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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-21

A new system of tree planting is in
vogue i'll Nebraska, called the Leonard
system. 1t consists of digging a hold
six or eight feet square and as many
deep or below the hardpan, or "tena-
cious subsoil, as it is politely called
there. The hole is then filled with sur
face soil. Trees are planted upon the spot
and are said to do better than if planted
on ordinary plowed ground without
other preparation. The Iowa Homestead
in this connection remarks: "The Leon
ard system would be good anywhere,
but why not use dynamite to make the
holes? Dead carcasses dropped into the
hole would also help the future Of the
tree.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-21
lifting MORTGAGES.

The farmers of Lincoln county, Wash
found themselves under load of mort
cages which they could not lift from
the product Of their farms. Irrigation
Age tells that they quit the farms and
went prospecting III the mountains,
found mineral, opened and worked the
prospects, made mines Of them and paid
off the Indebtedness due on the lands.
They are fortunate in living in proxim-
ity to gold mines where such a course is
practicable, but it is a suggestion of the
intimate relation which will sometimes
exist between the agricultural and min
ing industries of the mountain states.
If the mines had been developed by
others, it would have made a market
for the products Of the farm, so that
each would have performed his legiti-
mate share, the miner and the farmer.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-21

The Texas State Beekeepers' associa-
ton, at their annual convention, pre-
pared and Endorsed a petition to con-
gress for an appropriation for the in
PRODUCTION of the Indian bee (Apis dor
sata). 1t is described as large as bum
BILE bee and better honey gatherer than
the Italian, but very irritable. This &C.
ton has been very generally commented
upon by northern beekeepers and not al
together favorably. Those who know Of
this bee-and few seem to--say it will
not be am improvement upon what we
have.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-21
The Corn Shredder.

Charles S. Hawkins in The Indiana
Farmer, after four years use Of the
corn shredder, passes Judgment against
1T as being too slow, making the fod-
der cost too much, and as too dangerous
because of the frequent choking and the
risks involved in cleatngi IL He thinks
1t must be improved |AAS~Aoned.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-21
6orse Department.
THE MORGAN REGISTER.

A Register Intended to include all stations OF
merit that trace in direct male line 10 Jusuih
Norgan and having at least one sixty-t fourth
OF his blood. All such stations ioaled IN or
before 1880 are admitted free. The Zee Tor
registering stations one year old anu OWL
under one year. 81 each. ,--...- 49,
ANY animal in either of the following two
classes is eligible to registry In the Morgan
Register go A..
/. Any mcritorious stallion or mare thar
traces in direct male line to the original Jus
tin Morgan Horse, and has at least one Sixty
fourth OF his blood. -,
2. The produce of a sire and dam both
registered in the Morgan Register.
The first volume ls now ready tor delivery
Vol. ii. is largely ready for publication
JOSEPH BATTELL,
Middlebury, vt.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-21
No. eOo.-Mixed Proverbs.

Rearrange to form sentences of the ma
ture Of proverbs.
Ten hearsays better is one eyewitness
than
Pain or poverty with sport never
The thief opportunity makes.
Doing good no fears prevent us from
should.
Perfectly weary perfectly idle one will
be that is
Danger debt out of of out
Another's burden feel can none of the
weight.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-21
Liquidations.

When does water resemble gymnastf
When it makes spring When docs it re-
semble horse? When it's in u race. When
is it most interesting9 When it comes in
volumes. When is it right royalP When it
reigns (rains). When is it eloquent When
1t spouts.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-21
The Onion Crou.

Gather the crop when the majority Of
tops have begun to die down. Let the
bulbs be thoroughly cured before you
store them. Never keep them in great
bulk. Tight packages are unfit to keep
onions i'll. Always keep them dry and
airy. If you raise onions to sell, the
sooner you sell them the smaller will be
the loss.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-21
No. 211.-A Riddle.

The farmer uses me as hindrance and
a protection; am of interest to those who
study heraldry; every seaman breads me-
every reputable lawyer belongs to me- yet
If he frequents me he ceases to be reputa-
Bile; to be summoned before me is often a
calamity, yet by musicians am consider
ed q necessity
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-21
No. 2O7.-stolen Sheep.

A sheepfold was robbed three nights in
succession. The first night half of the
sheep were stolen and half n sheep more;
the second night half the remainder were
taken and half sheep more; the last night,
half of tho remainder and half sheep
more. There were then two left How
many were there at 1rst9
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-21

1--WE are both in the same boat, aren't
we9" said one of the two brothers who
were condoling over a parental visitation.
YES" was the reply, 1--WE were, and 1t
was whaleboat, too, wasn't itP"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-21
5s.,2R f&@ ,Cs2
TIE PUZ2LER
No. 2OO,-Charade.

My FIRST offender 'gainst agrarian laws
Was shot, for no one would defend his cause.
On Mansfield mountain once did dwell
A youth who did my SECOND well.
In gaudy hues my WHOLE you see
A-cheapening pound of tea.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-21
Kex To the Pnzxlar-

No 1914 Biblical Enigma: $50 this
Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius
and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian"
No. 200.-A Diamond:
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-21

awake up, Jacob, day is breaking ~
so said DeWitt's Little Early Risers to
the man who had taken them TO arouse
his sluggish liver.
ISAAC STERNs, Middlebury.
CLAYTON N. NORTH, Shoreham.
d. f. HASKELL, West Cornwall.
ID. ii. BENNETT, Bridport.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-21
No. 2Os.-How Did She Cut It2

In her alterations this spring the lady of
the house wished to cut piece of carpet of
the shape here shown to fit square room
With two cuts she divides 1t into three
pieces which will fit together and form a
perfect square, whereas a person geomet-
rically inclined would be apt to cut it into
more pieces How did she cut itp
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-21
BREEDERS OF MORGAN HORSES
JOSEPH BATTELL,
MIDDLEBURY, VT.

Stations, in use: Inbred Morgan, Denninl
Allen, sire of Lord Clinton 0SA; Thought
sire OF Archie +. ): lS5s.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-21
No. e1O.-Numerical Enicmas.

The king Of a large country in the north
west of Greece. He was killed by woman.
3, s, 3, 4, ,, hasten.
l, 6, g. 4, pussy's song of pleasure.
3, 6, T. 5, II plant; to move with violence.
l, 4, 2, TO look with curiosity.
z, 3, 2, timid; beware your horse does not
do it.
The country over which the above reign
a6
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-21

No. 2O1.-RMdie-me-ree. Sphinx.

No. 01.-Rmdle-me-ree; Sphinx.
No 02.-Astronomical Acrostic: l.
Dubhe 2. Rigel. g. Algol f. Cetus
D. Orion. Initials: Draco.
No 203.-A Puzzle In Fourths: Duck.
No 204.-Illustrated Diagonal l. Con.
dor. g. Locust. 3. Grouse. 4. Limpet
d Spider. 9. Beaver. Diagonal; Cooper.
No
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-13
EFFECT OF FREE COINAGE.

Bnt if free and unlimited doinage of
legal tender silver at the ratio of 16 to
| is established in this country, Il very
large part of the money deposited in
these various kinds of saving institu-
tions will not even be repaid in de-
preciated silver, but will be wholly
lost, because such reckless monetary
system would precipitate Il financial
panic which very few, if any, of the
repositories could survive. | doubt
that there is a single financial institu-
ton i'll the country that could sustain
the pressure that would be Immediate
ly made upon it by its depositors and
other creditors, when it became ap-.
parent that our standard of value was
to be lowered and our currency de-
pfeciated by silver coinage. Payment
of all our obligations held abroad
would he demanded in gold at
once; every investment of foreign
capital in this country would be in
stantly withdrawing; every man who
owed debt at home or abroad would
be called upon to pay it; all depositors
in banks and other institutions would
want to withdraw their money ut the
same time; no loans could be nego-
tiated, and no credit would be given,
because no man would lend money or
sell property on time when he knew
with absolute certainty that he would
be paid i'll "a deprecated currency.
Creditors would not wait for the actual
passage of free coinage law, but as
as soon as such measure had received
the approval of the people at an election
they would demand their money, and
If not paid they would enforce its
collection by judicial proceedings and
the forced sale of the property. 1t is
useless for you and me or any body
else to say that depOsitors in banks,
and other creditors, ought not to pur-
sue this course when a .criss comes,
or is apprehended, for they always.will,
unlessihuman nature itself should be
anged.-HON. JOHN G. CARLISLE at
Chicago AprilS5, 1896.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-13
noas AND CATTLE FROM $50. TO 1904.

We have already given in this col
umn the average price Of wheat, corn
and oats in the city of Dubuque in
each year fIom 1861 to 1892. The
figures are from the files Of the Du-
buque Herald, taking the quotations
given on the first day Of each month
aud averaging the twelve monthly
quotations to obtain the year. The
proof is indisputable that corn and
oats averaged higher from 1861 to 1870
than in any previous period.
The quotations from 1852 to 1878 are
reduced from paper money to gold, to
disclose just how the gold dollar has
compared with farm products during
that time. We now give the price Of
hogs and cattle in the same market
for the same years, The average price
Of hogs was as follows:
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-13
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

The republicans of the United States, as
Sembled by their representatives in national
convention, appealing for popular as well as
historical justification Of their claims to match
less achievements during thirty years OF re-
publican rule. earnestly and confidently ad-
dress themselves to the awakened intelligence
experience and conscience of their countrymen
in the following declaration of facts and princi.
pies: "For the first time since the civil war
the American people have witnessed the Gala
mitous consequences Of full and unrestricted
democratic control Of the government 1t has
been a record Of unparalleled incapacity, dis
honor and disaster. In administrative man
agement it has ruthlessly sacrificed indiSpen-
sable revenue, entailed unceasing deficit, eked
out ordinary current expenses with borrowed
money, piled up the public debt by S262, OoO. 900
in time OF peace, forced an adverse balance of
trade, Kept perpetual menace hanging over the
redemption fund, pawned American credit to
alien syndicates, and reversed all measures
and results Of successful republican rule. In
the broad effect of its policy 1t has precipitated
a panic, blighted industry and trade with pro-
longed depression, closed factories, reduced
work wages, halted enterprise and crippled
American production while stimulating foreign
production for the American market, Every
consideration OF public safety and individual
interest demands that the government be res
cued from the hands Of those who have shown
themselves incapable to conduct it, without dis
aster at home and dishonor abroad, and shall
be restored to the party which for thirty years
administered 1t with unequalled success and
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-13

bility. We, therefore, favor the continued EN-
largement OF the navy and the complete system
OF harbor and seacoast defenses.
IMMIGRATION.
For the protection of the quality of our
American citizenship and OF the wages Of the
worgingmen against the fatal competition Of
low priced labor, we demand that the immigra-
ton laws be thoroughly enforced and so ex-
tended as to exclude from entrance to the
United States those who can neither read nor
write.
CIVIL SERVICE.
The civil service law was placed on the
statute book by the republican party, which
has always sustained 1t and we renew our re-
peated declarations that 1t shall he thoroughly
and honestly enforced and extended wherever
practicable.
ON THE BALLOT.
We demand that every citizen OF the United
and that such ballot shall be counted and re-
turned as cast.
ON LYNCHING.
OF the uncyilized and barbarous practice well
known as lynching or killing human beings,
suspected or charged with crime, without the
process OF law.
NATIONAL ARBITRATION.
We favor the creation Of Il tional board OF arbi-
tration to settle and adjust differences which
may arise between employer and employees ell
gagged in interstate commerce.
FREE HOMESTEADS.
We believe In an immediate return TO the free
homestead policy OF the republican party; and
urge the passage by congress of the satisfactory
free homestead measure which has already
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-13

England town by one weeks labor can
shoe all the feet in Cincinnati, Chica-
go and st. Louis for year, when
years labor was too little one decade
ago, how shall not the price of shoes
go down?
"The history of inventions is the
record of permanent reductions of the
cost of getting mans necessities. This
reduced cost makes possible the en-
largement of the comforts of all, "a
higher and higher standard of life for
the poor"
But wages and farm products have
had no general decline covering Il term
of years. They have declined since
the panic of 1893, for causes which the
free coinage of silver would only ag-
gravate.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-13
WILL CAUSE A PANIC.

Honest money men contend that the
financial plank of the Chicago platform
means d complete business revolution
and general overturning of values,
that will cause a panic and bring
general disaster to every business in
terest in the land.
The Adel News credits to the Des
Moines Gazette, a free silver paper,
the following question recently asked
Mr.. Bryan, and his answer to the same.
The question was; "Mr. Bryan, will
the adoption of free coinage of silver
at Is to l cause a business depression
and panic, as Mr.. Carlisle predicts?
Mr., Bryan answered: Yes, in my
opinion it will have that tendency.
But if a man is sick there is no use
putting off giving him his medicine
and letting him get worse. l think it
will cause panic" Do Mr.. Bryan and
his followers desire panic in this
country? Is it their desire to make
the burden of hard times still harder
by infiicting panic on the business
world? They, who claim to offer aid
to0the poor and oppressed, advocate
what their leader admits will cause a
panic.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-13

Average price 1861 to 1870, $2.29@
1884.
Average price 1871 to 1880, s2.s7@
1929.
Average price 1880 to 1892, $1,000
$4.27.
This shows. an average rise in each
succeeding period.
Both tables prove that the gold dol
lar has not gained any advantage over
these great products of the Iowa farm.
The whole theory of the decline of
price by rise in gold is false. The
declines can be shown in every in
stance to be the result of improved
methods of production. Manufactured
products have declined, and ought to
have declined, and we hope they will
continue to decline, so that farm pro-
ducts and wages will buy more ofthem.
AS Daniel Manning, secretary of the
treasury, said in his report in 1885:
"Man's inventions and industries are
hammering down the prices of all the
products of mans labor. If one New
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-13
COINAGE.

What does free coinage mean? Does
it mean that everybody would take
gold and silver to the mint to have it
stamped into coins, if the government
would mint it free of charge for every
body? Not ut all. Does it mean that
both metals, gold and silver, would be
brought to the mint? Not at all.
Free coinage simply means that the
government would not charge anything
for changing gold and silver metal into
gold and silver coins, if anybody should
offer those metals for coinage. 1t
means that the cost of changing gold
and silver metal into gold and silver
coins would be paid by the government
that is, by the people at large-ahd
the metal in the form Of coin would be
returned to the owneIsof it.
If the legal ratio he. Fixed at lG to
of equal weights Of Silver and gold,
then the mint would return Il silver
dollar coin for every 37l.25 grains OF
pure silver deposited by anyone any
where in the world, and gold coins
reckoning 1922 grains Of pure gold as
one dollar-and not charge a cent for
changing the form of the metal. mat
is. the work of the mint would be free.
The government would not get par
ticle of the metal. 1t would simply
deliver it over III the form Of coins to
the owner of the metal, just us the
miller would deliver over the flour to
the man who brought the wheat to the
grist mill.
The only thing, in short, that the
government does under free coinage IS
to operate the mint, and to make the
coins legal tender, turning them over
the owner of the metal. 1t has abso-
lutely nothing to do with bringing the
metals to the mint, with the ownership
of them, with the coins-absolutely
nothing. Whether the metals were
coined would depend on the owner of
them. For period of eighty years or
down to 1873 we had free coinage, first
at the ratio of Is to down to 1884, and
then at the ratio of Is to from 1884
to 1873. That is to say, the govern
ment stood ready at its minis to turn
gold and silver into coins at that ratio
without any charge to the owners OF
bullion for the work-"free coinage"
But during the first period at the ratio
of Is to 1 no owner of gold metal
wanted to have it turned into coin,
and during the second period at the
ratio of 16 to no owner OF silver
metal wanted to have it coined, al
though the government stood ready to
turn it into coin free of charge. In
the one case gold metal was kept away
from the mint, and in the other silver
was kept away; the country being on
the single silver standard in the one
and on the single gold standard in the
other case.
The reason was because all the time
one or the other metal was worth more
as bullion than as coin. All the time
1 ounce of gold metal was worth in the
market about 151S ounces of silver
metal although there were slight
fluctuations of the value. Now ounce
of gold the world over is worth about
81 ounces of silver.
The government might stand ready
till doomsday to turn gold metal into
coins, rating 1922 grains of pure gold
and 37l.25 grains of pure silver--the
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-13
passed the house and is now pending in the
ON THE TERRITORIES.

YIN lhE
We favor the admission OF the remaing terri
tories at the earliest practicable date having
due regard TO the interests OF the people Of the
territories and OF the United States. All fed
eral officers appointed for the territories should
be elected from bona fide residents thereof and
the right OF self government should be accorded
50 far as practicable.
We believe the citizens OF Alaska should
have representation in the congress OF the
United States to the end that ali needed leglsla-
ton may be intellgently effected
ON TEMPERANCE.
We sympathiZe with all wise and legitimate
efforts to lessen and prevent the evils OF in
temperance and promote morality.
WOMAN'S RIGHTS.
The republican party Is mindful OF the rights
and interests oi women. Protection of Ameri-
can industries includes equal opportunities,
equal pay for equal work. aud protection to the
the home. We favor the admission OF women
to the wider spheres OF usefulness and wei
come their cooperation in rrScning the country
from democratic and pOpultst acknowledgement
and mSrule.
\ PLEDGE.
Such are the principles and policies OF the
republican party. BY these principles we VIII
abide and these policies We will put into eN-
eGutiOn. We ask for them the considerable
! Judgment of the American people. Confident
| alike in the history OF our great party and the
Justice of our cause, we present our platform
! and our candidates in the assurance that thu
| election will bring victory to the republican
| party and prosperity to the people Of the
| United States.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-13

ratio of 16 to las equivalent to a dol
lar, but no one would take gold to the
mint to be rated thus when in the mar
ket it is rated at 81 to l, or at any ratio
higher than 16 to l. In Mexico the
government will coin gold free, but no
one will take it to the mint for coin
age; nor, since coinage is free and the
possible number of coins unlimited,
will any one give more for silver in the
form of coin than in the form of bull
lion.
These simple facts, and many other
facts like them, out to be clearly per-
ceived. There is no mystery about
coinage, except AS men ignorantly make
mystery out of it. The matter is per
fectly simple. Really it is the needless
mystlfication of the subject which
causes most of the trouble.--Sioux
City Journal.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-13
WHAT MAKES THEM POOR.
What is it makes some people poor?
The crime of 1878.


The crime of 1878.
How did that "crime" cause poverty :?
BY striking down one. half of the
money of the country.
How much silver money was there
in the United States in 1873?
Less than $8O,O0UOOO.
How much have we now?
Six hundred and twenty-five million
dollars.
Does the increase Of about $55O,OOO.-
600 look like reduction in the volume
of our silver money.
SO Senator Stewart says.
What causes floods, cyclones, drouths,
weeVil, boilwOrms, grasshoppers, goph-
erS and other evils which injure the
farmers and planters crops?
The gold standard.
What will make the COWS give more
milk, the sheep grow more wool, the
hogs weigh twice as much and the hens
lay bigger eggs?
The silver standard
Name some of the silver standard
countries?
China, India and Mexico.
Are the people of those countries
more prosperous than the American
farmers and workers?
No; they are great deal poorer.
Why has not their silver money made
those countries rich?
Ask something easier.
If there are more poor people in sill
yer standard countries than in gold
using nations, how would coinage of
5O-cent dollars abolish poverty in the
United States?
That is one of the things that nobody
can find out. Minden, Neb., Gazette.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-13
Two Lives Saved.


Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junction
City, ILL.,, was told by her doctors she
had consumption and that there was
no hope for her, but two bottles DR..
Kings New Discovery completely cured
her and she says 1t saved her life. Mr..
Thos. Eggers, 139 Florida st. San Fran
cisco, suffered from a dreadful cold.
approaching consumption, tried with.
out result everything else then bought
one bottle of DR.. Kings New Discovery
and in two weeks was cured. He is
naturally thankful. 1t is such results,
of which these are samples, that prove
the wonderful efficacy Of this medicine
in coughs and colds. Free trial bot.
ties at A. H. Roberts drug store
Regular size zoe and Sl00.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-13

The cattle market for these years is
not so closely reported as the hog mar
ket. At times no quotations are given
for considerable period. We do not
regard the figures for cattle so con-
elusive, and yet we believe they are
sufficient to give an average that is
close 10 the truth. The average price
price by years was as follows: