The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-11-09

weather gray, aud in rainy weather
white. The secret lies in printing
This design in chloride of cobalt;
but the first washing removes this
sensitive chemical and destroys the
barometer properties.
Many new plots of land here
abouts have been cleared of stumps,
and roots, and broken up this fall and
there has been a larger breadth Of
ploughing done than ever BET tire.
We are truly glad to see so much
land, both old and new, prepared
for next springs planting.
What Is an editor An edi-
tors bisness is to write editorial,
grind out poetry, sort out manu-
scripts, keep a mighty big waste
basket, steal matter, fife other peo-
pies battles, take white beans and
apple sass for pay when he can
get it, work nineteen hours out of
twenty-tour, and be damned by
everybody.-BIlinqS.
The Minneapolis Lumberman
says: 'Case and Watson, OF Min
neapOiis, have made and driven out
OF the St. CroiE river, this year,
10000 railroad ties, for the Hast
ings & Dakota railroad. They
were principally rated at Osceola
and Marine"
The best wheat exhibited in
Milwaukee this season was raised
by J. s. Atkinson, of this county.
Hudson wheat dealers also pro-
nounced a sample of Mr.. Atkinson's
wheat exhibited to them to be the
best they had seen, raised the past
season.-BaHfe2d Press.
Rev. Charles Verweyst, late
Of bayfield,, arrived Thursday last,
and will assume charge of the
Catholic church in this place. He
Is highly spoken of as a gentleman
II fine attainments. and his congre-
cation are to be congratulated on
the fact that he has come to winter
among them.
There are no circumstances un-
der which honesty and integrity of
purpose will not stand q man in
good stead" says some philosopher;
but we would like 90 know how it
will help the man who finds himself
suddenly forced to associate with
bulldog IN an orchard with a
high fence around ii.
The Portage Gazette says
Certain parties living at Grand
Rapids, in this State, who own
large tracts Of pine lands in this
section, and have money, intend to
erect at Ontonagon, next year,
saw mill with the capacity OF So
600 or 100000 feet day. Three or
four such enterprises at the mouth"
and Ontonagon can begin to ele-
vate its nose at the other towns on
Lake Superior, as it used to do in
years gone by.
The friends of Mr.. NJ. IIagan,
formerly editor of the Thunder Bay
Sentinel, recently gave him q grand
supper and presented HIM with a
magnificent breech-loading rifle, as
a token Of their regard for him.
Mr. Hagan has fought nobly for the
interests of Thunder Bay during
the last three oil four years, and in
his retirement from the editorial
chair Of the Sentinel the Landing
loses one of her truest and most
energetic friends.
Farmer Miles bought a grand
piano at auction cheap Tor his
daughter Priscilla, The town,
aghast, wondered where they were
going to put so large an instrument
in so small a house. Farmer NJ.
cut away the lower part Of the par
tition between the parlor and pam
try, ran through the long end of the
piano into the pantry, and Priscilla
now sits at the keyboard and plain
lively sings "Who will care for
mother now 2" while the old woman
rolls ont doughnuts OIL the other
end in the pantry.
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