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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-11-08
How 10 Plant 4 Tree Properly.

The failure or success of the young
tree for the first two or three seasons art
err planting out depends largely on how
this work is done. The young tree as 1t
prived IN digging of probably nan us
roots, whose Office II Is to supply Our :.
ishment to the top or to the branches ana
leaves. The supply thus diminished so
considerably necessitates a rather severe
pruning of the top. cutting away an
amount prOportionate to the amount d
roots or rootlets left behind in diggin
This pruning should be done Just before
planting the tree. using a sharp KNIFE
Cut away about three~fOurths of the top
preserving strong center shoot or lead
er. which should be cut back well. The
longer than the upper which should be
pruned back rather severely. Any brok
en- or injured roots should also be pruned
that the ends will be smooth.
In planting the tree in the ground set
it no deeper than it grew in the nursery
which depth may be determ ined by the
discolorat io' of the bark at the base. Let
the roots rest on a bed of well -l0oSentd
soil Replace the subsoil or clay at the
bottom of the excavation with top SOIL
and let the excavation be somewhat larg
er than merely necessary to accommodate
the roots. Fill In about the roots with
pulveriZed soil, using the hand to per
form the work. After the roots are coy
cred tread the soil well with the feet. All
The soil used for filling should he trodden
planted stake ii and tie to the stake, or
better still. make a compact hard mound
of soil about the base of the tree. TO pr"
vent the wind from whipping 1t about. In
the spring remove this mound. During
the first few seasons the young tree
should be well mulched with manure or
grass clippings winter and summer
WOmans Home Companion.
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HISTORY OF THE GRANGE.
Some Action Should Be Taken by The Nationa
Grange.

We have several times referred to the
necessity of an authentic history of the
order. kelley's history was printed many
years ago. and refers mainly to the origin
OF the order Almost quarter of cen
fury has passed since Kelley's book was
printed. and the achievements of the
grange have been accomplished during
this period. The older members of the
grange are fast passing away, and unless
some authentic record of the work of the
grange during this eventful period of our
country's history is prepared and printed
at an early day. much valuable infOrma =
ton in regard to the achievements of the
order will exist only as tradition. A res
olution directing the executive committee
to appoint Il historian of the order was
tional grange. Said historian was direct o..
ed to collect data for a history and re
port the progress made. But it was slip
ulated in the recommendation following
the resolution that the historian should
receive no compensation for labor or eX
pense. The executive committee appoint
ed Past National Master S. Z. Adams IF
Minnesota. as the historian. We have no
knowledge of what Bro. Adams has done
in this direction, but the grange cannot
expect much under the above stipulation.
Whoever Toes the work and does it well
is entitled to compensation. If such "A
history is written for the national grange.
even as a labor of love, and published by
that body. selling price should be put
upon ii to cover the cost of printing. Why
should ii not cover the cost of collecting
material writing and editing the same ?
II is useless to think that this work can
be done for nothing. There may be Il
question as to the advisa bility of the ma
tional grange using its funds for such an
enterprise The question is what can be
done in the matter?
ALPHA MESSER,
Secretary National Grange.
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Androscoggin Pomona Grange.

The Androscoggin Pomona Grange
meeting with Wales Grange Nov. LIST
opened with bad day. it being rainy in
the forenoon. In the afternoon there was
quite a gathering. Oranges of andre.
scoggin county are full of courage and
unflinching in their devotion to the
grange gospel.
A grange dinner served in the highest
style of the art served to keep up the
courage of the patrons and the afternoon
meeting was lively and interesting.
First in the afternoon was choice music
by the choir. Next an instructive paper
was read by Sister Gray of Readfield.
The question SHOULD manures be
plowed or narrowed in?" was discussed
by Worthy Master Hodgdon: Bros. Low
ell. Alexander and others. The genera,
opinion seemed to be that manures should
be narrowed in, but sometimes it is 4
good idea to plough them in. The farm
ers should think about matters of this
kind and experiment a little and find out
when it is best to plow in the manure. or
harrow it in. Manure has "a value and
should not be applied in way that adj
mits of any loss.
1t was a good meeting for a stormy day:
Next meeting with Excelsior Grange of
Poland,
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Maine Farming Notes.

Q. r. Dutton raised this season on
his farm in Waldo, on three-fourths Of
an acre. 100 baskets of ears of corn,
which will she'll out so bushels.
John Sharp of Parkhurst has
th~eshed. this fall, over 1000 bushels of
grain.
During the month of September last.
there was shipped from the Waldo
boro station of the Maine Central
Railro 4, $500 pounds of dressed
poultry, which was all sent by freight;
and a large amount was also sent by
express.
IN riding through the surrounding
towns an unmistakable proof of the
presence of better business is seen in
the numerous focks of sheep. They
departed during the business depres-
sion but are returning with prosperity.
One man that we read of sold flock
of &c lambs for 1898 which seems like
the good old times. "-Piscataquis
Observer Dover).
At the annual meeting of the West
Washington Agricultural Society held
a. Columbia Falls. recently, officers
We're elected as follows: President, d.
w. Campbell vice presidents, b. +.
Wiley. G. l.. Tt,Dbutt, V. c. Plummer;
secretary. Eben F. Allen; treasurer.
Frank L. Allen: directors. d. w.
Campbell. T.. G. Drisko, T. w. Look.
II. j. Leighton, ]. c. Strout. The
treasurer's report showed, receipts
s34lo. expenditures s3032.64.
The apple crop in South Livermore,
this season. was quite up to the aver
age. c. A. Norton had 100 barrels. A..
G.. Timberlake 100 barrels, S. G.. Shut
IF 1O5 barn els, Frank Thompson 60
barrels. c. +. Pike so barrels. S. G..
Shrrtleff shipped a carload last week
to Lancaster. n. H., and Mr.. Thomp-
son of Jay, has just bought and
shipped two carloads to Boston.
Harrison Littlefield of Lincoln, has
planted one-fourth acre of cranberries
and one-fourth acre of blackberries
this fall.
w. d. Adams. one of Wiltons pros
porous farmers, was in Pennington
Thursday and was paid $15.75 by
Treasurer Geo. NJ. Currier for premi-
ums he won at the county fair. Mr..
Adams exhibited and won premiums
on a pair of four-years-old oxen, one
registered yearling Shropshire buck
and the following grade Shropshires:
Three breeding ewes, three yearling
ewes, three fat sheep, three eve
lambs two buck lambs; also two pens
of Leghorn poultry. Mr.. Adams makes
quite a specially of poultry raising,
md raised this year 116 chickens.
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gram. The meeting. was success.
The next meeting will be conducted by
the sisters, with Sister Howes In the
chair and Sister Bacon as lecturer.
Nov. II the degrees will be conferred
upon six or more candidates. Much
interest Is manifested by both officers
and members in the work Of the de-
grees. the stage fixtures adding much
to the beauty Of the ceremonies. They
are very much admired by all visiting
patrons. The subject of building IA
hall is being discussed in a manner
that without doubt will before long re-
suit in active operations. The method
of working only one class in a month
in degrees has proved very successful
and satisfactory to all. The attend
ance has been very large, the interest
good, and the future bright for a
larger membership.
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Cattle and BeCi Prices.

We are accustomed to hear howl
about the beef trust very time thn
price of beef is marked IN. There are
some people and papers who make bu"-
that the recent advance IN beef prices was
the result of existing relations between
the supply and the con fumption. Tire
consumption o. good bee. vas never larS
er than during this summer, ant, supplies
of good cattla have been relatively much
that good, 1T cattle ell high. and beef
prices must be marked up accordingly.
Those who think that prices of beef have
been arbitrarily advanced would learn Il
valuable lesson j. they were to buy and
slaughter a few good cattle and mark
no apologies for trusts or combinations
of any klnd-and occasionally tht 'H Is
good reason to believe that ST. ug!., rers
have an understanding" aboUt erta'n
things: but that they could fix prices
of beef at will. wi . cattle suppl, I, ''''-
sible to all slauGh:erers. is an 'urd- Y.
And we may add, tina, witho~, the Ion :,
omies of the modern concent. tie |
Strengthening system beef .rices would
necessarily be higher than now. Here IS
an instance of this, though We have rot
all the particulars: A sl"uGhterer paih
$6.55 per hundredv light for Il carload of
prime cattle, and sold their carcasses to
the retail trade at 1911 cents per pound
Suppose these c1ttle weighed 1900 poun Is
ana dressed out 90 per cent OF beet: they
then cost him SgS. 25 per head. and he re
ceived $92. % FOR the beef. He had the re-
mainder of the carcass to make up TINS
deficit and pay him for buying. slaughter
ing and selling the beef and other rrod :
ucts 1t is evident that to maxi money
ne must waste nothing-and mat the
statement as to beef prices under the old
system is correct.-National Stochman
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Curious CONVERSATIONS.

Congress created a nationel bureau
of labor in 1884.
The largest starch factory in the
world is in Oswego y. Y.
Persia first grew the cherry, the
peach and the plum.
People of melancholic temperament
rarely have clear blue eyes.
Germany manufactures 20 per cent
of the worlds production of coal-tar
colors.
The first post of the G. A. r. was or
ganized at Decatur. H.. on April 6.
1866
A Maine hunter claims to have once
had his pipe lighted by a flash of light
ming.
A Louisville man has a little house
dog that chews chewing gum with a
relish.
In 1898 Russia had a mercantile ma
rine Of 2.S9S vessels. of which 694 were
propelled by steam.
Algerian authorities recently gave
$40 900 toward DISCRIMINATING plague
of grasshoppers.
The government of Uruguay is ABOUT
to expend $15o00.0OO on harbor i'm
provements at Montevidio.
The Minnesota fish hatchery has
placed 100000 brook trout in the in
land waters of that State this year.
The richest acre of land in the world
is that near Lionsar, in Thibet, on
which grows the sacred tree of Thibet.
Philadelphia can boast of the longest
asphaltcd street in the world. Broad
street has that unique distinction.
The worlds births amount to 36,792.-
900 every year. 100, 500 every day. 1900
every hour. 20 every minute, and l
and fraction every second.
The reading rooms in the White
chapel district of London have been
visited by 1.75O, 900 readers in two years
and their numbers are rapidly grow
ing.
Half a million dollars in first-class Sc
curities would not represent the for
tune made by the man who first
thought of copper-tips to children's
shoes.
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Poultry Suggestions.

If hens are overfat. do Dot attempt to
carry them over
Study poultry from practical stand :
point, just as other stock upon the farn
is studied.
There is no fear Of losing anything by
sending clean eggs aid nice looking poui
try to market.
Moulting is strain on the System. an .
the bird should have good feed and y
lection from cold winds.
\ wet hen is n,t a comfort Me hen.
even in warm weather; ano she odt NJ u
have protection from storms.
Breeders who do not wish to .'int,r all
the stock on hand ale anxious 10 sell, and
il is a good time 70 buy.
The farmers family should consume
moro poultry and eggs end .ess pork.
They are among IL most valuable foods.
There is nothing in is. eel, ton to the
henhouse that is more i'm ortant than
whitewasN and Il vhitewash brush, II
they are used.
The fact that so mucr poultry is sold is
pr,na facic evidence t.iat poultry raising
is profitable. Poultry, 40. brings q. me-
returns.
Feeding corn night end morning + h,
sum total Of poultrE IN, man thara a. a.
money in that SGT { mGrlSement
Better breeds. letter roosts, / ter feed
ing. less stuhng, less Nermln ard ciHal-'r
houses would be forth MILL ms IF dollars.
to American farm nrs; ard they al all
easy If adoption.
1t is never wise to buy breeding stock
= tie beginnin~ Of the bro ding season
Buy it before, 50 that it ill have become
Ms to its new surroundings betoif the
breeding season commences.
Frank e. White says that dressed
fowl should " wraI'ped in parafiin naper;
pa oilcd in a neat +! ca ard labeled, instead
of being hung up exposed and thro"
about as if it were of no consequence.
In all the delTge of pom ry ite"2tur'
the Goose is seldom men,itr ID. anu Vet
the goose is money maxim" bird IEere
is a cool Teal mo-e money IN geese than
there is .Iucks. at least in the Wcst.-
Eniiomi
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Knox Pomona Grange.

The next session of Knox county Pc
mona Grange will be held with Evening
Star Grange No. lS3. at Washington. on
Saturday, November II. beginning at i.
Nj. The program is follows:
Opening. fifth degree.
Routine work.
Music, choir.
Address of welcome. Mrs. Nettic Rob
inSon.
Response Mrs. II. f. Lucas.
Singing. choir.
Paper. T. :. Bowden.
Recitation, Clara Parker.
Solo Mrs. Emma Bowden.
What Constitutes Il True Patron? L. NJ.
Staples.
Song. Olive Light.
Question: Resolved, that it is better
for the government to issue ana control
the money of the United States Dis
putants: affirmative Alfred johnson;
negative, L. S. Bowden.
Chasing
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The Insanity Of Farmers Wives,

The recent publication of the censIs
statistics of Massachusetts n 1S9o,
concerning the defective social ana
physical condition of many thousand
among the $500. 900 persons then living
in the state. raises some interesting
questions. With respect to the insat'
who then numbered 1901. exclusive IT
1868 returned as idiotic several Il
portant facts appear. Although this
number is probably considerably n
low the fact (because the insane are
never fully reported, for obvious re2-
sons) it is the most exact enumera-
ton ever made by census officials in
Massachusetts, and til refore the con-
illusions to be drawn from the figures
carry more weight than we II usual
ly give to statistics of the insane.
writes +. B. Sanborn in the New Eng
land Homestead.
These show that those of foreign
birth or descent far outnumber those
of strictly native descent-the latter
being but PIGS, as against 1903 of
known foreign descent; while % 1880
the descent is unknown. If divide
the latter equally between tt tor ign
and the native in descent, the irr' gn-
27S3: that is, more than four-sevenths
of the insane are of foreign descent.
and less than three-sevenths are of
native descent. This is considerably
beyond the proportion of foreigners
thai might have been expected, from
their share in the total population
showing either that persons of foreign
descent are more subject to INSANITY
than the natives, or else That their
ages expose them to 1t more than
those of native descent are exposed.
The classification of the insane by
sex also shows some peculiarities. eff
the 1901 insane. no less than 1850 are
women and girls-nearly tour-seVenths
of the whole number. OF these, III
were over 60; while of the 3251 males,
only GIG were over 60-more than one
fourth among the women, and less
than one-fifth among the men. This
longer survival of the insane women is
one reason why they outnumber the
men at any given time: for it does not
appear that women are more subject
than men to attacks of inSao,ty-but
they do recover less quickly and die
less speedily than men.
Still less does it appear that farm
ers' wives and daughters are more ex-
posed to insanity than other women
an assertion Oftrn made. during the
past half century, but wholly lacking
in numerical proof as it is improb-
able in itself. Neither in Massachu-
sets nor any other state has the exact
whole number of farmers wives and
daughters been counted. and the exact
number of their insane found oui and
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Born.
AROOSTOOK.

AROOSTOOk.
Limestonc-Oct. 10 to the wife Of Jerry
Durepo a daughter: Oct. %. To the wife oi
Geo. Leighton, a daughter; oct. %. TO the
wife of Harvey Kelly, a daughter.
ANDROSCOGGIN.
East Auburn-Oct. Is. to .-.e wife. of Mr.,
Albert Berry. daughter. Doris JaneJ
CUMBERLAND.
Bridgton-Oct. 16. to the wife of Rufus
Boothby of Maiden, Mass, son.
FRANKLIN.
Dallas Plantation-Oct. %. to the wife
of Saul Collins, daughter.
Farmington-Oct. %. to the wife of Mr..
Frank l.. Trask, a daughter. al 1bs)
Eustis-Oct. 20. to the wife of Mr..
George S. Scribner. a daughter. Chester
SupiraD Oct. %. to the wife of Mr.. David
Quint. daughter.
HANCOCK
Deer Isle-Oct -. to the wife of Mr.
Judson T. Haskell, daughter.
Bar Harbor-Oct. 26. to the wife of M.
Merrill Corners. son.
EastbrOok-Oct. 25, to the wife of Mr..
George ~ Springer. son.
West Franklin-Oct. Is. to the wife of
Mr.. Albion Williams, son.
Bucksport-Oct. IS. to the wife of Mr..
w. A. MaXfeld. son.
Ellsworth-Nov. l. to the wife of Mr.
Oscar Remick. son.
Stonington-Oct. IS. to the wife of Mr.
James E. Morey. a daughter.
KNOX.
Camden-Oct. 23 to the wife of Mr.
Chandler Morse, son.
Rockport-Oct. 3D. to the wife of Mr.. J.
II. Robbins. q daughter
Rockland-Oct. 26. to the wife of Mr..
Elvin Bradford. a son.
North Haven-Oct. IS. to the wife of Mr..
j. Herman Dyer, daughter.
Razorville-Nov. !, to Mr.. and Mrs.
George Turner, son.
KENNEBEC
Augusta-Oct. 81. to the wife of Mr.. +.
{. Best. daughter.
Farmingdale-Oct. 81, to the wife of Mr..
Robert Harlem, son.
LINCOLN
Boothbay-Oct. %, to the wife of Owen
Slower, daughter.
OXFORD.
Bethel-Oct. q. - the wife of Frank
Barker, daughter.
South Paris-Oct. is. to the wife OF Leon
Brooks of Greenwood. a daughter.
East Brownfield-Oct. %, to the wife of
George Lord, son.
North Paris-Oct. % to the wife of Ros.
well Nevers. daughter.
West Sumner-Oct. 20, to the wife of F.
l.. Moore, a son.
PISCATAQUIS.
Guilford-Oct. q, to the wife of L. j.
Foxcroft-Oct. 80. to the wife of L. f.
son.
SUN
HarmOny-Oct. % to the wife of Mr.
Clement Hight, a son.
Pittsfield-Oct. "a. to the wife of Isaiah
Gould, a daughter.
WASHINGTON.
Eastport-Oct. 10, to the wife of Andrew
son; Oct. q, to the wife of |
Frederick H. MingO, daughter; Oct o5 /
to the wife of James c. Morrison, a sor: |
Oct. &c. to the wife of William Mimmock |
a son.
WALDO.
Belfast-Oct. 49, to the wife of Mr. Leon |
ard w. Tenney, son: Oct. 81, to the wife |
Of Mr.. Frank Hall, son.
Burnham-Oct. 26, to the wife of DR.. j. |
D. Chenevert, son.
YORK.
Springvale-Oct. "a, to the wife of Mr..
Arson Butler, a son.
Saco-Oct. Is. to the wife of Mr.. A. J.
Henderson, a son: to the wife of Mr. Geo.
Sawyer, a daughter.
Groveville-Oct. %, to the wife Of Mr.. |
Frank Berry, daughter.
Limerick-Oct. q, to the wife OF Mr..
Jesse w. Pierce, son and daughter. /.
MISCELLANEOUS
Brockton, Mass.-Oct. q, to the wife Of
F.. o. Keith, daughter.
Berlin. N. H.-Oct. 81. to the wife of Mr..
F. w. Harrington, son.
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Married.
.ANDROSCOGGIN.

ANDROSCOGGlN
I.ivermore Falls-Oct. "A. James c. Dain
and Miss s. Mertella White.
Lisbon Falls-Oct. q. Mr.. Edward p
Harlow of Auburn and Miss Nellie A.
Frost.
I.ivermore-Oct %, Mr.. John Nickle and
AROOSTOOK.
Caribou-Oct. q. Albert Holmes and An
ME Searles. both of Caribou: Oct %, John
l. Clark and Ella l.. st. Thomas, both of
Orient-Oct. %, Herbert Hall of Forest
City and Bertha Maxwell of Orient.
FIT. Fairfield-Oct. %. Mr.. Allie Bridges
and Miss Elizabeth Price.
CUMBERLAND.
Portland-Oct. 25, Patrick f. Myett and
Nov. 2, Charles B. Moody and Miss Abby
Lowell. both of Windham.
Windham-Oct. 20, Grin l.. Elliot and
Edith G. Pride.
Naples-Oct 20. Alphonso E. Ward of
Harrison and Miss Mary E. knight.
FRANKLIN
Phillips-Oct. 49, Mr.. Orville w. Hut
chins Of Madrid. and Miss Annie Pickard
of Phillips.
HANCOCK.
Surry-Oct. 25. Asa T. Grant Of Bangor
and Miss Ruby A. Anderson.
Bar Harbor-Oct. %, Miss Cora Pendle.
ton and Fred Watson. both of Bar Har-
Dor; Miss Myrtle Grant and Frank Leigh
ton, both of Bar HarbOr.
Sedgwick-Oct. q, Willis Wood Aldrich
of Weathersfield, VT, and Miss Susan
Hannah Allen of Sedgwick.
West Eden-Oct. %. Miss Maud Z. Mer-
chant and DIN w. Richardson, both Of
Mt. Desert.
Stonington-Oct "a, Miss Carrie f. Har-
vey to ;. lillian c. Barbour, both of Ston-
ington.
Ellsworth-Oct. 30. Mrs. Mary F. Davis
to Francis l. Higgins. both of Ellsworth.
KENNEBEC.
Waterville-Oct. Is, 8. Wesley Getchell
and Miss Rachel E. Sturtevant.
Rockland-Oct. 25 John H. Kicker of
Boston and Aimee Estelle, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Norman Marsh Of Rock
land; Oct. %. Alfred r. Condor and Miss
Mabelle EmmOns, both of ROckland.
st. George-Oct. q, Edward A. Lunt of
Mt. Desert and Flora l.. JellisOn of White
Head.
Appleton-Nov. l. Everett L. Spear of
ROckiand. and ZOa' Johnson of Appleton.
Cnion-Oct. Is. Mr.. Eugene Feyler and
Miss Sadie NJ. Jameson, both of Waldo
bOrO.
LINCOLN.
Waldoboro-Oct. "a. John Harvey Lowell
and. Lottie Evangeline Magune, both of
Waldoboro: Oct. %. Herbert A. Day and
carrie E Black, both of WaldObOro.
North Waldoboro-Oct. 2, Lexington 3.