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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-01-05

Anton Thissen mas commenced
action ainst Chas. d. Swanson for
alleged breach of contract. They
were in the ice business last year, but
dissolved partnership last fall, Mr.
ThisSen succeeding to the business.
In the agreement, Mr.Thissen alleges
that Mr.. Swanson bound himself not
to engage in the ice business
this year, but claims that he has viO-
lated the agreement and is in the ice
business under the firm name of f. B.
Swanson & Co. He also sues for part
nership property not given up, valued
al S7S. so, and for accounts assigned to
himself and alleged to be collected by
the defendant, amounting to So, and
for 500 worth of business done by the
defendant last year in alleged viola
tion of the contract. He also sues for
$3.50 lost in expenses and labor and
$500 for loss of business in 1894. Mr..
Thissen will not engage in the ice
business this year, as his customers
are the same as Mr.. Swanson's. He
says that E. b. Swanson & Co. have
staked off the ice on the river which
he was to have had. III. L. Schmitt
Is his attorney.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-01-05

The farmers report fine sleighing
throughout the country. They are
coming in with produce and the streets
are lively.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-01-05

First insertion Jan'y 12-Iast Jan'y 20
ORDER FOR HEARING AND NOTICE NJ
APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT
OF ADMINISTRATORS
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-01-05
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

AAndregg to Hoffman, part of
the WI, sw4, sec 2, 1886. -. 81, 800
G Peterson to A f Killer, e3,
sw3, sec 25, 1922. :. 5000
2 Melzahn to A Ramspott, lot
blk 1876, city. 1000
A Ramspott to A Ramspott,
Ell. nw4, nw4, sec 2, and sec ],
nw4, sec 10. of C M & ST p R'y
track, all in 1927. -. 1900
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-01-05
The Wisconsin Central Lines

Run two fast trains daily between St.
Paul, Minneapolis, and Chicago, Mil
waukee, and all points in Wisconsin
making connection in Chicago with
all lines running east and south.
Tickets sold and baggage checked
through to all points in the United
States and Canadian provinces. For
full information regarding routes,
rates, maps, folders, ETC., address your
nearest ticket agent or Jas. @. Pond,
gen. pass. agt, Milwaukee, Wis.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-01-05

Read the adv, about "The Magic
City"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-01-05

BE sure and save your coupons for
"The Magic City" See adv.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-01-05

st. Louis Branch,
S:>.-s Avenue and Tent Ssrset.
St g-oI-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-13

1t this is approximately true in prac-
ice it is evident that an acre Of clover
" worth for pork making az much as
r1e and one-half acres of good oats, or
three and one-half acres of average
wheat The comparative expense Of
producing these can be seen BY a blind
man.
No argument is made here in favor
of summering shoats on grass exclu-
sively, although good alfalfa pasture
will nearly meet all requirements;
they need grain to go with the grass,
and grass to go with their grain;
something less heating and concen-
trated than corn alone, and less bulky
and less watery than grass Nature
asserts in many ways that a single
food whatever it may be, is not suf-
.ksie1ttO best sustain the beasts of the
fields nor birds of the air, and it gen.
erailI turns out that the man who per-
sisfS In Opposition to this idea gets
worsted. Thuse who have not fenced
pastures for hogs to range in. can. dur
ipg'otAsssummer, supply them with
e1eeu .d0ol, such as alfalfa. clover,
GsesRscorn, peas, etc. cut and hauled,
with almost as good results, but the
labor is greatly increased. - Dixie
Farmer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-13
Feeding Wheat to Young Pigs.

In reply to IN inquiry an English pa
per says: 1t would answer to buy pigs
and feed them on wheat, if you have a
little barley meal and some wash to
60 with the wheat the first month. 1
am quite sure 1T would answer if you
bred the pigs and did not have to buy,
because l have proved this in some
careful experiments. Wheat is now
the cheapest food for making pork, and
very little other meal should be
added. Last summer l saw a far
row of nine pigs made into small
bacon on nothing but wheat-meal
and a very little milk and wash
or swill. These pigs paid remarka-
bly, well, but they were bred on the
farm. Ihave found that pigs come on
faster with wheaton meal than any
other food. and keep in perfect health.
Neither is this singular, seeing how
much higher returns in fat and flesh
forming qualities wheat gives than
any other meal. Pigs will do we'll on
pure wheaten-meal after three months
old. and this proved last year. You
would do we'll to feed the animals or
to bacon, ms they would come in in the
winter when big pigs are in season.
When swine are dear the more seldom
one goes to the market the bettor.
National Stockman.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-13
Corn and Glover.

The man who wrote, IAN acre OF
clover will produce more pork than an
acre of corn, and that the pork will DO
of better quality than that produced
from corn" did not mean to use them
in the same way. If he let the clover
ripen and threw away the straw and
simply used the seed the corn would
come out ahead again, and where stock
food is desired the old method of using
corn is absurd and wasteful as this
would be.
The growth Of animals on grass. com.
pared with their growth on dry food,
will prove that green food is the best
for animals, and that the ripe grain
represents but little of the value of a
crop of corn after it is well grown and
before it ripens.
Hogs can be made to eat corn stalks
and leaves up clean if they are begun
with when the plant is tender and
given no more than they will eat at
first. W hen people come to their senses
on this subject and think of the good
stock food that has been wasted Just
because it was corn fodder, they will
not wonder that some farms have run
out-Mirror and Farmer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-13
ENGLISH AR,srocRAcv.

LORD COLIN CAMPBELL has turned up
In Bombay as a counselor employed to
defend Twenty-Five Mohammedans
implicated in the great riots.
PROF. Cunning, NJ. D., to whom Mr..
Gladstone has rendered baronetcy, is
an eminent Irish physician and pro-
fessor in the Queens college at Bel
fast. His daughter married a son Of Sir
Charles Russell.
SIR JOHN GLADSTONE, nephew of the
grand old man, is described as q tall,
broad-shouldered young giant. as
ardent a conservative as his uncle is
the reverse, and one of the most ex-
tensive whisky distillers in Scotland.
r. C. SPENCER, NJ. P. wears collars
four inches high, probably the highest
on record. They are made from q
special pattern, never stand more than
one or two washings, and it takes three
Of them day to satisfy Mr.. Spencer's
instincts of ncatness.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-13
SWINE NOTES.

Cleanliness in the pig pen is espe.
cially desirable in hot weather.
Hogs prefer running water as much
as any other kind of live stock.
If you want to fit them for market
at eight or ten months, fine boned
swine must be selected.
Young pigs should be taught tocat
as soon as possible and given all the
skim milk they will take
With little grain and grass, hogs
can be made ready at any time to meet
the demand for lean meat.o
The moro comfortable you keep
feeding hogs the more flesh they will
put on for q given amount of feed.
If the falling apples are picked up
by the pigs many of the destructive in
sects of the orchard will be destroyed.
The farmer who does not see his
hogs from one weeks end to another,
does not deserve to have good luck
with them.
You can get some idea Of the value
of wheat for hoge by the way your
stock thrives when turned into the
wheat stubble.
Young pigs can be stunted by be-
ing overfed, especially on corn. This
mistake is often made by those mex
perienced in feeding.
Hog cholera and other diseases with
swine will cut very little figure when
it is generally understood how they
need to be fed and treated.
"A good way to experiment in pig
feeding is to divide . good-sized litter
into few lots and then see what diff
ferent ra.ions will do for eacn. This
may be little trouble, but some good
ideas may be obtained.
III you would have the boar the
most serviceable and his litters Of pigs
strong and hearty, give him good
bran and cat ration, and = few roots
and other green stun. Nor should he
be kept in too close confinement
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-13
TIME WITHOUT A WATCH

= Process That II - Tfoabaeo0Oo - 0o00
. Nile for the laforoasioa.
Actual and repeated experiment.
have shown that the nearest hour 81
the day o. night may be ascertained II
the following curious way:
Make q small running loop II pieco
Of sewing thread about q foot In length,
place shilling in this loop ses that
the coin is accurately bisected By the
thread and then draw the loop tight
up, 20 that the shilling is firmly slung
at ono end of the thread. Put ON .
solid table . glass tumbler with .
fairly wide mouth. Rest your right
elbow on the table in firm and easy
position SO rs to avoid any shakiness in
your hand, hold the other end of the
thread between YOUR first finger and
the BALI of the thumb q. e, the
fleshy top joint of the thumb) so that
the thumb nail is undcrmost, and .
few inches above the middle of the
mouth of the glass
Now. if you keep your hand quite
steady, the movement of the coin which
Is hanging inside the tumbler will be-
come less and less until the shilling il
motiOnless. Then, in half a minute or
So very slight and regular vibration
will commence, the coin oscillating
from side to side like pendulum, and
gradually increasing tho length of
movement until it gently strikes the
side of the glass This strike goes on
In the most regular and automatic
way, first on one side of the glass and
then on the other, until, say, eight
strokes have been struck, the vibra-
tons of the coin then diminish in
length. until the suspended shilling
again becomes motionless and hangs
in the middle of the tumbler. You
look at your watch and find that eight
o'clock is the nearest hour.
have tried this over and over again,
deliberately setting about the expert
ment without bias or any intention OF
influencing the swing of the coin. and
also being ignorant of the time. and
when my hand has been steady the
right time has invariably been struck.
There is something very curious
about this phenomenon. Whether the
thread is Influenced by the pulse in the
ball" of the thumb. or whether there
is some unconscious transfercnce of
intention" from the brain to the
thread, l do not know; but in any case
the matter is sufficiently interesting to
be worthy of a critical test by persons
who will carefully and without bias
carry out this singular experiment Of
telling the time.-Iloudon Tid-BitA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-13
FARMER AND PLANTER.
PAsruRAce FOR SWINE.
The Hey to Pro0table Pork Making b. q


The Hey to Proatable Pork Making By ths
Pasturage is the KEY to profitab bic
pork making. Saying this implies no
Encouragement or belittling of any
others of the various essential items
entering into the rearing and matur-
ing OF swine. 1t is the green stun,
raised with little cultivation and har-
vested in the seasons of dew and warm
sunshine by the pigs themselves, which.
in connection with other appropriate
eatables and drinkables, comes near
est to giving the farmer what a large
share of humanity covets, viz, some.
thing for nothing. 1t is a strong
statement to make In the
face of conditions as they
exist. but no less true. that no man is
rightly equipped for hog-raising who
has not arrangements whereby the
growing animals can have the range
OF ground where there is grass, clover
or other succulent heritage.
Other methods of keep may be, and
too frequently are. substituted for this,
but they are artificial and expensive. If
not more or less unhealthful, while
this is natural. inexpensive and con.
fessedly healthful. A weak point in .
great deal of the general farming is in
giving too great a proportion of time
and attention to the corn field and
the increasing of its acreage,
when if greater effort was
made in the direction of having
more ground seeded to q variety of
the best grasses, more and better pork
would be made with less outlay. Men
OF scientific attainment who have been
in position to make careful tests along
these lines have invariably reached the
same conclusions as the more observant
farmers and feeders. to the effect that
corn. however cheap, is by no means
the cheapest material for meat making.
As applied to pork making, writes +.
d. Coburn to an exchange, a fair aver
age Of their experiments is seen in the
following table. The estimate of six
tons as the product tgreen) Of an acre
of clover is quite low, as with any
thing like favorable season and
fair stand the crop would weigh more.
Alfalfa and its capacity for pork pro-
duction is not represented in the table,
but it is well known that of all green
food for hogs alfalfa is the best. 1t will
also produce twice or three times the |
amount of green food to the acre that
is credited to clover, the production of
dry hay not unfrequently amounting
to six tons. The table is on the basis |
of four pounds of grain or fifteen
pounds of green clover making pound |
Of pork. and proba bly, most of us would |
the former a little high-not |
higher than has been reached, but |
higher than the average of us go:
Grps Dr0flurf pOrlr uor Talna n L
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-13
The Theory Of Fine nth,

l. That finely-divided particles of
plant food may be placed where the
first rootlets of the terminating seed
can not fail to reach them without eff.
fort.
:. That it gives the air an opportuni-
ty to reach every particle of soil, and
decomposes its mineral and vegetab
constituents into plant food.Y
8. That rain sinks freely in mellow
soil, and is held there firmly against
evaporation.
I. That mellow finely-dividcd soils
operate like sponge to take up nitro
gen for the feeding of plants.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-13
OUTLOOK FOR FARMERS.

A Georgia Business Man Takes = Rosy
View of Conditions.
1.-THE first day of January next will
find the farmers of the cotton growing
states in better condition than they
have been before or since the war;
These were the sanguine and cheer
full words of an Augusta business man,
uttered yesterday in all soberness and
earnestness. remarks the Augusta (Ga. J
Chronicle.
Il am not talking that way simply
because it is pleasanter to say this than
to say times are hard. and getting hard
er. but am speaking thoughtfully and
seriously. have never known so bright
an outlook for the farmers since have
been in business. and prosperous times
for the farmers means prosperous BUSH
ness year: therefore l say that if every
thing continues in accordance with
the present outlook, and no unforeseen
disaster occurs to change the current
OF events, the southern states are
about to enter upon a season of I'M
exampled prosperity"
These are pleasant things to hear,
and they are all the pleasanter for
having back of them good reason for
their fulfillment. The cotton crop lust
made is figured at 8, III 900 bales. not a
bale more than there is a ready de-
mand for. If there had not been SO
much old cotton brought forward
from the big crops of the past few
years. But as it is. the increase in
which will follow upon
the starting up of all the idle spindles.
and the steady additions OF new mills
will dispose Of the present crop and the
residue from old crops by the end of
the new cotton year. II the next crop
shall be like the present one, only
equal to the actual demand for con-
ten cents pound will be
cheap for it. The farmers have pros
perity in reach now, and they
have bGt to continue for another year
in the path they have followed with
such notable courage and self-denial
for the past years. 1t will be easier to
do. because they are beginning to
see the wisdom OF the endless
preaching they have had for the
past ten years. The beneficial result
Of living At home. and planting what
they need to live on. is too manifest to
need additional arguments.
Farmers are in comparative indie
pendence this year, while if they had
the all-cotton policy would
be il absolute bondage. They have
found that with all they need to eat at
home the price Of cotton is not such IN
matter.
Farmers have been learning economy
n earnest in the past few years, and
1ach succeeding crop has been made
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-13

moro eheaply than T.. predecessor.
This years crop is the cheapest
crop ever made in the south, per.
haps, and the farmers will have bet.
ter start on next years crop in the
shape OF supplies than ever before.
Cotton Is bringing good prices and the
tone OF tho market is strong and
healthy. There is no wisdom in hold.
Ing back the crop. as it simply delays
the coming of livelier trading and bot
ter times, and does not mislead any
body rs to the size of the crop. The
men whose business il is to buy the
crop. keep posted as to the size of it,
and can not be misled by the holding
OF it back from market. They know
what is obliged to come forward sooner
or later, and they can withhold the
price as easy as the farmer can the cot
ton.
But the farmers will get fair prices
for their cotton this year. and big
prices next year, if they hold the crop
down again to six and half million
bales. Having all the supplies for
their stock, and plenty of corn at home
for their meal. and a number of them
with plenty Of meat. they will have
more money this year to spend for
and improved farm nipple.
ments. They have been econo-
MIXING 50 rigidly for the past few
years that they will need clothing
and household utensils, and they will
have some money to spend in that way.
This means a good trading year: and
this added to the money that will come
from other sections seeking southern
Investments. gives every promise Of
good times. There is ground for the
statement quoted above. that ''the first
day of January will find the farmers of
the cotton-growing states in better
than they have been before
since the war."-Southern Cultivator.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-13
August
Flower

Eight doctors treated me for Heart
Disease and one for Rheumatism,
but did me no good. I could not
speak aloud. Everything that I took
into the Stomrch distressed me. I
could not sleep. I had taken all
kinds of medicines. Through a
neighbor I got one of your books.
I procured a bottle of Green's Aug
ust Flower and took it. am to-day
stout, hearty and strong and enjoy
the best of health. August Flower
saved my life and gave me my health.
Mrs. Sarah ] Cox, Defiance, o. 9
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-13
SMILES.

81 FORGOT to send you over my new
book Of poems. +" "How thought
full of others comfort you always are,
Mr.. Scribblcr."
"WHY don't you strike the man across
the street for a quarter" Ragg%'I've
been waitin' two hours to see If he
won't come over this way"
"MH. LoNGTALK is doing a wonder
full amount of good among the poor
overworked people" SIN what way?"
HE breaches sermons long enough for
them to get . good refreshing sleep
every tune"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-13

MARIE-"I had nine proposals at the
beach" Mertie-"How disagreeably per-
elstent . summer acquaintance can beP'-
Puck.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-13

TAXING the stump does not always mean
that candidate for office has got ct the root
II matters
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-13

COMING events cast their shadows whether
they ever come or not.-Young Mems Era.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-13

reople overlooked the importance Of per.
atI sa beneficial effects and were salts
generally known that EyruD Of FIGS Will
permanently cure habituat Consultation.
wellaaiormed people viii not buy other lax.
auves, which act for . time, but finally ia.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-13

TEMPTING a child to do wrong is as much
. sin as shooting at q man with gun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-13
THE POIsON9

EvERr sensible man you meet viii admit
that be was fool last week.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-13

HE saloon bar is not necessarily bar Of
music because it abounds in larks.-Bing
hamton Republican.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-13

OLD GENrLEMAN-s.So you'd like to BE-
como my son-in-law." Mr.. Harduppe-
yves, sir; il you can afford it."-Bro0klyn
Life
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-13

ACTIONS speak louder than words. They
have to IN order to be heard above the
boasting.-AtchisOn Globe
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-13

PRoBABLY few people take 90 much inter.
est in their business as the pawnbrokcrs.
Boston Bulletin,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-13

TIE OwNER.-Stranger-" owns this
storel" Office Boy-"The boss says do
but don't .n-Detroit Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-13

SOMETIMES when man airs his views he
raises breeze.-I.owell Courier.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-13

TuE COW has been more Of blessing Il
man than the lion.-Ram's Horn.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-13

Whes the ktlnsys Are lA,.,
SS ~ ns.riy g. there 3 danger ahead. Rouse
6isser,so ecssvity EtA Hostetter's stomach
cafed .,;w. El - not, like the unmedi-
Thns .ssMIIsntec commerce, excite them.
c. h.. nay b eySFted Bright's disease and
i,ssIf m n y which both they and life
.sselL are mpeilled. Tho Bitters Are =
ana s.n Hs remefy for rheumatic, neuralgia
~ r .se. ssoeee. liver complaint, dyspep-
hns;ntne restaurant keeper who conducts
Courier. ~s'' o"s's'-Aoweu
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-13

The pickpocket's motto is sstouch and 70. !"
Record.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-13

"TnE sentence Is that ye b hanged ,.
said q Welsh judge to poor criminal. land
hope it may prove . warning to you
It'd RITE
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-13

WE forget the sunlight when we notice
the shadow.-Ram's Horn
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-13

~, Inkmcaner use a man intends TO make of
=, ms money, the meaner things he will stoon
70 "a getting it.-Young Mems Era
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-13

that enter and those which accumulate
within tho body will be vigorously opposed
and expelled II tho liver be active To keep
the liver active take Dr.. Piepces PIeaaanf
Pellets. Health depends greatly upon reg+
larity Of habits
WIIIIAx RANCE. Of Nfnden. Kaarmev Co..
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-13

A cowARpLY dog is always showing his
tceth.-Ram's Horn.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-13

WE will give 800 reward for any case OF
CatArrn that cannot be cured with Halls
Satarrh Cure. Taken internally.
r. y CHENEY & Co Proprs.. Toledo a
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-13

EnIToR TO parrot = .'Polly want q
~ ;a.e roll with dignity 81 decline to