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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-11-24
FAELE OF THE GEESE.

A long rod in bis hand,
Peter drove on n ba.ud
Of geese to market found;
And being pressed for time, he was not overland,
But hunted them and hurried them lest he should
be behind,
And would not lie them stray or struggle DER the
ground.
With rage the birds now gobbled and in furious
manner Kissed,
Till the lad was fairly puzzled and his way to
market missed
A man who CHANGED to pass that way the gander
soon espicd
And then began his neck to stretch as wrathfnlly
20 he cried
Gin the goose language): Look kind sir, how
cruelty we are treated
BY this audacious peasant, who our tempers thus
has heated;
We're geese of noble lineage. our ancestors were
holy,
And in the Roman capitol were worshiped all
and solely.
Karasmin and d Hosier agree on this II nothing
else''
Said the stranger worthy creatures, / do not
doubt your words.
Your manners show me that you are most aristo-
cratic birds"
.sruly and of our ancestors we share the glorious
name,
And strive to live up to the deeds uIat won them
endless fame
"'Tis well. OF your great deeds recount me some,
pray"
"Our ancestors II know that yarn for many
weary day.
They saved great Rome by Kissing; but yourselves,
what have you done?'
"Our ancestors ''Oh, bother themi What
merits have your" "None!'
-
All, IL l chose to listen to the vauntings and the
boast
or geese who don't wear feathers and who are
not good to roast,
What sermons could preach FLUSH, hushl ]
prithee, not word."
Today shines forth the glorious bow of promise
from the Lord
From the Russian Of Krilo6.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-11-24
A Piece of Rnncombe.

George s. Erwin, Texas farmer,
was interviewed by representative of
The st. Louis Republic, in the course of
which he said:
within the last year or two the farm
er has exhibited disposition for inquiry
which has been aggravating to the high
protectionist. He has been going outside
party lines and party doctrines and has
been asking how he is protected when
ne has to pay pretty much every tariff
tax in the list and gets no return. He
has awakened to the fact that while he
pays taxes for the benefit of others on
his plows, his hoes, his nails, his kitchen
utensils and everything else in his house.
he gets no more for his wheat corn,
vegetables, etc.
''This inquisitive disposition forced
Mckinley to put in his bill the ridicu-
lous schedule g. which is named 'agri-
cultural products and provisions 1t is
generally regarded as the biggest piece
of buncombe legislation that this coun-
try has ever been treated to. The farmer
is offered protection on articles which he
wants to export and against which there
is no competition from abroad. He
wants foreign market for his surplus,
and is given such protection that he
must keep that surplus until it rots in
his barns. AS Secretary James G. Blaine
said 50 pointedly, there is not proviso
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-11-24

by providing for the holding of farm.
ers' institutes the legislature Of Ontario
placed in the hands Of the farmers
simple and yet powerful instrument for
the advancement of their interests. The
gathering of the farmers Of district
and the exchanging of views upon farm
topics is of the utmost value. There is
no farmer so intelligent that he cannot
learn something from his neighbors, and
probably no farmer so poorly informed
that he cannot upon some point give his
neighbors valuable advice Moreover.
as The Peterboro Review recently point
ed out, there is gain in giving advice
and information as well as in receiving it.
The farmer is interested in the welfare
of his neighbors, because if section Of
county obtains good reputation for
the production of any article buyers are
attracted to it, prices are good and every
body benefits.
At these meetings the farmers have
also the privilege of hearing addresses
by the professors at the Agricultural col
lege. and are thus kept abreast of the
times in all that relates to the science Of
agriculture. In many places the meet
ings are well attended, but in some the
farmers do not seem to have awakened
to an appreciation Of the great advan-
tages of the system, and we understand
the department of agriculture is taking
means of making them better known.
One plan under consideration is the hold
ing of two or three special institute meet
ings at central points, with addresses to
be delivered by well known agricultur-
ists.-Toronto Globe.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-11-24

Brother farmers of the United States,
we must have control of making the price
of our produce and labor. To hold our
produce for that effect, to make it posi-
BILE for us to make u living, refer you
to the two resolutions formed by the
committee ON resolutions of the conven-
ton held by the L. and l.. U. of Missouri,
Aug. 10, 1890. but neither was adopted.
Brethren, does not the merchant wait
patiently for US to bring our produce to
the city, also pays his price for it. and
you buy goods from him at his own price?
The remedy for this is to do as the
merchant does-have your produce for
sale at all times, make your own price
and wait for the merchant to come and
buy it.
If the merchant is justified in making
his own price are we not justified also
to give Mr.. Merchant to understand that
we as farmers, and only we alone, have
the right to make the price Of our pro-
duce and labor?-Cor. Journal Of Agri-
culture.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-11-24

The chair car porters on the Chicago.
Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad have
been reduced from $3.50 to 81 per day.
The managers Of the road hold that the
porters receive large sums in the way of
tips and can consequently work for low
wages. Here is another added to the il
limitable evidences that wages are not
regulated by the value of the service
given the employer or the product Gre
ated. Where combinations of labor do
not force employers to give the full value
of service rendered the rate of wages is
regulated by what is required for the
worker to live and work. This is what
La Sale calls 1.-The Iron Law of Wages"
j. r. B.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-11-24
COOPERATIVE HOUSEKEEPING.
The Scheme Which Will Be Carried Out
in West Philadelphia.

The Scheme Which Will BE Carried Out
in West Philadelphia.
The wave of cooperative enterprise is
sweeping over west Philadelphia now,
and soon housekeeping may be conduct
ed on the mutual plan. A circular was
prepared by DIR. John Taylor which is
being handed around among the residents
of that neighborhood for signatures, and
as soon as sufficiently large number Of
names are attached the central cooking
house will be established, and servants
in private dwellings will be dismissed.
The following is a copy Of the circular
which is being distributed:
I'VE, the undersigned, having formed
a favorable opinion of the plan of CO.
operative housekeeping, hereby express
our willingness to help form an associa-
ton for that purpose when as many as
ten families or thirty persons will agree
to join it. We also agree to attend all
the meetings necessary to effect an or
ganization of the society"
A number of names have already been
subscribed, and the promoters of the I'M
dertaking are very sanguine of securing
the signatures of large proportion of
the neighboring population. Meetings
are held weekly at the residence of DR..
Taylor, and a permanent organization
has been effected.
The association is in communication
with similar concerns in western cities,
but the Philadelphia system will differ
somewhat from all others now existing.
The idea is not so much to secure cheap
er living as to do away with individual
household work. At first the cook in
charge of the central culinary establish
ment will purchase all provisions neces-
sary, hire the needful help and collect
from each family its proportion of the
expenses. The families will be charged
according to the number of persons each
contains, special prices being made for
babies and very small children. After
the lapse of few weeks the association
will settle upon a regular weekly rate.
Purchasing fuel and provisions in
wholesale quantities, the associatio iwill
buy at a much lower rate than that
charged individuals. Families can
either take their meals at private tables
curtained in booths in the main dining
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-11-24
Hyacinths in Glasses.

Glasses are on sale by bulb dealers.
Select solid, heavy bulbs, preferably Of
the single kinds, which are best for the
purpose and bloom earliest. Fill each
glass with clear water to within one
eighth inch of the bulb when in its
place. Additions to the water for fer
tilizing are not required. Wrap the
glasses in cloth or paper and set in a
cool, dark closet. When the roots are
growing freely place in light window.
Add water as required, but never more
than to come within one-eighth inch of
the bulb.-Exchange.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-11-24
or line in the law which will give the
farmer a market for another bushel Of
wheat or another barrel of pork"
Will Hurt Both.

Mr.. NJ. H. Folger, prominent bust
ness man of Kingston, Ont, said in an
interview printed in The Toronto Globe
on the Mckinley bill:
GAS Canada is the only country send
ing any considerable quantity Of farm
products into American markets the law
has an appearance of international un-
friendliness. This is not the motive Of
the party managers, much less of the
American people. But whether inten-
tionally unfriendly or not, the measure
will injure the interests Of Canada very
much. There can be no doubt about
that. On the other hand, it is not really
intended to confer and will not confer
any benefit upon the American farmer;
my own opinion is that it will do him
material injury. If so there must come
the same result on the other side of the
line that is becoming more and more
apparent here-a strong agitation for
freedom of trade, so that men may carry
on their business unhampered and un-
embarrassed by governmental restric-
tons"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-11-24

In an address before the state labor
conference at Harrisburg, Pa, a few
days since Samuel Gompers said: 81
want now to declare that have no an
tagonism to the Knights Of Labor. |
believe there is grand work for them
10 do in their proper place"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-11-24

Let MS have honest protection to labor.
That is what the workingmen want, that
is what they must get if the present OPP
pressive and needless taxes are not to be
overthrown by revolution. -Philadel-
s!ia Telegraph
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-11-24

Send in your subscriptions, and get
your meiyhbOrs to subscribe.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-09-06
NEST-BON-

that the nest-box is made of, to at
tach a button (C) for holding the box in
position. Nail board extending up
ward from the bottom, five inches wide,
next to the building. The board at the
top where the hinges (DD) are attached,
ls inches wide, and extends 8 inches
down each side of the box. The lid is
is inches square, and the box is -
inches high in front and is inches next
to building. Having finished the box,
all that is necessary is to turn the but
ton at the top, and the box can be
lifted from its support and cleaned,
fresh nest material put in, and you can
walk along the side of your building
and gather the eggs from the outside,
rs these boxes are attached to the build
ing from the outside"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-09-06
Grapes Arter a Wet sm,lnr.

The year 1887 was quite similar in
some localities to the present season,
In the abundant rains through the first
half. In the Report of the University
Of Illinois for that year, Prof. j. j.
Burrill states that the results were the
most marked on grapes. They ceased
TO grow early, during the dry midsum-
ner, and then started again after the
September rains, this month continuing
warm with not enough frost to kill the
leaves and stop the growth. But the
latter half of October had some quite
cold weather, in one instant as low as
i6 degrees, and all the young wood Of
unprotected vines was killed, doing
more damage than is usually done in
winter. Before this time the grapes
had ripened we'll. Should the vines in
future be threatened under similar con-
ditiors, especially those which are part
iy tender, it might be we'll on the ap-
proach of such cold snap to lay down
ths vines. = Country Gentleman.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-09-06
STERiLlTY IN MARES.
Conditions That Tend to Produce 1t
Treatment For.


Treatment For.
One of the very hard questions that
are often asked us is what causes and
what will cure sterility in mares. We
can not answer such questions except
in general way. A writer has recently
gone into the subject very fully, and we
compile the chief points that he makes
for the benefit of our readers. All
practical horse-breeders are impressed
with the fact that proper management
of brood mares undoubtedly influences
their regularity of breeding. High
feeding and the use of stimulating food
will quickly induce sterility. Fat and
plethora of system lead to fatty depos.
its about the ovaries, degenerative pro-
cesses or clogging up the fallopian tubes
with fatty PARTICLES. Likewise the op-
posite condition of reduced vitality from
old age, poverty, over-work or bad feed.
ing is equally as conducive to sterility.
The lesson to be drawn from these
facts is to avoid both the obese and the
impoverished state; keep your brood
mares thin in flesh yet in good heart
and spirits to ensure regular pregnancy
and the production of healthy progeny.
Many animals, from peculiar idiosyn-
cracy of constitution. will accumulate
fat under system of starvation; such
require to be carefully watched. De-
bilitated mares require good feeding
and careful treatment to regain tonicity
Of the generative apparatus. Exercise
Is an absolute necessity to pro-creation.
The idle mare, with no range of pasture,
or one that is housed, is apt soon to be-
come sterile. Many animals will only
breed when regularly worked or placed
under such condition as ensures strong
exercise. Inferior foods are apt to ar
rest the breeding function; if not ac-
tually preventing conception, by their
influence on the generative organs,
they intend to abortion at an early
period of CESSATION. Moldy hay, smut
ty corn fodder, musty grain or corn, or
ergotized grasses, must be carefully
avoided. Making brood mares in win
ter the scavengers of all the rough food
of the farm, considered unsuitable for
other stock, is system thst can not be
too highly deprecated.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-09-06

htoI lOlAlO
trolled by crank near the drivers
seat. Motion is given to the sitting
cage by chain over the sprocket wheel
driving a smaller one on rear shaft,
which has miter wheel gearing in
another miter wheel on the cage shaft
In front of the cage is the share which
lifts the potatoes, soil and all, and
throws them in cage. The rear end
of the latter is carried by a caster. The
cage is conical, and consists of a mum.
ber of open bars or wires secured tc
rings, and has internal Archimedean
screw blades, two of them running
through, and two of them extending
only short distance from the front
The front of the cage has an adjustable
shield, by which the opening may be
made larger or smaller, and which pre-.
vents the contents falling out in front,
while the potatoes, or other roots
thoroughly separated from all soil, are
discharged in a row at the rear, or may
be gathered in a special receptacle. A
side shield prevents loose soil being
thrown over lifted potatoes or standing
rows >,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-09-06
MARRIED The LAWYER.
He Also Adopted tho Client and Escapct
Heavy Verdict.

He Also Adopted tho Client and Escaped
Heavy Verdict.
"How did you come to marry?" The
question was asked by an acquaintance
of prosperous-looking man OF about
forty years of age, who sat near win
dow in the sittingroom at the Girard
yesterday.
WELL" he replied after little hesi-
oation, "I'll tell you. At tho age of
welty-fve my father died Being his
sole heir, my mother having died pre-
viously, found upon my hands roll
Ing mill in the center of the State. l
took full charge of the works, but
hadn't run them six months when lit
tie orphan boy employed there was seri-
ously injured, in fact crippled for life.
He was under the legal age, and besides,
the accident was the result of gross
piece of negligence on the part of my
superintendent.
The child soon obtained friends to
help him. They brought suit and
obtained $4,000 damages. ] had re-
tanned the best counsel that Icould find,
but 1T availed nothing. OF course we
appealed; but the Supreme Court put
their seal of approval upon the finding
of the lower tribunal. One of the par.
ticularly curious things about the mat
ter was that the child was represented
by female lawyer; comparatively
young and very attractive and enter.
tanning.
"Now the entire plant, mortgaged as
1t was, was worth only about $50, 600; so
when the Judgment had been satisfied
and other costs and charges had been
paid, I found myself in very frightened
circumstances.
"Now comes the curious part of the
story. The female lawyer shortly after
the case had been finally settled, adopt
ed the boy. Sharp trick, eh? Well,
mine was sharper. Six months after l
met the lady at reception. / must
confess that her charms completely cap
tured me, and / was not long in discov-
ering that 1 was in love. Certain cir
cumstances which I need not mention
led me to at least hope that my feelings
were reciprocated. L lost no time in
proposing, and, to my infinite delight,
was accepted. We were married about
eighteen months after the trial and you
can rest assured that from the first
was very much attached to our little
adopted son." And he looked into the
faces of his auditors and smiled know
gly.-Philadelphia Press.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-09-06
FARM AND GARDEN.
POTATO DIGGER.
An Australian Device which II Sn
Do the Work.


An Australian Device which Il Said to
Do the Work.
AS we have mentioned before now,
the Victoria Government has offered a
prize of one thousand two hundred and
fifty dollars for improved potato dig
gers. In a recent issue the Australian
Ironmonger illustrates the various
classes of machines entered for this
prize. The Farm Implement News
fnds only one of these implements
which is new or particularly different
from those now in use. A picture of
this will be found herewith, with the
description found in the Ironmonger:
1.-The machine consists essentially of a
rectangular bar-iron frame, the front
portion of which carries the gearing,
drivers seat and draft attachment, the
rear portion carrying the rotary sitting
cone. The driving-wheel axle is jour
nailed in the segmental-shaped front
ends of levers, the rear ends of which
are pivoted to the inside of the frame,
the segments being connected by
chains to pulleys on shaft in front,
which is controlled by hand-lever and
ratchet-wheel with foot catch, thus
enabling the driver to raise or depress
the frame at will.
On the driving axle is loose
sprocket wheel, which may be engaged
at will by a feathered clutch, engage
ment being effected by spiral spring
coiled upon the axle, and disengage-
,ment by shiftin" arrangement con.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-09-06
IMPROVED NEST-gOx.
This Is Certainly Good Device and
Worth Trying.

Mr.. James E. Riddle, Greersville, O.,
sends to Farm and Fireside plan of q
nest-box, which is easily constructed
and very convenient for cleaning out
and collecting the eggs. In describing
it he says: There is no patent on
this nest-box, so 1 will give it to your
readers. 1t can be attached to any
poultry-house by saving hole in the
side of the building large enough to let
the hens go through. The bottom of
the nest-box is one foot square. Nail
two pieces of lath to the side of your
building. one at the bottom to
support the nest, marked (A) in the
illustration, and one at the top
(B) just the thickness of the board
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-09-06

-lD on one side
the offer that's made by the pro-
prietors of DR.. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy. It's $500 reward for an
incurable case of Catarrh, no mat
ter how bad, or of how long stand
ing. They mean what they say /;
they're responsible, and the offer
has been made for years. It's all
on yoew side-you lose your catarrh,
or you're paid $500 for keeping it.
But it's safe for them, too-they
know you'll be cured.
DR.. Sage's Remedy produces per-
feet and permanent cures of Chronic
Catarrh in the Head, as thousands
can testify. "Cold in the Head !"
is cured with a few applications.
Catarrhal Headache is relieved and
cured as if by magic. 1t removes
offensive breath, loss or impairment
of the sense of taste, smell or hear
ing, watering or weak eyes, and
impaired memory, when caused by
the violence of Catarrh, as they all
frequently are. Remedy sold by
druggists, so cents.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-09-06
Harvest Excursions.

On September 9th and 29d, and October
14th, the Chicago q North Western Railway
will sell excursion tickets from Chicago to
principal land points in the Northwest at
the low rate of one fare for the round trip,
and tickets will be good for return at any
time within thirty days from date of sale.
This favorable arrangement affords an ex-
cellent opportunity for personal inspection
of the productive country reached by the
Chicago oS North Western Railway and con-
Meeting lines For full information apply
to Ticket Agents, or address w. A. Thrall,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent c. &
NV. R'y, Chicago, Ill.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-09-06
Home Seekers Excursions

Will leave Chicago and Milwaukee via the
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE q ST. PAUL RAILWAY
for points in Northern Iowa, Minnesota,
South and North Dakota, Gncluding the
Sioux Indian Reservation in South Da-
kota), Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska,
Sept. 9th and 23d and Oct. 18th, 1890. Half
rate Excursion Tickets good for return
passage within 30 days from date of sale.
For further information, circulars show
ing rates of fare, maps, etc, address A. v.
H CARPENTER, General Passenger Agent,
Milwaukee, Wis.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-09-06

EVERY now and then somebody de-
claims against the use of ice in the
1airy, but there Is no one thing in the
iairy that we would more emphatically
recommend, after recommending good
COWS and good feeding and care, than
lca
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-09-06

EVEN If you are tired and dusty the
,orses you have been working all day
nay be more 30. A little rubbing and
brushing will be as refreshing to them
" U bath to you.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-09-06

MY friend, look herel you know how weak
and nervous your wife is, and you know that
Carter's Iro1 Pills will relieve her. Now
why not be fair about it and buy her q bcxl
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-09-06

MORE diseases. are, produced by using
brown and perfumed soaps than by any
thing else. Why run such terrible risks
when you know Dobbins' Electric Soap is
pure and perfect. Dobbins' prevents hands
from chapping.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-09-06
Home-Seekers' Excursions via the Chi
cago, st. Paul & Kansas City R'y.

On Tuesdays, September 0 and % and DC.
tober IA, 1890, agents of the Chicago, st.
Paul and Kansas City Railway will sell
Home Seekers Excursion Tickets to prin-
cpal points in the West, Northwest, South
and Southwest at rate of one fare for the
round trip, tickets good returning thirty
days from date of sale. For full particu'
!ars call on or address agents of the Chicago
St. Paul and Kansas City Railway.