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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-02-27
How the First Locomotive
Crossed the Missouri River
on Ice.

The passage OF the IlrSl loco
motive over the Missouri yes
terday was an event in the his
tory of the Northern Pacific.
General Rosser's palace a was
crowded with gentlemen who
had the pleasure of seeing the
affair from as many standpoints
as the weather would permit.
The first experiment was with a
locomotive and two fiat cars
loaded with iron. The cart went
before the horse and glided over
smoothly and safely. The tri-
umphant switch engine, when
he reached the sand bar. blew
his whistle as if he had accom-
plished something. 1t was too
cold for cheers. We were will
ling to let the locomotive do the
hurrahing. Returning, the en-
CINE was coupled to the a oc-
cupied by the invited guests and
with three "fats" loaded with
iron, leisurely ran over the river.
The channel is not now more
than one-third the width of the
stream in the spring or summer.
The distance from bank to bank
is $500 feet. The west side is
now a huge sand bar. Out on
this bar the tracklayers were at
work, with Chief Engineer Ros-
ser standing in their midst, clad
in fur overcoat and cap. All
hands were bundled up. Frost
decorated whiskers were plenty.
Several upper lips looked like
the icicled cornice over your
lady's bower. General Rosser
was so interested in the work
that he remained In immediate
command until shutdown, freez-
ing his nose and cheeks.
As far as can be ascertained
this is the first railroad track
that has ever been built upon
the ice. Gen. Rosser was adj
vised against the experiment.
There Vas no precedent for it,
and all the railroad men said,
"Don't do it, There was moth
ing in the books to copy after or
be guided by. The crushing
strength Of a cubic foot of ice
was no pointer. Ice differs in
quality as much as butter-good,
bad, and Indifferent. General
Rosser tried an experiment. He
piled fifty tons of earth upon an
area twenty feet squere. The
next morning when he returned
to the river the dirt was gone.
The ice under the earth had
dropped out like a piece of glass
before a rifle ball. 1t was Thirty
two inches thick. The hole was
the exact shape of the base of
the dirt pile. There was no bend
to that ice. When it could no
longer sustain the weight, it
snapped and went under. 1t
was a clean cut job and no rag
ged edges. The experiment was
satisfactory. General Rosser put
down ties twelve feet in length
and twelve inches in width, three
feet centeis, and on these he put
rails thirty feet in length, with
no two segments terminating
upon the same tie. AS no loco
motive or train will be stopped
upon the ice, there will be no
opportunity given for settling.
Besides, a moving train will pass
over somewhat upon the princi-
pie of a skater. Ice will stand
a moving body that would quick
ly go through when stationary.
The chief engineer is entitled to
a long credit mark. He has
made a discovery and proved
himself a progressive engineer.
Nature is helping him. The ice
to day in some places is forty
two inches thick.-St. Paul Po-
1oo. D,ooo Ill IN |
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-02-27

4 #, velvety skin Is n.'
always found on a good &.
and a thick hard hide on a r.
one. A soft. firm skin ae.-.
rich mslk. while a soft we've
skin indicates quality OF m'.>.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-02-27

serve i'm the action of the smut
upon the system any of the pre-
lIminarv symptoms attending
the presence of a powerful poison
or even the acute effects ire
quent.y observed in the feeding
of mustv or damaged grain. II,
therefore, any active property
whatever is to be ascribed t.
smut in It's action upon the AMI
NAL system, it is plainly TO be
referred to its mechanical lntiu-
ences only. The only expert
mental investigation OF this sub
iect, of any account, was that
made by DR.. John Gamgee, and
embraced by him in a report
"On the III Effects Of Smut IN
the Feed Of Farm Animals
issued by the Commissioner OF
Agriculture, Gen. Capron, IN
1871, in a special report. 1t Is
interesting to note that, not
outstanding the title of this
paper, DR.. Gamgee deyo.cs 1t
almost wholly to the considera-
ton of tie malady dry murrain,
or impaction of The third stom-
ach, whether produced, as he
supposes it may be, by smut, or
by any other indigestible form
of animal food. Thus he states:
"From Dakota county, (Nebras-
ka,) we learn of dry mulraln
from this cause (smut) !; whereas
from Shawnee county it is re-
ported, and no doubt correctly,
that the same disease mas been
noticed among cattle fed on
prairie hay cut after frost" DR..
Gamgee gives the following &C
count of his experimental work
"AnXiOus to try some expert
ments on the action of pure
smut on cattle, | had collected
in January, 1869, a large guam
tity of the smut. 1t was rather
late, and the rains had washed
most of it off the still standing
stalks; but | obtained forty-two
pounds Of excellent smut, free
from adventurous matter. On
the 26th Of February, Mr.. Geo.
Reid, of Ingl; side Farm, near
Washington, D. c., purchased
two COWS in good health, and
aged respectively about seven
years. One COW was fed thrice
daily n a, d one-ilalf pounds
of corn meal and three ounces
Of smut, mixed with as much
cut hay as she would eat. The
second had the same allowance,
but wet. On the 18th CT March
the amount Of smut given in
each feed was increased to six
ounces. The Gov fed on dry
feed lost flesh. On the 18th Of
March the dose OF smut was in
creased TO twelve ounces three
times a day. The cow on the
wet food gained III condition.
The other one lost. In three
weeks the two COWS consumed
the forty-two pounds of smut;
they had a volacious appetite all
the time, and the only indica-
ton of a peculiar diet was a very
black color of the excrement and
the loss Of flesh by one animal,
though literally fed on nutri-
tlous diet, which, however, was
given in dry state. On the
Of March the temperature
of both COWS was tested and
found 1929 and 1924 Fahren-
heit. No conclusions of impor-
lance can be drawn from a sin
&c experiment; but it is evil
that smut IS not a very
poison In combination
with wholesome food, and espe-
if the animal is allowed
moist food and plenty of water
to dlnd. Cattle will eat the smut
greedily, and, possibly, a morbid
tor 1T Is acquired. It is
evident that corn stalks, when
starch and other matter have
gone 10 build up the large guam
of smut investing them.
are essentially dry, indigestible
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-02-27
Ii FEBRUARY p

mails experimental on as
proves, certainly, the des;a2
OF administering all amin.
in a moist condition. bg,
anything further. The 4
conclusion of the subject is
ever very satisfactory: n.
evident that all such a..ss
as these | have descrlhs5
be completely prevented tv
allowing cattle To eat ind
be corn-s.alks, whether +.
indlgestibilIty arises from
dryness or smut. Nike -.
an abundance Of soft food
material may do more
and, indeed, has constantly"
used with IMMUNITY latr..
are very severe ii cattle are ...
PEELED either TO starve or +.
what may be well eomra~..
b~roomsticks." In fact. M
who las carefully noted the
cumstances under which ...
losses to stock groves AIN. .
invariably occur, the symr,..
of the animals attacked. the
norton appearances, partica4-
the impaction of the third s.,
ach-the food being cakei H.
tween its folds, and freqe.,.
dry and crisp-can fail
be convinced that the fun.
mental difficulty is an or
gorging of absolutely ind
gestible matter. In the r,,
ing of the corn plant, as IN
other cereals, the starch and
trltlo@s matters of the stem al,
leaf become rapidly cony,r
into cellulose and woody n.
matters, wholly indigesti6lea
valuelets as food. 70 be p.
as fodder to advantage the ST..
must be cut and cured It..
ripening the conversion cfH.
starch and the hardening OF p.
cellulose is thus interrupted. a
When used for feed. even wi
containing an abundance
smut, no accident is known
occur. But with the crop ST..
ding in the field until dead ri.
it becomes nothing but a MAS
Of woody fiber, and with a h-
Of cattle turned into such a fri.
from aft a dry and barren ran.
IN the late autumn, there 4
be but one r~esult-oyergorg.
Of matter which cannot be
gested, impaction, and los.
many valuable animals. 4,
ready minated, it is not orr
possible, but probable, thatw vii
the smut IS also eaten in Ia.-
quantity with this indigest.
fodder, it aggravates and
creases the difficulty by It's
ton as a mechanical irritaut. j.
IS a very fine indigestible ma.
al, insoluble, almost iucara
of absorbing water or being
fected by the gastric juice,
the stomach, and would til
add seriously to blockade of 4a
matter within the suffering an
NAL. To this extent, THEREOF
It's consumption by the amin
with other feed is to be deprea
ted but it must be classed
ply as a subordinate, never
the primal cause of the disa,.e
acting not as poison bat
inert. indigestible foreign III
ter, which under ordinary c
dltlons, would be thrown
without harm, but which, wit.
mass of absolutely uu4.'e
abe woody fiber, in the form
dead-ripe corn stalks, contn.
ties to an already very ser.
difficulty. The remedy for t4s~
unfortunate losses is, Of co..
one of prevention only -
ton IN turning stock into
fields. 50 far as the sma.
the primary trol9-"
also should be avoided. In -
class farming, smutty corn Is
more a necessity than -Ia-.
wheat-produced by a c.o-s
related fungus-and maE oes
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-02-27

The establishment of Hart,
Bailey & Co., deserves a promi-
nent review under the head of
Wilmington Industries. This
establishment is located at Nos.
ID and II Front street, and the
works and yards occupy about
half a block, between Market
and Dock streets. On entering
the office yesterday evening, we
We're kindly received by Mr..
Hart, who put his spectacles
away and took Us in tow on a
tour of inspection. The copper
works were first visited, and as a
force of hands were engaged put
ting up a still, at the time, we
had a very good chance to Judge
ofthe capacity, etc, of the estab-
lishment. Mr.. Hart can put up
one still a day, and says this can
not be equalled by any copper
works in America. This firm
has a very large trade, the prin-
cipal bulk Of it going to Georgia.
Throughout all the turpentine
districts the Hart & Bailey stills
are celebrated. These gentle
men have branch copper works
in Savannah, Ga. The manner
of putting the worms together is
as easy as purifying a window,
Sc MIR. Hart explained "but it's
a little bit hotter work, and the
workman has to either be care
full or catch a handful of molten
lead" Leaving the copper works
we were shown into the main
building, the first floor of which
is occupied by a thousand pieces
Of machinery used in the iron
works. The foundry is on the
same floor and conveniently ar
ranged. This branch of their
establishment is one Of the lar
gest in the South, and anything
that is made Of iron can be
made there.
On the second floor is the
plough department. 1t is very
interesting to follow the foreman
as he begins with a rough plough
handle and puts it through all
the various pieces Of machinery.
The handle picked up in the
rough is perfected in ten minuts,
though it first has to go through
the 'shoes,' a machine which
bonds the handles;then the holes
are bored, and after this it is
run over the sand belt and
thrown aside ready to be fitted
into the stock waiting TO. it.
One hundred ploughs per day
are turned out, and the number
can be doubled when required.
On the third floor is the "pat-
tern room," where the patterns
of eighteen years accumulation
are stored away. They are of
The Columbus journal., 1879-05-28

CIRCULAR.
"To of Butler county, Whereas doger
circulated the of
The attention ecountvi
following:
STATE OF NEBRASKA
Butler County,
F. Rolph Clerk of Butler Neb, being
That the 2nd day June 1879 H. Montgomery
Agent at City, R. " company lis Office
procured Statistics contained caption
B. T. RoIPH
n o of
1879. j. &. Roberts, Justice OF the Peace
asked notice who circulating the false
made allow inform
truth The
false, intended to mslead
Nany farmers usually have enough
sneak who dare face public
making hide behind respectable hide
Horrible H. d. Pekey Reynolds They
the real
and fair election There Others when
hireings the U. p
work of Gould, hate associate the neighb
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FRINGED GENTZAN.


Along this wood road winding slow,
When free October ranged its sylvan ways
And vaulting up the terraced steep below,
Chased laughing sunbeams through the
In matchless beauty, tender and serene,
The gentian reigned an undisputed queen.
One sudden break, half down the lengtheninq
shade,
Revealed a dark trimmed circle, still and
lone.
Her presence filed that sun -illumined GLADE.
she made the enchanted solitude her own
The heavens above their watch eternal kept
And, stepped in light, the embracing wood
land slept.
Pale knots of grasses filed the open space,
Her lifted cups passed lightly through and
through
Each chalice nodded in divinest grace,
Each brimmed with pure, intense and per
feet blue:
Alone and spotless in her virgin frame,
Her life upheld the years immortal claim.
Now wall low winds about the forest caves,
Now life grows cold meath cold and dreary
skies.
And nesting ankle deep in fallen leaves,
The lone, deserted wood path branching
lies:
Yet, pinched and wan, Of youthful charm be-
The last for-aken gentian still is left.
A wondrous fairness hath the perfect flower,
Serenely calm beneath a sapphire sky,
But holier far, in autumn's widest hour,
The constant love that can not wholly die;
To me her radiant youth new faith did bring,
Yet now her pallor seems a higher thing.
Thrilled by the gaze, deem no fancy wild
Where spirit grace outlastS the rudcr clay :;
For me the autumn's last and lOveliest child
Takes not even now her haunting charm
away.
But when cold storms have stripped the snow
clad hill
In finer spirit presence fingers still
Elaine GOOddle.
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his throat he enjoyed the most
pleasant sensation of his life 1t seemed,
indeed, as if he were truly slipping the
nectar Of the gods. The draught seemed
to divide itself into a million parts the
moment it passed his throat, a portion
passing with the speed of lightning
along every vein of his body So de-
lightful was the effect that he forgot
for the time where he was, and uttered
peal after peal of the widest possible
laughter He AYERS that the sensation
of squeezing a pretty girl is no COMPARE
son to the ecstatic joy which he derived
from one draught of this watei.
Owing TO the peculiar effects which
the water has on the human system, the
gentleman before leaving the place
christened the spot ''The Electric
Spring" He claims that this name is
peculiarly appropriate, for there is no
doubt but that the water is heavily
charged with electricity. He will en-
deavOr next summer to form company
for the purpose of merging the place in
to a summer resort, as it is believed that
the waters of the spring will cure any or
ali ills that flesh is heir to.
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Z" Handsome Billy"-A Romantic Story.

Wellsville, Allegheny County, n. Y,
lately developed rural romance out of
the usual way. William Freeman had
worked as boy several years for farm
ers in the vicinity of Wellsville. He was
a good boy, and the people called him
Handsome Billy" on account of his
fine face. He finally rented small
farm, engaged a widow as housekeeper
and her nephew as alarm hand There
were several burglaries and robberies in
Wellsville, and some of the goods stolen
were found in Freeman's house. He
stoutly denied the robberies, but the
grand jury found bill of indictment /;
at the trial he pleaded guilty, and was
sent to the Penitentiary for Is months.
But after all the people of Wellsville did
not believe that freeman did the crime
to which he pleaded guilty and for which
he was suffering Imprisonment. The
actions of his housekeepcr's nephew had
opened tkeir eyes, and Gov. Robinson
twas appealed to for a pardon, which was
finally granted, and William Freeman
was set free. He Immediately disap-
peared, and there came to Wellsville u
handsome woman, who knew all the
people very well, although they did not
at first know her. 1t was Handsome
Billy" in petticoats, and she now
introduced herself as Mary Ann
Shafer. She gave her history previous
to her appearing among them as boy
She was the daughter of German immi-
grants; her father died soon after they
landed; her mother married again; her
step-father would not support her, and
at IL years of age she dOnned boys
suit and left home to seek her fortune.
She was then 23-and for twelve years
she had concealed her sex, and run on
canal boats and worked on farms for a
livelihood. In regard to the robberies,
for which she was sent to prison, she
said they were committed by the house
keepers nephew, who visited her in jail
and declared that if she did not plead
guilty he would kill her, and she be-
lieved he would carry out his threat,
and that the safest place for her was the
penitentiary. That was the cause of
her pleading. When she was pardoned
and released she thought the safest
refuge would be her own proper wom-
ans apparel. And she made as pretty
a woman as " Handsome Billy had
been a boy. The Wellsville merchant,
whose store she was charged with rob-
bling, and who had been the cause of
her wrongful Imprisonment, made her
all the reparation in his power. He
met. her, apologized, loved, proposed
and married her.
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CONSUMPTION Cured.

An old physician, retired from practice,
having had placed in his hands by an East
India missionary the formula Of simple veg
etable remedy for the speedy and permanent
cure for Consumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh,
Asthma, and all Throat and Lung Affections,
also positive and radical cure for Nervous
Debility and all Nervous Complaints, after
having tested its wonderful curative powers
In thousands Of cases, has felt it his duty to
make it known TO his suffering fellows Ac-
tuated by this motive and desire to relieve
all who desire it, this recipe, in German,
French, or English, with full directions for
preparing and using. Sent by mail by al
dressing with stamp, naming this paper, w.
w SHERAR. 14g P0lcerS' BLOCK. ROcheStei. ". 7.
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Summers Heat

relaxes the system and renders US liable to
attacks of diarrhGa, dysentery, bloOdy-flux,
cholera-mOrbus, cramps in stomach, collie
and other painful and dangerous affections
for which DR.. Pierce's Compound Extract Of
Smart-Weed-compounded from the best
French brandy, Jamaica ginger, smart-weed,
or water-pepper, anodyne, soothing and heal
ings gums and balsams, is a most potent
specific. 1t is equally eflicacious in breaking
up colds, fevers, and inhammatorv attacks
Every household should be supplied with it.
Fifty cents by druggists.
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With the execution of Lords

With the exception of Lords Bea-
consfeld, Salisbury, and Cairns, there is
no member of the British Cabinet who
does not mainly owe his place in it to
affiuence or birth, or both. The Dukes
of Richmond and Northumberland,
Lord Sandon, Col. Stanley, and Lord
John Manners would never but for
birth have had q chance of such eleva-
ton, and Mr.. Smith, Lord Cranbrook,
Sir Stafford Northcote, Sir Michael
Beach, and Mr.. Cross would not, had
they been without considerable means,
have gone into politics. In fact, Lord
Canh1pok only left the bar when a great
fortune came to him. Thus the British
Government is not, as a rule, composed
of the best men, but Of the
best men who have the money,
inclination, and capacity for politics.
Such eases. as thoseOf Pitt and Canning,
who, with a Mere pittance, have thrown
themselves into politics, are very rare
indeed. 1t is almost lunacy for, any man
to enter political life in England as a
profession unless he has at beast 81 800
2 year.
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There is on Long Island Sound an
old oyster digger who has raked the BIZ
valve for so years. He estimates that
in his time he has caught billions of oys-
tiers and has eaten thousands of oysters
in soups and stews. The other night he
was taken to a church fair, and was
given a regular charity fair oyster stew.
He c claimed: 81 have eaten nothing
but oyst"fs all my life, in one shape or
another, and l ike change. This is
something new ''-New York Herald.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-12-11

THOUSANDS will bear testimony land do it
Voluntarily that VEGETIEE is the best medi-
cal compound yet placed before the public for
rIenovating and purifying the blood, eradicat-
Ing all humors, impurities or poisonous secre-
tons from the system, invigorating and
strengthening the system debilitated By dis
ease; in fact, it is, as many have called it,
The Great Health Restorerr
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Bismarck publishes a card in the
North German gazette thanking his
many admirers and well wishers who
have written him at Varzin, expressing
sympathy with him in his illness, and
notifying them that he is still too feeble
to undertake to answer their letters and
kilograms in any other manner than the
general and public one adopted.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-12-11

THE GOLDEN CFNsER, of Rockford, H.,
claims to have $1,000 readers. It'll fine fam
lily paper Christian but unsectarian, without
advertisements and pure, S1.25 per year. It
gives a steel engraving of Christ at Prayer,
and other premiums, and sends sample copy
free on application by postal.
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Best Medicine Ever Used.

GLENIoCH Monroe County, Tenn, Aug Is. 1BTsE
De1Y yr-slys II and wife have been greatly beIsss-
flied by the use Of your Indian blood syrup
When comm need usEg your medicine ms vlfsS-
Liver very much Oat 81 GreT, In. now she Is IT,
Erely well. ! was troubled win sharp Pains IN ne
Chest which the Syrup also rfeyed-
.u W. J. EDWARDS
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TO CoRREspnrnrrrS

All communications for this paper should be
accompanied by the name OF the author, not
necessarily republication, butas evidence of
good faith ON the part of the writer. Write
only on one side Of the paper. Be particularly
careful IN giving names and dates, TO have
al letters or figures plain and distinct.
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From gyeii toucaveD.

Sometimes the pains of disease are so great
that it seems as if they could not be borne
and sometimes the minor pains worry men
and women into the grave by preventing rest
and sleep. Then the soothing Influence 81
Warmers Safe Nervine is like transla, ION
from hell to heaven.
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Liver and ENney Comnlaiuts.

CowAN Franklin County. Tenn, Aug. %. 1S72-
DeqT Sfr-Tiii5 is 10 certify taat have used yOtIs
Indian BLOOD syrup for Liver and Kidney Dts
ease ami general deIangenent OF the system. and Il nz
done me good than anything l ever tried 38y
wife has used the syrup for Kidney Liver aEs1
Rheumatic Affection, WITH the most beneficial results
at Z TACGHE
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Pa n.tation Of The Heart.

~, CALLATtY, Bell Gu y. K2-
Deqr Sites Is 70 esftff mat was tIOGD d sltc-
Pa r}ti0n o. me Hear. al- "a recfged more bsIs
'Gf- 4 IN your Indissn Blood syrup than lrssn-.
any sfAer medicine htvBe e. 1sed. I therefore
On.ne Ia it " all out of leaslth. WI. JOHNSO>-
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Cures kgue.

.s-t. sr. 3D., PRUsPzGT. Giles County, Tenn
Dear Sir-F h7a he AgBs Tor ar Con-.ls. AMI o..
tanned no reis, MA Dumef0us mttcines used A.
last PROF. Ell sls d yOlT IA iisin BLOOD rap
~ = Itch con- e.e.y cured have r4s
had Chi se comme -ai he I5e Of your nledl i-1
J. 4 TAIE