The Abilene Reporter. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, November 22, 1889 Page: 3 of 8
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Poultry Kite.
To make hehs layvfecd and house
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iiiciii nwn. a ins ucais an tnc nuvcr-
tiscd nostrums called egg food etc. :
At Sah Antonio also the- Texas
breeders will have to compete with the
professional exhibitor and will find the
odds against them.
Mrii S. E. Sherman of Salado had
some; fine Houdons on exhibition at the
state fair. These arc her pets and she
is 'successful with them.
A large number of fowls were sold
during the fair so also were a number
of people by the tempting exhibition
of "red bats" bred by Capt. Corbett.
J. G. McReynolds of Nechesvjllc
Texasmade a fine showing of fowls
at the fair and won some good premi-
ums with odds against him. He is an
enthusiastic and careful breeder.
v Notwithstanding the odds against
them a few of our Texas breeders
won some good prizes at the state fair
poultry show. It takes good stock to
a beat the professional exhibitor but the
breeders get them sometimes.
Game breeders had a meeting in
Dallas during the "fair. What trans-
pired has .not been made known to this
r department but proyision was doubt-
its 3 uiuuc iur suuic line spurt uurmg
the winter. Tlie facts will leak out af-
ter awhile. '
The poultry interest of Texas needs
the stimulus of a state poultry show
govenied by the recognized principles-
of such exhibitions. Not a show for
show alone but for fnir competition
among breeders. Not a money mak-
ing scheme to be "worked" by sharp-
ers but an open and honest effort to
stimulate breeding in Texas.
The showing of games at the state
fair was short. Even exhibition games
numbered below their usual propor-
tion arid as for" true games they were
few and badly scattered. The pre-
muim list had but few attractions for
gameibreeders. They kicked but the
ISbJrick came top late. Action had'been
jMTfilrAn Htf IIia fnir ncen.i'iWAn nryA if
m M.V. Ml W.V. M. UVbWIIUlllIlUJU IVi
was like a law of the MeHes and Per
sians it cnangeth not.
A's county and district fairs are
being held in many portions of the state
this fall and winter poultry breeders
should see that improved fowls form a
prominent feature of every one of
them. These local fairs are educators
of vast importance to the peopleand
if properly handled by poultry men
will tell powerfully in stimulating
themselves. l
The Phoenix fowj exhibited at the
state fair was a subject of much dis-
cussion. Some claimed that it was a
game cock. with abnormally developed
sickles. Some old poultrymen ridiculed
the idea that these fowls ever produced
sickle feathers eight feet long as had
been stated. These fowls.have been
exhibited with sickles six eightj and
ten fetit long and one Is now" vouched
for in California that supports a caudal
suffix twenty-two feet in length. A
"truly "wonderful'story." Texas Farm
i.lmd Ranch.
Sucks.
Mr. T J. Littleton gives his experi
ence in the American Poultry Yard.
He say's :
I have had no experience with the
Alesburys nor with the crested ducks.
"With me the Pekins have laid by far
the greatest number of eggs in a sea-
son. Next to the Chinese bird the
Cayuga has laid the best"if I may ex
cept a hock ot common ducks 1 once)
owned that had unlimited water range.
"The Rouens excelled in hardiness
and the CayugaS as table fowls.
Now the books and papers say
fl5t ducks need only .enough water to
drink. But mv exDerience is that all
varieties 'will lay more eggs and larger
ones ana win cost tieir owner very
much less to keep them if they have a
.creek or stream that runs through
: boggy ground. When my ducks have
had such a feeding ground they have
. always been better and healthier every
i way. 'I he aounaant animal and vege
table life of such places is better for
Tthem than any artificial food xthat I
have ever tried.
"Kept as above I have found a few
J ducks very profitable But when one
has no water except Jrom the well
Jand no run for the ducks separate
from that of the chickens I do not ad-
vise tie keeping of ducks. They will
require separate feeding from the
chickens. and the filth they make
about the drinking vessels is hurtful
Ifor fowls" Jexas Iarm and Ranch.
Some genius up north has invented
another cotton picker which can be
;drawn through the field behind a
spanking team doing with ease the
'work of a hundred negroes. That's
I what it does on paper. In the cotton
patcb. the old style still wears the
belt and is liable to wear it for many
years to come .Texas Farm and
lunch
Fame la Florida
Mis. A. K 1U wiss-Dcar Mr t I liavo Uiorouel
ly toted tlio kIu&h you iulJuU'it to my eyes
bOiui) Iluie ago autl lliid Ilium tu bo misurimn-
jM lu clearness aim imil(aiu'y. in act Wey are
lie t glftMWi havu ever wed.
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Ex Qoviiniorof Florida.
All eye fHU'd ant tbe tit tiuamulyoil by Haw
Bri. autlCu. Ablleuu.TeiM
AN IMPORTANT OCCASION.
r81toMir of Jones oJSt are
tTrge lojwteet Convention '
at the Court House Tues-
day November 10th".
Is there a man women or child in
Jones county who docs not feel the
necessity of a railroad ? Is there a
man is Jones count who feels that
he would not be benefitted by a rail'
road? We think not. Then let every
man who feels an interest in this mat-
ter meet together at the court house
at a o'clock Tuesday evening No-
vember iyth. At Itiat time delegates
will be herefrom Abilene to confer on
this important matter and our repre-
sentatives who have been sent abroad
will be ready to report the result of
their mission. Abilene stands pltdged
to help us in this movement and let
us Show her delegates here next Tues-
day that while Taylor is our elder sis
ter and much stronger than we that
she has no more pluck and enterprise
than we'have. Let us show them the
interest we have in the enterprise by
a representative gathering of our people
who are alive to their own interest.
Every man who lias an interest in the
roller mill should tie in attendance as
they are interested in. obtaining an out-
let for the products of the mill. Every
merchant in Anson 'should be present
for they.are vitally interested in a rail-
road. Every farmer in the country is
interested in obtaining an outlet to
market their surplus crops. Every
property owner in the country is in-
terested in the matter for it means big
enhancements in the valueof their pro-
perty. We are'all interested fellow citi-
zens in 'this the mdst important move
we have ever taken. Then let us each
and every 6ne show our interest by
our attendance and our willingness to
push for all there is in sight. In unity
there is strength and in a railroad
there are millions for Jones county.
Citizens of Rayner and Haskell are
invited to meet with us. Anson Wes-
tern. '"He Couldn't sfrike. " .
He stood on a step-ladder trimming
the dead limbs out of a fruit tree
when a man came along with some
tools in his hand and stopped and
asked :
"How many hours our yjou.putting
in for a day's work ?"
"I'm busy from daylight to eight or
nine o'clock at night" was the' reply;
"Don't you know that nine hoursiis
a days work V
"l'vcheard so but he won't Jet me
ofT at that."
"Then strike on him !"
' "I cant very well."
."Dasn't you kick
"It wouldn't do -yiy good."
"Scfme richold cuss who wants to-
grind you intopowde'reh V v
"w.eiinp Keerjs.me atworjci i. Be-
lieve I put in thirteen hours every day."
"Then ybu are aftool U'V
"May be so." 4" ' ' v '
"He ought to be talked to."
"Yes."
"Why don't you quit ?"
"I would you see but I am the 'old
cuss' you are talking about and
though my man can get his day of
nine hours I have to put in three or
four more or things will get behind."
Detroit Fiee Press.
Mrs. Wickwire "If woman were
given the credit she deserves I don't
think man would be prominent in the
world's history." Mr. Wickwire "I
guess you are rigrjt Jf she could get.
all the credit she wanted he'd be jn
the poor-house!"
Mr. White "Mr Smix yer boss's
gittin' powerful po' ! Thar's nuthin'
on his riljs but skin !"
Mr. Smith ."Dat's nuthin' Dis
critter gits 'bundance ter eat but it all
goes jnside de ribs yo' see !" Texas
Sittings.
"What are you crying for Karlchen ?"
"I went and bought a penny cigar
and was smoking it and then papa
came and " "Thrashed you eh?"
"No-n-no he said I'd got to smoke it
till it was done."
"Madame can't you give me some-
thing to eat? I haven't had a mouth-
ful for two days'
"Certainly you poor creature. Take
this piece of chewing-gum. If treated
kindly n will last you four days'
Boarding-house Mistress (sternly
to hungry boarder) "We are going
to have grace."
Boarder (mildly) "Glad we are go-
ing to have .something.!! N. Y
World "
Notice.
Owners of articles sent to Dallas for
exhibition with Taylor county's ex
hibit will please call at the offices of
Currie & Stith and Bompart & Smith
where their articles are now being
stored for them. If you will call and
leave directions these articles will be
returned. Prqgkesmve Committee.
Mirors! Mirors! Mirors! all
Miller Bros. & Tuttle's.
siz.es at
46
A fine line of ptfre white china
dishes just received at Miller Bros &
Tuttle's. 4a
ELECTION ECHOES.
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Minneapolis Tribune (Rep.):$"But
the great issue of the battle Was prohibi-
tion the republicans" forded thefighting'
on this line while their opponents
shrewdly and successfully managed to
unite the license and free whiskey ele-
ments in Opposition. Prohibition in
Iowa is not secured by the constitution
and the election therefore seems to
indicate that the people arc tired of the
'dry' policy following so closely upon
the heels of the prohibition victories
in the Dakotas the verdict of Iowa is
entitled to serious consideration. 'But
it is doubtful after all whether the result
of the election admits of this interpre-
tation. If prohibition has been asuc-
ccs in any state in the Union it is in
Iowa. It has been asserted apparent-
ly not without good reason that it has"
resulted in a material increase of crime
and the population of jails and prisons.
It has been in force for about five years
and many of the difficulties incidenta
to an experiment of this character have
been successfully overcome. It is pos-
sible that many of the friends of pro-
hibition did not realize the danger
until it was too late and that nextelec-
ion will record another violent reac-
loh. 'Much will depend on the policy
of the democrats. It rest with them
to decide whether 'the victory' means
free whiskey or license. The"1 result
will probably be free whiskey.
Be this as it may the election in
Iowais one"of the. surprises of politics
which it would seem that eveh a staid
and enlightened commonwealth is
bound to furnish once in so often.
( Chicago Herald (Dem.) It is thirty-
five years since a democrat was elect-
ed 'to a state office inlowa. Begining
with' the anti-Nebraska movement inl
1854 which was followed by an over-
whelming Republican victory in 1856
the Iowa democrats have been defeat-
ed year after year and by such majori-
ties that less determined men might
have given up in despair. But the
good democrats of the Hawkeye state
stood to their guns for their rights and
for the principles of justice through
almost half a century of republican
misrule.
After all these years of oppression
Democracy is again ascendent in Iowa.
Prohibition' fanaticism and corporation
rulehave temporarilyat fleast been
put an end to. The Iowa farmer has
found that he is growing poorer under
every year of that hideous mockery
the protective tariff system and under
railway and corporation rule. The
Iowa'laboringrnan isfinding out that
a protective' tariffvis not a principal but
a delusion that serves and is intended
to enrich the few and beggar the
many.- -The people of Iowa are finding
out that prohibition don't prohibit and
protection doesn't protect. That is
what the democrats told them in 1888.
One year later they are finding it out
arid making practical use of their
knowledge.
New York Mail apd Express (Rep.):
Republicans are in a reflecjive state of
minH this morning. They are hot
downcast or disheartened. But their
apparently just expections have been
more or less disappointed and repub-
lican apathy in some quarters has ena-
bled the democrats to make gains. It
is evidently an "off year" for republi-
cans in some states and they will frank-
ly and fearlessly face the situation.
New York limes (Ind.): It was
made plain from the start that this was
Mr. Harrison first effort at a "South-
ern policy." Mahone was to lay the
foundation of a republican protection
in the South. The negro leaders
were kept in the background but were
furnished with plenty of money. " The
whites were to be drawn in by the pro-
mise of profit from the tariff and by the
gift of offices and were not to be of-
fended by the obtrusive race issue.
It was an ignoble scheme but in the
eyes of the pious leaders of the pres-
ent administration it seems a promis-
ing one. It has failed. The people of
Virginia are not to be bought. They
either do not think that the protection
will be the gain that its advocates pre-
tend which is true of most of them
who think on that subiect or thev
will not take it on the ternjs proposed.
-Their reply is oyerwhelmingly decisive
and it decides not only their own atti-
tude but that of the south towards the
policy of the president. No other
state presents a better field for that
policy than Virginia. Having failed
ignommiously And hopelessly there it is
not likely to succeed elsewhere.
Brooklyn Eagle : Mahone felt that
yesterday was the crisis of his fate
and his desperation gave free rein to
his unscrupulousness Where false-
hood and incenuitv did not avail him
the invoked the aid of federal anthori-
ties and prostituted the office of Unit-
ed States marshal to the basest uses of
partisanship. He resorted to his old
trick of "tissue ballots". His creatur-
es at nearly every poll were well stock-
ed with them but for the timelv
'discovery of the meditated fraud the
ballot wiuld have contained thousands
of them. .Through the chairman of
the republican national committee he
obtained a .corruption fund that was
used wherever there were voters to
buy. In some presincts his hirelings
broke into the democratic headquarters
and destroyed the ballots. Every foul
mean; that could be thought of Was
resorted to. Aware of the methods
employed his opponents in nil parts of
state went to the polls prepared to
iprptccUheir rights by force ifnccessary.
-riis tactics gave the struggle the ari-
pearar.ee of a contest between the mem-
bers of a semi-civilized community.
To extinguish forever the political as-
aspirations of such a character to
banish him from the nalc of ntlblic. life
and'closc every door to his public am-
bition was an object worthy of all
the efforts and sacrifices which the vie-
tory has cost the hpricst voters of Vir-
ginia. For Ronl.
The two room office formerly occu-
pied by Dr. Pike. Apply at the office
of Lapowski & Bra. 36-tf
DEATH TO PRAIRIE DOGS!
Ve have been engaged In the extermination
of prairie dogs the past three years and have
given satisfaction In every instance. Our sys-
tem is the only sure means ot destroying the
dogs. We visit rnaches personally. Con-
tracts solicited. Terms reasonable and satis-
faction guaranteed.
PAYNE & JEMISON
Headquarters at
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built up until strong enough to resist bvery ten-
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F. W. Turner Agenf ChaS. AlfPs Germ Ex-
terminator. t
Dear Sir: I haehad clironic sore leg six-
teen years with which I liave suffered a great
deal. I Itave tried several remedies without
being cured. My leg kept getting worse till
I had to go on crutches and finally got so bad
I could not go on crutches could not bear my
foot to rest on the floor but had to keep it
elevated in order to lessen the pain in my le
Having heard of the great cures eflecte
d wjih
your uerm uxierminator 1 sent and got a gal-
Jon prtd the first application relieved the pain.
In less than a wceU I laid my crutches aside
and was able to go withont them. 1 have Used
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that I feel like I am almost cured tlie swelling
and- pain being nearly gone. 'Mr. Alff I
think your medicine is a good remedy and I
cheerfully recommend it to all afflicted as I
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" J. C. TlKF.
Primrose Tarrant Co. July i6tli 1889.
S. P. Tucker Agent Cnas. AlfPs Germ Ex-
terminator. Dear Sir; My wife has been sick for tsvo
years with chronic sores on her limbs and
otherwise broken down during which time she
has tried various remedies as well as the best
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and 'be physicians finally pronounced her in-
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Geo ji. Ulandon and Wife.
DfnioN CrkeH nine miles northeast of 1
Decatur Texas June 19 1889
Mr R. M. Reid agent for Alfl's. Genu Ex-
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Dear Sir: My wife has been sorely afflicted
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and general debility for the last tu enty years
and 1 take pleasure In stating that the has used
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and it has done her more good than all the
medicine she has hitherto taken. The catarrh
pain in the head is entirely relieved.
Vours truly
M Li 1V.RIJUE.
At Homb near Decatur July 20 1889.
R. M Reed agent AlfPs Germ Exterminator
Decatur Texas
Dear Sirs My daughter Mrs. C. M. Ed-
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of the lungs but a general breakdown in her
health from a serious complication of female
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We are now receiving the best selected line of Dress Goods Trimmings Notions Clothing
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La " T ' m
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"Wacchs Diamonds Jewelry Clocks Spectaples
and a new line of novelties in Silverware fortthe
spring and summer trade. The Finest "Watch
and Jewelry Repairer and the only Engraver in
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of charge from a Silver Thimble to a Diamond
Ring. If you need anything in his line call on
him we guarantee he will please you both in
sales and work.
FARMERS AND RANCHMEN
Who desire to borrow money in any amounts will do well to call on the
undersigned who loan at the very
IjO'W'IEST rates
ard charge NO COMMISSION whatever. Interest payable either nnntially
or semi-annually as desired. Money always on hand and no delay in nutting
oans through
FARMS RANCHES and CITY PROPERTY FOR SALE
GEO. W. HATCH & CO.
OFFICE ON SOUTH SIDE IN FLOURNOY BUILDING
THEODOK HEYOK President.
Abilene Investment
Dealers In
Lands Tarms and Ranches
In the Abilene Country and Abilene City Property.
Money to Loan on Farms 1 Ranches.
Special attention to purchase of VENDOR'S URN NOTES large or small amounts. J luroe-
tleatl laws and balance! duo the State do not interfere with our method of making loani or
purchase of notes. Jteprccnt non-residents in rendering property for taxation ji)inenl ol
taxes information in reference to and care of property.
agents for First-plass Fire Life and Aooidont InBuranoo
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Hoeny, John, Jr. The Abilene Reporter. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, November 22, 1889, newspaper, November 22, 1889; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth330641/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Public Library.