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The Union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1882-1898, 1897-08-28
Receipts.

Balance ON hand January list, 1887, az follows:
Cash Sl3o4.33, Orders SIG. $142o.56
Received from Merchants Licenses 1i0.UO
+" Court House, water pipe sold, $50
" State acct, y salary Of officers, SCI. 50
q" Map acct from State, g4.OU
Is Clerks fec, 1880
" g Recorders fees, $500
." Fines acct, cash Sla. Factory
order SIS. NOg
Lot sold by Judge 500
81 Collectors fees, on tax sales, 1900
- Surveyors fees, AIS
Total receipts $2287 f.,
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FINANCIAL REPORT
OF WASHINGTON COUNTY.

To tia Hon. The Board OF County Com mission
ers OF washiu gton County, State Of Utah
Gentlemen:
The following 10 the Financial Statement OF
Washington County for the elk months ending
jane 80, 1897.
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aiH.bt1ffie0s

Eli ab11tt1eO.
Due Tsarc C. Bacfarisne, Salary, $4,000
Chas. Westover Jr., 800
George A. Holt, ssoo
Francis L. DAgget, I6zso
Thomas p. Gotham, 1878
David II. Morris, =" 1880
Charles r. Worthen, 5000
George Brooks, 31.7e
Ashby Snow, ss.p
n! IL. Larson, 1000
Criminal account, 10.
INDECENT account, 10 90
District Court account, 40
Expense account, 3s.os
Washington Road Dist, Factory Order, 1909
3Si60y
Resources $ooo,oT
Liabilities SIo.oS
Excess Resources 3IS,.os
Respectfully Submitted,
TRA.Cn L. DA sssSx,
County Clerk
Dated July lot. 1871.
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OUR NATIVE HERBS

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germ Of disease. 1t strengthens,
invigorates and builds up the entire
system, and is sure cure for all
common ailments. Packages $I.oo,
50 cents or IS cents.
"Preservaline" or "Native Herbs"
sent to any address, postpaid, on re-
ceipt of price, by JOB T. SMITH,
Harrisburg, Utah.
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IA e0ov1rco0
o. the County exclusive Of Buildings, vsult,
Safes, sc.
Amt ON hand July /. 1897, Cash S4s5.4r,
Orders IoI.so. ess6.er
Due from Slate. Salary OF Officers >o4Ie
Notes held by Road Supervisors, payable
In labor 1850
The Progress., 1897-06-19
y wide paint brush. 1t is effective, docs
not irritate the skin and ia of moderate

wide paint brush. 1t is effective, docs
not irritate the skin and is Of moderate
cost. We sometimes add to it 10 per
cent Of crude carbolic acid or Of kero-
Sene. but am not sure that this is nee
essary or desirable. The above applies
only to gentle animals. To apply the
oil on range cattle we have bnilt a large
cattle dipping vat of about 5000 gallons
capacity.
The device was first built and put
into operation by Mr.. r. j. Kleburg of
Alike, Tex. A glance at the cuts will
give an idea Of the dimensions and ar
engagements of It. The cattle are con-
fined in the pens and are forced to enter
the vat through shoot When an ami
NAL arrives on the trapdoor, it loses its
balance and slides into the vat The
door then falls back into its original DO
sition, ready for the next. The cattle
swim the vat and arrive ON the dripping
platform. where they remain short
The Progress., 1897-06-19
AngorA Goats In the South.

have been breeding Angora goats 70,
IA years and find it very profitable
business have a barbed wire pasture
fence, with several division fences, all
made of ten Of the best barbed wires.
Still, the wolves will sometimes get in
by scratching through under the lowest
wire, but we generally get the wolves
now, before they do much damage, by
setting steel traps at such holes on both
sides of the fence. We generally fasten
three steel traps together and do not
fasten the traps to anything.
Early in the morning one of the boys
will go there with the dogs and a gun.
The dogs will take the trail, and the
wolf is generally not more than 800 yards
away, often with more than one foot in
trap. IL traps are fastened, the wolf
or wildcat is more likely to break loose.
In very cold weather they are liable to
hita their canuht feet OF or Jerk loose.
The Progress., 1897-06-19
HOLDING
PEN
GROUND PLAN OF VAT.

cy to emu1sify in neutral and in aka
line waters. probably due to the resins
they contain. This greatly reduces the
efficiency Of the oil, but fortunately this
can be almost entirely prevented by the
addition Of per cent of salt. Further
study Of alkaline waters is necessary.
We have not crippled, drowned or abort
ed any animals by the dipping process.
The object Of these experiments is
twofold-frst, to provide means of
destroying the ticks Oh large scale, as
this arrangement has capacity of 900
to 1900 animals per day; second. to
provide method by which cattle can
be treated that they may be shipped to
any portion Of the country at any sea-
son uf the year without being source
Of disease to other animals. M Francis
in Breeders Gazette
If you gave your horses the exercise
you should have done, by light work all
winter, they will not feel it much when
they go into toll in the spring. At first
however, start them in lightly, with
gentle work for week or two, till they
get toughened. Rest them frequently
and hold the collar off their shoulders a
few minutes for the flesh to cool. For
working rations mix together corn and
ground oats. Cut up clover hay and
moisten it and feed this excellent and
palatable food in addition to the grain
The Progress., 1897-06-19
ak&A;:52{I Is
b
TEXAS CATTLE TICKS.
Give the Infested Animals . Dip In ca
tOnSeed Oil.

Give the Infested Animals q Dip In Cot
tonseed Oil.
It is presumed that those who will be
interested in these remarks are &C
Quainted with ticks in general way
and know something of their life his
tory and of their relation to certain
disease called Texas fever.
Il shall proceed to relate our expe-
riencc in attempting to destroy these
creatures There are several measures
that are mentioned occasionally that
are intended to prevent the attacks Of
the tick. 1t has been suggested to burn
OF the pastures in the fall. This GER
taln!y would destroy a great many. but
this is not done to any considerable ex-
tent. The idea Is generally entertained
that sulphur, if taken frequently with
the feed or with salt. will produce
condition Of the skin offensive to the
ticks and thus keep them of.
Our experience along this line was
far from satisfactory. A prevalent opin-
ion Is that sulphur water will accom-
plish the desired result If the animals
have free access to it. This may be suc-
cessfu1 In some cases, burt it certainly
fails at this college, where our dairy
herd, which consists Of about 80 ami
mails, drinks sulphur water daily. Dur
ing the last 30 days ticks have troubled
our cows more than at any similar Pc
riod for several years Our efforts have
been mostly directed toward some prao-
tical remedy to destroy the ticks after
they have become attached to the ami
mails OF the remedies employed for
this purpose there are many. After sew
eral years Of experience along this line
we have abandoned the tobacco decoc-
tions. the carbolio preparations, the ar
senical and lime and sulphur "sheep
dips'' and kerosene emulsion.
At the Texas experiment station we
have found nothing that compares with
cottonseed oil, applied generously with
The Progress., 1897-06-19

ulme TO allow the excess or olp TO uraln
back into the vat.
We have been endeavoring to find Il
substance that will destroy every tick,
that will not irritate the skin and that
is moderate in cost. These conditions
are met by cottonseed oil. We fill the
vat with water and put about one inch
Of the oil ON it. The cattle are then
driven through and on coming out Of
the water are covered with the OIL The
inferior grades of the oil show tenden-
The Atlanta constitution., 1897-02-08

glad to hear them. for he used to sit on
the gray pony and listen. sometimes feel
ing happy, and at other times feeling lone
ly. indeed. 1t may have been the quaint
melody that gave him lonely feeling. or
1t may have been his sympathy for those
who suffer the pains of disease or the
pangs of trouble The negroes used to
watch him as they sang and worked. and
say I'm the pauses:
Little marster mighty funny?'
That was the word-'funny" yet it
had n deeper meaning for the negroes than
the white people ever gave it. Funny =
when the lad leaned his pale cheek on the
frail hand and allowed his thoughts (were
they thoughts, or feeting aspirations, or
momentary longings0 to follow the swift
sweet echoes of the song. For the echoes
had thousand nimble feet. and with these
they fled away. away-away beyond the
river and its bordering hills, for the echoes
had twangling wings. like those or a turtle
dove. and on these they lifted themselves
heavenward and fioated above the world
and above the toll and trouble and sorcrw
and pan thereinl
Funnyi when the voice of some singer
sweeter and more powerful than the rest.
rose suddenly from the pauses of the song
and gave words. as IL seemed to all tho
suffering that the Little Master had ever
known. Aye! so funny that at such times
hand to tho singing reapers and turn the
Gray Pony's head toward the river. Was
he following the rolling echoes? He could
never hope to overtake them.
once when this happened Uncle Fountain
stopped singing To say:
81 wish | wuz a runaway nigger"'
mo. you DON'T" exclaimed Randall.
''Yes. does" Uncle Fountain insisted.
"How Gomez"
"Ilaze den I'd have Little Marster rum
nj after me ev'y chance ne got"
"Go way. nigger. man! You'd have Jim
Simmons's nigger dogs after you. an den
whatd you do?"
dat ar Aaron had um after i'm. an
what'd he do?"
DE Lord He knows-I don't But don't
you Git de consate in YOU min dat you kin
do what Aaron done done kaze you'll fool
yo'se'f. sho,"
what Aaron done?'' Fountain persisted
'He done fool dem ar Niger dogs: dat
what he done done"
Den how come | can't fool dem mr. doa,sq''
How come? Wen. you des try um one
time, mo spcshully dat ar coT-nose dog
which he name SCUM"
'FWell, / amt bleege to try It when de
white folks treat me right" remarked I'm
Gle Fountain. after thinking the matter
over.
Dat what make I say what I ices" as
serted Randall. when you know 'zactIy
what you got. an when you got mighty
nigh what you want. dat's de time ter lay
low an say nOthin'. Hits some trouble ter
git de corn off'n de cob. but spozen dey
want no corn on de COBB"
Honey. amt it de trufe?' exclaimed I'm
Gle Fountain.
Thus the negroes talked. They knew 4
great deal more about Aaron than the
white people did, but even the negroes
didn't know much as Little Master, and
for very good reason. They had no time
to find out things except at night. and ut
night--well. you may believe it or not, just
as you please. but at night the door OF tho
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Heir best when he was around, he never
failed to find out the tired ones and send
them ON little errands that would rest
them. To one IL was. Get me a keen
switch" To another, See il you can find
me any flowers"
One of the worst negroes on the planta-
tion was Big Sal. a mulatto woman. She
had a tongue and a temper that nothing
could conquer. once Little Crochet, sit
ting on the gray pony, saw her hoeing
away. with rag tied around her fore
head under her head handkerchief. So he
called her out of the gang. and she came
with no very good grace. and only then
because some of the other negroes shamed
her into IT, No doubt Little Crotchett
heard her disputing with them, but he paid
no attention TO it. When Big Sal came up
he simply said:
''Help me off the horse. I have a head
ache. sometimes. and l feel II coming on
now. 1 want you to sit here and rub my
head for me if you are not too tired"
what wid?' cried Sal my han'stoo
dirty"
you get the headache out, and I'll get
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HE SENDS 1T FREE.
Full Information for the Cure e1
Weakness in Men.

When man has suffered for many years
with a weakness that blights his lite ana
robs him OF all that really makes LIE wrotn
living; when, after years OF doctoring WIN
all sorts OF patent medicines and alleged
specialties. he discovers a remedy tfaI
brings back to him the power and physlcai
energy that seemed to him lost 1oreNe.-
he naturally feels generous lie wants MS
fellow men to know about it. lie feels tl5t
his mission on earth is to lift out OF noho-
age men who are today bathing WIN
men. who. by their own secret folles' hre
suffering mental torture that words can
not adequately describe.
The world has come to look at such sur
ferers I'm 4 different light from former
oays. IT now regards them as unfortunate:
not criminal They have Lacked morai
courage. They may he victims of inherited
passion, or they have acquired secret
habits from evil associates. But. what
ever may have been the incentive that
canses a man to>degrade his being ana
Isolate himself from society. ne 'ieeas
friend. He needs the right hand OF fellow
ship and good cheer. 1t IS wrong TO de-
nOunce him for his folly. and IL is equally
useless 10 give him advice. He must have
offered him. This e why I send the meth
Cd that made man among men. free
to any one who writes for it ] know the
aversion that suffering men have 10 tho
least sen1blance Of publicity. and 7. there
fore. send the Information securely scaled
In plain envelope, without MARKS 10
show where il came from Thousands OF
NOV have written me. TO say how glad
they were TO get this remedy. and every
mall brings encouraging report OF severe
cases Of physical debility cured and emaci-
ated parts restored TO natural strength.
Now. my friend. 90 not sit and wonder
how 7 can afford TO give away this valu-
able Information bat write for it today II
i free 70 al. and want every man 10
have It. Address. in the fullest confidence.
THOMAS SLATER. Box 1G2.
Kalamazoo. Mich
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and sometimes savage editorials and para
Eraphs. aud if always gave AL the news
first.
Organized Efforts were made TO boycott
T. and is editor was the defendant In
many libel suits.
pay.
DE introduced the cash system ~ sub
scriptious alsa ADVERTISING. AMI every Sat
uriay flight know just how he stood
Before his day newspapers had given
credit 10 every body. After forty years in
th@ nckspaTsar business. Tl.a..s.- Esit-hst..
the failods Richmond editor. had $4,000
due him in bad debts.
Bennett was determined 10 get the news
first 40 any ,ust.
This advertised bis paper. and made it
sought after everywhere. even 10y 4ts ene-
mics.
lie was fortunate enough 20 get on the
right sile 81 many hig questions. ami IN the
course of time the masses came 10 his
support
la his early days he wrote queer ed.-
tcrials abnut himself He announced his
i.arriase in advance in a. humorous edi-
toriaL
One day there was a revolution in The
Herald Establishment
Air. Bennett came down stylishly dress
ed. and with "a digniiird afr.
lie sat down al his desk. and gave his
stan orders which surprised them not a
uttIe.
Afisr that date The Herald was TO be
Z. higll, l9lld - psr. with no scandal aud 10
slang.
Tho paper had grown too big and impor-
tant 90 deal with trifies. 1t had become a
power benind tle throRsl
Ny -resdcrs know what The Herald was
81 the old age OF its founder and what IL is
Ioys.- uIs.s.g.-<ls msuaE aEtsgnent OF his son.
IL is stul enc of the finest newspaper
properties Ia she world.
The first Bennett was for many years
q power IN politics. and he mi;nt have
been sent as minister 10 a royal court, but
ne Jeclnied anything IN the shape OF an
office
The persecution OF which he VAS the
yictm iu mis- sIl. days did aot cease a:te~
BIS marriage. aud IL naturally cmbittered
him
Yet he Was always true 10 the best N
teTusts -gt his adopted country. While he
paid some of has enemies with interest. IS
a geneEal uiing 1e returned good for evil
The poor pruoirrtdcr ANA news condenser
81 the Atile- newspaper office IN Charles
ton lived tu be "a millionaire and the head
oi tllc wuIuis greatest dsily.
Am 7 uat risht iu calling James Gordon
Ee1netr tho only Evnuiue and original Na-
pll-0n ot journalism
WALLACE PUTNAM REED.
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Cedartown. Ga. Februar,
The Forty Immortals.

Editor Constitution-Please let me know
the history Of the French Academy. It's
prizes. etc. ROBERT NELSON,
Macon. Ga. February 3. 1891.
The French ACADEMY was founded in $50
by Cardinal Richelieu. and is the first OF
the five academies constituting the "Insu-
tut de France" 1t is composed OF forty
members. usually referred 10 as the forty
immortals." and a place ON its roll IS ea-
gerly sought 1t was formed for tho pur-
pose of refining the French language and
style. and after its period of idolatry for
Cardinal Richelieu had passed. il became
the leading literary society of Europe. Its
duties are now the composition of the his
torical dictionary OF tho Grench language
aud the examination of important literary,
historical and scientific works. Each Of
the forty members receives 1870 francs a
year. and the six members of the "dicti0n-
airy commission" receive an additional loo
francs each. The academy awards twenty
one literary prizes and forty "prix de YER
"a" For a list of the prizes. with the rules
governing them. write to Secretary CASTOR
Boissier. Academic Francalse. Paris.
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Answers to Correspondents.

Blue Eyes. Sugar Bowl. Ga.-No, Horace
Greely did not discover America. Yes, we
think he was q good singer and had a wart
on his nose.
Progressive Farmer. IIce. Ala.-The new
cotton melon of which You inquire is a
great success and promises to rcvolutioliZe
agriculture in the south. The melon is
planted in dhe warm earth and hatchcd out
like snake eggs In the spring. Then the lit
tie melons. of which "A dozen or more are
hatcEcd from each setting. are planted in
deep burrows about ten feet apart When
fully grown they are dug like potatoes and
the cotton which grows thickly all over the
outside is sheared off Just you shear
sheep. The inside of the melon is Just Rs
Gcod as any watermelon and all that is
necessary TO enjoy the feast is 20 see that
they are well sheared before cutting, as
lint might become entangled in the teeth
and Obstruct mastication.
Horest Man. Batter Cake. Tenn.-What
do you regard the most lovable charac-
toristic of the human race?
Snoring.
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CHAPTER /.
TIE LITTLE MASTER

THE LITTLE MASTER
II you imagine that the book called The
Story % Aaron $50 nlmesD the Son of Ben
ALP tells all the adventures of the Arab
while he was a fugitive in the wild woods.
you are very much mistaken II you viii
50 hack To that book you Will see that
Timnleun the black stallion. GrtInter the
white pig Gsristis the gray pony. and
Rambler the track dog. told only what they
were asked To tell And they were not
anxious 20 tell even that They would
much rather have been left alone What
they did tell they told without any -four
ishes whatever. for they wanted to get
through and - done with IL. Story telling
was not In their line. AMI they knew IL
very well: 80 they said what they had 10
say and that WAS the end ~ Il 50 Tar As
they were concerned: setting "A worthy ex-
ample 10 men and women. and ~ children.
too
II 8 natural. therefos,.. rhat a man such
as Aaron wss- fuli 81 cpuras,e and valuable
20 the man who has bought him from the
sBe,-ulltor. should have h1d many adven-
tur,s that the animals knew nothing OF.
or f they knew. had np Occslsiou 70 relate
In sh@ hook you viii ind thtt Buster John
and Sweetest Susan asked only about such
things us they heard of Incidentally. But
some uf the mnst Interesting things were
never mentioned by Aaron Al all. SO the
children never asked about them
Little Crotrhett it viii be- remembered.
anybody exr.ps Aaron. was dead. and
there was uou0ly 10 give the children any
hint ar cue as Co th, questions they We're
to ask Nou viii shy they had Aaron close
at hand That Is true. but Aaron WAS
busy md besides that hc was not fond
of taking especially about himself
And yet- the most ~ the adventures
Aaron had iu tle Wild woods were no
Eecreg- They were well known 10 the poo-
pie IN the neisluQri.Ooi. AMI for miles
around lu fact. they were made the sub
fr,,t ~ "a great deal - talk in Little Crotch
ett's day. sui many men Olnd women. too.l
who werc ull enough To he wise shook
their heads over some of the events and
de,iareil tlat they had never heard ~ any
tllur mnrr mysterious and il - happened
that rHis iael ~ mystery dsspened and
grew until at ulsasir very romantic figure
of Aaron and was q great help 10 him not
only when h~ vas fugitive IN the Wild
vel-is. but ufterwarL when he settled
down" and turned his attention @ looking
after affairs Cu the Al.ercrUmhie planta-
ti-u-
All this happened before Buster John and
Sweetest susan wen. born. while their
mother uas SRI im hsr teens- When
Iaff.s ernrrhsrt waS alive things were very
different uu rle a Ais.rCruuliste plantation %
whAf ghey wrre h-furs- ur afterward- IL
ls tr-- be uls cripple and had 10 IN ON
crurraes. except when h- was riding
Grs-.e. r-e EruT uuuy But he was very
.efiNc and U-mh.t- and very restless. to-. /
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Haron in the Wild Woods. o
The Story of a Southern Swamp
. . = JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS. Z,

for he was here. there and everywhere.
More than that. he was always In a good
humor. always cheerful. and most of the
time laughing at his own thoughts or at
something he had heard. For II was well
understood ON that plantation. and, indeed.
wherever Little Crotchett was Familiarity
known. that. as he was something of an
invalid. and such little bit OF a fellow TO
boot. nothing unpleasant was to come to
his ears. II he found ont about trouble
anywhere he was 20 lind II out for himself,
and without any help from anybody else.
But. although Little Crotchett was small
and crippled. ne had very wise head on
his shoulders. one of the first things he
found out was that everybody was in a
conspiracy TO prevent unpleasant things
from coming TO his ears. and the idea that
he was to be humbuggcd I'm this way made
him laugh. it WAS so funny. He said to
himself that IT, l4s could have troubles
while everybody else was trying to help
him along and make life pleasant for him.
surely other people who had nobody TO
look out for them must have much larger
troubles. And he found IL 10 be so, al
though he never said much about il.
The truth is that while people thought
they were humbuEging Little Crotchctt. he
was humbugEing everybody except few
who knew what shrcwd little chap he
was. These Few had found out that Lit
tie CrOtchett knew great deal more about
the troubles thaI visit the unfortunate I'm
this world than anybody knew about his
troubles-and he had many.
IL was very peculiar. He would go gal
looping about the plantation on the gray
pony. and no matter where he stopped
there was always negro ready to let
down the bars or the fence. How could
this be- Why. il was the simplest matter
in the world. IL made no difference where
the field hands were working. nor what
-. a.
ing FOR their little master. as they called
him. They We're sure Ia know when he
was coming-sure to see him: and no mat
ter how high the fence was. down il would
como whenever the gray pony was brought
to standstilL
II was q sight 10 seq the hoe hands or
the plough hands when their little master
went riding among them. IL was hats OF
and "hOwdy. honey" with all and that
was something the white-haired master
never saw unless he was riding with Lit
tie Crotchett which sometimes happened.
Once the white-haired master said TO Lit
tie CrOtchctt: '.rhey all love YOU because
you are good. my son" But Little Crotch
EFT WAS quick to reply:
"Oh. no. father: il isn't that. It's be-
cause 1 ann fond OF them
Now. wasn't he wise for his age? He
had stumbled upon the great secret that
makes an the happiness there Is in the
woriL The negroes loved him because
he was fond OF them. lie used 20 sit ON the
gray pony and watch the hands hoeing;
and plousiiing. and. although they did