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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-08
CdITTENDEN COUNTY
WINOOsKI.

Patrick Cuff assistant foreman OF the
dying department of the Burlington mills
dropped dead shortly after twelve o clock
Thursday at his boarding place, Thomas
Par1o's on East Allen street. Mr. Cuff
being in feeble health was obliged to
leave his work at the mills about August
l. lie went to the Fanny Allen hospital
and was treated for about six weeks for
what was thought to be tuberculosis of
the lungs. lie left the hospital Sept, 26
and returned to his boarding place in
tending to start for his home in Pro-
vidence Il, l., Friday, his sister being
expected to come for him Thursday night
tie appeared to be about as usual Thurs
day morning and talked with Mr.,
farizo about his in'oN' '! trip shortly
after noon MIR. Cum ASKED one of the
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SOUTH BURLINGTON.

Little Eleanor Richardson is quite sick
Aunt Minerva lIcfion has gone TO her
old home in Franklin for a few weeks
stay.
MIR and Mrs. Gerald Phillips of Hunt
ington visited trends in town last week
Tuesday.
j. y. Hill and wife visited in Starks-
boro few days recently
John Henlon is attending business col
leCe III Burlington.
This place was visited by a high Wind
Sunday. which terminated in a dowu
pour of rain ut night.
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MONKTON RIDGE.

There are several on the sick list. II.
Walston has been disabled for a long
time. DR.. Briggs of Bristol is treating
him; Mrs A. L. Miles Ia in bed with a
mild fever, DR.. Stoddard has the case
in charge: Mrs. Baldwin Is very poorly,
but keeps about by living principally up
on grapes.-J. w. Miles of Utica. N. ".
is spending a week or two with his par
ents; his wife also is with him. He has
charge of the baggage and express car
on the Rome & Watertown road.--L. Rugg
has returned from trip to Oho.-The
quarterly meeting will be held here the
10th and 1lth inst. j. Il. Spicer, super
intendent Of evangelstic work, is expected
to be present.--It seems probable that no
liquor license will be procured here at
present,
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Parizo boys to assist him up stairs to get
some things from his trunk When he
reached the top of the stairs he gasped
and fell to the floor. DIR. Sheehan was
summoned and assisted by Mr.. Clement
who was near by, the stricken man was
carried to a bed. where 1t was found he
had breathcd his last. His remains were
then taken to the undertaking rooms
of "A. h. Clement, to be prepared for
burial. Patrick Cuff was 43 years of age.
and unmarried. He had held the position
of assistant foreman of the dyeng depart
ment of the Burlington mills for the past
year and half, coming here in 1901 from
Ashland, n. H., where he held a similar
position. Mr.. Cuff was a man of genial
disposition, made friends wherever he
went and will be missed by a wide circle.
lie has a brother, james Cuff, and a
sister. Miss Mary Cuff, both of Pro-
violence, r I.
The work of installing the new Ss inch
Hercules wheels at the Touring mill power
station was completed Friday morn
ing ana at 9:46 O'Clock the gates were
partially opened and the wheels started
under the supervision of the supcrin-
tendent of construction. G. IL. Harvey.
They worked satisfactorily
The case of f. f. Gonyeau. charged
with selling Intoxicating liquor without
n license, which was slated to be tried
Saturday, October 8. was postponed one
week. Gonyeau's place was raded Septem-
ber IS by Constable Ravln and Deputy
Sheriff Brodie on complaint made to
States Attorney Icary.
a quiet but pretty wedding took place
at st. Francis Xavier Church Tuesday
morning. when Miss Aida. daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Alphonse Dubuc. became
the bride of I1ormidas Bcurdeux. The cere-
mony was performed by the Rev. J. f.,
Audet at $50 o'clock in the presence of a
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BRISTOL.

The officers of the Young Woman's
Missionary society elected Friday after
noon are as follows: President Mrs. e..
l.. Sherwin; vice resident, Mrs. c. c.
Currer; secretary, Mrs c. T.. Hathorne
treasurer. Miss Jennie Smith; board of
managers, Mrs. q. f., Cady, Mrs. r..
y. Guindon, Mrs. f. II. Boynton. Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Lewis and son Of Dux-
bury are guests of Mrs. Phoebe Ridley
Mrs. and Mrs. d. II. Bosworth are re-
ceiving congratulations of their friends
or the birth of a son.-Mr. and Mrs.
Eugene Vincent buried an infant child
IN the Catholic cemetery Saturday.
Miss Jennie Grow has leased house in
Middlebury, and will move there soon
Mr. and Mrs. N. D. Bissonette have
leased suite of rooms in Miss o Neil $
tenement on West street, and Will board
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CRANK WAS AN ANARCHIST.
Peter Olsen Elliott, n Wcll-known
Character of south Ninneapolis.

Minneapolis, Mimi, oct. Peter Oh
sen Elliott, also known as Peter Olsen,
is a well-known South Minneapolis
character. lie roomed for several
months at PAS Cedar avenue At that
time he told friends that he was going
to Washington to occupy the White
House" He disappeared and nothing
was heard of him until to-day
Elliott is of Danish birth and speaks
the Swedish language. His name was
formerly Olsen, which he changed
about year ago for personal reasons.
He is strong socialist and an anar-
chistic talker He IL se@'SAist by
trade.
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burlington. who was unable to be present
on account of sickness, the Rev. James
Alexander of Newport, n. H., who spoke
so acceptably at the session in the opera
house last evening, conducted an 'open
parliament"
Previous to adjournment for dinner
President Osgood announced the follow
ing committees: Credentials. the Rev. W.
A. kinzie of Barre; finance, Clyde w.
Perry of Barre, nominations, the Rev.
Mr. Cummings of Danvllc, Miss Perry
OF Barnet and the Rev. II. j. Kilburn of
Bradford; resolutions, the Rev. F. B. Kcl-
logg OF Waterbury. the Rev. Mr. Ed
ridge of McTndoes and Miss Grace Young
of Fair Haven.
The sessions were suspended this after
noon while the delegates and visitors took
a trip to the granite Quarries. A special
train, carrying $50 people. left the NJ. &
w. K. railroad station at one o'clock and
returned at $3.50 o'clock, after half
hours intcrmission the sessions were
then resumed. this time at the Congrega-
tional Church. Tho whole afternoon Sos
sion was devoted to junior work. Miss
Mary w. Ellis. the State junior superin-
tendent, presiding.
The Junior exercises were most inter-
esting They were opened by exercises
by the Congregational Junior society of
Barre. followed by an address by Mrs L.
A. Pierce of Westminster, the State as
sistant junior superintendent. The Rev
James Alexander of Newport. n. H.. a
popular convention speaker. was again
called on and he responded in the same
happy fashion The afternoon session was
closed with an address on Christ and
the Children by the Rev W. w. Sleeper
of Wellesley. Maas., and an open parlia-
mont on junior work hy Dr. Francis T.
Clark.
THE EVENING SESSION.
At the Barre Opera House this even
ing, the most important meeting of
the convention was held. The house
was completely filled. The Rev. Mr.
Hager of Hyde Park read a selection
from the Scriptures and offered prayer
Following this. Harry Wade Hicks Of
Boston gave an interesting address on
"Workmen That Needcth Not to Be
Ashamed"
President Osgood in Introducing Or.
Clark said there was no man that
Christian Endeavors We're more pleased
to have address them. Or. Clark was
greeted with the Chautauuua salute.
He spoke for half-hour on The For
ward Movement" and held the close
attention Of his audience throughout.
After the meeting pubic reception
was held in the parlors of the Congrc-
gatioual Church. The rooms were pref
tily decorated in the Christian En-
deavor colors of green and white. The
delegates had opportunity to meet Dr.
Clark and Mr. Hicks and a delightful
social hour was enjoyed. An orchestra
furnished music and light refreshments
were served.
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PIPTON.

Mrs. Ella Ford OF Granville was at
the Inn last Ucck-Georg" Clark of Ro-
chester moved a family into his house
at Hroad Loaf Frday.-rhore arc but
very few guests left at the Inn.-Mrs
clara King goes TO Midlebury this week
to work fer +. \. Eon1.-Mss Myrtle
Tart has returned to her home in Han
cock after spending the summer at the
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SOUTH STARKSBORO.

Iorrick III rlburt of Monkton visited
relatives here the first of the week.
john Birdsall has gone to Baltimore to
study dcntistrY.-lhe Rev. Mr. Thurs
ton VIII preach in Jerusalem next Sunday
at y. m.-rhe Friends quarterly meet
ing Will be held at Monkton Ridge next
Saturday and Sunday
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purchased farm in West Lebanon, N.
H.-Wiliam Austin is moving to his new
home.-John James was seriously injured
last week. Some farm machinery that
was loaded upon a wagon got out of place
and as Mr.. James was trying to re-adjust
1t. it swung around, striking him in the
face, inflicting a very severe wound. Or.
Eddy dressed the wound and he is doing
as well as could be expected.
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GRANVILLE.

Mrs. D. A. Pcarsons and Mrs. III. II.
Hubbard were in Rochester two days
last week.-D. ID. Temcnway and T.. N.
Hemenway were in Ludlow last week
to attend the funeral of a sister of Mrs.
Tlemeway.- Mrs. George Ford and Mrs
Edmund Wilson have been visiting Mrs
Nellie Dutton at Bethlehem. y. H.-Lcvi
and Barlon Abel are at home for a short
time from New Hampshire.
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WEST BRIDPORT.

Henry Eibeau is visiting his brother,
William Bihcau.--Clayton Norton is work
inc for Mrs, Barton.-Fred Harris is
husily engaged in building permanent
road
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SHOREHAM.

! Mr. and Mrs. H w Jones return =
from two wroks carriage dive Thurs
| d1y.-1 s Brown has gone to New ork
! riday
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A DROP IN BUTTER.

IIlgin, H., oct. 5-Butter declined a cent
a pound on the board of trade this after
noon, selling at - ~ Sales for the wcel.
900 roo pounds.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-03-27
Rk;e;JHha1zs R;!e;J !
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The Sheep in Winter.

In sheep husbandry there Is one
tliag that must be observed and not
overlooked. and that is thrift, writes
Jacob Ziegler Thrift means health,
gain in quality, quantity and produc-
ureness, hence profit, and profit is
what we are after. 1t should always
be the object of the flock master to
keep his sheep in thriving condition.
The quality of the wool as well as Its
quantity and the general productive
ness OF the flock demand this system.
Now the question is what are the
essentials of thrift? l say good feed,
water, shelter and close attention OF
the shepherd. 1t is the worst possible
practice to allow the sheep to fall
eway in flesh as the grass fails In the
autumn. The increasing wool con-
ceals the shrinking carcass much to
the disappointment Of the careless
flockmaster. Better confine them in
the yard than to allow them to ramble
about in some field in search of food.
which furnishes little green feed but
too light to be Of any real value.
For winter fodder there is nothing bet
ter than fine early cut clover; cut
when in bloom and well cured. Hay
from old meadows consisting of
variety Of grasses is very good. Sowed
or thickly drilled corn for fodder. cut
and well shocked in good season. is
also splendid feed. Good corn stover
is a good and cheap feed. A feed of
bright oats straw two or three times
a week can be given to good advant
age, and the leaving of the straw and
stalks makes a splendid yard and
good absorbent of the manure. Brigh,
sheaf oats fed once or twice week
in racks Is also an excellent feed. Ii
answers for both grain and fodder.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-03-27
The Value Of Spraying.

Senator H. M. Dunlap, of Savoy, H.
linois, is a great believer in spray
ing, and he consistently practices
what he advocates. But now and
then he leaves few trees unspray-
ed just to see what will happen to
them. In this way he gets some very
impressive object lessons. In the ac-
companying cut is shown one of these
unsprayed apple trees. The man in
the picture is Senator Dunlap. The
tree in front of him Is one that has
been left unsprayed. The leaves have
been stripped from the tree by in
sects or fungous disease, and the de.
velopment of the fruit has been
checked midway. The yield from this
tree was one-half bushel of apples,
while trees nearby that had been
sprayed yielded Is bushels per tree.
So much for the value of spraying.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-03-27
The Sow at Farrowing Time.

The sow should have nothing to
eat for the first twenty-four hours
after farrowing; but should be allowed
plenty of fresh water. The second
day little slop and little oats may
be given in the morning and evening.
After that the feed should be gradu-
ally increased until she is on full
feed. Care should be taken that she
does not get any feed that will be too
rich for her or that will act as purge,
as the little pigs will be subjected to
the same condition. Her feed should
be such that large flow of milk will
result A good ration to produce
good flow of milk is slop composed
of equal parts of middlings and gluten
feed with a little oil and bone meal
added and in addition all the corn
she will eat up clean. AS soon as
possible after farrowing the oats
should be used very sparingly, as it
tends to dry up the milk supply; but
should the SOW become constipated,
causing like condition in the pigs,
a liberal feed of oats will relieve
them, but should she be the reverse
good dry corn and plenty Of good
water will stop 1t. By carefully watch
ing the condition of the SOW and by
providing warm, dry quarters there is
very little danger Of the little pigs
scouring.-R. c. Hoffman.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-03-27
Care of Milk and Cream.

The quality of Iowa butter could be
considerably improved if the quality
of the milk and cream delivered to
the creamery could be improved. Milk
is never better than when 1t is first
drawn from the cow. All the care and
attention that may be given it can
only retard the natural process Of
souring, or prevent the introduction
of dirt or bad odors. Under farm
conditions, cleanliness and a low tenn
perature are the only means the far
mer can use. The separator at the
creamery cannot take out the bacte-
ria that make the milk sour quickly
or produce bad flavors. There is
nothing that the farmer or butter
maker can do to make the milk or
cream any better. they can simply
prevent it from getting any worse,
and since the farmer has the first
handling Of the milk and cream, his
responsibility is the greater. The
milk must be drawn in cleanly man
ner into clean pals. strained into a
clean can, set In the tank of water as
cold as possible, the can cover left
loose, and the milk sent to the cream
cry as soon as possible.-H. R.
Wright.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-03-27

She was easily persuaded to wait
another day before she called on tn
sick man. Laura little dreamed thai
the unconscious stranger whom he
companion was nursing was the ono
her fond, loving heart longed for
Thus, in blissful ignorance of thr
peril of her Paul, she waited for III
train to move on. She had not long
to wait Next morning, long before
it was light, she was awakened b
the noise of Esquimau teamsters an
yelping dogs and cracking whips.
She hurriedly dressed and gazed ou-
into the starless night. She saw az
CRY clouds gather about the mountaig.
peaks. and the air was full of flakes.
Sled ready" the Esquimau chatter.
ed
She made haste to get ready to take
her place on it. All was hustle and
confusion. Laura looked in vain for
the face of some one she knew. For
the first time in her life the face OF
Lakeland would have been welcome.
Where is he? Where is Lack
land?" she asked.
"Un-. boss gone" the Esquimau ar
swered.
Where is she? Where is Kate?
do not want to go without her; | viii
not go Alone" cried Laura, beginning to
fear treachery.
Holt" shouted the Esquimau, and
crack went his whip, and the dog
bounded forward like the wind.
stop! Hold" she shrieked, but
her voice was lost on the raging wind,
and she went soaring away into the
night and beating snow.
Meanwhile Paul lay on his hard pal.
let of skins asleep. with his faithful
nurse at his side, her eyes on the face
of the sufferer. He was sleeping
peacefully. The fever had almost
abated, and his brow was less flushed.
p The woman held the lamp closer to
his face and muttered:
He is getting better"
The Grit-advocate., 1903-03-27
CHAPTER XIV.
Kate for Harmony.

Morning dawned amid a raging
snowstorm, but thanks to the logs and
frozen mud with which the little cabin
had been daubed, the patient was
comfortable.
Kate brought some warm broth and
gave him a few spoonfus, and hs
whispered:
Where am II"
Il don't know. Somewhere in that
everlastin' cold. snowin' country call
ed Alaska; but couldn't give We the
metes and bounds if I was to try
Who are you?" he whispered.
I'm Kate Willis, the woman that
washes for a living at Seattle. I'm
on my way to Klondyke to start a
laundry"
Who are you WITH"
We'll, there's hull passel in our
crowd, but l don't know many O. 'em.
Ye'd better be quiet, an when yer
better We kin git acquainted with
EN-"
Paul acquiesced in her plan by sim
ply nodding his head and closing his
eyes, anu she resumed neT WOrk.
When he awoke there was a marked
change in his manner, and he was re-
gaining his strength. She brought
him, some more broth, and, after he
had taken few spoonfuls, he said:
Did you say you came from Seat
tle?"
Yes"
Who brought me here?"
ut was the boss of the train that s
goin' to the Klondyke. reckon he'll
ne here after awhile an then we can
see him yourself l don't think ye
ought to talk too much"
"Yes-I ought not. They struck
me on the head"
He shut his eyes and tried to
sleep and sac went to the door Of the
little cabin. All was clear She saw
one of the Indians lettering near and
called to him and ordered him to go
to the next camp and ascertain what
had detained the dog sled.
(TO be continued
The Grit-advocate., 1903-03-27
AN IRISH witch DOCTOR"
Strange Story Of Superstition That Is
Vouched For

At Ballygore police court, County
Galway, Ireland, a few days ago. a
witch doctor" was charged with hav-
ing obtained money by false pretenses.
The accused was a small farmer in
the district and the prosecutor another
farmer named Moore, who had been
i'll. The accused met Moore and told
him if he carried out his instructions
he would be as sound as a rock. AS
a first installment he demanded about
- shillings from Moore to get through
the preliminaries and when he came
to the real cure" he said-it would be
necessary to have gold, silver and cop
per coins. The sick man provided a
sovereign, a 2-shilling piece and pen
ny. The witch doctor then stripped
him, wound him up in a sheet and
placed him sitting in chair in which
were two red-hot bricks. The patient
underwent terrible agony. but he bore
it patiently, while the witch doctor
went on his knees and uttered some
unintelligible prayers. After the burn
ing the doctor put the coins sepa-
rately into the sick mans mouth. re-
fusing to allow him to touch them
with his hand. Then he buried the
coins and told Moore he was cured,
| but warned him against looking for
the CONS, saying that if any one dug
the place up they would very likely
instead find couple of "dharkdiels"
insects credited by the ignorant and
hn
The police subsequently dug up the
ground where the coins were supposed
to have been buried but none was
found there. The prisoner was held
for trial.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-03-27
Eeedinu Soft Corn.

From Farmers Review: We have
been buying some corn that contains
more than the usual amount of water
and possibly it might be classed as
soft corn" However the season is a
little later in Kansas than it is in
some of the northern states and
presume that the so-called soft corn"
is not SO markedly soft in Kansas as
further north. We have been feeding
the corn to 100 head of steers and
have been obtaining excellent results
with It, The corn that we have fed
this year seems to give as good re-
suits as any we have ever fed and we
have heard no reports of trouble re.
sulting from feeding this years corn
You ask, how does this corn COM
pare with soaked corn?" To my mind
there is no comparison whatever as
the corn that we have used resembles
ordinary corn very much more closely
than does soaked corn.-D. H. Otis.
Kansas Agricultural College
The Grit-advocate., 1903-03-27
individuality Of Cows.

There was time a few years ago
when dairy experts and men that
thought they knew great deal about
dairy cows held to the opinion that
breed was nearly everything and that
individuality in COWS was of minor
importance. They would hardly [ y
cede that it was possible ever to find
good COW in the beef breeds. Within
five years great change has come in
public opinion in this matter. Dairy
men of high standing are saying that
they do not care what breed a COW is
of it she is only a good COW. Mr..
Gurler, than whom there is no better
dairyman in Illinois, selects his COWS
without regard to breed, only making
sure to get animals that have capacity
and that are persistent mixers. A. ].
Glover, now connected with the Uni
versity of Illinois, and who is devot-
ing his entire time to field work along
dairy lines, makes much of the indi-
viduality of the COW. He has found
very good cows even among those not
having even dairy form. The differ
ence between individual cows is very
great. Sometimes a COW is medium
mixer but is SO persistent that she
will do very well in the course of a
years work. Mr.. Glover tells of one
Guernsey COW that has come under
his observation that produced $50
pounds Of butter in year. Yet that
COW was so weak in constitution that
she had to be fed and handled with
the greatest of care. If she were
turned out into muddy pasture and
should fall down she could with diff
ficulty extricate herself or get up. She
was wonderful butter producer, but
her individuality was something of
her own and not something that be-
longed to her breed. Pedigrees are
good things to have and they have
a certain value, but they do not tell
all the story. That must be hunted
out for each animal. We cannot yet
select good cows by the wholesale and
on breed characteristics.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-03-27
Care in Pedigree Making.

w. NJ. McFadden: Most hog men,
and nearly all farmers. plan more
work than they can execute, conse-
quently the rule generally is that the
pediSrees are put off until the last
moment and then hurriedly made in
the evening after a hard days work
There is nothing that better illus
trates the old saying that haste
makes waste" and the whole pedigree
matter is SO important that it is quite
remarkable that breeders do not take
time to post themselves in the matter
of making pedigrees and then take
sufficient time to get them out in bet.
ter shape. A man will take great
interest in the popular blood lines,
and In the probable trend OF the
business SO as to keep thoroughly In
line and posted as to what he ought
to buy and how he should do, and yet
he will be sadly deficient in the mat
ter of pedigrees. II there was a gen.
orally better standard Of excellence In
the matter of making peoIgrees, breed
ers would not be SO liable to accept
from others pedigrees on which there
are serious defects. The rules now
require all dates Of sale. This Is one
thing that is frequently left off of a
pedigree. not to mention the more
important things, such as the entire
omission of a date Of farrow or a
failure to sign the pedigree. l have
had pedigrees sent me on which no
sire was given, and yet the owner of
the animal had kept the pedigree in
his possession for several months.