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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-08-02
BOROUGH TOWNS.
The Extraordinary Powers Formerly Pos
sessed by Them in England.

sessed by Them in England.
Borough towns in England had for
merly extraordinary powers. Each had
its system of hor c rule, and was a little
imperium in iinpcrio. 1t controlled its
trades. manufactures and professional
occupations, the numbers to be en-
ployed, and fixed the price of wages
and commodities. II determined what
were offenses against the order, morals
and well-being of the borough, and its
codes assigned the punishments. Its
bylaws were tyranny, and its mayor
was frequently little despot, as real
as any cadi of the east.
In the court of Hastings book were
recorded the presentments of the jury,
and we know from these what were
the offenses and modes of punishment.
The magistrates at sessions did as much
for county matters and fixed the prices
of all labor. No one could trade from
one county to another without their
license, just as no stranger could follow
an occupation or reside in "A borough
without the mayors permit. The
tumbrel, stocks, pillory, branlxs and
the slSimmington were the usual in
struments of punishment for slight Of
fenses. but the cucking stool was the
favorite for scolds and cheating bakers.
Whipping was constantly resorted to,
and was thought especially good for
women and boys. Anyone willing
might be employed to perform it, and
sometimes a woman undertook il for
the sake of the fee. which varied from
four pence TO a shilling. To witness it
formed a part of public amusement, as
in the case of hanging, and men visited
the jails on whipping days TO see the
women whipped. Forestalling-buy-
ing out of market to sell again above
market price-was very grave offense,
and was severely punished.
A Mr.. Rusby, an eminent corn fac
tor, was indicted in the court of kings
bench on July 4, 1900, for having pur-
chased by sample eight months before,
in Marklane corn market, 90 quarters
of oats at Al shillings per quarter, and
sold 80 of them again in the same mar
ket, on the same day, at A shillings.
The jury instantly found him guilty,
and Lord Kenyon, the judge, said to
them: "You have conferred by your
verdict, almost the greatest benefit on
your country that was ever conferred
by any jury" A quiet stroll on Sun
day, during the summer evening, was
visited by a heavy fine or the stocks. A
bog, for riding on gate on Sunday
afternoon, was ordered to be whipped.
Westminster Review
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-08-02
SHE HAD HER WEIGH.
iG Was "A Posthumous Triumph, But 1t Was
Hers All the Same.

hers All the same.
''When a woman makes her mind up
to anything" said the man with the
ginger beard, they amt no way of
perventin' her from reachin' the end she
aims at"
''Thouten she dies, of course" re-
marked the grocer.
sit does look to me-" said the man
with the ginger beard to the rash inter
rupter. like you have the most natural
gift of tellin' what you don't know
every time you open your mouth of any
man / ever knowed. ! will admit" con-
tinued the man with the ginger beard,
as the grocer assumed a humbled ex
preston, that you are all right in the
grocery business. Fact is a man would
have to be pretty smooth to make a
Twin out of the kind o stock you keep.
Now, the time you explained the hair
bein' in the butter because the butter
wasn't strong enough to hold itself to-
gether without it was plum good. How
somever, it looks like rain, an can't
waste no more time on you. Now, this
here woman"
(which woman?"
This here woman / was thinkin' of
when | spoke was just like all the rest
of 'em; when her mind was sot, it was
sot. Pore thing, she had to die to git
her own way but she got it,"
Love AFFAIR."" asked the man from
Potato creek, who had a romatic streak
in his mental composition.
Love affair, nothin'. She was mar
rit to her third husband. They hadn't
been marrit fer mo~e'n week, guess,
before the old man begins twittin' her
cause she was So thin, an wonderin'
why the Lord couldn't a-seen fit to
make her weigh as much as his first
wife. How much did the dear angel
weigh?' she asked him, kinder sarcas-
tic-lilxe, one day, when they had been
jawin' little more than common.
"'Jist exactly one hundred an city
five pounds, says he.
WELL says she, I'm a-goin' to git
to that weight if it takes me n hundred
years.
GLOW omever, stead of gittin' any
fatter, she gifts thinner and thinner
right along, till at last she ups and
dies WELL saws the old man, seems
like she didn't git to that there weight
she started fer after all. / guess she
weighed nearer fifty-tive than a hun
bred and fifty-five.' hut that's all he
knowed about il. About two years
after they was boom in real estate,
and the old graveyard turnin' out to be
pretty good town lots, the folks had to
move this here woman among the rest.
When they come to dig her up she had
patrified."
'Petrified, suppose you mean" said
the school teacher.
Anyhow, | mean she had turned to
rock. An just fer curiosity they
weighed her. Funny thing, too. She
come exactly to that the one hundred
and fifty-five pounds she allies said she'd
git, and they won't nev er nobody make
me believe that she didn't know what
she was doin' all the time. "-Indianap-
oils journal.
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PITH AND POINT.


w. are on trial ourselves whenever
we coSdemn another.-Ram's Horn.
-Geatly took that which urgently
came, and without scorn forgave; do
thou he samc.-Coleridge.
Pa, mans tuning the piano next
door" Great suffering Job, dye sup
pose ] don't knew it. child?"-Buffalo
Ezpress.
Sweet Sixteen-'Do tell me, Elsa,
when my accepted lover asks for the
first kiss how many shall give him?''
-Fliepende Batter
McCorkle-''Isn't Briggs naturally
lazy fellow?" MeCraekle-''Note x-
actly lazy, but he seems to think il I'M
healthy to work between meals. Tit
Bits.
-Court-''Why should the prisoner
have an interpreter? Can't he speak
English?" Attorney-"No,y your honor;
he's a railway trainman. cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Amounted to the Same Thing
Customer-''liave you a copy of the
Fifteen Decisive Battles?" bookseller
NO; we're all out. But we can give
you Reflections of a Married Man."
DE man" said Uncle Eben," dat
complains bout whut he KANT help
am mos likely de same one dat's too
lazy ter stir hisse'f in time ter keep de
trouble fom happenin'." Washington
Star.
A spoke" Bonnet-"What a lovely
white chip hat that was your wife had
on today, Baglev!n "Yes. And al
took the price of five blue chips to pay
for i.."-Browning, King & Co. S
Monthly.
-Sbe-''YOu have met the beautiful
Miss y, have you not? ''What dc You
think of her?' He-'She is one ofthat
sort OF women that anv man could die
for, but none could live with. In
dianapolis Journal.
-Aw-as / understand it," said the
travelling foreigner, your officeholders
here are the servants of the people.
Am right?" you have become a lit
tie mixed" said the citizen. 1T must
be the ofliceseekers you are thinking
off. indianapolis journal.
Mrs. Honscr (meditatively, at the
museum)-''Fd just like to know -
Mr.. Honser-''Know what?" Mrs. Hon
ser-'If that India-rubber man was
ever one of the bouncing babies we
read about in the birth department of
the newspapers. buffalo Courier.
Mrs. Gavspouse (engaging new
servant)-''I am very particular about
the conduct of my domestics. had To
discharge my last girl because caught
her winking at my husband" Appli-
cant-''You did quite right, ma'am. A
girl as careless as that ought to be dis
charge = N. Y. Herald.
How Artists Embarrass Artists
AT the most thrilling part of the pro-
fessor's recitation of the 'Chariot-race'
he was stopped for five minutes by a
burst of applause" Strange behavior,
surely" mo. The football team was
in the front row and it made their hair
stand on end. Judge.
Time to Build The Fire.-Mrs
Striker-"Don't you believe in the
union of LAHORE" Mr.. S.-"Of course
do. why, my dear, if there were no
union of labor. the greed of capital
with its iron heel would -" Mrs. :.
Gnterruptingl- all right: sup
pose you get up and build the fire, and
I'll cook breakfast. Detroit Free
Press.
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COMMENT AND OPINION.

sEThe democratic party seems de
whether it leaves incomes to tax or not
N. Y. Tribune.
"a The democratic party is all
sugared with the same stick, from the
sugar-cured administration down
Philadelphia Press.
sBThe democratic idea of relieving
distress is to nominate rich men for
Office on promise to bleed freely for
the benefit of the party.-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
Finder Harrison the treasury had
sufficient stock of both gold and sill
yer. Under Cleveland it's stock of sill
yer is discredised. and its stock of gold
is in constant Peril of evaporation
Y. Recorder.
sE- The scarcest thing in politics ibis
year is cheering for Cleveland in dem
ocratic conventions. When his name
is mentioned, the response is faint and
as soon as possible. st. Louis Globe
Democrat.
eT- Every republican will hope the
story is true that Cleveland hopes to
make Gresham the next democratic
presidential candidate. There is no
more unpopular man in the United
States to-day, nor one whom il would
be easier to defeat Blade.
Secretary Carlisle is not a good
guesser. His estimate of the treasury
deficit for the fiscal year just closed
was not half as big as the reality. But
the m istake was pardonable. No one
could have imagined the half that has
resulted from democratic manage
ment.-Troy Times.
sE-Democrs os will be glad to know
that the veterans of the war are dying
rapidly. and we should hear no more
of the democratic jest with regard to
the long life of pensioners. During
the last year the payments for PEN
sions have amounted TO only sl4l .O00,-
0G0, or some SIS. 600, 900 less than the
appropriations.-Chicago Journal.
sB-The platform of the national re-
publican league, adopted in Denver, is
a strong and clear-cut enlnciation of
republican doctrine. IL embraces pro-
lection for labor and capital, reci-
procity, fair wages. opposition to cor
poration rule in the nation and in the
state. gratitude to the union veteran,
sound money. with silver on an equal
ity with gold, practical civil service re-
form. and the assertion of American
ideas in American affairs-a creed that
will meet the enthusiastic endorse
ment of republicans evefywhere.-To-
iedo Blade
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-08-02
THE AMPHlsIous SWINE.
She Fed Her Own Offspring and a Desti-
tute Family of Nine Children.


tute Family of Nine Children.
In the Willamette valley. near the
mouth of the Willamette river. lived a
poor family with nine children, who
depended upon raising garden stuff
and selling il in town for their living.
There came a drought and their gar
den was failure and the family we're
in desperate straits. but Providence
came u their aid. They had a sow
who gave birth to eight pigs, but they
had nothing TO feed them, so the sow
had to rustic for herself. One day one
of the boys saw the hog come out OF
the water with a fish in its mouth and
he drove the hog away and found the
fish was still alive. so he took il in the
house and they cooked il for dinner, and
the family had the first meal they had
eaten for two DAYS. So they COM
menced TO watch the hog, and she
would swim out in the river, dive down
and bring out a fish. and they would
take ii away from her, and she would
catch fish enough to support the whole
family and Feed her pigs besides. They
mes Sured the depth of the river at sew
eral places where she dived for fish
and il as found to be ten feet deep
Chicago Times.
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HE'S a PATRIOT.
On This Particular Occasion He Met tn
Wrong Man, However.


Wrong Man, However.
Sir he began to one of the clerks
in the water office, as he waved no
tica in his hand, there is notice that
if don't pay my water-tax before the
day is out the water will be shut off at
the house,"
Eyes, sir"
al call il an arbitrary notice, sir! 1t
smacks of tyranny, sir, l don't pro-
pose to allow no corporation TO bull
doze me-"
mo, SIR" replied the clerk, as he kept
on writing.
Russia sends around such notices, but
the car of Russia doesn't run Detroit.
The idea of hopping on to an Ameri-
can citizen in anv such way!'
''Yes, sir" humbly replied the clerk.
1T has aroused me and | won't pay
no, sir, won't pay if you shut the water
off from the whole town, More than
that, sir. and / want to give you notice
right now, that the hyena who comes
up to shut that water off will never
live to do it, III slay him, sir-slay
him in cold blood!'
"Yes, sir" was the quiet response.
''If You Id sent man to notify me
that the tax was past due shout have
given him the cash at once, but when
this water board resorts to bulldozing
tactics with me, You have struck the
wrong man! Yes, sir-the wrong
man.
ssXes Sir
"We talk about the freedom of the
American people!" continued the man,
as he paced up and down. but where
is it? This is a sample of it-this ar
bitrary notice! ! must put up or shut
up. Here we are living between two
great lakes, and a river pouring mil
lions of gallons of water past our doors
every day in the year, and yet ! must
pay for water! Not only that, but |
must be threatened and bulldozed and
walked on!'
''Ies, SIR" said the clerk with a nod.
''But I'll never do it-never! I'll die
in the last ditch! I'll show this water
board that the spirit of American lib
erty still lives, and that there is one
man in this town who can't be walked
on"
''Ycs, sir"
The American patriot paced to the
door and back. No one looked at him.
Business continued right along as
usual. He waited fully five minutes
for some awful calamity to occur, and
then walked up to the same window
and the same clerk, laid down the no.
tice and a ten-dollar bill, and very
quietly said:
Meant to come in yesterday, but
forgot it. Take her out"
"Ye,, sir" replied the clerk, as he
handed over the receipt and the change.
Hot weather, this?"
Yes, very hot-good-byw-Detroit
Free Press.
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The air of the Sahara is at times Sc
dry that when rain-clouds come up from
the distance the rain can not fall to the
ground, as it already evaporates in
midair, which pher umenOu is accompa-
MED by peculiar mixes in the atmos-
phere. A ''samum" has been known II
reach temperature of 1875 deg. to 1875
deg. Fahrenheit in the shade. The
scorching power of wind is better il
Illustrated by the following fact: In
central Australia, near the Hunt river,
at one time hot desert wind destroyed
every wheat field in a radius of ten
miles. In the central Asiatic deserts,
especially in the desert of Cobb, these
sand-storms are even fierccr than in the
Sahara. At certain periods of the year
their appearance is "A frequent occur
renee and one has been known to even
last one whole day. Then the dis
turbed masses of sand and dust are so
thick that even at midday the luminary
is hid from view and darkness reigns
Supreme. But even these severe storms
have never been known to annihilate a
caravan, provided it carried a good
water supply to outlast the storm
Chicago News.
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Fanlts in Conversation.

Dean Swift once said: There are two
faults in conversation which appear
very different. yet arise from the same
root and are equally blamable; mean
an Impotence to interrupt others, and
the uneasiness of being interrupted our
selves. The two chief ends of CONVEX
sation are to entertain and improve
those we are among or to receive those
benefits ourselves; which whoever will
consider can not possibly run into
either of those two errors, cause
when any man speaketh in company it
is TO be supposed he doth il for his
hearers sake and not his own: so that
common discretion will teach us not to
force their attention, if they are not
willing to lend il; nor. on the other
side, to interrupt him who is in posses
sion. because that is in the grossest
manner to give the preference to our
own good sense. Toledo Blade.
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1t is not an altogether unheari of
thing for clergyman, in parts of the
country where elergymen always have
horses. 10 like to drive at least as
swift and spirited horse as comp prts
with the dignity of his Office. On one
occasion. such clergyman, driving
through the town. overlook a doctor
OF his acquaintance on foot Jump
in. doctor said tie minister. pulling
up: I've got horse here that goes
pretty we'll" The ioctor Jumped in"
aud the minister drove off. The horse
did go well. in the sense of speed.
but in little while it began to behave
badly. and ended by tipping over the
carriage, and splitting out both the oc-
cupauts. The doctor jumped TO his
fee.. feeling himself all over to see if
he was injured. The parsOn also got
on his feet. Look here exclaimed
the doctor. what do You mean by in
viting me to ride behind a horse like
that?" well, yoS see" gaspeo the
minister. luckily this time. ! guess,
there are no bones brokea. but on such
occasions like to have doctor long"
Youths Companion.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-08-02

"UsEFUL INFoRMATIoN' is the title of a
pamphlet Just received from the Prickly Ash
Bitters Co., of ST. Louis, Mo. An examination
will show it to be all It's name implies. II is
full of Useful Information" The chapters
on "What TO DO in Case of Accidents, y
'Antidotes for Poisons," s'Health Hints"
etc, are most valuable and are written in a
plain English, common-sensem manner, avoid
ing medical terms as much as possible. II
also contains "Useful Information for
Farmers, Housewives" etc Ii is book that
should be in every house in the land. Write
the firm above named for a cOpy,-and when
you get it read it attentively and keep it
where it can easily be found IN time of need.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-08-02

An LIZ. Iil,Io Indication

There w1s az intense silence around
Mrs ,iashem's table while the chicken
was being served. II was broken by
the girl with fluffy white hair, who
whispered to the Que with dark glasses:
"Billy Bliven has paid his board Gill
at last
''How do you know?
ale got a piece of white meat instead
of the wing and neck. as usual. Wash
ip0ton star
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Congenial sr,rits.

Aunt Maria-I think you and Mr..
Mann ought TO get along nicely to-
gether. You know you both like the
same people.
Matilda-Yes, and what is better, we
hate the same people. just think what
nice long talks we shall have together.
boston Transcript
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Paperhanger-To fit up these rooms
in the style ym want will cost two hun
bred and Fifty collars. have figured
it down to the lowest notch.
usehoIder-Whew! My wife and
daughter will have to give mp their
European trip this summer-that's GER
tain.
Paperhanger-Thats too bad. My
wife. by the way, is going to start "a
Europe in about two weeks herself. As
to this border, now, how would it do to
make il little narrower? You see, etc
Chicago Tribune.
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when the Emancipation is Complete

Old-Fashioned Passenger tawaking
suddenly from dozel-l beg your par
don for not seeing you standing, madam.
Please take my seat.
Woman Conductor shaking himagain;
Say. uncle. how much longer are you
going to keep me waiting for yonr fares
Chicago Tribune.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-08-02
When the Women Vote.

Mrs. Hicks-We have cook now that
promises great things.
Mrs Dix-So?
Mrs. Hicks-Yes; she's the leader of
the district. / had 20 raise her to
twenty-five month in order to get
John a place in the customhouse.-
p.,al.
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stations on the Chicago g. Eastern Illinois
r. K. on July 9Th, August 9TH, Sept. 4th,
Oct I'd, Nov. 9th and Dec. 4th, 1894, at one
fare, to points in Kentucky, Tennessee,
Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia,
North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida.
Tickets good to return fortwenty days from
date of sale. Stopover allowed on going or
returning journey. For further particulars
apply to any C.. & E. l. II. Il. agent or CHAs.
w. HUMPHREY, northern passenger agent,
10 Z. Third street, st. Paul, Chicago city
ticket Office $50 Clark street, or to CHARLES
L. STONE, G. p. s. I. a, Chicago, Ill.
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WHY She Liked Him.

Elsie-oh. uncle. am so fond of You.
Uncle-And why?
Elsie-We always have jam when
you take lunch with us.-Fl 'ege aGe
Blaetter.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-08-02
The Ladies'.

The pleasant effect and perfect safety with
which ladies may use the California liquid
laxative Syrup of Figs, under all conditions,
makes il their favorlte remedy. To get the
true and genuine article, look for the name
of the California Fig Syrup Co, printed near
the bottom of the package.
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Ah, avs On Time and Ahead of the Times
Seems TO be the motto of the John A.
Salzer Seed Co, of La Crosse, Wis, whose
general manager, MIR. Henry a. Salzer, is
now securing the celebrated farm districts
of Russia, France, England, Germany, Bo-
hemia, Belgium, Italy, etc, in search of new
and rare varieties of farm seeds, as also
vegetable and fowerseed novelties. MIR.
Salzer is thoroughly acquainted with the
wants of the American farmer and gar
dener. and he will be sure to obtain the
very vest that Europe has TO offer.
The John n Salzer Seed Co. makes a spe-
cialty of seeds for the farm and garden,
and is The introducer of more new varieties
of wheat, oats, potatoes, vegetable and for
age plants than all western seeSmen CON-
blned.
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''pve got cold or something in my 'ead.
was what the simple little chappie said. Tn,
summer girl, with ROBUSTNESS demure
replied: '.Ohi it must DE cold, I'm sure.
Boston Journal
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But do it consistently, wisely, and not with
alcoholic stimulants, but by the reinforce
ment of energy, the renewal of appetite and
the ability TO digest, which Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, foremost among tonics
produces. Malaria, rheumatism, kidney
complaints, constipation and nervousness
are conquered by this victor over many all
ments.
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"YoUNG Mrs. Eaton seems TO take a great
interest in all the current events" Mrs.
Grasply-''Great goodness, why mott she
took the prize last year for both the Jelly
and pie"
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class hotel, with all modern conveniences.
Electric cars 10 all parts of city. and to st.
Paul, pass the door. Rates, 81. 90, & so and
$500 per day; suites of rooms with baths,
axfra