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.>*,;V ;« v, ; ' VOL. 10. , . • * • * - „ • • N'V.- 'nV |" fe#1;". i ' , ' -i r, ,• r'"|C4* • &%*,'* . Pledged but to Truth, to Liberty and % .4.. .. J & No Favors Win us and no Fear SVtallAwfe#* •-fr.'.an ..^ rfj.-r ^i.i r i i . M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEMSESDAY. DECEMBER 10, 1884, W:: E.35f lr t. Published &v**y Wednesday bf £•* J. VAS SLYKE • v auto* rirsiittuife ------ • Office in Bishop's Block, ^4 Owifir •• ] * -\\^^SRIRII3'^W WBSCRIPTH^* ^ »i • >• Jne Vear(ln Advance) ...,:.#1.50 If Vet Paid within Three Month* 2.00 L *r ... Subscriptions received for thro® or, six £••«', Sioathe in the same proportion. BUSINESS CARDS. MART «. BARBTAN. HAIU WORKER. All kiiids of Hmr Work done in flrst class style and at reasonable prices. Rooms st resilience, north­ east coraer of Pul^ic, Square, McHonry. liu JBS3K A. BALDWIN, LAW. Lnw business in 2X Every part of the State receives prompt attention. Boom 24, 99 Washington St., Chi­ cago, m. ' Kate« of Advertising. W# announce liberal rates for advertising M tha PL AFNDKAtiER, and endeavor to state so plainly that they will be readily nn- ierstood. They arejas follow*: *1 Inch one year ' 2 Inches one year •8 Inches one year • * V Column one year X Ooffttnn one vear •yi. (Mamn one year One tncli means the ma*. .. nch down the column,single «00 ; »m> * 15 00 90 00 , torn 100 00 ent of one, mn width. I • ,*;•? Yearly ad vert i sera, aW***-above rates, have K?-^x'c/jthe privilege of c half art nit as often as] they without extra charge.' ilfcvv ' Regular advertisers (meaning those having Standing cards) will lie entitled to Insertion •giSf local notices at the rate of 5 cents per line leach week. All others will be charged 10 i ,* rents per !ine the flist week, and 5cents per """ * line for each subsequent week. Transient advertisements will be ehnrgt.t lit the rate of 1ft cents pe line, (npnpareil type, same as this is set in) the flrst issue, and ?# cents per line for subsequent issues. Thus, ftn inch advertisement will cost t1.00 for one week, $1.50 for two weeks, 12.00 for tliree : weeks, and so on. j The PIAINDKAHR will be liberal in giving * , .^editorial notices, but, as a business rnle, it * .-.'will require a suitable fee from everybody ?• peeking the use of its columns for pecuniary * ji'r , .gain. BUSINESS CARDS. a. T. BROWN, M. D, PFIYSICIAX AND SURGEON. Office over the Post Oflli ttore itp stairs, L the Post Office, opposite Perry ft Martin's '8, McHonry, 111. •xw J. H. SOOTHILL, M. D. rllYSIOIAN AND SURGEON. O«oe oppo-Bite Pest Office, Ringwood, III. V- > • i • C. II. FEGGRS, M, D- nursiClAN AND SUROKON. McHenry, v:'l IllB. Office at Residence, on the Corner, Opposite lUake's Furniture Store. c o . j . H O W A R D , D L D . ll>HrSIGIAN AND SURGEON, eU my residence, opposite M. ^'.4 •» McHenry. 111. Office at E. Ohurcli, BARBIAN BROS. . .. Or* _ Shop, la Old McReary, ,n Keiter Block, two doors west of PI.AIK- •KATKH Office. ^ .i^rilGARManufticturers, McHenry, 111. .rL> ders solicited. WASHINGTON, D. C The popular palace hotel of the National :t :v Capital. Conveniently located and accessible " to all the street car lines of the city. Open all the year. O. G. STAPLES, PHOI'KIETOK. Late of the Thousand Island Huuse • M A R O U S ' GERMAN J - W- -- ?>, K (Manufactured by P . M A R U S , -DEALER IN- a ̂ WlNES^Uy 8|,4jPft " 11 " !| • in Da C. E. WILLIAMS. DENTIST. Residence Dundee. Will be at McHenry, at Parker House,|the JOth 11th SWh and 2flth of each month. ; Whon dates occnr Saturday or Sunday I make my visits on the following Monday,and the first day of such visit occurs on Friday, I Will stay but one day. JOHN WIEDEMANN, HARNESS MAKER, WEST McHENRT.'ILL. On hand at all times to make on sbert notice Single or Double Harness,of the best materia! and warrant, sntisfaction. RAPAlliJXG promptly attended to. Shop opposite West McHenry Post Office. PATRONAGE SOLICITED. John Wiedemann. Attention Horsemen! I would call the attention of the public to my Stable of Stock Hoises, four in number: two Moreuns, one 3-4 Percherou, and one Imported Horso. They are all good representatives of their breed. Also a few Merino Sheep lor sale. The public are cordially invited to call and examine stock, get prices, ete. No business done on Sunday. N. S. COLBY. |0-7 'f McHKXBY, ILL -BREEDER OF BQBEBTC. 3EMSTT, B1 I . .. FOWLS . , "flfUCHMOHD, (FIRST PREMIUM KT MCHKNRY COUNTY FAIR.) Mv fowls are of the celebrated DUKE OF YORK strain, remarkable for their great size and laying qualities. I can show a trio of last season's chicks weighing 31 pounds. Bgtfs, per setting of thirteen, fl.50, delivered to purchaser ia Richmond, Skipped securely packed, (&.00. ROBERT CL BECKETT. HEADQUARTERS . " i ^ ~ f •<, '• foS' sM ? IK-,: Woodstock III. The best Tonic in the world. Put up in .< "V' Pint ami Quart, Bottles. ,H' - i F. MARCUS. Patentee. if"* ' 41papiB, III, ; DEAI«MfiS IN Sardwait, Stom, Hawaii, $ Shinglett, XL>atli, Fence Posts Coal etc In shorfc, we keep everything in the above mentioned lines, j which we are offe nig to the buy- ing public as cheap as any other house in this section. CQ,11 and See , ||s. JOBBING & REPAIRING, . PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. ^ PETER. A%onquln, Feb. IS, 1884. DON'T YOU FORGET IT! & ASA W. SNITHp -or-- 'v It oo|c» ; * •Ulinolsi. by Millions of money^ offer ITT against damage by you Ughtqing, Wind 8torrti<it YCtONMS AlND TORNADOES. a postal card and I will visit yon; And I Will wnte you a policy, and any of tmse destructive ele- BS your property. happy wiil hold one of*my policies, for I ..ruy visit you, and aunlMfr unto jrou. not forsake you. ASA JKd 'ML , j " UgjUllMj ,1, TItTJOJKS, , An^ all kinds ot Vehielee, at . ^ 4. W- CRIMOLBY'S ' Biugwood, 111. I will not be undersold, material «nd Workmanship considered. Cefi[erafBlack?mithing, Aatl Repjarinw of. all kinds, in both Wood and Iron. Yirst class worfemeft employed and ^ Satisfaction Guaranteed. «J. W. CRIMOLBY. Rlngwood, March 11^, }#Hi. ^ - A Having r ecen t ly f i t t ed up our Sfl^^S^^feisnop near the biid^e, we are, ^^^^^Know prepared to furnish obi* ^^^H^HTcustomera .with Hf Fresh ant Salt Meats, ™ OF ALL KIND?, Sausage, Smoked lileas, &(Y -AT THE- ,/.iv Lowest Living Prices. We buy none but tho beat ot Meats, and flatter ourselves that we can offer our cus­ tomers meats in better shape than any other shop in this section, Thanktul for past favors we solicit aeon, tinuanse of the same, and we will guarantee to satisfy you both in quality and price. A- M FRETT. McHenry, HlpJEarch 17th. 1884. PUliP REPAIRING, CEMENTING, ETC. The undersigned is prepared to do all jobs 4n "•".s.'iliS' line of Digging Wells, Repairing # * Pumps, Cementing Wells, or will |>ut in -M: Nevi Pumps On short notice and warrant satisfaction. In short will do all work in this line. Can furaisb you a new Pump, either woei eriron, warranted, as cheap as any other man, Uood references furnished if desired. If you want a Well Dug, a Pump Repaired era new Pump, give me a call. 49~Orders by mail promptly attended to. Post Oflicc, Jehnsburgh, III. - Johnaburgh.^U?, May: Wheat Wanted. „TISD, AT the Fox River Valley ^go«3 MHIItig Wheat," fer W,*-*-*" lieat price in cash will be - R. Bir * • ASA W. SMITH, ATTORNEY AT LAW and Solicitor Chancery.--Woodstock, III. In S. F. BENNETT, M. ». f>HYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Also United i States Examining Surgeon. Richmond, Illinois. A. S. CHILD*, M. A, TTOSTBOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND SUlt II GEON, West McHenry, III. Galls promptly attended to, day or night. DHL C. R. WELLS. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Wanconda, I. Lakt Co., 111. All calls promptly attend­ ed, day or night. Office on Main St., east.,of Barker's harness shop. " A. M. CHURCH, Watclimaker and Jeweler NO, 35Fit TH AVE., Chicago, ill. Special attention given to repairing Fine wateh • m and Chronomc ters. s#\V Full Assortment of Goods in his line AT THE OLD STAND, % JACOB BONSLETT, SALOON%AND RESTAURANT, at the Old stand, opposite Bishop's mill, McHenry, 111. The choicest Wines, Liquors and Cigars to be found in the county. Warm or o»U meals on short notice on application. GOOD STABLING FOR HORSES. J. PEKOVSKY, CIGAR MANUFACTURE! Wholesale and Retail Dealt HANDLES nore but his own make.nttd will compare his Brands with the best made in the State. Store and Manufactory next door to the Post Office, McHenry, I" Culver House, RICHMOND. ILL. C.N. CULVER, - - PROPRIETOR, HA*lN3 recently purchased the above II ouse, I have put it in thorough repair, with new furniture throughout, and would respect-folly invite the patronage of the trav- ellng public and sthers. The tables will al­ ways t>e provided with the best that ran be procured, and polite'and attentive waiters will be in readiness at all times to attend to the wants of guests. No pains will be spared to make this a First Class House. Large and commodious barns on the premises. Free Omnibus to and from all trains. Sample Rooms on lirst floor. SALOON and RESTAURANT . .Buck's Old Stand, MoHENRY, ILLINOIS. Fine Kentucky Liquors, French Bitters, McHsary: Phil. Bast's Milwaukee Beet By the Bottle or Case. We buy none but the best aiicl sell at Reasonable Prices. Call and see me and t will use £ou well. •* ? ANTON* ENGELN. Mcflenry, III., 1884* ^ I HE. WIGHTMAN, Proprietor. First • class rigs, with or without drivers furnished at reasonable rates. Tgtyning of all kinds done on short notices UNDER TIT BSD B., if BAB THE vmm4 West McHenry Illinois. You Will Again||Ftad, "Uncle Bin, At all hours ready to show,old eustomer8 and new ones a choice line of - ~ FRUITS, RROCERIBS ASS PBtmSIQIS. To exchange for the Produce of the Oountrjr or even Cash, for <hat it is worth. Oaxmod Goods, ; "Green and Dried Fruits," • And in short everything usually kep4ln a flrst class Grocery, and at PRICES as Low as the Lowest, quality of Goods considered. fla*The Highest Market Price paid for all kinds vf Country Pioaface. B. GILBERT. est McHenry, III., *ep£'T8,188i. • ' 10-9-3m. DO YOU KNOW THAT Tbe Pi Henry County Tlie aani.al meetit Counly Agricultural the Court House. W« December let, 1884. President Richards ] Reports of Secreta* read and approved. Moved and carried read be published in i| Without cost to the Si SECRETARY'S President aud Mei Henry Co. Agriculturii Agreeable to the ' Society, we are call report the work of closing and select o| necessary arrange met to come. The entries this ye| follows: Stock, 447; pleinents, 400; culli products, grain and art, 65; fancy arid ment, 220; youth's ai 468. EXPENSES OF THE SEVKI Secratary's office, salary, - advertising, ribbons, tel tage, #272,74; loss 2500 pfe and tickets, #175; leavlnf ses .4 Treasurers snlary and aa* General .Superinteinient'S Police Gate tenders Lumber and labor. Straw and cutting hay o|j Total DIVIKO Provisionsaad utensils.,i Labor |^| Total.. As the Treasurer's : swu the receipts and the year, 1 will only tion to the matter of which were less tliani gross receipts all tn< entrance In trial for ten per cent of put the gross receipts, received for privilege both were some hui| less. The latter I pre| of the Boone and cttfifiiig the same we< in the management to the law governii^ privileges on fair grt ENTRll The entries this best in Vll departmej during the last four the assistance rend* the ladies of Wooi was made attractive work from the han< of eAiiibi tors throv for wiiich, the mani many obllgatt the Mc- icultural |the McBeury rd was hekl at cli, Monday »e chair, id Treasurer the reports »!itity papers )BT. of the Mc- »ard: laws of this together to year just and make tor the year fere 2212 as llcultural im- 293; dairy fetables, 3*28; >stic depart- liscellaneous, EHAKTMKNRB. .books, MM. POH. lists it expen 'her annual exhibitions, ing to regret (though it's. try-. 197 7* 65 25 «d 00 lfvi oo !^8S8, Dee. i, to w ' Treasurer... 771 99 3!)0 S3 2 25 00 615 88 Ct will give irsemente for 3rour Htten- ross receipts, of 1883. In received as id, which is credited to all monies This season Is of dollars on account >rd fairs oc- our8. Also ring strictly letting of »n were the K any held Owing to some of Floral Hall bceiving the rge number Ltlie country, lis are under it they may 1 have noth- I have given much t'me which perhaps would have brought me more wealth.) but much to be proud of in the small aiiount which I have accomplished,If in youroininon any good has been received. Wlioi- ever may succeed me in office, I trust .vou will be as grateful to him as you have beon to me, aud labor hard to still enlarge the great Industries of Mclleary county, and wdd renown to your ai nual expositions. Let each one do tlila. It will pay In the improvement of breed*, in the management of stock, in the oultlva-* tion of the soil, in the selection of superior seed, in the construction of better machienvy, so esseiial in times as now. The many collections aud exhibits of the products that we dig from the bosom of the earth, the narvests that we gather from Its surface, and the great variety of things useful and beautiful which are aggregated within the limits of your Fair Grounds. A general diffusion of practical know­ ledge will be effected aitd thousands of dollars adeed th the wealth ofMc. Henry County. •••31K. A. S. WRIGHT. Secreary. Woodstock. 111., Dec. 1, 1884. TREASCRKR'S REPORT. Mr. President and Gentlemen of the McHenry County Agricultural Board I have tee honor to piescnt the follow­ ing for the year commencing Dec. 4. 18S3, and ending Dec. 1, 18S4, as my report: RBCEirT&t Balance f^i. foxim; ^ ̂ ^ 1884. Jan 15 money borrowed of O M Hughes 350 00 Mch 3, money borrow'd of C M Hughes 50 00 Oct 8, of Jam«s Crow to take up halt o* Wheat note • 225 (10 Oct 7, of T McD Richards to take up half of Wheal note..... 225 00 To'al ou Aug 11 state Board of Agris«l#re. .... 100 wi Less exchange thereon ....... ,3 25 " Balance p 75 Sept. 2,3,4 and 5. . \"« / , • Annual membership tTe'RetS; .. .\. '.f.... 106 00 Yonihs'exhibitors ticket 8 00 A111 pi theatre tickets .... 87255 Double carriage everyday tickets...... IS 00 Single •• •' •« fisoo Two-horse carriage one day tickets ... 116 23 One-horse rarriage one day tickets..... 142 50 Horse anil rider tickets 1 00 Single admission tickets JBS8 20 Childrons'tickets 6290 Sept 11, team In two days of (looker Foote '. tary; A. E. Bonrne, Treasurer; A. W. Ander. son. General Superintendent. HXECCTTVB COMMITTEE. H Barber .1 .RHey John Snowden ...vt.....iT*.. ...Dunham Elias Glass.. Jas Bayard Burton" Wright. E Collison Isaac Harsh .... .. R W llager.... ....v.i D Eenton « M Lake Robert Forrest...*, d John Eddy A. W Smith ...... LWGhiss... Kiank Cole . Win Hoffhian \lden Seneca Greenwood ....i. Richmond ...«.'. McHenry <nk;.,.«w .. .Algonquin .', Marengo I,.i...j,...Chemung ........... ...... Hart la nd .--Coral '.M. ... Dorr ... ...».....4..Hebron . Burton ................. .Nunda Moved and cafi+ed t«at the Supt. of Classes A; B, C, and D be elected at tuis meeting, the balance by the Exe­ cute Committee. * Robert Forrest--Cattle. 0. W. Webber- Horse*. Isaac Harsh--Sheep. J. f*. Parker- Swine. ; There being no furtlier business, the meeting adjourned, A. S. WRIGHT, Setfy. Total Sept. 2. 3, 4 and B. Meal tickets.... ... ..... Society booth Food sold by Mark Illckox ..^.., Total.... Stands collected by Secretary .. Games and privileges Entrance Stall rent Oct. u, donation by B. N Smith Nov 29, of A S Wright from sale of goods and donations 150 .#3822 90 •55185 S23o 00 . 122 50 ..90.100 .. 78 00 1600 tlve Commit- has become ' • c** ^ ,l , 'X*1; Wi exhib g; Kosu Ltvai r pings, and BUM: ore the best a ereO. at the hands of the B tee:--Class B. Horses. It one of the largest departments at our annual exhibitions. Thofle who are at fault are those interested in the breed ing of horses, in not attending the ex­ ecutive meetings and ask for their rights, according to fhose protected in classes A C and D. There should be more classes no one denies who had any experience at the last meeting. Your worthy President has given an account of the Improvements done during the past four years, It may appear large, yet will you recall the grounds with their accommodations as they were In 1880. Does anyone ill ink we could have accommodated the thousauds who have attended our ex­ hibitions, with such improvements? I think not, It certainly would have been much beter for those who are elected your workers if they could have avoided it, and no doubt your President indorses what I am stating. The growth of the society demanded it, and no one can deny it. Even with our accommodations thi« season, we were unable to accommodate great many. We need more stalls, yet I am not in favor of any moie improve­ ments until semejof our indebtedness Is paid. We did fairly this season, our receipts paid our expenses, interest, Improvements and pne 9450 note. With good weather next year, no im­ provements. reducing some of the ex­ penses which»can be d >i e, we can pay not less than $1000. and perhaps $1500. Your finances were conducted under the direction of the . linauce commit­ tee who were meu honest and capable, an\l carefully examined each claim against the society, also made daily settlements with your treasuref. The finance committee's labors were large and laborious, and they are entitled to great praise of this society. ATTRACTIONS. As the attractions have beetijone of tbe great features of our annual ex­ hibitions, and I presume done much towards elevating the society. 1 desire In justice to myself to state that in my aim to secure men of national fame without much expense to the society, to stydioutly aHroid politics, and more so the past season, when each party were lighting so tenaciously fer su­ premacy. Therefore. I invited men of high rei.ewn of each party to meet with us and I have In my po^essioo communications of acceptances, One failed at the last moment to meet his engagement, and 011 solicitation of your President, I wired as late as the Second day of our Fair, a substitute. w|ho came, and was the only speaker who received one cent for his services; tub amount yeu can read from the treasurer^ report. The many other misstatements wfaich were so common at that time, Sfre not entitled to comments, and I am 6ure are forgotten by those who had any desire to have them trutful then. Suffice it to say no peron could or would desire to run a fair poliUcal- ly-knowing it wonlifl seriously cripple the finances of t ie society. In conclusion 1 desire to return ray kindest feelings to those who have been my associates In offioe, superintendents of departments and the exnibitors who responded so generously to my corres­ pondence. Without them 110 Fair could be a success. A Fair must have ,0 please the thousands who t. 1* requires a display from workshop and home. For 1 have been your. Secretary, large salary. My object ing that time as a resident county, to place her fore- !M& 39 00 Grand Total Receipts |5023 l'J VAYMENTB. aonej and tatertj -LYbor 52148 Meat, vegetables and supplies 377 19 Lumber aud hardware..... £88 51 Printing 858 (U Band 11(5 00 Secretary and assistant and expenses. 130 20 Bicycle. J17 85 Superintendent Slid police 112 75 Treasurer and ticket sellers B5 25 General John C. Black, for address... Ribbons and m$fchaiiMige...,. ........ Insurance ...J.,,.., ....... ........*t»*. ?Vve,y stamps Telegrams .*v.Wi »o 00 81 01 80 00 -82 00 00 'J 5G -0hA tweo 26 .. .. 2 90 Total payments Cash on hand to balance. Total My vouchers for the above payments are here and ready for yfwr inspection and approval. You have paid expenses this yeatf and 9400 which was borrowed to pay expenses last year; or there, has been a net gain of $400 tills past year. Your Hoard now owes: James Crow, bearing6 per cent lnt.....t£000 00 •' •' " 7 " '• " ... 825 00 T McD Richards •« 7 • " " .... 2225CO Total Interest bearing debt ..#4450 00 I am iuformed that there are some small bills yet to be presented. I think the balance in the treasury, with the $110 to be received from the state Board of Agriculture, will pay all bills outstanding except the Interest bear­ ing debt ae aforesaid. This is the mountain-load which we all desire to see removed. The holders of that in­ debtedness have no security except the notes of this Board, As an act of justice to them, I recommend that you by vote to-day, authorize your incoming president and secretary to issue mort­ gages and new notes, covering your real estate and buildings, thereby se­ curing them so far as you can against loss. I thank you for the honor conferred upon me by an unexpected election to this responsible position, I courteously decline re-election. . Respectfully submitted at Woodstock Illinois, thls&tr-day of December, A. D., 1884. ^ r A. E. BOURNE, Treas. Moved and carried that the lucoming President and Secretary issue mortga­ ges and new notes covering the real estate and buildings to James Crow and Thos, McD. Richards, for monies loaned the society, thereby securing them so far as possible from loss. On motion of Asa W. Smith the-fol­ lowing was read and carried: WHEREAS, The McHenry County Agricul tural Board is indebted for money loaned, in the sum of forty-four hundred and fifty dol­ lars. Now. therefore: Resolved, That said Board issue scrip in amounts ot Ave dollars or upwards in multiples of five dollars at Beven per cent interest, conditional that as often as the annual fairs yield a surplus over and above the current expenses, inclusive of ac­ crued interest, said surplus shall be prorated in the discharge or payment of the principal of said scrip. Provided, faid scrip hereby authorized be limited tothe amount of twenty two hundred and twenty-live dollars, and ap­ plied in the pavment of tho Indebtedness of that sum to •Thomas McD. Richards, and bo it further resolved that a committee be appoint­ ed to solicit subscribers for said scrip aud to countersign the same. Moved and carried that Asa W. Sn^ith be chairman o> that committee With power to select bis own assistants. On motion (tbe protest entered against entry in Class At Lot 1, 3-year old bull, made by C. H. Thayer at tbe last aunual fjktn, be sustained. Hotion carried. The following officers were elected for the following year: James Crow, President; Fred Hatch and A. 'Iks* Vlee-Pre^lontf: A. s. Wright, Secre- A LETTER FKOH M. M. CLOTHIER. ' WHATOOM CO., W. T., Nov. 20th, 1884. EDITOR PLAINDUALER.--Remember­ ing old friendships for many mtles a.ound the prairie home in Illinois, I will write another lotter to the PLAIN- DEALER, and follow the PLAINDEALER maxim :"Hew to the mark, let the chips fall where they may." I am away up In the Northwest nook ef Uncle Sam's domain (save Alaska, our neighbor). I will give a brief out­ line of West Washington, as best I citn in a general way after a sojourn of one year on this shore. There are about as many climates within the limits of this territory as there are States in the Federal Union. The letter I wrote the PLAINDEALER last February, particu­ larizing mainly about East Washing­ ton, I see no cause to modify. In my judgment the country west of the Cas­ cades possess greater advantages to all classes of settlers than does the east side. Especially is this the case in what is known as the Puget Sound Basin. There are numerous rivers and rich bottom lauds. A part of the Ocean shore is very good, the richest soil being in the neighborhood of Shoal Water Bay. But the most desirable l^id (all things considered) lies away up lie re in the curl of the Union tail, mainly l^lie counties of Whatcom and Skaget. There Is some choice land on the San Juan (sauwau) islands, and the fruit and berries grown ou the islands Is almost phenominal. Deer are nuraer one on the islands--and a npteance. They visit the rancher's gardens and help themselves. There are no panthers cougars on the Islands, nothing to In- there is on tlumaln I anil. There Is part of the United States (excepting California) that beats any comparison to this In yield and quality of fruit. I have just measured an apple that is 6} inches in diameter--about a fair aver­ age in four bushels grown on oue tree five years old, I have seen strawberries three inches in diameter, and more. Vegetables keep well up in the list of big yield, some simply immense. It Is ..15023 16 * great country for potatoes, 500 bush­ els per acre not an uncommon yield. No potato bugs here. One old clam eater clXiins 1300 bushels of potatoes on one acre. His statement mellows somewhat from tbe general supposition that he^takes no stock in a hereafter. Corn cannot be grown here--nights too cool. But all other grains yield in great abundance. On the Salt Flats oats range from 80 to 135. bushels per acre, barley aboftl SO and wheat from 50 bushel^tfpwards. The river bottom lands produce nearly as well. Timothy aud clover do exceedingly well. Our woods are: Cedar, spruce, hem­ lock, balm in-Gillead, alder, I irch, fir, cherry, poplar, willow and maple. Our game: Elk, deer, bear, panther,cata­ mounts, lynx and wolves. Plenty of ducks, a few geese, grouse and pheas­ ants in big supply. Bears are super abundant; seven bears were killed in my neighborhood in one week, an<! no one was hunting them, either. The bear most persistent in gathering up the rancher's swine, vears a bold face, can stand as tall as a cinnamon, and propels his ungainly carcass In the thickctwitha set of legs that labor like walking beams to a side-wheel steamer. The west shore panther is a cowardly but dangerous foe. Several have been killed this season. The annual rain fall about Belling- ham Biy is 29 Inches, while at Olympia less than 200 miles south the rain fail is about 60 Inches; and near Shoal Water Bay it sometim^s^exceeds 65 Inches, and In parts of East Washing­ ton tiiere is from four to eight months in the year with neither rain or dew. Not more than one-eighteenth part of all the territory is of any value for agriculture. A part of it shames the science of geology. Its wild mountain­ ous landscape is someflrha*. relieved by its mountains clad with eternal snow-- the chlefest of whtehjtre Ranier, Baker and Adams, all voloands. I am some 22 miles from Mount Baker, and standing at a point two miles west, one can see 13 white peaks from whiclr the snow never melts; It does Indeed seem in­ credible that this far north land should excel the Middle and Southern States In quality of its fruits and berries. The average temperature in winter U 44 degrees above zero and in summer 64 decrees. Reasons wily tl e climate is warm in winter aud cool la summer: „ THB JAPAN CURRENT. While the Atlantic has its (nlf stream the Pacific has - f' 4, « j, - ' ' << M, grander as the Ocean flows. It takes its Ocean, moving- northward eastern shore of Asia, gulf stream hugs the until it strikes the Al Here it divides, oil;: northwest through Bet other and larger portion ofi current bends southward, along the western coast of Amei Northern California, where a turns again northward. $£|i changes but two degrees 1,000 miles, the average being 50 degrees t^wlnter and grees In summer., \ This water flows Into Pa 380 miles Inland, and line of 1,500 miles, with t£'> tidal rise and fall of 13 feet, %| tremes being 8 feet and 22 feet, culating the area of thesomdM reasonable estimate that cubic yards of water are po&r and out of it every day by! This Japan current acts as a het moderate the rigors of winter." refrigerator to cool the air Jo 1 baying the same effect as <l»e»l stream of the Atlantic profWftl on the coast pf Norway, In closing Chis comtnunlcat say that I have not been form a half days labor stnee^ July, 1883, and the prospect fflSH ing health is poor indeed. 1 a settlers right last April, an¥l choice quarter section of land* paratively easy to clear. the way from $20 to |400 peiN to clcar ready for the plow, land is all oc$ipied and in« value rapidly. The genera Is wild and desperate. J(a are destitute, and there JUNyj over raauy a lonely cab|u, less and hopeless tiMin tfcoeiiv dark cedar*. - f v The greater part 6f tbe $»i| me came here after having meridian of life. IfejtHy Kansas, Texas, Nebraska and Da Generally speaking, Eastern particularly those on the pt can make a comfortable ill better stay right where theif ii* I hawing set my hand to the f&ce tho music. I could of course1 much more that would be of iti{ to some, while to others it may? that this letter is altogether too I will lay down my pen Hall" to friends tift l8*The question often occurs: what lilght can men live? A traveler in Asia, Mr. Webster, that in the mountains of Thiblet hi has lived for months at the height of more than 15,000 fee t above the ocean, with the following results: His pulse normally only sixty-three beats per minute, seldom fell below 100 beats ] minute during the time he lived at that altitude, ills respirations were o ten twice as numerous as under ^ ordinary circumstances. Aroiefljwlf yards would quicken both poise respiration more than a run of yards at the sea level, and the hi the altitude at which lie resided greater he found the difficulty walking or running fast. one u I&"The shrewdness of hit cently saved James Knowles Of At from no end of . trouble. He was ened In the night by feeling § of some kind crawling into i|t§> wife endeavored to extract _ which was causing her husband; ^pRtea£"^& pain. Failing in the effort, she fee. thought herself of the fact that ft 9* bright light attracts many ir.sects; so i she set her husband down with his ear to a kerosene lamp. In a moment * snapping bug half an inch long emerg* ed, which tbe lUtle woman promptly smote to the floor and stepped oil. Knowles thinks he had a very narrow escape. Mj0r"*There are quite a numberoa ^ peculiarities connected with cuffs. We have one customer, a clerk in Third National Bank, who is in habit of figuring on his cutis. times houses an analtne ^peucil.. it takes a good deal of work to the marks out. Then|he has a hah always turning bis cufls and mar up the other ends, so that by the! < they reach thff laundry they look like two dirty telegrams than any­ thing else. Quite a number of report* ers have the Fame to|iit, and ^i feansl the text and the ooUMt of.1 minister's sermon^l^on £ ysli* || Wednesday morning."--Jknwdrew &J Cincinnati Enquirer. Vi. a&rAn engine, said to be the smalt* est in the world, has been made by a watchmaker now conneeUl§*; with ft watch manufacturing com| described, the engine is right pattern, and i« 1 gold. It rests 00 a tt-ce and can be worked eithti compressed air. The little less than 1-16 of a ameter, with a little 11011 an inch stroke. The 1-3 of an inch in dl make sotnetbing revolwtioaak.amii is a sapphfr« «Ut