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The Press., 1896-01-16

TOWN OF STAFFORD.-Notic is \ hereby given that the Board Of Relief will meet at the Town Hall on Monday, the 9th 9Oth; at Borough Hail, Stafford Springs, on Monday, Jan. "a, from o'clock a. m., to P. m., on each Of said days; at the post office in West Stafford, on Thursday, January 18th, from to 3 o'clock p. m., tor the purpose of equal1z1ng and adjusting the valuations and assessment list Of said town. A. K. CONVERSE, Board
 M. A. GOLD, Of
 ANTHONY ADAMS, Relief
The Press., 1896-01-16

The sugar-coating, which makes Ayers Pills so easy to take. dissolves immedi- ately on reaching the stomach, and so permits the full strength and benefit of the medicine to be promptly communi- cated. Ask your druggist for Ayers AL manac, just out.
The Press., 1896-01-16

nISTRICT OF ASHFORD, ss. Pro- IL bate Court, Jan. 18th, 1896
 Estate of Lewis F. Chance, late of Ashford in said District, deceased.
 The administrator, Harvey ". Mercy, having exhibited his administration account with said estate to this Court for allowance, 1t is
 Ordered-That the 29th day fJanuary, ,1996, at 10 o'clock In the forenoon, at the Probate Onlce in Ashford, be, and the same is, assigned, for hear ing on the allowance Of said administration &C., count with said estate, and missouri directs the administrator to cite all persons interested therein to appear at said time and place, by pub fishing this order once in some newspaper publ ished In Stafford, Holland county, and having 8 Of this order the public sign post in the town of Ashford, where deceased last dwelt.
 DAVIS A. BAKER, Judge.
The Press., 1896-01-16

THIS Paper and The Connecticut Courant weekly furnished for $2.eO per year.
The Press., 1896-01-16

Mrs. Ava E. Vanderbilt, the divorced wife of W. K. Vanderbilt, was married Saturday morning to Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont, by Mayor Strong, at No. 24, East Seventy street, New York, the residence of the bride. The ceremo- ny was performed at 10 o'clock and was witnessed by Miss Smith, sister of the bride, and few close friends. Soon af- ter the marriage the couple left for New port.
 The Turkish minister at Washington makes the announcement that his gov ernment will not permit any distribution among it's subjects, in it's own territory, by any foreign society or individuals, of money collected abroad. It seems i'm possible that such an ultimatum should be permitted. Meanwhile the mission of Miss Barton and the Red Cross must wait for further developments. How much longer are the Christian Powers of Eu- rope going to wait before taking decisive steps to protect the stricken Christians of Armenia
The Press., 1896-01-16
Ara Court of Probate holden at staf-

4 T Court of Probate holden at Staf- "A ford within and for the district oR Stafford on the 26Gh day Of December, A. D. 1895.
 Present, MARCUS B. FISK, Judge.
 On motion of Alfred D. Cady, executoT on ths testate estate of Hiram VintOn, late of Stafford, within said district, deceased.
 This Court doth decree that six months be allowed and limited for the creditors of said eS- tate to exhibit their claims against the same to the executor, and directs that public notice be given Of this order by advertising the same once in some newspaper having circulation in said district, and by posting copy thereof on the public sign-pOst in said town of Stafford, nearest the place where the deceased last dwelt. CerCl. fled from record, MARCUS B. FISK, Judge.
The Press., 1896-01-16

A Coop COMPANION.-EVer delightful and well ed 1897, yet growing more vlgOrons each year. It's announcements for the coming twelve months are well worth reading.
 The remarkable weekly circulation Of The Companion testi1es to the general appreciation of It's worth; to the elevated tone Of everything 1t prints, as well as of its interest for boy and girl, father and mother, alike.
 Those who make the acqualntance Of The Youths Companion for the first time this year and healthful. Those who for many years have received its weekly visits will ind In it an old and true friend, more welcome than ever.
 TO all new subscribers, and to those renewing their subscriptions, The Companion sends free its handsome fOur-page calendar for 1896. The four seasons have been appropriately pictured In water colors, reproduced by lithography, size Of each page X 10 Inches. Address The Youths s COmpan1On, 195 Columbus Avenue, Boston, Mass.
The Press., 1896-01-16

MCLAUGHLIN & SON, PUBLISHERS. S1.5O year. If paid strictly in advance ,S1 .25.
The Press., 1896-01-16

LOR SALE.-A few tons of first qIali- II ty of early cut hay. Also & quantity oH good stock hay. E. H, HYDE.
 Stafford, Jan'y 16, 1896 4W
The Press., 1896-01-16

DARN ROOM TO RENT-3 stalls, and
 ID plenty of room. win he rented by the month or year Inquire of GEO. E. BUCK, or A. W. TUTA1LL. 21tf
The Press., 1896-01-16
MEEKINS, PACKARD & co.
CARPET SELLING

OACS6 G \ 6GA41N0 Is bound to be brisk when such values as we have brought forward are procurabIe.
 INGRAINs.
 Fifty patterns at 374 cents a yard. One lot of Extra Supers. regular price 50 cents, we are selling at B cts. yard. When have you seen such values for the n.oney2 BRUSSELS.
 Hartford, Lowells, and Bigelows, at 85 cents a yard, made and laid. Sixty patterns of the best Brussels at $l,OO yard, made and laid. These need no recommendation for durability, and the patterns are excel lent.
 Carpet Department. Chamber Sets. $16.O0 Three special lines Of $16,OO Chamber Sets to be @16. 50 closed out at these prices. Only eight or ten of each pattern. Antique finish, with beveled plate mir TOTS. Actually worth $2O to $25. $@2. 50 A special line of fine curly
 birch and solid oak sets, that
 are equal to many shown
 elsewhere for $3O. $96 to 9S6. For solid oak, maple and curly birch sets. Un-
 equaled for the money, and
 not to be duplicated.
 Fourth floor. Brass and Iron Beds. Iron beds with white enamel finish, brass trimmings, full size, for $5. Other styles from $7.5O up. Polished Brass Beds, no better se- lected stock than we now show. A big line to select from, and our prices right
 Fourth floor. MEEKINS, PACKARD & CO.,,
 Springfield. Mass.
The Press., 1896-01-16

ANTHONY ADAAs,0 CLITUs H. KING, c.o,-,+4oo JAMES SIMPSON, ""o0' CHAs. JOHNsON,
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-01-24
THE pAuNTLEss WICKER.


9he whicker sat on the edge Of the meer,
His trusty whick on his knees.
"Let the wire squot with its fercest crears"
He cried. "The whicker knows no feari
will garlic its tarlome leeze."
Wild howled the labst DER the banking meer,
And the govelling plewts dashed nigh.
intrepid the whicker gouted cheer.
Awaiting the squot Of the wire drear
Meath the Awbs Of the pildrig sky.
Then sudden clab smote his strewning ears
And cold on the whicker's heart
Fell drusig pang. +" IT'S my lopsome Breers, I"
He wept, Gin the brutal wires pleers.
She Is squoted with gastling art.
~ comet" cried the whicker. One glance he
gave
At the govells that baggled wild.
With the flashing whick at his breast he clave
Right on through the dashing plewts to save
His breers from the wires gyld.
Right merrily garfield the whicker's whick
Where the crear of the wire dawled.
The red blood googled beneath it's click,
The gimful squots Of the wire jick
In vain were besaggled all.
The wire Is dlapped, but the breers 30 gag
In the gyld lies stark and pale
The whicker hurtles his whick away
And sad through the awbs Of the pildrig day
Goes forth to his lone kumale.
s. e. Ryan.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-01-24
WOULD YOU BELIEVE
The Statement OF Some One I'm Owosso
Quicker Than Some One in FIoridas

The Statement OF Some One I'm Owosso
Quicker Than Some One in FIoridas
Suposing you had backache, weak or
lame back, a worn-out, listless feeling that
you wanted to get rid Of and You read OF
some one in Florida who had been cured,
would you believe it? Not these days when
so many claims are made by INSCRIPTIONS
persons; we think not. But If some one
right here in Owosso-some one you. can
see, can inquire about, can satisfy you that
what he says is true, "that would be differ
emit" wouldn't it? Well, now, that's the
kind OF proof we are going to give you about
remedy for backache and all complaints
of and arising from disordered Kidneys
Mrs. Herbert Mattock has quite large
circle of friends in Owosso. She lives at
400 State Street, and makes the following
statement:
During the past four or five years l
have suffered very much from Kidney COM
plant Physicians have called my ailment
gravel. During the past spring, was very
bad, suffering untold misery. / had dizzy,
binding headaches sharp, shooting pains
in the lower part of my back the urination
was scanty and intensely painful. 1t is
simply impossible to describe my feelings;
only kidney sufferers can understand. |
discovered remedy for my trouble in
Doan's Kidney Pills which 1 procured at
the drug store of Johnson & Henderson.
After the first week of their use, noticed a
change. l started to pick up in every way.
Appetite improved, headaches left, while the
backache and other symptoms rapidly i'm
proved. am now feeling like different
woman. Iregard Doan's Kidney Pills as a
wonderful medicine. feel as good as ever
after taking three boxes, and my confidence
in them is unbounded recommend them
most heartily to all who suffer from any
Kidney disorder"
For sale by all dealers-price so cents
Mailed by -Milburn Co, Buffalo, N.
Y, sole agents for the u s. Remember the
name, Noop's. and take no other.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-01-24
S = E G IF &c S..
COMFORTING.
EPp s. S C @ C O A
BREAKFAST-SITpPEE

"By o thorough knowledge OF the natural laws
which govern the operations of digestsn and
nutrition, aud by careful application OF the fine
properties of well-selected Cocoa. Mr.. Epps has
provided for our breakfast and supper delica-
heavy doctors bills II is by the judicious use
of such articles OF diet that constitution may
be gradully built up until strong enough to re-
sist every tendency to disease Hundreds of
subtle maladies are floating around us reany to
attack wherever there is a weak point. We may
escape many a fatal shaft by keeping o urselves
well fortified with pure blood and a properly
nourished frame - Civil Service Gazette.
Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold
only In half pound tins, by Grocers, labelled
thus: JArlES EPPS C Co., Ltd, Homeopathic
Chemists, London, England.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-01-24

erChair g. Sleeper Car Service.
Eastward No. ~ has Pullman Sleeper Chlca
go to Detroit. No. ID has Parlor Buffet
Car Grand Rapids to Detroit. No. Is has
Parlor Car, Extra charge IS centsl. No. 81 has
Wagner Sleeper to Detroit, daily.
Westward No. II has Parlor Car to Cd. Rap
ids Extra charge 25 cents). No. Is has Par
lor Buffet Car, Detroit to Grand Rapids No. II
has Pullman Sleeper, Detroit to Chicago. No.
81 has Wagner Sleeper to CD Rapids, daily.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-01-24
Pure

Blood means sound health. With pure,
rich, healthy blood, the stomach and di-
gestive organs will be vigorous, and there
will be no dyspepsia. rheumatism and
Neuralgia will be unknown. Scrofula and
Salt Rheum will disappear. With pure
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-01-24
TIME TABLE. IN EFFECT APRIL Z, '95
Trains leave Owosso as follows:~

Boat leaves Frankfort for Menominee, Mich
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Fra.
day, at Q o. m. Leave Menominee at II p
m. same days for Frankfort,
Leave Frankfort for Kewaunee, Wis, Wednes
day and Saturday, 10 q. m. Leave Ke1
waunee, Wis, for Frankfort, same days, pm
BURT s. STRATToN, Agt,, Owosso
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-01-24

Your nerves will be strong, and your
sleep sound, sweet and refreshing.
Hoods Sarsaparilla makes pure blood.
That is why it cures 80 many diseases.
to cure disease, retain good health, pre-
vent sickness and suffering. Remember
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-01-24

A GENTS WANTED-MALE AND FEMALE
= in each county. State previous occupa-
ton to receive special proposition. Steady
work. Good pay and advancement.
STAR PUBLISHING Co. Chicago
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-01-24

DR.. Humphrey Specifics are scientifically and
carefully prepared Remedies. used for years in
private practice and for over thirty years by the
people with entire success. Every single Specific
O special cure for the disease named.
SPECIFIC FOB PRICES
Levers, COMPOSITIONS, Inhammations.. .25
2-WOrms, Worm Fever. Worm Colic.... rs
3-Teething, Collie Crying, Wakefulness .25
4-Diarrhea, Of Children or Adults...... as
5-COughs, Colds, Bronchitis. ............. rs
S-Ncuralgia, Toothache. Faceache...... rs
9-Headaches, Sick Headache, Vertigo. as
1O-Dyspepsia, Biliousness, Constipation. .25
11-Suppresscd or Painful Periods. .X5
12-Whites, Too Profuse Periods. rs
13-CrOup, Laryngitis, Hoarseness...... .25
14-Salt Rheum, Erysipelas. Eruptions. .25
15-Rheumatism, Rheumatic Pains. .25
16-Malaria, Chills, Fever and Ague...... rs
19-Catarrh, Influenza, Cold In the Head. rs
2O-WhOOping Cough. .25
2S-Kidney Diseases ................... rs
2S-Nervous Debility. .............."....1.OO
SO-Urinary Weakness........... ...... rs
34-SOre Throat, Quincy, liberated Throat rs
IS 77n DR.. HUMPHREYS Gcl0 0Ec
Put up in small bottles of pleasant pellets. Just fit
your vest pocket.
Sole by Druggists sent prepaid receipt OF price.
Dr. HUMPHREYS MANUAL Enlarged Revised
HUMPHREYS MED. CO., III rs william ST.. NEW YORK.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-03-28
GARDEN AND ORCHARD.

Coal ashes are beneficial to clay soil.
Testing seeds will save much time
and veyation.
The Holstein-Friesian and the Jersey
are both good cows.
Currant and gooseberry bushes should
be pruned every year.
BE ready at the first opening in the
spring to set out trees.
All trees should be transplanted be-
fore the leaves start out.
1t is best to cover all wounds made in
pruning with paint or oil.
Bone dust and wood ashes are good
fertilizer for strawberries.
A little salt sprinkled around ounce
trees will be beneficial to them.
All imperfect and diseased branches,
vineS and rees.should be burned
Equal parts of rosin and TALON make
a good covering for wounds on trees.
While salt is beneficial to trees, lit
tie too ,nuch will kill them. 1t helps to
make plant food available.
Prune from the start. Trees that are
allowed to make haphazard growth
are rarely satisfactory in any way.
For grapes, trellises are always pref
cradle TO states, and then the vines
should be allowed to grow naturally.
When large branches are broken of
by windstorms, cut off the stub smooth
with saw or knife and cover the wound
with paint.
In setting CIT a tree the bruised OF
mangled roots should be cut off smooth
with n sharp knife, and fine, moist sol!
packed about them.--St. Louis Repub.
lie,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-03-28
sowing Orchards to Grass.

Some people believe that grass pas
ture keeps IN the moisture. Experi-
ments made in Nebraska have proven
this to be fallacy. The orchard was
divided into three parts. Two of them
were in grass, one moved and the other
pastured; and the third portion was
cultivated. 1t was proven BY actual
analysis that for every 100 bnrreis OF
water contained in the first 20 inches OF
pasture, a like amount OF ground cui-
tivated during the entire season con-
tanned over 40 barrels. The pestured
portion contained littL, more mois-
.turc than that moved, but only five per
cent. more. Apples from the cultivated
land averaged nearly IA per cent. larger
IL weight than those from pastured
land, and over IL per cent. larger than
those from moved land.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-03-28
The Apple n medicine.

DR.. 9. r. Searles, of Brooklyn. N T.,
thus discourses on the apple as medi-
cine: THE apple is such common
fruit that very few persons are familiar
with its remarkable eficacious medic
inal properties. Everybody ought to
know that the very best thing they can
do is to eat apples Just before retiring
Tor the night. Persons uninitiated in
the mysteries of the fruit are liable to
throw up their hands in horror at the
visions OF dyspepsia which such
suggestion may summon up;
but no harm can come to
even delicate system by
the eating of ripe and juicy apples
just before going to bed. The apple
is an excellent brain food, because it
has more phosphoric acid in easily
digestible shape than other fruits. 1t
excites the action Of the liver, pro-
notes sound and healthy sleep. and
thoroughly disinfects the mouth.
This is not all. The apple helps the
kidney secretions and prevents calcu-
lus growths, while it obviates indiges-
ton, and is one of the best preventa-
tives known Of disease of the throat.
Everybody should be familiar with
such knowledge"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-03-28
COME WEST FOR YOUR SEED.

That's what we say, because it's the
best. Salzer's Wisconsin grown seeds
are bred to earliness and produce the
earliest vegetables in the world. Right
alongside of other sediments earliest,
his are 20 days ahead! just try his
earliest peas, radishes, lettuce, cabbage,
etc! He is the largest grower OF farm
and vegetable seeds, potatoes, grasses,
clovers, etc!
If YOU WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND
it to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis.,, with 10c postage, you will
getsample package of Early Bird Radish
(ready in 1e days. and their great cata-
logue. Catalogue alone SC postage. (K.)
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-03-28
SITTING GARDEN soh.
Description Of an Implement which Does
the Work Well.

Description of an Implement which Does
the Work Well.
We don't sift the bulk of the soil
used on the benches, in flats and in
frames; but we want an inch or two
of the surface fine and nice, and always
run what is wanted for this covering
through somewhat coarse sieve or
sitter. An ordinary coal ash sitter,
such as one can buy at the nearest hard
ware store, will do well enough where
only small quantities of soil are to be
sifted. For III ger quantities we may
arrange a larger box, with wire mesh
bottom, sliding over wheelbarrow or.
still better, make sieve or sitter such
IA is shown in accompanying illustra-
ton. The idea was furnished to Market
Gardening by an Ohio nan, who de-
scribes the implement as follows:
Take four pieces 2x2x24 inches long
for legs, nail to these at the top six-inch
boards of hard wood, drop the lower
end board so it will let the sieve play
over the top of it, put in rollers at the
lower side of the side pieces for the
sieve to vibrate upon, gear the machine
so that the sieve will shake about five
times to one revolution of the drive
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-03-28
SOIL sIFrEn.

wheel, and make frame so 1t will fit
inside of your bed proper four or five
inches high. Nail the wire screen to
the bottom, and along the sides upon
the wire nail pieces one-inch square.
This keeps and holds the wire from
tearing loose, and allows the sieve to
run freely upon the rollers. The screen
is of about three-eighths inch size. Nail
a cross-pieoe OH top of the frame of the
sieve, aud through the center put an
iron pin. Have hole through the pit
man. to slip, on the pin. making it easy
to detach when the sieve needs to be
cleaned. Underneath the sieve is an
elevator OF carrier made to run on the
same principle as a straw carrier, ex-
cept that the carrier is made of a solid
piece of cloth, heavy muslin or ticking,
with a stick every IL or Is inches tackled
upon to assist the sifted soil up the in
cline. This is run by belt similar to
a sewing machine belt. 1t elevates the
sifted soil from under the sieve into y
bushel basket, and when this is taken
away, another basket is put in its place.
At the lower end of the sieve is left an
opening about third of the width of
the sieve, which enables one to clean
out the coarser refuse without remov-
ing the sieve. The screen should be
adjusted by the length of the pitman,
SO the end win project six or eight
inches over and beyond the carrier.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-03-28
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

BY local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness il
caused by an infiamed condition of the mu-
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets infiaEed you have o rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing, and when it IS
entirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal con-
dition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an inflamed condition
of the mucous surfaces
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness Caused by catarrhj
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
F.J. CHENEY s. Co., Toledo, 0.
Sold by Druggists, Toe.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-03-28
a STARVED MIND.


why . Girl Shook Her Head when Dick
ems Was Mentioned.
Il is a fact that the children who have
had in abundance the old nursery tales.
who have worn out numerous copies of
Mother Goose, to whom Christmas and
birthdays mean new books. of rhyme
and story, being led thence by grad'a:
steps to the uplands of history, poetry
and romance, seldom go down before
the malignancy of the ''blood and thun-
der" so freely offered them. It is the
starved childhood that seizes and feeds
upon these.
A girl of IL years had occasion to
call at the home of a lady who had be-
friended her. Scattered about the floor
of the sitting-room were the books of u
small nephew, among them copy Of
Little Red Riding Hood. Her life, bar
rem and hard, had known nothing Of lit
ersture save her few school books. She
picked up the volume and was soon
absorbed in the story. When the lady
came in, she extended it to her, saying,
eagerly: rs 1t trueY'
It was her, first step in the realm OF
enchantment, but it came too late. She
had experienced the real; it was hard
bitter. The same girl few years later
awaited her turn at the library, and
begged the attendant to choose for her.
The lady hesitated, then extending Z
volume by Dickens. said: "Will you
have this?"
She shook her head. saying: 'Itriea
to read one of his once. He writes of
rags and poverty and hard times. Give
me something livelier, please. "-Ltppiu-
ectts Magazine