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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-29

Great reduct ton of prices on clothing
hats and caps for the next 80 days at
+. L. Pollasky's.
Remember by paying up your sub
scription and one year in advance you
receive the American Farmer 16
page farm paper, free.
a certain husband and wife of the
town who are actively eng aged in bus
mess and whose names for obvious
reasons are withheld, have been, for
several days, engaged in making ex-
tensive arithmetical calculations all
because of a proposition made by the
young lady who for valuable consider
alton presided oyer their home. The
young lady, so she told her employers.
was nearly killed by the loneliness of
her position and the fatigue of trying
to amuse herself after doing the work
necessary for family of two and last
Saturday at breakfast told her employ
er that he must either bring down a
piano or she would have to search for a
place where people were more consider
ate. The idea of buying a $500 piano
in order TO amuse Sl50 girl hadn't
occurred TO him before and didn't strike
him very favorably then and after con
sulting with his better half he decided
to let her search. Any family having a
piano and needing such a girl can easl
ly find one by making due inquiry.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-29

On motion the above claims were al
lowed at footing and Clerk instructed
to issue orders for same.
Trustees, Hall and Brown appear.
Com. on street report that the side
walk on the north side of Superior st.
between Mccullough & Buttons and
and Vermeulens needs repairing.
Also that ditch on the west side Of
Prospect street needs to be cleaned out
and ditch made to head to open ditch
instead of to tile as it stands now.
Also that side walk in front Of Mr..
Wright's on Mechanic street needs re-
pairing.
On motion the report of Com. on
streets was adopted.
Special Com. in regard to paying fire.
men ask for further time and same was
granted by council.
Special Com. in regard to Free Meth
odist camp meeting report progress.
On motion said report was accepted.
Moved and supported that man be
hired by Chief of Fire Department and
to work under his supervision, to clean
Firemen's suits. Motion carried.
On motion the matter of Marshall's
salary was taken from table.
Moved and supported that the Mar
shall be paid S25. per year, be allowed
regular fees for making arrests and 4
per cent for collecting water tax.
Vote by yeas and nays results as fol-
lows.
.Yeas:-Trustees Brown, Young, Hall,
Arnold, Montigel and Hannah.
Nays:-None.
Vote announced and declared carried.
Moved and supported that D. l.. & n.
r. r. Co. be notified to lower sewer
pipe under said R. R. between depot
and race bridge. Motion Carried.
Moved and supported that Trustee
Young be and is hereby instructed to
make level of ditch south of D. L. & n.
r. R. Co.'S. tracks. Motion carried.
Moved and supported that Street
Com. be and are hereby instructed to
look over ditch near AL. Hodgkinson's
and report what is needed at that point.
Motion Carried.
President Hamlin reports that Con-
stable has same power on streets as
does the Marshall, also, that if the
council so desires they can notify the
treasurer to remit the back tax on the
property belonging to Mr.. Dallas which
he bought of Squire Kimble.
Moved and supported that the report
Of president Hamlin be accepted and
that Treasurer be instructed to remit
said tax. Motion carried.
On motion Council adjourned.
+. H. HAMLIN, JAS. G.. KREss,
President. Clerk.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-29

Estate of Mrs. Abba z. Dufrill
deceased. The undersigned have been sp >
pointed by the Judge Of Probate OF saio Coun
~ In esfate. and six months from the fou rth
day of May A. D. 1891. having been allowed oy
said Judge OF Probate TO al persons noiaIne
thsir clalms 10 us for examination and adjust.
ment: Notice L. hereby given, that we VIII
meet on SATURDAY. the 10Th day OF June: i ~
a, IN n clock in the forenoon OF each OF those
dsys. at the once OF C.. J. wiliett In the CITY of
81 Louis IN said county 10 receive examine
and adjust such claims. Da'ed May io'h a. H.
1891. wu...
Henry W. Sandal
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-29

Taking effect Oct. 10, 1880.
Standard Time
TraIns Going South.
Mol, 7:23, a. m. No.3 ASS, p. m
Trains Going North.
No. 2, 1890, m. MOI. 9:35, p. m.
Train No. 2 waits Is minutes for dinner At
Alma.
There is also an additional train service north
of Mt. Pleasant of two passenger trains.
w. II. BENNETT, II. w. ASHLEY.
Gen. Pass. Agent. Gen. Manager.
A. ID. HITCHCOCK. Agent Alma.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-29
& WEST MICHIGAN Ry,

'Every day-Other trains week days only.
$500 a. m. Train from Grand Rapids has Free
Chair to Chicago.
loo p. m. Train from Grand Rapids has Wagner
Buffet Parlor car TO Chicago. Seats soc.
l:;5 p. m. Train from Grand Rapids has Wagner
Palace Sleeping cars 10 Chicago.
sos p. m train from Grand Rapids has Free
Chair car to Manistee.
GEORGE DEHAvENs.
0en'l Pass. Agent
Grand Rapids,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-29
vIEnAoEcoUNCIL.
All Mich. Nav 26th '9l,

Al Mich, May 26th '9l.
Thee nmon Council Of the village
Of Alma In session at council rooms on
above date.
Reconsideration Hamlin, Trus-
tees, Young, Arnold, Montigel and
Hannah.
Absent:-Trustees, Brown and Hall
Minutes of session Of May 10th read
and approved as read.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-13
German
Syrup"

Here is an incident from the South
Mississippi, written in April, 1890,
just after the Grippe had visited that
country. 81 am a farmer, one of
those Lho have to rise early and
work late. At the beginning oflast
Winter I was on a trip to the City
dVicksburg, Miss. where I got well
drenched in a shower of rain. /
went home and was soon after seized
with a dry, hacking cough. This
grew worse every day, until I had
to seek relief. Iconsu1ted DR.. Dixon
who has since died, and he told me
to get a bottle of Boschee's German
Syrup. Meantime my cough grew
worse and worse and then the Grippe
came along and I caught that also
very severely. My condition then
compelled me to do something. /
got two bottles of German Syrup. I
began using them, and before taking
much of the second bottle, | was
entirely clear ofthe Cough that had
hung to me so long, the Grippe, and
all its bad effects. felt tip-top and
have felt that way ever since"
PETER .BRIALs, IT,, Cayuga, Hines
Co., Miss. q
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-13

having SO much as a cat to keep her
company. In summer she has many
visitors from among the transient popula-
ton, for Mattapoisett is a watering place
on Buzzard's Bay. There are some
among the permanent residents who visit
her regularly throughout the year to
supply her with wood and water and to
procure for her such supplies as she
needs. Although she has so many years
to her credit the old lady is wonderfully
vigorous, and with her own hands
plants potatoes, peas and strawberries,
the ground having first been prepared
by somo kind neighbor, and she also has
quite an array of flowers in a garden,
which is her especial care and pride.
When she is obliged to remain indoors
knitting is her occupation. She is an
interesting person to listen to, as she
talks of times when she was a girl. Al
though often urged to leave her lonely
house and move into the village, she
clings to the old home. Mrs. Randall's
husband, long since dead, was a soldier
in the war of 1912, and Congress has re-
Gently voted her a pension of $50 per
month Chicago Post.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-13
FRUIT TREES MUST BE SPRAYED.

Professor Bailey. of Cornell Univer-
sity, says it is no longer optional with
farmers as to whether they spray their!
fruit trees or not as a protection against
the apple and other fruit-tree insects.
They must do it. Spraying for the cod
lin meth should be done just as the bios
SONS fall and the work must be thor!
oughly done. Three times viii be sdf-ii
fcient generally. He recommends this.
mixture for spraying: Six pounds of sui
phate Of copper dissolved in hot water
and seven pounds of sal soda dissolved in.
the same way. When cool mix the two
and allow to settle. This will be enough
to fl d barrel. In applying it is very
important to keep the solution well
stirred, since the application OF too
strong poison to the leaves of the trees
will iDiure them. It should be consid-i
cred the first duty of neighbors to see
that their orchards are properly sprayed,
because it will be of little avail for onet
to do SO and to leave trees a short dis:
lance away untouched, for the insects
will breed there and overrun both,
orchards.-New York Independent.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-13
Feels If in His Bones.

This ia what q medical man says about
pains in the bones: People continually
imagine that their bones are of solid
mineral construction without any feeling
in them. No one who ever had o leg or
an arm cut of Is likely to indulge such q
mistaken notion. Comparatively speak
ing, little pain is felt when the flesh is
being cut through, but when the bone 10
attacked by the saw, oh, myi You see,
IS a matter feet, there are blood vessels
and nerves inside the bones, just as there
are outside. Any one who has purchased
4 beefsteak at the market knows about
che marrow in the bone. It is the same
with other animals than the beef. includ-
inc the human beings. Through the
marrow runs the nerves and blood yes
sells, entering the bones from the flesh
without by little holes, which you can sec
for yourself any time by examining Q
skeleton or part Of one. When the dis
ease called rheumatism, which no physi-
clan understands, affects the nerves with
in the bones, no way has been discovered
for treating it successfully It does not
do to smile when a persons says that ne
feels . thing in his bones.-Nep Orleans
AicayssaS.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-13
The B~ulIfrog's Breathing Skin.

Every one knows the soft, SIN 9th.
moist skin Of the frog. Its skin Is one
81 its most important organs. Indeed,
bur " skin is by no means popularity
credited with the great Importance really
due to it. "Only the skin!" is an ex-
clamation not unfrequently heard, and
wonder is felt very often when death
supervenes after a burn which has injured
but a comparatively small surface of the
body. Our skin is indeed a most i'm
portant structure, and able, in a very
Slight degree, to supplement the action
Of the lungs as well as OF the kidneys.
III the frog it is really an organ of breath
Ing, almost, if not quite, as indispensable
IS the lungs. Neither will suffice with
out the other. A frog may be strangely
choked in two ways. To distend It's
lungs it is compelled to swallow air after
closing its lips upon a mouthful of it.
Thus a frog may be choked by keeping
It's mouth open. Again no breathing
Chat is, no exchange OF certain gases]
can take place except ON a surface which
is moist, therefore tn, a frog NAV
breathe with its skin, that skin must be
moist, and it is kept so by the exception
al ease with which water exudes forth
from the body upon it. In fact Count
smalltalk only made Mrs. Leo Hunter
speak accurately when he misrepresents
her ode as being addressed to the ssper-
spring frog'-for the frog is one of the
most perspiring of all animals. It is SO
to such a degree that one tied where it
cannot escape the scorching rays of q
summers sun will not only die, but soon
become perfectly dried up-as we recol-
Iect discovering when a child, to our
great sorrow and disappointment.-Ne u
York San.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-13
rHE urornr on coNrrpsNcE. y

Most persons who undertake beekeep-.
inc enter upon the work with some mis-
giving. While they do not exactly fear,
the bees, yet there is at first an involun-
tary hanging back, q reluctance TO handle
hees more than is absolutely necessary.
Beginners should wear not only Q veil,
but also gloves; many noyices who see
old beekeepers handle with bare hands
try 10 initiate thsn-Iike to appear pro-
fessional-to go among the bees with .
reckless-air. Some of the most SUGGEST
full beekeepers have said that before the
first year had passed they had almost de-
cided that there was something about
them that antagonized the bees, and tnas
thev could dop nothing with them An
aoouaintance declared, In the fall OF the
6rst wear. ssTve had enough OF bees.
They win not accept me. 10 il useless 60
fell me that bees do not sting. Iney
don't do anything else with me But
he decided 70 struggle through another
year, for, ID spite Of many ssings, nc had
! good crop Of honey. Before the Sc
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-13
HORNS MUST GO.

Horns on domestic cattle no longer
serve any useful purpose, and to n
who views beauty only in usefulness they
are not even beautiful. Western farmers
are now using a machine for dehorning
mature animals. II is done so quickly
and neatly that there is no longer any.
objection from cruelty in the process OF
gettins rid of horns. The loss from
maintaining useless horns is not confined
20 the i1jury they do to stock, though
that is often serious. There is always
great dsnger too and often loss of life OF
attendants from vicious animals. and
especially from bulls. Stoke Pogis III.
was probably the most valuable pro!
genitor of Jersey blood, but becoming
vicious he was fattened and sold for beefs'
before his value was fully known. Had
he been dehorned this valuable strain OF
Jersey blood would not be nearly SO.
scarce and dear as it is, and the improve.
ment to American Jersey stock from q.
few more years of service from Stoke!
Pigos III. can scarcely be estimated.
The dehorning process has now BEEN
practised long enough to show that loss
Of horns does not injuriously affect ami,
mails either for fattening or dairy pur-.
noses. nor does it lessen the valuable
characteristics transmitted to their
progeny by dehorned bulls. IL Is likely
indeed that as horns are bred of cattle
nav be bred free from the vicious pro-,
-anensities that the constant ussof horns,
must stamp upon character, and thus
transmit TO future Observation-Disclosures
Cuti0ator.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-13
Indian Songs in the Phenograpb.

The first paper read at the second day
OF the fall meeting of the National
Academy of Arts and Sciences was on
the use OF the photograph in the study
OF the languages of the American Indians
by Professor ]. Walter Fawkes. He said
that a phonetic means of studying the
language of the Indians and some means
of making a record Of what is said with
accuracy is much desired. The phono-
graph is such a means, not perhaps,
wholly perfect as yet, but still it serves
the purpose. Indian songs, prayers.
ceremonies, rituals and speeches by this
wonderful instrument are recorded. With
the encroachments of whites it is quite
certain that in q short time these would
be lost were it not for the phongrapn.
Professor Fawkes then illustrated what
he had said with a phonograph, showing
che preservation of the songs, ETC., of
various Indian tribes. The first was the
Song of the Passamaquoddies, on making
war or the Mohawks. This song was
sung by an old man whose veracity could
not be Questioned. The song of the
corn dance was the next. This was sung
BY the Zunis upon bringing the corn from
the fields and presenting it to the squaws.
The next was the war cry of the Pueblos,
who, though they were never a very war
like people, formerly had a war cry. A
rain song was then reproduced, then a
sacred song used in defeating u house,
which was very hard to get, because the
Indians feared the ~phonograph, thinking
It was bewitched, and its manipulation
they considered a wizard. For all that,
the talking instrument reproduced 1t with
wonderful accuracy and distinctness.-
Boston Tyaceler.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-13
RICHNESS FROM TEE WOODS.

While it scarcely pays to haul rotten
wood to the fields for manure, as the fer
hhzing matter to be obtained in that
way would scarcely pay for the trouble,
and the matter would most likely be full
of insects, of which every farmer has
enough already, still a considerable
quantity of good manure can sometimes
be gathered from a piece of woods that
is too rough for cultivation. This may
be done by hunting out hooks where
leaves and twigs have been ~decaying for
years until there are accommodations sew
eral inches deep of decomposed vege-
table matter. This does no appreciable
good in the woods and is valuable fer
tilizer in the ields.-Nncs-a- Week.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-13
CARE OF THE STRAWBERRY BED.

When it can be avoided it is not usu-,
ally best to begin the cultivation until
after the strawberry plants are done fruit.
ing. If any weeds make their appear,
ance, and especially of the large coarse.
growing varieties, the most economical
plan is to pull these up by hand. If the,
plants were properly mulched late in theII
fall or early winter this should be left on!
uutil after fruiting. These ought to be-
removed and thorough cultivation be-
given, destroying the weeds as thorough
" as possible and working the soil in q,
good filth. This will give the plants q,
good opportunity to make a thrifty
growth. This is essential if good crop is
desired next year. The more thoroughly
the work is done the better will be the;
result.-NeW York World.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-13
Barnum's "Brick Man"

AS an illustration of one of Barnum's
ingenious methods of attracting atten-
ton to his museum may be mentioned
the incident of the "brick man." One
day a man applied for aims to Barnum,
who was sitting in the ticket Office. To
the inquiry as to why he did not go to
work, the mendicant replied that he
would gladly do so at a dollar a day, if
he could find employment. Barnum gave
him twenty-five cents to get his break
fast, and told him to return and he
would give him a dollar and a half a
day and easy work. When the man re-
turned, Barnum gave him five bricks,
and told him to place one in front of the
museum, another on the corner of Vesey
street, a third at the corner Of Fulton
on the St. Paul's Church side-and the
fourth on the east corner Of Fulton. Re-
turning then to the museum, he was to
take up the first brick and replace it
with the fifth, and then continue his
rounds, putting down n brick and
taking up the other each time. He was
enjoined to answer no questions, aud to
seem not to hear, and that at the end of
each hree-quarters of an hour he was
to pass into the museum, look around at
~curiosities for fifteen minutes, and then
resume his rounds with the brick. Bar
mum says that the man played his part to
perfection, and his eccentric conduct
caused a great crowd to gather about
the museum. Many of these, of course,
went into the museum to seek some ex-
PLANTATION as to the purpose of the
ssbrick man." This was kept up for
several days, until the police requested
his withdrawal, because such crowds
finger ed about the museum that traffic
was interrupted.-.Harper's Weekly.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-13


ond year closed he remarked that bees
were as harmless as flies. What had
brought about this changea He had
reached the coincidence point" and the
bees knew it., and recognized him as
master. He had become so familiar with
the work, so much interested in it, that
he forgot self, forgot to jump, to jerk
his hand away when a bee started to eK-
plore the back of his hand. Therefore,
let every beginner faint not, but keep up
courage and keep at the bees. Without
knowing when the change takes place,
ne may reach the stage of perfect conf
dence, and will make light of the stings
implanted in his own faltering hand
american Agricuhurist.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-13
THE FOOT OF A HORSE.

The foot of horse is one of the most
ingenious and unexampled pieces of
mechanism in animal structure. The
roof contains a series of vertical and thin
lamine of horn, amounting to about 500,
and forming a complete lining to it. In
this are fitted as many lamine belonging
TIC the coffin bone, while both sets are
elastic and adherent. The edge of a
quire of paper, inserted leaf by leaf into
another, will convey a sufficient idea of
the arrangement. Thus, the weight of
the animal is supported by as many elias
tic springs as there are lamin@ in all the
feet, amounting to about 1000, distrib-
uted in the most secure manner, since
every spring is acted on in an oblique
directlon.-Farm and Nresids.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-13

II NeUUy U0TNcvs
all the ills and ailments that only
female flesh is heir to. 1t rests with
you whether you carry it OF lay it
down. You can cure the disorders
and arrangements that prey upon
your sex with DR.. Pierce's Favor
tie Prescription. It's a legitimate
medicine, carefully compounded by
an experienced physician, and
adapted to woman's delicate organ
ization.
For all organic displacements aud
weaknesses, accompanied by weak
back, bearing-down sensations, and
for all uterine diseases, it's a posi-
tive specific. It's guaranteed to
give satisfaction, in every case.
If it doesn't, you've only to ask
for your money and it's cheerfully
refunded. If it does, you'll want
to ask for nothing more. It's
the cheapest medicine you can use,
because you only pay for the good
you get. It improves digestion,
enriches the blood, invigorates
the system, and produces refresh"
ing sleep.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-13
rApM AND a RDEN NOTES.

FARM AND 81 RDEN NOTES.
A stylish horse needs a stylish driver.
Pullets become hens after they moult.
Oats, when ground, are best for hens.
Fresh horse manure is excellent in a
hotbed.
Hens that lay well are neither hungry
nor fat.
Give every one Of your animals a warm,
dry bed.
A safe rule is to keep a hen as long as
she is profitable.
Apply n where the roots of the
crop can reach it.
Almost any of the larger breeds are the
best for the table.
Hens with scabby legs should not be
set, as it is catching.
Red Jacket is the name given to a new
variety Of g~ooseberry.
Oats and wheat are better food for
laying hens than ccrn.
Don't kill the toads, they are too valu-
able as insect-destroyers.
Kiln-dried sand will keep Roxbury
russets perfect for a year.
An open shed will be found beneficial
at all seasons of the year.
It is hard to market poor goods, and
there is no money in them.
When you set out timber trees, see
that they are well mulched.
Sow all hardy ANIMALS as soon as the
soil is warm and dry enough.
As the weat1 1r becomes warmer be
careful not to crowd the fowls. O
Farming has become a race and a hot
race, too; competition has made it SO.
The cities get the benefit Of more than
nine-tenths Of all the farmers produce.
Try to arrange the poultry yards SO
that the chickens can have the morning
sun.
Phlox drummondi varieties, as a rule,
come true to name when raised from
seed.
Many Of the ailments in the poultry
yard arise either from cold or indiges-
tion.
Sow peas, lettuce, radishes, etc.,
every ten days OF two weeks for success
sion.
Remember that the watermelon re-
quires more space tharge,oes the musk
melon.
IF n how has not q natural love for the
farm he will not stay on it, nor should he
be forced TO.
Supplying plenty Of broken crockery-
ware win often keep the hens from pull
ing feathers.
Turkeys will thrive better il they can
have the run of good pastures on we'll
drained soil.
Mark all eggs when set with the date,
20 that if eggs : laid to them they can
be taken out.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-13
THE A q AMI GARDEN.
FERTILIZER FOR oN1ors.

The special onion manure is the best
fertilizer for this crop, as it contains
every element of plant growth required.
Union growers commonly use super
phosphate of lime or fine bone dust, but
the best results in all artificial fertilizing
are secured by the use of a complete
manure. When stable manure lie used it
should be old and decayed.. The arti-
fetal fertilizer will tend to drive off the
onion fly if it is scattered about the
plants at the time this insect begins its
depledations. -New FORK Times.