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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-07-07
HARDwICK.

A wreck occurred at the engine
house on the Hardwick and Woodbury.
Railroad Sunday afternoon which
completely demolished the largest en-
CINE, one car, and damaged the engine
house considerably. Three cars had
been left at the Chase trestle in Wood
bury. heavily loaded with grout, with
the brakes on and the wheels trigged.
Sunday about O'Clock p. m. they
were started by some one and came
down at terrible rate and crashed
into the engine house doing thousands
of dollars damage. No one was in
jured. Officers are looking for the
men who started the cars.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-07-07

last Friday. There were fifteen pu-
pills, the average attendance was
twelve and a fraction. The pupils
having no marks we're Marion Berno,
Wallace Haskins, Ralph johnson, Ada
johnson, and Howard Griffith.
TOPSHAM.
j. r., Nolan, wife and daughter
have been in Burlington the past
week.
Rev. J. o. Wright. was in Plain
field last week to attend the preacher s
meeting, held there.
Mabel and Lena jackson Of Wells
River visited at g. r. Halls last
week, also John Ehrl and Mrs. Edwin
Abbott OF Boltonville.
Mrs. Matilda Coruth of Manchester,
N. FL. is visiting in town.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Fenton Miles last week.
Frank Wiley is seriously ill. DR..
Hazen was called Friday night to at
| tend him.
Hattie N. Powers has returned from
Bradford.
Eugene Dickermsn is at home from
Barre for few days.
Rev. J. o. Wright preached on ex.
change with Rev. Mr.. Raney of Waits
River last Sabbath.
J. B. Nolan was at Westside last
week to see his daughter, Mrs. Will
lard.
Mrs. N. R. johnson had new pota
toes, June 81.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-07-07

Mr.. l.. l.. Provost has moved into
the Adams house and Mr.. Renfrew is
moving into his tenement over the
store.
Rev. Mr. Merrill of st. Johnsbury
occupied the pulpit last Sunday. Mr..
Smith breaches at the usual hour
next Sunday
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02
CHALK PONDS BRING WEALTH.
Maine Man Gets Large Price from Syn
dictate for Bodies of Water.

Although Col James A. Place of Ber-
wick, Me-, has owned some ponds at
New Durham, n. H, thirty eight years
he did not know until recently that on
their bottoms was deposit which would
make him wealthy. A New York man
appeared at his home the other day.
He told Col. Place that the deposit on
the bottoms of the ponds is chalk Of
great commercial value. A deal was
made with a syndicate by which the
colonel received an amount of money he
says he never dreamed of having.
Residents of New Durham say that as
far back as they can remember supplies
of chalk from the ponds have been kept
in households miles around as u polish
for tableware. Carpenters used to go
there, scoop up handfuls and take it
home for use in making chalk lines. 1t
had staying qualities and was more last
ing than any carpenters chalk they
could buy.
The two ponds, the total area of which
is about 80 acres, We're bought in 1S49
by David Place, uncle of Col. Place He
had an idea that this chalk could be con-
verified into money, but had no success in
trying to market it, and soon afterward
he abandoned the scheme and went to
California,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02
Gen. Booth and T0hn Wesley.

Gen. Booths motor-car campaign is
really only a reversion to the method Of
John Wesley, who was 20 years old be-
fore he exchanged his saddle horse for a
chaise. Wesley's annual itinerary pierced
the length and breadth of the kingdom
and he halted at every village and town
to hold services. When he was 50 years
old he thus preached seventy sermons in
a week. Wesley's last tour at the age of
SS surpasses Gen. Booths. On March
"a, 1890, he left London and worked
through the intervening towns TO Bristol.
Thence through Stroud, Gloucester, Bir-
mingham, the Black Country, the Pot
teries, to Manchester and Liverpool.
Across Lancashire into Yorkshire, and
north into Scotland as far as Brechin.
South again through Cupar and Glasgow
to Carlisle, Newca silicon Tyne, and down
the coast to Hull and Lincolnshire
Thence to Bristol, through Somerset and
Dorset to Portsmouth, and along the
coast to Rye, Seyenoaks, Colchester, Ips-
witch, Lowestoft, Lynn, and home into
London on October "a, after exactly sew
en- months continuous travelling and in
ceSsant prea ching.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02
Poultry PickinUs.

Clean out the nests and whitewash
thoroughly.
Better cut two meadows q little too
early than too late.
1t is better to darken the place Sc
lected for the nests.
AS rule, hens learn to eat eggs by
having them broken in the nest.
Stale bread soaked in milk makes a
good feed for newly Matched chickens.
Fowls will eat a large amount of
clover, whether fed green or dried as
hay.
Fowls that fatten easily should have
plenty of exercise, unless being fed for
market.
Once chickens are stunted they new
e. regain their vigor, even with the
most careful feeding.
A mixture of two parts lard and one
part kerosene Oil will remove the
scabby formation on the legs.
Charred corn on cobs is a good way
to feed charcoal to fowls, and moth
ing is better for bowel troubles.
Make the hens scratch for living,
but put grain where scratching will
get it. or the hens will not thrive.
On farm good facilities, good NAH
agement and good markets are more
valuable than the breed of fowls.
If the most prolific hens are re-
tanned and the worthless ones market
ed, a great improvement would soon
result
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02
Agricultural Atoms.

Good feeding is the forerunner of
prosperity.
Failure is the usual result of think
ing business can run itself.
The farmers team should be one
we'll adapted to his requirements.
Liver is good food for milk pro-
duction because it is rich in fats.
Even in summer sufficient bedding
should be provided to keep the stock
clean.
Desirable qualities are fixed in a
herd by a long line of careful selec-
tons and breeding.
The dwarfing of tree occurs by the
slight disagreement between the scion
and the stock.
Thrift in sheep is generally secured
when the farmer thinks enough Of
them to care for them.
Moss-covered trees will be much
benefited by scraping and then white
washing with lime and wood ashes.
No one business has any assurance
of always proving a profitable one. be
cause changes so frequently occur 10
disturb all branches of farming.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02
LEARNING THINGS.
We Are All in the Apprentice C1as

We Are All in the Apprentice Class.
When simple change Of diet brings
back health and happiness the story
is briefly told. A lady of Springfield,
Ill, says: After being afflicted for
years with nervousness and heart trOu-
bic, I received a shock four years ago
that left me in such condition that
my life was despaired of. / could get
no relief from doctors nor from the
numberless heart and nerve medicines
| tried because | didn't know that the
coffee was daily putting me back more
than the doctors could put me ahead.
Finally at the request of a friend
[ left off coffee and began the use of
Postum, and against my convictions
gradually improved in health until for
the past six or eight months l have
been entirely free from nervousness
and those terrible sinking. weakening
spells of heart trouble.
My troubles all came from the use
OF coffee which l had drunk from
childhood, and yet they disappeared
when l quit coffee and took up the use
of Postum" Name given by Postum
o., Battle Greek, Mich.
Many people marvel at the effects
o.. leaving off coffee and drinking
Postum, but there is nothing marvel
Gus about it-only common sense.
Coffee is a destroyer-Postum is a
rebuilder That's the reason.
Look in each pkg for the famous
little book, The Road to Wellville.'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02
Changeable Rose.

The Chinese, japanese and Siamese
are peculiarly skillful at botanical feats.
One Of their wonderful achievements is
known as the "changeable rose" The
bloom is white in the shade and red in
the sunlight. After night or in a dark
room this curiosity of the rose family is
a pure, waxy-white blossom. When
transferred to the open air the transfer
nation Immediately steps in, the time Of
white to red depending on the degree of
sunlight and warmth. First the petals
take on a kind of washed or faded blue
color, and rapidly change to faint blush
of pink. :The pink gradually deepens in
hue until you find that your lily-white
rose of an hour before is as red as the
reddest peony that ever bloomed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02
Historic English Oaks.

Our historic oaks are, with every great
storm, diminishing in number Du-
morey's oak, in Dorsetshire, 1000 years
old, disappeared from this cause in 1903.
Wallace's oak, at Eilerslie, was 700
years old when it was blown down some
fifty years ago. We have still, however,
the Cowthorpe oak, near Wetherby, in
Yorkshire, estimated to be over 1000
years old, and William the Conqueror's
oak, in Windsor Great park, has at
tanned the ripe age of 1900 years. Per
haps the finest oaks of great antiquity in
the land are to be found in the dukeries
About half a mile from Welbeck Abbey
is Greendale oak, credited with 1900 sum-
mers, and now mere ruin sustained by
props. Through it's hollow interior a
coach and four has been driven.-Lon-
don Daily Chronicle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02
Decide What You Wi DO.

An engineer who starts |, build
bridge and then keeps finding better
places to put his piers, and wondering
whether he has selected the best loca-
ton or not will never get the bridge
across the river. He must decide, then
go ahead and build the bridge, no matter
what obstacle he may strike. So it is
with the builder of character, he must
decide finally what he will do, and then
make for his goal, refusing to look back
or be moved from his course. Tens of
thousands of young people with good
health, good education and good ability
are standing on the end Of bridge, at
life's crossing. They hope they are on
the right way, they think they are doing
the right thing, and vet they do not dare
to burn the bridge they have just crossed.
They want a chance for retreat in case
they have made a mistake. They cannot,
bear the thought of cutting off all posi-
bility of turning back. They lack the
power to decide conclusively what course
they will take.-Success.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02
Odd Old Laws.

One of the oldest sets of laws Of the
Choctaw nation has just been discovered.
One clause relates to the killing of witch
es. For witchcraft the penalty was
death, and for alleging ones self to be
witch or for saying that any other per-
son was one was punishable by sixty
lashes on the bare back.
Another declared that no doctor could
take money or any of the belongings of
a patient he treated if the patient died.
If the patient were raised up from q
sick-bed the doctor could accept what.
was offered to him, and if nothing was
offered, then he could take in goods what
was his just compensation.
In 1884 the Choctaw council passed an.
act which made a person who bargained
to sell any of the Choctaw land traitor
and punishable by death. Any white
man who encouraged such action was de-.
ported. An Indian who sold or disposed
of land either to individuals or to the!
United States in toto should be considered
traitor and shot ON conviction. This
was just preceding the beginning of the
work of the Dawes commission.-Kansas
City Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02
TAPAN'S USEFUL PAPERS.
House Walls, Rain Coats, Grain Sacks
and Tobacco Pouches.

From the bark of trees and shrubs the
are far ahead Of ours.
The walls of the japanese houses are
wooden frames covered with thin paper,
which keeps out the VIVID but lets in the
light, and when one compares these
paper-walled doll houses with the
gloomy bamboo cabins Of the inhabitants
of the island of Java or the small
Widowed huts of our forefathers, one
realizes that. without glass and in
rainy climate, these ingenious people
have solved in a remarkable way the
problem of lighting their dwellings, and,
at least in a measure, of keeping out the
cold.
AS a cover for his load of tea, when
rain storm overtakes him, the japanese
farmer spreads over it a tough, piable
cover of oiled paper, which is almost as
impervious as tarpaulin and as light as
gossamer. He has doubtless carried this
cover for years neatly packed away
somewhere about his cart
The 'rikisha" coolies in the large cities
wear rain mantles of this oiled paper,
which cost less than 10 cents, and last
for a year or more with constant use.
An oiled tissue paper, which is as tough
as writing paper, can be had at the sta
TONERS for wrapping up delicate articles.
Grain and meal sacks are almost al
ways made Of bark paper in Japan, for
it is not easily penetrated by weevils and
other insects.
But perhaps the most remarkable of
all the papers which find a common use
in the japanese household are the feather
papers of which the tobacco pouches and
pipe cases are made.
They are almost as tough as French
kid, so translucent that one can nearly
see through them. and as pliable and
soft as calfskin. The material of which
they are made is as thick as cardboard,
but as flexible as kid.-National Geo
graphic Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02
Kentucky Mans DUTY.

Jamboree, Ky, Aug. 29.-(Special.)
After suffering for years with pain
in the back Mr.. J. NJ. Coleman, a we'll
known citizen of this place, has found
a complete cure in Dodd's Kidney Pills.
Knowing how general this disease is
all over the country, Mr.. Coleman
feels it is his duty to make his expert
ence public for the benefit of other
sufferers.
Il want to recommend Dodd's Kid
ney Pills to everybody who has pain
in the back" Mr.. Coleman says. Il
suffered for years with my back.
used Dodd's Kidney Pills and 1 have
not felt pain since. My little girl,
too. complained of her back and she
used about half a box of Dodd's Kid
ney Pills and she is sound and WELL"
Backache is Kidney Ache Dodd's
Kidney Pills are sure cure for all
Kidney Aches, including Rheumatism.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02
Rotating Wheat and Potatoes.

Rotating Wheat and Potatoes.
There have been all sorts of results
with wheat following potatoes, and
such results have largely followed
closely in accordance with the fertil-
izers used. Naturally, as wheat does
best on a soil which has been well
worked and prepared following the
potato crop with wheat offers every
chance for d good crop Of the cereal,
but always provided the proper fer
tiliZers are applied and in considerable
quantity, for it must be remembered
that the potato crop has not left much
Of the applied fertilizer for any fol-
lowing crop, and second, that the &C
ton Of the fertilizer will necessarily
be slower during the season in which
the wheat gets its start. In following
potatoes with wheat try this plan.
Rake off the potato tops, and with the
harrow level the soil and loosen it to
the depth of two or three inches; then
roll the ground and drill in the seed
with 200 pounds to the acre Of some
commercial fertilizer rich in phos-
phoric acid. The potato tops may be
spread over the seed bed as mulch,
and will materially help the wheat.
Rather a radical way of doing this
work, perhaps, but it has paid well
with many farmers, hence is worth
trial
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02

much acid, sour soil, is we call It.
The remedy is, of course, lime, and
this may be applied after testing the
this department many times. That
there ought to be more clover grown
on farms than there is no one will
deny. and if this is admitted why not
get the soil in the necessary condition
to make the crop. 1t is true that the
soil acidity may not be the only rea-
son for failing to make catch Of clo-
yer, but it can do no harm to lime the
soil if it needs it and then look for
the other reasons why clover will not
grow IN If
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02

ground, the pain was so severe. This
was my condition when I began using
Doan's Kidney Pills. They quickly
relieved me and now I am never trou-
bled as l was. My back is strong and
l can walk or ride long distance and
feel just as strong as did twenty five
years ago. 1 think so much of Doan's
Kidney Pills that 1 have given a sup
ply Of the remedy to some of my neigh
bors and they have also found good
results. If you can sift anything from
this rambling note that will be of any
service to you. or to any one suffering
from kidney trouble, you are at liberty
to do So
A FREE TRIAL. Address Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y. For sale
by all dealers: price so cents
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02
The Chinese Army.

Col. Grandprey, once French military
attache in Pekin, gives some very inter
esting information regarding the Chinese
army in the Revue de Paris. He says
that few countries have such excellent
material as China for an army, where
the whole population of 100000 con-
ssts. so to speak, of one people, display
ing the same racial qualities. The Chi
nese is long lived and tenacious of life;
he thrives in every climate, in spite Of
the heat or cold He is extremely thrifty
and therefore easily supported. He has
nerves of steel; he can sleep in any posi-
ton and in any place, and can do with a
minimum of sleep. He seldom needs a
doctor and bears pain with the greatest
stoicsm. The Chinese is very teachable.
and what he has once been taught he
never fOrgetS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02
Buff Plymouth Rocks.

This picture represents a beautiful
type Of the Buff Plymouth Rock fe-
male, breed of Bluffs that has come
rapidly to the front since their intro
duchon only few years ago. In gen
eral conformation and size they are
identical with the Barred Rocks, and
as useful fowls they have few equals
and doubtless no superiors. Almost
everyone is familiar with the Barred
Plymouth Rocks, and as this branch
possesses all the merit Of their an
cestors, we hardly think detailed de-
scripion necessary. Suffice it to say
that we think the buff branch Of this
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02
DeCOying the Hessian Fly.

Wheat growers of long experience
are familiar with the plan Of sowing
decoy strip of wheat early in the
season to entice the hessian fly. 1t is
good plan to do this, even if there
is no certainty that the enemy may
be waiting for you. A narrow strip
is sown entirely around the field in
tended for wheat, and this is turned
under at the time the main crop is to
be sown. This turning the decoy strip
OF wheat under is better plan than
blowing a number Of dead burrows he
tween this strip and the main field
The main crop should be sown as late
as it can be with safety, whether the
decoy strip is used Or not, for the later
the sowing the less danger from the
hessian fly. Bear in mind also that
aside from the battle with the hessian
fly, success in wheat-growing comes
from the thorough preparation Of the
seed bed. The man who works on the
plan that the seed bed for wheat can
not be made too good is the one who
gets the profitable crop. At least this
Is the result on farms that have been
tiled for a number Of years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02
The Honey Cron.

California is the leading honey-pro-
ducing State. with over fifty-fve thou
sand swarms, producing about one
and a quarter million pounds of honey
and over sixty thousand pounds of
wax. In San Diego County alone are
about twenty thousand swarms. val
ued at $4,000. Texas stands next 10
California as producer, followed by
Kentucky. Missouri. North Carolina
and Tennessee The total product of
the United States is about sixty-two
million pounds of honey and nearly
two million pounds of wax
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02
Country Shippers.

The attention Of produce shippers is
called to the character Of the CONNER
cial reports published in the Evening
Wisconsin. They embrace the complete
Milwaukee and Chicago quotations on
produce, livestock and provisions and the
closing figures ON the New York stock
exchange each day. In order to keep
posted daily subscribe for the Evening
Wisconsin. Terms, $1.0O for three
months by mail.
THE EVENING WISCONSIN CO.,
Milwaukee, Wis
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02
Kicking Cows.

No farmer should breed a kicking
COW. If he is in the dairy business he
needs cows, not mules. Some mixers
will make a good COW kick and such
mixers ought to be kicked out Of the
barn. Don't kick if your COW kicks;
she does not know any better-you do.
Don't keep a kicking cow any longer
than she can be made fat for market.
This is the best way to get value re-
ceived from a kicking COW.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02
To Prevent Sore Necks.

One very good way to prevent some
of the sore necks on horses in hot
weather is to not check their heads
up SO high. With some freedom of the
head the collar can be shifted from it's
position. A short collar is sure to
make sore neck, and one that is too
long will cause sore shoulders. The
collar should always fit-not when it
was first bought, but always. Hames
which are too wide at the top will
admit of working back and forth and
will cause a sore neck. The collar
should fit the hor5e and the names
should fit the collar; then there will be
little danger of sores of any kind.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02
Work is Being Lightened.

To hear the steam threSher whistle
in the morning sends a thrill through
the heart of the old farmer who has
spent SO many years working around
the thresher. To the average small boy
it has nothing but delight. To the
housewife it brings remembrances Of
hot times over the kitchen cook stove
In the past few years all the work
has been lightened more or less. Self
feeders, self measures and wind-stack-
ers have taken away a great deal of
the hard work, and now the gasoline
stove removes a great deal Of the bur
densome heat in the kitchen.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02
Forty-three Years of Petroleum.

1t is not yet half a century since Col
Drake discovered petroleum on the
waters of Oil creek, near Titusville, Pa
The total production of crude petroleum
from 1859 to 1902-forty-three years
has been no less than 1,165, $50, 727 bar
rels. Of this output Pennsylvania and
New York contributed $50 per cent :;
Ohio, Dab per cent; West Virginia, II 3
per cent; Indiana, 80 per cent; Cali
fornia, 3.6 per cent; Texas. 81 per cent,
leaving 8 per cent. to be supplied by
Kansas, Colorado, Louisiana, Illinois,
Missouri, Indian territory. Wyoming.
Michigan and Oklahoma. = Scientific
American.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02

In the twelve states where there is
most child labor the whole number of
children under 1G employed is 1913, 76O.
Pennsylvania ranked first with about
$4,000; Missouri was lowest ON the list
with between 1000 and 5000.