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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-03-20

0OOQS.
LILY YOURS,
ing House.,
.ERs FOR YOUR TRADE.
orth or more aid living at distance of
Dam breaks are usually. due to dam
carelessness in construction.
j. S. Piper and Miss Isabella Batman
were joined in matrimonial ties by the
probate judge, last Thursday.
When young man "pops" to the
average girl of this age. (real estate)
deeds speak louder than words.
The attention of alliance men is
called to the notice of o. A. Smith,
business agent for Barton county.
A marriage license was issued last
week to Albert Donnebohn and Miss
Annie Press, both of Ellinwood
E. E Brown, apopular Mo- P. R.
r. man, of Hoisington, now receives
weekly visits from the DEMOCRAT.
Lester Bailey, who at one time did
a grocery business in Great Bend, is
now at Clafn, in the coal business.
Mother Bickerdyke has written to
the Grand Army boys that she will be
with them at Great Bend on April 7th.
w. H. Dodge received telegram
from Florida, last Friday, announcing
the death of his child, few months
old.
There are some fellows abe ut this
town to whom the loss of their reputa-
ton would be streak of mighty good
luck.
When a man is young he thinks to
reform the world; but when he gets
old he is satisfied if he can reform
himself.
Although everything is quiet, and
local politics are unruf1ed. there may
be fun before election day. Go and
register.
A Dakota man named Animation
committed suicide by hanging and the
Jury returned verdict of suspended
animation.
Aaron Ward has been granted an
increase of pension. He now gets ST.
a month for disabilities received while
in the army.
A little sick girl SAID: mamma,
if Heaven is such nice place why dc
you and the doctor try so hard to keet
me away from it?"
A. d. Butler, of Galatia, was doing
business in Great Bend the last of the
week. He says their alliance is
booming right along.
! Mrs. Hahn. Mormon missionary
is announced to deliver lecture al
the Congregational church in this city
this, Thursday evening.
| Have our good people decided or
/ who they want for councilmen and
members of the school board from the
various wards in the city?
| The old, wooden sidewalks on MAR
street, along. some of the best blocks
are about played out, and ought to be
replaced with stone paving.
| For the latest styles in spring
millinery call on Mrs. Wood, Fores
avenue-west of postofice. She Ia.
anything lady may want.
| Woodland lodge, K. of p. has re-
Gently fitted up its rooms in wa,
that makes them now as convenien
les any lodge rooms in the city.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-03-20

COMMERCIAL AVENUE.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-03-20

AND PROPRIETOR.
GREAT BEND, KANSAS
LOCAL SHORT STOPS.
The fellow who has pluck,
Grit energy and vim,
Has little need OF luck;
He never will "get stuck
No flies will rOOst on him.
Go and register.
Register to-day-last day.
A great many ladies registering.
Get horse bills and stock liens at
this office-cheap.
''I'm all broke up" says the New
Years resolution.
A dead beat can usually stand a
loan without supporting himself.
Q Go to Owings Hardware store for
alfalfa seed, raised on Walnut creek.
Sunday school convention in Great
Bend Saturday and Sunday of this
week.
Why is bank cashier like revol
yer? Neither goes off without being
loaded.
When q reader skins over a
magazine he gets the cream of it,
don't he?
Pulling the wool over mans eyes
naturally gives him sheepish ap-
pearance.
Know myself. If you can't get the
requisite information any better way,
run for Office.
The city council adjourned last
Monday night, to meet Monday even>
ing, the 18th.
We understand that John Lille,
west of town. has sold his farm to
Tobias McGill.
Miss Clara Glenn is now trimmer
in the millinery department of the
New York Store.
Wm. Jones has removed his feed
otore to the room formerly occupi d by
Swift's meat shop.
Get yonr trees ready for April 10th.
The governor has fixed that day tor
Kansas Arborday.
The man who has not been goose
hunting the past few weeks has lost a
golden opportunity.
Stock liens. bill of sale, notes, chattel
mortgages, and all justices blanks,
DR. sale at this Office. 80
lin driving storm the clouds do
Got always hold the rains" Thunder,
but that's damp joke!
A man who wants to be awful
funny says that "Women are colthes
observers of their SEX"
The, boys say the, dance Friday
night was not very good in numbers,
but large in enjoyment. -
When you hear a man scolding his
wife in public, just put it down that
be dou't dare do 20 at home.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-01-16
FARM, GARDEN AND
HOUSEHOLD.
Insect Friends In France.

One farmer has frequently drowned
rom two TO three hundred mice In 8
iDgle night. How many are killed by
ats or terrier dogs In not known. In the
United s. ates, II has been claimed that a
at-terrier or fox-terrier dog on farm
-aves one-hundred dollars q year, by de-
stroying mice and other vermin.
In every rural commune In France,
,oards are put up bearing the following
Instructions
"This board is placed under the pro-
iectiOn Of the common sense and honesty
of the public.
Hedgehog. Lives upon mice, snails,
md wire-worms- animals injurious to
agriculture. Don't kill hedgehog.
Toad. Helps agriculture; destroys
twenty to thirty insects hourly. Don.
kill toads.
"Mole. Destroys wire worms, larye,
md insects Injurious to the farmer No
trace of vegetables is ever found In his
stomach; does more good than harm.
Don't kill moles.
"Cock-chafer and its larvg. Deadly
enemy to farmers; lays 10 to 100 eggs.
Kill the cock. chafer.
"Birds. Each department of France
loses yearly many millions OF francs b.,
the Injury done by insects. Birds are the
only enemies capable Of battling with
them vigorously; they arc great helps to
farmers. Children, don't take birds
nests "
II the teachers of American schools
could, with their pupils, spend half day
every week during the summer In collect
ing insects injurious to the farm, they
you'd impart solid and useful instruc-
ton to their pupils, and earn at least par,
II their salaries, together, with lasting
'ervice of their country Agri.
culturist.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-01-16

1t Is mistake to eat quickly. Masti-
cation performed In haste must be i'm
perfect, even with the best Of teeth, and
due admixture of salivary secretion with
the food cannot take place. When a
huge mass Of inadequately crushed mus
cular fibre, Of undivided solid material OF
any description, Is thrown into the
stomach. IL sets as mechanical irri,
tant, and sets up condition In the
mucous membrane lining Of that organ
which greatly impedes, II 1t does not al
together prevent, the process of diges-
ton. When the practice Of eating quick
~ and filling the stomach with unprepar-
ed food Is habtual the digestive organ
Is rendered incapable of performing It's
proper functions. Either q much larger
quantity Of food than would be necessary
under natural conditions Is required, or
the system suffers from lack of nourish
ment. Just as q man may go on for
years with defective teeth, imperfectly
masti csting his food, and wondering why
he suffers from indigestion. no man may
habitnally live under an affection of hur.
rled dinners, and endure the consequent
loss Of health, not knowing why he Is no,
well, or how easily the cause Of his III
ness might be remcdied. Halls Journal
of Hedhh
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-01-16

A gentleman who keeps few hens for profit,
recently carried some fresh laid eggs to "A whole
sale dealer at Faneuil Hall Market, Boston and
received for the same for'y-;hree cents per doz-
m. The aler said to him, "ncxt week | will
pay you forty-Rvc cents, and before Christmas
fifty cents dozen for ali you will bring me
like these" The demand for fresh eggs for
| food alone far exceeds the supply. A, fifty
cents per dozen eggs are as cheap as bcefstcn k
for food Many persons who keep hens Will
probably not hive an egg to sell when the,
reacn NIFTY cents. some one may ASK ''whar
can body do, when the pesky old hens ,top
laying, and the pullets refuse to begin unit
.pfing" Why do as VIM. II. Yoeinan., OF
Columbia, Conn, editor of the Germantown
Telegraph did last winter. He says: "Last
fall made an experiment. worth giving our
readers. Until about Dec. lst was getting
from twenty common hens, only one or two
Eggs day / decided to try Sheridan's Cond-
ion Powder. confess had hut little faith IN
it's value to make hens lay. Commenced feed
ing, and for nine days saw very little effect.
Then the hens began laying, and in three
months laid SjS eggs. Part Of the time the
thermometer was y degrees below zero, and my
hen. were LAYING n dozen eggs day, while ny
neighbors (who did not use the powder) were
getting none. | now, without hesitation, be
lieve it is valuable aid to farmers for egg
production" Well might he believe. for near
!y Y dozen evgs, in three months, from twenty
common hens, with egg worth 30 cents, is
worth having. !. s johnson h Co., % Custom
House Street. Bo ton, Mass. 1.-THE only manu-
faciurers Of Sheridan's Powder, will send post
paid two 20 cent packs Of Shcrdans Powder
and Poultry Guide for 90 cents, live packs for
~. A large IA pound can Of the Powder for
3l.20 and the Guide six cans s., express pre-
paid Testimonials sent free. For 8 cents copy
Of the best Poultry paper sent pos paid. Tn.
paper one year and can of Powder for y 80.
A Chicago pirl whose lover is n lineman re
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-01-16
Against the Potato Rot.

The State Agricultural Experiment
Station of Maine gives the following di.
-ections for guarding against the spread
II the fungus which causes the potato
rot, and which lives over Winter In the
spores contained in the stems, leaves and
ubers:
/. Burn the tops ard leaves In the
fall, after the crop IS gathered, to des-
roy the spores contained In them.
2. Gather all the small potatoes, for
Il allowed to decay 10 the field the spores
in them will start the disease the follow.
Ing Summer.
8. Select seed for planting. II possible.
from fields or localities exempt from the
disease the previous srasun.
4. Rotate the potato crop, as the Win.
ter spores terminate the following
Spring, and finding no food plants must
perish.
8. Burn all decayed potatoes taken
from the cellar or bins, and other potato
refuse do not throw them on the com
post heap, as the spores retain their vi
tally and are spread far and wide with
the manure.
G. The Winter spores do not germi-
nate very early In the Spring. The plant
'ng Of early varieties, that IN ,ture before
he parasite can get start, has been re-
commended
7. II cut seed Ia u.ed, the .urface
should he allowed to dry; for when plsc.
ed 10 the ground the Winter spores would
lind ready entrance through the freshly
cut surface.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-01-16

Charcoal and salt placed where hogs
can get at them freely would often pre-
vent bowel troubles, and have been
known to be effective as cure.
Teach the boys to take apart and put
together farm machinery. They will bet
ter understand how to run 1t when they
are old enough.
Cement and broken glass filed into rat
holes is said to so disgust them when
they try To gnaw the mix ure out of the
way that they are sure TO seek other quar-
ters.
A French chemist says that where the
soil is lacking In nitrogen the green OF
he vegetation has u yellowish hue.
starved vegetation certainly has a pale,
sickly hue.
Handle the calves and colts gently, and
they will be gentle with the owner when
hey grow up. The klekers are those
who have been badly handled.
II land is dry 1t Is suitable for sheep,
whether it is Hat or hilly. Some people
talk of the peculiar suitsbleness of hilly
and for sheep as II there was special
virtue in hill. The hill Is dry that is
ILL Western Rural.
Pigs, like calves, often sufr from
BOWEL complaint, because OF 100 much
old food. Warm their feed, especially
| milk, and 1t will often stop the trouble,
n. in other words. the cause being re-
moved, nature asserts her power and the
| feet ceases.
| A test At the Wisconsin Station show
ed That giving pigs all the wood ashes
hey wanted resulted In double the
strength of bone that was developed by
corn alone, showing that corn lacks the
mineral elements which the ashes sup
piled.
| 1t is the opinion of the great Western
market gardener. J. NJ. Smith Of Green
Bay, that the best place for starting the
business OF market gardening is neal
some growing town. There :. too much
competition In a large city. His maket IL
mainly the lumber aud mining region oil
Lake Superior.
One pound of sulphur is sufficient t.
isnfect large stable, Wrap the sulph
ur in paper moistened with kerosen,
Ill, put 1t in an lion pot or kettle and SCI
DIRE to it, The stable should be tight,
closed, so as to retain the fumes, VIII CT
are composed of sulphurous acid and are
death to most kinds of fungi, bacteri'
and other microbes. OF course, no ami
NAL can live in the stable while the fume'
are in 1t.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-01-16
POETRY.


o Robin, Ragged Robin,
What are you doing here,
Beside the lady lilies
In all their silken gear;
You rustic ysgrant of flower
Pray do you like so fine bower
The roses tlannt above you,
Aud th' gladilus proud
The pinks their velvet shoulders
Turn to you in the crowd;
Unwilling mods the columbine;
Even the blue-b bells are more tne.
o Robin, Ragged Robin
Par happier were your fate
With your own family kindred
Behind the old farm-gate.
With Bouncing Bet and Sweet Basil,
And marigoids and wandering Jill.
An homes, hear, is hiding
Beneath your jacket torn,
And il your love were ropics
They'd never leave you lorn
The daises fair would be your friends,
Where now the pink but condcscends,
As much of dew and sunshine
Would come to bless you there,
And-prsy believe me, robin
The world through, everywhere,
lie always has the least Of grace
Who stands where he is gu, Of place.
Wade Anake.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-01-16
Amateurs and Poultry.

No branch of farming requires more
pain.taking care and acquired skill than
poultry raising Yet this Is the branch of
the farmers business that persons with
the smallest experience think themselves
com'etent TO undertake. They suppose
the, know how to feed chickens, and to
put up hou 'es for them, expecting that
w''h these attentions the fowls wild do
TIT rest. 1t requires long experience to
'o"ru just how to feed fowls. 1t depends
much on their breed, condition and the
season Of the year. II so much skill
were not required poultry keeping would
not he the profits able business 1t is for
those who understand 1t. This Is pre-
clsely the reason why novlces should be-
gin with caution and learn as they In
crease tho business.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-01-16
Dated this 18th day Of Novemb r. 1859.
L. A. FLANDNRs and 1872 othe a
STATE or MAINE.
Piscataqnis. IS.
FAINT ~ Cnnnfx- rn,,,, ie.;,ua,u

Piscataqnis. IS.
Court u County commissioners
December Term. A. ID. 1850
lyon the foregoing petition 1t Is G ,nsiderrd
hy the commissioners at the petitioners are
re pOnsib'e and that they ought to be heal 4,
iouehng the matter set forth In their petition
and ther. f,.I- order. That the County Commits.
sioners OF the Counties of Piscataq Is. PrnOb.
SEQ aud somerset, meet at ibe Merchants
Excbang" hotel $50 cslirf) In Dexter IN the
Cornty Of Pennbscot, on Tuesday, the 20 h day
II M8y. A. ID. 1870, ~ inc O'clcck p. NJ. and
thence proceed to VII " the route m nti0ncd
in said peiiiion; iiImedtn'rly after which virw
= hearing OF the ""rties and witnesses will h.
Ind At some convenient pure IN the vicinity
and such further meas ,es taken in ibr
premises NJ the Commissioners s,nll Judge
prnper- And l. Is further ordered, that rSotire
o. TIE time. place and purpose Of the Commis
soners' meeting aforesaid be .iven 10 ali per
sons and corporations interested. by serviDs
N atfestrd copy Of the petition aud thi. order
neremn. upon the Chairman OF the Board Of
County Commits tOuefs IN each OF tile counties
Y PenobscO' and rOmerset and upon the
Clerks OF The towns OF Dexter IN the county Of
enabscot, Cambridge IN the county Of somer
piscataqu g. aud by posting ~ a tested con es
as aforesaid In three. pnblle p'ares 10 each IT
said towns thirty DAYS ut leasf before tho
tine for such view and also by pub
the Kennelec Journal. public new spaper
printed At Angus,s, IN the county Of Kenms bro
" the primer 10 the ate. The Somerset Ne.
IAN in the county u someisct. The Dexter
Gazette public newspaper print ut nexfer
IN the county VI Peny,so0t, and Iu the ~iseara.
yns Observer. public Newspaper printed At
Dover tn tue county Of Haeitaqnis, thrre
veeks sueoessively IN each, tho tir1t pubiica.
ttOn tn each Of sold uapers to he thirty DAYS
at lAsst before The time Of said view. that IN
PERSONA aud eee!oratiOus intsrested may q.
tcpd and BE- seard II they think nt.
Attest: HENRY B. FLINT, Clerk.
true COPY of tho PDtftfnn nn9 ~ ~ &hsrsc,,
s~s Attest: HENRY B. Il1NT. Clerk.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-01-16
A New Variety Of Potatoes.

Moses II. Hussey of North Berwick
Me-, the noted seed-potato grower and
dealer who introduced the early rose In
1869, and many other popular vsrietles,
was at the Maine State Grange meeting
At Belfast, recently, with sample of hls
new variety Of seed potato, which Is said
to be Of the finest table quality. THE
propagation Of new varieties OF potatoe.
BY those who are qualified for the work
and take pride 10 1t Is really . public
blessing. Every variety started from the
seeds runs out In few years, AMI unless
some one were engaged In propagatins
new varieties We should soon be left with !.
out the seemingly almost indispensable
tuber.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-01-16
Notice Of foreclosure

Whereas Charles W. Thurston, of Pi,,o,, T..
Somerset County, by his nortgape decd d.?;, ~
the eleventh day of May, A. D., 1881 n,'J 20
corded in Somerset Registry Of deed. Vn, 100
page BIS, conveyed to Benjamin r. El.l,i,,yoo'
OF Dexter In renObscnt County. ,.eI1n ,aai
estate described in said mortGs4c ma fnlinws.
"a certain tract OF parcel 81 land sitnnte in
Ripley aforesaid, being the farm on Fnsh II iii
SO called recently OCCUPIED by Cpor1e II
ThurstOn as % h. iDestead and bounded and de-
scrlbed ~ follows: On the North by jaud ~
Samuel Marble: On the East by land of Moses
Giles; Oh tue South by land Of George chad.
bourn and land OF Mrs. Richardson, ard on, the
wesi by land ~ Leroy sevey, consisting INV
acres more or less. Being the s. me prem, sea
recently dee'ed ny Coidel q A. 1lu,siou 10
L'iz" A; Steward. and by the "a d fljza A.
stewart, and by the raid Eliza A. Steward 70
benjamin. F. El"ridge. ana by the said FltlrIoee
10 me ny MS deed OF even cate here f."
ANA whereas the said Eldrltlge On the
wv MY third do of July A. d. 1887 by deed Of
asslsnuient OF nat date. dnIv recorded IL som
.fset Registry OF DeeGs III V.l. 100 page AK
dull ASST ned the sid mortgage and A., hi.
t,gh III TIE real estate therein en- krared 10
me Dexter Saving Bank, a corporation un.,er
Ihs laws OF Maine. estahlsh, at Deg ter FORE
saId and whereas The c0ndit ou OF sind most
gage Is broken u W trerefo G l thu unUer
signed Albert F Bradbury, Treasurer Of s,td
Dexter Savings Bank, duly auth rized acf,,.~
under direction Of The Trustees of s.iJ e.nHS
40 hereby in behalf " said Rank ciy. ,,,t- NJ
ne" and claim n foreclosure of said ran,toaw.
oy reason OF I'll" breach nf condition fhcrs =
Dexter, January 2ud, 1890
ALERT r. BRADBURY. TREAS.
crosby Crosby. Attys. swI
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-01-16

The London Hospital -ays: THE flrsl
fleet of alcohol on the system Is to &C.
celerate the action of the heart, and
raise the temperature of the DO " about
one and a half degrees. 1t is this effect
which makes l.. valuable In cases of faint.
lng or collapse. The secondary effect is,
however, to lower the temperature,
which sometimes falls two or three de
grees below the normal point of 90, and
the warmth OF the body cannot he re.
stored a. quickly as 1t il lost. For thi,
reason druUkards are more likely to SUI
Ter from exposure to cold than temper
Ate people, and the stupor Of alchol Is
apt to pass into the sleep of death"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-01-16

We have received from James Wick, Roch-
ester, N. Y, his Floral Guide, which in beauty
Of appearance and convenience Of arrangement
.urpasses anything in this line which we have
ever had the privilege Of seeing before. 1t is n
pamphlet eight by ten inches i'll size, and with
the covers, which are by no means the least i'm
portant part OF it, contains an even one hundred
pages. Although called a flora guide it IL
devoted 10 vegetables as well, and includes as
full list and description Of both flowers,
vegetables and also small fruits as could be
brought within the compass of book of this
size. In all that the Vicks have undertaken
their aim seems to have been to attain as near
to absolute perfection as possible, and probably
no one ever did so much towards bringing the
cultivation Of flowers to the high standard
which it has now attained as did the head Of
this firm. The firm takes the same pride in
rsisiny choice vegetables as in developing at
tractive varieties OF flowers, and after nsing
their seeds for number of years we are able to
recommend them in the highest terms. We
advise all our readers to send 10 cents for the
Guide (Which can be deducted from first order,)
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-01-16
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DANA'S SARSAPARILLA.
Good Feeding for Young C Its

Aside from pedisreed animals, and fol
draft horses even with them, the value I
young colt is very largely determin ed
~ its Size. This is to great ex'ent tn.
result of good feeding. At fairs this
year we have seen yearling colts which in
size and build looked more like two-yea
dds or thrce-year olds than they ", re.
such animals were almost universally i'd
n red, and IL for sale, which they we've
no., could have found ready purcha' ers
1t handsome figures.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-01-16
Frozen Food.

On very cold days all kinds Of soft
food will quickly freeze and become as
bard ~ stone. The food should he given
IN wooden troughs, and In m0derat.
qeastitles st each meal, 20 that the hen.
yin b fully supplied and no food left
uvee % freeze. 6oft food should be Civ.
= eorIy 70 The morning. 20 a. to serve a.
a. tnvieUratOr. and the water troughs
oAooM y emptaed ct night, 70 avoid Ice.
md elled With warm water In the morn
~. tndsalso q othsr t'meS during the
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-01-16
Road Notice.

To the Honorable Commissioners of the Conn.
ties OF Piscataquis, PenObscot and somerset
IN the State of Maine.
We the undersigned respeetfully rcpreseu,
that conn ON convenience and pccessiiy re-
quir- the locntion of a highway. hcgiuning ~
nr near the pace where the line between The
towns of spngerville in Piscatnquis County,
and Dexter In The County OF fenoOsoot, crosses
the highway leading from Parkman Corner to
Dexter Village: thence westerly by the nost
'easible rouie III the towns Of Dexter ard San.
gervt,e Aforesaid, ana In the town of PART.
an. Pisca'squis County. and the t'wn of
ambridge IN the County OF somerset Ia
point al or NJ ar the residence OF h. N. Aruo In
n" tov OF Cambridge aforesaid. We there
f. u, request You to iocHt" said highway. or
men part II ereo'. ns You IN your jn6g. Inent
'".m common convenience and necessity ne.
luire.
Dated this 12th day of Novemin r, 1853.
+. A. FLANDNRs and 1872 othe.s.