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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1885-10-30

lure Guc SUI UcCoWeS uFy anu HaTu.
This is the great point. After the
Jumps become dry, the barrow would
move the around a lit
tie, but not pulyerize them
much. If it is very drying
weather, hitch on 20 the harrow
twice day at least. and pulverize
what has been plowed. If a thing
must be done any way, why not do
it just when it can be done easiest
and best ? Do not wear out man and
beast trying to pulverize dried clods,
but work them down easily and rap.
idly before they become dried. Some
one asks, perhaps. Why pulyerize
the soil if the routs do not grow in it
Because otherwise there would be
danger of the seed drying up in
dry time, and the fine soil acts as
mulch to prevent the lower soil, where
the roots are, from drying out. and
the cultiyator can be run close to the
rows without covering the plants
when they are small, ii the soil is fine
and mellow, and you have the right
kind Of a cultiyator, and the right
kind of man hold Of it.
After narrowing, heavy roller
should be passed over the ground, and
it is then ready for marking. If there
is any danger of rain, do not roll
any faster than you mark and plant,
as the loose, narrowed surface will
dry off quicker than the rolled one
in case of heavy rain, so you can 60
on With your planting sooner. If
there are any hard spots that this
much working does not bring down
fine enough, go over them with Acme
and roller till they are as mellow as
the rest of the field. We give cut
of the Acme harrow, (see adv which
is the best implement that have yet
used for pulverizing packed ground.
If the soil is all rather heavy, it
may be necessary Il. go over it all
again crooswise with the Acme, or a
two-horse cultivator, to be followed
by the smoothing harrow again, and
the roller. Do not think of planting
until it is in proper shape, no mat
ter how much work it takes. Thor.
ough tillage from beginning to end
pays. Mr.. G. A. Kellogg. of Geauga
Co. Ohio, writes nae that he put in
part Of his potato crop last year thor
oughly well, and part of it. for lack
Of help, not quite as we'll, and
he says he can see now, af-
ter digging, that if he had paid $500
or even $1,000 a day for help
to put in all his crop as we'll as he
did a par of it, he would have been
the gamer. This statement, coming
from one who raised $50 bushels of
potatoes from 8 bushels of seed, is
worth remembering. Large paying
crops rarely come without a good
deal of work. My friend could have
got all the help he wanted, no doubt.
FIR $1.50 a day, and the difference
between that sum and $500 or SIO.-
90 represents the profit he would
have made by doing the best he
knew how. The extra help does not
eat up the extra crop by any means.
HOW DEEP SHALL WE FLOW {?
A deep soil, deeply plowed. is un-
doubtedly best for potatoes but this
eepening should be done very grad.
ually, say an inch once in two or
three years, until you get your soil
as deep as you can turn over with
plow. Drought is one of the greatest
enemies of the potato crop; and
deep soil, deeply and thoroughly
titled before planting. will the best
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1885-10-30
Potato Growing.

We have little book on the above
subject, written by t. B. Terry, of
Hudson, Ohio, who is the boss potato
grower of the Buckeye state, which
we propose publishing copious ex-
tracts from for the benefit of farmers
who say they hardly ever have any
"luck' with potatoes. Though all
who wish to be made thoroughly &C.
quainted with the best manner to
grow the largest crops of the best
quality of potatoes, we advise to
order the little book. We can fur
nish it. Price by mail SO cents. The
information this little book contains.
if followed closely, would be worth
as many dollars to most farmers, in
the increased yield on a lot of 2 acres,
over and above what they generally
raise
IRiLTAhlNG lie SO1L
I would not fall pillow stubble land
with the expectation of fitting it for
the crop in the spring with cultiva-
tior and harrow, The work will not
4be likely to be as well or cheaply
Done, unless on very light soil, as if
the plowing and narrowing were both
done in the spring. IF manure was
applied in the fall, let it be after the
fall plowing. In addition to the
double plowing, l should give the
land thorough cultivating or work
ing with the Acme harrow before the
spring blowing, then smoothe it ov-
er with a Thomas harrow, and rool it,
!, snd it is ready for the plow. "Why
all this work % asks some easy
going thoughtless farmer, perhaps.
Because potato-roots serch for their
food mostly in the lower part of the
soil. When you plow piece of land,
and harrow the surface after blowing,
you have pulverized the soil in which
the potato-roots mostly grow but
very little. The plow alone does not
do very much pulverizing and fining.
If YOU make the soil fine and nice.
four or FIVE inches deep, before plow-
ing in the spring, and then turn it
over with the pillow, you have done
just the right thing. You have made
the soil in which the roots are to
grow, fine and mellow, and yet how
few ever think of taking this much
trouble! The fine mellow soil made
by the harrow on the surface after
blowing is all right but the roots
can not get at it, they are down
among the clods and unpulverized
ground.
After the ground is plowed in the
spring, work it down moderately fine
soon after it is turned over, before it
has time to dry out. 1t will work
easier and better then than ever again
particularly if there should be drying
winds and no rain. 1t is not neces-
sary to work potato ground before
planting as fine and firm as you woul
land for wheat, because you can (and
ought, to keep the weeds down and
crust broken) do a good deal of the
working and pulverizing after the
crop is planted, and before it comes
up so you can see the rows to cult.
vate it. A favorite way with me to
prepare the ground for potatoes is to
attach four horses to Thomas har-
row, put plank across the three see-
tions, and get on and ride. This
weight sinks the teeth in to the wood
work, and does large amount of
pulverizing at rapid rate. The har-
row takes sweep of some ten feet,
All NY potato ground has been pre-.
pared III this way some years. The
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1885-10-30
BISSELL CHILLED
PTsOW!

Our purpose in presenting this
Plow to farmers is to call attention
to the fact that we offer to the buyer
an improved and perfect Chilled
Plow, the Best and Cheapest on the
market.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-01-21

q q
Of for tarts. Of may even be used as
sanoe.
FLORAL dishes of Bohemian glass
have gold figures of nymphs, goddesses,
ETC., supporting them standing on q
silver ground.
ORNAMENTAL tides are made of q
panel of black velvet with q border of
ribbon and of lace. The velvet should
be embellished by spray of flowers
embroidered.
When roasting lamb or fowls, if you
do not like the favor given by thin
slices of salt pork or of bacon, which
are usually put over them, take some
hard butter. roll it in -four, and separate
it into small Jumps and lay here and
there on the meat. This will give rich
ness and flavor to the liquid with which
you haste them.
DELICIOUS filing for pie is made
by stewing some prunes until they are
very soft, remove the stones, sweeten to
your taste, and add, for one pie, the
well-beaten whites of two eggs; beat
with the prunes until thoroughly mixed.
Bake with two crusts, or if you can get
it, use whipped cream in place of the
upper crust.
EXCELLENT pies are made of canned
currants. Take one cupful of them,
half cupful of sugar, one tablespoon
full of -four, beaten with the yolks of
two eggs. Bake with an under crust,
then frost the top with the whites of
the two eggs and two tablespoonfuls OF
powdered sugar. Be sure to beat the
sifted -four with the yolks, then there
is no danger of little Jumps of undis.
solved -four spelling the good looks of
he nia
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-01-21

the end of the game" The testimony
being all in, Buxton moved, and Judge
Hutchins agreed that the case be nolled.
Il Cleveland He1ald.
GEORGE" said the young wife, Il
know what Santa Claus is going to
bring me Christmas" do you, love?
What is it?" IAN elegant sealskin
sacque, George" @You don't say so.
Well, am glad to hear it, for it will
save me- good deal of money" And
then she went out into the kitchen and
stepped on the cat and gave the cook a
weeks notice. Boston Post.
A TEXAS doctor. DR.. Blister is one
of those physicians who do not take any
nonsense from their patients. One day
last week he presented his bill to Nose
Schaumburg. zone hundred and fifty
tollars!" exclaimed Nose. IVY, mine
hat cost me so much as dot" @It's not
Gott, two funerals in dot family would not
too late to have funeral in the house
yet" replied DR.. Blister, drawing an
army-size revolver. The physician heels
himself whenever a patient feels dis
posed to settle.-(Texas Siftings,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-01-21
How the ENGLISH Drink.

As for drinking, writes Harold Fred
eric from England to the Utica o ser
yer, fancy that among well-dressed men
there is not much difference between
the two countries. There is vastly more
drinking at meals here than in Ameri-
ca, but not, I think, SO much bar drink
ing, and there is nothing to offset the
immense consumption of lager beer
among us in the hot season. For in
stance, don't believe any ordinary bar
in all England supplies as many people
in one day as will swarm into John
Hirt's place the first day the mercury
climbs up to 80 next summer. But the
poor people drink here in . shocking
way. One sees the proof of this daily
in the great number of blear-eyed, rag
ged, hideous old heg9ar women to be
met everywhere, chiefly drunk, and OBJ
viously drunkards. These are public
houses at every corner, in almost every
street. It is said that the great brew
ers own four-dfths of them, and let
them to pubicans at e1orbitant prices
"A system not unknown in the United
States, I believe. There is 80 vast .
share Of the crime, misery, and squalor
of the slums of London to belaid ct the
doors Of these pubs, that it's fair to
Say one thing in their favor or in favor
of the law controlling them. AT the
tap Of theHben Of midnight every one of
them ID closed mot in . Pickwickian
back door sense, but actually, and like
wise until service is over on Sunday.
When it is thought worth the while to
make . law in England it is enforced
to the verge of harshness, and when it
is time for bars to close they close with
4 bon1.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-01-21

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NaEo s SS
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To euro any case. With each order received byus
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rent the purchaser our written guarantee to re-
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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-01-21
FARM, GARDEN AND HONE.

: Tho Silver Lining. -,
There are times In our lives
When sorrows will fall
And blot out the sunshine
Like gloomy pail;
There are hours when the heart,
So full of its woe,
VIII catch not . glimmer
Ofthe fairest glow.
There are days when the objects
That gave ~ delight
Look dull and nnseemly
To our weary sight
And we long for some haven
NQuiet and rest,
Where by the worlds dreary trouble
wed never be oppressed.
There are moments when trials
We are given to bear,
Press 80 heavily ON us
Their burden of care,
That shadows and darkness
Envelop the soul,
And the wild waves of anguish
Tumultuously roll.
There are visions of gladness
Around Us the while.
But they have not the power
The gloom to beguile.
For our ewes are not open
To see the clear light
There Is nothing but sadness
And pitiful blight.
But no matter how threat ming
Or somber may be
The clouds that surround Us,
At last we may see
The bright silver lining,
In its glory unfold,
And light with its splendor
The darkness 50 cold.
For back Of the shadows,
Tho heavy they seem,
Gods light ia still shining
With . steady CLEAN.
And the ssar-beam of hope
Now hidden from sight
VIII emerge at the daWning
From the shade of night.
Anna Rike0n, in Inter Ocean
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-01-21
EDsilago in EDel1nd.

English farmers are enthusiastic on
the subject of ensilage. At q recent
competitive exhibition of the products
of silos at Snithfield there were no less
than $50 entries. One particular point
in favor of thu silo is that it takes away
much of the terror of wet hay-time. A
Scotch farmer gives glowing account
of it's benefits in this respect. This
year his grass was cut and carted dur
ing heavy rain, part of it lay under
water, and the men were obliged to re-
move their shoes and stockings while
working, the water literally pouring
from the cart as it went along. An old
building, which had stood useless for
years, had been converted into q clio,
and into it the grass was put. The
farmer is now using it as ensilage; it is
Of q bright green color, and the cattle
eat it with relish.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-01-21
Hiring China.

From the Washington St4r.]
ut takes lots of chinaware for these
swell receptions" said china dealer to
the Star man the other day, as the por.
ter passed out with basketful of plain
white china.
Yes, I suppose you sell considerable
said the scribe.
"Sell! Well, yes, we sell some; but
-" then he stopped and smiled curl.
ously. well, it isn't all sold that goes
out It comes back in most cases.
That is, what isn't broken comes back.
That's why it's plain white. Haven't
You noticed that all the china at these
receptions is white? Well, that's the
reason-it comes back" Then he put
his mouth close to the scribe's ear and
whispered.
"Whatl For all these large recep-
tions? Cabinet ministers too? You
don't say that they"
Eyes, all of them nearly hire their
china for such occasions. You see at
some receptions, such as those given by
the cabinet officers, foreign ministers,
supreme judges, and the Ike, there are
four or five hundred guests present.
All have to be served. Now, you don't
expect them to keep china store. No,
no, they hire their service. That's 60
ing to-, but ] guess not; I wont tell
you where. If you 60 there you may
eat out of that plate, and tomorrow
night you may eat from the same some
where else. Seel"
"Don't it get broken?"
Eyes, receptions break china very
fast, but we get paid for all that, and
charge percentage on it's value for it's
use. There is hardly reception given
in Washington where there is not hired
china on the table. It's cheaper to hire
than to own. Some people put away
their light fancy china on such occa-
sions, because it is to expensive to have
broken and is hard to replace. Others
donS have it. What We hire is nice
china, but, as I said, it is plain white
We seldom hire any other kind, and
when we do it is never the same set
twice."
~Why is that2" asked the scribe,
adon't they like the co!ored?"
"Well, no, they don't like it. Igueee
not. Now, you go to AS tonight; you
see set of china with peculiar Japa-
nese figures on it. You 60 to BIS next
evening. More Japanese figures.
Again, C's chocolate is served in Japa-
nese. All the rage! All! Japanese
figures are just the thing in china now.
You mention it to Mrs. Beenthere.
She draws you to one side; puts her
fingers to her lips in sly fashion and
whispers close up into your ear, Hired
Now, you see, that won't do. If they
are all alike they must be white-plain
white. Then, too, it is easier to replace
when broken. Yes, all the first'class
stores have china to hire"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-01-21
THE OCE An BURIAL.
BY CAPT. ". H. SAUNDERS, q. aA.

BY CAPT. ". H. SAUNDERS, q. 9. A.
20 20 bury me not in the deep, deep seaw
F Fre1a t WORDS cane s , low and mournfuly
He had wasted and pinned, It'll DER his brow
a Ine death shade had slowly passed; and now
They, had gather'd round to zee him die.
70 buryme not in thedeep, deepsea, =.
Where the billowy shroud viii roll over me,
Where no light win break through the dark cole
wave,
It matters not have oft been told,
Where the body shall lie when the heart is cold
Yet grant ye. Q grant ye, this one boon to me-
Duty me notin the deep, deep sea! ~
For in fancy I've 1isten'd Is the won Known
The free wild winds, and the songs of the birds
have thought of home, of cot and bower,
And of scenes that loved in childhood's hour
have even hoped to be laid when died.
By the bones Of my fathers my grave should be;
y bury me not In the deep, deep sea. -
"Let my death slumbers be where q mothers
And sister's tear shall be mingled there;
On Twill be sweet ere the hearts thr0b IL DER,
That those It 10 fond1y hath yearn'd for will
TO plant The first Wild flowers Of spring on my
tomb;
Let me lie where those loved ones will weep o er
me:
bury me not in the deep, deep sea.
and there is another her tears would be shed
For him who lay far In the deep ocean bed;
In hours that it pains me to think of now,
She has twined these locks and hath kissed this
brow;
In the hair she hath wreathed shall the snake
hiss,
And the brow she hath pressed shall the cold
wave kiss,
For the sake of the bright one that waiteth for
me, :.
Oh, bury me not in the deep, deep sea.
"She hath been In my dreams-" hls voice failed
there;
They gave no heed to his dying prayer;
They lowered him DER the vessels side;
Above him has closed the dark, cold tide,
Where 10 dip their light wings the sea fowls rest,
Where the blue waves dance Ger the oceans
crest,
Where the pillows bound, and the winds sport
fr,e:
They have buried him there in the Deep deep
sea.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-01-21
&N.43 !

(which means" said Kate, dropping
her official manner, that We have had
all this good time, and don't owe a cent
for anything, and have six dollars and
seventeen cents apiece coming back to
u.s." and she counted out four little piles
of money.
"And coal in the bin, and food in the
larder," added Beth.
The next month we paid five dollars
a week each, and had surplus, and
after that, four dollars a week usually
covered all expenses.
When we started, though we asked
no advice, We had foods of it, and no
end of dismal predictions. ~You'll
quarrel" you'll run in debt" you'll
find the work too hard" you'll get
tired of it," and, most dreadful of all,
@Youu be talked about"
"Well," said Kate, when this was
brought up, IF good uame in the past,
and orderly living in the future, won't
save us, why let them talk. They must
talk about something, and while we are
under discussion, somebody else will es-
cape" So that was disposed of. And
we did not run into debt, and We did not
quarrel. It would be too much to say
that we never. differed, but our differ
ences were never bitter.
We used to think sometimes that
Beth shirked her share of the work, but
she was the sweetest-tempered creature
living, and always willing to make
amends. Then we had to hold tight
rein on Kate, who was apt to want luxu-
ries out of season, at exorbitant prices ;
and was sometimes trial about the
cooking, being absent-minded, and apt
to burn things up. As to Mamie, she
was never anything but comfort. We
didn't keep her long. for one day, to-
ward our first Thanksgiving, there was
an unusual futter in the house. We
trimmed the rooms with flowers, and
tied = white satin ribbon on The Climax {:
the minister and q few friends came in,
and almost before We knew it, Mamie
and the young architect had gone off to-
gether in hack, with The Climax wall
ing in basket on the front seat.
But this did not break up the society,
for another good friend stood ready to
fill the vacancy, and stepped promptly
in. And did We not End the work too
hard? Well, sometimes it seemed q
bother, but, divided among four, it was
not oppressive; and if the larder got
empty, or other work pressed, we took
our dinners out for day or two.
And we did not get tired of it, but
after three years trial of the plan, are
more and more satisfied, for it is home.
We leave it in the morning with regret,
and return to it gladly at night, feeling
that it is ours, that we are not there on
sufferance, but by right. And this sense
of security and permanency encourages
us to add comforts, and even luxuries
to our surroundings, and think you
might hunt up and down the city ana
not find more contented and comfort
able set of people than the members of
The Home Cooperative Society.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-01-21
AYERS
Cherry Pectora1.

No other complaints ara 20 insidiow IN their
attack as those affecting the throat and lungs:
none so tritied with by the majority of suffer-
ers. The ordinary cough or cold, resulting
perhaps from 4 triaing or unconscious cx-
posure, is often but the beginning Of fatal
sickness. Ayers CHERRY PEcroRAL has
we'll proven its efficacy in forty years fight
with throat and lung diseases, and should he
taken in all cases without delay.
A Terrible Cough Cured.
In 1857 took severe cold, which affected
my lungs. 1 had a terrible cough, and passed
night mig after night without sleep: Tho doctors
ToRAt, which relieved my lungs, induced
sleep, and afforded me tho rest necessary
cont in1 dieS % Of my strength. BY the
OLD, hale and hearty, and am satisfied your
CHERRY PICTORIAL saved me.
HORACE FAlRBRoTHER."
Rockingham, VT, July Is, 1852.
Group. Mothers Tribute.
"While in the country last winter nv little,
boy, three years old, was taken i'll with Group;
1t seemed as il he would die from str2pgu-
lation. One of the family suggested the use
of AYERS CHERRY PEcToRAL, bottle Of
which was always kept in the house. This
was tried in small and frequent doses, and
to our delight in less than half an hour the
little patient was breathing easily. Tho doc
tor said that the CHERRY PICTORIAL. had
saved my darling's life. Can you wonder At
our gratitude? Sincerely yours,
MRS. EMMA GEDNEY"
159 West 12Sth St., Now York, May l6, 1852.
II have used AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL
in my family for several years, and do not
hesitate 70 pronounce it the most etfectual
remedy for coughs and colds we have ever
tried. A. j. CRANE"
Lake Crystal, Mimi, Alarch 10, 1882.
"Isutfered for eight years from Bronchitis,
and after trying many remedies with no sue
cess, was cured by the use Of AYERS CHER
Ey PICTORIAL. JOSEPH WALDEN"
Gyhalia, Miss, April s, 1882.
~ cannot say enough in praise Of AYERS
CuEREv PICTORIAL, believing as l do that
but for its use should long since have died
from lung troubles. F. BRA0DON."
Palestine, Texas, April q, 1882.
No case of an affection of the throat or
lungs exists which cannot be greatly relieved
by the use Of AYERS CHERRY PEcTORAL,
and it will al,cays cure when the disease u
not already beyond the control Of medicine.
PREPARED BY
Dr.J.C.Ayer&Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all Druggists.