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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-05-03
CREAMERY TROUBLES.
cOuntered lis Dishonesty Among
Those Supplying MIX.

One of the hard things that the man
ager of a creamery or cheese factory
has to contend with is dishonesty
among those that supply milk. Where
milk is purchased by the hundred
pounds this condition is particularly
acute, and it even exists in consider
able measure where the milk is pur-
chased by the test. One cheesemalxer
tells of the trouble he has with his
patrons that bring poor milk. He says
that one man continually brought milk
so near the souring point that it was
sometimes impossible to use it, and
once or twice it was returned. But the
man would always come back smiling
the next day and assert that the mana
ger was wrong in sending back the
milk-that it kept perfectly for a long
time afterward. One day the milk
brought was so near sour that the man
ager thought it necessary to refuse it.
He thought, however, that he would be
sure that this milk soured, so he slyIy
slipped into the cans enough rennet to
make the milk thick in a short time
The following morning the farmer was
back with a new lot of milk, but de-
clared that the milk of the preceding
day kept over night, and that some of
it was used for making custard the
next day. Of course, it was not policy
for the manager to give away the fact
that he knew the man was lying, or
that he had put rennet in the milk 1t
illustrates one of the biggest obstacles
in the way of getting clean milk
Farmers Review.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-05-03

away, and a terrible fire was poured
across this space from both sides. The
intervening ground was covered with
many of whom were crying for water
to appease their burning thirst.
When a man becomes helpless and
suffering in battle, we forget the coll
or of his uniform and, uncaring wheth-
er he be friend or foe, the humanity
which is common to all men urges US
to help him. From where we Law we
could distinctly hear a gray-bearded
confederate officer, who sat with his
back to a tree, and whose legs were
shattered by a cannon shot, crying
piteously for water. Before his pur-
pose could be OWNED, or a hand raised
to stay him, Neddy Watts, who had a
canteen like other soldiers, could be
seen creeping forward on his hands
and knees, the drum at his back making
him particularly conspicuous. We IN
derstood his purpose, and after he had
refused the appeals to come back we
sent up a cheer to encourage him.
Solid shot and shell and musket bull
let's by the thousand crashed and
shrieked and whistled across this
space; but Neddy Watts paid no heed
to them. His purpose was to save and
not to destroy. He reached the wound
ed foeman, and we could see him hold
ing his canteen to the gray lips until
the burning thirst was stayed. His
mission over Neddy left the canteen in
the mans hands and turned to make his
way back to the lines of the Fifteenth.
At that instant a shell exploded not
five feet away. The boy leaped to his
feet, threw up his hands and, stagger-
ing back, fell dead in the arms of the
man to whose rescue he had gone.
When darkness brought a cessation
of the battle, some of Neddy's com
rades crept out of the line to recover
the body, and they found him lying as
if asleep in the arms of the dead con
federate.-Home Magazine.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-05-03
A CRAZY MULE.
How He Played Havoc ia Camp and
Led "A Charge on the
Enemy.

For years after the war;" said the
major, San old army mule, called
Crazy Jim, roamed at will about our
home neighborhood and was treated
with great consideration. And vet in
the service [ have heard a score of
men swear by all that was good or
bad they would kill that same mule
at the first opportunity. He was
chosen for the company wagon, On
his shape and size, but he was tricky
and mischievous almost beyond belief
No matter how he was battered or
tied, he would break loose and come
into quarters at night. While we
were in wedge tents Jimmy would
come nosing around for bareback or
potatoes, would turn over camp ket-
ties and dismantle haversacks, and
would manage in some way to loosen
guy ropes and pegs so as to bring
down two or three tents every night.
''When we discarded all tents except
the small shelters, and slept mostly
without housing of any kind, Jimmy
would prowl around, stepping on
mems feet, snorting in mems ears,
and creating a panic by his wild eff
forts to run over everybody in pre-
tended anxiety to get away. The
mule had been sentenced to death and
was being led out to the execution,
when the teamster came down with Il
writ from the colonel and rescued
him. The next night Jimmy broke
into the kitchen department of the
colonePs quarters and played havoc
generally. Then the colonel ordered
him shot, and Jimmy, double-haltered
to a stake, was awaiting his fate
when the camp was attacked.
GAS the regiment hurriedly formed
the teamster cut Jimmy loose, and as
our company double-quiclzed to the
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-05-03
The independent FARMER.

Some of the western farmers who
make a speciality of one crop, wheth-
er it is grain, beef, cattle or hogs, or
extensive orchards, are inclined to
sneer at the small farms and garden
patches of the eastern states, and
often the eastern farmer envies the
man who can sell thousands of dol
lars worth at one time, but it is the
small farmer with few acres and
diversified farming who is really the
independent farmer. He grows veg
etab1es and fruits for his own use.
has milk and butter in plenty, fattens
his beef and pork, and perhaps NUT
ton, and abundance of poultry and
eggs, and if every railroad in the coun-
try is blockaded he is in no danger of
arvation.-American Cultivator.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-05-03
WOULDN'T DRINK MILK.
story OF Calf That crew Up ON. we
ter and Grass and Developed
Into a Good Cow.

We once raised a calf that never
learned to drink milk, writes a con-
tributor to National Stocl1man and
Farmer. 1t was the only case of the
sort 1 ever heard of and we naturally
supposed that it would die, for by no
possible means could it be taught to
drink any milk, more than just to taste
of it. 1t grew very thin, even before
we gave it up. but as nobody wanted
the job of killing it, we turned it into
the field and let it take its chances.
After that it lived somehow, on grass
and water, and it did not get any too
much of either, for we had the bad
habit of turning calves into a sort of
clearing that had neither water nor
feed in much quantity, expecting the
calves to live mainly on milk The
calf that would not drink milk seemed
to fairly dry and shrivel up till it was
sort of walking shadow, but it made
a great fight for life and came out in
the fall quite an animal, so that it
wintered with the other stock and be-
gan the second year about even. 1t
was heifer and as cow developed
the ordinary milking qualities of the
rest of the herd, none the worse, APP
pafenUIy, Tor It's experience. Nobody
had any idea why it tisliked milk.
cannot remember whether it began by
sucking the mother or not, but sup
pose that it did, as it was common to
allow the calf to remain with the cow
till the milk was fit to use.
My experience is that all possible
effort to get calves to eating solid food
early is valuable. We take to late
summer or fall calves as we watch
them more. These can be taught to
eat grass early, and as it does not
physic them as the over-succulent
spring growth does, they can eat as
much as they will without injury.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-05-03

special devices at highway and railroad
crossings. It is claimed by its orig
inator and owned, Mr.. C. Alley, to be
the only one of it's kind in existence.
The line is II miles in length, with five
stations, two at Anderson, two in Pen
dleton and one at Ingalls,. We are in
formed that additional subscribers
| could be served to advantage, but that
the terms of the contract with the
present parties prohibit it. The I'M
questioned success of this novel tele-
phone line is stated to be due largely
to the perfect insulation. The builder
invariably uses the top strand of the
fence wire, which is treated to a gen
erous coating of rubber paint. At
the fence sections common galvanized
wire is used to continue the circuit to
connection with the next fence, the
same arrangement being carried out at
the railroad crossings. In order to
carry across the road or highway, the
circuit is either. placed beneath an in
verified trough, covered by the mate
rial of the road, or, as shown in our ac-
companying illustration, it is carried
overhead by means of two poles, one
on each side of the crossing. In this
illustration Mr.. Alley himself is seen
in the act of 'telephoning to town, :"
a feat which can be performed at any
desired point along the line by sim
ply attaching, as shown, portable
transmitter and receiver.
The inventor is very much pleased
with the results of his simple and eco
nomical system, which, undoubtedly,
has many features to recommend it.
self n 1-11raI oOTon711nitioc Tho oOc+
is extremely low, as there is no ex-
pense for copper wires, and poles are
only needed at the crossings. Where the
number of patrons is not too large, the
service is said to be all that could
be desired. Our correspondent states
that he has used the fence line to con-
verse with a friend some eight miles
distant, and this at time when the
fence-posts were still saturated with
the morning dew, a condition under
which the line is supposed to work to
the least satisfaction
The line has been such a practical
success that the farmers of the neigh
borhood are organizing companies for
the purpose of placing themselves in
telephone communication throughout
the whole district. AS evidence of the
practicability of the barb-wire tele-
phone our correspondent quotes the
case of the Wagner Glass company,
who, with Offices at Anderson, are able
to communicate daily with their plant
at ingalls,, ID miles distant. The cost
in this case is only 500 per year, and
there is the added advantage that hav-
ing only two other subscribers on that
wire, the line is almost always avail
able.-Scientific American.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-05-03
sla,I@NSJD .IVS~
G,,l :1SSLIu4E5S
FENCE TELEPHONES.
a Home-Made system which Is Now
in Successful Operation In
Central Indiana.

We have been favored by Mr.. Rob
ert E. Maranville, of the Pendleton Re
publican, Pendleton, Ind, with par
ticulars of the unique telephone line
shown in our illustration, which is now
in use between the cities of Anderson,
Pendleton and ingalls,, Ind. The line,
it seems, is an experiment, but is in act
i've daily operation with four regular
subscribers, and it gives service
which our correspondent assures us
compares well with the lines of the reg
ular companies. The line is unique in
that it employs as a conductor such a
common, everyday commodity as the
top wire of a barb-wire fence, the
continuity of the line being assured by
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-05-03

[s511lSSIE1!8!l9ag|S9D
IL ~ ~
THE DRUMMER BOY.
Heroic Act THAT Terminated the
Career of a Small
Soldier.

It was in the latter part of August,
1868. and the great army of the Cum
berland was moving through the de-
files of the Cumberland mountains,
along the Tennessee, in pursuit of
Bragg's retreating forces. The wealth
er was scorching hot, the mountain
trails were crushed into streams of
dust, and the bronzed, b1ue-clad men
suffered, at times, very much from
want of water. I belonged to the
cavalry, and I shall never forget the
shout that went up from my men
when, after having marched "A hours
without water, we halted on the crest
of a hill, from which we could see,
far below, green fields where the
wagons were parked and the horses
grazing, and the blue smoke pillars
that marked the camp fires of the in
fantry; but more beautiful to our
eyes than all was the broad, majestic
Tennessee, sweeping westward about
the hills. We rode down and were
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-05-03

north the mule scampered after US.
After a few volleys we made rush
on the enemy, and Jimmy went for
ward at a gallop, a lope or two ahead
of the line, on the left. In fact, lie
struck the enemy first and acted like
a mule possessed. ne repeated his
old tactics in quarters with varia-
tions, running this way and that over
every confederate in sight, and did
as much to demoralize the enemy as
half a dozen men.
"When we had driven the enemy off
and returned to the scene of the fight
we found Jimmy among the wound
ed. The boys literally carried him
into camp and spent hours in invent
ing appliances for his comfort, and
in caring for him. Jimmy came out
of his troubles a changed mule. He
never broke a halter after that ex-
cept when there was a fight on hand,
and then the boys encouraged his
deviItry. Not long after his recovery
Jimmy led mule stampede straight
over the enemy's lines in bivouac, and
as he appeared in our own quarters
the next morning with a self-satis-
fed look in his eyes, the boys be
lieved he knew what he was about.
At all events he became a great pet,
and when we were discharged was
taken home to become q neighbor-
hood pet. Chicago Inter Ocean.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-05-03
AFTER THE FIGHT.

He went away to fight his country's foes,
Because he thought his country's cause
was fair:
No clanking sword hung at his side. he
chose
To march back in the ranks and battle
there.
The orders that were given he obeyed,
Wherever he was told to go he went;
He waded through the swamps there were
to wade.
A unit in a loyal regiment.
But they haven't put his name
On the shining scroll of fame,
He is working as he had to work before;
All he did was bravely fight
For the cause he thought was right,
And the honor of the uniform he wore.
He suffered in the rain and in the sun,
He plunged into the thickets with the
rest;
In the fierceSt of the fighting that was
He shouted and he shot and did his
best.
The man who gave him orders from the
Is appIaudcd for the noble part he
played;
When he lifts his hat the frantic people
cheer
O for the reputation he has made!
They have proudly put his name
On the shining scroll of fame,
He is honored where they knew him not
before,
For the cause they thought was right,
: And the glory of the noble flag they bore!
The man who wears the shoulder straps
returns
To glory and to Office, but the one
Who charges and who loads and fires
learns
That the private's nothing when he
drops the gun!
The man who swings the sword deserves
his praise
And earns the fair reward they give him
when
He settles down again to peaceful ways,
But how about his brave and battered
men?
They partake not of his fame,
They must toll again the same
AS they toiled and as they struggled on
before
Still, they had the chance to fight
For the cause they thought was right,
And the glory of the uniforms they wore!
IS. e. Kiser. in Chicago Times-Herald.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-05-03
Remedy tor rec Borers

Prof J. C. Written gives the fol-
lowing remedy against borers: To one
bucletful of whitewash put in two
to three pounds copper sulphate and
one spoonful of carbolic acid 1t is
better to use skim milk in place of
water in mixing lime. Pour hot wa
ter on copperas. Mix when white
wash is cold. Apply on oody of trees
with brush. This will not kill Dor
ers already in tree, but will keep
borers from going in.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-05-03

of rail The left leg should be in
front of the rail as illustrated. If she
tries to kick, she only strikes the rail
end and will not be likely to try it
many times.-S. Dole, in Farm and
Home.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-05-03

Extra methods of cleanliness are re-
ouired to produce a natural, wholesome
favored milk from stable-confned
cows. Are your milk and butter abso-
lutely faultless in this direction?
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-05-03
CURE FOR KIcKERs,
A Simple Device Which Usually Re-
duces UnruIy Dairy Cows to
AFFECT Submission.

To keep a COW from kicking while
milking, tie her in the stall. Tie a rope
to a joist and the other end to one end
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-05-03
Poinfs of a Good Co..

Individual cows differ, 1or which
reason there are no rules that can be
relied upon with certainty as being
adapted for all. The following, which
have been given before, Will be found
useful: "a Long, large udder, broad
and elastic. (2J Soft, mellow skin on
udder. (3) Large barrel, with broad
ribs wide apart. and firm muscles in
abdomen (denoting excellent feeding
capacity. a. Broad loins, with long
rumps and lean hips. 81 Long neck.
clean-cut face and large eyes. (6l
Soft, velvety skin on the body and
especially on the rump. ~ Well
formed teats, standing well apart.
(s) Prominent tubes under the belly.
extending from the point of the nd
der. having the appearance of covered
ropes, and sometimes known as ''miIk
ducts" (9) Mild expression. (1O)
Inaptitude to fatten.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-03-20
WEST BERLIN.

The stone sheds are not doing as
much work as common. Some Of the
men are leaving and others are being
turned off.
Charles Leonard and Mark Glines
have engaged to farmers for the sea-
son.
Mrs. Phelps Smith and four child
rem are sick with measles.
The Dog River Valley grange is
thoroughly awake after a long sleep.
Another class of II will take the first
and second degrees at our next meet
ing, and one will be reinstated. We
are not only taking in new members,
but gathering up the old ones also,
which is better work.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-03-20

One who evidently is not in Sympa-
thy with the motives Of the Topeka
Capital has said that Sheldon started
wrong in the first place, with the as
sumption that Christ would 90 to Kan.
saS anyway. The statement is indeed
irreverent but the whole transaction
connected with the management of
that Kansas daily by the Rev. Mr..
Sheldon is no less a sacrilegc The
paper was not paying investment.
The much talked Of author of I'm
His Steps was engaged to conduct it
for week in the way that, according
to his ideas, Christ would do. The
announcement spread like wildire
through Kansas and from there
throughout America and the English
speaking world. Every newspaper in
the country took the bait and the To-
peka Capital secured thousands and
thousands of dollars worth of adyer-
Using free Of charge before the bun
coed editors sized up the scheme. 1t
was indeed a shrcwd game but not
Christian one. The much talked of
farce finally came off. The Topeka
Capital at the end of the week was
valuable piece of property. Then
the stockholders got together and
ended their meeting in a regular up
to-date row which will probably be
decided in the courts of law because
some of the owners want to make a
newspaper out of it again, while the
others intend to force them to con-
tinue the "Chrlstian management"
on the ground that there ismore mon
ey in it so.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-03-20
BELMONT ALEXANDER
AT NELSON DOWNING'S LIVERY
STABLE, BARRE, VT.

Belmont Alexander, the royalty bred
young Stallion. whose home has been at
Riverside Park, South Royalton, goes to
the stable of Nelson Downing, in Barre,
this week. The youngster deserves
more than passing notice for there is
not colt in the country of better blood.
He is son of Alexander, 2.20 ID, one
of the best sons of Alcantara, the great
producing son of George Wilks. The
dam of Belmont Alexander, Lady Thomas,
was by Forrest Belmont who was by
the great Belmont. The I'd dam, Hia-
toga Belle, was by Billy Green, Sd dam
by SCOTS Hiatoga. 4th dam by Handbags
lIiatoga, 9TH dam by Consul. This colt
was foaled July 26, 1897, and when two
years old stood Is 1-5 hands high and
weighed 975 pounds, No colt Of better
form and action was ever seen here and
it will be seen that on either side he
comes from great producing line of
speedy stock.-Correspondent of Boston
Daily Globe.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-03-20
BERLIN.

Mrs. d. n Hunt is sick with scar
let fever.
George Reed is at home for few
days having fun with the teeth ache,
Mrs. win Turner is improving il
health.
Miss Josephine Perkins has gone
back to Mortified to school.
The school directors met at the
school house at the Corners, on Thurs
day. They are to repair one or two
school houses this season.
Mrs. r. p. Downer is very feeble.
She IS 81 years old.
They are making over one ton of
butter at the creamery per week.
The first of April is the great mov-
ing time here. There will be a mum.
Der Of changes.
We have no settled minister here as
yet.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-03-20
g1ll&1Qi3
GOULDSNILLE.


Mrs Warren Hayward is again
stopping with Mrs f. O. Grant.
Rev. VIM. Moody Of Randolph Cen
ter exchanged places with Rev. A..
w. G. Anderson Sunday.
Cora Eaton has returned from a
week s visit in WiliamstOwn.
Miss Della Quimby of Barre is
visiting her grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. David Andrews.
Horace Burnham is quite sick.
Miss ID. NJ. Andrews is expected
home this week.
William Hurley was home from
Burlington Sunday visiting his pa
rents.
There was a dance at Cross hall
Saturday night.
Most of the students returned to
the high school at Mortified Monday
morning.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-03-20
Good Cough Medicine for Children

81 have no hesitnncy in recommend
ing Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, "
says +. p. Moran, well-known ana
popular banker, of Petersburg. va,
1--WE have given it to our children
when troubled with bad coughs, also
whooping cough, and it has always
given perfect satisfaction. 1t was rec
commended to me by a druggist ms the
best cough medicine for children as it
contained ma opium or other harmful
drug" Sold by L. A. Drown n Co.
wv
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-03-20
Banker Routs A Robber.

j. R. Garrison. Cashier of the bank
of Thornville. Ohio. had been robbed
of health by serious lung trouble
until he tried Dr. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption. Then he wrote: at
is the best medicine ever used for a
severe cold or bad case of lung trouble.
! always keep bottle on hand" Don't
suffer with Coughs, Colds, or any Throat
Chest or Lung trouble when you can be
cured so easily. Only SOC and 81 90.
Trial bottles free at Parlor Drug Store.
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