Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 August 1910 — Page 8

Country Correspondence

BY OUR REGULAR CORPS OF NEWS-GATHERERS. A A. A. U. AA A A.A..A.A.A.A.A.AA. A.A. A. AAA

NORTH UNION. Josie Dexter was a Rensselaer Waller Wednesday. . Gertrude and Marion Faylor spent Wednesday in Parr. Al Keener is doing some painting for Watson Humes.'' John Miller went to Rensselaer Tuesday on business. \Mrs. Will Faylor went to Fair Oaks Tuesday, shopping. I. F. Meader ie hauling lumber tttis week for his new house. George Casey and Al Keener went to Rensselaer Tuesday on business. David Yeoman and family called <m W. C. Faylor and wife Sunday. Mrs. L. Todd and Gertrude Faylor went to Rensselaer Monday, shopping. It looks like we would have plenty of rain. We can stand some more as tHe ground is yet to hard to plow. Will Faylor and wife, John Miller and wife, J. W. Faylor and family, L. Todd and family, A. Millslyaugh and family, Rinhart Eilts «&d family spent Saturday fishing crti the Kankakee river.

LEE. Several from here attended the Fountain Park assembly Sunday. Mr. Gilmore and son Walter made a business trip to Monticello Tuesday. J. H. Culp and son Gail made a business trip to Rensselaer Tuesday afternoon. Born, Sunday, Aug. 21, to Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Gilmore, a nine pound daughter. Charles Jacks and family of Rensselaer came Wednesday to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Jacks'. The little son of Frank Overton took suddenly sick Sunday afternoon with cholera infantum and suffered greatly, but is better at this writing. Daniel Clark and wife celebrated their wedding anniversary Tuesday by having all their children home for dinner, except their son Clyde of Morocco. Uncle Thomas Smith, the aged father of Mrs. Alvin Clark, died at the latter’s home. Tuesday morning at about 4 o’clock. He had been in poor health for several years and ‘ lately his mind seemed to be badly deranged at times. The funeral was held at the church Thursday at 2 o'clock, and interment made in Osborne cemetery. Uncle Thomas Jacks dropped dead in the street Wednesday morning • at about 8 o’clock. He had been overheat more than a week ago and his heart had been troubling him since. He ate breakfast and did the chores as usual that morning, and then went to the store and was on his road home when he dropped dead. Arrangements had not been completed at this writing for the funeral. Thursday of last week J. 11. Gulp - received a telegram stating that his little two-year-old neice, Amy Conaway, in the northern part Wiscon--sin, was dead, and Friday he received another saying that her father, George Conaway, was going to bring her here for burial. The latter arrived Saturday evening on the milk train, and the funeral services W£re held Sunday at 10 o’clock at J. H. Culp's residence, and interment made in Osborne cemetery.

SOUTH NEWTON. Robert Overton is doing some tile ditching for Ed Goetz. Edward P. Lane called on Charles Weiss Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Lora Flanders was in Chicago Tuesday and Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Paulus visited with the Carr family Sunday. Charles Lam Son visited with Oscar Weiss a few days last week. Clarence Pruett and wife visited with relatives at Goodland Sunday. Charles Waling and son Ed of Btook were at Arthur Mayhew’s Tuesday. Miss Sadie Paulus spent Sunday at Mt. Ayr, the guest of Miss Mary Johnson. Miss Sadie Paulus went Wednesday for a week’s visit with friends near Fowler. —. Joe Ade of near Brook was at Clarence Pruett’s Monday, looking after the farm. Mrs. James Reed of Surrey spent Wednesday with her mother, Mrs. Philip Paulus. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Waling spent Sunday with the , latter s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Silas Potts. » Mrs. Charles Waling of Brook is staying a few days with her daughter, Mrs. Arthur Mayhew. * Born, Monday* August 22, to Mr and Mrs. Arthur Mayhew, a son. Mother and child doing well. Harley Lamson and family of Bluffton are here for a visit with Jay Lamson and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Clinton and Mr. and Mrs. Willard Pruett visited with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Pruett Tuesday. Bela Roberts and sisters, Mrs. Firfen k Cole and Mrs. Roy S’? '■ . ■ ' ' i

were the guests of Mr. and Mrs, Geo. Arnold of Mt. Ayr Sunday. Several farmers in this locality have started to 1 plow for wheat. The plowing Is fine after so much rain. Some are not through threshing Erhardt Weurthrref and Philip Paulus took a trip up in the Gifford district Friday, but were not veiy favorably impressed with the country they saw. The guests at the Carr farm Monday were: Mrs. Mary Powell and daughter, Mrs. Alice Potts, Mrs. Joseph Francis, Sr. and son Joe, and Thomas Knox and daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Powell spent last Thursday night with the latter’s parents, Mt. and Mrs. Silas Potts, of near Brook. Their little daughter Hildred remained for a week’s visit. Mrs, Arthur Arnott started on her return trip home to Spokane, Wash., Wednesday after spending the summer here with the Carr family and other relatives. Her father, Carey Carr, went as far as Chicago with her.

To keep your health sound; tu avoid the ills of advancing years; to conserve your physical forces for a ripe and healthful old age, guard your kidneys by taking Foley’s Kidney Remedy. A. F. Long.

NORTHSIDE GLEANINGS. Mrs. Frank Schroer visited with home folks Saturday. Mrs. Alex Hurley called on Mrs. Will Whitaker Wednesday. Mrs. Wilcox called on her daughter, Mrs. Cade Potts, Monday. Miss Grace Price of Parr did some sewing for Mrs. Alex Hurley last week. Mrs John Hurley, who has been quite sick is slightly improved at this writing. Mrs. Addie Warren and baby are spending a few days with her mother, Mrs. Alex Hurley. Mrs. L. W. Schreiner and children are spending a few days with Geo. McElfresh and family. Mrs. Edward Barkley helped her daughter, Mrs. Frank Schroer, do some sewing Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Carter Garriott and family visited ’Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Green and family. Mrs. John Scott spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Will Whitaker, whose little son Glen is quite seriously sick. Quite a crowd gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Schroer Sunday to help celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary. Mrs. Chris Morgenegg and daughter Anna and Mrs. L. W. Schreiner and children spent Monday afternoon with Mrs. Lizzie Cooper..

Mr. and Mrs. Barney .volhoff spent Sunday night with the latter’s uncle, Joseph Stripmeyer of south of Rensselaer, who died a few days ago. Mr. and Mrs. Frank bchroer and son Elvin and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Davisson and son called on Mr. and Mrs. Edward Barkley Thursday evening. • Quite a large number of young folks held a picnic in Carter Garriott's grove Sunday afternoon, and report quite an enjoyable time. The girls took well filled baskets, and all took part in a five o’clock supper.

FOLEY KIDNEY PILLS xonic in quality and action, quick in results. For backache, headache, dizziness, nervousness, urinary irregularities and rheumatism. A. F. Long.

FROM NORTH DAKOTA. Crop Conditions About Jamestown, Are Not as Bad as Reported. Jamestown, No. Dak., Aug, 22. Dear Editor—-As the report is in old Indiana that us Hoosiers have Uy lcc.t our crops and are working on the railroad to keep from starving it might get our friends and former neighbors, to believing that we are in bad shape and have not the grit to ask tor help. But I Will say this much, I will make more money this year than I ever made in one or even two years in Indiana,, and had one rain that came in June. I cut over my entire crop onethalf section of wheat, 60 acres of oats, 50 acres of barley, finishing up the 20th of August. I am going to start three teams to help thresh Tuesday at $4.75 per day each. ' Wages are not as good as in former years, but this looks like there was something here. It is hard for me to estimate my crop, but it is quite a good deal better than I thought it would be. It is true that T. G. Brown has done considerable work in the blacksmith shop at odd spells. It is also true that he also took a contract on the railroad after he got through seeding, which he realized about S7OO on. We still have a warm feeling for old Indiana, however. I admit that us Hoosiers ' were pretty blue for awhile, but we are

to come out all right aftei all. I noticed in Cottage Grove items that the correspondent had recently learned the improved method of dairying as a mortgage lifter. That is the way us Hoosiers are trying to do is to grasp every honest dollar we can to improve our conditions. ’ Walter received a fractured jato in a ball game—not in a mix-up over the Jefferies and Johnson fight. As I fear I will worry your patience I will close. From a friend of the good old Jasper* County Deomcrat, SAMUEL H. HOLMES.

WHY CREAM TESTS VARY.

Most Common Cause Is Change of Soeed es Separator. Variation in tests has caused much dissatisfacttan in selling cream. When the cream Ls from the same cows, which have been fed the same ration and milked by the same man, and when the same separator is used, the farmer naturally thinks the per cent of fat in the cream should remain the same. Errors often occur in making tests, especially tn taking the sample, but variations constantly happen that are due to other causes. The most common causes of these variations are as follows: . First—Variations in the speed of the separator Second.—Variation in temperature of milk separated. Third. —Rate the milk flows into the machine Fourth. Amount of water or skimmilk used in flushing out the bowk Fifth.—Change in the richness of the milk separated. - Sixth.—Adjustment of the cream screw

Change in the speed of the separator is the most i'omtuon cause of variation. The greater the speed of Hie separator, the smaller the amount of cream and the higher the per cent of fat. Again, the temperature of the milk separated varies on the farm from day to day. If cream tests 30 per cent when the milk is separated at 90 degrees, it may test as high as 40 per cent when separated at 70 degrees Under, average conditions on the farm, however, the variation in fat due to change of temperature will not amount to more than 3 or 4 per cent. The third cause of variation is found ip the rate at which the milk flows into the machine. If less than the regular quantity flows into the bowl, the tendency is to increase the percentage of fat in the cream. The richness of the milk separated affects the richness but not the quantity of cream. The richness of a cow’s milk depends on inheritance and cannot be changed permanently by feed. Small variations are likely to occur from the other causes suggested. By the use of an ordinary Babcock testing machine and by measuring the sample of cream into the test bottle with the same pipette as is used for measuring milk, any farmer can make a test of his cream that will satisfy him as to the accuracy of the test he receives from the cream buyer.—C. H. Eckles, Missouri Experiment Station.

HITCHCOCK NEW TAFT ENVOY

Postmaster General Will Tour West to Study Political “Weather.” Frank Hitchcock will leave Washington in a few days for an extended trip through the western part of the United States to study the political outlook in the doubtful states for President Taft ( This news comes right after his return from Bdverly, where he had several long conferences with the president. It goes still further to kill the rumor that Mr. Hitchcock has been succeeded as the chief political adviser of the administration by Senator Murray Crane.

Wireless Whispers.

There are eighteen recognized systems of wireless telegraphy. The number of wireless stations on the coasts of the maritime nations of the world is placed at 416. It is contemplated to establish wireless telegraph stations in German East Africa, Togoland. Kamerun and German Southwest Africa and also between the different German south sea colonies.

State Lines.

Missouri manufactured 27.733,260 corncob pipes last year. For the first time in many years Nevada produced a marketable quantity of quicksilver last year. More than 5,000.(MX) rose trees have been planted in Oregon since <he movement was started three years ago by the Rose Festival association. Of the 1.000.000 horsepower which the rivers of Minnesota are estimated to be capable of producing Jess than one-third has l>een made available.

Town Topics.

New York persists in the thought that it is a world’s fair in itself. It has all the sideshows anyway.—Pittsburg Dispatch'. A Boston professor says the world will be crazy in 265 years. The world is not inclined to give Boston that long.—Chattanooga News. Chicago has cut its high school course to two years in order to induce pqnils to abandon the habit of quitting school at the end of the grade courses. If the Windy City would double the length of the vacations it might also reduce truancy. - St. Paul Pioneer Press.

MAKING HERD BULLS EARN THEIR KEEP.

From the Jean DuLuth farm in north ern Minnesota come photographs illustrating to what good use they are putting Red Poll and Guernsey bulla, writes Joseph E. Wing in the Breeder’s Gazette. It is evident that these bulls are much more than earning their keep. They are splendidly useful work.' Doubtless by means of this hard work they are maintaining their virility and potency as welt They are good and useful members of society on the Jean DuLuth farm. This is as it should be. A caged bull is subjected to the worst possible conditions. His lack of movement, of stretch of muscle, is bad for his virility. Imprisonment sours his temper or makes him stupid. He cannot live a natural life in such environment. Bulls are masses of huge muscles. It is good for them to have use. Nor are they intractable. rightly broken, nor difficult to manage. There are certain classes of work where cattle come well in play. They are admirable to draw the hay wagons from meadow to bam George Aitkin has always splendid great oxen doing this trick in Vermont. They also plow, haul manure, haul off stone and upturn stumps. There is an amazing lot of slow, resistless power in a good team of either oxen or bulls. In old Mexico I have seen very splendid oxen, gentle as horses, well fed and cared for. drawing Immense loads of stone or merchandise or forage. In France one sees the best oxen nowadays. There it is the practice on some of the best farms to buy, young cattle adapted to work, often of the Nivernaise breed, to work them on. the farm for a

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few years, feeding them well. They reach very heavy weights and are finally marketed as beef. There is in France no prejudice

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against beef from oxen, I think, and therefore no lessened price in the market for the great cattle of six years. We are far too intolerant tn America, too resolved to be “in the fashion.” We refuse to avail ourselves of many expedients and economies that would be good. This thing of the enormous dormant, wasted and worse than wasted power of idle bulls throughout America should receive attention and reform.

Regularity In the Dairy.

The cow is a creature of habit. She comes up to be milked at the same time each day. and she expects to be fed and milked in her regular turn. Any disturbance of her quiet life or habits will affect the profit she remrris

THE VETERINARY.

Fc- Coughing Horse. The f-uioM jno remedy will relieve 1-017:1 iii - Give two drams muriate <>t aniiHctiia ;tpd half an ounce of Fowier < *<>iuiuni three times a day. Grus In Head of Sheep. The best preventive of grub in the bend of sheep is to tar their noses weekly and provide a dark shed for them to run under during the month of August. Stomach Worms In Lambs. Feeding tobacco dust or ground tobacco stems is claimed by some breeders to be a preventive for this pesL This is mixed with salt and put where sheep have free access to it. Bloody Milk. Give the cow a teaspoonful of powdered sulphate of iron mixed with sugar and salt morning and night in her feed of crushed corn or bran. Continue for a month in case the blood does not cease to appear sooner Scours and Thumps In Pigs. Thumps come from overfeeding and lack of exercise. Scouring suggests that the slop- may be from dirty slop barrels. It is absolutely necessary to keep the barrels clean and sweet for sour, decomposing slop often causes fatal scouring. Prevention of Rickets. Stop feeding com to pregnant and nursing sows and to young pigs and there will be little if any trouble from this form of paralysis, which is associated with rickets. It comes from overfeeding heating and fattening foods and giving too little bone building material Bog Spavin. Poultice the part with antiphlogistine for a week and afterward rub in iodine ointment every day for another week. After that let it alone for a time until the skin has recovered from irritation. Later it may be necessary to blister the part repeatedly if the less severe treatment does not suffice.

THE MARKETS.

Chicago Live Stock, Hogs—Receipts 15,000. Quotations ranged at [email protected] choice heavy, [email protected] choice light, [email protected] heavy packing and [email protected] good to choice pigs. Cattle—Receipts 6,500. Quotations ranged at [email protected] choice to prime steers, [email protected] good to choice beef cows, $5'[email protected] good to choice; heifers, [email protected] selected feeders,. $4.25 @4.75 good to choice stackers, $8.50 @9.00 good to choice calves. Sheep and Lambs —Receipts 20,000. Quotations ranged at [email protected] good to choice lambs, [email protected] good to choice yearlings, good to choice wethers. [email protected] goed to choice ewes. . Potatoes. Choice to fancy, 78 @ 80c per bu.; fair to good, 73@75c. Omaha Live Stock. Cattle—Receipts 2,600 head; market active and stronger; native steers, [email protected]; cows and heifers, $3.00@ 6.00; western steers, [email protected]; Texas steers, [email protected]; cows and heifers, [email protected]; cannerws, $2.50@ 3.25; stockers and feeders, $3.00@ 6.20; calves, [email protected]; bulls, $3.25@ 5.25. Hogs—Receipts 6,300 head; market strong to 5c higher; heavy, $8.40@ 8.80; mixed, [email protected]; light, $8.85@ 9.10; pigs, [email protected]; bulk of sales, [email protected]. Sheep —Receipts 20,000 head; market steady; yearlings, [email protected]'; wethers, [email protected]; ewes, $3.65@ 4.25; lambs, $6.25@6.?5. East Buffalo Live Stock. East Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 25. Dunning & Stevens, Live Stock Commission Merchants, East Buffalo, N. Y., <uot« as follows: Cattle —Receipts 2 cars; market slow. Hogs—Receipts 15 cars; market lower; heavy; $9.20@ 9.25; Yorkers, [email protected]; pigs, $9.60. Sheep—Receipts 5 cars; market strong; best lambs, [email protected]; yearlings, [email protected]; wethers, s4.sb@ 4.75; ewes,o,4 004.25. Calves —Strong; [email protected].

Short.

Her days are short Down by the water; But, oh, her bathing Suit is shorter! —Detroit Free Press.

A Second Rate Artist.

“Tell me the truth, professor. Will my son ever make an artist?” “He might be good enough to paint Rembrandts and Titians,” was the professor’s peculiar reply.—Washington Herald.

Consolation.

Adonis was a handsome ckap, A goodly sight to see; But, though his sort are scarce today, Cheer up.' You still have me! —Lippincott's.

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