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Connecticut western news., 1906-12-13
THE GRANGE
 Condueted by J. W. DARRow. Chatham. N. r.. Pres Correspondent Netr Fork State
 GrdnOe
AS POLICEMAN.
ONE OF THE DUTIES OF THE GRANGE
 SUGGESTED.

It Should See That Laws Affecting Farmers Interests Are Enforced. Instances Cited In Michigan.
 Every we'll informed member of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry is aware of the fact that among its earli est achievements was the enforcement of laws in the central western states against sharpers who claimed royalties on slide gates and driven wells. These royalties amounted to about S10 on each gate or we'll, and while the claims foundation most farmers would pay the $10 rather than fight the matter in the courts. At this point the grange stepped in and took the farmers part and with grange funds prosecuted test case, won the suit and stopped the blackmail. It was an instance of what the grange could do as policeman. and the farmer at heart.
 A Michigan grange paper thinks that there are still opportunities for the grange to do police work and cites two or three instances. In one county in Michigan peculiar state of affairs Is disclosed. The county treasurer has large amount of funds in hand which the law requires him to apportion every three months among the townships, but instead of doing so he puts 1t in a bank In which he Is financially interested. He tells the farmer supervisors when they ask him why he does not comply with the law that they are lot of blockheads and when they ask him to examine his books says that he does not keep any and that he will appor- ton the money when he gets ready. Now, as mandamus proceedings would cost about S100 and as there are not many farmers who care to pay $100 to vindicate a principle nothing Is done to bring this public servant to justice. Our contemporary suggests that the state grange might very we'll act as a policeman in this case.
 Another instance in Ohio relates to a two cent fare between stations in that state. Michigan has the same law, but the railroad running from Adrian to Toledo charges cents per mile, claiming that the two stations 'are not within the state." but are in two differ ent states. X complaint to the inter state commission might induce some action in the matter, but no private in- diyidual seems to have interest enough to do 1t. Here again the grange police man might step in and endeavor to se- cure justice.
 There is no doubt that the grange has certain duties along this line and to take the aggressive in enforcing laws which bear upon the farmers interests. but in those cases where farmers are not directly interested 1t would be quite as well to let others perform the police act.
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-13
Things Near Home.

setts says that some portion of grange lecture hours may well be spent in the discussion of topics strictly local, as town and social questions. which enter directly into the lives of the members. This makes the grange a practical or ganization and oftentimes puts 1t at the lead in securing needed community Improvements.
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-13

An abundance of fresh water and salt should be provided for all of the farm animals. The fact that cows and hogs will drink filthy water should not be taken to mean that they prefer this to that which is fresh and clean. It is a matter of observation that the ami mals mentioned will drink the best water they can get, but that they will drink dirty water when they can get no other
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-13

The burning of leaves in the fall or spring Is violation of one of natures economic laws in that she intended them to serve as a winter protection for her tender things and for a mulch and fertilizer after they have fulfilled this first purpose. In any case the leaves should be saved. as they con- tain elements that the soil greatly needs.
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-13
Keep This In Mind.

The prosperous grange not only gets new members, but keeps the old. The most successful grange is not the one that has enrolled the largest number, but that which keeps the largest per centage of it's enrolment on the list of active workers. People do not join the grange for the sake of joining, but for the good to be obtained after they become members.
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-13

While they now and then commit depredations in the poultry yards, hawks and owls are rightly classed as benefactors rather than enemies of the horticulturist. farmer and gardener. The good these birds do as destroyers of mice, rats, gophers and rabbits more than offsets their sins in the manner mentioned. Everything should be done, therefore, to protect these silent, sharp eyed feathered friends,
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-13

It is well to bundle the little tots in the home up even on cold days and al- low them to go out in the open and get their lungs filled with fresh air. Many a delicate child has been made robust by such treatment
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-13

When the federal and state govern ments granted railroad companies their rights of way they should have done so only on receiving a pledge from the companies to furnish cars sufficient to carry to market all the produce raised In territory tributary to their respec- tive lines. Shippers of perishable prod uce all over the country will this year lose thousands of dollars because of a failure of transportation companies to do this very thing.
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-13

Things are trifie out of joint If the good housewife has to go to the horse managers or corncrib of a morning to get kindling for the kitchen fire. A convenient supply of kindling and dry wood should be viewed as a necessity in every household.
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-13

There is probably no product of the farm that Is produced with less cost of time and money and gives greater return in money and real satisfaction than that of the beehives which one may have. It Is a gain which Is at- tended with no corresponding loss.
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-13

Where possible 1t Is well to provide the hens with scratching shed with warm southern exposure Any day when they will stay in such a place from choice 1t Is better for them to be there than 1t Is inside, where light and air are often none too good.
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-13

The father who Is the friend" of his children In their early years need not fear being sent to the poorhouse when his hair Is gray and his step feeble.
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-13

The man who can lay aside his busi- ness cares when he does his overcoat and enjoy a romp with his children not only succeeds in increasing their affec ton for him, but by thus relaxing in- creases his own capacity for the next days work.
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-13

The great mass or peopIe do not take up the new lands for lack of capital to improve them. Those who have the capital to invest do not need the land, so the process of development is slow.
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-13

Snow, shelled corn and a barbed wire fence for outdoor shelter are not calculated to superinduce any partic- ular gratitude or response in egg pro duction on the part of ones flock of hens. They are quite likely of about the same frame of mind and body that human beings would be in under like circumstances.
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-13

In view of the fact that banking for the house should be primarily and chiefly a windbreak 1t should be of serve this purpose. It Is often we'll to tack heavy paper for space of three feet from the ground, fastening 1t with strips of lath, before putting other banking material in place.
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-13

The difference between 75 and 300 bushels of potatoes per acre, yields we have noted this fall, was due to care ful treating and planting of seed prep aration of seed bed and thorough cul- tivation. In this respect potatoes are good deal like kids-don't turn first rate If left to shift for themselves.
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-13

If the mother puts the kids to bed at night, winds the clock and sees that dog and cat are where they belong, the head of the house should build the fire and start things going In the morning.
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-13
Almost Eighty Thousand Members.

Over 5000 members have been added to the grange in New York state since Jan. l. There are now about SIS granges in the state, with a total mem bership of about 79,000. Surely New York retains the head of the line in a notable manner.
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-13

The noting of two instances recently in which the owners of thoroughbred herd boars were nearly killed by at tacks from the ugly brutes would seem to indicate the propriety of handling them as one does bulls and dynamite, with a good deal of care and precau- tion. They are an ugly yet unavoida- ble proposition, and it is well to keep a weather eye on them.
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-13

For all sparsely settled rural and urban precincts tine newfangled voting machine. is in about the same class with the automobile for q man draw ing S2 a day-mighty nice thing to have, but rather expensive. The cause of patriotism and good citizenship would be far better conserved if the money required to purchase these ma
 chimes were devoted to improving the county roads. It is an exceptional To- cality that is not in greater need of better wheeling than it is of a more rapid and accurate method of voting.
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-13

Our love and fondness for thing sometimes blind us to the fact that 1t Is possible to get too much of a good thing. This Is frequently found true after a Thanksgiving dinner or n Fourth of July celebration. We have seen people who specialize in fads and become one liners-for instance, the front yard will run to evergreens, the house to pink wall paper or the chill dren to pet rabbits. Ones enthusiasm is shorter lived than the fad.
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-13

Under the initiative of Professor Holden and his helpers at the Iowa Agricultural college at Ames the sec ond Wednesday in October is hereafter to be set apart as seed corn harvest day, the object In view being to get the farmers of the state to take this day off and devote it to the selection of the earliest maturing, soundest and most perfect ears In their field. Gathered at this time, seed corn has time to dry out thoroughly before the heavy freezes come. In view of the intimate connection between timely selection of seed and vlgor and germination power of the same and the effect of this upon the following seasons stand and yield of corn the importance of setting aside this seed corn harvest day can hardly be overestimated
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-13

Professor Holden, who Is the Apos- tie Paul of the seed corn gospel' propaganda, is credited with an in crease of 25,O0O,0O0 bushels in the Iowa corn crop as the result of the seed corn special excursion which he and his helpers have conducted throughout the state during the past two years. While the result is truly marvellous, 1t Indicates in very simple way what a vast field for improvement there is along the line of agricultural methods and at the same time how much can be accomplished by the application of intelligence and common sense to the work one has in hand.
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-13

While he is a good citizen and pa triot who raises seventy bushels of corn per acre where forty grew before, he Is a better citizen and more pa- triotic who leaves such field on cleo ton day and casts his ballot for the sake of perpetuating sound fiscal poli- cies and good government. The great est privilege of a republican govern ment is the right of suffrage; the great est obligation of such a government the duty of exercising that right.
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-13

A late medical publication Is au- thority for the statement that the pol sonous principle in the three leaved ivy is contained in an essential oil which Is almost completely counteract- ed and neutralized by thorough wash Ing of affected parts in alcohol as soon as possible after contact with the vine or leaves. A thorough washing with soap and water tends to accomplish the same result. The application of cream or other fatty substance, on the other hand, according to the au- thority cited, tends to aggravate the difficulty, as this serves merely to spread the poisonous agent to other parts.
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-13

Three years ago last spring a friend of the writer secured a package of hand sorted and tested thoroughbred Reid's yellow dent corn from the state experiment station. Each fall since that time he has selected the earliest maturing ears, with the result that last fall his whole field matured In good season and yielded close to 100 bushels to the acre. He tells us that next spring he will plant thirty instead of ten acres. There Is not only more money but a great deal more satisfac- ton in raising a crop of this kind than there is in growing scrub corn which yields forty bushels per acre.
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-13

As showing the progress that some of the western states are making in the matter of improving public highways a recent federal bulletin issued by the department of public roads states that in the year 1904 there were 5a,295 miles of public roads in the state of South Dakota. Of this mileage 147 miles were surfaced with gravel and four with stone, making a total of 151 miles of improved roads. Taking into account the area of the state, there was about seven-tenths of a mile of public road to every square mile of area and on the basis of population one mile of road for every seven inhabit- ants. While the figures presented do not show large mileage of improved roads. they point quite conclusively to soil and meteorological conditions, which are naturally conducive to the maintenance nf good roadS-
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-13

The only gold mining proposition which any farmer is justified in going into to any extent is that to be found in more thorough digging and culti- vation of the black soil of his own farm. Time and money put into this kind of mining bring generous returns. The same squandered In buying shares in a faraway Bonanza, Golden Bullfrog or otherwise euphoniously designated mining company might as we'll be thrown into the deep blue sea.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-03-05
Great In His Line.

Mr.. Robert Barr nee showed a por-
trait of Mark Twain to a silk merchant
sof Lyons. TELL me who that is" Mr..
Barr said. The merchant gazed at the
portrait and answered, Il should say
he was a statesman" 'Supposing you
wrong in that, what would be your
next guess?" asked Mr.. Barr. "If he
is not a maker of history he is perhaps
a writer of it; a great historian, prob
ably. OF course it is impossible for me
to guess accurately except by accident,
but L use the adjective great because
/ am convinced this man is great in his
line. whatever it is. If he makes silk.
he makes the best" Mr.. Barr told tha
French merchant who the portrait rep
resented and said. You have summed
him. up in your last sentence.n-London
News.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-03-05
OF MECCA.
Scene at the Annual Visitation OF
Mohammedan Pilgrims.

Scene at the Annual Visitation OF
Mohammedan Pilgrims.
Mecca, at the season of the annual
visitation of Mohammedan pilgrims, is
thus described in Everybody's in with
the Pilgrims to Mecca" translated
from the narrative of Ibu Jubayr Ali
of Bandar Adas:
Like. a gigantic ~catafalque, somber.
shrOuded in mystery, the kaaba rises
out Of the seething sea of white CARRIED
humanity that crowds the great sacred
square of Mecca Its door is covered
with plates of solid silver studded with
silver nails. From the exterior of the
roof, above a stone marking the sep
ulcher of Ishmael, which lies at the
base Of the northern wall, there pro-
jects a horizontal, semicircular rain
spout five yards long, twenty-feur inch
es wide, made of massive gold. With
in the roof is supported by three col
umns of aloe wood; the walls are hung
with red velvet alternating with white
squares IN which are written in Arabic
the words, 'Allah-Jal-Jelalah' fPraise
to God, the Almighty. The building is
packed with pilgrims, praying, weep
ing, beside themselves in an ecstasy
of passionate devotion. Mingled with
their voices there rises from outside the
chant of the TalbTl, the sorg of the
winding sheet, which every pilgrim
must sing on entering Mecca, on DON
ming the sacred hiram, on entering the
Haram, and on starting for Nina, the
valley Of desire, and Arafat the noun
tain Of compassion"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-03-05
move on

Even politicians have a growing
respect for sobriety. When President
Mckinley was the gaest of the city Of
Boston, at n of the greatest ban
quets I'VE given in the city, TIVE
thousand picked business and public
men sat at the tables, and there was
not a drop of intoGicants visible.
How did that come about? Bishop
MaIEalieu, who invoked the divine
blessing, says that the question of
Intoxicating drinks was left to
Governor Crane, who decided as a
Christian man. Three gears later he
was succeeded by Governor Bates,
another Christian man, and when the
Ancient and Honorable Artillery
Company of London was feted in
Boston IN a banquet costing $50 600,
and all sorts of liquors were present,
Governor Bates had the backbone to
of.r a toast in a glass of Pnre water
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-03-05
y. A. Brahana,
Irasburg, VT.
The Egg Question

The problem of finding a cheap
poultry food that will increase egg
production during the winter when
eggs are high has been solved by those
farmers who purchase Green Cut
Bone and Meat for their poultry.
@. S. Page of Hyde Park, VT, grinds
many thousand pounds annually of
this article and is this year selling it
for So so per barrel of 200 pounds,
freight prepaid to buyers railroad
station. There is now no necessity
for going without this staple poultry
food. II yon cannot use a barrel
yourself, got some OF your neighbora
to join in with you. You will find il
valuable as an egg producer.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-03-05
4 Wonderful saving.

Tie Iarees Methodist church in Georgia
~slcnsated TO use over one bundr O gallors #
the usual kind of mixed paint in painting
their church.
They nsed oeIy 81 gaIlors of the Longman
& Martinez Paint mixed with "a gallons OF
Ipseed oil. Actual cost Ct paint made was
iessthan 81 p Ier gallon
saved ove r eighty $500 dollars in paint,
and got a biz donstsCn AeSides.
EVERY CHURCH will be given a liberal
quantity whenever they paint.
Many houses are we'll painted with four
ga Ions OF L. & NJ. and three sal ons of liz
sesd oil mixed herewith.
Wears and covers like GOLD.
These celebrated Paints are sold By Il. C
Pierce.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-03-05

Lydia A. ssaver. non compos, Glover.
Guardian settles his final account.
John q. Pesne estate, Yonkers, Y. Y to
wit, Westmore. Copy OF foreign will al
lowed. Ava L Peene appointed executrix.
C. E. Hambiet and F. 4. Foster appraisers
and commission ers.
Augusta Dawson estate, Crafesbury.
WA proved. H. T. ssaver appointed ex
ecutor. O. II. Mossman and n. NJ. Lewis
appraisers and commissioners.
Fred NJ. Fletcher minors, Lowell. Guar
dian files petition asking leave to file new
bond in substitution and discharge of
surety on former bond. Referred to Feb.
S, 1906.
John w. Currier estate, Troy. License
granted administrator to sell real estate.
Rawson Angler estate, Potion, P. @ to
wit Newport. Will proved. Herbert r.
Angler appointed executor. s. R. Davis
and W.D. Miller commissioners.
Aveline FL. Brown estate, Newport. APP
praisers' supplemental inventory returned.
Dewitt &. sanderson estate, Charleston.
Commission rs' report returned.
Aveiine 81. Brown estate, Newport. Ii
cense granted to sell real estate.
John 5. Wiley estate, Irasburg. A. B.
Post and 3. A. Pike appointed commits
sionerss
). W. Currier estate, Troy. Administra-
tor applies for license to convey certain
real estate which deceased was under con
tract to convey. Referred to March 10.
Orrin M. Delano estate, Albany. APP
praisers' inventory returned.
Gallon Skinner estate, Lowell. Execu-
tor settles his account. Decree of distri-
button made.
Francis z. Powell estate, Barton. Will
proved. Sarah 2. Powell appointed exec
utrix. 81. P. Cook and T. w. Drew ap'
pointed appraisers and commissioners.
Samuel Page estate, Newport. Apprais
ers' inventory returned.
Eugene s. Batchelder estate, Greensboro
Edward s. Hill appointed administrator.
Moses u. Partlow estate, Troy. Admin
istrator presented his account. Referre
to March 49,
Carlos D. Gilbert estate, Barton. A. L
Beede appointed an additional commits
sioner to act in the place and stead OF A. 7
Mathev7s, Who is incapacitatsa by silnc.
from performing his duties as such CON
missioner.
John @. Peene estate, Yonkers, N. Y
to wit, Westmore. Appraisers inventor
filed.
William Pope estate, Newport. Con
missioners' report returned.
Etvira Powers estate, Derby. Commi
] sioners' report returned.
,, George Mosher trust estate, Hollan
, Trustee presents his nnu account. RI
ferred to March 10, 1906.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-03-05
NMISSIONERS NOTICE.
tate ofLYdia A SeaVer.

nde resigned. having been appointed by
norable Probate Court for the District
|ans, Commissioners, to receive, exam
adjust all claims aud demands OF all
Is against the estate OF Lydia A. Seaver,
'Glover, in said Distric deceased and
ms exhibited in Offset thereto. hereby
office that we will meet for the pur
aforesaid, at the residence of q. A.
en- the 18th day of March and 18th
July next, from one O'Clock pm. until
o'clock p. M, each of sa d days, and that
bnths from the 18th dsv of January,
zoos, IL the time limited by ssid Court
d creditors 10 present their claims to
examination and allowance.
Ia at Glover this 18th day of February,
leo6.
ouA A; ?; BEAN , oOm'rs.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-03-05
|harles w. Smiths, Will.

'rE OF VERMONT, DISTRICT OF Or
|RANs, IS. In Probate CouTt held st
brt, in said District, on the 31pt day of
Try, A. D., 1906.
Instrument purportir" to be the last
nd Testament Of Cha les W.Smith,lsteof
/ to the Court by Nora A. Smith Execut-
erein named, for Probate; 1t is orGered
liza Court, hat all persons concerned
In be notified to appear at q session Of
to be held at f. w. Bsldw1n's
at Barton, in said District, on
| If any they may have, against the Pro
IL said Will; for which purpose, 1t is
er ordered that a copy of this record OF
rider be published three weeks success
in the Orleans County Monitor a news
appointed for hearing.
Ie Court. Attest:
r. E. ALFRED, Judge.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-03-05
FOR SALE

sold my farm in Albany and pa-tcf
row otfsr from IS tu Is tons o. No.
bay for e. co ntr ton IL sold Il once.
De sod Tor cash or ScOd paper
y kiMBALL, Barton Landing VI.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-03-05
Super1atiVe

The all-round -four, S5.25
Every barrel warranted, paper
or wood.
The balance of our stock of
Gloves, Mitfens and Blank
cts goat cost.
We have the goods and they are
going at these Prices.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-03-05

DON'T fro look pleasant, If you are
suffering from indigestion or sour stomach,
take KodoI Dyspepsia Cure. Hon. Jake
Moore of Atlanta, Ga SAYS 81 suffered more
than 2, years with indigestion. A friend rec
Commended Kodo1. 1t relieved me In one dsy
and 1 now enjoy better health than for many
years Kodol digests what you eat, relieves
sour stomach. gas on stomach. belching, etc.
Sold by b. G. Pierce, Barton, +. j. Kinney,
Carton Landing.