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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-09-28
Making his own Butter.


A man who resides in the suburbs O
Oil City. recently purchased some oleo
margarine. He didn't know it until h
had eaten it. That made him mad. o
course it did People don't like TO ca
butter and then find ont 1t was oleomar
garins.
Well. he swors he would be deceivet
no longer.
He would make his own butter.
He bought . COW.
He MIXED the COW.
That is to say. his wife did, but as
man and wife are one. in reality he
MIXED the COW.
In time cream rose on the milk.
1t rose in goodly quantities, and was
collected by the wife.
On Saturday evening as the man was
starting ont to spend the evening, the
wife remarked:
You must come home early so as te
get up in the morning and churn the
butter before going to church.
He said he would.
He came home early-in the morning.
About two o'clock.
His wife remarked distinctly:
'Now sir, want you to prepare"
''Two pair-hic-no good"
That was sufficient
She soon after rose.
He retired without the formality OF
removing his boots.
She was mad.
He was sleepy.
Being mad, she churned the butter
and put it away, leaving the buttermilk
in the churn.
Being sleepy he did not hear her.
Before leaving for church she wiped
the outside of the churn, concealed the
butter, and left the bu'termilk in the
churn.
She also left a note, telling him the
churn was already for him TO commence
operations.
He said:
'D-d-d-dash's or churn."
''It was dasher churn.
He feared his wife, as all men do, and
commenced ohurning.
He commenced at nine O'Clock.
At half-past nine he looked to see if it
was coming"
1t did not appear to be.
At quarter past ten he looked again.
Result of inspection not encouraging.
At tweLty minutes to eleven, perspir-
ing freely, he happened TO think of the
bottle of brandy kept in the house for
medl;nnl purposes.
The butter was not coming, neither
was his wife.
But the brandy was forthcoming.
He drank heavily.
At a quarter to twelve he stopped
again, and made another examination.
Result was to warrant another drink.
He was getting mad.
At half-pest twelve he took lunch,
and commenced churning.
At ten minutes past one he looked to
see if his wife was coming.
She was not-nor was the butter.
At half past two he could stand it no
longer.
And therefore took another drink.
Then he churned five minutes.
Then he swore few minutes.
Next he took his gun and loaded it.
At twenty minutes past three he drop
ped down completely exhausted.
Ten minutes later he had demolished
the churn with the hatchet, and was
just going out to shoot the COW, when
his wife came in almost breathless and
put him to bed.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-09-28
About Shoe Heels.

1t is said that man can always tel d
sensible woman by the heel of her boot.
There Is the high heel. hooked In under
the instep. winch indicates goodness, bad
taste and q want of culture; then there is
the medium heel, which indicates desire
for fashion, and yet an objection to excess;
then there is the lady Like, small heel,
slightly curved. not quite so low as the
heel Of mans boot, but yet low enough.
and placed In the proper position for CON-
fort; that indicates good breeding, good
sense and dellcscy. Young mea should
know this, and Judge accordingly.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-09-28

no complaint. We said nothing: bu
we felt all the evening as if there ha.
been funeral in our little home.
The next day, Lucille told us about it
1t seemed that some wealthy gentlema,
was furnishing his house, in the an
tique style, and had commissioned hi
agent to find him desk. The agen
came, and looked at it; was delighted
as well he might be; paid large sum
and had it carried away.
That evening, Lucille sat playing low
soft airs on the piano We had rented
when rap at the door startled us.
rose to open it A tall handsome youn,
man with an unmistakable foreign air
stood there. He bowed with higl,
bred grace, and inquired, with Sigh
accent, for the young lady who hat
sold an antique writing-desk, the day
before.
Lucille, who had started at the sound
of the voice, came forward. Her darl
eyes shone; the color flushed into hel
cheeks.
'Henri !" she cried. She had ex.
tended her hand, but drew it back in
stantly, and stood there blushing ani
trembling.
The gentleman started, gazed eagerly
at her, and then clasped her hands il
both of his.
''Lucilel Luciler' he cried. ''MoI
Dieu, what a pleasure" bis eyes shont
with delight as he spoke.
Lucille, after a moment, turned to us
"Oh, girls, snly think, she said, 'it
is Henri, my old playmate. You re-
member my telling you of the boy who
WAS so kind to me. Often and often
We children played in the library, where
the old desk stood. Many an hour We
have spent puzzling our heads over its
quaint inlaid ornaments. An! the deal
old days"
She broke down She could speak
no more. The memory of those old
days and of all her troubles since she
had been left alone overpowered her.
She turned away her head to hide LEI
emotion. Monsieur Lamont pressed
her hand, bowed over it, and kissed it In
his foreign fashion. Then looking
around at us, he told us the rest of the
story. How he had come to this coun-
try for few years TO establish branch
business for Paris firm; how his mother
had come with him; how he had pur-
chased and fitted up house to suit her
fancies; how, when his agent had
brought him the desk, his mother and
he we're struck with the resemblance il
bore to the one they had seen so often
in France.
1--WE were both sure it was the same, u
he said; ''there could not be two, and
behold. am here"
Madame Lamont came, too, the next
day. We were not SO blind but we
could see the little romance which was
unfolding under our eyes, and We re-
joiced that such a happy future was to
be the fate of our dear girl.
Never did the course of love run
smoother. The mother and son were
of one mind, and hurried matters as
fast as possible.
So it was not many months before
Ruth and I were alone, and Lucille was
mistress of beautiful home.
In few years they are to go back to
France, and, though We shall miss
Lucille, we shall know she is living once
more in the dear old chateau, which her
husband, meantime, has purchased.
So the New Years eve that opened
so sadly ended in happy New Year.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-09-28

n, tue Pakhoi distinct Of the Province Of
Kwangtung, China, wild silk worms are
found that live on the camphor tree. Jus,
before the caterpillar Is about to enter the
pupa stage of its existence the natives cut
il open and extract the silk in form re
sembling cat gut.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-09-28

Hats we're first made in England by
Spaniards in 1910.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-09-28

-Ihe GernlAlls nave inseHteu mOIOcco
paper.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-09-01
FARM NOTES,

The Australians have a very stringent
law for the eradication of scab in sheep
| They have Estate scab inspectors, -
whose business it is to see that the law
is+enfOrced. Every sheep owner who
discovers indications of scab in his
! flock is obliged to notify all flock mas
| tiers within certain radius of the fact,
and also to post notices in public places
Ii the disease is not stamped out within
| 90 DAYS, the diseased animals must lie
| killed. The result has been that scab
has almost disappeared from Australian
| flocks.
The average cron-crib is not what il
ought to be, either in size or security
| from vermin. Much of the labor of the
year may 20 for nothing. save TO feed a
swarm of mice, il precautions are not
taken to keep these little pests from the
corn crib. At this season, when the
crib is usually empty, means should be
| taken to clear it of mice, and then, il
possible, cut off their access to the grain
that is soon to be harvested. If there
| are any repairs to be made in the roof,
siding and floor, they should be made
now, that all may be snug in the corn
! house, when snugness Is of the utmost
| MISREPRESENTATION Agriculturist for
September.
Arkansas Valley Democrat: One
practical fact is worth dozen theories.
Mr.. Linton, of Bolton, planted some rice
corn on his hedge rows June Sd, which,
Notwithstanding the extreme drouth, is
green to-day, and bearing a full crop.
If this grain is as valuable for stock as
represented, no farmer should neglect
its planting every year. 1t is proof
against drouth, and would have been
worth thousands of dollars to Cowley
county farmers this year, and would
have enabled them to carry their hog
crop through. Let every farmer give US
| a report on its merits and his success in
raising it this year, land 10, out of
Egypt shall come your corn"
A clever California girl is mentioned
w the Visilia Delta, which says: "a
| young man in the neighbOrhood had
taken up 100 acres of land, built house
upon it. barn, bored wells, dug bitches,
sown il IN wheat and In ali spent hun
dreds of dollars upon IL Il happened
| to be a dry season and the crop failed.
He became discouraged and offered his
claim and Improvements at q sacrifice.
The young lady gave him 500 for his
right, title and interest in the land and
everything on it. She let it lie. She
need do nothing more. She sold the in
sufficient crop for hog feed The hogs
rooted and scattered it. The winter
rains came, and with them came the
volunteer crop, which matured and has
| Just been cut yielding twelve bushels
per acre on 100 acres She will clear at
least 81, 500, besides having the land and
the improvements"
IMPORTANT. II TRUE--An exchange
says: It isn't necessary TO pay royalty
on barbed wire any more. Any one can
now make il and use it. An association
of farmers up in Iowa who were fighting
against being bled by the barbed wire
patents-t-. have discovered that certain
farmer a Illinois used baTbed wire five
years before the date of the earliest pat.
enis. This discovery will vitiate the
rights of Mr.. Glidden and his barbed
| dom
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-09-01
MEDICINES.
POST OFFICE DRUG STORE
Pure Drugs and Medicines,
STATIONERY AND CIGARS.
DRUGS AND MEDICINES.
THE TROTTING,BRED STALLION
BEN. HARRISON,
At EmporIa, Kansas.

I'VE "A Il AAS9 a. Il ~ ~
BEN HARRISON will make the season of
1881 at the Sixth avenue stables, opposite the
new school house.
DEsCRIPTIoH:-Ben Harrison Is a beautiful
sorrel, weighs 600 pounds, fat-boned, heavy
muscle, good style ahd action, aud shows
PEDIGRKE:eBcn Harrison was bred by
James Wilson. of Nashville. Indiana. sired
by Wilson's BLUE Bull.' he by ''OId Blue
dam by Copper Bottom" second dam by
..Ramsey's Eclipse" he by American
Wilson's Blue Bull was got by Old Blue
Bull, there puted sire of many fast PAGERS;
dam by Blacknose, son OF hedoc, out OF Lucy.
by Orphan: I'd dam, Lady Grey; Sd dam, Ma
Sedoc by American Eclipse. out of Young
ID dam. Maid OF the oaks. Imported SPREAD
Eagle; Sd dam, Annette, by Shark
American Eclipse. by Duroc. out Of Mil
| imported mare by English Pot-S-os; Sd dam
by Gimcrack; 4th dam, Snap, by Snap
D1roc, by imported Diomede, out of Aman-
da, by Grey Diomede; Sd dam by Virginia
Cade; Sd dam by Hickman's Independence;
4th dam, Dolly Fine, by imported Silver Eye.
A reference to the 80 list of trotters is
the superiority OF the Blue Bulls as race
horses: Will Cody, 2:l9h; Chance, 2:20H
2:26; Ed. Wilder. 2:26; Sheridan. 2:s6; Mia
| c. 49,: BERTHE. 2:27; Kate Bennett z:99L ;
Little Wonder, 2:30; Dom Pedro, 2 80; ELLA
Wilson, 2 80; Purity. $50; Jennie, 2:SO.
| Blue Bulls are natur al born trotters. They
| take to the trotting gait as naturally, or in
stinctively, as duck does to water, and it is
| safe to say that not one of them was ever
foaled that could not, by reasonable train J.
ing, trot mile in three minutes or better
They arc proyerbiaiIy "leVel-headed," al
ways ready and willing to do to the extent OF
| their ability. and when in condition were
| never known to exhibit the white feather, M
| matter how long the route.
TERMS-$90 to insure; parting with the
he
| the money is then due. All accidents and
escapes at the owners risk
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-09-01
A TOUCHING INCIDENT.

II is said by an attendant physician at
the White House that during recent
night when the President was wander
ing in his mind, he talked OF many
things concerning his boyhood daysvery
incoherently at times, but with pa,hos
is said that restlessness at night was al
ways "A characteristic of Garfield rs a boy
and as a man. At night, when lying
with his brother on their little cot in the
contracted log cabin he would kick off
the covers, turn over, and half awake
say, Thomas, cover me up Twenty
five years after he lay down on battle
field with distinguished officer. There
was only blanket between them. His
eyes were hardly closed when as of old
he Kicked of the cover, snd turning
over said drowsily, Thomas, cover me
up" He covered Garfield up, and in
doing so awakened him and repeated the
words Then the brave soldier, the
strong man who had ridden through Il
rain of bullets unmoved, turned his face
away and wept like = child, for he
thought of his brother Thomas and the
days in the little log cabin at home. The
other night, in his delIrIum, he muir
INJURED as of yore, Thomas, cover me
up.' And the attendants at his bed
side were overcome with emotion when
they thought how soon the baby, the
brother, the gallant soldier, the Congress
man, the President of the United States
might be covered for the last time, not
with his dear mothers patchwork, nor
the rough blanket of the soldier, but
with the shroud and mother earth.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-09-01

Z The above figures are compiled from
the official bulletins issued from the
White House from day to day and do
not include all the extreme fluctuations
reported in the general dispatches. By.
reference to our files we note that on
July Bird, the day succeeding the shoot
ing, the pulse at one time ran up to $50,
which was accepted at the time as GER
tain indication of approaching dissolu-
ton. On the evening of the 4th of July
the President showed signs of improve
ment and continued to mend until the
18th, when symptoms were developed
which caused some alarm, but these
were but temporary, and the
case was reported as pro-
crossing favorably until the 23rd
of July, when the President was seized
with rigors, which continued at intervals
until the 25th, on which day the sur
geons made an opening in the integu-
ment of the patients back, which was
followed by new discharge of pus and
satisfactory results, which continued up
TO the 9Th of August, when it became
necessary to make another incisiOn to
aid the drainage of the wound. From
the date of this operation steady de-
| cline took place in the Presidents con-
dition, and on the 18th the dangerous
symptom of irritability of tue stomach
manifested itself and for many days was
the source of the most profound anx-
| iety. On the 18th a new complication
arose in the Inflammation ofthe patients
right parotid gland, which has proved
to be the most alarming feature in his
case. ALI efforts to scatter the swelling
proved unavailing, and on the Gath an
Presidents face which, however, only
relieved one of the pus pockets of the
| gland, and was not satisfactory. Later the
swelling broke into the ear, but even the
discharge which found its way through
that channel of escape did not for some
days amelIorate the serious symptoms
noted in the daily bulletins, and on
Saturday, eight weeks from the shooting
of the President, his medical attendants
surrendered all hope of his recovery and
notified his stricken wife and the sor
rowing country to prepare for the worst.
In the evening at 4 O'Clock slight i'm
provement was noted, and continuance
since then of the favorable symptoms,
which at first 1t was feared would prove
but temporary, has inspired the hope
that the President has passed the crisis
and that he will come out winner in ono
of the bravest fights ever waged by any
man against the King of Terrors.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-09-01

Kansas City Times: When such
towns rs Atchison and Emporia, Kansas,
show the enterprise and public spirit to
adopt n thorough system of sewerage, it
is high time that Kansas City, with its
wealth. should think, at least, of emu
lating them. Both the mentioned
places in Kansas are agltating the qucs-
ton of establishing "a thorough system of
sewerage, and both have gone beyond
the point of definitely settling upon a
system. Emp oria has adopted the
Waiing system, so successfully in use
in Memphis, and Atchison is in con-
sultation with Col. Warning regarding it.
These Kansas towns set us an example
that should be followed. We can no
longer afford TO neglect measures 70 i'm
prove our sanitary condition and ain
tain public health, nothing will sub
serve such purpose so we'll as good
system of sewerage. The council has
the mower 10 act in this matter, and, the
objection of property-holders TO the con.
,rarv we say, as a sanitary measure, and
for the benefit OF the whole city, our city
council should inauguraie an extended
Construction of sewers.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-09-01

New York Tribune: 1t may help 10
keep ZIP the hopes of the low-spirilesi if
we bear in mind that il was not until
after the prince of Wales had been given
over by his physicians that he began 20
mend. For week the English nation
had watched the bulletins with ever
increased anxiety. On Sunday, the 10Th
day of December, iS1l-the day set
apart for national prayer for his recovery
the doctors fairly gave the prince up.
From that hour he began to improve.
On the Monday morning the bulletin
which il was expected would quench the
last ray oil hope gave tidings of slight
amendment, and in week the patient
was pronounced ont of danger. The
recollection OF this event should remind
us that while there's life there's hope.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-09-01
Plueky Mrs. Garfield.

NEW YORK, August 29-The Posts
Washington special says: As hope re-
turns more is learned in detail of the
terrible anxiety of last Friday. It ap-
pears that the surgeons after the alarm
ing symptoms of the morning declared
that il was useless longer TO continue
the struggle, and that two of their num-
Der were selected to wait upon Mira Gar.
field and inform her that medical sci
ence could do no more, and that she
must prepare for the worse. The inter-
view which occurred between these sur
geons and Mrs Garfield, will, If reports
dramatic incidents in this extraordinary
case
Capt. Henry Marshall, OF this district,
q friend OF the President and his family,
SAYS that Mrs Garfield heard the news,
and smothering her emotion, arose and
said: Gentlemen, you shall not give
him up. He is not going 70 die. He is
going 10 live; ] feel know IL Go
back to your post, snd leave il not until
every remedy is exhaussed-until death
has set its seal on him, will not be
Iieve that he is going to die. Go back
and do what you can You cannot do
more, and don't give him up am his
wife, and / say I will not give him up
until the emu iiSeal Is upon uS-
Mrs. Garfield has never surrendered
more than q moment or two at any time
TO her grief, and then she has retired TO
her room, and after = brief absence re-
turned 10 her post Of duty a. the Presi-
dents bedside. The late gain In the
Presidents condition is apparent in four
important symptoms-the pulse is low
eF and stronger, the stomach works bet
ter, the infiamed gland Is throwing of
ITS disturbing contents. and the original
injury is again resuming its healing
process-in word, the President has
successfully passed another crisis.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-09-01

Plucky little Mrs. Garfield has fur
nished new evidence of the wonderful
fOrtItude of woman in seasons of trial
which test the metal of the stoutest
heart. 1t seems that on Saturday, when
all the Presidents medical attendants
had yielded to despair and had so far
surrendered hope us 10 seek his wife and
tell her to prepare for the
worst. the courage of this
heroic woman triumphed over all
the diseouragements of the grave situa-
ton, and asserting her lofty faith in the
rescue of her husband even from the
very jaws of death, she babe the sur
geons resume their posts and relinquish
no effort in their patients behalf
till death had claimed him
for his own. While the indOmitable
will manifested by James A. Garfield in
meeting and overcoming the vicissitudes
which have beset his pathway in sick
ness and in health has marked him rs
representative American of the best
and highest order, the admirable bear.
ing of his noble wife during the fierce
ordeal through which she has been call
ed to pass has distinguished her no less
as a typical American woman whose
sterling qualities of head and heart are
duplicated in thousands of wives and
mothers in the palaces Of the rich and
the humble dwellings of the poor all
over the broad land whose destinies these
great conservators of virtue and moral
ity exercise such a potent influence in
| shaDinp
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-09-01

The political campaign in Virginia
between Malone and the Bourbons bids
fair to be the most interesting contest
Virginia has known since the time when
Henry A. Wise ran for governor against
the Know NOthings. What adds TO the
complications of this canvass is the fact
that the leader of the Republicans,
Wickham, has publicly allied himself
with the Bourbon Democrats and repu-
dated Malone. Into the merits of this
controversy it would not be profitable to
enter, but it isgratifying to note IN the
southern states such a dislocation of par
tiesas we see in Virginia, Malone, the
Democrat, running on a Republican
platform, and Wickham, the Republican,
allying himself with the extreme Demo
Gratis, foreshadow dissolution of all the
vicious and disloyal elements which have
heretofore exerted so baneful an infiu-
ence upon the south. Whichever side
wins the result in Virginia will be to
broaden and deepen the Union feeling.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-09-01
The Hrs. Garaela Fund.

NEW YORK, August 29.-Alihough
no special effort has been made by the
prUmoters OF the movement, the feeling
of anxiety concerning the President has
directed attention 70 the Garfield family
fund, which, during the d.. of his sup
posed recovery, seemed to BE- slipping
out of the public n,ptice. Some of the
Wealthiesl- men IN the country have pri-
Yatels pledged themselves for the pay
ment OF large Sums IN case of the Prssi-
dents death, and there Is no question in
the minds of those who have been active
in securing subscriptions, that, if the
en- should come, which the nation is
dreading now, the amount OF money
which will voluntarily How into the fund
will greatly exceed in the aggregate the
large sum originally proposed. Thus
| far 1856. 757 IS has been subscribed, and
ALL OF THIS SUM
except 5000. which came as q condi-
tional subscription from Columbus,
Ohio, has been paid to the United States
Trust Company. Acting under the con-
ditions of the trust, this company has
| purchased, and now holds for
the fund, $125, 900 of United States
4 per cent registered bonds, on which
The interest Is So, 1000 per annum. The
bonds cost $145.2S1 25, and last night
| there was cash balance with the trust
| company of $6,476.40. The cities from
which the fund has come so far, and the
amounts respectively given. are shown
| ~, ha EclfnvrSOar lief.