Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 21, Number 41, Jasper, Dubois County, 10 October 1879 — Page 2

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Th w twin i- tW 1 Life, with H imkH t miu Gt' rtelH-r for U win. IV r U fm to y trwwi For H yittWs unHtmrt-t tart ; Sw4r to t wtM-HMt !, Wt!WH M Utttk tM WilOkS WCW Wt. I MM mr Jrvtily lom'Wwe , . Ytt WVktMHtHl MM-, 0 m4mwu ki ! Ami hm) k n ry kuvjH ym Vik WIm ri'wwwwr ywr my"' swks. Ai ui th mliant ikxhh1 wy I TUjm oiHut iR wrt4 uuknowti, " 1Iwvh U uot ImmVmi (or mm atono." Kick tats ' bnttfcwm'a )vty! Sti wtwltk -wwa fefctomtti ! I urn Wt Oaly in what tliey share with w, In wtMtt I lwr w ka Mil Mm rc-T. Luc Lmrmm. in Ciiwfiny. TIIRMK DEATHS. ly th Hope wM U tem to rt, Stttooth ttjmicrly th ilMd turf hIov It; Wittck by tlw gravis hy memory 'a raya eaHee altlntr hoa- we hjhhI to uarii ami love It ; rrwH l sweet Uit fv-h faiM may awake, Till a kw dream it gentle aeMblanc tuk. ThouwH paskmat teat-stall ft h summer rain. Where tli tteal Lava lies 1h eternal 8lep; Though life il Joy may never wear hkhIh IIhi jrtwy bnrletl with It, dark and ilwn ; Jus for that th'aU tHIm's unlonwUeu Www, A ehtJK;d charm may soothe r watch like this. But whh tm shrine where we have garTnwt, ihI', (levottou shivers at oar feat; WkH (KfeK, lurking in the lo Iiik ci, TnrH' into MtifdK yxll wlmt whh m swwt: WkHt mUk HttMMls nbove srnch kilter dtwth? yflmi (wture ro(ort u lor munlerwl Faith? A SCOUTING ADVENTURE. An Incident of the War. tJust leforo tlit battle of Cedar Creek one of Custer's troopers, named Dave Harrison, had an adventure full of peril. In the absence of regular scouts he was detailed to w ork his way up the valley and discover all he could regarding the enemy's position, and ho entered upon the enterprise with alacrity and confidence. Dave was known as a quiet, cool, enduring man, doing his dutj- under all circumstances, ana winning the good will of officers and men in camp or on the march. It was not the intention to send the trooper forward as a spy, but his instructions were to scout over the neutral but dangerous ground between outposts awl as near the enemy as he could. He left our enHip in his 'Federal uniform, armed with a pair of revolvers and a knife, awl tliere were plenty of croakers to predict that he yould never return. After leaving the outjx9t Dave headed straight up the valley; determined to accomplish hi tak as soon as ossible. He of course took to the woods ami brush, as tlie highways were more or less traveled by 'the enemy and by country jjeople, ami tlie sight of his uniform wottkl have crested inetant alarm. He left our camp just at daylight, and at neon he waa munching hta hard-tack in the btiffhes three miles away. He had , discovered that the neutral grouud. was overrun with Confederal4 scouts and foragers, ami his plan wa to go slow. The trooper had mado another two miles after dinner, when he found tltat lie must leave his cover of tlw friendly forests if he would get nearer the enemv's lines. He had seen cavalry, artillery, infantry and army wagons moving ami marching by this wad or that, and had drawn his own conclusions, but yet this did not satisfy him. Surmises and conclusions were not the information desired at headquarters. To secure facts he must cross the open fields and highways, ami by mid-afternoon he was preiwtred to do so. His last cover was a thicket by the road-side. Nearly opposite him and alwut twenty roils away was a log farm-house, the front door standing -wide open. The scout was liopiag to get a word with some colored men, when a eavalry patrol of about twenty-five men came along the dusty road and halted at a watering-trough to refresh tlu; eir liorses. The noise attracted the attention of the hotise-dog, a largo ami savage animal, and he ran down to tlw highway and barked furiously. Finding t hat the soldiers gave him no at-1 tent km, he trotted up and down tho road ami nnally got the scent of tho scout hiding in the thicket. The dog wasi over the fence and into the thicket in a second, and his angry ljarks and growls attracted general attention. " He's after a postum," shouted one of the band. " More likely a scent!" added a second as he rode up to the fence, "Come out of that, you devil!" ordered the Lieutenant in command. The scout realized that they only guessed at the presence of a human being (here, and lie ltoped they might be satisfied wltltout an investigation. Perhaps tliev wottkl have lwen but for the conduct of the dog, which teemed tie-1 terniined to come to eloso ouarters. To

shoot him would have betrayed the man " Gor' a mighty! it's ilat lank!" exiastanter. He tried to coax the brute claimed one of.the colored women in rowith meat and to intimidate him with a ' ulv. as she causrht skht of his blue

club, but neither effort was successful . " ------ - - - When sure that the dog was aliout to close in on him Dave drew his knife. The dog sprang in and was received with a luow intended to settle him then awl there, but it only gave him a severe wound. The cut took the fight out of him ami he retreated among the troopers. As soon as they noted his wound they held a whispered consultation and divided, a part going up the road and a part down. When 80 rods from the thicket they liegan throwing down the fence. The scout saw that lie was tolxj flanked. The woods were loo far away,

a-tul he nmt bolt in some other direc-

j tkxt or tamely Mtrremkr. He was .iU a maa to do the lat while there waa any ahow for ecpe. A soon m the cavalry entered the itakl the XHit iKHtmltnl iatu tk rtHMl and hud croaetl it before lie was diiHwvered. When the cavalry ot4te4 ftre ke raa straight for the house. Two white women, everal tH)hnl ones awl three or four colored children were running alout the yard, and Dave lilted through the crowd and into the house, lie expected to run through it and across the back fields, but seeing the people gatlnn-ing at the back door he wtmt no farther than tlie kitchen The doors all stood onen. After a glaaeo around for a hiding-place, the I scout stemmd behind the one leading up stall's, lnis door swung close to the lloor and hit the wall, so as to leave quite a corner where the walls ioined. The scout was scarcely hidden when the house was full of men. All had seen him enter, and they felt sure of capturing him. While some stood guard at the doors, others began a search. They i examined every room in detail, constant ly expecting to uneHrth the lankee, and two of the kitchen doors were pulled lmek for a peep in the corners, The cellar was the fast place searched. A window in the wall was open, and after a brief search the soldiers concluded j that the scout had crept out of this and f made off while they were searching above At this moment one of the colored women raised an outcry and declared she had seen a blue-coat enter the corn-field aliout thirty rods from the house. Away weut tho crowd, whooping and yelling, and the scout was left alone witji the women and children. Dave now planned to step forth, cross the highway and make for the cover of the forestbut just as ho was ready to execute the movement he hoard the rumble of wheels on the road. A force was passing, and his appearance would have been the signal for pursuit. The only way was to remain where he was anil tmst to luck. After a hunt of half an hour the patrol straggled lack to the house with the information that the Yankke had made his escape for the time being, but that patrols! had been sent out to cut off his return. The Lietitena .leutenant was offered food, and he had just drawn up to the table to eat a cold bite when , ho was joined by a Captain of some inependent command, whose men had just come down tlte road. The two talked briskly of army matters and movements as they plied their knives ami forks, and what the scout overheard, as he crouched 1 Mihind the kitchen door, was regarded of value when carried to Federal headquarters. When the two officers had finished their meal it was near sundown, and as they roso to go Dave had a narrow escape from discovery. In the room with them was a white and colored woman, and as the Captain rose up the white woman remarked. Why, Captain, you are loaded down with dust. Wait a minute, and I'll brush it off." he started for the broom. She was doubtless in the habit of standing it behind the Stair door, for.her hand was already on the edge of the door to swing it laek from the wall when the colored woman cried out from the other room that she had it. The Captain was vigorously dusted, his hostess duly thanked, and the two officers departed together. However, the scout was but little better off. He could hear troops moving along the road, anil if he left his hiding-place liefore night his capture or death would be almost certain. Hut could ho remain where ho was? The excitement having somewhat subsided the women went about their Itousehold duties, and one of the colored wmenwas instructed to get supjwr. Dave had been standing as stiff as a board for an hour and a half, but he dared not change his jwsition. The woman talked pretty bravely, and his escape from the house might not lie accomplished a safely a he had at first anticipated. The windows were open, and he could hear sounds which convinced him that soldiers were in camp not far away. By and by twilight came and supper j was ready. Dave hoped that after the I meal was over the ltoueehohl might scatter long enough to penult hisi exit unseen, wit i-ate Jiati a tncK to piav him. The meal was not more than half over when some article fell to the floor up-stairs with a loud bang. At this the unstress of the house remarked to one of the children: " Albert, shut that stair-door and stop that draft of wind." The boy left tho tabld,walked over to the door and pulled it shut, leaving Dave in his corner without shelter. The lad gave a start of surprise at sight of the Intruder, but before he could cry out, the scout stepped boldly forward with a polite good evening to all . No one was greatly startled, as soldiers were frequent callers. "Who is It?" asked the mistress, as she looked up. clothes. A frightened look swept around the circle, and as tho black woman turned 10 11 v tho scout Called out: "Don't lie afraid no ono shall bo harmed. I am going right out doors now." He edged towards thlckdoor,whcn the mistress asked : " Have you lieeu in the kmhs all tho timof1 " lk'hind that door," ho answered. The colored woman liegan laughing in a hearty manner, and the other couldn't help smiling at the idea of how the soklk'rs had peon tricked.

"You can't bo ifrtvmY bad, or you' would have killed u all More now," said tlie woman, as she roi up; and taking a platter of meat in one hand , and a plate of bread in the other .she extended them towards he Yankee Sueat. He helped himself, bowed his tanks ami next moment was out of the ' house ami eroding the flehls. No alarm ! wa given, ami in a short time he was safe from pursuit. It havimr become known that a VmU '

eral scout was about, every effort was made to intercept and capture him. Twice he ran against patrols and was fired on, ami again a horseman jumped right over him as lie crouched behind a log. Even when only a mile from camp he ran into the arms of a laishwhacker, and while the latter was left deatl in the bushes, Dave entered camp with a bub lot imbedded in his shoulder, but walking bravely and (waring news greatly desired. Dttroii i'm; Prcst. TWO FATAL MISHAPS. An KngiHeer Driven From lilt Locomotive by F(Hr. I From tk Xew York Sn, Sopt tKl.J The beautiful chapel that Mrs.' Elbert Urinkerhoff recently built as an addition to the Presbyteriau Church in Englewood, N. !,, in memory of her father, tho late Col. Washington 0. Vermilyca, was filled with a mournful assemblage from Brooklyn, New York, ami Englewood, yesterday afternoon. In front of the pulpit restell a coffin containing the remains of Alls? Mary K. Bussing, who was killed by a locomotive of the Northern Railroad of New Jersev on Monday afternoon while returning along track with two companions from a ferngathering excursion. On tho coffin-lid rested a pillow of white flowers marked " Host," and a largo floral cross. Tho pall depending to the floor was fringed with flowers and green leaves. A table at tho foot of the coffin was heaped with floral designs and loose flowers. During the service, conducted by tho Hev, Henry M. Booth, tho family, consisting of the deatl girl's father, llobert S. Iussing.fornierly of Brooklyn, her mot her, a brother aud two younger sisters, sat in a side room. A quartette, composed of four of her personal friends, sstng hymns that she had expressed a preference for. Mr. Booth announced that the body would be taken to Greenwood cemetery for burial at 10 o'clock this morning. The young people of the neighWhood had intended to make a surprise party at Miss Busings house last evening oil tho occasion of her birthday. Instead, they organized into watching parties to remain in the chapel with the body during the night. Many went forward after the service to kwk at the remains. The face, which was inclined to the right and rested on a bed of white (lowers, was very natural and peaceful in expression. .John Peterson, the engineer, whose locomotive killed Miss Bussing, saw her and her tw'o companions as they attempted to cross on tlie plank lying Iwtwuen the two rails, and leading over the little trestlework bridge. He was running at the rate of So miles an hour. The girls had time to cross the bridge, and it was not his duty, he said, to stop tho train until he saw Miss Bussing fail. At this time she had only about four feet to go to arrive on linn ground, where .she could leap to one side of the track. Peterson .reversed his engine anil applied the air-brakes. "She's up, Jack," shouted the fireman in his ear. From the place where he stood after applying the brakes the upper works of the locomotive hid the girl from his view. He leaned to the left when he heard tho wortls of the fireman, and as he looked out of the cab window on that side he saw her fall again. The engine was yet reversed, and the b x iers were rapidly bringing the train to a stop. It is too late," was bis only response to tho fireman. Miss Bussing, as slie fell the second time, was partly on firm ground, Sho threw herself to ono side, so that her Ixxly and left arm were l)cyond the track. Peterson says that Ite shall never to his dying day forget the face as she was drawn unconscious from under the train. On Tuesday afternoon, the day after the killing of'Miss Bussing, as Peterson was miming the same locomotive, No. 2, towartl Jersey City, a child about two years old ran out from behind some bushes near Tyler Park in front of the locomotive. The child was instantly killed. In this place there was no jhwsibility of stopping the train in time to prevent the accident. Peterson stopped it, however, as soon as he could and the body was picked up and sent home. When the train arrived at the deot, Peterson, with tears in his eyes, kiaied down from tho locomotive and said that, come what might, ho would never climb into it again. He seemed to think that there was some fatality about it for him. The railroad officials, after examining into the two cases, decided that he had not been at all blameworthy. Thoy urged him to resume his charge of tho locomotive, but he declared that ho would not do so. " I will run a freight train,' ho said, " or take any other position you may choose to give mo on the road, but I dare not enter that engine again." Another passenger locomotive will be put under his charge. i ' A lady tells tho CoKHry Gcnlkmttn how she prepare cucumbers : I prepare them for tho table by paring ami slicing several hours before nc'edetl, and sprink ling plentifully with salt; this draws out the poisonous juices which alnlund in the cucumber. When thoroughly wilted l pour off the extracted juices, rinse in clear water and cover with vine gar, sprinkling a little jieppor over. I prefer them when nearly grown, atid just as tho Bccdi begin to harden.

FA KM TOPICS.

MIXKP NATION FOR STOCK.

Among the subject of Instruction at ; twouruur;" but there Is mi danger of this Htiiwoy School of Agriculture at Ja-1 this if fed as roeoiiiiiieudcd for milch male Plaint, Mass., wo notice "mixed vuws. On the contrary, the apples will rations" mentioned under the general I stimulate the apatite of the animal, heading of " Food of Animals," and it is I Mnd cause him to feed ami fatten more a subject well worthy of the consideration t kiudlv. of every owner of stock. No animal,) it U hardly necessary to mention roots biped or quadruped, is satisfied with ; among the mixed rations of stock. Httpone variety of food. Milk comes the j pjjy, both for tho farmer ami his cattle, nearest to satisfying the animal wants, tlmse are now recognized quite generally as it contains all the elements requisite as among the essential foods, ' Making for tho development of every part of the milk out of old hay alone was, and nlanimal system. It is at the same time , WHvs will be, hard work -much like food ami drink, and will make blood, I making a whistle out of a pig's tall, In 1kucs, flesh, fat, hide, hair in short, , every well managed dairy-farm roots of will satisfy the demand of the animal ; some kind are raised ami fed about us

economy every way oouer man tier than any milk becomes other food, llut even monotonous after lotouons after a time, and, though av sustain life, still it does not satisit inn fv the craving for a variety, and without this variety the animal does not thrive, Wo have recently been .study-1 ing fresh the instincts of a fawn, from the Adirondack, and liud that with his daily ration ot milk he wants leaves of various kinds, Cabbage leaves satisfied linn for a tnno, but when Mime browse was thrown Into his pen, ho jumped for it as for a sweet morsel, lleech ami birch were alike greedily devoured, but after feeding on one kind for a time bo was evidently pleased with another, though upple-tvee leaves gave him the most permanent satisfaction. Fresh clover and grass would bo neglected at any time for some that were as expressive as wortls. The instinct of the dumb beast evidently agrees with the reason of man in demanding what the Bnssey Professors call " mixed rations." No farmer would liko to bo confined to corned beef and pork as a steady diet 1JG5 days in the year, though hi " pot-luck" might be accompanied with cablmgo and potato and his appetite sharpened with mustard ami vinoirar, Uoat beef and plumpudding would also fail to satisfy tho palate of the veriest epicure, if these were his only rations day after day. All men recognize in themselves the phvsica! law demanding mixed rations, and when thoy cater for humanity prac tico upon it In most families that are U'.tU lil'lli-linwl tllOl'K IS M SUl'd'SslOTl )f different dishes for each day of the week. Thus, tho average Bostonian thinks ho must have baked beans and brown bread for Mintiay s uiiiner, ami boiled fish for Fridav, with roast beef, lamb, turkey, chickens, and corned bwf on the intervening days, the order) varving in different families, but tlw change being universal. lie would bo considered a ' demoralized Yankee wlm should provide for his household roat Jawib or turkey two days in succession. Now, tho inferior animal may not have such delicate tastes, certainly they have not such pampered appetites, as city children, but they have the saiiie love of variety, and in their wild state gratify it as well as they can, and nature has provided the means for gratifying it to a far greater extent than most people suppose. The number of forage plants is almost unlimited. Besides tho great variety of grasses Flint names 125 in his treatise on grassesthere arc weeds, bushes, ami taes in great numbers on which most wild animals feed extensively. Many of them also have a delicious dessert of tho variolic fruits in their season. Our domestic animals, fed on dry hay alone from Novemlier to May, must suffer, and if they only could talk as well as ourehildren, they would say, "We want a change." Exactly what the variety in food shall be, each 'farmer as every family does must decide according to circumstances, and we can lay down no universal law, except the general ono of variety. We will venture, however, to make some suggestions on this imlnt. In the first place, there should bo some variety in the hay. To confine horses to timothy and cows to red-top is unwise, if not cruel. Horses are very grateful for a little well cured clover occasionally, and like a bite of fresh grass or rowen hay better than oats. Trotters and hardi?Vl U' Hll otllnt l M'ltiO uri m-.rt-,l un, c.l.lrmi fllW-nil cm. It a bite, as it makes them relaxed and perspiratory, but it floes them good not withstanding, ami if every Sunday morn ing they could Ihj furnished with a good feed of rowen, they would bo more healthy and live longer. Fresh graw is nature's physic, but the fast horseman prefers arsenic or some other tlmg poison, and will not allow his horse new bay or new oats. They must be old and dry as :t cob, or his Iiorso will not come around ahead on tho fifth heat. In winter, the non-trotting season, tho fast horse fares lwttcr, as his steady summer rations of dry hay and oats are then varied with an occasional feed of carrots ami a mash' of bran. Apples make an excellent dish for cowsantl horses, and one which they relish greatly. Thoy are as healthy food for slock in tho bam a for tho stock of children in tho house, and it is difficult to toll which is the most greedy for them. Tliey are both so ravenous that if turned into an orchard, not being accustomed tt) an apple ration, they will f'nt so nianv as to tax their stomachs un reasonably. The true mode, therefore, of feodiiur apples is to make tho ration small at first, and increase the allow ance as tho annual weome accustomed to the new diet. Fed in this way thoy will stimulate tho appotito of the horse, and give a fine gloss to his hair, and cause a groat flow of milk from cows. Apples are alM excellent for fattening cattle, counteracting tho tendency to feverish Rutioii engendered by i corn-meal,

sucKers irom ait appie tree, torn it un will keen till summer, ami t iosO are t io

tlie I lnnll Ufl Olr'J J?fin!lll offl'mn llim. lllM ' rnntl 4a mi.'li ill' liltii fiwwlltur 'n ei-. u

gratitude was expressed with an extra Rre good for all kinds of stock, especially shake of his tail and a twinkle in his eye horses: but their culture is attended

ami giving a fine flavor to the beef. 1 Farmers are sometimes afraid of feeding ! apples to fattening cattle and sheep, bei htv ttitumbitiisivo' of what thov cm 11

i regularly as hay, and the testimony is i that, ifthovdo not. sneatlv dimiushtlm ration of hay, they Increase tho amount of milk, keen tho cows in srood health. and add greatlv to the alue of tho manure. The only question is, " What roots are tho mosfprolitablo?" In till swor to this, wo would say that a variety , 0f roots is desirable. The common Euj ui turnip is raised very economically, i f one onlv knows how, and It makes nn excellent feed for stock in the early part of winter, or until the mangolds are ripe. These are also easily raised, so easily that a neighbor who once tried then on our recommendation complained that ho was overwhelmed With a mangold blessing, and had not room to store his product. The remedy for such a calamity is to bury them ina pit. where they will keep till 'spring. Swedes with so much backache that we do not expect to sett them popular with fanners, except us they raise thCnuu, a fancy prleo for breeders of fancy hor.se. Corn fodtlor ami millet make good mixed rations, whether fed in .summer or winter. The former needs no recommendation; has made itself popular by its merits in spite of condemnation by some of tho doctors of agriculture, and the latter is slowly winimir favor. j We have not space to mention other feeds which would serve to make a variety for stock. Com meal, of cour.-e, I will always hold a prominent place I among mixed rations. It is No. 1 food I'm- f'lttim! mr Imt 'fur ri-iU'ft .lirtlllfl ln , mixed withljran, srivinir the latter in tho !.-.;, i , f ti. ',-.. i.i li. .ill viuinir cfii.t.j nrHU iiS the merit not only ot 'making . hone, but of making a manure, rich in saline matter, and should form a larru component part in all mixed rations. It will improve tho stock ami fatten tho farm. Alexander Ifgdc, in tht Xctv l'ork Times. A Cal's Lively Experience wllh Uf'cs. Charles Kaiser, who has the only hive of Im'cs in town, says that, when he first got his colony, his old cat's curiosity was much excited in regard to the doings of the little insects, the like of which she had never before seen. At first she watched their coinings autl going at a distance. Sho then flattened herself upon the ground and crept along toward the hive, with tail liorizoiital and quivering. It wa clearly evident that she thought the bees some new kind of game. Finally she took up a ptwitiim at the entrance to the hive, ami, when a bco came in or darted out, mado a dab at it with her paws. This went on for atiino without attracting the attention of tho inhabitants of tho" hive. Presently, however, old Tabby struck autl crushed a bee on the edge of thu opening to tho hive. The smell of the crushed bee alarmed anil enraged the whole colony. Btes by the seore'poured forth and darted into the fur of the astonished cat. Tabby rolk.il herself in tho grass, spitting, "spluttering, biting, Clawing, ami squalling as a cat never squalled before. She aiqeareil a mere ball of fur and bees. She was at length hauled away from the hive with a garden rake, at a cost of several stings to her rescuer. Even after slie had been been taken to a distant part of tho grounds the bees stuck to Tabby's fur, and about once in two minutes she would utter and unearthly "yowl" and bounce a full vsrd into tho air. Two or three tlavs after tho adventure lahoy was I CaU!T it 1)V IlOr OWlltjr, WW) tOOk 1101' 0' the neck and threw her ;down near tho co hlvo. No sooner dal she strike this ground than sho gave a squall, and at a single bound reached the ton of tho fence, full six feet in height. There she clung for a moment, with a tail as big a rolling pin, when, with another bound and a squall, sho was out of sight ami tlitl not again put in an appearance for more than a week. Virginia Oily (AVt?) Enterprise. Those of tho Methodist Conferences which meet iii tho first half of the year some J!0 show some gains. Thoy hnvo4,!V2& traveling preachers; increase, 81; communicants," 78,4 12; increase, 770; local preachers, f, :J8; Increase, 00; Sunday-schools, 8,01 SI; inca-aso, 150 ; Suntla'y-school scholars, iU2,4o7 ; increase, 14,80(5. There was a decrease of 097 baptisms of children and 0,070 of adults. Tho churches have increased bv 102. The collection for missions amounted to $240,801, showing a decrease of nearly $17,000. j Axoxo the tourtata wb returned ( from Europe this week are Dr. E. B. Footo. of the Health MohMv. and Mr. Dana, of the Sim. Attaches of Ida establishment state that Dr. Footo has combined business and pleasure by attending to publishing interests abroad, nls "Homo Talk "Medical Common Sense" and other works being translated and republlBhod at Berlin and elsewhere. N. Y. Local Reporter.