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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-24
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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-24
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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-24
BOOTS AND SHOES MANUFACTURED IN
SAINT PAUL.

NAel o asts'''' CIV. -. s6i 90
Mems a aus'o'A hAo-'oA ~ 81 90
Mems Custom French Calf 7 & 10, Is,
per case " = :. :, :
he en- oa oaS'oni fiel'eA - ...'.,.. 60 90
Mems Custom Veal Cat d : Boots, per
Nlen's Custom Veal Calf 7 boots, pc
case 49,. $3.50. $500. % w
Mems Custom Veal Kip d Boots, per
| Mems Custom Veal Kip Boots, per j
W. 70 81 90
Mems Custe II Kip = $ Boots, per case AZ ~
Mems Custom Kip 7 5 B. ots, per case a. W
Men's Custom Russell Grain Buckle :.
| Flows. per pair .-.,.. -
Mems Custom Black Grain buckle :.
Piows, per pair :. III. : -. .
Mems Custo d Russell Grain Boots, per
Mems Custom BtpcE Grain Boots, per :
Women's Custom Calf ; pol, per pair :
Women 5 CUSTOM Calf : Il pol. per
Women's Custom Calf Dutch y pol, per
pair $500. t..-- - e't.'
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-24
The Oldest and Most Complete
Plow Factory in the Northwest


:, ,- pppAvrps OH TIyATORS SHOVEL PLOWS CORN PLoWS
ROAD AND RAILROAD PLOWs, sCRAPERs.
GANG sULKY POWs
Arao The most complete SIMPLE aud III hAbn ouk! raS
pakes either Hand Dump, Automatic, or Sell lump
TIC MONITOR HAND-CORN PLANTER, and ingenious
n,ovement SURE TO PLANT and can't get out OF ORDER
"a ARR ANTED articles
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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-24

BRANs-No. 4. white navy beans. hand
! picEed are held At - 65a3 On. choice White
! Trend picked at s. 5oa2. 75 medium white
I - ON.9 -
! PFAs-Good quality seed 81 ooai 6o.
! BTTTFR--lust now new nice let~ ~ tula
and drkius, ordinary quality, are seltlhs
~ safe aud fine grades bring Liable Very
! hre ana choice lots is in .alr request 1t iSa%V
the latter figure besn5 the mgest We nave
heard mentioned.
FafS-Agost of the eggs sold during the
week have gone at sac. hue within 2 dav Or
two the market has stiffened perceptiolF, anu
large lots have brought 81 a1uc III cases AMI
1CHEEsK-uuehanged We quote good
HIDES remain Is quoted lat week, with q
rathe rrht receipt We quote green cured
a8bc, the latter price for large selected
VEGET ABLES-Potatoes are in demand al
lower r,rices PeachhIowS III good condition
49, selling Al SOC. early rose at 6oc. Onions
are not III brisk demand, and are held ats4of
$50 Ter hnshel a. 70 quality
pRTITS-Apules are almost out q market
} / few lots Ill frsf rate order and q first rats
! quality are held az very high prices. say e5a7
Oranges s.. 5oase0. Lemons s7eu
FRFlGHTS-Agents or the railroads and .
the fast freight lines insist that there : II
Cutting going on either III the West or has
h,f that rates are steady and uniform. East
erp bound freights are Toe per 100 lbs Tor II
class goods rom ST. Paul 10 New York, an'
.5c t. Boston, 65c per 100 lis Tor gram; an
J 10 per bills tor -four, 20 New York ana q
| u Boston. Westward bound irelghts ar
,,,otable ~ follows. Boston or New y rk /
4. Paul. .55 per 100 lbs for lst class | 40 70
ana. l ID for 81: SO for 4th class. 9oc Tor spe
: SFEDS-A less active market is to b notice
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SEEDS less active market Is 10 = bosi
.s tha SEASON for sowing il 50 near lis close.

TRANSFORMATIONS are not changed, a!;noagn
il : sfrsde' A seller might imagine that he
vas realizing less or more than what payers
ar willing to par. We quote:
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-24
pL0W STEEL
German. lOc; Cast, lie; cast tool steel, soc.
IRON.
Three cent card rates.

Casing 75c kek xtra.
Finishing sl,25 per key extra.
Clinoh Sl,75 per keg extra.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-24

The farmer can RELY upon the Meadow Lark to 70 through III
moving without DELAY every spot where ne can oflve a
any other complicated to repair not 70 aoe -
Of order.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-12-13
DuelS.

Many interesting stories are told con-
corning duels. The world has been ev-
er full of men ready to fight for fan
cled grievance at the drop of hat or,
If they had no cause, then to make one.
The nobleman who fought fourteen du-
els to prove that Dante was a greater
poet than Ariosto, and on his death bed
admitted that he had never read either.
was no more q cracked-b brain than one of
Washington's aids, who fought General
second in rank ia the Revolutionary war
to prove that Washington was equal to
the official position he held, and that, as
a private gentleman, he was entitled to
consideration and respect La Fontaine
once fought duel with a Captain whom
he suspected of having designs upon
his wife. The officer disarmed the poet,
and, assuring him of the righteousness
and falsehood Of the rumors, said if he
was the cause Of so much trouble he
would come to his house no more. The
officers conduct SO pleased La Fon-
taine that he Immediately declared
that come he must, and if he did
not he surely would fight him. A French
Count and naval Captain once fought
under peculiar circumstances. The lat
ter insisted on a naval duel, and pro
posed that they seize each other and
Jump into the water. The Count said
he could not swim; the Captain charged
him with cowardice, and, rudely seizing
him, jumped into the sea. Both were
rescued, but the Captains injuries were
SO severe that he died few days after.
Perhaps the most ridiculous story is
that told Of Gen. Putnam, of Revolution
airy wolf-fame. known as cold Put.
During the French war he was chal-
lenged by an English officer. He proposed
that each sit on a key of powder, into the
bung of which was lighted fuse. After
the fuse got well under way, and the
same was intentionally near the hole,
the officer ran. "Hold on, my friend;
it's only onion-seed p cried the General.
IT'S to be hoped that honor was salts
fed.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-12-13
The First Greenback.

The first SIS bill issued by the Gov
eminent, known as greenback money,
turned up not long since in deposit of
the Third National Bank OF Nashville,
being letter A, No. 1, dated Washing
ton, March 10, 1868. J. E. Goodwin,
the teller, called attention to the fact,
and the note was sent to the Treasury
Department for Identification as the orig
inal S. issued. The bank was answered
that it was, and the officers and direct
ors Immediately decided to present it to
the Tennessee Historical Society. E.
d. Hicks, the Secretary Of the Com
mercial Insurance Company, had the
note put in an elegant frame, with glass
on both sides, showing the back as well
as the face of the note, and the bill, thus
secure from wind and weather, will be
presented to the Historical Society,"
Nashville (Ie,an.) american.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-12-13
Christmas Carols.

The singing of canticles at Christ
mas, now called carols, and which are in
tended to remind of the songs supposed
ohave beensung by the shepherds at the
birth OF the Savior, dates, il is thought,
from the time when the common people
ceased to understand the Latin language
and the modern italian was beginning to
take a distinctive form. The Bishops of
the church and others of the lower order
of the clergy frequently Joined with the
populace IN singing these rude songs,
whether of religious praise or worldly
glorifcation, while they were enlivened
by dancing to the music of tambourines,
guitars, hautboys and other instruments
generally found in the hands of the peas
antry in European countries. Fathers,
mothers, sons and daughters, says
historian, mingled together in the
dance; if in the night, each bearing a
lighted wax-taper in hand"-this also an
out-cropping of the idea from which the
Yule festival was called "The Feast of
Lights"
Up to the present date, during the
last few days which preoede Christmas.
it is the custom of the Calabrian min
strels to come down from the surround
ing mountains to Rome and Naples,
saluting with their wild, rude music the
shrines Of the Virgin Mary as they pass.
under the poetic and kindly notion of
cheering and sustaining her until the
birth of the expected infant on Christ
mas day. The usual pictorial repre-
sentation of Christ's nativity shows an
infant in the manager, the Virgin, st.
Joseph and the eastern magi or kings,
with their offerings around, and oxen
and asses in their stalls but Raphael,
the prince of delineators of the event,
in a certain picture introduces a shep-
herd playing upon sort of bagpipe.
Bishop Jeremy Taylor was under the
impression that the 'Gloria in Excelsis, :"
the well-known canticle supposed to
have been sung by the angels to the
Judean shepherds on the plains of Beth
lehem, at the time of Christ's birth, was
the earliest Christmas carol. It may be
so; there is really no means from his
torical record of refuting the statement,
and the idea is sufficiently pleasant to
entertain 1t.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-12-13
The Great Coal Fields of Arizona.

The great carboniferous basin of Ari-
IONA, and in all probability the greatest
of the world, exists within 40 miles of
Prescott. This immense coal deposit
makes it's first appearance in Southwest
ern Colorado and Northwestern Mexico
but it's great nucleus extends from
TERRA Ausarilla, in Bio Arriba, New
Mexico, to the Colorado river, distance
of 276 miles, and from the San Juan
river, distance of 1873 miles. This i'm
mense area of 8,088 square miles is
one continuous mass of coal It lies be-
tween the parallels of 100 and 112 de-
grees longitude, and IS and 81 degrees
north latitude, and all in Ya7apai
county.
The great Appalachian coal fields,
covering parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee. and
Alabama, is estimated at 10000 square
miles. The Illinois and Missouri, Gov
ering very considerable part of Hi
nois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas,
and Arkansas, is estimated at an area of
10000 square miles. The estimated
area of the New Brunswick and Nova
Scotia coal fields, covering parts of New
Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward
island, and Newfoundland, is $4,000
square miles. So that all the coal meas
ures known on the American continent
amount to 5000 square miles. In this
vast area the coal does not crop out or
disclose itself on the surface, but sim
ply the geological carboniferous area is
exposed. So that in Yavapai county we
have nearly one-half the whole known
coal area Of this great continent
In the 38, 600 square miles of coal area
in our county, the coal crops out or ex-
poses itself on the surface over the en-
tire space. -Prescott Miner.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-12-13
Didn't Want to Buy.

A small, dapper, bilious-l looking man,
with little eyes, a long nose, and point
ed chin, rushed into a wholesale book
store on Court avenue, and asked one OF
the clerks If he had book entitled ''Rev-
cries of @ Bachelor" The clerk, who
was very oblging, as all the clerks in
that store are, began to look for the de-
sired article He went over every shelf
where it was likely to be, but could not
find it upon any of them. Then he went
down in the basement-the bilious-look-
ing man following him and dove down
to the bottom of several boxes of books
that had been laid by for want of de-
mand for them, secured the leaves,
searched the drawers, but found it not
Then he went up to the second floor and
resumed his search among more old
books, unpacked several boxes, and
overturned a large quantity of goods.
He was about to give up the search, and
told the man that he didn't believe the
book was in the store. But the man
said he wished he could find it if posi-
BILE SO the clerk went up into the third
story and prowled around again for half
"A AOuA, e&Au uA111T n6AGO III up OttG Vi
the dust in little box away off in one
corner Of the top row of shelves, after a
search of over all hour. He brushed the
dust from the cover, and said: eyes,
here it is; $3.50; you can have it for
$1.25."
sob, I don't wan to buy it, said the
bilious-looking man.
"Don't want to buy it e. said the clerk;
"why didn't you say SO an hour ago?
Why did you make me search so long
for an article you don't want to buy {?
Ny time is valuable, and my employer
expects me to put it to profitable use. 81
''Well, you see," quietly remarked
the man, 81 made bet with Jeff Gran
dali. He said I couldn't find the book
in Des Moines, and Ibet him IS I could,
and have won the bet. That's all.
Sorry to trouble you so much" And
the man wendell his way down stairs
again. When he had gone the clerk
thought how happy he would be to get
an invitation to thatman's funeral. -Des
Moines (ZoeOa) Register.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-12-13

The voice more than the words touched
Pen. She forgot to be cautious and
cool. Memory began to work, and in a
few minutes she and the doctor were ex-
changing the condolences of fourteen
years.
It grew dusk; the children trooped in
and gathered around the melodeon to
practice their carols. The doctors voice
sank in whispers, and at times ceased,
the pauses being filled with words that
he and Pen had often sung together in
old days.
Now they listened with softening
hearts and chances that betrayed what
was uppermost in each mind.
"Uncle will be awake and anxious. y
Eyes, we'll go; nothing here need be
disturbed"
It was cold and slippery when they
got IN the street. Pen was unconscious
of how eagerly she took the strong arm
that was offered her. They walked
some blocks in perfect silence.
DO you really think we'll be home
| for Christmas ?" .g.E
You speak as if you would rather
not, and | have been doing my best to
get you there"
Pen sighed. st suppose you'll stay
| here forever"
You are your own mistress now"
Entirely So.
"Then you can decide whether shall
stay here Or go back to New York. My
uncle, DR.. Stuart, died last week.
can have nearly all his practice
if I like to take it. I know / am
asking great deal. Still am not such
fool as to see my happiness within
reach and not try to grasp it. YoHr
uncle tells me you have many admirers.
VIII you take time and consider my
claim on you? At least / have loved
the longest"
/ Pen laughed a merry, ripping laugh.
"Won't [ hug uncle when L set
home! Only for him I never would
have known what o good, loving man
you've been. They'll tell you I've been
in love half dozen times since saw
you; but, if I ever fancied myself in
love, I never really liked any one well
enough to give up my recollection Of
you for him"
+" | think that ought to satisfy me-"
| Thus it happened that the dreaded
Christmas was to be the incest Pen had
ever anticipated. Mr.. Irving sent Or
ders to have everything ready for many
guests. Nephews and nieces had in
vitations to eat their Christmas dinner
and dress the Christmas tree at his
house. DR.. Stuart prepared to accom-
pany his patient to New York, and Pen
finished her pieces to the admiration
and satisfaction Of every one interested.
On Christmas day she astonished her
friends by appearing in church with her
old lover on duty. Some shook their
heads, and many INDUCED in unkind
"reminiscences few understood her,
rejoiced with her, and at the church
door wished GA merry Christmas" to
her and DR.. Stuart.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-12-13
Climate Changed by Cultivation.

There is general belief throughout
our Western country hatmarked changes
in climate are consequent upon the set
Element of region, and that, in fact,
these changes become perceptible with
in few years whenever a railroad is laid
through new country. Mr.. Landsbor-
ough, an explorer of note, adds to the
evidence in favor of this notion, by his
observations in Australia. Keeping
sheep is no longer so profitable there as
it used to be, but, on the other hand,
large tracts of land that were worthless
before have lat1erly become fit for agri-
culture. There is decided increase of
forests and of moisture in parts Of Aus
tralia, giving hope that eventually the
whole interior desert may be reclaimed.
The direct effect of sheep-raising has
been to keep down the tall grass which
formerly afforded material for destruc-
tive fires. The trees, young and old, had
been periodically burnt by these fires,
until the country becoming almost tree
less. it's climate had been rendered arid
and it's soil sterile. If the facts in Aus
tralia can be established, they will afford
the most remarkable instance yet record
cd of climate being modified by the la
bors and surroundings of civilized man.
In October New Orleans exactly
4 l.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-12-13
CHRISTMAS COMING.


SssNslsery flakes are dancing, dancing
In the gray morn's frosty CLEAN;
sEIeralds they Of reindeer prancing
From the gardens of our dream
wgronl the bright land of the eR-king,
Where the bon-bons gayly grow
-gsEst Like sweets of summer gardens'
When the tulips smile Ia row.
weathery fakes are falling, falling
E4rom the skies in softest way,
AYad between are voices calling
x Soon 1t qoiU be Christmas day."
g8oslst YOU know how in the spring rme
N1ntry SHOWS are scattered WldeI
ARE the lovely purple blossoms
glare to peep from where they hidet
zaeashery fakes are sitting, sitting
through the chill December air
s4fre. and there, and yonder drifting,
Making everything more fair;
Having whittier folds than linen
On the houses and the trees,
gofter than the richest damask
Spread our dainty guests to please.
syoon the ben-bons will be falling
As Che fakes have fallen to-day,
A9ad the children will be calling
10 their patron saint SO gay:
aasAhi we knew when came the snow-fakes,
WeH would come, dear Santa Claus;
Ger we always (you remember1
Bnowthe winds way by the straws."
$ss0D the trees, as fair as any
That the elves have wreathed with snow,
;waiB be planted--oh! 80 many
I'm our many homes-andlo
et9nlatling better far than snow-6akes
Shall be hung about their green
CANDIES. toys, and fairy-tapers
lighting up the merry scene.
8nd the children dancing, dancing,
Till. all tired their little feet,
AsstaIl, with balf-shut eyes up-gancing,
Wonder, 'Ewhy is life 80 sweet z"
fad some tender voice shall whisper
Elake-like falling from above
a christmas is 80 sweet my darlings
SUst because its King is lone !"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-12-13
THE RIISTLETOR.

In ancient times the Druid prizes.
With many a solemn VOW.
Gathered thy branches, sacred mt,
To crown the priestess' brow
And chanting grave, mysterious yrnaa.
With measured steps and SLOW
They marched beneath the old cz-.z>ses
Bearing the mistletoe.
How many legend. strange ar ola,
Around thy branches clings,
Of superstitions fierce and drea,
Of wild, barbaric things!
What curious rites en- Salisbury,lasa.
What grand and pompous shR
OF Celts aud Mortimer, hast tia seen,
Mysterious mistletoe!
Those cruel, superstitious year
Long since have passed away
A fairer priestess than of old
Blesses thy leaves to-day.
Trooping across the snowy FIELD
The laughing maidens go,
To gather for their festival
The Christmas mistletoe.
The hall is bright with ChristrsS aneex,
And youths and maidens fail
With innocent and happy hear5.
Have met together there.
With purer, deeper reverence
Than Druid priest could kn@,
The lover kisses blushing che6a
Under the mistietoe.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-12-13
Regulating Commerce by Railroads

Mr.. Townshend, of Illinois, has in
troduced bill in Congress to regulate
commerce by railroads among the sew
eral States. It proposes to require the
railroads to receive and transport freight
cars Of other companies without charg-
ing any greater rate than is charged
where the cars are the property of the
road over which they pass. It pre-
scribes as the penalty for any violation
of this provision forfeiture of three
times the amount of damages sustained
by aggrieyed parties, to be paid to the
latter.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-12-13
Whereas.

A minister having preached against
social abnormities to his congregation,
was few days after waited upon by q
committee, presenting him set OF reso-
lutions not very complimentary, to say
the least. Looking over the string of
abuses, each beginning with whereas, I"
and the names of the committee signed
at the end, he remarked, "Where asses
like these draw up resolutions, where
asses Like these must be expected.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-12-13

In October New Orleans exactly
tcebled her usual grain shipments.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-02-23

the story of their wanderings in search
of home; of st. Icons wonderful
prosperity when he entered into busi-
ness again; of his determination to live
where a social position would be ac-
corded to his family. Both parents had
spared no pains to fit themselves for
this position both began with many
previous advantages to assist them.
Therese was elegant, and soon renewed
the graceful accomplishments acquired
in the days when her young mistress
made her her companion in all her
studies. Her natural aptitude for music
made her skill at the piano, and even
the harp, more than such as is common
ly found in private circles. st. Leon,
as he continued to call himself, had his
large knowledge of the word, of foreign
languages, and rare financial ability
upon which to base his fortunes and
his ambition.
To my generous minded friend | told
the story. Others only heard from me
that they we're West Indians whom !
had known when they were living at
the South. There was nothing about
them to call their pretensions into ques-
ton. The children were all that the
children of such parents should be, eX-
cept that neither of them were their
equals in presence, and Therese could
never be equaled in her remarkable
beauty.
Many an evening we passed in the
house which they had made so attrac-
tive, where the fine taste of Therese
had dictated every arrangement and
adornment, listening to her rich voice
perfected by skillful training. Many a
dinner we sat down to, III a room on
which taste and art had exhausted
themselves, to Therese's incompatible
dinners. They almost worshiped Regi-
maid and myself, visiting on us much
superfuous gratitude. They are court
ed now in the elegant cOteries which
they all are fitted to grace, my good
Therese and her husband, and this Owre
true story could only have been posi-
BILE before the lOdr, thank God