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The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-10-09

sEhe advice Of. the, Chicago Tribune
to farmers to hold 1OO, zoo, 600 bushels
of their wheat is still the subject of
much discussion among the agricultural
classes, +, and the declaration Of tilat
journal that ! at Isixty:fves cents ] a
bushel-the average Chicago price
the farmer loses $1.60 On every
acre: sown :, TO wheat, is regarded
= mot fay from the ]; truth. 81 The
Tribune also advises that The acreage
of,the crop.be reduceds. for 1885,. and
the prospect that the Suggestion will
be needed, together with thes possibility
that the harvest will be poor next year,
may induce many sshrewd farmers to
keep their gamers we'll filled until the
return of warm weather, 4CoTH,is nov
very high, and it is not .impr obable. that
the acreage Of the two cereals win be
SO much changed during the next two
years that tie conditionS Of the market
for them will be reverted ! The remedy
for over production is for every farme,
to seek variety in his crops, and not re-
II for prosperity solely OF oven chiefly
upon any one Of the cereals.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-10-09

Two or three years ago one of the
most unpopular men in Ireland was
Captain Boycott, whose name has be-
come familiar as synonym for the
kind of persecution to which he was
subjected. But the captain lived
through it, and now, instead of being
hated, he has become favorite with
the national leaguers in his neighbor~
hood, and they have made him their
candidate for parliament to represent
the county Mayo. He is said to be
growing in favor every day. The
change is not so wonderful as it ap-
pears, for Captain Boycott, though a
positive man who does nothing to
court popularity, is generous as we'll as ;
just, and has managed his property on
principles not substantially unlike
those of the league, ,
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-10-09
Funeral Etiquette.
rom the Medical Times.

In cases OF death from contagious dis
order, public funerals are very proper
ly forbidden by health authorities, al
though occasionally wake" is surrep-
titiously held, with its unfortunate but
natural, results. Of this, however, we
need not speak, as the wisdom of thus
limiting infection Is acquiesced in gen
orally by intelligent people, and the
law is usually obeyed. There are some
minor attractions of the laws of health
that should be mentioned, which ply
sicians have repeatedly called attention
to, but the higher laws of fashion and
custom appear to exert prepondera-
ting influence. For instance, there
are very few days in the year when deli
cate women can ride long distances in
a close carriage, and then; reaching the
cemetery, stand upon the damp, cold
sod for grerter or less time during
the final ceremonies at the grave with
out physical injury to themselves.
A custom also to which especial at:
tention should be directed, in order to
have it changed, is that of men stand
ing bare headed in the open air, ap-
parantly Indifferent to the burning sun
of July or the cold winds of March,
with out regard to the season or wealth
er. Taking into consideration the as
ISOLATED conditions, the necessarily de-
pressing influence upon the emotions of
the sad duty which at the time is pre-
eminent in the mind, the physical con-
dition resulting from sitting in
cramped position during tedious ride
in carriage, and the unaccustomed ex-:
posure to tue weather, it is not surpris-
ing that cases of illness result from the
removal of the head covering, particu-
larly in elderly people with an en-
feebled circulation. On hot day there
is danger of producing, if not actual sun
stroke, at least congestion Of the men,
branes of the brain, which causes per-
sistent and violent headaches, and to
this ministers and those officiating are
particularly liable. -.
! Whether the day be hot or cold, wet
or only; windy, let the services be held at
place where the health Of the attend
ants need not be imperiled; let delicate
and weakly persons be restrained from
riding to the cemetery and from stand
ing. on the damp ground; and especially
let men obey common sense and keep
Oh their hats when they risk sickness
by their removal.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-10-09
: Rising Young Man in s. G.

/: Exchange:-Ay young man in Spartan
burg, S. G., who is ambitious to serve in
the State Legislature, has written two
column article for ocalpaper, in which
he sets forth his "views" in this fashion:
"These moneyed powers must DC check
mated and curbed. or else the fiery
horse'of superb individual splender will
dhsarm the weary charger, and mount
triumphantly the hilltops of Cypress
ing and feudal Capitalization, while we
can but stand in the valley below and
pray Godeto abate the coming storm,
and, holding to the delusive phantom
of vain hope, resort to capricious change
to hold back the resistless avalanche of
damnable and headlong discrimination.
Now, Mr.. Editor, I have said enough to
demonstrate beyond all speculative
doubts that we can make this grand
old State, if we will but give all legiti-
mate inducements to factories and curb
the bits of the iron horse of extortion. j"
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-10-09
$50 3 " = : z ss1l57:
a Story of A Tree Frog.

One snltfy night in Indiana, I sat
bulily lifting, upstairs close to an,
open window. Mylamp, placed upon my
saesb attlaeted counAessy numbers o.
the insect sw6r1a tk>f come out to see
their frisnds,ouly afttsf dark Tiers was
constant buzz sroa1nd the lamp and
many scorching victim, falling on its
back, vainly kicked its little legs in air.
Suddenly clear, low whistle sound
ed from the Window whistle some
what like the sound made when boy
blows into the orifce of a trunk-key.
Startled; for q moment, I turned my
chair and beheld ON the window-sill a
little tree-frog graveiy looking at me.
His skin-of an exquisite apple-green
color-sh0ne' In the lamp light: Fear.
full that Knight brighten him away; I
sat motionless in the chair, watching
him intently: Presently he gave an
other little whistle; as clear and sharp
as bird-note. He was evidently MAX
ing up his mind that I was to be trust.
ed-a confidence not misplaced, and
soon he gave an easy spring and was
Oh the desk before me. I hardly dared
to breathe, lest he should be alarmed.
He looked at me carefully for a few
minutes; and then, hopping under the
lamp, he began slaughter. of the in
sect creation, such as had never be-
fore witnessed. He captured in easy
way any careless fly or moth that came
near him, declining to touch the dead
ones that had cremated themselves.
After half an hours enjoyment Of
this kind, my apple green friend hop
ped rather. lazily across the desk, re-
peated;, the whistle with which he had
entered, as if to say goodnight, and
went out into the dark: I proceed
ed with my work and soon forgot my
visitor. But Judge of my surprise when
on the next night he again appeared,
again signaled his coming with his
musical cry, and again took up his posi-
ton under my lamp.
For nearly three weeks did my small
friend visit my room nightly, and he
and I became great friends. HOUSE
flies were his special delicacy. Steal
thily crawling up the painted wall,
clinging to the smooth surface with the
little disks, or suckers, on his feet, he
would draw close up to his body first
one leg and then the other, and when
within proper distance, he would dart
forward, and, snatching the fly, would
swing head downward, his hind feet
firmly glued to the wall Then, attach
ing his fore feet, he would move on in
quest of another.
He never missed his aim, and he
would quietly and calmly zigzag up
and down the side wall after every fly
he saw there. He became quite accus-
toned to me, and would hop on my
hand, and sit there looking at me with
a grave composure ludicrot1s to behold.
II. Lancey, in st. Nicholas for Sep
TENDER.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-10-09
A Corn-Hushng Festival.

How wildly to all those of US who
were born in the country comes the re-
membrance of husking- time. We wait
ed for it as for galaday of the year.
It was called frolic. The trees hav-
ing for the most part shed their foliage.
the farmer waded through the fallen
leaves and came through the keen
morning air to the gleeful company.
The frost which had silvered every thing
during the night began to melt off of
the top of the corn shocks. While the
farmers were waiting for others, they
stood blowing their breath through
their fingers or thrashing their arms
around their body to keep up warmth of
circulation. Roaring mirth greeted the
late farmer as he crawled over the
fence. Jokes and repartee and rustic
salutations abounded. All ready, now.
The men take hold of the shock of corn
and hurl it PROSTATE, while the moles
and mice which have secreted them
selves there for warmth attempt to es-
cape. The withe of straw is unwound
from the corn-shock, and the stocks,
heavy with the wealth of giain, are
rolled into bundles, between mich the
husker sits down. The husking-.peg is
thrust in until it strikes, and then the
fingers rip off the sheathing of the ear,
and there is crack as the root
of the corn is snapped off FROM
the husk, and the grain Gsim-
prisoned Is hurled up into the sunlight.
The air is so tonic, the work is so ex-
hilarating, the company is so blithe
that some laugh, and some shout, and
some sing, and some banter, and some
tease q neighbor for a romantic ride
along the edge of the woods in eventide
in carriage that holds but two, and
some prophecy as to the number o:
bushels to the field, and others go into
competition as to which shall rifle the
most cornshucks before shutdown. AT.
ter while the dinner horn sounds from
the farmhouse, and the table is sur.
rounded by a group of jolly and hun.
cry men. From all the pantries ano-
cellars and perches of fowl on The place
the richest dainties come, and there i:
carnival and neighborhood reunion
and scene which fills our memory
part with smiles, but more with tears
as we remember that the farm belong:
now to other owners, and other hand;
rather in the fields, and many of thos
who mingled in that merry huskin.
scene have themselves been reapee
"like as shock of corn cometh in in hi
season. DR.. Talmage, in Frank Les
2 lies Sunday Magazine.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-10-09
Frishtful oat..troph. Near bayfield,.

x11801uA O0t&3t3op0o near 8Ay0elQs
Bayfield,, (Wis.) Special: construction
train with three fiat cars loaded with piles, and
accompanied by twenty two men, all told, left
Washburn after dinner to repair washout one
half mile south Of this point The train wa.
running as about fifteen miles an hour when i
struck a.washout just north Of the Pike creel
bridge, and the zine and tender plunged
headlong into it All the hands were riding or
the tender and in the cab Of the engine at thu
time of thesaccident; and as the engine made
the fatal plunge one of the rails ran
up through the boiler and the frebox
letting the steam and water escape
into the cab and tender scalding the inmates
in \ friehtftil manner: The Maj ionic lodge o.
this city was conducting a funeral short dis
tango from the scene Of the accident and i'm.
mediately repaired to thespot The sight wa.
slckening, indeed. Men with the flesh hang.
ing in shreds from faces hands and bodiee
we're lying on the grass or among the ruins.
One man was found dead, his skull crushed
and otherwise mangled Another died after
being taken from the wreck The names OF
tho dead are: Johnson and Mcconnell. It i,
thought thatpsome OF those scalded will die.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-10-09
Casualties OF the COX.


Judson Silk Of Mortified, Mimi, who Was
shot in the arm while hunting, died the follow
ing day.
Mrs. Frank Overmsn, who liyss in Pioneer
gulch, Deer Lodge county, Mont, was burned
TO death in her cabin.
Col George H. Woods, : well known grain
and commission merchants was fcpnd dead in
his room at Tho Hotel Brunswick; Decatur Ill,
recently, having died suddenly Of apoplexy.
He served during the war on the STATS Of Gen.
Phil Sheriden and Gen. Hooker.
Findlay Mcclellan, a miner, was fatally in
jured in the Colusia mine at Garrison, Mont
In stepping in the bucket to go to the bottom
Of the shaft he missed his footing and was
precipitated distance of 600 feot Almost
every bone in his body was broken, his head
almost flattened ont and his flesh horribly
Iacezated He died instantly.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-10-09
Taste In Wives.
From the New York Tribune.

A worthy young Connecticut farmer being
persuaded that cit is not good for man to b
alone, "'came to this city to seek wife. Sew
helpmeets from among the plump and pleasing
immigrants, and these matches had all turned
out so we'll that he was minded to follow suit
But having inspected tho arrivals of eligible
girls at Castle Garden for two or three days,
and not having as yet seen any one to whom
his heart went out, this adventurous agricul-
turist bethought himself of another plan, and
one for which, indeed, he had no warrant
of neighborly example. He had read in the
papers some little time ago an account of the
arrest of young woman named Emma LARA
bee for burglary This young woman was de-
scribed as professional burglar, and it was
that kind of illegitimate amusement Now it
occurred to the young man from Connecticut
that if Miss Larrabee would marry him be
might be able to reclaim her, and forthwith he
sought her out. AS he promptly ascertained
that she had prior engagement in the peni-
tertiary, it may be hoped that he will detach
his affections from this bright particular star,
and rest content with some less notorious but
probably more trustworthy maiden from over
the sea, if indeed the good state of Connecticut
can wife.
But though his taste in choosing a wife may
seem odd It is but the outcropping of ten
dency which is by no means new. When, for
merly, Australia was penal colony, the SET
tiers were allowed to marry the female convicts,
and it was observed that those women who had
the 'shardest" records always were snapped up
6rst In the same way when young women
have committed startling crimes they have in
variably attracted suitors if they escaped the
galows. A remarkable instance of this was
the case of Madeline Smith, Scotch girl of
good family and position who poisoned her
lover in Ed1nburg some thirty years ago. The
trial was very sensational. 1t was shown that
the prisoner had had iaison with the de-
ceased, who was a Frenchman, and that desir-
ing to marry a man in her own station she de-
iberately murdered the lover. The jury
brought in the Scotch verdict, ''not proven"
though her guilt was clear, and within a week
she had more than twenty offers of marriage,
though she was known to be apoisoner. Cases
of this kind go to show that the women who
gush over murderers and fill their cells with
flowers, have not monopoly of that particular
sort of folly, but that men, too, are amenable
to the subtle magnetism of notoriety, and are
quite as capable of playing the moth to GRIM
inal luminaries, provided the latter are young
and goodlooking. And it is not always that the
friendly walls of a penltentiary interpose be-
tween these fascinated moths and the fatal at
traction which would so surely SINCE their
wings.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-10-09
The September reduction of the pub
lie debt was over 12,O0O,O 900.

John W. Garrett, late president of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad left
about $40, 900, 600, mostly to two sons
and daughter. A large portion of
this large sum is in securities of the
railroad of which he was the master
spirit for many years, and which owes
its present excellent condition to his
great abilities. ~$ = ID
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-10-09
FOREIGN Flashes.

The late Baroness Lionel Nathansstle Roths-
child leftby her5win about. s5eeN to various
charities, ~ '>~...~,> 49, +..ssSs.,x.
During the prefer nance of 'Pinafore" in a
Dublin theater, the song "He is an English
NINA" was drowned in hisses
The Irish farmers boycotted the Bessbor-
ough agricultural fair at Piltown, in the county
Of Waterford, recently, because Lord. Bessbor-
ough, the promoter, has been too Jealous in
carrying out the mandates of Dnblipcasue. It
was failure. 49,
1t is reported that Prince Bismarck: has
actually proposed a renewal 6f tie London
conference to finally settle the Egyptian fnan-
"cial question, and has suggested hit the con
feranae,meet in Berlin before thu ehd of Octos
Der. The idea meets with increasing favor
among French politicians.
Society circles in London were shocked and
Mortified Tuesday by the discovery that Sir
James Lumsden Seton had committ@ suicide:
Sir J ames was one. of the richest bpronets OF
Scotland, was forty years Old, land inherited
his title and estates from his father No rea-
son is known forshis ao4fon.5
The grand jury at Barrie, Ont, returned q
true bill for murder against DR.: Crosse, the
Chicago dynamiter, who shot man named
Hamilton in ahouse of ill-fame at Orillia some
time ago. He was arraigned and pleaded not
guilty. The trial was postponed until the
spring assizes owing 10 the absence. Of impor-
tant witness es in the states. =.
-zAdvices fr9m Adelaide, South Australia
staaea that ths Duke of Manchester has Started
dponshis rotufn to England. He was the re-
cipient of remarkable farewell ovation. Dur
ing his travels with his party in the northern
territory they were attacked by blacks and
some of the party killed The Duke himself
narrowly escaped with his life, Parties have
started in pursuit Of the blacks to revenge the
lives of those killed in the encounter.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-10-09
s:English AZ she is Spoke"

From the PMladelphia Call
81 q. First Londoner. Aw, 'ow do. Aw,
by the way, baiove, ave ye card h Aimee
play in h'English? HI did. Beastly
.Auke, baiove, ye knaw; beastly. She
sseawn't say h'a bloody word right, bajove,
u knaw. 80 -.-~-
sSecond Londoner Nav, hi didn't
ave hopper tunity to ear FER, syc knaw !:
but hi knew; she'd ave trouble pro-
nouncing hour language, ye knaw.
Hell bloody foreigners do, ye knaw."
First Londoner Yes, bajove, hi
never card h'any foreigner, ye knaw, as
could pronounce b English Ikea h'Eng-
slishsman Je knaw.' 3.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-10-09
Death Of Frank i. Chaufrau.

New York Special: Frank Chanfrau dice
Oct 2 He never recovered consciousness
after the stroke Of apoplexy with which he WA
stricken last evening while at dinner. TIL,
previous night he forgot his lines for the mo
ment and seemed dazed for few seconds, bu
recovered himself and finished the perform
ance. He was deeply moved by the news O.
McCullough's misfortune, but went to re-
hearsal, and showed no further signs Of i'll
ness until the shock, after which he neve,
spoke. He fingered on through the night with
out any sign other than that he was still living
and died 80 quickly that no one knew theexac
hour at which he breathed bis last ~
Mr.. Chanfrau was one of the few remaining
old timers on the stage who had his training
under the stock company system and worked
himself up from the lowest rounds of the pro-
fession, playing everything that came to his
hand, whether it was tragedy, comedy or
farce. He was at the time of his death about
sixty years old. His first hit was made in '49,
while playing general utility at the old Bowery
theater, New York, in the part of Nose, the
fireman, in "a Glance at New York" The
firemen of those days were mostly toughs,
butcher boys who wore fancy suspenders with
initials worked by their girls, rolled up their
trousers and chewed enormous amounts OF
tobacco. Like Lemaitre with Robert Mocaire,
Chanfrau resolved to win fame by OVERRIDING
the part, appearing in. the most Exaggerated
suspenders and signaling his arrival upon the
stage by ejectng a. torrent Of tobacco juice
from his mouth. It caught the boys and he
became the pet Of the Bowery forthwith.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-10-09
NEWS,OF THE WEEK.
Rail and4Rivar Mn&A,ls

: - Is :. ## Is q "a
The Oregon Navigation company asked to-
list %, OO0, 600 gold debenture bonds in tho New
York stock exchange.
The Pullman Palace Car company reports
that their business is a. satisfactory al ever
before, and that their earnings for the current
year have exceeded those of any previous years
and they have recently closed an important
contract with the Merchants Despatch and
Transportation company for lot Of refrigera-
tor cars, which will occupy them for some
time
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-10-09
Chinese Gordon Retakes Berber.

Chinese Gordon Retakes Berber.
London Special 3d-sir Evelyn Barring has
sent dispatch to the government, stating
that Gordon, after having bombarded Ber-
Der for some time, has effected an entry into
the place and recaptured it, The rebels and
hostile, inhabitants fed when the lombard
ment ceased The fail of Berber will enable
COL Kitchener to reach Gordon from Dongo-
la, and ascertain his wishes regarding the Nile
expedition and as to tho necessity for an
expedition going to Khartoum. The con.
ference may result in the abandonment of the
Nile expedition, The qludir;s sends q dispatch
stating that Q reliable messenger brought
word to him that he saw Gordon with four
steamers arrive at Shendv, and finding the
place deserted, Gordon nailed to tree proc.
lama ton offering to pardon the people. Cor.
don then started for Berber On the
day after his arrival the general placed
two steamers in the middle of the
river and opened bombardment upon
the town. The bombardment lasted until late
in the afternoon Gordon afterward proceed
Jed in the direction of Djalizeen. tits rt1mored
that the Mohammed Elk Hur, who was tho
Mahdi's ameer at Berber, was killed during tho
bombardment Other reports stated that he
escaped and had the treasury, in the city re-
moved to Kerpi Subsequently Gordon tn or.
oughly chastised the inhabitants of Djaliz cen.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-10-09
5candinavians for House Servants

From the New York Commercial Advertiser:
The difficulty inobtaining good, steady, trust
worthy household servants Is no less rim Eng
land than in America In the hope Of finding
relief a number of Beaish families have be-
gun the importation 81 Norwegian girls for do
mestic service. Those who have accepted
places give much satisfaction. They are spok.
hands and feet modelled upon natures broad.
est plan, and showing great good nature. They
can't speak word Of English, but seem willing
to learn, and are wonderfully patient on wash
ing days with children and pug dogs This de-.
scription accords with the experience of en-
ployers Of Scandinavian servant girls in the
west, especially in Minnesota, where they ari
largely employed in domestic service, and ART
highly appreciated for their industry and othe,
good qualities. So,
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-10-09
The German Bark Montezuma; Capt Simon.

The German Bark Montezuma; G.pt Simon,
son, from Punta Arenas, has arrived at Fal.
mouth with three men belonging to the yacht
Mignonette, which was foundered on the way
from Southampton to- Sydney. They report
Nhen the vessel went down they and 9 boy, Al
on board, took to 9 small boat without proyi'
ed about, when the boy died. The Uthefss
fed on his body and were enabled TO hold oM
five days longer, when the Montezunna rescued
them, in horrible condiH The three meg.
were placed under arrest by order of thu
board Of trade The death Of the boy VIII By
investigated gs y. q