The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1879-11-06
Home, Sweet Home.

The Leaf River'mill is about ready to run.
The weather has been slightly cool for the
past week.
That sorghum presented us by Perry
Schermerhorn was very nice.
Read the communication of Mr.. Dixon OH
the subject Of church building
Wadena needs good dray. Who will go
Into the business? 1t will pay.
Our corresponds are little tardy this
week. Election, probably: is the cause.
Mrs. Porter, Of Stowe Prairie, has our
thanks for pailtull OF very nice pickles.
The county commissioners met last Tues
day, see official proceedings in another COL
,,mn.
We are indebted to Mr.. Franks for the
4 Ia OF very fine velison. Come again,
benjamin.
Almost the first breath of the Verndale
journal is to breathe All attack on the FARMER
All right Me-, sail in.
Thos. Young, who has been stopping with
MIR. Langley, departed for Brainerd Tues
DAY. He goes into the pinery.
Charlie Stuart has moved into his new
residence, one OF the finest on the line We
suppose house warming will be the next
in ORDER
Wadena county is now estimated to pos
sess a population of 2,l00 souls. Pretty
lair for county so young, and 50 small for
her age, too.
The first copy Of the Verndale journal is
hefore us and bears evidences of editorial
ability and mechanical skill. Here's our X
Me-, success to you.
Mr.. A. Orvis paid us for two years. sub
scription to the FARMER Tuesday last. Also
dropped in the same day Messrs Van Blar-
icon, Barwise, Lock, Palmer, S. Gardner and
4. Stil]man.
James Riley is the good looking man who
succeeds Robert McGill as clerk 1T the Wa
lena Hotel. Jim is good fellow and will
doubtless give satisfaction to all.
W y wv AHtlNOo~CU " StAtC
made mistake in giving the weight O. that
turnip and baby last week. The. turnip
weighed - pounds and the baby 10.
Sank Center has eleven citizens whose az
3regate weight is :, 442 pounds, an average
Of 222 pounds each. Some of them ought
10 be engaged to sit on the county seat of
Wadena and keep it in place.
Next week will appear an article giving
the amount Of business done in the month
',f October, 1878, and the same month of tie
present. year, in the town of Wadena. 1t
will also contain some other interesting sta
t;stic;.
The Duluth Tribune is happy. It has got,
Il new minister to furnish him subjects for
editorials, and there is a prospect of H. NJ.
). Pinatore being exhibited in that town in
few weeks. Under these. circumstances
Mitchell will never, "weli. hardly ever" be
happy again.
We observe that some handsome evergreen
trees adorn the premises Of Mr.. J. @. Os-
trander. This is good idea and if the
weather affords another opportunity this
season we hope more Of our citizens will
follow his example. The fall is the best
time to set out trees.
The threshing company Of w. A. Barwise
Il Bro who bought J. l. Case, steam
thresher this fall. have been kept busy ever
since they started and are still running.
They propose to manufacture shingles with
their steam power this winter. That's is
right, boys, nothing like pluck and enter
prise. g..
The wadena Mil, Vii f. commence t,e
manufacture Of tlonr next Monday. The
= utmost pains have been exercised. and no
little amount of expense incurred, in get
ting the mill ready to make -four, the aim of
the owners being to make the very best of
flour "irst, last, and all the time" and the
result is that we have @got mill of which
the whole county has just reason to feel
proud; and every man who has raised a
patch Of wheat this year need not 90 with
out bread for the want of -four. Farmers
raa exchange wheat for -four next Monday
Mr.. Henry Plant, who. has been engaged
for some time past In evangelistic work in
this State, will be in Wadepa Tomorrow.
lie will give Bible reading at the school
house Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock, and also
in the evening al O'Clock. He will prcba-
oily he with us Saturday and Sabbath. in
which case due annOunce MONT M so.,,:
will lie given. We hope our citizens will