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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-06-02
The Silo and the Corn Crop.

A large number of farmers are build.
ing siloS this spring. This means grow
ing more corn and keeping more cattle.
Corn is good crop for the farm, and fol
the farmer who grows it, is good fod
der for the stock to which it is fed, and
the Silo is a good means of storing and
preserving it. The multiplication OF
slos is sure indication that those farm.
ers who are providing them are wide,
awake in their efforts to enlarge theii
business and improve their condition.
Hence silos are an evidence of progress.
Too long and too much has the tendency
been in the direction of curtailing the
business of the farm. Fields that should
be productive have been allowed to run
down to a low condition, and with them
have gone down the ambition and the
activity of the owners. There is moth
ing more depressing than a run down
farm.
But don't fall into the impression that
it is the silo that awakens sleeping
energies and revives prosperity. 1t is
the man behind the silo that is working
the change. That run down acre annual
ly bearing it's half ton of hay has with
the effort of single season been trans
formed to the equivalent of three or four
tons. There are possibilities in these
larger crops. The grower realizes this,
sees it, and gains inspiration from it.
He awakens to new field of vision and
puts in renewed effort. Thus does the
silo make a better farm by making a
better farmer to handle it. There is
room for many more of each all up and
down the State.-Maine Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-06-02
The strain of Rowing,

A medical paper discusses the health
Of the oarsmen" and comes to no very
definite conclusion as to the effect OF
training and racing on the after life Of
the varsity oar. Some years ago the
late Professor Morgan, In his little
work. University Oars" gave the re-
suits of an investigation regarding 255
who were then living out Of 294 who
had taken part in the boat races. And
his returns seemed to show that oars
men were rather benefited than in
jured by the discipline and struggle.
It must be remembered that the pre-
liminary sitting Of the torpids, the
eights and the trials weeds out the
weaklings at oxford who could not
stand the strain. And every rowing
man knows that the trained man who
tumbles back in the boat after hard
fought race is as fit as ever within q
minute.-London Chronicle.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-06-02
Peculiar
To Itself

In what it is and what it does-con-
tanning the best blood-purfying,
Alternative and tonic substances and
effecting the most radical and per-
manent cures of all humors and all
eruptions, relieving weak, tired,
languid feelings, and building up
the whole system-is true only of
Hoods CdrSapdrilla
No other medicine acts like it;
no other medicine has done 80
much real, substantial good, no
other medicine has restored health
and strength at 80 little cost.
II was troubled with scrofuls and came
near losing my syesisht Fer four months
could mot SO to do anything. After taking
two bottles Of Hoed's sarssparilla I could sec
to walk. and whom had taken eight bottles
could see - well - ever" susu A. HAIRS
TON. Withsrs. n. O.
hood's eareapasilIa promises q
euro and keepo tiso promIss.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-06-02

pm not an Engltshman," said the guard.
mind of such as Sticky, for 1t was huge
and well equipped with the modern ap-
pointments. AS soon as the two Amert'
cans had been given their rooms they
sent for their luggage. Then they went
out to the broad piazza, with its COL
umns and marble balustrades, and
looked for Sticky, remembering their
invitation to drink. The guard had re-
fused to enter the hotel with them,
urging them to allow him to remain on
the piazza. He was not there when
they returned, but they soon saw him.
On the sidewalk he was arguing with
white uniformed police guard, and
they realized that he had been elected
from sacred precincts.
They promptly rescued him from the
officer, who bowed and strobe away as
soon as they interceded.
"Dese fellers is slick enough to See
you are swells an I'm not" said
Sitzky, not bit annoyed by his en-
counter. "I'll bet my head at inside ten
minutes old Dangloss will know who
you are, where you come from an
what you're dOin' here"
"Ill bet fifty heads he won't find out
what we're doing here" grinned An
guish, looking ut Lorry. "Well, let's
hunt up the thirst department"
They found the little apartment In
which drinks were served at tables,
and before they Bald goodby to Sticky
In front Of the hotel, q half hour later,
that worthy was In exceeding good hu-
NOR and very much flushed in the
face. He said he would be back in two
days, and II they needed him for any
purpose whatever they could reach
him by a note at the railway station.
Funny how you run across an Amer
lean in every nook and corner Of the
world" mused Lorry as they watched
the stocky ex-man-o'-warsman stroll
of toward his hotel.
"If we can run across the Guggen-
slockers as easily, we'll be In luck.
When shall we begin the hunt? To
night"
1--WE can make a few inquiries con.
cerning them. They certainly are peo-
pie of Importance here"
II don't see the name on any Of the
brewery signs around town." observed
Anguish consolingly. There's evi'
dently NO Guggenslocker here"
They strolled through the streets
near the hotel until after 6 o'clock,
wondering at the quaint architecture,
the pretty gardens and the pastoral at
mosphere that enveloped the city. Ev-
erybody was busy, contented, quiet and
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-06-02
STATE OF MAINE.

COUNTY OF OXFORD, ss.
Board OF County Commissioners, May session'
1903.
UPON the foregoing petition. satisfactory M evi,
denee having been received that the petitlone,.s
are responsible, and that inquiry into tne merits
Of their application Is expedient, 1T Is ~.
that the County Commissioners meet a. .S VIZ
store OF George Hartman Son IN N%o,sn %
Lowell Village, August %. 1913. AZ nine ,S
Of the clock A. NJ, and thence proSeeu ~
view the route mentioned In saiu Pet.'
ton; Immediately after whicn view. g,
hearing of the parties and their witnesses VIII ,. ov
had at some convenient place In the vicinns u,ic
and such other measures taken In the prennse5,
as the commissioners shall judge proper. .s' anu
II Is further ORDERED, that notice OF the tnne,
place and purpose OF the commissioners mee.lns
aforesaid be given to all persons anu cotpoi", .,
tons interested, by causing attested coPieS w. "
said petition, aud OF this order thereon' W an m
served upon the clerk OF the Town ol LvSJp, nps
aforesaid, and also posted up IN three Paoll. Pasl.
places In said town. and pubnsned tnree w.
successfully In the Oxford Democra., n
newspaper printed at Paris, In SAID Ooui' O
ty OF Oxford the first Of said publications., an, @
each OF the other notices, to be made, served AM
posted, at least thirty days before saiu un,o
meeting, 20 the end that al persons and corpora
tons may then and there appear anu snew ,'as,
II any they have, why the prayer OF saiu PeN'
TONERS should not be granted. c,.vk
ATTEST CHARLES y. WHITMAN, o,oin, .n1i.,
A true copy of said petition anu oruer Vi i0o"'
thereon. ,,..
ATTEST +. WHITMAN. Clerk.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-06-02
SOME QUEER NOTIONS.

Odd Beliefs About Animals That
Were Held by Our Ancestors.
Our respected ancestors had some
queer notions in regard to natural bis
tory. Old Sir Thomas Browne, In his
Enquiries Into Vulgar and Common
Errors" discusses many of these. That
a brock or badger hath the legs on ono
side shorter than on the other he
says, though an opinion perhaps not
very ancient, is yet very general" This
belief was received not only by theo-
rists, but by most Of those who had
daily opportunity to behold and hunt
them; yet Sir Thomas could not &C
cept this belief, because 1t seemed mo
easy affront into reason and generally
repugnant unto the course of nature"
Wherever he looked he saw that the
limbs Of animals on the opposite sides
Of their bodies were of the same length
and number and that none Of them had
an odd leg. One would think that the
question might have been put beyond
cavil by simply measuring the limbs
Of the animal. but perhaps they never
thought Of that.
The worthy knight, however, could
accept the basilisk. though it does not
seem that he ever saw one and did not
question its power to kill by 'inhicting
its eye" as old DIR. Parr would have
expressed it, upon its enemy. And
why not? For II plaques or pestilen-
tial atoms have been conveyed in the
air from different regions, II men at a
distance have infected each other, II
the shadows Of some trees be noxious,
II torpedoes deliver their opium at a
distance and stupefy beyond them
selves, we cannot reasonably deny" he
says, "that there may proceed from
subtler seeds more agile emanations,
which contemn those laws and invade
at distance unexpected" But there
was limit to the credulity Of Sir
Thomas, and as for the generation OF
the basilisk, that 1T proceedeth from
a cocks egg hatched under toad or q
serpent" he thought 1t conceit as
monstrous as the brood itself.-Forest
and Stream.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-06-02

To the Honorable the Court of County Commis.
siOners for the County OF Oxford. next to be
holden in salt County OF Oxford. at Paris, on
the twelfth day of May, 1903:
Humbly show the subscribers that a town way
In the town of Woodstock In said County OF OS,
for,l beginning near the farm buildings owned
and occupied by Horace +. Littleueld on the
north side OF the Grand Trunk Railway OF cana
da, In said Woodstock. and running easteriy IN
the most feasible route across land OF "A. y bry,
ant and land OF ;. q. Wyman 10 the County foau
near the buildings of 5. u. Wyman, wouln oe o.
great public convenience; that q petition asking
for said location was duly presented To the sc
lectman OF said Woodstock bv the suDscrlDers
hereto, who thereafter on the first day OF way,
lg gave written notice of their Intentions, 10 De
posted for seven days, In two puOnc PAGES ~
said town OF Woodstock, In the vicinity OF thc
proposed wav, giving the termini thereon; an :
In pursuance OF said notice said selertmen ui
meet as therein stated at the time and pace
named I'm said notice, viz: May ., lsS, at
three O'Clock I'm the afternoon at ). u.
wyman's and proceeded to view said pro-
pnset way but said Selectmen or municipat
officers did unreasonable neglect and refuse
10 lAy out or locate said way, or to report
a location thereof TO the said town OF Wood-t Ick
but refused 40 TO do on the said Sth day OF May
1893 Wherefore your petitioners. considering
themselves aggrieved by such refusal, pray tlat
vour honors NAV, agreeably to law In such case
made and provided, locate such way, (tnis peti-
ton being within one year from such refusaD
and take such further action thereon as Is oy ""
In such ease made and provided.
Woodstock, Nav l?, 1893
H. +. LITTLEFIELD and others.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-06-02
Expert Potato Culture.

For growing potatoes the soil must be
thoroughly prepared and fined. where,
ever possible there should be both fail
and spring blowing. The potato crop
seems to demand complete fertilizer
for its best growth. Farm manures are
hest applied broadcast, and either plow-
cd in or worked in with suitable har-
row. For most localities with small
summer rainfall, fiat culture is to De
recommended.
If the seed is to be dropped by hand
the furrow should be opened by shovel
plow; if the planting is done by machin-
ery. the planter should be set SO as to
place the seed two to four inches below
the surface. The rows should be thirty
To thirty-six inches apart and the seed
dropped twelve to sixteen inches apart
in the row. The light application OF
commercial fertilizers tive hundred TO
one thousand pounds to the acre) for
starting the crop will in most cases prove
remunerative. This should be arplleo
in the drill. care being taken that the
fertilizer does not come IN contact WITH
the seed.
The seed should be we'll grown and
medium size and carefully kept In the
dark and in the cold until time for plant
ino. The seed should be soaked for two
hours before cutting, in solution OF
corrosive sublimate or formaline; De-
cause of it's less poisonous quaiitles,
formaline is to be preferred. After being
treated the seed should be spread out
and carefully dried, and not allowed 10
come i'm contact with anything that mas
been used as receptacle for scaDOy
POTATOES. This will prevent inoculating
the soil with the fungus which produces
scab, and will not kill the fungus already
in the soil. The seed should be cut into
as large pieces as practicable, with not
less than two eyes to each piece.
A few days after planting, the held
should be narrowed with fne-to0thed
harrow. This is the beginning OF the
soil mulch which is important 10 keep
over the land during the growing season
so as to conserve the moisture. Furtner'
more. this first narrowing will Kill the
weeds which are beginning to germinate.
1t sometimes is practicable to harrow
second time before the potatoes are up.
After the potatoes are through the
Ground the horse weeder can be used
once to advantage. A fine-tOothed culti'
vator should be used between the rows
throughout the growing season, until
the vines practically cover the ground
This can ordinarily be used to advantage
as frequently as once in ten days ana
should always be used after ram OF
sufficient amount to compact the surface
soil. 1t will, of course, be necessary 10
narrow up the cultivator as the vines Dc
gin to spread.-Dr. G. d. Woods IN Mir'
ror and Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-06-02
PITH AND POINT.

It may be hard to be good-it Is not
hard to be kind.
Genius has always received more ap-
plause than money.
Presumption lies at the bottom OF
much that we call success.
It requires no strength Of mind to be
meant does to be generous.
True greatness lies not in never fall
ing, but In rising every time we fall.
Keep your business to yourself or
some other fellow will keep 1t for you.
The public is a baby, depending
largely upon the nature Of the indul-
gence Of its nurse.
The higher a balloon rises the small
er 1t looks, and is this not true Of many
ambitious members Of society,"
Failure In life is not loss Of capital
or the catastrophe Of business ven
ture. Such things are accidents that
may happen to all.-Schoolmaster.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-06-02
STATE OF MAINE.

COUNTY OF ONFORD, IS.
Board OF County Commissioners, May SESSION.
1898.
UPON the foregoing petition, satisfactory
evidence having been received that the petition
ers are responsible, and that inquiry into the
merits OF their application Is expedient, 1T Is
ORDERED, that the County Commissioners uee'
at the Glen Mountain House In Bryants fonu'
June "a 1893, at nine OF the CLOCK A. NJ
and thence proceed to view the route men
toned In said petition; immediately aIteI
which view. hearing OF the parties anu
their witnesses will be had at some conVenent
place in the vicinity, and such other measures
taken In the premises as the Commissioners shan
iudge proper. And it Is further ORpEREp, thal
notice OF the time place and purpose ol the Coli,,
mlssioners' meeting aforesaid be given 10 All
persons and corporations interested, oy causing
atested copies of said petition and OF this oruer
thereon 20 be served upon the Clerk OF Lne
Town OF Woodstock, In said County, anu also
posted up IN three public places In said town
and published three weeks successively IN the oA-
ford Democrat newspaper printed NJ ariS 4, ~
said County of oxford, the hrst OF saiu Puou-
cations and each OF the other notices, 70
be made, served and posted, az least Init!
days before said time of meeting, 70 the ena tnat
all persons and corporations may then anu there
appear and shew cause, II any they nave, Wny
the prayer Of said petitioners should not W
granted. ~, c,.A
ATTEST CHARLES 4. WHITMAN, Clerk.
A true copy Of said Petition anu oruer Vi
Court thereon. o.,
ATTEST CHARLES y. WHITMAN. Clerk
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-06-02
His Forenoons Began Early.

When Philip d. Armour engaged a
new secretary, he did not tell him at
what hour in the morning to report
The young man appeared at 8, but
found Mr.. Armour at work. Nothing
was said about the secretary being
late.
The next day he presented himself at
half past 8, only to find Mr.. Armour
ahead Of him.
So on the day following he came at
8 o'clock, with the same result.
Determined to be on hand before his
boss, he came at 7:30 the next day,
only to be greeted by Mr.. Armour with
the question:
"'Young man, will you tell me what
you do with your fOrenoonsT
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-06-02
THE METHODlZER.
Thoroughly Informed, Quick to Stop
Io~.es md Increase Profits.

Thoroughly Informed, Quick to Stop
Losses and increase Profits.
"a methOdizer," says writer in the
Saturday Evening Post, "acts as ply
sician to commercial patients, makes a
searching examination of a business,
demands of it's proprietors their fullest
confidence in giving him clear view
of its conditions and then prescribes a
series of changes in the system by
which the business is conducted.
What the methodizer most often finds
Is a clinging to old and antiquatcd
ways. He naturally first examines the
books of the concern. These may show
what is the matter or they may be so
kept as to fail to show conditions
which must be known before the cause
of the lack Of success can be discov-
cred. The methodizer's remedy for this
case is not hard to guess. 1t Is Il
modern keeping Of accounts. II the
methodizer does his client any good,
he does it by getting him out OF the
ruts in which in the majority OF cases
he has been travelling. shows him
where to apply the strenuous EFFORT
how to use his energies and his re-
sources according to modern methods.
A sugRestive Fact For the Farmer.
Possibly the professional methodizer
will not Immediately receive calls from
farmers. But the fact that these shrewd
detectives of the causes Of lack Of sue
cess i'm business and manufacturing are
able to rejuvenate almost dead concerns
and put them in the way of rendering
valuable services to mankind for which
mankind Is willing to award them
abundant prosperity, this fact ought to
suggest to the farmer who has MADE
only a moderate success that careful
examination Of his methods, conducted
by himself and wife with the assistance
Of the older children, may point to the
use of some home remedies" with good
results.
Profit and Loss Accounts.
In a majority of cases the farmer who
wishes he were in the class Of the emil
nently successful will find that he has
neglected entirely the important matter
of keeping books. Now. keeping books
consists not merely in making rigid
account of household expenses. 1mpor-
tant as this is, it may much better be
omitted than may those accounts which
show how much product costs to
produce it and market it and how much
was received for It. Such-a record Will
necessarily show the dates of all that
IL done on the farm. This record OF
dates Is in itself most valuable.-kan-
saS Farmer
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-06-02
Edible to Him.

"You say" Uttered the fancee Of the
vegetarian, "that you could fairly eat
me. Now, isn't that contrary to the
tenets Of your beliefT
mot at ALL" asserted the vegetarian.
"But IL you ate me-
II should simply be eating peach"
No use talking, the meat diet isn't
the only thing that makes the mind
active.-Judge.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-06-02

To the Honorable Board of County Commission
ers In and for the County of Oxford:
We, the undersigned citizens OF the towns o'
Lowell and Stoneham, In said County. most re-
spectfully REPRESENT that common convenience
ana necessity require an alteration In the hign'
way leading from North Lowell to East stonensin'
TO wit Commencing near the foot OF tne Sn,s Sa,n
mon nm, so.called, which Is situated near Nortn
Lowell; thence to proceed around said hill on inc
north westerly side, and to iDtersect with saiu
highway at or near the top of said hill; anu tne
diseOntinuance OF that part of said highway ylns
or place Of Intersection, as above set forth.
Dated at Lowell, Maine, March =, lsCS.
IEWISE. McALISTER and others.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-06-02
NeiRhborly Neglect.

EVERY one knows the dislike OF the
country person to interfere with his
neighbors," says the London Globe.
"a good instance occurred in the mid
lands. Farmer Jarvis, driving to mar
ket, saw through the open door Of a
barn the body Of a neighbor suspended
from q beam and drove on, revolving
the tragedy. When he reached the
market town. he impaired the news
with deliberate emphasis. Good heav-
ems! exclaimed the other. And did you
cut him DOWN. No. said the farmer,
more shwty still; he wasn't dead
vet"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-06-02
Sheep In the Fruit Orchard.
USEFUL TO DESTROY THE APPLE MAGGo1
AND OTHER INsECTs-EAsILy PROTECT
ED FROM DOGS.

The apple maggot (Trypeta pomonella,) }
side of the apple without breaking
through the skin, is one of the enemies
of the apple grower that it has been very
difficult to control. As the egg from
which the insect matches is laid just
under the skin it is impossible to poison
the little fellow with any kind of spray
ing mixture. The only remedy seems
to be to pick up and destroy all fallen
fruits that may contain the maggots, an
operation that most persons consider
too expensive. l have long believed
that the cheapest method of destroying
this wormy fruit in our orchard would
be to give the orchards the run of flock
of sheep in such number that they would
eat all the fruit as fast as it falls. Sheep
will eat apples at much earlier stage
of growth than will cattle or swine. and
they are less likely to injure the trees
than are other animals.
At a convention of fruit growers in
Maine. V. p. DecoSter, of Buckfield, one
of the most successful apple growers of
the state, said that he had two orchards,
one under cultivation, the other pastur-
ed with sheep. In the latter he never
had trouble with any kind of insects.
No apple maggots have ever been found
in this orchard. The sheep are not con-
fined to the orchard, but have pasture
adjoining, larger than the orchard.
They often gather under the trees for
the comfort of the shade and not only
destroy all the fallen fruit, but enrich
the soil with their droppings.
j. S. Woodward, of New York, has
long practiced keeping sheep in orchards
to destroy the insects and is strong
advocate Of the practice, but most farm
ers are prevented from following his ex-
ample by the prevalence of unrestrained
dogs owned by irresponsible persons.
Were yomng man proposing to make
apple growing speciality would have
my orcharding and adjoining pasture
enclosed with dog proof fence, and
then keep flock of sheep large enough
to consume all the windfall fruit. If
some grain were fed daily, the pasture
need not be very large to give the sheep
all the grass and exercise needed to
keep them in thriving condition. Pick
ing up fallen apples by hand is too ex-
pensive for general practice, but sheep
can eat them and yield some profit on
the fruit consumed, for it certainly is
worth something as food or the animals
would not be so eager for it as they are.
"A. w. Cheever, Dedham, Mass.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-06-02
fro BE CONTINUED


There Is a story in the French army
Of a captain who made wager one
day that drummer Of his company
could eat whole calf. The drummer.
proud of his distinction, promised to do
honor to the captains compliment Ac-
cordingly, calf was prepared in vari-
GUS appetizing' ways and was being
promptly disposed Of by the drummer.
When he had finally consumed about
three-quarters of the repast, he paused
for another draft Of wine and, placing
his knife and fork on his plate, said to
his superior officer, "You had better
have the calf brought on, had you not,
for all these little kickshaws will end
in taking up room."