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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-06-30
Mountaineers and Turkeys,

The mode OF hunting wild turkeys,
adopted by the Blue Mountain hunters,
of Tennessee, is to corn" suitable
part of the woods frcquented by the
INDEPENDENTLY in old clearings. Corn
ing is simply the scattering of corn on
the ground and making. choice feeding
places, that the turkeys, which fly in
the ilocks, are not long in discovering.
When a hunter discovers the presence
of a flock in his ..iicld'' he corns it, and
generally feels certain that in time he
will have every one of the turkeys bag
ged. When the clearing is scattered
with the corn, the hunter takes posi-
ton in it from which he has view of
the feeding-place, but where he cannot
be seen by the birds. The turkeys drop
into the clearing with a great ilutter and
much gobbling by the males. The hun
ter picks out the bird he wishes to Sc
cure on the ground, and another at
which he will shoot when they rise. He
shoots the one on the ground and the
other in the air. Large shot are used,
and heavy charges of powder, as the
feathers of the game are very close and
the skin tough. A skillful hunter rare
ly fails to bring down his two birds, but
novice usually sees both take wing
without any apparent damage from his
charges. 1t is almost useless to try to
get shot at flock of turkeys by flush
ing them, US their hearing and sight are
extremely acute, and a flock always
gets up and removes itself from harms
way long before the hunter is within
gunshot. But while so willy in that re-
spect, they lack all semblancc of shrewd-
ness in visiting the "cOrncd' places.
No matter how large a flock is, it will
regularly visiting the place in the morn
ing where il was shot ut the evening
before. and in the evening after having
been shot into i'm the morning. This is
kept up until only one bird comes to
feed where all Of its companions were
killed. Sometime, when pair of tur-
keys remain, the two will join another
flock. and accompany it to the feeding
place it has selected. There are many
pot-hunters among the Blue Mountain
people who trap, snare and net the tur-
keys, and the legitimate sportsmen de-
stroy scores of their traps and nets ev-
cry season. Hawks and foxes destroy
many turkeys. The hawks are of inn
mense size, some that have been killed
measuring six feet from tip to tip. Wild
turkeys weigh from eight to twenty
pounds, and large numbers arc sent
from the Blue Mountain region to the
New York and Philadelphia markets.
Sportsmen from the cities visit the re-
giOn every season and spend weeks at
the cabins of the local hunters, who
serve as guides to the hunting grounds.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-06-30
A BLAND LAWYER.

Scene-The Supreme Court room at
Fredericktown, N. B., six judges being
seated on the bench. Mr.. X. to Judge
p. (contemptuously) II thought l was
addressing gentleman" Judge p.
lseverely)-"What do you mean. sirP"
The Chief Justice (sternly)-''Mr. X,
you must retract what you have said;
you must apologize. Mr.. X. (bland-
ly)-"I will retract, your Honor, If l
have said anything wrong; but what l
said was, that thought was address
ing a gentleman, and / still think So"
-frederickt0s0n IN. B. Herald.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-06-30
Sup2:siitioas About Bees.

Curious SIP. r>titionS prevail in Eng
and ~ tn thr relation between bees and
their OWNERS. a writer i'm CdSSelfs
NIga:iHC mentions several of these fam
cicS rs follows:
..Ail of EN- dead, sir-all the thirteen.
Wha, Il pity it iSn'
What's pity, Mrs. -? Who's
dead?"
The bees, to be sure, sir. Mrs.
Blank, when she buried her husband,
forgot to give the bees bit of mourn
ing. and now, sir, all the bees be dead,
though the hives be pretty nigh full of
honey. What pity tits folks will be so
forgetfulr'
Mrs. continued to explain that
whenever the owner or part-owner of n
hive died. it was requisite to place little
bits of black stuff on the hive; otherwise
the bees would follow the example of
their owner.
Mrs.--'s husband, who listened
while this scrap of folklore was being
communicated by his wife, now added:
MY wife, sir, be always talking lot
of nOn-senses, sir; but this about the
bees is true, for I've seed it myself"
This custom of putting the hives in
mourning is very common, and isstrict-
ly adhered to. from an apprehension of
its omission being attended with fatal
consequences.
At Cherry-Burton, on a death in the
family, scarf of black Grape is applied
to each hive on the occasion of the fun
eral, and pounded funeral biscuit soak
ed in wine is placed ut the entrance to
the hive.
"A neighbor of mine," says a writer,
''bought hive of bees Mt an auction of
the goods of II farmer who had recently
died. The bees seemed very sickly, and
not likely to thrive. when my neighbours
servant bethought him that they had
never been put in mourning for their
late master.
"On this he got piece of Grape and
tied it to stick, which he fastened to
the hive. After this the bees recovered,
and when l saw them they were in n
very flourishing state-a result which
was unhesitatingly attributed to their
having been put in mourning"
A curious supcrstitious custom for
merly prevailed in Devonshire of turn
in~ round the bec-hives that belonged
to the deceased-if he had any-at the
moment the corpse was carried out of
the house.
Some years ago, at the funeral of a
rich old farmer, a painful circumstance
occurred. just as the corpse was placed
in the hearse, and the visitors Ga large
number) were arranged in order for the
procession of the funeral, a person call
ed out. Turn the beesr'
A servant who had no knowledge Of
such custom, instead of turning the
hives round, lifted them up, and then
laid them down on their sides. The
bees, thus suddenly invaded, instantly
attacked and fastened on the visitors.
1t was in vain they tried to escape, for
the bees precipitately followed, and left
their stings as marks of their indigna-
ton. A general confusion took place,
and it was some time before the friends
of the deceased could be rallied tOgeth-
or to proceed to the interment.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-06-30
Windows in Hot Weather.

Tamboured embrOideries on muslin
or on net is novelty for summer cur
tains. For simple sash curtains the
sprigged or dotted patterns or those
with large rings or daisies wrought in
them are used without borders while
for the flowing curtains there is a vine
or striped border and scalloped edges
down the inner sides and across the bot
tom. The square-meshed canvas or
grenadine curtains are seen in many of
the handsomest residences for both cur
tains-those fixed in shape next the sash
and for flowing curtains behind it. The
trimming for these is insertion and lace;
either Cluny or the antique lace is pre-
ferred, and sometimes the snowy Rus
sian lace is used. The scrim curtains
have very much the same effect as
grenadine curtains and are much less
expensive. Colored embroidery in ar
tistic designs has been added to these
white curtains. forming sometimes a
dado or else border on two sides, and
occasionally there are small figures
wrought all over the curtain. For those
who like more color the Madras mus
Inns are commended, with their gold,
olive, or robins egg blue grounds,
strewn with flowers OF gay colors. These
come in beautifully blended colors that
give almost the effect of stained glass.
Monte cloth. made of cotton, has taken
the place of cretonne for cottage par
lors and chambers, because it is found
to be more durable.
Cornices and lambrequins are aban-
doned. Poles of wood or gilt, with
rings to which the curtains are attach
ell, are used for curtains of all kinds,
whether thin or thick, muslin or lace,
cotton or damask. The rings are sewed
directly to the hem at the top of the cur
tain, or else they are attached by little
clamps that have been made for this
purpose. In the place of lamhrequins,
there are sometimes valances, or the
Queen Anne cap. made of straight
width of plush, felt or other stuff, SIM
ply edged with gimp or fringe. placed
smoothly across the top of the window,
and from beneath this falls the muslin
or lace curtains.-Harper's Bazar.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-06-30
Trade Talk.

Some people are always over-sensitive
about being joked about their business,
and we suppose Kleever, the butcher,
was the other night at the card party
when Golosh, the shoe dealer, asked
him, rs he laid down three twenty-five
cent pieces for counters, '.if that was his
stake?"
"My steak, chi" said Kleever, REDEEM
ing; mo; but" doubling his fist. Il can
give you couple of pounds If you want
it."
"Wait, watt" said his partner, "wait
till Golosh plays O rubber, and we'll
beat him out of his boots" and then no
didn't like it because, being in the tobac-
co trade, he was asked to make little
fine cut for deal.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-06-30
Do Lam a Strayin'.
ny non M'aEE.

Elaboration at u colorcd camp meeting. The
dialect Is that of II Mississippi plantation.1
Look out, hackSlidcr, whar you walkin?
Make a miSstrp, sho's YOU bon.
tell you what, it's no use takin',
III YOU slip up,chilc, you gone!
DE rond IL tnli az Stumps an stumble,
RuiS an sink holes cbcrywhar',
spec dey'll gill YOU heap or trouble,
II You don't stop yo' foolin' dar'
It's dark az pitch an mighty cloudy,
spec de dcbpl'S wa!kin' roun',
FIis' thing you know he'll tell you "howdy;"
Iif' his hoof an stomp de groun'.
MIN, can't you see Stom's n brcwin'l
Hear de awful! thunder peal!
Look. Bazin, lirht'nin' thrcat'nin ruin
on. backSlider, how you fccil
Drap ON yo' knees an ssgo To pruyin',
An dc Iawd To hep you out.
Chile. tell him yours II lam a strayin-
Done got los an stumlin' bout.
An den you'll see de stars a-glcamin'-
'Luminntin' all de way.
Yea, bout ten thousan' twinklin', bcamin'-
Smack untwcl dc break ar day.
But If you fail de dcbbi git you,
Fetch You slap! right in yo' eye,
EOu'll feel mos like or grape shot hit you,
Drappd fom half way To de skyl
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-06-30

Jesse Frisby thinks he is very smart,
and is much given to asking silly ques-
tons. Clarence A. Marshall was stand
ing on the sidewalk on Austin Avenue,
when Frisby came up, and asked, What
are you thinking about when you don't
think about any thingp" ''Then l am
thinking what answer to give man
who has asked no question"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-06-30
The Poet and the Humorist.

The London Spectator says that the
poet looks through lower things upward;
the humorist looks through higher things
downward. The poet has more intel
lectual sympathy; the humorist emo
tional. The poet in his work deals with
the loftiest things to which his vision at
tains; the humorist uses his lofticst at
tainments To illustrate what is humblest.
The humorist includes the poet in his
view; the poet is rather shy OF the hui
morist. The poet breads and resents
ridicule, but who can ridicule the hui
morist? The poet in his poetic frenzy
aims ut gravity; the humorst can not
but smile, even ut the breaking OF his
own heart.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-06-30

to A in the same manner simply because
the outside of one described a larger
circle than the inside of the other In
other words man or horse in describing
any circle goes around one-half of him
self.
3. The man goes around the squirrel.
1t is just like wheel within wheel.
+. The man don't go around the
squirrel. have tried it and had l got
around the squirrel l would have shot
it.
z. If there was no tree there and the
squirrel was running around in circle
on the ground and the man was going
in a larger circle should say the man
went around the squirrel. But when
you put tree there it is different. The
man does not 90 around the squirrel on
the tree.
8. The man doesn't go around the
squirrel any more than tbs squirrel goes.
around the man.
9. OF course the man doesn't 90
around the squirrel. If | am standing
on the nigh side of horse and start to
walk round him. and the horse keeps
turning as go. am on the nigh side
of him all the time, am / not? And
don't go around him if am on the nigh
side of him I'LL the time, do /? The case
is precisely similar to this of the squirrel
ON O tree.-BuHalD ErDress,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-06-30
the Squirrel Problem.

"a squirrel is up tree and man on
the ground with q gun is trying to shoot
it; but the squirrel persists in keeping
on the opposite side of the tree from
the man. The man walks clear around
the tree to the place of starting, the
squirrel going about in the same direc-
ton and keeping the tree all the time
between itself and the man. Now the
problem is, Has the man been around
the SQUIRREL" He has been around the
tree with the squirrel Oh it, but has he
been around the squirrelr'
The Express invited answers to this
problem, and received twenty-seven, of
which fifteen say yes, the man does go
around the squirrel, and twelve say no,
he does not. A few have sent us their
reasons, and two send figures demon
strating the problem. The following
answers are printed:
l. OF course the man goes around
the squirrel. He goes around tie tree
and everything on it,
2. Should the squirrel have the start
l am of the opinion that the man goes
around it.
8. Not by darn sight does the hunt
er walk around the squirrel.
5. The man does not go around the
squirrel. Might as well claim that-by
having horse attached at A and an
other at B each describing the same circle.
keeping at opposite sides of circle-thc
horse at A would ut every time going
around the ring 90 around the inside
half of B and that Il returned the COM
pliment
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-06-30

Carlyle once said of Froude that he
was the best-read man he ever met
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-06-30

responded:
"Oh, dunno; somethin' or nuther
bout tares and peanuts"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-04-13

THE bill OF exceptions taken In the case Of
Charles ]. Guiteau, and signed by Judge Cox, Of
the criminal court makes pamphlet Of thirty
nine pages. There are thirty-two exceptions
as to matters occurring up to the time when
the case was given to the jury, and exceptions
also to the rdlings of the court denying a new
trial, and overruling the motion in arrest OF
judgment. To the charge of Judge Cox no less
than thirty-six clauses are made the subjects oil
exception.
THE House committee on education and la.
Dor has directed Representative Sherwin, o
Alabama, to draft u bill to be submitted to tho
committee recommending that an appropria-
ton OF 100000 be made to be expended
throughout the United States for educational
purposes in accordance with the ratio Of ilit-
eracy.
REPRESENTATIVE THoMAs ALLEN, Of Mis-.
souri,, born at Pittsield, Mass, in 1918, a
prominent railroal man AMI at one time the
printer to Congress, died the other day at the
Arlington hotel after an illness of several
weeks. He oavos an estate valued at about
s15,OOO,OOO
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-04-13
South and West.

A ST. JOSEPH (Mo.) dispatch says that great
excitement was aroused by the report that Jesse
James, the leader Of the notorious James gang
of railroad and bank robbers, had been killed.
He was living with his wife in a shanty on the
outskirts of St. Joseph, and two brothers named
Ford, members of his gang, were his compan-
ions. James and the two Fords were in the
front room together about 8 O'Clock in the
morning. James took off his belt and laid his
pistols on the bed, preparing to wash himself,
when Robert Ford sprang up behind him and
sent bullet through his brain. The ball en-
tered the back of his head at the base OF the
right brain, coming out over the eye. The
Ford brothers at once made known what
they had done and gave themselves up. A
number of men identified the body, which was
that of fine-looking man, apparently forty
years old, as being the corpse of Jesse James.
The Ford brothers claim that they are detect
ives and that they have been on James tracks
for long time. 1t is believed that they were
with James in the Blue Cut train robbery, and
that they were influenced in killing him by the
hooe of getting the big reward which has been
offered for James, dead or alive, by the gov
ernor and by the express and railroad COM
panies. Robert Ford, who did the killing, is q
young man of twenty-five.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-04-13
WISE WORDS.

That which is we'll done is twice
done.
A blithe heart makes blooming
visage.
Better ore word in time than two
afterward.
None but the wise man can employ
leisure we'll.
People seldom improve when they
have no other model than themselves to
copy after.
Fortune does not change men; il
only unmasks them and shows their
tue character.
When you have occasion to utter q
rebuke, let your words be soft and youl
arguments hard.
We cannot too soon convince ourselves
how easily we may be dispensed with in
this world of ours.
Give me the money that has been
spent in war and L will purchase
evry foot of land upon this globe.
Instead of complaining of the thorns
among the roses, we should be thank
full there are roses among the thorns.
Men who have the strongest intel
lects have the weakest memories; they
trust more to invention than to
memory.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-04-13
Fatal Storm i'm the West.

Portions of Michigan, Iowa, Missouri and
Kansas have been visited by a tornado in which
many lives were lost and much property de-
stroyed. Near Raymond, Kansas, John Will
sons lit use was blown down and Mrs. Wilson
was killed and Mrs. Parker fatally injured.
Several other large and strongly built houses
were demolished in the neighborhood. Pro-
ceeding northward the storm struck the
new aud thriving town Of Chase, demolish.
ing twenty out of the twenty-six build.
ings i'll the place, and throwing car;
from the track. Mr.. Read hotel keeper
was killed, and his wife fatally injured. Another
woman and child were also killed. At about
the same time in the evening a small cyclone
pas ed through the eastern part of the county
doing considerable damage. 1t was accom-.
PANEL by a waterspout, pouring deluge o.
water in some p aces, and drowning every.
thing loose in others. The wind sucked all
OF the water out of the wells. AS the cloud
approached Chase it was in the shape of fun
mel, whrling and twisting with fearful veloc'
lty. Churches and other buildings in its path
were completely wrecked. Near Highland Sta
tiOn, Michigan. the dwelling of a man named
Crandall was blown down, killing Crandall ant
one child, and severely injuring daughter a
guest named Mrs. Taylor, of Pontiac, was alsr
killed, and several other persons were more ol
less injured. The hurricane covered an area o
less than half a mile wide, but is reported t.
have lev'led everything in its path.
In Oakland county, Mich, Lafayette Ran
de J, hi; sister and little boy, and Mrs Henry
Tyler, were killed. little daughter of Tylel
had her arm so badly crushed that amputatior
was necessary. Miss Cora Ward was also in
jured. The debris had the appearance OF al
explosion, everything being ground TO atoms
An idiot sister of Horace Sherman, of Kalamo
was killed, his mothers sisters leg was broken
his wife's jaw was dislocated, and the whole
family was carried distance of fifty rods b,
the storm and thrown into a swamp, badly
bruised.
At Keosauqua and Humeston, Iowa, ant
Cahoka and Ashton, Mo-, the damage was
especially severe. A dispatch from Keosauqua
the county seat of Van Buren county, states
that the hurricane wrecked a great deal o
properly and played much havoc throughout the
Lower Des M0nes valley. At X, osaugua larg,
new house in which locomotive was kept wds
demolished. fireman was badly injured
Two or three brick houses were partly demol
ished. Heavy sections of the sidewalk wert
torn up and borne away by the wind. The
wind tore up trees and blew down fences in al
directions.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-04-13


A CHICAGO business house has signed con.
tract with Sergeant Mason to give him posi-
tion at $1,000 year as soon as he is released
from prison.
AT municipal elections in Western cities the
Democrats carried Cincinnati, Cleveland, Day
ton and Toledo, Ohio; indianapolis, Ind; De-
troit, Mich; Dubuque, Iowa, and Minneapolis,
MINI. The Republicans carried Milwaukee,.
combination of Democrats and Greenbackers
was successful in Grand Rapids, Mich
Ar Kokomo, Ind, prisoner charged with a
horrible crime was taken from the jail by a
mob and hanged. A negro who shot and killed
policeman at Kansas City, Mo-, was seized by
party of citizens, who hanged him from a
street bridge
OWING to a system of terrorism which is be-
ing practiced in Arizona Territory toward Chi
namen, in addition to other acts of awlessness,
Governor Tritle telegraphed to the President,
asking assistance for the protection of life and
property.
The graves OF tho Confederate dead were
decorated with flowers the other day at New
Orleans.
A coLoRED man who had assaulted woman
was taken from Jail at Winfield, West Virginia,
and hanged to a tree.
By fire at the insane asylum at Yankton,
Dakota, five persons lost their lives.
A FIRE at Cincinnati destroyed st. Xavier'a
Roman Catholic church, causing loss of about
s15O,OOO.
TIE steamer Belle Mac, one OF the best tow.
boats on the Mississippi, while on her first trip
of the season exploded boiler with terrible
effect She had crew of seventeen men all
told, and not one among the entire number
escaped without injury. Six were killed out
right by the catastrophe, three wero probably
fatally injured and the survivors were more OF
less hurt The accident happened not far
from La Crosse, Wis.
RUMoRs of the assassination OF Governor
Crittenden of Missouri in revenge for the killing
of Jesse James, proved to be founded on mis-
take; but it is believed that the governor may
be assassinated any moment by Frank James
or some other desperate member of the gang.
Six masked men entered the passenger cosch
of train near Cleburne, Texas, aud while four
of them guarded the doors the other two, with
| rcvolvers drawn, went through the car robbing
the passengers, after which they jumped of
and disappeared.
DISPATCHES from New Orleans say that the
crisis in the inundated districts of the lower
Mississippi has been passed, the swollen river
having fallen.
The grand jury of the criminal court at
Memphis returned indie ments for involuntary
manslaughter against S. c. McIntire, captain
j. N Bondurant, first mate ]. c. Hill, second
mate; and WASH Smith (colored) captain OF
the watch of The steamer Golden City, which
was burned at the wharf there with heavy l. g,
| of life.