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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03
EXPERIENCE IN THE USE OF
POULTRY FOODS.

Experience is the best teacher every
time 1t Is fortunate that all do not
have to go through the same expert
ence. Some can have the benefit OF
that which others have gone through.
II is not necessary that every poultry
keeper should use all the various foods
that are on the market, In order to
learn which Is best and most reliable
He can rely somewhat on the expert
ence Of those who have used them
Charles 4. Hancock. Barre, Mass. says
Il have used Pages Perfected Poultry
Food the past year with great sue
cess, and would not be without t. II
certainly Is an egg producer"
II you want to know more shout this
food and the best ways of using II
write to @. s. Page. Hyde Park, Vt
for bis booklet, Profitable Poultry.
II win be sent free, postpaid, to anyone
mentioning this paper.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03

Agency, Barre, Vt 22aIf
TO RENT-Two tenements on brooklyn St
One $3.50, other 500 per month. Apply of A.
K Bruce, 90 Brooklyn street 20qtf
TO RENT-Hali suitable for private parties
or SOCIAL entertainments, with fine piano
Inquire OF III. o. Northen, 10 Keith Ave. 205rf
To LET-Dining room and k1tchen at q
Northern motel for boarding house. Would
also like TO LET STEPPING rooms furnished com.
plete j. h. Sanguinetu~ I07tf
TO RENT--Oftces, single or douhie, up one
fight Front OF i. Al. Averllls building. f6asf
no RENT-Lafge pasen.enL ary ANA light
Inquire OF T.. M. AveFiIl SIT
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03
Dissolution of Copartnership.

The copartnership now existing between rs
~ dissolved. IT Is hereby agreed that C. ".
Meieher has all the stock Ia trade. tools and
notes, bills and accounts due the said firm. 1t
lie hessby further agreed that & ". Melchsr Is
10 and hereby agrees 70 assume ana pay ali
debts and obligations OF the firm OF Melcher s.
Hadlay.
Dated at City Of Barre. this ist day Of Feb
Ia the presence Of II. william Scott
G. W. MELCHER.
". T. HADLET.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
EsrArr oF IEvI ]. RoLsTrR.

The undersigned, having been appointed by
the Hon. Probate Court for the District OF
Washington Commissioners 10 receive, exam
inc and adjust tbs claims and demands Of all
persons against the estate of Levi J. Bolster
late of ths City OF Barre. N said district deccas-
81 and all claims exhibited in offset thereto
hereby give notice that we viii meet for the pur-
nose aforesaid at the office of U, H. Reea. in
the CITY OF Barre la said district on the 18th day
Of February and 10th Gay Of July next
from I'll o'clock A. M. until i o'clock T.. Nj, each
al said days, and that SIX months from the 1Ist
tlay 81 January A. D. 1909, is the time limited
~ said Court for said creditoTk to present their
claims TO us for examination and allowance.
uary 4. ID. 1900,
OHAMEL II. REED, ! Commits
CHARLEs b, TOWNSEND sioners.
Jan &C. Feb 20.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03
rsrArr Oh HExaY 4. PRArr.

STATE on VERMONT, In Probate Court
District OF Washington, IS. held ID Mon tpelier
In ami fer said District. on the 2ist day OF Jaa-
uaty A. d 1919.
May NJ Prats, Adminiseratrix Of the Estate
Of Henry II. Pratt late of the Town OF Barre. in
said distTict, deceased makes application 70 said
Court, with the consent and appTubAt lon In writ.
ing of the widow and heirs OF said deceased re-
siding in the state Of Vermont, for license to
sell AL Of the real estate OF said deceased sit
uated in the Town OF Barre, In said district, to
wits Homo farm, also the Payne lot, 40 called
including the interest of the widow OF said de-
ceased therein and the homestead right, repre-
senting that the sale thereof would be baIieti-
ciai 10 this widow and heirs OF said deceased
and those interested In his estate. Ia order to
convert said real estate into money.
Whereupon IL ID ordered bv said Court,
that said application be referred 10 a session
thereof 10 be held at the Probate Once In
said Montpelier, on the 18th day OF
February, A. d. 1909, for hearing and decision
thereon And, II Is further ordered that all
persons interested be notified hereof by
publication Of notice of said application and or
der thereon three weeks suooessively In the
Barre Daily Times, newspaper published at
the City Of Barre, In this State sitd which cir
culates In the nsixhborho0d Oh those interest
ed before said tine of hearing, that they may
appear at said time and place, and, ii they
see cause, object thereto.
BY the Court Attest.
HIRAM CARLETON, Judge.
Wed Jan ~, Feb $40.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03

American Company in Mexico Tries an
Experiment

Salina Cruz, Mexico, Feb. 3.-The
Mexican Pacific company, Morris Thomp
son Of Seattle, president, has planted
10000 acres in bananas in the state Of
Acapulco az an experiment. II the fruit
grows successfully the company will
plant an additional 10000 acres. This
Is the first time that bananas have been
tried at such an altitude or so far north
The plants used are Of an especially
hardy character. although the fruit
grown from them does not differ In any
way from that commonly seen.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03
GUARDING GRANTS TOMB AGAIN.
Protection Against Vandalism is Neces-
sary

New York, Feb. SIN response to 0
letter from General Horace Porter
president of the Grant Monument asso-
yiation. complaining that the tomb on
Riverside Drive was being injured by
grown-up vandals and boys, Police Com
missioner Bingham yesterday re-es.
tablished special detail OF three po-
liccmen to guard the tomb. The three
men selected are veterans Of the Civil
War. They viii be on guard in eight
hour shifts. The protection Of the tomb
was special post when General Bling.
ham became commissioner, but was sus-
pended by him as unnecessary.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03
FOUR LINES FOR Is CENTS

THn TIMES win publish wAnta. LD4t and
Found. For sale. To Let. eto.-anort advertise
menus-At the rate of four linee for twenty-nv
oents for the nrAt tnsernoa ana I'VE oents Tor
each subsoquent insertion.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03

FOR SALE OR EXCHANGES acre farm,
wood and tillage, running water to house and
barn Good pasture. Aiiik train every day. Young
pfle growing. mites from village. Gond stores.
On main line, a. 81 NJ II. r. Tools, horse, two
cows, hens etc, included. NJ agents R, q
Times office aastfIts
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03
FOR SALE.

Cottage. six rooms, located on fremont street
with all modern improvements. The owner
has moved away and wants TO sell bad Price
$2A01. 26stf
Two tenement house, barn and large garden,
located on South Main street. This Is bar
gain at 5000 but We will sell for S2T50. 26stf
-Four tenement house with all modern i'm
provements, located on Brook street. Rents
for SO per month, Come and look this over
and make us an offer. 26Stt
A nice livery business we'll located. This is
gnod business ana paying we'll Better look
this up az once. 265h
Farms, timber lands, business blocks, we
have got anything you vant e68f
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03

FARM FOR sALE--Mrs. Carrie Bassett has
pa 9ed hir 20 acre farm with us for Immediate
sale. The farm Is loca ed on Prospect street,
less than 81 ~ mile from the city building.
This Ia a No. place. toe buildings extra good,
especially the house which has Il rooms. The
farm will cut hay and summer ~ cows and two
horses. Wood enough to supply tbs house. An
extra good apple orchard, 100 uarrel wear.
Running water At barn. The view from this
place Is unsurpassed. There is another house on
the place that has not been finished. Is now
ready u plaster. For berter description call AZ
the r. u. Cate Real Estate Agency or At Mrs.
Bassetts on the premises. Photo. at our
office. 259tf
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03
ABOUT THE STATE

Last Sunday the Rev. G. H. Bennett
read his resignation ~ pastor Of the
Baptist church in Vergennes 10 take eff
feet May /. The reason for the resig-
nation Is the desire of the state con.
yentlon board 10 arrange for one pastor
to take charge OF the Vergennes and
Panton churches in order 10 reduce ex-
penses. The immediate occasion for
tho resignation was the fact that the
ranton pastor is to leave soon and Mr..
Bennett resigns so that both churches
may be free 10 choose a joint pastor.
The st. Adams city council held a
cleaning up session Monday evening,
with the ending OF the fiscal year and
reports of the various officers. The
mayor was authorized to draw several
warrants, one for $500 for bonded
debt and interest due yesterday, anoth
er for $1,000 for school teachers sal.
aries, IL having developed that the school
commissioners have already exceeded
theig yearly appropriation and several
months expenses are yet 10 be provided
for. The report Of the oyerseer of the
poor showed that the total expense of
that department was S931.13 of which
1905 was for salary. Chief Of Police
Mahoney reports a total Of 1903 arrests,
classified as follows: Intoxication 80;
breach Of the peace 90; grand larceny
2; petit larceny s tramps 10; selling
liquor 1; violation of ordinances ,;
gambling 1 truancy /; fraud / init.
timusses 20. Twenty cases were
jailed three sent to the house OF eorrec
ton and one 70 the industrial school.
The net cost OF the police force was
81 ,013s6. Chief Derrick OF the fire de.
partment reported 81 alarms during the
year. 16 regular, 20 stills and two out
Of town. The department expenses
we're economically administered, $l6e
being left in the treasury.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03

Valuable Main street property consisting Of
house and balm and large extra lot adjoining,
having a frontage of 80 feet on Main street.
and depth OF 100 feet. viii sell for less than
the Land alone will be worth ia few years. The
house and barn viii rent Tor enough TO pay
fair rate Of interest on the investment Lot
u g buildings stand on has q frontage OF 20 feet
House has all modern conveniences and the
barn is large. Buildings could not he erected
% day for s50oO.o0 above the land. Inquire Of
Vermont a65n
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03
STORE HOUSE.

Up-to-date accommodations for storing
most any thing, carriages and sleighs specially
No dust or dirt and very little danger from
IRE, although can insure property stored by
me at a very cheap rate II desired. Prices
right. Call on or address, George +. McFar-
land. .s5 South Main street Teiephons call
SS.4 It
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03
WORK WANTED.

wANTED-By = young man, position as
81 summer esfeet. zsta
PLAIN SEWING OR MENDING WAN ED
Apply AZ I'll hin street 27-tsls
wANTED-Hy elderly lady with small boy
position Us houkekeepeT Apply 50 Circle -,
City. I&tss
wANTED-A position on q farm Coed milk
or Address r. W" general mail ossisefy,
Barre, VT xs1o'
wAsHINGs-Anyone Wishing TO get their
esofhee well wasted and troneo with pain soap
ard eater mo powder or any Thing - eat
DESTROY the ciethss} can get the sane done At
rriecs thai are rieht ans woyk guaFsattsd. ~
Addressing ''Laandfy Work." Barre. 2ss0
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03

MAPLE SUGAR FOR sALE--Few pals 81
nice sugar Also few cans Ut syfup fhan
ab,-s or address w. W. sutton, n f.D l.
Barre IsI
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03
Administrative Notice.

Aubiils due the >. +. Lyude Estate must be
Maid before the 18th OF January, 1903, or they
will be put into a collectors hanis, as Il =
necessary TO settle the estate at once.
CLARA l. LYNDE
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03

FOR SALE-House and barn and i-e acres
OF land ON Merchant street. Inquire OF VIM,
McFariane, hetcnan street. 26st6s
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03

FOR sALK--a0l cords dry rs inch ", 0d also
about 2O,O01 feet sof wo0d lumber, skidd IfOr
would let JOB To draw lumber to mill Addrt =
Edward Dutton Wiiliamalown, W. agjt0
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03
BOARD AND ROOMS.

TO RKHT--Furnisbed room. ALI modern con-
vaniences inquire of Mrs. Robert Beagris: u
Franklin ST. xfsd
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

MONEY TO LOAN on good security, prefer
ably real estate. Address Money" thus Of
nee 2Titf
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03

FARM with personal property 70 sell or ex-
change for Barre city real estate. Location
very desirable, only one mile from Montpelier.
Contains 10 acres OF land suitably divided.
Plenty of wood and fruit. Buildings are very
good. Eight room house with porch across
front and side, Good barns with Easements
Buildings AL painted Price, including pair
horses, sock and farming tools, S6,o00.00.
This Is a very desirable property. Cail at office
and see photographs of buildings ID. A. Perry
Real Estate Agency, Barre, Vt. 25on
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03

FOR SALE Modern eight room house on
Beacon street, French estate, has steam heat
electric lights, hot water connections. Also
extra lot Inquire Of George Z. smith, -
Jefferson street. 264ti2
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03
NOTICE TO PUBLIC.

For sIrrGHs. robes and blankets. work
harnesses aud driving harness, shoes and
hafness repaired, 90 %
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03

FOR SALE CHEAP-1he following second
hand machinery all In good order, one Lincoln
Iron Works gang saw, for saving granite, une
Hall steam driven Air compressor. eapanIty
$50 feet, one Whitcomb Bros polishing ma
chine, one eight ton hand tTaveiins Crane, 10
foot span Sweeney Bros, Granite Co nt-
peliet, VT 2iit6
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03

FOR sALE--Pung sleigh. Ndriying harna.
u arly new aud open buggy WI hc 30
phe,p II taken At once. George Boolh. 10 Aul-
~ street g ~
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03
WANTED.

WANTED - Building lots in exchange for
seven room house, Duilt About ten year. ago.
Is ia good condition aud has extra good ioun
d&tiou Always rented to gO0u paying aeuapts.
Prefer lots in southern part "a the clty. House
cost TO huiid about xl70u.1O Nia sell tor
$1u0 00 less. Location goou. Inquire Vi Tile ID.
A. Perry kesl ESTATE Agency, b4rIe. W. z6lts
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03
A CARD.

We, the undersigned, do hereby agree
TO refund the money on 5O-cent bottle
Of Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar if
it fails to cure your cough, or cold. We
also guarantee a ascent bottle TO prove
satisfactory or money refunded.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03

FOR sALlf-'fwo cast iron Globe Stone shed
stoves for coal Also quantity OF pipe, Al "A
good condition. Must Do Sold al once Apply 10
Marion a o'Leary. Granite ST. 2isl6s
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03

FOR sALE--t new sleigh also Edison sHn
darn phono. raph, WITH 90 records ali la nu
condition, win sell cheap or exchange flr u
o,a. Address, or inquire a. East Al nj Gle,
depot n. r. Telephone 1894 2.l4f
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03

FOR SALE-Two houses on Merchant street,
one with barn. spring water. electric nights,
gas, all modern improvements. Inquire Of A.
X. Batcheldor, % Merchant St Phone 240. 257tf
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03

FARM of6 acres in Plainneld. about two
and one half miles from creamery, etc. and
four and one half miles from Barre. VIII keep
rs cows and team. Plenty OF wood. Sugar
place OF abort 400 naples, an equipped. Extra
hne fruit orchard which paid owner over 500
last year Quantity Of small fruit Coca com.
Portable buildings; eight-room house and
barn. Plenty Of good water. Prize, including
stock and tools, hay, etc. only t3500O0. Must
be sold at once. Inquire Of the ID A. Perry
Real Estate Agency 256u
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03

FOR sALE--Ten tons shaftng and hangers
5-i6 10 6-i6; 800 feet Gal wire rope. 4 inch
diameter, 100 wood split puieys, ~ 10 60 inches.
VIII deliver shafting ana hangers for cents a
pound pulleys halt price an JUST as good as
new OF no sale. w. b. Carpenter, Bellows
Halls, VI 2Siu
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03
TO RENT.

TENEMENT 10 RENT--A very pie ,sant
tenement OF three rooms TO rent TO two people
AZ II Terrace Ave. Inquire Of G S. wallace At
Peoples Shoe store. 27l
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03

FOR SALE--Ou car line between Barre and
Montpelier Parcel OF land 100 feet by $40. also
Block. 2TOtf
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03

FOX SALE--A second hand square Pianu.
Apply 70 @ $. Andrews, l67 North Main street,
barre. 27ln
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03
LOST AND FOUND.

please return 70 Times office 27lts
LOST oxhound puppy, about months old.
salt and pepper colof with some black spots,
VIII finder notify or return 20 A. @. Harrison.
MarshfsAid. W. 2T2t6s
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03

MY property at No. Is
Merchant street. also a car
rage with rubber tires. good
as new. New single harness,
one old harness, set of double
harness, folding bed, roll top
desk and bookcase combined.
refrigerator, bookcase and
couch.
All accounts must be set
tied by March 1st, 1909. At
ter that date all accounts will
be turned over to my attor-
ncy to collect.
J. Z. McSweeney, M. d.
Tel. 100. Is Merchant st. Barre, vs.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03

TO RENT - Desirable nye rom tenement.
Apply TO J. W. Nichols, 60 south Main St 263tf
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03

The r. y. Cate Real Estate
Agency, Barre. VT.
n. b. CATE. H. A. FLOOD.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03

HAY FOR SAIE--About % tons at Ellen
Whvatley Barns place on west hill In williams
town Near Clogst0n Brothers, Cash price 40
barn slau per ION, or entire lot for S32D00
Phone. BILL H. A. Phelps 2571
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03

HORSES FOR SALE--Eour heavy horses
weighing from 100 20 200 each. Apply 10 Oscar
Thompson, bsteheider street, Barre. 22etf
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03
N. E CUTTERS.

Harns.. shop By he Bridge. East Barre.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03

FOR sALE--A steel range Ia frst-class con-
drug store. 22utf
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03

WANTED--Stenographe for granite Office.
One win experience preferred. State expert
begin worg. Anaress 'sGranite" care Times
office. 272t3
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03

wANTED--Yonng man 10 to 20 years of age
for wholesale granite office Address in own
hand writing NJ. N. & Co., Iimes Office 272rs
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03

ENGINEERING BOOKS FOR SALE--A set
OF the American Correspondence school En-
sale cheap. Address r. U. Box I22, East
Barre, w. zGeto
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03

TO RENT-cottage house Of rooms on
Washington street, si301 246tf
TO RENT--Tenement Of s rooms on Branch
street, $500 2i5tf
TO RENT--Cortage at wsbsterville. Rent
Si200 2s6tf
10 RENT-Two tenements on Academy
street. Rent si6-0o each. 256tf
Two tenements on Foster street. each 50 257tf
H.A. Phelps. Phone sill, 2 Academs St.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03

PASTURE LAND FOR sALE-4o acres, be-
longing, 10 the Charles X Norris estate and
adjoining the homes tead. Also one pillow. For
further particulars. Apply 10 John W. Averill,
adm. K r. ID. 2 Barre, VI 2i4tf
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03

Choice chickens and young fowls for roast
ng Some late matched chickens for broiling.
A. W. ALLEN. sunnyside Farm sstf
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03


Mrs. B. w. Braley offers
for sale her home place,
No. $50 North Main ST.,
Barre, Vt. The lot has
a frontage on Main St.
of 100 feet and depth Of
200 feet. For further par
ticulars call on or address
Mrs. B. w. Braley. Tele-
phone PAIL.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03

FOR sALE-Nice, loose nay, botn coarse and
fine. Orders may be left AZ sowaen & Lyons
store or with me &C u hlgnIaad Avenne. G.
Carleton. ie7a
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03

WOOD FOR SALE--Nice well dried wont
Nearly all maple. Tel 5l-5 L. X. Ayerill 3s0t6s
FOR sALE-rlack Minorcas, 10 pullets and
2 cockerels. viii sell cheap. Apply At 40
Merchant street. h0tds
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-03

S TO REET-A COOK tenement to fam
lily without chiiuern. ~ ~aaple Ave. Inquire OF
Frank Cooper 10 Plain Street 2s5sf
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-20

and allowed to deeompose, when the
shells open naturally and are easily
examined for the pearls, which lie
loosely embedded in the flesh OF the
fish.
|, appears that the Indians of that
district have always known of these
freshwater pearls, and that several or
the rivers running north have been
regularly fished for them for many
generations. Most OF the pearls coll
lected By t.ese people in olden times
were ruined by being rudely bored. so
that they migas he strung for neck
laces or for the adornment OF wam-
pun belts. "a .n,
; HoSadaSst lie ER!eawaRe Hudson
Bay Co, traders pay fair price for
all the Indians can collect Some of
the Montreal houses have regular
dealings with the pearl hunters OF
the coast. and have agents on the spot
who secure shipments for them.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-20
How Corn Grows,

Rows OF corn grow on the cob in
even numbers, and one with an odd
number is considered an almost un-
heard of freaN
There is an old story to the effect
old southern slave owner promised
freedom 10 the first negro who would
iiEd an ear OF corn bearing all odd
number Of rows. Among the slaves
was young darky who had thought
which he kept all to himself, but when
the corn was in the roasting ear he
went 10 the field, and stripping back
the busk from the ear he cut away
one Of the rows OF grain with a sharp
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-20
s--------s
PEARL FINDS IN LABRADOR.
little-known Source of Wealth II
the Streams of That Land.

The deep sea fishermen and whals
or seal hunters are about the only
persons who know much of the north
ern Labrador coast where it runs in
to Hudson bay territory. says a cor
respondent of the New York Sun.
Barrenness and desolation, rocky
shores beaten by the icy Atlantic,
long winters and short, Indictment
summers are its chief characteristics.
There are but few signs of human
life; merely ancient rock blist shelf
ers set up by whale.s from Nantucket
or Gloucester when Greenland whales
were hunted amore. the icebergs, or
rude seal hunters shanties. where OBJ
seryation parties land for a day or
Two at a time. But curious as it APP
pears, there is a little-known source
of wealth in that lone land
1t is found in the rushing rivers,
which generally make their last leap
into the ocean over steep and high
waterfall The immense masses OF
fresh water mussels, which in many
places actually choke the streams, first
directed attention to it in late years,
Men wondered why the oldtime
whale or seal hunters and other early
navigators had collected such quanii-
ties of the shells as were 10 be seen
piled about the camping places Then
q short search by a well-read ne'er-do-
we'll few years ago revealed large,
irregular-shaped pearl under pile oT
old shells, and Immediately a vaiua