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The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1882-05-12
Diversified Agriculture.

We have before referred to a divers
ity Of agricultural pursuits in this
county as the only ultimate and sure
Imetbod Of farming The following
from the Pioneer Press, on the sub
ject III Miunesota.Will be quite appl-
lcable to this section and ought to be
carefully considered by all farmers.
Relying on one product is unsafe for
any country. 10 matter how well that
tmoduct may succeed for time.
,The significant industrial tendency
THAT las appeared in Minnesota for Il
Ilong time. Is that towards judlclouS
Idiycrsity of agricultural pursuits now
50 clearly visible in the southern and
Icontral part Of the state. The re
Ima.Eable pfedQetiyeness OF the SOL
lin tapse southern counties ilst set
tied. and Tire success which attended
1.-The wheat culture for long term OF
Years. exaggerated the natural ten
laeney of farmers to devote ththi-
selves solely Il hep'oaNctlon OF that
te9reaI to NfI5eh tic latitude seemed
best fitted, Which WAS most convent
|entIy cultivated. and for which there
Nas the Feattiest and largest market.
similar causes Lave retarded the nat
II,aI progress si.,l from single ~ dl-
Iyefs5Iia,l culture. Which comes with
.Isn eoIlp1sEar settlement of z
#cHtHtlN, fle increase OF home needs
Iarl H I1atfnfeation of markets.
] II hea. has AeIa its onn as almost the
- t,Iarll Fflsts sS,..
The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1882-05-12
LAYS OF MODERN ZIG STONE

VINO are these men of Big Stone
Whose names we often hear,
That tremble not at tyranny
And know no sense Of fear
Why stand they firmly back to back
When fraud 5 ioul head appcars1
Why can they not be tampered with,
Why viii! they not Ego down.
Why stand SO calmly, still and brave
Before the "ernine' 81 tr0wn?
My boy, You know that God has said
A Just cause makes men brave.
These men were born OH freedoms soil,
They will not he made Slaves.
They breathe the tree air OF their lake,
The perfume OF the trees:
They live upon the strength that comes
From the wild, sweet prairie breeze.
Some came from where the ocean rolls,
Some from the inland seas;
And others where the pine trees weep
Have spent their early years:
But all have In their souls the strength
That Justice gives their cause,
And no one there has sullied yet
Their country s honest laws
They've heard the shout of battle,
When death staiked far and near:
TocY molly stood before the breach
When Millanks mob was here
They never harlu al honest man,
Bat dare the rascal 5 might;
Though he be backed by armed force
And dressed i'll "ermne )" white
The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1882-05-12

pose BaIls and Bats 1t Munro's Drug store
N,b,y spring Hats, straw and telt, At +. e.
EldIedges II
Cheapest Money IL Grant county Da
! ner cent. interest, At NoVlus bros
r.l, and see those fine Spring SUITS o. 2,
: ~ ~. Made Clothing at g. l. Holmes y
Bros.
60. o;,ars and tobacco that ever
Ihe l'iIss' pia SINE city are to be found At the
post-otiee.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-22
JULES VERNE OUTDONE.
A Kentucky Judge Who Expects to
to Explode Himself to the Noon.
Merriwether's Weekly.

A Kentucky Judge Who Expects to
to Explode Himself to the Noon.
Merriwether's Weekly
Judge Finley has been living in this hermies
nook half century, his whole time and mind
occupied with studies and experiments of his
different theories, chief of which is plan for
navigating space and annulling the laws of
gravitation- Heis firmly convinced of ultimate
success. and in explaining his plans to visitors
discourses so huently and with such an air of
truth one is almost convinced against reason
@They tell me have merely stolen Jules
Verne's idea, he said; shat is all nonsense.
Fifty. years ago, before Jules Verne was ever
heard of, wrote . treatise on aerial navi-
cation and constructed a model of a car
designed to travel between the earth and the
moon. My idea, roughly stated, is this: A
series of cannon or shell is constructed of
steel and fitted on the interior with cushions.
pads, ETC., for the passenger. In this is my
table and electric buttons connecting with
each OF the cannon or shell in the train. The
first gun is fired and l start on the trip burst
ing shell after shell and thus continually main
tanning the upward propulsion. You see, no
sooner is the force of the first shell exhausted
than press one of my buttons exploding the
second gun, gaining new fore, and so on, my
velocity increasing at each moment on account
of the lessening Of .he earth's attraction and
the increase of the moons"
Suppose" l said, becoming interested, you
had reached the point where the earth's at
traction ceased and that of the moon began,
would there not be danger of stopping still
and hanging, as it were, in space?"
"Yes, but have obviated that difficulty by
a reserve force of shells. Reaching the point
referred to press button, explode gun and
propel myself within the circle of the moons
attraction. All is now plain sailing, the only
great force. BY nicely calculating matters
md reversing my position, that is turning the
conical end away from the moon and firing a
series of shells towards the earth, my velocity
would be retarded, and could hight at my
destination as gently as afeather / tell you
the whole thing is so simple l wonder it has
never been thought of before" and the en-
thusiasts face glowed with fervor.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-22
Advice to Young Men.

George D. Prentice once wrote ITO young
man away from home. friendless and fororn
in great city, the hours of peril are those be-
tween sunset and bedtime; for the moon and
the stars see more evil in single hour than
the sun in his whole days circuit The poets
visions of evening are all composed of tender
and soothing images. 1t brings the wanderer
to his home. the child to his mothers arms,
the OK to his stall, and the weary laborer to his
rest But to the gentle hearted youth who is
thrown upon the rocks of the pitiless
city, and stands homeless amid thon-
sand homes, the approach of evening
brings with it an aching sense of loneli-
ness and desolation which comes down
upon the spirit like darkness upon the earth
In this mood his best impulse becomes snare
to him; and he is led astray because he is
social, affectionate, sympathetic and warm
hearted. If there be young man thus cir
cumstanced within the sound of my voice let
me say to him that books are the friends Of
the friendless, and that library is home to
the homeless. A taste for reading will always
carry you to converse with men who will
influence You with their wisdom and charm
you by their w.t. who will soothe you when
fretted, refresh you when weary, counsel YOU
when perplexed, and sympathize with You at
all times. Evil spirits in the middle ages were
exercised and driven away by bell, book and
candle. and you want but two of these agents
the book and the candle"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-22
MYETERIEa
LEmilY Huntington Miller,

lGully huntington Mluer.i
Where are you going, dear little feet?-
Restless, pattering thingsl
Bearing your burdens soft and sweet,
Swift as the swallows wings.
Where are you going, dear little hands?
Busy from morn till night
Counting the hours by golden sands,
Charming with new delight!
What are you saying, dear little tongue!
Chattering all day long,
Words that the wild birds teach their young
Sweeter than speech or song.
What are you seeking, wandering eyesf
Gazing away to the west;
Watching the rosy sunset skies,
Where the day sinks to rest
Ali little baby eyes Of blue,
Wandering dreams of yours,
Life must be sweet when life lie new,
Long as the world endures
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-22

A story is told of an Englishman who was
lately obliged to travel in Ireland-a duty he
approached with fear and trembling His af-
friehted senses were startled on hearing fell
low-passenger, in the railway carriage, remark
to another: Sim just afther bein' over to Kill
patrick" sand l." replied the other, sam af-
Their bein' over to Kilmary." what murder
ers they are" thought the Englishman sand
to think that they talk Of their assassinations
so publicly" But the conversation went on.
Sand "fhare are you going now?" asked assas-
sin No /: "Pm goin' home, AID then to Kill
more" was No rs reply. The Englishman's
blood curdled &Kilmore is ity" added No 1.
you'd betther be comm along wild me to Kill
umaule" It is related that the Engllshmau
left the train at the next station.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-22
The Car Drivers Theory.

The car-driver slowed up carefully as the
reporter stepped aboard, and, by various
twists of the neck and divers sidelong glances,
displayed a disposition to talk as the car rat
tied on its way downtown. After going
several blocks in silence he turned around
suddenly and remarked, briskly
col have thin on, zurl"
'You have, Ell? What are they?"
"Me wintur socks Pm as warrum as q
babby, an twoice as comfortable"
'T s'pose car-drivers suffer on cold days?"
"Well, there's snow in bed when Oh get left,
zur Oh ave struck the best thing that liver
wuz / put on pair av cotton socks first, an
then draw the wooden ones over thin, an yez
could walk in the river till midnight an it
STAINS to reason you'd niver git cowld-"
''Why not?"
''Fur the reason that you couldn't The
cowld, whin it comes in through the wooden
socks, stops at the outside of the Gotten sock,
and the warrum which goes out from yersel
through the cotton sock. Accordingly yer fate
is always warrum, and the cowld gifts left, yer
see"
Having relieved himself on this head, the
driver turned contentedly to his horses, and
said nothing more.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-22
Process Of Making Sorghum Sugar.
American Agriculturist

Much progress has recently been made in
the separation and capitalization of the sugar
of the sorghum plant The following are the
principal points to be observed: the juice
from the mill is placed in copper vessels and
heated to us degrees F., when successive
quantities of milk of lime are added, and
stirred in until itmus paper is tinged purple
The juice is boiled and the thick scum re-
moved until the liquid becomes clear Ut is
an important matter of experience to know the
amount of lime to be added. The clear Juice
is drawn from the defecator into the evapor
ating pan, when sulphuric acid is cautiously
added, and stirred in until blue itmus paper
dipped into it, is Redeemed The evaporation
is continued until the desired density is
reached, when the syrup is placed in warm
room to crystalize Professor Henry, of Wis
consin university, who has made valuable ex-
periments with amber cane, gives the follow
ing preliminary rules: DO not cut the cane
until the seed begins to harden. Do not allow
the cane to stand stripped in the field, but
work it up as soon as possible after being cut
Defecate the juice rs soon. g. possible after
leaving the mill
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-22
The Tip-TOp Idiots Of FooIdom.

The very heighth Of folly and absurdity has
been reached in the Langtry Juror, if the
story is true that is told by New York letter
writer, to the effect that the laundresses Of
the Albermarle hotel, where the beauty is
stopping. are buying pieces Of fancy under
wear at the fashion stores and selling them to
the young bloods of New York under the pre-
tense that they have been distracted from Mrs
Langtry's washing. There are plenty of fools
in New York who would purchase such things,
no doubt, but we hope they will be compelled
to pay high prices for them, if the imposition
is actually practiced, and that the laundresses
will furnish the newspapers with list Of their
names. Such nincompoops ought to be i'm
mortalized
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-22
Moral Influence Of>a Theatrical
Manager.

Joseph Howard
And, by the way, what glorious relation
ship these monied managers hold to the intel
igent people Of the city and country. At a
fair average, Mr.. Stetson, for instance, in his
three first-class theatres, affords constant en-
ployment to not less than five hundred people
and gives nightly entertainments or instruc-
tons, as the case may be, to not less than
thirty five hundred people, and oftener to five
thousand people A man who can preach to
three great audiences, seven times week,
must necessarily be factor in life not to be
disregarded or lightly treated; and il such
man, with the instincts of humanity, de-
ternlines to leave his race better than he
found it, one can readily understand with
what cogency and force his lessons ad-
dress themselves to the popular mind. 1t may
not be an orthodox idea, but the man who de-
termines What five thousand people shall see
and hear, seven or eight times week, has it in
his power to do more good or more evil than
any half-dozen ministers, ordained though
they NAV be-
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-22

OTTAWA, Ont, Dec. 15.-It is understood
the marquis Of Lorne Yd Princess Louise in
tend making tour of four or Eve weeks in
the United States, visiting Los Angeles, in
southern California, and other cities of the
union. During Lord Lorne's absence it is
probable that General Sir Patrick l. MacDou-
gall will assume the duties of the administTa-
fiOn
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-22
Am AIIeged Mistake.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-The Republican says
editorially: &Mr. Pendleton is mistaken in the
belief that his speech of Wednesday nominated
him for the presidency That sort of talk is
poor fuel forthe enkindling of enthusiasm in
the hearts of q horde who have been out 50
long with nothing to eat What they want is
less civil-service reform than . chance ct the
aivil-zarvice itself
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-22
Power of a Preachers Eloquence

When Whitefeld preached before the soilora
at New York he used the following apostro-
phe: well, my boys, we have clear sky, and
are making fine Roadway over smooth sea,
before light breeze, and we shall soon lose
sight of land But what means this sudden
lowering of the heavens, and that dark cloud
arising from the western horizon? Hank !!
see those flashes of lightning? A storm is
gathering! Every man to his duty How the
waves rise and dash against the ship! The
air is dark! The tempest RACES! Our masts
are gone The ship is ON her beam ends
What is to be done next?" The unsuspecting
tars suddenly rose and exclaimed: ~Take to
the long boats!"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-22
The Prince ofwales as a Doctor.

Harper's Weekly
The prince Of Wales is q humorist Of the
practical kind. Recently when out shooting
with the Duo dAumale, one Of the servants
was slightly injured by chance shot, and
howled a little The prince came up and said:
@My friend, I am doctor" He gave,the
wounded man . drink from his flask, and
slipped a hundred francs into his hand Since
then the domestics inquire, when shooting
party is going out, if the English doctor is to
be one Of them.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-22
EngIand's Little Game.


Egypt is the key to India Any great power
which holds the land of the Nile menaces Eng
lands grasp of Hindoostan Hence the alac-
rity of the British in trying to get possession
of the line Vt the Suez canal But France OBJ
jects, as she desires to be supreme in North
Africa, while Russia is angry, as she has her
eye on all the approaches to India, while Ger
many does not want either France or Russia
to be aegrandized. Hence the selfish interests
which influence the action Of the several ma
kooA
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-22
The Popular Moral Code.

9OdOUu Ubt
Said the father of the bank cashier: @My son
caught stealing! Ny boy detected in dishon-
esty! He, the light of my life, on whose edu-
cation have spent so much care. He has dis
graced his family. We are all ruinedi And
that my son should have done this! Why, old
as am, I'll bet I'd have worked it so they d
never have found me out! Too bad! Too
bad!" And overcome by emotion, the aged
man went
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-22
Sunday Not The Sabbath.
49,

ON~'
If you go into any Of the so-called evangel-
ical churches, you will be taught from the old
testament, and the law of Moses to the Jews to
remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy,
because Jehovah ON that day is said to have
rested from His works, having completed crea-
ton, and have it applied to our Sunday or first
day of the week, the day on which God COM
menced His works
Now the meaning of Sabbath day is seventh
day, and it was exclusively meant for the Jews
Saturday, or last day of the week, and is kept
by them until this time as laid down by Moses
Why have we changed the day from the seventh
to the first day of the week?
Not because we have any law for it in the
new or the old law, but to celebrate the great
est event in the history of the world-the res
direction Of Jesus Christ from the dead on
the first day of the week. There is absolutely
no law in the new testament for the observance
of one day above another, but we keep it out
of love for our Savior and Redeemer, the being
who showed to the world that even death had
no power over Him.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-22

The Pompeian wall picture in which thu
judgment of Solomon was thought to be de-
picted is now decided to contain no such allu.
sion. The kneeling figure supposed TO be thai
of one of the mothers in the story has beer
discovered to have beard.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-22

OAl4O0BO AA4OUA10s
Not long ago Mr.. Peter Cooper, who is
within three months of being 90 years old,
called on Miss Clara Louise Kellogg, and was
entertained by her with several charming
songs Then he asked her if she knew, or
had heard, an old ballad called, &The Tortoise
Shell Cat" She answering in the negative, he
st once sang verse Of it for her in clear,
firm voice, and in manner that won from her
a hearty encore
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-22
A Langtry Story.


CUULIlHdW LHQuII6I.
1t is said that Mrs. Langtry has pet lap
dog, which, though not so handsome in coun-
tenance as its mistress, attracts quite as much
attention day or two after the Park thea
tire fire Herald reporter called to see her in
regard to her future movements and found
her playing With her pet in her room at the
Albemarle In his zeal for information he got
rather to close too the dogs pearly teeth, which
met in the feshy part of his left leg True to
The Herald he gave howl as Mrs Langtry
fondly seized the dog with the compassionate
remark: @Poor, dear little creature. hops
Is viii not make him Giok.s
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-22
Some Private History Made Public

CnIcaSO ITIDun6.
The Rev. Robert Collyer few Sundays ago
read Whittiers poem, @The Reformer," in
stead Of passage Of scripture, in the Church
of the Disciples In his sermon he praised
Whittier as the purest and sweetest singer of
the time, and for his manful fight for the
black man. @They went to Longfellow,"n said
he, and represented to him that if he elimi-
mated abolitionism from his poems they would
sell better in the south. Longfellow con-
scented. They said the same thing to Lowell,
and he did what they wished But when they
made such proposition to Whittier they met
with conscientious and valorous refusal"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-22

Horace Greeley-and no better witness could
be called--declared that @for twenty years Mr..
Weed was the most sententious and pungent
writer of editorial paragraphs on the Ameri-
can press"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-22
Ono of tho Evicted

One Of the boys, acquainted with Fogg's fire.
quent changes Of abode, asked him which
he thought was the cheapest, to move, or pay
rent 81 can't tell you, my dear boy" replied
Fogg; 81 have always moved
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-22

and peculiar and exclusive, - That vhna :.
always prints triple sheet and generaIly :
quAdruple, this year It runs OF quintupls md
ssxtuples, and. On several occasions has
amazed its patrons and Disguised the carriers
by septuple issue, of which from ITO to lie
columns are filed with small advertisements
The Sun is better property to-day than ever;
The Times is doing well; The Tribune has
picked up greatly; Truth Il to be found on
every newsstand; The Star beams prosper
ously, and the evening papers, most OF which
have job Offices connected with them are all
in 9 satisfactory monetarY condition
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-22
TheLateat i'm Kerosene.

A New York girl has made $780, 600 by an
oil transaction The aunt whose heir she was,
and who wanted to start the FIRE in hurry, is
expected to come down some time du2ing the
winter
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-22
Another intellectual Triumnh

Mime. De c., to her husband who comes
home about o'clock in the morning: Eat
what time did you get in this morning."
about midnight, dearest, about midnight
few minutes after, perhaps" eyes, 24O min
utes after-I counted them"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-22
Something the Colleges do not Teach
Cincinnati Commercial.

The New York Sun is spprehensive that
&they do not teach at Yale college the art Of
writing good English" The art of writing
good English is not taught in any college It
3 acquired by experience. The colleges do
well if they succeed in teaching the art Of cor
rect spelling
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-22
Newspaper Property I'm New York.

NeWspaptF FFOptrGy In New 4 VEAs
Joseph Howard, Jr.
Newspaper property, ordinarily considered
precarious, was never so substantial as now.
The great papers are overcrowded with adver-
Using, and circulations are reported as increas-
ing by every reputable publisher. The Her.
aid, always an anomaly, this year bids fair to
exceed even itself. but it, patronage is unique
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-22

The New York Sun has sscertained, BY in-
quiry In proper quarters, that the most marked
peculiarly in the person Of criminals is their
small size-that is the fat man, IS . rule
forms the very smallest minority in the legion
Of social offenders On Blsckwell's island, N.
Y, the number Of the prisoners constantly
continues to be be about nine hundred For
many years not2 per cent Of these have been
men weighing go pounds. The heaviest
criminal ever detained there was Tweed.
whose weight was 26S pounds. The present
champion heavy weight is man weighing 259
few days ago. Fatness and comnarstivs
goodness seem to have a tender afilat;on
Moreover, fat men are likely to be good-na-
tured, easy souls that think no evil
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-22
Almost Down to Paragraphsl

A most remarkable innovation has taken
place in The London Times Editorial arti-
Giles have appeared Of less than half col
umn's Lengths circumstance unprecedented