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Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-08-25
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

LOOK out for the currant worm: he
is at work now In many sections and
doing damage. A fine dust OF hellebore
on the leaves while wet with dew will
fix him.
FoR big crop of potatoes expert
growers pretty generally agree that
the soil must contain a large amount
of well decomposed humus and lib
eral quantity OF fertilizer.
EXPERIMENTS in seeding oats indicate
that eight pecks per acre Is about the
correct amount of seed TO use, the
largest yield of grain being derived
from that quantity on the land.
Ir is stated that forty-four out of
every one hundred persons in the
United States are agrieulturists; fifty
six in Canada. forty-eight in France,
seventeen i'm Germany and seven in
England.
In has been suggested that In neigh
borhoods where orchards are small
young men with pluck and energy
could get a spraying outfit and build
up lucrative business spraying or
chards.
| SHEufShIkE edctp nave pertofHtu
great service In improving the common
| fioclss. but the best mutton breed Il
conceded TO be the Southdown, though
II Is not as large in size as the Shrop
shire.
Ir is best not 10 let more than two Oh
three stems grow from one setting oi
currant bushes. SO many will not In
terfers with each other any more than
that number of stalks of corn in n hill
will prevent II from caring,
CEI.EmAc Is variety OF celery hav.
ing bulbous root, which Is sliced and
used for havoring soups. or II Is cooked
whole and then sliced In vinegar and
served like pickled beets; again, IL Il
eaten raw as one would radish.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-08-25
rhe chsapns.. Of Good Things.

The man who coined the phrase
'.cheap and nasty" missed the good
ness OF his mothers prayer and the be-
neficent instructions of his aged father.
neither of which cost him anything.
Nor does good drink of pure, cold
water. the pest drink on the earth: n
draught of pure ozone from the noun
tain breeze. life giving and health re-
storing, Of incompatible quality and
OF almost omnipotent beneiicence.
These are the purest. the best and the
cheapest OF life's blessings and incom.
parably the superior of anything
man has invented. But then the
cheapest foods are the best foods
and the less that man has to do with
them the cheaper and the better they
are. Witness the poultry from oui
yards, the lambs from our fioclSs. the
corn and wheat. and the fruits from
the tree and vine. The poorest have
them within reach. and the millionair,
can have no ore.--Colman's RurA
World.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-08-25
Importance OF Drainage.

Soils needing drainage can never
make a maximum yield in crops, even
when fertilizers are applied literally.
Natures rule Is drainage first and ma
nure afterward. Many folks appear 10
be afraid of using spade for ditching,
and persons who are already located
where the highest success imagined
could be achieved by proper drainage
are grumbling at their situation In life
and vainly hoping for something bet
ter. while they do notexert themselves.
IL should not be necessary TO say that
where u system of drainage has been
begun and its effects observed. more
work In the same line has been done
almost invariably, as II the practice
were contagious. The same is true
with that wealthy relative OF drainage
irrigation. = Homestead.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-08-25

which better grasses refuse. 1t grows
from six To ten inches high in dense
perennial-rooted tufts, Towering in
June and July.
Hard fescue grass is often regarded
as n variety Of sleeps fescue, being,
however. taller and with more open
panicle. IL will thrive on poor, sandy
soil, endnres drought well and is much
liked by all classes of stock.
Red fescue, like the two preceding.
is invaluable on dry, hard and sandy
soils. The essential distinction OF this
fescue Is its creeping roots, which are
often as strong as the. common couch
grass. The other varieties of the fes-
cue family are of small value and but
little known In this country.-N. Y.
World
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-08-25
IEPRosY IN lNplA.


varleas Theories a@ to the Origin and Fx~f-
axatisn Of the Disease
Il has often been popularity said
that fish eating Is main cause OF
leprosy. and some scientific men hold
the opinion that fish introduce the
bacillus into the stomach or stimu-
late II to activity when 1t already re-
sides in the tissues. Against this the
ory, popular and scientific, there ara
the facts that no bacilh have been
discovered In fish; that castles which
never touch fish furnish their due
contingents of lepers, and that the
disease Is not more rife In districts
bordered by the sea and ~ large riv-
ers than anywhere else. On the 9TH
CT hand, leprosy is common in hin
tracts, where fish 10 very rare ar-
ticle of food.
Mr.. G. Conybeare, who some time
ago was apprehensive that leproey
was due to the high price Of salt. win
be much relieved to hear that by
statistics to which no exception can
be taken on the ground Of inaccuracy
the consumption of salt Ia shown to
be twice as great as the increase Of
the population in 20 years; that the
Ryot spends ON salt about penny q
month for each Of his family, and
that IL there has been any percepti-
, BILE addition to the number Of lepers
1t has occurred in provinces where
. the price of salt has fallen. Other
. alleged causes are mentioned to be
, summarily and contemptuously dis
| missed
Water, opium and mosquitoes have
/ each in turn been made responsible.
e Now, the bacillus has never been
2 found in water, though the commits
J sioners In vain analysed the water ol
: !, filthy tank in which crowds of lep
I ers bathed. Premature marriages
= and the consumption Of opium an
not to blame, and If mosquitoes O
il flies could communicate the diseas'
n after they had sucked the blood D
d any lepers Calcutta, where these Lit
o tie pests abound and murder sleep
u should be a perfect leper asylum.
! On the question of infection an,
contagion the report on s.Leprosy Il
India" affirms that, though lepros,
may be considered an infective dis
ease caused by specific bacillus, am,
also to some extent a contagious dis
ease, !" it is not actively or usually diff
: fused In this way. Again, one nigh
3 imagine that leprosy must be hered
: itary. This assertion, IL not absc
It lutely disproved, is by no means Ger
IS tain.
Re Many lepers are sterile. There
e, no evidence that the marriage of lei
'r ers with lepers or with nonleprou
women always diffuses the disease
The children of lepers are often shor
lived, and as far as returns can b
depended ON there is never more o.
an average than couple of childrel
to each marriage of lepers. -Satul
day Review.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-08-25
A Flxsun.

John Barnes. colored cook in the
Augusta tGa) Jail, owes the city
over six years time in police court
sentences for intoxication. He has
been cook in the prison for FIVE years
and is allowed to go out every Satur-
day night, invariably getting intoxi-
Gated and being resentenced before
his former one ia served Thus 1t IL
that his time has accumulated. For
ty-eight hours IN the longest that he
has been out of Jail In the last few
years, and when sentenced he is given
his own commitment and goes d.
rectly to Jail without guard OF any
kind. He has never failed to 60 d.
gectly and turn himself over to the
3ailer. Detroit Free Press.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-08-25
The Value of nermuaa Grass.

Many people from the south condemn
Bermuda grass on account of its stay
ing qualities They say that in a few
years II will "talxe n place. and there
rs no successful farming with 1t. That
Is partly true in the more southern
states, but experiments at the Okla.
homa station by Prof Magrudcr show
that late fall or winter blowing. ex
posing the roots, will kill IL out Ber.
inuda Is not an early grass, but drought
seems to have little effect on It, II Il
green and crisp the entire summer
through and II not cut or pastured tos
late II Is green next 20 the soil nearly
all winter.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-08-25
THE FEscuE FAMILY.
Valuable Grssses for Permanent Meadow
and Pastures.

Valuable GfAs1es tor Permanent MEADOWS
and Pastures.
There are good many varieties of
the fescue grasses. the eommonest and
most valuable being the meadow fes-
enc highly valuable species for per-
nanent grass land. For this purpose
IL is ordinarily sown in mixture with
other grasses
Meadow fesene IL relished by live
stock both an hay and pasture. II does
not. however, attain To it's full produc.
tive power until the second or third
year, when IL exceeds most other sorts
in the quantity of It's product and its
nutritive matter.
Tall fescuc grass Is very similar 10
meadow fescue, and is said by some 10
he identical with IL. 1t succeeds best
| in moist, alluvial and strong clay soils,
and In shady ravines; on moist, rocky
sea coasts It is most valuable pasture
grass. Cattle are very fond of IL. Tall
fescue ripens fortnight later thar
meadow fescue.
/ Festuca ovina, or Sleeps fescue, IL q
very valuable grass for upland oi
rocky pastures. IL Is deep-rooted ant
not affected by severe drought. Sheer
ARE exceedingly fond of 1t, and IL 4
very nutritious. 1t win occupy Ian,
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-08-25

Sugar beets are worth more 10 feed
to cows for milk aud butter than the
price which the sugar beet factories Of
fer for them for making sugar. So II
In not necessary that farmer should
tory in order TO make beet growing
pay. II he has the right kind Of COWS
he can make more money feeding beets
10 them than he can sell them for In
any other way. The same Is true oi
most OF the grain products OF his
xarm---Rurnl World.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-08-25

proper excavation may be made and
the stone undermined to half It's width
at least. There will be no danger of
its falling as long as the ends of the
stick are firmly embedded In the
banks as they should be. When the
hole is of the proper depth to sink the
bowlder below the plow line the stick
Is removed by prying up one end
Often even then the stone win not
move unless pressure is applied at the
other side. This manner of disposina
of bowlders is often cheaper than by
blasting. In the case of extra large
ones blast may be applied To brcal'
them In two or three pieces. and these
buried in holes upon the sides toward
which they lean. In every neighbor
hood there are usually men who will
take the contract to bury n certain
number Of bowlders for n specified
amount, and that is very good way n
have the work performed, unless you
do II yourself or have men In your en-
ploy attend 10 IL at leisure times--
American Agriculturist.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-08-25
WAITING eoa III : ANGELS.

Waiting through days pf fewer.
Waiting through nights Of pain
For the watt Of wings NJ the portal.
For the sound OF songs immortal
And the breaking OF iifc's long chain
There Is little 10 do for|our dear one
Only to watch and pray
As the tide IL outward drifting.
As tho gates Of heaven are lifting
Aud its CLEAN b on het way.
The tasks that 30 otter taxed her.
The children she held 20 dear.
The strain OF the coniin9 and going.
The stress OF tho mehding and sewing.
The burden OF many year
Trouble her now no lohgcr.
She is past the fret and care.
On her brow is the angels token.
The look OF q peace nnbroken.
She was never before No fair.
You see, she ls waiting the angels.
And we've are standing apart
For US there arc loss and sorrow;
For her IL the endless morrow
And the reaping time of the heart.
Margaret L. sengster ih Harper's Bazar.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-08-25

dab of white paint, and roll the wheel
carefully along the desired boundary
with stake or other object ms n guide
for the eye. Count the number of rev.
ointions the wheel makes ms the dis
tance is traversed by the wheel, and
by multiplying the number of these
revolutions by the circumference oi
the wheel the length in feet may bs
found. To get the circumference. the
wheel may be measured with tap,
line or string. wv. j. Garrison. in Farm
and Home,
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-08-25

Thore was a captain OF Cunarder
once who was called ON TO tine bridge by
his first officer to see supposed SEA SER
pent. '.Sir." said be. II once knew q
man who saw ons and put his name to
a document to that effect. He was q
captain. too. and when he came into
harbor his employers dismissed him be-
cause. they said, they couldn't have a
skipper wha sot 80 drunk as that. He
was the sport Of tho press for month
and his friends all put him down for as
big a liar as Captain brakes great
grandfather. I'm going below. can't
afford 20 see sea serpents. London
Globe.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-08-25
suayls7 sow.-sss.
This Method Ia often v~-v aach -asspes
Than blasting.

Where there are but few howlders
and these not more han three or fous
feet In diameter. the quickest way TO
dispose of them Is by burying them.
To render this operation safe, the
rnan shown In the sketch may be
adopted. First determine the under
ground dimensions of the stone by
forcing crowbar down close 10 Il,
upon all sides. Frequently there Is a
protection ut one side; this should be
ascertained. Then excavate trench
for heavy stick or fence post, two
feet longer than the stone is wide
with the supporting timber In place .
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-08-25
WHEEL LAND MEASURE.

A simple Consrivance. hut Very Accurate
Nevertheless.
A device for accurately measuring
off any pieco of level land is given
herewith. An old wheel from some
cast-off buggy or other vehicle Is re-
quired, and may be of any convenient
shown, so that the wheel may revolve
easily on its axis. To use the device,
mark one spoke with strip of cloth or
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-08-25

Carries Pacific Express At lowest rates. Leaves
Mountain Home nj a. NJ. daily except Sunday;
arrives ss Rocky Bar ~ '. =. same day. Leaves
Rocky bar AZ A. y. daily except SUNDAY, end
arrives mt Mountain Home at SP,M.
JOS. suLLAwAY, Proprietor.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-10-11
Bank Officer $4,000 Short.

The little town of Wilmington
has been considerably stirred up by the
announcement, made some time ago.
that the treasurer of the only bank here
was short IN his accounts. The treas
urer, E. A. Willard, ,jr., resigned early
last month at the request of the trus-
tees. The auditors have been at work
since July l, but so badly were the
books kept, or so skilfuIly did Willard
cover up his defalcatons, that the
shortage was a tiresome task. Some of
Wizards friends refuse to believe that
the shortage was caused by any dis
honesty, but think careless book-keep-
ing was the cause. The auditors in
their report say:
'We have found II interest receipts
extending over a period of about four
years, each showing deficiency vary
from SS6 to 1926, the amount dropped
out of the item latest in date. These
shortages, increased by interest on the
same, an unadjusted payment of 5000
on the Belcher loan, together with in
terest on use of $1,000 of the New Eng
land Loan and Trust company matter.
make a total of S3031 %, for the restitu-
ton of which demand has been made
on Mr.. Willard. We do not claim we
have found all the uncredited items the
bank may be entitled to. We have
used particular care to make no claim
or assertion not warranted by facts"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-10-11
Bicycle and Sporting Notes.

Several wheelmen from Springfield
were in town Sunday.
Joseph Grignon, ST., has bought an
Eagle bicycle of Shepardson.
Several of the foot ball team went up
to Charlestown last Saturday to see the
Claremonts play the Charlestown elev-
en-. The former won, 26 30.
George F. Ball has got new and
larger sail on his boat and takes pleas
ure in beating everything on the river
except Frank Moore's cat boat.
The Claremont eleven play the Bel
lows Falls eleven at the Basin next Sat
urday afternoon at o'clock. 1t promi-
ses to be a close and exciting game, as
each team scored about the same against
the Charlestowns.
The home eleven will not play the
Vermont Academy eleven again before
November. By that time they hope to
get experience enough to make good
showing against the Academy boys,
though victory is hardly expected in
consequence of the vast difference in
the weight of the men.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-10-11
ROBBED HIS COMPANION.
Another Thief Took the Booty and
Escaped.

Pete Bellenger is logman who has
been working up the river and just got
back to town last week. AS is COM
mon in such cases he had a roll of
money that he feared would burn a
hole in his pocket, and started off
Thursday to get rid of it and enjoy a
good time. Jack WEIGH went with
him to Alstead, driving over in a car
riage hired at Frost's livery. They oc-
cupied room together, but Welch got
up early, picked his companions pock-
ct of about $50 and gold watch, and
drove the team back here. Then he
took a south-bound train. AS soon as Bel
lenger found his money gone he came
here and notified the officers. Edward
Stapleton started after the robber, but
did not overtake him. Word was sent
to the police of the cities south of here
to look out for the man, and Monday
night Welch was captured by the po-
lice of Rockville, Conn. Welch claimed
the money and watch were stolen from
him by pickpocket at Springfield,
Mass, which either disproves the old
proverb of "honor among thieves" or
else makes Welch out liar as well as a
thief.
Chief Thompson went down to Rock
vile Tuesday and brought back the
prisoner. On the way back he was
met by the Springfield police who in
formed him that the missing watch
was in police headquarters, having been
found by them on the person OF tramp
who had robbed WEIGH. This Thomp-
son secured and on his return here got
$40 of the stolen money which WEIGH
had left with friend. WEIGH is now
in the police station. Thompson
notified the Cheshire county solicitor at
Keene, and he wanted the chief to go
to Keene with the prisoner and make
a complaint. AS that is asking almost
too much of Vermont officer working
on New Hampshire case, Thompson
will send word to the Alstead officers,
and if they do not care to attend to the
case he will let Welch go.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-10-11
catching and tearing loose just as he
kicked. Score, 10 to 0.

catching. and tearing loose just as he
kicked. Score, 10 to 0.
Bellows Falls got the ball well into
V. A. bounds on a succession of sharp
plays when they lost the ball and V. A.
made a successful punt to Bellows
Falls 30 yard line. Bacon attempted
to punt back but failed and V. A. near
ly captured the ball. Bellows Falls had
made small gain when time was
called and the game won by them, for
a second time shutting out their oppo-
nents without score.
Two games out of three is almost an
unheard of thing in the annals of Bel
lows Falls sporting experience, and peo-
pie about the village would not believe
that the boys had won until convinced
by overwhelming evidence. They
played sharp game, and it was unus-
ually free from kicking with the
mouth) or foul playing. If that is the
kind of work they are going to put up
this season they will have larger crowds
at future games. And they deserve
them
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-10-11
IN OUR OWN STATE.
FIRST VERMONT CAVALRY.
The 22d Annual Reunion to Be Held
October l8.

The Odd annual reunion of the living
members of the LIST Vermont cavalry
regiment will be held at Montpelier on
Tuesday, October Is. Headquarters
will be established at the office of the
adjutant general in the state house.
A business meeting of the society
will be held at O'Clock p. M, in the
general committee room at the state
house. There will be banquet at the
Exchange hotel at s O'Clock d. m. A
paper will be read by Comrade p. G. J.
Cheney on Gettysburg. 1t is also ex-
pected that paper will be read by
Comrade Willard Harrington, entitled,
"The Experience ola Cavalryman from
Petersburg to the AppomattoX.n
All honorably discharged members
of the regiment are earnestly invited to
attend, and all railroads in the state car
ry passengers attending this reunion at
reduced rates of fare.
The officers are: Il. S. Peck, president;
S. H. Wood, secretary; G. r. Bagley,
w. N. Dudley, James Randall, eXecu-
tive committee.
Both of these papers will be most in
teresting, for Comrade Cheney was
among the first leaders of the regimen
in the desperate charge in front of
Round Top on the afternoon of July 8,
1863 where Gen Farnsworth was killed,
and Comrade Harrington was wounded
at AppomattoX and was the last man
from Vermont wounded in the war.
From the present outlook it is expected
there will be large number of Ver-
mont cavalry men present.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-10-11
MORE VICTIM S.
Another Great Victory on the Foot
Ball Field.

Monday afternoon about $50 people
gathered on the Basin field to see the
Vermont Academy second eleven do up
the Bellows Falls eleven at foot ball. A
number of Academy students came out
for the same purpose, but like the other
spectators they were badly left, for the
Academy team went down before the
PUSHES of the home team in much the
same manner as did Goliah before the
bean blower of little David. 1t was a
surprise all round. 1t was supposed
that the Academy boys would be sure
winners, as they have had the benefit
of an expert trainer and have practiced
daily with the first eleven. Some of
the players are members of the first
eleven and nearly all the men were
heavier than our boys. But they were
not in it from the start. When they
got the ball they could not hold it, and
they seldom prevented big gains on
either plays around the end or through
the center.
1t was Bellows Falls ball at the OPEN
ing of the game. On the kickoff the
ball bounded out of an Academy mans
hands and Bellows Falls had the ball
on down. They kept it going down
the field by steady gains without losing
it once, until almost at the Academy
goal line when V. A. got the ball on
tumble and carried it across their line
for a touchdown.
V. A. kicked the ball off and it went
away down the field toward Bellows
Falls goal, but that was the nearest it
ever got for by series of pretty plays
the ball was gradually forced back and
over the V. A. line for touchdown. A
goal was kicked. Score. to 20.
Bellows Falls had the ball down to-
ward V. AS goal when time was called
for the first half of Is minutes.
The second half was even more hotly
contested, though V. A. failed to score.
V. A. made a long kick down the field
and were after the ball so close that
Bellows Falls made little gain on the
play. Then Blake made long run
round the left end and was in V. A. ter
ritory when he was downed by foul
tackle. The referee gave him ten yards
more on the foul. From that place to
thew. A. goal line every inch was close
ly fought. When within two yards of
the V. A. goal Bellows Falls lost the
ball on four downs. Everybody ex-
pected to see V. A. make a safety touch
down, but they tried instead for punt.
The ball was kicked square into An
drews' hands and he fell on it across the
line for a touchdown Joubert tried for
goal but missed, the sole of his shoe
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-10-11

Picturesque demi-season toilettes in
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Der. Sandoz and Chapuis have made
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fiction and household literature Of the
most practical type will make the bazaar
a necessity at the fireside.