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The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1879-12-25

tween one sample seed which was
adulterated rs per cent with these
stones, and pure;:r icle. In Austria
women and children are regul"ry en-
ploy to gather weed seeds of all kinds
from the roadsides and hedges, which
are exported to England, where they
are sorted and sold.
American seeds are often undoubt-
edly impure, if for no other reason
than because the sedmen import very
largely from all European counties.
In DR.. Gray's Manual of Botany are
DESERVED hundreds of weeds with
the phrase s'introduc.d from Europe"
TIE German botanist also complain
that American seeds they find the
germs ofand dangerous weeds. D.
Ledoux nextdescrlbed the various
means employed at the experiment
station in North Carolina to detect
impurities, determine the germina-
ting power, and detect impurities,
seeds present in commercial samples.
lie exhibited three specimen of
sprouting apparatus, in which the
seeds of orchard grass, clover and
cabbage were undergoing examination.
In illustrating the number and va
riety Of impurities, he mentioned a
sample of the seed of red clover
which had been found to cotain ID, 400
''foreign" seeds in a pound. These
interloping seeds were forty four
distinct species, among them thistle,
dandelion, burdock, cheat, chick
weed, on eye daisy, blue weed, milk
weed and clover dodder. Another
sample contained the seeds Of weeds
to the number of 5000 per pound.
The farmer who sowed his seed upon
his land, sowed with it, as can easily
be calculated, the germs of $50 blue
weeds 81 400 doddcr and $3.50 dais-
les per acre, to say nothing OF other
injurious seeds present TO the num-
her of 5000 upon every acre. A sin
gle plant OF blue weed will produce
l4,735 seeds Of which by actual ex-
pertinent 5000 on an average. will
terminate. In summing up the re-
suits of all trustworthy seed tests.
which had been made ut the two
American experiment stations he said
that these results did not differ ma
terially from those obtained in Ger
many. American grass seeds contain
on the average 70 per cent OF pure
seeds, while in Germany this average
is only 81; the terminating power OF
American grass seed is 81; in Ger
many AZ per cent. The average per
centage Of pure seeds in American
native clover is SO, Germany 81.
American clover seed contains 50 per
cent of seeds capable OF germin ating
the German AZ. Seeds Of sedge. bed
straw, knot weed, pIantain, dodder.
blue weed, daisy and other injurious
or useless weeds are constantly found
among American commercial grass
and clover seeds.
In closing Dr.. Lcaoux made an
appeal to tie society to institute
measures for the practical protection
OF our American farmers against in
territorial Or !snwitsing deception on
the part OF the dealers and importers
of seeds. He showed also the neces'
sity OF in>tructing the youth at the
agricultural CO lcgcs III the means O.
Identifying Impurities and the seeds
of weeds; and determining the tho
variety OF all seeds which are bought
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1879-12-25
H<s14f, COLUMN,

Dedicated to the interest of the
lady readers Of the n. P. FARMER,
who are invited to contribute from
week to week, any items and recipes
that may be Of interest to housekeep-
ers.
Christmas is here. Wise IS he
Who drives sad care away;
We've al tile year for toll and gain,
~ Then children be to-day:
And into every stocking hung
May lots Of good things fall.
The w;ile Merry Christmas time
.., We wish you one and all,
CHICKEN Pr: Have your chick
ems stewcd tender. 1t is y good plan
to cook them the night before the day
of using: The old fashioned way was
always to have a breakfast service
trom:the pot Of chicken intended for
the pie Tor the Christmas dinner.
Make Il paste Ivy taking one quart of
flour, one half cupof butter rubbed
in the -four, two teaspoontuls OF lax
ing powder, and wet with milk.
making it. a soft paste; line the sides
and bot,om Of your dish1a good siz
CT one) with the paste, taking about
half Of the quantity Of the poste lcav
ing it quite thick. Fill tue dish with
the chicken after seasoning with salt
and pepper; take the remaining. past
ry and roll out. spreading with butt
ter and sitting upon it q little -four:
sold together repeating the process 3
or times, making it about the size
Of your dish and fay it on for a cov>'
or to your pie. Wet the edge press
ingit down smoother and n axe a
small cut or opening in the center:
bike one honr, and should it brown.
too fast lay. 3 thick paper over the
top. 3.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-02-27
The Black PlaEue.-It Progress
and EriEhtfMl lsavaKes In

NEW YORK, Feb. PA letter from
ST. Petersburgh says of the plague in
RUSSIA. 1t has spread in the southern
provinces at rapid rate. Thousands
upon thousands have died with it with
in the last FIVE days. Victims when
taken, live only about two hours aud
turn black all over as a negro. All
physicians ordered to take care of the
sick have died within twenty -four
hours after their arrival. The corpses
are burned and so are the houses in
which the people die. Whole towns
have been laid waste in the past few
days. The government has placed a
Gordon of soldiers around the infected
provinces so that the people cannot get
out and spread the disease. ANY who
attempt to break through the Gordon
are shot dead on the spot. People are
beginning TO feel uneasy all over The
Empire. The government, of course,
does not allow news to get out. All
reports are suppressed, but tho worst
of all is that nobody can get out of the
Empire. The Austrian and German
governments have placed double
Gordon of soldiers along all the 'front.'
iers, preventing all persons from going
out.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-02-27
PALM H A.
Correspondence.

| Correspondence.
ANOTHER OLD CITIZENS DEPARTED.
Widow Earnest died Sunday ,thel6th
at the ripe old age of SO years. Mrs
Earnest has always been a most res
pected lady and her loss is felt by all
The funeral occurred OH Tuesday, the
18th, at the M. E. Church and a large
number of friends were in attendance
and followed her remains to their last
resting place.
SAW MILL.-We are informed thai
Mr., Ira Westover is about to erect a
saw mill about two miles northwest OF
town. It will be a great advantage to
those living in that section of the town.
Success to Ira.
LITERARY.-The question for debate
at the last meeting of the Literary So
ciety was: Resolved, That the Late
War was more detrimental than ben
ificial." The principal debaters were
G. A. Gilbert and J. Davis for the af-
firmative and E. L. Wilson and n. T.
Baldwin for the negative. The mega
tive carried unanimously.
HOME FROM CoLLEGE.-Mr. G. w.
Tuttle is home from Cleveland where
he has been all winter studying writ
ing and bookkeeping at the Spencer
College, and he is looking fine. Sue
cess to George.
WE don't see why the Youngstown
and Ravenna Railroad could not be
built through Palmyra. 1t would be a
great help for Ravenna and Palmyra.
Coal could be shipped direct to Raven
ma then and it would be great advan-
tage.
THE Dramatic club here is going to
give an entertainment some time this
winter or spring. TKAPo.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-02-27
Wide. Awake Ben.

~ AuVsA " C@NS AbCAs
Strange secrets and forgotten facts
will come to light in unexpected ways.
General Ben. Buffers advocacy Of
pensionjng MANNED rebel soldiers has
drawn from the Washington City Re-
publican the following remarkable
statement:
General Ben. Butler is receiving
much undeserved praise as the author
of the proposition to pension MANNED
Confederate soldiers. The truth is,
this proposition was seriously talked
of by many Republican leaders during
President Johnson's Administration,
and at that time was understood to
have received the hearty approval of
General Grant. Why is was never
formulated into law is question we
will not undertake to answer. 1t is
certain now, however, that the rebels,
having SO speedily forgotten they
were ever whipped, are not entitled
to SO much conciliatory consideration
as they were then.'
The Republican is good party au-
thority, and, we doubt not, speaks
with knowledge when it says that the
proposition to pension manned rebel
soldiers received the hearty approval
of General Grant, aud was seriously
talked of by many Republican leaders.
Ben. Butler knew what he had to fall
back on if assailed by Republicans for
advocating proposition to pension
manned Confederate soldiers.-[En-
quirer.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-02-27
A Confession.

The New York Tribune says: "One
point appears to be taken for granted
throughout the discussion over the ci.
phcr telegrams, and that is, that had
money been forthcoming the votes OF
one or more Republican conyassers or
electors could have been bought for
Mr.. Tilden."
This is a confession that we did not
expect at the hands of go radical a jour.
nal. 1t admits that the Returning
Board of South Carolina, Florida and
Louisiana were for sale.
1t, in effect, acknowledges that nei'
ther Tilden nor Tilden's friends bought
them, although they knew they were
in the market.
What, then, must be the inevitable
conclusion? Those Returning Boards
being for sale, and demanding money
for their action, did not act for nothing
as a price. The sure fact thus stands
nakedly out that, as the Democrats re-
fused to purchase the decisions of these
venal election officials, then the Re-
publicans did purchase them and made
Hayes fraudulent President thereby.
These are facts that our readers should
bear in mind.-Ex.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-02-27

The Chicago Int er- Ocean of the Doth,
says that a report was received at mill
itary headquarters, yesterday, from
Captain w. E. Dougherty, Indian
Agent at the Crow Creek Agency, Da-
kota Territory, dated February 8,
stating that an OK train which was
transporting the baggage of Captain
Vroom, returned TO the Lower Brule
Agency on the night of the 7th. The
men reported that about eighty miles
east of Pine Ridge Agency they were
surrounded by from Is to so mounted
Sioux, who closed up on them without
firing shot. The trainmen being
without arms, the Indians took their
provisions and some clothing, Offering
in return So and an old silver watch.
But two of the party could speak
Sioux, and they but imperfectly. The
helf-breeds with the train ascertained
that the Indians were bound north.
They were well armed with Winches-
ter and Sharp's rifles, caliber SO, and
abundance of ammunition. The men
also reported that there were large
number of stray cattle between White
River and Pine Ridge,and that the In.
dians were we'll supplied with beef
The report further states that the
prairie north of White River is burn.
ing for miles beyond Medicine Butte
north of Fort Hale. Capt. Dougherty
had no doubt that the Indians are 8
war party, as they had no women OF
children with them. The half-breed'
said those who could speak Sioux in
| quired anxiously in regard to the For
Robinson Massacre. The Indians are
probably some of those who broke
away from the Indian Territory, som.
! time since, and have been joined BY
disaffeoted braves. No immediate
danger is apprehended from the band
unless they shall effect junction will
the Assinaboines and Sitting Bulli
people in the North.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-02-27
DIED.

CARIs.-In Brimfeld, on Friday. Feb. 21st, 1879
Emma Carts. wife of Elihu Carts. aged about
She was the youngest of five daughters Of the
late David Boszor, deceased. Her Oldest sister
was the first wife of Mr.. Carts. and within thef
past five years three of the six children Of her
parents have passed to the home immortal.
AVERY.-In Streetsboro', Feb. 18th. 1879. of con-
sumption, Lucy Ives, daughter of Alanson G
and Jane Leonard Avery.
Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul."
She was very weary, and now she is at rest.
Lucy Ives daughter of A. G. and j. L. Avery,
was born Oct. 80. 1879. When but bu in life.
deoth came unbidden and wooed the happy
mother from her husband. her little son and two
daughters. Kind angels. plying. sent instead
one of loving heart and willing hands. The de-
votion to her we Familiarity called little" during
the ten long months of Illness. would alone tell
the wisdom of their choice. Two years ago last
Sept. the son. then % years of rge after strug-
Cling with consumption. left q devoted wife and
earth home for one in the Summer Land"
There is no DEATH What seems so is transit
tion." leaving the ''gates ajar." its radiance
fected too strongly upon her for whom now We
mourn.
combined with the intelligence of an idolizing
father. little" matured into beautiful woman
hood. her eyes beamed with kindness and ambi-
ton. and her hands responded freely to the die
tates of noble nature. whether prompted by
necessity or sympathy. even te the forgetfulness
of self
Her devotion to the children who looked to her
for instruction was ,Christ-like. She forbade
them not, and to-day there are tear-dimmed
eyes and little hearts saddened because she is
with them no more. while over many homes q
cloud like pail has fallen because sun beam has
gone from their presence.
Of the poor she was mindful, and of their bless
ings there is now woAen q wreath of glory to
crown her immortal brow. As we look into the
home circle. language fails it is enough that
she was q pillar of comfort to her parents, and
guardian angel to the two sisters aed mother.
Her field of usefulness was wide and she would
gladly longer have labored. but when sickness
came upon her, and medical skill was exhausted.
without a murmur she accepted her fate, assur-
ing US she had thrown herself Into the arms of
God." and in the love and power of the All
Father she calmly rested.
Such was her faith in God, and her apprecia-
ton of her mothers devotion. that she exclaimed
Next to God is mother" Weary of waiting.
for the flesh was weak. she often turned her large
eyes. lustrous with the fires of consumption. upon
or. how long?" II shall welcome the change"
The change came. With bleeding hearts We
heard the father saying. "Will ye return the
gift?" The voice was low-the answer lower
Still. Thy will be DONE" r.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-02-27
LEGAL NOTICE.

TORNELIA G. HENDRYX. who resides ia.
" Lincoln. Lancaster county, State of Ne
brasks will take notice that, on he 11th day q {
January. 1879. Elias =. Ncedham and Charles
A Needham. partners doing business under the
name of E. p. NeeGfam & Son. fled in the Court
of Common Pleas of Portage county. in the State
of Ohio, petition in a civil action wherein
said f. p. Needham and SON are plaintiffs and
said Cornelia Her dryx is defendant, which
petition sets forth that, on the 14th day OF No
vember, 1871 said defendant bought an organ
for $3.50 90 from Henry FasSett Il Co. ON
credit and gave her note therefor OF that date
to said FaSsett 4 Co due i'll one year. with in
terest; no part of which has been paid. and
which note and claim for said organ has been
assigned TO said plaintiffs; that said defendant
at the time of purchasing said organ and giving
said note, married woman and was The
owner of certain real estate situated il the
township of Hiram. Portage county. Ohis. and
being the undivided one half of the following
lots in the Village of Harrison. viz: lots l5S.
159. 23 and parts of lots and 12; that said de-
fendant charged and appointed said lands for
the payment Of said organ and note The object
and prayer of said petition is to have the D
mount due the plaintiff from defendant on said
claim and note ascertained and made a charge
and lien upon said real estate, and, that in de-
fault of pigment thereof. said real estate be
sold for the payment Of the same. and for such
further order as may be legal. Said Cornelia
G. Hendrix is required to answer said petition
by the S2d day of March A ID. 1873 or the same
will be taken confessed and Judgment rem
dcred accordingly. BY Z W. MANSON
1914 Att'y for Plaintiffs,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-02-27

We see in number Of our exchanges
the name of ]. T. Irvine, of Zanes-
Vile, mentioned as a suitable person
to be nominated for Auditor of State
by the coming DemocraticC Convention.
From several years of personal ac-
quaintance with Mr.. Irvine we haye
no hesitation in saying that he is q
gentleman abundantly qualified for the
position and that he would be an eff
cient and competent officer. For near
ly twelve years past he has served the
Democracy faithfully as the editor of
the Zanesville Signal, one Of the ablest
and most efficient Democratic journals
in the State. He has acted as Deputy
County Auditor six years, and is now
serving his fourth year as Auditor of
Muskingum County, the duties of
which he has discharged with ability
and acceptably TO the people of his
county. He is an affable. genial gen.
tleman, who would do honor to the
party and to the position, and we shall
be pleased to see his name placed upon
the ticket in the coming contest.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-02-27

The Philadelphia Times puts the
whole question of the ciphers and dis
puted Presidency in these few lines:
"The fact is established that the
Presidency was for sale aud that it
was sold. Friends or emmissaries of
Mr.. Tilden tried to buy it, and failing
to raise the means, because their chief
would not authorize the payment of
the money price demanded, there was
no sale. Friends o. onlissaries OF Mr..
Hayes tried to buy ii, and succeeded.
The Returning Board people could
not get money from Mr.. Tilden, SO
they demanded the equivalent in pat
ronage from Mr.. Hayes, and they got
it. 1t was agreed that they should be
provided for if the stolen goods were
delivered. Mr.. Hayes is now in pos
session of the plunder, and has been
faithful to the disreputable promises
made IN his behalf,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-02-27

A FARMER of Smith township, Ma
than Ball by name, was swlndled out
of 500, the other week, by two sharp
ers. who made him agent for a patent
spring bed bottom at $500, the sample
to be sent free to Ball. He signed an
order for one dozen, which he secur-
ed. A day or two afterwards, one Of
the sharpers called on him, and pre-
seDted bill for 500, at the same time
showing the contract, which instead
of calling for S4OO apiece as Ball had
all this time believed, called for $500
apiece. Ball to prevent litigation, set
tied by paying the bill. 1t is needless
to say that 50, is high for the springs.
and Ball will have to bounce around
and bawl considerably to get his mon
ey out of them.-l Youngstown Vindi-
Gator.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-02-27

A Zanesville telegram of the 2Ot
says: "Samanths Pearson, aged forty,
a widow, sues Thomas Blizzard, aged
fifty, till lately a widower, for breach
of promise aud $4,000 damages. She
says Blizzard courted her for fifteen
years, promising to marry as soon as
he got cage for Birdie," but he late
ly got sage and put young bird in
it, deserting the old one. Blizzard
admits keeping her company, but de-
nies the promise of marriage. Over
forty witnesses are in attendance. The
parties occupy high social POSITIONS
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-02-27

TnERE are in Portage county 1910
youths of school age, which would en-
title the County Superintendent, un-
der the bill before the Legislature to
create that effice, to salary Of 81 600
per annum. This is hardly up to the
average in number of youths enrolled
in the counties of the State, and by
careful estimates the average salaries
of these officers have been stated at
81 500 each, to which add Office rent,
stationery and numerous other items
of expense that have no name and it
is safe to calculate that the annual tax
upon the school fund of Ohio will ay-
erage $1,000 to the county, total in
the So counties Of the State of $176,.
600. 1t is exceedingly problenatical,
to say the least, whether correspond
ing benefit will be derived from the
proposed change. We would have SO
more officers for politicians to wrangle
over, for it will be found that the po-
liticaI sentiments of that functionary
would haye to tally with those of the
country in which he might be located,
and the tendency would be to drag
our educational affairs still deeper into
the pool of party politics, the very
thing, above all others that every good
citizen should strive to avoid.
There are in this county l5S school
districts not including the seven term
ed independent. The ordinary school
year is about seyen months, of twenty
days to the month, or one hundred and
forty days of school in the year. Now,
it will require pretty smart chap to
visit these 165 schools even once year.
and learn the branches taught, the
methods of imparting instruction and
to obtain an intelligent idea of the
workings and progress of all these
schools, the capacities of the teachers
for their work and the manner in
which their are performing the vari-
GUS duties of their responsible posi-
tions. 1t may be,and probably is true,
that that work is now sadly neglect
ed, but before assessing an additional
burden upon an already tax-ridden
people, we should pause and consider
whether we will receive an adequate
return for the money expended.
There are some who affect to see
some analogy between this county Of
fetal and the Superintendent Of our
village union schools, and think we
could better dispense with the latter
than the former. But wherein there
is any similarity it is difficult to DIS
Germ. The Superintendents Of our
union schools exercise constant su-
pervision over the departments under
der their charge and are cognisant of
the entire workings of the schools,
while the county officials, at The very
best, would be able to visit the schools
in the county but once or twice dur
ing the year, and then devoting only
brief period to each. The idea of
placing one man over our 163 schools,
with their Z $40 youths, and requiring
him to know the "true inwardness"
of their workings looks preposterous.
The measure is one not demanded
by the people of the State, and if sub
mitted to their vote for approval would
be Overwhelmingly defeated, as we
doubt not it will be by their servants
in the Legislature.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-02-27

THE National members elected to
the next House of Representatives
met in Washington on Saturday and
perfected thorough organization.
They resolved that they would stand
together in the organization of the
next House, and claim to have the
balance of power which will enable
them to dictate terms to the old par
ties. The terms they dictate will be
simply the price to be paid by the Re-
publicans for their support, as was the
case in Ohio last fall.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-02-27

The Republicans seem terribly
alarmed about an extra session of Con-
gress, but they can very easily avoid
any such session by submitting to the
repeal of two of the most infamous
acts that ever disgraced- our national
statutes. Inasmuch as members of
Congress are paid yearly salaries it
will cost less for an extra session than
the amounts paid to Superintendents
and Marshals to control elections in
the interest Of the Radical party.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-02-27

THE late Republican State Treasur-
or of Nebraska appears to have been
afflicted with shortage, inasmuch as
he turned over only $26,995.O1 on GO
ing out of Office, whereas he should
have turned over $685., ,2OO.62. If this
Treasurer were a Democrat, the pa
pers would have said that he was q de-
faulter to the amount of S35S, POS 81 /;
but being q Republican, what is the
proper designation?
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-02-27

When such an instrument issues from
the White House under present auspi-
ces, it assumes the proportions of an in
suit, and after its parliamentary fashion
is 80 treated by Congress. Perhaps Mr..
Hayes has not had his fill of that sort of
thing yet? PHoNo.