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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-02

Miss Pickering returned. Saturday.
after two weeks visit to Boston and
New York.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-02

The Sewing Circle of the Uniyersalist
Society has decided to hold its sale Of
novelties ana useful articles, April TO-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-02

Peter $. Smith. formerly of the 18th
New Jersey Volunteers, died At Port En-
boy. n. j.. March y. aged IS years.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-02

Charles w. Spencer, formerly of Co. f,
18th Maine Volunteers, has been admit
ted and assigned to Go. ID.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-02

T. A. Jewett went to Bath. Saturday,
on a visit to friends for few days.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-02

Will c. Atkins returned, Saturday.
from a weeks legal trip to Fall River.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-02

The claim against the Maine Central b.-
Miss Lizzie Moulton Of Bradley. who was
injured at the Nit. Desert Ferry accident
has been settled
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-02

The Q. l.. C's. will meet with Mis-;
Alice Perkins, Tuesday evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-02

Postmaster Hill says that the money
order business in the Togus post office
for the month of March. was the largest
ever transacted in 4 single month since
the system was established. This speaks
well for the general moral condition of
the men in sending home so much Of
their money.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-02

Special Easter music is being prepared
by the church choirs and Sunday schools
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-02

Joseph Doughty of Gray, was in camp,
Friday, on business connected with the
new barrack building.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-02

Robert Sampson has gone on furlough
to Worcester, Mass, David Crowley to
New York city, and Humphrey O'Leary
, n Hns1nn-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-02

Geo +. Herriott. clerk at the hospital,
is taking a 10 days vacation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-02

The Hallowell and Chelsea ferry will re-
sumo business, today.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-02
FAIRFIELD.

The annual corporation meeting will be
held today, in the Enrin" hail,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-02

Wallace Hill has purchased the hous.
on Bridge street now occupied by Mi
Julia Furbcr.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-02

of baling Irvine can be thrust. Cleats
are nailed to the inside close to the
bottom of the box and upon these the
floor is laid and nailed. A shaft Cb) is
placed on the extension of the lower
frame. There is a windlass in the cen
ter and a reel at each end. On the OPP
posite side of the lower frame at each
end there is q staple (e), into which is
fastened cord (f) long enough to go
over the pulley, which is over the
end of the rod (c). This rod
runs across the top of the box above the
follower The cord (f) extends down
to the reels at each end of the shaft (b),
and is fastened to it,
To operate this device, first bring the
ends of the Irvine from four balls over
the top of the back side of the box. car
rying the string down inside of the box
then across the floor and out through
the space in the front near the shaft
Cb). Fill the box with hay or other ma
| terial to be baled, tramping it down as
hard as possible while filing. When
| full, bring the balls of Irvine over the
| top and thrust them through the holes
at d. Then place the follower in the
| box above the contents and force the
| Fou (cJ through the space at the ends
of the box, beneath the top of the
frame and above the follower Put
on to the ends of the rods the two pull
leys carrying the cords attached to the
reel. Now with the long lever used on
the windlass, the reels are wound up
bringing down the follower until the
hay in the box is tightly compressed.
Tie the Irvine and the bale is ready to be
removed from the PERSEVERANCE Judd
| Farmer
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-02
PASTURE FOR HOGS.
They VIII Thrive Best Where They
Have Abundance of Good
Grass and Glover.

Every swine grower knows that sue
cess in pork production is best pro-
NOTED by having an abundance of good
pasture. The hogs thrive best and
make pork cheapest on grass and
clover, for, by nature, the pig feeds on
grass as we'll as grains, notwithstand-
ing the small size of its stomach Pigs
like blue grass pasture well, and it
comes early, but brood sows that are
nursing should be turned on it with
caution and gradually get accustomed
to it, otherwise it will affect the milk.
and the swine grower will be wonder
ing what is the matter with young
pigs. Blue grass is also fine fall pas
ture for brood sows, after the clover
has been nipped by the frost
Glover is fine summer pasture. hard
to improve upon and coming in when
blue grass has become a little dry and
unpalatable, and both the sows and
pigs can almost live upon it until fall.
We say almost" advisedly, for pigs
feed naturally on grass as well a grain.
and not on grass exclusively at any
season. Glover should be managed so
| that pigs will always have it young and
| tender When it becomes R1oody larger
stock should eat it down or it should be
moved, so as to allow the new growth
to come on. Rape is also being more
largely grown for hog pasture. and it
makes a very good one. especially in the
fall. and early fall sown rye serves an
excellent purpose after it has made a
good growth. With reasonable fore
thought it is no very difficult matter
to provide good pasture for the hogs
the whole season through, and they
will be all the better for it as well as
more cheaply grown. No one should
try to raise hogs without plenty of
pasture throughout the season, but re-
member also that it takes grain to
make a marketable hog and to keep
brood sows up to their work.-West-
| ern Swineherd.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-02
NESTS FOR LAYERS.
Best Material Is Dry Earth on the
Bottom, with Chopped Hay
Over the Earth.

Many claim that the nests should be
on the ground. but all claims that hens
should have their nests on the moist
ground are but theories, and unsup-
ported by facts. What is required, for
the hen in winter is snug, warm Ioca-
ton, while in summer she should have
a cool place. The best material for
nest is dry earth on the bottom, with
chopped hay over the earth. Then
dust the nest, hens and eggs with Per-
sian insect powder, put a small guam
tity of tobacco refuse in the nest and
clean it out thoroughly should an egg
become broken or the nest foul. The
broken eggs will cause lice quicker than
anything else But first see that the
hen has no lice, then give her good
eggs and she will bring off a brood if
she has a warm and comfortable nest.
The nest should be made movable, so
as to be taken outside fer cleaning.
and it should never be placed where any
of the fowls can cause it to be filthy or
roost upon it. 1t should never be so
high as to compel efforts to reach it, as
the large breeds will prefer to lay on
the ground rather than to reach a high
nest, even when footway is provided, to
say nothing Of the fact that some of
the hens learn to fly over fence by first
learning to reach high nest. Never
have the nest in a barrel or so con-
structed that the hen must jump down
to it, as broken eggs will be the conse-
quence, but rather so place the en-
trance as to permit her t o walk in upon
the eggs. The nest should be placed in
a dark position, or so arranged that
the interior Will be somewhat dark
which will be partial protection
against egg eating. For flock of one
dozen hens, four nests will be sufficient.
American Gardening
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-02
Drinking Fountain for Bees.

A drinking fountain for bees, which
consume large quantities of water
when rearing brood, may be made of a
piece of smooth board or plank, and a
common glass fruit or candy jar. Mark
a circle on the board as large as the
top of the jar and cut number of
grooves, one-quarter inch deep, from
the centre of the circle out two inches
beyond the edge of the circle, but not
to the edge Of the board. Fill the jar
with water, place the board over the
jar so that the top is upon the marked
circle, and holding the board down close
y on the top of the jar quickly turn
the jar upside down Put it in a shaded
place. The grooves remain full as
long as there is any water in the jar
Midland Farmer
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-02
i
[5dzzI E|.E'I9IIIlE -
~ 4 V.t ~
col. pREws WAR LECTURE.

Wed all ben down to Bethel church.
week ago last night,
To hear a Teller lectur' there upon "A
Losin' Fight
You see, ben a havtn' a course" to
An it's ben a 'Iosin fight" fer US. fnan-
cially. almost
This man at lectured-on the bills-Was
Colonel Ellsworth Drew
Bout nine year old. I reckon. when the
civil war was through;
But he fit the war from eend to eend, in
a couple of hours, about,
An he would of fopt another'n, on'y all
the lamps went out.
4 never heerd Teller that he'd every
thing pat
A--Ef here was there or then was when.'
or this he'd jes' ben that
! he'd to lean an whisper to Whitaker
Mcclure:
EFF yer Aunt Louise he'd ben a man,
she'd ben yer uncle. sure?
whit, he jest bust out a-laughin' like
he does, an 1 declare,
Il thought the feller'd kill himself, a-chok
in. then an there;
An everybody turnin round to see what
Yves about,
An all the fellers in the post a-hollerin':
Put him Out!'
Why, the lecturer told how Grant had
made an awful useless mess,
A-slaughterin' men fer nothin' in that
awful Wilderness:
I jest leaned back an belt my breath
when 1 saw what a scant
The chances would of ben for Lee, eff
Drew had jest ben Grant.
Then he done up "Old Tecumseh;'' why,
when he got through with him,
You couldn't see him edgewise. he was
hammered out so slim;
Showed up blunder after blunder, an
mistakes in open sight,
An blind bull luck an accident to set his
plumbers right.
He sayed they want no earthly use-an'
showed it, plain light.
In the war a-lastin' seven months beyond
the Bull Run fight;
An 1 thought it was a blessin' fer this
union. dear and true,
That the 'Johnnies" didn't know jest
where to look fer Ellsworth Drew.
I've heerd a heap, an read a heap of talk
about the war,
An the fellers that want in it seems to
know it more an more;
An the fellers that was in it. an got
licked in every fight,
Is the ones chat shows US how the ones
that won was never right.
Bob Burdette in Los Angeles Times.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-02

feas biting every part of my body.
I realized then that we had crept into
a bed used by hogs-that we were in
a nest of feas. 1 decided at once
that l would get out, but on stepping
to the narrow mouth of the little cave
I saw directly in front large fire. and
around it were men not in the dress of
union soldiers. By this time all the
boys were awake, and all were crazy
with the unbearable itching. They
were ready to dash out of the cave
at all hazards, when I called their at
tention to the men and the fire.
eve soon decided that our troops
had marched away and that the bluffs
had been occupied by a rebel outpost.
The question was, what we should do.
The boys agreed that they could not
stand the flea bites more than five
minutes. They agreed that they would
rather be captured by the Johnnies
than stay with the feas, so it was
arranged that we should watch for
a favorable opportunity, snip out of
the cave and try to pass the rebel out
post in the shadow of the bluffs Just
as we arrived at this decision one of
| the boys, who had been holding his
| gun at full cock, brought 1T down to
| the floor, and it went OF with ter
rife report.
'NThis shot, sounding like cannon.
| threw both sides into panic. Taking
advantage of the confusion about the
fire, one of our fellows shouted: Come
on, boys; one company to the right
and one company to the left. and we
will capture the whole of them Out
we went with yell, shooting as we
ran, and away ran the rebels. The
rain had ceased, but the feas contin-
ued to bite, and after running about
two miles in the direction we supposed
our regiment had gone we stopped,
took off all our clothing and jumped
into raging little mountain stream.
We did not put on our clothes until
every article had been given shak-
ing We found our regiment, and aft
er march of two days reached our
old camp"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-02

house. My man was lying in bed, and 1
walked toward him and told him to get
rup.
He did so, but as he arose he came
up with revolver. We clinched. and
of all the fights was ever in this beat
all. We tussled and we tussled. I
found the conscript was the better
man, and my only hope was either in
holding on or some of our boys com
ing.
II kept on wrestling, my chief aim
being TO hold down that hand with the
revolver. The affair was getting mo-
7notonous to me, and I was about to
quit because the conscript had me
beat, when some of the boys rushed in,
but not before the conscript wrenched
his revolver arm loose and let me have
IT, and I was foored.
The bullet struck me glancingly on
the side of the head, and after burrow-
ing under the skin for couple of
inches passed out without injuring the
skull
What became of the conscript?"
Would you believe that that fellow
escaped from camp that night? And
the confederacy lost, in my judgment
n good scrapper."
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-02
MISTAKE MANY MAKE.
why Beekeepers Should Not Con-
tinue Their Destructive Warfare
Against the King-Bird.

Many beekeepers feel it their duty
to destroy any king-bird seen about the
apiary, as much as poultry keepers
would hawk or fox around the crick-
en- yard. But if the report of our agri-
cultural department is correct, this is
a mistake. They examined the stom-
achs of 281 king-birds shot in different
parts of the country, and found bees
in but IA of them. In these there were
so bees, of which 40 were drones, four
were workers and six could not be
identified, being too badly broken.
There was then only possible ten
worker bees to 261 birds. On the con-
trary, there were ten robber flies which
often do much damage among bees.
There were beetles such as those whose
larvae are the wireworm, the pant
eating grubs and the various cut
worms, the cut worms themselves.
caterpillars, grasshoppers, grain weev-
lis, leaf hoppers and other insects in
furious to fruit and grain, with some
wild berries and grapes.-Rural World.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-02
BATTLE OF THE CoNsCRIPT.
Not Recorded In War History, But
This Veteran SnyS 1t Was
His biggest Fight.

When SCARED men held the boards
in Louisville recently, says the Courier
journal, one was here who was known
to have been a gallant soldier, and who
had an unmistak BILE bullet scar on
the left side of his forehead.
"In what battle did you get that
-wound?"
''The biggest fight I was ever in"
This short sentence meant a great
deal, because this soldier had been in
some of the greatest battles of the
war.
What fight was it?"
81 call it the battle of the conscript."
Battle Of the conscript? What do
you mean?"
well, it was toward the end of the
war, after the conscript act had been
passed, and l was one of detail to get
a certain man in Tennessee who had
been conscripted, but who had escaped.
We located him at his home, and we
proceeded to advance on the house.
"As luck would have it, was ahead,
and was the first man to enter the
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-02
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A HOMEMADE BALER.
Been Used for Years and Gives
Entire Satisfaction.

An Oklahoma farmer recently in
quired for homemade baler. The one
in the accompanying sketch answers
very well. [ have used it for number
Of years and find it gives entire salts
faction. The top and bottom frame is
made of any desired dimension, the top
(a) being little larger than the bot
tom frame (b). This permits the easy
removal of the bale from the box after
it has been tied. The sides and ends
are boarded up from the inside, leaving
a space an inch or so wide between the
boards. At each end space is left for
a rod (c), which is placed above the
follower" On the front side there are
notches cut in the board near the top,
forming holes I'D. through which balls
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-02
Another semme. and the Kearsarge.

Another Semmes and the Kearsarge.
A Mobilian, temporarily living on the
southern border of the gulf relates a
curious story connected with the wreck
of the old Kearsarge. says the Mobile
(Ala.) Register. At The time Admiral
Semmes wasafioat in those waters. says
the story. he had on board the Alabama
a seaman who so admired him that, in
in honor of his chief, he called his son
admiral Semmes." This child, now a
grown man, is a native of one of the
Cayman islands, and, like all those is
landers, makes his living from the sea,
and mostly from wrecked vessels. 1t
is remembered that the United States
steamer that sank the Alabama, the
Kearsarge. was wrecked on one of the
islands, called Roncador Reef. Among
the wreckers who went to work on her
was this young man. When everything
worth saving was taken from the yes
sci the hulk was burned, and Admiral
Semmes, the son of the seaman, ap-
Piled the torch. To say the least, il
is an odd coincidence that although
the Kearsarge destroyed the Alabama
which was under the command of Ad-
mira1 Semmes, the Kearsarge was
afterward finally destroyed by another
Admiral Semmes.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-02
water Required by Corn.

About $500 tons of water per acre
is the estimate for a crop of corn. Such
a weight of water would crush a strong
building and yet more than that guam
tity falls upon an acre in the course of
a year. 1t is not so difficult to obtain
the water as to prevent its loss. It is
known that if a tub of water is Gov
cred less evaporation occurs. If the
land is cultivated frequently the loose
dirt on the surface prevents evapora-
ton and the water is retained in the
soil for the use of the plants
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-02
ROUTED BY FLEAs.
Union Soldier. Preferred to Risk the
Enemy's Fire to Remaining
with the Insects.

"One of my first adventures. said
the major, relates the Chicago Inter
Ocean, made lasting impression on
me Early in the war our regiment
started on an expedition to reach the
rear of rebel force stationed about
20 miles from our camp. We crossed
a river, went up a narrow little val
ley. which, during a heavy nights
rain became the bed of stream. came
out upon the high table land. moved
up a rocky road to the mountains.
and. although the rain continued all
the next day. we marched and marched
until night. We were wet through and
through. we had lost nearly all of our
provisions. we were tired ana footsore.
and were ordered into camp in the
rain half a dozen of us, in looking
about the bluffs and cliffs, found
cave which seemed a. inviting place
of shelter against the pitiless rain. It
was at considerable distance from our
company, but we decided that we
would slip in. have good sleep and
report to the company early in the
morning. The stone floor was covered
to a comfortable thickness with dried
leaves, and I remember to this day
how comfort BILE and coy it all felt
as we crept in and spooned for a good
nights rest.
cit must have been midnight when
l was awakened by the most intolera-
bic itching I had ever experienced. 1t
seemed to me there were a million
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-02

Its pie-shaped form fits it to be re-
volved about tree trunk, giving a
succession of new strips of ground for
the chickens to scratch in, and an equal
fertilizing of the soil all about the
tree. The coop and yard are made to-
gether, the hinged cover giving access
to the interior. The hen can be given
her liberty in the pen, or be confined to
the coop proper by mailing Stats to its
front.-American Agriculturist.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-02
COOP FOR ORCHARDS.
Designed Especially for Use Under
Trees, Where Young Chickens
VIII Do Best.

An orchard is an ideal place for the
location of young chicks. Not only is
the shade of great advantage to the
chickens during the heat of summer,
but the trees also receive much benefit
from the presnce of poultry.
A coop is shown herewith that is
made especially for use unoCr trees
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-02
Sherihan,s Rienzi.

Sheridan's big black horse, Rienzi
which he rode during the last three
years of the war, is one of the sights
in the military museum on Governor
Island, N. Y. Though the animal died
in 1876, its preservation, paid for bS
Sheridan, is perfect.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-02

From July 1 to September. or
through the hot weather, the hens are
better off if shut entirely out of the
hen houses. Fix up roosts outside in
sheds, or under temporary roof on
poles.-Farm Journal.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-02

AS to Matching chicks, this is the
best time MOTTO do it. Break the news
gently to the broody hens.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-02
Tender-Henrted.

A ST. Louis heiress is so tender-heart-
~eG that she can't be induced to strike a
match.-Chicago Daily News.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-02
A FEW HARD RAps.
Webster Davis Tells of the Mckinley ADJ
ministrstiOn's Hostility to the Beers
The Pension Question.

Fort Scott, Kan. July 25-Last
night Hon. Webster Davis, ex-assistant
secretary of the interior, was one of
the speakers before the fusion state
conventions. He said in part:
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-11-28
BERKL Ne VS. AND ADVERTISEMENTS

list on the u. S. S. 'Amphitrite," left
yesterday, the ship sailing for Port
Royal.
Mr.. and Mrs. George L. Crisp. of
Currituck. are here visiting the family
of Capt. w. II. Hancock, on Berkley
avenue.
Mr.. e. H. Pierce. formerly connected
with the Greenleaf Johnson Lumber
company. of this place, who has been
absent for some time. is here on visit
TO friends and relatives.
Mrs. j. II. Chanlng OF Newsoms
va, was the guest of Mrs l.. p. Eley.
IN South Norfolk. Monday
MISS Bessie Ferebee, of Camden. n.
-, arrived yesterday to spend Thanks
s s,, with her sister. Mrs. w. L..
berkiey. on Chestnut street.
MIR. Albert Roethke, who has been
quite i'll With typhoid fever at his home
On berkieY avenue, is conVal descent.
MISS Mussona Brickhouse, OF Gum
Neck, n. c.. is indisposed at the home
~, ~ her sister. Mrs. G. w. Sykes. at
herkiey avenue and Seventh streets.
Mrs. Mathews and children. of phil
aueiphia, are visiting Mrs. Roper. on
Payne street
MI =. j. Finch is quite sick at his
nome on Berkeley avenue.
MISS Lottie Sears. of CORTLAND. who
mas been on Il visit to Miss Lillian
sears on Berkeley avenue. will leave
Today TO visit friends at Snowden.
seven carloads oc hogs and cattle ar
rived at the Belt Line Union stock
ards Saturday. Sunday AMI Monday
from southwest Virginia and Tennes-
see. The live stock market is very
good at this time
charles Tatten colored, who was ar
rested at Tunis Lumber Company's
mili Monday on suspicion of being a
purity to the robbery of Jacobson
store Sunday night. was given n hear
ing in the police court yesterday morn
ing and was dismissed, having proved
an alibi.