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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-12-28
FOR THE LITTLE ONES.
The Slaughter of Small Birds Cruel
and Unwise.

The Slaughter of Small Birds Cruel
and Unwise.
AS most boys and girls know, it
is a law of nature that some of the
lower animals prey on others, says
the Chicago News. Perhaps it has of
ten occurred to YOU that some pro-
vision might have been made for
the animals to sustain life in some
other way-say by eating vegeta-
ton or some other product of the
earth instead of each other. But
if that were the case the lower an
finals would multiply too fast, and
to avoid this there is what the wise
men call the "balance of nature"
by which the production and de-
struction of animal life are adjusted
for the benefit of the whole. Man
sometimes interferes with this "bal-
ance," as happened in France some
time ago when so many small birds
were killed that the caterpillars de-
stroyed all the vegetation in GER
tain places. Nature always knows
what she is doing, and it is best not
to interfere too seriously with her
plans. So far as the slaughter of
small birds-and some large ones
is concerned, it is not only unwise,
but cruel, for thousands are slain
every year merely that their feath-
ers or bodies may be had for dec
Grating the hats of women and
crirlc
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-12-28
Estate of Jennie Clair Norton
Order of Motherhood Of Will
.TATE OF VERMONT.

CTATE OF VERMONT, p,o,o., ,,,,.
= DISTRICT OF ADDISON, IS. i'''''' N"ui t.
BE II remembered, that ut IA session of the
Probate Court, holGen nj MiddlebuIy, within
and for the DistIic. of Addison, on the 2lst
day OF December. a. D., 1906.
Present. Hos WIN II. BLISS, Judge
whereas, certain instrument # writing,
under seal, lurporting to be the last will ana
Testament of Jenni CLAIR Norton late of
NJ iddlrbury in sail District, deceased, having
been this day presented 20 said Court Tor
Probate, ana duly filed in The Registers
Office; Therefore, II is ordered, that all per.
Sons interested in the estate OF said deceased
be notified To appear before said Court at the
Probate Office IN Middlebury, in said district,
on the l4th day of January a. D. 1907, by
publication of this order three weeks success
sively previous thereto, in the Middlebury
Register, newspaper printed mt said Middle
bury, to show cause, IL any they may have,
why said instrument in writing should not be
proved and allowed. as The last will and ties.
lament OF he said deceased.
true record,
80 MABLE A. BLISS, Register
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-12-28
A HAPPY
NEW YEAR

Thanking our customers for their liberal patron
age during the year just closing, and realizing
that the successful year of 1906 is due to the
orders of our customers in greater measure
than to shrewdness in buying allow us to extend
the compliments of the season. May 1907 be
fraught with joy for you all. Permit your grocer
to wish you "Happy New Year" To ensure
happiness during the coming year include among
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-12-28
A Prime Minister'S Graceful Act.

At dinner to his tenantry in
Scotland, where a large number of
farmers were entertained, the pres
ent Lord Rosebery noticed that one
of them was unconsciously exciting
good deal of amusement among
his fellows by pouring his coffee
into the saucer and drinking it that
way. The then prime minister of
England proceeded to drink his cof-
fee in the same way. Noblesse
oblige is a very good motto for ma
tons and gentlemen.-Wall Street
journal.
GA - oREA.
b s..n tn. H1A' Kind V. !a.s Away. Bought
A'' ct &MAZzNx
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-12-28
Wisd ON from Coroner.

London. Dec. eat an inquest re-
Gently held by Coroner r. E. Clarke in
Shrewsbury over the death of man
run over by an automobile the official
expressed his views, which were in brief
God created horses for the use of man
kind and the devil invented motor cars
for the destruction of mankind. New
York World.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-12-28

The report is current that II. L. Hind
ley, the well-known newspaper writer,
is to be the new proprietor and editor of
the Vermont Watchman and Montpelier
Daily Journal Hindley is not only a
good writer but well liked by the breth-
rem of the Vermont press who will wish
for him an abundance of prosperity.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-12-28
FASTIDIOUS WOMEN

consider PaXtine Toilet Antiseptic a
necessity in the hygienic care of the
person and for local treatment of
feminine ills. AS wash its cleansing,
germicidal, deodorizing and healing
qualities are extraordinary. For sale
at Druggists. Sample free. Address
The r. Paxton Co., Boston, Mass.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-12-28
Things to Know.

Bees never store up honey where
it is light.
The moth has fur jacket and
the butterfly none
Leaves will attract dew when
boards, sticks and stones will not.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-12-28
The Popular Holiday House
SOUTH END OF BRIDGE, MAIN STREET
A BUSY STORE ON A BUSY AVENUE
Useful Chri tmas Goods

Handkerc
Handkerchief md
Mocha, Reindeer Bukki and
n Band
Arm Bmds
Cloth Brushes Fobs Scarf Pins Cuff Links Collar Buttons Business and Dress Shirts
RobesC ordu-
adfur
Club Umbrellas, etc
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-05
Cutting SiIO Corn,

It is Of primary Importance to know
at what stage corn should be cut 70 Sc
cure the best results. 1t is also 1eces-
sary, it is pointed out in Farming, that
a careful study be made as to how rap
idly nut1ement is stored up in tn. corn
plant and when the maximum announ
is reached. When corn is fully tasseleG
it contains but eight-tenths Of q ton of
dry matter an acre, or one-fifth OF what
it contains when fully ripe. When in
milk it contains nearly three times as
much dry matter as when fully tas-
seled. Only seventeen days were oc-
cupied in passing from the milk to
the glazing stage, yet in this time there
was an increase in the dry matter of
1.3 tons an acre. This shows the great
advantage of letting the corn stand
until the kernels are glazed. After this
period the increase in dry matter Is but
slight.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-05
1EVERIDGE REPLIES TO BRYAN.
Senator in Chicago Speech De-
nOunrcs Nehraskan'- portrinc.

Senator in ChicaEo Speech De-
nounccs Nehraskau'- nortrinc.
The Hamilton Club of Chicago for.
mally opened the congressional cam,
paign with Il big meeting in the Audi
forum. Senator BeVc"idgp proved Il
drawing card. and :nr large hall was
packed to the doors. Interest was en-
HANGED by the fact OF the Senator's
close relations to the administration.
His uttrranccs were regarded as wholly
or at least in great measure rejecting
the views of the President.
Therefore what Senator Beveridge
said concerning government ownership
may be regarded as a reply to Bryan's
enunciations on that subject. The pith
of the argument is contained in the fol-
lowing paragraphs:
The peoples government should do no
business that the people can do better
themselves the peoples government
should own no business that the people
can better own themselves.
But the peoples government should
control and regulate industries owned by
some of the people that are so great as
to affect the welfare of all of the people.
Thu people, through their government,
should not permit some of them to prar-
tice business methods that will he unjust
to all OF them. But the peoples govern
ment should not own any industry which
private enterprise can efficiently manage
and whose abuses government regulation
can prevent.
Government ownership OF nationwide
business is the European theory Of indus
Try. Government regulation OF nation
wide business is the American theory of
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-05

The proper time in which to select
seeds is late in the fall or winter. The
reason for requiring this portion of the
year for so doing is because there is
then no hurry, and the work can be
done better. The common practice Of
laying the seed corn aside to remain
until spring has done great damage to
the corn crop, as very often the eX-
cess of imperfect grains is such as to
cause a failure of termination over the
whole field. Every ear of corn should
be examined and the inferior grain
shelled off. Vegetable seeds also re
quire examination, for insects, damp
ness and other causes interfere with
their safe-kecping. OF course, ever,
farmer is supposed to be careful with
his seeds, but very few farmers know
the condition Of their seeds until the
time ONE when they are required for
planting, and then the farmers are
too much hurried to do anything with
them.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-05

TIN living in the wrong age" grum-
bled the little old man who was sitting
outside of the p~ostoflce whiting a
peach stone.
Flows that?" qucried the horseshoe
salesman.
"Why, be gum, I should have beer
living in an age when tina want moth
Eng but automobiles and airshlps."
why So? Horses ever give you any
trouble?"
Trouble? Wall, I reckon they have
While I went to the circus the old wom-
an ran away with q boss doctor. II
there hadn't been any bosses thar
wouldn't have been n boss doctors
and l would have had the old woman
yet. No, sir, young man, I was born
too early"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-05
Harvesting POtatoeH.

More or less judgment is required In
doing any kind Of work, and the dig
glng OF potatoes iS nc exception to the
rule. In the first place, SO many should
not be dug out at one time that they
cannot be handled readily. \ coed way
Is to dig during the fore part Of each
half day and then gather the tubers
before quitting. AS soon as dry they
should always be picked up. and If the
weather IS reasonably dry the length of
time necessary for drying depends al
most entirely upon the nature Of the
soil. If sandy, an hour may be long
enough, but If a moist clay 1t may take
several hours. Potatoes, once dug,
should certainly not be left out on h
ground over night. If they are, the
frost has every nance to get at them,
and only a little freezing is required to
spoil Il good many bushels for mar
ket. 1t is a poor practice, too, to pick
up potatoes without my regard to grad
ing. TWO classes, anyway, should be
made Of them all those of good mar
ketablc size should be gathered first
and the understood ones left till later.
1t also pays to have crates or bushel
measures in which to pick them up.
Easy to distribute about the field, these,
after being filed, can readily be placed
on a wagon and drawn off. Further
more, they prevent the tubers from be-
ing jammed and married. Thirty or
forty of them, or even Il less number.
may profitaDly be owned by every farm
or who makes a business of raising 20
tatoes II similar crops.-Fred O. Sib
ley, in Agricultural Epitomist.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-05
Storing ~NeGetnbles.

To enjoy palatable and wholesome
vegetables during the winter months
proper care and attention are just as
essential in harvesting and storing as
in cultivation. Roots and vegetables,
as they are often promiscuously thrown
in heaps about the cellar, soon lose
their freshness and flavor. Most Of our
house cellars are too warm for the
proper preservation Of vegetables, and
it is therefore advisable to store only
a limited quantity for immediate use
in the house, while the main stock
should be kept in a cool barn, cellar or
outdoor pit.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-05
Turbine Windmill

In parts Of the country subject to
high winds there Is risk Of mills on
high towers being overthrown. espe-
cially If the diameter Of the wheel IS
increased above ten or twelve feet. To
overcome this difficulty it is eXpedient
to build a mill inside Of its tower
rather than upon 1t. The turbine
shown in the Illustration has a diam
eter of twenty feet and is used to
drive a feed grinder and other ma
chinery. Its chief office, however, IS
to operate two pumps which irrigate
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-05

The full benefits Of farm machinery
are not realized because the average
farmer has not the mechanical training
or the requisite skill to get the best re-
suits out Of these complex implements.
We are the greatest makers and users
Of farm machinery in the world, ana
it is owing to this fact more than any
other single cause that we have been
able to maintain our agricultural SUI
prelnaCy in the markets Of the world.
The cost of this machinery to the farm
erS is greater to-day thar ever before.
The character of this machinery every
year becomes moro complicated, reQuir-
ing increased Know ledge of engineer
ing principles on the part Of users.
The traction engine, the steam plOw,
the combined harvester and thrcsner
operated by steam power, the automO-
bile, the growing use Of electricity as a
motive power on the farm, the machin-
cry now required in dairieS, in the
growing Of sugar beets and manufar-
ture of beet sugar, are all Illustrations
of the momentous changes in the char
acter Of farm machines which have
taken place in the last fifty years. The
increase in skill and mechanical knowl-
edge required by farmers to operate
these complex INC costly machines COM
the primitive tools Of half a century
ago cannot be given in percentages
Elwood Mead, in Field and Farm.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-05
Too Funny,

mister" said the bruised and bat.
tered man as he entered the newSpa.
per office, II want you to stop my pa
per. l can't stand the comic page"
"Why,' replied the clerk, in surprise,
"our comic page is conceded to be the
funniest out"
That's just it, young man; it Is too
funny. Why, last night while l was
reading some of the jokes in the kltch-
en-, l started to laugh, and, by gum, I
laughed so loud l tilted my chair too
far back, upset six jars Of gooseberry
preserves, knocked down the stove and
killed the cat. Then the old woman
cam near killing me; SO l reckon you
better stop the paper"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-05
DON'T,

Here are a few helpful don'ts for a
man who doesn't know anything about
1t:
Don't.
Just plain don't.
Don't be reckless-especially in your
lying.
Don't give to the Lord and then go
out and rob q widow.
Don't acquire the borrowing habit,
or the day will come when you will
run out Of friends.
Don't marry an indolent nan expect
ing him to brace up, or you may have
to take in washing to pay for the
brace.
Don't be so mean-minded that you
can see no good in q man. He may
be the first to loan you money In time
of need.
Don't spread butter on both sides Of
your bread just because you have S. in
your pockets. An earthquake may come
along and shake the change out Of
them.-Denyer News.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-05

of the mines, all the sheep in the cour
try II their wool, and leave a balance
equal to the entire years crop Of rye,
barley, buckwheat and potatoes. Or as
a hen enthusiast writes in Farming,
"she pays the interest on all the farm
mortgages, pays the entire State and
county taxes Of the whole Uuion. and
then leaves 4 balance large enough to
give every man, woman and child in
the United States q dollar"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-05
Pulling StunDs.

A writer in Home and Farm gives
this description Of an implement for
pulling stumps: Cut a good, strong
pole about twenty feet long, Of white
ash; trim and peel it nicely, hitch a
strong rope to the top-a chain will do,
but it Is heavier to handle. Set the
pole against the stump to be pulled,
letting h lower end rest between two
roots. Then put a strong chain around
the top Of the stump, passing it around
the pole. A team hitched to the rope
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-05
InG:a's Largest Wheat Crop.

The wheat crop of India this year
is a large One. The area sown amounts
to 2G,22G,20O acres, and the yield is es-
timated at S,J6O,OOO tons, as against
7,5S2,OOO ton last year, the increase
being Is per cent. The Indian Trade
Journal, which makes this statement,
says that the government is taking a
deep interest in the complaint of the
admiXture of dirt in the wheat export
ed. The government has consulted the
chambers of commerce, some Of whom,
however, Indicate a reluctance to de-
part from the present customs of the
trade; but the chamber Of
at Karachi, from which 10 per cent of
Indian wheat exports are now shipped,
strongly supports the governments pro-
pOsal for OS per cent pure wheat.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-05

The best hog trough | ever saw Is
made as shown in cut. A is a fence be-
tween mar and pigs, 8 feet high; b.
back board, IS inches; G, bottom width
to suit size Of pigs; D, sticks to keep
them from croWding; E, front to suit
size Of pigs also. You see, the pigs
cant crowd each other or YOU as you
feed them. They can't get their feet in
the muSh and must stand up and eat
like horses in the stalls. A nice sight
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-05
Shelter for Stock.

The piles Of stalks and straw which
go to waste can be made to do good
service in providing shelter if it is not
considered fit for feeding. With a few
posts and poles the stalks and straw
will furnish a warm place of refuge
for animals that cannot be accommo-
dated in the barn OF stable. With plen-
ty Of straw on the ground under the
covering so formed, no better place
could be arranged for sheep, and with
care in making the roof only a heavy
storm will cause it to leak.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-05
COSTLY NEW YORK CHURCHES

The Marble Collegiate Church, Fifth
avenue and Twenty-ninth street, Is val
ued at $1,OOO,OOO.
Grace Church, at what was once de-
scribed as the head OF Broadway, New
York, is valued at S95O,OOO.
The West Presbyterian Church, on
West Forty-secold street, is valued at
$rt50,000, st. Thomas's at S1,7OO.OO0,
and the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
Church, 9 and II West Fifty-fiftl
street, at 100000
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-05
Melons in the Corn Shock.

IF when cutting corn you will place
in one of your largest shocks about a
dozen of your choicest watermelons, at
Christmas, when the snow is on the
ground and the frost is on the pane,
you can sit by the roaring fire and eat
one Of your melons, which has kept all
that time in the shock Of corn.-Farm
Journal.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-05
There Are Others.

"Say, Harker, l heard you telling
your wife the other morning that you
were going fshing."
Sure. old chap. And I bagged some
Of the finest trout you ever saw"
"BaSged? How ~in1roper! The ex-
preston 'baggcd' belongs to hunters"
But it fits NY case exactly. You see
I didn't catch anything with my lines.
so on my way home l bought a string
OF fish and put them in a paper bag"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-05
The Apple Harvest.

System in harvesting is essential.
Care must be taken in picking thor
oughly and without bruising the fruit
Apples should be partially sorted in
the orchard. Apples should be left on
the trees as long as possible, that the
fruit may get color and weight
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-05

sixteen acres of land. The expense Of
lred dollars. There is no particular
difficulty about its construction and a
considerable part Of the work could be
done with ordinary tools and a little
mechanical knowledge.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-05

will pull out most any stump. Place
the pole close to the stump and cut the
roots opposite the pole. Two men can
best do the work n to tend the
horse, the other to cut roots as the
stump is being turned out.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-05

William Stanley Braithwaite, a colored
man of Boston, is attracting great atten-
ton as a poet. He IS considered BY
critics to be one of the finest singers Of
the younger generation in America.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-05
IL

Bacon-What did you think Of the
lover in the play?
Egbert-I thought he acted very nat
ural.
Bacon-I thought he acted very
queer.
Egbert-Well, love makes everybody
act queer, you know.-Yonkers States
man.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-05
Troubles of an Amateur

Il thought you had gone to raising
bees said the man from the city. II
don't see any sign of them around here"
II had half a dozen colonies of the
finest bees l could get" answered the
suburbanite, land a whole library Of lit
erature OF bee raising; but they swarmed
one day. and while l was looking through
my books to find out what was the proper
thing to do when bees swarmed the blam-
ed things flew away, and I've never seen
'em since"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-05

Venus always saye' the lover whom
she Observation-Disclosures.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-05

Fully $500 persons commit suicide Ia
Russia every year.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-05

Some one has figured that the Ameri-
can hen each year earns enough to
buy all the silver and gold dug out
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-05

industry. l am for the American theory
and against the European theory. Let Eu-
rope copy America. not America copy
Europe. Government control Of railways,
but not government ownership of rail
ways.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-05

The Aston family in New York has
bought land in Mexico for the larges.
cattle ranch 10 Die world.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-12-07
Orders New RoIIino Stock.

San Francisco Dec. 6.-The
Southern Pacific has just ordered
constructed about $6, 900, 900 worth Of
new rolling stock, and has placed
orders aggregating $4, 900 900 with
different locomotive and car manufac-
turing concerns, so that it's equipment
may be augmented as quickly as pos
sible to meet the growing demands
for more cars and more facilities for
transportation. The figures as Civ
en- out at the general managers Of
flee yesterday show very material
enlargement of the equipment of the
company. Compared with the roll
ing stock now in commission the
prospective additions amount in some
cases to an increase of 25 per cent