THE HERALD.
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VOLUME XIII.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1ST8.
XUMBER 47.
Extra rf pies of tlie Hi.'At.r for safe ly .T. P.'
Y'oung, Fostoftlcc news depot .mid O. F. John
son.coincr of M;iin and Filth Streets.
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National Bank
OK PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA,
fUccKSsOUTO
TOOTI.K, HAW.V A ( I, A It K
Joiix FiTZi'iF.KAi.n President.
K. lu'VKV Vice President.
A. W. MLai'ohi.IN Cashier.
Jo.Mi U'iloi'KiiK Assistant Cashier,
This Rank is now open for business at their
new room, corner .Mam ani Mxtn streets, aim.
is prepared to transact a vjeneral
BANKING BUSINESS.
Stock, Bonds, G I'l. Government and Local
Securities
i;u:ht and sold.
Di2osit JlfrdnJ and Interest Allow
ed on Time (Jtrt'Jlratrs.
DRAFTS DEAWU,
Available in anv part of the. United States and
lu all the Principal Towns and Cities
of Europe.
ai:tm ran this
CELEHKATED
Inman Line and Allan Line
OK STCAMKIIH.
Tersoii u isluiig to bi nig out their fritlTds from
Europe ean
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j. c. booite,
tiaIE CTJjT'X'XjITO,
S H i V 1 N II A N 1 S 11 A M P I N '
j -. p.--;;t ! Mi-nii- n i'iven to
t-vrrixw t'!rrji:::rs axi la
: '. .'.xd si:'.'. uooaK, o'.nts,
s; ! u- i a '"" me ia a
r ALACK jill.LlAlW HALL
(Main Si..e.il f 1"'-1 -N'at. Hank.)
IM.A'l TSMD'v I II, - NEI!.
M l HAi: IS SUIM'l !Kt WITH THK
i;r.sT wr.'Es, Mrt)i:s "k;aus,
4oyi r.i i:r., etc., etc.
MACHINE SHOPS !
WAYMA1-T,
I U I l sMol S N Kit.,
lit jutii r Httfi.i i::i:in , BoHtrs,
Haw turd Oyixt Milff
: AH A STEAM I ITTHUS.
Vro-i--bt Iron Pipe. For.-.- and Lift Pi pes Steam
Safe! v-Valve I b. eruors. and all
kinds cf i.iass KHUSl.e 1 ..ttn'KS,
renaili-d on short iioliue.
FARM M A C H I N EKH
Ec-pair.-d on S!iort Noti.-e. 4'yl
"YOUNG!"
T II E Ji U T CHER,
dm always he found at
Hatl's Old Stand,
J:ady to sill the lest Meeds.
YOl'NC! buv lrch fat cattle, sheep, hos.'vC.
direct from t'iie farmers every day, and his
meats are always gooil.
; 1VE FISH, AXD FOWJ,, IX SEASOX
3yl.
SAGE BROTHERS,
lealers in
rr1"" :s:
kt.-., i. re., ft'.
One I"- or Ea-t or t"!, P.xt -Ofliee, I'lattsinoiHh,
Nl!;i.!;a.
Practical Workers in
sheet inox, zixe, tin, bra-
ZIEHY, tf., X-:
I.-:re assortment f'f Hard anu Soft
OOAL STOYES,
Wood a'ad Coal ?toves br
HE ATI NO OR (00K1N0,
Always on Hand.
Fvcrv variety of Tin. Sheet Iron, aiul Zinc
Woi k. Uent in Stock.
MAKING AND REPAIRING,
. " rione on Short Notice. t " - ' "
1' TU IXC WABBAXTKli I lsri
ilfCr.H T.OW lOAVX.
SAGE BROS.
PliOFESSIOXAL CARDS
SAM, yi. CIIAPJIA.V,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
And Solicitor in Chancery. Office in FitzKer
eld P.lock,
luyl PEATTSMOrTH, XEP,.
I. II. IVIIKKIKIt A '.
LAW OFFICE. Keal Ext ate. Fire and Life In
surance Agents. Plattsmouth, Nebraskti. CfI
lectors, tux-payerx. Have a complete abstract
of titles. Buy and sell real estate, negotiate
loaus, &.c. lOyl
- JAMKH K. MO!CItISO.
ATTOHNKY AT LAW. Will practice in Cass
and afljoinin; Counties ; gives special attention
to collections and abstract of title. Otticewitli
;eo. S. Smith, Fitzgerald Block, Plattsmouth,
Nebraska. 17y 1
a:o. h. nhitii,
ATTOKNEY AT LAW and Ileal Estate Bro
ker. Special attention given to Collections
and all matters affecting the title to real estate.
Mtice on 2d Moor, over 1'ost Ofllce. Flattsiiiouth,
Nebraska 4'J I.
j()li IV HAIM M
H'STICE OF THE PEACE. ani collector of
debts. collections made from oue dollar to one
thousand dollars. Mortgages. 1 eeis, and oth
er insl ruinents drawn, and all county business
usuallv transacted before a Justice ot the Peace.
F.est of reference given if rectified.
Ofliee on Main street. West of Court House.
4')-yl JOHN W. HAINES.
I. It. WII KKl.KIt,
K. T. STONK.
WHEELER & STONE,
attorneys at law,
IIattninu Hi A'rbrnska.
It IS MVIMMTOY,
PHYSICIAN & SCKCEON. tenders his pro
fessional services to the cil izen of Cass county.
Kesideiice southeast corner Sixth and Oak sts. ;
Mlice on Main street, two doors west of Sixth,
Plattsmouth. Nebraska.
IKS. i. II. IILACK.
attends to calls in the country as well as city.
Ott.ce at J. H. Cutlery's drugstore. Chronic dis
ea.se lnad a specialty. UheuinatiMU cured.
llllti
im. j. 3i. avati:k3I.vx,
Physio Medical Practitioner.
JjmiKVi'lf, ('a Co., Xc!.
SyA1ways at the office on Saturdays. 4oyI
Y. II. S( MIMIKMX HT,
I'll CTISINC PHYSICIAN, will attend calls
at all hours, iii-lit or dav. I'lattstnouth. Ne
braska. ' I21V
SAUNDERS HOUSE.
J.X. GREWORY, --- Proprietor.
Location Central. Oood Sample Koom..
Every attention paid to guests. 4.im3
I'l.ATTSr.KifTII, - - - - - NKI:.
Tom 3i I'liiciTiTiioT'ELT"
LINCOLN. xi:i;.,
J.J. IMIHU'F, - - - Proprv tor.
T':.i- bet ki:ov. n ami most popuiar Landlord
i,i l he ,s,;i;c. A I .v.tys to) ;i; t he Couiiaercial.
'"GRAND CENTRAL"
HOTEL.
LAEOE.T AM FINEST HOTEL P.ETWEI'.N
CHIVAOO AND SAN FKANCI (. O.
;EO. THRALL, - - Prop.
OMAHA. XKII.
E. PAP.MELE,
S'J LE, FEED & LIVER 1" STABLE.
On Td iin street nearly oppo-ite t!ie Court
lloii-e, Piatt-mout h. Neb.
HorsEsfoR Sale.
The b'.iyin;: and selling of ;;od horses made
the specialty .) tile business. .
Nov Horses & Carriages,
and geiii'c horses, for Liiilies to drive arc kept
at t his Siable.
A 1 o a carry all. v. h !! runs to the depot, and
wiil e.iri v passengers from auv place in town on
call.
FARMERS CALL A XI) EA'AJIZXE
JI STOCK FOR SALE.
Syl E. 1'ARMELR.
O. K. SALOON.
I keep constantly on baud
BEST MILWAUKEE BEER.
which can be had at no other
i'Laci: a' ri j: city.
Also the best of
u'ixks, Liritns, A.n cihars.
;;."iii'; I'd. Itnsciilianni.
LEXHOFF tf- B0XXS,
3Ioruinix Pevr Saloon !
Oue door east of the Saunder House. We
keep the best cf
Beer, Wines, Liquors & Cigars.
3;;m!) Constantly on Hand.
DICK STREIGHT'S
LI V FRY, FEED AND SALE STA
BLES. Corner 6th and Pearl Sts.
HOKSf.S IiOAItKED P.Y TH K
bay, ivukk, an jioatu.
HORSES BOUGHT.
SOLD OB rrJJDSJD.
For a Fair Commission.
TEAMS AT AL.L HOIKS.
Paiticiilar attention p.".:d to
Driving and Training
TKOTriXG STOCK.
Also A hearse furnished when called for.
A lireRt i:edictioii in lrier of
GUNS, REVOLVERS, &c.
I'rlees reduced from 'JO to "n per cent. Write
for Illustrated Catalogue, wuh reduced prices
for 1877. Address,
GREAT WESTERN GUN WORKS,
01 Smithne'.d St., Pittsburgh, Ta. tsyt
H. A. WATERMAN & SON,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
riXE LUMI1KR.
LATIT.
SHINGLES.
SASH,
D00IIS.
BLINDS.
r.TC.
ETC
ETC.
.Mai,, street. Corner of Filth,
PLATTSMOUTJI, - - - - XEE.
Still Better Rates for Lumber.
VEGETINE.
HER OYVN WORDS.
BALTISIOltK, Md., Feb. 13, 1877.
MB. II. K. STEE YEN'S.
Fkinr Sir, Since several years I have got
a
sore and very painful foot. I had fome iiiiysi
cians. but they couldn't cure lue. Now I have
heard of your V koeti.nk from a lady who was
sick for a long time, and became all well from
vour Vk;kti'k. aud 1 went and bought one
bottle of Vk;ktine ; sind after I had used one
bottle the pains left me, and it began to heal,
and then 1 bought one other bottle, and fo I
take it yet. 1 thank God for this remedy and
yourself ; and wishing every sutferer may pay
attention to it. It is a blessing for health.
.Mrs. C. Kkai.k. (iss West Baltimore St.
VEGETINE
SAFE AND SURE.
Mr. If. K. Stevens.
In 1872 your Veoetine was recommended to
me, aud. Yielding to the persuasions of a friend
I consented to trv it. At the time I was BUtTer-
inir from general tlehllitv and nervous prostra
lion, supei induced by overwork and irregular
habits. Its wonderful strengthening anil cura
tive properties seemed to affect my debilitated
system frovi the first dose, ; anil under its per
sistent u-e I readily recovered, gaining more
thau usual health ami good feeling
Since then I havo not heMtated to Kive
V'KdETlSE mv most uiKiualilied indorsement
as being a sale, sure, and powerful agent in pro
moting hea tn and restoring tlie wasteu system
to new life ami energy. Vki;ktink. is the only
medicine I use ; and as long as 1 live 1 never
expect to find a better.
Yours truly, AY. H. CLAP.K.
l.'u Monterey Street, Alleghany. Fenn.
VEGETINE
THE BEST SPRING MEDICINE.
Charleston x
II. 11. Stevens.
Thar Sir. This is to certify that I have used
your Blood Preparation" in my family for sev
eral years, and think that for Mcrotuia or . anK
emus I tumors or Kheumatie affections it ean
not be excelled : and as a blood purifier aud
snriiiK medicine it is the bet thing I have ever
used, and 1 liave need almost everything. lean
cheerfully recommend it to any one in need of
such a medicine.
Yours respectfully,
Mrs. A. A. DINSMOKE. 19 Kussell St.
VEGETINE.
WHAT IS NEEDED.
Boston, Feb. 13, 1871.
II. It. Stkvens, Esq.
Fkiar Sir, About one year since I fonnd my
self in a feeiile condition from ueneral debility
Yksktink was st roiigly recommended to me by
a friend who had been iniich bciielitted by its
use. 1 procured the article, and, after using
several bottles, was restored to health. aud (lis
continued its use. 1 le.d quite confident that
there is no medicine superior to it for those
complaints for which it is especially prepared.
and would cheerfully recommend it to tnose
who feel that they need Eomelhin to restore
tlieni to perfect health.
lU-spcctfally your-, C. L. FETTENGILL.
Firm of S. M. Peitengiil Co.
No. ID State Si,., Boston.
VEGETINE,
ALL HAVE OBTAINED RELIEF.
Soctii Bkicvk-x, Me., Jan. 17, 173.
II. It. S rKVTNS. Es.j.
7 n- Sir. 1 h; v had dyspepsia in i's wors
form f.r the bust ten ea: s.a!nl have taken iiun
deeds of dollars' oei h of mediciiicB without oh .
tainiii'j any reli.-f. lu September last I com
menced taUiug tne Veuetise. since wbh-h
iiii.e i;iy lieuUh l.as sieauily improved. My
looil digests well, and 1 have gained lifteeu
pounds of llesli. Tie re are several others in
this place taking Vixiktisk, and all have ob
t anted relief.
Yours truly. THOMAS E. MOOItE,
Overseer ot Card Koo.u, Eoiisinouth Co. 's Mills
VEObTINiiJ
pjvpuivd by
51. II. STEVi:S, ISiio;i, 3Iiis.s.
Vculiii3 is Soli liy all Drazgists.
ROBERT DONNELLY'S
AND
15LACKS311TII
SHOP.
Wwj'iii, Buygy, JfatJiinc arid Plow re
pairing, and general jobbing.
I am new prep-.rcil to do all kinds of repairing
of larm and ot her machinery, as tilery
is a good lathe in my shop.
PETER RA U EX,
The old Reliable Waff on Maker
has taken c
:arge of the waon shop.
He
is well known
as a
NO. 1 WOEKMAN.
Xrw AYasoiis nml l.usleA made to
Order.
SATISFACTION C.U A1IANTEEI).
Simp on Sixth street, ouposite Streiht's Stable
IIAKPYVAKH STOIiK,
In Plattsmouth, Neb., on Feurth St., iilout the
MIDDLE OF THE BLOCK,
you v. ill find :
Corn I'lunlt rs, (liand &, Itoi sc)
SUrrliif? IIotjts,
Sulky Plows,
Cultivators,
and all kinds of Farm Implements and
Shelf Hardware, Tin Ware, &c, &c.
ALSO,
Hungarian and Millet.
Seed for Sale
3im
PLATTSMOUTH MILLS.
rLATTSMOrTII, NEB.
V. S1EISCL., - I'ropiletor.
Flour, Corn ileal ct Feed
Always
on hand and for sale at lowest cash
prices. The lushest prices paid for Wheat and
corr
orn. Particular attention given custom work.
STItElGIIT
31ILLEi,
Harness Manufacturers,
SADDLES -BKIDLES,
COLLARS.
and all kinds of harness stock, constantly on
hand.
FRUIT, CON FECTIONEY,
GROCERY STORE,
:vts,
CANDIES,
TEAS
.COFFEES,
SVG AKS,
TOBACCOES.
FLO UK,
r.omemlMT th place opposite E. O.
on Ijower Main Street.
Doyey's
STREIGHT & MILLER.
Song of the Morning.
The lark Is floating on wlnirs of sons'.
Unseen in tho sliinlnir sky;
On the winra of the winds are swept along
The strains that he pours on hijrh;
Like a seraph he Ring's, as his way he wlruya.
Of love that can never Uiel
For dreary night has drooped at laat
In the arms of the virgin day;
The gloom that filled his face baa passed
And faded far away.
As the pure dew fades on the pale flower blades,
In the radiant morning ray I
The bee Is filling: the beautinns bowers
With the hum of his joyful lay;
As he steals the sweets of the fragTant flowers.
His deep voice seeins to say,
"Arise, o rose! for the dark night goes
To the kingdoms of decay."
Th blackbird thrills the heart of morn
With the floods of his cloudless glee.
As he swings in tho breeze on the tremulous
thorn
In a musical eestaey;
Whip; the fair ringdove Is dreaming of love
In the depths of the dark lir tree.
The roses rise with dreninv sighs
From sadness of the piirht;
Tlie sweet birds sing and the woodlands ring
With ehiX'S of delight;
The bright rills gleam and the rivers stream
Like rainbows on their way;
All things rejoice with varied voice.
For night has passed away.
About to Marry.
The following amusing "screed"' ia
from the pen of a young lady who re
sides in Illinois, and we give it as a gen
uine specimen of quaint humor. The
letter is penned, in entire confidence,
from one young lady to another, and
speaks for il self:
Dearest Amanda: I have an an
nouncement to make, which may per
haps surprise you I am engaged yes.
Amanda your friend has pledged her
affections, in all their youthful fervor
to one who i3 in every way worthy.
I want you to come on and be my first
bridesmaid. I have an idea, entirely
my own, which Fred pronounces very
original and artistic, and he ought to
know because he is an arti3t. Xever
6hall I forget the first time I saw him,
standing before his easel, his pallet in
his hand, covered with such suggestive
little daubs of paint, and oh! the look
he gave me when a friend said: "Mr.
Stanton, allow me to make you ac
quainted with Miss Gray." His eyes
seemed to read my very heart and soul,
which were his from that moment. O,
Amanda, have you ever felt the bewild
ering emotions of a new-bmn love? If
so, you will surely sympathize with and
pardon the weakness of your simple
friend, Arathusa.
Iut I was going to tell you this iilea
of mine, which is to have my brides
maids represent the rainbow. You
must wear violet, and I hope it will
suit your complexion. Fred says that,
of course, I must be tlie fnm, which is
quite appropriate, on account of my
hair, you know, lie s;iys it was that
he first fell in love with. J'.ut then he
asked me, tlie other day," if I am the
sun, and my biidesni;iiN are the rain
bow, what i3 he? I told him that he
would represent the cloud the sun
shines out of. l'retty idea, isn't it?
Now, Amanda, dear, there is one
point about which I am very part icular,
and that 53 the lace. Nothing but the
point I tolerate. Fred said. "That is
right, Arathusa; always be firm in the
path of duty, and if your conscience
bids you countenance only lace of that
description, do not allow your friends
to disappoint you, my dear. Your
principles arc truly sublime.- It is so
delightful to feel that I have won the
respect and love of a being so superior.
Melinda Jones was married the other
day in old-fashioned thread lace, and
such a show of it. Such bad taste!
Perfectly Gothic. If I were so poverty-
stricken that I could not afford any
thing in the present style, I certainly
wouldn't make it so conspicuous.
I should like to have you wear a thick
heavy silk with lace overdress. Of
course, I should not ask this, if you
hadn't a rich pa, but I am not going to
have any poor girls stand up with me.
I never did like poor girls, they have
such a pinched patched look. My own
dress will be satin, and I had decided to
have a ti n in four yards in length, but
Fred says I had better take off a yard
or two, and let a little boy follow be
hind with a roll of satin in his hand,
to make people understand that it is not
from any contemptible ideas of econo
my that I have moderated my skirt. I
intend to have four little negros, dressed
in white satin, to hold it up. I'red says
they will look like Pluto's imps. I
don't understand who he means. I
looked all through the biographical
dictionary, but I could not find any such
person in it probably some old chum
of his.
Then, as to ornaments, I would pre
fer you all to wear pearls; I, of course,
shall have diamonds. F'red thinks the
former suit a bride the best; but I shall
soon talk him out of that. If he thinks
he is going to get off from giving me a
set of diamonds, he is greatly mistak
en. It is just as well to let hun under
stand at the very outset what is ex
pected of him. O, Amanda, the love I
feel for that man! I would be willing
to share with him a shepherd's hut, if
it were not for the contracted atmos
phere and tallow candles. My whole
soul revolts against the last, although,
of course, I have never seen none the
aristocratic soul is painfully sensitive.
We shall have flowers at the church
and at the house. I want to have two
hearts made of roses, and intertwined
so touching and suggestive, you know,
and Fred savs so strikingly original.
lie thinks it would add very much to
the effect to have Tommy represent
Cupid firing at them. I asked him how
in tlie world we should dress the child
for the character, and he said a pair of
wings with a bow and arrow would
complete the custome ratLerairy, you
know. Mother says 8 pair of wings
would be very little protection, and
Tommy takes cold so easily. It would
injure the effect dreadfully to have her
running every moment to wipe Cupid's
nose that is Tommy's cross in life. I
think the infant nose ought to be sup
pressed. It would be much better to
have it remain undeveloped until the
age of seven or eight, when children are
old enough to wipe their noses themselves.
The Grand Army.
To Union Soldiers and sailors of the late War.
Our comrades in other states have,
since the close of the late war estab
lished state organizations of the Grand
Army of the liepublic. and we now
have such an organization in this state,
and its failure or success depends on
your efforts.
It seeks to unite all the soldiers and
sailors of the late war in a common or
ganization; to promote social inter
course; to keep alive the spirit of true
patriotism displayed by our heroes liv
ing and dead : to promote the welfare
of the living, and to relieve the necess
ties of the families of our dead com
rades. Its objects are beneficient. It
has nothing of politics within its or
ganization.
Ten comrades joining iu a petition
to li. II. Wilbur, the department com
mander, entitles you to a post, which
will be duly organized on forwarding
vour petition to William Coburn, as
sistant adjutant general, Omaha, to
whom, or to some member of the coun
cil of administration, all inquiries
should be addressed.
The council of administration sug
gests that you make May 30th, next
"Decoration Day," a field day for meet
ing, and that you report your strength
on that day to the assistant adjutant
general. Let this dav be one of meet
ing as well for organizing new posts
as for those already organized.
We look to you to make tins move
ment a grand success. Det us hear
from you in response to this call, which
i3 made in the spirit of fraternity,
charitv and loyalty.
F". A. liEADBUP.Y. Omaha Barracks,
M. It. Kisdox, Omaha.
P. IIiiist, St. Paul,
O. li. Arsr.oTT, Grand Island,
Geo. L. Bkowx, David City,
Council of Administration.
State papers please copy.
The work set on foot by tlie editori
al convention, at Lincoln last Jan.,
will insure practical results, beneficial
to every newspaper in the State. The
subject of foreign advertising occuj ied
a good deal of attention, and the mo
dus operandi, by which advertising
agents eucliered many a poor printer
out of his just dues, was shown up to
perfection. The editorial fraternity
of Nebraska will take a new departure
as, regards foreign advertising, and we
hope to see every paper in the State
fail into line and help the good work
on. If j'vp do not protect our own in
terests, who's to blame? Committees
were appointed to work up the feasi
bility of sever.il needed reform?, and
we trust by the May meeting of the as
sociation every thing may be ripe for
the new departure in Nebraska jour
nalism. -Hastings Journal.
SIIi:!:! IN NEBRASKA.
A Very Comprehensive Letter,
-It Does
Ed. Jouunal: Knowing the inter
est your paper has Uiken in tlie import
ant sulfjVet of sheep raising, 1 hand you
the following letter for publication. '
Truly Yours,
P, KlXa.SLEY".
Guide Hook, Neil, Jan. 5, 1S73.
Mil F. Kinosley, IIehuox, Neb.
Deaii Sin: I am in receipt of your
favor of December 31st, and take pleas
ure in giving you my experience in
wool-growing; sincerely hoping it may
be beneficial to you and in a degree
have a tendency to further and encour
age -n our State, this most agreeable of
business, sheep-husbandry.
If I w as intending to buy sheep in
the spring, I should get aboard the cars
and go to Eastern Wisconsin, avoiding
Missouri just so far as convenient to
me, as we consider Missouri sheep, on
the average far below par. Our sheep
purchased in Missouri had the scab,
nor have we entirely cured it as 3et in
the flock ; and, so far as we have been
able to ascertain, this disease is very
prevalent there.consequently we should
fear to purchase in any locality infest
ed by this disease.
Again, the coarse grades preponder
ate in Missouri, and from our experi
ence we would advise you to invest in
merino stock. I am aware that the
opinion prevails quite generally
throughout the west that coarse grades
are more profitable than tine, but short
experience in the business annihilates
this idea. But let me explain the con
dition of our flock, mixed as it is wih
Missouri natives and grade merinos.
Our sheep are looking remarkably well,
and in fact, have never looked so well
at this season of the year, but of course,
as our flock increases in numbers, the
more hospital subjects we have, and
invariably such subjects are of the
car.se grades. Our grade merinos are
all in tine condition, much better than
our coarsest. And I can, to my satis
faction, settle this question in a few
words. Coarse wools do better in small
tlock, but as you increase in numbers,
in the same ratio, your condition will
decrease I have heard, and have no au
thority for disputing the same, that the
Mexican sheep although very coarse
are in condition fully equal to liner
grades, and roam in immense herds;
but Missouri natives cannot flock to
gether in any great number and keep
in goJ condition. Some have invest
ed, the past season in Mexican sheep,
purchasing them south of here in Kan
sas, but all agree in purchasing line
merino rams to use in such tlocks.
These Mexican ewes, two years old,
cost 2.50.
There is one difficulty with which
sheep men have to contend in this
State, and that is inability to get the
ewes with lamb. This can be avoided
bv giving the sheep a little extra care
at the proper season. We commenced
using the rams this season on the 20th
of November. We noticed that the
coarse ewes, as is always the case, were
always on hand in the morning wait
ing for the rams, the finer ones being
somewhat reluctant, but as soon as we
commenced feeding grain, many more,
both coarse and fine, indiscriminately,
were on hand, but we always close the
season with the finer ones. All of our
ewes have taken the ram this season,
about 273, this of course, does not in
clude the lambs, which never breed in
this State before two years old.
You ask, "Can we double our money
in one year?" AVe never have. But
I'll tell you in figures what you can
do, providing you can give your sheep
extra care during the first winter. Go
to Wisconsin and buy 300 young, grade
merino ewes, load them on the cars,
and wheu landed at Hebron, they will
cost you 300x3 $750. Hay $100,
com 8"50. The next spring, with good
luck, vou will shear ST.jxOlG-iO it'3.,x
23 $412.50, 200 lamb x 2,4' $r00,-adding
30 more "for salt, etc., we have
expense, $1)50; profits, 81)12.50, and you
have your 475 sheep left. I know that
this can be realized if the sheep have
good care. You invest in coarse sheep
and your clip will be four pounds to
the head. Our line sheep stand tlie
storms equally as well as the coarse.
You ask, "Do we wash?" We have
washed but one season; but am con
vinced that were we to ship our wool
to Philadelphia or Boston it would pay
us well to wash. If I had coarse sheep,
would wash, but If merino, have no
idea we would realize any profit by
washing if we. find our market here.
Could 1 obtain the means to purchase
sheep in the spring, I should go to Wis
consin. Kenosha or ltaciue county,
about shearing time, would purchase
nothing older than tliree years.
You remember our storm of last
January, do you nofe? Our loss was
severe. No provision made for such a
etorm, it drifted badly under the shed,
and although we worked throughout
the day shoveling snow the night after
the storm was 60 intensely cold, that
the sheep crowded in such numbers in
to the lower corner of the shed, that
we found the next morning fifty dead,
smothered. I never furnish any ex
cuse for this, as I was away teaching
school, but will call it sheer careless
ness. Other sheep men in this vicini
ty lost none. Were I to bring sheep in
here from the east, I should build a
good shed, enclosed both in front and
back, with the exception of doors, feed
them in troughs shelled corn and oats,
one part oats, two of corn, and with
good hay I should have no fears for
the result. Prosperity and comfoit
would everywhere be manifest. Hop
ing that this may be of benefit and
wishing you success in your new enter
prise I rema n.
1 ours iraternaiiy,
A. Bailey.
Of Interest to Eastern Nebraska.
It is a notorious fact that Eastern
Nebraskayet contains thousand ofs val
uable farming land that is lying idle
at the present time. There is not a
count in Nebraska that borders on
the Missouri river, wherein over one
half the land is used by farmers; even
Douglas county has hundreds of acres
of land that is not utilized bv the farm
ers. Annies lrom utoe county rooiv
the first premium in a contest wherin
the oldest and largest Iruit raising
states in the union were represented,
and yet not one half the land in Otoe
county is occupied by farmers. The
farming lands in Eastern Nebraska
can be purchased or rented at a very
reasonable juice; the farmer has a sure
thiug on raising paying crops; farmers
in eastern Nebraska have a splendid
market for .ill their products: rroin
Douglas count' south, there is a rail
road in each river county. Ihere is a
need of farmers in eastern Nebraska,
and the men that open up farms in
that part of the state are not only a
great benefit to the immediate locality
where thev settle, but it results in
great financial gain to themselves.
Those who have tlie interest of east
ern Nebraska at heart, should endeav
or to preserve the credit of, at least,
the eastern portion of the state, as a
truly wonderful agricultural region
md if the people in eastern .Nebraska
do justice to themselves they will do
ill in their power to keep people from
going west of the Hundredth Meridian
to attempt farming, because it' is im
possible for the homesteader to make
:i success of it. Attempts at tunning
west of Cozad have proved failures,
and the results plainly indicate that
successful farming west of Cozad is an
utter imvossibilltu. Many men have
tried it, and many homesteads west
of Covid have been abandoned by
the would be farmer all that try it
fail. Numbers of these disgusted
homesteaders leave for other states,
and the tales of drouth and grasshop
pers retard a large emigration from
coming to any part of our state.
The people in Kansas admit that a
large part of that state is unfit for cul
tivation and in consequence they have
what is known as the dead line. The
Hundredth Meridian in Nebraska
should operate in the same manner as
the Kansas dead line.
There is no cry of a lack of land for
farming purposes ; and, in fact, those
that think that any large amount of
people west of Cozad would suffer an
injury from the leasing of all Nebras
ka lands west of Cozad are mistaken.
All the farmers in Nebraska west of
the Hundredth Meridian, might be loca
ted on eighty acre farms in Douglas
count j', and even then all the vacant
land it: that county would not be oc
cupied. North Platte Nebraskian.
ASBUUY PARK'S LIQUOR WAR.
The Foundry ef the Village Sued by one
of tne Liquor Sellers of this place.
A trial for libel in progress in Free
hold before Judge Scudder attracts
much attention from both temperance
men and those interested in the liquor
traffic.
James A. Bradley, a wealthy brush
manufacturer of Pearl street, in 1871
bought five hundred acres of land ad
joining Ocean Grove for $90,000. llx
cept where it skirted the beach it was
a wilderness of tangled underbrush.
Through his intelligent energy the
flourishing village of Asbery Park has
sprung into existence. Where there
was but one small house in 1871, over
a half million of dollars has been
invested in buildings, two-thirds of
which are handsome summer cottages.
There are three churches and a large
school house. The deeds for the buiid
ing lots, which, through liberal adver
tising, Mr. Bradley sold rapidly, all
containing a proviso that no liquor
should be sold on the premises. In
1873 Mr. Bradley added to bis numer
ous advocations the editing and pub
lication of a weekly newspaper, which
he styled the Asbury Park Journal.
In this he ardently advocated the tem
perance principles which he had made
the law of the village. In the fall of
1875 Mr. Bradley,s indignation was
aroused by the election of Henry Gug
el to the oftice of Coroner. Mr. Gug
el was an innkeeper at Oceauville, a
village five miles distauce from Asbury
I park, but in the same township. The
measure of Mr. Bradley's indignation
was filled to overflowing when Gugel,
the next year, was also made a Town
Committeeman. In the Spring of
1877, when the democrats renominated
Gugel lor Town Committeeman, the
retired brush maker's editorial pages
bristled with pungent paragraphs like
this:
"If one of Henry Gugel's victims
hangs or shoots himself, who will hold
j the inquest V Why, the man who soli
j him tlie rum Henry Gugel. rumseller
and Coroner, and an aspirant to the
office of Town Committeeman'
utner paragraphs called Gugel a
"terrible fungus on the body politic:
said that the road to ruin ran "right
through Henry Gugel s grog shop;
that "not satisfied with being tavern
keeper and Coroner, he wants to be a
Town Committeeman and sandwich
himself between two honest men." and
that he was "a rum seller, a curse to
his neighborhood and society.
These paragraphs did not please
Gugel, and he sued thfir author for
libel, estimating the damages to his
character at $10,000. He was repre
sented in Court last week by ex-Judge
Bobbins of Freehold, and Patterson fc
Porter of Long Branch. For M?.
Bradley appeared Gen. IlaFght of
Freehold, aud John S. Applegate and
Robert Allen of Bed Bank. The
court room was crowded. A large
volunteer delegation from the young
ladies' seminary smiled upon Bradley
in one corner of the court room: the
neighboring hotels sent a motley host
of partisans of Gugel.
A de cided point was made in Mr.
Bradley's favor when his wife, a beau
tiful intellectual looking woman, took
the stand and said smilingly that she
usually called herself the assistant ed
itor of the Asbury Prak Jocrnal.
When Gen. Height read the paragraph
in the leading editorial referring to the
Gugel monument, she said. "It is mine
entirely," and there was one of those
indifferent movements in the court
room that do not amount to applause,
but approached so nearly to it that the
Court thought proper to check it with
the gavel. Seeing that he had reached
tho climax, Gen. Haight turned the
witness over to the plaintiff's eounsel
for cross-examination. Sun.
State Items.
Hon. Dan'l. McKillip of Seward was
married recently. Another bachelor
has gone and done the sensible thing.
The Nebraskian suggests a Central
Association of the cattle men of Ne
braska, Wyoming, Colorado and Kan
sas. Kearney Press: The rush of im
provements upon tho Kearney reserva
tion ince January lGth, has not been
equalled in any portion of Nebraska
since it was organized as a territory.
The Kearney Gazette goes into
mourning because the Omaha Herald
won't exchange with it any more. Don't
feel so bad, we went through that sad
experience some year ago and are liv
ing yet. And the Seward Beporter too.
Kearney Press: The Kearney read
ing club is flourishing. Its members
make no grand pretentions but merely
expend their money for valuable works
and then conduct the club in such a
way that each member gets the full
benefit of the money expended by all.
Adams Co Gazette: Great activity
is looked for in railroad building in
Nebraska the present year. The B. &
M. are filling their yard at Lincoln
with tics and iron and undoubtedly in
tend building their branch road from
Hastings south and alo.ig the fertile
Republican Valley.
A Winnebago Indian was found dead
in Dakota county, where he had been
chopping wood the day before, suppos
ed to have been murdered by one Be
linski, a Polander, who barely escaped
death at the hands of the infuriated
Indians, who chased him to Dakota
City, where he is now under arrest.
It is understood that the B. Sc M
railroad has sold a large tract of laud
south of 1'xeter, Fillmore county, to
the agents ot a Bohemian colony of five
hundred persons, who will locate there
in the spring. A uumber of farmers
from Central Illinois are negotiating
for a large amount of land near the
same place. Grand Island Indepen
dent.
Burtonian: One hundred and fifty
car load3 of stock shipped from Teka
ma, Burt Co., last week. Pottawata
mie John, a Winnebago Indian, is re
ported to have killed a white man on
the reservation. Burt Co. has an heir
to the Wofert Weber estate, which in
cludes 57 acres of the citv of New
York, worth $182,000,000. His name
is Giltner.
If Richard Grant White
isn't advo
Just hear
eating the us of slang!
him.
Slang has, in many cases, a pith
and
pungency which make it not only par
donable, but tolerable. It often ex
presses a feeling, if not a thought, of
the passing day, which could not be so
forcibly expressed in any other phrase
ology.
We learn that Mr. Wm. J. Abbott,
a resident of Lincoln, has rented the
Upton House and will take possession
in February. Schuyler Sun.
That's right put it Lincoln. Ab-
bo(ujt when does he tnke "holt."
Nose Bleeding. For bleeding at
the nose, the best remedy, as given by
Dr. Gleason, in one of his lectures, is
a vigorous motion or the jaw, as in
the act of mastificatiou. In the case of
a child, a wad of paper should be
placed in its month, and the child in
structed to chew it hard. It is the
motion of the jaw that stops the blood.
This remedy is so very simple that
many feel inclined to laugh at it, but
it never has been known to fall in a
single instance, even in very severe
cases.
FOE THE HOUSEHOLD.
An ounce of alum put into the last
water used in rinsing the children'
dresses, it is said, will render them al
most ini-inflaiiKil.!e. They will take'
fire very sNiwly, if at all, and not burn'
with a flame. " Mothers who live iit
houses where open fires are kept, will
do well to try the experiment, not on'
the children, but on the dresses.
Josh Billings, or some one else, said
"No man will ever get to heaven rid
ing, a sore backed horse." Bat for al?
this, I observe a good many such hor
se , go where I will. There is a cheap
simple, and efficient way to cure sore
backs, and old sores of any kind. Take
white oak bark, peel th vo.-s or out
side off, add water, and boil it down
till it is as black as ink. When cool,
add to a gallon of the bark extract two
ounces of alum. Wash the affected
part two or tliree times a day until
cured. A. M. Lang, Covedale 1'arni
Ky.
Tin: FirFff Recoiid says : "We can
not grow peaches with success except
we prune the trees every year ; leavo
but a single tree imprinted and its
leaves are a light, sickly green it bears
one or two peaches, and that is the
last of the tree. Where trees tiro
pruned every year, cutting back more
than half the growth of the season,-peach-trees
1 ear from fifteen to twen
ty years, and some even more.-
Sweet oil or almost any grease may
be taken out of a carpet by putting one
ti.blespoonful of ammonia or hartshorn
and two of beef's gall into a pint of
warm water, and sponging the spot
with it very thoroughly. Then rinso'
repeatedly with pure alchol, and wipe
with a piece of woolen cloth till near
ly drv. If the spot has been of long
standing this may need to be repeated
two or three times before the grease is
all removed.
Variations In Butter!
One of the proprietors of a leading"
butter firm doing business in Boston
recently slated that during the many
years in which he had been handling
birtfer, he had never yet received but
ter from different dairies that was any
more nearly alike than the men who
brought it in, or the women who made
it. The products of every dairy have a
character peculiarly their own, which
would hardly be the case if all under
stood their business, as marble-workers
and bricklayers understand theirs.
But if these different products were all
good, and only varied as the character
of different varieties of good fruit vary,
there would be less cause for complaint
than now, with one half, or perhaps
more, really unpalatable to any but the
coarser appetites. Now, what do these
fruits prove? Simply this, that a
dairymen we are yet very ignorant of
the laws under which we arc working
The hot horseshoe may not be used as;
frequently now as formerly for driving
witches from the churn, but how many
do really know just why the "butter
don't come" as well in November as In
June, or why tho milk sours most when
lightning and thunder shakes tlie earth?
Home -Life a Hundred Tears Ago.
One hundred years ago not a pound
of coal nor a cuMi foot of illuminating
gas had been burned in the country.
No iron stoves were used, and no con
trivances for economising heat were
employed until Dr. Franklin invented
the iron-framed fireplace which still
bears ids name. All the cooking and
warming in town and country were
done by the aid of fire kin Jled on the
brick oven. Pine knots or tallow
candles furnished the light for the long
Winter nights, and Banded floors sup
plied the place of rugs and carpets. The
water used for household purposes was
drawn from deep wells by the sweep.
No form of pump was used in this
country until after the commencement
of the present c- ntury. There were no
friction matches in those early days by
the aid of which a fire could be easily
kindled; and if the fire went out upon
the hearth over night, and the Under
was damp so the ppark would not catch,
the alternative remained of wading
through the .now a mile or two to bor
row a brand from a neighbor. Only
one room in any house was warm un
less one of the family was ill; in all the'
i-st the temperature was at zero during
many nights in the Winter. The men
and women of a hundred years ago un
dressed and went to their beds in a
temperature colder than that of our'
modern barns and woodsheds, and they
never complained.
Saratoga Potatoes.
Some years ago everybody ate of the
fried potatoes prepared in some of the
hotels at Saratoga, but more especially
at the "Lake House" at Saratoga lake,
where they were prepared in perfection.
On one occasion, being there with a
friend, a lady and gentleman made their
appearance on the piazza where little
tables are placed, at which many per
sons were sucking their cobblers and
eating those pretty, curled-up potatoes.
The party was evidently English and
stylish society people. The lady stopped
at our table, and parti illy stooping down
to see what in the world we could be
eating, when we quietly blurted out,
"Potatoes I" She laughed and passed
on, but in a few minutes they were try
ing the article themselves, much to
their apparent satisfaction. Now, how
ever, we have potatoes cooked just as
artistically and toothsomoly as at Sara
toga lake. The way it is done is no
longer a secret, and is as follows: Tho
tools are a common cabbage-cutter, two
wire sieves and a "spider." Take, say
eight large potatoes, pare them and slice
very thin with the cutter, stir iuto it
one teaspoonful of salt to a quart, and
let them remain half an hour in that.
Pour them into the sieve to drain, and
when well-drained wipe the slices dry;
put a pound of lard into the spider, ami
when it becomes smoking hot put in the
potatoes. They must constantly
stirred to prevent the pieces from ad
hering to one another, and until they
are sufficiently browned to make your
mouth water, when ttey ahould be
served at once.