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WHOLE NO. 594.
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
1 1 ENRY LtTKRS,
BLACKSMITH
AND
"Wagon jSitaker,
linH near Kountlrj. south of A. A N. IPtOt.
AH UhuU f hh1 ami iron work on
Watiiii, ltiiKie. Farm Macliineiy, .V".
ICt-ujw on hnntU the
T1MPKEN SP1UXG ltUGGY,
and other eastern bHatics.
A1.SO, THK
fFuvst tSr- 'Bvndlov Plows.
NEBRASKA HOUSE,
S. J. MARMOY, Prop'r.
Nebraska Ave., South of Depot,
A new liRiise, newly fiirnittued. Good
mitinniMUtion. Hoard ly day or
wefk tit r'aoniiMc rates.
JSTSrtt a Fir-l-CIa Tabic.
.Meal-,... 25 Out. Lodgings. ..25 Cts
JS-'JI f
MILLMI! MILLINERY!
3URS. "M.:5. 1;RAKK
has .irT i:koi:ivkd a i.akuk
STOOK OF
SPRING AND SUMMER
HILUIIBY ill FANCY 6IBD5.
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13TA KM. I. AsSOlMWlKXT OK KV
KinTlllM. !U:i.ON(SIN(i TO
fii:nT.im.ass mii.i.ix
i:i:y stm:k.jtj
Twelfth St., po doors east State Jiauk.
F. GERBSR & CO.,
-PKU.KUn IX
AND UNDERTAKERS.
TABLES, Etc.. Etc.
OlVi: III.M A I ALL AT HIS I'LAl'K
ON SOl'TH MDK 1 1 Hi ST.,
One door east of lleintz's drug store.
C I T Y
Meat Market !
One door north of Pot-ollice,
X Ell PA SKA AVE., - CoIuiiiln.
:o:
KKKl ALL KINKS OV
Fresh and Salt Meats,
-ALSO-
MI.
ltc., in tlieir season
:o:
iSrCasli pnll for Hide. Inrl
:tnl Itucoti.
UW-x
AVILL.T. UICKLY.
H. B. IVIORSE
Is STILL SKLL1NO W.M. SCH1LS
OLD STOCK
At Cost ! At Cost !
AND HAS ADDED
A Line of Spring Goods
WHK II HE IS SELLING AT
EASTERN PRICES.
"WM. SC1-IILZ
Can stilt be f omul at the old stand,
where he continues to do
all kinds oj'
Custom Work and Repairing.
BECKER & WELCH,
PBOFBIETOES OF
SHELL CREEK MILLS.
MANUFACTURERS & WHOLE
SALE DEALERS IN
FLOUR AND MEAL.
OFFICE, COL UMB US, NEB.
FUErTITURE
I
i have uecently puitciiased
the stock op
HARDWARE, STOVES
AND
4EHICHTHHAI IFffllTS !
OK
MR. KOltr.KT 1TSII.IC',
And will eonti me the lnisines at the
old stand, where I will lie pleael to see
the old enstoaer. (no objection to a
few new one). I have ou hand a large
tock of
STOVES
AND
RANGES,
ALL STYLES. SIZES AND 1MUCES.
JSTHOrGIIl'! VEKY LOW.'.iEJ
NAILS, PUfflPS,
llojir. Glass, Paint, hilly.
BARBED AVI RE,
thought befoie the monopoly price)
toll
ID i i
OF jiLL KINDS.
The John Bee'-a Goods a Specialty.
PLOWS,
HARROWS,
HAKES.
THE elehuted
Buckeye Cultivators,
DRILLS AND SEEDERS.
:o:
CLIMAX MOWERS
EL WARD HARVESTERS AND
CORI BINDERS.
EUREKA MOWEltS,
wide cut and lightest draft maehiue
made. Conn! and !ee this machine if
oil don't look a any thing else.
THE OLD RELIABLE
Chicago Pitts Thresher,
with Steal i or Horje power.
The Iron Turbine Wind Mills,
The mill that st: utl all the stoim and
is alwaj h ready lor action. Agent for
DAY1S. GOULD CO'S
Buggies, Carriages, and Platform
Spring Wagons,
which I can el cheaper than nit can
go on foot. No tiouhle to show goods
r talk price.
If Mitaru dea in' and "live, and let
live' prices will secure a share of your
patronage, I fhall he plea&ed to" re
ceive it.
c:i:o. i. i'ostkk,
WKi Successor to It. Uhlig.
OOXe'iTWOBTTS
STATE BANK,
Si::e:::r:t3 aim, i A Eotl i:i Tixscr Edit.
COLTJMBI'S, NEBRASKA.
CASH CAPITAL, - $50,000
lHUECTOUS:
Lkandek GERtAnn, Pres'l.
Geo. TV. IIulst Vice Pres'l.
Julius A Reed.
Edwakh A. Gerrakd.
Abner Turner, Cashier.
flank oT Deposit, IHscount
ami KxoliixnKe.
Collect Ioiin J'rompl ly Itlnlc oh
nil IoIal.
Pay Interest oh Time Depos
it
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PLATFOXiI SPIUNGS,
Will TN K Y .t Hit E W STE It
SIDE S1M1INGS.
Light Pleasnri and Business Wag
ons of .ill Descriptions.
AVe are pleasei
of the puldic to
just received a
Buggies of all dc
are the sole air
1 to invite the attention
the fact that we have
ar load of Wagons and
script ions, and that we
nts for the counties of
Platte, Hutler.U
oone,iladion, Jierrict,
rolk and ork,
or tue celebrated.
CORTLAND WAGON COMP'Y,
of Cortland, Ne .v York, and that we are
offering these wagons cheaper than any
other wacon h lilt of same material-
style and finish cau he sold for in this
county.
ESTSeml for Catalogue and Price-list, j
111 1 1,. CAI,
Columbus, Neb.
43Mf
Iiiiimeii
ANDERSON & ROEN,
KI.EVKNTH ST.,
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA.
JSTJIeposits received, and interest paid
on time itejtosits.
1ST Prompt attention qiven to collec
tions and proceeds remitted on day of
payment.
ET Passage tickets to or from European
points by best lines at lince'st rates.
T&TDrafls on principal points in Eu
rope. REFERENCES AND CORRESPONDENTS:
First National Hank, Decorah, Iowa.
Allan & Co., Chicago.
Omaha National Hank, Omaha.
First National Hank, Chicago.
Kountzc Bros., N. Y.
Dr. A. HEINTZ,
DEALRK IN
vi.m:s, i,iiitoi(.s
Fine Soaps, Brushes,
PERFUMERY, Etc., Etc.,
And all articles usually kept on hand hj
Druggists. Physicians Prescriptions Carefully
Compounded.
Eleventh street, near Foundry.
COLUMBUS,- : NEBRASKA
SPEICE & NORTH,
General Agents for the Sale of
Real Estate.
Union Paciu'c, and Midland Pacific
It. It. Lands for sale at from $3.00 to $10.00
per acre for cash, or on live or ten year?
time, in annual payments to suit' pur.
chasers. AVe have also a large and
choice lot of other lands, improved and
unimproved, tor sale at low price and
on reasonable terms. Also business and
residence lots in the city. We keep a
complete abstract of title to all real es
tate in Platte County.
km :oE,u:riiiiJS. nkii.
Herman Qehlsich & BM-
AVIIOLESALE & RETAIL
GKROOEKS!
AIO lKALKi;S IN
Crockery, (Jlassware, Lamps, Ktc,
and Coiiutiv Produce oi'
all Kinds.
Till: lUKKT F FI.OIJR AL
WAYS Kill1!' -' IIAiV.
FOR THK
LEAST MONEY!
iSTGooils delivered free of charge to
any part or the city. Terms eah.
Comer Eleventh and Olive Streets,
Columbus, Neb.
TTKSKY AS.S
Manujacturer and dealer in
&',
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Wooden nnd Metalic Burial Oaskels
All kinds and sizes of ltoheo, also
has the sole right to manufac
ture and sell the
Smith's Hammock Reclining Chair.
Cabinet Turning and Scroll work. Pic
tures, Picture Frames and Mouldings,
Looking-glass Plates, AValnut Lumber,
etc., etc. COLUMBUS, NEB.
vxri:iii:ic a k:oiiki.,
AT TUE
rilllATlMlT:
On Eleventh. Stroot,
AA'here meats are almost given away
for cash.
Beef per lb., from : 10 cts.
Best steak, per lb., 10 "
Mutton, per lb., from C 10 u
Sausage, per Ib.j from 8 10 "
SSTSpecial prices to hotels. 5C2-ly
LAW, REAL ESTATE
AND GENERAL
COLLECTION OFFICE
W.S.GEER
-TONEY TO LOAN in small lots on
1YJL farm property, time one to three
years. Farms with'some improvements
bought and sold. Office for the present
at the Clother House, Columbus, Neb.
473-x
COLVNBUN
Restaurant and Saloon!
E. D. SHEEHAN, Proprietor.
JSTAA'holesale mid Retail Dealer In For
eign Wines, Liquors and Cigars, Dub
lin Stout, Scotch and English Ales.
tSTKentuchj Whiskies a Specialty.
OYSTERS in their season, by the case
cau or dish.
Uth Street, South of Depot
GOOD
FWM
BUSINESS CARDS.
nOKXKI.IV.S A: SIJI.IVAIV,
ATTOIWEYS-AT-LA W,
Up-stairs in Gluck Building, 11th street,'
Above the New bank.
roiirv j. jiAUCJHArv,
JUSTICE Of THE PEACE AND
XOTAtX P UP L1C,
Plattk Ckntkk,
Neb.
TT J. HIJDSO:,
XOTAIiY PUBLIC,
l
12th Street, t doors nest of Hammond House,
Columbus, Neb. -1'Jl-J
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It. HI. I. XIBIJICM E'0.
RESIDENT DENTIST.
Otflce over corner of 11th and North-st.
All operations tirst-class and warranted.
C
lUICAtfO ISAKIIEU SHOP!
HENRY WOODS, Prop'r.
Z3TK very thing iu first -class style.
A No keep the best of cigars. fdli-y
-rcAi,L.isTi:as ltisos.,
A TTOIWEYS A T LA W,
Olliee up-stairs in McAllister's build
ing. 11th St. AW A. McAllister, Notary
Public.
J. M. MACKARI.ANI), B. R. COWDKKV,
Attcrssj itl JToury Putti:. C:lle:t:r.
LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE
OK
JOHN M. MACPARLAND,
Columbus, : : : Nebraska.
t ii.Berscui:,
Nth St., nearly opp. Gluck's store,
Sells Harness. Saddles, Collars, AVhips,
Ulankels, Curry Combs, Brushes, etc.,
at the lowcxt Hi-sible prices. Repairs
priimptl) attended to.
TIT ,1. THOMPSON,
NOT A 11 Y PUBLIC
And General Collection Agent,
iSV. Edicards, Boone Co., Neb.
MYRON MII.LK1T,
Justice of the Peace and
Notary Public.
itvieorv :uu.i.ett.
ATTORNEY AT LAAV, Columhim
Nebraska. N.H. He will ivc
cloe atteution to all business eutrusted
to him. 218.
T OUIS SCHREIBER,
BLACKSMITH AND WAGON MAKER.
All kinds of repairing done on short
notice. Buggies, Wagons, etc.. made to
order, and all work guaranteed.
jSTShop opposite the "Taftersall,"
Olive Street. ;'2-"
Tf J. SCIIU, M. .,
PHYSICIAN AND SUBGEON,
Columtms, K"el.
Office Corner of North and Eleventh
Sts., up-stairs in Gluck's brick building.
Consultation in German and English.
TAMES PEARSALL
IS PRKPARKU, WITH
FIBST- CLASS APPA IiA TUS,
To remove houses at reasonable
rates. Give him a call.
TyrOXICK TO 'l'KACHKKS.
J. E. Moncrlef, Co. Supt.,
AVill be in his ollicc at the Court House
n 4lrt Tr firwl loti Cotnrilnvt! nf nwli
"month for the purpose of examining
applicants ror teachers certificates, anu
for the trausactton of any other bushicss
pertaining to schools. fG7-y
Drs. MITCHELL & MARTYN,
COB.IJjIIIILS
mm i ram ram
Simeons 0 N. tt B. II. P. P.,
Asst. Surgeons U. P. 11
COLUMBUS,
NEBRASKA.
TUTT'S
PILLS
INDORSED BY
PHYSICIANS, CLERGYMEN, AND
THE AFFLICTED EVERYWHERE.
THE GREATEST MEDICAL
TRIUMPH OF THE AGE.
SYMPTOMS OF A
TORPID LIVER.
Jjom of appetite.Naugea.bowelB costive,
Pain in theHeaci.with a dull sensation in
the back part. Pain under the Bb.ouT3er
blade, fullness after eating, with a dlain
clination to exertion of body or mind,
Irritability of "temper, Low spirits. Ijosb
of memory, witha1 feeling of haying neg
lected somo duty, wearinesa. Dizziness,
PfutteHng of the Heart, Dota before the
eyes. Yellow Bkin. Headache. BeatleBa
ness at night, highly colored Urine.
D? THESE WARNIHGB ABE TTKHEEDED,
SERIOUS DISEASES WILLS00N BE DEVELOPED.
TUTT'S PILLS are especially adapted to
sacb casog.one doao efTocts such a change
of feeling as to astonish the sufferer.
TbeyXnereaaetfae Appetite, nnd causa the
body to Take on Flesh, thus tbe system is
OBriabed.andbythelrTonleAetlnnontbe
Digestive Orrona. Retralwr Stools nrepro
daced. Price '2 cents. 3a Murray HU. S.V.
TUTT'S HAIR DYE.
OBAYllAtRorWirrKERs changed loaOLoesr
Black by a ainelt- application of Ibis Dvk. It
Imparts a natural color, acta Instantaneously.
Sold bj Druggi9t,or jt h; xpr-iM on rtcnit of f I.
Oftfco, 35 Murray St., Now York.
t Ur. TLTTS ai.M 1L kr ValkktW urvrwaUM
ICkIuI UtKtlfU wUl kc tulle HUJi m piUuUs
I'lli; UAUiVTKD 1MI,AI.
Acceptingr an invitation from a
yachting frlcud to fro on a summer
cruise, some years ago, wo found
ourselves, one balmy afternoon, sail
ing along tho iron-bound coast of
Maine, and enjoying the beauty of
the scenery, with the ocean on our
right, and innumerable island?, some
of them bold and rocky, others green
and inviting, upon our left.
My friend, whom I shall call Dale
Drummond, was a man of 35, and
had been a sad wanderer since, at 15,
he left home to go into the navy m
"Midshipman.
Though all that knew bim foil that
he had a history of deep interest.
there were none who eared to ask
him of the past, and, excepting that
he came of a good family, and at 25
had resigned from the navy to enjoy
a fortune left to him, little was
known regarding him.
'You run in among these inlands.
Drummond, aR though you were in
open water,' I said, seeing how, as T
thought, recklessly he steered his
pretty schooner yacht among the
dangerous sunken rnclcs aud many
islets that wero now upon every
side, for we had headed iu Phore.
'T know these waters as I do my
mother's face, and better, for I have
never seen her since I was a wee
child,' he answered, and after a mo
ment continued, as he pointed to a
lordly villa a league away:
Do you see that mansion yonder,
looking out from that forest?'
I answered in the affirmative, aud
then added :
'A second one, too, a league down
the coast.'
'Yes ; in the one I was born ; in
the other I had mj' hope for the
future dashed to the earth forever.'
He spoke hitterlv, and I saw that
he was much moved, as he gazed
upon the two old houses, both of
which, as we drew nearer, seemed
crumbled to decay.
'Colonel, we'll drop anchor under
the lee of yonder wild-looking island
which I remember is said to be
haunted, aud, if you care to accom
pany me, we will go over and have
a look at the old homesteads, for I
have not been here for twelve years.'
Of course, I was only too glad to
go, aud, half an hour after, we land
ed on the main shore; and, ascend
ing to the clill above, found our
selves in what had once been the
handsome grounds of a fine old
mansion, but which now was deso
late and time-worn.
'There is my home ; no one dwells
here now, for my father cut me ofl"
from my inheritance, and left the
place to a distatit relative in Eng
land ; and yet, slrango to say, yon
der other homestead is mine, for it
was left me by the only being I ever
loved; but I have not dared come
here until to-day.'
We stood together, gazing upon
the two old mansions whose broad
acres joined together about half way
between the homesteads, and, being
iu a communicative mood, Drum
mond went on, iu his easy way :
'I'll tell yon the story, Colonel,
though I never speak of the past, as
it is sad to think of it, I cau assure
you.
'I was born in that old place, as I
told you, my father and mother com
ing there a year before my birth, aud
they were English.
'Of his past, or my mother's, my
father never spoke, and I remember
him as a dark-faced, stern man of
50, and nearly double tho age of his
wife.
'He never went from home, lived
iu luxury, seemed to possess unlim
ited means, and was a very stem,
6ilent man, while my mother wa a
sad-faced woman ; and, up to my
17lh year, when she died, I remem
ber she often wept, and seemed ever
to have some deep grief at heart.
'Procuring a tutor for me, my
father felt that ho had done his duty
by me, and 1 was allowed to do just
as I pleased ; and I hunted or fished
more than I studied.
'One day I went, from a motive of
dare-deviltry, alone to yonder island
which every one shunned on account
of its being said to be haunted by
the ghosts of a crew lured to wreck
there by a false beacon.
'I found no ghosts there ; but I did
find a perfect little fairy, a maiden
of 10 years of age, and five years
my junior.
'Iler father had lately moved to
tho other homestead, you sec there;
and having dwelt on the sea shore
in England tho little Fidele was a
perfect sailor; and alone, in her
light canoe, had fearlessly paddled
over to Haunted Islaud, which, as
you sec, is a mile ftom the mainland.
'I at once made her acquaintance,
and sailed her back home, with her
canoe in tow, and from that day,
children though we were, we were
lovers, and together we hunted,
fished, sailed aud read books ; for
when away from her studies she was
as wild as a young Indian.
'A few mouths after our ineetiDg
I received my Midshipmau's war
rant, aud left home to enter tho
navy; but each year I got a short
leave; for there was not a naval
academy in those days ; and my
every visit but infatuated me more
with the little Fidelo Claire for
such was her name.
'At length I came home when in
my 22d year, and then it was I ask
ed Fidele to be my wife; for she had
grown to be a beautiful maiden of
17, and under a skilled governess
was accomplished and refined, tho'
her untamed spirit would often
break out at restraint.
'Like me she had no mother, and
her father, like mine, was a hermit
in bis own houee, and I had never
met .him, until together we sought
him in his library, aud I boldly told
him who 1 was, how I had met hie
daughter, and asked for her hand.
'His brow grew black as I spoke,
and I noticed that he trembled; but
be said, in low, stern tones:
'Young man, your father has,
doubtless hiddeu from you what he
is, or has been, or you would never
come here to ask for my child to be
your wife.'
'I stood in amazement, aud then
asked :
'What do you mean, sir?'
'First, years ago I knew your
father; we both loved the same
maiden, and he turned her against
me, and she became his wife, to die
soou after.
That I never forgave him, for I
knew that he won her from me by
falsehood, and then broke her heart.
'After that he left England, and
until I met him here, some months
ago, I knew not what had become of
bim ; but now I know that he bought
yonder houe, and lives there in lux
ury, upou the gold he gained by
piracy.'
'I will not attempt to describe
what passed, Colonel, for I gave him
the lie direct, and he and his ser
vants drove me from his house; but
I sought my father, and from his
stern lips learned that he had gained
his mouey as a Captain iu the slave
trade ; that he had wou Col. Claire's
intended bride from him, and that
she bad died of a broken hoart when
she knew flmt he w n Mavci , but
he had again married, and my moth
er's life also had been made wretch
ed by what she discovered of her
husband's past.
'So indignant was I toward him
that he drove me from his house,
and swore that not a dollar should I
over have of his, aud he kept his
word ; for, at his death, with the ex
ception of the mansion, it went to
charity as an atonement for his sins.
'When I next came home, after his
death, both homesteads ware desert
ed, for Col. Claire and Fidele had
gone, the servants knew not where,
and I then became wretched indeed ;
but, alas ! two years after I received,
when my vessel was in the Mediter
ranean, a letter from a lawyer, tell
ing me that tho Colonel had died
and left his vast property to his
daughter, and she, too, dying, had
made me her heir.
'I was astounded, I can assure you,
but with tho lawyer's letter came one
inclosed from Fidele, saying that she
had always loved me, and, dying,
had left me her wealth that I might
be happy with the wife I had
chosen, and, if I loved her memory,
to accept her inheritance.
'I resigned from the navy, Colonel,
sought the lawyers, and found that
my inheritance was a very large one ;
I also sought the spot where poor
Fidele was buried, and erected above
her a monument, and now, after long
years of wanderings, I have gotten
up courage to come here, and in
yonder homestead, left me by the
one woman I ever loved, I will live
until I, too, die. But come let us
go across to Haunted Island, and I
will show you the very spot where
I first met her.'
It was just sunset aB we landed at
the Haunted Island, and, making our
way among the bushes, we suddenly
came to a dead staud-still, for there,
not fifteen paces away, stood a wo
man clad in snow white.
Her auburn hair bung in wavy
masses adown her back, her face was
darkly bronzed, but beautiful, and
her glorious dark eyes were turned
upon us with a look I shall never
forget, while her slender, graceful
form was swaying as though she
were about to fall.
'Oh! Heaven nayc mercy! It is
Fidele's spirit!'
The cry came in mortal agony
from the lips of Dale Drummond,
and his face was as pallid as the dead,
for he was a skeptic in all supersti
tious dogmas, and yet before him, as
I did also, beheld the one he deem
ed dead.
'No, Dale, I am not a spirit, but
Fidele Claire in flesh and blood,'
and, speaking in low, musical tones,
she came toward us, evidently deep
ly moved.
'Not dead! Thank God!' And
he tottered forward and hold forth
Ills arms.
But she drew back, saying, sadly:
'No, Dale, that is not my place, but
hers.'
'Fidele, what do you mean?' And,
seemingly forgetting my presence,
he continued : 'None but your
image has ever been iu my heart.'
'And your wife?'
'1 have no wife, Fidele; nor ever
did have.'
'Do you mean this, Dalo Drum
mond ?'
'Upon my honor, yes.'
'Ab ! how I have been deceived !
My father told me he was married,
and, loving him still, I gave up all
for him, aud came here to this lonely
place to live, letting tho world be
lieve me dead.'
She spoke more to herself than to
him, and, with her hands clasped,
her eyes dowucast ; but at her words
ho sprung toward her, and I turned
away aud wont on an exploration of
the Island, leaving the two together.
Darkness came on, and at last 1
retraced my way, but, hearing my
name called, went in the direction
of the trail, and found the two seat
ed before the snug little cottage that
had beeu the self-sacrificiug aud
beautiful exile's home, and which
was most comfortable.
Only one, then I heard, was in her
secret, and that one was the faithful
servant who had charge of her old
homestead, and each week he bro't
her food and all she needed, and
nobly kept her secret.
But my romance has ended, kind
reader, for, one month after the
strange meeting on Haunted Islaud,
Dale Drummond and Fidele were
married, and, the old mansion hav
ing been entirely repaired and re
furnished they went there to dwell
as soon as they had returned from
tlieir bridal tour; and often have 1
visited them, and, in my wanderings
around the place, have passed many
a thoughtful hour in the fair exile's
cottage on Haunted Island.
Sutter IVInkiiiK'.
We find the following from Mrs.
C. S. Iteed, of this vicinity, in a late
number of the Nebraska Farmer.
As slio realizes zu cts. a pound for
butter, her suggestions may prove
valuable. She explains her method
and hopes "it may Hiiggcst an easier
way to some one who is wearily
carrying her milk up and down the
steps of a warm cellar or cave.
"We have a little shed built around
the windmill in which is a tank so
placed that the water flows through
it into the stock trough outside.
There is an opening and tube near
the top leading out aud an opening
at the bottom to draw ofl' the water
whenever desired to wash the tank.
Tho milk is set in tin cans of twelve
inches in depth by eight iu diameter.
Tho skimming, churning, working
the butter, &c, is all done iu this
wind-mill house without taking any
weary steps. Whcu there is milk
to be warmed for feeding calves, we
also have a stove there to do it upon,
or to heat water for washing pann,
&c. In reference to washing pan
it is well to know in this country of
scarce fuel, that so much scalding if
unnecessary. "Rubbing with the milk will re
move all the cream which may have
adhered to the pan and with a brush
and plenty of cold water the milk
may be thoroughly washed from the
scams and the pans dried and scald
ed iu the Btin. Never use soap in
washing milk pans, crocks or churns.
Ashes, when necessary, are far bet
ter as well as cheaper.
"The mill house plan has advan
tages over the spring houses here.
It is better than to convey tho water
to a trough in the cellar because all
the water needed for the stock may
be passed through the tank if de
sired. Being near the stock yard it
saves the labor of carrying the milk
so far, and is convenient to the con
sumers of the skim-milk and butter
milk. (This latter fact, Mr. Editor,
you will please not mention to the
dainty consumers of the butter.)
The wind -mill with mill -house
around it should be above the corral
with pipes leading to the stock
trough. Our mill was located be
fore our thought of a milk -house
was born, aud the situation is the
worst possible. Yet the difficulty
we feared, of keeping the cream
pure so near the yard does not exist.
It can be kept from spoiling as long
as desired, not being obliged to
churn every da' if you have only a
quart, as you must unless you use
cold water or ice. The butter kept
in jars in the tank is always solid;
and tho milk for the table, of which
most excellent article of diet many
farmer's families are deprived dur
ing hot weather, is always sweet,
cool aud neyer refused. During this
very hot weather I put the cream
into the churn as cold as the water
will make it, which is I think about
50 deg. Great care is taken not to
churn the butter until gathered into
large lumps aud in washing aud
workiug it to baudle carefully so as
not to break the grain. After stand
ing in the tank a few hours it may
be worked a second time and is
ready for market."
"Pnrsoa I'oiucroy.
"Brick" Pomeroy dishes up a sec
ular sermon each week to his rea
ders. We clip the following ex
tracts from one of his latest, his
text being, "Strive not in a matter
that conceruoth thee not;and sit not
iu judgment with sinners :"
Do not gab.
Do not tell all you know.
Deal in somethiug beside gossip.
Do not sell chaws that have been
chewed or chows that havo .been
chawed.
Do not play pig and keop your
nose nine-tenths of tho time in
among the gnawed bones and old
dishcloths at the bottom of tbe
trough, hunting for something crim
inal, scandalous or disrospectable to
talk or, talk of, talk of, talk of.
If you cau't whistle, don't waste
time in puckering. If you cannot
dance, keep ofl the floor. If you
cannot eilect auythiug for good by
your gab, dry up. If nothing good
comes from your brain, hold your
lips shut a few minutes each day.
If you havo nothing but hash for
your guests, advertise it as it hash
house. If you deal only iu second
hand goods, hang out your sign aud
be known as a retailer of mental
bug-juice, that your neighbors may
shun you as a moral stink pot ou
stilts.
Do not go to markPt with wecd9,
the world is too full of them already ;
too full of persona whose reputations
have been wickedly ruined ty gab
lers. Quietly bury the dead. Hold
your touguo between your teeth
when the devil wants you to wag it
only to tho retailing of some oean
dal, some escapade, some evideuco
of somethiug you cannot understand
or understanding, should look over,
as God looks over all in charity aud
forgiveness.
The great objects of life are two
fold. First, to belter our own con
dition llibiatllj , mi.i.llj, ! a
surrounding of comfort thereby
proving that we arc the children of
"Our Father who art in Heaven,"
and lhat we are possessed of creative,
accumulative power. As we do
this we do our full duty to God, tho
source of our human existence, and
to ourselves. Then let in do all wo
can as an overflow, to help others.
To assixt those who are struggling.
To hide the imperfections of others
rather limn to poinl out their warts,
stone bruises, scars or to smell of
their ulcers. To call the attention
of those who are about us to neater,
to better, to sweeter, to purer, to
more beautifying things than are
usually fished out of the stew of mis
fortune aud aired on the dirty pitch
fork of gossip. The world is about
the BAinc year after year. 1 1 is much
like au ocean in which men aro
struggling to survive; to get ashore.
Those who stop in the waters to re
late all the scandal and gonsip they
know, invent or surmise are stran
gled and go down-, while those who
keep their mouth shut and strike
out may reach the safety point.
A. Axon may well be cousldered
one of the successful hog raisers of
this county, and one of those who
cannot imagine why the farmers
generally do not pay more attention
to this branch of stock-raising.
Three years ago he started with
three sows. The following fall ho
sold twenty-eight head for threo
hundred dollars; last fall ho sold
thirty-two head for four hundred
dollars, and he has forty-five head
to market this fall which ho esti
mates to bring six hundred dollar,
if present prices are sustained, and
he will have sixty head left. Hero
are thirteen hundred dollars income
from hogs. The amount of corn
consumed has not been as great as
may be supposed, for be allows tbe
porkers to run in the weedy creek
bends and but little corn is fed till
be is ready to fatteu. He has also
done woll with sheep. Iu the fall of
1877 he bought seventy-two half
Cotswold?, costing two hundred and
eight dollars. Since then be has
sold sheep and wool to tbe amount
of six hundred and fifty dollars, and
haa two hundred head remaining,
which may be sold any time for
seven hundred dollars. The wolves
kept down the increase somewhat,
and last winter he lost quite a num
ber of new-born lambs. He thinks
he has a sure fortune in bis farm
aud it would take a big pile to get
him out of the couutry. Stanton
Register.
A little girl's first experience in
eating a peach : 'I've eaten it, cloth
and all, mamma; now, what ahull I
do with the bone?'