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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-02-06
Among our Neighbors.
Bloomfield.

Only small part of the voters in
town were out at the special freemen's
meeting Tuesday. The license party
made an extra effort to get out their
votes. The result of the baloting was
No, 20; Yes, -.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-02-06
TOWN TOPICS.
ADVERTISED LETTERS.

List of letters remaining uncalled fol
at the Island Pond post Office Jan. "a:
Mrs. Alma |. Sawyer, Mrs. A. $.
Wadsworth, Melville Henson.
lfeRtiOR Adrertised Letters.
u. w. Carpenter, Postmaster.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-02-06

Harvey Cross and wife are visiting
friends in North Stratford, y. II.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-17
The Oleomargarine La w.

Some time ago it was shown that
one weakness of the present oleomar-
garine law, the use of some ingredient
which made it possible to avoid the
law against the use of eoloring mat
ter, was working hardships on butter
makers, but reports generally indicate
that the law was wise one, and prove
beyond all question that consumers do
want oleomargarine. 1t was held by
the opponents of the Grout bill that
the public demand was so great that
to place any restrictions on the meth
DDS of marketing cleo would be to
drive out of the market a merltorious
article. Those who upheld the bill
claimed that if oleo had any merit Of
it's own it should be sold on that merit
and not disguised as butter The law
as enforced has shown that by far the
greater number of those who used
oleo did so because they assumed it was
butter, the color helping to carry out
the deception. Oleo may be nutritious
and have great merit, but it is evident
that few people desire it or will buy it
when they have full knowledge that it
is not from the product of the cow.
The Grout bill has benefited farmer
and consumer alike, and any attempt
which is likely to re made this coming
session of Congress to modify its pro-
visions should be fought hard by farm
ers and dairymen. If butter must be
sold ON its merits, why not oleo, also?
st. Paul Dispatch.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-17
Fara Notes.

Aroostook County, Maine, is called
the potatoes paradise. This year the
crop will range from 100000 to
100000 bushels. of which the greater
part will be shipped away Last year
the price averaged S1.70 a barrel
Some men Will use the hoe so that
the top layer Of soil is cut off clean
and gathered up with the weeds that
may have been the chief object os
the hoeing. The surface remaining
will be hard and smoofh-quite the re.
verse Of what it should be. Cultiva-
ton should mean stirring Of the sur
face. making it fine. If this be done
in loamy soil shortly affeg a rain ii
win not break into large Jumps.
The green crop plowed under Is com
posed Of three chief parts. About
four fifths Of it is water. or from so
to IS per cent; about one-hftieth Of the
whole. OF 2 per cent. IS composed OF
what is called the ash ingredients. and
the rest Is the so~called organic mat
ter. This organic matter. which is
really the most useful part OF the
green manure, makes up. therefore.
about a twelfth Of the whole mass
under the ground
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-17
THE BADGER STATE.
NEWS OF THE WEEK CONCiSELY
CONDENSED.
This Years. Crops Are Below Average
Man Stays Sister-in-L Law and Self
MonteI1o Bank Open Again-Indian
Girls for Maids.

The State crop report of Secretary
]. NJ. True announces that the season of
1908 falls below the average both in
quantity and qualits of product. The re
port is in part as follows: The season
OF 1908 falls below the average. both in
the yield per acre of most Wisconsin
farm crops, as also in the quality of pro-
duct. The cold, wet weather is the
cause. As a result the yield per acre is
less than that of last year and the quail
ity is also inferior. This is especially
the case with oats, which We're badly
shrunken by rust, and have also been Sc
riously damaged in the stack. Most of
the grain is light and inferior in feeding
value. The only crops that have been
excellent are those of grass and hay,
though considerable trouble was expert
enced in securing the latter crop. on ac-
count Of rain. A large proportion of the
farmers of the State are interested in
dairying, and TO these the abundant pas
turage has brought rich returns The
following tables show the estimated yield
per acre of the various farm crops of the
State. and the quality of same, 100 rep
resenting No. ! product:
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-17

! smiled up at me. From that moment
1 loved the child and decided TO keep
| her. In the bottom of the basket we
found scrap of paper with the words:
You will not be expected TO keep the
child for nothing, for a remittance will
be sent you every month"; We search
! ed the basket for the letter that the
man had spoken about. but we could
not find it, and concluded he must have
meant the note, though that did not
explain much, to be sure. That child
was you, Elsie, and my only regret is
that l do not know who yoGr parents
were. l knew your name wal Elsie,
| because it was worked in all your
clothes and"
"Have you changed your mind, Ar
| thur?" 1t was Elsie who had spoken.
| All during the time her aunt was talk
/ ing she had been as one stricken dumb,
and now she turned to Arthur with
sarcastic look on her fine face
Changed my mind?" he echoed No;
a thousand times mo. If anything, FL
sic, love you more"
! One day, about year after Arthur
and Elsie were married, Elsie, who
was exploring the attic, came across
/ an old market basket Thinking it was
worthless, she started to tear out the
| lining, but in doing so scrap of paper
| tucked up under the rim caught her
eye. She pulled it out and glanced
over the contents.
1t was the other half of the note
that had been found in the basket the
night it was brought. The note was
from Miss Maywood's former lover,
saying that the child was his and ask
ing her to care for it for the old loves
sake, as he was dying and had no
relatives to send it to.
SO the mystery was solved, and you
will not find happier couple than
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Glidden.-Boston
| Post
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-17
A lIaudy HOE scaFold,

In my visits to many farm houses
In this couCt2y / noted pany. home
made scaffolds ON which to hang hogs
after they are killed and scalded, but
the one shown in accompanying figure
and which / use myself, consider as
handy and practical as any. 1t can be
moved anywhere, even in the smoke
house, and if made out Of good season
ed timber and painted, it will last a
lifetime. 1t win hold five hogs weigh
ing 500 pounds each.
One can buy five large hooks, or
have a blacksmith make them, at a
very small cost; these are to hook over
the beam, A, on which to hang the
hogs. The top piece, A, is a chestnut
scantling, 2x4 in. and 6 fit. 10 in. long;
this piece has two mortises. 8 inches
from center, as shown in cut. The two
upright pieces, B, are hardwood scant-
lings, 2X4 in. and 8 1T. s in. long.
These have a mortise at the top
inches wide and inches deep; also
mortise at bottom l inch deep and
4 inches long. These pieces also have
a mortise 112x11a in, . fl. 3 in. from
center to the upper end, for the tenon
of brace, D, to so into. These pieces
also have a moTtise feet from lower
end for brace. e, to set in. The stills,
c, are 2x4 in. and #. in. long,
They have a mortise in center inches
wide and l inch deep; also a mortise
inches from center, for brace, E, to
set into. d is brace 11ax2h in., and
it. in. long. including tenon, which
is 11ax113 in square and 4 inches
long E is brace 2x3 In. and 1 TT
II in. long.
All that is required to put this scat
fold together are two A-in. bolts, !
inches long, to bolt the beam, A, to the
upright pieces, B, and sixteen 6-penny
nails and two bolts g inches long tc
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-17
The Man Rehind the Cow.

Don't dose your COW or dog until you
know what is the trouble. Treating
the symptoms should be most cautious
ly done. If your dairy business is sick
locate the cause most carefully or you
may treat the case ignorantly and kill
the patient-the business.
Some dairy troubles originate in the
herd, some trace to the farm, few
are based on the market but the foun-
tian head of nearly all such evils is
found in the man behind the COW. Fer
ret out the certain weakness that is
found here, and all others are quickly
cleared up. Watch the man behind
the cow.-Farm and Ranch.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-17
Hogs ON Posture.

On most farms there is a wornout
pasture or a newly cleared piece OF
ground thick in underbrush or sprouts
which would make ideal runs for
swine. A good plan is to fence off a
portion of such places so that the anil
mails will not run off the flesh as fast
as it is put on, build some sort of a
rough house so they will be protected
from storms and turn them loose to
root and grub. Many pasture that
was supposed to be worthless has been
rendered fit for reseeding after drove
of hogs had occupied it one summer.
Much of the living can be picket up
on the range in the manner suggested
ana the swine will be in fine shape to
take on fat when the proper time
comes to confine them more closely.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-17

idea, and especially if the sections
We're of greater dimensions than those
given, to run a brace from corner to
corner diagonally to give additional
stiffness. The corners should be well
fastened and the frame is then cover
ed with wire netting. Three nlanks are
fastened to the bottom of the frame at
intervals, as shown, and braced with a
strip from the frame to the planks.
These planks will hold the section up
right and prevent it from sinking into
the mud. Several sections can be
quickly made after the same pattern
and hooked together at the corners the
desired length. These movable fences
would be especially valuable in the
spring, where numbers of chicks We're
to be raised and it was desired to keep
them In Enclosures. If used to surround
chicks, wire of a finer mesh would
need to be used-Indlanapolis News.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-17
Decline of German Sparrow.

In 1871 Germany was a nation of
100000 inhabitants, of whom GO per
cent were engaged in agricultural pur-
suits. In 1900 it had increased 10 an
empire Of 5S,000,0O0 inhabitants, of
whom 80 per cent were engaged in
agriculture and Go per cent in industry
and trade. This transformation from
agriculture to industry was most ac-
tive between 1880 and 1895, during
which period the working population
increased IFS per cent, of which agri-
culture only gained OF per cent; while
manufactures, mining and the build
ing trades were increased by 29.5 per
cent and commerce by 4S.9 per cent.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-17
Miles of Book shelves.

Although the British museum al
ready contains more than three miles
of bookcases another addition is about
to be made to the department of
printed books. The new building will
be a FIVE story wing 800 feet long 1t
is estimated that the cost will be about
100000, of which $250,000 already
is in the hands of the trustees.
Since the completion of the per-
manent building in 1917 the trustees
have been obliged to enlarge the
library space several times to keep
pace with the constantly increasing
literature and the needs of the readers.
The original library, numbering $4,000
volumes, has now reached the million
mark. Last year alone IS 140 new vol
umes were added and 100000 news
papers and similar publications.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-17
WHALES DIVE DEEP.
Something About the Habits of the
Ocean Monsters.


Ocean Monsters.
Both whalers and naturalists have
usually held that when whales sound"
they descend to great depths. One
writer on the subject estimates that
the larger members of the group dive
fully thousand yards In a memoir
published in Belgium DR.. Racovitza
challenges this belief, and states that,
in his opinion, 100 yards is the maxi
mum depth to which any whale can
dive, and that many species cannot
reach anything like that limit. Says
the writer:
Why should wales want to go to such
depths? All whales sound for the
purpose of obtaining food, and in the
profound darkness of 1000 yards what
food could they get? Those species
which feed on anmalcules. might, per-
haps, obtain what they want. But how
about the species which feed on fishes
and cuttles? At depth of a thousand
yards they certainly could not use their
eyes to detect non-luminous species,
and we have no evidence whatever
they feed on the self-ldminouS deep-sea
fish and cuttles; if, indeed, there be
any of the latter On the contrary, the
available evidence indicates that they
feed on ordinary, light-dwelling fishes
and cuttles which live in much shall
lower zones. But this is not all. 1t is
known that the effects of a pressure
of more than three atmosphere prove
fatal to human life; and, although we
may believe that whales can stand
treble this pressure or nine atmos-
pheres, which would occur at about
ninety yards depth, is it conceivable
that they could resist the effect of ten
times the latter pressure, or ninety
atmospheres? Moreover, does it seem
possible that a whale, whose body is
only slightly heavier than water at
Gfdinary pressure, could exert the mus
cular force necessary TO propel that
body to a depth Of a thousand yards?
DR.. Racovitza contends further that
whales never sleep. One of his argu-
ments is that individuals will follow a
ship for days, which they could not
well do while asleep
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-17
EARLY LIFE OF PATTI.
Great Singer Was Born in Madrid
Sixty Years Ago.

Sixty Years Ago.
1t would seem almost unnatural to
begin the story of a great success with
the assertion, They were born rich"
When Adelina Patti first saw the light
at Madrid sixty years ago she proved
in this respect no exception, says Will
lam Armstrong in Success. To be
exact, the date, which is set down vari-
ously in different biographies, is given
by the singer herself as Feb. 10, 1913.
Her father was Salvatore Catania
Patti, a Sicilian, and her mother, a Ro-
man by birth, Caterina Chiesi. Both
were opera singers. Her eyes opened
on the world at a time when the af-
fairs of her parents We're sorely strait
ened and the mother of the little one,
who was later on TO bring bright days
to her, lad TO sing at her post at the
Madrid opera house the very night
that Adelina was hein.
When she was barely three weeks
old her parents, collecting their little
all, started for Italy. There the two
elder girls, Amelia and Carlotta, were
put In a boarding school at Milan.
The baby. being of too tender age TO
be left behind, was taken with them
to New York, where they hoped to bet
ter their fortunes amid newer and
more promising surroundings than the
old world had offered. Tie earlier
years of Adelina's life were spent in
part like those OF the little American
children about her. and in part in
way that served TO fit her for her flu
ture calling.
She trundled her hoop on lower
Broadway with the rest an easier az
compiishment then than to-day, and b.
the time she was spent her evenings
behind the scenes ar the opera where
her father and mother were singing
There she first heard the niles in which
she was later 10 become Gus, and,
by peeping through a hole in the seem
cry, got an idea of the plays and geS-
lures that accompanied them. When
she went at night with her little head
In a whirl from ali that she had heard
and seen. she says. she would steal out
of bed when the rest we're safely
asleep and enact the prima donna role
to which she had listened, throwing
herself wreaths made Of ne'vSpaperS
at interesting points, She WIS Sipsu-
larly outSpoken then, as she Is today,
end one night. when a New Ilrima
donna had won a success TO which the
/ little singer felt she was rot entitled.
she said 10 her, AT the end of trill
which had won enthusiastic applause
Il think you did that very badly, In
deed You should have sung it so"
Then she illustrated the point for the
surprised lady's benefit. And though
had never studied the trill. I seemed
TO get it right" she added. Other
wise she was very ike other children,
devoted to her doll and waiting for the
sound of the ice cream mans voice
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-17
Liv. stock A. s., Loui. Fair.

Live stock exhibitors in each breed
class at the Worlds Fair will receive
a senior champion prize and a junior
champion prize for males and females,
and reserve champion award viii
follow in four classes Competition for
the senior championships will be linn
tied to mature animals, and young
males and females only will compete
for the junior champion prizes Pros
pective exhibitors express themselves
as highly pleased with the plan of
Chief Coburn Of providing for a more
equitable method. of awarding cham
pionship prizes and thus increasing
the number of honors.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-17
All Over the State.

The new budget shows the t.,x rate for
Madison for 1903 is OBJ, which is an in
crease over last year.
While duck hunting on Lake Monona
Harry d. Clarke, a prominent and
wealthy young man of Madison. was in
stantly killed hv the accidental discharge
of his shotgun.
At the Marathon County Board meet
ing, a special tax will be levied for road
and bridge purposes. During the heavy
rains of a few weeks ago many bridges
were carried away.
Burglars secured SEQ at the home of
Hugo Kugler at Rapids They entered
when the house was alone during the
absence of the family and took money
and other valuables, including clothing.
The Earinette Lumber Company has
practically closed deal for the purchase
of the Zech sawmill and lands at Crivitz
from the German Exchange Bank of
Chiffon. The consideration is said to be
over 100000. The purchasers will re-
build the mill and make many changes,
which will mean much in an industrial
way for Criyitz.
Attorney II. C. Douglas, who was ar
rested at Wild Rose and held in Maus-
ton on charges of forgery and embezzle-
ment, was found dead in his CELL The
verdict of the coroner's jury is death
from heart disease.
Allen Kittridge of Milwaukee held the
middle of a country road with his auto,
forcing a husky young farmer to the
ditch for safety Before the auto sue
ceeded in escaping. however. the farmer
got square by flashing the chauffeur
soundIy with a whip. regardless of the
panic caused among the young women
companions of his victim.
Racine College football team has been
disbanded be4ause the members ate
Judges" anu other sweets, against the
orders Of the coach. 1t was claimed the
sweets united the boys for study and
athletic games. They managed to get
the good things. however and thus the
football team was abandoned.
The body Of Erick johnson was found
near the Grand Rapids city park Sat
uriay. Marks on the head seem TO indi-
cate that the man came TO a violent
death. He left town the other night with
two companions in a buggy. Neither
of the young men has been found. There
was no money found in Johnson :
clothes.
The Milwaukee road hes sent word to
the Menomonee Falls Sugar Company
that it has notified all agents 10 refuse
TO accept any more Wisconsin sugar
beets, as the tracks there are completely
blockaded. Never before has the sugar
beet crop been SO large in this State.
David Walsh and Frank Lupton,
charged with dbuE glary Of tie grocery
store Of John Schreibesi Of Menasha and
an assault upon him with 4 revolver,
were bound over in the municipal court.
10 appear Nov Is In default of bonds
in the sum of $500 each. they were COM
mitted TO the county Jail Schreibesi
claims he positively Identities the two
men as his ASSISTANTS.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-17
MovabIe Pantry Fences.

When for any reason one does not
care to so to the expense of permanent
fences around the poultry yard, NOV
able fences like that shown in the cut
may be used to advantage. They cost
but little, and If well made will last
for several seasons. The sections, as
shown, may be of any dimensions de-
sired, although if about four feet high
and six feet long they can be better
handled than when larger The frame
may be of any light weight material,
and should be made so that it viii be
as stiff as possible. 1t might be a good
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-17
YIELD PER ACRE
y :
QUALITY OF PRODUCT.
Two Slain in Family Row.

Mrs. Daniel Rohrerl was shot and kilt
ed at Neenah by her brother-in-law, Da-
vid Rohrer who afterward committed
suicide. The man was a cattle dealer
and wealthy. The double killing was the
result of a quarrel between the Rohrer
brothers over property. A settlement
had been effected, but this proved unsatis-
factory. 1t is said that David blamed
Daniels wife for this condition of af-
fairs. Daniel and his wife were moving
some goods out of the house and Mrs.
Rohrer was just emerging from the door
with bundle of clothes when her broth
er-in-law shot her three times in the
back. She had scarcely fallen when the
murderer turned the weapon against
himself.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-17
Pickinc Fowls for Market.

Poultry shipped for market alive
lose considerable Of their weight in
transit. and while there is a demand
for poultry in this condition that must
be met. by far the greater demand is
for dry-picked cercasses. 1t is not a
pleasant task to prepare poultry for
market particularly when the enrrails
must be removed, but as stated In
this department several weeks since.
the additional price pays well for the
labor. a dry-picked fowl has perfec-
ton of skin which is attractive and
for which the best customers are quite
willing to pay
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-17
our Largest Assay once

The New York assay office is the
largest and most important in the
country. 1t is in charge of Andrew
Mason, who has been connected with
it since 1854. and who has been its SUI
perintendent since 1888. Nearly twice
as much bullion is assayed and re-
fined here as in any other United
States office. the yearly average being
about S50.000.OO0: but often it exceeds
this amount. as in 1898. when the value
was SS1. 465. 49,. 19.-St. Nicholas.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-17
TO A WEE CoQuETTE.

Wee lady, such tease thou art
One may not half believe thee.
1 share corner of thy heart,
And yet thou wouldst deceive me;
For when | beg thee, little Flo,
To grant just one caress,
Thy pouting lips make answer "No"
The while thine eyes say Yes"
Wise men assure us that the heart
Is mirrored in the eyes;
In thine | read with lovers art
The truth thy tongue denies.
So thou, my sweet, those eyes must close
Or yield to my caress,
Cor though you speak ten thousand
"Noesr'
Thine eyes still answer "Yesr'
Catholic Standard
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-17
Manitowoc Man Dead,

Clarence Smalley, head Of the Manito-
voc Machine Company and a leading
business man of the city. died very sud
denly from heart failure. He was 81
years of age and had resided in Mani
towoc all his life. He was formerly as
ISOLATED in the Smalley Manufacturing
Company, manufacturers of farm ma
chinery, and of late years had estab-
lished the Manitowoc Machine Company.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-17
PntIndianaIn Kitchen.

\ number of the most prominent wom-
en- in Appleton will SOON make an effort
to solve the servant girl problem by
bringing from the Oneida reservation a
large number of young Inoian girls and
teaching them the fundamental principles
of kitchen work. After preparing them
it is proposed to secure positions in
families, the heads of which will be lem
lent until they become more proficient.