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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-09-13
THE JOYS OF FARM LIFE.

Our friends In the city are given to en-
vying us our brown skin, well hardenec
muscles and the general air of good healtf
which has been acquired by many yea.
OF work in the fields. one of them, oc
cupying a 5000 Il year position. u MAJ
about the age of the writer. has been par
ticularly envious of our rather modera@
success on the farm ard complains of h
hard work and rather Indifferent health
He is particularly fond of saying that M
work IS not SO hard as his and that at th'
end of the year L have more to show foi
what ] earn than he does. This latter ].
doubtless true, for he lives in tho cit
owing 10 his position. must need live i
our work was hard we invited him 4
spend a week with us and play farmer
lie came and. as he said, Ito work., not 9
play knowing his condition PHYSICAL
we invited him to use the lawn mower O.
the grounds around the house while "
worked with the men in the field. At moo.
he was found in a hammock fast aslee.
and about one-half the lawn of Il quart
: acre had been moved. He was cover
with u shawl, for as the wlfc explains
he was soaked through with Precipitation
After dinner he insisted on working in u
field with the rest of Us. but worked on
hour and went back to the hammock. II
make n long story short, he went back I
the city at the end of two weeks gratefl
for the country air and living and quit
willing to admit that farming was har
work
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-09-13
II LAkENVELpER.

While L~akenveldcr fowls are we'll know
to poultry breeders. the general public
not familiar With them. The breed J.
scmble the Leghorns IN a general wa
but are a trihe larger. They are wen mo-
prolific layers than the Leghorus, but
our experience with thom they are eva
more nervous than the l%.eghorns and mo-
impatient of confinement. They would ,
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-09-13
HOME MADE sAwHoRsE.

The store bought saw horse r. not long
enough for use on the farm. where the
wood to be cut is cord length c-. as is often
the case. small logs. Their" is no better
saw horse for the farm th5 n one made IN
thcfollowing manner HavIthe bar as long
as onc.slikely toned 1t End then make the
regulation cross pieces ,Ilch as are used n
making saw horses or saw bucks as they
are sometimes know. place Two of them
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-09-13
From the Yonkers Statesman.

We II77FUE TUTTE II TTTVfD T!TOTIty out
of humo-.' said the woman
II didn't know you We're Il writer"
said her friend.
Tn hot. My husband gives mo Il
quarter every time / laugh at one Of
his inknsr
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-09-13
MARKETING THE SEASONS CROP.

NO matter what crop is to be marketed
If in n city it will pay to spend the neces-
sary time and money to go there and look
up a reliable commission merchant. II
you do not know where to find a reliable
merchant. go to the local banlS with whom
you do business or whore YOU arc ac-
Quaintcd and ask the banker to give you
the commercial standing. of say three OF
the best commission merchants in tho city
You propose going. Visit these men. talk
With them and judge whether you can do
business with them to advantage. once
YOU decide on the merchant, talk freely
with him. telling him what crops You have
to market, take his advice as to metloos
of packing and packages and agree to
ship according to his Instructions. Follow
this lire. and nine times out of ten II Will
he found profitable. Most of all, If you
claim your crop is of a. certain grade see
that it is all you claim for it before you
ship il and thus get the confidence of the
merchant. Once he knows he can abso-
lutely rely upon the quality of Your goods.
the method of packing and shipping. he
viii go to considerable pains 10 markct
our product for your mutual profit. If he
finds you careless and your goods not up
to the standard he viii not do as we'll hy
you. In twenty years of fruit growing the
writer has never lost a dollar through thu
dishonesty of commission merchants am.
has received n better price viii less WORN
and trouble by this method Of handlins
the crOiS than by any other.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-09-13

Ghiidren's shoes: for style, fit and wear
they excel other makes.
If could take you into my large
factories at Brockton, Mass..and show
you how carefully WI. Douglas shoes
are made, you would then understand
why they hold their shape, fit better.
wear longer, and are of greater value
than any other make.
Wherever you live, you can ebtair ". l..
Douglas shoes. His name and price is stamped
ON tie bottom, which protects you against high
prices and inferior shoes. Iokc no substi.
fute. Ask your dealer tor w. L. Douglas shoes
ana insist upon having them.
fast Color EucietS usea; ihea wiK NOT wear brassy
Write for Illustrated Catalox of Fail Styles.
w. l.. DOUGLAS, Dept. ~, Brockton, Mass.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-09-13
PLANNING FOR WINTER FEEDING.

1t is all very well for a man to look
over his herd of sleek cows as they come
up from an abundant pasture and con-
graduate himself on his ownership. but it
is better for him to consider how his cows
are going to look after passing through q
more or less hard winter. In other words,
are We prepared to feed the herd as it
must be fed to give us the returns We ex-
poet? Protein, as we now IS essential
and we also know II is expensive when we
have to buy 1t. Have We grown what We
could of this expensive food element? IL
not we have made the first mistake here
which cannot now be remedied. SO the only
thing TO do is to plan TO dispose of some Of
our crops OF which we nave an abundance
and huy the food containing the protein.
Ii this is not feasible then set to work and
find out just how many cows sou can
carry oyer the winter in proper condition
and dispose of the rest, doing it now when
they can he sold for better prices than
when winter sets in. not encouraging adj
vice perhaps, but 1t is better to doth.s than
to have a decided falling off in the dairy
income which must be the result if the
cows are no properly fed. Think it over
and act.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-09-13

Bella, the beautiful bridesmaid. did not
F'se for breakfast the day after the we'd
ding.
- haze" she exp'aincd languidly. "a
stitch IN my side"
\ smile cu'iol her pink lips.
IL c'inc. She continued. from being
hcmIned in ~ Tho CROWD around the clarct
cup ut the reception"
This remark. as a Jcu d'espr.t. they
1ceined but sew-.ow.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-09-13
TOO MANY VEGETABLES.

Many farmers and their families live
largely on fruit and vegetables during the
summer and suffer more or less from sum
MGR complaint as a consequence That
fruit and vegetables are healthful there
can be no doubt and most people. espe-
cially the city dwellers. ought TO consume
more of them. on the other hand it is a
serious question If they can be eaten to
the exclusion of meat entirely. This is not
Il question of vegitarianism hut one of
health and one should be guided accord
ing to the effect of food on the body. Many
people thrive OF n wholly vegetable, fruit
and grain diet while others are i'll as the
result of such a diet; still others do well
with but a little meat while still others;
seem to require considerable in the way
of meat to keep them in good condition.
We should. as stated, govern our con
sumption of food largely or entirely IN the
results ia Their than on the fanaticism of
meat eaters or vegctarians. Possibly. in
some future century mankind may exist
wholly without meat and be all the better
for 1t. but we do not think this is possible
now with all people. Use comron sense
IN arranging the diet rather than the guild
c,ra of sons. ia iIist
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-09-13

especially well in sections Of the solt
where they could be on the range mos /,
the year, for they co not bear Gonna
ment at all we'll. Tho eggs lain are lar
than those Of the I-eghorns, On an ayti
and II anything. are winter. Ji
breed Is worth experimenting with, esre
cial!y IN warm latitude7.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-09-13

-.rr. Srinsiovs ,ooraira -Tnvr ror Children
,eethin: oaftcu- IT.. Gums, induces incnuama..ou al
ay. pain. eare5 wind c"sic. % cent = bottle
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-09-13
A CHANGE FOR THE FARMERS
WIFE.

Here seems to be a chance for those who
are properly located and by this we mean
within driving distance of a large town or
small city, to work up 4 profitable bust
ness. For several years there has been
great complaint against the pickles on the
market. mainly because they are picked
in chemically made vinegar. which Is so
powerful that it is really dangerous to use
il. Judging from the pickles now on the
market. packers must have wholly aban-
doncd the use of elder vinegar for pickling,
Pickle cucurlbers are not at all difficult
to raise and one could readily WORK up n
good trade in the pickle article, guaranteed
to Toe put up in pure cider vinegar. They
could be marketed in small crooks. holding
a half gallon, or one could invest in bot
ties at first until the trade had been Sc
cured. Once give the consumer n properly
picked cucumber. put up in pure cider
vinegar, and there will be little trouble In
increasing the trade to proportions equal
ing ones ability to take caro- oil it.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-09-13

at the regular distance apart; one on the
end and the other say three feet from it..
then place the third cross piece at the 9th
or end of the bar. In this way one has
tie regulation saw horse for the shorter
pieces of woo,... while the crossed pieces
at the end enable one to handle logs to
advantage. The illustration shows the
idea plainly ana the article can be readily
made by any one handy with tools.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-09-13
THE VALUE OF HEN MANURE.

Poultry manure has a value beyond a
doubt but not nearly SO great as is gener-
ally considered. Experiments have shown
that the value of the d%roppings from one
fowl during they year approximate % cents
so hat to hope to make the manure from
a flock OF poultry accomplish anywhere
near that of a comparatively small amount
of stable manure Is absurd. On the other
hand droppings are well worth saving for
analysis shows nitrogen content Is quite
large, but this is likely to be depleted by
evaporation so the best plan is to mix this
poultry manure with that from the stables
a%lothough If it % desired 10 use it wholly
in the garden it can be kent in good shape
for that purpose by mixing with it one
third OF its weight in sawduSt. ore-half its
weight in acid phosphate and o~ne-quarter
Its weight of kaini and keeping the mix
ture IN barrels. This mixture will be dry
and easy To handle
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-02-28
BUCKSPORT.
SPRAY.
Feb. 26.

Mrs. Fred Saunders died Tuesday after
noon of last week. She leaves husband
and three small children.
The schooner NJ. B. Stetson, Capt. Fred
L. Dorr, of Orland, arrived at Gloucester,
Mass, last Thursday, with frozen herring
from the Bay of Islands, Newfoundland.
The vessel had hard passage, having left
Bay of Islands on February 8. The first
night out she encountered one of the most
severe blows of the season. The schooner,
although deeply laden, weathered the
gale. When she was coming out of the
Gulf of st. Lawrence she ran into wide
spreading field of ice, and for nine days
WAS at the mercy of this relentless foe,
being carried hither and thither in its
frozen grasp, the great cakes Of ice grind
ing against the sides Of the vessel.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-02-28
EAST FRANKLIN.
l. s. NJ.
Feb. 26.

Presiding Elder Hayward preached at
the Methodist church Sunday.
Loren Wentworth. who had serious
time with tonsilitis, is gaining.
The many friends of Mrs. Willard
French are glad to know she is recovering
from her long illness.
Mrs. T. E. Hooper, Miss Cassie Hooper,
Mrs. Kinsman and Mrs. T. NJ. Scammon
we're in Ellsworth last week.
Mrs. George II. WEIGH spent Thursday
and Friday last visiting her sister, Mrs.
Loren Bragdon, and other relatives.
The Methodist society will hold Thurs
day evening meetings at their homes for
while. The first was held at the home of
George Madison and wife Feb. %.
Miss Lorimer, sister of Rev. A. w. Lori
mer, has gone to Bangor to visit at the
home Of her brother, Rev. A. B. Lorimer.
She will meet her mother from Presque
Isle and sister from Oregon while there.
Feb. 25. R.
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HI .
WINTER HARBOR.

B. w. Stevens, of Bangor, is spending a
week in town.
Henry E. Frazier and wife are visiting
relatives and friends in. Ellsworth.
Rev. Gideon Mayoispent few days in
Waterville and Bangor last week.
billiard Tracy, of Portland, is visiting
A. j. Gerrish and other relatives in town.
Miss Myra Smith, who has been spend
ing the winter in Boston, returned Satur-
day.
Miss Edna Hamilton, who has been very
i'll at the home of c. E. Grover, is mu, h
improved.
Mr.. Higher, principal.of the high school,
left for his home in Dexter. Saturday after
a very pleasant term.
Mrs. Noonan, who has beenlvisiting her
brother, d. w. Joy, returned to Prospect
Harbor Sunday.
Milford w. Lash, wholhas been spend
ing few weeks with relatives here, left
Saturday for Seattle, Wash.
Feb. &c. E.
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EASTBROOK.

A son was born to Henry Billings and
wife Feb. II.
The ladies' sewing circle met with Mrs.
Cora Kingman Wednesday.
The many friends of A. P. Bunker are
pleased to see him out again.
Hervey Smith, of Hancock, is visiting
his sister, Mrs. Robert Lowrie.
Reuel Butler caught five-pound sal
mon in Molasses pond recently.
Everard Jellison, of Boston, is visiting
his parents, Ed. Jellison and wife.
Edna and Helen Lowrie are visiting
their mother, Mrs. George Kane, at Sor-
rento.
There will be pie sociable and cobweb
party at the town hall Saturday evening,
March 3.
Greenwood grange held its regular
meeting Saturday evening with good at
tendance. Candy was furnished by the
ladies.
Feb. 26. B.
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SOUND.

Mrs. Mary Remick is visiting at w n
Wasgatt's.
Sidney Higgins and family are at Bar
Harbor for few weeks.
Miss Rubie Higgins, who has been
teaching at Seal Harbor, is home.
Mrs. Hiram Treworgy, of surry, is visit.
ing her mother, Mrs. Charlotte Richard
son.
Gerald Richardson and wife are spend.
ing few days with Mr.. Richardson's
mother.
Gerald Richardson and wife leave Nom
day for Hallowell, where Mr.. Richardson
has employment.
Miss Lena Wasgatt was the guest Of
Miss Winifred Sargent at Northeast Hsr-
Dor, few days last week.
A party from Northeast Harbor board q,
trade was here Saturday, in quest of the
brown-tail moth. They found large
number.
Miss Mabel Sweet closed a successful
term of school Friday. Those not absent
one day were: Maurice Butler, Maynard
Norwood, Nina Butler and Leo Butler
Miss Sweet left Saturday for her home at
East Holden.
Feb "a II
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-02-28
ELIZA CHILcoTT HILL.

Eliza Chilcott, widow of Langdon Hill,
who died Feb. 10, passed her eighty-sixth
birthday in December and remained to
the end woman of excellent judgment
and sterling character. Mrs. Hills hus-
band was an invalid many years before
his death, SO the care of the farm came
gradually upon her, making her fully
competent to take the entire charge, sue
ceeding where others might have failed.
She sold her farm in her eighty-fifth
year, going back to the house where she
was born, to make her home with her
niece, Miss Clara Chilcott. Here she was
the same cheerful, contented friend and
neighbor as in her married home. The
free handed hospitality which greeted all
who passed in over the stone steps of the
Hill homestead was as refreshing as the
water drawn IN the old osken bucket by
sunshine which flooded the living room
where the old maple stood sentinel outside
and the tall clock within.
There were no children in this home,
which made more room for the homeless.
Her nephews and nieces have been as sons
and daughters. The years sat lightly
upon her, and at last it was simply the
garnering in of the full ripe sheaf
Services were held Sunday afternoon,
Feb. Is, at the Chilcott home, conducted
by Rev. o. G. Barnard. Interment was in
the family cemetery on the Hill farm.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-02-28
sARGENTYILLE.

The chapel circle met with Mrs. Dora
Sargent last Thursday.
Miss Georgia Eaton, of BluehilI Falls, is
employed at J. N. Sargent's as telephone
girl.
Misses Edith Eaton and Rose Bowden
called on friends in BROOKLYN one day last
week.
William York, who has been employed
at P. B. Billings, has returned home to
Bluehill.
Miss Evelyn Gray, of Brooklin, is visit
ing her parents, J. F. Gray and wife, of
this place.
Miss Sadie Eaton, who has been at j. n.
Sargent's, has returned to her home at
Little Deer Isle.
Mrs. Flora Sargent and son Sherman
visited Mrs. Sargent's parents in Cape
Roster last week.
Mrs. Ernest Babson and Miss Lucy
Billings, OF Brooksville, were guests of
Mrs. Babson Friday.
Schooner M. E. II. G. Dow, which has
been loading ice at Maine Lake Ice Co.
wharf, sailed for Baltimore Wednesday,
Feb. q.
Feb. 26. Ism.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-02-28
FRANCIS TAFT MOVES.

Francis was the youngest child of Fred
A. and Julia Taft Noyes-a merry loving
little lad, who had just reached his four
teenth birthday when the fatal illness de-
veloped which has broken the home life
and brought grief to every heart in the
neighborhood.
: Saturday afternoon, Feb. "a, in the old
church where his living presence seemed
to linger, he lay among the flowers, and
his friend, the pastor, spoke from tie
words of Paul, 'tFor me to live is Christ,
and to die is gain" Then in the sunshine
of the quiet afternoon, his brothers
Harold and Everard, and cousins, Fremont
and Kenneth Bragdon, bore him to the
churchyard; children and youth, maturity
and age filed in behind the mourning ones,
and SIN that calm time when all outward
things and inward thoughts TEEN with
assurances of immortality, and worldly
hopes and fears are humbled in the dust
before them; then, with tranquil and SUBJ
missive hearts, they turned away and left
the child with God". The flowers were
very beautiful, and included tributes from
the high school at Sullivan and his Sun
day school class.
Feb. 26. II.
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PROSPECT HARBOR.

Mrs. c. c. Hutchings, who was quite ill
the first of the winter, is out again.
Lula Bunker returned from Bar Harbor
Saturday, after few weeks in the Record
Office.
Miss Genevieve Cole was guest at the
Guptin farm in Gouldsboro Saturday and
Sunday.
Miss Julia Guptill and her guest, Miss
Wilson, were here visiting friends during
the week.
Miss Ada Handy, of Marblehead, Mass,
is spending a few weeks with friends in
this vicinity. @
Benjamin Crosley and wife, OF Franklin,
have been guests of John s. Coombs and
wife several days.
Miss Bessie Crowley has returned from
Portsmouth, N. H., where she has been
visiting her sister.
Fred Hamilton and son Kenneth, of
South Gouldsboro, were here the last of
the week visiting relatives.
Capt. and Mrs. John s. Coombs opened
their hospitable home to invited guests
Friday evening. Cards, music and story
telling furnished variety in the entertain
ment, to say nothing OF the speeches,
after the delicious repast which was
ssrved about ten. 1t was one of the jolli-
est gatherings for the winter.
The masked ball under the auspices of
the 1. o. R. NJ. Feb. % was one of the
most successful affairs of the kind ever
given here. Seventy-eight dance tickets
We're sold, and forty masked couples par
ticipated in the grand march. The music
was by Ray g. Kelly. A delicious clam
stew was served, the mattresses being
squaws in their native costumes, who
seemed we'll trained in the ways of civill-
cation. Proceeds, about $40.
Feb, 26, c..
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SOUTHWEST HARBOR.

Mrs. Henry Gray is recovering from
pneumonia. Several are struggling with
grip colds.
The Holmes hotel will soon change pro-
prietors. Mr.. Johnston is negotiating
with Rockland hotel man for an
exchange.
The Odd Fellows ball Thursday evening
was brilliant and largely attended
affair. A town meeting ball, a drama by
the Masons, and Methodist entertain
ment are being prepared for the first two
weeks of March,
Miss Jennie Richardson has been away
from her millinery store for few weeks
csrlng for her sister in Eden, who has
been seriously ill. Mrs. Grace Pease is
taking charge of Miss Richardson's store
during her absence.
Quite an event in the quiet life of Mrs.
Lucinda Harmon was the sled ride she
took last week with her husband to call on
a neighbor, Mrs. Elias CHM, living only
half mile distant, whom she had not
seen for twenty years, both ladies being
in way shutins through lameness.
Harvey w. Hodgkins, who attended the
masonic convention at Ellsworth Thurs
day. met with serious accident which
deprived him of the evening programme.
He was thrown from wagon and was
picked up unconscious, with severe cut
over the eye hich required eight stitches.
In recent letter received from Mrs.
Dean A. Walker in answer to inquiries re-
garding the somewhat sudden death of
Madame Walker, whose visits to South
west Harbor had endeared her to SO many
here, her daughter-in-law gives tender
glimpses of the noble woman's last days
on earth, her sweet patience, tender
thoughts of others and her bright flashes
OF humor, as well as her sublime faith.
Madame Walkers heart was gladdened a
few months before her last illness by re-
ceiving most interesting letters from her
"missionary children" all over the world,
those in whom she had taken a personal
interest, giving them training at the mis-
sionary college she founded in Auburn
dale.
Feb. 26. SPRAY.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-02-28
NORTH DEER ISLE.

Postmaster Walter Webster is very ill.
Capt. Jack Stinson has gone to Boston.
Miss Annie Damon is visiting in Boston.
Allison Powers, of Rockport, is visiting
here.
Neville Powers has gone to keep ship on
yacht.
Miss Emma Eaton arrived home from
Newburyport, Mass, Saturday.
William Hardy, of Little Deer Isle, who
has been in the Maine General hospital
for treatment, has returned.
Joel Powers has returned from the
Maine General hospital, where he went
for treatment for lame leg.
John Peterson and daughter, of Penob-
scot, were here last Sunday to attend the
funeral of Mr.. Peterson's mother, Mrs.
Emeline Weed.
Mrs. Emeline Weed, widow OF John
Weed, died at her home Feb. q,
aged eighty-four years and eleven months.