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The Florida agriculturist., 1906-06-13
WEDNESDAY, JUNE d3, 1906.
The Condemned Meat Industry.

We devote large amount of space
to this subject again this week. 1t is
one of the greatest Importance to
every farmer who does not produce
all his own meat, lard. etc. We feel
anxious that all our readers shall have
a full understanding of present con
ditiOns. 1t is probable that congress
will pass law that will make it diff
cult. we hope impossible, for the pack
er to send such unwhOlesOme products
as htey have been putting on the
market in the past. But the meat
packers are not the only sinners, most
of the canned goods found for sale on
the market are more or less adulter-
ated. For protection against this
fraud, we need a good state law and
provision for its vigorous enforcement.
Are you ready to do your part, to see
that the next legislature meets this
crying need?
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-06-13

The matter is still undecided. We
reported that the committee of the
House struck out the appropriation for
free seeds But when the bill came up
in the house, that item was restored
by a vote of three to one. The bill
then went to the senate. The senate
committee reported that it was OppOs-
ed to the item but would not strike it
out In the meantime the senators
are being overwhelmed with kilograms
from all parts of the country protest
ing against this ancient fraud
1T is to be hoped that public opinion
will be too much for the senators,
and that they will strike out the item.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-06-13
Protect Your Friends.

Farmers are becoming more ready
to protect the birds. though they are
not yet all of them educated to the
point of giving all birds an asylum
on their farms. But there are two
other friends that are entirely neglect
ed, or even pursued to the death. We
mean mOles and tOads. MOles never
do any damage to vegetation directly,
they occasionally do some, indirectly,
by raising it up and causing it to dry
out, by making their runs under it,
and also by furnishing track for
field mice to travel through to find
seeds, etc. As the mole lives wholly
on insects, he more than pays his way.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-06-13
Book Received.

We have just received, from the
publishers, the Farm and Ranch Pub
fishing Co, a copy of The New Horti-
culture, by H. Nj. Stringfellow, of
Lampasas, Texas. 1t is cloth bound
book of 146 pages, fully illustrated,
price 75 cents postpaid, or in paper
cover for 30 cents.
Several times within the past year
we have printed articles on the New
Horticulture. But so far as we know
they have made no impression on our
readers. 1t seems very strange, yet
there is a reason for it. Agriculturists
of adj classes, and in that we include
all who cultivate the soil, whether for
fruit growing of whatever their line,
are exceedingly conservative, very
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found to be harbOring this insect, they
will know what to do. We would
also like to know if the Umbrella China
tree is also Il breeding place for the
white fly. We shall be glad to hear
from anyone who can give any infOr-
nation on the subject.-Ed)
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SLOW 10 idhe up ltW HleCnOuS. eSlbecIdl-
ly if they happen to go contrary to
Old established uSageS or methods. 1t
is well to be careful. but it is not well
to be Il clam and never move.
1t is a wel-knOwn fact, that rot is
a serious matter with all fruit growers.
Mr.. StringfellOw produces undisput-
able evidence that peaches grown by
his method have been shipped from
Texas to California and back again in
hot weather without ice, and came
back i'm perfectly sound condition.
something that could not be done with
ordinary fruit. Is not this something
worth trying?
In this book, Mr.. StringfellOw tells
how he learned the methods of the
New Horticulture. Then he explains
it in detail and gives. full directions
for adapting it to all the fruits in
common cultivation.
The book is divided into % chapters.
1t is difficult to select any for special
mention. where all are so interesting
and important However. chapter 10,
gives directions for budding trees all
winter, and with as good success as
can be had in spring or summer. The
next one describes a new method of
grafting The next tells why trees in
bottom lands never drown. 1t men-
tiOns an instance, where three pecan
trees. i'm Texas. are growing on a stiff
soil, where the water has stood all the
time for three years, the water being
a foot deep all around them for several
hundred feet, these trees have not only
lived but have borne a crop of nuts
each year. and these nuts have ripen-
ed.
The chapter on Stra wberrieS is
worth ten. yes a hundred times, the
price of the book, to every one who
grows tlreSe berries Oh Il large scale.
or for market. One or two of the
statements made. in this chapter, we
know from personal experience, are
just as he claims them to be. Chapter
-, on blight and other tree diseases,
is invaluable to pear growers. On the
whole. we do not remember when we
have seen a book which seemed to us
so invaluable to all fruit growers as
this one. We have not the slightest
interest in the sale of the book, and all
that we say of it, is dictated by a
desire to help our readers and to have
them do what is for their own best
interests.
Send for the book and read it care
fully. it will not cost more than 30 to
10 cents. and we feel perfectly sure
that you will say that it was money
well invested, even though you may
not be ready to endorse all that is
said. Remember that we have, not
quoted any of the letters which Mr..
Stringfellow has received. and which
are given in the book, they give the
hearty endorsement of some very
prominent hOrticulturists.
o>A
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-06-13
The Condemned Meat Industry.


of the methods of the great packing
houses as given in Everybody's Maga-
zine for May. If any of you have
looked up the article, it is not imprOb
able that you have not believed that it
could be true, and have decided that it
was merely a sensational magazine ar
ticle. If so, you overlooked the fact
that if the story was not true, it was
a serious libel, and would render the
publishers liable to suit for heavy
damages.
The fact that the Meat Packers have
not attempted to meet the charges, is
sufficient evidence that they do not
several days we have seen that the
matter has been before Congress in
the shape of an amendment to the
Agricultural appropriation bill. making
new rules for inspecting all packing
houses, and requiring an inspectors
tag on all meat shipped out by them.
Today, we find. in the Farmers
Tribune. two long articles on the sub
ject. We wish that space would al
low the use of all the matter, as it
shows such condition of things that
the people of this county would not
stand for moment if they really un-
derstOOd the facts. We will give
faxx .l,;,,
the author of the article published in
Everybody's Magazine. He is still
after the Packers. In dispatch to a
prominent New York paper, he says:
When the people of the United
State are fully acquainted with the
conditions i'm the packing houses pub
lie opinion will take care of any re-
medal legislation which may be need
ed.
When it is understood that the stu
alton i'm the stOckyards and in every
large packing house is just what it
was in the insurance business a year
or two ago. there was no trouble to
DIlHS dDOut TelOTlH
Things that would hOrrify the pub
lie, if known, are done there as mat
ter of regular routine, and under an
established system.
The standards that prevail there
were best expressed by Dr. AdOlph
Smith, who has made lifelong study
of slaughter houses, and besides being
employed by the German and Belgian
governments as an expert in such
matters, has Travelled all over the
world for the London Lancet
Disgrace to America.-Dr Smith
said the Chicago stockyards were
of medieval barbarsm and
We're a disgrace to American civiliza-
tiOn
He said the methods of the packers
are just as they would have been if
there was no such thing as modern
science.
Meat, he said, was treated as if it
were not a perishable article, but like
drygoods on the theory that once good
always good. l.
One of the greatest evils of the
present inspection system is that in !
spectOrs have no authority to enter Z
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-06-13
ADVERTISING RATES.

Rates for advertising furnished on applica
ton by letter or in person.
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222, as reported in the diocesan con-
vention reports. The number of fu-
nerals would be about three-sevenths
Of the present population of the town.
The friends and acquaintance of
Miss Thompson, who has been board
ing with Mrs John Camp, were much
surprised to hear Of her sudden death
on Sunday morning, as the result of a
severe hemorrhage of the lungs. Her
home was Nassau, Bermuda. Some of
her family had been visiting her re-
Gently and she was expecting soon to
brothers. Rev e. L. Whitcome con-
Quoted the funeral service.
Mrs Charles P. Clarke and children
are the guests of her mother, Mrs B.
w. Griffin.
A collection will be taken, next Sun
day, at both churches for the suffere rs
of San Francisco.
Mrs Sophia Kellogg has returned
from her winters sojourn in the South
much improved in health.
Tobacco beds are nearly all sowed
and some are beginning to look green
from the young plants.
Miss Sadie Kellogg has returned
from visit to New York and vicinity.
u. -. joyce mas Oeen Duy1ng some
more full blooded- Holsteins, raising
his present number to six, according to
reports.
James Lee has building now ready
to house his automobile when it ar
riveS.
Mr. and Mrs John Nc MahOn spent
Sunday in Pittstield, Mass.
Mrs S. Kellogg returned from the
South, Thursday Of last week.
Henry Waters has moved his family
to the Fred Greene place.
Mrs Cotleng of Danbury spent Sun
day with her sister, Mrs Asa Hoyt.
Joseph CARTRIDGE and sister, Jennie,
Of Hotchkissville, spent Sunday with
friends in BroOktield.
Mrs J. Wildman and son and Mrs 1.
Yaples and son of Waterbury spent
Easter Sunday in Brookfield.
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very choice. Try a gallon and you
will want more.-[Stephen French at
the Depot.
Henry Seeley of Pepper street had a
dog which was bitten. II began to
show signs of the rabies so he had it
killed a few days ago.
Herbert Craig, station agent, has
been laid up with illness for a week.
J. M. Osborne Of New Haven has been
taking his place.
Mrs J. H. Provost and son, Louis,
visited friends in Shelton, last week.
The Empire Wooden Ware Co. are
building an addition to their factory
at Blanket Meadow.
Mr. and Mrs r. B. Davis had little
daughter arrive at their home on Sat-
urday, April q.
Mrs H. Edwards has been among
the sick ones, this week.
D. Davis is to erect q barn, 24x26
feet, with 12-foot posts, just south of
his new house, this spring.
Philip Farrar has moved, the past
week, from Mrs Lille BartOn'S place
to the Charles e. Clark place, now
owned by the Bridgeport Hydraulic
Co.
George Burr had misfortune to
fall from a load of hay, one day re-
,, Gently, quite badly hurting himself.
Edwards S. Beardsley has just COM
pleted grading and seeding the lawn
about Mrs M. e. Turney's house.,
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RRIDGEWATER,
OFFICERS OF ST MARKS

Officers of St Marks church, elected
at the annual meeting Easter Monday
Senior warden, A mos Northrop; junior
warden, Ab'jah Patterson; vestrymen,
Reuben ]. Keller, Edward r. Wooster,
John FL. Randall; treasurer, Reuben j
Keller; clerk, Edward r. Wooster;
delegate to convention, c. N. Hatch:
alternate, Charles Northrop; collector,
J. H. Randall; soliciting committee,
Miss Mary Morris, Miss Mabel Keller.
Bridgewater is to be congratulated
upon having so competent and accom-.
plished teachers of piano and violin as
are Mrs d. D. Gorton of the village
and Miss Alice Wooster from Bridge
port. Mrs GOrton has a class of nine
on the piano and Miss Wooster eight
on the violin.
Mr. and Mrs Charles E.. Weeks from
Bridgeport were Sunday guests of S.
r. Weeks.
Mr. and Mrs J. B. Pitcher were in
New York City, last week.
Miss Mildred Bronson from Bridge
port is at Sherman BrOnsOn's, caring
for an aunt who is i'll.
Mr. and Mrs Albert Johnson we're re.
ceived into the Congregational church.
last Sunday, by letter from the church
in New Milford.
Daniel Wheeler has been painting
for q. B. Thompson and Clarence
Greer for A. B. Mallett.
Postmaster @. N. Hatch was in New
Haven, Wednesday.
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OXFORD.
NEWS HEREABOUTs.

Mrs Charles Meyers was visiting,
last Sunday, with friends in the Brass
City.
Giles Gaylord has moved from the
Stafford place on Christian street to
the Elms cottage in Red City.
Robert Marshall from the Moose
hill road was visiting his brother,
Thomas Marshall lat Mrs Martha Haw-
ley's, last Sunday.
MIR and Mrs E. A. Scoville Of South
Britain were visiting, last Sunday,
with Mrs Scoville's sister, Mrs Philip
Rowland, of Christian street.
David Rubleman bought fine Jer-
sey COW, last week, from W. B. Nc
Even.
Miles L. Shelton Of Five Mile Hill
entertained his brother, Daniel Shell
Gon, from Huntington, over last Sun
day.
Mrs William @. Wheeler returned,
last week, from visit with her daugh-
ter, Mrs Ora Burbank, of New Hamp-
shire.
George W. Hoxie has been having
his house re-painted, Peter Marsh and
Frank Curtis being the artists.
Mrs L. A. Nichols and Mrs Walker
Of Red City attended the concertat
the Methodist church in Seymour,
last Wednesday evening.
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No. 5, of Bridgeport. There was a
profuSion Of very handsome floral tri-
butes Mr. Tousey is survived by his
wife, one daughter, Mrs H. A. House,
of London, Eng, one son, Harry G..
Tousey, Of Bridgeport. One sister,
Mrs M. A. Hdwley of Long Hill, also
survives. He leaves large circle of
friends here and in Bridgeport, among
whom he will be greatly missed. MI
Tousey had a large acquaintance
among the business men who will miss
him.
Mrs A. A. Angevine, who has been
spending the winter in Bridgeport
with her sister, Mrs Sylvester Wheel
er, has returned to Long Hill and
opened her house here.
II you buy your groceries at the
Cheap Cash Grocery store you are al
ways sure of getting the best at rock
bottom prices. II you have any trou-
BILE with your coffee buy pound of us.
1t will please you. We now have a
large or small quantities. The Cheap
Cash Grocery.-[Mrs Robert Staines,
Proprietress.
Robert Staines and family spent
Sunday in Bridgeport, the guests OF
Mrs G. Richards.
The services of the Methodist
church will be held at the church,
April 20, instead Of at the hall as they
have been all winter. The Sunday
school will be held at 40, and the
preaching service at 80. These hours
Of service are for next Sunday only.
Mr. and Mrs Fred Gabler, who have
been living in John Gabler's house,
have moved to the Wilson place.
Mrs John Gabler, ST., and Mrs John
Gabler, Jr., of New York arrived,
Wednesday, for brief stay at their
home here.
Special for few days only: Fancy
corn meal, 81. 10 per 100 lbs; coarse
corn meal, 81. O5 per 100 lbs. All kinds
of feed for young chicks; also grass
seed and fancy hay on hand.HJohn s.
Hurd.
A seasonable and reliable line OF
garden seeds, peas, beans, etc. Our
25c tea is as good as any SOC tea with
prizes. Our zoe coffee gives universal
satisfaction. Try pound and be con-
vinced.-[W. N. Hurd.
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LONG HILL.
R. C. TOUsEY.

Rinaldo g. Tousey, who had been in
failing health for the past six months,
but had only been confined to his bed
about two weeks, passed away at his
home early last Tuesday morning,
April "a, aged 60 years. Mr. Tousey
was son of Mr. and Mrs W. p. Tousey
of Long Hill and was born and brought
up in this place. He received his edu-
cation in the schools here and in
Bridgeport, and when a young man
was taken into partnership with his
father in the manufacturing OF un.
derwear at their factory here, which
business he had carried on successfully
until his death. November, 1866, he
Courtland, N. Y, and after their we'd
ding trip they came at once to Long
Hill and began keeping house In the
house where Mr. TouSey died. Mr.
Tousey was Scottish Rite Mason and
was very prominent in Masonic circles
He was member of the following
lodges: Washington lodge, F. & A.
NJ, No. 19, of Monroe, Jerusalem chap
ter, No. l3, of Bridgeport, Jerusalem
council, No. 16, of Bridgeport, Ham
ilton Commandery, No. 5, K. of T., of
Bridgeport, Lafayette consistory of
bridgeport, and Pyramid TenplarS OF
the Mystic Shrine Of Bridgeport. The
funeral was very largely attended from
his late home, Thursday afternoon,
there being many prominent men pres
emit from Bridgeport and other places
Rev Mr. Sheffield, rector of Grace
church, officiated, assisted by Rev Mr.
Boylston of Riverside, former rector
of Grace church and warm friend Of
MIR Tousey. The burial was in the
family lot in the Long Hill cemetery.
It was a Masonic funeral and burial,
both being in charge of the Knights
J Templars, Hamilton Commandery,
The Newtown bee., 1906-04-27
NEW MILFORD.
LOCALS OF INTEREST

Miss Ada Segar has accepted the po-
sition of soprano soloist at the First
Congregational church, Wethersfeld.
Wesley Anthony is critically i'll and
no hopes for his recovery are given.
Sunday an Offering will be taken in
all the churches in town for the San
francisco sufferers.
"Aunt Susan Jones" will be given at
the st Johns parish house, Tuesday
evening, Nav l, in aid of the San
Francisco sufferers. The play will in
clude some musical numbers.
The Aspetuck Valley Grange will
give dance in Marketable, May 4.
Refreshments will be served. La
throp's orchestra will furnish music.
Dancing from 9 p. IN. to a. NJ. A
good time is promised all who attend.
Unclaimed letters remain at The
postof1ice addressed to: L. P. Clark
Harry Dunning, Edward CAREY, Net,
tie Gillespie, Mrs G. L. Howard, Girda
Lungmark, Arthur Nortbrop, Nathan
D. Penny, Fwansiska Rowska, Rev
John A. Sullivan, G. Van Antwerp
George H. Jackson Postmaster.
e. II. Marcy has bought the balance
of A. M. Booths stock of shoes and is
selling them at reduced prices.
The Newtown bee., 1906-04-27
WARREN


CHURCH AND PERSONAL NOTES.
The Lords Supper will be celebrat-
ed in the Congregational church, Sun
day, the goth of April, as the pastor
starts the next day, for an extended
vacation, on account of i'll health.
Dea A. R. Humphrey has sold his
fine sorrel horse to John Angevine.
Finley P. Knapp, the former post
master and grocery man, left with his
family on Tuesday, the oath, for New
York state as home. The Perkins
brothers now own and will run the
store. We bespeak fer them liberal
patronage as they are fine young men
and we'll deserve it.
Monday, snow fell to the depth of
several inches, followed by January
breezes, the following day, and ice
one-half inch thick, Tuesday morn
ing.
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DEVILS ISLAND TORTURE.

is no worse than the terrible case of
Piles that afflicted me 10 years. Then
1 was advised to apply Bucklen's Ar
MICA Salve, and less than box perma-
nently cured me, writes L. S. Napier,
Of Rugles, Ky. Heals all wounds,
Burns and Sores like magic.
Csc at r. 81. Beers & Co., New.
town; Belts & Belts, Sandy Hook;
P. j. Garvin, Bethel; w. N. Noble,
New Milford; e. J. Buckingham, Hunt
ing ton; Allen Joyce, Roxbury Station;
G. w: Hurlburt & Co.. Roxbury; @. N.
Hatch, Bridgewater; Connery Bros,
Honan & Soule, Gaylordsville; George
D. Odell, Cornwall Bridge, Edwin 81.
Beardsley, New Preston, drug stores.
Price only SOC.
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NICHOLS.
LOCAL BRIEFS.

Miss Ruby Plumb spent part OF
her Easter vacation with her cousin,
Mrs Clifford Hine, in Orange.
Miss Julia Plumb spent q few days
with friends in Stepney.
Miss Jessie Cook is slowly recover
ing from her illness.
Mrs Couch of Bridgeport is spending
a few days with her daughter, Mrs
Udall.
Mrand Mrs E. N. Dibble and Sam
uel E. Thorpe spent Sunday at Charles
J. Thorpe's.
Mr. and Mrs Herbert Knapp well
coined a little son into their home re-
Gently.
Mr. and Mrs George H. Wade of
Shelton visited at the home of their
parents, Mr. and Mrs T. L. Wade on
sunday.
The Newtown bee., 1906-04-27
GEORGE RUFFLES,

GEORGE RUFFLES,
Practical Painter
Painting is practical work. Skill
wins. It's the same with paint max
ing
You know 4 gallons L. & M. mixed
with gallons Linseed Oil makes
enough paint for a moderate sized
hOuse-the best paint money can buy
because the L. & M. Zinc hardens the
L. & M. White Lead and makes the L.
s. M. Paint wear like iron.
Buy L. & M. and don't pay $3.50 q
gallon for Linseed Oil, as you do in
ready-for-use paint, but buy Oil fresh
from the barrel at 60 cents, and mix
with the L. & M.
Actual cost L. & M. about 81. 20 per
gallon.
Sold by Cogswell & Veteran, Wash
ington Depot, Conn; Taylor, Curtis &
New Milford, Conn.,; Smiths Sons,
West Cornwall, Conn.
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REDDING.

Go to Lockwood's for your Oxfords
for men, women and children, at the
Little Store Round the Corner, Bethel.
White shoes for ladies and children
at the Little Store Round the Corner.
Shoes for the babies and for their
mamas and papas and grandpapas and
all the family, at the Little Store
Round the Corner, Fountain Place,
Bethel.
The Newtown bee., 1906-04-27
GREENFIELD HILL
DEERFIELD NOTES.

Mrs Mabel Lenster and daughter of
Boston and a friend from Bridgeport
we're calling on old friends in this
place, Sunday.
Mrs W. e. Nichols has returned
from an out of town visit.
A number from this place attended
the burial services OF James Nichols
at the West Side cemetery, last week
Wednesday.
Miss Laura A. Dowd has returned
home from New York. 4
W. E. Nichols was guest ION Sunday
Of friends in Derby.
The Newtown bee., 1906-04-27

"a Lesson in Humility" will be the
subject of the sermon at the Baptist
church, Sunday morning. Evening
service at Lower Stepney.
The singing class will be held In the
church, Friday evening. 1t is earnest
ly desired that every member will be
present.
Miss Sarah Nichols, formerly of
Tashua, is spending few weeks with
Miss Hattie French.
Rev Mr. Guggenheim OF Bridgeport
was sent here on Sunday by Elder
Adams as supply. 1t is not yet known
who will be sent to I'LL the vacancy
made by Rev Mr. Case.
Leslie Purdy of Bridgeport spent
Sunday with Zalmon Purdy: . ..o
Keep your eye on the date OF the
Kings Daughters entertainment,
Thursday, May 3.
We have just received q new stock
of overalls and jumpers which are very
serviceable. Also large stock Of work
ing shoes for the farmers.-lB. HaWley
g. Co.
B. Hawley and Warren Plumb OF
Nichols appraised the estate OF the
late Jennie Clark of Milford, last
Mrs ". B.Craft has purchased from
the other heirs the interest In her
mothers place, the late Mrs Lucinda
Johnson, of Monroe, and Is now sole
owner.
Mrs Belle Smith Of California is the
guest of Mr. and Mrs Edwards S.
Beardsley.
Joseph L. Joyce of South Eyre
mont, Mass, Is the guest, this week,
Of his brother, John s. Joyce.
Harry Olmstead of Bridgeport has
been the guest, this week, of his par.
ents, Mr. and Mrs Frank Olmstead:
John S. Joyce Is building an add.
J ton on to the west side of his house.
Nick &Grigonkis was brought before
Justice G. L. Smalley, last week, Tor
breach of the peace and assault with
intent to kill and was found guilty
and bound over to the next term OF
Superior court. He was taken to the
Bridgeport jail.
We have just received new invoice
of Ponce molasses, which is strictly