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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-09-03
JOHN G. WHITTIER TO THE
FARMERS.

Many will take interest in reading
this letter of Whittier's to the Farm
ers' Institute in Essex county. Mass.
The reading gives a new idea of the
condition of the farmers of this part
of Massachusetts, not often given in
other papers. From a part Of the let
ter we quote:
"My ancestors. since 1910 have
been farmers in Essex county. I was
early initiated into the mysters of
farming, as it was practiced 20 years
ago, and worked faithfully on the old
Haverhill homestead until at the age
of 80 years I was compelled to leave
it, greatly to my regret. Ever since,
if | have enyied anybody, it has been
the hale, strong farmer who could till
his own acres and if he needed help
could afford to hire it, because he was
able to lead the work himself.
[ have lived to see a great and
favorable change in the farming popu-
Tation of Essex county. The curse of
intemperance is now almost unknown
among them; the rum-seller has no
mortgage on the lands. AS a rule
they are intelligent, well-informed and
healthy, interested in public affairs,
sel~f-respectful and respected, indie
pendent landholders, fully entitled, if
any class is, to the name of gentlemen.
1t may be said that they are not
millionaires and that their annual
gains are small. But, on the other
hand, the farmer rests C while
other occupations and professions are
in constant fear of disaster; his deal
ing directly and honestly with the
Almighty is safer than speculation;
his life is no game of chance and his
investments in the earth are better
than stock companies and syndicates.
As to profits, if our farmers could
care less for the comfort of themselves
and families, if they could consent to
live as their ancestors once lived and
as the pioneers in new countries now
live, they could, with present facilities,
no doubt, double their incomes. But
what a pitiful gain this would be at
the expense of the deIicacies and re-
fnements that make life worth living.
No better proof of real gains can be
found than the creation of pleasant
homes for the comfort of age and the
happiness of youth.
When the great English critic,
Matthew Arnold, was in this country,
on returning from a visit in Essex
county, he remarked that while the
land looked to him rough and unpro-
ductive, the landlords houses seemed
neat and often elegant. aBut where, .
he asked, edo the tenants, the work.
ing people i've ~ He seemed sur.
prised when I told him that the ten
ants were the landlords and the work
! ers the owners"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-09-03
NOTE FROM CUMBERLAND.
Cross CREEK ALLIANCE, No. I'll.

Cross CREEK ALLIANCE, No. III.
Me. EDITOR AS No. Ill
has had no place in your
valued paper, I have been asked to
write and let you know what we are
doing. We held a call meeting on
the 9th at which we resolved
to use no covering for our cotton but
cotton bagging and patronize no gin
that used the accursed combinations
jute. We also resolved to ask our
delegate to vote against an increase of
quarterly. dues, believing that an in
crease of them would1eep members
from joining. At our next regular
meeting we will elect a corresponding
secretary, and add several bright
jewels to our crown. Though our
"Sub" is nov small in number, you
may rely on its standing firm to the
DEGREES of our noble order. With
heartfelt wishes for the success of
yourself and the brotherhood, l am
F~raternally,
T. H. MCLEAN, Pres't.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-09-03
ITEMS FROM
BuckHoRN ALLIANCE, No. %

BUcKHoRN ALLIANCE, No. 224,
Mr.. EnIToR:-I wish a little space
in your valuable paper to say a few
words. Our lodge is in good order,
and may be said to be prosperous.
We have about sixty members in
good standing, and they are of the
best citizens of the county-men emf.
nent for truth, honesty, good sense,
morality and religion; and, composed
of such material, of course they are as
true to the Farmers Alliance as the
needle is to the pole. I am pleased TO
know that the order is making very
rapid progress throughout the State,
and lam satisfied that if the brethren
will remain steadfast and faithful we
will gain a grand and glorious victory
owe our enemies, in the near future,
and peace, prosperity and plenty will
again smile upon I'll sweet sunny
land. Our enemies have heretofore
had both ends of the rope, while they
have kept us in the middle, but it
really begins to look IS if we had
slipped from them n end and that
we are now in possession of the big
gest half Of the rope. There must be
no let up; let us keep the rope taut,
and in a very short time the process
sion. will begin to move in the oppo-
site direction. So, brethren, be en-
couraged; be firm in your resolutions,
never yield an inch. Work. Work
right Work with your hands and
work with your brains-let nothing
go unattended to, and of course we
WILL.succeed.
Owing to the excessive rains, we
viii not be able to gather anything
like a full crop. We have had the
biggest freshet In the creeks and
branches that has been known by the
oldest inhabitants. With the exeep-
ton of six days, it rained for sixty
days. The cotton is doing better than
could be expected; corn crops, on bill
land, is fine; and there is some good
! low-land corn, and I hope that we
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-09-03
NOTE FROM A WOOD NYMPH.
CARAVAN ALLIANCE, No. I'll,

CARAWAY ALLIANCE, No. I'll,
Aug. Is, 80.
Mr.. EDIToR:-I ask only a small
space in your valuable paper that I
may let the brethren know that Cara
way Alliance is still moving along.
We were organized in January, 1888,
with seventeen charter members and
we now number forty souls. While
we have not grown so rapidly as some
other lodges, we hope to get there
just the same" We have so far paid
something over fifteen dollars to the
business agency fund.
We have quite a number of hand
some bachelors in our Alliance, and it
has been moved, seconded and car
ried, in a caucus of the sisters, to in
troduce the following resolution at our
next regular meeting: Whereas
there are too many Of our marriage
able young men in the enjoyment of
single blessedness, therefore be it
RESOLVED, That they be required to
marry at once, if not sooner.
A great many of our members sub
scribe for THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER
and its coming is always hailed with
gladness. 1t is worth taking and
worth reading, but I'd better stop
before I get into that convenient
waste basket of yours.
Respectfully,
FARMERS GIRL.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-03-09
CONRT TERMS.

Under the new Legislative dispen-
sation, the terms Of court in the
twenty-third Judicial district shall
commence hereafter as follows: In
the county Of Ellis on the second
Monday in January, May and Sep
TENDER; in the county Of Trego, on
the fourth Monday in January,
May and September; in the county
of Cove, On the second Monday in
February, June and October; in the
county Of Logan, on the fourth
Monday in February, June and
October; in the county Of Wallace,
on the second Monday in April and
November.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-03-09
BIOGRAPHIES IN BRIEF.


The new cabinet. composed OF the
following gentlemen, was submitted
to the senate last Tuesday. and con-
firmed without unnecessary delay:
JAMES GILLESPIE BLAINE,
Secretary Of state, was born IN
Washington county, Pa, Jan. 81,
1890; graduated from Washington
College in 1S47; became professor
of mathematics in a military insti-
tute in Kentucky; removed to Au-
gusta, Maine at the solicitation of
the Maine, girl whom he had mar
ried in Kentucky; became part
owner of the Kennebec Journal;
edited the Portland Daily Adrerti-
ser; assisted in organizing the he
publican party in Maine; served IN
the legislature from 1858 to 1852,
as speaker Of the house the last two
years; elected representative in con-
ereas in 1862, and reelected each
successive term until 1879; speaker
Of the national house from 1880 to
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-03-09
"AS WE SAID BEFORE.

A newspaper and a correspondent
of another newspaper have pressed
the name of Sol Miller, Of the Troy,
(Kansas) Chief, for government
printer. We agree that the position
is nothing better than he deserves.
On the strength of the agitation
mentioned, Sol INDUCES in this sor-
rowful, but logical strain. We en-
dorse all that he says. It is not
once in q hundred calls that the
party wheel-horses are remembered
by the appointing power:
We do not know the name OF the cor
respondent, and have no acquaintance
with the editors of the .SHn, in fact, have
not exchanged with it, and never saw a
copy of it until We received the one con-
tanning the foregoing extracts. But. as
we remarked on a previous occasion,
while thanking these unknown friends
for their good wishes, we harbor no ex-
pectation of any position of profit. Such
vanity, if we ever possessed it, has long
agosbeenlabandoped. We have lived long
enough to know that the man who works
on faithfully and uncomplainingly will
be permitted to continue doing so; while
he who roots and squeals, buns for Office,
and loafs when he is out OF office. Is the
one who will sop the gravy. We are not
q hummer, and have never importuned
our friends to help US to positions. The
scramble for Office is simply appalling.
Men of influence are beset on every hand
for recommendations to help men to
office: and even the man who is quietly
attending to his work, without any idea
that he possesses the least influence with
the appointing powers, is numerically
bored, by men to whom he is under
no sort of obligation, and some Of whom
he does not even know, for assistance in
obtaining office. The only wonder to us
is, that the president, heads OF depart
ments, senators, congressman. and all
other men OF prominence, are not bored
and badgered to death by hungry Office
seekers.
No, the Office OF public printer will in
all likelihood go to General somebody,
living in some large city, who is accus-
toned to holding Office, and therefore
will not be abashed by the honor. We
little country fellows will be allowed to
rest in peace until another election comes
round, when we will be expected to roll
up our sleeves and whoop up big ma
iority for the ticket.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-03-09
HOUSEHOLD RECEIPTS.
4 CHAPTER Oh sALApa

CnEssEs Pick over, wash and cut into
small p.ecea Pile in salad bowl and sea
SON with vinegar, salt, pepper, and little
sugar. mixing web.
FISH SALAD.-Boil tender whitefsh OF
trout; chop fine; add same quantity OF
Chopped celery, cabbage or lettuce; season
same rs chicken salad.
CELERY SAIAD.-Two eggs, boiled hard.
one teaspoonful mustard, two tablespoon.
fuis OF vinegar, one cup milk, two heads
celery, and one-half cup of sugar.
VEGETABLE S.LAD.-Take cold vege-
tables lett from dinner. such as potatoes,
peas. string beans. shell beans, beets, etc. ,
ana chill them on ice. Use any salad
dressing.
DRESSING FOR SALADs.-Two raw eggs,
one tablespoonful of butter, eight table,
spoonfu,s of vinegar, one-haf teaspoonful
OF mustard put in a bowl over boiling
water and stir until it becomes like cream ;
pepper and salt to taste.
LETTUCE SALAD-PLAIN-Wash the let.
tuce; pull leaf from leaf and pile over a
lump of ice in q salad bowl. Pass the oil and
vinegar, salt, pepper, and powdered sugar to
each person with the lettuce, that he may
season for himself This makes an attrac-
overlooking dish with radishes interspersed
through it.
SALAD DREssINe.-Four eggs, well
beaten, one-half cur vinegar, stirred over
the fire Until as tlick as soft custard
When cool add one half teacup of sweet
,il, one teaspoonful of mixed mustard. one
;easpoonful of sugar (if liked), the juice of
,ne lemon and cayenne pepper to the taste.
This is enough for chicken salad for ten
persons.
SALAD DRESSING, No. 2.-The yolks of
four eggs, two-thirds of o cup of oil, red
pepper, salt and mustard to taste, the Juice
OF two lemons, and last of all, one cup of
thick cream. If the dressing is for chicken
salad. use the oil or fat from the chicken
instead of sweet oil. Be sure and put the
cream in last, just before sending to The
table.
SUMNER SALAD.-Three heads Of let
tuce, two handfuls crosses. one cucumber,
pared and sliced thin, four radishes, also
pared and cut up, three hard boiled eggs.
cut up into sixths. Cut lettuce and crosses
with sharp kDife, and mix with the other
vegetables in bowl. Pour over them the
above dressing dor lettuce and cress salad,
and lay the sliced eggs on top.
SALAD DRESSING FOR CABBAGE OR
LETTUcE.-Three eggs, two teaspoonfuls
black pepper. one of salt one tablespoonful
of melted butter, six teaspoonfuls of sweet
cream, one coffee cup of vinegar; put all
together on the stove and cook till it looks
smooth like cream, stirring all the time to
keep from burning, then when cold put
over the cabbage, chopped fine.
OYSTER SALAD.-Cut the oysters into
thirds; pull the hearts out of nice lettuce
heads and shred up one-third as much as
you have oysters. Make dressing in the
proportion of two tablespoonfuls of best oil
to four of vinegar; one teaspoonful of sat
and the same of sugar half as much pep
per and made mustard; stir all up well and
pour over oysters and lettuce just before
ierving.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-03-09
Group is a terror to Young mothers,

Group is terror to young mothers,
especially during the winter months, as
it is then most prevalent. It can always
be prevented. if properly treated as soon
as the first symptoms appear. Hoarse-
ness is the first symptom; this is soon
followed by peculiar, rough cough. II
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is freely
given as soon as these symptoms appear,
it will invariably prevent the attack.
There is no danger in giving the remedy,
as it contains no injurious substance.
For sale by 81. J. lille.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-03-09

The Andrews Comedy Company drew
large houses Monday and Tuesday nights.
Tuesday night the farley Wax Figger
show, to be given by home talent, was
postponed, and the Andrews Company
played Pygmalion and Galatea, on the
basis OF being allowed twenty-five dollars
for their services. About sixty dollars
was taken in, aud the net proceeds for the
benefit Of the Episcopal church, (the
sponsor of the farley show. were S2650.
The Andrews Company is composed of
ladies and gentlemen in the best sense.
They are we'll worth going to see and
hear. They are to play here again, we
learn, on their way east from Colorado.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-03-09

IT is reported for fact that when John
Scott Harrison, brother OF the president,
leaves Washington to return to his Kan
sas City home, he will carry commission
as q. s. marshal for the western district
of Missouri. John is Democrat, but he
supported his brother with will last
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-03-09
one mentioned

IT now turns out that the nature OF Sle
amendments to the Indian APPROX ration
bill has been misunderstood, and that
Oklahoma is not included. The amend
1nents agree to the Seminole and Chero-
kee lands. The regular Oklahoma bill
died with the late congress.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-03-09

CAN anybody tell US whether or not
the bill to establish another insane
asylum became q law? We have lost
track Of itJSaiina foar~al. In looking
through the list OF new laws. as furnished
by the Capital CON-, We fail to see this
.onA mentioned.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-03-09

Persons troubled with chronic di-
arrhoea or subject to bowel complaint in
any form should try Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Many
chronic cases that had resisted all other
treatment have been cured by it. For
sale by Fl. j. Hiile.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-03-09
SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1889.

TIE late legislature passed an act au-
thorizing a bounty for breaking sod In
Haskell county, and requiring the issue
of bonds of said county to provide fund
for the payment OF the expenses.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-03-09

Quick Meal, New Davis and Perfec.
ton Gasoline stoves at cost.
KELLY HARDWARE Co.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-03-09
CATTLE FOR SALE,

Milk COWS, range cows, two-year-cld
steers and heifers, yearling steers and
heifers, and calves. Call at once for bar
gains. S. G. RoBB,
SOFT Ogallah, Kansas
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-03-09
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
ORDINANCE NO. 65.
First published March Q, 1889.

First published March g. 1889.
An Ordinance providing for the holding of special
election to vote upon the proposal of issuing bonds
of the City of Wa-Keeney, Kansas, for the pur-
chase of fire engine and other fire apparatus, and
engine house.
Be 1t ordained by the mayor and council Of the city
Of wa-Keeney, Kansas:
SECTION /. That a special election shall be held
on Wednesday, April 10, 1889, for the purpose of
voting upon the proposition to issue bonds of the
City Of Wa-Keeney, Kansas, in the sum of fifteen
hundred dollars for the purpose Of purchasing fire
engine and other fire apparatus and engine house.
SEC. 9. That the election provided for in Section
of this ordinance shall be held il the engine
house, on Russell avenue. ibetween Franklin and
Genesee streets, and the polls will be opened at
eight O'Clock and closed at six O'Clock p K. OF
said April TO- 1889.
SEC. 3. That the ballots voted at said election
shall have written or printed thereon, FOR the
bonds for the purchase Of fire engine, re
ing apparatus and fire engine house." or against
the bonds for the purchase Of fire engine, IRE ex-
tingushing apparatus and fire engine mouse"
SyC. 4. This ordinance shall take effect and be
in force from and after tts publication In the WEST
HRN KANSAS WORLD.
Approved March 8, 1889.
ATTEST: B. J.F. HANNA.
Mayor.
hereby certify that the shove and foregoing is a
tr1c copy of an ordinance passed by the councinen
OF the City Of Wa Keeney. Kansas, and approved by
the mayor on March 8. 1889.
In witness whereof have hereunto set my hand
and affixed the seal Of the City Of waKeeney. Kan.
this March 8, 1889. ". II. DAMN.
fsEAL] City CLERK.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-03-09

If YOU want pure home made lard
| call at Geo. Bakers market, on Russell
ave. 4O1
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-03-09

Rock Springs Coal only S6.25 at
VERBECK'
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ident Garfeld's secretary of state;
resigned this position in December,
1881; defeated as the Republican
candidate for the presidency in
1884.
WILLIAM WINDOW,
Secretary Of the treasury, was
born in Ohio in 1927; practiced law
in his native state; removed to Min
nesota in 1855; member of con-
grcss from 1858 to 1868; appointed
U. S. senator in 1870 to fill va
cancy, and elected the following
year for q full term; reelected in
1877; resigned the senatorship in
1881 to become President Garfeld's
secretary of the treasury; a candi-
date for the senate in 1888, but was
defeated by Sabin. While Benja-
min Harrison and Mr.. Window
served together as senators they sat
near each other. and were good
friends.
JOHN WILCOX NOBLE,
Secretary Of the interior, was
born in Lancaster, Ohio. October 26,
1881, being the eighth Of nine chill
dren; passed his early days in Co
lumbus and Cincinnati; studied a
year in Miami University, and took
the junior and senior courses in Yale
College, graduating in 1851; studied
law with Henry Stanberry. who
was afterwards attorney general of
the United States; settled in st.
Louis and admitted to the bar in
1856; moved to Keokuk, Iowa, in
1855, where he established on excel
lent law practice; enlisted as pri-
vate at the breaking out Of the war,
but was promoted rapidly until he
reached the rank Of brigadier gen.
eral; entered the law practice in st.
Louis after the war; was appointed
U. S. district attorney for the east
ern district Of Missouri in 1867; is
the senior member of the firm of
Noble & Orrick.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN TRACY,
Secretary of the navy, is native
of Tioga county, N. Y, and about
years Of age; was raised
on a farm; studied law: admitted to
the bar in 1854; three years later
elected district attorney Of his ma
tive county; became a member of
the New York assembly; raised two
regiments in June, 1862, for the
war, and was given command Of one
Of them, the Tooth; rose to the rank
Of brigadier general; appointed q.
s. district attorney for the eastern
district of New York, resigning in
1872; one of the counsel in the
Tilton-Beecher suit in 1875.
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON MILLER,
Attorney general, is about forty
eight years old, and was born in
Oneida county, N. Y; entered Ham
ilton College at the age Of sixteen
years, and graduated at twenty;
taught school and studied law;
practiced law at Fort Wayne, Ind,
FOR eight years; removed to Indian
apolis in 1874 to enter into a law
partnership with General Harrison,
and the two haqe been the closest Of
friends.
REDFIELD PROCTOR,
Secretary of war, was chairman Of
the Vermont delegation to the Chi
csgo convention in 1883, and work
ed hard for Harrison; has been gov
ernor of Vermont; lives at Proctor,
a town he founded, few miles from
Rutland; virtually controls the mar
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-03-09
BREAKING PLOWS.

Kelly Hardware and Implement Go.
have just received one hundred Iron Beam
Rod Breakers-the cheapest and best
plow ever brought to the west. Call and
see them.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-03-09

Neither absent or tardy-John Snyder.
Average age of pupils 10 10 years.
G. S. JOHNSON, Teacher.
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1874. and defeated in 1875, the Dem
ocrats having q majority of the
house; an unsuccessful candidate In
1875 and 1880 for a presidential
nomination; appointed .. S. sena-
tor from Maine in 1875, afterwards
elected for a full term; resigned the
senatorship in 1881 to become Pres
ident Garfeld's secretary of state;
resigned this position in December,
1881; defeated as the Republican
candidate for the presidency in
1884.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-03-09
DowNER SCHOOL REPORT
For Month Ending March l, 1889.

Total number enrolled-24.
Average daily attendance-19.
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Epcch.

The transition from long, lingering and
painful sickness to robust health marks
an epoch in the life of an individual.
Such remarkable event is treasured in
the memory. aud the agency whereby the
good health has been attained is CRATE
fully blessed. Hence it is that so much
is heard in praise of Electric Bitters. So
many feel they owe their restoration to
health to the use of the great Alternative
and tonic. 1t you are troubled with any
disease OF kidneys, liver or stomach, of
long or short standing, you will surely
find relief by use of Electric Bit.ers. Sold
at 60c. and 81 per bottle at A. Is. Jones's
drug store. g
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FARMERS INSTITUTE
WA-kEENEY, KANSAS, MARCH a. 22..p q, 1889
Program, as Mapped Out by the Officers.

Stock Farming, B. G. RICH
General Agriculture, JOSEPH RUNYoN
Cattle Raising for Profit, A. B. BAKER
Sheep Raising, =. II. PMLIPPI
Hog Raising, A. Y. HIxsoN
Horses and Mules, W. Fl. WILCOX
Dairying for Profit, !. L. MCGARvIE
Wheat Raising, G.. c. RIDGwAY
Potato Growing, W. W. VALLEY
Preparation Of Land for Planting,
J. COCKEREL
Future Firewood of the Plains,
MARTIN ALLEN
Poultry, MRS. B. @. RICH
The Plains Must be Forested, w. S. TILTON
Horticulture G. w. KESSLER
Gardening, G T. GALLOWAY
Horticulture MRS E. D. CARSON
Cultivate H. II. H., Reap H. H.H.
MRS. A. L. FUsON
Corn Growing, J. CsBROwN
Forest Tree Growing, S. C. RoBB
Sorghum Growing, MARTIN ALLEN
|R. G. KESSLER, IL. MCGARVIE,
Secretary. President