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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-10-05
HARMONY

Halle Conan had quite a serious
accident recently. While playing she
fell off Of one stair and broke her
arm.
Miss Flora Hopkins and pupils wish
to thank those who kindly helped in
obtaining new school library for the
Harmony School.
Mrs. Dexter Smith Of Pontiac and
children are visiting her parents Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Whlpple.
There will be a clam bake at Har-
mony Hotel Sunday.
John Wilkinson has purchased a
pair OF horses.
&. w. Farnum has gone to Vermont
after a carload Of cows.
Mrs. II. &. Newell is visiting
friends In Providence.
Miss Dorcas Smith has returned
home after II weeks spent In Harris
Vile.
Services in Harmony Chapel Sun.
day at 3 O'Clock. Singing by the chill
dren. All are cordially invited.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-10-05
MANTON

The sale of lots on Westminster
Heights in this section began on
Tuesday and will continue until the
11th of the month The sale Is at
tracing much attention.
r.. G. Bowen Of Greenville avenue
has removed To- the city.
The Manton W. G. r. u. held its
first regular meeting since the vaca-
ton Monday evening. Mrs. Corcoran
and Mrs. Dunn were appointed dele
gates to the annual convention of the
State w G.. T. u. at Pawtucket.
The announcemnt was made that
S22 has been placed with the Indus
trial Trust Co. of Providence as
sinking fund for water fountain,
which the union hopes to have placed
in the village another season.
The annual harvest supper will be
held at the Baptist Chapel Tuesday
evening oct. o.
Rev. Mr.. Cornell has been engaged
as permanent pastor at the Baptist
chapel.
The annual meeting OF the M G.. S.
Alumni will be held at the school
house Friday evening.
other Manton news on the inside
pages OF the Times.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-10-05
ROCKLAND

The Post Office and Cole & Sea-
mans store was broken into at an
early hour on Monday morning and
two safes blown open and a quantity
Of postage stamps and some money
was taken. The break was discovered
when the store was opened by Geo.
Paine, one of the clerks, who found
the floor Uttered with papers and the
doors of the safes blown of. II is sup
posed that the job was done by ex.
perts.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-10-05
SAUNDERSVILLE

The Misses Janet and Isabella Craig
have sold their homestead and will 10
cate in North Scituate, the transfer
was made by the North Scituate Land
Office.
Miss Emma Holmes Of Boston Ia
the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. George a.
Chamberlain.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-10-05
THE SUIT THAT SUITS.

4 suit that suits Is the kind you
get at 212 Union street. The kind
that don't fit and is unsatisfactory Is
not made there. Try s. Elias, the re.
liable tailor at 2l2 Union street,
Providence.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-23

We all know that there is big money
in poultry. How much there is in it for
us, depends entirely upon ourselves and
whether or not we are keeping up with
the procession in raising the kind of
chickens which bring the most cash
and in getting them into the market at
a time when the demand is greatest.
The value of poultry production for the
United States this season was but a
shade under that of wheat or cotton,
amounting to over half billion dol
lars. Since the perfection of the in
cubator, the importance of the indus
try has been greatly augmented. By
the use of this splendid device it is now
comparatively e-sy to bring in large
quantities of chickens for the winter
and early spring market when p 'ces
are very attractive. Hens can be
urged but they can not be made to set
If they do not wa to; the incubator
can be set at any time. All that is
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-23

into a big laying, heavy weighted and
highly profitable flock, that it seems
strange that there should be a single
flock Of dung-hills throughout the couIl-
try. 1t costs no more to feed and care
for a broad breasted Plymouth Rock,
or Wyandotte, or a huge light Brah-
ma, or any of a dozen other splendid
standard varieties than it does for the
common scrub, and with the low price
at which good eggs, or practically pure
bred cockerels can be had, it is the
easiest thing imaginable to have, after
two or three years of systematic breed
ing, flock of chickens producing
three times the profit of the original
flock.
Standard Kinds of Chickens.
A fascinating little bulletin has been
issued by the Department of Agricul-
ture farmers bulletin No. 81 which
is replete with illustrations of the prin-
cipal standard varieties of chickens,
the reading of which by any chicken
grower, however small, should certain
ly stimulate New Year resolution to
make the flock real money Garner.
TITS bulletin, while it will prove, prob
ably, mere stimulant for mo
extensive literature on the subject, can
be obtained without cost from Sena-
tors and Members of Congress, or the
Secretary of Agriculture, and the proof
of its popularity is apparent in the
seven or eight editions which it has
been necessary to publish to supply the
demand throughout the country.
Caponizing Fowls.
One of the most attractive features
of poultry raising is the production OF
capons. This is a story all by itself.
1t is an experiment which one can en-
ter into and with a very slight expend-
iture for a set of instruments, can fol-
low it to any degree desired. 1t re- !
quires some judgment and little at
tention, but caponizing is not difficult;
1t is one of those things which, while |
it looks, in the beginning, to be hard
gradually comes to you all |
Of itself, SO that the first thing you
know you become almost an expert, |
and the reward is very considerable.
Capons always sell readily and at a
good advance in price. The birds be-
come very docile and easily handled |
and are always money makers. The
readiness wit which the new capOn
RECEIVERS from the wound is revela-
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-23
Had Learned the Business.

An honest and, singular as it may
seem, stupid Irishman, who had work,
ed for a coal dealer half a year, and
shown no capacity to learn his duties
was finally discharged. go to the Office
and get your money. I've been patient
with YOU, but you are too thicleheaded to
learn anything" said the proprietor. "All
roight. SIR answered Barney; "mebbe
Dim tick-headed, as yez say. but Owe
learned wan ting. ANYWAY" IF you
have. and learned il well. I'll not dis
charge you," said the proprietor, banter.
ingiy; snow, What have you learned T.
"Ofve learned, sor, that seventeen hun.
bred makes a ton in this place" replied
Barney, and he went back to work.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-23

machine-one which will do its work
WELLS usually so successful that
others in the neighborhood quickly fol-
low his example. Nevertheless, there
IL no danger Of the poultry business
being overdone. 1t is one of the most
staple and profitable lines of business
in the world to-day, for its products
are always in increasing demand in
every town and city in the world, and
throughout the entirc year.
But before going into the incubator
business it is necessary to have some
good egg producing machinery, that is,
good, laying hens and comfortable and
cheerful quarters, along with GO a
system Of feeding, to induce them to
lay. The fertility Of eggs is ALSO af-
fected by the conditions of the hens.
The agricultural papers and poultry
journals are replete with information
upon the management of incubators,
and many books have been published
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-23
ORIENTAL NCUBATORS.
Peeuliar Facility of Chinese for Arti-
fetal .iatching.

If we are to look q the beginning
of any particular industry, we are
usually told that we might find that
this particular work was first cdrried
on in China. This applies as well to
the artificial Matching of eggs.
Throughout China the Matching of eggs
by heat is very large and important
industry and has been practiced since
very ancient times. The Oriental who
desires to hatch eggs by artificial heat
FIRST constructs building of sun
dried brick, plastered on the outside
with mud. Completely fill g one
side and the other also, except for
door space and sufficient room for a
man to test the eggs, are round, bar
rel-like mud brick walls with earthen
jars set into them. This jar is very
deep, and comes within six or eight
inches of the ground. The conical bot
tom Is filed With ashes to the depth
of eight or nine inches, to keep the
temperature more uniform and to
avoid sudden changes of temperature
when doors are opened and there is a
strong wind. On the top of the ashes
is thrown q bit of old mat or similar
material TO keep the baskets of eggs
clean and to prevent raising a dust
when they are taken out. For hold
ing the eggs basket is used that
leaves a space of about an inch be-
tween 1t and the inner wall of the
Jar. Round and full, these baskets
each hold from 1900 to 1850 eggs.
After the eggs are put into the bas-
ket a slow smolder.ing fire. made with
very fine charcoal, Is started. After
a day the eggs are taken out, hand
full at a time. and put into a similar
basket This is done from two to
four times each day according to the
temperature. The Chinese use no
Thermometer to test the degree Of
heat attained in the incubator, the
egrs being simply touched to the eve
hall. After being in the Incubator for
-four DAYS the eggs are tested to see
II they contain living germ, by hold
ing them up to the light and looking
through them. Eggs containing no
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-23
BROOD or INCUBATOR osTRlcHes.

purpose, the waste of the email fruits,
etc. If properly cared for the hens
will bring a sicily and reliable in
come during the winter months.
Dried clover. roots, tubers, ETC., should
be saved for them during the winter.
These should be steamed and fed with
the mash or cabbaEes, and beets may
or OATS and peas will furnish much
food at little expense. Dran. meat,
meal, wheat screenings and oats pur-
chased for poultry will bring good re-
sturns in eggs and will also id ma
terially to the fertilizer supply.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-23
POULTRY FEEDING.
An Important Phase of the Chicken
Growing Industry.

Poultry feeding is sometimes a most
serious problem to those who desire to
make this line speciality. Expert
ence has shown that there are certain
special lines of agricultural operations
with which poultry raising may adj
vantageously be connected. In dairy
ing there is usually a large quantity
of skim milk or butter-milk which
may be utilized to furnish consider
able part of the poultry ration. Upon
the fruit farm fowls are also of adj
vantage. They keep down insect pests
and they may have a free range a
greater part of the season without the
possibility of doing any damage. Plum
growers have found poultry especially
useful in obliterating the curculio, and
even the apple crop has been consid-
erablZ benefited. II IT Is found that
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-23

= - = - ~
living germs are sold on the street for
food at about one-sixth OF a cent
each. f,
After being tested they are kept In
the jars for seven days, being
changed as before. This makes q total
Of eleven days in the jars. Then they
are taken in a bamboo basket and
rolled out on mat on the
platform above the jars. Here
they remain until hatched. The
only heat they receive is from the
room, except during cold weather they
are covered with a heavy quilt. After
they are Matched the chicks are put
in shallow baskets for a short time to
gain strength and then they are ready
Cor salei The hatch by til remarka-
bic method is from GO to 20 per cent.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-23

necessary is proper regard to the tenn
perature, and to the brooding of the
young chicks during the tender period
of their existence. The incubator has
interested thousands of women and
children in the work of chicken raising,
and 1t is not to be said that the returns
are less profitable than blowing or
other heavy manual labor.
Cheap Machines the Most Expensive.
There are many excellent incubators
upon the market but there are also
many cheap, imperfect machines, the
purchasers of which, failing to secure
good results, become disguised and in
form their neighbors that artificial in
cubation is a failure and fake. On
the other hand, the purchaser of good
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-23

i'll fowls injure small fruits it is best
that they be confined during the linn
TIED season when the fruit is ripen-
ing. Waste fruits, either in winter
or summer, are welcome and valua-
BILE addition to the poultry ration.
The market garden also furnishes a
large amount of waste products which
may be utilized for poultry feed.
There is the waste lettuce, the small
heads Of cabbage, the unsold beets,
carrots and potatoes, the green corn
which cannot be marketed for any
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-23

| large flocks of fine chickens from
them, but it was necessary to do a
little experimenting first to get the ma
chine in good working order, to keep
the lamp trimmed so that it burned a
clear, white fame and to do a dozen
other little things, which in very
short time made the owner as familiar
with the incubator as with any other
simple piece of farm machinery.
The period of incubation is always
one of expectancy and when the chicks
begin to come forth from the shell
there is either keen joy or a decided
dampening of ardor, according as to
the results of the hatch. But don't be-
come discouraged if the first hatch
brings you only so per cent. of chick
ems. Go right ahead, determined to
omit the mistakes of the first trial and
aim for IS or 90 per cent of the next
hatching, which you should get if you
have a good incubator and handle it
properly. After a little practice you
come to know your machine, how it is
acting and what it will do, as we'll as
you know your driving horse, in fact
you can gauge it even more closely,
for it is machine and you can control
it to nicely.
There are hot air machines and hot
water machines, there are small
machines and big machines-mach chimes
to meet every need and requirement;
the only thing is to get good machine.
An Attractive Side Lire.
The poultry business on the farm has
always been considered largely within
tue province of the women folks, and |
the enlargement of the industry by
utilizing incubators has not changed |
The situation, except that many others
than farmers wives are now raising
chickens from incubators.
Modern chicken raising, as it has
been adopted by thousands of people
owning small rural homes" said an
incubator agent to me recently, sac
counts for the sale of an enormous
of our incubators and breeders.
In fact, it is among this class largely
that we do business, and they are
making the money out of it. A vast
field is still open among the more con-
residents of the interior farm
sections, who still stick TO old methods,
unaware of the comparative simplicity !
of a good incubator and of the great
profit possible through its use."
Breeding Up the Flock.
Even through the medium of the
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-23
GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL.

overcome, ana Lnere Will De little
trouble in teaching the uses and man.
agement of the ordinary Matching ma
chine.
Not Difficult to Manage.
While there is nothing complex or
difficult about the successful operation
of an incubator, close attention and ex-
actness are necessary; yet the results
are more than worth the effort. The
woman who fills her lamps regularly
every morning, and the man who
winds his watch or clock at the
same hour every evening, need not
fear the task of running an incubator;
but unless one is willing to attend to
the few wants of his machine at the
right time, it will be unreasonable to
look for a good Matching of chickens
from the best incubator upon the
market.
The writer has used incubators and
has found great delight in Matching
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-23

ton as to the splendid physical make
up of chicken. Any boy or girl who
has ever succeeded in skinning and
stuffing a bird will take hold of the
caponizing idea with avidity; in fact,
caponizing is by far the easier job; it
is as easy as the SHINING operation, for
In bird mounting the stuning is the
really difficult part.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-23
AN OUTSIDE BpooDrp m wNrrp.

their livestock. very great addition
TO the yearly income is realized. The
flock supplies eggs and meat for the
home throughout the year. and even IL
no additional income results, the harm
ward flock has served great purpose.
However, 1t is such an easy matter to
breed up a nondescfipt lot Of chickens
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-23
THE AMERICAN INCUBATOR IN TURKEY

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After testing, it is stated that 80 per
cent of those remaining will hatch.
This style of incubator probably
would not suit American requirements
)ut the idea of utilizing the heat of the
room during the later stages of incuba-
ton is very valuable, as it economies
both heat and space.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-23
Roars For Sleep

'sNature requires fives
Custom gives seven;
Laxiness takes nine,
And wickedness eleven
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-23

IN the subject: but great many far
ruers and farmers wives do not see
these Journals or books. However, let
ii be known that the operation Of an
incubator Is easy and simple. and once
that almost superstitious dread that
some people have of taking up some
thing new and apparently intricate is
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-23
Breeding 10 the Flock.

Even through the medium of the
barnyard flock, regarded by ny
farmers as very insignificant part OF
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-23

When you buy Wing Plano, you buy atwhole-
sale. You, pay the actual cost of making It with
OILY our wholesale profit added. When you buy
piano, as many still do--at retail-you pay the
retail dealers stare rent and other expenses.
You pay his profit and the commission or salary
on top Of what the dealer himself has to pay to
tbs manufacturer. The retail profit on piano
Is from SIS to 5000. Isn't this worth saviDg7
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-09
ARlTA RIVER
STEAM
BRICK YARD,
q. G.. ALEXlUS,
Manufacturer and Dealer in
Paving. Building and
Red Arch Bricks
All orders left at the yard will be
uormptlv attended to.
TIMBER LAND ACT, JUNE 3. ls7s...A0TIcE
FOR PUBLICATION.
United States Land Office.

United States Land Office. L
New Orleans La. April %. 1906.
Notice is hereby given that IN COM
pliauce with the provisions OF the act
Of Congress of June 8, 1878, entitled
"An act for the snle Of timber lands IN
the States of California, Oregon, News
d., and Washington Territory" as ex-.
tended to Ill the Public Lard States by
act of August I. 1892. Eugrr Moran, OF
Violin. Parish of st. Tammany, state OF
Louisiana, has this day filed in this o t
fic., his sworn statement, No. 751, Tor
the purchase of lots and 2, section "a,
in township s south, range 13 east. st.
Helena meridian and will offer proof to
show that the laid sought Is more valu-
able for its timber or stone than for ag-
ricultural purposes, and to establish
his claim to said laDd before the Regis
ter aud Receiver OF this office at New
orleans, La. on Tuesday the 10th dav
Of July, 1906.
He names as witnesses:
Fr.nk T.. Moran, james Pope. V. NJ.
Kennedy. Bennett Parker, all OF Violin.
La.
Any and ali persons claiming ad-
yersely the above described lands are
requested to die their claims IN this
once on or before said lOtn day Of July,
1906. WALTER L. COH3N.
ma5-9t Register.
Il ~ e
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-09
Ordinance.

Section 1. Be 1t ordained BY the Town
Council of the town Of CovinRton, In le.
Gal session convened, That 1t shall not
be lawful for any person or persons 70
run. conduct or carry OF, by means OF
trenches, waste pipes or otherwise. the
overflow of cesspools or any other
unhyxienic fluid into any street OF gut
ter within the corporate limits OF said
town Of Covington.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained. eve. :,
That whoever shall violate any OF the
provisions of this ordinance shall be
subject to q fine not to exceed twenty
five dollars (&25), or imprisonment IN
the town jail for term not TO e1ceeo
thirty (9O) days, or both, In the discre-
tion of the Msy0r.
Sec. 8, Be It further ordained. etc,
That this ordinance shall 60 into enocs
from and after its passage.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained etc,
That all laws or parts Of laws In con-
fiict with the foregoing ordnance are
hereby repealed.
Adopted May 3, 1906.
q. 4. WILLIAMS, Mayor.
w. G KENTZEL, Secretary.
my2i-5t
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-09
COURT ITEMS.

Court convened Tuesday, June 5.
Grand jury-E. J. Frederick, Foreman; VIII
liam Bruhi, jesse Blackwell p. G. Crzddock. J.
Z. Dunham. D. A. Porter, J. }. McKean. v. ].
Coffee, B. F. Bowman, II. Borey, 5. l. jenkins
and Theo. Dendinger.
The following cases were tried and decisions
rendered:
State VS.. Lodrum MISUNDERSTANDING the
peace in public place; $25, ten days and costs.
or thirty days.
weapon and disturbing the peace In public
place; S25 and costs. or thirty days. IN eacn
case.
State vs. Richard Singietary-Carryinga con-
cealed weapon; SIS and costs or, thirty days.
State vs. Tom Washington-ShOotinE with In
tent to commit a murder; tried by jury: not
guilty. ....
guilty. without capital punishment.
State vs.. Charles P7rker-Canying conceAed
weapon; $2s and costs, or 30 days.
State vs. Louis PaImer-Carrying concealed
weapon; $50, ninety days and costs, or thirty
days. ,.s
weapon; $50. ninety days. or thirty days.
State vs.. Lonnie McClenon-Assauh ana nat
tery: costs and seventy-five days. or hfteen
days. - At. -. ;.,~,,.
guilty without capital punishment.
Court Is still iu session IS we go to press.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-09

..The late John A. Mccall" said .
h-ci-er. .shad 1t the end of his tongue .
bost of insurance stories" relates N
sA ..Onoe In urging . msn to invest Ia :
large policy, he told Of Pike County
..rnis girl married young guide, and
the day after the wedding The guide TOOK
out 3 policy for 3l5oO. Inen, WIN l'.s ms
wife. he started for Portefs LAKE WIZ VIII
: snd ~ wssh dishes; the man 70 clean nsh,
. ..Now, unfortuO.tely, the young N,. guide
inc M and : few days afterward he died;
NV ..Ths widow notified her family an. and
). .Bill parst away yistiday. Loss
fnllv covered by insurance.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-09
$50 W

Bills ordered paid;
The Record OH Company; oil for street >. -
vnadHard. lan wight Co.. paint IS
n. f. al. .Marrero. inquest, mrs. ltvehan IL S9
George +. Bierhorst, repairing Denegre ~
Breakwater matter was postponed for future
consideration.
motions adopted e... ~.
Rv Mr, Borey. seconded BY Nj. smith, Inas
the Communication from Cumberland !ele-
ri,nne cOmpany, relative to Electric Light Ur"
finance. bc received and filed.
Nv Mr, Smith. seconded BY Mr.. Duooufg,
rhst $4,000 be placed with improvements
Committee for general Improvements:
A. ordinance BY Mr.. Borey, seconded oy MI.
smith. and adopted. to 60 into emedt tnirty
Savs from date, June =. 1906. That It sn1ll nor
he lawful for any person or persons 10 run
cs,,dmct or carry OF. by means Of trenches,
waste- -pipes OF otherwise, the overfiow OF cess
coois. Or any other unhygientc fiuid. into any
trtTeet or gutter within the corporate llmits OF
the town Of Vaudeville. and for violauon
thereof making the penalty twenty-nvs ooilaIs.
~ imnrisonment for thirty days. or bosh, at the
discretion Of the Mayor. .,.,.
A. AZ Borey, seconded by Mr.: Smith: 1hat
~, yhs,i &c of seven dollars for repairing Mr.: Dene:
gre,s hanouette be paid and amount eoueesed
from Mr.. DeneRre.
Adjourned. .e e,epA,1u m,vor.
vsM pllRNEll' Secretary.