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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22
Appreciated Il Joke.

After the excitement and fatigue of /,
battle, or at any time when no immediate
danger menaced his army, in the retire,
ment of his tent Gen. Grant liked to III.
amused never knew him to laugh more
heartily than he did at Gen. Dodge. who.
it will be remembered. after the Occupa.
ton of NickSburg, was placed in com,
mantl of the city. At that time cotton:
was worth S1.1O a pound in New Orleans,
Farragut. with his gunbOatS. controlled
the Mississippi river at Fort Hudson and
Yazoo pass. and prevented owners from
shipping their priceless cotton down to
the Crescent City. Gen: Dodge was be-
sieged day and Mi ht by planters and
owners of the precious stuff for permits
to ship their cotton below to Il market.
AS he had no authority to issue permits.
he was greatly annoyed by these contili.
ued opportunities. and ut length, on the
verge of desperation. he tclegraphed Mr..
Lincoln the following: Mr.. President:
On Saturday last | was offered $:1O.ON
for permit to ship Il boatoad of cot
ton from this place to New Orleans: OH
Sunday morning | was offered S1OO.OOO:
before night | was rendered S2OO.0OO il,
greenbacks. AS my price is 1000. for
Gods sake, Mr.. President, remove me
before l am offered that sum- A copy
of this dispatch was shown to Grant,
who. as l have said, enjoyed it hugely
No one appreciated Il good story or joke
more than Mr.. Lincoln, and for long
time he carried that honest telegram in
his vest pocket to show it to his intimates.
Thomas =. Robbs' Anecdotes of Gen
Grant
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22
FERD WARD GETS $6 A WEEK.
The Ex-3ank Wrccker is Now an Assist
ant to Il SurrOgate's Clerk,

The Ex-Bank Wrccker is Now an Assist
ant to ii Surrogate's Clerk.
Ferdinand Ward, who robbed and
ruined Gen. Grant, and landed behind
the bars at Sing Sing for Il term Of seven
years, is now dragging out the remaining
days Of his ruined life at Geneseo. Living
ston county, in the old homestead Of his
father and mother, long since dead.
S.. Some four or five months ago Ward s
name gained new publicity when it be.
came known that through the advice of
his counsel he was endeavoring to gain
possession of an only son, who is living
under the projection of guardian in
New Jersey. Although some people sup,
pose that Ward has Il comfortable for.
tune laid aside to keep the wolf away
from the door in the declining years of
his blasted life, the common belief is tina,
he is all but penniless and that his great
desire to gain possession of his son arises
from the fact that the boy will be heir to
considerable wealth when he becomes of
age.
Wards present apparent income is SIS
Il week, which he receives as an assistant
to the surrogatc'S clerk in Gcneseo.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22
A Remark able CARPET.

In the treasure room of the maharaj ah
of Baroda is stored Il carpet which cost
f2OO,OOO 1t is only ten feet by six in
size. but is woven from strings of pure
pearls. with center and corner circle
of diamonds. 1t took three years to
make it, and was intended as Il gift to a
certain Mohammedan beauty.-t phol
Sterrr.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22
On the Down Slide.

One of the most striking TEXTURES with
regard to mems dress during 1894 was
back to 1S45. Up to the close of 1864,
and right into the early months of last
year, everything tended toward b ~
viyal Of the fashions of our ttandf th-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22
FARM AND HOME.
Ordered. Out. Hia Al.

Once on Il time Il man there was -. Z.
Who strongly did desire &.<lz
4 rest to take from business cares Ri
In short, get out, retire. ts@
He told his friends of his intent;
He got out; in fact, =:
10 Close MS STOCK ana business out, ~
He used his utmost tact. -
Hut, strange to say, his trade held UP, +,
New goods he had to buy;
1t looked as IL he couldn't quit,
No matter how he'd try.
Until one day a friend explained
Why he such trade had had,
And>now he's out OF II for keeps
He's ordered out his ad!
. "A. Il. Hoyt In Printers Ink.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, CO
N''

LUCAS COUNTY.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that be Is
the senior partner of the firm of f.: J..
Cheney l. Co., doing business in the City
Of Toledo. county and state aforesaid. ana
that said firm will pay the sum Of ONE
case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the
use of Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presense this 9th day of December, A. D.
1NSii
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22
Buckwheat Straw as Feed,

The popular belief that buckwhcat
straw is of little value is shown by the
small degree of care taken in keeping it
in good condition for feeding. We have
shared in this belief, never attempting to
make any use of the straw. except for
bedding or for covering roughly made
sheds to keep out the cold. But Yer
mont friend, with whom we talked last
week, gives us an entirely different opin-
ion than we have heretofore held. His
experience is that buckwheat straw. if
kept in good order. is eaten readily by
cattle and sheep, and is preferred by
either to oat straw. What it's nutritious
value is our friend did not say. but the
fact that stock will eat it proves that
there is nutrition in it. The appetites of
stock that is kept in Il normal condition
is good for them than are perverted
human appetites of many men and
women.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22

Lung Complaints. Bronchitis. Asthma.
etc. are speedily relieved and if taken in
time, permanently cured by DR.. D.
Jayne's Expectorant. You will find in it
also a certain remedy for Coughs and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22
Mus.h Truth in it.

Here is Truths veracious description
of certain figure in society who is
much in vogue. though his accomplish
ments are somewhat limited:
He could not Dance or talk small talk;
He could not through the lanccrs walk.
He could not sing or play part
In amateur dramatic art.
He was not gay, nor debOnafr,
Nor cen an idle millionaire.
But none received. in all the rout,
So many invitations out
His prestige has Il basis, firm though slight.
He'd play with chaperones Mt whist all
night.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22
FAILING OF WOMB. -

Mrs. FRANK CAM
FIELD, of East Dick1u-
pm, Franklin Co., ".
J.. writes " I deem it
my duty to express my
deep. heartfelt graft
t1,dc to you for having
been the means, under
Providence. Of restor-
ing me TO health. for I
have been by spells un-
able to ak. My
troubles were of the
womb - inhammatory
and bearing down sen.
satio,lS and the doctors
all said. they could not
cure me.
TuoI1,a hoff1oc ofnr
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22
To EniOV Life

The physical machine must be in good
running order. 4 little care-the use
of Ripans Tabules-will give You every
morning feeling that you are glad to
be alive.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22

Good Friday is legal holiday in the
states of Alabama. Louisiana, Maryland.
Pennsylvania and Tennessee. In many
others it is informally observed.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22

Every Saturday afternoon is legal
holiday in New York. New Jersey, Penn
sylvania and Maryland.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22
A WARNING TO ARCHERs,

shot all arrow into the air;
It fell to eartll-I knew not where.
Till II neighbOr called and raised Il row
Because I'd shot his Jersey COW,
gsgi /. -. New York Herald.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22

Pisos Cure is a wonderful Cough Med
icine.-Mrs. w. Pickert, Van Siclen and
Blake AYES, Brooklyn, y. Y. Oct. 10
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22
1000 Blu. Potatoes Per Aore.

Wonderful yields in potatoes, oats,
corn. farm and vegetable seeds. Cut
this out and send sc postage to the
John 4. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse,
Wis.,. tor their great seed book and
sample of Giant Spurry. GNU
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22

The interior bones of the ear are
3 as ths hummer md the stairrnp from
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22

So many applications nave been made
for the chair in which sat the witnesses
before the LeNow committee, the two
Bibles which they kissed and the gavel
with which Senator Lexow preserved Or
der. that Clerk Boese of the superior
court has been compelled to put them
under lock and kew
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22
ON THE ROAD
to recovery. the

to recovery, the
young woman
who is taking
Doctor Pierce's
Favorite Pre-
scr,iption. In
uaidenhood, wo.
manhood, wife.
hood and moth
erhood the " Pre-
scription +" is a
supporting tonic
and nervine
that's peculiarly
adapted to her
eds, regulating,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22

New Years day is q legal holiday in
all the states but Massachusetts, New
Hampshire and Rhode Island,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22

-Alunno made himself famous by
painting resurrection in which the two
angels who kept watch over the grave
were armed with old-fashioned blundcr-
hESSeS
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22

Frank Dice, 16-year-old boy in
Gladwin county, came on 225-popnd
hruin BY lucky shot This is the seventh
bear killed in that vicinity this winter and
the younyster was made happy by receiv-
ing $50 for the carcass and hide.
The small bone at the root of the
tongue is placed there for the purpose of
giving stability to that member.
The great toe is placed on the inside
of the foot to act as fulcrum in pro-
pclIinS the body forward.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22

The Feast of the Supreme Being
was a holiday established by the Frenci
convention for June s, 1874
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22
Insurance Against Drouth.

The great drouth Of 1894 has brought
the value and the pructicability Of irriga-
ton home to Il large majority of our farm
crs in Illinois. Iowa and the Western
states generally. If the poor farmer on
the cheap lands Of Western Kansas, far
from market, can afford to dig wells and
pump water for irrigation, certainly farm
ers of the more expensive lands nearer
to markets can well afford to go to equal
expense to insure Il water supply if tho
natural: rainfall runs short. Even III
average seasons there is scarcely Il farm
in any part of the non-rrigated country
that does not feel the want of irrigati ton
ut certain times. The wind affords cheap
power for this purpose and windmill
can be utilized for other purposes also
We insure our buildings against fire
Why not insure our farms against
drouth: This does not require the i'm
mense irrigAting system of the far West.
Orange Judd Farmer
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22
New Kind of Puzzle.

Napoleon and Bourrienne were sitting
together on cloud.
Its extraordinary" said Bonaparte,
''the interest these people are taking in
hear from the world I am all the rage
now"
"Well. don't get conceited about it,"
said Bourrienne. Next year some
countryman will invent some new kind
of fifteen puzzle and you'll go out of
sight again."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22

Babies do not hear we'll because TIL
bones of the ear are too soft to convey til,
sensation of sound.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22
A. w. GLEASON.
Anf0r,f p,Ih1i/

Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Send for testi-
mOnialS free.
f. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists. ioc.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22

Baltimore mills recently received a
contract for 100000 yards of cotton duck
from the japanese government
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22

The Cars private treasury is prac
tically inexbaustible, for he has no set
tied civil list. but draws what he likes
from the imperial treasury. Every roubl'
is supposed to belong to him.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22
Care IF GrindSfsnoa

In cold weather the grinlstone should
always be under shelter 1t is more or
less absorptive of water. and when water
freezes. as it must in winter, it will soon
chip off pieces and make the stone run
unevenly. A grindstonc of good quality
will, with care, last many years. and it
is a pleasure to use it. One exposed al
ways to the weather is nuisance to
anyone obliged to use it.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22
Teaching Calves to Drink,

''My method is simple and successful
SAYS J: Newell Cotton III the Orange.
Judd Farmer. Il never allow the calf
to suckle, but remove it as soon as
dropped to IL oomy pen. with the floor
we'll Uttered with straw, letting the little
fellow remain until six, eight, or even
twelve hours old, then put freshly drawn
milk from the mother in IL ten-Quart
pail, get the calf into Il corner of the
pen. straddle his neck with my legs, and
put his head into the pail Frequently a
calf will drink directly, without ever
sucking: if he refuses, put a finger in
his mouth and induce him to suck the
milk in that manner. If he is obstinate
and will not sucklc the finger. try Il lit
tie coaXing, and if this does not work
leave him a little while longer. Hunger
will ut length conquer, although it seems
severe to resort to such Il measure. After
the fourth or fifth trial the finger can be
gradually removed. and the calf will
drink without further trouble"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22
HelDjn3 His Friends.

From Ney, Defiance County, Ohio,
Charles A. Bergman writes to the Ster-
ling Remedy Co.. of Chicago, that he
thinks No-to-bac is one of the greatest
remedies on earth. One box Of MOTTO
bac, purchased at the local drug store.
cured him of the tobacco habit, and he
is now recommending No-to-bac to his
friends.
Eugene keasey of South Haven. who
was recently shot in a terrible manner
by Robert Webster. is doing we'll al
Kalamazoo. While sneezinG recently
three shot fell out of his nos" and an
other time he found several leaden pei
lets in his bed, that had rolled out Of his
ear
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22
Value of Grain Cha fl.

The cllaff of grain has IL higher nutri-
tive value than any part of the stalk
1t is the part nearest the grain. Probably
in a green straw some of it's nutriment
on it's way through the sap to the grain is
detained before it reaches the place it
started for. Cattle that have good hay
will always eat some oat or barley cllaff
for Il change. if given Il small quantity
every day. Yet, when stock are made
with too little help to get away the straw
most of the chaff falls beneath the car
rier. 1t is heavier than the straw, be-
cause it is more compact and also because
the man standing under the carrier is
always treading down the chaff under his
feet. The last years we were farming we
used to go with team and box wagon
where the carrier had been, and pile it full
with the chaff to put in the barns. 1t
saved the feeding of much hay, and any
stock. except cows giving milk. did quite
as well on it. We never could feed straw
Or grain chaff to mich COWS without
lessening their yield. Some scatter the
chaff through the stack, but this requires
good deal of unnecessary labor, and
even thcn there will always be most
chaff left under the straw carrier. 1t
vets through the first rain storm and I'M
less put under shelter soon rots down
and becomes worthless before cold wealth
er comes.-Amcrican Cultiyator.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22
Apple Orchards.

Fourteen dollars per acre as an average
is what Minnesota farmer gives as the
product of his orchard of less than four
dozen trees per acre for fifteen years
past, and the. ground has been durine
this time in other crops. But what farm
ers want to know, says a writer in the
American Cultivator. is how much more
of other crops the land would have pro
duced if the trees had not been growing
there. and how much fruit they would or
should have produced if the other cropa
had not been grown. We believe that
certain crops may be grown in young
orchard. but the line of crops is limited
in New England. and we should like to
have to draw up Il formula for fifteen
years use of the orchard in other crops.
giving fertilizer for the crops, and at the
same time one that would keep the trees
healthy and in condition to yield fair
crop when old enough. Nor would $14
pei. acre very soon repay the cost of land
and setting and caring for an orchard as
it should be-. when land could be sold for
MS high prices as it could be sold for
within ten miles of Boston.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22
Wisconsin Patents.

Patents for the following Wisconsin
inventions are reported this week by Err
win, Wheeler 4 Wheeler. ~ and 80
Loan and Trust building. Milwaukee,
Wis. These attorneys will furnish the
Inventors Handbook" free on request
Jens Amundsen and +. Peterson, La
Crosse washing machine: Edwin D. Bangs
Milwaukee, lubricator: Alexis Conrad North
La Crosse wagOn-boIster stake; John X.
Fagen. West Superior. door: Max Hamburg
er, Milwaukee,. concentrated game appa
ratus; Albert Hirshheimer. and e. VI. Muei-
Ter. La Crosse. woodworking machine; Fred
g. Hodges Racine, liquor cooler: Wenzei r.
Kabat and H. Hill. ReedsviIie. cherss-vat
heater: George X. Kent. Elkhorn. wire-fenct
tool: August H. STANCE, Merrill: door
Charles II. Tescil. Milwaukee, breech mech
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22

Twelve bottles Of DR.. '' ~111'1 h010'
Pierce's wonderful Favorite Prescription
has cured me-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22

strengthening and cur
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-08-15

DR.. Blackburn, president OF the
Pierre University, preached a very
able sermon Sunday at the Presby.
terrain church. On Monday the DR..
drove out to Springhill township to
secure some specimens from the chalk
deposits there, for what purpose we
do not know. If memory is not at
fault the DR.. made a similar trip here
some six or eight years ago.
While in conversation with a re.
porter Saturday, the doctor said he
was very much interested in noticing
the changes which have occurred in
this locality since he was here a few
years ago. The principal one men.
toned was of course our change from
exclusive grain raising to darying,
~stockraising and mixed farming. He
thinks the people here are on the
right track.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-08-15

Farmers are apparently in no hur.
ry to thresh this year, at present
paying as much attention to stock
and dairy interests as to grain. This
is another illustration of changed
conditions. Stock raising, dairying
and mixed farming, are beginning to
show changes in this locality. True,
it has been a very slow process, and
during two years panic and poor
crops, it has been an uphill business
but the careful observer a see that
today Hand county has established
herself upon a mixed farming and
stock raising basis. 1t has taken
time and hard work in many instan'
ces to make the start, but the start
has been successfully made, and from
now on benefits will largely. increase,
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-08-15

To accommodate the shipment of
grain and stock it is said that an
other regular train will soon be put
on by the Northwestern. BY the way
Bro. Sage's 1.-TWO streaks of rust
to Pierre is the only Northwestern
line in the state which pays. These
freights all carry a coach and secure
more local passenger traffic than the
passenger trains.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-08-15
A Cyclones Work.

Tuesday was one ofthe years most
peculiar days in atmospheric condi-
lions, being extremely hot and sultry
although a strong wind blew from
the south. The wind was a schorch-
er, and the air charged to such an
extent that everybody predicted a
severe storm before the day closed,
andthey were not mistaken. At Mil
Ter it resulted in a rain storm, but in
southwestern Hand county a verita-
BILE cyclone held sway. 1t made its
appearance between four and five
o'clock, coming from the southwest,
accompanied by the usual rumbling
noise. The twister struck in Cedar
township, demolishing the large barn
on eX-sheriff Walsh's farm, and the
stock sheds of Jas Burke. There may
have been other damage, but none
has as yet been reported. That cy-
clones are freaks and work miracles
is a well established fact, and this
n was no exception. In the big
Walsh barn there were seven head of
horses and a calf, and not one re-
ceived a scratch. After the storm
they were found tied to posts where
the barn stood. The barn was pick
ed up bodily, carried away from it's
site and smashed to pieces. Mr..
Walsh carried an insurance of $500
on the barn in the German, of Ere
port. Once before the same barn
was damaged by wind. There was
hail with Tuesdays storm in some
localities but no particular damage
was reported.
j. W. Richardson. mail carrier,
brings the further new Of many
grain and hay stacks blown abont,
one steer killed at Calvin Porter's in
Mondamin township, and a granary
blown down on Mr.. Adams farm in
Rockdale.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-08-15

In 1900 we drop one day from the
calendar, to keep the record straight.
In 1896 we have a leap year, and
then skip to 1904 before another oc-
ours. 1t seems the old calculators of
time were not onto their job tigurin'
az good as some of our store box
financiers are on governmental af-
fairs, so ut the end of this century
we'll have one day to throw at birds.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-08-15

August Pearson, the Greenleaf twp
stockman, was doing business in Mil
Ter Monday. He has just sold %
fat steers to be delivered this month.
This makes over 100 he has turned
off this season, and he still has near
ly 100 head of young stock left. The
cash received from his sales, some
$3,4OO makes q pretty good "crop
return"
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-08-15

A light hay crop is reported from
many sections of the north, and local
hay men say the crop is light here.
1t may be necessary to go oyer more
ground to get the required amount,
but we venture the prediction that
thousands of acres of hay in Hand
county will go to waste this year as
usual, for want of some one to cut it
or stock to eat it.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-08-15

Joseph Koeck a prominent farmer
and stockman of Midland township,
is arranging to put down an artesian
we'll upon his farm, for irrigation and
stock purposes. He has n half sec
ton OF land, and will put the well
down as a private investment. Ii he
succeeds in getting a good three inch
well, there is nc question but what it
will pay him in "a very few years.