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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-11-16

be made of pale pink zenana, with
appliques of lace threaded through
with black velvet ribbon, while a
second could be made of viyella,
which will not shrink when washed
In the matter of couture, the heads
of the fashionable women are still
running over with curls, real or arti-
fetal. AS to which they are seems
of little consequence, for every head
is piled with curls in more or less un-
expected places not always entirely
logical; but what is logic in the face
of fashion?
In millinery, ostrich feathers figure
largely for trimming decoration, and
the feathers grow hourly almost in
width and bulk-and price; the most
prodigal style of millinery showing a
monster specimen in green on a
tucked or stitched silk shape.
To quote an authority: Fashion
has gone fairly mad on furs'; at all
the great houses one sees other gar
ments pushed out of the way to make
further space for the display of sables
and sealskins, ermines and caraculs,
coats small and winsome, and coats
long and luxurious. One would think
from these last we were going to have
an Arctic winter, till one remembered
that it is the motor, with it's whiz
through the air, that calls for these
extras.
Throw-over ties are less worn now
Muffs are made very large to suit the
short-sleeved gowns that foolish fash
ion still requests women to wear. The
newest sort of big muff is not stiff
ened, but is more like an oval-shaped
sack, into which the arms, bare save
for their gloves, can be easily thrust
up to the elbow; while owing to the
same softness of make, if the full size
of the muff is not required, it brushes
or wrinkles up on the arm to the de-
sired dimensions. Tails are placed on
muffs as trimming when the same
decoration is used on the collar that
the muff will accompany. The har-
monious blending of furs and laces is
also most fashionable. It is becoming
to the last degree, and 40 better way
of displaying a fine bit of old rose or
Brussels point can be found than to
set it at the throat of seal, sable,
or chinchilla cape; while corresponds
ing founce can edge the bottom of the
grrment If available.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-11-16

The battle of the dressmakers over
the rival merits of the empire, the
Directoire, or the princess styles has
resulted, as such battles often do, in
each army Withdrawing within its
borders, where it reigns supreme and
follows it's own bent. The princess
robe has still many followers, but it
cannot be denied that, even on an
impecable figure and cut by master
hand, the princess robe has hard,
stiff effect that is displeasing to an
aesthetic eye Far more graceful are
the long, sweeping lines of the modi-
fed empire or directoire styles which,
while defining the beauty Of the fig
ure, yet leave something to the i'm
agination, which is the secret of sue
cess in every art.
A description of one of these
gowns seen displayed in one of the
principal stores is worthy of place
here. The material of the dress was
of very fine drape souple, or satin
cloth, in the lovely mauve shade
known as elephant grey, which is
SO much to the fore this season for
those who appreciate quiet tones. The
skirt was quite plain except for
hand of cloth above the hem, which
was cut into mitred tabs, piped with
elephant grey velvet, each tab being
adorned with fiat button of the
same velvet In front the normal
place of the waist was marked by the
pointed waist-band of velvet, much
braided with fine old-fashioned mar
row silk braid in the same color; but
and rose high at the back, where the
fulness of the skirt flowed out in
graceful folds, and where the waist
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-11-16
CRANBERRLES FROM BOG
TO DELICIOUS JELLY
How Crop of Million Bushels is Grown
and Picked.


The scoop looks like rake, with
a box attached, and is made of hick-
DRY. 1t has long teeth, and the op.
orator pushes it along through the
vines, having it carefully adjusted 50
that it does not tear the vines or miss
any of the berries. AS the scoop picks
the berries from the stems it empties
them into box, and the method is so
quick that one man can pick % times
as many berries in day as was pos
sible under the old hand system.
Machinery also helps when the time
comes to take the berries indoors, re-
move the leafy waste, and grade them
according to size and quality.
There are to each bog several con.
venient buildings, so placed as to re-
duce to minimum the need of carry
ing the crop from place to place.
The genius that does the work is
mill or grader, two-story machine
run by hand and the force of gravi-
tation.
Inc berries are received by the hor.
per as they come from the bog. The
stems are mostly caught ~ the screen,
and the finer rubbish is blown out by
a revolving fan. Now the berries fall
on long table having succession
of slots and grooves under the strong
pieces. The grooves are opened all
their length at the bottom, the space
between their sides widening by de-
grees, making four changes. The ber-
ries dropped on the table roll prompt
ly into the longitudinal grooves The
pea-shaped ones are disposed of first,
and land in the first bin. These are
only fit for the dye pot or the can.
ming factory.
The grooves widen and gradually
the seconds" standards" and "fan.
cies" are disposed of, the latter class
being, of course, the big, red, lus.
cious berries that command the high,
est prices.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-11-16

band disappeared under the crossed
points of the pelerine fastened by big
velvet buttons. These shaped cape or
pelerine folds were III cloth, with
line of braid between, fhey were fin
ished in front with turhed-back tabs
fastened by velvet buttons, and they
were cut very low both in front and
behind to show a waistcoat of the
grey velvet embroidered in gold and
silver thread This also was cut low
before and behind over chemisette
of tucked lawn, with double killed
frill, like that on the shirts of the
dandies of far-off generation, which
adorned the front. The cloth elbow
sleeves repeated the arrangement of
the original bodice, with buttoned
tabs above the lace frills, and cuff
of embroidered velvet below.
One of the most obvious facts of
fashion this year is the popularity
of the three-quarter coat. In every
shop window of the big stores it al
luringly stretches it's length, and /
doubt not that it will find it's purchas-
ers by the hundreds. 1t appears in
tweed, in cloth, in velvet, and is alike
found quite tight fitting, or tight fit
ting at the back and semi-fitting in the
front. ge1a,n 81
Velvets and velyeteens are, we
know, to reign supreme this winter,
and charming waists and blouses will
be made of these beautiful fabrics.
A new kind of velvet, soft of surface
as chiffon, but as firm of texture as
Genoa velvet, is amongst the new au-
tumnal possibilities of the wealthy,
but for the more frugal, velveteen
has amiably assumed a very soft and
supple surface.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-11-16
Partisan Meat Supply.

The last year for which complete
statistics concerning the meat sup
ply of Paris have been published Is
1903. From the reports of that year
1t appears that 267,027 cattle, 274,39O
calves and 2,047,77O sheep were
slaughtered at the city abattoirs and
produced 156,OO7,S50 Kilograms Cor
S27,616,4S5 pounds) of meat, of which
123,712,180 Kilograms (259,795,57S
pounds) were consumed in Paris, and
1922, $50 Kilograms exported. Some
of the choicest of French beef goes to
England, where the fillets and other
prime cuts are in demand for clubs,
hotels, and the best class of restau-
rants. During the same year there
were killed S2,50S hogs, which yield
ed 27,657,350 Kilograms (5S,OSO,435
pounds of pork, and 29,370 horses,
which furnished 7,305,650 Kilograms
Cor 15,341,S65 pounds) of meat, all OF
which was consumed in Paris.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-11-16

One of the most important prelim-
inaries to the Thanksgiving dinner is
the fall picking of the crop of cram
berries, which reaches now a good
round million bushels of blushing red
fruit And what an ocean of sauce and
mountain of jelly such a quantity of
berries can make, but it is easily dis
posed of by the American people, for
probably 100000 bushels are used for
the Thanksgiving festival alone.
The genesis of the cranberry is not
as well known as that of other fea-
lures of the Thanksgiving dinner.
Everybody knows all about the turkey
Nor is there any mystery about the cell
cry, the mincemeat that goes into the
pies or any of the side vegetables that
add so much eclat.
But the cranberry comes distance
to the vast majority of the consumers.
1t is seldom used on the farm. Gran
berry culture is not usually carried on
In small way by farmer in con-
nection with other produce cultivation.
1t is a separate business that re-
p1CuIy VI ldilu, anu "LdI 10 CfCA
more important, water.
Originally the cranberry grew wild
and took its name from a resemblance
its flower just expanding into perfec-
ton bears to the neck, head and bill
of a crane. From CRANBERRY" to
cranberry" was an easy transition.
1t was at Cape Cod that the cram
berry was first cultivated in the
United States. and soon came the dis
covery that in flavor the cultivated
cranberry was far superior to it's wild
brother.
From this point the cranberry has
spread all over the United States,
but it is a selfish berry, and demands
for it's own exclusive use all the land
devoted to its culture. Thus it is not
possible to get crop of cranberries
one year and crop of something else
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-11-16
Antiquarian Society Members.

Rev. DR.. Edward Everett Hale has
been elected president of the Ameri-
can Antiquarian society at it's meet
ing just held in Worcester, Mass.
Captain AmundJen, who DR.. Hale said
had accomplished the most remarka-
biz event of the year in his rediscoy-
cry of the northwest passage, was
elected an honorary member; also
George Edward Fox, of London, and
Prof. Bernardino M. Colmbra, OF
Portugal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-11-16

the next out of the same piece of
land.
Sand and peaty ground form the
ideal soil for the cranberry, and in
stead of fertilizing, the grower is
obliged to give the vines or bushes lib
eral coatings of sand.
The place where the cranberry
grows is variously known as the marsh
or the bog, from the fact that it must
be low land arranged with system
of sldices similar to those used for
the irrigation of arid land in the
west.
1t takes money and patience to pre-
pare bog, and the man who puts his
capital in the venture deserves a fair
return for his product. 1t costs not
less than $500, and as high as $500
an acre, to get the bog ready. Then
five years must elapse before there is
any crop sufficient to give return.
But after this it is all prefit, for the
shrubs live and bear endlessly, get
ting better all the time.
Nothing could be simpler than
planting cranberry bushes. A small
handful of twigs is twisted together,
and thrust deeply into the sand. They
need no tending, but take root at
once, and within year send out run
ners. The planting is done in rows
eight or ten inches apart. Gradually
the spaces between the rows fill up,
and soon, the whole bog is one field OF
growing cranberries.
Flooding the bog answers the dual
purpose of giving the cranberry the
moisture which is an essential part OF
its life. and protecting it from frosts
of early autumn.
There are two ways of picking the
berries. One is the old-fashioned
the other the new.
In the primitive method all that Is
needed is picker with nimble fingers
He or she sits or kneels in the mois
sand, plunges both hands, with finger.
slightly spread, till the hands become
sort of rake, into the green vines
and with quick movement strips tn,
berries from the vine, and losses then
into pan. When the pan is fillet
it is emptied into larger measur,
containing a third of bushel TIL
size is uniform. and the picker i
paid by the pail
The old-ti4ne method of picking 1
gradually being abandoned in tn
larger boys ih favor of the new "rocB
er scoops"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-11-16
For the Economical Woman of Fashion

The first thing to attend to in pre-
pairing the winter wardrobe is the
cleaning and freshening of the dresses
of last winter that were judged good
enough to pack away in the spring,
and the dyeing of the light gowns that
have faded with the past summers
sun. Fashion changes so quickly that
it is more economical to have light
frocks turned into color suitable
for wearing out in winter than to lay
them by for next summer, when they
will be as likely as not too demodes
to be worn If the lining is removable,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-11-16
Income From Abroad.

The London Economist states that
British capitalists draw an income OF
$500, 000, 900 from their foreign invest
ments. Last fiscal year they paid
income tax on $33O,3OO,000, as COM
pared with $195, 100000 20 years ago.
The largest amount is derived from
interest on foreign and colonial gov
eminent securities and the next larg-
est sum from dividends and interest
from foreign and colonial concerns.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-11-16

such aresses CAN usually be dyed
whole.
One of the very necessary additions
70 the woman's wardrobe of the win
ter, is the comfortable and easy dress
ing sauques or jackets In our illus
tratioa we show one specially de-
signed to be becomingly and costly
warm while at the same time giving
all the freedom of movement which
IS so necessary during the hair brush
Ing process. One such garment might
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-11-16

There is Catarrh in this section Of the country
than other diseases put together and until the last
few years supposed to be tncurable. For great
many years doctors pronounced 1t local disease and
prescribed local remedies and by constantly failing
to with local treatment, pronounced 1t ncurabe
Science has proven Catarrh to be constitutional dis
ease and therefore requires constitutional
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. j. Cheney
Co.. Toledo, Ohio, s the only Constitutional cure
the market 1t is taken internally in doses from 10
drops to teaspoonful. 1t directly the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system. They offer one
hundred dollars for any It falls to cure Send
for circulars and testimonials.
Address: F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-11-16

and at other times passages were too
frequent, especially at night. There
was pain and discoloration. Doan's
Kidney Pills brought me relief from
the first, and soon infused new life.
give them my Endorsement"
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-11-16

DOan'S Kidney PITS.
Exposure and driV-
ing brought kidney
trouble on me, and l
suffered much from
irregular passages Of
the kidney secre-
lions. Sometimes
4hora MOS rotoption
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-11-16

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teething, softens the gums reduces in
dammatIon alays pain. wind collie. 25ca bottle.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-11-16

Steadfastness is a noble quality,
but. unguided by knowledge or humil-
ity, it becomes rashness or obstinacy.
-SwartZ.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-11-16

Fruit acids win not stain goods dyed
with PUTNAM FADELESS DYES, and
the colors are bright and fast.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-11-16
A PUBLIC DUTY.
Montpelier, O., Man Feels Compelled
to Tell His Experience.

Joseph Wilgus, Montpelier, O., says:
ST feel it my duty to tell others about
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-11-16

II a woman laughs at mans jokes
It's because he isn't her husband.
The Republican journal., 1906-02-01
THE ABBOT FAMILY.
From the waldo County Advocated

from tile WdiuO Souuty huNoooeo'J
1t was nearly century ago, when the
territory now comprising the townships
of Brooks and Jackson was a wilder
ness, that Ezra Abbot and his younger
brother Isaac were prominent men
among the few pioneers who had settled
in the forest and commenced, while
making themselves homes, to also Or
ganize governments. Ezra Abbot was
the first clerk of the Plantation of Jack
son, which had it's first meeting in the
year 1912, in response to a warrant
dated July list, directing Stephen Wood
bridge to call the electors together,
which he did July -, 1912, when
Nathan Page was chosen moderator;
Ezra Abbot, clerk; Nathan Page,
Thomas Morton and Nathaniel Knight,
assessors; Jonathan S. Green, collector,
for - cents on the dollar, and Daniel
Clearv, treasurer of the forty dollars
that was voted to defray regular
plantation expenses. That meeting
also voted to petition the general court
of sessions to exempt the plantation
from paying any State and County tax.
At an adjourned meeting held the fol
lowing September 10th, Jonathan Jack
having agreed to make the collection
for 10 cents on the dollar, he vas sub
stituted as collector. So records clerk
Ezra Abbot; also at the first election OF
governor a total of 90 votes were polled.
The Republican journal., 1906-02-01
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Don't deceive yourself If you have in
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DR.. Phil Graves-:You are greatly in
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called to consult you as medical not as a
financial expert"
All ,old-time Cough Syrups bind the
bowels. This is wrong. A new idea was
advanced two years ago in Kennedy's Lax
alive Honey and Tar. This remedy acts on
the mucous membranes OF the throat and
lungs and IOosens the bowels at the same
time. 1t expels all cold from the system.
1t clears the throat. strengthens the mu-
cous membranes, relieves coughs, colds,
Group, whoopng cough, etc. Sold by r. H.
Moody
The Republican journal., 1906-02-01

Ezra Abbot came to Jackson from
Wilton, New Hampshire, i'll 1909, set
Ting on an excellent farm somewhat
removed from the highway, at the ex-
treme eastern part of the town less
than a mile south of Jackson village.
There he resided until his death, which
occurred about 1871, his latter years
having been passed with his daughter,
Mrs. n. f. Carpenter on what is locally
known as the great farm in Jackson.
His wife was Phoebe Abbot, a first
cousin, who died in 1925. His daughter,
Abigail Circuit, widow, kept house for
him for many years until she married
Mr.. Carpenter.
Ezra Abbot was a most industrious
man and successful farmer, of puritani-
cal habits; well educated; but with no
ambitions for public preferment; ac-
cepting the various town offices always
with reluctance. Unasuming and quiet
spoken, but with most positive con-
victions; religiously a Congregation
alist; politically a federalist, then a
whig; and at the death of that party, a
Republican; because, as he said he had
no other place to 90: doubtless having
in mind at that time the speech OF
Daniel Webster in Faneuil Hall, Bos-
ton. who with force and eloquence OPP
posed the dissolution of the WING party,
and in closing pathetically exclaimed,
"If you dissolve the Wing party, where
am to go?'
The Republican journal., 1906-02-01

PERSUADE AN OBSTINATE CASE rather
than lash it into action if you want to see
good progress made. This is as true
when it is faulty human system as
when it is a baulky mule.
Alcoholic stmulants and alcoholic med
icines whip the digestive functions into
quick action but do not prevent the weak
ening reaction which fOlIo,Us so closely.
In cases of impaired appetite and diges-
characterization and wasting away, a
safe and reliable tonic is needed and is
the only thing that can be relied upon.
Dr. Pierce discovered, forty years ago,
that Nature had provided freely for these
needs of her children and that in her Ia
bOrdtOry were the remedies. Glycerc
extracts of Golden Seal root. Queens root,
Stone root, Black Cherry bark. Bloodroot
and Mandrake root, as prepared, COM
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery,
constitute the most effective and certain
tonic, Alternative and tissue rebuilding
remedy ever offered to the public.
A prominent merchant. Mr.. ]. Alfred
Arcand. of 6ss Saint Lawrence Street, Mon
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery off and
on for nine years. When l have it in the
house l need no doctor OF other medicine.
matisn Your Golden Medical Discovery
eliminated the uric acid from the system.
Since that time | have never been without
1t in the mouse. Inere Is no olHef meuiclne
l think so much of. nor none | think its
equal Every one to whom | recommended
it is pleased with the results and all thank
me for advising its use. 1t is splendid
remedy for stomach trouble: cures colds in
a few days, and is the only sure cure know
of for La Grippe"
DIR. Pierce's Common Sense Meoical
Adviser is sent free on receipt Of stamps
to pay expense of mailing only. Send
q one-cent stampa Tor the paper-covered
book. or 81 stamps .or the cloth bound.
Address DIR. r. V. Pierce, Buffalo, NY.
The Republican journal., 1906-02-01

His son, Ezra Abbot End, who was
born in Jackson in ISIS, took naturally
to books. He had the modest and quiet
manners of his father, and with Wei
lington Roberts, VITO married his cous-
in, divided the scholarship honors for
the township. In those days of old
fashioned lyceumS, one evening out of
the week at the district schools, these
two young teachers were always oppo-
nents in debates, although personally
close friends and chums. Both had a
taste for poetry and occasionally fought
an intellectual battle in rhyme, some
of their verses still being found with
members of the family.
Ezra Abbot md married Catherine
Meader, " no died young, and his second
wife was Emily Everett of Cambridge,
Massachusetts. He continued his stud
les until he reached an eminence in
scholarship that made his name world
wide and was for nearly forty years at
tached TO Harvard College as a profess
sor where he was an international au-
thority upon special branches of study.
He died in the professional harness at
Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1884, at
the age OF 65 years.
Another child of Ezra Abbots was
Abigail, who first married a Grout, a
member of prominent family in Jack
son, not yet wholly extinct, by whom
she had one daughter, who married the
late Thomas Warren of Jackson. Her
first husband dying, Abigail afterwards
married N. f. Carpenter, proprietor of
the great farm" and by him was the
mother of four children, one son dying
in infancy. The others were Ezra A.
Carpenter, now the well known enter
prislng citizen of Brooks; Mrs. Fred
Wright and Mrs. Fred H. Brown, both
of Jackson.
Isaac Abbot, the youngest of six
brothers, removed to Jackson in 1922,
purchasing his farm of Michael Keat-
ing, about one mile directly north of
Brooks village. He was born in Will
ton, New Hampshire, in 1893, and died
in Jackson in 1851. He was college
educated, and was principal of Castine
High school at the time the English oc-
cupied that town in 1912, remaining in
that position until he was appointed
manager of the Sears Island property
which has been recently purchased by
the new railroad company running to
Stockton Springs.
Mr.. Abbot. remained on Brigadier's
The Republican journal., 1906-02-01

morov wo. a liberal amount for tte
s .aruS ""s silver quarter having more
purchasing power than the present dol
In politics he was an old fashioned
Wing of Wings.