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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-05-18
JOSEPH BRAY'S ESTATE.

We. the subscribers, having been Ar.
pointed by the honorable the Prob. to
court Tor the District of Chittenden, COM
i.ssiofers to receive. examine and adjust
~. fa1ms and demands OF al persons
against the estate of Joseph BRAY. lote
OF Burlington, in said district deceased
and also AZ claims apd dsII atIds exhibited
day OF the date hereof being allowed by
SD court for that purpose, we do there
fore hereby give notice that We will attend
10 the business OF our appointment at the
storS~of j. W Madgan, corner of North
and Champlain streets. in the city of Bur.
lington, in said district on the second Sat
urdays OF June and November next, at
10 O'Clock a, IN. on each of said DAYS
Dated this 18th day of May, 1899
j. w. MADIGAN
X. j. MADTGAN
46,w.3w Commissioners.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-05-18

A GRAND OPPORTUNITY-Aft many
costly experiments We have at last per-
fcctcd an ENTIRELY NEW WORK
that any one can do at home or else
where; no peddling. Hundreds delight
cd. Nothing like it. Light, pleasant re-
liable work. 81 to 81 per day easily
made. We will teach any one the work
10y mail for &c silver, no stamps; no pos
tails, act now. Address the Standard
Plating Co., 1862 Church street. Burling-
ton, VT. 4hW,lt
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-05-18
THOUGHTFUL FATHER.

I'm thinking what to do with James
when he comes home from college" said
the old man. He'll be purity heightened
then, won't he?"
Reckon ho will"
won't like to fool with common
things?"
Course not"
Like the OIL bin mule. fer instance?'
Now you're talkin'!"
We'll, then, I'll tell you what I'll do;
III buy some new plough lines an give
Constitution.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-05-18
THE DISADVANTAGE OF 1T.

Il don't want TO go TO school any more
on rainy days" said little Tommy
"Why?" asked his mother.
Because ! was the only boy there TO-
day. and
You were lonesome" broke in his
mother.
NO: but / had to answer all the ques-
items of every lesson. "--Harper's Bazaar
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-05-18
A SAUCY CHALLENGE.

Upon a maiden's rosy cheek there lit a
rowing 'skecter."
And dared to taste the honey there, and
nothing could be sweeter.
Il envy him. that insect bold" said;
Would ! might be
A plain mosquito for awhile to do the
same as he"
The damsel shot a scornful glance from
her ceruean eye,
And very tartly answered, "Humph! He
had the spunk to try"
Il. A. w. Bulletin.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-05-18
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-05-18
WINDHAM COUNTY.
BELLOWS FALLS.

Wilson's grain store near the depot took
tire on the roof at II As a. m. May 0 and
it was nearly half an hour after the alarm
was sounded before the fire department
got stream on the fire ami much dam
age was done to the building and con-
tents.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-05-18
A PATRIOT AT HEART.

"Clementinc. why DO you wear an army
buckle? You have no soldier brothers or
cousins"
''Humph! You know as we'll as ! do that
| would have married that majoS II he
had asked me."-Chcago Record.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-05-18

FOR SALE-Cedar posts, stakes and dri-
vers, lumber, wire and nails, grass and
clover seeds at lowest prices; all kinds
of farming / mple ments spring tooth
harrows, s12 and sl4; wheel haiGows, Sl5;
AspnWal potato planters. 500; Aspn-
wall corn planters, s2l; farm wagons.
pows, smoothing harrows. The new
American seedcr, cultivator, harrow,
hocse hoe, potato digger and corn plan
ter, combined all in one machine. Mey-
ers force spray pumps for spraying fruit
trees. Deering moving machines, Deer
ing horse rakes, Deering reapers and
binders. We can get you anything you
want in this line. G. T. Prindle X Sons.
East and West Charlotte, VT. 45,wtt
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ONE CENT
A
WORD.

Advertising in this column one cent
word, each insertion. Copy may be changed
every week. Cash in advance required
No advertisement taken which is less than
twelve words. two lines. Special terms TO
advertisers using from 250 to 1000 lines
within twelve consecutive months.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-05-18

STOCKS for sale that are worth looking
into; one pays l per cent a month; one
will soon go on > per cent basis; other
good things in market. Address +. II.
wilkins, % Broadway, New York city.
11l12t& w2t
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-05-18

Fred Curtis has moved into G. w. CIRCUITS
house. Me. Curtis will work for Mr.. Or
colt this SUMMERTIME UniveTsnlist Sew
ing society will meet in their rooms over
the town hall Thursday afternoon.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-05-18

PARTNER wanted with $1,000 to $500 with
responsible company. Experience not
necessary hut business ability essential.
Immense income certain. Roland Reed,
439 North street, city. lis. INV, ,&w,lt
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-05-18
Dr.. L. HaZen. 1s5 oi rins st.

If you wish teeth removed without a
particle of pain and without any bad af-
Ter effects, Eucherisma is what you want
] have used ii for eight years for thou
sands of patients. Feeble ana nervous
people may come with absolute confidence
that they will not be hurt in the slightest,
no matter how bad their teeth may be or
how many they want out
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-05-18

receiving the medals and also by those
present The capacity of the hall is such
that an extensive gathering was out of
the question and the programme was If
necessity dispensed with The company
received cordial invitation from Com
pany II of Montpelier to meet with them
on a similar affair but were obliged to
decline not having time to send notices
to out of town members of Company +
who acrived in town on evening trains.
The proposition that has appearcd in
the press relative to the Vermont Volun-
teers going to New York TO act az escort
upon the arrival of Admiral Dewey at
that place, strikes a favorable response
In the hearts of the members of Company
l..
Miss Minnie Moore is expected to return
to town this week after a winters alb
sencc in Lowell and other points in Mas
sachusetts. She will reopen her homo
Maplewood on Vine street and the follow
ing week Mrs. II. H. Walling is expected
from Townsville, Ga, to remain during
the summer. Miss Moore's niece. Mrs. Il.
A Shuttleworth. who is with hes hus-
band, Lieut. Shuttleworth, at Porto Rico,
is expected to arrive the first of June for
a stay of several weeks
Gen. Gilmore of Fairlee, was in town
Tuesday afternoon looking up the losses
sustained by the State by reason Of the
Mayo block fire. The amount of loss will
be comparatively small as the state prop
erty distributed through the various ar
mories Is covered by blanket insurance.
Work has been begun in building an
other story to the ell part Of the North
field House.
special communication of Dewitt
Clinton lodge was held yesterday evening
and the third degre conferred upon d cam
didate.
The university ball team will go to Meri-
den, n. IT,, next Monday to play kimball
Union academy. The following Saturday
they play Montpelier seminary at Mont
peler.
Bishop A. c. A. Hall Of Burlington con-
Quoted and delivered a sermon at st.
Mary's church Tuesday evening and la
ter administered the rite of confirmation.
The Court of FoVesters will probably oc-
cupy Good Tempars hall it having been
offered them for a year at reasonable
rent.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-05-18

FOR SALE-Small stock of Groceries. fin
lures and teams. To the party meaning
business will make price to suit Good
reason for selling. Call or address Isl
y. Main street, Concord ~ II. 43.lt
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gQlanteG.

DO YOU WANT summer boarders ,his
season? If so address y. T.. Summer
Resort Agency, IFS DeVonshirc street,
room 3l4 Boston. llSbt&W,lt
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1uttre.

LOGGING JOB to let In Georgia, VT.
Years work to begin at once; also to
hire sawyer and mill help. w. f. Parm-
elee, Milton, Vt. 1O3, de- W, II
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11ur sale.

HOTEL FOR SALE-The Glen House,
East Middlebury; will take III exchange
a small place or give time Oh part pay
ment. +. A FAIR, Prop.
1l4,2tavjt6twit
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-05-18

SIX COLLIE PUPS for sale. W. p. Hal
lock, NergeTnes, Vt. 46,w,1t
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-05-18

LUMBER AND CLAPBOARDS for sale at
right prices. Inquire of Frank Laraway
Waterville, VT 49, %6m
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-05-18

FOR SALE-The Seymour Davis cottage
at Thompson's Point Charlotte; built
two years ago; contains rooms. ~
quantity of furniture and boat included
in sale. Inquire of Wallace Farr, Lin
coin VT. 47,w,2t
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WHIST SCORE CARDS. nice ONES, ~
cents a dozen, by mail ~ cents dozen.
Free Press Association. 33,wtf
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A Il. Mahan Of the navy. and Frederick
Hollis, as secretary.
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Enst,


lOST-Order No. "a against the town of
Huntington, dated Aug. TO- 1897, Drawn
irl favor of II. II. Brewster or bearer for
$4,000. Return to a. l.. llulctt, Hunt
ington Centre, Vt. 4G,W3t
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EXTR

ABSOLUTELY WITHOUT PAIN.
THE ONLY OFFICE IN BURLINGTON
where you can get teeth extracted
WITHOUT A PARTICLE OF PAIN,
without taking Gas or Cocaine.
LADY ALWAYS IN ATTENDANCE.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-05-18
BARRE.

City Attorney w. f. Barney has recov-
cred front his recent illness and is able
to resume his duties.
The leading topic of discussion on the
streets at present is the reported price
which the city council has agreed TO pay
the owners of the Barre water plant The
price is named as $4,000, and it is expect
cd that a meeting of the voters will soon
he held to vote the necessary bonds for the
payment of the price
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-05-18

STATE OF VERMONT, District Of Chit
tendcn.
The Probate Court, for the District of
Chttenden;
10 thc heirs and an nersons interest ed
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-09-27
VOL XVI, No. 40. Whole No. 1894. D

to fowl. man or beast that should
drink the liquid that flows from the
pulp in the sieve. They would swell
up and die as quickly as from snake
bite. Yet this juice is boiled for a
long while and pepper is put into it
and it is then called casSareep, and
many persons are fond of it as a con-
diment for meats, preferring it to
Worcester sauce. The process of boil
ing eXpels the poison. 1t would seem
that the poison is very volatile, for the
slight baking of the pulp into bread
is sufficient to extract it. An abund
ance of starch is also precipitated in
the liquid that flows from the sieve,
and this constitutes the only starch for
laundry purposes in the countries
above-named. The sweet cassava can
be prepared in ways similar to the
above.
Warning-Already l have read adj
vertisements of caSsaVa plants Or sec
tions of the canes for sale-fOr it
grows from the stalk-and some peO-
pie who do not know of the different
species may be poisoned should they
attempt to eat the root of the bitter
kind.
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Florida VS.. Cuba.

Mr.. J. III. Sadler, of Oakland, Or
ange county, who visited Cuba some
months ago, expecting to find a better
country than Florida, where he could
grow fruits and vegetables to greater
advantage, writes this letter to the
Times Union and Citizen.
Complying with your request for an
account of my observations when in
Cuba lately, / herewith hand you such
a one as l think of Importance. Since
the freezes of four years ago, | have
been wanting to get below the ''frOst
Iine," and owing to the nearness of
Cuba to the United States markets, as
we'll as the reputed fertility of the soil
and the favorable climate conditions,
it seemed to offer great possibilities to
the experienced Florida fruit and veg
etable grower if it had a reasonably
safe government.
When the last February freeze near
ly ruined the orange buds, just COM
ing into nice bearing since the first
freeze, was very much discouraged
and began to make a systematic in
quiry concerning Cuba. From all
sources I learned it was extremely
rich without exception, and all vege-
tables did remarkably we'll, especially
onions and Irish potatoes, and that the
very best lands with irrigation could
be rented forty miles from Havana on
a railroad at So per acre. With an
abundance of such information as this
gathered from what seemed to be the
most reliable sources, I decided to go
to Cuba, rent land the first year, make
a vegetable crop and study the condi-
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-09-27

from one; and from the looks of all
growing vegetation l. saw, whether
grass or vegetables, | felt certain the
estimate was high enough.
After seeing as much of the Guines
country as l wanted, | went back to
Havana and looked around among the
truckers in the suburbs who were
cinnamon with the most intensive sys
tenn i'll operation | ever saw. The re-
suits We're such as to disappOint me.
It was vegetables grown under these
conditions that L saw in the Havana
market. At Guines | saw all kinds OF
vegetables grown by an up-tO-date
American trucker, with the best of
seed, etc, but the results were not as
good as the Cinnamon obtained under
their methods.
My opinion is that, as the land has
been in cultivation three or four hun
dred years, with no effort to build up
the soil, it is worn out AS the land
has no humus in it, fertilizers have
nothing to work on, hence the poor
quality of vegetables produced.
Although it rained about every day
while | was there, the Cinnamon wa
tered their vegetables every morning
with watering-pOts, and l was told the
lands dried out very fast.
| was disposed to go further and look
for virgin soil, but was told they had
eight months dry and four months wet
weather. and vegetables could not be
grown without irrigation, and Guines
was the only land where they had it
to any extent. and that was the reason
it was the vegetable section of the
island Also the railroads rates are so
high one cannot get far from Havana,
as it is the only point where there is
good transportation to the United
States for perishable goods.
| talked with a man who went from
Florida to jamaica about four years
ago and he told me he went there ex-
pecting to make fortune out OF Vege-
tables. and had about the same ideas
| had about Cuba, but he lost money
on them as long as he planted them.
He said there was no difficulty in
growing them, and spoke of growing
successfully egg plants on black soil
that was irrigated, but said he planted
seventy-five acres Of cucumbers on the
same land and did not make mess.
Also that it would not grow Irish pO-
tatOes, and he thought anyone who
went to Cuba or any one of the islands
to grow vegetables would lose money
If they have as much dry weather
as they say l don't see how orange
trees could do well, as the few dry
weeks in the spring in Florida were
serious matter / think anyone wish
ing to 60 to Cuba had better investi-
gate cautiously and carefully, and un-
der no circumstances go without
plenty of capital to operate with, as
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DeLand. Fla. Wednesday, September Il, 1897

tions and surroundings there during
this time and, if pleased, to purchase
land and engage in such agricultural
pursuits as seemed to offer the best re-
to rent the land before going, and take
stock and implements down in early
fall to go to work. But as an extra
precaution | went down in June to
verify all these good reports. When |
reached Havana and saw such large,
massive buildings, with such beautiful
parks OF tropical plants and trees and
the view of the country from the city
was so grand and picturesque, L
thought the half had not been told.
But when | visited the city market,
which was very large, | was struck
with CONSERVATION. There was almost
every vegetable you could think OF
there and not one of them that was
grown in Cuba would have been sala-
bic in this country. But | thought pos
|
at fault. When l went into the cOun-
try. | was also disappointed to see
all growing vegetation so small, stunt
ed and so irregular in size, color and
general appearance. Three-fourthS Of
the corn | saw planted was sOWn in
drills and cut and fed green jn the alb
Nfu tn
was planted for grain looked as though
the yield would be very small. All
the land | saw was simply red clay
except in the suburbs of Havana,
where the manure applied had darken-
ed the clay, and possibly some of the
low bottoms were naturally dark, but
| saw but very little kind of this Kind
of land.
This red clay, when dry, cannot be
plowed, because it gets as hard as a
brick. When the rains come and it
gets thoroughly wet, it cannot be work
ed. because it is very sticky, and when
very wet a team cannot get on it;
hence work is restricted to a time be-
tween the wet and the dry.
At Guines, where they have beautl-
full valley land irrigated, and where
nearly all the market gardening of the
island is done, they turn on the
water in dry weather and wet the
land and let it dry to the prop
er constituency to plOw. Even with
the land in the best condition
it takes a heavy double team to
plow it; one horse or mule would be
q complete failure All the land l saw
whether in cultivation or not, was COW
cred with Bermuda grass, but it does
not grow rank enough to bother seri-
ously in plowing or cultivating, and [
was told that in the dry season it was
no trouble at all.
At Guines they grow onions and
Irish potatoes for market. They told
us the yield of potatoes on these If
rigated valley lands was seven barrels
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Sweet and Bitter Cassava.


Mr.. S. Boyce, writing TO the Times
Union and Citizen says:
In your paper of September II, in
the Field, Gro?e and Garden depart
ment, | note letter from Mr.. ID. Il.
I'ilsbry of this city, in which he warns
people against the serious mistake of
sweet and bitter cassava, or maniOc,
1t is timely advice, and cannot be too
carefully impressed upon the people.
| passed all my minority in the West
Indies and South America, and know
the product well. The growing plants
are very much alike and | could never
learn from those who planted the veg
etables whether there was any dis
tinctive feature about the two plants
except that the tuber of the
bitter cassava was short and the rind
was coarse and rough, like the lind
of a nutmeg canteloupe, whereas in
the sweet cassava the tuber was slen-
der and the rind smooth. The sweet
cassava could be boiled or baked Just
like a potato and it was harmless and
palatable, but woe to man or beast
who ate the bitter cassava without
submitting it to a process for extract
ing the poison, which is as follows: 1t
is divested of the rind and reduced to
a pulp by grating or grinding, then it
is put into a long sieve made of split
willow, or something similar. The
sieve is made on the elOngating prin-
ciple like an old-fashioned silk purse;
one end is open, each end has a loop.
The end that has an opening with a
loop is hung on a branch of tree; the
other as it hangs pendant has heavy
weight attached and a vessel is placed
under it to catch the juice as it flows.
The pulp is evenly scattered on cir
cular fiat iron plate about twenty or
thirty inches in diameter, which is
placed over a moderate fire, as very
little heat is sufficient to eXpeI the
poisonous properties. The cake is kept
in a circular or any other shape desir-
ed by sprinkling the pulp inside of a
hoop or some other mold. The cake
rapidly spreads out evenly and scarce
ly is this done when it is ready for
turning. They are piled up cake upon
cake until they number about fifty,
then after cooling they are we'll wrap
ped up and securely tied, and in this
form are exported from one part of
South America to another. They con-
stitute the principle article in the line
of breadstuffs among the Spanish
American people Of the continent as
we'll as the West Indies.
Farine and Cassareep.-Another pro-
cess of preparing the pulp is not to al
low the particles to adhere TO each
other, as it is very glutinOus. 1t is
granulated over the iron plate and this
preparation is called farine. But woe
The Portland daily press., 1899-01-02
TO RtOhG >NIZE.
The Meaning OF Proceedings Against
the Ii. q q.

Columbus, o., December 3i.-The an
swer of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad
com pany to the ancillary petition of the
Mercantile Trust company Of Baltimore
| in the foreclosure and receivership pro-
ceedings was filed In the United States
court here today. 1t Is a confession OF
Judgment of the SIS. sS6, 900 d 'bt repre-
scented by the consolidated mortgage
bonds and states that there re held In
the sinking fund established for former
issues S4,l47.224 Of the bonus of 1917.
ana 81, 4s9 9sS of the bonds Of 1874, total
of 40, 6S7, az The assets and affairs of
the company are submitted to the courts
hands, according to The complaints TO be
disposed of according TO its judgment.
The answer is In line with the company
policy throughout these proceedings, the
ultima result of which doubtless will
be u formal sale and reorganization of
the property.
Cincinnati December 3l.-Tfe Mercan-
tile Trust comp any today made applica-
ton for recsivtr for the Baltimore &
Ohio Southwestern railway company.
After the railway confessed Judgment
for over $500, 90 before Judge Rufus
Smith OF the Supreme court, the attorneys
of the rust company this afternoon APP
peared in the federal court and filed the
usual application for = receivership
based on the action just taken in the
state court After a hearing in hambers,
Judge thompson appointed former Unit
Ell states Attorney General Judson Bar.
mon as receiver, to take effect at once.
At 5 O'Clock Judge Harmon qualified as
receiver, by giving bond Tor 5000
alter watch he proceeded TO tue general
offices the railroad company and formal
y took posst ss.on.