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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-01-22
Small Farms.

Iris an interesting question whether
this country would not be richer and
more powerful if the population We're
concentrated in the original thirteen
Colonies, leaving all the vast dorlain
west of the Al!eghanics to the Indians
and buffalo that once possessed them.
The concentration would certainly in
sure q more thorough cultivation Of the
SOIL, and save us the enormous waste Of
time and energy now expended in tray
,erlinE tioinals. 5000 miles across.
The expansion Of cur population over
the uast arca embraced within the At
lantic and Pacific Oceans, the British
boundary and the Gulf of Mexico,
forces upon us the habit Of owning
large farms and the vice Of slovcnly
cultivation. That these are injurious
both to individuals and to the country,
is sufficiently proved by the successive
failures of the baronial farmers of ILL
ncis, who, one by one, have been re-
duced to bankruptcy during the last
ten years. Large farming, in this coun-
try, even with the aid Of improved ag.
ricultural machinery and implem ents,
is dangerous business; it generally
ends in disaster. There are few men
who make fortunes on large farms;
they generally make their fortunes, or
the beginnings of them, on small farms,
and lose them on large ones. 1t has
been stated that the subdivision of
France into small farms, which, thor
oughly TILED, are capable of supporting
large population, is the real secret of
that phenomena of exceptional pros
peritY and contentment exhibited in
that Country all through the last FIVE
years of depression and discomfort in
Europe. We are not in the habit of
regarding France as an agricultural
country; but it is. 1t produces more
wheat than the United States, its crop
for 1868 being 350,CO).000 bushels,
while ours, for the same year, was but
24O, 100000. Wines, silks. oil and fine
fabrics are not the only exports sent
abroad from that country. Immense
quantities of butter, grain and fruits
are shipped to England-the surplus of
a people whose diligent industry and
careful economy enable them to feed
themselves and contribute very largely
to the feeding of their hungry and vo-
racious neighbors. The explanation of
their capacity to do this is that two
thirds the AREA of France is in actual
cultivation every year, the farms being
small, of course, but cultivated with a
thoroughness that causes them to yield
three or four times as much per acre as
farms yield, on an average, in our
Western States. The advantage of
small FARMS, well titled, needs no dem.
onstration, even in this country. OBJ
servation and uniform experience show
that they are abodes of thrift and COM
fort, while the history of large ones is
extravaganza, debt and bankruptcy
st. Louis Republican.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-01-22
AGRICULTURAL BREgITIRS.


The following are mainly taken
from the DesMoines Register:
The Gardeners Mont ky re- ommends
-WhiteWashing pear trees during the
winter as q preventive for blight.
Cattle and grain raising, instead Of
being antagonistic, are compleme ntary
to each other.
One reason of hard timss-is that we
waste and throw away what would feed
some other Nations.
Grass makes fat stock. stock makes
fat land, and thus the good grass farm-
er is apt to be good farmer in other
respects.
Plants do not require nearly 50 much
watering in the winter as in the sum-
mer. They should never be watered
until the surface of the soil is dry. IF
watered too much the soil becomes
sour and heavy, and the plant diseased.
A pail Of milk standing ten minutes
where it is exposed to the scent Of q
strong-smelling stable, or any other
offensive odor, will imbibe q faint that
will never leave it.
1t is more honorable and dignifed to
be living independently on a farm,
making good butter and cheese, and
raising abundant crops and fine stock,
than to sit in high places and aid in
making bad laws.
1t is q laudable ambition which every
farmer should possess, to excel as a
tiller of the soil, grower of the finest
crops; ambition to breed the finest ami
mails of the best breeds; ambition to have
model buildings, fences. hedges, lawns,
trees, shrubs and flowers.
When men trained to think, and
whose thought is trained to take ex-
preston in action, enter upon the arena
of farming life, the possibilities of our
soil and location are to become deyel-
opcd to an extent little realized.
Every day we see nice, calves coming
to the butcher. This is wrong. With
our cheap lands and boundless prairie
pastures, every calf should be raised -
the steers for beet, and the hcifers TO
replenish dairy and breeding herds.
"a A true tarmer, of culture and breadth
of mind, is a true man, whatever posi-
ton you may place him in. lie is called
upon to till the small but important
neighbcrhood Offices. He is Commits
sioner of Highways, School Director,
Justice of the Peace. He fills those
Offices we'll. His ability is strengthened.
He is sent to legislate for the State. He
knows the wants of the people and
works for them. A seat in Congress is
within his reach. In fact, there need be
no Office within the gift of the people
to which he may not aspire. But such
man will never forget that he sis a
farmer. Being true man, he thus en-
mobiles his profession. He has no cause
to be ashamed of it. To him there is
no higher calling. And such men will
convince, are convincing, the world
that there is no vocation higher or
more honorable. . 1.ss>
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-01-22
TEE
CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN

Most progressive.
Best Equipped,
Ablest Managed,
HENCE THE
MOST RELIA-BLE
Railway Corporation fthc entire
WEST AND NORTH WEST
x GUS lines and branches to such proportions and by
II. its extreme lheraity has acquired that Coveted
:17,Opularity that makes it really what it claims TO
r. PAD E"sth- Wssi. Embracing under one one
Hatlo forming the following Trunk Limos:
e|c Chicago, Council But Dlutis : California Line, e
chsaso S9aH City S"nRos tne Crosse Line
Chicago, La Crosse, Winona s Minnesota Lno
Chicago, st: Paul & Minneapolis Line,
Chicago, milwaukee, Lake Superior Line -
Chicago, Green Bay Il Lake Superior Line.
The advantagcscof these Lines are
l. II the passenger is going to or from any point
in the entire West and North West he can buy his
tickets via some one OF this COmpany'S lines and
be sure Of reaching his destination by it or its con-
e. The greater part of it's lines are laid with Steel
Rails, the road bed is perfect: No road has better
or smoother track. 3. 1t is the short line between
all important points. 4. It's trains all equipped
with the Westinghouse Air Brake, Aier's Platform
for safety and s. It is the only Road
in the West running the Pullman palace Sleeping
Cars either way between
Chicago and St. Paul,
Chicago and Green Bay,
Chicago and Freeport, ~
Chicago and La Crosse,
Chicago and Winona,
Chicago and Dubuque, -
Chicago and McGregor,
-- Chicago and Milwaukee.
T. 1t is the only road passing along the shores Of
Lake Michigan between Chicago AMI Milwaukee.
g. The only road running Four Express Trains 4
day via it's lines between Chicago and points in
Minnesota. 9. No road offers equal facilities in
numler Of through trains, equipped with Pullman
Palace Sleeping Cars. 10. 1t runs Two Express
Trains Daily each way on all it's lines and four
trains eacl. way between Chicago and Milwaukee,
H. 1t makes connections with all lines crossing st
p intermediate points -s5.sG = = -
The popularity OF these lines il steadily incyeas
ing and passengers should consult their Interest by
~" purchasing tickets via this line.
For Information, Folders, Maps &c., not obtain
Hble ct Home Ticket Office, address any agent Of
the Company
w. H. STFNNETT. MARVIN HUGH1TT
~.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-01-22

test, and one forenoon, when lie was
sauntering along on the opposite side
of the road, in the vicinity Of Fishers
saw-mill, i deliberately crossed over to
address him. The brusque manner IN
which he hurried away was not to be
misunderstood. Of course, was not
going to force myself upon him.
1t was at this time that I began to
form uncharitable suggestions touch
ing our neighbors, and would have
been as well pleased if some Of my
choicest fruit trees had not overhung
their wall. Undermined to keep my
eyes open later in the season, when
the fruit should be ripe to pluck. In
some folks, sense of tho delicate
shades Of difference between s,aeatna et
t4uns does not seem to be very strong
ly developed in the moon of cherries, to
use the old Indian phrase.
was sufficiently magnanimous not
to impart any of these sinister impress
sions to the families with whom we
were on visiting terms; for / despise a
gossip. I would say nothing against
the persons up the road until had
something definite to say. My interest
in them was-well, not exactly extin-
guished, but burning low. / met tho
gentlemen at intervals, and passed him
without recognition; at rarer intervals
saw the lady.
After while I not only missed my
occasional glimpses of her pretty, slim
figure, always draped in some soft,
black stuff with a bit of scarlet at the
throat, but I inferred that she did not
60 about the house singing in her light
hearted manner, as formerly. What
had happened? Had the honeymoon
suffered eclipse already Was she i'll?
I fancied she was i'll, and that detect
ed certain anxiety in the husband,
who spent the mornings digging soli-
tarily in the garden, and seemed to have
relinquished those long jaunts to the
Blue Hill, where there is q superb view
combined with sundry venerable rattle
snakes with twelve rattles.
AS the days went by it became GER
tain that the lady was confined to the
house, seriously i'll, possibly a con-
firmed invalid. Whether she was at
tended by a physician from Canton or
from Milton, l am unable to say; but
neither the gig with the large white
allopathic horse, nor the gig with the
homeopathic sorrel mare, was ever
seen hitched at the gate during the day.
If physician had charge of the case,
he visited his patient only at night. All
this moved my sympathy, and re-
preached myself with having had hard
thoughts of our neighbours. Trouble
had come to them early. Iwould have
liked to offer them such small, friendly
services as lay in my power; but the
memory of the repulse [ had sustained
ranked in me. So Ihesitated.
One morning my two boys burst into
the library with their eyes sparkling.
"You know the old elm down the
road?'' cried one. --- -.
eyes"
1.-The elm with the hang bird snest?''
shrieked the other.
"Well, we both just climed up, and
there's three young ones in it!'
Then smiled to think that our new
neighbors had got such promising
little family.-1. D. Altlricb, In atlantic.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-01-22
81 Z - ~
An ANTELO PE STORY.

"A correspondent at Bonnersyille
writes us that Mr.. Smith living
near old Fort Ransom, on the
Sheyenne, on the 9th Of November,
started out for hunt, and within
half a mile of his house ran into a
herd Of about 20 antelope, and hay-
ing a sbreech-loadiug rife, he sat
down and conn nenced firing, which
he continued doing until the ante.
lope got out Of range, the result of
which was Z dead ones when he got
them gathered up. The following
Friday he went out again and killed
5 more and Saturday 3 more, max.
ing Is in all, and all killed at II
shots.-Fa,go Times.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-01-22

Asst CALL-All those indebted
- to US for the years1S76, 1877 and
1878 are requested to settle on or he.
fore February LIST, when the list Of
Dehnquents will be handed over to
the lawyer for collection.
- NEW ULM CITY MILL co.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-01-22
Ayers
Sarsaparilla

60 For Scrofula, and all
ID b.. scrofulous diseases, Erysi-
!ha pelas, Rose, or St. Antho-
AIS ny's Fire, Eruptions and
?NA39 Eruptive diseases of the
HfA1Ea skin, Ulcerations of the
HEsa7a Liver, Stomach, Kidneys,
kp III Lungs, Pimples, Pustules,
@SH Boils, Blotches, Tumors,
~ S letter, Salt Rheum, Scald
- -. Head, Ringworm, Ulcers,
Sores, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Pain in
the Bones, Side and Head, Female
Weakness, Sterility, Leucorrhea, arising
from internal liberation, and Uterine
disease, Syphilitic and Mercurial dis
eases, Dropsy, Dyspepsia, Emaciation,
General Debility, and for Purifying the
Blood.
This Sarsaparilla is combination of
vegetable Alternatives - Stillingia, Man
drake, Yellow Dock with the iodides
OF fotasslum and Iron, and is the most
efficacious medicine yet known for
the diseases it is intended to cure.
Its ingredients are so skilfully COM
blned, that the full Alternative effect of
each is assured, and while it is so mild
as to be harmless even to children, it is
still SO etfectua as to purge out from the
system those impurities and corruptions
which develop into loathsome disease.
The reputation it enjoys is derived
from its cures, and the confidence which
prominent physicians all over the coun-
try repose. in it, prove their experience
OF It's usefulness.
Certificates attesting its virtues have
accumulated, and are constantly being
received, and as many of these cases are
publicly known, they furnish conyiciDg
evidence Of the superiorityit Ie this Sar.
saparilla over every other Alternative
medicine. So generally is its superb
orlty to any other medicine known, that
we need do no more than to ass.re the
public that the best qualities it has eyer
possessed are strictly maintained.
PREPARED BY
Dr.: J. c. AVER 4 CO., Lowell, Ia
Practical aud A,salvtjcal Che,sists.
BOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTs EyERYwHERR
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-22
A Lecturers Joke on a LAWYER.

A correspondent from Napoleon, o.,
writes as follows: The maddest man in
Northern Ohio to-day suppose is j. A.
Tyler, the distinguished lawyer of Ma
p0leon, O. Mr.. Tyler attended Eli Per-
kins' lecture last night. and being known
us great practical joker, some of the
fellows got Eli to put joke on the old
man. Mr.. r. had front scat and
laughed immoderately all through the
first hotr of the lecture. His silvery
laugh could be heard all over the room.
In fact, Mr.. Tyler's happiness disturbed
the audience.
Along in the middle of the lecture Mr..
Perkins seemed to stumble on distance
the distance between Napoleon and
Defiance, which he wanted to use by
way of an illustration.
1.-The horse l speak Of" said Eli, 81
suppose could travel from Napoleon to
Defiance, n distance Of (hesitating)
ga distance of-of-"
Fifteen miles," interrupted Mr.. Ty-
Ter, in the most innocent manner.
"Well," said Eli, backing modestly
and blushingly back, "if you know
more about this lecture than | do, Mr..
Tyler, / wish you would come up
and
The rest of the sentence was lost
amidst the loudest laughter ever heard
in Napoleon. After which Mr.. Tylel
stood up and said:
I'm Il lawyer, ladies and gentlemen
and | only surrender to the champion
liar of America
After thejolle Mr.. T. never smiled again
The audience screamed and laughed
but Mr.. 7. sat like smolderng EARTH
quake. They say he went over to The
depot to kill the humorist this morning
and that Eli got behind the engine. 1t il
safe to say that if Eli Perkins ever comes
to Napoleon again Mr.; Tyler, will Ger
tainly be tried for murder. for he swears
that he will kill Perkins, or Burdette
or Lewis, or any humorist who ever dare
to ride over the Wabash road by TIN
town of Napoleon. There is blood OF
the moon in Napoleon.-Cincinn"H Sat-
| urClIy Malt.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-22
NYN u--No2O
The Gospel of Joy.
The Gospel Of JOY

Sc Decoration Day Music in the MUSICAL RECORD, C
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-22
New York,s Criminal Record for Year,

If this city is becoming more moral,
says New York paper, the latest report
of the Board of Police Justices does not
indicate that desirable amelioration as
clearly as could be wished. True, the
number of persons brought before the
justices last year-7S, ,533-was Il falling
of from 1877; but the number held-5l,-
7S6-was an increase. OF the latter un-
fortunates, 1921 were men and 1851 5
women. 1t was rather dull year for bur-
glarly, only S46 persons being charged
with that offence-a falling off from the
previous year of twenty per cent. On the
other hand, 1873 persons We're charged
with the more genteel crime of embezzle-
ment-an increase of over thirty-three
per cent. Other branches of criminal in
dustry seem to have about held their
own, neither gaining nor losing to any
appreciable extent. 1t is worth noting
that these are ha'cyon days for the ami
mails of New York compared with some
they have known; the total number of
persons brought in for maltreating them
was $50. One of these persons was a
woman. There was a falling off in the
number of arrests for keeping disorderly
houses-ll6 last year, against 20S the
year before. OF the whole number OF
persons arrested in the year, %, ,57l were
native-born Americans, l9,O2l Irish
6,35S German, l, ,444 English, GA Scotch
4O6 Italian, 379 French; scattering, 993
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-22

yond recognifion il was upon application
and presentation found redeemable.l
Cases like this are' ycrYlfrpquenta Also
Instances where dogs, horses cowscand
other animals have decimated, and partly
and sometimes wholly swallowed Uncle
Sans promises to pay. 0orlu1 .Ii g..
.Frs.yc "a VARIOUS CASES. U..,r. OBJ ..
One man, in u dog case, states that he
forwards portions of ten-dollar note !;
that he has watched the dog vigilantly
for the remainder of it, but his watch
has not been rewarded with success.
lie got new note, The old boot'fgures
quite frequently. A Tennessee man put
Sl35 in an old boot, and secreted his
boot in his smokehouse. When he went
back for it, he lost his bearings and
could not find it, Six months afterward
he stumbled across the old boot exactly
where he had left it. The money inside
had furnished nourishment for cock
reaches and wood-liee. A handful of
small pieces was all that was left to tell
the tale Sending them on to the Treas
luy they were examined, fixed together,
and enough rescued to give the man who
hid his money in 70 boot $50. Another
Tennesseean put SI05 in an clubhouse and
lost the place. 1t remained there for six
years. Last week the decomposed notes
arrived at the Treasury with proper alli-
davits. They were redeemed in full.
'.'- MuTtLATED COINS ARE
never redeemed. This is not generally
understood, and it frequently occurs that
solid sticks of gold or silver will be sent
in The coin had been placed in piles
and, by the action of fire, melted to-
! gethcr. These chunks are always re-
! turned. All the owners can do is to sell
their gold or silver as so much bullion,
| JTdShiHgtOn Star. .'
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-22

The bast Neln5uy AnoWn 70 NaH
with Mr.. Edwin Eastman an escaped captive, long
n slave to Wakametka, the medicine man of the
Comanches, IL now prepared I, lend his aid in the
Introduction of the wonderful remedy OF that tribq
The experience of Mr.. Eastman being similar
that Of Mrs. Chas. Jones and son, of Washington
Co., Iowa. an account of whose suffcrings were
thrlingly narrated in the Neto York Herald of Dec.
18th. ISIS, the facts of which are so widely
known. Gnd 80 nearly parallel, that but little men
Jon OF MIR. Eastman's experiences will bcgven
lare. They arc, however, published IN neat vol
iruc of 200 pages. entitled, "Srvcnaud Nine Years
AMONG tic Comanchgs and Apachcs,' of which
ncntion will be made hereafter Suffice il to say,
lAat for several y"ars, Mr. Eastman, while cap
Nyc.eTas compelled to gather the roots,sgums,
wriis. herbs and berries of which Wakamctkla's 8
medicine made, and il still prepared to pro-
'idc the SAME materials for the successful intro
i1ctiou OF the medicine to the world; and assures
the rnhlic that the remedy is the same now a.
vhcn Waiametkla compelled him to make it.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-22


!, II the tourist is unprovidcd with some modi-
cinal resoirce. Changes OF temperature. food
and waterVo nnsdnaccustofned or riiNshdle-
some quality, and n route thnt lies in the
tropics or other regions where nlnlaiia exists,
are eaci and all iraught with danger to- one
who lms been improyidcnt enough 20 neglect
II remedial safeguard. The concurrent testi-
irony of inuny roydgeurS by land and sea es-
tablishes the fact that Hostetters Stomach
Btters enables those who use il to encounter
hazards ol the nature referred to with impu-
nifty; and that, as medicine adapted to sud-
den and unexpected exigencies, it is pecu-
liarly valuable. Disorders of the liver, the
bowels and the stomach, fever and aguc,
rheumatism and nervous ailments, brought
on by exposure, are among the maladies to
which emigrants, travellers and new settlers
are most subject. These and others yield to
the action of the Bitters promptly and COM
| pletely. r.H -i.@Ia. ..I. .H..I.
Though they may obstinately resist the
action of other external remedies, ulcers con-
tanning proud flesh, swellngs, tumors lerrous
granulations and scrofulous sores speedily heal
under the purifying and soothing influence OF
! Henry's Carbolc Salve, the promptcst and
most efficient topical application ever discov-
cred or used. 1t is believed that there is no
chronic sore or eruption that may not be eradi-
Gated by this Incompatible purifier. Sold by
all druggists.
PATENT RIGHTS AT AUCTIoN.-The regular
monthly auction sale of Patent Rights occurred
Monday last at the New York Patent EN-.
change, 67 Liberty ST., N. Y. Among the
most notable were Combination Table Bed
stead, $600 Pump, 81 100; Wood Cutting and
Splitting Machine, So, 100; Spring Bedsteads
$4,000; Hay Leaders 81 500 Car Windows
$3.50; Insect Destroyer, $3.50; Potato Drop
per, 81 900; Saddle Trees, 5000.
Caught ut Last.
| Tho NOT oripus 6nprpdotpr ot r,b wh,
has for-so many years cludcd the most accom-
plished and skilltul detectives, has been caugh
at lust in Buffalo, n. Y. For further particu
lars ask your druggist for bottle Of DR.. Sage
Catarrh Remedy, admitted to be the best rem
edy ior catarrh yet compounded
Every one who thinks of buying an organ
should read circular headed " Useful Infor
nation for Purchasers of Parlor and Cabinc
Organs" a postal cald addressed to the Masol
& IIamlin Organ Co. will bring one, free.
A neglected cough, cold OF sore throat, whcl
might be checked by simple remedy, lill,
"Brown's Bronchial Troches," if allowed t.
progress may terminate seriously. % cts.
CHEW
The Celebrated
" "MATCHLEss "
Wood Tag Plug
TOBACCO.
The PIONEER TOBACCO COMPANY,
New York, Boston, and Chicago.
The Mendelssohn Piano Co. No. 81 Eas
18th Street, n. Y, sell Pianos at Factor
Prices. Write ior n catalogue.
Chew Jackson's Best Sweet Navy tobacco.
Smoke Pogue's Sitting Bull Durham Tobacco
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-22
FOR BRONCHITIS,

KREAMER, Middle Creek Snyder Co., Pa.
Dear Sir:-My daughter has suffered for
some time with Bronchitis so that she was not
able to speak above whisper, but by the use
OF your Indian Blood Syrup she was perfectly
cured, Sie can now speak as we'll as ever
and cannot find words to fully express the
gratitude feel for the beneht,she has received
WILLIAM GILBERT.s5
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-22
PALPITATIoN OF THE HEART.

WEST LEBANON, March 3, 1873.
Dear Sir:-Having been PROSTATE for months
with what my physician termed Palpitation OF
the Heart, and a combination of other diseases,
l obtained no relief until bought some OF your
Indian Blood Syrup which relieved me i'm
mediately. am now in perfect health.
ELIZABETH LEWIS.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-22

A young French lady was poi soned by
a postage stamp that had been sent to
her by rejected suitor in lett er re-
9uesting reply. The reply written,
the lady applied the stamp to her lips,
when she felt sharp pain in her tongue,
and that member was soon terribly in
ilamed and covered with sores. The
doctor was arrested, but declared he was
Innocent. .gNT