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The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-01-23
FARM NOTES.

The present month is n good time to
provide pure-bred stallion or bull for the
spring and summer season.
good sire for use in breeding the pigs
for 1892 will add frcm % TO 100 pounds
to the weigh: wien iudiciously mated.
II one wishes choice breeding animals,
IF either sex, 1t is we'll TO select early in
the season before other buyers have had
the pick
Some nice young brsod sows, safety
bred, should prove good Investment; as
we'll as some young heifers- provided they
have plenty OF good blood, and are well
cared for.
Judiciou. feeding adds much TO the
value of the growing animal The horse
requires different food for building up
and maintaining strength in all parts,
from that needed by the meat producing
stock.
In dry winter weather, the older farm
stock can sleep under the sky comfortably
If sheltered from the wind. and provided
with generous ration Of carbonaceous
food, once daily, as well as q full measure
Of the nitrogenous.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-01-23

A settled, clear, calm faith makes manly
men. Such men are full of magnetic
power; they command attention; they in
carnate the truth, and so are in themselves
the best of sermons. 1t was said Of a
great preacher: His thought was not in
his hands, but he was in the hands of his
thought" That is the secret of effective
earneslness; the man who is under the
mastery and spell of the truth will bring
others under the same mastery and spell.
David Hume said of John Brown, of Had.
dington: That's the man for me; he
means what he says he speaks as if Jesus
Christ were at his elbow" May every
one of you so speak. "Drummond said
The one hope of science is uiore science.
believe that, but would add this: The
only hope for religion is more religion.
Only as our daily lives are benedictions 70
men can they be doxoloeies to God
H. l.. Hastings.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-01-23
FARM AND HOME.
REAMING o. HON



can't les tell what's come to her, an yet think
it's clear
That snmthins goir' wrong o late-to see her
sttin' there
A-dreamin in the doorway with that look into her
As Of they still was restin on the old'time fields
an. skies.
She's always dreamin dreamin' o the life we left
behind,
The little two-room cottage, where the mornin'-
glories twined;
The roses in the garden, the yellow suniowers
The violeis-but she herself the sweetest Hover o
all.
You see she useteT sit there In the doorway, so
content,
The nnfowers foilerin' the sun, no matter where
he went;
The brown bees sippiH' honey and a.buzziu' roun
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-01-23

praise the British system, the curse of God
will surely rest upon any nation that Sc.
cures its cheapness by sacrificing the lives
of it, tender children. Christian preach
ers can hardly afford to take the prices
made in British factories as the standard
for this nation.
"Cobden prophesied that free trade
would doLble the number of farmers in
England and give her manufacturers the
control of the world But instead it has
driven half the workmen from the farms
the overcrowded cities and has thrown
millions of acres from tillage into pasture.
The United States will soon supply Eng
land with beef, while Australia and South
america will support her h)cks, the main
stay of her farming, and when they go
we shall see famine in MERRY old England
AZ well as in sorry old Ireland
Mr.. Parkhurst says that in applying the
British sys tenn to this country he would
recommend the gradual reduction Of
prices. Prices of what? Not of manufac-
tured goods, for they have already been re-
duced to half the price of the goods we
imported under free trade and further re-
duction means closing our works and re-
duclng wages Ii would be interesting to
know what specific benefits he thinks
would come 10 our workingmcn from hav-
ing their wages brought down to the Eu-
ropean level. The profits of industry and
the rate of interest on capital have already
come down to the minimum, and Wages
are the only great department of business
that admit OF any sweeping reduction.
All this noisy war of protection and tree
trade concentrates in tnis one vital issue
of work and wages. The quibbling about
Jenny yard on cloth is too small to be
considered beside this greater and vital
question. ANY man that will visit the
stores of Milwaukee will find that manu-
factured goods are cheaper than ever be.
fore, as well as improved to marvellous
degree. So visit TO her factories will
show that wages are higher than ever be.
fore in any land in time of peace. The
two great works of the Allis company and
the Illinois S:eel company come In direct
competition with foreign factories, and
free trade would speedily close them 10th.
What this would mean may infer from
the fact that the wages that would thus
oe stopped would in a year amount to a
larger sum than is annually raised 10y the
entire Methodist church of the United
States for all its missionary enterprises
oughout the world Let US hope that
the DAY is far distant when American
wages shall be brought to the standard Of
Europe IF b. NORTON"
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-01-23
Waiting ana Getting

II has been sad that the reas sca so few
people get what they want in this world
Is that they do not want 1t hard enough.
There is profound truth at the bottom OF
this cone IT. Earnest striving and perse
verance are rare qualities A little strug
gle and then II falling ttf faint effort.
and then despair. This Is the usual story
of attempt 10 get any thing, whether II
be physlcal, mental, or splrltual good.
But 10 long Tor thing 50 strongl y that foi
the sake OF its attainment one can conquer
obstacles, live down opposition, ignore
discouragement,an and WORK lersistently and
through Years of trial ard obscur.ty toward
the fuhliment Of hope-ls not this the
record Of all grand achievements and the
history OF all purpuseful hvesp
Many more wish $ might be realized il
people were more willing to pay this price
for them. Any thing worth having in this
world Is dear, ,ncludng experience.
q .nius it's II has been defined as only ur.
limited patience or endless capacItY tor
hard work.
Ii was told OF soma celebrated general
that he never knew when he was defeated
by and by he coul not be defeated A
little of the same spirit infused into ordi-
nary life work would make many Ii dream
possible that now seems TO the wi,t'ul
dreamer ns extravagant as the Cloudiest
castle of Spain. harper's Magazine.
Mrs. Poster: SO you've been refur
nishing your dining-room, eh, Mrs.
Mixum?"
Mrs. Mixum: "To II sutten extent, yes
keepin' up to the time, you know been
pnttin' some ambkias on the mantel-
piece and druggist undah the dining
table"
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-01-23

Practices OF Other Days See Severe to u
Now

The colonial shire officers were much the
same In fanction as those in England, but
;hey had diff rent names and there was .
tendency to increase the number, says
writer in the Chau:auqnan. Still there
was never such II multiplication of officers
AS in the town. The sheriff was the ex-
ecntive officer of the courts, but a separate
office or officers usually received the taxes.
His service met with Cbs'ac still famll-
lar in he west. Here are some
Of the returns made to writs which
had been given to Virginia sheri' , to
serve.
Not executed by reason there is no road
to the place where he lives.
Not executed by reason OF an AK.
Not executed because the de.endant's
horse was faster than mine
The first legislative assembly in
America gathered in Virginia in 1919.
After passing the earliest set of colonial
laws 1t proceeded to try an offender and tc
sentence him.
10 stand fower dayes with his ears
rayled to the pillory and every
of those fower dayes she uli be pubiquely
whipped
The county courts posses ed similar
combination of Judicial, administrative
ard Legislative authority.
The following was the judgment of a
Virginia court:
II hat if Mister Holmes does not quit
worrying Mister Jont, and making hin
curse Ind swear so, ne shall DO sent tS
iail'
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-01-23
THE SILENT BARBER.
He Cost the Customer $5. T0-ktck ed on

He Cost the Customer 20 10 LEX Ell on
tn. 20 Cents.
The barber had cut the hair of the man
in the chair wi hout saying II word and
looked as if he were about to call out,
Next when the man said:
ii take shave"
The barber shaved him in silence, and
when he had flushed the operation the
customer spoke again:
''Seafoam.
For The next five or ten minutes the bar
ber was occuped in applying and remov-
ing the seafoam, and he pre-, erved the
same stony silence.
Now I'll have my whiskers trimmed V
This operation WAS performed. and still
the operator spoke not.
"iuu may curl my mustache.
THIS uas done. but not word passed
the lips ( the N list.
DO you pull teeth" inquired the Gus
toner.
The barber shook his head.
Then the Customer got out of his chair
As he paid bis bill--70 cents--to the man
behind ;hc cigar case he remarked in a
any harher he had ever seen.
"Taik p said he man behind the cigar
case; he talk? He's mute. He lost his
speech when he was boy. lie hasn',
spoke word for six! cen years"
"All I've got to say about it," groaned
the man, has he put his pocketbook back
where it belonged. lis that it III be sixteen
years before make another bet with the
clerk of that hotel around the corner
don't care so mach for the e5 he's beat tne
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-01-23
The squash Borer.

According to Insect Life the most dan
gerous enemy to squash growers, in New
Jersey. is the squash borer. 1t attacks all
varieties, ut tue summer sqlashas, haV-
lrg stout stems. usually mature fruit oe-
tore the borer kills the vine. The Hub
bard squash. general favorite with
growers and eaters, is choice of the
borer, and the da ,Aage done this variety is
very great. The female lays her eggs at
the base of the plant on the under side of
toe stem as it lies on the ground. These
eggs are chestnut brown in color, fat
and disc.Iike, and of quite large size,
From IL to Is days after the egg is de.
posted, the borer matches out and usually
enters the ste&: before travelling an inch
For small pitches, about TIE quickest
and easiest remedy is to rup the stems
near the ground vigorously. This will
destroy the eggs. Kerosene emulsion and
arsenites are also effective, if they can be
sprayed on the stem where the eggs are.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-01-23
successful Farming

Some farmers may or prejudiced to i
certain extent against theoretical farm
ing, but the mos snccassful farmers ar,
those who read the theories advanced by
others and practice for new results when
ever tlcre Is possibility of learning more
In regard to farming. The farm offers a
wide fed for scientific experiments, as
each year demonstrates that great i'm
provements are being made in the breed
ing of stock and the systems of cultiva.
tion.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-01-23

Keep thy heart with all diligence, for
ou. of i. are the issues of life.
One of the uost powerful elements In
every success Is the determination to sue
coed.
Abuse, fault-inding gossip-these never
saved a soul nor made a man better.
Beware of the vicious nan wno proposes
to reform his life on the instalment plan.
The only real courage is that which
come from knowing that we are right.
Rogues are never brave.
Death will be the funera, of all our
evils, aud the resurrection OF all our joys.
Mason.
Every man nath weak side. Ever wise
man knows where IT Is, aud will be sure u
keep double guard there.-Masor.
Future, Thou art "A cruel thief, for thou
dCst rob Us OF what We are and leave IL
pursuing, but never catching thee. DR.
Abbott
Nothing car work me damage excep
myself; tbe harm that | sustain | carry
about with me. and never aui a real sui
!erer but 10y my own fault.-St. Bernard
And man shall be as an hiding-plact
from tho wind, a covert from the tempest
as rivers of water in dry place; as tn,
shadow OF a great rock IN weary land.
Contentment abides with truth. Yo,
will generally suffer for wishing TO ap
pear other than you are, whether II b.
richer or greater or more learned. lh'
mask soon becomes an instrument OF tor
ture.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-01-23

BY having place for each tool or i'm
plement the work will be expedited in the
spring. Put the farm implements away
in good condition, oiing them well, and
where you can reach them without being
compelled to get something else out of the
way to do so
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-01-23

out Of, but say it's n darned shame to
make man waste 70 cents besides when
you We got dead cinch on him."
And he put on his hat and overcoat and
walked out with heavy dragging step
Chicago Trihnne
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-01-23
Profit in Hens.

1t does not take year for the hen 10
give profit. She begins at once and
turns in her product daily, being the only
source FROM which cash i received at this
season The great demand for eggs should
stimulate the poultry interest on the farm
especially as a winter industry.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-01-23
THE HOUSEHOLD
The.-plrits II NatU re-
RICHARD EEAiF .

Oh, Earth Though hast not any wind thu,
blows
Which Is not music every weed of thine,
Pressed rightly, flows In aromatic wine:
And every humble hedgerow flower tnat grows,
And every little brown bird dotn ring,
lias sonnet hing grest-r than Itself and bears
4 living word To every living thing,
Albeit 81 holds the message unawures.
All shapes aud sound have somethln. which II
not
OK them; n spirit broods and the grass,
Vague ont Inc of he ever a~ting thought
Lie IN the melting shadows as they pass;
And touch of IN etc mai prese' ce thrills
he frlnges of the sunset and the hills.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-01-23

w. d. Dwyer, of West Superior has
been appointed member OF the demo
cratic state central committee from the
tenth district
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-01-23
Rotation of Crops.

1t would simplify matters if farmers
in arranging II rotation for crops would
divide them In two classes, the nitroge II
consuming and nitrogen producing crops.
The latter should always be placed first
In the rotation. Nitrogen producing
crops are confined to the !egumes, the
clovers, beans and peas, and, for the pur-
pose of forming western rotations, are
confined to the cloyers. Clover therefore,
should always proceed the nitrogen con
suning crops. ,such AZ corn, wheat oats
and fax
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-01-23

The art of 'eeding is one that should be
studied Not only should the kinds of
food and the proportions for each animal
be understood, but the quantity for each
meal must be considered. There are times
when the farmer may be too economical in
feeding and nj other times too extrava.
gant To feed without waste demands Il
knowledge Of the individual Characters
ties OF each animal
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-01-23

County Supervisory Convention.
of county supervisors is in session here.
Routine wo was done today, which was
followed by banquet tonight.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-01-23
THE DEADLY PARALLEL
shipping Difference Between the business
In 1890 and sol.

The Baltimore Manufacturers Record
contrasts the business conditions of De-
cember, 1890, and December 1891. in the
following parallel statement:
har n.sa thar
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-06-09
AN ELEPHANTS TASTE.

1t Is Very sensItly.e and Equally Fas.
tIdious.
An elephants digestive functions are
very rapii, and the animal, therefore.
requires daily a large amount of fod-
der-six hundred pounds at least. In
itswid state the elephant feeds heart
lily, but wastefully. 1t is careful in
selecting the few forest trees which it
likes for their bark or foliage But it
will tear down branches, and leave
half Of them untouched. 1t will strip
off the bark Fl ON other trees, AMI throw
away large portion.
AS it is nocturha al animal. it selects
its trees by the senses of touch and
smell Its; sense of smell is so delicate
that wild elephant can wind an en-
envy at distance of thousand yards,
and the nerves of its trunk are 50 sem
sitive that the smallest substance can
be discovered and picked up by-its tiny
proboscis.
An elephants palate is very delicate.
and the animal is whimsical in select
ing or rejecting morsels of food, Sir
Samuel w. Baker, in his wild Beasts
anu lHelr ways, uellS an duecuObe
humorously illustrative OF the whims
Of a tame elephant belonging to the
police of Dhubri
This elephant was fed with rice and
plantains The stems Of the plantains
were split and cut into transverse sec
TONS two feet in length. Three quar-
tiers. of a pound of rice were placed
within each tube of plantain stem,
One day while the elephant was being
fed, a lady offered the animal sm all
sweet biscuit 1t was taken in the
trunk and almost Immediately thrown
ON the ground
The mahout or driver, thinking thai
the elephant had behaved rudely, picked
up the biscuit and inserted it in par
eel Of rice with plantaip stem. This
was placed in the elephants mouth
and at the very FIRST crunch IL showeI
its disgust by splitting out the whole
mess The small biscuit had DISCUS. &c
the animal AMI Tor several minutes il
tried by its inserted trunk to rake oul
every atom from it's tongue and throat.
Youths Companion.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-06-09
A PARTY QUARREL.
Pronounced Hostility Between Factions
OF New York Republicans.

Pronounced Hostility Between Factions
OF New York Republicans.
As the time approaches for the New
York state convention which will name
republican delegates to Minneapolis,
the two factions involved are showing
their teeth and breathing forth threat
enings, one against the other. The re-
publican organs that are carrying on
the preliminary warfare assert, with
suspicious vehemence, that there IS no
open rupture such as might impair the
strength of their party within the state,
but prove their insincerity by the grave
charges preferred against the party
wings to which they are respectively
opposed.
The Buffalo Express disclaims all at7
tempts4 at rhetoric or extended argu-
ment when it expresses desire that all
delegates from Erie county and ndja-
cent tterritorys7sh be anti-Platt men.
1t very seriously objects to having
either that famous ringster or Mr.. His
cock chosen as a delegate at large to
that national convention. A very ex-
tensive and respectable element OF the
republican party in the Empire state
cannot reconcile itself to representa-
ton at that great ratification meeting,
called for Mr.. Harrison's especial bene-
fit, by Plattites and trimmcrs- The
paper urges struggle against this pos
sibility and declares that the fight can
be made purely q family affair without
seriously fracturing republican harmo-
ny or endangering republican success
Let the fractional contestants go to q
finish and when the victor Is proclaimed
let the ranks close solidly up as though
" violent bsvak had been u,le.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-06-09
HER RULES.

The Laws Laid Down by a Popular So
ciety Girl
The following rules OF conduct" fell
ont of little woman's pocketbook
the other day, and she allowed me to
copy them. She is belle in the small
city where she lives and has host OF
admirers around her: .#1S
81. don't let man smoke when he
walks or drives with me- II he knows
no better than to do i'll promptly tell
him what think. of it
- l don't let mas take my arm
when he walks with me. If he does,
tell him that l prefer him to give me
his arm.
80. don't go out with man friend
lust because he asks me. I like it bet
ter if he asks another LAZY to go, too
his sister, for instance.
"a. / don't let any man see me
home from church. II he hasn't
pumption enough to take me there and
Sit through the service with me he
may stay away altogether.
IS / don't let man friend give me
presents, unless it is something Of
trifiing cost, like fruit or flowers. And
/ ysgauge man BY his taste in
this respect.
70. j don't encouragogany young man
who is not perfectly polite and agree.
able 10 my mother Whoever calls
upon. me sees great deal of her,.
~. don't allow q caller to stay
| later than ten o'clock. If he does not
l.eo AZ that time politely tell him my
custom, IN y. Recorder,
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-06-09
There Is no wish 70 hurr tlse national

There Is no wish to hurr the national
administration or impair Mr.. Harrison'a
chances In fact, there is pointed
intimation that Mr.. Platt might en-
counter certain conditions which would
induce him to support some other can.
didate. In short the aStute and some
what unscrupulous boss is credited with
wanting delegation that he could de.
liver bodily at the best terms to b.
found in an open market. The Express
wants body of freemen chosen, not
lot Of vassals subject to the beck and
call Of Thomas G. Plat, and to be- -
livered as he may direct.
All this strikes an amused observer
as strange quarrel II it is to be ended
by shaking Of hands and pull all to
gether in the same direction. Plat il
painted black enough to be ignomin
iously kicked out of respectable
party, yet If he can make the greatest
showing of hands in the state conven-
ton then his methods are to prevail.
even to the commission of treason and
the selling out of his delegation. If he
appears with minority and his tools
are very liable to steal the represents
ton, for the Plattites always make tbs
means subservient to the end, New
York republicans are badly put of line.
Detroit Free Press
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-06-09

They enacted a tariff which went too
far on one side even to please their
manufacturing friends, who see tha.
their highest prosperity cannot be Sc
cured by it. They followed the CEN
tralizing policy condemned alike by
the federal constitution aud the COM
mon sense of the country. They at
tempted to enact force bill that woulS
have disgraced first-class despotism.
They passed through their most con-
servativc4 branch in congress q free
coinage bill, the very measure thei
political organs are now so boldly de
nouncing, and would have passed It in
the house il their speaker, by arbi-
trary rule, had not prevented 1t from
coming to vote. They renewed the
foul. corruptions in the pension and
census bureaus, and other rings where
public plumber had been easy, and in
every possible way manifested the
spirit that. had been condemned by the
honest voters Of all parties They re-
fused to give in this and other states
the home rule and civil freedom which
Is the grand ideal Of our institutions,
and proved themselves wholly nnwor-
thy of public trust and confidence
Hence the reaction against them ~
Y. Journal Of Commerce.