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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-11-27
Running Dialect Stories into the
Ground.

For few years past there has been
an increasing amount OF pseudo-negro
literature in this country-Mr. Cables
novels, Uncle Remus's stories and
proverbs, the Lime Kiln Clubs proceed.
ings, Miss ("Craddock") Murfree's
tales, and the illusions OF other writ.
ers who have made q speciality OF
studying negro dialect. At the best,
the corrupt language used by the ne
groes has not much interest to the
philologian, and to the general reader
it is tedious. Our American writer's
have introduced enough OF it into
their books to preserve it for the curl
GUS OF other genefations who may
wish to know how the negro used to
talk before he Was educated. The
number of such curious inuuirers will
be very small-so small, indeed, as to
make it doubtful whether it be worth
while for the contemporary writer's to
report the negro dialect so carefully.
IT our own people merely yawn when
some. expert rises up to accuse Mr..
Cable of not always giving an accur.
ate representation of this or that ne.
gro expression, what will posterity do?
Who cares whether Miss Murfree puts
just such phrases into the. mouths OF
her i]literate white or black Tennes.
scans as they Actually use? 70 useit
seems a confession Of lack Of magma
tive and creative power when an au-
thor depends SO much upon local color
and hunts up specimens Of ungram1n;vt-
lcal speakers in out-of the-way localiti-
ties. A little dialect goes great way,
especially where it has nothing but SIS
corruptness to recommend it. %tS x
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-11-27

form the resolution to make the day
q happy one to a fellow creature. It
is easily done; a left-of garment to
the man that needs it; kind word to
the sorrowful, an encouraging express
sion.to the striving trifles in them
selves as light as air-will do at least
for the twenty-four hours. And ifyou
are young, depend upon it, it will tell
when you are old; and if.you arc old,
rest assured it will send you gently
and happily down the stream Of time
to eternity. BY the most simple
arithmetical sum, look at the result.
If you send one person away happily
through: the day, there is, three hun
dred and sixty-tive' in the course Of a
year. And suppose you live forty
years only after you commence that
course of medicine, you have made
IA, 600 persons happy-at all events
for time
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-11-27
Glover the. Great Restorer.
American Rural Home.

American Rural Home.
In many sections of the country
clover has long been considered the
king of green manures-the great re-
storer of fertility on over-cropped
worn out lands. An Ohio farmer
AYERS that hundreds of farms-and he
might truly have said thousands and
myriads- were about worthless
have been rescued from dilapidation
and ruin by clovering. 1t is an accept
ed truism. that as long as ''clover will
CATCH" the farm can soon be restored
to paying fertility, and by good ro-
tation is even getting more productive
and profitable; for alter some years of
such treatment the land will bear
harder farming-that is, two or three
crops may succeed a good crop OF
clover before laying down to clover
again. Rough, new land should be
subdued by the use Of large clover.
Nothing SO effectually ,rots out stumps
and kills weeds and sprouts, and pre-
pares the land for the plow and good
paying crops.
Wild, new lands should always have
it sown on the first grain crop put
down. 1t saves vast amount of
labor, for in few years it so tames
the ground and clears it of enemies to
the plow that it works like old ground
and is good for full crops. One great
error is often fallen into, and that is
following the old tradition that a
bushel Of clover seed will do for eight
acres. That mag have been enough
to clover land partially when it was
new, but whoever aims at getting up
his land in a. speedy and profitable
way should SOW 9 bushel on four
acres, SO that his land may be thor
oughly shaded.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-11-27
Different Ways in Which People
Face a Trying Ordeal.
Denver Tribune-R Republican.

Denver Tribune Republican,.
els the extraction Of teeth as great a
horror as it used to be-" asked q re-
porter of g. Denver dentist.
"Well," he sid, "there doesn't seem
to be much change. Theidea, which is
worse than the thing itself, will always
contain untold horrors for those who
are very nervous, and the prospect
can scarcely be expected to bepleasing
even to the most phleglnatic tenpera-
ment."
"Who are the most heroic in this
particular"
Women, in every instance, particu-
larry invalids. You see, women are
accustomed to the endurance of con-
siderable more pain than the world
ever dreams Of, and frail, delicate crea-
lures sit down and have two or three
teeth pulled out without murmuring.
The more emontional ones usually
look inexpressible gratitude at the
dentist when it is all over and exclaim
eloquent1y as to their relief. Others
say nothing, although their faces show
that they are glad. enough to be rid OF
the troublesome members"
"Who are your most refractory
cases?"
"Great healthy men, who have
never suffered an ache or a pain in
their lives. They fdget and swear and
below when they are touched, and
usually about the time the dentist is
ready to operate they conclude sud-
denly that they will suffer it out yet
awhile, and that it is not necessary to
have anything done. They are per-
feet babies about their teeth, and
never seem to think it worth while to
disguise their fear. When accom-
panied by wives and sisters they are
often laughed at for their cowardice,
but they never change countenance.
They act as if they were going to be
hanged"
mo, sir, it is not the women and
children who make the trouble in this
business. 1t is the men. Great,
strong, hearty creatures who ought to
be ashamed Of themselves. There
comes one of them now. Just look at
him. He looks as if he had lost every
friend IN the world. He will begin by
giving the detailed ailments of his
teeth, and the vicissitudes through
which he has passed with other opera
tors, and will begin by dosing him up
with ether and closing him up. He 8
not troubled with nerves. It won't
hurt him."
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MIR. Mudge's Trouble.
From the True Flag.


Some years ago, when the writer was
a reporter, it devolved on him to write
for the same edition an account ofthe
presentation of a gold-headed cane to
the Rev. Mr.. Nudge, the clergyman of
the place, and description of q new
hog-killing machine that had just been
in operation at the factory. Now what
made the Rev. Mr.. Nudge mad was
this: The inconsiderate compositor
who made up the forms got the two
accounts mixed up in a frightful man
ner, and when it went to press some.
thing like this was the appalling result:
"Some Of the Rev. Mr.. Mudge's
friends called on him recently, and,
after a brief consultation, the unsus-
pecting hog was seized by the hind legs
and slid along the beam until it reach,
ed the hot-warer tank. Hisfriends ex-
planned the object of the visit; and pre-
sented him with a gold butcher,
who grabbed him by the tail and swung
HIM around, and in less than a minute
the carcass was in hot water. There
fore he came forward, and said there
were times when the feelings over
powered one and for that reason he
could not do more than to att empt to
thank those around him for the man
ner in which such all animal was cut
into fragments was astonishing The
doctor concluded his remarks, the ma
chine seized him; and in less time than
it takes to write it, the hog was cut in
to fragments, and worked into deli
cious sausages. The occasion will be re-
membered by the doctors friends as
one Of the most pleasant of their lives.
The best pieces can, be obtained Tor
seven cents a pound, and we are sure
? those who sat under his ministry will
rejoice to hear that he has been SO
handsomely treated a.~ - ~ l..
). Mad! Well, about 9 o'clock that
morning the office had been aband oned
by every man but the advertising
clerk, and he assembled to the roof. 80
that he could see the Clergyman tear.
ing around DOM in the street with his
congregation all wearing the panoply
Of war, and carrying stout cudgels and
other things. The next day we apollo
gized, but. the doctor stopped his
paper. q S j. .s q.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-11-27

articles with which j was to s'easily
and pleasantly earn ten dollars a day. :
In return came two dozen boxes oi
indigo, powdered and put up in small
tin boxes, with perforated tops. For
this ''useful and valuable article in
daily demand" as the advertisement
read, l was to ask twenty cents a box,
and was told that ] could easily sell
one hundred q day if I was "bright
and smart" - /
A printed circular outlined my meth
cd of procedure for me. thread, "Cal]
at every house III your city, ring the
bell, ask for the lady OF the house, and
say, PLEASANTLY
II am introducing new and useful
article, madam, the merits of which,
etc. Call also at stores and offices.
Gentlemen will gladly purchase the ar.
ticle for their wives" e., p
= So / started out. At the first house
I rang the bell; q saucy-looking girl
came to the door.
"Good-day, miss" said. Ills the
lady of the house IMP"
eyes, she is, an she's goin' to stay
ln--ln her room, an we don't want
nothin'' an none o. yer sass, an you
clear Quit" a..
All this without stopping to breathe,
and then the door was slammed in my
face. ~.
At the next house woman came to
the door, who was, I felt sure, the
lady of the house.
"Good-day, MADAME I said. ~
am introducing a.
Introduce it some place else then,'
she said sharply, and I had to step
back quickly to keep from having my
head caught in the door.
Failure number two, I said, trying
to be cheerful.
| was ascending the steps of the
third house when a window overhead
was raised, and shrill female voice
cried OUT
"Clear out! If you come up any
higher, I'll dump this bucket OF water
on you! know what you've got in
that box. and we don't want none OF
it whatever it u.s. Put out now!"
I put out" sadly enough. Then ]
tried ad Office. Approaching the desk
W eV WHY O1ClAO~AOOhuIs OAA SClll lGl1lduj
I said.
"Sir, 1 an introducing" -"Introduce
yourself toward the door, and see what
you read there'
read on aplacard Ihad overlooked
coming in, "Pedlers and agents keep
out Of here"
Isaw a woman washing in the back
yard, and thought my patent bluine
might interest her.
"Good-day, madam" I said, 81 am
introducing a useful article for ladies
who do their own Washing"
''Be aft wild ye!" cried an unmistak.
able Irish voice. II don't set meseli
up to be a lady, but Pm dacent
woman, jest the same, but I don't
want none O. yer ould stuff, 50 be aft
wild ye!''
l went home, gave my mother the
bluing, set the teeth of my old saw
and my own teeth firmly against oil
kinds Of canvassing, and went out
saving wood for a month. That was
much easier and tar pleasanter than
canvassing, if J. didn't make ten dol
lars a day at it.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-11-27
" How to Make Choap Pork,

/. Is
=. Iffarmers only knew the difference
in cost of6&pork7 producsd: during the
E5pleasant ,gautumn Weather and that
made during the winter months, we
should have less late feeding of hogs.
1t has be-, shown time and again that
with mercury below zero it is difficult
to make hogs GAIN at all. 1 have made
it a rule for many years to begin feed
ing early, at least 50 soon as new corn
reaches the roasting-ear stage and the
first green corn fed we cut up and give
stalk and all, for the hogs will at this
stage eat husk, cob, and O. good part
Of, the stalk and blade, and as the corn
gradually natures the transition'from
pasture to corn is natural and easy.
1T is unsafe to ALLOW cattle to run in.
the field where hogs are fed green corn
as they chew the husk and reject the
fibers and these "cuds' are often eat
en- by the cattle, are indigestible and
produce impaction of the stomach and
death. I opened e. COW that died from
this cause andsf found the stomach full
Of dry hard fibres.l&s .f> ~
We feed moderately at first, gradu-
ally increasing so as to get the hogs on
full feed by the time the corn is ripe.
Aside from the fact that it requires
mueh less food to produce q pound Of
pork lin warm than in cold weather,
there is the:further advantage of hav-
ing yo,lrsstpek ready early, to- enable
YOU TO take advantage ofgood prices.
I have often known farmers to sell
hogs in October for more than they
would have brought if fed two months
longer. There, is no question that the
cheapest pork is made from young
animals and the best way to feed a
pig is to keep in gaining rapidly from
the start. This has. been demon
Btrated repent dly.s One experiment
conducted at the Michigan Agricultur-
al College, was continued for twenty
weeks, divided into five equal perio ds.1
During the first four weeks it required
s3.8l ID. of meal to make pound Of
gain in live weight. the pigs being two
5months old when the experiment. be.
gan. The second period, 4. lbs.;.
third, 4.22 lbs; iourth, 5.24, lbs;
fifth, 5.98 lbs. Other experiments at
the same school showed practically
the same results.
Front long experience Ia thescare Of.
hogs 4 'deduce the following a. the re-
dtlisites 81, pro- ita BILE pork making. ].
Good stock. Coed careT which inn.
plies intel igencs md humanity ia.
treat rnel1t, and hat ttlle Pigs be kept
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-11-27
THE FARM AND FIRESIDE,
Some Recipes.

= - :
MoLEs, To remove these, seat the
patient ii q clear, strong sunlight.
With q sin-glass, costing from ST. so
TO IS, brings the concentrated rays Of
the sun to bear On the excrescence for
tive Or ten minutes. In three or four
y weeks the mole will scale of and q new
skin come on. II the mole should not
be entirely removed by the first appli-
:ationArepeat. No scar will be left.
This is vouched for by . physician
who hiss tried 10 repeatedly. 80
LEMONS FOR MALARIA. DIR. Crud-
ELI. of Rome, gives tho following d.
rections for preparing a remedy for
malaria which may be worth trying,
as it is said to have proved efficacious
when quinine has given no. relief. Cut
up q lemon, peel and pulp, in, thin
slices, and boil it in pint and d hall
OF water until it is reduced to half a
pint. Strain through linen cloth,
squeezing the remains of the boiled
demon, and set it aside until cold.
The entire liquid is taken fasting.
My Remedy for 1ndigestion.-I had
dyspepsia so bad that / lost 25 lbs. in
about three months. Take rennet, as
prepared for making cheese, cut off a
piece OF the dried two inches square, or
about that, and soak it in q gill of
water with 1-2 teaspoonful OF, salt.
Soak 1t haitian hour before meal; and
drink itsotf, ten minutes after. eating.
Eat meals regular; thing between
meals, and not too full Meals it is. a
lack 6of gastric juice, and the rennet
acts as q substitute I only took it
about ten days, then had not occasion
to take it again for six months. A
great many of my friends, and stran-
gers have given the remedy have been
ouredSbyit.8 3s[$ = i<$& D.. 7 = T
Eco PIE.--Good for dinner and in
stead OF meat. Make two very thin
cakes OF Indian meal, flour and soda,
lust as for any corn bread, and wet it
with sour milk, and bake them in a
quick oven. Make q gravy OF one tea
spoonful Of butter, the same OF flour,
g cup of milk, and salt and pepper.
When it is boiling, drop in cold, sliced,
hard-boiled eggs; leave them in long
enough to heat, but don't let them
boil up or thoy will fall to pieces.
Butter one of tho hot Indian cakes,
lay it in q round pan or dish, pour on
the gravy and eggs, and lay on the
other cake, buttering it on the top and
sprlnkling on pepper and salt.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-11-27
Farming News.

IF every man and woman doing bust
ness would refuse to put their names
to paper that would not stand the
scrutiny Of their lawyers, banker, or
OF other responsible. person with whom
they ordinarily do business, the vocs.-
ton of the swindler and the confidence
man would be well-nigh gone It is the
man and woman in whom cupidity
combined with ignorance lead them
astray who are swindled by impostors.
Readers OF flash newspapers and other
iow-class literature are the victims. .
Sweet corn fodder should be cut as
soon rs the tassel becomes dry As it
is full OF sweet sap and gum, it requires
long and slow curing. The fodder
should stay ON the ground exposedgto
the sun for a.whole day, and should
be tied in small bundles in the evening.
These are set up in shocks and bound
atthe top, and left three orfour weeks
in the field to cure. Then the outer
bundles are put into larger stacks
with the inner ones outside, or they
are stacked in covered barracks for
Use in the winter.
BUcKwuEAr FOR HORSE FEED
Buckwheat has nearly the same chem
ical character as oats, and should
therefore be q good feed for horses. In
some places where good horses are
very common, Us in Eastern Pennsyl-
vania, the usual horse feed is equal
parts Of corn, rye and buckwheat fine
~ ground together. The writer has fed
a good deal of buckwheat the past few
months to a saddle horse, and it has
kept in excellent condition and has
gore in ono week 1875 miles, doing SO
miles in II hours the last day, with
out much loss of flesh and no evidence
OF fatigue. At its common market
price it is about twice the value of
outs, weighing SO pounds the bushel,
against 81 or less for oats:fsg -.t7's
The Wisconsin Elk pertinent Station
reports bran from the roIler-milling
process to be richer in the valuable
protein than that from the old pro-
cess, about IT g per centaing the form
er against l4.8 per cent in the latter;
but it is correspondingly poorer in
starchy matters, or nitrosen-free ex-
tract, there being about 61.5 per cent
in the one, against 66.1 per cent in
the other. Since the starchy matters
are sufficiently abundant in the hay,
roots and other crude folders pro
duced on the farm, while protein. or
the albuminoids il the most valuable
constituent, as a general thing, ofpur-
chased feeding stuffs, this difference in
favor Of the new-process bran is I'M
portaglt to farmers Itissstated that
their experience with it in feeding has
been favorable.
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!, The Queen Of Italy.
From the Boston Home Journal.

From the Boston Home Journal.
The King and Queen of Italy are the
most republican of all the monarchs
of Europe in their manners and habits
Of life, driving through the streets Of
Rome without attendants, desiring OF
all things, to get rid OF that stiffness
and GOODNESS of a court, conversine
freely with the ladies and gentlemen Of
their household; and yet, when it comes
to presentation, there is, Of course,
the inevitable and certain laws of Ell.
quette to be observed. The grand
room of the Quirinal, where the pre-.
sentation takes place, is hung with
priceless tapestries, and these are set
in frames OF gold. The carpet is O.
scarlet velvet, and the sofa is pale blue
brocade. The presentees are allowed
to sit until the Queen enters, and to
look around at the royal magnifcence.
Two or three ladies-in-w Waiting, covered
with diamonds, stand like statues dur.
ing the time which elaspes before the
Queen enters, and it is only by seeing
them courtesy low that presentees
know that the Queen is before them
q short figure, exquisitely graceful, with
an abundance offair hair O. very Ameri.
can face, q smile of great frequency
and rare sweetness, and deprecatine
motion of the hand, as if Marguerite
of2Savoy would get rid Of her greatness
if she could. All rise and courtesy
deeply. She has something appropri.
ate to say to each one. Her memory
and her queenly courtesy arc wonderful!
She speaks all]anguages fuently and
addresses each personin his or her OWE
tongue. After leaving the ladies she
goes into the next room to- speak tc
each one Of the sixty gentlemen, AND
the same tact is, exhibited At re.
cent drawing room the Queen wore 8
court robe Of dark olive green velvet
embroidered with steel over a petticoat
of white, satin mbro idered sin~ steel, 9
pink feather in erhair and pink feath.
ers on one shoulder. Around her neck
and reaching to her waist, were eight
rows of magnificent. pearls, each as
large as q cranberry-the famous pearls
Of Savoy. which were gwen to her By
Victor En1ia nnel and which she Sc
dearly prizes. They say she is super.
stltlons about them, and once wher
they were supposed to be lost, and thu
King was shot at about the same time
she connected the two events. How
ever, they are all safe now, and adorn
ed her beautiful neck, together With s
necklace of diamonds, and diamond
marguerites sparkled il her HAN.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-11-27

An exchange says that day by day
the impressiongrows, being warranted
by facts, that business isimproving,
It is seen in every depar tment Of trade
and is now almost universally felt and
acknowledged. Such being the case,
the future has bright er aspect than
for q long time past. Now, keep the
ball moving but be- careful not to
send it beyond reasonable limits.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-11-27

being when hogs are wanted to con-
sumo clover or to follow cattle. 4. By
q judicious uss OF grass and other
green or bulky food the cost of porAA
can be reduced. s. A greater gain can
be made id a given time by feeding
slop from mill feed in connection with
corn than fromcorn alone. 8. 1t costs
much less to make a given weight Of
pork in warm than in cold weather.
WALDO F. Brown. in N. Y. Tribune.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-11-27

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