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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-02-22
A Water Main Freezes.

The water mains ON Broadway
east Of Fourth street, and down
Fourth street are frozen. Upon In
vestigation it transpires that the
first freeze was at the intersection Of
Broadway and Fourth where the
sewers were put In last fall. The
earth was not packed over the
sewer where it crosses the water
pipe and the result was that the
frost was not long in penetrating it,
freezing the main solid. The water
was thus stopped and it very soon
frOze on all sides of the first place.
It will be some time before it is
thawed out and will cause consider
able trouble for the balance OF the
winter.
Monday it was discovered that
a break had been made in the pipe
on the bridge. This was caused by
the paper mill shutting down for
Sunday. OF course it raised the
water and this hoisted the ice. 1t
was frozen solid around the bent he
tween the west bank Of the river
and the pier and this section of the
bridge rose with the ice. The bent
happened to he under Joint in the
pipe, and it broke the coupling caus-
ing a leak. Superintendent Baker
Immediately put crew of men at
work and within three hours it was
repaired and as good as new.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-02-22
How it Happened.

Messrs. Freeman Il Gray have re-
ceived by letter the particulars of the
disastrous fire which destroyed their
barn a Grave Lake camp last Tues
day. The fire was started by the ex-
DlOsiOn OF a lantern in the barn
about a. M, and the halters OF the
eighteen horses in the stable were
cut and an attempt made to drive
them out. A horse fear of fire was
the result of so many of them being
burned, for but five were gotten out
and of these one will die, making a
loss of fourteen horses and har-
nesses.-St. Cloud Journal Press.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-02-22
Will Sue the n. p,

! The st. Cloud journal Press OF
Saturday says:
Attorney d. w. Bruckart returned
Friday night from a business trip to
Anoka and Minneapolis. In the
former city he practically closed the
arrangements for the beginning of
the biggest suit oi the kind ever had
OUTSIDE of Minneapolis in this state.
The Home Insurance company with
several other insurance companies,
| with Reed & Sherwood, the lumber
men, and other lumhermen inter-
este,l, will sue in the district court Of
Anoka county the Northern Pacific
railroad company, or it's receivers,
for the sum of $4,000. This large
amount is claimed as damages for
the fire which devastated the lumber
section of AnOka last summer, and
W hch it is claimed was started by
sparks from the locomotives Of the
Northern Pacific company, It is not
improbable that the Great Northern
company may be made joint de-
PENDANT when the papers are filed in
the case. Mr. Bruckart has carried
as many or more Of these fire cases
to a successful issue in the past few
years as any attorney in the state
and his being retained in this big
case is a compliment to his ability
as an attorney.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-02-22
CURRENT COMMENT.

Il 10 hardly oomprehensible, but Il n z
fact, that the people are enjoying the
opera In New York without Wagnef's a.
sistanoe. Buffalo Commercial.
They have begun to arrest the Washers
on the streets Of New York, and it ,is to
be hoped that the good work will not end
there. They are national pest. -Boston
Herald. 49, >%s
With 9, 800 murders committed last year
In the United States there were 1879 execu-
tions-one in rs. And we boast OF our
laws and civilizationl-St. Louis Star
Sayings. ,5, @
The college presidents who have declared
against smuggling" In football games
must want to bring their colleges down to
:he level of educational Institutions.
Chicago Post.
II you don't want the grip, keep your
feet dry. If you have the grip, don't neg
leot it. Some people seem to think that
the grip is a joke, but these people have
never had it.--New York Tribune.
A Cincinnati purist has just won 500
on wager chat farmers do not "husk"
corn, but ''unhusk" it. That fellow prob
Sbly would unbark his shin, unpeel a po-
cato and unskin cat.-Chicago Dispatch.
An exchange says that "a Mississippi
man can play on three accordions at
once" And yet some of our northern ex-
changes are writing vigorous protests
against lynch law in the south.-Atlanta
Constitution.
Chief Thunder Hawk cheated the gal
lows by hanging himself with towel.
The eastern papers claim this lis the arst
instance of modern years in which an In
dian has committed suicide" or used q
towel.-Chioago Dispatch.
Philadelphia has sent Peter Robey to
jail for two months for creating a panic
in theater by shouting "Fire!' in order
to shave some fun" Such a sentence is
an outrage Oh justice. 1t should have
been double.-Chicago Dispatch.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-02-22
Vote Bonds ut MelrOse.

The St. Cloud Times of Thursday
says: "Only two votes were cast
against the proposition to issue
bonds at the special election held
yesterday at Melrose. The total
vote cast was 1856. The proposition
is to issue $l5, 1000 which is the limit
of the the bonded Indebtedness OF
the village and this together with
$4,000 contributed by the business
men will be used to purchase land
for the Great Northern. The report
that the proposed change on the
system is likely to take e large num-
Der of train crews out OF St. Cloud
has created great deal OF discus
sion in business circles. The MelrOse
people claim they have assurance
from the General Manager but the
local representatives Of the company
who come in contact with our bust
ness men say they have no knowledge
of any change and do not believe
the report that Melrose Is to have
a division at the expense DIST. Cloud.
It is reasonable, however, to expect
that if this not true the company will
favor the business men of st. Cloud
Will, an official denial.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-02-22
Where is the List for 1898?

The Herald of list week publishes
"a list of delinquent taxes upon real
estate within the county OF Morri-
son and state of Minnesota for the
year 1884,
The publication of the list OF delin-
uuent taxes fNr the year 1894 should
be published in 1896, but if that
paper chooses to publish it a year
ahead of time we presume we will
have to accept in in the way of a
''scoop.' 1t might be well, however.
to have the list of delinquent taxes
for 1893 published in some news
paper.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-02-22
ETIQUETTE.

Luncheon IL Both an Enjoyable and Use-
full Social Institution.
Noinvitation is more readily respond
ed to than one to luncheon. To be ask
ed to luncheon provokes nothing but
cheerful acceptance. 1t means on the
face Of it a short meal, agreeable society.
No misgivings pass through the femi-
nine mind as to the advisability Of &C.
cepting it on the score Of evening toilet
Not only is luncheon a social meal,
but it is a most useful institution on
several accounts. It enables friends to
meet frequently at each others houses.
The expense and trouble it entails arc
trif1ing as compared with that occasion
ed by dinner party, while actually
guests are brought into far closer inter-
course with their entertainers than is
possible at the latter function, besides
which it is quite immaterial whether Ia
dies are in the majority or net. Gener-
ally they are SO, and perhaps no mon or
only one or two represent the sex.
Then, too, guests are not sent in to
luncheon as at dinner. The hostess leads
GQo way WILL UuO AoNy WIZ 40 pOkAOpo
the guest of honor, followed by the
other ladies, walking together or side
by side, the gentlemen, even the host,
bringing up the rear. When host is
present, the ladies to whom special at
tention is to be paid sit on either side
Of him, or, in his absence, next to the
hostess, unless gentlemen occupy those
places. Luncheon seldom lasts over half
an hour, and the conversation is invari.
ably general, no tete-a-tete, as at dinner,
and the host and hostess taking the lead
and every one joining in more or less.
Guests depart within half an hour
after leaving the luncheon table unless
music follows.
Calls of Formally are not expected
after luncheon given in simple fash
ion if the Invitation is accepted. If
otherwise, a call should be paid at an
early date.
It is a noticeable fact that but little
wine is drunk in most houses at lunch
con by both men and women. A glass
Of claret or a little claret and water or
even water only is usual with the ma
iority Of ladies' Even q man seldom
cares for much more than glass Of
claret and some of the many mineral
waters.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-02-22
Died.

Mrs. Matilda Kueoel, wife of Mr..
Christ kuesel, Ut this city, passed
ayay on Saturday afternoon at 3
O'clock, in the twenty-eighth year Of
her age. The cause Of her dea tn W as
5puerperal fever. She leaves besides
her husband, child but a few days
old. Mr.. and Mrs. Kuesel were mar
ried at st. Paul in March, 1894, and
Immediately came to Little Falls
where they have since resided. The
deceased was an excellent lady and
9 member OF the German Lutheran
church. During her short residence
here she made many warm friends
who will be grieved to learn Of her
sudden demise. The funeral was
held Tuesday afternoon at at 2
O'Clock from the Norwegian Luther
an church. Rev. kohlmann the
German Lutheran minister from
SWanyille officiating.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-02-22
Lumber camp Burned.

A special from Grand Rapids, says
that Freeman & Gray's lumber cam
on Bear River has been destroyed by
fire. Fourteen horses and the con-
tents of the camp were burned. The
cause was the careless handling Of a
lantern. Dave Conner, of this city
has charge of the camp.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-02-22
Advertising Paws.

A "Shoe Lost" local was published
in the Transcript Friday night, and
next morning Ed. hatten showed up
at the office with the missing article.
Everyone who advertises in the Daily
Transcript always gets quick re-
turns
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-02-22
A Valentine Party.

The Misses Hill gave Il valentine
party at their home on Third street
Thursday. evening and entertained
their friends to the number of about
twenty-five. The invitations were
in the form of hearts, the rooms were
decorated with hearts and even some
of the refreshments were cut in the
same form. The evening was
passed with music and games. As a
souvenir OF the occasion each guest
was presented with valentine. 1T
was pleasant event and highly
enjoyed by all.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-02-22
England's Lullaby.

The favorite lullaby of England, &C.
oording to George Allen, author Of "Lul-
labies of Many Lands. is the one in
which occur the lines SO familiar on this
side of the water:
Rockaby. baby, thy cradle is green;
Thy fathers q noble, thy mothers . queen,
And Betty's q lady and wears gold ring,
And Johnny's drummer and drums for the
king
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-02-22

DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cured
j. G. GOrrell of the worst case of
eczema ever known in the state OF
Idianna. 1t cures scalds. burns, in
dolent sores md never fails to cure
piles.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-02-22
A Card.

The undersigned desire to express
their most sincere thanks to their
friends for their many acts of kind
ness and expressions of sympathy at
the time of our deep affection.
MRS. X. G. WALTERS AND FAMILY.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-06-05

for years, markets being found in the
hamlets scattered along the Gulf and
Atlantic littoral. The favorite banana
in that region is the dwarf, or Caven-
dish, because it's short stock saves it
from the lashings of gales, and it's fruit
is of good size, we'll favored, and pro-
duced in heavy punches. have seen
these retail at $3.50 each, and as 1910
plants can be grown to the acre, one
may form an estimate of the profits of
banana culture. All growers will not,
OF course, realize such sum, and par
tlcularly at this time when steamers
bring huge cargoes of bananas from
Honduras to Port Tampa twice month
during the winter, and make them so
cheap that they retail at dime a
dozen. The Honduras fruit is large and
heavy, but it does not seem to me to be
as delicate in flavor as our choice Flor
ida product, such, for instance, as the
Golden, the Fig, the Rand, Martinique,
dwarf French, and other varieties.
AS cheapness is an important con-
sheraton with people, and banana is
banana, no matter what it's flavor may
be, the Honduras fruit will, no doubt,
make banana culture less profitable in
Florida than it has been, although |
doubt if it will prevent extensive plant
ing in the future. The region lying be-
tween the Anclote river and the Ever
glades on the Gulf coast, and Titusville
and Biscayne Bay on the Atlantic coast
is we'll adapted to the growth of the
banana-in suitable localities, of course
and that, instead of the Florida reefs,
seems destined to be the great field for
banana culture in this State.-M. An
clote in American Agriculturist.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-06-05

one may eat large quantities with de-
cided advantage. 1t is one of the most
healthful sweetmeats child can get,
and children who know it prefer it to all
others. The seeds are used as vermi
fuges and as specifics for diphtheria in
Venezuela and portions of the West
Indies. The seeds are merely ground
and smeared on piece of bread with
syrup or sugar, and then eaten. Young
fruit just formed, is made into sweet
meat by boiling it in sugar.
The leaves of the plant are said to
possess the property of making tough
meat Of any kind tender, by merely
bruising them little and rolling them
around the object to be made digestible
Several persons in my vicinity, among
them physician, aver that this is true,
because they have proved it for them
Selves The leaves also make an excel
lent lather, and may be used as a soap,
If necessary. [ do not know of an insect
or animal that attacks the tree or fruit,
yet every domestic animal in my estab-
lishment, from the dog to the fowl, eats
the ripe fruit either raw or cooked.
Fowls are particularly fond of it, and 1
would say it does them good, by its food
digestive properties. Tt has more call
round good qualities" than any plant
can call an acquaintance, vet the only
persons in this region who seem inclined
to purchase it are the Cuban and Spanish
cigar makers, and they cannot get
enough of it at any time.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-06-05
Properties of the Pawpaw Tree.

Mr.. J. Mortimer Murphy of Tampa
culturlst:
The article on the pawpaw which re-
Gently appeared in the American Agri.
culturist has brought me so many in
qulries concerning the tree and fruit
that [ am unable TO answer them by let
ter, and have 10 avail myself of the col
umns of this journal. The tree receives
it's generic name of Garcia from Haria,
where it is said to have been first Guilt
waited, 1t is supposed to bear in two
years from the seed in some countries,
but in Florida it begins to bear when less
than six months old, and ere it has
reached It's first year it may have 80
pounds of fruit on it, each fruit being
from an ounce to ten pounds in weight.
had over 100 fruits on a tree twelve
months old, and the smallest of them,
when fully ripe, weighed 60 ounces. l
estimated the altitude of the tree at
fourteen feet when it reached the age of
eighteen months. 1t grew like a weed
on the very highest and dryest soil l
could find, yet it appreciated all the
water received if the fluid did not re-
main long about the roots, for it abhors
"cold feet" Its roots are long, spongy
and capable of absorbing a great deal of
water in short time. The tree bears
better while young than when older, and
sends out new crowns almost weekly, if
it is in a thrifty condition. l do not
know any plant that grows so rapidly as
a vigorous pawpaw. The fruit can be
eaten in various ways, but like it best
as salad, with vinegar, pepper and salt
| can, in fact, make most satisfactory
lunch off pawpaw salad and crackers,
and feel in delightful mood afterwards.
The digester papoid is made from the |
fruit, and it's digestive properties are,
no doubt mainly the reason why per-
sons feel so buoyant after eating it, either
rs jelly, jam, syrup, or butter" 1t
makes the most delicious preserve |
know of, and as it never clogs the palate,
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-06-05

200 pounds to the acre In a small way,
lot profitable to raise large crop, grow
ng about three feet high, and must be
erked off instead of being tabled and
iut; just the tips of the brush, when
ne seed is on, come out of the last top
eaf, Called the "boot'O while the bal
tnce of the straw is surrounded by the
eaf. and if there is much wet weather
after it is headed out, the water runs
Gown into the "boot" and makes the
crush gummy and very sticky, render
ing the jerking very disagreeable.
Whenever it gets into that condition it
turns very red and nearly worthless.
The dry climate of Kansas is better
adapted to the cultivation of the Dwarf
variety than any other section of the
United States.-Prairie Farmer.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-06-05
Banana Culture in Florida.

The banana was the first of the semi
tropical plants grown in Florida to re-
cover from the effects of the severe
freeze of last February. Magnificent
4 specimens which were cut back to the
ground have put out growth three or
four feet long in less than thirty days,
and all sorts have begun sending up
suckers in unusually large numbers, as
if to atone for the decapitation of the
main stalks. Some of these suckers are
expected to bloom this year, and if they
fulfill our hopes, we shall have bananas
enough for home use in a few months.
The banana is much harder than most
persons imagine, and several varieties
can stand a freeze ranging from $50
down to $50 without suffering any
greater injury than a loss of leaves, and
perhaps curtailment of the bunch of
fruit.
The Orinoco or horse banana, which
is known as Ell Bobo or the "Fool," in
Spanish, thrives almost as far north as
the Georgia line, and produces fruit every
year as rule. Harris Choice is almost
as hardy as the preceding, being at home
as far north as st. Augustine, and yield
ing generously along the st. Johns river
from Palatka southwark. 1t is the
favorite banana in South Florida on &C.
count of it's hardness, delicacy of flavor
CT oil crrnuth cn0pi no
in good localities attaining height of II
or Is feet. The leaves are five or six
= feet in length, and when spread to their
fullest extent in calm evenings present
one of the most luxuriantlY tropical
scenes one can imagine. Although the
"fngers" are small yet they sell at a
cent each to lovers of dne fruit, but no
darkey will pay that for them, he pre-
ferring the large, coarse horse banana,
which gives him full quantity for his
money. These two varieties constitute
the bulk of the bananas grown north of
the Manatee river, but south of that
the dwarf kinds are the most popular |
These plants prefer a rich, moist, but |
not wet, soil to any other, yet they grow |
we'll in sandy soil, well fertilized, and
seem to fairly spring out of the ground
when placed in poultry yards, although |
the ground may be nothing but white
sand. They also grow we'll on hammock,
if mulched heavily to prevent loss of
moisture. have some on high shell
hammock that vie with the palms in
size and make splendid foreground for
the glistening body of salt water close
by. No fertilizer has been used on them
thus far, yet they bear heavily and their
fruit cannot be we'll excelled in delicacy
of flavor. The central and northern
sections OF Florida will never, in all
probability, raise bananas enough to
supply the local demand, yet sufficient
quantity should be produced to give
farmers what they need for home
use.
The extreme southern portion of the
State has been an exporter of bananas
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-06-05
Peppermint Raising.

Peppermint raising has been reduced
to science, although different people
often use different methods. The man
who wants to go into the peppermint
! business must first purchase the roots
The roots cost $40 per acre. They are
planted in continuous rows which are
from twenty-eight to thirty-six inches
apart. During the first year the mint
is carefully cultivated. AS a general
thing, it is cultivated eight or ten times
and hoed three times during the season.
The first years crop is cut with
scythe, and if not devoured by grass
hoppers or baked by the sun, ought to
yield enough mint to the acre to make
twenty pounds of oil. If weather and
grasshoppers Join forces, however, the
peppermint farmer may not get over
five pounds of oil to the acre for his
trouble. There is nothing that can be
put on farm that looks better growing
than carefully cultivated peppermint
during the first year. The mint, varying
in height, is dark green.
The second year the mint is allowed
to run without cultivation, and at the
end of the season is cut with a mower.
The mint does not grow to such a height
and the foliage is not as heavy as during
the first year. June grass mixes with it
a great deal, and the average yield for
the second year is at it's best only about
ten pounds of oil to the acre. The third
years mint is allowed to run the same |
as the second, the peppermint farmer
getting from five to seven pounds of oil |
to the acre.
After the third year great manv |
people put some other crop in for the
next year, claiming that when they
plant mint again they will get better
returns if the land has had years rest
The following year new roots are put in
ind another three years crop obtained
rom the land.
After the mint is cut it is allowed
merely to wilt and is not cured. If
cured, the mint becomes brittle, and
much is lost by the leaves, in which the
III is contained, being broken off in tran
It, Willing 1t reduces both the bulk