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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-07-28
City and County.
A Strange Case.

lady is visiting i'll the city at present
accompanied 10y her child, which has fur
lished II case that is II wonder to the
medical fraternity. The little girl is .
Years and > months old, and weighs IA
! ounds. The child appeared as other in
fants for I, few weeks after birth. and
then sank into a comatose condition. ly-
ing for almost two years with but littl"
gigns of life other than it would nurse
from bottle. 1t stopped growing, the
skin became shriveled, and from all out
yard signs. with the exception of nurs-
ilg, ii was as dead. Eminent physicians
, Examined it and pronounced it one of the
strangest cases in the history of the pro-
fassion So it remained until last May
and on it's two years birthday weighed
{ xactly nine pounds. At that time Il ply
sician visited the town where the lady
lived and from curiosity having heard of
+ he case. went to see the child He made
an examination and advised the mother
10 give it II certain kind of food. She did
so. and. strange to say, great change ut
once was noticeable The child appeared
brighter and soon commenced to grow.
'!he old skin peeled off from its BODY and
face and was replaced by new: the hair,
which was black. came out and a rich
growth of blonde hair succeeded it. 1T
has continued to thrive to the present and
now has the appearance of bright
healthy. 5-months-old baby. having
Gained five pounds and still gaining.
There is now every evidence that ii will
thrive and become a strong. healthy girl.
The doctors say that it is an unparal leied
case and it attracts great attention.
Gardiner Reporter Journal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-07-28
CALENDAR COMING EVENTS.
Religious.

Religious.
At Old Orchard July 25-Aug. 1O-Chris-
ian Alliance Convention.
At Rockland. July 29-31-Annual Con-
ention of Epworth State League.
At Verona, Aug. 1-17-Penobscot Spirit
ial Temple Association.
At Pressure Isle, Aug. 3-4-Aroostook
,ounty Christian Endeavor Convention.
AT Dresden, Aug. 7-l6-Kennebec Valley
Eampmeeting.
At JackSonS Grove. Weeks Mills Aug.
N-lt-Second Advent Campmeeting.
At South China. Aug. l5-23-Union Camp
meeting.
AT Old Orchard, Aug. Redistribution
AT East Machias, Aug. 2S-29-Epworth
league convention.
At East Machias, Aug. 3l-Annual
AT Skowhegan, Sept. 1-3-Annual Meet
ing Maine State Union of Christian En-
deavor.
At Old Orchard. Aug. 25-31-Temperance
Meeting.
At Belfast, Sept. 29-Oct 1-Maine w. c.
/. l.. Convention.
Educational.
At Ocean Park, Old Orchard, July 81
Aug. -Chautauqua Assembly.
At Fryeburg, July 2S-Aug. 15-Maine
Chautauqua Union.
Grange.
At East Sumner, Aug. 4--Oxford Po-
mona Grange.
At Wales, Aug. 5-Androscoggn Po-
AT Phippsburg. Aug. 5-Sagahahoc Po-
mona Grange.
At Clinton. Aug. 12-Kennebec Pomona
Grange.
AT Stockton, Aug. 1S-Waldo Pomona
Grange.
At East Dover, Aug. 2o-Piscataquis
POMONA Grange.
Miscellaneous.
AT Auburn, July 2S-Anroscoggin County
Democratic Convention.
AT Machas. July Washington Coun-
ty Democratic Convention.
At Alfred, July 29-York County Re-
publican Convention.
AT Caribou. July 30--Aroostook County
Democratic Convention.
AT Belfast Aug. Waldo County
Democratic Convention.
AT Bath. Aug. 1-Sagadahoc County
Democratic Convention.
At Alfred. Aug. First District Demo-
cratic Convention.
At Belfast, Aug. 4-Waldo County Re-
publican Convention.
At Pittsfield, Aug. 5-Annual Reunion
9TH Maine Regiment.
At Belfast. Aug. G-Waldo Sounty Vet
Grams.
AT Newport, Aug. S-17--Camp Benson
Association.
At VIM, Aug. 10-Annual Reunion 18th
Maine Regiment.
At Biddeford, Aug. 11-Annual Reunion
ilth Maine Regiment.
At Lincoln, Aug. 1l-15-Annual Reunion
Eastern Maine Regimental Association.
At Rumford Falls, Aug. 19-20-Anuual
Reunion of the 32d Regiment of Maine
Nolunteers.
At Gardiner, Aug. 26-AnnuaI Reunion
eth Maine Regimental Association.
At Bowdoinham, Aug. 26-Annual Re-
union of the 18th Maine Regimental Asso-
iation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-07-28
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

The following real estate transfers
have been made in Lincoln county
during the past week:
BREMEN-Cyrus NJ. Clark to Emily +.
Bowden. lot 500; Frank w. Means to
Emily f. Bowden. lot and building, $50.
BRISTOL-S. Wood McClave to Han
nah NJ McClave. lot, 81; Julius G. lib
belts to Charles S. larry, land and build
ings, $500.
SOMERVILLE-Jam M. Evans to
John nj. Turner. land, $50.
WISCASSET-Re A. Hodge to W. S.
I<aler, land and buildings, $780,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-07-28
Something 4 Interest

This week. Great inducements are
offered in Ladies' and Child's Jack
cts. We are determined to close
out the few we have and have made
very low prices to make quick work.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-07-28

Mrs Catherine sherman of lslesboro
widow OF the late Robert Sherman is 9d
years Of age. Her health is good and She
is still able to enjoy the comforts of lille.
and bids fair to round out the century
mark. She now resides with her son-in-
law. Captain Clifford Pendleton, but until
recently lived in the same house in which
she was born.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-07-28
Oxford.
MIsXICO.

son of David Morgan. lost three fingers
from his left hand. which were taken off
by blow from an axe with which a six
years-old brother was splitting kindling
wood.-Last Saturday afternoon Alfred
Roberts came across the Antlroscoggin
after closing his days work with his boat
just in time 70 save Il life possibly two.
Five men We're bathing at the mouth of
Swift river. one of them, A man weigh
ing about l20 pounds. was seized with
mp in both legs. Only one OF his com
papions dared go TO him. but finding that
both were in danger Of going down. broke
from him just rs Roberts. having heard
their cries for help. hurried TO their aid
They chung To The boat and Roberts
landed both men.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-07-28

urday evening. on W. u. o.arson,s lawn :
Rev Everett T. WShittemore preached at
Rev. Walter Russell took charge az the
prayer meeting. Mr.. and Mrs. George nj.
Bean and child will return to Waltham,
this week.
FAYET1E.
|. NJ. Weston, has bought out the Saw
town is ei9; colts, 40; cows. s53: oxen. IS:
sheep. So. Mrs. Carrie Longbottom and
children are visiting her sister. Mrs. nj.
s. +. Wyman.-Mrs. S. v Pike is improv-
ing, and hopes 70 be out soon.-A. g. Tn
derwood is building a silo,~John Aver of
Oakland, WAS in town, Saturday.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-29
A FEEDING EXPERIMENT..
Why the Professors Chickens Died. On,
After the Other.

Why the Professors Chickens Died. One
After the Other.
This may not be new, but it was
new to the reporter who overheard it
on Boston car, so it is likely that
there are others who have never heard
1t. The young man who told it was
evidently collegian, as was his COM
panion:
Il heard a good one on Prof. -,
of Andover," he said.
What was it ?" queried the other.
swell, you know he was married
during the winter and went to house.
keeping just outside the village. Last
spring he thought he would add few
hens to his stock; he already had a
dog. He set couple of hens, and in
time had two large broods of chickens
He was very proud of them, but in a
week or SO the chickens began to die
He called in neighbor to look at the
chickens and offer advice. They were
certainly a pretty scaly lot of chickens
that the neighbor viewed. They were
skinny looking and apparently with
out ambition.
"'What did yer feed 'em? asked
the neighbor, after a brief survey.
"'Feed them?' responded the pro-
fessor, as though he didn't hear Alright.
why, l don't feed them anything. I
thought the old hens had milk enough
for them.'''
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-29
AMONG THE POULTRY.

Over-fat hens are in danger of apo
plexy.
Wheat is among the best foods for
laying hens.
Keep the hens scratching if you
would keep them laying.
Generally it is not good plan to feed
stimulating food to poultry.
Except for feeding soft food troughs
should not be used. Always scatter
grain.
While sour milk is reIished by the
hens, it should not be made to take the
place of water.
The goose will lay about as many
eggs as the turkey and can be raised to
maturity at about one-half the cost.
Ducklings are much more easily fed
than chickens. Nothing seems to dis
agree with them as long as it is sweet.
A goose is not fully matured at one
year old, but sometimes breeders will
couple old males with young females.
Avoid getting them too fat, and give
them plenty of opportunity for exercise.
st. Louis Republic.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-29
In The EAR WEST.
How Freighters Kept the Whisl<y's Weight
and Quality Un:mpaired.

How Freighters Kept the Whisky's Weight
and Quality Un;mpaired.
A man at one of the hotels the other
night told an interesting story of how
the freighters of the far west used to
supply themselves with whisky, says,
the Louisville Courier-Jcurnal. He
said that some years ago when all
freight was hauled in wagons, he hap
pened to make trip of several hum
dred miles with train Of wagons car.
rying merchandise to remote stations.
Nearly every wagon contained one OF
more barrels of whisky.
''The first night out 1 noticed said
he, "great activity around the whisky
barrels. The wagons each had a
Ratchet and a gimlet. They would
knock up hoop, bore hole, draw all
the whisky they wanted, then put
about as much fine gravel in the barrel
as they had drawn out whisky, drive a
plug in the hole and put the hoop back
In place.
81 learned afterward that the bar
rels were weighed and the whisky
tested before it was turned over to the
freighters. and that when 1t arrived at
it's destination it was again weighed
and tested. The gravel supplied the
weight and bulk and the quantity re-
NAMED the same, and this is why II
was used instead Of water to supply the
place of what had been taken OUT
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-29
FOUNDATION STOCK.

subject That Should BE Studied by
Every Progressive Breeder.
rs foundation principle, says Prof.
borrow, we want to use for the sire and
lam hogs that have those characters
rs we desire and have those fixed by
200 breeding. 1t is in accordance with
r. best practice and with the best
Fleory that, given reasonable purity of
fpeedlng, it is more important to have
additional merit in Thy sire and dam
a3n In the more remote ancestry, and
III a descending scale, as we go back.
we will bear in mind that in going
ek only ten generations. we are each
Us carrying the blood of ,024 men and
olnen IN our veins, if there have been
iitefmarriage of relations, we will
we need not worry about what our
n'h parental ancestor was. So when
en Tells me the good points of GER
u breed of hogs way back in 1900 it
carry much weight. AS a rule,
nau better look to the individual
III lie thinks we make mistake
When we insist upon get
- .oarseness, perhaps length of body,
s YHe Jam and look for compact and
a9ioly slightly effeminate male.
on8 hogs the male, as a rule, is
prser than the female.
neie may wisely be distinction
49, s n the practice of the professional
euer and the common breeder who is
~ hogs, not for breeding purposes,
y oe sold in the market. Let the
~ lar as possible, breed from ma
svock' Let him see that his hogs
good deal of exercise. Prof. Nor
o no faith whatever in the wis
mi " cne practice of combining anv
bont Unsigned for breeding purposes
tba exercise, summer or winter.
~ oener hand he would not have
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-29
NEW CHOLERA CURE.
How West Virginia Physician Cured o
Lot Of Chickens.

How o West Virginia Physician Cured Q
Lot Of Chickens.
Several subscribers have asked us for
a cholera cure, and we suspect the dis.
ease is quite prevalent. We take
pleasure in giving the following letter
from a valued correspondent in West
Virginia. He says: 81 am a physi.
clan, country doctor, with two acres
of land and several hobbies, one of them
chickens. Four years ago cholera
broke out among my flock, and tried
every remedy 1 could think Of. Finally,
1 took some antiseptic tablets, consist.
ing of $40 grains corrosive sublimate
and As grains of citric acid in each
and dissolved one in one gallon of boil.
ing hot water and gave as a drink,
Cholera-stricken fowls will drink if
they do not eat. From that on lost
but one or two that were too far gone to
drink. and in another instance, where
l found 1T present, repeated the treat
ment with equal success. Since then /
usually give 1t once month as a pre-
ventive, continuing it for three days.
III occasion offers, would like you to
try the remedy, and if it is success in
your hands it could be Incorporated in
a future edition of the Bicycle Poultry
Book. The tablets are deadly poison
used, as of course you know, as ex-
ternaI applications in solution in surRi.
cal cases. The good, if am correct
in their doing this good, lies in the anti
septic action of the corrosive sublimata
the citric acid merely favoring the
solubility of the tablet; the tablets
advise because of the dosage being
certain. Farm Journal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-29
Gyk!z5z&s1%9gES|S
ARTlcHoKEs FOR HOGS.
A. Excellent Food and a Reliable Pre-
ventive of Cholera.

A. Excellent Food and a Reliable Pre-
ventive of Cholera.
Hitherto the growing of this valua-
HE tuberous-rooted perennial, illus
rated herewith, has been almost Who'll
IL neglected and greatly misunder-
stood. But their great value as a cheap,
handy, healthy hog food has been
60 thoroughly aired the past three
years, in the press of the country, by
men who have had practical experience
With them, that an enormous demand
has been created for them.
As a hog food they cannot be ex-
celed. A good plan is to plant all your
lots with artichokes about May 1, when
YOUR hogs are turned on pasture. Then
when your pasture plays out in the fall
or about September Is to October L
You will have fine food in your lots for
your hogs. where they can root at in
+eryals, whenever the ground is not
frozen, until the following May, when
they will have received as much ben
eft from one acre of articholSes as from
Ten acres of corn. They will also have
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-29
cLEvERLY ouTwITTED.
Two PlOtters Are Beaten at Their ow

Two Plotters Are Beaten at Their Own
Game.
A professor of mathematics in one OF
our colleges. whose head was so full of
sober mathematical problems that you
would never suppose him capable of a
Joke, went one summer to the Adiron'
dack mountains for scientific purposes.
He took with him, as companion,
Younger brother. who had just gradu-
ated, and an old hunter for guide,
cook and provider-general.
Passing one day clearing in which
some fine peas were growing, they pur-
chased q small quantity to give relish
to their dinner in the forest. Not long
after, fatigued by hard forenoon's
work, they pitched their camp on the
borders of a lovely lake, and the pro-
fessor said:
"Come, now, let's have those peas"
While he was taking some observa-
tions down by the lake, the old hunter
and the young graduate prepared the
dinner.
After awhile the professor noticed an
unusual chrcIding between the student
and the backwco'isman. -
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-29

.ne farmer who breeds hogs for the
general market be overly careful. II
VIII not do to say that it is wise for hin,
10 breed only from mature animals h
will not do it, and as a rule he yyo,,Id
make less money if he did. If he viii
renew renew his stock from the skillful pro-
1esslonal breeder he will make n1ore
money by breeding from comparatively
young animals, and as soon as NAV be
turning off the dams for pork, than he
VIII by following the practice so imoor-
tant to the professional breeder. It win
pe wise Tor the producer of the pig that
ne wants to sell for pork, to feed liner
ally and well at as early an age as
practicable Voice
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-29

left enough tubers in your lots to re-
seed the ground for the next crop.
1t is a hogs nature to root, in fact,
his hogship is never happier than when
he is roofing, and an artichoke can
!. truly be called a hogs drug store.
Y A wealthy hog raiser of the writer's
acquaintance, who has made 4S0 acres
of 500 land out of hog raising for the
pork market, says he would not be
without a big patch of the tame arti-
choles, as he has had no hog diseases
in his herds since they have been al
lowed to eat artichoke tuberS.
A sow will not eat her pigs if she
has been allowed previously to eat arti-
chokes, and hogs do not root up pas
lures in the spring when they have
previously been allowed to root in the
artichoke patch to their hearts con-
tent
A hogs object in roofing is to obtain
roots which ,as / said before, serves
4 the same purpose to him as does the
drug store to the human being. After
he has eaten a goodly portion of arti-
ehokes, the roofing notion will be al
most entirely out of his head, so say
extensive stock raisers, who have
grown and fed the artichoke.
But there are artichokes and arti-
chokes; in many parts of North Amer
lea, the wild artichoke is a native.
1t is merely bad weed, a dangerous
pest, which produces very few and
small tubers, and is very difficult to
IeXterminate. Many farmers who have
seen it growing understand that there
lis ditfcrence-a vast difference-in
the wild and tame" or domesticated
sorts In fact, they are as different
las is wild" and tame rye.
During the past few years the
tame" or domesticated sorts have
been imported from Europe and are i'll
some parts of the United States being
extensively grown as hog and stock
food
The artichokes can be as easily
grown as corn or potatoes, and on land
that will produce so bushels of corn,
you can easily raise 500 bushels of arti-
cholles.
The writer frequently does this and
has grown over 900 bushels per acre on
ground that had never been MANFRED.
Gut the tubers, plant and cultivate
precisely same as potatoes. They are
great soil enricher, and can be easily
fXterminated by blowing the young
plants under when they are about a
GOT high, as the old tubers have rotted,
nd the young ones have not yet
formed at that time
| would not think of farming with
Put them. The improved white French
the only variety worthy of culture
fnd it is a purse comforter. Six bush
els will plant one acre.
Again | say grow the artichokes and
lou will have fine, healthy swine
pod and no cholera.-J. p. Vissering,
"a Western Rural
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-29
A LAND WITHOUT ANIMALS.
strangers in Japan Are Forcibly Struck
with This Lack.

with This Lack.
Japan is land without the dones-
tic animals. 1t is this lack which
strikes the stranger so forcibly in look
ing upon japanese landscapes. There
are no cows-the japanese neither
drink milk nor eat meat. There are
but few horses, and these are import
ed mainly for the use of the foreign
crs. The fruit cars in the city streets
are pulled and pushed by coolies, and
the pleasure carriages are drawn by
men. There are but few dogs, and
these are neither used for watch dogs,
beasts of burden nor in hunting, except
by foreigners.
There are y. sheep in Japan, and wool
is not used in clothing, silk and cotton
being the staples. There are no pigs
Fork is an unknown article of diet, and
lard is not used in cooking. There are
no goats or mules or donkeys. Wild
animals there are, however, and, in par.
ticular, bears of enormous size. One
of these, seen stuffed in a museum, is
described as ''big as an OK" Beside an
other stuffed museum bear is pre-
served in alcohol the mnngled body of
a child the bear had eaten just before
being killed.
War, of course, is acquainting the
Japanese with the use of animals. The
army has cavalry horses and others to
drag the field guns. The empress, also,
in obvious imitation of European roy
alties, is an expert horsewoman, and
saddle horses are kept for her use.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-29

The attention of parents and teachers is call
ed to the law which requires that all children
shall have been duly vaccinated before being
received in any school,
The provisions of the Act include all schools
whether public or private, and although 1t is
believed that it has been rather better OBJ
served in this county than in many others OF
the State, yet in the considerable proportion
of instances 1t has been disregarded or evaded
Although there does not exist at the present
time single known case of smallpox within
the limits of the State, yet it has prevailed in
the United States in q far greater number of
localities than is usual at this season of the
year, and may at any time make its appear.
ance in this county.
The law has made fair provision for the COM
pensatiOn to physicians for vaccinating those
whose means render 1t difficult to pay the
usual fee for such services, and pure a nd relia-
bic vaccine mattee can be gratuitousy procured
from DIR. Yeackle, State Vaccine Agent, at Bal.
timore.
Under these circumstances it is hoped and
believed that the law will be more vigorously
observed without necessitating the enforce
ment of the penalty attached to its disregard
VIM. III. BALTZELL, M. d.,
sep.2-tf County Health Offlcer
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-29


Suspecting some trckery, he stroiled
quietly toward the fire, as if endeavor-
ing to get new point of observation, to
watch narrowly their proceedings.
Surprising that the professor was deep
in equations and angles and mathe-
NAUTICAL lines, they relaxed their eau
ton, and he observed that they were
making wooden spoons with their peli-
knives to eat the peas with, and that
here was conspiracy to rob him of his
share.
Saying nothing, he walked back to the
lake shore, and, picking up one of those
large mussel shells which are found in
all our fresh-water lakes and rivers and
will hold more than an ordinary spoon.
he fitted a split stick to it for handle
and clapped them both in his pocket.
Then sauntering back, in order to pre-
vent them making very extensive prepa-
rations, he kept around until the dinner
was cooked.
His presence restricted very much
their operations. and they were able to
finish but very shallow spoons, after all.
The peas being at length done, they
we're poured into the common dish, and,
10! it was soup.
To prevent the possibility of the pro-
fessor's getting even a small portion,
they had cooked them so that the peas
were swimming in water.
Seated on the ground, they each com
mehced stabbing with his penknife at
the peas. After this ridiculous process
had been carried on awhile, to the ill
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-29
MANGER FOR HORSES.
exceedingly Convenient Whenever Stable
Room Is Limited

Room Is Limited.
wherever the room for the horss
stable is small, as it is where the Stale
are arranged across one end of the barn
In a II or II foot space, where the horses
are to face the barn floor, this manager
Will be found exceedingly convenient.
In place of the usual wide and deep
manager, construct a trough (a) not over
one foot wide or deep. Place rods
% the full width of the Manager, lust
far enough apart so that the horse can
get his nose between them to eat his
hay or fodder, which is placed upon the
slant support (m). This is hinged at the
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-29

water may rise in the pan. With this
arrangement there is little danger of
the hens upsetting the water dish,
which in cold weather makes such
trouble in the poultry house. More
over in cold weather a pail of water will
keep warm much longer when inclosed
in this way-an important advantage.
American AgriculturiSt
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-05-29
A Critic.
lshman-Did you see the pal
A Critic.


81 guess, ma" said Johnnie Chaf1ie at
the breakfast table. that Mr.. Hostel
ter McGinnis finds it rather expensive
calling on our Fannie"
what do you mean by that, young
man." said his sister, with asperity.
Il don't mean nothin','' replied John
ME, doggedly, ''only l heard him tell
you in the hall last night that every
time he called he broke the crystal of
lis watch. Texas Sitter.