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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-02-27

ST. John Lodge No 12I, Fayettevire. J
w Goodwin, W c T; r Bell, scc'y-
meets every Thursday night in Odd-fcl-
lows Hall.
Eastern Star Lodge No 14I, Petersburg,
DR. w Smith, W 7; J 7 Holland, Sec.
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I. q. q. T.

Chevalier Lodge No. %, Fayetteville. J
A Lumpkin, q c; JTGOodrich, K Of r and 3
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Madison county, Ga., is cali
ed the land of hoop-poles and
huckleberrics.
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FIFE COMPANY

Fayetteville Fire Company No. ], WI
Day idson, Foreman; w H McNeley. Sec.
Regular meetings lst Saturday night in
each month at the court house.
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KNIGHTs on HONOR.
A. D. or u. nj.

Fayetteville Lodge No. 1871, r. ". Carter
Dictator; W A Gill, ir, Reporter
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tardS, Bili-Aeads, Tickets, etc.
pRINTED WITH NEATNESs
= and dispatch. at the OBSERvER OF
FICE, Fayetteville SIS
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A SPLENDID
BUSINESS CHANCE.

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IT is Aow admitted that The
crow destroys more grasshop-
peers than any ether bird.
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ARREARS Of FAY and BOUNTY.

Officers, Soldiers and sailors Of the late
war. or their heirs. ia maRy cases entitled to
money from the Government OF which they have
no knowledge. Write full history OF service and
state amount or pas aud bounty received. En-
close stamp TO GILMORE & CO. and fun reply
after examination, will be given you free.
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LAND CASES, LAND WARRANTS, and
SCRIP

Contested Land Cases prosecuted before the U 8
General Land Ofdce and Department Of the fnte-
rior- Private Land CIaims Mining and Pre-
Emption Claims, and Homestead Gases At
tended to. Land Scrip in co. 80 aud l6l acre pie
for sale. This Scrip IL Rssignable, and can be
located in the name OF the purchaser upon any
Government land subject 10 private entry at 81 rs
per acre. tits Of equal value with Bounty Land
Warrants. Send stamp to GILMORE 4 co. for
namThlet Of Instruction. -
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AMERICAN and FOUfIGN PATENTS.

GILMORE a CO, successors to Chapman,
HOsmer x Co.. Solicitors. Patents procured
in 8ll countries. NO FEES IN ADVANCE.
no charge unless the paient 10 granfe,l. No fees
for making preliminary EXAMINATIONS. No addi-
tional fees for Obtaining and conducting rehear-
ing BY n recent decision OF the Commissioner
A IL rejected applications may be revived spe-
cia attention givcR to Interfcrcncc Cases before
the Patent Office, Extensions before Congress- In
fringement Suits in different States and all ltiga-
ton appertaining to Inventions Patents. Send
uar
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TiANRRY,
NEAR TOWN SPRING.

r D. MEDEARIS announces to the
II people Of Lincoln and adjoining coun-
ties that he intends TO sell Leather of all
kinds at the lowest cash prices, and will
buy Hides and pay the highest price in
cash for the same. nov. 30-iy
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1879-11-21
Are Eggs Meat.

Vegetarians will rejoice at decision
lately given at Leeds, England, by the
stipendiary magistrate. The question
arose upon the seizure of a number of
eggs stated to be unsound. The solicitor
for the defense objected to a decision
against his clients on the plea that eggs
were not "meat." According to the
statute, it appears that the articles sub.
ject to examination and condemnation
are set down as any "snimal, carcass,
meat, poultry, game, flesh, fish, fruit,
vegetables, corn, ETC." After a lengthy
argument on both sides, the magistrate
felt compelled to dismiss the summons,
although he expressed an opinion that it
was most desirable that the sale of I'M
sound eggs should be stopped. The de-
cision, as we have said, will be satisfac-
tory to at least one section of the COM
munity. 1t has been the custom for
vegetarians to place eggs in the same
category as milk, and both these articles
are freely partaken of by those who pin
their faith to q purely vegetable diet.
To the rest of the public the result of
the inquiry will not be 30 satisfactory.
Although, as the defendants solicitor
stated, "a bad egg carried Its own con.
demnatjon," ii must be recollected that
there are various degrees of badness, and
that many doubtful egg may be mixed
up in buildings and other forms of cook
cry with, at least, the prospect of injury
to delicate digestions.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1879-11-21
Rather Mixed.

The quarrel of the two widows of
Elias Lispis, in San Francisco cemetery,
as to which should decorate his grave,
was described in this column last spring.
The affair is now in a criminal court,
through the arrest of the superintendent
of the cemetery. 1t transpires that
widow l drove widow 2 away from the
grave; that the superintendent, enam-
ored of widow 2, gave her burial plot,
and secretly removed the remains of
Lispis to it. Thus widow / went deco
rating an empty grave, while widow 2
had the real grave to herself. Widow 2
could not keep 30 pleasing a victory to
herself, and the story got out. The
superintendent, frightened by this pub.
licity, slyly returuedthe remains to their
first resting-place, and declared they had
never been disturbed. Widow 2 got
angry at him for ths act, and told all to
the police. An investigation followed
and he is ts be tried on the charge Of
grave robbery.-ErcjhdnUs.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1879-11-21

II 10 probable from the appearance Of the
corpse that he had been dead for several
days. The verdict Of the jury was TO the
effect that he came TO his death from
natural causes. The old man has one
son, now In the Red river country. He
II possessed of eighty acres of land and
owned the house he died in.-&. Cloud
Tines.
In speaking Of the Davenport railroad
extension, the Lauesbof0 Journal says
surveyors are in the field north Of
DEBORAH, running q preliminary line
from that place TO point on the South
ern Minnesota. They will probably run
to Houston. by the way Of the Hiceford
creek, and then run line to Lanesboro.
There are the two experimental lines to
be run at once. The survey TO Lanes
boro will be made, very likely, down the
valley extending from the Scotch settle
ment to Lanesboro, and finer route, In
the opinion of the journal, in or out of
the Rock river valley does not exist.
JOHN GAVIN, living in Caledonia
township, Houston county, met with a
fatal accident few days ago while re.
turning home from Brownsville with q
load of produce, accompanied by one of
his sons, about 20 years of age. When
within mile OF their home the wagon
struck a large rock which was in the
road, and the father was thrown out by
the jolt. Striking on his head, the
mans neck was broken, killing him
almost instantly. The unfortunate man
resided for some time in Brownsville,
and only few months ago removed to
Caledonia. He was IS years of age, and
leaves a wife and six children.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1879-11-21
The Haze orIndian Simmer.

Mr.. Joel Benton has recently publish
ed an elaborate essay combating the pop
ulsr notion, which also has a quasi
scientific support, that the blue haze of
Indian summer is the product of ordin-
airy smoke from fires. He argues at
first that the well-known behavior of
smoke is not consistent with the various
phenomena of the blue haze. After
describing this, he says: "If it (smoke)
ever seems to wilt or alternate in some
secluded valley. It is never still; it does
not even approximate quietude sufficient
ly to cheat the eye; 1t not a part of the
air, but rather passenger upon it, and
subject to every breeze that blows of
summer zephyr that dallies by. I have
watched the attitude of good many
heavy volumes of smoke, and have
never yet seen one thaG stimulates in
any one of its wrigglings and active
transformations, or in its complied
repose that enique enchsntment
which il wrought by the Indian summer
haze" If this haze IL the product or
smoke from fires, "there should be, he
says, can alarming number of them in
the fall of the year" But neither the
annual fire statistics nor the newspaper
reporters show this. Mr.. Benton So 3
the heaviest autumn fires occur at the
end of the hazy season, which would
make the haze precede the fires, and cease
after the usual mountain fires have
begun, which consecutive facts he has
noticed. Besides, all the woods of the
Hudson river counties, il they should be
on FIRE ut once-if smoke should cause
the haze-make no appreciable part of it
and the simultaneous appearance of it
over whole continent makes IL impos.
sible to be caused by smoke from any
fires that were ever known. It reaches
from the arctic circle to the torrid zone.
Its occurrence in the northernmost
region, il II is caused by smoke, could
not happen there except through q
"conHagration Of icebergs."
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1879-11-21
Discounted IS Wales.0

The last story snent the Prince of
Wales, says Forney's Progress, is to the
effect that much struck by the beauty
of young married lady-the prince has
q habit that way-to whom he was in.
troduced, he requested permission to call
upon her. The young married lady
knew very we'll what would be the Ger.
tain consequence, for of course she had
to smilingly consent, unless she took
strong action, so she went forthwith and
informed her husband. That gentleman
told her to leave 1t all to him and have
no fear. Accordingly the day his royal
highness called, Ms per appointment, he
was met at the door by numberless pow
dered lackeys in full array. Scarlet
cloth was laid on the outer door steps,
and as much displayed as possible. The
prince never repeated his visit, for that
was not what he wanted or expected.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1879-11-21
THE MOUNTAIN Road.
BY JULIA 4. Il. Dokk.


Only glimpse of mountain .csd
Thai followed where yer DO . ed;
Only glImPse-th A on Se ps..sd
eknuhs inc A't 81 dim and vast.
closed ny eyes. GA rushed the train
mo ne DARK, thsn ou again,
C-.artltug the song-birds Is IL dew
TN Wild rayiues aud gOrxes through.
But, needing OF the dar : nous way
~ erhunS by sheer chil, rough and gray,
oaly saw, as in dream.
The road beside the mountain stream.
No sInOke curlsd upward in the air.
Ne meadow lands stretched broad aud fair;
But towsTiTg peaks russ FAR and high,
Ptripg the clear, untroubled shy.
Yet down thsyerow. winding road
That followed where the river do sed,
j saS long procession pas
As shadows over bending SraSs.
The youps thsold, the - 4. the CAV,
Whose ises had worn that narrow way,
STAGE nrst within the dUsky glade
Some Indian lover wOOsd his 10 AID,
or silent crept from tree 10 trre-
spirit OF s'oSlthy yeagean-e he.
Of bresIhlsss Go ncBcd xhils through the hrak.
HE VIII Ss-S st0ie bis thirst slAke.
Ghe barefoot schoOl-boys rushing out
~ eAs>r, croSdtng, rOlstsrOUs tOuI;
The suIrdy lads, the lEsses gay
AsoooOhnksin merry May;
rhe farmer whistli ag TO his team
w nen nrsi the dawn begtns TO glenn
The loaded wains that one by one
Drag SoSly home AZ SCI OF sun,
Young lovers s,raying hard in hand
Within = tar eachAntsi land,
Aud mAuy = bride With lingering ieet;
Ana many marion calm ana SSeet
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1879-11-21
In His Wife's name.

A middle-aged man, with black eye
and a skinnsd nose, found his way into
Justice alley yesterday and asked Tor q
warrant for the arrest of the man who
had pummeled him. His Honor msae
some INQUIRIES and wrote out the war
rant. and when the witness had sworn to
il he asked:
"Now, Ms 1 understand this thing,
the constable will arrest the hendish de-
PENDANT" ......
ayes, SIR"
"And the case will be triedf"
DOUBTLESS"
Sand the jury will give me a YER
dictT
"That remains to be seen."
Well, what was going TO say wa
this: In case co get verdict I'd axe
tohave them give it in my wite's name
as I'm somewhat In debt and don't wan
to be gsrnisheed.-Dstroa fres Fr"s'
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1879-11-21
Snails rs Medicine.

Baron Bartbeiemy maintains that
snalls are capable of rendering valuable
service in most chest complaints, bron.
chisis, asthma, etc, because, in 81. words,
they contain animalized sulphur, a
little phosphate of lime, and especially
carbonate, animalized, in solution and
in A nascent state in their mucilsge."
His preparations of the article comprise
what are termed snail syrup, snail bon;
bons and heclicine, as mucilage and
powder. For these the edible snail Is
psed being collected in the vineyards in
the south of France during the fall, and
carefully preserved and fed during the
winter. NJ. Barthelemy lays great stress
ON this feeding and attributes the reason
that these snails are not more generally
used as an article of diet to the fact that
their flavor is only properly developed
wher. thew Obtain suitable food, as for
instance in the vineyards of southern
Franco and Italy.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1879-11-21
FARM AND FIREsIDE.
The Pumpkin.
RY IoiIN wuITTIRk

Oh, greeniy and fair IN the land Of the sun
The vines Of the gourd and the rich melon run.
And the rock and The tree and the cottaee spfold.
With broad leave, ali crespness and ulossoms ali
gold.
Like tnat which DER Niusyeh's prophet once grew
While he waited to know that bis warning was
true,
And longed for the .torm cloud. and listened IN
vain
For the rush Of the whirlwind and red fire OF rain
Comes up with the fruit Of the tangled vine laden
Aud the Creole OF Cuba laughs out 10 behold
Through orange leaves SHINING The broad Spheres Of
gold;
Yet with dearer delight from his home ih the
north,
On the hslas of his harvest the Yanke e looks FORTH
Where efoOknecks are coiling the yellow fruit
shines
And the sun OF September melts down on his vines.
Ahl on Thanksgiving day, when from east and
From north and from south, come the pilgrim and
guest;
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1879-11-21
Ir :. ..;d that Emperor Alexander

IT lie said that Emperor Alexander OF
Russia has become confirmed hypo-
condriac. He shuts himself up for days,
aud can with difficulty be persuaded to
take food, which must be left at bis
chamber door. He frequently bursts
into tears, and Is afflicted with strange
dreams. On the nights when these seize
him two doctors sit up in his bedroom.
In short, it is supposed he is mentally
affected, and his seclusion at Livadia, 1t
Is believed, Is to be devoted to a system
Of treatment which will either kill or
cure. si
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1879-11-21

EVEN RowELL, who has earned so
much money on this track this year, Is
surpassed by Rayon dor. Rowell
bsgged about $4,000; Rayon dor,
about $4,000. Rsyon dor is three
years old, a mere STRIPPING among horses;
yet he has already won for his owner,
Count de Ia Grange, sos, $50.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1879-11-21
Household Recipes.

CUsTARD PUDDING.-OAe quart OF
sweet milk, three eggs and two thirds of
q cupful of sugar; grated nutmeg on
top. Bake slowly till solid.
GINGER SNAPs.-One cup of molasses,
one cup of butter, one teaspoonful of
soda, one tablespoonful of ginger; mix
stiff; roll thin; bake hard. These will
snap as long as they last, If kept in dry
place.
SPANISH PICKED OEIoNs.-Cut
onions into slices; put a layer of them
in a jar, sprinkle with salt and Cayenne
pepper, then add a layer Of onions and
season as before. Proceed in this way
until the jar is full, and pour cold vine.
gar over all till covered. Will be fit to
use in month.
CREAM PIEs.-Six egg, two tea.
spoonfuls cream tartar, two teaspoonfuls
of soda in one and q half cupfuls of
cold milk; this will fill four jelly cake
tins; bake like jelly cake and spread
with the cream made as follows: One
pint of milk, one cupful of sugar, two
teaspoonfuls of corn starch; lemon or
vanilla flavor; when cold serve for des-
sert.
CORN STARCH BLANC MANG.-Near.
ly boil one quart of sweet skinned milk
aud add five tablespoonfuls of corn
starch, wet smooth in q little cold milk
and a little pinch of salt; stir till it
thickens. Serve cold, with ounce or
other Jelly, or, if it is to be eaten with
sugar and cream, add one teaspoonful of
vanilla when taken from the fire.
DUCHESS PorAToEs.-Mash one quart
of hot boiled potatoes through a fine
colander with the potato masher; mix
with them one ounce of butter, one scant
tesspoonful Of salt, half teaspoonful of
white pepper, q pinch of grated nutmeg
and the yOlks of two raw eggs; pour the
potato out on a plate and then form it
with knife into small cakes two inches
long and one wide; lay them on but
tered tin, brush them over the top with
an egg beaten up with teaspoonful of
cold water, and color them golden brown
in moderate oven.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1879-11-21
wintering Cabbage.

The usual way among market garden.
ers here is to dig a shallow trench in
sandy or other well drained land 30 the
water can not stand, the trenches Just
deep enough 50 when the cabbsges are
placed head down, and as closely togeth-
er as possible-the stems pointing at
such an angle as will enable the heads to
lie closely-the earth taken out will
cover all Just up to the roots, the trenches
from three to four feet wide. The sound
heads are put in after having the dead
leaves taken of, about the time the
ground freezes up. When the ground is
pretty well frozen, say nearly or quite
to the head, cover with litter to keep the
frost in. A place shaded from the sun
is best. Thus placed, they become par
TALLY blanched, and if kept cold enough
and dry at the bottom come out white
and sound in the spring. Another plan
is to set the cabbages in trench in line,
roots down, and fill up with earth to the
lower part of the heads and cover with
any material that will not press hard
upon the heads, following with earth
sufficient to keep from hard free zing and
thswing. For family use early in the
winter, they may be hung roots up to
the raiters in the cellar.-Prairie Farmer.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1879-11-21

l have had letter on hand some
weeks, from "N. F. Webster" of
Guernsey county, o., asking some ques-
tions on the above topic. He asks:
"Will it pay to cut straw and corn
fodder? If so, what is the best machine
for hand and power? Will it pay to
moisten with brine and feed bian or
other ground feed in connection with
itW hope that his questions will bring
about full discussion of the question OF
the value of straw and fodder, and the
best methods of feeding. There is a
great diversity of opinion among farmers
as to the value Of both, and I am in.
clined to think that few farmers valre
either as highly as they ought.
would not advocate wintering cattle
on straw alone, as 1 have known many
farmers to do, but I think that with
moderate feed of grain each day, cattle
would do well on straw. Whether it
would pay or not to cut straw and fodder
for cattle is a question which every one
must determine for himself, and would
depend somewhat upon circumstances,
such as the number of cattle kept, cost of
help, etc. Cutting, of course, does not
add any actr al value to it as food, but
may enable us to give it to the stock in q
more attractive and pslatable form, and
in the case of fodder leaves the water in
better shape to be used as an abobentss
and for bedding.
Where farmer is feeding enough
cattle to make business of 1t, 1t might
pay to cut TO lder and feed bran or meal
in connection with it. / should not by
any means wet with brine, as Mr.. w.
suggests, but if / used salt at all should
sprinkle little over the food after 1t
was wet. cannot tell, and probably no
farmer can, what is the best cutting ma
chine, for none of us have seen all, but
there are plenty of good implements in
the market for that purpose, and any
intelligent farmer can select one that
will answer his purpose. In my own
practice find it more profitable to feed
without cutting, as ] must hire most of
my work done. I put my straw in stacks
in the barnyard and let the cattle help
themselves TO it, and / find that my cat.
tie eat straw literally and seem to enjoy
it, no matter how full fed they are on
the bost of food. I feed corn. fodder
three times day, and feed only what
the stock will eat clean, and once each
day clean out the butts from the
hangers. We bed our horses and store
cattle with the waste of the fodder, but
that from the cows hangers we carry
out and spread round the straw stack
each day, and the cattle tramp them 30
that they 90 into the manure as readily
as the straw. Repeated experiments in
weighing the fodder and the waste have
shown that the cattle will eat two-thirds
Of the weight of corn. fodder when cut
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1879-11-21
Putting Away Potatoes.

Every method has been tried by farm
ers TO store and preserve their potatoes
through the winter, and we may say
until potatoes come again. 1t is the
most valuable of all vegetables, though
here and there we find a person and q
writer who undertakes to tell us of its
Embellishments. 1t is universally
consumed in ali civilized countries, as
where it cannot be grown it is imported,
which can be done long distances with.
out injury when ventilation is attended
to. In storing potatoes several methods
are adopted, yet they are all practically
the same, the object being to protect
them against freezing, whether buried
in pits or stored in cellars. The first
consideration IL to keep them in perfect
darkness; the next is the bins should
not be too deep-not over three feet-to
produce warmth and cause them to
sprout. When stored in the field,
straight trenches are dug, say twenty
feet in length and four or five wide,
which are filled to the depth of three
feet with potatoes, then we'll covered
with straw, on top of which put eighteen
or twenty inches of earth. In a pit
twenty feet long there should be about
three gas escapes or ventilating open
ings, which should be plugged with
straw and covered with a board set at
angle to turn the rain. If in cellars,
barn or otherwise, the bins should be
covered with rugs, old csrpetings OF
straw. Those intended to be kept fol-
the spring sales should be frequently
examined and all sprouts removed, fol
as soon as a potato begins to sprout il
losses its solidity, dryness and quality
Germantown Telegraph.