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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-01-06
Protecting Trees In Winter.


Many fruit trees are lost every
year for want of a little care at the
proper time. Many young trees are
destroyed by rabbits, and many al.
most every winter by the heat of the
sun in warm days toward spring.
Frequently the rays of sun, shining
OH the south side of the tree, will
take out the frost, and, if near spring,
start the sap. and probably in day
or two it will turn very cold. This
sudden thawing and freezing will
cause the bark to crack up, and per.
haps peel off the next summer, and
very frequently kill or cripple tho
tree. A preventative is to take what
is called ''straw board or the thick
paper used under the ceilings in build.
ing houses, OF to take tin, or bass
wood, or hemlOck bark, and put
around the tree, and let it extend
pretty well up around the body OF
the tree, so it will keep the sun from
taking the frost out. When setting
trees, they should be marked, so that
the side of the tree that stood to the
north in the nursery is set to the
north when put in the orchard. This
will also save many trees.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-01-06
Couldn't Fool Him.

An old cOlored man took tele-
gram to WoOdford. Maryland, the
other day, and asked the operator to
send it right away. The operator
ratified it off in a few seconds and
stuck it up OH a file. Raising his
head half an hour afterward, he saw
the old darkey still! standing there,
gazing intently at the file. The old
darkey remarked:
81 say, boss, amt yer gwine ter
send that message! It's berry i'm
pOrtant, it should go 'megetly."
The operator answered.: "Why,
old man, I sent the dispatch long ago;
it's delivered long before this
The colored man then said: rye
can't fool dis chile. It's not sent at
all-it's hanging up dar OH de hook.
l saw We when We put it dar, an |
hasn't taken my eyes off'n it SINCE"
and the operator had to take the mes
sage down and pretend to send it off
again by practicing the alphabet. be-
fore the old man would 60 away.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-01-06
Rabbits In Australia.

The Australian meat.preserving
companies, which have during the
past two years taken to preserving
the rabbits killed in such enormous
numbers, have found their resources
equal to the task of boiling and tin.
ming in fresh state all that have
been offered them. One company,
whose works are situated about 90
miles from Melbourne, had, OIL all
average, 1000 of these rodents
brought in every night for the first
four nights of the past season. How
the supply would have increased as
the season advanced it is impossible
to say, but orders were given to limit
the daily quantity to 300 pairs. This
number cooked and "canned" for five
days week and during season of
twenty-five weeks gave $4,000 rab-
bits as the return for one establish.
ment-a quantity Of which is so per
cent. more than was dealt with in the
season of 1879.-LondOn Field.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-01-06
4 DEAD Man and His Faithful Dog.

From the Hartford, Comm Times.l
In the Southern part OF Bolton
there has lived for six or eight years
past an Englishman, aged about 60,
by the name of Woolrich, who did
not appear to be doing much for a
living. He kept five dogs-some of
them ugly-and few people went near
the house. Last Thursday Il notifica.
ton was left with First Selectman
White that WOolrich had not been
seen for several days. Messrs. White
and Summer two resOlute men, went
to the house. They were greeted 10y
the furious onset ola large coach dog,
who, on their opening the door wide
enough to look in, bounded forw ard
with III ominOus grow] and Il display
of teeth that meant mischief. The
men shut the door and went TO the
window. Looking in, they saw
Woolrich sitting in chair by the
stove, his head bent forward as if
asleep. Unable to arouse him and
the dog continuing to exhibit the
ugliest symptoms, it was resolved to
kill him. Mr.. White had brought
his gun, but the dog kept so near his
master. as if guarding him, that it
was not deemed safe to fire from the
window; and raising this, the visitors
hurled Il stone to start the dog for
ward. He dashed at them with a
furious bound, when the gun was dis
charged, killing the faithful animal
instantly. Going into the room the
visitors discovered that WOOlrich was
dead. Probably he had been deat
several days and had been frozen to
death. He was not known us a drink
ing man. His other dogs starved
out, and had left him, but this one ,
faithful and formidable animal hat
refused to desert him, and had STOOD
it ont bravely by his side, in cold an(
hunger. The dog fell a martyr boil
to his devotion and fidelity.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-01-06

Let one of the first plans for the
year be to secure more knowledge
about our occupation. Certainly we
each know some things that others
do not, and every other man knows
some things that we do not. Write
ing and talking with others, the talks
at farmers club meetings and conven-
tons, what others think and say, as
given in books and papers, are all
sources of new ideas. Let the head
help the hands by better thinking and
better plans. One cannot talk with
an intelligent neighbor, or read a
farm book, or farm paper, without
getting some new idea, or suggestion,
that will help his own thinking and
planning.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-01-06
A Sly Old Fish.

|
A gentleman in the Central Pro.
vinces of India possesses a garden in
the center Of which there is a huge
well-a well more like a small deep
tank than anything else. Ona sunny
day, when the water is clear, a huge
old fish, more than thirty five pounds
i'm weight, may he seen basking in
the sun, or sleeping in the shade.
There is nearly twenty-five feet Of
water in the well as IL rule. but in the
extreme hot weather it has been
known to sink to four'.feet. When
the water is very low the owner of
the well has done his best, year after
year, to capture the fish, but he has
never been able to effect his purpose
either with line or net. 1t appears
that Gfteen years ago tie fish was
hooked, but somehow, after "a desper-
ate struggle, he broke loose, since
which time he steadily refuses the
daintiest morsel in the shape of
halt. Once, too, long ago, he was
nearly caught in net; since which
time he has had a very curious
knack of suddenly disappearing
whenever the well is about to be
dragged. Two years ago the water
III the well fell unusually low, and
the owner determined to have it
cmptled, both for the purpose of
cleansing the well, and also to satisfy
his curiosity us to the hiding place of
OF the fish. This was found to be Il
small cave, with Il smaller hole as an
entrance. Upon the well being
emptied the fish was allowed to re-
main in his ingeniously adopted
sanctum. after having been carefully
inspected by the owner of the place
and his friends. The fish is still to
be seen IN the well; he is Il great pet,
and is easily recognizable because of
his huge size. and by means OF a re-
markable pale-yellow scar he bears
on his back. "He is IA lazy, good.
natured animal" said my inform
ant, land only once during the last
six years has been seen in the state |
of excitement, and that was when a
Water-Snake invaded his ancient soil. |
tary reign. when there was a furious |
fight, and the water-snake was OBJ |
served TO crawl up the side of the |
well much quicker than it decended.
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1t must be conceded, of course, that

| tuC piOutS VI AuAutis3 uiC INV oO 0i =
on the average as those which arr
realized by men who are successful il
mercantile or professional life. Blu
such as they are they are surer
twenty.fOld surer at least. Large
profits are always contingent Oh large
risks. One must not expect the same
rate of interest from government
bonds as from mining stocks. The
wear and tear, the losses and defeats
of business men in the last ten years
have been an experience that no far
mer need cOvet. He may well be
satisfied with the small income that
taking one year with another, is sucl
Il sure one; to resign the five chances
of shining success in commercial life
to thoscwho are willing to take the
ninety.five chances of sure failure.
The cities and towns are full Of
men who once had visions of Il bust
ness success that would in monthly
profits put to shame the small savings
of farmers lifetime. On the home
stretch of three score and ten they
find themselves depending for live
lihood OH salaried positions which
they hold by dismally uncertain
tenure, or on the precariOus commits
SionS of Il canvaSser or Il commercial
traveller. In comfort and in income
the lives they Lave led make shabby
showing compared with what they
might have done as farmers, and
point an important moral for the
young men who are now debating
whether they will turn their backs on
the farm and try their luck in the lot
terry of city life.
OF these general and extended re-
marks regarding the advantages of
the farmers life we beg the fur.
indulgence of particular applica-
ton. Slow us SO many have been to
enter this pursuit, no class among us
except our Hebrew citizens have
been SO slow to avail themselves of
its advantages as the colored people.
In the Northern States particularly
they have very singularly ignored it.
While they have justly complained
of the cruel prejudice and Ostracism
which have so meanly slammed the
doors of most callings in their faces,
they have strangely turned away
from the one opening which offered
them the pleasantest homes, the
Surest livelihoOds, he'greatest immu-
nifty from insult, the strongest wea-
pons for breaking down prejudice.
And turned away from it, too, to
crowd into the mental callings that
have by their very nature helped to
the prejudices against
them! Now, when the walls of os-
tracism are steadily crumbling down,
and all doors are opening to the i'll
dustry and capacity of the colored
man, it will be natural, but it will be
none the less pity, for him to con
centrate his energies OH business and
professional pursuits. For the coun.
try's sake and their own sake, the
majority of our cOlOred people ought
to find their way to farms of their
own. So far as this singular exodus
helps these poor people and their
children to such a haven it will not
without its uSes-sO far as it fails of
it, the movement will miss its great
Opportunity.-Good Company No. l3.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-01-06
A San Francisco Yankee has in.

A San Francisco Yankee has in
vented wind-defying umbrella.
The improvement consists OF a set of
auxiliary arms. which stretch from
the end Of the ribs to the stick.
When the Umbrella is open the arms
brace the other edge Of it, and it is
impossible for the wind to turn it in
side out. The natural result of the
improvement is that one Of these UNI
brellas will out last two of the old
kind.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-01-06

Thirty years ago, and less, we seemed
to have as little concern about C0nfu-
cius and his teachings as We now have
about the c0gitations of the man in the
moon. China was then very far off
country, we had little or no commune.
cation with its people, and there were
not, perhaps, fifty natives of the Flowery
Kingdom in the entire United States.
Within the last twenty-five or thirty
years, however, all this has greatly
changed. Our present intimate treaty
relations with that country, our constant
communication with it, aud especially
the tide of immigration from that vast
sea of humanity to our shores, make it
important for us to understand better
this new element that is being absorbed
into our complex population.
COnfucius is the great moral teacher
of the Chinese. He was the son of
SIedleang Hcih. His father was
gallant soldier, Of whose prowess and
strength wonderful stories are told. At
the time of Confucius' birth, Heih was
we'll advanced in years; his mother
was quite young woman, and
Confucius was her only child. Her
name was Ching-tsae. Confucius was
born in the year SOL b. c., in the district
OF Tsow, of which his father was gov
crnOr. The eternal fitness of things
required that such child should be
ushcrcd into the world with suitable
augurics; hence there were wonderful
portents accompanying his nativity.
Among other things, equally startling,
his mother dreamed, shortly before his
birth, that she should bring forth IA son
in a hollow mulberry tree. She in
quired of her husband if he knew of
any hollow mulberry tree; lie replied
that there was dry cave in the south
hill that was called by that name.
When she told him her dream, he was
much surprised, but set to work to have
the place properly prepared for her re-
ception. On the night when the child
was bonn, two dragons kept guard, one
at each side of the cave; two fairy
ladies appeared in the air and poured
forth delicious odors; and when the
child was born, spring of water burst
up from the floor of the cave, which
dried up again as soon as
the child had been washed.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-01-06

The art Of printing was first intro
duced in Quebec in the year 1894, and
in Montreal in l777.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-01-06
THE PEN.

TuC pou ID BImples yet BuUIlmc5
1t writes it's story ON the page,
And sends 1t down the stream Of time
In statesmen's lore-in minstrel's rhyme
As echoes Of the passing age.
II, too, has power to crown king,
And uncrOwn kings In realms of earth!
by lifted finger 1t cRn bring
A world t. silence, or to sing
An anthem Of immortal birth.
The lustcr Of the sword Is dim
Beside the luster Of tho pen:
The mountains crown, the oceans rim,
Echo the universal hymn
That lifts 1t highest among men.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-01-06

Two hundred paper barrels per day
can DO made by machines now in use.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-01-06
NOTICE.

'E'o BANKS AND BhNkEiiS.-Scaled pro-
, posal- VIII bc received by the Board of
Audit II Bluc Earth County, Minnesota, mp
10 noon. january 9Th. 1851. ~ the office Of the
Auditor Of saip county. FOR the payment of
Interest an monthly balances of funds that
may he deposited by the Trca ,urcr of sad
county for the year ending December 81, 1881,
ia accordance with Chapter -, General Laws
of lS.3.
particular. JACOB BORN,
Chairman Board of Audit.
Mankato. Dec 18th. 1881.
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ADVERTISING RATES :

"a NIGHTS az HONOR. No a1SS
Az Tho above Lodge viii meet the tirsi and
inird saturday evenings Of each month. al
the Old Fellows Hall
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-06
THE MURDEROUS APACHE INDIANS.

SHOCKING REPORTS OF THEIR DEPRECAuoNs-A
LARGE NUMBER OF PERSONS KILLED
DENVER, COL, Aug. "a dispatch from
Santa Fe n. NJ, of yesterdays date, says courier
who arrived at Fort Craig this morning r.; the
Mescalero Indians who, since July IL have ~ m raed
by Lieutenant Guilfoyles command, have crossed the
Rio Grande and running OF stock and killing herers
in old Mexico. So far known two hercers and one
miner have been killed. and the Indians have captured
all the stock OF Corns d. McCorkeys stage line from
Engle station to Black Range. Yesterday thrty-six
citizens left San Narcial, armed and mounted TO bury
the bodies of the killed At yesterday while eating
dinner In Red Canon, in the San Mateo Mountains they
were surprised by Indians. At the first fire one man
was killed and seven were wounded all the stock
captured The remainder OF the whites then got behind
the rocks and dispatched two men TO Fort Craig for
help General Hatch ordered Lieutenant Guifoyle and
detachment of fifty men at Fort Craig TO the scene
OF the hgh where they probably have arrived before
Couricrs have been dispatched TO two companies of
cavalry scouting In the san Mateo and Cnchillo Negro
Mountains, and Lieutenant Taylors deachment Of In
dian scouts Is guarding and scouting at Black Range.
Two companies OF cavalry leave the Navajo Reserv
been gathered In by the recent raids General Hatch
OF the opinion that some Of the Nayaoes have Joined the
of his Indians the reservation which is true,
as some OF these Indians have been recognized in the
cent fight When these Indians pressed they double
on their trail and scatter and when on the
tion they are safe.
CHICAGO, Aug. 5.-A dispatch to The Tribune dated
Socorro, N NJ, August L. says " The murderous red
devils now ravaging in this neghborhood and killing
on people by the score Last night an encounter
Cured between them and the Mexicans at Parae result
ing in the death of thirteen MexicanS Two Indians who
captured burned alive Reports come In
hourly OF fresh and murders and party is be-
ing hurredy raised and armed to the of the
miners at Pueblo Springs where they surrounded
and an imminent danger. Last evening miner and his
wife supposed to have been surprised savages
they returning their mne and probably
tortured The band part OF Vlctorios now led
by Nina. n chief barbarous than his prede-
Unless the Indians turn their attacks elsewhere
general Indian will doubtless result"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-06
FOREIGN NOTES.

LONDON, Frniay, aug D, 1851
band of fifty brigauds robbed mail courier at Bck
In the Herzegovina after KILN of the
Inc Spanish Minister to italy has communicated to
signor M0ncin Minister OF Foreign Affairs, telegram
from the Council OF Ministers of Spain structing him
10 express their regret that Spanish preate should
nave mixed himself mp with things foreign his order
Ihs refers to the comments of Spanish prelae on the
recent disturbances iii Rome the occasion of the re-
moVal or the remains OF Plus TX.
dispatch from Durham says The Administrator
OF Natal, spending at Pietcrmartzburg in alludng to
the situation of affairs in the Transvaa said that GEN.
eral Sir Evelyn Wood had disagreeable task for
soer 10 perform and all must hope that he might be
ahle to bring his task to such a would
the minimum amount of disgrace to the country. Com
ing from the acting Governor of Natal this OntspOken
expression OF feeling has attracted much attention.
Vienna correspondent teegrarhs that the members
of the Cornell University well, but
down by practice liz consequences of the swift current Of
the Danube. The arrangements for their race with the
Austrian crew On the 11th inst. have been completed
Mr. Victor Silbcrer, OF the AUgenetne Spor, Zett,g
has been chosen umpire, and Mr.. Vinton, of the Amer
can Legation, judge. race at Frankfort Germany
III contemplation but the arrangements have not yet been
settled The Cornels will row there the 18th inst III
their boat goes through in time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-06
FRAGMENTS or WESTERN NEWS.

BRuTALL KICKED TO DEATH
JOLIET, ILL.,, Aug. BIN desperate row in
Jhrsty Bnrnss liquor shop last nghtF Mccain knocked
Hown Patricd OBron and brutally kicked him death
McCaDn was arrested.
~ FUNERAL OF EX-GOVERNOR BAGLEY
DETROIT, Aug, 5.-The remains of ex-GOv-
eInor tagey arrived In this city this morning
francisco, where they had been cmbamcd The fun
erai VIII take place on Sunday afternoon.
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS REUNION
CHICAGO, Aug. 5.-John A. Logan yesterday
ueVcred an address at the fourth
Macoupln County soldiers and sailors, at Carnvile.
ulsspeech was n0n-p0tica Despite the intense heat
IO,0oo people were present, and the meeting was u
great success.
- CATTLE DISEASE IN ILLINOIS
CHICAGO, Aug. 5.-Specals from Charleston,
III, ana Lincoln Ill., report the appearance a strange
naiSdy aesng the eycsight of cows AMI resulting In
blindness Stockmen disagree the OF the dis
ease which Is spreading rapidly and creating consterna-
uon among owners.
- - SEVERE STORM IN MINNESOTA.
ST. PAUL. Minn, Aug. GA severe storm
swept over this section of the State evening
tendcu as far as Menomonec In Wisconsin greatest
damage was done in Minneapolis For time II really
appeared as II the city was to be swept by a genuine
cyclone county surveyor Plummer, who was I'm Brook
n township when the storm struck that point states
tha ne sound OF the storm could distinctly heard
some tne before its arrival. Damage was confined to
nay ana grain stacks which leveed and
about the country Small grain In the fields and in stacks
was blown down. - ~ ~ ~ " 0
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-06
THE PRESIDENTS CONDITION.
A QUIET AND UNEvENTFUL DAY

A QUIET AND UNEVENTFUL DAY.
THE PATIENT TAKING SOLID FOOD AND SLEEPING
WITHOUT ANoDYNEs-HIs TONGUE ASSUMING A
NATURAL APPEARANCE-THE WOUND HEALTHY.
WASHINGTON, Aug 5-11:30 D. m.-Little can be
added tonight to the details of the Presidents case
given in the official bulletins. He has passed n
quiet, uneven full day. taking about the same
amount Of solid and liquid nourishment AS yester-
day, and sleeping quietly at intervals without
anodynes. His tongue, which has long shown
evidences of fever and of a dsordered con-
htion of the mucous membranes is now
assuming its natural appearance, and there
is noticeable Improvement in the processes of
digestion and assimila ion. The wound continues
To present healthy appearance, the discharge is
every respect satisfactory, and there is a strong
probability, although 1t is not founded positive
evidence, that the bah is becoming ency ted. The
PATIENTS temperature at the evening examination
was two ,tenths degree higher than yesterday, hut
the tebrlle rise of short duration. and at this
hour temperature and respiration re normal, and
the pulse has fallen beloA 100. The hypodermic
injection of salphate of morphia was again omitted
o-lGht and the patient is sleeping quietly without
II. The surgeons report that his progress toward
recovery to day has been entirely satisfactory