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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-09-17
SOME BRAIN TIckLERS.

st. Louis Times: Stage Manager
But you laughed in the death scene.
You mustn't do that. Actor-With the
salary you give me l can only greet
death with joy.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-09-17

FOR SALE-A seven room house, els
tern, good well, barn, good place to
raise chickens. Near car line. In
quire at l23 East jackson street.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-09-17
CRAB OFF ONE CAME
MANKATO DEFEATED WINONA IN
ELEVEN INNINGS.
Large Crowd Witnessed the Close Con-
test on the Gate City Diamond
Yesterday; Two Home Boys Were
Pitted Against Each Other; 1t Was
a Clean and Clever Battle.

Winona, SeTt. l3.-Mankato, before
one of the largest Sunday crowds con-
gregated here this season, won the last
game of the post-season series yester-
day, 4 to 2 in eleven innings. The
game was of particular local interest,
owing to the fact that two Winona
boys were opposing twirlers. Pearl
Cierzan, member of the pitching staff
of the Winnipeg club il the Canadian
league, and Ted Corbett, with the Wi
mona Minnesota Wisconsin league team,
were opponents, the former working
for Mankato and the latter for Wi
mona. The game was played on a
muddy field and errors were frequent
Cierzan won his own game in the elev-
enth inning. With two out and a
man on third and another on second,
he pounded out clean hit, scoring
both.
r. H. f..
Winona OOlOl OOOO-2 4
Mkto. 00l 1000 900 "a IL l
Corbett and Moore; Cirzan and Hold
gins.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-09-17

Chicago Daily News: "But you
spent enough money on me before we
were married." protested his wife.
True, my DEAR" replied her husband.
Il had it to spend them
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-09-17

Chicago Tribune: "You little hound! y
ish wife. ooh, WELL" he said, yawn-
ing drearily, 81 suppose everybody
knows L lead dogs life"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-09-17
GRAY MATTER IN CHUNKS.

Raw oil is better than boiled oil
for mixing with red lead paints.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-09-17

London public schools taught more
than 5000 children to swim last year.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-09-17
Louisville Courier 7 won

Louisville Courier Journal: | would
not care to have So graduating
gown" But it might get you a hus
band" ''Well, I'd hate to have to
dress the rest of my life on preced
ent like that"
Puck: Judge-That lady declares
that you Rugged her at the baseball
game. The Accused-Couldn't help it.,
judge. She was sitting next me when
one of four boys swatted a homer over
the left field fence!
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-09-17
CAST OUT THE BLOT
UNSIGHTLY SLOUGH SHOULD BE
EFFACED, SAY CITIZENS.
Interviews With Several Persons Is In
dicative of the Strong Sentiment in
Favor of Doing Something to I'm
prove Spot That Mars the Beauty
of Mankato; Land Could Be Put
to Practical Use.

What promises to be movement i'll
the direction OF improving the un-
slightly slough, referred to in the edi-
torial columns of last evenings Free
Press, has been started, A number of
Mankato's prominent citizens have in
terested themselves in the subject, and
in interviews several good suggestions
are made as to what could be done in
the premises:
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-12-10
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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-04-08

There's nothing so good for sore throat as
DR.. Thomas Eclectric OH. Cures 1T in few
hours. Relieves any pain In any part.
This is always a safe bet woman is
always as old as she says she is.
Even the druggist who doesn't care
for society ought to be good mixer.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-04-08
Free Seed Corn.

Great interest Is being shown In
corn growing all over New England.
Maine Is waking up to the fact that
she can produce corn as we'll AZ other
states. It IL probable that a big
"Corn Exposition" will be held at
some central point in New England In
the fall OF 1910. Not only will corn be
shown at this show but all kinds Of
corn products as we'll; III fact this
will be a great industrial exposition
valuable to all from an educational
standpoint. Maine corn growers
should get ready for this exposition
by beginning to grow corn this year.
The College Of Agriculture of the
University desires to help in this
work and in order to get the move
ment started will furnish samples Of
corn to those who will grow 1t this
year; the conditions under which the
corn is given out are these: (D that
the grower fill out a blank which Is to
be furnished by the College, giving
detailed information as to how the
corn was grown; 90 that the College
have the privilege of selecting ten
ears from the lot grown.
The College Is also prepared to
offer the following prizes:
Prizes for Men and Women:-For
the first, second, and third best lots
of ten ears of flint or dent corn grown
In Maine, the College will pay the
railroad fare and board of the grower,
who brings his corn to the exhibit to
be held in connection with Farmers
Week of 1910, and who remain
throughout the week.
Prizes for Boys and Girls:-For the
first, second, and third best lots Of
ten ears of flint or dent corn grown by
a boy or girl under Is years OF age,
the College will pay the railroad fare
and board of the grower who brings
his corn to the exhibit held in con-
nection with Farmers, Week, 1910,
and who remains throughout the
week.
The College authorities urge that
Oranges organize local corn shows for
the fall of 1909. Fryeburg plans to
have a big show this fall. Attention
Is also called to the fact that "Corn
Show" will be held in connection with
the meeting of the Maine Dairymen's
Association in December, 1909. Sub
stantial prizes will be offered. Grow
ers Of corn are urged to interest
themselves in this show and exhibit
their corn there as well as at the
College.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-04-08

Abandoning their agricultural pur-
suits for the time being nearly two
score of Maine apple growers went to
Boston, Friday, to testify in the case
of Walter Mills of Manchester, Eng
land, who was indicted by the grand
jury on the charge of using the mails
to defraud. All the farmers who
came as witnesses had dealings with
Mills or his agents during several
years in which it is claimed Mills
fleeced them of much money by sell
ing their apples and not making pay
ment for them. In the United States
District court Friday before Judge
Dodge, Dist. Attorney Mark Sullivan
related the history of Mills opera
tions. 1t appeared that Mills after
severing connections with the house
of John Mills g. Co., of Manchester,
England, for which he had been act
ing as agent, continued to do business
on the reputation of that house. He
appointed agents in several sections
OF Maine, instructing these men to
make up carloads of apples and send
them to him in Boston, promising to
pay higher than market prices for the
fruit. 1t is said that Mills never re-
imbursed the farmers.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-04-08
CoOperation-Prize Essay.
What Special Improvement Can Farmers
Expect to Secure by Cooperative Effort
and by What Channel Must it Come?

and by what Channel MUST II conner
The following essay written by 8.
F. Emerson of Skowhegan won first
prize in the contest arranged by
Skowcegan Grange with the Maine
Farmer. Brother Emerson is a vet
eran Patron and has held office in the
Maine State Grange and has been in
stalled in some Grange office over
forty times.
The essays winning second and
third prizes will be published in the
next two succeeding issues of the
Farmer;
Editor Maine Farmer:
Webster defines cooperation as
Joint labor OR effort. Accordingly,
every move or effort put forth by TWO
or more for mutual help or benefit
comes under the head of cooperation.
We may carry this principle up
ward to the highest development of
CO. operative influence and power,
such as a combination of capital fur
nished by individual members for the
purpose of building a great line of
ocean steamers or constructing q
railroad across the continent. 1t is in
the same direction and must be so
considered. The gathering of a
mighty army of more than hundred
thousand individual soldiers compos-
ed Of infantry, cavalry and artillery,
all maneuvering for one specific pur-
pose and that purpose to be the con-
uuering of an enemy, Is nothing more
than CO. operative effort put forth to
accomplish the end in view. This is
what is meant by cooperation and
more and more, as the years come
and 90, do we see the development of
organized effort on the part of capital
lists, of professional classes, of the la
boring classes, for the purpose of
their own material advancement.
In view Of the fact that co-opera-
ton is the slogan call OF today among
all classes it well becomes the farmers
of our common country to unite their
forces and cooperate together for
self protection and mutual help. The
only source now In sight through
which this can be accomplished is to
unite with that grand organization
now doing work in our very midst,
rich In experience, proud OF its
achievements, hopeful In its outlook
for the future-the Patrons OF Hus-
N--a-"-S H. VIII REQUIRE time and
,-~ey and (s~ch the
hiphMpositfon The "Declaration Of
Purposes" demands. but we see a
constant trend in that direction. The
noble founders of the Order said: 1--WE
propose meeting together, talking
together, working together, buying
together, selling together and In gem
eral acting together for our mutual
protection and advancement" This
implies CO. oper ration in It's broadcast
sense. This covers the entire field.
This alone Is the channel through
which CO operation by the great
farmingcommunity can be success
fully accomplished.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-04-08

The national apple show which was
held some weeks ago at Spokane was
exceptional In more points than one.
1t was the largest exhibition Of apples
ever held under one roof. A total of
fifteen carloads of apples was on ex-
hibition. amounting to 10000 boxes
The total attendance at the exposition
was 1O2 900
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-04-08

A western exhibitor who attended
the National Horticultural exposition
at Council Bluffs. Ia. remarked to a
friend mot for publication that even
the pigs out in his country wouldn't be
caught eating a Ben Davis or Wolf
River apple If there were Winesap or
Jonathan trees about. The western
hog is a discriminating fellow.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-04-08

The grubs which are often found
just under the skin on the shoulders,
backs and sides of cattle hatch from
the eggs of the OK botfy, which are
laid in the spring on the legs, heels
and TANKS Of the animals and from
these places are licked off by the
tongue and taken into the stomach.
Here they hatch. the little grubs grad
ually working their way through the
flesh of the animal until they reach
the hide on the back, where their
presence Is indicated by Jumps or
swellings, which open after awhile,
the grub finally escaping as full
fledged bottly, ready to repeat the
process. The grubs may be killed by
rubbing down the Jumps with q round
stick. Later. rs the opening appears
lard or oil will kill them. Sometimes
they may be forced out by grasping
the skin firmly between thumb and
finger and giving n sharp pinch. In
such cases a little carbolic acid mixed
with grease will hasten the process.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-04-08

The horses wifi be better Ell In mar.
row or box stalls IL they are supplied
at all times Of day and night with an
abundance Of bedding. II they have
this they will lie down during the day
and rest when not at work. while the
cushion of straw will be much easier
on their feet and legs.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-04-08

HuW Is HlSl dip Of the pen
NV" ~ '''Ss That's what the Ball
Pointed Reservoir Pen Will do. Ball point
insures smooth, easy motion, and prevents
scratching or squirting, while the reservoir
holds Ink enough to write whole letter with
one dip of the pen. Inex pensive-but Is
cents for g. % cents for II, postpaid. Re-
ceipt of price brings the pens to you by re-
turn mail r. A. ROLLINS, 5D Putnam
Avenue, Cambridgeport Mass. 3wlls
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-04-08

When a woman has occasion to hit
her husband for a little pin money
she is apt to make few remarks
that are striking.
Woman loves n clear rosy compl exion
Burdock Blood Bitters purifles the blood,
clears the skin, restores rudy, sound health
Widowers have to shoulder the re-
sponsibility for a lot of things they
formerly blamed on their wives.
Torturing eczema spreads Its burning area
every day. Doan's Ointment quickly stops
its spreading instantly relieves the itching,
cures II permanently. AT any drug store
Doan's Reguiets cure constipation, tone
the stomach, stimulatothe liver, promote
digestion and appetite and easy passages OF
the bowels. Ask your druggist for Them
% cents q box
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-04-08

Nature has provided a delicate au-
tomato plan for the regulation Of the
setting of fruit buds in certain varie-
ties of fruit trees. like the apple. 1t
consists in this-that the buds for the
production of fruit one season are
set. If at all, during the preceding sea.
son. Thus, If the tree has borne q
heavy crop Of fruit and had its vital.
ty considerably taxed, the fruit buds
set sparingly, thus acting as safe
guard against the tree overbearing
itself. On the other hard, If the tree
has had layoff one season 1t usually
sets full Of fruit buds. the excess vi
tally seeming. to make this condition
possible. In the case of a tree that
is sick or dying this rule seems to be
violated in that all the waning vitali
ty 1t possesses seems to be put forth
in a blind and pathetic effort to re-
produce itself before 1t dies.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-04-08
CONNECTIONS

CONNECTIONS
All Oakland with Maine Central Railroad. AT Som
Junction, with Canadian Pacific Railway. AT
Kineo Station with Cobun Steamboat Company,
service discontinued during winter. toI all points
on Moosehead Lake. At Norridgewock with stage
for Skowhegan, Smi,hfeld and Mercer At Arson
for Stark. At North Arson for North, East and
West New Portland. AT Bingham for Forks, CARY
Pond, Carratunk. Mayheld, Kingsbury and Rove
Pond.
MORRIS MCDONALD, Vice President.
+. E. BOOTHBY. General Passenger Agent.
Portland Nc
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-04-08

Two problems which are of vital i'm.
portance to the present day farmer
and which will be even more so in the
future are a conserving Of the fertility
Of his land and the more economical
use Of the byproducts Of his farm. The
first object may be largely attained by
adopting some sensible system Of crop
rotation. coupled with stock raising
and dairying. The latter may be
achieved by a more economic handling
Of the corn crop, and this is possible
by means Of the silo. which, apart
from the economy 1t makes possible
furnishes the best possible ration for
dairy cows and feeding cattle. Many
farmers have realized this situation
and have acted upon 1t. Thousands
more should realize 1t before time to
cut corn for the silo next fall.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-04-08

Every progressive farmer should be,
along with many other things, STU
dent of the soil which 1t is his priv
ilege to work. By the aid Of sugges-
lions for practical investigation which
the soil specialists Of his state agri-
cultural college can give him he can
inform himself sufficiently SO as to get
much better returns from his acres.
One soil should receive a different
physical treatment from another. One
may need filling, another lining,
while still another. cropped for years.
may need reinforcing with artificial
or homemade fertilizers. All these
conditions should be inquired into
and measures adopted which will put
the soil to rights.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-04-08

The undesirability of much land In
the semiarid belt of western states is
possibly due In some measure to the
bad reputation which such lands have
been given by men who wished to
keep the use of large tracts for graz
ing purposes. In some sections this
bias has taken the extreme form of a
positive encouragement and even in
timidatlon of settlers who so much as
looked at these grazing preserves with
the idea that they might prove useful
for agricultural purposes. At the same
ysi&
meas m tue west can never be utD.-eu
to advantage for anything but pastoral
or grazing purposes.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-04-08

Probably there Is no class Of men
who are today buying more automo-
biles than farmers, and 1t may be add
ed that there is no class which can
better afford to buy them. II this
tendency keeps on 1t will not be long
before farmers as a class. approaching
more fully than now perhaps the ad-
vantages Of smooth, hard roads, will
join hands In a definite campaign for
road improvement. The reform will
come when both town and country
fellows get after 1t seriously.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-04-08
BILLS OF COST.

The following bills Of cost were allowed
at the March term of the Co. Comrs. court
1908.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-28
DIcHMoND.
Board Of Trade Fair Has Most Sue.
: cessful Run This Week.

Richmond, Me. May 27.-fSpeciaD
The second night of the annual
Board of Trade fair Of Richmond saw
large attendance at the Opera house
to witness the presentation Of the
farce "A Regiment of Two by the
Bowdoin College Dramatic, Club
Those who took part in the play We're
Guy P. Estes 'O9 of Skowhegan, Harold
c. l.. Ashley ~ of Worcester. Mass,
Thomas d. CHM. '09. Roxbury, Mass;
James, NJ. Gillian ~, Bangor; Harold
M. Smith '09, East harrington. N. H:
Harry B. Mclaughlin 10. Williams
town, Mass: Alfred w. Stone 10, Ban
gor; John S. Simmons '09. New York
City and John l.. Hurley IL, Maiden,
Mass 20. y
Tonight's entertainment consists of
tableaux, speciality acts and the drill
by the members Of Mt. Garnet Chap
ter. o. e. S., the following members
taking part: Mrs. Edward Favor, Miss
Nellie c. Thomas. Miss Pearl A. Co.'S
fellow, Mrs c. B. Day, Mrs. Nell
Smith, Mrs. w. E. Seekins, Mrs. c.
w. Jack, Miss Harriet Croker, Mrs.
w llfldm InuFlOW, MIS-. "A. NlulIIldItl,
Mrs. George Shaw. Miss Bertha New
ell, Miss Ruth Croker, Mrs Joseph
Randlett, Mrs. Charles Blair and Miss
Elizabeth Chase.
The fair closed Thursday night with
SO couples on the grand march. Music
by Kendric's Orchestra of Brunswick.
The fair has been largely attended all
three nights and was a success in
every way.
The Richmond Corner Dramatic
Club will give the two-act drama
Timothy Delano's Courtship" at
Richmond Corner Tuesday evening.
june 1. Following is the cast:
Timqtby Delano. a.rich but misery eoun-
try gentleman of sixty. F.. O.. Tarr
Aunt Tabitha. an eccentric and ambi-
tious old maid Of forty-five, IN "f'
Mrs Isabelle Randall
Alice, her niece. young lady about
eighteen years of age. .;
Mrs Eva NJ. Libby
Rick, Alice's brother. at home from col,
lege on n vacation. Albert Merrifield
Hildegarde. colored maid of all work,
:, Mrs. Nina E. Ward
The drama will be followed by. a
social dance.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-28
PRERA,LRoAo TRAVELLING.
old-Time "staae: Wagons" Now Leg
endary, Necessary to Forefathers.

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The good old coaching days cannot
be said to have started with the
personal---very. "stage wagons" as
they were called. and our New Eng
land ancestors were prayerfully
solicitous for their friends and rela-
tives who ventured southwark in them.
The. rolling stock" Of 1895 carried
more passengers, but were scarcely
more comfortable. They were virtual
ly springless cars, built to carry II
persons. Their seats were merely
boards, without either cushions or
back rests, with no accommodation for
baggage except such as could be
packed beneath the seats, and only Il
pounds was allowed there. Light cur
tains at the sides furnished the only
protection in bad weather. :, s
In such a rig and over roads that
still twisted j around charred tree
stumps and were filed with the. oft
mentioned 'quagmires,y the learned
Pres Quincy of Harvard came. on a
visit to New York toward the end OF
the century. He was always willing
to climb out in the mud to assist the
driver in rescuing their machine from
ruts or begs;e each morning. whether
it was fair or stormy. he was aroused
at the dreary hour of. 8. and dressed
by the sleepy light Of horn lantern
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-28

1t is said of one of Augustus we'll
known physicians who is quite an ex-
pert in handling an automobile but
doesn't travel much by rail, got into
a scrape Wednesday which was the
means of his returning home several
hours later than he expected when he
started out. In company with several
other doctors he went to Waterville i'll
the morning to attend the meeting of
the Kennebec County Medical Associa-
ton, and at the conclusion of the
meeting he made his way to the Maine
Central station to take the afternoon
express for Augusta but somehow got
on the wrong train. One of his friends
told him that he was wrong but he
maintained that the locomotive at
tached to the train was headed to-
ward Augusta. and chung to his be-
lief until the train had started and the
conductor told him be was on the
wrong train. He then wanted to jump
off but the conductor, would not allow
him TO take the risk. so he was carried
up river as far as Pittsfield. where he
waited for the next train going west
and arrived home at us in the even
ing The next time he attends meet
ing CT the association outside of Au.
gusta the other members are going t.
look out and see that he gets aboard
the right train to come home.