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The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-05-10
Our Exchanges, =.


Assistant Superintendent Simpson
says the business on the. Northern
Pacific, Fergus & Black Hills road is
booming. The Fergus Falls receipts
on that line for April were over $1,000
in advance of those for March.-Fer-
gus Falls Telegram.
The thoughts which naturally arise
in the mind of the man. who attends
q fashionable ''society event., of the
present day are delineated in the story
of Benjamin :Frahkli1l. who, while
being entertained in Paris, was
present at fashionable ball. Dresses
cut decidedly low, were then as no W
the fashion. He was standing aloof,
when an acquaintance said to him:
ooh, Mr.. Franklin. did you ever see
such sight as this before!'' And
the Quaker replied; ''No, not since
1 was weaned.-Er.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-05-10

sT GIIE19! N MINNESOTA I:. }ss
DISTRICT COURT 18th JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
In the matter of the voluntary assignment Of Al.
bert j. Staples, insolvent.
The undersigned hereby gives notice that he
has been duly appointed assignee of the property
of Albert J. Staples insolvent, that he has given
the bonds required, and entered upon the duties
of said trust. All creditors of said assgner are
notified to file their claims with said assignee as
required by law.
CHARLES w. WoRTKEN, Assignee.
st. Paul. MINI.
A. G. BROKER. Attorney for Assignee.
May 9th 1858.
THE REV GEO. H. THAYER, Of Bourbon, Ind,
says: 'sBoth myself and wife owe our lives to
SHILOH'S CONSUMPTION CURE. For sale by
L. E. Stineheur.
ARE YOU MADE miserable by Indigestion, Con-
stipation, Dizziness, Loss Of Appetite, Yellow
Skin? Shi1oh's Vitalizer is a positive cure.' For
sale by l.. f. Stinehour.
WHY WILL YOU cough when ShiIoh's Cure will
give immediate relief? Price, 10 cts Is cts, and
ST. For sale by l.. E. Stinehour.
SHILOF's REMEDY-a positive cure
fbrEtasaIsh, Diphtheria and Canker Mouth. For
saseb L. E. Stlnehour.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-05-10
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Notice.

Wadena county orders, for which the
highest price will he paid. Inquire At. Ban.
OF Wadena. 1853 M ~
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-05-10

WHY WILL YOU cough when ShiIohs Cure will
give immediate relief? Price, 10 cts, Is cts, and
81 For sale by L. E. Stinehour
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-05-10

What Our Exchanges Say Of Us.
The NORTHERN PACIFIC FARMER
has been enlarged to q nine-column
folio. 1t is well conducted paper
and deserves its prosperity.-St.
Cloud Journol-Press. S..
The Wadena FARMER is enlarged
to nine-column paper and Prof.
Whitney, it's publisher is deserving
Of both credit and hearty support in
his efforts to make a good paper for
Wadena county.--Fergus Falls Dali
~ Journal. n -. o.
= We are pleased to note the enlarge
ment Ito nine-colnmn folio) of the
NORTHERN PACIFIC FARMER, Wade.
ma. Bro. Whitney is to be congrat-
.ulated on his success, and we wish
him continued prosperity -Verndals
Journal.
The NoRTIiEnN PACIFIC FARMER
of Wsdena. has enlarged to 4 nine
column folio. It promises other Inn
.proyements II tho near future. Il IS.
8 good pcaI paper, and this marx Of
prosperity Is well deyerved Little
.FdlIs SkK.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-05-10

The friends of Mr.. and Mrs. J. II.
O'Niel surprised them Monday night
with call. it being the fifth anniver-
sary Of their marriage; in other
words, their wooden wedding. The
friends came fairly burd with re-
freshments, and wooden gifts more
useful than ornamental. After some
hours OF social conversation and fun,
the company dispersed, (but not how
:eyer, until the eatables were disposed
OF hoping that Mr.. and Mrs. O'Niel
:may live to see their diamond we'd
ding sss5szs
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Letter List.

P. 0. Wadena.
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Wadena April 25tll, 1883.
Milford chronicle., 1883-12-14
An Ingenious Head.


A sad looking tramp, clad in the airy
garments of the deceased summer,
boarded a Sixth avenue car at Canal
street and West Broadway yesterday.
In his eye could be detected stern re-
solve to die before he would work. In
the palm of his delicate hand, unstained
by manual labor, he held four cents.
"Win somebody please give me another
cent so I can get down down? ?" he
asked. Somebody gave it. Then the
heartless minion of the soulless corpora
ton came forward to take the poor mans
all.
"Does this car run to Tenth avenue
and Thirteenth street ?" asked the
tramp.
'No," said the minion, sit does not. "
"Oh," CALCULATED the tramp, and the
minion rang the bell to let him get of.
Close behind was an Eighth avenue car,
and this the tramp boarded. Four cents
lay in his hand and a sympathetic pas
senger gave him another. "Does this
car run to Dry Dock ?" he humbly
asked. ''No," growled the conductor,
sit don't run to no dry dock. The dry
dock you're looking for is a sweet spot
out in the East River, and it's called the
Island. Get off. And the tramp got
off, and in the hurrying crowd of the
busy street counted up seventeen cents
as the products of his industry, and
boarded a Broadway car in search of
OYSTER Bay.-NetO York Times.
Milford chronicle., 1883-12-14
Every Day Lessons in Farm Lille.

A fair in every village may strike the
reader as an absurd idea, but according
to my views it is an excellent one. Let
me explain. In all small villages there
are one or more stores where the entire
neighborhood go to buy supplies. On
rainy days and during the winter these
stores are more or less crowded with
farmers and their sons, who discuss their
farms, crops, etc.
We have such a community here. At
one Of our stores was hung one day big
potato, labeled with the name of the
variety, also the name of the man who
grew it. Now, every one who walked
into that store was attracted by this fine
specimen, and it was not many days be-
fore other farmers brought in sample
potatoes, corn and the like. In each
case it was the best the farm afforded.
In this way farmers in the neighborhood
became interested in this agricultural
show; it melted them to improve their
seed and buy or exchange new varieties
with each other.
I can cut ten shocks more of drilled
corn in one day by the following plan than
can in the old way, viz. carrying it all
in the arms. After making the chuck, {"
cut all the corn within reaching dis
tance and set it around the buck. After
this has been done cut the rest of the
corn that belongs to the shock and
throw it on in piles, then take these
piles by the tops and set them around
the small shock that had been started
before.
None but the laboring man who has
suffered actual pain while husking corn
can appreciate what cure for cracked
and chapped hands means. Donot wash
your hands during cold weather oftener
than can be helped. Grease them in
the morning with clean sleeps tallow;
melt it and rub it in thoroughly; the
more grease you can rub in the better.
At noon give them another greasing and
at night wash the hands. My word for
it, by this plan man can husk corn
with pleasure.
Milford chronicle., 1883-12-14
KWife,s Admiration.

Sir Arthur Wellesley, before he be-
came the Duke of Wellington, married a
charming Irish Lady, Catherine Paken-
ham. They had been long attached to
each other, and the marriage took place
lust after he had returned from his bril-
liant career in India. During his alb
sence of eleven years she never wrote to
him, yet her affection was constant.
When Lady Wellesley was presented
to Queen Charlotte, her Majesty said,
ST am happy to see at my court so
bright an example of constancy. But
did you really never write one letter to
Sir Arthur during his long absence ?"
s'No, never, your Majesty"
"And did you never think of him ?"
eyes, your Majesty, very often. p"
She was proud of her husbands repu-
tation, but prouder of the fact that he
merited it. Just before her death, she
was visited by friends who found her
living on sofa in room filed with the
magnificent presents of cities, kingdoms
and sovereigns. When the visitors
gazed upon them with admiration, the
Dutchess exclaimed, with a weak
voice:
''All tributes to merit There's the
value all pure, no curruption suspected
even ! That could not be said of the
Duke of Marlborough p Youths Cone
panioH.
Milford chronicle., 1883-12-14
CHRISTMAS EVE.

God bless the little stockings
All over the land to night.
Hung in the choicest corners,
In a glow Of crimson light.
The tiny scarlet stocking,
With a hole in the heel and toe,
Worn by wonderful journeys
The darlings have had to go.
And heaven pity the children,
Wherever their home may be,
Who wake at the first gray dawning,
An empty stocking to see
Left in the faith Of childhood
Hanging against the wall,
Just where the dazzling glory
Of Santa's light will fall
Alas, for the lonely mother
Whose home is empty and still,
Who has no scarlet stockings
With childish toys to fill
Who sits in the swarthy twilight,
With her face against the pane,
anu 6AANfNo AoA tAAb Attt4O baog
Whose grave is out in the rain!
Oh, the empty shoes and stockings,
Forever laid aside,
Oh, the tangled, broken shoe-string
That will nevermore be tied
Oh, the little graves at the mercy
OF the cold December rain
Oh, the feet in their snow-white sandals
That can never trip again
But happier they who slumber,
With marble at foot and head,
Than the child who has no shelter,
No raiment, nor food, nor bed.
Yes heaven help the living
Children of want and pain,
Knowing no fold nor pasture
Out tonight in the rain
Milford chronicle., 1883-12-14
A CENTURY AGO.

An old brown leather-covered book,
the leaves yellow, the writing scarcely
Iegible, from time and decay-evidently
an old, neglected MS. To the fire or
to my private shelf? Which?
These were my reflections as I looked
over the papers of my late uncle, the
rector of a Somersetshire village.
I liked the look of the book and de-
cided for the shelf; and had my re-
ward, for I found in the Grabbed char
acters a simple story, evidently written
toward the close of the writer's life.
This story 1 now transcribe into more
modern style.
"He'n be fit for nothing" said my
father; San awkward BOBBY who holds
his awl and cuts his food with his left
hand"
So said my father, and so, alas I
felt. 1 was awkward. I was fifteen;
thick-set, strong, but terribly clumsy.
I could not make a collar, nor sew
pair of blinkers, nor stuff a saddle, nor
do anything that I ought to be able to
do. Ny fingers seemed to have no me-
chanical feeling in them. 1 was awk-
ward, and I knew it, and all knew it.
81 don't know what he's fit for" said
my father to the rector of the parish.
''I've set him to carpentering, and he's
cut his finger nearly off with an ak;
then he went to the smith, and burnt
his hands till he was laid up for a month.
It's all OF no use; he spoils me more
good leather in a week than his earnings
pay for in a month. Why cannot he,
like other Christians, use his hands as
the good God meant him to? There,
look at him now, cutting that back strap
for the squire with his left hand.
1 heard him; the knife slipped, and
the long strip of leather was divided in
a moment and utterly spoiled.
''There nowl look at that A piece
out of the very middle of the skin and
his finger gashed into the bargain.
The rector endeavored to soothe my
fathers anger, while bandaged my
finger.
''You'd better let him come up for
that vase, Mr.. Walters; 1 should like a
case to fit it, for it is very fragile, as all
that old Italian glass is; and line it with
the softest leather, please.
And so I went with the rector to bring
back the vase, taking two chamois
feathers to bring it in.
We reached the house, and I waited in
the passage while he went to fetch it.
He came back with large vase, tenderly
wrapped in the feathers. Alas At that
moment there came from the room,
against the door of which was stand
ing, the sound of voice singing. A
voice that thrilled me through voice
hear now as I write these lines-so
clear, so sweet, so pure as if an angel
had revealed itself to me.
1 trembled, and forgot the precious
burden in my hands; it dropped to the
ground and was shattered to pieces.
How shall I describe the rector's
rage?
She who had the angel-voice-his
niece-eame out and I saw her. for
got the disaster, and stood speechlessly
gazing at her face.
''You awkward scoundrel look at
your work. Thirty pounds Fifty
pounds An invaluable treasure gone
irreparably in a moment. Why don't
you speak? Why did you drop it p
''Drop it, said, waking up. drop
what?" And then it flashed upon me
again, and I stammered out ''She
sang !"
Milford chronicle., 1883-12-14

under the old yew-tree outside, and, it
may be, nearer to her still in the longed-
for future.
Milford chronicle., 1883-12-14
panion.

THE person VINO Is good for making excuses
81 seldom good for anything else.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1883-05-09
LII BE-AU Y

lie Beau is beautifully situated on
the east bank of the Missouri river,
at the union crossing of three great
railways, viz: Chicago & Northwest
ern, Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
Wadena, Fergus Falls & Black Hills
branch of the Northern Pacific. It
is located at the hast natural cross
ing on the Missouri and on the most
accessible route to the Black Hills,
through the great Moreau Valley,
which opens into the Missouri oppo-
site lie Beau. Millions Of acres Of
wheat lands Of surpassing richness.
It is the favorite section of Dakota
for stock raising.
For particulars regarding lie Beau
property and city lots, terms, etc., ad-
dress, MONTGOMERY 4 PAYNE.
MILLER, d. T.
MELVILLE & KELLEY Huron Dakota
GORDON Aberdeen Dakota
II ii MONTGOMERY Le Beau Dakota
17m3
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1883-05-09

A bird-cage which had in il four or five
canary birds, and also red songster, and
which had been expressed from Princeton,
H., to J. L. Biackford, of Miller, d. T.,
had attached to it large placard conspic-
uously displayed, upon which was written:
''Please give me some water, for my jour-
ney is long"
The first messenger wrote on the card
this effusion:
Net drop Of cold water have ! in this car
To claim from the birds q sweet song;
But plenty of beer which Is better by tar
For journey that's thought 10 be long
Poetic Messenger and Bad Man from Chicago
To which the Dakota Central messenger
replies in the following stanzas:
You've had plenty 10 drink and chance for wash,
You're pretty and fair and Eve admired your sweet
song,
You've made 1t right merry though your journeys
been long,
The bad man from Chicago" is poeticai and rough
Beers not for birds, but for messengers tough.
Now put on your best and sing VI a song,
And III take you o. X through your journey 20
long.
As there was one more change of mes
sengors between here and Miller it is not
known whether the birds survived the
journey or not.--Huron Times.
No the birds were dead when the last
messenger received them, and the messen-
ger himself is lying at the point of death.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1883-05-09
THE NEW s.

The coal miners Of Pittsburgh are on a
big strike.
Mrs. Gaines has finally succeeded in
getting judgment against the city of New
Orleans for 81, ,o25,G ,GG7.
The steamer Grapp!er, plying between
Puget Sound and Alaska, burned on the
3rd. Sixty lives are reported lost.
The Spirit of the Times" says the ire
pressible Chicago association will astonish
the country again next week with the un-
paralleled entries for the July meeting. 1t
is estimated that there will be twenty en-
tries for each race. The meeting will be
an assured success.
The Grand Army of the Republic concert
of war songs at oston WAS attended by
10, 900 people.
The people of Grinnell, Iowa, the town
so badly wrecked by tornado last June,
have sent five hundred dollars to sufferers
from the tornado on the Mississippi.
Fx-Treasurer Marsh T. Polk executed a
bond Of $35, 600, as required by Judge Al
len, and was released from custody at / so
p. N. Monday.
VIM. A. Stephens, of Bridgeport, Maine,
WAS arrested Monday on suspicion Of mur-
dering his fat her in law, Aaron Nichol.
he confessed he cut his throat with ra-
zor, but says il was done i'll self defense
and that Nichols was drunk.
John Callahan, of Winches, went to
Woodburn Saturday night and bought a
gallon of liquor and went on spree. He
brought three year old child with him
and forced him to drink all he could and
then threw liquor in his face. The child
went into commissions and died the next
| morning.
Union City, Indiana, had a $3.50, 900 fire
Friday evening.
Joshua Clifford, aged II, charged with
| numbering his wife, wus found guilty and
sentenced to be hanged June %, at Oswe-
60, n. Y.
W. Ii. Vanderbilt sailed for Europe last
Friday.
The Cincinnati dramatic festival closed
Friday night with repetition Of othello,
with the same cast as on Thursday. In
the evening Romeo and Juliet was present
ed with Mary Anderson as Juliet" and
Lawrence Barrett as Romeo" McCul-
| Tough was cast as "Mercutio," but was ex-
cused, and his place taken by Louis James.
Eight performances haye-been given &c
audiences averaging 5000. The festival
was a financial success and it is certain the
association has on hand scenery and prop
erty which cost from $2O,000 to $40, 900.
The celebrated stallion Goyerno,
sprague died of pinktye at Lexington, Ky
Friday. His earnings last year were ovel
$4,000.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1883-05-09
Photography.

J. N. Templeman is now pre-
pared.to make you hfe-like pic.
lures. Photos, cabinets, panels,
bon-tons, gems and family
groups. Views ofyour residence
or place of business. Successful
pictures of babies obtained as
quick as SNAP. Copying and
enlarglng Of old and faded pic-
lures, in ali its branches of speci-
atty, and oil work warranted to
please or no pay. AS GOOD
RESULTS OBTAINED ON
CLOUDY DAYS AS BRIGHT.
Give us a trial.
J. N. TEMPLEMAN, proprietor.
15tf l. NJ. MACY, operator.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1883-05-09
The newspaper field at our neighboring

The newspaper field at our neighboring
town of Faulkton seems to be getting
somewhat mixed and Mr.. Humphrey
pounds his new contemporary in the fol-
lowing vigorous manner
"a new paper was started at this place
last week by Mr. T. s. spinden and MIR.
Martin, the latter a recent foreman Of the
Huron Times" office. To the amascment
Of all honest men, they have named their
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1883-05-09
DAKOTA.
BY L. L., oR FARGO,

Tho feecy clouds like phantoms rise
Above the lakes and streams,
And calmly ilost in azure skies,
Like visions pass III dreams.
Below, Q land with sunshine smiles
With glitteriDg fortune. In her soil;
Where harvest helds, for miles and miles,
Bring rich returns for little toll
Here lies an empire yet unborn.
Its future greatness yet asleep;
Its plains BY tillage yet unworn.
And bount.ous harvests yet to reap.
But soon the pioneers shall set
The wheels Of progress Into motion.
Aud on these plains. unbroken yet,
There soon shall move human ocesn.
In many a vale the furnaces fame
Shall heat the shining rails of steel;
The throbing factory fume and groAn,
And catsracts taught TO turu the wheel.
Here, spread beneath sunlit dome,
Are princely acres clad with grain;
Here lies land with opulenee blessed.
A land Of thrift. grand domaiul
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1883-05-09
Proe.ediuss.of Board Of County Commissioners
COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE, !
MIlLHR. OAK, Nav ). 1888. (

COUNTY CLERK y oFFlCE,
MILLER, OAK, May 5, 1888.
Board met pursuant to adjournment at
$50 A. N.
G.. W. Livingston in the chair.
Members present, G. W. Livingston and
John McMurtry.
Minutes of last meeting read and ap-
proved.
UNFINISHED.
Report OF G. w. Livingston committee
to examine and build bridge across
Wolf Creek in Township 113-6s reed.
Reports bridge not needed.
Board proceeded to allow claims.
Culver, Page, Hoyne & Co. blanks and
books furnished s255.19.
J. II. wescott, desk for Probate Judge
$4,000.
c. H. Weeks, freight and express $l7.7O.
Firestone 4 Weeks. rent, $4,000.
r. L. Smith, NJ. ID. medical services
rendered James Sullivan deceased 81. so.
Orin A. Fanckboner, medicine furnished
Jas. Sullivan, sl.l5.
F. NJ. Mead, coal, $500.
John McMurtry, per diem and mileage
April I'd term, $3.50.
John McMurtry, per diem and mileage
MAY ) session S4.90.
G.. W. Livingston per diem 4 mileage
April and May sessions, $ll.90.
G. C. Firestone, legal services, s24.0o.
Board adjourned to meet Mt 100 p. NJ.
Board met at Ills T. NJ.
The following bills were laid over until
some future meeting.
Charles +. Mclaughlin, CLANCY Craig.
/ Chas. Thomson, VIM. Tunickf and Louis
! Gerner, in case''of one Sullivan deceased.
s. C. Dickover, rent election room Nov.
Z, 1881.
DIR. H. Ross, medical services rendered
to Arrow family.
r. W. Burdick, In case Of Territory OF
Dakota vs.. Earl r. Jacobus.
/ Application Of Harmon a Waggoner to
sell intoxicating liquors in St. Lawrence,
granted on their compliance with the law.
Liquor bond of Hannon 4 wAggonei
approved and license granted.
Board adjourned TO meet the sth day Of
June 1881. {. II. WEEKS,
] County Clerk,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-26
THE PEACE COYGRESS or AMERICA.

THE PEACE CONGRESS or AMERICA.
A short time ago public announcement was
made that the invitation to the Peace Congress
had been accepted by the various American
Governments before Mr.. Frclinghuyse with
drawal OF it had been made known. The Ill
plomatic papers for the year 1882 have now
been formally issued from the press, and ali
the facts are accessible. The subject is one Of
sufficient importance, past, present and future,
to warrant reproduction Of its leading Incl
dents.
The invitations to the Peace Congress were
issued by Secretary Blaine, i'll the name
OF the President, and with his exp icit
and cordial approval. on the 29th of
November, 1SSl,-lesS than month
before Mr.. Blaine retired from the
Department. The Congress was to be limited,
as the invitation expressed, solely to one OBJ
iect-"the consideration and discussion OF
! methods for the prevention Of war between
the Nations of America"
Early in January, about five weeks after tie
invitations were dispatched, Mr. Frelngluyscn
| in an instruction to Mr.. Trescot, then in
South America, said that @ the President
wanted time for deliberaton" in regard TO the
| Congress of American Nations. He intimated
| that it might give offence to other Nations If
| the President should invite an asSenblage OF
" selected friendly nat0nalties." This was
understood to mean (aDd it has never since
, had any other cOnSuuctiOD) that the PreSi-
dent thought a Congress of American Nations
might give offence to European Powers.
| Before this pOstp0nement or annulment OF
the Peace Congress reached the various Amerr
| lean Nations emphatic responses had been
made to the invitation. The subject was not
considered by the American Governments III a
| languid OF indifferent manner, but with eX-
traordinary promptness, earnestness and cor
| diality. Mexico, our nearest neighbour was
enthusiastic in her reply Senior Mariscal Sec
letary of Foreign Affairs, addressed long
communication to our Minister, promptly ac-
rcepting the invitation and profoundly thank
| ing the United States for initiating the move
ment. Discussing the proposed Congress, Senol
MarIscal said:
| The object which your Excellcncys Government has
in view by this invitation deserves the most sincere
appreciation and applause OF the Government to which
| 1t is addressed.
The attitude which the Washington Government ha'