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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-23
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-23

ADVERTISERS by addressing GEO. p. ROWELL
"a IL CO. 10 Spruce St., New York, can learn the
act cost of any proposed line of ADVERTISING in
rs cents. dec20-dw4w
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-23
INDIAN AFFAIRS.

The following was received to-day:
PIERRE. Oak, Dec. 21.-The Indians
Of the Cheyenne river agency have
signed the agreement to-day. We are
on our way to Yankton.
j. FL TELLER,
Secretary Sioux Commission.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-23

VflIlMn MEN Milf you want to learn Telegraphy
tVUINU WI " in a few months, aud be certain
Of situation, address Va entine Bros, James
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-23
MI. M. CORBETT.

TT0RNEY AT LAW, Solicitor In Chancery and
hNotary Public. Abstracts, Loans and collections
Office, Bufordss Block I'd avenue. over Bakers
Jewslry store. howe DIV 4
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-22

While in the west we hearl with deep
reg ct he not entirely uaexrected intelli
ge &c OF he death by rpoplexy Of Hon
Edwin ID. Mason Of Il ,hmDld, so long
tn president of the Vermont dairyman S
as.aci ,tion. While at the late meeting
At Rutland Mr. Mason was not well, and
after tho reading Of his address was
forced TO retire TO his room and bed.
Mr.. Mason was n man whose genial
nature and many amiable qualities had
enleared to large circle Of friends. HI
W T. chosen president of the dairyman 5
association at its organization eleven
valrs ago, which office he held until the
last meeting, when h. spoke OF his long
term OF service, his failing health, and
as el to be relieved from further service
Tae association granting his request
elected Hon. J. B. Mead to the Office
The results of Mr. MasUn's work will b.
lasting, as others will take up and carry
on Il work so well begun.
Mr.. NJ ,son's habit and symptoms hac
sugges ed to his friends the probability OF
the manner of his death, and though the
dread messenger comes at last when mol
looked for, it was expected that his enc
might come in the manner it did.
Mr.. Mason leaves wife and daughter
who in their bereavement have the sym
pahy of all who have the pleasure Of
their acquaintance.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-22

Is there not reasonable ground, then.
for susprcting hat The older chemists may
have been mistaken III rcgald TO the
membrane theory" Of the butter
gloDue, and is not the simple emulsion Of
TAT in The milk more in accordance with
the simplicity of natures laws than Il
complicated covering OF the fat gobule
with II substance, the composition Of which
the chemists have been unable to define =?
NJ " not the simple adhesion of the nquid
10 lno fat globuies have been mistaken for
the Investing membrane? This is the
qins ion witch yet remains to be settled. -
P,Ot X 4 WuMyd, 20 Im.rjc1n Ag,i
cGItlnlSt
Aud Prof. Jessnp Of the New Hamp-
hire agricultural college thinks the butter
gluhulc as envelop.d in a membrauons
covering.
Practically it is II matter of not the least
Importance. but one of those thcol etcal
points which the supporters Of either
theory are very strenuous IN maintaining
So our dairyman who mlks and chnrns
and packs his butter, can 90 On milking
and cnurnlng; and being careful to keep
his cows we'll and stlbles Gle IN, all filth
from the pail and other utensils, and care
fully make his butter, and his proht care.
less whether the one or the other party is
correc. in it's theories.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-22

The project of the university Of Penn
sy lvania for the establishment of II veieri
nary school and hospital for the study and
treatment of the diseases of domestic AMI.
mall should command The cordial support
of capitalists ns well as OF humanarians.
Considered merely in n practical aspect it
would assuredly p,y if We erlnary medicine
could he elevated in this country to the
rank it has long held abroad as distinct
ana important branch of science. The
aggregate value OF live stock in the United
States is estimated at Two thousand millions
of dollars and the desirucive ep,z ,orIcs
that from time to time have made such
inr ads on this great wealth illustrates the
lack of knowledge that could give some
measure of security to capital invested in
horses, cattle, sheep. swine or poultry.
There cannot be doubt that very large
proportion of tho diseases 10 which domes-
TIE animals are Liable might be prevented
with proper scientific care.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-22

l. B. Arnold says that the bcs dairy
products he has ever seen have been
produced on small farms rs the result OF
skill in managing the milk of a few COWS
The milking has been regular and the
spaces of Time between milking equal
Much depends upon this Milking at 1
O'Clock in the morning and at = AT night
never makes the finest butlar or cheese.
Six cen hours, or approximation to it. are
too long time for the milk to remain in
the udder, for the good of the milk or the
cows, especially when the flow is large.
By crnwdng and straning the bag it be-
comes painful and ieverish, and the butter
fat, rs well as other elements Of milk,
becomes altered IN const 1uence. There
is nolhlng IKE sound and healtliy udder
in 5, cIe,Ing good milk.
just what we have always said when
people have been crying up creamerics
and creamery. butter. The butter from
the best family diaries has always sold at
the top Of the market, and those who fail
to get good prices must look for the reason
nearer hume than the -impIe fact that they
do not send their milk to creamery.
1t stands 10 reason that the higher aver
ago of pruduct must be secured at the
expense of the best, and TO the advantage
oil the poorest, and the dtlrvman who has
the best cows, led t." be>t and til prod ct
handled mos carefully and undcr tand-
ingly is not the man who will most stror O.
ly advocate creameres.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-22

WIND AND WEATHEI.-At recent
meeting of the farmers club of the Amer
lean institute. Mr. A J. De Voc OF Hack
ensnck. N j., sent the following Ten short
rules by the use OF which person can
stand beneath his own vine or tic tree in
any part of the Northern Hemisphere
(north of latitude fifteen) and for hundred
of miles around him he can form an accu-
rate opinion how the wind and weather
are progressing:
|. When the temperature falls suddenly
there is storm forming south Of you.
.. When the temperature rises sudden.
~ there is a storm forming north of you.
3. The wind always blows from a re.
gion of fair weather toward REGION
wheie a storm is forming.
I. Cirrus clouds always move from u
region where y storm is in progress to-
ward a region of fair weather.
.. Cumulous clouds always move from
a region OF fair weather, toward region
where IL storm is forming.
6, When cirrus clouds are moving
rapidly from the north or northwest there
will be rain in less than twenty four
hours, no matter how cold it may be.
I. When cirrus clouds are moving
rapidly from the south or southwest there
will be- cold rain storm on the morrow
if it be summer and if it be winter there
will be II snow storm.
8 The wind bows in a circle around q
storm, and when it blows from the north
the heaviest rain is east of you; from the
south, the heaviest rain is west; from the
west. the heaviest rain is north of you.
Q. The wind never blows unless rain
or snow is falling within one thousand
miles of you.
TO- Whenever heavy white frost OF.
ours storm is forming within one thou
sand miles north or northwest of you.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-22
Fireside Thoughts.

Nix EDIroR In the GREEN MOUNTAIN
FREEMAN of July IL, 1880, you say eve
are making a re,hty of that ideal barn
this summer" |, too, am AT work on my
ideal BAN, but it is yet only on paper, SO
of course is subject to alterations, if 1t can
be done for the better. AS | understand
il, your barn floor is on top of the beams.
IN mprc vemenl, consider it,on the usual
mode OF constructing barns II is much
cas- er TO crop the hay down in unloading,
than to pi'ch it up. Now, undoubtedly it
would interest many OF Your readers, be-
sdrs myself, who contemplate building
buns. 10 read n description of your barn.
like the idea Ct having name for The
home farm. Think it wouli be good
plan il every farmer who takes I'm inter-
est IN farming. and loves his home. had u
name Tor it, Why shou dn't the farm have
u name, AS well rs hotels, sioies, etc
find much to interes! me in the col.
umns Of the GREEN MOUNTAIN FREEMAN
I like lis editorials and correspondence.
and wish there we're more OF them. Why
will farmers not write more? II IS much
more interesting to read articles prepared
expressly tor paper than to read paper
made up wholly, or nearly SO, from clip
pings from other journals. Give US tht
ps per made up with the pen and not the
SCISSORS. To the New England farmer
the new feature of the complete marke
" ports from Boston, now beng printed
i , the FRELhAN, Ia very valuable.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-22

Ole familiar with our beef trade with
E nope gives the following figures IN one
of nur exchanges While we can >e
no hing very encouraging in this to the
Ensl ,sh farmer, TO us il means aslarger
market, better prices, an to the poo er
Eng rsh working people cnea. er and b. tt r
meat:
j." What is the extent of the beef trade
nowP"
Five years ago, when the buslns
gan, they could not sell twenty qua t. r,
week in Liverpool. Now Liverp oI
takes between 5000 and 400 q ,arter- a
week The whole trade amounts to from
10000 to 12,0U0 quarters a week, which
at 200 pounds to the quarter would m IKE
say 2,20O, 900 pounds of American beef SOL
each week N Great Britain. or ll4,400 DOC
pounds year. This trade has grown up
from nothing in the past five years, and
from present indications will grow great
deal larger as the years roll on"
Are many cattle shipped alve?h
About 5000 week in SIMMER. They
cannot send them in winter The rough
weather knocks them about too much
The trade has affected the price Of Amer
lean cattle somewhat, but not enough YET
TO do much more than give a slightly up
ward tendency TO the market"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-22

The Kansas fGrnstr says: "'rhc culture
of sorghum bids FAIR to become one of our
leading agricultural industries. Some
farmers are experimenting with it as feed
purely. When Young. /, makes excellent
feed for cows in dairy harms. BY sowing
The seed broadcast or drilling with seed
drill on good soil. very heavy crop can
be raised in short time. Is qualities
will be tested next season for enslrgc.
These facts, in connection with its syrup
and sugar making q"alnies and the valne
of he ripe seed and bltde> for winter feed,
place he plant near the head Of tho list in
point of value to he farmer.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-22

MUCK.-For the value In which muck
is held by farmers, the public journals are
largely responsible. For years agricultural
writers have harped upon the great value
of muck rs fertilizer. and farmers gen
orally came to believe that muck deposit
was a fortune. In series of experiments,
have proved muck. or at any rate, that
which use. TO be worthless in itself. The
muck in the bed from which get mine is
Twelve 10 fifteen feet deep, and it cuts like
cheese, but after planting all kinds of
crops upon it, and composing 1t with
everything that coald procure. am sat-
lsiird that it is worthless except as an alb.
sorbent, and for that purpose it must be
dry. This article is prompted by reading
an item in the journal and the article cop.
led from the Boston Journal of Ch,mistry,
and desire TO add my testimony on the
side of what I think is truth.-COrrespon
eH B.JaSt Journal.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-22

FEED THE Cows WELL.-Cows cannot
give an abundance of rich milk without an
abundant supply OF good food In order
10 maintain the condition of the COW and
enrble her TO give II good yield of milk OF
he best qualry,il is necessary that her food
should CONAN supply of all the elments
VIII ch are required to produce good milk
ca ton seed meal COndnces 10 render the
III, rich. and should generally be fed TO
cows giving milk A mix Il of equal
PARIS OF cotton seed meal, lnnian corn
meal and wheat bran forms a very good
cd for milk production. Frrmers are
yearly feeding more and more ofthe cotton
seed meal, and find that the increased
yield amply rep1ys the outlay, besides the
increased value of the dressing. Some
COWS will bear higher feeding tnan others.
The cow shonld not be pressed too hard
with foot If tho bowels become loose,
the amour, of food should be diminished.
That amount of food which can be fed to
good advantage without loss ard without
injury to the COW, should be given.-Lew.
iSton Journal.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-22
MISCELLANEOUS.
p Crafty h: VIE.
An satecSs ntedes 4 Good Reason
for Happiness.

statement Of Mr. Washiuston Nnnroe, OF eaisAIll
Green County, New York.
"FOr many years hail 81 h.red from 4"
complaint which the physicians called
Gravel. / had employed some OF tn
most noted doctors without obtaining any
permanent relief. and tor a long tine my
case was regarded as hopeless. All VIII
knew tho circumstances said | must die
Finally. NV wife induced me to try bot
lie of DR.. Kennedy's r .vorite Remedy
which she had somewhere heard OF
seen advertised. Without the sligh,esI
faith in it. but solely to crafty her, |
bought bottle of a druggist IN our village
used that and two or three bottles more
and to make long story short am
now as healthy man as there Is in the
country.
Since then have recommended Favor
lite Remedy to others whom | knew t.
have suffered from Kidney and Liver com
plants; and | assure the public that the
'Ftvorite Remedy has done work with
n similar completeness in every singh
instance, and trust some other sick and
discouraged mortal may hear of 1t and try
the 'FavOrlle Remedy as did"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-22

Too much hollow and vapid advice is
given to farmers in essays which tell them
to use their brains, A writer who has
never seen farm, even II girl in n public
school, can write n piece" advising
farmers to be intellectual and brainy. The
best thing an agricultural editor cln do is
to civ" The latest practical Suggestions.
The sllliest thing he can accomplish il to
write long wInded essay on theories.
which neither he nor any of his readers
wi ever reduce TO pracllcc. The most
valuable contributions to IN agricultural
paper are those which tell in common
sense language how to Improve the condi-
lions and cheaper the cost of raising the
produce Of the farm.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-22

| FL IroR HOUSEHOLD DEPARTMENTAL
would like II short chat please, with some
of the members of the household depart.
ment.
To Mrs. Boyce would say, have tried
YOUR recipe for roll Jelly cake. and we all
pronounce it Sptcndid | intend to try
our recipe for duughnu!s one Of these
! days.
would like to obtain some slips Of the
orthunna, and will send either the postage
or other slips, rs you prefer. Only few
| towns he between us, so we could send
he slips nicely, think. visited in your
town last summcr, and have some slim,
that brought from there. think per.
haps we have plants that you would like
1t your variety was reduced by the
"ire,ze." We have about twenty varieties
OF the gcranum-Somn Of them uui O
choice tAvc also the night blooming
cereus, caha, hcGonia, calceOlaria, yellow
and red, abutiion, cedum etc. Let me know,
please, II you would like any of them, md
| will cndeavor TO get some rooted BY tho
llme i would ho safe 10 send them. |
would also like you 10 save me II few
bulbs Of tie Madeira vine.
| wish u thank f. H. Dow for The seeds
| received They were Of good variety
aud cely liberal quantity
Potts Thorn, I havu used your apron
pattern, aud like it the best Of any | ever
saw.
Ii the lljoGd who was uouhled BY the
feathers coming from The wing while
busting 1--WE have leaned tho paper and
l have forgotten her namo) would place
The end Of the wings--afler being drled.-in
aches ard let them remain, ] think she
will have no trouble. When wished for
use shake tho ashes from them and fasten
cloth OF son paper around.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-22

An agricultural exchange says every
paper In the United States ought OCCASION
ally to keep the fact before its readers that
burnt corn is certain and speedy cure
for hog cholera. The best way is to make
pile Of corn on the cohs, effeclually
scorch it. and then give the affected hogs
free access to it. This remedy was dis
covered bv L. L. Lock at tho time his
distillery was burnt In Lewiston, H., TO.
gether with large lot OF store corn, which
was so much injured as to be unfit for
use. and greedily eaten by the hogs. sew
cral of which were dying daily. After
the second day not single hog was lost,
and the disease entirely disappeared. The
remedy has been tried in a number Of
eases since, and has never failed.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-22

Has often been made 10y the discovery OF some
thing, but nothi x has ever stood the test like DR.
Benson's Celery and Chamome Pills. their popularity
and sale is unprecedented.
They supply need long felt and must be ONE q
household remedy Just think-to be cured "
weeks of these terrible nervous troubles and awiu
suffering from Sich Headache, Neuralgia and Dyspep.
sia and the nervous system put in an natural and
healthy condition destroying the possibility of Par
alysis, Angina Pectoris and sudden death, which Ia
carrying off mauy noble men and women In the full
tide of life and usefulness
This simple remedy Of Extract of Celery Seed and
Chamomie Flowers. Combined in the form Of pills, is
boon to humanity 1t has saved the lives OF hOusai
OF nervous, headaching children school, and out
every year No nervous person or sufferer from Head
ache Neuralgia, Dyspepsia Paralysis will do them.
selves Justice until they try them
sold by all druggists. Price 50 cents a box. Depot
Ito North Eutaw street, Baltimore. Md. by mail two
boxes for 81 or Six boxes for $3.50, to any address
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-22
LYHlA e. PlNKHAM'S
Is n Positive Cure

10y al t,i8.., Inn!ni Complaints 6ui W EHa nSssss
s1rOmHIGu tOOur best female population.
VII cure entirely the worst form Of Female Com
.ias all ovarian troubles, Inflammation and UlceTa
tea FALLING and Displacements, and the consequent
r:,nsl Weakness, and Is particularly adapted to tie
.ange Of Life.
J: will dissolve and eIpel tumcrs from the uterls!n
m early stage CT development The tendency to ran
rous hunors there's checked very speedily by Its uss.
L removes feintness natuency, destroysali craving
~ur st,nuents and relieves weakness OF tho stomach.
it cures Floating, Headaches, Nervous Prostrationi
General Debility, sleepleesness, Depression and Indt
.cstlcl.
That feeling OF bearing down, causing pain, weight
and backache ia always permanently cured by its USE
II will at all times and under all circumstances act In
harmony with tho laws that govern the female system
For the cure OF Kidney Complaints OF either this
Compound Ia unsurpassed.
LYDIA L. PINKHAM's VEGETABLE COM
POUNDS prepared at 23s and 235 Western Avenus.
Lynn, Mass Price 81 sir bottlesfor g. Sent by mail
In the form Of pills. also In the form OF lozenges,
receipt Of price, 81 per box for either Mrs. Pnkham
freely all letters of inquiry. Send for psDph
LET. 'ress as above, Mention THE upper.
No family should be without LYDIA T. PlNKHAM's
LIVER PILLS. They cure constipation, bliousnes
sad torpidity Of the liver IS cents per boz.
@ Sold by all Druggists. IA
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-22

Tie Iowa DAIRYNAN'S AssoCI ATIoN.-
The sixth annual convention OF the north
ern Iowa butter and cheese association
will he held in Cedar Rapids, commenc.
ing February 22d and continuing three
days Among the topics that will be dis
cussed the following are some of them:
Thu actual cost Of milk TO the produc-
en-"
The best method of delivering milk
once ench day at the factory"
1.-The cause and remedy for floating
cur dS.'
"The best grasses for dairy pastures"
"Value of food for making milk"
"Dtrying as speciality, compared with
general farming"
1.-The best plan for construction of dairy
barns at moderate cost"
THE best package for keeping aud
transporting butter"
The practieabilny of more rapid trans.
p "tation of butter to eastern and foreign
N rkets."
Tho best methods of transporting
or I'm from the farm to the factory with
sp cial reference TO varying temperature I"
Bitter butter the cause and remedy. "
THE dcsirabiIity Of system and mi.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-22
,rmitv in sailing and working butter -

formity in sailing and working butter"
Preparing cream for the churn.'
1.-The milk supply; how tn keep il up In
July and August. and other hot months Of
summer"
Effects OF care and breeding In dairy
herds
Diseases of cattle"
"Sllos. ensilage."
Winter dairying."
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-22

\ plan is now on foot and n company
mas been organized in Philadelphia to
reinforce the market fer sweets by manu-
ftctnring glue ISe out of cassava, root of
the uphurbia family and growing cxtens
lively IN South America and the West
Indies. 1t is cllimed thtt Ven hundred
bushels of this root can be raised on :,
single acre, and that eacn hushel will pro.
dnce thirty pounds of glucose. This Yield
is greatly in excess of the yield from India
corn, and the sweet is said to be OF II
superior quality.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-22
HnnSEHnLn nEpRArHENr.

We iavts for this coiumn. contributions from otD
lady readers, to make 1t such shall be Of value
and ntsrestto them. Anyto9ic OF domestic economy
which may suggest itself u them may be discussed
aud hope this feature will prove successful and an
additional attraction to our readers.
Contributions should be sent to the Editor ofthe
Agricultural Department.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-22

SID
m = a OUTFIT furnished free. with full instruction
M 4 for conducting the most proitsbl bus
ness that anyone can engage in. The bu
Nile siness is so easy to learn, and our instrut
W " No one fail who ia willing to work
Women are as successful men Boy
and girls can earn large sums Many have made a
the bushes over one hundred dollars in single week
Nothing like it ever known before. All who enga9
surprised at the and rauidity with which tho
are able to make money. You can engage in tn bus
during yonr spare time at great profit. YOu Il
not have TO invest capital in it. We take all the risk
Those who need ready money, should write to us
once All furnished free Bddress TRUE Il Co, An
guSta Maine, FM7vI
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-22

In feeding farmers should remember
that the measure OF the value of food Is in
a great degree determined by its price. If
hay is worth SlOper ton and corn the same
price, feed largely of corn, using only hay
enough TO distend the stomachs of the ami
mails.