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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-08-12

The farmers are having fine weather
for their business.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-08-12

Parties desiring TO purchase Town Lots in
any of the growing Towns along the line OF
the St Paul * Sioux City Rrailroad, should
address, HON. S. MILLER, Field Aent,
WorthmgtOp, Mimi.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-08-12

kendall's Treatise OH the Horse for
sale 1T this office Every horse owner
should have one. If
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-08-12

Mrs. James Sackctt, who has been
very sick FOR couple of weeks, is
now rapidly recovering.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-08-12

The farmers are having fine weather
for their business.
\ house to rent in River Falls. APP
ply to Fhos. +. Tubbs.
Miss Emma Field, of Berlin. Wis,
was visiting in town last week.
Miss Nina Nesbit. of Austin,
Mimi. is visiting friends in town.
Mrs. G. b. Merrick returned from
Lake Superior last Tuesday evening.
A few Meadow King Mowers for
sale by A. T. Carroll on next seasons
terms.
The property of C. Henry is decld-
eddy the cheapest ever offered in this
village,
5. c. Williams, of Prescott, has the
contract for painting S. ID. Dodge's
new house.
Mrs. Morgan, of st. Louis, is spend
ing the summer with her sister, Mrs.
Sidney Porch.
The Minneapolis Fair will open on
Monday, Sept. 9th and continue
through the week.
Look out for the date of the excur-
sion to Frontenac and intermediate
places by the Band
F. J. Burhyte is replacing his old
hay scales with set of new ones
Fairbanks improved.
The past week has been quiet one
in town. but the scene in the country
has been quite as opposite.
G. W. Farnsworth is building a
barn 26x36 feet with Is feet studding.
4, f. Michael has the contract.
The recent census gives Wisconsin a
population of ,3OO,0 900. This shows a
gain of 300, 900 since 1870 and less than
! l00,0 900 since 1875.
Eli Foster, Of st. Louis, Mo-, is on a
visit to his relatives and friends in
this town. Eli seems to hold his own
in the matter of avOirdupOis.
| 0. c. Hicks returned last Saturday
from Dakota, having been summoned
10y telegraph to the sick bed of his
wife who was in critical condition.
One OF New York's prominent chemists,
MIR Albert C Dung, 81 Bowery, says:
ST. JACOBS OH cured a well-known auc-
tioneer, and many other prominent citizens
of Rheumatism 1t is a reliable remedy.
From one of our exchanges we learn
that Miss Hattie Salisbury has been
engaged by the Normal Regents as one
of the teachers in the Normal School
at River Falls for the ensuing year.
There Will be services at the EpiscO-
pal Church next Sunday at the usual
hour, 40 p. NJ. After the first of
September it is expected there will be
service twice a day every fourth
Sunday.
The Methodists are now negotiating
.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-08-12

Rev. l.. Z. Barnard, of Galesburg.
H., will preach at the Congregational
Church next sunday.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-08-12

G. W. Farnsworth is building a
barn 26x36 feet with Is feet studding.
4, f. Michael has the contract.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-08-12

The Company have established Local Land
Agents at Madelia, New Ulm, st. James, Fair
mont, Mountain Lake, Window, Heron Lake,
Fulda, Worthington, Sibley, Luyerne, Rock
Rapids, and Edgerton.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-08-12

some evil minded person started the
report last week that our worthy artist
W. f. kellogg had left River Falls.
to connect himself permanently with
billiard & DemottS Circus. We
are now pleased to state that this is
not true as he is still taking pictures.
and anirms that he has no special
Aankerjas. after circus men. And
Mr.. Lang responds so mote it be.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-08-12

Rev. john Watson has opened a
harness shop at New Centeryille, and
is already enjoying Il good run of
trade.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-08-12

Hon. John Sehoski, the great tenn
perance advocate of Illinois and Wis
cousin. intends settling in River Falls
in October neXt.t to engage in the prac-
tice of law. Mn Sebosh has good
reputation as a lawyer in Chicago
where he has residedanumbero of years,
and win come here well recommend
ed. We shall be glad to welcome him
among us.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-08-12

some OF our sportsmen have lately
been ascertaiuiug the hamts of prairie
chickens with view Of commencing
a war Of determination upon the birds
rs soon as the law expires, winch is on
the 18th inst
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-04-08

to work about the farm, and had to
take care Of seven cows and milk them
morning and evening. Mr.. Voorhis
never sent me to school, and rs /
wanted to learn something / made up
my mind to go away and see If | could
not do something else, so that | could
go to school. So | left Mr.. Voorhis,
and I've walked nearly all the way
from the White mountains to New
York, which I'd heard was II big city.
Sometimes I've managed to get ride
on the way. 1t was a long tramp
here. but | wanted to go to school,
and heard that they had big schools
here. | want TO get something to do
to pay my way, so that / can learn
something"
There are bad boys in New York
who sometimes "play it" upon good
people, and prove to be among the
things that "are not always what they
SEEM" Joe did not look like one of
them, and his air and appearance
proved his whole story, but the officer
wished to make assurances doubly
sure" SO he took the boy out for u
walk and managed to lose him in u
crowd, while he observed Joe's move
ments from a convenient hiding place.
The poor boy ran up and down in ter.
ror at having lost his guide, like Il
little stray dog hunting his master.
He was again cropping helplessly and
hopelessly in the solitudes of the null
titudes, and evidently knew nothing
of the streets of New York.
This knowledge or ignorance was
what the officer wished to test, and
being satisfied he again appeared be-
fore the lost boy like messenger
dropped from the clouds. Joe was
overjoyed, and the friend of the chill
dren was satisfied that Joseph Blowers,
the White mountain boy, was not Il
little fraud. A boy who, at the age
of thirteen, orphaned and ignorant,
finding the time of EDUCATION slipping
by, walks from the White mountains
to New York to hunt the better life,
has in him the kind of stuff of which
great men are made. Ben. Franklin
strolled into Philadelphia, then the
metropolis of the country, munching
his penny loaf; Horace Greeley lum-
bered into New York n green country
gawk, and Joe Blowers, little tramp,
may make a big history for all any
body knows.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-04-08

From the Spectator

Ii"ih lh" Spectator
May | tell you asfew facts to prove
that birds can be, like their human
friends, both reasonable and unreason.
able? |. Several years ago pair of my
canaries built; while the hen was sit
ting the weather became intensely hot.
She dropped, and began TO fear that
she would not be strong enough To
hatch the eggs. ! watched the birds
closely, and soon found that the cock
was a devoted nurse. lie bathed in the
fresh cold water ] supplied every morn.
ing, then went to the edge of the nest,
and the hen buried her head in his
breast and was refreshed. Without
hands and without sponge, what more
could he have done? ,. The following
spring the same bird was hanging in a
window with three other canaries. each
in separate cage. was sitting in the
room, and heard my little fayorite give
a peculiar cry. | looked up and saw
all the birds crouching on their perches.
paralyzed with fright. On going to the
window 10 ascertain the cause of their
terror, | saw n large balloon passing
over the end of the street. The birds
did not move until il was out of sight,
when they all gave chirp Of relief.
The balloon was only within sight of
the bird who gave the alarm, and have
no doubt he mistook it for bird of
prey. 3. | have a green and a yellow
canary hanging side by side. They ara
treated exactly alike, and are warm
friends. One has often refused to par.
take of some delicacy till the other was
supplied with it. One day had five
blossoms of dAndelion gave three TO
the green bird, two TO the yellow one.
The latter flew about his cage. singing
in q shrill voice. and showed unmis-
taxable signs of anger. Guessing the
cause took away one of three flowers.
when both birds settled down quietly
TO enjoy their feast.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-04-08

one of the finest mansions in the
county, and is no mean rival of Aud
ley End-but without its wealth of
artistic treasures-or Down Hall.
The late Viscountess Maynard, the
grandmother of the new beauty, for
many years distributed $4,000 per
annum among the poor in the neigh
borhood of Easton. Miss Maynard
attained her eighteenth birthday last
December, and it will be remembered
the occasion was celebrated by Il
magnificent entertainment, which cost
an enormous sum and was one of the
most brilliant affairs which has been
known in Essex for a generation.
Flowers were brought from Nice, and
suite of temporary reception lsems
were erected for the occasion.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-04-08
Josiah ID. Charming In the Bangor wing.
The Old Pod Anger Days.

i saw an aged man at work,
He turned an auger round
And ever and anon he'd pause,
And mediate profound
"Good morning, FRIEND" quoth ] to him
"Art thinking when TO raise ?'
"Oh no, said he, "l'm thinking on
The old pod auger days
"True, by the hardest then, we wrought,
With little extra aid
On honor were the things We bought,
On honor those we made;
And now invention stalks abroad,
Deception dogs her ways
Things different are from what they were
In old pod auger days.
"Then homely was the fare we had
And homespun what We wore
Then scarce II niggard pulled the string
Inside his cabin door.
Then humbugs didn't fly so thick
As half the world 10 haze;
That sort of bug was scarcely known
In old pod auger days
"Then men were strong and woman fair
Was hearty as the doe;
Then few So dreadful feeble were,
They couldn't knit and sew.
Then girls could sing and they could work
And thrum gridiron lays;
That sort of music took the palm
In old pod auger days
"Then men were patriots--rare indeed
An Arnold or II Burr;
They loved their country, and in turn
Were loved and blest by her.
Then Franklin, Sherman, Rittenhousc
Earned we'll the nations praise;
We've not the Congress that we had
In old pod auger days'
"Then slow and certain was the word
Now dell the hindermest take
Then buyers ratified down the tin;
Now words must payment make
Then murdar-doing villains soon
Were decked in hempcn bays;
We didn't murder in our sleep
In old pod auger days
$50 wags the world lis well enough,
If wisdom went by steam,
But in my day she used to drive
A plain old fashioned team;
And justice with her handagc of
Can now see choice in way;
She used TO sit blindfold aud stern
In old pod auger days.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-04-08

Mr.. Williamson. . wealthy grain mer.
chant of Liverpool, England. visited
Minnesota last September, and has since
then completed the purchase Of thirteen
sections Of land on the Red river. He
designs to send this year two families
of Fifeshire farmers from Scotland TO
locate on each section, and within three
years to have threefourths of his entire
purchase under cultivation. ID is moi
proposed to make large farms. bat to
make such sire that farmers having
both means aud intelligence, rs the Fife.
shire men have, can bring the cultiva.
ton OF the soil 70 It's highest perfection,
and instead OF chance and average
crops have constant certainty Of al
least forty bushels Of aNo. hard'' To
the acre. The original Fife wheat.
which has made Minnesota llour % "A.
nous, came from Scotland where these
emigrating farmers reside.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-04-08
In the Australian Forest.


Prom Chambcrs' Journal.
Morning and evening the Australian
forest is awake at noon Il IL asleep.
No greater contrast can be imagined
than between the morning hours and
those at mid. day. In the former, the
very flowers seem TO possess an active
existence. Myriads OF such, larger and
more brilliant than those under Eng.
lish skies, load the air with the sweetest
scents; magnificent treeferns wave
their fronds or branches in the light
breeze on old stumps of trees great,
green and yellow lizards lie watching
for their prey the magpie throws her
voice from the wattles, and possibly the
lyre.bird in the. denser scrub; and in
the tall gums numbeTless parrakeets,
parrots, rosellas, cockatoos, butcher
birds, love.birds, etc., are screaming
and darting TO and fro. But by.apd by
the intense heat will silence ell these.
and nothing will be heard but the
chirp of the grasshopper and the shrill
sound OF some unseen insect. At twi.
light again there Il a revival Of life, but
not of so cheerful description. The
cicadas shrek by myriads their deafen.
ing ''pr.rrr.r," drowsy opossums snarl
in the gum.holes. and flocks Of cocka-
toos scream IS some great grey kanga-
roo bounds past them like belated
ghost. II there Is marshy ground near,
the deep boom of the bittern, the wall
of the curlew, and the harsh cry of the
crane. mingling, possibly, with those Of
= returning or passing flock of black
swans. will add 10 the concert. In .
moment of silence one may be startled
by the mocking laughter Of the jackass,
or the melancholy ssmo. poke lfor
"more porkvl OF the bird Of that name.
The dead of night Is not 30 still - the
universal hush OF the burning noon.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-04-08
A LITTLE TRAMP.

From the st. Louis Republican.
The other day Il country boy made
a pathetic appeal to a Union Square
park policeman in the heart Of New
York. The boy had been gazing at
the policeman's star from afar, and at
last came to the conclusion that he was
4 man of authority in the town. The
policeman had kept an eye on the boy,
too, so there was good deal of inter
est worked up between the man and
boy before they had any communica-
ton. At last the boy timidly ap-
preached the policeman and asked
him where he could get something to
eat and a place to sleep, for he was
hungry and tired. He was O bright
looking little fellow, but he was evil
IDENTIFY weary and worn, and travel.
solled, and from the country. He was
lost in town, and fingered round the
Cnlon Square as q country spot-an
oasis in the desert of pavement and
walls, and familiar friend in a coli
tude of thronging strangers. The po-
llceman did not beat the boy with his
Cub and tell him to move on, as we
sometimes read of policemen doing to
little tramps. On the contrary, he
kindly placed the urchin in the hands
OF an officer Of the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Children. In
answer to inquiries the little fellow
gave all of his history that he knew,
and explained his presence in New
York in a very interesting manner.
His story was this:
my name is Joseph Blowers, and
l am l3 years of age. ! can't read or
write, but | know how to spell my
name and a few little words. / was
born somewhere up by the White
mountains. MY mother died eight
years ago and my father died two
years ago. Before he died he gave
me away TO a farmer named Jacob
VoOrhis, who lives at Galena, at the
foot Of the White mountains. / bad
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-04-08
From the Baltimore sun.

From the Baltimore sun.
Prof. Eccleston lectured on Monday
evening before the New York Academy
OF Sciences on the mineral resources Of
Virginia and West Virginia. The lee.
ture was of a sort to explain the recent
renewal of railroad building in those
sections. Virginia produces iron ore in
great abundance, while West Virginia is
full OF coal beds. The Virginia iron
ores are Of remarkable quality, stretch.
ing in veins between the Blue Ridge
and the Alleghenies. and extending
from Pottsdsm on the east to Clifton.
The iron beds were sometimes contin.
uous, sometimes in folds numbering
from three or four up to twelve, and
some of the specular ores were as rich
in mineral as those of Lake Superior.
These ores have not been developed.
owing 10 difficulties in access and trans.
portation. Fuel is scarce, connection not
being yet closely made with the coal
beds further west. But the time was
now coming when these ore beds
would be worked. They were too rich
to belonger neglected, few Of them con-
tanning more than fifth Of one per
cent phosphorus. Virginia is richer in
iron than Pennsylvsnia, says Prof. Ec-
cleston, and il is store of wealth for
coming generations. II, he added. the
prosperity Of the iron trade continued,
an industrial survey would have to be
made of the country, and such sur
vey would show so much Industrial
wealth in Virginia that capital must in.
evitably flow into the State.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-04-08
4 New Application OF the Electric
Light.

From the New York Herald
The wonders of the electric lieht. IL
seems, are not TO cease. The latest de.
velopment of Its virtues is its power to
promote the occult processes of vege.
tation, as recently demonstrated by the
eminent sclentist DR.. &. w. Siemens,
before the Royal Society. The elabor.
ate experiments made by this inyesti.
gator to ascertain whether plants ex.
posed 10 the electric light were affected
by its rays conclusiyeIy prove that il j.
efiicacious in producing their leaf green
and in greatly stimulating their growth.
After announcing this beautiful discoy.
cry to the meeting Of the society on the
4th inst. the discoyerer placed pot Of
budding tulips in the full brightness of
an electric lamp, and in about forty
minutes the buds had expanded into
full bloom. DR.. Semens' experimental
tests, conducted for two months. show
that the ordinary vegetables which
were kept entirely in the dark died
those exposed to the electric light only
or 10 daylight only throve equally we'll,
while those exposed To the daylight
and also to the electric light successive
ly grew rapidly and vigorously. lie
contends that the radiation OF heat
from powerful electric arcs can be made
available to correct frost and probably
to promote the ripening of fruit in the
open air. 1t. has been generally sup.
posed that plants, like. animals, require
a certain period of rest in the twenty.
four hours, but these experiments show
that, subjected to the sunlight by day
and the electric light by night, they
make increased and vigorous progress.
The discovery may lead TO some i'm.
portant practical results of which its
own author has as yet no hint. Where
natural water power can be had at lit.
tie cost and the mechanical energy ne.
cessary for working the electric light.
ing apparatus is inexpensive it may,
and no doubt will, be highly available
for horticulturists.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-04-08

selfsacrificing existence, wrote his last
words TO friend, "My bed fellows are
cramp and cough--we three sleep in a
bed"
Bishop Broughton's last words are,
"Let the earth be filled withIIis glory -
Archbishop Sharpe. 81 shall be happy -
Bishop Ken. ".God's will be done"
Farr, Cranmer. Hooper. and George
Herbert, 'Lord receive my spirit :" and
these are but few Of many such utter.
ances. The Prince Consort confirmed
the impression that prevails that the
dying have sometimes foretaste OF
coming happiness, 81 have such sweet
thoughts" were the last words Of "A
most noble life.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-04-08
EngIand's Great Belle and Heiress.

From the London World.
The rumor chronicled last week of
the approaching contract of marriage
between Prince Leopold and Miss
Maynard Is said to be unfounded.
Such an alliance would have been
popular, and beauty who has G30.-
900 year is not a bad match, even o
for Prince of royal blood. The
Maynards have always been a popu-
lar family in Essex, and the bright
presence and winning smile of the
heiress Of that ancient house are ever
welcomed ut Dunmow. Easton Lodge,
near to Dunmow, which is Miss May
nard's property in her own right, Is
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-04-08
THAT OLD REBEL YELL.
An INCIDENT or SOUTHERN EXCURSION TO
CINCINNATI.

CINCINNATI.
Colonel J. +. McGowen, of the
Chattanooga Times in speech to
that paper, gives the following graph
ic description of an incident of the
Cincinnati banquet:
The great orchestra, under the puis-
SAINT baton of Michael Brand, struck
up the stirring old air Dixie" with
its soul-thrilling associations and
memories. For a moment there was
a hush. The old soldiers of the
North and the old soldiers of the
South looked at each other, and the
vast throng was still. But before the
second bar was struck, the emotions
of the gallant Southerners overcame
them, and almost simultaneously they
sprang to their feet, more than a
thousand strong, and the old South
ern battle-cry made the lofty arches
ring again. Side by side with them
stood the Northern hosts and cheered
with them. Again and again the
men of the South broke forth as the
gay measures woke their enthusiasm,
and the strains of the orchestra were
fairly drowned by their united voices.
A prominent gentleman of Cincin-
natl, and famous soldier, turned to
Gov. Marks, of Tennessee, and said !:
THAT is the old rebel YELL"
"Yes," was the reply, "and now
hear it raised for the stars and stripes"
for just then the orchestra struck up
that grand old patriotic air. The scene
that followed is indescribable. As
the full orchestra poured the grand
old strains Of
"The star-spangled banner,
Oh, long may IL wave
O'er the land of the free
And the home Of the brave"
the grand organ burst forth in glori-
Gus unison with all its magnificent
power and the vast audience arose as
one man, and the old Union cheer
blended with the old rebel yell to the
notes of the National air for the first
time since the dark and bloody years
of the great civil war. Men who had
faced each other on many crimson
battlefield under the stars and bars
clasped hands and waved handker-
chiefs until the great level of the hall
was like a white sea. All the sound of
the orchestra was lost in the exultant
shouts of reconciliation and common
patriotism and the great wave of en-
thusiasm swept over the vast, glowing
concourse and carried everything be-
fore it. 1t was scene never TO be
forgotten by those who anticipated q
moment what was cardinal in the his
tory of the Republic.