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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-01-01
A judge VINO CayelI.

As VIC rode oat from Il town in Mis-
sissippi To view Il plantation q COM
mcrcal traveller for u New York house
expressed desire to go along. He
procured horse and joined the party,
and his company was welcomed. a
mile and Il half from town we came to
Il written notice, posted on a board.
and everybody stopped to read it. 1t
was notice OF slcriif's sale. and the
colorcd man who tackled it up was still
on tho ground. The notice was badly
written and worse spelled, and the
drummer laughed loud and long over
''caf" for calf, ''dct'' for debt, and
''sleruf" for sheriff.
"What's wrong wild dat notis?''
asked the colorcd man in Il very cdpv
voice.
"It's too funny for anything" was
the reply. someone had better 90
to school,"
Oats me, sab. I'm Constable an
writ dat olr.''
ooh, you did? Woll, l hope the
c-a-f will be sold"
Eyes, sab. You como along wild
me, sah!"
with you?"
..Nnst sa ,n;,,, l rest you' sah''
Contempt of court, sab! Come
right along"
"Where??''
"Bc.o' do Justiss, sab! Won see
about dat caf!''
Tho drummer was advised against
resistance and finally permitted him.
self to be taken before u coiored JUS
tlcc nearly two miles from the spot.
The Constable had picked up color
ell man on the way. who made and
sworc to complaint, and the drum
mcr was duly arraigncd on the charge,
although his Honor seemed very I'M
easy about it. The Colonel acted rs
counsel for the prisoner. When the
case was ready he said
''YOnr Honor, who is this cOurt?"
II is, sah," was the dignilicd reply.
elias this man shown any contempt
for you?"
mo, sall."
"Then how can you try him for con-
tempt OF court?''
Tho old man scratched his head,
opened a law book wrong side up, and
finally replied:
''Dc prisoner am discharged, but
will hcv to pay 81 costs.
''But if he is discharged because of
his innocence. where do you get the
right to put costs onto him?" asked
the Colonel.
"Whcrc do 1? Why, in do law
book"
(Which onc?''
''Dc one ut home''
l take exceptions, your Honor, and
shall carry this case to the Supreme
Court" said tho Colonel.
"Umph! Dat alters dc case. De
prisoner am Il schargcd from his fine
OF 81. an dc constable am fined 81 for
making a fool OF llissclf an ge,tin' dis
court all twisted up in n hard knot
afore white s!"-Detroit Free Press.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-01-01

market just before Thanksgiving or
Christmas. Towns arc then 40 we'll
supplied with fowls, as we'll as ramo
and very choice beef aud mutton. Chat
prices for poultry rule very low. Dur.
ing tho carly part OF tho spring there
is great scarcity OF fowls. and il
they arc In o suitable condition thcy
bring good prices. There is no game,
except watcr-fowls. in the market
then. and persons who dcsirc varc.
" OF food IRE anxious to obtain fowls.
Fowls can DO fed and fattonod durin .
tho winter to as good advantage rs
Dceves that arc chiefly relied on to
furnish meat during tho spring.
10 tit fowlcs for tho spring market
they must be we'll protected from the
cold. They should have other food
than corn and small grains. They
should be well supplied with cooked
food, such rs boiled potatoes and roots,
fresh cabbage, and tho scraps of meat.
Cooked Indian meal, to which some
cheap fat has been added, will cause
fowls to lay on flesh aud fat during
the winter. Too little attention Is
generally fSnea a,y. paid to. to supplying water to
AoWAS NuAIuS lNc Wluler. On MlNV
farms water is taken to tho poultry
house or yard but once day. 1t
generally becomes covered with leo or
foul with dirt IN short time, and tho
fowls have nothing to drink till the
next day. Birds consume more water
according to their size than animals do,
and more pains should DO taken in
keeping them supplied with it. Eggs
arc chiefly composed of water, and hens
that have not all the water they want
can not supply eggs. Wateris more
essential to fowls in winter than in
summer. because their food during
cold weather is for tho most part dry.
Fowls should bc kept in dry quarters
during the winter, rs they arc injured
as much by wet rs by cold. They
should have an opportunity to take
exercise whom the weather is pleasant,
rs they lose flesh and fall off in con.
lition If they are kept in close con.
finement. During pleasant days it is
we'll to feed them in tho yard, and to
encourage them TO run about by scat.
tcrine the corn they are to ca. over
the ground. Birds are more active
than animals, and suffer more ii thcy
are long kept in close quarters. X
variety of food is highly beneficial TO
fowls during the winter. When at
liberty during tho summer they have
an opportunity to crafty their taste
for many art clcs of food which thcy
can not obtain by them selves during
the winter season. hicago Times.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-01-01

cd on their "femalc hands" wasting
time in talk; but tho more a barmai1
smiles or chats, or makes tho place
lively, tho more hcr employer values
her. Here, then, was u now profcs.
sion for girls unskillcd in anything but
that platonic Irritation which nearly
al women, oven tho most innocent,
dearly love. Then the barmaid has
several advantages over her sister of
the same rank-:hc parlormaid or tho
cook. She is called "miss;" she can
dress bcccmingly, and is not obliged
to wear cap. Her work is lightcncd
~ social converse, sometime bv ancc.
dotcs and jokes; she hears plenty of
chaff, and sees many faces come and
go. On the otter hand. her work is
very hard. She can seldom or ever sit
down; the hours are cruelty long. and
few can stand it after 30. Tho pay,
too, is seldom high enough to permit
saving. 1t seems pity that while the
ranks OF this avocation are ovcrcrowd-
od-for every vacancy there arc ten
applicants-domcslic service has few
competitors. Tho life of even II hard
worked London servant does not in
'O''S OAiS@'Out III WI tuC plIN Slt;tl luDOt
OF Il barmaid's toll. for she has her
kitchen or pantry to herself and whole
hours for rest. But then her time is
rarely quite her own, and she misses
independence that attaches to the
brighter business What the uncm
ployed girls of Victoria will do when
turned out nobody seems to know.
Out there domestic servants have lib
critics so large thu, they may even be.
come maids-of-all-w"rS without much
loss or possibly the marriage market
may absorb them in community
where men are in the majority, and
therefore can not all command wives.
The ban;shcd barmaidS may, therefore,
become the happy mothers of future
general Gus who will solve the social
problems with the light hearts of their
male ancestor, the Australian ..masl.
cr."
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-01-01
without repetition Of vaccination, bu,


how often?
If towns, cities and quarantine
stations are going to inauglratc com.
pulsory vaccination, it is important
that many questions should be salts.
factorily settled which arc as yet far
from that consumation dcvoutly to be-
wished. II VIC must have q virus
which simply means an organic or
living poison, put into our blood,
there is reason enough why VIC should
be suprcmely interested in knowing
just what the virus is, what il is going
to do, how much we need. what IS our
own particular or proper dose, aud
how often it is going to he necessary
for us to submit 10 Il repetition; anil
until these points shall be settled it
ought to be possible for every person
injured by vaccination, enforced bv
the State, to recover damages agains,
tho State, or there will he good
opening for individual enterprise in
the establishing of insurance com.
panies to insure, not the escape from
evil through! vaccination, which is i'm
possible. but TO insure the paving of
certain sums in cases of injury thus
occasiOned.
We therefore proclaim that until
vaccination is placed on substantial
scientific basis. compulsory laws arc
wicked rs we'll as absurd, and each
should choose for himself which is the
greater danger-that of dying by
small pox or by vaccination. and cv-
erywherc that smallpox does not
actually exist as an epidemic, we
should say that tho latter is by far the
more dangerous alternative.
II is interesting to note in closing
that this is the sort of writing of which
the .hcdica Hecord says lit is II -scri-
Gus question whether in times of an
epidemic society ought not. for It's own
safety, to suppress such literature.
That's right; gag us 10y the law while
you jab us with 81 poi>on-lancet -all
on account OF Il scientific superstition.
Dr.. Foote's Ha'h MoMthty.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-01-01
u'c;ll.S.

Crocodile tears are things of ancient
history, and tears produced with tic
aid of onions are equally we'll known.
but il has remained for modern science
to produce On on tears without bntray.
ing the presence of the pro. rcSs ve
On on itself. In fact, the aggressive
onion need not he present ut all. An
essential oil is extracted from il which
has all the tear compelling qnaiilie:
of the solid vegetable Itself. On,
drop of this oil on y handkerchief Is
good for one Hood OF tears. two drop.
produce II pcrs >tcnt fit o. sobbny anG
three drops an appearance %. utter
Abandonment to consuml NJ ~ cf. =
MNMtc'ihiU Times.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-01-01
a Fault OF Education.

Education needs to lie adapted to
Tie requirements, OF The individuals; to
be more personal in order to he more
effective. We neneralize too much
every where; nowhere so much as in
the class room. Because OF tll.s-ic-
cause education runs 50 much to the
multiplicat on of studies rather than,
TO the stimulation of thought-our ed
mcatcd classes are inert and indi'rr
cnt. The average college graduate
finds that in the world about han there
is no place he can fill acccptably to
llims II. and the fault is not so much
with Tie wicket world us with iho>,
who lirS: gave direction to his cduc:,.
ton. LpnisrtiiG COuric '-JuUrun'.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-01-01
nearing solution "a rcrarls sto.m

nearing solution as regards steam ,
ships. 1t appears 10 be clearly de-
moneira:GG that petroleum can lie used
rs fuel. Tho Gully disturbing clement
as regards commercial success here is
the uncertainty and the cost of tho
supply. This difficulty surmounted-
and it would seem that Russian enter
prise is about to make an attempt TO
s!rmonnt ii-and prejudice and con-
llctlng interests overcome, there
would appear 10 be Il hopeful future
tor liquid fuel in this country. In fact,
Wednesdays demonstration looks like
the beginning of the cnd.-Lomlow
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-01-01
I'VE Got I'm.

"We'vc 20; 'rni' shouted one of
tn best amateur first Ll>cncn in De-
troll rs he entered h Iom last even.
M" AMI before his wife had had ,inln
I" r'alz- that he was not intox;cal.I
he reiterated: "Wr'vc got EN-"
";nt wlonls' asked Mrs. ! B.
The Big Four.
"Ni:at b = four,' VIII ,sc BIG four:9'
1.-The hu:l,!oc>.'
NV hos got emu
"Wc have. the Dclroils."
"What for
$50 keep en- over winter and work
en- next SUMMER remarked the hus-
band somewhat annoyed by his wife
failure to grasp the situation and en-
thHSe III Gncc.
Later in TIE evening the wife was
overheard cNpl, II n- to Il lndy silor
that her husband WAS cons ,lcrablv cx-
c:.ri AMI deeply interested over new
cn,rrpriS" or experiment which he hat
engaged in. They We're going to win.
t"r Il In! Of bn.lalneS with Il view tn
working ihcm next summer after tho
fashion .: work ing oxen. IRE. Pres.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-01-01
Gems of Thonpht.

Thcre Is nothing of which mon are
moro liberal than thcir good advice,
10 thcir stock ever so small; because
1t seems to carry in it an intimation of
thor own influence, importance or
worth Young.
Ann at perfection in everything.
thong b in most things it is unattain.
able; however, those who aim at 1t.
and pcrsevcre, will como much nearer
10 1t, than those whose lazincss and
dependency maia them give il up as
unattainablc. --CEc'terfcld.
Anger is tho most impotent passion
that accompanies the mind of man: It
effects nothing 1t goes about and hurts
the man who is possessed by IL more
than any other against whom it is
directed. &C areatloa.
The shortest and surest way to live
with honor in the world is to DO I'm
reality what we would appear to be;
and IT VIC observe, we shall find, that
all human virtues increase and
siren thcn themselves, by tho practice
and experience OF them. -Socratcs.
You may depend upon it that he is n
good man whose intimate friends are
good. and whose enemies are charac.
ters decidedly bad.-Lau,.ter.
Difference is tho most delicate, tho
most Indirect. and tho most elegant of
all OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Men talk IN rapturcs of youth and
bcauty.w and sprightl:ncss; but after
seven years of union, not one of them
is To bc compared to good family man.
agscmcnt. which is seen ut every meal,
aud felt every hour in tho husbands
purse ,thcrspo,a.
He that is 81 good man, is three
quarters OF his way towards the being
good Chr stan, whcrcsoc7er he lives,
or whatsoever he is called.-.Soult.
10 be idle and TO be poor have al.
ways been reproaches; and therefore
every man en,icavors with his utmost
care to tide his poverty from others.
and his idlcncss from himsclf.-John-
son.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-01-01

Here's :: low de To-
II say 1 YOU
oSc m!.o vaccilG,t ON chrri il
May b., I:!ilnrnai o. pr ISL.
And b sla III ed 90.
He; S Il liuN d.-Do
II res Il pre- mess.
!. onii t,r | -.
You may ii if b vine rus
Causes 'r siDcl Gus
Fever asa b cess.
lie Is Il pc Is mess!
II. res Il ga e of III n"s!
10 lille one chg.
Arm 10 ar the i.li;au ot'on
Il tier ,.i.> the su!,i'ct $ II ii on
Scr MA il hrin 5.
He cS ate OF things,
The trio in the opera of the Mikado
were in no greater dilemma than any
one who wants TO employ vaccination
and get as Il result not too much fever
or cOnstitut 'onal disturbance. hut lust
fever enough. The use oi Vaccination
is the lh,n;tlin OF Il dangerous weapon,
! Ike the towing with II pistol BIZ one
who couldn't ;cil the stock from the
barrel, or lighting Il fire with kerosene
without Knowing The kmack Of it. lac
minute germs are TO the m;crosrOp st
rs Cinnamon are to most OF us they
look so much al Ike that il is not POSSE
Bile to tell the good from the bad.
Should The time ever come when doe
tors will be able TO handle virus us
safely as Gen. Newton can dynamite,
vaccination will not be the dangerous
tool it now is: but whether by that
time it will be considered useful or
not is another matter.
Another important question in re.
gard TO vaccination is, how often must
it be repeated in order to he protect
tive; here there is II wide div sion Of
opinion. Some propose II repetition
every year, others think il only neces.
S Try to repeat whenever new cpl.
dcmic appears, while there arc thns,
who claim that vaccination should be
repeated as often as it will ,akc-Q. s.,
or qnant,m sulicit us the doctors
prescribe. Upon suc!, questions the
pr0-vaccinators are rs much ut war
with themselves rs they are with the
ant-vaccnators in everything. If the
immunity conferred by vacc 'natiOn
wears out IT is reasonable 10 suppo. @
that there is no safety from small pox
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-01-01

W !li.m g. A,lnr IS v.r. lb>c:n nou in Il
dc. and Dire scs very llai y.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-01-01

III srd tn start and maintain cuul,llS-
ton until the steam pressure in ill.,.
boiler is suilic cnt for that purpose.
The ll;majoyn was u,rch.>rI h. ,,,.
Marahu Petroleum and ON prnJu,.n
company, and by them has been til,rJ
with the apparnlus we hny, ,Irscr,LnJ
in order 10 practically and CONNER.
ciallv test tn. system. She will how.
ever. eventually be renamed thr Mar.
al,, after her owners. fin, Nlor,Lu
company. The aI.rarryin, r,u,rjtv
of this vessel is Stated 4, inc ~, ian:
and her consgmpt,on of ihn, furi i:
pm, at . tons per DAY. She will now
carry 30 ton, OF oil. her cousun,, ton
of liuuid fin bcin pu, II, ;, tom, nrr
day, thus giving, as we lave aIrcady
observed. Il great increase of c,rrn
capacity. A.larue party of en- nicer,
ana other gentlemen interested IN the
present question s,,ed Tie Ilimalayu
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-01-21
The President and the Press,

The President cannot Of course reply directly
TO those who aSSail him through the ncw>pap-
cr,. The dignity of his office forbd> that. But
We have felt sure that some rcbukc was in store
for the udi>crtct editor Of the Democratic or
can in this city. who in "A conviyial speech as
sailed the Presidents silver policy, who has
commendGd appointments which the AominiS-
tratjon promptly cancelled a. lHtit to be madc
found fault with those that Were tit, and other
letter of enquiry from Mr. kcpplcr of Puck
afforded the opportunity. In replying the
President said: Il don't think there ever was
a time when newspaper lying was so general
and SO mean as ut present" This is clearly in
tended for the Prog. Age, and it is made more
explicit by the Presidents subsequent state
ment that this remark was not intended to ap-
ply generally. 1t is evident the President must
have read the Prog. Age attentively or he could
not have described it 50 accurately; and this,
too. explains 10 doubt the reason why that
long expected commission for the collectorship
at this port has failed to reach the urgent ap-
plicant.
Strange to say another Bourbon editor has
taken the Presidents letter personal to HIM
self. The Richmond, Va, Evening State asks:
care these the words of some Buffalo tough?'
and concludes quarter of a column of invect-
i've as follows: This coarse and sweeping
denuncation of one of the most powerful and
useful forces in public affairs is as serious a
blunder as it is an ineNcusable exhibition of folly
and arrogance" Evidently the editor of the
State regards himself as ''some pumpkins" but
he has put on the cap intended for another.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-01-21

have caused the rocks to crumbe and how to
the action of frost is due the fact, to large eX-
tent, that there exists these particles of rocks
through our soils and how these become small
er every year. Every division and every sub
division tends to lberatc whatever plant food
they may contain.
Since have mentioned it | want to give you
one caution. Don't mix ashes directly with
your hlrnyard manureS.
Then to SUM this matter up far as | am
able, viii say cultivate cultivate, cultivate. 1t
is the most valuable way to liberatc the treas
Ure> of the earth.
d. b. JOHNSON, OF FREEDOM.
The Professor has shown Ms the condition Of
the soil in its primcYal state and he has shown
Us the condition of our worn out soil Mr..
Brown has undertaken to bring that worn out
soil up by stirring. puiycriZing. etc. and now
they left me that part of the labor which |
think the most important, that is to handle the
barn manure. | always dread to do it. There
is good deal OF work about it. However here,
ii is but theory and not real work.
believe that TO be about al We have here in
Maine which has not been alluded to 10 in
crease the fertility of our worn out farms.
And aS the old adage is. good larmin" depends
upon the keeping of stock and for that very
purpose. our barn nanurc> Ire valuable, and
IL they are USUALLY carried Of lose much of the
value which they would have if properly man-
aged. With careful housing and huSbaudng
those results both of 2 solid aud liquid form
would rive 4 complete manure. Il good tertiZ-
er for every farm in the state OF Maine. Per
haps every soil Wiil mol require a~ much of the
elements a. others. | known from my own
experience Of fifteen to twenty years. and as
il has been said il requires time, il Is not done
in one day or year, that a farm can be made a
profitable one that i Worn uut and i exhaust
ed. ON the farm where | lived, was born and
brought up. the hay has always been sold with
the exception of three years. but was said
bN gentlemen in Franklin County at late
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-01-21

service of their country in the war of the
rebellion. Two, Lieutenant and Corporal,
died while i'll service; one, a Sergeant, after be-
ing starved in a rebel prison, died few weeks
after reaching home, and the fourth is Gen.
James A. Hall of Maine.
Writing of Jay Gould's yacht New York
correspondent says: ''Capt. Shackford, who
commands the Atlanta, is one of the best sea-
men that ever crossed the Atlantic. He is a
gentleman, and thoroughly equipped man of
about middle age. Besides, he is careful
student of his business, and devotes all of his
time to considerations ofspeed and comfort for
this vessel, and he gets $1,000 year for his
work" Capt S. is a native Of Eastport.
The Bangor Wing gives detailed statement
of the financial condition of Penobscot county
in which the liabilities of the county are shown
to be $4,000; resources, so, 2,97S.63 The eX-
penSes of criminal prosecutions during the year
have been $10,636.79, a decrease Of $3,057.07
from last year.
shows cash paid out, SIS, S,S74.20; on hand and
deposited, S206S.S9; resources, S10,11411;
liabilities, $50 ,352 .46. Not a bad showing, con
sidering the expense of building the new Court
House the past year which, with fixtures, etc,
has cost upwards of $4,000.
Charles ID. Whitcomb and Edward Barker,
two cousins about Is or 10 years of age, have
been arrested in Chicago as fugitves from JUS
tice. They lived in Lvermore, but about three
weeks ago stole Sl100 from their aunt, and
started west 10 1lgnt Indians. lney nau been
reading yellow covered novels.
Calais and EaStport have not seen the way
clear to grant any aid to the proposed shore
line from Sullivan via. MachiaS to Calais, and
without their aid the Machias Union thinks
Col. Greene will make no further effort at pres
ent and that the division from the Shore Line
may result in talk of building IL railroad be-
tween Calais and Eastport.
The Boston journal publishes sketches of the
members Of the Massachusetts legislature Of
1856. Among them from Maine are Hon. A. B.
Coffin of the Council, Hon. +. c. Milliken of
the Senate, and MessrS q. p. Bray, j. IL. Nc
Donough. Rufus Mcclellan. W. f. Cook, W. c.
Pickett {. j. Rice, sumner Small, W. A. Rust,
Hiram Walker, Geo. o. Goodwin, George W.
the House.