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Connecticut western news., 1909-01-14
Briefs For the Farm Home.

The second national corn exposition will be held at Omaha in December. AS d special feature extensive educa- tional exhibits by a number of agri- cultural colleges and experiment sta tions are contemplated, these to be of such Q character as to give visitors an Idea of the work carried on by these institutions.
 A disease, seemingly a bacterial growth, has been noticed on chickens which produces Jumps on the comb and at the base of the bill. Washing the heads of the fowls with a sat urated solution of boric acid gave re lief.
 Results of experiments in making butter from sweet cream is an idea In a report to the Dairymen's associa- ton of Quebec. It is claimed that the process is just as advantageous as that with ripened cream and that the butter made from sweet cream is equally good when fresh and keeps good longer than butter from cream spontaneously fermented.
 Corn to make pound of pork is dis cussed by a writer in the Breeders Gazette. A pen of eleven Duroc-Jer- seys fed sixty-two days gained 500 pounds and required 6.71 pounds corn per pound of gain. A lot of fifteen Pc land -Chinas fed thirty-five days gain ed 5S5 pounds and required 4.96 pounds of corn per pound of gain. A little skimmilk was fed once day in addi- tion to the corn, and the pigs had the run of pasture.
 Sugar is said by a contributor in the Journal of Agriculture. Paris. to be good for fattening sheep. In a test covering eighty-four days the average daily gain per head on ration con- taining sugar was POP grams as com pared with 127 grams per day on a ra- ton without 1t. When slaughtered the flesh of the sugar fed sheep was found to be of most excellent quality.
 A disease commonly known as swoll- en head of turkeys is described in the Journal of Agricultural Science. The most characteristic symptom is an ex- tensive swelling about the head. which becomes so enlarged that the birds are unable to see. The swelling is due to an accumulation of gelatinous sub stance in the infraorbital cavity. This swelling may disappear in a short time or may persist for several months The swellings contain a cheesy, foul smelling material. and death may take place without regard to the apparent severity of the disease. The lesions are confined to the head except for an occasional distension of the ceca. BacilH related to the diphtheria bacil- Jus are frequently found in the exu- dation, but no organism has been ded- nitely shown to be the primary caasc of the disease.
Connecticut western news., 1909-01-14
CROP REPORTING.

Hew the Bureau of Statistics Does tls@s
 Business.
 The bureau of statistics issues each month detailed reports relating to az ricultural conditions throughout the United States, the data upon whtch they are based being obtained through a special field service a corps of statcs statistical agents and a large body Of voluntary correspondents composed or the following classes: County core spondents, township correspondence individual farmers and special cotton correspondents.
 The special field service consists of. seventeen travelling agents, each as- signed to report for a separate group Of states. These agents are especially qualified by statistical training anG practical knowledge of crops. They systematically travel over the district assigned to them, carefully note the development of each crop, keep in touch with best informed opinion and render written and telegraphic reports monthly and at such other times a@ required.
 There are forty-fve state statistical agents, each located fin a different state. Each reports for his state as a. whole and maintains a corps of core spondents entirely independent Of those reporting directly to the depart ment at Washington. These state sta tistical correspondents report each month directly to the state agent on schedules furnished him. The reports are then tabulated and weighted ac-- cording to the relative product or area of the given crop in each county rep resented and are summarized by the state agent, who co-ordinates and an alyzes them in the light of his person al knowledge and conditions and from them prepares his reports to the de partment.
 There are approximately 2,S00 coun- ties Of agricultural importance in the United States. In each the depart ment has a principal county core spondent, who maintains an organiza- ton of several assistants. These coun-' ty correspondents are selected withs special reference to their qualifications and constitute an efficient branch Of the crop reporting service. They make. the county the geographical unit of their reports and after obtaining dRta each month from their assistants anH supplementing these with informatiom obtained from their own observation and knowledge report directly to the department at Washington.
 In the townships and voting pre- l cincts of the United States in which farming operations arc extensively carried on the department has tuwnr- ship correspondents, who make tfig township or precinct the geogmphican basis of reports, which they also, send directly to the department each mpnth- Finally at the end of the growing season large number of fndividuaR farmers and planters report on the re- suits of their own individual farming operations during the year.
 l With regard to cotton, all the infor-. nation from the foregoing sources isn supplemented by that furnished by special cotton correspondents, embrac-- ing a large number of persons inti- mately concerned in the cotton indus try. and in addition inquiries in rela- ton to acreage and yield per acre Of cotton are addressed to the bureau Of the census list of cotton ginners through the courtesy of that bureau.
Connecticut western news., 1909-01-14
Value of Manure.


 While manure may contain only the same amount of actual fertilixing con stituents as given amount of com mereial fertilizer, Its benefit to the soiR Is sometimes much greater owing to its addition of humus. When manure Is Incorporated with a soil it greatly improves the texture. loosening n heavy. compact soil and binding to.- gether light, leachy one. making thw soil more friable, warmer, muna' nss- tentive of moisture and more donTeniaI to plants in every way.
 Some experiments conducted by PrUA lessor King at the Wisconsin agrSruil- tural experiment station showed that certain manured land contained eight, cen tons more water per acre ini thu upper foot of soil than similar land unmanured and thirty-four tons morpr in the soil to depth of three feet Manure exerts a quicker beneficial in huence on tho texture of soils than green manures. He concludes that manures will also aid in equalizing the. supply and distribution of water in the. soils. that they will exert n materiat influence in making soils warmer and that manured land is less subject to. the denuding effects of wind and rain
Connecticut western news., 1909-01-14
MY YEARS EXPENSE
An Ideal Bookfor One Years Accounting

An Ideal BOokfOrU Une Years accounting A double page with 31 lines is furnished for each month. The printed dclassifcations are Rent and Water. Light and Heat, Meats and Groceries, Interest and Insur- ance, Clothing, Physician and Medicine, Carfare and Travelling, Books and Amuse- ments. Labor and Service. There are 3 extra columns without headings. There is double summary page for recording monthly totals. .
 Size X 814, ledger paper, blank book ruling, and bound in stiff cloth board of assorted colors. A very handsome book.
 Price soc per copy. postage 4c.
 THE CANAAN PRINTING CO.
 Canaan. Conn. .-..
Connecticut western news., 1909-01-14
WONDERS OF VELOCITY.
A Piece of Thin Cardboard Will Cut
 Through Wood.

"A Piece or min GaTdDoaru VIII Nuk
 Through Wood.
 Velocity has a great deal to do with one substances ability to break through another, and 1t is remarkable what can be accomplished by com paratively soft substance against much harder one when the former is given enough velocity. A bullet made of a tallow candle would smash flat If fired against board from toy gun, but when shot from an army rife it will go right through the board. A stream of water has been known to have such swiftness of movement that a sword was broken in two when a strong man tried to cut it through. Cyclones have been known to drive such frail projectiles as straws well into tree.
 An interesting experiment showing what a soft substance can do may be performed by attaching bristol board disk to the motor of an electric fan and setting it to revolving at the fans usual rate. If a piece of wood such as lead pencil, for example, De carefully applied to the edge of the revolving disk, the wood will very readily be cut through. Of course if the disk were to reyolve slowly the wood would soon blunt it's edge.-Path- finder
Connecticut western news., 1909-01-14
NEWS CLOTHES.
Not What They Used to Be In the
 Days of Elizabeth.

Not What They Used to Be In the
 Days of Elizabeth.
 Most men nowadays do not get much pleasure from dress and scarce ly notice the changes of fashion in mems clothes. They are vaguely aware that a hat looks odd when its shape is old fashioned, and they ac- cept the hat of the mSnent because they do not wish to look odd them selves. But this Is a merely negative interest. They arc also apt to be con- temptuous of women's greater inter est in the fashions. as if 1t were a mark of frivolity.
 This is an ignorant mistake. Dress is or ought to be an art, and therefore, if only minor art, it is a more seri- which many men give so much time and pains. Besides, men have only be- come indifferent to their clothes In modern times.
 In the heroic age of Elizabeth they made themselves as smart as pea cocks. Great soldiers and poets then took pains to be Tn the height of the fashion, and fashions changed with some violence and rapidity. In the eighteenth century. too, which we do not think of as time of effeminacy and when men were wanting neither in enterprise nor in seriousness, they were as splendid and extravagant in their dress as wo.ncn.-London Times.
Connecticut western news., 1909-01-14
Adlustahla Farm Gate.

A heavy gate is very apt to sag evcr if carefully constructed and fairly'welE adjustable brace like that shown in the illustration. The post is mortisetR into the sill A firmly and braced at the sides with the strips c A sab
Connecticut western news., 1909-01-14
PLAN OF CATE.

stantial pole, D, is pinned to the top of the gatepost and Is also connected. with the post by the adjustable brace. L E being fastened to the pole D by pins through the holes in E, When the gate sags lift the pole D and ad-. just the brace E to another of the holes, thus taking up the sag.
Connecticut western news., 1909-01-14

leave the heads projecting an inch or more, as is suggested in Fig. i. The cement may be mixed one part Port land cement to two parts sharp sand. Do not use the post until 1t has had time to dry and harden thoroughly The cement and small stones about the base should form a solid body that wa ter cannot enter. The stones are used to save cement. The outside surface of the finished part should be smooth, with corner edges a little rounded to prevent chipping.
Connecticut western news., 1909-01-14

thing will be gained if 1t can be kept fromlook- in decidedly un- attractive.
 A wooden post is an invitation to a horses teeth. Iron posts can be used, but these are more or less expensive and are not readily secur- ed except In the large cities. A stone post is at tractlve, but ex- pensive. A made" stone post, how ever. is both inex.
Connecticut western news., 1909-01-14

pensive and easy to construct.
 Dig a square hole in the ground at the desired point for locating the hitch ing post about one and half feet square and deep enough to reach the frost line" Fill the bottom with small stones and cement. On this set a stout cedar post with a strong iron ring in the top. Fill in about the post with the small stones and cement to
Connecticut western news., 1909-01-14
\ arm ana
 Garden
STONE FETCHING POST.

A Device Which Will Last Century
 if We'll Made.
 A country place must have a hitch ing post at the side or in front of the house, else thoughtless callers will hitch their horses to the shade trees or to the fence. From It's very nature 1t is difficult to make a hitching post look attractive on a lawn, but some
Connecticut western news., 1909-01-14

the surface of the ground. Thencov- CT the post to the top with a thick coating of cement not less than two and a half 1 n c h e s at any point-building 1t up in the square shape shown in Fig. 2.
 To give the ce- ment a stronger hold upon the wooden post drive large nails into
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-07-19
SLICK BUYS FIFTH
AVENUE PROPERTY
Fishel Building in Gary Sells
for $4,000; Adjoins
Laundry.
OTHER DEALS ARE PENDING
New Owner Desireous of Increasing
His Business-Is Willing to
Pay Price.

A large real estate deal was con-
sumated last week in which the sale
of another big business block figured.
This time. however, the property is To-
Gated on Fifth avenue instead of Broad
way, where the Brand building was
recently disposed of to W. H. Moore of
Montgomery, Ala, for $4,000. The
latest deal is the acquisition on the
part of S. H. Slick. manager of Slick s
Gary Laundry company, of the Fisher
building, adjoining his present place OF
business on Fifth avenue.
The purchase price of the building, ii
is said, is $4,000. though this has not
been verified. AS the owner of the
building was not anxious to sell. Mr.
Slick is said to have paid a good price
for the building and property, which
he desired to increase his business.
Mr.. Slick feels that at his present
location he will not have sufficient room
to expand and therefore found it ne
cessary to secure more property. The
laundry business, conducted by his com
pany, has grown to such proportion!
that he found it obligatory to seel
more space to handle the improved bus
mess.
Aside from the two big deals in Gar!
bushes blocks, which have been pu
through in the past few days, othe
deals Of like proportions are now pend
ing and may be announced in a few
days.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-07-19
SMALL PIECE Of CHEESE
COSTS TOM MAUCER $3.50

to make an investigation. He took UP
the floor, but could discover nothing.
We figured that the thing was in the
walls, so a section of this was torn
away. Still nothing doing. Plumbers.
bricklayers and plasterers were called
into the consultation. My desire to
eradicate the smell became as much OF
a passion with me, as my desire to ex-
perience it when the limburger appe-
tite took possession of me.
They were all there one day and
the house sounded like a boiler max
ing establishment in consequence, when
I happened to poke my head out of the
bathroom window. Ny eye caught the
little package suspended beneath the
ledge. Everything was plain to me
then. I cut the string and let the
package fall into the court and then
when no one was looking I went down
and picked up the limburger and car
ried it out to an empty lot. The smell
| disappeared and discharged the men
When the bills came in they amounted
to just $150.75."
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-07-19
OVERS INCORPORATED
New Gary Firm Is Incorpor-
ated; Capital Stock
$4,000.

A new company was incorporated last
week at Indianapolis, which will be
known as the Gary Cleaning and Dying
works. The company Incorporated for
$4,000 and the incorporators were A.
Howard Bell, o. H. Schmidt, and R. H
Hildebrandt The company has already
secured quarters in the Moody build
ing on the corner of Seventh avenue
and Broadway and expect to open their
place of business a week from today.
All of he young men interested in this
enterprise are we'll known in Gary. Mr..
Schmidt has been in the cleaning bust
ness for eighteen years. The company
will handle wholesale and retail work.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-07-19
Especial to THE TIMEs)

Indiana Harbor, July 19.-One hun
dred and fifty dollars seems a large
price to nav for a bit of cheese, but
this is what small hunk of limburger
cost Tom Mauger, the proprietor of
the Mauger Express company, some
time ago. The story is ancient history
so far as Tom is concerned, for it
happened while the express man lived
in Chicago, but it is new to his friends.
as 1t just leaked out. and according to
Toms own admission. his family even
does not know of the incident That is,
of the cheese end of the incident.
Tom got confidential the other day
and that is how the story became
known The subject had turned to the
question of cheese.
DO you know, have a terrible
weakness for cheese, It's simply a
fright the way l love cheese" said
Tom. Not the mild, respectable var
iety that appeals to the every day ap-
petite, but it's limburger that gets a
hold on my fancy, the same as whiskey
does on the confirmed periodical Every
so often I must have limburger. 1t
seems as though It is essential to my
existance.
Like a whole lot of other women
and most men. the Missus can't abide
the stuff She simply draws the line
at having any Of it in the house. And
4. being a peace loving soul, don't in
sist onmy rights in the premises, as
meaner husbands might. I simply take
the opportunity when my wife is
away, of INDUCING my craving for
limburger If the appetite gets hold of
me when she's at home, I get my bit
of limburger and retire to the solitude
of the woodshed, where I can eat it in
peace.
My wife happened to be away when
the limburger that cost me $3.50 en-
tered my life. It was a succulent bit
with a smell like a morgue on a hot
day. I never will forget the taste of
that particular bit of cheese. Well, as
was saying. my wife was away OF
the day the craving came on me and !
! got a pound of the stuff and had eaten
about thirds of It when I heard
| her coming. She had some company
with her. 7 made a quick sneak int
/ the bath room. locked the door and
| let the package of cheese out of the
bathroom window into a small court
which the window overlooked. There
happened to be nall just below the
ledge on the outside of the window
sill and to this I tied the parcel.
We'll. will you believe it, I forgot
all about that cheese. It was summer
and the windows were open all the
time. Everytime anybody went into
the bathroom. they would come out o.
| it with their noses wrinkled and ar
anxious look upon their faces. The
question arose, what was the matter
It was decided that a rat had diec
under the floor and when the stencil
became unbearable I got a carpente
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-07-19
DANGER HIDDEN BY
TWO PASSING WAGONS
Both Engineer and Fireman Of
Freight Train Maintain That They
Blew the Whistle for the Crossing
Where Accident Happened-vic-
tim Had Union Card in Pocket.

Nick Lally, 40 years old, believed to
be a member of the Hod-Carriers' union
of Gary. was instantly killed at $3.50
Saturday night by a Wabash train on
the Broadway crossing before a throng
of pedestrians Lally was standing in
the center of the track with his back
toward the fast freight which struck
him. and death came instantly.
The reason why LalIy did not see the
strong headlight OF the engine as it
approached or heard the engine whistle
can only be surmised. Engineer VIII
on the east-bound freight. No. go. and
Conductor Mitchell, both maintain that
they blew the whistle for the crossing
for a considerable length of time and
had slowed their train down because
of the fact that two heavy wagons were
crossing Broadway at that time and
narrowly escaped being hit, one of
these was an expression wagon.
Had PIasterers' Card in Pocket.
On the other side of the trucks and
teams which just crossed the track in
time. stood Lally. Some of the spec
tators maintain that considering the
fact that the strong rays Of the cleo
trio light blazed down the track for
miles and that the engineer blew his
whistle violently for some time, and
that they slowed up at the crossing,
they were led to believe that the man
realty committed suicide. This, how
ever. is not the generally accepted
theory.
After Lally was struck and thrown
to the side Of the track the train was
brought to q quick standstill, and a
great crowd gather about the tracks
TO watch the transporting events with
morbid curiosity. The body of the vic
tim was not badly mangled, but he
bled through the ears and mouth and
his bodily was badly bruised BY the
time a physician and the undertaken
arrived there was not a vestige of life
remained.
Lally has wife and relatives living
in the vicinity who have been notified
of his death, but so far they hav'
shown no disposition to take the bod!
for burial. A working card was foun'
in one of his pockets for the Plaster
ers' union bearing the name Eugen
Dougal and an attempt will be made t
find out today who this person may be
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-07-19

under the direction of its author, Eu-
gene Presbrey, next season.
An effort is being made to form
western producing association for the
production of new plays in Chicago.
which shall afterward be taken through
the one-night stand of the middle west
Rehearsals will begin soon for The
Love Cure" another Vienese comic op-
era, which Henry W. Savage will pro-
duce early in August in Atlantic City
and which Will go to New York a week
later for long run.
Quo Vadis," which as a play had
such phenomenal run, has been turned
into an opera and has been obtained
for the New York Metropolitan opera
house. where 1t is TO be given a pro-
duction early next season
'Keegan's PAL completed its run in
Chicago. June q. and the company was
/ given six weeks vacation before reas-
| at the end of August Emmett Corri-
| gan will be stirred at the New York
run.
Henry GreenwaH is said to have
| parted with his interest in the Green
wall theater circuit. which embraces
the principal cities in Texas and 1t is
stated on good authority. that his for
mer partner. Sidney H. Weis is now
the sole owner Of the circuit. which
includes Houston. Galveston, Fort
Worth, san Antonio Beaumont, Waco
and Dallas. and does its booking
through the American Theatrical ex-
| change
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-07-19
JOHNSON'S
DECENSUS
AVERNUS

Frank Johnson, a colored man, %
years old, got in bad in Gary almost
as soon as he had set foot on Magic
City soil and was placed under arrest
The story of Johnson's downfall is as
follows:
Mr.. Johnson blew into the city on
an afternoon freight train and started
up the street to secure funds from the
charitably inclined for the purpose of
getting a good square meal Looking
about the broad street. known as
Broadway, Johnson spied a tall, pleas
ant, faced man on a corner with evil
IDENTIFY a few dimes to spare:
Say old sport" said Johnson with a
half starved expression acquired by
long practice could We slip me dime
for a little coffee and? I was just
turned loose from hospital in Chi
cago, pard, and I'm walkin' ia Loui'-
willie to get Job"
Well" the tall good, natured looking
man replied. Il can't give you any
money but will give you a bed and
get you a good, square meal"
This suited Johnson all right and his
hopes rose as he was led to a small
white cottage on Seventh and Massa-
chusetts streets. Not until the mar
had stepped in the door and stood
facing the desk sergeant in uniform a
| the police station, did he realize thai
he had been placed under arrest by
| Chief of Police Martin.
Johnson took the joke with as mucf
fun as anyone and as the Jail dool
closed on him, said: And to think
| by goly, the chief was the first man
| struck"
Johnson will be tried for begging.