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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965

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O’NEILL CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1881,
VOL. IL
NEBRASKA NEWS.
A good barber is badly needed in
Cambridge.
Many oorn field* have had their aara
pulled off.—[Doniphan Index.
<’ Alex. Trimble, of Plum Creek, haa a
broken hand, caueed by a home falling on It.
The aehool house at Chester is com
pleted at last The whole-coat la laid to bo
. $3,000.
There is much complaint from Fur-;
nas county, of damage* and annoyance from
tree pausing stock.
The lie Witt Times suggests that a
mill would greatly enhance the interests of
that Tillage, and urges merchants to interest
themselves In the ]ect of proha ring one con
structed.
lTbe people at the Unlon school- house
two miles north of Hubbdl, have established
a literary society. West Matheney Is the prea
dout. The society meets every Wednesday
night.
The ladies’ mite society of Doniphan,
though only six months old, Is one in which
great pride Is taken by citterns Im object la
► 5T., to do good, and while so doing it affords so
cial pleasure* In the shape of entertainments,
festivals, etc.
Says the Cambridge Republican:
“We have It from good authority that a coal
abed like the one now In progress of erection
at Cambridge will be constructed at Collins
ville, at the forks of the Republican—a good
Indication of the points when the division of
« the road will terminate when the road la com
pleted.”
The rlum Creek Trees says a man
vii found deed on Rankin'! range, In the mid*
„ die of the Loup country, recently. There wee
ao mesne of identification. From indication*
on the man's person and the surroundings,
It wss oonjectnred that he was a hunter who
had shot and wounded a deer, and in attempt
ing to cut tte throat wasgoared to death.
The first story of the east wing of the
slate bouse, at Lincoln, Is almost completed,
and Manager Fox la well satisfied with his
season’s work, realising all he expected to
when he started the fob. The building will be
the exact counterpart of the west wing, with
the exception of the ball for the house of rep.
reaentatlves, that will be made sixteen feet
broader.
The passenger travel over the Repub
f Mean Valle; dirts ion of the B. AM. is re
■ t ported by the railroad boys as being consider
-f: ably better at present than at this date last
~ jvaar. When the road Is finished to Denver we
ex paid to see passenger trains loaded with
home-h maters, pleasure'seekers, etc., spinning
along attnw rata of 40 miles an hour, twice a
day at least.-^/Cambridge Republican.
lit conneo&'.n with the rumored
change In the Moigx City A Facile, It was
given oat a day or two'm » that the prelimi
nary steps far building s\ bridge over the
Missouri river on the Bkmx <3lty A Pacific
road, will be taken the eotnlng tease on; but
whether the bridge win be at HaiTor else
where Is not determined. The chances arecthat
it will be at Blair If the banks can be madte
permanent.—[Fremont Herald.
The bond proposition was dfifcntfid,
and the commissioners will hare to look for
other means to get rid of those outstanding
" bridge warrants. It is suggested that the leg
islature be petitioned next winter to enact a
special law whereby a tax may be levied for
that purpose. The suggestion is a good one
and we hope the matter win be attended to.—
(Falls City News
The body of A. G. Board, of Gosper
i county, who was supposed to have been killed
by Indians, has been found, and It la now
thought be was attacked and gored to death <
by a wild Texas steer, of which there are <
numbers in that part of the country. The re
mains were burled near where found, which
was only a few miles from where the party he
was with were camped when the deceased was
oeL—[Cambridge Republican.
George Hasten, a brakeman, while
making a coupling, at Sterling, had his hand
caught between the drawheads and smashed
In a fearful manner. He will lose the first
Joint of the thumb and first finger. The un
fortunate was a beginner in the railway busi
ness, but was brave, and bore his sufferings
without complaint during the dressing of the
around. The B. A M. company will care for
him at Lincoln.
Sheriff G. B. Wells has delivered that
foul murderer, Joseph Heraldsk, over to the
authorities of the penitentiary, where he will
spend the remainder of his days. This man
Heraldsky appeared to us to be Indifferent as
to hia fate, and was guilty of committing one
of the most foul and horrible murders on reo
ord. Just why he should escape the death
- penalty does hot appear to the ordinary ob
server, but we suppose District Attorney
Reese had reasons for doing as he did with the
case.—Schuyler Herald.
Scwrj and Biafi.
In Nevada, recently, two rival coach
os started out on parallel roads, each
four-horse team on a gallop. A Hew
Yorker, being the only passenger in one
coach, took a seat with the driver. He
endured the first five miles very well,
as the road was pretty smooth, but he
finally carlessly observed:
“This pace is rather rough on the
ones, isn't itF"
“Oh, nol They are used to it. I
haven’t begun to swing ’em yet,” was
the reply.
“II we were going a little slower I
could enjoy the scenery much better.”
“Yes, I s'pose so; but this line isn’t
ran on the scenery principle."
That ended the conversation until the
, hones tamed a comer, and the slue
; rede iRwad it an two wheels Thais the
New Yorker remarked:
“I snppoee you aometimae meet with
aocMeato!”
“Almost every day,” was the brief
t
i there danger of i
away!”
“Of oooree; but we’ve got to take our
chances. G’lang, there!"
At the end of another mile the pas
senger controlled his voice sufficiently
to inquire:
“What if we shouldn’t reach Bed'
Hill by exactly 3 o’clock! I’m in no
hurry.”
“No, I suppose not; but I’ve got to da
tt or lose ten dollars.”
“How!”
“I’ve got an even ‘ten’ bet that I can
beat the other stage into Bed Hill by flf
■ teen minutes, and I’m going to win the
money if it kills the hones.”
“Say, hold!” exclaimed the other, as
he felt for his wallet “I like to ride
fast, and I’m not a bit nervous, but Ido
hate to see horses get worried. Here's
twenty dollars for you. Now let’s sort
a’ jeg along the rest of the way, and
get a chance to smoke and talk about
the Indians.”
“Whoa, there! Come down with you,
gentle nowi^take it easy, and don't
- fret!" called the driver, as he pulled in,
and reached for the greenbacks with
one band, and for his pipe with the
other. Thereafter the New York* bad
more scenery and leas humps. -1
HEBKA8KA HTCUESTS.
garth i ni Bn Halts.
2Every farmer knows that this is the
proper time to eecon s supply o( Rood, eonnd
wed corn for next year's planting, hot they
don’t all pot their knowledge to nee. Half of
the failures to raise fall crops of corn In the
west come from the lack of care In selecting
and properly housing the seed. Let every
man see to it that be has good seed next
spring. ______
Lota oiiTaa
Uasola Joaraal.t
SThere was plenty of fun at the coun
cil meeting lest night over the hills of physic
ians who attended the victims of the Fourth
of July accident. The bills, our dads thought,
were too high, and they commenced slashing
and cutting at once. Bills put In at NOO were
cat down less than one halt The bill of Dr.
Latta, for attending the man Squires, was $90.
After the clerk got through reading it one of
the aldermen moved that the doctor be lined
for contempt for saving the life of Squires.
The motion did notprevail, but the MU was
ut down to $10. The blU of Dr. Carter was
eat down to $75, and the hill of Dr. Oviatt to
$S8 and afractioa.
■ ' Wo ams Hsaalen
. The Lincoln Journal contains the
following: “It la probable that there will be
no extra session of the legislature, as Gov.
Nance declares In positive terms that he wlU
not call an extra aesslon unless the action of
congress In passing a new apportionment bill
makes It his Imperative duty to do so for the
purpose of redistrlctlng the state. It will be
remembered that the congressional apportion
ment act of 1870, where a state became entitled
to additional representation In congress, and
the additional representatives were to be
chosen before the meeting of the legislature In
regular session, the act allowed the additional
representatives to be elected at large. In all
probabilities a similar provision will be at
tached to the next congressional apportion
ment bUl.”
The Liquor Law to be Knforeed.
Onto Eapoblleuo.
In conversation with Mayor Boyd a
reporter learned that the necessary blanks for
taking oat liqaor licenses under the 81ocamb
law are now prepared by City Clerk Jewett.
On the first of December the mayor will issae
a notice to all parties who desire to continue
in the liquor business after the first day of
January, that they must make application be
fore the 15th day of December. This is to give
everybody ample time to get up their peti
tions and bouds according to the provisions of
the law. The probability is that about three
fourths of the saloons will close, as we un
derstand that the law will be enforced.
Another Railroad Coming.
Doniphan index.
Doniphan is soon to have another big
railroad connection. The Omaha and Repub
lican Valley road is to be built from Aurora
to Doniphan, thence to Culbertson, Hitchcock
county, away down in the Repeblican Valley,
taking in Keneeaw, in Adams county, and go
ing through Kearney, Phelps, Gosper, Fron
tier and Red Willow counties. The road will
probably be completed to this place and re
main for some time. We shall have more
about this in the future.
The Lincoln Tannery.
Journal
Then has not been much said through
the papers or otherwise in regard to the or
^iisatton of the Lincoln tannery, which is
lesttnedto become a great industry of this
dty. Is oo«vernation with one of the mem
bers of tta company, he informed us that,
»otwithstanding that winter was at haud,
work was beih|g pushed vigorously; and that
vhen spring tins* came oar people would see
i new Industry lnubeir midst that would sur
prise them.
The Methodist church liw • member
ihlp in the state of 10,047, a (Oi'tiir As year
if 500. Fifteen church edlfloas were erected
luring the year—total number in the shpte, 96.
I'alue of church and parsonage property,
1230,116. There are 109 Sabbath schools, M
□crease of 7. The officers and teachers in*
hese schools number 1,768, and the students
l,tt& The churches and schools hare con- ,
.ributed to missions during the year, 61.611.08,
in Increase over last year of 6263.84. The
isrsons of the church of this state are enti
led to 64,031.40 and received 63.5S0.17, or 88
>er ceut. of what they ought to have. There
ire on the conference roll 66 ministers.
WIT AfiD FUN.
California is raisin’ raisins.
A health-giving number—Quinine.
The term Mormon means the mor
non-y you have the more wives you
■an be sealed to.—[Baltimore Every
Saturday.
The bird who lives on the finny tribe
s a fish-hawk; and the' man who sells
the finny tribe is a fish-hawker.
We always enjoy a greenback meet
ing, when the meeting happens to oc
cur between a greenback and ourself.
Think their feathers pretty: A sati
rical slave says that tenors usually put
on more airs than they sing.
It has got so now that the daily pa
per is gradually usurping the place of
the sewing circle as a disseminator of
news.
The rnbber slings used by the little
boys are getting to be as dangerous as
the gin stings used*by their daddies.
Soajfmakers may give each other the
lye with impunity. In other lines of
business it is safer to be a little cautious
in this respect
Baldwin left the Newark bank build
ing because it was the only thing which
if stolen, the directors would have
missed.
The man who stood in front of his
glass for two hours getting the right
color on his moustache, said he was
just “dyeing to see his girl.”
Big college joke: He was a fresh
man and in all his morality was watch
ing Bossi as “Othello.” "I thought
Italians ware white.”
It is said that the laws at New York
closely resemble sausages You have
great respect for them until you know
howthev are wtvVt
I Jay Charlton wants to know if it is
baeoMO so many improvements have
bean made-in wring beds and mat
tresses that peopls be so easily.
An exchange mys: “The bicycle is
a great thing to put flesh on a man's
legs.” It is also a good thing to take
flesh off a man’s nose and other por
tions of his Ace.
When Adam was in his bachelorhood
ha found Us nights lonely, and always
welcomed the mom with gladness.
Still, for aH that, he was happier when
Eve earns
The crime of perjury is generally
punished ner-jury.—[Commercial Ad
vertiser. Good enough as a joke, but
note fast. The crime generally goes
uopuniahed per anybody.—[Boston
fliobe.
It was wrong in Peg, the shoemaker,
to say to the doctor who complained
that ae lad made a poor job at that
jto |sfa of boots, “Physician, heal
KfTectoal and Cheap,
bilious Attacks, headache, and
■Mliy oilier Ills can only be cured by removing
Kidney-Wort has been proved
*° . - . loo*t effectual remedy, for these
■Mlor habitual costiveness which so afflicts
■flnocee# the American people.—[Farm and
WEEKLY JEWS SDHUBT.
A* HOWL
Jones has been indicted for attempt
ing to kill Guiteau.
On the 27th Gnitean was quite san
guine of being acquitted, saying be was sum
of eonrlncing the Jury of his dirine Inspira
tion.
Milwaukee cigar makers are on a
•trike. Cause: some objectionable rules
posted up by manufacturers regulating the
workmens' department.
Vat Jones has been released from
Imprisonment at Washington, the 15,000 ball
kiarng been given. A. If. Wheeler and Sebas
tain Amone are securities.
A cousin of Guiteau, some years ago,
was sent to the Elgin asylum from Chicago.
Guiteau was a witness in the proceeding to
establish the fact of Insanity.
Beecher, in his sermon Thanksgiving
day, alluding to the Guiteau trial, said it
looked like a flght between an imbecOp Judge
at one ended the bench ssmI a vagrant fool at
the other—like an mbeclle court trying a fiend
wicked and insane.
The steamer D. T. Lane collided
recently with the propellor W. T. Gaylord at
Ashland, Ky. The Gaylord sank out of sight
almost immediately. The cook was drownqd,
and the rest escaped with difficulty. A mis
understanding of signals caused the accident.
The theory that Col. Smith of Omaha
was murdered has been partially exploded by
the Omaha Republican. The pistol found
near the bottom of his pants-leg Is said to
have been purchased by a close friend for Mr.
Smith, which fact the Republican inclines to
believe, shows that the death may have been
the result of an accident.
On the 27th inst. a well aressea
gentleman registered at the Arlington hotel
in Washington, as Albert Lyman, of New
York, and left an overcoat and papers. At
night he appeared at the Ebbit, and asked for
three rooms. One was assigned him, but
having no baggage, a special officer was dis
patched for, who arrested him. He claims to
have come to Washington to save the world,
and said he was to a certain extent Guiteau,
and could solve the moral of President Gar
field’s taking off.
Mrs. Dummire, of Leadville, a for
mer wife of Guiteau, was interviewed at Cin
cinnati, by a newspaper man. To the ques
tion whether she regarded the fellow insane
when he was her huBband, from 1809 to 1876,
she answered: “Oh, no; he was very vain;
liked to have people talk about him, and al
ways enjoyed notoriety. He enjoys the noto
riety he has now, and is delighted to have his
name in all the papers, and to think all the
people in the United States arc talking about
him. He never mentioned insanity in his
family, and would have resented such a sug
gestion by others.”
Among the valuable inventions gotten
up lately, that of Dr. Kingsland, of Omaha, is
Dne of the most practical. It is an attach
ment to horse harness to prevent the auimals
from kicking or running away, and the testi
rnoney of well-known persons is to the effect
that the contrivance does all that is claimed .
for it A fractious horse is rendered entirely
powerless to destroy vehicles, and consequent
ly, to injure or Kill persons who cfaajwt
riding. The invention is simple, cheap, ana
sasy of application. By Its general Introduc
tion thousands of dollars will be annually
*aved to owners of horses and vehicles. The
ioctor offers to sell territory by virtue of his
patent right, and a good, live man can make
% profitable business of it Send for circular
to Dr. 8. Kingsland, Omaha, Neb., in care of
If. H. Redfleld.
Mr. iuieiin, one of tne omcers m
char,ge of the prison van which takes Guiteau
bo and from the court house at Washington,
is of the opinion, which he Btrongly expresses,
that the man Jones arrested for assault with
Intent to kill Guiteau, Is not the person who
fid the shooting. He describes the assailant
«<a very different man from Jones, and Jones
itmJtelf denies having shot at Guiteau. Mr.
}*rat>iif another van officer, says he is posi
Ive at seeing Jones near the van before the
ihots tpere fired, but cannot say Jones did tl '
ihoottnjk as his position on the van precluded
i view oX the pl*oe from which the shots pro
ceeded. Something over an hour and a half
elapsed before officers found any clue of the
>Sender, which fact left additional room for
loubt When produced In court, however,
or preliminary examination, the judge held
ilm In the nm of $5,000. He did not furnish
xjnds, and was committed. Jones is known
is a sort of a crank among hi* neighbors. He
las been under aireet a number of times for
personating an officer, And arresting people.
A maniac named Weunaa in the
Jmaha jail, wae beard making a land noise
ibout 1 o’clock, the ether night, when Joe
Miller, the jailor, went'fa te quiet him. When
,he prison keeper unlocked the door, Weiman
mddenly sprang upon him. Miller dealt him
i blow with a large key, which he had in his
land, inflicting a deep gash over one of his
>yes, and followed it up with other blows, but
Weiman did not desist from his attack. He
crowded Miller into a corner, thus preventing
Pim from using the key, and finally he drove
him away from the hall door and to the end of
the corridor, where he at last seized Miller by
the throat and in another tender spot, and
threw him down. All this time he had been
piling in powerful blows upon his victim, who
had become well-nigh exhausted, and now
thought that the maniac would shut off his
ivind forever. None of the prisoners could
;ome to his assistance as they were all locked
ip. It was a life and death struggle with
Miller, who summoned all his energies to
work his way to one of the cells where the
prisoners could help him through the bars.
With Weiman astride his back,
choking and pounding him, he slow
ly crawled to the door of the cell
occupied by Charles DeGroatand D. H. Garey,
who had torn two long hammock hooks from
the wall. With one of these hooks DeGroat
caught Weiman by the arm and pulled him
toward the cell, while Garey with the other
kook pounded him over the head. Miller
meantime kept up hla end of the fight, and
bit off a portion of Welman’s fingers. Garey
•t last caught hold of Weiman’s coat-collar
and raised him up so as to allow Miller to es
cape. Miller rushed Into his bed room and
got the key of the hall door, and returned just j
in time to prevent Weiman from again attack
ing him. He locked the hall door, and then
summoned Sheriff Guy to his assistance. Mil
ler presented a terrible spectacle, as his shirt
and drawers were all blood which had come
from Welman’s wounds, and Miller had near
ly all of his beard plncked out by the roots.
Weiman also was very bloody. The jailor
procured assistance, and, after having a stream
of cold water poured upon him from the hose,
the maniac was quieted and secured in his
celL
One Col. John Howard Wells, a resi
dent of New York, and formeremploye of the
commissary department at Washington, has
been detected In a deep laid plan to blackmail
Jay Gould. On October 16th an anonymous
letter was addressed to the millionaire, which
bore the impress of having been gotten up by
a crank. In it Were avowals that the Lord
had commissioned tbe writer to dfcpatefc
Gould at a public aacmritf, and many other
expression* which reminded one strongly of
the letter found on the peraon of OnitenB af
ter the murder of President Garfield, on the
3d of July last Gould gave the letter te to
broker, Washington E. Connor, and dlreyd
that every effort be made to dnd the writer
and punish him. Connor gate the letter to
Inspector Byrnes, of the detective force and
they began devising means to capture the
rogue. Personals were Inserted In the news
papers, which drew from an unknown writer
a number of other letters, in which be by
turns threatened Gould and Implored him to
help him win back some hundreds of tbou
which he claimed he lost In stock speCUs
lotions. He sent Gould the key by which the
personals could be published, using cipher
words in the place of namea of stocks, and by.
which Gould could give him information on
which he could speculate safely. Following,'
this key the Inspector and Mr. Connor kept up
a correspondence with the blackmailer until
his arrest Meanwhile It was discovered that
aU the letters from the blackmailer passed
through station E, Thirty-fourth street aah
Eighth avenue; and thqpfam w**JSt«*i4p*e‘
mpawrehlm. Tbe~pbetmajrtef and postmas
ter general were consulted, and fifty carriers
in citizen’s dress were placed at the dispos
al of Inspector Byrnes, that day. The car
riers assembled at (station,early in the
morning and were met by an equal number of
detectives. Soon afterwards each of the fifty
letter boxes in the district were watched by a
detective and carrier, and whenever a peraon
dropped a letter Into a box, the detective kept
watch on the person until the carrier had gone
to the box, opened It and read the address on
the envelope. It was agreed If the carrier
found a letter addressed to Gould, be was to
raise his hat, and the detective was to. arrest
the person who deposited the letter. The e-1
cret was closely kept. At 3 p. m., a tall, well
dressed man of sixty years, dropped a letter
addressed to Gould into a box at Thirty-fourth
street and Seventh avenue. He was arrested
at once and taken to the police headquarters,
where be admitted his guilt and gave his ad
dress as Colonel J. Howard Wells, 865 Fifth
avenue. An affidavit was made by Inspector
Byrnes, stating that Jay Gould’s life was not
safe with the prisoner at large, and also that
the letters gere written for the purpose of
blackmail. No ball was, therefore, allowed,
and Col. Wells is In Jail.
UKiniDAli.
Lewis Roob, a farmer near Perrys
burg, Ohio, shot and killed his wife and then
himself. Roob was the father of nine children.
John Galus, a German aged 32, has
been arrested at Evanston Illinois, charged
with the recent brutal murder of William
Hoesse. The prisoner wore a suit of the mur
dered man, and had papers in his possession
implicating him. He confessed, and said he
killed the man with two or three blows of an
axe, and had made no attempt to escape.
The other night G. D. Roach and his
wife, two very bad characters, were in the
Park saloon, at Litchfield, His., conducting
themselves in a very disgraceful manner. Of
licer Charles McGill was called to arrest them.
He conducted them to the sidewalk when
Roach jerked away from the officer, who let
£0 of his wife and aoou captured Roach. Mrs.
Roach followed tbe officer, and, coming up
with him, she lattcicd quite a bad cut about
six incite* In laagth aad an Inch end a.*nM
tm
bone. She also cut through hla overcoat and
other clothing on his back to the skin in three
places, with a common pocket-knife. She also
Attempted to stab another man. In the ex
citement she made good her escape.
ABROAD.
ENGLAND.
In consequence of an anonymous let
ter alleging that an attempt would be made
to blow up Guild Hall, extra police guard the
building at night.
BUSSA.
A youth sent a letter to Gen. Fcher
[iine, who has been presiding over the commis
sion appointed to pass upon the Siberian ex
I' S which sits in St Petersburg, asking an
immediate interview and saying the matter
which he wished to lay before the general was
f the most urgent nature. The general
jrdered the writer of the letter to be ad
mitted. Scarcely had the stranger been Bab
tired into the general’s room tluin he draw a
revolver and fired at the general. The ball
passed harmlessly between his arm and ikb.
Attendants secured and disarmed the youth,
who said he was merely the inatnuarat of an
other person.
FRANCE.
Announcement hai tose uii to' the
lobbies of the dumber at dap. tie* Hut tba
French gorergtopnt kutoMto withdraw
•be deem wiM iaarhu pork. The laic
minister, M. Tlermrd, Umehu Interpolation
jo the .abject. It u well known .a-, the de
cree in qneetlo. was toe n*we to Tlerard’s
lutredfor I—III end ATnerictouthan to
Ida anxiety for public health.
A JournalM m Prayer.
There is just at present« particularly
animated discussion going on as to the
province and efficacy at prayer.
It is very easy for unbelievers to ridi
cule prayer. They say: “Does it rain
when you pray for rain?” “Does it stop
raining when you pray for sunshine?”
Then they langh at the idea that a
universe which is manifestly governed
by general laws should be inllunced by
special prayers.
In reply to all this it may be stated
that all spiritual and.religious affairs are
enveloped in mystery. We see them as
through a glass, darkly.
But what seems to us a very power
ful argument in favor of prayer, and,
indeed, unanswerable, is the universal
instinct to fall down before a higher
power and petition for help and relief
under afflictions for which there is no
human remedy.
Bv the death-bed of our beloved who
would not pray.
Then it will not do to make light of
prayer—to attempt to ridicule the whole
world on its knees; alike stunt and sin
ner—the reverend pastor and the pirate
in a storm—supplicate the same God
for forgiveness and preservation.
This was written by the lawyer and
journalist, William A. Bartlett, who
died a few days later. The article was
read at his funeral by Bishop Clark as
evidence of the religious feeling of the
deceased.
■ore Carving.
Here is a little story with a very piq
uant flavor of French sauce, though
prepared by an American hand. A
splendidly guilt dining room, with al
most nothing on the table to eat, was
the peculiarity of a Boston miser. A
wag was invited to dinner on a certain
occasion, and the host asked him if he
didn't think the room elegant.
“Yes," was the reply, “but it is not
quite according to my taste.”
“And pray what change would you
make,” asked the host.
“Well,” he answered, “if this wore
my house, you know, I would have,”
looking at the ceiling, “less guilding,”
and here he penned tofftoK et the
THE AS818SIH.
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(waun-j of the TmUmoj Taken in the
1 Cue of the Erratic Gniteaa.
A ttitoh of the Various Dramatic Perform
% *tei of the Prisoner Siace
Oar Last Issue.
SEVENTH DAT.
# BOBIHSOX KBTIRKS.
Upon being brought into court Guit
once devoted himself to his papers, and
egntmry to the general expectation, made no
fepumstrationa whatever, or allusions to the
We attempt upon his life. Immediately upon
opening of the court Robinson arose and
■Pflrtssed the court for the purpose of calling
tj# attention to an article inj the
iprfay Post, in which, Jtooville was made to
«<f that he should request the withdrawal of
Bfbhvon from the case, as he (Scoville) had
jBould be of no
d*d in severe terms the discourtesy he -had
rweived from Scoville.
He was here interrupted by Guiteau, who
brake in with:
“Yonr honor, I want Robinson to stay in.”
Continuing, Robinson requested the court
to grant his discharge from the case, and posi
tively stated that He could not with proper
self respect, remain in association with Sco
ville.
Guiteau, who had been closely following
Robinson all through the latter portion of his
speech, broke in again, and with considerable
warmth said:
“That’s an able speech and I agree with the
most of It. Tf he had only made it last Mon
day there never would have been any disturb
ance between us.”
Scoville here tried to quiet Guiteau, when
he retorted upon him by saying, “Keep quiet
yoursell. In talking now I sympathize with
him in this matter.” Scoville made a brief
statement deploring the disagreement, after
which Judge Cox relieved Robinson from
further connection with the defense.
! Dr. Woodward Lamb was examined upon
the part of the government.
The prosecution then rested their case and
Guiteau was allowed permission to be heard
in opening his defense.
Guiteau retaining bis seat began:
“Your honor, I was not aware I was expect
ed to speak this morning.”
Scoville here leaned over and whispered to
{dm, when Guiteau retorted sharply and with
Impatience.
“I don’t want to stand up,I am not afraid to
however, but I have only a moment to speal^
and will keep my seat. I don’t care to say
more than was published last Monday in my
address to the public. I presume the jury all
law it. I have no set speech to make. I ap
pear as ray own counsel and my idea is to
make corrections as we go along, just as we
have done in the past three or four days. I
don’t mean any discourtesy to any one. I
only want to get at the facts. If any one says
I owe them twenty dollars and I don’t, I will
deny it on the spot. My idea is to take
things while they are hot, and not let them
get cold and suffer from misconstruction. Of
coarse I shall go on the stand at the proper
time and be examined and cross-examined.
Mr idea, however, is to meet a misstatement
when it is hot. instead of waiting to let the
matter get digested and misunderstood. I
think the true way is to interject my state
ments as the case proceeds. I have no set
speech to make but am much obliged to your
honor and to my counsel for the courtesy of
Ibis invitation.” Guiteau’s manner Beems to
pave undergone a marked change since the
fcarly days of the trial, and during the delivery
Of his short speech this was particularly no
ticeable. At the conclusion he settled back
in hi* chair with an air of exhaustion and rest
bd hi* head on hi* hand wearily while a
eare-worn expression appeared upon hi* face.
[ Scoville tbea addressed the jury at consider
but without concluding cpurt^ad
!:
EIGHTH DAT.
The prisoner was brought into court
at the usual hour, having come from jail in
the prison van safely.
Scoville resumed his argument, which occu
pied the attention of the court throughout
the day. Guiteau frequently interrupted him,
dissenting from or approving the attorney’s
remarks. For the most part, however, he was
satisfied, until Scoville plainly intimated that
lack of mental capacity on Guiteau’s part had
reduced his law practice to collections of bad
debts. Guiteau winced and broke out with,
“I brought a great many rails and generally
gave them all they wanted oo the other side.”
After a moment of quasi explanation to the
prisoner, Scoville was about to proceed when
Guiteau, apparently appeased, waved his hand
pleasantly to Scoville and said, “Go on, Mr.
Scorttk; that lean interesting story and is
correct In detail.”
Cdatinning, Scoville said In effect that
Guiteau made a good living and supported his
family at this time and paid his debts.
“ a broke In with, 4‘I had first-class
s as well as my personal appearance,
business. Besides that, I had no bad
of any kind.”
illustrate Guiteau’s freaks, and as an
,tiou of his insanity, he related bis ramb
ling attempt to make a speech upon a certain
occasion when he had been assigned by the
court as counsel for the prisoner on trial.
Guiteau again interrupted in an excited
manner, and shouted “That’s absolutely false;
I never tried a case with Chas. Reed in my
Ufa. I don’t want to interfere with your
story, but pour facts are false. I want the
jury to understand my peculiarities; that’s all
right. There are good many people who will
swear I am insane/’
Scoville alluded to Guiteau’s susceptibility
to the influence of women, and remarked that
he would talk to them as long as they would
llaten. The prisoner denied tbiB as untrue,
•ad then said ne had put a note in his biogra
phy (published, as will be remembered, in the
Hew York Herald, some time ago,) in which
he ottered to receive the correspondence of any
women with good address. In reply he re
ceived a letter from a woman worth $10,000.
He added, with evident satisfaction, “This
waa not bad, waa it?”
Scoville continued; “It is true, as he says,
that the notice brought a response, which
“Hows there is one woman in all probability
The prisoner j
wW km lost her reason also.’ _ _ _
anj(TliJ*^xcinimed: **I wrote her two letters;
and she wrote me two. You (to Scoville)
suppressed *kc reat I’ve been looking for a
response to m# lent letter for three weeks and
am certain, you lied about It. I tell you
so publicly. You fool me: I’m going to
follow her” * 6
Scoville—The letters fcg wrote I did Hot
Guiteau (angrily striking'the table with U*
fist)—No, you did not send tl^, I low. yon
bad lied about it. That a not, the drat Us you
have told.
The court (sternly)-Ba qUek.
The District Attorney—fert^j, know* that
to get
if there ever were any such 1
can reach the Jury, and these,
intoipublic colloquy with thJJ maa'ia ..~~
hensfble. Let tins nan play uis part when the
time comes. 1
The prisoner (pMsamg| wildly)—I an
not playing any part A knew BeoriHa was
lying. _ /
Bcorma -1. WMiwjM this evidence is com
ing; Oat it la perfedfiToo
"As a (sacral thlL- testimony obtained
front lying is not xa^eM," retorted the
prisoner. .
Scoville—I will not reply *0 CorkhflU at pres
ent, nor his inductions. When the time
comes for argaromt he will wet hie answer.
(Applause.] I had considered this evidence
was competent.
The Prisoner—Ton wfll not £eve any tac
t-ess from the Lord by lying- it-o Us! Ten
lie! I’ve found you out. When a wsaa lies to
me once I never believe him. Ton Save lied
to roe once, and that it played ouv The
prisoner seamed convulsed with pension uaj
disregarded the cfflorWof his brother and Wt.„
to auiet him.
fertile—All I want in this ease la that the
truth shall prevail. • .
Gertsen—That’s what I want and am going
to have It.
Scoville (to the Jnry)—All of yon who be
lieve I produce an item of evidence for
thmtrlnr effect, without earnest convMloa
that It is Just and proper to be done, I want
yon not onfy to reject It, but charge it against
me with tenfold effect in your final verdict.
[AroUuse.1
After reading some letters written by
Gniteau to Ua eater, Mrs. Scoville, years ago,
Ur the purpose of showing a wandering mind,
fertile task Ms Met, and ‘ *
NOTH DAT.
TUTXNOmr OOWUVCID FOB THM PBUOHBB.
When court opened SoorlUe made a
formal request for papers taken from Guiteau
at the time of his arrest, stating they were ma
terlal evidence for the defence, and since the
prosecution had not needed them, he could
see no reason why they should be withheld.
The district attorney offered to furnish cop
ies of the papers, but Scovllle Insisted upon
his rights in the matter, and asked for the
original.
Fending discussion, Guiteau insisted upon
being heard, and said: “I can throw light
upon this. At the time of my arrest I had
forty or fifty editorial alii*, snowing the po
litical situation in May and June. These slips
show the action and one of the forces that im
pelled me on to shoot the president. They are
very important as showing the gist of the
whole matter. There were forty or fifty
slips denouncing President Garfield. It was
living on such ideas as these that I was finally
impelled to shoot the president with my in
spiration.”
Col. Corkhiil interposed, saying: “If it will
assist you to get through to-day, 1 will send
for them.”
During a momentary lnll in the proceeding
yesterdaytlSit “Julius” was too suggestWeof
the negro race, and for that reason he had
dropped it from his name. His prejudices
was begotten twenty years ago. He meant no
disrespect to any person or any race, particu
larly not to the colored race, for they were
more highly thought of than the white race,
nowadays.
Scovllle continued by reading Gulteau’s let
ters. He read a letter written by Guiteau to
his father, in which he spoke of having got
ten into some trouble, and in which he asked
for some money. Guiteau explained the let
ler, saying: “One of my clients, a miserable
little whelp, had me arrested on account of a
little difference of $30 between us. As soon
as the district attorney’s attention was called
to the matter, I was released. I never ought
to have been arrested, but it got into the pa
pers and did me a good deal of harm. I had
been into the theology business for some time,
and, as usual, was out of money. That’s all
there is in it.”
The first witness for the defense, H. N.
Burton, was then examined. He testified ,
that he did not think the prisoner so derang
ed as to be irresponsible. He thought him not
deranged, but very badly arranged; No cross- j
examination of this witness was made. I
H. M. Davis, of Erie. Pa., testified to his
knowledge of the Insanity of one of Guiteau’s
aunts.
Thompson Wilcoxson, of Freeport, 111., had
known Guiteau’s father and described his
peculiarities.
After recess the witness again took the
stand. He did not see Guiteau after he had
run away from Scoville’s house at Beaver
Lake, Wisconsin.
Prisoner—I returned to Chicago and opened
a law office. I did not run away.
Frank L. Union, of Boston, testified hiring
for Guiteau Investigator hall. His bills pro
claimed: “Do not fail to hear Hon. Chas. J.
Guiteau, the little giant from the west. He
will show that two-thirds of the race are go
ing to perdition.”
Prisoner—that is a liberal estimate; f Laugh
ter. I
Witness—There were about fifty person*
the lecture. At the end of half an hour th
lecturer suddenly became disgusted with him
self and left in a great hurry.
The Prisoner—I was disgusted »t the au
audience.
Witness—After he had gone the audience
agreed the man was crazv. Guiteau came
around next day and asked for the hall again.
He said he was not crazy, but inspired; that
God was his father and counsellor and he did
nothing wrong. He said in a serious manner
that he belonged to the firm of Jesus Christ
aud company. He was sure the witness was
loomed. [Laughter.] He said he knew the
way to heaven and hell, and if the witnees did
what be told him he would go to heaven,If not,
to hell. ,
Question by Davidge—Suppose at the time
of the lecture, Guiteau had struck you, would
you have struck hip hack! ,
■ Aniwep^dfoPv*
Prisoner—I don’t strike persona.
Witness said he appeared as a witness im
pelled by reading BeovUle’s appeal for wit
Gen. W. Olds, of Michigan, testified to Mrs.
Scoville charging Guiteau with being crazy,
itnd saying he had attempted to kill her,
iiud asking the witness to put him off the
place. Witness related how Guiteau soaped
hickory trees, insisting that they were fruit
trees, and how, when weeding, he pulled up
more traw berries and turnips than weeds.
*#**##*#
The prisoner (to the district attorney)—I
hope you gentlemen will insist upon order and
not allow this kind of thing to go on. It has
no bearing on this case at all, and I will not
have it. „
Witness was asked further as to Guiteau’s
trouble with Mrs. Scoville.
Prisoner—It Is not true. I never made
trouble with anybody. I want the absolute
truth, and when the defense comes in with
such nonsense I want to protest against it,
and I want you gentlemen faddressing the
prosecuting attorney) to sustain me In it.
Davidge—We will get It all right.
Prisoner—Very well, sir.
Scoville (to witness)—Did you form an
opinion as to whether he was sane or in
sane?
Prisoner—I object; the witnees is not an
'Fhe cross-examination was very searching
and the story of a scene with Mrs. Scoville
having been again alluded to the prisoner
denied it. He declared It to be a Be—that
was a short way to put It. He had shown no
anger to his sister at all, though she, no
doubt, thought so. As a matter offact, it was
all nonsenee. In re-direct examination re
ference was mode to the Incident of Guiteau
soaping hickory trees.
Prisoner—I remember hearing of that soap
business, but I did not care anything about it.
I was studying theology at the time.
Adjourned until Friday.
TENTH DAT.
OUITSAU HAKKS A STATEM1ST.
On the morning of November 26th,
alter court oponed, ScovlUe said the prisoner
wanted to make a statement. No objection
being raised, Gulteau read from manuscript
substantially as follows:
“I propose to have all the facts bearing on
this case to go to the court and the jury,
and to do this I have been forced to inter
rupt counsel and witnesses who were mis
taken as to supposed facts. I meant no dis
courtesy to them or anyone. Any fact in
my career knriwgoothe question as to who
fired that shot, the Deity or myself, is of
vital importance in this ease, and I propose
it go to the Jury. Hence my personal, politi
cal and theological record may be developed.
I am glad, your honor, the opposing counsel
are disroeed to gives history of my life,
aui j ask the press and public to do likewise.
an 1 want is absolute justice, and 1 shall not
permit any crooked work. I have no idea my
counsel want crooked work. They are often
mistaken on . -nposed facts, and I shall have
to correct them'. Last spring certain news
papers in New York and Washington were
Utterly denouncing the president for break
tag up the repuonean party dj uuprupci
pointments. I would like those newspapers
to reprint those editorials now and see how
they would look and sound. In attempting to
remove the president I only did what the par
pers said ought to be done. Since July 2d
they have been defending the president and
denouncing m. for doing the very thing they
said ought to be done. I want the newspapers
and doctors who actually killed the president
to share with me the odium of his death. I
never would have shot him of my own voli
tion. notwithstanding the newspapers, if I had
notDeen commissioned by Deity to do the
deed, but this fact does not relieve the
newspapers from the supposed disgrace of
the president’s removal. If he had been
properly treated he would have been alive
to-day. It has been published that 1 am in
fear of death. It is false. I have always been
a religious man and an active worker lor God.
Some people think I am a murderer, but the
Lord does not for he Inspired the act, as in the
case of Abraham and a score of other cases in
the MMe. The assault made upon me Satur
day last by a ‘crank’ has been condoned by
«*e pee— The eyes of the civilized world are
w jSMMI this case, and it behooves this court
•*“ metropolitan police to protect me at
aU haaa»n]s. \ hereby warn all ‘cranks’ of
or Jow degree to keep away from me
under parity qi instant death. He would
“*T® shot dead Saturday but for the
rearing of tty horses in the van. As the offl
f*1, ***1“***ttng, the horses shook the van so
“ “**, and though the van pursued
fcln he teaftnilhr escaped. I wute
wgiawtoe vnul1—slj they can see
esse t, .
they Mil
ttummm
pose of this cue on the facto and law, and
leave all responsibility about it to the verdict.
Scoville then referred to his present de
mands for certain printed newspaper slips,
which were taken from Guiteuu at the time of
his arrest. A colloquy ensucdfbetween the
counsel, in which considerable feeling was
shown upon both sides. Scoville protested
rinst the course of the district attorney in
matter, and the latter contemDtuously re
torted, from his seat, “Oh, stuff, stuff; all
stuff.’’ The controversy vu finally settled
and Scoville called Johu A. Logan for the de
fense. The witness did not respond, however.
Gutteau, who seemed greatly excited, here
breke in again and shouted. “There is another
matter I r ant to speak about right now. I
understood rny divorced wife is to be brought
here u a witness against me. If that is so,
there will be trouble. She wu a poor, un
fortunate thing, and I never should have
married her. But If she comeB inhere to
testify against me and do me any harm, I’ll
rip up her whole record. 8he wu seduced in
Philadelphia and had a child before I married
her.”
Witnesses were then examined u t# the pe
culiarities of Gultean aud his antecedents.
The testimony all indicated that the prisoner
' comes from a cranky, not to say crazy, pro
geny.
THK LATE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.
- Virtu! KmfThaii*Ml*«
Western Reserve—Dear Sir: <. __ .
tempt on onr friend Quiteau failed. The
comrade missed his calculation a little. My
effort comes next, and it cannot falL My on*
iect In writing is this: We don’t want to
mrt any one but the miserable ususin, and
don’t want to hurt a hair of any one else, but
Mr. Edeliu and others must uot display so
much seal in the future or they will get hurt.
I had great difficulty in keeping my squad
' " ..Tver 1 * ~ ‘
from shooting Edelin and driver lut Satur
day, u they were pursuing the comrade. Had
they shot him, neither Edelin nor the driver,
nor any one of the crowd, would have reach
ed the jail alive. A little less zeal on their
part will be better for them. Don’t bother
that drunken farmer. He is not the man you
want. Our man is in Ohio. Your friend,
Old Fortt-second Ohio Avenger League.
ELEVENTH DAY.
CONTINUATION OF TESTIMONY FOR THE DE
FENSE.
Gen. John A. Logan testified to hav
ing seen Gulteau on two occasions in March
last, and said he thought the fellow was troubl
ed with some mental derangement, but could
not say to what extent he was affected.
Edmund Smith, employed in the republican
national committee rooms during the late
presidential campaign, thought Guiteau very
peculiar, flgety, etc., in conversation. Guiteau
here interruped with his customary comments:
“This gentleman wasu’t in a position to know
about matters there. He was only a clerk,
any way. Gov. Jewell, ex-Seuator Dorsey,
and the rest of us hoys were the ones that did
the work there.”
John A. Morse, (colored), attorney at law,
saw Guiteau at the white house during March
and April; took him to be a crazy mau.
Mrs. Scoville then took the stand and gave
a biographical sketch of Guiteau’s life, com
mencing with his early childhood.
When Charles was twelve or thirteen years
old he lived with witness for a year in Chicago,
where he went to school. She recalled no
thing especial about him except that he was
very affectionate. She was very much attach
ed to him. Five or six years later he went to
Ann Arbor to school. She went there to sec
him, as she had been informed how he was
going on worse than his father had ever done.
She iouud he had abandoned his studies aud
was giving his whole time to studying the
publication of the Oneida community. She
argued with him’for the whole evening, ap
pealing to him to go on quietly like other
young men, and give up that stuff. Her ap
peals had no effect, and she made up her
mind he was crazy. She told her uncle, who
was living at Ann Arbor, to pay no more at
tention to him, but U* him go his own way, as
Jmjpa*' “dear job* AnftJ" 4he afterwards
tufted him at the Oneida community, but had
scarcely anv conversation with him. They
were not left alone for a moment. She notic
ed he acted like a bewildered person, who had
been struck on the head and partially lost
his mind.
The prisoner—1 had been there three years.
At that time I was right in the heart of tlicir
fanaticism.
Witness related the prisoner’s history, in
cluding his admission to the bar, at which
she was very much surprised, and his mar
riage and separation from his wife, down to
the time he visited her in Wisconsin. She
noticed then a great change in his personal
appearance. He was also very huru to get
along with, and used to get in a “bifalptln’
state. He seemed willing to do anything he
was told, but got very much befogged and
could not do it. She related the incident of
his attacking her with an axe. She had given
her no provocation, but had got out of pa
tience with him. It was not the axe that
frightened her so much as the look on his
face.* He looked a wild criminal.
Adjournment.' .
flood Language in the Home.
The cultivation of language in the
home circle, audits proper use, are very
essential. The influence of the home is
greater than any other. There the ear
nest lessons are taught; there the earli
est impressions are made upon the
hearts and minds of the little ones. Chil
dren are such imitative creatures! Pa
rents cannot be too careful of the exam
ples and influences which surround
them. As soon as a child commences
to lisp its first broken sentences, its ed
ucation begins. Habits are formed
which will exist to a greater or less de
gree throughout life. Such being the
case, the cenversation of the older mem
bers of the family should be carefully
guarded, lest the little ones hear and
learn ungrammatical expressions and
slang, which, sad to say, is so rife among
our young people of the preset day. The
servants, with whom children spend
much of their time, should be chosen
with reference to the matter. A mother
should feel her duty to point out any
grammatical mistakes made by them,
and insist upon their language bcin
correct; respectful and devoid of slang
at all times. It is exceedingly difficult
to break children of habits once formed,
and care in this direction will save
much trouble and annoyance. The
other day a mother was complaining
that her little boy would use profane
language. This was a source of great
distress to her, and she lamented to her
acquaintances that she did not know
how it happened, but friends, found it
not so difficult to explain, since the boy’l
father habitually swore when angry or
ixcitea.
One way to cultivate the' use of lan
guage, and at the same time to learn
of the occupations and companions of
her children, is for the mother to en
courage the daily nai rations of what
they seen, heard and enjoyed, and the
tel.ing of their little experiences. The
study of pictures, moreover, may be us
ed as a great provocation of language.
Children always love to look at pictures
and can almost always be induced
to talk about them. _ This
study teaches them observation and
how to accurasely describe whatever
they see. .
When stories are read to children
they should be obliged to reproduce
them, using, as far as possible, the lan
guage of the book. The memory is
strengthened in this way, a habit of at
tention formed, and the power of ex
pression ircre.osed. If such plans as
these are systematically earned out
they will prove a wonderful help in the
thorough education of a child. The
constant, careful teaching and kind
suggestions of parents will accomplish
a work which can never be performed
by study, and in after years such early
home training will shew itself in a ready
command of language and an easy,
graceful power of conversation.
The man who had so elastic a step
Wore rubber*.
SEASONABLE FARM ROTES.
Six Cotswold sheep will not consume
more food than one oow.
Artichokes for seed should not be al
lowed to become dry and wilted before
they are planted. jt , ,
If a dairyman, or the owner of a sin- -
flo cow, wants to know how different
inds and quantities of feed efteot milk
production, he should weigh and record
each milking. The effect of exposure
to cold and storms as against protec
tion in stables can also be ascertained.
Weighing is less troublesome than
measuring.
Good stock can not be secured with
out care and attention. The ordinary
farmer does not concern himself about
pedigrees in his own stock, but he does
care about the cattle he raises. Accord
ingly he should see that what he raises
are from pure bred male animals and
then that they are properly fed.
iKowed
The soil best suited for olo
eioos or Miff iofM* “'it Ar:»
limit plank A careful anaiy
36.39 per oent. of lime,in the inorganio
constituent of red olover, and practical
experience has pointed so cleany in the
direction of sustaining the analysis that
clover soils are regarded as above de
soribable.
The farm roller is much more exten
sively used in England and France than
in the United States It is perhaps more
necessary, for plowing frequently goes
on in all weather, wet ordry,and ground
is more cloddy by being plowed with
the water being in it. The use of the
roller is, howevqr, rapidly extending
among our most intelligent farmers.
The over-stocking of land is one of
the surest and quickest ways of ruining
pastures. It is an everyday thing with
many farmers, who can not be made to
believe that they are getting the full
benefit of a pasture unless the grass is .
eaten off a little faster than it has time
to grow; consequently, all who put this
method into practice always have bare
pastures and poor cattle.
Turkeys and geese are now more prof
itable to raise to supply a distant mar
ket than chickens. The former are
more in demand during cold weather,
when poultry can be shipped to the best
advantage and at the least cost. Tur
keys and geese are most desirable dur
ing quite cold weather, as they contain
much oil. Chickens are harder to trans
port than turkeys and geese, and are
preferred for eating during warm weath
er. On this account it is desirable to
raise them near where they are to be .
marketed.
When eggs are scarce it pays well to
give extra cane to the bens. Generally,
cooking food for animals does not pay,
but in the cold months, or at any time
when hens are wanted to do their “level
best,” it does pay to cook food for them.
It is a good plan to keep a big iron pot
liidden under the kitchen table, and
into it throw parings of ail kinds, all
sorts of table refuse, and till up with
small potatoes. Cook until very soft
and keep it on the back of the range all
night, in order to have it warm in the
morning. Before feeding mash all well,
and stir in bran, .meal, or middlings.
Whenever you see a hawk fly off with
a chicken, follow him at a distance
sufficient to allow him to get well ago
ing with his repast before you molest
him, but be sure and frighten him away
before he has devoured the whole chick
en. Then sot your steel trap whero you
lind the chicken, covering it well with
the feathers for bait, and, in a few min
utes after you are out of sight, the un
suspecting pirate will pounce down and
take possession of that trap in a way
that will allow you to take him home at
your leisure.
It is oxcellent practice to havo stock
in the best possible condition by the
time winter comes. Experience teachos
that stock entering into winter quarters
in good condition can be kept without
difficulty; while an animal beginning
the winter in poor condition, notwith
standing an abundance of feed, careful
housing and the best attention, will in
variably be in poor order in the follow
ing spring; particularly is this the case
with common stock. Fat stock consume
a less amount of food than poor stock,
because there is not so much required
to keep up the animal heat.—[Tribune
Farmer.
If geese and ducks are raised for the
market, only the best varieties should
be bred. It costs no more to feed them
and they will soli for twice as much to
persons who know their value. Geese
are not despised by many persons, ex
cept foreigners, chiefly for the reason
that poor varieties are kept, and kept
so long that their flesh is very tough.
Most farmers raise geese for ther feath- .
ers, and do not fatten them till there is
danger of death from old age. In Eu
ropean countries, where geese and ducks
are more generally eaten than here,
they are fed liberally during the sum
mer and fattened before they are old.
When managed in this way their flesh
ranks among the luxuries, and com
mands a ready market.
Thousands of tons of roots and cab
bages perish in pits and cellars in this
country annually; not from the extremes
of cold, but from the extremes of heat.
Fermentation commences rapidly when
the gaseous fluids from the newly pitted ...
roots can not escape, and they are not
reduced by decay or injured in vitality.
This can be avoided by covering the pit
only lightly at the beginning—a few
inches of earth or other covering
enough only to keep the frost out. This
will afford means of escape for the gas
es that are generating among the newly
buried roots. In a week or ten days the
contents of the pits will cease copious
perspiration of gases and steam, and
the pits maybe covered completely. We
bring the earth in direct contact with
pitted roots, as layers of hay or straw
often creates fungus decay.—[John
Quill, in Cincinnati Times-Star.
ALL SORTS.
A millionaire’s life always makes a
capital biography.—[Baltimore Every
Saturday. And “a book of great in
terest,” as Charles Lamb said many
years ago of the India house cash
blotter.—[N. Y. Daily News.
Tremendous college joke: French
Professor at H. G. S.—“What is the
French word for sweets?” Junior
(thinking he said Jesuis) replied—“I
am.” The Div. made him understand
his mistake.—[Yale News. •
The armless man who plays the pia
no with his toes, must be a disciple of
Plato.—[Boston Frolic. He makes his
living, evidently, as a music pedaler
—[Wit and Wisdom. Of course ho en
deavors to put the best. foot foremost.
—[Richard Baton.
If a particular prOduOtion is all the
rage, sell out while prices are high and
buyers are plenty.