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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-11-04
A Good Horse
Rural New Yorker

We examined a horse last week that
came as near our ideal of the perfect
farm horse as we have seen. Broad and
strong, gentle and kind, of good color
a willing worker, a fair roadster and with
far more than the usual equine intelli-
gence. The first reason her owner gave
for her excellence was: It cost $50 to
sire her" There is good deal in that
remark. If You will think it over you
viii find that every first class horse that
you know of cost more money than the
common horse. $50 colt is a $50 colt
and a s. colt is s. colt, every time
Back in the pedigree of every first-class
animal will be found a good-sized ser
vice fee. We do not wish to be under
stood as saying that by simply paying a
large service fee a farmer may consider
himself sure to secure good colt. We
do mean that the service of first-class
shapely, well-bred animal is worth ten
times as much as that of a scrub. There
is no law of nature that can enable scrubs
TO produce anything but scrubs.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-11-04
FARM NOTES

Petroleum, it Is said, will often cure
chicken cholera if given in time, A
tablespoonful in pint of meal fed to
the hens is sufficient.
Ferns will thrive in a sunless room, but
wil! not grow luxuriantly without abun-
dance ofswater. They delight in a sprink
ling from the water pot.
A remarkable property of the ice plant
is its ABSORPTION of salt, fluid exuded
by its leaves having been found to con
tain S5 per cent of sea salt.
Horses will 60 eight and probably ten
hours without food, if properly fed at
evening and morning. They should have
water more frequently, but never when
hot.
The man who takes up farming just be
cause he has failed at everything else
has nc, pleasant prospect before him.
He is likely to add another failure to his
list
The days of salt pork as principal
meat for farmers, fortunately are past,
and with them impaired digestion, that
under the old diet was the source OF in
numberable ills.
4 corn-crib may be readily made ras-
proof by supporting it ON ceder or
locust posts thirty inches high and
capped with stone or board.
The great cause of the small profits of
the majority OF small fruit growers and
market gardeners is due to the fact that
they try to work altogether too much
land.
A few sods ana little COW manure
made into a heap now about where you
can throw kitchen slops, viii make an ex-
celent compost for your flower pots next
winter.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-11-04

Probably there are many readers of the
Prairie Farmer who, having marshy or
wet land, hesitate at the cost and incon-
yenience of employing an engineer to
determine whether drainage Is practic-
able or not Most people know that a
builders two-foot level is of very little
use for field work, and may wish TO know
how to make cheap and perfect instru-
ment for themselves. What is needed is
briefly this; A piece of lead pipe, two or
three feet long, each end of which is bent
up to a right angle. Into each of these
ends n clear glass vial, with openings
ground in the bottoms and the rims
ground off, Is secured with plaster of
Paris. The whole is nearly filled with
colored water. The rest is merely detail.
A broomstick will do for n staff, and two
bits of board grooyed will hold the pipe
fastened TO it with wood screws. Any
grindstone will serve to cut the bottles as
needed: bat the ends of the pipe will
need TO be enlarged to receive them.
This can easily be done with a hard wood
stick. Any farmer can with this be his
own engineer, and will want no better in
strument.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-11-04
VOORHEES, Defends the Firesidc
Philadelphia Times


Senator Voorhees,, of INDIANA, is fast
acquiring qnational reputatiod as the
legal defender of men who shoot, stab or
pound to death the destroyers of their
dom este happiness. The success he met
with in defending Capt. Johnson, of
Greenville, Tenn, is still the talk Of the
west and the south, and that directly was
the reason young Haseltine, who recently
killed Baxter Morse, in Wisconsin, has
just retained his services. Wondrous
tales are told OF the speech which result
ed in Johnson's acquittal. When Voor-
hees rose to begin his plea sentiment
was against his Client. He knew this,
and had evidently made up his mind to
do his best Warming to his work he
depicted the hymenial Eden in which
Johnson had lived before he came. then
traced the Shiny course of the modern
serpent as 1t wound It's insidious way in
to that peaceful garden, and described
the ruin and desolation that marked its
ruin and desolation that marked its en-
venomed train. As ne proceeded, first
one juror, then another, and still another,
was seen to wipe his eyes, and in a little
while the whole twelve sat with tears
trickling down their cheeks. Even the
Judge sat down below the books on his
desk to hide the emotion he could not
conceal. The acquittal followed as
matter of course, and for time it was
hard to tell which was the greater hero,
Voorhees, or his client. The INDIANA
senator has a voice that can roar like
tempest as easily as it can initiate
the bird like voice of the flute, and al
though there are many better lawyers in
the country than he, there are but few
of the many lawyers who can sway q jury
n will
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-11-04
CUTE CHILDREN
Some Smart Remarks by Preeociou. d.
tiers, 4i"'

tiers "''
Mamma, coming into the room,
Fanny playing with the contents 90 "u ~
sewing machine drawers, and sbar1, tus
her away. Fanny continues bsr s,lls
calmly and says: pay
Have patience, mamma: have /.
tiencer pa
A little boy who was to pass the as..-
noon with the doctors little dauybta,.
given two pieces of candy Wben IA "a'
turned his mother inquired if he - ~ -
larger piece to the little girl. vas
mo, mother, didn't; you told ,,o
give the biggest piece to the CONVEX "
and | vas the company over there -
Edith years old, is sitting in the co.,
ner leaning her head ON her hands 80,
looking very miserable. Her motber ~
quires:
aren't you well, Edith?n
''Not very well dess."
What is the matter?n
y dot tolic in my head, mamma
Little Louisa, not 3 years old, was oh.
served as she sat at the table to atto,os.
to spit with great energy into the cor
ner of her bib, and when asked what h.
was doing, said:
II am trying to spit out nay teeth O.,
Aunt Mary Ann does
Poor Aunt Mary AIMS teeth hurt bsr
so she slyly slipped them out into ber
napkin when she sat down to the tsbla
fondly hoping she was unobserye5
but the little ones sharp eyes had seen
her.
The children had their regular tea in
the salon at about O'Clock. with sll ~
accomplishments of toast, marmaIs5e
cake and jam which go to make that meal
high festival; but little Frances usuauv
began to get hungry before the time
and secretly coveted the pretty biscuits
that were saved with afternoon tea for
her elders. She found herself, however
IN an embarrassing position, because her
mother had taught her not to ask for
them. SO she used to look at the his.
cults with one finger ON her lips and her
little head moving from side to side in
deep thought, AT length she had worked
out plan of proceeding and came to me
to put it into action.
Ask me if l want something" she
said carefully avoiding any requests for
biscuits.
Yes, certainly. Do you want a cup Of
tea?"
"No, l don't want that"
ga plate:"
NO
"A spoon:n
NO"
"Oh, biscuit perhaps?"
Eyes"
That was it; and then, when | hand
ed her he plate to help herself, she
said:
Tell me to take two"
SO told her to take more than two.
and | am afraid spoiled her appetite for
tea that evening
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-11-04
A HOLOCAUST.
soaRRvILLE JOURNAL.

The alarum bell rings out
Upon the midnight air
Excited men 10 frenzy shout
The sky IS all aglare
From windows whife-cisd women folk
Protrude th-ir rizht capped heads,
Amid rremhlng watch the ilamc a. smoke
tn q called them from their beds.
With twenty men 20 msu the ioIe
The engine truuiies by
Niagara, No / = let's hope
fht reservoirs NOT dry
The ctaseltss clsugor Of the btl,
The ciamor Of lhr cOys,
The whole excited iliage tell
The meaning OF the noise.
Bot Don the glare fades slowly out,
Nisgara's quenchcd the flame,
The farmer hremen turn about
And 20 bace 10 their DANES.
ard as they drain = s'ear1us cup
OF tea they tell yarn
or how the fire fend gobbled up
The widow Jones barn.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-11-04
FARM, HOME AND GARDEN
THE MISER.
rHEorH1LUs VAN DEREx

He hugs The earth he sees no splendi sun;
II soul he hath, It doth not once appear
But rather dense and humid atmosphere
OF boly light conducting ever none.
The noble him desuise--and learn to shun;
Pursuing gaat robbers hold 100 dear
He orphans cry ignore- and widows tear
Nor knoNeth GOd-nor God-lik work had done
The love OF woman never moved his heat.
Nor dream OF heaven filed with haiioWeo fire
He mamnon Worship, base Is his desire
And, prove a sOrdid dog in church or mart
The wretch will read these lines that / ind!fe,
And swear he man re 'er lived OF whom write
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-11-04

correspondence OF ne Globe Democrat
EpwAHpurLr, KAN, October 81. This
is q small village twelve miles west of
Kansas City, on the line of the Union
Pacific road, in the heart OF one Of the
richeet bodies OF land in the world. The
Kav Valley is famous for its rich soil and
wonderful agricultural products. Here
il the home of MIR Taylor, the potato
king of the west The business has been
prosecuted by him for fifteen vears.
During this time he has had but oav fail
IRE. la 1883 he lost his entire crop by
frost, and in the fall was $4,000 poorer
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-11-04
1t Was Authentic.

New Yorker suddenly enriched by an
unexpected legacy from a distant rela-
tive. set up a magnificent establishment
and began to give big dinners. He had
a coat Of arms fabricated and placed on
the panel of his coach and INDUCED in
liveried servants.
One day some guests awaiting dinner
observed a large picture on the wall
His genealogical tree" said one. who
was posted about it.
rs it indeed authentic:" asked anoth-
er.
Authentic! / should say it was anthem
tic. The fellow who drew it up for him
is still living
II is learned that Mr.. Fitzgerald, who
was injured in the railroad accident near
Fairfield, Neb, Tuesday, was not the pres
ident of the Irish National league.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-11-04

Miss Higg And what course would
you wish your daughter to pursue the
dead languages and the severer studies,
or French and department?
Mrs. Veneer whose husband has just
retired from the furniture line with a for
tunel-Oh no, 1 can't abide the dead
finish: give her the French polish, even if
it costs little more
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-11-04

Good Housekeeping.

The following method is very different
from the one in general use for splicing
fruits, and, when the two have been com
pared, the preference has always been
given to this:
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-11-04

heSe very inexpensive deserts are
good on the farm or elsewhere. Their
cost is so trifing that they may help to
give variety where it is most needed, on
the very plainest tables:
BLACKBERRY PUDDING.
pint of flour, pint Of warm water,
a pinch of salt and quart of blackber-
ries. Flour your pudding bag well, and
boil for one hour.
HUCKLEBERRY PUDDING.
The same receipt, substituting r,llk for
water, with huckleberries instead of
blackberries, makes another good berry
pudding.
SAUCES.
One egg, a cupful Of sugar, a good lump
of butter beaten together, with cupful
of boiling milk added, and little grated
nutmeg just before serving makes good
sauce with either of these. Or half pint
of water may be put to boil in sauce
pan, and two teaspoonfulls of flour wet
TO paste and added stirring until il
forms smooth cream. add cupful of
sugar, and let it boil up once; flavor to
taste.
SUIT PUDDING
Make stiff batter of granulated In
dian meal and water, with SALT add to a
quart of batter half pint of chopped
suet and boil in a bag for three hours.
Less will answer, but long boiling inn
proves it. cupful of hard cider, cup
rul of molasses and lump of butter the
size of an egg, makes a good sauce for
this puddiuv.
FRUIT BUCKwHEATs.
Add a quart CT tender apples, pared
| and sliced, OF halves OF pears or peaches
(pears are better stewedl, to pitcher Of
batter make az for ordinary buckwheat
cakes. Cook on griddle, and eat with
maple syrup or liquid sauce.
OATMEAL CAKrs.
Into a quart of water in which has
| been dissolved a little salt, stir enough
oatmeal to make it about as thick as
hasty pudding. The meal should be
sprinkled in slowly and the stirring be
very brisk to avoid Jumps. Next turn it
into a tin that has been rubbed with suet
or butter, and spread it out evenly with
a.knife till it is about half the thickness
of a common cracker. Divide it with a
sharp knife into the sized pieces you
wish and place it in warm oven, where
| it will bake slowly, being careful not to
/ brown Il. These cakes are very nutrit-
ious and keep for some time
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-11-04
HUcK1EBERRY PUDDING.

The same receipt, substituting r-ilk for
water with huckleberries instead of
blackberries, makes another good berry
pudding.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-11-04
BLACKBERRY PUDDING.

A pint of flour, a pint OF warm water,
pinch of salt and a quart of blackber
ries. Flour your pudding bag well, and
boil for one honr.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-11-04

These very inexpensive deserts are
good on the farm or elsewhere. Their
cost is so triling that they may help to
give variety where it is most needed, on
the very plainest tables:
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-11-04

That was it; and then, when | hand
ed her he plate to help herself, she
said.
Tell me to take two"
So told her to take more than two,
and | am afraid spoiled her appetite for
tea that evening.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-31

fanatics would make II (; but the min
istry-the sacred, solemn service oil
medical men to their day and genera
ton; the obligations Of voluntary vas
sails Of the common veal.
The main points discussed were the
call, the qualifications, and the essen
tial elements Of success involved In q
just comprehension Of the mission OF
medical men. They are not to be wage
winners, nor merchants bringing their
powers and attainments to market for
the highest price; nor politicians court
ing popular applause or civil station {;
nor spectators to make a corner in
specifies, or pile up mansions or manu-
factories out Of the sweat-soiled
coin Of the deluded purchasers
of nostrums and pansceas. Instead,
the great republic, humanity
their suzerain-requircs them to
be warriors fighting foes the
most insidious, covert, and deadly; a
Gordon of naval vessels preserving a
national quarantine; legislators re-
manding the people to the perfect code
of laws inscribed by Almighty Wis
dom on their natures and the very con-
stitution of the planet, and to point out
q way Of escape from penalties no ex-
ecutive clemency can remove; teachers
indicating wherein is freest exercise OF
"life, liberty, and the pursuit Of hap
piness "; reformers in diet, sanitation,
sumptuary laws. and the like; priests
coming as q benediction into the holy
of holies of our homes; prophets,
preachers, confdants, confessors, to us
all.
Earnestness to the point Of being
one-idead was enjoined, even though
little minds should deem them mad.
And patience, which seems the "great
American short method " Of quick pro-
cesses and hasty results, was enforced !;
and humility, because Of the limitation
Or human knowledge. Other virtues
were emphasized as patience, Sympathy,
courage, and self-sacrifce, and their op-
posites satirized by anecdotes and
illustrations which gave them pith and
point.
The address, which occupied forty
minutes in delivery, is only outlined in
the above brief sketch.
DR.. Landrum's remarks were listen.
ed to attentively, and at frequent inter-
yals and when he finished he was loudly
applauded.
DR.. Newton pronounced a benedic-
ton. which closed the entertainment,
and the audience dispersed.
FLOWERS.
Many of the graduates were reciPi.
ents of beautiful floral designs and
baskets.
The evenings entertainment was in
terspersed with selections by the or
Chestra,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-31
THE .DRY- MEN MOVING.
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GIee Gibbs te Re Orgsntsed-Clcrks ol
Election Local Option Notes. Ac.

- -~~-~~~% - t-
The Executive Committee Of the city
local.option organization met ct head
quarters last night, with Mr.. George
W. Mayo, Chairman, and Mr.. w. Q.
Mayo secretary. Prayer by Rev. W.
II. Hunter.
Mr.. Gillian reported that ]. Was pos
sible to secure clerks Of election favora-
bic to local option, but that judges had
been already appointed.
The different wards reported a
thorough organization except Jefferson,
which will organize tonight. These
ward committees were instructed to
organize their precincts.
The services Of NJ. NJ. Gillian, Esq,
were secured to represent the local
optionists in all matters where counsel
may be necessary.
The ward secretaries were directed
to see that the registration-books OF
each precinct are copied.
1t was announced that Captain
W. c. Dutton, Grand Worthy
Chief Templar Of the Good Tenn
plars, was at the command of the
committee for all of next week except
Friday night, when he goes to West
Point. The services were accepted.
1t was suggested that glee clubs
should be organized, white and colored,
"to furnish temperance music for pub
lie meetings" A committee was APP
pointed on public meetings and another
on speakers. A committee was ap-
pointed to ascertain what proportion of
crimes committed was attributable to
the use OF intoxicating liquors.
The headquarters will be supplied
with all kinds of temperance literature
for workers in the cause.
NJ. NJ. Gillian, Esq, was elected
vice-president Of the Executive Com
mittee.
Adjourned to meet next Tuesday
night.
HALIFAX AND PITTSYLvANIA.
Captain W. c. Dutton, Grand Wor-
thy Chief Templar, was at local-option
headquarters yesterday and reported
an excellent work in Halifax and Pitt
sylyania counties, where he has been
since Wednesday last. lie attended
Pittsylvania County Lodge and dedi-
Gated new Good-Temp;ar hall in Hall
fax county and initiated ninety-six
into the order.
f. NJ. Shrie, Esq, editor of the
Staunton Free Press, was also at head
quarters.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-31
Has Used Ihem Forty Years.

r. S. Day, Of Wa,sonyilIe, Santa
Cruz county, CAL, writes February 3,
1855: "When my wife was seventy
three years old she was troubled with
very bad cough, and il looked as il she
would die with consumption. She would
not call in doctor, but commenced
taking Brandreth's Pills-two and
three every night. In three weeks she
was completely cured, and her health is
now very good; and | am sure the
Pills have prolonged her life as we'll as
my own, for have used them forty
years, and am now eighty.four years
old. They have been nay only medi-
cine.n
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-31
Ths rSses ~ ses.
To the Citizens of Richmond

40 me CuizsnS oT 1teHSs0""
The severe winter which hes juye
passed must have left on your minos
the impression that the price Of Ice THIS
summer should be very low. It's our
wish that it should bs. Il u oar
wish to see ice at as low rate ss poss
sible, and therefore We deemis bat our
duty to show you clearly our position.
0p the LIST Of January last the Ksu-
nebec river, which is our source Of sup.
ply, was frozen to the thickness Of eight
or nine inches, the ice being as clear as
crystal. Everything promised faIl hsr-
vest. On January ith warm rain fell,
aud what is called in Maine ga general
thaw" set in. The river in consequence
broke up and jammed the entire dis
tance of the ice e-tields, packing ia depth
from five to fifteen feet, and In some
places to the bottom Of the river. The
Jam Of useless ice was never able TO
move, because four days later, Janu-
airy sth, q severe cold wave which swept
the country froze the jammed Ice
solid. AS q result, of the forty-four
regular dealers on the kennebec but
twenty three succeeded In housing
about two thirds of their capacity,
while the other twenty.one secured
none. What ice the fortunate dealers
secured was cut and housed at IN ex-
pense nearly three times the usual cost.
Some OF this ice had to be hauled seye-
raj miles in order to reach the houses.
At some places gorged ice had TO be
cut, hoisted up, and hauled out In
order to prepare the river for a second
freeze.
In view Of the above facts, and also
of,he fact that the IIudson-river crop fell
far short OF last years product, the
Kennebec dealers have advanced their
prices 200 per cent. over last years
figures.
In consequence Of this advance and
also the advance in rates Of freight and
other expenses connected with the
handling Of ice, the ice-dealers Of this
city are compelled to advance their
prices to the following rates from
April LIST:
Five pounds to twenty-five pounds
daily, one cent per pound; thirty
pounds to one hundred pounds daily,
three. quarters OF cent per pound;
over one hundred pounds daily, sixty
cents per one hundred pounds.
II will here be noticed that while the
prices on the Kennebec have increased
200 per cent, the Richmond prices
have been advanced only about 10 per
cent. over last years prices.
We shall endeavor in the future, a.
in the past, to supply the citizens Of
Richmond with nothing. but flrst'class
ice.
The above prices will be adhered 10
by the following companies
RICHMOND Ice COMPANY,
JAMES e. SMITH Ice Co.,
Mrs. JANE KING,
TRANSPARENT Ice Co.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-31
Richmond Theatre.

The American play, in five acts
"Burr Oaks" under the personal su-
peryision of the authors, MeSsrs. David
and Milton Higgins, will be presented
at the matinee to-day at the Theatre
and again at night.
1t is spoken of as picturesque play
and as having been received wherever
presented with great applause from first
to last, appealing to the feelings and the
humOr Of the audience.
1t is the story of young IIlinoisian
who enlists in the army during the late
war and flies from home under the im.
preston that he has accidentally killed
his benefactor. A number Of complica-
tions follow over which the hero event
uslly triumphs.
The company is said to be strong
one, and they will doubtless have good
audiences at both performances.