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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-05-06
ITS NAME is NAMELESS.
How a Georgia Town Came to Get Iti
Queer Title.

How a Georgia Town Came to Get Its
Queer Title.
J. r. Shepard, a prominent citizen Of
Nameless, Laurens county, Ga. was in
the city recently and while here told
how his town got its queer name.
after the post office authorities at
Washington decided to give us a post
office" said Mr.. Shepard, 1.-The question
of naming it arose. l had interested
myself by getting the Office and there
fore it was by common consent left to
me to suggest a name to the author
tiles. Accordingly l sent on a name
that l thought was a beauty and while
awaiting a reply 1 pictured how some
day that same name would be known
all over the country and that the town
would grow and blossom as a rose, for
l believe that there is much in a name
Finally the answer came back that,
while the name 1 had suggested was a
good one, it was too similar to another
post office in Georgia
Then / put my brain to work on
another name. L just knew they would
accept it, but the same answer came
lack as before. Still another and an
other name was sent and each time the
authorities would write back that
there was either another post Office in
the state by that name or that it, was
SO much like some other name that
If it was adopted there would be con-
fusion in the mails. At last sat down
and wrote out a list of several hundred
names and told them if they could not
| find one in the list to suit them the of
ice would remain nameless, for L had
suggested every name l had ever heart!
Of. In due time the answer came back:
| Let it remain Nameless,' and ever since
then it has had that name, which, while
little odd, is not such n bad name
after all.''-Macon Telegraph.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-05-06
Disannointment.

Washington paper says that a young
lady of the capital met a gentleman
from a far western state at a party in
Washington. "You are not from the
far west, sir?'' she said, doubtfully-
"Yes; have lived there all my life"
''Oh, I'm so glad to meet you'll!
Thank you"
'But-eNcuSe me-you see. I've read
all the western stories. and it seems to
me that you've forgotten something"
Nothing that | can call to mind"
why. you don't say thar and look
hyar. stranger and use all sorts of bad
grammar. and wear a pistol so that it
bulges out your coat.
II have never done those things
''Oh. dear. Then my idol is shat
tered."-Youth's Companion.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-05-06

8, SEPARATOR p Pump: ., overflow +,
Steam Pipe; F. Faucets; H. Heater; NJ P.
Milk Pipe
used about the creamery for cleansing
purposes would do harm also; hence it
is important that nothing but pure wa
ter be used about either boiler or the
building In case the weather is cold,
and to avoid putting too much steam
direct into the milk, it is important
then to heat the water under the re-
ceiver watts to at least half the necessary
temperature for separating.
/ know quite a number of creameries
that have put this simple device in dur
ing the past summer, and find shat 1T
not only lessons labor, but that by its
use better and moro even temperature
can be obtained than by the use of the
tempering vat, and tine cleaning of it
does not require one-fifth of the time
that the usual watts require. The cleans
ing is done by pumping warm water
through the pipes and then steam
ing them thoroughly for about three
minutes.
The illustration is simple and almost
explains itself Nj represents the
milk pipe or hose extending from the
milk vat to 2, pump, which raises the
pump. The milk naturally flows down
to the point Ii, where half-inch pipe,
S 2, is inserted into L large enough TO
take an inch galvanized iron pipe, the
end being plugged up tight and num-
Der of small holes drilled in on side for
the escape of steam in small jets. The
half-inch pipe joins on the three-quar-
ter-inch by a reducer just below a globe
81 of
steam.
The pipes o o are to allow overflow
when the stopcock at F is partially
closed up, with the point o over milk
vat. The valve at base of pump also reg
. ulates the flow of milk into separator
Isl. In case the flow vat is at an eleva-
ton above separator. it is only neces-
sary to extend the pipe from point Ii
directly into vat. and the only thing
necessary would be a globe valve next
to vat, with the steam jet and Cd
faucet.
Not long since while at Sandusk V
institute, and discussing the creamery
subject, I mentioned this labor-saving
device, and young man from Huron.
O., made special inquiry about it. In
less than a week he had one in their
creamery, and writes that it is simply
"out of sight in every respect. and
wishes to thank me for putting him
onto the idea. know of five creameries
that are using the device, and they are
making butter that grades first-class
everywhere and at all times, and for
such reasons do not hesitate to recon-
mend its use under the conditions noted
in this article.-George E. Scott, in
Ohio Farmer
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-05-06
CULTURE OF MELONS.
Their Successful Growth Requires
Lots of Plant Food.

Their Successful Growth Requires
Lots of Plant Food
Watermelons are excessive feeders,
and many fail in attempting to grow
them because they do not furnish suf-
ficient plant food to supply the neces-
sary strength for vigorous vine and fine
fruit. Not infrequently watermelon
vines turn yellow and die when they
should be just in their prime, simply
from plant starvation.
L prepare the ground as for corn. Law
off in rows II feet apart each way l dig
a hole about ia feet deep and perhaps
three feet in diameter. In the bottom
of this I put peck or more of good
stable manure, tramping it lightly
Next put in a layer of soil. and follow
with layer made up of equal parts of
soil and fine rich manure thoroughly
mixed. and lastly. where the seeds are
to be placed. another layer of pure soil.
Sow seeds thicl1ly and cover about one
inch. When the second or third leaf
shows, thin out two or three plants in
tie hill If exceptionally large melons.
regular prize takers" are desired,
thin to but one plant in the hill. 1 cul-
tivate about as l do corn. hoeing each
bill after an entire patch is pIowed. Ii
very dry, cultivate often, particularly
about the hills 1t is some trouble 10
thus prepare the ground. but it more
than pays in the size. number and quail
ity of melons produced. also in the in
creased length of time that the vines are
in bearing, as they remain green and
in good condition until killed by frost
Orange Judd Farmer
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-05-06
THE FARMING WORLD.
NEW HEATING DEVICE.
introduced I'm = Number
af Ohio Cream ecfen.

Successfully introduced I'm - Num- Der
of Ohio Creamerfes.
The accompanying illustration Is
something new as a heating device in
creamery work. Its use is TO displace
the tempering vat so commonly in use
in most creameries, and which takes
much valuable time to clean. aside
from the often continued roaring noise
made from steam entering the water
inside.
Some objections have been raised TO
using live steam in milk for heating 1T
preparatory for the separator, espe-
cially in extreme cold weather. claim
ing that the excessive expansion causes
The butter globules TO become so sud
denly heated as to produce foreign
taste in the churnedi butter
Sometimes the water used in boiler
nay not be good and harm may come
from that source. but the same steam
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-05-06
GRANDMOTHER.

Slowly. upon the kitchen floor
And in the fireiight's glow.
Grandmothers step would go.
On winter evenings long and cold,
With her right hand she turned the wheel
The other held the wool,
While to a merry, humm song
My heart beat fast and full.
And as she spun, her mellow voice
Was ringing clear and sweet,
And in her tread heard the tramp
OF soldiers marching feet,
For she outpoured in measured tones
Great Homer's lofty line
That told of mighty Priam's fall
And Heien's face divine.
Or she would quote from Poiiok's lay
How Byron's lonely soul
Was brother to the rocks and storms
And oceans wintry roll:
Or ct of Hohen1inden's heid-
Or drums that beat at nlght'
And how the pure, untrodden snow
Grew crimson with the hght.
Till, listening / enraptured grew
An aspen to her voice,
AID chilled or gIowed as she essayed
The poem of her choice.
All, those were days OF Wonoernehts
OF youthful hope and fire,
When all the fibers of my soul
Were tense as Sappho's Tyre
Oh, this, all this was years ago.
When I was but boy,
Yet often now my pulses leap
With that remembered JOY;
Again ] see, again hear,
Grandmother at her wheel,
And to her magic numbers thrill
And all her powers feel.
Her rhythmic voice. her kindi1ng eye
Arouse me here tonight,
And her sweet face in halo SHINES
And fills me with delight
For me she lives, although the years
Are piled upon her tomb,
And still I hear her measured step
In that old kitchen room
She is a part Of me and mine,
And every song 1 sing
I feel that I should credit her
AS rivers do their spring.
And If there be. in time to come.
Some laurel for my lays,
Oh, place it gently where she sleepl>
And give her all the praise.
Chicago Record.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-05-06
NATIONAL HIGHWAYS.
Unique Plan Advocated by a Prohibi
ton Paper.

Unique Plan Advocated by a Prohibi-
ton Paper
A writer in the Prohibitionist has a
new highway scheme, namely, to nation
alize all the public roads of the United
States. Let the people initiate the
project by requesting the United States
congress to enact a law authoriz-
ing the interior department to CO.
operate with the respective states
in establishing and constructing a
boundary line road or boulevard of lib
eral width, limited grade, in straight
courses, and, as may be possible, fol-
lowing the existing boundary line of
the respective states These roads.
when completed, to form the exact
boundary lines of the states-the
United States authorities to have the
right of way in locating and construct
ing, paying a fair price for labor and
land; all expenses to be paid with labor
exchange money, issued by the United
States, which is to be exchangeable for
all other money issued by the govern
ment and receivable for all debts.
Each state is TO bear a proportionate
share of the expense for the mainte-
nance of these roads The same system
to be followed later in making bound
ary line roads for counties and town
ships.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-05-06
WATERING PLANT BEDS.

experiment for himself this spring. Sc
lect the spot where small bed is to be
devoted to foliage or other PLANTS, and
sink an empty keg in the center Just
below the position of the coming roots.
Fit an old piece of tin pipe. as sug-
gested in the sketch, and your "irrigat-
ing plant" is ready for business. Not
only can water be thus freely applied,
but liquid manure also. The keg, il
should be said, should not be one that
will hold water."-OrangeJ Judd Farm
ar
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-05-06
A ProftsbIe Garden Crop.

Spinach is an important crop in our
market gardens and one of the most
easily managed of vegetables, requiring
but little culture. and may be had fit
for use the entire season. The main
crop is sown in August or September
for spring use, and, although ex-
tremely hard. requires to be protected
by light covering of hay or straw
during the winter For summer use
II may be sown at intervals of two or
three weeks, from April to August.
Spinach is best developed and most
tender and succulent when grown in q
rich soil.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-05-06
One Advantage.

~ don't see why these explorers are
so determined in their efforts to reach
the north pole" said young Mrs. Tor
kinS.
Il know why it is" replied her hus
band. They want to find some place
where the dealers never have the as
surance to tell the public that the ice
crop has been Misunderstanding
Star
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-05-06
WATERING THAT PAYS.

Simple System of Sub-IrriSatfon for
Flower Beds.
The experiments that have been tried
in introducing water freely below beds
of growing plants have proved concIu-
sIvely the value of this kind of water
ing. The cross section given herewith
elbows how one may readily try this
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-05-06

Uncle John Patterson says that dairy
ing goes well with fruit growing Eve
want cream with our berries The
great advantage in dairying is that 1t
builds up the farm. There is manure
for building up the poor spots and the
land can be improved every year.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-05-06
Changed.

Browns young Smith as great q
spendthrift Is ever?
Jones-By no means His money is
Life.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-05-06

Put the young horse in with a re-
liable fast walker.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-09-24
Meat and Bread For 1nvalids.

In connection with a meat diet, one
Of the most noted physicians has
achieved immense success lis treat
ment consists, first, in prescribing the
drinking of hot water an hour before
meals; second, in restricting the pa
tient to lean beef This is scraped or
minced, and then either broiled or fried
III very hot pan until the red color has
disappeared. 1t is eaten with a modicum
Of salt and butter and is almost always
followed by great improvement, if not
convalescence.
Obviously this easily digested and
nutritious dish, unmixed with any
other, yields the greatest amount Of
nourishment with the least expenditure
of vital force. To this end the destruc-
ton of tough connective tissue greatly
tends.
The invalid should be wary of bread,
To eat it rapidly, so that every cell is
not submitted to the proper chemical
action of saliva, is one of the causes &C
indigestion. The same may be said con-
corning all preparations that are not
predigested-of buckwheat, oats, white
-four, corn and rye. In other words, all
starch digestion begins in the mouth.
Toast is recommended because in it
starch is partially changed into one
form of sugar, and when toast is said
toast is meant, not bread brown on the
outside, while damp and sticky within.
Otherwise it is better to eat the bread
Gold.
To have a conception of the action of
new bread one has only to roll a bit of
a fresh loaf between the fingers. The
result is a soft, doughty ball, about as
to the digestive juices as a
piece of india rubber New York |
Ledger.
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ouakers and the Inner Light.

The Society of Friends, commonly
called Quakers, stands before the world
as an example of people that for sue
cessive generations have believed and
trusted i'll the guidance of an inner wis
dom. 1t is not presumptuous to say that
they are generally distinguished for in
tegrity, worth and serene, successful
lives, which bring forth the fruit of
practical righteousness 1t should be
profitable to examine the principle upon
which such lives and characters have
been built and to discover how to apply
this principle universally and to inter-
pref it metdphysically.
George Fox, who lived in England
from 1924 to 1851, was the first apostle
of the inner light. He was a man whose
faith in what he believed to be a God
appointed mission-with lionlike cour-
age, adamantine will and "sacred self
confidence "-endured to the end of
oalumny and persecution. In an age Of
Journalism and priestly intervention
there was need to bring men back to
the knowledge of the living God, the
indwelling Christ. He says: "When I
became II years of age, knew pure
ness and righteousness, for, while I was
a child | was taught how to walk to be
kept pure. The Lord taught me to be
faithful in all things and to act faith
fully in two ways-inwardly to God
and outwardly to man.
Out of an intense and abundant ex-
perience Fox and the early Friends
the inner light as the guild
ance of the Comforter-that true light,
the eight which lighteth every man
that cometh into the world'' and dis
pels the darkness Of falsehood and er-
ror. Meta physical Magazine.
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MARYJANE GEORGES ESTATE.

THE undersigned, having been appointed
by the Hon. Probate Court for the Dis
trict of Bradford COMMISSIONERS, to re-
demands of all persons against the estate of
Mary Jane George late of Newbury, in said
district deceased, and all claims exhibited in
meet for the purposes aforesaid at f. W.
Smiths Office in Wells River, Vermont,
on the 9th day of July next, from 10 O'Clock
a. m. until o'clock p. m. of said daN, and
that six months from the 10th day of Jan'y
\. d. 1895, is the time limited by said court
for said creditors to present their claims to
us for examination and allowance.
Dated at NewbuTy this 18th day of Sept.
a. D., 1897.
IS c II MCALLISTER.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-09-24

Relic hunters in the cemetery of
West Hartford, Conn, formerly known
as the Old Burying Ground, have
Clipped many pieces from a gravestone
there bearing the inscription, Noah
Webster, Esq. =" Their belief is, of
course, that it marks the grave of the
famous photographer. A member of
the cemetery committee has found it
necessary to erect the following sign;
"This is nes the grave of the dictionary
man " The body of the photographer is
buried in Grove Street cemetery, New
Haven
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JOHN H. sAwYER,s ESTATE.

GNTATE of Vermont,
- Bradford District, SIS.
In Probate Court held at Bradford in said
District, on the 18th day of Sept A. D., 1897.
Edward c. Sawyer executor of the
estate of John H. Sawyer late of Bradford,
in said district, deceased, presents his
administration account for examination and
allowance and make application for de-
cree of distribution and partition of the es-
estate of said deceased. Whereupon it is or
dered by said Court that said account and
said application be referred to a session
thereof to be held at Bradford, in said
district, on the 18th day of Oct, A. D.,
1897, at O'Clock a. m for hearing and decis-
ion thereon and ii is further ordered that no.
tice hereof be given to all persons interested
by publication of the same three weeks sue
cessively in the United Opinion a newspaper
published at Bradford previous to said time
appointed for hearing, that they may appear
at said time and place and show cause, If
any they may have, why said account should
not be allowedand such decree made.
By the Court.-Attest,
As s. NJ. GLEASON, Judge.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-09-24
A TERROR TO THE TURK.
An American Consul at Smyrna Who
Won't Have Any FOOlishness.

An American Consul at Smyrna Who
Won't Have Any Foolishness.
There is one United States consul
who has become terror to the Turkish
heart American citizens travelling
abroad and naval officers in foreign
ports say it is novelty to encounter a
United States consul with backbone
and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES who is not sad.
died with departmental regulations and
who does not live in awe of the minis
ter or the local authorities. Consul
James Fl. Madden, an Illinois man, it
is who has come to be known among
Americans abroad as a model of his
calling He is located at Smyrna, Just
the post for determined man. He has
no knowledge of the Turkish language,
but is abundantly supplied with ener-
getic English. He gets usually what he
asks for, and the Turkish officers regard
him as something to be let alone.
An American citizen had been in
carcerated in the Smyrna Jail for some
petty offense. He claimed the prctec-
ton of the United States consul and
got it, Madden marched to the local
officials and demanded the release of
the American. The request was parried
after the polite manner of experts in in
ternational transactions. Madden de-
manded trial of the prisoner or his
release. He stormed a little in the Ian
guage none of them understood, and got
his native vice consul, Ezra Davee, who
has been attached to the consulate since
1888, to notify the town authorities
that the American consul gave them
two days to do something, and then, if
the American citizen was still in Jail,
the consul would come down and take
him out. The Turkish officials dallied
for two days and did nothing in the
case, and then, to the everlasting glory
of the Madden name in those parts, the
consul fulfilled his promise. Accom-
panied by stalwart person armed
with a sledge hammer, he visited the
prison, broke down the door of the
Americana cell and let him go free.
Madden talked some more, and the in
cident passed into history. Springfield
Republican.
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JUDITH b. ATwoOD,s ESTATE.
cTATE of Vermont,
~ Bradford District, SIS.

cTATE of Vermont,
~ Bradford District, SIS.
In Probate Court held at Bradford in said
district, on the 18th day of Sept, a d, 1897.
VIM w Brock executor of the estate of
Judith B Atwood late of Newbury in said
district deceased, presents his administra-
ton account for examination and allowance
and makes application for decree of distri-
button and partition of the estate of said
deceased. WhereupOn it is ordered by said
Cou't that said account and said application
be- "eterred to a session thereof to be held at
Bradford in said district on the 18th day
Of oct. d 1897, for hearing and decision
tnereOn: And it is further ordered that no
t!cc hereof be given to all persons interested
co"sively in the United Opinion, a newspa-
pr published at Bradford previous to said
time appointed for hearing, that they may
appear at said time and place, and show
cause, if any they may have, why said ac-
count should not be allowed and such de-
cree made.
By the Court,-Attest,
IS $ Nj GLEASON, Judge.
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q TATE OF VERMONT, L.

STATE OF VERMONT, S.
- District of Bradford, 90
In Probate Court held at Thetford in said
district, on the llth day of Sept, 4. D. 1897.
Hon. John Bailey, Admr. of the estate
of Mary j George late of Newbury. in
said District, deceased, makes application to
said Court for license to sell all of the real
estate of said deceased situated in this
state, representing that the sale thereof will
be for the best interest of all concerned con-
sent thereto in writing being given by all
the heirs residing in Vermont. Where
upon it is ordered by said court that said APP
plicatiOn be referred to a session thereof to
be held at the probate office in said Thettord,
on the End day of Oct, a. ID. 1897, for hear
ing and decision thereon; and it is further
ordered, that all persons interested be no.
tified hereof, by publication and order
thereon, three weeks successfully in the
UNITED OPINION, a newspaper pub
lished in Bradford in this state, and which
circulates in the neighbOrhOOd of those in
terested, before said time of hearing that
they may appear at said time and place, and
If they see cause, object thereto.
By the COurt-Attest.
Is S, NJ. GLEASON, Judge.
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Il LEGAL. II

PROBATE COURTS AND COURTS OF INsOL-
VENCY-BRADFoRD DISTRICT 1926.
Probate Courts and Courts of Insolvency
within and for said district will be holden the
ensuing year as follows:
bradlO1u-AiJ j. II, WatsOn's Office in Brad
ford on the second Tuesday of every month.
West Fairlee-At the Eagle Hotel in West
Fairlee on the last Saturday of May, July,
September and November
Also at the Probate Office in ThetfOrd on
the first Wednesday of every month.
Also at East Corinth on the third Thursday
of May, July and September
S. NJ. GLEASON, Judge.
Thetford Centre, VT, April l, 1896
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TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN.

Notice is hereby given to all persons
holding orders against the Town of Yer
shire, to present them to the undersign-
ed, Treasurer of said Town, for payment,
on or before Oct. 9th, 1897, as they Will
cease to draw interest after that date.
Dated at Vershire, VT, Sept. 9th, 1897.
b. f. FULLER,
Treasurer of the Town of Vershire.47-o,