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The Irish standard., 1891-07-04
PROBATE NOTICE,
A. D. SMITH,
p aintiH's Attorney.

GTATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Henne-
- pin.-Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate of Smith O'Brien,
deceased.
Letters of Administration the estate of Smith
O'Brien deceased. late of the County of Hen
nepin and State of Minnesota. being granted
to John F. O. Brien and Katie e. O'Brien.
It is ordered, That six months be and the same
is hereby allowed from and after the date of this
order, in which all persons having claims or de-
mands against the said deceased are required to
file the same in the Probate Court of said Coun-
ty. for examination and allowance, or be forever
barred.
1t is further ordered, That the first Monday in
January, 1892, at 10 o'clock a. M. at a general
term Of said Probate Court, to be held at the
Court House in the City of Minneapolis, in said
county. be and the same hereby is appointed as
the time and place when and where the said
Probate Court will examine aud adjust said
claims and demands.
And it is further ordered, That notice of such
hearing be given to all creditors and persons in.
terested in said estate by forthwith publishing
this order once in each week for three successive
weeks in the Irish Standard, a newspaper print
ed and published in said county.
Dated at Minneapolis, this 10Th day of June
1891.
By the court J. r. CORR1GAN.
Judge of Probate.
The Irish standard., 1891-07-04
PROBATE NOTICE.
f OF MINNESOTA. County of Hem

GTATE OF MINNESOTA. County of Henne-
- pin.-Probate Court.
In the matter of proving the alleged last will
and testament of Patrick Condor, deceased.
Whereas. Margaret Condor. of the County of
Hennepin and State of Minnesota, has del1Y-
cred to the Probate Court Of the County of Hen
nepin, an instrument, in writing, purporting to be
the last will and r, testament Of Patrick
Condor, late OF said County deceased, and fled
Herewith her petition to said Probate Court
praying that the said instrument may be proved
and admitted to probate, and that letters tes-
tamentary be granted thereon to said petitioner
It is ordered, that said petition be heard and
the proofs of said alleged will be taken at q
special term of this Court, to be held at the
Court House, in the City of Minneapolis, in
said County, on Monday. the Goth day of July.
1891, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, when all per
SONS interested MAJ appear for or contest the
probate Of it.; and that notice Of such hearing be
given 70 all persons = interested. by publishing
i've weeks prior to said day of hearing, in The
Irish Standard, a newspaper printed and pub
liehed in said County. -
Dated at Minneapolis. this 23d day OF June,
1891.
BY the Court: J.R. CORRIGAN,
Judge of Probate.
The Irish standard., 1891-07-04
4 TELEGRAPHlC BLUNDER.
How 1t Created Havoc in Uncle SaDiS
PncAeti,oOk.

How 1t Created Havoc in Uncle SaDi's
Pocketbook
I have heard ct lots of funny tele
graph mistakes, says an ex-telegraph
operator, in the Chicago Journal, but I
never laughed so heartily as over one in
which whole nilita airy detachment
was concerned. / was holding down
the Summit office in the Sierra Nevada
mountains, and message came to me:
AsHave one hundred gallons Of coffee
ready for u.s. Good heavens! we were
in a quandary. How were we to get one
hundred gallons of coffee in few
hours? Well, all set to work. Every
grain of coffee that was procurable was
obtained and groundup. Every utensil
that could hold coffee was pressed into
service. Pots, pans, teacups, basins,
jugs, were in requisition. The train
came along, and I, proud Of my prompt
ness and ability to execute so large an
order, rushed up to the commanding
officer and said, cheerily: Il have got
your one hundred gallons of coffee all
right, colonel" "Who ordered one
hundred gallons?' replied the colonel,
haughtily ''You did" ''To the deuce!
I only ordered ten gallons. What in
thunder shall I do with one hundred
gallons?" II don't care what you do
with it. You have got to pay for it. -
The colonel swore, and so did l. ''Do
you suppose that we have ground up
every bean there is in the neighbor-
hood just for the fun of the thing?
There is your dispatch-one hundred
gallons" He paid for one hundred gal
Ions, and presented us with it; but it
was a hot discussion while it lasted, but
it was nothing to my chagrin. was
expecting unlimited praise; instead of
that was called blockhead.
The Irish standard., 1891-07-04
They Will Not Cultivate.

It has been found impossible to main
tain beavers in the Philadelphia ZOO.
They would not bear restraint and did
not take kindly to artificial homes. A
constant watch was needed to prevent
the animals escaping from the wire in
closure and cutting down the valuable
trees in the vicinity. Logs were laid
beside the stream in the inclosure and
one family partially constructed a
house. Before it was finished, how
ever, the entire colony died and the at
tempt to cultivate the perverse animal
was given up in disgust.
The Irish standard., 1891-07-04
FOND OF WASHING.
a Raccoon That Could Not Resist an OPP
portunity to Take Bath.

a Raccoon That Could Not Resist an OPP
portunity to Take Bath.
A correspondent sends to the Youths
Companion an account of a pet raccoon,
of s'the variety called the wash bear"
1t belonged to one of the officers Of a
ship in which our correspondent was
sailing, and had passion for rubbing
something between his paws, as q
person would use soap in washing the
hands. One Of our regular sources Of
amusement, she writes, was to place a
bowl of water, with piece of soap
floating in it, in Mr.. 'Coon's neighbor-
hood, and then stand off to await re-
suits, which were never very long in
coming.
AS soon as the coon perceived the
basin he would draw near, peer into
it, discover the soap and almost smile
with delight. Then, squatting on his
hind legs, he would begin to dabble his
fore paws in the water and to rub the
soap between them, SO supremely hap
py that the sight of him was enough to
provoke laughter.
Finally the suds would rise to the
edge of the bowl and seriously incon-
venience him in his work. A pause al
ways ensued while the coon gave the
subject grave consideration. lie had
had enough experience to know that to
proceed further was dangerous.
At last, desire overcoming prudence,
he would scramble upon the basins
edge, trying to find a hold with his
sharp claws on the smooth surface.
Then operations would begin anew,
and soon he would be once more lost in
beatifc enjoyment. But his bliss never
endured very long.
Suddenly there would come loss of
balance and wild efforts to regain it;
then splash, followed by a great COM
motion amid the soapsuds and water,
and, finally, the temperance OF the
coon, white with suds, drenched and
blinded, making for the nearest hiding
place as soon as he could see his way.
After season of retirement, during
which he was evidently endeavoring to
recover his self-respect, he would
emerge and carefully steer clear of
basins Of water with enticing cakes of
soap in them for the rest of the day.
Let twenty-four hours elapse, how
ever, and he would be no more proof
against the temptation than before, the
performance being an oft-repeated one
to the never-failing amusement of the
spectators.
The Irish standard., 1891-07-04
Beats the Record.

A Missouri fishing party one, day re.
Gently succeeded in catching two crop
pies, one oil can, seven bass, three mud
cats, two mountain trout, one pair Grim
.oline, fourteen tin cans, six empty beer
bottles, one overshoe, eight hickory
shad, one goods box, two eels, three
Swapping turtles, two bad colds, two
pair sunburnt hands, two blistered
moses and several other articles besides
an empty jug, supposed to have been
thrown into the lake by the mound
builders. NJ 5s.. i.
The Irish standard., 1891-07-04
PROBATE NOTICE.

g TATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Henne.
- Di1l.--Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate of Nathaniel H.
Pierce, deceased.
Hearing on petition for letters of administra-
ton.
On reading and filing the petition of Eliza M
Pierce Of said County, representing that Ma
thaniel H. Pierce, has lately died interstate. a
resident and inhabitant of the County of Henne
pin and State of Minnesota. leaving goods. chat.
tells and estate within this County, and praying
that administration of his estate be to William
H, Springer. granted:
1t is ordered, that said petition be heard at q
special term of this Court, to be held at the
Court House in the City of Minneapolis, in said
County, on Monday, the Goth day Of July, 1891,
at 10 o'clock in the forenoon; and that notice OF
such hearing be given to all persons interested.
by publishing this order at least once in each
week for three successive weeks prior to said
day of hearing, in the Irish STANDARD, news
paper pr. nted and published in said County.
Dated at Minneapolis, this 25th day of June
1891.
BY the Court: j. R. CORRIGAN,
Judge of Probate.
The Irish standard., 1891-07-04
PROBATE NOTICE.

GTATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Henne-
- pin.-Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate of Mary White
deceased.
On reading and filing the final account OF
John MahOney, administrator OF the estate OF
said deceased, and his petition praying for the
allowance of said account and for decree assign
leg tho residue of said estate to the persons by
;! law entitled to the same:
1t is ordered, that said petition be heard at a
special term of said Court to be held at the
Court House i'll the City of Minneapolis, in said
County. on Monday, the Goth day of July 1891, al
10 o. lock in the forenoon; and that notice OF
such hearing be given to all persons interested
by publishing this order once in each week fol
three successive weeks prior to said day OF
hearing in the Irish Standard newspaper
printed and published in said County.
Dated at Minneapolis, this 25th day of June
1891.
By the Court: j. r. CORRIGAN,
Judge of Probate
GALLAGHER s. KINNANE,
Attorneys for Administrator, 4Ol Guaranty
Loan Building.
The Irish standard., 1891-07-04
Sheriff. Sale Of Real Estate Under Judg
ment and Decree.

GTATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Henne.
y pin. fss. District Court, Fourth Judicial
District.
Oscar J. Ringer and Edward j. Harrington
partners as Ringer y Harrington, Pla ntiffs, va
Napoleon Campbell, Defendant.
Notice is hereby given that under and by virtue
of q Judgment and Decree entered in the above
entitled action on the 26th day of May, 1891, q
certified transcript of which has been delivered
to me, I, the undersigned, Sheriff of said Hen
nepin County, will sell, at public auction, to the
highest bidder for cash, on Monday. the Goth
day of July. 1891, at II O'Clock in the forenoon
at the front door of the Court House in the City
of MINNEAPOLIS, in the said County, the premises
and real estate described in said Judgment and
Decree, to-Wit: All that tract or parcel of land
lying and being in the County of Hennepin and
State of Mimi sota, described as follows to-wit:
The north half of lot eleven Q1) in block twenty.
FIVE Ce5) Minneapolis, according to the plat
thereof On file in the Office of the Register OF
Deeds in and for said Hennepin County.
Dated June Sd, 1891.
PETER p. SWENSON,
Sheriff of Hennepin County.
By a. c. SARDEsON, Deputy.
"A. D. SMITH,
aintiff's Attorney.
The Irish standard., 1891-07-04
English Bath Houses.

The ideal bath houses are in Birming
ham, England, and are from eighty to
one hundred feet long, and from three
to five feet deep. The poor battle for q
penny, or two Of our cents, while the
well-to-do get towels and a dressing
room for twelve cents. These bath
houses develop swimming ella sses, and
from these expert swimmers are made
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-05-15
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

It is SAID that linseed oil, if applied to
the knot on its first appearance, is a
remedy for black knot.
The Rural NeaO Yorker is inclined to
regard the Reitenbach Norway maple as
the best of the purple leaved trees.
The Windsor cherry, one of the dark
colored sort, is in many respects equal to
the Black Tartarian, while excelllng it il
hardness.
Chickens like ripe tomatoes, and will
eat ri pc cucum bers, not green ones, but
they will eat green and ripe grapes. Keep
them out of the vineyard.
One often sees the hint given that
sheep require less care than other stock,
and so are more profitable. On the con-
trary, they should have constant care
and good attention.
The editor of the Dairy World says
''there is no such thing as over produc-
ton in prime article of butter. There
is simply all over-production of lgnor-
ance in the dairying."
Those who grade and pack their fruit
carefully, honestly and tastlly have an
immense advantage over other competi-
tors, all things being equal, in bad as
we'll as in good seasons.
Wick says that white, sweet-scented
violets do well for quite number of ears
planted where they are apt to be bad
places in the sod, and will always thrive
if the grass does not crowd them too
closely.
One of the best safeguards against q
dry season is to use land plaster in the
hills of corn. A very small amount of
plaster will answer. Put it on the hills
after covering the seed. 1t attracts
moisture and is of itself a fertilizer.
Many cellars are damp that could be
drained with drain tile. A spirit level
laid on the cellar window sill aud
sighted, affords an easy method of learn
ing the difference in the slope of the
land where it is desirable to drain the
cellar.
The broadcast seeding of fodder corn
is one Of the agricultural abzurdities that
some farmers persist in following. Fod-
der corn should always be grown in
drills three feet apart and carefully Gull
tivated. Then one can get heavy crop
of good fodder; but broadcast seeding
argues laziness and head that does not
think.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-05-15
SENATOR REAGAN RESIGNS.
He is Appointed a Railroad Commits
sioner of Texas.

Governor Hogg, of Texas, some days ago
rendered the Office Of Chairman of the State
Railroad Commission. created by the last
Legislature, to United States Senator John
Fl. Reagan, and he accepted it. He will Inn
mediately resign from the Senate.
The Governor also appointed Horace Chill
ton, of Tyler, to fill the vacancy in the
United States Senate. Mr.. Chiffon nomi-
mated General Hogg for Governor, at the
State Convention, at San Antonio, last sum-
mer.
A letter dated at Palestine, addressed to
United States Senator Coke, says:
II have been induced to accept a place on
the Texas Railway Commission. [ have
notified Governor Hogg of my resignation
as United States Senator. I have also in
formed the Vice-President Of the United
States. JOHN II. REAGAN"
The retirement of Judge Reagan from the
Senate Is based upon the assumption that he
could not be reelected to his present Office.
His term expires March 3, 1893.
The salary of the Presidency Of the Texas
Railway Commission is $4,000 per annum,
and the term is five years. The duties would
dobtless be congenial to Judge Reagan's
taste. While drafting the Interstate Com
merce law he made speciality of the study
of railway traffic, and has since given good
deal Of time to the subject.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-05-15
REMEDY FOR THE BoRERs.

A cultivator in Southern Missouri
succeeded in repelling the borer from
his young orchard trees by the following
remedy: He found that when lime and
ashes were applied around the trees, if
they were not already too badly injured,
they healed over and the borer left them
To exclude the borers from other trees,
a wash was made of soft soap, ashes, lime
and coal oil, and applied four times in
the year, or twice in spring and twice in
autumn. This remedy appears to have
been effectual, for not a tree has been
lost since using it. Caution is, of course,
necessary, for sharp, fresh wood ashes,
and large amount of coal oil, may each
be too severe remedy for young trees
with tender bark, and especially if ap-
piled to young peach trees for the grub.
In addition to the borer, the remedy
was found to be efficient for excluding
rabbits.-Ne0 York Observer.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-05-15
THE POSSIBILITIES OF THE BEET.

From no one of our root crops can a
more profitable additional use be ex-
pected in the near future than from the
beet. The sweet, juicy substance and
agreeable favor of many of the varieties
have long made it favorite escnlent for
the table and stockmen are now using
the large sorts more and more as cattle
food. When fed with hay or fodder,
the combination is probably as good a
substitute as can be furnished for mich
COWS in lieu of grass. Where hay and
grain have been cheap, raising beets for
stock feeding has not been extensively
their usual food become more valuable,
the use of roots for feeding must become
more common.
But it is as sugar producing plant
that we may expect the most profitable
use will be found for the beet There
are now in Europe hundreds OF beet
sugar factories yielding satisfactory rev.
enues to their owners and paying mill
ions Of dollars to farmers for sugar beets.
In our own country it has been we'll as
certained that there are large areas we'll
adapted to its cultivation, and in Cali
fornia and some of the other States the
manufacture of sugar from the beet has
assumed proportions that are decidedly
encouraging for the future. If in addi-
ton to its successful manufacture aided
by large capital and expensive machin-
cry some fortunate investor shall point
the way to a feasible and cheap method
0f domestic
enthusiastic believers in the possibilities
of the sugar beet will have their hopes
realized.-Neo York World
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-05-15
GIRDLING GRAPEvISEs.

Nearly one hundred and fifty years
ago, one, Colonel Buchatt, of Metz, in
France, was experimenting in girdling
or removing a narrow ring of bark from
the bearing canes of grapevines for the
purpose of its influence on the fruit. By
removing a ring of bark half inch in
width the downward or return flow of
sap, after it has been assimilated by the
leaves, is checked at the point of bark
denuded wood. Buchatt claimed that
his invention or discovery would be of
value in fastening the maturity Of the
fruit as we'll as improve its quality, but
the latter claim has rarely been admitted
by vineyardists in this country or Europe.
This girdling or annular incision of the
vine haze been practiced to limited ex-
tent in this country but far more ex-
tensively in France, and by menkwho
sought to determine It's true value in the
production of grapes for wine-making
and other purposes. After these many
years of waiting we are informed through
a recent issue of the Revue Rorticole that
the subject of so much controversy Is
now finally settled and its advantages
are summarized as follows: a.. 1t pre-
vents the dropping off of the fruit. (2.
1t increases the fertility of the vine,
the size of the berries and punches. 60.
It increases the quantity of the juice in
the fruit, and for wine making purposes
it adds to the saccharine properties of
the must or wort and improves the
quality of the wine. a.. 1t causes the
fruit to ripen earlier and thus changes
second early varieties to the early class.
81. 1t causes the fruit to set earlier and
better, especially on those varieties
which are often unproductive through
excess Of growth.
While we doubt if American cult
vators of the grape have found that
girdling improves the quality of the
fruit, it certainly increases the size of
the berries and bunch, and hastens ma
turity at least two or three week.
american Agriculturist.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-05-15
POTATOES FOR SEED.

Potatoes to be used for seed require no
special preparation. They should, of
course, be sound and in dormant con-
dition when taken out for planting, and
the usual practice Is to cut the tubers
into about four pieces-that is quartered
but some growers divide them even
more, leaving not exceeding two or three
eyes on each piece, dropping three or
four pieces in each hill, or, if cultivated
In rows, drop piece every twelve to fif-
teen inches in the row. busting the
freshly cut tubers with hard wood ashes
or rolling them in plaster will usually
prove beneficial, as it prevents the attacks
of wireworms and adds something in the
way of nourishment to the young plants
american Agr9culturist.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-05-15
THE FARM AND GARDEN.


Every farmer who desires to make his
home attractive and pleasant for himself
and family, should not fail to provide a
home for the martins. They are ALWAYS
cheerful, happy and gay, and their merry
prattle is welcomed by everyone Be
side this, they are said to be good 10
keep away chicken hawks. Make your
boxes now, while you have some idle
time. If you will take the trouble to
dress the lumber and paint the box, you
will be amply repaid for your work, for
every day through the spring and sum-
mer they will remind you of what you
have done for them.-Fdrm and Fires.de.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-05-15
STALWART EDWARDS.
Fought Each Other tor Their Lives
While the Girls Drowned.

AT low tide the water in st. Johns New
Brunswick harbor runs out like a mill race,
and just at Reeds Point pier, where the
steamer Dominion lies, are the swiftest ed
dies.
A boat load of men and girls upset at that
place at o'clock on recent morning, and
two were drowned, the others being rescued
with great difficulty.
The young people had been attending a
dance In Carleton. The gunwale of their
boat struck the bow Of the steamer and in a
moment capsized. Lines were thrown from
the steamer
ropes, and while the girls were clinging to
the stern and crying for help a couple OF
these towards fastened the lines to them
selves and were hoisted up. Two Of the girls
Ethel Allen and Nellie McAllister, were
drowned.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-05-15
CLOVER AS A WEED EXTERMINATOR.

Among its other excellent qualities as
an agricultural plant it is a common ex-
perience among farmers that clover is
one Of the best exterminatoas of weeds.
Air and sunshine are as necessary for the
life of weeds as they are for cultivated
plants, and when growing together, if
one is thrifty enough to outgrow and
overshadow the other, if not disturbed, it
eventually takes possession of the ground.
So when clover is thickly sown on
ground naturally weedy the two yearly
mowings and the shade will prove too
much for nearly all varieties of weeds,
and when the ground is plowed for a
different crop it will not only be en-
riched from the clover, but viii be COM
paratiVely free from weeds. But itmust
not be forgotten that land may be so IN
fertile that clover cannot he grown upon
it without first manurlng it and putting
the soil into suitable condition for re-
ceiving the seed, while a great many
kinds of weeds have the faculty of
growing on very poor land without any
fertilizer whatever .-New Orleans Neao
Delta.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-05-15

sol does not need to be 80 very rich;
just good, common garden dirt, en-
riched With q small amount of thorough
ly-rctt+sl manure. Right here Is q point
wish amateur flower growers would
note and heed. Manure must be old
enough to be thoroughly rotted to give
most satisfactory results
The peas should be furnished with
support As soon as they are two or three
inches high. Wire netting is excellent.
Ii the vines once re; tangled on the
ground it is difficult to straighteu them.
They grow slowly at first, and you will
think they are not going TO amount 20
anything, and that they were started too
early. Have patience. Keep down the
weeds and give them rope" BY and
by your care will be rewarded, and
thousands of blossoms nod you a happy
good morning. Do not allow seed pods
to form if you wish the bloom to be con-
tinuous. 1t is good plan to plant
few for seed by themselves in some cor
ner of the garden, where they may ma
ture early and not injure the looks of the
flower display.
If you make several different paintings
of two weeks between, you will lave a
succession of bloom all summer. But
begin early, or the last planting will
probably give you BIZ: very few blooms.