The Abilene Reporter. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, September 30, 1892 Page: 3 of 8
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"I had a malignant breaking out on my leg
below the knee and was cured sound and welt
frith two and a half bottles of K3R3R9
Other blood medicines had failed IWPJfl)
to do me any fcood. Will C. jieaty
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curoamoporrannpnuy.
M.na.lUt.I.T.
M Our book on Blood and Bktn Diseases mailed
free. Swift Srfiomo Co. Atlanta Ga.
THE FARM
No Broodnr Needed.
Our cxerience in raising chicks the
last two years after real warm weather
has set in has been so satisfactory that
we have not let a hen run with a chick
en for the past year. As soon as
the chicks arc hatched out wc
take them from under the hen put
them in a market basket or a small-
box with some old cloths in the bot-
tom and then wrap them up snugly so
that they will keep warm. Of course
when the weather is cool we are more
careful about wrapping them up and
we carry them in the house of nights
or down in our green-house cave
(which by the way every poultryman
should have) as they can then let the
little chicks run under the benches
during stormy bad weather and on fn e
days let the chicks have a free range
out of doors or in a yard; they are
some little trouble for a week or ten
days. After that they will take care
of themselves. After tie middle of
May by feeding three or four times a
day they may be allowed to range at
will as they will come home so accus-
tomed are they to your call. Have a
yard with smaller yard in it and fix a
place that only wee little chicks can
get in; then another yard for chicks
three and four weeks old then another
for larger chicks soon for three and
four weeks old then another for larger
chicks and so on for three or four
grades. Then you can feed them
with some satisfaction as the little
ones can get the kind of feed intended
for them.
We have raised ever chick this sum-
mer in this way and I believe I am
safe in saying we have raised 95 per
cent of all chicks hatched. The old
hens are not dragging the life out of
chicks nor do they have them so
lousy. We take great pains alter the
little ones are hatched to see that
there are no lice on them. If we find
any a very little grease not salty but.
pure lanl is rubbed on the back of
there head and under neck and vent
This scatters the lice. Then we change
here basket cloths the next day. and
again in about a week we repeat the
same. This geneally cleans them up.
and as the new feathers start on the
young chirks they lose the dense coat
of down and then lice have no chance
to liide.
Chicks treated as above described will
grow like weeds and will be clear of
lice unless allowed to roost with older
chickens. We have never had such sat-
isfactory results in raising ducks as we
have the last summer Another advan-
tage of this kind of management is
that the brooding hen as soon as the
chicks are taken away will go to lay-
ing again. A brooder is useless for us
for we have never raised stronger or
bealthier chicks than wc have this sum-
mer. A number of our neighbors have
tried the same plan and like it very
much. Farm and Hrceder.
An Old-Time Lesson.
Despite all the talk about the hard-
ships of the farmer he is a king
compared to his tather or grand-
father. If he doubts let him hunt up the
old gentleman's day book of forty
years ago and note the prices then.
A bushel of wheat would buy three-
fourths of a barrel of salt; it would
now buy two barrels.
A bushel of corn would buy 7 J
pounds of sugar; to-day it will buy 12
pounds.
Ten pounds of butter bought 33 J
.yards of cotton cloth then; now it pur-
T . "chases 48J yards.
Ten pounds of cheese were worth
25 pounds of nails; the cheese now
pays for 54 pounds of nails
A pound of washed wopl grown ten
years before the war would buy one-
fifth of a barrel of salt 3 5-6 pounds
of sugar 2 yards of cotton cloth or
ten pounds of nails. To-dav hir one
pound of wool will pay for three
fourths of a barrel of salt 8 pounds of
sugar 6 yards of cotton cloth and 22
j pounds of nails.
"'A These figures are based on New
York City prices. Hut as a matter
of fnct he never realised anything like
those prices in his local market.
. Freights were high and when the
cost of bringing produce to the New
York market was deduced from New
York prices for farm produce and the
cost of bringing the merchandise from
New York to the village store at
which he traded was added to the
price of what he bought the average
farmer was really hot more than half
as well off ten years before the war as
as our figures would indicate.
For instance in 1857 it cost 25
cents to bring a bushel of wheat by
the cheapest route from Chicago to
New York; in 1891 it cost less than
six cents.
Surrounded by these conditions life
on the tarm Was hard indeed. Calico
and Kentucky jeans had to do for
Sunday garments and an old ox cart
in which to ride was the height of the
style.
Luxuries for the table were almost
unknown; Johnny cake and salt pork
was a principle diet.
Those were days of hard times
when the farmer cradled his grain and
raked and bound it by hand.
He toiled early and late saved And
scrimped and received less return Jfor
a week of ha'dest toil than the farmer
of 1892 receives for a single day's
pleasant ride on a mowing machine
or .1 self binder.
Let us have no more of such "'good
old times." American Economist.
The Best Thing Yet.
"There" said the dentisti with au air
of satisfaction he laid aside his instru-
ments "that didn't hurt you much did
it?"
"Dqn't know" replied the patient as
he tried to get his jaw on its hinges
again "I didn't have a chance to find
out."
"Of course of course." said the den-
tist complacently. "It was a quick
piece of work."
"Quick nothing" growled the pa-
tient. "Who's that driveling essence of idi-
iocy in the next room?"
"The man who plays the cornet?"
"The man who tries to play the
cornet"
"Oh he's a poor unfortunate. "
"Unfortunate! He ought to be un-
fortunate. I'd like to get at him
once!"
'Qh well he tries to do hisbest you
know and as he was in pretty hard
luck when he took the room I arranged
to pay him a little something every
day."
"What for?" The patient seemed
not tobelieve his ears.
"Tooling that horn. Hy coinpan-
sing it dwarfs the pain that I give
makes one forget mat there is such a
thing as physical suffering. Influence
of mind over matter you know. When
I have an extremely bad case I tell him
that he'll have to wait a day or two for
his hay. It makes him blue you know."
"Wlut of that?"
"Oh when he's blue he makes noises
that would make one resigned if he
were to be burned at the stake. It's
cheaper and more effective than anaes-
thetics. Pniladephia Herald.
Suggestion for a Summer Trip.
If you wish to take the trip. of a life-
time purchase the low rate excursion
tickets sold by all principle lines
in the United States and Canada via
the Northern Pacific Railroad to Yel-
lowstone National Park Pacific coast
and Alaska.
The trip is made with the highest
degree of comfort in the elegant vesti-
buled trains of the Northern Pacific
Railroad which carry dining cars from
Minneapolis to Montana and the Pa-
cific coast without change and special
Pullman sleepers from St- Paul and
Minneapolis to Yellowstone Park.
The scenery en route is the most
magnificent to be found in the seven
states through which the road passes.
Beautiful mountains rivers valleys
lakes and plains follow each other in
rapid succession to delight the tourist
who will also find interest in the agri-
cultural mining lumbering industrial
and other interests associated with the
development of the great Northwest.
The crowning glory of the trip
through the Northwest however is the
visit to Yellowstone Park the land of
hot springs geysers and gorgeous ca-
nons and to Alaska with its endless
ocean channels snowcapped peaks
Indian villages and giant glaciers.
If you wish to investigate this sug-
gestion further send to Charles F. Fee
General passtngci Agnt N. P. R. R.
St. Paul Minn for copies of the hand-
somely illustrated "Wonderland" book
Yellowstone Park and Alaska folders.
38-tf.
For Sale.
The largest yoke of Oxen in the
country will weigh 3500 lbs when iat
are perfectly gentle 7 and 8 years old.
39'2 Camekon & Piuu.irs.
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Notice.
We have about 30 head of horses
mares one and two year old colts and
two head of mules which we will ex-
change for good land near Abilene or
Merkle. Will take either improved
or unimproved laud.
37tf Cameron & Fiuuirs.
SEE HERE!
BxxSS BROS. Druggists.
J. E. TAYLOR.
TAYLOR & HAMPTON.
Livery Feed and Sale Stable
North First Street Abilene Texas.
Good Buggies and Fine Driving Horses a Specialty.
We have also rented the oltl Medaris stable and will run a Hoarding and Training estab-
lishment there. Thii stable will be in charge of A. McDugnhl and all orders for teams will
be promptly filled. All orders for this stable can be left with our stable on the North side and
will be promptly attended to. We will make a specialty of boarding horses.
For further information apply to
TAYLOR & HAMPTON.
H. A HANCOCK
Keeps
Enterprise Wind Mills
Wagons and Buggies .
Riding and Walking Plows
Pipe and Pipe Fittings
PUMPS and a complete
line of Plumbers goods.
Let me give you an estimate
on your plumbing.
H. A. HANCOCK.
THE
New
CANTON
Wo were the flrst manufacturer to Introduce HTAI.lt Cl'TTKIW and have kept i
abreast of the times with modern IJII'IIOVKMK.VI. Tliry are a vuluublt Im-
plement preparing the Krouud (or plowing and leaving ttiat to be turned under
waicn Enwuics ill; null rue canton
connecting witn lover iuus rtiirrtna ma
iiorspB-iiecKB. auo giving KuivesaniriKintcmoiioii.
ioudq oniy in lue i-anton. u nos iiiuiiavi
insuring uuiiTiarr iiiiArr n Axle inrougn cenire or uwi to
ciug up whu irasu. juaue wnn u Hnirrm so as to
OllierH have the nume number of knives but they
I'lutfifciviiru uifreiure cui nip BiuiKft Banie lenptiu nn -
our & knife. aa-LMK OUT roll THIJI I -hit r.'
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free to any address. Wa also manufacture
Canton Clipper Plows Volunteer and Victor Cul-
tivators Disc Harrows Tricycle Sulky and dang
Plows Grain Drills Cotton and Corn Planters ami
handle Buggies Carts. Pumps Wind Mills. BAIN.
COOPER and OLDS WAGONS. Write us for
PARLIN & ORENDORFF CO. DALLAS. TEXAS.
FLINT. KNAPP & CO.
DEALERS IN
House-Furnishing Goods.
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for either cooking or
" heating you may want
Hew Goods Arrive Daily
Flint Knapp & Co.
We Want Your Trade In
Toilet Soaps.
Wc have in stock Colgates which have
taken the premium at all fairs where
shown. Use no other.
JOHN W HAMPTON.
In Stock
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Old Furniture taken in
exchange for new and
we can supply you with
any kind of
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J. H. 1'AKUAfcOUE 1'ies. OTTO V. STEl'FEWS Cash. E. II SINTERS As. cash
The First National Bank
Capital $125000.00. - Surplus $16boo.OO
DIRECTORS: J. II. Paramore G. A. Klrkland T. M Radford llrooke Smith Otto V
Stcflen T. S. Rollins E H.Sintenis.
J. G. LOWDON Pre. Wm. CAMERON' V. Pm. E. O" PRICE Tart.
The Abilene National Bank
Capital $100000.00. - Surplus $112000.00.
DIRECTORS: -Tlico. Heyck Geo. P. Phillips E. It. Rollins J M Dougherty KrJ
Cockrell Wm. Cameron W. II. Ilnueltun J. CJ. Lowdon.
I'.W. JAMES Prc. ED.S. HUGHES V. Pre. II. II. KENYON.Cash. H.JAMES A. Cah
The Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Capital $60000.00. - - Surplus $2400.00.
DIKECTORS: Charles Kenyon John R. Hoxic W. F. Flournoy F. W. James Ed. S
Hughe Henry James P. II. Kenyon.
SPAULDING BKO'S.
Plumbers and Steam Fitters
Full stock of Pipe nnd Fittings
always on hand.
Southeast of Freight Depot - Abilene
I have moved my stock of Furniture
form South First street to the new
Wylie Building Pine St.
where I will be pleased to see all my
old friends and patronB.
I have a nice line of goods and can
supply you with anything you may
need. Respectfully
W. G. SWANSON
W elylBullding. Pine Street.
Wholesale
GROCERS
North Side Corner Pine and Second Streets.
Farmers and Ranchmen will find
it to their interest to give us a call.
. Inducements offered to the Mer-
chant trade and orders filled at.
lowest market figures.
PRODUCE A
F. K. BOMFART.
BOMPART & RADFORD.
Bnceeiiors to SMITH BOMPART t KIBBY
and Insurance Agents
Resurvey and Classify Lands - - Render and Pay Taxes
Land in the Famous .Abilene Country.
Agents for the Phoenix and and other standard
Insurance Companies.
&wp4f vrvtQ &
Texas
Agents for
PERKINS
WIND
and Retail
SPECIALTY.
S. K. RADFORD
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Hoeny, John, Jr. The Abilene Reporter. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, September 30, 1892, newspaper, September 30, 1892; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth330781/m1/3/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Public Library.