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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-04-11
Burton.

One of the pleasantest surprise parties
that We have ever attended met at the resi-
dcnce of Mrs. 3. Merrill, East Middlsbury,
on Tuesday, April sth, that being Mrs.
MerrilPs 6Sth birthday. Mrs. Merrill was
called out TO one of her neighbors and
detained until about noon, and ON returning
found her pleasant home invaded by about
so of her neighbors, who had taken COM
plete possession Of the house and alss had
spread the tables with all that the daintiest
appetite could crave. For time Mrs. Mer-
rill was completely overcome and did not
know what to say or do. but Mrs. M. still
had another surprise when James s. Nc
Bride, in behalf of the neighbors and
friends, presented her with splendid hang
ing lamp and set of dishes. We all had a
delightful time and returned to our homes
feeling that the day had been we'll spent.
w. G. Stiff succeeded in recovering
portion OF the property stolen from his mill
in the same house in Ovid that the boots
and shoes were recovered from that were
stolen in Owosso. Those supposed to have
stolen the goods had very pressing invita-
ton to visit Corunna. Will certain OwossO
papers give III. Hall, of Middebury, and
Dep. Sheriff Cross, of OVID, credit for cap
turing the suspected thieves, in place Of
giving all the credit to Owosso officers?
There will be warm sugar social at p.
H. Wilkins Thursday evening, April IL.
All are invited. BUB.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-04-11
The Poultry Business.

Rural New Yorker says: People seem
TO be coming to the conclusion that the
quickest and cheapest way to grade up
their fiocks is to buy q trio of birds Of
good breeding. There is too much risk
in buying eggs. The most important
coming change in the poultry business
seems to be the partial substitution of
orders for birds for orders for eggs.
The incubator and brooder men all re-
port fair business. 1t is to be hoped that
the craze for cheap incubators has killed
itself. There seems to be less expert
menting with incubators. Their use
now seems to be mainly confined to
those who do business on a scale large
enough to warrant the use of the larger
incubators which contain all the improve
ments. At the late New York poultry
exhibition there was a big display of
heavy Asiatic breeds. The Brahma
classes were very large. A systematic
effort is being made to boom Light
Brahmas again. 1t hardly seems likely
that it will succeed. Wyandottes and
Plymouth Rocks made a fine showing.
The opinion is quite general that for a
steady, well selling breed the Wyan-
dottes cannot be surpassed.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-04-11
Changing Seed.

Southern Cultivator says: If any grain
or plant is grown in localities to which
it is not naturally adapted, it will have
tendency to run out. Changing seed
in such cases is great benefit. It is
only thus that on large portions of the
country good, heavy oats can be grown.
Where the summers are hot and dry seed
oats from more northerly climate will,
for two or three years, produce a crop
that will be full weight. After this it
will need changing again. Some farm
ers avoid the necessity for changing seed
oats and seed barley by selecting the
heaviest grain of their own growing.
In almost any crop, however poor, are
some seeds that have escaped injury,
and these produce plump, heavy grain.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-04-11
Marriage Licenses.


BYRON.
Julia A. Cargill to Perry Hadsell, part lot z,
block 8, $780,
Alvin G. Warren to w. M. Warren, VIZ of s
part Of NV fri 4 and part of WIZ OF swh sec. 5,
$3.50.
BENNINGTON.
Joseph H. Howe to J. d. Bartlett, MI OF nek
of sen sec. Ia, $1,000
Robert Wilcox to Hannah Taylor, seq OF se1a
and nwl4 OF SEX sec. Q, 4,200.
CoRUNNA.
John T. McCurdy to j. b. F. Curtis, lot z,
block 8, $500.
Robert N. Thompson to Jacob G. Mabbit, lots
22 and 90, block 4, Mabbitt's add, $50.
owossO CITY
Chas. s. Williams, ct al, to James H. LAYER.
ock, wa Of lot "a, A. L. and b. o. Williams sub
div. out lot and Q, $500.
Chas. F. Briggeman to Fred'k Kaulitz, part OF
WIZ OF nwI4 sec "a, 2-5 acre, s75.
Albert g. Sax to Rosina s. Sax, Wa lot Is, M.
L. Stewart & Co.'S add, 81, 200.
Abraham Collins to Catharine Houck, part lot
8, M. L. Stewart Co.'s add, $50.
RUSH.
Edwin M. Curtis to Andrew Jaster, sell OF ne
sec. 10, $500.
VERNON VILLAGE.
Daniel Brown to John Mclean, lots 3 and 4,
block2, 5000.
VERNON.
Fred f. Holmes to Geo. w. Goss, part eH OF
VIZ of nwl4 sec. 90, 81, $50.
VENICE.
j. G. Bentley to Morilla Harding, part e1s of e
Il OF sell sec. 20, 1888.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-04-11

Idle.
In large portion Of the farming of
the United States the common rotation
is corn on inverted grass sod the first
year; oats, barley or peas the second
year; wheat the third, followed with
clover and timothy with the wheat and
succeeding it. The grass is moved the
following year, then pastured one or
more, as more or less pasture is needed.
The defect in this course is in the inoc-
cupancy of the ground through large
portion Of the autumn after the ripening
of the corn, and the crop of oats is not
the best one for preceding the wheat,
nor is It the best one for accompanying
the seeding with grass by emitting wheat
and making the course one year shorter.
An improvement over the above, sug-
gested by Country Gentleman, is . rota-
rion as follows: 1. Corn on sod. 2. Rye,
plowed under the next spring. 8. En-
silage corn, followed In autumn by 4.
Winter wheat, seeded to timothy and
clover. One year in meadow, and one,
two or three years in pasture, as the do
mestic animals may require.
A modification of the course is effected
by emitting the wheat and seeding to
clover and grass with the winter rye,
which has been long proved one of the
best grain crops with which to SOW grass
seed. If the grain ripens, there is still
abundant time for the growth Of good
autumn crop of clover; or if the rye is
cut as soon as the heads appear, for en-
silage, still longer season of growth IL
given the young clover before winter.
There is no ensilage crop equal in guam
tity to corn, but rye has some other spe-
cial advantages.
The following short rotation may be
adopted for this treatment: 1. Corn on
sod; 2. Rye, for ensilage, seeded to
clover: g. Clover and timothy two or
more years. Or, if large area of rye is
sown, part Of it may be plowed under
for an enriching crop, at or near the
same time that the other portion is put
in the silo. The first named portion may
be treated with the following course: 1.
Corn on sod; 2. Rye plowed in; 8. En-
silage corn; A. Wheat, followed by grass
and clover. The second may be: 1. Corn
on sod; 2 Rye; 0. Clover and grass,
continued long enough to be even in
years with the other portion. The above
are offered in way of suggestions rather
than for fixed courses, to be modified by
each cultivator as best suits his own
special case.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-04-11
ENGLAND AND FREE-TRADE.
She Wants Us to Adopt q System That ]
Running Her.

Running Her.
1t is continually dinned into our ears
that England has greatly prospered un-
der a system of Free-trade. The British
Isles are a long way off, and few are able
to inquire into the truth of the declara-
ton. In view of the characteristic care
lessness of Free-traders in handling
facts, there is at least room for doubt.
Thousands of English people come to
this country every year and find employ
ment in American shops and factories.
They become citizens and rarely return
to their native land. The argument or
assertion that suit of clothing costing
$40 here can be bought for So in England
has no force with them; for there they
have not the $5-here they have the $40.
There, where clothing is cheap, they
were poorly clad; here, where it is said
to be dear, they dress well. They know,
too, that in this country working people
are better fed, clad and sheltered than
elsewhere, because better paid. More
over, as compared with this country,
conditions differ greatly.
England maintained rigid system of
Protection for more than 500 years. She
encouraged her manufacturers until they
were able to stand against the world.
The English are now a nation of shop
keepers, and the voice of their farming
population is strangled by an overwhelm-
ing majority of tradesmen. They need.
a market for what they sell more than
for what they buy. Their farming popu-
lation, now in a hopeless minority, be-
sieges parliament, year after year, for a
return of the old time tariffs. When a
nation is well developed, as England has
been for long time, and sells so vastly
more than it buys, it naturally seeks
markets in which to sell. Such nations
may well become heralds of Free-trade
doctrines, when they would be the gain
ers. With a manufacturing capacity
that would enable her to supply half the
world under universal system of Free
trade, England would scarcely purchase
a dollars worth, where she made sales
amounting to five dollars. She can well
become the apostle of new faith. Her
example is set for her own benefit. Until
she became seller, more than buyer,
stringent regulations were laid upon
commerce. Manufacturers were pro-
tected for generation after generation.
British ships took prizes the world over.
Britain's soldiers plundered hundreds of
nations. The spoils of empires were
emptied into her lap, fattening the CAPT.
talists of her capital city. The industry
of hundreds of years has been. invest
ed in her enterprises. And now, hoary
with centuries of experience, after
preaching gospel of blood, iron and
Protection for ages, after driving us
from her household by long years of OPP
preston, she invites us, before we have
finished the conquest of our own wilder
ness, to adopt her beneficent policy of
Free-trade. She, having survived the
perils of unnumbered wars, may be
able to carry out the scheme as to her.
self. Our interests dictate a different
course ~ NGNtftt
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-04-11

In round numbers the working power
of the United States is three times az
great as that of France. two and one
half times as great as that of Germany,
one and two-thirds times as great as that
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, and equal to that of the two
greatest of the older nations combined.
Mr.. Mulhall thinks the unparalleled
growth of the United States has only be-
gun, as he says at present the incr,ase of
industry, energy and wealth goes Oh un-
abated. Our next census in June will
probably show population of over SO
millions, with an aggregate energy of
almost 100, 900 millions of foot tons daily,
and an accumulated wealth of SO, 0O0,-
900, 900, figures never before applicable
to any nation in the world. Such is the
result of Protective tariff, that gives
our great mass of workingmen good
wages and gives prosperity to the whole
country.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-04-11
North Venice.

An auction sale will be held on Wednes-
day the 9th, ON the farm of the late George
Whittemore. After the sale Mrs. White
more will return TO her home in New York,
SO we understand.
Mr.. George Dsrham cut his fOst quite
badly ON Friday last and will probably be
laid up for number of days.
Mr.. Chauncey Rouse, son and daughter,
from Durand visited relatives here the past
two weeks, returning home OH Saturday
last.
Mrs. Joseph Stevens, of Corunna, Is
working for Mr.. John Wreggelsworth.
EDD.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-04-11

If Grover Cleveland is reelected pres
ident of the United States; IL another
Democratic house of representatives is
chosen, and If we can get our Republican
friends out of the other end of the Capt.
tol and get Democrats in place of them,
then we will pass Tariff bill that puts
raw materials all on the free list, and
then we will put our own intelligent and
skillful and productive labor in this coun-
try upon plane Of equality with the la
borers Of all other countries. Roger 9.
Mills at East st. Louis.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-04-11
WOODEN GOODS.

Below is q table showing the average
weekly rate Of wages paid in wooden
factories in the United States (Massa-
chusetts), France (Rheims district), Eng
land yorkshire districD and Germany
(Rhenish districD. 1t is impossible to
doubt the accuracy of this table, as Car
roll ID. Wright is responsible for the
United States figures, ex-Consul Frisbie
for those of France, Robert Gifin for the
English and ex-Consul Du Bots for those
of Germany:
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-04-11

Owosso markets are as follows this morn
ing: Red wheat, rs to rs c.; white wheat, ~
to 75c.; oats, 20 to e1c.; ear corn, 2oc.; she'll
ed corn, S0c.; clover seed, $3.50 to $2.9O
timothy seed, s1.25; potatoes, 80 to 35c; eggs,
1oc; butter, new, IA to 10 c.; apples, choice to
extra, 80 to Soc; dried apples, s to &c.;
beans, 81 $1.40.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-04-11
Grating wax.

The usual ingredients of grating wax
are resin, beeswax and tallow. The pro-
portions should be such as to make
composition that will soften enough by
warmth to be easily applied, and yet not
so soft that it will melt and run off from
exposure to the heat of the sun. Some
recipes call for equal parts of the three
ingredients, but as the beeswax is the
most costly proportion of one pound of
wax and one pound of tallow to two
pounds Of resin will make a good COM
position. In some cases strips of muslin
or calico saturated with this composition
are used for wrapping the graft, instead
of applying the wax itself.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-04-11
Smut I'm Oats.

Some interesting details of expert
ments with regard to the damage done
to oats by smut have been sent out by
the Kansas experiment station. The ex-
periments showed clearly (1) that the
parasite is carried with the seed oats; (2)
that the seeds from smutted fields will
produce smutty crop; and (8) that it is
very doubtful whether the disease is ever
occasioned by the use of straw manure
which contains smut. In ordinary cases
1t was found that the disease could be
entirely prevented by soaking the seed
for fifteen minutes in water heated to
l80 dogs. F. A still better plan is to OBJ
tain seed free from smut; when this was
done the crop in every case was also free.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-04-11

Thus we see, according to official au-
thority. wages are 100 per cent. higher
in the wooden and worsted industry in
the United States than in any of the Eu-
ropean countries. No one claims that
the duty on wool and woolens combined
is 100 per cent. The manufacturers
would rather pay S12 week than So a
week. So long as they are adequately
protected they can pay $12 week. Re-
duce the duty and wages must be reduced
proportionately. Abolish the duty and
wages must ultimately sink to the Eu-
ropean standard or the industries mi
CRATE to European countries.
woRsTED GOODS.
Relative actual cost of labor in WOOL
en- mill Of 221 hands in Providence and
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-04-11

Total weekly pay roll. $l,Si7 % $6S3 10
1923 per cent. in favor Of Providence operatives
Now, 100 per cent. is under. rather
than over, the average difference be-
tween the wage lists of the two coun-
tries. 1t might be worth while for Free
trade laboring Ii,en to paste this table in
their hats and fix this fact in their
memory. 8rr a ur
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-04-11

The most pleasant cent cigar In the city
at the Key West. .l...,.
1t will pay you to buy your watches OF
Pray, the jeweler. Every one found just al
represented
The most pleasant ct. cigar in the city
ut the Key West.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-04-11
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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-04-11
The working Power Of Nations.

In very instructive paper read re.
Gently by Mr.. NJ. Mulhall before the
British association, in session at Bath,
England, it was shown that in every one
of the three principal sources of power
man, horse and steam-the United States
exceeds the leading nations of Europe.
Mr.. Mulhall presented the following
table, showing the aggregate energy of
the principal nations in millions of foot
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-04-11

DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS or
PROGRESSIVE cuLTIvAToRs.

An Improvements In the Rotation Of Crops
Suggested by which No Serious Loss of
Time Occurs While the Land Il Lying
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-04-11

Shiawassee Co. w. G. II. u. will meet Ia
annual convention, in the M. e. church,
Owosso, May 9th and 7th, $780, Gold
Medal Contest" with other exercises will be
held in the Baptist church the evening of
the 9Th. Each Union is entitled to at least
two delegates or one voting delegate for
every four members. Send county dues to
Mrs. T. M. Euler, Bancroft, Mich, before
May LIST. An excellent programme is being
prepared, which will make this our best
convention. Lunch will be served in the
chapel of the church. All persons interest
ed in the work are invited.
Mrs. G. V. WALDRoN, Co. Pres.
MRS. M. MINER, Sec'y.
You can buy your watches cheaper at
Pray's, the jewelers., than at any other
la IL H. GA and
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-04-11
If YOU WANT
firSt-CIaSS Meats f!
FRESH, SALT OR SMOKED,
go to the market of
PETER FOESS
Main Street West, OwossO.
Notice Of Special etin9.

A special meeting of the legal voters of tn,
Union School district of the city OF Owosso, call
cd by the Board OF Directors of said school dis
OF Owosso, In said school district on the l4ti
day OF April, 1890, at o'clock d. m, for the pur
pose OF voting upon the question OF erecting an
trict on lots 8, 8, 2. g. Q, and 10 in block numbe
~ OF A. l.. Williams addition to the city OF owes
80, lately purchased by said district for n schoo
appropriate money therefore, and raising Tn
sum OF four thousand dollars $4,000 for sue
purpose by borrowing the same upon the bond
OF said school district, or otherwise as shall
determined at said meeting.
WIN. M. FITZPATRICK, President
X: V: SMITH Secretary.
Dated April I. 1890. 7Ih sf
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-04-11

Big discount on silver plated ware Z
Prsy's, the jeweler, for 60 days.
The most pleasant cent cigar in the cit
at the Key West.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-04-11

Of q similar mill in Bradford, England,
according to Mr.. Charles Fletcher:
--Providence.@ @Bradford.-
Per W'k Total. Per W'k. Total
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-04-11
DR.. FRUT1.

OF New York, the well known and success.
full Specialist i'm Chronic Diseases and Dis
eases of the Eye and Ear, by request OF
many friends and patients, has decided tC
visit Owosso Thursday, April 10, 80. Con.
sultatiOn and Examination free and conf.
dental in his parlors at the Merell House,
from Q A. NJ. to p. NJ.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-04-11

BYRON.
Julia A. Cargill to Perry Hadsell, part lot Z
block 3, $50.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1890-09-19
Nun Qittle 8erarr.

Ser lanse eriuiini6te &esen lit eu0lid
9efomnen unb 5armer linb Zig nit
8Hii9en beI6dftist.
Ssrr @b. 9roett patbtete Die Sacob
Salabm 5arm BON Srn. 9enrp Salas
bin iiir idbrlid 500.
Die Serren Sobn 8oGersen ir. unb
5ermann aoeller reiiten lebte 8o9e
nad Iebrasfa uln bort ibr Glld Su Der.
iuden. Bir mini ideu ben iun3eu 2eus
ten beiten @rfols.
Serr Senrp sdmibt reiite am sonn
tag ooriser 8ode na6 Se6ulia, Wo.
um Die bOrtisen SO6idule 5u beiuden
Gr sebenft ii6 als Gelesrapbiit aus
bilocn 5u lahen.
Serr SenrD 9bofern uub Die 5rls.
Suiepbinc unb Gusuite 9uffner reiiter
mad 2Ouis no iie bic @intermonate 81
uertueilen beabf6ti9en.
Serr Wartin RiilIer iuurbs porist
@o1e bon ieiuer @attin nit einem bib
ide II ileintn 2fdterdsn bei6enft. g
lit bies bas erite &inb nit benz baa
gbepaar felt 16idbriasr gbe besliidt
iuurpe unb entbiete id ben sliidliden
Gltern meine berjli9ite Gratulation.
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Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1890-09-19

Sn einem cnropdiiaen @e9ielblatte
finben iuir Die folsenben 3eilen, Die au6
bicr in @merifa fir Die Gorreipunbens
ten 10 5iemli9 am 9luse iinb. Mande
2eier seben BON Der auii9t aug, als Oh
Suienounsen, iuelde an Die 8ebaftion
sema6t iuercen, anbern gerionen Dor
oem Druid befannt iuerben f6nnten
Ober au6 mitunter Der ginienber in irs
senb elmer @eiie nambaft semadt iuiirs
ben. 8eibe 9lnnnbmen iino orunos
falid NIB nbiplut unsere6tfertiat.
Gas Der Sfebaftion susebt, bleibt @e.
beimniB Der &ebatiOn uno fein MsenId,
tpirb ben 9famen beg @utors erfahren
iuenu Der Ginienber ieinen geamen ae.
balten iuini6t. Merfen m6ae iidl nlIo
Sober 9as: g8as Der Sebaftion ein.
seianbt tuirb, bfeibt iOiuobl in gesus
auf ben Snbnlt als Den @ntpr ltrenaItes
SeGeimniB Der Sferaftion unb 9aiemanb
befomut Ginii1t bapon, als bas baaiit
bei4dftiste 9ruderperional, iuel6enl
ielbiperitdnblid discretion 3ur 8ilidt
aemaht lit.