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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-10-16
HAIL, CROP s, 60,
LAKE PARK. MINI, Oct 4th,

LAKE PARK, MEN., OCT 4th, 1879.
EDITORS JoURNAL:-I though would send
you an account of shower of hail that pass
ed over this place on the forenoon of the LIST
inst, which was in some respects quite un-
usual. At sunrise it was very warm for the
season and somewhat cloudy with strong
breeze blowing from the south; about seven
O'Clock the clouds began to gather in the
west, and soon the low distant thunder re-
minded us that shower was near a. hand;
at o'clock it was quite dark and began to
rain. It rained about twenty minutes and
stopped and the dark clouds had passed
over; then the rain shifted AMI narrow
cloud ON vapor came over from the south
east and commenced to hail mildly at first,
but increased in few minutes to such a
shower of hail stones that it was terrifying to
behold. Hail stones falling from three to
four inches in diameter and frozen 30 hard
that striking on the roof OF building or .
wood pile would not break them. At Chase
K .ennison's mill, stones fell of sufficient di-
mansions and force that had they struck a
man ON the head they would have killed him
instantly or broken an arm or ahoulder, had
the wind blown hard they would have broken
through the root Of buildings. There is
small lake near the mill that presented q
magnificent appearance the, hail striking
with such force as to throw the water eight
or ten feet high, resembling in some respects
the blowing OF whale The shower lasted
about twenty minutes. | picked up a nail
full Of the stones at nine O'clock in the morn
ing and at six 2. N. stones remained as large
as hens eggs, affording US good water all day.
A pail was filed with hail and placed in the
mill where il was cool, and at o'clock in
the evening stones remained in it larger than
/ ever saw before and it was very warm
day. At night we had very heavy shower,
the lightning and thunder was terrific. hut
no damage was done at this place The hail
did but small amount Of damage as the
wind was very light Windows were broken
to the amount Of perhaps thirty dollars dam
age.
The wheat crop is light in this vicinity but
the acreage was large No. is bringing 50
cents per bushel, No. , 70, and No. 10 cts.
Oats are good crop. p ltatoes grow here
unsurpassed IN yield and quality, and the
same can be said OF all kinds OF vegetables
| There is q tree agent here from Canada who
is doing quite business selling fruit trees 10
| the iaraers. He claims that trees brought
here from the region Of the north pole viii
1 be sure to do well, and all that farmers reed
do 10 insure them plenty OF fruit in the fu-
I tuFe is to buy the trees and set them out
/ Chase x Jennison are building Touring mill
I here that viii bea great convenience to the
/ farmers and no doubt good investment for
/ its owners. There are four stores here three
| blacksmith shops, harness maker, three
saloons and drug store. T. r. WHITE.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-10-16
ASSOCIATION AT SPRING VALLEY
OCT. as, 1879.

Julia Akers, Penmanship; M. J..
Maxgood, Grading Schools; V. G.
knight, Recollections of Pioneer
Teaching; S. Brown, How can the
teacher arouse an interest in the dis
trict regarding school mattersl Anne
liza Adams, School Life in River Falls
and its advantages, Essay; j. A. Mar
tin, Physical Geography; Lottie Fran
cisco, Geography; Mrs. j. A. Martin,
querist; A. C. Lamport, --Sylvester
Cook, Theory and practice of Reading;
F. L. Barney, Hygiene of school life.
THE outlook of the late examina-
ton is, in one respect, encouraging.
The constant decrease in the number
receiving certificates, during the last
four years, Notwithstanding the rapid
increase of schools, tends to bring the
supply nearly equal to the demand.
Not more than IS will receive certifi-
Gates, at the most, of the 90applicants.
Several present at River Falls will not
teach in the county, and many can
teach but one.half the year. Hence
the certificates granted will scarcely
supply one-half of the number requir-
ed to teach the schools, viz. 121. The
pruning process by raising the stand
ard and making the questions more
severe, must now cease, or the supply
of teachers will not meet the demand,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-10-16

THOUGH Jenkins, the Democratic can
didate for Governor, DOGS not believe
in prohibitory legislation he is himself
temperance man and the Milwaukee
Sentinel, an alleged Republican paper,
took occasion to say as much in his ia.
vor, and because the Sentinel make 5
known the fact that Jenkins is TEN.
perance man the Madison Democrat
pronounces it an attack upon him
(which for INSCRIPTIONS, partisan viii
lainy, is little IN advance of anything
that disreputahle organ has recently
attempted" If ''unscrupulous, parti-
san villainy" consisted of nothing
worse than saying of candidate for
office she is temperance maj" the
political code would be much more ex-
allied than it now Is.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-10-16

KEEP it before the people that the
expenses of the State government dur
ing the last two years under the pru-
dent management of the present Re-
publican administration is sl65. 800. %
less than under Gov. Washburn; $685..
9g9 40 less than under the great and
good Reform Gov. Taylor: and $685..
7S0.3l less than under Gov. Ludington
the financial officers under whose ad-
ministration were Democratic Reform
ers. It should be borne in mind. also,
that included in the expen ses of the
present administration was Demo
cratic deficiency of SIG, 1857 and an
extra expense of 81, 1854 incurred in
the revision and publication of the
Revised Statutes, making in all the
sum of SEQ, 5sl.4l outside Of the ordi-
nary expe asses of the State governs
ment. Taxpayers who desire to sus-
tain genuine reform should cut this
out and paste it in their hats for ref
eFence on election day.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-10-16

SOME Democratic papers are attempt
ing to show that soldiers should not
vote for Governor Smith, but for Jenk-
ms. In this they exhibit a sublimity
of ''cheek" seldom witnessed. While
Gov. Smith as loyal Republican was
sustaining the noble cause for which
the brave boys in blue We're fighting,
Jenkins was being knocked down for
shouting for jeff Davis. Jenkins was
and is a shining light in that party
which threw every possible obstacle
in the way of success for the Union
armies, and which now seeks to re-
store rebels to the control of the coun-
try,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-10-16

The Republican State Central Com
mlttee has secured the services of a
number of excellent speakers and the
canvass from now until election day
will be pushed with renewed vigor.
Among the more prominent speakers
elready engaged are Blaine, of Maine,
Chandler and Burrows, of Michigan,
Hon. G. G.. Williams, Gov. VIM. E.
Smith. and Col. E. w. Reyes, of Wis.
consin, and Judge Downs, of Arkan'
sas. Senator Blaine speaks at Madi
son tonight and at Milwaukee to-mor-
row night. Chambers appointments
are confined to Milwaukee, Oshkosh
and GAINESVILLE.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-10-16

DEMocRATrc journals do not care to
discuss the adoption by the present
State officials .'of greater economy in
the administration of State affairs
since it has been shown with how
much greater economy they have
managed the affairs of State than did
their Reform predecessors, and the
chairman of the Democratic State Cen.
trail Committee is now combining his
most labored efforts to an attempt to
prove that previous to 1870 Gov,
Smith was British subject. We
make this last suggestion merely to il.
lustrate how hard pushed are the op'
ponents of the present State admins.
tration for political capital.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-10-16
Edu@a tiopa1.
HIS. BAKER.A .B. Editor.
(CoUSry suPRRISTENDExT.)

About $50 different persons hay,
taught in Pierce county since 1875.
BLANCHE BAIRD has engaged tn
Clifton Hollow school for four months
commencing Oct. 81.
G. 0. BRoHoUGH, formerly SUDDEN
at the Normal, is now teacher il
Hauge's Red Wing Seminary,
Do not forget the Association a
Ellsworth next Saturday, nor Prof
Woodbury's free reading in the even
ing.
THE whole number of Norma
School graduates in the u. S. in 1875
was 2682, of whom 1857 were engaged
in teaching.-Er.
THE people of Trenton Prairie show
good judgment by retaining the service
of Miss Mate Taber for another term.
The coming term will begin the 4th.
Good work has been done and univers
al Satisfaction given. q,
IT IS not desirable that our state
Legislature and congress should be ex.
clusiyely lawyers. But if farmers
and merchants and manufacturers are
sent to such bodies they must be men
of some cultivation and training, so
that they can fully comprehend the
matters of legislation and be able to
draft bills.-Er
GENERAL education NAV not be a
sure preventative of poverty and
crime, but that it tends powerfully in
that direction, few intelligent and OBJ
serving persons will deny. The small
Ell the number of illiterate persons, the
ess chance there is for the success of
the schemes of demagogues and all
that class of scoundrels that live by
deluding the people,--Ee,
JoHN A. MARTIN will teach a fall
term of two months in the Tovey dis
trict, Spring Lake commencing Oct.
9th, at the close of which he will
teach the winter term of three months
in the Brown district. Said district
voted to levy 300 this winter for the
purpose of building q new school
house. The district will hold speci-
al meeting some time next spring to
vote an additional sum to be levid in
the district and decide the question of
borrowing money from the trust fund
of the State. B.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-10-16

THE Seventh Annual Congress of the
American Association for the Adj
vancement of Women was held at
Madison last week. The session is re-
ported as very interesting one, but
at the closing meeting the President
of the Congress unfortunately created
storm of indignation by undertaking
to palliate and excuse the barbarities
which were practiced upon Union SOL
diers while prisoners of war.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-10-16

JUDGE HAYDEN, of Grand Rapids, can
didate on the Greenback ticket for At
torney General two years ago, was
shot and killed on the 9th inst, by a
Mr.. CQchrane. It is alleged that the
shooting was prompted by an improp
Ell intimacy between Hayden and Coch.
rane's wife, and that public sympathy
is with Cochrane,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-10-16
ssr<<

Or the Greenback convention held at
Ellsworth last week Joel Foster was
chosen chairman and C.sW. Young.
man was elected secretary. S. A.
Porter, of Trenton, was nominated fol
Member of Assembly, and Mrs. NJ. G.,
Woodwork, of Ellsworth, for County
Superintendent. But few participated
in the proceedings of the convention
and of course no hope of success car
reasonably be entertained by the
Greenback managers.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-10-16

GEE. S, L. WooDFoRD, of New York,
who attended the recent Gully trial III
Mississippi, echoed the sentiment of
patriots everywhere when he said,
"If we dread the South, solid in his
tory, with the baptism of blood upon
it's garments, then beat that solid
South by a solid North
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-10-16

NATIoNAL supremacy, equal rights,
free elections and honest money are
the real issues of the pending CAM
paign, and are measures which the
Republican party periodically cham
pions. The success of these principles
mean security and prosperity, their
defeat means the reverse.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-10-16

The Democrats and Greenbackers of
the county do not spool their issues"
in the pending campaign-except upon
Mrs, Woodwork, candidate for Super
intendent. The result year ago had
tendency to make thu Greenbackers
distrustful of their Democratic allies.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-10-16
ELECTION, TUESDAY, NOV. 4th, 1879.

Col. Z. A. CALKNs, who until quite
recently has been a shining light in
the Democratic party, has found the
southern outrages greater than he can
endorse and says: 1--WE are in favor
of the Nation with q big ny as long
as there is South with a big 81"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-10-16
FRESH MILK!

I would respectfully announce to
the citizens of River Falls that | am
permanently located here and am pre-
pared to furnish pure, fresh milk IN
quantities to suit customers, delivered
morning and evening. A fair share of
patronage is solicited.
h j. w. DAVIS.
River Falls, April 80, 1872
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-10-16
GEORGE FORTUNE.
MARTEL FAIR

A monthly fair will be held at Mar
tel, Pierce county, on the second Tues
day of each month for the purpose of
buying, selling and trading in
horses, cattle, sheep, swine &c. The
farmers of Martel and adjoining towns
are cordially invited to bring their
stock to the fair. Butchers and 9TH
ers desiring to buy fat cattle will do
well to attend.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-10-16

Ir has been trltely said that politics
make strange bedfellows" and Pierce
county affords striking illustrations of
this saying. Hon. VIM. j. Copp, the
straight Democratic nominee for the
Assembly was ten years ago radical
Republican State Senator. Mrs. NJ, G.
Woodwork, the Democratic and
Greenback candidate for County Su-
perintendent was four years ago the
straight Republican nominee for the
same office, while the Republicans of
the county are also open to the charge
of going outside of their party for a
candidate, on more than one occasion
during the past decade. And then
there are number of old liners like
Judge Foster and Uncle Charley Dun
bar who have joined NJ. @. Wood
worth, ''Briek" Pomeroy and others
in their efforts TO ''saye the country. +"
Verify, this is queer world,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-10-16
ARCHITECTURAL DRAFTING.

lam now prepared to furnish Plans, Speci-
fcations and Estimates, Working Details, Ele'
vations, etc. In short all drawings necessary
tor the construction of any building in tie
latest and mos approved styles, lat reasonable
prices and satisfaction guaranteed. ANY per-
son will save from 8 to - per cent. on the
cost Of building by proeuringa reliable set
ofdrawings.
CONTRACTS TAKEN,
tor building and furnishing all materials.
2I-35 G. HENRY
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-10-16

STATE SENATOR.

We most heartily approve the action
of the Republican Senatorial conven-
| ton held at Eau Claire last Friday in
placing in nomination for State Sena-
| tor, Hon. Michael Griffin, of Eau Claire.
The delegation of the Eau Claire bolt
ers was we think properly refused
| seats in the convention and the nomi-
/ nation of Mr.. Griffin was the natural
| sequence of the admission of the Griff-
in delegation from Eau Claire. By
customary political courtesy the nomi-
nation of the candidate presented by the
Eau Claire delegation had by common
consent been conceded and we are
gratified that such candidate is gen.
tleman so worthy the support of the
Republican electors of the district as
Mr.. Griffin's ability and record proves
him to be. While we do not enjoy the
pleasure of personal acquaintance
with Mr.. Griffin we are informed that
he is a gentleman of fine ability, for
chile speaker. a sound reasoner and an
energetic worker. AS II member of
the lower house of the legislature in
1879 he made record second to none
in that body, and was chairman of the
committee who went through the
crooked accounts of that champion
"Reformer Gov. Taylor. In 1851 Mr..
Griffin enlisted as private in the 18th
Wisconsin; he was afterward promot-
ed to the position of first lieutenant
and served till the close of the war, ac-
companying Gen. Sherman upon bis fa-
nous ''alarch to the sea-" Both as
soldier and civilian, true and efficient,
Mr.. Griffin deserves the support of Re-
publicans throughout the entire dis
trict at the polls on election day and
we trust that Pierce county will do
herself credit by rolling up for him a
majority of not less than six hundred.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-10-16

Draying of all kinds done at reason
able rates. Orders left at the Post
Office will receive prompt attention. 5
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BOOT & SHOE STORE.

Fl. L. WADSWORTH, Manufacturer of
and dealer in Boots and Shoes, Gloves,
Mittens, Hosiery and every thing usually
kept in first class boot and shoe store at the
lowest possible prices. Custom work spec
iality. Repairing promptly and neatly done.
Shop on Main Street first door south of Cam
eron's bakery, River Falls, Wis 2l-35
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Dayton Mills.

This mill contains all the new and
improved machinery for Custom Work.
Satisfaction guaranteed. A fair share
of patronage is solicited. Soft
j. NJ. TozER, Lessee.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-11-04
Thin Seeding Successful.

EDS. COUNTRY GENTLEMAN,- The
reading of w. III. Whites experiment
of sowing only five pecks of wheat to
seed an acre of land, recalls to mind my
own views and experiments in relation
to the quantity of seed necessary to SOW
of the various kinds of grain. My 'ex-
perience has been mostly with oats, yet
1 think that the same results would be
obtained in raising other grains. The
practice of farmers in this vicinity has
been to sow about three busheIs of seed
oats on an acre, and many years l fol-
lowed this practice; but when seeding
down to grass with this quantity l
found 1t very difficult to get good catch
and growth of grass. In order to give
the grass better chance to grow, be-
gan to SOW less grain, and for years past
1 have sowed only one bushel of seed to
the acre when / seeded down with oats
and L find this quantity to be sufficient
on my land as 1 fit IL to seed down.
When a large quantity of grain is sown,
it comes up and grows so much faster
than the grass that the latter has but
slim chance to get good start and foot
hold in the spring, which it needs in or
der to live and grow through the season
but if the grain is sown thin the grass
gets such good start as will carry 1t
along till the grain is harvested. The
difference in the quantity of straw
which is produced by thick or thin seed
ing is much less than many people sup
pose, for when the grain is thickly sown
the plants do not tiller as much, nor do
the stalks grow as large as with thin
seeding, and consequently the grain is
less liable to lodge, and as general rule
think the heads grow much larger and
fill better than with thick seeding
This season sowed three pecks of oats
on three-quarters of an acre of land,
and after they were harvested there were
GO stocks, of 10 bundles each, on the
field, much of the straw measuring four
feet in heighr befnre it was cut, and
some plants that pulled up had from
six to eight stalks from plant.
G. L. ALvoRD.
Wilmington, w.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-11-04
A Cotton Gin.
Wilmington, VI.

Very few persons at the North have
ever seen a cotton gin, and those who
have not, of course, have very vague
ideas about its construction or its work.
A cotton. gin machine is not as bulky
as an ordinary tanning mill. 1t is called
"saw gin" because circular saws,
about foot across, are set upon
wooden cylinder, perhaps half or three
fourths of an inch apart. For largest
sized gins, the cylinder is five feet long.
The saws run between steel CRATES set in
the back of the feeding-hopper, so that
the teeth reach just beyond the bars and
catch the fibres, which adhere strongly
to the seed, and pull them through the
openings between the grate-bars, leav-
ing the seed behind. The lint is cleared
from the teeth by revolving brushes, and
is either blown by fan through spout
to the lint room, or else by an improved
process, is famed into large vats, which
can be taken up and put one after an
other into pile to form the bale. A
large gin, run by about six-male power,
two hundred and fifty revolutions
minute, will gin one hundred and fifty
pounds of lint in an hour Sometimes
carelessness or design sends a friction
match through the gin. Then there is
flash, and an end of that years
work.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-11-04

anime the splendid assortment for sale BY F
price,
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NEWPORT, PENN'A

FIRE INSURANCE PoLICI ES written In first.
class companies on all kinds OF insurable proper
ty, at fair rates, aud losses honorably adjusted
and promptly paid.
Before renewing your Insurance, or placing
new risks, YOU will certainly find it co your in
terest to call on or address the subscriber.
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$1,000 ] / i; ; i
VI hHENbNo risk. Women do as we'll
HuIA las men. Many make more
an EVNEH Hthan the amount stated above
"NHVNbNo No one can fail TO make mon
n - ~ ~ ~ ey fast. You can make from
80 cents to 81 an hour by de
voting your evenings aud spare time to the bust.
ness. lt costs nothing TO try the business Moth
ing like II for making money ever offered before.
Business pleasant and strictly honorable, RAIDER,
Il you want. to know AL abour the beet paving
and we win send You full particulars and private
terms free; samples worth s. also free You can
then make NY your mind for yourself. address
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-11-04

hnn0A MONTH guaranteed. sl2
lI0 0ENEEH 1day at nome made by the indus.
VI tyREt ltriOus Capital not required; we
k.1VIh bwill start you. Men. women boys
aHENIHh tand girls make money raster at
kJlVlFV work for ms than at tanything else.
n - - ~ The work Is light and pleasant,
and snch as any one eau 90 rghs
at Those who are wise who see this notice will
send us their address at once aud see for them
selves. Costly Outnt aud terms free. Now is the
time. Those already az work are laying up large
sums OF money. Address TRUE CO.. Augusta.
Maine. 40 lys
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-11-04
To Boil Oatmeal.

For the coarser oatmeals use one quart
of meal to five quarts of soft water. AL
ways measure them, then you may be
sure to have the same consistence. Boil
it smartly until it is evenly difiused
through the water; then let it boil slow
ly for half an hour, and lastly, let it
simmer. Two hours even is not too long.
If you have not time to cook it so long
soak it beforehand and stir it in, when
the cold water is heating. After this
stirring it needs no more. The slimi-
ness we often see is caused by constant
stirring. Do not let 1t burn or scorch
The best way is to boil it in a double ket-
tie, or in tin pail set in a kettle of boil
ing water. Salt it as it boils. Serve 1t
warm or cold as you prefer. With the
: fine oatmeal the coarse is much the same
only they require much stirring while
settling and while more meal may be
added. An hour of boiling may be suf-
fclent, but no amount Of soaking will
make the finer meals equal to the coars-
er kinds in flavor.
d. Silverware may be kept bright and
clean by coating the articles warmed,
with solution of collodion diluted with
alcohol.