vol. m
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, AUGUST 3,1878.
No. 31.
FOB  HAIsaB.
FOR SALE—CHICKENS-Havln-2 successfaUy
raised about 250 fine chickens, I am prepared
to sell either Light or Dark Brahmas at J5.W per
WoTl! gIba-LEY, Sunny HlU Poultry Yards,
Indianapolis.
have one more Boar Pig out of sow bought ofl.
ir, sired by Tippecanoe, for which I will
E. Q- BAGLEY, Indianapolis.	
I ha „
N. Barker, sired b;
take 18.00.
§00,000 acres beat farming lands In Wisconsin for
sale. -Send for price and descriptive list B. A.
YLOB, Dobbston, Oconto Co., Wisconsin.    ■
    Bull "Sir Roderick"  Na
1732:3 years old: sure breeder and from a good
Price -J150.0O.   A. L. 4 W. C. DAVIS,
FOB SALE—Jersey
1732; 3 vea
butter ftmily.
Dublin, Ind,
TTIOR SALE—The Farm Register and Account-
JD Book. Complete method of keeping farm accounts. Price, S1.00 each. Address INDIANA FABMEB CO., Indianapolis. * ;	
T_10k SALE—The largest stock of salt, calcined
_E plaster, land plaster and cement. The only
house that keeps these goods always on hand, at
lowest prices. ANDREW WALLACE. IndlanapoUs.
filoB SAlali—I have a flne lot of Poland-uhlna
„        . of undoubted puilty
representing the Black Tom of B-_s families, at
pigs now ready to ship,
•'   - "- lack Toil
WILL T. EVANS, Romney, Tip-
reasonable price 8.
pecanoe Co... Ini.
INFORMATION AS TO THE WHEREABOUTS
OF HROTT ADAM JACOB NKIDHARDT, of
B_chofshelm-Kuiheesen, is earnestly solicited by
his siste£ EMILIE DECKER, .
Hotel z. Goldnen Adler, Frankfurt A. M., Germany
or Jacob Rasch, 16 South -Exeter Btreet, Baltimore
WANTED-Every fanner that ls in need of a
flrst-class farm, wagon, carriage or buggy,
to call and examine my stock before, purchasing
elsewhere. G. H. SHOVES, 174 East Market street,
IndlanapoUs.. j:  -       ,-: ■:■ .	
"TTTANTED* Good, reliable wrenta. Liberal ln-
AW . duceicents and good territory offered. CaU
or address INDUSTRIAL LIFE ASSOCIATION, 21
and 24 Hubbard's Block, IndlanapoUs. Rules and
By-laws sent free upon application.
~.   -.  -1   MISOEUsAMEOtrg.       ■-.-;  .
SEED .WHEAT—BrazUUan—actual yield, «bu_
per acre;, furnishejatjl. 50 perbu. to farmers.
Addre-,C.H.W.
Elkhart, Ind.
Ci. O. BOHGE3S, Dentist.:* Office ln room 4, Va
a Jen's Exchange Block, N. Penn. St. ■
7-tf.
mo LOAN-T-MoneytaJoan on Improved farms.
Jbv*J.H.'H__lM__CK, —.   —   --.
_                                       Bast Market St. Indianapolis.    . "     ■■,„■:        tf
rONEY TO LOAN—Snjna of 8300 to 13,000 on
ovedfarms.. RUDPELL; WALCOTT&
:dlanatK>Us, Ind. ■■' •_
M:
_       improved farms,
VINTON, Ini	
A REMEDY WELL TESTED—The Pog Cholera
Is again beginning to prevail In many localities. , If farmers and hog-raisers will tend me a 8c
•stam}>, t will, by return of mail, send them a valuable document on the P__enUon>and-m}»<rf4h»
.—*a_eo—«.'• —ae-lniormattTO' tti©j-~—Hi get JTO_. the
document will be valuablo to them In doUars.
Address S. K- HOSHOPB, Indianapolis, Ind,    eow
"f OST OB STOLEN—Onei dark brown hone;
1 j large, raw boned, heavy black man^; about
eight years old. One dark bay mare, light squarely
-.tout; very hard to catch: troublesome to b.nijei
«_■_<*». ■ '*«SKtjat'ii«ieJfesIs ol-i: One light bay mare, very
soUd, round bodied, trots very quick and short;
about fourteen years old. They are aU ham-ess
worn and have no very distinguishing marks about
them. If -strayed they wiU be in company. I wUl
pay a Uberal reward for them. R, S. DORSEY, 86
South Meridian St., Indianapolis, Ind.
DECIDED BARGAINS
breeding stock qf Jforkshlre, Berkshlre.Es;
to reduce oui choice
  ling stock of Y
sex, Chester White and Poland China pigs of all
ages. Also sheep, cattle, and fancy ponltry; finest,
new breeder's manual, eleganUy illustrated and
giving full description of the different breeds. Price
25 cents. Beed wheat; all the best varieties, grown
especially for seed. Also turnip, cabbage, cauliflower, lettuce, radish, spinach, and aU seeds for
the fall. Prickly Comfrey, the most wonderful forage plant setts H.00 per 100; 50 cents extra by maU.
Seed catalogue free. BENSON, BURPEE A CO.,
223 Church street, PhUadelphla, Pa. 88-ly
THE LARGEST PLOW WOKKS IN
THE WORLD.
The
Great Oliver Plow Factory
South Bend, Ind.
in
The cut on this page represents the largest plow works in the United States, and
we can safely say in the world. Although
there are very few of our readers who
have not heard of them, and thousands
of them are using the celebrated plow,
yet, we think a short history of the origin
and unparalelled growth of these immense
works will interest every one who useB a
plow.
EARLY STRUGGLES.
We wish to cite the early struggles of
Mr. Oliver, the proprietor of these great
works, as an example to young men, as
well as to communistic croakers, who are
so envious of people who have a little
property. Mr. Oliver came to Indiana
from the state of New York, in 1836, a
poor young man, but he had an honest
heart and an indomitable will and energy.
He went to work at first in an humble
sphere, proving himself equal to his tasks
and engagements at all points. He was
diligent in business, constantly applying
his energies in intelligent effort. He
constantly conquered obstacles, but it
was by energy and toil. His little shop,
firet at Mishawaka, afterward removed to
South Bead, grew as he step by step conquered his way. It waa humble enough
at first, but now look at its huge proportions 1 His wealth to build and expand
it did not come up out of the earth, nor
down out of heaven, but it came out of a
thoughtful brain, and honest, energetic
toil and personal effort. Let young men
with honest hearts and manly energy
take courage at such examples,'for the
world is full of them, and let the idler,
full of the spirit of unrest, be shamed into
silence and industry. The world is full
of such opportunity.
FOR THREE YEARS
prior to the introduction of the Oliver
. plow, we are told that Mr. James Oliver
worked almost night and day to accom-
Jplish what had been attempted hundreds
lof times, and -as many times had been
given up after thousands of dollars had
been spent and lost
in the fruitless efforts. Mr. Oliver
worked for three
years, working many nights until
three or four o'clock
in the morning, and
he had enough tr
discourage moet
men. But at tht
point where manj
had stopped -anti
lost all they had
accomplished, he
doubled his efforts
and with untiring
energy accomplish
ed what has proven
a complete revolu
tion in the plow
trade and has beei
the direct cause o
reducing the price*,
of that indispensible implement one
half from what i
was ten years sgo
OTHER FROTl__SS
EFFORTS.
There have been
many fruitless ef
forts by manufac
■urers to profit by
the hard earned
success of Mr. Oliver. But aa yet,
they have only
served, to advertise the Oliver
Ohilled plow. They
have tried to imitate it in every way they could. Some
of them have painted the Bame color, and
many farmers have bought; these imitations, believing them to be genuine. It
has never been oou^ pttrpeste-to-advpcate
l«otefttt6n;£^h£iL^jDaaaufaciOT
making use bf'jirotectiou to get exorbitant prices from consumers, but that
has not been the case with Mr. Oliver.
His goods have always been placed in the
hancfe, of consumers at not only a fair
rate, butat a price that always defied
competition, taking into consideration
the quality of the goods.
EXTENT OF THE WORKS.
The illustration on this page shows the
largest plow works in the world. The
buildings and yards occupy over thirty
acres of land, and the following will give
tbe reader an idea in detail, as the present
illustration shows the buildings last
E«etson.
Foundry, 165 by 860 feet long. Grinding shop. 50
by 200 feet long. Polishing shop, 50 by 200 feet
long. Wood shop, 50 by 200 feet long. Paint shop,
50 by 200 feet long, varnish shop, 50 by 100 feet
long. Machine shop, 60 by 80 feet long. Blacksmith shop, -SO by 120 feet long. Store house, 40 by
900 feet long. Engine room, 24 by -56 feet long, ln
which ls lc cated a 600 horse power engine.
But this season Mr. Oliver has found it
necessary to increase the capacity of his
works again, so heavy has been the demand for his plows, and an extension of
40 by 300 feet in length is now in process
of construction and will be completed this
season. The works now have a capacity
for producing 500 plows and 2,500 points
per day: They have complete fire-proof
vaults for the preservation of their patterns, which are so valuable, and ample
fire-proof protection appointments.
Mr. H. B. Dickson, of this city, is the
state manager for the goods of this factory,
and has been selling Mr. Oliver's plows
formore than twenty years. This fact
alone is ample testimony to his business
capacity. The sales have greatly increased from year to year, and the spring sales
tbis season were 25 per cent over those of
last year. The largest demand has been
from the west and south, but the middle
and eastern states are greatly increasing
their orders, and great preparations are
making for next year's demand.
only difference existing between this disease in the foot ofthe horse and that jif
cattle and sheep is, in horses it varies st young as it will eat.   A calf should be
symptoms and .often passes tlHO^b:^j^T5pnshed from four weeks old with plenty
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Foot-Rot, or
Foul in the Foot
Horse.
In answer to a correspondent in the
N. Y. World, E. S. Smith, V. 8., thus describes, and, pre3cribles for the disease
above named:
Foot-rot or foul in the foot oi the horse
is similar to that developed in cattle and
sheep. It chiefly prevails among the coarse
breeds of horses, possessing porous, spongy
and clumsy feet, and the primary causes
developing the disease in such feet are hard
ui=age and negligence in caring for the feet.
When the attack is developed in the foot
of the improved or better Dreed of horses
the primary causes producing it are filthy,
damp and badly ventilated stable compartments, as well as not properly casing the
feet and constant exposure. The disease
is often the result of injuries to the feet by
ca.lkmB' »om puncture by nail or otherwise. Ihe last named may be considered
as not only the direct but the special cause
2?£^ ?**■ rM,eJely employing the
term foot-rot or foul in the foot does not
™tn7 S^P"5?nT^ ? definite idea ofthe
«f rnttllc6 dYeXe> but indicates a state
of rottenness of the parts affected.
al stages" Before rottenness or gangrene tire
.developed-.,-lSom«^bom«a*h»-Bniiie^rV_? attacked, with a disease located in the plantar  absorbents,   which   is  priiessionally
termed deep seated lymphatitis; in others
a profuse discharge of matter resembling
lymph, fiom the coronet is developed in a
very few days subsequent to iboolkervaitcef
of the first developed symptoms.   Again,
this discharge is devoloped within a very
lew hours alter the attack is observed; but
in both instances inflammatory gangrene
supervenes.   Another   symptom  is   the
horse will suddenly be seized with lameness, constantly moving his foot upwards
and downwards in the air, and apparently
suSering much pain, perhaps within  two
days, or a few hours, subsequent a discharge of pus is discovered oozing out from
the orifice.   There are two stages of a distinct disease which may terminate in rot
or gangrene; the first stage is acute inflammation, characterized by heat, pain, tea-
derness and lameness; the second stage f s
suppurative, of which the discharge of pas
is proof positive.   The result is a gangrenous  development, characterized thus by
transformation and death ot the tissues
located in the feet.   The nomenclature of
this disease should correspond in accordance with the remarkable changes in tie
symptoms that are developed throughout
its progressive existence.^ They are acuie
and sub-acute inflammations, suppuration
and gangrene, and in many instances tie
abnormal process is arrested in either ore
or the other of the earliest developed sti-
ges, but notwithstanding, the  attack is
very liable to terminate in gangrene. Thee
diagnostic symptoms indicate the chara:-
ter of the disease, and should death supervene in either the inflammatory, suppun-
tive or putrid stages  of the attack tie
title is then given to the disease, became
it caused death, foot-rot; so if it applies o
a rotten, gangrenous or putrid developmeit
it should be termed inflammatory gac-
grene, the active and direct primary caue
of which may be correctly attributed tt>
extravasated blood or serum fluids, these
rapidly transforming into a state of decomposition or putrefaction by which the vitality of the tissues, the lami_.se of the
foot, is destroyed, so that theres an elongation of the hoof and laminti, the hoof
separates from its attachment'and is cast
or falls off.   It is impossible t> lay down
any particular rule of universal treatment,
e.ther domestic or professional fir the treatment necessary and required fa eradicating the producing cause of thi disease in
the feet must depend on the naure, ^verity or intensity of the attack if this foot
disease, consequently it shoulc be treated
by a Bkilled and competent eterinarian
personally. \
some general ideas that may be of service:
1. Begin to feed an animal for show as
Preparing Stock for Exlbition.
Mr. B. F. McClatchey hasasked in a
receiit number of the Faker' for the
mode of preparing cattle foiexhibition
at fairs. "(1) When to.begin i> feed ? (2)
What to feed, and (3) how oftn to feed?"
He steps on dangerous gjund when
he asks such questions of xperienced
men, for these are some of lose things
"no fellow can find out."   I Ave an experience of about 25 years ( success in
such matters, and would notare to part
with it in a moment, especily as such
things are only got by expernce, in the
main.   I, however, feel a geiral interest
The j in the exhibition of stock, ai I will give
^f milk and such solid food as, it willjeat.
iSat-ia thettoe to &>0i»—never qmt.?'
2. Feed anything that they will eat,
the best that is ordinarily given to such
stock, and in such quantities, as they
want, being careful always that they clean
up their troughs.
8. I never found it advisable to feed oftener than three times a day—have trie-
suckling calves three times, and feeding
the grown cattle five and even six times,
but they will do no better than three
times and I have had good success sometimes in feeding twice, but that requires
experience.
In general I will say that an adept will
soon leirn the thousand details that make
up the whole, if he has his eyes and ears
about him and wants to learn. When he
goes off to the fairs let him notice particularly how everybody else does their work,
especially those who take the prizes. An
occasional question, without being too
inquisitive, will bring out one piece of
information, and in adapting it to his own
use, he may see something better. This an art that must be studied, practiced
and picked up. An industrious man
with a taste for such things will learn
more, to do all. or a great part ofthe work
himself, than in any other way.       H.
.   am  a
For the Indiana Fanner.
The Old Complaint.
We have heard the cry of "nothing to
do," for years, and expect to for years to
come, or until communists and tramps
are forced to work to keep from starving.
What! living in this wide busy world and
nothing to do! It is because you don't
chose to do anything,,only the thing you
can't get to do, and that is why you have
nothing to do. If you are willing to do
anything honorable that your hands find
to do, you will always find something to
do. Remember cats don't catch mice
with mittens on. So, off with your kids
grapple with work as though you meant
business. If you can't get your price,
take what you can get. Better work for
your board than be idle, you will not only
at night be three meals ahead, but you
will have earned a good night's rest and
11 have escaped the snares of Satan,
ho is always planning mischief for idle
ands. "Nothing to do" is a mean fellow;
aziness broods in every bone of his body.
He fills our jails, states prisons and alms
houses. He eats the bread another earn?.
He is always complaining of hard times,
and spends his last dime for tobacco or
liquor. The world would be better without him. In fact his room is more desirable than his presence. When he
dies few eyes are moist, the. place that
knew him is glad it knows him no more.
Communists, under the guise of "workingmen," too lazy to work, incite others
to rebellion, so as to afford themselves a
favorable opportunity to rob and plunder
from honest men who have toiled for
what they have. They howl at the
farmer for using labor-saving machines,
ignoring the fact that it took labor to
prepare the material of which they are
made; the building of manufactories and
the manufacturing ofthe machines themselves. They howl at the merchant for
not giving them food, in fact they do
nothing but howl at honest men, and
engage in riot and robbing.       W. H.
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Bt*te Hewa.
In an altercation at a horse race, at Decker's
Station, on the 26th ult., Douglas Williams,
a nephew of Gov. Williams, was seriously,
but not fatally, shot by James Harness.
William Ayres, a prosperous fanner of
Brownsburg, was killed while sitting at hia
breakfast table, on the 26th nit., by a shot
from a gun in the hands of his son, a lad about
18 years of age. The head was literally torn
to pieces, and the brains scattered all over the
house, sticking against the ceiling and walls of
the room, and a large mass of them thrown
about fifteen feet away into the door-
yard. It is claimed that the shot was accidental.
The body of Michael King was found strewn
along the track of the Cfadnnati, Richmond and Fort Wayne railroad at Winchester, on the 25th nit. It is supposed that he was
murdered, and thrown on the track to conceal
the crime.
Henry J. Kurisendoefer impaled himself on
a pitchfork, on the 27th ult, in jumping from
a hay-atack, near New Albany. The
tines entered his abdomen, inflicting fatal
injuries.
John A. Anderson, of Hancock county,
killed a white crane last week that measured, from tip to tip of the wings, four feet
and eight inches, and from the tip ofthe toe to
the tip of the bill measuring four feet and
three inches.
A four-year-old boy, named Johnson, waa
stack by the Frankfort and Kokomo train,
on the 24th nit., near Michigantown, whils
playing on the side of the track, and fatally
Injured.
Mrs. Auguste Marrietta, a Fort Wayne wid-
ow, had her fortune told by a Gypsy, who so
worked nponher mind that she entrusted to
her care $200 in casb, $300 in notes, and about
$150 worth of clothing. The Gypsy has sought
other flelds of labor, and Mrs. M
now mourns her loss, and will not be comforted.
Dr. Peck, of Leesburg, has removed from a
wound received by George Armstrong, of
the same place, during the war, a piece
of clothing he wore at the time of receiving it. The injury will now heal for the
first time.
The ladies of Fountain county have petitioned the directors of the Connty Agricultural
Society to forbid the sale of liquors at the next
fair.
John Weston, of Kendallville, has donated
eight building lots in Elkhart to the trustees of
that city for school purposes.
Articles of association of the Clinton
building and savings association, capital
$100,000, have been filed with the Secretary of
State.
Plymouth has an artesian well that haa
been pouring ont a volume of water equal to
500 gallons a minute without cessation for
three years. The water is claimed to be magnetic, clear and sparkling.
At a pic-nic and dance at Edwardsport, on
the 27th ult., a quarrel occurred between
Charles Atkinson and Tyra Hulen, in which
knives were freely used. Hulen received
two severe cuts, one on the neck, which it
a thought will prove fatal. Atkinson was
arrested. t
Worthington is building a town hall.
Mitchell  is   after a ten  thousand dollar
school-house.
A Loganeport child
bitten by an angry cat a few days ago, and
is now experiencing all the horrors of hydrophobia.
A little deaf and dumb girl, aged five years,
daughter of Mr. Brandenburg,' a blacksmith'
ot Cambridge City, was run over and horribly
mangled by a switch engine on the 26th nit.
It cannot recover.
The United Mennonites of the United
States and Canada, have started a paper at
Goshen.
John Seybold, while driving into Logansport, on the 27th ult., was struck by a team of
runaway mules, completely demolishing his
buggy, throwing him under the mules'
feet, crushing him to such an extent
that it is thought that he cannot recover.
date, Wabash county has paid
from its treasury, on account of
court house,  to  the  amount of
i six years of age, was
Up to
out cash
the new
$31,071.98.
Alexander Mcintosh, a prominent citizen of
Allen county, while working in his stable at
Monroeville, on the 27th ult, was kicked on
the head by a vicious horse, and injured so
badly that he died in three hoars.
Burglars entered the residence of A. John,
son, a wealthy farmer living ten miles south of
EuBhville, on the 26th ult., and, after administering chloroform to the sleeping family,
searched the house, securing five hundred
dollars. As yet no clue to the thieves has been
obtained.
Luther Warder, mayor of Jeffersonville,
cowhided Richard Condon, of that place, on
the 27th ult,, for circulating Blanderous reports
in regard to Warder's official conduct as
mayor.
The opera builaing at Sullivan has about
reached completion. It will be the largest
building in Sullivan county.
A daily average of fifteen car-loads of
wheat is shipped from Shelbyville to New Yoik
and Baltimore,
Evansville capitalists have gone to Europe to
negotiate for funds to bnild a railroad from
Evansville to Petersburg. The road, If built,
will run on the old canal bed.
Odd-Fellow contributions to the Morton
monument fund are coming in quite rapidly.
According to the Princeton Clarion, the
yield of wheat in Gibson county is fully 25
per cent, below the estimate made about harvest time.
Evansville wants to hold an Exposition this
faU.
A train of twenty-four cars, loadad with
w alnut lumber, was shipped from Crawfordsville last week.
A farmer near Yorktown threshed his wheat
the other day in the field, and covered it with
straw. When he went, on the following
morning, to haul it away, he found that some
soulless villain had taken away about forty
bushels in sacks.
While an excursion train was returning
from Bedford to Bloomfield and BwiU City,a
party of drunken roughs took possession and
keptnp a contitual fight nearly the whole
way. A young lad, named Oainey, had
his arm broken in two places, and a woman was severely cnt with a knife. Several
others were more or less injured, No arreeis
were made.
Elmer Hand caught a pike In Wolf creek)
Marshall county, last Saturday, 3 fl. 6 In. in .
le Dgtb, 22 in. aroucd the largett part; weight,
eighteen and one-half pounds. A tooth, nearly
an inch in length, was extracted from iU) pon-'
d erons jaw.