The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-04-27
Terms: $500 Per Year.
that this is an outrage if it is SO.
Please answer in FARMER.

DENGO.
AS will be seen by reference TO
section 81, General Statutes Of 1878,
tho herd law applies to Otter Tailand
Polk counties, but not to Wadena or
Todd counties, SO that our friends in
Otter Tail must take care OF their
stock.-ED. FARMER.
VEENokLE.
J. II. Bradford has the measles.
We cendo]e-congratula con-con
well, it's condcle or congratulate.
one or the other. and for the life Of
Us we can't tell which. But the
brother has our best wishes for
speedy recovery.
A cold wave struck lis just as we
were about to doff the robes of winter
wear for the lighter and more airy
ones of summer. and we felt COZ.
strained to hustle back into oyercoats
and flannel stockings at double-quick.
We are rather Of the opinion that
the lndlsereetness Of old Winter war
rants US in ':Lingering in the lap"
etc., and it is rash in our dear friend
10 to get mad and want to ':sloot
u.s." Truly
"Jealousy is green-eyed monster
That doth mock the meat it feeds
upon.'
The new hardware hnilding Of
Stewart's is being push d rapidly.
! and he evidently means busne: 8.
Competition is the life Of trade.
| School closad Friday. The school
gave an entertainment in the after
noon, presenting Out in the Streets
and bush in Bath" A goodlv mum.
ber of visitors present.
Mr.. McNair will soon have his new
business house completed. The shelv-
ing is in, and counters are being put
in place. II. Allen is head workman.
81 Humphrey, an employee in
Wetherell's saw-lnill. was caught in
! the gearing a few days since, strip
ping his clothing al off and breaking
both legs. besides other injuries. He
has since died.
Mr.. Gill has removed to THOMPSON
street: and is putting up kitchen. I.
". will go to Staples soon to run the
engine in the planning mill.
The prescience Of our friend from
; "Beyond the Leaf" in previously de.
termining what is to appear in the
public prints proves him to possess 8
} knowledge of other worlds than this,
for what human Can SO divinel
Glass-ball shooting few days since
Participants: A. Petit. NJ. Foote
T. Mckinley, c. Brown, D. Fessen
den. \. Petit champion.
Josh Billings says to call man ,
liar usually means fight. Fighting Is
sometimes justifable, and this is one
of the Instances. a man who has
any regard for his honor or word will
defend it. A loud-mouthed person
recently applied that epithet to one
Of our most respectable citizens, and
Immediately went to grass. Don't
call man liar unless you are bigger
and stouleI than he is
The man who arrived in our town
under rather peculiar circumstances.
having evidently been beaten and
thrown off the train for dead. or fell
off and was very badly damned, is at
the Crandall House and is mending
slowly. There is no little anxiety to
know just how the thing happened.
! Rev. Forbes delivered a practical
sermon to large and attentive audi
ence at the school-house yesterday
Sunday morning. MI. F. is an earn.
est and entertaining speaker.
The aurora borealis was very grand
Sunday night, and also Wednesday
night. We read that the electricity
SO overcame a minister in Cleveland
that he tumbled over in the middle
Of prayer. and the people all felt
peculiar. We notice it had a very
strange effect on some Of our young
people, who were 80 overcome that
they stood by the garden fence gazing
heavenward until the wee small hours
drew on. They aver there was never
anything ST delightful. so grand. so
sublime. The young lady who told
about sitting up until o'clock kind
O forgot herself, hey! And the young
couple who were found sitting on top
of an eisht-rail fence at midnight at
tribute this rather strange proceeding
to the effect Of the aurora. No DOUBT
: of it. Aurora! lovers are sighing for
thy return. VERNON.