WILLAMETTE FARMER: PORTLAND, OREGON, AUGUST 18, 1882
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FAITH ABOVE CREEDS.
OLIVEH WKNDEI.Ii HOLMES.
The waves unbuild the wasting shore;
Wheiemountains towered thebillows sweep,
Yet still their borrowid spoila restore
And raise new empires from the deep.
So, while the floods of thought lay waste
The old domain of chartered creeds,
Its Heaven-apDointed tides will baste
To shape the new homes for human needs.
Be ours to mark vith hearts unchilled
The change an outworn age deplores;
The legend sinks, but faitli shall build
A. fairer throne on new-found shores.
The star shall glow in western skies
That shone o'er Bethlehem's hallowed
shrine,
And onco atrain the temple rise
That crowned the rock of Palestine.
Not when the wondering shepherds bowed
Did angels sing their latest song,
Nor yet to Israel s kneeling crowd
Did heaven's one sacred doom belong.
Let priest and prophet have their dues,
The J.evite counts but nan a man
Whoso proud salvation of the Jews
Shuts out the good Samaritan 1
Though scattered far the flock may stray,
His own tho Shepherd still shall claim:
The saiuts who never learned to pray.
The friends who never spoke His name.
Dear Master, Idle we hear Thy voico
That says, "Tho truth shall make you free,"
Thy servants still by loving choice,
Oh, keep us faithful unto Thee I
THE BUSY ANTS.
OUR BOOK TABLE.
The Kansas State Board of Agiieultuic
sends us the quarterly report ending in Juno.
We shall be glad to see Oregon coming to the
front with reliable, statistics sent out in thin
form; it would do much to encourage immi
gration, and would stimulate all branches of
agriculture. Kansas makes a good showing,
but has by no means the real, solid advan
tages that Oreron can boast of in tho way of
climate, soil and tegular productiveness. But
Kansas has a large population and live men at
the head of affairs,
Wo aro getting tho California Api.uUurut,
which is published at 81 a year. Wo would
like to see moro interest taken hero in Oregon
in the raising of bees and production of honey,
putting it on tho market in good shape and of
a clear god quality. There are portions of the
country that aro naturally adapted to produc
ing tho finest of honey. In the Yaquina val
ley the bee thrives, and without uny particu
lar care a fair article is found. Mr. Dufur
tells of seeing in a section of tho country on
the Clackamas river quantities of fine comb
filled with the best of honey hanging from
under poles that formed part of a fence, the
bees having already filled the accommodations
provided, and that as he walked about, under
the trees honey dew dripped upon his clothe?.
In these days of glucose and other adulter
atives in tho way of sweets, it would be bet
ter to encourage the beo pro luct. Most of
tho comb honey seen in this market comes
from California, where attention is paid to
keeping bets in a business way, makiug a
business of it all over the country. The Ore
gon article is dark colored, much of it bad
tasting, unless coming from the districts
spoken of, and tome of the cells are found
filled with beo bread or young bee, showing
that no care has been taken to produce a eood
comb. Ibis industry is particularly suited to
the caro of women, as it is light work, and
only noeds a quick, intelligent mind to study
the subject, and a quiet, gentle hand to man
age. There might be enjoymeut as well as
profit found in.tlie management of these little
creatures, whoso habits and almost intelli
gence has been the theme of great writers in
ages past. So we would like to recommend
the Ajiiculturist to the readers of tho Farmer,
hoping that some may be induced by reading
it to get up an interest in bee culture, helping
in this way to swell the number of heme
products.
Tne Barbarous Check Rein.
To us it seems unnecessary and 'cruel,
When riding behind a lively horse not long
since, wo weie so annoyed at his evident
distress that we requested the driver to let
down the check, which ho did. 'the pained
expression of taat poor horse's eye soon gave
placo to one of ease. No horse can pull his
best unless he can jet down to his work,
which he cannot do if reineikup. Wo should
just like to have a twitch in the nose of some
friend of this check, pass it over his head, at
tach it to the seat of bis pants, so as to hold
his head with eyes pointing skyward, and
then drive him about town for three or four
hours. If he did not confess to a radical
chmgo of mind ou tho subject by tho time
the tramp was ended, we would give him
another trial next day.
A Curious Commodity.
For hundreds of years past in China the
insect pests of the aphi tribe have been
known, and a remedy lias been found in im
.porting to their premises a certain species of
ant, who make deadly war on the aphi. These
ants are brought to market in bladders, sticks
are placed from tree to tree to facilitate immi
gration, and soon the lice are cleared off.
Cotton Seed.
In past years the seed coming out of the
cotton gin was considered a nuisance, but now
it is crutlud and used as cattle feed, the oil
first being pressed out. Much of this oil has
been shipped to Europe and comes back to us
as first clas olive oil for our salads. "
Why is Mrs Lydia R'inkham's Vegeta
ble Compound like the Mississippi river in a
ipnng freshet ? Because the immense volume
of this heeling river moves with such memen
turn that it sweeps away all obstacles and
is lit erally flooding the country.
At the west side of our house is an ample
porch, where we used to sit a good deal last
summer; and one of our pleasures, among
many others, was watching tho movements of
a colony of ants domesticated in the neighbor
hood of some old-fashioned rose bushes.
The door steps are of granite, and one day
one of the littlo creatures got crushed on tho
rough surface. He was quickly discovered by
a member of ihe community, who communi
cated the fact to another, and tho news spread
till a largo company had gathered about the
dead ant. After consultation they went sys
tematically to work, dug him out of the
cranito crevice, and carried him off for burial.
Another time wo saw the dead body of a
w.isp partly drawn into tho entranco of an ant
hill. All tho afternoon the ants who had got
him in thus far vainly endeavored to force
him the rest of tho way. In the morning,
however, he had disappeared entirely.
Of late years much timo has been given to
the study of the habits of these tiny creatures
and many interesting and wonderful discov
cries have been mado .concerning them. As
regards intelligence they stand with tho bees
at the head of the insect world.
Perhaps nono of the various species are
moro interesting than the agricultural ant
This is the.ant of Solomon and Proverbs.
In cold countries, like Knjrland, the ants
hibernate, and animals and insects that hiber
nato require no food for winter. But, in Pal
estinc, as well as in oth-r countries, where tho
.mriciiltur.il ant is found, tho winters are
mild, the ants do not hibernate, and must,
therefore, supply their food for the rest of the
year in harvest time. It you go to Palestine
to-day, you o m see, if you will, the tiny crea
tures busy as in Solomon's time; the long col
umns passing to and fro, carrying off an in
credible amount ot grain fiom the Syrian
threshing floors. Tho husbandman has no
doubt of their ability. Ho sets fire to every
ant city he can find in the neighborhood of his
threshing floors.
Tho agricultural ant is found in Southern
Europe, India and Texas. Thero is a Bpecies
also in Florida. McCook has written a charm
ini account of the agricultuial ant in Texar,
Around the entranco of their subterranean
houses is a cleared disk, usually ten or twelve
feet in diameter. On this disk not a bit of
grass is suffered to grow. As the pioneer in
the American forest frees his clearing from
treos by cutting, ro tho ant cuts down ovcry
vegetable growth from his clearing. A disk is
often cleared in the midst of wild sage and
daisies. Thero aro stout weeds, sometimes
thick as one's thumb and from two to three
feet high, yet the ant linds no difficulty in
cutting them, using his mandibles, which
serve as sawteeth, chisel and pincers.
Leading from this disk are four or five
roads. These roads are u ually from two and
a li.df to three inches wide, and are of varii us
lengths. Sixty feet, perhaps, is an average
length. They sometimes build roads two hun
dred fo.t in length. On sunny days you may
see columns of tlnse ants going and returning
over these roads laden with grain. They
gather largely the seeds of the buffalo grass.
They generally gather it as it drops fiom the
stalk. They husk it in the granaries of their
subterranean houses, and bring the chaff to
the surface of tho ground.
They are very fond of oats. Lincecum ro
utes that once when he was watihing somo
auts, he saw one return with a grain of oats.
Knowing there were none growing in the vi
cinity, he followed tho ant as she went out
again followed her a distance of -150 feet to a
heap of crushed oit straw, where a traveler
had bivouacktd the night lefore.. The ant
plunged into the straw, brought out a grain,
and carried it home without once putting it
down or stopping to rest.
Some agricultural ants climb tho stalk of
the shepherd's purse, cut the seed from the
capsulo and back carefully down, carrying the
seed iu the mouth.
Their strength and perseverance are won
derful. An observer once placed a dry bough,
a foot in diameter, across the path of a column
of leaf-cutting ants, who, alter vainly endeav
oring to crawl over it with their burdens, laid
them aside, and tunneled a passage under the
bough.
There is one habit of the agricultural ant
about which all observers do not agree. It is
affirmed by one close and accurate observer
that these ants actually plant the grain nailed
ant rice, and, as it grows, tend the crop like
husbindmenof tho human kind. But McCook,
though he thinks this statement may be true,
has not been able to verify it by actual obser
vation. But this is fact. In November, on
many of the disks, tho ant rice sprouts in a
circle around the gates f the house, and is
suffered to grow until June. Then the ripens,
is gathered, and the stubble carefully cleared
off by the ants.
When an ant wakes from sleep she yawns
and stretches; she then proceeds to wash
herself. She has a comb ou either fore-leg,
which facilitates the labors of the toilet.
Very likely she invites a neighbor's assist
ance. She lies down, and, by unmistakable
signs, requests a neighbor to assist her. The
ntighbor sponges her head and fore-legs.
Her whole attitude is expressive of comfort
and enjoyment, like that of a kitten being
washed by its mother. An ant washing her
own face is curiously like a cat doing the
same.
The ants, .as a central thing, carefully
bury their dead. It has been noted as a
curious fact that the slave-making ants busy
their slaves at a distance from their own
burial ground.
The leaf-cutting ant cuts with its mandi
bles a semi-circular piece in a leaf, takes the
edge between its teeth and jerks it out. A
train of ants, each bearing one of these ban
nerets, is a very pretty sirht. Should they
get caught in a shower and their bits of
leaves be wet, they will leave them out to
dry in tho sunshine like any other bay.
makers.
Ihe smaller workers chop these cuttings
into yet smaller pieces, and -from these decay
ing bits, packed in subterranean rooms a
species of minute fungi grows, on which the
ants feed.
Tho foraging ants aro found in South
America. They travel in vast armies and
destroy every furm of insect and many kinds
of animal life iu their inarch. The approach
of one of these armies is always indicated by
the presence of the ant-thrush, which feeds
upon, and always accompinies these ants.
At their approach the inhabitants open all
drawers, closets, etc., and leave their houses.
The ants swarm in, and in an incredibly
short timo all the vermin which infest houses
in tropical countries aro devoured.
We have all heard About the curious littlo
cattle kept by somo species of ants. You
have often seen tho aphides, or plant lice. If
you will notice the leaves upon which they
crowd, you will see that they are sticky. This
sticky substance is sometimes called "honey
dew," and is the milk of tho ants' cows. Tho
littlo red ants actually milk these cows.
There are two tubes in the abdomen of an
aphis. They can be seen with a microscope.
When the ant wants her milk she taps her
cow gently with her antenna.- and outcomes
a tiny drop of honey from each tube. The
ant takes these with her atnenna." and carries
them to her mouth.
Many s'.orics are lelated showing tho pos
sesion by ants of wonderful intelligence or
instinct. McCook tells tho story ot a fanner
in Texas, who was much troubled by tho
cutting of his sweet potato vine by ants. He
put some bread poisoned with arsenic near tho
vinc9. Some ot tne auts ate aiiu uieu. aivcr
that the others refused to touch the bread.
Then he mixed meil with arsenic. They
separated the two, eating the meal and leav
ing tho arsenic. He tried another mix-uro of
molasses and arsenic. After a few were killed
tho rest refused it.
Prof. Leuckhart relates an experimejt ho
mado to test the resources of somo ante. Ho
found a shrub swarmiug with nphides. It
was evidently the pasture ground of a colony
of ants near by. They were continually
going up and down the sluub milking their
cows. fie spread a cloth saturated with
tobacco water ou the ground around the
shrub.
An ant came down but refused to cross tho
cloth. Sho turucd, climbed back to the end
of a branch reaching beyond tho cloth, and
dronned thence to tho ground. Other auts
coming to ascend the shrub were stopped by
tho cloth They went back and got pollets
of earth, with which they built a road over
the cloth. In this way they crossed to tho
shrub without touching the tobacco.
Other ancient writers besides Solomon were
acquainted with tho habits of these little
creatures. Auts do not progress like man
kind. The ages offer no increase of wisdom
to them. Such as they are now they were in
th.1 infancy of the world.
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ROCK-A-BY, BABY.
"Rock-a-by, baby, in tho tree top 1
When tho wind blows, tho cradle will rock;
When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall,
Down tumbles baby and cradle and all."
Ro:ka-by, baby! the meadow's in bloom,
Laugh at the sunbeams that dance iu the
room,
Echo the w ords w ith your baby tune,
Coo at tho sunshine and flowers of June,
Rock-a-by, baby! as softly it swings,
Over the cradle the mother love sings;
Brooding or cooing at even or dawn,
What will it do w hen tho mother is gone !
Rock-a-by.'babyt so cloudless tho skies.
Blue as the depths of your own laughing eyes;
Sweet is tho lullaby over your nest,
That tenderly sings littlo baby to rest.
Rock-a-by, baby! the blue eyes will ill tain
Sweetest when mamma's eyes over1 them
beam;
Never aga'n will tho world seem so fair,
Sleep, little baby, there aro clouds in the air,
Rock-a-by, baby! th" blue eyes will bum
And ache with that that your manhood will
learn;
Swiftly tho years'eome with sorrow and care,
With burdms tho wee, dimpled shoulders
must bear.
Rock-a-by, baby! there's coining a day
Whose sorrows a mother's lips cannot kiss
away,
Days when its song shall bo changed to a
moan,
Crosses that baby must bear all alone.
Rock-a-by, baby! the meadaw's in bloom,
May never tho frost pill th beauty in bloom,
llo thy world ever bright, as to-day it is seen.
Rock-a-by, baby! "thy cradle is green."
London Jleudtr.
OUR LETTER BOX.
li""',-
"Blss my stars !" said Mrs. Pcnnypacker,
"Didn't you know what a vacuum is? Tho
vacuum is where the Pope keeps his bull."
An Ohio man unpinned a tidy from a chair
and wiped his nose upon it. It takes an Ohio
ma.i to solve mysteries. Now we know what
in thunder n tidy is for.
At Alton, 111., a preicher asked all Sunday
School children to stand up who intended to
visit the wicked, soul-destrojing circus. All
but a lame girl stood up.
A fashionablo hummer drink is called "Jum
bo Julep." Probably because a man after
imbibing a few glasses thinks he's traveling
w ith a circus and feels as if he owned four
legs.
They sat by the tower of Piesa,
Aud be did wlut lie could for to pilcsa;
Ho looked in her eyes,
He heaved many soyrs,
Thcu stuck out his arms for to squiesa.
An interesting phase of society life is seen
when a young man goes to call on a young
lady and his setter dog follows him and waits
outside, each paeser-Ly stopping to read the
name on the collar. 1 his happened in Lowell,
"Madame," he said, sorrowfully, "I shall
never be young again." "No," she replied,
regirding him with a cynical expression,
"when naturu makes a mistake she never
repeats the experiment with the same ma
terial." Theological reflection s "Yes, sab," said
Brudder Johnsing. "Ef the descendants of
de rooster what crowed at Peter was t) make
a noiso cbery time a lie is told, dero would be
such a noiso in de world dat yer couldn't hcah
de hens cackle."
It is said that Jtsse James once thoughf se
riously of "going through college." The out
law "went through" nearly everything else,
and the reason he didn't "po through" col
lege must have been because he couldn't see
any money in it.
"Wo have banished that tall, long-necked
fellow from our set, "said a Fifth avenue belle
to a young Egyptian. "Yaas," drawled the
descendant of a mummy, "I see he is osrich
sized." Music by the band and the surf ou
the shore druw lied the subsequent conversa
tion.
Mrs. Bourhill to Mrs. Kirkcr "Why, how
is Je.my to-day ? Is she any better?" Mrs,
K "Nae better, mem, nae better." Mrs, B.,
"Does tho doctor give you no hope for her?"
Mrs. K,, 'Oh, no, mem." Mrs. B., "Dots
she know of her state ?" Mrs. K., "Oh! wcel
she docs, mem. She's deid."
A debtor who was sued by his creditor ac
knowledged that ho had borrowed the money.
but declared that the plaintiff knew at tho
time that it was a Kathleen Mavourneen loan,
"A Kathleen Maverneen loan," repeated the
court with a puzzled look. "That's it, judge;
one of the 'it may be for years and it may be
forever sort.
Thero arc not many letters on hand now,
for it is so pleasant to be out of doors that our
littlo friends find something they like to do
better than wri'ine to tho Home Ciicle. The
world is very beautiful at this season, with
mild, pleasant air, mid with all sorts of beau
tiful flowers to 85c, and nico fruits, each in its
season, so we no not blame auy ouo lor
neglecting to write. Then we aro sure that
each boy and girl is just as busy as can be,
each onu doing whatever seems necessary to
be dono to help in this busy season. Maybo
some of you think it is hard to be obliged to
work, and with to bo older so as to bo nble to
do as you please, but tho time will como when
you will remember theso days to free fiom
cares, when thero was no thought of lcspon
sibility, but could go to bed and go to sleep
so quick, and never wako up till morning;
then, when awake, could find a dear mother's
and father's caro had provided everything
good and pleasant for you. If each ono will
tako Aunt Hetty's advice, thero will come u
timo when you will remember aud bo glad
that you tried to do eveiythiug to plcaso tho
dear parents who think of untiling but tho
happiness and good of th r children. :id who
mo to proud of them if they nuko good, hon
est, strMiihtforwaul men and women, doing
each their part in this great world. But then
how sad it must bo to havu a child who bus
not a good chiracter.
Tho Hist letter this week is from Nellie,
aud a most excellent letter it is, telling iu an
easy way about what she is doing and what
has happened. She is just the sort of a live
girl that will grow up into an active, useful
woman." She gives a good recipe for chapped
hands. Now if any ono of our girls has a quilt
pattern she must send it to Nellie; no matter
if two or threo send, it will be acceptable. It
will bo a good way to get acquainted, and,
best of all, it will givo each one an oppor
tunity to see how nice n letter she enn write.
Tho girl who sends a pattern must write, ask.
ing Nellie to accept of tho favor; then Nellie
must answer the letter, thanking tho sender
for her kindness, which will givo each a good
chance to improve in letter writing.
Minnie -is another girl that Aunt Hetty
would like to know. Aunt Hetty was in
Whitman county the week that thero were no
letters iu the Farmer, and she thought of all
those dear little girls as she rushed along in
the cars, and wondered as sho passed tho nice
farms and houses if any of her littlo friends
lived there. Sho met ono gentleman in tho
car who told her that his little girls, who
lived in Eastern Oregon, loved to read the
letters, and always looked anxiously for tho
Farmer ovcry week. It was a great pleasure
to hear this, giving courage to keen writing,
for sometimes Aunt Hetty fears that she does
not interest her little friends, and though she
wants to tell them a great many things, yet
)does not hardly know how to make it inter
esting. Aunt Hetty feels almost as if each
letter was written to herself instead of to tho
Circle, and she often thinks she can tell from
the letters just how each writer looks. Minnie
says the hay crop is short almost everywhere
about there. This hai been a dry summer
here. Some of tho fruit is falling off tho trees
before it is perfectly ripe becauso it is so
dry.
Oscar writes again a good, newsy letter.
He is right on the temperance question, and
still better, gives his opinion quite independ
ently of tho use of tobacco. He starts out the
right way ou these two things. The use of
tobacco generally harms only the oue who
uses it, and therefore is not so gnat an evil at
intemperate habits, aud does uot cause so
much wickedness and wretchedness iu the
world; but the use of tobacco is hurtful, is
filthy, and costs a great deal of money that
might be better spent. So many boys now
are to be seen smoking cigarettes, quite young
boys, who cannot )tt stand a strong cigar.
They may think it is manly, but all people
whose, good opinion is werth having, look
with contempt ou any suth boy and say right
off, "I don't want any such sort of a boy in
my employ," These littlo cigarettes are made
of all sorts of trash, leaves of other plants
than tobacco, and are wet with jioisonous
drugs to give the flavor of a cigar, that will in
time ruin the mind and constitution, and will
keep the body from growing. That is one of
the reasons why some boys are so small in
stature. Thero aro hundreds of poor boys in
large cities who go about the streets, theaters
aud hotels picking up the half-smoked cigars
that aro thrown aside, picking up old quids of
tobacco too; these aro sometimes picked cut
of very filthy places that wo could not men
tion. Then the bny 8 sell to men who manu
facture this all into "fino cut" to chew, and
into cigarette.". So Osuar is not going to dctilo
his mouth with such things, ami we hupo
that his words and example will make many
other boys stop to think betoro they get any
such habit fixed on them. It is oas to form
any '.iabit, but it is very hard to break off
again. Wo want to hear from Oscar again;
the boys aud girls will hear from him again if
ho lives to be a man and keeps those samo
ideas of life and its duties. It sodins as if
there were so many young men and boys now
coming on tho stage of life who' aro growing
into bad habit?, especially that of idleness.
They do not want to work, but want to get
their living in some easy way, most of them
trying to get situations in somo town, who
would rather stan'd behind a counter with
only a small salary than to stay on the farm
or to work at a trade. The Chinese cheap
labor does not really stand so much in the
way of preventing getting work; it is moro
that young men aro getting to think that hard
work or n trade is not smart enough. Man
dignities tho occupatiou, not tho occupation
tho man. Sticit to tho farm, boys, while you
are young, for thero you aro getting health
and strength, and aro laying up piactieal ex
perience that w ill make men of you, oven if
you follow some other occupation wheu you
aro grown.
Usios Flat, W. T., July 7, ISSi.
Editor Homo Cirolo :
I have not written for so long a timo that I
thought I would write again. It is pretty hot
here to-day. Thoro is a great deal of wild
fruit here; thero are wild currants, cherries,
Bervico berries, gooseberries and raspberries.
Our folks have been so busy harvesting that I
did uot get any timo to write till now. Thero
aro eight squaws picking berries hero to-day.
My little brother rodoawild colt to-day; it
bucked all around, but ho stayed with it
pretty well. The hottest days wo have had
this summer were the .Id and 4th ?f July. It
was 100 deg. in tho Bhado, Colfax, tho coun'y
seat, was almost dcstioyed by fire; uvery
stoic, hotel, and in fact nearly all business
houses we-o burned, besides a goid many
dwellings. I have tho smallest puppy you
ever saw. My sister and I went up to Medi
cal Laku and Spokau Falls; wo had a nico
time. I will send a good ro'ipefor chapped
bauds : Take tar and ouo-third as u ueh bees
wax and a small lump of English rosin and
melt it all together, and it is ready for uso.
Has any girl got a quilt pattern ? If so, send
it to mo, if you please, for calico scraps.
Yours truly, Nku.ik M. Smith.
draw all the shipping. Save the water power
site-', Endicott is a much better placo for a
town and city than Colfax. A practical mcr.
chant here, and our, too, who lost largely by
tho late lirr, nid to us tho other day, "I have
always wondered what induced people to
start a town iu the ravmo where Colfax is lo
cated. It is the poorest selection of location I
know." Endicott is on the main lino of the
Columbia and l'alouso road; it is just outside
tho influence of the main lino ot tho Northern
Pacific, is iu the midst of a fine fanning area,
accessible by wagon roads, and iu tho main
route of crofs country travel. Those engaged
in upbuilding Endicott are making tin- most
liberal e.inccssions to all .who come thero to
stay, favoring the emigrant and business man
in every possible way. Wo do not I now of a
place in tho upper couutiy offering so many
really gooil inducements ns Iviilicott. r.r.
, "Presumption begins in ignmanco nnd
ends in mill." On the otlnr land, the pro
duction of Ktdiioy-Wurt began with wise
cautions and scientific mraiih, and its use
ends in roitoring tho shattiicd const! utions
and endow ing men and women with health
and happiness. "My toiini nted buck," is tho
exclamat.on of moio than onu joor hardwork
ing man and woman; do you l-now why it
aches? It is because our kidneys are over
tasked and need Btieiigthening, ai d jour sys
tem needs to be cleansed of bad humors.
You need Kidney-Woit.
"H.wr. ymi c.ilogne ? sho ashed. "No,
ma'am." replied the diuggist; "1 have no
scents at all.'
he hail
Sho said ho didn't look as if
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Tho world's groat Pnln-Rollovo-for
Man nnd Beast. Cheap, quloU
and reliable
I'lTCirnK'S CASTOIUA is not
Narcotic. Children grow flit
upon, Mothrs like, untl Physi
cians recommend CASTOIUA.
It regulates the Bowels, cures
Wind Colic, allays Fcverlslmess,
and destroys Worms.
Union Flat, W. T., July 29, 18S2.
Editor Home Circle :
I will try to writo onco more, but 1 am
sorry I did not writo sooner. I will t.'U Aunt
Hetty how I missed tho littlo folks' letters. 1
w-tts anxious to get the Farmkr, but was sur
prised to find no chat from the littlo folks.
I hope tho little boys and girls will Often
write Mini mako it more interesting for tin
little folks' column. Pcoplo aro making their
hay up hero at present. Crops aro very short
in this section on acp'tunt of no rain; tho gar
dens nio all drying up; it hasn't rained any
all summer to speak of. I haven't seen any
answer to your iiucstion as 'o tho meaning of
wapito; it means potato iu Chinook. My sis
ter nnd I have piccod six quilts altogether.
Will somo of the littlo folks tell what kind o (
a time they had on tho Fourth. I did not gut
to go anywhere, but I had lots of company
and lots of fun. I will ask thu littlo folks a
question: "What is tho meaning of Sapatell,"
it is in Chinook. I will close-, wishing tho
Farmkr success. Minnik A. Smith.
Hakuisiiujmi, July 31, 1882,
Editor Homo Cirolo :
I sto you put my first letter iu print, so I
thought I would writo again, Now comes the
busy timo of tho year. Harvest is just set in
We can hear the busy hum of thu header an 1
thresher, Father's ban a will start out day
after to-morrow; my little brother au 1 myself
will bo kept busy doing chores; we will have
water to pump for the horses and cattle, feed
the hogs and chickens, gather the eggs aud
help mother dry plums. Wo had lots of ber
ries to gather in the mouth of June; wu had
a great many strawberries, raspberries and
currants, and also a great many cherries, and
now klackbcrrics are getting ripe; wu will
havo eonsidearablu this year, and next year,
if nothing happens, wo shall have bushels of
them. I want to say a fuw words lu tho lit
tlo folks who havo signed thu temperance roll
in regard to tho use of tobacco, for it is a
filthy habit; it injures tho rniud, and iu a
great many instances fires oriirinatofromsinok
ing, as was thu case a week ago in Mr.
Brock's field, which adjoins father's; firo got
out of tho pipe one of thu work hands was
smokirif and burnt seven cocks of hay of Mr.
Brock's ami five of father's, ami also a string
of fence of father's. Now I guess you aro
getting tiled of my writing, so I will close
for this time, wishing tho Faiimku great suc
cess, I remain your little friend,
O.soAii David Ely.
Endicott.
Wo learn from a very tcliablusourcu that
not a few of those who were burned out at
Colfax, havo visited Endicott sinco tho fire,
with a view of finding there location for fu
ture commercial operations. It is now very
generally conceded that if Collar is generally
rebuilt, thu railway company will not go into
that town except by n branch from the main
stem, which passes directly through Kidieott
and threo miles from Colfax. Not a fow doubt
the building of even a branch to the towu of
Colfax, since a station located at Endicott and
another east of that abreast of Colfax will
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