first swing between the mid
die and ring fingers, and off-wheel be-
tween the ring and little fingers, all
hanging down through the hand.
/" BuncAed" IN cleft hand, the off-lead
line passes over the fore finger, the 9th
er three passing successfully between
the fore and middle, middle and ring.
and ring and little fingers, all hanging
down and crossing the near lines in the
palm, giving the driver perfect control
of each separate steed, and grip like
the iron clutch of destiny.
To take up the reins, they are pulled
through the fingers from the inside,
with no ungainly reaching out ahead.
The arms are not extended horizontal
", but held easily at the sides, and the
horses are controlled and guided with
so little perceptible exertion on the part
OF the driver, that the lines seem only a
sort of subtle magnetic communication
between his will and their understand
ing.
H. Wood, or "Woody," has been a
ooes$9O-AAAVOA AOA ou0 11St Do yOdTS IN
Oregon, Idaho, Mexico and California,
and at present drives the up-country
stage out of Santa Barbara, over the
difficult and dangerous pass of the San
ia Yuez Mountains. The elevation is
2,27O feet, and the descent, of about
nine miles, is frequently made in an
hour, the astonished passengers holding
their breath as they round the sudden
curves and rattle down the steep and
narrow grades, where the slippery
rocks form an uncertain pavement for
the surest-footed broncho, and one false
move would plunge them into pictur-
esque destruction. But " Woody sits
serenely on his box, the reins gathered,
as we have described them, in his left
hand, while with the right he flourishes
his whip as gracefully as the most ac-
complished violinist flourishes his fid-
dle-bow, always knowing exactly where
a horse must be hit to bring out man.
Hesitation of its better nature, and aim
ing SO accurately that he has won the
reputation of the best whip in the State.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-10-12
Eccentricities of Female Taste In Dress,

For several days past, says the Balti-
more Gazette, 3 tall and thin young
girl, apparently about eighteen years
OF age, has appeared on Baltimore
street, attracting as much attention by
her gay get-up as DIR. Mary Walker
ever did in her trousers. She was at
tired in a black skirt, with superflu-
ity of fiuting; over this lilac colored
overdress, with large flowers of adark-
er shade of the same color; the over
dress trimmed at the wrists and waist
with long and wide cherry ribbons.
and puffed outward and upward with a
hustle that evidently would measure
more than the wearer in circumference.
On her hands she wore corn-colored
kids, with number of diamond rings
outside; in her ears plain gold rings
about two inches in length and of mas
sive construction, while at her neck
there was breastpin as big round as
an ordinary saucer. She also had on q
heavy gold chain and large locket,
while at her side hung silver chate-
lame with a feather fan swinging to it..
On her head, in the most jaunty man.
ner, she wore tasteful hat of dark
material, with gold and green plumes,
that swept over her shoulder and half
way down her back. The plumes
We're numerous and evidently of the
most expensive kind, and the effect'of
them was that her head gear resembled
the head-dress of an Indian warrior on
the war path.
The effect OF this strange attire, all of
the most costly description, was most
grotesque, and was not much relieved
by the appearance of the wearer, who
had quite pretty face spoiled by the
inartistic application of rouge and light
brown hair, so unnaturally light as to
indicate at once that it was wig. As
she walked along in m;ncing gait,
turning rich lace parasol over her
head, she wore a pleasant smile, which
enabled her to show beautiful set of
teeth to every passer-by. Her feet
were apparent beneath the dress, con-
venientiy arranged for that purpose
short in front, and it seemed miracu-
lous how such tiny affairs could sup
port so much paint, furbelows and
feathers. A constraint in her gait,
however, suggested that she had No.
/ foot in a No. 1~3 shoe. She seemed
unconscious of the sensation she was
creating, and evidently by her self
satisfied air was as proud of her APP
pearance as the Cleopatra on the river
of Cydnus. t
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-10-12
A Bandit Chiefs Speech to His Fellow.
Culprits at the Guillotine.

Some curious details are given of the
execution Of Bou-Z ian, the bandit Chief,
and two Of his gang, in the Algerian
province of Gran. On the evening be-
fore the beheading they were conveyed
from Oran to Perregaux, every station
being thronged by excited crowds. In
the neighborhood of the scaffold groups
of Moors and Arab women chanted
funeral dirges necessarily until day.
break. One of them, the sister of Bou-
Zian, with cheeks all bloody and LAGER
ated by her nails, sang thus:
My brother is going to leave us;
It is my spirit which taketh flight,
And my house which becomes void.
At daybreak the prison toilet of the
Chief being completed, Bou-Zian asked
for cigaret, drank glass of lemon
ade, and, addressing the interpreter,
expressed his repentance. He threw
the blame of his crime on fate, and said
he bore no malice against the French.
He then exhorted his two comrades to
die bravely. Seeing them utterly pros
trate, he apostrophized them as follows:
''Sons of dogs, are you going to die like
Wo0A' A0Soo1O0J you PAOAAAoCu uc W
die praying, and behold you so down.
cast that you have not the strength to
open your lips, or even to think at this
solemn moment as becomes good Mus
sulmans." On the way to the scaffold
Bou-Zian continued to recite verses from
the Koran in firm voice. He was be-
headed first. Among the crowd were
the relations of the criminals, who were
to take charge of the bodies after death.
Immediately after the execution the
Arabs approached the guillotine, and,
laying the corpses across mules, carried
them away to their tribe. The bodies
were then carefully washed and the
heads replaced and sewn on with thread.
The edges of the flesh were joined with
great difficulty, and when this operation
was terminated the heads were COM
pletely stuck on to the body with a
cravat-like band of molten pitch. The
bodies were then wrapped in white cot
ton shrouds and carried to the grave,
followed by the relations and friends
London Standard.
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How the Californian Drives His Four.
In. Hand.

In driving a four-in-hand, the near
lead line passes between the middle and
ring fingers, and the near wheel line
between the ring and little fingers of
the left hand, passing up through the
hand and hanging over the thumb.
while the off-lead line is held between
the fore and middle fingers of the right
hand, and the off-wheel line between
the middle and ring fingers, both hang
ing down. When it is necessary to
:" bunch" or gather the reins in the left
hand for better use of the whip, the
of-lead line passes over the fore finger,
and the Of-wheel line between the fore
and middle fingers, both hanging down
and crossing the near lines in the palm.
Six horses are more commonly used
on our mountain roads, and the lead
and swing lines are held precisely the
same as the reins of four-in-hand, the
near wheel line passing under the little
finger and up through the hand, and
the off-wheel line between the ring and
little fingers down through the hand.
In any situation requiring an applica-
ton of the persuader" they are gath
cred into the left hand, the off-lead over
the fore-finger, off-swing between fore
and middle fingers, and off-wheel be-
tween middle and ring fingers, all hang
ing down through the hand, crossing
the near lines in the palm, the off-wheel
and the near lead lines coming together
between the middle and ring fingers.
But six reins are small handful for
our practised Jehus, who acquire new
dignity with every additional span that
is shocked up" and gather up eight
lines with one quick, dexterous move
ment, the near lead line between the
fore and middle fingers, second swing
between the middle and ring fingers,
first swing between the ring and little
fingers, all passing up through the hand,
and hanging over the thumb; the off
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the Government would have soon de-
prived me Of that source of gain" she
replied; ssthe piece of land, however,
where this precious article is found is
my own property She was set at lib
erty.