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Show Vr': 9 ' . - . " s t a r.-- f V 'its , Ty ,'V- THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH. UTAH Hl'M-- 1 :: 1 1 I H-H- 4I 1 l 'l 'M H-H-- W 1 I Wonderful Evolution of the Homely Plow j; AFTER 40 j Constipation may very easily become 0 day of days! Flower-crownebright with the light d face Of pride and victory, and yet with And eyes, you hold a new significance! Today, this lovely earth, in all its May-tim- e blossoming. bloom Bears not enough of tender dew-wTo cover graves, both old and new, nor strew The moaning, restless seas in memory ' Of our brave dead. , Chronic after forty. And any continued constipation at that time of life may bring attacks of piles and a host of half-veile- f ' a tear-fille- d other unpleasant disorders. 'Watch your bowels at any age. et Guard them with particular care after forty. Whenever they need any help, remember a doctor should know what is best for them. Dr. Caldwells Syrup Pepsin is a doctor's prescription for the bowels. Tested by 47 years practice, it has been found thoroughly effective in relieving constipation and its ills for men, women and children of all ages. It has proven perfectly safe even for babies. Made from fresh laxative herbs, pure pepsin and other harmless ingredients, it cannot gripe; will not sicken you or weaken you; can be used without harm as often as your breath is bad, or when your tongue is coated; whenever a headachy, bilious, gassy condition warns of constipation. 0 birds, sing out your gladdest, merriest tunes! You cannot stir the dead in their long, dreamless sleep. But you may cheer sad ones who kneel Beside the graves; or hearten those whose loved ones rest In a far land, where other hands than theirs Must place an offering. .t bowel trouble ( . V k Progress of the Plow: 1 F linys Plow, 70 A. D.; as Jobs Plow; 3 Daniel Websters Plow; 4 5 The Egyptian Plow. 2 The Syrian Plow, Known Jethro Woods Plow, 1819; cided improvements began to appear agricultural implement has Imin plows. While traveling in France, of more a series long proved through inventions down through the ages than Thomas Jefferson noted in his diary, The awkward figure of their has the plow, declares Clarence A. leads one to consider what OBrien. Washington patent attorney. hardly any listened. Their stories had While many farm implements were should be its form. By 1793 Jefferson all been beard before, and nobody had determined what the proper form conceived in a somewhat originally seemed to see their hats. Occasionally advanced stage, the plow Started from of the moldboard should he and had one of them tried u brave in use on his large estate in Virginia scratch, literally. to harmonica accompaniment, The original plow, according to Mr. several plows with moldboards of but his whoops died quickly as the OBrien, was a forked stick or limb small resistance. While subsequent fiddles tuned up in the town hall of a tree with a projecting point With improvements have been made. JefferCivil Wars Great Issues. son has the distipetion of having in this implement the ground was broken vented the first moldboard constructed Now things havent changed much, by dragging the fork or projecting according to scientific and mathematiexcept that the young people take' point of the stick through the ground, charge early in the morning and there forming a continuous furrow. Thus cal principles. Plow of Cast Iron. doesnt seem "to be any time for the the fork of the stick was the share, Charles Newbold. a farmer near old veterans at all. Many a town has while the main part of the stick was' not a single Grand Army member left ; the beam. Burlington, N. J.. in 1796 made a plow One of the first improvements, as of cast iron with the point, share and in the few towns where one or two survive the march to the cemetery is shown in plows of this kind pictured moldboard all cast in one piece. The New Jersey farmers, however, did not usually omitted, for it has been found on Syrian monuments, was a brace bethat at the age of eighty-fivaccept this innovation. In 1819 Jethro fhq strain tween the share and the beam to hold Wood, of Scipio, took out a patent for of listening to vociferous exercises the tree limbs more firmly together. a While model was earlier the too even much be a that for heart plow made of cast iron and combin operated may went through Shiloh. Thus the day by one man. it is apparent that two or IPg the best features of those designed tends to become more and more a more men were required to handle the by Jefferson and by Newbold. His romantic formality, a legal holiday Syrian plow. ' plow had the point, share and mold board fastened together so that worn which allows tired citizens to take First Home of the Plow. a trip in an automobile with a flag Upon a very old monument of anparts could be replaced. By 1825 it had practically replaced the stuck in the radiator cap. Perhaps cient Egypt, the country which seems n this is just as well. For the Civil war to have been the first home of the plows of earlier days. While the United States patent office is unique among otir countrys great plow, Mr. OBrien says, a picture wars in this respect: the Issues which shows a ' number1 of men dragging a lists many later Improvements, in the main the best plows today closely reit decided seem remote, fantastic and plow by means of a rope. ; Another Egyptian monument of a semble in design that patented by without application in this day. On the Fourth of July as we listen to later date shows a plowing scene with Jethro Wopd in 1819. the Declaration of Independence the animals drawing the plow. The EgyptThe gang plow appeared about the principles which it enunciates seem ian plow shows an improvement over middle of the Nineteenth ' century in startlingly close at hand; we rub our the crooked stick of the Syrians, in order to take care of the needs of the farmer in the vast prairie, and while eyes and realize that this document of that it had a broader share, thus makthe Immortal signatures is very much ing wider furrow that Would break originally drawn by horses, they were alive today. On Armistice day, as we more ground. It also had two handles later drawn by steam. John Fowler, listen to the Fourteen Points, the instead of one and was apparently a about 1865, introduced steam plowing World war seems almost to be going fairly effective implement. in England,- drawing two sets of plows. on yet; these Fourteen Points still And today it is not uncommon to find Vergil, in his Georgies, a writing form the basis of statemens deliberatractors drawing' a number of plows which formed part of a movement in the First century tions, and how hey are to be applied turning a breadth of many feet at one r , time.!-- . is still a vital matter in many places B. C., showed little improvement over on the earth. But on Memorial day, the Egyptian plow. Pliny, a Roman as we listen to the Gettysburg speech, writer of the First century A. D.. reSource of Potash for ;; fers to a plow that had wheels to regeverything seems hazy. Union.? SlaveAmericans Is it possible that ; Potatoes ulate the depth. It also had a coulter, ry? Not Material or knife, 'fixed in front of the share fought over them? Did the great conResults a of test with potflict settle anything which would not to make the first cut of the sod. Mr. ash carriers for potatoes at the South have settled itself had we been paOBrien Intimates, however, that such Carolina station show that, while potient enough to wal a little longer? a plow was not in general use in tatoes need it not matter does potash, New York VVorld. Plinys time. so much from what source the potash Plow With Wheels. is hbtained. Muriate of potash, sulA thousand years later, however, a PRESIDENTS TRIBUTE phate of potash, and kainit frere used plow with wheels and coulter was on a sandy river bottom soil that seldoubtless in common use. It had evidom overflows. The average difference dently spread up into England, since between sulphate of potash and mus extant drawings show riate of potash was only 3.3 bushels of the Eleventh century using plows per acre ; between sulphate of potash of this description. One of these arid kainit, 4.9 bushels; and between shows a plow with two wheels pulled kainit and muriate, 8.2 bushels. Muby four oxen. riate produced larger yields than sulFive hundred years later, at the time phate five out of the six years, and Columbus discovered America, the kainit larger yields than sulphate four plow showed little further improveout of the six years. The difference ment. It was still the clumsy wooden between the plot and muricontraption of earlier ages. was 30.5 bushels. ate, The next improvement of record. Mr. OBrien says, is found in an old book published in 1652 a double plow that Mulching With Paper Is would cut two furrows at one time. Favored for Moisture In the early seventeen hundreds, Dutch The paper mulch, as it is called, is plow makers began to put moldboards on their plows to lift up and turn over a heavy grade of paper, quite similar the slice of sod cut by the share. Prior to that put on roofs. The seed, of to that time the plow simply ran course, must be planted in the ground and must not be covered with the pathrough the ground and stirred it up. This improvement was quickly copied per, or It will never come up. The use of the paper is between the rows by other nations, with the moldboard later cased with plates of iron. of plants, where it keeps the weeds It was not until about 1800 that the from coming Up,' and prevents the share was made of iron with a hardground from being excessively dried ened steel point The coulter was also out.' The common way is to plant the of iron with a straight stick for the seed as usual and then ' spread this beam. paper 'between the rows, so as hot to - President - Hoover Firat Moldboard Plow.'- cover the plants, and weight it down making stirring address to veterans as part oi annual In the United States in the latter with pieces of stone or earth, so that Memorial day ceremonies. the wind will not move it part of the Eighteenth century, de No mold-boar- Memory of Older Decoration Day f I fs : ' f There was a time, within the memory of those of ns who have reached the age of discretion, when Memorial day was a fine holiday indeed, with to Impress its signifilively goings-ocance tapon us. ' On the town green assembled the town carpenter, the keeper of the livery stable, the owner of the Acme furniture store, the town constable, the president of the First National bank, the teacher of mathematics in the high school, the driver of the express wagon, the agent at the steamboat wharf and the judge of the Circuit court-pro- saic old gentlemen all. and on other days of the calendar dignitaries to he greeted respectfully but with no great - show of awe. Today, however, they wore an air of vast importance: they were togged in blue suits of impressive cut, somehow reminiscent of the pictures in the .listory book, and they wore hats of the sort affected by the late William Frederick Cody, whereof the crown was adorned with a gold wreath and the letters G. A. R., lending a very military - appearance to the whole turnout. " Order of March.With These assembled together many lesser fry also attired in uniforms of various colors and cuts; and present ly. after a marshal wearing a red sash had ridden up and down for a while on a black horse, there was a bugle call and the parade assembled The order of march was as follows: His Honor the Mayor. Band. Cornet Silver Orpheus Grand Army of the Republic. Water Witch Fire Company. Semper Fidel is Fire Company. Red Men. Junior Order United American Mechanics. Short Pants Brigade (predecessors of the modern Boy Scouts, and every bit as patriotic). When all these had been formed in-- , to line the march to the cemetery began. As to what took place there the memory of most of us will be hazy. Suffice it to say that the exercises. while somewhat puzzling as to their import, were agreeably vociferous. and when they had come to an end we all felt that a great deal had been accomplished. On the way back to town, if there was not a thunderstorm, there was a great deal of. dust, so that the blue uniforms, so impressive in the afternoon, were by evening the least bit bedraggled. Younger Folks Take Charge. Or were they? Perhaps they only seemed so. For by this time the heroes who wore them were quite forgotten; the evening was (.iven over to a town dance, and the young people were in full charge. Valiantly the veterans tried to hold the limelight The President of the First National bank walked up to the post office to get his mail his blue coat changed for an alpaca but his military hat still in place; and not one of the girls fluttering through the dusk paid the least bit of attention td' him. His on the comrades stood around street corners retelling great stories as inducement Jo all who would stop and listen; but few stopped and n ,4 , I . - - Ji . r t ? .i "If' " t - r4rU 'A y fc'x X 'fr i. V J , i4 : - ' buck-and-wi- Dr. W. B. Caldwells SYRUP PEPSIN A Doctor's Family Laxative Dig for Gold in Streets Residents of Bendigo City, Australia, have been given permission to dig for gold in the streets. When the rich Bendigo gold field first boomed, a city sprang up, and much likely ground was covered by wide streets. Now that known veins have been largely worked out, prospectors have turned attention to the city it: k self; e - - half-woode- n, half-iro- - back-to-the-la- six-ye- ar Largest Seller in 121 Countries A Wowl Young Joe had attained the glory of long pants and spats at the same time and inthetnidst of his sartorial parade a friend of the family rather quizzically inquired, pointing to the spats, Say, kid, what do you call those? But the younger generation is not to be caught unprepared, and the boy replied promptly, Why, those are my puppy blankets! Dr. Pierces Pellets are best for liver, bowels and stomach. One little Pellet for s laxative three for a cathartic. Adv. . Anglo-Saxon- American Art for France One of the most magnificent pieces of work of its type ever done In this country, a stained glass window 30 feet high and 15 feet wide, has been completed at the studio of Charles J. Connick, in Boston. It will be installed in the American church in Paris. Fron Ancestors The following question was asked in a sociology class recently, Can you name something handed down to us by our primitive ancestors? Old clothes, replied a dreamy ; , student. , s LIVER TROUBLES Coated tongue, bad breath, constipation, biliousness, nausea, indigestion, dizziness, insomnia result from acid stomach. Avoid serious illness by taking August Flower at once. Get at any good druggist. Relieves promptly sweetens stomach, livens liver, aids digestion, dears out poisons. You feel fine,eat anything, . . - . f r with -- UGUST f LOWER |