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The Meeker herald., 1888-06-16

TIM New Castle Nonparlel is much
improved under the new management.
The Nonparicl has u good wori for
Mcekcr and ". ~. glad Ia Sc. i,s own
.la, M-ssIs. IVES; X Work, prosper.
The Meeker herald., 1888-06-16

GOyEHSoH iiILL Of New York has
signed the hill 10 substitute death hi
electricity foF hanging rs punishment
for murders committed ia ,ha, State
after January I. 1850.
The Meeker herald., 1888-06-16

OnEGoS went Republican hy M In
creased majority. Oregon is a wool
State and ,ife proposed reduction In the
tamil on wool knocked the Democrats
The Meeker herald., 1888-06-16
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
I.Nr1rn srArrs orrtcINI...

s~nainr'. T. ~. ilourn anil u. 81 Teller
v'misr az Cuuzr.ss. q. q. Fytnrs
pistFisi juiir-. Nusrs itsii"ti
Narahat. T. ltHl
Attorney. ". ". Huissur
iissifi-r 81; Tho thni urUU. 8. J. baian
Receiver ~ Futile MUurys. J. :. swnn
The Meeker herald., 1888-06-16

WE acknowledge receipt OF a copy OF
n speech delivered by Hon. q. e. symr'
recently Ia the Lower House OF Con
grcss. upon familiar subject-proirc-
The Meeker herald., 1888-06-16
WHITE RIVER sToCK-GHowEGs Asso.
CITATION.

President. Ben Price
Vtoo-p President, iltibc pldlanh
Secretary. T.. II. Iirashcr
Z treasurer. y. Major
Executive Committee. L. Tlemmine, J. j.
SIb'4sk ,ud vs.. u. roolr.
The Meeker herald., 1888-06-16

TuuRNAS received G>S votes on first
ballot, Gray -. ani Black S.. The hrs'
WAS the last ballot taken.
The Meeker herald., 1888-06-16
nUrcnINsos 4 sIMoSs.

Ai,1'o urpni on irn.slic. Ai.o own .aul-
br'nd,l' r on laft shoulder or eide. Ear
ralEks, unirFhiet Ia rach esr. Horses brand
81 same a. cut on iriI shoulder. isans-. rtce-
auue rfscs aui While river. fo.iogseo al.
dT,-ss, M,sk.r, Co!uFsIu.
The Meeker herald., 1888-06-16
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
TOWN OFFICIALS.

Mayor. George u. Thnycr
Trustees. l.. II. wnlbridEr. J.. 4. WEIGH. e.
,. nnrton. r. W. Gregory. l.. J.. Craig AMI l..
u. Ilrashcr.
clerk and Recorder. l.. u. walhriiEu
Treasurer. T.. 4. Wclch
policc Magistrate, j. A. Watson
Marshal. J. ". wooi
The Meeker herald., 1888-06-16
nIsrIiirT OFFICIALS.

District iudrr. Thomas \. Eu'kcr
District Attorney, ~. 7. Taylor
state Senator. ". ". biiN
stat" Representative. Melvin Edwards
The Meeker herald., 1888-06-16
4 p,..rp,is,a ,...s Man.

Ono o. tho girls 4 fashionable socIc'y
In New York made up her mind to ~,
tnafTic,! tho other de. and after con:dins
her intention TO hr father. she said
"wha; do you ln'cni'o do for mcl'' Tho
father was wealth man. and though;
hc was slovius hcrai spiri, when hc
RHswcrci We'll. l,ill rive you tiOp..
90 90 buy house All saj.e0J 10 furnish
Il with" And whE will YOU ,.iyr mo TO
I've oul' the y1un: iIy demanded. with
dissatisfied look q her face "oh. |
will allow yoa tho .n;crcs; on another
500 90 replied b father. ''lIu, my
chef sill coa, at lcss 600 .car. How
do YOU ihink ! can Issibly manage with
- lii,loy' Tho fac. looked slighily
grirvr,l. but only bal; "Ths, must do
while am living. - will probably have
noru when | AN sp;,." Tho young man
who was interested hearing tho result
Of this couycFEa,ion between father aud
daughter said when tc hcnrl II. lie
might n, lens, havc-ivcn her two MILL.
Ions" Tho marriage Id not take placc. -
New York prcSs ''Evrv Dny IalG."
The Meeker herald., 1888-06-16

American guest: My GOdl What s
that under the soia2 See. there it goes
under the piano" German host: "Ach.
mein Go,tl dot vhas only der cheese
bought to-day. He's leetlc playful, -
The Meeker herald., 1888-06-16

"Did YOU ever ssi oue preacher to
another. stand ut u door after Nour
yernon and listen io wha, people said
about it, The oihr replied: II did
once. "a pause ani a sigh-"but I'll
never do NO again.
The Meeker herald., 1888-06-16
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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-14

gram and paid the lad, who blushed
and stammered, and did not want to
take it.
81 suppose you want job" said the
big man. well, can give you one;
I'm in the food commission business.
Give you something light. Lots of your
sort, poor lad, out here. All the refer
ence [ want is that little kindness of
yours to Aunt Hannah"
"Here's the depot, Aunt Hannah, and
you won't see bars and Injuns, nor
the buffaloes you were talking about but
the prettiest and sunniest city you ever
set eyes on"
He picked up the old carpet bag, not
a bit ashamed of it, though it looked
like Noah might have carried it to the
ark. They said good-by, and the last
seen of her was her happy old face
beaming from carriage window as she
rolled away to what all knew would be
pleasant home for all her waning
wears.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-14
A List Of Long Canals.

An English newspaper gives the fol-
lowing list of long canals: The Imperial
Canal OF China is over 1000 miles long.
In the year 1881 was completed the
greatest undertaking of the kind on the
European continent, the canal of Lam
guedoc. or the canal du Midi, to connect
the Atlantic with the Mediterranean.
Its length is 148 miles, it has more than
100 locks and about so aqueducts, and
it's highest part is no less than 600 feet
above the sea, while it is navigable
for vessels of upward of 100 tons.
The largest ship canal in Europe is
the great North Holland canal, complet-
ed in 1926. It is 125 feet wide at the
water surface, 81 feet wide at the bot
tom, and has depth of 20 feet, and ex-
tends from Amsterdam to Helder, 81
miles. The Caledonlan canal, in Scot
land, has total length of 80 miles, in
Guiding three lakes. The Suez Canal
is S8 miles long, of which sc miles are
actual canal. The Erie canal is 35n5
miles long; the Ohio Canal. Cleveland
to Portsmouth, 332; the Miami & Erie,
Cincinnati to Toledo, 291, and the Wa
bash & Erie, Evansville to the Ohio
line, 374.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-14
NEIL,S WHISTLE.

How often. as l crossed the corn,
Or saunteTed through the clover
In summer time. at early morn.
I'VE heard the ceartoned plover
The sudden whirr of rising birds,
AS through the leaves they rustic;
And like flute above the rest,
The skylarks CHEEKY whistle.
4 knew twas not the skylark's trill
j heard among the bushes
Nor sparrow's chirp, nor whippOorw1ll,
Nor vet the song of thrushes.
But sweet and clear the notes came near,
Like waters softly flowing;
Now here. now there and everywhere
A fiute-ike echo throwing.
Beyond the field quickly passed
Into the woods cool shadow
Where yet the dew lay on the grass,
- Like diamonds in the meadow;
And smiling there, buds in her hair,
And at her foot thistle,
Stood liesome Nell, the dearest girl
That ever learned to whistle!
She blushed and turned; her cheeks they burned
On that bright summer morning,
Methought ne r saw half SO fair
A lace the dawn adjoining
But when ] ventured to address
he maid how she did bristle
Yet, as l turned to go, / heard
A low, delightful whistle.
Il took the hint and Nell took me,
And we've been wed together
These half-score happy years Or more
And seen all sorts OF weather.
Bot whether sun or storm may come
Ny Nell recks not thistle:
For with her sweet red lips she smiles,
And care flies at her whistle.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-14
Gems of Thought.

He must be little skilled in the world
who thinks that mems talking much or
little shall hold proportion only 20 their
knowledge.
Anger is like the waves of troubled
sea; when it is corrected with a soft re-
ply, as with a little strand, it retires,
and leaves nothing behind but froth and
shells-nO permanent mischlef.-Jeremy
Taylor.
What calming, elevating, solemniz-
ing view of the tasks which we find our
selves set in this world to do, this word
[vocation] would give us if we did but
realize it to the full !-R. C. Trench.
He that is envlOus or angry at a virtue
that is not his own. of the perfection
and excellency of his neighbor, is not
covetous Of the virtue, but of It's reward
and reputation; and then his intentions
are polluted.-Jereny Taylor.
Ones age should be tranquil, as ones
childhood should be playful hard work
at either extremity of human existence
seems to me out of place; the morning
and the evening should be alike cool
and peaceful; at midday the sun may
burn, and men may labor under it.-Dr.
Z. arnold.
Nothing is so contagious as enthu-
siasm; it is the real allegory of the lutte
Of Opheus; it moves stones, it charms
brutes. Enthusiasm is the genus of
sincerity. and truth accomplishes vic
tories without it.-Lord e. q. E. L. 3.
Lytton.
But for my part, my lord, I then
thought, and am still of the same opin-
ion, that error, and not truth of any
kind. is dangerous; that i'll conclusions
can only flow from false propositions;
and that, to know whether any propo-
sition be true or false, it is preposter-
Gus method to examine it by its appar-
ent consequences.-Burke
Exert your talents and distinguish
yourself, and don't think of retiring
from the world until the world will be
sorry that you retire. | hate a fellow
whom pride, or cowardice, or laziness,
drives into corner, and who does moth
ing when he is there but sit and growl
Let him come out as I do, and bark
DR.. s. Johnson.
Pride either finds a desert or makes
one; submission cannot tame its feroci-
ty, nor safety fill its voracity: and it
requires very costly food, its keepers
happiness.-COItOn.
Shun no toll to make yourself remark
able by some talent or other. Yet do
not devote yourself to one branch ex-
clusively. Strive to get clear notions
about all. Give up no science entirely,
for science is but one.-Senecd.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-14
An Indian Relic.
From the Greenville Ca Sun.

George w. Howard, OF Sloan, has
laid upon our table another relic of the
aborigines in the shape of sharp
pointed hammer made of rock. The
specimen before us is the greatest
curiosity in the line we have yet seen.
1t is about five and one-hali inches long
and In. the th1ckest parl an even inch
through, gradually tape,ing either way
to point. 1t is made of hard granite,
and the most remarkable thing about it
is that it has hole bored or drilled
through the center, evidently where
the handle went in. This hole is per-
fectly made, being larger at one end
than at the other. AS the Indians had
no implements of steel or iron, the
mystery is, how was this hole drilled SO
perfectly? 1t seems utterly impossi bic
to have accomplished tie work with
another rock without shatterin both to
pieces. The hammer, or whatever 1t IS,
was found by Mr.. Howard IN Warren
County.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-14
A Love-Lorn Chilcat Maiden.
From the New York Times.

from the new Ork Times.
The civilized woman, when she wants
to be wooed, attempts to make herself
attractive as possible. So does the
Chilcat woman; but she has different
idea of what is attractiveness. One
evening, after all the fshing-canoes
came in, | saw young squaw robed
from head to foot in deep-red blanket,
sitting stolidly on the end of q
great spruce log few rods
away from the cannery and at a
short distance from where the fish
ing canoes were moored, and where
the fires Of the Chilcat fishermen had
been lighted. When, out of curiosity
at her singular costume and position, |
approached her, I found that she had
blackened her face until it was blacker
than that of the ordinary negro min
strel. There was not trace of her ma
tive duskiness, but the artificial black
shown as Ii it were composed and put
on from an article of good French
blacking. In addition to that long sill
and extended out from the chin
couple of inches, while a
heavy silver ring hung from her
nostrils, and host of massive silver
bracelets adorned her wrists. She was
simplya belle of the woods and of Chill
cat Inlet, endeavoring to make known
to the young bucks around her that she
was in the matrimonial market, accord
ing to native custom here. After sitting
for an hour or more and not attracting
any more attention than that prompted
by my own curiosity she left her twi-
light wooing place, shook out the folds
of her blanket, and walked with an air
of indifference to an old tent on the
beach, which appeared to be her habi-
tatinn and diSanneared
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-14
FARM AND FIRESIDE.
The Night Before the Moving.

The Night Before the Moving.
All shimmering in the morning shine
And d1amOnded with dew
And quivering in the scented wind
That thrills its green heart through
The little field. the smiling field,
With all its flowers ALLOWING,
How happy looks the golden field
The day before the moving
Outspread meath the departing light,
twilight, still void of stars,
Save where, low westering, Venus hides
From the red eye of Mars;
How quiet lies the quiet field
Win all its beauty glowing;
Just stirripg-like child asleep
The night before the moving
Sharp steel, inevitable hand,
Cut keen, cut kind Our field
We know full we'll must be laid low
Before its wealth it YIELD
Labor and mirth and penty blest
It's blameless death bestowing;
And yet we weep, and yet we weep.
The night before the moving.
Mrs. Craik
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-14
BEYOND.
BY J. p. LOWELL.

But life is sweet though all that makes 1t sweet
Lessen like sound of friends departing feet,
And Death is beautiful as feet of friend
{ oming with welcome at our journeys end;
For me fate gave, whateer she else denied
A nature slopiDg to the southern side;
l thank her for it, though when clouds arise
Such natures dou ble-darken gloomy skies
l muse upon the margin of the sea
Our pathway to the common new To Be-
the sails, that lessen more and m ore
OF good and beautiful embarked before;
With bits of wreck pat Oh the boat shall bear
Me to that unexhausted Otherwhere
Whose friendly peopled shore l sometimes see
BY soft mirage upliIted, beckon me-
Nor sadly here, as lower sinks the sun,
My moorings to the past snap one by one.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-14
One OF the Penalties of Curiosity.
From the New York Herald.

Curiosity has its penalties. The other
day, out West, bright, handsome
auburn haired youth saw tin can in
the path. He kicked it, not knowing
that it contained nitroc.glycerine. That
e. tirely, completely; too much SO. He
left suddenly; indeed, he lie t in several
directions at the same time. and it is
rather doubtful if he will ever be able to
pull himself together" again.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-14

use. How to get this homegrown corn
to the animals in the best and cheapest
way is the question. Corn for the silo
is usually allowed to get mature. pass
ing from the milk to the glazed stage.
before cutting for the silo. The object
is to get each stalk, by thin planting, to
produce an ear of grain. At this pc
Rod the grain has reached it's highest
development of food value, and at the
same time is in condition to be assimi-
lated with the least expenditure of
physical force. Each days subsequent
drying Of this fodder increases the
digesting it, and husking, drying, steam
ing, ETC., are resorted to for the pur-
pose of assisting the animal to obtain
what was readily available to him IN
the glazing stage. The same rule ap-
plies to the stalks, therefore, we resort
to the silo to preserve the succulence of
the fodder. To husk, crib, grind and
feed the meal cost labor and money full
ly equal TO one-fourth of the value of the
crop.
Now why separate the ear from the
stalk? Let the two 60 into the silo to-
gether, and be fed without the labor of
separation. The final object of sepa-
ration is only to bring the two elements
of feed together at last. The new way
of filing the silo slowly, SO as to de-
velop heat to 125 degrees before adding
fresh layer, enables us to preserve
the food value of the grain free from
acetic or vinegar acid, and to feed it in
a more attractive manner to the animal
than any meal ration, no matter how
much trouble we may take to make
the latter presentable. I made obser-
vations last winter among hundreds of
silos and the testimony Of the owners
was that under no consideration will
they ever again husk corn to be fed
upon the farm, when the silo with its
later idea of filling, preserves grain so
perfectly and gives such satisfactory re-
suits. It may be we'll to husk some
corn for the her S, and for few minor
wants for the farm; but for cattle, hogs,
sheep and goats the farmer with a good
wooden silo, that preserves ensilage as
no stone silo can, has no occasion to
husk corn for stock, save in a limited
way.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-14

WooD oil is now made on somewhat
extensive scale in Sweden, where the
refuse of Underwriting and forest
clearing is turned into account for the
oil it contains. 1t is used for illuminat-
ing purposes, and gives, when put in a
lamp especially made FOR it, very sat-
isfactory light.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-14
No Need of Hnsking.

John Gould writes to the Stockman
that it is perfectly feasible to preserve
unplucked corn in silo. The fodder is
much better there than tied up in the
field in stacks to weather until fed out.
1t makes no difference about the
money or market value of corn East or
West, so long as it is grown for home
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-14
Winter Protection for whe at.

Though the wheat plant is hardy, the
severity of winter tries its hardness to
the extreme limit of it's endurance.
Snow is the best kind of protection, as
it furnishes moisture to the wheat
leaves when they can draw nothing
from the frozen soil. But as woods are
cleared off snow does not lie evenly
over the surface as it once did, and the
snowdrifts often do more harm than
good. If the wheat field is exposed to
winds little straw thrown on it as a
mulch will often make wonderful diff
ference in the crop. The straw should
be spread as evenly as possible, and
this should be done before fall rains
cease, so that the straw may be beaten
down into the mud, and thus saved
from being blown away during the
winter. A good spreading top TO the
wheat plant is itself good protection.
and the more so as it indicates a corre-
spending habit Of growth below the sur
face. II wheat roots spread out hori-
zontally they are not likely to be
thrown out. When the soil is lifted by
freezing they rise and fall with it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-14
Work the Bulls.

Keeping bull on the farm requires
more care and expense than any other
animal. And his confinement and
hence want of exercise, makes him the
most dangerous animal on the farm.
And he is less reliable as breeder, and
fails sooner for want of exercise. Bulls
which are worked seldom, if ever, be-
come cross or dangerous. Ii the little
Jersey bull was required to daily churn
the milk which the cows give, cut the
firewood, grind the iced for the COWS,
horses and pigs and probably pump the
water, he could be made quite peace
able and useful animal, and be much
more reliable as bull. And what can
be done for the Jersey bull can be also
with the Short-horn, the Polled Angus,
etc. They would all be better for this
kind of exercise every day. And there
is scarcely farm but needs just this
kind of animals to be the motive power
to run the machinery, and to do other
odd Jobs of hauling. The farm needs
it, and the health and good nature of
the bull needs it. Make him the SER
want, the errand boy, the motive pow
er, the pet to Go all of the little jobs of
work, and he will be good humored.
can be trusted and be more useful for
far more years-Ioev0 Register.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-14
Fall Care of Stock.

Fattening animals should now begin to
have more solid iood. If they are being
fattened for market there will usually be
an advantage in having them ready in
the early fall, before we are over
stocked with the cattle and swine from
the Western states. Usually both beef
and pork have brought better prices
when we first had suitable weather for
slaughtering here than they have later
in the season.
Stock animals should be kept growing
and should be made ready to go to the
barn In good condition. The feed in
the pastures has been good thus far in
the season, and if it should dry up later
do not fail to make up the shrinkage by
a feed at the barn. It is cheaper to
keep them up to their present weight
than it will be to bring them back after
they have fallen off in flesh. Consider
carefully which animals bad best be
kept over winter. If there is to be no
more work for the oxen until April.
either fit them for the butcher or sell to
some one who will make them earn
their living during the winter. Old
COWS that must 60 dry about four months
will eat up during that time much Of
the profit of the milk they gave during
the other eight months. Sheep that do
not raise their lambs can hardly pay
their keeping with their feeces. even
under the present prices of wool.
Turning good hay and grain into ma
nure does not pay unless there is some
thing to obtain ''to boot" The milk
and butter, the lambs, the labor that
may be obtained must be the main
consideration, and then the ymanure
heap may add profit to the account
Buffalo Express.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-14
Fall Pruning.

There probably will not be much
blowing to be done this month, as those
very soils which are most benefited by
fall blowing, and those which do not
get dry enough to pillow in the spring
as early as might be desirable, are too
wet to be plowed now. Fields that are
we'll underdrained, or those which have
a sandy or gravelly soil or subsoil,
may get dry enough before the month
ends, but those who have much clay or
muck in them will not be dry enough.
They would be injured instead of i'm
proved by being worked while so wet
and cold. Rye may be sown this
month upon such fields as can be
worked, and as it usually grows better
on gravelly land than upon heavy soil,
it may do we'll if it can get up far
enough to cover the ground we'll before
it freezes up 1t has been known to
yield good crop when sown so late
that it did not terminate it all until a
January thaw, but it is not safe to trust
to such late seeding. There would be
many chances against success.