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Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1906-11-01

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There were several interesting events on
the tapis, and this brought out full
attendance, there being only one or two
absentees. The resignation of President
Freeman was the principal incident OF
interest, but the awakening of that
active young man the next morning
must have been an eye-opener, for the
association would have none of his with
drawing business.
Mr.. Arthur Tams, with that same
old foxy style of his, waited until all
expressions of regret at the resignation
were in, then he arose to the dignity of
the occasion and squelched the aspl-
rations of the young man at one fell
swoop.
"Mr. Chairman said Mr.. Tams, Il
want to say word here. We are not
going to have anything to do with
this resignation Mr.. Freeman is a
Young man of wonderful value to us.
He is filled to overlooking with ability,
and has done all in his power to perfect
orr organization. He can do us more
good, in my opinion, than any other
member and has proven it by his record.
Now, I propose that we amend the con-
stitution, permitting non-residents TO
become members, and to be eligible to
hold office. Let's elect Mr. freeman
back again in this way, and | make
motion to this effect"
Which motion was duly seconded and
carried amid loud applause. Mr.. Free
man having withdrawn from the meeting
following some remarks previous to the
reading of his resignation, must have
gone down the road with burning ears,
for he had received warm compliment,
and one which few young men ever had.
He will doubtless bear these blushlng
honors with becoming dignity and come
back to us with greater zeal for the
welfare of Palisade than ever before.
The various committees made ex-
haustive reports, thus proving that we
have an energetic, wide-awake COM
m,nity.
The tax committees work was most
interesting and valuable report, owing TO
the fact that it contained so much that
is vital to the interests of Pallsade.
here today, several blocks above tomor-
honors with becoming dignity and come
Chairman Henri Jeltrup deserves vote
of thanks for the careful and pains
taking care with which he and his com
mitteemen, Messrs. Wakefield, Porter
and Maynard, did their duty 1t was
an able document Reference is made
in another column to the details of the
report.
The church committee, through Chair
man Pennell, also reported fully and
in detail, pointing out the present
church facilities and expressing a hope
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1906-11-01
make up for this lavish display.

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bors who were worth while, who love
their homes as you do, who would live
erstwhile neighbors. You long to- look on
the walls about you, and feel that they
belong to you, that they will shelter
you and your children with loving care,
not for a month or a year, but for the
rest of your life. You long for a bit OF
lawn, or a back yard, that the man OF
the family might cultivate. You have
seen him carefully tending the few
scraggy geraniums you tried to raise on
the fire escape. You felt that in such
occupation he would fast lose the look
of ennui or the deep wrinkles caused by
business worries.
So you left the noise and confusion
of the overgrown city and sought the
quiet of our beautiful suburb Through
the bright summer days you have watch
ed the roses bloom in the children's
cheeks, you have seen the men hot but
content, pushing their lawn mowers, or
begging their skinny grass to grow. You
have had the privilege of roaming
through the lovely woods beneath the
trees and by the beautiful nodding flow
ers. Some of us, perhaps, for the first
time, have had the opportunity of read
ing natures open book of wild beauty,
and now that she is paying off the
gladstone season with banks of gorgeous
golden rod, and the woods will be alive
with tints beyond the power of man to
| initiate, we know that the wonderful
book will soon be closed and natures
bright face covered with sheet of whit
est snow
Now when we have felt the first nip
of winter, when we have plucked the last
tomatoes from our vegetable garden, and
when we are cogitating and wondering
if we know just how to take care of
furnace without burning up the re-
mainder of our fortunes in coal, we ask
ourselves the question, GLOW are we go
] ing to break the monotony of the winter?
How are we going to spend the long
evenings?'' The men have their Tax
Payers Association for the betterment
and adjustment of political and rural
improvements, but we, as women OF the
community, must form the social side.
! We all came here strangers to each
other, but as we expect to make this
our permanent home, we must form new
friends, and we can only learn who is
going to be congenial by meeting and
having social, enjoyable times together.
We are not mushroom community to
spring up in night, to cheaper in day
and remain half dead and alive for the
rest of time. We must not stagnate.
We are a community of intelligent,
thinking people, and want our suburb to
be above the ordinary progressive place,
and it is contingent upon us to make 1t
so.
Co. nj
The Lamar register., 1906-06-20
THE COW AND THE HEN.

We much prefer the combination of
cows and hens to mixture of even
pigs or calf-raising in certain c!rcum-
stances. Skimmilk will make bet er
returns fed laying hens than to any
animal. 1t contains the much sought
for protein and is easily. digested. II
can be feu sweet or sour, as butter
milk or curd. Perhaps the best way,
at least 1t affords a variation is to
make curd, or feed it straight or
mixed with meal or chopped clover or
anything else the farmer may deem
advisable.
We approve of every COW owner
raising his own herd. Buying cows Is
ticklish business, and buying good
cows is n very rare proceeding. Get a
good bull who will really prove to be
half the herd. and raise all the prom
Using heifer calves from the choice
dams. The number dairyman can
take care of is often less than the
skimmilk supply. The surplus OF this
valuable product can be fed with great
profit. to the young growing chicks or
to laying hens. A laying hen is like n
milk COW, she should not be fat. Corn
is as fatal TO egg production as its in
discriminate use is disastrous in the
dairy.
The Lamar register., 1906-06-20

found at the home OF moonshiner not
far from the little town, brought back
and tried, and the judge decided to
make an example of the bold young
creature by sending her to Jail at Co.
lumDUs for four months.
Astonished the Mconshiners.
Tn, moonshiners We're simply par
alyzed by tho sentence, for some of
them thought that Betsy bore a
charmed life. so to speak. and one of
them. in an outburst of admiration,
had said on the third day that she
wou!I come clar," and that no iedge
an NJ jury can tech her, in my min
But Betsy had not quite reached the
limit OF her resources. The Jail at
Columbus is an old-fashioncd barn OF
structure. three stories high and of
brick, and is generally SHINY tcn@at-
ed. II happened that when Betsy
first entered its walls a man was there
on his way to the penitentiary TO serve
l2 months for the practice of the gen
tie ant of manslaughter, he having in
some kind OF miX-up slain a fellow
MOI ntaineer with a knife, and ''gittin
OF ln;ht," as the other side of the
case put it. Betsy was put on the
secoLa floor of the jail, this prisoner
The Lamar register., 1906-06-20
RYE AS FOOD FOR SWINE.

The rye crop Is not grown t) the
same extent to which. in our iu 'g-
ment, it ought to be grown. eli IL + as
pasture plant or as a garden plant.
The growing of rye at the present
time Is confned very largely to Ii hit
lands, whereon other crops. as for ia
stance wheat and barley cannot he
grown with nearly 50 much success.
1t is well that rye is grown on sucn
land, but there is also a place for it
occasionally on other land.
A strong point in favor of grow ne
rye. even for grain, is that after it has
been grown thus the ground can be
plowed and another crop Of some kind
can be made to follow the same sea-
son. This is owing to the fact that
the rye is harvested at such an early
date. One great objection. however to
growing rye thus is the fact that more
or less of the grain is likely to shell,
and being a very hardy plant. lives
over winter and grows up again in
other crops.
Rye furnishes excellent food for
swine. OF course. it is not well. as a
rule. to confine them to rye entirely.
1t should be fed with moderation to
young pigs, because of he fact that it
possesses so largely carbohydrates.
But when pigs have passed the weau-
ing stage and are being pAsturei
largely on leguminous crops, as
clover. rye can be fed to them with
advantage with considerable freedom.
1t may also be fed to swine with
much advantage during the fattening
period. OF course, if corn is fed along
with the rye, so much the better. but
even where corn cannot be Obt ined,
rye alone during the fattening period,
or rye along with barley, will finish
The pigs up in pretty good SHAPE.
The Lamar register., 1906-06-20
SWEET POTATO CULTURE.

Sweet potatoes can be grown much
easier If their nature and require
ments are understood. 1t must be re-
membered that sandy clay soil con-
tains the elements required for their
best development. and that rich black
loan, while it will produce heavy
growth of vines, will give crop CT
poor, stincy sweet potatoes
The ground should be thrown up in
ridges with lister or plow, the top
slightly fattened. and the plants set
from IL TO l6 inches apart on the mid
die of the top ridge. The object OF
the ridge is to run off the rain and
admit the heat of the sun to the roots,
as the sweet potato is a semi-tropical
plant and we make the conditions as
near as may be like the southern
climate. A moist time, If not too cold,
Is favorable for setting the plants, but
after they are once started dry sea-
son is the best for them.
Soon after setting the plants, the
nattened ridge should be stirred on
top with IA wheel Zoe or hand hoe or
rake. The sides of the ridge of the
ridges can be worked with horse
hoe or cultivator, followed in few
days with the lister. wlAch may read
lily be drawn 10y one horse. throwing
back to the ridges the dirt that has
been torn down by the cull.vator
Continue this at frequent Intervals S
till the vines cover the ground and
meet across the rows. Use the lister
the last time to lay them by.
The row may be kept free from
weeds with but little hoeing If done
at the right time. Later in the sea-
son the scattering weeds that come
in can easily be pulled by hand.
Slightly disturbing the vines in tend
ing does little or no harm when fiey
are young. but later on you must not
disturb them by lifting or trimming
Let them take root as much as they
please, as the vines thus take up
nourishment and carry it to the po-
tatoes.
Dig in dry time if possible and cure
in dry airy place. After week or
two of curing. put them away in a
warm, dry room and cover with dry
sand or road dust. Dry oats may be
used instead. Thus fixed they will
keep all winter If kept warm and dry.
Cellars are usually too damp and
cool. A place near a chimney in an
upstairs room is better.
A sweet potato bed is made al
most like an ordinary hot bed and the
same principles apply to both. Start
the bed and put in the seed potatoes
about five weeks before you Will need
the plants.
The Lamar register., 1906-06-20

stairway iSlI set fire to the trap-door,
burning a hoie therein, through which
Chalmers descended. He and Betsy.
after passing the compliments of the
day, DOR they were acquainted. decided
on the mode of action. and then Chal-
mers fell to work to make hole
through the side of the jail, while
Betsy made q rope out of blankets and
bedding. and arranged such goods ana
chattels as she had with her in shape
for quick removal. Chalmers, with
true Ga'lantry. decided that it was best
for him to go through the hole first
thus testing the latter. and. incident
ally, the rope below. Out he got al.
hittei away
Nearly Vanquishes Jailer.
Betsy was going, too. but as she
was halfway through the hole she
felt the rude hands of the jailer upon
her, and was hauled back into the
room. This aroused her fighting instinct
to the limit. and like lioness she
sprang upon the ialer. who had bad
quarter of IN hour. tor not only was
Betsy a good wrestler. but a star hair
pullei and scratcher Not satisfied
with these omplIshments, she
whipped out knife and cut the jailer
The Lamar register., 1906-06-20
Authorities Feel They Must Have Recourse Strenuous
Action to Restrain Betsy Smms.
YOUNG, FEARLESS, AND IDOL OF OUTLAWS
In Prison Dealing Whisky Revenue She
Severely Cuts Jailer in Attempt Escape-Three
Indictments Now Against Her.

the good fortune to find her on foot,
and very near the South Carolina line,
which she knows perfectly we'll.
When she saw the three deputies
coming. she knew they were not her
friends. and made bold dash for the
line. As a sprinter she is a succe IS,
and her running was like that of the
Grecian girls who competed in the
ancient Olympian games. The depu-
ties did not stop to admire. however,
but gave chase and dashed across the
state line, coming up with and taking
hold of the stout and charming Betsy
about a hundred yards over In South
Carolina.
Betsy was nearly out of breath
from the run, but had voice enough
left to give a signal, which brought
out of the thick bushes near by five
tough-looking moonshiners, any one
of whom was ready and willing to
die for Betsy any time. Betsy had a
good.sized revolver sluns about her
waist, and very poorly concealed by
checked apron, but her moonshine
friends made no concealment what
ever of the pistols which they had
IN mana, ana Wnlle tNey fingered
these, they parleyed with the detain.
ing deputies, letting them understand
that they were willing to pay cash
for Betsy's appearance in cot" and
that they were "willin to put up $25
in greenbacks if Betsy could be sot
free now and pear at C'lumbus next
term"
Deputies Made Terms.
The deputies thought 1t wise to
temporize, and decided to take the
cash. which the moonshiners galIantly
put up. and Betsy retired with them,
looking back archly at the officers,
her charming eyes sparkling with de-
fiance and the roses in her checks
deepening until they were like pc
onies. Her face was framed in a pink
sunbonnet of the type which is worn
on week days by all the mountain
girls.
Betsy did not let her daring and
her adventures end with her capture.
The Lamar register., 1906-06-20
DOES FARMING PAVp

Do YOU know. brother farmer, that
no other Legitimate business il the
world presents greater opportunit Is
for profit than ours? Take tn posi-
hilities of a kernel of corn for Illus
tration. Planted on piece of earth
two by two by one feet. and 1t will
produce two ears. each containing 400
kernels. or an increase of 500 rer
cent. in four months time. Where Is
the trade or business in any city
which will return half so great a
profit per annum on an investment?
The growth of vegetation pays Nature
she grows rich. And II fed of
corn. increasing at this marve'o is
rate, does not pay the owner, there
surely must be something the matter
with the man. 1t is not the plant
or the field. or the business which t.
at fault. Forever and ever, so long
as the world holds men, there Will be
a demand for food, and every particle
of It must come ont of the earth or
the sea. And every ounce of food is.
first of all, a plant. Forever and ever,
then. will there be demand fHr
plants. The growing OF food plants
can never cease TO be profitable if the
right man and correct mana cement
are at the helm.
The Lamar register., 1906-06-20
POULTRY NOTES.

In regard to the regnicious habit o,
feather eating which fowls SOM
times acquire. the New York station
has one preventive and two remedies.
The preventive is wide range I r
The fowls. and the first renedy is %
SIN ar the feathers of the fow,s t!.at
remit themselves 10 be fleeced with
lard or vaseline mixed with pow ered
aloes. The other remedy is to strip
the feathers from feather eaters and
cook the stripped fowls and eat them,
and for general purposes the latter
cure is the better way. 1t always
works.
1t is essential in saving the drop
pings that they be kent dry. II al
lowed to stand exposed to s;:1 and
rain valuable elements are lost.
Feed the little chicks late in the
evening and early in the morning and
do not compel them to wade through
long wet grass for their food.
Plaster of paris scattered over the
floors of the POULTRY houses is puri
flying absorbent. preventing the smell
which arises from the droppinos.
Much of the disease with which the
fowls are afflicted may be tr'ced from
its origin to a neglect in properly VEN
tliating the poultry houses
When the weather is damp and the
poultry yards are muddy. feeding sui
phur often proves injurious. Give
only when the weather is warm and
bright.
Ordinarily a show bird is under
stood to be one that scores 80 or more
points. and one that in good condition
falls below so is absolutely unfit for
a breeder.
When hen is incubatinE she comes
off the nest as regularly to dust her
self as she does to feed. instinct
teaching her that 1t is the best OF
methods for ridding herself of lice.
Brush heaps. lunches of tall weeds.
fences overgrown with bushes and
brinrs, and piles OF old rubbish in the
vicinity of the poultry yard furnish
gooi hiding places for vermin.
The Lamar register., 1906-06-20
POULTRY POINTERS.

Save the meat scraps for your
fowls.
1t is good rule TO scald out the
drinking vessels once a week
Ground bone can be fed alone or in
soft food
Proper food and a variety of IL
makes strong, healthy chickens
If you want to keep eggs for any
length of time turn them over every
day.
Clean earth is one of the best ah-
sorbents that can be used in the p1ul-
try house.
Whitewashing the nests. inside and
out. is a good means of keeping them
free from vermin.
While there is but little sale in
market for guineas. they are the near
est approach to the wild fowls of any
meat known.
Powdered charcoal mixed with soft
feed aids digestion
Dust sitting hens with pyrethrum
powder twice or three times before
the eggs hatch. and there will be no
lice on the chicks.
The Lamar register., 1906-06-20
PROFIT OF THE DAIRY cow.

Very few farmers realize the in
come that can be had from good
COW. The farmer who keeps a COW
year to raise a SIS or $50 calf usually
thinks he has done as well as any
one. but his profits do not compare
with those of the dairyman Except
with high-prioed registered cattle. as
a rule the milk, not the calf is the
most valuable product of the COW.
The milk produced by the average
Missouri cow will sell for about $50
at the creamery or when made into
first-class butter A good COW of the
dairy breeds will make at least $50
cash income every year. | have list
of about 80 Missouri farmers who
report cash income of from $50 to
slCO per COW every year. AS n matter
of fact, it takes only 6O-hours' time
worth about six dollars to milk n cow
ten months.
Now a few facts and figures from
our experience on the state farm.
Last year the cash income from the
herd was $3.50 per cow for butter
sold and $3.50 per cow for milk.
skim milk and calves-mak king Il total
income from each cow of S95. This
year the average income per COW from
the same sources will be over 800 for
the entire herd of 2s. These results
do not come from feeding expensive
feeds or excessive feelings. ,..ey are
not due to fine barns or unusual treat
ment of any kind. But they are the
result of doing the right thing at the
right time in the proper way.
The Lamar register., 1906-06-20

Much as has been written of the
ways and doings of the mountaneers
of North Carolina, any person at all
familiar with the lives of the inhabit-
ants o, that romantic region cannot
but fet; that the half has not been
told.
Loyal to a degree that holds life
worth nothing If IL friend can be
served, an enemy punished or traitor
put to death. the mountaineer is typi-
cal of state of existence the world
has long outgrown.
The average man of more sedate
temperament and cooler blood leaves
the avenging of his wrongs to courts
of law and the Judgment of his fel-
lows, but in the mountains each man
is IA court of law unto himself and is
not satisfied with the slow methods of
justice with which other communi-
ties are conversant.
II has been found matter of mon
umental difficulty to impress upon
these people that there is wrong in the
making of "moonshine" whisky. To
them the product of the corn they
grow is theirs, whether 1t is converted
into the stan of life or the delectable
liquid of the worm and still. The eff
forts OF the "Revnooers" to put a stop
to the distilling of the juice of the
corn necessarily therefore, are not
looked upon with favor, and conflicts
with the officers OF the law are fire.
quent. Just now the federal officials
have complication to deal with
whicn is more than usually knotty.
Queen New in Jail.
'rh, best looking gal in the noun
tains," Betsy Sims, Queen of the
Moonslnners." is languishine in the big
and lonesome Jail at Columbus, the
high-up little mountain town which
is tne county seat of Polk, one of the
smallest AMI most isolated of the
North Carolina counties. What to do
with her is the problem puzzlins the
authorities.
Betty. though only %, is as daring
and wei versed a woman. both in the
ways oi making whisky and of sell
The Lamar register., 1906-06-20
SUMMER SHADE FOR POULTRY

When poultry are confined during
the summer to yards or varying di-
mensions there must be certain
amount of shade provided in order to
keep them in the best conditions. The
shade of building for a portion of
day Is all right. although the shade
of bushes or trees is more desirable.
If the poultry yard is located where
it is not possible to obtain shade in
the manner indicated. 1t is good
plan 10 either train vines over por-
tion of the poultry fence or to plant
two or three rows of corn Just outside
the fence on the sunny side. In a few
weeks this will be high enough TO
provide considerable shade and as 1t
grows. of course, will furnish more
shade.
II it is possible to locate the poultry
yard where there are bushes or trees
of no particular value, it will be
good plan to arrange IT in this way
so that the fowls may have the ben
eft not only of the shade. but of dust
ing in the soil under the trees or
plants.
If a fair arount of shade g pro-
vided during the summer with an
abundance of fresh. cool water during
the day. and the fowls allowed TO run
for an hour or two Just before roost-
ing time. most of the breeds will
bear confinement very we'll II will
be little hard on the smaller and
more active fowls like the Leghorns,
but the Wyandottes and Plymouth
Rocks will stand the confinement and
keep in good condition.
The Lamar register., 1906-06-20

five times. He was compelled to
knock her down and then to tie her
Lands and feet.
The matter was at once reported to
the judge, who ordered that she be
placed in the strongest cell and close
ly watched, nd at the next term OF
court she will be indicted for an as
sault with intent TO kill, not to speak
of another indictment for attempt to
escape. Some of her moonshiner
friends have in quiet way made
threats that she will not stay in jail
long. but the county authorities say
they can hold her.
Betsy's exploit in the Jail has given
her an added Importance and value
among her associates.