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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-08-16
Pork and Progress.

We often wonder how it came about
that modern and refined civilization
has been able to override the Mosaic in
junction and adapt itself so willingly to
pork diet. Not all the inevitable as well
as needless filth out of which the sugar
cured ham and bacon, our pork and
beans and savory sausage are evolved;
not all the terrors of living death by
trichina: not ali the horrible possibilities
which suggest themselves during hog
cholera epidemic, serve in the slightest
degree to phase the American love for
the log as food animal. About all
that we can claim to our credit is that
we do insist upon having our hog meat
cooked and will not eat it raw. Out of
this illogical and perverted appetite, is
being built up financial prosperity for
the west which is better than mines of
Alaska, or the diamond reefs OF johann
nesburg. The Poland China pays the
rent and interest, beauties the home,
educates the children, and, with the COW
and the stesr, forms tripod frame
work, upon which may fittingly be erect
ed the emblem of the vests prosperity
and independence.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-08-16
The Man In the Buggy.

The man in the buggy is now abroad
in the country among the grangers. He
may be the church parson or the parish
priest, looking after the spiritual welfare
of the deacons and pillars of their re-
spective churches or he may be fellow
ia king orders for short weight and adul-
terated Chicago groceries: or he may
be chap with some fine cloths which
his uncle has struggled in from Canada;
or he may be a slick schemer with a
patent right to sell; or ne may be in the
lightning rod business, or some fellow
begging for an office. When they come
to your place, always, excepting the par
son and priest, whistle for old Towser,
and get ready for business. These
chaps all have tongues hung on ball
bearings and your best means of pro-
lection from them is to administer the
grand bounce just as soon as they set
foot on your premises. Keep an eye out
for the man in the buggy.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-08-16
The Woman on the Farm.

Aside from any reference to your mar
ital obligations, it will pay in a cold
heartless, financial way to take good care
OF the wife and mother on the farm. In
this sense alone she is worth far more
than your best COW or your best horse;
and still, not a few women would be glad
OF the care and consideration given by
the men on the farm to these barnyard
pets. A man never really realizes what
the good wife has been worth to him
until he has buried her, and like an old
fool tries his luck again with some young
girl or smart widow. We call to mind
a case in point where a well to do farmer
practically killed his wife by hard work
and neglect, and later ran across a
scheming widow. He managed to live
with her for just six weeks and then he
cheerfully decided to her a one third in
terst in his valuable estate to be well rid
OF her. 1t is everlastingly right that
man who abuses and neglects his wife
should sooner or later run foul of some
woman who will even things up for him.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-08-16
Squirrel Tail Grass.

L. f. Auchmoody, of DEBORAH, writes
us, enclosing sample of grass which he
. says is running the lawns of that city
and wishes to know what it is and how
to get rid of it.
This pest is the Squirrel tail grass or
Wild Barley not new weed pest in
other sections, but one which during the
past four years has spread through Iowa
at an alarming rate. 1t is an annual
and is propagated solely by seed. 1t is
rampant brigand among weed pests
so assertive and forceful that it crowds
all other grasses out and takes entire
possession of the soil. 1t is pre-emi-
nently lawn pest, soon spelling the
best lawn. Without being able to give
reliable method for its determination,
we will give our own method of dealing
with it. We have large lawn and the
pest made its first appearance two years
ago. Not then realizing what it was, we
paid but little attention to it and much
of it went to seed. The next year the
lawn was smothered with it and practi-
cally spoiled. We then set the mower
knife as low as possible and from the
time the spikes or seed heads made their
appearance in August, until late in the
fall, we kept the lawn moved closely and
frequently, thus preventing it from
seeding, and this year we are troubled
but little with it 1t is help to make
the soil of the lawn as rich as possible
so as to insure rank growth of other
grasses, which will to a large extent
check the growth of the pest Close
and frequent moving and the proven
ton of its going to seed are the only
means we know of for it's determination.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-08-16
Should be Content.

That man with quarter section farm
looted in any good northwestern state,
who has comfortable home, good
wife and lot of bright boys and girls
and who is not in debt to exceed $1,000
at per cent, should have no kic ( COM
ing at Providence, the government, or the
seasons He lives on one of the best
farms on earth, eats at the best table,
breathes the purest CT air, enjoys the
largest civil and religious liberty, and
his children the best of educational IA
ciiities, and can be right in touch with
all the marvellous progress of the age.
For such a man to howl and whine, and
be preaching the gospel of pessimism
and calamity, is to make the Lord sorry
that he ever created such man.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-08-16
Our Bird Friends.

We have one little friend that greatly
interests us. 1t is robin which, every
morning early, when we nave gone to
work in the garden this spring has come
flying down at our feet to pick up the
grubs turned up by the hoe. From be-
ng quite shy at first, our little friend
has become very tame, and finally would
pick up the worms within foot of the
hoe. 1t was surprising how many grubs
his bright eyes would discover and the
way in which he would cock his head to
one side and eye his victim before pick
ing it up, was something very comical
indeed. Having nest full Of little ones
not far away, he would keep on gather
ing worms until he could not hold
another one in his mouth and then he
would go to his nest and return in few
minutes. One morning we took the
lawn mower instead of the A,o and had
hardly got to work on the lawn before
down he came and his disappointment
at not finding any grubs was funny
enough.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-08-16
True Farm Philosophy.


If you have little farm and are out
OF debt, don't fret and work yourself
and good wife into premature graves for
the sake of getting more land and max
ing more money. You have but one life
to live and it is a very brief one at the
best. Take little comfort as you go
along day by day and try to do little
good to others. A morbid, insatiate de-
sire to possess the earth, to grab every
thing in sight, lies at the foundation Of
more unhappiness in this world than
any other one thing. After you are
gone the world will not long remember
you by the size of the estate you have
left behind you, but a good life we'll
lived will long keep your memory green.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-08-16
The Dirty Patron.

The dirty patron is the bane OF the
creamery and of every attempt at Co
operative butter-making. Some folks
the many, are instinctively clearly
others the few, are constitutionally
and instinctively dirty Paraphrasing
the commandment, the dirty sins of the
one dirty patron are visited continuously
upon the ninety and nine clearly ones.
The dirty patron, as he runs his dirty
hand into the pail Of foaming milk to
get a material to further lubricate the
dirty teats of the COW he is milking AID
let's the pasty and odorous product OF the
effort drin into the rail. can paralyze the
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-08-16
Corn-stalks as a Fertilizer.

An objection is raised by some to the
utilization of cornstalks as fodder, be-
cause, it is claimed these stalks are need
ed to maintain the fertility of the soil by
blowing them under. The dry stalk
plowed under does very little for the soil
save to increase the supply of humus
and in this way serves very good pur-
pose on stiff clay soils. Aside from this,
they are worth but little as fertilizer
and can be far more profitably used as
fodder, to be returned to the soil later On
as barn-yard manure. Further, the ro-
tation of the corn-field with the clover
field is every way better as means Of
keeping up soil, fertility than blowing
under the dry corn-stalks.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-08-16

1t is only very few years ago that
the agricultural department was engag-
ed in an experiment, which cost the gov
erment many thousands of dollars, try
ing to shoot rain out of the heavens;
fact. The theory was that if it was true
that heavy rains almost invariably fol-
lowed great battles, then all needed was
to get up connection in the upper air
like that produced by the discharge of
artillery in an engagement, and the skies
would leak at once. The fact was APP
parently lost sight of that there must be
moisture in the supervening air stratas
in order to get it out, and SO the at
tempts to make rain in the arid districts
of the far west proved most dismal
failure. The department is being run
upon more sensible lines nowadays.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-08-16
The II. M. and the P. d.

This farmer had hired man, as farmers
do, and he also had a pretty daughter,
as so often happens, it being the old, old
way OF the world, the h. m. fell in love
with the p. d. Now, sad to relate, when
the old granger got on to this fact, he
gave the h. m. a charge of bird shot in
the tender part of his anatomy, which SO
touched the womanly sympathies Of the
p. d. that the loving pair ran off and got
married. After it was all over the old
man could do nothing but shoot off his
mouth and finally relented and gave his
blessing, and now, when he goes to visit
his new grandson, he and the one time
h. m. have good time counting the shoe
marks in the son-in laws back.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-08-16

best efforts OF the BEST buteer-maker in
America. This constitutionally dirty
patron is proof against remonstance. en-
treaty or threat, and there is really only
one thing to be done with him, and that
is to fire him. The tainted product Of
the one dirty patron will lower the
grade OF the entire product of the cream
cry with which he is connected, and it
may really be said that he is the worst
leak connected with the management of
nearly all creameries Fire him, gently
If you can, but fire him anyway.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-08-16

Many who read this item will be de-
batting whether to take the chances and
thresh their grain from the shock or go
to work and stack it. 1t is largely a
question of weather for the next three
weeks as to which is the tier thing to
do. If it should be fine and dry wealth
er, shock threshing is all right, and the
job is done at less cost than in any
other way; but if we get some heavy
rains and you are last ON threshing
circuit, you win wish that you had
stacked your grain.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-08-16

Russia builds the great Siberian rail
way as purely military enterprise to
soiidify her power, transport her armies,
acquire new territory. Strangely, evolv-
ed and constructed as military enter,
prise as it was, it is going to have far
greater power and significance as a civil
izer of the people of interior Russia and
as developer of their material resources
than it will ever have as military
measure.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-08-16

The best all around shade tree for the
northwest is the common water-elm.
The hard maple is perhaps a more
SNOWY and densely -foliaged tree, but one
has to wait so long for them to be of any
value. The elm is bug and drought
proof and If properly trimmed when
young will give as dense shade as need
be desired
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-08-16

There was quite severe thunder
storm out on the Pacific coast not long
ago and house was struck by light
ming. The papers out there wrote the
storm up to the extent of three columns.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-08-16

The great apple orchard Of j. Y. Stone
situated near Glenwood, Iowa, bids fair
to bring its owner in fine fortune this
season.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-08-16

Whether they come or not the north
west will be in good shape to stand the
burden of lean year or two after the
present crop is all secured.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-08-16

Any OF the legumes, such as beans,
peas, clover, vetches, when grown, al
ways leave the land on which they we're
grown more fertile than it was before.
The legumes are soil-enrichers, not soil
robbers
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-08-16

The best time to get rid of the young
rooster is when you can get two of them
in frying pan, the frying to be done on
your own cook stove.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-08-16

The tramp upon leaving the pest
house was not wholly in lack of sympa-
thy-he was at least pitted by the. small
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-08-16

A Shylock who has grown fat on
twenty per cent. during the pioneer days
of the northwest, told us few days
since that he had hunted in vain for
chance to place money at five per cent.
Shylock's business is done for and no
one regrets it save him and his heirs.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-08-16
FARM, ORCHARD,
AND GARDEN.
EDITED FOR PUBLIC OPINION BY
J. s. TRIGG, Rockford, Iowa.
J. S. TRIGG, Rockford, Iowa.

Land well plowed in July or August
receives most Of the benefits of a sum-
mer fallow.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-08-16

There is many section in the south
which is forty or fifty miles from rail-
way. In the northwest it has come to
the point that a man located fifteen
miles from railway depot keeps at it
until he interests capital, without very
much trouble, to build road to let him
out. The average northwestern farmer
has the choice of two or more market
towns.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-08-16

The advance in the price d
the retailer has of late been
city restaurateurs have been
to raise the price OF beefsteak q
patrons. This was somewhat o, :, =
prise to US, as we had always s,a,
the &c porter house steak furri ls =.
the Chicago restaurant represente4
the gall and all the profit that tier,
was ia the business.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-08-16

The breeders on the cattle ranges are
paying vastly more attention to the i'm
proving of the quality of the stock which
they raise than does the average farmer
of the more thickly settled states. These
men are buying thorough bred beef
sires by the hundred, with the result
that the Doddies, Herefords and Short
horns which come from these ranges are
now as finely graded animals as can be
found anywhere.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-29

casion referred to, and there Is nothing
n man is so liable to be mistaken In as
the report OF the exact words used under
the circumstances attending this alleged
conversation. Possibly, other witnesses
are to be found who either heard the
conversation, or who were In Q position
at the time enabling them to form an
opinion as to whether 1t was likely 10
have occurred as reported.
But what then? What is the purpose In
view? Is a rear admiral of our navy, OF
long and honorable service, recommended
for promotion by the Navy Department
for distinguished service during the last
war. to be dscredited upon such tesu-
mony as this? II Is absurd TO say that the
Admiral should ask for a court or IN
duiry. Let whoever will bring charges
against him. as is his right. but news
paper controversy. whatever the import
ance the Navy Department may emo ~
TO give 1t, Is no proper basis for ofnci'
action.
We speak in this matter wholly vi %
ont reference to individual interests,
solely with regard to the best goou OF u
service. The army has suffered seriou@
during the past year from extra or sin
official controversies carried on through
newspapers, or fomented and encouraged
bv the press. Let the navy take warning
However much personal ambitions may
be promoted. or personal jealousies ana
hostilities gratified the service itselt VII
suffer irreparable injury If the ordinary
course of naval procedure Is departed
from in this instance.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-29
OF Injury to the Navy.
(Armv and Navy Journal.l

AAGmy anu navy
We should be glad 10 be Informed what
benefit to the naval service IL expected
to result from the appearance of the Navy
Department in a newspaper controversy
concerning what may or may not have
been said by Admiral schley on the quar-
terdeck of his flagship during the crisis
of the engagement with Cerysra's fleet.
Is il TO be understood that the depart
ment approves of the act of subordinate
officer in putting himself in the position
OF critcslng his chief, and reporting
through the newspapers TO his discredit
something he heard him say, or thinks
he heard him say, in the crisis OF battle,
when quick decision and prompt and de-
cislye speech forbid that careful weigh
OF words required Of man when ne
knows he Is among those who are anxious
TO take advantage OF him? IL such
is the relation the Navy Department pro-
noses to establish between the officers
OF the navy. the growing prophecy elderly
officers are supposed to indulge In, that
"the service Is going 10 the devil may
well be considered 10 be approaching its
fulflment.
Nov IL the Chadwick report means
anything il is that MISUNDERSTANDING
or Hodgson's recollection OF his reported
conversation with Admiral Schley varied
al different times, and his would prove
that his statement concerning the mat
ter required confirmation The other
party TO the conversation, Admiral
schley. has taken no open part In the
controversy, though the quotation from
his letter. given in the report OF Captain
Chadwick, would indicate that he Is pre-
pared to deny the conversation as re-
ported. No one but Admiral Schley
knows what was in his mind on the oc-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-29
GLOUCESTER COUNTY.
Meeting of the Monument AssOcin-
tiOn-NMnIiied.

GLOUCESTER COURTHOUSE. VA,
June 2S.-(Special) Gloucester Monn-
ment Association met here to-day. The
Page Camp, by invitation, met with the
association. Rev. William H. Watt,
president, welcomed the citizens in "a
very appropriate speech. Dir. Marquis
Jones responded for the camp in eloquent
terms. Other speeches were made by
Rev. H. A. FOXES, Rev. w. III. Groves,
Rev. ID. G.. c. Butts, and Mr.. J. n.
Stubbs, all of whom did honor to them
selves and the occasion. Mr.. Groves
speech was particularly eloquent. A
striking feature of the occasion was the
fine rendition Of an incident Of the war
bv Miss Bertha Stubs A group of boys
and girls i'm Confederate cOlOrs. with a
drum at their head. decorated the monu-
ment with flowers. Mr.. j. n. Stubs
secretary, offered very appropriate resO-
buttons on the death of General william
h. Taliaferro former president Of the as
The election of officers for the ensuing
year resulted as follows: Rev. w. T..
Watt. president: Major W. X Perrin
CAPTAIN r. NJ Page. and Lieutenant W.
An w. Jones vice presidents: j. NJ.
Nicolson. treasurer. and j. n. Stubs
secretary.
The association will meet again on Sep
TENDER 18th 10 celebrate the tenth ami
versary Of the unwilling OF the monu-
ment ,
The County Clerk and his deputies, the
Sheriff and his deputies. the Commission
or OF the Revenue. and some district Off
GERS qualified to-day Most OF the officers
gave trust companies as their securities.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-29
SUIT OF DIR. HOGE's HEIRS.
IL in I'm Progress In Circuit Court
Academy of Music Mortgaged.

The suit Of the executors OF the late
3ey. Dr. Moses ID. Hoge against the
Richmond Railway and Electric Com
pany. I'm which the plaintiffs claim $1,000
damagcs for the accident which resulted
In the venerable pastors death. was call
ed ia the city Circuit Court yesterday.
Only ten Jurors were secured on The first
Venire, and at 1:3O o'clock the case was
Judgment was rendered in this court in
favor Of Charles j. Mckee, assignee.
against Bernard Whitcamp. Jr.. for $3.50,
subject 10 credits.
A suit was Instituted i'm this tribunal
by +. A. Saunders, Jr, against G. L..
Caskie for 1854
a mortgage was recorded in the
Chancery Court on the Academy Of Music,
the Southern Theatre Company and the
Life Insurance Company OF Virginia be-
ing parties TO the deed. The consideration
81 $1,000
The deed sets forth that the directors
~ the Southern Theatre Company were
authorized 20 remodel the Academy IN
accordance with plans ana specincatlons
furnished by MessTs McEifaluck q son,
n New York, al a cost OF not more IMAM
$1,000. The directors were authorized 20
borrow $1,000 for five years. at per cent.
interest. payable semi-annually. and the
principal at the rate OF $500 year FOR
four years. The payments are 10 be made
June 18th each year from 1900 10 1904
Judgment was confessed IN the Law ana
Equity Court Ia favor OF William Mel
son. Jr.. against w. a. Wilson for $50.
Suit was Instituted by John Mamoney
against ii. Il. Pusey, Mrs L. NJ. Pussy
Leo. A. Pussy. and G. y. Pussy. Action
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-29
RENEW GAS-WORKS,
CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE)

Cary street from Belvidere to Laurel
street and on Cherry street from Beverly
TO Albemarle street. the work TO be COM
menced on July 9Th and July nth, re-
spectiyely. and to be completed by July
2Sth so that the paving might then begin.
Under the same resolution f.e Rich
mond Railway and Electric Company is
10 lay girder rails in concrete founda-
ton on the Union Passenger Line in the
following streets: Seventh street from
Grace TO Clay street: Clay street from
Seventh to Adams street; Harrison street
from Broad 20 Main street: Franklin
street from Seventh 20 Ninth down
Ninth to Bank. through Bank 10 Twelfth
on Twelfth mp 90 Franklin on Franklin
to Twenty-hrst. up Twenty-first to Mar
shall street. and "A portion OF the track
on Church-Hill avenue. All this work Is
TO be done in from five to ninety days.
Any delays of this work over the time
allowed are TO be reported by the CITY
Engineer TO the Police Court. so that the
company at fault might be punished I'M
der the provisions Of the existing ordi-
nance.
and Pollock the Seventeenth-street line
from Franklin street to the northerly
terminus was included in the provisions
Of the resolution.
BIDS WE'RE OPENED
A number Of bids We're opened for the
laying Of bricks and granolithic pave
ment on sidewalks in several portions Of
the city. Of the paving Of road-beds with
granite spalls. and Of the construction OF
sewers The City Engineer was directed
to award the contracts to the lowest re-
sponsible bidders.
on motion Of Mr. Bahen. the Chief Of
Police is to be asked to see that the
ffteen-minute schedule on the First
street line. as required by the ordinance
bo carried ont