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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1879-12-12
Winter Work.

Inc remark Is often heard that on
prairie farm there Is but little to do in
winter except to take care of stock and
keep up the fires. There is much that
might be done If one only would plan a
little; and among the many things we
will name ditching and draining Of the
low places on the farm. This can be
done by laying out the work this fall
before the ground is frozen. With q
plow run several burrows along the line
of the ditch, and throw the earth out 10
the depth of a foot. A little straw
thrown into it, or hay, will keep it from
freezing, and the balance of the work
can be done at leisure during the coolest
weather. Cisterns may also be dug by
commencing them in the same way, and
finishing at convenience; and we know
of no more profitable investment for a
family than this, which can be done at
this season with but little cost. The
value of such work on the farm will add
immensely to its comfort and capacity,
especially the ditching. al know of no
farm operations" said a recent writer,
"from which ! have derived more
pleasure and profit than this. / have
done little draining, and that at odd
jobs, as had time to spare, without
hiring extra help. The first was two
years ago last fall, and the following
spring, when / put in fourteen rods in
an orchard near the house, and there
did my first blowing last spring, and
have raised early potatoes this season.
A part of this orchard was slight basin,
in which the water stood until late In
the spring. and after every great rain in
summer. 1t had not been pl0wed for
some twenty years, and the grass was
nearly run out by moss which covered
the ground, but drain three feet deep,
and filled with stones, has changed Il
into dry, productive land, from which
have taken good crops Of cucumbers,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1879-12-12
Sand for stables.

A writer in the american CultiUatOr
says: " For the past two years have
used considerable sand to good advan-
tage, both for my crops and land, as an
absorbent. For this purpose con.
structed bins on the back side of the sta
BILE, about five feet in width, ten feet in
length and ak In height, filing them
through the summer and fall with dry
sand, and using 1t with little trouble or
labor for the cows through the winter.
The use of sand keeps the stable dry and
sweet, and also absorbs most of the
liquid manure. Sand also cuts the
manure, 80 that it is more easily worked.
l have before used sand to some extent
but having no convenient place to store
it when dry, could not use it in winter.
l have also found sand excellent for
mixing In the hog pen, making the
manure fine. ! have used such manure
to advantage for POTATOES IL tho hail, a.
for corn"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1879-12-12

A LITTLE girl who was sent out 10
look for eggs came back unsuccessful,
and complained that " There were lots
of hens standing around doing nothing"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1879-12-12
WInterfnK Colts.

1t should be the especial effort of
every horse breeder to BEE that the foals
of the season are in proper condition to
be easily wintered. If they are thin in
flesh and unthrifty. it will be difficult
task to bring them through the cold and
storms of winter safely. They will re-
quire much closer attention, more care
full housing from storms, and better and
more food than those that commence the
cold season in good flesh. They should
have been taught to eat long before this
time, and by following the directions
which we gave a month ago, in refer.
ence to feeding, they can soon be got in
fair flesh. We do not advocate high
feeding on heating grains, with close
confinement in the stable, but we do
urge that liberal feeding ON oats, with a
little oil.meal or wheat bran occasional.
ly added, and plenty Of grass, with pro-
lection from storms, is essential to q
perfect development of the colt. We
reject IN toto the doctrine that the way
to make hardy horse is to starve the
colt-it is against nature. Starving and
freezing in the bleak fields during the
winter, on the one hand, and pampering
on corn in warm stables without exercise
on the other, are the Scyl and Charyb-
dis that must be summed with equal
care by the breeder of horses. Both
extremes are injurious-it does not pay
either to pamper or starve the yoang
things. 1t will not do to keep them
always shut up in warm stable, nor to
turn them out into the fields, to take
the weather as it comes. The golden
mean" lies in an abundance of whole
some, nutritious food, with plenty of
room to romp and race and play at their
own good pleasure, when the weather is
fair, and a warm shelter to which they
can resort when it storms.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1879-12-12

HARD wear.-Tight boots,-PhiladsI
phid Chronicle Herald.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1879-12-12
The Way TO Handle Sheen.

A great many men will catch the sheep
by the wool on the back with both hands,
and lift the animal clear from the ground
by the wool only. We have slaughtered
q great many sheep in years past, and
when removing the pelts of such sheep
as had been handled by the wool we never
failed to observe that beneath the skin
wherever the animal had been caught by
the wool blood had settled. In many
instances the skin had been separated
from the body 30 that Inflammation was
apparent. We have known proprietors
of sheep to be 90 strict in regard to hand
ling of them, that they would order q
helper from the premises if he were to
catch q sheep by the wool on any part of
the body. When about tocatch sheep
move carefully towards the one to be
taken, until you are sufficiently near to
spring quickly and seize the beast by
both hands, then pass one hand around
the body, grab the brisket, and lift the
sheep clear from the ground. The wool
must not be pulled. IL the sheep is q
heavy one let one hand and wrist be put
around the neck and the arm pressed
against the leg. We have always hand
led sheep in the way alluded to. We
never grasp the wool. Others seize the
sheep by hind leg, then throw one arm
around the sbOdy and take hold of the
brisket with one hand. But ewes with
lambs should never he caught by the
hind legs, unless thew are handled with
extreme care.-Ansericdn Stockmdn.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-07-17

following manner for showing cow
ardice, or running away when in
action; the King calls the offender or
offenders, after the battle, into his
presence, and they are one by one
strangled by the strong man or men Of
the tribe, who take the culprit's head
in his hand (speaking in the singular
now, while another holds the body
and screws it around like one would q
fowls, thereby breaking the neck and
causing death. In the Asandala mas
sacre (which. would not have hap
pened but for the bad generalship of
Lord Chelmsford), nine hundred of
the Twenty fourth fell to a man. They
fought bravelv against twenty thou
sand of the enemy, and not one es-
capped or would be taken prisoner, it
being worse than death to be captured.
They tortured twenty English soldiers
they had entrapped about a month ago
in the following manner (they allowed
one to escape so that he could tell
about iD: On the first day the Kaffirs
took red-hot pincers and tore the pris-
oner's arms and body with them; about
three hours after this they stuck steel
skewers through various parts of the
body; the following day they were dis
patched by having a ramrod thrust
down their Threats into their stomachs,
and when they had nearly expired
their bellies were ripped up-and so
these poor fellows persisted. They had
no means of taking their own lives, or
they would have done it.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-07-17

across to the lower corner of his left
eye. The goggles had been carelessly
fastened and his left eyelid was cut
through. 1t was bad wound, but the
surgeon in attendance seemed to enjoy
it. I could notNhelp plying the poor
fellow, who had come all the way from
Zurich to get such slash in less than
two minutes.
In several cases, one of the combat
ants was led off with the proviso that
they finish another time; but this Sec
ond edition of the same work seldom
comes out. It is only an easy way of
letting one down when he is over
matched. What gave occasion to the
duels I did not succeed in learning in q
single case. Probably some real or
fancied insult. They have also restim-
mungsmensur, where two are elected
to represent two different corps on the
field of honor. merely for the sake of
having representation. One student
had been deposed from lis verbindung,
and was trying to win his way back to
favor.-Rcf. e. r. Payso's, in Utica
"a. W Herald.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-07-17
A Sad Case.

The suicide of Martin Arndt at the
Douglas Monument Sunday night re-
vealed one of the saddest cases of mis-
fortune and encouragement often
brought before the public eye. His
business was pressing linen coats, and
by working ten hours and walking five
miles each day Arndt could earn $3.50
per week. He supported family on
this pittance, and finally, in moment
of supreme assurance, had the temeritY
to ask for half q cent per garment more
than he had been receiving. This re-
quest was granted for one lot, but i'm
mediately afterward another man Of
fered to do the work at the old price,
and Arndt was thereupon discharged.
He tried to get employment elsewhere,
but could not, and believing if he died,
even by his own hand, that his family
would receive several hundred dollars
from q society to which he belonged,
he blew out his brains. 1t is rarely
that q more sorrowful case is present.
ed, and it suggests, nay compels, the
reflection whether there 10 not some.
thing radically wrong in system that
produces such tragedies. Let those
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-07-17
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EAST LIBERTY, Pa-Cattle - Best,
s4.9o@5. 12k; medium, sA10@A71 Hogs
Workers, ea65@SS0; Philadelphia, $4,000
4.O5 Sheep-e3000A2a
BALrIMoRE, Md.-Cattle-Best quail
ity, $3.50 q 5.25; medium, $3.50 q AS.
Hogs Good, $45O@475. Sheep - Good,
$3.00@4.50.
Wheat - No. 2 Spring,
$1.00@1.0O1s cash; 733<a97Hc for August;
951x@95A for September. Corn closed at
S6sS@361<c for No. cash; 371c
for August; 37Xc for September. Oats
No. 2, $40, cash; seller August.
2SMc. Rye No.2 51@5lHc. Barley -
No. 2, cash, 7O@70Hc. Mess Pork-$9.S59
9.S71<, cash. Lard-$6.O7X 06. 10. cash. But
ter-Good to Fancy, 12@16c. Eggs-911@1Oc.
Cattle-Extra Beeves, $5.0O@5.25; Choice,
e460@4SO: Good, $4.20@4.5O; Medium
Grades, ta75@4.1O; Butchers Stock. S2.5O
@375; STOCK Cattle, $2.50934O. Hogs
Good to Choice, sa5O@a9a. sheep-Poor
to Choice. S25O(04.75
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-07-17

who are in the habit of spending tens
and hundreds of dollars for the sim
plest pleasures think for moment of
this poor workman-honest, sober, in
dustrious-who struggles on month
after month, and who finally comes to
the conclusion that there is no room
for him on this earth because he loses
a place worth less than five dollars q
week TO him. We are all accustomed
to rail at fortune more or less, and be-
moan the lack of riches, but how all
idle complaints are hushed into silence
for very shame before this spectacle.
How many more such cases are there
in Chicago to-day7-Chiccgo In,,r-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-07-17
An Old Mans Dream.

TO1LING along with weary step in
the hot sun, an old man found shade
and sat down to rest under q tree
which some kind hand had planted
long years before. Some children
watched h;r from across the street,
wondering II he had no one to lean on
and no home to 60 to.
The wind whispered so softly through
the branches overhead, and the shade
was so cool and refreshing that the
old man slept. He dreamed that he
had home again, and children played
before the door. He returned from
his days work as of yore, and little
faces were at the gate to be kissed,
and little voices cried out in glee.
Around his table were wife and sons,
and he sat with them on the porch as
the sun went down, and had heart
big with thanksgiving. Then his
dream changed. He again sent his sons
10 the war, never to see them again;
and he once more stood beside the cof-
fin of his wife and felt that earth had
no more happiness for hum. In his
dream he saw strangers in his home,
strange children at the gate, and he
beheld himself old, and poor, and for
saken. His tears fell, and when he
awoke he was crying out in the bitter
ness of his heart:
81 had better be dead, for no one
soul on earth cares for metz
He looked down, and there was food
at his feet. The ragged old hat which
he had laid aside had been replaced by
q better one, and inside it was child's
handkerchief and three or four PEN
MES. Hidden behind the fence across
the way the children noted his amaze
ment and laughed softly. and he looked
up and down, and failed to find them.
He gathered up the things with q glad
smile, and as he rose to 60 he said:
ST know not who it was, but an old
man gives them his blessing"
The children watched him as he
moved away with brighter step, and as
he wiped away tear.
How little it was, yet how much
nearer Heaven he felt for it!-Detrott
Free Press.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-07-17
Zulu Warfare.

The St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer-P Press
is indebted to William B. Cardoza, of
that city, for the following interesting
extracts from private letter received
by him from an intimate personal
friend in South Africa:
DUTorTs PAN, April 80, 1879.
Since my last all kinds of calamities
have happened to the State" the
South African State,' mean. We
have had q twelve-months' war against
the Kaffirs in Kimberly and the sur
rounding districts, fought by volun-
teers only, as we had no regular troops
available to assist. In this war I lost
two friends fellows. One
was Jew, and was killed in the first
engagement. They both died without
being able to say q word, as immedi-
ately after the bullets struck them they
fell dead. Our volunteers are recog-
nized throughout the whole colony as
being the bravest and finest body of
men in South Africa.
At the close of the above war, the
Zulu war commenced in Kaffirland,
Natal, which is about five hundred
miles from here; the chief Of this tribe
is Gas you may have seen in the news
papers) called Cetewayo, an uncouth
beast, and he is King Of Zululand; his
subjects number about two hundred
and fifty thousand males and the same
number of females; out of these he can
muster one hundred and fifty thousand
fighting men; these are trained war
riors, not allowed to marry, as the
King thinks it would incapacitate them
for field services we're they to marry.
Their mode of fighting and punish
ment is as follows: But first, I'll de-
scribe their arms and weapons. They
have q rifle, assegais (Which is like q
harpoon in shape, and has jagged
edges, SO when it penetrates the flesh
it Is difficult to extricate), and shield.
Their mode of fighting is this: They
rush on in q body with fearful cries,
fire q volley, throw their rifles away,
and close with their assegais. When
they kill or wound an enemy, they
thrown their shield away and use the
body in place Of it. They sometimes
pick up their own dead for the same
purpose. They are punished In the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-07-17

"A gentleman, wishing to obtain
board for his wife and family in the
country, was directed to q neat-looking
farmhouse kept by an old farmer and
his wife. A brief inspection satisfied
him that the place would suit him.
" But now as to TERMS" he said.
"Waai." drawled the farmer, "you
have six children, you sayP'' Eyes,
SIR" The old man reflected few mo-
ments and then resumed: "Last year
l took children at half price. Do you
see them par trees and berry busiest
WAL, this year / will charge full price
for the young 'uns, and throw in YOUR
wife and yourself for no.hin'.n
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-07-17

"A parishioner of Berkshire pas
tor was asked what the color OF the
parsons eyes was. He didn't really
know, "for," he said, ..when he t,ravs
his eyes ere shut, and when ia nre,.ahss
/ generally shut mine"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-07-17
The COnyerZatiOne.

THERE was little lull in the CONVEX
sation, and presently Miss Sillibub
asked the first society young man
"what the Syndicate wasp
The first society young man stared,
and presently said he believed it was
the name of a new opera. Last time
he "was in Chicawgo, heard Mapleson,
fellah that runs Queens Opera Com
pany, say he was going To-"
"'Taint that" best young man
broke in; IL read all bout it tothah
day. It's kind of-haw-darkies all
going to Kansas, you know; whole boat
loads of 'em going every day. Politi-
cal scheme. Coin to be a war if faint
"Guess you're wrong" said son
of one of our first families. "Syndi-
Gates nothing to do with politics;
heard some fellows talking bout it
down town to-day. Aw--fellow has
one in the new Court House, has to
have it, you know, or they wouldn't
let him build it. That's what Syndi-
cate is"
The son of one of our first families
was looked up to with so much conf
dence that there was at first general
inclination to accept his theory. which
was disturbed, however, by young
lady who said "she couldn't exactly
understand how that could be, because
she read or heard somewhere that Cen
eral Sherman had ordered the Syndi-
cate, or had something to do with it."
"Oh yes, fences" suddenly broke out
a young man who makes living by
sucking his cane. "Fences," he add
ed vaguely, but still with considerable
enthusiasm. "Don't you know? Mend.
in his fences; Sherman's fences,
fences"
And the sudden CLEAN of intelli-
gence died out of his face and his voice
sank into a feeble mutter. He reached
around for his cane, intending to re-
cruit his failing intellect by long suck
at the ivory knob, but he had left it
out in the hall, and dejectedly sucked
the knob on the back of a camp-stOol,
instead.
swell, Syndicate, as understand
it," remarked fragile young man who
was straining himself by trying to see
something through a pair of eyeglasses,
"a Syndicate is when fellows going
to do something and another fellow
doesn't want him to; other fellow goes
to court and the Judge gives him, sues
him out. law fellows call it, sues him
out a Syndicate, then this fellow can't
do it"
This was so clearly put that the conn
pany sat for little while, wrapped in
silent admiration of the young mans
profound knowledge of the law. BUT
the whole question was finally settled
bv the decision of a young man who
was wasting a rare and valuable life by
irving to raise eleven whiskers on each
cheek and look over his collar at the
same time. He looked up with an air
of dawning interest, and after painful
intellectual effort, asked:
..Wha' is it? Wha' talkin' about?"
They told him.
"Syndicatep' he asked, "Syndicatep
Yes, know. Blamed vulgar thing. Low.
Beastly low. Beastly piece of beastly
political business. 'Tain't no way fit
to talk about here"
And then the company very properly
dropped the indelicate subject, and
resumed the conversation about the
lawn party.-Burlington Ha'ok-Eye.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-07-17

"A child without legs has Just been
born. .'Thank heavenl" said the
weeping father, "this win never be .
champion pedestrian"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-07-17
THE NEW WORLD.

DURING the six months ending June
30, there were 366 failures in New York City,
the gross liabilities of which amounted to
$11, 5S2, $50, while the assets were valued at
$5,99O.346.
TIE Maine Democratic State Con-
vention met at Bangor on the LIST, and renomi-
mated Governor Garcelon BY reclamation.
The platform declares for free elections; ap-
proves the efforts of Congress to repeal the
Supervisor and Test-oath laws; condemns the
Republican leaders for keeping alive sectional
issues; favors unli mited and free coinage of
silver, and currency of gold, silver and pa
per at par with coin; approves the reduction
Of State expenses; etc., etc.
In the United States Court at Gin
cinnati on the LIST, Gus Clark, q member of
the City Council, was sentenced to one years
imprisonment and to pay fine of fifty dol.
lars, for neglect of duty as Judge of Election
last fall, the election being held under the
United States Supervisor law.
The public-debt statement for June
makes the following exhibit: Total debt lin
GLIDING INTEREST,", 81, $50, 1850, 173. Cash in
Treasury, 1858, 152, S0. Debt, less amount in
Treasury, s2,O27, 2O7, 256. Increase during
the month, s24,7Ss. Decrease since June 80,
1873, eS.579,575.
DURING the session of Congress
which terminated on the LIST, ~ bills and
forty-six joint resolutions were introduced
in the Senate, and Asses bills and 119 joint
resolutions in the House.
The Democrats of California met in
State Convention on the LIST, and adopted .
platform condemning the odious laws bv
which Supervisors and Deputy Marshals are
enabled to interfere with the popular will !;
denouncing the repeated abuse of the veto
power by the person sitting as Executive;
approving the conduct of the Democrats in
Congress; opposing Chinese immigration;
favorfng Legislative control of corporations;
ETC., etc. On the following day Hugh J..
Glenn was nominated for Governor by accls-
nation.
A WASHINGTON dispatch of the I'd
says Alex. H. Stephens and Benz. H. Hill,
of Georgia, who had not spoken for twenty
years, had "made up" and buried their old
nimosities. Mr.. Stephens challenged Mr.. Hill
many years before the late war. but the latter
declined to meet him on the field of honor
and in doing so said: 81 have q family u
protect and soul to save, and you have
neither" From that day until the I'd instant
it is said the two men never exchanged
word with each other.
The immigration statistics at Castle
Garden, New York, show 55,2S4 immigrant,
landed during the first six months of 1879, al
increase Of 1885 oyer the same period Of
1878.
A RECENT Boston telegram says
General Buffers physician had required him
to retire temporarily from business.
A WOMAN named Margaret Shaw
convicted OF the murder of her husband al
Providence, R. l., has been sentenced t.
State Prison for life.
REV. FRANCIS L. PATTON, ID. D., ba,
declined the college professorship tendere,
him from London, and will remain in charg,
Of the jefferson Park (Chicago) Presbyteria.
Chur b. His congregation and the denomi
rs'ivn asherally ers much pleased a Dr
Pxti0n's action In thia natter
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-07-17

Butter in warm weather, says the
Philadelphia Chronicle, acts like
young woman in love. 1t always as
sumes melting mood.