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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-19
with Elic MCGEE. of our vicinity.
While there they. captured wild tur.

with Ellie MCGEE, of our vicinity.
While there they captured wild tur-
key.
Mr. Nepper has gone to Buxton to Ia
Dor for the coal company.
! Prof Hickman, of the Marysville
schools, attended the lecture here. as
we'll as did ten other persons o. that
up-to-date town.
Rev. Boaz, the new M. e. minister,
who has been here for few days get
ting acquainted, went back for his fam
lily at Moravia. They will remove
here soon .
Cullen Samuels and wife were made
happy last Saturday by the arrival of
new boy.
Prof. Wells has lately added to his
library fine S45 sent of eighteen vol
umes of encyclopedias. He believes
in being up to date in his work.
! Mrs. Harry Clutch was an Abba Wis
itor last Saturday.
| Mrs. Pitts, of Knoxville, is spending
a few days with her son, Dr. Pitts, and
family, of this city.
| VIM. Pierce, who recently lost his
livery barn by fire, has the timbers
on the ground ready for rebuilding.
Estella Johnson, who mas for the
past several months been in Abba, re.
turned to her home for an extended
visit.
The heating apparatus is being plac.
ed in Dr. Nye's new home.
Miss Cobb attended court in Lucas
county recently.
| This city was visited a few days
ago by the most destructive fire in its
history. AS result almost an entire
block of the business part was de-
stroyed. Insurance covers about all
the loss.
Prof. Wells will visit Mt. Pleasant.
his home town, during the coming hol.
idays.
DR.. J. w. Haneher, president of the
Iowa Wesleyan University, Mt. Pleas.
ant, delivered his inimitable lecture,
Folks and Other Folks, at the M. &
church at Loyilia, last Friday evening
to large audience, considering ths
Iinclemency of the weather. AS an or.
ator DR.. Hancher has few equals and
no superiors in America. He is an
artist of exceptional merit in the pro-
duction of word, pictures. With a Wv,
i'd Imagination and ready utterance he.
carries his auditors on the wings OF
fancy, over land and sea. now dashing
amid the roar and rush of a mad cy-
clone with the wild giee of stormy
petrol, now marching into the open
mouth of the rebel battery on the
frowning summit Of Lookout Noun
tain, now standing in the spacious am.
phitheater of proud Rome, with her
enraptured populace, beholding the
gladiatorial combat.
His voice is matchless. and men
hung breathlessly upon his words for
hours. AT any moment during the
two hours of literary, scientific, philo-
sophie, political, economic and rhetor-
ical feast, one could have heard the
slightest whisper, SO wrapt were the
audience in attention.
The lecture was well worth dollar
though it cost much less and J.ovilians
may congratulate themselves on Sc
curing such talent.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-19

The best things produced on the farm
always bring enough more than the
common and average product to well
repay any one for the trouble taken to
produce then. Then there is the pleas
urc of producing these best things,
which is worth not little.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-19

few dairymen, and only few, man.
age to get return of 500 and over
per head from each COW in their dairy
herds. 1t is almost needless to say that
there are no poor cows in these herds.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-19

We know a man who raises 5000 or
10000 bushels of corn each year and
who has as many hogs, horses and
cows as JOB had Of camels, asses and
he goats who still keeps enough bees
SO that the proceeds from his honey
crop will pay his taxes each year.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-19

AS general rule stalk of corn
which shows its intention to try to
produce two ears of corn will produce
more kernels and weight of corn if one
of the embryo ears is removed and the
effort of the plant confined to the ma
turing of one ear. This same rule APP
plies to fruits with much force, any
orchard tree which sets a heavy load
of fruit producing more and better
fruit if well thinned than If allowed to
carry the whole load and with far less
drain upon the vitality Of the tree, for
the heavy draft upon the tree IS not in
the production of the pulp of the fruit,
but in the maturing of the seed inclos-
ed in the pulp, and the fewer seeds
produced the better for the tree.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-19

The average turkey come Christmas
is worth about a dollar, and if you
have raised it on your neighbours farm.
as some do, it is as near Il case of get.
ting something for nothing as we know
of when it is sold.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-19

We note that bunch of Hereford
steers bred and raised upon western
range and finished off in the corn belt
touched the $3.50 mark early in No
yember. This is an interesting item as
showing the greatly improved charac-
ter of the stock now being produced
upon these ranges, where only the lean,
lank longhorns were to be found few
years ago. 1t is the fact that better
bred stock is now to be found upon the
ranges than among the farmers who
work $40 land.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-19
Bentonsport,

Bentonsport, Dec. 17.-G. w. Jack of
Keosauqua was here, Wednesday,
Osa Bostock and Len Elliott return
led Monday from Montana. Osa
brought back several fine buffalo
horns, mounted.
Prof. S. D. Willitts, of Milton, visit
ed here Wednesday,.
A literary society was organized
at the school house Tuesday evening.
The following officers were elected for
The ensuing term:
President-Ves Murphy.
Vice-presdent-Ha Fulton.
Treasurer and secretary-Lettie
Downing.
Chorister-Kittie Moore.
Marshal-Roy Scott.
Doorkeeper-Harry Marriott.
Regular quarterly meeting in ver-
non Saturday and Sunday, Dec. IA
and Is.
The primary teacher, Miss Lettie
Downing, is preparing very interest
ing program to be given by the little
ones for Christmas.
Miss Bird Giles of Bonaparte spent
Tuesday visiting with Miss Bales.
Robert Bell left Thursday evening
for Colorado.
DR.. R. l.. Boon and Henry Tyler at
tended the Honolulu Coons" at Bon
aparte Thursday.
G. w. Merridth of Bonaparte was
here Saturday.
The social at Moore's was postpon-
ed from Thursday evening until Sat
urday evening on account of the very
bad weather, but was well attended
notwithstanding.
Miss Vic Pickard was down to the
social Saturday evening.
The Phoenix hotel, which was own
ed and operated so many years by F.
o. Clark. Is now under the manage
ment of Mrs. w. A. Hawkins.
Prof. Lemuel Dorson has consented
to favor the people with a few violin
solos at the literary meeting Tuesday
evening. Mr.. Dorson is an artist in
that line and all will hear some fine
music.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-19

One of tbase men with a microscope
has located as many as 194, 424, coo
bacteria in one cubic centimeter of
milk. AS a fair sized drink of milk
would measure about hundred cent?
meters you can figure out about how
many wieglefs you are taking into
your stomach,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-19
parts of the state. Entries will close

parts of the state. Entries will close
on Saturday, December 90.
The doll sale and live baby show
given by the Methodist Guild at the
M. e. church Saturday afternoon was
not very successful as the first snow
storm blizzard of the season selected
that same day to appear in all its fury.
Only one little baby was presented
and that brave little beauty was no
doubt entitled to first, second, third
prize and sweepstakes, which possibly
includes all the pretty souvenirs the
babies were to have received. The
entertainment given in the evening
was fine but suffered the same defeat
as the affairs of the afternoon. Eleven
dollars We're cleared.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-19
rue 1NFLUEyCp or nnnr

We think that the average man will
work q little harder, economize more
closely and make his work count for
more when he is working to pay Off
a mortgage ON his farm or home than
when he is not, and this fact may be
passed to the credit Of mans going
into debt, and while it. is a condition
which may not hurt a young man, but
On the contrary, prove beneficial in de-
veloping habits of economy and thrift
1t is still condition to'be avoided if
possible by men past fifty. who will do
better to be content with what they
may possess and be free from any bur-
den of debt, for there is no surer thing
than that there is great deal of sat
isfaction in feeling that one owes not
any man.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-19

The boxes CT the amphitheater at the
late horse show at Chicago sold for
more money than most of the horses
which We're on exhibition would bring.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-19
TUE EanM HOME.

The want OF q proper dividing line
between the farm home grounds and
the barnyards is the cause of much of
the lack Of attractiveness about go
many farm homes. 1t is impossible to
invest hogyard or feed lot or the
barnyard proper with any great
amount Of landscape beauty. At best
about all one can do is to keen the
buildings in good repair and painted
and the yards as clean as possible, and
this essential part OF the farm equip
ment should be entirely separated from
the horle plot. 1t is, where possible a
good arrangement to have the home
lot on one side OF the public highway
and the barnyards on the other. though
not directly in front. Where this can
not be done four rod street should be
laid out between the house and the
barns. The house lot should include
the home, the wood shed, the wind
mill, the garden, orchard and lawn,
and from it should be excluded pigs.
chickens and stock of all kinds. The
hogyard should be located as far to the
rear of the premises as possible. There
is very much to be done in the way of
identifying our farm homes. und tho
very first step in the process is to get
them distinctly separated from what
may be termed the business side of the
farm work. An attractive and well
Kept country home will add n value Of
from 50 to $40 per acre to any farm
upon which it is situated. There is n
great chance for Improvement all along
this line.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-19

The good hired man has no intention
of remaining hired man any longer
than he has to. 1t is his ambition to
be something better than toiler. for
others which makes him the good hand
which he is.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-19

Farms In England are almost always
rented on long term leases, usually
twepty-onc years. 1t often happens
that one family will occupy the same
farm for generations. The sooner
lenses in this country are not made for
less than five years the better for land
lord, farm and tenant.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-19
LoviIia.

Lovilia, Dec. Superintendent R.
B. Spencer, elect, came from Morning
Sun, the first Of the week where he
had been calling on friends.
TIL Epworth league cabinet met
Monday evening for the first time I'M
der the new management. The regu-
lar devotional meeting was postponed
on account of the U. b. meeting.
Rev. There, after leaving for st.
Louis, witnessed street car wreck in
which one man was killed. Luckily
Rev. There and his family escaped un-
injured.
The M. e. Sunday school are pre-
pairing for a Christmas entertainment.
Lillian Johnson, who has, for the
past few months been attending school
at Cedar Falls, will spend the holiday
vacation at home.
VIM. MCGEE, of Grey's Creek, and
Joel, his father of Abba, were visiting
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-19

We hear that the country telephones
are being utilized TO some extent to
facilitate counting. This is all right,
but it can never take che place of the
real thing. The fact that dozen peo-
pie or more on most country lines may,
III they will. hear all that passes over
the line will Of necessity limit the use
OF the phone for this purpose
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-19

The great boom in North Dakota
lands is largely attributable to the fact
that with a fairly good season man
can buy farm. SOW it to flax and pay
for the land in September with the pro-
ceeds Of the crop.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-19

A pretty sure sign that girl has
passed into the old maid period of her
existence is when She will tolerate
mere than one cat around her. The
more old maidssh she becomes the more
cats she will want.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-19
Eldon.


Eldon. Dec 17-I.ast evening the
Eastern Star lodge gave farewell re-
ception to Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Allen,
and elected officers for the ensuing
year at their hall The following Off.
Mrs. H. r. Baker; worthy patron, A. ].
Shelter; associate matron, Mrs. j. w.
Hall, secretary, Mrs. E. j. Finney;
Mrs. J. e. Houghland; associate CON
ductress, Mrs. w. H. Stauffer.
E. M Bolding made business trif
to Coppock today.
I Joe Robinson left last evening fol
Muscatine to flag on the work train.
Sheriff-elect Cremer and son, Mil
lard were Ottumwa visitors yesterday.
Mr. Fry of Burlington was in our
city yesterday on business.
w. Fl. Stauffer and David McHaffey
went to Des Moines today to attend
the initiation of Gev. Cummins into
the third degree of the Masons.
G. S. Bierce and l. H. Tomlinson
went to Ottumwa today to attend the
election of officers in the X p. lodge.
| lily here this week from Indiana and
| Saturday was the coolest day
of the year. The government
Thermometer ar this place regis.
tered 16 degrees below zero. The ex.
IRENE cold caused quite a little delay
on the railroad here. The morning
passenger for Des Moines was delayed
several hours by the engine being froz-
en- up.
| No II, the night passenger, was de.
layed several hours Saturday morn.
ing at Cotter by the meat train which
broke in two.
| The Odd Fellows and Rebekahs gave
a farewell reception at their hall
| Thursday evening for Messrs. Cremer
and Allen and wires. A large crowd
was present and a pleasant evening
was enjoyed.
| Mrs. j. Milligan, who has been visit
ing her sister, Mrs. Frank Moore, at
this place, returned home Saturday
| Rev. France is at Denmark making
arrangements for an evangelist to hold
services at this place in the near flu
ture.
Frank Callen, of this place, but who
| has been working in Keokuk, has Sc.
cured a position with a Des Moines
drug company.
| The Silver Bell restaurant is closed
for a few days, owing to financial diff
culties.
Mrs. VIM. Altman and daughter. Re-
ma, were Ottumwa visitors Saturday.
J. o. Hunnell, ST., was in Ottumwa
on business Saturday
N. l. Reed, who has been making
tour of the west, returned home Fri
day.
j. Morris, of Centerville, is visiting
friends here
Lib Kimes, who has been visiting
relatives at Decatur, returned home
Friday.
Mrs. Alice Haydock, of Wichita,
Kansas, is visiting here at the home
of her parents, H. g. Haydock.
A. V. Buck is visiting relatives at
Fairfield
George Murphy is visiting relatives
at Bonaparte.
J. C. Nelson. Jr., is laying off from
his duties at the round house owing 10
a sprained wrist
e. ] Muir, Of Dawson. Alaska, is
visiting with |. H. Coolridge here.
Miss Matte Kirby, who has been
visiting at Centerville, returned here
Friday.
Glib Persons two children are very
! sick.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-19
keosauqua.

keosauqua.
keosauqua, Dec. 17.-Mr. and Mrs.
T. A. Williamson departed Saturday
for Memphis, Mo-, where they will en-
gage in the hotel business Mr. and
Mrs. Williamson for many years con-
Quoted the Russell house at this place,
but during the East two years have
been living in the edge of town. Miss
Louie Akey, who for many years done
their dining room work here, went
with them.
Dr. James A. Craig has been ap-
pointed administrator of the estate of
the late Maj. Hugh Brown. Mr..
Brown, who never married, leaves an
estate estimated at about $4,000. 1t
will be inherited by his brothers and
sisters. Two sisters and one brother
are dead but they left children who
will inherit their shares.
Judge H. G. Caldwell, of the United
States circuit court, accompanied by
Mrs. Caldwell, will arrive here in a few
days to spend the holiday season with
relatives and friends. They formerly
lived in this place and the Judge was
engaged in the active practice of law.
Mr.. Caldwell read law under Judge j.
c. Kapp and was admitted to the prac-
tice here
l. o. o. F. lodge No. recently elect
ed the following officers for the ensu-
ing term: N. G., Fred Smith; V. G.,
e. j. SHUTS; secretary, Roger kittle
and treasurer, c. A. Cornell.
Tell Rambo, a member of the Unit
ed States cavalry, recently visited
with his father, County Auditor c. Z.
Rambo. Tell will depart in few
days for the Philippine Islands.
A number of Odd Fellows of this
place attended last evening at Cantril
the installation of new camp CT that
order at that place.
Jas. w. Lapsley, of Pennington, is
in this place on business
The fire alarm was sounded at about
8 o'clock last evening. The fire was
in a tenant house near the depot,
which is occupied by Joshua John
ston (colored.) The hose cart was
taken to the nearest hydrant to the
fire but the latter was found to be
frozen up. Prompt action with buck
cts of water soon eXtinguished the
fire as it had not got much of a start.
Little damage was done.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-19

Almost every hired man has way
of his own, and sometimes his way is
a good one, and sometimes it is not We
have always found that 1t paid to hui
NOR men to certain extent because
they will always do their best work in
their own way.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-19

+ We never hill our potatoes, but pre-
fer to thoroughly prepare the soil.
plant Mt least five inches deep and
then give level cultivation. This plan
does much TO prevent the ill effects of
July and August droughts and permits
the surface cultivation Of the field
long after the time when the field is
usually laid by.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-19

The fertility of the pastures of Eng
land may be largely credited to the I'M
ceasing work of the earthworms. In
tguratiNe way it may be said the ara
BILE lands of that country have been
eaten. disested and expelled by this in
significant worm many times over, and
still there are lots of people who think
that the only use to which they can be
put is to bait hooks for suckers.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-19

Because of the high prices command
ed by potatoes this year there will be
altogether too many men who will nav
4 dollar bushel for seed potatoes next
spring and have hard work to sell the
crop for 20 cents. 1t has always been
this way and always will-always men
whose hind sight is the best developed
thing about them.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-19

A quartet which works very nicely
upon a small farm is made up OF dairy,
poultry, fruit and bees. This combina-
ton works well on forty acres and by
limiting the size of the dairy can be
made to do good work on even ten
acres
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-19

Where crop of oats or barley is re-
moved from the field by July 4 an ex-
oellent second crop Of millet may be
secured from the same land. but it
should be remembered that only rich
and strong soils will stand this sort of
cropping.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-19

The wild fowl are much better
weather prophets than the seers who
consult the stars. During a late beau
tiful and warm November day we
noted great tlocks of ducks and geese.
flying high, fastening south with more
than railroad speed A drop of 40 de-
grees in the mercury and binding
snowstorm which arrived twenty hours
later proved the instinct of these birds.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-19

1t may be noted that the seeds of all
noxious weeds retain their vitality in a
most remarkable manner. even when
exposed to the most adverse climatic
conditions. For instance, the seeds of
all our common weeds are whipped off
by the winds, fall into mud and slush
are frozen, thawed and frozen again
and again and still terminate with m
erring certainty the next season, while
with most of the plants which man cul
tiyates for crops the greatest care is
necessary in order to preserve the vital.
ity of the seeds, illustrating the truth
that bad things have better shoSy for
existence than good things both in the
physical and moral universe.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-08-29
LATEST THING IN BEES.
Beekeepers Are After the Red Clover
HOney-The Long Tongued Bee.

Beekeepers Are After the Red Clover
Honey-The Long TOngued Bee.
The latest fad in bees is strain with
long tongues that can extract the nee
tar from the deep tubes of the red clo-
yer blossoms. Beekeepers have for a
long time coveted the honey in the red
clover blossoms, and the italian bees
when introduced into this country were
supposed to be able to reach it. and the
jot was placed in their hands. But
after lapse of time it was discovered
that but a small per cent of them did
any work on red clover blossoms.
OF late the fact has been developed
that some bees have longer tongues
than others. Various ingenious contriv-
ances have been made to get the ex-
act measurements Of the bees tongues,
and it has been found that they vary in
length all the way from fifteen one
hundredths to twenty-three one-hun-
dredths Of an inch, the last named be-
ing very rare. If am not mistaken, q
tew perhaps have exceeded this. It
seems that the required length is about
twenty-five one-hundredths.
Every beekeeper Of note is now busy
improving his stock along this line. and
if you weEe to pick up bee journal Of
the present you would find in most of
the advertisements of queen breeders
bhe announcement Of the tongue length
of his breeding stock. Everybody is
confident that it will require but lit
tie time and patience to add length
to the tongues of all bees, for there has
been so much attained in breeding bees
in other ways that this does not seem
impossible. 1t is well known that the
common red clover is perhaps the
heaviest nectar producing plant known,
and honey from it is Of fine quality.
The value willanot altogether lie in the
honey crop, but the complete fertiliza-
ton of the bloom will add greatly to
the seed crop. thus beneffting the farm
er, concludes A. Fl. Duff in Kansas
Farmer
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-08-29
HINTS FOR FARMERS
Growing .romatoe.

Fick's Magazine says that Professor
Mussey formerly entertained the opin-
lon that heavy applications of nitrog-
enous manures for tomatoes made the
vines too rank and the fruit crooked,
but now he thinks that If the strain of
seed is good no amount of manuring
viii make it more irregular In form
and that rank growth of vine means
that they will need more room and
produce larger crop of large tomatoes.
he believes that seed from small fruits
VIII produce small fruit and the re-
verse; that training to a single stem
results in less number of blossoms. less
pollen and smaller crop, while the
largest crops are on the plants that are
allowed to develop naturally, and fruit
on healthy plants lying on the ground
is no more liable to rot than that off it.
Like Indian corn, the tomato produces
best when the seed is grown in the
same climate and latitude where the
crop is to be grown, and to take it far
North or south is to prevent It from
doing its best. If this is so, the gar
dener will do we'll to save his own seed
from his largest tomatoes, which is a
very simple matter.