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Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1889-11-30
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By Associated Press.

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PoTTsTowN, Pa, y
This forenoon John ClE
Paralytic aged 35, waY &
the floor OF his hovef&5
strap loosely faste
neck. Some mainfaiI :
suicide, others say thai
foul play, though suicl
orally accepted theory I
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day he cured his Great
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Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1889-11-30
TEE DILAPlDATEDs HERMITAe
Action Taken by the Andrew Jaekso
League at Chicago.

League ut Chicago.
By Associated Press. ~ IN
CHICAGO, November 81
lowing resolutions were s
Andrew Jackson leagr
headquarters last night: :
Whereas our attentiq -
called to acommunicat :
Ladies Hermitage
Nashville, Tenn, as-ff
forty7four years which
since the death of Gene
Jackson has left it's imprint
house in which he lived,
the tomb which marks his !
place. Noting the extreme dill
and seeing that there was s.
from any source being made
the decay, a few patrioticI
Nashville procured a .ch
duly organized the Ladies'
association. In recognitio
ISOLATION, the generaR 4
1889 conveyed to it, thnl
of trustees, the house q
twenty five surrounding
tify and preserve the
out all coming ages,
memory of the great md
I I1uiilii.,%', r.,:ISeath tbas,ea :
work ation d
engaged, looking to the{ -
large for assistance, with s
rance that TIE appeal m
not be in vain: and r.
Whereastiti is he
principles of this
merit wherever found, &
larly so when the mend
prominent in the history #
country is to BIZ thu
As an American OF the I'd :
lover of its institutions,
and indomitable preserver
stitution under the most
deals, all tends to point I'd
Jackson as next in order
"Fatksr ef-our Country a
fore, be it -
Resolved, That the :
League call upon: thd
cago, regardless Of pal
them in arranging for :
jackson Day. on Jan
Central Music Hail.. tin
the celebration to be forS
Ladies' Hermitage asse
Nashville, Tenn.
Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1889-11-30

COUND-ONE RED HEIFER AND
l. one large red COW. Owner can
have same by proving property snd
paying CHARGES. Apply to e. Didier,
corner Jefferson and Campbell streets.
nOv28-3t
Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1889-11-30
IN STAPLE GOODS
WE HAVE

Fruit the loom, bleach, 81 cts
Lonsdale, bleach, 81 cts.
Lonsdale, cambria, 1Ut cts.
Wammasutta, bleach, i cts.
New York mills, II cts.
Pride of the west, bleach, Ia cts.
Morpotock. A brown cotton. 81 cts.
-Dsntire. brown cotton, cts.
- Mocha = K valley. lo4 H.e'ch shee'
ing "a 81 c. woriio 30 {
Utica l0.4 rafh.,i >1-e'iGg t"r -
Cts. wrf: 80 ~
P.ppes;oi. ~ ,isaohe shes'H-'
Clark's 0 n. 7. spool cotton, 4 cts.
per spool, -.3 cts. per dozen.
1t will pay YOU TO examine our STOCK
before purchasing.
Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1889-11-30


I invite your attention to the fol-
lowing list Of staple and fancy goods,
the Thanksgiving Season:
Fine sugar cured hams,
Patent family -four,
Buckwheat -four,
Celery,
Condensed stewed tomatoes,
Asparagus.
Early June peas,
French peas. our own importation in
tin or glass.
Cassard's pure lard,
Sweet potatoes,
Cauliflower,
Canned corn,
Canned tomatoes,
Succotash,
Lima beans.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-03-08
Posts and Rails,

The weakest board or rail determines
The strength of the fence.
Land in square can be inclosed with
ess fence than an equal area in any other
Form bounded by straight lines.
The animals will certainly find the
weak spots; but it is bad pol cy to have
Them show you where those spots are.
The width of the fence row is a large
Item in the cost of fencing; even more
Emportant is what the fence row grows.
Crops would suffer less from many
naxious insect or animal and its progeny,
weEe it not for the shelter of the hedge,
DR. OF the rubbish in the fence row.
AS the posts are the foundation of the
kence, unless they are deeply and soldly
set, good material and fine workmanship
kn the superstructure count for little.
Where the law is founded on the good
sense to require man to restrain only his
own animals, instead of all the worlds
from his fields, much less fencing is re-
quired.
AS fencing is one of the most considera-
BILE items of the farm expense, it lis fruit
full economy to make the fields of that
size and shape which will require least
fencing.
AS the length of the field is increased
/ at the expense of its breadth, more fence
| is required; but for this there may be
|compensation in the greater ease of cul-
|tivation. Agriculturist.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-03-08
Farm and Garden Notes.

Be sure the calves are in warm place.
Have the stables warm, but give ven
tilation.
Pigs like to champ soft coal "slack."
Give them some.
There is nothing like dispatch in the
routine of farm labor.
1t is the milk from the fresh COW that
produces perfect" butter favor.
Stand by the rural home and enjoy
competency, health and happiness.
Western hash butter Injuries the N ew
England farmer almost as much as oleo.
Do you think it economy to "toughen
colts" by the warm side of snowbank2
If not, house them.
The boys and girls raised in ouI
country homes become the practical men
and women of the land.
If you live too far from the mill to get
cracked corn easily, raise the dwarf pearl
corn to feed to the chicks.
Ducks can be Matched at any time
during the year, but much better growth
and finer plumage is secured by Matching
early.
On very cold nights large flock will
be more comfortable than small one, as
there will be more warmth in the poultry
house.
If you are crowding the hogs withsa
heavy corn ration, be sure they have a
full and free suppy of charcoal, ashes
and salt.
The great source of contagion is the
drinking water. A sick fowl should
never be allowed to drink from the same
vessel as others.
Don't keep the sows you are going to
breed and the hogs you are fattening in
the same pen. They need different feed
TO do their best.
A piece of chain six inches long, at
tached to a strap buckled around the
colts leg above the fetlock, will stop his
kicking in the stall.
Cheap brands of dairy salt are sold
and used because they are cheap in
price. They have no other merit 1t is
a mistaken economy.
An old flock master takes this sensible
look at the wool business. He says 'As
long as the baby is born naked, the
sheep has got to live"
Heat sour milk slowly until it
thickens and the curds separate, then
stir in oatmeal and you have one of the
best of foods for poultry.
The production of lambs for market
in any of the more thickly settled sec
tions of the country, if conducted with
intelligence cannot fail to be profitable.
There is precious little money, says an
exchange, in five or six months milking,
or creamery management, and the sooner
the farmers find it out the better for theii
pockets.
In view of the fact that cream from
fresh cows improves the color ano
freshens the flavor of butter, it would
seem to be advisable to have the COWS
come in at different times during the
year.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-03-08
THE END OF PIGOTT.
The Forger and Perjurer Arrested
and Commits Suicide.

The Forger and PeEjurer Arrested
and Commits Suicide.
Dispatches from Madrid say an English
man, supposed to be Richard Pigott, was ar
rested at the hotel Des Ambassadors under
the name of Ronald Ponsonby. The man
afterward committed suicide with revolver.
The description of the suicide corresponds
with that of Pigott. The man spoke English
only. A small amount of silver was found in
his pockets. The police have taken possession
Of the papers and other articles found upon
him.
Later reports confirm the statement that
the suicide was Pigott. When arrested he
took the situation calmly and threw the Off
GERS off the scent With the excuse that he
wished to get his overcoat he retired to an
alcove and there shot himself in the mouth
with a revolver. He died instantly. His
head was horribly disfgured.
The arrest Of the suicide was made in con-
sequence of a telegram from the British for
eign office His only baggage was small
hand bag. Soon after his arrival he sent
telegraphic dispatch to London.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-03-08
Failure of Gooseberries.

|Gooseberry bushes are exceedingly
lbject to mildew in the American
innate and are most disappointing to
|e growers. There are a few wild
|rieties, one of which it is probable
bu have got, which bears very sparsely
hd the berries are much more hairy than
be cultivated kinds. A few cultivated
|nds are moderately free from the mil
ew and in cool shady spots will bear
bundantly. This fruit requires exceed
|gly rich soil, and it is useless to try to
Fow them without plenty of manure.
|eep mulching with coarse manure for
bree feet around the plants will help to
Foduce fruit, but the bushes need prun.
(g and thinning, and the fruit should
y thinned out at to least one half of that
|hich sets. By procuring the best culti-
kted varieties and treating them in the
amer described you may hope to have
Pme fruit of fine quality and large
|ze.-Neao York Times.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-03-08
The Fun i'm Farming.

G. D. Jones, Western farmer, thus
ventilates himself in the Farm, Field and
St0c,m man.
There is great deal of fun in a
farmers life, so the agricultural books
try to make out Many non-farmers
read some agricultural journal and get
the idea that farming is the easiest and
most pleasant occupation. "How de-
lightful it is to work in the beauti-
full fields on midsummer day and
listen to the birds sing their sweet
songs.n
Yes 1t must be delightful indeed to
hear the birds, with the sweat steaming
off a persons face, and he expecting every
moment to be sunstruck.
Where is the fun in the hay field, with
the dust and dirt flying and sticking to
you9
Who loves to help at threshing time9
Not the average man. Very few farmers
have less than a solid weeks threshing,
while many do not get off that easy.
Still, books try to make out, a farmers
life is pleasant.
These agricultural writer's never, or
hardly ever, mention the coldness of a
pitch-fork handle on winters morning.
The stables must be cleaned out and
bedded we'll. The managers must all
be filed with hay or straw, the horses
curried and watered, the cattle driven
out to the we'll where the farmer mounts
the platform and works with the pump
handle for the next hour. While he is at
this pleasant (9) job, the snow is blow
ing up into his ears, mouth and eyes.
have heard farmers say, 1.-THE stock is
always the thirstiest on the coolest morn
ings."
After this is finished, ye farmer be-
takes himself, with pail of water in
each hand, to the hog pen. Some have
a we'll near their hog pen, but there are
many more who have not.
Rarely a morning passes but what a
little Gust a little) water is spilled on
his clothes to freeze. Next comes the
all important Job of hauling fodder.
This caps the climax, if l may so speak,
for this surely is the worst.
With the scoop shovel, knife, and the
hayrack upon the sled ye farmer pro-
ceeds to the fodder field.
This is the way he goes at it: First, he
takes the scoop, ana snOVels nearly Ton
of snow away from the shock. Next, he
takes the knife and cuts the band, and
with blood in his eye tackles the shock &.
You can imagine what fun it is, wrest-
ling with fodder, snow and wind all at
the same time.
The books leave out this part, and just
tell of the fun in a farmers life, which
is very little, as | can tell you.
1t is not very pleasant to go down to
the city and get cheated out of about
fifty per cent. of your money by rascals
on every side. The farmer gets cheated
and lied to more than any other laborer.
He unconsciously gets beaten by coal
dealers, grain buyers, merchants and
other persons, too numerous to mention.
/ We would be very thankful if some
one would point out the fun in the life
of the farmer, for one, have not found
it.
If there is any such thing, it is be-
yond our comprehension. We have little
faith in the old song;
1.-THE farmer, the farmer forever,
| Three cheers for the plOW, spade and hoe
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-03-08
Veal Farming.

From observation, writes Galen Wilson
in the New York Tribune, I am decidedly
of opiolon that more money can be made
and more easily by devoting a COW to
fatting calves than by milking and max
ing either butter or cheese. l know a
case where person realized $50 in a
season from one COW. Whether COW
shall be compelled to suckle two calves
at time or only one depends altogether
upon whether she has milk sufficient for
two. If she has it, it is certainly ad
vlsable. In regard to the question
whether the milk should first be drawn
and then fed to the calf or the calf be
allowed to draw it, the latter course
seems the better, because it is natures
way, but the subject is of such nature
that it is not susceptible of proof. The
objection to the practice urged by some
that it makes the cows teats sore after
awhile, amounts to not much, for an
ointment made of the bark of the root
of bittersweet simmered in fresh lard
will prevent or remedy this, if rubbed
on occasionally.
Another objection, that it is difficult to
make q cow mother any calf but her own,
falls to the ground. Two or three days
before the calf is to be taken away
fasten a blanket around it. After the
calf is gone and her udder fills agair
and she becomes uneasy, put the blanket
on the new calf and trot it in to her
She will sniff awhile, and finally con
clude that it is her own calf, and gently
settle down to business. The OBJ ,ectior
urged that time would have to be spent
hunting up new calves also fails, for thu
veal farmer can do as lady friend does
let the local butcher who takes the fa
calf away bring a new one in its place
Country butchers always know where tt
get young calf for nominal sum.
kave observed that veal farming does no
iRjure the COW for the next years milk
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-03-08
AGRICULTURAL.
bPICs oFINTEREsT RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
Blowing Ont Stumps.


My plan is to bore an inch and half
ger hole in about the center root, a
4 tie below the level of the ground.
bt the primer tight in the fuse. Tn
Id the dynamite cartridge, insert the
inner, fold the paper back and tie it
tn string. Put the cartridge in the
ger hole, we'll under the stump, and
mp with dirt, lightly at first and after
bird with a wooden hammer, cut off the
Sc, fire it and get well back out of the
by. Old stumps can be blown clear
ht, but green ones will be burst into
|eces, which you will have to burn or
|ub out. For small stumps half
rtridge is sufficient and primers apart.
pc 1t in warm weather, as it freezes at
/ rty degrees Fahrenheit. and then is of
b use.-NesO York Herald.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-03-08
YOUNG SIGEL ARRESTED.
He is Charged With Forging Checks
for a Blind Soldier.


for a Blind Soldier.
Robert Sigel, son and confidential clerk Of
Gen. Franz Sigel, pension agent in New
York City, has been arrested and held in de-
fault of $50, 900 bail on charges Of forging
signatures to two checks of $40 each, In
tended for blind soldier named Sidney
Knight of Port Henry, N. Y, and 800 for
a widow Mrs. Jennie Heinemann of New
York City, and for taking pay from about
$50 claimants for his services in making out
their checks, the charges varying from 81 to
500. He confesse his guilt.
Sigel is about 30 years old and married.
He has lived pretty fast. Gen. Sigel, the
famous veteran, is in no way connected with
the irregularities, and is much distressed
over his sons disgrace. us Young Sigel If CON on
prisonment-10 years for each of the fcrger-
ies-and to longer term for the other il
legal acts,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-03-08
ON Blended KNEES.
Strange Story of Vow Taken by st.
Louis Men.

bVTNIISSO JtUH VI q FUW IHKVII Uy 81
Louis Men.
A strange story is just published at st.
Louis, Mo-, concerning three prominent men
there who, until about two years ago, were
familiar figures in the daily life of that city.
Their names are DR.. Sylvester Videlet,
Col. CELSIUS Price and Quinius Price. Ac-
cording to the story, lady friend of these
gentlemen was some two years ago COM
PEELED to undergo dangerous surgical oper-
alton. The three men, on their knees at her
bedside, made a VOW that If the lady's life
was spared they would renounce the world
and devote the remainder Of their lives to
the spiritual elevation of mankind.
The lady lived and the trio have kept their
vow. They have since visited various cities,
sought and secured the most humble employ
ments, and devoted all of their spare time to
street preaching
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-03-08

ing. This system exhausts the soil less,
because the most valuable part of the
milk is retained in the manure of the
calf, while in the other case it goes off
with the milk. In point of manual labor
veal farming possesses great advan e
tage.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-03-08

William D. Blake of Rockland, Me-, COM
mitted suicide by hanging. He was commit
ted to state prison in 1858 for the shooting of
George Patterson of Rockport and was par
doned after serving 16 years. He was Go
years old and leaves widow and daughter.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-03-08

New Bedford (Mass) school statistics show
there are 6208 children in the city between 8
and Is, and 1882 pupils are enrolled in public
and private schools The expenditures Of the
school department for the past year were
over $4,000.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-03-08

w hoIe number OF eggs laid, 81, III.
Average number of eggs per hen, l41}5.
First eggs set, March s.
First pulet laid, August 3d.
One of the best features of this ac-
|ount is that it shows what can be done
by depending only upon common tr de
|or disposing of the goods. There were
DO fancy pri( es for either fowls or eggs,
|hirty-tive cents per dozen being the best
price for eggs, and twenty three cents
per pound the best price for broilers.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-03-08

The Boston fire underwriters have almost
unanimously petitioned the city council that
it grant no further rights to erect over
head wires for electr street railroads, and
that hearing be given relative thereto.
According to the aud tors report of Sau-
gu, Mass, the actual amount of Tax Col
lector Copps defalcation was $21, ,098,07
Pillsbury Bros, Tilton n. H., having sold
their shoe manufacturing business, will equip
their factory for the manufacture of wooden
goods, Which they will carry on in associa-
ton with S. B. Peabody, the Tilton wooden
manufacturer. Eight sets of machinery will
be placed in the Pillsbury factory, and the
new firm will employ 225 men.
Several cases of glanders have been re-
Horted at Fall River. Mass. -4--
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-13

The Mining Journal" administers a
deserved reproof to DR.. Ernest Clutches
Of Great Falls for the latter's unjust as
sault on the judiciary of the territory for
its inability to enforce the unconstitu-
tional medical law passed last winter.
The journal" adds:
Fancy the feelings OF Judge De Wolfe as
he reads in cold type that, while acting in
his official capacity, he resorts to trickery,
cavilling and duplicity to cover his shrink
ing cowardice," and that a pony purse is
sufficient to buy up his puny venal soul.
Yet, this is what DR.. Clutches says, and az
he is q member OF the board he must voice
the opinions OF his associates. II not, let
them deny it at once for this is surely q
cas in which silence gives consent. Such
wholesale, Infamous and unjust abuse OF
the Montana judiciary cannot elevate the
medical fraternity in the eyes Of t~hepeople,
and the association owes it to common de-
cency to repudiate the backyard rawlings
OF it's members. . d. .s, >.
As an able, honorable and intelligent
official Judge De Wolfe will not be injured
by the vaporings of such an individual
as this DR.. Clutches gives evidence of
being.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-13
DISTANCES IN ALASKA,

You q Go West From Sitka Further
Than East--Our Empire in the North.
From the Detroit "Free Press'': "When
I sat at my desk in Sitka," said Governor
Swineford, II was further from Attu
island, the westernmost part in Alaska,
than I was from Portland. Maine. This
may serve to give some idea Of the prodig.
ious distances OF Alaska. But I can fur.
nish a more striking one. II the capital OF
the United States was located in the center
of the United States-that is to say, 1t q
point equidistant from Quaddyhead,
Maine, and Attu island, Alaska-it would
be in the Pacific ocean, some 600 miles
north by west of San Francisco"
1t is, indeed, an almost boundless empire
that Mr.. SwiDeford has ceased to govern
and that Fred A.sMaynard has lost. Few
people appreciate the colossal size OF The
Alaskan dominion OF the United States.
Even prominent public men are apt to re.
gard it as q little fringe Of the frozen zone,
quite unworthy Of their attention. William
8. Holman once had this idea Of Alaska.
A couple OF years ago, when Governor
Swineford was urging the House committee
on territories to report favorably on q bill
to give Alaska something more than q SEM
blsnce OF territorial government. Mr.. Hol.
man said:
well, Governor, my idea is that Alaska
ought to be made q county OF Washington
Territory. That would be the simplest
way to dispose OF the troublesome Russian
purchase"
SWineford was mad in q minute. he
promptly advised the great ebjsctoF 70 20
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-13
WHAT MEN ARE WEARING.

Fancy vests of tennis cloth, marseilles,
cheviot and flannel are much worn. ~
Many light-colored Prince Albert coats
are noticed on the boulevards and at the
races.
The tailless dress undershirt 10 q garment
which continues close to the heart OF the
man Of fashion.
There is q prediction among the tailors
that l~ight-colored doeskin trousers will be
introduced next fall.
Trousers show q slight decrease in size
Nineteen and a hall atthek knee and eighteen
at tho bottom are the proper dimensions
The dress coat is made either with q
shawl collar and silk facing to the edge, OF
with notched collar and facing to the but
tonholes.
The useless buttons that ornament thu
cuffs of gentlemen's coats show no signs o.
being discarded. The latest style is te
have four instead OF two.
The scarf-pin is no longer worn at the
side or in one corner oil the four-in'
hand. It is inserted at the center o
the scarf at the lower edge Of the cross
fold. : -.
The latest fad takes the form Of sill
breakfast shirts. They are OF JAPANESE
silk in bright cololiDgs and Japanesqu'
patterns, and are donned with loose
trousers and boudoir jackets.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-13
FOOTGEAR OF NATIONS.

In the ninth and tenth centuries the COM
mon form of shoe in Europe was the wooden
shoe.
The Egyptians had shoes or sandals made
ordinarily of leather, but SON times OF
palm leaves or papyrus. -I,
Chinese persons Of rank wear boots with
thick soles and legs of fine cloth Or silk that
reach hallway up to the knees.
The Japanese, in their houses, wear light
shoes or slippers, with woven soles without
heels, or else go in their stocking feet.
Wooden shoes, or sabots, are worn now
among the peasants in many countries in
Europe. Their advantage is in their cheap
ness and durability. W.
Amoung the southern Indians, where no
protection is needed from the cold, a shoe
is made consisting simply OF a sole OF thick
hide bound on the feet by thongs.
There are a variety of boots and shoes
used in China. The common shoe is made
OF thick. heavy felt, with a stiff thick sole
made of woven straw or layers of felt.