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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-03-11

The LIST of February good beef ami
mails sold for Sc and Gamers for s. per
cwt. Some of you ask, what is can
ner? Well, she is quite likely to be
flor most of them are of the gentleT
SEX your old pet of family COW which
has outlived her usefulness in the
tairy, but which you are too tender
hearted to kill, yet mercenary enough
to sell, giving the best of her life to
promote the prosperity and comfort OF
the country and in death furnishing a
nutritious, if not very palatable, ration
for the defenders thereof.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-03-11

You will be wanting to set out some
shade trees this spring, and, while
some other varieties may do well with
you, still the white or water elm is alb
solutely certain to give you satisfac-
ton. We have no more clean, graceful
or handsome shade tree or one that
will endure more unfavorable condI
tons of location and soil than the elm
Like some people, it grows more beau
tiful as it grows old.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-03-11

One serious problem confronting the
range stock grower is the fact that as
yet no plant has been discovered to re-
PLACE the native grasses destroyed by
overlooking. Nature resents the folly
of these men and gives them alone nox-
ious weeds to replace the grass.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-03-11

The substitution of bags for barrels
for cement, flour, sugar and other com
modities has seriously affected the
coopers' trade While it is bad for the
cooper it is proving good thing for
the forestry interests Of the country
This is one of the penalties of progress
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-03-11
Fire Loss Statistics.

The insurance commissioners of YER
mont have recently issued summary of
business in Vermont and in the report
are tables of fire losses in 1902. There
were 1862 fires in the state with total
damage of $556.775. The table for Gale
donna county is as follows:
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-03-11

The beef trust is magnanimously sell
ing coal to the poor at cost price. Now
when chuck beef gets up again to 10
cents it will be proper for the coal
trust to reciprocate.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-03-11

Butter makers are good deal like
schooteachers. The salaries paid to
the good ones are not high enough, and
those paid to the poor ones are too
high. There really is no place at any
price for either the poor butter maker
or the poor teacher.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-03-11

We are reliably informed that there
Is German farmer living in central
Minnesota who has successfully grown
alfalfa for twenty eight years. We are
going to look him up, for he knows
something that thousands Of other men
ought to know.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-03-11

And now the wise men affirm that
they have discovered that the cause of
appendicitis is the use of fine wheat
-four, the people using black bread
not being subject to the disease. Most
Americans will prefer to take their
chances on white bread and an opera
ton.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-03-11

Many man is the owner of rough,
bluffy, stony tract of land which would
make an admirable site for an apple
orchard Apples take kindly to stones
and gravel and prefer such a soil to the
lower and richer alluvial lands. While
the trees will not grow nearly so fast.
our experience proves that they are
longer lived and harder trees.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-03-11

The types of apples which will be ST.
Iected as the standard for the north
central portion of the country are and
always will be originated from seed
lings developed in that section.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-03-11

The eXigencies Of the fuel situation
this winter in the east have resulted in
the destruction Of many of the maple
sugar orchards Of the New England
states, the fine old trees being cut down
for fuel. This is something greatly to
be regretted,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-03-11

In buying trees to set out this spring
we think you will get the best results
by taking two-year-old trees in prefer
ence to those that are older and larger
lin fact, the two-yearold trees will al
most invariably be the largest and best
trees at the end of five years. Then they
cost less and are more easily planted.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-03-11

We passed through country COM
munity not long since where the barns
and houses were all painted dirty
drab. We do not like it bit. While
this color might do for the house, the
old fashioned red for the. barns and
outbuildings is in infinitely better taste
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-03-11

A September frost is more damaging
to cornfeld than a May frost, which
cuts the young corn to the ground The
latter RECEIVERS, but the former never
does.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-03-11

The Chicago stockyards during the
year 1902 handled cattle worth $780,
1l4000, calves worth $1,14S,000, hogs
worth $126,345,000, sheep worth So.
10000 and horses worth $13,26O0OO, a
total of 1921 100000
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-03-11

The province of Manitoba is equal in
area to England and Ireland, yet con.
tains but 100000 inhabitants, while
the mother countries have 100000
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-03-11

The state of Minnesota has a horti
cultural society consisting of LOO
members. No wonder apples grow in
that state.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-03-11

The northwestern Greenlng apple re-
Quires more pruning and more mois-
ture than any other apple we know OF
suited to the northwest country.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-03-11

The Illinois State Horticultural So
ciety gives it out authoritatively for
that state that the annual cultivation
of orchards and fall sown cover crop
give the best results.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-03-11

A change of ration from cornstallls
and corn and oat ground feed ration
to alfalfa hay in place of the corn
stalks increased the milk yield of two
dairy COWS so fed two quarts each per
day.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-03-11
LINE UP.

=, summary Company d 80. University of
Eeiment .. Goals from floor, Beck 8, Parks
o Fogg /, Bassett 1, Wright l. Fou
90. ID, II U. of ", 2 Goals on
FOULS, Parks :, Bassett /. Referee, Gum.
umpires, Darling and Straub. Timers, Har.
Hey and Clark. Scorer, DR.. N. G. Stiles
lime, 2O-minute halves. Attendance 800.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-03-11

Overbearing trees of any kind al
ways produce small and imperfect
fruit, besides unduly exhausting the
Vitality of the tree. This fact empha-
sizes the need of judicious thinning of
the fruit at the proper time. The
Wealthy and the Longfeld apple and
most varieties of our common plums
are great sinners in this respect.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-03-11

Laying aside all the other advantages
which the silo may possess, it is as Il
crop saver that it stands out as one of
the best institutions on the farm. Last
year at least one-half of all the timo-
thy and clover hay cut in the north
west was greatly injured if not abso-
lutely spoiled as a result of the excess
I've rains. The same is true of much
of the corn fodder that was saved, the
waste being enormous and deplorable.
The silo enables a man to secure his
crop of winter forage entirely indie
pendent of the weather, with no loss
whatever. This is fact worth consid.
ering.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-03-11

A lot of men have been feeding steers
this winter who had the idea that
about ten bushels of corn would fatten
the animal for market. When the ten
bushels were eaten up, they made the
discovery that the steer had only just
got on to full feed and wanted sixty
bushels more Their corn being gone,
they let go at Il loss of money, but
with a gain of much experience.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-03-11

The officials controlling forestry in
Germany are importing American
white pine, spruce, black walnut and
black cherry trees to test their value
as forest trees for that country. These
men are wiser than the tariff officials,
who bar out hams, bacon and sausage
and force the common people to live on
morse meat. Good things come from
America no matter what they are.
The Washington times., 1903-09-15
YANKEE CRAFTSMANSHIP
BEATS WORLDS RECORD
Remarkable Work Done by Gun
nerS on Battleship Alabama.

Bulls-eye and target hits at the rate
of LIE each minute from her three-inch
guns are said by officers OF the battle
ship Alabama to be the worlds record
achieved by the gunners on that vessel
in its recent target practice.
The Kearsarge. Admiral Bankers flag
ship; the Illinois and the Texas steamed
from the firing ground OF Martha's
Vineyard yesterday and anchored of
Tompkinsville. At the conclusion of the
practice the flagship commended the
craftsmanship of the crew OF the Ala
hama, which was approached only by
that of the gunners on the Illinois. The
feet still awaits the Official figures show
ing the standing OF the competitors.
- Built to be fired at the rate of one
shot every two minutes. the gun crew OF
the Alabama have handled the action of
the 13-inch guns so that two and half
hits have been made in that time The
highest individual honors go TO Seaman
A. Brightup as gun pointer. At his post
in the after-turret he made four hits
in two minutes and eight seconds. the
target being 1000 yards away and the
ship steaming at an eight-knot rate.
The Washington times., 1903-09-15
ANNUAL GOLF TOURNEY
At VIRGINIA HOT SPRINGS
Play Will Be Open to Club Mem
bers of u. S. @. A. on Oct. 1.

The Virginia Hot Springs Golf Club
will hold it's annual fall tournament,
open to members of clubs in the United
States Golf Association, and such other
players as may be invited. on October
/. 2. and 9. The following cups will be
offered:
Club cup. match play. eighteen holes;
qualification round, stroke competition.
thirty-six holes. Second prize. Prize for
lowest score in qualification event.
Consolation cup. match play. eighteen
holes. Second prize.
Handicap cup. stroke competition.
eighteen holes. Entries to be accompa-
MED by home secretary's statement of
handicap. Second prize. Prize for low
est gross score.
United States Golf Association and es-
tablished golf rules will govern. Entries
will close the evening before each event.
and should be addressed to the secre-
tary.
The program follows:
October 1, 10 a. DISQUALIFICATION
round, stroke competition. thirty six
holes.
October 2. 10 a. m--Cluh cup; FIRST
round, eighteen holes. 10:S0 a. m. con-
solationscup; first round. eighteen holes
2:SO p. m. second round, for both cups.
October 3. 10 a. m--Semi- finals. both
cups. 2:S0 p. M, finals. both cups.
The handicap cup competition VIII he
played on October 3. Play may begin
any hour after 10 a. m. but must be
finished by p. m.
The Washington times., 1903-09-15
WHY 0'L0UGHLIN WEARS
HIS CAP TO THE GROUNDS

Once was umpiring in Springfield
when Tom Burns had the team and
Buekenberger's Rochesters we're playipg
there" says silk" O'Loughlin az
used to wear my bat TO the grounds and
put 1t under a chair Lear the bench
while had on my cap.
Burns was firing out punk alp at
me and l would shoot them back. his
kept up for a long time before I got a
good one. and l wasn't on 10 the taet
that every time threw one back some
player took a kick at my bonnet.
Say, after the game you should have
seen IT, They just kicked It full of holes
and said 'Henceforth the arbitrator
will wear his cap to the park and throw
style 10 the winds. "
The Washington times., 1903-09-15
DEAF MUTE TO PLAY ON
The CORNELL TEAM

ITHACA, n. Y, Sept I5.-CornelTs
football season opened yesterday after
noon, when twenty-five candidates Cor
the eleven reported to Coach Warner at
Percy Field. The weather was excess
sively warm and as a result the work
was made as light as possible.
The most interesting person among the
new candidates who appeared at the
field was Abram Hewston, of California.
a deaf mute. who for two years played
left tackle for Toronto University. Al
though very light, weighing only Il9
pounds. he is strong and very aggressive,
and the coaches look upon him as one OF
the likely men for one of the vacant end
positions.
The Washington times., 1903-09-15
LEHlGH'S FOOTBALL SQUAD
AUGMENTED BY NEW MEN

SOUTH BETHLEHEM. Pa, Sept. IS
With long practice yesterday morning
and a short one in the afternoon, Lee
highs football candidates put In a solid
days work. Coach Newton gave the
men as light work as possible, owing to
the heat. Buck. who substituted In last
years important games. returned today
and showed a gain in weight of twenty
five pounds. He now tips the scales at
205 pounds
L. Farabaugh. Pyne and Mendosea, of
last years team, were also on the field
but not in toys Among the new men
who appeared today are Wheeler and
Clewell. both heavy and experienced
men.
The Washington times., 1903-09-15
ROGUE TOURNAMENT
BEGINS THIS EVENING

The Park Rogue Club opened it's fall
season and tournament on it's courts at
Sixth and Trumbull Streets last evening.
The play consisted chiefly Of practice
games
Beginning today the ten members of
the club will play the championship
games for the red ribbon. The hours for
the contests are from until 10 O'Clock
each evening. and the games will be
continued throughout the month, two
being played each evening. Robert Pei
ham. jr.. acted as the manager OF the
affair last night
The Washington times., 1903-09-15
Cf Y0UNG'S INITIAL
APPEARANCE ON SLAB

ICY" Young's first major league game
was played in Cleveland August 5. 1890.
against Chicago. and resulted in an 8
to victory for the newcomer.
Chicago's only run was due to a base
on balls to Wilmot. the latter's steal.
"Cy's" bad throw to second to catch the
runner mapping. and base hit by
Burnes
'Cy' struck out FIVE OF his opponents.
gave three bases on balls and was hir
safely only three times
OF the eighteen men who participated
In the game only three are still in fast
company. Young is pitching for the
Boston Americans. thinner is with the
Philadelphia Nationals. and Kittredge is
catching for our lamentably weak team.
The Washington times., 1903-09-15
YALE TEAM REPORTS
FOR FOOTBALL WORK
All the Candidates for Po-
sitions Big and Strong.
SQUAD WILL NUMBER FORTY
Captain Rafferty, Meets His Giants at
Training Table, Afterwards Giving
Them a Workout.

NEW HAVEN. Conn. Sept. b.
Beneath a blazing summer sun Capt.
Charles d. Rafferty, began the training
of the Yale football team yesterday
With the thermometer at 80 degrees Cap
tain Rafferty, met the candidates at the
training table at noon. Twenty out Of
twenty-five candidates expected reported
for work
The coaches waited until the sun had
almost gone down before they began
work The following men we're then
lined up for practice in starting and
catching punts: Centers Smith and Rohr-
back; guards and tackles. Bloomer. Kin
,ney. Bissell. Stubs. Mitchell. Batch
elder and George; ends. Moorhead. Irwin,
Stillman, Phipps, and Donohue.
A Fifteen-Minute Go.
Tn practice only lasted fifteen min
utes. owing to the intense heat There
was not single new man in the squad,
1t was all composed of veterans of last
season and substitutes of last years
team. The noticeable feature of the
squad was that all the men are big and
strong and just such men as Yale must
have this fall TO fill the vacant places
in the rush line.
After the practice Field Coach Chad
wick said: THE squad is very heavy
and the men have all kept in good con-
dition. They seem to be ready for work.
Rockwell, contrary TO reports, is com
ing back and Metcalf has not injured
his knee as reDOrted Roth will nIav
again Shevlin will be here by Thursday
AID BY TIE end of the week we expect a
sop-d of at least forty players"
The Washington times., 1903-09-15
MARTIN TO RIDE FOR
WILLIAM C. WHITNEY
''Skeets" to Receive S25, 900
for First Call on Services.
WILL RETURN TO AMERICA
Popular Millionaire thurman Is Now
Concentrating His Plans Toward
Retiring From English Turf.

NEW YORK. Sept-15.-Jockey ~Skeets"
Martin, now resting upon the crest of
his fame in England, will ride il Amer
lea next season. Such is the announce
ment made today. Harry Payne Whitney.
who is now In England concentrating
the plans looking toward the permanent
retirement OF William c. Whitney from
the English turf. has cabled the above
fact. Martin will not come to this coun-
try until the close of the current sea-
son. He will probably winter In New
York or at San Francisco Early next
year he will take Tommy Burns posi-
ton as head jockey to the Whitney
stable. According to the gossip OF the
paddock, Martins stipend will be the
largest ever paid jockey on the Amer
lean turf, amounting close on 10 S25, 900
direct from the Whitneys for first call
on his services.
Martin has been the senior Jockey IN
the employ of the Whitney stable n
England this year. His career has been
quite as brilliant as that of Maher or
Sloan. and among a certain set OF Eng
hsh racegoers he Is rated the very best
of the American riders in service N
Great Britain IN ten years time, or
since the inception OF the American in
vasion
The Washington times., 1903-09-15
HANDICAP TOO HEAVY,
MISS UNDERHILL LOSES
Finals in Nassau Tennis Tournament
Will Be Played on Today.

GLEN COVE. L. l.. Sept. 15.-The ten
mis- tournament, which has been in
progress at the Nassau Golf Club several
days. will be finished today, when in the
mixed doubles Miss Brown and H. L.
Pratt will play against Miss Fox and Mr..
Tappan. and Mrs. Whitney and Mr.. Kim
ball Will meet Miss Gertrude Travers
and Jerome Trayers. he winners in
these sets playing in lie finals.
In the mems singlSF, Mr.. Beldep will
play sir. Busch, and the winner will
play II. f. Whitney. no played against
Miss Ruth Underhill in the finals, her
score being e.. 6-S. 6-3 Miss Under
hills heavy handicap of minus so proved
too much for her TO overcome
The Washington times., 1903-09-15
FOOTBALL OUTLOOK AT
LAFAYETTE PROMISING

EASTON. Pa. Sept. l5.-Dr. Bull. the
new coach at Lafayette. Will arrive here
tomorrow evening or Thursday morning.
and viii at once take charge OF the foot
ball practice. The first really hard game
will be with Annapolis in October
Notwithstanding reports to the con-
trary. ii is believed that Lafayette VIII
have a strong eleven. There will be six
of last years men on the team. besides
six or more strong subs Some OF the
new material is very promising.
The Washington times., 1903-09-15
MT. TAB0RS AND HARLEMS
TO PLAY TOMORROW

The Mount Tabors and the HarleEis
will again cross bats tomorrow afternoon
on the Olympic grounds. at the intersec-
ton Of Thirty-second and Thirty-Gfth
Streets northwest Buscher, who form
erly pitched for the Harlems. but who
recently signed with the Mount Tabors,
will toe the rubber for the latter nire.
while Gleason or Lockbuehler, will &C.
cupy the slab for the Harlems.
The Washington times., 1903-09-15
BowLERs FAIL TO ORGANIZE.

Members of the District Bowling
League will meet at the Jolly Fat Mems
Club. on Monday evening. with 2 view
10 perfecting an organization for the com
ing season. A meeting was scheduled
for last night at the Washingtoa Saen-
gerbund Hall, but as only a ftw dele
gates were present it was deemed best
to postpone Il
The Washington times., 1903-09-15
AMONG THE PUGILISTS.

Willie Mack. the little New Yorker.
and Law- ence Burns, OF Glen Falls. will
box twenty rounds in schenectady the
last week of this month.
The Kid Cartcr-Joe Walcott bout. set
for tomorrow night at Boston, mas
been declared off
Parsop Davies has arranged a match
between Young Mowatt and Kid Broad
for the opening OF his boxing club In
New Orleans October 10.
Twin" Sullivan Will meet PhiladeI-
phia Jack O'Brien in a twenty-round
contest in London in November.
Terry McGovern Will meet Sammy
Smith in six-round contest IN Phila-
delphia September 81
Tommy Daily instead OF Willie Fi.z-
gerald will meet Billy Gardiner IN a
twenty-round contest in Boston tomor-
row night.
Some pugilistic critics assert that
John l.. Sullivan is still the heavyweight
champion because London prize riug
rules settle championships and Sullivan
didn't lose his title under those rules it
is funny how some people reason.
The Washington times., 1903-09-15
MAJOR DELNAR TROIS
ANOTHER FAST MILE
Gelding Covers Readyille
Course in 200 81.
FOLLOWS AUTO FIRST HALF
Indifferent Pacemaking Responsible for
the Slow Last Quarter, the Runner
Faltering in Stretch.
FOLLOWS AUTO FIRST HALF

READVILLE, Mass, Sept 15.-Al-
though the weather conditions were
ideal. and the Readville track lightning
fast. Major Delmar, the latest aspirant
for record trotting honors. failed to bea.
Lou billions performance on the sane
track OF a mile in two minutes, prin-
cipally through poor pacemaking. The
geldtng. with the assistance or an auto
mobile for the first half, and a running
horse ahead in the second, covered the
mile IN 2:O0%.
When Major Delmar was brought out
there was scarcely a breath OF wind
blowing. and the air was quite warm
After scoring three times the horse was
sent away with the automobile slightly
behind on the outside
The quarter was negotiated in BOX sec
onds. the automobile still keeping of to
the side. At the three-eighths pole a
runner started in and at the half was
going in good shape. about ten yards
ahead of the big trotter.
A Great Half.
The half was made in 1:001s, and. as
the judges announced before the effort
was made that such a time at the half
would be more than satisfactory the ex-
citement. when the time was posted. rose
to fever heat
The two horses, one galloping with
long easy strides. and the other trotting
in perfect rhythm, with the automobile
still speeding along on the outside,
swept around the curve to the three
quarters. reaching the pole in 1904
from the start. which made the time for
the third quarter 29% seconds.
Everything looked bright for the
smashing of the two-minute mark and
the changing Of the sign which has hung
over the gate of the Readville track just
eighteen davs.
Runner Falters.
But as the three passed that sign and
came into the stretch the runner fall
tered slightly, and Mcdonald was forced
10 pull up bit. II seemed only for an
instant. but that instant meant per-
haps a full second. Coming 10 the wire
Mcdonald used his best efforts to get
every particle OF speed out OF the fast
firing trotter, but was unable to mako up
the time lost at the head OF the stretch
After the effort Mcdonald said that he
confidently believed Major Delmar could
beat two minutes with good runners.
and looked upon the effort today as a
wonderful performance.
There were four races on tire card to-
day. and. being a breeders meeting. spe-
cial purses were made for young horses
Favorites won throughout the day. and
only in the 2.07 pace was there a spirit
ed contest
The Washington times., 1903-09-15

First base by errors-Athletics. 2. Left
on Washington, 3: Athletics. 8.
First base on balls-On Patten, s.: off
Henley. /. Stqpck out--By Patten, 6.
Home run-Seybold. Three-b base hits
Robinson. Davis. Schreckengost and Hars-
sci Two-base hits-Seybold and l..
Cross Sacrifice hits-Pickering and NJ.
Cross. Stolen bases-Pickering, 3, and
Murphy. Double plays-Henley to Muir
ply TO Davis; NJ. Cross to Murphy u
Davis; Murphy TO Davis. Umpire-Con-
molly. Time of game-1 hour and 30
minutes.
The Washington times., 1903-09-15
VERY MUCH WHITE.

Sporting Editor: VIII you kindly in
form me through the columns of your
paper. whether Jockey Fuller is a white
or colored rider. JIT
Grover Cleveland Fuller is a white lad.
and under contract to Senator Tim SuIli-
van.