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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-05
MONEY IN MULES.
An Attractive Possibility For the
Average Farmer.

An Attractive Possibility For the
Average Farmer.
The mule is not raised for his beauty,
but is intended for hard service, and
this object should be kept in view in
selecting sire and dam. The blocky
mules. as the trader designates them,
are the most salable, whether they be
fourteen, fifteen or sixteen hand mules.
Some markets call for large mules,
while others want the smaller ones.
So they are all salable, especially if
they are of the blocky type-that is,
suuarely built, heavy bodied animals
The great advantage to the farmer
in raising mules is in this: They are
hardy, healthy, easily raised and come
to maturity early. In fact, they are
salable from ten days old and as long
as they live. You can raise mule as
cheaply as you can a calf. The mule
will be ready for market nearly as soon
as your calf and will bring twice as
much. In this and like counties where
our farms are adapted to grass and
where but little grain is grown we can
finish the mule ready for market while
we can only get our cattle ready for
the feeder. One can readily see the adj
vantage to the farmer in growing
mules instead of cattle, especially in
this part of the country.
l refer, of course, to the average
farmer, who does not have a great
deal of pasture lands and who finds it
necessary to make his pastures as we'll
as his feed bring the greatest possible
returns. My experience is that given
amount of pasture will carry as many
mules as it will sheep or cattle, and
the profit is much more on the mules
than it is on either the sheep or cattle.
There has been more money made by
farmers in this county raising mules
than by handling any other class of
stock. concludes q Missouri correspond
ent of the American Agriculturist.
Young mules are bought from neigh
boring farmers in the fall, when they
are old enough to be weaned. They are
kept until ready for market.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-05
GARDEN NOTES.
Eabor Saving Methods of Laying Out
and Planting.


and Planting.
The home garden on the farm will be
appreciated most if it is not far from
the kitchen, not only because the vege-
tables may be used fresher, but be-
cause the products of the garden will
enter more largely into the daily bill
OF fare if they are within easy reach.
a head of lettuce for breakfast, dozen
roasting ears for dinner or a few to-
matoes for supper will oftener freshen
up the menu if near to the cooks hand.
IN planning for the garden a long
rectangle in which plow and horse
cultivatOr can be easily used is cOnsld-
cred the up to date and labor saving
thing. In one such garden rows three
feet apart, beginning at the east side
of the garden and running lengthWise
of the area, were laid out by means of
q sled marker drawn by hand, guide
stake being placed at each end OF the
row to be laid out and one in the mid
die. Three rows were marked at a
time, and the drills made by the run
ners were of just the right depth for
the planting Of radishes, beets, onions
and other small seeds. Where these
small seeds were to be planted the
rows were made only one and half
feet apart.by straddling the marks al
ready made For planting the aspara-
/. as roots and the potatoes burrows
were opened with one horse pillow and
for the peas with the pillow attachment
on wheel hoe.
Radishes were planted with the pars-
nips, parsley, satisfy, onions, beets and
carrots to mark the rows SO that cult
walton could begin before the plants
from the slower terminating seeds be-
came visible. Asparagus, rhubarb,
horseradish, cress, lettuce, spinach,
peas and early potatoes were included
In this first planting.
For the next planting late beets and
carrots, cabbage and caulif1ower, beans
(ima and saddleback wax, spinach,
radishes, peas and sweet corn were
put in. Later pepper and tomato plants
were set out. A good part of the gar
den was devoted to vine crops. The
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-05
THE CELERY LEAF TIER.

wheat bran to which there have been
added molasses and water and enough
paris green to give the mixture slight
ly green color.
The celery leaf tier often becomes
very troublesome. not only because it
destroys the leaves by eating them,
but by spinning a web and tying the
leaves together. AS means of con-
trolling this insect hand picking will
be effectual on a small scale, but should
they become very numerous it may be
necessary to place open lamps in the
celery field uring the night to destroy
the moths as they fly about to lay their
eggs.-W. Il. Beattie.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-05

The activity in both the foreign horse
and mule trade of the United States
continues up to the present time.
English beans are upright, rank,
bushy growers and have large, oval,
coarse pods. There are not many beans
in a pod. and they are usually shelled
and eaten as peas. They are rich in
flavor.
assachusetts farmers who have
tried it do not give encouraging re-
ports of alfalfa.
Corn should be grown extensively.
and the silo is the cheapest method CT
preserving 1t.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-05

rows were made six feet apart and the
hills six feet apart for the cucumbers,
summer squash and muskmelons and
eight feet apart for the winter squash
and watermelons.
The garden furnished full supply
of vegetables for winter use, as well as
a continuous succession through the
growing season.
After harvesting the early crops late
crops were planted upon the same
ground. The cultivation of the late
crop keeps the ground free from weeds.
Cucumber beetles were controlled by
spraying with bordeaux mixture and
cabbage worms by spraying with white
hellebOre.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-05

IN Michigan peach orchards it is
common practice Of the most success
full growers to cut out each spring
from the center of the tree when prun-
ing, leaving the tree more in the form
of vase than cone. ~&.-.---
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-05
Professional Cards.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS WATKINS & MOSES
Practice in all State and United States
courts. ONCE over State Bank of Grant
County,
Lancaster, Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-05

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & TAYLOR.
Practice in all State and United States
courts. Office in Clark building.
Lancaster, Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-05

ATTORNEY-W. J. BRENNAN
Practices in all courts. Once in Wright
House Block,
Lancaster, Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-05
DUST SPRAYING.
A Conservative View of 1t as Conn
pared with the Use of Liquid.

A Conservative View of 1t as Com.
pared with the Use of Liquid.
'In the great apple growing districts
Of the west and southwest experiments
are being made with dust as compared
with liquid spraying. The dust is blown
upon the trees by means Of an air
blast"
In view of this fact The Rural New
Yorker publishes the opinions of some
practical horticulturists on this prac-
tice. The secretary of the Missouri
Horticultural society says:
am slow to say much about "dust
spray'' because / do not yet feel sure
that it is as efficient as the liquid. In
fact. it has not been tested long enough
to say exactly how valuable it is. Our
entomologists and best informed men
on fungous diseases give it as their
opinion that the dust spray" is not
as efficient as the liquid. But it is ap-
piled so much more easily and quickly
than the liquid that we can dust the
orchard twice or three times with the
same expense as one application of the
LIQUID. We can get on the ground when
it is so wet that we could not haul a
load of water.
The hand busters are easily handled,
and the work can be done after a rain
or mist or while the dew is on early in
the morning. We often dust from to
a. m. and give the men half day for
the work. Lime (air slaked, fresh is
Is hn inc
fungicides. / am sure also that lime is
good for both these. 1t is good in
secticide and it is a good fungicide,
and this year we shall test it alone on
a forty or eighty acre orchard.
I have used the dust process, first, in
a small way three years ago; second
on forty acres two years ago; last year
on over 24O acres. This year we shall
use it on over 400 acres. | used one
pound of paris green to ten pounds of
lime; shall use only half that strength
this year, as well as lime alone.
used the dry bordeaux for fungicide
one pound to ten pounds of lime.
shall use this year twenty pounds lime,
one pound paris green, one pound bor-
deauX.
|. We used five hand busters and one
buster to go in spring wagon. We
busted three times and feel sure that
it paid us to do so. We were COM
PEELED to use something besides liquid
because we had no water handy, and
we shall continue to do SO in our young
orchards. While l cannot say that the
dust is as valuable as the liquid, yet
think, from our experience, that we
can prevent the insects and fungous
diseases if we will follow it up sys-
tematically, especially on our young
orchards, where these pests have not
yet secured hold. In an old orchard,
badly affected with these troubles, do
not think we could check their ravages
so quickly or thoroughly.
n a SnT,arrv Training For the Amateur
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-05

AITORNEY-W. E. SHIMMIN.
Attorney at law. Can practice in all
courts. Office in Basford Building, opposite
main entrance to Court House.
Lancaster, wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-05

ATTORNEY-E. NJ. LOWRY.
Office in Baldwin Block,
Lancaster, Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-05

PHYSICIANS. w. DooLITTLE, NJ. D.
Special attention given to diseases of
women and children. Office over Benefits
drug store. Phone 3d.
Lancaster, Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-05

PHYSICIAN-WILsoN CUNNINGHAM, M. d.
Late resident Physician and Surgeon
Mercy Hospital Chicago. Office and Hospi-
tai in Bayley Block,
Platteviile, Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-05

PHYSICIANS. e. HAssEL, NJ. D.
Office over the Meyer-Showalter bank,
Lancaster, Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-05

NOTARY PUBLIC-J. MARTIN BURGESS.
Insurance and Collections. Acknowledge
mentS.
Cassville, Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-05

PHYSICIAN. GODFREY, M. d.
Office oyer postoffice. Residence two blocks
northwest of Grand Central hotel.
Lancaster Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-05

ATTORNEY-W. e. HOWE.
Practices in all courts. Collections a
speciality.
Boscobel, Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-05

Raspberry Training For the Amateur
An Ohio Farmer correspondent gives
some hints about a fashion of trellis-
ing raspberry bushes practiced by an
English gardener as follows:
He set his plants about five feet
part, and between each two pair of
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-05

ATTORNEY-GEo.-B. CLEMENTsoN.
Office in Baldwin Block,
Lancaster, wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-05

PHYSICIANS-GAULT & ROCKWELL.
Office over Hatch Bros. drug store. Phone
No. 80 office, and % residence. Residence
corner Pine and Madison Streets,
Lancaster, Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-05

DIR. JOHN H. REED-DENTIST.
Office corner Jefferson and Maple Streets,
Lancaster, Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-05

GRANT COUNTY ABSTRACT OFFICE
CHURCHILL s. CHURCHILL.
| Established 1869. Abstracts of Title, Real
| Estate and Insurance. Money loaned, Lands
and Mortgages bought and sold on COM
| mission.
| Lancaster wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-05
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE-W. F. MCGoNI

Also agent for six of the best Fire Insur-
ance Companies in the United States. Con-
veyancing and Record Searching of Title OF
Real Estate in Grant county, a speciality.
Office in Mcdonald Block,
Lancaster, Wisconsin.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-03-07
A Terrific Explosion.

Reading, Pa, March 3.-At 10
o'clock last night terrific explosion
occurred in the four-story music
store of C. II. Lichty. The building
at once collapsed. This was followed
by the three-story brick umbrella
factory adjoining of Mrs. Mary Ro-
tand. Both buildings and contents
were destroyed. A number of persons
were in the building, but they are all
accounted for except Mrs. Rotand and
a friend, and the watchman in the
Lichty building. 1t is believed these
three perished. The explosion is said
to have been due to acetylene.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-03-07
PONTIFF'S JUBILEE.
The Pope Celebrates the Path Anni-
versary of His Coronation-A Mag
nIHcent Spectacle.

Rome, March 4.-The principal cere-
mony in the celebration of the pom
titical jubilee in honor of the twens
ty-fourth anniversary of the pope's
coronation, the holding of the 'papal
chapel" was carried out in the ba-
silica of st. Peters, Monday, with
extraordinary pomp and in the pres
ence of the pontiff and an assemblage
estimated to have numbered fully
$4,000 persons. The chapel" was
held in the basilica yesterday for the
first time since 1870, such ceremonies
having in the meantime occurred in
the Sistine chapel of the Vatican.
Thirty cardinals, numerous arch
bishops and bishops, the members of
the pontifical court, the special for
eign missions sent by most countries,
the members of the diplomatic corps
and the Roman nobility, all in mag
nificent vestments or uniforms, par
ticipated in the ceremony and formed
striking spectacle. The pope was
borne in chair, preceded by the pom
tifical court and surrounded by no.
bles, to the throne, amidst the ac-
carnations of the vast assemblage.
Cardinal Vannutelli intoned the mass,
the pontifical choir chanted the TIE
Deum and his holiness pronounced
the benediction.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-03-07
TERRIBLE DESTRUCTION
DONE BY GREAT FLOODS.
Loss in Pennsylvania Enormous and Hundreds of People Are
Idle, Although the Rivers Are Now FallingRvers in
New York Rise-Paterson, N. j, Suffers

Wilkesbarre, March 4.-.The water
in the Susquehanna river Is falling
rapidly and the worst is over. 1t will
be several days before hundreds o.
houses will be tenable, as they are
filled with mud and debris. All the
business in the town of Plymouth is
done on Main street. Every mer-
chant on that thoroughfare has suf-
fered losses by damaged stock. All
the mines on the west side of the
river from Pittston to Nanticoke are
idle.
Pittston, Pa, March 4.-Three
drowning accidents occurred near
here Sunday night. A breaker boy
whose home is at Minooka, fell into
the Lacltawanna river and was swept
away. A small boat containing two
men, names unknown, was capsized
at Kingston Flats, and both of the
occupants were drowned.
New. York, March Mot western
train entered the Grand Central sta
tion Monday afternoon or evening.
All were stalled somewhere along
the line, or delayed by the floods.
Nothing came down the Hudson river
division except local trains. At the
station it was said that not even a
report of any of the trains due could
be had, because of the condition of
the wires.
fWillsboro, N. Y, March 4.-The riv.
ers and creeks throughout the
Adirondacks have overfowed their
banks and considerable damage has
been done to nearby property. All
Al, -, O.
railroad are greatly delayed owing to
high water and ice on the tracks, in
the low lands north of Whitehall.
Elmira, n. Y, March 4.-The drop
in the temperature has improved the
flood situation here, the Chemung
| river having receded to ten feet in
depth. Fire engines were engaged
yesterday in pumping out the cellars
of business places in order. that fires
might be started in the heating ap
| paratus, but it will take another
days pumping before this can be
done. About 500 families were affect
ed by the flood and there is much suf
fering.
Paterson, y. j., March 4.-The worl
of getting out those imprisoned il
upper stories of houses in the flooded
district went on Monday. Thos,
who refused to be taken out in boat.
were supplied with food and Other
articles. All the cemeteries are flood
ed and burials will have to be post
poned. Arrangements are being made
to use the old vaults in the aban
doned Sandy Hill cemetery for the
storage of bodies.
Passaic, n. j., March 4.-Six live,
are known to have been lost in tn,
food Sunday night. The old CULTIVATE,
bridge, connecting Passaic with Out
waters Lane, in Bergen county, wen
out, carrying with it six men who's,
identity is unknown. The men wer,
standing on the bridge watching th
flood when the structure parted il
the middle and went down stream il
fragments. Numerous cases of suf
fering and distress are reported here
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-03-07
I RIOTS AT NORFOLK.
Strike of Street Railway Men Leads to
Disturbances I'm n virginia City.

Norfolk, Va, March ga mob of
800 strike sympathizers on Tuesday
thronged the streets of Norfolk on
which the main line of the Norfolk
Railway and Light Co.'S cars are run
and the police were unable to cope
with it from noon until after dark,
when the cars, which were guarded
by detachments of military and had
run with difficulty all day, were
housed in the barns, where the mill
tary was in control of the situation.
Cars were repeatedly derailed,
wagon loads of stones were piled on
the tracks and free fights between
the military guards and the crowd
occurred during the day at frequent
intervals. In one instance sergeant
ran a bayonet into the arm of II. III.
Harmansef, barber. Mrs. Harman-
sef, who was standing by her hus-
band at the time, knocked the SER
geant to the ground with both fists
and discolored the face of Lieut.. E.
r. Gale, who was near her. Several
soldiers were struck by missiles
thrown through the windows of the
cars. 4 number of arrests were made
by both the police and military.
A conference was held by Mayor
Beaman, Police Chief Veltines and
Col. Higgins, commanding the Seven
ty-irst Virginia regiment, eight COM
panies of which are in service, rela-
tive to placing the city under martial
law. The police force of 100 men has
been on duty for AS hours and is un-
able to meet the emergency. 1t is
possible that the four additional COM
panies of the regiment and battery
of artillery will be called to take
charge of the city.
The strikers last night cut a mile
of trolley wire in the city. The troops
are now guarding the power plant.
| At a meeting last night the Central
Labor union boycotted the street
cars.
Common Councilman Kelley, lead
er of the strikers, offered resolution
at last nights council meeting to re-
woke the street railway franchise for
lapse of two days in running cars
The resolution was referred tc Il spe-
cial committee.
Six non-union men from Knoxville
were held up last night. The strik.
ers overpowered them. They bore
arms and were arrested for carrying
! concealed weapons.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-03-07
ABANOONS THE FIGHT.
Man Accused of Long List OF Grimes
VIII No Longer Seek TO Evade Ex-
tradition.

Ogdensburg, N. Y, March 5.-Mel-
vim Hall notified his lawyers yester-
day that he would no longer fight the
eXtradition proceedings brought by
the Dominion government to take him
to Canada to answer for n long list
of crimes charged against him. Hall
is the alleged leader of band that
operated for years along the from
tier, stealing and robbing. Most of
the members of his party are serving
terms in Canadian prisons, but he
escaped to this side and resided near
Watertown on farm for two years,
under the name of Smythe.
He was identified, arrested and
brought here and stubbornly fought
extradition. His case was heard by
n United States commissioner, who
held that he should be given over to
the Canadian authorities. The papers
were sent to the secretary of state
at Washington, who affirmed the com
missioner's decision. A stay of Ii
days was secured for appeal, but
Hall will now give up the fight and
go to Canada as soon as an officer
arrives for him.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-03-07
JAPS ARE DELIGHTED.
They Have Gone wild Because of the
Treaty OF Alliance with England.

Toxic, Japan, via Victoria, b. c.,
March 5.-Japan has gone wild with
delight over the conclusion of the An
glo-Japanese alliance and is only con-
sidering how best to celebrate. There
has been an elaborate torchlight pro-
cession at Toxic, besides the formal
interchange of congratulations at n
joint meeting held by the two houses
of the diet at which the British min
ister was present.
AT various towns in Japan special
celebrations have already been held
or are in contemplation. The press
is brimming over with cheerful fore
casts of the result of the diplomatic
union," flags are flying and altogeth-
er Japan is patting herself on the
back.
Ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs
Kato touched the keynooe of popular
sentiment when he said that Japan
should signalize the occasion by send
ing over to the naval review to be
held at Spithead during King Ed
wards coronation a warship.
This idea has taken hold and it is
obtained the consent of the emperor
to send a first-class battleship and n
cruiser to take part in the Spithead
naval demonstration.
The Chambers of Commerce
throughout the country are also pre-
pairing to send two representative
merchants to attend the coronation
ceremonies
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-03-07
,BOERS VICTORIOUS.
They Attacked English Wagon
Train and Captured it.
British Soldiers on Guard Were Killed
or Captured Mounted Beers
Rode Down Upon English
and Ovcrwbe eImed
Them.

London, March 5.-Telegrams re-
ceived here from Klerksdorp describ-
ing the attack upon and capture by
the Beers, February "a, at a point
southwest of Klerksdorp, of 467 Brit.
ish soldiers who were acting as con
voy to an empty wagon train, show
that Gen. Delarey laid his plans with
consummate care and precise knowl-
edge of the ground.
The third Boer attack upon the
convoy was delivered from various
points and was most determined. by
sheer recklessness they sought to
ride down and overwhelm the British
defense. The British guns shelled the
charging Beers, but nothing stopped
their onslaught, which was delivered
with unusual impetus. The convoy
mules were subjected to heavy
fire and deserted by the native driv-
ers, the mules stampeded, putting
many of the defenders temporarily
out of action and causing the widest
confusion.
For two hours the British held out.
They then divided and were over
whelmed. A few minutes of fighting
and all was over. The Beers galloped
along the line firing at every man
who showed the slightest tendency
to resist until they reached and cap
tured the guns. In the excitement the
Northumberland Fusileers, who had
been cut off, succeeded in fighting
their way out for some distance.
When their ammunition became eX-
hausted they charged with bayonets,
but were speedily overpowered.
BY o'clock in the morning all re-
sistance was at an end. The dead and
wounded were scattered all over the
field. Broken wagons and panic
stricken horses and mules made a
scene of indescribable confusion. Not
until Gen. Delarey came in person
was anything like order restored. He
stopped the Beers, engaged in strip
ping the British wounded, by the free
use of the sjambol, but they contin-
ued tn. work of despoiling directly
when his back was turned.