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The Dawson journal., 1883-04-26
HINTS ABOUT NESTS.

It may seem to some persons
who are not poulterers that nest
making for sitting hens is one of
the easiest things immaginable.
So it is. But for all, there is a
knack in making good nest-a
nest that will be comfortable and
clean and we'll adapted for the
purposes for which it is intended.
One thing that is Of paramount
importance about nests is to keep
them clean. One of the Greatest
reasons for fowls being infested
vermin is the general carelessness
in regard to nests. 4 nest box is
fitted up and filed with suitable
material, and here the patient hens
sit, one after the other, on nest
and all, from early spring until
midsummer, or until it literally
wears out, brood after brood being
Matched on the same straw. Here
lice, too, find a congenial harbor
and breed in safety and in large
numbers, for they have plenty of
the filth they delight in.
Hens left to their own natural
insticnts need no looking after, in
fact they seem to do quite as well,
and sometimes better, than if set
under the most favorable circum-
stances. But to allow hens to fol-
low the bent of their inclinations
when we design them to hatch
fancy eggs, would be wrong as a
rule. In our artificial method of
treating sitting hens, we can at
least initiate nature as near as pos
sible, for the best results usually
follows close attention, care and
watching.
In preparing nests, take good
sized sod and invert it in the box;
fashion it as nearly as possible as
the hen does if left to herself.
Over this put some fresh straw
we'll bruised, limp AMI broken
short, for if cut without being
bruised it will irritate both the
mother and little chicks.
The Dawson journal., 1883-04-26
MONITORIAL ADVICE.

The cottage whose abode is in
the neighborhood Of stream and
a common, could not possibly fix
on any live stock more profitable
than geese.
The chicks most likely TO fatten
well are those first hatched in the
brood, and those with the shortest
legs. Long-legged fowls, as rule,
are by far the most difficult to
fatten.
The man whose negligence
drives his fowls, for the satisfying
Of their thirst to the snow drift or
vile gutter, is worse than Pharaoh
il he demands or expect eggs.
The breeders and exhibitors of
fancy poultry form to-day a class
that may be proud Of the average
intelligence, refinement and fair
ness in dealing of its members.
Whenever they can be had, po-
tatoes, OF even turnips, should be
boiled and mashed and mixed
with ground corn and oats and
wheat bran, and fed warm in the
morning.
The careful poultry keeper
should take view of fowls ct
night, after they have gone to
roost, and see that they are COM
Portable, not too crowded, with
room enough for the weak ones to
get away from the strong, who are
apt to tyranize.
When we remember that after
the first outlay the expense Of
keeping and raising fowls of the
best quality and varieties, are no
greater than are those which at
tend the raising and feeding poor
trash.
Some years ago, hardly any
thing could be done for sick
fowl, but care and patience have
found antidotes even for the most
stubborn disease, which, if taken
before the-bird sinks low, will gen.
orally effect a cure
The Dawson journal., 1883-04-26

A correspondent of the Ger
mantown Telegraph say: Fresh
clean hogs lard rubbed three or
four times on any kind of warts
on horses or COWS will remove
them on three or four applications.
| have removed the warts time af-
ter time, and have never been able
to find the wart for the fourth ap-
APPLICATION. If | should send the
Latin name for lard and tell men
to pay fifty cents to the druggist
for about two cents worth of good
latd, this remedy would be often
Ell used"
The Dawson journal., 1883-04-26

There were $50 divorces in Phil
adelphis last year That is a
fact girls. 1t is next to impossi-
ble to live with a Philadelphia
man..
The Dawson journal., 1883-04-26
A FROG FARM.

An enterprising East Tennes-
seean has started frog farm and
! expects to be a rich man in few
years. He had somehow failed or
got rid of other business, and buy
ing farm discovered that it was
not very well adapted to agricul-
tural purposes. There were too
many ponds in it. A happy
thought struck him; he would
stock it with frogs thatwould grow
and sing, and multiply, and IN
crease while the owner was asleep,
or lounging under the shade Of an
apple tree. Col. NJ. P. Reeves is
the name OF the gentleman, and
his frogiary is located near Green
vile. He has at considerable ex-
pense stocked his ponds with the
choicest breeds Of New Jersey,
Hong Kong, ShanS2 Al, Brama,
Cuba, Egyptian, South American
and California frogs. all Of fine
varieties and prolific qualities.
Col. Reeves has nothing to do
now but wait for the frogs 10 grow
and ship the crop east. He will
not send them alive unless speci-
ally ordered, but will can the fruit
like preserves or anything else,
thus reducing the expense OF
freight and keeping the delecacy
as long as may be desired without
the expense of feeding. He ex-
poets to find market and fancy
prices for all that he can raise in
New York, Paris and New Orleans.
Who will say that the people of
the South are not developing their
resources, opening new industries
and adapting themselves to the
situation? The frog trade is des-
tined to be an important factor Of
the future, and canned frogs will
no doubt be quoted in price cur
rents the same as sardines or
cranberries.
The Dawson journal., 1883-04-26

ESsei7s eesa-"I say, Mister Big Head, you seem
90 be a little 'of.' hat Ails you9"
E8ffy EeNssI-" Well, yes; ynu $40 was Gus
viii The ho7s last night. and got kinder rnixcd.'s
EffGrger-"I II appears so fr0GA tia loosS o.
yo1f head"
BIG ESeaR-" It don't feel exactl- liS my asds
'VearS to be kinder swelisd up and es II II had
notion to bust and the pain ia terrible"
6sr1H1 1eS'--" II you VIII get bottle Of SaileY's
Saline Apefent, one or $50 Cdses will put head
on y5u,' that your friends would recognize"
BiO Beg&-"f III do any thlnGto get rid Of all
this pain and RuderipgI'
This marvellous remedy erres those terrible head
aches, cle&nses the stomach, ualoads the bowels,
unloeks hn liver, relieves constipation once, and
gives the hiia cSanee 90 go. It has become the
popular and standard remedy for coust pRtion bill
iousness, sicg headache, heartburn, Geld stomach,
and all disea5es requiring zeal nice aud Plassans
pureative or physie.
1t never, nal5eates nor grre', acts In one or two
hours, and is Just 80 delightful and Tefreehlna .
drink, that everybody likes it.
1unclouds and cools the brain, luiets tha nerves,
and is sine qua non for the headache oflades.
II mitigate the pangs ef rheumatism And gout,
relieves kidney and urinary troubles and paIa in
the back. Tor dyspeptics is like O charm, and
has no equal in curing eoasttpdtsI kaSit. It ts
merchants, clerks, mechanics, factory hands, etu-
dents, teachers andall persons who lead a closely
confined life and subject 30 headache, dizziness
and torpid bowels. II you troubled with .
coated tongue, foul BREATH loss of appetite gen.
eral sluggshness, Bailey's Saline Apsrient will euro
you. 1t perfoTna better work than pills, is more
pleasant and pslatable and is much cheaper in faos
Il is regular family medicine Chest within issef.
II spark les and Ssms iust Like glass of soda
water, and is just as pleasant 50 cents and sold
everywhere. J. ?. DRoMGooLB B Co,
Proprietors, Louisville, KY.
The Dawson journal., 1883-04-26
OF Another Age
Gradually Supplanted by bet
ter AT,tc'e Certain Oid
Things ds e done away.

Telegraph building on Broadway, New
York, are exhibited tle coarse. crude and
clumsy instruments of the infancy Of the
telegraph They are only relics now
More perfect machinery has superseded
them. Years AGO what is now styled the
oldlashioned porous plaster did some good
service, There was then nothing better of
the kind. Now all that is changed.
Silence and study have gone deeper into
the secrets OF medicine and produced the
Benson's Capcine Porous plaster, which
embodies all the excellencies thus far pos
sible in an external remedy. The old
pasters were slow-the Capcine is rapid
they were uncertain-the Capcine is sure.
Cheaper articles bear similar names Be
careful. therefore, that some thrifty drug
gist does not deceive you, In the centre
Of the genuine is cut the word capcine
Price 25 cents. Seabury and johnson.
Chemist New York.
The Dawson journal., 1883-04-26
A MOMAN,S REMEDY.

At certain ages and periods of woman's life, there
comes certain troubles, aches, pains and suferpgs.
These complaints and irregularities jeopardizs the
girls life at sixteen and follow up and haunt the
married woman unit! afteT the turn of life."
Some have headaches, swimming Of the head,
mental and nervous pfostration, blanehed cheeks,
bloodless lips, lifeless eyes, couded brain while
others suffer with painful Irregularities uterine dis
placements and ulcers, hysterical spasms, physical
prosration, chronic leucorrhea, chcrosis suppress
sons loss of Appetite ovarian diseases kidney aec.
tons ETC.. which in numerous end in epileptic
Cts, eonyulsons, insanity and death. These are
generally the result OF insttention. All females
know the class Of complaints we allude to. Now,
ladies, ali these troubles can be averted and cured
We have proof from thousands.
DR.. Dromgoole's English Female Bittsrs will cure
you sound and well-will make you healthy and
happy-wilI make you feel like new woman and
no mistake. Sold by all Druggists at 81. 90. Send
your address for copy Of DR.. Dromgooles Family
Medical Adviser, ,lTee 70 ths dfRieted.
n. DEoNsooTE g Co.,
PTopTietoTS. LOU uisvilles E&
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The Dawson journal., 1883-04-26

FATTENING horses is we'll under
stood by Jockeys, and may well be
studied by farmers who have
horses to sell. A horse we'll fed
and kept steadily at work will gain
slowly and his flesh viii be solid
enduring. This is best for the
buyer, and has the advantage for
.ha seller that the horse earns his
keeping while being put into con
dltlon. The jocky method is to
feed oil-meal, exercise little or not
at all, and make glossy coat,
which will soon become rough
and staring when the horse is put
at hard work.
The Dawson journal., 1883-04-26


Phil. Davis killed his enemy by
shooting through window in the
night at Gonzalez, Texas. Then
he mounted his horse and rode off
through the brush at gallow for
sixteen miles. He reached home
by cireuitous route, meeting no
body on the way, and went to bed
in the belief that he was safe from
detection. He had scarcely fallen
asleep before q party of horsemen
arrived to hang him. They had
discovered the footprints of his
horse at the scene of the murder,
and followed the trail without DIFF
fculty to its end.
The Dawson journal., 1883-04-26

Gust for the fun of it" a scoun-
drel at Richmond, Va, gave q
small boy a pint of whiskey to
drink. The boy died, and his
murderer has been sentenced to
twelve years Imprisonment.
The Dawson journal., 1883-04-26

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The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-01-25

whole line was by your vaior promptly
re-established, the enemy's grand effort
to penetrate our rear signally defeated,
and results achieved unparalleled in the
history of the war, when compared to
your strength and the losses you sus.
tanned.
With less than a force of three thou.
sand men and with q casualty of four
hundred and ninety-eight, you killed
seven hundred of his people, and by his
own account wounded over three thou
sand: You captured one thousand one
hundred and one prisoners, embracing
eighty.seven officers, seventeen stands
Of colors, two guidons and one thousand
nine hundred and sixteen stands of
small arms. These are the results of the
noble work which you performed and
which entities your banner-scroll of hon.
orable deeds to the inscription:
THE. CRATER,
PETERSBURG. Sc July, 1854.
II. While thus we have so much cause
for congratulation and pleasure, let us
not and never forget the memory of the
noble spirits who fell in the glorious
work whose consummation We were
spared to establish and commemorate.
WILLIAM MALONE, Brig. General.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-01-25
Chicken Pie With Oysters,
Beet Root Wine.

We notice that some Of the French
correspondents of our city contempora-
ries are loud in their praise Of VINE
made from beet roots. Perhaps we are
to have another excitement such as &C.
Cured a few years ago over the old and
common rhubarb or pie plant of the gar
dens. OF course, palatable drink can
be manufactured out of the juice Of al
most any kind of fruit or vegetable, but
it will not be wine in the strict meaning
of the word. Beet root wine may be q
good thing in it's way, but it can never
take the place Of wine made from the
grape, and 80 long Us we can raise grapes
in this country ascheaply and abundant'y
as at present we have no need Of using
beet juice, although it may do for the
purpose of adulterati ~ cheap French
wines, and would ce. tainlv be far pre-
felable to some of tho things now used
for that purpoge.-New York Sun.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-01-25
Cattle Diseases in ENGLAND.

Recentagricultural journals from Great
Britain contain reports of the breaking
out of disease in many counties of Eng
land. Pleuro-pneumonis, which was
supposed to have been stamped ont, has
broken out afresh in the eastern division
of Kent, end several COWS which were
badly affected, have been slaughter, d.
The disease is believed to have been in
troduced by some cattle brought from
Bristol. The foot and mouth disease
prevails in fifteen counties, and l03 out
breaks, as they are termed, had occurred
since Nov. "a. Stringent orders have
spreading Of these diseases R''G Scab in
sheep is also reported from other parts
of England, and farmers have been Sc
verely fined for not reporting the pres
ence of the parasite among their tlocks
to the police. With all these enemies to
contend with. the English farmer does
NOT haHt, y very SMOOTH. road to wealth.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-01-25
FIELD AND FARM,
run.
Farming Notes.

Farmln8 Notes.
Snow brings to the earth moro fertilisine
ammonia than any other process in nature.
It Is stated that the best remedy for the
cabbage worm is to sprinkle IN the plants
early in the morning when the dew is upon
them cayenne pepper,
There is no such disease as Hack tooth in
pigs. Black or discol ,1ed teeth are caused
by an acid deposit produced from disor-
dered stomach. To remedy this give some
charcoal, or an ounce of gunpowder, in the
food.
The uses of the sundower are many aud
are fully recognized. Both oil aud soap
are extracted from the seeds. The soap is
peculiarly softening to the skin. The oil
may be used for salads or burned in lamps.
Chickens and horses are both fond of the
seeds. They are considered very wholesome
food for them in moderate quantities. Bees
are very fond of the flowers, and dyers OBJ.
tain from them the peculiar shade OF yellow
which is the imperial color OF China: The
stalk produces ibre which in China is
mixed with silk.
The convenience of having ice at hand
during the summer is best understood by
making trial of 1t for a single season.
Farmers who use ice one year will never
again be without it. For dairy 1t is almost
Indispensable. Farmers can usually Sc
cure supply Of ice in the winter, practical.
~ without expense, after the ioe-house is
built, as the work would be done when men
and teams haze nothing else oflmportance
to do.
Early Vermont has yielded $50 bushels
per acre; Peerless, $50 bushels; White Ele-
plant, 06O, and Mammoth Pearl go BUSH
els according to the reports OF growers; no
doubt the last three kinds are very prolific.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-01-25
Raleigh's Last Letter,

AsSSACA5A xlttSU 1lCOOCI.
A pathetic page from Abby Sage Richard
sons Book on Love Letters.
You shall now receive, my last words
in these my last lines. My love I send
you that you may keep it when am
dead; and my counsel, that you may re-
member it when am no more. would
not, by my will present you with sor.
rows, dear Bess; let them 20 to the
grave and be buried with me in dust.
And seeing that it is not the will Of God
that l shall ever see you more in this
life, bear it patiently and with heart
like thysef., Firstly, l send you all the
words can express, for your
many troubles and cares taken for me
which though they have not taken ef-
feet as you wished, yet the debt is not the
less, and pay it t never shall in this
world. Secondly, beseech you, by the
love you bare me living, do not hide
yourself in grief many, days, but seek to
hep the misfortunes of our poor child.
Thy mourning cannot avail me; am but
dust. Remember your poor
child for its fathers sake, who chose and
loved you in his happiest time. Goo is
my witness, it is for you and yours l de-
sired life; but it is true I disdain myself
foi begging oft. For know, dear wife,
that your son is the son OF a true man,
and one who in his own respect dispi.
seth death and all his misshappen and
grizzly forms. I cannot write much.
God knows how hardly | stole the time
when all asleep; and it is time to sepa-
rate my thoughts from the world. Beg
my dead body, which living is denied
thee, and either lay it at Shelbourne or
in Exeter by my father and mother.
can write no more. Time and death
initive, Powerful. 1nscrutaafe; the Al
mighty God, which is goodness itself,
mercy itself; the true light and life, keep
thee and thine, have mercy on me and
teach me to forgive my prosecutors and
false witnesses, and send us to meet
again in His glorious kingdom. Myown
true wife, farewell. Bless my poor boy.
Pray for me, and let the good God fold
you both in his arms. Written with the
dying hand of some time thy husband,
but now, alas! overthrown. Yours that
WAS, but not my OWN. Raleigh.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-01-25
Cardinal Satin Cushion.

A correspondent asks how a cardinal
satin cushion can be trimmed: A pale
blue satin plush band laid on ..diayonally
and caught with fancy silks in some pref
ty embroidery stitch makes handsome
trimming or square of satin with
daisies embroidered on it is pretty put
on in the center and fastened at the cor
ners only. This square may be Of vel
vet, with spray Of flowers in ribbon or
chenille embroidery. Another way is 10
embroider a spray of bachelor buttons
and branch Of golden rod in one corr
ner of the cushion coverings; finish the
edge with cord of blue and yellow silk,
and at each corner put soft silk tassel;
tie this to gilt crescent, with q small
cord and sew that to the corner Of the
cushion.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-01-25
Currying Mich Cows.

To farmer, the idea Of currying
COW, mich or otherwise, is an absurdity;
but to dairymen, who have highly-bred
COWS, who take pride in their bust
ness and get the top price of the market
for their produce, it is a matter ofno-
ment in that it it is known to increase
the milk flow, and the butter produce
by ten to twenty per cent. We say that
this is known, and will further say that
1t is 80 far an established fact that
few, ifany, eau be found to dispute it.
There are many points in the conduct
of dairy unknown-indeed, unthought
of-by farmers that will presently have
a prominent place in their manage
ment, very much to the benefit Of them
selves and those who receive and make
use Of their produce.
Among these are succulent food, pro-
lection from inclement weather, kind
handling, thorough and careful milking,
full and regular feeding, clean stabling
when stabbed. ana an absence of foul
odors, good ventilation, plenty Of light
nd that thorough cleansing of the skin
without which no mich cow can per-
form her duty thoroughly and we'll.
With all these we must, 10 have tip
top" article of butter, have the washing
of the udder and teats before milking,
and with this an entire absence of the
filth accumulated in feeding and loung-
ing between milkiags.
Ofall these, one OF the most impor-
tant is that Of periodical curryine, in
that it cleanses the hide of superlous
hair, keeps it active and healthful, and
void of that peculiar odor so commonly
found in milk and sometimes IN butter.
1t promotes the secretion disposition of
the putrid particles of the animal eys-
tenn which would otherwise be absorbed
by the secretory glands and be carried
off in the milk and leaves the latter not
only purer but much better, and gives
promise to the butter maker of higher
color and purer favor to the butter
from the churn, hence higher pricein
the market.
Herein may seem lots of trouble over
details, but when reduced to a system
they occupy little time, labor, or ex-
pnense.-Rural World. ~.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-01-25
-. An Awful ResD0nsfbility

An Awful Responsibility.
We all deplore the terrible ravages, Of con-
sumption but only few of US seem to have
common sense enough to take the proper
means of preventing it. Hale's Honey OF
Horehound and tar; taken as q remedy for
Coughs, Colds, Difficult Breathing or Hoarse-
ness, will effect radical and rapid cure of the
ailment. and avert all danger. Sold by drug
gists.
Pixies Toothache Drops cure in one min
ute.
The Flesh Speedily Reunites when obsti.
nate sores ore cfean1ed with Glenn's Sulphur
Soap OF Druggists.
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, black or
brown, 80 cents.
Eminent Dr.. J. J. Caldwell, Baltimore, Md.
states: I have used Colden's Liquid Beef Ton
ic largely in Debility, Febrile, and Nervous
Diseases, and have found it one of the most
reliable ofnutrient tonics now In use or to be
found in pharmacy" Cake no other.) OF
Dru1uistS ! r. =.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-01-25
Timothy and Glover.


The Farmers Book (supposed to be
good authority says: IF ,inothy7is to
be sown with clover "a practice we cam
not commonly the timothy should be
sown in the fall, and the clover..brushed
in in the spring. We consider it we'll to
SOW mixture OF grass seed with all the
small grains. The growth between har-
vesting and fall blowing makes a great
deal of manure for the next crop, be-
sides shading the Land. We conclude
the best time to SOW is in the fall, as soon
as the ground begins to be moistened BY
the fall rains, the ground being prepared
before the rainy season commences. If
sown before this time much of the seed
is likely to be burned, or dried up and
lost. Grass seed may be sown with corn.
The ground must be thoroughly worked
at the last hoeing, and the seed sown and
narrowed with a fine toothed harrow.
Six pounds clover. one peck
each of orchard grass, red top
and timothy, is good mixture for this
purpose" For permanent pasture the
following mixture per acre is recommend
ed: Meadow foxtail, two pounds; orchard
grass, six pounds; white clover, five
pounds; red clover, four pounds; rye
grass, four pounds; timothy, four pounds;
Kentucky blue grass, four pounds; mead
ow fescue, four pounds; red top. four
pounds; and rough-stalked meadow
grass, four pounds. If the above is re-
duced at all, leave out the clover. For
hay and extraordinarily, six pounds;
June grass, four pounds; orchard grass,
four prou9ds; rye grass, four pounds;
clover, four pounds; perennial clover,
two pounds; vernal grass, two pounds;
rouge-stalked meadow grass, two pounds.
If any of the grasses in either of the
above lists are to be left out, the amount
Of timothy should be increased.