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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-04-25
He KEPT His LEO.

Twelve years ago j. w. Sullivan of
Hartford, Conn.,, scratched his leg with
a rusty wire. Inflammation and blood
poisoning set in. For two years he
suffered intensely. Then the best doctors
urged amputation, but" he writes, ~
used one bottle of Electric Bitters and
l IL boxes of BucKlen's Arnica Salve
and nv leg was sound and well as ever"
For Eruptions, Eczema, letter, Salt
Rheum, Sores and all blood disorders
Electric Bitters has no rival on earth.
Try them. DR.. w. II. Sheldon will
guarantee satisfaction or refund money.
Only 80 cents.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-04-25
COLD FRAN ES.
How to Make Them-Tomato Plants
Ready For the Field.

Ready For the Field.
In making cold frames two important
points should be observed: a. They
should have pitch of about six inches,
In order to carry off the water, and (2)
the soil should be well manured say a
ton of stable manure to twenty by 6
foot sashes. This length of bed svery de-
sirable, as there are no corners and no
crosspieces to obstruct the light. After
the manure is in care should be taken
to make it perfectly smooth, so that the
depth of soil about five inches) may be
uniform, as different depths of soil will
cause a variable growth and q larger
proportion of poorer plants, besides
making the bed very uneven.
The soil should be raked down level,
the sash p,y on and the bed allowed to
remain at least two days to settle and
become warm before the plants are in
troduced. When tomato plants are
ready to be set, the bed should be stir
red to destroy any weed seeds and then
marked off in checks four or, prefer
ably, five inches each way.
After plants are placed in the bed
their subsequent development will de-
pend very largely upon the care given
to them. In general way the main
precautions to be observed are: Not to
keep the plants too warm and to give
them air and water when necessary.
Too little air and too much water have
tendency to make tender plants, al
though, on the other hand, if given too
little water they are retarded in their
growth and seem never to be able to
recover from the check.
When the weather becomes warm,
the sashes should be entirely removed
on clear days, in order that the plants
may be gradually hardened for setting
in the open field. 1t is desirable to al
low the beds to be entirely open all
night few times previous to setting.
If proper attention is given to tomato
plants during this critical period, they
should be ready for the field from the
1st to the 10th Of May. They should be
from II to Is inches in height, with
strong, well fibered stalks as thick as
| the finger, with a number of crown
blossoms and numerous side branches.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-04-25
Profit and Pleasure With Ducks.


If you want to try something both
fascinating and profitable, procure
some ducks and set all the eggs you
can. There has never been as much
enjoyment to me in any branch of poul.
try raising as | have secured from
ducks. | never found as much profit in
any other branch of poultry in the
same length of time. If one takes rea-
sonable precaution in setting the eggs,
very few will fail to hatch. and not any
will you lose by disease. If attended
to rightly as to feed and yarding at
night, the loss by accident and vermin
will be less than with any other branch
of poultry. One essential, and a very
necessary one, is to give them an abun.
dance of sand. Having it where they
can help themselves will not be enough.
for they are so greedy they will not
eat enough. There must be coarse sand
mixed in their feed once day in the
proportion of one cupful to each five
quarts of feed. Water deep enough for
them to immerse their bills above their
nostrils is needed. Swimming holes
are unnecessary for young ducks and
in fact, are rather detriment to fast
fattening. The less exercise they gel
the faster they put on fat. They dc
not require a great amount of green
food and will thrive If given reasonable
range on cornmeal alone.-Cor. Ameri
can Agriculturist.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-04-25

inches wide by 80 inches long and
hinge to each side of the bottom, tax,
ing two more boards 10 inches square
and hinge to the two other sides of the
bottom. Saw eight marks on the -four
sides of the press and lay your Irvine
across, laying on the fleece and bring.
ing up the two long sides of the press
then bring up the two short sides and
clamp together with the two clamps A
A at nOtchcs b B B b. Tie the strings,
take off the clamps, and the press falls
back ready for the next fleece.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-04-25
RHa $500
MGARMe Fog6@
@ 1NN GARDEN
DAT SMUT.
How to Use the Formnlin Treatment
Easily md Successfully.

Easily md Successfully.
Dat smut is practically all PREVENT
BILE by a simple method of treating the
seed oats to kill the smut spores that
are sown with the seed only. Forma
lin is a clear liquid, a solution of for
maldehyde in water, and may be pur
chased at drugstores for about 90
cents per pound. Each pound is sufli
cient to stir into fifty gallons of water
and will treat fifty bushels of seed
oats. One ounce is enough for three
gallons of water and will treat three
bushels of oats.
The formalin is not poisonous, though
not wholesome. 1t is well to avoid
smelling of the strong solution as pur-
chased, because it is irritating to the
nostris. The very dilute solution used
for Oat smut is not Objectionable, ac-
cording to the Ohio station, which
would proceed as follows in treating
oats for smut:
Having the solution made at the rate
of one ounce of. formalin to three gal
Ions of water well stirred, and a gal
to be treated, apply this with a sprin-
king can to the oats in piles on a tight
floor. Grain piles should not exceed
about six bushels, and the number of
piles will follow from the amount of
seed. Sprinkle each pile in turn, shov.
cling thoroughly, knowing how much
solution is applied. Continue in each
case until the solution tends to run out
on the floor despite the shoveling. Usu.
ally a half gallon or more per bushel
may be sprinkled on the first round
when the one pile is passed for a few
minutes while another is handled IL
the same way. Upon a second sprin
king Of each pile as much solution is
used as will be held; then with a third
or fourth repetition the gallon pei
bushel may be used. After this shove
over and leave in low, fiat piles over
night or for not less than four hours
The seed may then be spread thin on Q
floor and shoveled over occasionally tC
dry out for drilling, or it may be sowr
wet if broadcasted.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-04-25
ONION NOTES.
The Old and the New Culture-Trans
DInntinE and Cultivation.

planting and Cultivation.
There are two ways OF sowing onion
seed. The old way was to SOW in drills
in the field as you would peas or other
garden crops. After this the fight with
the weeds was sure to disgust the Gull
tiyator Of onions. In the end we had
sacrificed many of the plants in trying
to kill the weeds and of course had Il
very poor stand of onions. During the
past few years the cultivators of on
ions for commercial purposes have
been growing their onions in hotbeds
and then planting them out In the field.
BY actual experimentation it has been
found that the cost of maturing the
crop when transplanted is somewhat
less than when the seeds are sown in
drills in the field.
When the seedlings are Of size to
set out which will be in about six
weeks, the ground should be thorough
ly cultivated so as to kill all the weeds
that may be starting. The ground
should then be laid off in rows eight
cen to twenty inches apart. Onions
will stand q great deal of crowding,
and some growers put them as close
as twelve inches. When the plants
are being removed from the hotbed,
the tops should be cut back. The
plants are usually set three inches
apart in the row, with the lower end
of the bulb about an inch below the
top of the ground The transplanting
may be done with an ordinary dibble.
The cost of maturing an acre Of onions
in this manner is about 500, including
seeds. hotbeds, transplanting and cul-
tivation. The cost for an acre in drills
is about the same.
The cultivating may be done with n
horse or with wheel hoe. For tend
ing crops of this sort, the Kansas ex-
pertinent station has successfully used
wheel hoe with the onion hoe at
tachment. The advantage of using this
implement is that the rows may be
grown closer together. The increase
in yield will enlarge the profits on a
given area. The knives run on each
side of the row and clean out all the
weeds except those that are directly
in the row with the onions.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-04-25

Statistics are not very useful If they
are not approximately accurate, and it
is clear that the American department
of agriculture has been out of all range
in its returns Of live stock. In 1900,
according to the census, there were
G9.522,7 34 cattle in the United States,
whereas the department put the total
at 43,9O2, 414.-London Live Stock Jour-
nal
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-04-25
Hint. About Tomato Plant.

II 1t is desirable to dwarf tomat,
plants and thus force them into a com
pact growth, transplant into anothe:
cold frame. allowing each plant doubl,
the distance 1t before occupied.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-04-25
The Way II Was.

Mrs. Grump-I understand you had
some trouble with Mrs. Kick. where
you last worked?
Hired Girl-Oi didn't hav' no throuble
wild her, mum. Shure it wor her thot
had tn throube wild me.-Ohio State
Journal
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-04-25

Never is time more precious than
when some member of the family is at
tackled by collie, dysentery or bowel
trouble. The doctor is distant but If
Perry Davis Painkiller in near all dan
ger Is soon ended.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-04-25

Scrofula, salt rheum, erysipelas ard
other distressing eruptive diseases yield
quickly and permanently to the cleans.
ing, purifying power of Burdock Blood
Bitters.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-04-25
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D. .E/R.5;''s,,|]

The story of the expectation of horses
leans is told officially in the following
figures. The showing is the largest
ever made by any single seaport in the
history of the world. This is the state
ment: "From Oct. 1, 1899, to Nov. 80,
1901, the total valuation of horse and
mule cargoes was $13,4S3052, exclu
sive of feed, which amounted to $685.
G19, making grand total of $14,476,-
go. The total number of horses and
mules was 140,050, about equally di-
vided." From this it would seem that
the average value of the horses and
mules shipped to South Africa and
elsewhere by the British government
is, to be exact, $9G27, and we all know
that so small a sum of money has not
since Oct. 1, 1899, been paid for any
very good horse. AS has been said be-
fore, remarks The Breeders Gazette,
we can very well afford to lose all of
the small inferior horses of the "war-
rior" type that the foreigners will buy
from us provided they will ship them
away out of this country so that the
mares among them may not in time
return to plague the breeders again.
No doubt many of the mares taken to
South Africa and used up in hard
marches and other work incidental to
warfare will do yeoman service in re-
stocking the high veldt with the sort
of pony that thrives best on it, for any
kind of a large, full sized horse will
not do well on the thin land and bare
feed and peculiar climate, with its
constant changes of temperature, but
we have no use for such now. Once
upon a time perhaps we had; but, at
any rate, that time has passed, and it
is splendid to be able to relate that we
have got rid of so many of these horses
for so much money and in such an ad-
mirable way. 1t is an i'll wind that
blows nobody good.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-04-25
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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-04-25

Sow string beans at intervals of two
weeks In succession.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-04-25
FOR SHEARlNG TIME,

Handy and Simply Made Press For
Tying FIeeces.
Sheep shearing being to the fore
again in the routine of farm operations,
a sketch from an exchange is given Of
a wool press that is commended as hav.
ing been found very handy.
Take board 10 inches square for
the bottom, then take two boards 10
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-04-25

Love makes time pass away, and time
makes love pass away.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-04-25

A woman's tongue is her sword, and
she does not let II rust.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-04-25
A stubborn Name.

I see in late issue a letter from an
Ohio man about training names of
horses, writes Pierre De Soucy in Ru-
raj New Yorker. His way may be
very good. but know of another way
which am sure never fails Make the
name into braids as big round as the
little finger, tie up the end with piece
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-04-25

Mondays when he will be the Hotel Allen Stable Mddebuy Season
Middlebury, May to July aS.
PediSree:
SREIolabid Ethan Ethan Allen No. 49, by Black
Mmbno Patchen No. So by
Iatcten, No 3d. Granddam by Riley Adams Flying Morgan
II quarters
TO privilege old decrept
Bills due when o Mares disposed of to be considered with
foal All accidents risk.
TERMS Board
bills be paid before of
duly
recorded in clerks Office
STYLE intelligence action with speed and
good breeding
pleased
have used will give
D. e. GROSVENOR, PROP,
BRIDPORT, VT.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-04-25
EDISON ALLEN, No. 0476.
Race Record, 2:17i

Will make the stable of D E. Grosvenor Bdpor
Mondays he will be Allen Stable Mddebuy Season
Middlebuy, May July aS.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1902-06-20
aREALIsm-.

Hear the Wild and hoWIng tempest burst
IN fury On the stage.
Hear the wind sweep Ger the housetOpss
and the rolling thunder rage,
See the daring- flashing lightning gIaring
through the window wide,
To reveal the Sowing villain, lamping
from the dark outside,
7Whils the rain IS pouring, pouring, and
the hero warmly cIOaked,
Pauses briefly On the threshold to observe
that he IS soaked,
See the canvas houses tremble IN the fury
OF the gale.
And the heroine, poor creature, look all
terrified and pale
on. the dread Of those dark moments,
there amid that awful ON,
Which IS shaken by the stage hands from
few square yards OF tin
Oh, the terror Of those vivid sheets Of
binding lightning, which
Are produced by quickly turning on and
On a rubber switch.
But the hero weathers safely all the fury
Of the storm,
Braves the shot that makes the rain fan,
and escapes quite dry and warm,
While the villain. Ike an Ajax, gives the
thunderbolts the smile
And amid those blazing flashes smokes the
prop mans pipe the while.
Hear the solemn curfew ringing at the
tender close Of day,
As the molten notes go floating Ger the
hills and far away,
See the peasants streaming homeward
through the rudy tWilight's glow,
LISTING to the bells soft ringing as along
their way they go;
How the solemn spell IS carried till It thrills
the very air,
And O'ercomes those simple people as they
stand bareheaCed there.
What a flood Of sweet emotion that meI0-
diOus music brings
As it's hammered from a crowbar that's
suspended IN the wings.
Portland OregOnian-
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1902-06-20
HE IS COMING WEST.
In September and October Next
President Roosevelt Will Visit
Many Communities

Washington, June 15.-The Presi-
dent win start on a somewhat ex-
tended trip through the west and
northwest during the latter part Of
September. He has accepted invi-
tatives TO 60 to Detroit, Minneapolis
and other cities. returning by the
way of Springfield, H., where he viii
attend the state fair on October 2.
Some time in October the president
viii take a trip through the south
west, his objective points being the
fair at San Antonio, Tex and a
bear hunt in the swamps of AIissis-
siPpi. The intinerary for this
trip has not been definitely arranged.
The journey may include points in
Kansas and Nebraska going out and
New Orleans and other southern
cities returning
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1902-06-20
THEY'VE ALL SURRENDERED.
Gen Kitchener Has Handed Over the
south African COnstabularT TO the
Civil AuthorftIes-

London, June 1s.-A dispatch from
Lord Kitchener, dated Pretoria, June
is, announces the additional surren-
der Of 915 Beers. This completes the
surrender In the TransvaaL Under
date Of June II, Lord Kitchener an
nOunces that 700 Beers surrendered
at BlOemfOntein yesterday and all
the surrenders IN the Transvaal and
Orange River colonies are now com
plete. In the Transvaal 1925 men
surrendered and 1858 rifles were
given up, while in the Orange River
colony 1896 men surrendered and
$3.50 rifles were turned in The fig
ures for Cape Colony have not been
fully received. Lord Kitchener con
cludes as follows: II have handed
over the South African constabuIary
to the civil authorities as the neces-
sity for further military operations
has ceased
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1902-06-20
REMOVED FROM POLITICS.
Hereafter. Fourth-CIass POstmasters VIII
Not Be Disturbed at Every Change
or Adm inIstration.

Washington, June hinder the
recent ruling OF Postmaster General
Payne the appointment Of fourth
class POstmasters has been taken out
Of politics. This change is especially
gratifying TO members Of congress,
as well-as those who now hold a post
al Office Of this class. Retention In
Office depends now wholly upon good
behavior and attention to duty. Thus
a fOurth-class postmaster is not now
removed merely to make room for
another so long as the first ap-
pointee administers the duties of his
Office faithfully and honestly.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1902-06-20

rame was Corn Cobb, no matter what
merits he possessed.
But that morning, when he had al
most stumbled over her in a depress-
ing London fog, he seemed to feel
nothing but the utmost pleasure in
the unexpected meeting
In delicate way he drew from her
the account of her fathers death and
the necessity now laid upon her of
earning her own living, all of which
was news to him Her voice and pow
ers of mimicry she told him were her
only gifts, and on the advice OF
friend who had lived abroad she had
come to London and found employ
ment in singing coon songs in the
drawing-rOoms of people OF wealth
and title.
Katherine Whitney had come to
London six months before with eager
relief, to escape the poverty which
faced her in her own country, but
though well received, she never for
got her position; she was hired at so
much to entertain my lady's guests,
and when that was over they had no
further use for her.
In former days she had looked
upon the CObbs with amused tOler-
ance at their lavish display, feeling
an Unborn sense of pride that though
poor, she was a Whitney, and one of
her ancestors had signed the deelara-
ton OF independence
From childhood she had hated pow
erty; Il meant to her a cramped, mar
row Hfes desires that could not be
fulfilled. generOsities that could not
be gTatffeds and yet. when a way Of
escape had presented itself In the
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1902-06-20
First published Nay Sol
notice OF PETITION TO SELL

CTATE Of Kansas. sherman county. So To
- whom d. may cu1cem= Notice ls hereby
given and you are hereby notified that have
received written notice from the county super
iutenient Of Sherman county kansas that on
the 18th day Of Januarys lsZ- SAID county
zuuerIuteudent received petition signed b
~ houssbolders residing b Grant township.
school lands IN said township Be exposed TO
sale. said lands are particularly described a.
follows. to-wit- The north ooe-half M u
section sixteen l16l. IL toEuship SIX IS south q
RANCE furty-oue lsll vest 81 the sixth principal
meridian in Sherman county KANSAS That
the said county superintendent ~ public in
struction % said county b. and with the con
sent II the county lsslo-ers 81 said county
appointed in writing, three disinterested house-
lands. Each oT them being Erst duly sworn az
cordinE 70 law. they proceeded 70 and did ap-
praise said land and each Eut-cITisiuu 81 said
land separately a. one dollar and twenty-five
cents SIS per acre. said lands being uuim-
proved which auurl1eer1euE beng returned IN
writing. signed b. appralsers appointed 70 the
couufT clerk 90 said county. a. Gle IN his
and appointment and the power vested 10 me
b. law i. the understood. cuuuty treasurer q
said couufg. DO hereby give notice that ! vii
Friday. the first dav Of August. A. y. letlZ- be-
tween the hours 81 ten o clock a. M and three
oclDek ,. m Of said day. at ny ofiice- being the
OF - q cuuury treasurer 81 said county IN the
court houae n the city ~ ffuoilaud. ID said
said school lands above described % the hiRhssf
bidder. hut no bad az said sale uIll b received
for less than the appraised value Of said lands
Wines ny hand a. t1oodlald- Kansas. tins
+ WAKSEE, County Treasurer.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1902-06-20
RACE WAR CONTINUES.
At EIdorado, III, the Houses of Ne
grOes Were Stoned and Occu-
pants Warned TO Leave.

Carbonate, Ill, June 1S.-The race
war which has been in progress at
EIdOradO, Ill, since May %, when a
mob attacked the Colored Normal
and Industrial institute, q school
modelled after the celebrated Tuske-
gee, Ala, school, still continues.
The homes Of cOlored citizens have
been stoned, warnings sent the Oecu-
pants to leave the vicinity and shots
fired into their homes late at night
Many, through fear, have left, sacri-
fcing their homes and in some in
stances their crops There remain
only five families and two Of them
viii leave at once The board Of
trustees viii consider the removal Of
the school at the coming meeting,
June p.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1902-06-20
Bfus to amend Pension Laws.

Washington, June 1.-Two bills
were passed to amend the general
pension laws, one to provide for the
restoration to the pension rolls Of
the widows Of soldiers who subse-
quently married ard were again
widowed, and one to increase the
pension Of those who have lost a
limb or were totally disabled while
in the military or naval service. The
latter bill also carried an important
provision to increase the pension Of
a soldier under the dependent act
OF 1890 from SD to $50 per month,
when such pensiOner requires fire.
quent OF periodical attendance.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1902-06-20
sEaIn and ProrfsIonr.

Kansas City. June 1Z--Sales by sample
on track Wheat-NO- 2 hard. 6s5i d70lzc;
No hard. 6s1zT70cs No 2 red. nc: No.
red, TITTIlzc- Corn-No. mixed. &C.
No. 3 mixed. 60T61c: No white, 65I
651zc, No. white. 65G651zc. Oats-No. 2
mixed. 42dB1kc; No mixed. 411kc; No
2 white, &c; No white, &c Rye
No 2 Sc Hay-Timothy, S6Oo612- 50;
prairie, 100000. Eggs. 145kc per dOz-
POultry-Hens, alive. &C; ROSTERS, ITO
20c each; turkeys. 75zG1Oc; ducks, ia
lZ1zc; geese, 4cs pigeons, 800 per dOZ-
Butter-Creamery, extra fancy. I9c per
h.; dairy, 1Sc; store packed, 161kc. POta-
toes home grown. 7gGS0c per bu- Toma-
toes, SOC per z-basket crate Beans. green
and wax 50d15c per ID bu- Lettuce, ga
30c per bu- Asparagus. 5G1Oc per doz.
punches Spinach. 29QZ5c per bu- Onions,
new, S0G90c per bu- Cabbage, 800 per
cwt- Radfshes. 5G1Oc per doz- Cucum-
berss sc per dOz- Apples, $LT562-50 per
bu- Raspberries, black. S00I1-50 per
crate; red. S2O0G3-O0- GOoseberries. $50
as per crate Blackberries, SLO0T1- 50
per crate