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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-12-28
MUSIC ON THE. FARM.

Just as n gssat city possesses a mu-
sic peculiar to its great and DIVERSE
fed industries, SO associated with the
farm and farm life are there harmo-
MES peculiar to country life. And it
is these harmonies which in a large
degree contribute, though perhaps al
most insensibly, to the charm of a
rural existence. Some, the few. COM
prehend and appreciate these harmo-
MES every day Of their lives. Others,
the many, only realize their existence
when removed from them. There are
the natural harmonies incident to the
changing seasons-the patter of the
rain upon the roof, the silken rustic of
the leaves stirred by a June breeze,
the staccato pelting of the hail. the
great organ diapason of the summer
thunderstorm, the fortissimo roar of
the north wind as it bears the blizzard
in its breath, the lullaby of the south
wind as 1t ushers in a returning
spring. Then there is the bird orches-
tra-robin and bluebird and the call
of wild fowl as spring heralds, the
oriole as bandmaster in a golden livery,
the fandango of the catbird, the aria
of the thrush, the alto solo of the red
breasted grosbeal, the andante minor
of the mourning dove and the noe
turne of the whippoorwill. while the
crow, jay, sparrow and blackbird
make up a motley charivari crowd.
with horse fiddles, tin pans and horns.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-12-28
| great measure of prosperity ha

A great measure of prosperity has
come to the south with the advance in
the price of its great staple. Cotton
has advanced from 500 per bale, it's
price a year ago, to $45 per bale today.
with the price continuously advancing.
The price of cotton seed has also adj
yaneed from SO to $11 per ton. The
0tton crop is short this year, and this
act, coupled with the greatly increas-
"a demand for the staple, has put new
life into the business of all the states
which produce 1t.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-12-28

Denmark took nearly 100000
bushels of American corn last year and
100, 100000 pounds of our oilcake as
raw material out Of which to manufac-
ture a large part of the $33,000,00o
worth of dairy products which that
country sold to England during the
year. There is food for thought in
this statement. Why should we sell
this food and let these Danes make
this butter?
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-12-28
JUDGING BY POINTS.

There has been often heard an opin-
ion expressed that horses should be
judged by points, SO much being allow
ed for each part of the body, accord
ing to its supposed Importance. and,
again, so many marks for action. The
question has been recently once again
raised, says The Stock Breeders Mag
aZine, but few practical men are dis
posed to consider it with favor In my
opinion, after long experience in the
show ring, it would never work out
satisfactorily, and, besides. in the linn
tied time set apart for the adjudica-
ton of the prizes, by the time the
points of each competitor had been
noted and added up it would be time
TO close the show ground. Those at
tending the show would find it still
more tedious business than 1t even
necessarily is under the present sys-
TEN, especially when the classes are
large. After carefully examining ev-
cry point of a horse there is something
which carries conviction, especially
after riding or driving the animal, that
1t is difficult to explain, as it is more
felt than capable of being expressed in
hard and fast manner. Just as Colo
mel Anstruther Thompson says, that
mo man can hunt fox by rule" so is
1t impossible to judge a horse by
points.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-12-28

A dairy herd in Delaware county, Ia,
consisting of GO cows, comes to the
front with a credit of 297 pounds of
butter per head for the year and a
gross return from each cow of $T3.63.
The winter ration of this herd was all
the corn fodder they would eat, four
pounds Of bran, four pounds of gluten
meal and two pounds of cornmeal.
This record is hard to beat for SO large
a herd. This herd is owned by w. a.
Ballou Of Littleton, Ia.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-12-28

The Minnesota State Horticultural
society commends Duchess, Charla-
mon and Hibernal as varieties of ap.
pies of the first degree of hardness
for planting in Minnesota orchards and
Wealthy, Longfield, Tetofsky and Ma
linda as varieties of the second degree
of hardness. The society also recon-
mends De Soto, Forest Garden, Wea-
YER Rollingstone, Wolf and Wyant as
the most desirable varieties Of plums
Tor Minnesota planting.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-12-28

One Of the most interesting lines Of
work now opening up for the agricul-
tural department is the investigation
of the agricultural resources of these
new tropical countries which have re-
Gently come into the possession Of this
country. While it is well known that
the great staples, rice, coffee, sugar
and tobacco, may be produced in these
countries in almost unlimited quaint
ties, 1T is also true that these things
are now produced by the crudest and
most laborious method possible, and
q complete revolution in existing meth
DDS is certain just as soon as American
enterprise and capital become inter
ested in the production of these COM
modities. Added to this is the fact
that very many things not now there
produced may and will be, and the
work Of the department is. specially
devoted to ascertaining what may be
done in this line.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-12-28

Goatskins to the value of over $751;
100000 were imported into this coun-
try last year. Some one asks us what
these goatskins are used for. They are
largely used in the manufacture of fine
shoes, particularly ladies' and chill
dren's shoes; they are also used for the
manufacture Of fine gloves and many
other articles requiring a light and
flexible leather. When this country
gets poor enough we shall raise these
goats and save their hides in this coun-
try, but not before. They are now pro-
duced by men who can ard do live on
$50 q year.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-12-28

If women must wear birds on their
hats, why not let them have the Eng
lish sparrow? This bird could be very
easily dyed to match any kind of COM
plexion or to initiate any bird Of it's
size. In this way the womanly craze
for dead birds as ornaments could be
gratified and fashion inaugurated
which would place Limitation at least
upon Tie spread of this little pest.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-12-28

If you in your farm home keep a
nice room all fixed up for occasional
guests and your boy sleeps in some cor
ner up in the attic, you just give your
boy the nice room and let your guests
take potluck when they come. 1t may
be the means of keeping your boy on
the farm when he would otherwise up
and leave you when you most needed
him. If you have a nice boy-and you
no doubt have-do the right thing by
him when he, is boy, and when he
gets to be man he will not forget it.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-12-28

1t is easy to see Why the culture of
tea in this country is beset with almost
insurmountable difficulty when we
learn that the japanese women en-
.ployed to gather the leaves of the tea
plant work l. hours a day for the pit
lance of II cents. Some commodities
can only be produced by oriental cheap
labor, and tea would seem to be one of
them.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-12-28

Rabbits will prove just as destruc-
tive to young fruit trees this winter as
ever, and if you would save the trees
they must be protected against the
ravages of these pests. A strip of
wire netting. reaching up about two
feet on the trunk of the tree, is the best
protection we know Of. y
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-12-28

With the advanced value of horses
the crime of horse stealing is on the
increase. A year or so in the pen for
a thief convicted of this offense is not
adequate punishment, and that is
about all they get. The horse is prop
erty so very easily stolen and is usual
ly SO very hard to locate and recover
that horse stealing as crime should
be classed with burglary and highway
robbery and punished accordingly.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-12-28

Confidence counts for good, saeal in
ordinary business. We know Of IN
elevator and grain merchant who by
some little thing, perhaps unintention-
al caused the farmers Of his commune
ty to suspect his honesty in making
weights, and in two weeks he had lost
one-half Of his patronage and did not
know why.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-12-28
The Same, nut DIner.nt.

Commuter-W When first went to livc
In the country pronounced the name
of my house .Oakhurst cottage"
Citiman-Well, how do you pronouncss
it now?
20 Curst cottage. IN. Y. World.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-12-28

A hunt has been instituted for the
typical man with the hoe here in the
northwest and no representative of
Markham's creation has been found,
unless it is the dear old grandpa put
tering away in the garden just because
he has got to find something to do.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-12-28

There are still too many dairymen
who think that when they have given
their COWS all the corn they will eat
they have done their full duty by the
COW and blame the COW because she
does not make better showing at the
pail. To ask COW to do good dairy
work with corn as her chief ration is
requiring her to make bricks without
straw.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-12-28

If the Ignite coal deposits of North
Dakota and Montana can be made
available as fuel--and it is claimed
that by new process of treating the
coal they can't will prove to be one of
the most valuable discoveries for the
northwest ever made. There is an en-
pire of fertile land in What country
whose chief drawback is lack of fuel.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-12-28

The United States produces so per
cent of all the corn raised in the world.
Save possibly in the Argentine Repub-
lie, In no country is corn madea gener-
al field crop as it is with us.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-12-28

Eight hundred dealers hold federal
licenses to sell oleomargarine in the
city of Chicago. So much of this fraud
is sold in that city that its people hard
~ know what genuine butter is.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-12-28

Sixteen head of Polled Angus steers
sold on the Chicago market the 4th of
December at $40 per hundredweight.
They were 2 years old, averaged 1,541
pounds and brought S114.03 per head.
This was the highest price beef has
touched since 1854.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-12-28
what He Saw.

Mrs. Jones-You say you saw an ny
Illustrated copy Of Paradise Lost" to-(
day?
Mr.. Jones-No; said saw an Illus
tration of Paradise lost saw q fellow
getting married. Judge.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-12-28

Eggs are now candled by the use Of
the electric light more quickly and
sorted more accurately than by the old
process.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-12-28

Perhaps the man who is feeding 25
cent corn to scrub steers which cost
him AZ cents pound will make good
thing; then perhaps he won't
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-12-28

The dairyman can at least take COM
fort in the fact that there will always
be n limited demand for fine butter
with which to favor the bogus product.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-12-28

Mrs. Hix-Tm glad to hear that your.
husband is working again.
Mrs. Dix-But he isn't working; hs
has political job.-Chicago Evening
News. q
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-12-28

The best place to put the wood ashes
Is around the plum trees. The potash
contained in wood ashes is just the
Sort OF FERTILIZER the plum wants.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-12-28

We &c asked whether a man can put
his money into a good farm here in
the northwest and farm 1t by proxy
with profit to himself. He can, but
he must have the right sort of an
overseer or tenant. If the owner is
city bred man, with agricultural no.
tions in his head and without practical
experience on farm and seeks to run
the farm according to his notions, he
will make a most conspicuous failure.
But II he can secure practical farm
manager and will let him alone. simply
furnishing him with the means with
which to stock and work the farm, he
can make such farm, taking period
of ten years, more profitable than any
6 per cent security.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-12-28
! BY ]. S. TRIGG.
Copyright 1899, by j. S. Trigg.
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Wisconsin has 1,6o0 cheese factories
and 1000 creameries. The state also
manufactures little beer.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-11-24
ZANESFIELD.

Mrs. Jesse Grubbs and granddaughter
Eva, returned home from Pennsylvania,
Wednesday.
Frank Smith is sick with typhoid
fever.
A party oil ladies from this place and
Bellefontaine, visited Mrs. Susan Horn,
Wednesday.
Mrs. Workman, of Hopewell, is visit
ing Geo. Fl. Henry and family.
Mrs. Dora Wickersham visited Mrs.
Dora Outland, Wednesday.
Rev. L. E. Wilson began series Of
meetings at Mingo, Sunday evening.
Rev. J. c. Hadley will begin revival
services at Flat Branch, soon.
Mrs. Than Jacobs visited Wesley
Reams and family, Wednesday.
Roy Flickinger visited in Urbana
Saturday and Sunday.
Rev. McCracken and wife visited
James Williams and family, Sunday.
The prospects for successful Farm
ers Institutes in the county the coming
winter, are bright. The State speak
ers so far as known, are all that coul6
be asked. S. H. Todd, w. w. Farms
worth and H. P. Miller, especially, are
among the leading agriculturists of the
State. The people in general, seen
willing to contribute their full share.
We may expect up-to-date Institutes
the coming winter.
Miss Belle Reams is confined to hel
bed with inflamatory rheumatism.
SLOCUM.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-11-24
THE KENTUCKY ELECTION

Both parties have claimed, ever since
the election, that they carried the
State. The Republican reports have
been substantiated by the Associated
Press dispatches. The Democrats had
two'judges to one Republican, at every
precinct in the State, and have a ma
jority of the State Election Board. They
have been endeavoring to count out the
Republicans on technicalities and vari-
GUS subterfuges, but the Republicans
claim that in spite of it all, Taylor, their
candidate for Governor, will have from
1000 to 1000 majority in the State.
Senator Deboe has requested the Pres
ident to assist Gov. Bradley in main
tanning law and order, by sending U
S. troops to the State, if the Democrats
persist in counting in Gobsl, their can
didate for Governor.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-11-24
NORTHWOOD.

A fine rain visited US Wednesday
night.
The U. P. congregation here will OBJ
serve the Lords Supper, December 3.
Hev. Hope, of Milroy, Ind, is expected
to be with the pastor during the SER
vices.
Miss Mary Stewart has gone to spend
the winter with friends near Garnett,
Kansas.
Our mail carrier, Milton Johnston,
has been absent for several days, visit
ing with his daughter. Mrs. Grodes, of
Jumbo, Hardin county.
Troyles Watkins has purchased a
bicycle of Webster make.
Deputy Sheriff, Ed. Shaw, was in
these parts last Thursday, summoning
the jurymen for the Austin trial.
| Miss Lizzie Fanaff went to Cleveland
last week, to make her home with the
fomily of D. S. Qua.
Miss Agnes Stewart has returned
from her visit in Kenton.
Miss Zela Hervey was playing on the
pike, near Whitetown school house,
one day last week, and ran in front Of
a passing team, when she was struck
on the forehead by the pole of the
wagon, which cut quite cash, from
which the blood flowed quite freely
At first it was feared she might be
bruised or injured in other places, but
she seems not to be, and is now recov
ering nicely, and is able to go out again
Mrs. Elizabeth Johnston was eighty
years old last Monday, and about forty
of her friends and neighbors deemed il
proper to help her celebrate the occa
sion A pleasant time was enjoyed by
all. Maugans, photographer of Belle
Centre, took two group pictures of the
company. The other was of Mrs. John
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-11-24
IRELAND.

Frank Baldwin has recovered from a
brief illness.
Mrs. T. A. Wilson visited relatives
near Newton. last Saturday.
Mac Dixon smiles and smiles; it's a
girl.
Miss Nora Hannahs will spend the
winter with her sister, at CrayOn, o.
There were no services at Union
Chapel last Sabbath on account of re-
pairing the church.
Ben Devore is meeting with success
as book agent.
Miss Nettie Neer, who has been stay.
ing with her sister, Mrs. Baldwin, for
several weeks, returned to her home
in Glendale, last Sunday.
Loring Marker, who was very i'll al
a Columbus hospital, with typhoid fever
is convalescent.
Thomas Wilson joined three othel
Toms-Patrick, Rea, and Grant, on {
fishing excursion to the reservoir las
week.
Everett Deardoff and Miss Jessi,
Marker spent Sabbath with Miss Leot,
Devore.
Tell Blackburn made business tri]
to Bellefontaine, Friday.
Mrs. Jacob Warner was given a mos
pleasant surprise few days ago
Friends to the number of forty Assem-
bled and brought well filled baskets
She received a number of handsom
presents. PEARL PRENTICE.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-11-24
MIDDLE BRANCH.

The recent showers. have made a
great improvement on the growing
wheat.
Rev. E. Smith; wife and son and
Master Howard Orr, all of Huntsville,
took dinner at the home of the writer,
on Tuesday.
The Ladies' Missionary Society of the
U. P. church at their meeting on Tues
day, were favored with an address by
Mrs. Smith, the pastors wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith are the happy
posse ssors of handsome buggy robe as
token of esteem from the q. P. con-
gre cation here.
Mrs. Lavina McKirahan and daugh-
ter Cora, former residents on the
Branch but now of College Springs,
Iowa, have recently gone to Los An
geles. California, to spend the winter
with Mrs. McKirahan's brother, Leslie
King, who was also raised on the
Branch.
1t was our privilege to attend the
Presbyterian convention of Sidney U,
P. Presbytery in Findlay, last week,
The meeting was well attended. Mr.
NJ. G. Boals opened the query box
which was interesting. Presbytery re
leased Rev. Leeper, of Piqua, and ad
mitted two members, viz.:Dr Simpson
of Dayton, and Rev. Campbell, of Han
nibal, Missouri. We congratulate Belle
fontaine in being so fortunate as to Sc
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-11-24
RUSHSYLVANIA.

Rev. Buckley will 60 to Port Jeffer-
son, this week, to begin series of
meetings at that place, having post
pOned, for the present, the meeting an
nounced for this place, on account of
the sickness of the brother, whose SER
vices had been engaged.
Sabbath was beautiful day, and SER
vices were held in all four of our
churches, with good congregations,
To see the buggies departing in various
directions at the close of the services,
was calculated to impress the fact that
ours is a church going community.
Hon. J. P. Bower moved his family
into his nice new residence on the cor
ner of Miami and Cherokee streets, last
ness of disposition, by contending pa
tiently, sometimes on his knees and
sometime not, with carpets and stove
pipe. We hope by the time he gets
through with this experience he will
have made up his mind never to leave
US and move again.
1t is great pleasure in our melan-
choly moments to revert to some bright
spot in our past, and thus dispel the
gloomy spell. All those who were sc
IOy oily uuO
and beautiful home of Mr.. and Mrs.
nesday, will certainly remember the
joyful occasion as one of the brightest
spots of the past. Mr.. Brooks is one oi
our most thrifty farmers, which is fully
evidenced from the fact that he is one
| of the most extensive patrons of the
Rushsylvania creamery.
l. -,
| the death of Mrs. E. H. Vance, which
occurred on Wednesday, November l5
| about $3.50 p. m. Mrs. Vance was wei
news of her death, although not al
together unexpected, made many heart!
sad. She lived in this community many
years, and was a devoted Christian
worker, being a member of the Pres
byterian church. She had been suf
ferer from failing health for severa
years, but bore it all in the true spiri
of Christian resignation. When the
end was near she wanted some one to
read to her, and her sister read to hel
the 14th chapter of John and the las
chapter of Revelation, and prayer wa.
\ offered, after which she commented up
on the comforting words which haG
been read. Soon she slept away peace
fully without struggle, and is now a
rest. She leaves husband and foul
children, one an infant, only little
more than two months old, and broth
ers and sisters to mourn her decease
Her brother, Charley Cole, who was il
a Kansas regiment at Manila, having
recently returned, was by her side a
the time of her death. She was buried
at Ce,larville the present home of thu
family, on Saturday last. The deepl.
afflicted family and friends have thu
heartfelt sympathy of this communit!
in their sorrow.
| Mrs. Selders arrived home from Ce
darville, last Monday evening.
| Mr.. Morrow has moved to Lorain t,
make that their future home. We art
sorry to lose such good citizens, bu
hope they will find a pleasant home il
their change. ZELA.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-11-24

An exchange says that the prices for
horses and mules will be greatly ad-
vanced during the next few weeks
owing to the large order given by the
British government for horses and
mules for hauling ammunition wagons
and heavy artillery over the plains OF
the Transvaal in the conflict with the
Beers. The kind of horses, is those
, weighing 1900 pounds or more and
sstoutly built, while the mules wanted
are the small ones, ranging from IA to
14t hands high. Orders for thousands
of each have been put out by the Brit
ish government, and dealers are scour-
ing the country in search of material
to fill the contract.