The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-08-20
by his friend and political associate,
William e. Chandler:
Ruel Durkee,

Wllllam u Cnanuler;
Ruel Durkeo,
Born July 4, 1907.
In Croydon.
A lifelong advocate Of human freedom.
A patriotic citizen, good neighbor,
Devoted husband and faithful friend
or his associates who have erected 4
This monument to his memory.
A more modest headstone near by
bears the following inscription:
Polly s. Barton,
The excellent wife of Ruel Durkee.
Born Jan. 20, 1909.
Died Dec 2s, 1885.
Several other members of the Dur
kee family are buried in the neighbor.
hood, but the hero OF "Coniston' left
no children.
CI.AREMoNT A BUSY TOWN.
Claremont is busy little town OF
about 1000 people, with many FAC
tories of various kinds, and a large
foreign population. They make bed
spreads, linen sheets and towels, min
ing machinery, paper and other useful
articles, and raise fine horses. There
is a big stock farm belonging to w. II.
H. Moody, just outside of the city linn
its, which was formerly famous, but is
now out of commission Mr.. Moody lost
his health two or tbre years ago, and
sold off his stations, brood mares and
colts. His big stables are empty now
and the half-mife track upon which hl5
trotters were trained is now going to
grass, while the owner is, trying to re-
cover his health and spirits In Caii.
fornia. N
The next place on the Connecticut
river road Is the famous Goss farm,
now owned by g. t. Rossiter, one OF
the most successful stock breeders In
New Hampshire. The house was built
by Nathaniel Goss in 1888. IL stands
on slightly. hill with a beautiful view
and is surrounded by rich meadow,
and pastures. Mr.. Rossiter keeps GA
thoroughbred Jerseys and uses milk
ing machines, which, he says, are
great success, and which can attend to
three COWS while an ordinary milkman
or milkmaid can attend to one. one
man can look after five milking
machines, and an ordinary machine In
GOOD order can milk COW In hve
minutes.
II cannot be said that everybody
works but father on farm where
there are milking machines, because
the bulls furnish the power. The
milking machine used by Mr.. Rossiter
Is composed OF four rubber cups with
hard rims. which At over the teats oil
the COW and are attached to big Tin
pail on one side and to long rubber
tube on the other The tube runs
back TO the dairyhouse, where bun
is tied up In a treadmill. He works
the pump which makes the vacuum
and sucks the milk from the udders.-
Mr.. Rossiter says that the cows like
IL; that they never "hold back" their
milk, but give II freely, and seldom
stir unless they are stung by some In
sect. He declares that the n,ilker he
uses is a great Improvement in the
way of speed and economy over the
old fashioned way. The bull, however,
suffers painful humiliation. He turned
his head away because he was asham-
ed to lok us In the foace. The emperor
OF the pasture, compelled TO work IN
treadmilll And he not only runs
the pump that creates the vacuum that
milks the cows, but spends several
hours day on the treadmill furnish
ing power for cream separator and
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NO ABANDONED FARMS.
As | said IN recent letter there
are no abandoned farms in the Con
necticut valley proper. But over the
hills which form its eastern boundaI|
they are numerous, and some OF them
are quite attractive. A large number
have already been taken up and their
purchasers in almost every case have
been valuable additions to the com
munities. They have brought In
large amount of new capital; they
have contributed literally to every
public movement; they have paid their
taxes promptly; have walked up the
public spirit OF the people; have In
troduced new ideas and progressive
methods of farming, and some OF the
farms that were abandoned because
they were improbable have been
madeto pay by the investment OF suf'
fcient capital and the application of
more enterprise and energy than the
original owners possessed.
Several desirable citizens who came
here originally as summer residents
have given mp their homes elsewhere
and spend the greater part OF the year
in New Hampshire, They go to New
York, Washington, or Boston for the
cold winter months and rent quarters
in apartment houses or family hotels,
but come back here in the early spring
and remain until after the snow falls
Several Of that sort of people are max
ing a financial profit by raising stock
poultry, fruits or flowers, or by selling
milk, butter or honey. For example
william w. Wood. president OF the
American wooden trust, has started n
big stock farm called "Roslinwood,'
upon which he is raising Holstein cat
tie, Yorkshire swine, Shropshire sheep
and Wyandotte and Plymouth Rock
poultry. He has a sugar grove OF
100 trees, and shipped several tons
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