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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-01-17
Poultry Food Agents Wanted.

Agenes wanted everywhere to sell
Pages Perfected Poultry Food. If it is
not tor sale in your village, write the
manufacturer, c. S. Page, Hyde Park,
VT, for terms to agents. Agents take
no risk, as the food is guaranteed to
give entire satisfaction in every case and
any not sold may be returned. 1t is an
article of genuine merit, and can be con-
scieutiously commended to poultrymen.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-01-17
Green Cut Bone for Poultry,

During freezing weather we cut up a
great many tons of green bone and meat.
There is nothing better for poultry.
Price $3.50 per barrel of 200 lbs, at
which price we prepay freights to almost
any station. At this price cash must
accompany order. Remit by check
postal money order, express money
order, or registered letter to c. S. Page
HYDE Park, Vt.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-01-17

The T. 7. Daniel stone shed occupied
by the Stewart Granite works, was
damaged by fire Wednesday. The loss
on the building was about $500 with
5000 insurance. The loss of the granite
company is about $50. The shed was
closed Wednesday on account OF cold
weather and it is supposed the fire
started from the stove. The part that
was being occupied was saved.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-01-17
How 10 Feed Poultry Food

We will send free, postpaid, to any
farmer or poultryman who will write US,
mentioning this paper, our directions for
feeding Pages Perfected Poultry Food. y"
These directions represent the combined
experience of some of the best poultry
men in New England who have used our
lood successfully. There are also given
many suggestions asto the proper care
to be given hens to produce the best
results. Carroll S. Page, Hyde Park, Vt.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-01-17
BARNET.

The church had its annual meeting and
roll call at School House hall Thursday.
Dinner was served to about one
hundred after which the business of the
church was taken up. Fifty responded
to the roll call, The reports of the year
show that the minister has been paid in
full up to date. The benevolences OF the
church were $1SS.32 The total home
expense 1912 rs. The penny collection
of the Sunday school amounted to
SIC 76 during the past year. One halt
of this was contributed Tor missionary
purposes.
Mrs Robert Hazelton and two daugh.
tiers, Ellen and Edith, spent Sunday at
DR.. H. ]. Hazelton's.
Rolie Laughlin and wife OF St. Johns.
bury came to Barnet last Thursday to
attend the church dinner and roll call.
Rev. Joseph Boardman spent Sunday
with friends in St. Johnsbury.
Mrs. Jane Martin is spending som,
time in St. Johnsbury,
Quite a number OF the new books TO
the public library have arrived and ar
now on the shelves.
w. H. Burbank spent Sunday in Little
ton, N. b., called there by the critica
condition OF his aunt, Mrs. Williar
Human.
The many friends of Miss Laura Moor
were glad to see her at the church Dime
and roll call, as this was the first tin
she had been able to attend this meetin
since its organization, owing to
health.
The Mummy and the Humming Bird
W. J. Harrington and Miss August
Bgelow Of Boston, Mass, are holding
: musical convention at School House be
o which will close Friday evening with
'' concert at the town hall
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-01-17
Keeps the Feet Warm and Dry.

Ask today for Aliens Foot-Ease, a
powder. 1t cures Chilblains, Swollen.
Sweating, Sore, Aching, Damp feet. At
all Druggists and Shoe Stores, Csc.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-01-17
CONCORD.
AProsperons Creamery.

At the annual meeting of the Trout
Brook creamery company, held Jan. !
the following officers were elected for the
ensuing year; Clerk, Elmer, Reed
treasurer, NJ. B. Carpenter; directors
Alison Currier, Dan Ford, Elmer Keed, "
T, Reed He. Currier; auditors, {. {.
white. E. w. Brown, E. P. Potter. The
directors organic BY Il citing Alison
Currier. president W. T. Reed, LIST vice
president; H. E. Currier, pad vice presi.
dent; M 8. Carpenter, business manager
The following is the record OF the
creamery for the past year: Tot1l lbs,
of milk received, 397 692; total lbs,
cream received, 45l Goa; total lbs, but
ter made. 1928; surplus, ia per
cent. amount received for butter,
S31,735.31; amount paid patrons,
SOS 2O7 60; average price per Id. paid
patrons, &c 8 10 cts; cost to make per
ID. 90 66-100 cts.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-11-06

HIS END, however, WAS not wholly In
glorious. Much against his Will the
cowboy who had so relentlessly follow
ed Black EAGLE halfway across the big
territory of Arizona to lny him low
with rifle bullet, who had spared his
life ut the last moment and who had
ridden him to victory in so many gl0rl-
Gus races-thiS silent, square tawed
man had given him final caress and
then, saying husky soodby, had
turned him over to the owner of Il
great stud farm and gone away with n
thick roll OF bank noes In his pocket
and guilty feeling in his breast.
Thus it happens that today through
out the southwest there are many
black pointed. fleet footed horses In
whose veins runs the blood OF Il noble
horse. Some of them you will find In
well Guarded paddocks, while some
stil! roam the prairies in wild lands
which are the menace Of stockmen and
the vcyation Of cowboys. AS for their
sire, he Is 10 more.
This is the story Of Black Eagle.
Although some Of the minor details
may be open to dispute, the main
points you may hear recited by any
cattlcman or horse breeder west OF
Omaha. for Black Eagle really lived
and. as perhaps you will agree, lived
not In vain.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-11-06
Latherless Soap.

81 sold box Of face powder" re-
marked the druggist, ITO one OF my
customers the other day which came
near running my reputation as n re-
liable business man. This particular
brand Of powder Is put up In small
pink celluloid container which Is per-
fectly smooth and when closed fits so
snugly that it is hardly possible to see
where the top and bottom are Joined.
when the woman got home she
emptied the powder into another re-
ceiver which she kept on her dresser
and left the celluloid box on the wash
stand in the bathroom. For two days
her husband, who is n patient man and
does not like to complain about any
domestic affairs, struggled with this
celluloid box, which he mistook for Il
cake OF soap. On the morning OF the
third day he dropped the box, and this
caused It to open and revealed to him
the mystery of the latherless soap
New York Times.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-11-06

down through the lane Of frantically
shouting spectators. winner by a half
dozen lengths.
That was the beginning Of Black
Eagles racing career. How 1t pro-
gressed, how he won races and cap
tured purses in a seemingly endless
string of victories unmarried by sim
gle defeat, that Is part Of the turf rec
ords of the south and west.
There had to be an end, Of course.
Owners of carefully bred running
horses took no great pleasure. you may
imagine. in seeing so many rich prizes
captured by half Wild branded stall
lion Of no known pedigree and ridden
by silent, square jawed cowboy. So
they sent east for a ringer" He
came from Chicago In box car with
two groOms, and lie was entered as an
unknown, although In the betting ring
the odds posted were one to five on
the stranger. Yet 1t was a grand
race. This alleged unknown, with sup
pressed record Of victories at Sleeps
head, Bennings and the Fort, did no
more than shove his long nose under
the wire bare half head In front Of
Black Eagles foam flecked muzzle.
1t was sufficient. The once wild stall
lion knew when he was beaten. He
had done his best and he had lost.
His high pride had been humbled, his
fierce spirit broken. No more did the
course hold for him any pleasure, no
more could he he thrilled by the cries
Of spectators or urged into his old time
stride by Lefty's whispered appeals.
Never again did Black Eagle win a
race.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-11-06
The Ruling Passion.

No self respecting actor will admit
that his show is not drawing full
houses every night. One OF the profes'
sion who plays juvenile parts recently
met leading man on the Rial;o. Tie
leading man was dressed in deep
black. There was wide band OF
Grape on his hat. and he had discarded
the patent leather shoes an actor loves
for others Of subdued polish that
spoke Of grief.
WHAT'S the matterT' asked the ju-
venile.
"AIy father Is Dead" answered the
leading man in hcartbroken voice.
The Juvenile expressed his sympathy.
when did he d!e?" he asked.
Last week. We buried hin today
a nice funeral" answered the heart
broken one.
Large attendance" asked tae Ju-
vcnile.
A smile Of enthusiastic delight fash
ell over the mourncrs face. Large
attenGance." he cried. MY boy. we
turned 'em away."-New York News.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-11-06

In brunding they first get rope ove'
u0ur neck and shut of your actnd.
they trip your feet by roping your fore,
legs while you are on the jump This
brings you down hard and with much
abruptness. A cowboy sits on your
head while others pin you to the ground
from various vantage points. Next
some one holds a redhot iron on your
rump until it has sunk deep into your
skin. That Is branding.
Well, this thing they did to the black
thoroughbred. who had up to that time
felt not so much as the touch Of
whip. They did 1t, but not before q
full dozen cow punchers had worked
themselves into such fury of exas.
peration that no shred Of picturesque
profanity was left unused among them.
Quiverlng with fear and anger. the
black, as soon as the ropes were taken
Off. dashed madiy about the corral,
looking In vain for way OF escape
from his torturers. Corrals. however,
are built to resist just such dashes'
The burn Of a branding Iron Is sup.
posed to heal almost Immediately.
Cowboys will tell you that horse Ia
always more frightened than hurt dur
Ing the operation and that the day aft
er he feels none the worse.
All this you need not credit. A burn
Is a burn. whether made purposely with
a branding iron or by accident In any
other way. The scorched flesh puck.
ers and smarts. It hurts every time
a leg is moved. 1t seems as II thou
sand ne. dies were playing a tattoo or
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-11-06
A bridge Kept In Repair by Musseis.

A bridge Kept In Repair by Mussels.
The byssus. or iiiky beard. by which
the mussel moors itself to the stone, 10
q familiar object of our sea rocks. Il
is i'll its nature like the silk Of the silk
worm and exudes In glutinous thread
from an organ ut the base OF the foot.
The following Is an instance In which
the mooring Of the mussel was useful
to effect a purpose which human skill
could not accomplish: A large bridge,
with twenty arches, In the town OF
Biddeford, In Devonshire, crosses the
TOrridge river near the spot OF its
junction with the Taw. The tide flows
so very rapidly here that 1t was found
impossible to keep the bridge in repair
by means Of mortar. The corporation
therefore Keeps boats employed In
bringing mussels to 1t, and the inter-
stices Of the bridges are filed by hand
with these mussels. 1t Is supported
from being driven away by the tide
entirely by the strong threads which
these mussels fix to the stonewOrk. and
by an act or grant 1t is a crime liable
to transportation for any person to re-
move the mussels unless In the pres.
ence and by the consent Of the cor
porative trustees.-Scottish Nights.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-11-06
nue at n Time.

Women do not mass as well AZ men
do. They lose by aggregation. A street
car full of women makes walking seem
attractive. \ regiment Of men II pleas
ing. A regiment of women would be
disturbing. So there are some flowers
that. although individually charming.
do not bunch well. Taken In large
groups, women are Objectionable. 1t Is
as individuals or I'm small squads tnat
they are SO incomparably interesting
Ttfo
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-11-06
I ,ee,slatiou for Sheep Protection.

The Maine State Press says: 1t ID
probable that the recent slaughter OF
Sheep by dogs in the state may lead to
the enactment of additional laws for the
protection of these animals when the
legislature convenes in January. There
is always more or less damage done by
dogs to sheep in the course OF . year,
but the recent slaughter of l4O sheep
out of flock of 230 owned by Elwo0d
A. Bailey Of Winthrop has brought the
question Of better protection to the
fore.
The worrying and killing Of sheep by
dogs as shown by the state treasurer's
report has been rapidly increasing Of
late years. The towns pay the owners
of sheep killed by dogs from $S to IS a
head. The towns are reimbursed by the
state. Commencing ten years ago, the
following amounts were paid from the
state treasury to the municipalities for
damage to domestic animals, practically
all for sheep slaughtered by dogs: In
1895, $S,13274; 1897. A.200S5; 1893,
81, 1854. OF; 1899, a, 4,5SS IA; 1900, $4,000. II
1901, $4,SOS %; 1902, s7,0S3.47; 1908,
81 ,S57. .7s; 1904, %, 400 IS; 1905, 81, 9S7 so.
This is a total in the decade OF $o6,-
46l.75. The state received more than
this back in license fees on dogs.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-11-06
One Side Of the Mouth.

Did YOU ever meet y stranger VINO
talked from one side Of his mouth.
usually in an unIcrtone ana with his
eyes wandering while taikingf lhe
mans manner IL not an indication that
he il weighing his words or has some
thing important to tell. 1t IL almost
sure sign that he has spent years III
Jail. This manner Of talking Is ac'
ouircd In prison. where conversation
anon. prisoners is prohibited aud
where the men have to talk out OF one
side of their mouths in order TO prevent
the keeper from noticing that converse
ton is going Oh. The habit sticks 70
the convicts for years after they get
out.-New York Press.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-11-06
Keep Your Eyes on the Cow.

The Cheese and Dairy Journal says
some good things in behalf of the dairy
interests in the following:
1t is too often the case with many
farmers or dairymen that they keep
their COWS, regardless of their producing
capacity, till they are old, before they
replace them with others. A COW
should be, as it were, on trial; and her
owner should be exacting enough and
enterprising enough to demand large re-
turns from good feed and treatment.
Every generation of cows can for many
years yet be made an improvement on
their dams. Then the more rapidly one
generation of COWS is made to replace
another, the more rapidly will the herd
improve in producing capacity II the
proper care is exercised in breeding. 1t
is possible to have all cows in the herd
approach and even equal the best COW
in the amount and quality of milk
given. A little ambition and enterprise
on the part of dairymen should soon
bring this about.
The dairy herd can be renewed by
direct purchase, or by the farmer raising
his own calves. In either case they
should at least be the progeny OF q
thoroughbred sire.
Our pasture fields and feed supply
should be used to their full capacity.
When COW, on account of some acci-
dent, or for some other unforeseen
cause, does not give sufficient milk TO
make it profitable to keep her, there
should be heifers ready to take her
place. 1t is good plan to raise Ger.
tain number of heifers each year and If
no vacancies should occur in the ranks
of the older COWS, then create some
vacancies by selling the least productive
ones. A farmer must see to 1t that his
herd is reduced in numbers. With i'm
provement in methods of growing and
handling the farm crops, the farmer is
easily enabled also to enlarge his dairy
herd. To renew the herd is the only
way to keep 1t possessed of vitality and
thrift with capability or capacity for
large production.
We should make sort of civil service
examination of our herds. That is the
only way to be up with the times; 1t is
the only way to get the profit. II the
BabcOck tester was more generally used,
the scales would quickly follow. 1t is
as important that the herd be kept to
it's full number, and that of generous
producers, as it Is that We SOW sufficient
seed of the best quality on our grain and
grass fields.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-11-06

DR.. George NJ. Twitchell writes to
the Maine Farmer: A we'll known
Aroostook farmer told me the other day
that from his 40 acres of potatoes ne
this year harvested an average of 21o
bushels per acre, and from these sold
1 600 barrels, from the field, for enough
to pay all the household expenses for
the year, hired labor, taxes, fertilizer,
and expenses of every kind, and now has
in his storehouses 8,4OO bushels for mar
ket later on. This is the story from
that wonderful county, and 1t sends q
SILVER down the back of the Kennebec
or Androscoggin farmer. who has seen
his crop burned up by drouth, go that
100 bushels is the maximum on the ma
jority of farms.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-11-06
Black Eagle
Who Once Ruled
the Ranges
by sEwELL FORD
Copyright. 1903, by Charles Scrib-
ner's Sons
F. his sire and dam there is no
record. All that is known Is
a that he was raised on Ken
III tucky stock farm, Perhaps
by SEwELL FORD

GISiJ tucky stock farm. Perhaps
he was q son Of Hanover, but. Hano-
verian or 10, he was thoroughbred.
In the ordinary course Of events he
would have been tried out with the
other three -year-olds for the big meet
OH Churchill downs. In the hands of a
good trainer lie might have carried to
victory the silk of some great stable
and had his name printed in the sport
ing almanacs to this day.
But there was about Black Eagle
nothing ordinary either in his blood or
in his career. He was born for the
part he played. So at three. instead of
being entered in his class ut Louisville,
it happened that he was shipped west,
where his fate waited.
No more comcly three-year-old ever
took the Santa Fe trail. Although he
stood but thirteen hands and tipped
the beam at scarcely twelve hundred
weight. you might have guessed him to
be taller by two hands. The decep-
tion lay in the way he carried his
shapely head and in the manner In
which his arched neck tapered from
the we'll placed shoulders.
A horseman would have said that he
had perfect BARREL" meaning that
his ribs were we'll rounded. His very
gait was an embodied essay on grace
full pride. AS for his coat. save for q
white star just in the middle Of his
forehead, 1t was as black and sleek rs
the nap of new silk hat. After a
good rubbing he was so shiny that at
distance you might have thought him
starched and ironed and newly come
from the laundry.
His arrival Mt Bar L ranch made no
great stir. hewever. They were not
connoisseurs Of good blood and sleek
coats at the Bar L outfit. They were
busy folks who most needed tough AMI
mails that could lope Off fifty miles at
a stretch. They wanted horses whose
education included the fine art OF
knowing when to settle back on the
rope and dig In toes. 1t was not
question as to how fast you could do
your seven furlongs. 1t was more i'm
portant to know If you could make
yourself useful at roundup.
"'Nother bunch o. them green east
ern horses" grumbled the ranch boss
as the lot was turned into corral.
"But that black fellow d make rus
tiers mouth water. eh. Lefty" In an
swer to which the said Lefty, being
man little given to speech. grunted.
"We'li brand EN- in the mornin',"
added the ranch boss.
Now. most steers and all horses OBJ
ject to the branding process. Even the
spiritless little Indian ponies. accus-
toned to many ingenious kinds OF
abuse, rebel Mt this. A meek eyed
mule, on whom humility rests as an all
covering robe. must be properly roped
before submitting.
In branding they first get rope over
your neck and shut OF your wind: then
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-11-06
An Extraordinary Forest.

The most extraordinary forest in the
world was discovered by DR.. Wei
witsch and occupies Il tablc'and so!n'
six miles I'm width near the west co.'s
of Africa. The peculiarity OF the trees
Is that. though their trunks are AZ
much rs four feet IN diameter. they AT
tain the heiaht of only foot No tree
bears more than two leaves. and these
attain length Of six and breadth OF
two feet
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-11-06

Brother farmers, / want you to care
for the little ones and that when your
work shall be done they will be ready
to take your place In the world and
do their duty as you shall have done
yours; that your flocks may he large
your farms fruitful, your storehousea
overflowing with milk and butter; that
the children gathered around your
hearthstone and playing upon the green
hills may in the years to come rise up
and thank God that they were born on
. farm and taught to live and know
themselves a they should.-Henry Van
Dresser.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-11-06
Two Points Of View.

On one occasion, at II party given by
Sir John Millais, Lady Halle rose M
play the violin, when to her intense
amusement she heard Landseer ex'
claim: Good gracious! A woman
playing the fiddler On the other hand
an old fashioned nobleman when hs
saw n gentleman sit down to the plano
contemptuously remarked. II wondei
II the creature can sew"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-11-06
Not What lie Seemed.

Romance has flung Il deceptive halo
over the old yeOman farmer. He was
certainly not a good tiller Of the soil
but lazy. old fashioned and unenterprls'
ing. No houses were so much in need
of repair, no gardens SO Ill kept. no
fields 80 overgrown with weeds. as
those Of the small proprietor Of the
eighteenth century.-London Country
YiSo
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-11-06
.u.u co,umbin.s" First uendition.

Hail CoiumJiu' WIS written In lI9S
by JOSEF il iIopkihson when congress.
In session at ihilade.! lila, WAS Gebat-
ipg what attitude to assume IN tie
struggle between France and EnSlnnd.
Part. ieclin4 rLn high. and tile AIR
was sr.rcllarGcL with patriotic enth'iSi-
asm. \ young actor In the city VINO
was about 10 have benefit came TO
llopi;inson in Despair ana SAID that
twclty bJyes remained GIisold. and II
looked as IL the pic. Jose! benefit would
prove Il failure Ii lIopkinson would
write him Il patriotic sohS adapted 10
the tune of The Presidents March.
then popular, ii would save the day.
The following afternoon the song WAS
ready. 1t WAS duly advertised. the
house WAS packed. and In wild enthusi'
asIu The song WAS encored and re-eh-
pnrpl
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-11-06

Jaggsby e u. NIL shay. offisher. 10
thish-hic-Blank street? Policeman
Yes. Jaggsby-Wish you'd-hic-drecs
me to All. Coin to-hic-'tend lecture
there. PolIceman-What! Attend
lecture at this hour Of the mornin4t
Jaggsby-Yes. Thash's where I-hic-
live. an I'm married. Shee!-Chlcagc
NoVuo
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-11-06

Farmers should not fail to note the
demand for and high price OF good
horses. The demand and price should
guide In the choice of farm product a.
well as ones own convenience. 1t is
sensible to consult ones own conditions
In deciding what to raise, but II 10 also
we'll to raise something, II possible, for
which ono can find an advantageous
market.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-11-06
NeiRhbOrly.

She-I have not seen you for I'm age
Herr Doctor. notwithstanding that we
live only few streets apart here IN
Berlin. 1 learned with much regret that
you've been Ill. Herr Doctor-Who told
YOU that? She-AIy brother wrote me-
from India.-Fliegende Blatter.