The sweetest man we know of in
Richland county is S. I. Freeborn,
the Ithaca apiaryist, for whom the
busy bee has already laid up twenty
thousand pounds of honey this
season. —Republican.
The most encouraging crop reports
come from the northwest. Says
the St. Paul Pioneer Press: There
is no change in the general tenor of
the crop reports from all sections.
The farmers are busily engaged in
harvesting their wheat, and one and
all claim a most abundant yield.
Young, old, and middle-aged, all
experience the wonderful beneficial
effects of Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. Young
children suffering from sore eyes,
sore ears, scald-head, or with any
scrofulous or syphilitic taint, may
he made healthy and strong by its
use.
The C. M. tfe St. P. Ry. will sell
tickets to Northwestern Soldiers’
and Sailors’ Reunion, to be held at
Chicago, August 26 to 29, at fare
and a third for the round trip. To
bands and military companie* of
ten or more, traveling together, at one
cent per mile each way. Tickets
on sale, Aug. 24 to 29, inclusive, good
to return until September Ist.
While dusting a bunch of ban
anas, E. A. Behan, of Janesville,
found a rodent so surrounded that
there was no exit for him except
to eat his way out. The tawny
traveler is about the size of a half
grown rat, but a colored gentleman
who is acquainted with the species
says he is only about half grown,
lie somewhat resembles our ferret,
and has teeth sharp as a needle. —Ex.
