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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-08-05
Flax Straw - Food for Stock.

FIX SCf8" - BOOO 1Of SCOcks
r. r. Wilcox recently gave us the
result of interesting experience in this
connection. He is sure that fax straw
is more valuable as food for stock than
for any other use. He says it is much
more nourishing than prairie hay, and
that cattle and horses eating it are
kept in particularly healthy and
handsome condition.
Mr.. Wilcox cuts his flax when the
bolls are beginning to turn-at a time
when the seed is we'll matured. He
binds it and sets it up in sheaves singly
until we'll cured, when it is placed in
stack. He allows his stock to take the
straw from the stack as it is left at
threshing. In hay and ordinary straw
great waste attends this practice, but
Mr.. w. says the flax straw is eaten up
clean, even if the animals have to 60
in under the snow for it. He says that
flax straw at four dollars per ton is
worth more to him for stock food than
prairie hay as gift.
Mr.. Wilcox is q practical farmer and
a man of good judgment, hence his
views on this subject are of value to
many in this section who are this year
growing fax for the first time.-Spirit
Lake Beacon.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-08-05
The Pail Bearers.

WASHINGTON, July S0.-The presi-
dent, who, at the request of Mrs. Grant,
will select the pail bearers for Gen.
Grants funeral, recently telegraphed
her to know if she had any preference
or suggestions to make in the matter.
He received reply from her to-day by
telegraph, saying that it was her wish
that he should name the pail bearers,
and that the only suggestion she would
make was that in case any prominent
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-08-05
Why Burn tho Brush,

Some men burn all their brush from
the trimmings of orchards, lawn trees,
and shrubs. Brush cut up fine and put
beneath shrubs and trees will add rap
idly to their growth as it rots. We
put some thickly beneath few trees
ON a poor sandy soil few years ago,
says one, and. although they had near
~ stopped in their growth, as soon as
this brush began to decay they started
out fresh, and have grown as fast as
other trees on the same kind of soil
have done, under which we spread at
the same time a moderate coating of
stable manure. 1t is much better to
utilize brush in this way than burn it.
Vine-growers in Europe have long
thus used the cuttings of their grape
vines to mulch and fertilize them.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-08-05
"GOno to Pot

Brewer gives the following: ''The
allusion is to the pot into which refuse
metal is cast to be re-me!ted, or to be
discarded as waste. There is a current
story about a tailor of Samarcand,
who lived near the gate of the city
on the road leading to the cemetery.
1t is said that this knight of the shears
had, outside his cottage, an earthen
pot, into which he dropped pebble
for every corpse that passed by; and
at the end of each moon counted the
number. At length the tailor himself
died, and when stranger asked the
neighbors of the eccentric registrar
they replied: ''Poor fellow! he now IS
gone to pot, also.-Honne Circle.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-08-05
Churns and ChurninR.

A few days ago the writer was in a
great creamery, and in observing the
different methods practiced, noticed
that the cream was cooled down to &C
degrees, and then put into the large
churn, which would cool it at lest 8
degrees more. "Oh, 56 degrees is
warm enough in the winter, with cream
that has been ripened at about 20 de.
grees; I don't get white butter then, -
was the remark of the foreman. "You
see that the good women keep this
cream as cold as possible in the winter
until it sours, and then they warm ii
up to about Ga degrees-certainly 8 de-
grees too warm, so that it will churn
quick, and the result is that they gel
white butter, known as hay butter. y
Now this is hay BUTTER but see here
(and he opened package)w hy should
the farmers butter be white and mealy,
and this grained and of almost June
color?"
Of course we scratched our head and
didn't know! But we did, all the same
and will tell the readers of The Stock
man. The cream in milk is a mass OF
globules of butter, both in cream and
the milk there is so much fluid in the
form of caseine that they cannot unite.
Being in this fluid, each globule must
have a film of caseine about it, and
caseine is white, as everybody knows
who has seen a piece of cheese curd.
Now, the process of churning is to, in
some unexplained manner, divest these
globules of this coating of caseine, and
give the butter a chance to unite.
If we employ too much heat, we in
one sense cook the globules together.
by causing the caseine to become at
tached rather than the globules; and
the yellow of the butter is obscured by
this envelope of caseine, the butter is
white and soft, because it is loaded
with this foreign-to good butter-sub.
stance.
In ripened cream, j. G. cream that
has by the employment of moderate
heat been changed, but not soured. the
lower temperature, 60 degrees and be.
low, is the best temperature for this
caseinous matter to be separated from
the globule; and this is the very point
our creamery friend was ''sound'' upon
with sour cream, i. c. cream that has
stood 80 long that it has become thick.
ened. This adhesive principle is only
active by the employment of extra heat
ga degrees)to cause the adhesive prin'
ciples to become active. In perfectly
sweet cream 81 degrees is the point o.
best separation, and is the very cause
why sweet cream fails with so many
makers. They churn it so warm C:
degrees) that only the larger globule
come, and very white, poor butter re
suits, because loaded with this un
needed caseine.
Occasionally we see butter which a
first has fair color, made very Whit
by working over. In attempting to &c
the butter-milk out, we break down tn,
grain of the butter, just as we crush al
egg, and the whittier interior of thu
g1obule is exposed with its whittier color
Viewed in this light, as much depends
upon the churn, the worker and floats
paddles, etc., are not wanted; for tn
revolving churn, with the falling prin
ciple for the cream, is not likely t,
rupture the globules, but preserve then
whole.-National Stockman.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-08-05

Rupture, pile tumors, fistule
and all diseases of the lower bowel Tex
cept cancer), radically cured. Send
10 cents in stamps for book. Address,
Worlds Dispensary Medical Associa-
ton, 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. 7.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-08-05

for the purpose designated be prepared BY
exact locality and dimensions Of the
grounds be fixed, and the said deed be
therefore duly executed by the city authti-
ties
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-08-05
Items.

Items.
IF the original forests of tho States
of Indiana and Ohio were standing to-
day. says a lumber buyer, ''their
valuation would be many times greater
than are the farms which they were
sacrificed to improve. In making their
farms the settlers in these States de-
stroyed millions and millions of dollars
worth of black walnut. Miles and
miles of fence was laid with black
walnut rails. One old farmer says
that only thirty years ago he began
making his farm, and that he had
worked eight years in clearing it of the
walnut timber, eighty acres of which
he burned up. After thirty years of
cultivation the farm is worth $4,000.
If it had its walnut timber back it
would be worth more than 100000.
This farmer is only one among thous-
ands who for years girdled, cut and
burned the great forest they found &C.
cupying the land.'
Market gardeners sometimes uso q
ton of superphosphate per acre. 1t is
a great waste. Five or six hundred
pounds is all the crop needs. And the
only benefit derived from the excess is
due to the nitrogen and potash the fer
tilizer may contain. For the sake of
getting a pound of nitrogen, you use
three, four, and in some cases even five
or six pounds of phosphate, which the
plants do not need. Intelligent market
gardeners should study this subject.
Better use five or six hundred pounds
of superphosphate and purchase the
required nitrogen in some cheaper and
more available shape-such as dried
blood, sulphatc of ammonia, nitrate of
soda, or other.
The annual report of the Ohio Agri-
cultural Experiment Station urges the
preservation and maintenance of for
ests, and says this concerning wood
lands: 1.-The first step should be to re-
move all worthless varieties, and to
encourage valuable sorts to take their
place. Stock should not be allowed to
run in wood lots for purpose of forage;
there should be careful guard against
fire; seeds should be planted in vacant
places of such varieties as are most de-
sirable; shoots of inferior varieties
should be kept down, and valuable
sorts should be trimmed up, so hat
they may grow tall, forming tlunk
rather than branches.
A lady in Yonkers, N. Y, sent re-
Gently to the Flower Mission two thou
sand Glove pinks tied in punches of fifty
each, which on account of their spicy
odor were sent to the blind sufferers in
hospitals. The lady cultivates this
fragrant flower especially for the Mis-
sion, and during the last summer con-
tributed more than ten thousand pinks.
They grow in small plot of ground,
and are so luxuriant that, instead of
picking them one by one, they are cut
down by the sickle.
It is a mistake to force the corn crop
to too vigorous leaf growth in it's early
stages. A portion Of acceptable solu-
BILE food is especially beneficial when
the ears are beginning to form.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-08-05

az For notices in reference to Special Ex-
cursions, change Of time, and other items OF
interest in connection with the CHICAGO, MIL
wAUKEE 4 ST. PAUL RAILWAY, please refer to
the local columns of this paper.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-08-05

TORIA.
When she was Child, she cried for CAS-
TORIA.
When she became Miss, she chung to Cas-
TORIA.
When she had Children, she gave them
CASTORIA.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-08-05

Union officer like Gen. Sherman or
Lieut.. Gen. Sheridan be selected,
a leading Confederate officer like
Gen. Johnston or Gen. Buckner be
also included in the list. Mrs. Grants
wishes in this regard will be re-
spected. The president has appointed
the following: Gen. William T. Sher-
man, U. S. A.; Lieut.. Gen. Phillip n.
Sheridan, u. S. A.; Admiral David D.
Porter, u. S. NJ; Vice Admiral Stephen
C. Rowen, q. S. NJ; Gen. Joseph E.
Johnston of Virginia, Gen. Swain B.
Buckner of Kentucky, Hamilton Fish
of New York, George S. Boutwell, of
Massachusetts, George w. Childs of
Pennsylvania, John A. Logan of ILL
nois, George Jones of New York, Oliver
Hoyt of New York.
Viewing the Remains.
MT. MCGREGoR, July 3O.-Mrs. Grant
who has remained in the upper rooms
of the cottage since the generals death,
last evening descended to the parlor,
where she viewed the remains of her
husband after they had been composed
in the casket. To-day she was as well
as usual, her mind distressed, but phys
ically well. 1t is quite possible that
Mrs. Grant, in order to spare herself
the fatigue of the throngs along the
route, and the two or three days of
waiting in New York before the inter-
ment of the general, may deem it wise
to defer her departure from here until
Friday, Aug. Z. 1t had been thought
by those who will have charge of the
funeral car in New York that it would
be appropriate if colored Grand Army
veterans should lead the SO horses that
| will draw the car.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-08-05
Prepared for Burial.


Mt. McGregor July 29,-The o clock
train was the heaviest that has come to
the mountains this season. 1t was in
two sections, each drawn by two en-
gines. Undertaken Merritt came on
the first section, leaving the casket in
charge of four assistants to come up on
the second section. It came in the
open observation car, and was unload
ed on the platform north of the engine
shed. There it was put upon rough
wagon, and carried to the south side
of the cottage, where it was laid upon
the veranda, and in few minutes
carried into the parlor. AS soon as
the remains were dressed they were
put in it, laid out as they will be when
the body is IN state.
Thirty weight members of Battery A,
Fifth United States artillery arrived
here and went into camp this evening.
The casket was brought up by the same
train, and latter on the remains were
attired in a black broadcloth suit.
The coat of the double-breasted Prince
Albert pattern was buttoned over the
bosom. A stand-up collar and black
tie surrounds the neck and plain gold
studs are in the cuffs and bosom. The
right hand is folded across the breast,
while the left lies easily at the side.
The glass cover was screwed down
closely in the fittings, making the cask-
ct air-tight. 1t was then covered with
the American flags.
Col. Fred D. Grant tonight person
ally gave the remains of his father into
the charge of U. S. Grant Post, G. A. r.
they to remain nearest it after the
family till the final interment.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-08-05
Riverside Instead of Central Park.

Riverside Instead of Central Park.
New York, July 28.-The telegraphic
dispatch fromCol. Fred Grant, announc-
ing that his mother had decided in fav-
or of the site in Riverside park, was re-
ceived at the mayors Office in the city
hall at II 80 O clock this morning. The
burial place will be on the site of the
St. Clare homestead, now known as
the Claremont houses This building
stands on the high plateau at the end
of Riverside park. The building was
the homestead ofthe St. Clare family,
and, when the grounds about it were
acquired by the city, the old building,
which has stood for more than $50
years Oh the same site was re-
modelled and transformed into a
house for refreshments, under control
of the park department.. The tomb
and monument to Gen. Grant will be
directly on the site of this building,
which must be demolished or removed.
Mayor Grace said to-day; II have been
confident from the first that when Col.
Grant was shown the advantages of the
site in Riverside park he would agree
that it was a much more suitable spot
than any that could be found in Central
park. Riverside park extends along
the river front for three and one-half
miles, from Seventy-second to One
w. ok~ SO,
of varying width. The total area is
about III acres. I am very glad that
the members of Gen. Grants family
have accepted this site, for the
grounds about the monument
can be laid out with a view to
display the testimonial that will mark
the resting place of the country's hero"
Mayor Grace said to-day it was more
than probable that the board of alder
men would very shortly change the
name of Riverside park to Grant park.
The selected site is on very high ground
close to the North river. just above
the spot chosen for the tomb the river
bends to the west, and q fine view as
far north as the Tappanzee is afforded.
Across the Manhattan valley and the low
lands bordering on the Harlem river the
visitor cansed both shores of the Sound
while to the south the church towers
and tall buildings in the lower part of
the city do not obstruct the view of
the light house on the Jersey highlands.
The board of alderman have passed
the following:
WHEREAS. The family of Gen U. 8.
Grant have accepted the offer of the corpor-
alton of the city of New York for sepul-
chTe i in one Of the public PARTS r Of this city
for that purpose; be it therefore
Resolved, That the right of tho sepul-
cher in said Riverside park be and is hereby
given to Gen. q. 8. Grant and his wife up
on her demise: and be it further
Resolved, That proper deed of ceszion
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-08-05

Col. Grants Invitatlon--The Cottage Ser
Mt. MCGREGOR, N. Y, July ST.
The following invitation to the ex-
members of his fathers cabinet was is
sued to-day by Col. Fred Grant:
The undersigned respectfully invites all
ex-members of his fathers cabinet to at
tend the funeral obsequies to be held on the
Sth proximo in New York. Gentlemen &C
cepting the invitation are respectfully re-
quested to advise Gen. Hancock Of their
intention to be present, who will assign
them appropriate places in the procession.
FRED d. GRANT.
A considerable number of people
came to the mountain to-day to view
the remains of the dead general. The
expression of the face remains very
natural. A magnificent floral memorial
was received at the Grant cottage this
evening from ex-Gov. Leland Stanford
of California and Mrs. Stanford, re-
presenting ''The Gates Affair."" compris-
ing gates six feet high by five feet wide,
composed of white and purple immor-
tclles, spanned by an arch inscribed
with the name ~. S. Grant, and with
flight of steps ascending to the half
opened gates. The programme of the
services for Tuesday is as follows:
the Rev Bishop Harris, Of the Methodist
Episcopal church, New York; hymn my
Faith Looks up to Thee" discourse by Rev.
Dr. j. p Newman; hymn, ''Nearer, my
God, to Thee" benediction; contralto solo,
Beyond the Smiling and the Weeping"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-08-05
RAILWAYS.
TH.E
THE
Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul
RAILWAY COMPANY

Owns and operates nearly 5000 miles of thor
oughly equipped road in Illinois, Wisconsin
Iowa, Minnesota and Dakota.
It is the Short Line and Best Route
Between all Principal Points in the
Northwest and Far West
For maps, timetables, rates Of passage and
freight, etc., apply to the nearest station agent
of the CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RAILWAY
or to any railroad agent anywhere in the United
States or Canada.
R. MILLER, A. VII. CARPENTER,
Gen'l Manager. Gen'l Pass. s. Ticket Agt.
j. F. TUCKER, GEO. II. HEAFFORD,
Asst Gen'l Manager. Asst Gen'l Pass. Agt.
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-08-05
The Lightning--A Touching Farewell.

The Ltghtning--A Touching FAREWELL.
MT. Nc GREGoR, N. Y, July 30
A severe thunder storm occurred on
the mountain this evening. The cleo
trio fluid entered the cottage, tearing
off some of the plastering aud extin-
gushing the electric light above the cas-
ket. Col. w. B. Beck, commanding
battery A, 9Th artillery. from Cover
nor's Island, and Gen. R. H. Jackson,
commander of Fl. Columbus, Govern
or's Island, were rendered insensible by
a shock from bolt, and it was feared
for 4 time that the latter would not sur
vive, but are now, however, pronounced
out of danger. Two or three others
were also less seriously hurt. The
mountain telegraph wires were also
FRUSTRATED, and dispatches had to be
sent to Saratoga for transmission.
A large number of persons this
afternoon awaited themselves of the
privilege of viewing the remains.
When Gen. Grants remains were
placed in the coffin yesterday after
noon, Col. Fred Grant put packet
in the breast pocket of the coat. 1t
now transpires that it was letter
written by Mrs. Grant. 1t acknowledge
the farewell letter of the general
found in his coat pocket after death
and added farewell until both should
meet in the better world. The ring
placed on the generals finger was one
that Mrs. Grant had given him, but
for which in life his finger had grown
too small.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-08-05

The various men of war will be sta
toned at different points in the North
river and fire salutes during the pro-
gress of the funeral procession. The
matter of the marines and sailors par
aiding as portion of the escort is not
yet settled A dispatch was received
on behalf of President Cleveland ask
ing for position in the line. 1t is in
tended that the president and vice pres
ident, with the members of the cabinet,
and also cx-presidents and ex-vice
presidents and members of their cab
nets, will be invited by the Grant fami-
ly to participate. Gen. Hancock has
notified the cx-presidents that Presi-
dent Cleveland desires their presence
at the services. Ex-presidents Arthur
and Hayes have been invited.
The leaden hue about Gen. Grant 8
face is owing largely, the undertakers
say, to the unfavorable light and shad-
ows in the room in which the body lies.
When the casket was opened it gave
forth to the senses no evidence of other
than favorable conditions. Prepare
tions are beng used to remove the heavy
dark circles from beneath the eyes.
The remains have been examined within
twelve hours and the cxtrenities and
limbs were found to be fully under the
control of the embalming preparations
Undertaken Merritt believes the body
will be preserved in most excellent con.
dition until long after the final leave
shall have been taken of it.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-06-20
A Little GlrI,s Petition.

The Louisville Journal says: One
morning the personal mail Of General
Black, Commissioner Of Pensions, con-
tanned letter from little girl Of four
teen years, whose father, Republican,
is President Of the Board Of Examining
Surgeons in Western town, and she
was afraid he would be removed. She
said her father was in the army; that he
brought home with him after the war
was over disease from which he had
not recovered, and which would ulti-
mately prove fatal to him: that he was
q s'good papa, and she asked General
Black not TO discharge him. She en-
closed q postal card addressed to herself,
and said: s'My papa does not know
that / am writing this letter--if he did
he might not like it; so If you grant my
request please make q big x on the
back Of this postal card. Nobody but
me viii know what il means; but I
shall know that my papa win not be dis
charged" The letter received General
Blacks personal attention. II have re-
ceived your little letter. he said in.reply,
sand have read it with interest. Twill
Gle it carefully away, and when / come
to take up for action the matter of the
reorganization of the Board Of EXAMINE
ing Surgeons at -, viii give it just
as careful consideration as I would like
to have given to q letter from my little
girl, written under the same circum-
stances. # your papa is . good man,
. good surgeon, and faithful eficer, /
viii try and keep him.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-06-20
Army and Navy FavOrItism.


a well known member Of Congress
said to . New Yorls Herald Washington
correspondence t may be all fair, but
/ doubt il very much, il regard to these
examinations Of cadets at West Point
and the Naval Academy. ] have no
ticed for years that two-thirds Of the
successful cadets, 80 a rule, are the sons
Of army Or naval officers. The bright
boys of which SO much mention is made
In the newspapers when they succeed in
winning nomination to either Of these
places in strict competitive examine
lions. never seem to get along as well
after they are admitted as do the sons
or nephews Of army or naval officers.
/ could name ten boys who have failed,
who are much smarter than some boys
who have passed. Not one boy in ten
who il appointed to either Of these places
by Congressman ever gets in the army
or navy, while one boy out of every two
or three who is appointed ct large gem
orally gets in. have known o number
OF Congressman to grumble about il, for
their experience has been the same as
mine, but no one seems willing TO make
fight on either OF these places and
showing up exactly how they are run
and who runs them.