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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1881-05-05
The AVERY PLOW.

tits wcil.understood fact among farmers who
have used the Avery Plow, that they are nipple
nents that are not only we'll made, but that they
are made out OF the very best material, whether
steel, castings, or timber.
Nothing Of an inferior quality is allowed 70 &c
Into the Pillow, and farmers who buy the genuins
Avery pow know they can Away rely upon
what theyare gotting--a flrst-class implementin
every respect
The m0lcis arc such as lifetime in the bus
ness has taught - be the best; are after tsirOwp
design, and are well known for their lightness o.
draft.
The Cast Flows are made from pig metal offror
seven to hn different varieties Oh cold and hot
blasts 80 that the greatest possible strength Ia IT,
tanned A test bar is Kept for this purpose, from
winch n daily record is made,
This bar Is poured ut the same time the other
caStings are made, and IN case the bar Is not IN
70 the standard, all the castings arc melted ovcs
again
All Steel Flows have thoroughly hardened
mold boards. Farmers are requested 70 test these
molll boards by using good fiic either on the
surface or on the edge.
If tho Pl0w Is easily dled the quality ispoor.
Points aud landsidcs are all duplicates, being.
fitted in the works to the original PloM.
The timber used Is t'butt cuts,p the toughest
oak from Kentucky and Indiana bottom lands.
These facts are made known for the benefit OF
farmers who have never used the Avery Plow
those who have used them already know their
&erlts.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1881-05-05
RATIFICATION NOTICE.

April %. 1ssl--aw.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1881-05-05

THERE will be two days racingat LEON
! ARTTOwN over the OLD COURSE III
GRo. A. Sims field, on
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-04-07
The New Secretary Of the Navy.

The New Secretary Of the Navy. !.
Washington letter to the n Y. Tribune d Post
Hhe new Secretary of the navy is stout
gentleman with gray hair, mnstache and
imperial, the complexion Of Castiiian and
the fine poise and court sy Of manner which
are oftener found in the South than the
North: When last saw him he was shut
up in the Louisiana State House with Pack
ard and his government and besieged by the
hostile forces Of the White League. There
was piles of guns and boxes of cartridges in
the room where he sat, and dirty militia
men, black and white, stood guard at the
barricaded and loopho,ed windows; but this
stately Southern gentleman was as calm and
serene as he is to- day in his big morocco
cushioned chair in his handsome
room in the navy department.. I think
I must tell the story. Of Judge Hunts
appointment to show how great political
prizes sometimes drop into mems hands
without On effort on their part to secnre
zthemI He had not the remotest thought
Of q cabinet place. He was upon the bench
OF tho Court Of Claims. and to all appear
ances wac fixed for life as a part Of that
:drowsy t1fbunal. : One evening he ives sur
prised by d call at his house from the Pres
ldent: elect, who asked him IN few words
If heswould take a cabinet position. said he
did not know precisely what he might de-
size to offer him, because the matter was
BOT fully arranged, and left him in a stats
Of pleasant Advertisements. Next day he
read IN q Newspaper his name as secretary
Of tlie:navy in the cabinet list cent to the
senate.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-04-07
Speeches Learned BY Hcal-t.
From the London TRUTH

From the London Truth
I have never yet precisely understood
why; it is considered the most vicious thing
that can ba said to a man, that he learns his
speeches BY heart. I should have imagined
that an audience ought to lie grateful to a
speaker for taking this trouble. To com
plain of it is to.regard speaking: like dane
iinggn' Htight-ro and to incumber it with
Hes in order to derive pleasure from
seeing them overcome In nine cases out
Of III d learned speech is better than an
unlearned one. have always ,enyied the
memory Of those who, without hesitation
or pause; can deliver set Grafton. One of
the greatest adopts Of this art is Lord Bea-
consfeld, who, although fluent and ready
impromptu speaker, has often adopted. it
More than once he has handed a speech to
tho reporters at meetings, and he has then
repeatedsit without the mistake OF word
I once tried to do this; some one had ex.
planned to me system of memories, by
msaus Of which: everything was to be re-
membefed by locating phrases in different
corners Of the room. For five minutes I got
on7beautifully buttwh had exhausted
one cornor and turned to the next, my key
became confused, and I ;ignominiously
broke down. -
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-04-07
An Indian Boys Love Letter.

4 love letter picked up OF the floor OF a
school with Hampton's views on CO. educa-
ton need not inevitably shock even peda-
gogic sensibiliies. Written in an unknown
tongue, however, with only the names to
betray it, a translation by the private inter-
prefer seemed only proper precauton. If
| fon6de it to the gentle reader, the Indian
lovers will be neither the worse nor the
wiser. while some others may find in it
valuable suggestions for similar correspond:
sehce.s.. :. -
'fNoRMAL School, February 3, 1879.
~ Miss --: said like you, and want
TO give you letter. Whenever, give You let
ter, want you answer to me SOON That's all,
1Wapt, and will answer to you soon after.
yhR You give me letter it raises me up. II
makes mo heait-glad, sister in-law. Wien I
talk, am not saying anything foolish. Always
my heartvery glad want you let me know
i otrsthoQght I always ike you and love You.
7 am honest about what say: always keep,
in mind. I want always We smile at each other
when meet We live happy always. I think
that's best way. and you think it is and let me
know. And want to say one thing-don't eay
anything to Henry I don't think that's right
And I say again, when give q letter, keep
nicely and not show to any one. II they know
i, it not ,go6d way: They take us away. ana
that ID the reason don't show Il Hear me-. this
al an going to Gay: I like you, and love
y shaking hands with you kiss you
-8e1e~ ". Ludlow, in Ha,per's for April
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-04-07
German Emigration to America
ON the New York Graphic.


The growth Of the stream Of emigration
from Germany to the United States has a.
'tracted even more attention in Germany
than here, and the governments there is 81
it's wits end to stop it without striking at
the root of the matter-the heavy burdens
imposed on the. people by the large standing
ARMIES, N. Wrand1, who is described as en-
American citizen Of Hungarian birth, tried
to get permission to lecture on emigration
the ether day in Berlin, but his application
was sternly refused, the authorities evident
" fearing that any agitation Of the subject
will increase the exodus still further. IH
Schleswig, Prussia proper, and Poser.
whole villages are described as having been
Illinois and Nebraska. According to the
Berlin correspondent Of the London Times
a new experiment is the founding Of Ger
man Socialist colonly in Texas, where the
great problem Of how to keep everybody as
poor as everybody else is to be worked cut
once more. I,'t'Ji!, ''t.. -.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-04-07
Brother Gardner on Yaller Dogs,
rom the Detroit Free Press.

FROM the Ue1IC!l FREE IEesn.
. Il wss readin' q newspaper paragraph de
odder day to de effek dat de keeIdn' Of 60
many dogs aroun' 'em twcrld alters keep de
Guild race 200, said he old man as the
meeting came to order. Let Us analize dat
statement bit. It am estimated dat de
Guild people Of dis kentIy own an chen e.
at least 100000 pounds Of crumbs.
scrap. later skins, apple cores, ole bones.
an SIGH, worth about two cents poun.' IL
odder words, it costs about fifteen cents
per week to feed big dog. which am tied
up and can't forage On the nayburF. Now.
what am de compani anehip of q big yaller
dog with to family? Would ten tines if
teen cents per week offset dat. When the
down, isn't it with So bii to see de
chill en- gather clus aroun' de stove-to
mar de tea kettle sing-to watch de fab
snap. an to know dat de dog am takin
q sweet nap under de bed? Who created
de dog? Why, de Lawd, of course. What
fur? Why. to be companion to man an
purect his pusson an property. Would it
look berry we'll to see poo Gull d man git
up an sniff 1t the bar diwozk of de Creator?
Shall we refuse tc accept degifts created for
VS. If de, Lawti didn't know what he war
boz: when he made it an anamile and
called it q dog, den advice from newspapers
am all right. have estimated dat the g.
.Q00, 000 dogs spoken Of prevent SOC, 0c0 bur-
glaries; each year. Dey am de cause of g.
600, 600 chickens not bein' stole; likewise
half a million cords of wood; likewise, ober
200, 600 axes an saws I don believe in
dog worship, but do believe dat it am our
.dooty to take the gifts of cur Creator and
make de best possible use Of dem. keep
Scotch terrier to bite Scotch burglars; an
Irish setter to sot down OF Irishmen, an
has one or two odders who pay dar way by
KILN rats an .bitin' tlamps. Mex to the
glorious sight Of SEEM a 200 pound mad
man wheelin' a ten pound baby along de
street am dat OF SEEM q Guild man pacin
bis WY down Town AFTER 1T ria eSsn With d i've S1s
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-04-07
BEFORE THE SPRING.

Tho wind has blown the last years leaves
From of the primrose head;
The lilac shoot it's prison oleaves;
The olm-tree tips are red. -, 49,,
And all about. though trees are bare,
And covert none to sing, 'o'
The blackbird heralds everywhere:
snf oo s1eet q %r eae f sR gos have faith
To trust all darkness is not death! =.
The spring has signs to show her mgh,
And bid the world prepare;
Has Joy no herald, or must
Look for no future fair?
ny heart seems bal1enas world
Where Spring comes nevermore;
10 leaf shows from it's sheath uncurled;
No birds their raptures pour. ''''
let faithless heart, believing be-
The Spring must come again for thee!
London Spectator
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-04-07
hopper if she vas hungry, aud she didna
i

hopper if she cGs hungry, aud she odne
even see the butterflies.
: The next house she came to looked more
inviting; there we're chickens picking
around the door in very lively way, ana
baby was playing about the yard: mere
they gave her saucer OF milk: ara she lei.
better after she had eaten 1t: she mad almoss
a mind to try drink OF water, FOR her long
walk in the sun had made her SO thirsty,
INIT no-she could not She sat down IN
the door and looked at the chickens, and
,ealv felt quite calm, SO much so that she
dozed off into nap.
She had but just gone to sleep, as she
thought, but she really had sleept. all the
afternoon. when great noise and hustle
aroused her. The little girls had come
home from berrying. Two Of them belong
ed here.
20! here is that pretty kitty We met, "
said they. II do wish she would stay here.
she is SO pretty" .;r..,
When kitty heard this she thought per-
haps this. would, be geod place to live in.
everything seemed SO lovely now that she
did not believe there could be any trouble
here" ;..s.;, ...,...: j.. =. >.*..
After her supper she felt more eontented,
and purred around quite different KITTY
from what she was when she came in. On
Of the little girls made her up , bed benin
the kitchen stove. She wanted dE1nk OF
water before she went to bed. but didn't
dare risk it. She hoped the basin would be
all right here, but it was tco mach to ve'a-
ture on yet, 80
In the uorning. however, she WAS too
thirsty to wait any longer. SO when she went
to the sink one of the little girls put down
9 wash basin Of water. Kitty gave one look
aud then for a dive for the door and
away out of sight bel ore the little girl could
speak
''why! what's {the matter with Ki:ty7'
said she. !, ! i, .; - -
But size nc,s- knew.
Kitty Wandered about all day. She had
moreover reflected deeply she had found
that dogs and cross women who scat ed
her were miEeries in addition to those she
had at hone: and she had discovered that
there YVES always mysterious cat beneath
the water. wherever she might GO. She de-
against what sire cculdn::t change. Nobody
could exrlA:n' these things to her, and
probably nobody; !cou!d help her. She
had better stay with tie friends she knew
loved her. And besides she Was getting
hungry.
where have you 7seen: you darling little
cat:' said Emma, WIN s1e saw her come
into the yard. eve though: you were lost,
and how tired you lock-
She had her supper and q drink Of water,
hut she etu: ker eyes while she drank, and
after this she settled down into a sober and
sedate cat. and paid all her attention to the
duties of life. ;: .,
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-04-07
she believed, to eau back all its sweet

! she believed, to eau back all its sweet
LIT 1T is II" she. answered, Disgusting he,
voice, and, as she thought of the joyful|sur-
prise she had in store for Pierre, she archly
! smiled.
She heard muttered growl inside, and
some one coming to the door. ::
"Oh! the great, jealous bear, she said to
herself. chow he hates to be disturbed-but
" shall see.''
When the door opened, and the laughing
girl stood before, Pierre staggered back.
Surprise contended with gloom in his fea-
lures, but the smile of Nanette gradually
treasured him. At last he stammered out:
"Yos here, Nanette! What does It
/ The happy girl read in every look of that
haggard face how truly Pierre loved her:
and she could no longer contain herself,
Itbut speaking amid smiles and: tears. while
she put down her basket Of fruit and: emp
tied her flowers on the table before him,
said: y
1T means dear Pierre, AZ you won't
come TO zee me, have come to see you;
Eand as i heard that you were i'll and tired, !
have brought all these fruits and flowers
for your acceptance; yes, and myself, too.
if you will have me.
And che, weeping, clasped him in her
arms: / H.. I
!: What! and do you love poor Pierre still;
and you won't have the notarys sen?' he
murmured in amazement g
r "No!' I will have no one bat you. Oh
how could you think I could desert you?
Don't you believe, dear Pierre, that VIC we-
men can be constant as well; as you men?
: *But. Nanette," said Pierre, looking at
his stump, II am manned now-and I
have come back without my Cross. "
= mo, you have not" said she, touching
the nangled shoulder kindly, here is your
. Gross Of the Legion Of Honor; anda mother
one than>a piece ofmere ribbon. I do be-
ieve," she said. bursting into tears, That !
shall love you all the better for having lost
your arm"
"A Happiness soon restored the bloom to
Pierre's cheeks, aud on the morning of his
marriage, he looked the handsomest man in
the whole gay company. Nor was his
bride the only one who thought his homer
able scar added to the interest which he in
spired, foran the village girls envied Nanette
and her husband.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-04-07
Eminent Men from: the .Shoe-M Maker
Bench.

No one but shoe maker could have
thought Coleridge serious in his strange
saying that the shoe makers bench had pro-
duced more, eminent men than any other
handicraft. The Shoe and Leather Re-
porter has. however, compiled a bill Of
particulars" in the shape Of a list of famous
cobblers which seems to act as an efectual
estoppel on all jealous craftsmen. Hans
Christian Andersen, who needs no intro
ducticn, may head the list; and Hans Sachs,
of Nuremberg, who. though he made. shoes
all his life, yet also made 6 1000 poems, plays,
farces, and rhyming fables, may be put
maker until he listed in the navy: and 50
was Sir Christopher Minne,l another Eng
hsh admiral. John<Hewson, one of Crom-
wells colonies, and a signer of Charles l.
death warrant; Samuel Bradburn. the
"Demosthenesso Of Methodism, " as we'll as a
bishop; James Lackipgton, whose catalogue
Ct: publications reached the total-enormoas
for that time-of 10000 volumes in 1787-
all these we're cobblers at first, If not at the
last. Continuing the English list, William
Clifford, whose IS preserved by com
plimentary allusion in Byron's Eng
fish Bards and Scotch Reviewers"
and whose. body is buried in West.
minister Abby. George Fox, the arch Qua.
ke1; William Cary, a missionary famous a
century ago. and who read the proofs Of the
bible in twent-seven Oriental languages;
Samuel Drew, s.''the Locke Of the nine
teenth century," whose experience as an
author led him to formulate the sad truth
that the man who makes shoes is sure of
his wages, but the man who makes books
is never sure Of anything Thomas Hol-
croft, whose name is not nearly SO we'll
known as that Of q single one of. his plays,
- 1.-The Road to RUM" the Bloomfield broth
ers, whom Byron thus apostrophized;
'sYe tuneful cobblers still your notes prolong,
Compose at once slipper and songs"
=. John Pounds, whom school children cried
at being turned away from all these, and
lesser lights too numerous to mention, were
English shoe makers. Coming to our
country, Roger Sherman, one Of the "sign-
ers," leads the list in tille, but vice presi-
dent Henry Wilson in rank. Besides these
there were congressman Shelly and Noah
Worcester, not the Photographer, but the
founder Of the Massachusetts, Peace society.
!. And ex- Cows. II. P. Baldwin, of Michigan,
and William Cladin, OF Massachusetts, il
they never made Shoes, ct least dealt in
them largely enough to be named here.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-04-07
ID Not Appreciate the Advice.
from Csrlyle's "Reminiscences

had ridden to Edinburg, there to con-
suit doctor, having at last reduced my
complexities to q single question. Is this
disease curable by medicine, or is it chronic,
incurable except BY regimen, if even so?
This question / earnestly put, got respor Sc,
1T is ell tobacco, SIR; give up tobacco i
Gave it instantly and strictly up. Found,
after long months, that might as well have
ridden sixty miles in the opposite direction,
and poured my sorrows into the LONG. hairy
ear Of the first jackass I came upon o. into
this select medical mans, vhose name /
viii not mention. -
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-04-07
aER JOSIAH,

Things has como to a:pretty pass
The whole wide country over,
When every married woman has
To have friend or lover;
It amt the way I was raised,
An I hain't no desire
To have some Teller pokin' round
Instead Of my Joaar.
never kin forget the day
t. That We went out wslkin' -
An cot down ON the river bank
: An KEEP on hours talhin'; i Il
he twisted mp my apron string -.
An folded II together,
An said he thought for harvest time
Twas GURUS kind o weather.
The eun went down as We sot there
Josiar seemed uneasy,
An mother she began to call: "a .
'Ioweezv! oh, Loweezy!"
An then Joeiar spoke right up,
ASH was just etardn',; 49,.
An said, 'Leweezy, what's the use
OF ue two ever parting" III,
It kind o took me by surprise,
An yet knew twas comm :! e.
I'd heard it all the summer long,
In every wild bees hummin';
I'd studied out the way to act,
But law! couldn't do it:
Imesnt to hide my love from him, ,'
But seems as if he knew it.
An lookin' down into my eyes "a =
j.. He must a seen the fire, -
An ever since that hour I've loved
An wcrshipped my Joeiar. .'.'.'
I can't tell what the women n1ean
Who lei men fool around 'em
Believin' all the nonsense that
They only say to sound EN-.
know, for one. I've never. seen
The man that I'd admire
TO have hanging AFTER me, ,
Instead Of my Josiar
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-04-07

From the South Bend Evening Register.
When certain powers are claimed for an
article, and everybody testifes that it does
more than is claimed for it, to gainsay it's
worth is useless. This is the substance Of
the St. Jacobs Oil record.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-04-07

-ae1e~ ". Ludlov, IN Ha'pers for April
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She knew that tho family we're all abroad
at this hour at their work, and that the
voice must be Piere's, else she would
scarcely have recognized it, SO discontinued
and 80 hopeless was the tone once SO hap
py and bright. But she knew . magic,
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-04-07
FAITHFUL NANETTE,

Thet pretiest girl in the whole village, or
indeed, for miles around, was Nanette; La
Croix. She had q hund red lovers,all of whom
expressed themselves ready to die for her;
though she, cruel thing. would not give more
than smile in return. Her heart was free,
she said,T and hoped it ever would be; she
had no notion Of making herself slave for
life by marrying.
So spoke Nanette, just as hundreds have
spoken before her; and she really believed
for while all she said. No foot was light
or at the Ouinguette than hers; no Jest was
1errier than that which fell from Nanette;
~ maiden curled lip SO saucily when her
sRme was linked with that of any Of the
eonux. And yet all this time she was in;
Ne with Pierre Latour, the handsomest,
found it out, too; but not until he was lev:
led for the c0nscrip6on; when the certainty.
Of his long absence, and the probability
that be- might never return, revealed to her,
tho secret. 80" = q
Poor Pierre loved her as his own life; and
now, Oh the eve of leaving her, uncertain
whether she returned his love. he was near
" beside himself with despair. He rallied
courage, however, and resolved to tell his
tale, for difidence hitherto had sealed his
tongue,s though his eyes had long since,
spoken his alteration in more eloquent Ian
guage. He found Nanette in tears. It twas
an unguarded moment for her, and Pierre
had no difficulty in winning an acknowledge
ment that she returned his affection.
And will you: be mine when return?
Promise me this, he said, and I will strive
to become great, and will win, If bravery
can do il, the Cross Of the Legion Of Hon
or"
Nanette promised-how could she help
ks-and tho young soldier departed The
secret was TO be kept between them, SO the
villagers were none the wiser, and, as
Nanette was as gay as eyer, no one sus-
The Jewish advance., 1881-03-04
NO. 143,

even clearly stated, that they would
gladly have their daughter married to
brave and honest gentleman who need
not even be rich. took them at their
word and | know them too well to doubt
in their consentng to what cannot be
altered"-
From this remark inferred that brave
Donna was resolved to meet any dis
pleasure in which her master or mistress
might indulge. | also was not displeased
to learn that they had, although some
what indirectly invested her with power
of a trusteeship. Why they had done
so was certainly a mystery; but it was
not the only one | had to unravle.-
My dear child" said to Adelina, you
should be under no anxiety as to how
your parents might look upon our con-
nubial union. On this earth you have,
at present and in future to fear nothing,
our union is as firm and as constant as
this frmameut. shall love your father
and mother with all my heart, as long as
they will wish it. But to love and de-
tend you is my first, my holicSt duty; it
IS my happiness to be your guard and
defender against the world, Unnecessary,
! your parents not excluded
AdeJina avowed that She feared her
mothers obstinacy against which her
father, whom she described to be more
considerale, could DO nothing. insisted,
! however. that sh2 had no reason for
fearing any dissatisfaction her mother
might entertain with regard to our union.
Should she not like to see you happy
in my company said at last. we shall
I n,, 10 Il Il, !,