Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-06-01
One firm mo at Farminrton recently

WHICH, lCdllS oil C-AOAeAhSO W IClLIcIh llldO
egg money comes to the farmers wife as
so much clear gain. She may fill her
apron with wheat-not very full, either
and scatter it out to the hens, and oc-
casionally they may have some care and
attention, but it is pleasant work and
the eggs and chickens pay as well as
anything raised on the farm. When we
have cold-storage warehouses sufficient
to store surplus eggs when they are
over abundant, to draw on when they
are scarce, it will be possible to raise all
the eggs we need and not bring them in
from Iowa. Chickens and eggs, in the
aggregate, are of immense value. If
half the population Of this country are
farmers, that would give 100000 fami-
lies. If these average 100 fowls year,
and if the hens lay fifty dozen eggs for
each family, that would aggregate 70O,-
100000 fowls at, say, 20 cents each, or
S14O,OOO,OOO. Add to that 35O,0OO,00O
dozen eggs at 90 cents-$7O,00O,000;
total value, $210,000,00O. Here is a
snug sum for the farmers of America to
realize for a little trouble. The farmers
in this new northwest should everywhere
follow the example of those about Farm
ington, and every village should be an
"egg town."
They we're on the night train going
down to Colfax (from Moscow, we be-
lieve) and it was patent to every one
in the car that they had but lately been
"made one flesh" They sat, or, rather
leaned-no, reclined-we mean that they
arranged themselves SO that neither
could fall over for resting against one
another. Her hand ached, we guess, for
he held it in his'n, and that sort of mag
netized him SO that his head fell over
and she caught it in her arms. He was
evidently under the influence of Loves
young nightmare, and she kept him I'M
der it long time by stroking his blond
whiskers, which were quite extensively
laid out but very thinly settled; and
then those "eyes that to eyes looked
love- slowly opened and those two-he
and smiled just as slow. And as
his lips parted she chucked him under
the chin and observed in an audible
tone: "Sam, you're a precious" And
he responded, "Be I, Mollie?" Just at
this juncture the HERALD man, who sat
behind them, couldn't suppress laugh,
whereupon "Mollie" turned deliberately
around and extinguished him with the
following blast: "Stranger, if you'd a
been married only Yesterday 1 reckon
you'd realize how me an Sam feel"
The cream-colored team of the
tanning & Rice livery INDUCED in a
lively runaway last Tuesday. Return
ing from trip to Moscow, they became
frightened at the planing-mill engine
and dashed away, despite the herculean
efforts of the driver to hold them. He
probably would have succeeded in guild
ing the team along the road had not the
bridle-bits on one of the animals broken
under the strain, whereupon the rig
went into the deep ditch near the bridge,
throwing the driver out and smashing
the buggy up badly. The horses were
soon caught, however, and returned to
the barn uninjured. Luckily the driver
was not hurt beyond a slight sprain OF
one ankle.
The people of Whitman county are
very much interested in having all coun-
ty officers elected next October, SO that
they may "turn the rascals out" We
do not refer entirely to democrats,but
especially to the two republican commits
sioners who have disgraced their party
and the honorable position they hold.
And it would be well to elect an attor
ney who will not be so ready with his
counsel to defeat justice and right. We
want the law obeyed, not defed.
The Walla Walla Statesman thinks
county officers should hold over. We
are not in favor of it. You can't run a
state government very successfully I'M
der territorial form. New county offices
will have to be created in order to give
us state government, and we believe in
beginning right at the outset. Let us
make it purely state government, with
county officers under state jurisdiction.
-Oaksdale Sun.
Our citizens have subscribed most
literally to the 4th of July fund, and
there will be a grand time in Pullman
on that day you may be sure. Commit
tees are hard at work arranging the de-
tails of the program, the prizes, sports,
fireworks, ETC., and we expect to be able
to publish the same in full next week.
"Watch for it-wait for it," as the cir
Gus man remarks.
"A great many people think news
paper should have about page of local
news, whether anything happens or not.
Deluded mortals! Local editors cannot