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Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-10-06
Veal Calf,
Box Calf,
Russia Calf.
STRONGEST FOR
HARD WEAR.

PRICES: Doe, Sis, S1.45, $1.75
and $500.
We carry many other lines
in stock continuously, but can
not m, ntion them in this space.
Our shoes this fall must be
seen in order to be appreciate
ed. Your early inspection is
invited.
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FAST Mail to Seattle.

The widespread public interest in the con-
test for the fast mail contract between Chi
CagO and Omaha has caused one to tempo
rarily overlook the similar achievement Of
the Great Northern railway in establishing
quick mail communication from New DIRK
via Chicago and st Paul to Seattle, and
thence to the Orient The fast Pacific mail
service by way of St Paul to the Pug
Sound country is now quite as remarkable
as that via Omaha to San Francisco On
January 3 the Great Northern placed in
service a fast through mail and passenger
train from Chicago to Seattle on which
the mail pouches never once leave the car
after the transfer at st. Paul
From New York to Seattle the time by
this Northern route is Just four DAYS.
East of st. Paul the mails are carried on
several roads, but west of that clty-Ou
run exceeding the eastern portion by 500
miles the mail goes through without
change across five great states on the
tracks of the Great Northern. Forty five
minutes are consumed in transferring the
mails in Chicago and thirty minutes in
st Paul. After that the Northern Oren-
tai flyer does the rest without a pause
until the Asiatic mails go on board the
steamer of the Japan Mail Steamship
Company. Both the Importance of Seat
tie as an Oriental shipping point and the
speed of the Great Northern tTanscontin-
entail mail service make the achievement a
progress.
The Puget Sound cities have already be-
come Formidable rivals Of San Francisco as
regards the freight and passenger traffic
for Japan, China and Asiatic ports. The
steamer route from Seattle to the Orient
seems to be more free from storms than
that from San Francisco, and as a large
proportion of the Oriental exports are pro.
ducts of the Northwest. the freight traffic
has naturally taken this course The fact
that the full capacity of the Japan Mail
steamship company's boats is engaged as
far ahead as next August, is in itself a strik
ing proof of the growing Importance of the
Oriental trade that has its outlet at Seattle
For these, and other reasons, the fast
mail to TIE Pacific coast. for which the
Great Northern hoi Is the government con
tract, IS fully as important rs that which
daily rushes across the plains and noun
tains to San Francisco. The Great North
ern has been as much alive to the keen riv-
airy for speed and honors as have the
Northwestern, Rock Island and Burlington.
and il is but fair that the achievements of
its fast daily truuscOntineutal mail should
be included in the new chapter Of railway
advancement now being written 10y the
Western railroads Chicago Tribune, Jan
IA. 1890
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FOUR SERIOUS DEFECTS.
why Hundreds of Miles of stone Roads
in This Country Are Injured by
Heavy Rains.

The best roads are sometimes severe
IL injured by very heavy storms, but
as a rule they do not suffer nearly as
ruuch as either roads which are neg
lected or those which are worked" IN
the old-fashioned way. It's practically
impossible to prevent all injury in case
of storms of extraordinary severity, but
proper precautions will reduce the dan
ger to a minimum.
There are, however, many miles Of
stone roads in this country which are
not fitted to resist heavy rainfalls be-
cause "a the surfaces are allowed to
ret rusty and TO retain depresslons
Which will hold water; ~ they are left
fat, or very nearly so, and have insuI-
ficient crowns to shed water; (3) grass
aid weeds are allowed to grow along
their edges until water cannot run of
freely, and the side bitches are not
kept clean anC open, and (4) in places
the earth at thu sides is higher chan the
roadbed and turns the water upon it.
These defects are mainly due 10 the
impression that a stone road once laid
needs no attention for year or two,
and after that only an annual looking
over and perhaps a scraping and few
repairs. The result is that the roads
deteriorate very rapidly and are as good
as they could and should be only for
few months when new.
This method is neither practical nor
economical; it does not keep roads in
good shape, and it costs much more in
the end. Proper road maintenance IS as
important as correct construction; we
cannot do better than profit by he eX
perience of European countries and fol-
low in principle, if not in detail, the
thorough system of constant care and
repair that has been so highly developed
in France. A. w Bulletin.
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putting an iron pin in one end, insert
ing this in a hole at one end of the
frame considerably larger than the pin,
taking hold of the handle at the other
end and using it as both lever and roll
ing pin Gig. p. The roller can be
round or six or eightsided. and it is
preferred to have it diminish in size
toward the end which is furthest from
the handle.
The butter worker Of this kind is
made triangular in shape, say about 20
to "a inches wide and SO inches long,
as shown by the cut. 1t can be placed
on the kitchen table when in use, the
point being over one side, and the other
end raised little so the drip will run
off at the point But it is much better
to make strong legs for it and brace
them, as shown in the cut. In using it,
move the lever right and left and press
down hard. 1t will take some practice
TO do perfect work, but practice viii in
sure results beyond all criticism
Orange Judd Farmer
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THREE-CENT MILK.
Under Certain Conditions IL Can BE
Produced on the Average Farm
at a Profit.

Whether or not farmer can pro-
duce milk at three cents a quart, de-
ponds. first, on the sort Of COWS he has,
says Hoard's Dairyman. A COW that
produces 1925 quarts yields within
fraction Of 5000 pounds. A good COW
should produce 5000 20 uds Of 3.75 to
4 per cent. milk. At three cents quart
the cash value of 5000 pounds Of milk
is S6975. With good farm manage
ment such cows should be kept for $40;
we have then profit above the cost Of
feed of S29.75. The labor cost should
not exceed one good man - IS cows.
There are several questions to con-
slider when farmers say they cannot
afford to produce milk at three cents
a quart. Such as the following. for iu-
stance: why can l not afford it?'
rs ii because my cows are too poor
in quality? / certainly ought not 10
expect 10 make any profit If | Will
not make practical effort to have
cows that average at least 1000 pounds
a year Of four per cent. milk" Am
making any real intelligent effort to
keep better cows ?" Have been study
ing this question as a business farmer
ought?" Have ! taken pains TO breed
and raise better cows or have I depend
ed on buying cows bred by men who
know less about breeding a good COW
than / do2"
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CICERO AS A JOKER.
The Great Roman Scholar Was the
Author of Many Puns and
Smart Sayings.

One thinks of Cicero as "thundering'
rather than joking, yet E. II. House, in
his Bright Sides of History" makes
him out to have been an inveterate pun
ster. In Ancient Puns and Repartee"
Uncle Perry says:
when he was in his prime it was the
fashion to credit him with almost every
Joke in circulation. But this did not
please him. While he was on military
expedition in Asia he wrote home to a
friend, complaining that all sorts of
wretched puns were passed off in his
name, because he was absent and could
not defend himself. He laughingly told
his correspondent that he was not
ashamed of his own salt works'-salt
being a byword both in Greece and
Rome for wit--but refused to be ac-
countable for the poor stuff turned out
by inferior manufacturers. Julius
Caesar thought so highly of Cicero's
smart sayings that he made large col
lection of them. OF course they lose
a good deal in translation, and witt
cisms that have to be explained never
seem TO amount to much. Howe ser.
you shall hear one or two, There was
a senator who hated 10 be reminded that
has father had been a cook. Cicero n E
tended TO compliment him on his knowl-
edge of law, but used words that had a
double significance, and sounded as il
he was praiSing a cook for his gravy.
Another senator was equally ashamed
of being the son OF tailor. Cicero con-
graduated him on his sharpness in a
point of argument and said: You have
touched the thing with a needle
an happy to say that he could rise
bove puns when he saw an opportuni-
ty, and his sharp thrusts Of raillery
were as much dreaded as his powerful
oratory. When the rich Crassus was
close upon 60 years old he remarked
in public speech that none of his fam
ily had ever passed that age. Cicero de-
clared that the statement was made to
gain popularity. because nothing could
please the citizens more than to hear
from Crassps himself that he was near
his end. St. Nicholas.
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RoLLER RUTTER WoRKER.

Fold it over and roll again, and repeat
until done. The reason this is not prac-
t,cable in hand working of butter is
that more pressure is required with
butter than can be done by the unaided
hand. But one of the very best styles
CT butter workers (known as the roller
butter maker) is exactly on this prin-
ciple, the roller being on sliding
frame which is pushed back and forth
over the butter, the handles being ar
ranged to give a leverage Fig. y. This
style is not easy for the average farmer
to make, and for a small dairy simpler
style gives satisfaction. 1t consists in
making a long and large rolling pin,
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TWO BUTTER WORKERS.
OF the Homemade Variety and Suit-
able for Six or Eight Cow Dairy
Establish ments.

Mrs. NJ. NJ. Spear, of Missouri, wishes
i description of butter worker suit
able for dairy of six or eight cows. 1t
must be simple in operation and in con-
struction, one that the good man Of the
house can make. Besides these limita-
tons given By Mrs Spear there are
others that must be considered TO make
the butter worker desirable. 1t must
save labor and therefore be easy to use.
1t must work with pressure, not with
a grinding motion. 1t must have suit
able provisions for the drip,
The correct method of working but
ter is by pressure precisely the same as
pie crust IS rolled with rolling pin,
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PITH AND POINT.

Lewitt-"I don't see you with that
pretty girl as often as / used to-"
Jewett-"No, I'm married TO her now. 3"
Town Topics.
Very Cheap.-Patience- is the
cheapest thing you ever saw about a
bargain counter" Patrice-"A hus-
band waiting for his wife. Jewish
Comment.
Corson-"Do you think trained
nurses should be pretty?" Hillebrand
MOT if they are expected TO follow
their calling permanently. '-Philadel-
phia North American.
Gilgal-"Mr. and Mrs. Barkham are
to give house-warming at their new
fiat tonight Glanders-"That is
much better than depending upon the
janitor for the heat Town Topics.
Domestic Note.-"Does your husband
ever say anything about his mothers
cooking?" mo, but he says things
about my cooking that his father used
10 say about his mothers cooking" y
Cincinnati Enquirer
Mrs. Billins-"Is your sons wife an
economical young woman?" Mrs. Flab-
bus-'I should say sol She has induced
him to let his whiskers grow, so as TO
be able to get along without neckties."
Chicago Daily News.
81 dearly love birds" he gently
sighed. And then she didn't do thing
but hasten TO the open piano and soft
~ begin singing: 81 wish l were a
bird" They are looking for nest
now-Yonkers Statesman.
THE hall is most interesting struc-
ture. There is a wing which dates back
TO the year the first earl landed an
army from Denmark" "Yes?" Yes,
and another wing which dates back to
the year the thirty-seventh earl landed
an heiress from New York. Detroit
Journal.
How is it that Smithers lectures so
successfully on the collection plan?'
"Oh, he does the high and lofty with
his audiences, telling them that he does
not want cent from any man who
cannot pay his debts. He gets liberal
donations from men who were never
known TO give before. Detroit Free
Press.
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WESTERN CANADA IS ALL
RIGHT.

Delegates representing number OF
neighboring farmers in Clay county,
Mimi, who visited the Edmonton dis
trict of western Canada last summer
are evidently very we'll satisfied with
the result of their trip They think so
we'll of the country that, in addition to
the privilege of obtaining a free home
stead of 100 acres of land, they have
also purchased land. In a recent inter
view on the subject, Messrs. c. f. and
4. Hughes, of GAINESVILLE, Clay county,
say:
we are well pleased with western
Canada. 1t is far ahead of what we
expected As for the crops. we have
never seen anything that can compete
with them We have lived in Mime
sofa and have farmed some of what
they count the best lands in the Red
River valley for ten years, and have
done very we'll in that part of the
country, and have farms there at pres
ent free of all encumbrance. but be-
lieve that this country (western Can
aGal is so much better that we have
bought from the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way company one section of land
northeast of Edmonton. in the Beaver
Hin district We have Travelled through
shat part of the country. and have seen
the grain in the granaries and the
amount Of land that it was taken off,
and find that they have grown as much
as so bushels and over to the acre, and
tLey say that this has not been q good
year and very little if any grain has
been touched by the frost Hay seems
TO be plentiful, and if you wish to put
up log buildings you can get the logs
within few miles, Coal can be had at
the mines for IS cents per ton, or you
can dig it yourself. Nearly all kinds
of garden truck can be grown in album
dance We find everything that can be
grown in good demand The farmers
tell us that they can get four and a
half live weight per hundred for hogs.
and for three-year-old steers from $50
to 500 per head, providing they are
good We Will move into that part of
the country next summer. All the peo-
pie in that part Of the country seem sat
lsue0. ana we 90 not see any ledsoh
why they should not be So
Messrs. Hughes also stated that they
would be very glad to afford anyone de-
string particulars about the country
they had visited the fullest informa-
ton. on receiving inquiries at Barnes
Vile Clay county, before the first of
June next. when it is understood they
propose to return to the Edmonton dis
trict.
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HE PROVED 1T.
"Bud" WoOdsmaIl Says the World Is
Level and VIII Back His As
sertions with His Gun.

bud" Woodsmall, the Terror of Vel
low Creek, KY" has made the discov-
cry that there is no such thing as the
earth's axis. He is ready to hack this
assertion with a Winchester if neces-
sary. This last is understood, for Bud
Woodsmall is the cock of the walk III
Yellow Greek parts, and when Bud as
sers his assertions are quoted az truths.
Until recently Bud had cOntented
himself with drinking whisky, shoot.
ing squirrels and fighting; but Bud has
now turned scientist. lie has substi-
tuted his scientific studies for squirrels.
Bud lives around. That is, he just
visits when he is close, and he is always
welcome. Bud is such good shot that
hospitality is his when he asks it-and
he never asks; he Just drops in and
stays.
Some weeks ago "Cockey" Chester,
known as "Middlesboro's dude. started
out to ride from Middlesboro TO Chat
tanooga, distance of 81 miles. Cockey
is not only dude, but Cockey went to
school in England, so he says. and he
knows all sorts of things. When he put
up for the night at Dave Fuller's cabin,
at the top of Butcher Springs hill, he
found Bud on visit" Bud was hold
ing forth about the cold weather, the
causes thereof, etc.
Then came up the discussion of the
causes of night and day. Chester took
no part in the talk until then. He eX-
planned how the earth moved on its axis
around the sun, using pumpkin 70
demonstrate his meaning.
Suddenly Bud arose. He was literally
splitting fire. For anyone else 10 be the
center of attraction when he was pres
ent angered Bud.
eyer a darned liar!" burst forth the
terror of Yellow Creek, and forthwith
he reached for his gun. yer talk bout
movin' round like yed twisted that thar
pumpkin. IF yer does yer stan on yer
head at night"
Chester didn't stop to argue He
knew Buds reputation. He retired to
his room-or, at least, to the only room,
which was spare room and kitchen, bed
room and parlor AS he entered the
house he saw Bud go into the yard.
When Chester awoke next morning
he made hasty toilet and started for
the shed where his horse was tied. On
the way he met Bud, grinning and spit
ting between chews.
II knowed yer was darn liar" burst
out Bud. knowed yer was LIAR"
How do you know?" asked Chester
Bud spit furiously,- He eyed Chester
closely. Cause" said the terror
"'Cause 1 put this hyar rock on the
fence, an eff this hyar earth had beer
movin' round it woulder shook hit off. p"
Chester admitted the soundness Of
Buds argument, and the latter was so
much pleased that he is making house
tC-house canvass, rock in one hand, rifle
III the other, proving by fences and
posts that the earth is on the level in
spite of day and night changes.-N. Y.
World
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ache, headache, nervous tired
feeling, painful menstruation
and leucorrhea.
Itook four bottles of Vegeta BILE
Compound, one box of Liver
Pills, and used one package Of
Sanative Wash, and am now we'll
l thank YOU again for the good
you have done for me ELLA +.
BBENNER, East Rochester. Ohio.
Great numbers of such letters as
the above are constantly being re-
ceived by Mrs Pinkham from wo-
men who owe their health and
happiness to her advice and
medicine.
Mrs. Pinkham's address is
Lynn, Mass. Her advice is Of
fered free to all suffering women
who are puzzled about them
selves.
If YOU have backache don't neg
lectit, or try heroically to work
it down, you must reach the root
of the trouble. and nothing will
do this so safely and surely as
Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable
Compound. Backache is accom-
panied by a lot of other aches
- .,-,,-r-Sn carsaff.sr,g lint
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neunrn or sao. ooo onerea.

A wealthy lady recently lost a satchel con
tanning Jewels worth $4,000, and now offers
a reward Of $4,000 cash to the finder. The
loss of health is far more serious than the
loss OF jewels, and yet it can be recovered
without paying big rewards a little money
invested in Hostetter's Stomach BItters vii
restore strength to the weak, purity the
blood, establish regularity OF the bowels and
help the stomach to properly digest the food
taken into it.
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Made suicide sure.

AlbertL. Kavelage, a circuit court re-
porter for 26 years and prominent So
eiety man, committed suicide in a SEN
sational manner in GAINESVILLE Kavel-
age walked on to the Court street
bridge, climbed over the rail, hung on
with one hand, drew revolver with the
other, shot himself in the head and
tumbed into Rock river. He had not
slept for a week and was crazy. Kavel-
age left the court while case was be-
ing heard to commit the deed. All the
courts Immediately adjourned out of re-
spect to the deceased.
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Our southern sisters

4 handsomely illustrated booklet bearing
this title has lust been issued by the Pas
senger Department Of the Chicago & East
ern Illinois K. Il. 1t is replete with de-
scrjptive matter of interest to tourists 60
ing to Cuba and Porto Rico and contains
many illustrations Of places Of note in the
West Indies An important feature of the
booklet is description OF the two fast daily
through trains run by this Company and the
route traversed, choice Of which is given
to tourists Copy viii be sent free on APP.
plication to c /. Stone, General Passenger
and Ticket AGENT Chlcago
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unu He Writes Them.

"I am surprised to learn that the young
man to whom have been talking writes
those brilliant and profound articles which
have caused 50 much comment, SAID the
fair stranger to the native.
Does he claim that he writes them?"
asked the native.
''He gave me to understand so. Isn't it
true?'
ooh, yes, it's true enough, replied the
native. "He writes them-from dictation.
He's private secretary and amanuensis to
the man who composes them. Chicago
Post.
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In a small village just outside Noting
ham a farm laborer went to the general
store, which was kept by an old woman not
oyerstocked with brains, and asked for "a
pahnd O bacon" The old lady produced
The bacon and cut piece off, but could not
find the pound weight. "Oh, never mind t
pahnd weight" said he; me fist just
weighs a pahnd, so put Their bacon in t
scales" The woman confidently placed the
bacon into one side Of the scales, while the
man put his fist into the other side, and of
course took good care TO have good weight.
While the woman was wrapping the bd
con up the pound weight was found, and
on seeing it the man said Nah you see
if me fist don't Just weigh a pahnd." The
pound weight was accordingly put into one
scale and the mans fist into the other, this
time only just to balance The old woman
on seeing this said: "Wha, | never seed
aught so near afore! Here's red herrin
for thee honesty. me lad. London Spare
Moments
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The Wisconsin State Horticultural
society, the State Forestry association
and the alumni of the Short Course
School of Agriculture will meet in Mad
ison February to 10. A large number
of papers will be read, and on Thursday,
February 9, President L. G. Kellogg, of
the Horticultural society, will read his
annual address. The bill proposed for
the preservation of forests will be read
and discussed on Tuesday, February :.
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The dreariest thing IS wasted love
In winter lingerie is Just plain underwear.
\ man doesn't begin to love till his pas
sion becomes of age.
Eve never meant to eat the apple; she
only wanted to taste it.
The more a woman studies finance the
surer she Is that nothing makes thing SO
clear as a pattern.
When a woman resolves to spread sun.
shine and happiness around her she begins
by carrying a sad. vistfu look in her eyes
and talking in a low, mournful voice.-N.
y Press
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Never try TO win mans good will
by proving that you know more than he
does.
\ womau's mo" seldom means yes"
after the fellow is hers.
Love may make the world go round,
but it's poor substitute for furnace
fire.
1t isn't always safe to bet on a man
just because he was dull boy in school
If there is no rest for the weary why
was rest ever invented
The man who merely takes things as
they come never has TO use more thar
one hand at time.
II wishes were horses beggars might
ride, mt then they would probably
wish they could fy.-Cleyeland Leader
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In the river and harbor bill before
congress Wisconsin is remembered as
follows:
Kenosha harbor, $4,000, and continuing
contract, Sal 900; Milwaukee harbor of
refuge $4,000. and continuing contract,
sos, $50; Racine harbor, $50, 900, and contin-
uing contract, $67, $50; Sheboygan harbor,
SIS. 400, and continuing contract, $4,000