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The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-06

the public, either with voice or pen, he
does so with great clearness and force.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-06

have been tried. In 1872 commission
&c saver ano;neers of the I nited States
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The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-06

be rea,Iy successful,
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-06

our State. have recently dedicated one
new hall, and understand that several
more are in course of construction, and
others in contemplation"
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-06
Lee County.

Pratt's Church, Friday, Aug. II.
Cross Roads, Saturday, Aug. I3.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-03-17
4 WIDOWS BETROTHED.
After Learning that he was Not an
Italian Count she sued for Money
Advanced

Mrs Catharine Sch@fer, German
widow nearly 70 years DID, in the Kings
county circuit court, sued Antonino
Tesorere. an Italian dealer in alabas-
| ter images, for 81 800, with interest,
making IN all s., 100. She AYERS that
he obtained the money from her by
| false pretences. Mrs. Sch@fer was at
one time engaged to the defendant,
who has a full black beard, olive com
plexion, and active black eyes, and she
began a suit for breach of promise of
marriage, but it was not pressed.
Thinking that he was an Italian count,
or other nobleman, about to come into
possession Of a large sum of money,
she consented, it is said, not only to
marry him, but to advance him mon
ely. She alleged in the complaint in
her suit yesterday, that she gave him
the 81 800 upon his representation that
he was soon to come into possession of
$4,000. Mrs. Sehnfer, upon being
called to the witness stand, refused to
testify in English, saying
Gle will get more out Of me when
speak English"
She denied that she gave Tesoriere
the money because he promised to
marry her, or that there was any I'M
derstanding that if they got married
he need not pay the money back, but
they would go into same business to-
gether. When asked whether there
was not talk about matrimony, she
said:
ooh, yes, he wanted to marry me.
He was rs schweet AS an angel"
She said that she should not consent
to the marriage.
Tesoriere swore that Mrs. Schefer
asked him to marry her. and that mt
the time she gave him the money they
were engaged to be married No time,
however, was fixed for the wedding.
The defendant introduced testimony to
show that he was decoyed into a saloon
in Williamsburg, where he was induced
to sign an assignment of the mortgage
obtained from Mrs. SchRfer There
was Il policeman concealed in the back
room to arrest him, and check Of no
value was given him. When he dis
covered the alleged plot he seized the
assignment with his teeth and tore it in
pieces, but a layer obtained the pieces,
pasted them together, and the assign
ment was then recorded.
The jury were instructed to bring in a
sealed verdict.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-03-17
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The Steamship Great Eastern.

The Great Eastern has been charter
ed for ten years to carry dead meat to
the United kingdom from the Ame ri-
can seaboard on the River Plata 1t
is calculated that from Texas or the
Argentine provinces beef of prime
quality can be laid down at Sd per
pound. The promoters of this bold
scheme intend to slaughter the cattle
on board the great ship as received from
day to day, and for this purpose they
have secured the services Of trained
butchers from the slaughter-houses of
Chicago. The dressed meat will be
stored in refrigerators, and it is est-
mated that 10000 to $4,000 carcasses
of beef, all hung-equal to 5000 or A.
600 tons Of meat-will be shipped each
voyage. The result Of this enterprise,
successful, VIII have far wider bear
ing than appears at first sight. 1t will
be watched with much interest by the
public, no doubt, for, notwithstanding
the large imports of fresh meat we are
receiving, retail prices still rule very
high. But it will also break down that
ring" which, while reaping immense
profits, keeps almost at famine prices
one of the first food requisites Of the
people. Iron.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-03-17
4 Sea-LiOn'S Morning Walk.

Mr. Andrew Phelps was astonished
by II sea-lion at dawn, yesterday. He
met the amphi6ian on the street at the
corner of Union and Washington ave
nues, and without waiting to shake
hands with his new acquaintance, or to
ask where the beast had come from,
he hurried to the fair gounds and noti-
fled Mr.. Winner, one of the keepers
there of the whereabouts of his marine
majesty. Mr.. Winner accompanied
Mr.. Phelps to the spot, and identified
the sea-llon - the property of Messrs
Cooper 4 jackson, whose menagere is
in winter quarters in the Elleardville
stables. Mr.. Cooper was informed of
his loss and soon had the animal back
in his fence-protected bath in the rear
Of the stables, where the creature, who
was both tired and hungry, ate twenty
pounds of fish and hallowed loudly for
more. The male sea-lion Of the two
owned by Cooper 4 jackson, had dur
ing the night, broken down the fence
around his quarters and managed
to flop across lots and through the
streets toa point where he was found
by Andrew Phelps at dawn, at least a
mile and half from his starting point
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-03-17

and should be begun while the child is
still quite young. The girl should moi
only have the use Of the thread, nee
dies and patchwork, but be instructed
how to take the stitches, turn the cor.
ners, and do the various things con
nected with needle work. We are not
excluding the boys in our remarks, be.
cause they need to learn how to thread
a needle and do general sewing. Even
if 1t is an age of sewing machines, it is
best that all children should learn to
use the simple, common, old fashioned
kind, which can never be wholly SUI
pers eded. The amusement and occu-
patton that sewing furnishes little
folks, afford sufficient reason why all
mothers should see that their girls and
boys too, learn to sew-but the very
practical use of the needle in after life.
is the principal thing after all
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-03-17

had Eeen forgotten and lay on the ia
BILE close beside her. Suddenly, like a
beast Of prey. her feeble hand stole to-
ward it, and in moment she had torn
It in pieces aud devoured it.
Horror filled my heart Could this
creature be human sat still in the
corner. where, myself unseen, could
watch and restrain her if necessary,
and soon-weakness overcoming her
after this last effort she lay tossing in an
Uneasy sleep.
Oh | was so weary and so very
lonely The dreadful night was almost
at an end. went to her side, threw
myself on the bed beside her, and put
my arms about her neck. Again her
wonderful eyes opened full in my face.
| fixed them with my own. | caressed
her, called her by the endearing nam es
ofold. | besought her to be gentle and
to love me. told her she was my
own, the only creature left for me to
love and care for! One short second it
seemed as if a soul looked out of her
glorious, deer-like eyes, then, with a
groan, as if she gave the struggle over,
and with that low, fearful growl again,
she fastened her white teeth in my
hand
Shrieking with the pain, tainted.
When | came to myself GAVIN was
struggling III at the window; leaf shad-
ows hickered on the floor. Fearful
pain in my hand aroused me Al length
and consuming thirst drove he to
the woods toward the spring to allay
it.
struggled through the underbrush
and there close to the water discerned
a confused mass There lay my sister
dead, her head pillowed on a wildcat
of the woods, shot by the same hand,
that had wounded her fatally.-App1e-
toms JOurnut.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-03-17
The Texas Editor Who SAW Bernhardt

The editor of the Sherman Couria'
was in New Orleans last week, and
among other sights saw Bernhardt.
He thinks her an artist, and he saw
some of her works of art But he
SAYS: "As an actress, she is mechani-
cal, and nothing more than thousands
of women in the United States might
be. with the same education. She Is
not by any means pretty, or even hand
some. She is Frenchy and all she
says is French, and Of course none but
French scholars could appreciate what
she said in the character of Camille;
she tainted naturally. died handsomely,
and was moderately good looking
corpse. still we failed to see wherein
there was a return for the s. % paid by
some for tirst-elaSs seats.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-03-17
4 Big Pickle.

Lorenzo \. Pickle, of Newfane, n.
y, has twenty-five brothers and sisters
living He is the smallest IN the fami-
~ and is six feet five inches tall. \
brother who lives in Kentucky, is seven
feet two inches tall Lorenzo has two
daughters living, one seventeen, the
other twelve years of age. Tnh former
is over six feet tall and still growing;
the other is five feet eight inches in
height, and viii probably reach six
feet and over before she has attained
her growth. A singular characteristic
of Mr.. Pickle is that he has two pupils
instead of one in each eye,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-03-17
A lettering 7 own.

The people of Mahoney Plane, Pa,
are experiencing their usual monthly
excitement about the caving in Of the
surface Of the town. The collieries of
the town have undermined the whole
section of the valley, leaving the town
built on crust of earth Every few
weeks this crust settles and sometim es
drops entirely out of sight. The result
has been that the value of property IN
the vicinity has been greatly depreci-
ated. Houses which were built togeth-
er lean apart at the roofs as much as
eighteen inches in some cases, while in
others the whole building has settled
that much. Occasionally people get
up in the morning to find crack of
six or eight inches, and of unknown
depth, across their back yard. The
road in front of the Methodist Episco-
pal church has settled several inches.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-03-17
He Dared.
Detroit Free Press .

His honor had before him the case
of young farmer who was arrested
for disturbing the peace and being
drunk, and when asked for his defense
he said.
"Well, hive out here about twelve
miles. Yesterday morning, as l was
splitting rails, Bill Adams he came
along and dared me to come to town
with him. And / dared"
"You hadn't any errand?"
"None at all. After We got here Biz
Adams he says to me he'd dare me to
take drink. And / dared. Purity
soon, after we had been to harness
shop, he dared me to take another.
And | dared"
This was two drinks"
Eyes, sir; and after Bill had bought
four pounds of nails be dared me to
get swizzled And dared"
"Wrat is swizzled?"
Just drunk enough to think you can
lift barrel of salt, but you can't lift
one end Of hat full of bricks"
"Well, 90 on"
"Well, when we got swizzled, Bill he
dared me to upset a man carrying a
step-ladder. And dared
That's when you got that black eye,
eh2"
Eyes, sir. | upset the man, but he
got up and knocked me pizzen west.
"Yes."
We'll, then, we saw a policeman
marching along, and Bill Adams he
dared me to pitch him into a snow
bank. And ! dared"
"Was it much of 4 pitch?'
NO, sir,-not for the officer. He
gave me two cracks on the head and
brought me down"
"Well, now | dare you to go to the
work-house for,thirty days" concluded
his Honor as he settled back
And he dared.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-03-17
Set the Children to Work.

Even the youngest member of the
family should have something given
him TO do. The chores" which the
country boys and girls do, thereby re-
lieying their overworked elders, are
not only an assistance in the house
hold, but means of education, and it
Is important that those families who
unfortunately live in the city should
find for their children something to
take the place Of this means of educa-
ton.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-03-17
ACONFlIDFNCF.

Yes, Nellie, my dearest IN married
The die il effectually east;
The dining the wining and rhyming,
Thank goodness, are ended at last
The wedding brilliantly over,
The gossip about it grown dull:
The honeymoon, dearest, II waning
Are honeymoOns ever at fur
The wedding of course, it was private
A crush is no longer the style;
The thing now is, cards Of admission,
And silken cordons in the ailse,
The breakfast ordered from Dalton
You know he is so reehrchc:
In short, that most captious of critics,
Mrs. Grundy, found nothing 10 shy.
My trossedi pa swore it was reckless;
The bills were quite steep, confess
But where is the comfort in marriage,
II one must be stinted in dress?
Ny shawl is an India, undoubted
In short. dear, my style is c)inpletei
From the tip Of the crown Of my bonnet,
To the checked balbrigans on may feet
Yet, Nellie, remember, this letter
Not one other creature must see
W ltH ali lfdl woman can WISH lpf
My life is dragged out with ean'd;
I'm tired of dressing and dancing;
I'm tired Of party and BALL
And Nell. dearest Nell, ain't it shocking
More tired of husband than all
We dine off the dainticst dishes;
We live in the grandest Of rooms
We drive the best blooded of horses,
And keep the most stylish Of groOms.
We shine in 'Ne great world Of fashion,
Too dazzling for question or doubt
We flicker most iniseraby out
We've nothing of interest to mention
We've nothing N interest to hear
We've nothing especial to hope for,
And nothing especial to fear.
In short he's negative husband
And I'm negative wife
Condemned to that state Of stagnatiOn,
That's modcrnly styled welded life
All Nell, dearest Nell, I've discovered
There are things no money can buy.
The music that thrills through whisper
The light that beams from an eye,
The loye-ohi the love, that's dover
More precious than jewels or gold
But well, ! made my own bargain
And find, I'm eitcctually sold.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-03-17
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Coolest Weather on Record.
Virginia City New Enterprise.

Virginia City New Enterprise
The last Montana yarn is to the eff
feet that the cold was % intense Las.
week in Madison Valley that the wind
was unable to blow, and ducks, prairie
chickens and other feathered game, in
endeavoring to reach the Geyscr basin,
were frozen solid in the air, where
they will be compelled 10 remain until
the spring thaN
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-03-17
Learning to Sew.

To be handy with the needle, is one
Of the sterling accomplishments Of ev-
cry educated woman. To be able to
take the stitch in time, is worth all
the time and trouble that are required
to learn the art, Like walking, read
ing, and the many other things which
We come to do without special thought,
the learning TO sew Is slow process.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-07-02
THE SHOOTING OF THE PRv
DENT

No such dastardly outrage-9tI
ing that has so filled the pubic m
with horror-has occurred IN n
country since the assassinata
Lincoln, as the cowardly attenH
murder President Garfeld-hst|
graphic account of which is fuma
our readers in another column
Whether the assassin was nlg
crazy, or whether the shooting q
at this writing (1.30 P NJ posi-.
killing of the President, was thea
come of a diabolical conspiracy ii
yet unknown.
Certain it is, however, that tled
tardly deed meets with the comb
nation of all without regard top
or class, and that the American pc
deeply sympathize with the Pres
and his stricken family in this
hour of affiiction.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-07-02
THE NEWS IN NEW Won.

THE NEWS IN NEW YoRs
New York, ? P. Crowds /.
round the bulletin boards and !,
paper offices, and it is openly e5,,
that the shooting is the respa
diabolical plot to make Arthur p.
dent.
ARTHUR GOES TO wAsHyam
Especial to THE SENTINEL
New York, 2:3O P. M-Ga
Arthur leaves for Washington Al
P. NJ.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-07-02
The Assassin Arrested !!
The President MORALLY Wounded |!
Especial Despatch TO THE SENTINEL

WASHINGTON, d. c., July I'd, 1880
A. President Garfield, while pur-
chasing ticket for Long Branch, at
the Baltimore and Potomac depot,
this morning, was shot and fatally
wounded by a man at present I'M
known. The assassin has been ar
rested. There are wild rumors afoat
that it is the result of deep-laid
conspiracy to make Arthur President,
and that he instigated it. The wild
est rumors prevail. Further particu
lars in about an hour HOOPER.
THE WORK OF CRAZY MAN.
WASHINGTON, d. c., July I'd, II NJ
The assassin was a crazy man, and
the report that the outrage was in
spired by the Stalwarts is Indignantly
denied.
SENATOR CoNKLING TELEGRAPHs HIS
UTTER ABHORRENCE OF THE DAS-
TARDLY DEED
Senator Conkling has telegraphed
his utter adherence of the deed, and
the hope that the assassin would be
promptly arrested.
HOPES OF THE PRESIDENTS RECOVERY.
WASHINGTON, D. c., July I'd, 11:45
M.-President Garfield is still lying
in the depot Great crowds surround
the structure Assassin said to be a
discharged employe-formerly consul
at Marseilles.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-07-02
LATER.


Physician who has just left the
President says he has some hopes OF
his recovery. One ball struck him on
the arm. above the elbow and the
other struck him in the back, between
the hip aud kidneys
The Geographic dispatches are 50
meagre and unsatisfactory, that, be-
vond the fact that the President has
been shot, and possibly fatally wound
ed, little is known.
THE EXCITEMENT IN THIS CITY
The excitement in Trenton at this
hour is at fever heat. Around the
bulletin boards of the different tele-
graph companies at the corner OF
State and Warren streets, crowds are
standing eagerly watching for and
reading the latest kilograms in regard
to the Presidents condition. Comp
troller Anderson and Others received
private dispatches, the contents of
which were begged by the surround
ing crowds but nothing Of more.
satisfactory nature was CLEANED from
them than appeared on the bulletin
boards.
The SENTINEL representative and
every newspaper correspondent who
came out of the telegraph office with
despatch in his hand was immedi-
ately surrounded by crowd and i'm
prisoned until he made the contents
known
On every side expressions of sorrow
and regret, mingled with righteous
Indignation against the assassin, are
heard
WASHINGTON, D. c., July I'd, 1890
p M-The President has been re-
moved to the White House in an am
bulance, guarded by police.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-07-02
tary Blaine knows him 8
the President in the presa,,'
so ladies. ' o

MRS. GARFIELD PRosppAnn |
Especial Despatch to Tn,
Lone BnASoH, l:lo P. MI
news of the shooting Of ii. /
dent was telegraphed to ~, !
field at II A. NJ. She is utt.,,.
trated by the blow
SrocEval
EIberop HI.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-03-12
A Valuable Chinese Peach.
Country Gentleman.

Country Genteman.
One OF the most remarkable peaches
produced in our extensive collection
the past season was the Shanghae.
This variety, although known to Guilt
vators for long time, having been
sent to this countay from China sever
al years ago, has received very little
attention. We have fruited 1t once or
twice under glass, and have been
struck with lbs distinct and attractive
appearance, but it has never shown
itself to such good advantage as ii did
the past season i'm the orchard. The
young tree producing the fruit was
heavily laden, and all the specimens
were large to very large, many meas
uring nine and one-half inches in cir
conference and weighing eight ounces.
In form 1t is roundish oblong, some
what Irregular, with deep suture on
one side. The skin Is OF n pale green
color, occasionally marked with red
next the sun. The flesh is white, red
at the stone, TO which It clings very
juicy, melting and Of excellent quail
tty. The tree seems to be hardy, very
productive, and the fruit ripens about
the middle Of August. Notwithstand-
ing the many fine varieties now under
cultivation, we invite attention to this
one, believing that it has qualifica-
lions which render il worthy Of the
attention OF both amateur and or
chardist.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-03-12

Certainly one of the most import
ant elements of success in the grow
ing of n crop is the s0undncss of the
seed. If old, or in part old, the set of
plants may be too thin for the posi-
bility of good crop. Or the weak
plants themselves may be 80 further
weakened by the adverse weather in
cident to the planting season ms to
grow too slowly for productive results.
Replanting rarely succeeds, and never
can succeed fully with plants that re-
quire an early start, either to mature
before hot weather or before frost; and
this makes the advance testing of any
seeds that are not known assuredly to
be fresh and heavy-an actual essen
tial. 1t is an interesting and instruc-
tive experiment for the young people,
of a family. Along one of the streets
of Gloucester. England, an inland
port upon the Severn, a few years ago,
a range of greenhouses was seen flush
with the pavement. They belonged
to an important nursery and seed
store in the city, and the neat and
somewhat architectural front range
displayed specimens of the salable
plants, etc., of the season. Between
these were great many of the com
mon clayware tiowerpot saucers in
pairs, one nesting in the other-the
lower one containing water, which
kept the upper or inner one wet. In
this latter there were scattered from
twenty to fifty seeds, which, if large,
were covered with a piece of damp
felt or moss, although the humid, still
air of the glass building slightly
warmed by hot-water pipe, seemed
sufficient for the termination Of all
seeds capable of it in that tempera-
ture. A boy was counting and re-
cording the proportion of success in
each case, and putting still other sorts
on trial. The firm made this open
display of their care, probably, as an
assurance to the public that they met
their pledges in regard to warranted
soundness of seeds sent out. Below
the stage which carried the seeds aud
plants was another wider spread of
potatoes, hardening in the light, and
preparing start in termination be-
fore being set in the ground. This is
very common practice abroad, and
apparently very useful one, both as
regards earliness and certainty of the
future crops.-New York Tribune.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-03-12
Corn and Sunshine

A New Hampshire farmer says to
the Mirror and Farmer: 81 have sup
posed the amount of corn which can
be produced to the acre is ultimately
limited by sunshine or the shade pro-
duced by the growing corn. Corn
food and water enough can be sup
piled to produce a Thousand bushels
of corn per acre, but If by planting
thick you strive for such a crop the
growing corn so shades itself that
your crop is stalks and not corn. ii
suggest that we ought to have a word
for corn with its stalks, as it grows,
and another word for corn upon the
cob, and then let corn always mean
the shelled corn.) If my theory be
correct as to what ultimately limits
the possible amount which can be
grown to the acre, then the amount OF
stalks to the bushel of shelled corn is
of vast importance. My impressions
were, when looking over the Western
cornfields, that they grew far more
pounds of eornstalks TO get bushel
of corn than we do in New Hamp-
shire. / thought that they ought to
at once improve their seed so as to
growing so many bushels of corn
stalks. Dent corn in my garden,
springing up from stable manure,
rlpened well last fall.-One stalk grew
twelve feet in height and ripened
three ears of handsome red Dent corn;
number of kernels, 1899. 1t grew
among potatoes; was never hoed, and
the stalk was rather small"