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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-30
Women Farmers ofMaine.

eve came across three women farm
srs the other day, the story of whose
Soino. might interest you. Driven out
nj tbe woods somewhere above East
Noridrewock. for lack OF provisions,
,rs met rood looking woman in wide
trimmed felt hat ami thick boots driy-
;n0 an OK team lnquiriug of her
whore we could obtain n dinner, we
were directed to long low farm house,
a weather-beaten pink in color, stand
guudpr a group of magnificent maple
trses. Here we found two other wo-
men. intelligent looking like the first,
one digging potatoes, the other can
nipg berries i'm a spic and span kitchen,
and apparently on a large scale. We
had stumbled on partnership, the mem
b.rs Of which are all feminine. It
seems that two Of the women are sis
Ter, the Misses f., and that the farm
belonged to their father, who left it to
them i'm somewhat run down and I'M
prftable condition. Unable to sell
except at q sacrifice, they were puzzled
asto their proper line of action until
Mis-, NJ. who had inherited a little
money and earned little more in the
millinery business, tired of the coniine-
ment of indoor life, proposed to 20 in
with them and test the question
whether women could make a farm
pay. They are not fine lady farmers
by means, overlooking things in a
Dresden china sort OF way but spend
much of their time ut such work rs is
not too heavy Tor them in the open air.
They have about two hundred acres, .
part of which is IN pasWrage, and on
the rest they grow potatoes. turuips,
carrots, onions, ca Wages and the crops
of the general farmer. They have an
apple orchard in a fine state of cultiya-
ton and raise quantities of blackber-
res and rlspbcrries and some other
small fruit which they can for the Bos
ton market. They do their own milk
iur. make butter, when the factory is
not running; feed their own pigs ride
the moving machines and the reapers,
and help I'm all the operations of sowing
and harvesting. For the heavier work
they have two farm labOrers, some
time, Iu the busy season three. They
read the ahaq'ie Monthly and are pro-
gre,,ite Yankee women, with ideas
about temperance and dress reform.
IA. mn aII three in excellent health
hayeiol-o,,cn the meaning of head
ache aaI say they like their work and
are able 90 make a very fair living. In
de- Winter they frequently chop wood
with their men.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-30
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
county Omoers.

CONE early and be convinced that
G., G.. Is Co.'s is the best place to
buy your fall and winter dry goods.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-30
. HAM,,
- GRADUATE Or
Bellevue Hospital Medic'I College,
NEW YORK, CITY,

NEW YUM Allls
Ably assisted by a full corps of competent
physicians and surgeons.
Treats. with unparalleled success, all chronic
nervous. skin and blood diseases of every
nature upon the latest scientific principles. He
particularly invites all whose cases have been
neglected. badly treated or pronounced incur
able. Patients who are doing well under the
care of their own physicians need not call on
us. as our province is 10 treat those who can
not find relief otherwise. No money required
of responsible parties 90 commence treatment.
CURING OF PILES GUARANTEED Will
give 81 900 for any case Of failure.
DISEASES OF wOMEN.--We shall continue
AS heretofore. 20 treat with our best c0nsid-
Grafton and skill the diseases peculiar e
women. our operations for 1stula, ruptured
creyix. uteri. rupturod pcricnun ape ioI
structure of the creFical canal. a condition
resulting in stcUNty. have been eiike crafty
ing to both ourselves and our patients.
EPILEPSY. OR FITS positively cured by a
new and neYer-tailiug method.
FREE EXAMINATION OF THE URINE
Each person applying for medical treatment
should send or bring from two 20 Tour ounces
of urine which will receive careful chemical
and microscopical examination.
REMARKABLE CURES perfected in Old
cases which have been neglected 9r uHskil
fully treated. No experiment or natures
Durable cases guaranteed.
Cases ana correspondence strictly conhdcn
tial. and medicine sent 70 amy part Of the
United states. List OF questions free.
Western address
DIR. HAM,
Madison, HIS.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-30
Inhn u. Inncs.

\ rToRNEY AND COUNSELLOR, podgrrllle. Wis.
\ win practice 10 AN the courts 81 this state tx.
cept the Iowa County tProhatel Court
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nocse a Garter.
DENTISTRY

A TroRNFYs And COUNSEL oRs. no8geville
y Wis VIII practice "a an courts In the state.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-30

tvEer sPENslW oHAs v. NcItHoN.
SPEN>LEN Il WcILHON.

\ Point, Wisconsin. Olice In First National
Rsns building. WIN practice In ail state and e :.
Courts 1Yv
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-30

| | UDSON ENCAMPMENT. No. 88. Iu.o.F.;
! | meets the pa aud ith Tuesdays OF eneh
month, fatrinrchs visiting the city ARE invited.
sc. THOMAS AIN. WHITNEY.
scribe. Chief Patriarch
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-30

| JUVENILE TEMPLE. No. 70. J.. o. q. r..
- meets every Tuesday evening at Good Tenn.
plar Hail ALritup ViyfAN q ~
T.. ALLEN, JU., Supt
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-30

n NERAL POINT LODGE. No. 1.F.&A.M.:
VI meets lei and 81 Tuesdays ct cach month
b. 4. PmpEAux H. n. WRfaur
W. NJ. Secretary.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-30

| DIVA CHAPTER, No. &, A. NJ; meets every
second aud fourth Mondays of raoh month";
WM. IREWEEK, II. =. }. A. SpRArtEn. sec.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-30
The Tribune Directoru.
PHYSICIANS.


pHYsIoIAN q SURGEON. Office over Maueer's
Jewery store High Street Residence on Doty
street, north et Wm, Trcweek's Blacksmith shop,
Calls promptly responded 70, day or night 2itf
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-30

1T JOsEpHS BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.
meets eycry sunday afternoon after The
Catholic church
john JEUCK Pres JACOR DRrerv eu goe
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-30
w Ea.tninn. VI. ID.

DHYStCIAN AND SURGEON. in Len.
ahan's block, ny stairs Arst door 70 left Resi-.
der nrsi door west from " y, Church Mineral
Point, Wis
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-30

Nj NERAL POINT COMMANDEkY. No. L.
- Is. u; meets The ~ Thursday each month
g opLNsikf, t. g. WM.li. CuRHY, sec
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-30

( FORGE II LEGATE RELIEF CORPS. NO.
~. Regular meetings the first and third
Friday afternoons of each month Visiting
members always welcome.
Mis-. tHAHLOTrA pRtBEAUx. Pres
ELLA VIVIAN. Secretary.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-30
'"'''NH FNlAhff ~ y.
Taiimnn & Reilly,
IOfIYStCIANS Ann grRGEnNn Dr.I.a... .

| physicians AND SURGEOND Graduates Of
| Bellevue Hospital Medical College, 81 New York
city. Offices in Or. rallman's building, four doors
aoey efullords drug store, High street
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-30
c.. A. r.


~ q. WAsHRURN CAMP. No. rs. Regular
meeting first and third Thursday evenings
ot each month. Visiting brothers always vel
come.
Jos. RANspEN, lst SorR. A. VIVIAN. Capt.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-04

bread, SOU vegetables at the bottom Of
it's cage-is it a wonder that the bird
sickens?
THE hardest of all varieties is the
African gray, but it should never be
fed with soft bread, which agrees we'll
with other parrots. The proper thing
fos this bird is a diet of water, crack
ers, pilot biscuit, hemp, and occasion
ally a piece of mealy apple or a pea
nut.
"There is no whistler to beat the
African gray, and it never screeches,
OF course, this bird comes high, be-
cause it has to come by way of Liver
pool and New York, or round the Horn:
but it is a fine pet, and, as | have said,
a hardy bird. A good African parrot
is not dear at $50 or even S1OO."
What other varieties come here?"
"The Cuban parrot. 1t is a very
beautiful bird, a good talker, and a
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-04

cured the prize, how to treat it prop
crlv. A parrot enthusiast in a recent
article in the San Francisco Chronicle
gives much interesting and valuable
information, which is here reproduced:
81 suppose YOU know that every ship
from the Isthmus lands at least a score
of parrots in San Francisco" said IN
enthusiastic bird-tamer to a reporter
recently.
What becomes of them"
81 believe most of them die within a
month for wantof proper care, and very
few of the rest learn to talk. 1t
wouldn't be an exaggeration to say
that half the population Of San Fran
cisco has tried its hand at parrot-keep-
ing, but a good talking bird is as rare
as ever, and will always command a
high price. OF course, all the parrots
don't come from the Isthmus or the
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-04

body the owner has no use for it. This
variety has another good quality; that
Of fea' l%essness. A Mexican double
yellow head parrot will convince any
cat in about two minutes that distance
lends bosh enchantment and safety to
the :iew. AS to what these birds can
learn. i will only. say that they have
bte, taught to initiate all the animals
in thF basnyard-the rooster, the dog,
the pea hens, the turkeys: They can
lie made TO repeat half b dozen letters
OF the alphabet in succession, spell
words, and, as Ito swearing, they will
pick up 'cuss' words as quick as any
l~0-year-old gamin.. .st.,- ,l,.
"Parrots are reckless feeders: and
that is the cause Of most Of their all
ments. The birds naturally Live on
Seeds and fruit. under conditions which
permit them to have fresh food at all
times and plenty of air and. sunlight,
But 9 pargot IN captivity is kert in 8
state of chronic i~s1it"lj lily by net ard
imp:oEet TODD co5ec, meat, stale
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-04
GRAND JUNCTION, COLO.

s.cond Letter from w. w. p, Reiter,.
and Affirming His Previous statem.~a
About This Remarkable Fruit and A..
cultural Region, Its General Climate -.
Healthfulness-An Invitation to Send ~
Description and Particulars, ana a a..
suggestion for Method of Examipati,.
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. March 10. 1sM
Editor Orange Judd Farmer:
Since writing my letter of Jan 81. ,ro.
Grand Valley. many letters OF inquiry bava
peen sent by our readers to the Grana
Junction Board OF Trade. asking whetbos
the statements therein set forth were rail-
able. Inow wish to roiterate every stateman,
made in my former letter. the main poin,,
being that Grand Junction Valley. Colo
has an all-year-round climate unsurpassos
in the world. that it mas no extremes ~,
heat or cold, no cyclones Or blizzurds, yars
few cloudy days, nearly perpetual sunshina,.
is especially adapted Tor those suffern,
from pulmonary trouble. and for invalidss
OF all classes; is one OF the finest fruit nv
ducing valleys OF the world, and oi,ar,
grand opportunities for invalids with I,
small capital to make. an easy and safa
competence IN raising fruit: that ten acres
OF land set out in fruit will yield more ma,
cash per year than the average 300. anr.
farm OF the Western States. and that, inv Sn'
with less thar one-tenth Of the capital or ~
labor.
In my last I spoke principally Of srui,
raising. Now l wish to call attention to ths
fact that vegetables of all kinds yiaIII
abundantly. and that WIFI the fruit treaa
are growing sufficient vegetables and small
fruits can be raised between the fruit treas
to more thar pay all expenses OF takins
caro- OF an orchard. A large cannery viii
be built in Grand Junction. ready Tor new
summers crop of vegetables. and til,
mountain towns of adjacent mining Sec
tionsfurnish ample markets at good profits
Sweet potatoes of a fine quality grow
%abundantly in the sandy land. and sell
readily in the adjoining towns at from ons
dollar and fifty cents to W dollars ~,
bushel. I think that if the people who con.
template a change would pool together and
send out small committees from among
their number to look over the Advantage
offered by this favored locality. it would
speedily result in turning what 10 now prac.
ticalIy a desert into one Of the most famou,
fruit valleys Of the world. The Grand
Junction Board of Trade have recently
issued a circular that covers nearly all tia
points Of interest here. and their Secretary
will gladly send a free copy to any ons
feeling sufficient interest to write for it.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-04

coast towns where the steamers call.
But enough come from these points at a
low figure to make it we'll worth while
for a man to undertake the business of
training and ~acclimatizing them"
"Some varieties are better than
others, are they not?"
"Yes, but practically any parrot can
be trained to talk if you commence
when the bird is young. There is a
common but foolish notion that it is
only the male birds that talk. AS a
matter Of fact there is no more differ
ence in this respect than in the human
species. The hen parrot can do her
share of talking about as well as a
woman's rights advocate"
do the different kind of parrots re-
quire different food?"
Certainly that is II of the secrets.
Let me describe to you here the kinds
of parrot commonly met with in this
country. OF course you know they are
all imported and acclimatized, the bird
being strictly tropical in its natural
habitat. The Mexican double yellow
head parrots are among the best birds
we get; they have better talking power,
greater sharpness in picking up words
and tricks, and a more pleasing human
like voice than the other varieties.
They are also quick to become attached
to their owners, and to make strangers
feel like strangers, which is one Of the
chief charms of a parrot for the average
man or woman. That's human nature,
: isn't it? Ii a parrot will talk to every
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-04
Persons and Things.

A MAN who recently fell ill in warsaw
begged his doctor to accept an old lottery
ticket in place Of fee, and the doctor did
so. The ticket has inst drawn $780, 900.
j AN instrument has been invented id
Berlin by means of which an exact differ
entail diagnosis of diseases of the lung
will be possible. The inventor is Dr.
Janiczewski.
AT Beloit. Ohio, a tramp jumped from
Lowry moving freight train. seized a goli-|
headed zane that was standing at the d0o
of a residence, cot back on the train and
went his way.
THE belle at a recent dog feasy on aI
Indian reservation in Dakota wore
jacket trimmed with teeth from $50 elks
which she herself had slain. She is th
granddaughter of the chief of the tribe.
The French government proposes 4
celebrated the twentieth anniversary of thl
establishment of the republic on Sept. 4
in an extraordinary style at Paris, BoI
deaux, Lyons and Marseilles.
A CINCINNATI man who has preserved
record of 800 railroad accidents happeninl
in this country in the past year, finds thai
only thirteen out of the lot occurred froj
causes beyond human control.
MRS. SENATOR HAWLEY is one of TIL
noticeable figures IN Washington societ{
because of her pure English ways. She 1
said to lave warmed up, if not thoroughly
converted, her husband to equal suffrage. !
JOHN JACOB As7oR owned 2,7O0 hig1
class dwelling houses, rented at an averag,
of $4,000 a year each. He owned besiial
tenement houses in untold number and N
end of real estate devoted to business uses
THE cigarette freshman is unknown d
the University of the Pacific, San JOSEF
Cal. Students who use tobacco in any
form are expelled if they take up with th0
weed while there.
The famous mountain fortress of AsIrI
garh, which was formerly regarded as one \
the principal d%efenses of central India, |
about to be dismantled. 1t stands on til
summit of an almost inaccessible mounti
ain, and has many interesting historlca
associations.
The statistics of the Partisan prefectu'l
of police show that from 1872 to 1883 TN
number of cases of insanity in the city ha
augmented by one-third. DIR. Paul GAR
nier, the able police physician, attribute
this startling increase to the use Of alcoho
among the working classes. Alcohol, say
DR.. GARNER, is an enemy which we mus
fight increasingly. 1t is from German
that come most of the abominable form
of alcohol which are now doing so much
brutaliZe EurOt g..
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-04

fair whistler. This is a delicate variety
till thoroughly ~acclimated, and is sub
iect to all the rules about a limited
water diet"
"Are there any South American par
rots in the market?"
"They are scarce, but one Of the best
is the Maracaibo. It is almost as beau
tiful as the Cuban variety and about
the same size. One of these birds is
said to have been taught to talk both
in German and English and even to
whistle airs. Most of these go to
England. A Maracaibo parrot is worth
anything from SO to $780, according
to its accomplishments"
what about the redhead p~arrots?"
"There are two varieties usually met
with-one is the Mexican, the other
the Porto Rico. These + very much
alike, with one exception-the feathers
of the Porto Rico bird are tipped with
red on the back and breast, while the
Mexican. variety is a solid green, with
the red patch on the head much larger
and brighter. The Mexican birds are
fairly hardy and have very bright, ex-
pressive eyes. They make splendid
takers and good whistlers. They are
also quick to learn tricks"
"You spoke of double yellow-head
parrots. What does double mean 2"
ooh, there is a single yellow-head in
which the golden area is much smaller.
This variety is not as good a whistler
as the other parrots, but it is the most
docile of all and a rare talker. Once
tanned it will make friends with any
body. Some people think less Of it on
that account, but it is a good bird to
have around where there are children"
Parrot improve rapidly in value ac-
cording to their talking powers, I sup
pose?"
Yes, so much that a good talker is
worth 500, where a tiner-looking bird
that can not talk is only worth $40"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-04
Presence of Mind in a Youns~ter.

A boy living near Nassau City was
out fre-hunting few nights ago, when
he planted his foot on something soil
and slippery, and at once awoke the
warning notes of a rattlesnake. BY
the Pickering glare of his torch he saw
that he had trod upon the reptile, but,
fortunately, had planted his foot on
its neck, just back of the head, and;
though it folded its Shiny coils around
his ankle and struck out with its fangs
with lightning-like rapidity, it was IN
able to turn its head to do mischief.
The lad had presence of mind enough
to keep his foot firmly planted upon its
neck, while with the ak in his hand he
severed the head from the body
Fe1mamdina NeWs.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-04

In one set of circumstances that is
true. In another set OF circumstances
it is radically untrue. The writer says
that after sitting at his desk for eight
hours, a foot-race, a club-swinging
match or any physical labor is a lux
ury, a literal rest from WEAKNESS. OF
course pleasure is the accompaniment
and the product Of work so performed.
He says he has not discovered that
there is much work OF the drudgery
kind that is in itself pleasurable.
Primarily land scripturally) work is
called a curse; yet Newton delighted
in the work which dominated his life
and often made him forget his English
mans dinner. We hear of composers
made ecstatic by their work and obliv-
ious of the ordinary demands of the
body in presence Of their own crea-
tions of enhancing sound; but it is
little to the purpose to point out the
exceptional and abnormal persons who
live in a kind of sweet delirium, which
the big world of toilers can neither feel
nor understand.
It is true that work is often a source
of pleasure, the degree of which de-
ponds upon the workers capacity for
pleasure. This capacity in its turn
depends on ones environment, habit,
and education; but work in the alb
stract-the work that is done on COM
pulsion, which is true Of most. work
is more painful han pleasurable,
However, even dull. plodding and
hopelessly monotonous drudgery be-
come an inspiration and a JOY when
undertaken at the command of love.
No merely selfish JOY ever equa!ed the
! joyo Of that worker who bends his back
under the heaviest burdens OF this
world that the objects OF his love and
solicitude may be the gamers by his
endeavor and sacrifice.
The mere laborer is adespairing or s
stolid slave. The true worker must
have underlying his life some ~clearl,
defined object for which he works
Without it, his energies early becom.
bankrupt, and his struggle bear
about the same relation to work in it.
nobler sense that the spasmodic ant
vain c~lutchings of the drowning MAJ
bear to the strokes OF the bold an.
easy swimmer who disports limsel
for pastime.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-04
THE GREAT
BY s. VI. Foss.

He made a new invention nearly every other
week, $780,.
But something always allied it, and it always
seemed to shirk;
Its functional nc ivity somehow was very weak.
It's whole vitality was low-the blame thlng
wouldn't work.
He made perpetual motion .thinGs-but they
would never move, .
And then he mnde Il big machine for lying
through the sky,
But there was a slight obstructlonln une Piseon-
rod or groove. ~
And the only trouble with it-he could never
make it fly.
And he made marine toboggans for sliding ON
the sea, .
A very pretty compromise of bicycle and boat,
And on the second trial trip, he sald twas MS
idea" ~
The thing would slide tremendously, If he
could make it t1oat.
And he made a panacea that would cure every
The long sought life-eliXir, to the world SO
long denieh;.
looking pill, 49,. m.
And twenty minutes later he laid him down
and died.
-YuwEee Blade.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-04
lire Their Doctor by the Year.

In Tidis. Russia, a club Of 125 families,
just formed, has hired a doctor, M. Ogan.
iants, for $50 a year, who agrees to visit
the families regularly and give them advice
as to how to keep healthy, to tend them il
sick, and besides to give the club occasional
short lectures upon hygiene and physiol.
ogy. Each family pays SO cents per month
for this service, and twenty-five poo fam,
lilies are admitted free. Similar arrange,
ments have been made with the druggist
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-04
Is Work n Pleasure!

r. MAX, writing in
t h Detroit Free
Press, makes some
sensible re marks
touching this sub
iect. He says that
t h S e a m i b |
friends OF the hui
man race who work
'(by way of killing
time) when the i'm
pulse moves them,
are in the habit of
assuring us that no
pleasure equals that
W Ii i h is derived
from work.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-04

In q catalogueo of Mexican meteorites
prepared By NJ. Antonio del Castillo,
II mass is mentioned which was
broken up and fell in widely dispersed
fragments, portions being found in
three places at the angles of a triangle
whose two longer sides We're some
tifty-tive miles aud thirty-five miles.
In one OF these places two plates were
discovered about 80 Yards apart, hay
ing evidently formed n huge plate,
weighing o than eighty tons, which
broke near the ground.