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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-09-17
EDITORIAL NOTES.

: The National Cotton Committee
says:"S Sell DO cotton during Septem-
bar" only to meet obligations past
due. We will hear from the Commit
tee on the 28th again.
We regret~that our State Fair
occurring on the same date as the
Fair at Elizabeth City, prevents us
from accepting a kind invitation to be
present with good friends of the
Albemarle.
Some of our subscribers who
have renewed their subscriptions, do
not understand why the date on their
label is unchanged. Explanation:
Our supply of mailing type ran short:
We however, have a correct record
Of all renewals and will correct the
labels as soon as our type arrives. al
We may say to our friends in
Wake and adjoining counties that
arrangements are being perfected by
which they may store and hold their
cotton on, more advantageous terms
than hassever before been offered in
this city. The enterprise is in the
hands of thoroughly reliable and res
sponsible parties, and when perfected,
our friends will be duly notified.
Our friends will please bear in
mind that our books must be balanced
on the first of next month, and it can't
be done if you have not sent in your
subscription. Let our friends remem-
Der that it requires heavy expense to
give them such q paper as The Pro
GREssIyE FARMER, and al tour verylow
price, it can't be run on, a credit sys-
tenn. Let your name be "clear on
the books" on the lst of October.
\ We shall ever remember the
great kindness of the clever and hos
pitable people of Wilson and Wayne
and especially those of them who so
greatly honored us on our visit last
week. No better or truer Alliance
people live than they. Especially are
we greatly and gratefully indebted to
that excellent and progressive young
brother Walter Woodward and Bro.
freeman and their families for special
favors.
= The Warren County Fair will
open in Warrenton on the 9th of Oct.
and hold three days. We have re-
ceived the premium list, and Mr..
Brame, the President, and Mr.. Foote,
Secretary, are seconded in their ear
nest and well.directed efforts by the
hearty cooperation of. the people of
that section, and we predict a success,
full Fair. We note that Capt. S. B.
Alexander and DR.. G.. W. Sanderlin
are to deliver addresses on the occa.
sion.
We will begin, at an early day,
the publication of a series of articles
entitled "The A B G of Political
Economy" The great economic prob
lens which confront every citizen de-
mands that he shall study them. The
true theory of our government is based
on the assumption that each citizen
will act intelligently and with the
patriotic purpose of contributing, as
best he may, to the general good.
The developments in industrial pro-
gress are stimulating enquiry and in
vestigation in all departments of
effort, and The PROGRESSIVE FARMER
would do all in its power to keep the
farmers of the land informed as to the
part they shall perform.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-09-17

Mash and Edgecombe counties
will join in a grand Alliance demon
stration about the last days of this
month at or near Rocky Mount.
The Alliance will have a big day
at Liberty,JN. c., on the 18th inst.
Bro. D. Reid Parker and others will
deliver speeches. Everybody invited.
County Secretaries, please give
the postofce address,, when you send in
the names of the President, Secretary
and Business Agent, of your county.
Let us have them at once.
Having just closed a contract with
the manufacturer for 1000 tons of
high grade Acid Phosphate, I am now
prepared to ship to those of our order
who wish any in carload lots. Will
quote price to those ordering. w. II.
Worth, S. B. A.
The stockholders of the Capital
Alliance Warehouse, Raleigh, will
meet at the warehouse on Friday, the
10th, at IL a. m. The Grand Special
Semi-Annual Sale of tabacco on that
day. Manager Wilson reports all
sales at satisfactory prices.
DO you chew or smoke, nv
brother If SO, do you chew and
smoke AHsance tobacco? The Georgia
State Alliance and the North Carolina
State Alliance endorsed our Alliance
tobacco. II you want good, solid,
cheap Alliance tobacco, write at once
to the Granville County Farmers
Alliance Tobacco Manufacturing Co.,
at Oxford, N. G. Read their adv.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-09-17
COME HOME TO THE REUNION.

A LII the thousands of. Carolinia's
"A sons and daughters who have
roamed beyond her borders, are cor
cially invited by their old Mother, to
the grand reunion at Raleigh from
the 18th to the 10th of October, and
we + gratifed to learn that many of
them will be on hand.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-09-17
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. .SEPTEMBERs17 II. 1889.

Alliance sends greeting to the brother
hood of North Carolina. We stand
allied with you solidly in the grand
work of reform and progress. God
speed you. The. day grows brighter.
May the full noontideo of splendor soon
come. L. F.. LIVINGSTON,
Pres't Ga. State f. A.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-09-17

man Is the hope of4the nation, not
you. Your day has passed, or is
passing; his is to come, Again,
parents, what are you doing to keep
the boys Of. the Old North State, her
hope and future trust, at home upon
her soil ?
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-09-17

~ Our friends in writing to any OF
our advertisers, will favor us by mention
ing the fact that they saw the advertise
ment in The PROGRESSIVE FARMER.
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Do you want your paper changed to
another Officer State the n at which
you have been getting it.
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Do you want your communication pub
lished2 If so, give us your real name
and your postofice.
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ALLIANCE NOTES.

ALWAYS give the name and number of
your Alliance, your postoffce and your
county, plainly, when you write to the
President, Secretary, Trustee, Business
Agent o r Chairman of Executive Com
mittee of the State Alliance.1
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-09-17

~ The date, on your label tells you
when your time is out,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-09-17
RALEIGH, N. G., SEPT. IT, 1889.

FAIs pdDeT entered as secOad-zGSs matter at the Post
Object Raleigh, ". C.l
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-09-17

Bro. Jas. Beavers, of Markhams
Alliance, No. 867, writes to say his
Alliance was organized June 9th, '88,
with just members enough to fill the
Offices. Since then the membership
has increased to thirty-two. A few
take The PROGRESSIVE FARMER; Others
would but have no postofice con-
veniences. This Alliance has con-
tributed to the Business Agency
Fund the sum of $3.50 in cash, and
pledges due this fall will increase the
amount considerably. Some Of the
members of the lodge own stock in
the Durham Tobacco Warehouse and
are well pleased with their investment
The writer wishes that every member
was a true Allianceman from A to Il
He admonishes his brethren as follows;
5" Alliancemen, remember that your
tongue is a dangerous member OF the
body; let your brain and thinking
machinery be at work while the tongue
is still. Be more careful in common
conversation; be thoughtful ana
truthful. Do not express yourself
too freely at gatherings, churches ana
neighbors; houses-some one who Is
not q member might be listening 10
you. If you have anything to say,
say it in your Alliance hall and lev "
be for the benefit of the cause.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-12-07
The Bottineau Pioneer.
q liai Paper Of Bostineau County
J. W. EDITOR.

Much may be CLEANED from the fig
nres recently furnished by Mr.. Grein,
er, over which considerable flourish
was made in last weeks F. L. and thu
usual Characteristic fling thrown in
Figures, they say, cannot lie, bu'
those fixed up for ths +. L.afe u sup,
preston of the truth, to say the least,
and calculated to deceive.
In the first place no account il
taken Of the amount Of wheat recelv.
ed at Willow City this year which il
more than double the %, 1000 bushels
received at Bottineau; stated by
Henry Dana to be $4,000 bushel,. In
tie second plase farmers are holding
on to til eir seed this year, which,
owing to the induccme ITS held on,
last year they sold aud il addition tc
that the experience acquired by their
dealings with wheat sharks. reverend
and otherwise, rompt them to keep
their hands out Of the lions mouth,
so those that have any are keeping it,
and that is estimated to he at least
Ii 5000 bushels.
In the third place it is a well knc WI
fact that more wheat has been sold
this year (not Counting that from
Manitoba) to the B%ottineau mill than
last year, estimated at 20, 900 bushels.
Mr.. Greiner's figures arc u, follows.
Wheat reed. in 1888.
BY the M. & N. elevator "a, 900 tu.
ut. A. q ID. 10000 BIZ.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-12-07
Winter Tourist Tickets

Via tho WISCONSIN CENTRALto all south
ern Tourist points are now on sale at great
ly reduced rates. If you intend to spene
the winter months in the sunny South, cen
slider we'll before starting, the advants %,
offer by the "CENTRAL'; it will pay you,
Home comforts make travelling . pie ASSURE
Through trains with Pullman Palace Sleeping
cars leave Minneapolis daily at l2:45 p. III.
md 6:25 p. M. St. Paul at l:25 p. M, and
7:l5 p. M, arriving in Chicago the mex
morning, making close connection for nj
points in the South. Meals served en- ut,
in the Cenhal's Famous Dining cars.
For further ir% formatiou aoply to YOU,
nearest ticket agent, or to F ii. Arson
Gen. North Western Pass. Agent, 10 Nicollet
House Block; c. e. Iixcn, Acting City Pass
& Ticket Agent, St. Paul, Mimi, or to Louis
Eckestin, Asst Gen. Pass, & Ticket Ageut
Milwaukee, Wis.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-12-07

night the men divided time lashing tho
wretched animals with their cruel "bull
whips" They thus kept the brutcs in q feeble
run from one end Of the corral to the other.
Had they allowed them to stop and huddle
every mule would have died. The weather
moderated suddenly, and the 'caballardo"
was saved. Proceeding on their way they
found the trail for several days journey lined
with frozen buffalo. In many instances the
animals horns had split open from freezing.
Even In the settled sections Of Dakota that
winter cattle died Of cold within a few rods
Of the sheds which they were unable toreach.
The destruction of animal life in some Of
these western storms Is awful to contem-
plate. It is stated that in one noted winter
over two million cattle persisted in Texas
alone. In tho spring Of 1872, passengers on
the Kansas Pacific railway were amazed at
the number Of buffaloes. A well known
writer IN western topics says that for two
hundred miles ut was on the Sd of May his
train was never out Of sight Of the herds.
That autumn the pot hunters" began their
shall we say infamousa-work. The ami
mails were prevented from taking refuge in
their usual southern haunts; the hard winter
came and millions persisted. In the spring Of
1875, says the same traveller, II found the
plains for two hundred miles dotted with
their carcasses in every stage of decay. At
every station were great piles Of the green
hides tainting the air far around, and gath
ering buffalo bones was a regular industry.
The animals were net exterminated by hunt
ers-ten times as many froze to death as
were shot,"
When the Mormons succeeded In shutting
Johnston's army out Of Utah in the autumn
Of 1887, every OF in the command died and
svery mule but one All the plain on Hams
Fork was dotted with groups Of bovine
corpses, and the soldiers had to hitch them
selves to the sleds to draw wood. Most re-
markable Of all are the cases In which human
strength and endurance have triumphed over
billiards. When Illinois waS still open prairie
for the most part-the settlements being
chiefly in the timber along the streams-an
old man named Carter started to cross the
prairie on which Champaign City now stands,
with two little granddaughter in an OK
wagon, and was snowbound some dozen miles
from a house. The oxen sank in their tracks;
he knocked them in the head, hastily disem-
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-12-07

a deadly cold wind is the rule on the high
plains of Texas and eastern New Mexico. In
the late storm two cowboys, thus isolated,
sought shelter in a canyon and found a cedar
tree and in it a rats nest, which enabled them
TO make a fire. One Of their horses died
from cold, and they cut strips of meat from
it, warmed them as best they could, and ate
them without salt, thus keeping up their
strength for three days and nights till the
storm abated, when they made their way
forty miles to their ranch. Many instances
occurred where men used the frozen meat Of
dead oxen. It IS not 50 much to satisfy hun
ger as to keep up strength and aninal heat.
During the storm a passenger train on the
Denver, Texas and Fort Worth railroad was
snow-bound on the dreariest part Of tho
plains, and when all provisions on the train
were exhausted a herd Of cattle running be-
fore tho storm gave out and died beside the
train. The passengers counted it q godsend.
Whole quarters of the animals were taken
into the cars and rare-roasted for food-''and
they tasted good" say the sufferers. For 100
miles south from the line Of the Atchison and
Santa Fe road the return Of spring win show
the plain dotted with punches Of dead cattle.
At present horns and backbones barely show
above the drifted snow. At least co. 900 sheep
have persisted In the same district.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-12-07

The senatorial agony is over and
North Dakota rel oices in her rights
and in the ability and character of
her representatives in congress. In
the election Of ex-governor Pierce as
the senator for the long term, the
legislature has done we'll and wisely.
There is not in the State to-day a
man in all respects so we'll equipped
for the duties, or so deserving of the
high honor conferred on him; the
name of his election Is the amplest
evidence of that.
AS to the second man over whose
election there was a struggle, little is
known, but as to the manner of his
election according to the Free Lance
"sone questionable occurrences took
place, Mr.. johnson being actually The
choice of the Republicans, but by
some smart counting he was knocked
out and Casey captured the plum"
What those questionable occurr-
er ces' we're, is not left entirely to in
ference. M. n. johnson, the de-
feated candidate. in an interview
with the Fargo Argus, recently, bold.
" speaks right out and says in ex-
PLANTATION of those occurrences-that
The silver mines ofNevsda were their
agents and their millions against us.
The uhiskey disti|leries of Peoria
were there viii their millie ms ennis
aries, The Two great railroad corpor.
atoms Of the state were there with
their mill o.s. spent just $3.50 in
the two weeks fight
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-12-07

THROUGH IT.
bowled them, and wrapping the girls In all
the blankets he had, placed each in the body
Of an OK; he then toiled the twelve miles
through the snow and sent a party which
saved the girls, but the brave old mar died
of exhaustion.
But all other horrors Of tho plains pale be-
fore the awful record Of the Bonner party's
sufferings. They numbered about sixty, and
were In the emigration that went to Calitor-
MIA before the discovery Of gold. On the
eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada they were
overtaken by an unusually early winter.
Their oxen strayed or died. They hastily
erected rude huts and struggled against cold
and hunger. Madness seized many; murder
and c~annibalism followed. There is a tradi-
tion in California that a dream was the cause
Of a relief party starting to reach them.
That party also suffered terribly, but reached
the Bonner camp to find frozen corpses pre-
served in tho mow and the survivors living
upon the flesh. Thirtysix had died or been
California that one man and woman were
murdered after relief had reached the party,
and the accused-a German named Kiesburg
was Stunned during life and died an out
cast.
Eight years later some 1900 Mormon con-
verts undertook to cross the plains with hand
carts, and were overtaken by winter storms,
which came on a month earlier than usual.
Nearly 800 Of them died and many Of tho
survivors were badly manned. In the storm
Of 1871 in southern Dakota, a man and a boy
lived seventy-two hours in a SNOW drift, and
escaped without serious injury. Many SINH
lar cases, though covering less time, occurred
In the great blizzard Of 1883. It IL q curious
illustration Of western "news" that the first
reports put the total loss at 1000 lives, which
the local press Indignantly denied, saying
that ''only 100 had frozen to deathp' The
curious fact was noted that, when the blizzard
began, about noon, at least 10000 children
were in school in the territory, M that very
few Of them were injured, aud not more
than . dozen died. A careful inquiry re-
suited in placing the lives lost ct $50.
It may reasonably be concluded that tho
worst daysof the blizzard are passed. Artificial
eroves win moderate it's fury, and the settle
nsnt Of the country will furnish means of
safety. But, with all notifications, storms
like the late one In New Mexico viii occa-
donally for many years work havoc among
stock. The wind has q clear sweep Of 1900
milss from north to south on the high plains.
Mans puny barriers arc In vain against such
q blast
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-12-07

part Of New Mexico. Such is the havoc oc-
casionally wrought by those storms, which
sometimes sweep the whole length Of that
great plain from the Saskatchewan on the
north to tho Gulf Of Mexico on the south.
1t is the grazing common Of q continent.
And the good years usually continue just
long enough to make the herders careless,
and then comes an awful season-one that
kills everything that is caught out. There Is
no warning-at least. none hat is sufficient
As a rule, however, the storm IS preceded by
a few days of unusually mild weather; there
Is then an ominous darkening of the atmos-
phere, sometimes a few hours OF rain and
wind. then a sudden fall Of the mercury, and
. keen wind from the north that whirls the
NOW in white and binding clouds.
At such O time each animal acts according
to its nature-in a hii-d instinct of self pres
ervation. Horses gallop madly before the
storm, but do not crow together. Cattle
"bunch," SO to speak, %crowding so closely to-
gether that one might walk across their
backs, and drift before the wind. Sheep, If
they have time, rush to the nearest hollow
II not, they crowd together in small groups,
with their heads to the center nj noses to
the ground. After the storm, it Is often
found that sheep and cattle are lying In
punches, just as they formed in life, the
whole herd or flock having massed till all
died
Man, being reasonable and not gifted with
IN animal instinct, acts according to his
knowledge. The "tenderfoot" foolishly seeks
tho open plain, exhausts his strength and
dies in the attempt to reach shelter. The ex-
perienced plainsman, however, il far enough
south for the snow to be wet, seeks the lee
ward side Of a rock or a shelving cliff, or,
better still, a cave, and shivers it through till
better weather. In the far north, where the
snow is dry, he has a better thing; there a
bare hillside is protection enough. He digs
into the snow and "holes up" it soon covers
him, the wind passes far above his head, and
his breath and bodily warmth soon make a
comfortable atmosphere in his improvised
"cave." Many instances nave been known
in the far northwest where men remained
sixty hours in these snow burrows-ate, If
they had provisions, smoked, talked where
two were together, suffered but little and
came out uninjured.
But the cowboy has the worst lot. In the
beginning Of the storm he feels that he ought
to ''stick by the ~cattle;' and as they run be-
fore the wind he often goes with them till it
is too late to look out for his own safety.
First wind, then sleet, then flying o and
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-12-07
NO. l Hard $500 bushel'
No. l Northern 12,10O
No. 1000
22,7OO
Add for Willow City $4,000
72,7OO
Add for wheat held
for seed $4,000
Add for wheat sold
to mill 10000
1O7.7OO

and you will sec where the one sided
statement published in last weeks F..
l.. is calc llatcd to deceive. And the
same comparison coul | be made in re-
gard to the prices paid each year and
the only question to be asked in view
of what seems like robbery of the far
mer, if the thing is to continue aud
there is no help for the farmer in de-
termining the price for his chief
product, why, if he is compelled to
compete with the pauper labor o f Eu-
rope aud the riots ofIndia in the grow
ing and sale Of the products of the
soil, should he also DO com ,elled to
purchase his lumber, salt, binding
Irvine. farm machinery, house hold
utensils and many of the necessaries
of life, in the artificial markets OF
high protection.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-12-07

The Mon al a e''ec: ion business ia q
disyracef IL scramble 70. office. Fro m
all accounts it locke like a big at.
tempt ! o steal the s! ate by the Re-
publieans. Even so great a man as
Judge Crest am, a late pres idential
(RepublIcan an candidate says the Dem
40 rats have carried Montana and
he don't see why the Republicans are
trying to stea al it.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-12-07
OFFICE At DEVILS LAKE, D. r.,

LAND OFFICE At DEVILS LAKE, d. t.
December 2 1889
Notice Is hereby given that the following
to max final proof in support of his claim,
and that said proof will be made befole the
Judge or in his absence the clerk of the dis
Bottineau. Dak., on Jan. II, 1890. viz:
LOUIS LANGEVIN, ,
81. e. No. for the 8. II s. E. n sec 80, and
N. Il N. E.Z sec 81 7. 1872 r. "a.
He names the following witnesses to prove
MS continuous residence upon, n culttva-
ton of said land, viz:
Leopold lie Sage, Stanisuslaut Desautels,
Olive Seymour, Joseph ~scherbenauge. all of
Tarsus, Bottineau Co. N. d.
e. G. SPILMAN, Register.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-12-07
Below the Limit,

Tho Bath Independent tells this story about
that celebrated Bath man, William King, tho
first governor Of Maine. Connected with
Governor Kings sawmil i Topsham was a
store with the business Of which he was not
quite well informed. Being alone in the
store one day a lady entering asked him
the price of needles. zone cent apiece,
madam" replied the governor. "But else
where I can purchase three or four for q
cent" she replied. "Well," Governor King
responded, 1T that's SO, take them all. I
won't have an article In my shop that's not
worth q cent"
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-12-07
Save One Nlght.

by ru-chssine your tickets ever 1.-THE
Burlington from St. Paul to Chicago
when going e.st. 1hs fare will be very
low On certain dates, AID Tho Buslinx-
ton' C.. B. l. N. r. R.. is q day line from
s.. Paul, saving you one nights ride and
avoiding detention on the way.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-12-07
ADVIQE TO MorHERa.

MRS. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, for chill
dren teething, is the prescription Of one OF
we best female nurses n physicians in the
united States, and has been used for forty
years with never-failing success by millions
process of teething it's value is incalcuiable
It relieves the child from pain, cures dysen
terry and diarrhoea, gripping Of the bowels, and
wind-colic. By giving health to the child II
rests the mother. Price 26c q bottle,