Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-29
FRAMES AND TRI

lSE d1u D6llld a. LAuCCu4SOQ5 DOtu Oh
this county; and on the 25th, to vii
son Mclaughlin, of Smith county and
S. A Dyer, of this county.
g. K & n. has a contract with
the Colorado Midland for the hauling
of about 200 miles Of steel rails. AS
it requires five car loads to make a
mile, the company viii be kept busy
for some time.-BeLleUjEL Telescope.
Robert Elsmere is the title of a
novel by Mrs. Ward, of England, that
has made as much stir and had as
wide circulation as Uncle Toms
Cabin. It is being sold on every rail
road train and is IN nearly all cir
culating libraries.
FARMERS! Are you interested in
poultry, fancy or common? If so,
send Is cents, in stamps or otherwise,
to The Fancier's Review, Chatham,
n. Y, and receive the spiciest poultry
paper published a full year. 1t con
tains l6 pages, 81 columns of thor
oughly practical matter, with illus
trations. Samples free.
We have been informed that S.
/ c. Cummings cOntemplates erecting a
/ building to the north of and adjOin-
/ ing his present one and throwing the
second story of both houses into one
! thus doubling the size of his present
hall We do not know how we'll it
/ might remunerate him to do so but
everybody will be awfully pleased if
! he will do so. He could thus make a
nice Opem house with no very large
outlay Of capital.
j. NJ. Sallee, guardian of Frank
Wheeler, succeeded in selling the
stock Of general merchandise at
! Woodruff, which he has advertised in
the HERALD the past two weeks. A.
J. Smith, of Republican City, was the
purchaser. The public sale on the
farm occurred March %, and every
thing brought good prices. We learn
that Mrs. Wheeler and her friends
are we'll pleased with the sales made,
and speak highly of Mr.. Sallee's
management of the business thus far.
Fred. Huff, one of the good farm
ers Of this county, came here sixteen
years ago. He had but a small
amount of this worlds goods Now
he is we'll off. He likes Phillips
county, Kansas, first rate and says
people can get along as we'll here as
any place if they manage right. He
thinks a great many farmers make &
serious mistake in borrowing money.
He told Of a man in this county who
mOrgaged his farm to enable him tC
buy a musical organ and had to give
up the place to pay the debt. 1t is
all right to buy a musical instrument
if you can pay for it but don't mort
gage your farm. Work along some
? way till you get ahead enough SO YOU
, will not have to mortgage.
Recently some specializing par
ties in Decatur county, sent to the
G professors of the State Agricultural
, college a sample of sand. Alluding
to it the Igd1tstrjaJj8t says; A sam
. pie Of sand from Decatur county, re
E eeiVPd this week with the request
ssPleaGe tell us what the mineral is
when subjected to examination re
, vealed a clear case of Sailing
Whether the salt was Of the Attic
!, kind, viz, practical joke, or Of the
, scheming kind, to sell the sand bank
the compound microscope developed
the little joker in the form of tin'
I shavings of various metals so plainl!
S marked as to almost tell the tool witt
S which they were made. Well no
( give the joker away just yet, but tn
< joke is too good to keep.
H E. Prentice, of this city, say
this is the right time to trim ant
e plant out trees. He says nurseTymel
S can produce very easily a straigh
. tree from a crooked one by cutting
l down the unshapely tree close to tn
ground The roots will then send ul
r a shoot By driving down a stake b,
e the side Of the new growth to which
D it may be tied the new tree can b
: trained very easily to grow up straigh
= Mr.. Prentice advises the county com
I missiOners to adopt this method thi
spring with a part Of the trees in tn
public square-say third or half o
y those now growing there. He says
. is astonishing how rapidly the ne7
= shoot will grow, as all the strength
i Of the roots 90 int enc stem or twie
l. We believe Mn. PreRttoea suggestion
are good ones.
r ". b. DarnelI, Of Crystal Town
IS ship, was a caller Oh Monday. IL
r, has been farming in this county 81
a years and is well pleased. He cam
l. here with but 5000 He has live
e we'll and now owns $50 acres of Ian
h and is worth at least $4,000 over an
$ above his indebtedness. He says tn
farmers in this part Of the west d
- not appreciate the true value Of Sol
= ghum. He raises it every year and
i is a valuable crop. Last year he rails
= ed eight acres on sod ground He PT
4 up $50 mammoth shocks Of spleRdi
At Al fodder, got ISL bushels Of nutricloU