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Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-07-19
DAIRY AND LIVE STOCK.

Young calves need water as we'll as
milk these hot days. Set paifu! over
the fence in the yard and see the IN
drink it down.
Churning when you get time" and
churning at any and all degrees o.
ripeness Of cream, account for the
varying flavor of dairy butter.
In summer time it may be we'll TO
stable COW in cool, dark stable, and
allow her TO spend the nights in the
pasture, thus protecting her from the
great annoyance of the flies. She needs
to be comfortable to give milk of the
best quality.
Can you not manage to have shelter
of some sort for the calves? The flies
are terrible. You realize this when
they get on the top Of your bald head.
1t will not cost much to fix up little
house for the calves and they will do
all the better for it.
A handful of grain in the feed boxes
will bring the COWS down early, and
far more humanely, than any dog can
do it, We believe in dogs in their place,
but their place is not in the field with
cows and sheep unless they know ow
to behave.-Farm Journal.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-07-19
HANDLING CORN SHOCKS.
lag Importance, hut Few Per-
form 1t Well.

The report Of the Kansas state
board of agriculture says where hand
labor is plenty, the standard price for
cutting corn by hand is five cents per
shock, IA by IA hills square, without
board, or SO cents per acre, as there
are 16 shocks of this size per acre.
Corn should always be cut on bright
clear days or on such day as is good
to cure hay in. Two men should work
started on jack, which is made by
putting two legs. we'll braced togeth-
er, near one end Of ten-foot scan
thing, and having an auger hole near
the upper end for a broom handle. AS
soon as four armfuls are set up
against the jack the shock should be
loosely tied with q stalk and the jack
removed. AS soon as the shocks have
thoroughly cured. say two weeks aft
er cutting, those that are to be stored
in the barn should be baled under
5000 pounds pressure, and tied up
with wire Common hay-baling wire,
one wire will tie up two shocks), and
field can be pulled up tight with rope
and pulley and tied with binding
Irvine; the Irvine should be satur-
ated with coal oil to prevent mice and
insects from destroying it. Eminent
professors have agreed that it only
takes one and one-half inches of rain
fall to wash all traces of digestible
matter out of shock of alfalfa. and
corn shocks are also affected. but not
to so great a degree. They have also
agreed that well-cured corn fodder,
put under a good roof without having
had any rain on it, is in every respect
just the same as ensilage, except the
water content. and it is only neces-
sary to cut it and add the water to Sc
cure food identical to ensilase with
out the cost of silo, with its short
life, and also without the 20 to 25 per
cent. waste that mold causes in the
corners of the silo-Prairie Farmer.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-07-19
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Magistrate-"NeNt case! Who've
we got now?" Constabe-"John Bar
low, alias Buck" Magistrate-"La-
dies first Let Alice Buck take the
stand. ''-Catholic Standard and Times.
"Since old Smith died the family has
lost its good old name. "Why?'
That's it, exactly whats ito:"
"'Y.' The young folks call them
'Smyth' now -Philade4phia Record.
She-"You tell me you love me; but
suppose you have told the same
thing to so other girls at least" He
What of that? You wouldn't want
to marry freak, would you?" - Bos-
ton Transcript.
"All They Wanted-"Oura amateur the
atricals were a great success. weren't
they?" "Oh. yes; everyone of you had
enough particular friends to con-
vince you that you We're the best one
in them. "-Philadelphia Bulletin.
McJigger-''You say he lost all the
money he had. How" Thingumbob
by his speculations" McJigger-
$50? Well, in the first place, how
did he get any money to lose that
way?" Thingumbob-"B his pecula-
tions. "-Philadelphia Press.
Self-Sacritice. - Gertrude-"1 ours
not going to marry him after he
kissed Alice??" Mayo, yes; the
poor, lonely thing. l know he did it
just to please her. knowing she is a
friend of mine "-Philadelphia North
American
misunderstanding does the land
lady always set out red cabbage just
before the first of the month";" Me-
Switters-"Well, when you get a bill
with red ink on it, it means that your
bill is overdue. With the landladN il
inf1s that your board is overdue. y
Syracuse Herald.
''Will you give me kiss, johnny
asked a spinster of a fyc-year-old
'No. indeed" replied Johnny. ''Why
not ." she asked. "'Cause if [ did
the next thing you would be asking
me to marry you,' was the unexpect
ed reply.-Pearson' Weekly.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-07-19
LARGE MILK YIELDS.
men Who Know the Value Of
Regular Milking.

Cows are creatures of habit. and the
habits Of their owners are reflected in
their milk yield. The dairyman who
milks his cows at regular hour night
and morning will secure an eighth or
tenth more milk with them than
though there was a variation of an
hour or two in the milking hours every
day. a writer in the Indiana Farmer
has seen this practically tested to his
satisfaction on some large dairy farms
in central New York. The methodical
dairyman, las regular as clockwork."
came out ahead every time. Right now
is the best possible time to put this
rule Of regularity into practice. Dairy
men should make it rule, say, to milk
their cows at six O'clock in the morn
ing and six o'clock at night. After this
rule has been once established on the
premises it should be like the laws of
and respected accordingly. 1t is such
common occurrence to let other farm
duties interfere with the regular care
and milking of COWS that it may be
hard to make some believe, who ought
to know better, that strict adherence
to method has anything to do with
dairy success. 1t can safely be set
down that if man is conducting what
he calls mixed farming" and dairying
is part Of the mixture, his cows can
be made TO pay more in proportion than
any of his other agricultural interests.
This will not be consummated. how
ever, under ordinary care and usage.
He must give his milch cattle extra or
binary attention in order to reap the
benefit of their full capabilities. This
mixed farming business. of which
dairyingis supposed to form an integral
part, is the cause of a whole lot of in
ferior cows, poor milk and butter and
meager profits. 1t is high time Ina t
dairying under such conditions should
be regarded at its true worth, bot b
for the profit of agriculture and the
quality of milk products. DO not stop
to hoe a tive-cent hill of beans. when
you should be milking $50 COW. or one
| that would be worth $50 if she were
milked regularly. Do not call to your
assistance NANCY. worthless cur in
driving up the cows, when every hur-
| ried step they take causes their blood
| to surge toward fever heat, and results
in milk that will undergo dangerous
| Preventative changes very quickly.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-07-19
What Butter Maker. want.

Some papers insist that the butter
makers want to tax o,eo out Of ex-
istence. and are going too far. says the
Reporter. There should be no misap-
prehension on this point. The butter
men do not ask that oleomargarine be
taxed out of existence. On the con-
trary, the law they support reduces
the tax on oleomargarine from two
cents pound TO one-fourth cent.
What they do ask is that oleomarga-
rine, plus butter color. be taxed ten
cents pound, and they 60 this in or
der to render it impossible to sell it
fraudulently as and for butter and at
butter prices. 1t is assumed that some
people really want o.eo. The butter
man will put no straw in the way Of
their getting it, but will insist that
they shall not be fooled into buying
it for butter at butter prices.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-07-19
The Higher Education.

She wore big. black velvet hat
trimmed with feathers, and shirt
waist with frivolous pearl buttons
down the back And Yet she seldom
''f1unked" her classes. Indeed, she
contided to me at q Kelley reception
that she was studying so hard that
she feared the strain would affect her
health. Her speciality was English,
and she was then deep in the roman
tic movement. After class one day
she invited me to stop at her room
and make a cup Of chocolate. Just
as We We're ready to boil the milk
however. it transpired that some I'M
known person had borrowed her stove
While she went in search of it
turned to her library. 1t was con-
tanned in tall. slim structure of Sc
we're design. and was concealed by a
brown silk curtain. On investigation
it was found to consist of two VOL
umes. one The Sorrows of Satan and
the other "Ships That Pass in the
Night. Mary Isabel Brush, in Uni
versity of Chicago Weekly.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-07-19
SOMETHING NEW IN SURGERY.
An Operation That Was Deserv.
ing Of WOrld-Wide Cell
ebrity.

81 Sec" said the old man Pimpernel the
other evening, relates the Cleveland Plain
Dealer that they We mended another brok-
en- neck for a fel.er. He had fall some
where's out in the country. an when they
got him to tn hospital tn doctors found
that his upper spinal colume was cracked
clean across. Feler couldn't hold his head
up, an his voice was clean gone"
How did they patch hun up:" inquired
John Bowman.
You'll be s'priSed when tell YOU" re-
piled the old man. at was SO dead easy.
Fust, they crowded over tn left phaanx il!
it Tapped the right vertrickle an then they
stuck tn two ends together with anty-toNum
glue. That's fer blood pisenin', You know
Then they got the broken ends of the me
dulla together an fastened 'em in place with
strips OF aihesin plaster After that they
nailed narrow rods of zinc up and down his
backbone and clinched 'em together with
riv,s. When this was all fixed the surgeon
sent out an got an old FASHIONED bootjack,
an they tied it on his chest so that the open
in at the top would just catch under his
Gilman hold 1T until the glue hardens. An
as soon as it does harden the young feler'll
be just as sound ever, with few rlvits
thrown IN.
Thunder" cried Josh Bowman. "Ain't
it wonderful"
''You jest bet it is, said the old man.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-07-19
Crossing the Legs.

''There is a just prejudice" says a
well-known medical paper. against a
woman sitting to read. sew or hold a
baby with her legs crossed. For her
to do so is to invite serious physical
Ailments When man crosses his
knees he places the ankle of one leg
across the knee of another; but a
woman, more restricted in her move
ments. rests the entire weight of one
limb on the upper part of the other,
and this pressure upon the sensitive
nerves and cords. when INDUCED in for
any length Of time. will produce dis
ease. Sciatica. neuralgia and other
serious troubles frequently result from
this simple cause. The muscles and.
nerves in the upper part Of a woman S
leg are extremely sensitive. and much
OF her whole physical structure can be-
come Geranged if they are overtaxed
in the manner described.-N. y. Trib-
Ene
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-07-19

TO make 3 speciality of each other, the
gossps said nature was taking its
course, and Immediately began their
calculations as to when the happy af
fair would eventuate. l was thinking
the same way, and really felt tiattered
that the young woman had selected me
out of all her admirers as the choice.
''She was unusually pretty, tall,
graceful. blonde as a summer sky, and
with money enough to have made her
attractive even if she had been homely
as a hedge fence. Like all pretty
girls, however, SO circumstanced. she
was coquettish and uncertain. and the
dozens of admirers she had hanging
about her all the time did not tend to
steady her a great deal. l was he one
though of them all who received her
most marked favor. and in the course
of six months we became engaged t % be
married. TO say that l was pleased
when she accepted me scarcely ex-
presses it, and yet was not altogether
satisfied. Possibly it was her nature
not TO satisfy the heart of Il man as he
woman who was to be his wife. but one
should not expect everything. and ac-
cepted the gift the gods gave and let it
go at that. At least. l did for about
two months. and then bethou9ht me
of Il plan to test the woman of my
choice. | thought loved her. Possibly
! did not. ] fancy some would say Gid
I =, 4,
a doubling humor.
''Be that as it may. was determined
to make test. and | did. In town
about a hundred miles away lived my
half brother. who was not anxious to
have me marry the girl. notwithstand-
ing the material advantages of the
union. and he was willing enough t do
his share i'll making the test when |
proposed it to him. She did not know
him at all. so when had him come over
to my town and took him to call on her
as Mr.. Hart. she had no idea that he
was any other than as represented. He
was a handsome fellow. much hand
somer than | was. and the smoothest
chap with women | ever saw. He was a
fine brunette. while | was redheaGed,
and nobody on earth would have taken
us for kinsmen. Our call was extended
until after II O'Clock. and when we
came away had feeling that if it had
been anybody else except my brohter
! would have been Jealous. He left at
eight the next morning. and two days
later wrote him a letter to Miss Blank.
which he was to copy and send to her.
This he did. and in due course re-
ceived an answer. and from that a reg
ular correspondence grew. which very
soon called for three or four letters a
week He would send her answers to
send it to him. which he would copy
and forward TO her. At the same time
/ became more attentive than ever
and began to insist upon her naming
the day when we should be married
She thought June was the pret1iest
month for Il wedding, and at last we
came to an indefinite conclusion that
we would marry in June. Meantime my
letters TO her over the signature OF Mr..
Hart became more intense. as did hers
to him. and at last l proposed to her.
Now you would suppose that a girl
would not accept a mar unit. she knew
something more about him. and par
ticularly that she would not when he
was only a hundred miles away and
could come in person and make his
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-07-19
BURIED GOLD.
A GOOd-Sized Fortune Left by n Gam
bier and Guarded Ivy
His SpOOk.

1t is not every one who travels over
the Albany road leading west from
this town that Is aware Of the inn
mense fortune buried near the road
side, about two miles from this place
-$100.0OO in gold within q stones
throw. says a Greenwood (Me) spe-
cial to the New York journal.
Here is the story: In the early
part of this century there lived a
professional gambler named Patch,
who, after wandering all over the face
of the earth, finally settled here on
what is now known as the Patch
homestead.
With large accumulation OF ready
money, Patch became money lend
err, and one could secure any amount
by giving him good security. Uncle
Ben Bacon, of West Paris, remembers
him, and says:
Yes, l remember Isaac. Wanted
some money once. and went to him to
get it. Patch put for the woods, and
in a short time he returned with the
money. He went through the same
operations with every one who wanted
to hire money of him.
Patch died suddenly. In his will
he left to his son George all treasures
hidden in the ground. 1t stated in
the will that should anyone else
save the legal heirs try to get the
fortune he (Patch) would appear in
the form of some animal and drive
him away George never found his
fathers money, and at his death
willed everything to his son Frank.
Frank Patch lives on the same old
farm that his grandfather bought, but
has never been able to find the treas
ure.
Not only have the legal heirs tried
to find it, but other persons have
hunted secretly at night for it.
Scion Ryerson. with another man.
was chased away from the place by
a strange animal only a year ago. Mr..
Ryerson says: "Yes. we came near
finding it. All was we'll until one of
the most terrible looking animals i'm
aginable appeared. We found a rock
which was cut out Of Patch's ledge
and fitted in just as even as a stem to
a pipe. 1t was just large enough to
let mans body down. This creature
appeared and drove us away"
Have you never been there since?"
the reporter asked.
NO; nor l never will go there.
either. l got all l wanted of it that
night. l would not go there again
for 100000. I have got all l want of
trying to find his money"
Acres and acres of ground have
been dug over in search of the money.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-07-19
How Process. Outer 1. Made.

Here is a description of process but
ter: This butter is made from old,
rancid and useless dairy butter. pur-
chased from the country store keepers
in the states farther west and shipped
in old barrels, tobacco pals, shoe box
es. etc, which appetiting mess is put
through a process of boiling and rem
ovating to remove the nauseating
odors and through other treatments
which have brought it under the ban
of the pure-food laws Of several states,
after which it is worked over in sweet
butternilk, which gives it temporarily
a fairly clean flavor" See that this
stuff is not worked off on you by your
grocer. The green" woods are full of
it.-N. Y. Press.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-07-19
DAsHER CHURN poWER.

at b. Get piece of timber . by by
IL feet, as C, make a hole in one end and
put over pin b. AT other end put on
mower wheel as at d. Build an oblong
box (e). get moving machine axle
and put through the back end of box
and attach mower wheels, as +. The
churn (h) sets in the box and the DASH
er is worked by a chain belt from
large sprocket wheel on the axle at
rear end of machine. A barrel churn
can also be used and so hung in the CEN
ter as to be turned; with such, the
dasher arrangement is n OF needed. The
lead pole Cd, keeps the horse or other
motive power going round in a circle.
Ray Copeland, in Farm and Home.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-07-19
Keep Cow. Away from Them.

Wild onions abound in many parts Of
the west, and the cows as we'll as chill
dren eat them. They are bound TO in
jure the milk if eaten by the cows, for
the reason that onions contain an oil
that gets through the system of the
COW and into the milk. There is els
pute as to whether ordinary food in
bad state can faint the milk, by passing
through the COWS, but all are agreed
that onions and garlic do. Butter that
is tainted with these oils does not sell
we'll. 1t is not much Of task Riding
pastures of these Objectionable plants
and it should be done.-Farmers' Re-
view.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-07-19
snur~con ns II punxtcr

Charles Haddon Sturgeon. the non-
conformist preacher was Il great pun
ster. One day. while an invalid at Mem
tone. he was walking by the seashore
at time when the Mediterranean was
raging furiously. Suddenly he inter-
rupted the conversation and asked:
What are the wild waves saying?" and
then he gave his own witty answer to
the question: Let US (slpray:. Oh:
cage Inter Ocean.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-07-19
CURES EVERY TIME.
A Little Device Which Enectually
Prcvents COws from Consuming
Their Own MIX.

To prevent self sucking take two
1-inch boards IA inches long, 6 inches
at one end and inches at other, Bore
two holes at the 6-inch end, about
inch square, inches from the end
and side. Cut two sticks (b BY IS
inches long. sharpen them a little, large
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-07-19

enough to fit the two holes. Place the
two boards "a AZ side by side. and put
the sticks % b. through the holes, leav-
ing 4-inch space between boards "a az.
Fasten stakes % b. securely with
nails to prevent slipping. The device
constitutes a yoke. Drop it over the
cows neck, make a hole at lower end
of boards &c q and tie with a stout
cord. With this yoke on, the COW can
not get to her teats, as the ends of
the sticks strike her in the side J
II. Van Ness, in Farm anC Home.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-07-19
He Feared to Presume.

The American tourist is so firmly cor
WINGED that he is being cheated on all hands
during his European travels that he occa-
sonally oversteps the bounds of prudence.
what is the price of this pin!" asked a
young man in Paris shop, handling small
silver brooch of exquisite work manshlp,
Twenty francs, monsieur" said the clerk.
That's altogether too much" said the
Young American Its for present to my
sister; I'll give you five francs for it y
Zen it would be ! Eat gave re present to
your sister, said the Frenchman with
deprecatory shrug, land l do not know
mademoiselle. THE King.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-07-19
CHURN1NG MADE EASY.
MIA Dairyman of Having q
Horse Do the Work.

Various cortrivances have been
rugged up whereby the bull, sheep,
goat, or even dog may do the churning.
The illustra ton shows novel method
of having the horse do this work. Set
q post (a) in ground to be 2 feet high.
Make hole in top and put in a pin as
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-07-19

juvenated. / believe l am permanently
cured and do not hesitate to give unstinted
praise to your great remedy. Peruna
The causes of summer catarrh are first
chronic catarrh; second. arrangements of
the stomach and liver; third, impure blood.
Such being the case. anyone who knows
anything whatever about the operations of
Peruna can understand why this remedy is
permanent cure for summer catarrh. 1t
eradicates chronic catarrh from the system.
invigoratlng the stomach and liver. cleanses
the blood of all impurities, and therefore
permanently cures by removing the cause,
"a host of maladies peculiar to hot weather.
The cause being removed the symptoms dis
appear of themselves.
'Summer Catarrh" sent free to any ad-
dress 10y The Peruna Medicine Co., Column
bus Ohio.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-07-19
HEALTHY WOMEN.

Mary j. Kennedy. manager of Ar
mour 4 Co 5 Exhibit al the Trans .MisSlS-
slppi Exposition at Omaha, Neb., writes
the following OF Peruua, as cure for that
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-07-19

McSwatters and McSwitters had sworn
about four weeks after the bargain had
been made, the two met. Each was dying
for a good cigar Say, John" SAID Nc
switters, kept Your end of the bargain,
on bet" sighed McSwltters. II can't at
ford to lose ten dollars" Neither can |.
But look here, l must have smoke. Tell
If YOU will call the deal off . Done" said
McSwitters He took the two and placed
them in his vest pocket. I'll buy" he said.
Hall an hour later he on his way home,
chuckling softly. McSwitters was the
twelfth man who had bought him off on
the cigar deal.-Syracuse Herald.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-07-19
In Maine.

Tourist-Healthy village. is it?
Native-Why. if this wasn't pro-
hibition state the drug stores might
as we'll close up.-Puck.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-07-19

common phase
OF summer ca
tarrh, known as
j n i G e $. ION.
NJ i 5 5 Kennedy
says:
II found the
c o n t i II II a !
change of diet
incid n al to
e / 6 h t years
travelling COM
p.etely upset my
digestive system.
In consuitln g
several p h y $ l.
clans they de-
cided l suffered
with catarrll of
the stomach.
IT h e ir pre-
scriptions d ! d
not seem to help
me any, so. read
ing of the re-
markable cures
effected by the
use of Peruna l
decided to try it
and soon found
myself we'll re-
paid.
81 hava nn,v
used Peruna for
a b o IL t three
months and feel
completely re-
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-07-19

When dog shows his teeth and
snarls you may be sure he's one of the
cross breeds.