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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-01-20
FOUR PER CENT INTEREST
That "New Years Service" at the Congre-
gational Church.

That "New Years Service" at the Congre-
gational Church.
Mr.. EDITOR: Some time ago you asked
me what thought of the New Years SER
vice at the Congregational church. Since
then my time has been so fully taken up l
have been unable to reply. The service
taken as whole think was very good and
enjoyed by all present.
Mr.. Shattuck, the first speaker, Is nice
looking young man and made fine appear
ance. He has the happy faculty of impress
ing his hearersc with the fact that all he
says Is strictly true. This no doubt comes
somewhat from his many years experience
in the sewing machine business.
Mr.. Duff. the next speaker, is personal
friend Of mine. man whom 1 highly esteem
on account of his manly qualities and
sterling worth. We often trust the same
dead-beats and in many other ways extend
to each other the little cOurtesies OF life and
like to hear him sing. but Its sol
emn fact he can't preach tor sour
apples. While listening to him the
other night this little jingle came to my
mind and for fear it may get away from me
and thus be lost to pOsterity, mean to fre
it off right here. 1t runs thus:
"a boy stood on the burning deck"
The captain in a hun
Says, 'little boy what is your name:''
Says he, my name tits Dun"
That boy grew into man
And led our choir for years,
And very often when he sang
He moved us all to tears.
Things moved along about the same
Till he to preach aspired,
When the people rose up in their might
And he was quickly fred.
As soon as Mr.. Parkill, the last speaker,
began, think 1t was apparent to all that q
great mistake had been made In the con-
struction Of the new church, In making the
platform so small. Mr.. Parkill ran round
considerable, but 1t was evident to the
audience that IL the stage had been larger
he could easily have gotten oyer more
ground i'm tl,e discussion of the subject Now
Mr.. Editor. IL isn't to be expected that a
man who is thoroughly posted on his sub
ject can do justice to himself on a i6 foot
platform, and then, Mr.. Editor, Mr.. Parkill
being young and somewhat difident was
placed at q disadvantage. He will doubtless
improve as he natures.
Now MIR. Editor, lest you may think am
prompted by motives OF jealousy will state
right here that such is not the case. as was
also invited to ''preach" the same night, but
owing to the pressing demands made upon
me as the sole purveyor In the city of
Owosso for the celebrated 'Git Thar Eli''
tea and Mountain Java" coffee, l was
forced to decline. The sale of these two
articles having increased to such on extent
that find time to neither eat nor sleep.
This proves concusively that honest merit
will win every time and that "Git Thar Elf'
tea and Mountain Java Coffee" stand, as
they will always stand, head and shoulders
above all competitors.
The best tea and coffee In the world.
Samples free. Yours respectfully,
w. s. HUNT.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-01-20
No. I, Nectar, 4Oc. No. 2, Korker, soc
No. 8, Boom-Ta-Ra-Ra, 2Oc.

call attention also other high grades ROYAL
GEN. Orlof, Chase Sanbon's Finest Black delicious
fragrant and heahfu Tea Try 1t is growing in favor
and always alike Eagle Dust Tea, April picking: Tea
The Eagle Dust is only zoe pound and make
fragrant cup of tea any SOC Japan Tea in Michigan.
Try it. April Picked Basket Tea not much used but the best
of all. long, cean dark leaf strictly uncolored Seeps
clear and rosy and fragrant in the cup Was but
change to SOC pound Try it. Also May Basket Tea at
4Oc change to 35c Bat high grade regular Japan This
positively is the best regular Japan money buy
Price soc; pound lots 45c All of which goes and respect
fully submitted
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-01-20

will place on SPECIAL SALE to continue until the entire
line of rs chests is sod three Teas of the May 1892 Crop
That will go like wildfre "On Their Merits if quality and
price have anything do with and know they do having
tested before. They will be in plain sight in large new
Tea Recptace and marked in plain figures Every leaf of
each kind 1892 crop. Here they and here they CO.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-01-20
OWOSSO::-' SAVIkGS::-: BANK
CAPITAL. 800, 900. SURPLUS, $1,000

CAPITAL. $780, 900. SURPLUS, $4,000.
OFFICERS:
ID. M. EsTEY, President.
Z. SALISBURY, Vice President.
A. ID. WHIPPLE, Cashier.
DIRECTORS:
G. s. WILLIAMS, @. K. RIGLEY,
j. Fl. CALKINs, r. SALISBURY,
ID. M. EsTEY, +. A. GOULD.
w. A. WoODARD.
FOUR PER CENT INTEREST
Paid quarterly on deposits.
SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES TO RENT
Foreign Exchange Bought and Sold.
Bank open from a.. m. to 400 p. IN. and
every Monday evening from to 3.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-01-20
Epic on Owosso.

M eligan Tradesman.
Like measles, Owosso is spreading itself,
Growing thicker and wider each day
Its men are hustling after the pelf
And its girls are simply o. X
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-06-10
chilLpRsN.s GARDENS.
Thoy Develop In the Young Mind Love
NJ Nafura.


Give the children garden all TO
themselves. II should not be large,
but large enough to afford a little mild
occupation. These little plots, II mat
ters are managed rightly, will develop
q love of nature in the children and
teach them many of her open secrets.
ALI may be brought about, too, quite
naturally, for the strong initiative fac.
ulty of the infantile mind will prove an
excellent ally and nothing will be
found to delight most children more
than to have corner of the domain
entirely to themselves, wherein they
may carry on such operations as they
see going forward in the larger gar
dens. BY little sl<illful management,
their native curiosity may be led to
seek for answers to all sorts of ques-
tions in this domain. BE at some pains
to show them how to prepare the soil,
explaining also why this labor IS neces-
sary. Teach them to recognize the va
rious seeds at sight, and show them the
manner of planting each best calculated
to induce termination,
Attention may be directed to the diff
ferent modes of termination, Us that of
the bean, which emits but single
shoot, and then jumps above ground
itself to look around and nurse the
young plant: while the corn kernel
throws out two shoots. one downward
and one up to the light, but itself stays
in the ground. Then they should be
taught to recognize the first shoots of
each garden plant and not to mistake
them for weeds or the weeds for useful
plants.
These and thousand other things
| throughout the season may be found to
| interest child of active in
| quiring mind, while such old-fashioncd
virtues as industry, patience, perse.
verance and order may unconsciously
| get a lift at the same time. For while
the plots should not be lsyge enough TO
seriously tax the play hours in their
care, it should be understood that nc
slovenliness could be allowed, and that
a decent carrying out of what had bsen
undertaken would be expected. Nature
offers rewards of her own for such
labars as even child is capable of. hut
these might be judiciously augmented
by. small prizes for the best-loolllng
plots, the largest retu rms, etc. Perhap.
some grown persons will exclaiin
'But Idon't know anyt hing about these
things myself.'' Well, no harm vii
be done if, in teaching the children, yss
| find out too
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-06-10
DAIRY AND BARNARD.

The best way to feed the whey that
comes from the creameries is to use it
for moistening ground grain. If the
pigs are fed with whey and grain once
or twice day, and also permitted to
have plenty of green clover, they will
grow rapidly, and produce pork ut as
little cost as by any other method of
feeding.
The wild onion will be source of
difficulty to dairyinen where the pas
lures have received but little care. The
only way to get rid of the pest is to cul-
tivate the field in hoe crop for two
seasons, and keep down all grass and
weeds, when pasture grass may be
seeded. Cows eat the wild onions (also
known as white garlic) while they are
on the pasture, and the milk will be
given the characteristic onion odor.
THE dairymen should have good
well. A good well is one in which the
water comes at a depth of forty feet or
more, says an exchange. If beneath
the bed rock, at whatever depth, so
much the bctter-the water is sure to
be pure-and in dairying,as in drink
ing water for u family, purity is the es-
sence of goodness. Hence, do not neg
lect to have deep, pure water 1t will
pay not only for your family and milk
Ing cows, but for the stock generally.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-06-10
IMPROVEMENT IN COWS.
Their Present Condition Greatly Exec
Their Origina! State.

Their Origina, State.
The improvement in the cows of the
various dairy breeds during the past
thirty years has been marked. Their
present condition greatly excels their
original one in the countries of their
origin. Their yields exceed by fifty
per cent, what it was when they first
came among u.s. This has been accom-
plished by better feed than they re-
ceived in their former homes. The in
ference of our thought is the relation
and correlation of food to product Of
course it is an established belief based
on the experiments of the stations that
butter cannot be fed into the milk.
This is true of the herds that are main
tanned by them, because they are fed
to the limit of their capacity to turn
food into product, and hence no in
crease can occur. But the average
dairy COW is not so fortunately envi-
roned us the station one. Her ration is
not SO generous Il one, nor is it fur
nished her with the same cloclsworll
regularity. With the sparsely-fed cow
whose food is infeSicr great enrich
ment of product is possible, when
richer rations are substituted. Under
such treatment the milk will be richer
and its butter product greater without
corresponding increase of its volume.
The more inferior the food the COW has
been accustomed to previously the more
marked will be the enrichment of her
product. The conditions of her exist
ence have changed, and the response is
In obedience to her more favorable en-
vironment. This seemingly disproves
the experiments of the stations. bu. it
should be borne in mind that the con.
ditions that permit it are unknown at
them. 1t is for that reason that we
are constantly urging on dairymen the
Importance of feeding literally to the
limit of each individual cows capacity.
that her product may be enriched for
the benefit of the man that boards her.
American Dairyman
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-06-10
1t PAYS to I;e Careful.

What may be food for plant may
easily be poison to an animal: and the
farmer who hangs the empty fertilizer
bags on the pasture fence SO that the
cows may suck them will be apt to find
this remark to be too true. and to his
sorrow and AMUSEMENT for his thought
lessness. In the mixed manurcs it is
muriate of potash that is the most vir-
ulent, but there is nothing in any of
the ingredients of the fertilizers that is
In any way good for animals The safe
way is to turn the bags inside out ard
wash them or soak them in barrel of
water, and use the liquid for the gar
den or the win!ow plsntA Mirror and
Farmer.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-06-10
FOR FRUIT GROWERS.
How to Destroy the Tent Caterpillar AN
Other Parasites.

How to Destroy the Tent Caterpillar ans!
Other Parasites.
Whoever has neglected to destroy the
caterpillar eggs before they Matched
should do so just as soon as the nests
appear among the branches of the trees.
With pair of long-handled pruning
shears. the small limb or twlg upon
which they are resting may be cut off
and burned or crushed under foot. Or,
with u pole fitted with hooked wire,
similar to that in Fig. 1, pull the nests
from the tree, and crush them with the
foot. If it is desired to do thorough
work, it can be done by burning them
out. Make "A compact ball, three inches
in diameter, by rolling strips of rags OF
twine; around this wrap No. or an
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-06-10
FARM AND GARDEN.
IMPROVED HIGHWAYS.
California Argument Which Holds Good
In Other ytatos.

California Argument Which Holds Good
IN Other Statos.
One of the most important ad1uncts
for success in farming is the possession
Of roads maintained in such condition
that heavy loads may be hauled over
them ut the smallest possible outlay of
strength. Yet nothing is 50 much
neglected in the rural districts as this.
In fast this state may be said to be
practically without any scientifically
constructed roads, while no state is in
greater need of them. This is truly n
region of magnificent distances, and
nine-tenths of the farmers have to
make long hauls of their crops with
teams in order to reach market or II
shipping point. 1t is of vital impor-
tancc, therefore, that the roads over
which these loads must be carried
should be kept in good order, so that
the cost of transportation may be re-
duced to the lowest possible limit.
No one who has had occasion to
travel over the roads in the interior
| need be told that in the greater number
of cases they are maintained in such n
manner as to necessitate q vast waste
of power in hauling freight. They are
filled with chuck holes, there are long
| stretches of loose sand, in which the
wheels of the lightest vehicle sink deep.
ly, increasing the draft enormously,
and the only attempt to remedy these
evils is by occasionally spreading a
load Of straw oser the worst places
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-06-10

without asking information as to tn,
state OF my purse or my stomach, they
sent me away, on assuring me that
could enter upon my duties at six
o'clock on the following morning.
1t was summer, and wandered about
oil night in this unknown town, wher.
had neither relative nor friend In the
morning swallowed a few little glass
es of rum in an obscurg coffee-house
and then came here.
Outside the music continues. All
that is famous solo on the cornet-n
piston: sol, do, 81, do re, mi. Bravo
bravol How they applaud-how they
stamp their feet And no one gives o
thought to the poor little usher oppo.
site them, whose face is pressed against
the panes of glass, and whose nose even
is shivering Among my rare moments
of leisure, when have gone out into
the street, 1t has been with all the awls-
wardncss of one who is quite out of his
element, or Of beggar who makes his
first appearance. l walk upon the
points of my feet, as If afraid of soil.
ing the paving stones, / press my
arms to my side, to make myself
as small as possible 1T always seems
to me in fact as if were driving forty
students before me, and willingly !
could cry to the persons who are pass.
ing to hurry up and to join the ranks.
AS for the days of taking walks, they
are for me like days of penitence and
| pillory. How / tremble and how
perspire from agony when we cross the
Esplanade, or the street of the Sous.
Prefecture! My boys are marching in
| disorder, bawling and calling; follow
them with my hat drawn down over my
eyes, arms at my side and trailing my
feet. At right and at left the pretty
| saleswomen of the ribbon dealers come
outside their shop windows and laugh
freely ut my looks of q brigand.
We have also days of PROFESSIONS
when we go out with music, with ar
endless number OF tapers, that rur
down in yellow streaks upon ou,
pantaloons; with red banners floating
at the head, and ears tortured by the
serpents and the trombones. We arc
obliged to march through double row
of spectators, and l go on as forlorn a.
a sexton, thinking how ridiculous l ap
pear and that the young girls are NAL,
ing fun of me. For long time hav,
tried to forget myself and have put !;
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-06-10

FIGS. l AND 2.

nealed wire, twist the ends together
and wind around the end of Il pole in
tho manner shown in Fig. .. Soak the
ball with kerosene, apply the match,
and hold, for about ten seconds, directly
underneath the nest, and it will be com
pletely destroyed. This, of course,
should be done in the morning, before
the cuterpillars leave The nest, or after
four o'clock in the afternoon, when they
are usually all at home. Once filing
the ball will ut least destroy fifty nests.
The same method is equally effective
with the tussocli moths, which are 80
destructive TO ornamental lawn and
many street shade trees. = American
Agriculturist.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-06-10

Nothing OF original or superior merit but
has its limitations and counterfcits, even to
imperiliug the health of communities. For
this reason the proprictors of Hostctter's
Stomach Bitters caution their patrons to
scrutiuzc every bottle offered (und II is sold
OF genuineness.
A sufficient warning to those mcdnating
fraud can be found in the unErokcn line OF
judicial decisions, exposing and severely
feitlng the Bi,tcrs. and the rcdoubed efforts
that are being mace to protect the public
from the deception OF these unprncipled pi.
rates.
Rememberthe Bitters is sold IN bottles only,
nercr by the gallyn on in bun.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-06-10

however, the wheels of a loaded vehicle
press the surface downward, the result
being that the load is constantly being
hauled up hill, and from two to four
times as much power is expended as is
necessary.
1t is safe to say that the farmers of
California have, in the forty years dur
ing which they have been raising wheat
and hauling it long distances to market,
expended as much for extra horsetlesh,
feed, repairs, ETC., as would have suf-
feed to have built scientifically con-
structed roads wherever the bulk of
transportation is done.-San Francisco
Chronicle.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-06-10
LOOKED LIKE A BEGaAR,


much need have l of feminine sympa-
thy that occasionally 1 think with a
sigh of our seamstress, the only woman
in the world who has wished me well.
Poor, dear Angelique! how many
times we have hurriedly passed each
others hands in the immense dark cor
ridors! But poor child! my innocent
flame did not bring her happiness; and
too openly courted by the fencing
master, an Italian hero, Angelique was
sent back to her parents-I mean to
say to the founding hospital.
hear voices in n corner; there is a
great deal of whispering going on. 1
must slide along back OF the beds, with
my back bent, thnt l may not be seem
The boys are two of the members of the
class in rhetoric, who are planning
how they will spend Sunday. Dear
children! l will not disturb them to-.
night, but / must not forget to keep
them in on that wished-for day. Why
should they amuse themselves when l
am SO unhappy? II here is not a soul to
whom Il can unburden my heart; no
one capable of understanding my suf-
fering and of giving it even the
slightest alienation. The tutors, my
associates, are good fellows, even more
stupid than l am, and / should
blush from shame We're l to
make them my confidants. AS to
the professors, ancient ushers like
ourselves, surrounded bya triple, rancid
coating OF old, sticky, classic rust. /
run AWAY from them. There is but one
among them, the regent of the second
class. who would have had the honor
of my sompathies and my outpourings,
had he deigned to give me the slightest
attention. He is graduate of the Nor
NAL school, In disgrace, and the wittiest
man in b. All sugar and sweet
meats, with a slight touch of vinegar.
His whiskers, of light, vapory coll
or, put the ladies In ecstasies of delight.
He always whistles as he comes to tho
college, without even the shadow of a
book under his arm, and sometimes
even he wears his spurs. He keeps his
pupils informed Us to the newest
productions of M. About, whose nov
els he reads aloud to select COM
panies at Sous-Prefecture. In vain have
Nico W oCSoIAC hCHudiubcl WlUH nliO.
He profoundly despises everything that
does not come in a straight line from
the Rue d. Ulm; and therefore hate
him and everything connected with
him.
During my hours OF liberty, l asso.
ciate with certain actors and under of.
ficers, who are not too stupid; we drink
little absinthe, that racks my chest,
and we play an everlasting game of
dominoes, that finishes me. Almost al
ways return to my work, with sticky
lips and inflated eyes. These little in
dulgencies have salutary effect upon
tho discipline, for when / have been
fasting am altogether too lenient for
the boys.
The clock has just struck eleven. The
music has finished, and the lights are
being put out; one last turn through
the dormitory and then will go to bed.
Oh! oh! how rough these sheets arei
oh, heavenl what Il horrible existencel
Double SIX, forty-fvc- Francis, an
absinthe, and above all not--any-an-
i---Rattni
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-06-10
A Tax on Agriculture.

At meeting of the Iowa Road I'm
provement association, few days ago,
one speaker said he had made caref,l
computation from such data as he had
been able TO obtain of the cost of bud
roads, and he found they tax what Ia
understood to be agricultural products
fully sls5, 100000 annually. He thought
1t moderate estimate to put the 9TH
er contributions to bad roads by the re-
naming traffic of the country at an
equal amount, making Q total of $780,
900, 900.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-06-10
Sound Road Ph,lasonhx.

Good roads will increase the value OF
farm, shorten the distance to market,
save time, wagons, harness, horses, en-
large the territory which contributes
70 the home market, quicken social
communication, and add to the wealth
pf the individual and the state. -Stou-
ingtoa Conn. Mirror. !.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-06-10

Road making or repairing consists in
plowing up the surface of the thorough
fare and keeping up the loose earth in
the middle, there to be again cut into
ruts and worn into hollows by passing
teams.
The idea of building roads as they are
mao c in Europe, even in the most thick
ly settled localities, seems never to have
entered the minds of those who have
most to do with the use of the high
ways. 1t is a safe assertion that it re-
quires from four to eight horses to haul
the same amount of grain or other COM
modify that is being hauled in Europe
by one or, at the most, two animals.
The reason for this is demonstrated in
the accompanying illustrations. In
Europe the roads are carefully built,
with foundation of heavy stone and a
surface of small fragments, which are
rolled until they become hard and
smooth.
Over this a heavy load can be hauled
with the greatest east, there being no
giving of the surface beneath the pres
sure. With an ordinary earth road
such as universally prevails in this state,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-06-10
Frcs to Iolns-Soelkers.

The Northwestern Home Scctcr is the name
ot u newspaper just issued, giving valuable
information regarding the agricultural,
mineral and other resources Of South Da-
kota.
This now State is enjoying q wonderful
prosperity and any person looking for de-
strabc location. or interested i'll obtaining
information concerning the diversified re.
sources of South Dakota, will be mailed a
copy of this paper free of charge by sending
their address TO W. A. Thral, General Pas.