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Connecticut western news., 1908-12-17
THE FARMER'S BOY.

In Many Instances He Has Mistaken
 Idea of City Life.
 The great trouble with country boys Is that they are not aware of the cir cumstances under which the city boy Is compelled to live and work if he has to earn his living by the sweat of his brow. The idea held up to the country boy IS to go to town and get a nice. easy, soft snap such as So-and-so has, How many of them do it? Not one in thousand. Far more go there to find work in some close, stagnant mill, to sweat amid the fumes of steam or to- bacco smoke. or perhaps in some iron mill or foundry, surrounded by the curses of their fellow men, toll out a weary day of eleven or thirteen hours and after the day Is over go home and to such a homel Up some little back street In bandbox built of brick and named a house more than likely our workman has his home, there to pass away the weary hours of the night amid the heat and stagnation of probably filthy street only a few feet wide, hot, close and dirty. In any large city on some sultry night one may see the workmen and their fami- lies in these little narrow city streets stretched about the steps and pave ments in all conditions. These are not slums either, but fairly respectable neighborhoods.
 To such condition of life many Of our country boys have gone, and many more are today preparing to go. Fat pay and big pay envel- opes? Not in these times. If our city laborer averages SIP a week he is a lucky man. Tens of thousands get less rather than more. Country boy. before you make the change, in the name of that country you have been taught to hold in reverence, look and do not leap! If you understand farming there are just as many chances on the land to be worked out as there are In the city.
 This Is great country. and if you do not like the kind of farming you are working at there are many others. If you belong to a family that follows the grind, grind system of all work and no play, when you reach your majority and start for yourself follow out an easier system. Do not condemn country life just because you have been unfortunate enough to be brought up in the home of man who. knows nothing but grind. Do not over look the fact that if such a man was your boss in the city he would grind your life away. Long, long before you were twenty-one years old you would be occupying some six feet of green turf, where at last you would not hear the dreaded call and curse of the boss.
 Country life may not be and probably is not what many would like to color it; but, all things being equal. 1t is far preferable to city life. That is just where 1t comes in. City life Is never compared with country life on an equal plane. Remember that if you must work in the country for a living you will have to work in the city for one, too, and if you possess the ability in yourself to rise above the ordinary workman Tn the city that same ability will carve out a home for you in the country. Look before you leap, con- sider all things. and if you are sure you can better yourself In the city go; rf~not, stay on the old farm.
Connecticut western news., 1908-12-17

cling distillers, who go from place to place very much the same as grain thrashers travel in this country. They will go to a farmers place and work apples, potatoes, beets or other mate rial into alcohol at a stated price. It is doubtful whether this method will be practical in this country for good many years, as the conditions here are very different from those on the other side.
Connecticut western news., 1908-12-17

surrounding 1t. They may come in, therefore, from vineyards closely ad- joining, so that blowing a single vine yard may be of little help. When the blowing is done in single vine yard or over a small area it is likely to result simply in driving them into other fields where there Is a better food supply. Once in these other sit uations they may or may not come back into the vineyard where they were originally.
Connecticut western news., 1908-12-17
Pittsfield 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 havea 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 $1500 and upwards ac- cording to nature of case, location of room and amount of personal care required.
 LESLIE H. HENDEE MD, Supt.
Connecticut western news., 1908-12-17
E arm dno
 Garden
ALCOHOL ON THE FARM.

The Denatured Variety May Now Be
 Made Legally.
 Two years ago congress passed a law taking the internal revenue tax from denatured alcohol. This bill was passed with the aid and by the in- tiuence of farmers, who were led to believe that this bill would help them settle a hard question of light and fuel. Many of them thought that after the bill was passed the average farm CT would be able to make alcohol on
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-12-03
GREAT INDUSTRY
IN IDAHO FRUIT
BOISE AND PAYETTE VALLEYS
WITH ORCHARDS IN FULL
BEARING ARE DOUBLING IN
PRODUCT EVERY FOUR YEARS

Payette, Idaho. Dec. 3.-"There
have been 1910 cars Of fruit from
the ra'.e and PayVtse valleys SAlD-
ped East 70 far this season. says .
special to the oise Statesman. mot
counting the large amount Of fruit
shipped East this season BY *
press" said H. B. circuit. Of Paystte.
the general agent for Idaho. for the
Pacific Fruit Express Car Line com.
pany, whose duty IL to attend to the
supplying Of the cars for the ship
ment of the fruit In these two val
leys and to the refrigeration OF
them. OF the 1248 cars shipped 693
were iced and $50 wese ventilated.
The icehouse that supplies the Ice
for refrigerating the cars Is situa-
ted at Washoe. a siding of the 0.
s. L.. a mile below Payette.
Mr.. Orcutt has had charge OF his
present duties since 1900. In order
&c appreciate the growth Of tho fruit
shipments from the Boise and Payet-
te valleys during the past eight
years Mr.. Orcutt stated that 81 cars
Of fruit were shipped In 1900 and
1248 In 1908.
Most Of the fruit shipped Is ap-
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-12-03

pies and most of 1t goes to Chicago,
although much goes to New York.
One five-car shipment of italian
rrunes was shipped direct to Perlin.
The capacity Of the presen. ice
house at Washoe Is 1000 tons. 1t
next year will be increased to 5000
tons in order to keep pace with the
rapidly growing business of shipping
fruit. Mr. Orcutt is confident that
the capacity OF the icehouse will have
to be increased again within the
next three years.
Mr.. Orcutt Is in position to
know and appreciate the rapid
growth of the fruit culture in the
two named valleys. He made the
statement that the fruit b ,s'ness IN
these two valleys will double every
four years for at least IL years. He
is confident that Idaho in few
years will lead all the other states
in fruit culture. He said there was
no danger here of an overproduction
of fruit for the reason that the fruit
yield in the United States In the past
10 years has been reduced from
100000 bushels to 25,00O,OOO
bushels. This great reduction is due
to the fact that the fruit sections OF
Michigan and New York that for
merly had large yields, for some rea-
son not fully explained do not pro-
duce like they used to do. Other
methods OF fruit growing in those
Eastern states are being adopted
with a hope OF regaining the great
losses sustained Even II successful
|. will take all of 25 years to re-
gain the ground. already lost.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-12-03
all the minerals produced in the

all the minerals produced in the
state.
The other counties that have con-
OF lead and other minerals are Lem
hi, Custer. Blaine and Fremont, and
the section that il now attracting
the attention OF capitalists and min
ing men is the junction and Tex
mining districts. in the southern
part OF Lemhi county. These two
districts embrace the largest unde-
veloped lead-silver district In the
state, and therein are located the
mining camps of Junction. Bannis-
ter, Gilmore and Spring Mountain
in all Of which active operations OF
development are now being carried
on. giving rapidly increasing output
to the lead-silver tonnage.
The geological conditions Of this
great area are similar to those OF
Leadville, Colorado, and the physi-
cal possibilities indicate this section
will develop greater Leadville, "
i: not the first great silver-lead
producing district OF the state.
The only large accessible. and un-
developed known lead-silver fields
in the United States or the world are
in Idaho. located and geographically
bounded as follows: Starting where
the Oregon Short Line crosses the
continental divide, thence south to
the Snake river. thence along the
course OF this river to it's intersec-
ton with the Salmon river. thence
along the Salmon river east to the
continental divide, and thence along
the summit of the continental d.
vide to the Oregon Short Line rail-
way.
The construction OF lead smelt-
ing reduction plant at Sprint
Noun ain is being rapidly pushed to
completion and 1t will be in opera
ton by February 1. 1909.
The Gilmore & Pittsburg Rail-
road company, owned by Eastern
has surveyed and To-
Gated a line and purchased right Of
way from Armstead, Montana on the
Oregon Short Line to Junction and
Gilmore camps. and Salmon. Idaho.
Construction of the road will be-
gin In the early part OF 1909
Boise Statesman.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-12-03
IDAHO HEADS
the LIST
PRODUCES MORE LEAD THAN
ANY OTHER COUNTRY IN The
GEOLOGICAL CONDI.
TONS FAVOR MINERAL PRO.
DUCTI0N.

Lead now occupies the stronges
position OF all the minerals in Ida
no. 1t has also an extremely strong
statistical position. The world.
production OF lead in 1907 was l..
o43.286 tons, an increase Of 79,-O2(
tons in Ave years. less than an av
erage OF 2 per cent increase pei
year. This shows a very small in.
crease in the worlds production Of
lead, and the output is not increas-
ing sufficiently to keep abreast OF
the rapidly increasing demand.
The only two countries that have
any perceptible increase in the pro-
duction OF lead since 1903 were the
United States and Mexico Germany
and Spain and the other countries
showing an increase OF only 1000
tons. while Mexico increased it's out
put 10000 tons
Australia in 1903 was the fourth
largest lead-producing country in
the world. In 1907 he output show
cd a decrease OF $4,000 tons. plac-
ing her fifth in rank OF production.
The production Of lead in the
United States. ending with the fiscal
year 1907, was 365.166 tens, show
ing an increased production of II
per cent, or $4,000 tons in five
years.
The United States ranks first of
all countries both In production and
consumption. producing IS per cent
and consuming in manufactured
products 81 per cent of the worlds
output. the consumption exceeding
the production IL per cent, of g.
1O7.8 tons.
The lead producing states rank
- follows:
Idaho--Per cent, 33.7: tons, 1884,
O61: value. 113,044.460.
Aissouri-Per cent, 319: tons.
1895: value. $12.347.723.
Utah-Per cent. 1872: tons, &c.
l67; value. e6,270.630.
Colorado-Per cent. l4.5: IONS,
$3.50; value. $5,612.601.
1iscellaneous-Per cent. ST;
tons. 1851; value. @1.432.1s1.
Total-Per cent. 100: tons. $685.
lse: value. 43s.707.6SS.
From the above It will be seen
that idaho. the Gem State. heads the
list Of mineral bearing states In
I'D production with 123.os1 tons.
n 33.7 per cant Of the total output
~ the worlds production. and OF
this the Coeur d'Alene district, sho-
shons county. produced during the
1Dcal year ending 1907. 1858
toas. or ss.5 psr cent Of the total
oatput Of the state. 32.5 per cent Of
the total output Of the United
States. and ia per cent OF the
worlds total production.
The county produced In other
minerals associated with the lead
ORES, gold, silver. and sine to the
amount Of $4,000. 900. which. in
cluding its copper output, makes a
total value OF $50. 900. 900 OF the tn,
states total output In gold, silver
copper and sinc Of $24.c0O.000. OF
about 1894 per cent of the total
value Of all the metals produced II
the state.
Leads proportionate value OF thu
134.000.O00 is @13.044.460. beinl
more than one-half OF the total o.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-12-03
Security.

OOOSssSJs
Although the fleet IL far away
In gray and distant seas.
Our seacoast unprotected quite
Should foemen come to tease,
We are not worried nor afraid;
We do not quake In fear.
Why should we show the least alarm
Our orators are here.
What though along our coast should
cruise,
Equipped to cannonade,
A feet of huge and hostile ships?
We would not be afraid.
Not by the beard Of Buffalo Bill,
Although that beard Is shy.
Our orators we'd bid advance
And let them speedily.
When grizzled sailors came to claim
Some mOrsel to devour
Or looking for place to plant
A lovely leaden shower
We'd lead the gentlemen Of words.
OF full. explosive breath.
To crate to the hostile fleet
And talk the crew to death.
One hundred thousand orators
To drown the cannons' roar!
Should that be insufficient found
Then we gould rustic more
All talking at the enemy
Should make the stoutest quail,
Haul down their colors or reverse
Their engines and turn tail.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-12-03

Steaks and chops thai will satisfy.
eams In season. Raymond Grin.
Music from B to ESQ.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-12-03
Humor ana Philosophy
BY DUNCAN n. SMITH
fERT PARAGRAPHS.
AbeautifulcOm

A beautifulcOm-
plexion has moth
ing to do with the
common sense of
Its pOssessor. but
1t Is Il test Of 1t in
others.
The main guy
Is generally the
urbane gentleman
who got into de-
cisive &C on
when the main
chance came am
bling down the
pike.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-12-03

You may have coed deal more Of a
reputation than you imagine-and still
not be pleased to find 1t out.
Probably we know neither az much
nor as little a. our friends think We
do.
A good opinion Of ourselves Is q good
thing to have around-provided we
carefully keep It out Of sight and hear
Ing.
Any woman 10 fond Of pretty clothes
when they belong to herself.
Sometimes even throwing bouquets
hits man on the jaw.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-01-31

sides sustaining slight bruises about the
head and limbs.
The wrecked train is the local passen.
ger train from New London to Brattle.
boro and left Stafford Springs at 400
O clock. 1t was made up Of combina.
ton postal and express car, a combina-
ton baggage and smoking car and
day coach. The train was in charge
of Conductor Daniel Patch, the Oldest
conductor on the New London & North
ern division, well known locally. Engi-
neer Alger was in charge OF the loco
motive.
"a About two and one-half miles north
Of Stafford Springs the three cars and
the rear truck of the tender left the
rails. The train was running along a
gil which passes through what is known
LAS Jewett g swamp.
As soon as the cars left the track the
two combination cars plunged down the
embankment, which is about 10 feet
above the level Of the swamp. These
cars turned completely over and rested
in the mud and water of the swamp
bottom up. The day coach did not turn
over and the passengers in it were not
injured beyond slight bruises and cuts.
As soon as possible the locomotive
was detached from the tender and sent
on to Monson, about seven and one.
half miles. From that station call
for help was sent to Palmer and Star
ford.
The wrecker and crew were sent out
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-01-31

taken the farm July and that he held
il under n lease until some time In
October. On cross exanilnation, he said
that II was In August when Mrs. Nil
ler came back 10 the farm aud that he
paid her board from then on and also
paid her for the keeping Of his horse.
lie denied that French ever made him
a tender. He also denied making the
statement that he had nothing more TO
do with the animals but that Mrs. Nil
Ter was the one 10 look to. Justice
Spencer here refused TO let further
examination 20 on. Attorney Harold
4. Whitney then told Of forbidding the
officer 10 sell the steers. w. 8. French,
for the defense. was next called and
told Of making the contract for keeping
the steers, but said that he took them
to Gibbs July instead Of June 30
as Gibbs testified. He also said that
the first he knew that Mrs. Miller had
the farm was about Sept, !. French
then told Of telephoning Mrs. Miller 10
find out about the change. He learned
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-01-31
THE BRATTLEBORO REFORMER FRIDAY, JANUARY 81, 1908

q. X. Prentiss, administrator Of the es'
tate Of Henry Warmer. was allowed.
The balance, ssdas.a5, was ordered 10
b. distributed between Florence H.
MARINER aud Emma l., Chamberlain.
ON motion for final settlement the ae.
count Of Marshall u. Newton. admin
lstrator for the estate of Anna l.. New,
ton. was allowed. The account OF
Charles ID. Smith, administrator for the
estate Of Camden NJ. Smith, was allow
ed aud the balance ordered paid TO
Charles ID. Smith, executor for the es'
tate Of Emily A. Smith. The account
Of Charles ID. Smith, executor for the
estate Of Emily A. Smith. was allowed.
Distribution was ordered ms per slip
attached. The account Of Margaret IL.
Boyd, administrative OF the estate OF
Ansel Boyd, was allowed. A balance OF
500. 20 was ordered paid TO Margaret
II. Boyd, widow, Laura NJ, lngerson
was appointed administrative Of the
estate OF Joseph II. Chase OF Whiting.
haw. The viii of Henry kilbnrn OF
Newfane was presented by D. A. De
Witt and hearing set for the last Sat
urday in February. The account OF the
administrator for the estate OF Abbie
5, Niles was fled and allowed. A bal
anee OF Sl3Os.2s was decreed 10 Charles
II. Niles, husband. John l.. Graves,
minor over II years old, chose stillman
q. Graves guardian.
The commissioners OF the estate OF
Cyrus @. Reed filed their report.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-01-31

that she had locked up the steers and
that he could have them by paying 50
a week for their keeping from about
the middle of August. French said he
procured writ of trover and with
Deputy Sheriff C. l. Knapp started for
the Miller farm. On the way he testi-
fed to meeting Gibbs and that he made
him tender of $3.50 which was re-
fused. Proceeding to the farm they
made the same tender to Mrs. Miller
and she refused it and also refused to
give up the steers, whereupon Mrs. Mil
Ter was arrested. 1t was then brought
out that verdict was recovered
against her of 500 and costs. Frank
Leray was next called and said that
about Sept. 3 Gibbs came into the
store in West Brattleboro where he was
employed and said French had ten
dered $3.50 for keeping the steers but
that it had been refused He further
said that Gibbs told him he would have
taken the cattle to Mr.. French if his
(Gibb 81 wife had not objected to his
doing so for fear that it would dis.
please Mrs. Miller. He also testified
that Gibbs made the remark that he
had nothing to do with the steers but
that Mrs. Gibbs was the one to look
to. L. L. Gobie told Of pasturing the
steers in the spring and of keeping
them up to the first day of July. He
also said that he saw the cattle driven
by his house toward the Miller farm
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-01-31

of the animals, Watson s. French. AS
has been told before, the steers were
pastured on the farm leased by Will
liam Gibbs from Mrs. Viola Miller.
After few weeks the farm came back
into the possession of Mrs. Miller and
she refused to give up the steers un-
less French would pay So week from
the time when the farm came into her
possession. At Mondays hearing W..
r. Daley offered motion to have the
writ abated on the ground that one
deputy sheriff had no right to ARREST
another. After some argument the w
bal motion was denied but entered &
the record. Attorneys for the defens(
refused to file a written motion. The
first witness was William Gibbs, who
told of taking the cattle June 30 and
of agreeing to keep them for 30 cents
a week. He claimed that he notified
French some time afterward that he
must get the steers or nay So week
for their board. .Msc aimed to have
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-01-31
II is remarkable that there were no

II Is remarkable that there were no
fatalities. Conductor Patch was made
unconscious by blow on tho left tenn
pie. When he recovered consciousness
he found himself In a mass Of wreck
age, mud and water
Mr.. Patch said. ~ erawled out as
best could and began calling the train
crew. All responded but William Dare,
postal clerk, who for time did not
answer. lie reported all right as soon
as he got out Of the mud. We ut once
sent the locomotive for help and be-
gan assisting passengers from the
wreck. The train was running ut Its
usual speed, perhaps 80 miles an hour.
The ears which went into tho mud and
water Of the swamp were turned com,
pletely over. There was about Is
Inches Of water where ! landed, and
il Is wonder no one was drowned"
Frank Phaneuf, formerly Of Brattle'
boro, who is employed on the railroad,
was riding home on the wrecked train.
lie was In the smoker. lie said: "The
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-01-31

first / knew we were whirled down the
bank into the mud and water. A car
seat and two men landed on my head
and fairly drove it down into my
shoulders. l think / have no injuries
except strained muscles. We are all
lucky to be alive. The cars turned
completely over in rolling down the
bank and were partly buried in the
mud
There were few women on the train
and none received any injury beyond
slight bruises. The work of cleaning the
tracks was directed by Division Super
intendent Costello, who was on his way
from Palmer to New London and
stopped at the wreck.
The newly made up train arrived in
Brattleboro about ! o'clock Tuesday
morning.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-01-31

lfrom Palmer, with DR.. J. P. Schneider,
the company's surgeon in Palmer, DR..
! s. o. Miller, DR.. H. G. Cheney and DIR.
Ca.111ey in the tool car. The track was
cleared and none of the railroad men
care to tell how quickly the 13-mile run
was made. Arriving at the wreck the
physicians took all those in need OF
medical attendance into the tool car
and back to Palmer.
\ Before locomotive could take doc
tors from Stafford to the wreck, word
was received that they could be of no
Sservice. Within three hours arrange
{ments were made for transferring pas
<sengers around the wreck, and those not
Requiring medical aid were sent to
their destinations.
q TIL, wrecker from Palmer at once be-
Van clearing the track and continued
work all night. 1t was found the acct
&ent was caused by broken rail, about
light feet of one rail being literally
broken into pieces.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-01-31
BrattIebOrO Local
CENTRAL VERMONT
TRAIN DERAILED
Struck Broken Rail Near Stafford and
wu Plunged Into swamp-Locai
People on Train Were
Not Badly Hurt

About 40 passengers and the crew Of
tho Central Vermont train due to ar
rive In Brattleboro at sis Monday
evening were plunged down a steep
embankment and into swamp near
Stafford Springs, Conn, about . o clock
Monday afternoon. None Of the pas
sengers was from Brattleboro, although
the postal clerk, w. j. Dare, and the
baggagemaster, +. W, Golden, live here.
Both received 4 severe shaking up be-
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-01-31
Rank Fo0lishness.

"When attacked by cough or a cold,
or when your throat is sore, it is rank
foolishness to take any other medicine
than DR.. Kings New Discovery, says Y;
o. Eldridge, Of Empire, Ga. Il have used
New Discovery seven years ana l Know
it is the best remedy on thraat l0 and gns
croup. but New Discovery quickly, cures
everv attack" Known the world over
as the King of throat and lung remedies.
Sold under guarantee at F.. 81: Holden 4
Co.'S drug store. Soc. and slOo. Iriai
bottle free.