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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-08
HE HIT IT ONCE.
A PATENT Right Peddler's Bogus
Dream.

A Patent-Right Peddler's Bogus
Dream.
II used to travel around the coup, 80
with patent hay fork" said the 80
with green patch on his left 49,. =.
it came to his turn to tell st nrc ~
am not going to say anytr mo .ho,,t
that patent more than thu 4 40 ,.rner
ever got any benefit fror :. W. =
wish to bring out is oh. n;aht 10
called curious col .osaanoa aed 49,
that have kicked .arself over a hun.
dred times.
- was inns >ay," he continued, as he
so0 500. .~" Aek on his seat Farmers
n uase w. sae' . weak spots the same as
- " ~. Ysu can hitsome of them
~. - r. Sing their buildings, others by
~. %ang their horses, others, again,
w. |etgh their hogs or calves. Ihave a
<ay of hitting them all, and it worked
u my CREST profit every time. When
iA got up ia the morline, after staying
7 all night with farmer, I got off some
thing as follows:
IL hsd very curious dream last
night dreamed that was digging
out behind your barn, just on q line
with a big knot hole in the sixth board
from the west end, and I unearthed
tin box containing $1,000 in green
backs. The dream was so vivid that I
almost felt the box in my hands
There's nothing in dream, of course,
but never had one which seemed so
real.
''Mind you, had taken notice cf the
knot hole the evening before. Some
times fixed the place behind barn
and sometimes near q stump, or so
many PAGES from a certain tree or
straw-stack; but it was all settled on
beforehand. It wasn't one time in
twenty that farmer would charge me
for my lodgings after giving him this
dream. 1t hit 'em plumb center, and
they we're only too anxious to get me
out of the way so they could begin
digging"
go on" said several voices, as he
\ | AAcI~H0 @ AOA6 pouoOs
"WeL, one morning. after lodging
with farmer all night and getting his
: note for $50 for a hay fork, I related
the usual dream in the usual way.
This time it was a buried treasure
beneath stump near his barn. I saw
that he was hard hit at once, and he
left me eating breakfast and went down
to dig. / was chuckling over his
greenness, when he came walking in
with tin box under his arm"
''You don't say?''
, "But do, and it was q box..he had
dug out foot or so below the surface.
1t was broken open then and there,
and may be drowned for yeller dog
if the contents didn't pan out 81, 725 in
just as good greenbacks as you ever
saw"
"But-but-"
"There were no butts about it. He
, found the money and kept it, as was
his right, and no one ever came to
claim it. This So bill was a part of it.
He gave it to me as reward for my
, dream, and I'm keeping it as relic to
: show what fool a man can make of
himself. That's all, gentlemen-all
except that want some of you to kick
, me as soon as convenient. New York
Sun.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-08
Those Good Old DAYS

Old river captain Shaking his head
de]ectedly and shifting his squid to the
other cheeky Steamboatin' amt
what it used to be. If that biler ex-
plosion on the MISSISSIPPI the other day
had happened twenty-five year ago it
would have killed more'n 200 people
at the least calkilation r'-Chicago
Tribune.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-08
A Natural Mistake.

German Gust arrived in New York;:
''Say. mine trent, will you tell me ware
dot llmburger cheese factory vas?r
Police officer: 'That ant no cheese
factory what yer smells-that's the
streets. "-Muusey's Weekly.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-08
Tells on Itself.

II wish I knew how to tell a good
egg from bad one," writes a young
housekeeper; 'they all look alike to
me-" Look at 'em with your nose,
Clara, look at 'em with your nose.
You must be blind if you couldn't
hear the difference then.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-08
No Ono Disputes II.

There are forty ways in which 1 can
steal, rob, embezzle and murder, and
yet keep clear of the law" says New
York lawyer. No one disputes that
assertion. Indeed, all will be sur
prised that he has not found hun.
dred WAYS.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-08

It is detrimental to feed sweet
potatoes to laying hens, as they are
rich in carbonaceous elements, and
deficient in other respects. Consequent
~, if sweet potatoes are fed to hens
the hens become very fat, and cease to
lay. For young chicks, or for stock
intended to be sent to market, there is
no food known that will fatten them so
quickly. 1t is too expensive to use
sweet potatoes for poultry, but the
very small ones, which are unstable,
may be cooked for market poultry with
advantage.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-08
Puddings.

ANOTHER PUDDING SAUCE-One CUP
OF sugar, one tablespoonful of flour.
one tablespoonful of butter, rubbed
together, then add a pint of boiling
water and flavor with nutmeg or CHINA
mon or lemon or vanilla.
A RICH PUDDNG-One and half
cups of sugar, two cups of flour, four
eggs, two teaspoonfuls baking powder;
mix aud add one third cup of hot
water. Bake in a quick oven. To be
eaten cold with whipped cream.
APPLE BATTER PUDD1NG-Pare and
core six ripe apples, place in dish;
make q batter of one pint of sweet
milk, two eggs, four tablespoonful Of
flour, little salt, pour over the APP
pies, bake half an hour. To be eaten
with sauce or sweetened cream.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-08
Cows For All Purposes.

We never took much stock in the
cry for a cow that shall be equally
good for all purposes. That means a
dull medicocrity, without part ocular
excellence in anything. The Devon
breed perhaps fulfls this condition
as well as any other, and the fact that
it has never become very popular any
where is proof of our position. The
competition in farming is now 80 close
that only the very best breeds for
particular purposes can be afforded.
The farmer is driven to speci alties as
the condition of success.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-08

Bro. Mooney will please take us
by the right hand as he does the
puMp-hantlle. His club of subscrib-
'ers is rsceived-and with thanks.
Good for Granite Falls.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-08
Farm Notes.


A Holstein heifer was exhibited at
the Bangor (Me.) Fair that yielded
about fifteen quarts of milk daily.
Considering that she was only years
old the yield was extraordinary.
Hubbard squashes are the best winter
keepers and should be stored away be-
fore frost. The squash can be had all
winter if carefully stored.
Bran is considered one of the best
foods for all classes of stock, and it is
rich In phosphates. It is very i'm
perfect food, however, when fed in
place of grain entirely, but when given
in connection with hay and ground
grain it largely adds to the value of
the whole.
The hog will thrive better if kept
clean and given plenty of water. Slop-
food does not afford sufficient supply
of water. Milk will not answer as wa
ter. The water trough should be kept
filled with clean water at all times.
In regard to cutting off the seed ends
of potatoes and throwing them away,
j. M. Smith says Last spring 1 saved
bushel of the seed ends and planted
them by themselves right in the mid
die of tho piece of two or three acres
that l was planting and found, when
we came to dig them, that the yield
was just about the same and the pota-
toes about the same size. But those
coming from the seed ends were nearly
a week earlier than the others,
Twenty pounds of hay and twelve
quarts of oats given daily is the esti-
mated quantity of food for horse,
but this must be regulated by the size
OF the animal, the labor performed and
the season of the year.
The Dorset sheep are very prolific.
They were shown at several fall fairs
last year, the ewes having lambs at
their feet, and nearly all had twins.
They also produce lambs in the spring.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-08
Storing Cahhaga.

It does not hurt cabbage to be froz-
en- if protected by covering of soil
to avoid frequent alterations of freez-
ing and thawing. A wet, moist winter
is much worse for keeping cabbage till
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-08
Correspondence from 9Th Page.

We have a communication from A.
E. Zan, Rushford, which will appear
next week.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-08
Answered with q Question.

He: 'Do you believe in marrying for
money, Miss Antique!" She: 81 don't
know; how much have you gotr'
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-08
Too Much Confidence.

Bulls are dangerous animals, and a
majority of the injuries received occur
from placing too much confidence in
gentle bulls, which suddenly and unex-
pectly attack the attendant A bull
will usually prove obedient when
young, but it is seldom that fully
matured bull is safe. No bull should
be kept on farm that has not been
''ringed' in the nose, and it should be
made to work if training it is possible.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-08

solved in alcohol. So long az ena
varnish remains the brass will continue
to remain bright The article snouid
be warm when the varnish is applied
Caviare is made Of the roe OF the
sturgeon, salmon, cod and other large
fish. 1t is Russian delicacy which u
imported in kegs. It is often served
spread on slices of toast.
It is worth while to paste light
MANILA paper over the back OF every
picture frame not already so protected.
as it effectually prevents dust from
reaching the pictures. It is always
done nowadays by frst-class trainers.
Smoke marks from kerosene lamps
may be removed from the ceiling by
washing with strong soda water, and
the yellow stains from leaks with .
strong solution of white vitriol at least,
as an old calciminer and painter tells
me.
It is comparatively easy to extermin-
ate black ants. The little red ants are.
however, very hard to get rid of. A
little powdered hellebore sprinkled
around at night will as a rule quickly
exterminate them. Care must be taken
in using the hellebore, and in brushing
it away in the morning, as it is poison
Gus. Powdered sulphur will frequently
answer the purpose.
In buying meat for soup, choose q
shank of mutton, shin Of beef or
knuckle of veal. Have the butcher
crack the bones in every part The
bones are as valuable as the meat itself,
owing to the gelatine in them, which
imparts peculiar richness.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-08
SKIPPED ITS OWN COAL.


of subscribers to your magnificent
paper, which so ably advocates the
farmers cause. We have just organ
lied q branch Alliance with very few
members, but which promises to be
fourishing, as the farmers are COM
ing to the front. This branch has
had it's own coal shipped, which cost
us $685. per ton. 1t is similar to
coal we have been paying Z and
$500 per ton! Farmers are having
their eyes opened. Every farmer
and laboring man should take the
: GREAT WEST. l will do all in my
4pOwer to increase it's circulation.
OLIVER LAIsURE, Adrian.
In recent letter to this paper,
Sen. Nachbar says that Mr.. DON
nelly's supplement address was a
strong document-but did not give
enough legislative history. He says
that Sen. Pope's bill to stop discrimi-
nation by railroads, killed in the
House, should have been mentioned.
He says:
at was one of the most Just and
best bills ever introduced into any
legislature Why was Sen. Wards
bill not reducing the
power of the R. R. Commissioners,
and throwing the whole power of fix
ing rates again in the hands of the
corporations - killed in the Senate,
but, as Jennings hill passing the
House and killed again in the Senate.
Why was not Sen Nachbar's bill regu-
lating tolls, and which passed the
Senate but was killed in the House.
mentioned?"
The Senator must be merciful.
That supplement was limited in ex-
tent. 1t was first designed for II
columns. 1t ended up with "a!
There was no special design to hurl
anathema at the Senate although
there is a severe comparison given.
The fact is that the whole rotten nest
was a filthy pool of political slime.
Who can say that theywere not a lot
of traitors betraying their country
for lucre- convicting themselves of
the crime-laughing over the brothe-
poland then shut down the cover!
Nachbar goes on to say:
"We cannot expect any laws in
our favor as long as we roar before
election, "Hurrah for our party!"
AS long as we look up to party and
not to men we cannot expect any
thing better. We can sit down now.
again, with long sour faces, and sing
the song of victory in tranquility,
and see the monopolists, capitalists,
combinations, ETC., reap the benefit
And in the country see every day the
sheriff sales of horses, cows, pigs,
chickens and dogs-grain, hay and
corntalks!
What can we expect of farmers
when they elect a railway attorney
to congress and defeat a hard-work-
ing, honest and straightforward
alliance member, as they did in the
9TH district! 1t is "hurrah for our
party!" HIM!
We can endorse those sentiments
every one of them. When we can
get the farmers as independent as they
are in Dakota, Comstock, who voted
against the Interstate Commerce
memorial, an Out-and-Out railway
tool, will take a back seat. In other
words, neither party will dare to
nominate such men.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-08
The FARMING WORLD.
Hews Of Practical Every Day Interest to
Agriculturists.

Straight Talk on Wool Growing BY Nan Of
Experience Necessity Of Care in Feeding
Hogs for the Best Resi-. 1.-THE Potato Rot
Sailing Butter.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-08
The Grammar Of q Kiss.

1U6 0f8mm8I Oh N1B8.
"Now q kiss, DEAR" quoth he,
''Is a noun, We'll admit;
But common or proper,
Canst thou tell that of it!
"Well, I think" replied she,
'To speak nothing loath,"
While she smiled and grew red,
"Well, I think it is both"
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-08
The Potato BOT.

The question of the potato rot has
broken out afresh this fall, and the
claims of many that in a season like
the one just past stable manure will
induce rot in potatoes seem to be fairly
proven. But do not consider manure
the only cause for the rot, although it
presents conditions favorable for it's
development, says Practical Farmer
writer. A liberal application of ma
nure, followed by very wet season,
inclines the vines or tubers to an UNI
natural rapid growth, and whenever
this condition occurs the rot is liable
to set in. There is something lacking
in the potato; the starch does not form
as fast as the potato grows. The
effect of the disease upon the potato is
to destroy the starch cells, and cause
decomposition of the albumen and
heterogeneous elements, thus giving rise
to the intolerable odor of the decayed
vines and tubers. The disease is the
most disastrous upon low, wet Doggy
and undrained soil, where during a
rainy season 80 per cent of the crop is
often affected by the rot. The rot is
fungus, known as Peronospora infes-
tana, which grows within the plant,
filling the cells with white threads,
called mycelium.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-08
Farme..s ~ Wool Growers.

FaTme.1 oS Wool Growers.
THE real trouble" says a wool
grower, "is that so few farmers know
how to properly manage their focks.
II they will take care in the treatment
Of sheep they will find it profitable
farming. Sheep will live on very rough
food and endure a great deal of ex-
posture, and certainly they get ABOUT
all they can stand of both at the hands
of the common farmer. Upon the
other hand, no animal will respond
more freely to kind treatment and good
food than sheep. But neglect seems
to be the great drawback to the farmer
as wool grower, and because sheep
fail to give returns under such treat
ment they are unworthy. The average
fleece of wool does not weigh over
four pounds, and the average sheep
does not yield more than fifty
pounds of mutton, and that of an
inferior quality. What if by impro We
ment these fleeces should be raised to
ten or even eight pounds and the
growth of mutton to seventy-tve
pounds? The difference in dollars and
cents in the farmers pocket would
make him look with some degree of
favor upon his focks, besides the
pleasure of knowing that he had done
something in the way of progression.
Improvement is the one thing neces-
sary in our focks. Not that every
farmer should have all thoroughbreds.
That would not be profitable at all, but
grade up the flock by the selection of
the best common ewes and the purchase
of thoroughbred bucks. A few extra
dollars placed in good buck will be
returned greatly multiplied in the en-
HANGED value of the lambs. No man
can afford to disregard the value of the
lambs. No man can afford to disregard
the value of the buck he uses. Ny ex-
perience with sheep has taught me that
they are profitable. Where farmers
size their focks according to their
farms and facilities for caring for them
they can't fail to reap reasonable re-
wards"
Catoctin clarion., 1889-05-23
B. C0llif0Wer g. Bro.

Referring to the above, we take this occas-
ion to thank our many friends for past favors
and most respectfully ask continuance OF
the same to Bernard Colhdower who will
continue the business.
Is. COllihoWer s. Bro
Catoctin clarion., 1889-05-23
A Safe InVestm ent.

Is one which is guaranteed to bring
you satisfactory results, or in case of
failure a return of purchase price. On
this safe plan you can buy from our
advertised Druggist bottle of DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consump'
tlon. 1t is guaranteed to bring relief
in every case, when used for any affec-
tion of Throat, Lungs or Chest, such as
Consumption, Inflammation of Lungs,
Bronchitis, Asthma, Whooping Cough,
Group, etc. 1t is pleasant and agreea-
BILE to taste, perfectly safe, and can al
ways be depended upon.
Trial bottles free at DR.. NJ. E. Leath,
erman's Drug Store.
Catoctin clarion., 1889-05-23
Odd Logic.

We find great difficulty in analyzing
the closing sentence of the following
bit of political philosophy.
"Boulanger enthusiasts insist that
the doughty General will return to
Paris in triumph and route all his en-
emies. What may transpire in the ca
reers of these men of destiny can never
be accurately surmised until it actually
transpires.-Tlmes."
If he must be spoken of as "man of
destiny" 1t may be predicted that he is
destined to do certain things, else the
words are meaningless. Further, a
record events that have actually tran.
spired' constitutes history and history
is not the offspring Of surmise. There
is an undstributed middle somewhere
in the T, ne8' cvllogiso1
Catoctin clarion., 1889-05-23
BOULANGER.

1t is amusing to recall the things that
have been written by editors, not even
excepting those on our metropolitan
dailies, during the past year concerning
Boulanger. Ia majority Of cases it
has been but the reflected opinion Of
Others as little qualified to judge the
man, the condition Of affairs that rem
ders such a character possible, if not
necessary, in France, and the real issue
that Is being carried forward, consider
ed and perfected.
When he was an idolized officer in
the army, our editors saw in him a
Napoleon that would revenge France
on Germany. When he was cashiered,
these same writers saw in him, a small
man with the "big head"
When he was returned, elected, by a
number of the electoral departments in
France, our editors were carried away :
When he was "pinked' in his duel
with Ferry, an old man and civilian,
these same writers wrote his political
obituary.
When Paris gave him his phenomenal
majority; then the government must
fall before him.
When the Senate impeached him and
he quilted France, he was written down
a coward, that all Frenchmen would
despise. Now that his trial will fall to
the ground. great things are predicted
of Boulanger when he returns to France.
These writer's; these shallow copylsts;
why not stick to essays on crops, public
roads, county politics, lightning rod
"sharps" and matters concerning which
it requires less intelligence to fathom !?
The editorials on Boulanger during
the past year, if collated, would exceed
the Comedy of Errors in absurdity Of
situation.
Catoctin clarion., 1889-05-23
Merit Wins.

We desire to say to our citizens, that
for years We have been selling DR. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption. DR..
Kings New Life Pills, Bucklen Arni.
ca Salve and Electric Bitters, and have
never handled remedies that sell as
we'll, or that have given such universal
satisfaction. We do not hesitate to
guarantee the1a every time, and we
stand ready to refund the purchase
price, if satisfactory results do not fol-
low their use. These remedies have
won their great popularity purely on
their merits, M. E. Leatherman, Drug
g'st.
Catoctin clarion., 1889-05-23
WASHINGTON Letter
FROM OUR REGULAR CoRREsroNDEN

FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.
WASHINGTON. MAY Goth, 1889.
Almost the first thing the stranger
in Washington remarks upon when he
arrives in the city are the trees, and
about the first thing the Washingtonan
notices when he visits other cities is the
absence of them. The capital is one
great forest no other city in the world
is so abundantly supplied with trees,
and they do more, perhaps, than any
other one feature towards making this
the most beautiful city in the world.
No other place is so we'll fitted for the
lavish planting Of trees. Its wide ave.
nues and generous streets have room
and to spare for them, ard few other
places have this advantage.
This is the busy season for the people
who attend to the streets of Washing.
ton. 1t Is planting time with them,
and during the past month nearly 5000
young trees have taken root along the
avenues and streets, bringing the total
number Of trees planted along the
streets and avenues Of the city up to
something like 10000. This enormous
number is made up of about sixty va
rieties, coming from almost every part
of the globe. Washington is the neu-
tral, the grand meeting place where
they all grow and flourish together.
The soil, the climate-everything seems
peculiarly adapted for the cultivation
of almost every variety Of trees, and on
the streets one can see the hardy pine
Of frigid Norway locking limbs with
the cypress of the Florida everglades,
and the alianthus of China with the
chestnut of the Adirondacks. 1t is
splendid convention of the tree world,
and in no other place can it be seen as
in the streets Of Washington.
The death Of Allen Thorndyke Rice
adds to President Harrison s trials, that
of selecting a new Russian minister at
as early day a possible. The pressure
for the place commenced as soon as the
breath was out OF Mr.. Rice's BODY.
Half dozen prominent statesmen were
on hanl this morning ready to u ye
the claims OF various candidate. |
believe that William Walter Phelps
will be the lucky man, at least if S, =
retary Blaine has his will.
Mr.. Rice was one Of the least known
public men in this coln Y. He be.
longed essentially to the silk stocking
contingent and even when he v.s f !,
Congress in New York his spoctive
constituents knew very little of &.
personality. He gave the heelers b
money and let them spend it for h
and as he should have known they rob
bed him. He was citizen of the world
at the age of twenty.three years, VIII
he purchased and rejuvenated tn.
North American Review, and he has
since proved himself the mos; eu ,rk,
able compound of shrewd business L N
and graceful writer that this c, lntry
has ever known. Whether or he
was the author Of the Arthur Rirhm, /
letters will probably never be reveal,
ed. If he was 1t forever establishes his
pre-. eminence in that class of literature
Rupture cure guaranteed, Ease at
Catoctin clarion., 1889-05-23
Got left.

editor Cassell is blowing his CLAIR
ION regarding the encampment. If he
thinks it will be held at Mechanicstown
he'll surely get left. .'-Fred'k News.
It's cleft we got and what makes
the "lefting' so hard to bear is, that
snappy, wide awake Mechanicstown has
been beaten once by staid and born.
tired Frederick. CLAR1oN.1