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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-10-02

The New York Hcruld has been phreno-
logically examining President Cleveland 5
character and comes to the conclusion that
what he takes for firmness, is in reality,
obstinacy. These two bumps lie very close
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-10-02

Jones is II prosaic name to substitute for
Flower, but as the Democratic party of
New York is after Doodle rather than
beauty as the qualification of its candidate
for lieutenant governor, it has probably
"hlled the bill' by the nomination of
Gen. 5. f. Jones Gen. Jones is under
stood to have well-flled "barl," which
he is willing to tap at both ends for the
benefit of the party. The understrappers
are happy again, and the party organs are
engaged in the cheerful occupation of dig
ging n nice deep grave for the last rose
of summer
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-10-02

The Montpelier Irg,,S, which ought TO
know, says that the recent cut down in
the expenses of this customs district, was
made upon the report of Republican
special agent of the treasury department
and against the judgment of Collector
Smalley, though he finally acquiesced in
it. If the government can get along with
permanently smaller force and get good
men at the reduced salaries, we shall be
glad.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-10-02

The riotous manifestations at Montreal
are doubtless the work of demagogues
among that eXcitable people. The French
Canadian population has been greatly
stirred up by seditious talk since the Riel
affair, and it needed only some such provo
cation us compulsory vaccination to bring
them to the point of revolt. There is II
strong military force there, however, and
ORDER will probably be maintained.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-10-02

Montreal specials attribute the destruc-
ton of property by the mob to the inelli-
cheney of the city police force, whose
sympathies are with those who oppose
vaccination. The citizens generally are
demanding the reorganization of the po-
lice The health authorities are resolved
to carry out compulsory vaccination I'M
der all circumstances. The epidemic is
spreading faster than ever and the mum
Der of deaths increasing.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-10-02

A curious case is that of Justice Pond of
the East Boston District Court, Ma,sa-
chusetts. There seems TO he no doubt
that the learnel gentleman, nlul is dis
ordered and that he real y is incompetent
to administrative affair, Of justice, and yet
there is no way of removing him from Of
flee while the legislature OF the state IL.
not in session. Meanwhile Justice ponu
continues to deliver in the -rayrej mannc.
some of the most cNtruurd mary decisions
ever heard from judicial Dtncu. ~uJ3r.
and practitioners IN his cJIgJ 30 in trust
ing to luck rathcrthau 10 law or ,iulheucc
and fortunes favurs are said to Ice dis
tributed with an erratlc out. un the whole
an equal hand. The laW is literally e. .Yr-
terry in judge Ponds ,oilt.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-10-02

y white laundry firm in Wa-1uruG
mas been circulating & iocU Dapyr Ni,i .u,
article describing the Chinese Huujric- a.
the centres of distribution Of Infectious
disease in order 10 WIcst from the orient
ais the profits OF washing the department
towels In Cheyenne, Wyoming, the work
ingmen have posted the following notice
on the doors of all houses occupied by
Chinese:
A fair warning All Cinnamon found
in the city of Cheyenne after October |,
will be subjected to Il coat of tar and
feathers and ridden from the city on Il
rail. Workingmen, the Chinese must go
If the Chinese were IA fighting race they
would meet violence 10y violence. AS it is
they stand a poor chance against the white
men, most of them foreigners, who Cypress
them. But citizens of Northern States
whose authorities do not protect the Chi
namen from outrage, will have to stop
talking about oppression of colored people
in the South.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-10-02

Archdeacon Farrar has his time pretty
well filled with appointments, and unless
he is one of the kind who can successfully
combine business and pleasure, it would
seem as though his American tour We're
like to be anything but IA trip for recre-
alton. If he should attempt to crafty
all who wish to hear him, he would be on
the lecture platform about every night
during his stay AS he will probably pass
through Burlington, it might be worth
while to secure one of his lectures here.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-10-02

PUBLISHED.BY
THE FREE PRESS ASSOCIATION,
G. G. BENEDICT, Editor.
Terms-@2 90 Il year, always in advance
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-10-02

The New York builder Buddcnsiek is
out of Jail, His lawyer was able to get
him released on bail, and although there
is not the slightest doubt that the man
ought to be in States prison, he stands a
very good chance of escaping the clutches
of the law altogether. 1t will be The old
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-10-02

The nomination of David b. Hill Tor
governor, by the New York Democrats, is
all that was needed to insure the success
of the Republican ticket in the Empire
State. Hill is one of the 'incorrigible
spoilsmen" alluded to by President Cleve-
land IN his civil service letter to Mr.. Eaton.
He is distrusted by Mr. Cleveland and dis
liked by many Democrats No Indepen-
dent Republican can vote for him and re-
tain IA shadow of seif-respect.
The Democrats of the State of New York
appear to be as glad to get rid of their in
dependent allies, as the latter are to get
back to decent company. The Grdphic
expresses the general feeling of the Demo
cratic press, when it says; "'rhe De-
mocracy of the Empire State is tired of
being dictated to bya corporal's guard of
mugWumps who ceaselessly chatter we
are the balance of power, and If you don t
select the ticket we name for you we will
go over to the other camp Let them 60
To have submitted to their impudent
bossing would have cast apathy over the
/ Democratic ranks"
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-02-14
Washington Streets.

An excellent judge of such matters
asserts that this city has gained more
in outward appearance during the last
half dozen years than it had before in
half a century. 1t now has forty miles
of better pavement than can be found
in any other American town, and which
compares favorably with any in Eu-
rope. This has made thorough street.
sweeping practicable at small cost, and
1t results that, although the city is poor
ly supplied with water, it is little aflict-
ed with dust, and Is beginning to have
a refreshingly clean aspect. Bordering
these streets there now stands upward
of one hundred thousand well-formed,
nursery grown trees. Naples of sew
eral species are the more common, but
there are representations (by the hum
dred) of at least six different genera.
They r at present but c%lub-headed
saplings, hardly recovered from the
shock of transplantation, or fairly set
tied in their homes, and show
none of the characteristic mature beau
ty of their several families. They have
as yet, therefore, but little value ex-
cept as promissory notes, their growth
TO be discounted. Nevertheless, seen
as they constantly are in long perspec-
tives of uniform mass and color, their
effect on the city is absolutely trans
forming, and if all goes well with them
Washington will in q few years be q
new and gloritied city-a capital that
Americans may be proud of.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-02-14

IT is a notorious fact that the Bis.
marck ringsters were the first to advo-
cate the admission of the Territory as a
whole. They did this not for the BEN
eft Of Dakota, but for the benefit of
Bismarck and the ring, believing that
if Dakota was admitted as a whole Bis
marck would be the capital. When the
South Dakota majority appeared at Bis
marck and offered to remove the cap.
ital, the ringsters at once took up the
South Dakota cry for division. They
went so far as to deny that they
had ever advocated admission as a
whole, and they dare not now openly
advocate it. But we notice that ring
influence, etc., is still at work in that
direction. We have before usa marked
copy Of Minneapolis paper containing
the same views advocated. only a few
months ago by the Bismarck ring.
These marked copies are being sent to
the press throughout the Territory.
The object Of the ring is to attempt to
mould public opinion within the Terri
tory by Editorials" apparently written
outside tof it. Not one of the ring
papers in Dakota is permitted to advo~
cate the scheme, except by copying
what the Minneapolis paper says.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-02-14
Crops

T"
It would be much easier to enumerate
the crops which will not grow in this
prolific soil than those which will. Ba-
nanas will not, except in the fertile i'm
aginations Of a few boomers. But wheat
will-the finest wheat in the world, and
the largest yields. Many varieties are
grown in different localities, but the
Scotch Fife e to be the favorite in the
Red River valley, and appears to be in
great favor in this region. Its great Pc
culiarity is the frmness, almost finty-
hardness, of its kernel, which has so
justly earned for North Dakota her rep
utation os the great granary of No. l
Hard wheat. Many other varieties give
as good a yield, but lack the leading
characteristic of the No. / hard. 1t will
yield from twenty to .thirty-fve bushels
per acre, and is a never-failing crop.
Seeded about May 10 it is ready for the
harvest by August l. Here is the ex-
perience of farmer friend of ours: II
bought 100 acres Of land near Devils
Lake, and put a man there with four
mules, a gang pillow and other nipple.
ments. l paid him $50 per month, and
he raised 5000 bushels of wheat, for
which l got 80 cents per bushel. Be-
side this he paid his wages breaking for
his neighbors. There is money in
wheat" ~.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-02-14

FRANK A. WILSON, having discovered
the grossest kind Of fraud and rank
perjury in the contest case between
himself and La Moure, has asked that
the case be r%eopened. The petition
sets forth that frauds and forgeries were
.perpetrated in the purported taking Of
evidence regarding the Forest River
election by which the council was de.
ceived. 1t is specified. that the SUBJ
poenas for III persons never were deliv-
cred to John Dyner, constable; that the
return thereon was not made by Dyner,
but is false and forged, and that other
evidence was corruptly. changed tostate
differently from what witnesses did
testify. The petition is accompanied
by afidavits corroboratory from W. D.
Bates, editor of the Park River Gazette;
D.. Melville. NJ. D.; c. H. Honey, post.
master; John Mccullough, justice, and
Thomas .Boulton and Hugh Loughead,
supervisors, all of Park River. ..
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-02-14
Our Little Book.
Grand Eorks Hera1H .

1.-THE Great Devils Lake Region, the
Fairest Spot in all Dakota" is the title
Of q pamphlet issued by H.. C. Hans
brough, Of the Devils Lake 1STER-OcEAN,
the purport Of which is we'll indicated in
the caption. All who. are familiar with
the peculiar vigor and boldness of Bro.
Hansbrough's style. need not be told that
this description O the Lake and adjacent
country is confined to the realm of fact,
and is yet SO wildly drawn that those
whose eyes have not yet seen: that
goodly land may have mental reserva-
tons as to, full and implicit faith. 1t is,
however, not one Of youraurora borealis
tinted panoramic visions, but a practical,
detailed, easily understood collation. Of
facts and figures that must prove highly
conducive to attract q liberal share Of
the spring immigration to that favored
region Of North Dokota.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-02-14

A kiss is a. paroxysmal contact be.
tween the labial appendages attached
to the superior and inferior maxillar-
les respectively of a man and woman
or two women. The younger the parties
are the more paroxysmaT will be. the
paroxysm, and in case it be observed
by the fond father of the paroxyzed
young lady, there is also likely to be q
perigee between the paroxyzer's pedal
ic junction and the phalangeal extrem-
tiles of the metatarsns, tarsus, and
other bric-a-brac depending from the
old gentleman's right leg: The kiss
itself is not the paroxysm. It is merely
the vibrations of the superintendent
atmosphere resultant from the expul-
sion Of the sweetness from each of
the pairs of lips engaged in creating it.
Fifteen years ago q poor boy went
from Brooklyn and journeyed to the
vast, illimitable, changing West. Alone,
penniless and friendless, he struggled
with adverse fortune. Nights Of anx-
iety followed days of care and toll, yet
still he hoped and wrought; honestly,
h%onorably, patiently, he earned and
ate J the bread of manly labor. Fifteen
years of. struggle and toll, and last
week the local papers of Rock Rapids
shouted to the world the glad news
that he had caught a black bass weigh
ing five pounds and three ounces.
Young man, industry, honest industry
and perseverance are the winning cards
in the struggle for existence, and viz
tue is its own reward. It is well that
this is so, as that is frequently the only
reward she gets.-Bob Burdetk.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-02-14
Corn and Vegetables.

~o~~A~Ss
There is a prevailing belief that corr
will not grow and ripen in North Dako-
ia, and that only a few Of the vegetables
can be raised here. Could the doubling
Thomases come and see for themselves
they would no longer doubt. w. D.
Lipe, who has fine farmten miles from
this city, on Dry lake, will plant sixteen
acres Of orn this season. He says corn
can be raised here, for he. has tried it.
John McDevitt can also bear testi-
mony to the fact that corn can be pro-
duced here. He had six, acres on his
farm near this city last year, and will
plant fifteen or twenty acres this season.
In regard to vegetables, anything in
the vegetable line can be produced here,
and of a superior quality and extraordi-
nary size and yield. Mi. Lipe sold
nearly l 200 worth Of "garden truck" to
the residents Of this city last season, all
raised on his farm. He will double the
size.of his garden this year. And such
vegetables as Mr.. Lipe brought to mar
ket last season were never excelled.
Turnips, potatoes, "cabbages, carrots, par
ships, 'rutabagas, beets, onions, aspar-
gus, celery, lettuce, peas, beans, caul-
flower, pumpkin; squash, MELONS, all
can be raised here in great variety
and in enormous p%rofusion. One thing,
however, no N must expect these things
to grow in North Dakota unless good
seeds are planted and proper cultivation
is given.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-02-14
"CuRRENTE CALAMo," the Bismar

"CuRRENTE CALAMo," the Bismarck
correspondent of the Jamestown Cap
'ital, has this piece of intelligence which
the INTER OCEAN invites a close perusal
Of by that lethargic class of citizens who
are inclined to take stock in the sophis.
tries of the ring:
Let me tell you of one of Edwards lit
tie games. The Fargo Republican sent
q correspondent out here this week. Ed
wards at once secured him, took him up
ITO his den, got him drunk and has kept
him there in that condition for two days.
And this is the man who manipulates
Dakota politics! I am advised that the
two shining lights in the council from
South Dakota received brides from La
@Moure for favors in his contest case
which, If the matter should be investi-
gated, would be called attorney fees"
And SO the thing goes, and so it is going.
SHonestlegislators with honest measures
to flrther;tare thwarted in their purpose
by these designing villains. Opposition
to pet schemes and bits of jobbery is
overcome by money or by the arguments
Of smooth Stongued agents of the corrup-
tonists. Honest men are called
St.cranks," and "goody-goodies," and
pure to live'' young men, and cor
sfruptdon and vice and sin and crime are
rampant ~ F' u
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-02-14

In the light of his previous acts, 1t is
not at all strange that the commissioner
from the second district (who resides in
the Thirdly could sit in the session at
which it was decided to bond the county
and enter no protest against bonding,
and afterward write letters to parties
to oppose it. His conduct in this re.
gard is on a par with his. policy of
economical extrayagance as evinced in
the first sessions of the new board. His
contortions are quite amusing. He will
learn something if he continues to sit
with the two older and less eccentric
members of the board.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-02-14
Our Great Lake.

Devils lake proper is ffty-ive miles
long and eight miles wide at the broad
est point. Its shores are lined with
large white rocks and its banks are, in
many places, covered with heavy bodies
of timber. The, south shore is quite
broken, but the north shore is of an n
tirely different character, and for the
first mile or two in the immediate vi
cinity of the lake;it is not quite level ;
but as one goes north from the lake
toward the boundary line, he gets into
one.of the finest tracts of land in the
United States. 1t is of a gently rolling
nature and a rich black soil. Surround
ing the lake is one Of the finest agricul-.
tural districts in the world, comprising
millions of acres. The lake lies in the
southern part of this ramsey county.
Fifty-five miles in length and from three
to eight wide, its shore line is about 295
miles. The water of the lake is salt, Of
about one-ifth the strength and contain
ing all the ingredients of ocean water,
only in a lesser degree. Beautiful bays
indent its shore line, running back into
the main land and forming fine harbors.
The shores of the lake are fringed with
timber, the largest bodies being on the
north shore adjacent to this city. Miles
upon miles Of beautiful sandy beaches
glisten in the summer sun, interspersed
with hundreds of acres Of low lands
close to the waters edge covered with
inexhaustible quantities of limestone,
capable of being burned into fine, white
lime. Several kilns have already been
burned near this city. Gravel in mex
haustible quantities is to be found all
around the shores, and there is sufficient
fine, clean sand to build a second Chi
cago. The lake abounds with fine large
pickerel, the most delicious fish the
epicurean tooth ever closed upon.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-02-14
topics
North Dakota.
WAatarn World

Aside from all Boosting the counties
of Cass, Steele, Foster, Grand Forks,
Nelson, Bottineau, Pembina,
Ramsey, Rolette, Trail, Towner, Barnes,
Walsh, and probably some others, en-
body some very superior lands for gen.
eral purposes. The remarkable absence
of waste lands is noticed by travellers,
and much that is credited to the imag-
ination Of the "boomer" is found on in.
vestigation to be true. The soil is
almost universally a deep black vege.
table mould with a sub-soil Of light
crumbly clay Of q o~alcareous nature.
The country is undulating and dotted
with groves Of from half dozen ia. as
many hundred acres each. Many
streams and springs afford abundant
running water. Wheat is the staple
product, though other crops grow fairly,
and stock Of ! l9binds, ii properly cared
for in winter, thrive, the prairie hay, Be.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-02-14

ing; peculiarly nutritious and is in itself
sufficient feed. The average yield of
wheat (spring Variety is put at about
twenty bushels per acre, although sew.
enty-five per cent. more isoften gotten.
Cabbages, carrots, beets, beans, turnips,
ETC., grow abundantly, and potatoes
yield about as in Illinois, Indiana or the
middle states. Small fruit, as raspber-
ries, %currants, gooseberries, etc., can
also be raised. The morality of the
country is good, and for a country just
emerging from a state of nature, schools
and churches are abundant and becom-
ing more 80.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-02-14

80 - =
The report of the capital commission
comes to us in full in the Bismarck Tri-
bune, and it is an interesting document.
The financial statement is especially in
.iteresting. All the ring papers appear
as the recipients of handsome sums for
advertising, and the editors of those
papers are down in the list of lot own
ers in Bismarck. Thomas Hennessey,
who made the "bresk" from Raymond
in the Grand Forks delegation at Pierre,
received $ll72.60 for plumbing in the
capitol building. Alex Mckenzie and
George Walsh may be able to explain
the relationship between the "break''
and the capital plumbing.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-02-14
WIT AND HUMOR.
shylock-I will have my bond.
Portia-Not if it's Wabash,-Ruck.

Shylock-I will have my bond.
Portia-Not if it's Wabash.-Rck.
Our Pat says he prefers watermelon
to any other kind of fruit; the green
above the red ought to please an Irish
man, surely.-Bostom Courier.
"What is the silent partner of q
irma" asked a youngster of his faith
err: The silent partner is the one who,
when called upon for money, makes q
great deal of noise about putting it
up. '"'''.|
ats a cold day when I get left, u
observes the ice-cream man softly to
himself as he pours out another pan OF
skim milk and drops an extra lump OF
oleomargarine into the freezer.-Lo,u-
ell Citizen.
Horribly dry work. speechifying in
this weather" said a great orator last
week to a humble but gushing admirer.
':Dry!! returned the satellite, wishing
to overflow with wit, sit oughtn't to
be, dry, for I've been drinking in-every
word you uttered" 'Ah. indeed!"
replied the great one; "then I suppose
you've been making draught Of my
speech Punch " !
The boys tell asgood joke on Billy
Carter. While at the Moberly Fair he
was trotting Joe Stanhope in "a race
and lost the. first heat. Frank James
came to him and said: Garter, ]
have bet $500 on your horse. He can
win this race. ' Do you hearp He can
win this race" He won the next three
heats and the race.-Meztco (Ao.)
Ledger. +'"i. ~ a&' naI.
my husband is very little help to
me about the house." remarked. Mrs.
Smith to her friend. HE neve does
any of the marketing. He always for
sfie " d Gf5as any he Is 1 tpom WI" INV ni bns.
band" responded her friend sadly.
Sin what wayp" .Mr. Jones comes
home loaded every night" -Nev York
Graphie. ~.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-02-14
@THE Grand ForksPlaindealer-wbie

The Grand ForksP laindealer-which
blythe way appears to have recovered
from t'' its recent scorching-strikes at the
INrER.OcEAN editor in a recent issue. It
charges us with ~"defaming Dakota's
best friends.D This is rather loose Ian
sguaee. Our pen has never been used
3to defame any man. We have criticised
isppnublic1characters and borne down par.
5sticulaarly heavy upon the Plaindealer'.
spolitical friends. II would be inpos.
5sibleto anything that would bring
these men into any greater disrepauutee
than they have been brought BY then
own acts: We had hoped that The
sPlaindealer's recovery from the afectl