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The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-03-14
This Horse Cannot Jump.

Sometimes an old horse becomes vicious
in proportion as he outlives his useful
ness, as old men or women do occasion
ally. The aged quadruped develops a
power of jumping that was never sus-
pected of him in his younger days. He
may lie down in the road if you wapt
him to draw a load, he may persistently
stumble and throw you over his head if
you try to ride him, and seem so feeble
that you are so ashamed of yourself you
feel as though you ought to be carrying
him. But turn him out in the field and
the decrepitude disappears as by magic,
especially if neighbor has a fine field
of corn or oats across, the fence. This
animal is living witness to the theory
Of the mind cure people that weakness
and disease exist in the mental state
alone.
} The old rascal will vault over that
'rz7i,vv i..---,-s.=a-vear-old -Ana oarre him.
self on your neighbor's oats til he IS fit
to burst. One old horse like this viii
rim a whole herd of colts and make
them breachy like himself, and they
never get over it.
For the especial trimming in of such
horses, young or old, as show themselves
breGchy the tether in the illustration
has been designed 1t is merely rope
The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-03-14
LIVE STOCK COLUMN.
WHAT THE SHEEP HUSBANDRY OF
THE FUTURE WILL BE.

Important Changes in the Ideas and
Methods of Sheep Raisers in Recent
Years-The Sheep That Pays Must Pro-
duce Both Wool and Mutton.
Sheep raisers are abandoning the ideas
they held in the past, which have so
poorly served during the last five years.
and are gaining in a sound knowledge of
breeding, feeding and marketing prin-
ciples. They are establishing themselves
in wiser business practices, more in
practical harmony with the facts that
must prevail in this country. There is
a disposition to compete, if we must
compete with outsiders, in the most
efficient and effectual manner. There
is a willingness to eliminate the weak
points in our sheep hrsbandry, and work
only for that which has proved itself
substantial. They leave theories and
pursue facts They intend to profit by
the past weaknesses and errors that
formerly deluded them. They have con-
fdence in themselves, in their abilities
and capacities, and in the national in
tegrity and legislation.
If period of unprecedented prosperity
for sheep and wool has not well begun
in this country the writer fails to read
the signs of the times. IF a sheep com
bining mutton and wool in higher de-
gree than has hitherto been recognized
by some of us old fogies cannot be the
basis of a permanent prosperity then the
experience of the last few years has been
a business delusion. Such, however, it
has not been; it has surpassed all reason
able expectations and silenced all oppo-
sition and cant; it has been demonstrated
in financial prosperity at time when a
wool bearing sheep proper has been dis
carded, save under the restricted circum-
stances to which 1t must specially belong.
Circumstances unlocked for and unex
pected have freed the more progressive
sheep raisers from the theories and bond
age Of the past, set up truth and busi.
ness methods that will not fail to secure
prosperity in hard times, and which will
not have to be abandoned in good times.
Sheep raising is as practicable on the
western and southern ranges as in the
grass lands of Virginia and West Virgin
ia, or as on the grain farms Of Kentucky
or Illinois. Itpromises to bea relief to the
western ranchnen and the farmers OF
Ohio It has saved the sheep husbandry
of New York and Massachusetts, as well
as the ranchmen of Texas. 1t has sue
ceeded wherever tried, and where it has
not been tried there have been COM
plants and distress. Rural New
Yorker.
The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-03-14
Not Inv Wheat A1nne.

President McLouth, of the Dakota
Agricultural college, came out lately in
very plain spoken way against the idea
that wheat growing, whatever may be
its present attractions, can ever be a per
nanently successful system of farming.
He says:
No trade or business can thrive which
does not furnish employment more than
ore-quarter OF the working year. The
shoemaker of Lynn or the weaver of
Manchester who is reduced to "half
time" is in a precarious condition. What
ther could we expect of Dakota wheat
farmer who, with his teams, and his tools,
and his lands, is reduced to less than
"half timer There is q law here as in
flexible as gravita ion. There may be
rare exceptions. but they are accidental
and temporary, and only goso prove the
rule, Your farming must be such that
when .youannot plow or Sow or cult
vate or harvest you can be employed
with your stock When your grain. or
your roots, or your hay, or your fruit
cannot grow, your COWS, your sheep and
your swine shall still grow and yield
their increase. This is the philosophy
Of thrift
The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-03-14

follow its lead. Not pig iron alone,
but iron bars, steel rails, stoves,
builders materials, and Others will
cluster about that furnace. aud come
walking out of our mountains obedi
ent to the hand of labor to enrich and
b ess the people of this city and
Territory. Now, iron rides into our
city on the cars at a cost of $40. so
freight alone for each ton. We can
make it here at cost of from SIC to
Sl5 per ton as fi9J.es Published in TIE
DIs2AnCH will show and the margin be-
tween the cost produced here viz: $40
to $15 per ton and the price we now
have to pay for it, S31.50 per ton. is q
direct profit and benefit to the peo-
ple7 of this valley. To appreciate
the advantages enjoyed by the
eastern states over Utah from the
iron furnaces alone, notice the
prices there and here. The last
quotation of pig iron in New York
was $3.50 per ton. In Salt Lake city
3l,50 per ton. For steel rails twenty
years ago, our railroads paid out IN
one year to importers St3 900, ,CO0.0O In
that year. 1870. we imported 45S. 200
tons. Last year, 1890, we impocted
only 900 tons, and manu- @actu- ed at
home 1,O86, 900 tous, worth 100000, 600.
1t makes good deal of difference to
a country whether it pays out for "a
certain article SgS,OOO.0oO a year or
whether it is able to produce doubIe
the amount of the same article for
$50, ,OG0, ,00Q. in It's own county. All the
cost, or neA:ly all, goes to the Ameri-
can working man.
The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-03-14

FINANCIAL staten euts from all over
the country are of SO favorable nature
that it is apparent to the most conser-
vative reckoner that anks should now
loosen up large percentage Of reserve.
and permit business to go on in It's
usual manner. The first banks that
recognize the importance of such an
action and loan their Customers all the
money they can possibly spare will be
gratefully remembered. and doubtless
find many new CUSTOMERS. who will
prefer to do business with the accom-
modating bank rather tl,an one that,
having a large cast rrserge. waits for
Others to establish confidence, and lets
its customers be crowded to the wall.
The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-03-14
Tho World Enriched.

ne facilities of the present day for the
@oduction of everything that viii con-
to The material welfare and comfort
mankind arc almost unlimited ard
"a SJrup of Figs was fret produced
.,c y-or,d was enriched with the only
r-tcct 1axativa known, az it ia the o.lly
4.::edy which Is truly pleasing and re-
t1shing to the taste and prompt oad
..4ctasi 20 cleanse the system gently u
he Spring t.rle or, IN fact, At any ti....
I'D the better it IS known the more ro
u1cr it becomes.
The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-03-14

line or ten feet long One end is tie,
around the horses neck, as shown The
other is drawn between his fore legs and
looped around the surcingle in the man
ner shown. Then it is brought around
outside of one of his forelegs, and again
taken back to his neck, where it is tied
to the other end of the rope The science
of it is that if a horse cannot raise his
head he cannot jump, and the rope is
tied just tight enough to prevent his rails
ing his head higher than the top of his
shoulder; at the same time he can eat
and drink freely
The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-03-14

Say, don't send to the States for
onion seed, and pay big price for un-
reliable seed, but get pure and new
seed of my own raising, which | can
guarantee, as l planted over forty
bushels of selected pure yellow Danver
onions on my seed farm. from which L
raised choice lot of seed, which L
will sell to you at 81 .25 per pound.
Little Gem and other peas at 15
cents per quart, and all other seeds in
proportion. have a large lot of
sugar beet seed that can recommend;
also fine lawn grass seed; and have
tie best cabbage seed, true to name,
at Is cents per ounce; caulifower seed
at 10 cents per package. | have also
the best and earliest potato in the
Territory, viz: Thornburn extra early;
| have reduced the price from to
80 cents per peck; have the greatest
variety of vegetable and flower seed
in Provo. You will find me down in
the basement, opposite the Meeting
House, between the Banks; no con-
nection with next door; therefore, if
you want pure and reliable garden
seeds, come down II steps and get
them from G. 12's,
t-m-11 in the basement.
The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-03-14

The business man who patronizes a
particular paper solely because the
rates are low, does not know how to
invest his money, and will not reap
much benefit from his advertisement.
some things are not worth having as a
present, and the paper that gives it s.
space away usually comes under that
head. The peddler who retails his
goods "for song, and sings it him
self,' is apt to convince the public
that there is a screw loose some
where" No honest business man
expects to sell for nothing. Honest
living prices is the demand in all
trades, and as a rule the business men
who succeed in business are willing
to do as they are done by, asking no
fayors, giving no favols- satisfied with
the old-fashioned basis that business
is business =
The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-03-14

THE number of retail liquor dealers
in the United States, according to the
official returns Of the officers Of the in
ternal revenue for the year ending
May l, 1890, was 1S5 S6S, or one liquor
dealer to every 275 inhabitants, on the
basis of the census of 1880. in New
York the e was l retail dealer in dis
titled liquors to evesy 1J0 inhabitants:
in New Jersey, to 175; in Ohio, l to
29C;'n Pennsylvania and Massachuse t +,
| to 400; in Indiana, l to 325: in Della
ware, to $50; and in California. l to
IS. The average in all the states
which have general license laws Is 1
dram shop to 25O inhabitants. In
Maine there is l letail dealer in dis
titled liquors to every 75O inhabitants;
in Vermont, to $40; in Iowa, to $40
and in Kansas. to 500.
The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-03-14


BISHOP LEONARD may be bishop,
so far as the Office is concerned, but he
is a liar just as hard. On Monday
night he told st. Louis Republican
reporter of his experience in Utah. and
among other things told this damnable
falsehood:
The Mormons are poor, ignorant and
obstinate. They are Il hard class to
deal with, harder still 10 convince by
argument. You may terrify them in
to hiding their shortcomings. but un-
til they are educated they cannot be
made to realize their guilt.
When bishops come to Utah to
reform the Mormons they ought at
least to tell the truth about them.
The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-03-14
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The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-03-14

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The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-03-14
Bal1ard.s Snow L;nimens.

This invaluable remedy is that ought to be ii
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Neuraigia, Sprain,, Cuts, Bruises, Burns, Frosted
Feet and Ears, Sore Throat and Sore Chest. If you
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of the disease. 1t will cure Stiff Joints and con-
trscted muscles after all other remedies have failed
Those who have been cripples for years have used
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crutches and been able to walk as well ever. Il
will cure yon Price 5oes-ks
The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-03-14
MOUNTAIN DIVISION.
PASSENGER TRAINs LEAvE

m, and 400 p. M, leaving Prove al
salt Lake for Ogden at $40 a. M. and
G. F. RESSEGUIE, Gen. Manager
ASS. Ag't.. Salt Lake City.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-09-02

Last night Mr.. Harry Liudley and hi.
company appeared in Barley Campbelfs
ever popular plsy "The Galley Slave" II
i. strong plsy, full Of strong situations
Mr. Lindley IS Mr.. Fits brought down the
crowded hous by his splendid acting and
humor. All the ladies did we'll.
Little Maze Page came out between two
Of the acts and sgain won the highest praise
and Iond applause. She sang most charm
ugly Ju.ian Holmes latest song, ''Jack's
Little Sister Kate qai,e pretty little
ballad. This pretty httle girl undoubtedly
has great future before her
After the play WAS over, Mr.. Lindley Al
a man who thought he could do his wife
work, M,s. Paige 40 bis wife, Mrs. Indie,
IS Joey. and the rest OF the company 81
customers, made everyone present laugh
until tuey cried in the lltlle farce ''Lindley'
Grocery" Joey was inimitable and wa:
most cleverly acted by Mrs Lindley.
Misses Msthes, Desmond AID Paige are
also very clever young actresses. The
male paris in the play were all well taken
Little Ethel LIndley made most cunning
little child and won all the Ia lies hearts BY
| ler sweet WAYS.
1t is rarely tba. Augusta sees its hall Al
Gro ded as was Meonisu last night. still
!! rsrer is the universal satisfaction expressed
| by tie sntra audience. Mr.. Liodley is Z
| success. He appears tonight in the popu
| lar society drama, "Divorce," ladiel
play particularly but of great interest tt
| men as well.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-09-02
soho.,t:om aood VIII Farm

10 ,ha reviaw If the month Of August
Rev Mir. Hipcsiey says IN ths Record
.Anyus. il considered tine dry month fol-
aar.r.l hsoevoleYea, and sometimes li.tlt
rIis 1bich help to fill benevolent Hessurie'
Hry 10 ard disappear fntireiy N dog-dsys
I, has M, pesn 60 10 thi4 case, ho Sever, snd
le.t 90 should have tocs-ion 10 fear such
va. the case, W. are ia receipt Of cheering
letters assuring US OF more nearly aho
earnest efforts when summer vacations Ar,
over
Ths farerm.txrc5s hich led to the en-
gag. meat If the ma.ron for the new col
lege which is 10 be opened AZ GOOD WIZ
Farm On Tuasdsy, are ioid in September
Record, and 1t makes very pretty HIKE
story. The Record is issued monthly Al
tit, cents year, contains eishi p'gea SEC
you ought TO have Il
A name his not been decided upon fol
the new cottage. Golden Rule has beer
suggested; s3me name VII De decided
npnn on the tsy OF the opening aud iedlca
ton.
The new barn has been flashed, but &
cut ola i. needed to give Effect to the pre-
misses Il will cast thirty dollars or there
,honts snd a friend OF the Institution say
if some one will give the cupoia he VIII
furnish rice vane
The sale Of The booklets before Spoken
OF. giving a concise history Of the GOOD
VIII Enterprise, still goes %, aod ever,
IN nth somt thing is realized from 1t.
One day in the past mouth lady gave
Mr. Hinckley $40 bill. rs thank on iins
f.r a great blessiug Witch she had rece'ssd
A case in which various cuiioNtes may
he displayed is one of The needs At Goot
Will. Among the things which have beer
received and have to be stored away for ms
present are some fossils from BIZ CarmaI
cedar cones from Mt. Leblsnc, etc.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-09-02
socol GNoiicrs.
sUrssIoR COUNT. SEPTEMBER
TENN.
Hon. o @. Han Prssidins'

W. S. CHoArE, CLERK.
T. CARlEroS, county attorney.
q. T. SrkvESs, thsrif.
f. L. SMALL, ftenogrsphef.
yu.spAr, Sept. lss.-rhs September
term Of the Superior Court convened at 10
o'elo. today, AID was cpsned with prayer
by Il v. Mr.. Grifi Of Augusta.
TIE forenoon vas occapied With the i'm
n.ns,i,s and charge Of The grand lary, Inn.
p.n.l,rs the trssefse jGry ard the call OF
the i ,cxet. xr.r,
Tns rr.nd jary is rs follow: William
Rr.nn. We.t Gardiner; Geo. d. Chamber
lain C,.rdi1er; AT. CDesley. MI. Vernon !;
Tno,. s. Csurch, Hsliowell; Wellman
Chris. Augusta; Daniel Gordon. Winthrop;
Gideon c. Hainss, Oakland, fore
mar; II. 7. Hanson. WAterviiie /;
W. Hedskins, Fayette; Cofnelius A.
merrill. Windsor; Joseph s. Nesmsn,
Ausu.t.; J. Frank Perkins. Vassalboro
is. X Piummer, NJ ,nmeu.h; Geo.
Kob.rs, Caiaa; Melville Smith, Augusta
s.ma.l Marrsn, WAtersiile; Eisin foik,
Abb u joseph Young, CaeiseA.
The I losing are those drawn and re-
| t.in-d As traverse jurors: John Il Bailey,
Winsies James II. Besne. Sidney; W. +.
Basel, Ausu,t,; joseph Buszell, Benton ;
john z Cater, Farming dale; w ). Chase.
h.lss.;R B. Cookson, Wateryille, (d'd
| not rapoID; 4. Il. Doe, Augusta;
Geo,ys A Farnhxn, Belgrade, foreman
Rlordse F Foster, Rome; Chas. A. Hun,
Hallo~en, Excused c. c. Hunt. Angus
To; Chss. A. Norcross, Litchaeld; ID T.
Palmer, Gardiner, (excussd); o. j. Pel.'
tier, waterville. (excused); Andrew II
Rics, O.ilsna. Excused; Frank d. Rob
ert,, Wsyne; A. 8. Woodcock, Clinton:
Court came III again at o'clock and was
engaged a short time in bearing the testi'
| ucuy in a matter of allowance from nus
band to his wife, recently divorced. This
matter being disposed Of, court adjourned
uut.l morning ut . O'Clock.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-09-02
Ruuring Out.

Why does seed planted year after veal
10 the same locality run out and have t.
be supplanted by some other variety
or at least by seed brought from some
other locality: 1t would seem that II
ought to BECOME acclimated and estab
ished, doing better and better ev
cry year. Is not the failure tC
do this due to neglect in select
ing the seed? As James Riley, of Thorn
ton, Indiana, says: 1--WE never heal
that good variety of Indian corn has
degenerated, until it has been planted
near other kinds with which it has beer
allowed to mix ;and if the same care were
exercised in selecting the very best ker'
nels Of a well established variety of wheat
for seed and keeping the seed grain sep
ara.e in secure place, we should have
the unbounded satisfaction OF seeing oul
wheat fields produce. not only larger
heads ,plumper kernels and heavier grain
in much greater abundance, but no signs
Of degeneracy would appear. even were
the same kind of grain raised in one
locality, generation after generation
The importance of the proper selection
of seed and the possibilities of improve
ment in this direction are not under
TODD. Here is promising field for i'm
provement Mirror and Farmer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-09-02

1t seems extraordinary, says The Illus
trated American, to observe a number Of
bats in the evening flying back and forth
through the trees with remarkable rapid
ity, but without ever coming in contact
with the branches or hurting themselves
Spallanzani. tbs Italian naturalist, placed
a bat in a dark Enclosure, across which
were stretched mum Der OF threads, cross
ing and recrossing each other. The bat
few rapidly back and forth, trying to effect
its escape, but avoided the threads with as
much ease as if they had not been in its
way in the least. Whether this curious
power was the result of a sixth and I'M
known sense was long puzzle to natural
lists. To decide this knotty point, Spal-
lanzani resorted to the cruel expedieut of
binding bat. and found that it still flew
among the threads without being. TO all
Appearances, any more inconvenienced than
II it still had its eyesighs
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-09-02

attacks The rice fields and deyours the
Grain In iunumerable hosts the birds visit
the fields at the time of planting in spring
and then fiy hack north into Pennsylvania,
New York and New England, where they
spend the summer. About the middle OF
August they commence to migrate south
again and swoop down upon the rice fields
once more, Just at the time of harvesting
the crop.
One of the largest rice growers in South
Carolina tells the following:
my plantation records will show that
in the past ten years the rice birds come
punctually on the night of the 2lst OF
August. All night long their chirp can be
heard passing over our summer house. On
the next three nights millions of these
birds make their appearance and settle
down on our rice fields. From that time
until the 25th of September our every effort
is to save the crop. Men, women and boys
are posted with guns and ammunition, one
to every four or five acres, and shoot daily
an average Of about one quart of powder
to gun. This firing commences at the
dawn of day and is kept up until sunset
During the bird season we employ about
100 bird minders on this plantation, who
shoot from three to five kegs of powders OF
twenty five pounds each. Add to this the
cost of shot and caps, and yeu may know
at what nm enormous expense our fight
with the bobolink is kept up.
Between spring and late summer, when
the bobolink is at the north, he displays
none of these ruinous ways of his. He Is
all beauty and music. Sometimes he may
plumber cornfield slightly, but in Penn
sylvania he is not guilty even of that slight
| offense. He is known on the farms of the
north only as bird most snowy in his
| dress of black, white and yellow feathers.
| The song of the bobolink is peculiar,
rapid. iingIing, iudescribabe medley of
| sounds, started first by one bird, quickly
| followed by another and another, until
| the whole flock is engaged in grand
concert. Then, suddenly, without any ap-
| parent reason, they all ut the same instant
stop. The mellow, metallic chink" the
| birds utter has given them name to lmi-
| tate their song-"bob-o-link." When the
birds mate the male appears to lose his
| vocal powers, and is heard to utter only a
sharp, clinking note like that of the female
and the same when they are plundering the
rice fields. Bobolinks only migrate at
night. They winter in the West Indies,
where they get SO fat that the natives have
given them fourth name-butter birds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-09-02

lie Journal Official publishes some read
able statistics relative to the divorces and
separations decreed in France during a
period of twelve months, The divorces
granted after less than one years connubial
happiness amount to 9 per cent. Then
comes tremendous jump to % per cent. in
the case of unions having lasted from one to
five years. The heaviest proportion of all
ia that for the period extending from the
fifth to the tenth year, the number reached
being 10 per cent. After that the figures
drop rapidly. Only % per cent. of couples
seek divorce between their tenth and
twentieth years of union; between twenty
and thirty the proportion is only o per
cent, and finally only one pair in hun
dred seeks to cut the knot after sailing
through life together for over thirty and
under forty years. After more than forty
summers Of welded happiness there Is no
instance Of the French equivalent for "a
decree nisi-" Conjugal infidelity is only
the cause of just one-fifth of the divorces
granted.