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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-08-19
His Vacation Day.

"TH1s is what you call a vacation
day, day of rest, is it?'' queried Mr..
Smiley, as he famed his blood-bursting
face with his dollar and half Panama.
II was up before daylight rummaging
around and packing up lunch baskets
and getting matters about the house in
good shape to leave, locked up the Gel
lar windows and nailed up the hen
house. Got 50 excited for fear should
miss the train that 1 didn't eat any
breakfast, stood up in the horse cars a
mile and a half, stood up in the steam
cars forty-threc miles. lugged this con-
founded lunch basket a mile and a
quarter to the grove, and then did the
whole thing backwards coming home.
just got here and lost the dOor-key.
You ncver'n catch me resting again.
All. there comes Hannah up the walk.
I shall have to help her to climb into a
window, and that'll be nice little job
to wind up days rest" The last
seen of the old gentleman he was tug
ging chopping block for Hannah to
step upon to reach the window sill,
just as the good woman had
pulled the key from behind the sitting
room blind.-Neso Haren Register.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-08-19
THE NEXT DAY.
AUCuST &


DR.. Tanner spent a very quiet day to-
day, and saw very few visitors. His
physicians say he is improving as well
as could be expected after such a long
fast. During the early part of the
morning he chewed half pound of
beefsteak, only retaining the juice, and
part of some milk-toast and wine.
Shortly before noon he ate half a
pound of beefsteak and some pota-
toes which had been stewed in
milk. He was then weighed and
turned the scales at 1876 pounds. About
every hour he partook of some nourish-
ing food Or drink, which included wa
termelon, milk, potatoes stewed in
milk, ale, beef tea, bread and wine.
About six o'clock his weight was again
taken, and was found to be 100 pounds.
He was quite lively to-day, and frisked
about his room like a schoolboy. His
physicians say his rapid recovery from
the effects of his long fast is something
remarkable.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-08-19

As AN illustration of the striking in
telligence of the anthropoid, the life of
Mafuka, who lived some time at Dres-
den, is among the most instructive of
ape-biographies. Knowing how to un-
lock her cage. she stole and hid the key
for future use. With carpenters
brad-awl she bored holes through her
own table. When pouring drink from
. jug into her cup she would carefully
stop short of overflling the latter. Her
death had an almost human pathos.
She threw her arms around the neck of
the garden director, kissed him, and put
ting her hand in his, lay down and died.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-08-19

One of the prettiest pictures to be
seen in Saratoga, and one frequently
met at the musical matinees of the
hotels, or the afternoon entertainments,
is Mrs. Ida Greeley Smith, the daughter
of Horace Greeley and wife of Colonel
Nicholas Smith, whom all the men abuse
because he is handsome. He is perhaps,
too handsome for man, for the women
make eyes, at him, while the men
look after his pretty wife. Mrs. Smith
as Ida Greeley was very sweet-looking
girl, but she has grown into one of the
loveliest of women. She has adopted
the modern esthetic style of dress, and
it suits her. In her soft, clinging dress
of white or black or stone gray, with a
large hat and good deal OF lace about
her neck, she looks like q medieval
picture. She has two children now,
one beautiful boy of three years
Horace Greeley Smith, as he is called
the other Nickolsa, a baby girl of three
months, sweet as a cherub.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-08-19

THE new French slipper with its low
heel, which displays SO well the fanciful
stockings of the period, is easily lost
of, and when the loser at a bali is q
belle. the slipper is seized by the gal
laats and cut into a number of trophies.
"Your slipper was SO tiny, and you are
so admired, that it wouldn't half 90
round" was the compliment that lately
brought the bushes to the face of o
young Newport dancer.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-08-19
Seeding Grass Lands In the Fall.

The practice of seeding lands to grass
in the fall is gaining ground in many
sections, especially among the New
England farmers. Arguments in favor
of this custom are: The grass is, not so
liable to be troubled with weeds; the
cool weather will incite vigorous
growth and bring the fields in better
condition for withstanding the winter
than that seeded in the spring, and last.
but by no means least, it admits Of the
removal of a crop the first year.
During August and the first half OF
the month following, Northern cult
vators, who do not favor spring sowing.
will seed down lands from which have
been harvested small grains, potatoes,
fodder crops and the like, and turn
over old-sod lands for this purpose.
At the South seeding Of grass will be
delayed until September Il
The quantity Of seed will depend
upon the varieties of grasses to be
grewn and the purposes for which they
are designed. The extremes of very
light seeding, which produces large
coarse stalks, and very heavy seeding,
which makes exceedingly fine ones, are
to be avoided. Pastures call for va
riety of grasses, to be sOwn with liberal
hand. In selecting a mixture for per-
manent pasture, it should be borne in
mind that the land will be cropped con-
tinually throughout the, season, and
therefore it is imperative Ito have
grasses which ripen in succession that
stock may be supplied with tender
and succuient growth. The varieties
should also be selected with 9 view OF
suiting the soil for which they are. de-
signed. -'eAS
Glover plays in pastures as in mead
ows an important part; orchard--grass,
which arrives early and remains late, is
also valuable constituent. This grass
Is highly esteemed, especially on light
dry soils; meadow fox-tail, with its
early and rapid growth, is another val
liable sort, and red-top is also counted
among desirable grasses for permanent
pastures. A mixture recommended by
various agricultural authorities for per-
manent pastures is as follows: Two
pounds of meadow fox-tail, five pounds
of white clover, six pounds of orchard
grass and four pounds each of red clo-
YER, rough stalked meadow grass. rye
grass, timothy, bluegrass, meadow
tescue and red-top. For the South.
where winter pasture is the object, the
following is suggested: One bushel each
of meadow oat-grass, orchard grass and
wild rye-grass; and four quarts each
bluegrass, red clover AID white clover.
This pasture not to be grazed later than
June nor earlier than Christmas.
A few grasses are suited TO poth
in lInCtp0fINn
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-08-19
West and South.

The engine of threshing-machine
on the farm of Elias Mccain, near Lakeland,
MIMI, exploded on the 9th. and the foreman,
James Graham, and two men, Hub Young
and Ellsworth Fox, were killed. Seven other
persons were injured more or less seriously.
Two LADIES who were walking on a
railroad track near Newburg, W. Va, the
other day, were struck by an express train
and instantly killed.
ACCORDING to the estimate of the
Minnesota Commissioner of Statistics the
acreage of wheat in the State this year is g.
963, S25 and the probable yield s., 339, $50
bushels.
On the 10th dispatches were received
at military headquarters in Chicago from Col
onel Gsierson, announcing several indecisive
engagements with victoria's Apaches.
THE rear half of freight train on
j the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati g. st. Louis Rail-
! road became detached near Crown Point,
Ind, on the 10th, aud ran backward down a
heavy grade, collidiug with another freight.
Several persons were injured, three fatally.
On the 10th the Cincinnati Chamber
of Commerce adopted resolutions asking for
a Remuneration of the population of that
city.
The two tramps who have recently
been the occasion of telegraphic considers
ton. and enjoyed considerable notoriety on
account of the belief that they were members
of the murderous Bender family, were exam
ined on the 10th and discharged by the La
bette County, Kan, authorities. 1t was au-
thorita.ively declared that they were not the
persons wanted
The recent Tennessee Democratic
State Convention adopted q platform favoring
the payment of the State debt, by vote of
S25 to 455 The repudiationists bolted.
The Michigan Greenbackers, at their
State Convention at Lansing on the 18th, NOM
mated David Woodman for Governor and
Sullivan Armstrong for Lieutenant-Gov GOVERNOR.
A full State ticket and candidates for Presi-
dental Electors were put in the field
The Georgia State Republican Con-
vention is to be held at Atlanta on the 9TH Of
September.
AT Bismarck, D. T., on the 18th the
mercury in the thermometer rose to lO6 de.
grees in the shade.
GOVERNOR ROBERTS has been renom-
mated by the State Democratic Convention
of Texas.
AFTER taking thirty-two ballots fol
Governor. and failing to nominate by two
thirds vote, the recent Georgia Democratic
Convsu t.ap. By , majority vote. resolved e
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-08-19

LYNN, Mass, has q pear tree that
was covered on one side with ripening
fruit. while the opposite side was e9Y,
cred with blossoms,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-08-19

A BERKs County (Pa.) han laid 4
nest full of eggs In the forks of tree,
twelve feet from the ground, whore Sbo
hetched ths sggs out
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-08-19

HENRY DE CRIQUELLE, in work on
a French district known as LIE Morvan,
saws that in summer wolves have no
fixed abode, but travel about, and
toward August, they eat such quanti-
ties Of grapes that they are often BEAST
" drunk,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-08-19


State Convention has been called to meet at
Concord on the 18th Of September.
The Arkansas Republican State Cen
trail Committee has resolved not to nominate
State ticket this fall.
CONSIDERABLE quantities of ice are
being shipped from Norwegian ports to the
United States.
ON the 18th Albert Pratt. q wealthy
young resident of Montreal, undertook to
descend the rapids in the st. Anne River in
skin, q feat never yet accomplished, and
was drowned.
A DISGRACEFUL riot occurred at To-
ronto, Canada, late on the night of the 18th,
between Catholics and Protestants. Several
persons were badly injured but nobody was
killed.
SIR JOHN MACDONALD, the dominion
Premier, has completed arrangements with .
London syndicate for the completion and op-
Grafton of the Canada Pacific Railway.
Two FREIGHT trains collided on the
Susquehanna division Of the Delaware h Hud-
son Canal Railroad near Cooperstown, N. Y,
on the 18th. Twenty-Five cars were demol-
ished, two men killed aSd several badly in
jured.
CHARLES RICHMOND, Northern Pa
ci6c Railway conductor, shot and killed his
wife, and then himself, at st. Paul on the
18th.
CoMPLErR census returns from Ar.
kansss show thst tAst state has population
! q s,altE
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-01-03

WORCESTER Spy: The most extraordinary
performance of that strange creature, Gov
ernor Garcelon, is his avowal that he had
ordered the arms removed from the State ar
senal at Bangor, not because he had any use
for them elsewhere, but to test the patience
and sincerity of the people of Bangor. In
time of great excitement, when the peace OF
the State is seriously enda agered, the Gov
ernor can find no better employment than
trying experiments upon the self-control OF
the people. Nothing else that he has done
shows such absolute incapacity to appreci-
ate the true relations between an elected
chief magistrate and the people whose ser
want he is, not their master. He means, OF
course, that he is trying to provoke the peo-
pie, already sufficiently exasperated by his
insolent usurpations, to open violence so
that their lawlessness may make his seem
less odious. This is wretched business for
one of our New England Governors to be en-
gagged i'll.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-01-03

WHO is the revolutionist? Read the fol-
lowing choice extract from Councillor Fogg's
paper: ''Let every Greenback Club in this
State be ready for whatever may come. Re-
member the expressions of the Republican
party; remember the back-pay grab, the
Presidential steal, the Credit Strengthening
Act, and the attempts made by the Republi-
Cans to disfranchise the laboring classes.
The world is on the eve of revolution. On
the Republican party and the money-power
of Christendom will rest the responsibility
of precipitating itp'
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-01-03

THE Greenback Labor-C Chronicle says the
Mayor of Augusta has appointed two hun
dred special policemen, and the Democrats
have raised company of old war veterans,
officered and drilled, ready for service. That
shows the difference between the methods
of the two parties. The one relies upon the
officers of the law, the other calls upon
armed bands of men like the red-shirted rid
ers of South Carolina and Louisiana.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-01-03

THERE is excellent reason to believe that
enough of the Fusionists who have received
certificates to seats to which they were not
elected will refuse to accept the stolen
goods to prevent quorum in the House.
This will effectually block the conspirators'
game and compel them to let go their hold.
There are many signs of CONSERVATION in
the Fusion ranks and some of the leaders
are using very big DIS already.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-01-03
Those Questions,

Gov. Garcelon's action in regard to the
Morrill, questions is an evident case of dodge
The interrogatories suggested by Mr.. Nor
rill covered the points in dispute, and were
questions that any plain man wishing to get
at the truth, and really desiring to obtain
the opinion of the Court. would naturally
put But the opinion of the Court upon the
justness and legality of the conduct pursued
by the canvassing board was precisely what
the Governor and his legal advisers did not
want. They could not afford to invite it.
At the same time they did not dare refuse to
go before the Court, because that would be
an explicit confession that they had no
case.
To extricate himself from this dilemma
the Governor called in the aid of Mr.. Gould
and with the assistance of that ingenious
gentleman has framed new set Of ques-
tions, the evident purpose of which is to
submit as few as possible of the disputed
points. The questions assume that certain
Irregularities exist, and on that assumption
desire to know if the Governor and Council
have overstepped in their action. But the
Irregularities are the very things in dispute.
Their existence is denied by the Republi-
cans, and abundant proof is brought for
ward in support of that denial.
The judgment of the Court upon the
Morrill, questions covering the whole field of
debate would have been of the highest value
and accepted by all honest and candid men
as just and lawful statement of the merits
of the controversy and the propriety of the
course pursued by the canvassing board.
But for those questions Gov Garcelon sub
stitutes another set, materially different, re-
stricted in scope and evasive in intention,
ard constructed with the view to give the
Court as little opportunity as possible to
pass upon the real issues involved. He has
simply given another proof of the insin-
cerity which has characterized his action in
the matter from the start. AS the Demo
cratic New York World says: ''The propo-
sition of Mr.. Morrill, is in substance and
apparent aim fair and just. Governor Gar
celon cannot maintain his position with any
section of respectable people of any party if
he fails to make it plain that whatever OBJ
jections he brings lie to the form and not to
the substance and apparent aim OF Mr.. Nor
rill's proposition, and that he will submit to
the arbitration the real issues between him
self and the Republicans of Maine" That
he has not so submitted the real issues is
apparent on comparing the two sets OF ques-
tions which we publish this morning.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-01-03

THE warlike preparations at the State
House appear to be made because of the
presence in the city of United States de-
tective, Colonel A. B. Squirting, who, the
Boston Globe says, 'brings with him his ri
fe, with which he is said to be an excellent
shot" 1t is assumed that his purpose is to
use the rifle to count out the counted-in
members as they appear to take their seats
1t is in order to foil this desperate detective
that the State House is filled with armed
men and the militia companies ordered to
hold themselves in readings for call to the
capital! That is the plea made for their
action by the dangerous fools who control
the State
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-01-03

GARCELoN's claim to be considered an
honest man is based upon the facts that he
has ignored the will of the people as ex-
pressed at the polls, and given certificates of
election to men who were defeated last Sep
tember. 1t is this sort of thing that the
Democratic papers call "Jacksonian."
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-01-03

THE Honorable Thompson Fl. Murchs
appreciation of theft does not rise above a
vile pun. Read ais comments on the steal
of Portland's Representatives and there you
will see an NJ. G. as is an NJ. G. Yes, Mr..
Thompson with P, we will load the re-
turns next year, but you will be the one to
"Scatter."
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-01-03

QUERY by the Springfield Republican: If
any soldiers of the Maine militia should be
found 20 have less than the regulation num-
Der of buttons on their uniform, or the
wrong kind of a cap, wouldn't they be
'.fatally defective" and have to be counted
out of Garcelon's army?
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-01-03

NATURALLY enough Mr.. Frank Bird ap-
proves Gov. Garcelon's action in regard to
technicalities. He knows how it is him
self. He once claimed seat in the Massa-
chusetts Legislature ON the ground that the
constable who warned the town meeting in
Walpole, which gave his opponent, John NJ
Merrick, Democrat, a majority, was not duly
qualified. But the Republican Legislature
would not heed Mr.. Birds bubble, and es-
tablished the Democrat in his seat.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-01-03

COUNCILLOR Fogg says he loves the PRESS
and with the aid of the Cap'n is going to
get up contribution for us. We don't re-
ceive stolen goods. The receiver is worse
than the thief. Well make you contribu-
ton, dear boy, though we can not take one
from your hands. 1t is Latin Dictionary,
son, that defines the difference between me-
u,n and tuunl.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-01-03
THE following is the pleasing picture of

THE following is the pleasing picture of
the Maine State House drawn by the cores
pondent of the Boston Herald: ga visit to
the building this evening revealed most in
teresting, not to say astonishing, state OF
things. While the city and the State are
sleeping quietly under their white mantle of
snow, the State House is filled with armed
men. The doors are locked, the windows
guarded and the approaches watched. On
trying to enter, a rifle pointed at the stranger
warns him TO 90 slow. His business stated,
he proceeds through the half dozen men
about the door, but at every turn, on every
flight of stairs, in every room, he finds armed
men," Thus is Gov. Garcelon testing the
patience of the people. But his wicked at
tempt to incite violence will fail.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-01-03

GARCELoN's professed reverence for the
letter of the Constitution was put to the test
Thursday. According to the technicalities
he is so fond of applying to others he ceased
to be Governor on that day. But he chose
to abide by the spirit of the law instead of
the letter which provides that the Governor
shall be elected to serve one year from the
first Wednesday in January. The letter
does not apply unless it promotes Fusion
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-01-03
TERMS $500 PER ANNUM, in ADVANCE.

SPRINGFIELD Republican: The report of
the counsel for the Republican committee in
Maine, reviews the action of the Governor
and Council in counting out Republican
members-elect of the Legislature with cruel
minuteness and makes their inconsistencies
appear very ridiculous. The partisan ami
mus of Garcelon and his advisers becomes
clearer every day. 1t is only grudgingly and
in submission to an overpowering public
sentiment that they have referred the law
points to the Supreme Court.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-01-03

: We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publica-
ton but as guaranty Of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munlcatlons that are not used.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-01-03

"GARcELoNIGING," Harper's Weekly
calls it. Is the word going into our die
tionaries with gerrymandering and words
of that class?
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-01-03

THE current belief that Connecticut
Democrat is the meanest man in the planet
will, the New York Tribune thinks, need
some revision in the light of recent develop
mentS in Maine
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-01-03
THEi PRESS.
SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY Y3.

EVERY regular attache Of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate signed by Stanley T. Pullen,
Editor. All railway, steamboat and hote managers
will confer favor upon US by demanding credentials
of every person claiming to represent our journal
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-01-03

EVEN Senator Eaton of Connecticut ad-
vises Garcelon to mend his ways and do the
honest thing.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-01-03

LADD's comparison of Garcelon to Will
liam Ill. was not relished by the Irish por-
ton of his audience in this city Tuesday
night. They thought of the Boyne, and
hiSSed.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-01-03

ALoNzo GARLICsoN was a stranger, and
we took him in. Then he took us in. The
difference lies in the motives-we were hon
est about it.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-01-03

FoGG, the great constitutional expounder,
has found that it takes only seventy MEM
bers to constitute a quorum of the House.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-01-03

Who is to pay for Gov. Garcelon's body
guard, now under arms at the capitol? By
what technicality is its employment ex-
cused?
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-01-03
ESTABLISHED JUNE 90, 1s6s.---vOL. 1
WANTS..
SALESMAN WANTED.

DY one of the largest houses in Maine, first
Id class Salesman with an established trade in the
Grocery and Flour business, to whom permanent
situation will be given, with good salary. Address,
stating where trade is located,
de31dtf BOX $685. Portland, Maine.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-01-03
Blanchard Boiler Co.'S

A NNUAL MEETING for the choice of Directors
"A and any other business that may come before
the meeting will be held the first TUESDAY, 9th
day of January 1880, at 3 o'clock T. NJ, at the
office of j. D. Fessenden, Esq, 172 Middle, corner
Exchange Street, Portland. Me.