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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-02-06
Married Eighty Years.

The oldest living couple in tho
United States beyond doubt has for
the last forty years resided within
three miles of Black River Falls, Wis.
Louis and Amelia Darwin were born
in the Province Of Ontario, not far
from Montreal. The husband was
born on September "a, 17sS, or one
year before the inauguration of the
first President of the United States.
The wife was born at La Pero's Isle on
March H.. 1894, and is now past her
10Ist year. The aged people are de-
scendants from Il race which for many
generations was noted for remarkable
LONGEVITY, -. -.,..,-
Eighty years have passed since they
were joined in wedlock. and a family
of twelve children was the fruits of
their marriage. Five are still living
in the vicinity, ranging from seventy
to fifty-four years. The oldest child,
were he living to-day, would be seven
ty.nine years old.
For thirty years Grandma Darwin
was totally blind. Strange and in
credlOIe as III may seem, III ner ninety
ninth year she recovered her second
sight and was able to distinguish her
children. Yet during the period of
her blindness she performed her
household duties without any assist
auce.
The old gentleman has be en- re-
markabio man. When he was 100
years old he could dance jig equal to
Il dancing master, but the past four
years he has gradually wasted away,
until to-day he is but shadow of his
former self. Every day is telling upon
his great vitality, andh is dissolution is
daily looked for.
The old lady, whose health has been
poorly of late, is somewhat improved,
and she is likely to live to ms great an
age rs her venerable consort, now
nearing his end.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-02-06

Tho Louisville Courior.Journal
states that the question of keeping
down the cotton acreage for 1896 is
attracting a great deal of attention in
the South. The cotton exchanges are
urging planters to diversity their
crops and plant no more than they
did in 1SgI.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-02-06
Prnssla,s Smallest Officer.

The smallest non-commissioned of
ficer in the Prussian army is Eugene
Mayn, serving in the Ninth Battalion
of Jaegers. he is native of Sprot-
tau, and measures but four feet 81
inches. But his chest measurement is
good and his soldierly qualities are
above reproach. Chicago Record.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-02-06

Rudolph Cronau declares that bs has
indisputable evidence that the re-
mains OF Columbus still rest in the
cathedral at Santo Domingo, Hayti.
He asserts that the remains transferred
TO Spain in 1895 were those of the
great discoverer's son, Diego.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-02-06

II Turkey should bo wiped out, it
would mean tho loss to Russia of an
annual sum of $1,000, 900. which Tur-
key pays her by way Of indemnity,
and will have to pay till 1877.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-02-06

Taking the whole land surface Of the
globe into consideration, there are
twenty two and n half acres for each
inhabitant on this planet.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-02-06

Scallops first make their appearance
every year about the 1st OF Septem.
ber. Then they swarm in great num-
bers IN Peconic Bay, mostly to the
south and southeast OF Robins Island.
They are also found along the north
ern shore of the Sound. but last year
the Connecticut and Rhode Island
crops were total failures, while in
Peconic Bay it was the best season in
years. March is the last month il
which they are usually caught. Their
habits are peculiar. On one day they
will be plentiful, and on the next not
one will be found. In appearance the
scallop is much like the clam, except
that 1t has small pectinations or ridges
radiating from the base OF the shell,
The she'll is much more fragile, and
the interior is delicately lined with
mother.of-p pearl. The only edible
part is small muscle, similar TO
"the eye" of the oyster, only much
larger. This is eaten stewed, fried,
broiled, or chopped into an omelette.
The housewives of Suffolk County also
preserve them and can them.
The scallop swims by rapidly open
ing and closing his shell. He does
not rest on the bottom, like the oys-
ter, but seeks the seaweed sand grasses
and hides among them. This PEE
culisrity has to be taken into consid-
Grafton when dredging for them.
The dredges are not dragged along
the bottom, where they would scoop
up all sorts OF sea refuse. but are tied
off at length of rope which just keeps
them of the bottom. The scallop is
a very voracious and very active
creature, seldom resting long in one
place.
Aside from their value as edible
delicacies, the scallops are valuable on
account of their fragile shells. These
are called "cush, "and are spread over
oyster beds, where they catch the
"spat," or young oysters. This is the
best she'll ever found for this purpuse.
When the young oyster is ABOUT the
size of a cent the scallop shells are
piled on the deck of q boat. The
oyster planters then rub the shells to
pieces with their hands, which can
easily be done without injurinL the
young oysters. Thus separated from
the scallop shells, the young oysters
are spread during the month of August
over new oyster grounds. Planters
of oysters pay from two cents to four
cents per bushel for the scallop
shells. New York Times.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-02-06
WON BY WHISTLING.

ARTLEY, or rather his
wife, had been giving
a musical "At Home,"
and u performance of
siilleurs had proved the
hit of the evenings en-
tertainment.
An hour or so later,
the "crowd" having
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-02-06

Nell-"I wouldn't like 10 be in your
shoes" Bellc-"No, they'd pinch you
frightfully, wouldn't theyT-Phlladel-
phia Record.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-02-06

China has to-day twenty.six ports
open to foreign commerce.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-02-06

MipDLFBrRG, Pa, Fen. 6, 1896.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-02-06
THE sCALLOP.
PECULIARI-IEs OF THE OYs-
TER's ONLY RIVAL.
Swims by Rapidly Opening and Clos
Ing Ills Sbell-How He Is
Caught and Shuckcd-
The Edible Part.
Through comparatively

n THOUGH comparatively
~ new, the scallop trade is an
~ important industry in the
villages of New Suffolk, Pc
comic, Mattituck, Sag Harbor, South
old and Greenport. In its various de-
partments il gives employment to
large number of men and women. OF
course, the catching of the scallop is
the most important feature of the
work. Every morning at daybreak
during the season fl eet of about 100
vessels assemblies in Peconic Bay aud
begins the work Of dredging. The
dredges are made of network COM
posed OF iron rings fastened to each
other. This is kept open in the shape
of a basket by an iron frame made
very strong. Each vessel is equipped
with two such dredges. They are fas.
tened over the sides of the craft by
ropes, one on each side. The vessel
then sails away, with sheet ensed,
dragging along the dredges to gobble
up everything that comes in their
way. One at time they are hauled
up, the scallops are removed from
among tho shells and other sea
rubbish, and the dredge is put back
into the water. This is continued un.
til the vessel has full cargo, and then
she sails to the nearest "shucking"
house to leave her locd.
"Shucking" is the vernacular term
for removing the scallops from their
shells. The shucking houses are small
shanties at various points on the shore.
The interiors are fitted up with long
tables. Upon these the siellfsh are
dumped Then the shuckers, who are
principally young men and women.
armed with stout knives, began their
work. Each scallop is opened with
one twist of the wrist, the edible part
is placed in pan, and the shells are
emptied into wooden traps.
The shuckers work very rapidly,
some of them opening II gallon in n
! little more than an hour. There are
from 1900 to 210O scallops in a gal
/ lon. The shuckers receive from six
/ teen cents to twenty cents gallon.
The more rapid workers sometimes
makes as much as SO or So 30 a day,
when they have plenty of work. This
year, however, scallops are SO scarce
that the dredgers have done most oI
the shucking themselves. The opened
scallops are packed in stone jars OF
wooden tubs, and shipped by rail tc
New York. Those for which there il
no market are placed in large boxes
packed in ice, and kept there unit
the freezing up of the bay stops thc
dredging and makes higher prices
New York, Philadelphia and Bostor
consume most of the scallops. Abcu
1000 gallons are eaten every week il
NJ Xerl, elane. Z (.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-04-30
SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE.

By virtue of an order of sale issued out
Washington, for the County, Of San Juan
and to me directed and delivered, for a
judgment rendered in said Court on the
3lst day of March, A. d. 1896, in favor OF
The Canada Settlers Loan and Trust
Company, a corporation, Plaintiff, and
against DR.. w. III. Hayes and Sarah j.
Hayes his wife, Defendants, for the sum
of $l2O2. 24100 with interest at the rate
of nine per cent per annum from said 3lst
day of March, A. D. 1896, and the further
sum of attorney fees, and $l9. TO-
100 costs of suit, have levied upon the
following described real estate towit:
The north half o. of the southeast quarter
"a of section twentyeight (20) in town.
ship thirty-six 1867 north of range one
west of the Willamette Meridian, con-
tanning eighty 800 acres more or less &C
cOrt!ing to the government survey situate,
lying and being in San Juan County,
State of Washington.
Notice is hereby given that on Monday,
the Ilth day Of May, A. d., 1896, at
the hour of ten O'Clock, a. IN. of said day,
at the Court House door, in Friday Har-
Dor, in said county of San Juan. I will
sell all the right, title and interest of the
said Dr.. w. II. Hayes and Sarah J. Hayes
his wife, defendants, in and to the above
described real estate, at public auction, to
the highest and best bidder, to satisfy
said execution and all costs.
Given under my hand this 4th day of
April, A. D. 1906.
NEWTON JONES, Sheriff of San Juan
County. w ashington,
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-04-30

THERE Is so very little i'm common
In the platforms of the Republican and
Populist parties, especially OH the
money and tariff questions, that their
fusion is hardly justi6able in any Sec
ton of the country, even in North Car
olina, where that questionable expedi-
ent has several times been resorted to
to overcome Democratic ascendancy.
The latter is bad enough, but it is to be
preferred in any state to such a mon
grel rule as would be pretty sure to re-
suit from a joint administration of Re-
publicans and Populists. So far as local
government in the south is concerned,
the wealth and intelligence of the peo-
pie has been so largely allied with the
Democracy for so many years that
there is very little doubt that local pub
lie affairs are as rule best administer
cd through its agency, in most of the
states south Of the old slave line.
Nearly third of q century haselspsed
since the close of the mighty struggle
which desolated tens of thousands of
homes i'm the north and south and gave
freedom and reimbursement to the
black race, but what is known as the
negro problem is still far from solved
and the problem is far greater one i'm
the south today, IN a political sense,
than the tariff or silver questions.
Education is perhaps the most promis-
Ing factor in the solution, but it will
hardly be solved by that alone. Bitter
race predjudiee has existed i'm all parts
Of the south ever since the war and it
undoubtedly will exist 30 long as the
whites and the blacks nominally have
equal political rights. But so long as
these rights are common to the two
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-04-30
SHERIFF,S SALE OF REAL ESTATE.

By virtue of an order of sale isSuec out
of the Superior court Of the state of Wash
ington. for the county of San Juan, and To
me directed and delivered, for a Judgment
rendered in said court on the first % day
of April, A. d. 1896, in favor OFF. w. Brad
ner plaintiff, and against Hattie A. Range
and ]. w. Range, Claudius Nj. Rivers and
Ada Rivers, James F. King and Adlin
King, defendants, for the sum of 81 ,247 %
with interest at the rate of ten (lO) per
cent, per amman, from said first % day of
April. a. D. 1896, and the further sum of
s. attorneys fees, and 5000 costs O.:
suit, have levied upon the following de-
scribed real estate, tO-wit:
The northeast One-Quarter "a of the
southwest one-quarter "a and the north
west onc-quarter "a of the southeast one
quarter "a of section ten OO, township
thirty-tive t35) north, range three 81 west
of the Willamette meridian, situate, lying
and being in San Juan county, state OF
Washington.
Notice is hereby given that on Saturday
the 9th day of May, A. d. 1891, at the hour
of 10 O'Clock, a. m. of said day, mt the court
house door. in Friday HarbOr. in said
county of San Juan, l will sell all the
right, title and interest of the said Hattie
a. Range and J. w. Range, Claudius NJ.
Rivers and Ada Rivers, James +. King
and Adm King, defendants, in and to the
above described real estate at public auc-
ton, to the highest and best bidder, to
satisfy said execution and all costs.
Given under my hand at Friday Har-
Dor, this 7th day of April, A. D. 1896.
NEWTON JONES
Sheriff of San Juan County, Washington.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-04-30
SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE.

By virtue of an order Of sale issued ont
of the Superior Court of the State Of
Washington for the County of San Juan,
and to me directed and delivered, for
Judgment rendered in said Court on the
End day of April, A. D. 1896, in favor Of
Peter Larsen, plaintiff, and against Rob-
ert Mervyn and Alice Mervyn his wife,
Defendants, for the sum of $72O.7O-lOO
with interest at the rate of 10 per cent per
annum from said End day of April, A. ID.
1896, and the further sum of $-attor-
ney's fees, and $21.3O-10O cost of suit,
have levied upon the following described
real estate, tOwit: Lots numbered five (5)
and six (6) of block one ~ in the Town of
Friday Harbor, situate, lying and being
in San Juan County, State Of Washington.
Notice is hereby given that on Monday,
the I1th day of May, A. D. 1896. at the
hour of one O'Clock P. NJ. of said day, at
the Court House door, in Friday Harbor,
in said County Of San Juan, [ will sell all
the right, title and interest of the said
Robert Mervyn and Alice Mervyn his
wife, Defendants, in and to the above de-
scribed real estate, at public auction, to
the highest and best bidder. to satisfy
said execution and all costs.
Given under my hand this 4th day of
April, A. ID. 1896
NEWTON JONES, Sheriff of San Juan
County, Washington.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-04-30
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE.

Notice Of administrator sale OF real es-
tate. of the estate of George Smith, oe-
ceased.
Notice is hereby given that in pursn-
ance of an order issued by Hon. D. n.
Tucker, Court Commissioners IN ana ior
San Juan county, state OF W ashlhgtoli' III
the matter of the estate of George Smlth,
deceased. the undersigned administrator
will sell at public sale to the highest ana
host bidder for cash in hand. in lawful
money of the United States, ana supJect
to the confirmation of SAID court commas
sioner, all the right, title. interest ana es-
tate of the said George Smith, at the l!le
of his death and all the right, title ana IN
terest that the said estate has by operation
Of law or otherwise acquired other than
or i'm addition to that of the said George
Smith at the time of his death, and all the
community interest of Catherine Smith,
surviving widow of the said George Smith
deceased, in and to all those certain tracts,
pieces or parcels of land, situate, lying
and being in said county of San Juan,
state of Washington, ana more partlcu-
larly described as follows towlt:
The northeast quarter of the southeast
quarter of section thirty-fOur (34) and the
northwest quarter ofthe southwest quarter
of section thirty-five (35) all in township
thirty-five (35) north, range three ~ west
of Willamette meridian.
Time, place, terms and conditions OF
said sale are 8 follows towit:
At the school house in school district
No. |, in said San Juan county. (Which
said school house is situated near the resi-
,lence of said deceased) on Saturday the
Ind day of May, A. D. 1896, at two ~
O'Clock p. M, to the highest bidder for
cash in hand. GEORGE w. SMITH,
Administrator Of the estate of George
Smith, deceased.
w. H. THACKER, Attorney for the Ad-
ministrator.
Date of first publication February 9th,
1904
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-04-30

ACCORDING to the recent report OF
the United States general land office
there are Bats acres of "vacant lands'
in San Juan county, which means, o.
course, that there are that number OF
acres of the public domain in til,
county still subject to entry. Tie
total vacant acreage of the entire stat,
is Is, 597 ,041, of which amount 5,229,-
$40 acres are surveyed and 1887 ,52l
acres unsurveyed. The remainder OF
the land in the state consists Of $685.,
1856 acres reserved and IL, 1877, l43 appro
priated, making a total area Of ~. 746,'
92O acres.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-04-30

WE congratulate Editor Earle, OF
the Island County Times, and offer
our condolences to the people of the
county upon the size of the delinquent
tax list. This interesting "serial," as
the editor facetiously calls it, fills over
twenty-five columns of paper the
same size as The ISLANDER, and yet
Island county is smaller than San
Juan in area, population and assessed
valuation. The Times:says that this
''serial will he continued three weeks
and we trust that it may hold the in
terest of our readers to the end" Our
worthy contemporary might have
stated, without suhjecting itself t" amy
charge OF eXlIuberance or ex
aggeration, that the "interest" will UNI
doubtedly continue for much longer
time than the period of publication.
1t can hardly be said to be an unmixed
blessing TO have county strewn with
the wrecks of .own-site booms, but ait
is an i'll wind that blows nobody good
and we really hope that Br'er Earle
is getting the maximum rate for his
serial. If he is he will certainly be
able to send us new billed shirt to
take the place of the one he borrowed
when he went to Island county. We
had another one left then and by going
to bed when it was necessary to have it
"done up" we got along very nicely SO
long as it lasted. But there is all end TO
all things and in course of time that
shirt got so thoroughly done up that
there wasn't enough left of the two tails
to make us one handkerchief, and il,
had to go. We wouldn't mention the
matter at this time if we had the Times
tax list and the Times had ours, but
there are occasions when We feel the
need of billed shirt and the question be-
fore the house is how are we to get one :?
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-04-30

THE COW has lifted the mortgage
from many al eastern farmers home
and she will do the same thing in
Washington if given q fair chance; In
fact she is dong it in some sections of the
state already. There are now over
thirty creameries in the state in sue
cessful operation and more are being
established every year. One company
is now being organized in WhatcOm
county and the conditions are not one
whit more favorable there than they
are right here. There are thousands OF
acres of fine grazing and grass land in
this county and scores of farmers who
could make "a handsome profit by keep
ing from five to twenty or more good
'nilch COWS, if they had market clost
at hand for their cream. With cream
cry located here and separator stations
at convenient points on Lopez and
Orcas islands nearly all the farmers
having access to steamboat landings
could be accommodated, and many
purses now nearly empty would come
to be we'll filed. A good sized cream
cry and two separator stations can be
well equipped for $1,000, and it is doubt
full if that amount of capital can be in
vested in any other way in this county
to bring as much return to as many peo-
pie. A fruit cannery also Is another
much needed enterprise that could un
doubtedly be made to pay handsome
profit on the capital invested, besides
being great stimulus to one of the
county's most promising industries,
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-04-30

races In theory only, and in practice
are monopolized by the whites by
means of gross frauds and intimidation
at the polls, In utter disregard of the
principle of a free ballot and a fair
count, 50 long will it be as Impossible
to inaugurate genuine political reforms
in the south as it is to gather grapes
from thorns or figs from thistles'. Sure
ly it cannot be done by the attempted
fusion of such dissimilar elements as
those presented by the Republican and
Populist platforms.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-04-30
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

In the Superior Court Of the State of
Washington, in and for the County of San
Juan.
IN PROBATE.
In the matter Of the Estate of William
Bell, deceased.
Notire to Creditors of the Estate OF Will
liam Bell, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed executor of the estate Of William
Bell, deceased, to the creditors of and all
persons having claims against the said
deceased, to exhibit them with the neces-
sary vouchers, within twelve months after
the first publication of this notice to the
said executor at his Office in the town of
Friday Harbor, San Juan county, state of
Washington, the same beng the place for
the transaction of the business of said es-
tate in said county Of San Juan, and state
of Washington. JOSEPH SWEENEY,
Executor of the estate of William Bell,
deceased.
Dated at Friday Harbor, this 2sth day
Of April. A. D. 1896.
w. H THACKER, Attorney for the ex-
ecutOr.
First publication April 80, 1896.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-04-30
TO HORSE OWNERS.

For putting horse in fine healthy con-
lition try DR.. Cady's Condition Powders
They tone up the system, aid digestion, cure
oss of appetite, relieve constipation, correct
;idney disorders and destroy worms, giving
ew life to an old or over-worked horse. 25
ants per package. For sale by druggists.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-04-30

ONE is reminded of the story of til.
wolf in sleeps clothing by the repor.
thai the members of the Russian Red
Cross detachment, now en-route to
Abyssinia, are really Russian army
officers going to drill King Menelek's
forces.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-04-30
NOTICE TO SETTLERS.

Settlers desiring to make final proof on
their claims can make their application 10y
writing to the ISLANDER for information
thus saving a trip to the county seat, the
only trip needed being on the day OF final
nr,,Of
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-04-30

Chamber1ain's Eye and Skin Ointment
Is unequalled for Eczema, letter, Salt
Rheum, Scald Head, Sore Nipples, Chapped
Hands, Itching Piles, Burns, Frost Bites,
rhronic Sore Eyes and Granulated Eve Lids.
For sale by druggists at Is cents per box.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-04-30
JOHN BALKAN

Homestead application No. II, 10 for
the Lot l, Sec. 80, TIP. 81 N, X. w.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation of said land, viz:
Andrew Pe5rie, James ,,i Fitch Frank Fl, nf
Roche Harbor, Washington.
WIN. d. O'TOoLE, Register.