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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-02
FARM TOPICS.
Opinions of Poultry Raisers az to Number
of Meals Best Suited To Fowls
Warm Water for Cattle.
How to Feed for Beef and why 1t 4,
Tough or Tender--The Farmers
Dairy.
FEEDING POULTRY.

FEEDING POULTRY.
Opinions of poultry raiscrs differ re-
garding the number of meals best suited
for fowls during the short, cold DAYS of
winter, some claiming that three meals
are none too many, while others sue
coed equally rs well by feeding only at
morning and night All agree, how
ever, that the first feed should be given
shortly after they come from their
roosts, and should consist of warm, soft
food, which is much more readily assim-
Hated than whole kernels of any variety
OF grain, rs the latter must be subjected
to the slow process of being ground i'm
the gizzard before it can be used for
nourishing the system. This soft feed
may be made from boiled mashed pota-
toes or potato Feelings, to which should
be added, when hot, quantity of wheat
bran and corn meal. upon which enough
boiling water should be poured to make
stitl, dry paste. For convenience this
should be prepared at night, and kept
in Il warm place so us to be ready for
feeding early in the morning A very
little salt and sprinkling of pepper
will he found beneficial, but the former
should be added very sparingly. as when
given to excess it is poisonous. Begin
ners are liable to add more water than
is desirable. The feed should be mixed
so dry rs TO crumble and break when
thrown upon the ground or i'm the feed
troughs. The feed ut night should be
whole grain, and, although an OCCASION
81 feed of oats, corn, wheat or buck
wheat is desirable, yet for steady
winter feed barley is considered the
most economical of any of the cereals.
In the coolest winter weather meal
should be fed two or three times a week.
When fed three times day, the noon
meal should be light and generally of
whole grain, scattered among chaff or
straw, us the fowls will be benefited by
the exercise of scratching. Two or
three times a week little boiled. chop
ped meat should be given with their
morning meal, and it will be bcaA to have
a cabbage head or two suspended from
the walls, within easy reach of the flock.
Keep a supply of fresh water within easy
reach OF the fowls ut all times, and add
Il little that is warm three times a day,
unless they have access to that running
from an aqucduct. A small bit of cop
peras kept in their drinking pan will be
found conducive to the health of the
flock. 1t requires little time TO attend
to these details, but no class of farm
stock will give better returns for Judi
ciOus amount of extra labor than flock
of pullcts. Care should be used to avoid
overlooking. 1t is much better to keep
their appetite sharp all the time than to
cloy them Observation-Disclosures Cul-
EcdtOr.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-02
A Very Rare Delicacy.

A party who had been out hunting
Friday brought in a large fine hawk al
trophy of his expedition, and carried
it to Cox & Hufaker's butcher shop,
where he hung it up. Shortly after the
hawk was put before the admiring gaze
of the public gentleman passed by
looked at the hawk, fondly turned il
around, and remarked to Joe Cox: my
wife is very fond of hawk gizzard, and
/ would like to buy the one from this
fellow from YOU" Cox didn't think hi
could sell it, but after the eloquent per
suasion of the would-be-purchaser he
consented to do so. The hawk was
taken from the place where it was sus
pended and tenderly laid upon the
block. Taking up keen butcher knife
he dashed it into the bird with the most
approved flourish, and went to work al
the place where the gizzard ought to be.
After the bird had been laid open Cox
was rather surprised that the gizzard
did not come under his observation. In
fact, he was dumbfounded, and if the
gentle reader wants fight on his hand
let him ask Joe Cox if he has any hawk
gizzard for sale.--Ron,e (Ga.) Courier.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-02
Rugged by q Bear.

A man who was around the ferry
dock the other day looked so lop-sided
and walked with such an odd gait that
he was asked if he had been run over
by saw-log.
ut was wuss nor that" he replied;
81 was Rugged by bear about year
ago, and / haven't got my shape back
yet"
'How did it happenP"
swell, / was in n lumber camp on
Georgian bay. was teamster, and
went out one morning about 4 o'clock
to feed the oxen. TWAS perfectly dark,
but rs ! knew the way to the shed !
didn't take lantern. ! was within
twenty feet of the stable when somebody
rises up in front of me. took him for
one of the men about the camp, and
says l:
"'Well, partner, what is it?'
He stood there blocking the way and
made no answer. and calls out:
Come. now, no fooling!
1.-THE fellow sort o. shifted in reply, rs
If making fun of me, and jumped for
him, calculating to fling him into the
drift. l wasn't two seconds discover
ing that had tackled bear / wanted
to forfeit the gate-money, but he
wouldn't let me. He put his paws
around me and settled back for hug,
. never making an effort to use his teeth.
1t was like being squeezed in a car
penter's wise, only more so. hadn't
time to yell before my breath was gone,
and felt myself being flattened until,
all of sudden, my senses left me.
When l came to. half an hour later,
was in the snow and the bear was gone.
He never bit me at ALL"
"And your present shape is the result
of that squeezep"
1T is; but you ought to have seen me
right away after! Why, sir, l had no
more shape to me than whip lash, and
my appetite was taken away for three
months. Run over by saw-log! I'd
lay down and let three Of 'em run over
me sooner than take another hug
Detroit Free Press.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-02
She Heard His Voice.

A Springfield, o., correspondent
writes: One of the most remarkable and
perfectly authenticated cases of presen-
timent of approaching evil occurred in
this city in connection with the Driscoll
murder case. At the time when the
struggle must have been taking place in
the factory ut Columbia street, where
George w. Driscoll met his death, Mrs.
Driscoll, the mother of the murdered
man, was awakened by hearing herself
called by her sons voice sounding out
of the darkness. Thrice came the cry,
"Mothcr! Mother! Mother!' So real
was the voice that Mrs. Driscoll spoke
to her husband and asked him if he had
not heard it also. but he was sleeping
soundly. Thinking that some member
of the household had called, Mrs. Dris.
coll arose and awakened the members
one by one and asked them if they had
called. They all denied that they had
spoken, and the source of the cries could
not be discovered. The family were
Just composing themselves in sleep
again when II messenger arrived to in
form them that George was shot.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-02

glad to escape with our lives. Among
other ilotsam and jetsam was thrown
beyond the federal lines. Stranded in
Nashville, ut that time vast military
camp, | felt badly enough. could not
go south, and could not get pass to
the north. One night l went to the
theatre. During one of the scenes there
was Il buzz, and people stood up to look
at Il man in the drcss-circlc just above
my head. Finally rose, us somebody
said:
ale is the most successful guerilla
and spy on the Union side"
stood up until my face was on q
level with the railing of the dress
circle.
II was Il wonder that didn't faint!
Looking calmly, mockingly, into my
eyes was the handsomcst man | ever
saw He was dressed i'm n glittering
uniform, and wore diamonds. The
clear-cut, dark face, those burning eyes,
the slight scar under the left ear-there
could be no mistake.
! seized my overcoat and rushed out
of the door just in time To hear the al
legged Scnorita Lopez say in a voice like
Il buglc:
ARREST that man."
wave of darkness came over me.
An officer caught me by the arm. felt
that | was lost. Ii the senorita was not
only man, but an enemy, l had no
mercy to hope for.
There was Il sudden tumult. wild
cry of fire, and then crowd surgcd
down the stairway. When Ipicked my
self up the officer who had arrested me
lay on the sidewalk with n fractured
skull. limped quietly away and took
the outgoing train for Louisville. i
had no passport and trusted to luck.
PASSES, gentlemen shouted sleepy
Lieutenant, rs he passed through the
car. l kept my head bowed down, with
my hat over my eyes.
''Sec here, show your pass" said the
officer.
A gruif man behind me spoke up and
said:
You don't want TO see il twice. He
showed it to you Il minute ago"
beg PARDON" said the soldier, slight
ly confused. He went out, and | was
safe 1T last.
have never seen the senorita since,
and have no desire to meet her, or
rather him, again. The cold-blooded
devil would have had me shot us spy
beyond II doubt if it had not been for
my lucky escape ut the theatre.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-02

most tastcless meat is that of 2-year.
old steer fed fat from calfhood and then
allowed to shrink in transit to market" u
Tasteless il undoubtedly would be, since
the loss would be in the juices and fatty
matter deposited between the libers OF
muscle. 1t is well known that u
thin animal is always tough, compara-
lively, and according to age, and for
the reason before stated. The muscles
are not filled with the fluids that render
them readily disintegrable., For the
same reason an animal thin i'm flesh,
unless very old, if quickly fatted, will
be juicy and tender; that is, the muscle
will DO fat and juicy rather than lean
and dry.
But the mistake should not be made
as between firm flesh and that which is
tough. Where the animal is fully fed
from birth until killed, whatever the
age, the flesh will be firm, but not
tough; but the longer it is kept the
firmer the flesh will be- Ii kept Up to
that trim when it can no longer be made
TO gain steadily then the flesh will bc-
come really tough, and in this sense Nh
animal arrived at full maturity and al
lowed to shrink becomes tough i'm the
true sense of the word. The shrinkagc
of such an animal is also inevitable in
transit, since so good conditions of ease
and feeding cannot be given us when Mt
home. This is also approximately cor
rect in all highly fattened animals.
whatever their are.
The most juicy, iirm-ileshed, and
tender beef is that killed where fed and
then transported in refrigerator cars.
1t is also the most hcalthful to eat, since
fever and other disorganizing influences
are constantly ut work from the time
the animal leaves the stall or pasture
until killed. The most juicy and pala-
table beef is that which has been well
wintered and then quickly fattcned on
flush, sricculent pasture, killed, and
shipped dead in proper ears. The worst
meat is that transported from the Far
West thousands of miles to Atlantic
cities or to Europe alive. And yet rail
ways seemd determined to continue to
discriminate i'm favor of carrying live
animals instead of dead meat. The
reason is probably business one not
difficult to UuesS
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-02
Gen. Hancock and the Militiamcn.

An army officer told me an anccdote
of Gen. Hancock about his love of dig
nifty and discipline.
He was in command of the train
which brought Gen. Grants remains
from Mount Gilead to New York. Gen.
Hancock and his staff were in the coach
next to the last. In the rear car was a
party of Pennsylvania militia officers,
who were popping an occasional bottle
of champagne and smoking quite
socially. Gen. Hancock saw from his
car what was going on in the rear. 1t
did not comport with his ideas of the
propricties of so solemn an occasion,
and, calling the conductor, he said:
"Will you please present my compli-
ments to these gentlemen, with the re-
quest that they cease smokingp'
In few moments the conductor re-
turned with the announcement that the
convivial officers returned their COM
plimcnts with pcremptory declination
to rclinquish their cigars.
where is the next switch?" asked
Hancock.
about five miles below" replied the
conductor.
"When you reach it, if the smoking
in that car is not ceased, switch it on a
side track and leave it. You may tell
the gentlemen what have said"
In two minutes there was not cigar
to be seen i'm the offending coach. Its
occupants knew that Hancock meant
just what he said. -Atlanta (Ga) Con.
StitatiOn.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-02
Excitement in Texas.

Great excitement has been caused in
the vicinity of Paris, Texas, by the re-
markable recovery Of Mr.. j. +. Corley,
who was 30 helpless he could not turn in
bed, or raise his head everybody said
he was dying of Consumption. A trial
sent him. Finding relief, he bought a
large bottle and a box of DR.. Kings New
Life Pills; by the time he had taken two
boxes of Pills and two bottles of the
Discovery, he was we'll and had gained
in flesh thirty-six pounds. Trial Bottles
of this Great Discovery for Consumption
free at ]. r. Jones.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-02
1t Was the Fiddle.

John b. Cough used to tell the fol
lowing: "One of the most terrible scenes
! ever witnessed throughout my forty
years career rs public speaker, and
yet one with Il very ludicrous side to it,
occurred in DR.. Herron's church, the
First Presbyterian. Pittsburg, in 1851.
was speaking to densely crowded
house, when I'LL of sudden there was a
terrible crash in the gallery. A fright.
full panic ensued. The people thought
the gallery was falling, and made a
stampede to escape from the building.
Some threw themselves from the gallery
to the floor below. Others jumped from
the windows. In the midst of the con.
fusion the stove was upset. Fortunately
the fire in il was very low and no con.
fagration followed, but the occurrence
terrified the already frantic people
Above the din could hear the stentor-
ian tones of three or four powerful men
in the front of the gallery, who seemed
to be trying to quell the panic by shout.
ing at the top of their voice, while they
gesticuated wildly with their hands and
arms. The fiddle! it was the fiddle,
the fiddle, but what on earth fiddle
could have to do with it was more than
i could make out. At length some
good brother near the pulpit struck up
From Greenland's Icy Mountains.
Others joined i'm the familiar hymn, and
order and quiet were at length restored.
The meeting did not last long, though,
after that. When the audience had dis
persed the floor was strewn with false
hair. hairpins, hats. bonnets, overshoes,
gloves, skirts, canes, capes, and wraps
of all kinds, overcoats, and every con-
ceivable article of wearing apparel. A
large cart-load of these things were
taken to the Mayors office the next
morning to await the claims of their
owners. After the trouble was all over
/ learned that the crash which created
the panic was caused by some mans
stepping upon the big bass fiddle, which
was mt that time used in the choir, and
which when not in requisition was al
lowed to repose on the gallery floor.
This was what the men in the gallery
whom heard shouting about the fiddle
were trying to explain to the fright
crazed people below.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-02

"Here is new Daniel Webster
story" says the Washington correspon-
dent of the Philadelphia Record. DAN
iel once invited Chester Harding. the
artist, to dine with him. The day be-
fore the dinner another friend sent
Harding bottle of rare old Scotch
whisky. When Harding went to Web
ster's house next day he took this bottle
with him, knowing how highly his host
would prize it. Leaving it on the hall
table he entered the parlor. Good
evening, Mr.. Harding said Webster.
Good evening, Mr.. Webster said
Harding; 4 have taken the liberty of
bringing an old Scotch friend with me. ;
4 am very glad you did, responded
Webster, where is the gentlemanp' He
is in the hail. sai,i Harding; will you
90 out and see him?' Yes, SIR said
Webster. So they went out together.
Here he is, SIR said Harding. pointing
to the bottle. .Ah,' said Webster smil-
ing, this is the gentleman who bathes
in hot water" =.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-02
UPHOLsTERING A COW STALL.

A neiGhbor who uses an old horse
barn for keeping his one cow, found
that when the thermometer midi
Gated from 10 TO 20 degrees below
zero, his COW stood shivcring in her
stall. even with an abundance of good
food to eat and warm water to drink,
and that the quantity of milk given was
also reduced below the usual flow. Be-
ing ingenious rs well us merciful, he
went to work, with such material rs he
could find ut hand, to make his animal
more comfortable. The stalls were ten
feet high, the stable large, and the out
side boarding somewhat loose. In other
words, the ventilation was abundantly
provided for. To recover the entire
building was out of the question, and
even were the outside fairly tight, SO
large a barn with only a single animal
in it would still be excessively cold with
such temperature outside. The better
way seemed to be to make a small room
for the cow, in which her own animal
heat would be better retained.
Accordingly q single horse stall was
ilOored over with loose boards above
the cow, giving just room for the attend.
ant to stand. This floor was then GOV.
cred with old hay and straw to the scat.
fold floor above. The sides of the stall
were made tight by battens and stufline
and the front closed up with door
that could be opened for putting in the
food ut feeding time. At the rear, the
supply of boards having been exhausted
old carpets, sacking, etc, were hung in
several thicknesses across the stall from
side to side, being tackled securely tc
the staging above. The cow was thus
shut into room but little more thar
large enough TO contain her will
ease and comfort, and comfortable
il was rs compared to the large oper
space she had previously occupied
Much might be done in this, or othel
ways, to render farm stock more com
Portable and more profitable to keel
during these excessively cold spells /
stables are tight, and not too large il
proportion to the number of animals
their own bodies will warm the al
sufficiently for comfort. There is it'll
occasion to worry about ventilation
when the temperature gets below zero
The danger, i'm nine cases out of ten,
having too much rather than too little
~ T.. Farmer.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-02

Once in awhile good idea comes
from Philadelphia. The latest is the
establishment by few sensible women
of place where, according to their
advertisement, bachelors and other
unfortunates'' can have charming,
patching, and all kinds of mending
DONE" Here's a chance for some wO-
man of business to make a fortune by
establishing just such mending es-
Establishments
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-02

It has recently been discovered that
Lake Dias. near DeLcon Springs, Vo-
lusia County, Fla, is fed by an enor-
nous spring, which boils up about 200
yards off the south shore of the lake.
When the surface is perfectly still the
boiling can be seen over an area of
about five acres 1t is proposed to an
Choir u buoy over the center OF the
spring. since the best of cool water can
be obtained there at any time.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-02

Sam Jones, the revivalist, rebuked q
drunkard in these apt terms: "You
ought to be ashamed of yourself; you're
all the time full of whisky. Why, when
your wife walks to church with you she
has to put her arm through the handle
OF an old demijohn. All you need is
little willow-work to make You a regu-
lar old demijohn."
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-02
WARM WATER FOR CATTLE.

A Virginia correspondent of the COun-
try Gentleman writes: There can be no
doubt by any farmer who will make q
fair trial during u cold '.spell," that
water slightly warm is best for every
kind of stock. No animal can drink
ice-cold water without injury, nor often
without real pain, if tho animal drinks
us much as the system Graves. 1t re-
duces the temperature of the body, al
ready too low, Injuries digestion, and
frequently causes pain i'm the teeth and
throat. The case is worse, still when,
instead of watering the stock at its
shelter or pen, it has to be driven to a
brook and ice broken to make II place
for the animals TO get at the water
Thus they are exposed to the danger of
slipping upon the ice, and to the cold
winds, and get pretty thoroughly chilled
by the time they reach their quarters
again. This increases the amount of
food necessary to keep an animal, and,
if il be mich cows, reduces the guam
tity of milk that they will yield. All
this is readily obviated by supplying
stock twice daily in cold weather with
water slightly warm. The appliances
for heating it arc always ut hand, or
may be at little cost. And to make it
better still, add salt enough to give it a
slight saline taste, which will make it
more relished and better for the stock.
Also, for mich cows, ewes, ETC., put in
meal or bran enough to make thin
Cruel. You will find every animal will
soon become fond of this, and come to
look for it us a part of their meals. A
mich COW having water thus treated
given her regularly will increase her
flow of milk very perceptibly, and keep
it up, other things equal, as long us the
warm salt Cruel is fed to her. Horses
especially are often averse to swallow
ing a quantity of ice-cold water. AT
tl.c same time they may want it very
much, and would drink large pailfull
if a little warm. The Cruel is excellent
for the horse, rs well rs for other ami
L..
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-02

Squatter sovereignty again. Not out
West this time, but away over in Zulu
land. where the Beers swear they will
clip the name of the British lion should
he seek to dispossess them of certain
property seized.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-02
Effects of Connecticut Cider.

The big apple crop and consequent
overflow of cider enables the Wilmington
farmers to pass an unusually gleeful
winter, and correspondent relates
these cider anecdotes: Uncle Enos,
after a round of calls on a recent frosty
day, brought up ut night at the house
of relative, and asked in an unsteady
voice for n glass of cider to help him up
the hill. mo, Uncle Enos," said the
woman of the house, .you have had
cider enough to-day, but anything that
have that you would like to eat you
are welcome to-" "Wcll, Eliza" said
the old man, 81 know you won't &c
back on your word and I'll take bowl
of bread and cider" Another old
farmer took to visiting the cellar SC
often that a domestic wrapped herself
in sheet and stationed herself near the
long row of cider barrels in the cellar.
The old man, with cider mug and tallow
dip in hand, started mt first sight of the
ghostly visitor, but, gathering himself
together, he calculated incOherently
II amt afraid on We, you can't hur
me; I've got son in the Legislature y
-SprimQfcM (Uass.) Republican.
The Boston Record tells the following
story of the late Prof Sophocles o
Harvard: The old Greek was cate
chizing his class one day on the ancien
history of his native country. "Wher
did Iheodophilus live?" he asked o
one sophomore. Before Christ
"Wrong!' shouted the Professor. Ant
then addressing the next sophomore
"Whcn did Theodophilus live?' "Aftc
Christi "Wrongr' shouted the Pro
fcssor again. And then he repeated thu
question to third student: ''Whel
did Theodophilus liveP" Neither be
fore nor after Christi .'YOu are right
young mani" said the Professor. "Ther
never was any such man rs Theodophi
lus." 1t was one of the little historical
traps that Sophocles liked TO set for tn
budding wisdom of Harvard.