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Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1886-12-02
Seli-Execufed.

LOUISIANA, Mo-, Nov. 25.-Elisa
Fishbsck, q farmer living on Sugar
Creek, attempted suicide 10y taking
arsenic this morning. His recovery
is doubtful.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1886-12-02

Our young friend, Willie Fletcher,
presents us with a turkey nail l IA
inches long. The turkey from which
it came, was raised in the Ghost
District.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1886-12-02

Col. WILLIAM MORRISON, of Wat
erloo, ILL.,, eschewed turkey. He
thinks that goose is good enough for
him.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1886-12-02

Drunkenness, or Liquor Habit, can be
Cured by Administering DIR Hainss
CaIden Snecffc.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1886-12-02

waiter Ouiitn, lot yeare WIN the
Mexico Electric Light Works, is now
experimenting the plant in the c.
& A. Car shops in this city. He is an
experienced electrician.
Our newly elected mayor, Frank
Jesse, is in every way fitted for the
honorable position to which he is
elected. He has been a resident of
our city for eleven years.
The swell society event of the sea
son will be the grand ball at the St.
Nicholas Hotel opposite the Grand
Central Depot, on Thanksgiving eve.
Three hundred invitations have been
issued, and most enjoyable time is
anticipated.
The c. & A. division, which was
moved to Mexico in 1887, brought
new life and vigor to Mexico. The
shops and grounds of this company
cover acres Of ground, and the pay
roll monthly amounts to from forty
to fifty thousand dollars.
Our Public Schools are certainly
unsurpassed. There are 1900 pupils
enrolled. The schools have reached
state of perfection, If perfection is
possible, under the able guidance Of
Prof. Mcmillan, who has now been
principal here for number OF years.
The Fire Department is now in
. splendid trim. The new station
house is completed and viii be oc.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-01-20
FARM NOTES,

1t shonld not be forgotten if straw is fed
that more grain must be given with it than
with good hay or fodder.
The greatest profits is in bringing the stock
to maturity as quickly as possible, and at
the minimum OF expenditures.
Pasture range is what makes the alternate
streaks of fat and lean in the bacon, which
greatly increases its palatableness.
One of the reasons why small groves of
forest trees on old land make slow progress
is because the vegetable matter in the soil is
exhausted.
The escaping ammonia from the manure,
unless stables are kept clean and pure, often
causes sore eyes and lung trou bles in the ami
mails sheltered in thenL
1t has been proved by repeated expert.
ments that warming the water given cows to
drink in winter time causes perceptible in
crease in the quantity of milk.
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania finds
that the act prohibiting the manufactur
and sale of oleomargaring comes within the
police powers of the State, hence the act is
constitutional.
All crowding at feed time should be
avoided. The desire to steal food is about
the only thing that will make ordinary oows
fight. Keep them out of temptation by feed
ing them separately.
u
plants potatoes very early in the spring and
digs them as soon as the top leaves on the
vines Indicate shat they are attacked by fun
gus, never loses any by rot"
J.. H. Bailey, South Haven. Mich, dis
cussing the subject of nut-bearing trees
makes this statement: "a few years since
planted out thirty-ive chestnuts, four years
old, not one of which died"
Professor Budd states that the success an
ticipated from the introduction of Russian
apples has not been wholly realized. and
the attempts to improve the ordinary race
by crossing with the Siberian race were alike
unsatisfactory.
In England the direct supply system
among farmers is spreading. Many of the
farmers are killing their stock and selling
the meat direct TO the consumers, and it is
said that the cheese-makers are also going in
for the retail trade.
Not so much is said lately about the Keller
pear, the productiveness of which was once
thought likely to make it supersede all others
for market. Like most things so easily
grown, il is scarcely worth the trouble it
costs.-American Culiivator.
The cause of abortion in COWS, which gem
orally occurs between the third and seventh
month of pregnacys is still imperfectly un-
derstood. Among the causes which contri-
butte 10 this result are wet seasons, lack Of
wholesome for age and also an excess of rich
food especially oil cake Abortion is not
confined to any breed or country but pre-
walls In Europe as well as America.
Secretary Chamberlain, of the Ohio State
Board of Agriculture, writes very encourage
ingly OF a trial Of ditcbers operated by steam
recently held in that State. The Committee
of Award recommended these machines, each
Of which had excellences Of its ewn, but no
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-01-20
A Remarkable Female.

FORT SMITH, Ark, Jan. l6.-The notorious Belle
United States Marshsl's Office yesterday and sur
rendered herself into the hands OF the law, there
being several writs out against her for horse
stealing. She came prepared to give bond, which
she soon did, and has returned TO her home to
await trial. She said she had heard there was
pose TO be dragged around by Deputy Marshals
as she was innocent of the charges and thought
she could prove it, Belle is quite a remarkable
female, her name being familiar all over the In
dian Territory and in portions OF Texas. She
claims to have been at one time the wife OF Cole
Younger, and figured conspicuously a men,
Der of the notorious Younger gang. After
Cole was thrown into prison she became
the wife or mistress OF Jim Reed, the
notorious desperate who met death at the hands
of officers in Texas, in 1874 or 1870. After Reed
death she went TO the Indian country are married
sam Star, and since then has been connected
with and reigned vertiple queen of different
bands of outlaws. About three years ago she and
her husband, sam Star, were tried in the Federal
Court here for horsestealing. and sent 10 Detroit
for one year each Serving out the time. they
went back to their rendezvous on the Canadian
River, which Bell calls Younger Bend, and soon
gathered around them some hard characters,
among them the notorious John Middleton, with
whom Belle became infatuated and deserted her
husband to become Middleton's mistress. She
started to leave the territory with Middleton
about the 1st of last May and he was drowned in
the Plateau. Belle soon afterward returned TO the
territory and again joined Star, who is now on the
scout for horse-stealing and robbery. Belle is
a native of Missouri, is fearless horse-woman,
good shot. and is said to rule the men she has
about her in a most remarkable manner.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-01-20
CHICAGO SPECULATIVE MARKETS
Wheat was Feverish and Excited, Corn
Featureless, While Provisions De-
veloped Considerable Activity.
Special to the Sentinel.

Special to the Sentinel.
CHICAGO, Jan. l6.-The wheat market on
Change this week has been feverish and excited
almost panieky at times-and the deal seems TO
have gone all to pieces The local bear crowd
forced the fight throughout and holders were kept
on the run, millions of long" stuff being thrown
over at an enormous loss. From the start the
crowd appeared to have made up their minds that
the market was in rotten condition and the in
herent weakness was shown by the fact that even
with a practical stoppage of receipts by snow
blockades, a fair decrease in the visible supply
and reports OF extensive injury to the winter
wheat crop, the bulls were unable even to hold
their own. No new or special "bear arguments
We're developed, put everybody suddenly
much wheat in the country and That DeiOretne
market could rest on a healthy basis values must
decline TO point where some OF il would be
moved out and carrying charges reduced. At
first the loads were shifted to the shoulders OF
other bulls" but they in turn quickly became
disguised as prices seemed to have started on an
have been required to find trader who was will
ing TO acknowledge that wheat had any value.
shoWed maeea a inc an Ram
Brine, Jones and Mccormick kept up continual
drive at the market. and their principals were
the las. there was something OF a
recovery, due however. more 10 the
covering OF shorts preparatory TO putting out
noted Wall street bear, was buying heavily, than
to any encouraging change I'm the situation. Thus
the close was barely steady and the fact that
there has been a heavy decline appears the only
argument for higher prices Spectators nave all
along talked that the short crop must cause dear
wheat. This conclusion has been reached without
a calculation OF what the rest OF the wheat pro-
dueing countries OF the world could or would do,
and now, with half the crop year of 1856 gone,
stocks are larger than before in the history of
the trade, with the consuming countries of the
world practically independent of Amer
lean grain. Exporting houses admit
that for the first time in year
wheat is right at or very near an export basis,
but they sorowfully add that there is no orders
here, the explanation being that the property
would have to be sold abroad for next months de-
livery, and offerings ahead would be certain to
depress the English market. Still there has been
a number of good-szed lots taken for export at
the seaboard the past few days. II, however. prices
are pushed up before stocks are materially re-
duced the situation viii be as bad ever.
Corn has been about featureless with hardly
enough trading TO make quotations. Sympathy
with wheat has had weakening influence, but
this was about Offset by limited receipts
Provisions have developed considerable activity,
but the range of prices hasn't been great and the
close is steady.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-01-20
a Gentle stimulus

Is impaired to the kidneys and bladder by Hostel
ter's stomach Bitters, which is most useful in
overcoming torpidity of these organs. Besides in
fusing more activity into them, this excellent
tonic endows them with additional vigor, and en-
ables them the better 10 undergo the wear and
tear of the discharging function imposed upon
them by nature Moreover, as they are the chan
mel for the escape of certain impurities from the
blood increases their usefulness by strengthening
and BEAUTIFULLY stimulating them. In certain
morbid condition of these important organs, they
tall into sluggish state, which is the usual per-
cursor of disease. What then can be OF greater
service than medicine which impels them 10
greater activity when slothful7 NO maladies are
more perilous than those which affect the kidneys,
and medicine which ayerts the peril should be
highly esteemed.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-01-20
A Pretty Good Potato Yield.
New England Farmer.

Mr.. Charles Badger, VINO reported yield
OF potatoes from single square rod equal to
$50 bushels per acre, and who showed full
five bushels of the marketable potatoes at
the recent Franklin Farmers Club Fair,
gives US an account of the method of cult
Walton pursued. The land was in corn last
year, and was well MANFRED. rhe character
of the soil is sandy loan. 1t lies IN a val
lev and though never too wet seldom suf-
fers severely from drouth. Last spring a
good horse load of stable manure, from a
barn where horses, cows and hogs are kept,
was spread and spaded in, the work being
thoroughly done. On the 18th of May
it was furrowed out as closely as
the burrows could conveniently be
made with a spade, ten rows to the rod. A
half bushel of seed was used cut into from
two to three eyes or more, medium-sized po-
tatoes being cut into two or more pieces.
The pieces were dropped about foot apart,
four or five inches below the surface level.
After covering lightly with earth a light
mulch of saturated litter from hog sty was
laid over the rows and three common water
pailfuls of fertilizer spread over the whole
At hoeing time dressing of pulyerized hen
manure was sprinkled along the rows and
worked in as the weeds were cut out with
the hand hoe. The yield was five bushels of
large and one bushel of small potatoes. The
trial rod was part of field of three-fourths
of an acre planted TO potatoes, with every
sixth row left for marrow squares, which
were planted when the potatoes were hoed.
There were $50 bushels of potatoes and four
tons of squashes on the field. Fifty pounds
of the squashes grew upon the trial rod with
the six bushels of potatoes. The square rod
the three-fourths acre to Early Rose and
ReautV of Hebron
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-01-20
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Willow chairs should have thinly lined
fat velvet cushions tied on the seats, and an
oblong cushion, similarly treated. on the
back.
Rabbit Stew-All rabbits, after they are
skinned, cleaned, and cut in pieces, should
lie in salt and water for an hour before cook
ing. Chop upa half pound Of ham, put il
in a fryipg-pan with two sliced onions, or a
Glove of mashed garlic and a bay leaf, some
salt and pepper, and lct the rabbit cook
twenty minutes over quick fire. then add
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-01-20
OUR FARM BUDGET.
Care of Animals in Wntsr-TO Make Boys
Coed Farmers Winter Hints.
Savings Of FaTnn L-sbOrers-A Good Potato
Xield-A New Creamery System
household Hints and
Farm Notes.


The American Humane Association offers
abe following suggestions relative 20 fowls,
horses and cattle 70 persons having these in
charge in northern latitudes during the
winter months.
Do not compel domestic fowls to rOost in
trees ASIDE from danger OF being captured
by owls and other enemies the swaying of
the branches upon which are sitting will pre-
vent them from getting rest; while III the
severely cold weather, thus exposed, feet and
combs are frozen and the bird is so benumbed
as TO make il impossible for IL to be of much
profit on the farm. Securely sheltered from
wind and storm, and allowed to sit on a
broad roost, feet are thus kept warm, refresh
ing rest IS obtained and the fowl is much
stronger, healthier AID more profitable to its
owner.
Do not clip horses during the winter
months. With the same propriety we might
cut the hair from J dog or shear a sheep at
this season Of the year. The argument in
behalf Of tie practice IS that the horse in
IerspiratiOa VII dry more quickly if the
hair IS short. If the animal IS thoroughly
bIaDketed and kept in a sheltered or warm
place, after being driven, no danger results
from preparation. whatever the length of
hair; while the horse that has been deprived
Of its coat in the winter time suffers perpet-
uaIly while being exposed 10 the cold.
IL sa cruelty inflicted upon beautiful car
rage horses for the purpose OF style. Blessed
is tie ordinary work horse, in the winter
time for, however much it may Perspire, it
is allowed 70 carry its full growth of hair
during the cold weather.
DO not leave cattle TO stand shivering,
while eI1remities often freeze, in the snow
storms and severe winds OF winter, when a
little time would suffice to construct of
boards, rails OF poles, a support upon and
around which may be placed hay, straw or
weeds, thus making shelter that may COM
fOTtably protect them. Cattle kept in fairly
WARM condition throughout the winter will,
as mixers, give a larger and better yield of
milk, and IS beeves will take on flesh much
more rapidly than if left exposed to inclem-
ent weather.
ASIDE from question of humanity, the
more attention and care that is bestowed
npOn animals, with view to their comfort.
the more viii they be of service and source
Of prcfit 10 their owners.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-01-20
A New Creamery system.


AT Farmers Institute recently held at
Fort Atkinson, Wis. comparatively new
method of operating a creamery was de-
scribed by Mr.. G. II. White. In the course of
his remarks he spoke of the difficulties Incl
dent to the cream and milk gathering sys-
TENS of conducting factories and particu-
larry of the care that justice to milk-produc-
ers involves. The latter have various breeds
OF cows, and feed and cart for them different
ly. In his case, the farmers follow their own
taste and Judgment in the matter of breeds
and of creaming the milk and each delivers
his own cream at the factory once in two
days in warm weather, and once in three
days in the late fall and winter. Each pa
irons cream is churned by itself, and the
pounds OF butter it actually makes is cred
tied TO the patron. The weighing is done
after the butter is salted and has been rolled
only enough to express the brine that readily
runs off. When il is found to be all right,
the butter of each man, so far as it will fill
the different-sized tubs or butter-Doxes used,
is again worked and packed by itself, and re-
ceives the factory brand. The little remain
ders are worked together, so as TO fill other
boxes. If there is any defect in any batch
1t is kept separated and sold without the
brand, and the net receipts cred
tied TO the patron that furnished
the cream. So each man gets just what he
would make for himself on his own farm.
The advantages are the uniform excellence
of the mandatory part, the relief to the
household OF the farmer, price much above
that the average farmer can obtain, and the
retention of the skinned milk on the farm
in the best condition for feeding. The
method has thus far given great satisfaction,
and may be one of the blades to cut the Cor
dian knot in the butter-making districts. In
answer to questions, Mr.. White explained
that there is much difference in the yield of
butter from the same number of pounds of
cream. This he credited partly to the sea-
son and weather, but more largely to the
difference in dreaming methods on the farm,
some having good facilities, some poor, some
having ice, others none.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-01-20
Winter Hints.

country Gentleman.
There are several small items of work and
farm operations which may or ought TO be
performed during winter, and on which we
offer few familiar suggestions by way of re-
minders to farmers. Among these, easily
performed but important are putting ali
tools in good order by thorough cleaning
polishing the metallic parts. oiling or paint
ing the wooden portions, repairing fractures
and selecting and securing the best in the
market. a lab0rer spends a large amount
Of needless work by using heavy, rusty. dull
implements, when he might as well have
light, sharp and efficient ones. Nothing
pays better for the small cost than soaking
all wooden work liable TO exposure to the
troleum. -.
In those regions Of country where wood Is
chiefly employed for fuel, the advantages OF
using IL only when weil-seasoned should be
fully understood. Green wood contains at
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-01-20

During severe weather, Ponds Extract
should be in every family. 1t is not always
convenient, OF even desirable, to call physi-
clan tor every little ailment, and in many
cases it is not only inconvenient, but impos-
sible to reach one promptly Having Pond 5
always at had. 1t is easy of application, safe
and reliable For Sore Throat and Lungs
Chapped Kinds and Face, il is of inestimable
value. Frosted Limbs and Chilblains are
promptly relieved by Ponds Extract. For
sale everywhere. Be sure TO get the Genuine.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-01-20
savings of Farm Laborers.

u
IN the interesting life of the late Henry
Fawcett comparison is made between the
providence of the peasant proprietors in
France and the imprOvidence of the agricul-
tural labOrers of England. The large sub
scriptiOn 10 the French loan by peasant pro-
prietors was demon strative proof that be-
yOnd the little land they possessed there
was a reserve Of personal property ready for
investment IL Government securities when
ever the national exchequer tempted it
forth, irrespective OF the nature of the Gov
eminent IN authority at the time. Fawcett
writes 20 Professor Cairns in favor of peas
ant proprietOrship in England, aud says: II
am staying in the midst of one of the most
prosperous agricultural districts in England
IL would be almost impossible TO find a labor
er who had saved a sovereign, and not one IN
a thousand of these laborers will save enough
20 keen him from the poor-rates when old
age cOmpels him to cease work" How can
this be matter for surprise? A laborer in
this country earns on an average fourteen
sbilliDgs week, out OF which he probably
has 10 feed clOthe and house himself a wife
and an average of four children. Allowing
four pence day each for the laborer and his
wife, and two pence day each for his four
children, sixteen pence out of the twenty
four is absorbed in providing a minimum of
food by which life can be sustained. The
wonder is not that the laborer does not save,
but how be can possibly manage TO procure
the bare necessaries of subsistence out of his
scanty earnings. Lady Verney, in an inter-
esting description of peasant properties in
France, sketches melancholy picture of the
poverty Of the peasant proprietors; but
there remains the fact, which strongly i'm
pressed Professor Fawcett, that the French
peasant proprietors can and do save money
FOR investment, while the English peasants
can not. How to help the latter to better
his condition is problem well worthy both
the politician and the humanitarian, and any
government that may come into office.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-01-20

The Louisiana State Engineers have been noti-
fed of a serions cave-in OF the levee at KermO-
yille twenty miles above New Orleans
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-01-20
weekly Bank statement.

NEW YORK, Jan. 16.-The weekly bank statement
of the associated banks, issued to-day, shows the
following changes:
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-01-20
10 wake Bows Good Farmers.

The Indiana Farmer has this sensible talk
to farmers about their boys: From the first
boys on the farm should be induced TO take
an interest in the farm, in the stock. in the
implements, and in all that pertains TO the
business. Tell them your plans, your Sue
cesses and failures; give them the history of
yoEr life and what you did and how you
lived when boy; but don't harp too much
On the degenerate character of the young
men Of the present age. Praise them when
you can and encourage them to do better.
Let them dress up in the evening, instead of
sitting around in their dirty clothes. as is
too often the case. Set an example before
them of attending church on Sunday, and
such other times as are convenient, and take
them out enough in the world so they will
not be bashful, awkward, or ignorant of
the ways of genteel society. Bnt do not
encourage stroJling over the country, in
company with other boys on Sunday, or
allow them TO 20 where they please of nights.
They may think you little strict, but in
mature life will thank you. In order to in
terest them on the farm, and make their
lives agreeable and pleasant, give them
piece of ground TO cultivate as their own,
and allow them to have the money for their
productions. A boy who is industrious be-
cause he is afraid Of being punished can't
amount to much ,as a farmer. Such a boy
won't stay at home any longer than be can
help il. When they secure money from any
source which Is the fruit of their industry,
help the boys to invest good share of it in
pig, COW or colt, and allow it to grow up on
the farm as theirs Show them the folly of
spending their money fOOlishly for every
thing they see, but encourage them to invest
a share Of their earnings in useful books and
tools. for their instruction and amusement
Provide warm and neatly furnished sitting
and bedrooms and brilliant lights. Teach
them industry, economy, morality and
Christianity, and steady, temperate habits.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-01-20

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