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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-04-26
THE PRAYER TEST,

The Liberal League of Minneapolis
Is out in an address against the Cover
nor's appointment Of day of fasting
and prayer. It asks thoughtful men
to notice carefully and systematical-
ly the condition Of the eggs and young
insects on the 25th inst, and again on
the 9th and 50 on And it says then,
II what shall actually happen cannot
be accounted for except by miracle, a
miracle it shall be.''
Just So. If there is a1y other way
of accounting for it, the League will
decide that there was some other cause
for the deliverance, in case we are de-
livered. The League should remember
that this proclamation was not issued
as a prayer test," or for the benefit
of science. It was issued in response
to the desire of those who believe in
the efficacy of prayer And although
every grasshopper egg in Minnesota
should perish to-day, the League would
not believe that prayer had anything
to do with it. It would not believe
:" though one rose from the dead.'
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-04-26

SPECIAL NOTICE.
All persons who are entitled to the
extension of time for the payment of
their taxes for the year 1876, by reason
of damage to their crops by the r;vages
Of the grasshoppers, are respectfully
urged to file their at1idavits wish the
County Auditor 1T their earliest oppor-
tunity. All who are not entitled to the
above extension will save expense by
promptly calling 1T the office of Coun-
ty Treasurer and take up their receipts
without further delay, rs am compel
led. to make the collections.
II. D. HUMIsTON, Co. Treas.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-07-27

pose and with constant ideal in view.
using none but perfect and sound mi,
mails on either side. For while like
produces like IL will surely he more
like if disease is made to Intensity by
inbreeding.
Many OF YOU have seen the stallion
raised and owned BY the writer: Ue IL
black with no marks: he is sixteen and
one-half hand high, with no room 10
spare under his BODY; he weighs in
good order 1850 lbs. and vet Is NOT
heavy gated; he can take three-min-
ute step and vet is too heavy to he made
to do il often; he can handle n Ton. but
should not be ovcr-drawn. Now. In nc
cordance with the ideas of inbrecdinp
presented above, I have bought coli
of his get that is black, with no marks.
and posscssinr n near relation 70 him
on the Morrill, side. with the firmness of
make, the elasticity of step, and promis-
ing to come IN to 1900 lbs. at maturity
This colt it is nv firm and unalterehle
purpose to breed TO her sire when Of
proper age, and continue in the same
line as long as able TO do so. Now. I
want TO asi tbis assembly Of mon 70
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-07-27
Collins Voltaic Plaster

for local pains. lameness. soreness. weakness,
numbness and inflammation Of the lungs. Liver,
kidney Spleen bowels, bladder, heart and mus.
clea, is equal to an army Of doctors and acres Of
plants ami shrubs II instantly bnnisho1 pain and
paialy zed muscles and limbs and is SO grateful
and soothing that once used in the above ailments
every other external application. such as salves,
ointments, lotions, and linment5, will at once be
discarded. Even In paralysis. epilepsy. or Ats,
and nervous muscular affections. this plaster, by
rallying the nervous forccs, has effected cures
Sold by all Druggists. Price IS cents. Sent by
mail on receipt Of % cents for one. ele5 for six
Oh sa2j for twelve. carefully wrapped and war
Macs. IS
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-07-27
Manures for Grapevines.

Some years ago when the grape fever
was at it's height, remember reading
of farmer who MANFRED yonng vine
yard with the carcasses of herd of cat
tic which had accidentally-or proyi-
dentially-died in his neighborhood.
The vines throvc amazingly OH their
beef diet, and ii is hardly necessary to
add that the story gave marvellous ac-
count of the profits. Still cannot help
thinking that this and other narratives
of the Kind did great deal of harm.
They led to the belief that the most sue
cessful growing of grapes requires an
extraordinary stimulus In the richest
manures. All who have grown grapes
largely know that this is not the fact.
The best vineyards at Vine Valley and
Hammondsport are grown without ma
nure, on dry, well drained soil, Just
rich enough TO produce good crop of
corn. On such land the vines do not
make too rampant growth and will be
more hardy and prolific. The success
of orr largest growers on comparatively
poor soil has led many winners TO the
other extreme. Some varieties of Crap
es: and. perhaps all except the most
rampant growers, VIII not 40 well I'M
VISA ivy va FiOuhtl CllntI
| naturally or otherwise. The Delaware,
Rebecca, Iona and probably also Adj.
rondack need both rich soil and good
culture. Most complaints of the three
first named varieties will be obviated by
good feeding. 1t is not necessary to
use stable manures, though these will
not do any harm TO the Rebecca and
Delaware. Some fertilizer, | think, Is
needed for most kinds of grapes, but for
rampant vines II should be mineral
rather than heterogeneous. Ashes, phos-
phate of lime and lime itself are each
excellent. The wood of the vine is rich
in potash, and this is necessary con-
stituent for healthy growth. lam using
q mixture Of phosphate of lime, ashes
and very little salt on all kinds of
grapevines--the same mixtures as for
grain drilled in, and I think 1t Is bene-
fitting the crop. The Barry grape,
Rogers 43, has with me been poor
bearer, setting only one or two punches
TO shoot, and those not SO large as
they should be. This year II is setting
more fruit, and / may have to cut out
superfuous punches TO make the others
larger.-[W. J. F. in Country Gentle
man.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-07-27
Minerals, Shells, Birds, &c.

The Naturalists' Agency has been established Il
1928 Lancaster Avenue, Philadelphia, for the pun
pose Of giving collectors Of objects Of Natural As
tory an opportunity Of buying, selling or exchsne
Ing their duplicates or collections.
specimens sent to any part Of the world by MAJ
An illustrated monthly bulletin ofs pages sent nee
received the highest award given t. any one !,
The Centennial Exposition of ls76, and the only
award and medal given to any American for "Coi.
Ny Neurological Catalogue Of 80 pagea Is di
uibuted nee TO all customers, to other. on recei
Of 10 cents 1t Is profusely illustrated. and IL
before copy was struck on. BY means OF liz
table Of species and accompanying tables mc 81
lent check list Containing The names Of ali e..
species and the most common varieties, arranga !
alphabetically and preceded by the species' nan
any mineral in the table Of species after 1t will b.
found the species' name. Composition, streak o.
lustre. cleavage or fracture, hardness. apecin
The large increase Of my business has co1npsllc :
me to rent the store No. 3.27 and use II entirely II
Birds. Mammals, Shells. Plants. Books, Fossil
Mound Builders Relics aud other objects of Natn.
al History ! have secured the service Of ons O
the best taxidermists In the country, and can 10
the best custom work.
Over IS tons, and nearly $4,000 worth OF Nil.
erals on hand. $1,000 worth sold since the la.
day OF January, when the first box was put int,
my establishment. November Is my cash sale
were over y, 800 and cash receipts over 81, 200
COLLECTIONS OF MINERALS
For students, Aniateurs. Professors piss sic,Ghs.
and other Professional Men.
The collections Of 100 Illustrate all the principal
species and all the grand subdivisions In Dana
and other works on Mineralogy; every Cry stalline
System; and all the principal Ores and every
known Element. The collections are labelled with
printed label that can only be removed by soak
ing. The labels of the $500 and higher priced col
lecuons give Dana's species number, the name,
locality, and In most cases. the composition of the
Mineral. All collections accompanied by my illus
trated catalogue and table of species. 80
NUMBER OF SPECIMENS in box In box in box
Crystals and fragments. 80 sl.00 Sl5O
Students size, larger $50 500 6Od
NUMBER OF SPECIMENS 100 200 800
Crystals and fragments, Sl.O0 $500 $500
Students size, larger, 500 1000 2jOO
Amateur size, . l,2 INK IL 1000 1000 6OaJ
High School or Academy
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Specimens, $500 5000 loo O.
College size, Sl-2 X in.
Shelf Specimens, 5000 1900 300 q,
Send for the bulletin, stating where you saw hi
advertisement
A. Z. FOOTE. ND.
Prof Of Chemistyy and Mnerdlo1l
Fellow OF the American Association for the Al,
vancement OF Science; Life Member Of TIE Phil
adelphia Academy Of Natural Science and of tle
American Museum Of Natural History, Central
Park. New York. Al
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-07-27

One of the novelties in the British adj
minisration of justice is tho imposi-
ton Of a double fine for drunkenness
on Monday. An alderman at War
rington is the inventor, and the reason
he gives is that when man drinks on
Monday he puts his employers to
trouble. and Is likely TO keep up his
spree Till the middle of the week.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-07-27
AZ the GREAT PREVENTATIVE

an can bny 1rstelAss PIANOS and ORGAN
cheaper Of DANIEL r. BEATTY. washins
" iarsr In The United States. WHY Becanss
be sails only for cAsb, takes no risks and has No
book accounts Every instrument is fully war
sent on nom TO 10 days' test hiai. money refund
ed and freight paid both ways by him II they arr
unsatisfactory. Send for illustrated Advertiser,
Ratrola some q uhlp YOU may know: Address
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-07-27
Deep Setting.

We take the following from the
Waterman and journal. 1t is only a
very few years since Mr.. Bliss pronoun-
ed the whole scheme of deep setting.
''first, last and every time, humbug. y
In regard to what Dr. Haskins saws
about patent rights, we are free TO say
we thought as he does until a thorough
investigation of the submerged system
in practical operation convinced us that
money paid for the Cooley patent was
not money thrown away, but was money
well spent:
1t seems that Mr.. Bliss is not only
soundly converted to deep setting, but
recommends a tank system, only so
much different from that of Mr.. Doug
las rs is demanded by the light so re-
Gently thrown upon the subject through
what has been learned regarding the So
called "Swcdish SYSTEM This, which
was met by an almost universal pooh 1!
pooh! when Mr.. Willard first called at
tention to it, has really become the fash
ion, almost the rage, among experiment.
al dairymen who are not quite sure that
their grandmothers knew it all.
Mr.. Bliss contributes the following
letter to the Country Gentleman, writ
ten to himself by Mr. George Crane, of
Williamstown, VT, which we reprint,
not only rs showing what our greatest
dairy authorities now regard rs the best
way of setting milk, but for the value
of the test given, and as a confirmation
nj orr HlnU fhnt n CHM x,,A1.G
cation of Mr.. Douglas unpatentcd ar
rangement Covering the cans, and us.
ing colder water or more ice,) answers
every, practical purpose. Farmers
should spend as little money in patent
rights as possible, and here we see no
reason to spend dollar. Mr.. Crane
writes:
81 have succeeded in getting a tank in
operation, upon the plan which you fur
nished me. 1t is double, twenty-five by
sixty-one inches inside; will hold ten
cans nine inches in diameter at the bot
tom, ten inches at the top and sixteen
inches deep; they will hold to work
forty pounds of milk each. The cans
are cooled by stream of water forced
on the cover of each from pipe fasten-
ed TO the lid of the tank and connected
with water pipe by piece of hose,
the holes from each being one-eighth Of
an inch. We have allowed tho milk to
stand twenty-four hours; temperature,
forty-eight TO fifty degrees. We have
made one trial as TO quality, with the
following results: Set seven hundred
and Lightweight pounds of milk in small
pans, when the weather was all that
could be desired for that mode of set
ting, and made thirty-four and one-half
pounds Of butter. Set seven hundred
and sixty-six pounds Of milk in cans, as
above, and made thirty-six and one
fourth pounds of butter"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-07-27
Collins Voltaic Plasters

consist OF silver and zinc plates carefully attach
ed together and imbedded In n Medicated Porous
Plaster. (See cut) When the plaster Is placed
upon the affected part, which can be done as
porour plastor.-that is by mere pressure of the
hand,-the natural warmth and moisture Of the
skin causes the plates 10 throw out a current Of
electricity gentle that 1t is scarcely possible to
feel it otherwise than by the soothing and grateful
warmth produced, yet SO penetrating IA to stop
almost Immediately the most excruciating pain.
ton from the lungs, liver, kidneys, Spleen bow.
Gle, bladdcr, heart, and muscies. A single
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-07-27
TROTTING STATIONS
or The
Green Mountain Stud Farm,
VEST RANDOLPH, vt.

HAMBLEToNIAN MONARCH-Foaled April
20, ls8i-Blood Bay-Sixteen hands high-Sired
by Iysdyk's Hambletonan-Dam by Does Abdal-
lab chief. Terms. go TO insure.
And
RANDOLPH - Foaled l67t-Bey, with star
Fifteen hands-Sired by Aberdeen. sou Of Rye
dyk's Hambletonian and Widow Machree-Dam.
Fanny Sleight, by Ethan Allen. x. d. by Harris
Hambletonian-limited 10 IL mares. Terms, ss5
10 insure.
win make the season of 1877. from May IS to
Sept !, at the farm OF
DON GIOVANNI-Foaled ls70-Gollcn Bay
Is 81 hands high-Slred by Hampton. son Of Rys-
dyk's Hambletonian-Dam by Volunteer, &. d. by
old Abdallah. Terms, go to insure.
LOCKWOOD - foaled 1878 = Blood Bay, blk.
points-l5l- 2 hands high-Sired by Aberdeen
Dam, Lady Lockwood (record $3.50 by Neave's
cassins NJ. Clay. Jr. Terms, $50 to insure;
WIN make the season Of 1871 at the GREEN
MOUNTAIN STUD FARM. WEST RASpoLPu. VT.
wssE, but eli ac.iael.s a, y~nsis Tisf. FOR Gu.
culars giving extended pedigrees. address,
MOULfON BROTHERS,
Im3 West Randolph, Vermont
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-07-27

The latest fashionable idiocy is sill
YER plate upon the baby carriage with
the little chaps name engraved upon it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-11-22
County Road Notice.

Notice is hereby given that an application
having been made on the Is day of November
1877 to the County Board of Supervisors OF
the county of Grant, and state of Wisconsin,
by more than forty-fvc freeholders residing
in said county OF Grant and more than fifteen
of said number residing in each OF the several
towns of Cassville, Waterloo and Potosi, In
said county, said application being for county
road to be laid out, described as follows to
wit /:
commencing at the house of Urias Reed
near the Northeast corner of the Northwest
quarter of the Northeast quarter of Section
twenty-seven on in town 5 North of range
four (4) West running thence South, to the
Southeast corner of said Northwest quarter o.
Northeast quarter Thence West to the Wa
terloo and Cassville road.
And also applying to vacate the road now
existing commencing at the above mentioned
house of Urias Reed, and running In South
westerly direction to where the above road
intersects said Waterloo and Cassville road
and also to vacate so much of said Waterloo
and Cassville road as runs through the land Of
John Nichols, and lay out road in the place
thence or the line where the samesis not trav'
eled commencing near the Southeast corner o.
the Southeast quarter of the Northwest quarter
of Section twenty seven CD town range
| running thence III w esterly 10 lhtefsecC Iht
old road, and said application having been by
said county Board of Supervisors duly referred
to the committee on county highways.
We the undersigned, said committee vii
meet on the goth day of December, 1877, at y
o'clock in the forenoon, at the house Of Urias
Reed, in said town of Waterloo, near Burton
Post Office, to decide upon said application.
Dated Lancaster, Wis, November Is, 1877.
john g. CLARK,
JESSE WAGNER,
JOHN HENKEL,
H. NJ. Bowen,
| THoS STEPHENS.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-11-22
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One Cent a Day.

Economy is the order of the hour, and every
give a return in full value. Every family re-
quires one good reliable family newspaper.
If such an article can be procured for less
than one cent for each working day of the
paper should contain carefully prepared
summary of all the news of the day, religious
and secular and if arranged so that the two
departments may be separated and read by
two individuals at the same time, so much
the better. The family newspaper should
have attractive reading and information for
the various members of the household. Some
portion of the paper should be devoted, every
week to religious and moral improvement, to
secular news, to agriculture, commerce, mar
kets, finance, to general literature, &C., with
special department for the young Above
all the family newspaper should be perfectly
pure, ard free from any communicating infiu-
ences in it's reading matter or IN Its advertise
meuts Too much attention cannot be paid
to this feature, when the press is flooding the
country with so much that is vile ana perni>
cious. To:crown all, the family newspaper
should be untrammeled by any utilization with
sect or party, and should be free to give all
the good news from and about all the world.
If such a family newspaper can be had for one
cent day, it should be taken by every fanny
in the land
Such a family newspaper, in every respect
we find the NeY York Observer, NOW COM
mencing its ffty-sixth volume. Progressive,
comprehensive, sound, reliable, pu re, it is just
what is needed in your household. Send
$3l5 for year to The New York Observer,
81 Park Row, New York. Sample copies
sent free.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-11-22
The Narrow Guage

The laying of iron on the Narrow
Gauge Railroad was completed last
Saturday to Grand View, formerly
known as Old Belmont) and the work
is now progressing north of that sta
ton. The weather at present is very
untavorable for laying track, but the
officers of the company are hoping TO
have the work of track-laying COM
pleted soon, out as far as the road is
graded. All depends on the weather.
A side track will be put down at once
at Grand View and the hog chutes
built. 1t is now expected that trains
will be running to that station
regularly after Monday next and,
President Bsaset, Superintendent
Blewett and Mr.. Rockford are out
there to day making arrangements
for getting ready to receive freight
Gdlend Gazette.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-11-22
Pumpkin Pies.

Take one pint of pumpkin that has
been stewed soft and pressed through
a colander; melt in half a pint OF
warm milk a quarter of pound OF
butter, and the same quantity of sug-
ar, stirring them well together; one
pint of rich cream will be better than
milk or butter beat eight eggs very
light, and add to the other ingredients
alternately with the pumpkin, and
then stir in a wine-glass of rose wat
err ard two glasses of wine mixed 20
gether, large teaspoonful of pow.
dered mace and cinnamon mixed, and
a grated nutmeg. Having stirred the
whole very thoroughly, put it into a
buttored dish and bake three-quarters
of an hour.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-11-22
-Potnsi markets a. ~ follow

-Potosi markets a.c as follows
Wheat, so "a 90, flour 3 90 a. 8 %,
corn SOC, oats 20 @ %, barley 40 q
45, potatoes % q 30,wool unwashed,
20c., fleece washed, tub washed, 80,
beef a &c p ib, butter Is q IS.
lard 10 c., eggs Is, salt R Dbl IS,
hogs, live, Is, dressed, so, hides,
green, c.. dry, 10, chickens Z G. Re-
ported by A. Ksltenbach.
"A school ma'am neighbor who
''sets up" the type for one corner of
Chicago print is disp!eased with the
statement by a member of the Board
that the HERALD set up the proceed
ings and other papers copied, and
says that last year said schoolma am
published Monday morning next
after the Board adjourned, the full
proceedings except one report and
the other papers in town used the
schoolma'am's type" and with mock
seriousness adds, "This year you see
how it is" IF our schoolma' am were
not excessively prudish she would
have made no reference to the "set-
ting up" matter. Last year the pre-
paration and setting up we're mainly
done in the HERALD office and could
not appear in the schoolma' ANS COR
ner at all if she had not come and
begged the use OF the type in consid>
Grafton of supplying this office with
what she 'set up" That zone report
excepted" is the one people look for
more than any other. II Is the one
which requires more labor to prepare
it for the press than all the others
and which labor is performed by no
office but this. 1t appears in no 9TH
err paper this week but the HERALD
and will be copied from the HERALD
by the others. The schoolma am
couldn't evep copy it without borrow
ing the type and whoever lends may
expect insult in return unless he is
protected by the honor that is among
thieves.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-11-22
II SSATE-NoTIcE OF SALE.

In Probate, Grant County Ceuat. In the matter of
the real estate Of Joseph P. Blunt deceased.
Notice is hereby given That by virtue and in pur,
suance of order of License, made ia said matter,
the 22d day of October A. D., 1877, by the County
Court of said County, the Undersigned Lucinda Blunt
adr nstratrix of said deceased, WILL Saturday the
1871 ny of December, A. D., 1877, at one o'clock
in afternoon OF said day, at her dwelling house
the u OF N W Z of sec. SO, town six (6), range
six 6) in Grant County. Wis., offer for sale atpublic
vendue. the following described Lands, TO wit The
south west quarter of the north east quarter. The
half of the north west quarter and the north east
qurrter OF the south west quarter of section eg
teen 0S) township five 90. north Of range six
(6( west, containing 100 less. Also the
v Il of the South West quarter Of section thirty
three town six range six west, also one acre off the
S corner of the South West quarter of.the North
West quarter of said section thirty three and in six
range six West laying follows; Running twenty
rods north stationed OF the corner of the South
West quarter of the North West quarter said piece
of land to be rods wide, to include certain
spring.
The Terms of Sae-Cash delivery of deed.
Dated at Wyalusing, this 18th day of November. A.
D., 1877. LUCINDA BLUNT,
Administrative.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-11-22
so PER CENT. SAVED
by using HIGGINS GERMAN LAUNDRY Soar

New cravat bows are leaves or tabs
of duchesse lace laid over color and
trimmed with loops aud hanging ends
of very narrow ribbon. Others are
very prettily formed of fine small silk
handkerchiefs folded double (without
cutting) and the trimmed corners are
laid in fatty pressed pleats. Ingen.
ious ladies take their fine lace collars
of shapes that have gone out of fash
ion and form cravat bows and jabots
of them.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-11-22
Aafnnishing Hucaess.

1t is the duty of every person who has used
Bosehee's German Syrup to let its wonderful
qualities be known to their friends in curing
consumption, severe coughs, Group, Asthma,
Pneumonia, and in fact all throat and lung
diseases. No person can use il without I'M
mediate relief. Three doses viii relieve
any case, and we consider it the duty OF all
Druggists to recommend it TO the poor dying
consump'iye, at least to try one bottle, as
40, 900 dozen bottles were sold last year,
and no one case where it failed was reported.
Such medicine as the German Syrup cannot
be too widely known. Ask your Druggist
about it. Sample bottles to try sold at 10
cents. Regular size IS cents. For sale by
James A. Jones, Lancaster, Wis.