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Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-12-31

TROUBLES OF AMERICAN BARONs
One Of the seemingly natural desires
OF the very rich man in this country
Is to acquire large landed estates and
equip and operate them somewhat aft
er the manner of the old barons of
feudal times. This idea seems to be
wholly repugnant to Americans. and
In two cases, one in North Carolina
and one in the Adirondack mountains.
the owners have been having lots of
grief. The lnclosing Of vast areas of
land, the stocking it with game, the
rigid exclusion of the native popula-
ton from their old time privileges of
fishing and hunting and the sort of
lordly ownership and aristocratic ex-
clusiveness associated with such
schemes make lots of trouble While
such enterprises are beneficial in a
sense that they preserve much of the
Wild life which would otherwise be ex-
terminated and many valuable expert
ments are carried on in agriculture
and horticulture as fine arts, still the
common people don't like them and
will not have them if it is possible to
prevent them. One Of the disadvan-
tages of wealth in this country is that
there are some things which a man
can't do, in which respect it differs
from other countries.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-12-31

We know Of a country school which
is being conducted at an expense to
the taxpayers Of $3S per month where
nice little schoolma'am has only two
scholars to teach. In such a case there
certainly should be consolidation. prop
&agation or some other kind Of "ation"
put into operation.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-12-31

Turkeys are said to be scarce this
year, and they are sure to be high
priced. Chickens can we'll be used as
substitute for the Thanksgiving din
ner, for not one person in ten can tell
chicken meat from turkey If he will
shut his eyes when he eats it, and then
1t Is just as easy to feel thankful over
a rooster as gobbler.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-12-31

The Wolf River apple, because Of its
large size and fine color, attracts more
attention and Is the subject Of more
newspaper items than any other apple
grown, and this, too, when it is the
most utterly worthless apple which
ever grew on a tree.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-12-31

California raises the most barley of
any state. 1t is there used largely as
a horse food in place Of oats. The Gal
latin valley In Montana produces the
best quality of barley. all of which is
reserved for the brewers at high prices
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-12-31

The winter season should witness the
development of the social side of farm
life as much as possible. We have a
great regard for the country debating
school and singing school and that sort
Of informal visiting back and forth
between neighbors which always shows
them at their best.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-12-31

A few chickens-say fifteen or twen-
ty-may be kept on the average town
residence lot with profit, provided one
will give them the right sort Of care
and food. 1t is worth something to
have plenty Of nice fresh eggs and
what spring chickens family can use.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-12-31

Railway ties which used to sell for
are increasing in value every year.
When they are worth 81 40 each the
s:steel tie will displace the wooden tie.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-12-31
MINISTER'S AND MONEY!.

We have a large number Of minis
terial friends men whose life work is
devoted to the care Of small charges
where the annual salary is only barely
enough to support life and ministerial
dignity. Some fine haired folks kick
II these men do little work on the
side to make q few dollars. AS we
look at 1t. a minister is under just az
much obligation to provide for his fam
ily-and most parsons have good sized
ones-as man In any other line OF
business. We take no stock IN trust
ing to Providence and going on the
Duperannuated list when a parson Is
sixty: He IL entirely justified Ia max
ing every honorable effort to make
and lay BY enough money to care for
him when he gets old. a rich sinner
e no doubt sad sight and 50 Is 4
NOR sai 80.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-12-31

1t is said that only 9 per cent Of the
area of the farms in Sweden is under
cultivation. 1t is this fact which makes
Ole want to own and work all the land
which joins him when he comes to this
country and finds himself the owner Of
q nice piece of land. .-
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-12-31

The rain falls on the just and the I'M
Just, but it sometimes happens that the
just fellows get more than their share
of the hail. D..
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-12-31

n We came across a drove of hogs the
other day where the owner had been
trying his hand at cross breeding. He
had got the Poland China. the Jersey
Red and the Chester White most beau
tifully mixed, each hog being red.
white and black, like a tortoise shell
cat. We could not see what use such
freak methods Of breeding were. for
when he comes to: market them the
lot il Of uniform color and type would
surely bring him more money.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-12-31

Taken as whole, the native Ameri-
can hates to milk COW, and the prin-
cipal thing which operates to keep the
dairy business within its present limi-
tations is the difficulty of employing
men to do this work As for Ameri-
can girls and women, nine out of ten
Of them would never for q moment
think of such a thing.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-12-31

It seems too bad that SO little of the
hard bought experience of the man of
sixty is really available for his son of
twenty-five. 1t seems as though every
young man has got to buy his own,
and he never gets it at bargain coun-
ter. -, !..;.. ...-' ... ..:.,.~
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-12-31

It Is no longer proper to refer to the
help employed on the farm as the hired
man, but, rather, as the gentleman
whom the farmer takes into his fami-
" to skim the cream OF the farm
products.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-12-31

If your small boy shows natural
aptitude for any particular line of hon
orable employment you just encourage
and educate him along that line, no
matter what it may be. The attempt
Of parents to make their boys take up
lines of occupation for which they
have no native liking is the primary
cause of no end Of misfits in business
life :iEsslE
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-12-31

Supplies Of gas and oil are in nc
sense permanent. While some fields
last longer than others. the best soon
plays out. This fact is very disturb
ing factor with all manufacturing in
terests dependent upon them. In the
long run it will be found that those To-
-calities having large supplies of coal
will hold the control of the manufac-
turing interests of the country.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-12-31

A farmer in; central Iowa imported
his seed oats this year from northern
Minnesota and, sowing them side by
side with oats of his own raising. got
fifty bushels per acre. while his own
seed gave him only ten bushels per
acre. This is a good object lessen.
showing the value of changing seed
and in the case of cereals getting the
new seed from a northern latitude. 1t
rs little practical fact which is well
worth noting and needing.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-12-31

The American hen wins out in the
egg laying contest which has been con-
Quoted by the poultrymen of Aus
tralia. The varieties which took the
prizes were Rose C0mbed Brown Leg
horn and White Wyandotte.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-12-31
THE POOR OLD HAN.

Eftry healthy man has about forty
years Of life In which to do his most
effective work, from twenty to sixty
years Of age. II he does not do some
thing worth while. during those years
he never will. After sixty, while he
will have more sense and q larger fund
Of experience. he will be physically
handicapped and cannot do what he
would. In most cases verything de-
ponds on getting right start between
twenty and thirty. for then his life
habits are formed. Once in a great
while man will recover himself after
finding himself In financial hole when
he Is fifty, but not often At fifty or
sixty a man should be able to live on
his dividends and, while not dropping
all work. be ut least relieved from its
slavery and tyranny. We always pity
q real poor old man, for we we'll know
something went wrong with him. Ell
Their he was one of the many foolish
spendthrift young men or he was Just
simply lazy and shiftless when he
could work or he did not know enough
~ eohe Sohc VI Wudl ue edEueu OF was
the victim of some misfortune for
which he was not responsible, You see,
II man will save only 500 per year
for forty years he will be worth $4,000
when he is sixty, saying nothing about
the accretion of interest on his saw
1ngs. We are going to get the expert
ences of about twenty old men of this
class and find out why they find them
selves without dollar in the world al
sixty!
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-12-31

Der on our prairie farms is manifold.
There is the practical value-fuel for
the farm, shade for the stock. a home
for the birds, which we count our best
friends; then there is value in the
grove as a modifier of climatic ex-
tremes-hot winds in summer and
blizzards in winter. and an aesthetic
value in that the farm is thus beauti-
fed and the country landscape thus
made more attractive.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-12-31

When we get hold Of so called ag-
ricultural paper which carries more
doctors and patent medicine ads. than
1t does agricultural advertisements it
can be set down for fake so far as
it's benefit to farmers Is concerned.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-12-31

: A twenty horse power thrashing en-
CINE or the big separator stuck in the
mud in the middle of some field has
been a not uncommon sight this fall
through the northwest, and 1t has been
no laughing proposition for the owners
of such machines.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-12-31

The best farmers may make their
plans and strive to do their work In
the best way, but the ever unknown
factors Of food, drought, frost and al
ways varying climatic conditions Of
ten bring to naught the best laid plans
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-12-31

In a section Of northern Minnesota
the farmers have hitherto, raised no
crop to speak Of save spring wheat. ~
man from central Iowa went VI, there
and bought a farm. He put nearly ell
OF his 200 acres Of tillable land into
oats and corn this year and bought
some shorthorn cattle and turned a lot
of Chester White hogs loose in the pas
ture and only put in a few acres Of
wheat. Neighbors all made fun Of his
way Of farming, but he has proved to
them that his method Of mixed farm
ing has brought him more than twice
;as much money as they have been able
Z 70 make out Of their wheat crop. and
they will follow his example next year
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-12-31

The introduction of the creamery has
more than doubled the value Of the
butter product Of the west. Twenty
years ago the best dairy butter was
quoted where the writer lives at 10
cents per pound for October. and now
it but rarely is less than 20 cents and
more often brings 25 cents. "
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-12-31

We should not go to law with neigh
Dor If it could possibly be avoided.
It Is far better to adjust differences
without recourse to law, even If the
neighbor does think he has got the best
of the deal. 1t is very rare that any
sort of satisfaction is obtained as the
result of going to law aside from that
of feeling if you win that you have
beaten your opponent.
The use of commercial fertilizers,
like the center of population, is con-
stantly moving westward. The west
ern boundary Of the territory where
the use of such fertilizers is common is
now on the line between Ohio and In
diana. From this line the westward
growth will be more slow, for the rea-
son that the soils Of the Mississippi
valley are naturally more fertile than
those of the east. 3.s@ 3S
a man can be strictly honest and yet
be SO mighty small and picayunish IN
his dealings with his neighbors and
family that he will not rate much high
er in the respect Of his neighbors than
the boss scamp Of the community. Hon
esty is a good deal like many OF the.
things which we eat-needs trimmings.
There Is a lot Of good behind the old
Biblical admonition as to. the gospel
measure liberal, generous, pressed
down and running over Men who.
deal on this basis always have lots OF
friends and get good measure in return.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-12-31

We have altogether too many people
In this country who simply will not
live removed from the crowd. the sa-
loon, the brass band and the insani-
tary conditions Of tenement life in our
cities, which goes to prove that man is
not as wise as the animals, for all wild
as well as domesticated animal and
bird life will instinctively seek those
localities and conditions which will
best promote their we'll being. .- g.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-12-31

One Of our neighbors has four biz
straw piles located at different places
ON forty acre grain field. This fall
when blowing the field, he has had tt
plow around each one of these stacks
This sort Of work looks wasteful.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-12-31

We have reports of fall bearing
variety Of strawberry, originated in
the state of New York. which is prov
ing bonanza for the growers. The
beds have this fall yielded a large crop
Of choice berries. which have found a
ready market at very fancy prices as
high as so cents per box. A distinct
type Of berry which would fruit in
September would prove very valua-
BILE acquisition and do as much to
sweeten up life as anything we know. s
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-12-31

It looks as though the eight horse
power gasoline traction engine, easily
manipulated and cheaply operated, is
to find an important place on the farm
Of the future. not only to do the pump
ing. saving, grinding. but to haul the
plow, seeder and drag-in a word, dis
place the horse. There really seems to
be nothing to prevent it. - r,
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-12-31

We have fine report of the success
of alfalfa in Clay county. S. D., adj
joining the Iowa state line. The man
growing it thinks he has struck bo-
ers in Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota and
Dakota have been experimenting with
alfalfa. and we look, to see burden of
testimony at the institutes this winter
favorable to growing this valuable for
age plant. ~ .r2 s7>rstr Fl sss,<.s -, -.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-12-31

The care of milk on the farm is best
carried out when the milk is run
through. farm separator just as soon
as it is taken from the COW. the skim
med milk fed warm to the calves and
the cream sent to the nearest cream
cry. This simplifies the dairying bust
ness for that large class Of farmers
who do not keep enough cows to make
and market their own butter.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-12-31

A. reputable physician now claims
that hay fever is disease Of the eye
and that If persons afflicted with 1t
Will wear smoked glass spectacles the
trouble will at once disappear.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-12-31

A man who Is undertaking the rails
ing and domestication of quail finds a
serious drawback in the fact that these
birds mate for life, and when the I'M
ion is broken by death neither bird
will accept a new mate: ~
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-12-31

The 200 loads Of barnyard fertilizer
tying in mauy farmyard is just $500
unclaimed. for every load of it put on
a cornfield will make ten extra bushels
of corn inside Of three years and prob
ably more -.. .T2.@-. #
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-12-31

Illustrating the red tape methods Of
the government, when we were visit
ing the botanical gardens at Washing
ton last May and noticed a large palm
in the palm house which had pushed
its top through the glass dome and
was then growing out of doors we
were Informed that the dome could not
be fixed to accommodate the tree until
an appropriation from congress had
been secured for that special purpose
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-12-31

The good tenant, hired man and
hired girl are never permanent fixtures
for just about as soon as their value in
these capacities is appreciated of they
60 to go into business on their own &C.
count. $50
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-10-16
Died Ia Ills Chair.

Benjamin M%erriott, aged ~ years,
died Mt his home five miles west of
Versailles ut = o'clock Tuesday morn.
ing. MIR. Merriott had been suffering
for some time with drospy to the eA-
tent that he had determined To have
an operation performed and Tuesday
wa decided upon as the time for the
operation, but while setting in hi,
chair the disease stopped the action OF
the heart and death came suddenly,
his wife being near him 1T the mo.
ment.
Deceased was an old resident OF Nor.
gan county and leaves II wife and four
children. The funeral was held at Z
o'clock Wednesday afternoon, Rev. L..
j. Baughman of this city conduct ng
the funeral rites at the residence, aftc,
which interment took place In Ritchit
cemetery. The bereaved family have
the sympathy OF their many friends in
the loss OF their valued husband and
father.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-10-16
Ono on the Dentist.

The Rich Hill Review tells the fol
lowing story ION" local dentist: A
little girl. suffering with toothache,
was in his chair to have the tooth ex.
tracted. She refused TO let him pro-
coed Mt first, being afraid Of the pain.
ut won't hust you, little one said
the dentist. "There, now, open your
mouth. IL won't hurt" Half Il min
ute's work removed the tooth and as
the little girl cried softly the dentist
said, Didn't l tell you it wouldn't
hurt? What do you think Of me now?
Looking up at him with her big brown
eyes she replied, II think you're the
biggest liar In town" The dentist has
quit telling people tooth pulling dom,
hurt.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-10-16
Died In Iowa.

Mrs. +. y. Brownfield died at the
home OF her son., DR.. Browntield, in Ell
don, Iowa, last Sunday afternoon. She
was the wife of DR.. BrOwnfield OF this
city and had been suffering with paral.
ysis since the family came here from
Iowa last spring. On September 9Th
accompanied by the Doctor, she de-
parted for her old home in Iowa think.
ing the change would be beneficial,
but her condition became worse until
death relieved her.
Deceased was 6s years OF age, the
mother of six grown children, two OF
whom, Charles and Mary, had come
here with the family from Iowa. On
receipt Of a telegram they at once de-
parted for Iowa 70 be present Mt the
funeral, which was held Mt Farming
ton, Iowa, where the family had lived
prior to coming to Missouri. Mrs.
B%rowntield was a CONSTANT Christian
lady, having been a member of the
baptist Church for years and on ar
rival in this city attached herself TO
the Baptist congregation here. The
s%ympathies of this community are ex-
tended TO the husband and family in
this their hour Of sorrow.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-10-16
GENERAL LOCAL NEWS.
Jesse =. Sncrgrass Dead.

Died, at his home In this city. Wed
nesday morning at 8 o'clock, Jesse s.
Snorgrass. aged 90 years, 0 months
and two days, heart disease Of which
he had suffered for months being the
direct cause Of death, his wife and six
grown children surviving him.
Jesse Sweeney S%norgrass had been a
resident Of Morgan county for 03 years,
having come to the county with his
parents from Casey county. Kentucky,
when but three years Of age. He had
been a farmer all his life and until re-
Gently lived On n farm three miles
north Of Versailles. In August, 1859
he was married to Miss Francis Young,
daughter of Col. 4. X. Young OF this
county, 10 which union six children
were born, namely: Thomas j., OF
Benton county; DR.. w. F., of Centralia,
/. r; Mrs. Viola 4. Price; Jennie $.
Adams OF Washington. d. c.; Wade
Hampton of Fort Collins. Col; and
Jesse Edward now at home, all of
whom are living, the fathers death
being the first to break the family
union.
Deceased had been a member OF the
baptist Church since he was twelve
years OF age, was an honored Mason,
conscientious in oil his dealings, and a
mar Of integrity and honor, who could
I've pointed to As one Of our representa-
tive citizens, and respected ecans he
deserved the good will Of all. The
funeral took place to-day friday at
$3.50 o'clock a. IN, services being held
at the baptist Church, after which the
remains were inferred in the city CEN.
c,cry with Masonic honors. The wife,
children and relatives entertain the
deepest sympathy in the loss OF their
most valued husband, father and
friend.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-10-16
HahatOnka Park Sold.

A company Of capitalists of st. Louis
composed of Bryan Snyder, general
passenger agent Of the st. Louis & San
Francisco railroad; Otto Stifel, Tony
Steuver, DR.. Hugo Summa, John NJ,
Simon, Jefferson McSorley. John W
Campbell, John Thyson, l. McGirk,
Judge Stephens Of Clayton, r. j. O'Brien
of the Wabash, Captain A. Arnold OF
Springfield, and Geo. and Henry Heitz.
berg, have purchased lIahatonka
grounds, consisting Of $500 acres on
the Big Niangua river in Camden coun-
ty about 30 miles southeast of Yer.
s~ailles.
The company proposes making Haha.
tonka n of the most inviting, as a
pleasure resort and natural park, TO he
seen In the west. and to this end will
spend 500, 600 on the grounds to give
the resort artificial as we'll as nat urnl
beauty.
Everybody in this section Of the
state know Of the natural beauty, the
excellent fishing, h unique surround
ings, and the general grandeur Of Ha.
hatonka, and it Is the intention Of the
company to add TO these natural beau.
ties everything known to builders Of
summer resorts. The erection Of cot
tngcs and a mammoth hotel will be
among the first Of the proposed i'm
~provements. An electric lighting and
power plant will be installed, the power
being furnished by the spring. The
caves and other parts OF the grounds
will be brilliantly lighted, and In I'D.
dition the company proposes to furnish
light and power for nil the towns In
the surrounding country. The pur.
chase was made from Major R. d. KEEL.
logg, the owner, who lives In Leb.
anon.