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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-01-20
Furnishing an Innocent Boy.

The teacher arose Immediately after
he called the school to order There
was look of pain on his gentle face,
and he seemed to be feeling for an ap-
pie in his coat-tail pocket, but he was
not. He was feeling for something, but
it was no apple, and it was not In his
pocket. He glanced around the school,
and every face was either oblivious or
mischievous, except Walter Cranes.
Walter Cranes face, bent over his Latin
grammar, had such profoundly studi-
GUS expression, it was so sublimely free
from guile, it was so angelically inno-
cent, the teacher called him to the big
desk, and as Walters wondering eye
brows arched themselves into silent but
expressive interrogation points. the
teacher handled long switch, and said:
ayes, Walter, yes; It was very neatly
done; and now, 4 you will just stand
one minute, I will show you just about
where that pin caught me-"
And he showed him not only once but
many times, to the great disgust of
studious Walter Crane and the infinite
delight of all the rest of the school, and
especially big Sammy johnson.
Did Walter Crane really put the pin
in the teachers chair, childrenp All,
no, indeed; and truly he didn't know
ANYTHING about It. It was big Sammy
johnson, who grinned and rubbed his
hands every time Walter "hoilered,"
who did it.
Thus we see that sometimes in the
study of physiognomy the wisest teacher
will, as Herodotus observes, "bits OF
more than he can chow"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-01-20
Selecting Trsss,

1t is season for making out a list
and selecting trees to be set in spring.
Those who will trust wandering
and wholly irresponsible agent with
this important work, choose to incur
risks, and almost always find that
they have met them. The wiser way
is to 90 to the grower who has a
character and business at stake, and
Is pretty sure to raise the varieties
that give the most satisfaction in the
particular locality, while making
trial of new sorts of promise. The
purchaser can then see whole rows of
the kind he determines to plant, and
can be marked with colored string, or
otherwise, the trees he prefers. An
inexperienced person Is very apt to
select a neat, clean.stemmed, straight
specimen, grown like u weed, such as
one sees where trees come up thickly
in each others shade. .and on rich,
clean soil. But such trees, with
their thin, delicate bark, unshaded
by leaves, are least fit to endure ex.
posture to the sun and wind, and un.
sheltered, unmulched soil. The wise
planter prefers a stout stem, short
rather than long, and full Of buds and
spurs, from which leaves can issue to
shade the stem and help the ascen.
of sap; which will also yield first
samples of the fruit. If shoots issue
from these lower down than he would
have the head, he stops the extension
by a timely pinch with thumb and
finger as growth goes on. II the
stem Is not erect, that Is q minor and
temporary drawback, easily remsdied
10y q stake and string properly applied.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-01-20
First insertion Dec. 0, 1881; last insertion Jam
uary 20, 1882.
MORTG AGE FORECLOSURE SALE.

nEFAULT having been made In the condi-
IL tions Of certain mortgage executed 10y
Lila Lyon, mortgagor. tn Charles Mansneld.
mortgage, dated February 9Th, A. ID. lS.l and
recorded In the Office OF the Register of deeds
I'm and for the county of Blue Earth, in the
State of Minnesota, on the 9TH day OF Febru-
AIRY, A. ID. 1871, at IL O'Clock I'm the forenoon,
In Book Of Mortgages, on page 593; by
which mortgage there was conveyed and
granted the following described real estate
situate I'm the county of Blue Earth aforesaid,
to-wit: The south fifty feet OF Lots One and
Two q and p i'm Block Seventeen On in Van
Brunt's Addition TO Mankato, according to
the recorded plat thereof, to secure the pay
ment of the sum Of Three Hundred and Fifty
cent. per annum till paid, according to the
conditions OF n promissory note bearing same
date as said mortgage, made by said Lila Lyon
to said Charles Mansfield; and there being
due and unpaid upon said note and mortgage
at the date Of this notice the sum of Four
Hundred Twenty-siX and;S-l0o ($i28 S5) dollars,
and the further sum of forty-sevcn ana 5SiOO
dollars taxes and interest thereon paid upon
said premises by said mortgage, who has the
county trcasurcrs receipts therefor for the
years 1873, 1859. 1870 and lssl, making the total
amount now due OF Four Hundred Seventy
three and ss-lOO dollars (+7S.sS). And no action
or proceedingat law or otherwise having been
instituted 10 recover the amount Of said
mortgage debt or any part thereof; Now,
therefore, notice is hereby given that by vir-
tue and I'm pursuance of power of sale in
said mortgage contained and Herewith re-
corded, and of the statute I'm such case made
aud provided, the above described premises
will be sold at public auction, ut the front
door OF the Office of the Register of Deeds In
and for said county Of Blue Earth, and ut the
city OF Mankato therein, on
Saturday. January 2lst, A. ID. 1889.
nj 10 o'clock in the forenoon, to satisfy the
amount Of said mortgage debt then due and
unraid together with the costs and expenses
OF such foreclosure proceedings including
twenty-five dollars attorney fees as stipulat-
ed in said mortgage and the said mortgage
will be thereby foreclosed.
Dated December 5th, 1851.
CHARLES MANSFIELD,
o. o. PITCHER, Mortgage.
Attorney for Mort Qauee
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PROBATE NOTICE.

STATE OF MINNESOTA-County of Blue
y Earth--ss-In Probate Court.
In the matter of the minor heirs OF George
May, Henry Edward and Laura Bell Mayn'
ard,
ON reading and filing the petition of Helen
NJ. Kerr, formerly Helen NJ. Maynard guar
dian of said minor heirs representing among
other things that her said wards are siezed
of certain real estate therein described and
the support maintenance and education of
her said wards and praying for license to sell
the same.
II is therefore ordered that all persons
interested in said estate appear before the
Judge of this Court on the 18th day of Febru-
airy, A. ID. 1882, at 10 O'Clock A. NJ, at the
Probate Office I'm the city Of Mankato In said
county then and there TO show cause lf any
there bel why license should not be granted
TO said guardian to sell said real estate accord
ing TO the prayer of said petition.
And IL is further ordered that a copy of this
order shall DO published for four successive
weeks prior to said day of hearing the last of
which publications shall DO at least fourteen
days before said day OF hearing I'm the Man
kato FREE Press, weekly newspaper print
and personally served on all persons inter
estcd I'm said estate residing in said county at
least fourteen days before said day OF hearing
and upon all other persons interested accord.
ing to law.
Dated ut Mankato, january ith, 1882.
BY the Court, u. w. MEAD,
Judge of Probate.
WAITE & PORTER,
Attorneys for Petitioners. 2swl
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We said in former advertisement: =" To person of
Means land is cheaper today and in the long Blue Earth
county $40 than at 81 So per hundred miles
from timber BY the time the settler these prares has
his roads and Bridges churches and schools bought
hrewood and timber until he own his land will
him more than 800 acre. We repeat again emphasized by
results Of the October blizzard the lying
tor hundred Of miles the losses reported
lost largely because there timber with which utilize the
hay and straw for shelter
We have large amount of farming lands sale Blue
Earth and adjoining counties and suit either with
and will likely keep going up present prices they will pay bet
ter as an investment than money interest Parties
thinking OF buying will get better bargains than along
spring
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-01-20
The Year 1881 Generally Prosperous.

Telegraphic advices to Bradstreet's
Journal from thirty.five leading trade
centres recount the story of trade
and industrial prosperity in this
country for 1881. There is, indeed,
every reason to believe that the con.
ditiOns are 80 favorable as to insure
a continuation of trade and industrial
activity throughout 1882 and beyond.
The summary ut Chicago shows an
increase over 1880, the only draw.
back being a falling off in the move
ment of breadstuffs. The outlook
for the spiing trade is reported good.
Louisville reports an increase in trade
and marked activity In building.
Louisville's leaf tobacco business for
the year was the largest ever known
there. The summary for st. Louis
is about the same as that for Chicago.
The unreasonable weather affected
seriously the fall trade at important
points In Minnesota. Throughout
Michigan the roads continue bad.
and collections are reported little
slow. These, however, are only in
cidental draw backs, as In general the
year has been very prosperous for
the northwest, and this in spite of
short grain crops. immigration has
been most healthful stimulus for
the northwest. Coming east the
great industrial activity is brought
into sharp relief at Cleveland and
Pittsburg. The prosperity in manu-
featuring industry existing every
where is perhaps the most marked
characteristic of the commercial sillla.
ton, and at present writing there are
no signs Of lessened activity In any
direction. The year has brought
great benefits to the south in the
shape Of rapid railway extension and
the general development Of the
country. The movement in general
merchandise at some Of the leading
southern trade centres has not been
so satisfactory. General trade on
the Pacific coast is reported to have
been fairly good. 1t will be re-
nembered that the Pacific coast was
the last to feel the Astounding pros
perity of the country. At the sea.
board cities-and this is notably true
of New York-the movement in
general merchandise has been fairly
unprecedented. No previous summer
in New York ever saw such activity
in the dry goods trade, and this
statement will in great degree hold
good for other trades. The forbid.
ding feature has been the falling of
in the export trade consequent upon
the short crops and the speculation
for high prices. But there are
sufficient reasons for believing that
the Astounding resources of the United
States will speedily afford remedy
for the impaired export trade.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-01-20
A Valuable Cow.

The famous Jersey Queen comes
from. the herd imported by z. T.
Fairbanks & Co., and was purchased
when only a few days old, together
with her mother, by d. Harvey, OF
Peacham, VT. She was sold when
Q months old to farmer Of that town
for S32, In 6 months from that time
she was purchased by Asa Hoyt, a
cooper of the same place. Mr. Hoyt
owned her for several years. The
last year that she was in his posses.
sion he kept an attentive account of
all the milk and butter which the
Queen produced. At the end Of the
year he found that she had made 746
pounds of butter.
In 1879 the cow was sold to Josiah
S. EMERSON, of Barnet, VT, for ST.
900. Mr.. EMERSON christened her
the Jersey Queen, and in 1881 he had
an accurate account kept of her milk
and butter. She has already produced
between 500 and 600 pounds of butter
and at the end of the year her record
will pass 800 pounds.
Mr.. EMERSON has just sold the
Queen to A. b. Darling, proprietor
of the Fifth Avenue Hotel of New
York, for $1,000 cash. Mr.. Darling
now owns the best two cows in the
world-EurOtas, whose record is 720
pounds of butter In one year. and
the Jersey Queen, whose record will
pass 800 pounds.-Springfeld Repu6-
Liean.
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PROBATE NOTICE.

CTATE OF MINNESOTA, County Of Blue
y Earth.-ss.-In Probate Court.
In the matter Of the estate OF Elisha A.
Parks, deceased.
The State OF Minnesota and the said Probate
Court 10 all persons interested In the estate
OF Elisha A. Parks, deceased, greeting:
Whereas, Joseph w. Dilly, OF Blue Earth
county, State of Minnesota has filed bis petit
ton in the Probate Court Of the county OF
Blue Earth for letters OF administration TO
issue 10 some suitable person upon the estate
OF Elisha A. Parks, late OF said county, dec
eased.
There fore, you and each OF you are cited
and required 10 appear at the office of the
Judge Of Probate, in the city of Mankato, In
said county, on Monday. the 3th day of
January, lse2, at IL O'Clock In the forenoon Of
that day and show cause why letters of adj
ministratiUn upon said estate should not be
granted as prayed for in said petition.
In testimony whereof, have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal OF the Probate
Court. this 4th day OF January. A: ID: 1852.
tSEAL. q. W. MEAD,
2sws Judge of Probate.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-01-20
An Incident at a Revival Nesting,

In the little town of Peninsula there
lives disciple of Blackstone, who has
acquired more than mere local repu-
tation as collector Of hard bills. His
ability in this direction was SO well rec
ognized that a threat Of q weary credi-
tor to hand the bill to Mcneil for col
lection would usually extract shekels
from the toughest canaler. A few
months since Peninsula was visited with
an awakening of grace. Protracted
meetings were held, and many wander
ers were gathered into the fold. On one
occasion, at an experience meeting. one
of the elect, Brother Coleman, arose to
testify. In one corner of the building
slumbered rough, rugged canal boat
man. who awakened with the discourse.
my dear brethren and sisters" said
Professor Coleman, Il sarved the devil
more'n thirty year. and he never gin me
cent of pay"
At this juncture the canaler, who had
not taken in the principal idea sought
to be advanced, reared out In stentorian
tones: "Send In the account % Bill
Mcneil. and hen collect svsEy hlAsssd
cent Of IT.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-01-20
Virginia's Prodigy in Arithmetic.

A man by the name Of Price, near
Alma, who il almost blind, and who Is
wholly uneducated and not at all spright-
ly In other respects, is said to be able to
solve almost any problem in mathemat-
les that can be given him. He uses no
figures, but makes his calculations on
his fingers. Mr.. Hampton, who is
teaching in that neighborhood, gave him
last week the following problem, which
he solved quicker than good scholar
present could do by algebra: A man
bought horse, buggy and harness.
The horse cost $48 more than the bug
gy, the buggy two and three-fourth
times as much as the harness, and the
harness one-seventh Of the whole sum
paid. What was the whole sum paid
what did each cost He has no difficult
ty in working fractions, however compN-
Gated and Intricate. Mr.. James P.
Graves informed us that he once asked
him what was the third and the half Of
one-third of three and one-third, and he
was ready with the answer almost as
soon as he had finished the question.
He is about 2S years old.-Luray IVA.
IO1LTier
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MANKATo FREE PRESS
FRIDAY. JANUARY 20, 1852.
Earn. aud gu,ssshola.
High Priced Egg.
An exchange says:

An exchange says:
Fresh eggs are always high.priced
during the months Of December and
january. There Is no secret In get
ting them at that time If one under
stands the care of poultry as every
farmer should.
The non.setting breeds are best for
eggs. Pullets Matched in March and
April will begin to lay in November,
and il properly cared for, continue TO
furnish fresh eggs through the winter,
but rs the hen is only living egg
machine, she must be furnished the
raw material in order to turn out the
manufactured goods. She must have
warm, clean, comfortable and sunny
house to live in, which is indispens-
able. Corn makes her fat and fur
nishes the yolk. If fed exclusively
on corn she will be too fat to lay.
Wheat, oats, buckwheat, meat and
vegetables, cooked and uncOoked,
are what the white or albumen Is
made from, and composes about Il
per cent. of the egg. OF these wheat
contains the most albumen, and should
be kept where they can get at it; II
allowed to choose their own feeding
time they will eat often and never
too much. They require pure water,
which is better il their drinking
vessel has little bits of rusty iron In
it. Cayenne In the water once or
twice week warns and stimulates
the egg production; but be careful
not to feed that too much. Skinned
milk is better than water, rs it con-
tains more alhumen for the eggs.
Lime and gravel, or what Is better,
masses of old plastering pounded up,
will make shells. No matter how
well the biddies are cared for other
wise, their eggs will be without
shells unless they can get lime and
gravel TO make them of. A feed Of
chopped onions, with little pow
dercd charcoal and the use Of coal
oil on their perches, will free them
from ther greatest pest, VIZ, vermin.
Chopped onions should be fed them
about twice week during the winter
season. II egg shells are fed to hens
they are likely to learn to break and
eat their own eggs. The only sure
way to break a hen from the habit of
egg eating, is to break her neck.
Hens should never be kept over two
years old. They lay the most eggs
the first year and less each succeeding
year. The first and largest eggs pro-
duce male birds, and the last and
smaller ones before setting, hatch
pullets. 1t is important to know
that, if you want to raise more hens
than ROSTERS, and it is also important
to know that in order to fertilize the
eggs and have them hatch well. that
there must be one good cockerel to
from to l2 hens, according to breed;
but everyone does not know that too
many cockerels in a flock destroys
the fertility of the eggs.
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PROBATE NOTICE.

CTATE OF MINNESOTA, County OF Blue
y Earth-ss.--ln Probate Court.
~ sne matter OF the estate OF Abncr Shearer,
deceased.
On reading and Ming the petition of W. P.
Coffin. administrator OF the estate or Abner
shearer. deceased, setting forth the amount
OF personal estate that has come 10 his hands
and the disposition thereof, the amount Of
debts outstanding against said deceased. and
q description of all the real estate OF which
said deceased died seized, and the condition
and value of the respective portions thereof,
and PRAYING that license be 10 him granted 10
sell all the real estate Of said deceased.
And IL appearing by sa:d petition that IL
would be beneficial and for the best interest
of the heirs Of said deceased TO sell all OF said
real estate, IL is therefore ordered that all
persons interested in said estate appear be-
fore this Court on Monday, the 18th day of
February, A. ID. lss2 NJ ten o'clock A. NJ, AT
the Probate Office in the city of Mankato in
said county, then and there 10 show cause. II
any there be, why license should not be grant
ed 10 said administrator 10 sell said real estate
according TO the prayer OF said petition.
And IL Is further ordered that copy OF this
order shall be published for four successive
weeks prior u said day of hearing, the last OF
which publications. shall be AT least fourteen
days before said day OF hearing in the Manka-
10 Free Press, q weekly newspaper printed
published AT Mankato, in said county, and
personally served on all persons interested in
fourteen days before said day Of hearing, and
upon all other persons interested according
70 law.
Dated at Mankato. the eeth day Of Decem-
Der, A D. 1881. g. w. MEAD,
II Judge Of Probate.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-01-20

1t is important that the roots Of a
tree be fresh, undried by wind and
unbitten by frost. If a scrape with
q finger.nail shows u white, bright,
moist surface under the outer film of
brown, the roots are sound. AS to
the top, the ripe free shoots of last
year indicate health and vigor. These
shoots should be shortened In Except
the one or three to form the head J.
Thus we examine the three con.
stituents of the tree-the roots that
supply, the stem and its bark that
carries, and the leaf.bearing buds
digest. -Ne,o York Tribune.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-01-20
The Dairying Business.

In nearly every western State the
to the Importance Of the profitable
ness of the dairy. At the Wisconsin
State Dairymen's Association held
last week, every possible phase of
the dairy interests were discussed
and the conclusion Of the meeting
was that dairying has proved great
educator and civiliZer. 1t has taken
the farmer out of his isolated life
and pushed him into the busy chan
nels of trade and commerce. and has
made a business man of him. Where
ten years ago he had no familiarity
with the lines of business life outside
of his local market, he now may be
found consigning his butter to New
York, Boston, Chicago. or New
Orleans. as he deems best; and his
cheese to London. lie has been
forced to deal, as principal, with rail
roads and transportation companies
and the great commercial world. He
has been forced to the study of the
great underlying economies of bust
ness life, plant life, and animal life.
He has learned to solve the vexed
transportation question in the most
practical way, a way that Wander
built and Jay Gould are powerless to
circumvent-and that by condensing
the bulk and increasing the values of
his products. From this latter ques.
ton he has learned the valuable
lesson that the difference in the cost
of transporting to market a dollars
worth of grain and dollars worth
of cheese IS as 7 to 20 in favor Of the
dairy dollar, and there are but 100
cents in each dollar.
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STATE OF MINNESOTA, County OF Blue
y Earth-ss. District Court, Sixth Judicial

STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
y Earth-ss. District Court, Sixth Judicial
District.
In the matter OF the petition for the appoint
ment OF a Receiver OF the estate OF Francis
J. Pierce under the lnsolvent Act.
Notice Is hereby given that Francis J. Pierce
Of the city OF Mankatu, in said county and
State. has, by order OF the District Court Of
said county, dated January eth, 1859, been de-
clared and adjudged insolvent. and the under
signed appointed Receiver OF all the property
belonging To the estate OF said Francis ]
Pierce, not exempt by law from levy and sale
on execution, for the benefit OF all said Fran
els J. Pierces creditors.
All claims must be verified and presented
10 the undersigned for allowance within twen-
~ days from this publication. as provided by
Chapter l4s OF the General Laws OF Minneso-
Ia for the year ISL.
Dated January 10th, 1882.
lw W. II. ALLEN, Receiver,
Mankato Mimi
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
- Earth.
In the matter of tho estate OF Francis A.
Percival, deceased.
In pursuance of an order OF Geo. w. Mead,
Judge Of Probate for the county Of Blue
Earth made ON the 9th day OF January, lss2,
notice is hereby given to all persons having
claims against Francis A Percival, late of the
county of Blue Earth and State OF Minnesota,
deceased, that said Judge OF Probate will at
tend for the purpose OF examining and allow
ing such claims ut his Office In the city of Man
kato I'm said county, ON the 10th day Ct April
and the 18th day OF July, lsss, at 10 o'clock in
the forenoon ON each Of said days.
And that six months from the date Of said
order has been allowed and limited for the
creditors Of said deceased TO present their
claims against the said deceased TO said Judge
OF Probate for his examination and approval.
Dated this 10Th day OF january. 1882:
LOREN w. PERCIvAL,
JOSEPH A. FREEMAN,
Administrators.
THOMAS s. wAsHBURN,
Attorneys for Administrators. 29w4