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Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-10-23
GOLDEN S EAvES.
IT'S but d little and we come
To our reward. our crown, u home,
Finished the toll, our rest begun,
The battle fought, the triumph won,

Finished the toll, our rest begun,
The battle fought, the triumph won,
The path'of moderation is the safest to
tread.
He's u slave that cannot command him
self.
Tile torment of envy is like a grain Of
and in the eye.
Envy not those who have, nor despise
hose who have not.
"A weak mind sinks under prosperity as
well as under adversely. A strong mind has
two highest tides-when the moon Is at the
full and when there is no moon
Our duty to our fellow-men, which the
retrospect of our history incnlcatcs, is sini-'
ply ~charity-charity in it's widest sense, per-
haps in its most difficult performance; char
ity to the peculiar tenets of others.
sympathy is that divine something
which draws us all together. We cheerfully
Give it those who are in distress, and we de-
mand it when we are in distress ourselves.
It is o great satisfaction to feel that we are
pitied.
perfection, even insthe kindliest soul, ten
derness towards the hard, forbearance to-
wards tho unforbearlng, warmth OF hears
towards the cold, philanthropy towards the
misanthropic.
Spend your time in nothing which you
know must he repented OF; .spend It in
nothing which you could not review with q
touiet conscience on your dying bed; spend
it in nothing which you might not safely
and properly be found doing if death should
surprise you in the act.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-10-23


KoME DECORATION.
The advent ofthe Autumn days and their
foreshadowing of long Winter evenings,
naturally suggest various ways of adding to
the comforts of home, some of the simple,
yet effective a~dornments, which do so much
to render home attractive as well as COM
Portable.
With the Fall weather come suggestions
of long days and evenings spent indoors,
instead Of in the grove or on the yeranda;
of festive occasions, such as Thanksgiving
and Christmas time, when we all wish to
see our homes made attractive and bright
within.
One of the simplest, yet most effective
means to adorn our walls and brighten up
picture frames, is supplied by our beautiful,
many-colored Autumn leaves. October is
the month when these may be gathered in
rich profusion, and the mostbeautiful select
ed and pressed for this purpose. All 1T
needs is a supply of soft w~rapping-paper, or,
better still, the white paper used for print
ing newspapers on. Newspapers themselves
will answer, for want of something better;
but some people declare that the ink is liza
BILE Especially if the leaves while being
pressed are subjected to any dampness) to
affect them in%juriously. The most beautiful
leaves having been set apart for the purpose
of preservation, care must be taken to select
only those that are free from any injury,
either by frost or insects. If the leaves are
perfectly sound and are carefully pressed,
they will retain their brilliant colors for two
years. All that Unnecessary, when once
the leaves are selected, is to lay&them care
fully and smoothly between the sheets OF
paper, place them in some quiet corner, out
of the way, where they need be disturbed,
t and lay a flat. smooth board or a large book
upon them, and on that place some
l heavy weight or weights. They should
. be lett thus for six or eight weeks. The
a worst thing for them is to be constantly
looking at them ;but at the end OF the peri
f Cd mentioned they should be perfectly dry,
and. if so, can be taken out and used. For
ferns the same process Is required, and GER
tainly no triilillg pains can be more richly
rewarded than those required to thus collect
Z and press the @richly-colured Autumn leaves
4 and lovely ferns.
Another more difficult process, but one
n which, after all, only requires patience and
+? painsto secure the most beautiful results, is
kindly described in anotherFcolumn for the
benefit of our lady friends. by a lady CORE
spondent, under the heading of Skeleton
q leaves The article was prepared for our
September number, but unfortunately came
9 a little too late; however, Rockford as
sures us tina tits not too late for doing good
work with ferns and seed-yessels, and we
= hope before June comes, when new leaves
= will be In their prime, that we shall have
= the pleasure of hearing more from the same
: accomplished ource.-Fa,7aer's RebSew.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-10-23
A HIGH RECOMMENDATION.

One night a clever Irish actors house
maid, who had never been to a theater, was
sent to~see her master play = Teddy the
Tiler." swell, how did you like the play;
Katy !" inquired her mistress the next
morning. "Och, ma'am, it was beautiful
the finest ever | see! Many thanks to you,
ma'am, for trating me to that same" Ibid
you see your master, Katy q In
deed and I did, ma'am.' land how did
he look?' "Och, like a raal gentlemen eve
ry inch, when he got out of his working
clothes!" And how did he act, katty?'
why. truth be told, ma'am, | can't say
much for his acting. Pat Rooney, or Tim
Flanagan, or any other tiler would have
done lust as lie did, No offence, ma'am;
but. if I hadn't known it was the mister, |
shouldn't have taken it for acting but
didn't he make you laugh, Katy? p sIndeed
and he didn't, ma'am.. My heart was too
heavy for that" Woo heavy? "Troth
it was. ma'am." "What do mean, child?'
"Och. och. don't AK, ma'am-don't az"
"Not ask pr I" You'd better not ma'am-
you'd better'not; you won't II you're wise.
Och. och, such a handsome, such a good
natured l%ady--och, och!' ~ insist upon
knowing what you mean this instant!'
"Then, if | must spake, ma'am, the masters
conduct was shameful - shameful {,
.Och, scandalous, ma'am, scandalous! May
[ die If he didn't kiss every lady he came
near, without mentioning the lapalog"
THE child. probably destined to be the
greatest of American naturalists, is already
born. He lives i'm Tennessee and is the an
thor of the remark that "a jackass is tht
only animal. that win&s- with his sears"
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-10-23
THE HO ME CIRCLE {.
ONLY BOP.

Only q boy, with his noise and fun,
The veriest mystery under the sun;
AS brinlfull of mischief, and wit. and glee,
AS ever Il human frame can be,
And as hard to manage as-ah! all, me!
IT'S hard to tell,
Yet we love him well
Only a boy with his fearful tread,
Who cannct be driven, but must be led;s
Who troubles the neighbors' dogs and cats.
And tears more clothes and spoils more hats:
Loses more tops, and kites and bats,
Than would stock a store
For a year or more.
Only q boy, with his wild, strange ways,
With his idle hours or busy days;
With his queer remarks and odd replies,
Sometimes foolish and sometimes wise,
Often brilliant for one of his size,
AS u meteor hurl'd
From the pleasant world.
Only 81 boy, who will be a man
If nature goes on with her first gres. plan
If water, or fire, or some fatal snare
Conspire not to rob us of this our heir,
Our blessing, our trouble, our care,
Our torment, our joy,
Only q boy.'
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-10-23

A SUBSCRIBER to a Southwestern newspa-
per died recentls, leaving four years sub
scription unpaid. The editor appeared at
the grave and deposited on the coffin Q paln-
leaf fan, a linen coat and a thermometer.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-10-23

spectacle style and educate his children with
the opportunities offered, which are getting
better every year, there is any excuse for
the farmer to nave u%neducated children, or
homes less beautiful than our city friends.
PHEBE.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-10-23
Written for the Rocky Mountain Husbandma n.
LIFE ON THE FARM.

Work, work, work, from morning till
night. The same thing over and over every
day. And to-day | have been busy all day
preparing and making home as pleasant as
/ could with what few things l have had to
do it with, for the comfort of those around
me. The words OF greeting evening were
very few. | am hungry, is supper ready?
That is about as much as many men appre-
ciate what their wives and daughters do for
them. Is it any wonderthat women become
discouraged and lose heart? Is it any Won
der that girls shrink from the idea Of being
farmers wives? The other day, in speaking
OF a young lady, | heard a man say, " If she
could work. | would like to have her for my
wife, and I suppose he meant by that that
she should milk about fifteen cows, take
care of the milk, chnrn, keep the house in
order, and sew the buttons on his clothes.
l think that every woman should have a
fair knowledge housekeeping, and be able
to get a good meal, but do not think that
woman should make a drudge OF herself.
Man, when he has more work than he can
do, will run all over the country but what
IN VIZ Ikild GOl1S yin y SiP AAAA "
mar can do the best she can,--the more she
has to do, the more is expected of her,Gand
then they don't see why she didn't get this
done and that done. If. theresare children
to take care of, who is moro to be pitied?
Who works harder? VINO has more care,
and often the least appreciated by those who
should love and pity her?
Farmers wives are expected to raise
enough chickens and make enough butter
to keep the family and buy what few things
she needs for the house.
Man can be two or three years fencing a
little farm. And the money he may have
he will treat his friends. and he himself drink
to their health, and spend enough in one
hour to keep his family a month. SO agree
able is he with hisssfriends that people will
say that he is the most pleasant OF men ;
that he is a good husband and a pleasant
companion: when, tat the same time, he is
one Of the most exacting of husbands, sunso-
ciable. !" cross as two sticks" as the saying
is.-clever with every one excepting ms
family, who nave the first right, or should
nave, 10 ENJOY Ills piCdoalo ~ 49,"
the unpleasant.
Children grow up and have4no opportuni-
ties for an education. They know nothing
only what they may chance to pick up
They are Just as intelligent as other cflf
dren, and nature has endowed them witt
the same faculties, but are deprived OF the
advantage of cultiyating the talent they
may have.
MANY think it is time wasted to read OF
study. Many homes OF to-day you can visl
and not find a book or paper, where llel
leisure moments could be spent IN cleaning
knowledge. Is it any wonder that SO mary
are termed~'s green country BOYS ana Silis
with the chances that some have! dom
think that in a Territory like Montana
where there are so many chances Tor every
one to maintain his family in at leasta re
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-10-23

ABOUT the quietest looking people in
this world are those accused Of a crime OF
which they are innocent, and a newly-mar-
ried couple trying to pass for veterans.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-10-23

A YOUNG lady was undecided whether
to accept the addresses of James or John.
James gave her a sealskin sacque and she
Immediately gave the sack to John.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-10-23

The error Of a moment becomes the sor-
row of a whole life.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-09-06
Statistics Of Labor.

Commissioner LIE Due is collecting
statistics for his next annual report concern
ing the rate OF wages and the cost OF living
among farm laborers throughout the United
States. Within the last year he has ascer-
of wages paid have decreased about 10 per
cent. in all parts OF the country, with the
exception, perhaps, of Minnesota, Colora-
do, California, Oregon and Washington Ter
ritory. In Colorado and New Mexico there
has been an increase in the rate Of wages
paid, and a corresponding increase in the
cost of living, owing to the demand Tor Ia
Dor resulting from the large mining opera
lions that have developed within the last II
months. In Minnesota, and in the other
States and Territories named, the rates OF
wages paid and the expense of living is about
the same as it was a year ago.
In New England the average pay of farm
labOrers, without board, is 5 81 per month,
against %. 80 a year ago; decline OF about
10 per cent. The average cost of hiring has
fallen from 1913, year ago, to $S.O2, a
decline of more than 10 per cent.
In New York, New Jersey and Pennsyl-
vania, the prices paid for farm labor have
fallen 8 3-4 per cent. while the cost of living
has fallen 10 per cent.
In Virginia, Maryland, North and South
Carolina and Georgia labor is reduced about
10 per cent. and subsistence 16 per cent.
In Alabama. Mississippi, Louisiana and
Texas the decline i'm wages has been about D
per cent. and the cost of living about per
cent.
In Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and
Wisconsin the average rate of wages PAID TO
farm hands is 5000, while west of the Mis-
sissippi the average is raised to ) % 81. The
price of labor and the cost of living have not
materially changed within the last year--the
great reduction having taken place in 1877.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-09-06
Fishing for a Tooth.

eI've swallowed my teeth" said
Thomas Prout, to the house surgeon of
the New York Hospital, on Friday. The
surgeon looked inquiringly at Mr.. Prout's
mouth. To all appearances he was but
one tooth short, and that was an upper
front tooth. Mr.. Prout explained. He
said that nine days before, while asleep
in his home in Cheshire, Mass, he was
awakened by a sensation of choking and
violent strangling, and plainly felt that
there was something mpleasantly hard
and large making its way to his stom-
ach. But he didn't know what it was
until the next morning he discovered
that his "plate'' was missing. Then
he came to the conclusion that he had
swallowed the rubber plate to which was
attached single tooth. 1t was his Gus
tom to remove the false tooth and plate
each night on going to bed, but that
time he forgot to do so. The result of
swallowing this large and irregIilarly
shaped article was that he became i'll,
could retain nothing upon his stomach,
and was i'm great pain. He consulted
the ply scians, who dosed him with
emetics and poked down his throat.
All this only aggravated his suffering.
He rapidly grew thin, and in nine days
lost IS pounds.
The house surgeon at the hospital
sent Mr. Prout to Il ward, and had him
put to bed. Then he hunted up II long
strip of whalebone, to which was at
.ached little hook. The doctor care
fully introduced this instrument down
Mr. Prout' 5 throat and into his stomach.
Then he began fishing for the lost tooth.
1t was slow work, but after time he
| felt that he had hooked on to something.
He pulled slowly and steadily, and, to
Mr. Prouts bodily pain and mental
pleasure, brought to light the missing
plate and its attachment Neac York
| Sun.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-09-06
Turn About VIII Come.

We pass over the most arbitrary and
disgraceful notification by the party
in power of the will of the people as
expressed at the last Presidential cleo
ton, to notice for a moment the strug-
gle that led to the special session of
Congress and its protracted sitting
past the midsummer day. We regard
the efforts of the central Executive
power at Washington to retain its hold
in a most offensive partisan manner of
the supervision of elections throughout
the country as the most intolerable ex-
ercise of official authority in all our
National history. The Republicans
see in it no great injustice, because it
is exercised in their alliance and to
promote their party ends; but if the
Democrats had even proposed such q
measure when they were in power, the
fugitive slave law excitement would
have been as nothing to the feeling it
would have created.
If Democratic President should ap-
point Marshals and subordinate Of
ficials, every one of his own political
faith, to serve at tho polls throughout
New England and to interfere with the
voters as the partisans of the present
Administration have done in the dis
tricts where their opponents were in
large majority, with a hint that tho
army was ready to support the inter,
ference in case the voters were at all
refractory, we do not believe that our
Republican friends would look SO calm
ly on the disgraceful scene, and insist
that purity at the polls required such
National oversight.
But what has already been done un-
der this partisan machinery is nothing
to the possibilities of the system; and
the freedom from such tyranny should
not be left for a moment to the proba-
BILE forbearance of the leaders of any
political party. We are eager for the
day when the present domination will
give place, az least for single term,
to full Democratic rule; not so much
because we favor the latter. as because
this is the only way we see to restrain
the Capitalization of power, and the
intolerable expressions already expe-
rienced, and more and more probable
under it. When those who have ad-
yocated and exercised this arbitrary
authority, and have resisted all efforts
to limit or restrain it, come to feel 1t
themselves, they will be far more res
tive under it than the present victims,
and the reform we trust will thus be
speedy and effective. Nothing SO
quickens mans appreciation OF suf-
fering as to be threatened himself
with the same affection; and this is
especially applicable to those who are
in their turn brought under the rod
they have held over others.-N Y.Jour'
nal of Commerce.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-09-06
Romance Of the Ring.

A day or two since jeweler of the
Rue Rambuteau, Paris, was much sur
prised by a visit from workingman,
who offered to sell him splendid dia-
mond ring, worth at least 10, 900 francs,
for the small sum of 400 francs. His
suspicious being aroused by the diver
gence between the value of the trinket
and the sum asked for it by the would
be vender, he said he would call at the
abode of the latter, Aubervilliers, on the
morrow and pay the amount. The
workman, apparently well satisfied, went
off, and the jeweler Immediately
communicated the matter to the
commissary of police, who, proceed
ed to Abervilliers, and found the pos
SCISSOR of the ring at supper surrounded
by his half a dozen children. On being
told that the jewel was worth 10000
francs he evinced much unaffected as
constituent, and said he could not I'M
derstand how his sister could have sunk
such a sum in a ring. Upon inquiry, in
fact, it turned out that his sister had UNI
doubtedly left him the ring upon her
death, some two years previously, and
that she had acted as lady's maid to the
wife of nobleman attached to a foreign
embassy. This news gave the officer Il
clew, which he was not tardy in follow
ing up. Having presented himself at
the diplomatist's residence, the wife of
the latter at once recognized the ring as
one that had mysteriously disappeared
six years before. The upshot of the af-
fair is that the workman, who had acted
throughout in good faith, and had stated
that, had he known the ring was not
honestly and justly his, he would have
taken steps to return it, is rewarded by
the rearing and education of his six chill
dren being taken in hand by the right
full owner of the jewel. Thus, the mat
ter ends happily for all parties. The
lady very unexpectedly RECEIVERS her lost
diamond, and the workunan's honesty is
adequately recompensed.-G alig'aani's
MESSENGER.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-09-06
YaZO0.
At recent meeting of the Democrat
ic citizens of Yazoo City, Miss, the fol-
lowing statement was adopted:

At recent meeting of the Democrat
ic citizens of Yazoo City, Miss, the fol-
lowing statement was adopted:
Essssts Many false report. have been Z, pro 2
currence which took place here on the 18th Of
July last. and feeling and Knowing that gross
has thereby been t doas eo ne
as act of Justice to ourselves as well as to the
81 The fo1py fe it our d1sy tic to sys
on that day wore no laylsss and infpriated mob,
property. of honest vocations. identified with the
prosperity and material interests of this county
der Of is society race issue had been inane
hfated by 81. M Dixon, a man of violent and
NAKED By suite and tnr6niencs, who has BEEN
vas the 9rjginstor and leader Of this race issue
Candidate oi for sherik Of he county. -The peo-
c Ds t i Would sooner or Later cnimin
ate IN actual and bloody conflict. Our best
e
hloodshed which married the race contest OF
1874 TIE, e' and 1ne which
would follow the ihstRu,atiOn of such man
and his satellites into the g?tssnmsIt< OF the ne
tafion and character Of The county, 70 avoid
four Hnarmed men to Dixon, who was at his
&c 20 g do Within sss than Ss
Aftef their return. to the assembly on Main
draw eas'Re from ' the Ii canvass. Tires Of Dxon's
' q
mile, obtained a card of withdrawal and were
returning to the crowd on Main street. when they
BY the same citizens who sent the first four un-
armed men, and who insisted that Dixon should
IL assn %hoS hs 6non @
deny and charge the statement as wholly false
that any armed men Opposed to Dixon entered
armed men were in view Of his house during the
whole day. Il is not true. e stated in the :ensa-
Or any one, else with shotgun arrested the mob
from crossing his threshoId. because there was
citizens hold parley with him. They simply,
through a committee, demanded that he should
sSS s6s sSs a
sss It shss he
s s.afs betwesn ,a1 race that he ~. snesDs
Sg IS
both 90 q and
declare ourselves opposed to mob law and vio-
n b: :s . S h Tie
. S@p arises It should Be people
may not be misunderstood. we nov declare that
We are now and have ever been in favor Of equal
to az the Of all S
rights, and that the step taken by the white Peo-
snd T ssst f hsd no
question was one of selfspfeservatI9n: the ~
Of ths tSs a. pocs L.
sues fairly presented.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-09-06
WIT AND WISDOM.

WOMEN should always avoid exhibit
ing bad temper. None of them care to
show their rage.-Boston Post.
THE New Orleans Picayune thinks
that the most important &C fishery ques-
ton is ''Have you got biteP'
OF course poverty is no crime, but
pair of pants with numerous patches are
nevertheless breaches OF, piece.
IT is hard to believe a. man is telling
the truth when you know you would
lie if in his place.-Boston Transcript.
IT'S passing strange that amid all
these mistakes of the world, nobody
ever passed a quarter for a twenty cent
Marathon Independent.
recollect that all am telling you hap
pened one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-nine years ago" Pupil: "Lor'
Miss. how the time do slip away!,'
THINK of the gorgeous beauty of the
butterfly, with his fluffy plumage deco
rated with the coIors of the rainbow, and
remember that he attained all his finery
just as mortals have theirs by grubbing
for it.-New Haues Register.
CHILLY evenings are coming, and, as
the study of astronomy can not be neg
lected, no right minded girl win refuse
to share her shawl with the gentleman
who superintends her studies. Boston
Post.
A MICHIGAN tramp who has been
shot at five times by farmers wives says
he has only to watch the end of the gun
to avoid the contents, as a woman al
ways shuts both eyes when she pulls the
trigger Free Press. =
"SAMUEL SPRIGGs, the only place in
town where you can get eleven pounds
of sugar for a dollar, five dollars,'' was
the way well-to-do grocer signed sub
scription list towards the erection of a
new church.
AFTER all, we're glad we're not
king. Alfonso can't have any fun, hold
ing gate down or skirmishing to dodge
ice-eream saloons and to keep on good
terms with the old man. All the ro-
nance is knocked out of his courting.-
Boston Post.