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Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1889-04-04
THE BUILDING BOON.
Il Is Coming With Vengeance
Good anu Early Start.

stafitAI ttaf&f IL Mexico &Hls ear.
Already the.e is more work for the
brick layer, the carpenter and the
palmer than many seasons have
witnessed throughout their length.
Old houses are being torn down t"
make room FOR haadsomer and
more modern structures, new
dwelling are going up in hitherto
unoccu led portions of The city and
many substantial improvements
are being made
The largest building now III
course of erection is the mammoth
CIacher IL Hill warehouse. The
ground plan of this building is as
large if not larger than any other
house in the city. A heavy force
of men is-employed on this strue-
ture and 1t will be comp cted with
in few weeks.
Mrs. Z. A. Sheotman contem-
plates the erection, at an early
date, of row oi flats on East Men
roe street, opposite the Monroe
Street Baptist Church. Mrs
Shootman was seen by Il representa-
tive of the LEDGER this morning
and she explained her plans. IL
she makes the improvement at all
building will have been commenced
in. a month. 1t is Mrs Shoot
mans purpose to make two houses
under the same root, each two
stories in height, with easements.
Considerable ground will he COW
cred, as the houses will be roomv
and the rooms large. The flats
will be divided into family apart
ments of several rooms each.
Three of the apartments are al
ready spoken for and dezen more
could be rented Instantly. 1t is to
be trusted that Mrs Shostlnan will
not alter her determination to
build. The improvement would
be a capital one for the city and a
good investment for the owner.
The house room at the A. *.
Luckie marble works is being in.
creased by the addition of a build.
ing on the east of the present ware.
room. Nantes of every descriP.
ton will be made and exhibited in
the new structure.
| The small, one story building:
in the rear of Whites shoe house
are being tern down to make room
for large, fine structure to b.
erected by Col. Lewis Hord.
| ChaEes Douglass is building two
neat residences in Highland addi
ton. This high, dry and healthy
portion of the city is rapidly com
ing to the front for residence sites
D. z. Shields.
| From the Hamil on News-Gr1phic.
Capt. Dan K. Shields, who lee
tured here all last week on temper
ance, departed for Kansas Cit.
Monday morning, accompanied b.
his wife. Dan made anything bu
a favorable impression while here
There was too much self-import
ance. "Big l and little you," Il
his harrangue. His abuse of tn
ministers and men bers of tn
churches, who failed to respond f
his whimpers, was ucalled for, an
many who first took an interest Il
the lectures, became disguised a
his twaddling. His receipts for hi
weeks labor amounted to S2S am
board, which is good pay for tn
| work done
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1889-04-04
Goyernment Claims.

Efttis 'ir , B''iiis kFiHsss r..
ID. w. HUGHES, Laddania, Mo-
1. Neither the government ot ths
United States nor aug State can b.
sued directly by a corporation 81
individual. FOR the legal settle
meBt, however, Of large class o
claims against the goycrBmeat-Ills
Court of Claims has been estgbiisiiz
ed, and it is in that court that $
would be brought for any eli
provided for in the act. :
But They Will Chew Gaf
Etnra the loalos taa&Ss
American girls apsa
telIigent aroifs vf the LATEST I
dresssrsle lowest prices. s
Gacfarers ne are e4abIecs
mothesers who buy Of .jobbers.
f.em a;,, W.iI 4
relatives. Dealers. West side
Mexico, Mo.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-05
Poultry Notes

NOTHING is so clean as dry dirt sprin-
killed. on the floors of poultry houses, and
in the stalls of the stables and cattle
sheds.
THE slow, lazy breeds of fowls are
more likely to have scaly legs than the
quick moving fowls. Hence more care
should be taken to prevent.
THERE is nothing finer for the table
than Wyardotte fowl, if plump and
fat. They have yellow legs and flesh,
which add much to the appearance, and
command the better price in market.
The gizzard of the fowl masticates the
food, but this can only be done with the
aid of sharp, gritty material. A hen can
eat pounded grass with benefit. Many
of the ailments of poultry in winter are
due to the lack of gritty substances,
the birds being compelled to digest un-
masticated food, which results in indi-
gestion.
The Pekin duck, introduced from
China a few years ago, is one of the
largest varieties, and under good man
agement most profitable. It's color is
pure white, which makes it's feathers
popular. It is not very hardy, and is
especially susceptible to injury from wet
and filth. IF allowed unrestricted run
in the water in cold weather the ducks
will 60 lame and become nearly worth
less. Kept dry they produce picking
of feathers every six weeks during the
warm weather.
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asking that Congress appropriate money
enough to enect monuments at G ettysburg
over the GRAVES of the brave men against
whom the U@ion soldiers fought, and
urged that such action be taken as SOON
as possible. The resolution was greeted
with applause and was referred to the
committee along with the others.
At the evening session Russell A.
Alger was elected COMMUNICATIVE chief
of the Grand Army of the Republic.
The meeting was a secret one, and it
lasted from $50 o'clock until nearly mid
night. Gen. AIger was put in nominal
ton BY Postmaster Sexton, of Chicago.
Fully twenty speeches we're made by men
who favored the man who was disap-
pointed at Chicago last year. They
came from ali sections Of the
country, among them being Gen.
Hurst, of Ohio; T. A. Bean, Of Penn
sylvania; Gen. Ginty, of Wisconsin; and
Corporal Tanner, of New York. Gen.
Veazey, of Verm ont, was placed in nom
lnation, and so was Conslgny, of Iowa.
More speeches were made for Gen.
Alger, and it soon became apparent that
the Michigan man had walk-away.
Gen. Veazey then withdrew, as did Con-
signy. Gen. Alger was then elected by
exclamation. He was brought into the
hall and received with rousing cheers.
He spoke; SO did Corporal Tanner.
E. G. Weissert, Commander Of the Wis
consin Department, was elected Senior
Vice Commander by reclamation. no
other candidates appearing. John F.
Lovett of New Jersey was elected Junior
Vice Commander, after an exciting con-
test with James e. fainter of Connect.
cut.
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cattle, and sheep, should be so neglect
full about their poultry, while the fact is
before them that these pay larger per
cent. of proEs than either of the others?
While the cattle are warmly housed,
kept clean and fed by rule for profit, the
hens roost on the timbers of the barn,
the cart wheels. and benches, on the hog
pen, or out in the trees, wherever they
can find chance. The food they get is
what they can steal from crib, manager,
or trough, and neglect, with them, is the
order of the day. This can not be ex-
planned save that the force of habit and
the inherited tendencies are strong.
These men have not come to look upon
the hens as a source of sure profit, to
feed and protect in order that rich
harvest may be realized. The fact that
the great law of compensation applies as
we'll to poultry as to COWS, and that We
here receive in proportion as We give is
entirely overlooked. The cattle trade is
immense. There is money in the dairy,
but nowhere can such returns be realized
as from the well-managed poultry yard,
in proportion to the cost. The egg
trade is valuable when we study to meet
the demands of the exacting market of
day. The poultry market promises
sure returns when we grow the article
demanded by those who are ready to pay
for what pleases their fancy. The pos
sibilities of the industry seem unlimited
if We but apply ourselves to the work
understa din CIV.
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Feeding Earn Horses.

A veterinary surgeon recommends that
those who have charge of horses, es-
pecially farm horses, be taught that the
stomach of a horse is not like the rumen
of cow, a mere receptacle for food,
but an essential on gan of digestion of
limited capac ity, which does not need to
be crammed i'm order ito perform it's
pnOper functions, and that it cannot be
SO treated without danger to the animal;
that the teeth OF the horse are provided
for the purpose of naasticating the food,
and that food which does not require
naasticaiion should be sparingly, if ever
used. He further recommends that no
horse be put to work immediately after
fu Ill meal, and where horse has done
full days work it should be allowed to
stand in the stable until it is cool and
comfortable before being fed. A little
water may be given, and if little good
hay be put into the rack it will occupy
his attention, and besides requiring
proper mastication will further have
the effect to slightly stimulate the stem-
ach to secretion and prepare it for the
reception of the feed which is to follow.
Should horse require more food than
usual to supply the extra waste Of It's
sues caused by hard work, give it by all
means, but let it be in excess Of its
albuminoids or nutritious constitu ents,
and let the horse be fed oftener and not
in increased quantities at time
Northwestern Farmer and Breeder.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-05
THE STOCK RANCH.
Excited Horses.

The best thing and only thing to do
when your horse is excited is to calm
him. In high state of excitement the
horse does not comprehend what you
want. Every one has seen team where
one horse would 60 forward and the
other fall back. All the whipping and
"hollering" that hundred men can do
will not start such team once in 1000
times. The team is excited. The horses
show that by every action, and lashing
and loud talk only makes matters worse.
Calm the horses. Time will be saved if
half an hour is taken to quiet any ex-
cited horse. An excited horse is just
like an excited child. We have seen a
child scolded and. "jawed" at until it
could not comprehend what was wanted
of it to save it's life. Stop scolding and
calm the child, and the work you desire
fit will soon be done. 1T is idle to ex-
pect an animal ITO do your bidding as
long as 1T cannot understand your
wishes.-IB0nse sa11od Stable.
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Major Warner the communicative chief.
Ransom post of st. Louis, 60 which Gen.
Sherman belonged, had an ovation during
the evening.
There was genuine pathos in the parade
of the Grand Army Of the Republic Tues
day. In that long line which swept down
the broad thoroughfare-so appropriately
called Grand aYenue-there were presented
many pictures which recalled the most
stirring days in the history of this great
republic. The parade was smaller than it
was at either st. Louis or Columbus, and
the crowds that watched it pass were
larger. There were in the parade about
eighte en- thousand men; but along the line
of march were almost as many more men
who wore the Grand Army button, but
who did not feel equal to the task of
trudging two miles and half under
the broilihg hot sun. And in the pro-
cession we're men who had no more
business to be there than they had to be
swimming in Lake Michigan in March or
playing leap-frog. 1t all who took part
in the parade had been compelled to secure
a permit from a conscientious physician
before they started there wouldn't have
been =, 900 men in line. But they were
soldiers -gamey old boys-and the same
grit that made them cover twenty five
miles on forced march a quarter of a
century ago made them turn out to stay
the route through. And those who start
ed, for the most part, were in ct the
finish. All in all it was grand parade
and the lessons that it taught were mani
fest The tattered battle flags, the empty
sleeves, the martial airs played by the
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of the procession proper, Major Warner
having put the Missouri contingent under
the head of 'Eescort to the commander in
chief" The Illinois division was the
largest in line, Wisconsin excepted. The
men in ranks were bowling themselves
hoarse as they recognized Mrs. Gen.
Logan seated on one of the upper tiers
of the stand. Not half of the $50
veterans from Illinois had passed.
The reviewing officers, recognizing
the honors due and so spontaneously paid
her, called Mrs Logan to seat at their
side. Then the applause from the specta-
tors was deafening. Handkerchiefs and
hats went iuCo the air, and from the long
terraces of both sides of the avenue there
was a monster salute. From that moment
for three hours the favorite of the Grand
Army boys was kept busy waving her
handkerchief in response to round after
round of cheers from the passing army.
Her costume of black sent a peculiar thrill
through the column of white-h haired
marchers, and hats were dotted with
marked air of reverence and many
sturdy fellow showed emotion. It is no
disrespect to say that momentarily ''the
boys" neglected to pay full homage to the
commander-in-c chief, it being unwritten
law that he alone lis to be honored when
the review takes place. Major Warner,
however, did not take any slight. On the
contrary, he encouraged the attention to
his distin guished companion.
Next came the department of Pennsyl-
wanna led by an armed platoon of fourteen
files front, keeping an almost perfect
alignment, and followed by miniature
battery of two steel feldpleces manned by
small boys The only posts of this de-
partment were from Pit6sburg and
Allegheny City and numbered about two
hundred They carried gMidons with
corps badges, and several of the torn and
tattered battle flags of the Keystone State
volunteer regiments appeared i'm the ranks.
Ohio followed with a fine turnout, and
then came New York, which made up in
style what it lacked in numbers. Corporal
Tanner rode in a carriage in the New
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Experiment Stations.

The first Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton in America was established at Mid
dletown, Conn, in the chemical lobora-
tory of Wesleyan University, in 1875.
The example was speedily followed else
where; in 1880 four were in operation,
and in 1887 there were some seventeen
of these institutions in fourteen States.
In that year Congress made the enter
prise National by an appropriation of
$4,000 per annum to each of the States
and Territories which have established
agricultural colleges or agricultural de-
partments of colleges. This has led to
The establishment of new stations or
the increased development of stations
previously established under State au-
thority, SO that there are to- day forty
six, or, counting branch stations, fifty
seven agricultural experiment stations
in the United States. Every State has
at least one station, several have two,
and one has three. Before provision
had been made by the last Congress for
the admission of the new States Dakota
had established one within her boun6a-
ries, and several other Territories are
preparing to do likewise.
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the bride reins, dangled a pair of clutches.
The horse he rode was a mettlesome beast,
but he maintained such steady seat in the
saddle and such an admirable poise of his
head that he was an ideal soldier.
Virginia's gallant little handful of men
were cheered.
California at racted attention with a
large red flag, on which was worked in
gold the figure of a bear.
Iowa had large contingent in line, but
not what was expected. The post to make
the largest showing in this division was
that from Lime Springs
Michigan made good show, with about
two hundred and fifty men in line and
Gen. Alger made something of hit by
tramping along with ''the boys"
Minnesota did well and had about two
hundred men in line, while her young
sister, Dakota, appeared with fine con-
tingent.
The gallant little squads from louisa ma,
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Gen. Sherman arrived in the midst Of
blare of trumpets and the beating of
drums. His welcome was cordial one,
and the .griz1led old warrior got recep-
ton which made his heart glad. With his
innate ,modesty he had sought to get into
the city unobserved at an unseemlv hour
in the night, but his ''bummers" captured
him an carried him off. ''Uncle Eilly''
was surprised for once, and the veterans
enjoyed his discontinue. 1t wasnot long,
however, before the entente cordiale was
established and the old hero submitted to
the Establishments of those who had
marched to the sea with him. A shower
of bouquets covered Gen. Sherman as he
alighted from his carriage at the Plankin-
ton house, and one of them the General
gracefully presented to the daughter of
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-05
Agricultural Notes.

MEMBERS of the Farmers Alliance in
South Carolina and Georgia have con-
tracted for 100000 yards of cotton bag
ging. This is an outcome of the recent
movement against the e-bagging
business. The amount of money which
this contract calls for is about half
million Of dollars.
The Department of Agriculture is
preparing for thorough test of all the
various kinds Of sorghum grown in diff
ferent parts of the world. The assist
ance of the State Department has been
invoked, and circular has been issued
to our consular officers requesting them
to collect and forward to the de-
partment small sample of the seeds of
each variety of the sorghum grown in
their respective districts.
In a recent interview, Secretary Of
Agriculture Rusk said, in speaking Of
Southern farming: Il can't understand
how it is that farming in Virginia is not
more profitable, and that farm land is
not more valuable. The land is good,
the markets are near, the climate is ex-
cellent for the crops; the land ought to
be worth 500 an acre in places where
it is worth only $40. [ don't under
stand it. and I'm going to find out why
1t is. )"
FARM HOUSES present desolate COM
FORTRESS appearance without shade trees,
but it is possible to go to the other ex-
treme and have the shade too dense or
too near the dwellings. Sunlight is a
great purifier, and for sanitary reasons
the living and sleeping rooms should
have the benefit of the sums direct ray
some portion of each clear day. A New
York physician says that during an cpl
demic of diphtheria i'm that city there
were five times as many cases on the
shady as on the sunny side of the street.
PROF. w. A. HENRY says in the Breed
eass' Gazette: "Dairying is hard work.
Cows must be milked and fed twice a
day seven days in the week. Why
should man do this year after year,
treating all his COWS alike, when a por-
ton of the herd is steadily working to
bring him in debt at the end of the year,
and another portion yielding good
profits? I will guarantee that ninety
nine farmers out of one hundred who
will start thorough Investigation to
determine the merits of each animal in
the herd will welcome the travelling cat
tie buyer to the farm within one month
from tho time the investigation begins.
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OLD SOLDIERS IN CAMP.
REUNION OF THE VETERANS At MIL
WAUKEE.

The Annual Encampment OF the Grand
Army of the Republic Attended by
Thousands of the Country's Defenders
Eighteen Thousand i'm the Great Parade
Gen. Alger Elected Commander.
1t was 10 o'clock Monday morning
when the special train carrying Com
mander-in- Chief Warner and staff pulled
into the union depot. There were thou
sands there to greet him, both citizens
and visitors from afar. The marcn, with
the Blair post of st. Louis in the lead,
with a drum corps and band, was
made to the Plankinton house. where the
commander has his quarters. He was az
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bands, ard withal the sturdy manhood
represented taught their lesson of

bands, ard withal the sturdy manhood
represented-all taught their lesson of
patriotism.
tuesday morning the cities and towns
OF the State seemed to have emptied their
populations into Milwaukee, Before 10
O'Clock 1000 people from Waukesha
alone had arrived. and it is not an
exaggeration to say that by noon fully
30, 600 Wisconsin citizens were in town.
There was a little disorder in finding
quarters, but most of the arrivals managed
to get into place in time to move with the
column. On every vacant spot in the
streets post commanders could be
seen drilling their little squads of men.
1t was 1915 o'clock when the head Of the
column started from Camp Badger, and it
was half an hour later when it reached the
reviewing stand between Eleventh and
Twelfth streets First came the Light
Horse squadron to clear the street, the
troopers all dressed in full uniform and
we'll mounted, Capt. G. P. Huntington in
command. Next came the escort 10 Com
mander- in Chief Warner At the head
marched Frank P Blair Post of ST.
Louis, 121 strong, with platoon fronts,
as finely dressed as regulars and all
in uniform. Behind the post came the
commander-in chief, mounted upon gray
charger and receiving generous applause
from the crowds that were closely packed
around the reviewing stand. Major War
ner was attended by his numerous staff,
all in uniform and richly mounted, and
followed by carriages containing distin-
guished guests. In the rear seat of the
first carriage sat Gen. W. T. Sherman
and Gen. John G. Robinson of New York,
while facing them were Secretary Rusk
and Gov Hoard. AS the familiar features
of the greatest living general of the world
were seen cheer after cheer went up.
A halt was made at the grand stand, the
commander in chief dismounted and took
his position, being vociferously cheered as
he did SO; the carriages were turned, and,
assisted by Col. Charles King Gen. Sher-
man alighted and made his way to the
stand, followed by the other occupants of
the carriage. The column resumed the
march as soon as Commander-inC Chief
Warner and Gen. Sherman were in their
positions. Hassendeubel post, of ST.
Louis, 140 strong, anS Ransom post, OF
st. Louis, tine post of which Gen. Sher
man is q member) 100 strong-the remain
ing post of the escort of the commander
in-chief-marched past with the precision
and bearing of well drilled troops
After the Missouri boys came the mel
from Illinois, who were really at the heat