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Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-01-01
The 'sNotes from James town. Pedagogue.

We give below the Objectionable part
of the communication entitled "Notes
from jamestown" published IN the Pio-
neer Press of Dec. 18th, the authorship
| of which Mr.. Culver admits in his article
of vindictive but harmless ralllery against
the Alert and egotistical self alluslon
published III the Capital last Tuesday
evening. Further than this we do not
care to reply for his opinion of the Alert
or of its management IS matter Of su-
premc Indifference to us; and as to his
egotistical gush, he will probably be
ashamed of it when his friends of mature
mind pluck him to one side and kindly
whisper in his car that he would better
hereafter submit his effusions to the more
discreet judgment of his pupils before he
offers them for publication. The follow
ing IS the portion of the communication
we referred to last Sunday morning, and
as only a few in Jamestown saw it, while
| 1t was heralded to the ends of the earth
Though the Pioneer Press as coming
from citizen of Jamestown, we repro.
duce 1t that our readers may judge for
themselves whether it was unjust or not ::
Twenty five years hence old settlers will love
10 tell of the fall of S4 Such crops! Such prices!
and such tropical weather! Oh my 1t makes q
man tired these days to have to labor indoors and
behind storm windows, where he can sniff no
more Of the balmy ozone of the praires than comes
through two inch hole in the bottom of the win
dow SASH 1. is quite probable, however, that such
individuals will soon have cause to rejoice that
they are fixed for weather, now on the way here,
which makes the mercury crawl down into the
bulbs Of the thermometers. Then folks will dole
fully slap their purses and wish they had pssscs to
New Orleans. Now is the time when it makes the
farmer sad to stare in the face the stern fact that
though he raised an immense crop Of No. hard
he can't raise his fall crop Of mortgages, and per-
haps has to part with favoritc mule or second
! hand threshing machine. Wheat is 4S cents, and
though considerable is still coming in, tho who
can do SO are holding for better prices. The lnan
cial pressure is certainly heavy on good many
persons, though probably the general condition of
affairs is as good here as in any Dakota town.
Had it rot been for the failure of the First Nation
al bank, city and county finances would have been
in pretty good shape; as it is, they are in exceed
ngy poor condition, and at best the effects of the
| failure will be felt for considerable time. A
good many freely express dissatisfaction that no
proceedings have yet been instituted against the
! bondsmen of either treasurer and that few or no
steps have been taken to protect the credit Of city
and county, which must certainly suffer unless a
! few demonstrations, at least are soon made.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-01-01

The 9th, 10th, Ilth and 18th grades sit
in the high school room and reclte to Mr..
Culver and Superintendent C.emmer.
The intense cold of the last week of the
month reduced the number belonging
very much as with three SUCCESSIVE days
absence pupils name is stricken from
the list.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-01-01
FARMERS TO THE FRONT.
What the Farmers did at their Meeting
Saturday.

| At two O'Clock Saturday afterno IN
quite number of farmers and business
men had assembled at the south side
school house pursuant to notice and be-
fore the meeting adjourned the room was
filed to Its full capacity.
On motion +. II. Jones was appointed
permanent president and F. Is. Fancher
secretary.
Il. s. Russell suggested the organiza-
ton of an agricultural society and made
motion that the meeting proceed 10 or
ganize such an association.
G. II Clemmer offered as an amend
mcnt that committee be appointed to
draft constitution and bylaws to report
at next meeting.
Maj. Lyon sad he thought he had come
to a meeting 10 consider the matter of
railroad freights and means of reaching
the legislature on the subject and not to
organize an agricultural society.
W. II. Burke presented the memorial
of the farmers of Barnes county with q
request that the secretary read 1t to the
meeting which was done.
! Mr.. Burke then moved that the Barnes
county memorial be adopted as the sense
OF the meeting. This motion was Discus
sed bv Mr.. Greene, 3. S. Russell, A. W..
| D. Lewis and John McGinnis.
j. J. Fin. FIRED an amendment that
a committee OF s:.ree be appointed to re-
wise the memorial. which was accepted
and adopted.
Chair appointed j. j. Flint, Maj Lyon
and Mr.. Greene as the committc who
retired to consider the matter.
While this committee was out the sub-
ject of monopolles and wheat grading was
informally discussed by +. L. Fancher, j..
A. Atkinson and Il. $. Russell, after
which Mr.. Russell submitted the names
Of f. E. Jones, J. A. Atkinson, F. B
Fancher, J. w. Goodrich, A. Cunning
ham and John Gray as committee to
draft the constitution aud bylaws for y
Stutsman county agricultural society,
which were adopted.
While still waiting the report of the
committee on revision of the memoria.
! Rav. Hartman addressed the meeting,
counselling moderation IN speech AMI
publication but determination in action
saying he thought he could sec the tim :
when stalwart farmers would be seen tea
ing up the rails of the Northern Pacific
railroad, indu]glng in other n,hilist 2
sentiments which, however, were evident
ly not in accord with the sentiment #
the meeting as shown iy exhibitions Of
disapproval.
The committee on rcvisl IN Of the m;:-
mortal then reported by its chUrmol,
Mr.. Fllut, making few alterations n
the Barnes county memorial which W IS
adopted as amended.
On motion Messrs. Flint, Greene aid
Fancher were appointed to have he
amended memorial piintcd, to which
committee chairman Jones was On motion
added.
On suggestion of the chair a collccti !.
was taken up to luDrlcate the wheeis VI
the movement which resulted in the sum
of s5.25.
On motion adjourned t. meet again
next Saturday afternoon at one o'clock.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-01-01
TIE Fargo papers deprecate the war Of

TIE Fargo papers deprecate the war Of
words between the Sphinx county papers
since the recent imaginary riot, but con-
sole themselves IN the fact that both sides
'speak in the highest terms Of the Fargo
militia.' Yes, the boys deserve praise.
They harmed not man on either side,
and manifested so strong a desire for
peace, that women and children fell upon
their necks and wept for joy. A Sphinx
county roet is now engaged IN writing a
poem entitled. "Three Cheers for the
Fargo Guards" which Will end with a
"tiger" for the gallant Col. ..Tyner, whose
hands are also free from Sphinx county
gore.-Blsmarck Tribune.
From reports in.the .St..Paul papers it
seems that Col. Steele, member of the
legislature from Kidder county, is con-
ferring with the boards of trade at that
place, Minneapolis and Duluth with ref
erence to the subject of shipping rates
and wheat grading. He has in view joint
action by the legislature of this territory
and that of the state of Minnesota which
seems to be the most practical manner of
adjusting the questions involved.
The Valley City Democrat relates that
man bought two pigs last spring and
they now weigh $50 pounds, and are
worth $50. 1t says: About:a. week ago
he purchased at the mil. 00,pounds of
feed. Of this he has used about 100 lbs
And now he reports the hogs weighing
$50 pounds each. This at SIX cents a
pound would be. $50. The young pigs
cost him 81 each, the feed $125 a, hund-
red, a clear profit of over s20,o on his in.
vestment. Fresh pork retails here at l211a
cents, and salt pork at about the same.
Farmers do you see any money in raising
pork?
The farmers meeting to be he'd Satur-
day afternoon will probably be much
more largely attended than that of last
Saturday, and it Is likely more commo-
dious place for holding the meeting will
be secured than a room of the school
building. 1t is expected that an agr1cul-
tural society will be formed for Stutsman
county at the / next meeting Is we'll as
more definite action taken upon the sub
ject Of freights and wheat.grading.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-01-01

The Rev. ]. Y. Armstrong, rectF of
st. Phillips Episcopal church, Atlanta,
Georgia, is embarrassed on account Of the
rumor that he ISL. Wilkes. Booth, the as-
sassin of Abraham Lincoln. There is
considerable excitement over the matter.
The body of Both was said to have been
dissolved In quicklime and emptied into
the Potomac.river, but there has always
been more or less doubt about 1t. Ii the
body was SO disposed Of it was very
foolish thing because 1t left no means Of
clearing up any doubt about It. Itisvery
improbable, however, that Booth Is &C.
cupying ministerial or.any other posi-
tion among material things.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-01-01
Early Death.

The Foster County Gazette died a
"natural death' in Darlington, on Satur
day, DECEMBER 20, aged thirty-four weeks.
The demise of this promising" infant is
attributed to defective circulation"
aggravated by chronic general debility
and the feeble character Of the pabulum
furnished 5by wet-uurse Tanning, The
result was not unexpected by the commu-
nifty, and the shock to the feelings OF
sympathizing friends is moi so serious as
might otherwise been. The remains
have been taken to Jamestown for inter-
News
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-01-01

Arkansas is having freshet, fourteen
inches of water having fallen IN the vi
cinitv of Little Rock IN forty eight hours.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-01-01
Public School Report.

MONTH ENDING DEC. 10, 1854:
Whole number enrolled since Sep.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-12
The MOrayians of Pennsylvania

The Moravians of Bethlehem, Penn
| sylvania are musical people, and have
] been from the earliest days of the settle
| ment. Records of the celebration of
| Christmas in 1743, show that stringed
and brass instruments were used on that
occasion. In 1854 the trombone was in
troduced into the number of metallic
pieces played in public service 1t is
now employed Sin lieu of the passing
bell, to announce the death of church
members; to heighten the solemnities of
the burial service, and to 1mpart the
majesty of sound on high feasts and
holy days to the musical pharphernalia
of her Liturgy" Eight trombonists are
employed for these purposes.
Their services in connection with the
death and interment of church members
are singu!arly interesting. When a
Moravian leaves this world the trombon-
lists announce his departure by playing
three hymn tunes from the church steep!e.
Funeral solemnities are begun with a
service at the church, consisting of SER
mon, the reading of memoir OF the de-
ceased and the performance of dirge
by the choir. Then the friends pass out
and assemble in front of the "Corpse
House" from which the body is carried
at the head of the procession, followed
by the trombonists, who play as they
march, relatives and friends attending
behind them. All pass slowly up the
hill to the graveyard-"God's Acre." as
It is called in German. On reaching it,
the clergyman at the head, and the pro-
cession of relatives and friends surround
the grave. The rest of the congregation
form square at little distance from
the bereaved persons. Then a burial
litany is said, and hymn is sung to the
accompaniment of trombones. while the
body is reverently committed to the
grave. During the benediction the
brethren lift their hats. then all dis
perSe.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-12
Horses I'm Battle.

War horses when hit in battle, tremble
in every muscle and groan deeply, while
their eyes show deep establishment.
During the battle of Waterloo, some OF
the horses, as they lay on the ground.
having recovered from the first agony
of their wounds, fell to eating the
grass about them, thus surrounding
themselves with circle of bare ground,
the limited extent of which showed their
weakness. Others were observed quietly
grazing on the field, between the two
hostile lines, their riders having been
shot off their backs, and the balls fiy-
ing over their heads and the tumult
behind, before, and around them caused
no interruption to the usual instinct of
their nature. 1t was also observed that.
when a charge of cavalry went past near
to any of the stray horses already men,
toned, they would set off, form them
selves in the rear OF their mounted COM
panions, and, though without riders.
gallop strenuously along with the rest,
not stopping or finching when the fatal
shock with the enemy took place. At
the battle of Kirk, in 1745, Major Mac
donald, having endorsed an English
officer, took possession of his horse
which was very beautiful, and immedi-
ately mounted it. When the English
cavalry fed, the horse ran away with its
captor, notwithstanding all his efforts to
restrain him; nor did it stop until it was
at the head of the regiment of which
apparently its master was commander.
The melancholy, and at the same time
ludicrous figure which Macdonald pre-
scented when he saw himself the victim
of his ambition to possess fine horse,
which ultimately cost him his life upon
the scaffold, may be easily conceived.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-12
The Chain OF Great Lakes.

The surface of Lake Superior is about
$50 feet above tide, while its bed is 26C
feet below tide level. Lake Huron's
surface is fifty feet below that Of
Superior's and its bed is about on a
level with Superior's. The surface Of
Lake Michigan is 800 feet lower than
Lake Huron's and its bed is sunk a
corresponding distance to the level Of
the other two lakes. Lake Erie's sur
face is nearly as high as Lake Michigan's,
being Sos feet above tide. but its bed is
also above tide, being $50 feet higher
than the ocean level, consequently its
bed is two hundred and fifty feet higher
than those of the lakes above it. Lake
Ontarios surface is the lowest of all the
great lakes, being less than 500 feet
above tide, but its bed is $50 below the
ocean, or about the same level as Mich
igan, Huron, and Superior.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-12
GuiZOt's s::5::;? = 1F'rance

REDUCED IN COST from $500 to $780, or COM
pairing contents fairly from $40 so to $780, for the only
other American edition of GUIzoT comes down TO
The French ReUotiOn only, and is continued to Ma
pOeon III. by MARTIN and $40 so is the published
price of the two works. THIS ILLUSTRATED
LIBRARY EDITION covers from the earliest times to
1S4S is written by NJ GUIzoT Prime Minister of France
and completed from his notes by his daughter Madame
GUIzoT De WITT. 1t is published in volumes, small
octave printed from the type shown by these lines
tains the 426 Illustrations mostly full page of the
imported edition. is bound in tasteful Library style
dark green CLOTH beveled boards gilt tops. Price of the
set, only $500 by express, or. sent prepaid for $500
There Is only ONE ORA WBACK . it seems more
like getting a present than making purchase. Guzot
brilliant of French historians as the most
be relied upon He the acaulay of the history Frances
his style and treatment philosophical ddactic rich in
detail dramatic in arrangement His narrative is full of
emotion like quick stream his characters before us
in the flesh they and not historic lay figures
1t charming and the interest permanent
1t work to keep and read and reread for years Dom-
ion ChaFehman, Toronto Canada
I ENGLISH, at least original translated we have
NO YORK of French history that CAN APPROACH
AT We work that gives the complete history
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-12
The Banana Peel.

Europe is not acquainted with the
nuisance of banana peel thrown uron
the sidewalk. But she has substitute
for it in the orange peel; and in England
there have from time to time been pro-
posals to deal with this dangerous folly
in very severe fashion. Some few
years ago the well known traveller, Sir
John Vaudeville, was made to furnish a
most despotie sort of hint upon the SUBJ
ject. A quotation was given as from
his writings, setting forth what he saw
in the parts beyond India which merge
on the realms of Prester John. There,
he says, he came upon a city lying in
the midst of orange groves, of which
the fruit was very abundant. He abode
there many days in great ease, and
often refreshed himself with oranges,
But now, he says, hear a marvel. One
morning, as he looked from his window,
he beheld a woful wight led through
the street with a great company Of
folk at his heels, who with one voice
shouted "Toko Toxic r which in
their tongue signifeth death" ''When
IT, the traveller is made to continue,
"nothing doubling that he had wrought
some great wickedness, demanded of the
people what evil he had done, they
made answer one and all, HE is
guilty of death, for he hath thrown
orange peel on the pavement and
caused our High Priest to fall down
and break his leg
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-12
Away from Home.

Awork lately published at Rome gives
particulars concerning the number of
Italians living in foreign countries at
the end of 1881. At the head of the
list stands France, which, with Algeria
and the colonies, contained 274. 825, of
whom 21,577 are in Paris, 80, 693 in
Algeria, and 81, 661 in Marseilles. The
Argentine Republic, or La Plata, has
254, 1888, 1885 of whom live in
Buenos Ayres. Strange to say, the
United States has in its immense pop
ulation only 10000, of whom 20, 286
are in New York. The number in
Brazil is S2,196. Tn Austria and
Hungary there are 1855. of whom
Trieste has 16,2O2. In Switzerland
there are Al ,645, of whom 10, SOB are in
the canton of Ticino. In Uruguay,
10000: in Turkey, 1862; in Egypt,
16 302, most of whom live in Alexan-
dria. Only IA SGT find a home in the
British Isles and all the colonies, and
of these only 7,189 are in Great Britain
and ireland. Tunis has 11,1O6, Peru
about 10000 Spain $685., the German
empire 1906, of whom 1852 falls to
Prussia mot including Hesse-Nassau,
which has 1860. Then come Mexico
with 6, 103 Italians. Monaco with 8, 437,
and at last the Russian empire with
1888.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-12
THE OLD THEOLOGY.
Henry Ward Beecher has His Say on The
Subject.

Mr.. Beecher's Sunday sermon was
largely devoted to the controvertine
of the old theology, especially in its con-
ception of the nature of God and the
idea of the atonement. Below are given
some of the passages -
"The presentation of Christ as a
Saviour of sinners has been almost va
Gated by the false philosophy that has
been applied. The theory of mans sim
fulness has been the monarchical theory,
and governmental subterfuge has been
set up as mode of rescuing men who
have broken the law from that death
that was promised for its transgression,
and scheme of arrangement, scheme
OF atonement, scheme by which the
select few could be saved out of the
world, has been put in the place of a
living God. By total observation of
the nature of purity and perfection men
have been obliged to resort to theories of
divine government that have well nigh
overthrown Christianity in its primitive
power and in the luminousness which it
has intrinsically in itself"
''The grandest drama of creation the
long continued, bloodless but excruciat-
ing conflict between the animal and the
man that are conjoined for the wise pnr-
poses of the Creator-this, when we
shall look back upon it from the other
life, W II be the war of all wars"
"God is not marble statue. God is
not an iceberg. God is not critic. Nor
is He mathematical judge, demanding
that every figure be right, or the whole
sum is wrong. Oh, no.
"Sinlessness is the fountain of mercy,
1t is the ground and reason, in and of
its own nature, why sinful men may
trust God-because He is sinless."
'The old scholastic theology, founded
on arbitrary governments, said that God
sat as the conservator of law and justice
and purity, and looked with adherence
creation lay before Him damned, because
men were SHINING more than they were
obedient, and on the whole it produced
a spectre of God as gaunt as the bones
OF the old picture of death-a rel ent-
less God that was to punish all in
iquity."
"The want of tenderness in this bare
bones of God created the heart out of
which sprung the conception of the
Virgin Mary. A true view of God would
never have made that necessary. They
made her kind of buttress of God, rep
resenting the element of love and mercy
in Him.
CHOW, don't ask me whether despise
the atonement. I believe in it thoroughly,
gloriously. But my atonement is no
scholastic Pigment no machinery stuck
on. My atonement lives in the heart of
God Almighty"
"I am not one of those that believe
that probation terminates at death. By
great deal / don't. 1t is the greatest
miracle of creation if death makes all
even. If heaven receives into its bosom
all thosewho are not developed in this life,
but are on the way to it, what muddy
DlaoA il must he Z"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-12
An Editors Room.

The Paper World thus describes the
editorial room of Harper's Ndgazine.
1t is a corner front room on the fourth
floor of the Harper building upon Pearl
street overlooking the tracks of the ele-
waited railroad, and giving the occupant,
with some difficulty, view of the Brook
lyn bridge. The room is about eight
feet square and has one window, with no
suitable place for another one. A small
desk, plain and unpretentious, and made
before the present fashions in furniture
were known, an editorial chair with but
little elbow room for its occupant; the
portrait of Charles Reade hanging over
the desk, bequest of that author to
Messrs. Harper & Brothers; few books
and one chair for the accommodation of
a visitor, comprises the furnishings of
the room and fill it so full that there is
not space i'll which fresh cobweb may
grow to any notable size, the old ones
having long since pre-empted all availa-
BILE spaces for the hanging of such webs.
The peculiar arrangement of the furni-
ture and fixtures is such that visitor,
before being seated even, becomes pain
fully aware of the fact that this is a place
where there is room fer only one bore at
a time. Fortunate arrangement. Happy
editor
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-12
Divorce Easy in California.

The San Francisco Chronicle saws
During the past year more divorces
have been granted in the Superior
Courts of this county than for any of
the five years preceding it. Since 1878
the divorces granted in San Francisco
have been continually on the increase.
and, as the record shows, if they con.
tinue to augment in the same ratio.
this city will soon rival Chicago in its
fame for sundering the solemn bands
of matrimony. During 1884 the Su.
perior Judges rendered 1872 DEGREES of
divorce, thus allowing 1874 people to
again enter upon a search for a con-
genial spirit. This number is an in
caease of 30 over 1888 and 26 more than
the number granted in the previous
year. In 1881 there We're 1858 divorces.
in 1880, 1888 and in 1879 only 1928
couples were separated. Desertion
seems TO be the most prevalent assigned
cause of divorce. although intemper-
ance, cruelty, and failure to provide
also figure prominently, while conyic-
ton of felony is given as the ground
OF action in several cases. The prin-
ciple of women's rights seems to have
permeated the women of this community
for of the 1872 divorces granted a IarSe
majority were ostensibly for the benfife
of the weaker half.