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MEDICINAL.
NERVOUS DEBILITY
a CUKE a0AkAETEED.

Ds T. o. wHT's EEB7z AID BEArH rnKATMEE7-
A specific for Hys5enA. DiIsinesg, O0nyul1on1g
FeryOus Headache, Mental Depression, Los 81
Memory, SpermGtorrhes, Impotcucy, IDyoluntAKy
Emissions, Premature Old Age csused ~ over
exertion, seif-ADuse or 0ver-lhculfenco, Wn1o1
leads 70 misery, decay and de- n. One zo1 Ufn
cure recent cases. Each Dox contains one nouth1
treAtD Mt. One dollar q boz, or Gx boxes 9or 1V1
doll q; sent Dy mail, prepaid, on receipt Of pnoes
We guaEAntee Eix boxes 70 cure any case. Win
MED with ave dollGr1, We viii send the puTclfe11
our written guarantee to return the money II tha
Gusd only By A. REGKERT q CO.. Wholesale 81
Retail Druggists, AS Main street, Memphis, Teli
tSpfsru ~ raat1 ~ftI affa-tfNn
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ADMINISTRATORS SALE.
AdministratOr's Sale.

TN pursuance of judgment rendered by the su.
l. preme Court of the State of Arkansas ana the
order of the Probate Court Of Crtttenden county
hereunder, I will, as administration de bouts non
OF the estate Of I. W. Burgett. deceased: on the
Sd day of January. 1858.
in the town of Marion. in front OF the courthouse
door In said county, sell to the highest and best
bidder, ut pubic cutlery, the folio wing described
tracts Of land lying ana being situate in said Crit
tenden county. TO wit: E = Sc u fr. sec so; n
NE u OF r. zee. 80; NE = sec. 81; all OF fr Sec p:
8 u sec. 20; NV = sec 81 in township 4, north OF
range east, known as the Home flace OF L. w:
Burgett. ST., at Cat Island in said county, in all
sixteen hundred ti6e0) acres, more or less; pro-
vfded at said sale any one will bid aud offer at
least twOIhfrds cd of The appraised value of said
lands upon which there are $50 acres oil cleared
land in hne state of cultivation, good dwelling
houses, steam gin, tenant cabins and outhouses
usual ON a irst-class cotton plantation. In pursu-
ance of the order of said courts all of said lands
will be sold in q body on credit of q. and is
nont his, purchasers TO have possession alter pay
ment OF first installment of one-tnird 90 of pur-
chase money, and will be required 10 execute
notes with approved personal security with inter
est at per cent. fIom date OF notes until paid;
lien retained on said lands, and said sale to be
made subject to the approval of the Probate Court
of Crtttenden county, Ark. For further informa-
item apply to Greer Adams, SO East Court street.
Memphis, Tenn, or to toe undersigned on the
premises
W. Fl. ORDER. Admir- de bonis non
of the estate OF /. W. Burgett, deceA$ec.
Greer d dams. AttOFnerF-
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NERVINE.
TRUST SALE.


ON FRIDAY, THE 10TH DAY OF JANUARY
" 1883, between the hours Of IL ana Q clocks
for cash. the following real estate, situate IN the
State OF Mississippi county of Desoto, fronting on
the Harkleroad plantation, to-wtt: Being 6ecftons
twenty i've and thirTy-hve, township ore, range
ten; and the south half of section one, tile whole
of section two the east half section three the east
half OF section two, all OF section eleven and the
twenty acres of section fifteen all In township TIVE,
range two; and the northwest quarter OF section
eighteen township two range nine. Said sale 70 DO
made by me as trustee under a trust deed ere
cuted 10 me by II. S. HArkleroad, OF date October
90 1882 and recorded in real estate Mortgage BOOK
Miss for the purpose of Satisfying certain IN
debtedness therein named from H. s. Harkleroad
10 c. p Hum Co.. in which said trust deed all
equity of re1em ption IN case OF sale IL waived
Title believed 70 be good though sell and convey
only as trustee. J. T. LAPRADE, Trustee.
Myers d Snsed, Attorneys.
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PETROLEUM MARKETS.

COAL OIL-Wholesale lots, 1Sc per gallon.
CLEVELAND, December 20.-Petroleum-
s.w. 1l00, SIC.
BRADFoRD, December 20.-Petroleum weak
and excited; opened at 79c and closed at Sic.
Sales, ., 16l 900 barrels.
PrTIsBURe, December 20.-Petroleum ex-
cited and weak; united certificates closed at
S03c; refined, 797sc, Philadelphia delivery.
TIIUsvLLE, December 3d. Petroleum
opened at 8l5c; highest, S2sc; lowest, 785c;
closed at SIZE. Shipments, 404, $40 barrels;
charters none: runs. II .3S7 barrels,
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HousE-sUILpINo MATERIALS.

Bricks, lime and cement quiet at former
prices.
SIS per 1000 feet; dressed, $50; yellow pine
flooring, S25; shingles, 1904 so; lathing-
poplar, 81 rs; cypress, 81 per 1000 laths.
Extra prices for extra lengths above 20 feet.
NAns-S3 90@4 per keg, and leading
sizes hard to obtain.
BRIcKs-Hard, $40 so; soft, 80 per 1000;
friedrich, $4(d95 so per 100.
LIME AND CONSIDERATIONS lime, 95c(9
81 barrel; Tennessee, $4,000; Louisville
cement, 81 7O@1 rs a barrel; Rosedale
cement, 81 so a barrel; Portland, s.; plaster
of Paris, 81 so.
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5 Sc SD; Msy-June, go SAD; July,
S So sd; July-AuEust, 6 2 "a. 64d.
At 30: Msrch-April, 5 53-64d.
Ala: Deem ber-J an1ary, 5 So "a, 5 51-64d.
At S: May-June, 5 59-64d; June-July,
62-64d.
Futures closed dull and easier.
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hoRsEs AND MULES.

There are but few mules on the arket,
the demand being for large mules. The
horse market is dull.
MULEs-No. 1 dray mules, 16 10 163
hands, S200(a250; 154 to Is, S160@185; 10
to 153. S130@l50; 143 to Is, Sll0@130.
d sGdg saso9so9; 5sayy
nluos S40LG75
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RAILWAY RECORD.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE oFTRAINs

Cheaapeake. Ohio and South Western-
Trains move as follows: No. (express) leaves at
IL 40 pm; No. (maiD at 6:25 am No. Coving-
ton accom- modation) at $40 Pm No. (express)
arrives at 220 An. No. arrlves at AS pm; No.
5covingtouI Recommendation 9:55 m. (eitytimeJ
MemDhfe and Lille R0ck-Trains move
Is follows: No. leaves daily at 4:4op.m; arrives
1IO:5O o. m: 10. 3 leaves at 5 am; arrives at s
am. No. 5 (freightJ leaves Hopefeld at am;
MemDh1a and CharIestOn-Trains move
as follows (city time): Through express leaves
daily at IL :O5 pm. Local mail and express leaves
daily at S:I5 am. SomervilIe accom- m odation
leaves daily, except Sunday. at :25 m. Through
express arrives daily at 4:20 IN Local mail and
express arrives GAIL at S:55 pm. Somervflle ac-
commodation arrives daily, except Sunda y. $40
am.
Louisville and EashviIIe-Trains move
as follows: Fast mail arrives daily at 4 40 Am;
leaves at IL 10 pm: mail leaves daily At S:25
an; passenger Accommod ton leaves daily
10 40 a "a arrives daily ct $40 m (city timel-
will make close connection for all points East;
Brownsville accom- mediation leaves daily except
ndaY, at 1855 pm mail arrives daily at 4:20
pm. Brownsville accommodation arrives daily
except Sunday at SIS am.
mississippi aud Tennessee-Trains move
as follows: New Orles and fast mail and express
leaves daily at II 1 pm; express freight leaves
daily, except Sunday, at S:45 pm; freight leaves
daily, except Sunday, at $50 a. m. New Orleans
fast mail and express arrives daily at 1910 m.
express freight arrives daily, except Sunday, at
500 an. freight arrives daily, except Sunday at
ESQ pm. Freight trains carry passengers.
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Trustee Sale.

TJHE undersigned appointed trustees by decree
see in room and stead Of L. v. Dixon and Charleq
Kortrecht, deceased, trustees In certain deed Of
the LIST day OF June. 1876, duly registered In the
Registers office OF Shelby county Tennessee, IN
Deed Book, No. lie, page s, do hereby give notice
that on
Saturday, January I8. Iss8,
within legal hours, on the premises, we VIII sell
the property in said trust deed, described to-Wtt:
Lying and being In Memphis, shelby county, Ten
nessee now the Taxing District oil shelby county,
and on rne uUrth line Of Madison street fronting
the north line of Madison street about LEO leet and
having for its boundary line the street Line of
Fourth street, and being all that properly whioh
in June, 1876 was embraced within the fences and
occupied by a. G. Smith and wife As a family resi-
dence.
Terms of Sale Cash-Equity of redemption
barred, and all right OF dover and homestead re-
leased by the express terms of the deed Of trust.
r. N. HEATH, lT.rnstoas
J.. W. HUMES. A~''
Humes & PostoD and W. N. Randolph, AttyB
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sRooMs AND saooM-coRN.

Broons oil hons manufacture continue in
good demand. The new crop of broom corn,
which SHOWS consider able increase in
quantity ana Improvement in quality, finds
ready sale at quotations.
BRooM-Coks-Crooked, 394c per pound /;
straight. 5C97c per pound.
BRooMs-Per dozen in wholesale lots,
81 1894.
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PeLTRIss, HIDES AND LEATHER.

receipts.
HIDES, Ec--No. 1 dry flint hides, 16@
16!c; No; ryhides, 13c; dry salt hides, 103
@lz3c; NO. green salt hides, Sc; No.
green salt hide, &c; green hides, 5000 Bees
wax-Prime Fellow, 2O922c; taliow, 64c;
ginseng, per pound, 81 so. Dser skins
FEATHERs-Prime, 4Oc.
WooLITubwashed, 25@35c per pound /;
unwashed, lS923c; bury, l0@l6c.
LEATHER-0ak sole, per pound. 37@40c;
hemi s 21gSoc; harness, 3694oc; skirt
log, SICe4Oci French call, $4,000 per dozen /;
domestic calf sS0@45 per dozen.
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arrived of Sandy Hook this morning, bsv-
ing in tow the disabled steamer City of Ber-
lin, of the same line. The City of Chester
sailed from New York for Liverpool Decem-
Der 9Th, but meeting the disabled vessel
turned back and toued her into this port
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n. Louis EmnIovment Auency

Of e NORTH SIXTH STREET, ST. LOUIS, Mo.
O1O Contractors on Railroads, Levees, ETC.,
supplied with frst-ciass Laborers free Of charge.
Orders respectfully solicited
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New York futures opened quiet at decline;
at IL 80, dull; at 1880, dull but steady; al
80, very dpll; at 2:30, dull, closing weak.
Sales, $1,000 bales. Closing quotations were
as folIoWR:
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The newport and BaIesvIIIe RouIe

Work toward completing the Newport and
Balesville branch of the Iron Mountain
railroad is progressing rapidly, and it is ex-
pected that trains will be running 10 Bates
vile by Christmas. NJ. s. Cartier & Co, of
st, Louis, have completed the fine bridge
over Black river, and trains are now cross
ing it. Ten miles OF track are laid, and the
rem aiming 20 willEbe laid in weeks, max
ing 80 miles of road built in months.
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PROVISIONS.


Hog products continue quiet and lower.
Butter steady. Lard quiet.
BUTTER l7@1Sc; common, Is
@20c; country, 20@25c; Western, 25(g26c;
fancy dairy, 29@32c; creamery, 3S@40c.
CHEEsE-Factory, 109l1c; full cream, IA
@143c; Y. A, 15@16c.
MESS PoRK-$19 25 per barrel; sugar.c cured
hams. $14 rs; breakfast bacon, $l4 SO per cwt.
BAcoN-PacSed--clea sides, Sl2 so; clear
rib, S12; shoulders, So 25; stripe, s12 So.
BULK MEATS Packed = clear sides,
50 S73; clear rib, SO 624; shoulders, 81 124;
strips, SO so, original weights.
FRESH MEATs-Bsef, hindquarters, Ga
&c; forequarters. 3@4c. City dressed hogs,
10c; country dressed, 74@9c.
LARD-Tierce, $11 623 kegs Sl1 S74; 20-lb
pals, So 25; 10 Id, Sl2 rs; 3-ls. So SO; leaf
lard, 81 higher.
NEW YORK, December 2O-Pork quiet;
new mess, SO. Lard stronger; prime steam,
10.80c.
LOUISVILLE, December 20.i- Provisions
dull. Pork-new mess, SIS. Bulk meats
shoulders, &c; clear sides, 94c. Sugar
hams, 143c. Lard dull; steam leaf, lie;
prime steam, 109c.
CINCINNATI, December 2O.-Pork easier,
S17 so. Lard in active demand, IO274@
10000. Bulk meats quiet; shou ders, 6ic;
clear rib, &c. Bacon dull; shoulders, ste;
clear rib, 104cs clear, 1l2c. Butter quiet;
choice Western reserve, 25c; choice Central
Ohio, 23c.
New ORLEANS, December 20.-Pork quiet
and weak; iobbiug at SIT 624. Bulk meats
steady with fair demand; packed, shout
ders, &c; clear rib and long clear, 91c. Ba-
con dull and nominal; shoulders, 94c Lard
steady; refined, tierce, lie; keg, l2c. So
gar-cured hams scarce and in request, 153@
l53c.
BALTIMORE, December 20. = Provisions
easier aud quiet. Mess pork. $40 25. Bulk
meats-shoulders and clear rib slider, packed,
S49104c. Bacon-shoulders, 1O4c; clear rib
sides, l22c. Hams, 14@15c Lard-re6ned,
12fc. Butter firm; Western, packed, aud
roll, 22@26c. Eggs firm; fresh, go; lined,
24925c.
ST. LOUIS, December 2O.-Butter quiet;
dairy, 28@34c; creamery, 35@4Oc Eggs
lower, 24c. Pork dull; jobbing at SIT. Bulk
meats very slow, only email peddiug trade;
short clear, Sc. Bacon very slow, only small
peddling trade; long clear, 1O4c; short RIB,
l0ac; short clear, lie; plain hams, I2}@l23c.
Lard nominal, 10.20c.
CHICAGO, December 20.-Pork unsettled
but generally lower; SIT 15@17 Is cash,
$l7 IS December, ST. 274@17 80 January,
Sl7 424(d,17 40 February, SIT 57te9l7 90
March. Lard easier; 10 80 cash, 103739
10 40c January, 103e February, l05!39
10 Soc March. Bulk meats steady; shoulders,
63c; short rib, g.; short clear, Gle.
Cdh-Pork irregular.
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dull and easier. Sales, 10000 bales. of
which 5000 bales were American. Receipts,
1900 bales, of which II 200 were American.
At 1890: Uplapds, SD; Orleans, s Lied.
At 80: Uplands, std; Orleans, sd
The Liverpool future market at noon was
in buyers favor; December, 52-64d; Jsru-
ary-February, 51-64d; February March,
5 62-64d M arch-A priI, 5 $3.50; April MAY.
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. transactions aggregated $4,000 shares,


The local market opened and cloeed lower
to sell. Sales, 2700 bales, including 800
Tuesday evening-1900 TO exporters, 800 to
spinners, = 10 spectators.
YExrERDAY,s QUOTATIONS
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FUTURE MOVEMENTS.

The Tiger goes out tomorrow evening for
Peters Landing.
The Coahoma is the Lee-liner Tomorrow
evening for Osceola-
The City of Greenville, Capt. Joseph
Bryan, is due up t)-day for Cairo.
THE Ida Darragh, Capt. Ed Nowlsnd, is
the Saturday packet for all points on the
-Arkansas riYer.
The Josie Harry, Capt. Mill r. Harry, is
the Saturday packet for all points on White
river, going through TO Jacksonport.
The great O-Line steamer Thomas Sher-
lock, Capt. James Nichols, is due down to-
morrow morning bound for New Orleans.
The r. r. Springer, Capt. Henry U. Hart,
is due to-day, bound for Cincinnati and all
intermediate points on the Ohio river Frank
Stein is in the Office.
The Andy Baum, Capt II. J. Vinton, is the
packet tomorrow evening al 5 o'clock for all
points on the Ohio river as far as Cincinnati.
q. Wash Thompson lie in the Office.
The James Lee, Capt. Stack Lee on deck,
having been unavoidably detained, will
leave this evening for Helena, Friars Point
and all way landings. Lloyd Whitlow is her
clerk, assisted by Platt Rhoades and Arthur
Browne.
THE new Kate Adams, Capt. Mark r.
Cheek, is the United States mail packet this
evening at o'clock for Arkansas City and
all way landings. A. l.. Cummins is her at
tentive clerk, assisted by Lee CummIns and
Walker Outlaw.
The great iron steamer, Charles p. Chou
teau, Capt. John c. Crane, is due this morn
ing, and leaves again this evening for Vicks-
burg, Natchez, New Orleans and all inter-
mediate landings. George Miltenberger pre-
sides in her Office, assisted by Peter Writ
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Resignation Of w. Il. smith. OF the Mem.
Phis and Little Rock.

Special 70 the Appeal.
LITTLE Rock, December 20.-Capt. w.
E. Smith, superintendent of the Memphis
and Little Rock railroad, has resigned, to
take effect January LIST. He was impelled to
this step BY continued ill health. He is one
OF the Oldest and most efficient officers of the
company, and his resignation was accepted
with great reluctance. Henry G. Fleming,
road master of the same road, will, accord
ing to rumor, be appointed TO the superin-
tendency in his stead
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Trustees Sale.


TTNDER ana by certain trust deed executed
y January 9, 1881, 70 me, a. trustee, ~ r. q.
W. Shelby and 8. q. Shelby, duly recorded In the
Registers ONCE of Shelby county, Tenn, in book
., page as. and was recorded on the 22d day OF
January 1881, in Record Book No. 136, page 129s
to secure Indebtedness therein set forth, WILL
On Saturday, December ~, Iss2,
sell in front of the courthouse in the city of Menu
phis, Tenn, between the hours OF II O'Clock Ans
and pm, at public auction, TO the highest bid
der, for cash. the following property described IN
said trust deed, to-wit: one-hfth undivided In
terest in q tract or parcel of land in the second
District of Shelby county, Tenn. and bounded -
follows, to-wft: On the south By the lands Of the
Crane heirs; on the north by the lands known -
the sigler tract; o the east by the Willians
tract and on the west by ne land known ~ tho
old Shelby tract and noH owned by sigler, con-
tanning seventy-six (76) &Es. more or less. Also
a one-hfth interest in anQSher tract or parcel Of
land, situated in the sauh county and State and
in the Fourth CiEl District OF said county. and
known the we homestead, and bounded on
the south by Mr.. Cliff Alexander and Mrs. Burkes
on the north by Mr.. Glenn; on the east by the
sigler tract. and on the west BY Cuba, containing
one hundred acres, more or less. Equity Of re-
demption barred title believed 70 be good. but
sell a. trustee only
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New York spots opened dull; at II, dull
and easy; at 2, dull and easy, closing dull
and easy. Sales, 269 bales; contracts, 600
bales. Closing quotations we're as follows:
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New Orleans spots opened quiet; at l 80,
easy. closing easy. Sales, 5000 bales. Clos
Jog quotations were as follows:
Yesterday. Tuesday.
GOOD OrQlnarJ-.-..-.--......... "a 81
Low Middhng -...... 9Ss 90
MlOQilue 1890 VS. Us
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WEATHER AND RIVERS.
Above low
water.

MEMPHIS, TENN, December 20, 1882. !
The following observations are taken at the
same moment of time os T. m) at all the stations
larrtnd .
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New Orleans futures opened easy; at IL,
dull, closing dull. Sales, 81 900 bales.
Closing quotations were az follows:
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INDICATED STEAM
VePInin Destroyer
DISINFECTANT,
4 NEW AND WONDERFUL INVENTION.


Destroying Bed Bugs, Cockroaches, Ants
Moths and Parasites Of all kinds.
The apparatus for generating the steam is
An ordinary nursery lamp holding half pint
of the Medicated Fluid, with tube at the
top to direct the Medicated Steam upon any
point infested with insects. II is heated with
small spirit lamp beneath the boiler. For
Dwellings, Hotels, Steam Ships. Restaurants
&C., nothing ever discovered equals this aP-
pliance. Il is harmless to human life; is in
expensive and simple Ia It's use. While 4
most potent means for destroying Vermin
IL is the best disinfectant known and may be
most effectually used to prevent the spread
of contagious diseases, such as Yellow Fever,
Scarlet Fever, Typhoid Fever, DiPtherla.
Small Pox, &c. One trial is the best proof
of the great advantages of this over all other
appliances For sale by 4zsgists and Gen
sral Dealers.
&c. SPENCER. Proprietor.
$50 Washington St.. II. !.
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MovEMENTs ATTHELEvEE


ATripGls.-City of Baton Rouge, Cairo;
Coahoma, Osceola; Tiger, Peters Landing;
Katie Hooper, Arkansas river; Hard Cash,
White river; John A. Scudder, New Orleans
DePartxIes.-City of Baton Rouge, New
Orleans; Tiger, Peters Landing; John s.
Bransford, White river; Hard Cash, White
river; Katie Hooper, Arkansas river; Granite
State, Cincinnati; John A. Scudder, Cairo.
Boats IN Port.-Kate Adams.
Boats Due Dorn.-Thomas Sherlock and
Andy Baum.
Boats Due Up.-James Lee, Dean Adams,
r. R. Springer. Charles P. Chouteau and
City Of Greenville.
Receipts Yesterday,
City OF Baton Rouge-29 bales cotton.
Coahoma-217 bales cotton, so bgs seed
cotton and 763 sks seed.
Tiger-97 bales cotton, So bgs seed-cotton,
$40 axis seed and lot sundries.
Katie Hooper drought out OF Arkansas
river)-742 SKIS seed and 20 pigs merchsn-
disc.
Hard Cash drought out of White river)-
879 bales cotton, 1127 sks seed and 80 pkgs
suudries.
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STATIONS.

Below high water mark of1SH.
METEOROLOGICAL RECORD.
Time. Bar. Their. Wind. Weather.
sos am. 29.522 As Sc. Cloudy.
S 3 S Pm n. ss s. 8 sw. 6 Esl5
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-07-27
WASTED POLITENESS.
Treated Like Lady She Acts Like a
Beast.

Country Gentleman.
A man came into the office on
Thursday with black eye, a strip of
court plaster across his cheek, one arm
in a sling, and, as he leaned on a
crutch and wiped the perspiration
away from around lump on his fore
head with red cotton handkerchief,
he asked if the editor was in. Being
answered in the affirmative, he said:
"Well, [ want to stop my paper"
and he sat down on the edge of chair
as though it might hurt it. Scratch
my name right off. You are response
BILE for nay condition"
Can it be possible?" we inquired.
eyes," said he, "Pm farmer, and
keep COWS. [ recently read an article
in your paper about a dairyman's con-
ventiOn, where one of the notices over
the door was: Treat your COWS as you
would LADY, and the article said it
was contended by our best dairymen
that a COW treated in polite, gentle
manly manner, as though she was a
companion, would give twice as much
milk. The plan seemed feasible to me.
| had been a hard man with my stock,
and thought maybe that was one rea-
son my COWS always dried up when
butter was 40 cents a pound, and gave
plenty of milk when butter was only
Is cents a pound. 1 decided to adopt
your plan, and treat COW as [ would
a lady, had a COW that never had
been very much mashed on me, and |
decided to commence on her, and the
next morning after [ read your devlish
paper put on my Sunday suit and a
white plug hat | bought the year Gree
ley ran for president, and went to the
barn to milk. l noticed the old COW
seemed to be bashful and frightened,
but taking off my hat and bowling po-
litely, [ said: Madam, excuse the
seeming improperly OF the request,
but will you do me the favor to hoist?''
At the same time tapped her gently
on the flank with my plug hat; putting
the tin pail under her [ sat down on
the milking stool"
'Did she hoist?" said we, rather
anxious to know how the advice of
President Smith, of Sheboygan, the
great dairyman, worked.
Dld sue hOlsti w ell, look at me,
and see if you think she hoisted. The
COW raised, and kicked me with all four
feet, switched me with her tail, and
hooked me with both horns at once;
and when [ got up out of the bedding
IN the stall, and dug my hat out of the
manager, and the milking stool from
under me, and began to maui that COW,
| forgot all about the treatment Of
horned CATTLE. Why, she fairly gal
Hoped over me, and [ never want to
read your paper again."
We tried to explain to him that the
advice did not apply to brindle COWS at
all, but he hobbled out the maddest
man that ever asked a COW to hoist.