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Oxford Democrat., 1907-06-25
NUMBER 26.

crowd lines up. and the schoolmaster
Ipronounces the words. The spelling
school for the Seymour district was
announced for date two weeks SUBJ
Eequent to the sugar party and the
lovers quarrel. No Burt called at the
Halliday farmhouse to make up. The
days passed. and poor Eurlce went
about with tears In her eyes. Even
her father noticed that the daughter
was looking red eyed and pale faced
and asked Tie wife II doctor had not
better he consulted.
Don't you worry. Joseph" was all
the reply he got. and about all he eX-
pectcd. but 10 tie daughter the mother
said:
"Eunice. when the spelling school
comes of an sJiTg to bging ;hat
young man TO the mark He Is one OF
the best spoilers around here. isn't he!"
Yes. ma.
"Well. so are you. Some folks say
you are better than he IS. II 'Ou are
on one side and lie on the other. Jon
are going to beat him.
But suppose | can't"
I'm just going 10 pYay that you
will"
Then he'll be madder yet. Maybe
he'll 20 ri-ht home and commit sui!
eide"
And maybe he'll 90 riFht home ana
get some rcu,e In lis head. iEI run
ning this show. and | want you 10 do
just rs tell yCu."
There was the usual bi! turnout
when the evening cane. ihe sewing
machine ,cnt hai ic?Lrte., for other
feids. ana E:.uicc arrived NJ the school
house IN the company Of Epr father
and mother. .ilu.o..i Immediately she
heard that Burt seymour had come
alone with his horse aa b2@gy. She
also heard that th2ir misunderstanding
was leine .;Cs5lar.. atoI.. The school
master was well known TO the Hali-
lays. and 4 ;cw viii" c'cl wor.!s from
Mrs. Haliua.. p"rGc,,c ,cL her plans. IL
was announced that Mr. Burt Sey
choose sides. and they found them
selves az olsc TIE crutef of interest.
Each sought TO decline. but each wLs
pushed forward. Each line when fill.
ed numbered eighty, and then ;he
spelling began. The first five minutes
did the business for twenty.
In q quarter OF Oil hour there were
only ten spoilers on their feet Five
minutes later Eunice and Burt alone
were left. They stood facing each 9th.
er, though not looking into each others
eyes. Burt looked obstinate. ana the
girl had her chin IN the air. Ii was
called the greatest contest OF the dee.
ade. For twenty minutes thu teacher
hunted out the hard words. but could
trap neither. Then Burt was caught
and went down, and the victory was
awarded the girl amid cheers. Five
minutes later the crowd broke up, and
when n haui was laid on her arm and
voice whispered:
"Euny. how 90 you spell idiot for
give and love-"
The simplest way" she replied as
she turned 10 Burt.
Then ride home With me. brought
my buggy on purpose"
"Of course 1t worked" said Mrs.
Halliday that night 10 herself after
making cackliug noise In her throat
IF it had been left to Eunice, now
but It wasn't. When a smart young
man thinks he's smarter than an old
married woman it's time he was spell.
ed down few and made to take q
back seat"
Oxford Democrat., 1907-06-25
Swine Notes.

The boar should have abundant ex-
ercise and continued variety of food.
Filthiness and uncleanliness in food
tend toward disease.
All the good qualities belonging to
the race cannot be found in any single
breed.
If there is any coarseness in either
side let it be with the SOW rather than
the boar.
A perfectly formed animal does not
need great amount of fat to make the
best appearance.
With hogs one of the plainest indica-
cations that they have been crowded
with feed when too young is the break
ing down in the feet.
No single grain ration meets the en-
tire wants of the young growing or fat
tening animal. In all classes and
especially with pigs good variety gives
the best results.
Dust, cobs and other filth should not
be allowed to accumulate on the feeding
floors. Cleanliness in the feeding places
will aid materially In maintaining
health.
1t is much better to have the pigs a
little hungry and come to their feed
with sharp appetite than to have them
lazy and Indifferent about it.
II rich food is given the narrowing
SOW too soon and in too large quanti-
ties 1t will cause the milk flow to be too
rich and abundant.
Incidence in the healing power OF
wounds is always sign of constitutional
debility. Give good tonic.
Oxford Democrat., 1907-06-25
Little Kansas Wheat.
REPORT SAYS CROP WILL BE SMALLEST
IN MANY YEARS.

The dry weather and low temperature
of May played havoc with the wheat
crop of Kansas. The report of Secre-
tary Coburn of the State Board of Agri.
culture, made public recently, shows
that 81 per cent of the area, or 1,410, 900
acres, has been ploughed up or is worth.
less, and that the condition of the re.
naming $685., 900 acres, which now seem
likely to be harvested, is 58.7 per cent,
or 27 g points lower than six weeks ago,
and 1873 per cent lower than a year ago.
Mr.. Coburn does not attempt to esti-
mate the probable yield, but by the
usual way of figuring the report in
dicates possible yield for the state OF
so, 600, 900 to &C, 0,0OO,00 bushels, compar-
ed with 9S, 900, 900 bushels in 1905, max
ing 1t the smallest crop, with one excep-
tion, that Kansas will have produced in
eleven years. Secretary Coburn says:
The cause of the increased area
ploughed up and decrease In condition
are chiefly ascribed to the frequently
recurring II not continuous low tempera-
lures and general lack of timely and
sufficient May rainfall. The most not
able damage of all, however, appears to
have been done by the widespread freeze
occurring in the last week Of May, and
this was nowhere more severe than In
that portion of the state where the grain
was heading or headed, and where prior
to this freeze there had been fair promise
of satisfactory crop.-Tribune Farmer.
Oxford Democrat., 1907-06-25
A MANCHUAIan I'm.
Chinese Food and eeds-Hish Walls
to Protect Against Thieves.

Chinese Food and eeds-Hish Walls
to Protect Against Thieves.
The inn at Telling. whic' as similar
10 the inns all over northern Manchu-
ria had big compound surrounded
Nv a high mud Wall with gates. The
long distance carts going down the
country w,h beans and bringing back
Goods are driven inside these COM
pounds for safety from robbers each
night. gays the South China Post, and
during the great hauling season in WIN
ter these inrs are crowded.
The walls OF the inns are OF mud
plastrrel OIL center wall made by
weaving reeds together. The windows
are mostly OF oiled paper. with possi-
bly, one small pane Of glass In the
center. The rafters are rounded tim
bers on which are spread reeds. then
a layer OF coarse mating and then
packed mud In the cities the better
inns have brick walls and tiled roofs,
but are otherwise about the same.
1t was necessary to sleep Oh the
"k'ang" and eat Chinese food. In
these inns the first place entered Is the
kitchen, n square space with mud floors
and raised mud ovens with clay and
iron pots. From this one passes
through cloth hung doorway into the
inn proper. At Telling this was twen-
ty to sixty feet, down the middle OF
which was an eight foot aisle with
packed mud floor.
on each side were ranged the
"k'angs," raised mud embankments,
brick faced. some thirty inches high
and six feet wide. On these are spread
mattings, and here all guests roll them
selves In their own blankets and sleep
side by side with their feet to the
wall ard their heads to the center
aisle \ fire underneath runs the
length OF each range" and a fire at
one end furnishes the hot air, which
passes through and out at a mud
/ chimney and warns the sleepers.
The meals are served on these
"kangs" on little tables about foot
high. At these inns teapot Is al
ways kept warm over fire In raised
mud embankment in the middle Of the
main aisle
Oxford Democrat., 1907-06-25
Notes on Care of Stock.

As to when to breed, think as rule
would breed about the same time each
year, or in other words, about three
months after calving.
About watering in the stable: l have
never yet seen system that seemed
desirable. l prefer shed outside
where they can get their water. 1t
should be arranged so in case of stormy
weather the COWS shall not be obliged
to go out to get wet. Neither ought
they to have to wade through mud and
filth to reach their drink. Keep the tub
clean and the water pure. In pleasant
weather, outside air and exercise are
beneficial. .
The ideal hitch is the one that will
keep the animal perfectly clean and YET
com mfortable at all times. I have never
seen the ideal hitch and do not know
which comes the nearest.
Our bill of fare is clover hay, grain
water and silage, twice day, morning
and night; no noon feed. The silage Is
always fed after milking. Roots are
preferable to silage for young stock, but
with good silo we'll filled with mature
corn, | consider roots too expensive
feed for general use.-Jersey Bulletin.
Oxford Democrat., 1907-06-25
A Doctors Assistant.

A doctor whose large practice has
made an assistant necessary was told
that the man he selected was hardly
competent.
"He's good enough for what ! want
him for" said the doctor. Il don't
expect him. to prescribe for my pa
tients. but to listen to their gossip. In
many cases the privilege OF taking
over his troubles with the doctor con-
stitutes the biggest part Of patients
cure. haven't time to listen to all
these complaints myself: hence the
need OF an assistant This man ID
good looking and sympathetic. Callers
will readily unburden their hearts 10
him. then when they are ready Tor
real medical advice he can pass them
on to me."-Columbu Dispatch.
Oxford Democrat., 1907-06-25

The owls, solemn birds, strongly i'm
bued with the obligations Of the mar
ried state. mostly begin to sit as soon
as the first egg appears. so that the
lggs, having a fair field and no favor.
hatch out in precisely the same order
as that In which they are laid. With
the majority Of smaller birds another
hal,it prevails. for these do not COM
mence TO sit In earnest until the full
clutch. perhaps dozen in number. Is
complete. This obviously means that
the earlier eggs in the nest have had
time to grow cold and must he warmed
up again. As a result. the eggs are
hatched out in the inverse order OF lay
Ing. 1t is good thing that bird life
| Is devoid of litigation. otherwise what
terrible arguments this difference be-
Tween first laid and first hatched might
lead to.
Oxford Democrat., 1907-06-25
Arablans at Rutland (vt.) Show.

Homer Davenport, the world famous
cartoonist and president of the Daven
port Desert Arabian Stud with stables a,
Morris Plains, N. j., and bingham
Mass, will attend the horse show In
Rutland, June 25.27, and bring with him
six of his Arabian stations, including
"Haleb, the Pride of the Desert" This
stallion was presented Mr.. Davenport by
the governor of Syria and is said to bt
one of the best specimens of the Arabian
horse. With Mr.. Davenport's exhibit
will be his Bedouin boy, given him by
the Great Sheik. The boy dresses in
true Bedouin style and has his own tent
horse regalia, etc. Another OF the
stations in this exhibit will be Muson
whose photograph showing him ridden
by an Arab slave was reproduced in oul
Morgan Horse Number, Dec. ID, and
which drew tremendous crowds at the
opening of Buffalo Bills show in New
York. Mr.. Davenport will take persona
charge of the exhibit.
Oxford Democrat., 1907-06-25
Western corn packers hesitate whether

Western corn packers hesitate whether
to reduce acreage or to suspend corn
packing this season. They have large
stocks on hand, due in part, to the fact
that the Western pack is not popular.
Eastern packers and particularly Maine
corn packers will do a large business.
Maine canned corn is the most popular
article in that line. Canned corn has
entered into consumption at an un-
precedented pace during the last two
years, but low prices have prevailed, due
largely to the fact that considerable
portion of the product was Western
and Of q poor quality. The surplus
Western corn In the warehouses of job
bers and packers as we'll as retailers Il
large.
Oxford Democrat., 1907-06-25
Bad Weather nurts Poultry Business

Poultry raising for the market has
been practically abandoned in the Berk-
shires Mass. for the present season
because of the bad weather.
Hotel and boarding house keepers are
finding great difficulty in catering to the
demands of the early summer visitors
for fresh chicken. The number oil
poultrymen who raise their stock for
the market has been diminishing within
recent years and the Berkshire distric'
now has very few professional poultry
dealers. Last years stock Is in good
demand at present and calls for higl
price.
When the summer vacation business
begins in earnest the demand will bt
much greater and the price is likely to
reach record mark.
Oxford Democrat., 1907-06-25
The Place to Grow Apples.

Hebron is fast coming to the front In
the growing Of fruit. The land is rather
stony, but the soil is the best that can
be had for growing fruit trees. This
town contains thousands Of apple trees
which bear heavy crops year after year
when properly cared for. The Portland
and Rumford Falls railroad passes
through the center Of the town and Is
great feature in shipping the large crop
Of apples grown each year. The Bright
Hill Shorthorn stock and fruit farm has
about 1900 growing apple trees and sold
one year 600 barrels of apples, the sell
ing price averaging $3.50 . barrel.-D'
B. Perry, Hebron, Ne.
Oxford Democrat., 1907-06-25
Gent and esmman.

This slang word seems to have come
In ut first as mere written contrac-
ton. | have found the word laygents
In law reports Of the seventeenth GEN.
tury. particularly those Of Popham and
of Davis. In Sir John Northcote's
"Note Book" Dec. 2. 1G40, Lord Gray
Is described as saying Of one HallfOrd
or Holford that he is no gent; that In
memory Of divers he kept hogs" The
cosnate word gemman can be traced
about century earlier.-LondOn Notes
and Queries.
Oxford Democrat., 1907-06-25
Cheese makers and dairymen are col

Cheese makers and dairymen are con-
siderably wrought up over q decision
made by DR.. Wiley to the effect that rem.
net, which is used in the manufacture OF
cheese, contains a small amount OF
boracic acid and the use Of any preserva-
tive In the manufacture of food products
is prohibited by law. The use OF rem
net in cheese making has been recogniz.
ed by the pure food commission, but ii
has decided that 1t must be placed on
the basis of q food product. Boracie
acid is necessary in the manufacture ol
rennet, but such small amount Is used
that 1t cannot be found in the cheese
Field and Farm.
Oxford Democrat., 1907-06-25
No Recreation Allowed.

Policeman ito tramp)-I have been
watching you lettering by this stream
for the last two hours. Either yeu in
tend to fish or to drown Yourself, and
both are strictly forbidden.-Fliegende
Blatter.
Oxford Democrat., 1907-06-25
Hoods SarsapariIIa

In usual liquid form or In chocolated
tablets known a. earsatats. 100 doses II.
Nasal and other local forms OF catarrh
are relieved by Catarrlets, which sllay In
fammation and dsodorize discharge. t0c.
Oxford Democrat., 1907-06-25

Ten days or two weeks is the length
of time usually required after male
bird is put with flock Of hens until
the eggs will do for hatching.-Agri'
cultural Epitomist.
Oxford Democrat., 1907-06-25

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to s. inclusive, fifteenth range; lots 70 p 1be sew
sve in the lots ana IN the .nes
se the foewns lots In said Second
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Oxford Democrat., 1907-06-25
AMONG THE FARMERS.
"srEzD THE rLow."

Correspondence on practical Agricultural topics
is solicited. Address all communications In
tended for this department to HENRY D..
HAMMOND, Agricultural Editor Oxford Dem
ocrat, Paris, Ne.
Oxford Democrat., 1907-06-25

Pure breeds not only look better, but
also give more eggs and better meat than
fowls Of all kinds aud colors.
Oxford Democrat., 1907-06-25
Catarrh

Is q constitutional disease originating In
Impure blood and requiring constitutional
treatment acting through and purifying the
blood for Its radical and permanent cure.
The greatest constitutional remedy Is
Oxford Democrat., 1907-06-25

Poultry does not get sick without
cause. Find out what 1t 10.
Oxford Democrat., 1907-06-25
STATE OF MAINE.

TREAsURRR's OFFICE AUGUSTA, April %. 1907.
Upon the following townships tracts of land not liable to
be taxed in town. the following assessments for the State
tax of made by the Legislature the 2Sh day of
March, 1907.
Oxford Democrat., 1907-06-25
A Positive
CURE
Ely's Cream Balm
Is quickly absorbed.
6iyss Relief al Once.

bittf nIttcl a. 0ttSss
1t eleanses, soothes
heals and protects
the diseased men,
brane. II cures Ca
tarrh and drives
away a Cold in the
Head quickly. Re-
stores the Senses oi
Taste and Smell. F
Oxford Democrat., 1907-06-25

Taste and Smell. Full size so cts, at Drug
gists or by mail; Trial Size 10 cts. by mail.
Ely Brothers, sc Warren Street. New York
Oxford Democrat., 1907-06-25
iess To,oi acrea9e Of Batchelders Grant 1882.
OXFORD COUNTY PUBLIC LANDS.
AAira Of the Air.

PASCAL P. GILMORE. State Treasurer.
Oxford Democrat., 1907-06-25

), part OF. being lot in the nth range 95
ship according to survey and R plan az rsnSteS oI sd
sommon and undivided, by the Alonzo F1heId
contains two hundred eighteen acres, more
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-23
WORSE THAN ONIONS
Ead Great, From Indigestion Cannot
be Overcome With Perfumes.

All Of uS suffer from had breath i
sometimes our own but oftcncr that of
our friends
Nine-tcnths "f this bad breath comes
from some stomach trouble. ana cannot
be overcome ny breath perfumes or any
other palliative measures.
If You occasionally have Il bad
breath; if there l.. heartburn. hatul-
encc and acid gulpings of undigest"d
food; if tn" stomach burns Or smarts,
if there * sl"cploSsncss. Nervousness.
headaches or any other Ct the many
symptoms, Of indigestion, use Mi-"-na
stomach tablets ana get We'll.
Mi-o-na is not Il mere digestive nor
a rhysic. but d tonic remedy that
strengthens the muscles Of the stomach
ana bowels 50 that the flows Of gastric
juices is increased. and the food is
dircsted naturally and does not stay in
the stomach to ferment and poison the
breath with nauscous od"rs.
\ little 50-ccnt box of Mi-o- ma
stomach tablets lasts for a couple Of
weeks. and viii war;! of n dHZen mild
| attacks Of indigestion If YOU suffer
| with a chronic case of stomach trouble
| the use of Mi-o-na for a reasonable
| length of time will give YOU an absp-
Tut" ana complete cure.
| BoWditch, Webster & Co. have seen
50 many cures made By Mf-o-na
| stomach tablets that they give a
| guarantee With every 5o-cent box that
| the money will be refunded if the
remedy fails to give satisfaction. They
take I'll" whole risk. ana a box 81
| Mi-o-na will not cost you a penny UNI
less it cures YOU.
Sold and guaranteed in Watervills
by Geo. W. Dorr.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-23
ReadfieId Grange.

An Interesting meeting OF iteadleld
Grange was held Saturday. oct. ~.
The attendance WAS smaller than usual
rs the able bodied men felt Obliged to
hc at home attending to the harvesting
ol the apple crop. Help continues to
be- very scarce and it is an impossible
ity to obtain it in many instances
The forenoon session was devoted t"
comforting the third and fourth de-
graes upon four candidates. A number
from Starting Grange were present
during these exercises. and after an OK
ccllcnt dinner and an hour of pleasant
social enjoyment, the meeting was
called to order by Worthy Master
Weston ana music was furnished by
the Grange choir. As members from
Startling were to furnish the pro-
gram for the afternoon. worthy lcctur-
or pro tenn OF Raadiield. Bro. r. f..
Peacock. welcomed our visitors in his
| usual happy manner and Worthy Mas
ter Weston called up the officers Of
Headfield Grange and requested them
to vdcate their chairs. and the follow
ing officers from Startling were seated:
Mrs. Shaw. master: Mrs. \. F. Fellows,
overscer: Mrs. Packard. lecturer.
4 recitation was given by Miss Lucy
| Fellows: paper, Moral E.ducation." by
| Mrs. a. +. Fellows. county deputy:
song and encore. Mrs. Gertrude Ear
ron Miss Lillian Russell at tn" piano;
| paper. "Heiation Of Birds to Agricui-
| ture." by Mrs. Shaw. vote Of
, thanks WAS extended to Startling, for
| thci" interesting program. ard Il vote
| from Startling to Reached was given
| for their enttrt2inmC mt.
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News
and Personal Chat
EFT MA.

\ Chase. who has been working on
the buildings Of Mrs Ada -Ames. had
the misfortune to step on nail max
ing Il painful wound, which obliged
him to leave work and go home to
Newport.
Mrs. Charles Higgins of Augusta is
spending Il few weeks with her pa
rents, Mr. ana Mrs. W. II. Graves.
Department President Mrs. LAURA
Stravens inspected the Relief Corps
last Tuesday. she was entertained by
Mrs Amanda sylvester
Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton Wcndin of
Bowdoinham are the guests of their
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. F. c. Shaw.
Mrs. Eta Thomas and daughter
Nancy. came to town Friday night. re-
turning home Sunday to Bangor.
George 4. sanporn and son. John F.,
we've in town at Mr.. Sanborn's father :
Saturday night, returning home tf
Newport Sunday afternoon
Mr.. and Mrs Everett Soule were the
guests OF their parents saturday nigh
and sunday
l,lvz Cole is attending school at Port
Land.
Mr. AID Mrs. George Eabb Of Lavan
We're Visiting their sister. Mrs. JONI
Clark. II short time ago.
Good news was received from Bang"
at thc homo OF Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
bennett Oct. y. when 4 baby boz
came to stay. weighing nine pounds
His name is Prescott FrecSc bennett.