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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-10-03

100000 in gold. The movement Of wheat
IN the United States fer the past six
weeks has been greater than for
similar period in any country of the
world. The amount Of deliveries from
lake ports to New York for eight weeks
has been 5O,C00,000 bushels. One.haH
o:this yet remains 10 be shipped. 1t Is
one way for accounting for the vast inn
portatlons of specie that have lately
come to America. | have Given Won
the figures to account in large decree
for the brskness Of trade in New York
this fall"
The railroad depots in and near New
York are a subject worth the study of a
political economist. The number and
character OF passengers arriving will
convince even the careless observer
OF the prosperous condition of things i'm
all parts of the country When people
have money to spend they travel, and
when people have money to invest they
come to such q point as New York to
obtain their goods instead of sending
for them. said a downtown mer-
chant to the reporter: The hotels
Of New York are full because the
people of the South and West feel that
they can afford the trip. The great ex-
press companies willtell inquire at their
offices that their business was never
better. The reporter was told bv 4 rep
resentatiye of the Adams Express Com.
pany that their business has been
increasing steadily for three wears, but
more especially in the last season. "The
express traffic" said he so far AS the
quantity goes, is not an infallble index
OF the condition TO business. The very
fact of flush times induces people to
visit central points for the purchase of
small articles which they might other
wise send for by express, but the char
acter of the goods that we have lately
been shipping is plainly evident of the
Improvement Of trade. Just now the
express companies are carrying an UNI
usual amount of goods To the south and
west. We have had nothing like it III
many years"
The hotel business tells the story more
convlncingly than perhaps any other
line of observation. ali the leading
caravansaries ale full to Overlooking,
and have been so for six weeks. Five
nights out of seven in that period they
have had to turn away guests for whom
they could not provide accommodation.
The question naturally occurs, What
becomes OF the unaccommodated? and
the only answer is that they go to sec
ond and third rate houses. Inquiries
mt the Fifth Avenue, st. Nicholas, Met.
ropoitan, and tie Astor House, which
get u large share of merchant patronage,
proved that each one of them has been
habitually turning guests from its doors
for q month back, and in them all
very large and unusual percentage OF
their autumn guests have hailed from
the south.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-10-03
A Talk About IIopa.

"Some men can never raise good
pigs, snid Il neighbor, " wonder what's
the reason.
"1ho reason" replied, s" is " eonsti-
tntional one. Snne mcnnre not prompt,
careful inrmert They mny niSe good
colts or calves, but they cannot rnse II
good pix. They do not soc the import.
iInoc Of strict attention to the manage
3nent Of hrood-sows, to division into
small breeds, to shelter summer and
winter, and to exact time and quantity
of food. They feed their brood.sows
with their fattcning hogs; they keep
their scallowngs and choice hogs in one
lot; they do not provide my protection
for stock III their pastures; they feed ut
six o'clock w ono morning, nine the
next, and bushel of promises the
next, and they think tho pigs grow
iaster on promises than they do ON corn,
40 they slug thom on promises. II IN II
hard thing 70 grow poor pig, oven il u
cnaN tries
Tint docs not pinch me any said
neighbor, :" | take good care of my pigs,
good deal better than vou do, and yet
YOU beat me MI the timc,"
You belong to the anxious class, |
replied. you want n pig To gain ten
pounds day, except Sundays, and on
that day you feed to get fifteen pounds.
Their stomachs are never empty; they
do not squenl enough to give them good
lungs, nor exercise enough To mid digos-
ton; some of Your pigs have sore Dyes;
son.e turn their hcads on one side and
their ears hang down, some are lame;
some are too fat and have punches ON
their limbs, hat u majority look like "
shark and trot like cat. You can
charge tho whole OF tho above to over
eating. Pigs should have plenty of food
three times day, and ne more, unlcs'
it be your young pigs and their food b,
milk"
allow, then" sand noighbor, do you
account for the poor pigs raised hy Mr.
Davis?' He il rs good IL feeder nnd
manager as there is i'll Iowa.
"That is true" | answered, "hut Mr.
Davis thinks he can make II pig by foo,
and management lie ignores inhorl
tance. lie sells in the fall every pil
that can be fattened enough for I'll,
market. and reserves tho culs for hroo,
sows. For the male he selects n run
from his neighhor, and thus no start
the year with lot Of thoroughbred
runts, and he tries TO coax these fnl
blood tralAps on nice food and gentl
care To make show hogs. There
something III blood, rs we'll MS corn, 1T
cessary to make pig.
zone would think, C hear you talk
said neighbour, that pig-farming VA
very particular business.
Il assure you, you do not misundei
stand me- SAID |. "Pig-raisinr is bot
Il science and an art. To do il we'll I,
auires AS much brains and rs much stud
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-10-03
AGRICULTURE.

Choice peaches are worth but 30 or
40 cents per bushel in most parts Of
Delaware and Maryland.
Farmers in Missouri complain that
all their crops ARE taxed after they have
paid taxes on their land, teams and ag.
ricultural implements.
The New York papers say wild Texas
steers are so common in the streets
nowadays that it is recommended That
portion of the police be held in re-
serve for their capture and subjugation.
The largest peach crop on the Mary
land peninsula il on the "York" farm
of the late Col. Wilkins, from which
place the crop will reach seventy thou
sand baskets.
The importation Of horses from Can
ada to the United States has increased
thirty-fold in the lust four years, from
two hundred and fourteen horses with
value Of 1913, 800, in 1876, to six thou
sand six hundred and thirty-lwo in
1879, valued Mt $49l ,235.
The humane society Of Boston offers
tho following prizes: TO the two most
humane drivers Of cattle ut either the
Brighton or Watertown markets, $l5
and so respectively. TO the two most
humane dealers il cows with their
young calves, Mt either the Brighton or
WATERFOWL cattle markets, 80 and SO
respectively.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-10-03
D0DD'S IMPRISONED BRIDE.

The Pretty Young Jewess who Was Sc
cretly Welded to Sailor..-The Bride.
groom Forced to Defend himself with
n Knife, The Escape of the BRIDE Over
the Roof. while Her Father Slept ON
Guard.
New ork sun, 2lth
Sadrian Ross, a Jewess, Just turning
into her sixteenth year, Is the daughter
Of John Ross, clothing dealer at No 8
Hamilton avenue, Brooklyn, who has
among his customers many sailors
| from vessels that anchor at Red Hook
point. There are several daughters in
Mr.. Ross family, who by turns assist in
the store. Sadrian frequently fitted a
coat to light haired mate Of a Massa-
chusetts schooner, Charles Dodd, and
he in turn fell in love with the pretty
Jewess, and they married clandestinely.
After the marriage Sadrian went back
to her home and attended in the store
as usual, but she couiided hel secret to
one sister aud then 10 another, and they
told her father,
Mr.. Ross at once sent to Scanman's
hotel for Charles Dodd. The sailor, not
aware that his fatherin-l law had been
taken into the secret, promptly called.
He found himself in hot water at once.
He was accused Of abducting Sadrisn,
and Mr.. Ross followed him around the
parlor shaking fist in lis face. Then
Mr.. Ross called in three men from an
adjoining room, and they fell upon
Dodd. He bore the pummeling until
one of the men struck blow that drew
blood. Then with a sailors sheath
knife he stood Mt bay and then ran out
of the house. Blood streamed from
his face and head
Mr.. Ross hurried to Justice Ferry's
court and took out warrant against
Dodd for assault and battery, bat when
the justice learned the facts he released
the sailor.
Mr.. Ross then determined to keep his
daughter prisoner in the house. He
locked her in a room, and had some
member of his family watch her all
day, while he slept on Il mattrass out
side her door at night. Dodd, however,
had told the BRIDE that he would stay
III the hotel near by, and then he man
tiStn w oil - llCSSHSt w llCl.
On Tuesday night last the imprison-
ed bride feigned sumber. and, after she
heard her father breathing heavily, she
gathered her clothes in bundle, slip
ped out over her fathers body, and
made her way to the roof. Here she
dressed herself, and then, with her
shoes III her band, she crossed over the
roofs Of the houses until she reached
the roof under which her husband slept.
She descended through the scuttle and
was soon ut his side.
Mr.. Il. was very angry on Wednesday
morning on learning that his daughter
was in the sailors hotel near by with
her husband, and, calling his family to-
gether, he formally disowned her, and
bade his other children rot even to
speak to her.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-10-03
Now York Tribune.

last weeks advices brought liz re-
ports Of the final outcome of the har
vests in Great Britain which proved To
be oven moro deficient than was feared.
The wheat, oats aud barley crops are
one-third less than the average yield,
making, rs estimated, - loss OF $50
100000 to cultlvators. The loss on 20
tatoos is calculated NJ $4,000 600; ON
peas, beams and rye, $4,000, 900; on hop,
81 600 900; on hay, S75,000000; Il total
loss falling upon the single class OF
farmers of about $291 ,0W.ou0; besides
other iosses which cannot be estimated
on butchers meat, grasses, vegetables
and minor products. This is one.third
greater than the anticipated Joss pub
hshed II month or two ago.
Mr.. Scott, who issues the estimate,
calls attention to the fact that 1t is only
the farmers who suffer, M the con.
sumner is buying cheap bread, corn and
ment from abroad. The farmers are
forced to realize immediately on their
crops ut almost any price. Landlords
III many cases have RENTED ~ and 70
per cent. of tho rents; ~ movement hlt.
tcrly opposed by u large number Of
economists who do MOI like to see any
class receiving dole. and insist, with
y singular sort OF logic, that 10 lower
! n rent which tenant eapnot possibly
/ pay il to paupcrlIe the tenant The
| reduction of wages III the manutactur-
/ iag districts steadily continues,
and the discussions OF remedies III Far
| Lament. mass-mectings and the press
tor the unprecedented depression III all
kinds of trade grow moro vehement; in
fact this problem st what to do with
land and lnhorers appears to be n sort
of blind alley just now IL England, ont
Of which neither statesmen nor political
economists can find their way. The
Iaborers and tenants are finding their
way ont Of il and of the country as fast
rs they can get the money to omigrnte.
Whether they will do any better inthls
country than i'll their own is not, how.
ever, il appears, wholly matterot good
soil and cheap living. The character ct
the British Workman, MS given By British
critics, is hardly that 81 desirable en-
grant. The Pal MdR Ga;tRe, III sum
ming up tho information procured hy
our ConSuls concerning laaor in Europe,
says; Wages III the United States are
double what they are III France and
England three times those OF Germany,
Italy and Spain; four times what they
are iii the Netherlands, tile prices Ut
the neeessaries Of life are lower there
than in Europe. The French laborors,
with far lower wages than the laborers
J vi Great Britain, are better ot, because
! Of their economical habits and sohrietv.
J More misery results III England aud
!. Germany from drinking. strikes and
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-10-03
Sweet Corn Sood.

Our plan is to select the earliest
ripenng perfect ears, and when tho
husk has turned white, but not dry,
strip it down exposing the ears to the
air for u day or two. Then snap and tie
together until you have sufficient seed
and hang on poles about three inches
through, in Il draught Of mir, in the Larn
or chamber, until the cars nro perfect
ly dry. II there IL danger Of freezing
before the ears become well dried, to
smoke them hnstens the curing. IL
changes tho color Of the corn but will
not hurt the terminating power. During
the winter keep the corn where il may
remain dry, since sweet corn nbsorbs
the moisture casly-Proirie Farmer.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-10-03
The First Sewing Machine in India

In the days when the sewing machine
was in its earliest infancy, u lady re-
siding in India imported one. and for Il
long time kept its mysterious working
from the ken of the native tailor. This
functionary was the very slowest Of
this provorbially slow caste" and
wasted no end of time drawing over
hem and stitch. One day bis mistress
comes to him arm-laden with yards and
yards Of fabric. "Dilzee," says she,
''how long will it take you TO run these
breadths together
Tree days, misses replied Dirzee.
" Misses, please, plenty too much
work"
"Three days? Nonsense Three
hours, you mean. You arc u very lazy
man, and I'll cut yourpay. Give me the
stuff; Ill do it myself"
Then the lady retires to her boudoir,
from the inmost penetralla of which a
sharp and continuous whirr and click
reached the tailor's ears. He can't
make out what the sound is, and lie is
much too lazy to speculate on it. lie
continues to Gchew betel, and yawn-
ingly to ply the needle and thread.
After IN hour or two ''misses" comes
back, and throwing at MIR. Dir2ee's
feet the raw material now fashioned
into complete skirt, says " There ],
See You wanted three days, you
sleepy fellow, to finish this, and | have
dore it already" Astonished, Dirzee
turns over the drapery, examines the
seams, scrutinizes the stitch, and salts
lies himselfthat all is proper and nc
cording to tailor's rule. He is con
founded. 1t passes His understanding.
There hes the work done, and no mis-
take. But how? lie springs up from
the mat upon which he has been squat
ting; he kicks over the little brass YES
sci which holds his drinking water; he
scatters right and left thread needles,
thimble; be stops not to pat on his
sandals or to adjust loosened mrban
and wais,cloth. Scared and bewilder-
cd he runs for very life into the bazaar,
shouting NJ he goes along, "shitan
shitan (the evil one y He do tailor
business that Mems house. listen ]
hear He cry 'cleek, cleek, cleek.|
Two hours time he nebber stop cry.
Den! Plenty too much true dis word
tell Ebery bit true. All work done
finish ! not so back dat bungalow
And he never did. Chamba's JoW7mi
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-10-03
The Trade in Eggs.

During the year Of 1878 we imported
G,053 649 dozen Of eggs, valued Mt
$726,037. Nearly all Of these eggs came
from the British provinces, that feeder
on this country. 1t is certain thas this
country can produce the eggs required
for consumption, and il seems TO be
very poor policy to expend nearly a
million dollars annually for articles
that can be produced nj home. The
capital required to keep n hundred
hens il 80 small that almost any person
can engage il the poultry business.
Since the invention OF the egg.cnrrer
the transportation Of eggs has been
rendered cheap and safe. Eggs are now
carried rs cheaply ny small fruit, and
may be transported long distances with
II much greater degree Of safety. Eggs
produced IN the states west Of Missouri
now find their way to the Bottom market,
and there is no good reason why they
are not sent 10 London.
The large farmers ia the west are in
clined to look on the production OF
eggs rs II very small business, but il is
certainly u more remunerative, ac-
cording to the capital required, than
the raising of corr and grain. Az pres
ent, the poultry business il more profit
able than the dairy business, and the
indications are that il will remain so for
many years. The ordinary wholesale
price Of eggs in this market Will aver
age during the season more thHn twelve
cents per dozen. Az present u dozen Of
eggs will sell for as much rs Il pound Of
medium butter or two pounds OF cheese.
In tle opinion Of al who have care.
fully estimated the expense Of pro-
ducing them, the eggs cost less than
butter or cheese. Eggs are handled,
stored and sent to the market with less
trouble and expense than butter and
cheese. Ii the farmers are provided with
egg cases, the trouble is hardly to be
considered.
A higher estimate il being put on
eggs M articles Of food every year and
rs facilities for transporting and storing
them improve their consumption will
increase. AT present dozen OF eggs
sell nj retail III most Of our large cities
for less thnn than II pound off fresh beef |
That tho former are worth more than
the latter for food, is greatly
acknowledged. There is no waste in
eggs AZ there il in the meat obtained OF
II butcher. Eggs are more easily and
more Ghcaply cooked than meat, while
they are capable Of being served up in
II greater number Of ways Ii house
keepers could be assured that eggs in
the market were IN good condition,
their consumption would he greatly in.
creased. People who keep house on II
smnll scale, M! many in large towns
do. find eggs much more convenient
than meat to cook,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-10-03

There il no good reason why eggs
may not be collected from farms, trans
ported thousand miloS and passed.
through the hands OF the wholesale and
the retail dealer while they are still
fresh. The care which il exercised over
other somewhat perishable articles Of
food would insure their reaching their
consumer in good condition for the tn
bic. In order To have eggs in prime
condition IN y town remote from the
place where they are produced, ii will
be necessary to change tho present
manner of collecting and storing them.
IL is often the case that farmers keep
eggs from one to three weeks before
taking them to the noighboring village
to sell. The country trader, ~ turn,
retains them another week, SO IA 10
have enough to make considerable
shipment. They arc often sent to the
city market IN warm cars, which form
II plrt Of IL slow train.
After the eggs have arrived iii tho
city to which they were consigned, they
receive ~ better care than they did IL
the country. They ordinarily remain
in packages on the sidewalk, exposed
to tho sun, till they nre disposed Of To
the retailer. In the retail grocery they
receive no better treatment Thcy are
not placed in n refrigerator. ~ butter,
game, dressed meat and poultry are, but
are exposed To the heat ct the sun or
stove. The practice which prevails in
some portions of the eastern states
should he introduced here. There buy
ers 20 from ono farmhouse e. another
every day, or Mt stated times, collect the
eggs, take them to the nearest railway
station, and dispatch them 10 the city
by express. The qulckno,s with which
these operations arc conducted renders
the use oi refrigerator cars umeccssa-
~. In many instances the eggs are
consigned directly to the person who
dispDscs OF them ut retail.
II eggs were more pcr'shahlo than
they nrc, the chances are that they
would reach consumers III better aondi-
ton than they now do. No time would
then be Lost III getting them to market
III the quickest manner possible. Nhcr
they had reached their destination they
would he stored in situation favorable
10 their preservation. The device o
cgg-carriers Inns rendered their trans
portntion comparatively safe so far ~
breakage is concerned. The matters
that now claim attention are u bette
system Of collecting, direct shipmon
to retailers, the employment OF ears 70
transportation over long roads, and bet
ter means Of protection from the effect
oi heat and bad odors, after the egg
have reached their destination. Witt
these changes the trade III and the con
sumption Of eggs may he greatly IL
creased, 10 the benefit ofall concerned
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-10-03
Sheep.

Mr.. George Geddes, whom Horace
Greeley used to regard M the highest
authority on agricultural matters in the
State Of New York, and who has raised
sheep for many years, in connection
with wheat, says TINT with one sheep to
the acre Of cultivated land, pasture and
meadow, he raises moro bushels Of
grain than when ho had no sheep to
manufacture his coarse forage into
manure, and To enrich his pastures 10
prepare them for tho grain crop; that
the land is constantly improving and
tho crop constantly increasing III guam
tity, and that while producing crops on
less cost than he did before ho kept
sheep, he has, in addition, the wool
and The mutton produced by tho sheep.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-10-03
How u Texas Lawyer Won i Jury
Dallas ilcrad.

TX Gov. }. w. Tmoclmorton certain
tainly understands all the arts of an
old Texan. In his speech defending
Ed. Bomar, ut Gainesville, after having
spoken about an hour he said:
Gentlemen ofthe Jury--lt is said by
the prosecution that because the de
ceased was in his shirt sleeves when
killed he had no pistol.
Here MIR. Throckmorton pulled oil
his coat amy stood before the jury IN his
shirtseeves.
"You would say continued MIR.
Throckmorton, "that | am not armed
because amin my shirt.sleeves. Look
DO you see my arms?' cried he holding
up his hands.
No signs Of arms could be seen.
Mr.. Throckmortou then drew u pis-
tol from under his left arm, another
from under his right, one from each
boot, and huge bowic.knife from the
back Of his neck, placing them upon
the table
You sec gentlemen, though ii my
shirt.sleeyes, could be well armed. y
This was clmcher and it carried the
point, entirely destroying the argument
OF the prosecution.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-10-03

rs to be a physician or q lawyer. Pro-
gressive agriculture in all departments
Is no longera mental work. 1t requires
better chemist than the laboratory
professor, because the conditions in the
chemical equation are constantly chang
ing; il demands better physician than
the village doctor. q finer analyzer Of
cause and effect than the city solicitor.
You are right, sir, pig-raising is d high
science. - Western Stock J0madl.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-10-03
Barn Cellars.

We do not approve, says the hms1s
Forntr, Of the advice to have q manure
cellar under the barn. A worse arrange
ment for the health Of stock could not
he devised. Keep tho stables scrupu.
lousy elem, and pile the manure on
the outside. Keep it wet and il will
rot finely.