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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-03-08

TRANSFERS.
]. E. Amos, e. l.. WALES.
Merritt Hulburb, D. D., Hon. Thomas |
Humphreys.
G. X. Neese. Herbert Hearn.
L. o. b. Wallen, B. f. Kennerly at |
Brewington House.
MEMBERS OF CONFERENCE.
r. H. Adams, S. P. Woodcock.
g. I. Anderson, Henry Waller.
J. +. Anderson, q. w. Byrd a4Brewing-
ton House.
]. A. Arters. W. E. Sheppard.
E. G. Adkins w. y. johnson.
w. Il. Avery, DR.. w. G. Smith. -.
Q. S. Baker, II. ID. Grier.
l.. E. Barrett Mrs. S. A. Humphreys.
T. L. Bell, w. Ruark.
g. w. Bounds, w. Bounds.
w. L. P. Bowen, l.. W. Dorman.
G. w. Bowman. w. ]. White.
J. A. Brewington, w. H. Rounds,
J. A. Brindle, l.. NJ. Dashiell.
N. NJ. Browne, w. H. Jackson.
]. E. Bryan. w. P. jackson.
Asbriry Burke j. P. Owens.
9. W. Burke, J. L. Elcgood.
Warren Burr, J. X. II. Laws.
w. II. Benford, w. Bounds.
I. Il. Beauchamp, J. Culver.
]. H. Caldwell, b. D., private arrange.
ment.
+. Il. Carpenter, J. p. Owens.
James Carroll, d. j. Titlow at Brewing
ton House.
W. w. Chaires, Fred Smith.
"a. Chandler, Ernest Toadvine
N N. J.. Cochran, II. ID. Ellesood at W.
Ruarks.
J. NJ. Collins. Joseph Mitchell.
v. S. Collins, DR.. W. q. Smith.
w. p. Compton, G. J. Brkhead.
G. s. Conoway, W. w. Harrington.
James Conner, John Adkins.
T. b. Cooper, G. Il. Rounds.
ID. II. Corkran, Thomas Perry at Brew
ington House.
1. P. corkran, W. NJ. Cooper at Hotel
Orient.
". F. corkran, D. D.. s. P. Woodcock.
u. i. Cross, w. Il. Sheppard.
r. y. Coursey, Charles j.. Duffy.
Julius Dodd, j. o. Freeny at Hotel Orient.
A. d. Davis, $. Murrell.
Edward Davis, Captain Isaac White
w. +. Dawson, Lacy Thoroughbred.
i. H. Derrckson, John Nelson.
j. Y. Dobbins. d. D., George Phillips.
WI. DuHadway, DIR. l.. d. Collier,
H. s. Dulany, A. j. Carey.
O. w. Devenish q. Huston.
]. w. Easley, Herbert Hitch.
w. e. England, l.. w. Dorman.
James Eseate, Mrs H. Fooks.
II. w. Ewing w. IL. Jackson.
]. W. Fogle George Hitch.
/. G. Fosnocht, +. i. j. Rider.
+. Fletcher, +. Il. rwilley.
John France Hon Il. $. Toadvine.
Edwin Gardner, G. J. Birkhead.
j. II. Geoghegan. Il. Il. Twiley.
I. N. Given, Prof. L. w. Dashiell.
j. f. Graham, Henry Waller.
]. w. Gray, John Windsor.
Aloycius Green, l.. NJ. Dashiell
w. NJ. Greene, d. J.Iitlow ut Brewingtor
House.
q. A. Grise, Hon. E. E. Jackson a
Peninsula Hotel.
W. b. Guthrie, Charles Guthrie
]. W. Hammersly. NJ. Il. parsonage.
q. ]. Hammitt, private arrangement.
J. d. c. Hanna, W. J. Johnson.
g. L. Hardesty, Sewell Evans.
I. II. Harding. Charles Covington.
I. II. Haynes, D. w. Perdue.
{. A. Hill, NJ. L. parsonage.
j. II. Howard, Jay Williams.
James Hubbard, private arrangement.
I. b. Hunter, John II. Gordy.
w. o. Hurst, j. Il. Ellegood.
H. II. Hynson, Rollie Moore.
w. Jaggard, Brewington Bros, at Brew
ington House.
l. Jewell, Hon. c. F. Holland at Hote
Orient.
4. {. Jones, private arrangement.
@. p. Jones, Miss s. A. Hastings.
J. ID. Kemp, Il. G. Todd.
w. G. Rooms, r. f. Williams. II
L. w. Layfield s. p. Downing.
J. ID. Locates, Sewell Evans.
J. NJ. Lindale, DR.. +. NJ. Slemmons.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-03-08

The annual session of Wilmington
NJ. L. Conference, which will be held
at Salisbury, Md, beginning March 2ist,
will be attended by 66 official visitors,
40 members of conference, 4 transfers
and "a supplies and candidates. Ar
rangements for entertaining thom have
lust been completed. Following is the
Official list Uf those who will entertain
ttopo
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-03-08

official list VI those who will entertain
them:
OFFICIAL VISITORS.
Bishop j. H. Vincent, D. D., LII. D., NJ.
L. parsonage.
!. NJ. buckley, D. D., LII. D., J. E. Ellie
good.
G. W. Gray. D. D., L. L. WALES.
J. w. Hamilton, ID. D., DR.. L. d. Collier,
J. b. Hamilton, D. d., W. ?. Jackson.
s. Hunt, d. D.. Hon. Il. S. Toadvine,
]. Miley, d. D., LII. D., DIR. w. 9. Smith.
c. II. Payne D. D., Ii. D., Hon.Thomas
Humphreys.
j. 9. Peck, D. D.. Jacob Phillips,
GLE. Reed, d. D., LII. D., w. II Jackson.
w. A. Spencer, D. D., Ernest Toadvine.
Il. J. Wagner, d. D., 7. II. Williams.
Mrs. N. M. Browne, W. II. Jackson.
II. p. Cannon, James Cannon.
w. r. Causey, w. Ii. jackson.
F.B. Clegg, A. W. Woodcock.
H. C. Conrad, S. L. Carey at Peninsula
4. w. Cooper, NJ. D.. ]. L. Powell.
r. NJ. COOPER, DR.. W. G. Smith.
I. B. Coursey, DR.. S. A. Graham at
Brewington House.
A.G. Cox, 5. S. Smyth.
w. II. Dashiell, T. +. ]. Rider.
J.F. Dawson. ]. T. Truitt.
v. IL
l.. Z. p. Dennis, br. W. G. Smith.
J. W. Denny. Irving Powell.
Mrs. A. II. Eaton j. 4. Ellegood.
I. W. Eliasoil, II. d. urier.
]. e. Ellegood. J. y. Ellegood.
J. NJ. Elliott, J. I. Truitt.
W. H. Poulke, W. W. Mitchell at Thos.
Disharoon's.
Il. S. Furbush, Alfred Dykes.
J. Taylor Cause, W. H. Jackson.
L. A G. Gerry, Or. W. &. Smith.
]. Hersey Hall, NJ. e. parsonage.
J. H. Hoffecker, George Phillips.
John Hutton, w. J. Johnson.
Mrs. Job H. Jackson. W. H. jackson.
w. II. Jackson, w. II. Jackson.
I. Mallaieu. I. A. Smith at W. Ruark's.
Joshua II. Marvil, w. Il. Johnson.
/. T. Matthews, j. II. White.
L. S. Nelson. Jay Williams.
Eli Mendinhall. Jay Williams.
]. 7. Mullin, t. S. Roberts at Hotel
r. NJ. Price, M. D., DR.. Laird Todd.
Joseph Pyle, DR.. S. z. Dennis.
Mrs. ]. B. Quigg, ]. D. Williams at DR..
G. w. Todd's.
w. salisbury, Harry S. Todd.
T. j. Shallcross, Captain J. II. Ruark at
w. Ruark's.
John simmons, R. D. Ellegood at W.
Ruark's.
Joseph Smithers, T. H. Williams.
Mrs. Il. B. Stevens, w. II. jackson.
T.. M, Stevenson, A. W. Woodcock.
+. ]. Stevenson, M. D. Benjamin.
A. E.'Sudler, NJ. D., W. P. Jackson.
w. II. Thompson. J. L. Powell.
G. w. Todd. w. P. Jackson.
Mrs. w. e. Tomkinson, j. e. Ellegood,
John Tyler U. Z. Phillips.
ri. Vanneman, T. II. Williams.
Mrs. Z. Weldin, w. H. Jackson.
Samuel Wharton, t. A. Smith at w
Kuark's.
T. H. Williams, T. H. Williams.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-21
HARDNESS OF BUTTER.

The New Hampshire Experiment
Station has conducted some expert
ments as to the effects of different
foods upon the hardness of butter, and
though the work in this direction is
not as yet extensive enough to Justify
the drawing of conclusions, their ex-
perlments thus far indicate: That
gluten meal tends to produce a much
softer quality of butter than corn
meal and cottonseed meal, and other
things being equal tends to lessen the
churnability of the butter fat. That
with the same COWS the hardness de-
pends much more upon the character
OF the food then upon the nuiritive
ratio; that ensilage produces a much
softer butter than does good hay but
1T is also favorable to the flavor and
texture OF the butter product that
skinned milk has very favorable ef
feet upon the churnabillty and quality
of the butter fat, and in a single trial
apparently reversed the general rule
that the volatile fatty acids decrease
AS the period of lactation advances I;
that cottonseed meal tends to produce
an unusually hard quality of butter,
and that cottonseed meal and gluten
meal might be used together with ex.
cellent results; that contrary to gen
eral belief the melting point of butter
fat is not a good index of the com.
mercial hardness of butter; that while
IN general a soft butter melts at
lower temperature than a hard butter
there is no definite relation between
melting point and actual hardness /;
that no relation can be traced between
foods and volatile fatty acids except
IN the case of skim milk; that usually
hardness and volatile acids vary in
versely, hardness generally increasing
and volatile acids decreasing as the
period of lactation advances Rocky
Mountain Husbaudman.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-21
FEEDING MILK To COLTS.

In England and Scotland it is an al
most universal practice to feed draught
colts daily ration of new milk, gen
orally warm from the COW. Flaxseed
jelly and crushed oats are sometimes
added, but the mixture is carefully
skinned before feeding. As might be
expected, colts fed on this with what
they pick from their barns rations
and the mother milk make an enor-
nous growth, often fully 1000 pounds
at eight months old.
For show purposes this is good
feed, but the flesh laid on is not solid
and speedily falls away when actual
work begins. Bones and sinews share
the same condition, hence the preva-
lence of unsound joints, especially
soft, puffy hooks, are sure to follow.
Milk feeding forces rapid growth in
consistent with the nature of the horse
and the work he is called upon to per
form. Nothing will build up an old
or run down horse for show as quickly
as milk. Nothing is so good as milk
drink to remove an appearance of
gauntness during shows and sales.
When a horse is recovering from
stomachic troubles milk may be fed in
small quantities to good advantage.
but as in cases of colts great care must
be used in regulating the quantity
given
To build up n run down constitution
in a colt nothing takes the place of
milk, but it should be we'll skinned
and fed in moderation. Two or three
quarts three times day is enough.
Taper off the feed gradually. Milk
feed cannot be dropped suddenly with
out injury to the colt. 1t should
never be used to put fat on to an al
ready hearty youngster, and remem-
Der that nature would have supplied
the mare with a large udder if colts
needed much milk. New England
Homestead.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-21
Farm AND GARDEN NOTES.

Hen manure is valuable, and should
be carefully saved
Keep fewer horses, but give them
better care and feed.
Wood ashes are much better for
fruit trees than coal
Never let a horse that has been ex.
ercising stand in draught
A draught horse need not be i'm.
ported to be desirable animal.
An effort is being made in the East
to repeal the oleomargarine laws.
In trimming fruit or forest trees do
not cut out too much at one time.
1t is said that hogs in an orchard
are an excellent preventative against
blight.
Bran mashes and roots fed iudic.
iously to the colts will ward off attacks
of constipation.
By sending the grains and grasses tc
market III the form OF butter, the
transportation bill is much smaller.
Rotation of crops not only aids in
iAAttA iAAAAAE VI AhNl tN1lllk lEIlllllN.
but it helps to rid the ground of insect
pests.
Some one recommends clubbing
farm poultry to avoid frozen combs.
Tho comb should be removed with one
cut from a pair OF sharp shears. A lit
tie raw starch mixed with alum will
stop the bleeding or prepared chalk OF
collodion will answer.
The rule for selecting hens for
breeding grades is Have them wide
between the shoulders, with broad,
prominent breasts and deep body the
breast bone long and straight and the
skin thin. Look for bulk OF body
without coarseness. The male bird
should be OF the same character but,
while the hen may be herself grade,
tue male should be q thoroughbred
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-21
PRETTY AND USEFUL.

Convenient and useful cases for
knives, forks and spoons are made of
white cotton flannel Half the ordi.
nary width of the flannel is the width
of the case. Make it long enough to
fold onto itself the length of the knife,
spoon or fork, and allow five inches at
the top, with rounded corners, for the
flap.
Bind with pretty braid, and stitch
the fold into twelve compartments
with the silk used for stitching on the
braid
When filed with silver, they are
conveniently rolled up, tied at one side
by piece of braid, and put away.
The silver is kept bright and un.
scratched in these cases.
Pin balls or pin cushions-and
neither name is exactly appropriate,
may be made by covering six uniform
circles of thin cardboard, about two
inches in diameter, with China silk.
The same color, different shades or
contrasting colors, may be used to suit
ones tastes.
Sew two circles together, back to
back, with silk. Procure baby ribbons
to match, and suspend the three al
different lengths from many-looped
bow.
Arrange the pins like rays from the
circles, having, if desired, different
sized pins for each circle. This make.
q useful and pretty ornament for the
parlor, as there is no room where pin
is needed more. Yankee Blade.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-21
Rarraininr in Alriors.

"That makes me think of the time
bargained for mule in Algiers, 3"
said +. l.. Mantell, Of Cleveland. al
found fellow who had one. I went
TO him with an interpreter. The dia-
logue that onsued was about as fol-
lows:
"The interpreter, with a Yell
will give you $40 for that mule
'The Arab-'Ten dollars Muir
derer thief brigand =
"rhe interpreter-T will make it
$11. Do you hear, you miserable
scoundrel, l will make it S11. Eleven
dollars I offer you for your old mule,
which will die in about week. You
are n robber and thief TO take that
much, but am a generous man and |
serve n great and generous man and in
my great generosity l offer you that,
you scum of Africa.
Then they both yelled and shook
their fists at each other and thought
that they were going for each other
hammer and tongs The row they
made was terrible, but no one seemed
to notice it. Finally bargain was
struck and then they fell upon each
others necks and embraced. That
was the way got my mule. De
troit Free Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-21

This astonishing yield was reported by Abr.
Hahn. of Wisconsin, but Salzer's potatoes
always get there. The editor of the Rural
New Yorker reports yield of736 bushels and
pounds per acre from one of salzer's early po-
tatoes Above l4lO bushels are from SaIzers
new Seeding Hundred-fold. His new early
potato. lightning Express, has record of 500
bushels per acre. He offers potatoes as low as
$3.50 barrel,and the best potato planter in the
world for but 81.
If you WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND 1T with
&c postage to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis, you will receive free his NAM
moth potato catalogue and a package of six
teen-day "Get There, Eli" radish. A
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-21
WINTER SHOEINd.

Shoes in the winter season are re
quired to discharge double duty-t,
afford foothold rs we'll as to guarC
against undue wear. William Dick
son, in the United States Government
report on the horse, says on the sub
lect; Various patterns of shoes hav,
from time to time been invented tC
meet this dual requirement; but tn,
commonest of all, fashioned with to,
and heel calks or calking, is, fault,
though it be, probably, all things con
sidered, the one which best suits tn,
requirement of the case. 1t should
however, never be lost sight of tha
the shorter, the sharper and the smaller
the calkins are, so long as they answer
the purpose which called them intC
existence, so much the better for tn,
foot that wears them.
High calkins, while they confer nC
tirmer foothold, are potent means O.
intiicting injuring both on the foot it
self and the superintendent limb Al
large. 1t is only from that portion O.
the catch which enters the ground sur
face that the horse derives any benefit
in the shape of foothold, and it mus
be apparent to the meanest capacity
that long calkins which do not pene
trate the hard, uneven ground are Sc
many levers put into the animals pos
session to enable if not compel him tC
wiring his feet, wreak his limbs and in
fiict untold tortures on himself.
have laid particular stress on thil
subject, as l am of the opinion that
the presence of the navicular disease,
dire malady from which horses used
for agricultural labor should enjoy &
practical immunity, is traceable largely
to the habitual use during our long
winter months of needlessly large cal
kins, only fractional parts of which
find lodgment in the earth or ice dur.
ing procession.
will explain what mean. Wher
horse is shod with the exaggerated
calkins to which 1 have alluded the toe
and heel calks are, or ought to be, the
same height to start with, at all events.
Very often, however, they are not, and
even when they are the toe calk wears
down on animals used for draught pur.
poses far more rapidly than its fellows
at the heel. The result is that the toe
is depressed while the heel is unnatur.
ally raised.
The relative position of the bony
structures within the foot is altered,
and the navicular bone, which is NOT
one of the weight bearing bones, il
brought within the angle of incidence
of both weight and concussion, in
huences which it was never contOm
plated it should Withstand, and which
its structure precludes its sustaining
without injury. Farmers Home Jour
nal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-21
The Western Circtnn Green.

There is probably no city or town
in Wisconsin where so many mar
riages take place as at KenoshN. II is
the Gretna Green for Illinois, and
also many towns in Michigan. Hud-
son is also noted Ms centre for mat
rimonially-inclined couples from Min
nesota, and Hazel Green has n like
reputation for Iowa and Northwestern
Illinois young people who do not wish
to be put TO the trouble or publicity of
taking out a marriage license. Ken
osha, however, is far ahead of its rivals
in that respect. The town is about
midway between Milwaukee and. Chi
cago, and consequently has the Worlds
Fair city to draw from for the greater
proportion of the business in the mat
rimonial line. Milwaukee Wisconsin.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-21
RECIPES.

To Make Milk Toast-Put one pint
of milk into double boiler; rub three
tablespoons of butter and one table.
spoonful of -four to cream; add to
the scalded milk and stir until it
thiekens. Season with salt. Toast
six slices of bread light brown,
slightly butter each slice and dip it,
while it is hot, into the scalded milk.
Lay them in the dish and over each
slice put large spoonful of the milk,
pour over it the remainder of the
milk and serve IL at once.
Bread Pudding Boiled - Take a
pound of stale bread and pour over it
a quart of boiling milk and let it soak
one or two hours, then rub it quite
fine with the hands. Add five well.
beaten eggs, two cups of sugar, half
cup of molasses, half nutmeg grated,
half a teaspoonful of ground cloves,
the grated rind of one lemon, half a
pound of suet chopped fine and
pound and a half of raisins. Boil it
four hours.
Cheese Fingers-Take bits of pastry
left from other cooking and roll as
thin as writing paper; spread with
grated cheese, fold and roll again.
Repeat this three times, then cut in
strips as wide and as long as your
finger. Brush with beaten egg and
bake IN a quick oven. Watch care
fully, as they burn quickly aud re-
quire to be only delieately brown.
Lamb Chops in Paper with Fine
Herbs-Cut a piece of foolscap paper
in the shape of heart land sufficiently
large to fold lamb chop I'M, rub a
little oil over the paper; then season
the chop with IL teaspoonful of chopped
onions, one of chopped parsley, little
pepper, salt and grated nutmeg.
Wrap the chop in Il paper, which plat
down at the edges; lay it upon a grid
iron over slow fire, turning it fire.
quently. 1t will take about twenty
minutes to broil properly When
done serve in the paper very hot.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-21
CLOVER THE RENovAToR.

No field should lie idle without
clover. There is no telling how much
land lies idle every year bare of
clover, becaue the farmer had no time
to prepare it at the proper time for
clover seed. But it is a mistake TO
suppose, as is too often done, that the
land must be broken and put in fine
condition for clover seed. Glover
seed sown at the iglit time will take
root on almost any kind of land. 1t
stands hard land some -seasons the
best. OF course, if the land is rough
and very uneven, as it generally is
after corn and other plowed crops,
the clover cannot bee cut, but that is
no reason why the lend should not be
in clover. 1t IS better for the land II
the clover is allowed 10 remain On IL.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-21

II helps to put life in the soil and can
be pastured as well when the land is
in a rough condition as when smooth.
The cost of seed is a mere trihe. One
bushel will do for eight acres, and one
bushel to twelve acres will make big
show and be of great help TO the land.
When the practice of sowing clover
seed becomes general clover seed will
be used without stint, as it should be
in order for us to see its full value.
Glover, like some of the weeds, is hard
to exterminate if allowed TO go to seed.
If the seed are plowed under six or
eight inches they will remain in a
sound condition for years and grow
readily when brought near the surface
by deep plowing. Where the clover
has ever been on the land clover
plants will make their appearance
every time the land lies idle. Red
clover when fed alone to work stock
may be in many ways Objectionable,
but when fed in connection with tim
othy hay we cannot see that any oh.
lection can be made to it. Much OF
the prejudice against clover as food
for work stock comes from letting
stock have too much. But no particu.
larly bad results have been noticed from
giving work horses all they can eat OF
timothy and clover equally mixed. II
should not be forgotten that meadows
with clover in them should be cut az
soon as the clover is ready for the
machine. If clover is allowed to get
dead ripe its nutritive qualities are in
a measure lost. Timothy loses moth.
ing, save little in weight, from being
early harvested. Farmers Review.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-03-21
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

There are 81, 600 barmaids in England.
sixty-two brewers died in the United States
during 1898.
The Indian Army Temperance Association
numbers 22,007 members.
Fifteen English brewers and wine mer-
chants who died last year left more than
81, ,000 900.
The man who talks OF having been driven
to drink might have been led there just as
successfully.
DR.. Nicolas Grigorieff, Librarian of the
ST. Petersburg (Russia) Temperance Society,
is compiling an annual for the special use OF
temperance societies in Russia for 1894.
Baltimore has recently organized and in
corporated an "Anti-Treat Club, " the mem
bers Of which are pledged neither to treat
any one nor allow themselves TO be treated.
Archdeacon Farrar points out the fact that
there are 20, 900 prisoners In England who, so
far from suffering from total abstinence,
improve in health during their incarcera-
tion.
Every days experience tends more and
more to confirm me in my opinion that the
temperance cause lies at the foundation of
all social and political reform. Richard
Golden.
An Edinburgh life insurance man says that
the largest mortality rate Of indoor occupa-
tiOns Is found among liquor sellers. Among
1000 sellers he found the average mortality
to be 292
In the face of constant assertion that there
is no drunkardness in France statistics show
that alcoholic insanity has doubled in fifteen
years and the number of persons who have
been placed under restraint on account OF 1t
has increased twenty-five per cent. in the
last three years.
A protest against the rapid increase OF sa-
looms and the sale of liquor TO minors,
against bad laws and the nou-enforcement OF
good ones, has been presented to the City
Council Of New Orleans by committee rep
resenting the W. c. Il. L.. the WOman's Club
and the Christian Woman Exchange.
On recent Saturday census was taken
OF the number of persons in the Old Kent
Road, London, who entered one public
house, the "Dun Cow" from z, 30 "a. m. until
midnight, and it was found that it reached a
total OF 1850 men, 4242 women, 1923 children
and $50 babies-a grand total OF $3.50 persons
or the whole popa lation Of the Town,