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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1885-02-05
FIRST LIST.


Q. Put Yourself in His Place, b. Charles Re,ds.
3 Aurora FIoyd, by Miss ~ r. Braddoa.
4 Handy Alds. by samuel Loyer
8. JACOB taithiaL. hy Captain Marryat-
g. Iyanhoa, by Sir Water scott.
z. Night and Morning. by Sir f. Bglser Lytton
j.. Meteor and Vauqals.et, By Mary Cecd Hay
- Window CuItlius, by e >. Arthur.
81 The IRISH Bar, b. J. r ode lex oFlauaagzn.
IS. The Last Days o. Ponpe. ny Edward BuIrer.
70 Jane Eyre b. Charlotte Brnnte.
81. The Secret SORROW b. May Asnes Fleming.
.. Man and Wife, b. Gitkie Col n
40. Mr.. Geoffley, by The Duchess
z6. Dora TGorne, by Bertha ". Clay.
.. Quaker Cousins, BY. Ag3es Macdonald
50. John Halifax, by Mss MuIocs
10. Eas, Lynne, by Mrs. Henry Wool
59. Paekwlck Papers by Chss Dickens.
AZ. Reuben Davdger, Tale tor BOTs, by Greenwood
lO6. Lady Audiey's Secret by Mss D. e Braddon.
les Barbara by 81. f.. Braddon.
Ia. Clear Shining After Ram, hy q. G. Hamilton
ls5. Prd and Prejzdioe, by Ja1e Austln-
~. Cast Up BY the Sea, by Sir ; " bsser
IL me saR Gvsn Foot ~ sss Il s raidso
10 10 me TIRE Reerfpits 6s =, ysy7Ph stt9n
gu. Her second Love, by Bertha ". Clay.
DID, The Senior Partner, by Mrs. j. II. Riddell.
2e4 Ny Watch 'Beov, BY W. g Russell
s All Sorts and CONDITIONS of Men, by Walter Besant
ard James Rice.
29s. The Housekeeper. Friend, compiled by Mrs. Jen
sg7 Shandon Bells by Vim. Black
80. James Nasmyth, Engineer, edited by Samuel
800. VINO l. Sylvia ? by A Price.
SOl. The Wreck of She Grosveuor, by W. G. Russell
Sl4 a Sea Queen, by W. c. Russell.
3l5. Bad Boys ID arr.
III Mr. scarborc,lg's Family. by Anthony TroIiops.
3i9 Yolan1a, by William Black.
go Frederick IT. and Mara Theresa by Due de Broglie
go Phantom Fortune. bg ". E. Braddon.
..a Jen fer, by Anne Thomas
sS5 More Leaves from Queen Victoria's Journal
Ri. The Pirste and the Three Cutters. by Capital,
Marryzt.
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sShHs rELIlG :APnY,or SHORT HAND
Z -sitH ana type WI ting HERE Si'tIaria1s
dfArnlsilod Address Valentine Bros anesy iIe via
The midland journal., 1885-08-28
REPORTER.
CONOWINGO ITEMS.

The Camp Meeting of Mt. Zion Col.
ored Church near this place, was large
ly attended by miscellaneous crowd
Of both colors, and the r'Oting and
drunkenness were worse than usual on
@ mer occasi us the lief having been
expressed, that, Tut for the interposl.
ton of providence in sending shower
TO stop proceedings some one would
certainly have been murdered, as the
alcholic excitement was intense. At
the railroad house the landlord was at
tackled by desperate character and the
women and children who had taken
refuge there fl om the storm. were ters
ribly frightened. AS is usual on such
occasions, there were no officers of the
place within miles of the place.
The Pilot Town S. S. held their an
nual celebration in the grove last Sat-
urlay afternoon. After the usual treat
of good things, the scholars engaged
in play, and spent a pleasant after
noon. In the match game of corner
ball between the Misses Mabel Prige..
Linnie Ritchie. Vennie Citing and
Bell Alexander, Miss Amelia Fulton
acted as umpire and awarded the hon
ors is Miss Prigg.
MIR. William Knight of Port Deposit
stone cutter by trade committed sui.
eide at the Castleton hotel. Hartford co.
on Monday afternoon by shooting him-
self through the heart. The cause of
the rash act is unknown.
Mr.. J S. Love who broke his collar
bone a few weeks ago hy falling
through the hatchway of q wagon shed
is improving slowly but still carries
his arm in sling.
Mrs. j. Armstrong of Pilot Town
lost her valuable Jersey heifer, Daisy
last week supposed to have eaten some
poisoned weed.
NOBODY
The midland journal., 1885-08-28

Teachers Association.

The Teachers Of the Sixth, Seventh
and Eighth Districts will meet in the
public school building in Port Depos-
it, on Sat Sept the 5th, 1885 at l. so,
p. NJ.
The object of the meeting shall be
has been held there, from year to year.
Officers will be elected for the ensue-
ing year. The following program has
been prepared for the meeting by 1.-The
executive committee Select Readers
Miss Emma Brown, and Mr.. B. r.
Hanna; Essay by Mr.. J. j. Hanna !;
Referred to Mr.. j. l.. Crothers If the
sum of the angles of Lolyeon is
4Sright angles fiud the number of sidesl
To Miss Annie What are
Oranges worth dozen, if by buying
ID more for dollar. the price would
he lowered cents II dozen;-to Mr.. 0.
o. Saylor. 1.-The San is nearer the earth
in winter than in summer. Why is it
not warmer;' Question for discussion
Would compulsory system of edu--
cation be beneficial to the public cshools
of Cecil Co. F? Disputants Rev. John
Squier w. S. Quigley, J. j. Hanna, o.
0. Sayler, and j. l.. Crothers-
We trust that every teacher who
may he interested in the welfare anl
progress of oar schools may turn out to-
this meeting. We wish to have an
Association that shall be instructive to-
It's members, and at the same time ex-
cite Il deeper interest in the generous
cause of education and emancipation
from ignorance.
REPORTER.
The midland journal., 1885-08-28
NOBODY
What a Baptist Minister Says.
New Freeport, Pa, Aug. 4, Is

New Freeport, Pa, Aug. 4, 1855.
G.. HolStein II have been afflicted
for long time with liver complaint and
constipation. l have tried many reme-
dies and several doctors, but they all
failed. I have used three bottles of
your Aromanna and find it the very
thing l needed. I shall recomend it to
all who are suffering in the same way.
JOHN WEST. Pastor Baptist
Church.
Sold by DR.. L. R. Kirk Rising Sun.
The midland journal., 1885-08-28
Ordinary and High Farming.

q very interesting farmers ciuo III
the Deer Creek neighborhood. which
is kept up with good deal of spirit
at the July meeting the questions
discussed was as follows:
Which is the easier, the more prof
table. and in which do we take the
most pleasure-in making poor land
good or in making good land rich?"
The 1Egis furnishes us the follow
ing report Mr.. R. Harris Archer
argued that it would be easier to
make poor land good than good land
rich. BY good land he meant such
40 would produce from IL to Is bar
1els of corn to the acre, and by rich
land that which would yield from 20
or 25 barrels. A man could take o
sedge field and in Is years could
make it produce from II to 20 barrels
of corn, or fatten bullock on or 3
acres. This requires no peculiar
skill, hut to make good land produce
20 to IS barrels of corn requires
soience and that is difficult is evident
from the fact that few farmers accom-
plish it. When land has been lying
idle for some time, half ton of bone
to the acre produces wonderful re-
suits, but the same amount of bone
applied on land that will produce
Is or Is barrels Of corn per acre will
increase the yield only barrel or
two. The fertilizer on the poor land
must therefore pay better than on
the good land. He thought, also,
that the pleasure was greater in i'm
proving poor land than in increasing
the yield of good land.
S. N. Lee said he brought poor
land to tolerable state of fertility,
but it takes long time to make land
produce 25 barrels Of corn to the acre.
1t takes many years to exhaust really
rich land with ordinary usage. He
had see.l a piece of very rich land
farmed for so years with only one
dressing of fertilizer. VIM. Webster
was of the opinion thst the pleasure
and profit were both greater in max
ing good land produce from 20 to 25
barrels of corn than in making poor
land yield Is barrels. There is less
labor in farming rich land than poor
land. The reason why few farmers
reach the high standard of 20 barrels
is because when they get their land
to yield Is barrels they are satisfied
and make no effort at further i'm
provement. Farmers make a mistake
in farming too much land. The same
fertilizer applied to one-half the num-
ber of acres would, with less labor.
produce quite as much. Rich land
can be worked at less expense than
poor land and is more profitable.
Geo. j. Finley thought it costs
more and is more difficult to make
good land produce 20 or IS barrels
of corn per acre than to make poor
land bring Is barrels. AS for the
pleasure he had never seen much fun
in farming under any circumstances.
j. Thos. Webster also thonght it
easier to make poor land good than
good land land rich. Land may be
made to produce from 90 to 25 barrels
of corn to the acre. but it is difficult
to keep it up to that standard. There
is more profit and much pleasure in
seeing an old worn-out place improv-
ed and brought to yield Is barrels of
corn to the acre and good crops of
clover and timothy than Increasing
the fertility of it beyond that point.
James Lee thought there was more
The midland journal., 1885-08-28

E. Armstrong, Esq, Waterloo, Cul-
pepper Co, Va, says he used Powell's
Fertilizer last fall. Wheat did as
well as the fertilizer costing double.
Will want ten tons this fall. These
fertilizers are manufactured by Brown
Chemical Co., Baltimore, Md.
The midland journal., 1885-08-28

ouying a good one even at $500 an
acre, although he had to go in debt,
rather than poor oDe, at $50 an
acre. if he had all the money to pay
or it. There is he thought, limit
in point of cultivation beyond which
land ceases to yield q profit for the
fertilizers used and labor applied,
and he would place this limit at 20
barrels of corn to the acre. 1t costs
but little more to work an acre of good
land, producing Is barrels Of corn,
than an acre of poor land which will
produce no more than 5 barrels. There
is no profit in the latter. The larger
the yield this greater the profit. He
thought the reason why farmers are
not enriching their land more rapidly
is because wht n it begins to yield a
revenue they indulge in luxuries
which they did not when they were
working poor land and had to econo-
mize. When land is thin the applica-
ton of fertilizers is seen more readily,
but perhaps the same amount would
do rich land as much or more good,
although the benefit might not be
seen in the next crop
Johns III. Janney said the results
show that it must be easier to make
poor land good than to make good
land rich. 1t requires science which
few farmers understand to make good
land rich. Much depends or the
natural quality of land. Some land
can never be made to yield 20 barrels
of corn to the acre. The profit per
acre on the capital invested is great
er in making poor land good.
Edward ii. Hall thought, also that
much depends on the soil. 1t is cas-
ier and more profitable to make Deer
Creek soil produce 20 barrels of corn
to the acre than to take his land, near
Abingdon, and make it rich.
John Moore thought that IL man
sees greater results from the applica-
tion of fertilizers to poor land than
to rich. Many farmers are qualified
to take poor farm and improve it,
but few are competant to take good
land and make it rich. If he were
buying a farm he would rather buy a
poor farm at, say $40 an acre, than a
rich one at, say $50. This year
some poor farms are raising more
wheat to the acre than the rich farms
With corn it is different. Here the
rich land tells. 1t requires great
deal of skill and fertilizers to grow
20 barrels of corn to the acre. while
almost any ordinary farmer can pro-
duce 10 or ~. 1t requires more
manure to keep land producing 20
barrels of corn to the acre than to
keep it producing II or 10.
Thomas A. Hays said if he were
buying poor land he would like to
have it where the surrounding farms
we're rich. There is great deal of
pleasure in making good land rich,
but there is more profit in making
poor land good.
VIM. Munnikhuysen said he COM
menced so years ago to farm on as
many acres of sedge as any man in
the county, and in four or five years
he had doubled his crops, but since
he has never been able to double
again. He had also derived mare
pleasure in starting the Improvement
than in keeping it up. He concluded
that it must be more difficult to
make good land rich than in MAX
ing poor land good. There must be
more profit in making land increase
in Weld from 5 to 10 barrels of corn
than in bringing mp the yield from 10
or II to 20 barrels.
The midland journal., 1885-08-28

amount of fertilizer would produce
greater results on poor than on good
land. On land producing three or
four barrels of corn, fertilizers nigh,
increase the yield to 10 barrels. On
good land the same amount might add
olny four barrels. Where there is q
limit to progress, the nearer you ap-
.proach that limit the slower you Get.
Thus in training trotting horse, 1t
he is capable ofspced, i5 is easier to
increase his speed 10 seconds than it
is afterwards to increase it a quarter
of a second more, hut it is the last
quarter of a second that adds so much
to the value of the horse. The same
way in farming. The same labor,
and fertilizer will not produce as
great results on good as on poor land
but what you get pays better. Plow-
ing, working and getting the crop on
poor land C ,sts as much as on rich
land, and until you raise q certain
amount per acre there is no profit
All that you raise over that gives a
greater percentage Of profit. The
quality of land has much to do wit
its capacity for Improvement. -
you cannot hy any means get over
10 barrels of corn to the acre, don't
spend money trying to get 20.
VIM. G.. Wilson said he would
rather endeavor to make good land
rich than to try to make poor land
good, but there is more profit in the
latter and more credit in the former.
He had taken poor land and made i
good, but it does not seem to get bet
ter although ne uses as much fertili-
ger as ever
Thomas Lochary thought that the
fertilizer Mr. Woolsey had put on
his land since it would produce 20
barrels of corn to the acre, would
have bought five or six farms that
would yield 10 or - barrels per acre.
The difference in the action of the
fertilizers would overbalance the
greater amount Of labor on the farms.
If we may be allowed a few COM
ments on the above, we would sug
gest that these farmers, though
good farmers, have not yet mastered
the problem of "high farming" They
seem to see this state as through q
glass darkly A primary point in
the question is left out in their dis
cussion, which is the number of con-
stitutents that are required for crop.
Without the table of analysis, we
believe there are 13 composing crop
of wheat and if any one of these is
lacking in whole or part, or not. in
solable condition in the soil, the crop
will inevitably be shortened notwith-
standing all the Others may be sup
piled in abundance. Any of the fer
tilzers in use supply but q limited
number of these constituents, and
there is but one mode by which the
remainder can be secured that will
make farming profitable; which is
through the agency of grass and a
thorough system of cultivation. "Cal-
ture is manure" This maxim is the
base of all farming. Thorough cult.
ure is something very different from
what is generally practiced by even
the best farmers. and this, with grass,
green manuring is the only key which
will unlock the problem and make
high farming possible and profitable ]
-N40~+-
E. Armstrong, Esq, Waterloo, Cul-
pepper Co, Va, says he used Powell's
Fertilizer last fall. Wheat did as
well as the fertilizer costing double.
Will want ten tons this fall. These
fertilizers are manufactured by Brown
Chemical Co., Baltimore, Md.
The midland journal., 1885-08-28

from ldIHlHS Hio ttOh ishNa ." 90 - ~
as that of any other farmer on the
Western Shore Of Maryland. He
raises 20 barrels ofcorn per acre and
has lost as few crops as any farmer
who raises IL or Is barrels. Thirty
years ago his land was not as good
as the average in his neighborhood.
Now it is the best.
r. John Rodgers said he regarded
it as more difficult to make poor land
good than to make good land rich.
1t requires a great effort and a great
deal of fertilizer to get poor land to
weld II to Is barrels of corn to the
acre. Commercial fertilizer alone
will not do it. When land will yield
Is barrels Of corn to the acre it is not
so difficult to bring it up to 20 as it
was at first to make it yield Is bar
rels. 1t is also more profitable to
further improve the rich land, because
you can then raise large quantity
of grass, which is the basis of all i'm
proyement. There is. no doubt, a
great satisfaction in improving poor
land, but when you consider the in
creased profit in working rich land
the pleasure must be as great. 1t al
so pays to fertilize more heavily when
it is rich than when it is poor If
you do not see q large increased yield
of corn after fertilizine good land.
you will see it in the grass following.
Jacob H. Plowman said he had ha
but little experience in improving
poor land, his farm being in good
condition when he got it. and he is
satisfied to keep up the improvement.
! VIM. B. Hopkins believed that there
was much more pleasure and profit
in making good land rich than in
making poor land good. No good
farmer should be willing to stop short
of the largest yield. On the farm on
which he resides Col. VIM. B. Steph-
enson had raised 22a barrels of corn
to the acre, hy plowiDg down heavy
sod and applying half ton of bone
to the acre. The profit on that crop
was greater than it would have been
from the same application on land
that would yield 10 barrels Of corn
per acre
b. H. Barnes said he thought there
was more pleasure in making good
land rich, or in getting the greatest
profit from the fewest acres.
Harry d. Coal thought he would
derive more pleasure from taking a
poor piece Of land and making it
good than from making good land
rich. There is. more profit in work
ing good land.
VIM. F. Hays said he had had
hitch in making poor land good. but
if he were going to buy farm he
would prefer 10 buy good land and
try to make it rich Five or six years
ago he plowed q sedge field three
times before putting crop in it, and
raised Al bushels of wheat to the
acre. He put ON 400 lbs. of homes to
the acre. There is good stand of
grass on it now. He thought he
would get this field rich at less ex-
pense, with less hard work and in a
shorter time than it had taken to
make it good
James w. Hanna regarded it as
easier to make poor land good than
to make good land rich. The reason
so many farmers stop after getting
poor land good, is that they have too
much land to make rich.
! George Z. Silver said if he were
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-09-01
SUNSET.
sneclul to the Gazette.

Special TO the Gazette.
SUNSET, Tx, Aug ~, Ira G. Crane,
who shot and killed his brotber.in.law,
r. N. Under, short time ago, and who,
after a preliminary trial, was committed
TO ial to await The action of The grand
Jury, had hearing before District Judge
Pincr last saturday, aud was admitted to
bail IN the sum of $1,000.
A Farmers Alliance meeting was held
near here Saturday, which was attended
by representative alliances OF this section.
The object OF the meeting was 90 consider
a proposition from the business men of
Sunset to 1T up Il iirst-clnss yard here Tor
the storage and classification OF cotton,
provided the alliances would make this
their general shipping point, The propo-
sition was accepted, and u committee APP
pointed with full power TO close the con-
tract, which will be done at once,
This IN n good sized feather In the cap
of Sunset, as II means nothing less than
that large portion Of the cotton crop OF
Montague county will be brought here
and sold, as well AZ a large quantity from
the southern part OF Wise county, which
will aggregate IN all, several thousand
bales.
Quite II number OF the b'hoys assem-
bled here o few days ago and proceeded
TO paint the town very deep red
Biiah went for them with Will, and jus
tice court has been busy every since
rounding them up. As result, ono d
them Is In jail, and several Others hay,
been required TO contribute Il portion ol
their surplus wealth 20 the Golfers OF
Montague county
Local option Is the absorbing question
here now, and as election day draws
near, the contest grows hottor. Ad.
dresses were made at the Methodist
church Saturday evening, In the Interest
Of prohibition, by Rev. Mr. Mason Of
Bowie, and County Attorney Chambers
of Montague.
The reappearance of THE GAzTrTE
was greeted here with pleasure, and It's
many friends wish for IL a long and sue
cessful career
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-09-01
AUSTIN.
The City Restrained by the Court
from Selling the Gas Com
pany's Property.
No Clue 10 the Murderer and violate
OF the Coiored Girl Excitement
Running nigh.

special TO the Gazette.
AUSTIN, TIN, Aug, sl.--Thc comp.
troller paid into the treasury to-day
$4,000.
Tho receipts of the secretary of states
office for August were slioa.
District court granted an Injunction
to-day restraining the city from selling
the property of the gas company for
taxes due the city The company claims
that the city is indebted to Il for gas,
The penitcntiary board met this after
noon, but adjourned without action, the
secretary of the board being absent
Excitement has been running high all
day over the murder Of yesterday
morning The negro, Harry Taylor is
still under arrest but there is a growing
opinion that he is innocent. Another ne.
gro, Alexander Mack, was arrested late
last night but like the first there Is no cv-
idcnce by which to connect him with the
crime Cool headed citizens fail to see
anything TO connect the above individuals
with the terrible crime but hot headed
A'hilfNNANVhN Nb'S uit NV iNl
them. II may be II the first, against
whom the evidence appears the strongest,
is connected with the case at all 1t was
simply as guide and dccoy for others
who got IN their hellish work. He was
carefully examined by officers aud by u
physician after his arrest and no mdica-
lions whatever were found that he had
had anything to do with the murder.
Mary Ramcy, the young victim, was
buried to-day. Her motherwill recover.
Hugh EaveS, a printer. sulcidcd ycsier-
day.
Special TO the Gazette.
AUSTIN, Tx, Aug, 9l,--The II Pnsc
Water Power aud Irrigation company
capital stock sSOO,oOO, illcd charter TO.
day,
The revenue balance was increased
some So, 200 to-day.
John f. Trip, arrested some tim,
back on charge OF forging and whc
settled aud had the case dismissed, has
been rearrestcd on Il charge Of swlndling
/ prominent druggist OF thi, city. IN de
| fault of $500 ball he was rcmmded {,
/ jail.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-09-01
TERRELL.
special to the Gazette.

special to the Gazette,
TERRELL, TEX, Aug, 3l.-The county
site question is the principal subject of
conversation among all parties.
We second the wish made by THE GA
zErTE's Kaufman correspondent under
date of 2sth, when he says that "the gen
eral wish in kaufman is, however, that
the canvass be conducted in a high
minded manner and that no mud-slinging
and groveling schemes will be resorted to.
We say amen to this and only voice the
sentiment of nearly every Terrell citizen.
Strange though that the kaufman cores
pondent should have been converted in so
short time. II must have been in the
"twmkling OF an eye" for in the last pre-
ceding sentence, but one, he gives eX-
preston to quite different sentiment 10
his assertion that the people Of the
'southern portion OF the county and in
fact the laboring classes everywhere are
very indignant that the people OF Terrell,
should attempt to force such a gross IN
Justice upon them"-we say those who
live In "glass houses should not throw
stones.n After making such an express
sion as this, our Kaufman brother should
not have penncd the wish above quoted
He should have contented himself with
indicting the pious wish and then left the
balance unsaid.
The tale will he told on the 18th oi
September, as TO whether the people OF
the southern part of the county and The
4.