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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-06-18
THE FARM AND HOME
MATTERS oFiNTERESTTo FARM
Err AND HOUSEWIFE.
Some Hints on How to Buy Horse
Directions for Cultivating Corn -
Safe Way to Tether Cows-Orixin of
$he Berkshire Hog.
How to Buy a Horse.

If you want to buy a horse don't be-
Heve your own brother. Take no mans
word for. it, says an old horseman, in
Horseshoers' Journal. Your eye is your
market. Don't buy horse in har-
ness. Unhitch him and take every
thing off but the halter and lead him
around. If he has any failing you can
see it. Let him go himself way, and
If he walks right into anything you
know he is blind. No matter how
clear and bright his eyes are, he can't
see any more than bat. Back him,
too.
Some horses show their weakness or
tricks in that way, when they don't in
any other. But, be as smart as you
can, you'll get caught sometimes. Even
the experts get caught. "A horse may
look ever SO nice and go great pace,
and yet have fits. There isn't man
who could tell it until something hap
pens. Or he may have weak back.
Give him the whip and off he goes for
a mile or two, then all of a sudden he
stops ON the road. After rest he
starts again, but he soon stops for
good, and nothing but a derrick can
start him.
The weak points about horse can
better be discovered while standing
than while moving. If he Is sound he
will stand firmly and squarely on his
limbs without moving them, with legs
plumb and naturally poised; or II the
foot is taken from the ground and the
weight taken from it disease may be
suspected, or, at least, tenderness,
which is the precursor of disease. If
q horse stands with his feet spread
apart or straddles with his hind legs
there is a weakness in his loins, and
the kidneys are disordered.
Heavy pulling bends the knees. Blu
ish, milky-cast eyes in horses indicates
moon blindness or something else. A
bad-tempered one keeps his ears
thrown back, and stumbling horse
has blemished knees. When the skin
Is rough and harsh and does not move
easily to the touch, the horse Is a
heavy eater and digestion bad. Never
buy a horse whose breathing organs
are at all impaired. Place your eye at
the heart, and if a wheeling sound is
heard it is an indication of trouble.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-06-18

In Lexington, KY, there is club
the youngest member of which is 81
years old. All the others are over 80
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-06-18

ness is appreciably enhanced. Indeed.
what could be a funnier sight to see
than dignity struggling with lumbaso:
1, myself, though hardened by profes-
sional experience, have often derived
the hugest amusement from it. And
certainly did so in this case.
"Our excellent vicar was extremely
sorry for himself. He gave me a
graphic account of the torturing agon-
les which he had endured, in trying to
rise from kneeling posture in church
where he had been suddenly seized
and how it had taken him good five
minutes to regain his feet. prescribed
some of the usual remedies, and prom
ised to call again in a day or two. When
l reached home the first question my
wife asked me was:
"'Well, what is the matter with the
vicar|
"'Only a touch of lumbago,' / an
swered.
"'Then he will be unable to attend
the parish conversazivne this evening,
l suppOseP
"'Oh, no. l have told him that he
may keep all MS social engagements.
Church is the only thing tabooed, be-
cause the poor man cannot kneel, or
rather when he kneels cannot get up
again.
"Oh! am glad that he will be there
this evening. The parish conversazione
without the vicar would be quite the
play without Hamlet, would 1t not?
"'Yes-for Margaretta,' I replied,
jestingly.
81 said that on purpose to draw my
wife. But the shaft missed. She SEEM
ed, indeed, not to even have heard my
remark, and I saw that she had sud-
denly fallen into one of her absent fits.
Soon afterward she left the room and
went upstairs, humming tuhe, a
thing which she always did when she
was enyeloped IN q brown study.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-05-06
Sawed Through the Bars.

Sheriff Mudd had the misfortune
to lose four of his prisoners Wednes
day night OF last week. They gained
their liberty by saving the steel bars
and then going through the brick
wall. At the time of the delivery
Sheriff Mudd was at his cffice in the
court house, assisting the sheriff of
Cass county mail descriptions of
four prisoners who had just made
their escape from his Jail. The
names of the Bates county prisoners
were: Nate Silva. VIM. Anderson,
Nick Darden and VIM. Gooden. Silva
and Anderson were the two harness
thieves; Gooden was also held for
burglary and Darden was serving a
Jail sentence. Sheriff Muddis max
ing every effort in his power to cap
ture the fugitives and the prospects
are good for his getting back part
or all of them.
To guard against further escape
OF prisoners and make the prison
almost proof against delivery, the
county court would be justified in
lining the brick walls of the Jail with
boiler iron. If this were done the
escape Of prisoners by means which
they secure to make their exit would
be almost an impossibility. The
prison then would be one of the
most substantial jails in the state.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-05-06
AT THE OPERA HOUSE,
The Following Entertainments by the W. C.
T. U. Under the Management of Prof.

The Following Entertainments by the W. C.
T. U. Under the Management of Prof.
Dade, Will be Held this Week.
THURSDAY NIGHT
The Demorest Medal contest will
come off at the opera house tonight.
The young ladies who will contest
for the silver medal are: Misses
Emma Castity, Luna Dalton, Lot
Clay, Ida Sherman, Lucy Batchelor,
Anua Halse, aad Fannie Orear. The
competitors are well matched and
we opine the contest will be a spirit.
ed one.
FRIDAY NIGHT.
The program for this evening will
be very interesting and consist of
recitations, music, etc. The con
testants for this evening are: Misses
May Morgan, Anna Day and Naomi
Smith. Florence Clay, Ida McCuan,
Mary Toohey, Stella Drysdale and
Master Elmer Silvers An interest
ing feature of the evening will be q
Delsarte drill, with Grecian statuary.
Posing by II young ladies
SATURDAY NIGHT.
Grand review drill by twenty
young ladies. Beautiful statuary,
recitations, music, etc. Price of ad
nilsson 15c and Csc
The Butler weekly times., 1897-05-06
DASHING WIDOW.
Caused 4 Preacher to Desert His Fam
lly and Leave the Mtnlstry.

lily and Leave the Ministry.
Ell Reno, Ok, April 15-Two
years ago the Rev Ned Forrest was
the sensational but popular pastor
of the Congregational church here
He resigned and became for a time
general field secretary for the Con
gregational board and later was for
a short time pastor at Vinita, I. T.
From there he went to Anna, ILL.,,
but tho church here wanted him
back, and sent him unanimous call.
They were too late, however, for the
day before the call arrived at Anna
he had another ''call" and eloped
with a dashing blonde widow, de
serting wife and children. Since
then nothing was heard Of him by
his friends here until Monday, when
be arrived in town with his family.
He had tired of the widow, returned
to his family, made up and came
here to go into business, having left
the ministry.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-05-06
Died in Lodge.

st. Soseph, Mo-, May As. s. R.
Nudge, a travelling engineer for the
Hannibal 4 st Joseph Railway, and
one OF the best known railroad men
in this section, died last night at
Brook6eld. Mo. MIR. Nudge was
assisting at an initiation in an l. o
0. +. lodge when he suddenly OK
claimed, Doctor, I am dying" and
expired at once Mr.. Nudge was
63 years old and had been with the
Burlington company for many years
The Butler weekly times., 1897-05-06

The TINES had a pleasant call
Tuesday from Judge Coleman, asso
ciate justice OF the county court for
the north district He called to
hs Q the TINES sent to his uncle, J
h. Witt, of Troy, Mo. Judge Cole.
man is making Gust what we pre-
dicted before the election,) a most
excellent, conservative and intelIi
gent member of the court. He is a
good business man aud successful
farmer. In electing Judge Coleman
the north district has not had bet
ter representative on the bench in
many years.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-05-06
After Fifteen Years.

Carlisle, Ky. May Fifteen
years ago Tom King the alleged
murderer of Will Collins, escaped
from the Jail before his examining
trial was held. Today he was CAP
tured in Clark County. where he had
been living all of the time, and had
never been disturbed. He was
brought here and placed in Jail. The
jailer is brother of the murdered
man.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-05-06
! USEFUL CITIZEN GONE.
Sudden Death of T.. B. Lewis, One
of Buffers Most Enterprising
and Useful Citizens Causes
General Sorrow in the
City.

A Proclamation Of the Mayor Request
ing the Suspension OF Business is
Generally Observed-the Funeral
isOne Of the Largest and Most
Imposing Ever Witnessed In
the City.
Charley 3. Lewis departed this
life at 3 o'clock Wednesday morning,
May 5, 1897, of Inflammation of the
stomach, after an illness of five days.
he was taken sick on Friday, and
suffered much but his symptoms did
not become serious until Monday.
Late Tuesday evening it was thought
there was change for the better,
but later in the night relapse took
place and he sank rapidly until the
end.
Funeral services were held from
the Ohio street NJ. E. church Thurs
day morning. Mayor Clardy issued
q proclaim alton for the closing of the
business houses during the hour Of
funeral services, and every citizen of
Butler who could possibly attend
was there. Services were conducted
by the eloquent pastor, Rev. Jones,
and were very impressive.
The remains were taken to Johns
town and laid to rest by the side of
his wife and little girl The fun sral
was conducted by Bates Lodge No.
$50 I. o. O. F. of which order he
was an honored member, the lodge
going in body to the grave, accom-
panied by large procession Of our
citizens.
Chas B. Lewis was a native born
Missourian and spent the greater
part Of his As years of life in Bates
county. He came to Butler twenty
years ago and has been closely
identified with every public improve.
ment of the city since. He was one
of the most public spirited citizens
ever in Butler, and the community
will sadly feel it's loss. He was a
broad minded, big hearted gentle.
man and no charity ever appealed
to him in vain. His purse and sym
pathies were always open to the
poor and afflicted, and he gave as
much to charity according to his
means as any man in Bates county.
He was the friend of the widow and
orphan and they always turned to
him in time of great need.
He was kind and loving husband,
an indulgent father, good neigh
Dor, a true friend and useful and
valued citizen. He leaves a widow
and two children, a son and daugh
ter, both of them grown, who have
tho heart felt sympsthies of the en-
tire community.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-05-06

OhU lsueT, eA County LEohbuIcI,
has moved TO his farm in Mound
township and will become granger.
Judge Dalton is enjoying q pleas
ant visit this week from his father,
VIM. Dalton, and brother, r. F., OF
Warrensburg.
Experience proves the merit of
Hood g Sarsaparills. It cures all
forms of blood disease, tones the
stomach, builds up the nerves.
For SALE.-Residence property,
corner High and Harrison streets.
Will sell at bargain if bought in
the next sixty days.
Is II" T. F. TooHEy.
To ASCERTAIN the number of chill
drsn who do not attend Sunday
School, a house to house canvass of
tho town will be made under the
supervision OF the Sunday School
Union.
The piano recital to be given at
the opera house, Tuesday evening
May 11tb, under the management
of Prof. Henton, promises to be q
musical treat that our citizens will
be glad to hear and We bespeak for
the Professor liberal patronage.
AGENTS WANrED.-Ladies or gen.
tlemen) in this city and every town
in the state to sell our Coffses, Teas,
etc to the consumer on commission
or salary. Applicants must furnish
references and bond For further
particulars address The Great East
ern Coffee & Tea Co SIT N. I'd St
st. Louis, Mo.
A strenuous effort is being made
to oust Vallins, chief of police of
Kansas City. It is claimed MIR Val
Inns is not eligible to the Office, and
q fight has been raised Oh HIM on
account of his connection with the
PiDkerton detective agency prior to
his appointment as chief of poles of
Kansas City.
j. Nave's barn was destroyed by
FIRE Tuesday afternoon, together
with 24 tons of hay, $50 bushels of
corn, l saddle, some harness and
buggy. The fire was discovered in
time to rescue valuable jack which
was slightly burned. The barn and
corn crib adjoining we're valued at
about $3.50, and was insured for $3.50.
The origin of the FIRE is unknown
Merwin Mirror.
Sheriff Mudd returned from Kan
sas City Monday night. He had in
charge Hamilton and Hill, Tom
Dixon aud John Williamson, United
States prisoners who will each serve
q Jail sentences of six months. Ham
ilton and Hill are the two young
men who passed raised bills at Rock
vile, and Dixon and Williamson
robbed mail sacks at Warrensburg.
Six negro men and boys were hung
to the limb of a tree at Houston,
Texas, Friday. The hanging was
the work of mob composed of col
ored people. The negroes lynched
had gone to the home of Henry
Daniels and assaulted his two step.
daughters, one u child, the other
about Is years of age The old man
In attempting to defend his children
was murdered, as was also the girls.
Then to hide their Grim Q the bodies
of the victims were thrown in the
cabin which was burned. Blood
hounds were put On the track of the
murderers andtw of them captured.
They confessed and gave the names
OF the parties with them. The off.
GERS placed them under arrest. Fri
day night at 10 o'clock the officers
were surprised by the negroes, who
took the six men and strung them
up without ceremony
The Butler weekly times., 1897-05-06

HARDWOOD LUMBER.-Orders left at
Bennett Wheeler Nero. Co.'S for all
kinds of hardwood lumber will have
prompt attention.
l.tf. CHARLES SIMMONS.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-05-06

Window glass, roofing and build
ing papers, picture frames, carpets.
shades. wallpaper, paints, ETC., at
D. w Drummonds. 4.tf.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-05-06
LOCAL ITEMS

Thorough bred white Plymouth
Rocks exclusively; eggs SOC per Is.
2l.lm. Mrs. Z. +. CRABTREE,
Butler, Mo.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-05-06
To Cure q Cold in One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
let's. All druggists refund the money
il it fails to cure. CSC. 51-6m.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-05-06

A Procla nation of the Mayor Request
ing the Suspension of Business is
Generally Observed-the Funeral
Is One Of the Largest and Most
Imposing Ever Witnessed In
The Butler weekly times., 1897-05-06

BUTLER WEEKLY TINES
The Butler weekly times., 1897-05-06

Sam Fisher, ex county treasurer,
has moved to his farm in Mound
township and will become granger.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-04-23
MINORS CAN'T SMOKE.

The following bill passed
third reading in the House by a
vote of 90 to p:
That after the ratification Of
this act it shall be unlawful for
any one to give or sell to any
minor to use or smoke cigaretts,
and any minor found 50 smoking
cigaretts, shall be competent
witness to prove from whom he
received such cigaretts, and the
evidence 50 given shall not be
used against such minor for VIC
lation of this act. That any one
who sells or gives to any minor
any cigaretts or any minor found
smokeing cigaretts shall be gull
ty of a misdenleanor, and upon
conviction shall be fined not more
than ten dollars or imprisoned
not more than thirty days"
The bill was introduced by
Mr.. Sutton, of Cum berland, who
spoke forcibly and with intense
earnestness in the support. He
gave the testimony of prominent
physicians, showing the frightful
effects of cigarette smoking,
among them Dr.Murphy, Of the
Western Insane Asylum, who
traces insanity in some patients
to this terrible vice. Mr.. Sutton
declared that 200 young lives
were lost annually i'll North
Carolina through the habit of
cigarette smoking, and pathet-
ically told how his own son had
been one the victims.
Opposition to the bill was
from the manufacturers stands
point but Mr.. Eddirs focused the
argument when said: The quest
ion is, which is worth most TO
the State-her boys or cigarette
manufacturers"
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-04-23
BEAUTIFUL EASTER MORN
(Virgiuian.)

Why is it that Easter is so
beautiful? If the sun shines, II
seems to shine brighter, and the
singing of the birds seems the
sweeter. The flowers of Easter
appear to be the more beautiful
on Easter morn, and their per-
fume more fragrant.
The 1oveliest roses that God
ever grew seem to cluster more
beautifully on that day, and the
lilies lift Their heads IL thank
fulness. The grasp of the hand
seems frnrer and more honest
than on any other day, and the
smiles Of our friends warmer,
brighter and more gladstone. 1t
is that on Easter morn "a new
light broke in on the hearts and
hopes of men" and since that
memorial morn that light has
continued to brighten the path
way of mankind, and the gates
beyond the silent sky have been
kept open that all who choose
may enter there. How beaut1-
full indeed is Easter.
1t is a part of the story Of the
little child who ages ago came
to us at Bethlehem; of Him who,
in the splendor of His manhood q,
was laid low i'll the tomb, and
who on the third day rose,
"bursting the bars of death and
opened unto us the gates of ever
lasting life" 1t is a reminder
that Christ, who died, rose
again and that He stands at the
gates crying to humanity, "Be-
cause l live ye shall live also"
1t is the knowledge that way
beyond the sunlight, and the
light of the stars, Christ awaits
us, to conduct us where angels
sing and where God will clothe
us with everlasting life. But
whether the sun shines or the
birds sing, or not, Easter is all
ways beautiful. Every human
soul who knoWeth that "the Re
deemer liveth' has light which
no cloud can darken, and the mu-
sic of Gods word is the sweetest
song of them all. How beauti>
full then is Easter, and is there
any wonder that we should hail
the morn with glad anthems?
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-04-23
A CHILD'S PLEA.

A pretty little golden haired
girl of seven years walked tlinid-
ly into a New Jersey police court
room the other day and asked
for "the man who sent my mann
ma to Jail" The judge happened
to overhear her remark and ask
ed the little miss what she want
ed. Tears came into her eyes as
she turned to the judge and ask
ed, did you send my mamma
to jail?" when told her name, the
Judge recalled thata short time
before he had sentenced a woman
to Jail for sixty days for drunken
ness and told the child SO. Look
ing up into the kindly face of
the judge she asked: Judge, did
you ever have a mammal" and
then, choked with sobs, she could
control her feelings no longer
and begged piteously for her
mothers release. "Your mamma
has been very naughty" said the
judge. "Shc gets drunk and
abuses her neighbours" "But
she is good to me, and l love
her." sobbed the golden haired
pleader, "and if you'll let her 20
I-I-won let her be naughty
any more-I love her so. Please,
please, oh, please let her CO.
That was too much for the gray
haired, kind hearted magistrate,
and as he turned away to order
the release of the mother, he
used his handkerchief vigor-
ously and his voice was husky
from a "bad cold" which had
suddenly developed.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-04-23
Peculiar Characteristics of the
Small Boy.

An exchange, which has evi,
IDENTIFY been a close student of
nature as it is to be found in the
average boy says:
A boy will tramp AZ miles in
one day on rabbit hunt and be
Timber i'll the evening, when if
you ask him to go across the
street to borrow a two inch au-
ger, he will be as stiff as a meat
block. OF course he will. And
he will go swimming all day
and stay in the water three hours
at time, and dive, and the next
morning he will feel that the
unmeasured insult has been of
fered him when he is told by his
mother to wash his face care
fully, SO as not to leave the
score OF the ebb and flow so
plain to be seen on his gills.
And he will wander about the
bed of a dry creek all the after>
noon piling up pebble fort and
nearly die off when his big sister
wants him to pick up a basket
Of chips for the parlor stove.
And he will spend the biggest
part of a day trying to corner a
stray mule for a ride, but feels
that life's charms have fled
when he comes to drive the
COWS home. And he'll turn a
ten acre field up side down for
ten I inch angle worms, and
wish for the voiceless tomb
when the garden demands at
tention. But all the same when
you want a friend who will
stand by you, enlist one of the
EOys.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-04-23
PETTIT'S
North Carolina Lines
C. L. PETIT, Manager.

Steamer NEWTON will leave ,....
folk tot Elizabeth City, Crcsvp. w.
way landings on Wednesdays aud SIT.
urdayS at q p. M, Elizabeth CT. ur
Creswcll on Thursdays and Mur.I1.
at $50 a. III. Returning, Will ,,.r
Creswell for Norfolk on Tuesday. .u!
Fridays at 4 a. Ill, and Elizabeth CITY
same day at ago p. M, arrlllu. 100
Norfolk next day.
Steamer Harbinger will leave Nor
folk for Elizabeth City, Hcrtlo'I ANA
way landings, on Tuesdays and Iu.
days at p. m, Elizabeth CITY for
Hartford Wednesdays and Satur3a.. o.,
$50 a. III. Returning, will lcay, u.i,
lord for Norfolk Mondays, and Thus.
days at 7 a. III. and Elizabeth CI,N .lmc
day at 2:3o p. m, arriving in Noito.a
next day.
w. w. MORRISETT, AGENT
Elizabeth City, \. G.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-04-23

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case of Catarrh that car
not be cured by Halls Catar1h Cure.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Props, /
Toledo, Ohio {
We, the undersigned, have known
F. J. Cheney for the last IS years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by their firm.
WEST & TRUAX, Wholesale Grocers,
Toledo, Ohio.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all drug
gists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-04-23
ONE OF THEM.
The Old Negro Nanny Will
Never be Forgotten.

Perhaps one more record OF a
venerated old Virginia Nam
my" may interest your readers.
| need not dwell On her untlr1ng
care for the love to us little ones
and her faithfulness aud devo-
ton to my mother. My earliest
recollections are of large white
table cloth spread upon the store
room floor and our Nanny upon
her knees before large cone OF
white "loaf sugar" which with
a stout knife and hammer she
was cutting into little blocks for
the sugar dish. If little Jumps
flew off on the floor it was ours
to scramble for.
When the Union army sur
rounded us "Mammy" was the
last to leave us. Only when her
husband and children had all
departed did she come in crying
bitterly to kiss us all around
good by" Her husband hav,
ing threatended to get another
wife if she loved the white folks
b tier than him. When the
Yankee soldiers crowded into
her neat room they said to her,
"Old woman you are a fool to
stay here ard cook for these
people (cook having gomez, don t
you know you are free?"
"Humph" she replied, II didn't
need for such as you to come
here to tell me l was free. |
was free long fore you come
here, the Lord Jesus Christ made
me free from the law Of sin ard
death. Now you go along bout
your business and III tend to
mine"
She had long been subject to
severe sore Threats which my
mother always mopped and ten
dcd carefully, but soon after her
husband took her to Washington
she was taken sick with one of
those attacks and neglect made
it fatal. She passed away bit
tcrly regrett1ng that she left her
old home, saying: "Old miss
would cured her" We shall
surely meet her cup there "
where she is in truth free from
sin, and washed white in the
blood of the Lamb, among the
faithful around His throne Elk.