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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-01-15

the galleries never crane their nccks to
pick him out on the floor His Washing
ton residence is not pointed out rs one of
the points of interest, and the general pub
lie only knows that he comes from some
where down in Maine"
AS matter of fact, Mr.. Dingley's home
life is fully as interesting as that of any
other public man. When he is clown in
Maine, he lives in a comfortable but I'M
pretentous two story and a half house in
Lewiston. His family consists at present
only of his wife-a pleasant faced, matron-
ly looking woman-and his daughter
Edith, tall, beautiful girl
Mr. Dingley also has four sons, but not
one of them remains beneath the parental
rooftree H. NJ. Dingley. the eldest, is a
manufacturer and has home of his own
in Lewiston; Edward n. Dingley lives in
Kalamazoo, Mich, where he Is the editor
and proprietor of a newspaper; Arthur
Dingley is associated with his brother in
the same enterprise, and Albert G. Ding
ley, the youngest son, is in Colorado for
his health.
The most interesting room in the Ding
ley residence is the library. That is where
the congressman spends most of his time
when at home. 1t contains number of
a tea table, which betrays the fact that Mrs.
Dingley and her daughter also frequent it,
a little couch, some dainty chairs and
lot of pictures, many of them photographs
taken by Miss Edith. The only corner of
the room which looks at all like literary
workshop is that in which stands fiat
topped desk near IA window. The room has
none of the appearance of the ideal den of
a busy statesman, yet Mr.. Dingley has
done more work in it than the average con-
gresham usually accomplishcs in life
time. In this corner Mr.. Dingley has
studied tariff schedules and acquired the
financial knowledge which has distinguish
ed him in Washington.
Besides being statesman Mr.. Dingley
is Il journalist and has been ever since he
was "a. When hC was graduated at Dart
mouth college he invested his small CAPT
tai in "A half interest in the Lewiston Jour
nal, then IA weekly paper with not u very
tenacious hold on life He finally acquired
complete control OF the property, mado the
paper il daily and built ii up until it be-
came one of the most influential in Maine.
The paper is now conducted by Mr., Ding
ley brother, but he still retains "A half
ownership and has desk at the Office.
This desk, by the way has furnished
many laugh for the members of The
journal staff. 1t is only 20 inches wide
and looks as if it had been sliced from a
full sized roll top. 1t was put in by Frank
Dingley with the intention of having some
fun with his distinguished brother, who
had asked for desk in the Office. But the
congressman went to work at it without
apparently noticing its size and now Wis
itors to the sanctum are solemnly shown
the statesmans desk
While in Washington Mr. Dingley and
his wife and daughter occupy apartments
at hotel and mingle as little as possible
in capital society. In Lewiston they have
their own circle of friends, but do not en-
terrain on a large scale. Mr.. Dingley' s
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-01-15
SCIENTIFIC Pig Feeding.

At the Vermont station it was found
that 60 per cent Of the market value of
the food was got back i'll the value Of
the manure when the latter was prop
erly handled The cost of food for a
pound Of increase i'll live weight and
the profits were slightly in favor of the
less watery ration, but the shrinkage at
slaughter was the same in these pigs as
in those fed on drier ration. Butter
milk had about four fifths the feeding
value of skimmilk. Poland-Chinas and
Berkshires gave the same results, but in
another test Berkshires outstripped
Yorkshires, In most cases it costs more
to keep pigs after a certain age than
their gain in weight is worth.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-01-15
WHAT DINGLEY DOES.
HOW THE LEADER OF THE HOUSE
SPENDS HIS TIME.

Has Won His Way to the Fore by Inde-
fatigable Industry His Home In Maine
and His Twenty Inch Desk In the Lewis
ton journal Office.
One of the most conspicuous figures in
Washington just now is Nelson Dingley,
Jr 1t is not any suddenly acquired prom
inence or any chance stroke which has
brought him to the front, but a natural
sequence of events, For years he has been
working quietly away, seldom taking the
floor in debate and not once making any
attempt at oratory. Yet he has been
power in the committee room, and when
ever he has risen to speak on a question
In spite of his weak voice and unadorned
delivery he has always commanded the re-
spectful attention of his fellow members.
But now many things seem to hinge on
Dingley, and he is recognized as one of
the men of the day. At tine present time
he is hard at work on that much discussed
tariff bill 1t will probably be introduced
into the next congress by some other man,
MS it is expected when that body meets he
will be occupying the Office of secretary of
the treasury
Although having taken prominent part
in national affairs for so long IA period, Mr..
Dingley is perhaps as little known rs any
other old member of congress, Visitors in
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-01-15

uas been intimated He has been broker
for years, is an old hand at the business
and has a good sized fortune to operate
with Yet his Napuleonic stroke will be
held up as a glittering example by stock
brokers for months to come, and many a
"lamb" will be persuaded that he has
chance to go and do likewise
Mr. Bell comes of an old and wealthy
New York family. He had obtained a col
lege education when in 1875 he was adj
mitted to the floor of the Stock Exchange
He was an innocent looking, mild man
nered young man then, and the shrewd
old bulls and bears said that it was pity
he had come into the street. They pre-
dicted that he would make easy plucking.
But young Mr.. Bell seemed to realize that
he was young and inexperienced. He had
no business training and knew it. So,
instead of starting in as IA plunger and
losing his fortune in a year or two, he just
laid low and began to learn the ropes.
Whenever he did any trading at all it was
light and cautious. He was feeling his
way.
For 10 years he kept very quiet, taking
a llier now and then, but keeping out Of
big deals. He must have developed a won
derful amount of self restraint to do it,
and losing fortunes without a sign of i'm
patience to join the struggle which ragged
so fercely around him. Finally in 1891
he surprised his fellow brokers by launch
ing boldly into the battle of speculation.
He had learned how to fight and win.
Joining number of other influential oper
ators, he began to pound down stocks. He
was a bear. Along in August of 1898,
when railroad stocks, which he had been
selling, got down to rock bottom, Bell be-
came bull and began to buy Only one
other member of the bear syndicate had
the courage to let 60 and follow him, but
Others were sorry they did not for soon aft
er Bell began to bull the market the reac-
ton set in, and stocks started to jump up
ward. He realized great fortune on that
DEAL and Wall street revised its opinion Of
Bell 1t saw that he had in him the quail
tiles that go to make II successful specu-
latOr
From that time on Bell was watched
carefully. He has made lot of money
since and in every case has whipsawed the
market, selling as long as prudent and
then buying in again at just the right
time. His foresight is wonderful, and his
business associates are almost willing to
believe that he has the power Of second
sight
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-01-15

1t appears from Secretary Morton S
report that the farms Of the country are
by no means covered with mortgages
In point of fact ~ per cent Of the farms
in the United States occupied by their
owners are absolutely free from mort
cages or other membranes And
doubtless Of the rs per cent of farmers
whose farms are mortgaged large pro-
portion are entirely solvent and are get
ting much more benefit out of the mon
ey they have borrowed than the rent
they pay for it in the shape of interest.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-01-15
Here and There,

On sour or acid soils clover does not
thrive. On the farm at the Rhode Is
land station it was impossible to grow
clover until enough air slaked lime was
used to neutralize the acid. When this
was done, excellent crops of clover were
produced.
There seems to be growing molina
ers to plant nut trees both for shade and
the prospective crops of nuts.
Within a few years baled shavings
have come into such general use as bed
ding that the sales of straw have been
considerably lessened.
The next meeting of the Pennsylva-
MIA state board Of agriculture will be
held at Harrisburg, Jan, 81 and IS.
AS reports continue to come in, Rural
New Yorker finds that many farmers
are succeeding this year with crimson
clover who were sadly disappointed
with it in former years.
st Adams, VT, has been added to the
list of ports at which cattle and sheer
from the Dominion Of Canada for eX-
port from the United States may be en-
tered, in bond for Portland, Me-, and
Boston, for export from the two last
mentioned ports only in accordance with
the regulations in the order of Feb IL,
1889.
In this country the electric culture OF
plants for commercial purposes has now
become recognized industry.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-01-15

vool-o VOW, 1ittIo fuss N bo,,t +ba b,,e;ooe. -
nhooo,' ohiaf a~oontiro T. a. dn,,o % "
,,io.I.. 9La+ ~, 80. ,,,o,, 80 -.
$3.50 +r,, hsp ~,
PouI ,fs -at.t,
:. Dr.lt ~ 1901 H., l.oerni t.,idt b,,4
ioa.ey ~, 49, ,..!.',ti,'a ao,,rau 80 go
1oJH ~ TIts 800, 'ou Oin. ~ S''o ,ou
,'h % 49,
"i nLinf ayo,ti,o ~ H. a'1 o""
80 ~ ~
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-01-15
Seed Distribution.

The seeds distributed gratuitously by
the government during the present ifs
cal year weighed $50, 600 tons and occu-
pied 80 mail cars in transit The cost
of carrying them through the mails was
over $40, 600. Enough seed was sent out
gratuitously to plant 115 square miles
of garden. Each congressman received
enough to plant 1851 acres. For the
current year, at present prices, the
amount required by congress to be ex-
pended in the purchase of seed will
make each congressman quota double
what it was last year. The secretary of
agriculture sincerely regrets this unnec-
essary and wasteful expenditure of pub
lie moneys and hopes congress may in
good time put stop thereto.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-01-15
GREEN MATURING.
The Successful Experience of a Farmer
who Favors and Practices 1t.

The Successful Experience of Farmer
who Favors and Practices 1t.
A contribution in favor of green ma
nuring from New York farmer was
recently published in The Country Gen
tleman, as follows:
We have five acre field of light
sandy soil on which l sowed wheat in
1894, seeding with medium red clover.
My catch was complete, and the next
season a fine crop of clover was harvest
ed. The last of September another crop,
nearly equal to the first, covered the
ground when the question arose as to
what should be done with it. One was
strongly in favor of harvesting, but an
other said, "Plow it under and see the
magnificent crop of corn it will make
for us. " The latter ruled, and blowing
at once began. A heavy chain was at
tached to the evenor, which dattened
the clover so completely that none could
be seen between the burrows after piow
ing-not like a neighbor's field, whore
no weight was used-and as many
fringes of clover could be counted as
there were burrows.
The following spring a disk harrow
fitted the piece and corn was planted,
in rows 3 by 80 feet, May TO- Soon
after that date a smoothing harrow was
brought into use and second harrow
ing given when the corn had reached a
height of about 4 inches. | did moth
ing moro until a slight hill was needed
q say "nccdcd, as am not as much
il favor Of level culture as some seem
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-01-15
Homemade swill Truck.

Following is n description of a swill
truck recommended by New Jersey
man and illustrated by Rural New
Yorker. He writes:
bought an oil barrel, knocked out
one head and bored hole opposite the
bunghole and of the same size. Then,
at blacksmith's, got two old buggy
wheels with boxes in and the iron part
of a buggy axle, and had the blacksmith
take piece out of the axle and shorten
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-01-15
Established 1896.
LEDGER
AND DAILY TRANSCRIPT.
PHILADELPHIA.
Editor and proprietor from 1864 to 1894.
GEORGE W. CHILDS DRENEL,
Editor and Publisher.

The PUBLIC LEDGER is first of all
newspaper, giving all the news of the
day, classified and in complete form. In
THE LEDGER every statement is verified /;
its news is therefore thoroughly reliable.
Outside of its news department (Which
includes special correspondence from all
the important cities and towns In Penn
sylvania, New Jersey and Delaware),
the LEDGER is an illustrated family
newspaper of exceptional interest and
value, giving special attention to domes-
tic affairs, religious news and comment,
social events, games, sports, the fashions
of the day, literary, art, farm and gar
den, scientific and labor notes, building,
society news, etc.
TO its special New York and Washington
correspondence. long since rendered fam
Gus, it now adds letters from the Chief
caphOis of Europe.
Its Financial News and Market Reports
are complete and reliable,
The Saturday issue is a great compen-
dium of every phase of social life, con-
tanning reading matter 70 suit every
day edition of the LEDGER Its treatise
of the International Sunday School les
son is alone worth the price of subscrip-
ton.
Its classified advertisements are as in
teresting as news and as widely read.
The public has for years made the PUB
LIC LEDGER its chief vehicle for the an
nouncemeut of births, marriages and
deaths.
Write for rates for classified advertise
ments. Subscription prices as follows
The DALY LEDGER Sundays excepted)
by mail to any part of the United States
or Canada, so cents per month; So per
year.
Saturdays LEDGER (weekly), great
home journal, which should be in every
country home, 81 90 year.
be- Make all remittances payable TO
GEORGE W. cHILDS DREKEL.
2:3w Editor and Publisher
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-01-15
swILL TRUCK AND ERAME.

it so that it measured 2 feet 9 inches
between the hubs l had the axle for
two inches back of each shoulder, round
ed, 1T being square, and showed it through
the holes in the barrel until the ends
were at equal distances from the barrel /;
then | wedged all around the axle with
some soft wood, such as pine. Then
made frame in the cut, feet 8
inches from outside to outside in width,
and which may be of any length desired.
Two irons, 3, of the right length to
the frame. l next put on the wheels,
and the thing was done. To empty, tip
the barrel and pour out, as the axle
turns in the wheels and frame. The to-
tai cost was So.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-01-15

etc, each kind by itself, and the can
labeled with its contents. Thus any de-
sired nail, etc, was instantly found and
easily picked out. Itwould be help to
have each can nailed up by the same
kind Of nail that it contained, though
the labels are readily prepared with
white paper, black ink and white of
egg paste
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-01-15
In the Farm Workshop.

In a workshop, illustrated and de-
scribed in Farm and Fireside, is an ar
rangement which will be useful to many
readers, Along the wall were tin cans.
The tops were cut with flaps, which
were bent back and nailed to the
wall. These tin cans held various sizes
and kinds of nails, spikes screws, bolts,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-01-15
DeWitt's Witch Hazel SalVe
Cures Piles. Scalds, Burns.
COMMISSIONER Notice.
Estate of BetSey T.. Pratt.

The undersigned, having been appointed
by the Hon. probate court tor the district of
Addison, commissioners, to receive, eX-
anime, and adjust all claims and demands of
all persons against the estate of Betsey +.
Pratt ate of salisbury in said district, de-
ceased, and all claims exhibited in Offset
thereto, hereby give notice that we will
meet Tor the purposes aforesaid at c. f. Rich's
store. Middlebury. on the 9th day OF January,
1897, aud 37th day OF July next, from o'clock
until O'Clock, p. m, each of said days, and
that six months from the 2d day of Decem-
Der, a. ID. 1895, is the time limited by said
court tor said creditors to present their
Dated at Middlebury, Vt, this 2d day of
December A. D., 1895.
G.. WHEELER. ,Co,,,,s
GEORGE f. ABBEY, N0ii 10
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-01-15
A FORTUNE IN A DAY.
But Beil's Experience Is Not a Common
One In wall Street

Louis V. Bell, the man who cleaned up
$500, 600 in Wall street the other day, is
somewhat new to fame, but he is no strnn-
ger to the New York Stock Exchange, as
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-01-15

MIR. DINGLEY's TWENTY INCH DESK IN THE
LEWISTON JOURNAL OFFICE.
SIMMER vacations are passed on Squirrel
island, Boothbay harbor, where he has
cottage.
Besides his reticence and industry the
most noticeable feature about Mr.. Ding
ley's habits is his total abstinence from
liquors and tobacco Few people know
perhaps that there is a temperance society
In congress, but there is, and Mr., Dingley
is its president. MARX NORRIS.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-01-15
k4HRl1'1(j3.'5A;B;'{1sN
K 'r:NS~>aa5ssSfF IS ~
LEVELlNG INSTRUMENT.
Can BE Cheaply Made and Is Accurate
Enough For short Distances.

Can Be Cheaply Made and Is Accurate
Enough For Short Distances.
At this season of comparative leisure
ans ought to be made for prospective
ork, new tools manufactured and old
les mended. Occasional "cat swamps"
|bcur on many farms, and the owner
4 uld like to know whether they can
titled OUT at reasonable expense.
he has a cheap and accurate leveling
|lstrument and target or sighting rod,
Ie can ascertain this and do his own
|veling. In the annexed cut from Ohio
farmer is suggested model which can
|e made in any farm workshop.
This is simply a sharp staff or stake,
|, with crossbar, a, bolted firmly to it.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-01-15
THE SWISS PRESIDENT.
He Is Elected Every Year with Very Lit
tie Fuss.

Once year the little republic of Switzer-
land has u new president. This does not
mean that the country is constantly in the
throes of presidential campaign, for they
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-01-15


he colored water to your target and
AXE your levels just as with $50 sur
Eeyor's level
For short distances it is accurate
Enough. The glass tubes may be corked
light about an inch above the colored
water to prevent its escape when the
level is carried. OF course a carpenters
Epirit level, instead of the crossbar and
tubing, may be screwed to the staff
hnd sights may be attached to each end
bf the level, say, just half an inch
bach above the top surface Of the level.
y on can sight better with these than
Fimply along the top surface of the
level itself.
For the sighting rod use a inch bat
ten 10 feet long, plancd and plainly
marked in feet and inches from the bot
tom up. Then with cheap tapeline
two rods long you can measure dis
tances, take levels and set the depth
stakes for digging the ditch. Of course
if the swamp is small and the ditch
must be long and deep it may not pay
to drain the swamp. But your level
will give you the facts and tell you
whether it will pay.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-01-15

is a rubber
|lbe attached to
be staff and
a s s II g up
through "A hole
/ t each end Of
lle crossbar. At
4 ach upper end
II this rubber
ube is a glass
ube, say 4 inches
'Ong, with the
u b b er tubing
tire tic II @ d or
|prung around it
o as not to leak.
lnlored w a t err
bills the tube, and
Il leveling you
i nj ply sight
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-03
NOT LET YET.
The Contracts for the Girls Industrial
Home Withheld for a Week Yet.
Other Contracts.

Drs. Harriet Jones and John Cum
minis. of this city, and Mrs. w. c. MORROW,
of Fairmont who composed the committee
selected by the Directors of the State
Girls Industrial Home to give out the
bids for the erection of the institution,
held a meeting yesterday morning for
that purpose, but decided to give out no
bids until week from Monday. In the
meantime they will confer with the three
parties who have put in bids, for the pur-
pose of getting further information about
their plans and bids, The institution will
be located at Salem and will cost about
S65, 600.
The contract for building the residence
for Mrs. NJ. A. Chew. at Leatherwood,
was let yesterday to ]. W. Beltz & Son.
The residence will cost about 5000. The
plans were prepared by Franzheim, Gels
ey & Faris.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-03
CIRCUIT COURT.

In the case of Mary B. Higgins and
Francis Earl Higgins, by their next
friend, etc., v. Prudence E. Higgins, ct
al, an alias summons was ordered to
defendants, returnable at October
rules.
In the case of Hester Letzkus and
Jennie Harrison, v. Joseph Webb, the
answer of defendant was filed.
In the case of c. F. Bachmann, guar
dian, v. Frederick Schroeder, ct al, the
Court authorized the Guardian to ex-
pend $500 on behalf Of his ward
In the case of W. G. Long v. the
Cameron Oil and Gas Company, ct al,
the demurrer of defendant was over
ruled and defendant is given until Oc-
tober 9th to answer
The trial of the case of w. w. Whit
meyers Administrative v. Baltimore
Lodge No. 6, K. of P, will be resumed
tomorrow morning.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-03
DISCHARGED.
Laughlin Mill Miners Notified Their
Services are No Longer Needed.
The Men Surprised.

Quite surprise was occasioned Fri
day among the coal miners working in
the mine of the Laughlin Nail Compa-
ny, when they were notified that their
services were not needed any longer.
The company, in giving the reason for
dlscharging them, stated that they in
tended buying coal, as they could pur-
chase it cheaper than they could have
it mined.
The men are at a loss as to what
to think Of the action of the Company,
for they have been employing them for
several years at almost the same rate
they are now working for. They hold
that the principal reason for the Com
pany discharging them is that they
were organized since the recent strike
into local union. Up to that time
the men worked under contract with
the company. This contract expired
during the recent strike and the men
were organized
1t is thought the change made by
the Company is only temporary, as they
purchased, not very long ago, large
tract of coal territory from the Helling
heirs, and this, added to what they al
ready are in possession Of, amounts to
nearly three hundred acres of coal land.
For this reason, unless they sell their
coal land, 1t appears that the change
is only temporary, as has been stated.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-03
MILLIONS
Will be the Portion of PIT. Pleasant
Man if His Prospects Pan Out.
Special to the Register.

Special to the Register
PIT. Pleasant, w. Va, October q
Mr.. Pink Pegram, an old man of this
place, has fallen heir, with nine 9TH
ers, to an estate valued at $50, 900 900
in North Carolina. He left this morn
ing for that State to look after his in
terest, which would be $4,000, 900.
From letters, ETC., received by him, the
matter is all straight, and when he
returns home he will be a rich man.
He has been hard working man all
his life, often receiving help from the
town. Now in his older days he will
have plenty to permit him, to eniov
life in ease and luxury.