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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-04-09
A BRIDE FOR THE ASKING.
Pleasant Way OF Selecting . Wife Prac.
ticed in Naples.

Pleasant Way Of Selecting . Wife Pr2c-
ticed in Naples.
In the church of Santa Maria Annun-
ziata. at Naples, girls assemble once a
year for the purpose of being chosen
in marriage. On the day of Our Lady,
before it's altar knee!s a silent row OF
30 girls dressed in black, and with
folded hands. They are orphans of the
neighboring founding asylum, and
cnce a year those who have reached
the age of Is have q chance of being
chosen in marriage by any honest man
whose character is good.
At the door leading to the sacristy,
says the Richmond Star, stands u
gray-haired priest, the head of the
founding institution. BY and by a
young man approaches him and hands
him packet of papers. These tn.
priest reads carefully, and, being sat
istied, leads the candidate toward the
row of girls. The man walks slowly
along the row-at last he stops; his
choice is made, and he stretches out his
hand. The girl rises. puts out her hand
into that Of the stranger by way of
consent, and together they disappear
into the sacristy. The ice having been
broken others follow, and this goes on
until the suitors are exhausted, or all
the girls have been chosen.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-04-09

cred salt box similar to the one showr
in the illustration. The box is IA inche.
long, 9 inches wide, inches high at tn.
back and 6 inches in front. The DO.
is firmly nailed to the fence board or t.
a post or side of building, as mos
convenient. The cover is hinged, an.
has bevel-shaped piece (E) nailed
the top to prevent splitting, also t.
cause the cover to fall back into posi-
ton. The front end of the box (A) J.
cut away, exposing the salt, and in try.
ing to get it the cover is raised. Cat
tie readily learn to raise the cove,
when they are salt hungry. The stake
placed under the box in front holds il
firmly in position, and the whole makes
a cheap and convenient Arrangement
as from weeks to several weeks sup.
ply of salt can be placed in the box al
once.-Farmers' Review.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-04-09
The Country Butter Buyer.

We refer to the country grocer who
buys for goods the butter made by his
customers. He is frequently at: the
mercy of the poorest butter makers in
his township. They can't sell their
butter to private customers or to the
commission houses; hence it turns up
at the grocery. The grocer pays ten
or twelve cents q pound for it, and
that is frequently more than it is worth,
as the same butter If sent to city
would be graded as grease" Does the
grocer tell the farmer his butter is not
good? Far from it; he can't afford to
lose a customer. Often he gives the
butter a word or two of praise, which
convinces the farmer that his wife is
not to be beaten as a butter maker. 1t
would never do for the groceryman to
set himself up as Judge over the but
ter Of his Eatrons.-Farmers' Review.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-04-09
ABOUT FEEDING CALVES.
Important Points Which Are Overlooked
by Many Dairymen.

Important Points Which Are Overlooked
by Many Dairymen.
Certainly no one will deny that it is
wrong to fatten q dairy heifer," says
writer in Country Gentleman. lis it
not wrong to starve them? The ma
jority of farmers are not willing to
overfeed their calves, because it is ex-
pensive; but if they see an article say
ing calves must be kept thin, and fed
on coarse fodder to develop the diges-
tive organs, surely they will have an
excuse for raising thin, weak calves and
COWS having impaired constitutions.
highly concentrated ration, strong in
fat, is recommended, as that is as wrong
as the short ration. 1t would seem, if
the young calf is required to consume
large quantities of coarse food to get
the necessary quantity of nutrilnent,
some of the organs will be overtaxeu
and others will be undeveloped. Re-
garding calf having large stomach,
or, what is vulgarly termed pot
belly it will almost invariably be
found to have small, poorly developed
chest and heart girth. In reference
to this last your correspondent surely
has, in judging, overlooked this vitality
important point.
"All animals are in the natural state
smaller than those which have been
domesticated, and the tendency is to
grow smaller in the hands of breeders:
therefore, it seems logical to try and
keep size, health and constitution. but
always having production in view. An
example might be made by taking two
heifers from the same class of dams,
10th physically equal at birth; one
to be fed on a heterogeneous, properly
balanced ration, to grow fast. produce
bone and muscle to be fully developed
and able to produce strong calf wher
two years old; the other fed on coarse,
Eon-nutritive fodder, to be always
weak and understood, that when two
years of age would be of yearling
size. Now the question is, which will
prove the better dairy and breeding
animal to reproduce her species, and
also prove of value in the dairy? Does
any herd improve where the young
stock are neglected? Most breeders
have bred for an object. production
sacrificing size and constitutions; thu
result being that soon their goal, pro-
duction, is also lost Go slow, and
breed for all points; in the future they
Will be required more than at present"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-04-09

to the field and spread. This is the
most sensible way. When the coun-
try was new the soil filed with
sweet native grasses and the butter
made had a delicious flavor. BY the
lax system of dairying the soil gradual
~ became depleted of fertility, the
tame grasses slowly went out and
weeds and coarse grasses came in. The
butter made now is not of as good quali-
ty as formerly. A few of the best
dairymen, observing whence they were
drifting by this system of depletion,
changed their methods, fed more grain,
especially cottonseed meal, carefully
husbanded and applied all the solid
manure made, and now the tame
grasses are driving out the weeds and
other wild growth. This is farming on
right lines. It must be understood
that most dairy lands are not Nllable.
The dairynen might 60 further now
and utilize the liquid manure, which
is almost wholly neglected. Galen Will
son, in N. Y. Tribune.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-04-09
A Novel WIN.

There has been unearthed among .
bundle Of old court documents Ut Balti-
more the following unique will, execut-
ed BY Mrs. Anna E. Kuhn years ago. II
reads az follows: "This. my last will
and testament. I bequeath all my jew
elry to Kate. my old clothes to Anna.
my books 70 Frank, my good wishes to
Herman and Philip. and request that
they 60 to church at least six times q
year. and sweet memory Of myself 70
my loving better half, and also my In
heritance from my father to 60 to Anna
and Kate jointly. My last wish. Anna
f. Kuhn.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-04-09
A Heartless Experiment.

The Lancet tells this story to show
the trials OF country doctor in France.
A young physician settled in a COM
mune, whose paupers he attended for
ten dollars per annum. One night,
soon after his arrival at this Eldorado,
he received an urgent summons to visit
q patient who lived at distance of six
kilometers from the village. On reach
ing the cottage-it was then II p. m.-
he found the doors closed and lights OK
tinguished. In repy to his knocks the
door was opened by a sturdy peasant.
who laughingly informed him that
there was no illness in the house, but
that his wife had wished to see if, when
anyone was ill, he would come if sent
for! The unfortunate medico-s:nce
dead from overwo-k, and probably un-
derfeeding-re marked: II could have
felled him to the ground"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-04-09
THE VEGETABLE sALAMANoER.

Eifs Cannot Injure tho Rhopala, . Hardy
Tree Of Colombia.
There II q tree of Colombia, the
Rhopala odorata, OF the order Protea-
ceae, which presents, says an article
quoted in Current Literature, q most
remarkable power Of resistance to fire.
In the district of Rolima it is customary
every year, during the dry season, to
set fire to the plains in order to de-
stroy all the dry weeds that, during
rains, might interfere with the growth
Of the young and tender vegetation.
This periodical confagration naturally
produces the most disastrous effects
upon the trees, which gradually disap-
pear without being replaced. since it
is difficult for an old tree to resist,
and still more SO for a young shoot
of one or two years. A single tree
forms an exception, and that is the one
above mentioned-the Rhopala. Small,
distorted and scraggy, and having a
wild and desolate appearance, this tree
not only does not suffer from the fire,
but derives profit therefrom. 1t grad
ually establishes itself in localities
abandoned by other trees and installs
itself therein. We have here very
typical case of a survival of the fittest.
1t, alone capable of resisting fire, wit
nesses the disappearance of it's rivals,
and is seen to gradually encroach upon
an always more extended domain. It's
resistance to fire is due to it's bark. The
external portion of the latter, more
than than half an inch thick and
formed of dead cells and fibers, acts
like protective jacket with respect
to the more central and living parts,
and this assures it's triumph in it's
struggle for existence against fire.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-04-09
wAsTEFuL pA,RYMEN.
Two Ways Of Doing the Same Thing De-
ooelhod and uluotraAod.

Two Ways Of Doing the Same Thing De-
scFibed and uluetgated.
This article is respectfully dedicated
to the dairymen Of the country, re-
marking by the way that the illustra-
ton of Peter Tumbledown's barn is q
little exaggerated, but not beyond a
condition all are liable to reach who
pursue his method. Rain from the
caves is conveying his manure down
into the nearest ravine. This will save
him the labor of carting it to the fields.
Just now the poor man is having hard
time. There is depression in the
barnyard where he has to walk when
coming to the barn or returning from
it. 1t is filled with black solution of
COW manure. He has to drain it away
or wade through it. The latter would
be the easier way and he would con-
tinue to do so were it not for the fear
of his patient wife, Nancy, who has
said SO many times: ''Now. Peter, just
look at your nasty boots!" This part
of the picture is not overdrawn. The
Peters" are very numerous. The rents
in his barn covering furnish plenty of
fresh air and sunshine for his 0ws, and
them book fellers" say tnese are
necessary to prevent tuberculosis. But
not ali Peters are just like this one.
There are many grades of them.
Cows pass half the year in the stable,
and here is where they are fed all the
grain they get. The quality of the
manure, of course, depends much upon
the amount of grain fed. l think any
observing farmer would indorse me in
saying that on the average where man.
ure is thrown under the caves, rs in
Peters case, there is easily an annual
loss of fertility by teaching as much in
value as five dollars per COW. A roof
to cover the manure as represented in
one of the illustrations can be erected
for so cents a cow. Now 4 20-cow
dairyman who throws the manure
under the caves loses nearly 500 year
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-04-09

by his shiftlessness. Is not this seri-
GUS leak? One might just as we'll throw
so much money in the fire. Attention
is called to this matter now because
it is the most suitable time to get n few
logs out of the woods and have them
manufactured into suitable lumber for
a shed. In such case all the cash shed
would cost would be the price of few
nails and the saving bill. Ordinary
dairyfnen have a dread of contracting
any unnecessary expense. A shed is
looked upon as involving more expendi-
ture to construct than is necessary. a
man having "a COWS and no shed re-
fused to subscribe for farm paper be-
cause he 'could not afford it," 1t is
hoped this will set some such manure
MASTERS to thinking.
Persons who have not been on tours
of observation through dairy sections
can have but q faint idea of how eX-
tensive the waste is in this respect.
1t amounts to many millions of dol
lars annually in the state of New York
alone. Probably one-half of the dairy
men would plead guilty to this indict-
lnent. But there are many honorable
exceptions. Some keep their manure
under n shed cover, and the more able
have their COW barns SO constructed
that they can drive a team through
behind two rows of cows. A vehicle
is kept standing in the stable, and
when load is obtained it is driven
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-04-09
Cure for scours In C.lvos.

We have tried pretty nearly every
thing in times past as cure for scours
in calves, which, try as we will, are
sometimes unavoidable where it lis not
possible for one person to do the feed
ing every time. Even one over-feeding
will sometimes cause the mischief to
start. Inst spring raw eggs were fed,
three or four times day, to calf
which everything else had failed to re-
lieve. She soon gained strength. She
could not get up alone at first, and the
diseaEe was checked. To-day the calf
is nS strong as any. Very little milk
is fed while giving the eggs.-Colman's
REral World.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-04-09

The horses which are used on the
Kennebec rice fields are so accustomed
to dropping through the ice that they
don't seem to mind it. They are yanked
out little roughly, to be sure, but they
take their medicine like the chickens
belonging to the family that was con-
stantly moving, which, every time they
saw covered cart stop in front of their
house, would turn on their backs and
stick their legs into the air to be tied
together, ready for transportation.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-04-09
An Artistic Compliment.

A hairdresser in Boston numbered
among her patrons many gentlemen of
the medical profession. One day when
operating upon one of them he broke
forth in great glee: "Vat you dink.
dogtar? I hat been to dot hospital,
und vile wait to go up und cut a mans
hair l see marble busts of de DOCTORS.
Dere was DOCTOR Stores, und deere vas
DOCTOR Peegelow NIT de Wig I dress
for him dose dwenty years, in marble.
Dink of dot! Won of my wigs in mar
pLe!"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-04-09

Tho dxst trapdoor was made By .
species Of African spider which has it,
neas IN tho ground. and CLOSES the en.
trance by means Of . trapdoor opening
outwardly and covered with bits Of earth
and gran In order to escape observation.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-04-09

One good treatment to keep out Dor
ers and destroy bark lice is to wash
the tree thoroughly with strong soft
soap water, using one gallon Of soft
with two gallons Of water.-St.
Republic.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-04-09

Preparations arc making for building
another immense log raft on Puget
sound, to be towed by sea to San Fran
ciscoe. Last year large raft was lowed
from the Columbia river to San Fran
cisco and the undertaking was Q big sue
cess.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-04-09
SALT BOX FOR COWS.

How to Get Up Convenient Arrangement
ut Small Expense.
Live stock should have quantity of
salt fed to them regularly. The better
way is to place quantity of salt where
it will be accessible to them at all
times, and this is done in no more salts
factory way than by the use of a COW
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-04-09

Hicks-I'm In hard luck.
Wicks-How 90?
Hicks-Why, here's . money order
that I've just got for go, and the only
man In town that can identify me to
the money order clerk 10 one that owe
$50 to.-Somerville Journal
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-04-09

Milly; il she says yes I say the same,
and you will both have something to set
up housekeeping with
No need to tell the joy with which
heard the unexpected news, or the
heartiness with which thanked the
kind-heartel major.
''l'll go of and tell Milly at once,"I
said; but had not gone far when he
called me back.
"You don't ask how much you will
have to start housekeeping upon," he
said.
what matter, sir, since you think
it enough ?" answered.
HIN; but you may as well know.
You might not think it enough
How much is it, then 2" asked.
Fifty thousand pounds" said the
major.
And this IL what Charley lost and I
gained by that journey-Milly (worth
more than alD and 6 $1,000
And now Charley won't speak tom
or to my wife for Milly and are mar
ried-end he says I merely took all-
vantage Of him; but say, . 7 used q
say before, it is all his luck and mine.
--Gentlewoman. sas & /
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-04-09

about my not being Charley" let the
consequences be what they might.
Don't you remember your little
playmate, Milly?" said she, with a
blush and an enhancing look of her
beautiful eyes. well, it's not so sur
prising, for should never have known
you, either, If Mr.. Parchly had not
pointed you out to me-"
Before exactly realized what was
doing I was whisked off to Mai. Rain
fields house-as l found the name of
Milly's father to be-to dine, calling at
the hotel for my evening "togs' on the
way.
/ found the majors house a neat,
cuiet-looking little place on the out
skirts of the town. He lived alone with
his daughter (bis wife being dead), q
housekeeper and one servant. Though
everything was comfortable, there was
that indescribable air that gave one
the impression that they were not too
well of as regards this worlds goods.
Since was not too well OF, either,
this would not have troubled me. but
for that legacy of $4,000 ! was sup
posed to have come in for. "Was that
the secret cause Of this sudden friend
liness?" asked myself. But when /
looked at Milly, and saw the frank
glance of her truthful, honest-lookinR
eyes, I felt ashamed Of myself; nor,
when I regarded the major, and noted
the open, manly look the fine old SOL
der gave back to me. could ] bring my.
self to think Of him a. . scheming old
fortune-hunter.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1896-07-25
Living Pictures.

| The most elaborate series OF living pictures
ever attempted in this country will be put on
at keith's New Theatre, Boston, beginnino
August 3, for a run of several weeks. The
/ subjects include copies of famous painting
and many original compositions by the arts,
who is getting them up, M. Casel-Bert, the
produced the panoramas of "Bunker Hill,''
"Shiloh,' "Frihurg," "The Crucifxion,' y
"Bull Rum" etc, in this country. He has
been engaged in the preparation of the living
pictures for several months, and it is promised
that the great scenes represented will be
given with an attention to detail never before
dreamed of as possible. More than 5000
candle power will be used in the lighting
alone. The series include some forty SUBJ
Jects, sixteen of which will be put on the first
week. Some of them with the names of the
artists, are: Faust, f. Castel-Bert; Angelus,
T. Nlilet; Home of the Brownies, E. Castel-
Bert; Spring and love, A. A. Anderson /;
Stella Maris, Sailors Vision), Nine. "
Demont-Breton; Gladiator, Gerome; The
Weather Vane, Escudero; The Fountain of
Youth,E. Castel-Bert; The Christening, F H.
kaemmerer; A Marriage Under the Direc-
tore, f. ii. kaemmerer; Childhood DAYS,
r. f. Albee; An Episode of Bunker Hill, E.
Castel-Bert; Moses in the Bulru,hes, de la
Roche; Noon Hours, C. Julien Dupre; A
Good Story, L. Hermann Lady Godiva, J.
van Lerius; In Gerome's Studio, Gerome;
Sappho, Spindon; My Neighbor, M. E. Ed
wards; Return to Port A. Hoguette; The
Daughter of the Sheik, G. Kiesel; The
double Star, Falero; Evangeline, In Love.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1896-07-25
New Hampshire News.
ALSTEAD.

E. G. Crowthers of Somerville is at C. S
Egerton's.
Mrs. Maria Whitney is the guest of he1
niece, Mrs. Lucy Graves.
a. w. Shenard played with the Bellows
rails team Friday at Brattleboro.
Miss Hattie Clarke of Saxtons River is Wis
ltirg her brother, Dir. c. L. Clarke.
MIR. and Mrs. Gibson of Gilsum spent Sun
day with her mother, Mrs. Porter.
Miss Alice Evans of Charlestown, Mass, is
visiting her aunt, Mrs. Fred Clarke
Cyrus Royce and wife of Walpole were in
the village this week calling upon friends.
Walter Slader of Acworth has been spend
ing few days at his uncles, II. A. Moore's.
Several from this place attended the Sun
DAY school picnic at Gardner, Mass, Friday.
Morris Messer and wife of Dorchester,
.fass., were at his aunt's, Mrs. c. II. Cooks
this week.
MIR. and Mrs, C. Z. Cooke and guest with
Mrs. Hattie Wilder spent day at Lake War;
rem this week.
The Episcopal Sunday school passed
through here Wednesday ON their way to
Lake Warren for picnic.
). III, Randall and son Henry started on a
carriage drive Wednesday for Chesterfield
where they will spend a few days.
The j. Stratton Walker building, the
lower part of which is now occupied by S.
Anderson's tinshop, will be sold at auction
Saturday, the 25th.
Mr.: and Mrs. Frank Trow of Tilton were
called here the first of the week by the death
oil Mrs. Trow's mother, Mrs. Greene; also
TWO sisters of Mrs. Greene from Nashua.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1896-07-25
BRATTLEBORO.

W; h. Ware, proprietor of the Lakeside
hotel at Spoflord lake, N. H., will give an
| other social dance this evening. The phil.
fh;lrlnonic orchestra of Blattleboro will f,r-
nish music.
Inc New York Tribune Fresh-air commit.
zee has provided for so children, who will
paa.s, Ieave New York or Monday night and arrive in
VIII be taken to the chapel of the Congrega-
tlonal church, where they will be distributed.
y. II. Robinson, resident of Organ street.
imrarrowly escaped being crushed to death
tuesday night. He was at work near his
mousse laying water pipe in ditch seven
teet deep, when the sides of the ditch cayed
IN upon him, -burying him to his ears. The
pressure of the dirt dislocated one shoulder
ana injured him so that it was feared he would
not recover. His condition yesterday was
somewhat improved
The annual school meeting of district No
= re. elected Committeeman w. H. Collins
LOT a term OF three Years. F.. W. Stoddard.
whose term was to expire next year. RESIGNED
nus position and Charles H. Thomson was
elected II in his stead: 1t was voted to raise
tax OF 50 cents on the dollar, and to retain the
supervisor and teacher of music. The num-
per per OF schools to be supported was lett to the
discretion of the committee.
Mrs. Sarah Jane Temple, wife of Charles
w. Stewart, died at her home at 4 Berpe
street at $50 Wednesday evening after Sc
rlous illness of four months. Mrs. Stewart
was born in South Londonderry in lS43 and
was married to Mr.. Stewart in 1863. They
went to Brattleboro five years later and have
lived there ever since. Mrs. Stewart was a
charter member of the Dennis Rebekah lodge
and OF the knights and Ladies of Honor and
was devoted to the work. She leaves a hus-
pand, one daughter, five sisters, and two
The funeral services, for which she
made all the arrangements, will be held at
Q clock this afternoon at her late residence
Rev. A. j. Hough officiating.