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Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-07-27
FIELD AND FARM.
Farming Rreyities

A fruit-grower says it is good plan to
trim trees high and pasture orchards
with sheep. He prefers it to plowing or
nulching.
Blocks of wood two inches square,
painted red, are twisted into the upper
strand of barbed wire fence as danger
signals to farm stock.
President McCann according to the
Elmira Husbandman, once tried salt and
ashes put on the hills to keep cut-worms
from attacking the plants. The salt made
pearance; it took several weeks to get
good color again; while the application
made no difference, so far as cut-worms
were concerned.
In the vegetable garden reserve a few
stout, healthy plants for seed. Every
farmer can just as we'll raise a variety of
seeds as to buy them. Gather them in
paper bags, and label before storing
away. A few dollars may be saved
every year in this way, and fresh seed
insured
Small evergreens, or in fact any kind
of trees, may be moved at any time with
care to disturb the roots as little as Dos
sible and to keep them we'll supplied
with water. May and June and Septem-
Der are perhaps the best months to
move evergreens.
There is no better way of prese ying
eggs than lining them. This is done by
shaking some lime and adding some wa
ter as if to make whirewash Then
pour off the clear liquid into vessel
and put the eggs in it. When filed COW
er with a piece OF cotton closely upon
the eggs and put an inch in depth of the
thick lime on the cloth; Keep this COW
cred with water. In cool place eggs
may be kept we'll several months in this
way.
Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-07-27
Origin Of State Fairs,

The present system of fairs and cattle
shows originated with Elkanah.. Watson,
an Albany merchant, about 1910. His
application to Boston for guarantee funds
was met by ex-President Adams with a
terse rebuff: "You will get no aid from
Boston. Commerce, literature, theology,
medicine, the university politics are all
against YOU" Nevertheless, the more
liberal legislature of New York in 1919
appropriated $4,000 q year for six
years, to be divided among its counties
for the encouragement Of agriculture
and manufactures, In 1873, several
months before the passage of this act,
several of the most prominent citizens
of Washington county met in the court.
Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-07-27
A Novelty to Actors is to See the
pIay

"Why do actors. whenever they are
not playing, at once rush to the theater
to see somebody else play, instead of
getting away from theatres altogether?"
is often asked. The fact is, actors and
actresses have naturally strong love
for the drama; they like to see good
performances. and have very little
chance for doing so. Sitting sin front"
is radical change from 'being in the
bill" People on the Stage know, as a
general thing, almost nothing Of the
scenes they are not in. Some scenes
are never witnessed, even from the
wings, by the actors who play in the
piece hundreds of nights; and Der,
tormance seen from the wings is verv
unsatisfactory. 1t doesn't seem at all "a
it does from the auditorium. Therefore.
to sit Sin front" and see play through
is as much novelty and treat to the
actor as it is to the average theater. goer
--[Boston Post.
Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-07-27

house at Sandy Hill and Organized
county agricultural society. The first
recorded fair was held at Salem in 1922,
with entries for premiums, blowing
match, "plowmen in white frocks," and
an address delivered in the church,
Fairs on less scale had been held
every year before this in Argyle,
Greenwich, Hebron, Granville, White
hail and Kinsbury. The prizes were
small and records scanty. The whole
awards numbered scarcely 100.
Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-07-27
A Frenchman's Vivid I'm press
ions at the Coronation of the

Czar.
Albert Wolff in thu Paris Figaro.
The Emperor alone stands up; the
Metropolitan still kneels between
His Majesty and the Empress; upon the
twelve steps of the estrade the kneeling
priests form doub line which stretch
es away beyond even to the Holy Gate.
Dominating the whole assembly the
Gar stands, bearing all the Insignia of
the empire; near him is the imperial
standard. I cannot even attempt to
give my readers an idea of the real
graDduer CT the movement and the
image of awful power which the whole
figure of His Majesty symbolizes. I
may we'll say that this power actually
terrlties; for to us, men of another civ
ilization and more modern institutions,
such enormous power concentrated in
the hands OF any one man whether the
Car or another, must appear more ter
rife than astounding. 1t must alsa be
observed that the Cars stature well be-
tits his right to appear as the incarna-
ton of human might. He is very tall;
his shoulders are huge; his features re-
call those Of the Emperor Paul, whose
portrait saw in the kremlin; the ex-
preston of his face is energetic without
harshness; his blonde beard-deeply
blonde-and blue eyes give much gentle-
ness to the conntenance and attenuate
the strong materialism of the general
aspect of sovereign, who Is the very
mage of force. The Emperor is con-
sidered one Of the strongest men in all
his vast empire-his is trulya herculean
nature, which repeats with mirthft1l
ease the great deeds Of the strongest
knights of old-twisting horseshoe in
his sipewy hands or breaking q coin
between his fingers with az much fa-
cility as though it were fragment OF
glass.
Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-07-27
Variety anG Fashion in Dress.

Variety is the salt of life; the prettiest
colors and most graceful shapes, if seen
continually and in masses, will weary
the eye. The reason why fashions
change so rapidly now is because they
Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-07-27

a drug store, blacksmith .shop, grocery
store and two residences at Watso.. veyo
burned. Loss about $lO,O 900,
Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-07-27

Baron Rothschild, of Paris, lights his
private carriage with electricity.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-05-02

The st. Johnsbury Inder thinks the Cal
edonian made most lamentable mistake &"
in its most indecent reply to the WATCH.
MANS call for an explanation of I" the ex.
traordinary performances attending the
election of the present board of listers in
st. Johnsbury. The Indez says Under
ordinary circumstances only two ways were
honorably open,-either to have made can.
did statement Of the matter from the Cal.
edonian standpoint, or to have ignored en-.
tirely the call for information. We have
maidstone statements concerning the method
taken by certain parties and the result of
their acts, which are undeniable and unau-
swerable, and for this reason we did not and
do not expect any explanation or answer.
1t is useless for the Caledonian to attempt to
impress upon the community the idea that
these charges are made because of any feel.
ing of inimicality toward st. Johnsbury
or any one of its citizens, because no one ex-
oept the few who have succeeded in staining
the name of their town by their inexcusable
conduct will believe it. We have just as
much regard for the good name of the town
in which we live as has the Caledonian but
that does not prevent us from telling the
truth concerning some of its citizens. We
admit that it is very discreet thing To
maintain dignified silence. but even this
will not convince the people that /" the king
can do no wrong" The Caledonidn cannot
meet and dispose of this matter by imputing
motives of malice to everyone who takes
occasion TO criticise those proceedings, and
as friend we advise it to pursue the safe
course and keep STILL"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-05-02

CHRISTIAN AT Work: "The cigarette
and the small boy threaten to become insep-
arabic companions IN this city, greatly to
theinjury of the small GEOGRAPHICALLY, intel
lectually and morally. But in New Jersey,
the legislature proposes to intervene be-
tween cigarette and boy. 1t has just passed
law forbidding the sale of cigarettes to a
minor under sixteen years of age, with a
penalty of 800 for each offense. 1t is to be
hoped that this wise legal restraint of one of
the most vicious of habits will be thor
oughly enforced. Moral suasion is lost
npon the reckless little scapegrace whose
ideal of manly performance consists in his
ability to curl cerulean clouds of smoke
from burning paper and tobacco into other
peoples faces. The subtle poison of the
cigarette dries up the blood, breaks down
the brain aud nerve tissues, changes the Sc
cretions, and is altogether so baleful in its
effects upon the youthful system that often
bodily growth is stunted and the lad re-.
mains dwarf through life. Parents should
use their utmost influence to suppress this
practice, which undermines the health of
the growing boy, diminishes his growth, es-
pecially his intellectual powers, and sends
so many of our American youth to the in
sane asylum"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-05-02

COLLECTOR, Spaulding of Chicago, re-
Gently made change in the Office of deputy
collector. Senators Logan and Cullom in
terfered on the side of the removed deputy
and carried his case to the president. The
matter was the subject of cabinet consider
alton and the collectors action was sustained
in spite of the protests of the two senator's
The inference is that the deputy was re.
moved for adequate reason and not for par.
tisan purposes; and in this view of the case
the fact that senatorial interference was re.
buked by sustaining the collector is crafty
ing evidence of the progress of civil service
reform. 1t is also an assurance, which was
not needed, of the independence of the pres
ident and the genuineness Of his professions
on this subject.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-05-02
The Chief Examiner.

The civil service commission seems to
have made an inauspicious start in the Sc.
lection of Deb. Randolph Keim for chief
examiner. President Arthur, some weeks
ago, named for this position Naval Officer
Burt of New York, man of practical ex-
perience and who had demonstrated in office
bis fitness for the place. But Burt declined
the Office in huff because its acceptance
involved the giving up of warm berth in
the custom house for the rigors of campaign
life, and the dilletante reformers com.
mended him for his resentment of the presi.
Dental choice. Concerning the appointment
OF Mr.. Keim, the Boston Advertiser, a con-
sistent and sensible advocate of a practical
and business-like regulation of the civil
service, says 81 Mr.. DEB. Randolph Keim,
however well equipped in point of Endorse.
ments,' is as unfit person as the civil SER
vice commissioners could have chosen for
chief examiner if they desired to have the
place filled by somebody who knows the A
b c of reform. 1t would not be at all more
surprising if Mr.. Eaton had selected for the
place that Jealous tender of the machine
MIR. 'Clint Wheeler of New York, or Mr..
William A. Simmons of Boston. These are
reformers of the same class as Mr.. Keim,
who is Pennsylvania Cameronian, half
politician, halfjournalist, and for a long
time mentioned assiduously in certain
quarters as likely to get one or another Of.
flee that might be vacant. That he should
have captured this place is cause for genu-
inc astonishment. 1t is impossible to con-
template the business without mingled NOR
LITIGATION and laughter" And such seems
to be the general opinion of the press and
OF candid men familiar with Keim's record
and capacity.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-05-02

The Western Union telegraph company
is taking down its poles in Chicago and sub
shutting smaller and less ugly-looking sup.
ports upon which cable is strung, mass
ing the numerous wires into one strand in
which each wire is insulated. This is sort
OF compromise between the company's dis
position to maintain its high and unsightly
poles and the popular demand that in large
communities the wires shall 60 under
ground. The popular desire to have these
wires underground is natural and reason.
able, but where under the streets OF a
crowded city room is to be found for drain,
sewer, water, steam and gas pipes, telephone,
telegraph and electric light wires and the
manifold other demands upon underground
space, is difficult to see.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-05-02
yyafrhntar Dc yonruaI.
The First Returns.

In the last state election fealty TO the new
tar law was the touchstone by which each
candidate for popular suffrage was tested.
In the legislative session of last full this
sentiment was paramount. The law needed
no advocate to save it from expunction from
the statute books. II needed, rather, judi
cious friends and clear judgment to rescue it
from the unwise zeal which would have en-
grated upon it provisions and requirements
and penalties of impracticable rigor, the
effect of which could have been only reac.
tionary. The pebsld patchwork of pro-
posed amendment of the law received new
accession with every day of the session till
the bars we're put up against further at
tempts to enlarge and beautify IL. In a
grand list committee, at the head Of which
were men of clear brains, candid reasoning
and great experience, this mass Of discord-
ant material was reduced TO an accordant
and symmetrical act revising, consolidat-
ing and amending the laws relating to the
grand list" One distinctive change was
made in the provisions of the law. This
change related to making the list of tax
payer when the inventory of taxable prop
erty which the law required was not prop
erly filled aud sworn to. Instead of simply
doubling the value Of such taxable property
of the reluctant taxpayer as the listers
could find, they were required, if, in their
opinion, the sum obtained by doubling was
less than the taxable property of such per-
son, to assess him for further sum which,
in their judgment, would make up such
amount. II there was no ascertainable
property the listers were directed to assess
for a sum which, in their judgment, would
be the value of the taxable property of the
delinquent. Another notable feature in the
revised law was the incorporation into it in
clearly expressed terms the disputed matter
of the privacy of the inventories. 1t was
confidently expected that these two sharply
defined amendments would secure to the
law, for obvious reasons, the full measure
Of obedience which the old law had failed
to receive. If the earlier reports which
have been received of the results of the re.
cent list taking are reliable, this expectation
has been measurably realized. The in
creased rigor Of the first amendment, TO-
gether with the statutory recognition of the
confidential character of the inventory as
between the maker and the state, seems to
have been to large extent cure for " tax
dodging," so far at least as making out an
inventory and swearing to it is concerned
We trust that full returns will justify pres
emit appearances that the tax law has not
only not lost any of its vital elements in the
vicissitudes through which it has passed,
but that it has actually gained in allegiance
by reason of the disposition the people have
shown while making the law more stringent
in its mandates, at the same time to be Just
aud reasonable in protecting tax payers in
the disclosures Of their private affairs to
the state
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-05-02

TIMOTHY KELLEY was put on trial for
his life third time in Dublin on Monday.
He secured one juror against conviction in
his first trial, and two on his second but
if the jury do not agree on a verdict at his
third trial the prosecution declare that he
shall be tried fourth time. Michael Fa.
gan, another of the accused murderers, has
been found guilty and sentenced to be
hanged May 90. Additional trials are i'm.
pending. The grim certainty and dispatch
of these trials seem terrible, but the &C.
cused appear to have had full, fair and i'm
partial hearing. 1t seems quiteprobable that
the law in America would be invested
with stronger deterrent power if its PEN
alties were enforced with reasonable dis.
patch.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-05-02

BETHEL.-The sugar season has proved almost
an entire failure. Some farmers did not tap their
trees and most all that did gathered up their
tubs In disgust two weeks ago. and so lost the
good run last week.. Mr.. G. Z. Graham was car
ried to the insane asylum at Concord, N. H., the
l4th inst. Mr.. Graham, when engaged in the
mercantile business, was shrewd, active, 60
ahead man, possessed OF a nervous sangupe
temperament. and there Is no doubt but that he
overworked his physical and mental powers. j.
g Fassett and Edwin Kitteridge have been re-
moving the rubbish from the site Of the Graham
store, preparatory to the erection of a new
building and we are glad to see it, for it will add
much 10 the looks OF Main street. The tannery
owned by ]. b. Alley K Co. Is to be enlarged this
spring Last Wednesday morning snow fell to
the depth OF about two inches, but 1t left af
ter the sun came up, and Saturday, the 28th,
there were snow squalls just at night, but there
was not enough " make the ground white. =.
The goods in the w. t. Heath store were sold last
week to j. j. Wilson and are now being sold at
retail at about first cost. AT the annual as
sembly Of Haswell Council No. o, held at Bethel,
Thursday, April Goth, the following officers were
elected and installed for the ensuing year. Frank
II Bascom, thrice illustrious master; Albert
Whitcomb, deputy master; E. j. McWain, pIin-
cpal conductor of work Isaac Emery, treasurer;
+. J. Hutehins, recorder J. +. Axtell, captain OF
the guard w. d. Huntington, conductor Of the
council; George A. Chedel, steward; l. H. Ed
sop, sentinel This council, named after the late
Nathan b. Haswel has done excellent work and
recently added several new members to cryptic
masonry. Next regular meeting for work, May
2iih, at two p NJ. Robins put in an appearance
during the warn SPELL" but soon left for q
warmer cline, We suppose, as we have heard
nothing Of their morning melodies for two or
three weeks. Kidder & Robinson shipped from
this station TO day Monday forty-eight hogs,
forty calves, twenty sheep and ten spring lambs
that averaged to weigh twenty EIGHT pounds each
George s Edison, who does an extensive bust
ness saving wood for the Central Vermont Rail-
road Company, sustained quite heavy loss In
the burning Of the wood sheds at Jonesville last
Friday night. The engine passed. through the
fire, and all the tools were burned, besides some
clothing.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-05-02
The Irish.Amerlcan Congress.

The Irish Of America met In convention
through their delegates in Philadelphia,
last week, adopted platform which was
strongly seasoned with denunciation Of
England, and laid out plan Of organiza-
ton which at considerable length developed
the purpose Of the Irish National League
Of America, an organization in which the
old land league has been merged. BY the
operation of restrictive rules in relation to
speech-msking and the introduction Of reso-
lutions, the minority, the O'Donovan-R Rosa
dynamite faction, was put down and held
in complete subsection. This was not 40
complished without turbulent resistance
on the part of the explosive and dagger
fends, but they were hopelessly beaten and
submitted to their fate with sullen and ill
concealed dissatisfaction. While IL is true
that the convention did not surrender to the
men who have done so much to postpone the
day of Ireland's delivery from her misfor-
tunes, it is noticeable that there was not out
spoken condemnation of the assassinations
and explosions by means of which Irish.
men have sought to work out Ireland's
redemption. So far from it, quasi endorse
ment of violence might be found in the
fact that Patrick A. Collins was ignored by
the convention because he had offered a re-
ward of $4,000 for the discovery Of the
P1euix Park murderers. The first of the
declarations in the platform accuses Eng
land, among other things in terrible list
Of crimes against Ireland, Of using "the
dagger" and "explosive" to destroy
Irishmen. Enemies of the Irish National
League might see in these illusions an at
tempt to condone the recent hse of similar
murderous means on the part of Irishmen.
1t may fairly be said, however, that the del
egates maintained an unexpected degree Of
independence aud steered clear of political
incendiaries. The primary object Of the
new league is stated to be to sustain the
Irish National League in Ireland with moral
and material aid in achieving self-govern-
ment for Ireland" To this end the details
of the plan of organization are devoted.
Ireland is an integral part of Great Britain,
having substantially the same voice in the
making of the national laws that New EGG.
land has in the congress Of the United
States. The tractability, loyalty and sub
mission exhibited by the Canadas might
in time have moved parliament to grant
substantial independence and local self
government to Ireland as these boons have
been voluntarily given to the Dominion.
But reason, public safety, expedieucy and
every other consideration will compel Great
Britain, under the circumstances which
Ireland has herself created, to keep firm,
strong hand on the turbulent island.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-05-02

ORANGE.--On Sunday last Mrs. Francis Curtis
received the sad intelligence Of the sudden death
Of her nice Miss Cora Bohonan of Washington a
young lady who has often been an inmate OF her
aunt's family and is well and favorably known in
this place. She retired at ten o'clock on Satur-
day night apparently in her usual health and in
unusually high spirits and was found dead in her
bed the following morning. An autopsy revealed
heart disease to have been the cause OF her death
She will be missed and morned by all who knew
her and large circle Of friends deeply sympathize
with the bereayed ones In this great affilctiou.
The funeral took place at her home on Tuesday at
ten A. Springs work is in full blast and SUI
caring Is regarded as phantom Of the past.....
The hearing" at the hall Saturday, for the pur-
pose Of dividing district No. g resulted in an ad.
journment without anything definite being done.
1t is hoped the superior wisdom OF our select
men win enable them to adjust matters amicably,
and forever "lay the ghost .... Four candidates
received certificates at the public examination
Saturday. Miss Myrtle Church OF Topsham is to
teach in the Mills district and Miss Carrie Water
man in No. TO-. The remains of Mrs. Moses
Clough are TO be removed from the West Hill
cemetery In Williamstown and placed beside
those Of Mr. Clough In the new cemetery In
Washington.