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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-02-09
GROUND HIS LEG.
Frank H. Covey Hurt at Burke Bros.'s
Stone Shed.


Frank H. Coyey, Iumper employed
at Burke Brothers, received complete
fracture of the right leg. below the
knee while at work yesterday afternoon.
Covey was helping to unload a carload
of granite, and had Just hooked the der
rick chain around block OF stone.
The derrick man started to lift the stone
while Covey was standing between the
stone which was being lifted and another
which was still on the car. AS the stone
was lifted of the floor Of the car, it
swung a little and struck Mr.. Copey's
right leg, grinding it against the other
stone with such force as to break it.
The injured man was carried TO his
home at the corner of Spaulding and
Washington streets and DR.. Reid re-
duced the fracture.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-02-09
ADMITS SHORTAGE.
Ruth Robinson, Arrested in Boston
Last Night

Boston. Feb Miss Ruth Robinson,
alias Oatley. formerly Of Syracuse, N.
". was arrested last night, charged with
the larceny Of 5000 from Henry L.
Brown. restaurant proprietor Of Port.
land street, BY whom she was employed
al a bookleeper. Miss Robinson Is said
to have admitted the shortage but aleg.
ed that Bowen owed her that amount ol
,naf4eV
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-02-09
ONE SMALL BOTTLE.
Is Being Tried in City Court for condsm.
nation.

The hearing on the condemnation ef
the bottle OF whiskev seized by the
police at Alexander Fregosi's barber
shop on Granite street Wednesday even
ing is being held in city court today.
The case was started at I'll o'clock this
forenoon, and Officers Hamel and Carrie
were put on the stand al witnesses for
the state. Officer Carle had not finished
tcstifying when adjournment was taken
az noon and the hearing was resumed
again AZ 1880 this afternoon. w. M.
Gordon Il defending Fregosi, and states
Attorney Jackson Is prosecuting.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-02-09
Married in Moptnelier.

Elson +. Spencer Of Barre and Dean
NJ. Anger Of Montpelier were married
last evening by Justice of the Peace
John Wing in Montpelier.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-02-09

The Reliance bowling team defeated
the lnvineibcs last evening on Alexan-
der's alleys by taking two out 81 tbs
possible three strings, in their match in
the Barre candle pin league. Irenaweth
had high single and high three strinc
total, they being respectively 1os and
200.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-02-09
Failing steadily IN burlington.

Burlington, Feb. o. Eight inches of
snow las fallen and ther is al steady
downpour here.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-02-09
SPOILED THE ECLIPSE.
Snow Storm Came at the wrong Time
Last Night.

Washington, Feb Because Of n
heavy snow storm the officials at the
naval observatory early last night gave
ND any hope 81 taking observations Of
TIE eclipse Of the moon which began af
ter midnight and continued for several
hours.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-02-09
RUTLAND TIED UP.
Ther Was Foot of Snow at Noon
Today.

Rutland, Feb. 9-The snow is foot
deep AZ noon today. The street car
traffic is almost entirely suspended. All
trains were late.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-02-09
SNOW TURNED TO RAIN.
But Boston Is Experiencing Severe
Storm.

Boston, Feb a.--snoN began failing
here early this morning, but il turned to
rain during the forenoon and at noon
il continued with heavy wind. high
along the New England coast. and YES.
sells arriving this morning reported very
heavy weather at sea.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-02-07

sail from Cuba, where the Avocado
pear is grown extensively Tin fact, it
is its native hOme), yet Dade county
mainland pears bring a much better
price than those grown in Cuba or
other group of tropical islands. A few
years since we visited Key West dur
ing the Avocado pear season. A Gu
ban or Honduras pear could be pur-
chased at a cent apiece, while the
pears from the mainland of Florida
were selling at nickel apiece. Cap
tain Bravo, who owns an extensive
pear orchard near Miami, ships his
entire crop to Key West. Throughout
the Northern States, the Avocado pear
is almost a stranger. New York City
is becoming a most excellent market
for this fruit, it only has to be known
to be loved and appreciated. We are
firmly of the opinion that the Avocado
pear is the coming fruit, and eventual
ly the demand will be greater than for
any class of tropical or semi-trOpical
fruit. Mr.. s. B. Bliss, a wealthy cap
italist from New York, has an abiding
faith i'm the Avocado pear as a market
fruit, and has recently planted twenty
acres of young trees, mile north of
the city limits. The larger portion Of
his planting is of the known varieties,
or budded trees of named varieties.
Mr. Bliss grove is the largest of its
kind i'm the state
Nearly every fruit-grower in the
lower portion of the state is planting
more or less trees; but the large pOr
ton of them are seedlings. as the cost
of budded trees is very high.
In all our experience we have never
seen or tasted a poor Avocado pear,
be it from budded or seeding stock.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-02-07
New Pineapple Varieties.

The so-called fancy varieties of
pineapples grown and tested in the
United states during the past year,
have as a whole proved unsatisfactory,
so that their cultivation has been
largely abandoned for the cultivation
of the inferior but more robust and
hardy varieties, such as the Red Span
iSh.
1t is thus desirable that varieties
of better fruit qualities be secured,
which at the same time will have
vigorous, hardy constitution, adapting
them to general cultivation.
hybrids have been made by the Agri-
cultural Department, the experiments
having been started mainly in 1896
and 1897.
1t is worthy of note that these as a
whole produced fruits of exceptionally
good quality. Many smooth, spineless-
leaved sorts have also been produced.
and as only one smooth-leaved sort is
now cultivated in Florida some of
considerable value
Five new varieties have been suffi-
GENTLY tested to demonstrate their
value, and these have been named and
will be distributed by the Department
to planters as soon as sufficient stock
can be propagated. A number of
other varieties of promise have been
secured, some of which will doubtless
prove to be of value.-Tampa Tribune.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-02-07
Frame Lettuce is Now Moving.

The Gainesville Sun says: ''Advices
from Rocky Point and other sections
along the Gainesville and Gulf rail-
road are to the effect that a greater
part of the unprotected lettuce has
been shipped, and that the movement
of frame lettuce has begun Although
light so far. with favorable conditions
the movement will be heavy within
the next ten days. The acreage is
larger this season than usual. and if
the prices which have prevailed i'm the
past continue, lettuce growers will re-
alize nicely from the crop.
1t is feared that the recent cOntin-
ued rains have materially damaged
the plant i'm some sections, but if there
occurs no serious fall in the temper
allure even this damage by rain will
be overcome, as the plant has been
very prolific and of fine growth.
prominent trucker from the Rocky
Point section who came to Gainesville
Tuesday. stated that the beet and cab
bage fields are looking fine and prom
Use an abundant yield with favorable
weather conditions. There has been
considerable rain in our section" he
said. switch has naturally damaged
these crops to some extent; but the
cabbage and beet, being less sensitive
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-02-07
The Avocado Pear.

The HOmeseeker describes this fruit
as follows: 80
A tropical fruit that is meeting with
an increased demand every year is
the Avocado or alligator pear. grown
in Southern Florida This fruit would
be more popular than it is did peOpIe
know how to serve it properly. A
new and very pleasing way is told by
Mrs. Mckay. of HilO, Hawaii, as fol-
lows: 1--WE serve them i'm many differ
ent ways. We cut them i'm two and
serve them with soup. Scoop out the
meat and put it i'm the soup plate.
Then we eat them with plain salt and
pepper. If they are not particularly
good we cut them into dice. and serve.
like an oyster cocktail. But the best
way is to put the pear through a yege-
table press, then turn and scOOp ont
ripe tomatoes and stuff them with
this pear PURGE. Garnish these with
rings of hard-bOiled eggs, and serve
with lettuce and mayOnnaise Some
times little onion juice or Worcester
shire sauce is added, but l think these
spoil the delicate flavor of the pear
We would rather think of eating sugar
on eggs than on alligator pears
Among the great variety of tropical
fruits that are grown i'm Dade county
there is none. take it on a whole that
equals the Avocado pear. A cup of
coffee, a slice of bread and a medium
sized pear make whole meal. The
Avocado pear, grown i'm the southern
portion of Dade county. on the main
land. are far superior in quality and
flavor to those grown in Cuba or other
tropical islands. Key West, which is
largely inhabited by Cubans and peo-
pie from the Bahama Islands, is one of
the best markets for this fruit. AL
though the city is within few hours
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-02-07

and today Florida produces more than
nine-tenths of this product used in
the United States. Gold mine No. 4.
Last, but not least, valuable clay
beds have been diScovered-ferrOus
clays, white, buff and blue, adapted to
the manufacture of white and orna-
mental front brick.
Immense beds of the clays, kaolins
and fuller's earth have been discover
ed, and hydraulic cement has been
recently discovered near Lake City,
and her many railroads branching out
to all the points of the compass, and
within fifty to seventy-five miles of
several seapOrts, bring all these gold
mines within easy reach Of all the
world. And it should be born in mind
by the clay workers, that here in
Florida. clay can be manipulated
twelve months i'm the year, instead of
six or eight i'm the North. so that the
same investment should yield from IS
to 100 per cent more i'm year.
The South has long had the fixed
habit of exporting her raw materials
and importing the manufactured goods
But the live Yankees who are settling
Ill tHc SOutH iC SlOW iHSs US Ucttcf
way to manufacture our raw ma
terials. here where the climate and
all other conditions are more inviting,
and where we can put i'm twelve
months Of the year.
We beg to insist that these is no
patent on any of these good things;
but, on the other hand, we invite man.
ufacturers of clays of all kinds and
cotton. sugar, tobacco, starch, all of
woods, fertilizers. fabrics. etc, ten
years free of city taxes and plant sites
donated. Moreover, we will school
your children, from the kindergarten
to full-fiedged ABB" free gratis,
and you can attend any church Of your
choice, and vote as you please either
the Democratic ticket or with the
"hly whites" In short, Florida is
Gods cosmopolitan country. where
you can be at ease and do as you
please. No cold winter, no hot sum-
mer-just happy medium, betwixt
and between. General Sherman once
said if Texas had good society and
good water it would be fit to live i'm.
But added to our gold mines,'' good
schools, good climate, good health, etc,
we also have what General Sherman
said Texas lacked, good water and
good society,""
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-02-07
didn't find him till too late to do any


good.
The plants would turn white at the
tips with gray spots on the leaves and
gradually die down and new shoots
keep coming, but the bulb would not
grow.
l thought it was lack of rain that
caused this and the watering pot was
pressed into active service but it did
no good.
A strong magnifying glass at length
revealed to me the sinner that was
doing the mischief. l think now that
"Trip started i'm the seed bed and could
have been easily controlled by liberal
doses of tobacco dust shaken over
them. Tobacco would have~been the
thing for the green fly too, had 1 but
known then.
By experience we learn, if not our
own by some one else's.
In my soil, find that the following
fertilizer applied 1000 pounds to an
acre gives good results.
| Eighty pounds dried blood; 700
pounds 10 per cent blood and bone:
44S pounds low grade sulphuric pot
ash: 112 pounds high-gra sulphuric
potash, 600 pounds IA per cent ac.
potash equals 4 per cent ammonia:
6 per cent av. P. A.; per cent potash
X 20.
On my onions 1 use ], 800 pounds to
the acre of the following:
Six hundred pounds high grade
blood and bone. IS per cent; go nitrate
soda: 800 pounds high-grade sulphuric
potash; $50 acid phosphate, IA per
cent. This equals per cent ammonia:
twelve and one-half potash K-2O; 6
per cent available P. A.
On both beans and onions I apply
nitrate of soda, 100 pounds to the
acre. whenever 1 think they are grow
ing too slowly. and l find it pays. In
my four years farming. | have ac-
cumulated property, etc, valued at
$500 from my pineapples and truck
ing; but the pines have proven the
most profitable. From $500 to $3.50
net per acre, which will make another
letter, perhaps, sometime later
From the start l have applied bust
ness principles to my farming. read
good. sound books on farming, backed
up by good, firm papers. watched my
neighbOrs' mistakes. failures and sue
cesses, asked their advice and expert
mented on a small scale.
1 thought at first perhaps the moon
did have something to do with success
i'm farming, so 1 noted (after planted)
what sign the moon was in. Not al
ways, however. But strange to relate,
when they We're planted i'm the bad
signs they happened to strike the best
market and were by far the most
profitable, so I have come to the con-
that if 1 pay attention to my
fertilizers. my hoe, and keep a watch
put for insects instead of moon signs. |
will stand better chance of buying
shoes for Betty and the babies
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-02-07
Market Gardening in Florida.

The following article by "a Book
Farmer" from Fort Pierce, Fla, lately
took the prize offered by the Southern
Ruralist, of Atlanta, Ga, for the best
article on market gardening:
arrived in Florida with $215 in
September, 1899, my household furni-
ture, and a good wife. / spent 5000
as a first installment on five acres of
land out of water, three acres We're
pineapples i'm bad condition and one
acre of black soil suitable for garden
truck.
1 was a green hand at farming,
having been in active business all my
life in a large city. till failing health
drove me to Florida's genial climate.
Fifteen dollars went for groceries.
and diamond ring Of wife's went to
New York and it brought $45 at one
per cent a month.
Seed beans were bought and fertil-
izer A brush ak and grub hoe were
borrowed from a neighbOr, and 1 went
to work.
Another neighbOr placed few
rooms at our disposal until the follow
ing spring.
l had faith in Florida, in my own
poor, weak arms. and my wife stood
by encouraging me by word and deed.
The only frost 1 have had to hurt
killed my first beets; but 1 have or
dered enough seed to be prepared for
this emergency and planted again at
intervals of few days, so as to
strike different market conditions.
which plan / follow every year
My results from this one acre is as
1S99-OO-99 crates beans netted
$685.. %.
19OO-O1-172 crates beans Melted
s3O2.34.
19o1-O2-121 crates beans netted
s236.49.
19O1-2-Bermuda onions, green and
dry 1896.
19O2-O3-9S crates beans. onions fail
ed, $1S561.
In 1902 1 planted Bermuda onions
the new way by transplanting on
abOut One-eighth of my acre. They
1etted 1896. The following season
-ried ne-fOurth of an acre of onions
md the crop was a total failure My
,eanS were also a partial failure. both |
wing to sap-sucking insects.
The beans of late planting were |
lttacked by the green fly. and ruined. |
The onions sheltered little brown
levil called an onion thrip, So small 1 |
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-02-07
TOBACCO DUST.

If your fowls troubled with lice CHG
gers send $1.25 and get 100 pounds Ct tobacco
dust and sprinkle it in your coop. Inc TO-
bacco is guaranteed to be unbleached. Sehd
cent stamp for sample.-E. o. Painter Ferti-
.i,c- Co., Jacksonville, FL
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-02-07

than some plants, can stand a great
deal more irrigation than others and
the truckers are not anticipating much
loss i'm this direction
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-10-19
The Range Of Apples.

"Pineapple" and love apple" (tomato)
are instances Of the manner In which
the apple has been habitually taken as
the typical fruit, the name OF which 10
naturally borrowed In naming all sorts
OF fruits md vegetables that only re-
motely resemble H. DIR. Murray's die
tlonary gives an imposing list OF them
Jews apple. DEVILS apple kangaroo
apple. and 80 OH. A writer OF the sew
entecnth century speaks Of "the fruit
or apples Of palm trees" and four
teenth century man says that "all
manere aplcs that ben closyd In an
harde sk,pnc. rynde, other sbale, ben
calyd Nuces" nuts. In the year 1000,
apparently, "earth apples" meant not
potatoes, but cucumbers. And even
Ewes apple" Is believed to have been
a citrOn.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-10-19
MANTON

Other Manton news on the OUTSIDE
pages Of the Times.
Eugene Deady has purchased OF
Samuel Bottomley a cottage at the
junction of Woonasquatuckct ana
Fruit Hill avenues.
Miss Sarah Dyer Barnes read an
interesting paper at the annual aut'
umn meeting of the State Federation
of Women's Clubs, held in Bristol
last Saturday
The town committee Of the lnde-
nendents in Johnston met Monday
evening in Joseph Driscolls house ana
prepared a Town Council ticket 10
which was added new candidate LOT
the position of Chief OF Police. ne
Council ticket agreed upon consists
of Henry S. Turner, James Cofiln, Ru'
FMS Harris. Vicenzo de Marco, Marun
Rafferty, and Byron o. Sweet. Inc
,ndenendent candidate for Chiei OF
Police is Frank Smith, constable AT
Manton.
The Independent committee of John
ston held a meeting at the residence
Of Joseph Durcoll Friday evening az
which ]. V. Barnes, the present pTesl
dent of the town council announced
that he was not a candidate for re-
election. and il was stated that Henry
Turner would be nominated 10 Ill
the position. William b. Colwell was
selected as a candidate for senate and
George Robley for representative. Inc
trend of the talk was that the lnde
nendents and Democrats would sup
mort the same ticket, providing an
agreement on candidates couid oe
reached.
SUNDAY evening the 14th inst was
held al st. Peters church the annual
Harvest Home Festival Service. Tht
church was beautifully decorated with
autumn leaves etc. The music selected
Under the leadership OF Mr. Joshua
Heartily was finely rendered by the
fuIl chorus choir OF the church, the
solo parts being taken by Mrs. VII
mot King. Mrs. Hattie Higgins anc
Mrs Delma Nickerson and by Mr.
Joshua Heartily. Especially deserving
/ ~ commentator were the Athens 70
| shall dwell in the land, by Stainer
and Praise the Lord by Gilbert. Inc
| organ was presided over by Mrs. Geo
| IC Arnold the popular organist OF the
| church. The sermon by Rev. Arthur
| NJ Aucock. rector OF All Saints churcf
| Providence. was an eloquent ant
| striking Interpretation Of the Parable
Of the Sower.
The very generous offering OF yege
tables. fruit. cereals etc. valued a
| nnwards of $50. was delivered the fol
lowing day TO the st. Elizabeth HONE
for incurably sick women on AtIah'i'
Providence.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-10-19
BOLIVIAN PETTlCOATS.
They Are Numerous and of All the
Colors Of the Rainbow.

They Are Numerous and of All the
Colors of the Rainbow.
The priced possession OF the Bolivian
Indian woman and her chief pride also.
whether she Is pure Indian or chola. is
her pettlcoat. Her dowry Is in this
garment. Like the Dutchwoman Of
tradition, she carries her wealth about
with her. These petticoats are OF all
colors OF the rainbow and divers
other hues not found therein. first
noticed them at Nazarene and re-
marked the love of color. which must
be inborn, for the garments We're OF
yellow, purple. violet. fiery red, Grim
son, scarlet, subdued orange. glaring
saffron. blue and green. They were
short. reaching barely below the knee.
and no difference was observed be-
tween childhood, maidenhood. matron.
ly middle life and wrlnkled old age.
Glancing from my window In TupiZa,
thought IL was "A parade OF perambu-
lating balloons.
These women have habit which the
bashful traveller does not nt first I'M
derstand. When he sees one of them
calmly removing petticoat he Is apt
10 turn away, but he need not do 50.
IL may be that the advancing heat OF
the day has caused the wcarer TO dis
card the outer skirt, but more likely II
Ia the vanity OF her sex and the desire
10 make her sisters envious by showing
what il beneath for each new vcsturc
disclosed is more brilliant than the one
which overlapped II. sat in the plaza
at Tupiza and watched two Indian wo-
men try 10 make each other envious.
The FIRST one removed the outer petit
coat, which was OF purple. This divest-
ment disclosed another garment Of
blazing red. and after that came a
brilliant yellow. The other woman
started with IA green pctticoat and
gradually got down 10 mixture OF
blue and yellow. BY that time ! had
begun 10 fear for the consequences and
made pretense Of turning my back by
strolling TO tie hotel-Nationsl Geo
graphical Magazine.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-10-19
THE TACON THEATER.
Havana's Famous Playhouse Has as
Interesting History.

HavHna's Famous Playhouse Has an
Interesting History.
The history Of the Tacon theater Of
Havana Is very interesting. In the
year 1895 Francisco Marty, who was
then the leader OF band OF pirates
which infested the island OF Cuba and
who had price OF $4,000 on his head,
was captured and ordered 90 be put TO
death Seeing there was no hope for
him, ne asked leave TO see General
Tacon, who was then governor general
OF Havana, and told him II his life was
spared he would denounce hls entire
band and assist him In Kidding the Is
land OF the number OF pirates which In
tested IL at that period. Accordingly
General Tacon gave him two weeks
parole. and inside OF n week Marty had
denounced his fellow pirates and turn
ed them over 20 the government. For
this service he was pardoncd.
In 1896 Marty asked for the conces-
sion 20 build national theater on the
site OF Parquc Central. II was granted
10 him. General Tacon went further
and allowed him the privilege OF the
use Of forty convicts who were then
confined In MORO castle 10 assist him
In the work, each convict receiving the
sum Of 20 cents day. In 1898 the
theater was finished and Marty, AZ n
proof OF the gratitude he felt toward
General Tacon for sparing his life, nam
ed Il El Teatro Tacon. During the In
surrecton in Cuba many exciting insl-
dents took place here. In one instance
a regiment OF Cuban insurgents barri'
caded themselves In the thentcr and
held Il against the Spnniards for three
days. Finally they were starved out,
and as they we're making their escape
all were shot
The theater is built Of white stone,
with decorations Of marble, and faces
Central park, being In the center OF the
fashionable district OF Havana. II ls
one OF the largest theaters in the world
seating over 1900 persons.-Cubnn Re
/ view
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-10-19
A Punctual Artist.

One well known and decidedly mar
tstc quality Of Lord leighton was his
punctuality. lie was once In Damas-
Gus and was urged to remain there, but
be declined. His reason was that he
had to be In London on a certain day
because he had made an engagement
with bis model. A friend was anxious
TO learn whether Lord leighton had ac-
tually kept this engagement, and be
found that when the artist was az
tending the staircase straight from Da-
mascus the model was knocking at the
door Of the studio.