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About The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911 | View Entire Issue (April 16, 1884)
" - ?BM 5f I I raraljzing the Barber. It has been taken for granted by all practical jokers that the barber was tho man who had the privilege of asking the innocent under his razor all the questions lie could think of, and, by tho way, what the regularly ordained 'bar ber don't know about the weather, the crops and politics would make a pocket edition that would feel lonesome in an ordinary pocket. Saturday night, how ever, a reporter, when taking his semi weekly shave, overheard :i series of questions which decidedly reversed tho Drder. It was in a basement barber shop, one well known, and the shaver md the shaved were in positions to look ap into the street 'Win' don't you put a carpet on your stairway?" asked the customer. "It would freeze fast and be spoiled ;he first day," replied the barber. "Why don't you u-e :ihcs, then?" "Ashes would track the floor up." Then use salt." 'That wouldn't pay. It wouldn't .haw the ice oil" till noon, and by that .ime the sun gets around this way and ;he ice disappears." "What makes .you have such queer oapcron the ceiling for your customers .o look at? Why the stars and moons ind all those queer designs make my lead dizzy. I fancy home people who lave itared at them for a half hour go jut and fancy they have had an attack f the 'jim jam."' 'Don't the paper suit you, sir?" modestly queried the astonished barber. "Suits me well enough, but it might aot some people." "You're next,' yelled out the barber :o a j'outh who had just come out of the bath-room. "What is he next for?" asked the ia terrogalion point in the chair. "That's our rule," said the barber. "Queer rule all right, though, I suppose-, " remarked the customer, in an undertone. What do you call a fair day's work for a barber? How many "n ran a barber shave in a dav?' That depends." "Depends on what?" "WI13' the kind of a barber he is. A fast man might shave fifty or sixty men in a day." "Not more than that." "Not many more, I guess," answered the pctrilied barber. "Poor business isn't it? Why don't you get out of il?" "I'cant't get out of it very well." "Why can't 3'u? Don't you know any other business?" "No." "Now there is one thing I can't un derstand," began the man in the chair, "and that is why you barbers always comb a man's hair up at the sides and click it down so that lie looks like a two cent chromo. Why don't you conib it the wav a man combs it himself." "Why, I don't know how they comb it themselves,' protested the barber. "Then win don't you comb every man's hair different?" You fix every man's hair ju-.! so. and a man who has an' .shame at all lias to go to the glass and li it over himself.'' "We ne er complain of that," said the barber, mildly. "O, but don't you? Don't you look cross enough to eat a man when he does that? 'Don't deny it." "I don't think 1 do.""' "O, yes on do. Now. when I get up and lake down all those bangs and rullles and spit curls you have fixed, and all those little devices to cover the bald spot.3'011 -v ill scowl and will want to kick the boy for brushing off my coat. Sa'!' "What is it?"" answered the barber. "What are 3011 barbers in such a con sternation about my head for?" "I didn't know they were." Well, they are. Every time I come in here to get -haved t hey run their fingers through 1113 hair and ask me if I wouldn't like "to have a shampoo. Well, when I say no, they take their thumb nail, dig it along 1113- scalp, and after they ha e taken oil" some of the skin thiy show it to me and tell me my head is in a fearful condition and to look out for 'scaldhead.' What do thev do that for?" "Because there is money in it for them, I suppose,'' mildly replied the barber. "How much do 3-011 get out of it?" "Whv, that depends."' "On what?" "Win. iv hat kind of a contract thev make with their employer. Most of them charge thirty cent- and keep ten for theni-eles."' "Do 3 ou know what I am going to do the next time a barber tries that on me?' "No." "Well. I am going to wrestle with him and hang his hide on the fence." "Have some ba3 rum?" queried the barber. "No, strictly temperate." "Sea foam?" "Not an', thank you; no meerschaum in mine." "Borax on your face?"' How did it come there?" "I mean do 3-011 want some on to keep the skin smooth?" "Wiry, is my skin rough?"' "Not particularly. Do you use chalk?" "No. but if 3-ou will tell me how much it all is I'll chalk up." "It's only ten cents, but I ought to charge vou ten dollars." "Why?" "For answering 30m questions." "How much would 3-011 give me to answer your questions? The next time I come in 3-011 ask the questions. Good night," and he winked at the hoys who sat waiting, and after pulling his cars to get the lather off walked out Buf falo Courier. A Bad Place for Chinamen. Strange to say there has been 1 Chinaman here for two or three da3s and nobody has objected to his pres ence. He has expressed the intention of establishing a novelty store, which will doubtless have for an adjunct the opening of an opium rtcn. For the purpose of purchasing the necessary equipment and wares he will depart for San Francisco in the morning. It is reasonable to epcct, however, that his entire outfit will be confiscated when he returns. Chinamen have novel been tolerated here, and his escape from formal notice to quit the country can be explained by the fact that only a few confirmed opium fiends knew he was in the city. There is a grim tradi tion connected with the early history of the camp, which tells of the midnight murder of a Celestial, who rcfusea te leave when informed of his danger, and the lonesome burial of his remains on the ridge lying between California gulch and the Arkansas River. In 1S7S two Mongolians came in on one of Bar low !c Sanderson's stage coaches. The3' were instantly surrounded by a clamorous mob that forced them te walk out of town instanter. The in tense hatred which is felt here for the moon-eyed washee-man was engendered in lS7s, when Stevens & Woods, the owners of the hydraulic ditch and the iron mines, proposed to import an army of them to take the places of rebellious miners, The miners not only threat ened to kill every Chinamen who cami to the camp, but were making prepar ations to lynch the men that would cause them to come. It was owing to the menaces of the miners, it is said, that Woods sold out his interest at a sacrifice to Leiter, of Chicago, who realized from an investment of ?100,00Q several millions. Leadcille Cor. Denver Fews. A colored boy weighing 1 Impounds was. recently received at Galveston, Tex., from the interior by express. Tfce Charges on Mm-were 9975. . - The "Important Year" Man. Almost every style of fiend has been written up, at one time or another, ex cept what we call "the most important year" fiend. We refer to that misguided fellow creature who, not satisfied? with having compiled the most important events of the past vear, actually causes patience to quit being a virtue, by en deavoring to worry the editor into pub lishing his statistical rubbish. He is usually an old man and haa been en gaged in bis nefarious business from his youth up. This retrospective genius turns up with a tally sheet early in January of each and every year, which is his only redeeming trait He onl3' blooms once a year, and then he fades away for twelve calendar months. He is not liable to happen in every day as is the exchange fiend, or the man who wants to give you the points of a funny story that he wants you to publish. While we propose to be a little severe with the mo3t-important-3par man, at the same time we will be just. Like most bores he selects the pre cise moment when the editor could dis pense with his presence. He prefers tho occasion when the editor is wrilinT an article on the tariff qiic-lioii. and there is a pressure of one thousand pounds to the square inch on his brain, or when he is absorbed in disposing of an eleven o'clock lunch, or an irate subscriber who had not received his copy of the paper last week. Just at this crisis the door opens and the important-year man enters with a bundle, of manuscript and a sigh, the forme being under his arm. He takes a seat and spreading out his (tally-sheet begins to manipulate his augur about as follows: "I would like, sir, to call 3'our atten tion to the importance of the year throngh which we have just passed. It may not have occurred to you, sir, but this last year was a most important year. The 3'car that has just rolled away into eternity was ose of the most "disastrous, one of the most peculiar in its freaks of heat and cold, that the world ever knew. Never, sir, since the retreat of Napoleon from Moscow, was such a winter experienced." "What kind of coal do you use?" asks the editor, yawning, as he resumes his literary labors on the ham sand wich. "It's not only the cold that was pe culiar," resumes the bore, "but, sir, note the death of prominent people, elopements of well known and highly respectable parties, murders, Hoods, iires, backward spring." The editor wishes his visitor would take a backward spring out through the door, but represses the inclina tion to sa3' so, while the depraved old scoundrel continues, pointing to his tally-sheet" "Here we have the fruit crop de stroyed. We also had the hottest sum mer that had been kuown for years. And here, you see, is a withering drouth, chilly winds, damp, unpleas ant " "Yes," mighty unpleasant" inter rupts the editor;" "it's mighty unpleas ant to tell you so, my dear sir, but I'm very busy just now,'5 and he begins to disembowel the exchanges with a large pair of scissors. "Yes, I know, but I'll not detain you a minute, and here wo have snow and the death of that great man, General Goodlegrub. " "That's a fact. His death supplies along felt want. By the way, who tho mischief was Goodlegrub?" "WI13', 3'ou surprise me. I can vouch for the correctness of my com pilation. General Goodlegrub is actu ally dead. Last year was a most im portant year." "Did Goodlegrub owe you any nionoy when he died?" Sarcasm fails on its mission, for the important-year man feels it about as much as a cow suffers when you pinch her horn. He keeps right on, referring to his tabular statement. "And here we have a coal mine dis aster." "I tell 3011 that I" "And" "Now, my friend," replies the editor, rising on his seat; "I don't want to hear any more of that stuff." The eyes of the visitor protrude. "W-h-a-t! Don't 3-ou want to publish these valuable statistics?" "No I don't. And now let me tell you something else. You said last 3'ear was the most important 3'ear on record. Let me predict that it will be regarded as a year of plenty, compared with thi 3'ear, as far as vou are con cerned, for if you don't indulge in that backward spring out of that door, I'll retire you from circulation altogether. You will not be here next January to record the events of the past." "Then I'm to understand that you are not desirous of securing this inval uable compilation?"' 'Do vou want me to tell you so asain? He looked at the editor as if the as sertion was beyond all human belief: then he quietly folds up his statistics and replaces them, with a sigh, under his arm. There is no longcran3' wonder in his mind why so many newspapers collapse. He has had man3r a rebuff but this one is the most stunning. He leaves, not precisely heart-broken, but very much aggrieved. Finally the editor of some monthly paper publishes the stuff, and after this he subsides for a season, devoting himself once more to compiling fresh facts for another most important 3'ear. He is not as much of a bore as the poet or the village humor ist, but so far as the public is concerned he may die at his earliest convenience without creating an3' great public be reavement Texas Siflings. Racing in England. The amount of mone3 added to races run for upon the Euglish and Irish turf goes on increasing. In 18S0 it was 246,000; in 1881, 249,000; and last year, 263,000, while for the past year the total is no less than 268,000, Out of this total, 85,000 was given to two-year-old races and 126,000 to handi caps, leaving only 57,000 for distribu tion among the weight-for age prizes for three-year-olds and upward. This proportion is about the same as in past years; and it follows as a matter of course that the greater part of the 268,000 was devoted to short-distance races. Upward of 150,000 went to races of under a mile, while 74,000 was given to races of from a mile to a mile and a half, only 21,000 to races of from a mile and a half to two miles, and 18,000 to races of two miles or more. The total number of horses which ran during the past year was 2.070; and of these 859 were two-year-olds, 607 three-year-olds, 292 four-year-olds, and 312 five-year olds and upward, the proportion between the different ages being -er3' much the same as it has been for the last ten years. It is instructive, however, to note that half a century ago, when there were 1,239 runners altogether, or little more than half the number which now run, there were almost as many four and five-year-olds running as now, while there were only one-fourth as many two-year-olds and one-half as many three-year-olds as at the prcsont time. These figures, R laced side by side, illustrate very fair j thedifference between tho character of racing then and now, though it is only fair to the Jockey club' to point out that within the last three years they have abolished the half-mile races, which were up to that time allowed; and thev will go perhaps a step further and make six furlongs the shortest dis tance for two-year-olds, and a mile and a quarter for four-year-olds. St.Jamesi1 OazetU. Ida Lewis' Home. Within a short milo of the quay at Newport Lymo Rock rises out of the waters of Narragansett Bay. On this rock stands the old light-houso which was tended for many years by the fath er of Ida Lewis, and of which" she now, under tho seal of the Government Commission, is keeper. Securing tho services of the Captain of a diminutive boat I sailed on the waters blue to her abode for the purpose of paying her my respects. As we approached the rock an immense mastiff, with head aud paws like a lion and a roar like far-off thunder, came to its extreme verge and disputed our landing. He was entirely successful until the heroine appeared, called him off in the lowest of tones, ' and locked him up in an outhouse. She I then invited me into the little house on the top of whic rests the beacon-light which has for so many j-ears warned the navigator of hidden dangers, and it once entered into easy and unrestrict ed conversation. She said that she had for twenty-five 3'oars lived on that rock; that she used to be fond of going into the city once in awhile, but that she cared very little for it now; that she always had a great many visitors in tho summer, a few years ago the number reaching thousands in one season. She showed me her medals, received from Congress, the State of Massachusetts, and the city of Newport, and a solid silver teapot" from the officers at JFort j Adams, all bearing suitable inscriptions , in testimonial of her heroism in res cuing so many human beings from wa , tery graves. Miss Lewis is rather above medium height, of somewhat slender figure, good features and great, earnest ryes, 1 between brown and gray. While slio can not be called handsome, her face is one to interest and attract Her j style of conversation is piquant and vi vacious, and although not educated she is very intelligent Everything about her apartments bore the evidence of neatness, care aiul good taste. Her mother, a venerable old lady, with thick silver hair, was very talkative and dis coursed on matters and tilings, per sonal and otherwise, at length. She in formed me she had the rheumatism in her feet, and Ida insisted that it was because she had dyed her hair for so many 3'ear--. She "communicated tho intelligence that her daughter was forty j'ears old, at which Miss Ida evinced a alight tinge of annoyance and remarked: "Mother thinks she must tell every one nry age." But she quickly added: "Well", I don't care: it don't make any 'difference. I don't object to getting old." Newport Letter. Old, But Always in Order. "Who is this man?" 'The one who is rushing along, with his hat on the back of his head, aud his eyes hanging out?" "Yes." "That is tlie man who warned the servant girl the other night to shut ofl the water so the pipes wouldn't freeze." "And the good girl obeyed?' "Not exactly. She meant to, but her beau came up and she forgot all about it. Consequently there was a freeze up. Poor girl! She is very sorry. It tears would thaw the pipes -he would shed 'em by the hundred." . "And wli3' do:s the man rush?"' "He is on his win to tho plumber for consolation." "Aud what will the plumber do?" "He will show the man 14,678 call which were booked before he came in, and which must be attended to in rota tion." "And will there be any swearing?"' "There will, my boy! There will be swearing and stamping and growling and blasting, but it won't be on the part of the plumber. He will preserve his serene smile through it all. When the other man gets out of wind he will retire." "To his oiliee?" "Oh, no! Ho will go oft" and buy him self an alcohol lamp, have a druggist 1:11 it for him, and he will return home to thaw out the pipes for himself. Hu can thus make a saving of several thousand dollars, saying nothing of the personal satisfaction ot getting ahead of a plumber." "And will he succeed?" "Not by a John Rogers! He will crawl under the house, scalp himself on the joists, fill his knees with rusty nails, choke himself with the smoke, and fiually crawl out and give it up." "Aud wait for a thaw?" "No, sir-e-o! He won't wait for 11113 thing. He'll skip down town for a fur niture van and move into another house. That's where his head is level. It's cheaper to move than to thaw out frozen Avater-pipes." Detroit Fret Press. Stumbling Horses. The Pittsburgh Stockinet:!, in a recent issue, says: "Some good horses are addicted to stumbling while walking or moving in a slow trot. A well-versed veterinarian states that there are two causes that would tend to produce this faulty action; one, a general weakness in the muscular system, such as would bo noticed in a tired horse; the other, a weakness of the exterior muscles of tho leg. brought about by carrying too much weight on the toe. To effect a cure, he adds, lighten the weight of each front shoe about four ounces"; have the toe of the shoo made of steel instead of iron, it will wear longer; have it rounded off about tho same as it would be when one-third worn out, in or der to prevent tripping; allow one week's rest; have the legs showered for a few minutes at a time with cold water through a hose, in order to create a spray; then rub dry; briskly, from tii3 chest down to the foot. Give walking exercise daily during this week for about an hour twice a day. When vou commence driving again omit the slow jog, either walk or send him along at a sharp trot for a mile or two, then walk away, but do not speed for at least sev eral "weeks. By this means the habit of stumbling; from either of the above causes will be pretty well overcome." TheDakeof Calvino, who was capt ured by brigands on the even ing of the 4th of November in the neighborhood of Trapani, Italy, haa been released by his captors on pay ment of a ransom of 150,000 francs by his family, who never expected to see him alive again, he being very obese, ad vanced in age, and aftliGtcd with a nervous malady. He had passed thirty five da3s with the brigands, and. strange to say, tho treatment he had received, though by no means pleasant, has had the effect of completely curing him, Not long ago the Atlantic cable man sent over the report that Mary Anderson, actress, was to marry tho Duke of Portland, Englishman. Last night the following dispatch was re ceived by the Associated Press from Portland, Ore.: "The engagement of Mary Anderson to Lieutenant Dukes, of fhis place, is denied. No such person is known to exist" Chicago Tribune. In cooking food for animals do not waste the juices any more than 3ou would waste the juices of your owu soup or stew. Add a little coarse meal or bran to the watery part, and the strength will be absorbed and eaten. Boston Transcript. ""I'm all wool and a yard wide!" shouted a cow-boy, as he gave his som brero an extra side hitch, and looked around for a foe. "That may be," re plied an undaunted female, "but you won't wash." Philadelphia, Call. HOME, FARM AND GARDEN. An Indiana gardener puts moles among his strawberry vines so that they may catch the grubs. A very pretty and most cas'i v made lap robe for the small child's sleigh, is made of a square of honey-comb i'au nel. Make a border around this with split or single zer-Irrr, about ono finger deep, crochet ahendsome scollop on the edge. Tho entire border to be crocheted of course. Troy Times. We have had hens which ate tho apcds of red-peppers and also peek d at the skins. But in order to have fowls get pepper it is best to put it in their cooked feed. We use both black and red, sometimes in thick milk, which the- love, and for which they 1.13- eggs. Put a little salt in chicken feed. A'. 1'. Herald. To cure a dog that howls: We know of no means but the whip. If this is ap plied liberally and judieioua'y your dog will soon learn that it'- for h.s own good to keep uie' The punishment must not be applied at random, but should be so connected with the act of howling that the dog will not be mis taken as to its caiise. American Fid'l. As a test for "mpure air take a pint bottle full of water into the room to be examined, and pour out the water. The bottle then is, of course, filled with the air of tho room. Then p"t in a spoon fuLor so of lime-water and shake it. If the lime-water remains clear the air is lit to breathe, but it" the lime-water be comes milky there is too much carbonic acid in the air, and 3-ou had better hoist the window or ventilate the room in some other way. Exchange. Plum Pudding: Chop, if possible, in a mincing-machine half a pound of raisins, halt a pound of sultanas, two ounces of candied peel and half a pound of apples; mix with half a pound of beei suet one pound of bread crumbs, a. quarter of a pound of sugar, a little spice and a pinch of salt; putinsulii csent new milk to make the mixture stiff", butter a basin, put in the pudding, and boil for six hours. This quantity will make a large pudding. Western Piouman. A nice breakfast for one who is not equal to hearty fare is made of to:ist and eggs prepared in this way: Put a lump of butter in a saucepan, and then drop three eggs into it, stir briskly and constantly, so that the egcjs will bo smooth and not lumpy. Have two thin slices of buttered toast ready, and when the eggs are done lav them on one piece of the toast and lay the other light by over it; do noi crowd it down and make the egir run ever the edge of the toast. JV. Y.Pesl. Ethical ion for the Farm. When we ron-sider tho immense num ber that belong to the agricultural class in this country and the fact that three fourths of all our exports are agricult ural products, mid that our prosperity as a nation is so intimately connected with its agriculture, it is surprising that no better svaten: has bet'ii devised for tho education of this, great class the very foundation of our natlo 1 :i wealth. The i:iii!irs occupation leads to regular r.u is and se:i.l in.iu-liy; but ii'iliki l-: e enai'e ! ;i m -chauieal and mei aiitil. pursuit.. w..o aro mo-lly lo.-a'.e I in t-iv. ii-. and are brought into c:o-' hu-,)::e's and Mjcial relation-, the tanners are -e-itl -led over the (oimtry, an. I have l:t:ie daily intercourse with ea.-h t er. Thev do not have the ad Minlage of fie friction of soiet3, in whi h new ii!ei are suggested and de- elope i b association. This U, no doubt, the reason why the farming class is s1( conservative, mi prone to follow traditional routine and to rcs:.t all in novations. The "nertnoss of the agricultural class is plainh shown in this, that they sel dom or never make mry improvement in their processes or modes of culture. Of a!i the great labor-saving machinery introduced into agriculture during the last forty yea''-, not two per cent, ot it has been invented 113- those ra'sed and engaged upon tiie farm, but has been invented and adapted to its work by amateur farmers, or by outsiders who have observed the need of such helps in farm operations. Tho farmer, therefore, sorely needs s-oine stimulant to cause him to uso his brain as well as his hands. He should understand the principles that underlie his practice. lie ought to 1c an ac i it-ate o! .server, and this would make Liiii a discoverer. He should epcri 111 nt, and carefully note and comvare e erimeuts. But instead of this, very few- farmers think there are ain lied principles in griculture. They" regard the who e business as quite independent of rules, and in no way to be brought into subjection to order and reasonable certainty. This is win there is so little d 'fin Je'.v settled in agricultural prac ti e. Yet we know that agriculture is a capable of ! eing "reduced to system and o:d -r, and as capable of being taught as other applications of the natural se enccs. All will admit that farmers' sous should be taught, at least, tho rudi ments of tin- sciences that underlie agriculture; but where shall this scien tific education begin? There is really but one place where this instruction can ie given, and that is in the com 1:101. schools. Xutional Live Slock Jottrii'tl. Snow as a Protection. Hcw ever disagreeable it nun bo to have the ground covered with two feet in depth with miow, it is one of the" best protectors which the farmer has, con sider ng how little it costs. When the land is covered in the autumn, and it avs all winter, it serves as a great pro tection to the grass root- and all creep ing vines. Mrawhcrrv plants that i.ave been covered all winter with s'low, come out in the spring fresh and green, even though thc3' have not been 'mulched. The snow not onh' protects the veg ctation which it covers up, by shelter ing it from the cold winds and Midden changes of weather, but it prevents the frequent freezing and thawing of tho ground, which is so destructive to small roots that are near the surface, and which are often lifted entirely out of the ground 1)3 the action of tho frost. When the land hns open and exposed all winter, it not onby injures the grass and small plants, but it injures the laud itself, 113- blowing aw.-n tho liner particles of dccijvd vegetation from the surface, ami wiicn thus ex posed, there N a chance for the frost to enter the ground to a depth of several feet, thus cooling the earth to a great depth, requiring main- warm da3s in tho spring to thaw it out, and warm it up sufficient to start vegetation; but when a deep snow covers the land until spring open1-, as soon as the snow melts, the ground being free from frost, will soon be in a condition to cultivate, and for plants to grow. A a rule, the season comes forward earlier when the ground has been cov ered with snow the entire winter than it does when there has been but little snow. In our climate, no doub-, it is best .to have plent3 of snow, and have it lay on tho ground during the period of cold weather. This year we have started with a good covering of snowi should it be replenished as fast as need ed to keep the land covered we niaj look for good crops of grass next season and a spring that will be favorable for planting farm-crop3; keeping this is view we can dig our paths with more cheerfulness, ana resort to rubber boots to keep the snow out, with a feejingtha the.reis a bright side to a snow-storm, without resorting to merry sleigh-par ties, or mingling with the jolly coasters Wuvuhufwi Plu ghfhmL KB FI,X--3C1..X1. 'WilK'Jp- Y- "BUM? Tr5 CO h CC I ! CO j J2 H CO CO V. " O Kt THE NEW CASADAY is the plow in -IIALLTDAY- WIND MILLS. SUCTION, FOKCE AND Lift PUMPS. GAS PIPE, PIPE TONGS, ETC. 'hese goods, which for style and finish and the perfect manner of doing their work, are unexcelled. The "TAIT" is the simplest, best and most durable check rower made. CO & lu cb S " 0 3 Z!Og I g co 5 LU & ' &: & v--' I ( t - H i co Full line of EIYEESIDE" Stoves. Call and buying elseTvliere. Utfiort. If you want to do business with a strictly first-class house, come and examine the goods and get Our prices. KEAUSE, LUBKER & CO., Thirteenth Street, near B. & M. Denot, COLUMBUS, NEBiiVSKA. . . .i AUSE, LUBK bBEALERS IN: SHELF AND HOLLCTW JVIIX.X.S ."fi'-fesr- I f m . BBf3bh --V- frVjfJS " jyJSr HPvsHPaSlBSilS Tiie-e Cuts ECTursEXT a few or the (loops MANUFACrenED BT THE RAND QETOUR RUOIT QOMEKHY DlXONJ M?yBL , ?B!A 1837 FOATY-nVE YEAR3 !H THE FIELD. 1882. The "UNION" and the "WESTERN" are the leading corn planters of the great corn-growing region of the west. They have the rotary anti ' and examine them. The old reliable "STUDEBAKER" Wagon with truss axles. It stands at the head, above all competitors. & - 1 ri 1 rsics lightest draft and the market. IliHS. - friction drop. Come - . i .... 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