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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-10-02
Shore Acres.

Dramatists. so it is said, generally agree
that ashore Acres" is the best American
play vet produced. Although unconven-
itional in structure and almost entirely free
from old time theatrical devices, the play
is uncommonly interesting and its story is
iull Of surprises. No doubt the success Of
.Shore Acres" is largely due to Mr.
Herne's character creations. The people
in the play are all common everyday types
and they only do such things as people do
in everyday life and therein lies the great
strength OF this interesting comedy drama
The characters are easily recognized and
one feels that nothing is oyerdone, but
everything is true to life. The character
of Nathaniel Berry is admirably drawn and
its Interpretation is artistically perfect
Another important factor in James Herne's
play are the chill lren that run off and on
the scenes inst as children do in our daily
life. They know nothing of the tragedies
being enacted about them, nor do they
care for anything beyond the pleasures Of
the hour. The children in '.Shore Acres
belong there and their happy prattle form
delightful background to the more SOM
bre scenes. Entire new scenery has beer
prepared for the production to be given o
this famous play at the Opera house il
Bellows Falls the evening Of October 6.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-10-02

Many various methods are recon-
mended for preserving eggs, yet very
few manage to keep them in large num-
bers. Limited supplies are stored away
for family use, and others are kept in
cold storage, at the great commercial
centres, but the business of preserving
them for the market has never become
general. There are many obstacles to
success, which are not always cOnsid-
cred. First, only fresh eggs are suit
able, yet it is difficult to secure them
unmixed with other ones. A single
stale egg may cause the loss of all in
the same package. Second, eggs from
hens which run by themselves will keep
much longer than those from hens
which are kept in company with males.
A fortified egg will keep only one
third as long as one which is sterile.
This should be kept in view, and the
males separated from the hens at least
ten days before beginning to save eggs
for storage. An egg which is unferti-
liked when placed in an incubator, and
kept at temperature Of one hundred
and three degrees, will remain un-
changed and fit for the table at the end
of two weeks, while fertilized egg,
under similar conditions would either
be two-thirds incubated or rotten. The
difference in keeping qualities of the
1.-TWO kinds of eggs is equally great in
cool room, though not so rapidly
manifested.
A third important point is to TURF
The eggs ha Il over at least twice week
20 keep yolk from adhering to shell. II
kept in a room where the air is cool
pure and dry, no salt, lime or chemicals
are needed. The eggs may be place.
upon racks, to which access is had fol
turning. But the difficulty with most
cellars and even ice-coOled rooms Il
that eggs kept in them through no
weather are liable to acquire a mustJ
flavor. If packed in boxes with oats O
corn, the boxes may be turned ever,
lew DAVIS
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-10-02
Price of Milk Fixed.

The New England Farmer is authority
for the statement that the directors of the
Milk Producers Union and the Boston
contractors have agreed on the price Of
milk for the next six months, and that it is
to be the same as during the corresponding
period of last year. 1t says:
The price of milk for the coming SIX
months is to be the same as last winter. l.
is to be called 80 cents in Boston with q
change of two cents in the distance seized
u'e; the discount will be five cents within
II miles OF Boston, six cents for the bel
between II and % miles; seven cents be-
tween % and Sc miles eight cents between
Sc and Sc miles and nine cents for the belt
between Sc and rs miles, while the terri
tory between 76 and SO miles will have {
discount OF 10 cents.
The contractors will pay full price for Sc
much of the surplus as equals five per cen
of the sales for three months of this time
For the other three months they will no
carry any surplus at the long price, bu
will pay only butter value for it.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-10-02
The Causes oil Corns and Eunions.

The feet are surely plant members
when they can endure the variformed
shoes that from time to time compel
them into new habits with each new
pair put on; yet they rarely rebel or
give real trouble unless barbarously
neglected. Corns and bunions are more
often the result of wearing old shoe.
than in wrong selection of new ones.
A constant change of foot-gear inures
the foot to variety, and even those who
confine themselves wholly to the ready
made article need suffer no i'll effects il
they will keep their shoe supply as
carefully replenished as is the rest of
the wardrobe.
1t is one OF the most fallaciouS OF
| practices to attempt to economic by
| wearing old shoes about the house, UNI
less they possess all their buttons, have
| straight heels and soles, and are daily
| brushed and aired, as are their newer
| fellows. Only in this way may the an
kle5 be continually braced int str, ig #
ness and the toes allowed to move
| gently in an almost straight direction
When the foot is thrown out of balance
| by worn-down heels, the toes, attempt
| ing to retain level position, perform
reprehensible feats which resemble the
action of the forebears some scientists
have ascribed to us. Moreover, the
combined heat and moisture of the nor
NAL foot hardens the leather of the con.
tinuously worn shoe into permanen,
creases, which in turn render the foo
extremely sensitive, and struggling
against its hard environment enlarges
the joints and causes local Distress
Harper's Bazaar.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-10-02
Meeting of Homeopathic Physicians.

The 47th semi-annual meeting Of the
Vermont Homeopathic Medical society will
be held in the parlors Of Towns hotel, Bel
lows Falls. Thursday, October IA. The
following is the program:
Psychological Medicine, c. M. Martin
n;sosa;on A. N. Logan,
DISCUSSION NJ. d. Smith.
Experience with Fraxinus Americanus and
Discussion E. T. {. W Myybls,
Post-Partum Hemorrhage, F. E. Steele
Discussion 4: e, Horton Eomi,ton.
Spontaneous Separation of the be- sym Fn4has
Discussion H. A. Roberts.
Report of the Meeting of the American In.
stitute, Edward Kirkland
Paper-subiect unannounced, A. s. Murray
G.E. E. Sparhawk
Owing to unfore seen circumstances II
did not seem advisable to call the meeting
on October 20 as was originally intended
1t is hoped that the date selected may
prove acceptable to all.
The meeting will be called to order Al
1.3Op. M or as soon thereafter as posi-
BILE, and there will be an afternoon ant
evening session. By this arrangement al
can reach Bellows Falls on the morning
trains and can get away on the late even
ing trains if necessary. 1t is hoped tina
all will make a determined effort to b.
present. The usual reduced rates are ex
pected from the railroads.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-10-02

Fodder corn follows grass in rank as
feeding crop, either green for summer
use or preserved as ensilage, or dried
and cured for the winter. 1t is one of
the most prolific and nutritious plants
when it is properly grown and Guilt
waited. 1t has yielded from twenty
four to forty tons of green, and five to
eight tons of cured fodder 1t requires
rich land and good cultivation, how
ever, to make this yield, but on poor
land, helped by artificial fertilizers, a
very profitable yield can be made. In
such case poor, sandy farm, which
was badly run down, produced twenty
four tons of Evergreen sweet corn with
six hundred pounds of SPECIAL corn ma
nur to the acre; and twelve tons per
acre of Early Narragansett sweet corn.
these crops ON the same ground, the
same season, for the early corn will
be ready for cutting in fifty days from
planting and the later kind planted In
July will mature in September; thus
giving thirty-six tons of green fodder,
or eight of cured fodder per acre. 1t
is this rapid growth which makes this
CROP so valuable.
| Fodder corn has acquired poor rep
utation, by reason of the mistaken
manner of growing it, viz: by broad
casting the seed at the rate OF two or
| three bushels per acre, by which the
crop is SO crowded that it makes a
white. watery, rank forage, quite de-
void of nutriment, and worth but little
more than wood shavings. Cows have
jeen known to reject fodder thus grow
which is a convincing proof of theii
natural sagacity.
When grown in rows three feet apart
and with four to six seeds dropped
eighteen inches apart, the fodder is en-
l.irely different. 1t is green in color,
mature in its growth, full of sweetness
and a large proportion of the stalks
will have ears in what is known as the
roasting stage, and as the fodder is
cured. these may be dried, if the proper
precautions are taken in the curing
Over ten thousand ears of sweet corn
fit for market, per acre. have been tax
en- from a crop of Evergreen.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-10-02

ing him. They have put in slaice about
four rod, ia length, at the lower end OF
which two rpples are placed. A ripple is
made of ten.inch boards, which forms "
shaped trouahs, or sections, across the bot
tom Of the sluice as the water washes the
rough surface the gold drops into one OF
troaghs, and sif a particle OF gold gets in.
to one Of those ripples it can't get out "
said Mr.. Andrews.
The men. as they dig up the gravel.
wash off all the larger stones to remove
any particle OF the yellow metal which may,
be lodged on them, and the course gravel
is thrown into the upper end OF the sluice.
A four-tined manure fork IS used to take
out the coarsest stones, and the grave
then washes down over the "ripples,.
where, il any gold is in the sire m, it ii
caught.
There was no gold in the exhibition pan
full, but the writer was shown vial con
tanning twelve or fourteen small nuggets
which they had secured from the previous
days washing.
A. soon as Mc. Andrews gets surfac,
OF the bed rock uncovered, the fate OF Boil
ton will be decided.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-10-02
Infected Nv Cattle.

The Board of Regents of the State
Agricultural College at Manhattan
have discovered that the cattle, sheep
and hogs kept on the college farm are
infected with tuberculosis.
The men who have been employed in
The stables are seriously ill, and the
man who had direct charge Of the cat
lie, is not expected to live, having been
suffering with the disese for several
months. Mrs. c. Georgeson, wife of
one of the professors, has also been i'll
for several weeks, and it Is reported
that she became infected by using milk
from the diseased cows. Paul Wilcox,
an assistant, is also suffering with
tuberculosis and his life is despaired Of.
He contracted the disease while handl-
ing the cattle.
The existence of the disease was dis
covered by Professor A. b. Cottrell, the
newly elected Professor of Agriculture.
He reported the mater to the meeting
of the Board of Regents, and immedi-
ate action was taken to secure an
expert investigation OF the malady. The
government experts in making a
thorough examination.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-10-02
SELECTING AND SAVING SEED
A Little Care In This Respect viii
Greatly Improve tho Corn Crop.

A Little Care In This Respect viii
Greatly Improve tho Corn Crop.
Carelessness in the selection and
preservation of seed corn is one great
cause of little profit from the crop. The
most profitable day farmer can spend
in September is one devoted especially
to the work of observing the following
rules or advice derived from long
experiences: Gather from the best part
of the crop and always from standing
corn. Choose from stalks that bear
two or more ears and take only the Top
most ear, provided 1t is well filled to
the point with regular grains. Care
must be taken to reject any which
have been soaked or sprouted at the
lower end by late rains. Select enough
to allow eight bushels per acre for the
intended crop, making due allowance
for tops and butts. In a room which is
perfectly dry "a plastered one is best),
stretch wires from side to side near
the ceiling. Take ball of Irvine and
cut in pieces two feet long, making 8
loop at both ends of each one. Place
an ear in each loop and throw over
| the wire. If convenient, have stove
in the room and heat occasionally IL
the weather is extremely damp. Moist.
ure in the cob and vermin are its CHIEF
enemies, and this plan effectually pre-
vents both. A few days before plant
ling remove the Irvine carefully and pu
away for another year. Then remove the
top and bottom grains set the shellel
light as the ears are very dry and pas
it through. Be careful to reject ear
unduly shriveled or which show mould
A full stand of plants is insured by THU
method which takes comparatively lit
tie time and relieves the mind of un
certainty.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-10-02
THE TIMES.
SATURDAY, OCT. 2, 1897.
Bellows Falls Locals.

DR.. Frank Whitman is giving his house
on Henry street coat of paint.
The yard about the Woolley house on
Henry street has been greatly improved.
A line of new piles is being driven alorg
the bank OF the canal to prevent washing
the bank.
Mrs. Alkaline Ball will present the high
school with fine steel engraving OF the
great musician, Mozart.
The Sons OF Temperance will hold a
meeting next Monday evening at Prospect
hall. Business of Importance is to be
transacted.
It is rumored that c. L. Barber is con-
templating putting up a new building at
the corner of Atkinson and Henry street
extension to be used for the dry goods
business.
The ticket agent reports that 597 tickets
were sold at this station for the Brattle-
boro fair, 525 being sold Thursday. Last
wear 700 tickets were sold. A specie
train was run Thursday, fare for the Iount
trip being ISL.
Mrs. C. M. Ranville enjoyed rasp
berry shortcake Monday made from berrle
picked on the preceding day in field neal
Springfield. She thinks this breaks the
record on unreasonable shortcakes.
w. j. Willis of Boston, who did some
handsome sign painting in town recently
including the sign on the Gray block, has
opened a shop over Cassidy's stable fol
carriage, sign and banner painting.
In conversation recently regarding tn:
elevation here above the sea level, F. )
Hall said it was his impression that tn
rapids in the river are 210 feet above SCI
level, and that the fall from the top Of tn
dam to the rapids is AZ feet.
A splendid compliment has been pai'
Principal A. B. Crawford by the schoo
management Of section 81 in the city Q
I. Philadelphia. 1t will be remembered tina
the professor gave an address in the oper
house last June which was admired an
praised by all who heard it. A liberia
extract was published in the TIMES and
some way copy reached the managers
this school Sc ction in Philadelphia, an
they were so well pleased with the idea
expressed that the extract was republishe
in pamphlet form and distributed anon
the pupils of the John S. Hart gramm'
school for thsiEperusal and edifcation.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-10-02
KEEPING FOWLS CONFINED

Some valuable Hints as to the Proper
Care They Should Receive.
When hens seem dropping, give pill
made Of sulphur, lard and black pepper
till thew are better. Keep a horseshoe
or a few rusty nails in the water, OF
boil white-oak bark and cherry-tree
bark together. Make a syrup, and.
when it is cold, give it in the drinking
water twice week, as tonic.
Take ground mustard, one table,
spoonful to two quarts OF corn-meal,
and enough sour milk to mix well. In
case of sick fowls feed this three times
a week; as preventive twice month
1t is a grand tonic, and should be used
occasionally through the summer sea.
son.
Beware of overlooking. It is variety
of feed and shell producing articles
that bring the best results. Experience
will teach how to regulate the guam
tity.
Pound up broken crockery and glass
ware in pieces the size of small peas,
and put in the gravel box. The fowls
will select the hard flints with sharp
edges to grind in their MILL
yards as we'll as the houses. Don't
allow fowls on the same ground fol
months or years without stirring 1t up.
Sweep off, or spade under, the litter
that accumulates. If the Enclosure is
small spade up a portion each day. II
| large, plow up the yard freqently, sc
| that the birds can have exercise in
| hunting in the fresh earth for worms.
1t is said hen will consume bushe
of corn a year. We would be generou:
| and allow five pecks of grain per head
when they are confined to the hen-yard
| 1t requires more feed to keep some
breeds than others. The plymouth
Rocks are small eaters, and industrious
foragers, and so can be kept with TWEEN
~ per cent. less expense than some 9th.
| ers Suntlower seed, fed in small guam
titles, imparts beautiful gloss to TIL
| plumage. Whether with old or youn,
fowls, give them freedom, cleanliness
proper and sufficient food during the
year, and change of male birds every
spring.
Always provide dust box. The bes
article for the use of fowls is roat
DUST Gather a barrel full in summer
| cover 1t close ana keep LOT winter use
Or use finely sifted hard-coal ashe
with 8. tablespoonful of sulphur added
If litter is wanted for the fowls
scratching place in winter, gather tn
fallen forest leaves and store Their
away in dry place. When needle
throw good supply into the he
houses. Scatter broadcast one feed Q
grain Tin the EVENING" among ther
and let hens work for their supper Re
new the leaves every week or two, {
alternate with straw. Either will
good for the birds. Then it can /
removed to the compost heap, or sea
tered about your small fruits an
grape vine.
| In these last suggestions there
plenty for the children to do. Let thel
gather road dust, leaves, etc., in tn
F season, doing something each day t
provide for the comfort of the fowl
They will love the work, and take a
interest in the business. 1t will gi,
them needed exercise and pleasure.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-10-02
The Greenhouse.

The work in the greenhouse is main
~ preparatory, and the sooner it il
done the better. Repairs to tie green
house and heating apparatus are, as a
rule, better intrusted to the builders OF
them. Get in supply of soil, sand
pots and moss. A good cellar makes
an admirable annex to the winter gar
den. 1t is not too early to decide upon
what are to be the leading features
of the window garden, and ascertain
where the plants are to come from. If
any plants are to be lifted from the
open borders be ready to do it next
month. See to the potted plants that
were taken from the window to the
open air. If any of these are to 60
back again, begin early to free them
from insects, to give fresh soil and to
prune into shape, that they may be
ready to go on at once.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-10-02
Annual Inspection of Fire Department.

The annual inspection of the Bellows
Falls fire department will be held on next
Friday, October s. The parade this year
will be omitted, but there will be thor
ough inspection of the department by the
fire wardens and chief engineer, and the
ell, ctricians will test each fire alarm box
at / P.M. The steamer quarters, hose
houses, etc, will be carefully examined
that the inspectors may be assured that
everything is in frst-class condition.
After the alarms have been tested, the
entire department will be called from box
81 in the square. The village has been
districted under the direction of the war
dens so that when first alarm sounds two
hose companies, the hook and ladder and
chemical companies respond, and on
second alarm the remaining hose ccmpa' y
and the steamer respond. So when the
first alarm is sounded Friday the Abenaqu
and Bridgeman hose companies and the
hook and ladder and chemical companies
will appear on the scene and second
alarm will call the rest OF the department.
Everything will be conducted as though
the Gray block and Cassidy's livery were
envelopod in flames. The hose companies
will connect with the hydrants, the steamer
will be brought into use, and under Il e
direction of l.. j. Royce four streams will
be loosed from the F. M. p. pumps; the
water, however, instead OF being thrown
onto the buildings will be discharged into
the canal. A bonfire will also be built in
the square and the efficacy of the chemical
engine tested.
The aim will be to show the citizens o.
this community what facilities the depart
ment has for fighting big fire.
CONCERT AND BALL.
| The concert and ball will be in Unior
hall IN the evening. The concert will b
t from to $50 and will be given by Weed
5 EMS orchestra of ten pieces. The CRANE
t mach will begin at 9.45. The foo
director will be John ID. Cray; aids
Thomas Connors, w. w. Dodge, III. III
a King, l.. HI. Vanyea, james Cray, ID. Nj
S Damon, Thomas Hayes, III. B. Fitzsim
mons and James Tyrrell; committee O
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-10-02
Gold Found at Bolton.

A Burlington dispatch says: Vermont
has Klondike. There is gold there, and
an experienced miner is in charge of the
placer mining works, where it is being Sc
cured. 1t is free gold, being found in
small nuggets in the bed of mountain
stream.
The location of this Embryo Eldorado
is up Joyner Brook" in the town OF Boz
ton, near Burlington.
There is no doubt that there is free GOLD
in the bed of the Joyner brook, but wheth-
er it will be found in paying quantities is
still an open question.
Samuel A Andrews OF Richmond dis
covered gold there about fifteen years ago
and has prospt cte1 the bed OF the stream
for distance OF three miles. He says
that he has found gold all along the stream
but never in very large Quantities.
When he first discovered 1T he got 81
| worth, since that time he has found it il
small amounts whenever he chose to ge
there and .pan out" some of the gravel.
| MIR. Andrews is in his 10Th year, an,
went to California in 1858. He stayed
about two years, when he came back t.
Vermont for a short visit, and then wen
back to California for eighteen months
Most o. this time he was at work in tn
gold mines.
Mr. Andrews has chosen spot in tn
bed OF the brook about half mile abov
the railrold Above and below 1.-THE dig
gings" the brook bed is steer, but here tn
bed rock is concave, forming a sort o
basin. which is filled with boulders an
gravel. Gold being SO heavy, it works il
self to the bottom of the stream and lodge
In the bottom of this basin.
Il MIR. Andrews has two young men assist
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-10-02
Flower Garden and Lawn.

Cut the lawn but moderately until
the new growth warrants it. When the
late storms come on, dahlias are apt to
be badly broken; the side branches
aeed stakes. Tuberoses, gladiolus and
lilies are among the plants usually
needing care. Use neat natural stakes.
and avoid those green painted horrors
with white heads. Unless 1t Is desired
to save lily seed, cut away the seed
vessels as the flowers fall, In order to
strengthen the bulb. Pick OF cater
pillars. Chrysanthemums need to be
made ready for the fall showers II
any plants In the open ground are to be
ported for exhibition, take them up al
once and give them q chance to become
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