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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-08
Sharon.

RICHARD l.. MosHER and family have re-
turned from Nashua, \. H., where they
went to spend the winter. The shop in
which Mr.. Mosher worked was recently
burned, hence their return to their old
home. - Nathan A. Heath commenced
the winter term of school in the village on
Monday. - C.. f. Jones has gone to
Bellows Falls for the winter, having found
desirable situation there - On Sun
day morning last the thermometer stood
fifteen degrees below zero. - Mrs.
Annie NJ. Billings has returned to Perkins
vile.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-07-01

b | a.H. 90.
The Stockgrowerss Journal advocates
the creation OF, the Office of chief stock
inspector; a proposition that we think
will meet favorable consideration at the
hands Of the legislature. The inspectors
are new under: the direct authority of
the stock commissioners; a body of men
selected more for their business ability
or their standing among cowmen than
for their ability as officers or command
ers of a body Of men whose duty it is to
see that laws are obeyed. In other
words a man who would make q Arst-class
commissioner, might be the poorest man
in the country to organize a raid on a
gang of Horse thieves. The Montana
stock inspectors are very able body of
men, whose werk has given eminent sat-
isfaction, butSwe certainly think their
efficiency could beiargely increased by
being in charge Of one competent man
who has made a record of. his ability on
dealing with yiolatos Of the law.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-07-01
and the entire foreign body was techni-
cally known as Colts revolver. These
eases were very common in Colorado and
the mortality resulting from them was
considerable.-[Dr. G. P. Reynolds.
Life on the Range.

Your outfit, or bed, clothing or equip
ments, will cost you about half your
earnings, and if you smoke freely and do
not try to same your money, the end Of
the season will leave you neither richer:
nor poorer. You will often have a wet;
bed, and thank heaven for getting to 1t,
wet as it is. You will always be up be-
fore daylight, and generally two hours
out Of the night as WE'LL you will, eat
,rsa food-syerythin: Fried In lard;
), aYill be in the saaaie Ham twelve 70
eighteen hours every day; you will often
suffer for the want Of food and water
during long days work in het sun; you
will expose yourself to some peril sof life
and more Of limb; you will be for much
Of the time as absolutely cut off from the
civilized world as if you were only a YES
sci in mid-ocAan. You will vow three
times day that when you strike the
ranch again you will quit, You will be
sore and bruiseds cold at night, and
scorched by day, wet to the skin one;
hour and parched with thirst the next,
and for the rest oftyour life you will look
back to your life on the range, with long
ing thoughts of it's charms. Very few
men are rich enough to indulge the taste
for riding by keeping more than two
saddle horses. A 'puncher' often rides a
dozen, and does much of his work at fdll
run. He breathes the finest air on earth,
eats beef as freely as an ordinary work
ingman eats cabbage and potatoes, and
fancies the class to which he belongs
are the aristocracy of labor. He Is gen.
erous, always quick to appreciate pluck
and kindness in others, chivalrous to the
few women he,sees, ever ready to help
hang a horse thief, and undergoes more
hardship and danger than dozen SOL
diers.-[San Francisco Chronicle. .ss.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-07-01
- 3. Z - ~

"spearish," one Of the Maltese, Cross
horses took trip Tuesday evening that
may shorten his days considerably. He
jerked away from his rider, Mike soitz,
and ran along the railroad track to- the
approach of the bridge. Here. he tripped
on his rope and as he was going at full
speed, q aomersault off the approach was
the result. He lit square on his back on
the ground beneath, a distance Of over
twenty feet. He was Immediately rid.
den to the ranch and apparently did not
suffer much from his fall.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-07-01

Some Of tile Texas drives are in a bad
fix at present. There.is not enough grass
and water on the trail provided by Con-
grass and new trails are being sought.
To this the neighboring cowmen are
naturally objscting. They will even
prevent driving on new trail by force
of arme. One Of the Hashknife drives
under charge Of Col. Simpson was stop
ped near Springer, New Mexico, and
there was no way out Of the difficulty ex-
cept to ship. The cattle were in poor
condition when started and the delay on
the road is likely to be serious. s5
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-07-01

We have received several letters lately
from persons interested in the tax suit
between Stark and Billings counties.
Briefly, the matter stands as follows
AT the last session of the Dakota legis-
lature, bill was passed, authorizing
any organized county to tax for all pur-
poses, adjacent unorganized counties.
Also it gave authority to the organized
county to tax any unorganized county
which was nearer to it than to any other
organized county. Under this law, Stark
county assessed and taxed Billings coun-
tY before we were organized The tax
amounted to nearly thirteen mills .ef
which. three mills was territorial tax.
All the rest was for school, bridge and
road taxes &c., for Stark county. Our
taxpayers readily conceded the Justice
of the territorial tax and have stood
really, at any and all times to pay it, if
it could have been separated from the
other subjects for taxation under the
bill. They can in no wise, however, see
the justice of being taxed to pay for the
schools, roads or bridges Of Stark county.
Naturally our taxpayers, seeing the un-
justice of the law, refused to pay the
tax. Stark county, being authorized by
the law, as naturally took measures to
collect the tax. Our citizens then met
and decided to fight the collection and ap.
pointed T. r. Selmess of Mandan as at
torney. Mr.. Selmes gave his opinion
that tile law was unconstitutional and
had an injunction issued on Stark coun-
ty, restraining the further collection OF
taxes from Billings until the constitu-
tionality of the law could be- decided by
the courts. This is the present status Of
the matter. Stark county has given
every evidence Of desiring fair play and
will readily acquiesce in the. decision
which we confidently believe will be
adverse to the constitutionality Of the
law. The case will come up at the Au-
gust term of the circuit court and No
matter which side wins, it will doubtless
be appealed. 1t can then come before
the supreme court in October in Dead.
wood or in November in Bismarck. We
Edo not think that the case will then be
appealed to the supreme court of the
United States, as the territorial supreme
court undoubtedly has sufficient jurisdic'
tion over the acts Of Dakota Legislature
We will keep our readers constantly in
formed II any new points in the cast
that may arise. ,5s,s'I>s :Ia;,as s ~;
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-07-01

Beginning to-day and lasting for three
days, DEVILS Lake will treat itself to a
blooded stock show. The tributary coun-
try, has probably been filled up more
rapidly with pure blood stock than any
corresponding district in the west. Many
wealthy farmers have gone extensively
into the business of raising blooded cat
tie and J. J. HilPs liberality has put
pure bred animals upon almost farmers
land. 1t will probably be as fine stock
show as the northwest has yet seen.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-07-01

J. A. Van Esghen anu Joe McCoul re-
turned yesterday from their western trip
after horses. Van" bought between
two and three hundred mostly mares and
Joe about twenty. The horses are of all
kinds and few of them are for. sale.
They were; bought in Bsayerhead Co.
Montana. on the Idaho line and have
been on the trail for six weeks. There
was good feed and water the last Of the way
and they arrived here in better condition
than when they started. S., $ III I
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-07-01

The roundup on Reynolds Bros. range
only lasted three days. 1t was under
stood that it was to extend to the Big
Missouri III necessary. There are un-
doubte,lly. some cattle in that district
which havgneyer-be rounded up and
it would be advantageous for our regular
roundup No. 6 to have this territory in
cluded in its boundaries.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-07-01
STOCK NOTES.

The following are the latest cattle
quotations in the Chicago market: 4.
Prime Beeves. |. 4. i. Y. (. :. 1856 a $50
Choice to fancy shipping, s5.25 @ $40
Good to choice shipping. .s4.60 q $50
Common to good shipping. $3.50 @ 4.70
Poor to medium steers, ..$$4.65 q 500
Dist'rry steers, $50 to / 800, $3.50 q 561
Corn-fed Texans, "a. $3.50 q ;4.9O
Grass-fed Texans, -. !. 8. $500 q s.4O
Fair to choice native cows, $2.75 q 3.75
Inferior to medium cows. .s1.s5 q 2.7O
Poor to choice bulls. !. :. $$2,25 q 3.65
Stockers, $50 to 800 lbs,. I. $3.50 q 800
Feeders, 800 to !, $50 lbs, sS..75 q 4.75
AIilch cows, ~ head $4,000 q 1000
Veal calves I. !. y. /. 4. 80 a 600
Western range cattle. /. !. lis d 4.20
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-07-01

Of all the states and territories in the
Union, only California and Texas have a
greater area than Dakota. Texas has
26s, ,2s0, California has 155, ,aso and Oak
ota has 147,700 square miles Dakota is
moro than 2,46O times as large as the
district Of Columbia Wiaclfsiias only
sixty square miles. = :.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-07-01

Grass is growing as we'll as it has this
year since the first week or two it started.
This does not mean an abundance of
hay, but with good deal of rustling, it
probably means that enough can be So
cured to feed few horses and cows on
each ranch. -.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-07-01

The Chicago correspondent of the Tex
as L: S. journal, estimates that there
will be 325,ooo Texas and 100000 north
western cattle on the Chicago market
this year. Last year there were nearly
100000 Texans and few over 100000
from the northwest. 1884 saw the larg-
est shipment. there being thsn 35s, s,374
from Texas and S31,s79 from the north
west, n
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-07-01

There are In the United States, 14,16O
newspapers. In Canada and Newfound-
land, there are $780,, OF those in the
United States, New York state has the
most, 1877. Dakota has 309; Nevada the
fewest Of the states, 2s, and Indian Ter
ritory, the fewest Of the territories, six.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-07-01
FOR SALE.

The Richardton double r. herd, con.
sisting Of: 81
Two full-blood Hereford bulls,
seven.threezfeurths blood, asag Here.
ford Bulls, N5 =
a., Sixty cows,
Thirty, half Hereford two-year-olds,
J. Forty. half Hereford yearlings,
Sixty new calves. ,-.>l. '' !:
Apply to-.
ADoLPH NoRDBERG, Agent,
:Richardton,
t--.5. ,. Oak.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-07-01

The Ref. Car Co. has so lar gathered
about $500 of the 1890 steers turned
loose last season. AS all Of the eastern
and southern and one or two of the
western round-ups are yet to be heard
from, the figures indicate that almost all
will be gathered.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-07-01
9Stray,eGd,l

On June 10th. from Dickinson; . dark
chestnut Oregon pony. weighing about
$50 pounds. He had long picket rope
whom last seen. Branded inverted open
"a (thusY) on left hip. About sig years
old. Ten dollars reward for recovery.
Address.
D. WOODWARD.
ss,s n Dickinson, Dak.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-07-01

As an outgrowth Of the discussion
relative to putting in stock-yards In St.
Paul, the yards at Minnesota Transfer
will be enlarged and hotel built.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-04-09

Last summer a dog owned by gen.
tleman in New Jersey broke his leg. A
doctor who was visiting in the place set
the leg and cared for the dog until he
was entirely well. The doctor went
away, and has not met the dog from
that time until a few days ago when he
was driving through the village. He
saw the dog, who came up to the car
riage and recognized the doctor at once,
although he had not spoken. The dog
showed the widest joy, barking and
jumping about the carriage, even fol-
lowing it for some distance. l wonder
if dogs ever forget to be grateful?-
Christian Union.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-04-09
INSPIRATIONS TUMBLE.
What the Inspiration Of the Moment Wi
DO for . Young Man.

What the Inspiration Of the Moment viii
DO for . Young Man.
Let me tell you, my son, what the
''inspiration of the moment" will do for
you. 1t will thrill you to your very
soul. 1t will make your heart beat
high and your brain whirl in q very
maelstrom Of eager excitement; it will
burn and throb with earnest thoughts
noble ideas, generous impulses
nightly born of, the great occasion,
of the lights, the music, the applauding
multitude. until your very being quiv-
ers with the life of the pent-up elo-
quence that is struggling to escape.
And right there the ''inspiration of the
moment" will leave you. Right there
the thrilling and the throbbing and the
whirling and the burning and the quiv-
ering eloquencc will 60 on, and Keep
going on but it won't come out. You
will have all the glowing colors there,
and if you knew how to lay them on
the canvas you could paint picture
that would live in mem hearts for GEN.
turtles. You have only saw about a
ShOuSdhu WOiucs anu IL YOU DIV SAY
the right ones and say them in the
proper order, they will be craven as
with pen of iron upon the brain and
soul of the nation. You have only
eight notes to arrange, and the song
you sing will linger while the sun shines
and the flowers bloom. But in all this
orderly arrangement so essential to
success the inspiration of the moment
plays little or no pert. When the .'in-
spiration of the moment" opens your
valves. all your pent-up eloquence
comes tumbling out, like pied news
paper form falling downstairs. The
type are all there from garnet to side
walk. but nobody, not even the printer
who set them up, can read them. The
''inspiration of the moment" sometimes
tells You how to say it, but only once in
. century does it tell you what to say.
And you are not liable to live q hundred
years. you know.-Burdette, in Brook
Ign Eagle.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-04-09

Among the relics at the National
Museum is a letter dated Washington,
Janury 20, 1929, and bearing j. O.
Adams signature. It is addressed to
John Talisford. Adams tells him that
he can not, consistently with the duties
as President of the United States, inter-
fere and pardon young mail-carrier
who has committed some fraud. He
holds that although young he was old
enough to know better. and that to par
don him would be simply to give license
to such crimes by youths throughout
the country. Adams adds, however,
that, not to appear too harsh. he will
leave it to his successor to decide
whether the crime ought to be pardoned
on the plea Of the youth Of the mail
carrier RoshiNgtoa P6s&
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-04-09
GROWING ONIONS.
Directions for Raising Large and Remu.
nerative Crop.

Directions for Raising Large and Remu-
nerative Crop.
Onions are the first crop to 90 in the
ground. We have often been informed
that onions will grow on the same
ground in succession for several years.
but this depends upon the treatment.
AS the usual custom is to manure very
heavily for the crop the soil is not ex-
hausted. which no doubt gave rise to
said claim, but we would advise a
change to new locations which will in
sure greater safety from disease. The
ground for onions can not be made too
rich. The manure, however, should be
in fine condition. spread evenly over
the surface and well Incorporated with
the soil by the use of harrow for a
rake if the bed is small.) No clods or
Jumps should be left. and the soil should
not only be deep but in thoroughly
pulverized cOnditiOn.-the finer the
better.
There are two methods of growing
oniOns-from seeds and from sets. II
grown from seeds the labor must be be-
slowed freely. There is nothing so de-
structive to young onions as grass or
weeds. and very often it will be neces-
sary to hand-weed the crop. This will
be expensive, but onions are a paving
crop. and will return profit for labor
given. The seed should be sown i'm
rows, the rows at sufficient distance
from each other to admit of the hoe or
cultivatOr, as preferred, but the hoe
will be brought into frequent requisi-
ton, no matter how the crop NAV be
grown. Half an inch is deep enough
for the seeds, and when they are up all
that is necessary is to keep them clean.
When growing them from seed sow
thinly, or else sow thickly and remove
the surplus after the young onions are
well up.
Sets are produced by sowing the seed
very thickly in the rows, so as to allow
as little room for growth as possible. !
In fact, the more they are copwded tho |
better the sets. They are cultivated the |
same as for regular crop, and when
the tops die down they are taken up,
stored in place of even Temperature,
and planted the following spring. 1t
will not injure them to become frozen,
provided they are not handled, or
thawed too suddenly. When using sets
place them three inches apart in the
rows. by simply pressing them in the
ground. They soon take root and grow
rapidly. 1t is estimated that quart of
sets will produce about bushel of on
ions. There are some kinds of onions
that produce what are called sets. but
which are really seeds. The proper
sets are those grown from seed. The
potato onion, which is the earliest,
is one that grows in clusters around the
parent seed.-Fd1m, Field and Stock
man.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-04-09
THE DAIRY.

There is no necessary relation be-
tween the richness of milk and the
amount of butter it will make. Ono
milk that contains per cent. by chemi-
cal analysis may give AZ per cent in
actual test, while one which gives per
cent. may not yield more than per
cent.-Restern Rural.
France exports more butter than
any other country in Europe, her
I average for ten years ending in 1885
being over 80. OOO, 900 pounds annually,
the average value being Oil, 300, 900.
From this sum, however, must be de-
! Quoted about $500, 600, the average
value Of her yearly imports. France
| imports four times as much cheese as
she exports.-The Dairy.
1t is said that Holland takes the
! lead in the manufacture of butterine.
There are now about forty-five manu-
factories in that country, the majority
of which are in North Brabant. where
the farms are small, and can only
maintain one or two cows. Consequent
" as these farmers can only make
small quantity of butter, which is apt
to spoil before it can be collected and
sent to market. they are the more
willing to make contracts with the
manufacturers of butterine. The con-
sumption is chiefly in England Ex-
ports in 1883 amounted to 10000 tons.
valued ut 4O.350.OOO florins.-Rur0I
Ne,U Yorker.
There are two classes of men en-
gagged in the dairy business; one class
always makes money; the other never
does except when prices rule high.
The man who makes the least money
is the one who wastes his forces most.
1t is less question of prices received
than of cost of production. There
should be a change in the idea of what
a dairy cow is, and what she is for;
too many think she is for the purpose
of raising steer. and they get steer
results. The men who make the most
money in dairying regard her rs the
mother of another cow that, if possible,
shall be better than herseh.-Ho0rds
Ddirybian.
"A milk house is an absolute necess-
ity on every farm where good butter is
to be made, and if one with all modern
cOnveniences can not be provided, .
4 uuC IL anu UuiiuihS Cdu UC pun up OVCA
some convenient spring, or where the
waste water from the well can run into
it. A very few dollars will buy suffi-
cient timber for such building. and
any one can easily put it up who has
saw. Ratchet and nails. Such build
ing will often answer all purposes, and
Just as well as more expensive one, and
this being the case there is no call for
any one doing without suitable place
to keep milk in warm weather.-Na-
tional StockDaan.
Once more we propose to call at
tention to the propriety of decorating
the grounds about cheese and butter
factories. Trees can be selected and
set out in spring before they get in full
leaf. Piles of rubbish should be re-
moved and the factory painted, or at
least whitewashed. some agreeable.
subdued color. II those in charge will
go little farther and plant few rose
bushes and beds of flowers in the open
places. it will be labor well bestowed.
We suggest that committee of ladies,
whose relatives are in some way inter-
Dsted in the factory, should be organ
zed, with full liberty to do the floral
part.-American Dairymah.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-04-09
The iurr in the famf

The jury in the famous suit of Miss
Perkins againt Lucky" Baldwin, re-
Gently tried at Los Angeles, Cal, took
one ballot to ascertain how they stood.
This was unanimous for the plaintiff.
They then balloted as to the amount of
damages to award her. The first ballot
cast to settle this showed seven votes
for $3.50, 900 and one for 92O,OOO. The
other four were from $50. 600 to $780,
600. The ga, 900 man would not vote
1t all on the second or third cast. Il
took four votes to get the twelve jurors
to agree 70 the sum finally brought in,
$40, O00.-SGn francisco Chronicle.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-04-09

"A lady in Santa Rosa, Cal. applied
to the city authorities lately for permits
sion to shoot rats with a rifle around
her premises, which are inside the city
limits. On being asked if she could
take the life of rat at fifty PAGES, she
answered that she could not. but her
sister could blow a hummine birds
lead off at thirty paces.-SaH Fran
cisco Chronicle.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-04-09
A SMALL DAIRY.
The Profit Realized From the Product Of
sixteen Cows.

The Profit Realized From the Product Of
sixteen Cows.
For the purpose of encouragement in
these discouraging times to those that
may be thinking of changing from
dairying to something else that might
pay better, 1 will give you the results of
my dairy the last year. beginning JAN
uary 1, 1885, and closing January 1.
1886. / have small farm of los acres
and have kept on it during the year
three horses. one yearling heifer. one
yearling bull, with sixteen cows. This
tells the amount of stock kept on the
place. l have done all the milking
myself with the exception of about
twenty times was absent. The cows
were the same ones kept the entire
year, except three old ones that
l sold and bought one, with two
yearling heifers, to take their places.
The three did not give more
than two-thirds as much milk ut any
time as the old ones when sold. / have
raised about half my cows, the rest are
such as could buy here and there,
without any reference to breed. Now
as to feed they have during the year.
In summer they had what grass they
could pick and one acre Of sound corn
that was fed in the fall green. In the
winter, all the good early-cut hay they
could eat up clean. three and four times
a day. with plenty of good water. and
kept in the stable. wish could give
the number of pounds of bran fed. but
can't. fed 1000 pounds Of corn
meal.