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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-11-03
GEN. BURNSIDE.
= Former War Correspondents Rec
objections Of the Dead Rhode island
senator
New York Tribune

Mr.. Nathaniel Paige, a former jour-
nalist and war-correspondent, now a
Washington lawyer, gave Tribune
reporter some interesting "reminiscences
of Gen. Burnside
II was one of the Tfibuae's cores
rodents with the army of the Poto-
mac" said Mr.. Paige" "and was with
Burnside in all the battles he fought
in Virginia. He was an excellent corps
commander, brave as lion, energetic,
intensely patriotic, and exceedingly
careful of the lives and comfort of his
men. As the chief of a great army, he
was out of place, and no man knew it
better than himself. He was one of
the few leading Generals of the war
who never sought advancement. /
was with him at Warrenton when the
news came that he had been appointed
to supercede Mcclellan in the COM
mand of the army of the Potomac.
He said very earnestly that he was not
competent for the place, and instead
of being elated by his great promotion
seemed filled with anxiety. He at
tributed his appointment to the good
will of the soldiers of the army, and he
was probably right there. Among
McClellan's corps commanders he was
the most popular with the officers and
men. No other appointment would
have pleased the army as well at the
time.
'Gen. Burnside's fatal attack on Lee
at Fredericksburg was movement
planned by himself, but it was APP
proved by majority of the council OF
war. to whom he submitted it. Frank
| lin, believe, was the only General who
strongly opposed it. When it was
adopted, Franklin proposed that he be
allowed to cross the river with his
troops about ten miles below the town,
and thus make diversion to draw of
a portion of Lees forces from their
strong position on the hills back oil
Fredericksburg. This was assented to,
but the crossing was effected too late
to be of much use as flank move
men., and Lee, no doubt, understood
| that the main attack would come upon
his front, and acted accordingly in the
| disposition of his forces.
Burnside was eager to make grand
Napoleonic stroke. and believed that
/ by 4 brilliant charge he could break
and scatter the enemy's army. The
war afforded few more splendid specta-
cles than the Smelling of Fredericksburg
/ by our batteries on Falmouth hills, the
| placing of the pontoon bridges, the
crossing of our troops, and the charge
on the stone walls back Of the town,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-11-03
Wheat, Dat and Barley Smut.

All persons who address us upon the
subject of smut ask for the remedy of
remedies, and this is part of the sub
ject that is very difficult to treat. The
smut plant is so small in its beginnings,
and also so rapid in its growth, that its
presence is not known on the grain I'M
til its destructive work is done. If the
smut enters the plant from spores
which cling to, and are sown with, the
grain, it is to be expected a thorough
cleaning of the grain would be proper
precautian. The application of any
substance that would kill the spores
and not injure the grain, naturally sug-
gests itself. The soaking of the grain in
solution of sulphate of copper (blue
vitrioll, followed by an application of
lime, has proved of value. Precaution-
airy measures OF this nature are all that
seem to be within the reach of the
farmer Ii the spores can be kept from
finding their way to the growing grain
the smut will not appear. With corn,
the best way to rid the field of smut is
to pass through it and gather and burn
all the affected ears and stalks. In this
way the many millions of spores are
kept from being spread and continuing
the pest. With the smaller grains, as
wheat and oats, this method, though it
is the most effective, would probably
be impracticable. Though the remedy
is not easy of application, it is step
forward il the work, to know the exact
nature of the trouble, and about this
there is now no doubt. Smut is small
parasitic plant preying upon those of a
higher order.-4nteTican Aricttlturist.
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wheat Rust.

A writer in the Ne,v York Times says,
in regard to the rust fungus on wheat;
"But there is an effective means OF
fighting this enemy which should be
made available now This is the steep
ing of the seed in some protective solu-
ton by which the spores of the rust
fungus upon the seed may be destroy
ed, and the sowing of these with the
sowing of the seed be prevented. There
are several of these solutions. The most
convenient are four ounces of sulphate
of copper in a gallon of water; -four
ounces of sulphate of soda il the same
quantity Of water; strong brine OF
salt; stale urine in which the decompo-
sition has produced abundant ammo
MIA. With the first and second it is
advisable to scatter fine dry lime upon
the seed as it comes moist from the
solution. The seed is stepped in the
solution or the liquid for six hours, un-
til it has become swollen and saturated
1t is then sown in the usual manner,
and, if necessary, dried, so as not to
adhere, by exposure to air for an hour
or two or by mixture with some alb
sorbent powder. With the urine, plas-
ter and not lime should be used. This
preparation is avery effective safeguard
against both rust and smut by cleans
ing the seed of its spores or seeds. F"
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Esfaachiug Celery,

The difficulty and labor incident on
celery culture under the old-fashioned
system has kept many from en-
loving this delicious vegetable. What
with trenching and manuring and earth
ing up, it is hard job to get even a
small quantity, and the gardener who
grows the crop generally earns all that
he gets for it. Under the latest sys-
tenn it is set on the surface of the
ground and cultivated with the hoe,
the same as beets and onions-only the
plants are farther apart and later in
the season blanched by drawing the
earth about it. To keep it through the
winter has always been the hardest
thing about growing it, but this labor
may be considerably lightened if the
following plan, recommended by the
Country Gentleman, be practicable: If
intended for winter bianehing, about
the middle of November, says this
paper, they are taken up on dry day
and placed on the dry troughs, or other
vessels, in quite dark cellar, the plants
standing erect and quite closely togeth-
er. Enough water is poured on the
roots to cover them, and the supply is
continued through the winter as ii
evaporates. This constitutes the entire
labor. The stalks are gradually and
handsomely blanched in the darkness,
and many new ones spring up during
the winter months. especially if the
apartment is not very cold, and these
new shoots are remarkable for their
delicaey and perfect freedom from any
particle of rust, appearing like polished
ivory. A small separate apartment
in the cellar, without windows, answers
well for this purpose. Boxes, tubs. or
any vessels which will hold few
inches OF water may be employed.
The plants as grown in the open ground
need not be earthed up al all, or they
may be slightly earthed to bring them
into a more compact form, if desired.
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CALDWELL AT sPRrNGFIErD
Br BRET HAnra

ere's the spot. Look around you. Above on
Lay the Hessians encamped. By the church on
stood the gauut Jersey farmers. And here ran
n wall
You may dig anywhere and you will turn up a
Nothing more. Grasses spring. waters run. aow
ers blow
Pretty much as they did ninety three years ago.
Nothing more did I sayl Stay one moment;
of Caldwell, the parson. who onee preached the
word
Down at Springfield! What yol Come, tuat's
bad. Why he had
All the Jerseys afame. And they gave him the
OF the rebel high priest" He stuck in their
gorge,
For be loved the Lord tiod-and he hated King
GEORGE
He had cause, you might say, when the Hsssians
Marched up with Knyphausen, they stopped on
At the Farms. where his wife, with child in
her arms,
Sat alone in the house. How it happened none
knew
ButGod-and one Of the hireling crew
v no fired the shot Enough There she lay.
ana CaiLWei, the chaplain, her husband away,
Did he preach-did he prayl Think of him. as
You st9nd
BY The old church to-day: think of him and that
band
of militant plowboys See the smoke and the
heat
Of that wreckless sdyanee--of that struggling re-
treat
Keep the ghost Of that wife foully slain in your
view
And what could you--what should you, what
would you dol
Why, just what he did They we're left il the
lnFeh
P6r want of more wadding He ran t. the
church
Broke the door, stripped the pews and dashed
out in the road
With his arms full Of hymn books, and threw
down his load
At their feet Then above all the shouting and
-rActs,
Rang his voice: Put Watts into EN- boys; give
'en Watts
And they did. That is all. GrasseF spring flow
ers blow,
Pretty much as they did ninety three years ago
You may dig anywhere and you'll turn up a
bail,
But not always a hero like this-and that's all.
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Eattening Animals for winter

Nature sets the example. Look at
the woodchucks how fat they are. See
how nice and slick squirrels and other
wild animals look. Every bird and
creature of any kind which nature has
not entrusted to the keeping of man is
fat. The winter has to be lived through
and more or less the fat is what pre-
serves. them. The first are said to be
in dominant state, the fat impercep-
tibly keeping away hunger and cold.
The next mentioned are taught by ma
ture to lay in stock of provisions, and
some are instinctively caused to move
into warmer climates, but in all cases
nature does not permit any under her
protection to dwindle away in the au-
tumn; they come into the full severity
of winter well prepared. Yet man
with this example before his eyes, will
scarcely allow the poor creatures in his
care to have any of the winter store till
the chills of autumn have reduced the
frame and brought down the fat which
summer would have accumulated with
good management. The worst of man
ayers will charge every mishap to any
thing but themselves, and when they
have starved number of unfortunate
young animals to an unhealthy con-
dition, they will begin to physlc and use
drugs in other ways-t0 do WHAT As
eist nature when they have been going
contrary to all of natures will.
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A FAIRY AFL0AT.

The following description of the fairy
vessel represented on this page is from the
finest selected white oak, braced, bolted
and riveted in the most skilliul and work.
manlike manner, and is GA feet in length,
IA feet breadth of beam, q feet depth of
hold, and draws twenty inches OF water.
She carries atubniar boil er, and two beauti-
fnl little engines, made expressly for her,
by the Ohio Machine Co, Middleport, o.
The dining-rocm is situated between the
boiler and engine rooms, and is artistically
grained, with frescoed ceiling. 1t is fur
nished in the Queen Anne style, and the
silver, china and table linen are of the finest
character. The pilot house, cabin, main
salon and Captains office are on the saloon
deck and are luxurious in their furnishing
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A MYSTERIOUS CASE.
Eight Bays from Kentucky to Chi
cage.
hsan.r rss.,o..

Chicago Times.
During the progress Of the trial
which resulted in the acQuittal last
night of John Lamb on the charge OF
burglary, various illusions were made
to the anticipated appearance of Charles
Dennis, who was to be placed on the
witness-stand Dennis is supposed to
be one of the gang which committed
| the Jaffray robbery and killed Officer
Race. An Indictment for murder has
been suspended over until the time oil
his release from the Kentucky peniten-
tiary, where he was serving a two years
sentence for a burglary committed in
| Louisville. The time expired one week
ago yesterday morning, and detectives
Londegad and Ryan arrested him at
the outer door and started ostensibly
for Chicago. They arrived here last
night, and Dennis is now an inmate OF
cell No. II in the county jail. At that
place reporter of the Times asked
him where he had been all these days,
question which he at first refused to
answer.
Were you brought directly from
Kentucky to Chicago"
mo"
"You have not been kept hidden ia
some of the stations for nearly 2 week,
| them"
No; but | have NJ particular objec-
tons to telling where | have been, as
the officers treated me kindly. We
first came to Louisville on Wednesday,
and they said we were coming right
through. For some reason they
changed their minds and went to Gin
cinnati, where they kept me till this
| morning, when we came over and was
brought right here"
"Would they give you no reason
why the kept you in Cincinnati for five
days?"
'They didn't tell me thing, but
had my suspicious"
"You know there is an indictment
against you here?"
"I've been told 50"
'Did yon know you were expected to
testify in Lambs behalf, and that it
has been rumored the prosecution kept
you away for that reason, and that
Lambs attorneys couldn't find where
you were?'
CHOSE we're my suspicious exactly,
as / could imagine nothing else,
though | didn't see the papers, and, as
| said before, was told nothing. l
thought it very strange, though, that
they managed to get me here as soon
as the trial was over"
"Then you would have testified in
Lambs favo1?'
II don't care to answer that question
now, and / will only say that the Off
GERS were long enough bringing me
from Kentucky to have brought me
from Europe"
Dennis shows but little evidence of
his imprisonment, and does not ap-
pear to think the situation here at all
serious.
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sCAR-FACED CHARLEY.
The Lava Beds Fiend settles Down
as Successful Farmer.
st. Louis Pcst-D Dispatch


Dir. ID. B. Dyer, of the Quampan
Agency, Indian Territory, accompanied
by Mr.. G. d. Williams, was in town to-
day. Mr.. Dyer is we'll known as one OF
the most successful Indian Agents in
the employ of the Government, and
his agency is one of the largest and
best managed in the Territory.
How are your pets getting along p
asked the reporter.
Every vel, replied Mr. Dyer. "They
are taking TO civilized ways very rap
idly, and are much more tractable than
you would think. They all wear cit
izen's dress now, and are the most in
| dustrious farmers you could imagine. +"
What tribes are stationed with
your"
1.-THE Quapaws, Peorias, Miamis, OF
toways, Wyandottes, Senecas, Shaw
nees, and the remnant of the once fam
ed Modocs."
How many of the Modocs remain ~
"About 100. They are juliet and do
Gle, and are not at all like the fiends
of the lava beds. Scar-faced- Charley,
Captain Jacks old partner, is the Chief
now, and better behaved old farmer
could scarcely be found. The last
Agent removed him, but | gave him
his place again, and his people are
pleased. He has settled down, and
there is not more faithful Indian in
| the agency"
How many acres of land have you
under cultivation altogether ?"
Nearly 10000. We have 1000 In
dams altogether. The Modocs alone
attend to 400 acres"
"What is their condition.?
Every satisfactory. We have three
day and two boarding schools, the lat
ter accommodating 200 pupils. The
teachers are white ladies and gentle.
man, but have few Indians employ.
ed in that capacity. The old bucks and
squaws are very anxious that THEN
children should go to school, and they
all appear to like to learn. We have
| fifteen policemen, and the community
is just as orderly as any country settle
ment. No serious trouble has occurred
during the year, and none need be
! feared"
care the Indians still as mixed as
they formerly were on the subject OF
marriageP"
''That's the chief trouble. They still
have an idea that one wife is scarcely
enough, and they cling to the old prac.
tice of putting away wife when they
grow tired of her. We are gradually
working them out of this. If this mat
ter were corrected / should be ready to
| boast about them"
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Fattening this springs Chichens.

Do not shut up chichens that have
had free run all their lives, under pre-
tence of fattening. They will most al
ways fret ard pine and grow thin.
Adult fowls that have been at various
periods of their lives Jail birds, and
therefore worry, fatten better when de-
prived of exercise, but as for this
springs chickens-we are speaking Of
all breeds they will not take on much
fat, anyway, while their frames and
feathers are increasing at such a rate,
and whatever fatteniug may be possi-
BITE is best secured by keeping them
upon their accustomed ground and
feeding them every few hours with all
they can be induced to eat of variety
of grain, ground and unground, raw
and cooked.
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and decorations, The saloon proper is
frescoed and gilded in Eastlake style, and
the flooringis covered with Turkish carpet
The furniture, in raw silk and walnut, of
the Queen Anne pattern, like that of the.
dining-hall, and rich curtains Of damaslS
complete the impression ola veritable float
ing palace The four state-rooms contain
ing two berths each, are also carpeted with
Brussels and handsomely furnished. The
boat belongs to and was built under the
directions Of Mcssrs A. Vogeler & Co,
Baltimore, Md, for their own exclusive use
upon the Ohio, Mississippi and other West
ern rivers, and is run by u picked crew Of
officers and men in their employ The
object of this little steamer is TO carry
neither freight nor passengers. She was
built for the firm above named, to be used
exclusively by them for distributing their
printed matter in the river towns for ST.
JACOBS OIL, the Great German Remedy
for rheumatism and other painful ailments.
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isaise the Best.

It is always a good rule on the farm
to raise good stock. We will take the
horse. 1t does not cost any more to
raise good colt than it does poor
one. The good one is worth three OF
four times as much as the poor one.
A good horse is always marketable,
while it is difficult to sell poor one al
any price. In neat cattle it is best to
raise the very best breed that can be
found. 1t is not attended with any
more expense. A poor, unthrifty steer
will consume as m ach food as a fat
thriving one. The farmer will find that
il makes very much difference in the
receipts of the farm when the time
comes for selling his surplus stock
The difference win be visible not only
in the pocket book, but everywhere
else. The days of scrub horses and
cattle are over in the northwest, and
with this departure we believe that the
days of empty pockets with our farm.
ers will be over, too.
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A New SMindIe.

The latest swindle is sharp one and
is perpetrated in the following manner
A fellow comes along with patent
wagon tongue. He stops over night
with farmer and before leaving casu
ally remarks that he has made bic
thing and is on his way home, and has
only this county to sell. He tells the
farmer that he can have it for $3.50 and
if he wants it to write to him. In a
few days patent right man No. 2 comes
along. He has heard that the farmer
has the right of the county for the pat
ent wagon tongue, and, as he has made
big thing of it in Nebraska, be want;
to buy the right of the county, and Of
fers the farmer $500, and pays $40 to
bind the bargain. The farmer writes
to No. l and sends him his note fol
$3.50. He never hears of either of the
men again but his note comes up fol
collection in a neighboring town, and
Mr.. Farmer is out $240.- Osaukee Co.
fViS \ a 11,ortiepr
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4 Perfect Gun of Coffee.
PAIL Mall Gazette.


Coffee is the fine issue of Eastern
hosnitality-the climax of the visit.
One recognizes, on entering, the sound
of the coffee mortar; for in every prop
" regulated household in the East the
coffee is not ground, but pounded to an
impalpable powder, having been roast
ed that morning, each day its provision,
and pounded the moment it is needed.
And no one who has not drank it there
can thus presume to judge of the bev-
erage.
In England we roast it till it is black
grind it as we would cattle food, boiling
it like malt for beer, and when We
drink the bitter and unaromatie fluid
which remains, say we have taken our
coffee The Eastern cotfee-drinker
knows all the grades of berry and prep
aration as a silk merchant knows the
quality of silk; the caffejee knows that
to roast it shade beyond the point
where it breaks crispiv under the pes.
tie is to spoil it, and when the slow pull
verizing is done, each measure goes in
to its little copper ibrik, receives its
dose of boiling water, just one OF the
tiny cups full rests an instant on the
Goals to restore the heat lost in the
ibrik, and is poured into the eggshen
cup. and so it came to us, and each cup
in a gold enameled holder. The rule
in these lands seems to be that few
things are worth doing, but these few
are worth doing well, and there is NO
waste of life or material by oyer-haste.
A philosopher out in Omaha has
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The new President pro tenn. of the SEN
ate weighs nearly 400 pounds.

A white man now living in Ebert
County, S. c., was BACKED up once by
companion in slavery times, and sold
as slave in Charleston for 5000. The
next day he washed off the color, es-
capped and received halfof the purchase
money.
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Joaquin Miller writes most perplex-
ing hand, in which all the letters are
made in pretty much the same way
and most of them are omitted. And
m.ybe this accounts for his poetry.
The printer sets up what he pleases and
then Laws it off on JOAQUIN.
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"FEMALE COMPLAINTS :

DR.. r. Y. PIERCE. Buffalo, n. J.: Dear Sir
l write to tell you what your "Favorite Prescfip-
ton has done for me. | had been great suf.
ferer from female complaints. especially drag
ging. down. for over six years, during much Of
the time unable to work. paid ont hundreds OF
Of, the ''Favorite Prescription and / never had
anything do me so much good in my life. ad-
wise every sick lady to takeit
MRS EMILY RHOADS McBrides Mich.
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Young and middle aged men suffering from
nervous debility premature old age, loss Of me m
ory, aud kindred symphonic, should send three
stamps for Part VII of pamphlets issued by
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo,
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A Chicago man visiting Cincinnati
was being shown round by citizen,
who said s.Now let's go and see the
widows home" The Chicago man put
his finger by the side of h nose and
winked, and then said j: Not much,
Mary Ann. / saw widow home once
and it cost me $4,000. She sued me
for breach of promise and proved it on
me. No, sir; send the widows home in
a hack.
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Some of our exchanges are very
much worried about Sam Houston's
grave because it has no monument
There is really no occasion for any
monument on his grave. 1t is the men
who are in danger of BEING forgotten
who need monuments right away.
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The Des Moines tIowa) Iri- Weetlg
Tribune says: "a Harrisburg, Pa, jour.
nal mentions that Mr.. ID. Bensinger
No. Market Square, that city, was
cured by st. Jacobs Oil Of violent at.
tack of rheumatism.
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into the State of Massachusetts,, where
he was secured by the officer from that
State, ana taken to Williamstown III
triumnh.