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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-12-27

stories" which never could be ''laid
or put down, and is as real and tru'
as Hamlet's ghost is weird anc
poetical:
In the year 1871, I cast in my lo
with party of colonists in prairie
town in Southwestern Minnesota
and set out to help build a mode
colony.
It was the experience of a life
time, this breaking up the virgin
lands and thus building a com
munity from the ground up. Letters
went back East telling how the
colonists planted corn with an az
and caught fish with pitchfork, and
how the piano was set up in shanty
and the library was stacked up un.
der the bed. =
The game lover found himself in
a paradise. Birds abounded, duck
wild geese, brant. curlew, pelican
and prairie chickens. The local poet
wrote "aeets on fleets of duck float
round the Lake." q
The summers were rich. The far.
mers rode along the creek bottoms
and near the lakes, through seas OF
wild, bluejoint grass up to the backs
of their horses. The days and nights
were frequently glori6ed by thunder
storms of terrific and ineffable gran
deur. At night the colonists often
sat till midnight watching the frolic,
sheet-lightning playing over miles Of
cloud banks, wildly suggesting the
possible glories of another world.
In the autumn, from the middle of
September to the middle of October,
it was genuine Indian summer. AT
this season the prairies of the North
west had the finest climate on the
continent-crisp, frosty nights and
soft, crystal-clear days, when the
hum of the thresher could be heard
for miles.
On some mornings the looming
mirage cast a glamour over the
prairies and changed them into an
enchanted land. Farmers, at first,
doubted their senses and feared fo1
their reason when they saw the coun-
try for fifty miles in all directions
raised into view, lakes, groves, vii
lagos, not ordinarily visible, appear
ing like apparitions invoked by some
enchanter's wand.
On the morning of November ID,
1879, assembled to the highest build
ling in the town and stood for an hour
surveying a fairy land. Thirty miles
east the timber line of the Dea
Moines river could be traced for fifty
miles up and down, and the timber
on Lake Shetek, thirty or forty miles
north, loomed up distinctly. The
day was divine, but towards night
those who knew the Northwest saw
indications of blizzard. Even the
familiar flock of wild geese flew over,
going south. :.
At dark, a gale from the northwest
struck the houses in the town with a
whack as distinct as if it had been a
board in the hands of old Boreas.
One of the famous northern biz
yards was on, and it continued until
tho afternoon of the third day.
lThenceforth it was winter. Snow
Lowered the prairies and blookaded
the railroad most of the time until
late in the spring.
|. The 7th of January, following, was
another divine day. The sky was
mild and clear and there was no
wind. The settlers supposed that
something like an Eastern thaw was
at hand, and they came to town
on business or set out with their
teams on various brands.
Towards noon a change was ap-
parent. The sky lost it's crystal
clearness and became a tridIe misty
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-12-27
Points For Merchants

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1t remains for the man who, tills
the soil to call the merchants 20 ac-
count because they do not offer the
proper inducements to farmers to
patronize them. We have touched
on this eame subject frequently, and
we are pleased to know that the
sentiments of this newspaper are in
dorsed by resident of Iowa, who
reads the merchants a proper lecture.
This man writes The Grundy Demo-.
crat that "if the mail order house
gets $1,000 out of this county each
month that belongs to the home mer-
chants the fault is with the home
merchants themselves. The mail or
der houses advertise and give up
prices on everything they offer for
sale. They tell us what they have
and what they want for it. OF
course we get soaked once in while
and if we do we can try some other
house. Most of the home merchants
who. advertise at all don't quote
prices" ~ .-, ~. '..ss5
They neglect to tell us what we
want to know-prices. Of course we
can 60 to the store and ask the prices
of this article, and that, but you
know how it is-one doesn't know so
we'll what he wants 70 buy when he9'
gets in a store as when he is at home.
And here is where the mail order
houses make their hit. They send
us their advertising matter into our
homes and we read it when we
haven't anything else to dc and
every member of the family who
reads their stuff usually finds some
thing that he or some other member
of the family wants and many orders
are made up and sent out at just
such times.
fright here is where the home
merchant falls down. If he talked
up his business in our homes the
same as the mail order houses do, the
people would be in to see him next
time he came to town, and in many
cases extra trips would be made to
get the things at once that we
wanted until they we're brought to
our attention.
"The home merchant can save the
expense of getting out catalogue
We people read the home papers
more carefully than we do cata. :
logue, and if the merchant wants to
talk business with us let him put it
In so that we know that he means
business. The home merchant like
ly, nine times out of ten, sells his
goods as cheap as the mail order :
houses and I believe on many things
they are much cheaper, but how are
we to know it if he does not tell us
about it.
"A merchant must not think that
even his best customers know the
details of his stock so we'll that they
can tell what he has without being
told. It is none of our business how
the merchant runs his business, but
I don't like to see these roasts in tho
papers all the time about fellows
who get little stuff shipped in ones "a
in a while and never anything said
on the other side. There are always
two sides to a question and have
given you mine. If it is anything to
VOL Won ran take il "
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-12-27
We PayCash

For eggs, poultry and cream. The
money situation doesn't worry us
Bring US your produce.
Worthington Creamery Co.
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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-12-19
Getting Rid of White Gruhs.

These suggestions regarding white
grubs were made by the Missouri Ex-
pertinent Station:
1t is very difficult to do much in de-
stroying white grubs where they have
once gotten good foothold. About
the only plan is to put out a new patch
and pillow and cultivate thoroughly the
ground where the infested patch stands
These white grubs are the larvae of q
group of beetles known as May beetles
or June bugs. They feed for three
years as white grubs before changing
to adults, so that you will find various
sizes of these grubs at the same time
in your patch. Some Of these will ma
ture one year. some the following year
and so on Cultivation is about the
only remedy for these grubs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-12-19
pun,nkiu PIE.

Make crust of one level cupful Of
pastry -four, one-fourth teaspoonful of
salt rub into this half cupful of cold
lard and when the mixture is of the
consistency Of corn meal add one
fourth cupful of ice cold water, Mix
into a dough and then roll out into
lining or a pan, bringing it well upon
the edge and pressing it into crimps
with the thumb and finger. This makes
very large pie. Take one pint of
pumpkin which has beer stewed uutil
tender and slightly scorched; add TO 1t
one teaspoonful of ginger, two tea
spoonfuls OF cinnamon, one teaspoon
full of salt. one pint of sugar, four eggs
and. after beating these ingredients
all together. add one quart of milk ana
turn into the pastry-lined crust. Set
into Il moderate oven to bake until the
center Is firm and the crust Drowned.
Set aside to become cold and when
ready to send to the table pressed
whipped cream into Il sheaf of wheat
with piping tube nd bag. This can
be omitted and instead n bunch OF
grapes placed on by dropping the cream
from teaspoon into the shape
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-12-19

Professor John Is. Smith, the Ento-
mOlogist of the New Jersey Experiment
Station, in a bulletin on the cabbage
and onion maggots, just issued, refers
to the necessity Of quick acting fer
tilizer in conjunction with planting ut
the right time. and replenishes the fol
lowing formula, recommended in ear
lier reports: Nitrate Of soda 700
pounds: acid phosphate, ] 900 pounds
muriate Of potash, 300 pounds. This,
he said, In the case OF radishes, can be
applied as top dressing along the
rows, before they are planted, or Just
after they are up, at the rate of 500
pounds per acre. Similar applications
can be made on turnips or onions
believe that fertilizer compounded
after this formula, or the application
Of the three ingredients separately. at
proportlonate rate, would in most
cases be followed by good results The
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-12-19
Bound to Rain,

A Washington man, who spent last
summer in the White mountains, tells OF
a characteristic encounter with New
Hampshire farmer. 1t was late in Sep
tember and it was almost time for the
equinox, or cline Storm" as the natives
call it. The city man was planning a
certain trip on his motor cycle. but the
morning on which he had been intending
to start was so gray an dovercast that
he felt some hesitation about setting out.
He was trying to persuade himself out
of this feeling, even though his better
Judgment was against him. The noun
tains were yelled in wreaths of mist ana
cloud that had settled down almost to
their bases. He was getting his wheel
Seady, when one of the nearby farmers
came up and watched him.
II s'pose We don't mind gettin' some
wet" he finally insinuated.
"Oh, don't believe it's going to rain,'
answered the optimist. jauntly. 1T looks
a bit threatening. but | think it will clear
up by noon, so I'm going to start"
The farmer was silent moment, then
he pointed solemnly toward the clouds,
which had entirely shut out from view
the mighty mountain four miles away.
Young man." he said impressively as
he pointed. Look thar. When the cloud
settles down over Kearsarge God
Almighty couldn't stop the RAIN
Washington Star.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-12-19
A Recipe for a Long Life.

1.-THE announcement of the death al
105 years of a workhouse inirmary in
mate emphasizes the effect that ease OF
mind and lack of worry have on the sys
tenn said physician yesterday.
"If this woman had been under the
ordinary conditions of her life her nerves
would have suffered certain amount ul
strain, and this would have had an il
effect on her bodily health.
when medical men prescribe for a
patient on the point Of Il nervous break
down we insist on three things-a gooC
nights rest, suficiency Of plain. nour-
ishing food, and regular hours for eat
ing, exercising and sleeping. The in
mates of our infrmaries and unions hav,
all of these benefits. and as the major
ity are more comfortable bodily thar
they have ever been before worry to then
is unknown. So it is hardly surprising
that these people frequently live to very
great ages. London Mail
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-12-19
Points for Milking.

According to some experiments noted
by the Department Of Agriculture, 1t
was found that where cows were milk
ed three times a day, morning. noon
and evening, the milk was richest at
noon and poorest in the morning: and
when MIXED morning and evening the
milk was slightly richer in the even
Ing.
Milk quickly. but gently, and at reg
uar hours. Cows must be made com
Portable to do well. Give COWS chance
to exercise in the open air when the
weather is comfortable. In order to be
prolific yielder of milk the cow must
be a hearty eater, with good digestive
powers. In milking, get all the milk
each time, but do not keep on stripping
after you have got it.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-12-19
short suggestions.

A teaspoonful Of powdered borax
added to boiling starch will give IA lus
ter to the clothes and prevent the iron
from sticking,
Cut household soap into pieces and
put into n dry place; It is more eco
nomical to use after ii has become
hard, and II does not waste SO readily.
Mauve prints and muslius should be
washed In suds containing little soda.
for this will help 10 preserve their
color Soda usually fades colored
prints, but mauye is the happy excep-
ton.
DO you know If you would bake your
cookies on the outside of the large
baking pan that there would be fewer
burned onesi Try II the next time you
are making cakes and see what an au-
vantage 1t is over placing them In the
pan.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-12-19
ACrtculture's Amazing Growth.


How can any country be hard up
whose farms in the last nine years
have produced fifty-three thousand mil
lions Of dollars worth of crops!
No wonder that the report of the
Secretary of Agriculture is full or
thanksgiving flavor and that he is nm
affected by causes for gloom that work
on other men. The value of the farm
products for 1907 is nearly seven ANA
one-half billions of dollars; 10 per
cent above that of 1906 when all rec
ords of crops were broken; % per cent
over 1903. and 81 per cent over 1899
More than 3,O00,oO0 acres of land
that used to be considered valueleSs,
1.-THE home of the cactus and the prai-
RE dog" are now producing S3o,opo,-
600 worth OF crops every year; and
these crops are directly due to Sec
rotary Wilson, who imported the Med
iterranean dur,lm wheats at first
cost Of $4,000 and saw that they were
planted there Irrigation farming, due
wholly to the department, will this year
sell crops for not less than S2oO,OOo,-
600 which is not contemplate, In view
of the fact that the Department of Az
rculture costs only about $l5,0Go,oT
a year.
! Yet the work of the department is 10y
no means on such a scale as the nat
ural resources Of the country warrant
and will one day make possible. Sur
veyors declare that not one-half the
farms Of the coLntry-42O, OOO,OU
acres, to be eXact--can be classed as
improved land. and only one-third, or
800. 100000 acres, Is fruitful. Many
years will pass before all this ground
is put under cultivation, but the time
will come when 1t will be producing
abundant crops and supporting hun
dreds Of millions of human beings
Chicago Journal.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-12-19
Heavy Hay Tonnage.

by methods that are perfectly prac-
ticabe to you we ut the college are get
ting tifty-four tons Of hay from twelve
acres. First we have our land well
TILED" said Professor Gilbert, of the
Maine station, in addressing n recent
farmers meeting. why is there So
much rundown land. is it low in fer
tility? No it has been lying In grass
too long. There are lots Of fertility,
nitrogen, phosphorlc acid and potash /;
what it needs is blowing up and rota-
ton.
"Plow poor land In the fall, and by
spring there will be air In 1t, harrow 1t
well in the spring, pulvcrzc 1t by har-
seed with oats and grass, and the next
year you will have a good crop OF
grass, and clover the next year. A
good rotation of potatoes on sod land,
using commercial fertilizer; the next
year cover with stable dressing then
oats and grass With no fertilizer; the
next year. grass and clover, with top
dressing of fertilizer. Our mixture OF
grass seed TO the acre is eleven pounds
timothy, six redtop, four red clover and
four alsikc
"For the top-dressing 800 pounds to
the acre of fertilizer carrying 3 per
cent nitrogen, I per cent phosphoriC
acid, 9 per cent potash. The grass
should be cut while in bloom" After
explaining why it should be done, he
continued, After the first crop is cut,
100 pounds Of the same fertilizer to the
acre should be applied"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-12-19
"Chickcn-Wiguie."

Among the newer dishes is chicken
wiggle," which is simply warmed chick
en- with peas. Cut the cold CHECKER
into small pieces and warm with but
ter, pepper, salt and a little cream. Ad,
the peas, which have been cooked II
salted water: stir TIL all is heatct
through and serve. For moderately
lean fowl add Il small cupfu of nut
meats to the stutling, and this vii
make it richer. In making chicken pic
from old hens have plenty of gravy
and boil the meat till thoroughly ten
der
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-12-19
TwO-EgE Sponge Cake.

Beat two eggs separately and well.
Add to yolks one-half cup sugar; beat
then three-eighths cup boiling water
and another half-cup of sugar and one
fourth teaspoonful salt; beat again.
Add Juice and grated rind of one
fourth lemon: beat again. Now add
alternately the whites of eggs and one
level cup -four sifted with one and one
half teaspoonful baking powder. Bake
twenty-five minutes in n creased, pa
per-lined, shallow pan In moderate
oven
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-12-19
BLACK, ITCHING SPOTS ON FACE.
Physicinn Called 1t Eczema in Worst
F0rm-Patient Despaired of Cure
-Cutfcura Remedies Cured Her.

SuTSu
about four years ago | was atilict-
ed with black splotches all over my
face and a few covering my body,
which produced a severe itching irri-
tation, and which caused me great
deal of suffering, to such an extent
that was forced to call in two Of the
leading physicians Of -. After a
thorough examination of the dreaded
complaint they announced it to be
skin eczema In the worst form. Theif
treatment did me no good. Finally
became Respondent and decided to dis
continue their services. My husband
purchased single set of the Cuticura
Remedies, which entirely stopped the
breaking out. l continued the use OF
the Cuticura Remedies for six months,
and after that every splotch was en-
tirely gone. have not felt symptom
Of the eczema since, which was three
years ago. Mrs. Lizzie E. Sledge, $40
Jones Ave. Selma. Ala, Oct. 2S. 1906.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-12-19

corn stored In the crib, as would nat
urally be expected. az the seed was
exposed to the widely varying tenn
peratures which prevailed during the
winter season. The termination was
practically the same with the samples
stored In a dry room and on racks III
q barn, though these methods of stor-
ing had but little advantage over the
use of the warming oven. Considera-
BILE difference was witnessed, however,
In the strength of the examinations
from corn kept in the several ways In
Dictated The grain from the corn
stored In the crib showed the least
vigor Of termination, the best results
being obtained from the corn stored
on the racks in the barn, followed
quite closely by that stored in q dry
room. The corn stored in the warm
Ing oven terminated fairly well II
all except two instances. In one the
termination was remarkably low. due
either to Il poor ear or to the fact that
the corn may have been overheated al
some time. Exchange.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-12-19
TIE
General Demand

OF the Well Informed of the World has
always been for simple, pleasant and
efficient liquid laxative remedy of known
value; laxative which physicians could
sanction for family use because its COM
ponent parts are known to them to be
wholesome and truly beneficial in effect,
acceptable to the system and gentle, yet
prompt, in action.
In supplying that demand with its ex-
cellent combination of Syrup of Figs and
Elixir of SIENNA, the California Fig Syrup
Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies
on the merits of the laxative for its remark
able success.
That is one OF many reasons why
Syrup OF Figs and Elixir of SIENNA is given
the preference by the Well-Informed.
TO get its beneficial effects always buy
the gcnunc-manufactur by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale
by all leading druggists. Price fifty cents
per bottle.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-12-19

There Is more Catarrh In this section Of
the country than all other diseases put to-
gether, and until the last few years was sup
posed to be incurable. For great many
years doctors pronounced 1t a local disease
and prescribed local remedies, and by con-
stantly failing to cure with local treatment
pronounced 1t incura BILE Science has proven
catarrh to be a constitutional disease and
therefore requires constitutional treatment
Halls Catarrh Cure. manufactured by +. j..
Cheney Co., Toledo, Ohio. is the only con-
stitutional cure on the market. 1t Is taken
internally in doses from 10 drops to a tea
spoonful. 1t acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. They offer
one hundred dollars for any case 1t fails to
cure Send for circulars and testimonials.
Address +. j. CHENEY 4 CO, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take HALLS Family Pills for constitution
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-12-19

One peck OF tomatoes, peeled with
out scalding and drained overnight;
two cups chopped onion, two cups chop
ped celery, oneh half cup salt, two cups
per, three teaspoonfuls cloves, one tea
spoonful allspice, two quarts vinegar
and one cup sugar Bottle cold. This
is not to be cooked.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-12-19

Brown onc-hnlf cup of butter ana
two large onions Ichopped) together
until well done. Slice one pint of po-
tatoes and add to the onions and but
cook until the potatoes are soft Sea
son to taste with salt and pepper and
last of all, add about n cupful of rich
cream. Serve while very hot.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-12-19
Rcnction from Low Prices

A large number OF farmers Will dis
card a crop altogether the next season
If prices are low at present, which is
Just the opposite practice TO the course
that should be pursued, for the reason
that when one farmer drops out 9th
ers are entertaining the same views,
the result being that the article WI
be scarce the next year and prices
high.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-12-19
Danish NIncaront Salad.

-.reak one-fourth pound of macarohl
into 2-inch pieces. cover with quart
of cold water. sailed. and boil brisky
until tender. Whip half-pint OF whip
ping cream, mix with onc-halt as much
boiled salad dressing, season and add
vinegar or lemon juice to taste. Mix
the macaroni with this heap in center
of round dish and garnish with Dor
der of hot boiled fish, or of overlap
ping slices of cold meat.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-12-19
A Bright Headline.

Jacob a. Kiis, author and journalist,
headlines.
las bright n headline as | know" said
he, was written by youth of is in Il
san Francisco newspaper office. There
was a bill up to prohibit the sale of
alcoholic drinks within four miles of the
University of California, and this bill the
youth headed:
IAN act to Promote PedestrianSm
Among Our Students
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-12-19
ProDer Fruit Packing,

great many farmers and fruit
growers seem to ignore the conditions
attending the journey which their
wares must take before they reach the
hands and eyes Of the consumers, The
methods of transportation, customs Of
the trade. the markets fashions as re
CARDS style, size and form Of package,
all must be well understood, for they
are as important as the growing Of the
crop