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WANTS.
Statesmen Wanted.

MEN of ability and experience in the Dry Goods
1XA business, to travel in New England Apply
by letter, to BOX 1878, Portland Maine.
March 18th, 1881. mar16d2w
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Hotel To Let and Furniture For
Sale.
nN account of i'll health, 1 offer the Furniture
~ in the American House, situated Cor. of Mid
die and India Streets. Portland, Me, for sale and
house to let. The above House having recently been
thoroughly retted and put in excellent order is
and the travelling public generally but as my health
will not permit me to attend to the business. wish
to close it out at once. Those meaning business
can call on or address G. H. WILKINS American
House, or F. SOUTHWORTH, 1O8 NeWbury st.
mar15 dim
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To Let.

NNE or two pleasant rooms suitable for ladies or
" gentlemen. Enquire at PROSPECT ST.
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For Sale at a Bargain.

HOUSE No. 81 Smith St. containing twenty coy
Ii rooms, arranged for four families and now &C.
closets, and good drainage. The above property can
be bought at low price and will pay good per-
centage, For particulars, apply to
BENJAMIN SHAW,
mar19d1w* No 481a Exchange st.
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EASTER music! Send for lists of Easter Car
OILS and Anthems, and begin, in time to praeticel
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TO LET.
TO Let.

A GOOD rent containing six rooms, in centre of
"A city. Also two on Munjoy hill. Apply to W,
W. CARR, 1877 Newbury street. jan26 diff
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THE BEST MUSIC BOOKS.

Quartet Books for ChOirS. dnes sps
EmersOn's Sacred Qunrtets, ThOnnas's Sa-
cred Quarfess. Kaumba chs Sacred Quar-
tets (and his New Collection), Bucks NaOtette
Collection (and his Second Motette Collection.
and BOWS Sacred Qua r:ess, (this last for
Male Voices only)
Price of each of the above. 100, in Boards, and
S225, in Cloth
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REAL ESTATE NOTICE.

WYE offer for sale in large small lots, all our
w property in Deering, the same being part
of the farm of the late james Deering.
This is the most 0atuabe Suburban property in the
vici,ity of Portland, and aoiu be sold very LotU.
Plans and description of the premises can be seen
at our office.
Also, building lots Munioy Hill, Congress,
Deering, High, State, Mellen, Sherman, Grant,
Portland, West and Vaughn streets.
To those wishing to build or to invest in real
tate, a opportunity is now offered.
TO Let.
Store No. 81 Exchange ST., chambers on Ex-
change St. and on Middle st.
j. ID. & +. FESSENDEN,
nov29 dom 172 Middle Street.
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The Beacon Light. s ssm and H sehosi
Song Book. BY j. III. TENNEY and Rev. E. A.
HOFFMAN. This book was prepared by the best
talent, and may safely claim to be among the oery
best music books for Sunday Schools published.
Examine it! Specimens mailed for 80 cts.
Now subscribe for the MUSICAL RECORD 50.
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Gems of English Song. gs EST 1a2s !s s tof
lection of Bound Sheet Music (VocaD. Very popu-
lar. Gems OF Germa a song, (S2) and MOOre's
Irish Melodies, (S2) are also of the best books
of the same class.
Any book mailed, for retail price.
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Portland Daily Press Stock List.
Corrected by WOODBURY. & MoULToN, Investment
Bankers, Cor. Middle and Exchange Streets.
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Farm For Sale or EX.
change.

YTyHIS Farm is situated in Saco, about four miles
Il from the city proper, and eleven miles from
Portland on what is called the old Stage Road,
and two miles from Old Orchard Beach. The farm
contains some AZ acres of land and has an orchard
of rs to 100 young fruit trees. The house is 11s
story, large and convenient with six good sleeping
rooms, Parlor, Sitting room, Dining room and
Kitchen, Ell and Barn. For market Gardening
this is rare chance. twould also be excellent
chance to keep few summer boarders, as the
roundings excellent and the drive to the beach
is shaded nearly the whole of the distance by large
trees. Will sell exchange for a house in
Portland or vicinity. For information address
81. H. NJ BOX 1857, Portland, Me.
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Turks Island.
% hid. (bd.)2 121a@2 80
Bonaire 800. % 5@2 rs
Cadiz. du. pd. q 0O02 25
Cadiz,i in bind. l 25@)l rs
Liverpool.
Duty paid 1 1892 1914
In bond -. ! 2591 81
Grind butter. 16 y box
Liv. fine sack. l 25Qg1 rs
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-05-26
Stock Farms.

The State is getting full of them
From most every country comes the
welcome news that stock farms are
being opened. These enterprises
will add very much to the wealth OF
the State. It appears that in propor-
tion to horses and neat cattle, that
much more attention ID: being given.
to the former than the latter. In.any.
event we cannot be too thankful that
farms are being opened for the breed.
ing Of horses, but the owners Of them
should have thoroughbred horned cat.
tie as well as the varieties Of sheep
in sufficient numbers to give 1t do
mestic appearance. However, every
one knows his own business best and
we hayesno right K. advise them in
this matter. OF course they will
make lots of money from breeding
horses, and we are glad of it. They
are entitled TO II, and in, n,sdeveloping
the different ndustries of the State,
/ they havesthe best Wishes .of every
one II II. The strains of tho best
blood IN the wide world rms ii the
veins of some of tho horses being IS
this time intro duced Into ouf isist,
which Viii afford tho r,nars ~ &
feeilent opportunIt 81 improys thsll
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-05-26
HOrnleas Cattle.

A nice pair of horns certainly adds
beauty to cOw. It is not to be sup
posed, however, that she would give
any more milk or make better beef
for having them; but heretofore a
COW with horns was more fashionable
than a hornless animal, but everyone
knows that fashion is a fickle goddess,
so we need not be surprised that an
increased interest is being manifested
in the pooled or hornless breeds of
cattle. There are several distinct
breeds of pooled cattle, We believe,
such as the Galloways, Pooled Angus,
and the old.fashioned Mulley, so
called. The friends of these animals
are claiming from the different agri.
cultural societies provisions for
premiums this fall, which is proper
enough, because meritorious breeds
should be put on the same basis.
There is plenty of room on our Min.
nesota prairies for all. There is nc
danger but that the farmers will find
out in good time which are the best
and most. profitable; neither is there
any danger but that they will make
good selections as seon as they have
opportunity to do so. We are des
tined to be a great stock-growin{
state.-1ribune. .'"...-. =
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-05-26
VOL. ~. NO. 1.

3 This week the NORTHERN. PACIFIC
FARMER enters upon its fourth vol
ume, with new form. We think
that our readers will be pleased with
the change, as it not only gives them
more reading, but is more convenient
in shape. The FARMER grects the
rjEew: volume with bright prospects fo,
the future. We do not wish to make
any great promises, nor mark out the
future course of our paper, but we
will say this, that we will improve
and promote the FARMER to first.
class journal, just as fast as demand
calls for it. We do not believe in
plunging head.long into newspaper
enterprise, (ike some Of our western
villages) and starting dailies, semi.
weeklies, etc., until there is a press.
ing demand for it, and we know that
4 good, well-patronized weekly paper
will, in the end, do more toward
building up a country, than a little,
half-starved daily and weekly to.
gether. All we ask is liberal pat
ronage from our business men, and
the cooperation of our farmers, in
increasing the circulation of the
FARMER, and we will guarantee you
paper worthy of your support.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-05-26
LEAF RIVER.

A few days more Of pleasant weath-
er. and garden stuff will be ready for
use.
Our best friends, the mosquitoes,
are around once more. ~:
Seeding is finished in this section
of the country. Early sowed grain is
up and looks we'll.
Mr.. James Miller is fast recovering
from long and pain full illness, under
the care of DR.. Babcock.
The roads are getting more passi-
bic, since the rain has ceased.
Mr.. Surfing and Mr.. Miller, OF this
vicinity, have recently bought them
horse team.
Miss Eta Shipley is teaching our
summer term or school, in district
No. IL, and we understand there is
thirty scholars enrolled. Miss Eta
also taught three months in this dis
trict last winter, and won the conf
dence of all her scholars. .
A Sunday school is to be organized
next Sunday, May Goth, at the school
house, nnder the auspices of Mr.
Fleisher. We hope the people OF
this community, will take an inter
est and make it a success.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-05-26
Keeping Stock.

No man has right to keep more
stock than he can feed we'll and care
for properly. He has no Moral right,
in this land of plenty, to keep half.
starved stock, nor is he privileged to
permit his stock to trespass on the
rights of his neighbors. A stock
grower can closely calculate on the
probable food-production of his farm,
and then retain sufficient stock to
consume it; and in his calculations it
would be well to provide for small
surplus rather than be compelled to
purchase few tons to carry his stock
through to grass time. 1t is not good
policy to pasture so many cattle that
the grass is always kept short; better
have good feed in any event, though
it may necessitate the sale of 4 few
head off the farm. Neither is it q
good idea for farmers to convert the
roadsides into pastures. They are
prone to wonder off long distance
from home, which is attended will
considerable anxiety and loss Of
time in searching for them.-7Tib,la,e
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-05-26
VIII the Railroads Do It?

A few weeks since we published an
article from the able pen of S. M.
Emery, ESQ.,, of Lake City, in regard
to the different railroads in this State
cultivating and planting out trees on
each side of the lines of the roads for
the purpose of a protection from the
snow-drifts in the winter. The arti-
Gle has been extensively copied by
agricultural papers throughout the
north, which universally approved of
its recommendations. The question
is, will the several or any of the rail-
roads do it! Mr.. Emery clearly
proved that the roads paid out this
winter more than ten times as much
for attempting to keep their lines in
running order than it would cost to
set out the trees and cultivate them
for years, which would prove the only
effectual remedy they can adopt
against the frost king.-7rib1tne.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-05-26

that the patrons of the school will
take interest enough in it to call or
the teacher and manifest their ap'
proval of the mode of imparting in.
struction, ii they are pleased, which
have no doubt they will be. A lit.
tie encouragement is always appreci.
ated, and If teacher does well, why
not tell them 50!
w. D: Welch started yesterday for
the Half Way House, to draw piling
for Smith, of Verndale. Smith being
such an uncommon name, especially
in Vernda1e. that everyone will know
who is meant--we don't mean "John
Smith," ARrrcu0KEs.
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Neighborhood News.
NORTHERN COMPTON.
Mr.. Pike sports new buggy.

Mr.. Pike sports a new buggy.
Small grain of all kinds looks fine.
There will be considerable corn
planted in this part of the town, this
spring.
The turnpike west of Wadena, in
this town, is in very bad shape, and
should be fixed up at once.
Germany will contest 1reland's
right to a quarter section of land owe,
in Bluffton township, before the U. S
Land Office at Fergus Falls this week
with Canada as chief witness.
The r. r. track fencers will soor
reach Wadena. They are putting VI
a good substantial fence, four barbet
wires with cedar posts-40 rods is th'
distance the average COW keeps from
the fence.
Work will soon begin on the p, F
F. & B. HI. r. r.
The track fencers have gone i
BISMARCK, to do some fencing.
r. B. Dean, of Lakeland, Wiscon
sin, brother of F: J. Dean, arrived
here Tuesday morning with his fami
|ly. He will make this his futur'
home. OB1D.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-05-26
Early Chickens.

Pullets Matched in March will be-
gin to lay in October or November,
and with good care and warm hous.
ing will continue to lay the greater
part of the winter when eggs are
high-priced. When the early sitting.
time comes, the pullets are ready tc
sit, but have been laying SO long tina,
their eggs are the second or THIRD
batch, and being year old they art
quite as suitable If mated with a 2
year-old cock, for raising chickens As
adult hens. These early chickens
in their turn will of course begin to
lay in the fall, and thus pullets will
mature each autumn to take the place
Of the older stock.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-05-26
Boys.

The original noise producers and
nerve destroysrs OF time.
And yet in themselves q most in
teresting study. Friastanee:
The best boy-every mother owns
him, every father 10 proud Of him,
and yet it takes great deal OF the
corrective to keep him 1t his best.
The worst boy-he.ongs to tie
next door neighbor every time, and
is the hateiulest, meanest, homlisst,
stuckupest boy that ever stole .
fellow playmate's skates and broke
the side rails off from your boys
sled Ind how ridiculously they do
dress that boy.
The funny boy-is always cutting
up some rusty to bring = laugh.
He turns inside out, and il he makes
= hit he keeps at It till he winds up
his career in the circus ring, retaik
ing thousand year old jokes.
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EASTERN wADENA.

EA8x080 "AO1NAs
Seeding all done, and the grain up
nicely.
The lords of creation are resting on
their oars-or else gone a fishing.
Another dance in the school house:
Schermerhorn welded the bow until
he was tired and then they turned
it into a .'bussing bee,'' and we are
so sorry we let our better half 60: -
Since writing you, q number OF the
babies in our settlement have had
some narrow escapes. Mr.. Luther
Clark's little boy Cless than two years
old) fell and struck his temple on 2
stub, which hurt him badly. Mr.
Sam Glark's baby was playing with
the bail of swillpail. and putting It
into his mouth it became fastened In
his throat and they had a time Of get
ting il out, and n. J. Palmer's young
est girl got badly choked on = nsh
bone, which gave her folks . big
scare. S 2. ssi s..z !. 1;.@ z.
We lcar1, that Mr.. Pat Parks il
very sick at his fathers; was taken
while up in Brook + Lenerville's tie
camp, and had to be brought home,
and could be got no farther than hia
fathers. Heard II was fever and
aRue; the first case we have heard q
Lin Wadena county. Hope he may
soon recover
MI. Kenyon Is having his land and
turned over 81 :; great rate. with fou1 ,'ltl
yoke oxen. s5:a sss5
Onr school opened 1fonday, !, with
(fair att dal1ce There y 70 bel bel
two mont J, 8 term. = = hope O..
children viii sttentl egularly ans l,al
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M4NTxR, OAso COUNTY.

The advent Of early spring warns
US of the pleasant summer which i.
near at hand, and now the prairie
flowers my be seen, and their very
appearance tells us that the deer
SHOWS and cold weather Of the recent
winter. has only proved benefit tc
mother earth.
The wheat fields are beginning to
look green, and prospects Of COED
crop never were better.
d. Writer'S wheat, which stood in
the stack through the winter, yielded
"a bushels of No. l wheat per acre.
We are glad to know that once
more the good men of Verndale and
Wadena have opened their hearts,
and now are ready to lend us a help
ing hand on the roads, which in
places are very bad. You have our
heartfelt thanks. and yours shall be
our trade forever.
Jarvis & Ramsey are doing a fine
business.
Compton & Howard have just re-
ceived a new stock of goods, and soon
will start branch store on Strait
River.
B. G. Manter's saw mill is now run
ing in full time, and lumber receipts
are good.
immigration is daily on the in
crease, and yet there is room for
more.
Mr. Curkandoff is in town, with a
view of locating in the drug business
soon.
C.. Parker, of Verndale, is now do
ing considerable surveying in town.
His work gives good satisfaction. and
we would recommend him to parties
wanting surveying done. His next
job is laying out a town site at Man.
ter. S.P.
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The Farmers Wife.

So much has been said and sung IN
praise Of a ..farmer's life," said Mr..
C.. III. Cleaveland many years ago,
that apparently no time or space has
been spared to speak of the life led
by his ''better half.'' Our country
is blessed with abundant weekly and
monthly leaves, containing valuable
information in regard to the culture Of
almost all kinds Of plants, fruits, and
the appliances and means best adapt
ed to the Improvement and growth Of
domestic animals and anything else
|appertaining to the farm, except be-
slowing the attention necessary for
the convenience and comfort Of the
farmers wife, who should be an intli-
pendent, healthy, happy and cult.
waited woman; one on whose culture,
both physical and mental, should be
the greatest aim and delight OF the
farmer, He should, too, encourage
her In the genuine love ef good books,
/. = ~
skill and taste in music, and make
her life happy by sTati Tying her. taste
for the embe shment of her home,
and not require All her Time from
morning until night toiltns u tn
Icook.rdonl. md mendtnt, ching,
IbakinE. wash hin weeping. chnIning,
nursing ironIn1 ithoat timo .,
Irelaxation 81 enjoy ymeI,t - Ylsasuxe
lor. imrr xenen er On mess,
|onlaeia ller q
tpls Old - -
| m 81
work exer
IND ithsr should she H ,o'
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-05-26
Plants Eaten by Animals.

It has been calculated that the
number of plants eaten by different
animals is as follows: The COW eats
276 plants and rejects 2l8; the goat
will consume 40 and rejects l26; the
the sheep will eat 5Sz and reject l4l;
the horse relislles 242 and rejects 2l2,
while the hog only partakes of 72 and
rejects 27l. If this calculation is
correct-which We gather from q.
old agricultural work-it will he
seen that the goat is the least partic-
ular in its food, and the hog the most
dainty. The COW only eats fourteen
more varieties of plants than the
horse.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-05-26
oxyA1Lxx.

Weather very wsrm and pleasant.
A beautiful shower last night, and
now the gardens will begin to put in
q green appearance. Your humble
servant has been in the gardening
business lately, consequently not
much time for literary pleasures. -
Did not say look out for q wed.
ding! Bachelors why will ye longer
delay! Anyone and everyone can get
married nowadays. The parties
chiefly interested in this drama,
were Mr.. John Biggs and Miss Lizzie
Stakes, Mr.. Webb officiating minister.
The happy affair took place on
Wednesday, May 18th, at the resi-:
dence of the groom. I should judge
from the serenading they received
on that evening and the evening fol-
lowing, that this neighborhood must
be well blessed with people that un-
derstand such musical instruments a
tin pans, cow bells. sleigh bells, tin
boilers, etc., etc.
I understand that Mr.. Beck has
sbout six acres of corn in; quite
field OF corn for this section.
Isaac Bratten starts for Alexan.
dria tomorrow, (Tnursday) to be gone
a week or 50. His baby is there in
the care of his sister, Mrs. James.
We hear she is doing finely.
Minnie and Hattie Brown COM
menced attending school this week.
William Bratten is up from
Wrightstown. More anon. ~
REPORTER.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-05-26
tjtriftfess, but savins. prudent snd
industrious. lBnt let her have time
for recreation and plenty Of It, too.-
| Tribune.
Buying . Provinoe.

Newfoundland has virtually passed
into the possession Of . few New
York millionaires, although the conn.
try still remains, of course, under the
flag of Great britain. BY the pas.
sage of the Newfoundland Railway
bill by the Legislature, Saturday. Z
contract is ratified between Z New
York syndicate and the Newfoundland
government whereby the wealthiest
portion of Newfoundland becomes
the absolute property OF New York
capitalists. Two million acres Of
land have been ceded to them inde-
feasibly, and these 2,OOO, 600 arres
cover nearly the whole Of the Greas
serpentine belt, which contains cop.
per in almost unlimited quantities.
The New York syndicate, beaides
being guaranteed IN annual subsidy
of $3.50, 600, have succeeded IN laying
their hands for ali time on the whole
of the ascertained mineral regions If
the country. 1t is thought that this
movement fOTebodes ultimate annex.
alton to the United States. Tho
opponents of such q contamination
have vigorously opposed the railroad
bill, referring contemptuously to the
scheme for permitting the most vslu-
able portion of the country to pass
into the hands of the aliens. New
foundland is one of the oldest pos
sessions of the British crown on this
continent. and it would, indeed, he
quite surprising to see its hitherto
loyal people voting for annexation.-
Strength with men is insensibility.
greatness is pride. and calmness is in
difference. ~
A bachelor compares \ shirt but
ton to life, because it 20 often hangs
by a thread. ~
Mr. Whitney has received an invi-
tation to attend the commencement
exercises of the State University
and Pres. Folwell's reception.
A successful trial of new electric
railroad near Berlin. was made last
Friday. A speed of 1s miles m hour
was made, which can be increased II
necessary. =
A man in the west brags that all
the furniture and flooring Of his
house are made OF live oak, but his
wife who does the hard work of the
house, says it il nothing but scrub
oak. zz75=5s=..,sss=s
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