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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-02

CLIPPED, bored and otherwise
INITIATED t.. :. coins are giving
Secretary Of the Treasury Window
the same annoyance they have given
his predecessors for Ia these many
years. IL is well known to u. 5.
revenue officials that gold coins, es-
pccially SIS, l0's, and POS, have been
subjected to various processes. such
as sweating" boring, clipping,
splitting and after removing all but
the shells, filling with baser metals
OF equal weight, re-milled, and again
passed into circulation to such an
extent. that at the snb-treasuries an
expert had to be employed to handle
all these gold coins, one by one, drop
ping them on "A counter or platform,
where by the ring given ont those
filled with base metals were readily
detected, and returned TO the officer
making the deposit, who had TO suffer
the loss, or do us tho wicked world
does, get them off his hands and on to
some other mnsuspecting body. 1t is
no secret that even the experts were
sometimes deceived, and the U. S.
Treasury and It's presiding genius at
last found these elephants occasional.
Nv on his hands. Until men become
better than they now are, these adj
roit sweaters will ply their vocation,
to the annoyance of the Government
and all honest men as well.
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IseaufOrd.

There has been considerable thresh.
Ing done in this town, and farmers
feel blue. The best yield yet is seven
bushels per acre, machine measure,
and from that down to three bushels
per acre. of this, there will be one
third to be cleaned out for dirt, so
that the average yield will be small.
1t does not turn out rs good as ex.
pected in harvesting and stacking.
Oats that where sOwn late are as
poor accordingly, but early sown oats
are IA fair crop.
The great cry now is for good
weather to make hay, and there is a
great deal to be put up, as but little
was put up before harvest on account
OF wet weather, but we are i'm hope,
there is a good time coming. even if
it is a long way off. N. X.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-02

THE drought in the German States
as reported by our consul, Grinnell,
has been very severe. In his reports
to the department Of State at Wash.
ington, under date of August 9th,
he says that the importation of
Indian corn into Germany during the
six months ending July LIST, 1881,
amounted to 1890, 900 bushels, and
that the latter one.half of the year
will show a much larger importation
Of this excellent staple of food,
which, when better known in this
country, will increase to an indefinite
extent. There has been but few
shipments Of wheat and rye this
year. American flour, which is pre-
pared in a better manner and is
cheaper than perhaps that Of any
other country, is entered by a duty
of rs cents per hundred pounds.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-02

Editors Free Press:
Not long ago, you requested CORE
spondents to send you estimates OF
the crops in their vicinity, and as
have seen nothing from this part OF
the county. / now comply with your
wishes.
l have waited till now that there
might be no guess.work about the
matter, in order to get the more reli.
able reports of the threshing ma
chine. Many of my neighbors have
threshed and so far the uniform re-
ports of the yield are much below the
lowest estimates made at the time of
cutting. 1 have yet to hear of a
yield OF wheat over five bush.
per acre, whereas, more turn out less
than three bushels than there are
which exceed that figure. In some
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-02
MapletOn.

Mrs. Laura Il. Fixen will lecture
here in two weeks.
The Baptist quarterly meeting will
commence next Thursday night.
The Sunday school have a cOntem.
plated excursion to Minnesota Lake
under consideration.
Young peoples meeting at Elder
Gimson's.
Mr.. Kies wants to sell out.
Mr.. j. NJ. More and ThOs. Randall
of Amboy, made Mapleton a visit
Thursday.
John Young and family returned
from Dakota Thursday morning.
Work is still going on at the r. II.
we'll.
Mrs. Will Nichol, of Egan. is visit.
ing her parents, MI. and Mrs. Chas.
GROCER.
Mr. Hiram Tenney and Miss Ida
Weston were married last Sunday,
by Elder S. A. Stowe.
Two of our honored and respect
able young people. Misses Uhlig and
Quinn, move into Mr.. Young's old
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-02
a ScathIng Rebuke from IL MankatO
Woman.

The newspaper reporter has become
not only a fixture, but also to some
extent a power in the land. When
we cast a look back one OF two de-
cades and e one local editor gather
ing up all the items then thought of
sufficient importance to call for publ
cation, and compare his work with
that of the score o. more of reporters
required at the present day to furnish
'.TOwn Talk" Local I.aconic,,'
"Personals,' ''Melanges." "SOciety
Chat &c. &C., we see at "a glance
the wonderful proportions this branch
of newspaper business has assumed.
This may all be regarted as illustrat.
ing the enterprise and determination
Of our newspaper men to bring their
work to Il proper degree of perfection
by giving to the reader anewsy sheet.
But we are led to inquire whether
there is no limit to the reporters
themes, no lines over which he may
not step, no barriers through which
he may not break, i'm seeking food
for the public mind? Is he to be per-
mitted to invade the holy, private
family circle, and capture the family
secrets, make bare TO the gaze of the
world the privacy of the sacred bed.
chamber of innocence, love and puri-
ty! Have public morals come to the
point that such things are required,
or even to be tolerated ? If so, l
tremble for my country.
These thoughts were suggested by
the recent reports concerning the
condition of Mrs. Garfield. j pity
the reporter, l pity the prudence and
judgement of the publisher, and above
all. ! pity the physician who would
vioate the confidence reposed in him,
by furnishing such revelations. Why
did the doctor not say to the reporter
who dared to approach him on this
subject, "Sir it is none of your bust
ness, nor the worlds business whether
Mrs. Garfield is to become a mother
in November, or ut any other time.
This is holy ground. upon which no
unhallowed foot may stand. Get
thee hence!" G..
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Mr.. Wilson is moving his family to

Mr.. Wilson is moving his family to
Eagle Lake. They have been resi-
dents here for about one year and
have made many friends. He is
connected with IA mill at Eagle Lake.
Miss Cornelia Latourell and Miss
Frame Cornell, have awaited them.
selves Of the reduced fare to visit
friends in st. Paul and Minneapolis
and will take i'm the Northwestern
Fair.
Mr.. August Proehl gave II farewell
visit to his German friends last Sun.
day; nearly n hundred participated,
lie moves to Dakota where he re-
| sumes the furniture trade.
Mr.. Moses Gate$wil. move to Man
kato, instead of Lake Crystal, as
previously stated.
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This tax was established ut the
Reichstag at its last session. The
duties on indian corn, buckwheat,
and barley arc 6 cents per 100 pounds
and IL cents per cwt. for wheat, rye
and oats. Hay has become very
scarce and dear, owing to the pro-
tracted drought throughout Germany,
and it is reported from ~Schleswig
that farmers are selling their plOw
horses and killing their cattle, as
they are not able to procure forage
for their sustenance. This is also
the case, but to Il lesser extent, in
Oldenburg.
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instances l have heard of only one
bushel per acre. From personal OBJ
servatiOn and careful inquiry of those
of Judging, | have grave
doubts IL there is wheat enough raised
in this county for tread and seed and
have enough left to pay the n humid
red and thirty thousand dollars of
levied for the coming year.
This may sound discouraging to the
immigration societies and land spec.
ulatars and be poor showing for
our st. Paul n~uisances, commonly |
called statisticians, nevertheless It's
true.
Again, n frequently hears the re-
mark, and l believe l have seen il
80 stated in II of the county papers,
that oats and corn, in fact everything
but wheat were good. If such over
sanguine persons don't have sufficient
reason to change their opinion be-
fore another harvest, then and not
till then, will l agree with them, for
the e is true especially so in
relation to oats. Not owe a to =
the acreage was planted to corn this
season that there was last, and what
was put in on high ground and cul.
tivated in eas0n is good, while all on
low. wet land will be valuable only
rs fodder.
Oats are the poorest | ever saw in
Minnesota. The yield is small and
the quality poor. In fact, l know of
only two crops the yield of which is
promising, and they are timothy and
ofice-seekers. The latter, it is said,
carry too much cheek, for eve d
chinch-bug or \ grasshopper. and the
harder the times tho bigger the crol
and the greater the salaries de
manded.
Right here, Mr.. Editor, let me ash
why would not this be ii good time Il
commence to agitate the subject o.
lower salaries to II army of public
ohicersi
Next month the caucuses are to b,
held and the voters will have an OPP
portunity to express their sentiment.
through their chosen Representatives
to the county and State conventions
Let no MAJ he chosen who is not il
favor of Il reduction of salaries, o
who is unwilling to serve the public
for the same compensation he Cal
command in other callings. TIL,
$4,000 or $l4 900 annually paid I,
county officers represents more ne
cash profit than was made OF TIN
''95, 200" acres sown in Blue Eartl
county the past season., and yet TIN
$4,000 goes into the trowsers pocket
of less than Il score of individuals
Fellow-farmers, put this in your pipe
and smoke it! COsISE.
Myrna MINI, Aug. %, 1881. 20
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Sterling.

AS harvest is past and blowing
commenced, Il word perhaps on that
subject might be OppOrtune, for /;
great improvement can he made in
blowing. and perhaps something
learned. After / was able to rank as
a plOwman and could make Il nice,
straight, even furrOw, l thought
know all about blowing, but circum'
stances led me to see that l was only
beginning to learn the science OF
agriculture, for it did not all consist
in being able to plough a nice land.
but that there was Il good deal OF
system connected with it also. There
are too many farmers who seem to
think that if the land is turned oyer
it is all that is required. The farmer
ought to know what depth it should
be plowed, and / believe the width
of the furrOw has Il great effect on
the crop; ut least it seems SO to me,
If it is a fact, as science proves
that the growth is produced from
atmospheric properties uniting with
those of the earth in forming plant
food, why should not the width have
some effect in allowing those atmOs-
pheric properties to penetrate the
earth, for if they are excluded, any
one can see the detriment it is to the
growth of the crops. Those proper.
ties are excluded by water that has
no way to get off, and by the land
baking. and so forth; SO, to prevent
standing water, land ought to be
plowed so as to drain it. The late
Horace Greedy advocated the right
idea when he advocated draining, for
it is the II thing most needful in
agriculture. 1t stands ahead of fertil.
izers, because if the water is not
carried off, fertilizers would impart
very little benefit, and here, let me
ask, if there is no danger of using
plOws of too wide a cut. The first
plOws wo used here were twelve inch
plOws I; then we got fOurteen-inch,
and now sixteen inch, and j have
heard some talk of eighteen inch.
Let us think this matter over and
come to some conclusion how wide
our plOws should be. If it is all in
getting the land turned over, then
team enough, but l fear that is not
all that is needed. But this subject
is so broad that it would need several
chapters. so l will rest here for the
present. j. DOBIE.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-02
. COUNTY CORRESPONDENTS.
Pleasant Mound,

Pleasant Mound.
Yesterday afternoon the lightning
made this town another friendly rixit.
1t first struck the trees in the grove
ut the residence of II. Pettis. Then
killed II cow for IL. II. Parks-and
last but not least--killed three cows
in u small herd near the residence of
w. S. Parks. 1t selected out of the
crowd one belonging to each of the
following persons: Chas. DOridsan,
A. Salisbury and A. PrOtsman. Those
killed were from 40 to so feet apart
and other cattle very near them.
A package of the Pioneer Press was
received ut Pleasant Mound T.. 0.
lately which was mailed in st. Pau
June rs, being over two months in
making the trip. How is that fol
quick work!
Grain nearly all stacked-ver,
little threshed yeti. II. Conklir
set up his machine lately and threshet
out a little feed for the neighbors
Several brought in loads of oats thai
yielded well to the load. MI. Conk
lin threshed 3 acres of oats. yield 4.
bushels; 6 acres wheat, yield 8 bush
II. Pettis 3 acres wheat, yield I bush.
which cleaned up 4 bush. & 50 pounds
We place the yield of wheat for thi
town at 2 bushels to the acre for thu
number of acres sOwn.
j. S. Parks has IN apple tree in full
bloom.
The prospects are very favorabl
for Il grand turnout ut the coming fai
to he held in this town, Oct. 4 and 3
Promises are coming from every di
rectiOn for u fine show of horses
cattle. sheep. swine. poultry. ma
chinery of all kinds, fruit, honey an
vegetables, such as we're never see
before in Southern Minnesota.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-02

The Waseca Radicat publi.hes the
following notice:
70 the several State conventions to
he held in the State of Minnesota in
1881:
The members of the bar of Wascca
county, believing the judiciary should
be elevated above all partizanship, and
that in this position they are sustained
by the best public sentiment of the
State; and also believing that the action
of Gov. Pillsbury in appointing Judges
Mitchell, Clark and Dickinson tn the
Supreme bench, or account of their
eminent fitness, without regard to their
former party affiliations, has met the
hearty approval of the whole people
and having the highest faith in the in
tegrity and ability of Judges Mitchell,
| Clark and Dickinson and OF each of
them, therefore request that each State
convention place said judges in nomi-
nation for the place now SD acceptably
filed by them, and by so doing you
will add honor to the State and secure
Il supreme bench in all of whose men,
bcrs the people will have full conf.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-02

Two lieutenants oi the Us. navy
came TO a shocking death at Newport
on the 10Th ult., by the premature
explosion Of %torpedoes which they
were planting for experimental pir.
poses. Their names were Il. Long
Edes, of Washington, ID. c., and
Lyman q. Spaulding, of Portsmouth.
y. H., the former was Il married
man. the latter unmarried. Their
bodies were blown thirty feet into
the air.
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In a government like ours. where
the avenues to preferment are open
alike to all, irrespective of wealth
and family antecedents, we e moth
ing improper in the aspirations of
men for political stations and the
honors and emoluments which they
bring. The number of republicans
who have already submitted their
names for the respective offices of
Sheriff, Register of Deeds, Treasurer
and Clerk of the Court for Blue Earth
county, subject to the action and
decision of the county conventions"
forms the text for considerable com.
ment in the last issue of the Mankato
Rcpiew. Our contemporary, evident
ly in looking at the tendency of
things. is moved with forebodings
lest the Republicans with a clear
majority in the county will wisely
determine to emphasize that fact
with a clean sweep of the decks in the
coming contest by electing every
candidate placed in nomination by
good round majorities. The only
hope he can possibly see, evidently
arises from the fact that several
gentlemen have submitted their
names for the same office. He casts
about with abundant comments, IN.
terlarded with Objurgations and in.
carnations, reminding one Off certain
cast in that singular play called ''The
Black Crook" but ~covertly seeking
to feed hopes in each that would lead
to the revolt or Independent cahdi-
dacy of those not successful before
that approved arbiter-the County
Convention.-We call the special
attention of each of our fellOw-re.
publicans whose names already ap-
pear In the columns of the FREE
PRESS, to any effort from their poll
teal opponents to kindle back fires,
create dissentiOns and impair the
strength and complete ascendency of
the republican party in Blue Earth
county. "Divide and conquer" are
the only words which will signal their
action, whatever DISCUSSES or subter-
they may assume. Let yours
he equally explicit, lin union there
is strength and strength is victory.
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Is there Il single family in Blue
Earth county that does not take a
newspaper! If the answer is yes. we
have a word to speak to the head of
that family /; subscribe ut once for
some good paper, say the Mankato
FREE PRESS. but if you prefer some
other sheet before ours, subscribe for
that. "A household without a news.
paper to post all its members weekly
Of the stirring events OF the whole
christian world, is a great neglect, IN
ineNcusable wrong. We will never,
while we live and have anything to
do with journalism fail to urge this
as 4 duty, holding ~ we do, that no
expenditure to the extent of $1.50,
(the advance price for the Mankato
FREE Press for II whole year, is sus-
ceptible of affording the same amount
of rational enjoyment. During the
occasional stormy days which the
season that is upon is sure to bring,
what is there Sd enjoyable Us the
weekly newspaper containing the
condensed news of the whole world
for the previous week! Your own
county news alone, the prices current
for all You have to sell appearing
every week, should be Il sufficient in.
centive to subscribe to say nothing
of the opportunities therein adver.
tised of stock, farming utensils &C.,
for sale ut auction. Did any man
eve contemplate what Il saving in.
veStment it is, irrespective of its ten
dency to instruct you in all worldly
affairs! At your own home and fire.
side You have all that is really in
structive and entertaining of iar.of
nationalities, their wars and prepa
rations for war. their progress made
towards that freedom which you 81
HUH SuJVss dHu WHICH sou iotuiy
hope they may speedily achieve.
The circulation of the FREE PRES
is already large, and every succeed
ing week new i:ames come to us will
a frequency that is not only refresh
ing but serving to place the papeI
upon so strong II foundation and ;
position for SO much usefulness as t.
be not only an ornament to the city
of Mankato, but also Il pride to thu
county of Blue Earth.
In the neatness of Our print, it
general correctness, in the larg,
amount of reading which we crow(
into it's columns, we aim to take tn,
lead, and every new name which
comes to our subscription list, adds T.
our sinews, strengthens our courage
for increased effort to make the pape
better the older it grows. Send il
Your names to the MankatO FREl
Press. Friends of the FREE PRES
stir up your neighbors to this dut,
they owe to their families, not t
live another week without subscrih
ing for the FREE Press!
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MORTGAGE FORECLOSURES SALE.

NOTICE il hereby given that q mortgage
IN made by Wn. H. Wilson and Clista Will
son his wife mortgagors. to William r. Lewis
~mertgagee, will DO forccloscd and the same
Is hereby fOreclosed, by q sale under Q power
therein OF the mOrtgaged premises for de-
fault Of the payment Of $446.4o claimed to be
due thereon at this date.
Said mortgage Is dated April 20, 1873 and
was recorded In the Office Of the Register Of
Deeds, Blue Earth county Minnesota, on June
II A. b. 1878, at s O'Clock p. m, In Boo ''s'' Of
mortgages, page %.
Tho real estate m~Ortgaged and to be so sold
ia lot eight () in block i've (6l Of Lewis and
Given's addition tn Mankato Mimi, according
to plat of same on file In Office of Register Of
Deeds for said Blue Earth county.
The sale will be made on October nth A. d.
1881, at 10 o'clock In the forenoon. by the
sheriff of said Blue Earth county at the front
door OF the ONCE Of tho Register Of Deeds In
the city OF Mankato Blue Earth county,
Minnesota, to pay said debt n costs and dis
and S2b attorneys fees.
WIN. r. Lewis. Mortgage.
q. w. GlLNORE,
6wlo Attorney for Mortgsgee.
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a wifc's unfaltering Hope.

Ever since the prostratiOn of Presi-
dent Garfield, his devoted wife has
constantly insisted that he would sur
vive his injuries. Even ut the very
darkest crisis, which occurred last
Friday morning, when the attending
physicians gave up in despair and ap-
pointed two of their number to
convey the sad intelligence to her
and tell her to prepare for the worst,
the interview with the surgeons
which followed affords the most
striking illustration of ''the beauty
and strength of woman's devotion,
and of that affection that hopes, and
endures, and is patient:
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FROM SORROW To GLADNEss.

When we put our paper to press
last Friday. we fell "a sadness which
words could not express. The attend.
ing physicians had given up our noble
and universally beloved Presidcn To
die. We then expected the next news
from the White House would herald
his death. God in his providence has
ordered otherwise. and from the very
portals of death. TO the surprise of
all. new hopes sprang into life. and
inexpressible joy has taken the place
If a great sorrow in the hearts of IN
a~nXiOusly waiting world.
For a number of days following
Friday, while the President did not
materially improve, it was clear he
had not grown worse, and his physi'
clans taking courage from Il newborn
hope. have carefully noted every pull,
salon from that hour on to this, now
unite in predicting that the crisis /.
passed and that the President vii
live. Blessed be the name OF tn,
Lord.
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In is an encouraging sign, if true,
that the national board OF health are
moving to have all emigrants from
abroad yaccinated in quarantine as Il
prevention Of the spread of that
dreadful affection, the small pox. An
ounce of prevention is preferable to
a pound of cure-with the human
face pitted for Il lifetime.