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Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-03-06

SENATOR VEST, of Missouri, says
the devil owed the democratic party
a grudge and psid it off in bad
secretary Of agriculture. Since Vest
cannot be the hero OF the 16 to rs
Of his own state he is going to rele-
gate the silver question to the rear
by advocating free seed distribu-
1oa, viz: That the government
furnish every farmer with all the
seed necessary to plant for five years
in advance. AT last the poor farmers
have an advocate (?) of whom they
may well feel proud % in old Mis-
souri,.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-03-06

THE Pittsburgh Dispatch guesses
the first ballot at St. Louis-and
Senator Quay says that it is prac-
tically correct-as follows: McKin
ley 335. Reed a15, Quay Is, Allison
SO, Morton 81, Davis 20, Cullom 38,
Bradley 26, scattering 1S, total oI7.
1t will take 459 votes to nominate
and Ex-senator Quay is correct Nc
kinley is likely to fall ia votes
short of nomination on the first
ballot.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-03-06
Sinking Smut I'm Wheat.
BY H. L. BoLLEY.

The disease is due TO the growth of
smut plants inside of the wheat plant.
Smut plants grow from glrms or
seeds uhe spores) as do ordinary plants
Many thousands such spores are formed
in each smut bail, and become busted
upon the wheat grains. When the
wheat germinatcs tie spores also sprout.
sending s,nal! filaments into the base of
the Young wheat plants. As the latter
grow the smut plants force their way
up through the internal parts, invade
the young grains, absorb the contents,
and there produce in abundance, the
spores, which arc its seed for the fol-
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-03-06
Organize.

At the meeting of the North Dakota
State Business Mems Association held
at Grand Forks, February 1s, 1896. the
secretary was instructed to encourage
the organization of local unions in
every town i'm the state; and with that
end in view the secretary has had
printed, in convenient form for mailing,
blank constitution and bylaws, with
suggestions and general Information
which he will be pleased to forward to
any person on application. Address
E. II. KENT, Secretary,
Lakota, n. d.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-03-06

A HEAVY rumbling noise was heard
out at the Pacific coast few days
ago which was thought to have been
an earthquake. Upon investigation
it proved to be the reverberation of
Mathew Quay's busted presidential
boom which explosion occurred in
Pennsylvania a few days ago. and
the echo of which was bounding
from the sides Of Mount Rainier.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-03-06

STATE SENATOR BAILEY FULLER,
OF jamestown, who has been enc of
the leading spirits in the asylum
matter, and who is trying hard to
get the trustees indicted, jumped
onto Editor Kellogg in the Clad
stone hotel last Saturday night and
abused him in good shape. Bro.
Kellogg evidently does moi take that
kind of medicine without giving a
dose in return, and replied in his
paper as follows:
saturday evening last in the office
Of the Gladstone Hotel, during an
apparently friendly conversation, B.
W. Fuller suddenly and without
provocation began applying an as
sortment Of vile terms of personal
abuse to the editor Of this paper
The epithets, unfit for publication,
were accompanied by a torrent of
oaths and slanderous language, and
false accusations, one of which was
that the Alert publisher was black
mailer and that he, Fuller. had the
evidence of the same. As lie has
seen fit to express his opinion in a
public attack of this kind, in reply
to the same, it is the opinion of The
Alert that B. w. Fuller is 6 foot
bully and coward; a briber Of
men, and defamer Of the good char
acter OF women; man unfit morally,
mentally or socially to represent any
decent community, in any office OF
honor or trust; an enyious, mali
cious, and vindictive man, who is
welcome to make public any "evi-
dence" of his charge, and any truth
full statement concerning it,"
If the statements of the Alert are
correct, and we have no reason to
doubt them, Stutsman county ought
to feel proud of their senator. 1t is
in order for the people to rise up
and repudiate such men at the COM
ing election. We admire the manly
stand pursued by Mr.. Kellogg and
hope that he will win out in his
struggle for the right-for lie GER
tainly is right in this matter.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-03-06

JUDcINc from the actions Of the
Kentucky legislature IN its efforts to
elect United States senator the
aforesaid body Of senator makers
must have read an account of how
the last North Dakota legislature
elected a senator. Our North Da-
kota politicians can give the Ken
tucky fellows pointers that may be
useful in electmg senator.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-03-06
Resolutions,
From Griggs Lodge No. IS. A. o. q. w
To Mr. and Ndys IoeonI, Ehort;.r

From Griggs Lodge No. 13. A. o. q. w
10 Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Ebentier
Whereas, The Creator and Preserver
OF the Universe has seen fit in His
infinite wisdom to send the angel of
death into the family of our beloved
brother aud sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Joxeph
Ebentier, and taken to His eternal
home their only daughter. Therefore
BE it resolved, That the members
and brothers of Griggs Lodge No. Is.
A. o. q. w. tender their sincere and
heartfelt sympathy in this their time of
bereavement and sorrow.
Ne had q little treasure once,
She was our joy and pride;
We loved her. All! perhaps too we'll
For soon she slept and died.
A'l's DARK within our dwelling.
Lonely are our hearts today,
For the Ole we loved 20 dearly
Has forever passed away"
Be it further resolved, That this
resolution be spread upon the records
Nof this lodge, copy sent to orr be-
reaved brother and sister, and Il copy
sent to the Griggs Courier for publica
ton.
j. A. MCCULLoCH,
WILLIAM STEwART,
E. s. HAMILTON,
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-03-06
j. A. McCuLLocH,
WILLIAM STEWART,
E. s. HAMILTON,
Cao,,>,:A%oo

Special Correspondence to Minneapolis Tribune
M1LLvILLE, Mimi, Feb. 2s.-I saw all
editorial in the Farmers Tribune of
Feb. 25, entitled The Georgia Union
Veterans Colony" and as l was
member of that colony would like to
say few words in regard to it. am
\ victim of that internal scheme and
like good many other fools took stock
in it, but before l moved my family
down there. wanted to SEQ what kind
of place it was, so last November
went down there to see what chance
there was for a Northern man to make
u living and 1 must say found one Of
the most God forsaken places in the
South. There is no soil and the timber
has all peen killed by turpcntining.
Yet this so called colony company,
aided by few Southern men, are get
ting hundreds Of poor mcn and their
families to go do vn there to starve Of
become u burden on the state. An old
settler there said: '.You Northern men
can't raise anything on this soil the
first year. You have got to break it.np
and let it lay one year and then plow it
up again aud fertilize it we'll and then
you can raise crop, but that low land
is good for nothing" pointing to the
east of the city of Fitzgerald where a
large poi ton of this colony land lies.
Again the colony company says we
are right in the great fruit belt of
Georgia, but the natives say they are
not sure of more than one crop out of
three. They say the weather will
warm up in February and the trees will
start and bloom, and in March it will
turn cold and freeze them or the
bIighting wind will strike them and the
fruit will fall off. They can raise some
corn by planting it from six to eight
feet apart one way and two feet apart
the other, with only one stalk in hill
Now with these facts staring them in
the face, how do they expect old SOL
diers TO make living.
Any one wishing to see fair samples
OF the soil can do so by calling on me
at the Midland Hotel in Millville, Min
nesota. If there is any old comrade
that is thinking of moving down there
think lie would do well to take my
advice to look the country over before
moving his family. They called me a
kicker when / was there, because
said, Comrades, you have no soil, you
have no timber, You have no agricul
tural country, and from what the ma
tiyes say you have Il poor fruit country
and all you have here is climate, but
don't see how you can live on that un
less you mix some sweet potatoes will
it,"
If there is any one that wants to asl
me any questions IN regard to what
have said OF about the colony lands they
can do SO by addressing.
ALBERT FOX,
Millville, MINI.
Late of Company d, Twenty -fiftl
Michigan Volunteer Infantry.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-03-06
TIL r C o U R IE R
PERCY R TRUBsHAw.
EDITOR AND Pupy1sEER
Cffic,a! DIRECTORY.

STATE OFFICERS.
Gosernor-Roger Ai,in
Lieut.. .Goycrnor-jnhn II. Worst.
Secretary-C .,ah.
Au!itor-Frank Briggs.
Treasurer George L. Nichols
SnperintcudeN, nf Pubic NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
F. BaIes
Attorney General-John Ccwan.
supreme Court .IuIges-Guy G. H. Corlisr
Alfred Wsilin. J. NJ. Bartholomew.
Railroad Commiss oners-J. j. Wamberg Geo
Il. keyes. John W Cu,rie.
Commissioner of Labor--A. II. Laughlin.
Commissioned of Inenrance-F. b. Fancher.
Congreesman-M. N. johnson.
Judge District Court. Fiftn Dletrict-Roderick
Rose. of Jamestown.
COUNTY oPrlcHRs.
Commissioners Jos Buchheit, chairman; r
g. Cooper, VIM Sandy, Nele Hemmingron, John
<. Olson.
Register Of Deede-Haas O. Lien.
Clerk of District Court-O. D. Purinton.
Sheri6-Claus jackson
District Attorney-David Bartlett,
Treescses-lver Udgard.
Audtor-P. A. Melga,d.
Surveyor-Martin A. uelande
Supt. Of Schools--Andrew Sinclair.
County Judge. H. johnson.
CorOncr-Dr. Platou.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-03-06

TON REED missed it when he
allowed himself to be elected speaker.
He should have taken trip through
the southern states. He probably
has noticed by this time how easily
Mckinley bagged those little Ala
bama coons.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-03-06

In just about one year from this
date a republican president vii; take
charge OF the affairs of government
for .he United States-and it is more
than likely that Mckinley will be
the man.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-03-06

The sherbrooke Tribune says
that the new paper to be started at
Hope will BE called The Eagles
Eye. 1t will have to keep its eye
wide open if it wants to do up the
pioneer paper.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-03-06
Teachers Examination.

The next regular examination of
teachers for Griggs county will be held
Friday ana Saturday. March 18th
and 18th. 1896. Candidates should pro
vide themselves with legal cap papers
pen and ink.
ANDREW SINCLAIR.
CO. Supt.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-03-06
Sample Machines

setup and exhibition The Fuller Johnson Columbia gang
pows the David Bradley Morrison and Rock Island piows: f.
and wood beam subbe pows with slip double
hn medium LANDSLIDE and their Bonanza prairie breaker
sizes The tubular steel lever wood frame lever h
in sections spring tooth harrows disc aows force
drop and drill planter three shovel and five shovel cuyaoys
The Bonanza johnson Self Dump and Star ke The Woods
and Deerng the Rhford and grain BEDS
pement Co.'S bugges road and road
DEERlNG PONY BINDER aud WALTER A. WOOD 'MINNE."
and farm utensils Now
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-03-06

SPEAKER REED has been having
trouble with his pneumatic tires
lately. which have been punctured
frequently by running onto Mckinley
taeks.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-03-06

II is estimated that i'll case Nc
Kinley is nominated for president,
that not over seventy per cent Of
the democrats will vote for him.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-03-06

DUNLAP, OF the Valley City Times
Record, has refused to become a
candidate for mayor Of that city.
Now that Billy has settled that
vexed question, he ought to have
enough spare time on his hands to
answer his correspondence.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-03-06
nswer his correspondence.

CHARLEY ALLEN laid down the
quill on the Enderlin Journal with
the last issue, and after a few weeks
rest will assume control of the Hope
Pioneer. 1t is really too bad that
matters in that rustling little city
cannot be amicably adjusted, be
cause 1t is dead sure that two papers
cannot make living in that town.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-03-06

SOME time ago the Courier re
ceived a copy of the Peoples Advo-
cate, the new populist paper at
Valley City, marked X. We X'ed
and have not received the Advocate
since. If Bro. Clark don't want to
exchange with a good, live republi-
can paper, just let him say so and
we will Cpl" the Advocates name
from our mailing galley.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-03-06
Horses and Mules!

favore branch of business and which shine Horses
especial delight and neither
collect bunch of horses brought Coopers
We have about go head ranging years DID,
weighing 1000 6OObs They bought cheap
will be sold cheap All
be sound and all right and
Sales barn north of store. We also have
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-03-06
Farm implements
and Horses.

We have had much experience in farming and with farm
machinery anyone living and know whereof
selfish willing give you the benefit of
experience We do this in selecting and keeping
line of farm implements Of merit and reputation line
exceled any where We have the celebrated Van Brunt
Wilkins a steel wide tire, high wheeled shoe DRILL with
chain press Wheels force fee wind proof grain
receiver shoes that be adjusted while machine is in
operation perfect land meaurers, working only when feed
wheels moving. All sizes on hand
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-03-06
In the Spring the
Dung Mans Fancy
ii Lightly 9 Turns to
Thoughts Of Love. y

x11.111 1x111x1
SDHls poetic quotation applies the idle and
I, ,Ayoung, bu, as safely PAST this inter-
III estng and critical period in human existence, We
and prosaic business We love to hus and be busy,
buy and SELL and tell the public what have
to sell and trade and are anxious know what the public
to sell If the public will kindly read the
subjoned marks it will know in part what have to offer
coming business Let first introduce the
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-03-06
{ General Merchandise

branch large business where stock of dry goods
boots and Shoes ready made clothing groceries and
visions is larger aud complete than We pre-.
prepared show you good goods and willing sell
and winter goods wish that you have them
your prce-or TO be explicit will practically
give them away-as we must make for and fresh
goods arriving daily. Gail and be convinced Now will
pass and give the honest and calous handed cr of the
soil few valuable tips in regard to
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-03-06
# arms for Sale

and large small to suit sold
will buy anything have SELL CATTLE hogs and sheep
highest trade,
Now don't be bashul but you
talk business what have trade
goods any anticipate prosperous season.
prepared o large demand. Call on
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-02-27

That nitrogen can be obtained from
the air for frtilizing crops, instead Of
paying 3 to % cents per pound for it
in the form Of commercial fertilizer or
ammonia containing substances, has
now been abundantly demonstrated.
Clover and other leguminous plants, if
their roots are infected with the proper
germ or bacteria, have the power to get
their nitrogen from the air. The little
nodules found on the roots Of these le-
guminous plants contain minute organ
isms that enable the plant to fix free nj
trogen. Just how this is done is not def
nitely settled, although progress in this
direction is being yearly made by care
full scientists in this country and Eu-
rope. American Agriculturist considers
this discovery one of the greatest strides
that agricultural science has made of
late years, and calls attention to the
fact that bacteria is also responsible for
much progress in the dairy, and the eff
feet of certain germs on soils and
plants is coming to be better understood,
SO that the farmer can make use of the
good bacteria and get rid Of the bad
ones These and kindred topics are inst
~ receiving much attention at the in
stitutes and other farmers meetings for
discussion this winter.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-02-27
LIME AND GYPSUM.

When Lime Proves Beneficial - Benefits
Derived from Gypsum-uow to Apply.
(Which is the hotter for ordinary
land, lime or plaster. and will lime and
plaster do better as top dressing or when
plowed undc.? How much of either
should be used per acra?" Here are
queries of general interest. They are an
swered as follows by Country Gentle
man:
Lime is likely to prove most bene1
cial if thcro is an abundance Of vegeta-
bic matter (humus) in the soil, as it
tends not only to make available the
nitIugenous compounds, but tho miner
al constituents as we'll, and it nearly
always improves the physical condition
or texture of the land. Twenty to 40
bushels of lime per acre are q fairly lib
eral dressing, though 100 bushels would
do no harm, but would probably exceed
the most profitable limit Of application
Gypsum Gland plaster) increases the
power of the soil TO absorb ammonia
from the air, but the air contains so lit
tie ammonia that the beneficial effect Of
the plaster in this direction is very
small. The benefits derived from an ap-
plicatiou Of gypsum, if fairly pure and
finely ground, are sometimes very re-
markable. 1t acts on the double silicates
that is, breaks them down and lber-
ates potash. Clovers are always benefit
ed by available potash; hence even a
light application of gypsum on clover
lands frequently produces marked re-
suits. But one to two bushels per aero
are applied at a time, because it re-
quires relatively large quantities of wa,
ter to dissolve tho gypsum; SO it is
good economy to use light dressing
yearly, as the chances are that if a large
quantity is used it will fail to produce
beneficial results for want Of moisture
to dissolve it.
Gypsum is best sown broadcast in
early spring on clover and meadow land,
or it may be mixed with an equal guam
tity Of ashes Or commercial fertilizers
and distributed in the hill or drill and
| mixed with the soil where corn, pOta-
toes and like crops are to be planted,
or it may be scattered around the hills,
after tho plants are well through the
ground, at the rate Ct two or three table
spoonfuls to the hill.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-02-27
PROOF IS POSITIVE
THAT LYDIA L. PINKHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND
Is Daily Curing Baekache, Dizziness,
FaintHess, Irregularity, and all Fe-
male Complaints.
fsrEcrAL TO OUR LADY nrAprEs. ]

Intelligent women no longer doubt the
value of Lydia e. Pinkhdm's Vegetable
Compound. 1t speedily relieves irregu-
larity, suppressed or painful menstrual
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-02-27

The seed bed for tobacco should be To-
Gated so that tho cold winds Of early
spring and summer cannot touch the
plants, and with sunny, southerly ex-
posure. They need warmth and sun
shine, and too much Of these cannot be
given in our northern ATTITUDES The
seed bed should be enriched with relia-
BILE brands of fertilizers or by we'll
rotted manure. Coarse barnyard ma
nure will not do. 1t must be thorough
ly composted to give good results. Good
seeds Of good varieties must be secured
at any cost. 1t Will not pay to expert.
ment with any inferior sort, for at the
best northern tobacco is none too good.
The seeds are very small, a heaping tea
spoonful Of them being enough to cover
each square rod Of land, and consequent
ly the bed must be rolled after they are
Fown. They should be sown very care
fully so that they will be evenly djstrib-
uted over the land. American Cultiva.
tor
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-02-27

In bulletin from the New Halnp-
shire station it is stated that expert
ments i'll letting sap stand for several
days before boiling, filtering sap, and
rapid and slow evaporation had no de-
cisive effect on the composition Ct the
strip The sirups from soft naples
were somewhat inferior to those from
rock naples both in color and flavor
Delay in boiling sap did not seem to
affect tho color Ct the strip, but injured
its flavor. Sap that was kept five days
and then boiled gave one of the lightest
coloTed samples produced. The rapidity
of boiling had little influence on the
color, samples Of strip from saps that
we allowed to slowly simmer away be-
ing as light colored as those from SINH
lar saps boiled rapidly.
Tho llghtest colored samples were
produced by boiling a quantity Of sap
until finished, without addition Of fresh
sap. One sample produced by boiling
about two quarts Of sap in large glass
beaker until it was thick strip, with
out addition CT sap and without skim
ming, had little more color than the
sap from which it had been made. This
sap was from covered buckets and was
thoroughly strained through cloth before
boiling. Sap filtered through quartz
sand produced strip in no way supe.
rior to the preceding, while one filtered
through boneblack lost almost entirely
the characteristic maple flavor, SaI
mixed with rainwater gave a strip OBJ
jectionably dark colored Dark sugars
contained less saccharose and more re-
ducing sugars than light sugars and hat
a much lower purity coefTicient.
Experiments during three years il
tapping at depths Of from 4 to inch
es indicated that the flow OF sap is largo
ly dependent upon the depth Of the tap
ping, the deeper the hole the greater thC
flow, and that the theory that all o.
nearly all the sap comes from the QUITE
wood is erroneous. The results Of com
parative tests Of tapping the north anC
south sides Of trees favor the latter. 4
single hole yielded slightly more sal
than two holes close together.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-02-27
nuslLing Corn by Thrashing.

A New York correspondent Of Coun-
try Gentleman who had 700 bushels Of
dry corn to husk engaged man wlJ
owns an ordinary grain separator and
engine to do the work. This did it to
perfection, with the exception Of crack
ing the corn slightly; but that is no OBJ
lection if you wish to feed it, 1t MY
seem that it requires considerable help
to execute the work, though eight men
are sufficient TO thrash that quantity in
a day. But if you consider that at this
operation you are husking, shelling, get
ting corn in barn, also getting fodder in
barn and all shredded. which is better
than cutting it, as cattle will cat it all
up, you will not fail to see a saving of
labor and time also. 1t has thrashed per-
fectly clean and has proved satisfactory.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-02-27
Tho Farm,s water supply.

The time is coming when buyers will
consider a FARMS water supply before
its soil. The possibilities for irrigation
will, some day, be measured in dollars
and cents--as they should be. We know
of strawberry grower who spent a
long time hunting for farm-his chief
idea being to find a place where he
could irrigate from the river Such
men are what is termed "long headed. "
They think ahead Of the crowd, and
thus secure valuable privileges for little
money. They see values where others
see only dirt-or water. Irrigation is
surely coming. Rural New Yorker.