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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-07-17

EHLoRoFoRA1D ON THE STREET-Nr.
ruler, aid to be the wife of the manaoer
OF Stewards Chicago dry goods store and
1ne daughter Of Mr.. Beekman, a real estate
dealer OF New York, was chloroformed and
loooed IN Montclair, N. j., at 6 80 Monday
rsehlng. She was returning from Dr.
,oho to a fashionable boarding house.
"nele she was stopping, when a weIl-dress'
ca and handsome young man threw his arm
a alouna neI neck, wrenched her pocket
t uoon rom her hand and said, Il want
kerchlef saturated with chloroforn 80 L.
race; and she fell to the ground. strik;na
ner mead on a stone. The robber osoannSS
w'.h S2o, but did not get the bracelets
a tradesman in the vicinity charocter;1s.
the story as ''suspicious.n
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-07-17

The trial of Buford, for the murder of
Judge Elliott, at Frankfort, KY. several
months ago. wss taken up by Judge Nc.
Namara. at Owenton, KY, yesterday. As
on the first call of the case for trial, nearly
all of Buford's witnesses were absent. The
Judge, however, determined to proceed
with the case at this term, ordered the alb
sentees to be fined, and adjourned the court
until Monday.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-07-17
DEPARTURE OF THE JEANN ETTE IT

DEPARTURE OF THE JEANN ETTE.-Thc
Arctic exploring yacht Jeanette sailed this
afternoon. Long before the hour fixed for
her departure the pier heads and shirs
along the city front and the hill-tops were
crowded with spectators and the bay was
lively with yachts and steamers. Some de.
lay occurred, and it was not until 4P NJ
that the order to weigh anchor was eiven
Conveyed by the steam tugs Millen. Griffith
and Rabbon and the city tire-tug Goyernor
Irwin and attended by the entire Yacht
squadron, all bearing full loads of specta-
tors, the Jeanette steamed slowly down
the harhor amid the dipping Of haos
screaming Of steam whistles and salute If
ten guns from Fort Point. The Jeanette
Is deeply laden with coal and stores. and
her progress was SO slow that it was NOT
until $50 that she got outside the heads
Here she stopped a few minutes while the
wife OF Lieut.. De Long was transferred 70
the yacht Frolic. Steamers and Yachts in
abundance then passed under the stern of
the Jeanette, the crowds cheering Lieut..
DE Long and the expedition. The Jean.
nette's engines again started, and in com
pany with the schooner FANNIE A. HYDE.
which goes to Behring's sea as a coal and
provision tender, she steamed seward.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-07-17

Harness GALL.-It is a cruel thing to
work a horse that has a sore neck. worn
raw by a badly fitting collar. In puttIno
horses that have been comparatively idle
during winter to the hard work of the
pillow and the harrow, painful and unsightly
sores are often caused which unless cared
Tor at once, prove of long standing. perma-
nently d%isfiguring the animal. When the
ABRASION frst appears, give the horse a day
or TWO rest. 1t is better to do this even if
lulPoltaht work IS somewhat DELAYED.
Un.or'oe OF zinc diluted with fifty parts of
sood astrlngent, serving to harden and
tougher the skin. But after all. the best
way to prevent CALLING is to have the collar
and every part of the harness. touchino tho
morse; a perfect fit. Keep it well oiled and
pllaole. Then inure the animal. 70 hard
work gradually and kindly.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-08-27
Boston Hotels with Graveyard At.
tached.

Somebody tells a story of a traveller
who put up at q Boston hotel. He was
given q room in the real of the building,
and the first sight which met his v in
the morning was q gloomy expanse of
graveyard right under his window. He
was a man of sensitive nature, and the
landscape spoiled his appetite for that
day. As soon as his days work or pleas
ure was over, he quietly removed his
baggage to another house. Here he ask.
ed for a front room and went to sleep in
peace; but in the morning, a. before,
Aurora's gentle beams gilded a dazzling
array of tomb-stones across the street in
the Kings Chapel graveyard. The gen.
tleman had another days bad digestion,
but, being of a courageous disposition, he
made a third trial and expressly stipu-
lated that he should not be given a back
room nor a front one. The gentlemanly
clerk assigned him a cheerful parlor on
the west side, and the guest went to bed
He arose feeling decidedly
more cheerful, and drew his curtains to
feast his gaze on the old Granary Gem
etery, with tomb-stones 800 e old
Wondering before him. It was to much
for the stranger. He paid his bill and
departed to hunt up q town " where it
wasn't 30 unhealthy that they had to
have . graveyard attached to every ho-
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-08-27
A Compromise.

A citizen driving in on the Holden
road the other day met q lad about
twelve years old on the highway come
six OF seven miles from the city. The
boy had q shotgun as long as himself,
but no game, and the citizen inquired:
"Out for a huntT"
81 was cut for a hunt" was the reply,
"And haven't you killed anything%
swell, no."
"And you don't expect toT
"Not unless l kin git within striking
distance. You see, two of us came out
together. After we got out here / want.
ed to hunt for lions and the other boy
wanted to shoot ostriches and 80 we
divided up. He took the powder and
shot and I took the gun. Pm over here
looking for turnips and he's wei in that
field watching a holler log for bears.
It's such hot weather ] guess we won't
have much luck, anyhow."-Detrot
Free Press.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-08-27
A French Incident.

A horrible affair was occupying the
attention of a jury in the department OF
the Somme, France. An old peasant
named RouMel has a daughter, Delphine.
whose mind about two years ago became
troubled in consequence of an unhappy
Roussel, through avarice
and fear of the DOCTORS bill, made a
wooden cage in which he placed her, and
there the unfortunate creature remained
until July %, when she was liberated BY
the gendarmes. When released the un-
lucky Delphine vas in . pitiable state,
and although she has been carefully
tended ever since, her reason seems to
have vanished forever. Roussel has been
condemned to five years imprisonment
the jurors having found that there
we're extenuatjng circumstances.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-08-27
The Widow Sent by the Lord.

In an autobiographic speech not long
since Mr.. Spurgeon gave some interest.
ing facts about his life. Among others,
he said, he we'll remembered a little old
woman, poorly dressed, coming into the
vestry some years ago, at q time of great
straits, which not a soul in the world
knew, not even q deacon of the church,
and she said to him, in the most strange
way: "Thus saith the Lord, behold l
have commanded q widow woman there
to snstaia thee" She put down ESQ on
seen her since, {. He never I Knew ~e her
name even, and never should perhaps
until the day of judgment. He sup
poses she would be in heaven now: It
Nas nAny years ago, and she was very
old then. Things had happened 80, and
big depression was they would occur
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-08-27
Grew the Wood for His Coffin.

A remarkable story is told of the late
Captain Stone, of Moundsville, who was
buried recently. Thirty-fve years ago
he came from New Orleans to Mounds
vile to make his home, and brought
with him two seeds of q mahogany. ike
tree that fourished near his former
home. These he planted, remarking to
his family that he would have his coffin
made from the tree. One of the seeds
died, but the other fourished and grew.
From a shoot it became a sapling, and
finally, in the ourse of thirty years,
grew to a fine tree. About eight months
ago a severe wind storm passed over
Moundsville, and Captain found his
tree laid PROSTATE. He had it dried,
sawed into lumber and sent to a Pitts.
burgh firm. In a short time it was
returned to him in the shape of a
beautiful coffin, and for four months it
preserved in his residence. About
two weeks ago he contracted a sickness
that eliminated in his death, and his
desire being fulfilled, he was laid away
in the coffin he planted thirty. FIVE years
ago. Wheeling Register.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-08-27
Was it q Victory

The London Spectator tn us comments
on the defeat of the Zulus by Lord
Chelmsford:
We have gained our modest victory
at last, and very thankful we should be
that we have gained it. But it is GER
tainly a modest victory. That after a
war of six months, in which we have
suffered many serious checks and one
great disaster, We should at last attain,
with 1000 good English troops and LOO
natives, q decisive victory over a savage
Afghan chief, with probably not more
than twice that number of soldiers, arm
ed chiefly with assegais-(Mr. Forbes
estimates the number Of Zulus opposed
to us at 10000, though Lord Chelmsford
holds, not on personal observation, but
on the ground of information he had re-
ceived, to the effect that twelve regiments
of Zulus took part in the conflict; that
there might have been as many as 20, OOO)
lis not an exploit to be very proud of.
At Plassey Lord Give had but 1000
En~glishnen, and but 1900 men alto
gether; while he had an army of 40, 900
infantry, with Is pieces of ordnance and
cavalry, opposite to him. His
was indeed an exploit. 1t was a great
exploit again, when Edward Ill, with
but 10000 men, defeated at Greasy a
splendid French army of 1OO, 1000, and
still more when Henry ", at Agincourt,
defeated another splendid French army,
outnumbering his own by at least four
to one. But this success in Zululand,
though it is, a. We said, one to be very
thankful fol, it is not at all one of this
1t is, rather, one of so modest a
kind that if we had not been capable of
We should have been compelled to
draw very unpleasant differences as to
the deficiency of either the military
power or the military administration of
England. That it has taken US six
months to achieve q decisive success
such a military power as the
Zulu king is, indeed, a very great honor
to him, though its tardy achievement
cannot be regarded as any evidence of
growing strength in US.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-08-27
RECIPES.
SUNDAY ID

SUNDAY PUDDING.
Five eggs whites and yolks separately,
three cups Of sugar, two-thirds OF q cup
of butter, two cups of milk. Bake in
pastry and eat cold.
BLACKBERRY CORDIAL.
Ripest berries; mash; put in a linen
bag; squeeze out juice; pound of best
loaf sugar to every quart of juice; put in
a preserving saucepan, and when melted
set on the fire, and boil to thin jelly;
when cold, to every quart of juice allow
a quart of brandy; stir well and bottl'.
Ready for use at once.
wARRANTABLE PUDDING
Two cups of -four, one cup 81 sugar,
one tablespoonful of butter one egg one
teaspoon of soda, two of sfeam OF tartar;
steam one and n e.hslfAouls. Currants,
raisins. or any fruj.desired can be used.
Do not remove I've cover till done, and |
think | hear you say, 81 never tasted
its equal"
LHoMINY CROQUETs.
To cup of cold, boiled hominy add q
tes>poon of melted butter, and stir it
Ell, adding by degrees a cup of milk,
till all is made into a soft, light paste
add q teaspoonful of white sugar and one
we'll beaten egg. Roll into oval balls
with Toured hands; dip in beaten egg,
then roll cracker crumbs, and fry in hot
lard.
TO COOK NEW POTATOES.
In cooking new potatoes put them into
cold water and let them remain for an
hour or longer; rub of the skins with a
coarse cloth; afterward put them into
boiling water with a little salt, and
boil for ten minutes; drain of the water,
shake the sauce pan and hold it uncov.
cred over a fire for a few minutes, when
they will be ready.
CUCUMBER PICKLES.
Fill a two gallon stone jar with very
small cucumbers, and cover them with
boiling water and salt; the second and
third morning boil the brine and pour
over again; the fourth morning take
them out of the brine and put them in
boiling water in which a piece of alum
the size of an egg has been dissolved let
them remain in this twenty.four hours:
the fifth and sixth days cover with boil
S nS60A3 "SAi sPASON, oAu lCS tiiCul
remain in this until used.
TO KEEP STRING BEANS.
Select tender beans, break of the ends
and strings at the sides; break into inch
lengths and wash we'll in clear water; in
the bottom of a stone jar spread one
half inch of salt; on this spread a layer
of beans with the water pretty we'll
drained of, one inch thick; then salt
enough to cover them; again beans, and
so on until the jar is full, hiding the
beans completely with salt. Fit a piece
of single into the jar and weigh down
with a stone; brine will fill the jar in
about two days. When wanted to cook
wash we'll in tepid water and soak over
night; boil five or six hours and your
beans will be as green and have the
favor as in summer. If cold water
is used when preparing for cooking, the
brine will not be sufficiently extracted;
but when the beans first reach the boil
ing point, the water may be poured of,
and a great deal of the salt disposed of
in this way.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-08-27

where it will not get wet, and crosspile
it to dry, and if the weather is not too
warm, It can lie there several weeks
before It will sour. The object in drying
it is to get as much green juice out ~
possible. The green juice is in parts of
the leaves left on after being stripped,
and in the bark. If you press the cane
as soon as cut, the juice will have an
ugly green color. If you let it lie sew.
eral weeks, the juice when first pressed
will be almost white.-Spirit of Kansas.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-08-27

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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-08-27

as much as four persons-and then get
up and go to . restaurant and eat 2 lot
more-then fill his pockets with crackers
and cheese, and keep on eating. What
would you call such person3 The boy
who can answer please hold up his
hand" Up went the hand of a 6-year.
old boy. "Well, what would you call
such a MANI" asked the teacher. A
darned hog" rang out the clear and
well.jtalicised reply,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-08-27

when the Bowels are DlsOfdeFed,
No time should be lost in resorting to > suit
able remedy. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters IL
the most reliable and widely esteemed medi-
cine Of its class. It removes the causes Of con-
stipation, or OF undue relaxation OF the intes-
tines, which are usually indig estion, or a mis-
direction of the bile. When IL acts az . Ca
thartic, it does not grippe and violently eyacu'
uate, but produces grsa ar.s ana nnra. enec nJ
its power OF assisting digestion nullfies those
irritating ~condftions of the mucous membrane
Of the stomach and intestinal canal which pro-
duce frst diarrhes, and eventually dysentery.
Medicine is, moreover, an agreeable one,
and eminently pure and wholesome. Appetite
AVID tranquil nightly slumber are both promot-
"a by il.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-08-27

He is successful because he has the manly
courage to rise above all personal motives or
interests and cast his vote and influence on the
side OF measures which will contribute to the
we'll being Of his fellow-men. The good Of the
many, even though it proves injurious to the
interest of the few, is the maxim of the wise
legislator. But certain men will never admit
the wisdom of this doctrine, any more than
some selfish private practitioners will admit the
superlative value Of DR.. Pierce's Golden Medi-
cal Discovery and Pleasant Purgative Pellets,
because these remedies have injured their
practice. or COURSE, no man in his right
senses will pay q physician $500 for a consul
tation, a bottle Of bitters, a few powders, and
a prescription, when one bottle Of DIR. pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery, and a bottle of his
Pleasant Purgatiye Pellets, both costing but
$1.25, will accomplish the same result, viz:
cleanse the liver and blood, regulate and tone
the stomach, and impart a healthful action to
the bowels and kidneys.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-08-27

Fl . Sunday school 4 teacher was in
structing = Juvenile class about the
word glutton. "Suppose," said ahe, ga
man should cit down to dinner and eat
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-08-27

MALIGNANT AND SUBTLE INDEED is the poison
Of Scrofuls, and terrible are its ravages in.the
system. They may, however, be permanently
stayed and the destructive virus expelled from
the circulation with ScovnL's BLOOD AND LIv-
Err SYRUP, a potent vegetable deters ent which
eradicates all skin diseases, leaving no vestige
Of them behind. White swelling, salt rheum,
tetter, assesses, liver complaint, and eruptions
Of every description are invariably conquered
by it. Druggists sell it.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-08-27

The famous Mason Il Hamlin Cabinet Or
gaus, which are certainly the best of these in
struments in the world, are now sold for pay
ment by installments, bringing them within
reach Of those who can make only small pay
ments at a time. Any agent for their sale win
give particulars.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-08-27

An EXTENDED PopULARIrY.-Each year finds
"BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRocHEs" in new local.
ties in various parts Of the world. For re-
lieving Coughs, Colds and Throat Diseases, the
Troches have been proceed reliable. rs cents a
box.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-08-27
An INVISIBLE U

-(-rsss - -
Az rrrrrcrnr n vunryrn
IAN NV101OAE WUUNU
-
NJ 81 ~ - .f Psrisi.s. ~ Aaalu' jog
One Of the most celebrated practitior
On Of Pesth, d.. T., Wa called upon on
norninx, to recsive at any early hour
visitor Is great haste, Who. while waitin
- Tie antschamber, sent In word By ii
tcctman that delay for him was DANCE,
Hs must bstvceived i~mmediasely.
The doQDOKthrew on his dressing.gow
hastlyana~hhd his patient shown In.
he found himself in the presence of
10 Judge 81 his drem and manners. evi
IDENTIFY belonged to the best society. iii
Q1g-fAps b0gs tzacsg Of great physics
and moral suffering. He carried hi
hight hand h . sling, and in spite Of hi
efforts to restrain himself from time I
HnAE4i1Dl sigh escaped him. Seein
M1bkMan stagger the doctor invite
him 10 1T down.
~ Am tired. have not slept for
weak. There n somethinr the matt
with my rieht hand-I do not knoy
what 1sit : carbunclef Isit : cancer
AZ Art the sufTerinr wa slirht. buf noy
II 10 ! burning, horrible, continual pain
i-ncreaeinr Is 3mmenitv dsv bv day.
can bsar il no longer. Ifumpsd int
my carriage and here I am. l hav
coms to beg you to cautsrise It, or /
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-08-27

G. GILBERT makes only pure starches.
Chew Jackson's Best Sweet Nav, Tobal :
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-08-27

seemed 70 be very glad to be withsme
again. LET nothing be seen on my face.
We talked, We supped together and then
retired to our separate bedrooms. I did
mot Close my eyes Wide awake, I
counted every hour. When the clock
struck . quarter past midnight / got UP
and passed into her bedroom. There
was the beautiful blonde head buried in
the white pillows. It is Just that angels
are depicted Ia the midst of white clouds.
What = frightful lie was this on the part
OF nature; vice with q face of such inno-
cencel Ny resolution was taken. Ihad
the stubbornness of the mailman haunted
BY. . fixed idea. The poison had cor-
roded my whole soul.
"Iplaced my right hand gently under
her throat and strangled her. She
opened for M moment her large. dark
blue eyes, looked at me with astonish-
ment, then closed them and died. She
died without struggling against nue., as II
falling asleep. She wa never angry
with me, not ave when / killed her.
Ono dropof blood fell from her mouth
the back Of my hand. You know
whore; 1 did not perceive il until the
nextday, when II had dried. We buried
9 without any n ~suspecting the
truth. +! lived there in complete soli-
tude; Who wa there to control my /
actionsi She had neither relatives nor
p~rOtectorI tQquestion me on the sdbject
md l deaignOdly put Oh writing to NV
ffiend1I 70 that none Of them could
afTive IN time.
"On coming hack from the vault did
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-08-27

Tor the use OF his hogs In winter, and n
his heart r~ejoices in the happiness of
Gods creatures, it will do him good to
see how his hogs enjoy a feed Of clover
once a day--how they will pick out the
heads, leaves and small stems, and leave
nothing but the coarsest portion of the
stalks. He will then find little difficulty
In agreeing with us that stock hogs
require a little roughness in winter as
we'll as other stock, and therefore should
not be confined exclusively to solid
grain.
A GREAT many farmers make a mis-
takein buying their c~urry-combs. They
buy them in the spring, at about the
time when they get a new hired man.
The proprietor tells the man to cleanse
his horse we'll. So the new groom, with
the new comb, scratches the horse up
and down, backward and forward. for
five or ten minutes. / would like to sec
. horse that would not get angry with
such treatment. / always buy nv
curry-combs in the fall-November or
December is q very good time. At that
time the horse has a very thick coat, and
then there is not much danger that you
will stratch a horse so badly that he will
bite or kick at you. know q man that
always has horses that kick or bite, and
/ am satisfied that it ia his own fault.
He ticks and kicks his horses more in
n week than / do mine in five years.
/ advise those who want to buy horse
brushes to buy the best they can get.
Eleven years ago I bought a brush that
cost $3.50, and 1t is as good yet ~ it was
when / bought it. "The best ia always
the cheapest."-A Former.
As GOOD q time as any TO cut sorghum
is before it is entirely ripe. After You
have 1t cut and the tops cut of-which
be cut of at about the upper
Joint, the juice shove that does mons
damage than good-tie the cane In small I
bundles for convenience in handling,
It 70 your barn, o. any placs win Do