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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-04-05

The license commissioners Of st. AL
bans. Burlington and Bennington have
All decided On minimum license fee
Tor their respective towns and each is
arranging To charge another and local
fee to 60 into the city treasury. Bur
lington's city charter and ordinances
cover this, st. Albans has recently en-
acted an ordinance covering liquor u
sensed places, and Bennington has called
town meeting for the same purpose.
The state law enacted at the last SEES
sion, to divert all the liquor license fees
70 the state treasury, seems to be in =
fair way Of defeat OF its purpose.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-04-05

eDar ID two kinds Of arguments said
Uncle Eben, dem in which you Is try
IN 70 enlighten somebody an dem n
which YOU is tryin' 70 fool somebody,
Washington Star.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-04-05

If the bin introduced in Congress by
Representative Murdoch Of Kansas be.
comes 4 law, the u. S. deposit fund,
which Vermont holds and which forms
the greater portion 81 the states perma-
nent school fund, win have to be re-
turned to the national treasury, This
fund was Vermont's portion Of accumu-
lations from the sale Of land by the
national government and was received
BY the state by an act passed Nov. II,
1887 IN 1912 II was distributed to the
towns Of the state. but was called in in
1907 0s and made a part Of the perma-
neHt school fund. 1t amounts to $685.
0se7a Representative Aturdock's bill,
which he says he expects to become a
law at the next regular session Of Con
gress, bears The title, "a bin to secure
repayment 81 ala money owing to the
United States repayment of which has
been pledged All the other New Eng.
lard states win be affected il this bin
becomes $ law, and il IS probable all viii
luite to defeat it.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-04-05

Water power is used to supply the
electricity for the new Italian railway
from Castle Raymond to Camerino.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-04-05

Ia proportion to the population. there
Is mere money in circulation n France
than any other country.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-04-05

And now New Hampshire is going e
tax automobiles BY their horse power,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-11-30
FENCE RAIL Philosophy.

Even the best farm boy needs an
occasional raking over.
Have you organized that Brother
hood of Road Draggers yet?
To get poor quickly try some of the
get-rich-Quick schemes.
Money talks, they say. Certainly 1t
says "good-by' glibly enough.
The time was when a mortgage
and a man got on the same farm the
man was the one who had to leave,
but since alfalfa came it is the mort
gage thu has to leave.
style" is too often the art of look
ing ridiculous because everybody else
dOes.
The farmer who puts all Of his
smaller apples in the middle of the
barrel is a CRATER.
some mems ~veracity is SO little re-
garded hat their hogs hardly come
when they're called.
When the Lord mad some men he
put the hairspring in the brain and
the handspring in the mouth.
Overlooking is worse than under
feeding, because you not only retard
the growth Of your stock but waste
your God
Don't blame the implement manu-
facturers for getting rich when you
leave your plows and harvesters out
in bad weather.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-11-30
MAKING A COUNTRY SCHOOL,
HOUSE BEAUTIFUL.

Setting a schoolhouse in a dense
woods is worse than having one in an
open field without trees, for the
health Of the pupils is promoted by
having the sunshine on the house at
times. But a house standing on a
bare lot. without even a around
1t .and often an implanted, barn-llke
structure is simply hideous. But where
there is some attempt at planting II
is generally in the nature of making
a grove over the whole lot, and this
too. is wrong, for it prevents the
growth Of grass or the planting of
flower-beds and shrubbery.
Tree Of large size should be used
mainly on the outskirts to frame in
a picture Of a pretty lawn and some
flower-beds. Make a wide border
around the building and plant it with
a variety of Towering shrubbery that
will bloom at different times in the
season. Have a walk curving from
one side of the lot past the door inc
out at the other side so that there can
be a broad scope Of grass in the CEN
ter. Around the outskirts plant a
variety of trees and give them room TO
take their natural forms, making with
them a broad, irregular border to the
lot. and not planting them in straight
rows like an Make these
trees largely evergreen, for the school
is held mainly in winter, but still have
some deciduous ones for their spring
beauty. Then do not trim up the conf
ferrous ~evergreens or h
with an ugly stem, but let them
branch from the ground in natural
form.
Keep the playground in the rear and
screen out the rear buildings OF con-
yosience with lattice and vines. On
the outer edges of the shrubbery Dor
Dire around the house, which screens
the base of the building, you can haye
faIl-planted bulbs, such as hyacinths
and tulips and narclssus, ano 1olioW
thaso in summer with annual plants
that the pupils are taught to raise
from seed in boxes and outside. once
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-11-30
RIGHT AND WRONG WAYS OF
MILKING.

Milking the COWS is regarded on
most Southern farms as disagreeable
work. When the calf is allowed to
take its feed from it's mothers udder
at milking time, as is m on the
farms Of this section, milking is in
deed a disagreeable task. On the other
hand. when the calf is removed from
the COW after sucking once or twice
and the COW Is taught to stand quietly
without feed to be MIXED, the task is
neither hard nor unpleasant.
A milk COW is kept for the milk she
gives, and if careless milking reduces
the quantity OF milk o~ne-fOurth, then
the feed consumed by the COW only
brings three-fourths as much as it
should
In twelve dairy herds tested by the
Wisconsin Experiment Station good
milking gave a daily increase per COW
OF 1.O8 pounds of milk and Il pound
of butter fat. In several cases 1t was
found that some particular mixer in
a dairy herd did his work sufficiently
better than other mixers to be worth
SO a month more to the owner Of the
heard. In Denmark the question Of
proper milking is regarded of sufficient
importance to max it worth while for
the government to make a special APP
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-11-30

get the children interested in making
the front of the lot beautiful and they
will not damage it. Lawn are
very cheap now, and the lawn should
be regularly moWn and the grass an
nually top-dressed with fertilizer to
promote the growth Of the grass.
Now is the time for planting the
trees and shrubbery, but
spring will be better for the ever
green's. There are many trees and
shrubs native to the different sections
that can be used effectively. Too many
people loo always for "far-fetched"
things. Some laughed at me years
ago for planting sweet-gum trees a,
the North Carolina A. Il M. College,
but there are few prettier trees than
these are now, and splendid in their
fall colors. Our native NAPLES and
elms are also good and the oaks
should not be neglected.
Then, where the long-leaf pine
grows go into the woods and with a
trees a foot or SO high to cut the tap
root. Then let them stand another
season, n they can be removed af-
ter they nave made more lateral roots.
Little cedars a foot high transplant
easily, as do also the little. cypress
trees from the sWamps, n they make
finer trees on the dry ground than in
the swanps. Hollies can be easily
moved in spring if all the leaves are
pulled off, but will certainly fail if you
do not remove the elaves. Magnolisa
also should have the leaves taken of
so hat the roots can get a start be-
fore the leaves ~evaporate the moisture
too much.
Then in shrubbery we have many
pretty things to add to the spireas,
ETC., so commonly grown. The wax
myrtle of the wood is a pretty ever
green; the common gall berry is also
attractive; Itea virginia. makes
racemes Of beautiful white flowers in
springs, and is easily found along the
branches. The stamtnate form Of the
fringe tree is also very beautiful in
bloom. SourwOod makes a pretty
shrub or small tree and has pretty
flowers and gorgeous color in the
fall. Hex verticillata, the deciduous
member of the holly family, can be
found in the swamps and is very gay
in winter with its red berries. In fact.
any teacher who is a lover of plants
and knows the native shrubbery can
get the boys interested in getting these
things from the forest. and they will
learn to admire beauty ever in COM
mon things. There is such a wealth
of trees and shrubs in the South that
any one can adorn his grounds and
make them very attractive by getting
the wild plants alone; n getting
these and leraning their names and
habits will be an education to the
boys and girls.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-11-30
GOOD n ROADS

l believe h roa leading by the
writer's house is one of the best in
the country. Up to three years ago
1t was as bad as the average, but one
Of these good roads advocates figured
it out for US one day that it cost more
to haul a DAD of grain four miles To
town than it did to send 1t to Chicago,
900 miles by railroad.
The new road did not cost much,
either. We laid down four-inch tiles
eight eet apart and graded the surface
to a Slight arch, plowed two feet deep
on either side, put on a split-log drag
and the business was done. The log
goes over the road three or four times
q year Last March the farmers along
the road were hauling produce to town
all the month";, while other roads in the
neighborhood were impossible. Some
of them were SO bad that a man could
not wade through them on horseback.
B. z. Lara.
+ & NJ
Never say the word Whoa to your
horse unless you want him to stop
short right there. Say STEADY" or
Easy when you want him to go
slower. but keep the word Whoa"
or an imperative order for an instant
stop and see that it is obeyed. Doing
SO may be the means Of saving life
sometimes.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-11-30
Str WORK
Mr. r. b. Newell. Demonstrated. to
Start Mr.. Otho Daniel in Farm
enOnStratiOn Work.
(Oxford Public Ledger.)

tOAiOFO fuD1lC
Mr.. F. B. Newell. Of warrenton, is
Demonstration work, and is getting
Mr.. Ohio Daniel il readiness to start
the work in Granville. MI. Newell,
VINO comes under the orders Of the
department Of Agriculture, through
Mr.. {. r. Hudson, has had charge of
the work in his own county for the
past year, and such success has at
tended the efforts tina the corn yield
has doubled and the cotton crop i'm
proved to a like degree.
Mr.. Newell says right now the at
tentlon is being centered or two chief
things, to-wit: to build up the soil,
and TO double the yield of the crop at
less expense per acre. 1t is the inten-
ton to maxi four ears of corn grow
where one now grows.
The methods pursued by Mr.. Newell
with the departments suggestions
nave achieved wonderful results. A
test field is TAKEN, a farmer taking a
part and the demonstration a part.
The farmer is to use his own methods,
the demonstration h departments,
both having same identical chances.
under the same conditions, in the
same soil.
A. Katzenstein. a farmer Of Warren
Plains, grew under the Die methods
only ten bushels of corn on a field,
while Mr.. Newell in the same field,
with only a wooden stake between
them, grew sixty bushels. His own
brother could only get 20 bushels on
a field While Mr.. Newell, right by him,
produced 40. Another could only get
80 ushels to Mr.. Newell's 81, and it
must be remembered that each Of
these farmers was imbued with the
spirit of contest and gave fields more
attention thar is usually given them.
The records for cotton are about
as good. On different farms under
the same conditions as in the case
with the corn, Mr.. Newell produced
such comparative figures as these:
1900 pounds per acre to 1000
1914 TO 500; 170O to 1000, these fig
ures being taken as hey come to
them, are not particularly selected
specimens The farmers also used
the very same kind Of fertilizer as the
demonstrator; consequently, it shows
the wonderful magic of modern agri-
cultural science.
The average yield for corr in the
State is but 16 IL bushels per acre,
and in the county Of Granville 1T is
less than 3 IL barrels per acre.
Think what it would be to the farm
ers if four ears of corn can be made
to grow where one now grows, and
this at lessened time and expense.
Other counties in other States are do
ing it. Why not Granville? Stick to
Ohio Daniel, boys, his year, and dou-
bile the Weld as Warren did-or better,
beat Warren.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-11-30

What a wonderful country the
South would be if the good acres did
o have to pay for 50 many pauper
acres. And all over the South mil
limos of acres are on h road to
pauperism by the tenant cropping
system. The greatest land-pauperiz-
ing influence in the South is the mis-
erable cropping system. 1t has run
more land to waste since the war than
good farmers have been able to re-
deem; more land on the road to old
fields thar is being farmed well.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-11-30

preparation for the teaching of correct
milking to men and women OF all
ages.
To secure good milking Of the dairy
herd. weigh the milk of each cow and
keep a record of it; give the mixers
proper instruction and offer a pre-
MUM for the best results and attain
a penalty to unsatisfactory results.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-11-30
THE FARMERS EXPERIENCE meeting

who farms 100 acres and has been
Duylng feed, followed me at night to
learn how to build a silo. must have
MT hlm, and L hope / helped him.
and others, too.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-11-30
Trouble Makers OuSted.

When a sufferer from m trou-
bic takes DR.. Kings New Life Pills
he's mighty glad to see his Dyspepsia
and Indigestion fly. but more he's
tickled oyer his new, fine appetite
strong nerves healthy yigor. all be
cause stomach, liver and kidneys now
work right. CSC at all druggists.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-03-24
PESoBsCoT, 240.

Penobscot grange met in regular meet
ing Friday evening, with about l25 patrons
present. Members OF Halycon grange
were present by invitation, and there were
visitors from Castine, Rainbow, Highland,
Aiamoosook, Narrsmissic and North Sedg-
wick oranges. At recess a supper was
served.
After recess the lecturer presented the
following program: Piano duet, Nella
Bridges and Nina Varnum; illustrated
reading, Hazel Dun bar; tableaux; singing,
Matilda Peterson; illustrated song, b. Z.
varnum and Grace Z. Leach; reading,
Jennie Bridges; singing, choir; panto-
mime, "Loye will Find Way
There were remarks for the good OF the
order by many OF the visiting brothers
and sisters. A vote OF thanks was ex-
tended to the host grange for its hos
pitality.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-03-24

The automatic egg boilers in the kitchen
Of the liner Lusitania are able to cook 90
eggs at once. An electric device causes the
basket containing the eggs to hop out Of
eggs to hop out Of the boiling water at any
half minute up to six minutes. The self
dumping oyster cooker is another eleciri-
cal novelty on this same boat.
They had both been married before
Ayes he said, looking at her when she
had finished dressing, "your hat Is on
straight; your waist is buttoned down the
back your white skirts don't show; have
the front door key; the furnace fire is
fixed; the back door is locked; the light in
the bedroom isn't burning, and I'm
ready-come on" George" she replied,
''are you sure you have a clean hsndker-
chieff" Experience had taught them
both trick or two.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-03-24

The long distance Transmission line from
the Muskegon river to Grand Rapids,
Mich, holds the worlds record for high
voltage transmission OF electrical energy.
This record voltage is 1l0, 900 volts. and it
is only few years ago that the 72,000 volt
pressure over this same line was the high
est in the world.
The wires for this high tension trans
mission are suspended from steel towers.
fifty-three feet high and 500 feet apart.
They are insulated with five large porce-
lain disks ten inches in diameter which
are tested to stand half q million volts
without arcing over.
A popularity of this enormous electrical
pressure is to cause a static discharge from
the transmission wires into the atmos-
phere. This discharge causes q cracking
or Kissing noise which can be distinctly
heard for a distance OF over a hundred
feet. In the dark this static discharge can
be seen, the wires being luminous with
little streaks Of light where there is par
ticie OF dust or an irregularity in the cop
per. And yet the transmission wires are
so thoroughly insulated and stretch for SO
many miles that the friction OF the wind
will charge them with static electricity
even when entirely disconnected from the
power plant. When a slight wind is blow
Ing spark over an inch long can be drawn
from the wires.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-03-24
The First Hypnotic STAGE.

A widow was lamenting to a friend
the fact that her three sons had all
gone to sea. She lived far from the
coast, and her boys had never seen the
ocean until they left home to become
sailors. On the wall of her cottage
hung picture Of ship in a storm,
with the sailors clinging to the rig
ging. Pointing to this picture the Wis
ftor said. THAT was what made your
boys sailors" Children. as Tolstoy
says. are in what physicians call 1.-The
first hypnotic stage"-that is. they are
easily impressed. The picture on the
wall had been constant suggestion TO
the boys to become sailors. The infiu-
ence of our example in the home or in
business is Infinitely more potent In
forming the character of our young
people than all our moral axioms. our
don't and our do" In spite of an
parent difference a careful analysis of
Dur ehildren's character viii often re-
veal the fact that they are more or
less faithful reflections of our own
acts and thoughts and the environ
ment in which the young people have
grown up. 1t is the same with a
Christian Endeavor society. Endeav-
orers copy the church and the pastor.
They do 1t uneonsciously. Hence one
might almost formulate law-thus, a
going church. a going Young Peoples
society-that Is. If there is one. and
Mere should be in every "going"
church A poor society ought to lead
US to ask, do the young people reflect
the spiritual condition of the church,"
I have yet to see vigorous church
that cannot get good work out of
Young Peoples society. The church
makes the society by an Inevitable
law. The relation of the two Is worth
pondering. Ripple In Christian En-
deavor World.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-03-24

When one is using the eyes for close
work, it is wise to change the focus at in
tervars and gaze off at distance; if the
distant view is of green mountains and
fields it will be most restful. II the air in
the room can be frequently changed that
will rest the eyes also.
One should never use the eyes for study
or work before breakfast or after the
the strength has been reduced by disease
or a nervous strain. A book should be
held about eighteen inches from the eyes.
The light for work should be steady, and
for an entire room, diffused rather than
spotty.- Harper's Bazaar.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-03-24

Dear Aunt Mddcs and M. Bs.;
/ wish to say present" that may no longer
experience the guilty feeling which / have
had for the last two or three weeks when
have turned to the NJ. b. column and noted
how nobly the sisters have responded to the
"roll CALI and realized that alone had been
remiss. Charity. dost thou cover a multi
tude of sins" or reveal them7
l, too, was on the ri lie to the reunion, ia
nous in prose and poetry (fl, but did not see
the fire, alias pumpkins, for was sitting on
the 'front.' seat. l should have paid more at
tention to what was going on around me,
however, IL had known we were making
history. The excitement of the trip over, the
pleasure of meeting the sisters, the many
and varied good things to eat, and last, but
not least, our ride home with its variations,
r.ade it fred letter day" for us all, and one
long to be remembered
Ann" your dumplings are fine. Ny
John asked me to-day if would teach him how
to make them. When l inquired the reason
of such an unusual request, he said he might
be camping some time, and that he would
want to make some, he liked them SO much.
That reminds me; 1 wonder il the sisters
ever tried five teaspoonfuls cream Of tarter and
Two teas poohiuis souh instead OF the usual
two Of cream of tarter and one Of soda with
the same amount of shortning, salt and mil L
to a quart Of flour. Try it some day when you
want some extra good biscuits. viii send a
receipt for Brownies, which l think has not
been in the column.
BRowNIEs-Two squares Of chocolate, one
cup of sugar. one cup of -four, one cup of wal
nuts chopped, one-half cup Of butter (scant),
two eggs. Bake in q "eake oven, cool, cut in
squares and when cold take from tin.
Best wishes to all, ELLA.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-03-24

Dear Aunt Madce and Natuais:
Don't you think during the roll-call would
be good time to get better acquainted Like
Sister B., would like to know the name and
address of all the clan, Sc that when read q
letter can locate the writer. Now, would
suggest hat the name and address well as
the pen name be added to the letters during
roll-call. Then each can make a list for
future reference. If this doesn't meet with
the approval of ALL don't be backwar in
coming forward and entering your protests.
Yes, Mol" sloppy" is still in the West, and
takes TIE AMERICAN. We pronounced the
filed cookies good. G.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-03-24
1mons the 0ransers.

This column 10 devoted to the Grange. es-
peciaily to the oranges Of Hancock county.
The column Is open to all srangers for the
discussion Of topics Of general interest, and
for reports Of grange meetings. Make letters
short and concise. All communications must
be signed, but names will not be printed ex-
cept by permission Of the writer. All com
munications will be subject to approval by
the editor, but none will be rejected without
good reason.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-03-24
HIGHLAND. 3si, NORTH pENoBscor.

Highland grange held its regular meet
ing March 10, Although the travelling
was bad quite number was present, in
GLIDING one visitor. After business and
recess the lecturer pro tenn. presented tho
following program: Reading, Mrs. A. l..
Saunders; story, Il. w. Lowell; song. K.
f. Gross and wife; locals. Chandler Hutch
ms. Some Of the grange sisters are at
tending the spring term OF the normal
school at Castine.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-03-24

Dear aunt n edge;
| do not want to be absent when the
roll is called, so send the following.
"Mud and slush and sleet and snow
That is March.
Icy walks where'er you 60
That is March.
When the sky o'erhead is gray,
when the winds begin to play,
And the willow cats are gay
That is March.
Robins on the lawn once more
That is March.
Nsighbors hens around the door
THAT is March.
when the snowdrop lifts its head,
Wakes the croous from its bed.
And we think that winters fed
That is March"
e. l., C.
c., Of Bluehiu.