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The Columbus journal., 1882-09-27

| amount of hay and grain, and required
a great amount of care, and have been
subjected to many dangers, but are not
able to command the price they would
several months before. There is moth
ing to show for the food they have eaten
except a few loads of manure The
record of the COWS kept for giving milk
should be carefully examined, and if it is
not good the inferior animals should BE-
prepared for the butcher. Few persons
engaged in general farming keep good
dairy stock. They have ordinarily sew
eral general purpose" cows-that is.
COWS that will breed calves of fair quail
ty as beef-producers, and which
will give some milk for quite a limited
period. They are not cows. however.
which an intelligent dairyman would
keep for a term of years, even if he
could obtain them as 4 gift. These in
ferior mixers should be converted into
beef, and their places supplied by cows
that will give double the amount of milk.
Most flock-masters agree in the opinion
that it is not desirable to keep sheep
that can be converted into mutton after
they are four years old. They will pro-
duce large feeces and drop good lambs
after that time. but their value as meat.
producing animals will begin to decline.
1t will require more food, and that of .
better quality, to fatten them as they be-
come old. and their flesh will be of less
value. As to fowls. no one wishes to
buy those that are old, however fat they
NAV be.-Chica0O Times.
The Columbus journal., 1882-09-27
Destruction Of Salmon.

The salmon fishery on the Pacific
coast, which, at one time. was q source
of large profit and q vocation which
afforded employment TO a large number
Of persons. is threatened with partial
destruction. Inc salmon is one of the
nOblest of fishes, and a country whose
waters abound in them is highly favored;
but the Unsuitable American greed which
has destroyed millions of acres of noble
timber and almost annihilated the once
mighty herds of game Oh the Western
plains, has subjected the Pacific coast
fisheries to the same ruinOus process.
Ten years ago the pack of canned sal
mon was $1,000 cases; last year it was
961, 900 cases, worth s. 1000, 900. This
year the catch is very short, not more
than one-half that of last year. and the
Gamers are growing serious ut the sud-
den decline in = business which they
have pursued with such destructive avid.
ity. In spite Of the State laws passed to
preserve the fish during the spawning
season, the Sacramento and Columbia
Rivers are dragged 50 necessarily night
and day that the fish have the greatest
difficulty in reaching their spawning
grounds. In places where once boat
loads were the fruit Of aday's work, only
a dozen fish now reward the labor Of q
fisherman, and the exhaustion of the
California and Oregon fisheries is seer
to be an inevitable event if thorough and
vigorous measures be not taken to avert
it. The salmon have been driven north
ward, and Frazer River in British Amer
lea and the waters Of Alaska now abound
in the fish that once entered the COlum-
bia and Sacramento. A few years Of
assiduOus and judiciOus cultivation would
suffice to restore the fisheries 10 their
former condition; but it Is difficult to
enforce this cultivation against the rapa-
cious demands of the eanneries.-&.
Louis Republican.
The Columbus journal., 1882-09-27
The Last OF Ira Fletcher.

Forty years ago, Ira Fletchsf. Z
young man of twenty-One years, was
disappointed in love affair with 3 young
girl residing between Skowhegan. Me.
and NOrridge Neck. He was Of = proud
sensitive nature, and took his rejection
to heart with a greater degree of regre,
than the average Masculine is Spt to
feel. He packed his few effects. and.
bidding good bye to his family, de-
parted out into the world. they knew
not where. For q time he was remem-
bered and expected. but. as the lapse of
time brought no tidings. he was at length
given up rs among the dead. Finally.
Il few days ago \ time WORE wanderer
appeared at the old homestead in Skow-
hogan. He told his story, and was re-
cOgnized is the lOng-lOst Ira A brother
settled in New London N. H., was at Once
notified and preparation was made for the
family reunion Meanwhile Ira Fletcher
revisited the once familiar scenes of his
boyhood only to find them changed. His
favorite hill top in the vicinity was OBJ
scured by a dense growth of timber and in
the depressed state of his mind. excited by
the other changes he witnessed. ever this
little circumstance gave him additional
trouble. After the second day of his re-
turn he began to be uneasy. and his de-
preston deepened. His friends ell
deavored in vail to cheer him. Sud
denly, and without saying farewell. no
departed as m~ysteriOusly Is he came.
When the brother arrived at New Lon
don. the object of his search was gone.
1t now transpires that in a tit of uncon-
trolla5le feeling he walked to NOrridge-
wOck and then took ! train for Water
vile. The folio lag night he appeared
at East Greenville. r. l.. and finding
that life no longer possessed charm his
philosophy was no longer proof against
the chrushing weight of the vents Of the
last few days. and he placed the pistol to
his breast with the muttered farewell,
"Here is the last of old Ira Fletcher"
and entered that vague and misty IN
known something after DEATH" mel
"ken not of."-PTovidence Press.
The Columbus journal., 1882-09-27
EyceDtiOnal Weather.

A season of unusual character is sure
to call forth, V from persons of much
experience, the observation that they re-
member nothing like it before. In truth,
the power of accurately recalling past
weather is excessively rare; and, in the
absence of precise records. the memories
even of the oldest inhabitant must be
received with doubt. The weather which
is fine we accept a a matter of course,
and forget it as Dol as it is over: while
that which is the reverse of fine scarcely
produces a more permanent impression.
1t is said, by those who have studied
such subjects, that no effort of memory
can recall a vivid impression Of past
pain, and there is probably much truth
in the statement. The power of appeal
ing correctly to experience, which super
fetal people regard as an elementary
gift of nature. is, in fact, a product of
the highest intellectual cultivation, and
is simply impossible to the illiterate Or
the %untaught. There may be no inten-
ton to deceive, but there is an incapacity
to observe or record with accuracy.
Astronomers tell us that the regions of
the earth which now enjoy a temperate
climate will at some remote future pass
nee more through a glacial epoch; but
it is a favOrite assertion with the aged
that the climate of these islands is mani
festly diminishing in severity. There
are no such winters now, we hear, as
those of the ''gOOd old times" when
scarcely December passed in which the
Squire's horses were nOt requisitioned in
order to assist in dragging the mai
coach out of the snowdrifts, or the able
bodied men of the parish to cut a passage
for it with their picks and spades. Two
years ago the now in Oxford Street
might have rivaled, ven if it did not
surpass. the best achievements of Sails
bury Plain in the days of our grand
fathers; and the truth probably is that
the seasons move very much in cycles.
the causes of which we may hope that
meteorology will some day unraveL-
London Times.
The Columbus journal., 1882-09-27
Seven Hours I'm q COHn.

"Seven hours in a coffin added ten
years to my life," wa the singular re-
mark made to your correspondent on
Thursday last, w~hichresulted this morn
Ing in the unfolding of a most remarka,
BILE tale of adventure. Martin Strong, a
shoemaker living-or rather dying-at
his brothers house, on Twelfth street,
told for the first time of a horrible ex-
p~erience through which he passed in
the summer of 1868, when he was pro-
nounced dead by his physician, and came
within an ace of being buried alive.
Strong has suffered for several years
with an affection of the spine. He has
been unable to attend to his business for
several years because of the ailment,
and now appears to be on the verge of
the grave. 81 will tell you all that |
remember" said the shoemaker, as he
gulped down a half-tumblerful of BRAN
dy and water, shut [ object to having
anything published i. a newspaper, and
l don't thank nv old doctor for sending
you here. In the month of June, 1868,
l was taken violently ill with a terrible
pain at the base of the brain, and a
chilliness all the way down the spinal
column. | then lived in a room on South
street, and had a shop on Ridge avenue.
About the middle of June, I took to bed
and called in DIR. Harker (who died a
few years ago, by the way, and after
ward DIR. Cummings, now living, | be-
lieve, near Camden. Neither of them
appeared 10 know what allied me. |
became delirious, and remained in that
state from the 2Sth of June to the 4th
of July. remember distinctly awaking
on that morning and hearing the noise
of fireworks. In the afternoon the
queer feeling in my backbone increased.
and by shutdown l felt as though l was
paralyzed from the neck down. / re-
manned in that state until nine O'Clock
the next morning, and then the chilly
feeling began extending all over my
body. L lost all power of motion, and
could not even open my mouth or eyes.
Still 1 heard everything going on about
me. DIR. Cummings held my pulse, and
/ heard him tell my brother thai | would
probably live until noon.
"At eleven o'cIock-for l heard the
clock srrike-a shiver seemed to 60
through me, and my brother lifted my
head. 1 heard the doctor say: Hes
going now, | think l could not utter
. sound nor move 8 muscle. Then l
felt the doctor inhibition my night-shirt
and place his ear above my heart. He
raised his head in a moment and said
Hes gone My God, how l did try to
The Columbus journal., 1882-09-27
The Choral Habit

The very extensive and habitual use q
seductive drowSy drugs bearing Govern
ment passports -pa"t:c'Iiarly chiOral-in
the unoh served un~icrcIrrents of the do
nestle life Of Our times is, perhaps, little
generally known, but that it is \ very ex-
tcnSive an | daily increasing evil, much
encouraged and greatly facilitated by the
present condition of the medicine stamp
and medicine license acts, is beyOp /
ioubt o. question. and . custom anal
habit known to medical men as the
'.chlOral habit is thus e~ngendered. mOr
enSlaving and more fraught with sad re-
suits than the habits of alcohol drinking
or Opium-eating. The first dose may
perhaps be prescribed in the ordinary
course of . physicians attendance. and
the prescription is carefully treasured;
NOR. frequently. however, the weary. the
wakcful and heavy laden are allured by
tempting advertisements of the miracu-
lOus effects OF government-stamped bot
ties, to be obtained of all grOcers and
chemists. etc. The effect of the first dose
is probably charming: another dose ON
the next occasion is equally satisfactory.
No dangerous effects being indicated an
the label. no particular danger is sus-
pected. and by degrees the habitue re-
sorts to it Until it becomes 4 nightly No.
cessity. After . time the customary
result is not experienced. and not unfre-
quently in the middle OF the night, by
familiarity become bold, the habitue. after
hours Of weary tossing. with trembling
hand pours out another Tablespoonful
or a few more drops. as the label directs.
and drinks it of. The desired effect and
nor is not prOIuced; coma ensues for
sixteen, twenty, or even more hours.
greatly to the alarm Of surrounding
friends, and not unfrequently the conse-
quences are such rs TO necessitate the
services of the Coroner. From the
ha, ,n.. unite | family circle of yesternight
one is absent from the breakfast table
the following morning. A sudden
change comes Over the wOnted cheerful
ness of the home. The bright morning
sunlight is dimmed. the tread of every
step is altered and every voice is sub
dued. and anon the festive ehamber Of
the house is converted into 3 court of
inquiry. with all its solemn and sOmber
paraphernalia. and after short aud ten
der deliberatiOn the final and soothing
verdict of ''Misadventure by an overdose
of chlOrar' ID entered.-.NacMilIaN's
Ndgdzine.
The Columbus journal., 1882-09-27
Brother Gardner on Politicians.

"Bewar' of de pollytishun! If he am
black. 60 outer yer way to shun him.
If he am white. lock yer doahs an load
yer shOtguns."
The old man paused here to look into
his desk for a piece of slippery-elm. and
Waydown Beebe took advantage of the
opportunity to rise and inquire:
''DOes the chair refer to q white man
named Seeker Jackson?"
Eyes. de Char refers to dat VERY
pusson," replied the President. Fur
De las TO- weeks he has bin de plague OF
my life. I understan' dat he kalkerlates
to run fur State Senator mex fall, and
he Am now irwin to make hisself solid
wild de culrd element; an l furder
understan' dat he has petishuned dis
club for membership; an dat he am
buyin' rattleboxes, tin whistles I'M
mOuth-organs fur cullud babies in order
to gain de esteem of DER parents.
Gem'len, l desiah-"
At that moment the sounds of .
wrangle were heard in the ante-room. q
struggle took place, and the voice OF
Seeker Jackson was heard crying out:
LET 60 of my hair or I'll call the
police. Ny platform is: Three dollars
a barrel for flour, six hoops on q barrel,
and a horse and carriage to take the
laboring man to his daily toil?'"
At . signal from Brother Gardner
Samuel Shin and Giveadam Jones passed
ont, and in two or three seconds after
there were sounds of breaking glass, .
bump! bump! on the stairs, and then o
voice floated up from the dark alley. say.
ing:
"You can throw me down stairs every
night in the week if you want to! All ]
ask is that you vote solid for Seeker
Jackson on election day."
..Pollyticks," softly observed the Presi-
dent, means lynn, stealin', cheatin',
swindlin'. 1t means degradashun. Ii
means loss of self-respect. 1t means
whisky, drunkenness, fightin', stabbiu',
an rollin' in de mud. Keep out of polly
ticks. Keep away from pollytisbuns. II
dis Seeker jackson attempts to enter de
sacred portals of dis hall agin de keeper
of de password am healthy authorized
to pulverize him an sell de pulveriza-
shun to de rag-man at two cents .
pound."-From Proceedings of Lime.
kiln Club IN Detroit Free Press.
The Columbus journal., 1882-09-27
Death to Flies i'm One.half Hour.

Heretofore one of the greatest of u
trials in summer has been in the keep
ing of our dining room and kitchen free
from flies. 1t is a rule with us that nets
shall be in all opened windows and that
the net doors must be kept closed, and
there is no deviation from this. But
careful as we might be the pests would
get in. We have brushed until shout
ders and arm were lame and hands bis
tered; have used various hy-catchers,
sticky fly paper and poison fly paper,
~diScarding the latter several times on
account of its poisonous properties and
disgusting effects, but returning to il be-
cause We did not know what else to do.
We will saw that our house is very
sunny, light and airy-we have no
blinds, and can not darken the rooms
and so keep the flies out. A short time
ago we became alive to the necessity of
throwing away once for all the fy pa
per, having been convinced that it was
i~mpregnated with a solution of arsenic.
Knowing the efficacy of Persian insect
neutrality-suspicious. roseum or cinera-
folium-in destroying insect life, we
closed the windows and doors of the
dining-room, sprinkled a large handful
of this powder upon a few live Goals and
retired to await results. The smoke was
quite dense for two hours, yet at the
end of that time not one fly was dead,
they were somewhat weak in the legs,
but soon revived.
After this failure we next purchased
a small insect powder bellows for one
dollar. half filed the receptacle with
powder and blewit all around the room,
making a fine dust. Soon a buzzing
was heard, as when a fly is caught in a
spiders web, only louder, and in one
half hour every fly in the room was
dead. The fly season is now robbed of
its terrorS for US, for a few puffs of the
bellows each morning before sweeping
keeps our rooms free from flies. The
powder costs 60 cents per pound at
wholesale, but with care will last some
time, for gentle puffs of the powder
answer every purpose, as it is only nee
essary to blow it once where the flies
can breath it.-Cor. Rural NcW Yorker.
The Columbus journal., 1882-09-27

The great mortality resulting from
the use of pistols by boys last Fourth of
July has led to prohibilive ordinances
in about half the cities of the country.
The following, first enacted by Boston,
is the form usually followed: "No per-
son shat! sell to any child under the age
of sixteen years, without the written
consent of a parent or guardian of such
child, any cartridge of fixed ammunition
of which any illuminate is a component
part, or any gun, pistol or other me-
chanical contrivance arranged for the
explosion of such cartridge or of any
illuminate" The penalty varies from q
light fine to q heavy one, with impris-
onment.-N. Y. Sun.
The Columbus journal., 1882-09-27

m00a week in your own town. 81
NnnOutft free. No risk. Every
VVOthing new. Capital not re-
quired. We will furnish you
everything. Many are making fortunes
Ladies make as much as men, and DO
and girls make great paw. Reader, #
you van a business at which you can
MAKE great pay all the time o work,
write for particulars to H.. HALLErr 4
Co., Portland, Maine. 4an-y
The Columbus journal., 1882-09-27
A Boys Hand Nailed to q Board.

A boy named Alexander Watson. aged
fourteen, mel with a painful accident
last evening at Levigne's cabinet works,
where he was employed among the
machinery. He was engaged On , ma
chine worked by steam used for driving
a number of nails at a stroke, and had
placed a cluster of the latter and the
board into which they were to be driven
in the requisite order. In~cautiously
placing his hand on the board to ascer-
tain if all was ready, the machine started
before he expected. descending upon his
hand and driving some dozen nails COM
pletely through it. The hand was fairly
pinned to the board for a second, but as
the machine can draw out the same lot
of nails that it drives in with almost the
same speed, it was only for q second.
The lad was taken to NOtre Dame Hos
pital, where the wound was dressed. 1t
is not certain whether or not amputatiOn
will have to be performed. -MontreaI
Witness.
The Columbus journal., 1882-09-27
From TIE ONEONTA PRESS. N. Y

OneOnta New York, Jan. 18th. 1881
Early La summer Ne RS. Il J Kendall 4 "a. OF Eno.huro Em. u -,
contract with the pub -hs oft the Press for a half column a6yrtin H 20
y SELF forth TIN r~ rus, f KendsIPs SPAWN Cure. At te .ame Umee We .orud
Ut "a" te b." n = Iuanft nj boo. entitled DIR kendaU's rrauiseo ON tn, U%s -
premiann INC IrSs as
ABB ut U-t m the dsrt sement first appeared il this ,per Mr. p q Soha-
men anc r'Te.ahh to te>t'n ne efficacy OF the remedy although his ninds ItnsbSd
At hsc reGHTitv. H. iI 81 u bUtleO of kendars SpayiuC ure and mmmn. -.
IT o n the h,r>ri III "ri nee with the directions and he innrmei us tn, gel mnf
II Effected nh a mprtrc cure tatan experth orsrman, who ex.minedt the ani,si
recently c1 81 hntn no trace o thes SPAWN or the place where had been located Mr.
T Sinsrne RI mas 'ice cure a cop Of kendalrs Treatise on thu Horse and his
provided he could not oh. nanother copy. So mueh tor d. iing rJi,bias ILL., IL
The Columbus journal., 1882-09-27
KENDALL'S SPAWN CURE

b J Kendall 4 Co.. Gents-You will find below /, rconm,nd,ia r." re" .u
expires sman. W. slk ondalps SPAWN Cure and find all who Use il ire naa nI gu, our
it, You may M us more advertising matter, an u few nice cards win mr. nman n
CONLEi Il KING.
b j. Kendall < Co.. Gents:-I am using your SPAWN Cure for, bons s,.vn.
(bought OF Conley& Hing, Druggists, COlumhiana Ohio) nd il ist te fmn,H ~
cure \ SPAWN the lamenesS has all left m mare, ard by further .M N. -
look for the lump to leave. The on bottle va. worth to m ten times the cost '"'
Our uWN, FRANK ELL
The Columbus journal., 1882-09-27

In Arizona, the other day, laborers
~excavating for the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe railroad, six miles south of
Crittenden Station, discovered three
pottery ollas filled with human bones.
The ollas were imbedded three feet in
solid lava rock. and appearances indi-
cate that the lava had flowed around
them. In one of the ollas were
found three Spanish coins bearing the
date 1913. The pottery vas painted in
side like that found in all The cid ruins
Of Arizona Chicago Times.
The Columbus journal., 1882-09-27

What have you been doing since 1
last saw yOu?' I've been attending q
course of free lectures" "A course of
free lectures?' ..Yes, l was married q
week after we parted. "-Brooklyn Eagk.
The Columbus journal., 1882-09-27

Judge Rumsey, Of Lyons, N. T..
has sentenced a murderer to be hung on
Thursday instead of following the old.
time superstition. He claims credit fol
breaking away from the custom.
The Columbus journal., 1882-09-27

The Albany On. W Journal de-
clares that a lovely young rosebud of .
cadet at West Point is 1.-The owner of 12O
pair of white duck trousers"
The Columbus journal., 1882-09-27
From COL. l.. Il. FOSTER.

y 7 ru., ~ 49, founssow Ohio, May 10Th, r0
IPTILZeo very hghy ne hsd a large bone spawn OIL one joint an a smauo mn on m
o.ner which mad, him very anne had HIN under the charge of two yeteTnsrS
sWx us va" i'h" I" rure him ! waso m dyr reading the advertisement of
aan spawn tErr IN ID Chicago Ezpress determined at once try IL, and roi or
QUE give II a thOru .h rial. l used it aecording to directions and the fourth Ia
ne cH reg a TO he kmt- INT the Jumps had disappeared. / used bt oe borus
,hH u" r"ns hmbs are as fre from Jumps ~ as SMOOTH ay horse in III -"
" Is entirely cured. The III was so remarkable thatI let W of M naihIHurr.
nave The iemsining W bottles n are nOw using II.
Very respectfully, 1T. FOSTER
The Columbus journal., 1882-09-27
1.-THE God of bounds,
Who sets to seas a shore.
Comes tn her in His silent rounds
And SaNS. nm more

But life is full of cOmpensations. 1t is
left her to enjoy. to labor. and to aspire.
Perhaps it is left her to illustrate, as her
more fettered married sister can not, the
real capacity, the actual power of
achievement, of her sex.-Harper's
Bdz0r.
The Columbus journal., 1882-09-27
KENDALL'S SPAWN CUREI

THE MOST
SUCt ESSFUL
REMEDY
EV DISCOV-
Erred; As 1T Is
CERTAIN IN
IT'S EFFECTS,
AND DOES
NOT
The Columbus journal., 1882-09-27

ALSO
EN- ELLENT
FOR
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FL III ,
%READ
PROOF
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The Columbus journal., 1882-09-27
KENDALL'S SPAWN CURE
KENDALL'S SPAWN CURE.

-. kendalfs SPAWN Cure sure Elm its effects, mild in its action A., il does ut
yett is penetrating IN powerful to reach any der seated mi, ar In 70
move IN bOny growth or an other enlargement If used for several dy. nth -
spaUns spints. caNOuS sprains. swelling, NY lamrncss and ell ruIrm n.nt. Of
The joints or limbs, or journalism in man I'M for any purrr.. for vhmh, Tmne,t
is used form man Oh beast ItiSn now known to h. the best mnm nj for IN III Yer u,rI
mild yt certain in its effects. 1t il used in full Irenrh VIM nrr.t ,f ~
1t all seasons fthey year.
Send address6 for Illustrated Cirulr,w which We think gives o,Tiyen rmr of -.
\ o remedyh ! metz with suh unqualified success to or knovLtg- rr
beast as ell as man. Price 81 perl bottle or six bottles for 81
ALL DRUGGISTS have it or cn get it for Won.
OIL IT Will be sent to any addresso N receipt of price, by the pIOpricoS,
Is DIR. b j. KENDALL Il co, Enosburg Falls, Vermont.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.