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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1910-03-23
Correspondence.
stick to the Farm.
ArrK1N, MINN., Feb. 20, 1910.

ArTKIN, MIMI, Feb. ~, 1910.
n he Editor Of TIE Amsrscar'
Twas much pleased to read Of the "pota-
% institute" held in your good city Of
,,,.worth last spring. II mistake not,
:, former classmate, H. Fremont Mad
- heartily seconded BY THE AMER1-
W. was largely instrumsntal in procur-
t,at meeting. / am also interested to
I.sd that the crop wss fairly good, show
- that Hancock county can, with proper
.,,.ivation, produce potatoes nearly a.
.s.snlv as the famous county Of Aroos-
took.
~ and that there will b. great revival
:, the agricultural interest in Hancock
s,rntv. not only in potatoes but also in
d.jrying, sheep, swine and poultry-rais-
inc and in field crops.
r has been my pleasure to visit Maine
..cb summer with the exception Of '00)
,or the past seven years, and I have
become quite familiar with agricultural
conditions in her shore counties. To one
.t;ll loyal to the good old State, the
evidences Of the decay OF farming interests,
- shown by the abandoned farms, have
beeu most depressing.
Perhaps the farmhouses are nearly all
occupied, but when the soil Of farm il
not cultivated, save perhaps garden
mtch and no work il done on it but to
..estner in the hay" from year to year,
such farms are practically abandoned.
The early settlers Of these counties found
nothing easy agriculturally. As . rule,
the heavy timber had to be cut, the
stumps removed and enough stone hauled
away. often to fence all the fields. Besides
this, they erected substantial farm build
ipps sud reared large families, who a. the
result of their work, seldom knew what
actual want was. Some might call this ~
hard lott, but usually they enjoyed good
health and were contented and independ-
emit tillers Of the soil.
Where are the sons of these hardy
pioneers? A very few chose professional
life. Many went West to seek . fortune
in its virgin soil and wealth Of natural
resources. A very large number sought
commercial life in the great industrial
centres of New England, while mere
handful chose the better part and re-
manned to cultivate the farms wrested by
their fathers from the wilderness.
This great exodus from the farms OF the
sons and daughters Of Maine, during the
past generation has been caused by . de-
sire to better their conditions socially and
materially. The opinion has been quite
general that the farmer not only received
small returns for his labor, but followed
an occupation below the average in the
social scale. This condition is not pecu-
liar to Maine, but to the other New Eng
land and the Middle states, and the last
state census shows that in the older parts
Of the comparatively newly settled and
very fertile state OF Minnesota, there
were fewer persons engaged in tiliing the
soil than there were ten years before.
We do not wish to convey the idea that
Minnesota is falling behind IS an agri-
cultural state, for the products OF her
farms the past season reach the enormous
aggregate OF S400, 0OO, 900, being greater in
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1910-03-23
EAST FRANKLIN.

Miss Lillian Gray, of Orrington, is visit
ing Mrs. T. M. Blaisdell.
Orrin Donnell, wife and daughter Mabel
are quite i'll with the grip.
Levi Reed is home from Surry caring for
his father-in-law, who is ill.
A girl baby was welcomed in the home
OF Frank Joy and wife March II.
Miss c. M. Hooper was the guest of Mrs.
Henry Donnell and daughter last Thurs
day.
Mrs. Florence B. Springer is teaching at
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1910-03-23
NORTH sEDGw1CK.

Miss Emma H. Allen is visiting her sis
ter at Sedgwick.
Austin Staples. who attends the high
school in Bluehill, is home for week.
Miss Blanche. Staples, who has spent the
winter in Bluehin is home for few weeks.
Mrs. Evelyn Young is visiting her peo-
pie in Eden for several weeks. Her daugh-
ter Helen is keeping house at home.
Mrs. Clara Clapp, who has spent the
winter in Sargentville, is visiting her sis
ter Ella and her brother, John Thurs
ton.
March n.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1910-03-23

A little girl on the train to Pittsburg
was chewing gum. Not only that, but
she insisted on pulling it out in long
strings and letting it fall back into her
mouth again. "Mabel!" said her mother
in Mortified whisper. "Mabel, don't do
that. .Chew your gum like little lady,
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1910-03-23
NORTH EORLAND.

Howard White has gone to Caribou.
Mrs. Blsnce Carey, 'of Bucksport, visited
friends here last week.
Mrs. Georeg Spencer, of veazie, visited
her parents, Coleman Gray and wife, last
week.
Mrs. Walter CHM and daughter Alma,
Of Pressure Isle, who have been visiting M.
w. CHM and wife, have returned home.
March q. B.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1910-03-23
ELLSWORTH MARKETS.

Few changes are to be noted this week
in retail prices. The most noticeable are
the drop in eggs and potatoes. Eggs
range from zoe to 25c, with &c fair aver
age. They have been sold by producers
as low as 16c cash. Potatoes are lower,
SOC per bushel being about the highest re-
tail price asked. Farmers are letting
them 60 from SOC to Csc.
The quotations. below give the range OF
retail prices in Ellsworth.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1910-03-23

A record 10 better than a prospectus
Newspaper circulation IS ,Ohot counts fos
advertssers.
The Adair County news., 1910-10-12
National Life Among Ants.

To satisfy himself that some
thing resembling national life ex-
listed among separate mounds of
The Adair County news., 1910-10-12

This was the contention laid
down before the Mississippi Val
ley Medical association by DIR.
Fenton B. Turck, of Chicago.
"Diet has more to do with the
making of great men or the de-
teriorating of the human race to
the level Of the brute than any
thing else," declared DR.. Turck.
Compare that armor pie tie mince
pie diet INDUCED in by all Amer.
lea with the two sane meals z
day that are enabling Turkey to
produce the finest specimens OF
physical manhood in the world.
Mince pie and beans are bring.
ing about race deterioration not
alone in Connecticut and Maine. y
The Adair County news., 1910-10-12
Why the Tiger is Striped.

1t is not a mere matter Of
chance that the tigers coat is
marked with it's beautiful stripes
of black and yellow and that the
lion is of a uniform sandy hue.
The former lives in the grassy
jungles of Asia, where the giant
blades of grass, as many feet
long as they are inches in this
country, and the light and shade
of the forest are admirably
matched by the skin Of the ami
NAL in question. Hence it is able
to approach its prey unprerceivd.
Lions, the big cats of Africa, on
the other hand, are for the most
part jewellers in the wilderness
and roam the outskirts of the
desert in search Of food. Their
color is these surroundings is
equally protective, There are
countless examples of this pro-
tective coloration among animals.
Sometimes, as in the cases just
cited, the effect is to enable
them the more easily to obtain
their food. But it also acts in
another way by affording con-
cealment to weak and timid
creatures from their carnivorous
enemies.
The Adair County news., 1910-10-12
Death Chair.

The old time barbarous way Of
infiicting the death penalty will
soon be thing of the past as
the work of installing the death
chair at Eddyville penitentiary
is going on steadily and will be
ready for use in few weeks.
The electrocution law became
effective on June 18th and if a
crime is committed. after that
time for which the death penalty
is imposed the condemned man
will be electrocuted. There has
been a notable change made in
the prison at Frankfort. The
old penitentiary at that place will
soon be converted into a reforma-
tory and this is one of the prin-
cipal reasons the death chair was
located at Eddyville instead of
Frankfort as it is hardly proba-
BILE the death penalty will be in
fiicted in a reformatory. The
Prison Commission will be ready
in few months to begin the
transfer of the prisoners. All
the prisoners over thirty years of
age will be taken to Eddyville
and all under thirty will go to
Frankfort. Also, under this new
law, all prisoners, no matter
what the crime, that meet the
requirements as to conduct can
be paroled and quite a number
are now being granted.
The Adair County news., 1910-10-12
Another Change.

Everywhere about us is evil
.dence of this constant change.
1t is to be noticed even in the
Carolinas. For years, a certain
saying of the governor of South
Carolina has been a classical ut
terance. Tradition declares that
at time when matters in dispute
between the two states had
reached an acute stage, and a
conference between the leaders
of the two commonwealth babe
fair to be ended by an open rup-
ture, the governor of North Caro-
lima remarked to his brother from
South Carolina; 1t is a long
time between drinks" The OBJ
servation struck the governor of
South Carolina as being distinct
ly opposite, and action along the
Zine suggested resulted in an
-amicable settlement Of all differ
,ences. But times change, and
we change with them. A few
days ago, when a friend with in
sinuating smile asked me if |
remembered what the governor
of North Carolina said to the
governor of South Carolina, l
was able to send the tempter to
the rear by reminding him that
whatever may have been said by
a former executive of that state,
the present governors of. both
North and South Carolina were
teetotallers.
The Adair County news., 1910-10-12
Each Had a Friend.

Mrs. j. L. Chase and Mrs. Lin
wood D. Scott were neighbors in
a prominent residential quarter
of Omaha, Neb., they were even
more than neighbors, they were
quite chummy. They told each
other their secrets even that
both had male friends that &C
casionally visited them, and the
stories that were passed between
the two about jack 'and Linn
told of some high old jinks.
Neither woman thought the
conduct of the other the least bit
out of the way-that is until this
week, when Mrs. Chase discov-
cred that her, neighbours friend
was none other than her own
husband, and Mrs. Scott was
equally shocked when she found
out that Mr.. Scott was none
other than the Linn" that Mrs.
Chase never tired talking of.
The result is that the affair
got into the courts, both of the
women sueing their husbands for
divorce on the grounds of infdel-
lily. The preliminary testimony
brought to light many unique
| situations of how the two women
schemed to get rid of their hus-
bands for an evening in order to
entertain Jack" or Linn, y
while the men were equally anxi-
ons to get away from their
homes. Neither of the men mis-.
trusted their wives, but they
took the discovery of the affair a
little more philosophically than
their better halves. The court
adjourned the case until friends
made an effort to patch up the
"neighborly difference"
The Adair County news., 1910-10-12
Ventilated Rooms.

Nothing is quite so plentiful
and easily obtained as fresh air,
and yet sometimes one would
think it were a most expensive
luxury the way people insist on
using bad air. There is nothing
so potent to prevent disease and
nothing so effective in maintain
ing a healthy body as fresh, pure
air. Bad air spreads disease and
is one cause of colds.
Just as sewage flowing into
pure waite pollutes it so bad air
coming from our lungs pollutes
the air of a room. Science shows
us that the air is always in mo-
ton, and consequently there is
no excuse for our allowing it to
remain impure. By simply open
ing window at the top and bot
tom for a short time, the air of
a room will be completely chang
ed, the bad air going out at the
top, and the fresh air coming in
at the bottom.
The Adair County news., 1910-10-12
Caleb's Cousin Sam.

People who contributed to the
Defense Fund" of Caleb Pow
ers will find something to inter-
est them in the following from
the Somerset Times:
who holds the deed to the
Powers homestead? DR.. Samuel
Bennett. Who is DIR. Bennett?
The first cousin to Powers. What
taxes did he pay before Powers
got into the general collecting
business? Only poll tax in Knox
county. What was his occupa-
ton then? He was a dentist.
What taxes does he pay now?
On eighty thousand dollars in
Knox county alone. What do
the people of Knox county think
about this suddenly found wealth?
They know it came from the De-
Tense Fund. What is his occu-
patton now? Capitalist, banker
and mine owner"
And how much more Bennett,
Powers & Co., have hidden away
from the eyes of the county as
SCISSOR deponent sayeth not. Wise
boy, old Caleb. Good head
Ought to play the m artyr act to
finish in congress, and gather
in a few more baskets full of
money orders from women and
children, for me and Cousin Sam.
Galloway County Gazette.
The Adair County news., 1910-10-12
Too Late.

1t seems almost as though the
worthy President of the United
States hasa positive genius for
doing the wrong thing at the
wrong time. H S announce
ment of his intention in future
to recognize progressive Sena-
tors in the distribution of gov
eminent offices only serves to
put him 'in bad"once more. His
friends had confidently hoped
that in the rush of things politi
cal, and discussion of the new
nationalism, the fact that he had
attempted to club into line GER
tain insurgent leaders would be
forgotten. Poor Bill, poor Bill.
At the very moment when 81
lence would have been golden,
he blunders into print with con-
fession that he has been a bad
boy, but that he will try to be
good for the future. What the
deuce does he expect to gain by
the yelled bride, when the plain
threat was Intellectual? La Fol-
lette and others who were to be
made regulars by starvation,
only thrived on their lack of
pork. Stronger than in III e
strongest day when they, could
The Adair County news., 1910-10-12

ants, DR.. Henry C. McCook, au-
thor of can't Communities,
made observations among LOO
anthills scattered over a space of
so acres. A small oak branch
covered with aphides and their
attendant ants was placed upon
a mound 20 rods distant. 1t was
thought that if anything would
incite to hostility it would be the
intrusion of members of a sepa-
rate community upon feeding
grounds. On the contrary, the
ants being called from the hill,
came out and mounted the branch
with the usual excited bearing
and then mingled with it's origi-
nal occupants on friendly terms
and began to feed quietly. A
spadeful of earth was swiftly
cut from the mound, and with
the ants, cocoons and broken
cells, thrown into a pail and car
ried to a cone so rods distant.
After the first sharp challenge
the imported ants melted away
into the general community as
! though at home. From this Doc
tor McCook concludes that
among the myriads of creatures
occupying more than 1,700
mounds, there was a complete
fraternity indeed, they were
not one mighty confederacy.
Here was a republic which in
the number of its separate states
for every mound was an indie
pendent community of ants-and
In the multitude of its total pop
ulation exceeded the most san
guine prophecy of the future of
the American republic. "-Har-
per's Literary Gossip.
The Adair County news., 1910-10-12
Potatoes.

A rigid quarantine is being
drawn by the Government against
a disease of the potato which has
made its appearance and which
it is feared, will be communicate
ed to the New England States
and New York. 1t is known as
the "black scab" or "warty dis
ease" and has destroyed hun
dreds of acres of tubers in Eng
land, Germany, Scandinavia, and
throughout other parts of Eu-
rope. Officials of Canada and
the United States are co-operat-
ing to keep the plague out of this
country. 1t made its appear
ence in Newfoundland in 1909,
apparently having been brought
in seed from Europe. The ex-
traordinary viralence of the dis
ease has. resulted in the sending
out of a general warning by the
American and Canadian Govern
ments to all potato growers. The
disease forms scabs over the po-
tatoes and ultimately destroys
the whole hill. A field once af=
fected cannot be planted in DO
tatoes again for six years.
The Adair County news., 1910-10-12
Keeping Pears for Late Fall Use.

During the late fall in most
sections of the South, where ap-
Piles are not well adapted TO the
climate and soil, fruit becomes
rather scarce on most farms.
Some pears, however, if rightly
managed, can be saved until tate
fall when there is a dearth of
other fruit. Were it not for the
fact that most varieties of pears
suffer from the blight, pears
would be a very profitable crop
on this account alone, if for no
other reason. However, those
late varieties that are compare
lively resistant to the blight can
be saved for home consumption
during the late fall.
Just before the pears ripper,
while they are still perfectly
firm and sound, they should be
picked, carefully, from the tree
by hand and packed in boxes of
wheat or oat chaff. Great care
should be taken not to bruise
them during the process of pick
ing and packing. The boxes of
fruit should then be stored away
in a cool, dark cellar or in some
other dark, cool place and the
pears will keep for several weeks
in a sound and perfect condition.
If wheat of oat chaff is not
available. the Individual pears
may be wrapped in paper prefer
ably blue paper. However, some
authorities claim that paper
slightly Injuries the flavor of the
fruit after it has been around it
for month or more.
The Adair County news., 1910-10-12
Resolutions Of Respect.

The following resolutions were
adopted by Casey Creek Lodge,
No. 536, F. and A. M. Masons:
WHEREAS, God in his infinite
wisdom hascalled from his earth
ly labor to eternal refreshment,
our brother r. ]. Stayton, who
was made a Mason at Neatsville
Lodge No. 705, NeatsviIle, KY,
in the year of 1865, and after
ward became a Charter member
of the Casey Creek Lodge No.
$50, depart d this life Sep.
TENDER 3, 1910. Therefore be il
Resolved, 1t, That, in the
death of Bro. R. ]. Stayton, the
Casey Creek Lodge has lost one
of its truest and best members,
and a faithful Treasurer, an ex-
emplary Mason, and true and
loyal brother who loved the
teaching of this order.
I'd. That, his fellow citizens
here have lost a peaceful, law
abiding memberof the community
who was ever solicitous of the
welfare of his neighbor, and who
always manifested a deep inter-
est in the improvement of the
country.
Sd. That, his widow and child
rem have lost a good husband and
kind father, whose thoughts
were always of them and who
loved them above all earthly in
terests.
4th. That this Lodge extend
to his family, friends and rela-
tives it's heartfelt sympathy and
commend them in their bereave-
ment to Him the great consider.
5th. That, a copy of these reso-
buttons be spread upon records; a
copy furnished the family of the
deceased brother, and a copy be
furnished the Masonic Home
Journal and Adair County News
for publication.
/, + + % S.as: Committee
The Adair County news., 1910-10-12
EuIosy on The Dog

Gentlemen of the Jury: The
best friend a man has in this
world may turn against him and
become his enemy. His son or
daughter that he has reared with
loving care may prove migrate
full, Those who are nearest and
dearest to us, those whom we
trust with our happiness and our
good name, may become traitors
to their faith. The money that
a man has he may lose. 1t flies
away from him, perhaps when
he needs it most. A mans repu-
tatiOn may be sacrificed in a
moment of ill-considered action.
The people who are prone to fall
on their knees to do us honor
when success is with us may be
the first to throw the stone of
malace when failure settles its
cloud upon our heeds. The one
absolutely unselfish friend that
can have in this selfish world, the
one that never deserts him, the
one that never proves ungrateful
or treacherous, is his dog.
Gentleman of the jury, mans
dog stands by him in prosperity
and in poverty, in health and in
sickness. He will sleep on the
cold ground, where the wintry
winds blow and the snow drives
fierceiy, if only he may be near
his masters side. He will kiss
the hand that has no food to off
er, he will lick the wounds and
sores that come in encounter
with the roughness Of the world.
he guards the sleep of his pauper
master as if he were prince.
When all other friends desert he
remains. When riches takes
wings and reputation falls to
peices he is as constant in his
love as the sun in it's journey
through the heavens. If fortune
drives the master forth an out
cast in the world, friendless and
homeless the faithful dog asks
no hlgher privilege than that of
accompanying him to guard
against danger, to fight against
his enemies, and when the last
scene of all comes. and death
takes the master in its embrace
and his body is laid away in the
cold ground, no matter if all
friends pursue their way, there
by his graveside will the noble
dog be found, his head between
his paws, his eyes sad but open
in alert watchfulness, faithful
and true even to death--George
G.. Vest.
The Adair County news., 1910-10-12

command some federal patron
age, they care nothing whether
a President plays peanut poll
tics or keeps his oath as Presi-
den of the whole people. That
it is a matter which concerns Just
one man, and his name is Will
liam Howard Taft.
The Adair County news., 1910-10-12
Women as Theater.GOers. The
Plays Women Likes.

Il once heard Barrett Wen
dell say sadly and sarcastically
that the duty of the drama seems
to be to send the suburbs home
happy" says Walter Pinchard
Eaton in Woman's Home Com
panion for October. eff it were
only the suburbs! But there is
little to show that urban au-
diences are much more respect
i've of serious and purposeful
works. What better mission
can play have, said a lady the
other day, than to rest and re-
fresh a tired woman? We all
know this specious argument. 1t
is on a par with the eternal re-
mark, spoken in excuse for not
approving some play that is
critically praised, We'll; | know
wha. likei' 1t is specious in
the first place because women
as rule are not worn out when
they go to the theater, certainly
not mentally worn out. In the
second place, good art is just as
refreshing as bad art, rightly
understood-mu more refresh
ing, in fact.
What this woman means, in
plain blunt speech, is this: That
she does look in the drama for
a truthful picture of life, for a
logical working out of a thesis,
pleasant Or unpleasant. She
does not judge and enjoy a play
for its veracious comment on
character. She judges and en-
joys it according as it tells a
pretty story, with sufficient love
interest and preferably a happy
ending. This play may have no
significance whatever, it may
even be false to life, filled only
with the conventional characters
of stage romance. 1t rests and
refreshes' her, indeed, just be-
cause it is conventional and
makes no demands on her intelli-
gence to follow, never violates
her sympathies and preconceived
ideas, nor rouses her reflection.
But that is a pretty poor way to
rest. That is mental stagnation,
not rest. True rest is found in
a change in interest and atten-
ton. When we are truly resting
we grow"
The Adair County news., 1910-10-12
Goodbye Mince Pie!

Well cooked vegetables, rice
and meat as opposed to New En-
gland mince pie and Boston
baked beans, have made the
graceful, self-controlled Turk
the superior Of the nervous, lank
New Highlander"
The Adair County news., 1910-10-12
A Good Business for One Ceut

Many person has been start
ed in prosperous business by
answering an advertisement in
Grit, which cost only a postal
card for information. Look over
the Grit and if you see an ad
vertisement that appeals to you
answer it before you lose inter-
est.