The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899, January 29, 1891, Image 4
ABAUIhlUK'S STORY. I was a bachelor, not wealthy, but ror'ented and happy. ) am stiJl a bailor, contented but cot happy. Till is the difference between Thomas Growler of a month ago and the same person today. 15ut one short month ago I thought nothing of matrimony. I smoked my pipe in comfort at my lodg ings (in the city of Canterbury) or sewea refractory buttons upon my clothing without a thought of any female to take that employment out of my hands. But 1 was one day seated in the beau tiful grounds of the Daue John, watch in the children drinking at the foun tain, when a shadow fell upon the path. It might have been the shadow of eom lng events, but upon looking around I Mi,rf ti.it n, substance was n n(iitvu " very beautiful young lady, with rogu ish blue eyes that might have been the headquarters if fun and good humor, looking at me from a frame of golden ringlets. Now, you need not imagine that I, sober gentlemen of 40, was in love withagirL Nothing of the kind. She was at least 30, and a ragged little boy who stood near, whose tongue I loos ened with a piece of silver, told me that she was a widow, who owned a mail f,.rm niitside the town, and tuat her name was Mrs. Faber. He also in formed me that her brother lived with her and managed the property. Upon the following morning I great ly surprised my friend, Harry Powers, by praising the Widow Faber, and re questing an introduction. He gazed at me a moment in speechless aston ishment, and I think that he really thought of knocking me down with Webster's Dictionary and calling for assistance. But Harry was engaged himself, and soon comprehended the state of afiairy. So he dropped the Itook upon the table and invited me to a picnic which was to take place in the woods in a few days, where I should meet the lady and be introduced. I immediately purchased a new suit f clothes, a beautiful wig and a pair of tight boots, and when the morning of the festival dawned crowded .myself into the broadcloth, put on my wig, and after much preparation and stroug language had been wasted managed to sqn-eze my feet iuto the patent leath ers, where they felt as if incased in red hot iron boot. At the picnic 1 received the prom ised introduction, and had the pleasure of escorting Agnes all day. She talked with me, aud we attacked the stables In company, investigating the interior of pigeon pies and dissecting chickens together. I was happy all day, and when at parting she invited me to visit her I believe the tightness ny waist coat was all tht prevented my heart from bursting its bonds. My feet pre vented me from sleeping that night, but I was willing to suffer in such cause, and I bore it without a murmur. One day 1 hired a horse and gig at the livery stable, and started toward the farm to carry Anges to a party at a neighboring town. She was already dressed when I drove up, and looked beautiful in a new bonnet and shawl. We were very comfortable and our conversation was very interesting. I was advancing rapidly in her good opinion, and was beginning to think seriously of popping the question, when the horse stopped suddenly as if turned to stone. We both tumbled suddenly foffurd with a low bow, and my com pamws lovely nose came into sharp contact with the dashboard. I immediately jumped out to see what was the matter, but everything about the horse appeared to be all right, and I again climbed into the gig and prepared to start. But the horse obstinately refused to move. I coaxed and flattered, but be would not be per suaded. I thrashed him with the whip until my wrist ached, but he remained immovable as a statue. At last I sharpened a hedge stake, took my seat, gave the reins to my companion and him a tremendous blow. I hardly hoped to see him stir, but he did, and started with a leap that almost threw me on my back. 1 immediately seized the reins, but his determination had taken another channel, and he would not stop. I tugged at the reins and shouted ''Whoa!" but be held the bit between his teeth and rushed along the road like a runaway comet Agnes screamed and 1 roared as we dashed by the farm houses with the I of a locomotive. The horse's i splintered the dashboard at every leap, and the bright shoes twinkled Ill s small stars in dangerous proximity w oar eyes. Finally the wheels struck : a tree, the horse stumbled and the next iaemnt I was lying upon my back in the road. , FeeUng like an txhauited bellows I regained my breath and picked myself op after a while, but what a situation! Acaat lying upon the trass,' with torn .ttx sad disordered hair, while her djsen was roiling along the pathway pmaed by a terrier. The horse stood ;psfaodgaedealmly upon the rcaa.jl was without hat, covered Ci BBfc . The boys shouted boister asl the oocapany, who preceived Ctwvwwere uninjured laughed. I WUrajsaped into the river to Vn$mU,mil ssrtertalwd serious t " i 1mm m t At. . La I J wi,wii i uwugm IT 'CiAtMutmi Afnes to arise. XltrC fcawjr tarn for the wrecked gig. I was scratched and dis couraged. Agnes had turned the cold shoulder and I was in despair, nui i wrote her a letter explaining matters and begging to be again taken into favor. 1 was overjoyed to .'receive an encouraging reply. She forgave me and would not give me up, but her brother was very angry and would not permit her to see me. If 1 wouiu come upon the following evening to the farm I could reach her window by means of the grapevine, and we couiu think the matU-r over. This letter cheered me wonderfully and when the clock struck 9 upon the fniinwin-nurht I walked gaily to the! farm, passed around to the rear and perceived a white figure at the window. A large dog, which was lasi'-ueu m kennel under the window, threateud to raise an alarm, but a few words from Agnes quieted him. I clambered up the vine and was soon at her side, I was so happy that the grapevine might have been the ladder to paradise. Agnes was forgiving and lovely, and we conversed for an half hour without a thoutrht of the lower world. I was calmly gazing at the farm which would soon be my own when the door opened. Upon turning I saw the obnoxious brother standing in the door way with a very suspicious whip in his hand. He looked angry, and 1 imme diately comprehended his purpose. It was not in human n dure to remain quiet, and w hen he sprang toward me with an angry howl I answered with a yell, and springing through the window began slipping down the vine. I would no doubt have made a masterly retreat, but I was a few feet from the top when the brother cut the fastenings with his knife, and the vine and myself fell together. Unfortu nately I dropped upon the roof of the kenneL The roof not being able to hold showers of fallen humanity, gave away, and 1 tumbled directly into the jaws of the bulldog. The jaws, with a howl, fastened upon my leg, and for a moment there was a terrible battle be tween us. At last the dog unfastened to take a fresh bite, and I took advant aare for the moment to get away; but my enemy again fastened upon my coat tails, and as I could not drag dog aud kennel over the fence I was unable to move. The dog pulled one way and I the other, and for a while the issue was very doubtful, but I caught a glimpse of one of the farm laborers advancing with a pitchfork and gave a desperate jerk. It was too much for the strongest of cloth, and leaving the torn portion in the dog's possession, I bounded away toward the barnyard fence. But I discovered in time that I was charg ing upon the couched pitchfork of the servant and. turnine quickly to the right, took a fifing leap over the gar den wall Unluckily I attempted to fly without wings; my feet caught in the stones and I turned a somersault into the garden. Instead of falling upon the grass dived headforemost iuto a straw bee hive. The beehive went over on the ground and I followed; but the bees were the first to pick themsslves up, and when I arose to my feet a whole colony was ready to settle upon nie. Tney swarmed in my hair, and crawled under my clothing until I was frantic. The more I stamped and beat and raved, the more they stung me, At last I gave a stamp of tremendous force: my tight patent leathers burst. and just as my feet protuded at the sides I stepped in the overturned hive I meght as well stepped in the fire; the little tormentors stung my feet, and I danced like a bear upon hot plates for the same reason. i was stm wildly beating the air when I perceived all the farm servants whom my shouts had aroused, charg mg in a body. They shouted "Thief,1 and flourished their weapons and began to think of leaving that neigh borhood in a hurry. But i was deter mined upon revenge. I could not be stung any worse than I was; so I grasped the hive that stood upon the bench and hurled it into the crowd. I had the pleasure of seeing it drop upon the brother's head like a huge hat, and to see the individual throw it off and roll upon the ground in anguish. I never derived so much pleasure from hearing a person swear before. I could hear my pursuers breathing hard near me, and expected every mo ment to feel the spikes of the pitch fork behind, when I stumbled over a stone and fell headlong into the river. The men behind, unable to check them selves, followed, and the next moment we were all struggling in the water. It was not deep, and was the best accident that could have happened to me, as it rid me of the . bees. I soon arose and scrambled up the steep bank, where I stood to look around. In one place a head appeared above the water; in another a pair of feet kicked in the air, without any visible owner. Hats, pitchforks and men were mixed in a confused heap, while all plunged and pulled like a shoal of porpoises. Al though I was smarting with pain the scene was too ludicrous to be gazed on with a sober countenance, and I laughed until I could roar no longer. Bnt when I reached my rooms I did not feel so welL 1 knew that I bad lost Agnes forever, besides the bear? sum for the gig and toe new suit My face wai swelled for many days, audi could not leave the r.ouse. To be sure .r,mnff!,B neighbors had witnessed the battle, and wliei it was shown how I had punished them I was quitea hero among my friends, rraise, iiuunc, did not replace ihe missing money, aud Agnes would not speak to me in me street. So I was w retched. . I am now a confirmed bachelor, aud I look with a thankful heart upon the chaos cf 1 oof jacks and boots in my room will o it the least desire tochange j my condition. I look upon all widows , as attractive destroyers, and my exper-1 i-nt has been such as to confirm my hatred of the sex. Of course all w ho : think different are welcome to be fet tered, but if 1 was to choose between hanging and winning a widow 1 would select the least of the evils, aud patron ize the executioner. Agnes is Uill a w idow, and her brother is married audi hear, with grim satisfaction, that he is henpecked. New York World, Surprising, if True A robust man of about (5 years of age entered the oflice of the board of auditors a day or two ago. He called Auditor Ilolihan aside and related the following: "In the year 1840 I arrived in the city of Detroit, sick and desti tute. I went to the mayor, whose name I have forgotten, laid my case before him, and he kindly allowed me quarters in the county house. I was there three weeks, and now I want to square myself with the county for the favors rendered." V liereat the robust man pulled out two 850 bills and waited for the astonished Ilolihan to gather himself. "Why." exclaimed Mr. lloli ban, "that was fifty years ago, and, of course; there is no charge against you, ana But tne robust man insisted on paying up. He urged so firmly that Mr. Ilolihan finally accepted S15 and covered the sum back into the treasury. But the old fellow would give no scrap of his history and refused his name. Detroit .News. Young 51 u n, Get a Pretty Girl Friend. The pretty, wise head of a pure hearted girl friend can help a young man immensely. Perhaps nothing will ever come of it in the shape of aflianciug, but if you know such a dear, sharp eyed creature, my boy, just you value her friendship highly. Be sure you live so as to deserve and keep her friendship. Then consult her on a good many things. You will be surprised how she can help you. She will warn you against base fel lows and silly girls. She will prevent you repeating some society blunder and a foolish mistake in your attire. Hie will detect whether you are losir.g ground with your customers or em ployers and give you word in season; you had better heed her, too. She will see to-morrow plainer than you do yes terday. " She sees by flashes where you plod in slow reasoning. There are few of us who do not have occasion to remember the softening, re fining society of some gentle girl friend along our path; a real friend, whose pretty head stands out along the mem ory lands, surrounded with a halo al most as bright as the head that is now growing gray at our side. almost not quite. Xew York Weekly. Where the Ass Amuses a Crowd. The common people ot Cairo resort to the exhibitions of mountebanks who teach camels, asses and dogs to dance. The dancing of the ass is diverting enough. After he has frisked and capered sufficiently his master tells him that the sultan means to build a great palace, and will have to employ all the asses in carrying mortar, stones and oilier materials. , u pon ims tne ass falls down with his feet upward, clos ing his eyes and extending his chest as if he were dead. The owner loudly bewails his loss and appeals to the bystanders for alms to make it good. Then, having collec ted as much as possible, he announces that the ass is not really dead, but be ing sensible of his master's necessity has played a trick to secure provinder. lie commands the ass to rise, but the brute remains motionless in spite of all the blows he can give him. At last he proclaims that by virtue of an edict of tlie sultan all the handsome ladies are bound to ride out the next day upon the comeliest asses they can find in order to see a triumphal show, and that the ladies are to entertain their beasts with oats and Nile water. These words are no sooner pronounced than the ass rises up, prances and leaps for joy. The master then declares that the ass has been pitched upon by the war den of his street to carry his deformed and ugly wife, upoa wttafc the ass low ers his ears and limps with one leg as if lame. The showman after rvtrarking that, his donkey is a great adtiher of hand some women, command him to single out the prettiest one in ihs company, and the well trained beast completes the show by going about among the peeple, and finally touching one of the prettiest of the women witn big head, to the great amusement of Ut crowd. Youth's companion, .s Crackers may be served out of a cracker jar at dinner, though they are usually in a dish at dinner, the jar be lng most used at luncheon and teas. It if still fashionable to make tea In the parlor and offer it to callers, q,. llSTERESIIXC TO FARMERS. Have the team wJ nhod, or not at all Be sure of a full supply of rough- uesi Always breed from a stallion that will improve your Mock, Keep the horses under good shelter when the weather is cold and stormy. A good colt will hardly come from a poor mare, even if she is bred to a good Id breeding good horses you have the advantage in always having a gooJ market for them. If you breed a poor grade of horses the market you will generally find, is I one of low prices. Hard work is not so apt to injure a horse as the failure to receive proper attention after the work. The colt raised in a stall or close lot is apt to be more awkward and soft than one given plsnty of room. The amount of dead capital invest ed in idle horses is an immense sum. How much are you adding to it? To make horse raising profitable breed the best. Pork will grow on grass as well as either beef or mutton. The man who is continually jerking on the lines is not a good driver, and will not succeed in getling the most out of a horse. To produce horses of a good appear ance the mare must be carfully se lected, of a good color and with fine hair and a good form. Care should be taken in handlino young colts to be svstemetic. Train them to do one thing at a time but have them learn that thoroughly. A horse that seems to work hard in moving is really working hard, and is not as desireable as one that moves easily. During the winter is a good time to rest up tha work teams. They will be vigorous and thrifty by the time spring work coramenc-js. It is a good plan to learn the disposi tion of your colts while training them, as under different dispositions they require different treatment The Poultry Yard. Keep the feeding coops clean. Young guineas are very tender. Sweet corn makes a splendid feed for young poultry. A broad board makes a good feeding place for soft feat. During the winter, especially, it is important to see that plenty of grit is supplied. Poultry often do considerable dam age if allowed to roost in the stables or granaries. Systematic work in feeding and car ing for the poultry Is what returns the most profit Rightly managed' red pepper fed to poultry will aid materially to prevent cholera at this time. In some localities Kaffir com is highly recommended as a food for poultry during the winter. All hens that do not show some par ticular merit or evidence of thrift, should be fattened and marketed. Feed soft food in clan troughs. .The poor farmer cannot afford keep poor hogs. Clover straw can always bo used to to a good advantage far bedding. Sorghum cut and cun-d in good sea son makes an excellent n'iuter feed for sheep. After it gets well ss-ued, blue grass makes one of the best, If not the best, pasture gr.As, On the av.r?n fa m at least, there is but little i!;injr f the hog house being too v.'.-trm. When it can Kt readily secured, sweet skim milk is piesferable to sour for feeding tp p;j?. The cleaner the l.ind can he left in the fall the more thoroughly the insect pests will be .ksfroy-iL A little work in imping, with a lit tle work in making paths, will lessen materially the necessity for tramping uirougu me mutl. juuuon, wool .via wheat are a good comuinauon, espom.sy dnring the winter. Theshtcn will while the wheat will often bs benefited; , While dirt and litter do not always prouuee cnoiera, yet they are condi tions that aid the disease materially, and if avoided will certaiuly promote health. Unless fed under proper conditions a considerable amount of feed fan easily be wasted in feeding cattle dur ing the winter. It is very necessarv to secure a good growth. It shouid be understood that late grass does not confain the nouri.mw it is in the more mature eras, of summer, and for this reason the ra tions should be iucreased. It is not a good plan to mi ti.. mm. from a fresh cow with the balance (on i eoon. It often is the chum i,r i I not coming and for this reason alone will be best kept separate. After the orchard rets .well -.(-i.ii.i. 0 It rarely pays toisonf fmio to crop ft a.u.l2J Th trees need all of the plant food, in order to make a food growth and yield a croy of fruit A yard or lawn always look barren without some flowering shrubs and or namental shade trees, and especially so in winter. A few shrubs and ever greens will relieve this appearance. Too eloae pasturing, if kng contin ue! will rob the soil of its fertility, the same as eontinued cropping year after year without adding to the plant food by manuring, and in additiou the stock will not thrive so well, as they must tramp over a considerable acreage in order to secure what they waut to sat isfy their hunger. The use of unripe seed of tomatoes - j anJ otuer ve?eublt-s lias been found to promote earliness in these vegetables. At the same time, however, it alSJ re sults in weakening the plants ani pro ducing enfeebled strains. We do no hesitate to pronounce in favor of well ripened seed. We have sacrificed al ready by far too much in quality, size, productiveness, vigor of plants, tlc for the sake of gaming a slight point m earliness. ine auvaiiutgo n u small to overbalanca all the drawbacks. llt-alth and vigor are the last thinm weshmld jeoparpiz in the improve ment of our vegetables. rracucai Farmer. History of the Turkey. The turkey is a lineal descendant from the wild North American species which was found in Mexico by the Spaniards at the time of the conquest, both wild and domesticated. The Spanish soldiers and sailors introduced it into the West India islands under the name of pavon, or peacock. From the West Indies tli9 bird was taken to Spain, where It was called pavon de las India. The French called it dindon, a contraction of cop d'lnde. Evidently the East Iudies were confounded with the West, for when this fowl was introduced Into Germany it was known as the "Calicut hen." Maj. AV. Bess King says that the bird was introduced into England about 1520 to 1521, and that it received the name w hich it has since borne simply because it was the custom to refer the origin of all strange and foreign articles to Turkey. It would not be at all Bur praising to find all the trade w ith Medi terranean ports at that time credited to that country. Headers will recall how In the time of the Crusades, a few contitrie before it had been the practice to speak of all Mohammedan people as Saracens, while the iact was that people were but a small tribe in Araba. The in stances are quite parallel When the fowl was brought to this country, its original home, it kept the name which had been given it in Eng land, and more than that it anve this name to the undomesticated variety, which has since been" knowa as the wild turkey. The circle was completed, and a bird that belonged exclusively to this continent, without having gone away from its home at all, got credit for having been brought from the east, It is a good example of the confusion of names likely to occui almost any where. Youth's Companion. The Management of Children. If you would see a woman or a child graceful, beautiful and charming, you must find one that is loved, says Har per's Bazar. The child that dreads to be corrected or criticised for every word or movement never has a manner of elegance or an expression of charm. t ill your child s soul with an ideal of good manners, of benevolence and beauty; teach it abstractly to dislike vulgarity, selfishness, rudeness and to feel that you love and admire it, and expect of it charming manners, and the work is accomplished. It is impossible for a slave to have any style. If you would have your! cinid dignified, you must treat it wkn dignity. It is wrong to correct a child in pub ilia Any proud child feels degraded by it It should be a case of dire nivm Ity when you find fault with a child before strangers, and to destroy a child's pride is to do biro an irreparable injury, lake advantage of some inti mate iipur when parent and child are alone together, and then let the parent tenaeny explain now the child has be haved ill the day before or that morn ing, and why the child's conduct was wrong, and how it should h ive be haved, and show the child that the parent respects It and loves it, and be lieves in its capacity to do all good things. This will have the effect of puniMimcnt, when the child is in a state or excitement and the parent us ually angry,. Get in the habit of explaining the reason of things to your child i. mere oe as uuie confusion In iu mind as possible. Above all. keen tl, oi your love uppermost in the chid's - , sr ....mi, arm iex n understand that you have no wish to domineer over it oulv that being older and wiser, and loving the child so much, yon would save it - ... inexperience, that.thls is your I , "'"juunicumctiihg it to be its ww.i .noaier. ...., uu.uwmbct, nis mind from the .""jrtvwuii annoys mm. If he con twues to be cross, suspect his stomach and assure yoursels that this is la mJ root of bad temper. fatal sua QtWmJZ . i ; .. 11 ImK iMM . tm .1 a tb O Wl M ! II -UI IOS , seems to be none ks fltud tm J than Thanksgiving day, 14 !S was the very one wfeich Tos- worth chose for fatfaf fro mow and almost reeking ki He was picked u nneonHfJ be shock, and yet aafe attain Uncle John canted hioTu house, and Aunt Sarah nostaa-J lng the turkey for am tadeS, while she robbed Mat in held the smelling salts to hit Then, when be did "come to old people rejoiced, aad the 1 ' - . s COIUIUB, lUUMlllf aooui tnm awe, went wnoopmf eot to pfc-l in ma prayer, swore urttt. tuai noon, l new joan oirenrf 1 ... . w . " I thanksgiving that-the little W suffered no serious harm. n trembled and grew husky m J ceeded,and Aunt Mary pt J handkerchief and wiped awtTb tears trickling down ter chafe j Aunt Mary was a practical J and one, moreover, who was rJ any unexpected things at any sV when they happened to occur uJ "Amen,'' said Uacle John, m) Aunt Mary opened her eyes, stf parently dismissed for the pre--. dismal possibilities. "Well, Tommy," said she hi there's one thing I'm thanxfisf -that them nice new pants at didn't get a rip or a stain sw 1 she wondered whr tn) laughed, and why- she was tkajL. accused of loving little Tomoiip sers more than little Tommy ka Youth's Companion. j She Made Nudels. Women, being so much mora m in their field of work, are driven X ci 1, i0v vuou iucuuii; ivl iuc im 01 unaing opportunities mat mail i that mttjf neof Uk of us east side A. no need to look for. One 1 curious has been that German woman on the east 1 city who was left alone by the detlf her husband with a family tfj young children to support isk means whatever. She was a hran v to despair, but to think of her I means out of ber difficulties. J She had a little knowledge of si tj cooking, and it occurred to her tt few of her neighbors might like ul themselves the trouble of making the Germans use a great deal in kitchens, a kind of homemade t( ronl which they call nudels. Thai made by rolling out dough into 1 1 cake and cutting it up into long a! which are usel in soups, as well I separate dish, and also for puddisjr This woman had great skill in i ing nudels, and readily found f. her neighbors people who woukA them of her at the moderate pw" which she sold them. Her rmf was greatly in her favor; she u i i cal clean, wholesome looking Gee and by degrees she secured a larfi ronage. She has been enabled k the profits of this peculiar Idow alone to rear her Ore children deaf and comfortably, send them to at put them into good and desjrabletfi and employments aad even to aces! late a little hoard for a possible of need. She has had the satlsfa of seeing her children all turn out! ana sne is now about as happy a i " p do mane oy a sounu cheerful nature, flourish! n fan her consciousness of duty well iew xora limes. His Idea of Thenkag it. In an uptown household is t boy whose views of the beau Thanksgiving have undergone i cal chang. Like most other boys, he had looked forward U family feasts with joyful antic and he had gone to the table mined to prpve himself a fully oped trencherman. It was a 1st) iter, ana soon arter It wm on youin was put to bed In a aisienaea condition. Half as later he was suffering the worst d l glutton. "Mamma," he gasped in one a! intervals between his fits of aft know now why we new have giving dinner till evening.'1 . "Why u thatr queried hk forter. "HAdUM" and hwi the began to writhe aMin "be. wouldn't do any rood to call It giving day if we had it early. Si can give thanks after dinner cuvl new xr Til The Editor ot the Gen tun. Mr. K. W.GUder. editor of Tto tnry Magazine, who has attainsdil ranx in tne world of literature, menced his literary career as s at a smal salary on a Xewsrk paper. lie is the son of a M clergyman, and was for a tin ployed in connection with on a New Jersey railroads lb atu position. Frosatha bewinnini newspaper career be display poetic faculty, Insomuch that vested many of the most trivial with the "glamour of poetic" ambitious, diligent and waft especially studioue kept sbrss literary movements, and also kef! eyes open for opportunities of F, tlon. The position ha hat schlJ the legitmsto ootooae of his af and pirslatanea Jm orercomlaf naryobetaessa. Ltte aoti awe have nude tft wmr to success, mj tains in aatftt a-res the a UnpUett ticrtur.d bia im cure and wrMtm-Fraol J