davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-04-07
QUALITY OF CHEESE IN THE WORLDS
FAIR DAIRY CHEESE TEST.

While the jersey cows in the Chicago
worlds fair dairy tests exceeded the
Guernseys aud Short-llorns, their COM
petitors, in the quantity OF milk and
cheese produced per herd and per head,
IL was a matter of surprise TO many who
were not familiar with this breed TO
learn Of their ability TO make large
quantity OF cheese per hundred pounds
of milk. This test at Chicago has pretty
well settled the question as TO the value
of milk rich in butter fat for cheese
making purposes, and has quite con-
clusiyely demonstrated ''thst the solids
follow the fat" | think | was among
the first to claim that the Jersey milk
vas, through its very richness III butter
fat, the most desirable for the production
of cheese, not only on account OF the
quality OF the cheese produced there
from. but also from the quantity; and II
was especially gratifying 10 me 10 have
the opinions which | expressed some
years ago SO amply demonstrated. The
oft.told story OF the yields OF the breeds
in milk and cheese has proved conclu-
sively the great victory won by the
JERSEYS in the cheese test; and inasmuch
as all the cheese was scored By experts
and the value given by the quality, ac-
cordiug TO scale of points fixed by
Chief Buchanan, the figures below
demonstrate that the quality OF the
Jersey cheese exceeded that OF the other
breeds, the average value per pound oi
cheese being as follows:
jerseys, ------.---.--------l3 u 35-lUc per pouhn
snort. Horns. IL ilO0c. per pound
Guernseys. II 6-l0oc. per pound
VAIANCEY T.. FULLER.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-04-07
THE BEST WAY TO CUT SEED PoTA-
TOES

is problem upon which no two
farmers agree and concerning which
numberless experiments have been tried
by farmers generally, rs well as by ex-
pertinent stations. Results at all sta
tions have been carefully studied by j.
+. Duggar, who concludes Farmers
Bulletin, No. 35, L. S. department OF
agriculture) that II Is more "important
to cut the tuber into compact pieces OF
nearly uniform size than To so shape the
pieces as TO have definite number OF
eyes on each set. No piece should he
entirely devoid OF eyes, and the majority
of the seed pieces should be large enough
to support at least two eyes, and better
three or more" The yield from plant
ing the seed or bud end is larger than
from the stem or butt end OF the tuber.
the eyes on the seed end being first TO
germinate, and hence Of especial i'm
portance when an early crop is desired.
The total yield increases with every in
crease la the size OF seed pieces from the
single eye to the whole potato; this In
crease occurs both in the large and In
the small potatoes, but chiefly In the |
latter. The net yield OF salable pota-
toes increases with every increase In the |
size of seed piece from one eye to the
half potato. The half potato affords
larger net salable crop than the whole
potato, on account of the excessive
amount of seed required In planting en-
tire tubers. Taking the average of many |
experiments, it was found that for every |
100 bushels of net salable crop grown |
from single eyes, there were III bushels
from 2-eye pieces, III bushels from quar-
ters, and l39 bushels from halves, but
only 100 bushels from planting whole
potatoes. These results favor the use
OF halves "a seed pieces II seed potatoes
and crops are assumed tn be OF equal
value per bushel, but when seed potstoes
command very high price, quarters
may bc used TO advantage. II is better To
place in one hill one large piece than
several very small ones of the stme az
gregate weight. Small potatoes csn
sometimes be used for seed with profit,
ia which case they should be planted
whole. Leading growers are careful 10
select for seed medium Ia large tuber' OF
good shape, and their example should be
-
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-04-07
GREEN BONE.

A hen must find material for eggs
from the food she gets. III rich In egg
she lays well, IL not. she
LAYS poorly. A chemical analysis OF
green bone shows that it contains every
clement found in the white, the yolk and
the shell of the egg, which accounts for
the avidity with which green bone is
eaten by the hen. Ii she requires IL, a
hen will leave other food at any time for
a mess of green bone. 10 summer, when
allowed free range, bugs and worms sup
ply this craving for animal food, and
that is one reason why hens lay better
in summer than in winter. When con-
fined, bugs and worms cannot be had,
and the hen has TO wait possibly weeks
10 accumulate from the improper food
supplied, enough material TO make an
egg. But when given daily allowance
OF green bone, the egg is formed quick
ly and the hen has got to lay.-Maine
F.rmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-04-07
WATERING HORSES,

The watering of horses, particularly
during the hot season Of the year, should
have special attention. IL goes without
saving that horse should have plenty
of water at morning, noon and night
but they are not always-indeed, are very
seldom-allowed to drink during the
afternoon or forenoon, between meals,
as It were. While the driver may 20 to
the spring two or three times during the
same period for his cooling draught, the
horses have to suffer an equal thirst, per-
hsps, without opportunity to quench it.
It is simply humane act on the part OF
the owner or driver to treat the horses
AS he Goes himself in regard to this mat
ter.-Maine Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-04-07
Children Cry for Pitchers Castoria-
jle story Of
Puritana.

Prof. Dixi Crosby, y. D., IL. D.,
v-f, Tor tIirtv-twp wears vcS 81 tie
hc4i If Dartmouth Medical College,
belonged - thefamous Crosby family
of physicians, whichiorseveral gcnoI-
a,iaas has furnished more disiin-
ruiShcd medical men than any other
family in America. HIS father wcs
Or. Asa Crosby, of Dartmouth, Who
procured the charter OF tic State
medical society, CJ which 10 was Tor
thirty years q conspicuous member;
one brother, Or. Josiah Crosby. in
vented thcinyllid bed and the method
of making extensions OF fractured
limbs by adhesive strips; another
brother. Or. ThoS. X. Crosby, was
chief surgeon in Columbian College
Hospital during the war, and later
professor of animal and vegetable
physiology az Dartmouth College;
while DR.. Dixi Crosby himself was
the inventor and GiScOvCrCr OF various
important improvements IN medicine
and surgery, including new and
UNIQUE mode of reducing metacarpo-
phalangeal dislocation, opening OF al
sccSS at hip-joint, etc, e;c.
At the early ace of tweDty-fOUr his
extraordinary sl,lll anu success in over
coming disease hal already attracted
the attention of medical men through
out the world, AID won icr him the
highest honors. His creates; achieve
nent was the discovery of an original
method for perfecting a2d compound
ing in permaneut form what has be
come known as his "lrize formula,
and which. under tho naGe Of furi-
tana. is legally protected.
The foundation OF this remarkable
medical discovery consists Of simple
New England roots and htres, aad the
original family recipe for It has dc
scended TO the long line Of Crosby
physicians from tk-ir Puritan ances-
tors. Its peculiar vegetable compost
ton rendered it necessary to brew 1t
whenever needed in the early days a
its history, and after the scattering 7
the Puritan flmilics - remote iocall-
ties. where tie necessary ingredients
we're not % be found, many attempts
were made t. put IL up IN permanent
form. Ell OF which failed until Dr Dixi
Crosby discovered means and methods,
the result Of which l.: Natures Cme
compounded in TIE laboratory q
Common SlGse.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-04-07
Written for the oxford Democrat.
kT REST BY THE WAYSlDe.

Skipping briskly up hillside,
Noted whitened head;
Sitting wayworn by the roadside,
And salutlng me, IL said,
"sltrangcr, once Ike thee, specdcd
Fp this way with mighty zest,
Bbt 10 day my frame has needed
stopping by the way 10 rest"
Filled with sympathy and sorrow,
flowed my pace, my soul possessed
With the thought, "Old man, tomorrow
GU will stop for aye TO rest"
Y,t not all who rest are hoary,
BONE have rested at their best,
who with me began life's story,
stopping by the way TO rcst."
a hd my heart grows sore In timing
fcores Of youth, with high hopes blest,
Who long since grew weary climbing,
Ind forever stopped to rest"
There are buds that never open.
brooping by field so fair.
l,It we trust their fragrant token
Ives for aye In upper air.
Stbut hearts, climbing up lifc's hill.slope,
bf whose crown you are In quest,
EIcr keep an emerald memory
For the ones who stopped to rest"
A. L. REED.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-04-07
Written for the Democrat.
THE MEMORIES OF THREE-FOURTHS
OF A CENTURY.

Of y ScN UNI
But few Of the present generation have
an idea of the hard condition OF their
ancestors seventy-fiye years ago. Most
of the labor-saving inventions which
make life easy at the present day, were
unknown to the civilized world at that
period OF time. Nearly every one born
of poor parents. and doomed TO eat
his bread by the sweat of his face, was
subjected 10 life Of incessant toll, hard
ship and priyation. Food and raiment
of the coarest kind were scarcely suill-
cient to keep person in comfortable
condition.
Bread for the farmers table was al
most universally made OF corn and rye
meal. Sometimes a rye cake, baked on
a platter before the open fire, was sub
stituted for coarse bread, but biscuits
made from wheat -four, except on very
rare occasions. were never seen, even on
the table of those considered independent
farmers.
There were no cooking stoves invent
ed, so the food was always prepared IN
the huge brick oven or over and before
the big kitchen fire, greatly to the an
noyance of the patient wife. daughter or
servant. who became cooked herself 81
most as much as the food prepared for
breakfast. How unlike the methods OF
cooking at the present day, when the
most sumptuous meals, composed OF
almost an infinite variety of dishes, are
quickly prepared for the table without
an, exposure to heat, or but little fatigue
to persons engaged In the work.
Wearing apparel, both for men and
women. was of home manufacture. made
from wool, flax and cotton, by the slow
and toisome process of hand cards. spin
ming wheel and kitchen loom; the pro-
duction of which has been increased five
hundred fold by the invention of carding
machines, spinning mules and power
looms, taking the place Of former i'm
plements laid aside as useless relics OF
past generation. Should lady of the
present day, however yirtuous and intelll'
gent, appear in public, clad in homespun
garments Of that period, she would be
come au object Of ridicule, excluded from
the pale of fashionable society.
Thus the social customs Of. the people
have made the same evolution as al
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-04-07
==========-=H==H=-
The POTATO QUESTION.
REPORTS or PHENOMENAL PROFITS
MIsLEAD. AVERAGE RESULTS MOST
INSrKICTiN

The fatal spot in all the letters Of those
who show how cheaply potatoes can be
raised il that they assume the conditions
10 be all right and then base results on
that. and the cruel thing about |, Is that
men are deceived thereby and lose their
farms in consequence.
II potatoes can be raised in Water
bury, for instance, for IL cents bushei
then there Is no reason why the farmers
OF Waterbury should not get rich and
that too at steeple-chasc speed. Any
quantity of men will contract their crop
at much lighter rate than that. and a
that includes pay for labor, trouble. etc,
the horny-hsnded men Of Waterbury
should live like "fghting cocks" Or
take the Bristol man; he raised over COO
bushels on an acre, and this year Will
raise $500 on three acres. That means
that he got $500 fiom an acre and will
get $500 from three acres thl, year.
Shades Of the greenback party, what Ia
the use of printing money when II can
be made faster raising potatoes:
But Mr.. Smith says that We cannot
get a dollar a bushel this year, He says
ttlat IntN epIu seven N'ut- uubti Nh'N'
Then the farmers Of Waterbury and
Bristol are 10 blame for IL. Gregory,
Henderson, Jerrard, and hosts OF Others
get over dollar and let us get the
phenomenal crop aud the phenomenal
price together and all roll In wealth.
Let as quit fooIing and go TO saving
wood. The average price of. potatoes Is
shown by cold figures 10 be about 40
cents. The farmer at that iigure gets
good wages for his work and that is all.
Indeed that Is all the farmer gets for
doing anything. He and his wife are
paid for labor and interest on stock in-
vested. The average farmer in Swanton
or Waterbury does not claim more than
that. Let US leave of getting rich in
our newspapers and show IL In our bank
account. And ask the New England
Farmer TO help on a good cause by using
its influence to exploit average results
rather than phenomenal accidents which
are OF no interest TO more than one In
IL, ,000.-Cor. New England Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-04-07
JUST The DIFFERENCE.

Here WAS the reply got from a farmer
noted for his shiftlessness "No, don't
take no agricultural papers an don't
want none. know too much about
farmin' now. | don't want 10 blow no
money in on noosepapers when | kin
sca'sely scrapc together stuff enough TO
pay my taxes. Come, boys, les all have
another drink
The next man met was Henry Fabry.
thrifty and successful man, who
promptly renewed his subscription, add
ing: Il have taken this magazine for a
great many years, during which time 1t
has never failed TO come when due, and
| have never failed To read it from cover
10 cover. w. Il. Becker.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-04-07
FEEDING LAMBS.

FEEDING lAM6S.
The season for the annual crop OF
Young lambs Is now on. The yards and
folds are now seen to be filling up with
this Young stock. The secret OF success
In raising lambs for the market is In
having strong and rugged stock to begin
with, and then keeping them growing
rapidly every day TIL they start to the
market. The following directions for
feeding lambs are from the American
Sheep Breeder, and are as good as any
one can give:
The feeding of lambs Is science. IL
Is by no means yet an exact science, yet
these few things ehsve learned: Feed
lambs of a mutton breed, or at least
sired bv mutton sire. Feed those that
have had the best food and opportunities
from the day of their birth. A"stunt-
ed" lsmb will never make corn into flesh
rs he ought. Before you put them In
the feed lots, attend the funeral OF every
louse aud tick.
Begin the feeding on pasture, II you
have the lambs early enough. Let them
eat bran for a few days, until all will
come quickly when called. IL you have
a choice of foods for the first, let your
choice be oats. Begin by giving it very
sparingly, merely enough 10 let each
lamb get a taste, and to make him eager
to get more. Increase the amount OF
grain slowly and regularly. DO not
make sny sudden changes In the feeding.
After 80 days, IL all goes well, the lambs
NAV be on full feed" You can tell by
ia. ir leaving little OF their grain when
fed Then cut down the amount fed
very little. Aim always to give Just
what will be cleaned up. As they grow
they will eat more. Increase their food
accordingly.
When YOU come 10 put them into the
he'd after the pasture gets short, do not
often let them have their liberty. y
ward twice as large as the shed is big
enough. aud they should not be allowed
In that except while they are eating their
grain. Feed the grain twice daily, at as
near the same time As possible. DO not
feed grain early in the morning 10 fat
,eniug lambs. Give them their hay
while they are out eating their grain.
Have water before them at all times
and see th,t II is pure enough FOR your
nuu drinking
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-04-07
TEART DISEASE, like
many other ailments when they
f.olI "a tho ..Nsfnnn

= have taken hold OF the system,
never gets better OF It's own accord out
Cknsfaufly 0rOsrs srOrse. There are
thousands who know they have defective
b,art, but will not admit the fact. They
didn't want their friends TO worry. and
DIom't kno,c ,cI,Gt to take for 1t, as
ttey have been told time and again that
hlart disease was incurable. Such was the
c,Ise of Mr.. Silas Farley Of Dyesville, Ohio
who writes June 10, 1894, as follows:
"I had heart disease for e3 gears,
nty heart hurting me almost continually
The first Is years doctored all the time'
t,Eying several physicians and remedies
uhtil my last doctor told me IL was only
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-04-07

A company composed of farmers in a
Kansas county has been formed 10 en-
gage in the manufacture of cigarettes
from sassafras leaves, the object being
..to save the boys OF the nation and
furnish certain cure for the cigarette
habit in this new industry -a-a-s'
and undoubtedly also To put few dollars
in the pockets of the promoters, as the
net proceeds Of the several hundred
acres of sassafras which they will plant.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-04-07

Hyacinths and crocuses poking tender
shoots through snow during the last
week have given assurance that spring 10
really coming, some time.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-04-07

question OF time as
I could not be cured.
/ gradually grew
worse, very weak,
and completely dis
couraged. until /
lived. propped half
up In bed. because /
c0ssidn'f lie dOscn
nor sit up. Think
ing my time had
CONC I tcld my fam
lily what l wanted
dnna when WAS
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-04-07
AMONG THE FARMERS.
"sPEEp THE PLow.'

Correspondence on practical agricultural topics
Is solicited. Address all communications In
tended for this department to HENRY ID. HAM
NoSD, Agricultural Editor oxford Democrat,
Paris, Ale.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-04-07

There is only one answerto the
question submitted, the .fmerfcaH
Nesyytaf(r DIRECTORY. Its opin-
ions are unprejudiced, unbiased
and unbough,. In one instance
its publishers paid 500 for ex.
posing the false circulation re
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-04-07

Where Is the state which outside its
own limits can make such good show
ing as Maine in clubs bearing Its name!
In the city of Springfield, Mass the
Maine club has a membership OF 5OO.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-04-07

Make your best efforts to secure
thorough drainage in all parts OF the
garden. Water should never stand on
the surface.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-04-07

The fwrri6ss .Nc5ryfafcy DF-
Ff,f'rT stands unquestionably
. and incomparably above all
others. 1, Is 6rs, IN complete
ness, containing not only the
name OF every newspaper and
periodical In the United States
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-04-07

The best trained cat we have heard OF
lives in Lewiston. His mistress sells him
and the cat comes back and Is sold over
again only to repeat the Performance,
apparently indefinitely. :.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-04-07
The
American
N Newspaper
Directory
Why
-
is Best.
-. -
Rteai iteal 70, he 0yfoyd Dtmayaf By ~ H. Ea'f"aar

R5,eai 5c,ialt joy ne 0rforS Draavdi By w. H. Eatmnn
ssgoI hrs
Its hes
ism familiar ywuht IA k
known
ai-eoi 4
n l W D
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-04-07

lished by Geo. I. Rowell \ Co, 10 Spruce
St. New York. Newspaper publishers
have many ingenious methods OF swelling
their circulation figures, such a giving the
larges, number OF papers printed, estima'-
Cd number of readers, etc. The makers of
this directory insist that every publisher :
statement, to be duly accredited, shall con
form to their own definition OF news
papers circulation, shall embrace the pc.
rod OF a full wear. and be dated and
signed. The accuracy Of every statement
thus made IS guaranteed by a 500 forfeit,
payable io the first person proving It false,
and although MANY thousands Of circulH
ton ratings have had the benefit of the
guaranty dunng the eight years The offer
has been standing, the directory publishers
have in but twenty three instances been
called on to pay the reward.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-04-07

We consider the d~s,iraR
Acsrltafcy Diyrrfo'y the best,
and every year growing better.
i, Is the only work of is kind
tha, has behind 1t an experience
OF twenty .eighiyears in directory
making. All this time II has been
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-04-07

the lsraeli,cs. head and shoulders above
all its compeers. 1t holds the unique
position of being the only directory that
darcs guarantee the correctness OF It's cir
culation figures by 500 forfeit, and this
confidence It's publishers place in the ac,
curacy of their own work commcnds II
TO the favorable opinion of all in need OF a
directory on which dependence may be
placed
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-04-07
pariIIa

the peculiar combination, proportion and
process used in preparing Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla, and which give it merit peculiar 70
itself. This is the secret of its wonderful
power, of it's wonderful sales, OF It's won
derful hold upon the confidence OF the
people. This is why it cures Scrofuia,
Salt Rheum, Catarrh, rheumatism, all
Humors. Kidney and Liver troubles, Dys-
pepsia. That Tired Feeling, builds up the
nerves, creates an appetite and strengthens
the whole system. Its merit, its sales, its
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-04-07

The ansricaa Nsuspaper Directory, published
hv Geo T. Rowell \ Co. 10 Spruce st, New
York: 1876 edition ready in May; price $500, OF
booksellers or the publlsbcrs.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-04-07

The frlryt,rH .N-sgtsrsr D.
yr-'rys gives every publisher the
opportunity 20 have his oircuia
ton rating absolutely correct and
covered by a free one hundred
dollar insurance policy. Il cN-
poses the circulation liar, and
g.. .....-.t..,lf 60. f.r.., ..
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-04-07

ADuIrsIsTRATOR's SALE.
TIE touring and Gifst MIL AMI Store, AZ
>-,- Paris Village belonging q the Estate Vi
"l,t. y. Ir,.-. ale of south Paris
i0-> was occupied fOr many years by the
i-"- olr'u- Company and by the late owner 7;
--- Natrr uowsr includes tue right Of nowage OF
A- lu., Fond The dam was thoroughly re
it-rl .1 'H The min j. IN xooa condition: u
-t, aWl. .1ue and Is still doing gOOd ousl-
a.--. la., lus property will De scld az oar,
.tl tr tr. agLt parties This i = spiehdl,'
..-...v ,a Sep Into a well established and pay
~ business Apply %
:, \. TRUE, Admr.,
aOs Commercial 81,
Portland, Ne
Cr. Hon. q. \. Wilson. so. Paris, Me.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-04-07

There IS but one newspaper
directory published that at
,tcmpts in any effective way TO
bring It's circulation ratings
into conformity to a uniform
standard. and thstis the AmSy.
ifln .Nc;CgtGtsy Diyorierp, pub.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-04-07

port of a paper that was paying Il
eral thousand dollars year for ;
ing.
A newspaper directory is chief
ly valuable to the advertiser IN
proportion TO the correctness OF
ii. circulation ratings. In this
particular there is no question
tha, the Aueriea1 NrSggfdfer Dr.
rotor stands as did saul among
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-04-07

untcT one management. and rs constant
watchword has been progress II the
..knowing how counts for anything, the
publishers Of this directory have full
share of that qualification.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-04-07

'ocued giving the names ot - editor and
publisher is SIZE, subscription price, aye,
frequency OF isSuc and general character,
bat the directory j. also "a gazetteer OF all
towns where newspapers are published.
I; tell, their location, population, railroad
CONNECTIONS, principal business. etc, max
ing IL a valuable work for general refer
cucc A. well IS the advertisers iudi.pens-
able guide book