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Bent County register., 1889-02-02
LOCAL NEWS.

Three papers in Lamar.
This is groundhog day.
Spring weather this week.
/ Que more month of winter.
Ball masque Valentines night.
Two more concerts are under vay
The A. o. U. ". lodge is grow.
ing.
/ Trinidad intends to build a Goa,
palace.
| c. G. Coutant was at Denver Wed.
nesday.
Miss Annie Thomas has gone to
Denver.
The seed men are sending out their
catalogues.
No new moon this month, two
next month.
The last day of January was /.
summer day.
Nelson Demorest went to Cbivine-
ton Tuesday.
Gardeners will be at work in an
other month.
w. L Craddock wa. up to Las An
ina, Monday.
A. X. Black returned to Denver
Tuesday night
Receiver Shrock was up to Pueblo
day this week.
Pail for Wolcott county if it parts
the hame string.
Slight change in railroad time
table last Sunday.
John Blackman was down from
Caddoa Tuesday.
+. w. Burger was up to Rocky
Ford last Saturday.
c. G. Ament va. down from
Rn. XIV Ford Wednesday.
L h~r,nan'~ little daughter
r r-a se,y Ill hi. week.
a NJ Nicholas has moved his Of.
Zee up stairs same building.
County attorney o. G. Hess had
basine.s at Las Animas Tuesday.
J. w. Graham expects IN add gro
eerie. TO his stock in short time.
r. Z Ir-in -a- out north of town
tuo dAs. this week loe.'ing new set
der.
See A. Msrich's advertisement, be
ia = good shoemaker, give him a
trial.
I'M. wrigh, made final proof on
his cizir north Of the river this
morning.
Miss Hinja Martin gave party to
a rumber of her young friends last
: inrday
VIII. Silver know. soout the A o.
U. w. goat nov, be passed Wednes-
day night.
Ms. Harry Gochenour and baby
returned from Pueblo 4 week ago
last night.
B. b. Brown of the Merchants
State Bank returned this week from
a trip east.
Ala meeting Of tho Ladies' Aid
Society Monday Mrs. J. p. BihoP
vas elected president.
Mr.. Meek /. back from Walsen-
burg where he has been working In
the coal mines.
J. II. Holmes returned from San
Luis valley Thursday night, he says
IL Is very cold over there.
Rev. DIR. Moore accompanied by
Rev. ]. P. Bishop favored this othce
With a call last Saturday.
Mr.. Matibe~- will have the great
.e.s house II eastern Colorado, see
bi. notice 10 another column.
The Henry ditch men drew about
sf,sep thousand dollsrs Monday, the
nav roll will be larger this month.
s Harrel of this city 'old the Le'
land Hotel a. Las Animas Monday
for Ave thousand six hundred dollars
Rev. DIR. Moore preached at the
u-.hod,.t church last Sunday morn
Bent County register., 1889-02-02

Hard.,re 1t cost a. C. D. Bald
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Bent County register., 1889-02-02

A. xor1ch has a t-o-ysa--olf h-sf-r
in prime sesh that he v1a7 %
sell. 5-- p
Bent County register., 1889-02-02

Harness repaired a. c. D. BALD
wins
Bent County register., 1889-02-02

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No.ioe-T1mner Culture.

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Bent County register., 1889-02-02

LOf8 OT Money.
Year money Il ready, spot cash
loans oa dnzl proofs and decided
lards GooDALR Il CooPxR- IL.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-28
A CHINESE FUNERAL.
How the Ceremony Is Performed by Ce1es-
tials in British Columbia.

A Chinese funeral took place recently in
Vancouver, the burial of the defunct ce-
lestial being attended with the usual curl
Gus ceremonies observed by the Mongolian
race After the coffin was lowered into
the grave the ceremonies were commenced
by the mOurners throwing handfuls of
earth and pebbles on the coffin. Fagots of
slow-burning matches, bound together
were then lighted, planted In basin of
loose ashes and earth, and placed at the
foot of the grave. Decorated red candles
were also arranged In row near the
burning fagots. and quickly burned down
to the little sticks to which they were fast
ened. The clothes which had last adorned
the dead man, and which were more or
less worn out, together with blue silk
blouse, an unlaundered collar, straw hat,
and few other articles of Chinese appar-
ell, were then rolled into bundle and Gre
mated at the side of the grave The fag-
OTIS and candles. with their gilded wrap
pings. were then added to the burning
heap. The next feature in the ceremony
saws the Vancouver World, was that of
unrolling a cocoanut mat close beside the
grave. On this the Cinnamon present, six
in number, came forward and bent down
alternately, taking formal leave of the
departed relative whose soul had preceded
them to the happy realms where Confucius
is king. The formal leave-taking was
novel, consisting of the clasping of the
hands. the raising of them to the chin,
and then letting them drop. This opera
ton was performed several times by the
Cinnamon present Some of the celestial
mourners bowed their heads on the mat for
several seconds. A quaint little teapot was
then produced, and, after bow had been
made, each of the celestials, with a tea
spoon, sprinkled little of the enervating
beverage over the cofin. A few small pans
of rice, together with a roast chicken and
other cooked edibles, were next placed on
the coffin and allowed to stand there a short
while. This was done in order that the
soul of the dead man might have refresh
ments before starting on It's long journey
through space. Some of the dishes were
left beside the grave The burial of the
departed one was then considered complete.
A Mongolian, who seemed to be conducting
the ceremony In its details, then handed
around the cigars, after which the whole
party of Mongolians got into their rigs
again and drove back to sweet-smelling
Dufon+ Straat
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-28
Don't Fight the Team.

If a horse shows signs of stubbornness
or contrariness, just get mad yourself. and
you can rest assured you are fixed for the
rest of the day as long as you want to keep
it up. Horses like men, are generally set
in their ways, and when a horse with only
moderate sense gets into trouble with a
man with only moderate sense the two
generally have a monkey and parrot
time" from morning till night. Well
bred horses are seldom stubborn and I'M
ruly, and in this respect there is a striking
analogy between horses and men. Horses
docile, obedient and tractable in the hands
Of one man, are vicious and unruly in the
hands of another. The reason is. the one
knows how to manage them the other does
not Good dispositions are generally the re-
suit of bad handling. A few slaps and
jerks, accompanied by little sharp talk
or few fierce yelIs, get the most gentle
horse clear beside himself and ready to
worry and fret the remainder Of the day.
The more quiet and steady you keep your
horses the better it will be for them, for
yourself and all concerned.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-28
Don't Sell the Farm.

Farmers, like mon In other pursuits, are
frequently troubled with doubts and per-
pleXities that too often lead to a dospond-
ent condition. Crops fail, sickness comes,
stock dies, and other causes bring on a
state of gloom and at last results in Offering
the farm for sale. To all this condition |
would earnestly say Don't be rash; cling
to the old farm. Occasionally there will
be bad year on which calculations were
made to pay so much of mortgage, or to
expend definite amount in improving
the farm or its buildings. Don't brood
over it. Accept it like man and make a
more determined effort next year. Seed and
harvest times are guaranteed, and though
temporary Disappointment may occur, it
is only exceptional.
Try and find what your particular farm
is best adapted for Plow well, use good
seed, plant only what can be cared for
cultivate often. Don't try to raise 10
acres of corn at a loss when five can be
grown with gain, and don't keep 20 ordin-
airy cows that barely pay for the trouble of
milking, when Is of of a good grade would
bring substantial returns. Take good care
of all your stock, feed them well and see
that they are provided with comfortable
quarters Have place for all tools under
cover, and see that they are returned there
when you are through with them. Sell all
that the farm does not require for its main
tenance, except hay, clover and straw,
which should be utilized at home Do not
waste anything or allow others to do So
Care in little things will amply repay in
the end. Do not overwork your help, and
see that each one in your employ has de-
finite hours for labor, always looking more
to quality than quantity Work with them
always, and never leave anything to be
done without your presence. Let all your
farm work be systematic; neglect nothing.
Plan we'll and execute promptly and
thoroughly, and the old farm will grow in
value yearly. With push" for watchword
there will be no thought of selling the
homestead.-T 3. W.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-28
Mime. Boulanger.

No more pathetic spectacle now con-
fronts the eyes of the world than that of
Nine. Boulanger, wife of the Eighty
fancied General. who for so long has lived
alone with her two daughters in retiracy in
Paris. Hers is a sad though handsome
face, in which pain has cut more lines and
grooves than time; while to listen to her
low sweet voice is to wonder how the Gen
eraI can endure passing any of his days
beyond the reach of its subtle music.
She is a gentle, little heart-broken lady
from whom the iron hands of ambition
have clutched all that she found best in
love.
And she has not even the satisfaction of
knowing that the man who turned the sun:
shine of her earlier days into the bleak
desolation Of the present never gives her a
single thought Still she does not complain
to him. 1T is not for me to Judge him, :"
she sometimes says when some one accosts
her concerning him; I'VE loved each other
once!' Some day" she usually adds.
he viii need my love again. do not wish
to be divorced from him, because I want
to retain the right to care for him when
all the rest of the world forsakes him
when, save his wife, he has no friend :
History tells us of few more beautiful
characters than hers. How unworthy of
her is the registering, blatant demagogue
to whom she remains so true.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-28
LincoIn's Views on the Union in 1862.

CHRISTINA, NJ. T.
Is it an historical fact that President
Lincoln issued a proclamation to the Con-
federate States in 1862 permitting them to
continue slavery if they would lay down
their arms and come back into the Union?
G.. w. Cook.
Answer, by the Chicago Inter Ocean
President Lincoln's course during the
earlier months of his administration and
the rebellion has often been misunder-
stood He entered upon the discharge of
the duties of his Office under unparalleled
difficulties. He had called an extra ses-
sion of congress to meet July 4. 1861. The
southern members of congress had with
drawn. The president had sent mes
sage to congress, reciting the facts of the
instruction, discussing the question Of
state sovereignty, and asking for 100000
men and $500, 100000 to maintain the
supremacy of the Union by short and de-
cisive contest. Congress had adopted
measures authorizing the raising of 500,
900 volunteers and providing for $500. 000,
600 to be placed at the disposal Of the adj
ministration. The house also passed, al
most unanimously, a resolution pledging
any amount of money and any number of
men necessary to suppress the rebellion,
and another resolution declaring that the
sole object of the war was to preserve the
Union. To prevent the border states from
joining the rebellion required all the skill
and sagacity of the president He was
constantly visited by those who advised
general emancipation, but he steadily de-
clined to do So and carefully instructed
the officers commanding the several de-
partments to interfere as little as possible
with slavery On Aug. 10, 1862, Horace
Greeley addressed his famous letter en-
titled .'The Prayer of Twenty Millions. to
President Lincoln. In regard to the neces-
sity Of freeing the slaves of rebels If the
secession states were TO remain In the
Union after the war. The following sen
tence viii explain and show the sentiment
and drift of Mr. Greeley's letter:
4 close as | began, with the statement
that what an immense majority of the
loyal millions of your countrynen require
of you is frank. declared. unqualified, UNI
grudging execution Of the laws of the
land, more especially the confscation act.
That act gives freedom to the slaves of
rebels coming within our lines or whom
these lines may at any time inclose-we
ask you to render it due obedience, to pub
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-28
OLD LONDON BRIDGE.
when 1t Was Built and Who the Architect
Was.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.


The first stone bridge across the Thames
at London was commenced in 1176. The
architect was Peter, of Colechurch who
died In 1905, one year before the structure
was completed. The stone platform was
927 feet long and 40 feet wide The cap
ping stones were 60 feet above the level of
the water at ebb tide, and the bridge was
formed by nineteen pointed arches, with
massive piers from Is to 81 feet in solidity,
having drawbridge on each side Of the
river to protect the approaches. The chap
ell inscribed to ST. Thomas a Beckett con-
sisted Of two stories and was Familiarity
known as St. Thomas of the bridge 1t
stood on the tenth Or great pier, that is,
as nearly as possible in the centre of the
bridge, the lower portion being the crypt,
paved with black and white marble In
this crypt the architect, Peter of Colechurch.
desired that his bones might rest, and
there. it may be presumed, they peacefully
remained for centuries. But In 1877 the
premises came into the occupation Of a
Mr.. Yaldwin, to be used by him as a
dwelling and warehouse. While altera-
tions were being effected under the stair
case of the crypt the remains of a human
body were discovered and removed, but no
luSCElpGlOn WdS lOuuu 10 dlOIu 81 cue DIS W
whose body 1t was, nor were there any rec
ords of that interment forthcoming.
In the summer of 1888 old London
bridge was removed. l was at school at
Kensington at the time, and hearing that
the crypt which once contained the re-
mains of Peter of Colechurch had been
discovered I FASTENED to view the ruin.
Admission to inspect was denied to boy,
~. r Il ,,-,oo1.-.4.oo
was fain to watch the process of demoli-
ton from the nearest buttress Of the
London bridge now standing Ho vever,
] secured print, which | still retain,
showing the chapel of st. Thomas and the
crypt let to Mr. baldwin in the last cen
turY. The questions, therefore, to be solv-
ed are: l. Who completed the old bridge
when Peter of Colechurch died in 1905? 2.
Of whom were the remains discovered in
the tomb under the crypt stairs in 1877,
and where were they afterwards placed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-28

the total of 100, and ends his work by
scoring the animal 80 points This. it
viii be seen, judge must not only under
stand the points requisite for the breed.
but must be keen in observing, and be
very careful, as half a point may deter
mine the winner of prize.
The outward points are the surest evi-
dence Of the purity of the breed, and are
necessary. Without them an animal not
strictly within the limits of the require
ments of purity could compete with we'll
bred animal, but by the score system such
an animal would be cut severely for de
fects Tor Disqualified as to be unable to
score to a figure sufficient to give it place.
But the danger of the system is that. in
the desire to excel, breeders will breed in
the direction of those sections to which
the greater number of points are given.
For this reason the conventions of breeders
of the many different breeds may be COM
PEELED from time to time to lessen the mum
Der of the points In some outward sections
and increase them where they will pro-
mote utility. OF late years. however, the
test systems are being added, in which the
really meritorious animal asserts its SUI
periority by competitive trials with Others
of It's kind.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-28
Learn to Graft.

Every farmer should himself understand
grating, and be practically able to do it.
The art is simple and easily learned. 1t
may not always pay the farmer to do all
the large jobs of grating that he has to do,
since his own time may be worth more at
something else But it is the little jobs,
the setting of half a dozen CRAFTS not
worth sending for a professional CRATER to
do, and thus are neglected from year to
year simply because no one is at hand
qualified to do the work Professional
grafters make good wages setting CRAFTS
at so much apiece Most of them have as
sistant who saws off the Embto be grated,
while the CRATER fits the scion to the cliff
which he makes, and covers the wound to
exclude air. This and connecting the
scion with the outer wood Of the branch is
all the art there is in grating.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-28
Points BY Which tie Excellence of Stock
is Determined,
Philadelphia Record.

The outward indications (color, hair.
length of horns. ears, tail, etc. of stock
are not always to be relied upon as GER
tain in indicating the excellence of an ami
NAL for the purpose required, and when
a breed is bred strictly with view to hav-
ing it excel In the exhibition of superiority
of the outer characteristics it is some
times due to loss of vigor In the stock,
the result of the sacrifice of the more i'm
portant individual chara cteristics of util-
ity. Breeders ave made mistakes. In
adhering too closely to the color marks
or rather IN giving greater number OF
points to those sections that really are OF
so important compared with others.
Formerly all animals competing at fairs
were judged by comparison, but in re-
cent years a scale of points with 100
points as the possible limit Is used for
Judging. The 100 point scale is fixed as
the ideal animal las the cow, for instance),
and the supposition IS that no animal can
reach the ideal A certain number Of the
points are ascribed to the different section
lhead. ears, muzzle. tail. quarters, udder,
escutcheOn, neck, etc. }, the whole making
100. Sheep. swine and poultry are judged
In the same manner, only the points differ
according to the breed and kind of stock.
In some cases careful measurements are
made, and when an animal is deficient In
any section the percentage of deficiency Is
subtracted, and are styled cuts or outs. :
For instance, suppose the head has ten
points, and it does not approximate the
ideal by 20 per cent. The judge, cutting
20 per cent off the 10 points. allow the ami
NAL points per head. Following this
course until he has examined every por-
ton of the animal, the judge may find as
many as 1odefects which he subtracts from
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-11-28
A STATE OF LAwLESSNESS
Federal Officers Assaulted by a Mob at
Graham, Texas.

WASHINGTON, Nov. I'll Atty. Gen.
Miller has received a report from the Uni
ted States marshal of the northern district
of Texas regarding the difficulty In admin
istering the laws on account of a feeling Of
hostility on the part of certain state Off
Gals The trouble arose from the steps
taken by the federal officers for the pro-
lection of the four Marlowe brothers, held
as government witnesses. A portion Of
the community became eXasperated at
these men and attempted to wreak
summary vengeance upon them. AS
the jail at Graham was not secure, the fed
eral officers started to remove them to a
safer place. They aad not proceeded far,
when they were attacked by the mob. Two
of the Marlowes were killed on the first
onslaught, when the two others wrested
knives from their assailants, amputated
their dead brothers, to whom they were
manacled, and fed to farm house, where
they held the mob at bay until assistance
arrived. Three of the mob were
killed and number wounded. Among
those who have been indicted for
completely In this attack On the govern
ment prisoners are two cOnstables, the
sheriff, deputy sheriff, the county attOr-
ney and a son of the county Judge. The
district attorney says half the processes Of
the courts of the state are prostituted to
shield from prosecution those who, In this
manner, defy the laws of the United
States Our respect for such process must
cease. The municipal government of Young
county not only fails to provide suitable
jail for the use of the United States court
but its officers are IN violent antagonlsm
thereto. He does not see how they can
avoid the necessity Of armed men at Gra-
ham during the sessions Of the United
States court. and makes al appeal that
congress remove the court to some other
point