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Middletown transcript., 1909-07-17
BOOMING THR COMING FAN,
Association is Acquainting Farmers
With Benefits Of the Show

Association Is Acquainting Farmers
With Benefits of the Show
That this years New Castle county fair
will be greater than ever is evident from
the efforts that are being made to adver-
tise the fair throughout Delaware and the
three neighboring States. Circulars,
banners, flags, pennants and folders Of
every description are being sent broad
cast into every nook and corner OF Della.
ware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the
eastern shore Of Maryland. Farmers all
over the Peninsula know more about the
coming fair than they knew Of previous
fairs, and il is expected that the attend.
ance this year will be record-breakiDg
during the entire period Of the big agri-
cultural show.
In line with its progressive advertising.
the fair association is sending out thous-
ands of circulars setting forth the i'm.
portance and attractions of the fair of
1909. The circular is most interesting to
the hundreds Of farmers and business
men who will be exhibitors and visitors
at the next fair. In the circular, the
association says;
"This is pre.eminently utilitarianH
age.
"WhiIe we enjoy the beautiful, We, ssI
people, invariably place utility first.
Recognizing this fact let us take a
glance at the New Castle County Fair in
its relation 10 the farmer.
'In the first place, it is above all things
agricultural Il represents the best cattle,
the best horses, the best sheep and the
best poultry, not only in Delaware but in
neighboring Pennsylvania and Maryland
counties and the exhibits in each depart.
ment are unexcelled in extent OF Equality.
Ii also represents the best machinery and
the latest inventions, and whether the
farmer wishes to improve his stock or
buy piece Of lnachinery-if he wishes to
buy intelligently and wisely-he will find
it TO his advantage to first visit the fair,
there to make whatever line he is in
terested in the object Of his special study.
He will find it time and money. wisely
spent, with all the broadening Influences
OF the fair, and all the entertainment
thrown in for good measure.
1--WE have our institutes for fan mers and
they are doing good work instiIling the
proper theories of farm management and |
operation, the fsir-the great representa-.
tive of progress Of both the town and
county-affords the object lesson which |
serves the purpose of fixing in the
fai mers' minds what the institutes have
suggested.
..It We are true to our State we should
thiuk Of these things-always remember
ing that the New Castle County Fair is a
great institution, representing the in
terests Of the whole State; that il belongs
neither to the city nor the country, but
equallyto both. 1t has an educative,
sphere entirely its own and to visit It as
an observer or student ought to be CON-
sidered indispensable to whoever wishes
to excel, whether bis home be in the city
or country, whether be be employer or
laborer.
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WHAT SOLDIERS Will
Contracts Awarded for ProYisIons ior
Organized Militia

! T.
Delaware's 425 enlisted men and Off
GERS, comprising the Organized Militia q
the State. win eat 5000 pounds of meat
one ton of groceries, 1900 pounds d
bread. half a ton of vegetables and drink
one shousand gallons Of milk, among
other liquids, during their one weeks
encampmeut on tile State Rife Range,
below New Castle, during the week be-
ginning July 24th. Contracts for all these
rations were awarded by the chief quar-
terlnaster, W, E. Slower, with the ap-
provai of Adjuiant General Wickersham,
at the State Armery, in Wilmington, on
Saturday,
The contract price for the Fations was
about IS $50, which is an average Of 80
cents a day per man. The Wilmington
Provision Company got the contract for
supplying the meats, vegetables and milk
and Cam & Reed were awarded the gro-
cery contract. Much Of The sustenance
must be on the camp site when the
soldier boys arrive there on Saturday,
July Gath, that there may beno famine
in camp over Sunday.
This will be the soldier boys' menu:
Fresh beef, bacon, fresh fish, soft bread,
beans, rice, potatoes, onions, canned to-
matoes, coffee, sugar, vinegar, salt, pep
per, soap, candles, lard, butter, milk, eggs
and ice.
Adjutant General Wickersham is see
ing that the site is being made ready for
the encampment. He has spent several
days of this week onthe range, and the
farm is now about ready to receive the
soldiery Perfect drainage is being in
stalled and every other sanitary ar
rangement is being made to insure the
health Of the soldiers while they are in
their annual field maneuvers.
The field officers of the regiment met
with Lieutenant Colonel Fl. G. Cavanaugb
in Wilmington and arranged a schedule
for each days exercises, and while this
will be as usual, no formal order an
nouncing the arrangement has been
isaued from headquarters. 1t is expected |
to come this week. Generally, the tour
of duty will be devoted to field exercises,
guard duty and small arm practice, with |
q review by Governor PennewilI on
Thursday, July 20. It will be Governor
Pennewill's first review of the militia.
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Oriein Of nurIin

This fasorite material Of the ''summer
giFI' derives its name from being first
made at Mosul or Moussul, town 10
Turkish Asia. From there it was intro.
duced into India, aud first brought to
England in 1870. A few years afterward
4 was manufactured in large quantities
ln France and England. and in shs pres.
ent day English.made musIius rival 10
fnenesa the most delicate Of gausy mus.
Inns made 10 India.
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'lef pt Hes be Il
Republicans a aehed
fnallf

The utmost interest attaches E0
course Of the President with fasafd
the AilI He has scfupulonsly k6pi 81.
haud4 off uilliI now bnt hss minated
that once lie bin xepf to conierenca ls
would exffi all tile influence be conld
command 10 secure The adoption Of tie
lowest duties fixed BY each house. of
course there is liitIe ground for hoping
that he eau accomplish that end, but ii is
probable his efforts will have some effect
in modifying the Senate duties.
The President, after taking his family
TO his summer home At Beverly, Mass.
and attending the Tercentenary Celebra-
tion of the discovery Of Lake Champlain,
returned to the White House to await
the completion Of the tariff bill and to
council With the conferress. He is dis.
gusted with the tinkeFing TO which the
corporation tax amendment wassubiected
in the Senate and win exert his influences
to have it rewritten 80 as to eliminate the
Clapp, La FolIette and other amend
ments. Mr.. Taft brought word that Mrs.
Taft had SO far recovered her health as
to make it possible for him to announce
definitely that he would make his long
projected western trip.
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or any other HIsfufeCEsnt cau u sld
TINS making it very effective fer use in
poultry houses and the stable. Il makes
an excellent paint for fences when colored
drab, by addition of little lampblack,
or dull green, by adding ochre and a
small quantity Of Prussian blue.
A timely bulletin from the Geneva IN.
Y. station is No. 3l3, which shows how
important lime and inoculation are for
alfalfa. In 103 tests where inoculating
soil from the station field was sent to
farmers for use on their own fields, 66
crops were successful, while only 25 adj
joining uninoculated plats have good
crops. In ga tests where lime was used,
all but six plats showed improvement and
q plats were changed from failure to auc-
cess by lining. Where both inocnlalion
and lime water we're used, " per cent.
of the crops were successful; while Isass
than 25 per cent. of the untreated pIaeE
succeeded.
A general remedy among stockmen for
-sCours in calves is giving from two Is
three raw eggs. Some advise raw eggs in
the milk, and others advise baking soda
in the milk.
The cheapest protein feeds this year
we're cottonseed meal, peanut meal, buck.
wheat middIings, high.grade distillers'
grains, linseed meal, dried brewers grains,
malt sprouts and buckwheat bran.-
Experiment station tests indicate that
more wheat can be raised on land which
has grown a crop Of millet for hay, sd
also on land where the green millet
been plowed under.
The asparagus BEETLE is Q troubleso
pest and hard to fight. Clean cutti
especially in ridge culture, keeps q
well under control in spring, but con
cradle harm is done later on by clog
larvae. Poultry are very fond of tt
beetles and few fowls will soon capt
the matuTed insects It allowed in gars
bed.
Senator Root this year has had plan
nearly 10000 young trees on his couI
estate, among which are 16,40O "
pine, Il, 200 Norway spruce, 500 red
60O0 red oak, 800 black locust, 5000 c
nut and 54OO Eastwood.
AS an agricultural commodity We b
not yet learned to appreciate to tie
extent the value OF legumes as crop
proVers. This class Of plants is sepal
from ali others by very clearly de
demarcation, inasmuch as they alo
all crops take nIbF0Ean ITQIll5 p
store il in the soil. Nitfoesn Is
expensive element that Waa.el eaay
result of cropping. and i pouId sesin %
be short-sighted that sReFs dsla "a he
country at least is not made % pEodueaa
legume every few years.
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We have III gT0RAG Z several hundred
tons Of HIGH GRADE LEHIGH and
BfTUMINOUs COAL You don't have
TO place Jour order before. hand IS il Is L
WAYS IN STOCK W. have iusl added
10 our yard 4 nice lot Of 81 WE'D WOOD.
Phone 5. EssE T. HEPHERD.
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W ASAC y "a y y va SOAAAS - 4 49, -
mother when she saw the boys
Egrab their caps.
After Ephraim, said Jimmy
as the two darted from a side
door and ran swiftly to find. the
COW bell.
That there beast loose again
they hear Ephraim gumble.
a moment later the COW bell
jingled from underbush near Oak
canyon. Fphraim started in
pursuit.
Most fun / ever had, observed
Bob as the lantern appeared.
We can't climb directly up any
hills, Jimmy observed, because
Bess doesn't take naturally to
stiff grades.
Co. boss-co boss, called the
hired man.
Farther and farther away
sounded the bell as the boys
skirted the foothills, debating
upon the proper moment to shout
loudly. April fool!
At last glimmering of the
situation caused the hired man
to stop and exclaim, Well, l
swan!
AS he stood perplexed a Ian
tern appeared on a distant trail.
Il was coming nearer.
Ephraim, with q chuckle. lifted
the glope of his lantern and blew
out the light.
Bob, where's Ephraim? whis-
pered Jimmy, clutching his cou-
sins arm.
II don't know, was the reply;
he's probably just out of sight
for a minute; perhaps behind
some rocks.
But-but it's queer, said jim
my, whose heart was humping
hard and rapidly. Maybe he
fell and is hurt. Maybe
Hush! cautioned Bob. Let's
watch.
Oh! oh!Jimmy groaned. There
he goes kiting down the trail
way down there, do you see?
Come, Bob, quickly! l wouldn't
be left up here alone for $50, 900!
Oh, see that lantern go!
Now, don't be a baby! grum-
bled the older boy. Do you
know the way home?
Mo-, faltered Jimmy, thank
full that Bob couldn't see the fast
falling tears. May-maybe the
moon will shine out after awhile.
Suddenly, close beside the boys,
a wildcat growled. There was
no mistaking that peculiar sound.
Jimmy knew it was a wildcat.
Terror sent the lads plunging
into the canyon below.
The foothills are full of wild
cats and mountain lions, sobbed
Jimmy. We've hear them every
night.
Listen!suggested Bob. They y're
all around US. What shall we
do?
III don't know. Jimmy's
teeth chartered. He wept with
out reserve.
First from one direction, then
another, the wildcats threatened. |
The canyon seemed surrounded. |
When the boys felt unable to
endure another second of such |
agony a CHEEKY voice called:
Hey, there, boys, April fool!
Didn't know your old Uncle Eph |
was professional ventriloq uist, |
now, did you? Why don't YOU
clap your hands, hey? I'll do it
again, while we light the lantern
and end up with the April fool |
chorus! Ha, ha, hh!
Oh, Ephraim, begged Jimmy's
cousin,don't, please! Don t do that
wildcat act again. You may say |
April fool all the way down the
trail if you wish-that's music.
Music, echoed the small boy. I
Say it again Ephraim I louel
the tones of your voice tonight
when you say April fool!
Didn't it take you a long time
to milk the COW? asked mother
when the three appeared.
Oh, explained the hired man,
we had bit of an entertainment
outside. Hey, boys2
And You can't fool the man
that lives on our ranch, added
Jimmy.
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Cares Blood, Skin Dissas s1, Cancer Creates
Blood Purifier Free

8AWVN4 2 u 4AlNN 2
If your blood is impure. thin. diseased
hot or full Of humor. if yon have blood
poison. cancer, carbuncles. eating sores,
sCrofula, eczema, itching. fiaines and
bumps, scabby, pimply skin, bona. pairs.
casarrh, rheumatism Or any blood OF skin
disease, take Botanic Blood Balm i. B
b. Soon all sores heal, aches and palms
stop and the blood ss made pure ana fIeA
Druggists or by express 81 per large bot-
tie. Sample Tree by writing Blood Balm
Co., Atlanta. Ga. B.B B. IL especially
advised for chronic. deep seated eases IS
II cures after ali eIse fails.
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WASHINGTON LETTER

WAsHINaToN, D. c., July 10th, 1909.
WITH the precision Of a perfectly des-
w ignated and adequately oiled mech.
anism the Republican msiorities in the
two houses of Congress have passed the
tariff bill to it's final stage and it is now
in the hands Of the conference committee
to which is delegated the onerous task
Of adjusting the differences between the
bills passed by the two houses of Con-
gress. The vote on the bill in the Senate
stood As to "a, ten Republicans voting
against the measure and one Democrat,
Mr.. McEnery of Louisiana, for 1t. The
Republicans who voted against the bill
all belonged to tue "insurgent camp" and
were perfectly consistent in their course,
having voted against most of the amend
ments put on the bill in the Senate.
There are few OF the ten who would have
voted against the bill had their votes
been necessary to pass it but, with an
ample majority of those who approved
its provisions, they cast negative votes
as an expression Of protest against the
Senate increases aud With the hope that
their course would strengthen the House
conferrees in their demand that the lower
rates of the House be substituted for
those imposed by the Senate.
Middletown transcript., 1909-07-17

There was just one small hitch in the
operation and that was behind closed
doors. Representative Payne, as chair
man ofythe Ways and Means committee,
asserted his right to select the confenees.
The Speaker, ignoring all precedents, re-
fused to recognize the right of Mr.. Payne
and made up the House side Of the con.
ference committee to suit himself. The
result is that the eonferrees are mostly
asland paGters,n including Representa-
lives ToWnsend Of Michigan and Calder
head of Kansas, both representing the
highesttype Of protectionist and neither
OF whom would have been chosen had
Mr.. Payne had bis way. The fact is that
Mr.. Payne is himself too strongly dis
posed toward downward revision to suit
the Speaker who deemed it wise TO Offset
Mr.. Payne's downward revision tenden-
cies with two extreme stand patters. !
*x*
The tariff bill was sent 70 conference
about $50 P. M, aud Il os0 De con
feTees held their first meeting. ltcons
sisted only of an informal discussion Of
the plan Of procedure. II was decided
to meet daily at 10 A. NJ in the large
room in which lie Senate Finance COM
mittee framed their substitute. The
session win Be- almost continuous, prob
ably lasting from Q in the morning ansll
lar into tie night 81 working g this
speed ii ID ex That their woEk g Z
be combisfs BIG ten days aua n1ass
Of the nlesn 81 congress Iook ioE iinAl
adjoufnnsn So slsr than July aill
.The Denlocs l nbers ot ths saalsF:
ence COMA informed tllss tnrsI
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Taa TaAsseplr 500 pr sss
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At noon following the passage Of the
bill by the Senate, the House met and
after an hour and thirty minutes debate
adopted resolution which sent the bill
to conference forthwith, the vote by
which that was accomplished being IT'S
to l5I. OF course there we're the usual
loud cries of protest from the Democrats,
the same vail against the precipitancy Of
the House whichthey invariably employ
aud which is SO lacking in sincerity that
many Of the minority are wholly unable
to maintain straight faces as their COL
leagues beat the air and Illuminate against
the same course as the House adopted in
the case Of the Wilson bill. when the
Democrats enjoyed an ample majority.
The Republicans have become SO accus-
toned to the course OF the opposition
that it occasions them no concern and
they pursue the even tenor of their way
with the calmness and complacency of a
steam-roIlef.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-05-01
AK NUIII ,, I NUI
Hyde Par! Vt.

Vermont lodge Of Odd Fell ws Of
Montpelier has an option on lie old
Jail property on Elm street, owned
by J. S. Whalcn of Burlington, for
$4,000, and the plan is to remodel
it into a club house The 7 operty
10 years ago was bought for $1,000
State Fish and Game Conn ission-
cr II. G.. Thomas, of Stow, calls
attention to the approaching season
for fishing in all Vermont waters,
ponds. and streams inhabited by
trout cr any of its allies, whl"h win
open May Is and close Angus, 10.
Broughton Brandenburg, the wri-
ter, has been arrested at San Fran
cisco as a fugitive from justic" from
New York ON charge of grand
larceny, in connection with a polit-
cal article alleged to have been writ
ten by Grover Cleveland.
Gov. Wilson at Frankfort, Ky has
granted pardons to former Gov. w.
S. Taylor and former Secretary of
State Charles Finley, both refugees
in Indiana, charged with completely
i'm the murder Of William Goebel in
1900. In addition to the pardons
granted to Taylor and Finley, similar
parlons are issued to all others re-
manning under indictment and not
yet tried in connection with the Goe-
bel murder
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-05-01
SOUTH POMFRET.

Charles Ordway died Sunday
morning, April %, after an illness
of several weeks. lie was born in
Pomfret, where he passed his life,
with the exception Of few years in
Boston. He was in his C3d year. He
is survived by his wife, a brother,
Hiram, living in Nebraska, who was
unable to be here, two sisters, Mrs.
Harrington of North Pomfrct, and
Mrs Clara Spencer Of Rhode Island.
Rev R. j. Chrystic oficiated at
the funeral, which was held Wednes-
day at Grange hall, the Grange burial
service being used. lnterment in
Turns cemetery.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-05-01
FACTS IN FEW LINES

There are more than II 100000 goats
In Europe.
Half the zinc of the world comes
from Prussia.
Over 100000 exiles have been
transported to Siberia since 1910.
There is a woman's prison in Rou-
mania that has only women officials
In Korea the rooms of a wife or
mother are the sanctuary of any man
who breaks the law.
The beggar chief of Suchow, who is
king of the Chinese beggars, has an
income estimated at $4,000 annually.
Recent discoveries in Mesopotamia
show that people who inhabited the
Euphrates valley 5000 years ago knew
how TO work metals.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-05-01
We Want Your Calfsklns

Beef Hides, Horse Hides, She p Pelts,
TaIlow, Bones, etc, and will ny you
outside prices therefor. We plv spot
cash; we pay the freight; we pay full
market value. We want 60 arrange
with some one in every village where
we have no agent to collect the above
named goods FOR us and to sell Pages
Perfected Poultry Food an other
poultry supplies We furnisA money
with which to buy and keep our buy
ers thoroughly posted at all times as
to market values. Write + full
particulars
CARROLL S. PAGI
Hyde Par! Vt.
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How to Mix Fertilizers at Home

The question of the proper fertil.
i2ation of land to suit the varied
needs of the different Crops and Soils
is becoming one of the paramount
questions among the thinking far
mers today Drop us postal card
and let us tell You how to mix a
fertilizer at home especially adapted
to your needs and explain to you
how very simple a matter home-miX-
ing is. We believe we can convince
you that you not only get better
goods but that they cost you less
money than when you purchase in
the usual way. Write today. ADJ
dress
CARROLLS. PAGE, Hyde Park. VI
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REAL LITERARY LABOR.
Example Of Charles Dudley Warmers
Infinite Painstakine.


Infinite Painstakine,
The extraordinary pains and patience
with which Charles Dudley Warner
did his literary work are shown in an
account given by writer in the New
Amstel magazine Of the strenuous way
in which Mr.. Warner produced an
obituary notice some years ago.
Professor Edward L. Youmans was
a close personal friend of Mr.. Warner,
and on that account when Mrs. You
mans died the editor of daily paper
asked Mr.. Warner to write sort of
personal appreciation of her. This he
consented to do.
He was left alone from 10 a. III. until
half past II, when he went to lunch.
without interruption until 4 o'clock
when he turned over to the editor
what he had written.
Yet the work was not complete Mr..
Warner read the first proof and in sue.
cession three revised sheets.
CdCu lllllc ue luduC 'ulHSt dlttI
change In phraseology, seeking cut the
one right word, while even in tine
nicely Of paragraphing he seemed to
make clearer what he desired to eX-
press. Nor did the close revision end
with the marking Of the last proof
After the paper had gone to press
and the first sheets had been brought
up to the composing room for an O. X.
Mr. Warner looked wistfully at the
editor and observed;
Would you object to lifting the
form? l see sentence in the last
paragraph that might be somewhat
changed. She was too good, you know,
to have sloveniy tribute paid to her"
Even the printers refused to get IN
CRY over the delay, and forthwith the
form was sent up and changes went on
for an hour. At last, though publiCa-
ton was delayed fully two hours, the
editor, but not Mr.. Warner had the
supreme satisfaction Of knowing that
the work was as nearly perfect as hui
man art could make 1t, and the edition
was sent out
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After weeks struggle Mrs Kath-

After week s struggle Mrs Kath-
crime Jones Of MouDpelier succumhed
t. the injuries which she sustained
when her clothing caught fire while
she was tending a bonfire in her
yard in that city.
Four lives were lost in a fire which
DESTROYED the Central Hotel in Tope
ka. Kan, Saturday, the flames break
ing out when the inmates were in
bed.
The Burlington Driving Club.
with a capital stock of $1,000 has
filed articles IF incorporation in the
office of secretary of state, Montpel-
Ter
After September | next kidnap-
ing in New York state will be pun
ishabIe by imprisonment for not less
than five wears nor more than 80
years instead of not more than 20
years, as provided in the present
statutes.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-05-01

Ireland has now only 100000 acres,
or ~ per cent, in forest, although
climate and soil are favorable The
crown commissions report has urged
the necessity of the immediate plant
ing of at least 100000 acres OF forest
trees.
It's expensive in Fall River, Mass,
to sell liquor to man whose wife
saws he mustn't drink. The district
court recently fined club $500 for
selling two drinks to member whose
wife had warned the organization not
to let him have a drop.
A New York retail merchant who
has been in business for quarter OF
a century says that not one sign out
Of hundred in a shop window that
tells OF bankruptcy, fire sales, closing
out prices. moving bargains and such
like information tells the truth.