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Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-09-01
Argument Not Necessary

Former Assistant Attorney Gener.
al James NJ. Beck told the following
story the other day of Matt" Carpen.
ter the famous Wisconsin senator.
Carpenter was pleading case be.
fore the supreme court Before he
got half through with his argument
the judges had made up their minds
that his case was without merit, and.
moreover that he was unprepared.
When he finished his argument and
counsel for the other side got up to
reply the judges whispered to each
other. nodded and then the chief jus.
tice said
4 don't think it will be necessary
to hear from YOU sir
Carpenters opponent was very deaf.
and he could only tell that the chief
Justice was addressing him He turn.
ed to Carpenter for aid.
What did the chief justice say.
Matte he whispered.
'He said he'd rather give you the
case than listen to you," Carpenter
bawled In his ear.-New York Times.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-09-01

LieiC nCu SCttd9C.
that Phoebe was not there to cheer
and soothe him, being with his two
daughters, on series of visits to
friends in various towns at the east;
among them West Newton.
There he determined to spend the
winter, pending negotiations for the
purchase of home in Concord.
Therefore, on the 21st of November,
1851, the family, with their trunks,
got into a large farmers wagon and
were driven to Pittsfield, leaving the
little red house empty behind them
1t was bleak day, but one of the
party remembers that the five cats,
which for five months had been fell
low inmates with themselves, vacated
the premises in a body and scampered
after the wagon for quarter of a
mile Here, on the ridge of hill,
they gave up the chase and, a storm
coming on soon after the kind-heart-
ed family had much tender solicitude
as to their fate.
The party reached West Newton in
the evening, and there Hawthorne
passed the winter in writing THE
Blythedale Romance" His son, by
way of compliment to the place, writes
thus: "A more dismal and unlovely
little suburb than West Newton was
in the winter of 1872, could not ex.
ist outside of New England"
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-09-01
Adapting Corn Varieties.


We are always learning something
new about the corn plant. One thing,
new at least to good many students
OF the corn plant, is that corn varie-
Ties differ so greatly in their charac-
teflstics that success or failure with
corn depends on the selection of the
right varieties for certain fields. 1t
is not unusual to hear of a man de-
clarlng that the variety of corn he
grows Is one of the most profitable
IN the world and will give most aston
ishlng yields. The fact is that he is
growing 1t on location that is admir-
ably suited to it. We are now coming
10 nave varieties of corn adapted to
uplands and to lowlands. The lowland
variety may do very well on the up
land In wet year. but in dry year
proves almost a failure, while the var
lety adapted to the upland yields we'll
even in bad seasons. At the present
time this differentiation is only be-
ginning to be made During this sum-
mer corn growers would do well to
Watch the behavior of corn on low
lands and uplands At the present
time we have only very meager data
by which to figure out what kind Of
corn a man should select for the bot
tom lands and what kind for the up
lands. Some of our experimenters
are only now Just beginning to study
the corn plant from this standpoint.
we nave. however, much to hope for
from our agricultural colleges in this
matter. The students are taking great
interest in such matters and are TAX
ing up every phase of corn growing.
This study of varieties is one that
may well engross the attention of
some of the brightest minds.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-09-01
T he Queen Grab.

This is choice variety, says a bull.
letin of the Virginia Station: Tree
fairly vigorous. limbs scraggly in
growth. head open, roundish but ir.
regular. Trunk averages % inches in
circumference at base and 1917 inches
at head. Generally free from disease.
First bloom and first fruit in 1892.
Trees We're loaded with fruit in 1895,
Full crop in 1897 Two trees bore
twelve bushels Of fruit in 1899 and
thirteen bushels in 1901. Fruit medi.
UNI size-same size as Blushing Maid;
color straw yellow ground washed
with bright red; very snowy on the
trees. Flesh white, firm and crisp;
flavor mild acid and free from astrin.
gency. Quality good but not as rich
as Blushlng Maid or Transcendant
The productiveness and beauty of this
variety commend it for general plant.
Ing. 1t is quite ornamental.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-09-01

Hawthorne's Grave, Sleepy Hollow,
Concord.
winter of 1851, writing at that inter
val The House OF the Seven Ga.
bles,' which took him five months.
The Wonder Book, and the "Tangle-
wood Tales
As is well known, Mr.. Hawthorne
did not possess the happy tempera-
ment of his wife. and the manner of
his leaving Berkshire was abrupt. In
July. 1851 he wrote to his sister
Louise: Il think we shall remove TO
Mrs. Kemble's cottage in the course
of the autumn for this is certainly
the most announcement and wretched
little hoYel | have ever put my head
in. Mrs. kembie has not more rooms,
but they are larger and perfectly CON
yenient, She offers it to ne for the
same rent | pay here Last year she
offered 1t for nothing. but I declined
the terms. | shall regret the prospect
from the windows OF this house ffor
II is the most beautiful in Berkshire),
but nothing else.
The change would have been most
happy one for the Kemble cottage was
perfect But orlv eighteen days after
ward he records in his diary, his de-
termination TO leave Berkshire. He
seolds about the weather but 1t must
have been bad TO cause him to leave
the country. whose scenery he had
enjoyed intensely, and which was the
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-09-01
SHE WAS TOO HAsTY.
Incident Probably Cured Girl of Jump
ina at Conclusions.

Incident Probably Cured Girl of Jump
ing at Conclusions.
For years there had been feel.
ing of good fellowship between them
and the fact that they were distantly
related led them to consider himself
privileged where she was concerned
Still, on opening his box Christmas
morning she was somewhat surprised
to see two shining silver buckles smil.
ing at her There was no MISLEADING
what manner of gift it was. for the
buckles were interlaced with hand.
some black satin ribbon, and the pair
lay side by side. That was not the
sort of gift she liked from man.
and. besides, she did not wear that
kind, so she laid them aside, think
ing: I'm give them to someone else
some time" and she wrote her note of
thanks. saying that modesty prevented
her from calling them by their proper
name, but they were very handsome
and she most grateful The return
mail brought this brief note from
him:
Your modesty was quite unneces-
sary. Had You taken the .rouble to
take my gift from the box you would
have found a muff holder '-Lippin.
colts.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-09-01
The Potato Run.

one of the great obstacles to the
raising OF potatoes has been the po-
tato bug; yet this insect is easily con-
trolled, If the farmer will resort to
the use of the arsenical poisons. A
good many farmers, however, are
AFRAID to have poison around, knowing
that now and then very serious acct
dents happen as result of its pres
ence. Such farmers are forced to re-
sort to the old methods of hand.pick.
ing. indeed, such a potato grower as
4. b. Terry hand-picks his potato
bugs. The most popular course, how
ever, is to use paris green either as
DUST or as part of liquid solution
II the bugs are taken as soon as
they appear, it will seldom be neces-
sary to treat the entire field. The
Bugs being killed on the part of the
neld where they appear, will have no
opportunity to extend their labors to
other parts. There are many combi-
nations used, but one pound of pure
paris green to $50 gallons of water
is enough. When dust is used one
pound of the paris green may be
mixed with so pounds of air slaked
lime and the resulting powder ap-
piied by being sifted over the plants
with some kind of a box in which are
small holes. A good sized pepper
box Is found seryiceable. In such a
case 1t is better to apply the dust
Whlle the dew is on the vines.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-09-01

| mean the Abbey of Cong, on Tough
Corrib, and the Abbey of Inismaine
on Lough Mask.
From every point of view they are
full of interest-the religious, the his
torical. the architectural, the plctur-
esque. Memorials that bring back
the past, visions of vanished ghosts,
ghosts Of bardie heroes. glimpses of
kingly warriors and cowled monks
and stately danes and tragic deeds
all these rise up before the thoughtful
mind in the cloisters of Cong and
the ehancel of Inismaine more natur-
ally, | think, than in any other place
in Ireland.
The first thing that will strike
every intelligent observer is the peer.
less beauty of the sites which these
old monks chose for their religious
houses and churches At Cong the
noble river rushes before their very
doors. They had abundance of purest
water-the greatest of all human
needs for health and pleasure-they
had abundance of fish for fasting DAYS
and they had the great lake before
their eyes lit up by every ray of sun
light in summer and. grander still.
perhaps, in winter when dashed into
foam by the wild rush of the storms
from the western hills Such was
Cong; and its beautiful daughter in
lnismaine stood in the midst of
scenes no less varied and striking.
1t is not to be wondered at that
land so rich in natures choicest
gifts should have been the battle-ground
of warning races and the choicest
prize of conquering kings. And such
it was in very truth from the morning
prime of irelandss story almost down
to our own times The undulatine
plain between the lakes is dotted over
with the burial mounds and monn.
mental pillar stones Of the warriors
who fell in the first great battle be.
tween hostile races recorded in Irish
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-09-01
Question of sneed


The general farmer has little or no
interest IN the trotting horse except
In so far as he may be used to cross
on slower horses to give their prog
eny enough speed to make them use.
tul as carriage horses. The farmer
cannot afford to waste his time irving
to develop trotters. The trottinp
horse is not farm horse, as his great
speed can be of no use except as a
means of gambling. Who wants 10
drive carriage horse at the rate of
mile in two minutes? What we do
want in horses for the fasm is the
speed that appears in the walking
gait. II our fair managers vantoa
to really improve the speed of farm
horses they could establish contests
in walking,
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-09-01

The Farm Crops Department of the
Iowa Agricultural College is making
a test on the College farm of 90 of
the leading varieties of oats. In add.
ton to the test, Prof w. H. Olin of
this Department, has arranged with
Mr.. A. E. Cook of the Brookmont
Farm, Odebolt, Iowa, for a eo.opera.
tive test on a large scale of three of
the varieties of oats best adapted To
iowa conditions. Six hundred acres
have been seeded to oats on the
Brookmont Farm for this experiment.
One variety has been selected as the
best oats for feeding horses and as
heavy yielder. A second variety
has been selected to meet the dc.
mands for choice milling oats and
samples of the crop will be submitted
to the great oat meal combination to
be tested for milling. A third variety
was selected for good feeding quail.
ties and high yields, 1t having shown
yield OF i02 bushels per acre on
large fields. Prof Olin will make a
careful study of the habits of growth
of these varieties, their weld and
adaptation to Iowa soils; and will re.
port through press bulletins.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-09-01

saint called Feichin, native OF Ley
ney. in the County Sligo, who flourish
ed during the first sixty years OF the
seventh century. He founded several
monasteries in his native district of
which the most celebrated was the
Monastery of Ballsodare, four miles
south OF Sligo. While Feichin was
sojourning with his monks an angel
came in sleep to tell him that it was
Gods will that he should journey to
certain island Of the ocean. situated
in the extreme west OF Connaught,
called Imaidh, now Omey, to preach
to the halfpagan natives.
The saint set out with a few of his
disciples and made his way to Omey
from Westport, | think, where he at
once proceeded to build his little
church and a few cells for himself
and his disciples. The church is still
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-09-01
RGLANDS
BEAUTIFUL SCENERY
GH1zzZ 0o0asaA9N<1YL1

On the occasion of his visit to Gal
way last fall heard King Edward say
that lin his whole empire there was
no scenery to equal. certainly none to
surpass, in beauty and picturesque.
ness" what he had seen along the
southwestern coast Of ireland. Those
who have visited, as the writer did.
that magnificent stretch of coast from
Glengarifi to Westport by coach will
agree with the kings estimate of this
charming region.
The natural beauty of this western
lake land is greatly enhanced by the
historical associations, especially Of a
religious character, that still haunt its
rihed shrines and ruined castles. But
there are two of these ruins which
more than all the rest deserve the
earnest attention of every visitor who
loves the ancient glories of Ireland
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-09-01
Horticulture in New Brunswick

VT VI WV bFuHsWIGk
The New Brunswick government il
encouraging the fruit industry of that
country in very practical way. II
has undertaken to furnish the trees
for the planting of four or five model
orchards, mostly winter apples, and
man will be sent to direct the plant.
ing and laying out of the orchard
After the trees are set the owner is
required to sign an agreement to care
Tor the orchard for ten years in ac.
cordanee with the instructions of the
Department of Agriculture, he to have
the product of same. These model
orchards will not exceed two acros
and 1t is planned to eventually have
one in every county.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-09-01
Spraying a Preventive, Not a Cure.

Spraying a Preventive, Not a Cure.
The man that believes in spraying
should spray whether there seems the
least call for it or not. Spraying does
not make up for losses already sus-
tanned from the attacks of fungi or
insects. 1t will not cause new leaves
to grow where the old ones have
been eaten off, and it will not cause
the fruit to improve after it has been
shrunken by reason of being deprived
of food that the leaves failed to elab-
crate, they having been destroyed by
either insects or fungi. Some of our
most enterprising horticulturists have
accomplished wonders by simply
spraying, on the principle that they
would thus insure themselves against,
the presence of their enemies in the,
fruit orchard. Their trees have re.
sponded remarkably-so well indeed
that they have been led to believe hat
previously their trees were assailed
far more seriously by insects and fun.
gons pests than had been supposed,
There is no other way to spray sue
eessfully. The man that does not
spray till the leaves of his trees are
eaten up by insects. or till they have
turned brown from the attacks of
fungi. will pronounce spraying to be
a failure.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-09-01

Seeds of Forest Trees.

oCGQS OF FOFGSt IFGCSs
1t is probably always best to pur-
chase forest trees from nursery men
that make a business of producing
them from seed. But sometimes this
Is not convenient or advisable. poth
by reason of the number required ana
or the distance of the nursery from
which the same might be obtainaDie.
For instance there are some farmers
that have bare hill tops that they wish
to cover with trees for the protection
of the land. They know that the tree
that is to be good for lumber must De
one that grows largely without
branches and that therefore a large
number of trees must be started per
acre, most of which will be killed on
by the shade of their neighbors. NO
man likes to pay for trees and go TO
the work of planting them and then
have most of them die natural deaths.
So the only way when large planta-
ton is to be put in is to buy the
seeds by the pound If they can be OBJ
tanned or gather the seeds from the
woods. In thousands of instances the
latter will be the plan that will ap-
peal most to the farmer. Such seeds
should be gathered as soon as ripe
If they are left till they fall to the
ground it will be difficult to get the
desired quantities, and often, too, the
over-ripe seeds will not grow at all.
The seeds that fall are also eaten
to great extent by various small ami
mails, such as mice and squirrels. The
seeds are also more easily gathered
from the trees than from the ground,
II they are left on the latter place for
some weeks, and the difficulty of pick.
ing them up as soon as they fall nat
turally is that they do not fall at one
time, but frequently take period OF
weeks to mature fully enough to de-
tach themselves from the woody
stems.
The seeds that mature in the early
part OF the summer should be sown
as soon as gathered, as that Is the
way that nature does it. II such seeds
are left till the next spring they will
not grow at all. The keeping of
such seeds is one of the mistakes fire.
quently made by amateurs. For the
late-maturing seeds the keeping till
spring before planting is the natural
and proper thing to do. Seeds with
soft shells should be carefully stored.
but those with hard shells may be
planted at once or put in box buried
in the ground. so they may be af-
fected by the frosts of winter, which
are necessary to break the shells.
When seeds are planted they should
be covered with at least three inches
of soil, especially if they are planted
in the fall
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-09-01
Whitewash for Trees

In the New England states white.
wash IS frequently applied to fruit
trees, especially apple trees. and
seems to have the effect of keeping
on fungus and insect pests. The
whitewash as used there is generally
made by simply shaking the lime with
cold water. But 1t would be better
10 Stake the lime with hot water. II
nay be made to stick better by adding
some skinned milk. Some even heat
some glue and when II has become a
thin liquid dilute it with hot water
and add 1t to the wash This still
further helps the sticking quality.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-09-01
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home, sfther permanently or in sum-
mer, of some of his truest and warm
est friends
In commenting on the change HIS
son Julian writes: I'm fact. after
freeing himself of Salem he never
found any permanent rest anywhere
but soon wearied OF any particular
locality. A novelist would say, that he
inherited the rowing disposition of his
seafaring ancestors" But when his
restlessness came on at Lenox in the
summer of 1851, it made things worse
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-09-01
MashInaton Relics.

pendant containing a lock OF
George Washington hair and curl
from the head of Martha Washington
Is exhibited in a collection of relics
in the Massachusetts building at the
worlds fair. These precious me.
mentoes were presented to John
Quincy Adams by Nellie Gusts, step
daughter of Washington.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-09-01

and, II yeu can, in the past. when
kings aud pralates and monks and
scholars trod these silent cloisfers;
when royal maidenS touched their
aafpS IN tones responsive 10 their
own sweet Gaelic songs when the
yesper bell woke the echoes around
those pleasant waters. when the voice
Of prayer and praise rose seven
times day from the lips and hearts
of holy men behind those chancel
arches when the hospiee was ever
open 10 the poor and the stranger;
when many sinful soul came to find
pardon and peace among the blessed
Brotherhood of God
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-09-01

The theory that all cats are fmmor-
tai gets a severe jolt from the light
ming bolt that struck a house in Den
ton, Md, doing no damage to the
people in the house but instantly
killing the pet cat sitting by the open
door
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-09-01

The tests of Che agricultural depart.
ment indicate that borie acid. taken as
steady diet is not a wholesome arti-
Gle of food. The department should
feel encouraged now to make a SINH
lar test with carbolic acid.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-09-01
Green Manure.


Green manure is the name annIied
TO a crop that is grown for the pur.
pose of being turned under. Some of
the lands that are exhausted to such
an extent that they will not bear good
crops of grain yet will be found grow.
ing up to some kind OF weeds. Some
times this weed crop is the best thing
that can be grown on the land, if the
farmer is smart enough to turn il
under. 1t adds humus to the soil. We
have heard of fields that were prac.
tically good for nothing, yet were re-
Claimed by having the weeds ploWed
under for three or more years. The
TACT was that the fields were deficient
IN humus and nitrogen and needed an
application of both of these, which
they got in the green manures given
IN the form of the turned under weeds.
The best green manure in most
parts of the North is the clover plant
But cow peas and soy beans are ex-
eellent where they can be grown All
kinds of legumes are very good for
turning under, as they always add nj.
trogen to the soil. Rye and such
Things are sometimes used, but thew
add little or nothing to the soil ex.
cept fiber, which is not taken up by
the roots of the growing plants. It
may, however, do some good to the
soil mechanically.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-09-01

Iceland has had Just two thefts in
LOCO years. Cut it up into wards. give
il boards of aldermen, establish good
government leagues, then will Iceland
shake off its glacial ways for modern
works
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-09-01

Nine. Sarah Bernhard has made up
with her leading man and the two are
now appearing in a London theater.
The divine Sarah has been making up
successfully for great many years
now.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-09-01

Japanese war critics are calling
upon Vice Admiral. kamfmura to re.
sign or commit suicide. Kamimura is
probably not keeping very happy il
he reads the Hints for Hot Weather
In the Jap journals.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-09-01

The British admiralty is being ridi.
culed for having appointed a dead
man to Office. This is not at all I'M
common in this country. But perhaps
the Brittshers mean to assert that the
man appointed by the Admiralty lis
physically dead
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-09-01

Mrs. Russell Sage is said to be very
charitable. In charitable work she Is
Russell's right hand and the probable
ity is that the left hand doesn't know
what the right hand is doing.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-09-01

The Russians captured a newspaper
correspondent, blindfolded him and
took him into Port Arthur, where they
thrust him into a pitch.dark dungeon.
But that excuse won't go with the
managing editor.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-09-01

Speaking of tin soldiers. what do
you think of those New York troops
who won't go to Manassas next Sep
tember because many of them are
unused to manual labor?'
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-09-01

Again Mr.. Schwab has got home
from Europe-tlrs time without ere.
ating any general excitement.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-09-01

According to Thomas Jefferson ct
ais, all men are created equal but
everybody who ever attended the
meeting of woman's club knows that
all women aren't.