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Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-08-12
Strong Law Makers the Need.
man Haven Era.l

with the work being mapped out
for the next session of the Vermont
legislature, the necessity for good,
strong representatives is apparent to
every thinking person. The pace set
for the state though a somewhat rap
id one is thoroughly in keeping with
the line Of progress and it is up to the
various communities to send to the
legislature the strongest and best
equipped men to be found for the po-
sition.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-08-12

The Burlington News says that we
have no 'bosses" in Vermont, and
that we are independent in spirit and
action in both local and state affairs.
Very excellent. But it unkindly adds
that we are so poor that there is no
profit in us for the bosses. Metal in
other words, which. never having seen
the fire, is still under suspicion of
impurity.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-08-12
Never Mind the Dairy SCHOOL,
Rutland News.l

The establishment Of a law college
IN connection with the university OF
Vermont which Il Is announced VIII
take place In the near future, WEI I'LL
a long-felt want There has been
great scarcity of lawyers in the cities
and towns of Vermont for many years
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-08-12
Stops at Nothing.


Having settled the question that
farmers can make money in raising
beef. willows. trout and divers ana
sundry other. new and old schemes,
the Barre Telegram has tackled the
income tax idea. Perpetual motion
Will next be solved.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-08-12
fwoodstock Age.l

The Free Press trots out the first
lifelong democrat who viii vote
the republican ticket this year There
are a lot Of changeable fossils in both
parties. but there is nothing espec-
tally significant or interesting in
their views or votes.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-08-12
If Close Calculation" Is Admirable.
[Boston Globe.l

The average monthly salary for
school teachers through the entire
country is sac for men and $Ss for
women. For a long time the United
States has been proud of its schools;
isn't it getting to be time for it to
take pride in the wages of its teach
ers?
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-08-12
MATTERS OF OPINION.
Selected from the Editorial Columns
OF Our Esteemed Contemporaries.
Politely Put.
TMontpelier Argus.l

Vermonts railroad commission
(meanlng no dlsrespect to the excel
lent gentlemen who compose ~ is a
very worthless official body.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-08-12
00lindham County 8eformer
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Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-08-12

Whatever may be said against Mr..
Fitts's candidacy for town represent
ative there is no use trying to deny
the fact that he has worked hard in
behalf of the Connecticut river dam
project and that his work has accom-
plished. thus far. all that has been ex-
pected or predicted. The Meddler isn't
a Fits man; in fact he is trying to
maintain neutral position in the con-
test and see that, so far as he is con-
cerned. everybody gets a fair show
on this account he feels like saying
rot" to those who intimate that the
dam project is simply a phantasm on
the part of Mr.. Fits to get votes.
Play fair, gentlemen, and use little
common sense in constructing your
campaign arguments. The dam pro-
iect is too big a thing to be dwarfed
by such talk.
The Meddler.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-08-12
BRArrLEBoRo, FRIDAY, AUG. l9, 1904

ssrlRlo AT eTrleeoRo posr oFNcs As sFeoNO olAss NNt
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-08-12

Above all other things. keep cool.
See how cool am.
Yours-in-a-camp-chair,
H. L Hindley.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-08-12

Another pleasant word from my old
friend and mentor. Lewis p. Thayer,
of Middlebury and-other places,
ought to bring my hat off with a low
and sweeping bow, but, the fact IS, /
hate to take the chance Of starting up
that blamed sneezing and coughing
again by exposing my dome Of thought
to the piney breezes. So I'll merely
say. "Salve."
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-08-12

Harry Parker extends the grip OF
hay fever sympathy across the border
and says he's it, too. Come up to my
rest-camp- on-a- sidehill. Harry, and
wen have something down the well
for the occasion.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-08-12

Vice presidential nominee Davis
plays poker every night for chips, no
money value attached What a reck-
less. desperate old sport he is!
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-10
MINNESOTA OR OKLAHOMA,

A friend wishes to know which 10
the more promising proposition - tim
bered lands in northern Minnesota or
prairie land in Oklahoma at the same
price per acre. $40 he wishing to buy
q piece Of land out of which to make a
farm. The Minnesota proposition opens
up several years of very hard. rough
work-work which none but trained
woodsman should undertake There
our friend will find the winters long
and probably social and educational
opportunities pretty poor for some
time at least. The poor man can just
about clear up one Of these farms for
his children. On the other hand. he
will not have all clear sailing in Okla
homa. There are occasional hot winds.
burned crops. droughts and dust
storms. but for the poor man the great
err number OF working days during the
year the lessened cost Of clothing and
fuel and the great ease with which
prairie land can be brought under cul-
tivation would seem to make II more
desirable location for him. There 10 nc
rule about such a thing Some men
get ahead anywhere in spite Of every
difficulty. and some fail under the
most advantageous conditions.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-10
TREE pEDDLERs AND NURsERYMEN

We should like to draw strongly
marked line between the tree peddler
and the legitimate nurseryman. The
average tree peddler is too often fake
of the worst kind. an irresponsible. I'M
scrupulous prevaricator, whose advice
on fruit trees is utterly worthless and
who is ready to sell anything under
any sort of name. The nurseryman is
not this way. 1t Is to his interest to
give satisfaction to his patrons. sell
them trees which will not only grow.
but which will be true to name and
suited to the soil and locality where
sold The peddler cares only to get the
order. Now. covering all sections of the
country. this suggestion will hold good
order and buy your trees OF your
nearest responsible nurseryman and let
the tree peddler alone.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-10
THE FARMER WITH SIX GIRLS.

friend. farmer blessed with six
daughters and no sons. asks us wheth-
er 1t would be all right for man
50 fixed to require of his girls more
in the way of farm work than is
usually allotted to the women OF the
farm home--in other words. would Ii
be all right for him to require them to
milk the cows. take care of the garden,
drive the team on the mower or har.
vcster. ride the sulky plow and do 9TH
err cleanly and not !aborious work con-
nected with the farm operations? This
woman question is always very deli
cate one TO handle. Ii depends much
on how the girls feel. how their mother
feels and how they have been brought
up In the matter of employment there
Is nothing which woman studies so
closely as its effect upon her social
standing-what Mrs Grundy says and
all that-the fact being that there is
nothing one woman is so much afraid
of as another woman The line Of en-
plOyment suggested is In no sense un-
womanly for every mother and house
keeper does harder. dirtier and more
unpleasant work. and such outdoor
employment would insure what so
many American women lack "a fine
physique. immaculate health. indie
pendence of thought and action. The
financial condition of the family has
some bearing on the matter. IL the IA
Their is poor and has hard row to hoe,
his girls should certainly help him, no
matter what Mrs. Grundy says: If we'll
able to support them without such
work on their part II is still quite like
ly that they could not do better than
help him anyway. for speaking from
the mans side. they would become
very attractive indeed to young men
looking for desirable mates. Maud
Muller turned the judges head as he
met her in the bayfield,: Ruth while
cleaning in the field captured Boaz
and il is a fact that sweet girl never
looks sweeter than as she looks at you
from the depths Of sunbonnet while
down on all tours picking strawberries
or wedding the garden. The girl who
can saddle and ride the high strung
horse. milk the kicking heifer. hitch up
and drive team. do the marketing
pay the taxes. sing in the choir and
preside in her home as refined and
competent homemaker is every way a
more desirable and attractive PROPOSE
ton for the young man than the kid
gloved white handed, gum chewing,
highly perfumed society girl who shows
muscular activity in nothing save q
waltz Modern society forces lots Of
unmitigated humbugs on to woman
which iniure her physically. destroy
her independence. abbreviate her pleas
ures and shorten her life. and we honor
any girl or woman who has the moral
courage to defy them. Answering the
question asked directly. we will say
that if we were in our friends place
We would train the girls to help us.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-10
A PRETTY GOOD SCHEME.

A friend of ours. the owner and man
ager of a FIRST class hotel In town Of
10000 In a western state. has rented
eighty acres Of land near the town,
hired a competent market gardener.
poultryman and dairyman and will
hereafter supply his hotel with the
vegetables. milk. eggs. cream. butter
and small fruits which he needs. He
will keep drove Of hogs to consume
the waste OF the hotel and has figured
II out that he can make good money
doing II. besides securing the best and
freshest OF such products for his table.
1t costs him about $4,000 year for his
hotel supplies of this sort. and he tells
US he can see a clean saving Of at least
$1,000, besides any surplus he may
have to dispose OF.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-10

A friend who read what the old
goose did in one year now comes and
tells the story Of how an old hen tur-
key beat the goose he having sold the
product Of one turkey for the past year
for 500 20: but then this has been an
exceptional year for turkeys. they
bringing almost double the usual price.
while the old goose did business on a
nominated basis.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-10

There has been marked falling off
in the values of the best pedigreed cat
tie the past year. The Chicago sales.
where many of the best cattle in the
country were disposed of. show the av-
erage for Shorthorns 10 be 1911 for
1902 and $29076 for 1908. Herefords
1891 for 1902 and SlSS.S9 for 1908.
Polled Angus 1851 for 1902 and $24S.7S
for 1903
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-10
THE FARMER AND BANKRUPTCY.

When farmer appears in the bank
ruptcy court it will always be found
that he has been monkeying with some
thing outside Of his legitimate business.
He has been either buying $1,000 bulls,
taking q f1ier On the board Of trade.
specializing In Dakota or Canada lands.
biting at some fake scheme and trying
to beat man at his own game. raising
q worthless set Of boys or going surety
for some friend. Crops may fail for a
year or even two years, prices for farm
products may be unremunerative for a
time. but men pull through these trou.
bles all right and are soon on their
feet again. and II should be said. and
said again and again. that IL man
will do his whole duty by the farm he
will never get into the list of the
busted. Ten merchants and more go all
to pieces where one farmer does, any
way. Whatever may be said against
farming. 1t remains as the safest bust
ness in all the country.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-10

Nature is always compensatory. Here
is the puny twenty-year-old man. with
no beard and weighing only 100 pounds.
who gets salary Of $4,000 year as
horse jockey, while this fine looking.
bewhiskered 200 pound man who has
been through college and theological
country school or parish for $1,000 a
year.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-10

The real value Of continental foods
to the stock raiser is still very debata.
BILE matter in farm institutes and agri-
cultural conventions. There seems to
be only one thing about such foods
which is really settled, and that is that
lot Of money.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-10
New N edicaI Discovery
A Famous Doctor Has Recently
Made Most Wonderful Dis.
covery That Cures Every
Known Disease.
he SENDS IT FREE FOR The ASKING

DR.. J. A. Tomas of South Bend, Ind,
after years of study, has recently dis
covered most marvellous remedy that
will cure any disease known to the med
ical profession. Since this well-known
physician made his great discovery he
has cured thousands of people suffering
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-10

A we'll favored ham is rare product
Of modern packing house methods. The
average ham is failure in all save the
sailing. There are lots of old fashioned
farmers who could give the packing
houses pointers on how 70 cure ham.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-10

A skunk by some means made his
way into the audience room of a coun-
try church one Sunday recently. and 1t
took the best efforts of all the male
members Of the congregation matter
of five hours to get him out without
desecrating the sacred edifice.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-10

During the year 1884 the United
States exported 2.T2l horses Of the val
ne of $424.347 About this time the i'm
portation OF the best draft sires of Eu.
rope was begun. with the result that in
1902 we exported l03920 head of the
value OF over S10.00OOO0. The best
horses in the world are now raised in
the United States. and the foreign de-
mand for them is constantly increasing
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-10

The west is not as yet much plagued
with the daisy. sorre! and dodder. the
common pests of eastern farms. The
weed pests Of the west are pigeon
grass. purslane. cOcklebur. bindweed
or morning glory. ragweed. quack
grass sQuirreltail grass. wild rose
bushes sunfower. all products Of rich
soil. When the soil of the west be-
comes enough impoverished. the dali
sizes and sorrel will come. The wise
farmer will not allow il to so become.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-10

Any man is we'll off who has good
health. pleasant domestic relations. a
home of his own. the respect and good
will Of his neighbors. business which
gives him a comfortable living and en-
abes him to lay by little for old age.
With these he would not get any more
out of life If he had a million dollars.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-10

While manifesting the utmost conf
dcnce In the honor of the men with
whom you do business. il is still best
never to forget that we are all poor
critters and liable to fall into tempta-
ton. and so it is best TO do all business
with due regard for all the safeguards
which law and custom suggest. This
applies just as much in making horse
trade with parson as in signing pa
pers for a stranger.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-10

Anyhow we would plan to have a
good family garden this year even II
we raised one acre less corn or one less
hog Good farming includes good
garden.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-10

In setting out an orchard for COM
mercial purposes common mistake Is
TO plant too many varieties. The whole
sale dealer in the large cities wants car
load lots Of standard varieties. Three
or four kinds are enough for the COM
mercial orchard of twenty acres; better
less than more.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-10

We have found out for sure that the
best time to kill weeds is when there
are none to be seen-in other words.
keep cultivating the garden or the field
when il seems 10 be not needed. There
is a whole lot Of good sense in so doing
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-10

Where men were wise enough to pro-
vide for one the winter pasture has
been a great success in the west this
year. This pasture is simply field OF
blue grass from which the stock was
removed last July and the grass allow
ed 10 grow With only little snow
will live on such pasture in preference
to any stored foods.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-10
BEEF AND HIGH PRICED LAND.

An important question which has not
yet been fully answered is this: Can a
man take land worth 500 per acre and
keep cows of the best beef types-Poll-
ed Angus. for instance-and by letting
the calves suck the cows make money
by turning these calves into beef? In
other words. can COW be profitably
kept on such a farm just to produce
one calf year? There are hundreds
of men who would be glad to know
that this could be done. for they are
weary with the work Of the dairy and
the bother with hired men and would
most gladly convert their dairy farms
into beef producing farms if it can be
done with profit. Taking II for one
year the COW and her calf will require
the product in grass and grain Of at
least three acres of good land. and at
the end of the year the owner has got
q yearing animal weighing. say 80
pounds To be charged against this
animal are the interest of the money in
vested in his dam. the cost of caring
for the animals for year and the rent
al value of the land used 10y them.
which would figure out about like this:
Interest on value of dam. 81: two acres
Of pasture SO: one acre of corn and
fodder. SIS: labor. So: winter roughage.
SIS: total. $40. Call the average value
of the calf S. per hundredweight: the
return Is $31. 80. showing loss If the
steer is then sold but il Is possible to
keep and feed him another year and
turn him off as finished HOO pound
beef animal at $3.50 per hundred.
weight. or ST.. and possibly make tri.
fie better showing. AS we look at 1t. a
man will work on very small margin
of profit to use his farm in this way;
but then ii is the easy way, and that
counts for something
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-10
THE BOY WHO WON'T work.

What to do with that boy who won't
work? Before we could give an Opin-
ion we should want to know what sort
of boy he is. Maybe he has a natu-
rally inventive and mechanical turn Of
mind: maybe he is boOkworm and
would rather read Shakespeare and an
cient history than pillow corn; maybe
he is in love with nature and must
needs be hunting birds nests. chasing
butterflies or bugs or watching the
clouds and sunsets when he should be
picking up potatoes. If the boy is
built this way. don't lick him and jaw
him. but have little horse sense and
do your best to help him along the line
of work and study which most inter-
ests him. but if he is one of the kind
who are simply lazy. with natural in
clination to rob orchards and melon
patches. smoke cigarettes back of the
barn and with a marked love for yell
low backed dime novels. pom honor we
believe that good hickory switch. his
dad and the boy can be got into an ac-
tive conjunction none too quickly. We
have come across many men who. ar
rived at mature years and occupying
useful and honorable positions in soci-
ETY.. were free to admit that they owed
much to a good licking judiciously ad-
ministered at the right time. There is
no sort of use or sense in man raising
lazy. worthless son. Nine times out
Of ten he is that sort just because he
was not well trained and because his
dad set him a bad example. Every boy
will at first take his father for pat
tern. and if you are no count sort Of
fellow your boys will be that way. too.
unless they have a mighty good woman
for a mother. and often she can't save
them. You man with boy to train,
just preach less and practice more.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-10

Last years crop Of winter wheat in
western Kansas was marvellous one.
In this midwinter time II lies by the
millions Of bushels In great piles at
country depot grounds. wholly exposed
to the weather. awaiting the time. If II
ever comes when the overtaXed rail
roads can haul il to market. And this.
too. right In what was known only a
few years ago as the great American
desert.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-10

The average monthly wages paid the
farm hand in this country during the
year 1902 where he had his board was
s16.40. In 1879 it was Sl0.43. This in.
cludes the colored labor of the south.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-10
FROM THE OFFICE TO THE FARM.

FROM THE OFFICE TO THE FARM.
A reader writes us from New Jersey
this way: He Is a railroad man receiv-
ing a salary Of $50 per month. His
wife was raised on farm. They are
tired of the grind Of corporation serv-
ice and the narrow limita tiens Of their
lives They have bought 100 acre
farm in New Jersey. with improve
ments on il of more value than they
paid for the farm. They propose to
take up the raising Of poultry, small
fruits, and keep cows, and our friend
wishes TO know how. best to so to work
to build up the fertility Of the soil.
which is at a very low ebb. If we had
the job. ii would be clover. possibly al
falfa if ii would do well; by all means
a sio: as many COWS as could be kept
Of the strictly dairy types. 1t will be
a work of five years at least to put
such a wornout soil into fairly produc-
tive shape. and probably some COM
mercial fertilizers will have to be used
to help In the work He further wants
to know IL it is likely he can succeed.
Certainly he can His 800 or 400 hens
which he should keep will almost Sc
cure him a living. and. so far as enjoy
ing life is concerned. he will find 1t far
preferable to working for railroad.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-10

There are too many men who look
upon foreign war with Indifference. IL
not with positive pleasure, just because
such strife will enhance the value of
their farm products. All war is waste
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-10

i. Russia has 22.00O.000 horses. more
than any other country. but they are
mostly scrubs. bronchOs and cayuses.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-10

The low headed orchard tree has a
distinct advantage over the tree head
ed high in all the windy prairie Sec
tions Of the country During severe
wind which passed over our orchard
last fall sixteen of the best trees were
broken down. and every one Of them
was high headed While not so sym
metrical in appearance the tree on
twenty four inch trunk viii be found a
better tree than one on the forty inch
trunk and will be less liable to sun
scald.