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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-09
Getting to the Rear.
lFrom Harper's Magazine

While Jackson's corps was cautiously
moving to the flank and rear OF the
Uuion army ct Charlottesville, the con-
federate army in advance became engaged
with the enemy. Soon wounded and
bleeding trooper was seen emerging from
the woods in front. After looking
around, he moved in the direction from
which the infantry were marching, as II
seeking the rear, or, as the average gray
jacket would say, the r'ar. Soon after
ward rapid firing explained that the blue
jackets had closed in behind jackson,
and it was not long before the poor cav
alryman was seen coming back again.
When opposite the Stonewan" another
cayalryman from the front also arrived.
No. ct once recognized him and said:
/" Hello, Bill-wounded ?" "Yes, said
No. 2. Shut not bad. Let's git to the
r'Gr." At which No. ] exclaimed:
"This IL the darnedest fight ! have been
in yit. II hGin't got no r'ar."
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-09
Stories from Colorado.

It was nearly year ago when Lead
vile was first showing what there was in
her. There was several newly-made
bonanza kings about Denver then, and
among them was man who had prob
ably never had twenty dollars in his
pocket at one time previous to this
strike. To him the possession of watch
was the natural evidence of the possess
ion of q competence, he felt that the
fact should be indicated by the purchase
of several watches. These he had de-
posted in the Grand Central Hotel safe.
One night he came into the Office very
much the worse for liquor, lurched upt
the desk and hiccoughed out to the clerk:
Gimme watch" A time piece was
passed to his unsteady hands, but, In en-
deayoring to thrust il into his trousers
pocket, he left it slip and fall upon the
floor. Without casting glance ct the
fallen watch he lurched TO the counter
again, reached out his shaking hand,
mustered oil his faculties to the task OF
speaking, and then blurted out; "Gim.
me 'nuther 2" Can the indifference of
affiuence go beyond this?
He was evidently " tenderfoot," but
as he stopped before an old miner and
held out piece Of micaceous granite FOR
his inspection he made strong effort tc
! look Is If he had been born with . con.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-09
RObinsin CrusOe,s Land.

Boys and girls, as we'll as "children Of
q larger growth" will be interested in the
tidings that Robinson Crusoe's island has
recently been rented of the Chilian gov
eminent by one Herr Won Rodt, the son
of protestant pastor at Berne. Won
Rodt's career has been a somewhat adj
venturous one, and he would appear in
every respect a worthy successor Of Juan
Fernandez, the original castaway re-
christened by Defoe in his immortal fic-
ton. In his twenty-frst year Won Rodt
entered the Austrian service as heuten-
ant of cuirassiers, fought calamity in the
1866 campaign, was 30 severely wound
ed ut Nachod that he was compelled to
quit the army, and settled down on O
small pension in Paris after the peace of
Nikolbourg. When the Franco russian
war broke out he volunteered into o
French line regiment and distinguished
himself himself by conspicuous valor
during the fierce fight at Champigny.
In 1871 he emigrated to Chill; where he
engaged in business SO successfully that
he was enabled short time ago to pur-
chase steamer and carry over O small
colony of agriculturists aud stockmen to
his island, of which he had obtained q
long lease from the republic. There he
raises cattle and vegetables wherewith to
supply the whaling ships with fresh pro-
visions, and governs his subjects in q
truly Crusonian manner, serving out
their rations in person, and exercising q
patriarchal control over their morals and
manners.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-09
A Cave Mystery.

While chasing q rabbit, recently, near
Marshall Township. Ohio, q gentleman
found hole at the base of O hill, and
proceeded to make q search. Reaching
in, he grasped something which proved
to be the long bone of human. His
curiosity being now very much excited,
he procured assistance, and commenced
digging. People hocked out from the
village, and came pouring in from the
surrounding country, as the news rapid
ly spread. The locality is but a short
distance from the notorious Bob Nc
Kimie's old headquarters, and within
the range of his once noted gang, nearly
all of whom are now in prison under
long sentences. In fact it was supposed
that McKimie was hid in one of the nu-
merous caves that exist in the eastern
part of the county after he had made his
escape from Jail in 30 daring a manner,
about three years ago. After digging
some distance they came to large stone
slab ON edge, closing the mouth of q
cavern ten by twelve feet square and six
feet high. On the floor lay bones in
large numbers, some human, but the
larger portion bones of different species
of animals. Some of them were in q
good state of preservation and could cas-
lily be named and classified, while others
crumbled to dust on exposure to the air.
Bones of wildcats, rabbits and dogs were
found, while some larger animal bones
could not be classified, though they are
supposed to belong to the larger species
of wild animals, such as panthers, cata-
mounts, bears, and &c. There were
also found some large bodies Of charred
wood or charcoal One of these is az
large as an ordinary base-burner stove.
Close search was made for metal orna.
ments, but none was found, though sew
eral articles of flint and stone were dis
covered such as are generally found In
mounds and ancient fortifcations.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-09
Historic Coins.

At the French mint are shown now
specimens of coin which viii be the
blue ribbons of numismatists OF the fu-
ture. These are fve-franc pieces struck
during the reign Of the commune. At
first sight they have all the appearance OF
coins Of like value under the empire;
but there is difference and it thus oc-
CURED: When the communists began to
run short of cash they wanted to coin
some new-fashioned money, but were IN
formed that no worlmen competent for
the task could possibly be got. Conse-
quently they were compelled to go on
using Napoleon's dies. Camelinat, how
ever, who was then master Of the mint,
bethought him Of q slight innovation.
On one side Of the fye-franc pieces OF
Napoleon are three emblems, one OF
which ID bee representing the sign Of
the director Of the mint. Camelinat re-
placed the bee by trident About
1905 600 francs Of these coins were
struck, but had hardly been completed
when the troops entered Paris, and near
" oil these COINS were despatched TO be
matted and recssk
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-09
THE HOUSE OF CLAY.

There was house Of CLAW.
~nsrsan ne inmate at III day,
Merry and poor:
FOR Hope sat With her, heart 70 heart,
Fond and hind,
Now1ng be never would depart
Til all NJ once he changed his mind:
Sweetheart eood-by" He skipped away
And shut the door.
But Love came past, and, looking in,
WIN smile that pierced like sunbeam thin
Through wall, roof, floor,
stood In the midst Of that poor room,
Grand and fair,
Making glory out Of gioom:-
III q the window Knocked grim Care;
Low sighed; " All lose, and nothing VIM"
He shut the door.
Then o'cr the close-barred house OF clay
Kind clematis and woodbine gay
Crept more and more;
And bees hummed mcrrfly outside,
Loud and strong,
TIT inner silentness 70 hide,
The patient silence all day long:
Ifn evening touched with finger gray
The boited door.
Most like, the next steps passing by
VIII be the Angels whose calm eye
Marks rich, marks poor;
Who, fearing not, at any gate
Stands and ellis:
At which the inmate opens str.ight-
whom, ere the crumbG.I AZ CLAW house falls
He takes IN KIND arms silently,
And shuts TIE DOR.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-09

AT o Demidof sale recently, there
we're some valuable household utensils
disposed of. One silver porringer went
for 81, 760; soup dish brought 81, 800,
aud another dish was sold at $4,000.
We should like to see healthy hired
girl busting about among articles Of
his character, -.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-09
Pole ON Running Beans.

The large Lima bean is so delicious
and 80 productive that it is we'll worth
the while taking little trouble to raise
it in perfection. 1t is tender plant,
easily destroyed by frost or its growth
retarded by q cold, wet soil. 1t is desir-
able to plant the Lima bean early, 80 as
to get full seasons growth, but nothing
is gained by planting before the soil is
warm enough to insure speedy germina-
ton. A good plan is to select, early in
the spring, the place where the beans are
to be planted. 1t should have a good
exposure to the sun. The land should
be dry and rich. The hills should be
about four feet apart each way. The
plan I suggest is to make the hills
early in the spring. If it is necessary
to manure the land, get some well-rotted
horse dung, and put two or three shovel
fuls to each hill. Let this manure be
thoroughly worked into the soil to the
depth of six inches. Work over the
soil and manure with hoe or potato
hook, in n space, say two feet in dame
ter, till you can hardly see any of the
manure left. The earlier this work is
done after the soil is dry enough in the
spring, the better. But do not plant
the beans. Let the hills be exposed to
the sun, and during dry, warm days stir
the soil three or four inches deep with q
hoe. This is 20 let in the suns rays.
The object is to warm the soil. A little
increase Of temperature will be great
gain. II the hills are on the south or
southeast side of wall or tight board
fence, the soil will be decidedly warmer
and the beans can be planted earlier. 1t
is good plan to put the poles firmly In
the hill at the time or before the beans
are planted. The poles should be six
feet long. Plant four or five beans
around the pole in the hill, and say four
or five inches from it. Plant the beans
with the eyes down and cover with two
or three inches of warm, fine, mellow
soil
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-09

THE Erie Gazette, paper over go
years old, Is offered for sale. Horace
Greeley Get type in the Gazette Office in
1881 for the compensation Of S15 per
month and board. In his autobiography
he says: "This was the first newspaper
whereon was employed that made any
money for its owner, and thus had pc
cuniary value" He spent FIVE months
enthusiastically and aeTeeably " IN Eria
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-09

PEoInE who poison other people with
arsenic or s1ychnine might as well stab
them in the midst Of great crowd ct
MONDAY.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-09
The Canker Worm.

anu S1AAAOH OEAA4s
On mild days the canker worm may
make their appearance, and the females
which are wingless and always crawl,
must be prevented from ascending the
trees and depositing their eggs. The
devices for affecting this are numerous;
they generally consist in placing some
barrier around the trunk which the in
sects cannot pass; some have cutters of
oil, others smooth surface which they
cannot travel. The simplest, and as eff
fective as any, is stout paper smeared
with tar or printers ink. Blowing dust
and dead insects will bridge them over in
time, and to be effective, they must be
looked to every few days, and renewed
as needed. The tent caterpillar's eggs
are deposited in rings on small twigs Of
apple and other trees, near their ends,
and can be readily seen on dull days;
they should be cut of, taking the end of
the twig, and burned, thus saving o
larger amount of work later in the sea.
son.-Dirigo Rural.
Bare FaIl0yS.
To suffer ground intended for fall
sowing of wheat to remain idle during
the summer is favorite practice with
many wheat farmers, especially those of
Pennsylvania and New York. If the
ground is bare and exposed to the direct
rays of she summer sun it is doubtful if
more is not lost by the escape of the
gases thus liberated than is gained by
the rest of the soil. 1.-THE surface covers
itself with weeds or grass, which it gen.
orally does in this country, the case is
different. This covering not only acts
as q protection, but furnishes O green
dressing when turned under. On the
experimental farm of the Agricultural
college the following experiments, bear
ing on this question, are reported In the
Mirror and Farmer:
Four plots last season, Of dimensions
accurately the same, were fertilized at
the rate of twenty-eight tons, in round
numbers, of good manure. Two of them
grew crops of nearly identical amounts,
and the other two were accidentally fall
low. This season the four plots were
treated with like amounts of weighed
manure, sixteen tons per acre. One of
the former fallowed plots was treated
the same as one of the plots that bore q
heavy crop last season. Thus there was
the manuring for two crops on the fall
lowed ground. I look for q more luxur-
liant crop on the fallowed ground, at least
in its vegetation. The result was as
follows: Ground with previous fallow,
cultivated some, weeds cut down, gave
9,040 pounds of slower; good corn, $3.50
pounds; soft corn, TAO pounds. Ground
with crops both years gave IL 900 pounds
of slower; good corn, 1860 pounds; soft
corn 760 pounds. From reasons better
than general opinion am satisfied that
both plots were, previous to last season,
of very similar crop capacity. AS noted,
the chemical plots have gwen me corro-
borative evidence that following is of
doubtful utility, ut least when the soil is
ordinarily fertile. Lawes and Gilbert
have shown that following is exhaustive
of soil fertility.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-09
The Household.

VEAL SAUsAGEs. half pound
of lean veal and fat bacon very fine; add
sage, salt, pepper and allspice to taste;
beat well, roll into balls, hatten and fry
them.
BREAD AND BUTTER PUDDING. -Butter
the bottom of your pudding-dish and
strew with currants; then a layer of
bread, cut very thin and buttered; re-
peat until the dish is nearly full; make a
custard of one quart of milk, two eggs,
seasoned with vanilla and salt; pour on
the bread, and Let it stand one hour, and
bake.
SAUCE ron ANY SwrsE LpJppIso.-
Boil the thin rind of lemon, one ounce
and half of sugar and u wineglassful of
water for fifteen minutes; then take out
the lemon peel, and mix one ounce Of
butter with small quantity of -four;
stir them around in the saucepan till it
has boiled minute, and then add glass
and hsif of sherry.
PLUM RICE PUDDING.-Put one tea.
cup full of rice, with two quarts of cold
water, after it has been picked over and
well-washed; boil until the rice is soft
and the water boiled ont; add little
salt and milk to cool it; then stir in one
teacup of sugar, two well-beaten eggs:
turn all into two quart basin, fill up
with milk, favor with nutmeg, and bake
two hours, or until it wheys. Serve with
butter.
STUFFED EaGs.-Boil the eggs hard;
cut them in two lengthwise, and remove
the yolks, which chop, adding to them
some cooked chicken, lamb, veal or
picked tongue cut fine; season the mixture
and add enough gravy or the raw yolk of
eggs to bind them; stuff the cavities,
smooth them and press the two halves
together; roll them in beaten eggs and
bread crumbs twice. When just ready
to serve, dip them in wire basket into
boiling lard, and when they have taken a
delicate color, drain. Servefor lunch on
a napkin and garpish with parsley or any
kind of leaves or serve with tomato
sauce.
BOILING MUTToN.-Allow about II
minutes to pound; cut off the knuckle
and leg bone, to make it a good shape;
put it into hot, but not boiling water,
with small piece of salt pork; mashed
turnips, stewed parsnips, or boiled onions
are used, also, hot "kole slaw," which
is made as follows: Shave half q cab
bago very fine with sharp knife; put
in a saucepan with two cups Of vinegar,
not too strong, piece of butter the size
of an egg, and a little black pepper; let
simmer for an hour, till the vinegar is
boiled away; serve hot. Sauce or gravy
should be "drawn butter"-a large
spoonful of butter rubbed with spoon
full of -four very smoothly; add half a
pint or more OF boiling water, stirring
all the time, then Let it boil few min
utes and put in teaspoonful of capers,
or some parsley, cut fine; little milk
added to this sauce improves the looks
and taste of H.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-09
Carrots.


They are good for the table, good to sell
and good for his own stock. When a
horse hoe can be used, SOW in rows two
feet apart. The land should be rich,
deep and mellow. Make the rows
straight; drill in plenty of seed, say one
pound of seed to $500 feet OF row, or 80
rows so feet long.
] advise thick seeding. If the car
rots are thick in the row, they check the
growth of weeds. And the weeds be-
tween the rows can be killed with the
horse hoe. More or less thinning will
be required. The larger varieties Of car
rots, such as White Belgium, are thinned
out to five or six Inces apart in the row.
This requires considerable labor and
skill.
Z For my own use decidedly prefer the
smaller varieties. They are much more
delicate for the table, and they are so
much more nutritious than the larger
varieties that think it quite proable
that quite as much actual food can be
raised on given area with the Early
Short Horn or the Half Long, as with
the White Belgium. And besides this,
it is far less work to tend q crop of
Short Horns or Half Longs, than crop
of the larger kinds, for the reason that
it is not necessary to take much pains in
thinning them out. They can be left in
punches of four or five together. They
viii crowd each other latterly, like q
bunch OF onions, and you will, If the soil
is rich enough, and the weeds are kept
ont in the rows, have large yield of
carrots. The Short Horns, or Half
Longs, too, are easily harvested. These
varieties DO not grow out Of the ground.
They can be left till the ground is crust
ed over with frost without injury.
harvest my carrots when the ground is
crusted over with frost. Go along the
rows and gakher all the leaves that can
be easily pt5pped of by handfnls. We
do not 40 to get them all off merely
the biggest pf them. An energetic man
! can strip on four-hfths Of the leaves
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-09

nearly as fast as slow man would walk.
We then pull out the carrots with potato
hooks and pitch them into bushel bas-
kets, one man to a basket, and pile them
in heaps in the fields, just as we do pota-
toes. Cover with plenty of dry straw,
say eight or ten inches thick, and six
inches of soil on top. The straw viii
absorb the moisture from the carrots,
aud the few leaves that are left will do
no injury. The work can be done in
one-tenth of the time required to twist
the leaves off each carrot separately.
The carrots remain in the pits till want
ed for the horses or mich cows, when a
cart load or two are taken into the cellar.
Seasonable Work I'm tho Orchard.
tFrom the New England Farmer.l
Most orchardists are very liable to for
get that now is the very best period of
the entire year in which to prune and
trim apple trees. And because the work
seems little unreasonable it don't get
performed, but it is put off till later
period in the spring, when the chances
are it don't get done ut all, not even
then. Theory may have something to do
with the pruning of young or old trees
at seasons of the year when they are in
most active growth, that the clefts may
heal over readily; but practice says prune
as soon rs the severity of the winter is
past, or with the first days of spring, and
this practice is backed up by the testi-
mony of such pomologists as Downing,
Thomas, Warder, and q large number OF
other leading names. And, moreover, it
is the best practice which says this-we
mean the experience of the best practical
orchardists oil over New England. Then
it must be remembered that, 30 far as
theory is concerned even, the pruning of
apple trees after active growth has COM
menced is manifestly injurious, as it has
a tendency in nearly every instance to
check vigor, and prevent the normal
growth of the tree. So, too, theoret-
ically, the autumn, just after the fall of
the leaf, is q good time to prune, but
then what is often called more important
work interferes with this necessary oper-
alton. Still once more, theory says, do
not prune in spring when the buds are
swelling and the sap in full flow, which
may be very well But, we repeat, the
best experience and the best practice
says prune now, in the very first days of
spring, or what in our northern latitude
would be called the last days of winter.
It is most convenient to do It now; there
are no leaves to interrupt the sight, and
the whole shape of the tree-top can be
taken in at glance, and shaped at will.
Other work is not pressing, and few
days spent in the orchard now VIII tell
wonderfully in its better looks and in
creased yield another season. In the
case of large limbs it is quite necessary
to have some application for coating the
wound, and for this purpose nothing is
better than quart of alcohol, into which
dissolve as. much gum shcllac as will
make it the consistency of paint. Keep
this in a bottle, corked tight when not
in use, and apply with an old brush.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1880-06-03
con..crstioa Of the cstAe,;c c.m.ssr,

Conseceetioa Of the Cotholic Cemetery.
This has been week Of festis ais and
devotion for the Catholics Of this par
ish. On Friday evening the Rt. Rev.
Bishop Louis NJ. Fink, o. s. b., &C
companied by Revs. Filling, 8. j.,
Missionary Father Of st. Louis; Hay
den, Of Solomon City, and Nuttniann,
Of Newberry, arrived in the city 10
take part in the weeks festivities to
occur. Sunday morning at 8
o'clock the children of the congrega-
ton made their first holy communion.
At 2 O'Clock p. NJ, the children re-
newed their baptismal VOWS. after
which the RI Rev. Bishop admins
tered the sacrament Of confirmation.
The congregation then proceeded to
the new Catholic Cemetery, in the fol-
lowing order Of procession: LIST.
Young men on horseback. I'd. Bish-
ops attendants. Sd. Carriage contain
ing the Rt. Rev. Bishop and clergy.
ith. Omnibus containing the children
having made their first holy commun-
ion, accompanied by the Sisters Of
Charity. 5th. Vehicles containing
the members Of the congregation Up
on their Atrial, ths> Bishop, assisted
by the Rev. clergy, proceeded to con.
secrste the cemetery. A very lengthy.
though impressive ceremony took
place. This closed the ceremonies OF
the day. On the following morning,
the Forty Hours Devotion 10 the
Blessed Sacrament WAS commenced.
High mas nj 3 O'Clock A. NJ, was eel
ebrated each day until yesterday, the
ceremony closing Last evening NJ 8
O'Clock, with benediction Of the Bless-
ed Sacrament
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1880-06-03

Following the excessive heat of
Sunday afternoon there were some
very peculiar and even threatening
cloud formations, which attracted the
attention Of people generally. There
was an inclination to hover in the
neighborhood Of cellars and cyclone
caves. There was twisting wind"
to the northwest, and hail fell to the
north and east, the stones being Of
sufficient size in one place to destroy
the crops Of two farmers. The wind
did no damage.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1880-06-03

The curfew tolls the knell Of busi-
ness hours, and the merchant shuts
up shop at precisely 8. The curfew
tower is situated at the City Building,
and the bell thereof Is the fire bell. 1t
makes our city look dismal aud lone
some Ia see no bright lights and at
tractive store interiors As We pass down
the pavements; and the gay promena-
ders which gave such busy aspect to
our thOrOughfares these sunmer nights
have disappeared, perhaps to prone
made no more Shoot the custom!