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The Press., 1889-10-17
COVENTRY.
SOUTH COVENTRY,

A. g. PARKER, Local Editor and Business Manager
 of Coventry Local Register.
 This is the season of the year when animals are very apt to get out of the en, closure in which they are kept, and the cry of stolen animals is often without cause. Last week Wednesday sheep left the pasture of Martin Parker, and the next morning was tracked to Cheney Hollow in Andover, going at least five miles alone, never crossing the road once. Friday an alarm was raised that two horses belong ing to w. 0. Latimer had been stolen from the pasture. Monday the animals were found in Hebron, ,whither they had strayed.
 Monday Miss Bessie A. Parker re- ceived from Mckinney, Texas, box of cut roses and figs fresh as when first gath. cred.
 An occasional butternut, few walnuts, chestnuts, small but good, is the nut re- port in this vicinity.
 Frank Topliff has removed to the Top Tiff homestead, near the school house in district 4.
 A dozen or fifteen men have made short work with the brush in Dimock' s great pasture, and yet we often hear the remark that farming don't pay.
 New York World Oct. 14: Chauncey B. Ripley entertained at dinner at the Hoffman House, Saturday, Matthew F. Deadly, United States district judge, resid- in Portland, Ore, and an associate of Jus tices Field and Sawyer. Judge Deadly is president of the board of regents of the University of Oregon and g lecturer in the law and Medical departments. He is re- lated to the St. Helen's Seminary for young ladies, and IS prominent in Episcopal church circles, being delegate to the gen. eral convention now in session in this city. Hiram Barney, ex-collector of the port i; Edward Jordan, ex-solicitor of the United States treasury A. B. Happen, grand sachem of Tammany Hall; Judge Henry Wilder Allen, of the court of common pleas Frank Loomis, counsel of New York Central railroad; Austin Abbott and Dr. John H. Ripley were among the in- vited friends.
 The marriage of Kirke Wallen to Miss Williams was the event of Tuesday evening, according to report.
 -Courant Frank B. Hull, lately post master at South Coventry, was arrested on Monday for illegal use of the mails and held in $2O0 bonds for the United States court. He is another of the Palliser vic- tims.
 --J. J. Champlin at the bicycle run at Rockville, Oct. 18th, made the mile in 3.264 minutes and won the race.
 HI. F. Parker is having bay window built to the main part of his residence, and piazza on the east side of the l..
The Press., 1889-10-17

FOR SALE-I Ph@ton, 1 Cheap Carriage, 4 Feed Cutter and box, Pitch Forks, Wheelbar- row, Bush Scythe, Iron and Wood Rakes Cook Stove Cheap Tables, Chairs, Lamps Crockery, Tin ware and Glassware. Win be sold low If called for soon. E. L. BURR Phofocranh Rooma
The Press., 1889-10-17
HOME NEWS.
Notices.


 -Fresh premium butter from the Filing Con creamery, at Ellis'.
 Call ct A. w. Walkers and examine his stock of Ladies' and Children's Winter Gar 1nents and Shawls. The prices will please you. '
 --Hanley always leads the procession in the shoe business, his stock is always the largest and best, and his prices are the lowest. Call in and seefor yourself. ,s-Have you seen those Children's White Skirts that A. W. Walker is. selling for 25 cts. each
 Corrxrs.-Lovers of, good Coffee will find something to their entire liking by using our mixture of pure Mocha and Java Coffee, ground to order. At Johnson s. Y TEAs.-Our stock of Teas comprises about all the varieties, and at very moderate prices. At Johnson's
 Gall and examine the presents with Bak- ing Powder, at Johnson's.
 -Crosse & Blackwell's Pickles, Smoked Halibut, Swordfish and Block Island Codfsh, at Johnson's.
 The cheapest place in town to buy Crock cry and Glassware-at the Oriental Tea Store. "A. W. Walker has opened this week 8 lot of Ladies, Wrappers and Tea Gowns.
 -6 per cent. Gold Debentures as small as 450, ss large as $50O0, for sale by J. F. Chambeflin. ;.
 Bed Blankets from es cents to $s per pair ak A. ". Walkers.
 Have you seen those Children's Waists that A. W. Walker is selling for 13 cents, 2 tor 25 cents !?
 Fancy Pickles, all kinds, at the Oriental. G. ". Adams, proprietor.
 --First- class Groceries at the Oriental Tea Store.
 ls Loex L LooKl-Just received new lot of Breech and Muzzle Loading Cans, which we will sell at bottom prices. A good Breech Loader for $S; better one for $15. E. A. Buck 6 Go.
 Type writing paper at The Press Office. Tickets to all points west for sale at the office of the N. l.. N. R. b., Stafford Springs. J. V. Squier, agent.
 Sword Fish at M. G. Moore's.
 No better time could be selected to visit Goldsmith's Photographic Studio, 274 Main street, Springfield, than now before the rush of next season. Every perfection of the art ct hand, and the very best work guaranteed. You will make your home comfortable, your wife happy, and save money by buying one of those Monitor Oil Stoves at Moore's. Only three left. A low price takes then.f s-Cofees at the Oriental Tea Store: O. c. Golden and Compounded Java, Mocha, Rio, Maracaibo, Corona, New Era, Cereal, French Breakfast-a and Condensed, also Mocha and Java in 2 lb. sealed cans. i-Good cooking Raisins 11c. per ID. at the Oriental
 -Rsgular meetings of Winter Post, c. AR, on the 1st and Sd Monday evenings of each month.
 Legal Blanks at The Press office.
The Press., 1889-10-17
.s. som ERS. {Contribated Items.)


 Mesars Cunningham and Ladd, of Stafford. were taken. in Somers last Satur- day by the deputy game warden, charged with selling game which had been snared. They were on ther way to Springfield when taken, and had g number of snared cartridges with them, and SO settled the matter rather than have further trouble. :, :. Mrs. J. o. Bond is very sick at her home.
 Rev. Mir. Luce, of Hazardville, is to occupy the Congregational pulpit next Sunday.
 A church and society meeting have been called for Friday of this week, to take further action in regard to the resignation of Rev. o. Fl. Gleason.
 sas-~A number of the friends and acquaint. ances:,of Mir. and Mrs. s. H. Perry sur prised them at their homo last Friday. and spent very pleasant evening.
 Our stage driver, Jack Davis, is off duty for few days on his vacation.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-05-16
SORGHUM CULTURE,
Get tho Soil In Good Condition Before q,
in h

Got tho Soil in Good Condition Before Sow
ing the Seed.
Under the present conditions nearly
every farmer can raise his molasses
and sorghum at less cost, consider
ing the quality. One of the principal
advantages in growing sorghum is that
the mofasses is of a known quality, and
small acreage will generally be suffi-
Gent to supply the ordinary needs of
the family, and without investing any
thing but labor. In most localities the
cane can be worked up into molasses
for a share of the product. Cane is
naturally a tropical plant and requires
a warm soil if good growth is Sc
cured. 1t is also a plant that makes
very slow growth at first and is easily
stunted when the soil is wet and cold.
In addition, not only is the growth and
yield affected by the weeds, but the
work of harvesting is materially in
creased as they are allowed to grow.
AS the plants are small and tender and
make slow growth, it is an item to-
select clean land and then to prepare
in good filth before sowing the seed.
As it is not best to SOW until the soil is
sufficiently warmed to induce rapid
termination of the seed, a very good
plan is to clean up thoroughly and
pillow the soil and then little work
will be required with the harrow to
get it into proper filth for sowing.
As only slight covering is needed
for the seed, the burrows should be
marked as shallow as possible and care
be taken to SOW the seed evenly. A
quicker termination will be secured if
the seed is placed in an open vessel
and warm water is poured over suf-
ficient to cover, and let stand about
twenty-four hours. Cover lightly.
Where considerable acreage is sown
it will be profitable to use seed-drill,
as the work can be done much moro
evenly than by hand. Sow in drills
rather than in hills. On land that is
fit to grow this crop tho larger yield
secured will make the work necessary
to keep clean profitable. It is impor-
tant with this crop that care be taken
to keep down the weeds and make the
soil fine and mellow during the early
stages of growth. Once a good start
to grow is made it will grow very
rapidly, but much depends upon the
th0roughness of the earlier cultivation.
With the soil we'll prepared the har-
row can be used at first to destroy the
weeds and keep in good filth, after
which the cultivator can be used. And
if thu is done the work can be made
much easier, and in proportion as this
is done the better will be the growth
and yield. St. Louis Republic.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-05-16
Homemade Altar Of Roses,

l took it into my head short time
ago that my roses might be put to some
good use. had q tin can made. The
lid is alright, and has in the top q
long. tin tube of about an eighth Of an
inch in diameter, which is so bent az to
allow of placing the end in glass jar,
at some distance from the can. The
can is then filed with fresh roses,
picked early in the morning when the
dew is on them, and the water poured
in. The can is then placed on the
stove and the water made to boil for
about an hour, the end of q tin tube
being in jar of water on the table
near by; cold water passing through
the jar continually, to prevent tho
steam from overheating the water and
causing evaporation. The result 10 the
raising to the top Of the water in the
jar tho pure altar of roses, which We
purchase at so much cost. This is q
simple continuance and can be operated
without expense, where there is fam
ily Of children to pick the roses aud
keep up reasonable FIRE, too much
heat not being desirable on account of
overheating the water in the iar.--.
horticultural Timaa
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-05-16
FARM AND F,HEs,DE.

Never ship an egg that IS dirty or
IN any manner soiled. The appearance
is g prime factor in the sale Of any
article. ... 5 ..s: 80
sod that has been plowed up
Tor corn usually contains cutworms.
Look over the field daily after the corn
is up aud destroy them.
For . cold in the chest q flannel
rag wrung out in boiling water and
sprinkled with turpentine laid on the
chest gives the greatest relief.
Z No farmer need sit down and ex-
Pect some one to furnish him with q
read y-made system or plan of conduct
Ing his farm; he must make it himself
-Orange.Judd Farmer. T..
Good land, we'll cultivated, good
stock we'll kept, and the farm home
library supplied, tend in themselves to
enrich the farmers and to advance the
widest interests of the community.
-Millet seed should not go in until
after gil danger of frost is over. Like
b..ckwheat it is summer plant and
requires but a short period for growth.
1t destroys weeds aud yields enor-
mously.
$50 many farmers fail to keep &C.
curate accounts of their operations that
it often takes them years to ascertain
positively whether they are gaining or
losing by their operations and by what
ones they gain and what they lose.
The practice is spreading to sow
scarlet clover after wheat or oats; take
one cutting of the clover for ensilage
in June; manure and turn over the soil
rapidly. SOW maize, and by September,
when frost threatens, cut and put it
into silo. .
During the first week of a pigs
life 1t is quite important to feed the
SOW so as not to start too great flow
of milk, handful of shorts twice a day
in less than half pailful of warm
water being the best feed at the time.
Rural New Yorker.
BE careful in handling the work.
ing stock when the busy season opens.
Calls. sores, lameness and other diff
culties will result if the animals have
been kept too closely confined nd'given
but little exercise. When the horses
begin work for the season they should
be examined every day in order to
avoid chafing from the collars or har-
ness.
Corn Meal Pudding: Lot three
pints of sweet milk come to boiling
heat, then stir in one pint corn meal;
add the yelks of five eggs we'll beaten,
while it is hot, and one-third of a tea
spoonful Of soda, then the whites of
the eggs, beaten to a froth, stirred in
lightly, one teaspoonful of salt. Bake
one-half hour. Serve with sugar and
cream.-Farm and Fireside.
Roll the lawn and have it as smooth
as it can be made, in order to more
easily use the lawn mower over it
later in the season. This is duty fire.
quently neglected early in the season,
and entails labor in moving. Scatter
lawn grass-seed on the bare places and
rake it IN. An application of wood
ashes over the lawn is excellent, and
it contains no seeds of weeds. If fer
tilizer is to be applied use superphos-
phate, about one bag to one-fourth of
an acre.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-05-16

4 good wife has cured her husband
OF forgetting her order BY writing
them out In verse and making him
commit them to memory. He may be-
seen marching down the street oc-
casionally humming the following
to the tune Of yankee Doodle
Butter, cocoon, RAISING, eggs,
Malasses, baking powder.
vanilla, sugar, choeog and beans.
Z Salt pork, and tish for ctowder.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-05-16
THE SMOKING HABIT.
How Manners and Customs Change Froa.
Time to Time.

How Manners and Customs Change Froa.
Time to Time.
Nothing changes more than the OUT
side laws and formulas of politeness.
Within the memory of any sexagen-
arian the whole code has been altered.
Where, fifty years ago, Ito take wine
with you and bow across tbs table was
as much an expected attention, an
obligatory act of courtesy, as to salute
you on entering the room, the man
who should do this, save at a supremely
intimate and half-jocular gathering,
would be as much tout of it, as if he
were to lay his hand on his heart, bow
as low as his knees and assure
madam" his fair friend. that he was
hers from his eyebrows to his finger
tips. Fifty years ago no gentleman
could have smoked in the presence OF
ladies. The unmarried girl or young
wife OF a certain social status. met
walking with man putting q cigar
would have gone home with a few
shreds less of character than she had
set out with. But who has a word to
say now? Now we have the cigars and
cigarettes brought in with the coffee
Immediately after dinner, and no ono
is offended. The men. are not con,
sidered too free, the women do not hold
themselves cavalierly treated when the
dainty little appliances for lighting,
ash and cutting go the round of the
table, and the fragrant ''batons" are
lovingly handled and regarded. Often,
indeed. one of these ladies will herself
join the men, and if q few prim old
souls think the exhibition shocking tho
younger accept it as a matter of taste.
and either decline or determine to try.
according to their individual liking.
with no moral afterthought whatever.
On this special question of smoking
in the presence of ladies we offer no
opinion. Those who like it and those
who dislike it must settle the matter
between them. 1t is one of those mova-
BILE and temporary items which depend
wholly on acceptance. In Spain, the
East, South America, ladies smoke with
and like the men. There are reasons
4Oi oAU S0noOuo against tho pf8Ctlco,
but as we said, these must be discount
ed, each woman for herself, and those
who will may and those who do not
wish are not obliged, but the one does
not lose the finer part of her character
and the other is not guilty of unjust
prudery unless she confounds the prac-
tiee with the person. and because she
dtsllkes the former condemns the latter.
Toledo Blade 81.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-05-16
Stricken With. Apopiexv.

An aged gentleman of our acquaintance
went out after Q hearty meal to remove the
ice from the sidewalk. He worked as IN
old man naturally would with his head and
shoulders bent low. He suddenly fell, b.
came unconscious and soon died.
What was the cause Of his deatt9
Ap0plexy-the physician would say apo
plexy Of the brain.
In persons Of good health, the coats Of the
arteries throughout the entire body are
tough and elastic. In unhealthy persons,
particularly those whose kidneys are dis
eased. the walls of the arteries undergo
'degeneration''-due to the action Of the
impurities in the blood which the kidneys
have been unable to remove.
In these cases, when the action of the
heart IL Intensified by vigorous exercise,
or excitement, the pressure upon some
artery becomes too strong for it in its
weakened statea rupture occurs and q
stroke of apoplexy follows as q matter of
course.
Derangements Of the kidneys are CON-
mon cause Of apoplexy.
Whenever they fail IN the complete re-
moval of the waste matter in the blood, the
deadly poison known as uric acid &C.
cumulates, and creeps through all the
blood channels where it rapidly causes de-
cay.
The primary cause of all organic disea sc
such as paralysis, consumption, heart dis
ease and nervous disorders, is directly at
tributable to failure of the kidneys in
their special function of purifying the
blood. Kidney arrangement is without
doubt the most aggravating as well as the
most prevalent Of all ills of the present day,
and unless kidney disease is taken in time
and prompt restorative, such as Warmers
Safe Cure, applied-death will inevitably
result.
Advanced kidney disease has bah1ed the
united efforts of the best physicians for
years and it is solely due to Warmers Safe
Cure, a simple vegetable discovery, that
modern science has been able to success
fully cope with it.
Life insurance companies make sure of
its non-existence before issuing their poll
cies and the learned aud careful physician
will not attempt to prescribe for patient
afflicted with serious illness before first
ascertaining If this disease is present.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-05-16
BRAINS IN BUSINESS.
The Ono Great Secret Of Success In Com
: I. mercl0l Lie.

The One Great Secret Of Success In Com
I merclal Life.
One great secret Of success in busi-
ness-the secret, in fact, of success on
a large scale-is to conceive of it as q
matter of principle, not merely as a
series of transactions. There are great
merchants as there are great states
men. and there are small merchants as
there are small politicians; and the
difference between the great and the
small man is very much the same in
both professions. The small politician
works by the day, and sees only the
one small opportunity before him; the
small merchant does the same thing
he Is looking for the next dollar. The
statesman, on the other hand, is master
of the situation because he understands
the general principles which control
events; this knowledge enables him to
deal with large questions and to shape
the future. The great merchant does the
same thing; his business is not u mere
money-getting affair, not mere matter
of barter, but a science and an art; he
studies the general laws of trade,
watches the general condition of the
country. investigates present needs,
foresees future wants, and adapts his
business to the broad conditions of his
time and place. He. puts as much
brains into his work as does the states
man, and he ends by being. not
money-getter, but large-minded and
capable man. An eminently successful
business man. of the statesmanlike
quality, said the other day that the
moro he understood Of life. the more
clearly he saw that it was all done on
business principles. BY which he
meant, not that the universe stands for
the dollar, that the universe is governed
by unvarying laws; that promptness,
exac4ness, thoroughness, and honesty
are wrought into it's very fiber. On
those business principles all life is con-
dncted-if not by men, at least by that
Power which is behind man. It ought
TO 30 the ambition Of every young man
to treat his business from the point Of
view Of the statesman and not from thu
81 tho Observation-Disclosures Union.
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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-05-16
4rr Sr4E Il oio.

yv ANVS@ 1NNVA1s
The enterprising drummer comcs "
With grip and sample case;
He very vigorously drums =r. =.
Each calm bucolic place. 49, !.
He meets thkmerchsnt ut his door
And buttoahblcs him strat hit,
And funny std1ps The Score :
He, smiline.doth itlatts
The mcrchanes children, With ( smail,,
He chucketh meath the chin;
Tho merchant. too, he doth beguile
With 1"er and exc with gin.
He f1irtett. with tho morch,nt's vito
And with b:s daughter coy:
He gires y shoddy pocket knife
rsto the @a1cn'nt'' boy:
Henkesrhs merchant o2t to drive
Der muddy rarslroads. <
And with cigars at three for Ave"
Tho merchants pockets loads.
in m: nner very rash and brash
Expenditures he guides.
lie spende,h his employers cash,
Likewise his own besides.
And. then he learns (oh haple IS fato!
He can't express his piqucJ
TRemerchant will the drummer wal:
Who comes along next week.
America.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-05-16
A poor fishermen who nlied h;s tr..

A poor fishern,dn who piled his trade
in q canoe on the Chalapo Lake,
Louisiana, caught : big snake on his
line, and on hauling.it son board the
reptile wound itself around the mans
neck and strangled him to death. The
canoe containing the corpse with the
snake still wound about the mans neck
was found the next dav.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-05-16
Rocked on tho Crest OF tho 1y.ves.

The landsman, tourist or commercial
traveller, speedily begins, and not only be-
gins. but continues, to feel the extreme of
human misery during the transit across the
tempestuous Atlantic. But if, with wise
precedence, he has provided himself with
supply of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, his
pangs are promptly mitigated, and then
cease ere the good ship again drops ner
anchor. This is worth knowing, and thou
sands of our yachtmen, summer voyagers,
tourists and business men 70 know it.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-05-16

''THERE is tide in the affairs of men
which if taken at the flood leads on to fort
une:" II your affairs are at low ebb now,
don't fail to write to B. F. johnson & Co.,
1909 Main street, Richmond, Va, who have
RAPIDLY.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-05-16

5onE windsor Lock (Conn.) people
who forwarded 81 each for a Emusic box
capable Of playing twenty-three tunes'' re-
cclved q large package on which sixtv
cents express was charged containing
three five-cent Harmonious
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-05-16

E MACHINERY is driving out hand labor at
last in tho nail-worklng trade in England.
The machines have had monopoly of the
business in this country for many years.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-05-16

CONSUMPTION may be avoided by the timely
ose of Hale's Honey of HorehOund and Tar.
Pixies Tootache Drops cure in ono minute.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-05-16

A YOUNG American lady went to Burmah
ns missionary and married the Ars::
hcathcn she converted. Now the Burmese
arc bowling for more missionaries
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-05-16

For any case Of nervousness, sleepless-
ness. weak stomach, indigestion, dyspepsia,
relief is sure in Carter's Little Liver Pills.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-05-16

If you are tired taking the large old fash.
Toned gripping pills, try Carter's Little Liver
Pills and take some comfort. A man can't
stand everything. One pill dose. Try them,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-05-16

TIE lover spends moro on the engage
ment ring than he spends on his wife ia q
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-05-16

kansas last year raised onc-fifth of the
whole United States product of silk CO.
cOOnS.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-05-16

EVERY thing is smooth sailing with Us
when we have no difficulty in raising the