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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-09-03
why M. phiIlins snoke nrlelln.

Before we parted my angel in drab
told me with some enthusiasm "A story
of abolition days in which brave Wen
dell Phillips figured A little Pennsyl-
yania hamlet had been thrown into
commotion by the arrival o. slave hum
tiers from the South one day when the
abolition agitation was at lis height.
The obnoxious fugitive slave law gave
them II lection. Wendell Pm Hips was
to speak in that town that night. The
fanatics and the claw and order
people We're all stirred up. Some un-
easy spirits predicted trouble. A trial
before the local Justice was u come OFF
in the evening at the same hour of the
Phillips meeting. That trial was TO
determine whether black woman and
black man, claiming TO be hu 5band
and wife, should be delivered up, with
their three children, TO the Legree
creatures, who, armed with abundant
legal processes, were bent on taking
them TO Georgia cotton fields, whence,
il was alleged, they had run away
When Wendell Philips came upon thC
platform that night his hall was n
filled; many OF his sympathizers Wen
with the rest Of the town down at the
Justices court. The orator had been
told of the excitement in town; those
who had come to hear him expected a
storm Of indignant eloqucnce fitted TO
tits local text. They were disappointed.
He spoke scarce five minutes, and when
he retired it was abruptly. The court
~, polished Bostonian was become
almost rude in his conduct. The trial
in the Justice court was long. Adolf
tonists were inclined to dispute the
Southern claim inch by inch. 4 mes
sage delivered to the Judge in the
middle Of the trial stayed proceedings
for a minute or two that the officer
might step into an anteroom to see a
caller. In this anteroom We're locked
up the five human beings whose fate
was in the balance. When the Judge
returned TO the bench he seemed unusu-
ally stern; he reprmanded every man
who spoke IN the fu@itives' behalf,
talked euergetically Of upholding the
law, the country's safeguard, and IN
language that admitted Of no nisunder-
standing announced again and again
that his decision would deliver up the
negroes again to servitude. He seem
ed strangely intent on argument,
unnecessarily combative, and for no
reason so much as his volubility the
trial stretched out to the edge OF mid
night Then when adjournment came,
the Justice with some ado handed over
an order to the gentleman from the
South to remove the property. But
that back room was empty; the birds
had flown And the people who had
arranged to entertain Wendell Phillips
that night waitedup till morning broke,
all in vain. No Wendell Phillips came;
he had disappeared as mysteriously as
had the negroes Of that anteroom.
There were folks who put two and two
together; there were folks who didn
wonder when at the next election the
Abolition vote went solid for the rebel
Justice His sterness his Southern
sympathy and long-winded orat0ry
had been a sham; he had followed in
structions from Wendell Phillips, and
given the father and mother and chill
dren time to push on many a mile
toward freedom further North.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-09-03

A writer in the American Agriculture
T ist argues in favor of the early cut
ting of grass, particularly on the
ground of the feeding value Of the crop.
He says:
Il usually commence haying little
in advance OF my neighbors, and last
year was in the field week earlier
than ever before. ] was well satisfied
with the plan at the time, and am still
better pleased with the result since
feeding the hay TO my cows during The
winter. True, | found, as some Of MY
neighbors had said. that it did not
spend as well. but that vas just what
suited me. If cow will eat and digest
a ton of this hay in the same time that
she would be worrying over fifteen
hundred pounds OF the woody fibre cut
late in the season. and if she viii obtain
therefrom twice the amount Of milk
and butter that is obtainable from the
latter. | can see no cause for being dis
satisfied with the result. ANY one
desiring to can make it last as long as
the indigestible kind, for the stock can
be kept in an equally good condition on
less amount of the former than OF the
/ latter. If one could cut all his hay at
/ precisely the hour he desired there
/ would beno hesitancy in moving Il, as 4
rule when in blossom. But since he
cannot do this, it is better to COM
mence with some a little too early,
/ than TO be a great deal too late in fin
/ isbipp the work. Some fields can be
/ cut twice during the same season with
4 good advantage The extra Weld
and superior quality viii more than
paw 1orsthe additional expense incurred.
+ This plan has a few decided adyantag-
+ es. among which are these: It permits
/ one to commence his having earlier.
and finish later. thus giving more time
i in which to perform this work, and en-
abling him to do it with a less amount
I of extra heip. Such help as he must
have. is more readily aud cheaply OBJ
/ tanned before the majority commence
/ and after thew are through, than dur
/ ing the very busiest part 81 the haylng
time. The first cutting destroys many
weeds before they have matured. aud
the hay is not filled with seeds, to be
sown when the manure Is spreading
the tOlloWlng year. Anu int atCV4d
cutting destroys another crop OF later
weeds, or of such as spring UP and ma
i ture quickly. One Of the greatest mis-
takes a farmer can make. Is to allow
coarse hay GA low ground to stand too
long. The common opinion prevails
that there is no hurry about getting IN
TO these fields: I often see patches OF
blue-ioint five or six feet high. stand
/ ing until late in August, OF the first Of
/ September. The stems get 50 coarse
and wood. trait cattle have To be pref
f ty hungry before they VIII do more
+ than strip off the leaves and tops Of
such hay When cut in June there is
/ less in bulk. bus more in value. For
each acre viii yield q greater number
j of pounds Of such as the cattle VIII care
to eat. than the same acre left until the
/ last Of August
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RECENT APPOINTMENTS.

The following postmasters were appoint
ed August 81 Iowa-Pacific Junction,
George w. Colburn; Woodbury., L. W.
White; Riverside, George L, Shellig; Gin
cinnati, Moses \. Bear.
Dakota-Union, George NJ. Houtz; Lake
side, Smith Newcomer; Travare, James X.
Weaver; Goodwin, George T. Nelson, Butte,
Mrs. Nettie NJ. Collins; Brittoa, George l..
Baker; " bite Swan, r. A. Hail; lie Beau,
d. I. CUrler; Waterford, William Goldman.
The following Iowa postmasters were APP
pointed Thursday At Kingston James w
Gibson; Gravitz, Samuel Robinson, Morn
ing sun, ". A. Mccormick Winfield, John
w. Hanna; Pleasant Grove, James F.
Minard Danville, Alice NJ Wright; Bona
parte, W A. Packer; Brighton, Thomas
Buck Steamboat Rock, Henry Suckins
Estheryille, Peter Johnson.
Sept / a large number of postmasters
were appointed, among them being the
following Minnesota, at Lake Benton,
John L. Cass; Iowa, at Moravia, f. S. G..
Cox: Dakota, at Wissengton, Charles
Ferguson.
The following postmasters We're APP
pointed August 18th: Dakota Stanton,
Mrs. l.. A. Frazer; Iowa-Western College,
Jacob Kaufman; Ossian James Malloy-
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TuEDrLUTH EXECUTION.

The execution of John Wa.senen, at Du-
Iuth on Friday, for the murder Of Joseph
Farley al Tower. MINI, Nov 20, 1854, is the
only instance in which the death penalty
l. as been enforced in Minnesota, since 1858.
The event attracted a large gathering at
Duluth. but the day was without incident
The execution took place in an enclosure
over 30 feet high, 10 which but few were
admitted. and those mostly visiting Sheriffs.
The condemned man was p years
Of age and leaves a wife and one child
about two wears Of age. He made full
confession of the crime. he trap was
sprung at 3.(f2 p. m, and the fall of four
feet broke his neck and n ten minutes he
was pronounced dead. John Norland was
engaged in the crime and committed suicide
in the Jail soon after the arrest Of the two
murderers Waiseuen's confession is as
follows: ..Norland and myself We're at
work for Joseph Farley. We knew he had
some money. and, as we were hard up,
Norland advised that we kin him and take
it, He lived alone in a little shanty on the
Iron Range railroad. We were at the shanty
aud as Farley was going through the door
Norland said to me now was my chance.
struck Farley blow on ms mead from
behind with piece of hard wood-not a
very large club. He fell and though he
was not killed instantly and breathed, he
never spoke word. Then Norland put
rope around his neck. / showed him under
a bench with my foot. Norland then set
fire to the shanty and hitched the horses
and started away Norland took his
money aud watch and gave me $50.
don't know how much money John got.
Farley was killed at once. and | didn't
hardly know what / had done. We both
drank a large amount Of whisky to make
our nerves steady. was not mad at Far
Iev-never had q cross word with him.
am sorry, but ] am not afraid viii 60 70
heaven. Ihave been FIVE years IN America
from Finland. lived four years in MicAi-
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The president of one Of the largest
banks down town, whose deposits
amount to upward Of twenty MILLIONS,
was asked if banks could not deter
mine their position with more GER
taiuty than the Manhattan company
seemed to be able to do.
"lt is impossible, sand he Banks
must rep0se confidence in some one,
and ii an employee has been with them
for a long time, and ihey know
nothing against him and much in his
favor, they cannot set a spy to watch
his actions. take the securities in
my vaults on trust. That they origin
ally caGle in have the evidence in my
books, and they are still here |
presume, for no one is allowed access
to them unless he is an employee Of
tried probity
Then, said the reporter, IF your
employee of tried probity should sub
stiute packages Of brown paper of the
same size and appearance a. the pack
ages OF genuine securities that you
have, when would you know of the
change?'
Not until the securities were called
for use, and were opened, answered
the president.
That might not be for years?" we
asked.
Possibly not for years
If the package should be distracted
altogether when would you learn of
it?"
Not until our regular examination
g A,rIT
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-09-03
A JUNE MORNING.
A rare June day, a pleasant scene,
A gracious air, sky unclouded-


A rare June day, a pleasant scene,
A gracious air, a sky unclouded-
How sweet those elms' new budded
The Ladies Mile is crowded.
A gay Kaleidoscope show,
In combinations all intending,
The restless fragments come and go,
Revolving, parting, blendip 3.
Oh, there are forms of Juno mould,
And palfreys perfect in their PAGES,
And tresses BLACK and brown and gold,
ANA proud and piquant faces.
One face, amid a hundred here,
More ripely rounded richly tinted;
One noble faee-how soft and dear,-
upon my heart is printed.
Sweet, in those faroff, wistful eyes,
The jangling life around unheeding,
/ think pure heart history lies,
Not difficult OF reading
think, ere London whirl and strife
Inv olved you in their 'wildering
mazes
You lived a simple pastoral life
Among your birds and daisies.
think you think you'd gladly change
Your throne above the rival beauties
For that old lfes unfettered range,
Its thoughts and dreams and duties.
! think 'twere sweet TO lead you back,
And watch (as London towers
should dwindlel
Your soft cheeks win the bloom they
lack,
Your great eyes fash and kindle
think but see she rides away;
She nears the arch IN cauter rapid;
She's gone; the sunshine fails the day
The Mile is stale and vapid.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-09-03
Cnrions ralments forLnnd.

The term .,pepper-corn rent, is
familiar one to ms all, and instances of
such a rent having been fixed are nei-
ther few nor far between. Thus Bernie
on. in Durham, was held by the SER
vice OF three grains of pepper yearly;
Finchly, i'll MiddleseN, by the annual
rent of a pound Of pepper, Highgatc,
in Denbigh, was leased for term of
500 years at the annual rent of one
pepper-corn: and fer a forlieth part Of
one night fee in the manor at Ley
ham, ia Suffolk, PhiIippa Ross rendered
! one capon and the third part OF one
pound Of pepper similar custom
was that of Pokerly. IN Durham, which
lands were held "by one Glove on ST.
Cuthbert day in September, for all
other services" All the foregoing eN-
amplcs Of services may be rendered as,
10 some extent, reasonable, though in
adequate rs payment for the lands
held; bat many Of the services render
ed appear to be purely arbitrary and
capricious. is when a farm at Brook
House, in Yorl shire was held by the
payment Of "snow bail in midsum-
mer and red rose at Christmas p
Roses often appear in these services
Lands in Crendon. in Buckinghanshire
were held by the services Of one
chaplet Of roses at Christmas For It
manor OF Fulmer, in the same country.
Sir Marmadukc Dalcl rendered one
red rose yearly, as did Ralph DC Beyoir
for land n Mickelham, Surrey; and
Sir William Sandcs for tho manor Of
Stene and Hinton. IN Northampton.
Lastly, certa II lands at Haine, in sur
rey, were held Of The men OF Kings
ton upon condition Of rendering to the
said men three Glove giIllloWer, at the
L-hg's cornation;" and perhaps the
single Glove referred to above, as if it
were a spice, should rather regarded
as similar flower. CasseTs FamiiY
HaG0ziue,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-09-03

tablespoonfuls of molasses Scald the
milk; pour it on the meal; when cool.
add the eggs and molasses, with a few
Jumps of butter on the top.
Sweetmeat cream. Take some cream
and slice some preserved peaches into
1t (apricots or plums, if preferred),
sweeten the cream with fine sugar, OF
the syrup the fruit was preserved in;
mix all wen and put it into glasses.
Flour putfs. 7 tablespoonfuls of
-four to l quart of milk and six eggs.
Beat eggs in flour aud add milk.
Flour pudding. Peat eggs INTO 8
spoontuls Of flour; add one pint ofmilk.
Bake twenty minutes.
Sponge cake. g eggs, l pount SUI
gar, | pound, ! pound Of flour; flavor.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-09-03

Up to fifteen years Of are Austrian
girls are kept at their studies but are
not deprived Of society. They dress
very simply. rarely wearing a silk
gown uHtil the day they leave the
scbool-room for the ballroom After
they leave school they 20 through a
year OF even two wears teaching iu
tine pantry and In the kitchen under
some member Of the family, or even,
in some cases. in another family, under
trained cooks. They may never be re-
qured To cook q dinner, but they are
thus rendered Independent 81 cooks
and servants, as they learn how Co do
everything themscive- long before they
begin housekeeping on their own ac-
count When married they are mos
a1ectionate wives and mothers. An
Austrian lady, I'D fact, is as accom-
plished and learned as an English gov
erucss, as good "a hOusekeepcr and
cook as German. as witty and viva
cious in society as q Partisan, as pas
siOnate as an Italian, and as handsome
as an American. some Of Inc most
beautiful women jpn Europe being found
10 Vienna. Germans and also Aus
t. ans are celebrated for their stocks
Of linen. Hence, a, soon as a girl is
born, the weaving Of her linen is be-
gun, and every Year q piece or q certain
number Of yards is set aside for her
trousseau, ready for her marriage.
Graudmammas on their side are not
idle They pass their time knitting
for their grandchildren, suppl ng not
only their wants but also laying aside
for tho fufflrp y dozen dozens of stock
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-09-03
onts Fodder.

The most successful farmers feed
their stock on variety Of feed. Ex-
perienee has proved that herd Of cat
tie fed on but one kind Of fodder, al
though it may be the best that grows.
viii not keep IS healthy, or do as well.
as If fed on several kinds. While the
food mar be composed Of that
fodder which can be grown on the
farm to the best advantage. a change
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-09-03

are the words used by a lady, who was
at one time given up by the most emf
nent physicians, and left to die. Re
duced TO a mere skeleton, pale and bag
gard, not able to leave her bed, from
all those distressing diseases peculiar
to suffering females. such as displace-
ment, leucorrhna, Inflammation, etc,
etc She began taking DR.. Pierce 5
"Fayorite Prescription, and also rs
ing the local treatments recommended
by him, and is now, she says, cas- good
as new" Price reduced to one dollar.
BY druggists.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-09-03
ALarre Mortgage.

lFron the St. Paul Daily Globe Aug. 22.l
On Thursday a mortgage Of $4,000
was filed from the Pioneer Press COM
pany to the Clarke institute for deaf
nutes in Massachusetts. The mortgage
Is given on the buildings and the
ground leased BIZ the Pioneer Press.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-09-03

..Not evert one would be willing if
able. said Mr.. WILDER; which last was
sad truth How many daughters
might be of use 90 their fathers in this
and many other ways who never think
Of tightening a care or labor. If asked
to perform some little service it is
done at best with a reluctant >tep, and
unwilling air that robs it Of all sun
shine, or claim Of gratitude. Girls,
help your father. Give him "a cheerful
home to rest in when evening comes,
and do not worry his life away by fret
ting because he can not afford you all
the luxuries you eovet Children exert
as great influence on their parents IS
parents do ON their children. - Young
Reaper
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-09-03

gan. kept saloon a little while ia Duluth.
Ny father, mother and one sister live at
Nora, Hamlin county, Oak. | have not
seen them, but get letters from them.'
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-09-03
About sugar.

Sugar at a cent pound" is the
motto Of some Of the men who are en-
thusiastic in their assertions that sorg-
hum sugar viii yet be produced at that
rate. Much encouragement is found
by advocates of son ghum culture in the
report Of Clinton Bozarth an Iowa
farmer, to the Agricultural Depart
ment Mr.. Bozarth rented IS acres at
Cedar Falls, Black Hawk county, at
$3.50 an acre. For blowing, planting,
cultiyating, cutting, hauling and other
expenses incidental to producing syrup
after the cane was cut, he reports the
expense to have been 81, 289 The
yield Of syrup from the 50 acres was
1850 gallons, which he sold for 80
cents a gallon or 81, $50 For Is bar
rels Of vinegar he got $40. The total
value Of the crop was S5,020 and the
net value was 50, 731. Having made
no allowance for interest on machinery
nor for the feed-heads and fodder, he
explained that although not ripe
enough to save for seed he had 30 head
Of cattle and horses running in the
corn field for 50 days, that they had
done well with no other feed, and that
there was feed left for some time vet.
1t was his opinion that the value of the
fodder was equal to the interest on the
machinery Mr.. Bozarth commends
sorghum as q good crop for Western
farmers, for the reason that it yields
not only cane but seed. which is good
for horses, cattle and fowls; "bagasse,
which can be used for bedding for
stock or for making paper, sugar that
is infinitely better than glucose sugar
and vinegar Of excellent quality. He
found that the syrup graduated Well,
but he did not make sugar because the
syrup sold SO readily.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-09-03

THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINs is to
prepare biography of II. H., the
late Helen Hunt jackson.
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NOTES OF TIE TIMES.

NOTES OF THE TIMES.
THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINs is to
prepare biography of II. H., the
late Helen Hunt jackson.
THE next general conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church is to be
held at New York City in 1856.
TIE spendthrift King Louis Of Ba
varia. has been adjudged bankrupt,
and guardian has been appointed to
take charge Of his affairs.
AT a recent love feast at Ocean
Grove, New Jersey one huadred and
seventy-nine clergymen oficiated. and
four thousand people participated.
DIR. NEWMAN. lecturing at Chautau-
qua on General Grant compared him to
Wellington and declared he possessed
one Of the greatest intellects the age
has ever produced.
THE backbone Of summer seems to
be pretty weak in the halcyon east. In
the last week Of August fro~ts were re-
ported in Virginia and Pennsylvania
had the luxury Of snow storm.
-a-
Mr. GLADSTONE took a walk of eigh-
teen miles a day or two ago. What
even may be the matter with the re-
nowned Premier's vocal organs,
there seems to be abundant vigor in his
legs
A TRAIN Of twenty cars laden with
AS. 600 pounds Of wool has been for
warded from Portland. Oregon. to
Philadelphia, being the largest rail
shipment ever made from the Pacific
coast.
4 CIVIL service examination Is 20
take place at Philadelphia beginning
Sep embcr 9Th. Over one thousand
applications are already on file for
clcckships and letter-carriers in the
c'A post-oifice.
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store that did not advertise. When l
came out my head was almost as white
As Won now see it. Solitary contiue-
ment did it.
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A." Hampshire.
Mn Bp,p1 ,4ou has issued q cam
naion manifesto ia ii, copstfruene, in
NORTHAMPTON and urges their adoption
q the course pursued ~ MlddteseN ID
returning John Wilkes. until Tor very
shame ne was accorded h'S rights ana
his seat IN the Ho1.e OF commons
THERE isonlv one October state this
wear. OHIO. where the election takes
place on the second Tuesday If the
month. In November. Connecticut.
Iowa. MARYLAND. Massachusetts,. Mis-
-i~sfppf. New Jersey. New York. Pen
eyIvauia and Virginia hold state cleo
ton.
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Of tie trade from principal Western
ana Southern point. are Of Il highly en-
couraging character. tile fan trade
having started uu vigorously. Another
advance hqs been made IN cotton
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-09-03

TIE spendthrift King Louis Of Ba-
varia. has been adjudged bankrupt,
and a guardian has been appointed 10
take charge Of his affairs.
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The inventor Of bar0s on feace
wire receives a royalty Of $4,000 u
year.