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The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-09-10

Every silver lining has
Life.
Charity begins at home.
orally ends there.-Life.
Even the tiger is not wit
ton. He Is very much a
his paw and maw.-Puck.
Caller (to child)-Is this
tie boy or mammals little
Dunno, the judge has
yet.-Life.
Artist-"When you fish
haul, what bait do you
road Magnate (absently)
Baltimore American.
Becker: Doing wrong is
lowing the line Of least
Knocker: Yes, it's as cas-.
of the Decalogue.-Life.
She-It's funny you sh
tall. Your brother, the
short, isn't he? He (abse
usually.-Town and Count
Don't you ever get hon
tain?' asked the passens
ocean liner. NO; I'm never home
long enough" replied the captaini
Didn't l see the grocer's boy kiss
you this morning Martha?' "Iesm.
But he amt to blame, maam. Twas
the iceman set him the bad example
Cleveland Plain.Dealer.
Pepprey-'You don't mean to say
that you absolutely do nothing?'
Cholly- Jaw, | don't even do that.
My man attends to eywything you
know,"-Philadelphia Press.
How did. you and your husband dis
cover that you were afinities?" asked
the pretty young widow. Heavens!
We never did. We just got married
in a decent way."-Chicago Record
Herald.
Cleverton (who has hired a taxa
meter cab to propose in)-Say yes. =
| darling? Miss Calumet-Giye me-
time to think. observation-disclosures!
But not IN here! Consider the ex
pense!-Life.
Boy (who has been naughty, and
sent out into the garden to find a
switch to punish him with)-Oh.
mummy, l couldn't find switch any
where but here's a stone you can
throw at me.-Punch.
Father seems impressed with your
talk about coupons, said the maiden.
Have you really any?" Sure" an
swered the guileful youth. Got 500
saved up toward a piano for our lit
tie fat."-Louisville Courier-Journal.
She ton her bridal tour oh, Dan.
I'm so unhappy. Dan-Why, what Is
the matter, darling? Shelf | am
as much to you as you say you can't
be sorry your first wife died, and that
makes you too brutal for me to love.
Life. '-- "'." 81
so" remarked the boyhood friend,
"you are in the swim" Mother and
the girls think | am" answered Mr..
Cumrox. But my personal feelings
are those of a man who has fallen
overheard and ought to be hollering
for Washington Star.
81 want a photograph representing
me lust as | am. None Of this touch.
inr.up' business, understand" You
are in the wrong shop" replied the
artist photographer. Better try the
police station. It's a Bertilon style
of picture you're after," philadelphia
Ledger.
Teacher Tin Sunday-school class) :
Who can tell me anything about Alb
raham? First Small Boy; Used &c
know, but can't remember now
Teacher: Perhaps some one can. tel
me the name of Abraham's wife
! Second Small Boy promptly; Mis-
= Lincoln.-Life.
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&c cLock wlLL rIcK U AwAY.

But n pleasure must hurry so quickly
past,
Then sorrow must do the same,
And a word Of praise Is sure to last
AS long as a word Of blame.
And there's never a night 50 void OF
light
But wakes to q golden day.
For we haven't a grief so broad or brief
But the clock viii tick II away,
Away
The clock will tick It away,
Nixon Waterman.
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Mid the many tasks the years impose
come blithe and blissful times,
Ana strewn through a world Of rustic
prose.
Ara ripples OF restful rhymes.
Put the Joys we deem the dearest seem
The shortest In their stay,
For we never can greet a day 50 sweet
But the clock VIII tick It away
Away,
The clock will tick It away.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-09-10
The Evils Of Divorce.

Not few of the matrimonial fail.
ures are due to the fact that good
many women get married merely TO
Keep the public from suppoHing they
have never been proposed to.-Chi'
eAgo Record-Herald.
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'O"dluo lut hermit nat. 'llOugl
others don't hold with me, and say
no one wouldn't take on so over a
girl"
How do they account for his fool.
!sh conduct"
They've all got their own ideas.
The porter declares he's done some.
thing, and darent show himself. The
porter's wife guesses he's got a dis.
figuring disease-but | saw enough Of
him to know It isn't that. The ele-
vator boy suspects he's an anarchist.
But he isn't the sort to do harm to
anybody"
"No.o?' Mary thought that Miss
Johnson began with an assertion,
though she changed her tone to in
curry why do you think 500"
He's got q feeling heart. He
heard NE crying to myself one day,
and he asked me on the slate:
What's the matter?' And / told him
mother was i'll, and no one home to
look after her. and he wrote to the
| housekceper to send me home till
mother was we'll and he'd pay all
/ the expenses; and he did doctors
bill and ALL So don't believe he's
. tie sort to 90 anything wrong; and
| make no doubt its a love affair that
driven him 10 Il. though I do say it's
ridiculous nonsense. and he ought to
re shaken; and her. too"
He must have been very fond Of
her" Miss Johnson said thoughtiully.
And she must have treated him
. shocking" Mary added, trying to see
/ Miss Johns sons face in the glass.
yes. but-dlpt you think that q
/ man who carr.ss on in this absurd
way must have been very trying, Ma.
. rye"
Their eyes met at last in the look.
ing glass.
I'm sure he was. Miss" Mary said
amphadcally. And the lady maynt
have been to blame a bit, for all
know
I'm not defending her. | think
am sure she would-would let him
forgive her, if he wanted to- But you
see. she can't find out while he be.
HAYES in this ridiculous way"
IT she wrote to him." Miss
Johnson shook her head. Most like
, he wouldn't open the letter." Miss
Johnson nodded. He wants draw
5 ing out of his shell, so to speak. II
someone could do something TO re
mind him Of her. that would be q
. good way to begin. should think
. Yes" Miss Johnson agreed. Thai
S is why THAT is what l should think
She was always fond Of roses-like
! am" There we're roses all arount
p her rooms always. "He used to sen,
< her some every day, and if there Il
j. anything that would remind him o
a ber-"She nicked some out Of a bow
5 and handed them to Mary 'Pu
o these in a glass and stand them Of
II his tray the next time you take any
/. thing"
{. oyos Miss " Mary beamed. at
r lilo n noveI And If he asks VIII
ont them ~
Il Miss Johnson smiled.
z Won can say-Niss Johnson"
"tDd alwavs knew II couldn't b
/, ,.orr real name" Mary cried. ian
]; don't suppose his IS Smith either.
<, U 1Cr sai5 Miss Johnson. III
10 ,,nS hi,,seIf smith, does he
,r w., Won Mary. am much obliga
4. "" ,.n, w.
- SIo sbrpgead her shoulders. an
IS -. go a moi, n read. Mary's Gu
5. , ,ovn o,os fastened unon IT,
e ''a IS il French or German, Miss
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ROSES.

that she sang:
ROSES.
Oh. roses, roses, roses!
My lover made me wear
Red roses at my bosom,
Red roses in my hair
To match dream that still he
speaks
The roses blushing on my cheeks.
As the song began Mary saw the
inner door Of 3B open slightly; and
by the end of the first verse the
opening had grown to a foot, and she
clasped her hands eXcitedly.
Oh, roses, roses, roses!
He's gone! and now l wear
White roses at my bosom,
White roses in my hair.
To match-it is my sorrow speaks
The white, white roses on my cheeks.
The door was wide open now; and
a man, indistinct in the gloom, came
out and took the roses silently from
the glass in which they had stood ne
elected all day. He raised them
she thought to his lips.
Oh, roses, roses, roses!
He will not turn from you!
Go steal upon him softly,
AS l no more may do.
Till ev'ry mem'ry wakes and speaks
Of roses pleading in my checks.
and then" Mary told Mr., Jones,
when he called for orders the next
morning, he rushed across the land
ing like a fre.engine; and l heard
him say 'Kathie!' and l heard her
say, Arthur and the music.stool fell
over; and l shut the door on them
and | ran upstairs and cried, /
couldn't help thinking what 1t won Il
! feel like If you and l had quarreled
and don't suppose you'd care-oh,
John! Someone will see Yes.
= Now let me go. always
knew she was somebody, and many
time I've told you so. Kathleen
Besley. That's who she is and I've
often seen her name in the papers,
singing at bazaars and so on; and
plenty Of money of her own; and so
has he, II you come TO that, More
than we have. old man. You
really mustn't, John, I'm sure some
one will see us some day.
she was a terrible flirt, she says,
though you wouldn't think It; but
it's always those quiet ones! And as
mischievous as a monkey as | can
believe: and always teasing him. And
he was very studious and serious
and the most crochety and cantank
erous man that ever aggravated
moor girl!"-She said that to HI:
face! And she Tilted him in TEN
per-like | shall do with you If you
keep being so silly! And then sh'
was sorry-like l shall be, too! She
meant to make it up when he asked
her; but he didn't, and bolted of II
a rage, and wasn't going to speak Il
man or woman again, especially wo
man! And she gave up society ant
flirting, and was always trying L
End him; but she couldn't for a loni
while.
"At last she went to his lawyer
and the old gentleman had know
. them both since they we're boy an
girl: and he told her where he was
, though he wasn't supposed to. Flo
t, he said that a man who made such
!. fool Of himself wanted someone I
Hook after him-like you dol
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-09-10
A QUIET BREAKFAST WITH A VEL
LOW JOURNAL.

] feeling IN a ccntented mood,
SIT and eat my breakfast food.
The while my paper | peruse
Because / Ike TO Know the news. -
All, here we are: "Hls head cut on.
I hear the walter gently cough.
THANK you. I'll try some ham and eggs
IAN engine amputates her legs.
"Oh. yes. / like the eggs well done.
"Gun loaded: brother shoots in tun.
Here come the plates with welcome
Chink
'He ki.i,d his child while crazed BY
drink"
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"Take him some more roses With
his breakfast" Miss Johnson COM
manded, "and send for a planotuner
at once. | think he liked to hear her
play and If he Leard some Of their
old favorites-"
81 expect you know trem, Miss?"
Mary suggested, with a smile.
yes" Miss Johnson said, Yes. I'll
tell you more some day, Mar; not
now. Take the flowers, and don't
ask questions, there's a good girl.
So Mary took roses with every
thing that she carried to the hemit
for several days, and Miss johnson
played the plano, like a profession.
al" Mary said-sweet, ripping music
that reminded Mary of Sunday.school
excursions to woods and the seaside,
and of blue skies and fresh breezes
and open air; solemn music that re-
minded Mary of visits to Cathedrals,
and the orchestral concerts that Mr..
Jones, who had an ear for music, took
her to sometimes. But the flowers
remained outside the hermits door,
and he gave no sign that he noticed
the music.
IT'S 10 use, Miss" Mary pro-
nounced. Hes hardened his heart,
like Moses"
81 think It was Pharaoh Miss
Johnson corrected. 81 am Moses. We
will try a fresh plague. Leave his
outer door open when you take away
the dinner things, and my doors ajar,
am going to sing. II that doesn't
have any. effect, II don't know
| what l shall do"
Her voice trembled a little.
III you sing as well as you play,
Miss" said Mary; 1T ought to-"
oh" said Miss Johnson. MY
| playing's nothing. I'm no pianist.
only strum. | sing better than that
butt wish l sang a thousand times
better"
In the evening she sang, and, at
the first note, Mary, who was pre-
tending TO be busy at the linen.presS
on the landing, concluded that sho
was q queen of the opera stage. She
had a full, clear contralto voice anC
It had that wonderful gift Of touch
Ing people that belongs to one voic'
out Of a hundred, and that no words
can define And this was the sons
that she sang:
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-09-10

As hungrlly ] ply my kniic,
/ read this: Husband shoots his
Last Sunday week the preacher s.
The man who hasn't hope u
I'm glad | get the Daily Letter.
II helps me feel the world grows
Il. +. T. Howe, In Brooklyn
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Roses and
By OWEN OLIVER.

3Gco6rSrGrrecaILI 1lG5CIll1lGc1rr0
Connecticut western news., 1908-10-01
THE NEGLECTED ELDERBERRY
It Is Really a Wholesome and Delicious
 Fruit. #a

Of the wild fruits few are more de ncious than elderberries. Our fore mothers, who had to depend upon the wild fruits alone when the country was new, learned many arts that seem almost forgotten in these later days, and one of them was the use of elder hberries. They gathered them, stem med, washed and packed them in deep earthen jars until within three Inches of the top and then flied the jar with Orleans molasses. The berries kept in this waw too. and made delicious pies through the long, bleak winter, when good things were scarce. Another way. 1 which some of us remember, was to i dry them in the sun, and this, too, gave many an appetizing dish that other l wise would have been forever lacking i Somehow the pioneer woman found l her greatest joy in providing good ! things for her family. One wonders 1T l the women of today who have ''ca- reers" know as much real happiness as ! did the pioneer women of fifty years ago. But e!derberries still grow, and they are still good. Let the boys gather some and try an elderberry pie.
 1 Make a rich crust and pinch 1t up | high around the edge, so that the pie will not be. as some one said, "ali fence and no pasture" Fill 1t with the clean berries, add a tablespoonful or
 good vinegar and a teacup of sugar
 Into which tablespoonful of flour has
 been stirred. Cover with a top crust
 and bind the edges together with a
 strip of cloth. or some of the rich juices
 will be lost sure. Bake forty minutes
 A delicious sauce can be made with
 apples and elderberry juice, or jelly
 can be made In the same way Cook
 apples and berries together. one part
 of berries to three or four of apples
 Strain the juice and cook as any other
 jelly Elderherry juice Is n fine addi'
 tion to grape juice. both because of
 flavor and medicinal qualities.
Connecticut western news., 1908-10-01

dispense with much that is necessary in our old country. But, all the same, think the fruit might be benefited If you did some of the things that every French grower does. France Is the country of detail. you know, and we think it pays in fruit growing just as it does in cooking.
 '"The fruits we pet and pamper most are the peach and the grape. The ma jority of peaches grown in this coun- try would seem to a Frenchman to be distinctly of the second order-that Is, in the language of his fruit culture, a peach de plein vent or one grown on trees Tn an orchard. Between peaches grown thus, open to the wind and those trained on trellises against walls the French make sharp distinction.
 '"The trellis, or 'espalier,' peaches are the only ones that appear on carefully regulated table and are uni versally cultivated. They always com mand a much higher price than the tree peach, and at Montreuil the fruit hds been brought to such perfection that they habitually sell for from 40 to 80 cents apiece.
 "Even more elaborate is the pyoce- dure with fine table grapes. Hothouse grapes are not highly in favor amonG French epicures. for they are held ro lack the rich flavor of the fruit Grow;' 1 in the open. At the same time grapes are so much in demand as a table delicacy that it is desirable that thei: season should be prolonged as far as possible into the winter. The difficulty | of this situation has been met by q system which. complicated as it Is, is quite generally in use.
 '"The grapes are grown on treilisef exposed to the sun and six or seven yards apart, like the peaches. Wher the clusters are ripe they are put with ! the stem and leaves In a sort of glass
 box or bottle, which is placed in
Connecticut western news., 1908-10-01
Pcttcd Strawberries.

At this season of the year there are always a number of inquiries with re
 gard to potted strawberry plants. The idea is that extra strong plants can be grown by plunging pots into the ground and setting the young plants into these while still attached to the mother plants. These potted nurslings are then transplanted to permanent beds in August or September and are expected to yield n crop the following year. Practically one year is thus saved In the production of straw
 berry crop. The value of this method can be pretty accurately set forth in dozen words. It is interesting play fer amateur gardeners. but has no stand inc in commercial strawberry culture, T+ Is never undertaken on a conner ciaI scale. But In small gardens, where the fun of growing things is equal te the market price of the produce. fall planted potted strawberry plants may be cordially recommended. These facts account for the annual appear ance of the potted plant fever In the amateur horticultural journals. The scheme is suited perfectly to those who have not yet progressed beyond the reading of such magazines. Un' fortunately. however, these amateur horticultural periodicals very selden warn their credulous readers that the idea is of no commercial value, and SC from year to year, along with a small
 crop of strawberries, there fiourishes large crop of needless disappointment
Connecticut western news., 1908-10-01
Confirmed Proof
Residents of Connecticut Cannot Doubt What Has Been
 Twice Proved.

In gratitude for complete relief from achessand pains of bad backS-fram dis dressing kidney ills-thousands have pub hcly recommended Doan's Kidney Pills. People who so testified years ago. now say their cures were permanent. This testi- mony doubly proves the worth of Doan's. Kidney Pills to kidney sufferers. %
 Mrs. winifred Jenkins of 4a Fifth St Ansonia, Conn.,, says:
 II am willing to substantiaIe the former statement l made recommending Doan'ss Kidney Pills. Their use curad me of sharL cutting pains in the back and lnmcnesss of the limbs. dizzy spells which made everything black and dark about me, and n general weakness due, l think, to s. facilitated and weakened condition of the kidneys. l have been asked by many people about Deans Kidney Pills and have always assured them that for kidney trouble they cannot be equaled."
 For sale by all dealers, Price 5o cents Foster Milhurn Co, Buffalo, New York, ?. sole agents for the United States.
 Remember the namezDoan's-and take no other.
Connecticut western news., 1908-10-01
4 SMALL PLACE.
Great Success of s Four Acre Farm
 Managed by a Woman.

"6hA9C0 6 N0h@hs
 Successful women farmers are no longer a novelty. numbers of them being found in all sections of the coun- try. Possibly the smallest farm that has provided living for its owner is carried on by Mrs. Jane c. Barrow of Connecticut. This energetic lady has succeeded in obtaining n living for of q four acre farm. sending the chil- tlren to school meanwhile.
 The enterprise was started without capital seven years ago, Mrs. Barrow being forced to incur debt to pay for groceries and supplies until the farm returns began to come in. Bees, small fruits and poultry were the founda- tion. Only one acre of the four was suitable for planting. and this acre has really brought in most of the income by means of system of intensive farming which Is remarkable, to say the least. One-fourth of this one acre was devoted to poultry, and last year 2.0O0 ducks were raised and sold at weight of four pounds each when be tween three and four months old. The fea ther crop alone amounted to 400 pounds.
 On this acre of tillable land, besides the ducks, were 100 fowls, 24 turkeys, 60 pairs of pigeons and T5 stands of bees. Pigeons were q profitable spe- cialty, about 400 pairs of squabs hay ing been sold. Ducks. however, arc considered more profitable than pi- geons, and Mrs. Barrow thinks of dls- posing of the pigeons and increasing the duck area. The turkeys also pay we'll The white variety Is kept be- cause the feathers are more valuable The birds are sold during the holiday season and. Icing especially we'll fat tened. brlug the very highest prices i The bees are an excellent investment ! and Mrs. Barrow considers the work ! pleasant and suitable for woman
 Bees pick up their living in the sum. l mer, but receive some extra feeding in winter.
 Of course the large supplies of food
 needed for the poultry are not raised
 on the farm. They are bought outside
 ct considerable expense. Mrs. Barrow
 hesitates to buy more land, having made such q success on a small area l She Is firmly of the opinion that com mon mistake made by women wht
 take up farming is to begin on tot large q scale.
Connecticut western news., 1908-10-01

dark room. If the producer is growing for the market the punches are looked at every day. for the slightest speck of imperfection will keep him from dis posing of his stock to the best houses.
 .rrhe same care in lesser degree runs through all the French grower does In certain places, but only in few. the apricot is treated with all the care shown to the peach. It is less profta- ',le to grow, for it does not keep well except by un expensive process Of coating it with wax. The trees. how ever, are kept very carefully pruned. and the production of each is limEed.
 Growers can at once retard fruit and dwarf trees to such an extent that It is possible to purchase during the winter fruit actually growing on little trees small enough to be served, pot and all. on the table. Peaches thus grown tone on tree only) cost about S20 q niece. other things in pro portion, and the fruit is sold usually not to French people. but to v1sltorS with more money than discretion, who think it smart to initiate what they consider the luxury of our gay capital.
 "All this care of detail may seem ab- surd to you who have a country so large and so Iavishly productive as America. Still. think 1t Is an open question whether even here, where time is money so much more than II is in Europe. the expenditure of care and thought on some neglected details might not lead to the financial profit of some growers"
Connecticut western news., 1908-10-01
RGad tliS LGttGrl
 Strictly unsolicited
Barnun, Richardson Co. LIME ROCK, CONN.
 noh. g., l9os.

koh. g., l9os. Hr. Samuel R. Johnson South Norfolk. Conn. Dear str:
 Thinking you might like to know how the Robinson nfG. Co. untoue Attri- tion Is" diameter arist VIII that you put in last fall is running, wo take pleasure in rseonmsnding the hi11. and the manner tn which you dad the Job. we think the ntl1 as near perfect aa a Mill can be. Anyone in want of se nill can cone here and see our ni1l work. We have ground It tons Cob feed per hour, and tons of she'll grain per hour. Yours truly. ..a
 BARHun- -RI cHARpsoH co.
 By sam'l W. Bradley, Cashier.
 By Phtlo R. Lyon Killer
Connecticut western news., 1908-10-01
FENCE BUILDING

American G wires, 35 in. . 21o per rod. American s wires, n in.
 26c per rod 100 rod lots 1c perErod less. Over 100 styles and makes ro choose from. Wire Gates, Lawn and Poultry Fence. Fence build ing. Circulars by mail. R1y Call Tuesdays and Saturdays K. E. k. MUNSON~
 MILLERTON. N. Y.
Connecticut western news., 1908-10-01
Pittsfie1d General & Emergency
 Hospital.

We wish to announce that this hospital is prepared to receive both medical and surgical cases as for the past five years and in addition thereto we hayea few private rooms for patients who are suffering from nervous or mild mental disease.
 Patients can enter the hospital and re- main under the care and direction Of their family physician if desired.
 Terms are from s15.o0 and upwards ac- cording to nature of case, location of room and amount of personal care required.
 LESLIE H. HENDEE, NJ. D., Supt
Connecticut western news., 1908-10-01
C arm ano
 Garden
CAREFUL FRUIT GROWING.

The French Obtain Better Results
 Than the Americans.
 ''In this country" says a French wis itor .syou just put things in the ground and let them grow more or less hap hazard, as far as can see. You have a soil so fertile that I suppose you can