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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-15

eve are sorry to see that some are
giving up the battle for crimson clover, :"
says Rural New Yorker, which stands
by crimson clover because it is a relia-
BILE plant to feed to the soil Crimson
clover will pay for itself in fair sea-
son, even though every plant die in the
spring. When it forms thick mat over
the soil before Thanksgiving, it has
done its full duty. Let us learn to farm
SO as to feed red clover to stock and
crimson clover to the soil. In other
words, make the red clover into hay and
use the crimson as IA winter overcoat'
for the soil to be plowed under in the
spring
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-15

Seeds of this plant received from the
department of agriculture at Washington
were sown May - at the Rhode Island
station grounds on well prepared sandy
loan land, both broadcast and in drills.
The seed is brown in color and less than
the size of half "a small. pea, which it
somewhat resembles in shape. When
the plants were mature, they were but
six to eight inches in height and of
slender growth, each small seed in a
separate pod. 1t Is apparently of little
value compared with Canada peas as a
fodder or grain crop.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-15
eopyright, 1895. ]

Real people never seem as Christ
masy as they do in books, y said a lit
tie tot the other day. Nor do they. Our
peace on earth, good will to men, de-
ponds much upon the passing mood,
however-yesterday's dinner, the sky
overhead, the street down below, broken
shoestring and other petty things that
so shape everyday life. Following will
be found how Christmas strikes certain
we'll known literary people Tomorrow
it may seem somewhat different, for
they had not caught the reflection Of the
good cheer whee they courteously re-
piled to my query.
Interesting holiday messages have
come 10 me from well known members
Of the literary craft. Send me, | said,
exclusively for this holiday occasion and
this article a few words that you have
never embodied III print before. And /
received the happy responses which are
given below With few explanatory
sentences of my own. Junius Henri
Browne writes the following:
Christmas has as a holy day and holiday
many tender and joyous antieipatons. Wheth
what it commentaries be fact or fiction it
has great human interest. IL should be re
mem bered and observed, if for no other rea-
son, for the rare happiness it has afforded
children and VIII afford ka@ II for untold cen.
turtles to come. JCNfUS HENRI BKowNH
Mr.. Brownies number ON the holiday
programme identifies him as one of the
delightfully."- old fashioned people who
do not believe i'll helping children to
grow old any more than any of us like
the autumn leaves to fall too early or
the cold to kill the bloom.
The following quaint dialect poem,
fresh to print. is reproduced by permits
sion from the scrapbook of the late Miss
McClelland. 1t was written few years
before her death and is illustrative of
an old negro who had literary aspira-
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-15

Scotland needs no introduction His own
poetry and his lectures ON modern Eng
lish and American poetry have made
his name n familiar and pleasant one
This is the poem he sent mo:
FOR CHRISTMAS MORNING.
Oh, wear for. garment mirth
Upon the soul
A. all the fields of earth
Wear white stole
A dream Of things long gone
Let sorrow bel
Turn thou thine eyes on dawn,
Thy heart gleel
CLINTON SCoLLARD.
George W. Cable writes me from
Northampton, Mass, and | make his
the parting message ON the page of
Christmas offering:
May Christmas bring us all rightfully the
merriment of conqucrors and the now year
find liz strong for fresh conquests.
q. W CABLE
Voice this message, for II is appro-
pirate and acceptable. 1t grasses the
du1ler shades in the make up of holidays
At the birth Of Christ IA railroad was
laid and an engine built. The railroad
is civilizations the engine. JOY. But,
like all other railroads, civilization has
side tracks and other engines. Alas for
But with Mr.. Gable conquerors are not
sad, nor are they side tracked. Forget,
then, the sidings. The engine runs on
the main track today.
LILLIAN A. NORTH
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-15

tions and printed his efforts through the
aid of " commodatin" editor Feeling
himself "gittin mos too stiff" and
probably near his last hours of useful
ness one Christmas, he writes a poem
of greeting and farewell to his publisher
and readers:
UNCLE IKE'S erasmus GREETIN AND
FAR WELL.
You bin mighty 'siderate, marsr to ole Ike
for dis long while
Although his 'munioations very likely made
you smile,
An l wanted for to thank you for de 'commo-
You Is printed in de paper what dis darby had
to say
80 as Crismus times Is comm long thought
dat anyhow
You would lemme pull my fo'lock, sar, an
make my bes est bow
An wish dc ''Merry Crismus' both to you
all do folks
Dat is listened to lay talkin an is lnrfed at all
my jokes,
An express my yenrnest sire (ef you II femme
be so bold)
Dat ole "Santie" IL fill your stockins jus as
full as dey kin hold,
An fetch dc latest turkeys an do biggest
piece Of chine,
Wild all de udder goodies dat is floatin froo
your min
De candy for de chil'en, de dry goods for
de wife,
An all de odder blessin > dat is 'tendin on dis
life
Tze a-writn of my greetin kase Pze gittin
mos too stiff
For to slip aroun you all an ketch your
Crismus gifl
An hope you won't forgit mo, now de time Is
come to part,
10 lola
tom of his heart,
So dat now hes gwine to leave you, sab. de
tears is in his eye
An his throat feels mighty choky bout de
wishin you goodby.
M. G.. McCIEIIAND.
Miss MoClelland will be remembered
as writer of dialect stories. Her novels
had all the freshness and breeze of that
special life her vein encompassed and
were very popular and salable. Her
sad death from consumption, in the
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-15
CottonsPed Meal.

Here is what The Farm journal says
about cottonseed meal as fertilizer: 1t
is not an expensive fertilizer at $40 to
$25 per ton. 1t contains about 6 p per
cent (l30 pounds) of nitrogen, worth 10
cents per pound, or $40 So about per
cent $50 pounds) of phosphoric acid,
worth cents per pound, or So, go, and
about per .cnt (40 pounds of potash,
worth cents per pound, or 50, total
Of S25 10
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-15
At the New Jersey station.

Wide awake farmers as we'll as scien-
fists are interested III the so called plant
hospital at the New Jersey station. On
the soil of this hospital conditions are
favorable to the spread of diseases and
affords an excellent opportunity not only
for the study of diseases but the action
of the various fungicidcs employed to
arrest or cure the sick plants
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-15

The expression used by the prophet
Joel with regard to the locusts-that
"they darkened thes all has often been
corroborated by subsequent observers.
Even i'll southern Europe swarms of To-
that they quite obscured the light of the
cnp
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-15

cred his body.
Il was in a lior-
rible fix he
says, land the
M ore tire at
nent | receiv-
ed. the worse l
seemed to get.
A New York
specialist said
he could cure
ne, but his
treatment did
me 40 cd
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-15
CHRISTMAS MESSAGES.
Thoughts From Well Known
Lights Of the Literary World.
PERTINENT HOLIDAY MESSAGES.

Fresh Sentiments Never Before Photo
graphed They Embrace Things Clever,
Things ReIniniscent and Things sad and
Humorous The Holiday Spirit Various.
IL Reelected.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-15

" h a e yer. I was stiff and full of
pains, my left arm was useless so
that | was unable to do even the
lightest work. This was my condition
when | began to take 5. 5. s., and a
few bottles convinced me that was
being benefited / continued the
medicine, and one dozen bottles cured
me sound and we'll Ny system was
under the effects of mercury, and I
would soon have been complete
wreck but for s. :. So
S S s. lnnnrnntced nireIn renefnhIel
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-15
Beware
OF Mercury!

Mr.. Henry Roth, of 1848 South 9th
Street, St. Louis. was given the usual
mercurial treatment for contagious
blood poison. He was twice pronounc-
ed cured, but the disease returned each
time, he was seized with rheumatic
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-15

harm than good. Beware of mercury!
Books on the disease and its treat
ment mailed free to any address by
Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-15
GOLDEN MISTLETOE.
THE WONDERFUL TREE IN A BEAU
TlFUl GROVE.

Legends cf the Gloomy Vale and Death
of Baldcr the observation-disclosures Be
Iieyed That Trees Could Feel Pain-Ro-
man and rcek Mythology.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-15

is the only cure
for real blood dis
eases. The 1ncr-
curial treatment
of the doctors al
ways does more
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-15

Christmas was an ideal to me; but, like
erything else, It is now being ground up into
powder for all sorts Of gristmills. ] think
even Christ must have ceased to have pleasure
in its recurrence. Yours sincerely,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-15

Having decided to make a change in my business,
take this method inform the people of Skowhegan
Somerset County that shall offer close during the
month OF Dec. my entire stock of
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-01-22
Aim in Hen Feeding.

The aim in feeding laying hens, to in
duce continued egg production, should
be to furnish as great variety of food
as possible, and when the season " i'll not
permit the hens to secure plenty of in.
sect food, green-cut raw bone should be
given, as it is properly recognized as the
missing link in egg production IN winter.
Char cob of corn in the oven OCCASION
ally, and let the flock have it. Crushed
oyster shell S or sharp gravel should al
ways be accessible to the hens. Water
is a great essential. All the foods named
can be given TO growing chickens, and
in addition cracked corn. Chicks will
require more liberal feeding and oftener
than fowls, as they are making flesh,
muscle, bone and feathers at the same
time, thus requiring good supply of
varied and nourishing diet. Wheat
screenings may supply bulk, but very
little nourishment. The man who de-
ponds on such feed for flock won't
have flock very long to feed Damaged
grain of any kind should never be fed to
the poultry.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-01-22
The Setting Hen.

It is claimed in recent article in
Harper'S Bazar that a sod of grass cut
to fit the bottom of the box and slightly
followed in the middle, makes the most
wholesome and comfortable nest hen
can have, and one which enables her to
keep her eggs at a uniform temperature.
The earth of the sod neither encourages
nor harSors vermin. Cedar twigs and
pine needles are excellent to strew in
nests as they are also anti-verminous.
The nestbox should be du sted once
week with air-slacked lime by means of
a small powder bello MS, and the hens
body with Persian insecG powder as soon
as she begins setting, ten days after and
Just before the eggs hatch.
A setting hen should have spacious
''run" of laths and chicken wire of her
own, in it should BE- placed her daily
ratlons of food and pure water, also her
dust bath, as she needs more than her
ordinary comforts when sitting. Later
when her little ones arrive, a coop should
be attached to the run" taking the
place of the discarded nest. No dishes
of moist food or water should then be
permitted to stand around, lest the wee
chickens fall in and get damp and chilled
for cold and wet are fatal to them.
A simple coutrivance to prevent small
chickens getting into the food or water
vessels is to invert an ordinary kitchen
colander and set it on shallow earthen
pie dish two inches larger in circrmter
ence than itself, placing heavy stone
on the colander to keep it stationary.
This will provide a circular space an
inch and half wide and deep for wa
ter just in their reach, and not deep
enough or wide enough to wet their wee
dowDy bodies.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-01-22

A box containing lines, string beans
and superb tomatoes and oranges from
the place of Mr.. FL. Price Williams at
Miami, south of BiScayne Bay, was laid
on this scribe's table by Mr.. Williams
last Saturday. AS samples of the pro-
auctions of the East Coast they are
highly creditable, and as table luxuries
they were richly enjoyed. Mr. Williams
is now in the real estate business with
Mr.. John Ellis, formerly of this place,
and both are delighted with the Bis
cayne country.-Leesburg Commercial,
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-01-22

sincerely hope that we may all have the
foresight and the good judgment to look
to the future, and to improve the poul-
try of our respective localities in the
South, so that it will hold its own and
sell to advantage in any market.-H. B.
Geer, in Cultivator.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-01-22
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

LAND OFFICE AT GAINESVILLE, FLA.
November, &c. 1875.
notice. is hereby given that the following named
settler has filed notice OF his intention to make fl
nal proof in support Of his claim, and that said
proof will be made before CLERK Circuit Court at
DeIand, F st.. on January Is, 1895, viz: Isham
Moody OF Seville. Fla Homestead $780, for the
west u OF northeast Il of section 80 township
10 south of range % east. He names the follow
ing witnesses to prove his continuous residence
upon and cultivation of said land, viz: p l..
Jenkins OF Seville, Fla J. G. Poppell OF Seville,
Fla; Samuer Varnes of Seville, Fla; r. r. Rau-
lerson of Seville Fla. ]. M. BARCO,
Register.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-01-22
POULTRY DEPARTMENT.

Address all communications to Poultry
Department, Box 200, DeLand, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-01-22
Looking Ahead.


We would urge the Southern farmer
and market poultryman to look ahead,
to think, to figure and to act. 1t is only
the active, thoughtful mind that accom-
plishes anything.
We take it that any man and every
man is anxious and ready to improve his
condition, his surroundings and his pros
poets; that he is only waiting for an op-
portunity to do so; for som ething to hap
pen. something to turn up so that he
may be enabled to give things better
and brighter aspect by taking hold of
the right thing at the right time, and
thereby help something good to come to
pass.
We see in the poultry on the farm one
of the useful agencies, one of the levers
of prosperity that has become rusty and
almost profitless from neglect. 1t has
become inbred and understood, and not
as prolific in eggs as the hens should be,
and now comes an expert in such mat
tiers, and tells us that the poultry of Kan
sas and Missouri is superior in size and
quality to that of Kentucky and Tennes-
see, and that the poultry of the two lat
ter States is superior to that of Mlssis-
sippi and Alabama; and, further, that
the poultry from the two western states
IS driving the southern home grown
fowls out of the southern markets; that
poultry from the West is preferred to-
that of the South, aud therefore, it is
shipped South, and used by the southern
hotels, restaurants, etc., right under our
very noses, and our home grown fowls
are GRADED second in quality.
Now, this is pretty how-dy'do.
Things have come to a pretty pass,
when Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama or
any other southern state can't raise just
as fine and desirable market poultry as
any other state in the Union. The same
authoritytells us that the western farmers
have, for years, been grading up; been
buying and breeding large, heavy weight
pure bred cocks among their common
stock, until the whole aock has been ele'
waited IN size and weight, until they can
now call our homegrown fowls small DO
tatoes and run them out Of our home
markets.
Suppose we take look ahead. We
have the soil, the grass, the grain, water
and the clim ate; more sunshine, longer
and milder gro wing seasons, and are cet'
ter adapted In every sense to growing
fine poultry than the stormy, chilly,
windy West.
Why not grade up, too? Why not make
systematic and general effort to i'm
prove the farm poultry Of the South?
Breed it to larger size and heavier weight
per fowl. Breed up and feed up, and
produce such poultry as no one and no
section can surpass. 1t is shame that
the South should be outdone in the very
farm industry in which she should excel.
We don't like it and we want to remedy
it. We would set about at once to i'm
prove the fowls on the farm by cross
breeding them with purebred Plymouth
Rocks, Light Brahmas and Cochins. We
would impart to them that in which
they are lacking, which is size, weight
and attractiveness.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-04-10

One of the broadway theaters in New
York now serves free cups Of tea to any
of the fair patrons who care to go to the
lobby, where it is drawn between the
acts.
Word comes from Boston that Mr..
Hoyt, the playwright, who has twice
been a democratic member of the New
Hampshire legislature, is now an as
pirant for the republican nomination
for governor in that state.
Mile. Marie Samary is starting a
Theatre de Jeunes Files in Paris, where
the young person will be entertained
with plays that will not bring bushes to
her face. She promises dramatic pieces
more exciting than Racine's Esther
or "Athalie."
NM. lie Barry and Ke Feraudy have
just been elected to full shares as So
cietaires of the Coincide Franchise. The
only other members of the company
who have full shares are Mounet-Sully,
Worms, Coquelin, Cadet and Silvain.
Miles. Brandes and Du Mini have been
promoted from pensionaires to socie-
taires.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-04-10
The SOLDIER BOYS.

Eighty of the Russian officers at
vIadivostock are studying Chinese.
Lord Wolseley proposes to begin re.
form in the British army by abolishiDg
the cooked hats and feathers worn by
staff officers.
Out of $50 white soldiers sent to
Ashantee At were taken down with
fever, while the West India regiment Of
blacks had 206 hospital cases.
Lieut.. Andre, the Swedish officer who
is to attempt to go to the north pole In .
balloon, has received applications from
more than a score of Swedish women
who wish to join him in his perilous
trip.
England proposes to raise a regi-
ment of gentlemen; there would be
plenty Of recruits from the young men
who failed to pass the examination adj
mitting to the military schools. Lord
Wolseley favors the plan.
A few years ago the number of sui
cides among the rank and file of the
Prussian army became public scandal.
The latest statistics show that, while in
1892 the proportion was 5.28 per 10, 900
nan, in 1895 it was 4.22.
lieut.. Gen. valeriano Weyler de Nico-
lau. marquis OF Teneriffe. is the full
title of the governor general of Cuba.
He is fourth OH the list of lieutenant
genetuYs, above whom are six captain
generals of the kingdom, and is now 81
years o. age.
In colhmemoration of the victories
won by the japanese troops in China,
the Buddhists of Kioto, Japan. will
erect a gigantic bronze statue of Buddha
in that city twill be 40 feet in height,
and the ca mon captured by the Jap
anese during the war are to be used in
making the image.
The Ashantee ambassadors to Eng
land spent $50, 0e0i1 eight months.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-04-10

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that can not be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
f. j. CHENEY &c Co., Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. j.
Cheney for the last 10 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, o.
WALDINe, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials
free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-04-10
The Rack, the rhumbscrew and the Boot

The Rack, the ThumbscreW and the BOOT
Were old fashioned instruments of torture
long since abandoned, but there is a tor
mentor who still continues to agonize the
Joints, muscles and nerves of many of US.
The rheum atism, that inyeterate foe to daily
and nightly comfort, may be conquered by
the timely and steady use of Hostetter' g
Stomach Bitters, which likewise eradieates
neuralgia, bilious, malarial, bowel, stomach
and nerve complaints.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-04-10
The Modern Beauty

Thrives on good food and sunshine, with
plenty of exercise in the open air. Her
form CLOVIS with health and her face blooms
with its beauty. If her system needs the
cleansing action of laxative remedy, she
uses the gentle and pleasant Syrup of Figs.
Made by the California Fig Syrup Company.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-04-10

Boz Say, amt you going to stand treatf
thought you had money TO burn.n Dick
II should have If you would furnish the
draft Boston Transcript
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-04-10

WERE it not better for a man in fair
room to set up one great light, or branch
ing candlestick of lights, than to go about
with arushlight into every dark corner
Bacon.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-04-10

LADY CUSTOMER lin china shop)-"Dc
YOU break these sets I" Dealer-"No
madam; the purchasers servants usually
attend to at,n-Tit-BitS.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-04-10

A DOSE in Time Saves Nine Of Hale's
Honey Of Horehound and Tar for Coughs
Pixies Io0thache Drops Curein one minute
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-04-10

Frs stopped free BY DR.. Kline,s Great
Nerve Restorer No fits afterfirst DAYS use.
Marvellous cures. Treatise and 50 trial bot
Tie Tree. DIR. Kline, 93I Arch st., Phila, Pa,
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-04-10

GLORY is like a circle in the water, which
never ceaseth to enlarge itself, till by broad
spreading it dispense to naught-Shakes-
peare.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-04-10

A DEFINTTIoN.-'sW What is a critics' "He
is a man who rips things to pieces without
knowing how to put them together again"
Chicago Record.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-04-10

THoUGH plunged in ills and exercised in
care. yet never let the noble mind despair
Phillips.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-04-10

COULD not get along without Piso's Cure
for Consumption. 1t always cures.-MRs. E.
G.. MoULToN, Needham, Mass, Oct. %, '94.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-04-10

ABITTEH and perplexed 'sWhat shall Idoa'i
is worse to man than worst necessity
Coleridge.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-04-10
OOrn

Is z vigorous feeder and re.
spends we'll to liberal fertiIiza-
ton. On corn lands the yield
increases and the soil improves
If properly treated with fer
t:lizers containing not under
10 actual
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-04-10
Potash.

"A trial of this plan costs but
little and is sure to lead to
profitable culture.
Our pamphlets not advertising circulars boom
inE special Fertilizers but practical works, contain
ing latest researches the subject Of fertilization, and
really helpful - farmers They sent tree ior
GERMAN KALI WORKS,
90 Nassau ST.. New York.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-04-10
Hou,a rhis

Over 20 boys under IS years of age
have won the Victoria cross.