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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-28
OLD FRIENDS.

There are no friends like old friendR
And none so good and true.
We greet them when we meet them
As roses greet the dew.
No other friends are dcnrcr,
Though born of kindred mold,
And while we Tri2o the new ones,
We treasure moro the old.
There are no friends like Old friends,
Wher'cr we dwell or roam,
In lands beyond the ocean
Or near the bounds of home.
And when they smile to gladden.,
Or sometimes frown to guide,
We fondly wish those old friends
Were always by our side.
There are no friends like old friends
To help us with the load
That all must bear who journey
DER lTse's uneven road.
And when unoonquerod sorrows
The weary hours invest,
Tho kindly words Of old friends
Are always found the best.
There are no friends like old friends
To calm our frequent fears
When shadows fall and deepen
Through lfe's declining years.
And when our faltering footsteps
Approach the great divide,
We'll long to meet the old friends
Who wait the other side.
David Banks Sickles.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-28
NIoltke md His Poem.

One morning, aJ Versailles, i'll Janu-
airy, 1871, the letters from home We're
being looked through while Moltke was
present. In one of them was long
poem in his honor, full of all magma
bic eulogies, such phrases as 1.-THE sage
orderer of battles, " the great silent
man." etc, constantly occurring. He
sat quiet while this great composition
was being read out, and when it was
over he smiled calmly to himself and
remarked to us, "Wel, you know, if
we had not conquered the poem would
have begun with the words, Thou old
fool. Forum.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-28
SELECTING a VOCATION.
DIR. Parlthurst's Wise Counsel to Youn:
Men In Choosing Career.

men III OhboslhE IA NdIeeIs
"The young man who says, L have
given my heart to the Lord, and, there
fore, l am going to study for the minis
Try, misses the entire point, " says DR..
Parkhurst in an article On Selecting a
Career" in Ladies Home journal.
"Therc is no therefore about it. That
is Il pcttifoggiug way Of meeting great
situation. quote from a letter that l
received recently from u young lawyer
in Ohio: la my daily lite about the
criminal courts | have seen many a sad
scene, and at last it has come to that
point that / am almost decided to cast
aside my bright future in law and en-
ter the service of the Lord | answered
him that he was writing nonsense.
What he meant by the service of the
Lord was the Christian ministry, and
that is no more Il service Of the Lord
than amy other reputable calling. 1t is
not what Il man does that makes his
service Christian; ii is putting his career
under contribution to the public veal,
instead of mortgaging it to his own
prefcrmcnt, that makes his service
Christian. There is Il great lot Of small
thinking about these matters and well
meaning imbecility that works dam
agingly all around. My correspondent
furthermore wrote that he had learned
to distrust the law. All the more rea-
son, then, why he should stay in the
law. We cannot improve thing by
standing off and distrusting it, but by
jumping i'll and converting 1t. If all the
conservation is put into the ministry
and all the brains into the other profess
sions, neither the pulpit nor the world
Will profit. The sum and substance of
all Of which is that when a young man
has come out on to the distinct Chris
tian ground of putting himself under
contribution to the public veal, the Sc
lection Of a career best suited to him
self and to the needs of humanity is
simply IA matter of studying adaptations,
and deciding by what art trade, bust
ness or profession he can subserve that
veal the best -
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-28

There is an Indian legend that
Brahma, the creator, once committed a
Gin that he might know the torments
of remorse and thus be able to sympa-
thize with mortals, But the moment he
had committed il he began repeating
the mantras, or prayers of publication,
and, i'll his grief, dropped ON the earth
a tear, the hottest that ever fell from an
eye, and from it was formed the first
sapphire.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-28

Mr.. Reynolds is a bright and we'll
preserved old gentleman, but to his lit
tie granddaughter Mabel he seems very
old indeed. She had been sitting ON his
knee and looking at him seriously for
a long time one day when she asked
Suddenly:
GRANDPA, were you i'll the alk?"
"Why, no, my dear" gasped the as
tonished grandparents
Mabel's eyes grew large and round
with establishment.
"Then, grandpa" she asked "why
weren't you drowned?" - Pittsburg
Bulletin.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-28

Clergymen are bywords for their fail
ure in the religious and moral training
of their own children, and really do
not see on what ground they should be
expected to be more successful with
those of other people London Truth.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-28

"What helped you over great obstacles
of life?' they asked a successful man.
"The other Obstacles" he answered. -
L. S. O'Como1.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-28

The Pisan era, commonly used in
France during the twelfth century,
was originated by monk Of Pisa. 1t
antedated the Christian era by one year
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-28

STATE OF VERMONT Notice Is here5,
WINDSOR COTNTN. given that applica
tlon VIII be made to the General Assembly @
the State 90 Vermont, nj ITS next session TO b
held at Montpelier, in October, 1896, for tn
grant of a charter 10 certain inhabitants c
this State for the formation OF "A company 10
the purpose OF constructing, maintaining an
operating a railroad for public use in III
conveyance of persons and property, to b
located in the town and city OF Rutland, in tn
towns of ChitienGen, Mendon, SherbunC
Pittsfield, Stockbridge, Rochester, Hancock
Granville, Warren, Waitsfeld, MOI etowT
MiddleseX, Berlin and in the town and cit
of Montpelier. 80 '3W.
Dated at Rochester, July 3lst, 1896
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-28

The first purchase o. copper to be used
in the United States coinage was in
1892, Sept. II, six pounds.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-06-04
Milk.

The Binghampton, n. Y, Dairy As
ISOLATION supply milk to private Gus
toners in that city. AS all their milk
and cream is pa~steurized, we append
"a description of the process taken from
the Herald:
The dairyman brings his milk from
the farm in large cans. The milk is
the Iarc" double ~I.aSteuriZ. - vat,
which has Il capacity of several hun
dred gallons. Underneath the milk
vat is a tank holding water. Live
steam, direct from the boiler. is turned
on and o the temperature of the
milk rises from 30 to $50 degrees. lit
is kept at that temperature for twenty
minutes. This is at scalding heat and
is as high as milk may he heated with
out giving it Il burnt taste. Physicians
all agree that in milk so heated all
germs Of disease, If they exist, are
killed and rendered harmless.
Cold water is then turned into the
vat and the temperature of the milk
is reduced to 100 degrees. The milk
is then boiled, sealed air tight and
submerged in ice water. 1t is soon as
ceol1 as 40 degrees. BY reducing the
temperature quickly cream Will form
on the milk. If 1t was allowed to cool
slowly it would not form.
The precautionary measures that are
taken are these: The bottles in which
the milk is placed are first washed,
then +scalded. and finally put into Il
large box or tank and subjected to a
-steaming process. Each customer of
the association is made TO supply him
self with two sets Of delivery cans.
To insure absolute cleanliness each
can is washed by employees of the as
ISOLATION. The cans are also scalded
and then steamed. This makes them
absolutely pure.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-06-04
N1Tk.

1t rs often found by those using deep
cans for setting milk an warm wether
that the milk in one or more of the
can has n very greeable smell.
No one has yet found out just why
this should be so. but the Fact remains,
and how to get rid Of this bad smell is
the question, for it often reappears in
the butter. Some rdairymAn report
that they have prevented this bad
smeri from coming in tie nilk by aer-
ating. This can he done either With
N Of the patent machines made t1r
this purpose, or more cheaply. by
pouring the milk i've or six times
from one can or blcket to an her.
This must not be- dune in the stable,
where the air is more or less foul, but
take the milk to the open NJ: or house
first, where the air is fresh aud pnre.
OF course, the cooler the air the bet
ter.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-06-04
MIX as n Food,

Milk is n substitute that is complex
in it's composition, says Prof. Robert
son, of Toronto. All OF the ingredi-
ents, except the fat, L in solution;
the fat is in suspension, and when the
milk stands for any length of time
these little globules of fat rise TO the
surface and form what is known as
cream. A drop of milk contains D.
100000 globules of fat. Food, to be
healthy and nutritious, must have the
correct proportions OF flesh forming
and heat producing material. Good
nature, wholesomenesS, self mastery,
depend ON the quality of food we eat.
Raise a boy on bread and milk rather
than on potatoes and bacon. Bread
and milk is cheaper and much better
food. 1t is "a mistaken idea that n
man who works hard must a rich
food. Three-quarterS of a pound OF
beef, costing ten cents, n quart OF
milk, costing five cents. and five
ounces of wheat, costing three-quarters
of a cent, are equal in nourishing ma
terial One pound of cheese is equal
TO two and a half pounds of beef.
There is no better diet to work hard
on than cheese and potatoes. and there
is no diet more digestible. Wheat
bread rs not well balanced food, but
bread well buttered is very nutritious
Skim milk and oatmeal are valuable
foods.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-06-04

ing. The prevailing idea that a COW
should not he fed with nutritious food
before calving is wrong, for that Is the
times SHE lays ON flesh, develops the
calf and udder and brings forth n good
strong healthy calf, However. such a
COW needs special care. during calving
a few days before her time is up she is
put in a comfortable box stall, hut we
give her n little outdoor exercise every
day: as soon as we notice that she is
about calving we drench her with q
pound of EPSON salts dissolved III Il
quart of warm water.
| DO not believe in much assisting
unless positively necessary; very often
assistance is necessary with heifers
dropping their first calves.
For the first few days after calving
we give the COW bran mashes, oat chop
and altogether light food, and give her
nothing hut a limited amount of warm
water to drink.
Great care should be taken at this
time not to expose the COW, as she Is
very liable to catch cold, and should by
no means be allowed 10 run TO the wa
ter trough and fill herself with cold
water.
| find il 10 be the best plan TO take
the calf away Immediately and teach
it to drink ont Of a bucket; in this way
YOU rave to teach the calf TO drink but
once, and stop the worrying of calf and
cow. The COW should be MIXED three
times a day. After two days the cows
food should be increased for one wecE
to the regular ratiuna.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-06-04
Butter of auaIity md Color.

We have heard a great deal of com
paint from our merchants the past
week as to the poor quality Of the but
ter being received, and the streaked
coloring of the same. One dealer says
il is almost impossible to find a strictly
fancy lot of butter no the market and
another says that just at this season it
ii hard work TO produce a first-class
article on account Of the condition of
the feed, part hay and part grass.
Notwithstanding this, the market is
cleaning up well, and in 4 short time
we will be getting the fine and fancy
make OF grass butter. and then we will
forget that we have had any butter off
quality. Advices from creameries
throughout the country say that the
season is earlier this year than for sew
eral past, and that Il largely
increased make may be expected. We
hope that prices will advance in pro-
portion to the increase in quality.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-06-04
Emha.yJnmepf fHo ChprEa

New York. June John y. White.
formerly president Of the White Io-
comotive Company of Buffalo. is in
custody here. accused of embeZZlenent
Of $4,000. II is alleged that MI.
Whites shortage in accounts with the
corporation named are much beyond
the sun named. White resi"rcd the
presidency of the company some tirlfe
ago. being succeeded by Henry Nc
Kenzie. who caused the examination
of the books 10 be made. 1t is alleged
that numerous false entries were dis
covered. showing that the company
has been robbed of between SIO.0oo
and $4,000. Mr.. White refused to
say anything about the charges made
against him.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-06-04

AT the national encampment Of the G. A,
r. TO be held in ST. Paul during the first
week of September the services of a large
number Of bands and drum corps will be
required, over 100 having participated In
the cncampment and parades at Louisville.
1t is expected that many OF the visiting
posts and departments will necessarily en-
ploy bands which are located In the vicin-
ity Of ST, Paul. as the expense of bringing
them from their different home localities
would be too great. The committee on
mu ic having this matter in charge asks
that all leaders OF bands or drum corps
who desire to furnish music at the time
Of the "encampment without delay send TO
Lieut.. Robert l.. Whine. secretary of the
committee on music. Manhattan building,
st. Paul, a statement giving the number of
members of their respective Organizations,
n description OF the uniforms which they
wear, the character Of music furnished, and
the charge which will be made for their
services per day during the time Of the
encampnent.
vantages In tho way of drill, uniform or
attractive display, IL is also desired that n
statement of these shall be furnished. OF
late several Eastern organizations have
made inquiry In regard to music for the
occasion. and IL Is very desirable that the
committc shall be able, at as early a date
as possible, 10 provide a list of musical
organizations from which selections can be
made. You are, therefore,. requested TO
send in this statement without delay.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-06-04
I'D
IML@Gs1ysa
49,
COLD CHURNING.
advantages of Churnfnc nj Lower
temperatures

advantages of Churning ut Lower
temperatures,
among the steps that mark dairy
progress, churning at much lower
temperatures than was formerly be-
heved possible is not the least impor-
taht or least interesting, and it indi-
Gates that the dairy world is learning
the why" of things. That which
makes cold churning desirable is the
ue'hand or the market for butter hay-
inS az once a good flavor and good
keeping quality. The requirements of
TIE understanding world are becon,-
ing more eNlgent. AS the proportion
vi soou butter increases consumers are
pecoillllg more critical. At the old
temperatures 1t was easy to make but
Ter with good flavor by reducing the
washing TO a minimum. 1t was also
easy to secure good keeping qualities
by more thorough washing. but to
eDtaln both was very difficult. The
keeping quality depends upon the thor
oush removal OF the casein, but 70 eff
iect this removal by washing carried
with 1t the delicate aroma so highly
valued. On the other hand, if care
was taken TO leave the highly priced
MAYOR, some caSein was necessarily
EFT with it and this affected the keep
ing quality. OF course, we do not
r'can that any discovery has been
made that V.iil retain all of the deli.
cafe aroma of new-mmfe butter for a
very pr~otractsSi period. but the cold
churning apfroximares the result To a
greater degree than churning at the
old temperatures. BY making a very
thick cream, say 80 per cent or uver.
IL Is found TINT AT a temperature of
at'0u 70 chrrning is as readily and as
quickly accomplished as it formerly
was ut 62. with the further advantage
Tint the nasein is thoroughly separat-
cd and the Keeping quality of the but
fer l. increased without washing out
tho flavor by repeated washinyS. OF
course, this method is possible only
With a separator. BY the gravity sys-
TEN cream of The thickness required
cannot I've obtained; but with a separ-
aator the dreaming can he very close,
and 80 per cent cal he as easily
reached As the old IL. Is and 70 Ter
cent by the gravity system.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-06-04
ST 10 IL IL IS Is II % "a
National League.


Minneapolis. June >. Benjamin Il.
Savage. son OF Mr.. and Mrs. ID. l..
Savage. of 419 West Twenty-SiXth
street. was one of the victims Of the
st. Louis cyclone. Two hours before
the storm struck the city he had writ
ten a lptter 10 his parents and ii vas
received just q few minutes prior to
the message which stated that he had
been killed. He was twenty-three
wears old and one Of the proprietUrS of
the SHntanna vaudeville show. ON
the night of the cyclone the company
was 10 give n benefit entertainment
for tire Texas sufferers. The remains
arrived in tIiis city to-day. Two years
ago the deceased appeared in this city
at the Peoples tlleater in Uncle TOMS
Cabin"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-06-04

Council Bluffs. iowa. June Mem
hers of the Dodge light guards and the
high school cadets were given a taste
of real soldier life during Decoration
day exercises. Elmer Mathers Is a
res OF the cadets and also a mem
her of the guards. The guards We're
ont i'm response To orders from the
adiutant general Of the state. but
Mathers elected 10 march WIN tue "a
diets. When he appeared on the strec's
his arrest was ordered as an onender
against military discipline. The ca
diets protected him with their guns.
The guards were ordered TO iiN payo-
nets and arrest him at all hazards:
and Mathers was eventually captured
and locked up in the armory. He was
released later.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-06-04
CONGRESS-.
An adJournmcnt This WecE
FIRST Of Next

nneht This Week or tho
First of Next
Washington. June . Tho comet
WI pesih The week with the intentinn
vi making 1t the last of the session 80
possible. Some senators put The d,r
VI nuJoufnnent rs early as ThursJo :
vi the present week. while others no.,
II on saturday and still Others thint,
IL VIII be Impossible TO corclido ha
iore the first days of next week Tho
imperative work before the senate in
ordef to reach adjournment is IN dis
POSE Oh the conference reports ON tho
oruinilTy appropriation bills. n vote
upon the pond prohibitory bin and Ia
CONSIDER II proposition To nosc ths,
river ana harbor bill over the nroSi.
dents veto. in case the hin receive,
the necessary two-third's vote i'm ,ho
mousse 10 bring ii TO the senate Some
ssslatorS' probably a majority, also feel
tnai 'he! are under obligations TO
picSs tlle hlled cheese hill to = nal is
sue bnt there is Il sufficiently styono
minority opposed TO this measure ~
pFe'eht congress remaining in session
TOT the sole purpose of passing II aftar
the appropriation bills are cut or tho
way. IL would. therefore, appear that
tlie nope of the friends of this bin
must rest upon getting il through he
Iore All the appropriation conference
reports are disposed of.
The closing days Of the session in
the house will be mainly devoted TO
the consideration Of conference reports
Dut the feature of the week will be
the passage of the river and harbor
Dill over tie presidents veto. All the
friends of the bin who are absent have
received peremptory telegraphic sum
mons TO be present on Tuesday when
the Dill is reported hack from the COM
inlttee. The several votes taken on
1t already demonstrate that il has CON
siderably more than a two-thirds ma
Jority, and it's friends express no
doubt of the result. 1t is not probable
h n much time will be allowed for de-
bate. The conference reports will be
given the right of way whenever pre-
scented.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-06-04
Cheesc-Mnking i'm switzerland.

In Switzerland, the making Of cheese
is not left to hazard and to the within
or ignorance of the peasant. Not only
is it's consumption very large, but the
expectation of cheese from the little
Republic last year amounted to SILL.
100000. For these reasons. the gov.
eminent takes a paternal interest In
this industry, and 20 this end has
established cantonal schools. the pupils
of which are taught the theory and
practice of cheese-making, by eminent
professors. The course Of twelve
months, and the curriculum includes
hygiene, physics, chemistry, pasturage,
manufacture and accounts. Not con-
tent with this, the Federal government
sends young men abroad to study, and
at present forty students are in Italy
investigating the methods of the pro-
duction or the famous Paunscan and
Modena cheese Of that country-Chron.
icle, Bridgeton, n. j.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-06-04
white specks I'm Butter.

Il. G. Bennett, in Epitomist, says:
'The white specks in butter are due to
poor ripening Of the cream. Some of
the cream has "wheyed off" and de-
composed, and the casein has gathered
In clots and the whey has separated
from the cream. These clots Of curd
will not churn ont. They remain In
the butter as clots, and always look
white. Artificial coloring has no effect
upon them, and winter or summer they
spoil the looks OF the butter. Greater
care in ripening the cream Is called
for, but even in creameries there are
times when these colorless clots form,
and the sure way to do is to strain the
cream into the churn. Then the clots
do not get into the churn and ere not
found In the butter.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-06-04

Teaching calves to drink is a part OF
! farm work which few men covet, and
! on which often sorely tries the pa
tienoe of even good-natured men. 1
haUe had experience in this work for
nearly twenty years. and have tried
al,eut ali the different ways known
TO man.
The Tlan above all others ever tried
by me is 10 let the calf II with the
cow until the milk is good. BY this
time tie calf will have gained strength
enough to stand going without feed
for twelve hours, and il case it does
not get something the first time it
viii not suffer much.
Don't try TO force the calf to drink
by holding its head in the pail; it
wont work. The best success comes
from having an attendant to hold the
pail up t. the calf's mouth. no that the
nose will come in contact with the
milk. Some calves will drink 1T ,nce.
IL il does not. give il a finger, and
when il sucks II draw the hand grad
ualIy toward the milk. If all efforts
10 get the calf TO follow the 'ingcr to
the pail fail, and the calf persists in
~elevating his nose as IL to reach thu
dams udder. keep the finger in the
mouth and with the other hand dip up
n little milk. After ii gets to taking
the milk slip the finger out of the
mouth, keeping the hand OH he ralf's
nose. If the calf throws mp its head,
repeat the above, and you will SION be
rewarded by seeing il drink l have
tried every conceivable way If reach
ing calves to drink and the n above
described has given the best satisfac-
ton. One thing in this. as In all other
things connected with dairyiny, il.
never lose your temper. Abuse OF
farm animals never puts a penny In
the farmers pocket nor Increases his
chances of happiness In tie world to
come.