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Year: 1871

A spirited Minnesota girl dis
missed her lover ON learning that he
gave her father a drink of whisky.
That's the kind. Ifall the girls in the
land would go and do likewise, our
country would be cursed with fewer
young men, who, by their drinking
habits, have ruined themselves, and
may be the means of saving many
fond and loving hearts. Itis with
in the power of every woman, ,partic-
ularly every young and unmarried
one, to WELD a mighty influence on
the side of right, and against the
demoralizing and degrading usages
of society,if she only so wills it. 1t
is question involving the happi-
ness of millions, and no half way
measure can meet the case. Prompt,
decided, energetic action is called
for.


We recommend the action
of the Minnesota girl. Girls if
your lovers love whiskey so well
that they will not give it up for love
of you, then love yourselves so well
that you will not love those who
love whiskey.
Year: 1871

Ground that is intended for a


crop of wheat should he plowed in


June. As soon as the corn is plant


ed, first plowing should be given,


unless a crop of clover is to be


turned under, when it may be de-


ferred until the. clover is in full


bloom. A fallow, whether bare or


with green crop, has for one of its


purposes the destruction of weeds.


As many weeds ripen early, they


should be destroyed in time. After
tonce pfowing, if the ground is well
narrowed and pulverized, and the
weeds kept down, a second plowing,
may be deferred until the sod is
well rotted, when it may be crossed
and again narrowed. This constant
stirring of the soil will effectually
kill out the weeds and clean out the
land. The exposure to the sun and
air will develop food, available for
the coming crop. The more the soil
is turned and intermixed, the more
perfectly will this result be accom-
plished. The labor is well bestowed,
for not only will the wheat crop be
improved, but the grass will take
better on sucA well prepared soil,
and good grass means good grain to
follow.


As rotation of crops has become
an established principle of good
farming, it is necessary to start well.
The rotation well commenced will
proceed well throughout. If there
should not be time to prepare thor
oughly whole field, concentrate all
the time and labor, as well as
manure on such q part as may be,
and what is done, do well. 1t is by
such means that farmers in Great
Britain are enabled to pay yearly
rentals of twenty-five to forty dol
lars per acre, and 1--we well besides.
More than half the farms of that
country are under twenty acres, and
the country has the appearance of a
garden. Fields are cleared of weeds
by fallows, lime is applied regularly,
crops are hoed by hand; even wheat
is thus cleaned. Weeds are pulled
by gangs of children, nothing is
left to deprive the grain or roots of
the necessary food, and enormous
crops are the result. While the cost
of labor prevents much of this with
us, it does not prevent us from cul
tivating our lands thoroughly. By
decreasing the extent of the land
worked, We may increase the aver
age crop. Weeds are improbable
and must be killed out. The sum
mer is the only time for this work,
the plow and harrow, are the needed
tools, and constant working the only
method.
Year: 1871

The new Democratic departure re-
minds US of the familiar method of
testing the speed of a steamers en-
gines by tying the vessel to a wharf,
setting the machinery in motion,
and then counting the revolutions of
the screw. There is q great com
motion in the water, and a tremen-
dous putting of smoke and kissing
of steam, and then we are told that
the boat has made ten or fifteen
knots an hour, though it has not
moved a foot. So the Vallandig-
ham party is resolving that the Dem
ocrats must make a fresh start, ig-
more the old issues, accept negro
suffrage, and stop debating the Con


stitutional Amendments, until they
get into power; while the more out
spoken politicians, like Carlise,
Democratic candidate for Lieuten-
ant Governor of Kentucky, are
careful to explain that this is only
an apparent abandonment which
really abandons nothing; they ac-
cept the amendments now because
they cannot help themselves, but
they will test them in the courts
whenever they get a chance, and if
the courts hold them valid they will
insist upon their repeal. That is to
say, the party does not change either
it's principles or its aims; it only
modifies its platform to suit the
popular prejudices of the hour. The
paddles are revolving beautifully,
but the boat is fast to the dock.


Mr.. Carlisle's departure, which
doesn't depart, is much more com
prehensible than the programme of
Vallandigham and The World. 1t
is merely an agreement not to say
anything shocking until.4the cam
paign is over, and then to carry out
the old Democratic principle of op-
position to equal rights in whatever
way may seem most convenient and
effectual. But if the hawsers should
be cast off, and the vessel allowed
really to move in the direction Mr..
Vallandigham is trying to point it,
we don't see what use there would
be for any Democratic party at all.
On great questions of national con
Germ the Democrats would have ac-
knowledged that Republicanism is
the orthodox political creed, and
the Democracy of the past twenty
years a pestilent heresy. There
would not be difference enough in
the platforms of the two organiza-
tions, save ON the impotent Demo
cratic effort at repudiation, to make
the next campaign worth fighting.
Both parties would hold substanti-
ally the same faith; and as the peo-
Pile would naturally trust the old
professors of that faith, who had
held to it through good report and
through evil report, in the darkness
of battle and in the sunshine of
prosperity, rather than new converts
whose sincerity was yet untried, it
does seem as if the Democrats
might as well spare themselves the
trouble of making any nominations:
But we suspect it will be found that
the vessel has been tied pretty tight
all the time.-N. Y. Tribune.
Year: 1871

The Colorado Potato Bugs are
crossing from Michigan to Canada
At last accounts the Detroit river
was literally swarming with them.
Those that could procure passage
ON chips, slaves, boards, pieces of
bark or other floating thing, did so.
Those that were not thus fortunate
entered boldly out into the raging
stream, or resigned themselves to
the mercy of the wind.


The Lake Shore Islanders are
discussing the question as towheth-
er the bugs can stand swim of
several miles and reach them.
Year: 1871




writing, as useful, as skewer.


Why,again, do two lett-hand gloves
always find their way into the pock-
ct of my evening-coat, and in the
effort to accommodate myself to cir
cause me to appear as
though l had paralysis in the right?
l should like to knw why an individ
ual-be it man or woman-with
whom for ages may not have cor
responded, invariably is seized with
a fit of writing to me at the same
moment as l break silence to him or
her, our two letters crossing each
other with an exactness no pains
could insure?-English Paper
Year: 1871

E take pleasure to say to our patrons and
w readers of the Holmes County papers
that on account of our extensive trade, we have
not had any time to sit behind the desk to pre-
pare an advertisement; to fill a column with
statements of Humbug, that we are selling
goods cheaper than any other house west of
New York, or something of that kind, but we
are not afraid to state that we are


Selling HARDWARE cheap as


any other HARDWARE STORE


IN THE STATE. =.
There are no reasons why we should not do so.
The many years experience has taught us how
to buy Hardware what kind of Hardware, and
how to sell Hardware.


The extensive trade we have been doing since
we started in Millersburg, has convinced our
customers that we do sell Hardware as cheap
as any other house. Those who are not con-
vinced that this is fact, ,,iu find 1T out if they
gire as call. See our goods. ask our prices,
1--WE make no extra charges to show our goods
and we are confident that you 'oiH Juy from
You will ALWAYS find Ms on hand with a large
stock OF
Year: 1871

Having on hand large quantity of Collar and
Harness leather, all f OUR OWN TAN, and
having tskon extra pains in the tanning and
fuishig of by stuffing It with Noats Foot Oil,
and knowing that by sending it to the St. Louis
market our farmers could never reap tho benefit
Of it, We were induced to 60 into the manuiac-
ture Of
Year: 1871

False, fair one once around me you wove your
Spell till it enveloped me in cloud
OF love; through hope saw fairy glimpse
OF life bathed with floods of joy. By faith
lived 1t was my all, my world, my heaven.
God, forgot in thee-thou vert my God,
My life. my love, my all. Thee, worshiping,
forgot myself-my poor, unworthy self.
And now, oh, madness must reap evermore.
Blighted hopes, dead faith, and bitter disappoint


ment.


Well said, ~ sowed the wind, and now must reap
The whlrlwind." The spell Of love is broken,
And the rusty chains Of sorrow bind me,
Prometheus like to the rock of death
For dead am, in hope, and love, and faith.
There bound, the deep, dark waters of utter
Hopelesspess dash o'er me. I drifted from
My anchor, and, with naught TO guide me
But thy false vows /, reckless, followed, till
/ was dashed upon the shore of woe and
There, helpless, I am bound. When thou vert


gone,


To me all the world was gone. When thou vert
False, my faith in all mankind was shaken.
You, that deemed so pure, so good SO true,
Have proven false and here prophecy,
Ever hereafter there shall come to you
A memory from the buried past, that shall wait
Upon you in the sleepless night sit brooding
Der your heart in vain regret. 'Tis the voice
OF your broken VOWS, crying aloud 10 you
From out the field of affection and remorse,
Causing the heart to sink in utter woe.
The flow of sorrow, which you, unfeeling,
Send sweeping DER the heart all thine own
Small in its ebb, return upon you with
Tenfold bitterness And yet would pray
That happiness ever might attend you;
That sorrow ne'er might come TO you, blasting
Your life, as you have blasted mine.
Year: 1871

1t we were to suggest one, which
above all other things combined, would
most contribute to the happiness Of
the young housekeeper, il would be to
learn how to cook as a husbands moth.
er cooked. Mother used to make cof.
fee so and so; mother used to have
such waffles; and mother knew lust
how to make a squash pie; and, oh
if only could taste of mothers bis.
cult. Such are the comments of the
husband and of too many meal tables


1t would be only little more cruel
for the husband to throw his knife
across the table, or to dash the con.
tents of his teacup into his wife's face.
The experience of a contrite husband
is good reading for those pen whose
daily sauce is show mother did it,
He says:


u found fault some time ago with
Mario AIMS custard pie, and tried tc
tell her how my mother made custard
frie. Maria made the pie after my re
ceipt. 1t lasted longer than any 9th
er pie we ever had. Maria set il or
the table every day for dinner, ant
Year: 1871

you see | could not eat it because 1
forgot to tell her to put in any eggs or


shortening. 1t was economical, but


in a fit of generosity l stole it FROM


the pantry and gave it to a poor little
boy in the neighborhood. The boys
funeral was largely attended BY his
former playnates. did not 60 my
self.


"Then there we're the bukwheat
cakes. told Maria Ann any fool
could beat her making those cakes,
and she said l had better try it; So
/ did. / empited the batter all out
of the pitcher one evening and set the
cakes myself. l got the -four and the
salt and water, and, warned by the
past, put in liberal quantity of eggs
and shortenitg / 1shortened with tai
low from roast beef because I could
not find any lard. The batter did not
look right, and | lit my pipe, and pom
dered, east-yeast to be sure. / had
forgotten the yeast. | went and woke
up the baker and got six cents worti
of yeast. l set the pitcher behind
the sitting groom stove and went to bed.
In the morning l got up early and
prepared to enjoy my triumph but I
didn't. That yeast was strong enough
to raise the dead, and the batter was
running all over the carpet. scraped
itup and put it into another dish.
Then I got fire in the kitchen and
put on the griddle. The first lot of
cakes stuck to the griddle. The Sec
ond dittoed, only moro. Maria came
down and asked what was burning.
She advised me to grease the griddle.
| did it. One end of the griddle got
too hot, and dropped the thing OF
my tenderest corn, while trying to
turn it around. Finally the cakes
were ready for breakfast, and Maria
got the other things ready. We sat
down. My cakes did not exactly have
the right favor. I took one mouthful,
and it satisfied me. lost my appetite
at once. Maria would not let me put
one on her plate. l think those cakes
may be reckoncd a dead loss. TIE
cat would not eat them. The dog ran
off and stayed away three days after
one was offered him. The hens wouldt
gowithin tenfeet of them. Threw them
into the back yard, and there has not
been hog on the premises since. 1
eat what is put before me now, and do
not allude to my mothers system of
cooking"
Year: 1871

On the border of Green Lake in


Minnesota, there lived a sturdy, white


haired frontiersman, named Walter


Brown. He was one of the adven-
turous spirits ever to be found in the
van of civilization, always courting the
free, wild air of the prairie and rejoc.
ing in the profound depths of unin-
habited forests.


But the country became more and
more thickly settled, and Walter Brown
became uneasy. His wife had borne
him a daughter the third or fourth
year of their residence at the head
waters of the st. Croix, whom he call
ed Leonora, She was a good girl,
and the idol of her father. He pur-
chased rife for her when she was
twelve years old, and took the utmost
pains in teaching her the use of it.
She was brave and steady of nerve,
and soon acquired wonderful skill as a
shot, and the number of prairie chick
ems, partridges, wild water fowls and
other small game she managed to shoot
every day, was really large.


Occasionally she would shoot deer,
and one evcntful morning, by lucky
shot through the eye into the brain,
she killed bear.


When she came home with the news,
her father could hardly credit her,
Knowing her perfectly truthful ma
ture, he danced about the room for
joy, and seizing the sturdy little maid,
he mounted her upon his shoulders and
insisted upon carrying her to the spot
where bruin lay.


Thicker and thicker flowed the tide
of emigration into Minnesota and Wis
consin, following the navigable rivers
as matter of course, and more uneasy
and crowded felt Walter Brown. At
length his wife died.


Leonora was then sixteen and was
engaged to be married to handsome
young trapper by the name of Wat.
son, who had joined her father in bust
ness.


The death Of the mother had made
it necessary to postpone the wedding,
and in the interval old Walter decid.
ed to move into Northwestern Mime
sofa.


Neighbors were getting too near,
and hunting and trapping were bad.


AS the young man had proved up
and pte-empted a quarter section of
land near Taylor's Falls, he did not
wish either to abandon or sell it just
then, and persuading Leonora to write
to him, he bade her an affectionate
goodbye.


Brown lived in Minnesota for three
or four years in peace and quiet, find
ing good trapping and hunting grounds,
when all at once young Watson arriv-
ed, and renewed the proposition of
marriage with Leonora. The old man
had about determined to move no
more, and had accordingly located and
pre-empted several thousand acres of
land about him, and learning from
Watson that he had enough to do like
wise, proposed that they should 60
Down to st. Paul and buy land war
rants with his money, and take up all
The land he could Swing" He might
hen marry Leonora, and they two
would 60 to work, and after building
,lenty Of stabling, etc, would get a
Year: 1871

auspices, was on his way home late il


the autumn to make little visit. /


was in old times, when the only mode
of conveyance for travellers was the
stage e-coach Among his fellow-pass
engers in the coach was young lady
of very agreeable person and manners
who first attracted his notice by her
kind consideration for an old woman
who was assisted into the coach at the
way-side inn. In the course of the
day the gentleman became pretty well
acquainted with the young lady, whose
name he ascertained was Mary W.
He began to feel strong interest in
her, and it would seem from the result
that the interest was in some degree
reciprocal. In the course of the con-
versation that they held together In
the stage, and also walking up certain
long hills, where such of the paesen-
gers as were so disposed got out to re-
lieve the horses, they learned mutual
ly many particulars of each others
parentage and history, so that as the
day passed on they began to feel some
what like old friends.


During the afternoon a rain-storm
came on. The roads became wet and
heavy, and the progress made was slow.
The sky was overcast, and darkness
supervened at very early hour, while
the stage was yet several miles from
the village where it was to stop. AS
the wheels went plowing through the
mud and ruts, the passengers became
uneasy, for the driver had no lights.
The young lady, however, evinced so
much calmness and composure as
greatly to increase the interest which
the student felt for her. The danger
was real, as socn proved, for just as
the coach reached the top of the hill
the wheels on one side went off the
edge of the road into ditch and the
coach overturned.


The student called out to the pass





engers to lie as still as possible, so as
to g. out quietly, one by one, from
the openings in the side of the coach
which was uppermost. He was him.
self near the door on that side, and
was the first to escape. He then as
sisted the others by feeling, for it was
so utterly dark that nothing could be
seen. The young lady came next but
one. The road was SO wet and mud
dy, he said that she could not step in
it, and she must let him carry her to
the bank on the other side. She con.
sented.


So he took her in his arms, and be-
gan to carry her across the muddy
road, feeling his way in the utter dark
ness, made more intense by the trees
of a forest that bordered the road.
She welded herself so readily to his
grasp, and reclined her head so confid-
ingly upon his Shoulder, that he was
encouraged to whisper in her ear,
Mary, are yon engaged to be married?"
She answered "No." "Are you willing
to be my wifep She answered "Yes."
He sealed the promise with usual little
and placed his prize on
Hat stone by the roadside, the white
surface of which reflected the sky suf. |
iciently to make it's form just visible,
'fter which he went back to assist the
'ther passengers.


They were married, aud the lady
tfterward told her friends that she al
Ways had the most agreeable associa-
ions with the idea of the upsetting of
stage-coach, though they could not
m oina urby
Year: 1871

In Washington the test of statesman
ship is skill at draw-poker. The Hon.
Robert G. Schenck is unquestionably
the first poker player in the United
States. He has asretained his prominence
in politics and kept his head above
water financially by the holdness with
which he sees bet and the peculiar
sphinx-like way in which he reads his
hand. Being propably the ugliest man
in the world, there is no way Of deter
mining his situation on bluff He has
extraordinary longevity in sitting out a
game, and seldom Fetires before four
o clock in the morning when by any
means whatever he can find anybody to
keep up the vigil with him.-Neo York
Sun r
Year: 1871

A form er Kentucky Congressman went
out riding with his sweetheart, and in his
own words I'VE were nearing small skirt
of woods, the horses at their best speed. |
had determined in my own mind that when
we reached particular spot | would pop
the question, and so did, but would you
believe me? she said no. just as the word
escaped her lips purposely ran the sleigh
over stump. Out we vent, she to cool her
person in the snow. and | to counteract the
damage she had given to my affections. Her
first words after getting back into the sleigh
were: Excuse me, sir, | wished to tell you
TO notice the stump We often refer to the
sleigh ride, but to this day she believes it
was an accident We live near the Indiana
line-a divorce is not wanted.
Year: 1871

you came we would let you in. We have
done SO, and you have won the race in a two
mile heat. Now, let that satisfy you By
the hokey, but you did it well When you
want to try it agein, just send US word, and
well be ready for you. Good by I"


As the wretch thus spoke, he turned his
horses head, and before the astonished
preacher could speak, had ridden away out
OF hearing. 1t was some time before one Of
the churchmen could speak They knew
not what to say. Why should their mini: :
ter's horse have Joined in the race without
some permission from his master? They
knew how much he set by the animal, and
at length they shook their heads in doubt.


1t is very strange said one.


Very" answered second.


Remarkable, suggested third.


"On my soul, brethren" spoke Ridewell,
L can't make it out The brethren looked
at each other, and the deaeons SHOOK their
heads in very solemn and Impressive man
ner.


So the party rode back to the clergyman 5
house, but none Of the brethren entered,
nor would they stop at all. Before Monday
had drawn to close it was generally known
that parson Ridewell had raced his horse on
the Sabbath, and a meeting of the church
was appointed for Thursday.


Poor RideweH was almost crazy with vex
alton; but before Thursday came, Pompey
found out how matters stood, and he as
sured his master that he would clear the
matter up and after days search he dis
covered the astounding fact that some of
these wicked men had been in the habit Of
stealing old Morgan from the pasture and
racing him Sabbath afternoonr Pompey
found this much-bat he could not find acAo
did it.


As soon as this became known to the
church members, they conferred together,
and they soon concluded that under such
high mettled horse would
be very apt to run away with his rider,
when he found himself directly upon the
race course.


So Parson Ridewell was cleared, but it
was a long time before he got over the
blow, for many were the wicked wags who
delighted to poster him by offering to ride
4 race with him, to ''bet on his head or
to put him again the world for race
But as Ridewell grew older, his heart grew
and finally he could laugh with
right good will when he spoke of his unex-
pected race. Be sure there was no more
Sabbath racing in that town.