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The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27
Origin and Progress Of Annual
Fairs.

Theodore Lyman gave an address at
the opening OF the Mechanics Fair in
Boston, recently, in the course of which
he said: "Over sixty years ago the
State of New York established the typi.
cal county agricultural fair, system
which has been adopted by the larger
number of states, extending to the
Rocky Mountains in Colorado in 1874.
These fairs have been the great educa-
tors of the public in all that relates
to agriculture. and are to-day impor-
tant adjuncts and supports of the many
State Agricultural Colleges which have
been founded since 1862 Other fairs.
more varied and comprehensive than
the agricultural, embracing more par
ticularly the much wider range of manu-.
featured products, have been held in
some of our larger cities for many
years, notably those of this association
in Boston, of the Franklin Institute in
Philadelphia, of the American Institute
in New York, of the Maryland Institute
in Baltimore, and also the exhibitions
of Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Louis. New
Orleans. San Francisco and the Manu-.
facturers Institute of this city. Such
local and special fairs and exhibitions
as these in this and other countries
have eliminated. in the great interna-
tional or worlds expositions of the past
thirty years. =.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27

1t is said that Chief Justice Coleridge
6rst obtained notice as a lawyer by the
following simple incident, while he was
pleading the cause of a man on trial for
murder. In the course of his long argu-
ment candle in the jury box fickered
and went out, leaving the court room in
darkness. He stopped speaking and
the silence in the court for a moment
was oppressive. The scene, with it's
dark shadows, it's grim faces, the scarlet
robes of the. Judge, and the haggard
face of the murderer was worthy of Rem
brandt The usher replaced the light
and: Coleridge resumed his address.
Gentlemen of the jury, you have
a solemn duty, a very solemn duty, to
discharge. The life of the prisoner of
the bar is in your hands. You
can take it-by a word. You can ex-
tinguish that life as the candle by your
side was extinguished "a moment ago.
But it is not in your power, it is not
in the power of any of us-of any one in
this court or out of ito restore that
life, when. once taken, as that light has
been restored" a thrilling effect was
produced and the caseswas won.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27
Coal and Wood Superseded.
from the Buffalo Express

From the Buffalo Express.
Not pound Of wood or coal is con.
sumed at Creighton, twenty miles from
Pittsburgh, where the Pittsburgh Plate
Glass Company have their plant. Glass
factory and residences are heated and
lighted by natural gas. Gas was struck
at 1900 feet, in a fve-inch bore. A
torrent of what the owners describe as
''pure nitrogen gas" bursts out with
force of $50 pounds to the square inch,
and after three years is flowing with as
much energy as ever. The visitor see.
no coal, no wood, no cinders, no ashes,
no smoke. In the furnaces is lurid,
steady heat regulated by clock-work.
No grimy stoker sweats his life away at
furnace doors, but instead a calm per-
son with stained glass shield invites
you to look at the glass through the
open furnace doors, where glares heat
sufficient to deter modern Shadrach,
Meshach and Abednego. Overhead
gas-burners ara ablaze in broad day, be-
cause it is not worth while to take time
to turn the burners off and on, as there
is plenty of gas and to spare. In the
residences a thumb-sorew regulates the
temperature to absolute perfection.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27

A correspondent has written with en-
phasis of the unsatisfactory condition
of the cuisine on ocean steamships.
He says: ''The provisions are poor, but
the cooking is execrsb1e. If I may
particularize, I came on board with an
excellent digestion, and I enjoy com
plete immunity from seasickness, but ]
am reduced to eating mainly eggs ani
bacon, and the eggs have taste O.
moldy hay, as if they had been packed
in it, and the bacon is cooked to crisp
half the time. The roasts are generally
too tough for me, and the entrees re-,
mind me of their favor all day long; the
fruit is UNBEATABLE, though nothing il
more essential to people at sea than full
supplies of good fruit" The CORES.
pendent suggests a restaurant at sea. n
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27
A sensation has been caused at Sa-

A sensation has been caused at Sa-
lem, the sleepy little capital of Ore
gon, by number of the female sex.
The story goes that some ten or dozen
ladies having husbands of cornwall
disposition and penchant for giving
the town lurid hue after nightfall
have dubbed together and resolved to
make simultaneous application for d.
vorce. The husbands of some of the
ladies are said to be Heading citizens"
and the movement has carried conster-
nation into the ranks of Oregon bene-
diets.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27

is frequently the exclamation of one lady to
another. The fact is not a pleasant one to
have mention, but still the act may be kindly
one, for it sets the one addressed to thinking,
apprises her of the fact that she is Lot in good
health, and leads her to seek reason therefor.
Pallor Is almost always attendant upon the first
stages of consumption. The system is en-
feebled, and the blood is impoverished DIR.
Pierce,s "Golden Medical Discovery" will act
as tonic upon the system, will enrich the i'm
Poyerished blood, and restore roses to the
cheek
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27
ST Love xr 1atter xh.n r.,se. ),

II Love 0er 8ettor Than Lie" =
Well, then, why don't you do something to
bring back the roses to her cheeks and the
Light to her eyes? Don't You see she is suf-
male weaknesss "A bottle Of DR.. Pierce's SEA
vorite Prescription" will brighten those pale
cheeks and send new life through that wasting
form. If you love her, take heed
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27

The gray and bad no more shall grieve,
The signs of coming age,
For Carboline can both retrievs
And fullest griefs assuage
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27

81 was taken.sick o year ago
With bilious fever.
- my doctor pronounced me cured, but got
sick again, with terrible pains my back and
sides, and I got1eo badI 3D. q
Could not move! s@-ss %'1Ss
I shrunk =
From 2sS lbs to 100! I had been doctoring for
my ive1, but itdid me no good Ibid not expect
to live over three months began to use Hop
Bitters. Directly my appetite returned, my pains
left me, my entire system seemed renewed III
by magic and after using several bottles, an
not only as sound as asovereign, but weigh more
than did before. To Hop Bitters owe my
life." R. FITZPATRICK.
: Dublin, June 6, 3d. rs~
CHAPTER n
"Malden, Mass, Feb 1, 1880 Gentemen-
suffered with attacks of sick headache"
Neuralgia, female trouble for years in the most
terrible and excruciatng manner.
No medicine or doctor could give me relief or
cure, until used Hop Bitters.
THE first bottle
Nearly cured me-"
The second made me as we'll and strong as
when child,
''And I have been 80 to this day."
My husband was an invalid for twenty years
with serious
''Kidney, liver and urinary complaint,
Pronounced by Boston's best physicians
''Incurable!"
Seven bottles Of your Bitters cured him andI
know of the
'sLives of eight persons"
In my neighborhood that have been saved by
your Bitters,
And many more are using them with great
benefit
'They almost 49,.
Do miracl Mrs. E. D. SLACK.
How TO GET S1cK-Expose yourself day and
night; eat too much without exercise; work too
hard without rest; doctor all the time; take all
the vile nostrums advertised, and then you will
want to know how to getwell, which is answered
in three words-Take Hop Bitters!
None genuine without bunch of green hops
on the white label. Shun all the vile poisonous
stuff with Hop" or ''Hops" in their name.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27

WHITE BEAVER, CDR. FRANK FowEL1.) 1t is
said on good authority that White Beaver of
La Crosse, Wis; has successfully treated more
cases of female complaints and diseases aris-
ing from the secret vices of the young than
any other doctor in the northwest
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27

Ada Cayandish, the actress, is exceedingly
ill in London and her system has been weak
ened by prolonged delirium. The gravest
fears of theresult of her illness are entertained
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27

Chief Brooks, of the secret service division
Of the treasury department. in his annual re-
port, says: ,':Events of the past year give evil
ience Of the revival Of the manufacture of
counterfeit paper money, which was practically
suspended during 1881 and 1882"
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27
Carboliues,

Two Masons were permitted to assist in set
ting the keystone Of the Washington monument
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27
The Rest In the World.

Dr. J. w. Hamilton Of Mcmillan, Wis, says
Ihave sold Warmers White Wine Tar Syrup for
years 1t is the best cough medicine in the
world and has no equal for asthma.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27

Mrs. Elizabeth Baylis, over seventy years old
and resident of Fsrmingdale, L. L, has just
elOped with a peddler.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27
For Sale BY all Medicine Dealers.

Rev Jabez S. Swan, revivalist, is dead at
New London, Conn.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27

West Webster was commissioned postmaster
of Lake Wilson, MINI.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27

Tornot, village on the Wilmington & We'll
don railroad, was destroyed by fire. Loss,
$3.50. 600,
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27

Johnathan dividend, West Virginia farmer
has just shot neighbor for aiding his daugh:
ter to elope.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27

Sufferers from Coughs, Sore Throat, etc,
should try "Brown's Bronchial Troches, .
simple but sure remedy. Sold only in bo1eA
Price Is cents. "''-'
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27

Trough on Dentist Tooth Powder Fine
smooth, cleansing, refreshing, preservatiye 15c.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27

Trough on Itch" cures humors, eruptions, ring
worm letter, salt rheum, frosted feet, chilbians.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27

2, The; Conkling homestead at Huntington, l.
L, one Of the first buildings erected on Long
Island and which WAS over two hundred years
was valued 1t 81, 600 - - =
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27
Hnv pala Y0u ArAl

Chicago Democratic admires Of Carter Har-
rison says he will be the next United States SEN
atOr from ulinOiA
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27

II you have catarrh, use the surest remedy
DR.. Sage's
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27

CROUCH on Rats"-Clears out rats, mice, flies,
reaches, bed-bugs, ants, vermin, chipmunks. 15c.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27

Send your address on postal card to w.
J. Demorest, II E. 18th st., N Y, and you will
receive free by return mail, the best family
magazine published.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27

New York capitalists have invested $780,
GOO in Montana lands the past four months
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27

Sluggers Sullivan and Greenfield were re-
leased on 81 900 bail at New York
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27

d For rheumatism take Aliens from Tonic Bit
,ers. All genuine bear the signature Of j. p.
Allen, Druggist st Paul, Mimi 81
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27
niles Itching or Bleeding, relieved and per-.
Dmane4tly cured by Coles Carbolisa1ye dettheGer-
uine. cents and Is cents at druggists or by mail
j. w. COLE CO., Props, Black River Falls, Wis.
(uticura
49, A.
POSITIVE CURE
for eces.yj0s7ss Of
SKIN BLOOD
DISEASE.
IRON
P|MPL e. to scRoFulA

ITCHING, scaly, Pimply, .scrofulous, Inherited,
i Contagious, and Copper Colored Diseases of the
Blood Skin and Scalp, with loss of Hair, posi-
lively cured by the CUTIcURA REMEDIES.
CuTICURA REsoLvEST, the new blood purifier,
clesnses the blood and perspiration OF impurities
and poisonous elements. and removes the cause.
Cur1cURA, the great Skin Cure, instantly allays
Itching and Inflammation, clears the Skin and Scalp
heals Ulcers and Sores and restores the Hair.
CUT1cuRA SOAP, an exquisite Skin Beautifier and
Toilet Requisite, prepared from CUTICURA is indis
pensable in treating Skin Diseases, Baby Hu,norS.
Skin Blemishes, Chapped and Oily Skin.
CUT1CURA REMEDIES are absolutely pure and the
only infallible Blood Purifiers and Skin BeauIiiers
Sold everywhere. Price. Cuticury, SO cents; Soap.
25 cents; ResDlvent, ST. Prepared by POTTER DRUG
AND CHEMICAL Co.. BOSTON, MASS
~ Send for .HOW to Cure Skin. Diseases"
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27


An Invaluable Remedy.-None except those
who have suffered all the horrors Of Dyspepsia,
can fully appreciate the value and efficacy of
Perry Davis Pain Killer, a sovereign remedy
for this distressing disease in all it's forms is
used internally and externally, test its virtues
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27

The total vote Of Minnesota was 190,O17;
Blaine's plurality, 3S,677; average plurality
10000.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27

s'Buchu-Paiba Quick, complete cure, al
annoying Kidney and Urinary Diseases, 81.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27

Fruit and Garden Lands In Colorado.
In and 10 acre tracts. Low Price. Long
Terms to settlers or non residents. Address
for particulars, W. E. PABOR, Fruita, Colo.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27
Professor Forster, who recently died

at Aix-la- Chapelle, was one Of the
greatest European entomologists. He
has left a collection of insects which
from it's rare perfection and beauty
stands almost unrivalled. And a move
ment is on foot in England to buy it for
the Museum Of Natural History at
South Kensington.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27

:. Fon DTsPEnalA, Indigestion, Depression Of spir.
It's and General Debility, in their various for ms,
also as 9 preventive against Fever and Ague, and
other Intermittent Fevers, the YFERRo-PHosPHo-
RATED ELnR OF CALlsAYA' made by Caswel1,
Hazard & Co., New York, and sold by all Drug
ing from Feyeror other sickness, it has nosqqa1.,
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27

The coachman meanwhile imagining
his master was in the carriage, pursued
his way westward till he drew up at the
door of No.-Chesterfeld Gardens.
livery glad to see you, Captain WV
ian," said Lady Waverley, with mis-
chievous twinkle in her eye. "But
where is Sir Guy?" The two lovers
looked at each other in dismay. They
had quite forgotten him.-The White
hall Review.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27

beginning. A thrill OF pleasurable OK
element darted through her heart as
she listened to his musical voice gradu-
ally sinking till little above whisper;
as she looked. into the earnest eyes
which seemed to express in their earn
est glance all that the audacious tongue
lett unsaid; as, she felt that she was
flirting, really flirting, but only for Ma
bells sake! -
@sYou have never been to Chesterfield
Gardens to see your old friends?" and
she threw laughing glance toward
that 1l-used maiden, who knew very
well what was passing behind her back.
can old friendship after the interval
of years is apt to grow musty. Iprefer
going in for the new"
Every rude to my cousin" with q
shrug of her white shoulders.
us not the fault yours if you make
any other answer impossible?"
mabel is the dearest woman under
the sum-" she replied, with sudden IT.
relevancy. .....
II agree with you," was the quiet
answer; q capricious woman is dear at
any price,. ~ -
You do her gross injustice. 1t you
don't believe me, ask Sir Guy"
r.. A look of amusement shown from
his eyes. Hardly, you are told not to
trust your dearest friend about a horse. !"
How does that apply9' raising her
eyebrows. 80 a.. -.
/ #"Perfectly. A man is bound to tell any
amount: of lies about his wife, They.
are moving toward the supper room.
before any one else claims you, let me, !"
standing up and Offering lis arm in the
most empresse manner, because Mabel's
eyes CHANGED to be turned in his .direc-
ton. 49, -. 81 e.
Right under sir Guy 81 noss' he led
his wife out Of the room, bending. over
her and asking for 9 flower from her
bouquet before, they were quite ont Of
sight. His last chance Of being asked
to Chesterfield Gardens was ruined be-
fore he reached the bottom Of the stair
case, even while be was priding HIM
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27

Mr.. Bonner's investments in horse.
flesh have been pretty large. He paid
$4,000 for Joe Elliot, $4,000 for Ed
win Forrest, $4,000 for Lady Stewart,
500, 900 for Edward Everett, and the
same for Startle, $4,000 for Pocohon-
tas and the same sum for Dexter; $780,
600 for Rarus and now $4,000 for
Maud S.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27

cigar on the steps.
Nevertheless he was conscious of
every movement in the Waverley's box,
and his indignation rose sky-high as he
saw man after man admitted during the
course of the evening. Patti sang her
sweetest, but he scarcely heard her. A
pretty girl, great ally of his before he
started for India, looked over her shoul-
der with a,smile which would have in
duced any other man to take up only
too'gladly tile broken thread Of a past
Irritation, but he remained as unrespon-
sive as u block of stone
On leaving the theatcr he refused all
invitations to enticlng little suppers,
such as used to have special charm
for him when he was in the vein for
amusement, and early the next morning
started for his home in Cornwall in 3
pronounced fit of sulks.
$50 Capt Vivian, the faithful and
fascinating Lancer, has returned to the
field of his former conquests, and poor
Charlie $ last chance has gone," said
Lady Waverley, looking up into her
cousins serious face, with mischiev-
Gus twinkle in her eyes. ..
Capt. Vivian, to Judge from the way
his coat sets, is faithful to his tailor, but
there his fidelity ends. Poor Mary
Armstrong, whosat just in front of him,
nearly dislocatcd her stumpy little neck
in her effort to look at him, and he
didn't know she was there" s#s :
= "Flattering to you, my dear at any
rate" .<z-,
IT don't see Why" drawing up her
own neck, which was anything but
stumpy. 7 was too much occupied
with the dear old general to notice
him"
|. :'Then perhaps be, was, not 50 cruel
! to Mary as you faheisd ~ nsmaH smile
lowering round her pretty fps, J. :.
"He bowed tober once hat that was
ell" s' $3.50 4. st-5 TT, n:
!. How: could :yous tell if you didn't
look at him ?" ~. I. s z:...s.=s
Il couldn't help looking at him to >
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-10-25
Beauniarchais and the Watch.

Among the customers whom Caron,
Or, as we must now call him, Beaumar-
chais, had supplied with watches were
the daughters of Louis XIV, Mesdames
Nictoire. Adelaide, Sophie and Louise.
The Prlncesses were much taken with
his manners and appearance, and, on
learning that he was skilled in the
management of the harp, desired to
take lessons from him. Here was in
deed an opportunity to push his fortune
at Court. He entered heartily into the
scheme. and used all his endeavors to
ingratiate himself with his royal pupils
Carefully regulating the position of a
mere paid music master, he would re-
celve no remuneration for his services,
and often incurred considerable ex-
pense in purchasing instruments and
music for which he was not very prompt
ly repaid. He soon became the chief
dire tor and performer at the weekly
concerts given by the Princesses, which
were attended by the King, the Queen,
the Dauphin, and few favored court
iers. He was thus brought into close
contac. with all the members of the
royal family, and soon came to be re-
garded by them as a privileged individ-
ual, SD much SO that on one occasion
the King, wishing to hear him play the
harp. obliged him to sit down in the
royal chair; and that the Dauphin
whose frank, blunt disposition Beau
marchais respected and appreciated,
used to say: ''He is the only person
who speaks the truth to me-" Such a
high degree of favor shown to one who
had so recently occupied a very hum
BILE position naturally excited much
ill-feeling and brought down on Beau
marchais all sorts of insults from the
Jealous courtiers. He was perpetuallv
being annoyed by covert snecrs at his
lowly origin and connection with trade,
and on one occasion. as he was leaving
the royal apartments. a nobleman in
sultingly asked HIM TO repair watch
that had stopped. Beaumarchais po-
litely replied that it was a long time
since he had given up all work of that
kind. and that he had consequently lost
his skill. When, however, the other
continued to press the matter, he took
up the watch, which was very valu-
able one, and opening it as if to exam.
inc the works, let it fall. Turning to
the disconnected nobleman he said: 81
warned you, Sir, that l was now very
unskillfui,' and. with bow, walked
OF He at length found it necessary to
have recourse to strong measures in
order to put stop to the frequent in
suits to which he was subjected, and he
challenged one of his tormentors. The
duel took place at Meudon, without
seconds, and Beaumarchais wounded
his opponent MORALLY. This might
have been very serious matter, for
victor as well as for vanguished. but
for the generosity of the dying man,
who. during the few days he survived,
firmly refused to disclose the name of
his antagonist. -CornhiN Magazine.