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A SIGHTLN FARM.

Among the substantial farmers of the town is A. R. Humphrey, whose farm is located on the very brow of Town hill. An extensive and varied view is obtained from his house, taking in Lake Wara- maug in the distance. It ie beautiful spot. Mir Humphrey has a 200 acre farm and sells cream to the Aspetuck creamery. His dairy consists of from l2 to l5 cows and he keeps three or four horses. Mir Humphrey has often been solicited to accommodate city bOarders, and may decide to do so another season.
 Frederick Johnson delivered a second address on the fair one week from the first and was listened to with pleasure by q good audience. We are glad of it. The fair is all universities combined. The highest conceptions of embodied archi- lecture, art and sculpture were exhibited | therein. Many were amused who saw it, 1 but could not tell it. Those who saw it and can give a reasonable description of il, cannot but be very serviceable to their fellow men who could not go and see it.
 The Center school has closed. The teacher, Mrs Chadwick, has gone to Dal- ton, Mass, with the expectation of re- suming her work after Thanksgiving Mrs Chadwick is an excellent teacher. Her knowledge of human nature and | pedagogical experience, make her a de- sirable person to have the care and tuit- ion of our children. The schools in Col lcgc Farms and New Street have also closed.
 We are glad that the departure of our morning mail has been changed from 6 to : q. m. At this season of the year and so for month or two to come, 6 o'clock seems little early for some people.
 There was delightful Thanksgiving gathering at Miner Strong's. Itincluded the families of A. R. Humphrey, Dea Curtis and C. II. Curtis.
 There is a faith cure minister from New Britain holding evening meetings in town, commencing with one in the Cen ter school house, Tuesday evening. Mrs Nj. Knapp was called home by the illness of her sons wife, who is now, it is hoped, convalescing.
 Mrs c. J. Barnum has gone to Kent for the winter.
 1 Henry Parmelee from Romford has moved into William Forestalfs house.
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new one. The charm of antiques is being sacrificed to the effort to produce this impression, and grandmother's gems do not know themselves In their new places on chatelaines, and in belt buckles and hat pins. It all seems very pitiful.
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Skirts should be satin lined all the way up, but you can make it half way and finish with crinky paper satin and get along very well. To prove that the silk or satin you use in your train is the best you must let the selvages show on the outside instead of on the inside. But you may cut off the selvege of your rather cheap silk or satin, run a narrow bright ribbon in it's place and the ribbon will pass for selvego.
 The double skirted gown shown here with is made from blue cloth, and trim med with Ick velvet studded with jet beads. It seamless corsage of the cloth is trimme' with bands of ietted velvet which sin "late a short jacket and under
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Litchfield County News.
WARREN.
WINTER IS NEAR.

We have had slight touch of winter in snow and Ice. We saw a few small children enjoying themselves on little bit of ice one day. We'll, everything is beautiful in it's season and when we were boys ourselves, we had as great liking for ice as children now. It has it's fas- cinatiOns. It is curious, wonderful. Why not? We need not pause to give the req son. It is instinctive and instinct in it self, is as good as reason in itself. So we say
 Dear children play the lvelong day
 Ere care shall banish it away;
 Let instinct guide the youthful sight
 And sport and play with all your might.
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LANESVILLF.

Dr Knowles and son George visited rel atives in Danbury, last Sunday.
 Miss Emma Giddings has returned to Arthursburg.
 Mrs Fred Warner entertained her un- cle and lis wife, MT and Mrs Robert Er- win, the fore part of the week.
 Mrs George Cummings has some very fine turkeys.
 Mir and Mrs Erwin Tnttle were at Mrs
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The Horse.
CLIPPING HORSES.

ESPECIAL CoRREspoNDEscE OF THE REEL
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WEST GOSHEN.
STATEMENT OF THE GOSHEN CREAMERY

The following statement of the Goshen Creamery Co.,, for the month of Septem- Der, will be perused with great interest. It is as follows
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Trumpcte anJ Toys ul all sorts but no trash. That was purposcIy left out in ,cIrc
 tions. The Big Basement has been made even bigger through shifting and turning and addi. z more floor space. The Toy Fair will indeed hc
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Blocks and Billy tioal,. Horses an,I Cart, ILlu",
 and
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 Ilinkuta
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Mothers and Daughters.
ABOUT FASHIONS.
 Skirts.-An Era of Extravaganza.

ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE BEE
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We have no old stock that we want to sell. We are not overstocked and need money. We not going out of busness store is not to let We have no bankrupt refuse to offer at any price We have nothing but good clean goods of the very latest
 this seasons make.
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avo % m ~ kindly bestowed
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ones d, cheap in proportion.
 Banks and Balls, Building
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-11-16
UNIFORM METHODS.
What Should BE the Motto of Every
Dairyman in America:

What Should BE the Motto Of Every
Dairyman in America:
A writer in Practical Dairyman cor
rectly says that uniform conditions
should at all times govern the private
dairy, or as nearly SO as is possible in
our varia BILE climate. This can be ac-
complished by the judicious use of ice
in summer and artificial heat in win
ter, and thus uniform product can be
obtained. Keep your milk at a uniform
temperature while Dreaming, the cream
at uniform temperature while ripen-
ing, and also while ehurning. Salt
evenly, working the butter as nearly
alike each time the churning is done as
you possibly can, and the result of
your labor will always be most crafty
ing both to yourself and your Gus
toners, as you can always duplicate
your product Nothing is SO disas-
trous to the priva te dairy as the adop-
ton of haphaZard methods in conduct
ing it. If the customer receives one
good package of butter he never knows
when he will receive another. and he
looks for some other brand and we lose
his patronage, and soon becoming dis
couraged we abandon the enterprise,
advantages and usually at u loss, all
for the lack of proper methods success
fully applied. Uniform conditions and
a uniform product should be the motto
of every private dairyman in this coun-
try, for it is only by this method sue
cess can be attained
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-11-16
DAIRY SUGGESTIONS.

WHEN a cow stops chewing her cud
while being MIXED someth ing has gone
wrong to disturb her.
MORE patience and more good com
mon sense in milking and handling the
heifer with her first calf would pre-
vent the spelling of many a COW.
THE Kerry COW is growing in popu-
laritv in England as dairy cow. She
possesses the remarkable characteristic
of producing splendidly upon little
food. She weighs 600 to 200 pounds
THERE is used for soap grease and
other purposes than buttering bread
800, 100000 pounds of bad butter every
year in this country. Even at 10 cents
a pound there is loss of $50, 900, 900.
YOUNG heifers that run with cows
learn the habits of cows to a marked
degree and it is we'll to treat them pre-
ciSely as COW is treated. One dairy
man goes so far as to handle the animal
as if she were being MIXED. In that
way he has trained cow when she
drops her first calf-Farmcrs' Voice.
IN drawing off buttermilk, the Ma
tional Stockman says: You can catch
all the granules that run out with the
buttermilk with strainer made this
way: Make bottomless box, four by
six inches, with side pieces projecting
far enough to rest on the top of a
bucket; tack some fine wire cloth on
the bottom of the box and you have
good and efficient strainer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-11-16
FARM AND GARDEN.
STRAWBERRY BEDS.
Brush Screen Recommended by the
Minnesota Experiment Station.

Brush Screen Recommended by the
Minnesota Experiment Station.
The Minnesota Experiment station
advises brush screen, placed six feet
above the ground, for shading straw.
berry beds Many complaints have
reached u.s." S. B. Green writes, in
Bulletin 25. sof the difficulty of secur-
ing good crop of Strawberries in ex-
posed places on the prairies, even when
the plants had grown well and both
planted. This trouble is probably due
to the pollen being too much dissipated
by the wind, and further to the drying
up of the fruit after it is set by the hot
sun and winds With the object of
finding a remedy for this trouble, some
preliminary experiments have been un-'
dertaken, in one of which part of the
strawberry bed, including mostly
plants of late variety. named Parker
Earle, was shaded with brush screen,
such as we use for protecting evergreen
seedlings, and as shown in the cut
herewith. The result was that the
plants under the screen matured all
the fruit. while on those not thus
shaded many berries were sun-scalded
and many others failed to ripen. In
the first case we had a full crop: in the
second, perhaps one-half. This is con-
frmatory, though not by any means
conclusive, data on which to recon-
mend this practice to those wishing to
grow strawberries in very exposed
places. But it would seem. however, a
very rational suggestion, when we re-
mem Der that generally the best fruit,
and certainly the best late fruit of
Strawberries, is found in the wild state
in locations somewhat protected and
shaded. and that in such places the
foliage is seldom affected with fungo
diseases.
The past season was in point of
moisture an exceptional one and not
the best in which to make this trial a
good screen for this purpose is made
by setting posts with natural crotches
in one end connected together by
poles and covered with willow or
other brush sufficient to give play of
light and shadow on the bed, but not
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-11-16
SOME WORLDS WONDERS.

TIE most ancient catacombs are
those of Egypt, over 1900 years old.
THE finest collection of antiquities
in the world is in the British museum.
THE largest bell in the world is in
the Kremlin at Moscow, AS, 900 pounds
THE largest university is Oxford; it
has twenty-one colleges and five halls
THE largest American city park is
Paramount, at Philadelphia, 2.740 acres.
THE tallest stone tower is the Wash
ington monument at Washington, 555
feet.
THE greatest inland sea is the Cas-
plan. which is 700 miles long by go in
width.
The best whispering gallery is in
the dome of st. Paul's cathedral in
London.
THE largest ship was the Great East
ern, 600 feet long, lis feet broad; H.
600 tons.
THE most disastrous food was that
of Holland, 1880; 100000 persons
drowned.
THE Oldest known pottery is that of
Egypt: some of it dates from nearly
1900 b. c.
THE Oldest written history is that
contained in the books said to be writ
ten by Moses.
THE largest tunnel is that under the
st. Gothard pass. It is nine and one
half miles.
THE Oldest natural weapon is the
club: the Oldest manufactured weapon
is the sword.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-11-16
LITTLE CURIOUS THINGS.

JUMBo's bones weighed exactly 2,400
pounds after every shred of flesh had
been cleaned from them.
THE hat worn by Napoleon at the
battle of Eylau was sold in Paris in
1895 for 4 sum equal to $500 in United
States currency.
ONE OF the most priced relics belong
ing to the New York Historical society
is the tail of King George III s horse.
1t was taken at Bowling Green.
THE poet Shelly feared being buried
alive. In order to guard against it he
ordered his heart removed. This queer
relic is still preserved at Bascombe
manor, Bournemouth, England.
THE thiable was first called the
thumb bell,' because used on the
thesnb instead of upon the finger, as at
present. ''Thimble," therefore, is OBJ
viously a contraction of thumb bell
TIE sultan of Turkey is a mono
maniac on the subject of carriages. He
has been steadily engaged in making
q collection of such vehicles for the
past twenty years and now has nearly
five hundred Of all makes and kinds.
TRAJAN. the Roman emperor, had
palace sunSen under Lake Neni. It
was five hundred feet long, two hun
dred and seventy feet wide and sixty
feet high. There was an arched tun-
mel leading from the shore to the main
entrance.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-11-16
FLOWERS, SHRUBS AND TREES.

THE great oaks in Waver1y, Mass,
are survivors of an oak forest that
must have existed in that region. ac-
cording to the biologists, as far back
as the tenth century.
IT is stated that one New Yorker
living opposite Central park expends
one hundred and fifty dollars monthly
upon his roof garden. and there are
no less than six such parterres in the
city.
ORCHIDS are comparatively new to
florists and the public, but they are
becoming more common, and at the
same time more perfect, every year. In
spite of the fact that they are very
expensive, as indeed all the choice
blooms are nowadays, they are often
seen in the florists supplies.
AS THE season for lifting dahlias is
here, it may be well to say that the
roots ought to be turned stems down
ward as soon as the tops are cut off.
and kept SO until spring. The losses
Of dahlias during the winter, other
wise than by freezing, are mostly
caused by neglect of this precaution.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-11-16
VIEW OF THE APpIAN WAY.


this We're placed large fat blocks of
smooth lava well joined together.
forming an even, uniform surface and
although 1900 years have passed since
its construction vet ruins of the splen-
did viaduct are still extant. Traces of
these old Roman highways are still
found in England and other parts of
Europe. The fall of the empire
brought an end to the construction of
roads.
John Loudon Macadam, the Scotch
inventor. who died in 1885, repudiated
the theory that the road needed stone
foundation and maintained that the
soil itself. if properly drained, formed
a sufficient support for the heaviest
loads. He drained the roadbed thor
oughly and covered it with surface,
not less than seven inches in thickness,
of small broken stone not to exceed the
size of walnut. Macadam was the
first to discover that stone broken into
small segments would concentrate into
a solid mass under pressure and form a
durable surface. The popularity of
Over 90, 900 miles of it were built in
England in less than 10 years.
1t is generally conceded that the
stone road on the Macadam plan
that is well-drained bed covered with
small, uniformly broken stone to the
depth of six to eight inches, we'll
pressed with heavy rollers-is the best
and cheapest road that can be built
The French boulevards are mainly con-
structed according to this plan. and
thousands of miles have been built in
the United States, 1t is evident that
the time is rapidly approaching when
this system of road-making will be-
come universal-Highway Manual of
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-11-16
Treatment of Old Trees.

Favorite old apple trees have some
lines become like brush heaps by al
lowing the heads to grow profusely
and the stems and branches infested
by the growth of moss. Still more inn
portant than pruning is to give them
good cultivation. Manure spread broad
cast should not be omitted. Here
ere four requisites, which when
neglected make the difference be-
tween fine delicious crops and
small scabby apples The success of
this treatment has been shown by
few examples. when trees had become
SO old as to nearly cease bearing, while
a portion of the smaller branches We're
actually dead They grew in grass.
They were pruned by cutting out all
the dead shoots, and good form thus
given to them. The ground was
MANFRED broadcast With some Of
them the grass was suffered to remain,
but was closely -grazed and well-ma-
nured: with others the whole sur
face was cultivated and made mellow.
The crops which these trees afterward
afforded repaid many times the labor.
A striking change was effected.
One of the best ways of preventing
crotched trees from splitting is to twist
or fasten two small limbs together. As
the limbs grow they will prevent split.
ting.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-11-16
An Apostle of Good Roads.

John Loudon Macadam was County
Down surveyor. He wrote several
treatises on road making of revolu-
tionary character. His proposal was
to make roads by laying down layers
of broken stone. which he said would
become hardened into a solid mass by
the traffic passing over them. For a
time he was the subject of much ridi-
Guile, but he persevered, and proved his
theory in practical fashion. The inn
portance of the invention was acknowl-
edged by a grant from the government
of ten Thousand pounds, which he &C
cepted. and by the offer of a baronetcy.
which he declined He lived to see
the worlds highways improved by his
discovery. and the English language
enriched by his name
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-11-16
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SCREEN FOR SHADING STRAWBERRY BED.

SCREEN FOR SHADING STRAWBERRY BED.
enough to keep out more than half the
sunlight. l think it would be we'll to
have such bed in a somewhat pro-
tected location. Such treatment
might not be practicable on a large
scale, but it is so very Inexpensive and
simple that it is we'll worth trying in a
small way in the home garden. We
shall report further on the matter
when we have more fully investigated
it, and make this simply as report Of
progress and as suggestion to fruit
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-11-16
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health Of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in tho
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; efEectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by oil drug
gists in Soc and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-11-16
ANCIENT AND MODERN.

structure of tho Appian Way and Mao
adams Road Theories.
The ancient Carthaginians builtroads
Tor the transportation of troops and
military supplies, but well defined
roads did not exist until the golden
age of the Roman empire. In no one
thing does Roman civilization appear
to greater advantage than in the du-
rable. massive structure of her high
ways The most important of these
roads was the Appian way, Via Appia.
which extended from Rome to Brundi-
SUM, distance of $50 miles
It was constructed by digging 2
parallel trenches. 2 or feet In depth,
at the bottom Of which were placed
layers of fat stones in mortar. upon
which a layer of cobblestones was
placed, also laid in mortar; then came
q course of pebbles or concrete; over
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-11-16
A POLICY DEVELOPED.
so,.. Important Results Of the Congress
sional Struggle.

rmnortane Results OF the Congress
sional Struggle.
One of the two colossally sordid bar
A;ns of the Fifty-first congress has
keen wiped from the statutes OF the
Ir,;tad States. The work of removal
which. the house. body four times as
laroe. accomplished in two weeks, after
/. br;lliant and exhaustive debate, the
s,uo0ish senate has occupied two
months in doing.
The will of the country has been ex-
.,tad. The bullion purchase make
@s;ft win no longer threaten the sta.
sy Of the currency :. a1 sse s S;m sesl Ge
is,.s;s the people have desired and or
IT,, can be begun logically and with
.out suoterfuge h.;,.ss
wh.t of tho effect upon business,
...,,,,. r.rties and upon the monetary
I ponsy to the granting of relief WIN
ne. ae~ Y p sixty.flvs million active people
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-11-16
THE TARIFF NEXT.

BY the Repeal of the Sherman Statute
Democracy Has Redeemed It's Pledge.
The democratic party by repeating
the Sherman statute, OF so much of it
as was matter of oEense, has SO far re-
deemed its pledge to the country.
The session was called mainly to con-
slider this matter. Other business would
have been proper, but this was tho
main business. and having been &C
complished congress disperses for what
it considers needed rest.
Congressman will have respite Of
thirty days before the reassembling of
congress in the ordinary session. The
session will proceed all the quicker be-
cause the organization of the session
has already been perfected, and there
will not be the delay which is usual
and which carries a new congress be-
Sond the holidays in choosing a speaker
and organizing the house. 1t remains
for the democratic majority in the ma
tional legislature to redeem its prom
Use with reference to the tariff.
The Wilson committee has been at
work upon bill. This it was not pre-
pared to report at this special session,
but before adjournment thereof agree
ment was reached after some passages
of debate whereby the chairman of the
committee is to have the right to call
together the committee and to file with
the clerk of the house any revenue bill
which shall be ordered by the commit
tee for publication. and the report of
the committee. together with the views
of the minority, shall be filed for pub
LEGATION not less than ten days after the
filing and publication of the bill unless
an earlier date can be agreed upon.
Preparation of a tariff bill to take the
place of the Mckinley statute is work
of no little difficulty and of vast i'm
portance. 1t has been the curse of tar
IF measures hitherto that not a COM
mittee of congress but a committee of
beneficiaries prepared the bill Sched-
ules thus made always secured improper
advantages for the men who were
the matter themselves. 1t
may be expected that the Wilson bill
will be free from offense of this kind,
that no tariff robber will be able to
control its details as far as they interest
that the general welfare will
be looked after, that the number of raw
upon the free list will be in
creased, and that revenue, not protec-
ton, will be the purpose of the bill.
When congress reasSembles there
ought to be prompt action upon this
Wilson bill, the details of which are
likely to be known before the first Mon
day of December. Both manufacturers
and merchants desire to know exactly
what is to be done and must hold their
business in more or less allegiance until
they ascertain. A change has been or
dered by the electorate. 1t can be con-
only by congress, and the
nature of the change is less material
than that the change shall be brought
about as speedily as possible-Chicago
Times.