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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-05-02

The sturdy boot of cowhide, the pride
and comfort of our New England grand.
fathers, is disappearing from shop and
store. 1t may still be seen here and
there upon the farm, but it has no place
trolley or cab of the city.
The boot came to these rocky New
England shores with the Pilgrims. II
broke the brush of the virgin forest for
hardy pioneers, and il trod down the
seed of many harvest upon the home
steads.
Glover's men of Marblehead marched
off to follow Washington in '76 wearing
nigh fishing boots, shiny with oil from
the cod and salt from the spray of the
sea. Whittier. the Quaker poet, ham
mered upon thick boot s,les to the
measures of his rhymes, and Henry
Wilson, "the Natick cobbler," ponder
ed ON questions of state as he pulled his
good waxed ends taut and dreamed OF
future greatness.
Walt Whitman tucked his trousers
legs inside his high boots and went out
aud made friends with the boatmen and
clamdiggers. Politicians donned boots
that betokeued toll at lection time, just
as the Officeholder of to-day puts on a
glad smile and puts out his glad hand.
A clergyman of high fame attributed
early success to his cowhide boots, which
he wore in his pulpit so that his congre-
CATION would feel that he was one of
them.
The schoolboy of times gone by
dreamed of the shiny, red topped, cop
per toed shoes that he would find in his
stocking Christmas morning, and the
Harvard boy felt himself man indeed
when he could go TO the cordwainer and
have pair of boots moulded tn his feet
and legs. OF course, he might break the
bootjack yanking them off, but that
would be injury 10 the SenseleSs boot
lack, not harm TO his vanity.
Everett Dunbar, who still makes boots
by hand down in Lynn, has the wedding
boots of now prominent I.ynner, worn
twenty five years ago. The Lynner
wore them only to his wedding, though
he paid $40 for them. He wouldn't dare
to wear them to-day, though they are
splendid specimen of bootmaking, for
they have comfortable broad toe and
cllmp tops, anu are tiiduc vi Oo"Hiuo,
all of which are decidedly out of fashion
for full evening dress to-day.
A few grandfathers of to-day still call
for their high boots, considering them
sovereign preventive of 'rheumatiz,
pueumony and other pesky ills" espec-
ially if worn with the trouser legs tuck
ed into the boot top, so that the cold
and dampness cannot creep beneath the
clothing and reach the body.
Even from rough mining camps and
the trail and the ranch of the West the
boot is disappearing. College boys
struck Western camps with heads full of
ideas and feet in Laced high ankle boots,
like the storm boats seen in Boston to-
day. Dudes in waller boots" shifted
the veteran miners; but it wasn't long
before the veterans themselves found
the snug fitting laced high boats OF much
value in supporting the ankles and in
keeping out stones And hunters and
cowboys and ranchmen learned the
same thing, too.
So the sturdy boot of cowhide is pass
ing, and civilization is marching on
ward in lighter and more scientific
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-05-02
NOTICE.

The subscriber hereby gives notice that he
h,s been duly appointed administrator with the
will annexed OF the estate of
MARTHA r. DOE, late of Paris,
In the County of oxford, deceased. All persons
having demands against the estate of sa'd de
ceased are desired to present the same for settle
ment, and all indebted thereto are requested T.
make navment Immediately
April 18th, 10 ) LOREN Il. MERRILL
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-05-02
NOTICE.

The subscriber hereby gives notice that he
has been duly appointed administrator OF the
estate OF
JAMES VI. LIBBY, late OF Hiram.
In the County of oxford, deceased, ami given
demands sgainst the estate of sal, decea sed q I
desired TO pre-, ,eut the same for settlement. ami
a Indebted thereto are requested to make pay'
ment Immediately.
April 18th, 1875. FRED :. LIBBY
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-05-02

A get-rich-quick concern In Kansas
City, No., which agreed to pay it's pa
irons one hundred dollars on an eighty
dollar investment, closed its Office, a
few days ago, and this notice was found
posted on the door: Goodbye, suck
ers, goodbye" Sympathy would be
wasted on the victims.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-05-02
Neixhbors Worth Having.

Celia-Did you so to the theater De-
LA? Delia-Yes. indeed Tie Jones
got sick and gave us their tickets. AID
Nrs. Brown lent me her new hat.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-05-02

All public Halls, Stores and Offices are notified
not to use any wood spit box either with sawdust
or sand In it.
CHIEF ENGINEER,
South Paris Village Corporation.
n B. The time limit IL about up on Dire escape
notices.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-05-02
AMONG THE FARMERS.
"SPEED THE PLOw."

on practical agricultural topics
Is solicited Address all communications in
tended for this department to HENRY ID.
HAMMOND, Agricultural Eiitor Oxford Dem
ocrat. Paris, Me.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-05-02
The Cow Rewards Good Care.

Given good cows at the start, the most
profitable dairy is the one that is fed
enough of a variety of feeds the year
through. Many cows are more or less
wisely fed through the winter and are
turned to pasture in the spring with
the self gratulatory idea on the part of
their owner that "that settles the feed
business till fall"
Aud it really does settle it as far as
the cows getting any other feed than
they can gather at pasture. If the pas
ture area is extensive enough and the
season favorable, there may be enough
of green growing grasses to feed the
cows well for several months, but on
most farms where dairies are kept the
pasture is not sufficient to be depended
upon for this, and as the season advances
and the grasses reach maturity they be-
come ripe and woody, so that it is i'm
possible for COW to eat and digest
enough of it to have her as well fed as
she was when the succulence OF early
summer was in the grasses.
This marks critical period in the
years usefulness of the COW. 1t is q
we'll known fact in dairy husbandry
that the COW, ON account of sickness o.
by being undernourished, that fails IL
her milk flow will not regain its norm
volume during that period of lactati,i'
To have the milk flow up to the mo
profitable point of production duri'
the whole period it must be kept up
the full and sufficient nourishment
the COW.
The COW does not make her milk from
the feed eaten from day to day. Food
substances are first digested, absorbed
and assimilated into bodily substances,
and it is a functional operation of the
cows physical economy that produces
the milk.
When the engineer wants more steam
on his boiler he throws on more fu.
and opens the draught. He is wOrkir
with q machine of which he is maste
Many feeders seem to think their Gov
are similar machines. When feed
high or scarce, or when dairy prOduc'
are low, the feed is reduced, with the
thought that when feed again becomes
abundant, or milk and butter advance,
more feed fuel may be showed in and the
steam will run up.
When this system Of economy Is put
into practice the dairyman soon find
the theory fails in working out to prac
tioe, but specifically ignoring cause anu
effect he blameS his own mistake on the
unfortunate COW and tries the same
thing over on another cow.-Tribun'
Farmer
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-05-02
Raising Heifer Calves.

1t is common thing for dairymen
who furnish milk for sale to destroy
calves to save feeding. Of course there
are many calves that are not worth
raising, but not necessarily so. 1t is
natural to infer that good COW proper
ly bred should raise a calf that is we'll
worth taking care of. Milk fed to a
calf is not wasted by any means. The
greater part of the butter fat may be
removed and the skim milk fed on the
farm has fertilizing value that the or
dinary dairy farmer seldom reckOns in.
This is q source of profit that farmers
cannot afford to overlook. Ii dairy
| farmers have not the means to thorough
| ly utilize manure from the stable to ad-
vantage the sooner they make the naces
sary arrangements the better. All hhes
of manufacturing business largely are
dependent upon the profits of the by
products. The farmer who keeps cIws
Tor milk alone makes mistake.
If he Is near the city where his pas
ture is limited, young stock may be dis
posed of by sending 1t into the country
to pasture during the summer months
1t would pay to hire run and feed
them all summer rather than not raise
good heifer calves. It is difficult tU
buy first class heifer calves and second
rate calves do not pay to keep as COWS.
This is another reason why 1t pays to
raise them and to see that it is done
properly. A heifer calf we'll fed from
birth to maturity will be worth twice
as much az one bought at random.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-05-02
silage One of the Cheapest Foods

We have used silage this winter to its
full limit; that is, our COWS have been
fed all they will eat up clean twice a
day, says B. Walker McKeen, Fryeburg,
Me-, in Tribune Farmer. This, with two
feeds of hay or Hungarian and light
grain ration, has maint aimed the tiOw of
milk finely. To test the present method
of feeding and also to ascertain how
well our last spring calved cows were
doing, we have taken an account OF the
milk from nine of our cows, none OF
which have been fresh since June, and
three of which have been giving milk
since January, 1904, and we find the
averages of these to be eight quarts of
milk day. If there is any other way to
maintain such a milk flow through the
winter months with cows that may be
called strippers than by feeding of
succulence in silage or roots, l have
not been able to find it. This, taken
with the fact that silage is certainly
one of our cheapest foods, should con-
vince even the most skeptical of it's
value.
Hasten the time when many acres OF
unproductive New England soil may be
made to produce food for our farm ami
mails, when the true appreciation of New
England possibilities may induce us all
to put our shoulders to the wheel and
push our very best. We have the mar
kets, we have the young men, who are
looking for a life work; we have the
teams, and can secure the fertilizer
necessary for best results by feeding
and by tillage. The movement has be.
gun. Let the good work 60 on.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-05-02
| 6he Wings Of the
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~ Edward J. Clode
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Copyright. 1908. by
Edward J. Clode

ai::)n:, &c bushes. abandoned, forgot
ten. lorrific. Then he smOthered a
cry of su" rise.
by Jore" lie muttered. There IL
no N and dot. That sign Is meant
for skull and crossDoneS. 1t lies
exactly OH the part of the island where
we saw that queer looking bald patch
today. First thing tomorrow before
tie girl awakes l must examine that
place"
He resolute.y stretched himself on
his share of the spread out coats, now
thoroughly dried by sun and fire. In
n minute he was sound asleep.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-05-02
Passing of Cowhide Boots.

CAME To NEW ENGLAND WITH THE Pill
GRIMs-FAMOUs MEN HAVE WORN
THEM.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-05-02
Send for free sample

SCOTT d BOVINE, Chemists
tos-+15 Peari Street, New Yorh
SSo. and S1.oo. All druggists
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-05-02

CHAPTER V.
@ awc,:e to find the sun high In
the heavens. Iris was prepar-
|RE ing breakfast; fine fire was
a cracking cheerf1lly. and the
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-05-02
Smith and Machinist,

SOUTH PARIS, MAINE.
,..,,,f,. t,rer of genera machinery, steam en-
MI work spool machinery and tools,
Sl1y' 81 screws, taps lies and drills made and
IosI' Io..si'-sI sewing, moving and threshing ma
s,os,, pumps Of a!l kind, presses, guns, pis-
,h'uV iyr. tr,,,,s. etc. neatly and promptly re-
90, - S:egm AZ. water piping done to order.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-24
Plymouth.

Plymouth.
S. Mcconnell, railway agent at Ply
mouth Junction, met with what might
have been a serious accident at the
junction Saturday ewing. While put
ting on his overcoat his revolver fell
out Of the pocket and in some way was
discharged, the bullet cutting quite a
cash in his ankle. The wound is not
considered dangerous.
Stafford.
The California special car exhibit
ing the fruits, seeds, ETC., from Santa
Clara county, Of that state, was here
Saturday. Their exhibition was very
good and was visited by more than a
| thousand persons while it was in the
railroad yards. The two cars were
lighted with electric lights furnished
| from a plant in the rear car.
Cedar Rapids.
Frank M. Slezak, a farmer and
thresher of this county has filed a petit
tion in bankruptcy in the federal court
His debts amount to $3,007.81 and $2,-
594 of this amount is owing to the Ce-
dar Rapids Supply Company on
threshing outfit Mr. Slezak has no
assets, his sole property being suit
Of clothes.
Fort Dodge.
A stock extra was run over the
Minneapolis & st. Louis Sunday from
Humboldt. and was sent from this
city to Omaha. j. L. Pease, one OF the
! most extensive shippers of Humboldt
county, shipped carload OF cattle
/ and hogs to Omaha. The extra was
sent to Humboldt in the morning and
the stock loaded there, and the train
got back to this city near o'clock.
Webster City.
A high woven wire fence is to be
built about the Hamilton county Jail
The step is taken to prevent friends
and pals of those confined in the jail
from passing various articles thru the
bars to the prisoners as has been done
in the past. The fence will not in it
self prevent a continuation of such acts
hut one who goes inside the fence will
be a trespasser and will be punishable
as such.
Davenport.
Referee in Bankruptcy j. M. Hell
mick announces that the trustee in
the case of Druggist Harry q. Wiley
\ OIL MuSCdllIlG HIS ulSpOSSN VI eAAS
property. One vacant lot in Musca-
tine brought $500 and another lot
owned by the bankrupt at Garfield
! Okla, brought the small sum Of $3.50
| The bankrupt has now left Muscatine
and is now understood to be on the Pa
cific coast.
| Summer.
The indications are that the rural
population of Bremner county at the
census now being taken, will show q
decided falling OFF as compared
with that of five years ago Take for
instance Sumner township No. 2. which
contains all the township outside Of
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-24
HERE'S WHAT'S WANTED.
A Citizen Of Marshalltown Supple:
fha information

A Citizen Of Marshaitown Supplies
the Information.
Over half the complaints Of mankind
originate with the kidneys.
A slight touch of backache at first.
Twinges and shooting pains in the
loins follow.
They must be checked, they lead to
graver complications.
The sufferer seeks relief
Plasters are tried, and liniments
for the back
so-called kidney cures which do not
cure.
The long-looked-fo for result seems un-
attainable.
If you suffer, do You want relief?
Follow the plan adopted by this Mar
shalltown citizen.
Henry Olson, shoemaker, IA East
Main street says: When 1 learned
Of Doan's Kidney Pills I was laid up
with severe pains in my kidneys. I
took the advice of friend. procured
q box at Mcbride G. Will Drug Conn
pany's store. corner Main and Center
streets, used the remedy, was cured
and have stayed cured. have abso-
lutely had no trouble with my kidneys
SINCE"
For sale by all dealers Price SO
cents. Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo,
N, Y, sole agents for the United
States. Remember the name, Doan's
ana take no other.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-24
Municipal Campaign at Grin
nell Enlivened by a Ticket
Controversy
lNJuNcTloNs AND MANDAMUs
Candidates for Office Have Some Dis
pute as to Which Ticket They Shall
Appear Upon and the Court is Ask
ed to Decide-other News Of the
State.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Grinnell, March 24.--A little sharp
seasoning was added to the broth brew
ing in the political pot here yesterday
by an attempt to enjoin the city clerk.
j. +. Wilson, from putting the name
of John c. Manly on the republican
ticket as nominee for city treasurer and
to secure mandamus compelling him
to place it or the Citizens ticket.
The nominations or city officers We're
made by the republicans at a regular
primary for the whole city, the names
balloted for having been previously
handed to the ward committeeman by
those wishing; to be candidates. A
few days prior to the holding of this
primary, citizens" caucus was held
and Mr.. Marley was nominated at that
caucus to fill the office of city treas
ures, an office which he now holds and
to which he was elected on the repub-
lican ticket. Previous to caucus Manly
claims to have handed in his name
as candidate on the republican tick
ct and he was SO nominated at the pri-
maries without opposition. Wishing,
under the circumstances, to come be-
fore the people as the republican NOM
inee he filed papers with the city clerk
asking that his name be taken from
the list to appear on the citizens tick
ct, and that 1t be placed upon the ball
lots of the republican party. There
upon came the action for injunction
and mandamus. The case was brought
by and in the name of the candidate
for city solicitor on the citizens tick
ct and was brought before Judge Gle
ments at Oskaloosa on Wednesday,
March. Thru a misunderstanding
on the part of the defendant he was not
present at Oskaloosa but requested by
phone postponement of the case till
he could be heard, which was granted
Yesterday the case came up before
Judge Scott at Montezuma. At the
hour set for the hearing the plaintiff
moved to dismiss at plaintiffs cost,
which was done.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-24
Providence Township In Hardin
County to Try the CONSOLE
dation Plan
SEVEN DISTRICTS INTERESTED
Special Election Called For tho First
of April to Take Action on the
Proposition to Merge Number of
Country School Districts-News of
Iowa.
Special to Times Republican,

Special to GS-RepuDllcan.
Iowa Falls, March 24-School con-
solicitation in rural districts has struck
Hardin county and the experiment is
to be tried by several districts in Prov
idence township. Seven districts VIII
be asked to vote on the question the
first of April and decide the matter
of consolidating in one district where
a central high school shall be located.
1t is maintained by those in favor OF
consolidation that much better results
are obtained by this method of con-
Quoting the schools of a certain dis
trict and that it affords the children
of the country districts all the advan>
tages gained by town and city pupils
in the high schools Of the more densely
populated sections. The outcome of
this movement will be watched with
much interest not only in this county,
but over the state, where there appears
to be a growing sentiment in favor of
consolidation of district schools.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-24

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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-24
FROM ALL OVER IOWA

the incorporation. Five years ago the
returns showed a population of sos.
and this year the enumerator could
only find 571. Maxf1eld township also
shows big falling off. These are the
only two townships that have made
their returns to the county auditor.
vinton. -.
The state board of control recently
marketed a car load of hogs from the
institution for the blind at Vinton.
They sold for $4.65 and the state will
net about $500 from them. There
were fifty-four of the brutes, and the
remainder of the herd OF 100 were
butchered for the inmates of the in
stitution or were withheld from sale,
so that they must be, made into meat
this summer.
Usage.
Andrew Hollis, OF this city, is the
loser of thirteen head of cattle which
were drowned Saturday by breaking
thru the ice on pond on his big
stock farm. The animals were heavy
steers that had been fattened for the
market and represented a total value
of more than $500. The pond was COW
cred with ice and the steers had start
ed to cross but the ice broke and all
went to the bottom. When found they
We're dead.
Nort1wood.
Mr.. o. A. Brunsvold, who was en-
gagged in the mercantile business at
this place for many years, up to few
months ago, has decided to turn his
attention to farming and will ship a
carload of household effects and ma
chinery to Montpelier, N. D., this
week. Mr.. Brunsvold and wife and
SOP "Obbie" and wife will all go to
y orth Dakota and reside on the farm
which is located within two miles Of
Montpelier.
Iowa City.
Fifty years an Odd Fellow in Eureka
Lodge No. "A of Iowa City, is the re-
markable record of Michael Seydel, a
pioneer resident of Johnson county.
and one time prominent business
man of the university city. On the oc-
casion of his fiftieth anniversary,
March Z. he was presented by the
lodge with a gold mounted cane. The
Eureka lodge has two other men who
have been connected with the organ
ization for about the same length of
time c. f. Lovelace is the oldest
member, having joined when the lodge
was formed in 1853, while o. Starts
man will celebrate his fftieth anniver-
sary in August.
WaverIy.
Saturday night this place was the
scene of one of the widest street fights
that has been known here for several
years. At late hour Of the night B..
C. Dickinson and John Schmidt became
engaged in fist fight in one of the
saloons. Dickinson came off second
best. Shortly after Schmidt started