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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-09-08
September Excursions to White Mountains

The mountains of New England, and espe-
cially the famous peaks of the White Noun
tains, are grand stamping grounds for tour
lists, and though it would seem that these
great barren like mountains would offer a
monotonous outing, such is not the case,
however. Every peak, every mountain side,
every cliff, every valley, every road in fact is
in itself u vast pleasure ground with awe
inspiring sights to be seen in every direction
Every one OF the mountain resorts, whether
ut Bethlehem, Maplewood, Profile House,
Jefferson, Fabyans, Mt. Pleasant or the Sum
init, has its own unique and pleasing attrac-
tions, and of all months September is the
ideal month in which to visit the mountains
At this season of the year the atmosphere is
clear and exhilarating. The roads are in
a most excellent condition, and delightful!
rides over hill and dale may be taken to all
points. The foliage is at its prettiest during
September, and the hotels OF the mountain
regions are model hostelries presided over
by u lot of jovial landlords whose every duty
seems to be to please and care for you. The
Boston Il Maine railroad, following its usual
custom, will sell reduced rate excursion
tickets to all mountain points during the
autumn months. The tickets, which are
good going September llth to October 9th,
and good returning until October 18th, are
on sale at all of the principal stations of the
system. variety of routes are offered and
side-trips to Fabyans and Bethlehem juno
ton can be obtained at reduced rates. Time
tables and general information regarding
excursions are to be had at ticket offices.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-09-08
CHARLESTOWN.

Rev. L. D. Howard exchanged last Sunday
with Rev. Mr.. Shaw.
Mrs. Ella King of Keene is visiting ole
friends in town.
Miss Maud Prouty is passing her vacation
with her cousin, Mrs. E. o. Cooley.
Miss Maud Hunt of Windsor is with hel
cousin, Mrs. Daniel Stearns.
Mrs. Eta Taylor of Brattleboro visited her
father, John Cooley, last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Watkins of Walpole passed
Sunday with s. A. Spooner and family.
Miss 4. L. Fletcher went to Claremont
Thursday to attend the musical convention
Miss Lizzie Haywood of burlington, Iowa.
is visiting her aunt, Miss Sybil Stebbens
Miss May Easter of Claremont passed few
days with her grandmother, Mrs. II. Easter
Ned Osgood of Brooklyn, N. Y, is visit
ing his mother, Mrs. Solomon Osgood.
William Mcmahon and family left for their
home in Railway, N. j., Monday.
There will be dance at Fairy Dell under
the management of Buswell brothers Friday
evening.
Mrs. E. L. Wheeler and two children OF
Claremont are visiting her cousin, Mrs. Ed
gar Fisk.
Misses Nora and Grace, also Harry SEQ.
held visited their sisters, Helen and Eta, at
A. G. Ways Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Snow and daughter
OF Claremont are visiting their parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Easter, and Mrs. G. Snow.
Mrs. Liberty and two children of Rich
mond, VT, have been visiting her uncle,
Paul Cummings.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-09-08
The Veterans Encampment.

The twenty-frst annual encampment Of
the veteran soldiery of New Hampshire
ended Saturday noon and passed into history
as one OF the most successful gatherings OF
the kind for many years. The report of Dana
W. King of Nashua, treasurer, showed thai
expenditures, $lOl5.S5; balance in treasury,
1901 06.
The following officers were elected for the
ensuing year: President, Jeremiah d. Drew,
Lawrence, Mass; vice president, ID. B. New
hall, Concord; secretary, Matt Shackford,
The Weirs; treasurer, Dana w. King, Nash
ua; quartermaster, Frank s. George; must
cal director, John c. Linehan; camp COM
mander, Charles f. Buzzell medical dire c.
and finance committee, o. G. Wyatt, M.
haynes, IL. W. Clark; executive committee,
first regiment, Orlander Lawrence; second,
George g. Davis; third, w. H. Tricky ;
fourth, John b. Buzzell fifth, +. X. Wilkins !;
sixth, j. b. Sanders; seventh, O. G. Burke !;
eighth, Fri Oaks; ninth, II. W. Clark tenth,
Charles b. Diamond; eleventh, Charles W.
Leighton; twelfth, George W. Twombly !;
thirteenth, Moses Ladd; fou, teenth, K. Nj.
Joseph Heath; seventeenth, II. o. Kent !;
eighteenth, r. N. Brown; heavy artillery, A.
>. Sawyer; sharpshooters, l. s. Richardson !;
cavalry, F. w. Mckinley ; bat Try, j. p Eel
lows; navy, ii. Z. Farnum p '-oners of war,
FL. b. Martin; Lowell association, c. b. Wy
man; Manchester association, S. S. Piper !;
Boston association, William Pitt Moses !;
kearsarge association, True w. Priest; vete-
rams band, ID. Arthur Brown; national vete-
ment committee, G. W. Abbott, M. A.
Haynes, e. b. Huse; campfire committee,
Thomas Cogswell, John G. Linehan, N 6.
Noyes.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-09-08
SIMONSVILLE.

Moses Hesselton of Proctorsville visited
relatives here last week.
Mr.. Boynton of Woodstock was recently
entertained at Prof Arthur Marsh's.
Miss Mary Wooley of Grafton is teaching
school on Howard hill.
Rev. H. L. Ballou of Chester will sneak al
the church next Sunday.
Albert Briggs and wife of Plymouth visit
ed recently at Everett Powers's.
Miss Mary Rooney of Castleton is teaching
the autumn school in this district.
F. o. Hubbard was in town Sunday; his
wife and child accompanied him to their
home i'll Perkinsville.
Howard Smith of Walpole, N. H., was at
home Sunday TO visit his parents, William
Smith and wife.
Mrs. F. o. Hubbard of Perkinsvile visited
Mrs. Orrin Hubbard, Mrs. Emma Slate and
Mrs. Annie Edison last week.
Mrs. L. b. Howe, Mrs. H. o. Peabody,
Elmer Haseltine and John Peabody enjoyed
the trip to Ausable Chasm last week.
By the kindness of Mrs. Day of bingham,
Mass, we now have $50 magazines and nearly
100 papers additional in the library.
Mrs. Mary Marsh of Newport, r. l., is
sojournirg on Marsh hill during her vaca-
ton, with her sons, Prof. A. r. and Edward
Marsh.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-09-08
BROOKLINE.

A. L. Mack is building silo in his barn.
Ethel Mack is attending school at Bel
lows Falls.
her daughter, Mrs. H. C. Barrett.
Casa Marsh has returned to Bellows Falls
to attend another term of school.
W. B. Harris has so far recovered from his
relapse to be able to ride out
We expect to hear the joyful ringing of
marriage bells iu the near future.
School in district No. commenced Mon
day, with Ella Willis of Jamaica as teacher.
Arthur Robbins of Palmer, Mass, is work.
ing for the time being in the steam mill.
Mrs. jenkins OF Cambridgeport is with her
mother, Mrs. Sidney Derry, for a few days.
Florence Bennett of Alstead and Cora Bush
of Bellows Falls were at A. l.. Mack's, over
Sunday.
Edgar Howe has shaken Brookline dust
from his feet and has gone to Join his brother
Will in Florida.
A goodly number from here attended the
band concert at Newfane, and report an ex-
cellent entertainment.
III. A. Bush of Northampton made a fiying
trip here last Sunday, and returned Sunday,
making distance of ll6 miles.
Blackberries abound in large quantities,
and women and children, and some men en-
ploy their leisure time in picking them.
Corn is rapidly ripening off and some is al
ready being cut up. Potatoes are small and
few in the hill and are rotting quite badly.
Some are still struggling with the first
crop of grass, and others have cut their after
math, OF which there is quite large quantity
We believe a. o. Wellman has finished
haying, and is repairing his building. His
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-09-08
ATHENS.

Miss Della Bemis is visiting in Keene.
Mrs. Maud DePutron returned to New
York Monday.
Miss Alice Wiley of Saxtons River visited
in town last week.
The infant child of Silas 4. Edwards OF
Iownshend was brought here for burial SUM-
day.
Mrs. M. S. Upton is passing week with
her daughter, Mrs. F. G. Farr, at Bellows
Falls.
Misses Grace and Zef1ie Nichols of Wood
stock are the guests of their uncle, Charles
Willis.
Mrs. Julia Rellihan and children of Bel
lows falls have been visiting at James Nc
Gowan's.
w. B. Gynn and family attended churc h
here Sunday and Mr.. Glynn gave a short but
practical talk to the Sunday school.
Mrs. Viorna M. Howe of Jamaica and Mrs,
A. Il, Robinson and children of Wardsboro
spent Saturday and Sunday at George
Smiths.
Miss Elsie Watson, who has been in Michi-
gan for the past five years, has been in Yer
mont through the summer and is now visit
ing her grandfather, j. G. Walston. She ex.
poets to sail from New York about Septem-
Der 10 for South Africa, where she will join
her parents and unite with them in thei,
work in the Piumbstead Orphanage at Cape
Town. She will take charge of the school
departments.
Thursday evening the church was very
prettily decorated with the convention colors
purple and gold, in flowers and bunting, some
OF which wasa part of the decoration used al
San francisco, and good audience assem-
bled to hear the report of Mr.. and Mrs
Powers which was very Interesting and much
enjnved by all present. Mr.. Powers spoke OF
the journey to and from the "Golden City
giving many interesting incidents including
| that of the snow storm the morning of july
Sd IN the Rocky mountains and the improm
tn 4th of July celebration on the train. Mrs
Powers gave fine report of the convention
Guy recited nice poem and the choir sang
several convention hymns. They also hae
on exhibition fine collection of souvenirs
| both of the convention and the country. sew.
eral of the views being of Salt Lake city ant
| vicinity, also specimens of the trees, flowers
ETC., of California.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-09-08
Death of Or, Rand.

pr. Joseph B. Rand, long time resident
in Hartford, died Friday forenoon in White
River junction, at the junction house, where
he had made his home since about 1880. He
was stricken with apoplexy Friday morning
and did not regain consciousness.
He was found lying on the floor of his room
where he had evidently fallen as he started to
dress. The door of the room was forced open
and DR.. L. F. Garland of White River juno
ton and DR.. W. L. Smith of Dartmouth col
lege were summoned but were unable to
render assistance.
DIR. Rand was born in Barnstead, N. H.,
April 2, 1924 He was practitioner of the
homeopathic school. He began practice at
Hartford village in 1858 and continued for 30
years. He was bachelor, and being very
frugal in his habits, accumulated quite a large
amount Of property, being one Of the wealthy
men of the town.
Latterly he had been interested in manu-
featuring, owning large interest in the
Hartford wooden company at Hartford, and
the Ottaquechee wooden company at North
Hartland. He had conducted also a grain
business at Norwich up to the day of his
death.
RI. Rand was always an uncompromising
democrat, but voted the Mckinley ticket last
fall. be had been director of the New
England fire insurance company, Rutland,
for number of years and was a member of
a local lodge of Masons.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-09-08
GAGEVILLE.

The basket shop has shut down for repairs
Miss Jennie Daggett began school il
Langdon, Tuesday.
N. b. Ober spent part of last week ir
Putney, visiting friends.
j. f. Edison and Adelbert attended the
fair at Worcester last week.
Miss Jennie Ellis is visiting her mother
in st. Johnsbury.
The Sunday school was resumed last week
after months vacation.
Mrs. May Clark and Miss Ada Edwards are
working Tor ID. M. Edwards.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. F. Barns are visiting
friends in this place.
Nelson ODER and Albert Edison are attend
ing the Bellows Falls high school.
A. c. Flagg is still unable to work, and has
returned to his home in NARROW, N. II.
Schools began last week, with Miss Jennie
Mann and Miss Anna Lawrence, teachers.
F. f. Clark left Saturday for Milford, N.
H., where he has secured work in basket
shop.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. ODER and Mr.. and
Mrs. G. F. Beals spent day or so at Athens,
last week.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-09-08
TOWNSHEND.

Russell Blood is home from Providence.
There are whispers of several weddings in
the near future.
Mrs. Annie Sage is home from Dedham
Mass, for short vacation.
Walter Eddy and wife went to White
River Junction Saturday for a visit with
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dana Fairbanks and two
children of Cambridgeport were in town
from Friday until Sunday calling on friends
and relatives.
Dog days have passed for this year and
autumn will soon hold sway, already she is
hanging up her signs by many bright hues
among the mountain trees.
pleasant little party of Is gathered at the
nome OF ARENAS Blood Saturday evening
and passed very pleasant hour in music,
songs and games.
Z. N. Snow has very sick horse. DIR.
harry Martin of Northampton was called
Friday night and treated him very success
fully. Harry was "a Townshend boy and his
friends are pleased at his success.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-09-08
An Echo of the Vermont Muster.

Harry Perkins, who was arrested on the
muster-grounds at Chester on the day OF
President McKinley's visit, in the act Of
picking a Weston farmers pocket, was
recently, waived examination and was bonnd
over in the sum of $500 for trial at the
December term. Perkins claims to have
lived in Rutland, but is believed to belong to
gang who operated so successfully in Bel
lows Falls and Chester at sthe time of the
muster. He claims to be but 10, but is evil
IDENTIFY older. When arrested he came near
escaping by Slipping his coat over his head,
but he was finally overpowered and closely
guarded by soldiers till committed to the
Woodstock Jail. At the hearing before the
justice he had on different suit, while he
had let his beard grow, with the purpose, it
is supposed, of escaping Identification by his
victim. Both the farmer and his wife, how
ever, absolutely identified the prisoner as the
fellow who robbed him of his pocket-book.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-09-08
CENTRAL VT. RAILROAD

Time Table corrected to July %, 1897. Trains
Will leave Bellows Falls daily except Su,
lays unless otherwise noted, as follows:
North GOING via SULLIVAN RAILROAD
80 a. N. MINED, for White River junction.
l2.i0 p. m. EXPRESS MAIL, for White River
Junction, Montpelier, Barre, st. Adams
R1chford, Malone, Norwood, Ogdensburg
Montreal, and Ill points West. Wagner
Parlor Car White River Junction to Mon
treal.
s06 p. IN. FAST EXPRESS, for White River
Junction, Montpelier, Barre, Burlington, st.
Tor Car to White River Junction and Pull.
man Sleeping Car White River Junction
to Chicago without change. Due In Chica-
go $40 next night.
IS p. m. PASSENGER, for White River
Junction.
'll.l0 p. M NIGHT EXPRESS, for White
River junction, Montpelier, Burlington,
81. Adams. Richford, Ogdensburg, Mon.
Sleeping Gar, Bellows Fails to Montreal.
(Runs daily. sundays tncluded) to Montreal
and Chicago.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT BELLOWS FALLS:
"A A a. m. NIGHT EXPRESS, from Montreal
via White River Junction.
500 a. m. LOCAL EXPRESS from White
River Junction.
II 80 p. m. EXPRESS MAIL, from st. Albaps
and all points on Central Division.
3.52 p. m. LIMITED EXPRESS, from MOI
real and Ogdensburg. via White Riy er
7.o5 p. M. MIXED. from White River Jur c.
ton.
F.W. BALDWIN. Gen. supt.
s. w. CUMMINGS, Gen. Pass. Agent
tDaily. TDaily except Monday.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-09-08
Smith Davis Given Hearing Friday.

The hearing in the case of Smith Davis,
accused of the murder of Dora Cushman OF
Lincoln August IA, will be had at Bristol
next Friday. The reports of the physician,
DIR. j. II. Linsley of Burlington, and the
chemist, Prof. +. j. Bartlett of Dartmouth
college, have not yet been received but they
will be completed and given to States Attor-
ney Fish in the course of the week. The
hearing will be before H. p. Sherwin of Bris-
tol, justice of the peace. States Attorney f.
L. Fish of Vergennes and W. H. Bliss of
Middlebury will conduct the prosecution and
F. w. McGettrick will appear for the defence.
1t is expected that a hearing will be had in
the case against Herbert Poland prior to
Davis hearing. S. G. Shurtleff of Montpe-
her is Poland's counsel and the date of the
hearing will be fixed to suit his convenience.
This hearing will also be at Bristol.
No arrangements have yet been made in
regard to the hearings in the cases OF the
other persons under arrest for alleged COM
plicity in the case.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-09-08
Concluded from second page. }

'But don't you think that you de.
serve reproach?" he asked.
''No. l acted as thought best. !
promised to marry you, and while you
were with me you did exercise so strong
an influence that thought I loved you,
but when you were gone knew that !
didn't l saw that was charmed by
your mind, but not warmed by your
heart. Another man came. He was not
bright, He had many foolish words.
But love is sometimes best expressed in
words that are foolish. You awoke my
admiration. He thrilled my heart. Then
l wrote and told you not to think of me
again. l was buried in the roses of my
own happiness. How could l think of
you?'
"And you married that man?''
eyes.
"And were you happy"
"For time. Then the dew fell off
the flowers. What could the flowers do
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-09-08
BRATTLEBORO.

l.. j. Fisher will be captain and X. G. CLARK
| the manager of the Brattleboro academy foot.
ball team this season.
| On recent Sunday evening, at the regular
service in q church not many miles distant,
there was only one person beside the minis
ter in attendance. The minister went
| through with the entire service, however.
The Brattleboro and Chesterfield stage
made its last trip between Brattleboro and
Spotford lake Saturday. The cottages at the
lake are being vacated and the hotels will
| close for the season in three or four weeks.
| The special car from Prospect hill for the
| accommodation OF the church people, was
discontinued Sunday, but the regular 10 10
car will be held five minutes, leaving only
five minutes earlier than the special Car has
| been leaving.
A Congregational church was organized at
Halifax Center Thursday, representatives
| from the churches of Brattleboro, Whining
ton, Marlboro and Colrain making up the
| council. Rev. Mr.. Streeter, who has con-
Quoted union services in the church struct-
ure, will be retained as the pastor of the new
church. Immediately after the church was
organized, IL persons became members upon
profession amt eight or ten others will ioin
soon by letter. The society has recently
been given $4,000 for the support of pastor.
The Johns Hopkins university of Balti-
more, in which William b. Clark of Brattle-
boro is professor in geology, has ordered
portrait OF Prof Simon Newcomb, one of the
worlds most distinguished astronomers,
which is being painted by Artist Robert Cor
don Hardie, also of Brattleboro. Prof. New
comb is the author of many astronomical and
mathematical works, and has received high
honors from many sources, including Yale,
Harvard and Columbia university, Heidel-
berg and Leyden. He has been for many
years superintendent of the nautical almanac
office in the navy department, and has
recently been placed on the retired list on
account of age. He is and has been professor
OF mathematics and astronomy at Johns
Hopkins, and is a member or associate of
nearly every foreign astronomical society,"
and is also cogent writer on political econ
omy.
The state board of agriculture is combin-
ing statistics, by the aid of the listers of the
different Vermont towns, to show the num-
Der of cows. oxen, other neat stock, sheep,
swine and horses in the state, with their
assessed valuation. The list in Brattleboro is
as follows: Number of cows, 1893, assessed
at $26,O5l: oxen, 48, $2665; neat stock
(mostly calves and young cattle), 449, 1922;
sheep, 36l, $l052; swine, 479, $27I8; horses,
$40, $47 500; total of all kinds, 3245; with an
assessed valuation Of $S5,407. This does not
include the Retreat farm stock, which is
worcestershire. At first thought this is a
surprisingly small list, but it must be taken
into account that in several instances, espe-
cially that of cows and other neat stock,
many animals are kept or wintered out of
town and are listed and assessed in the towns
where they are found.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-09-08
RUTLAND RAILROAD.

Time Table corrected to July 4, 1897, Trains
will leave Bellows Falls daily except sun.
day, unless otherwise noted, a follows:
GOING NORTH
Is a. m. MIXED for Rutland and interme.
diate stations.
1910 p. IN. BOSTON MAIL, for Rutland, Bur
lington, St.. Adams, Richford, Montreal;
and Ogdensburg.
305 p. m. GREEN MOUNTAIN FLYER for
Rutland, burlington, st. Adams and Mon.
treal, Wagner Parlor Car to st. Adams and
Pullman Sleeping Car st. Adams to Chica-
go without change due at Chicago 80 p. m.
next night.
40 p. m. LOCAL EXPRESS for Rutland.
and intermediate stations.
tl.l5 p. m Night Express daily for Montreal
Ogdensburg, Ottawa and the west. Through
Sleeper for Montreal.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT BELLOWS FALLS
40 a. m. Night Express daily from Mon.
u cal, Ogdensburg and the west.
SIS a. m. LOCAL EXPRESS from Rutland
and intermediate stations.
l25 p. m. EXPRESS MAIL, from Rutland
burlington, st. Adams and intermediate
1852 p. m. GREEN MOUNTAIN FLYER from
Montreal, st. Adams, ogdenburg, Richford
and Rutland.
$50 p. m. MIXED from Rutland and inter-
mediate stations.
Trains run daily except Sunday unless other
wise noted
: e.; ALDRIcH, Gen. Pass. Agent,
Y. l.. PIERCE II. A. HODGE,
Gen. Supt. Traffic Manager
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-09-08
An Unwi ling Andree.

A Waitstield man named Eugene Mccarthy
was accidentally carried up by balloon at
the fair there the other day. A woman aero
naut was scheduled to do the parachute drop,
and Mccarthy crowded so close to the bal,
loon that he was caught by ore of the ropes.
The woman, who was sitting on the horizon
tai bar, saw the man in the ropes above her
and shouted for him to hold on. 1t was UNI
necessary to caution McCarthy he was al
ready holding on for dear life. The balloon
went up over thousand feet, and every min
ute the anxious crowd expected to see Nc
Carthy's body drop to the ground The bal
loon came down slowly. The parachute
jumper held to the bar and did not make the
jump. She was afraid if she did that the
hold OF the man above her would be lost, and
she remained to encourage him to hold on.
When McCarthy's feet landed on the ground
he was the most delighted man in Vermont.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-09-08
ANDOVER.

Mrs. Lucy West visited at Weston last
week.
MIR. and Mrs. Ed Foster of Weston spent
Sunday at j. P. Smiths.
Mrs l.. D. Austin of Portland, Me-, is Wis
ting at her fathers, William Rowelrs.
School in district No. 4 commenced on
Monday; Miss Ruth Sergeant of Chester
teacher.
Nat c. Willard Of Marquett, Mich, was thu
guest of his friend, c. z. Spaulding, over
Friday night.
Charles Mansur and daughter, Nettie, and
Emma Bouley of Weston were at Lewis
Bouley's, on Sunday.
Alec Phelps and two daughters from West.
minister came up on their wheels and called
at Lewis Bouley's on Sunday.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-09-08
GRAFTON.

Mrs. Tufts and daughters and Mrs. Howard
and Chaplin departed Monday for their homes.
Mrs. Howes and daughters returned to
New York last week.
Miss Lizzie Bishop, who has been stopping
here for some time, has gone to live in Mont
pelier.
MIR. and Mrs. Wizard and daughter from
Marquette, Mich, are visiting her mother
here, Mrs. Frank Wooley.
" A. Wilbur. who has been quite breeder
oil swine for some years, has lately added to