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Connecticut western news., 1882-11-15
A Fish Pond for Carp.

Seth Green, the eminent pisciculturist, writes about a new way of sup plying families with fish. He says:
 My opinion has often been asked how @ carp pond should be constructed for family use. The pond can be made ill any shape to suit the locality, but l would prefer egg shape, if the locality was just as suitable for it. The pond would breed flies of @ great many kinds, one of the kinds being mosquitoes. The larvae of flies is the best food for young fish. l have bred them by the bushel, but some of the mosquitoes would be apt to take wing before the pond got well stocked with young fish, and to protect the family in a measure I would advise building the pond to the leeward of the house in the prevailing winds of the locality. If, for instance, the prevailing wind was from the west, the pond would be built to the east, northeast, or southeast of the house. I would prefer the pond to the northeast or southeast, because if placed directly to the east, the house would make lee under which the mosquitoes could easily
 each 1t. The mosquito can beat any sailing craft before the wind, but on the wind they are nowhere in the race, as they have no keel. The whole human family should be thankful to the Creator for not putting Q keel on them, and if their bowsprit had not been quite so sharp, they might not receive so many handkerchief salutes from the verandas of the Long Island hotels, but would be just as useful and ornamental
 The pond can be built with blow and sc.Aper. It should have deep place in the centre, and be shallow on the edges
 If you have square sides, the young fish will have no protection from the old ones. When scraping is commenced, carry the dirt as far back as you intend making the lower outside of your embankment, and keep scraping until the pond is four to six feet deep in the centre. If the locality is such that the ice freezes very thick, the pond should be made deeper and holes kept open through the ice during the | WlnCer to Keep the ISn rom Suf1Ocat1ng. If the embankment is raised three feet and pounded down and sodded or sown to grass, the water could be raised so that but three feet in the centre would have tc be excavated in order to have pond six feet deep. The whole pond should be sown with some kind of grass or water plant, with the exception of about fifty ol seventy-6ve feet square in the centre The grass and water-plants make the spawning grounds, breed food, and pro tect the young. The pond should no contain any other kind of fish, and if the grass gets too thick it can be raked out.
Connecticut western news., 1882-11-15
kitchen floor, amid the astonished stare'

kitchen floor, amid the astonished stares of dozen eyes.
 ''It came by express said the burly teamster, "but may be you'd had tc wait for it while, only for Farmer Ray I'm 'twork at Farmer Rays" And warding off the hearty thanks that fol lowed by repeating, Farmer Ray sent il along I'm 'twork for Farmer Ray" he departed.
 Bert gave wild shout. All the chil- dren crowded around the barrel.
 "Who sent it?'' "What's in it?''
 "Where's the hammer 9
 "Oh do open it.
 But the confusion of tongues ceased as MT. Lane brought. hammer and hatchet, and they watched with breathless interest the unloading of the barrel.
 "Oh p "Ah!' "Let me see p burst forth as the contents began to ap- pear.
 "Hush, children !" said MT. Lane ; there's letter for mother. Be quiet while she''reads it. Here, Mary"
 The letter was only this:
 GA Thanksgiving remembrance from Susan and Ellen"
 "There I knew it was from Aunt Susan" exclaimed Bessie.
 'Aunt Ellen's rich, isn't she, mother?'' asked Amy.
 "Oh, do let's unpack it, said Bert, eagerly. "May I help, father ?"
 What wonderful barrel that was. It seemed to the children as if one of the stories of the Arabian Nights had come true. As the packages were unrolled one after another, the contents were greeted with shouts of delight An Thanksgiv- ing had begun already
 There was soft woolen cloth for dresses, an overcoat for father, warm flannel un- der-garments, jackets and trousers-not all new ones, but good, and ready to put on, boots Chow ever did Aunt Susan know the right sizes ?, shawl for mother, { cloak for Bessie, woolen sacques for Amy and Sue, books and newspapers, pack age of tea, and
 "See here," exclaimed Bert, as he drew out large pasteboard box; "'Fol Bessie, it says on it. Bessie couldn't say @ word, but tool the box and silently united 1t.
 Worsteds = red, white, blue, black every color knitting silk, needles, canvas and book of printed directions how t make any quantity of fancy things. AnC little note from Aunt Susan, telling he that there was to be Fair at their churcl next March, and that she and Aunt Ellel would buy all the pretty things she coulo make before that time. "Oh mother p said Bessie, softly, whil, her eyes filled with tears, ''this is jus what I wanted. Now I can earn some thing to help us through the winter
 In the very bottom of the box there wa another note-from Aunt Ellen. It en closed little Thanksgiving gift, D whicl Bessie was to expend as she ''though best"
 | A tumultuous time followed, and Bert standing with arms akimbo, gazing wit satisfaction on the filtered floor, expresse the feeling of every one when he impul sively exclaimed:
 "That blessed old barrel Well, T. never think even way down in my heal that we've nothing to be thankful for, S long as we have dear Aunt Susan !''- l Youths Companion.
Connecticut western news., 1882-11-15

COUNTERFEIT TENs.-The secret ser vice agents of the Government have re- ceived information that about twenty counterfeit ten dollar bills have been put in circulation, mostly in the uptown dry goods stores. The note may be detected by the following peculiarities It is printed in rather paler ink than the gen. rline bill. The words, ''This is legal tend, CT for tendollars, are very imperfectly en graved. The vignette portrait of Webster which is printed upon it is coarsely done and the nose and lips are represented as large and heavy. The imprint on the bill is also imperfect. There has been { large circulation of these counterfeit notes in the Western States, and one of tho | plates used in the printing has been SC cured by the government.
Connecticut western news., 1882-11-15
TERMS ;
THE WIFE.
TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH.

 -Ahod was a wealthy herdsman of the plain, His wife one summer day set down her pitcher Andlay and slept beneath tree in Bethel, And sleeping had dream after this fashion: At first it seemed she woke from such dream, And Ahod said thus: ''Wife get thee up in
 haste.
 Last year I sold to merchants of Sagor A hundred sheep; they owe me still one third lis a long way and but feeble now, Whom can send to Sagor in my stead? Few are the faithful envoys one may trust. Go thou and claim those thirty silver shekels ," Then spoke she not of terror, or the desert, Or thieves, but said: ''Dear lord, am thy
 servant"
 And when with his right hand he showed the
 way.
 She wrapped her mantle round her and de-
 parted
 The road was hard, and thick with pointed
 stones
 That cut her feet and made tears brim her eye
 lids;
 But, ceasing not, she journeyed all the day, For ceasing in the evening journeyed still, Taking no heed of sight or sound-when To, Suddenly, with fierce cry, one leapt upon her, Held tight her mouth, and with the other hand Rent of her mantle; then before he fled Stabbed her, leaving the dagger in her breast. A sudden start of horror in her dream Woke her thereat.
 Her husband stood before her. ''To merchants of Sagor, said he, 'I sold Last year one hundred sheep; one-third is
 owing.
 Whom may send to Sagor in my stead? Since faithful messengers are few to find, Go thou and claim those thirty silver shekels.' y Then the wife said 'Thou art my lord; go." She called her children to her, laying her hand Upon the elders head, kissing the younger. Then, wrapping on her mantle, she departed.
Connecticut western news., 1882-11-15

WHAT IS WANTED.-Our imports must be settled for by our exports, says Rufus Hatch, or else we shall ''go to the wall. ," We are likely to have an outflow of gold to Europe next year unless we begin first to buy less of their products, and next to to bring out fewer dog-carts, fourth hands, paintings by the old masters, bro cades, jewels and laces, and send over to them more corn, hogs and cotton, or "'73 will overtake us early in the spring instead of late in the fall.
Connecticut western news., 1882-11-15
Keep the Boilers Heated.

A reporter dropped into our largest re- tail establishment Wednesday.
 ''You have great rush of business, :" remarked the reporter.
 "Yes, replied the proprietor, 'partly because it is holiday season, but mainly on account of advertising"
 "How can you tell whether advertising pays?'
 'I can tell that advertising pays by stopping it. I've tried it. Trade drops the tide of purchasers flows some other way"
 Suppose you should give up adver- tising?"
 ''I should save big pile of money, but should lose a bigger pile. You must keep the boilers heated if you want steam If you bank your fires too long, it takes time to start up. Advertising is tho steam which keeps business moving I've studied the matter "-BostOn Journal
 A SUNBURY girl, who married recently says her husband would soon be { wealthy man if he would only work a hard now as he did when he was making l love to her.
Connecticut western news., 1882-11-15

AFTER HIS SHARE.-The will of the late Mary M. Perkins of Bos ton reads '' leave to my husband," etc., meaning Ezra G. Perkins, though she did not de- scribe him by name. John Hardy, from whom she supposed herself divorced be- fore marrying Perkins, now claims the property, on the ground that he was her lawful husband, the divorce proceedings having been fraudulent. The Probate Court decided that the estate be divided between the two men, and the case is be- fore the Supreme Court on appeal.
 IT IS the sure badge of clown not oc mind what pleases those he is with.
Connecticut western news., 1882-11-15

You mustn't touch the top of the baby's head, " said mother to her little four year-old "she has soft spot there that is very tender" The yormgster gazed at itcmiously it for moment, and then asked, "Do all babies have soft spots on their heads ?" "Yes." Ibid papa have soft spot on the top of his head when he was baby?" "Yes," replied the mother, with sigh, "and he has got it vet" And the old man, who had over- heard the conversation from an adjoining room, sang out, "Yes, indeed he has, my dear boy, or he would be single man to-day"
Connecticut western news., 1882-11-15

AN IRISH STEw-Sir Garnet Wolscley is so minute in his "Soldier's Pocket Book" that he gives even a receipt for making an Irish stew:
 169 lbs. meat, 6 OF. salt,
 Is '' potatoes, 1 pepper,
 |" onions, ID. flour. Cut the meat away from the bone, and then into pieces of ! ID. each the loin and neck of mutton into chops disjoint the shoulder, and cut the blade-bone into four pieces Gf leg, cut into slices) l inch thick, rub them with the salt, pepper and flour, and place the meat in the boiler with some fat, brown it on both sides, then add the onions whole, and then tho potatoes, and enough water to cover the potatoes stew gently for two hours, keeI the fire down and well covered during the cooling.
Connecticut western news., 1882-11-15
A BATCH OF JOKES.
A LITTLE WESTERN WIT GATHERED
 IN AND DISCUSSED. The Lime kiln CIub-It StOpped-An Incident in Press I.ife-A Little AlIspice, etc.
ABOUT LOTTERIES.

ANOA AA-AtA-Ss
 The Secretary of the Detroit Lime Kiln Club announced communication from prominent citizens of Frankfort, Ky, asking if the Lime-Kiln Club has any settled policy regarding lotteries, and Brother Gardner replied:
 ''I can't say dat we has. A few months ago, when Whalebone Howker drew $50 in a lottery, I made up my mind dat lot teries war 0 good thing. Las week when I diskivered dat de $5 had invest ed hadn't drawn muffin tall I felt dat lotteries were delusion and 0 snare. Whar' you am certain ob drawin' @ prize a lottery am good thing, an you needn't feel bad fur de company. Whar' you have any doubts bout gittin' back $50 fur $1, you'd better gin de money to de ole woman to buy shoes. ."-DotroH Free Press.
 IT STOPPED AT CABBAGE.
 A colored man living on Indiana street lately had occasion to ask the advice of the patrolman ill that district as to how he should treat some boys who called him names as he passed a certain corner.
 "I wouldn't mind 'em," was the reply.
 "Jist what I reckoned on" said the complainant. "I had my mind made up to treat 'em wid proud disdain. But dar's naybuu O mine who frows clubs at my dog an cusses my chill'en. Would you also come de proud disdain over him?"
 "Yes, I think so.
 "An' dar's white man hbin' round de co'ner who say stole his ax. l reckon dat proud disdain will fix him if I keep it up long enough?''
 "It certainly will.'
 "Wall, den it am settled dat I doan talk back in none O desc cases, but dar am one fing want understood right heah an now. De nex' time I am injoyin' an ebenin' siesta on de door-steps and a six pound cabbage hits me on de middle west-button dar won't be any proud dis. dain to be had in any grocery fur a mile arolln' I'ze gwine to rig up an yell fun revenge du SuOuU TUT DIOOu, ttu Slo OSSt fer who interferes wid me am gwine to be rendered unconscious fur forty-eight days !'-Det1'Ot Free Press. | A LITTLE WIGGLE. | A lady now visiting at River Park i: the mother of seven small children, al of whom are exceptionally bright. On, of these, a four year old boy, showed a grent reluctance to attend church, ant was constantly in disgrace when there His mother tried every means to induce him to sit still, but in vain, until at las the little fellow said:
 Mamma, there's just one way yol can keep me still in church.
 "What is that" asked his mother eagerly.
 ''Just let me take off my shoes an, stockings so I can wiggle my toes, an' I'll keep as still as a mice. .'-Dctro1 Post and Tribune.
Connecticut western news., 1882-11-15
THAT BLESSED BARREL.
BY MARY TTTCOAIB.

A Suggestion for Thanksgiving.
Connecticut western news., 1882-11-15
DOMESTIC INFELICITY.
A LITTLE ALLSPICE.

A LAWYER is cited before the Bar Asso- citation for having conferred upon his vel low dog the name of a brother advocate
 Sir" says the president of the Associa- tion, ''how could you carry so far your unprofessional and dishonorable ami mostly as to commit such an act?" ''I beg your pardon" replies the accused, ''but the name have called my dog by is not the name of my learned brother. They write their names differently P
 THE following auecdote is told of an artist who made an important discovery in the mixing of his pigments. This he confided to a friend. Later the friend finding brother of the guild puzzline over the same problem, came to the first begging permission to disclose the
Connecticut western news., 1882-11-15
AN INCIDENT IN PENIS LIFE.

And now, Ill cOncllSlOn, said Will jam Penn, ''for time flies and money is twelve per cent, I'll tell thee what I'll do with thee We didn't come here to rob thee, but if thee has any land thee wants to sell, I'll make thee an offer as square as horse trade. I don't care to buy, anyhow, and I don't want to beat thee out of foot of ground, but if thee is anxious to sell, I'll give right here, cash and goods right down on the coun- ter, $500 for the State of Pennsylvania, with all the dips, spurs, angles, sinuos- ities, stock, good will, fixtures, subscrip- ton and mailing lists, and all the appur- tenances thereunto appertaining be the same more or less, and you can take it or leave it.
 ''They want you," the interpreter ex- plained, 'sto make it five hundred and a half."
 ''Couldn't do it," replied Penn. ''I won't make dollar out of it at $500. I've paid ZIG, ,000 for it already to @ man who never owned foot of it, and I can't put much more money Into It.
 "He wants to know, Onas," the inter preter said, when native delegate ceased to speak (Onas was the nearest the In dians could get to a translation for Penn's name. ''Onas," meaning Q quill al though why it wasn't just as easy to say Penn, even with two n's, no one but al Indian could telD ''he wants to know Onas, if you paid 916,OO0 for the State to land -grabber who couldn't and can give you a deed, if you think it is { square deal to offer the rightful owners only $500 to quiet title p
 And the silence that fell on the assem bly, was so profound you might hav' heard a gum drop-BURDETrE
 DOMESTIC INFELICITY.
 A visitor at the Percy Yerger mansion on Austin avenue, remarked, as h. caressed little Mollie Yerger:
 'She takes after her papa, and has go his hair"
 "No," said the little cherub, tits no me that takes after papa, and gets Ill hair. It's mamma who does that whe he comes home tight '-7er0s SIftingS
 LITTLE ALLSPICE. A LAWYER is cited before the Bar Assc citation for having conferred upon his ye low dog the name of brother advocate } Sir, says the president of the Associa ton, chow could you carry so far you
The Columbus journal., 1882-11-22
For the JOURNAL.
Is there a Remedy for Ii?

For the JOURNAL.
Is there a Remedy for IL?
Mr.. EDITOR will you be kind
enough to insert in your widely read
paper the description of q newly ap-
pearing fatal disease of young cattle ?
May be one of your numerous read
ers, or able correspondents can give
q remedy.
Several young cattle, spring calves,
thus far. have fallen a prey to a pecu.
liar trouble. They begin to swell
about the head until it gets to be about
twice it's natural size; they stop eat
ing, breathe with difficulty until
finally they cannot breathe at all, and
die, apparently of suffocation. Sever
al uice shoats have also died. They
begin to swell under the jaw and die
soon, and after death the skin rapidly
assumes . dark color as of mOrtifica-
tion. What can be done for the poor
calves and pigs? INQUIRER.
The Columbus journal., 1882-11-22
FlNAl. PROOF.
Land Office at Grand Island, Seb. I

Land Office 1T Grand Island, Neb.,l
Nov. =, 1882.
NOTICE is hereby given that the
~ following named settler has filed
notice of his intention to make final
proof in support of bis claim, and that
said proof will be made before the Clerk
Of the District Court of Platte County,
at Columbus, Nebraska, on Dec. 14th,
1882, viz:
George A. Linn, Homestead No. 1922
for the W. Il 5. +. u Section 20, Town.
ship ~ North of Range 1 west. He
names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cul-
tivatiOn of said land, viz: David Brooks,
Robert Harper, Benjamin Harper, julius
Kruger all of Humphrey, Platte, County,
Nebr.
29-w-5 NJ. y. HOXIE, Register.
The Columbus journal., 1882-11-22
Platte Center Items.

Mr.. EDITOR The political excite
ment being over you will allow more
pesceably disposed correspondents to
come in again, and report the material
progress SO apparent everywhere in
our state. Several new buildings are
rapidly gciug up in Platte Center.
which, with other enterprises, makes
1t rather lively here.
Mr.. Williams has opened 8 new
boarding house and is doing we'll.
VIM. Bloedorn's hardware store Is
we'll patronized and will soon be
moved into his new building being
erected for it.
DR.. Powel's new house, intended
for drug store, q harness shop and
dwelling is nearly completed.
The Sunday school people are also
up and doing. They intend holding
Sunday school concert on the 26th
at ~ O'Clock p. m. They have invit-
ed the Sunday schools of Wattsville
and Postville to participate, and in
tend to make it q success a. far a.
good vocal and instrumental music,
declamstions, dialogues, etc., can make
it 90.
In the country around the city of
Platte Center we aleO notice much
progress. New buildings are going
up everywhere and old ones are being
enlarged and improved. Up Shell
Creek we see quite a number of good
buildings. One substantial improve
ment was made by Mr.. T. Flynn for
Mr.. A. Heinrich in the shape of a new
brick basement under his house. The
Joseph's family and Mr.. R. Lewis
have built good houses. Others We
will notice NEXT TINE.
The Columbus journal., 1882-11-22
Real Estate Tran.fers.

Reported for the JOURNAL for the
week ending last Saturday, by Gus.
G. Becher & Co:
U to William Smith, patent lots l
and 2, section 10, II, 2 west, 81 acres
Jacob Ripp and wife to Theodore J
Sherwood, W. d. $50; part lot 3, block
2, Humphrey
Gideon E Colby and wife to An
drew Anderson W. d. $2OSO; seA
sec 8, and sw1, sec 9, Ii, l west, 800
acres
Simon Finton to Patrick Coleman,
". d. $1,000; ue4, 8, 20, 3 west
w N Mason and wife to John H
Socrider, W. d. $500; ne4, "a, Is, 3
west
U S to Peter Snyder, patent, e1a.
swA, %, 10, west, 80 acres
q S to Randolph NJ johnson, pat
ent, 81, sea, II, 20, l east. so acres
j A Fleharty and wife to Ingar
c Rasmussen, ". d. $3.50; lot 2, block
PRR Co to c Ridgely Schott, W..
d. $500; ne4, seA 5, II, l west, 40
acres
Augustus Lockner and wife to Da-
vid Anderson, W. d. $3.50; ne4, seL
nw4, "a, II, west
Ellen L Schott to NJ Whitmoyer,
". d. 500; ne4, sea, 5, II, l west
40 acres
U PRy Co to Michael Powers, W.
d. $50; ne14, ne4, 25, l8, 3 west, 40
acres
U s to Margaret Mahood, patent,
lots 3 and 4, section %, II, l west, IS
acres
William Ryan and wife to Patrick
Ducy, ". d. $500; VIZ, se4, 80, 19, 2
west, 80 acres
U S to John Msher patent 81, neA,
"a. Is, 9 west, 80 acres
Walter Rice and wife to Thomas
Hill ". d. $1,000; ne14, sw4, and VIZ,
seI4, 25, Is, 3 west, 12O acres
U S to William Ryan patent, VIZ,
seL, %, l9, 2 west
Charles E Rickly to Albert E Rick
ly ". d. $500; lot l in So, 6 in ll8, 6
in l45, 3 and 4 in l99, and 4 in PIP
Charles E Rickly to John Hoffman,
W. d. 1912; undivided y interest, M
seL4, and lots IL, IL, and 13, 80, II, l
east, l25 and 40 hundredths acres.
The Columbus journal., 1882-11-22

"A couple of gentlemen from ILL.,
nois who put up at the Lindell House
the other dsy,--snnouncing that they
had come all the way out here for q
goose hunt,--took the esst-bound
train for home the following morning
after having inquired the way to the
river and started out for their first
days sport. They stated to the land
lord of the Lindell who met them at
the depot that they did not find the
river, but met q man who had been
down there and as there was no geese
they had concluded to 60 home. The
little incident opens a wide field for
conjecture as to the probable cause for
SO hasty resolution to 60 home. 1t
ia possible that they were exceedingly
fresh as goose hunters, and highly
colored visions had been too rudely
by couple of hours devotet.
ed practically to the sport.
The Columbus journal., 1882-11-22
Letter List.

The following is list of unclaimed
letters remaining in the post-office, in
Columbus, Neb., for the week ending
November IL, 1882:
B-Mathew Burk, Fred. Boenholdt, D.
K. Bell.
C-Wm. Costler.
CIV. H. GreswOld*.
a-H. c. Hardy.
Ia. NJ. Love, Henry Lawrence.
M. Manvilie.
R-C. H. Randall.
T-Dell Turner.
w-Amelia Wenzel, Wagner & Swain,
Mrs. Lee Wilson, Augusta Wendt.
Registered letter, Valentine Stempeck.
If not called for in 30 days will be sent
to the dead letter office, Washington, d.
c. When called for please saw "adyer.
tised, as these letters are kept separate.
E. A. GERARD, P. NJ,
Columbus, Nebr.
The Columbus journal., 1882-11-22
PROBATE NOTICE.

In the matter of the Estate Of Edward ID.
Sheehsn, deceased:
NNOTICE is hereby given that the
~ creditors OF said deceased, will meet
the Administrative and Administrator OF
said estate, before me, County Judge OF
Platte County, Nebraska, ut the county
Court Room, in said County, on the 3oth
day Of August, 1882, on the 3Oth day OF
November, 1882, and on the 30 day oi feD-
ruary- 1888. at 10 O'Clock, A. NJ. each day,
for the purpose of presenting their claims
for examination, adjustment and allow
snce. Six (6) months are allowed for
creditors to present their claims. and one
wear for the ADMINISTRATIVE and Admin.
istrstor to settle said estate, from the 5d
day Of August, 1882.
Dated, July 2Ith, A. ID. lsS2.
JOHN u. HIGGINS,
lax County Judge.