Show 1 the who fools or of the family s yesterday as the train over the great western railway was within alenty twenty miles of windsor a stranger begged the privilege of sharl sharing rg a beat seal williaman wIt jiin liaman a man named joseph graeb grace who lives in Dut dutchess chess chees county new york grace gadabout had about a hundred dollars iu in greenbacks green backs and in drafts drafta the stranger sat bat down talked divided his apples and aud peanuts with grace graca and then in a voice votes husky busky with emotion informed the farmer that be was in trouble he had hadt lost his money and aud must remain in darrolt Ds Dat troit rolt until be could write to concord new hampshire for bad a draft on an omaha bank I 1 but could not get it cashed until he be reached chicago and the upshot of the conversation was wms that grace lent him sixty eight dollars on reaching windsor taking a bogus check of bix alx hundred and fifty dollars as security when he be ascertained that he had been sold grace agreed with the public tha he be kasnot only a fool but one of that kini kind of fools with an expressive word preceding it and it was his bis earnest wish that eunice hear of it fool number two was a man named dennis padget Pd get en route from orleans county new now york to muir lonia ionia county with bis his family while waiting for the train to go out he be strolled up atwater street and dropping into a saloon was taken in charge by one of the gentry after drinking they walked out soon met operator number two who wanted pay for taking those things to the depot operator number one any money and so borrowed forty dollars of padget and sent him to the detroit milwaukee depot to watch for a trunk from which the money was to come to pay him back arriving at the depot he had the sell explained to him and found that he had not a dollar left he would not believe himself a victim for a long time but when convicted of it be swore enough to flaata last a family three throe months victim number three wa waa waw a young man named chag chab tompkins from the lumber woods coming corning down from saginaw bagin awan an operator got hold hoid of him film on the train borrowed twenty seven dollars from him and aud eave rave an order on the drovers bank of detroit for the amount the order was written on the leaf of a memorandum book stamped with a postage stamp and would have deceived no one but a greenhorn the operator lefi left the train at holly and tompkins Tomp kins kina looked all over the city for the my hicl hicso bank before ascertaining that he was a victim there is no hope that any of the operators will be caught aught ct as aa they probably left town as boonas soon boon as possible and will keep away for a time detroit 11 fres 2166 66 press march 16 SEED POTA POTATOES toes Tors at least one naif of the labor of cutting potatoes may be saved by using a common tin apple which any tinner will make for thirty cents set bet the permanently on a thick piece of plank six inches square so eo that the edges of the plow wilt will bo be uppermost in cutting into quarters only place the eye end of the potato on the centre of the and push the potato down so as to cu through the stem of the potato this will give each piece an equal shae of eyes if smaller pieces are dt sired cat cut as aa nearly through as aa possible and have the quarters hold together and then draw up tip the potato and cut across the quarters on one side of the wings of the into eight twelve sixteen or more pieces as wanted the pieces toward the stem end ead being cut the largest in cutting potatoes worth from ono one to twenty dollars per pound and where from three to nive five peeks pecks only are used need to seed ah aun acre we cut potatoes into quarters or eighths lengthwise and then subdivide the eyes eye sinto into from two to eight pieces giving each eye as near ly as possible an equal share of the potato these very mall mali pieces beem keem to produce as well as aa large ones cues if the the ground is not too dry while they are starting three to five bushels of seed per acre is piet pier plenty ity ohio farmer ii D SCOTT ecott A BURNING SHAME bhame we see thal thab a bill Is before the legislature to forbid members of any city government or its itei of officers ficera being interested in furnishing materials for the use of the city now what enemy to the joys of office could have been guilty of so small a piece of business after aman a man has sp spent enthis lits montry and worked night and day to get into the cammon common council in order that he may way thrust his bis hand into the public coffers is he to be thwarted by process of law we shall next have enactments to prevent favoritism and taking fees for advocating doubtful measures will be made criminal members of school committees will wiil be interfered with in their inalienable right to appoint friends to situations in our public schools regardless of capacity and they will not be permitted to introduce textbooks text books published by concerns that have given them a per for their influence our oar law makers will be made law breakers for daring darlng to listen to the auriferous music or of the lobbyist this is 18 all very wrong and it if it ib bd ba permitted to togo logo go on there is no rio knowing where it may stop atop not furnish materials for the use of the city shall a councilman in the paper interest be prevented selling his wares to the government at double their market price because beholds he holds office shall a member who has a coal yard be forced to resign the happy privilege of selling eight ton tons of coal for len ten because he filla filk a place of public trust perish the thought 1 at this rate office will not be ba worth the holdi jg ig and we shall have a plod plodding dirig tiresome honest het set betot of virtuous people holding the reins in stead of enterprising public spirited ani aal and typical men of the day boston globe |