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The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1879-11-13

Mr. FRANK y. DIXON, OF Newark, ONO,
brother of Rev. Mr.. Dixon, arrived last Fri
day morning, and has entered upon his du-
ties as foreman in the FARMER Office. .
Mr.. Abner Darling, surveyor Of ability,
is engaged in surveying the addition Of S. S.
Gardner, which is to be plated and recorded
as an addition to Wadena. He is to remain
with us all winter.
Mr.. Swindlehurst concluded that his old
shop was somewhat coool when the thermo-
meter fell below zero and has erected new
and more commoddious one Immediately III
front of the old one.
Messrs. Whitney & Potter have formed
co-partnership and purchase the stock OF
furniture of Gardner & Case. They have
rented the store in .Luce's block and will
occuny the same as furniture store as soon
as COMPLETED.
J. O.. Ostrander had his bread baked last
Monday from the first flour ground at the
Wadena mill: Although it was the poorest
= grade to be made BY the mill and simply an
experimental grind, it was all that could he
asked for in quality. :.
The firm of S. S. Ga rdner & Co. has been
extended Mr.. T.. S. Case taking a more
general intrest and they are now preparing
their Office to transact banking business.
These two gentlemen are tirst-class business
men and form good team.
Harry Presson has purchased halt i'll
terest with James Ostrander and will at once
proceed to erect All addition.to the premises
On Front street, They propose to run first
class restaurant, and in connection thereto
il complete stock Of fruit and confectionery:
Henry Plant, Of Minneapolis, gave serio
Of Bible readings in this place last Friday
Saturday and Sunday. He is posted in that
book, and gave many useful hints and di-
rections as to how it should lie read to he
understood The audiences on Sabbath
were large, and some special interest was
manifested at the evening service.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1879-11-13
MUSIC.

I am prepared to give lessons on the piano
or organ at reasonable rates. Call at residence
over Farmer Office. MISS HATTIE E BAILEY.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1879-11-13
FIDELITY LODGE. U. D., AT. & A. NJ, VERN3ALE

Regular Communications held first and
third Tuesdays of each month. All Master
Masons in good standing cordially invited to
attend. H. BRINTNELL, w. NJ.
B. +. HORR, Secretary.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1879-11-13
CHURCH DIRECTORY;

Rev. C. II. Dixon will preach in Wadena
the second Sabbath Of each month at IL
o'clock a. m and 7 O'Clock p. III.
Also in Verndale the first Sabbath each
month at 1890 Il. III. and p. H.
Rev. E S peake will officiate at Wadena
the Sd Sunday in each month at I III and
at Verndale at 7 IL p. NJ,
Rev. Mr. Denley will preach in the School
House, Wadena, the LIST and 4th Sundays in
each month at II o'clock am.
England Prairie, on the 4th Sunday
in each month atone o'clock:
Verndale the I'd and 18th Sundays in each
month at 2 o'clock p. m.
! Bluff on fri: Sunday in each month at 3
o'clock.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1879-11-13
The Wheat Market.

. At Duluth No. l hard, sl.o5, No. l, s104,
No: 2, 81 "a; Fargo, No. l S5c, No. 2, SOC F.;
Melrose, No. Ole, No. 2 SSc.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1879-11-13

mr.. FRANK r.. DIXON, OF Newark, ONO,
brother of Rev. Mr.. Dixon, arrived last. Fri
day morning, and has entered upon his du-
ties as foreman in the FARMER Office
Louisiana capitolian., 1879-07-19
A BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENT,

In Augustin Daly's great play Of
"Under the Gaslight" Laura Courtland
utters these beautiful sentiments:
Tet the woman you look upon he
wise or vain, beautiful or homely, rich
or poor, she really has but one thing
she can really give or refuse--her
heart. Her beauty, her wit, her ac-
complishments, she may sell to you--
but her love is the treasure without
money aud without price. She only
asks in return that when you look
upon her your eyes shall speak a mute
devotion; that when you address her
your voice shall be gentle, loving and
kind; that you shall not despise her
because she cannot understand, all at
once, your vigorous thoughts and am
bilious plans, for when misfortune and
evil have defeated your greatest pur-
poses her love remains to console
you. You look unto the trees for
strenth and grandeur; do not despisc
the flowers because their fragrance is
all they have to give. Remember,
love is all a woman can give--but it
is the only earthly thing which God
permits It's to carry beyond the grave"
Louisiana capitolian., 1879-07-19
FATAL DUEL AT PLEASANT HILL
[C0ushatta Citizen.1


We are without really reliable in
formation concerning the shooting af-
fray which occurred at Pleasant Hill
on Sunday last, and decline to publish
any of the rumors current. Mr.. Fos-
ter's death is much regretted by his
entire acquaintance, as he was a young
gentleman Of very great promise to
both family and friends. DR.. Arm
strong, too, stands high in the estinm-
ton Of those who knew him. The
difficulty originated, we learn, from
an insult to Mr.. Fosters sister by DR..
A. in ball room, and the matter was
resented with all the gallantry and
chivalry becoming a true Southern
gentleman. lie died protecting his
sisters fair name, and who does not
admire his courage! DR.. Armstrong
is known to be wounded by two pis-
tol shots, but he has evaded arrest SO
far by the authorities of De Soto par
ish. More than this we have no au-
thentic information, and cannot mould
public feeling by giving currency to
all the rumOrs atlOat.
Louisiana capitolian., 1879-07-19

Show me the girl who has the llardi-
hood to whistle in these days, when
everything natural, even to the hair
of your head, is at a discount, and ri
show you a girl who can be depended
upon--one who will not fail you in
time Of need, and will give you the
true, hearty grasp, the cordial hand
shake, the warm, genial welcome ; no
tip Of the kid glove, and cold chow
do you do 7" who can brave danger,
look toll in the face without shrink
ing, 'laugh with those that laugh
and weep with those that weep" as
well as whistle with those that whistle;
who can, in short, take the world as
she finds it, rough and rugged, and
not go through life as though she
were walking on eggs and afraid Of
cracking a shell who deals in sub
stance, not shadow.
Louisiana capitolian., 1879-07-19
INFLUENCE OF LITERARY TASTE,

10 a young man away from home
and forlorn in great city, the hours
of peril are those between sunset and
bedtime; for the moon and stars see
more evil in single hour than the sun
in his whole days circuit. The poets
vision Of evening is all q compact of
tenderand soothing images. 1t brings
the wanderer to his home, the child to
his mothers arms, the OK to his stall.
and the weary laborer to his rest. But
to the gcntle-bearted youth, who is
thrown upon the rocks of pitiless
city, and stands "hOmeless among a
thousand homes" the approach of eve
ming brings with it an aching sense of
loneliness and desolation which comes
down upon the spirit like shadow
upon the earth. In this mood his
best impulses becomes snare to him,
SO and he is led astray because he is So
cial, kind, affectionate, sympathetic,
and warm hearted. If there be a
young man SO circumstanced within
the circle of our city, let us say to him
that books are the friends of the friend
less, and that a library is a home to
the homeless. A taste for reading
will always%arry you to converse with
men who will instruct you by their
wisdom and charm you by their wit;
who will soothe you when fretted,
counsel you when perplexed, and
sympatlize with you at all times.
Evil spirits, in the middle ages, were
exercised and driven away by bell,
book and candle; and you want but
two Of these agents, the book and the
candle.
Louisiana capitolian., 1879-07-19
A BULLY BROUGHT TO TAW.
FALSE AND PARTISAN REPORTS OF THE
CONKLING-LAMAR AFFAIR.
Washington Capital. I

washington Capital.l
A mans courage is very much like
his digestion, in the fact that when
good it is never thought Of. A brave
man Is never aware Of his courage
until it is put to the test, and until
tried he goes his way, a very quiet,
inoffensive citizen. It is on this ac-
count that braggart and a bully is
instinctively regarded by the mass Of
people as a coward. He assumes the
virtue he docs not possess, and over
does the assumption. This has been
the popular belief in reference to
Senator Conkling. And 20 no one
was disappointed or even surprised,
when, after Senator Lamar's deadly
thrust, the overbearing bully Of the
Senate collapsed. The fall was SO
sudden and complete, the lately arro-
CANT lecturer of better men presented
such q pitiable spectacle, that people
who never respected him felt sorry
for him. We refer, Of course, to what
actually occurred for between the
two partisans Of the press, who con-
ceal all the unpleasant facts they
may, and the sneak thieves about
Washington, who have made an hon
Orable profession, q stencil, in the nos
trils of the people, and wllo lie from
force Of total depravity, the account
of the transaction, with q few excep-
tions, were wide of the truth. That
Conkling's bearing was that Of u bully
suddenly brought to taw, no Senator
present doubts OF questions. In the
dead silence that followed Lan,ar's
subtle ana fatal stab, COnkling was
to the last extent unnelved and con-
fused. His assumed nonchalence of
repose and swagger Of action both
deserted him, and looking wildly
about him, he stammercd, hesitated
and lost control Of both thought and
voice. This was evident, not only
from his vulgar retort. after being
pronounced q liar, Of "y0u're an
other,' 'but in committing himself to a
line he has not since had the courage
to carry ont. He served notice on
Lamar that on some other time, and
at some other place, he would attend
to the insult. We know what this
means. 1t is either q duel under the
code or an assault on the street; and
there is no getting away from the
cruel conclusion. Either COnkling
did not know what he was saying, or
he lacked the nerve to carry out what
he had said.
Louisiana capitolian., 1879-07-19
Written for the Capitolian.
THE FRIENDS;
6
o OR,
A HOME In LOUISIANA
By N0RAH N. J0NEs.
CHAPTER VIII.

TIE FRIENDS IN LOUISIANA.
bright rose the morning, every wave
was stilb
When the first perfume Of u cedar kill,
Sweetly awaked us, and with smiling
charms,
The fairy harbor rock'd us in its arms"
Again through tho strange accidents
of adverse fortune, and under the
influence of inauspicious events, the
friends were turned adrift to seek o
home in stranger lands. When they
landed in New Orleans they met with
the warmest and most generous recep-
tion from the Spanish authorities, and
from the inhabitants of Louisiana in
general, for the hospitable Southern
heart is in perfect harmony with the
true hyperbole of Irish cordiality and
the "Ceadmile .falta," is felt and ex-
pressed in q thousand nameless acts
of courtesy and kindness which are
lavished upon the stranger, as soon
as he plants his foot on our Southern
soil.
Power and O'Brien we're received in
the household ofthe Bishop, Penalvert,
where Father Everard was already
domiclliated. The manners and habits
of the people, the beauty of the coun-
try, the fertility of the soil, and above
all the cordiality with which they
were received, were Inducements
which could not be overlooked; and
rs by this time the death blow had
been given to the Irish cause by the
execution of Robert Emmett, they
determined at once to select Louisiana
as their future home.
O'Bricn readily consented to these
plans, as the society of New Orleans
was highly congenial to every mem
ber of the Home.
1t was determined that Mabel should
leave the convent, as her marriage
would take place in a short time !;
from her long residence in Spain she
spoke the sweet Castilian in all its
native purity, and as she was on
terms of the most intimate friendship
with Donna Rosalia de GuiOsO, niece
to the governor, she would reside with
them till O'Brien could procure n
home.
As for Thomas Power, he labored
with undertaking energy for the
promotion of his friends happiness !;
Louisiana capitolian., 1879-07-19

in before and got it there again. He'd
been licked in another minute if he
hadn't, but that saved bis bacon, and
the spider gritted his teeth q few
times and keeled over and died. This
don't shake my faith in tarant0las,
however. I've got q two-ounce spi-
der that will match agin any scor-
pion in Storey county next Sunday
for five hundred a slide"
Louisiana capitolian., 1879-07-19
; BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA JULY 10. 1879

but the task was hard, day after day
he repressed with almost superhuman
energy, the wild and impulsive throb.
bings of his heart. He suffered deeply,
for him the world was solitude,
society had no hold on his scared
heart, all it's allurements had vanish
ed. Endowed by nature with great
personal gifts, he turned with loath-
ing from all things; the brilliant pol
ish of fashion, the dazzling splendor
of rank, even the bewitching blan-
disllments of intercourse with edu-
Gated society, all were powerless to
heal the hidden wound.
Father Everard with true paternal
instinct had watched the hidden con-
flict, and the temporary victory; his
deep knowledge Of human nature,
combined with his great love for his
nephew and pupil, had enabled him
to see clearly the apparent GONZALES
cence of this wounded heart. Power
felt that the good man knew all, few
words were exchanged, but stimulated
by the silent appreciation of his uncle,
he continued to tread with manly
resignation the narrow path of self
sacrifice and abnegation. Upheld by
kindred sensibility in the bosom of
another no was better enabled to bear
up through this burtllened life; and
frequently in his unguarded moments
when about to sink under his daily
occupations and pursuits, wearied and
satiated with things around him, lie
would look up to find the mild eye of
Father Everard fixed upon him with
a look of encouragement, which to %
delicate mind is more gratifying than
the most eloquent verbal praise.
Louisiana capitolian., 1879-07-19
A remarkable cave has been discov

A remarkable cave has been discov-
cred on the farm Of David Samuels
about ten miles from LII Crosse. The
cave is thirty feet long, thirteen wide,
and eight feet above the sand which
has 1rifted in and covers the floor to
the depth Of about six feet. On the
walls of the cave are rude carvings,
representing men, animals, arms, and
various Indian implements, also what
appears to be hieroglyphics. One
picture represents q man with % bow
and arrow shooting at IN animal.
There are three buffalOes and one
rabbit represented, three animals
which must have been hippopotami
and one that appears to represent q
mastodon. There are also three
representations of canoes, also one of
q man wearing q kind Of chaplet or
crown, probably the chief of his tribe
or clan. There are also many frag-
ments of pictures where the rock has
decOmpOsed.
Louisiana capitolian., 1879-07-19
Selqtt Wlistellanp,
For the Capitolian.
THE LAWYERS P1TRON.
by NORAU NJ. JONES.

In days of old, ere print and telegraph
Had taken the place of herald and o
page;
Ere modern author pcnned n paragraph
And steam and progress had become
the rage.
When men were bold in Faith and Vir
tues cause,
And woman dared not for her rights t,
scold;
When kings and princes bowed to higher
laws;
And lord and peasant knelt in on,
same fold. a
Ages dark ere yankee beacon lights had
shed,
Their scorchng beams on each devoted
head,
When cv'ry art held up its tutelary saint
Without fear Of superstitious taint.
Music, painting to their vocation true
Sung aud portrayal divine Cecelia's
flame;
st. Luke received from Doctors praise
well due,
st. George the soldiers courage still
did tame.
And now in spite of precedent and deed,
The Lawyers yet had not preferred
their claim;
When one, who though 80 far he was not
feed,
Vowed that fer them Patron he would
frame.
For Rome he starts iuhamed with holy
zeal,
Determined still to make all others feel,
That now, no matter what would be the
price,
The Robe should have Patron in %
His Holiness, well pleased, the suit
receives,
Yet, he still demures Saint to offer;
Fearing prior claiu,--so to chance he
leaves,
And thus our gowned friend takes the
protfer.
The Lawyer blindfold to the church is
led,
To choose a fitting Patron on this day.
TO great St. Micllael's image fast he
sped,
And cried, "This is our Patron now for
aye" "--
The bandage falls! sees with dire
dismay,
Which to this day admits of no allay,
That he has seized in manner most I'M
civil
That holy Saints great enemy the Devil
st. Michael always represented with
the Devil lying prostrate at his feet.
Louisiana capitolian., 1879-07-19

A preacher, after standing the freez-
ing temperature of the church as long
as he could, broke out with, "Brother
Gliggs, do see that this house ia bet
ter warmed this afternoon it's no
kind Of use for mo to warn sinners of
the dangers of hell, when the very
idea of hell is a comfort to them"
Louisiana capitolian., 1879-07-19
THE END.
President Lincoln once listened pa

President Lincoln once listened pa
tient'y while friend read long manu-
script to him, and asked: "\Vhat do
you think of it7 How will it take? ~
The President reflected for little
while, and then answered.: "Well,
for people who like that kind of thing,
| think that is just about the kind of
thing they'd like
Louisiana capitolian., 1879-07-19

An intellectual member of the Ark
ansas Legislature has introduced bill
abbreviating the season of Lent from
forty to twenty days. He explains
that everything else has come down
50 per cent. since the war, and there
should be no discrimination in favor
of Lent.
Louisiana capitolian., 1879-07-19
THE SEPARATED MAN.
free Prsss. ]

About eight o'clock yesterday fore.
noon q man whose form was full o
wrinkles and kinks and twists came
out of a coal shed on the wharf, and
began yawning and rubbing his eye,
like one who had put in u heavy
night. A policeman lounged that
way, gave the man q looking ovel
and asked:
"Sleep in there last night :"
"Yaas, kinder" was the reply.
"Looking for work ~
"N-n-o, not exactly"
"You'll be run in if you hang around
in this way" remarked the officer.
The man put his hands on II snub-
bing post, laid his chin on his hands,
and, after long look at Canada, he
turned and said:
III dunno exactly what I'm gong
to do. live out here about eight
miles, but I've separated from the old
woman. Yes, separated last night"
"What's the trouble 7"
"Waal she was my second, and
was her second, and we never got
along any too sweet. We both Of us
think we know it all, and neither feels
like giving in. We came in to see
the circus"
"Ah! you did ~
"And there's where the separation
took place, right in front of the sacred
hyenas from Japan. You know they
advertised an electric light there p
"Yes."
"Wcll, we'd never seen one. When
we got into the menagerie there stood
the elephant. Then came the camels.
Then we came to a darned old bear.
Further on were the lions and tigers
and monkeys, but no electric light.
We walked three times around that
old tent without coming to his cage,
and got very mad. Says to one of
the chaps over the rope: "Whar in
the thunder is the cage with the cleo
trio light in? We want to sec him or
have our money back" The fellow
he grinned all over, and lots of folks
LATED right out, and my wife she flew
up and said I'd made a fool of myself.
"How," says l.
"Why, the electric light is not an
animal at all,'' but it is something to
do with the clown"
"We had n big jaw right there. She
caved my hat in and / broke her para
sol, and then I separated
"And you wont make p?"
"Make up? Never! She can take
the electric light and bake and
cat him, but Pm q man who never
crawls! I'm going down to Toledo,
| am, and by this time to. morrcr I'll
be drunkcr'n a horsew
"And you didn't see the electric
light, after alt ~
"No. don't believe they had any!
Maybe they thought they could work
that ere rhinoceros off OH the public
by another name, but | tumbled in a
mint. I'm an old rhinos myself, and
my wife is another, and when ] think
of how | stood there and let her call
me q fool before all the people I'm
mad huff to walk clean home and
pizen her half of the yoke of oxen"
Louisiana capitolian., 1879-07-19

81 don't think much Of newspaper
men, and never take any stock in
what the papers say" he said. And
then everybody knew that he done
something that he was ashamed of,
and the papers had published an ac-
count OF it.
Louisiana capitolian., 1879-07-19

A friend that makes the least noise
is very often the most needful, for
which reason all should prefer a pru-
dent friend to a jealous one,
Louisiana capitolian., 1879-07-19
TABLES TURNED.

The most remarkable love story Of
the summer IL told by the Port Jarvis
Union. -Four years ago, a gentleman
Of twenty-thlee won the heart Of .
lady Of nineteen. She was the daugll-.
ter Of pious parents, and although she
was not connected with any church.,
looked with feeling akin to horror
% anything approaching skepticism.
But the time came when she learned
that her lover was a deist; that he
had no veneration for the Bible, and
took no interest In churches. She
was deeply panied by the revelation.
She sent for her lover and endeavored
to convince him Of his error, but he
was not satisfied with her arguments.
She finally wrote to him q tear
stained letter bidding him goodbye
forever. The lady mourned, but tried
to satisfy herself that she had acted
correctly. Two years made her more
liberal than she had been. The more
she read the more she distrusted her
former decision, and she finally be-
came quite rs liberal as the lover she
had discarded. The lover, too, had
undergone a change. Last winter q
revival Of religion took place in the
city in which he was engaged in busi-
ness. Suffice it to say that he was
united with the church, and in a short
time became a jealous member. He
thought over the action Of his former
sweetheart in discarding him for his
infdelity, and wrote her brief note
asking the privilege Of once more
calling on her. When she timidly
apologized for her previous dismissal
Of him, he, to her surprise, defended
her conduct; said she had been in the
right, and in her place, he would do
the same. Her heart sank at these
words. She confessed the great change
in her sentiments; from being firm
believer in the Bible, she had dis
carded it, and with it her belief in :,
any revealed religion. He pleaded
with her, urged everything he could
think Of to induce her to change her
mind. She could not and told him
80. He felt that he must not be yOked
with an unbeliever, and gave her up.
Louisiana capitolian., 1879-07-19

Better wrong will than waver-
ing; better a ste adfast enemy than an
uncertain friend; better false belief
than no belief at all.
Louisiana capitolian., 1879-07-19

There is no fault SO small that it
will disappear OF itself. You must
make a business Of pulling it up by
the roots and throwing it away.
Louisiana capitolian., 1879-07-19

Beast Butler is trimming his sails
to catch the democratic breeze in
Massachusetts.
Louisiana capitolian., 1879-07-19

.Y'Fine Job Work at the Capitolian.