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Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-02-06
SHORT-HORNS.

Serious inquiries are made by the novice,
how far back in history can the distinct
class of cattle called Short-horns be traced
AS this is cattle week in Iowa. for fine stock
breeders. the common reader may begin to
Inquire for first principles. J.. Il. Allen, in
this country, is about as good and reliable
authority IN cattle history or cattle breed
ing as any other, and we learn from him
that the first efforts Of any Improvement in
stock was about 1720. or about 15S years
ago. Shortly after that period history
speaks OF improved Durham stock as exist
ing near the river Tees. They evidently
descended or We're bred from some large
cattle imported from Holstein, Denmark,
and northwestern Europe. At that time
the Durhams, or the cattle that the Short
horns were bred from, were large size,
coarse heads, with short, studded horns,
heavy necks, high, coarse shoulders, and
flat sides. These were the foundations, and
they were good ones for the true breeders
to build upon and improve. They were
strong and healthy stock and good feeders.
At that time their flesh was coarse-grained,
liz AAOC ~ iid1GAllya 1iClI history Is mix.
ed with uncertainty and conjecture, until
about 1887, when we find the first animal
named, and which is admitted to the En-
glish Herd Book. 1t is the ''Studley Bnll,"
born in 1877, and from him descended prob
ably the best stock which has heretofore or
now exists. lie was OF the Minbank stock
who obtained considerable celebrity as a
breeder in those days. From 17a to, 1850,
many eminent breeders are mentioned in
cattle history, and rapid advancement was
made. The next most noted bnn in the
gradual progress through the eighteenth
century is James Browns red bull, about
1865 or 1870. Ten years later came in Rob-
ert and James Colling, particularly distin-
guished in Short-horn history. From their
day all readers of agricultural literature
have a toierably correct idea of Short-horns.
Previous to Ito, when the Ceilings SEEM
ed to eligross almost the entire class of blue
bloods, the Short-hnrns were spoken of as
the cows being large in sue, and strong
nj kers, and superior feeders. But the Col
lings seemed to have bred principally for
form, early maturity and tineness of meat.
and greater credit is given these breeders
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-11-13

annoyed by him last year. He made
himself perfectly at home there, going
into Mrs. Evans room and using her
comb and brush. Finally the Govern
ment hit upon a plan to get rid of him
by asking him to work. Mr.. Meeker
was as complete a representative of the
Christian religion as 1 ever met. He
blamed me continually for what he
termed my harshness, and asserted that
prayers, and Christian influence, and
kindness would eventually bring the
Indians 10 civilized life. He met them
with an olive branch in one hand and a
Bible in the other, and prayers on his
lips. He carried out his policy and you
see the result. L told him if he did so
he would be dead man. He was the
embodiment of the Quaker policy. He
accepted the position of agent not for
its emoluments, but from a sense of
duty. He was a noble man, and never
met a purer or more upright and de-
voted friend Of the Indian than he. He
would get on his knees and prav, trust
ingin, God for his safety. He often
exceeded his instructions in his kind
ness of heart / often told him to be
careful in one thing-in making prom
ises to be sure and promise less than he
was able to give-in the fulfillment to
give little more than he had promised,
and to do it in as few words as possible.
The Indians don't like talk.-Captain
Me7reH, tn Chicago Tribune.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-11-13
Facts About the Utes.

They are the best dressed and the
best looking of all the Indians. They
will not work; they will fight to avoid
work. They want a good deal from
the Government and not much talk.
And that suggests why stave was
driven into poor Meeker's mouth. 1t
is significant thing. In all their
mutilations the mouth is generally not
touched. When it is, it means too much
talk-in other words, too many promises
and no fulfillments. l believe, says
Captain Merrell, that Meeker fulfilled
every promise the Government gave
him means to fulfill, but he had proba.
bly, made promises that he couldn't t
carry out. Captain Jack is a great fat,
lazy, cowardly gluttonous Indian.
Governor Evans family were much
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-11-13
ROCK OF AGES.

Rock Of Ages, cleft for me-
Ihoughtlessly the maiden sung,
Fell the words unconsciously
From her girlish, guileless tongue.
Sang as little children sing;
Sang as sing the birds in June;
Fell the words like light leaves down
On the current of the tune
Reek of Ages. ctsf for me,
Let me hide myself In thee"
Felt her soul no need to hide:
Sweet the song as song could be,
And she had no thought beside,
All the words unheedingly
Fell from lips untouched by care,
Dreaming not they each might be
Roef er Agss. essa yGr ne, gpt
Let me hide myself In thee"
Roek Of Ages. elett for me-"
Twas q woman sung them now,
Sung them slow and YEARLY
Wan hand on her aching brow,
Hose the song as storm-tossed bird
Beats with weary wings the air;
Every note with SORROW stirred.
Every SYLLABLE q PRAYER
Roek cf Ages, clstf for me,
Let me hide nspsetf IN thee"
Rock Of ages, elert for me-"
Lips grown aged sung the hymn.
Trusingly and tenderly;
yGss F SFPa S;. .s. .s..iS md d sSss ss dim
Trembling though the voice and low,
Ran the sweet strain peacefully
Like . river in its flow.
Sung as only they can sing
Who ife's thorny paths have pressed;
Sung as only they can sing
Who behold the promised rest
Rock ot Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself In thee"
Rock of Ages, cleft for me-"
Sung above . coffin lid;
Underneath all restfully,
All ife's joy and sorrow hid.
Never more, o, storm-tossed soul,
Never more from wind and tide,
Never more from billows' roll
Wilt thou ever need to hide!
Could the sightless, sunken eyes,
Closed beneath the soft white hair;
Could the mute and stiffened lips
Move again in pleading prayer,
Still. aye still. the words would be:
'' Let me hide myself In hee."
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-11-13

paid. Such magnanimity as was ex-
tended by this Nation to those rebels
have never been witnessed on earth
since God made the earth, and in my
humble judgment will never be wit
messed again.
The greatest mistake and the gravest
error that we committed was in not
hanging enough of those rebels to
make treason forever odious. Some
body committed a crime. Either those
men who rose in rebellion committed
the greatest crime known to human
law, or our own brave soldiers who
went out to fight to save this Govern
ment, were murderers.
And now, after twenty years-after
an absence of four years from the Sem
ate-I go back and take my .seat, and
what do findP The selt-same preten-
sions are rung in my ears from day to
day. The men have changed-the
measures not at all. / find those
paroled rebels-who have never been
relieved from their parole of honor to
obey the laws-saying: "Do this; obey
our will, or we will starve your Govern
ment to death" Now, if I am to die,
would rather be shot dead with mus
kerry than be starved to death. lbs,
My fellow citizens you may take the
biggest ship that sails the ocean, put
on board of her the flags of all the
States that were lately in rebellion
against this Government; raise to her
peak the stars and bars of the rebellion
start her with all her bunting to the
breeze, sail her around the world and
Won W011d nOt Opf q sa1uta of ono NON.
gun from any fort on earth.
Take the smallest ship that sails the
ocean, mark her "U. s. A."-United
States of America-raise to her peak
the stars and stripes, and sail her around
the world, and there is not fort or
ship of war of any Nation on Gods
foot-stool that would not receive her
with National salute. And yet the
party has done all this.
We took your Government when it was
despised among the Nations, and we
have raised it to this high point of
honor-and yet you tell us we ought to
1io
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-11-13
A Human Hog,

Down in Tennessee they have a curl
osity that bids fair to eclipse the five
legged calf. 1t is a negro who has
lived in a mud hole twenty three years.
He is now going the rounds of the
agricultural fairs in the South, exhib-
tied along with the mammoth pump
kins and prize pigs. He is under a
canvass cover, and hand organ plays
the music of the spheres, while the curl
Gus visitor peeps behind the curtain at
ten cents a sight.
Edmund French is this /" greatest liv-
ing curiosity's" name, and he is a
monument to the healing virtues of
pure and unadulterated mud. In the
palmy days before the wah" Edmund
French was a slave. He ran away from
his master. Being chased by blood
hounds, he took refuge in the Missis-
sippi jungles. Two or three years
afterwaId he was found by some hunt
ers, buried up to his neck in mud. He
wallows in it, glories in it, and wakes
fat in it like a genuine Cincinnati mud
lark. All efforts to induce him to for
sake this strange abode are unavailing.
He only leaves it long enough to obtain
something to eat. Other negroes in the
neighborhood humor him to the top of
his bent and carry him food, and white
visitors, attracted to him by curiosity,
generally leave little money with him.
This is the latest way to earn a living
without working for it.
When his mud dries of the fellow
carries water and pours on, and stirs it
up to the proper stage of the batter
again. He then sinks into his luxuri-
Gus bed, and buries himself, leaving
his arms out. Counting the free soil
which sticks to him he weighs some
200 pounds. During all the extreme
cold of last winter he remained in his
mud bed, with the water frozen on top
all about him.
The account he gives Of himself is
curious enough. He says when he took
to the swamps to escape the blood
hounds he was compelled to remain
there over winter. He suffered so from
the cold that his extremities were
frosted, and his toes were entirely
frozen off. After thawing out he seemed
consumed by burning heat, to relieve
which he thrust his legs into cold, wet
earth. From that he took to plastering
himself over with mud, and then to
sinking himself wholly in mudholes,
where he has lived ever since. The
hunters who found him dragged him
out of his adored resting place, but as
soon as he could escape them he re-
turned to his wallow.
When out of his puddle he declares he
is full of pain, and feels as if he was
burning up. His skin is very hot to
the touch. This kind of mud-bath is
worth while. How his exhibitors show
him off. whether by plunging him into
a portable tank filed with dirt. or by
digging hole in the ground and fill
ing it with mud kneaded to the proper
consistency, is not stated. At any rate,
as sanitary retreat, a mudhole is by
no means to be sneered at. If colored
light will cure, wherefore not also a
good article of healthy, colored mud?
In cases of nervous irritability, arising
from too much intellect, we are sure it
would be Cincinnati Com
mercidi.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-11-13
Dying in the AlkaIf Desert.

The dangers incident to travel across
the trackless alkali plains of the West,
unless the traveller is familiar with the
route and well prepared for a journey,
are well understood, yet people are
found who undertake the hazardous
experiment, and many leave their bones
to whiten on the sands of the desert as
consequence of their rashness. As
Dec Malcom, who arrived in town
Thursday from Tulare County, was
crossing the San Joaquin Plains he
found man lying in the sand nearly
dead from thirst. He was unable to
stand or articulate. His tongue was so
swollen as to protrude from his mouth
several inches; his eyes were wild and
CLASSY and his mind wandering. Dec
moistened the mans lips and poured
water on his face, but failed to restore
him to consciousness. He then placed
him in his wagon, administering the
water from time to time until he reached
an alkali pool some eighteen miles dis
tant. The water being unfit to drink,
Dec took out his man and gave him a
thorough soaking, which seemed to re-
vive him little. He then proceeded
with him about eight miles to Shaws,
on the Panoche, where there is an
abundance of fresh water. Here, after
a time of careful nursing, the man re-
covered sufficiently to be able to talk
and walk, though still very weak and
debilitated. He informed Mr. Malcom
that he had spent few days in Hollister.
and had started for Waite's Ferry to
look for job of sheep shearing. He
had a small canteen of water, which he
the first half day out, and up
to the time when found had not tasted
water for forty-eight hours. Itwas the
merest accident that the man was dis
covered, as Malcom was travelling an
almost unused track. The spot where
he lay was not far from where the re-
mains OF the poor old man Jost was
found few years ago-another victim
of thirst and exposure. Cal.
Enterprise.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-11-13
A Tramp's Presence Of Mind.

A case has just come to light wherein
a tramp has made himself a hero. The
weary traveller tells his story as follows:
He had been tramping seven days on
his weary way to Louisville, KY, fol-
lowing the track of the Ohio & Missis-
sippi Railway, and was at an cary hour
{" on the road" He had passed Clare
mont, about twenty miles east of this
city, and had walked about three miles,
when he came to a trestle, and in the
dull light of morning discovered horse
fastened in it, evidently having tried to
cross and fallen through, leaving the
large portion of his body above the
trestle. He walked out and endeav-
ored to frighten him so he would make
an effort and extricate himself. Failing
in this he decided to repair to the sta
ton and alarm the way authorities.
He had hardly started when he heard
the rumble of an approaching train,
which proved to be the No. east
bound express, which at full speed was
rushing into this awful danger. With
not a moment to loose he endeavored
to discover some means of signaling
the engineer. 1t was too dark to see
until the flash of the headlight came
upon him. At his wits end, he thought
Of a piece of old newspaper in his
pocket. Taking this and applying
match he held it up in the faint hope
that the eye OF the engineer would be
but it burned out so abruptly
that his heart sank within him. Faint
as it was, however, the vigilant eye of
the engine driver caught it, and, re-
versing his engine, stopped his train in
Sof 70 tn 1nf
the now thoroughly frightened animal
free, when the hero of the hour was put
upon the train and whisked over what
otherwise would have been a weary,
tramp to Louisville.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-11-13

The Buenos Ayres Standard recently
published table showing the increase
in the number of sheep in that country
since 1852, together with the exports
of wool and skin during the same
period. In 1928, in the season from
the LIST of November to October 81,
there were reported sheep skins in
bales of 20O pounds, 1888, and wool in
bales of 800 pounds. 2O,514 pounds,
and sheep at fieeces per 25 pounds,
4.597, 1876. In 1878 the skins in bales
of 200 pounds exported were 65, ,922,
wool in bales Of 800 pounds, 216,5l2
and sheep at fleeces per 25 pounds,
AZ, 498, 6S8. The year 1859 was one
of great drouth, and in 1867 one of
great floods. In 1S67-8 the price of
wool fell to AID per pound, and boiling
down became general.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-11-13

in peace. Nobody will now care for
the threats of the braggarts or the
boasters. At the helm of this Nation
is brave and fearless statesman, and
standing by him, holding up his hands,
and bidding him God-speed in the dis
charge of his duties, are loyal ma.
jority of the people of the Union. The
appeal of Congress has been answered,
and nobody mistakes the verdict
CLeyeLand Herald. -" Ese 5AE y
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-11-13

SOUTHERN poets are writing poetry
about the yellow fever plague. Now
that yellow fever has got into poetry,
editors cannot be too careful, and this
office will maintain quarantine against
poetry until the weather gets colder.
The cases are only sporadic thus far.
but we can't tell how soon such poetry
may become epidemic. Norristo,on
Herald.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-11-13

A NUMBER of Swiss colonists have
Just purchased $4,000 acres in Ne
braska.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-11-13

The bread of this country has more
to do with its success than the laws.
Let women remember it.-Free Press.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-11-13
Barber Shop.

nyoa want nrss-cisss Shave, Hair Cut or sham
poo ca ss Robinson's o. K Shaving Saloon. Liberty
Street. A fun assortment Of Hair Ons, Pomades and
Hair Rsseorafives- We also keep the best brand Of
Rasors. and warrant them RAxors honed ground
to order. T. t. ROBINSON.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-11-13

The new-style spoilers are dubbed
1.-THE great American condensers."
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-11-13
Harness Shops.

Z WELLS. saddier and Harness Maker. The best
worhmen employed, and only the best stock used
An work done under ny sapersiaon. North aide
Mechanic Street
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-11-13
Boots and Shoes,

". II, ASHFORD. Manufacturer and dealer in
Booes and Shoes and all kinds of frat class custom
work An work and materials fully warranted. Shop
South side Of Liberty Street. Wellington, o.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-11-13

A. p. DIMOCK Manufacture. Wholesale and Re-
tan dealer in Cigars. robsccos, etc. nne assort-
ment always kept in stock st lowest cash priceA
esiesroom North side Of Liberty Street
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-11-13
Printing.

Bring your printing to the Enterprise once. An
ki1ds Of printing done neatly and promptly. once
vess side Public Square. over Houshton's Drug
Store
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-11-13
Planting NH.

WELLINGTON FLAMING MILL Manufacturer
and dealers In Sash Door, Blinds, Brackets, Bat
tiugs. Lumber. shingies Lath. Cheese and Butter
Boxes Scroll Saving. Matching and Planning done to
order. d l. wsdsworth, Prop. once. near rail-
Dad Depot
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-11-13
Livery Stables.

Livery Stables.
WIN. CUSHION . SON. Livery and Sale Stable.
Choice turnouts furnished and charges reasonable
South side Mechanic Street. one door Of Amert-
eaa Hoase.
q. y. ToorI KENT wAKNRI
HOOrE . WARNER. Livery and Sale Stable.
firstciass teams and turnouts at asonsble rates
Once South side Liberty Street
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-11-13

M0RxH0UsE MINER, Dealer In all kinds of
Cut Heafa fresh and salt, of better quality than
has heretofore been sold In Wellington. We have
Bow patent cooler md al the appliances for doing
Arse ciass business. Our prices are higher than
osherscharse for inferior meats Market North
side Liberty Street.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-11-13

Z g. FULLER, Dealer In Fresh and Salt Measa,
DoaognA and Pork Ssu age. Highest market prics
lid for Beeves. Sheep. Hoss. Hidea. Etc Narkss
south side Liberty Street.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-11-13

}. q. WIGHT. Dealer In ClocksL watchea Jevelry
sflvervare. Gold Pens, Etc. Shop in Houghton's
Drug Store
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-11-13

A g. POWERS Merchant Tailor. nne asaort-
ment Of Cloths >ai Casslmeres. which will be made
10 order In .he latest styles and reasonable prices
No. Benedicts Block NJ stairs
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-02-12

buildings on the opposite side of the
street its species could not be ascertain
ed. The third spring it put forth again
with renewed life, vigor and size. In
stead of dwindling and dropping from
the effects of the the Winters cold or
the Summers heat and drsught, the at
mosphere of justice from below seemed
to cause it TO flourish extraordinarily.
This season it was decided to be silver
maple, sprung no doubt, from a seed
carried by bird or whirlwhin and
lodged In that exalted place. BY this
time the tree hal become famous. Ac-
counts of ii had appeared in the papers;
but the story was not generally be-
lieved. But, nevertheless, the tree liv-
ed and grew. IL was there and no mis-
take. And so it has continued until
this day. 1t is now more than twelve
feet high, and is thought to be three
inches in diameter. The top is quite
bushy, and in the summer season, the
leaves are numerous and luxuriant. 1t
can be seen for many miles around, and
the stranger approaching first sees the
tower, and this phenomenon. The rap
id growth of the tree is forcing the
stones apart. This can readily be seen
with glass. Ere long the ambitious
maple will have to be brought lower,
or damage to the building follow. The
Sheriff has already had several appli-
cations from expert climbers to take it
down, but the people will not permit
their tree TO be removed yet. An artist
representing a New York illustrated
paper called to sketch the curiosity,
but the leaves were off and he postponed
it until more favorable time. Persons
the place from Cincinnati
get good view OF 1t, By looking from
the north windows as they draw near
OF course 1t appears to
much greater advantage when in full
leaf, and at such time 1t Is indeed
strange curiosity.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-02-12
Fact, about the Human Body.

The skin contains more than two
million openings, which are the outlets
OF an equal number of sweat glands.
The human skeleton consists of more
than two hundred distinct bones. An
amount Of blood equal TO the whole
quantity in the body passes through
the heart once every minute. The full
capacity of the lungs is about three
hundred and twenty cubic inches.
About twO-thiris of pint of air is in
haled and exhaled at each breath in or
binary respiration. The stomach daily
produces nine pounds of gastric juice
for digestion of food; its capacity is
about five pints. There are more than
five hundred separate muscles in the
body, with an equal number of nerves
and blood vessels. The weight of the
heart is from eight to twelve ounces.
IL beats one hundred thousand times in
twenty-fOur hours. Each perspiratory
duet is one-fOurth of an inch in length,
which will make the aggregate length
of the whole about nine miles. The
average man takes five and one-half
pounds of food and drink each day,
which amounts TO one ton of solid and
liquid nourishment annually. \ man
breathes eighteen times minute, and
three thousand cubic feet, or about three
hundred and seventy-five hogSheads Of
air per hour.