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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-03-05

TWO cuifivatings. short way, four
and one-haif DAYS % 81
Thinning So
Total cost Of cultivssing 8 6s s.
Eight days husking, four men
and two teams IS 90
One-third tax on farm "a p
Interest on laad or rent $50 d
Total sass "a
Cost per acre in crib ii ~
Cost 20 cultivate and gather 20
Estimating the crop by the wsgnn-
losn. when husking. there were 1.4sD
hns'el-. worth AZ the is.ne OF huskins
<scp; worth per acre. SIS; average bush
els rer acre sixty. price per hnshri
twenty-five cents re said the grnuna
broke No very mellow. ani the cost OF
preparing for planting was m. iea~,
possible In average seasons he timds ii
necessary - rnll and harrow before III.
plsn;er. but il was not necessary 10 roll
this year
His stand was excellent. and when
hid BY he anticipated large crop. hut
dIonsn set in aud fred the erfn before
fhs rains followed. The latter part 81
the season was too wet Ia fact. the
season was wrong end foremost. There
was 2 rank growth OF iisd. and stalk.
many barren stalks. an unnsai amount
81 smrf or black fungus. and much ROT
i.-sa corn. None ~ his corn was a. well
fllei out - IL wss ssf year. and The
feeding value ct The crop j. not nearly ="
good ~ that Of last year. IN fact. h.
considers his crop not fair average
Nor csa .e see how he could have pre-
vented this. lie plated May 3 aud 10
lire had planted fwe weeks later hi
eroH wnaid not have been 20 injured b.
the dronih. AZ a general rule. however.
early planting does best here.
Mr.. Mccullough said he had corn on
ht'th rich bosf7u iands aud thin uplsnd
The latter i far the best this wear IT,
nnliy the crop on hi- bottom land Is the
best He had a weli-prepsrei estimate
81 the cost % his crop. wnirh Your cor
respondent regrets he forgot 70 AK him
for.
Ar. O'sfot gave his estimate Of his
crop cost Der acre:
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-03-05

The National Museum has recent,
placed on exhibition q collection OF rel.
les possessed OF more than ordinary IN
terest. II includes the original draft OF
tho Declaration OF Independence drawn
up ~ Philadelphia. July 3. l776. The
signature Of John Hancock. President 81
the Continental Congress. j. attached n
document giving Washington full
cnmmsnd 81 the troops. with al the
powers Of commanding general. Derem
~. It's. Another revolutionary docs-
ment y one signed by Washington him
self ~ 1888. giving = prisase his honor
able dismissal from the army.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-03-05

The influence Of = country newsps.
per. A. factor IN forming pus;ic "pin
ion ar f.vor. has. until recently. been
inaicqnsf~lv appreciated The inra'
newspaper j. q welcome visitor ~ tiss
country home. AMI IL columns are n.
wav~ scanned BIZ every reading m-nbe'
~ the family IL local columns are r.
p-cislly 20 fpr Inform tion abrur inral
happenings. socisi gossip new enterpri
80 insugarstei. marriages. drsflss. amt
~ nfhsr msff@rs fhsf xn toward tiIs
snakr IN Of complete local page; tn
business msn and farmer look for shs
latest important >ale~ Ia real estate. grain
.r ~insrk. While fhr Younger mraisrrS "a
The family read with interest f'.~ porirs
-iofies. aud ni<criI snsou- articles <.s
re the advertising column. ~ less in
'errsf 70 the family They are al inter
ie~fei 10 know ii any new husiness hs-
been started. or whss nrw aisracsinns ar
Bargains are offered by ie4ler< IN DRY
foods. groceries. ETC The merchsns
with an eve to bn~iness- can not fsil "a
~er these advantages. and svsfls him<eI'
|.f the opportunity 70 Increase his bu~i
mess sf.d pratits rs . liberal us~ Il prin-
|fer's ink No better directory can ~
had 10 The business and thrift Of any
own Than she advertising columns Of
il local newspaper
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-03-05

Daronrb Ca weekly.
We hnsrowei mule and buggy Ias
w~rk sud <irft.d our 10 stir ~ our a.
'inqnrnf<- We rude twens, five miis
h~ first ias. had cur new hat mashed d.
cunning in contact with ~ cvesi.arg in:
is,ao. wore out hnggv uhir hist cas-
sixty ceni<. sud eoIi.cied ~ 20 in cal
md tn~Lei sna half al earn III.
SECOND dsv ". rode twenty nsi.e-
snis~rd oar dinner. drnnet s@venfeen N
oar beloved r-tson<. and didn't coliecs 4
GEAR. The third dsy We nose n "a. "a
missed our breakfast. ip>s twenty min.
nir~ 10 irving - wakr ~. Jim Alexander
- we passed hi~ hou-r role y snfS -fou'
miles. snd collected 81 50. Tie ionssI
-, Ne sssvrr-ed The v h.ie country. to~'
: goose one % our fri~uts had given u
far = Chrisfna,s dinner. and cp;Irrf~si
80 Sd We then came .-om~- tnsn.d ths
nrl- out ia die and went 10 bed j
- shodv wsnt~ 20 buy good printing
fire. with ample s>>ef< and small lin
,iii,ir<. and large latitude fur fame. ctr
&c are prepared "a o.lrr a hsfgsin- w.
Asvc been rendered The position 81 night
-isrk IN brick hotel IN Arkansas and
~onld be glad 20 scrspf il ii ~e can
vofk of our present enterprise ON some
ci'iz-n- In writing for in
ormasion. don't forget 10 enclose a
samp that j.. II reply Is expected
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-03-05

suVHE undersigned Will be It hIs ofIlc,
= TO attend 10 township bnsiness ii
Jefferson township, Dubois county. o.
Saturdays 81 esch week, and reqnesis o.
persons having business with The town.
ship TO attend to II on those days. Thu
township libraries ere kept ~ J.. W.
Jacobs, in Birdseye, and the Truasee',
residence, where al persons entitled cas
John CUMMINs,
Sept. 8, 'el-y. Trustee Jefferson Tp.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-03-05

-Advurtiss " ths JAsvSR CouR1RR.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-03-05

Hog cholera was carefully studied last
sumner by sevrra. pork rai<ers in Kan
~. shere the di~ease ragged part OF the
time One ~ them rrsorsed 10 -hons
treatment" - lie called n. aud ne saws II
sucrseicd ~ bringing every member Of
his infected herd around 81 right. The
mode Of treatment he DESERVES: As
soon - the anisnsIs we're taken sick
fnrned them out Of the pens snd began
70 drive them 20 warm mp their blood
The first dav drove them hree miles
aud the second day two miles. They
would vomir freely while being driven.
After the second day they showed signs
~ Improvement which continued. and
finally Al the hogs recovered An All
heyville county IS. c. farmer. whose
hoxs hsve never been astscked by the
disease. sssribufcs their immunity 10 :
quart o. fnrpentine slops which be gave
them weekly.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-03-05

Cin-lr1aII (cnu >r<IaI l011(iie.
Mr. DonhAsn. Of The OxfMd Farmers
Clu:.. said the cost depended mach q,
the season, and condition OF coil. IA
favorable seasons aud On good. clean
rich isad. the coes per hnshel y not ons
third Of that on poor land. sliif clay >,
IL m unfavorAb.e season. The conts.
tion OF the soil the farmer ran. In lsfx,
n,essure. control. bar the weather II .
tafior he can not handle
The crop In general u cheaprnrd b.
The best Of culture aud good implements
The tLree-horse pillow. the pl1nfrr ant
checkfcwer are es<enti2l 70 cheap core
culture A. the drill aud hisder % whe@
raising. a. the mcwer aud horse rake n.
hay-mating. Then. too. the shape ~
ones fclls i very Important. Tie i;ela
with parallel sides. 50 a. 10 have 40 puin
rows. aud with length al not 'e<s than
eighty rods. can be picwei a less cos
per acre than one where there II morc
time occupied In turning His iieh!-
are about Ii0x 80 rods. and II costs one
hs'f mere 10 pillow il the short way. "
takes three DAYS with the two-horse cai
tivasor 20 20 over his "a acre f;e;dS The
longer wav, and four and half days the
shorter wny
He advocated the removal ~ morr
fences and study 20 remove obstruction
In the way Of open bitches. gnl!ic< !.
s.umps. Oh: trees. bushes and the like. -
means Of economy aud comfort in cuiii-
waiting oil crops. II pays 10 remove
every obstruction 10 : free use Of bes,
The day Is past when We
can 60 dojging around among stump
and brush and stone with q one-hor~r
pillow. Better work and more Of ia j. thr
road TO lessen the cnsf per acre and PEI
busheI. He gave the cost Of corn crop
on t~enty-four acre field, lio rod
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-03-05

From the xew Hsven xews-
Up and down his store re strobe
With q sad and sorry face.
CD bic mind there lay = load,
For no buyer ever showed
Himself within the place.
Then he found 4 simple way
W seIl "a his large supplies,
And thus q make HE business pav.
Now II Won question him, hen say
II always sdvertise-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-03-05
Column bin 'soWn>hip I'rus
tees Notice.

THE undersigned, Trustee OF COLUMBIA
= To-. Dubois ronnis. lad. viii 81
tend 70 Township business ~ his resi-
dence on every Saturday. aud person.
having township business ~ transact
arc requested 70 present i on that day 81
the week.
The to~nshsp library y kept Il The
office o. The Trustee, where those enlilled
can obtain books.
X. BUTTON.
Trustee Columbia Up.
June 9Th. 1884 ".
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-03-05

The Dwell Mill Company. of pfke
county. whose object u ~ msufsrsmv.
Ine.i and none aud N general milling
hnsIness. has b~cn incorporated. tn.
cspi,sl stock . $1,000. indianapolis
Sentinel
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-03-05

Rev. r. "A Heuring. or GenfryvilIe
reports one hundred and twenty CONVEX.
sion< ann one hundred and fifteen acce&.
lions 70 the church mp to Sunday night
md the interest in The meeting unabs.
led. ~ Rockport Eagle.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-03-05
FOPInStant Use

As rclIzblc rnaely. n eases q Group,
Vhoopin< Cough. " sudden Coliz.
and for The pro'nps rlIcf and cure %
throat AMI hung diseases, Ayer's Cherry
Pec;oral /, lns.iaabie- Mrs. =. @. EslxerIys
Council Biua>. Iowa. writes: = coesiirr
Ayers Cherry Pec;ori most important
remedy for home use. have tested ~
curative power, II my family, many
times during the past thirty years. and
have never known e % fail. Il will r.
liese the most serious affections q The
shroat and lungs, whether In children %
sdnlrs-~ John II. Stodlard, Petersburg
Va. writes; - have lever found med
The Wahpeton times., 1886-11-18
A Merited Rebuke.

Boston Record. gentleman promi.
nent in legal circles in Boston was
recently riding in a train, and in the
seat before him was a young andgay.
ly dressed damsel. The car was pretty
full, and presently an elderly woman
entered, and, finding no seat vacant
but the one beside the young woman
mentioned, sat down beside her. She
was a decently dressed woman, but
apparently OF humble station and she
carried several clumsy bundles, which
were evidently q serious annoyance to
her seatmate. The young woman made
no effolt to conceal her vexation, but
in the most conspicuous manner show
ed the passengers around that she
considered it an impertinent intrusion
for the new conner to presume to sit
down beside her. In few moments
the old woman, depositing her pack.
ages upon the seat, went across the car
to speak to an acquaintance she dis.
covered on the opposite side of the
aisle. The lawyer leaned forward to
the offended young lady and courte.
ously asked if she would change seats
with him. A smile OF gratltied vanity
showed how pleased she was to have
attracted the notice ofso distinguished
looking agentleman. "Oh, thank you
ever so much" she said effusively
II should like to, but it would be as bad
for you as for me to sit beside an old
woman" II beg gyour pardon" here'
sponded with undiminished Difference
OF manner, "it was not your comfort
was thinking of, but the old lady's. y
The Wahpeton times., 1886-11-18
Why Boys Should Not Be Snub-
bed.

OCus
From the Christian Advocate.
Don't snub boy because he wears
shabby clothes. When Edison, the
inventor of the telephone first entered
Boston he wore q pair OF yellow linen
breeches in the depth OF winter.
Don't snub a boy because his home
is plain and unpretending. Abraham
Lincoln's early home was log cabin.
Don't snub u boy because of the ig-
norance of his parents. Shakespeare,
the worlds poet, was the son of a
man who was unable to write his own
name.
Don't snub a boy because he chooses
a humble trade. The author of the
"Pilgrim's Progress" was tinker.
Don't snub a boy because of physi-
cal disability. Milton was blind.
Don't snub a boy because of dull.
ness in his lessons. Hogarth, the cel-
ebrated painter and engraver, was a
stupid boy at his books.
Don't snub a boy because he stut-
ters. Demosthenes, the great orat or
of Greece, overcame harsh and STAN.
mering voice.
Don't snub any one. Not alone be.
cause some day they may far outstrip
you in the race of life, but because it
is neither kind, nor right, nor Chris
tian.
The Wahpeton times., 1886-11-18
Jessie Fremont.
General Fremont's Memoirs.

General Fremont's Memoirs.
Jessie was the second daughter.
went with the eldest of the sisters to
a school concert in Georgetown,
where saw her. She was then just IN
the bloom of her glrlish beauty, and
perfect health effervesced in bright
talk which the pleasure of seeing her
sister drew out. Naturally 1 was
attracted. She made the effect that
a rose of rare color or beautiful pict-
ure would have done.
Her beauty had come far enough
down from English ancestry to be
now in her that American kind which
is made up largely of mind expressed
in the face; but it still showed its
Saxon descent.
Her qualities were all womanly,
and education curiously preserved
the down ofmodesty which was innate.
There had been no experience of life
to brush away the bloom. She had
inherited from her father his grasp
OF mind, comprehending with a tena-
cious memory, but with q quickness of
perception and instant RELAXATION OF
subjects and senses in their complet-
ed extent, which did not belong to
his; and with these warm sympathies
a generous pity for human suffering
and a tenderness and sensibility that
made the feeling take the place of
mind; so compelled was every impulse
to pass through these before it could
reach the surface to find expression.
There was rare union of intelli-
gence to feel the injury OF events and
submission to them with silence and
discretion, and withal sweet, and
happy, and forbearlng temper, which
has remained proof against the wear
ing Of time. 1nsensibly and imper-
there came a glow into my heart
which changed the current and color
OF daily life, and gave beauty to
common things.
The Wahpeton times., 1886-11-18
They Knew It.

A barrel with bung in it and a sus-
picious dampness around the heads was
yesterday lying IN an alley off Grand
River street. So were two boys, two
straws and a gimlet. A grocer stood
in his back door and smiled and
chuckled as he saw the barrel and the
boys gradually drawn nearer each 9th
OF. At length, after one last look
around, the boy with the gimlet bored
two holes, two straws were inserted,
and two suction pumps began work.
''Yum!" sighed the biggest boy after
= couple of pulls.
"Ain't she good?" queried the other
as he let 60 his straw.
':Purty good, but just shade off,
''How much are you going to hold?"
''Oh. about q gallon"
"Pm going to hold mo1e'n that
The grocer then put in sudden ap-
pearance and said:
Come, come boys. I just filled that
barrel up with water to tighten up the
seams. Come back here to the pen.
stock if you want drink"
They left the straws sticking In the
gimlet-holes and walked of without
saying a word until beyond reach.
Then the big boy called back:
1--WE knowed it all the time. Dive
'spose we thought it was kerosenee''--
Detroit Free Press.
The Wahpeton times., 1886-11-18
The Northwest Watershed.

1t is to one of these geological
"might have beens" that I venture to
ask the attention of hesection to-day
one which is the more interesting in
this city because upon it depends the
interests very existence. may
say-of Buffalo and its relation to Chi
cago. Buffalo, is the outlet port of the
great lakes; Chicago the port at the
head otnavigation. This relationship
is not accidental, but is based on geo.
logical causes that existed before either
city was founded. It depends on the
drainage of the lakes. The four upper
lakes are u most remarkable geological
combination. A large part of all the
fresh water on the globe is banked up
on tableland 500 or 600 feet above
the sea. The drainage, of fcourse, flows
over the dam at the lowest point, Black
Rock, but by u remarkable coincidence
there are two points almost on the
same level, Black Rock and Chicago.
The watershed behind Chicago is but
twelve feet above Lake Michigan, twen-
yt.fve feet above Lake Erie. The geol-
ogists of Buffalo know that the land
on both sides of Niagara River is only
few feet above the water. Conse-
quently dam twenty-five feet high
across the river at Black Rock would
be sufficient to throw the waters of the
upper lakes into the Mississippi by the
Illinois River. The most beautiful
stream on the continent, the St. Law
renee, would be annihilated or greatly
reduced, and the dirty ditch of Chicago
would carry the tribute of the great
lakes into the Father OF Waters. Buf-
falo would in that case be at the head
of navigation and Chicago the natural
outlet port. On so slender a thread
did the destinies of these two cities
hang.-E. W Qaypole, at Buffalo.
The Wahpeton times., 1886-11-18
Where General Grant Learned
Strategy.

General Grant said that when he
was a little boy, living on his fathers
farm in Ohio, his father took him
into the stable one day, where a row
of cows stood in their unclean stalls.
"said he, Ulysses, the stable win
dow is pretty high for boy, but do
you think you could take this shovel
and clean out the stable?'
"'I don't know, father says !, 4
never have done it,
.''Well. my boy, if you will do it
this morning, I'll give you this bright
silver dollar said my father, patting
me on my head, while he held the sill
yer dollar before my eyes.
"Good,' says I; 'I'll try and then
I went to work. ! tueged and pulled
and lifted and pulled, and finally it was
done, and father gave me the bright
silver dollar, saying:
"'That's right, Ulysses, You did it
splendidly, and now l find you can do
it so nicely, I shall have you do it
every morning all winter"
The Wahpeton times., 1886-11-18

Of Dominic Forbes were protruded
over the fence.
ooh! you young scamp!" he cried;
"wait till tomorrow; I'll ca-ca-cal-
umetyou
What could we do to avert the or
deal that would in all probability take
place tomorrow.
II have it," shouted. "Let US 90
straight and see Jeanie."
We told her all, adding
"Oh! please, Miss Jeanne, take pity
on us, and be kind to the dominic. He
is so fond of you, Jeanie, and if you
say a word he will never thrash u.s."
DO you think he is fond of ME"
said bonnie Jeanie,
20! Miss Jeanie, replied, "he would
die for you."
"That he would" said Willie.
"I'm sure he would" said Davie.
Reader, that promised thrashing
never came of, but I'll tell you what
did come of just two months after
a wedding.
And Dominic Forbes limped away
from church with bonnie Jeanie's
hand in his sleeve.-Gordon Stabley,
NJ. D., c. NJ, R. NJ, in Home Chimes.
The Wahpeton times., 1886-11-18
The Scandalous British AristOc.

luc ScdnualOuS brlClSn Af1SCOC.
racy.
Miss Glider, Corr. Boston Saturday Even.
ing Gazette.
The Lonsdale family's connection
with the world is something little
short of discreditable. Ishould think
that English laws would have some
clause in them to cover such testers
on the escutcheons of noble families
by which they could be treated in
some violent manner, or else be flung
into the sea. The Lonsdales are one
of the Oldest of Great Britain's oldest
families, and one of the most con-
temptible. Both male and female,
they have been q bad lot, and the
present lord is about the most un-
blushing specimen OF the race. was
a good deal of conservative in my
English political feelings till l went
to England, and when I heard at
first hand of the low condition OF
aristocratic morals I became more OF
liberal, and think that il England
could wipe out her aristocracy she
would be much better of as country.
How she has held her own as a great
country with such an encumbrance is
hard to understand. 1t certainly
shows that moral qualities do not 60
very much in the makeup of q nation.
The French people have the reputa-
tion of being the most corrupt in their
moral character, but l don't think
that they compare with the English
aristocracy. The English middle class
are all right. They are as decent a
set of men as there are in the world,
but there are none more indecent
than titled families OF England,
women as well as mem I never in
my life heard such scandals as I heard
in London, and they came 80 straight
and were so we'll known that there
was no reason for disbelieving them.
The Wahpeton times., 1886-11-18
The Young Clergyman's First
Wedding Fee.

From the Chicago Intsr-O Ocean.
It was their first wedding. The
groom was 'new," so was the bride,
and the Congregational clergyman
had committed matrimony only in his
imagination. Finally, however, it
was all over; the twain were one flesh,
and the little wife was weeping in the
arms of the mother. The groom slip
ped up to the nervous minister, and
as that gentleman was about to pass
out into the night, pressed coin into
his hand.
"a $50 gold piece" thought the
young preacher. His heart beat faster
now than when he was officiating at
the wedding. He needed the money
so much. Indeed, he often wished his
meagre salary was only half it's size,
he had such difficulty in collecting it.
Why, it - Then it occurred to him
that it was customary for the minister
to make the bride a present of his
first marriage fee. The good man
sighed as he removed his thin over
coat and returned to the room where
the guests were Offering their con.
gratulations to the newly welded
couple.
II forgot something" said he as he
approached the bride. t"This is the
first marriage fee have ever received.
It is yours. 1t should be kept as a
reminder of this OCCASION"
Tho uo,,po hri1o ~ rot oLod o,,& lo,
hand and the coin rang as it touched
her marriage ring. The guests looked
up; the unconscious wife did not close
her hand upon the 6tty-cent piece
that lay there, and all saw it. The
minister was glad it was his first
marriage; the guests tried to appear
rs if they did not see the half dollar,
and the reporter quietly smiled and
thought perhaps the young husband
was saving up to buy the divorce.
The Wahpeton times., 1886-11-18

Mrs. Woodwork, a revivalist, Is
attracting large crowds in Muncie,
Ind. Her sermons are simply exhor-
tatious. and she holds her hearers quite
as much by her manner as by her
words. She is dramatic in tone and
action. Her speech is of a sing song
style, while her hands are kept busy
in graceful gesture. At times her eyes
are fixed heavenward for several min
utes, while she stands like statue,
her hands thrown back over her
shoulders, palms upward, in slow,
weaving motion. Her audience watch
her intently. and are evidently deeply
impressed. i,
The Wahpeton times., 1886-11-18

There are about one thousand Chi.
nese in the city Of Chicago. There are
five 5abbath schools of Chinese pupils,
with an average attendance Of 225.
One of these schools holds sessions
five evenings in each week. Eighteen
Chinese are members of "the Chinese
Christian Association" and eight O,
these are preparing Tor missionary
work. Several of them are preparing
to return to their Chinese honoes to
engage IN labor there. This is not a
bad record.