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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-04-26

nov mo- always reproduce their ancestors
- Inc roland China is the best one for
the practical farmer. e Aoi
Nothing is so unsightly as the mud
ana NTH that gets on the cows in the
winter. 1t is not sufficient to have the
COW rub it off. She should be we'll
eleaned by the attendant, and the brush
anu curry comb are indispensable. A
. COW mat yields largely can be made to
yielu more er by being kept clean and
warm. The plastered filth often noticed
on cows is source of irritation, keep
ing them uncomfortable and rendering
.nem less tractable and manageable.
HE Western Druggist givesa formula
LOT q IMMINENT much used for cuts in
i've stock from barbed wire. For heal
ing cuts and fesh-wounds of all kinds
II mas no equal, and flies will not trouble
sore where it is used. Raw linseed
OH, 10 ounces; saltpetre, powdered, 1
ounce; sugar OF lead, powdered, ounce;
sulPhurlc acid, ounce; carbolic acid, J
ounce. Mix the oil with the saltpetre
and sugar of lead, and slowly add sui
phurlc acid. stirring constantly. When
cold pour off from the dregs and add the
carbolic acid. Apply with a feather
twice daily. Do not wash the sore
at all. -
The excessive cost Of producing
pork on hogs over to 10 months old
or after they will dress us to 200 pounds
emphasized by Professor Sanborn's ex-
periments. He shows that the average
Missouri hog is kept to such an age that
he consumes food worth at least So so
in the bare effort to keep him alive be-
yond the period at which he should
have been killed. This makes a loss on
all the hogs of Missouri of from Sl2,-
OO0,0o to $16,0Oo,Oo0, according to the
number kept. Since the market de-
mands lightweight hogs, the folly OF
keeping pigs to twice the age at which
they should be killed must be apparent
to all.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-04-26
DEATH OF A PHYSICAL FREAK.
A Cincinnati Boy Who Enjoyed Seeing His
Flesh Roasted.

The death of young John Walsmith,
which occurred at Cincinnati, Ohio, was
one of the strangest that ever occurred
in this country. The boys death was
due to foreign substances in the stomach.
He had been under physicians care
for four years, and had given q great
deal of trouble. He was strong
as a giant, but had no physi-
cal feeling: He had placed his
hand on hot stove and watched it
roast. Nothing seemed to materially in
jure him or give him pain. He had been
run over by one of John Robinson's cir
Gus wagons. He had fallen from the top
of the bridge over Spring Grove avenue,
distance of forty feet, and once walked
out of two-story window. Any one of
the casualties would probably have kill
ed boy in normal condition, but he
never broke a bone. He is Scared
all over, and surgeons have sewed
up great cuts while he sat and
amused himself. Although he was
bright child at four or five
years OF age he soon began to grow stu
pid and was inclined to idiocy. His
hearing hai7 nearly gone and he had
ceased to ,;,lk. In his stomach was
found a strange variety, consisting of
green bull of yarn, marbles, nickels,
large undigested apple core, and other
small articles. The cause of his death
was the green ball of yarn, which con-
tanned large needle. 1t stuck at the
stomach entrance and killed him.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-04-26
THE DAIRY.
Dairy Notes.


SEE how much butter each COW will
make by putting her milk by itself.
ALWAYS give the COWS some hay, or
even straw, when first turned out, and
SO save the excessive securing.
IT is sad mistake to allow the but
termilk to remain over night in the
churn, as is done too often, even by the
most careful. Another point is not to
let the churn become too old. When it
gets so dark and weather. stained that
you cannot wash il white again, then
turn it to some other use and get you q
new one.
You want q piece of ground to plant
with corn to cut while green for the
COWS when the pasture gets short next
summer. This lot should either be near
the barn or the pasture. If not too hilly,
now is the time to put the manure on it.
In planting corn for this purpose drop
six or eight grains together, about every
two feet in the row, with the rows two
and half feet apart.
A COW exposed to cold rain in the
spring will be in danger of permanent
injury. The wise and careful farmer
will always keep his stock comfortable.
Better go without food than shiver in a
storm. Many COW contracts cold in
VIC CoAAy uAo ~ WAAu6 up WAtA
Inflammation of the lungs and with o
cough. 1t may take another turn and
result in Inflammation of the stomach,
followed by assesses. Cows thus af-
fected never do we'll.
IF your wife is now handling a score
or two of heavy crooks every day, few
months use of o creamery will strengthen
her back about fifty per cent, and she
will give you bucFwheat cakes oftener
next winter, and have them baked just
the shade of brown you like. And then
! if you use modern dairy fixtures it will
enable youto make more and better but
ter from the same number of COWS, your
butter will bring better price and your
wife will live longer.
| A FOREIGN exchange says for skim
milk: Foods of equal value would cost
in the form of beef four and a half
times as much as they cost in the form
of milk. As skim milk contains the
flesh and bone forming and the heat
producing substances, it has all the
most valuable properties of new milk;
and when the prejudice against it passes
away, it should come largely into con-
sumption among the masses of popula-
ton to whom good food is considera-
ton, and the price matter of almost
equal importance.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-04-26
THE POULTRY YARD.
Poultry Topics

IF you want good, strong, vigorous
chickens, see that the breeding birds are
strong and healthy.
Don't forget that your fowls need
now the dust bath we have so often men
toned. Provide them with dust boxes.
GIVE your fowls cabbage, cut clover,
hay, onions and other vegetables. They
need them, especially when in confine-
ment.
IF you vast to get reputation keep
good stock. If you don't own it, kill
what you have and start anew, for twill
pay you we'll in the end.
THERE is little waste in turkey. A
Chicago brush company uses turkey tail
and brush feathers, purchasing them not
only from the city butchers, but from
dealers generally. The long tail feath-
ers and the wing feathers, except the
| pointers, are marketable. The latter
have plumes on one side only, and grow
on the first joint of the wing. The tail
of six inches and over is valuable.
FARMERS who keep but few common
fowls for eggs and poultry would find it
to their advantage to breed from pure
bred male. Even fanciers of the pure
bred varieties know that they can, by
judicious crossing, produce birds that
| Tor year OF TWO Will tACe1 iAC eC"SA VI
either side for laying and strictly eco
nomic merit-but more especially is this
noticeable on crossing pure-bred male
on to the common or mixed stock OF the
farmer. The best kind for this purpose,
to suit the greatest number, who wish to
combine plenty of eggs with good,
plump carcass, is the Dorking or the
Langshan. The Plymouth and Wyan-
dottes also answer where yellow legs
and skin are desired. Where eggs are
the principal object the Minorca will
produce the desired effect. The Leg
horn or Hamburg varieties would also
answer, but the AIinorca is to be pre-
ferred, having the advantage OF the
other breeds in size and laying qualities.
The Houdan male mated to common
pullets produce chicks that at maturity
average larger than either parent, with
good plump bodies and good v1gor.
Nearly all, however, will be black.
Young. pure-bred cockerels,, suitable
| for crossing, may be obtained at very
low prices of almost any reliable
breeder of pure poultry, and such an in
| yestment is sure to pay. Farmers, study
your interests, and do not hesitate to
improve your stock as we have sug-
| pestel.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-04-26
THE GARDEN.
Horticultural Notes.


BIosT plants will not thrive in cold,
soil,
LIANT the garden in rows, and Guilt
evith horse.
An ripe fruit or sauce every day, or
lee day, if possible.
HAVE q good orchard, and as good q
Fiety of fruit as possible.
lake farm, garden, and poultry house
nish all they can of the living.
HE quality of nearly all vegetables
bends upon their freshness and crisp
IS and warm, rich soil is necessary
Secure this.
1ooK to the outlet of drains. Surface
Inns made to carry the water from
I'm fields often get obstructed by
yves, ETC., and need cleaning out.
BASDAGEs for canker worms should
at once applied tighter use is in
Pded. The better plbkssis to spray the
es with London purple or Paris
Zen.
HEREvER the soil is in proper con-
flon to work, and crumbles before the
p ,w' or when stirred by the spade OF
4, large share of the hardy seeds
fy be sown.
+ farmers would consider everything
Pt they use and would have to pay for,
lon rented premises together with the
i es from the farm, they would find
FIR income far greater than it seems at
st thought.
/" HEN employing your help look to
1 morals of the men. No employer,
tefe there are children on the farm,
Z ancrd man, however good work
F /, he may be, if he uses E,rofane OF
|isar language, or is rough or cruel to
(mals.
L. purchasing fruit trees select the
uf 10 SIX feet size; deciduous seed
a -. LOT tree claim and like planting,
e1. to fifteen inches; evergreens fol
e e : oelt and ornament, always under
~ leet' and usually under fifteen
~ ANDARD orchard trees as sent from
l. nursery, vary from five to seven feet
:. llelsht, with naked stems or trunks,
~ a number of branches at the top
' ail head. These branches should
d. ail cut back to within three or fou,
as OF their base.
a. DAkorA subscriber asks the proper
av. 10 prune apple trees, also forests.
1 III y. 10 know when it can. be done
.as me least bleeding. feavhe apple
~. ,n, 70 get growth of Yad " ould be
q l' an q IN the spring, eHt1gf 5tist before
o zap begins to flow up into the tree,
o Use after the leaves are about halt
y" u, II you are pruning for fruit,
w, w ~ the fall, before hard freezing.
t' gu trees should be trimmed when
half grown.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-04-26
GEN. MILLEN DEAD.
The Fenian Leader, Soldier and Journalist
Expires in New York ut the Age Of So.

The Fenian Leader, Soldier and Journalist
Expires In New York ut the Age Of 58.
Gen. Francis Frederick Millen, WELL
known soldier and journalist, died at his
residence in New York City, in his 5sth
year. He was born in Ireland and
served through the Crimean war in the
British army, then came to America, and
later went to Mexico, entering the Mexi-
can army as lieutenant of artillery.
During the church wars he rose to
be colonel of artillery. About 1865
he resigned his Mexican Commissions
and went to ireland to take command Of
the army that James Stephens promised
to put in the field to overthrow the En-
glish government. Upon the failure of
the scheme he returned to Mexico, re-
entered the army, and fought against
Macmillan. Next he went to New York
and became the executive officer of the
American branch of the Fenian Brother
hood. In 1872 he joined the New York
Herald staff, and was in the service of
that paper ut the time of his death.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-04-26
THE STOCK-RANCH.
Stock siftines.

\ ypI
"aa I turn stock on the pasture until
! Ii ri thereon has made good growth,
sni simply destroys the young plants.
sss nisG Is critical time with all
E, ,,ss OF stock, although the season is
Id '"5 dl que to exposure to high winds
|tnratta 'np weather. W,sifn the air is
|o I' a. With moistxSsxs5 animal will
L. WI s enects more sASerely than when
MIA ea e5 IS cold and dry. A shelter
ya iu Always be provided to serve as a
|su 1t Il improved modern pigs are the
(ame am. VI the infusion of Chinese and
i A1 I,e blood with the pigs of England
6es,lnrae l M1 of 100 years ago. The
is ei whites and Poland Chinas OF
bic, ,o say are not thoroughbred in the
l' sense of the term, that is, they do
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-04-26
CULTURAL TOPICS.
SUGGEST FOR our
Rucfnp .L real ss
H'N -RA,
': 's,.:s. s., ".'.:;ts ''''''''
THE FARM.

,1 Dust rs u Fertilizer.
i'o fine dust onmuch-trayelled
pe'l'ns+ illed and saturated with the
is 80 1;a11id clroppings of passing
ana =, n.y. 10y it becomes good manure.
Is .n erect is produced when it is
bess ~ ie,. grass land, the dust serv-
re-. n 9' to keep the surface light,
+; y. washing its better part down
N' .nss roots. Sometimes farmers
si, ,5sbosphate have drilled in road
NJ ..s seed grain, and have claimed
WIN wits from its use. The farmers
Eet Ms trv hard to BE- What the
o. . i've fertilizer isAa5 Nv any,
Ien nstimes they succeed zl{t will
oN', nav to put up fs4barre}s Of
,rlt in or near the hen-house to
r at the droppings of fowls. 1t
asa deodorizer, and absorbs what
sa y, the manure would other
a all's Before spring it becomes q
|! .V nood fertilizer, whatever it may
Men at the beginning. Farmers
,;ys rear cities can usually get the
|. sweepings, which are mainly horse
IT, and very rich in plant food, for
|DNor of drawing away. Excepting
|, '" ~ liability to contain weed seeds
a A., an excellent and cheap manure
base near enough to use it freely.
Carrots as II Farm Crop.
: ,,ways believed to be good econ
=, nroduce upon the farm, SO far as
ILL.,. those crops that may be en-
FL as food for farm animals. And
.,Itfi Gent amount may be secured
h. Kind known rs dry fodder, or of
Il it is a question if it is not de-
H. TO secure variety, and such
,a..s as would be relished by animals.
claimed that ensilage supplies all
srcr,,lent food necessary in winter
Inc. and that it can be secured at q
i less cost than to grow root crops.
,aps this may be true, and this
had OF food production is open to
= who prefer it; but there are those
have not yet given way to the en-
;iosm of the ensilage advocates, and
,ch We can recommend the carrot as
Otltnble anu eAGt4AouI CIOP W grow
feeding purposes. 1t can be grown
n any good mellow, loamy soil, but
Tires liberal wedding; it's cultivation
Id not be attempted in q soil that
,cessively weedy, or the labor at first
be so great as to become discourage
as they must be kept clean in order
insure even average success
carrot is. however, when fairly
ed, rapid and vigorous grower,
its spreading foliage greatly assists
ming down any growth of weeds.
eral hundred bushels may be grown
II an acre. They should be harvested
IRE they are injured by frost and put
root cellar that is secure from
zing. With dry hay they form a
t valuable supplementary food, and
especially liked by horses, which
II to thrive under them. They are
excellent for milch cows, giving a
j. wholesome color to the cream and
Ter. 1t is a crop worthy of cultiva-
- Grmantoecn Telegraph.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-04-26
An Aged Farmer yictimized.

Two strangers visited Daniel Keller's
place, near Shamokin, Pa, and, after a
proposal.to purchase his farm, engaged
the old farmer in a game of cards. Kel-
Ter became interested and procured
81, 700, which he put up as stakes. The
money was seized by the strangers, and
Keller was covered with revolver while
they moved off. Both escaped. One of
the men represented himself as the son
of j. B. Packer, of Sunbury, on old
friend of keller's.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-04-26
Mountain Cake,

One cupful of butter, two and one
half cupfuls of sugar, three whole eggs
and three yolks, one pint of -four sifted
with one and one nalf teaspoons baking
powder. one cup of milk; bake in jelly
tins; beat three whites to froth, add
two cups of sugar, one cup of currant
jelly, and, spread between the layers
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-04-26
Pond Lily Cake.

One cup of butter, one and one-half
cups of sugar, whites of five eggs, one
and one-half pints -four, one and one
of milk, flavor with peach; bake in Jelly
tins, andput together with freshly grated
cocoanut.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-04-26
Foalning Sauce.

Beat half teacup Of butter to
cream, add cup of powdered sugar;
beat thoroughly, then add the white of
an egg, and beat all until very light.
When ready to serve flavor with vanilla
and pour over all q teacup of boiling
milk; set the bowl in the top of kettle
of boiling water until very frothy.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-04-26
Spice Cake.

One cupful Of butter, one cup of
brown sugar, one pint of -four, two tea
spoons of baking powder, one teaspoon
of caraway seed, one cup of milk; nut
meg, cinnamon. ginger, cloves, and ALL
spice to taste.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-04-26
Lamon Sauce.

Put half cup of sugar, tablespoon
full of cornstarch, a tablespoonful of
butter and one egg in bowl and beat
we'll; pour over it a pint of boiling
water and stir until thick enough. Take
from the fire and add the juice of
lemon
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-04-26
THE KITCHEN.
jelly Roll.

Three eggs, one cup of sugar, one cup
of -four, one teaspoon of baking powder,
two tablespoons of water, flavor; bake
on paper and roll while hot.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-04-26

1t isn't always the man who wears
the largest hat who knows the most.
but generally he is the man who thinks
he does.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-04-26
THE APIARY.
Facing Hives

Tn which direction should bee-hives
front? is a question of great Importance.
It is also one very little discussed by
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-04-26

JOHN ALEXANDER, Of Pulaski, Pa,
was given a verdict at Youngstown, o..
for $22,5O against the Pennsylvania
Company for the loss of foot while he
was an employee. The Circuit Court has
set the Judgment aside and ordered a
new trial on the ground,,of error.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-12-10
SWEET SPRINGS SIPPINGS

-Hamp Ray went to 81. Louis Monday.
Lee Matthews was in Hughesville
Tuesday.
Rev. c. n. Whiting went to sedalia
Tuestay.
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Weekley went TO Sedalia
Wednesday.
&c. J. Taylor was in Kansas City,
w edn- sdsy.
Jessie Wheeler made trip TO Hous.
tonia this week.
Mrs. I'll. II. Whitaker vent to Denison,
Texas, Wednesday.
R. A. Blskely of Higgirsville was in
this city Wednesday.
It. F. Huston went to Arrow Rock
and vicinity this week.
WIN. Owens, jr., has been home visit
ing since Thanksgiving.
Mrs. 7. g. Nelson and SON Frank went
to Sedalia Wednesday.
Miss Lille Drysdale is visiting in
Medicine Lodge, Kansas.
&C. w. Mathews, of Sedalia, returned
home from visit to this city.
Elder Wright returned Wednesday
from a few days trip to Boonville.
Clyde Smith returned home Monday
from a visit to old school mates at Fulton.
Joe Kennedy of Longwood returned
home Tuesday after visit with friends in
this city.
". E. Clay was in this city Wednesday
returning home to Sedalia, Thursday
morning.
Miss Birchie Smith, after fex days
at home, returned to f. A. Seminary at
Lexington, Monday.
Mrs. Ernest Brown returned nome
Thursday from a visit to relatives and
friends in Kansas City.
Misses Lula Gordon and May Hill, of
Lafayette county, visited friends over Sum
day in this city returning home Monday.
Mrs. Theresa Cayton, of ST. Joseph, is
visiting her son, c. A. Caytou, of this city,
accompanied by Mrs. Erickson. sister OF
Mr.. Cayton, and also Mrs. Erreckson's
daughter
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-12-10
A LETTER THAT CANE.
The Story of a Bank Bill Which
Was Uttered by q Convict.

The dead letter office at Washing
ton is the recipient of many curious
bits of writing, aud the romantic, a.
we'll as the criminal classes, who con.
fide their thoughts to cold ink and
then forget or fail to round up their
epistle with the complete address Of
their friends, are we'll represented in
the pigeon holes of that extensive in.
stitutiOn. The letters (which never
came,' in multitudes of cases, have q
story connected with their con-
tents, or with their failure to
connect two correspondents, which
would make interesting reading if
written. The BAzoo ran across, a
day or two ago, the postmaster of
Jefferson City, Hon. w. G. Nc
Carthy, aud was told by that gentle
man q very interesting story about
one of these ''dead" letters.
A missive passed through the JEFF.
City postofice, directed to --,
Sedalis, No.. and in due dispatch of
time, it reached the office here. No
enc called for it, and after waiting
the required interval, it was forward
ed to the dead letter office at Wash
ington. The letter was opened by the
clerks in that branch of
the government, and besides
finding from whom the epistle
came they discovered an Enclosure of
twenty dollars in one bill. The Gus.
tomary routine was gone through with
and Mr.. McCarty was again in posses
sion of the letter.
Its sender he now found out was a
convict in the penitentiary, and he
made discovery which the supposedly
lynx-eYed official at Washington COM
pletely passed over. The twenty dol
lar bill, honest looking as it seemed,
was very clever "raise" by the con-
vict from an ordinary, every day two
dollar note. Postmaster Mccarthy
embodied the result of his "fud" in q
few choice and slightly sarcastic
words, and forwarded them and
the raised bill to the dead
letter Office with his compliments.
He has not heard from Washington
lately but it is safe to presume that
the establishment of the clerks,
through whose hands the bogus money
passed, was not greater than the
chagrin with which they had to &C
knowledge the keen ness of the post
master out west, whose better eye
sight or greater familiarity with
money, caused his detection of the
fraud. The dead letter" readers are
smart fellows, but they do not know
everything it seems.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-12-10
Happy HOOsiers.

VIM. Timmons, Postmaster of Ida.
vile, Ind. writes Electric Bitters
has done more good for me than all
other medicines combined, for that
bad feeling arising from Kidney and
Liver trouble" John Leslie, farmer
and stockman, of same place, says
Find Electric Bitters to be the best
Kidney and Liver medicine, made me
feel like q new man." j. w. Gard
ner, hardware merchant. same town,
says: Electric Bitters is Just the
thing for man who is all run down
and don't care whether he lives OF
dies !; be found new strength, good
appetite and felt just like he had a
new lease on life. Only SOC. q bottle,
at Mertz & Hsles Drug Store.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-12-10

the association adjourned to the par
lors of tine Y. M. e. A. on Fifth street
where social reception was given the
young women of the convention and
their friends.
To-DAY's PROGRAMME.
At $3.50 O'Clock this morning, at
the Y. NJ. G. A. psrlors, consecrs-
ton service. conducted by Miss Dyer,
will be had. At IL O'Clock, Miss
Campbell, of the China Inland mission
will deliver an address on the conse-
Grafton and the deepening of spiritual
life for life's service at the Congrega.
tionsl church. la the afternoon at
half past three. Miss Adams, of
Kansas. will lead a gospel meeting,
for women only. The evening services
will be held at the Christian church,
and will consist of praise and farewell
proceedings. and an address by Miss
Corsbel Tarr, on the demand for the
Young Women's Christian associa-
ton.