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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-09-21
THE USINESS OF SHEEP
HUSBANDRY.

The principal industry carried on in
Washington county is that of grazing,
and the herds Of fat cattle and focks
of fine sheep cover nearly every hill
side throughout its borders The
quality and quantity of the wool pro-
duction distinguished the county long
ago, and that reputation is still amply
sustained. Merino rams were import
ed from Spain by Col. Humphrey as
early as 1910 or ~. One of the first
to engage in the business of fine wool
growing was General Thomas Patter-
son, who in 1913 purchased from the
Economics while on their way to
Butler county to found the town of
Harmony, merino ram for 500; and
in 1916 he bought ram and seven
ewes. From this beginning many of
the most successful Washington county
wool growers started their focks,
among whom were Samuel Patterson,
Major Mcfarland, Joseph Brownlee,
Samuel Cunningham, Hugh Lee, Will
liam and Samuel Cowan and Colonel
James Lee From the beginning made
by Gen. Patterson the leading wool
growers have wed with each other in
improving their stock Formerly the
rivalry in sheep husbandry was in the
direction of fine texture, and Washing
ington county wool has been sold at
as high as dollar pound. James
G.. Strain took the first premium at the
London Worlds Fair in 1851 for fine
wool, and was styled by Samuel Law
renee, leading buyer from Lowell,
Mass, the Napoleon of wool-growers.
His flock still holds its place as the fin
est in the county. In those days the
average weight of the feeces produced
throughout Washington county was
between two and three pounds. Since
1850, when Dickinson and Wells, Of
Steubenville, Ohio, supplied the farmers
with number of fine Spanish rams,
the object sought has been heavy
feeces, and the average weight of the
fleece has been doubled. Robert Van
voorhis has lot of Spanish bucks
averageing over thirty pounds to the
fleece and ewes producing twenty and
twenty-five pounds. The total wool
clip for Washington county this season
will probably reach 3,0O0,000 pounds.
Fine blooded rams are constantly being
brought to the county, one of which,
procuredfrom Vermont by firm of
sheep breeders this season, cost Sc, 900.
Texas and other States and Territories
of the South and West where immense
tracts of land are devoted to grazing,
are largely furnished from the improv
ed stock of Washington county. and
the supply is unequal to the demand
from these sections The best focks
of sheep in Washington county are
owned by j. G Strain, John G. Clark,
John Mcdowell and William Davis,
and these men always command a pre-
MUM on their wool. Cattle raising is
beginning to come into prominence,
and John Mcdowell, John Mcdonald,
John Hall, Julius Lemoyne and others
own as fine blooded animals as are to
be found in this section, some Of their
bulls being valued at thousand dol
Pittsburgh Telegraph.
To the hesitating Peruna gives cour
age.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-09-21
hands N, sick husban's besides

| hanQS n SICK nuSDan'S 8 DeSlueS.
The next morning | went over to
the shop to make congratulatory call.
There was no change around the house
The small dog awoke from his slum-
bers and threatened my ankles until |
trembled with fear. The gate, as US
ual, resisted all my efforts to open it,
and Idelia Rosanna, as usual, appear
ed to my relief
i s'pose you've heard the news
about aunt's gittin' merried p said she.
The hull county's a-talkin' about it,
m declare / don't blame 'em. Walk
in m take seat
The little shop was as bright as ever
and everything just as it had been the
year before, but that the big chair,
which bad been decorated with black
Grape in memory of the departed hus-
bands, was now radiant with new
chintz covering and was occupied by
decidedly rustic but rather handsome
young man with hectic cheeks | stole
a good look at him and he dropped his
eyes with somewhat sheepish express
sion The window was open, and the
three white headstoues of the three de-
parted headstones of the three departed
husbands glittered brightly in the little
family burying-ground not far away. l
involuntarily glanced in that direction.
Mrs. Babson made her appearance
before very long, with her usual mourn
fully beaming countenance and the
usual apologies for her negligee appear
ance. You always do ketch me lookin'
jest so, Mis- Smith; but hev so many
things to tend to that l hev to hurry
through my house-work the best way |
kin m not stop to fix up much. I've
been maxim apple-pies this mornin', m
it always breaks me down to make ap-
pie pies; for there was my fust hus-
BAN, there warn't no trouble in the
world to him if he could only hev plen-
ty of apple-pies to eat Many time
in his last sickness I've got up in the
night to git him piece of apple-pie
Not even hymn was so consolin' to
him. Cap'n Higgins he sot his life by
'em, too: only he must have 'em flavor
ed with cinnamog; m Mr. Babson,-
Lor', / reckon he felt as bad about dy-
in m leavin' apple-pies as he did about
leavin' his friends! How he did cling
to life when | was a-bakin'!'
And how is it with the future hus-
band p / asked in low tone.
so you've heard so soon l declare,
how news does travel in these parts
Well, the fust day he got here found
he loved 'em dearly. Why, l couldn't
make up my mind to merry man no.
how that didn't love apple-pie m hev
a cough. 'Twould seem unnatural It's
dretful sickly round here this summer
she added, with pleased smile.
Shouldn't wonder if all you city folks
he'd fevers'
They were married the next week
with a great deal of solemn festivity
But | have heard since that the new
husband was recovering his health in
the most disenchanting manner, and
that his devoted wife was so low-spir-
tied in consequence that she could not
even enjoy the typhoid fever, which
was making it's annual autumn visit
to the town.
SUSAN HARTLEY SMITH.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-09-21
THE PRESIDENTS TRAIN
Waited By prayer and pity,
Freighted with love and pain,

Waited by prayer and pity,
Freighted with love and pain,
Silent and swift and steady,
Speedeth the Presidents train.
Forth from the noisy city,
With poison and pestilence rife,
The heart and the hope OF the People,
Fleeth from death to life.
flushed is the hustle of travel;
Power and pleasure and gain,
Silent alike, are making
Room for the Presidents train.
While, with bowed head, the nation
Waits with suspended breath,
Tidings from him who fieeth
Forth from the shadow of death.
All other woes are as nothing,
All other griefs grow dim /;
Each his own sorrow forgetteth,
And grieveth only for him.
o, if our prayers can avail him
If love and faith have sway,
The Angel of Life outrunneth
The Angel of Death to-day.
Silent and swift and steady,
Freighted with'love and pain,
Waited by prayers and blessings,
Speedeth the Presidents train.
September 6, 1881. S. NJ. SPALDING.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-09-21
[sprinrfield. Mass J Republican.

Edgar T. Page, Esq, Druggist,
writes us from Chicopee Falls, that
Mr.. Albert Guenther, under Wilds
Hotel has used that remarkable reme-
dy, St. Jacobs Oil, for severe case of
rheumatism and it cured him, as if by
magic. He also used it with great
success among his horses, in cases of
sprains, sores etc. and cures every
time.
1t is now generally believed that
apples keep better in moist or damp
cellars than in dry ones.
1t is true other remedies can be
praised, but Peruna has the unequalle d
proof
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-09-21
LIVER
DR.. Simmons
Liver Regulator,

TIME AND Doctors BILLS WILL BE SAVED BY
ALWAYS KEEPING THE REGULATOR
IN THE House,
for whatever the ailment may be- a thoroughly
safe purgatlve, Alternative and tonic can never be
out OF place. Persons living in unhealthy locali-
ties may avoid all bilious attacks by taking dose
occasionally to keep the liver IN healthy action.
III YOU LEAD SEDENTARY LIFE. or are weak
ened by the strain of your duties avoid stimulants
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-09-21
ADVERTISING RATES.

One square, ono insertion, q each subse
exceeding one-fourth of q column, IS per inch
Figure work double these rates; additions
charges where weekly or monthly changes are
made Local advertisements 10 cents per line
Tor hrst insertions and cents per line for each
additional insertion. Marriages and deaths rub-
hshed free of charge. Obituary notices charged
as advertisements, and payable when handed in
Auditors Notices, S4 Executors and Admins
traitors Notices. % each Estray, Caution anS
Dissolution Notices, not exceeding ten lines,
each.
From the fact that the CITIZEN Is the oldest
established and most extensively circulated Re-
publican newspaper in Butler county. q Reput-
hcau county, it must be apparent to business
men that 1t is the medium they should use il
advertising their business.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-09-21
PATENTS.

T. f. LEHMAN, Solicitor of Patents, cor
ner Sixth avenue and Smithield St.. Pittsburgh
Pa. Branch office at Washington, d. C. No
patent, no pay. Send for Circulars. [sje4m
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-09-21

The first wife of Marvin, alias Nor
ton, etc. the polygamist and forger.
thinks he must have been crazy.
Probably he was; no wholly sane man
would marry fourteen women 1t has
been proposed to try him by jury Of
women, as means of giving justice,
but the Providence Press suggests
that he would probably marry the
whole jury and be unanimously acquit-
ted.
We have, says the Cincinnati Ga
zette, raspberry bed which the past
season demonstrated the advantages OF
mulching. In the fall dead leaves
were raked up and strewn among the
canes, and during last winter the coal
ashes released from CRATES and cooking
stoves were thrown Systematically on
and along their roots, and early in. the
spring a thorough cleansing of the bed
and vines was instituted. The ground
was well stirred, and then the deposit
ing of ashes recommended. Whether
the last operation was beneficial or not,
except in checking the growth of the
weeds, the whole routine certainly
worked well in the production of .
fine crop of berries. @
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-09-21
THE REGULATOR

If You HAVE EATEN ANYTHING HARD OF DI-
GEsTIoN, or feel heavy after meals or sleepless at
night. take dose of Regulator and yon viii feel
relieved ard sleep pleasantly 1t can be taken In
the place OF Quinine or bitters Of any kind the
dose is small and its virtues undoubted.
Prepared only by j. III. Zein & Co. [22juneiy
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-09-21
THE SYMPTOMS OF LIv-
Err COMPLAINT

lHE fMPTOMS OF LIN-
Err COMPLAINT
are uneasiness and pain in
the side-sOmetimes the
pain is In the shoulder,
and is mistaken for rheu-
NATHAN the stomach Is
affected with loss OF appe-
we..s, in general, costiye,
with lax ; the head is
uull, heavy sensation, con-
y, accompanied with PAIN
G left undone something
EN- done /; often complain
Ing of weakness, debility
and low spirits. Some-
times many of the above
symptoms attend the dis
ease and at other times
very few Of them, but the
liver Is generally the organ
involved.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-09-21
SIMMONS

dte and Sickness DC
sometimes alternating
troubled with pain and
siderable loss Of memol
ful sensation OF haviI
which ought TO have h,
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-09-21
- N II Is the ONLY LINE running
Pullman Hotel Dining Cars
BETWEEN
Chicago and Council Bluffs.

Pullman Sleepers on all Night Trains.
Insist upon Ticket Agents selling you Tickets
via this road. Examine your Tickets, and refuse
to buy II they do not read over the Chicago &
Northwestern Railway.
II you wish the Best Travelling Accommodates
you Will buy your Tickets by this route, sKr-AND
WILL TAKE NONE OTHER.
All Ticket Agents sell Tickets by this Line.
MARVIN HUGHITr, I'd v. r. & Gen1 Mang'r
Chicago
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-09-21
A millionaire.

'All the health I enjoy. and even
my life, l may say, is in consequence
of Simmons Liver Regulator. would
not take 81, 900, 900 for my interest in
that medicine. w. FL. WILSON,
Lecturer Fla. State Grange
Millions of US are bilious. We are
bilious race Half of us are born
bilious, with a predisposition to dys-
pepsia. The best known remedy for
billiousness and indigestion is SIM
mons Liver Regulator. 1t has stood
the test of time.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-09-21
ELY,S CREAM BALM

81 g1si ElY'S CREAM BALM
HAVING gained an enviable reputation, dIsplac-
Ing all other preparations in the vicinity of discov
cry, Is, on its merits alone, recognized as won
derfn remedy wherever known. A fair trial will
convince the most skeptical of its curative pow
ers 1t effectually cleanses the nasal passages Of
Catarrhal virus, causing healthy secretIons, al
lays inflammation and irritation, protects the
membranal Innings OF the head from additional
colds; completely heals the sores and restores the
sense OF taste and smell. Beneficial results are
realized by a few applications. thorough treat
ment as directed win cure Catarrh. As a house
hold remedy for cold in the head is unequaled
The Balm is easy to use and agreeable. Sold by
druggists at 30 cents. On receipt of 80 cents will
mail package. Send for circular with full nfor-
nation 4
ELY'S CREAM BALM CO, Owego, N Y.
For sale In Butler by y. II. Wuller, J. q. Redick,
Zimmerman & Wuller. Coulter & Linn.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-27
AyersiOns OF Appetite.

DIR. Oswald calls attention, in the
Popular Science Monthly, to the fact
that an antipathy to u special dish indi-
Gates the presence of constitutional re-
puenance, which it is not wise to disre-
gard. He says:
knew Belgian soldier on whom
common salt, in any combination, and
in any dose exceeding ten pennyweights,
acted as drastic poison, and thousands
OF Hindoos cannot taste animal food
without vomiting.
Similar effects have obliged individu-
ais to abstain from onions, sage, parsnips
and even from Irish potatoes. DIR.
Pemira mentions the case of an English
boy who had an incurable aversion to
mutton
"Hc could not eat mutton in any form.
The peculiarly was supposed to be
owing to caprice, but the mutton was re-
peatedly disguised and given to him un-
known but uniformly with the same
result Of producing violent vomiting and
diarrhea.
"And from the severity of the effects
which were i'll fact those of virulent
poison, there can be little doubt that, ii
the use of mutton had been persisted in,
it would soon have destroyed the boy q
ile."
We know a lady whose missionary
work in Burmah has attracted the atten-
lion OF English-speaking people, who
could not eat rice. Once when she was
visiting in England, her hostess, think
ing the aversion q mere whim, put q
tablespoonful Of rice in the soup.
Though the soup was strained before
being served, and not grain of rice was
to be seen in it, yet the moment the lady
tasted it she exclaimed, "Oh, there's
rice in this soupl" and was obliged to
leave the table.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-27
CaIfyle's Availability.

Carlyle's strong point was certainly
not amiability. Here are some of his
opinions: Sir Walter Scott, toOthless
retailer of old wives fables; Brougham,
al eternal grinder of commonplace and
pretentious noise, like man playing on
hurdy- gurdy; Coleridge, talking in a
maudlin sleep an infinite deal of moth
irg; Wordsworth, STOPPING to extract
aspiritual catsup from mushrooms which
were little better than toaistools; John
Wilson, taken to presiding at Noctes
and painting haggises in flood; Peel, a
plausible fox; John Wilson Croker, an
unhanged hound; Lord John Russell, a
turnspit of good pedigree; Lord Mel
bourne, a monkey; these be the gods,
o Israeli Others occupied in under
talSings AZ absurd as to seek to suck the
moon out of the sky; this wind-bag
yelping for liberty to the negro, and that
other for the Improvement of prisons
AID sham and imposture together
giant lie-which may soon 60 down to
hell fire."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-27
What the Thumb Does.

Have you noticed that when you want
to take hold of anything bit of thread,
we will say-that it is always the thumb
who puts himself forward, and that he
is always on one side by himself, while
the rest Of the fingers are on the other !
IL the thumb is not helping, nothing
stops in your hand, and you don't know
what to do with it. Try, by way of ex.
pertinent, to carry your spoon to youI
mouth without putting your thumb tc
it, and you will see what long time il
will take you 20 get through with pool
little plateful of broth. The thumb il
placed in such a manner on your hand
that it can face each of the other fingers
one after the other, or all together, az
you please, and by this we are enabled
to grasp, as with pair of pincers, all
objects, whether large or small. Oui
hands owe their perfection OF usefulness
to this happy arrangement, which has
been bestowed on no othg animal ex.
cept the monkey, our nearest neighbor.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-27
A Powerful Argument.

The Legislature of Maine has repeat
eddy, in years past, passed law giving
bounty for bears killed, and as often
repealed it. Ia 1874 Cover 81, 900 hav.
ing been paid the previous year in boun-
ties by the State) a bill was introduced
for repeal by member from the shore,
giving as reason that hunters would
kill them for the meat and pelts without
the bounty. This brought up member
from the backwoods, who said 1.-THE
gentleman don't know what he is talking
about Most of the bars are killed
when coobs, when meat and pelts are
worthless"
"Then," said the gentleman from the
shore, "let them grow till they are OF
value"
The country member replied 81
would like to ask the gentleman what
them bars would live ON while growing
I'll tell you, sir-on our sheep, and now
and then baby"
Bill for repeal did not pass.-Harper'S
Dr1,pe,.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-27
A Sad Case.

Miss Grace Miller is we'll known as n
young lady of culture and refinement,
and as member of one of Cincinnah's
oldest and wealthiest families Her ac-
complishments and charms have made
her a favorite wherever she is known.
For some time past she has been afflicted
with soreness of the eyes that threat
ened serious trouble, if not permanent
blindness, and has been treated by q
skillful optician of this city. On recent
evening, as we are informed, after pass
ing few hours pleasantly with her fam
lily, Miss Miller retired. In the morning
she did not make her appearance, and
her maid was sent to call her. When
awakened, Miss Miller said:
why, Mary, why do you call me so
early?"
at isn't early, Miss Grace replied
the maid. cit is quite late. am sent
to wake YOU"
But, Mary, it is so dark; it must be
quite early. Open the blinds; let in the
sun; let me see the daylight"
Eyes, Miss Grace" said the maid
''the shutters are now open, the sun
beams in; don't you see it? Or what is
the matter? Can't you see? Do your
eyes trouble you?"
80 yes, Mary" replied the afflicted
girl; II can not see. Oh 1 must he
blind, and she gave All agonizing shrek
that brought the family to her room.
The truth alas! was soon known. In a
night almost, Miss Grace Miller had
been stricken blind.
The case is one of such sadness as
words cannot describe. We give the
simple facts as related to us upon good
authority, and can only say that sym
patty, the deepest and most sincere, is
offeped in this hour of great affection.
Cincinnati Letter. tt
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-27
An Impertinent Mimic.

Young ladies who expect attentions
from young men should not keep too
well-educated parrot. A family in
Nashville has parrot noted for its won
derful powers of Initiating the human
voice. The family also has a daughter
whose especial duty is the care of the
parrot.
The young lady has friend, young
man, who called at hehouse oneevening
and pulled the door bell. The parrot,
sitting in an upstairs window, heard thu
jingle of a bell and called out:
$50 to the window" The young
man was startled.
He loc.scd ut the windows below ana
found them closed. He pulled the bell
knob again.
"Next door, shouted the parrot, in a
voice not unlike the young lady's.
The young man hooked up and down
the street in puzzled sort of way, as
if il had suddenly dawned upon his
mind that he had made mistake in the
house. Concluding that he had not, he
again rang the bell.
Go to the housed" cried Poll from
his perch in the upper window.
"What house?" exclaimed the young
man, angrily.
"The workhousel' shrieked the par
rot. The young man concluded to leave
for his boarding house. Youths Com.
Ddnion.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-27

she said simply. "Will you let me tell
you how it is?"
He bowed, and they sat down, side by
side.
Amy and I have long lived with an
uncle and aunt WHO are not on good
terms with Mr.. Raleigh's people. But
for this he is not to blame. and is him
self unexceptional in character. For a
year past he and Amy have loved each
other Ronald, however, could never
visit her, and they were both very un-
happy, until decided it to be right that
should befriend Ronald. For their
sakes first suggested this visit, that
they might meet here. Amt Helen was
not in the plot; but she knows how 1t is
now, and has no objection to MIR. Ra-
leigh. They will be married soon,
and L"
"And your" cried Prince, enraptured
with hope.
"And / love your said dear Honor,
hiding her bushes on his breast.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-27

In former days single women, when
they had reached certain age-thirty
years, we believe-shared with their
married sisters the distinction OF being
called Mrs. Thus we read OF Mrs.
Elizabeth Carter and Mrs. Hannah
More, neither Of whom had q husband.
Latterly, Mrs. and Miss have lost all
relation to age, and are used to express
respectively the married and spinster
states This does not please some OF the
advocates of women's rights. Mrs.
Elizabeth A. Kingsbury, Of Portageville,
N. Y, writing in the Wona,,'s Journal,
urges return to the old custom. She
argues that as Master William or Charles
grows to the distinction of Mr., 80
increasing years and dignity should en-
title their female relatives to a cores
ponding change. 1T is annoying to be
introduced" she says, "to Mrs. Brown,
silly, superficial creature, yet in her
teens, and the next moment to be pro
scented to Miss Williams, who at o glance
we perceive to be an intellectual, noble,
broad souled woman of thirty-tive or
forty, worth more than q dozen like Mrs.
Brown" She denounces the existing
usage as degrading, and in reply to the
question of male directors, ''How shall
we know that woman is married." says:
Inquire, if you wish to ascertain, as we
have to do respecting YOU This Is
very well as far as it goes, but there
remains the fact that most women, es-
pecially unmarried ones, are sensitive
regarding advancing years. We fear
that many of the latter. if compelled
when thirty to take the appellation OF
Mrs, would never confess to having
reached that age. Mrs. Kingsbury does
not see things in this light, and
solemnly warns all girls to keep out
of matrimony until they are twenty-five
at least. If ardent lovers wish to hasten
their nuptials, they must be silenced
with 81 ara twenty one, but 1 do not
intend to marry till 1 am twenty-five:
The laws OF my being would be disobeyed
by SO doing, and l shall not marry even
then unless reason and Judgment unite
with affection in approving my choice. .
We fear that Mrs. Kingsbury will not
find many supporters, and that her
young sisters will decline the strength
and independence" which she promises
them in the adoption of Mrs. rs an adj
vertisement that they are no longer
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