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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21


Il. A. Bryce of Lapeer was seriously
injured in bicycle collision.
The residence of Mrs. jenkins at Fen
ton burned. Loss $4,000, insurance ST.
200.
A dog poisoner at Bad Axe poisoned
thirteen valuable CANNES, eight of which
died.
The Methodist Protestant Church at
Franklin Is negotiating for bell for its
church.
A hive of the l.. o. Il. NJ. has been
organized at Franklin with twenty-five
members.
Squire & Sterling Mercantile Co. of
Standish has its mill nearly ready to cut
logs and ties.
1t is said that 100000 beet sugar
factory will be built at Battle Greek by
Chicago capitalists.
The residence of VIM. Mahan, cashier
of the Pioneer Bank at North Branch.
burned. Loss $1,000, insurance 1900.
Rev. A. A. Wood of Milwaukee, Wis,
has accepted n call to the pastorate of
the Congregational Church of North
Adams.
Elmer Kinney, a farmer living at Pri-
rie Ronde, committed suicide by shoot
ing himself He was temporarily insane.
He leaves a widow and five children.
Maj. Harry H. Bandholtz, late of the
Thirty-fifth Michigan infantry, and for
several mouths on recruiting duty at
Grand Rapids, has been ordered to rejoin
his regiment, the Second infantry, in
Cuba.
The rails of the Rapid Railway are
laid between Marine City and St. Clair
and work on the bridges is progressing
rapidly. The power house at New Bal
timore win be ready for business early
in January.
In Circuit Court at Ann Arbor the jury
in the case of William Finhcgan VS.. the
Michigan Central returned IA verdict for
the plaintiff for 81 900. Mr. Finncgaon
sued the company on account of the
death Of his 15-year-oldC son.
f. A.. Smart, John Winter president
of the Rochester Detroit Electric road.
and several other electric road men, are
planning to build an electric road be-
tween Grand Haven and Grand Rapids.
Grand Haven will require them to give
a bond Of $4,000 for franchise. 'ssil
q North Muskcgon has refunded its
bonded debt of $4,000 at 10 per cent of
its face value and Mt 5 per cent interest.
Martin Mclaughlin of Kalamazoo has
begun suit against the Michigan Tele-
phone Co. for $4,000 damages for in
juries received while working in a con-
duit ditch.
The Alpena Business Mems Associa-
ton is dissatisfied with the treatment
il receives from the Detroit and Macki-
mac Railroad, and il concessions are not
granted the association will hang up
bonus to induce another railroad to en-
ter that city.
The State Horticultural Society held
its annual meeting at Holland. These
officers were elected: PRESIDENT G.. ID
Monroe, South Haven; secretary, G. Il.
Bassett, Fennvillc; treasurer, Asa Stay
ton, Grand Rapids; members of execu-
tive board, g. f. Hadsell of Troy, and
Thos. Gunson. Agricultural College.
1t has developed that one of the de-
PENDANTS named in the indictments re-
turned by the grand jury is Fred A. May
nard of Grand Rapids, who was Attor-
ney General OF Michigan for two terms
ending Jan. 1 last, and who was prom
inent candidate for Justice OF the Su-
premc Court before the Republican State
convention last spring.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21
Pulling Fence Posts.

Take the hind wheels and coupling
pole of farm wagon and chain with
a ring, or, better, a large hook at one
end Fasten the chain to the pole In
front of the axle in such manner that
when II is passed back over the axle
and bolster the ring or hook will about
touch the ground little longer or
shorter, according to the size of the
posts to be pulled up.
Now back the axle against the post,
raise the coupling pole toward the post,
against which it may lean, place the
chain like moose around the post, slip
ping it down until tight. Next bring the
pole forward and to the ground. This
will raise the post nearly foot and
generally fully loosen 1t. If the post is
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21
Rye as a Special Winter Crop.

A crop of rye on the land Is beneficial
even If tits never harvested. When rye
is seeded down in the fall 1t necessitates
the destruction of many young weeds,
and as the rye takes possession Of the
land 1t destroys all young weeds that
appear later. II used as a green crop
for cattle in late fall and early spring,
II makes sufficient growth after the
stock has been removed to provide a
green manurial crop for corn, thus add
ing to the top-soil plant food gathered
from the subsoil and made available.
Rye also covers the soil in winter and
protects 1t, assisting to prevent loss of
the fertilizing elements, and. as 1t is
hardy, II can endure the coolest win
tiers. As a wood destroyer 1t excels all
late crops, does not exhaust the land
when grown as a green manuriaI crop.
occupies the land at a season of the
year when many other crops can not
be grown. and costs less in proportion
to advantages derived therefrom than
anything else grown on the farm.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21
Profitable Small Fruits,

Some of the small fruits that offer In
ducements for growing them are entire
ly neglected. When the market is well
supplied with some kinds 1t may be
lacking in others. The currant and
goseberry are examples. With carloads
Of strawberries, blackberries and rasp-
berries reaching the markets, currants
and gooseberries come In small lots, and
sell almost on sight. These fruits may
require a little more care than some
kinds, but it is the labor that gives the
price, and the grower should produce
anything that pays we'll for labor.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21
Warm shelter.

The heaviest tax a farmer pays Is the
one he inficts upon himself by econ
omizing in room in the stables. He
keeps too many animals in proportion
to space, and they do not thrive. In
connection with this is the tax paid in
food by keeping stock in quarters that
are not warm. In the winter season
the animal is warmed by the food, and
the greater the exposure to cold the
more food required. Warm shelter saves
food and also prevents the chilling Of
young animals and the checking OF
their growth at an early age. 4
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21
Improving Cattlc Herd.

Every farmer sometimes has good
cow-one above the average-in his
herd, and he does not fail to notice her
superiority. When such is the case the
COW should be a standard by which to
gauge all others. The object should be
to have no cows that do not equal the
best one. Sell off the inferior ones az
fast as calves from the superior COW
will replace them. Use pure-bred sires
and do not attempt to improve the herd
by buying elsewhere. tn
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21
WHY. Indeed.

Every now and again some upbolder
OF free trade, who is more ardent than
he Is well informed, claims that work
Ing men and women in this country re-
ceive no better wages than do those in
the same line Of work In other coun-
tries. One such ranter was once hold
Ing forth at public meeting, along
these lines. After he had 1t all his
own way for some time, a brawny la
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21
Comment on the Messa re

The message of the President Is a
lucid and temperate narrative of facts.
New York Sun.
President McKinley's message to
Congress is long but luminous.-Roch-
ester Democrat and Chronicle.
Briefly speaking, the Presidents mes
sage nails the American colors to the
mast, and there they will stay.-Phila-
delpha Inquirer.
The English newspapers seem to
have scanned the Presidents message
eagerly in their search for a friendly
ote.-Indianapolis News.
As whole, the Presidents message
Is an instructive exposition of national
affairs, and its recommendations are
sufficiently explicit.-New York Trib-
une.
The message shows that the attitude
Of President Mckinley is truly Ameri-
can and in harmony with all the prece-
dents of the past.-Grand Rapids Her
aid.
The Presidents message will as usual
be found one of the most satisfactory
or unsatisfactory documents ever pro-
dnced, according to the political bias
of the critic.-Washington Star.
There is nothing equivocal about that
President Mckinley, whatever he may
have been in the past, is now as firm for
Philippine policy as for the gold pol
icy.-Louisville Courier-Journal.
President McKinley's message is
somewhat lengthy, but 1t must be borne
in mind that it has to cover more terri
tory than any American President has
ever before looked after.-Springfield
Journal.
Comprehensive, candid and able, 1t
makes plain and unmistakable the
views and policy Of the administration
in regard to every question and prob
lem that confronts the government
Omaha Bee.
The President, we are glad to see, has
returned this year to the consideration
of civil service reform as n necessary
topic in his message, having omitted all
reference to it last year.-New York
Evening Post.
Readers Of the Presidents message
will observe that it is a distinctly Amer
lean document. Neither the domestic
nor the foreign enemies of the coun-
try will find word of comfort in it,
New York Mail and Express.
The message of the President Is
document which will live in history as
one Of the ablest as well as one of the
most interesting and voluminous state
papers which have ever emanated from
the Executive Observation-Disclosures
Times.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21
Swine Maug~

Mango in swine is caused by filth and
unnatural conditions. 1t is due to mi
mute parasite, which burrows under the
skin. 1t can not be easily cured, but II
the animals are thoroughly scrubbed ON
a warm day, using carbolic acid soap.
then well rinsed, and when dry thor
oughly anointed with a mixture of four
parts lard and one part Kerosene, two or
three times, and given clean quarters,
the mango win disappear.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21
Cow Peas for Hogs.

Hogs are very partial to COW peas,
and such food is excellent for them.
They first eat the pods, and where there
are no pods to be had they eat the
leaves, following with the stems. When
the vines are gone they will, IL the
ground permits, eat the roots by root
ing for them. In this manner the hogs
will feed themselves and manure the
ground at the same time. Where there
Is field that can be used in that man.
ner crop of cow peas should pay well.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21

The Democracy, with its usual disre-'
gard of facts, is making great deal of
fuss about the farmers not having par
ticipated In the prosperity which has
come to this country under the McKin-
ley administration. The Ohio Farmer
recently investigated into this subject,
and the figures which 1T presents are OF
special interest, dealing as they do with
the affairs Of the farmers Of this Sec
ton. The Ohio Farmer compared the
average prices Of the principal farm
products of Ohio during the third week
Of November, 1S97-'9Sl99, with the
average price of the corresponding
week in 1894 -'96. and gives the fol-
lowing results:
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21

Basing an estimate on the annual
sales of twenty representative farmers
of Ohio on these average prices. one set
under Democratic rule and the other
set under Republican rule, it is found
that the annual average sales of these
farmers from 1S97-'99 brought $13,702,
while the same products from 1S94-'96
brought annually only $12,095, showing
an increase in the annual average sales
Of 13 1-3 per cent. under the Mckinley
administration. The Democrat who
tries to convince the Ohio farmer that
prosperity is not good thing will have
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21

boring man. who had beep in this coun-
try only long enough to become nat
urnlixed. called out in stentorian tors:
~Wages 10 higher In this country!
What are we all here for, then?" wav-
Ing his hand In the direction of numbers
OF his comrades, men foreign-born, but
at that time American citizens.
1t was.a stumper. The speaker failed
to answer It satisfactorily. and, SO far,
all the free traders have failed to
make an adequate reply to the ques-.
ton. If wages are not any higher In
this country than they are in Euro
pean countries, why, during all these
years, have workmen. by thousands and
hundreds Of thousands, left their own
countries and come over to the United
States to better their condition? We
are stfll waiting for an answer.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21

The Nebraska business man, farmer
or professional man who could look
upon such record and then vote for
Bryan is indeed blind. The figures
speak for themselves, and 1t is very
plain that the return Of prosperity has
struck the people Of Nebraska. 1t has
enabled them to materially reduce their
indebtedness during the past few
year .anditis putting them on their feet
again for fresh start Before 1896
the record shows that the aggregate
amount of the mortgages filed each
years was much greater than the aggre-
gate Of releases, clearly demonstrating
that in those days of hard times the
people Of Nebraska were slipping
deeper and deeper into the swamp of
debt, while beginning with McKinley's
election the tide turned. With the COM
ing Of Mckinley the people of Ne
braska began to not only make a good
living for themselves, but they COM
menced to lay something by and soon
they began paying of their debts. The
people of Nebraska have. indeed. had
their eyes closed by Bryan when they
will permit him to make them believe
that the paying off Of their debts and
the burning up of their mortgages has
been an injury to them!-Des Moines
State Register.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21

very deeply set or hard to pull out it
may be necessary to repeat the process,
slipping the moose farther down. Back
to the next post and repeat.-Orange
Judd Farmer.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21
Octogenarian Burned to Death.

The farm residence of William Buckle,
four miles east Of Vassar, burned. Mr..
Buckle, who was 80 years old, was burn
ed to death. His wife and son barely
escaped in their night clothes. Loss ST.
600, partially covered by insurance.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21
They Tell the Story.

A great truth was spoken when the
Kansas City Journal exclaimed: NE
braska is as prosperous as Iowa, but
her people are too much blinded by
Organism to admit the fact at the
polls" The records of mortgages filed
and released each year in Nebraska
during the past seven years ought to be
sufficient in itself to demonstrate to the
people of that State that it is under Re-
publicanism that they prosper. The
record is as follows:
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21
Fatal Explosion Near Crystal Falls.

One man was killed and two others
badly injured by an explosion of dynamite
in the Bristol mine at Crystal Falls.
The man who was killed struck piece
of the explosive with his pick This is
the third accident of this kind that has
occurred at this property inside of a
month. tt
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21
Broom Corn.

The people who are obliged to pay
about twice as much for a new broom
this winter as they did a year ago will
probably put the blame on the trusts or
combinations, but we do not see any
grumbling letters in the papers from
farmers who are getting eight to nine
cents a pound for their broom corn
tops, instead of selling them for four
to four and half cents a pound. A few
who sold too early do not feel happy,
but the price went up SO quickly that a
large share of the crop was in the
growers hands. We are glad to know
that the. farmers profit, and we hope
they will also profit by it so far as not
to plant so much broom corn next year
as to throw the market down below a
rate that will repay the grower
American Cultivator.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21

ways about the animals neck, with a
snap at the under part to attach to the
crosswise chain when the animal is
brought into the stall. The neck chain
then serves good purpose when lead
ing the stock out to water, or when
moving the animals about for other pur-
poses-New York Tribune tt Ek
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21
Mine Fatality at Iron Mountain.

tain Frank Nictorson was killed by ex-
plosion of dynamite and Victor Hogg-
lund received injuries that will cause
his death. The men, were engaged in
machine drilling and it Is thought they
struck cartridge that had missed fire.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21
Hessian Fly Hurts Wheat.

According to the official crop report
wheat suffered material injury during
November. Good growth would have
been made but for the ravages of the
Hessian fly, the presence of which is
generally reported. In many instances
late-sown wheat was as badly damaged
as that sown early. The condition of
the crop for the State is so as compared
with the average.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21
Potatoes for Patching Hogs.

Whenever potatoes are very cheap
farmers are apt to try to get something
out of them by feeding them to stock.
Every year there is certain proportion
of potatoes too small or too scabby to
be marketable, and some OF these are
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21
TOOK Their own Forks.

Before the Revolution in France Il
was customary. when a gentleman was
invited out to dinner, for him to send
his servant with a knife, fork and
spoon; or. IL he had no servants, he
carried them with him in his vest
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21
Good Flowing.

What used to be called good blowing,
the turning furrow over smoothly and
leaving the upturned surface perfectly
level, is not thought as important now
as it was when we were young. The
blowing match at agricultural exhibit
lions does not draw the crowd it once
did, even when there Is no counter at
traction of trotting horses, bicycle
match or baseball game to draw the
people away. The improvements in har-
rows, horseshoes and cultivators enable
the farmer to pulverize his soil, as it
could not have been done by the plow,
and to leave it level IL he wishes,
though it may have beer but poorly
plowed. And many of the farmers are
beginning to think that the best plow-
ing is what our fathers would have
called poor job, the furrow set on edge
instead of turned over, and then worked
mellow afterward. The land so han
died gives a better crop than that
which has been turned upside down.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21

likely to b. Give 70 the fatening hego
with the idea that their starch en- y
converted into fat. But only 30 PER
cent. Of the potato = starch the other
80 being nothing but watee-k Even
when cooked the potato absorbs a.
much water as It loses. and Is much too
bulky In the small stomach Of hog to
serve as Its principal feed. Beyond the
small amount required to keep the
bowels open. potatoes are no advantage
to the hog, and for this few beets,
which the hos win eat with greedines,
are greatly to- be preferred.
Curing Meat ON the Farm.
Kill your hogs early in the morning
and let them hang till after dinner, then
cut them up. (As fast as you cut the
hams and shoulders up salt them well
and lay them out on boards to cool.
Leave them there about forty-eight
hours, then commence packing In p
large tank or barrels. Put hams In
first, skin side down, pack In tight. The
shoulders 60 In next and the side meat
on top. Weight down with large rocks
and then you are ready for the brine.
Use about eighty pounds Of salt, four
ounces OF saItpeter and six pounds OF
brown sugar to 1000 pounds of meat.
Take what water you think you VIII
need to cover the meat, put in the salt
and saltpeter, and bring to a boiling
heat; skim, and then let it cool before
putting over the meat. Let the meat
remain in. the brine about three weeks,
then hang 1t in the smokehouse. Let 1t
hang two or three days before building
smoke under it. Use hickory wood for
smoking. Smoke till the rind has a light
chestnut color. WA
Now, as to dry salt. To each green
ham of eighteen or twenty pounds, one
dessertspoonful of saltpeter, one-fourth
pound of brown sugar, applied well to
the fieshy side of the ham, and about
the hook; cover the fleshy side with fine
salt, half an inch thick, and pack away
in tubs--to remain four or five weeks,
according to size. Before smoking, rub
off any salt that remains on the meat
and then cover with ground pepper,
about the bone and hook. Hang up and
drain twenty-four to thirty-six hours
before smoking. Smoke the same as
the brine meat.-Kansas Farmer.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21
Bank Robbers Failed to Get Booty.

At New Haven a gang of cracksmen
made an unsuccessful attempt to rob the
bank of the New Haven Banking Co.
The burglars used a heavy explosive,
and the vault and interior Of the bank
ing office were completely wrecked. The
steel money chest resisted their efforts.
however, and the burglars were obliged
to depart>empty jhanded!mThey left on
handcar over the Grand Trunk Railroad.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21
Graham & Morton Boat Destroyed.

The steamer Mary, owned by the Gra-
ham Il Morton Transportation Company,
was destroyed by fire near the company's
office at Benton Harbor. Captain w.
A. Boswell Of the steamer City of Louis
vile was asleep on the boat and narrow
ly escaped. The Mary ran on the st.
Clair river between Port Huron and AL
gonac before she was bought by Graham
& Morton, who intended to operate her
an the Chicago-W Kenosha
route. She was taken to Benton Harbor
Nov. 20 to be refitted. and the work was
nearly completed. She was valued at
$4,000 and was insured
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21
MIRROR OF MICHIGAN
FAITHFUL RECoUNTiN6 Or HER'
a,uw pLATEsT NEWS nsi y
st. Joseph Must Pay Damages to Chi
cago Brokers Steamer Mary h
Burned+-An Unsuccessful Burglary
Wheat Injured by Fly. M

In the United States Circuit Court. at
Grand Rapids jury returned a verdict
for $2,135 against the city of st. Jo-
seph in favor Of N. w. Harris A Co. Of
Chicago, for failure to deliver the 500
600 water bonds sold to Harris Il 60.
last spring on premium Of 500. The
ST. Joseph City Council, ut a subsequent
meeting, rcscinded its action, and sold
the bonds to Strobridge, Mcdonald a.
Striver of Chicago. at $1,1OO premium.
City Attorney Charles Stratton Of st.
Joseph says the case will be appealed to
the United States Court of. Appeals at
Cincinnati, claiming that the city had
no direct contract with Harris x Co. and
that the Council had the right to cancel
the first sale in order to sell at better
advantage. RI
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-02
FLORIDA.
A Superior Through Sleeping Car
Line Between St. Louis
and Jacksonville.

Commencing December 18th. the Louis
Vile Air Line has established the great
Through Sleeping Car Route 10 Florioa-
Through sleeping cars arranged to leaVo
st. Louis s:l5 D. m. daily. passing Louis
vile 700 a. m. Lexington 10:65 a me-
reaching Chattanooga 5:55 p. m, Atlanta
iO:4o D. m. and Jacksonville $40 a. m. tsec-
ond morningJ. Stop-overs allowed. This
route is through large cities and interest
ing country, and. while new through
sleeping car route, Is over most superior
and well-established lines of railway. The
schedules are fast and most convenient.
This line also affords passengers for
Florida trip via Ashevh.e, N. c., the
greatest American aIl-year-around resort
Correspondence solicited and informa-
zion promptly furnished. r. A CAMP
BELL, General Passenger Agent St
Louis, Mo.
This is also the best line to points in
Kentucky. Tennessee. Georgia and North
and South Carolina.