The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-01-12

Senator McCrel ana BIO. riggs, Ol
the Brainerd Dispatch. on the train
Monday. The sens tor was on his
way to St. Paul to attend the ban.
quet given in honor Of Gov. Hub
bard at the Merchants.
For the information Of those who
arc tond of pescatorial sports, we
can refer to Frank Coon IS being
posted in all matters connected there
with. Especially so in regard to
fishing clocks "a new kind of tish)
from coal oil barrels, and the time
required to catcl, one. 1t took him
about two hours. Perhaps an ex-
pert might do it in less time.
Mcssrs. Cal(ec & Wylie will give
one OF their delightful entertainments
1T Ieuke's Opera House, to morrow
(Friday) evening. The beauties OF
the National park region will he vi
wildly displayed by the use Of the
oxy~hydrogen light. Prof Wylie's
graphic method of explaining the
scenes will be enjoyed 10y all that at
tends. The press speaks very high
ly of this entertainment ut every
place they have visited.
We will furnish the NORTHERN
PACIFIC FARMER and the Farmers
Union and Weekly minneapolis Trio
une. for $3.50 per year. TO each new
subscriber will he given a superb,
correct and life.like portrait of
President James 4. Garfield, pro-
duced by the process Of crayon-
TYPOGRAPHY. on a sheet of firm can
vas paper, 20x26 inches in size. This
portrait, aside from it's historic in
terest. framed or unframed, is an
ornament to any home, and is much
superior to most pictures sold for
$l.00 each.
Dogs who swallow 500 bills arc in
danger of coming to grief. At Wa-
dena, Mimi, q dog. whose bump of
acquisittveness led him the other day
to perform this financial trick, was
promptly killed by courteous
butcher, and the mutilated currency
restored to it's owner, a lady who
had followed the four footed culprit
shouting Justify: "Stop theft
Chicago DAILY Ne,cs.
! When this account originally ap.
peered in this paper, the amount
swallowed by the dog was $40; at
St. Paul, SIS; :nd now in the Chi
cago papers we find it 500; by the
time it reaches New York it will pro-
badly be 4 800 bill. The farther
east the bigger the liar.
The financial result Of the sale of
the United States is anu Missouri 6's
in I'll the trust funds has been to
increase the capital of those funds
$137 ISL, and their annual income
$3.50. The result to the school fund
itself is that, by the sale Of $4,000
United States per cent, and the in
vestment of the proceeds in Mime
sofa l-2 per cent, ssG9,680 is added
to the capital Of that fund and $2,04S
to its annual income. Where, then.
does the robbery como in! The only
way in which the school fund can be
robbed is for the State to repudiate
its bonds. If that is what these fell
lows are driving at,> their talk about
robbing the school fund is intelligi-
BILE, but in that case the repusiators
must do the robbing.-Pioneer Press.
A rare case of burglary occurred
; in Aldrich last Sunday, Of which we
elected few facts. A boy about
IL years Of age, who has been work
ing tor j. Gillespie, doing chores and
odd jobs for his board, while Mr.. G
was shaving himself, the boy slipped
into his room and took So out O.
his pocketbook. The young rasca
also stole SIS from girl that worked
at the same place. Mr.. Gillespie
going into his room, noticed hi.
pockctbook, which the boy had i'm
prudently left on the table, and al
once suspicioned what was up and
imme diately "nabbcd' the boy, who
returned all the money and regaine6
his freedom a wiser, if not a better