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The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-05-05
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HAY ith, 1881.
To tho Editors Of ths n. P Farmer.
have the names CT those gentle
men (0 from Deer Greek, who, while
on fishing excursion to Leaf Lake,
did felonous]y and with force, hreake
open my house and stable, and did
otherwise damage my property and
carry Off sundry articles. Now it
would be advisable for them to en-
teayor to make their peace with me.
before our grand jury is in session.
/ ana not the person to look over such
rascally conduct very easily.
The sound Of the hammer is a
continual din-the building erase is
on us-so mote it be.
I guess Wadena is not going to be
the only little junction city in these
parts. I expect before long, the AL
exandrians will pay us a visit, as the
Queen Of Theba did Solomon, 'with
4 very long train. Camel back en-
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-05-05

Those who prepared TO make ma
pie sugar, were quite disappointed,
as it did not pay for the work.
On the morning of the Goth ult.,
Geo. Cheney came smiling down
main street, all because of a little
girl just arrived at his place.
Our school marms are about to
leave us, and the neighborhood will
be scarce Of young folks.
Mr.. Warner and son, start for the
west next week: prospecting.
They are thinking of having no
summer school here, and having a
longer winter term next winter.
Uncle Jimmy has just found out
that he can make his own harroWs.
OCCASIONAL.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-05-05
wOCDSIDE pEA.IRIE.

Seeding is the order Of the day.
Pansies are in blossom.
Frank Emerson is 1T work near
Grove Lake, Pope county.
John Hawkins has finished his
house, and in company with E. Will
son. will start for Fargo Wednesday,
the 9th.
Cattle are running at large, rnd are
getting their living.
TO Lick Skillet will say, the time
to make garden is at hand, and down
this way we are hard at work scatter
ing the seed, and Aunt Thankful has
pie-plant large enough to make pies
Of.
Frank Quenett is at work on Par.
kers Prairie.
One man told me he finished seed
ing April 23d.
Mrs. J. NJ. Moore boasts Of having
the most ancient hen, which is 20
years old this spring. She has layed
two eggs this spring. and is as spry as
any Of the younger pullets.
Four men with teams, started for
Fargo last Wednesday.
Ada, youngest daughter of VIM.
Bratten: died Thursday. April 2Sth.
Mr.. Bratten is at Fargo. MIS-. Brat
ten is living at her brother-in.1aw's
in Oak Valley.
ATEn.-Josephine. Oldest daugh-
ter of N?m. and Jane Bratten, died
May I'd, aged three years. Funeral
will take place at J. E. Moore's, May
4th, a. m., and little Doddie, as jose
phine was called. will be buried by
the side of her sister, in Oak Valley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bratten have the SYM
pathy Of many friends. 1Scoa.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-05-05
wADFNA MINI THURSDAY MAY < 1884, Terms

gines too. Can you see the point, or
have made too good a shot. Next.
Our jail is completed, and our Mar
shall and deputy are always on hand
to do the polite to homeless editors,
&c. We are little too near Germa-
nv to make a temperance ordinance,
but the dogs catch hill. They are
compelled to lug around more brass
than YOUR humble servant does.
G.. D. c.. WILLIAMS.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-05-05
BEETHA, Todd COUNTY.

AS our communication failed to
reach it's destination in time, we can~
not account for it, but will try again.
Our stage has not been very regular
on account Of bad roads.
We have never seen q more beauti-
ful spring, and the roads are drying
fast.
The bridge over Wing River, at the
Cary crossing is finished. and is a
great improvement. The roads are
being corduroyed in places, and
worked generally.
Seeding has been going on the past
week, and farmers are very busy.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-05-05
CchPToN.

Woodticks have put in an appear
ance.
Joe Mee's youngest child, has been
dangerously i'll with lung fever.
Miss Mary Young is engaged to
teach tho school in this district, COM
mencing the 9Th.
Miss Jessie Manlove is teaching in
Pease Prairie, and Miss Ella Man.
love is teaching about three miles
from Par,Aers Prairie.
Will Osborn has gone to Alexan-
dria, to see his brother: the Rev. l.
r. Osborn, who goes to Boise City,
Idaho, this month. Will expects to
return in few days, when he will
take charge of the school in district
102, Oak Valley.
Seeding is we'll along.
George AfcQuillin finished seeding
wheat on the 23d, and his field al
ready presents quite a green appear
ance.
Potatoes are scarce and high-near-
ly out of reach. MCGGINS.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-05-05
IKEIAN.

Fine weather once more has come.
and everyone seems to be thankful
fer it. Seeding is going on nicely.
and good share of the grain is al
ready in the ground, whic is in fine
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-05-05

Some interesting facts in regard to
the reduction Of the public debt are
given by the New York Commercial
.4d:er:iser. Mr. 11cCulloch, Secreta.
ry Cf the Treasury under President
Johnson, audited The government
war obligations in four months, and
found, Aug. 81, 1885, that the total
debt ,'as -, 755, 295. 900, and the inter-
est charge $l5!. coo, 000 a year. At
tie close of Mr.. Johnson's term his
Secretary transferred! 70 the admins
trati0n OF General Grant q debt OF
Sc. 525, eco. 900. with an interest charge
of Sl24. W0,WO a year. III the eight
years c. General Grant, his SccIeta-
ries, chief Of WHOM w;ss Mr. Bout
well. reduced the pri.!cipa! CT the
deb; to -. 022&, 76l, 900, and the inter-
est to ;T24. 800. coo; and this was the
condition Of TIE public finances when
!resitlQ11:: Hayes took charge, with
.AIr. Sherman as his Secretary of the
Treasury, il 1877. The following
four e"ys the p.incipsl Of the debt
w;.s reduced 70 81 $40, $40 950, 0o0, and the
interest 10 SIC: SIS, 600 per annnm.
The actual reduction Of interest on
tie funded stocks, rs they stood at
the beginning Of the term, was SOL,
100000, new charge of $4,000
per annum being incurred Tor resump-
tion purposes.
Seeding has commenced in general
in this part of the State, and it will
be long before the fields will be green
with growing grain.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-05-05
Neighb0rhood News.
rAnEERB PRAIRIE.

rARKEIe P2A1RII.
Rev. Smith, Of Alexandria, preached
at this point Sunday last, at II O'Clock
a. M, and again at 7 p. M.
Rev. w. r. Cussick did not come as
was announced in the last FARMER,
to attend the quarterly meeting, ow-
ing to sickness.
Hail storm last Saturday.
May comes in with frost.
Everybody busy seeding.
Farmers are we'll advanced in their
seeding.
The church was we'll filled Sunday,
as it is every Sunday.
Elder Reeves is playing granger
this spring.
The Yellowstone fever has broken
out. Several have got it bad. F.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-05-05
Seeding Down Land.

There will be double the quantity
of land seeded down this spring, in
this State, than there ever was be-
fore in one season. When land is
employed in raising hay, we may ex-
pect that the farmers are making
money, because they raised stock to
consume it. We are Informed by
different seed merchants that their
orders for grass-seed Of most every
variety this spring has been so large.
that they had to import a good deal
from the east. This should not be.
Surely our Minnesota farmers raise
enough grass-seed to supply the de-
mand, and we expect they will in the
course Of year OF two, until then we
will in 4 measure have to depend on
the east for our supply.-7*ibunt.
Seed Corn.
We learn that there is quite scare
ity of seed corn throughout tlie west,
and general feeling Of dlstr,,st that
the seed is not of fist rate quality.
1t is very easy matter to try the
seed before planting. No seed Of a
doubtful character should he deposit
ed in the ground without first testing
it's vitality. There are several ways
OF doing this. Select from the corn
intended for seed. specimen ears CT
corn, shell a few kernels from each
ear, and soak for q couple of days in a
solution of saltpetre and water in the
proportions of & teaspoon Of saltpetre
to a quart Of water. If the germs are
not destroyed the seed Will start.
But better way is to mix the seed
with. q little earth in a small box.
The Garth should be moist and the
box kept where it is warm. Three or
four Gays will only he required to
test it's qualities. Frequently in
Minnesota farmers have to replant
their fields to corn, and in some in-
stances we have known them to
plant their land the third time before
the corn came up. Tribune.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-01-27
A Sons Alleged Sacrifice.

A lad in the Kansas pCnItcntiary, who
confessed few years ngo to having
murdered man named Farris, now
poses before the public as a devoted son.
He 3 Us hc became convinced st once
that his father had committed the
murder, but al the coroner's inquest
shielded hin and convicted himself.
The father then got out on bail. and tho
boy remained in Jail fvc months.
During his confinement the father visited
the son frequently. On one of these
yisits the boy was .old that there was a
bag containing a pair Of boots on top Of
a cupboard in the jsiler's Office. and the
father wanted them secured and burned.
There were two doors between the
prison and the Office, but 70 the surprise
of the boy the iai Ter strangely left these
two doors unlocked and the bag was
very easily got, and in the presence of
other prisoners, burned in the stove.
Two Of those witnesses are now in the
pcnitcntiary. These boots, it seems,
were the fathers, and bore marks that
pointed TO his guilt. Aftcr that the boy
was persuaded 10 sacrifice himself 10
save bis father. upon the promise that a
pardon would be procured in "A few
years on the ground OF his youthfulncss.
Afterward the mother visited tho
prisoner, and he thereupon confessed
to her that he had killed Farris
in a quarrel. when the case came up
for trial the young man pleaded guilty
TO the charge, and wholly exonera;ed
his father from all completely in the
bloody deed. After the prisoner had
been in the penitentiary a year, his
father and mother went 10 California.
After FIVE years the mother returned and
endeAvored 10 procure pardon for her
boy. but tailed. This Intelligence was
conveyed by letter TO the father, and he
killed himself. The knowledge of the
suicide. however, did not reach the boy
until some! time last September. This
IL one OF the most remarkable state
ments in criminal annals. That boy
Of sixteen should have the nerve TO
consign himself to disgraceful imprison-
mcnt TO shield a cowardly father seems
incredible. Fork Tribune.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-01-27
A BABY WITH TWO HEADS.
a Strange Creature In the Smithsonian
Institute--MyHtery ss 10 Its Origin.

Instituts--MyH yHtery ss 10 its Origin.
recent letter from Washington TO
the Philadelphia Times says: One OF the
officers of the Smithsonian Institute sent
me note day or two ago asking me
10 come over and see the strangest thing
that had ever been in the institution. /
went, as a matter of course, and WAS
surely shown very amazing thing. IL
was two, head ed baby, nicely dried and
preserved. II was about a foot long.
The heads, about the size OF base ball,
were perfect, and 30 were the
two trunks, which came together at the
waist. The shoulders seemed 10 be per-
feet, the four arms were perfect, and the
two chests were, so far as / could see.
natural and normal. The hips ap-
peared about the proper size for an in
fant OF that age, and the legs and feet
were natural. Every part Of the boys
to the hips seemed natural. Here the
ribs seemed TO grow together. The right
arm OF the left boy was over the head of
the other boy, while the left arm of the
right boy was around the neck of the
other. The other arms were stretched
along the sides. The child or children
were larger than usual at birth, and II
IS n conjecture whether il or they may
not have been born alive. The scientists
have not examined it critically; but SO
Tar there does not seem TO be any nat
ural reason why the children should not
have lived. 1t is certainly a more
curious freak OF nature than the Sia-
mese twins, except IN the matter Of
living. The remains arrived day
The case is enshrouded In good
deal of mystery and still more secrecy.
The authorities pretend that they have
not full history of the singular thing.
and whether they have or not il is
doubtful that 1t will ever be given TO the
public. Even the specimen itself IL
kept locked up in room with lot OF
rattlesnakes, and the people are not a.
lowed TO sec IL, and this Is the first pub
lication about it that has ever been
made. The probability is that the cx-
istence Of such child WAS concealed
by the parents, and that the remains
were found By accident, the parents be-
ina ignorant Of the finding. One thing
! noticed particularly about these baby,
or tina. babies. and that was the shape
OF the heads. They were as well de-
vclopcd heads AS / ever saw. They
were large at the top and the foreheads
were full and il did not slope back like
the Siamesc twins. What is TO become
with him is a question no one can an
swcr at the Smithsonian.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-01-27
SOME ODD HAPPENINGS.

By Il change of channel the Missouri
river cut off one thousand acres from
Kansas and added 1t TO Missouri.
A carpenter while repairing "A house
in st. Johns, discovered beneath II par.
TALLY decayed window-sill 5000 in
banknotcs.
The original seckel pear tree, $50 years
old, still stands on the shore Of the Della
ware. This tree was produced from u
seed that was washed on shore.
While the residence of Irving Clay,
OF Grand River, Mo-, was burning, IA
loaded musket lying upon gun rack
was discharged, and the contents, con-
consisting Of turkey shot, wounded two
Of the children.
When Miss Minnie Gorges. of Staun-
ton, Va. heard l.. 7. Benjamin. the solo
conetist Of visiting minstrel troupe
perform, she fell madly in love y ith him. d.
Opposition was useless, and after be-
trothal of two hours they were married
Ahi'llh NOunNy ltAau kathNltG
over 1000 bushels OF pecan nuts from
his farm and sold them in San Antonio
for S3.4O per busheL His net profit
was 3.4OO on the crop, the entire cost
OF gathering and marketing being
Just s25.
Ella Dorsey, the aflianced wife OF
Conrad Seitz, OF Monroe, Ala, when
notified of his death sent back this teie
gram: Delay funeral two days. ]
will be ready for buriGi with him." She
was; she committed suicide immedi.
ately aiterwnrd.
A diamond ring lay on marble slat
in Cambridge, Mass, where lady had
placed il before washing her hands. An
hour after ward a mouse was seen 10 run
across the room with the ring around
his body, having crawicd into il as II
was standing on its edge. The mouse
was afterward caught and the ring re.
/ covered.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-01-27
The Cotton King.

Mr. Richardson, Of Crosson. Miss. IL
the largest cotton planter in the world
and Is the cotton king OF America. lie
has worked hard all his life, and is still
working. He is popular with the
masses, and especially so with his
colorcd lRborcrs. He is generally be-
lieved TO have accumulated from sI5.-
O0o, OO0 20 SEQ O0a 600. all made in the
South, the poor South. Eight hundred
hands are employed in the factories,
three, fourths OF whom are women
gathered from the surrounding country.
good, faithful, industrious and intcili-
gent. The remaining fourth are men
and boys, gathered from various places.
few from the North and few from
England and Scotland. who work 400
looms and 1900 spindles.
In cotton these mills consume daily
from eighteen to twenty bales. besides
an enormous quantity of wool obtained
mostly from the Florida parishes of
Louisiana on Lake Pontchartrain The
prices OF the products OF these mil ls are
kept down to rock bottom, and these
mills being situated in the southern cot
ton belt and in the wool producing dis.
tricts, and no freights 10 pay on cotton.
their facilities for buying tue raw mate
rial are without doubt unsurpassed and
they can thus undersell all others
Their savings in freight. having to pay
none at all, amounts To seven or eight
dollars per bale. These goods find n
ready sale in all the large cities.
The mills are now running day and
night. using the Brush electric lights.
making the buildings as bright as day.
The night hands are separate and distinct
from those that work in the day. Al
hands work hArmoniously together.
There has never been strike or any
threats of such a thing. There IL no
colored labor employed. except five men
as firemen. This labor cannot be util.
| lied TO manage the looms and spindles.
The monotonous humming and dronine
OF the machinery, II Is claimed, would
invariably soothe the negro TO sleep and
let the looms run wild and the spindles
foul. Hence he is not considered avail
able as laborer in cotton factories.
Cresson Is a very thriving town, and its
population orderly and temperate. There
is not a Rrog shop in che towii. -Lonts-
vilie Courier Journal.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-01-27
+. ImnossibIe | How do YOU knowpn

Impossible How do you known
Never mind, | do know" Pauline
said, lifting her beautiful black eyes TO
his in the moonlight. Moreover, that
will Is In existence"
He stared mt her harder than before.
81 know where IL is"
"You doP"
Would you like TO see itP" slipping
her hand into her pocket.
81 certainly should"
How would you like 10 see Laura and
Robert Lester lording 1t at the Vanwirt
housep"
Lewis ground his teeth with involun'
tary rage. This decided the false, bold
girl beside him.
Lewis Vanwirt," she said, &" if that
will could he put into your possession
to do what you like with it, would you
marry n woman who loves you better
than Laura Work ever couldP"
"I would"
Trembling with JOY she drew out the
folded paper, and pu. it into his hand.
lie held IL up in the moonlight "A mo-
ment and then tbrusting it inside of his
breast turned suddenly and began to 20
swiftly toward the house. Pauline could
scarcely keep up with him. An awful
misgiving seized her.
what are you going TO do7"
You shall see,n he answered sternly,
and she read his determination in his
eyes.
What fool | was" she nuttored,
but made one effort more.
Laura and Lester won't ,..lnk you
for interrupting them"
No answer as he strobe on and
entered the drawing.room through
one of the open French windows.
Laura sat there. with her mother. She
had been crying. No one else was in
the room, lie laid the will upon her
lap.
II find" he said hurricdly, and in n
shaking voice. that my grandfather
lett his money to you. There is the
will that has been missing SO long.
hope. Laura, that you will be n great
deal happier with Mr.. Lester than you
would have been with me. But he will
never love you any better than do"
Laura deiests Robert Lester" cried
Mrs. Work, taking in the situation IA,
once. "She has never cared for any
one but you Lewis Yanwirt, and you
ought 20 know It,"
"Oh! my darlinRl" calculated Lewis,
wildly, extending his arms, "is it true''
In another instant Laura WAS sobbng
on his shoulder.
Pauline went quietly TO her own room,
and spent the night in packing. When,
the next morning, she announced her ap-
preaching departure, no one objected.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-01-27
Dog. bee and Pitcher.

A bee few into pitcher that stood
on a doorstep of house in Boston. A
dog, coming along, saw the bee, and bis
head went down into the pitcher after
the insect. The bee made II lively for
the dog, and he could not now withdraw
his head, and the circus began In earnest.
The dog howied fearfully and began 70
plunge wildly about, and then started
on mad run down the street. The dog.
being completely blindfolded by The
pitcher. could not guide himself, but gol
under the feet Of stout man. and both
took roll In the gutter, and the shouts
of the man, who did not attempt TO dis.
guise his annoyance, we're as loud as tht
yells OF the dog. A policeman, coming
up, broke up the pitcher and the show
at the same time.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-01-27
A Wise preeaniIan.

When diphtheria Is prevailing, no
child should be permitted to kiss strange
children nor those suffering from sore
throat (the disgusting custom OF COM
pelling children to kiss every visitor Is
a well-contrived method Of propogating
other grave diseases than diphtheria) /;
nor should Il sleep with nor be confined
TO ROOMS occupied by OF use articles. M
toys, taken in the mouth, handkerchief,
ETC., belonging to children having sore
throat, Group, or catarrh. 1.-THE weather
Is cold, tie child should be warmly clad
with fiai nels.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-01-27
No such Man.

Tho minister bit 'eTn every time.
And whel he spoke Of fashion,
And fiRgiu' out in bows and tbings,
As womhns ruin pasyion,
And comm 10 church 10 see tho styles,
couldn't help "a winkin'
And nudgin' my wife, and says !, That's
you"
And guess It sol L,T 20 thinkin'
just then the minister says, says he,
And now I've come TO the iellsrs,
Who'ye lost this shower by usin' their riends
AS sort o. moral unbrellers.
Go home" said he, "and md your iaulU,
Instead oi huntin' your brothers.;
Go home" said he, 4" and wear the coats
You tried to fit Tor Others"
Ny wife she nudge1, and Brown he winkeG.
And there was lots o suilin'
And lots o lookin' at our pew;
Ii rot my blood bilin'
Says 10 myself, our minister
Is gcttin' little bitter;
I'll tell him, when meetin's out that
Ain't at all that kind OF a critter.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-01-27

The Figaro states that two ph NOM
email specimens OF humanity are now
in Paris; one Is giant and the other a
dwarf. The giant named Nicolai Simon
of, seven feet Eve inches high, Is n
young Russian of twenty four. who
served in the body-guard of tho en-
peror of Russia during the Turkish
campaign. He is one of the one hun
dred and seventy men who forced a
passage across the Danube near Sem.
nitza on the 18th of June. 1877. and was
rewarded with the int-George medal
fof bis bravery. During the war many
of his companions fell around him while
he escaped unhurt, and as some people
expressed their astonishment at the
fact, " 1t Is very simple" he said; "All
the shots passed between my legs
Nicolai SimonoG began TO grow so enor-
mously only when he was about twenty ;
until eighteen he was of ordinary stat
ure. He had married before joining the
military service, and on his return his
wife, much astonished TO see giant
enter her house as ber husband. refused
to recognize him.
Princess Paulina, the dwarf. is Dutch
she measures only one foot two inches.
The giant holds her on his stretched-out
palm.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-01-27
80 Odd peOple.v

Undoubtedly odd people have their
consultations. In the first place, they
are quite sure not TO be weak people.
Every one with a marked individuality
has always this one great blessing-he
can stand alone. In his pleasures and
his pains he Is sufficient TO himself, and
II he does not get sympathy he can gen
orally do without 1t. Also peculiar F"
people, though not attractive TO the
many. by the few who do love them are
sure to be loved very deeply; as we are
apt 10 love those who have strong sal
lent points, and in whom there is a good
deal TO get over. And, even II unloved,
they have generally great capacity OF
loving-a higher, and, 1t may he, n safer
thing. For affection that rests on an
others love often leans on broken reed /;
love which rests on itself is founded on
a rock and cannot move. The waves
may lash, the winds may rave around
Il; but there II Is. and there It will
abide.