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ssss well, 1dIueI. uc WAS lever no lEtnu
to swear much, but that time he clap
ped his hand down onto his leg, and
he said he'd be goshed if he'd ever
seen the like! And Ezekial, when them
oxen had pulled the barn to where it
was wanted, he comes to me and takes
me by the hands and says he 'Keziah
you are mine, and them oxen has won
yer
I never felt so proud in my life.
And father, as he was a man of his
word, he allowed that it was a fair
dlcker, and he wouldn't back out.
mo, we wasn't married right away.
Ezekial he allowed we had better wait
till winter, SEM as we had waited so
long, and by that time he'd have the
house on his own place all fixed up
and ready. So it was settled that we
wasn't to be married till January. But
the time soon passed, and almost afore
l knowed it my weddin' day was at
hand. And it was a time FIJI never
fergit-the same as I'll never feg1t
them oxen. suppose nobody ever,
does fergit their weddin' day. Any
how, know I'll never fergit mine; and
while kin recall that day I'll always
recollect them oxen. 1t was them that
took us over to Parson Donlow's little
log meetin' house at Munson's Corners.
where we was yoked for life.
"Munson's Corners was a good three
miles from our place, and on a cold
night it was considera BILE of a ride:
and that WeGdin' night Of ours was
about the coolest night that win,ef.
But we had big party in the sled and
so we managed to keep toIably warm.
There was his father and mother and
mine made four; and EzekiaPs sister
Prudence, she made five; and his
brother Joshua, he made six; and
Joshuas wife, she made seven; and
her sister, Experience, was eight; then
my two sisters, they made ten; and nv
sister Charity's husband, he was elev-
en-; and EZekial and me, we made thir-
teen. 1t was an onlucky number, so
father said, but we just filled the sled
body right up by settin' down fiat on
the bottom in the straw we managed
to keep toiably warm, as said.
rather he joked with Ezekial, say
in he didn't believe them oxen could
ever tote us all up Jimson's hill But
Ezekial he allowed they could, and of
course. they did.
"This Jimson's hill was long and
steep, ana f1ght at the top of it was
Munson's Corners, and just a little of
this side of the Corners stood the old
log meetin' house.
"Parson Dun1ow was holdin' p'tract-
ed meetin's at the time, and long afore
we got to the top of the hill we could
hear Deacon Wilbur's loud .Amen!
and Square Munson's ringin' Halle
lujah!' Ezekial and me had talked
matters over, and we had settled that
the day Of our bein' made one on earth
should also be the day of our bein'
made one in the Lord; and Ezekial he
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-06-04
had seen Parson Donlow, and it was

had seen Parson Donlow, and it was
all arranged.
''Well, we got to the top of the hill
after long hard pull, and Ezekial he
drove to the door of the meetin' house
and let us out; and we all hurried in
out of the cold, while he attended to
maxim them oxen fast somewheres,
SOS they couldn't get away.
'"Ihe place was about full when we
went in, but room was made for us by
the stove; and by the time we had
warmed ourselves Ezekial came in,
and we found places and sot down.
The meetin' was goin' right on all this
time; they was singin' and shoutin' III
the good old way we never hear now
adays. At last, when the right time
had come, Parson DonloW made some
remarks about hayin' couple to unite
in holy wedlock, an then he calls for
EZekial an me to come ford.
eve went up, Ezekial a-lookin' as
red as beet, an me feelin about the
same; an there, in the presence of
everybody, we was yoked together for.
life, promisin' to love an cherish till
death do us part, which, I'm proud to
say, we carried out to the letter.
when it was all done, Parson Don
low he takes by the hands, and says
he: My children.- them was his
words my children says he, you
have now started upon new walk in
life. You have taken upon yourselves
the gravest responsibilities of earth.
Upon You depends the fitting for heav-
en- or hell of future generations. Will
you not, at this critical period at this
critical period. says he, put yourselves
Of 10
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Grass Butter.

With the indications now we nay
expect to have a full run Of grass but
ter, although it will probably not grade
very high because Of the quick growth
and succulent condition of the pas
lures, and yet the grass favor will be
there, and if our butter makers will
understand that the conditions have
changed very materially from dry feed
to lighter pastures, and handle their
cream, milk and butter accordingly,
we may not see any very large amount
of poor goods in the market at the be-
ginning of the grass season
This is a trying time for the butter
maker who is not up in his business
The milk is generally much thinner in
butter fat; it is Of a very different
order entirely. The change Of food
has affected the condition Of the cows
to such an extent that the milk varies
very largely. Now comes the time
when the practical, scientific handler
of milk and cream and butter at the
factory will make his influence and his
work felt. The ripening of. cream
ffoE1 milk made from grass will be en-
trely different from that made from
dry feed the temperature and time Of
holding need to be changed, and need
to be carefully attended to.
We write this in the interest of the
butter makers SO that they may re-
member that they have a harder and
an entirely different problem to work
out at the beginning Of the season for
grass DUtter, and particularly when
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was considered great success. For
my part, didn't think it remarkable.
except for the ladies' jewels and the
mems decorations. The pit was given
up to the men entirely, and not one
man in it was undecorated, from Dol
goroukoW, the governor-general, with
rows and rows of orders upon his
breast, to some very young subalterans
in the back seats with five decorations
each. AS for the imperial box, it was
absolutely lighted by the diamonds in
it. From the crown Of head to waist
the empress and the other ladies' were
mass of jewels. Over collars and
necklaces of diamonds strings of pearls
hung one after the other upon the
bodies OF their dresses. A wonderful
display certainly, but the Jewels Of
1 THIS court are extraordinary in beauty
and profusion
#A At the coronation the emperor gave
each grand duchess a splendid present
IN precious stones, and they threw
them into a drawer, somebody said as
if they had been nothing at all. The
only person here who can rival rho
aimperials is Mrs -----, tle wife sof
the. bonanza king who has apneared
at the fetes in new necklaces and
tiaras each time And she evidently
could have cut them out. Somebody
expressed admiration of her Jewels to
Ter husband. Oh, said he, II guess
she's only brought a few little things
along. We have kept our Illuminated
stheater programmes as mementos az
the coronatio n=--very pretty, with Rus
sian pictures, and greetings in Slay-
onic characters saw Count Hann
sWildezek with his roll under his arm.
to take back to Vienna. The Century.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-06-04
Butter Packaces.

Some Of these days some courage
man will strike bonanza by getting
out Of conventional ruts and devising a
butter package better suited to the ne
cessities Of the trade than that to
which dairymen and creamerymen now
cling so tenaciously and without any
reason. The butter tub, round in one
Of it's dimensions and a truncated cone
in the other, is no shape at all that is,
it has no regular shape. It packs into
q car or vehicle with greater waste of
space than almost any other form Of
package that could be devised. 1t has
as little to commend it, as compared
with a square or oblong package, as
the old-fashioned roll butter has as
compared with the modern "brick.''
The suggestion comes from the British
market that our butter would sell bet
ter. If packed in suitable packages, box
like in form, than when sent in tubs.
But the square package would be more
convenient for all markets, and the
time will come when the form of pack
age will change. 1t is hard, however,
to get out of old ruts, and the tub that
answered very well for packing the do
nestle supply for the winter, is one of
the ruts in which it seems easier to
keep than it is to get out Of. In these
days, when butter is transported long
distances, and even takes ocean voy-
ages, objections to the tub have arisen
which did not formerly exist. The one
advantage of the close slowing Of
packages when square, however, will
eventually drive out the butter tub.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-06-04
I, PRODUCTION: OF MILK.
The Dairy Farmer Should Study

The Dairy Farmer Should Il Study
Economy. ss.5S q sg
There are TWO investments of capital
in dairy farm. First, the land, build
ings,.ctc. This is called the fixed. CAPT
tai. Second. the cows, tools, labor, etc.
This is called the working capital.
Every dairy farmer is a manufac tur-
81 OF milk: consequently, he must learn
to looE on his business from the stand
point point OF manufacturing economy, says
Hoar1d's Dairyman. IT is a well settled
rule that the largest profit i'll manu-
featuring comes when the working cap.
ital is kept up to the largest proportion
possible to tic fixed capital.
la ia man has cotton factory plant,
capable of running 1Oc looms. and he
runs only 10, that man does not under
stand his business, providing his plant
could pro1itably support 80 more looms.
He is alloNing the interest on the fixed
capital to eat up the profits on a small
working capital. 15
If q farmer has a farm that can prof
itably support 100 COWS, and he only
keeps 10, he is in the same fix as the
uDWlse cotton manufacturer. Good
business sense compels us, in all kinds
OF manufa cturing, to so manage our
working capital as to pay us the larg-
est interest possible on the fixed capt.
tall,
The following clipping, taken from
the Leader, of Lake Mills, Wis, will
serve to show how a brainy farmer, in
the town of Aztalan, has seized hold of
these principles and is working them
out: z ~ NV
MIR. Arthur N. McGeoch has decided
to increase his stock of COWS on the
old farm at Aztalan to about 200, and
still retain all the land for crop farm
ing now used. This is done by deyot-
ing pasture to the raising of ensilage
crops, and the cows will be fed alike
every month in tic year without rum
ming out to pasture. The same land
now used for seyenty-fye COWS, more
or less, will, in this way, support three
times as many, and the butter is not
subject to variation, nor the milk flow
to the fluctuations attending the old
methods. 1t will be a great dairy
farm
When Hon. Hiram Smith kept 100
COWS on 200 acres of land, lie followed
out the same economic principle Mr..
McGeoch is after. He kept down the
investment OF fixed or landed capital,
but increased the working capital. The
usual number Of COWS kept on a 300
acre farm is about twenty-five. 1t
makes a difference in the final profit
Of the capital invested in that farm
whether twenty-five or one hundred
cows are working for the owner. Too
few farmers are given to thinking on
these. lines. The study Of these prin-
ciples, however, is an important part
of good sound farm education.
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Dairy Notes,

Z" Cn,us ,,;+h Ao+ n,,,7o1 +oo+ q &.
sod m;,,v o., aas;ast nueu TESTS y ~
! . r,se, 1-naa,.s a.,
foini h,,+4ar on;o, .' ucnla - io1 sl1e1'
- -, - 5 .'l,s@.
Don't negiecS the cows because dairy
pfoducts sell At low price.
a COW that Is heated and worried
Will not mll mix Wen, and her milk will
not mare GOOD hutter.
It is no use to say that dairying does
not pay, for it pays those who know
how to conduct the business.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-06-04
Keeping a Diary.

1t is troublesome to keep. a diary,
we all admit that, but every year most
of us are sorry we can not remember
certain l II things that happened twelve
months before. We have trees and
shrubs to prune, mulch to remove
from 70 q. flower and strawberry beds, ear
II seeds to plant; and we wonder
whether we would better do it at once
or wait a few days. We try to remem-
Der how 1t was the year before, and
the year before that; we recall expert
ments that have been eminently sue
cssful, and puzzle ourselves over the
dates that have eluded us; and then
we plant and do our other work under
the doubt Of being a few days too late
or few days too early.
Farmers and nurserymen and florists
have a multitude Of details to look
after, the neglect of any one of which
might insure serious loss or retarding
Of work. Dates are Of the utmost
Importance to them, and yet are APP
parently the most difficult Of all
things for them to remember. One
year the florist is highly successful in
an experiment with a lot Of cuttings,
and the nurseryman with a novel idea
in grating, and the farmer, with a
field Of early vegetables; but they
have kept no records of details, and
the next year they try again, hap
hazard and all fail.
A man who has to contend with a
business that is as complicated as
the farmers, or nurseryman's, or
florists, will find that daily record
Of his work will be one Of the invest
ments that yield large percentage
All his successes and failures are then
before him, as guide posts for him to
repeat or avoid. and from the expert
mcnts Of one year he will be able to
go on to more successful ones in ne
next and the next-Frank II. Sweet
in the Epitomist
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and a bull-punch to cut the hole. 2.
Give the cow a necklace made from
old broom or fork handles, strung on
a strap and buckled around the neck :;
it should be fitted to the cow, and the
sticks made long enough to keep her
from putting her head on her side, and
not long enough to chafe the shoulders
or throat when the head is not turned.
8. Modify as necessary the following
plan, which has been found very eff
fectual with calves: A stout single
is chosen from those split for the pur-
pose Of roofing, about 8 by ~ inches
thick. The calf's nose is pierced just
as if the ring were to be inserted, in
stead of which piece Of wire is in
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-06-04
His Fame secure.

s st lsstE' exclaimed the struggling
young author throwing himself heayi-
~ intosa chair AT lastp he repeated,
Vt IS 1lnye written something that viii
not die something that will bear nv
name down the ages to remote poster
ity r.
SIS Il am glad to hear it, Roger said
his patient wife.
s Yes, he rejoined, bitterly. "a
COPY Of my last bools has been placed
in the corner stone Of the new town
hall Chicago Tribune.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-06-04
4 STRANGE FATALITY.
"A Driver Burned Under the Ruins OF
His Stage.

His Stage.
Etheibert "A. Whitcomb recently
mounted the stage Of the Ukiah and
Scotia line to drive to Laytonyille-
When the stage reached q turn in the
road about four miles north OF Willets
the driver had either fallen asleep or
become confused, and the horses left
the, regular road and took a left-hand
road in the direction Of Felton's saw
mill 1
Whitcomb aWoke shortly after de-
parting from the stage road and dis
lowered his predicament. There was;
an embankment on the left Of the road,
md, not observing the declivity, Whit
comb endeavOred to turn the horses
and drive back to the stage road The.
zlngbolt of the stage broke and wagon
and driver were thrown down the en-
bankment. HI. @
It was evidently impossible for the,
1river to extricate himself from the
rubber cover Of the seat, and he con-
sequently fell beneath the stage. His;
head struck rock, and it is belieyed
that death was almost instantaneous
The dashboard Of the stage struck on
Whitcomb's breast, so If he did not die.
at once he was held a prisoner. In
The meantime the sidelamps Of the.
stage had exploded or been broken by:
The fall, and the oil fell directly on
che body Of the injured man. The
flames gradually extended from the
burning Wicks to Whitcomb's clothing.
and when found in the morning the.
body was burned beyond recognition,
one leg and both arms having been
burned off.
A settler residing some distance from
the scene of the accident saw what he
mad regarded as camp fire of hunters,
out it was really Whitcomb's funeral
pyre. ~.
It is the custom of this stage line for
the south-bound drivers to continue
the trip in case the north bound stage
fails to connect at the regular stations.
AS Whitcomb had not arrived at the,
proper station, Driver Braskett kept
on south. When he reached the scene
Of the accident he was Mortified to OBJ
serve the charred body Of Whitcomb.
The horses were still standing hitched
to the remains Of the stage, the fire at
one time having been so fierce that
the hair of the animals was singed.
The stage carried a heavy mail, but it
was all destroyed, and little was left
Of the vehicle.-San Francisco Chroni.
Gle. M.-sE
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The Typical Dairy Cow.

The American Dairy says: The
typical dairy COW is a well bred Jer-
sey. 1t is a bony, angular animal,
with body that is narrow in the
front, both ways, and broader behind
both in depth and width. The head
is broad and dished in the face, but
short, and the eyes are large and
bright. The hips project, and the tail
is large at the root, but thin below,
and has a long, fne-haired switch.
The limbs are thin and slender; the
udder large, deep and broad; the teats
are placed far apart, and are of good
size, but not coarse; indeed, there is
nothing coarse about the animal, but
handsome, attractive appearance in
every way. The brisket is thin, and
the body slopes from it downward to
the belly, which is large and deep.
The skin is soft and mellow, the hair
soft and fine, and the ears are vel
low inside. The skin under the hair
is also yellow. The deeper this color
the more highly colored the cows
butter will be.
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sne season As SO much earlier ana the
growth OF grass so IA id, and Of q
7qlalfty chat will produce a very thin
milk but likely 10 have some havors
thai are not corid We to high flavor
ed butter. .54
The price + which grass butter will
sell IN the general markets at the be-
ginning of the season this year is a
problem % Y that is hard Of, soluti ion Eli
gin Dairy Report. s
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serted, and the ends put through two
holes bored in the single about 1 inch
from the edge, and the ends twisted
together. This prevents the calf from
getting the teat in his mouth, but
does not prevent his grazing, and if
managed right the edge just misses
the surface Of the ground.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-06-04
Self-Sucking Cow.

In response. to an inquiry for a rem
edy for a self-sucking COW, the Coun-
try Gentleman gives the following:
= 1. Insert in the nose decoration
like this, using iron as the material,
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spontaneous Combustion of Cloves.
.E.-.- HAY


Hay.
They had, not long ago, at the Penn
sylvania Experiment station, an ex-
pertinent with the fact that a fire may
oe started spontaneously in a NOW of
clover hay. The details, as given to.
the press, by Prof. Armsby, have been
summarized as follows:
''The spontaneous combustion oc-
Cured in the bay over the college
barn. The bay was 1923 feet and %
feet high. The floor was of two thick
nesses of wide inch boards so placed
as to break joints perfectly. The sides
were Of matched lumber. The fire was
first observed falling through into the
COW barn below The bottom Of the
bay had about a foot of corn fodder.
On this was placed second crop clover
and timotEyy, mostly c!c7er, and when
harvested was thought to be in unusu-
ally fine condition. 1t was dropped in
with a hOrse-fOrk from considerable
height and hence very solidly pressed.
By stopping up the holes below and
using plenty of water above they were
able to remove the entire amount or
hay without losing the barn, but the
greater portion of if it was so thor
oughly charred that it would crulnbl,
in the hands When handled For sew
eral days a peculiar odor had been no.
ticed about the barn, and even at a
distance of forty or fifty rods to the
leeW2 q. It was known that the hay
was l > ing, but there were no indica-
tons or even suspicion of fire.
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A BLAZE OF DIAMONDS.

Wonderful Display of Rich Jewels
Mt Russia's Great Coronation
The gala performance at the theater
on Wednesday, evening, May; 80 (18(
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-06-04
GERMAN IDEAS OF DUELING.
Lame Defense in Which Even
Scripture Is Quoted

Scripture Is Quoted
A significant contribution to the du-
cling question in Germany has been.
published in the official Militar- Woch-
snblatt. The writer divides his article
INTO two sections, dealing respectively
with the "idea of honor and the en-
ployment of the duel for it's rehabili-
tation," and with the conflict between
the practice and Christian principles.
AS to the first point, he argues that a
distinction must be drawn between
external and Internal honor. The
after, which is a good conscience, can
aot be taken away; but the former,
which is the recognition. Of ones per-
sonal worth by others, must be de-
tended at all costs. It is by stalking
sne's life for this honor, when i'm
ougned, that it's reha Utilization is posi-
Die. The innocent man who falls in
duel has gone to his death, as it were,
for the sake of his honor, while the
guilty person has restored his honor
externally and must settle the rest
with his Maker. The author then pro-
ceeds to declare that the officers corps
possesses q peculiar sort Of honor
which is closely connected with it's
martial profession. In war the officers
duty is to lead his men into the jaws
Of death, and the fear Of death which
seizes even the bravest can only be
overcome by holding fast in time Of:
peace to the principle ''death before,
dishonor." Herein lies the educational
value Of the duel for the officers. They
may never fight one, but they know
that they must be ready to do so in,
certain circumstances 'We are ac--
customed," he adds, 'to retain we'll
Hipd lnlethods and do not intend to sac
office them to we'll meant but false the
cries" The writer then quotes and
expounds large number of passages
from the Bible, and by dint of twisting
and turning proves to his own salts
faction that the practice is not forbid
den by Christianity.-New York POST