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atives to come together in advance of the
meeting Of the legislature to see to 1t that
all of this number had been properly elect
ed, and to arrange the business that was
to come before them when the legislature
opened
Article tenth made 1t necessary that the
presiding officer, four magistrates and at
least a majority of the town representa-
tives should be present at any meeting or
the legislature to make its acts lawful. and
also set down the things which the leSisla-
ture had power to do.
Article eleventh ordered that in the lay
ing of taxes by the legislature the share of
the different towns should be fixed by a
committee Of an equal number Of members
from each town.
Famous Hartford Convention.
Another famous incident in history was
the Hartford convention, which sat In the
city hall. which was formerly the state
house, for three weeks in 1914 The inyi-
tation sent out by the speaker of the legis-
lature Of Massachusetts was accepted by
twenty-six persons, twelve from the legis-
lature Of Massachusetts, seven from that
Of Connecticut, four from Rhode Island,
two from New Hampshire and one from
Vermont, for the purpose of comforting
upon the subject of their public grievances
and concern and also to take meas
ures. II they shall think proper, for pro-
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known. and they sleep well. John Haynes
is described as "One of the Three Illus
trious Trainers of the first Written Con-
stitution creating O. Government based
upon the Principles of American Constitu-
tional Liberty"
Another stone in the same neighporhood
bears the following inscription:
Here Lyeth the Body OF
Mr.. David Gardiner of G.rdiners lsland
Deceased July 10, 1888
In the fifty fourth year OF his age
"Engrave the Remembrance OF Death on thy heart:
When as thow dost how swiftly hours depart
Porn at Saybrook April %. 1886
The first White Child born In Connecticut"
Upon a fiat table of brown stone are in
sCr!bed the words:
In Memory Of
The Rev. Thomas Hooker
Who. In 1886 with his Assistant
Mr. Stone, removed to Hartford with
About 100 persons, where he planted
ye first church in Connecticut
An Able. Faithful, Minister of Christ.
He died May I, 1647
Aa
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SUMMER REALTY ACTIVITY.
Many Sales Consummated in Various
Sections of the City.

Among the real estate transactions closed
since the LIST of July, the following by the
A. F. Fox Company are Of interest, show
ing that the midsummer demand for real
estate is not confined to any particular
class of buyers, nor to any restricted area
of the District Their list includes six
small dwellings in the southwest section,
valued at 1920 each: another Six
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Founders of Connecticut

Hooker, Haynes and Stone came to Amer
lea upon the same vessel. Hooker was born
in Le!cestershre. graduated at Emanuel
College Cambridge University, In 16Os, and
became a lecturer among the Puritaus, who
were not permitted to have a regular min
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ister He excited the animosity Of Arch
bishop Laud and was compelled to fly for
safety to Holland, whence in 1888, he sailed
for Boston, and. as l told you in previous
letter. led colony to Connecticut.
Samuel Stone came from Northampton
shire. graduated at the same college as
Hooker and became a curate at Chelms-
ford He. too. was compelled to fly to Hol-
land to escape persecution.
John Haynes was of an aristocratic family
in Essex but became a dssenter and es-
capped to Massachusetts, where his large
property and ability gave him influence. He
was chosen Governor of Massachusetts In
1886, and afterWard of Connecticut. These
three men organized the colony of Connecti-
cut and framed eleven rules for its govern
ment. That act was one of the most I'M
portant political events on record. because,
as ] have already said. 1t proclaimed the
doctrine of self-government for the first
time.
They called the eleven articles 1.-The Fun
dadmental Orders for the Publick State and
Commonwealth"
Self-Government Proclaimed.
Article one provided for the holding. year.
ly. in April and in September, of two ses-
sions of a legislature, or as hey named 1t,
a general court. AT the first of these all the
citizens of the colony were to Join in elect
ing seven magistrates, Of whom the gov
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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-02-21

house containing the windows of course
faces the south. There is ventilator
in the very peak Of the building. This
comes down to near the second floor,
in the middle of which there is an open
ing to the first floor. Thus there is al
ways abundance Of ventilation with
out the possibility of drafts. The sec
ond floor makes an admirable place in
which to store litter, or it may be used
as a pigeon loft The floor of the
house proper is of concrete if the build
ing rests on the ground, but if it is
elevated, which is the better plan, it is
of double boards, with tarred felt be-
tween them, thus making it absolutely
rat proof. The uses to which such a
structure may be put and the yaria-
lions upon the general plan herewith
illustrated are almost without number.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-02-21
MAINE POULTRY HOUSE.
a Structure which Is Deservedly
Popular Among the Farmers.

a Structure which rs Deservedly
Popular Among the Farmers.
In determining the type of fowl
house which is apt to best serve Its
purpose it is always well to bear in
mind that, without reference to the
climate in which the structure is to be
used, it is desirable that it be insulated,
thereby enabling the owner to control
the ventilation, For that reason the
Maine type of henhouse is apt to be
pretty close to the right thing. The
building shown in the illustration is
popular throughout the coolest por-
lions of New England and would be
equally valuable in any portions Of
North America.
1t is true that the shingling of the
sides entails an expense to which
many poultrymen do not feel at first
warranted in going, but in the end the
plan is a great money saver, as these
houses, If the shingles are properly
treated before being applied, are prac-
tically indestructible. The side Of the
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-02-21
SniI Of Pntted Plants.

Tobacco leaves pulverized and sprin-
kled on the top of the soil of potted
plants not only furnish food for plants,
but are also a preventive against those
little white worms which are SO trou-
blesome and destructive to plants Ey-
cry one who cultiyates house plants
knows that in order to keep the plants
growing and blooming nicely the seed
pods should be removed as soon as the
flowers fade and the leaves removed as
soon as they begin to die or turn vel
low. Instead Of throwing these pods
and leaves away, as is the usual prac-
tice, press them into the soil contain
ing the plant from which they have
been removed. Plants treated in this
way seldom need TO have their soil re-
plenished. g. e. in Indiana Farmer.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-02-21
KEPT IN A CLEAN DAIRY.

is perhaps no better bred than her sis
ter, but she looks whole lot better.
Her product is more desirable. too, be-
cause by actual test it was found that
the bacteria in her milk was much less
than in the milk of the other COW. The
unkempt COW looks as if she might be
affected with tuberculosis. AS a mat
ter Of fact, she is healthy enough, but
the stable in which she was kept and
the care which she got necessarily gave
her this appearance.
On March "a her milk was tested
and showed 11,509O00 bacteria per GU
bic centimeter. A cubic centimeter is
about 1900 of a pint. The other was
tested on March 81 and showed 1850
bacteria per cubic centimeter. These
figures are hard to comprehend, but
bacterial tests do not lie.
Another series of tests was made on
July 30 and Aug. Is. At this time the
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-02-21
The Old Time "Pip.',

Pip is just one symptom in disease.
1t is just a dry tongue. Never try to
remove the dry covering of the tongue.
Better hunt the real trouble and cure
that. A .pippyH tongue is seen in
bronchitis, pneumonia in fact, in all
diseases of the air passages, says a
writer in American Poultry Advocate.
One thing 1 am sure of-that is, that
boiled potato skins never produce trou-
bic. see no reason to think that there
is drying quality enough in these skins
when fed raw to give the looks OF
pip.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-02-21
KEPT IN AN uNo1EAN DAIRY.


COWS had been upon pasture for some
weeks. They would naturally be clean
er than when the tests were made in
March, because that date represented
the end of the winter season. The
spring rains and living upon the clean
pasture produced more sanitary con-
dition than sleeping on filthy bedding
in dark barns The clean COW tested,
on Aug. 10, GOO bacteria per cubic
centimeter, and the other one tested
100000 on July 20. One way to ac-
count for this great variation is the
difference in stables and surroundings
at milking time, says Kimballs Dairy
Farmer. Most of the bacteria get into
the milk after it leaves the cows I'D
der
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-02-21
Gninn Il Blind.

Why are dairymen so willing to go it
blind? / heard a man say the other
day he did not intend to take time to
test any COW in his herd until he had a
hundred registered cows in milking.
He said he had no time to run thu Bah
cock, though he had fine steam one
connected with the boiler. | thought
how much money he could save by
wedding as he grows the herd. The
undesirable sire could be spotted at
once when his heifers came in and dis
carded, while the valuable Que, the one
that nicked kindly with his strain Of
cattle, could be used more freely.
Numbers in a herd amount to little. |
had at one time twelve cows ait the
head of the herd that made in q year
6,132 pounds of butter, while at the
foot Of the herd it took over nineteen
to equal then in production. These
last nineteen made an average Of BOB
pounds Of butter in year, so they
were not SO awfully poor, after ak
Mrs NJ RI Sherman ID California Gull
tivator
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-02-21
Ventilation of Stables.

Every good COW stable should have
about 800 cubic feet of air space per
COW. That sounds like a big space
500 cubic feet per COW. 1t is not, how
ever, too much space. You should not
have your cows all dumped up in a
heap. And / would not advise you to
have the air space all above the cattle.
Have it all around them-that is, have
good wide passages and give the cows
lots of room in their stalls. Do not
crowd them down to two and one-half
feet, but give them three, or, better
still, three and one-half feet / speak
from experience when say that that
kind is a profitable stable. / have
seen both kinds tried. Where the ven
tilation was practically equal and
where a much larger space was given
the cows they were in very much bet
ter health have in mind two farms
In one should judge the air space is
about 700 feet, not quite up to the
standard, and in the other ! should
judge there is about 300 feet of air
space, a long way below In one the
cows are continually getting SICK. and
the milk is not up to the standard Of
quality or quantity. In the other
stable there is never any complaint
about the health of the animals or the
quantity or quality of the milk. This
is result of having sufficient air
space.-J. Fl. Grisdale in Kimball's
Dairy Farmer.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-02-21
A Good Dry Mash.

1 The following ration is a very salts
factory dry mash: Twenty pounds
wheat bran and ten pounds each corn
meal, middlings, gluten meal, finseed
meal and beef scrap, the whole thor
oughly mixed. Keep this before the
birds all the time in food hopper.
Also give one or two feeds a day Of
corn, wheat and oats, equal parts. fed
in deep litter. Give vegetable food and
green stuff freely.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-02-21
PnuIfrr short Cuts.

Farmer Vincent in Farm Journai
philadelphia wisely says:
When the combs of the fowls begin
to droop and look pale and limp, better
sort them out and get hens with nice,
bright combs.
1t is the singing hen that does a
good days work Same way with men
folks.
The beef trust is leading us to trust
more and more in hens.
Change the diet of the hens often.
None of us likes to live all the time
on pudding and milk, good as they are.
About the surest way to fail is to
crowd too many hens into one pen. 1t
never paid 1t never will.
Kind of hard work to wash eggs,
but they look so much better when you
offer them for sale!
Keep the doors closed at night. This
is the time of the year when enemies
of the biddies prowl around.
Use some animal food every day, but
have it good.
Have the feed boxes high enough
from the floor so that you can sweep
under them. Sure to be lot of litter
there.
Hens do not like to pick their shells
out of a box half full Of straw and
eobs. Keep the shells clean by put
ting the box up where the litter will
not get into it.
Expect to learn something about the
chickens every day.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-02-21
scurrY In Poultry.

Scurvy is something like eczema,
sorehead or other like ailments. Some
call it white comb in poultry. 1t comes
from an ailment Of the blood. 1t is
very difficult to cure. A thorough
treatment with epson salts, iron and
quinine tonics for number of months
might remove the ailments. It does
not injure them otherwise, unless the
sore places become lacerated and can
ker. When this comes, they should not
be used for food
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-02-21
peach Groaving 81 the North.

The great danger in peach growing
in the north is a possibility Of heavy
winter freezing, Trees once badly fro
zen will never fully recover. The cur
culio is not considered a serious pest.
Rot may to some extent be prevented
by thorough spraying with bordeaux
mixture before the buds open In the
spring. Trees affected with the vel
lows should be dug up and burned,
The San Jose scale is the most serious
pest and seems to have a special pref
erence for peach trees. The lime SUI
phur spray is considered most effective
Professor r. A. Waugh.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-02-21
AMY MULLER.

brilliant rose flowers are produced in
great profusion in large clusters from
June until late in the fall. Each in
dividual flower measures about two
inches in diameter. The petals are
sometimes twisted. Like all polyantha
roses, Amy Muller is immensely val
liable for pots and open ground cul-
ture. 1t is a grand rose in every re-
spect and sure to gain the admiration
of gardeners as well as amateurs
Gardening.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-02-21
Canes That Fruit.
a NEW ROSE.

Immensely Valuable For Pots AND
0utaoor Culture.
Among European novelties Ottoland-
er & HOFFMAN, Boslzoop, Holland, de-
scribe their new rose, Amy Muller, as
follows:
This excellent novelty is the result
of a cross between Crimson Rambler
and George Pernet. The freely branch
ing plants attain height OF one and a
half feet and in growth are similar to
Nine. N. Levavasseur. The shining
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-02-21
sse;s
T iii s5Ts { Rs
PRUNING GRAPES.
successfui system Described by q
Southern Grower.

Successful system Described by a
Southern Grower.
1t is very common to read advice In
regard to The pruning of grapes, urg-
ing the pruning in fall or very early
spring to prevent the bleeding of vines.
Years ago we had quite a large vine
yard in North Carolina.
There were large vineyards all around
us owned by northern men, who pruned
their vines in the winter. We deferred
pruning ours until just before growth
began in spring. Our neighbors told
us that we were too late and that the
vines would bleed disastrously. That
spring tile weather turned out very
warm in February, and their vines
started into growth at once.
Result of Winter Pruning.
Then in early March there was a
hard freeze, and their young growth
was destroyed, while our vines were
still dormant and were not hurt at all.
In the spring Of 1894 the weather be-
came hot the last of February and was
summerlike during the greater part OF
March. Vines and all other vegetation
started, and there were shoots on the
early pruned vines nearly six inches
long. On the night of March 20 the
mercury fell to 81 degrees above zero.
In Early Spring.
Our vines had just been pruned and
the buds were but slightly swelled, and
we escaped again, though the vines in
our cold grapery under glass had their
shoots frozen, as we had no means for
heating the structure.
Canes That Fruit.
We long ago quit the old close spur
pruning, for we found that the buds
farther out on the canes always gave
the best clusters, and now we only
spur the canes that we want to make
long canes for the next season and get
our fruit on the long canes grown the
previous season and pruned to the
proper length. Practical Farmer.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-02-21

The Hatch experiment station has
been devoting its attention to the inn
provement of conditions on the farms,
where milk is produced. It has been
giving particular attention to the bac-
terial content of milk. The two cows
shown in the illustration represent the
average and the extra way in which
herds are kept.
The cow which was kept in the clean
dairy will be easily recognized. She
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-02-21
En,bs1en Geese.

Enbden geese are Of German origin.
The city Of Embden was in an early
day the central place for marketing
the geese OF the country: hence the
name Of this breed. Standard weights
Gander, twenty pounds; young gander,
eighteen pounds; adult goose, eighteen
pounds; young goose, sixteen pounds.
Plumage color pure white.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-02-21
Tuberous Regonias.

Begonias OF the tuberous class that
were kept In pots over winter may be
started up, giving them fresh soil q
little later; those ont of soil to be pot
ted. Seed may be sown to make flow'
ering plants for use late In summer.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-02-21
~ OOD FARM

For rent or on shares; LIS acres. good build
ings, Windmill, water at house and barn, with
in one-haa mile Of Miekieton. Present. ten snts
who has been on the farm years. has just
bought farm. For full particulars. apply 20
JAMES b COOPER.
2.7-0ztf Afickieton, N. J.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-02-21
FOR RENT

The excellent Lee farm, one mile East OF
Woodbury., on tie road to Almonesson, con,
tanning I4f acres; has been In the tenancy oil
John n. Allen for I6 years. For particulars call
No. 279 So Broad S.
! L8so7-tf Woodbury., n. ,.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-04-11
STORIES BY TRUTHFUL JAMES.

"Speakin' of this here comet" re-
marked Truthful James, 81 hev he'd
sum little experience with comets
myself. 1t was back in the '70's if
| remember right when there was a
big comet announced making for
the earth. | want to say to you this
here comet isn't a circumstance to
that one. One day Bill Skies and
me was out stackin' hay, when Bill
says to me, 1t seems powerful
warm Just then we both looked
up and saw that comet a coming
We both made a dive for a cyclone
cellar. | was leadin' a few steps
and made it all right but Bill got
tangled up in the tail of that blamed
comet as it whisked by. heard
Bill yell and looked out just in time
to seq him a goin' through the heav-
ems. The comet was goin' as if it
was tryin' to make up for lost time
or something. / should say it was
travelin' at the rate of 400 or 500
miles an hour. Of course poor Bill
was out of sight in no time. | hev
often wondered if he ever got loose
Or if he is still sweepin' through
space tangled up in that comets
tail.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-04-11
NO OCCASION FOR WORRY.

Strange as it may seem there are
several thousand people who ought
to have more sense who have been
worrying for fear the world would
be bumped by the comet that is
heading this way. To begin with
the probability is that if the world
were really to collide with the comet
it would be that much worse for the
comet. If the world were to pass
through the tail of the comet astron-
omers tell us that we would probably
never know when we went through.
The tail Of the comet, they say, is
Just a sort of reflection and not
even as substantial as ordinary hot
air.
But suppose the comet were really
dangerous and collision with the
world would mean good bye John
foraIl ofus, even then there would be
no possible sense in worrying about
it. There is no way that we can
turn switch on the comet. If it is
due to hit us it will be here on sched-
ule time. 1t would be just biff,
bang and then the fire works and all
would be over. John Rockefeller
and Andy Carnegie would stand no
better chance than the humblest
ditch digger. For once everything |
and everybody would be on level.
Thirty-story sky scrapers would |
crumbIe and last no longer than the
one-story shanty. We have no an
ticipation or fear that such con-
dition is coming. We are not both
ering our head about that comet.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-04-11

If the great salaries paid attorneys
to defeat the laws and the corrup-
ton funds used to bride congress,
state legislatures and judges were
eliminated from the expense bill, as
it would be under government own
ership, the legitimate ratio of OPP
Grating expenses to earnings would
exceed 80 per cent but very little, if
any. Under government ownership
it would not cost the consumer of
coal in Kearney, Neb.. SIPS per
ton more for coal than at Omaha,
$50 miles farther from the mines
than Kearney, as it does today.
Nor would it cost Emmett more for
a car of stoves from Quincy, H..
than it does San Francisco.
In conclusion let me advise all
voters who have not already done
% to send to Washington for the re-
ports from which | have taken the
above figures. They are yours for
the asking. Study them carefully
and after having done SO, the man
rom New York will find 80 per cent
n favor of government ownership
,r | miss my guess.
J. II. CRoNK.