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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-04-23


Riding across the country one day,
DR.. Blank noticed an old negro who
had been for quite a while perched mo-
tionless upon a little bridge, fishing
silently from the stream beneath. For
some time he watched him from a dis
lance, but finally, overcome by the old
fellows unmoved patience, he o up
and accosted him.
= Hello, Wash! What are you doing
up there?'
"Fishin'. sah,'' came the reply.
"Not getting mar are you?
mo, sah.'
"Well, it seems to me you'd get tired
fishing SO long without a bite"
/ Il doesn't van no bite, cap'n."
y. "Well, that's funny. Why don't you
! want a bite, Wash?"
Hits this-a-way, cap'n: when I gifts
q lots O. bites. hit takes all meh time
to get the fish of'n meh line. an I
doesn't have no time fob ashin'."-Suc-
cess Magazine.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-04-23

In a residence street on Washington
Heights. New York. II trauSrr saw
girls walking round on stills.
Il don't understand this said the
stranger. "Whru l was Il ~youngstcr
it was the boys who walked on stills,
not the girls.
y the boys had stills then, and
they used to see how high up on the
sticks they could put the blocks and
still walk on them, but never knew
a girl to have II pair of stills.
"Oh, sometimes II girl would borrow
a pair of stills Of II boy ana try walk
Ing on them, but it was the boys who
had stills, not the girls. And now
here it is just the other way; it's the
girls, not the boys. How do you ac-
count for that"
But the person addressed, being not
quite so old as the stranger, and
not so well verscd in ancient silt his
tory, could rOt say.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-04-23

On cold nights the fowls roost
closely together and in this way keep
warm. Should they crowd on the roost
they are apt to sweat and in the morn.
Ing when they get down on the floor
of the pen are apt to feel chilly on
account OF the difference in tempera-
ture. If, however. there is litter on
the floor and the night before grain
WAS thrown among the litter it will
stand that by scratching they will not
only keep warmer, but there Is a
strong possibility Of finding something
to eat. Hens are not as dumb as they
look.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-04-23

If, at almost any time Of the year,
we walk through the woods where the
red, scarlet. black or pin oaks are grow
Is, where we find those that
ripen their acorns In two seasons and
therefore belong in tho pin oak group,
says st. Nicholas, we shall probably
find on the ground fallen branches that
vary in size from hat of a lead pencil
to that Of ones thumb or ever larger.
These at the broken end appear as If
cut away within the wood, so that only
a thin portion is left under the bark.
Within the rather Uneven cut, generally
the center of the growth, is a
small hole tightly plugged by the pow
der post Of a beetle larya. Split open
the branch or twig, when a burrow vii!
be seen, and the little, white, soft, hard
jawed larva thai made it will be found
or perhaps the inactive pupa.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-04-23
Hog Lice.

hog AAcS'
A good preparation for killing hog
lice is made by melting three plnts Of
lard and mixing it with n pint OF
coal oil. The lard may be rancid.
Even meat frying will do, the salt be-
ing no objection.
When the grease has been melted,
mix the coal oil well with it and apply
with a rag or brush while warm, but
not hot, to the backs and behind the
ears Of the animals. Rub the mixture
well into the hair. Since hogs will not
readily stand while the application Is
being made, give them an appetizins
slop in q trough and apply while the
animals are drinking. In this way one
person can. by rapid manipulation.
grease twenty to thirty hogs in about
five minutes.
The benefit Of putting the grease on
the backs and behind the ears is that
it will spread by gravity and finally
cover all Of the hogs body. There Is
no objection. however, to greasing the
animal all over. for the more grease
put on the more lice will be killed. It
Is DIelcIdDIc l u
in the evening. at feeding time, so that
one hog will crease another in rubbing
against each other in the bed. Before
, application Is made, or Immediately
a~fterward, clean out and remove all
bedding material and disinfect the hog
house with coal oil and carbolic acid,
or coal oil alone. for killing all lice
tina may be h%arboring there.
Repeat the hog greasing once or
twice at intervals Of about a week
apart. spraying their sleeping quarters
at the same time, and the lice will
disappear.
In summer we kill lice on hogs by
digging q wallow hole about two feet
deep in their lot or pasture, filling 1t
about half full Of water, n pouring
a gallon Of coal Oil on the water. When
the weather is warm the hogs will wal
low in the water covering themselves
with mud at the same time. and the
lice are killed through having to touch
the animals. Oil and water will not
mix, hence the pure coal oil comes in
contact with the hide Of the hogs, which
is supposed to aus blisterins or re-
moving Of hair, but in no case, with
many experiments, have any such re-
suits followed from the use Of pure
coal oil. It is likely that wallowfng
IN the muddy water tenapers tie actor
Of the oil.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-04-23

Like

them in the world. the
biggest seller-why? Because its the best
medicine for the liver and bowels. Ito
what they will do for yox-aot what
NE say they wlX do-that makes
CASCARETS famous. Millions US
CASCARETS and it is all the medicine
that they ever need to take. ~
cAscARETs zoe 4 box for q veef's
treatment, all druggists. Biggest seller
in the world. Million boxes q moAth.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-04-23
How to Trent the Work Il

Horses employed for farm work
should not be panpered but should be
fed generously SO as to sustain vigor
and good spirits. A team i'll fed and
consequently in poor condition and fee
BILE will not accomplish much real work
and it Is a waste OF time to hire an
expensive hand to drive such a team.
The work horses should be fed early
in the morning and they should have a
liberal feeding. The comfort and rest
Of the team will be vastly promoted II
the harness is entirely removed at noon
while they are feeding. Allow them
plenty of time for a good meal and par
tial digestion before they are put to
work for the afternoon. 1t is poor pol
icy to put them to work right after
eating a hearty meal or upon a full
stomach.
If we would allow the teams more
rest at noon we would accomplish more
work than when they are only allowed
time to swallow their food. At evening
let them be well groomed and their
legs, bellies and feet relieved from all
mud Inc filth.
The practice of many farmers Of
driving a team through cold water to
wash the filth off their feet and legs Is
dangerous, as it causes many diseases
that they are subject to.
A warm or overheated team should
o be put in a cold, airy place, bnt
first exercised and then blanketed and
put in a warm stable, and after the
blankets are removed they should be
wiped dry with straw or cloths.
When a team has been exposed to
rains they should not be lcft'to become
dry. but should be rubbed dry, as chil!s,
feyers and other ailments often result
from allowing them to dry by the
evaporation Of the moisture from their
bodies.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-04-23
Had Seen His Photograph.

The death Of Bishop Potter removed
one of the most interesting figures In
American church life. Here is a good
story Of the bishop. One day, as he
was waiting for a train at a small
country station, he was approached by
q rustic passenger who had been scan-
ming his features curiously for a while.
Excuse me. SIR said the stranger,
but your face somehow seems familiar
to me. Haven't 1 seer your portrait in
the newspapers?' . .f.
The bishop smiled b%enignly. and re-
piled that it was not unlikely. ..s
II thought &c." continued the other,
"and would you mind telling me what
you were cured Oft"
To q young lady who, apropos the
question of Sabbath observance, sked
\ ahe might battle in the Atlantic on
Sunday, Bishop Potter replied:
That, my dear young lady. is a see
over which / have no jurisdiction."-
Detroit News-Tribune.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-04-23

"Fathcr," Sail the young man who
had been feeding at the parental trough
for Il number of years, Il AVE made
up my mind to paddle my w Il
hereafter"
I'm certainly delighted to hear 1t,
my son. replied the old man.
And father" continued the y. m, 81
want to begin at once. so kindly let me
have $50 to huv 4 canoe and paddle"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-04-23
Care Of Poultry.

The farmer must keep his poultry
under the same conditions the poultry
man does his. If he wishes to profit
by the work and build up a reputation
for reliable goods. Instead of the
fowls having unlimited range, they
should be confined to g~enerous-sized
runs-1OO feet in length and as broad
as the width Of the house-and these
pens must not be overcrowded. The
farmer should build houses that will
enable him to readily ventilate dixie.
for instance, the scratching shed house,
and the should be gathered at
least once a week. Nothing but the
pu. st grains and meat scraps and
green stuff should be fed. The eggs
should be gathered one or more times
a day. according to the condition OF
the weather. And no eggs should be
he,G longer than one week the enter
prising poultryman ships twice a week.
An egg should never be sent to mar
kct niles it's condition and age are
known to the shipper and a be guar
antccd. Under no circumstances should
eggs found in the hidden nest" be al
lowed to be palmed of on the innocent
buyer.
In market language fancy" eggs are
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-04-23

The horse was going to be driven out
ST existence by the locomotive, but in
stead thereof he multiplied exceeding
ly and increased in value, although his
iron substitute was tearing all over
the country in every direction. Then
he was to be reduced to !nnccucus
desuetudc by the trolley car, and after
that by the automobile. But the De-
partment of Agriculture reports that in
eleven years the number of horses in
this country has increased from under
fourteen to more than twenty millions,
the aggregate farm value Of them has
advanced from less than half a billion
to very nearly two billions, and the
average value Of the animal has ad-
vanced nearly three-fold, from $34.26 in
1898 to $95.64 in 1909. Perhaps some
Of our timid manufacturers who are
In a panic lest they should be crushed
If they were exposed to a little com
petition may take encouragement from
he prosperity Of the horse.-Exchange.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-04-23

Ohio has a stringent law in refer
ence to the sale of milk products. 1t
prohibits the sale of milk under the
following conditions: l.. From COWS
fed on unhealthy feed. .. From COWS
fed on wet distillery or starch waste.
3. From diseased or sick cows. i.
From cows kept in a place hat Is
u~nclean or in an insanitary condi-
ton. s. From COWS kept In a
cramped or unhealthy condition. g..
When water or other foreign substance
has been added. I. When it is IN
clean. impure. unhealthy or unwhole
some.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-04-23

guaranteed fresh-not over three daya
old. prime eggs are those where the
age is not known, they being from
one to three weeks of age, in cool
weather. "FreSh case eggs are a class
W of which it is possible at times to
secure Sin good ones. three fair ones,
and three that are demorulizcd, out of
Il dozen.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-04-23
by Being Fired.

"Ruggles, how did you catch that
cold?"
"Well, I'll tell you, Ramage. I lose
my job the other day. 1t was the frs
time such a thing has ever happened
me. and l got kind O. reckless, you know
and exposed myself, and-and@
Il see. You caught it on the FRI
bounce" ....
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-04-23

The efforts of a group Of California
and Eastern capitalists to incorporate the
results of the genius of Luther Burbank,
the plant wizard of Santa Rosa, haw
failed. !.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-04-23

Some OF the dairyAen were disposed
to resent the hue and cry raised about
dirty dairying, thinking that the max
ers of substitutes for dairy products
were at the bottom of it all. If prices
are an indication of the demand for
dairy products the d%airynlan has no
cause to worry.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-04-23

While sheep ere growing wool and
making mutton for you they are clean
ing the fields of weeds and spreading
valuable manure over the land.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-04-23

"Stretches" in sheep are caused by
too much dry feed. When the sheep
are seer to spread their legs out and
stretch give q bran mash and an
ounce of raw linseed oil.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-04-23

The farmer is not looking for pro,
lection or charity, but he does want
his rights. and he has 4 right TO eN-
pect that he will get them.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-04-23

1t never pays to become so everlast-
lngly stuck" on any make Of machine
that we can not see the good points
about any other similar machine nor
the weak points of u particular ia
vOrite,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-04-23

There will be much cleaner milk If
the udder is wiped off with a damp
cloth. and the long hair clipped or or
the uddcr and TANKS and tail before
milking.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-04-23

Do not force yourself to take offensive
(and %harmful) drugs-take Garfield Tea.
Natures Herb laxative; it corrects consti-
patton, purifies the blood. brings Health .
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-04-23

Guess-work methods are the great
est curse to the farm. Il explain more
failures han any n thing.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-04-23

The milk goat industry is occupying
considerable attention in the East. Sew
enty-seven goats have been accepted for
registration by the American Mich
Goat Association during the year. One
hundred and eighty-scren are now on
record. Any goat yielding n quart
or more Of milk a day is eligible.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-04-23

Better prices do not make better
butror, but better butter will always
tend to boost prices. Try 1t.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-04-23

Remember, the best seed is none
too good. 1t is a losing game to labor
over seed of low terminating owe
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-04-23
Good as Their Word,

COON hN THeIF VoFu.
did those new grocers keep their prom
se that they would cut your grocery bills
IN half'Y"
They did. They send their bills twice
/ ."-Chicag Tribune. d
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-04-23

The sheep need plenty Of yard room
Into which theycan be turned on pleas
ant days.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-04-23

VI, Weak, Weery, watery Eyes
- p Relieved BY Murine Eye Remedy.
Compounded by Experienced Physicians.
a Conforms to Pure Food and Drug Laws.
Murine Doesn't Smart soothea Eye Pain.
Cfy NuIi1s in Your Eyes. Ask Your DruggiSe
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-01-30
NUTRITLTNIEs
persons cane baek with them to give

persons came back with them to give
assistance.
Among the rest were Mr.. Nesom
and Nj. Kelly, before whom BreeIand
made his dying declaration. Bree-
land was then taken to Natalbany TO
give him medical aid, but just as they
were taking him out of the wagon be
breathed his last. He lived about
two hours after he was shot, being
rational up to the moment he died.
Sheriff Saal was Immediately motif
fed and was on the scene this morn
ing with several deputies.
Coroner George Sanders proceeded
at once to hold an inquest and the
following were sworn in as jurors:
John Wascom, Captain Reed. P. D.
Kemp, F. A. Abbey and DR.. W. H.
Brent, who rendered their verdict,
but would not disclose publicly the
names of the parties who committed
the crime. The Jury gave their YER
dict in full TO Sheriff Saal. The lat
ter Immediately placed Avery Blount
under arrest. The other party is
supposed to be Garfield Kinchen,
who has not been apprehended.
Sheriff Saal sent out a large posse,
who are now in search Of the other
party to the crime. Garfield Kinchen
is a brother to Ben Kinchen, who
was mixed up in the killing Of the
Eyeretts, and Mrs. Joe Everett be-
ing the wife of Joe Everett and Mrs.
Breeland and Mrs. Joe Everett being
the main eyewitnesses to the Ever
EFT killing, is supposed to form q
basis to the motive for this bloody
and most inhuman slaughter.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-01-30
u. S. GOVERNMENT TO
fight BOIL WEEVIL
Agricultural Bill VIII Carry Twenty-Five
thousand Dollar Appropriation
DEMOCRAT and REPUBLICAN
Unlled On Proposition 10 increase Free Seed
AppFOpFlallOn--OthsF News Of Local
Interest 70 louisiana.

Washington, Jan. 24.-The agri-
cultural appropriation bill, which is
to be reported tomorrow, win carry
a special appropriation of $500
for fighting the boil weevil. That,
however, is in addition to allowances
made to bureaus which also will en-
gage in the work. The special APP
preparation is to enable the Secre-
tary of Agriculture to do whatever
he thinks is necessary or desirable,
out of the ordinary, in checking the
spread Of the insect pest. The ap-
preparation for the plant industry
and chronological bureaus, which
win do some of the work, will be
about the same as last year.
Members Of the committee, Repub-
licans and Democrats, intend to stand
pat on the committees decision TO
increase the amount for seed distri-
button for the fiscal year of 1910 by
$4,000. An attempt on the floor
of the House to increase or decrease
the recommendation will be opposed
by the united committee.
The bin provides for an increase
Of about $1,20o,00o over the amount
for last year, though the total is a
cut Of something like ST. oo,00 in
the estimates submitted BY Secretary
Wilson. The increase asked for seed
distribution is due to the increase in
the price that must be paid for the
seeds. The quota of each Senator
and Representative will be increased.
The bill will continue the provision
for Investigations looking to new
sources for papermaking. A $10,-
600 appropriation has been decided
upon BY the committee for this pur-
pose. During the present year gov
eminent experts have discovered that
paper can be made from corn stalks
and bagasse, and the bill provides
that the process may receive a com
mercial test in some Of the New
England paper mills.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-01-30
For COOns Only.

The most peculiar thing, possibly,
which has resulted from the enforce
ment Of the Gay-Shattuck law is the
fact that every license taken out for
4 saloon ii the town Of 81. Francis
vile, d the parish Of West Feliciana,
was Tor coIored people, the owners
claiming that the patronage from
white people was not sufficient 81
justify them il taking ont . license
f0r chat race only. This must not
De- understood as implying that the
hite people VI shat devoted city 90
nos inan m Gle use of ardent
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-01-30
Obituary.

Died, on Jan. 18th, 1909, in Belle
vue, Alonzo Pickett Carson, in the
22nd year Of his age.
Realizing failing health, he came
from Eunice where he had been at
work. Death held no terror for the
gentle boy; his suffering seemed to
others too hard to bear, YET no muir
muir came from him. When rational
he welcomed relations and hosts of
friends with a smile. His desire was
to go home; being told he was at
home he replied No Aunt Sallie, I
want to go to my home and be well
and happy" Reaching his hand
heayenward with q happy smile, his
glad eyes raised upward, whispered
Mama" he sleeps between his
mama and Cousin Robert.
Sleep sweetly, tender heart in peace;
Sleep. holy spirit, blessed soul,
While the stars burn, the moons in
crease
And the great ages onward roll.
So let him sleep that dreamless sleep,
Our sorrows clustering around his
head.
Be comforted. ye loved, who weep,
He lives with God, he is NOT dead.
AN AUNT HE LOVED.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-01-30
BLOODY TANGIPAHOA" RUNS
WITH BLOOD OF WOMEN.
HOrFIbIe Assassination. In Which Kan and TWO
NOmen Are NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Plead.
Ing Saves YOuRg Baby.

independence, La, Jan. 23.-The
most horrible and most dioboIical
crime that was ever perpetrated in
this parish transpired last night
about s o'clock between TickfaR and
Genesee, Buzzy Breeland, bis wife
and stepdaughter were foully shot to
death by persons in ambush. Bree-
land lived near N~atalbany, and was
on his way home from moving his
stepdaughter, who was the wife Of
Joe Everett, who was killed at Little
Zion Hill Church, Jan. 10.
Breeland gave bis dying declara-
ton to Wilbur Nesom and S. B. Ellzy,
of Tickfaw, and others, to the fol-
lowing effect:
He and his wife had gone out to
Little Zion Hill Church TO move his
stepdaughter, Mrs. Joe Everette, to
their home, and just as he vas near
ing Genesee, his wife and stepdaugh-
ter behind and he ahead of the wag-
-E.
on, driving a COW, two persons fired
on him from ambush. Thinking he
was dead, they halted the wagon and
were about to shoot the women when
they begged them not to kill the
baby. Then one Of the assassins
took the baby from its mothers arms
and put it on the ground and deliber-
ately took aim on the poor defense
less women and shot the brains out
of one and filed the body Of the
other full Of buckshot. Both women
were instantly killed. Breeland gave
the names of Avery Blount and Gar
field Kinchen as being the parties
who committed the awful crime.
Breeland said that Blount came
back before leaving and looked into
his face to be sure that he was dead,
but tnat be succeeded III affecting to
be dead and lay there until about
$50, when he heard someone coming.
A party Of young people from hide
pendence had been TO a party at
Hammond, and were on their way
back when suddenly their horses
came to a stop, seeing an obstacle
in the road and smelling che blood.
Marian Baham and AIphonse Faust,
two Of the young men in the party,
got out Of their buggy to ascertain
what was in the road, when they dis
covered it was q buggy, and when
they made a further examination
they were horrifed when they saw
Mrs. Breeland was lying back in the
wagon with her head blown to pieces
and brains scattered all over the
buggy, and Mrs. Everett was lying
over on one wheel, with her body
perforated with buckshot. They
then heard the cry Of the little
baby, about three months old. Then
they heard the groans Of BreeIand
and discovered that he was IN . dying
condition, but was able to talk.
Breeland told them bis story. They
then immediately went to TickfaW
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-01-30
Helm Nanted.

Young man for News Agent On
Crowley train. frisco Lines; COM
mission 90 per cent; cash bond $50.
required. Address, ID your own hand
writing. Manager Van N0 III III