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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-17
Select MlisteIlamp.
The FOrsaken Farm House.

The FOrsaken Farm House.
Against the wooded hill II stands,
Ghost of dead home, staring through
Its broken lights on wasted lands
Where oldtime harvests grew.
Unplowed, unsown by scythe unshorn,
The poor forsaken farm-fieds lie,
Once rich and rife with golden corn
And pale green breadths Of rye.
OF healthful herb and flower bereft,
The garden plot no housewife keeps,
Through weeds and tangles only left
The snake, its tenant, creeps.
A lilac spray, one blossom clad,
sways bare before the empty rooms;
Beside the roofess porch, a sad,
Pathetic red rose blooms.
His track, in mold and dust of drouth,
On floor and hearth the squirrel leaves,
And In the fireless chimney's mouth
His web the spider weaves.
The leaning barn about to fall
Resounds no more on husking ewes;
No cattle low in yard or stall,
No thresher beats his sheaves
So sad, so dreari 1t seems almost
Some haunting presence makes its sign;
That down yon shadowy lane some ghost
Might drive his spectral kline.
u q. Whittier, in February atlantic.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-17

If you once try Carter's Little Liver
Pills for sick-headache, biliousness or
constipation you will never be without
them. They are purely vegetable,
small and easy to take. All druggists
sell them.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-17

JOHN OTTO died last week at New
ark, N. Y, aged forty-nine. He was
one of the four soldiers who raised the
United States flag on Fort Sumter in
1881
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-17

If crooked stick is before you, you
need not explain how crooked it is; lay
a straight one down by the side of it,
and the work is well done. Preach the
truth and error will stand abashed in
its presence.-Spurgeon.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-17

Are you bilious? Then use DIR.
Soule's Pills; they are perfect liver
regulator.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-17
A Long Struggle.

Cyrus F. Farnsworth of Marshfeld,
who has been struggling for over ten
years TO be restored to the pension roll
has at last been successful. Senator
Edmunds (who had been asked by Mr..
Deavitt to inquire at the pension office
for the condition of the claim last week
sent to Mr.. Farnsworth's attorney the
following note:
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-17

~ Agents Wanted in Towns not
already represented.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1886-11-27

One of the most fashionable little
''fads" of the day in fancy work is
a Noah's ark quilt. The quilt can
be of serge, cloth, satin shceting or
plain cream sheeting, and is de-
signed and commenced by the lady
who starts it. If she is a good
worker she embroiders or appliques
the Noah's ark, which is near the
center of the quilt, but placed high
up. The animals are all in couples,
and form a long procession round
the entire quilt, marching round
toward the ark. Sometimes the
procession is curved, so as to form
a design over the entire surface !;
but this depends on individual
taste and fancy. The lady asks
her friends and neighbors to work
the pairs of animals, usually giving
them some choice in the matter
Some of these quilts are very anus
ing, and really worth keeping. At
a recent starting of one lady vol
unteered to work two feas, which
she eventually did, with wonderful
care and dexterity. In cream sheet
ing the animals may be all in red
Turkey twill, worked with red in
grained thread, or in various colors.
This may be an idea for many busy
fingers. The baby's crawling blan-
kets or cot coverlids probably gave
the idea of the Noah's Ark quilt,
and also suggested the same style
of perambulator cover. The ami
mails are generally cut out i'm paper
first, then in whatever material they
are to be worked in, and are copied
from child's colored picture book.
In the Noah's Ark collection, scraps
of fur and skin are used, to repre-
sent the specimen as true to nature
as possible. 1t is also occasionally
all worked by one pair of hands on
a foundation Of double width dag
onal serge with the various animals
portrayed in woods, sometimes in
cross-stitch first worked on pieces
of ordinary canvas, afterward drawn
away, or in outline stitch in crew.
els, or in another stitch which is
being a good deal now used for
travelling rugs. bath blankets, etc..
which is done by laying wool in
strands on the outlined pattern, and
lacking it down by small stitches
Of silk or a contrasting color.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1886-11-27

could then be seen, and as now W
sit upon the hilltop we have the
picture transfixed in all its awful
grandeur and fury.
This lava upheaval overlays in
great part gravel deposit which is
of the same nature as the present
bed of Snake river. The Oregon
Short Line Railway traverses the
desert from American Falls to
Shoshone, a distance Of 100 miles.
The engineers have pierced the lava
for water, which has been encoun-
tered in the gravel at a depth OF
$50 to 800 feet. Gold was discOv-
cred in this gravel when the wells
were sunk, and the variety is much
coarser than the flour gold found in
Snake river. There is little doubt
that this gravel, now so far beneath
the surface, will some day form the
basis of a profitable mining indus
try. The difficulty of prospecting
the deposits has drawn attention
from them, but the theory that the
Snake river gold has been leeched
from this source, and the easy rail
way communication, promises an
early development of this deep
gravel mining district.
The lava desert is visited in the
winter season by copious showers,
which collect in large pools, but in
the other season it is dry and
parched. Only the hardy sage
brush thrives the year round, but
during the rainy period, and until
early spring, buffalo grass sprouts
from the crevices, forming feed for
the deer, antelope and other game,
which, driven from the snow-bound
mountains of the north, here find
secure retreat during the winter.
In fact, the lava is then the sports
mans paradise. The bikes and
lodges form a convenient shelter,
and one can approach the game
walking for several miles through
circuitous lanes of lava. At every
clearing the game will be found
quietly browsing on the succulent
buffalo grass, and seldom start at
the mere sight of the hunters.
Their docility is such that large
numbers are slain without much
effort, and for their hides alone.
Still the number of deer has not
apparently decreased, the supply
returning from the mountain re-
gions with the regularity of the
seasons.
To account for this outflow the
crater and fissure theory have been
advanced with great persistency.
1t is agreed, however, that while
the different flows have occurred at
different periods, the Snake river
lava fields are comparatively re-
cent, everything chiefly the Cham
plain Terrace epochs. Other Sec
tons show, however, that the sue
cessive strata from the middle ter
tiary or miocene have received their
lava coating. From the past, there
fore, it seems that our age must at
some time see similar CONFUSION,
although the time will always be
matter of conjecture.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1886-11-27

The figures of the last census
show the industrial and profession.
al victories women have won
There are now but few callings in
the United States in which they are
not represented. Nearly one-third
of the artists in the country are
women, the figures being 2O61 fc.
males to 7O43 males. Women al
ways did more or less1n the way Of
literary work. In certain branches
they may yet stand unrivaled.
OF the 1871 authors in the United
States at the last census 800 were
women.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1886-11-27
Homestead Notice.
LAND OFFICE AT HALEY. ID,ho,

LAND OFFICE AT HALEY. ID,Ho,
October t. lsSi'
I. Milledgc w. Johnson. of kechln'
Idaho, who made Homestead Application
No. 267. for the S. ". y \. Il. i and ; e
4 n. w. a and n. +. =. 5. W. y of sec'ah
81, township 4 ~, II. is T., do hereby g'ss
notice of my intention To make final PROV
To establish my claim 10 the land aboyed.-
scribed. and that expect 10 prove my r..
dence and cultivation before the keglsH
and Receiver at Haley. Idaho. ON Mover
Der 10, 1856. by two oi the following VIZ
ncsscs: j. B. Harper of Ketchum, ldais'
John Holman of ketchum, Idaho; 4.
Adams of Ketchum, Idaho; a. i. Iufi"
of HALEY, Idaho. ,-,ov
MILLEDGE W. JOHNSON,
Land Office at HALEY, Idaho. OctoDtl \
1sS6.-No;ice of the above application VII
be published in THE kErcHrM kEisIVl,-
printed at ketchum, Idaho, which hele:
designate as the newspaper published h,a'
est the land described in said appllcaIion'.
o9w6 HOMER l.. PoUND, Regis'el'
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1886-11-27
Summons.
IL THE JUSTICES COURT. - AND
L for ketchum precinct, Altu:as county.
Territory of Idaho.

IN THE JUSTICES COURT. ~ AyD
L for ketchum precinct, Altu:as county,
Territory of Idaho.
Pinkham & Comstock. plaintiffs,
T. j. Lcuark. defendant.
To r. J. LEuARK. Defendant
In the name of the people Of the United
States in the Territory of Idaho. yog are
hereby notified that there j. now on fcia
the Justices court of ketchum precinrt,
Alturas county. Territory of ldanO the
complaint of Pinkham 4 Comstock, claim.
ing of you thirty and 53-iO0 dollars wiil
interest at 10 per cent. from july l6a,
\. ID. 1885. for goods sold and delivered at
your special instance and request, and You
are hereby summoned To appear before ne
ut my office, in said precinct. county aiO'e-
said, within five days from the date Of tie
service hereof upon you. exclusive oi-tls
day of service. To answer unto said com
plant, and YOU are hereby notified that
if you fail To appear and answer % SAD
complaint within the time herein speci-
fled the plaintiffs will take judgment
against you for the sum of thirty AMI atl.p
dollars. together with interest from JrF
10th. A. ID. 1885, at 10 per cent. per annuB'
besides the costs of this action.
To the Sheriff or any Constable 0i 'at
county greeting: Make legal service AMI
due return hereof.
Given under my hand this 18th day o.
October, A. ID. lSSG.
w. T.. PECK,
Justice of the Peace of said Precinct
HYNDMMAN & BATTES. Ats for I'.s. o~'
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1886-11-27
LEGAL.


NOTICE NO. I72
UNITED STATES LAND OFrrcr
HALEY, Idaho, September 10 ,sso
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN l
~ Walter Clark, whose postotIico ihAl
is ketchum. Alturas county. IdoL aadre,,
tory, and James U. Swift. winsa ' , Ieri.
address is HALEY. Alturas co,n,p, osioifee
Territory, have made applica,;:s,,, Idaho
United States Patent for the ''oii Tor
Carrie Leonard.
lode mining claim. situate in J;,,,, .
Mining District. Alturas county M. ,,moky
ritory, consisting of 14lT linear ff~'ho Ter
lode, and surface ground, 5,S5 ~. VI The
average, being Lot No. AZ. and deso1n Wide.
the held notes and plat of the oil;ai'u,s IN
vey on hlc In this office. with In aal sur
variation at Is degrees 80 Iuinr,o. nasheilc
follows: Commencing at the ieaS', Is
point and running thence :. $40 te e,,Syy,o,'ery
feet to point on the west end linz W. ~
thence $. 20 I5iW. 27s feet IN c"r, VI c,lam;
thence \. 20 l3' Il. SIS feet To- cor,,oI No.
thence \. $50 ~ T.. io3 feet to corno CORN, Ma. :;
thence \. 800 5s' T.. l0ll feet Ia cor,,c 40; y
H. thence ). 20 l3' W. $40 feet In co CO w.
.; thence ;: $40 81 w. 1920 3 feet ~ Nv, a No
no: !, tlie place Oh BEGINNING survey Of 9 ey
tSiioi DouIi'ai iSS vi tlIlin.
Containing 49, $50 acres. evcI,s,,..
acres in conflict with q. c lode H., VI V@i
expressly excepted in this applicat;o,,,'o No v
From corner No. 4, l.. = NJ NJ
bears n. $50 23 4sl.7 feet distant 40
The said mining claim being If roo..,.
the office of the Recorder of said M, T,l N
district and at HALEY, in Alturas r ,,,rnis
Idaho. The nearest known legations Sa;9
" Pine Tree, Pot Wrestler and tho ~ "
lot No. AZ lode mining claims. '''' W
1 direct that this notice be published
The kETcHUM KEYSTONE. the nr,rs,,a,1A
published nearest said mining claim
the period of sixty days. ~
HOMER l.. POUND. REGISTER
HYNDMAS d BAITES, Attys Tor Anti.
First publication September Is. lSg
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1886-11-27
Dissolution of COpartncrship'

THE PARTNERSHIP HERET0fphh
l. existing between the undersigne9 ".
der the firm name of Adams d Buzz nj:
Sawtooth. Alturas county, Idaho Is iD y
dav dissolved bv mutual consent. }. T.
Burk having Withdrawn from The lrni u
q. Adams will contiuc the business az.
collect the outstanding accounts ana D.
sumo the debts of the late firm. u.
J. y. BURk. %,
Cowfnot1 October lG ls>1 On
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1886-11-27
Application for Patent.
NOTICE No. us.


UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE
HALEY, IDAHO, October Is,c,
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN Tu,r
~ William a. Wallace and James
Beatty have made application for a CuitI
States Patent for the
lisa bella
mining claim, situate in Little Smoky m;,.
ing district, Alturas county. Idaho Vcr.
tory, consisting Of about ! i25 linear feet n
the lode, and surface ground about 5,D fe,,
wide, being Lot No. 81 and described /, n
field notes and plat of the official survev
ON file in this office. with magnetic yaris.
ton at Is degrees 80 minutes east. AZ ioi.
lows: Commencing M the southwest ro,.
ner of the claim ut post No. .. whence 4 {
mineral monument No. I bears north 96
l5' T.. 76.2 feet distant; thence from ,,.l
corner n. $40 ls' r.. li24.s feet 10 post sni
corner No. 3; thence y. $50 81 West .ri
feet to post and corner No. 4 thence
$50 JJ w. 1893 feet To post and corn,
No. !, and thence :. 800 81 T.. 5S feet "a
the place of beginning. containing area a
1855 acres, but excepting thereirOm thst
portion in the southwest corner in conait
with the .. &. claim Lot No. rs. being an,
in conflict of lJ5 acres.
The said mining claim being Of record
in the Office of the Recorder of said cour.g
at HALEY. i'm said Altaras county. Idah.
the nearest known location being the q. e.
mining claim on the west.
! direct that this notice be published in
THE kETcHuM KEYSTONE, the NEWSPAPER
published nearest the said mining CLAN.
for the period of sixty days.
HOMER l.. POUND. Register.
First publication. October .. lNsj
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1886-11-27
No,ice 10 whom C1sccrnesi.

hereby give notice to al cocerhs".. s ,ns
of Hope" lode mining claim, NmayeII Ida.
Lost River Mining District; Custk ~ 20, t' 81
no, on the hesdwaters OF the hias IA ,,ssporsi.
Lost River, and that will not be r !, nv in.
bic for any debts contracted agalnss M,
terest in said mine without my c9nsip n.s.
Ketchum. Idaho, July IA, lSS'
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1886-11-27

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TIN l.
IN have not sold my interest in I'm. ,ns ,o Avn
vankcc Brewery and Saloon, in the T %r
of Kctchum, Alturas county, Idaho 'o',;ionel
tory: therefore, all persons are ca"A0'
not to purchase said interest r,vcrR
80 KONRAD KONlN"lnnIild
Ketchum, Aug. 8. lsad
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1886-11-27

Notice. ,.r
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN ns;bk
N he undersigned win not be resPoIi nds.
for snv debit or liens placed upon the ''
pendence mine by the present n lessesWs'
i. r. WARkEHAr
UFRED P1ElF~
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1886-11-27

Notice.
SUNG FONG has this day sold his veRe-
table Garden at Ketchum to YEE WING,
PsTties holding claims against said Sung
Flung will collect the same Of him, as viii
not be responsible for any debts Of his con-
tracing. YEE WING.
Aetcham, July ., 1861 jySlN
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-10-22
The English Women.

Gen, Badeau says English women OF
the arlstocracy are not SO well edu-
Gated or so accomplished as those OF
the upper middle class, or as cultivat-
ed women in America. They seldom
have fine literary taste, or even an
extensive acquaintance with English
literature. He has been told of girls,
afterward married TO dukes, who ask-
ed, "who was Desdemona?"w when they
saw picture OF Othello telling his i'm
mortal story. They are seldom at all
musical, and rarely possess high artis-
tic talent OF ana sort But they ride
better than any women III the world;
they are proficient i'll all outdoor ex-
erclses archery, driving, sometimes
shooting; they all walk great distances,
they usually play billiards, they have
a knowledge OF gardening, they are ac-
quainted with forest trees, and they
know the name of every shrub in the
park. They are often hunters and
sometimes anglers. They are practi-
cal in everything but housewifery; this
they seldom practice before marriage.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-10-22

The amount of grain carried from
the west to Montreal for export this
year has largely exceeded the quaint.
ties of the last three years and much
is expected in the future from direct
rail communication with Minneapolis
and st. Paul. A short route, via the
Minneapolis, Sault Ste. Marie & At,
lantic and Canadian Pacific roads, is
assured, and it is reported that the
Grand Trunk is likewise about to
reach out for northwest connection
by means Of a line from Gravenhurst
along the northern shore OF Georgian
bay to sault Ste. Marie. The distance
from Minneapolis to Montreal by the
Canadian Pacific route is stated at
1,092 miles, or $50 less than from
Minneapolis to New York via Chicago.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-10-22

Mr.. A. B. Mullett, ex-supervising
architect Of the treasury, says that it
is q mistake to estimate the violence
Of the earthquake shocks in Charles.
ton by the amount of damage done.
He thinks that if Washington, for in.
stance, had been subjected to the same
shocks the comparative damage would
not have been more than half, if SO
much. The buildings in Charleston
are almost altogether very old. The
mortar and cement used in their con.
struction is from the immediate local.
sity, and is Of a very inferior charac.
ter.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-10-22

At the Protestant Episcopal Dioees-
San convention in New York impor.
tant resolutions regarding mar
riage and divorce were adopt
ed. The first asked that the general
convention petition the New York
legislat nre to enact a statute provid.
ing that no person shall be married
until alter 9 license is provided from a
county clerk or5other officer provided
for the purpose, addressed to the min.
ister, justice Of the peace or other
magistrate who performs the ceremo.
ny. The resolution passed unani.
mously. The second resolution asked
that the general convention take ae-
tioss 70 secure uniformity in the mar.
riage Laws in the United States. This
Was also adopted unanimously.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-10-22

The new regulation issued recently
by the United States Civil Service
Commission relating to the certifica.
tion OF veterans is a very fair way
OF treating an obscure and rather com.
plicated question. By ythis regulation.
whenever o request is made for names
from the eligible list four names oi
veterans are certified if they can be
found. They are taken by preference
from states entitled to appointments
Impossible, if but if not they are taken
from other states. This is fair to all
concerned.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-10-22
ABig Swindle in Chicago.

N. NJ. Neeld, partner in the well known
packing house OF ]. c. Ferguson & Co., Of
Chicago, is in Canada. He has issued bo-
gus warehouse receipts aggregating $400,.
The loss will fall altogether on the
banks, 100000 on u single New York
bank. He was fne-looking man
OF about forty-eight years, and was
the managing partner in the firm OF j. c.
Ferguson g. Co., which is very old and rich
one and came originally from Indianapolis,
The following banks have suffered:
Corn Exchange, New York; First Nation
al, Chicago; Metropolitan, Chicago; Bank
OF Montreal, Chicago; Bank OF Illinois.
Chicago; Continental, Chicago, and the
British Bank OF North America.
1t is also said that some OF the Boston
banks were stuck.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-10-22

17IF777 : } : :
On January /, 1886, there were
l2s, 968 miles of railroad in the Unit
ed States, and the companies owning
them reported assets exceeding liabili.
ties by $2l4,281 ,22o. On the other
hand, their debts. bonded and other
wise, amounted to $4,255, 1915, ,562.
The bulk of this, OF coulse,is in securi.
ties held tor the most part as invest
ments and relied upon to furnish an
income to the holders. The Rail
road Gazette shows that since 1872
in only three years up to the CORE
spending date were SO many miles ol
new track laid as thus far into 1856.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-10-22

DR.. Aveling and his wife, English So.
6cialists, having announced theirinten-
tion togo to Chicago and arouse a senti.
ment in favor Of the convicted Anarch-
lists, the Times ofthat city sends them
% friendly health bulletin, advising
them Of the deleterious effect Of the
Chicago climate upon persons holding
their peculiar views, and suggesting
that they remain away. Aveling is
very angry, and insists that he viii
60 and speak too.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-10-22

Tho September FIRE losses in the
United States and Canada, according
to the estimate OF the Comraarcial Bul.
jletin, aggregate SO, SOC, 600 slight de-
crease from the average September
loss Of previous years. Up to Oct. 1
the aggregate FIRE waste in 1885 was
$50, 900, 600. against s71, 500, 600 for
the same period Of 1885.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-10-22

The new Chicago. Burlington and
Northern railroad, under the manage,
ment Of the Chicago. Burlington and
Quincy, is to be opened to the public
on October ~. with two daily trains
to and from st. Paul and Minneapo.
lis, one ofthem being admitted express.
The new road extends from Oregon,
Ogle county, ILL.,, where it connects
with the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy's Chicago and Iowa Division
30 st. Paul.