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The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-12-22

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LOOK! LOOK!!
PETTIS Il BIRD,

Corner 18th street and Washington
avenue have the best selected stock Of
staple and fancy groceries in the city, 20
call on them and get your Christmas
supplies at
BOTTOM PRICES,
also large lot Of toys will be sold at cost
to close out. Fire works sold very cheap.
2w.
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LOOK OUT!

LOOK OUTM
The Turner's will give o Grand Ball
at their Hall on New Years evening.
Admission, $l.0O.
They know how to dot. i
COMMITTEE.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-03-21
How h Pig Became a Horse.

A lady, who had several grown sons
and daughters, told me that when her
first born was very young baby gen.
tleman gave him half dollar. She
told her husband that she would, with
that, provide the little fellow horse
to ride by the time he was twenty .one
years of age.
With the half-dollar she bought a
pig. She fed the pig with such scraps,
etc., from tine kitchen as would other.
wise have been thrown away, for she
had determined that her husband
should not incur any expense in the
plan which she had adopted to get the
horse. In about twelve months, when
the pig had become large enough to be
fattened for pork, she bought eight
bushels of corn, promising the neigh
Dor of whom she bought it that she
would pay him when she had killed
and sold the hog. So in few months,
the animal had reached such size
that he brought about fourteen dol.
lars.
With part of this fourteen dollars
she bought calf, using the balance
OF the money to pay her husband
all expenses of keeping the calf, ex-
cept the grass which it ate in the
fields.
In the course of two or three years
the calf had grown so well that it
brought tbirty-fve dollars.
This amount, after paying all ex-
penses not heretofore paid, was quite
sufficient for the purchase of a colt,
almost ready to be put under the sai-
die; and by the time her little boy
was six years old his horse was ready
for him, but he was not quite large
enough to take ride.
Some of our young readers can act
on. this hint for themselves. A ten
year.old farmer.boy, may if he will,
turn pig Tor something else, perhaps
a lamb into a horse before he is sew
enteen.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-03-21
Browns Matrimonial Method.

"Brown, don't see how it is that
your girls always marry off as soon as
they getold enough, while none of mine
can marry e.
ooh, that is easy enough. marry
my girls off Oh the buckwheat straw
principle H.. a.. 81.
"But what is that principle! l never
heard of it before
"Well used to raise a good deal of
buckwheat, and it puzzled me to know
how to get rid Of the straw. Nothing
would eat it, and it was a great bother
to me. At last I thought Of plan.
stacked my buckwheat straw nicely
and built a nice high rail fence around
it. My cattle, of course, concluded
that it was something good, and at once
tore down the fence and began to eat
the straw. logged them away and
put up the fence few times, but the
more I drove them away the more
anxious thoy became to eat the straw.
After this had been repeated a few
times the cattle determined to eat the
straw, and eat it they did, every bit of
it. AS 1 said, I marry my girls off on
the same principle. When a young
man I don't like begins calling on my
girls, I encourage him in every way I
can. tell him to come often and stay
as late as he pleases, and l take pains
to hint to the girls that think
they'd better set their caps for
him. It works first-rate. He
don't make many calls, for the
girls treat him as coolly as they
can. But when a young fellow that I
like comes around, a man that think
would suit me for a son-in-law, dom
let him make many calls before give
him to understand that he isn's want
ed around my house. l tell the girls,
too, that they shall have nothing to do
with him, and give them orders never
to speak to him again. The plan al
ways works first.rate. The young folks
begin to pity each other, and the first
thing 1 know they are engaged to be
married. When I see they are deter.
mined to marry, I always give in, and
pretend to make the best of it. That's
the way I manage it.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-03-21
Breaking Colts.

In tAe first place you cannot begin
too soon. When they are a week old,
begin to handle them gently, to gain
their confidence. And as you handle
them, if there be heart Of man or
boy in you, that heart will begin to
warm as the .animal yields his conf.
dence, and INDUCES in his playful ma
ture. But never allow them to be
tricked or plagued, as they can easily
be taught to be cross and spunky, as
we'll as kind and tractable. Next, put
cords on their necks and noses and
lead them gently about. Halters and
brides come next-exercising the Ut
most kindness and patience. Colts are
not naturally balky or sullen, unless
they are taught it by bad management.
1t is much easier to handle and teach
a colt three months old than one three
years old. The lesson has to be taught
and always recollected. When by pa.
thence and kindness the colt has been
taught the use Of the halter and bri-
die, then begin with the harness. It
is not important it should fl. The
collar first; press it against the Shout
der. See that nothing is done in a
hurry or carelessly to brighten. Let
them smell of it, and satisfy them.
selves, that it will not hurt them.
Sometimes these operations tickle
their tender skin. See that they are
not fretted thereby. When they are
used to the collar. put on gently more
of the harness. Press the collar against
the shoulder. When they get used to
this, take mold Of the tugs and pull
back gently while they are induced to
step forward. In all this operation
never get excited, and, above all,
never strike a colt. All they need is
confidence. and to know what you de-
sire them to do. Naturally, they know
all they ought to. With their power,
did they know more, they would not
be such faithful and obedient slaves.
A colt or horse, spoiled by bad man.
agement or bad treatment, is ten times
as hard to make tractable and useful
as to subdue and make useful wild
horse from the pampas of the south
Whenever you see u tricky or balky
horse, there has been bad management.
There is a difference in the temper and
disposition of colts, but it is the duty
of the one training to study that tenn
per and disposition, and proceed in
his operations accordingly. Acolt can
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-03-21
PLEASANT THOUGHTS.
BY F. e. PARKER.

BY F. e. PARKER.
/ love to recline by the dashing rill,
Where the foam and the bubbles glide .
Over it's face, as it springs from the hill,
Or leaps from the mountain-side.
My thoughts then are sweet; my soul feels
peace,
As when Loves mystic tendrils entwine
About the lone heart, to give it release,
And fill it with raptures divine.
think OF my youth, those days OF delight,
OF those fields where used to roam,
OF the babbling brook, so pearly and bright,
That ran by my childhood's home.
As the nodding grass from the bank bends
And baihes in the silvery tide,
And the sparkling sands in the sunlight
Near the rocks where the fishes hide.
think Of the days when used to roam
Through the meadows, rich and green,
BY the laughing brook; and out from the
foam,
The innocent violets gleam.
As the waters dash DER the rocky bed,
And fall to the bubbling pool,
And the birds sing merrily DER my head,
In the foliage green and cool.
think Of the days when used to steal
Away to the wooded hooks,
And climb DER rocks in my youthful zeal,
And sit by the silvery brooks.
'Tis sweet to think of that distant past.
o. those paths where my feet have trod,
OF the loves and pleasures too sweet to last,
And OF dear ones at rest with God!
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-03-21
A Blue-Glass Man.

He was blue-slass man. He had
read about blue glass, and believed in
it, and was determined to be the
healthiest individual in the town.
"Have ye any blue glass strips for
winders!" inquired he as herushed in
to glazing shop. I'VE have, SIR"
was the cheerful reply; s'just the thing
as recommended by the Pleasonton
theory" ''Wall, Them said ;Bluey,
'H'l take enough for four winders.'
He paid the money and departed,
while the glacier chuckled, "Good
thing for us fellows, the blue. glass
craziness. Bluey kept on. He went
into an optician s and bought a pair
of blue goggles to wear on his eyes.
He dropped into hat store and Or
dered a little round piece of blue glass
put in the top of his hat in place of
the usual tin ventilator. He then par.
took of a dinner of blue fish at a res
taurant with a blue skylight, dipped
his fingers into blue.glass finger-bowl
and refused to drink anything until
the waiter hunted him up mug with
a blue.glass bottom. The day was now
far spent, and going home in a blue.
light street car. the blue.glass man,
meeting his children at the door, re.
fused to kiss any but those having blue
eyes, sat down in blue chair to read
a copy of the Blue Laws of Connecticut
and got into such a fit of the blues,
that he took some blue ink, and, writ.
ing in his will that at his death the
glass in his coffin should be blue glass
and his monument made Of blue gran.
tie, ho grabbed revolver and blew
out his brains. s .4s..4! .,. .~
In South Carolina, when young
couples elope, a minister keeps along
side Of them, and marries them as
they run. 1m@
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-03-21
SDring Work With Poultry.


Now that the rigors of winter are
somewhat relaxed and the earth has
cast off her white mantle, hens are
very busy peeping into every nook
and corner, prating, with joyful antic-
ipations, of coming events; and while
warming up the enthusiasm of their
keeper, they seem to be asking for
special care and attention. During
the interesting season their liege lords
pay very strict obedience to all their
wants and whims, and strut around
them with consequential airs that are
not little amusing to the observer.
The true method of managing all
kinds of stock is to take advantage OF
their nature and assist in the advance
ment of their keepers interests. To
induce hen to lay, let the nest be
partly shaded. When she wants to set,
if you wish to remove her do it at
night and make her surroundings as
nearly as possible like those Of the nest
she laid in. Ona farm where there are
many hooks and corners, and where
the farmer has some one to attend to
his fowls, boxes may be put up in a
number of places, and the fowls will
select and lay, each in her favorite
nest, and when the time for setting
has come, each will go to her accus-
toned nest without much changing OF
confusion; but where the accommodate
lions are more limited, more attention
must he given to the nests.
If several varieties are kept and ii,
is intended to maintain pure breeds,
each variety must be kept strictly
separate. Should any hens have begun
to lay before such separation. then the
first ten eggs laid afterwards should
not be set; but when the fowls have
been separated three weeks without
laying, it is safe to save all subse-
quent eggs for their purity.
If fowls have liberty, they need not
have warm, soft food. When the
snow is disappeared, they
will find gravel, seed, a little green
food, ETC.; but should they be confined,
the winters care must, Of course, BE-
continued. A lot OF oyster-shells,
thrown down on a road or yard over
which horses travel, is very good for
poultry on farm. Pure water is es-
sential, and should there be any stag
nant pools or dirty water about the
barn.yard, fill them up immediately.
Drinking impure water is a source of
disease that should never be tolerated.
Animal food should be given until
earth. worms make their appearance.
Feed literally with grain and your
hens will generously reward your
liberality.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-03-21
House, Farm and Garden.
Truth for Wives.

House, Farm and Garden. ?
Truth for Wives.
1t is not every woman. or man
either, who will fully agree with the
sentiments expressed in the following
which we find in the Domestic Monthly;
still there is great deal Of truth in it,
and it may suggest other truths
equally as important; hence we recon-.
mend it, especially to those contem-
plating matrimony:
In domestic happiness, the wife's in
huence is much greater than her hus-
bands, for the one first cause-mutual
love and confdence-being granted,
the whole comfort of the household
depends upon trifles moro Immediately
under her Jurisdiction. By her man.
agement of small sums, her husbands
responsibility and credit are erected
or destroyed. No fortune can stand
the constant leakage of extravaganza
and Encouragement; and more is
spent in trifles than women would
easily believe. The one great expense,
whatever it may be, is turned over
and carefully reflected on, ere incurred;
the income is prepared to meet it j; it
is pennies imperceptibly sliding away
which do mischief and this the wife
alone can stop, for it does not come
within mans province. There is
often an unexpected trifle to be saved
in every household. It is not in econ.
omy alone that a wife's attention is so
necessary, but in those matters which
make we'll regulated house. An un.
finished cruet.stand, missing key, a
buttonless shirt, soiled table-cloth, a
mustard pot with it's old contents
sticking hard and brown about it, are
really nothing; but each can raise an
angry word or cause discomfort.
Depend upon it, there is a great deal
of domestic happiness in a well.dress.
ed mutton.chop, or tidy breakfast
table. Men grow full of beauty, tired
of music, are often too wearied for
conversation, however intellectual, but
they can appreciate a well.swept
hearth and smiling comfort. A woman
may love her husband devotedly-
sacrifice fortune, friends, family,
country for him-she may have the
genius of a Sappho, the enchanted
beauties of an Armida; but-melan-
choiy fact-if with these she fail to
make her home comfortable,
his heart will inevitable
escape her. And women live so
entirely in the affections that without
love their existence is a void. Better
submit. then, to household tasks, how
ever repugnant they may be to your
tastes, than doom yourself to love-
less home. Women of a higher order
of mind will not run this risk; they
know that their feminine, their do
nestle, are their first duties.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-03-21
Brushing Clothes.

The following very useful hints re-
lating to brushing wooden clothes we
find in the Rural Sun, and we give
them for the benefit of wives who
look after their husbands wardrobe:
Having spread the garment on
wooden horse, beat it gently with a
small switch or cane free from knots.
A lady's whip is the best busting tool.
Do not strike too hard, or you will
break the mold buttons. Rub gently
between the hands any spots of dirt
set firm, and be sure the garment is
dry before you commence upon it.
Two clothes.brushes should be pro.
vided, a hard and soft one and never
use the former unless to remove fixed
dirt. The soft brush does not wear off
the nap, and will suffice to remove
hair, lint, dust, etc. The brush i'm
proves after a little use, when the
sharp edges of the bristles are worn
off, and the brush usually called the
blacking. brush is one of the best for
the purpose.
After busting coat, spread it out
on table, free from grease, with the
collar toward your left hand; com
mence brushing the inside of the COL
lar, and then the back and sleeves.
The nap of the cloth is toward the
skirts, so let the stroke of the brush
be in that direction. Next brush the
two lappels, lastly the outside of the
collar, and then fold it over and brush
the inside in like manner. Wipe the
dust off the table before you turn the
garment, and, if the coat is intended
to be placed in trunk, it must be
folded but if for immediate wear, or
to be laid alone in wardrobe or draw
er. no further folding is necessary.
A gentleman's wardrobe should be
covered with linen cloth, and fire.
quent opportunities taken to air, as
clothes are apt to acquire an un-
pleasant smell when kept close for any
length of time, and moreover are SUBJ
ject to the moth. The best airing is
to wear garment occasionally.
Be particular to keep the clothes
brushes clean, washing them occasion
ally in cold water with soap, or rub
bling on paper placed over the edge of
a board.
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be so thoroughly trained by the time
he is three or six months old that there
will never after be any trouble in hav-
ing him one of the kindest and most
tractable horses. But patience and
kindness are the means of teaching
directing and managing colts.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-03-21

In South Carolina, when young
couples elope, minister keeps along
side Of them, and marries them as
they run. a"H
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-05-07
THE RUTLAND DAILY GLOBE MONDAY MORNING MAY T. 1871

pes cent. bonds now being sold are taken in
this country. Six per cents held in Eu-
rope are returned here faster than the AS
are shipped to London. This explains the
recent specie exports. The demand for
49's is nearly as great as ever.
The state department has received from
our minister to Mexico official information
of the release of the American consul at
Acapulco, who was recently imprisoned by
the local authorities without cause, and
Secretary Evarts has instructed our minis
ter to enter formal protest and demand
from the government of Mexico an apology
and full reparatlon for the outrage.
The Worlds Washington special says it
10 probable a number of appointments will
be made before June l. The president in
dleated to Alex. Mcclure of Philadelphia,
that he should ignore Cameron dictation in
the Pennsylvania appointments, and should
manage the government not in the interests
of party, but for the whole country. The
president contemplates recommending in
his message to congress the employment of
large force of workmen on the public
buildings now being built throughout the
country, on the ground that it is more eco
nomcal to complete them at once.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-05-07
Business Matters.


The South African exhibition is open
and is success. America is not repre-
scented there at all.
Amercan-made boots are making steady
inroads IN Europe, and the Swiss shoe
makers have sounded an alarm. Berlin
paper says that American boots are sold In
Switzerland at So. 80 per pair.
The rubber shoe companies of the coun-
try are soon to hold their annual meeting
at Boston. While the combination will be
continued, it ia promised that prices are to
be considerably reduced.
The business men of the Sandwich
Islands are in CONSERVATION because the
Pacific mail advertisements have been
ordered out of the papers at the islands.
The talk is now about forming company
at Honolulu to buy and operate two 1000
ton steamships between that port and San
Francisco. The only objection to this, in
case withdrawal of the Pacific mail
steamships, however, would probably drive
nearly every sail out of the business.
Three shipments of agricultural imple-
ments have been made from New York to
Russia, under the new arrangements for
supplying the farmers of the northern prov
inces with the tools which have enabled
the Americans to beat them in the sale of
grain in the markets of the world. These
shipments will be suspended by the war in
Europe. 1t will not pay to send
these Implements to the Baltic ports
and freight them overland to their
destination. The Russians engaged
in this business, however, do no
now think that further instruments will be
long delaye. 1t is their opinion that the
war will be short.
Notwithstanding the unprecedented de-
preston in the lumber trade and the conse-
quent low prices that rule in the markets
Of the lower Delaware, some $4,000, 200
feet were rated and run down the river
| during the freshets of the past month, about
| wo-thrds of the annual products of the
region. The lumber that has heen sold
this spring has averaged So for logs and
| $1,000 for sawed stuff. All lumber dis
posed of this spring has been sold ct 'eavy
| loss. The loss has been the greatest in
logs, and it is estimated that the operators
in the valley are from $4,000 to $3.50, 00C
poorer than they were before they
made their sales. About 100000 fee
are RATED to the Delaware out of the Lack
awsna. The lumber for the Poughkeepsit
bridge is being furnished by the firmof Col
| lingwood &c Co., near Hawley, on the Lack
AWAKEN. Their mills produce 10000 fee
a day, and they ship entirely by rail or canal
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-05-07

1t is stated that the object of postponing
the time for the meeting of congress in ex-
ira session is, to give public sentiment in
reference to the presidents policy time to
chrystalze, and that the country may he
heard from-eleven states holding their
elections prior to the fifteenth of October
and because it IS believed that the post
poncment will give an impetus to business
throughout the country and revive con-
fidence which would be very apt to remain
" dormant" while congress was in session.
These objects are all very laudable, and
the country can rest assured that there will
be no change in the presidents policy and
nothing to unsettle the reviving business
of the country until October, but it is hard
ly dignifled for this great country TO en-
dea1 or to "shin" along four months with
out adequate funds to meet its necessities
and it is hardly just, even for these causes
to compel the soldiers to 60 unpaid for Sc
long period.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-05-07
New York State.

Drummers are plenty as shad in the
Hudson river counties.
There are said to be more paupers at the
Washington county poor house now than
at any time last winter.
Alvin g. Rice of Granville, was attacked
in the rear by ram few days ago, and
got fall which broke his leg.
Daniel B. Haight. of Dutchess county,
has sold his Goldsmith colt VIM. Penn, to
parties from Minnesota for $4,000
Farmers in Hebron are offering lsborers
seventy-hve cents day. The low price of
potatoes il the cause of the discourage
ment.
Newburgh is making repairs to Wash
ington's headquarters, and In future this
time-honored historic resort will present a
more creditable appearance.
There are only two unmarried girls at
Woodville, Jefferson county. The town
officers have had to appoint special police
10 protect them from anxious bachelors.
A spring meeting of the Hudson driving
park association is announced to take place
in Hudson on the 9th, 9Th and 7th days of
June next, et which $4,000 in premiums
will be given.
Higher rolls the temperance wave. Wat
kins has nearly 1900 signers, Elmira 6, 600,
Corning 1900, Batavia 5000 and other
places of lesser note a proportionate num-
Der. The saloons of Wellsville are being
closed up on account of no business.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-05-07
The Eastern Question in Brief.

The real purpose of the impending war
between Russia and Turkey is to secure a
naval expansion for the former. Russia
has no outlet for communication with the
rest of the world but the Baltic, and its
ports are frozen up nearly half the year.
Its dream for centuries has been CONNER
cial development in the Black Sea. But
the Turk, keeping wa CHI and ward at the
Dardan elies, has stood in the way of its
realization. There are other serious diff
ferences between the two nations, promi-
nent among which is religion, but as we
have said the predominatlng cause of the
quarrel is the desire for commercial expan-
sion and free navigation of the Black Sea
on the part of Russia. The Turk will fight
with as much tenacity, perhaps, from the
popularity Of his religious belief, with
more heroism than the Russians. But the
weight of men and material of war would
seem to be against hlm.-N. y. Shipping
Gazette.