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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27
HAVING MADE EASY.
Handling the Hay Crop without
Hired Help on n New York Farm.

HsounH the Hay Crop without
Hired Help on n New York Farm.
Having a hay crop Of large amount
to take care Of the first thing to look
to is first class mower. Get to work
at cutting in the morning as soon as
host Of the dew Is off. Nothing Is
gained by laying down a heavy swath
Of hay wet with dew. Cut no more
than you are likely to handle easily the
next afternoon. AS soon as the outside
rows are dry enough to rake start the
side delivery hayrake, going round the
piece In the same direction that you
went with the mower. If not dry
enough to draw In right off, leave in
the windrow. overnight. After you
have moved another strip for the next
raking go over the windows with your
side delivery rake and just turn them
over, and the chances are that you and
Willie or Mary can go right to hauling
In.
Now hitch your steadiest team on the
wagon carrying box hayrack sixteen
feet long, ten feet wide and having
Slated sides four and a half feet high.
Hook on your hay loader and get strad.
die Of one of those windows just as
quick as possible. Let the child drive,
and you will have all the business you
want for the next ten minutes; 1t will
depend on how good your wind is and
how fast the team walks. Better drive
very slow. The load Is now on. I'm
hook the loader, let it stand just where
it stopped and go to the barn.
We put the old family horse on the
end Of the rope, with hook, so Willie
or Mary can easily unfasten the whit
1etree from 1t. Never mind any one In
the NOW. Set the double harpoon hay
fork In the hay and start. The horse
easily snatches up 300 or 400 pounds
Of hay on to the carrier In the top Of
the barn, and you let 1t run along the
track till you have it over the back end
of the bay; then pull the trip cord, and
away 1t goes clear to the bottom of the
NOW. Continue in the same manner
for about seven or eight minutes and
the load is Off Get up In the NOW and
in five minutes it is nearly level. OF
course it is easier to have a man in the
NOW to help unload, but you can do
without him. This is the little story of
"Haying Made Easy" as told by a
farmer in Rural New Yorker.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27
GRANVILLE.

Mrs. Jerome French vitited relatives
In Forestdale last week.
Deputy Sheriff E. N. Hemenway was
in Waitsfield Monday on legal business.
Miss Lillian Hubbard returned home
from a protracted visit in Waitsfield
Sunday.
j. W. Brown of Pittsfield was guest
at Geo. Sargents Friday and Saturday
OF last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John A. vinton visited
their sister, Mrs. Hannah Flint in Han
cock Sunday.
The Pierce brothers, who have been
guests at Frank Ford's have left for their
home in Boston.
Mrs. Jennie o. Whitney spent last
week in Roxbury with her mother, Mrs.
Susan o. Carpenter.
Wesley Burke and family of Hancock
was with his brother. Joseph, and family
the first of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. George Wood of Mont
pelier have been spending two weeks
with friends IN town.
II. A. Briggs, who went to West
Rochester last week to work in the mill
for Will Lacount, returned the next day
and is at work haying for George Sar-
gent.
Mrs. James Blair and two children who
have been in Ludlow, Rutland and
Brandon for the past two weeks have
returned home and the family will go to
Rochester to reside the first of August.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27
LINCOLN.

Mrs. Hattie Jackman is very sick.
Mrs. William Grant is little better.
G. Brooks of Bristol was in town on
Sunday.
J. York was at his sons, Will York's
on Sunday.
Louis Green and wife were in Brandon
this week.
E. Dodge and wife were in Warren
over Sunday.
The Industrial met with Mrs. Rollin
Frank July 90.
Frank Whittier, wife and son, of Grand.
vile, are in town.
A. C. Murray, of Warren, was in town
calling on Sunday.
Rex Green is staying at Thompson's
Point for his health.
Frank Thompson and wife were in
Starksboro last week.
Zean Murray and wife, of Revere,
Mass, are still in town.
Catherine and Margaret Earl of Rut-
land are stopping in town.
Alison Sargent and wife called on Carl
ton Hill in Starksboro on Sunday.
The funeral of Daniel c. Palmer was
held at the Union church Aug. 10.
A special town meeting will be held
August %, to see about the town hall.
Bert Estey of Thompson's Point was
at his fathers, Willard Estey's, this week.
Mike Tierney and wife have daughter
and Mr.. and Mrs Fred Shortsleeves son.
Myrtle, Clara and Agnes Wright of
Starksboro were at George Bassett's last
week.
Arthur Briggs is making improvement
on his store by giving it a fresh coat of
paint.
Mrs. Amelia Dumas. was with her son,
Fred Morrill,, in South Starksboro a few
days ago.
Leighton Morgan has been painting
the barns on c. F. Murray's farm the
past week.
DR.. G. A. Russell, University of Ver-
mont graduate, has opened an Office at
the Lincoln House.
S. A. Bryant recently lost valuable
horse, making three good horses he
has lost in about year.
M. B. Cove will go to Long Point this
week for few weeks In his absence c..
A. Purington will do town business.
G. Bagley and wife, of Huntsville,
were in town to see Mrs Bagley's grand
father, Mr.. York, who is over 80 years
old.
Carrie and Dorothy Pierce were in
Bristol Aug. II, the guests of their
uncle, A. F. Smith, of East Cambridge,
Mass.
May and Ruth Diamond who have been
stopping at Elias Bowen's, returned to
their home in Pawtucket, R. l., on Sat-
urday.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27
GARDEN CRAFT

Corn, beans, melons, cucumbers, to-
matoes and many other plants require
a warm soil. Seeds sown too early are
liable to decay in the ground. Those
that do grow may be stunted by I'M
timely cold and will not develop into
good plants. 1t saves time to plant
these warmth loving kinds after the
soil Is warm.
Keep the melons and the squashes
well cultivated and look out for bugs.
Tobacco dust is a good remedy.
AS soon as the bean crop is over pull
out the vines and plant the space to
late cabbage, sweet corn or turnips.
1t is time to set the celery.
Weeds are the greatest enemy of
onions. Keep the ground stirred, espe-
cially after rain.
If you have any newly turned sod
on which you can put heavy dressing
Of manure 1t will be just the right stu
alton to suit cabbage and cauliflower
and will go far toward assuring a fine
late crop.
Garden craft cannot all be learned
from paper. The best of it comes
through the handle of the hoe.
A good vegetable garden is a farm
drug store, containing in pleasant
form many of the medicines which we
take in strong doses after neglecting
The laws of health.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27
KITCHEN HELPS.

Kitchen floors painted with boiled
linseed oil are very easily cleaned.
Be sure to put scalding water in each
saucepan or stewpan as you finish
using 1t.
When cleaning knives mix a tiny bit
of carbonate of soda with the bath
brick and they will polish more easily.
Do not wash the wooden bread plate
in hot water and it will not turn black
Wash with soap and warm water and
rinse in clean cold water.
Dishes which have become brown
and burned from baking in the oven
may be easily cleaned after they have
stood awhile in borax water.
Use silver knife to peel apples and
the hands will not be blackened as
when steel knife is used. TIE acid
of the fruit (acetic acid; acts on the
iron in the latter case, but does not
affect the silver
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27
CRITlCiSING OTHERS.


scheme For = Day.
Grace has a way Of telling me my
faults" said young girl, speaking of
her sister, and as she does 1t kindly,
confessing to the same faults herself,
1t makes no hard feelings. One day
recently she said, DO you know, l
think we have fallen into a habit of
criticislng unklndly most of the people
we meet
II was enormously astopished, for
fancied myself one of the most char
liable of judges, but Grace is usually
right. so I did not contradict. The
next day we agreed we would pass no
criticisms upon our friends and neigh
bors that would pain them were they
present to hear. That thought shy
ly, will show Grace her mistake.
But, bless you, the day was very
young indeed when l committed my
first offense by saying that there was
no excuse for Mrs. Brown dressing so
consplcuously behind the mode. 1t was
some consolation to hear Grace prompt
ly agree with me and add little more
on her own account.
'But the wretched habit cropped up
all day. Every hour or two 1 said
something more or less disparaging
about others. By night l was thor
oughly Inundated and ashamed and
before going to bed said, Grace, l
haven't been a bit better today about
that dlsagreeable habit, but I've no
ticed every time I've spoken too crit
ically Of people, "A fault confessed Is
half redressed.' laughed Grace. To
morrow well do BETTER And so we
did."-Exchange.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27
To Get Rid of Quack Grass.

The difficulty in killing quack or
witch or twitch grass is that it grows
from underground stems. Some plants
can be killed by clipping them again
and again before they go to seed, but
quack grass will grow fat on such
treatment. The roots or underground
stems must be torn up and killed by
exposure to sun and air. This Is done
by working the soil over and over with
spring tooth harrow or a disk or
cutaway, which will cut or tear of
the roots and bring them to the sur
face. Rural New Yorker advises that
June is the best time for the work de-
scribed, but it requires long and pa
tient effort to kill out the quack.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27
STRENGTHENING MuncIea.

Women of sedentary occupations are
allowing their muscles to become soft
through lack of physical exercise. A
good exercise for strengthening all the
muscles is as follows: Stand erect.
heels together, toes out, chest thrown
out. With arms extended touch the
toes with the tips Of the fingers, bend
ing the body only just below the waist
line. Continue the movement with
hands extended over the head; then
throw the body back as far as possible
and sway from one side to the other.
Exercise In this way for ten minutes,
then exercise each leg for FIVE minutes
by throwing the foot out In front, at
the side and back. This exercise, II
persevered In regularly, makes the
body supple and the motions graceful.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27
Spencer and Colors,

Herbert Spencers notions Of art were
very crude. His favorite color was
what he called 'impure purple" He
wore impure purple" gloves and, find
ing that the furniture was a little SOM
Der, had a binding of impure purple"
pasted round it by seamstress. He
cut the first strip himself and showed
her how to stick it on with paste. He
had his vases filed with artificial flow
ers. He wished to have everything
bright about him and consequently en-
joyed color. When it was suggested he
could get that in real flowers he re-
piled: Boob! They would want con-
slant replenishing" He wanted to
know why the people should object to
artificial flowers in room any more
than to an artificial landscape.-"Home
Life With Herbert Spencer"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27
HOT AND COLD WATER.
How 20 Use These Remedies 70 the
Best Advantage.


Best Advantage.
Hot or cold water Is excellent as an
application for Inflammation, conges-
tions or abraslons, but how many peo-
pie know which to apply in particular
cases while awaiting the arrival Of
medical relief? Not many, and the mis-
takes made in some instances are lu-
dicrous.
Take the barber, for example, who
has cut his patrons face. He generally
washes the face with a towel soaked
In warm water, often pressing 1t right
into the injury, and then wonders why
the blood flows from the cut so freely.
In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred
IL he had used cold water and the
colder the better, the blood would
have ceased to flow from the injury al
together, as the cold would have ten
dency to contract the openings in the
torn blood vessels. In all cases of such
cuts or abrasions very cold water will
at least reduce the amount of bleeding
If 1t doesn't stop it altogether, and yet
singularly enough boiling water will
have the same effect
Water below the boiling point In
creases the flow, but above that de-
gree decreases it. In surface in1amma-
tons or COMPOSITIONS cold water ought
to be used, while If the condition is sit
uated below the surface hot water Is
necessary as an application because 1t
draws the blood toward the surface
and thus stimulates the circulation
through the part where 1t Is most
needed.
In cases OF assesses or plmples
with pus forming in them, but which
have not yet come to head, the secre-
ton Of pus can be rapidly increased
and the duration Of the annoyance
thereby decreased by applying hot wa
ter to them at frequent intervals.
Where the eye is infamed or smarts,
after a period Of eye strain, such as
night work often induces, hot apph-
cations are the things for relief, but
the water used should be gradually
allowed to cool off toward the end.
Tired eyes will invariably be rejuve-
mated by adopting this method Of treat
ment, and many headaches resulting
from such a condition may thereby be
prevented or cured.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27
COUNTY NEWS
BRANDON.

Miss Helen Ripley is visiting friends
in Montpelier.
Mrs. Lucy B. Smith of Plymouth, N.
H., is visiting friends here.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. Smith spent SUM-
day in Proctor with relatives.
Wilks Smith of Boston is passing few
days here with Loyde Sprague.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Button of Mid
dlebury passed Sunday here with Mrs. F.
r. Button.
E. E. Goshen has begun the work of re-
pairing and remodeling his house on
Pearl street.
Charles E. Savery'of Geneva, N. Y, a
former resident of this place, visited rel
atives here Saturday.
Miss Flora G. Everest of Everett.
Mass, is in town visiting her brother R..
III. Everest of Carver street.
Mrs. Minera Peters, Miss Laura Peters
and Fred Aim of Schenectady, N. Y,
are visiting at G.. F. Aims on Carver
street.
Miss Clements and Lewis Jones of Glens
Falls, N. Y, are in town the guests of
MIR. and Mrs. Frank Pettee, at their home
south of the village.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Manchester of
Hubbardton, passed the day here Satur-
day with Mr.. Manchester,s brother, F.
A. Manchester of Pearl street.
Lee Fairchild of Greenfield, Mass, as
sisted by Mr.. and Mrs. Bacon, banjoists,
who are well known here, will give an
entertainment here in the town hall
Wednesday evening.
Horatio Baker, the young son of DR..
o. G. Baker was injured last Friday
night by fall from bicycle. He was
returning home from fishing trip and
while coming down Birch hill he
took header, cash was cut in his
face and hip, and he was coniderably
bruised, so much so that he was taken
home in a team.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27
FORESTDALE.

Mrs. Hattie Lawrence is visiting rela-
tives here.
Mr., and Mrs. T. NJ. Willet are visiting
in Willsboro, n. Y.
John Craig. of Laconia, N. H., is visit
ing at Geo. Hoag's.
Mrs. Jerome French, of Granville, is
visiting friends in town.
Mrs. Albert Partlow is spending some
time with relatives here.
Rev. Mr.. Marion, wife and daughter
are visiting at Will Cookies.
Rev. VIM. A. Wilson and E. E. Wright
were in Rochester last week.
Mrs. Damon of East Middlebury is Wis.,
iting her brother, G. F. Lovett.
Miss Minnie. Wood of California is
Wis ting at Mrs. Ellen McCollins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rollin Mcintyre, of Yer
gennes, are visiting relatives here.
There was an open air service at the
w. NJ. church Sunday evening, July 90.
The Grace church S. S. picnic was
held Wednesday, July 25,. at Kelsey's,
Lake Dunmore.
mons were married Wednesday, July IS,
by Rev. c. B. Carpenter.
G. HI. Lovett and Grin Partlow have
the contract for moving the horse barn
at the Basin Stock Farm.
Chas. Wright of East Dorset was cal
led to Forestdale to attend the funeral of
his aunt, Mrs. j. G. Morgan.
Miss Wayne Hoag, of Laconia, N. H.,
is spending her vacation with her par.
ents, Mr.. and Mrs Geo. Hoag.
Lee Fairchild, the celebrated author,
lecturer, humorist, etc, is the guest of G..
81. Churchill at Springvale Farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. l. G. Newton and daugh-
ter, Cleo, of Ticonderoga, N. Y, spent
Sunday at Mrs. A. S. Newton's.
Albert Powers. wife and daughter of
Lansingburgh, n. Y, were the GUESTS
of II. ii. Waters at Basin Farm re-
Gently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Israel Rush, of White
hall, N. Y, who are touring the State in
their auto, spent Sunday with Mrs. A. s.
Newton.
Mr. and Mrs. Alec Washburne, of Beth
ell, who have been visiting at Mrs. A. S.
Newton's are spending a few days at
Lake Dunmore.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27
BLEAK SHETLAND,
Its swarms of Sea GulIs and Its Lone
Tree.


Up a little lane off Lerwick's one
street there is garden. At least, it is
an inclosed space. In the middle Of
this space there is a tree. 1t is not a
very tall tree; you could, in fact, toss
a biscuit over it's branches, but still it
Is tree-the only tree in Shetland.
And Shetland is proud Of it. Children
who are brought for the first time to
see the wonders of one streeted Ler-
wick are shown this tree. This is not
fiction. 1t is the only tree in Shetland.
AS there are no trees in Shetland,
there are no birds, except of course,
the sea gulls, which you can number
by the thousand. The sea gulls are the
sparrows of Lerwick, and, as such,
they have greater share in the towns
life than have the sparrows of London.
In the morning time you will note that
a sea gull sits on every chimney pot
Sea gulls swoop and hover over every
roof in the town.
The air is full of their strange. high,
plaintive, haunting cries. Their sad,
shrill, long drawn cries are to Lerwick
as the chattering Of sparrows or the
cawing of rocks are to us in England.
Every house has its own familiar sea
gulls and every street its own band of
sea gulls. They never mix. The chill
dren in each house have pet name for
their own particular sea gulls, and,
having called them to them by those
names, they feed them every day. And
each sea gull knows what is meant for
him. No sea gull attached to one house
ever seeks to eat the food scattered
from the house next door. He does not
dare; the other gulls would kill him
So all day long the sea gulls hover and
call over the roofs of Lerwick. The
people of the town, If they come across
little pile of rice laid upon the road
way, step over it with care. They
know that it is placed there for some
sea gull. And at night the sea gulls
leave their own appointed chimney
pots and fly gracefully away to their
resting places on the rocks Of the Isle
of Noss.-London Express.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27
The Dead Sen.

The Dead sea is 1900 feet below sea
level. There can. of course, be no out
let for the Dead sea, and the volume of
from 100000 to 100000 tons Of wa
ter that the Jordan throws into it
every twenty-four hours must be car
ried away by evaporation. Not a soil
tary dwelling is on its coasts, and there
is no living thing in its waters. AS we
stand on the north shore the sea
stretches out some forty-two miles to-
ward the south and Is, on an average,
eight miles wide. The water is of q
greenish blue and as clear as crystal
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27
THE SHY GIRL.
She Should Make an Effort to Con-
quer Her BashfuIness


The girl who knows herself to be
tongue tied, though she regret it, need
not despair of popularity. Nobody is
socially more disagreeable and more
dreaded than a woman who talks too
much, monopollzing the conversation
and giving no one else chance to
speak. People fly from this overgifted
and aggressive talker.
A mere chatterbox is equally dis
liked. A good listener is always sure
of appreciation. If you can but mas
ter the fine art of listening to each
person with an air of deep interest,
just as If there were nobody else at
the moment in the wide world and as
If your greatest wish were to under
stand what the other is trying to tell
you, you will have the effect of talk
ing well.
All that Is really necessary Is not to
let your attention wander and at the
right moment, in the right place, make
some brief rejoinder or affirmation.
You need never fear that you will be
thought too silent if you listen well
and say yes or no at proper intervals.
A good listener is never bore, while q
great talker frequently gains that un-
happy distinction.
Girls are sometimes tongue tied be-
cause Of Indifference. A bashful man.
ner up to a certain point Is attractive.
But when 1t has its root in a hamper
ing self consciousness which makes
one awkward and clumsy or surly or
defiant it is a fatal handicap.-New
York American.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27
Pigs In China.

A Picking correspondent says: ut is
no uncommon sight TO see twelve or
thirteen enormous fat pigs, with their
legs tied, huddled close together having
a ride in a Chinese cart with some
sort of light cargo on top of them and
a man sitting on the cargo. The pigs
are silent, and consequently one would
think they should not be objects for
the action of the Society For the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals. The
fact is that the animals are too fat and
lazy to make any noise until disturbed
at their journeys end, when bagpipes
are as Italian opera to the terrific
squealing heard"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27
OK TEAM.

have depended on buying their supply
instead of raising them. Now that
horses are high priced and scarce ev-
erywhere these farmers find 1t diff
cult to secure horses enough to work
their land, but there are a good many
farmers who advocate the use of cat
tie even when horses are plentiful. A
good many of the New England farms
are small, the fields irregular, and they
Such conditions make complicated
farming problem, which no doubt &C
counts for the preference for oxen in
certain sections. - Farm, Field and
Fireside.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27
We WANT AoEhrs

In every town TO purchase hides skins,
pelts, wool, tallow, bones, etc. and ship
them to us. We pay the freight. remit
for stock promptly and at the highest
market prices.
We also want agents to sell our Bur.
lington Animal Fertilizes and Poultry
Foods. These are strictly high grade
goods and the demand is rapidly jncreas
ing. Write us today for prices and par
ticulars.- Burlington Rendering Go, Bur-
lington, Vermont.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27
ORWELL.

Rev. BENZ. Swift went to Silver Bay
last week.
Mrs. ]. E. Williams spent last week in
Poultney and Granville.
w. B. Wright shipped a car of ~, 900
pounds of wool last week to Boston.
Marie johnson of Cuttingsville is a
guest of her aunt, Mrs. G.. G. Murray.
The service Sunday morning was con-
Quoted by the Rev. Mr.. Smith of Mid
dlebury.
w. A. Jennings has been officially
nominated for the Office of town repre-
sentative.
Letters received by w. B. Wright tell
of his brothers safe arrival in Berlin.
He is about to leave for Norway.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27
EAST MIDDLEBURY.

Miss Mary X. Pierson returned on
Thursday of last week after few days
visit with friends in New Haven.
w. H. Bosworth. wife, son Wayne,
and daughter, Helena, ;of Bristol were
guests at L. B. Boardman's on Saturday
of last week.
The Rev. and Mrs. Alexander McKin-
ley and daughter, Ruth, together with
Mrs. Howarth all from Center Bruins
wick, N. Y, visited at L. B. Boardman' s
last week on Thursday.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27
GA 9ToRTA.
Bears til. zIhs Kind You Have Always Bought
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SALISB BURY.

Miss Alice Kelsey is in Boston for a
few days stay.
Miss Lizzie Marvin of Maiden, Mass.
is the guest of friends in town.
Allen Nelson went recently to the Cats
kills where he expects to spend about
two months.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Sheldon and
daughter. Anna, were recent guests of
A c. Sheldon in Rutland.
d. NJ. Strong of Bethel was a recent
guest of his daughters, Mrs.. Leland
Stone and Mrs. G. NJ. Whitney.