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fertility of the soil and the manure
obtained goes back to replenish the
land. Therefore. livestock raising,
and especially dairying, tend to keep
up the fertility of the soil, while
other forms of agriculture sooner or
later wear it out. Of all forms of
livestock culture, that Of dairying is
far preferable. This matter is so
we'll put by Mr.. James Withycombe OF
Oregon, that we reprint his article
which appeared in Hoard's Dairy
man, as follows:
"There seems to be general tend
ency among farmers to dispose OF
their COWS. This has become so
general that over one hundred car
loads of dairy COWS were shipped out
of Western Oregon this past season.
This is unquestionably veriication
of the old adage Of "killing the goose
that lays the golden egg." There
may be an excuse for selling these
COWS where they represent surplus
in herd, but the wholesale disposal
of cows because the price is tempting
and feed is temporarily high will
prove to be serious mistake.
"The hope of agricultural pros
perity in Western Oregon rests largely
with the cow There is no other
agricultural pursuit that will give
surer returns than a good, well-cared
for dairy herd. 1t is true, feed has
been abnormally high and labor quite
unsatisfactory, but despite this there
is more real profit in the dairy than
in any other system of farming at the
present time. Sell your COWS and see
where the price OF farm crops will go
within few years. It is possible that
oats will be worth less than $25 per
ton this year. There is no money in
growing oats upon 800 acre land at
this price, but there is good money
in feeding them to good dairy COWS.
Get rid of your cows and the value
of farm crops will not only be lower
but the yield will soon grow appre-
Gladly less. The COW not only fattens
the farmers bank account but she
fattens his farm as we'll.
"Oregon ought to have half
million cows today. Instead of de-
creasing in number, herds should be
multiplying in every direction.
More and better COWS should be the
slogan of every agricultural COM
munity.
"There is another important feature
in dairying that the farmer should
not overlook. Ordinarily the margin
betw en- the price the farmer receives
for las crops and the consumer has to
pay is large, while with dairy pro-
~u-t it is small. Thus the farmer
WI. ceive larger share of the total
valuo Ct the products of his dairy
than from any other farm commodity.
This is not small item OF itself In
favor of dairying Then again the
cow supplies food for two valuable
auxiliaries to dairying, hogs and
poultry. Skimmilk, properly fed is
worth at least fifty cents per hundred
at present. Thus the skimmilk. II
properly utilized, should more than
pay the cost of labor in caring for the
herd.
oil Of a
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Prizes at National Dairy Show.

Particular attention has been given
by the management of the National
Dairy Show this year to the question
of prizes, medals, diplomas, etc.
Cash prizes are larger in nearly all
departments and the medals and di-
plomas will be real works of art. A
high standard Of excellence is aimed
at so that the recipients will prize
them for their intrinsic worth as we'll
as for the honor which is associated
with them.
Hon. w. A. Evans, Commissioner
of health of the city of Chicago, last
week authorized the announcement
that his department would offer every
assistance possible in making the ed
vocational features of the National
Dairy Show eff ective. The campaign
made by this department. for pure
food products has aroused the people
of Chicago and this announcement by
DR.. Evans is very important.
Marshalltown, la. Aug 10, 1910.
Troy Chemical Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y.
Gentlemen: The number of my
contract for Save The Horse is G3736.
l used it on a mule. he got kicked on
the hook, which caused the whole
Joint to enlarge. 1t was the size of
child's head. He would not put his
foot on the ground. His hip was
shrunken to skin and bone. One OF
the state veterinaries and another
one of our townsmen said he would
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spent? Is il any wonder that orr
community have been too Door to nav
tax? Is 1t any wonder that we have
men who were strong tax payers once
that have by strong drink actually
been reduced to either public or pri-
Vate paupers? One half per cent tax
on the sum saved, had rum been cut
out forty years ago, would be annu-
ally just $500. The county and state
could give our town $3.50 and still have
q nice margin on what she now gets,
The poor now kept in poverty BY
strong drink and the well-to-do on
the high road to the same place by
the same means, tell us that the same
waste still goes on.
Ny guest, editor Of the Hagerstown
Mail, says there was no sentiment In
Union Bridge for prohibition measure
until MIR. Anderson came. Will you
impeach our intelligence in that
style? Is our stupidity that dense?
Mr.. Anderson came In response to the
sentiment. He did us much good. His
speech was clean, open, frank, force
full, respectful, and truthful and con-
sistent with any religious meeting
set for the dissemination OF knoWl-
edge. He has standing invitation
to return to us.
As long as there remains a fellow
bound slave to demon drink, we
shall plead his cause against the law
that puts the bottle to his lips
JNO. J. JOHN,
Union Bridge, Md.
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ShaHer.

The we'll known and retired farmer,
jeremiah Shaeffer, of Pennsylvania
avenue, died at his residence on Friday
night after a lingering illness Of s
months Of dropsy and heart failure.
Mr.. Shaeffer was a member of St.
Benjamin's Lutheran Church for about
60 years, and for the last 10 years was
an elder.
He is survived by two daughters and
three sons, Mrs. George Sterner and
Mrs. William Beck, of Pennsylvania
avenue, Daniel B. Shaeffer, of Gran
berry Valley Edward III. Shaeffer,
Stonersville, and William A. Shaeffer,
Pennsylvania avenue. He also leaves
one sister, Mrs. Moses Benner, of
Gettysburg, Pa.
Funeral and services took place on
Monday morning before large con-
course Of relatives and friends at
Benjamin's Lutheran Church, Rev. r.
w. Doty officiating. Interment in
Krider's cemetery.
The pallbearers were John Ying-
ling, David Circle, George Marker,
William Wantz, John Schweigart and
Jacob Starner. James M. Stoner fu-
neral director.
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Mr.. Charles E. Fink was in Rich
mond, Va, this week on business.
Mrs. Marcus Adams, Of Chatham, N
j.. Is visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
III. l.. Northrop, East Green street
Russell Dell, of Altoona, Pa, spent
last Sunday visiting his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Jerome Dell, Webster street.
Hazel Fftze, of Baltimore, spent
a few days in this city this week with
Mrs. Robert Myerly and family, John
street.
Miss Lillian Mae Stoner, PennsyI-
vania avenue, is visiting Philadelphia,
Washington and Monumental City for
several weeks.
Mrs. Charles Diffendal, Of Baltimore,
returned home on Monday after spend
ing some time with her mother, Mrs.
Robert Myerly, John street.
Mrs. Violet Shaffer and Miss Minnie
Dell, of Westminster, spent several
days Of last week with their cousin,
Mrs. Oscar Taylor, at Carrollton.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Jones, OF
Union Bridge, were i'm Westminster
last week, visiting Mr.. Jones' parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Jones, Of Penn
sylvania avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Babylon,
West Main street, entertained num-
Der Of their friends on Friday night
of last week. The evening was pass
ed away in the popular game of $780,"
A number of friends of MIR. Charles
T.. Thomson gathered at his residence
the first of the week to see if he re-
membered the date Of his birthday.
He knew about his birthday but not
about his friends who came to sur
prise him.
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DEATHS HARVEST.
Well Known Residents And Others
Who Have Passed Away.
lB iSll.

William Francis Bish, well-knowr
and prosperous farmer, of near Mt
Pleasant, died on Saturday morning
about o'clock from injuries received
by being run over by wagon on
Pennsylvania avenue on Monday
afternoon of last week, in which he was
sitting on the seat and by sudden
jolt Of the wagon was thrown under
the wheels, crushing three ribs and in
juring his lungs.
He was son Of the late Ephraim
B1sh, and a nephew of Joel, Reuben
Ezra and Silas Bish, prominent citi-
zens of this county, and Noah Bish, Of
Dayton, Ohio.
Mr.. Bish for number OF years fol-
lowed the huckster business, and at
the same time looked after his farm
ing interests, but for the past several
years he discontinued the huckster
business and gave his entire attention
to farming, at which he had made a
success.
Mr.. Bish was of a pleasant dispo-
sition, always greetinghi friends with
hearty cheer and was a true friend, and
good neighbor. His family has the
sympathy of the citizens of their COM
munity.
He was member of Krider's Luth-
eran church at which place his flu
neral was held before large gather
ing of relatives and friends on Monday
afternoon about 2.30 o'clock, Rev. r.
W. Doty officiating. Interment was in
the cemetery near the church.
The pallbearers were Geo. Sneak,
James c. Myers, Arthur Dutterer, a.
Frank Grouse, George Marker, Amos
Houser, Horatio Rhodes and Levi
Myers. Edward Croft funeral direc-
tor.
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Mackley.

Emanuel Mackley, well known and
retired merchant Of this city, died at
his home on East Main street, at
o'clock Saturday morning of heart
failure, i'm his 73rd year. He was a
native Of Middleburg, but for num-
Der Of years was proprietor OF a flour
business he disposed and moved to
this city and opened and conducted a
successful business in the building
occupied at present by Bale e Ben
son, for 80 years, but retired from ac-
tive business about years ago. He
was at one time a member of the COM
mon council Of this city, and was for
many years a steward Of the Centen-
airy Methodist Episcopal church. He
leaves a widow, who was q Miss Mar
garet M. Creager, of Frederick county,
and an adopted daughter, Mrs. Chas.
H. Mackley, whose husband Is his
nephew. He is also survived by three
brothers, David Mackley, of Middle
burg; J. Harrison and James Mackley,
of Thurmont
Funeral took place on Tuesday
morning at II o'clock, with services
at the house by Rev. l.. Emory Ben
nett, assisted by Rev. Harold M. Rid
er, of Baltimore, and Rev. P. II. Mil
Ter, D. D. Interment was in Westmin-
ster cemetery.
The pa1lbearers were Simon Z. Wea-
yer, y. Webster Ebaugh, Atlee Wamp-
Ter, Joshua Gist, Eli Butler and Chas.
Hesson, F. C. Sharrer funeral d.
rector.
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and certainly not proposed and prom

and certainly not proposed and prom
ised by him" as he states. Git is prob
able that Mr.. Anderson knew nothing
of bill before it came to Annapolis.)
I will tell my guest further that the
manager OF Maryland Collegiate In
stitute now named Blue Ridge Col
lege did not give UP $3.50 for ex-
penses' Of aforesaid bill or for that of
any other bill, but that, at a general
temperance meeting held in our Col
lege chapel, at which Mr.. Anderson
was present only by urgent request,
the above sum was gladly contributed
| by the citizens of this place for the
general work Of the local option
league. In the fear of God, we gladly
gave to free our fellows from the bond
age of rum, to shield our home from
the blighting curse strong drink, and
to hand down to our posterity a gov
eminent by the people clean and just,
which shall not allow the strong to
Cypress the weak, not even by the
cunning devices Of king alcohol. Nor
do we "scoWl' nor suffer chagrin nor
wish our money back as he says any
more than our pilgrim fathers after
the battle of Bunker Hill. There are
men by the thousands even in this
age, Twill tell my guest, who live above
enriching themselves by impoyerishing
their fellows; yea, there are those who
will impoverish themselves by gifts of
money, time labor, reputation, and
more, to free and enrich their fellows,
to find their own truest wealth and
greatest joy in the highest common
good. He whose heart throbs not in
pity for the drunkard in his helpless
HOPELESS woe, nor for those who suffer
most by his bondage, must be either
god or a beast, and i am persuaded
he Is not a god. This is the twentieth
century not the fifteenth, and calls for
brothers hand to set the fallen cap
tives free, and not to deceive and
thrust down and bind by chains of sin.
| would, indeed, further tell my visitor
that he made a slight mistake in tell
ing the public that the three saloons
here have been running for the past
four decades without the slightest
complaint as to their methods and that
the $3.50 license they pay 60 to support
the town. AS to complaints public
sentiment here speaks for itself. Az
to the $3.50 not one cent goes to sup
port our town. 1t all goes to the coun-
ty and state. The town has gotten
absolutely nothing but bad reputa-
ton, losses and additional expenses
from the sale of liquors within her
limits. My prospective guest says
the three saloons. have been running
! for four decades. Suppose their gross
sales were each $4,000 per year (They
probably average $5000) Then at this
low estimate the drinkers mostly la
boring men, have il these four de-
cades paid into these three tills $780,
900. Do these men deceived into drinking
have better houses, more land, more
knowledge, better health, or increased
moral stamina. or more Of any good
thing In consequence or this vast sum
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Ways.

Mrs. Harriet A. Ways died at the
residence of her son-in-law, Mr.. w.
F.. Baker, 1916 w. Pratt street, Bal
timore, shortly before midnight Fri
day, April Is, aged about SO years. She
was born and passed into old age near
Woodbine, this county. She was the
widow of the late John T. Ways. She
was a member of Morgan M. T..
Church, was a kind neighbor and
friend, always willing and ready to
lend a helping hand in time of need,
and was a sister of the late George E.
Buckingham. She is survived by
three children, Mrs. Robert Evans and
Mrs Pinkney Baker, Of Baltimore, and
Mrs. Elmer Hood, of Woodbine. Also
Is grandchildren, great-grandchild-
rem, also sister, Mrs. Isaiah
Balderston, Of Ellicott City. Funeral
services were held at Morgan Chapel
Sunday noon, Rev. Dfckey officiating.
The remains were laid to rest in the
cemetery adjoining, beside her hus-
band, who passed away many years
ago. The pallbearers were Stephen
GartrelI, Thomas Fleming, VIM. Elem
ing, Samuel Hess, Thomas Gosnell and
Evan Gosnell. James Pickett and son
funeral directors. ..
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OF Those Who Walk Alone.
By Richard Burton


Women there are ON earth, most sweet
and high,
Who lose their own, and walk bereft
and lonely,
Loving that one lost heart until they
die,
Loving it only.
And 50 they never see beside them
grow
Children, whose coming Is like
breath OF flowers;
Consoled by subtler loves the angels
know
Through childless hours.
Good deeds they do; they comfort and
they bless
In duties others pat OH till morrow;
Their look IL balm, their touch IL ten
derness
To- all in. sorrow.
Betimes the world smiles at them, as
'twere shame,
This maiden guise, long after youths
departed;
But i'm Gods Book they bear another
name
"The faithful-hearted."
Faithful r. life. ana faithful unto
death,
Such souls, i'm sooth, illumine with
luster splendid
That glimpsed,. glad land wherein, The
Vision saith,
Earth's wrongs are ended.
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.SllIlgll.

Mrs. Mary y. Shugh, widow OF the
late Ezra Shugh, formerly of this city
died at the residence of her daughter
Mrs. VIM. Dunn, Washington, D. G..
on Friday, April Is, Of consumption
and paralysis, aged 71iyears. She was
a Miss Lizard, of Mt. Holly, Pa, before
her marriage, and was a member of
Centenary M. r. Church. Mrs. Shugh
left this city about 10 years ago.
She Is survived by the following
children J. Herbert Shugh, Balti-
more; VIM. Shugh and Mrs. VIM. Dunn,
of Washington, D. G.
Her remains were brought to this
city on Saturday and taken to the
residence of her deceased husbands
sister, Mrs. J. Thos. Erb, West Main
street, from which place the funeral
took place on Sunday afternoon at 2
o'clock, with services in the M e.
church, Rev l.. T.. Bennett officiating.
Interment was i'm Westminster ceme-
terry. The pallbearers were Frank K.
Herr, Joseph Shreeve, Wesley Wing
ling, Simon 2. Weaver, Eli Butler and
Louis A. Halter. Frank @. Sharrer
funeral director.
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CHE SMILED HAPPILY"
Communicated

Yes, but he smiles best who smiles
last. Under the above heading, the
readers of the Advocate were treated
last week to a clipping from the Ha-
gerstown Mail, the most conspicuous
features of said clipping being it's lack
of agreement with the facts in the
case.
The clipping says to start with
Chose citizens Of Union Bridge, Car
roll county, who contributed funds
to the Anti-Saloon League in order
to pay the expense of getting a three
mile prohibition bill passed for that
section are now scow1ing darkly and
wishing they had left their money in
their pockets" The facts are the cit
liens of said town or vicinity never
contributed and money at all for the
passage Of any bill whatsoever. ]
mean the citizens i'm favor of the local
option did not. I am not sufficiently
informed to speak with certainty for
the others. The clipping attributes
the whole sentiment and stir-up here
to the appearance in our town of a
man 1T calls Dribill Anderson. The
very fact, that one of the largest and
most representative bodies Of citizens
ever assembled for religious purposes
in this locality greeted Mr.. Anderson
on his first appearance here, is proof
sufficient that our people here had at
least some sense Of right and wrong
on the whiskey question before he
came. And long before MIR. Anderson
ever walked through the hospitable
streets of Union Bridge, an overwhel-
ming majority Of her citizens were
and are still in favor OF local option
and are demanding more sober town
In which to- live. For the past five or
six years and especially the past six
months, the complaints against ca
rousing and indecent drunken con-
duct, constantly on the increase has
become matter of common nOtoriety.
The testimony Of many Of the very
best citizens both in and out Of town
make 1t positively certain that we are
fast losing our reputation as civil
and sober town. The very fact too
that a large. majority Of our voters
signed a petition favoring three
mile prohibition law, without near
all the voters having been canvassed,
il proof positive of the demand for
such law.
Now IL the editor OF the Hagerstown
Mail will come down to our town, 7
will meet him at the station, drive
him to my home, and give him genu-
inc old-time southern welcome; but
he must promise to drink only milk
and, water while my guest. I will
give him then, too, free OF charge
abundant proof of the above state
ments. I will tell him that there is
no such a place as Union Bridge Col
lege Institute;" that there Is nothing
here "soon to be renamed Blue Noun
tain College, that the prohibition
bill of which he writes was not even
so much as limited at by Mr. Anderson
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FOUItZ.

After a lingering illness of cancer
of the stomach Mrs. Mary Susan
Foutz died at her home i'm Winfield ON
April p, aged IS years, 9 months and
II days. Mrs. Foutz was the daugh-
ter of the late Samuel Naille, of Fred
erick county, and is survived by her
husband, Solomon s. Foutz, and seven
children, John D., of Westminster;
VIM. L. and Robert E., Winfield; Mrs.
Jacob Holmes, Westminster; Mrs.
Annie Hartman, and Mrs. Clara Kelly,
Baltimore, and Mrs. Sarah Sheets,
New Windsor; also two brothers,
Theodore Naille, of Pittsburg, Pa;
John, of Eakle's Mills, Md, and one
sister, Mrs. John Keefauver, Nc
Kinstry's Mills. Her body was in
tered in the Bethel cemetery Church
of God, Warfieldsburg, Friday of which
church she had long been a member.
Rev. Belts officiated. Pallbearers
were Wesley Barnes, David Cover,
Thomas Farver, Elmer Jenkins, Mar
Gus Pickett and Frank Zepp. Funeral
director Clifton Waltz.
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The stork visited Mr.. and Mrs. Geo
Steiner Tuesday morning and left q
fine little daughter.
The family driving horse of ex-
Sherlff J. Oliver Murray, of Hamp-
stead, died this week at the age of 81
years. This horse was famous road
ster and the ex-sheriff priced 1t highly.
The rain Of Sunday, Monday and
Tuesday has benefited the crops
to the amount of thousands Of
dollars, and springs, wells and streams
which have been very low have been
revived.
The sink hole which appeared under
the main track Of the Western Mary
land Railroad below the gas house
several years ago and was filled up,
sank again some time on Tuesday
and left another large hole, which was
filled up for the second time by force
Of railroad employees.
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Webster.

Baltimore, formerly Of this city, died
on April II, aged 50 years. Mr.. Web
ster was printer by trade and was
employed at the Advocate for few
years. Funeral and interment on
Tuesday in Westminster Cemetery.
The pallbearers were Edwin w. Shriv-
er, John Arbaugh, Edward A. Chrest,
Theodore Mitten. DIR. G. s. Slagle Of
ficiated at the grave. F. c. Sharrer
funeral director.
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Brow IN.

Mary Brown, widow of the late Peter
Brown, of near Pleasant Valley, died
On April 10, aged 80 years and i days,
at the residence Of her son, John
Brown, OF Pleasant Valley.
She is survived by a son, John
Brown, at home, and a daughter, Mrs.
Mary HESTER, of Manchester.
Funeral took place yesterday morn
ing at 10 a. m, with services at Ben
jamin's Reformed Church, Jas. B.
Stonesifer officiating. Interment in
the cemetery adjoining. James W.
Stoner funeral director.
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Bish.

Mrs Sa1ena G. Bish, wife, of Nelson
G.. Bish, died at her home, in this coun-
ty, on Friday, April Is, at o'clock p.
m, after weeks illness from pneu-
monia, aged 50 years, months and 20
days. She is survived by her husband
and six children, four sons and two
daughters as follows: Milton and
Paul, Of Bachman's Valley; Theodore
and Mrs. Fred. .-Lohr, Of Pennville;
Kerby and Mrs. Harry Zumbrum, at
home. She is also survived by her
father, Edward Houck, and four broth
ers and four sisters.
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Pats ReiOinder..

The case concerned a will, and an
Irishman was a witness. WAS the
deceased In the habit or talking to
himself when alone ?"
II don't know" was the reply.
Come, come, you don't know, and
yet. YOU pretend that you were init
mately acquainted with him ~
"The fact H." said Pat dryly, IT
never happened to be with him when
he was alone, t+
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Thurman.

Saturday afternoon, April is, at 5
o'clock, Mrs. Kate Thurman. widow
OF the late Conrad Fuarman, died from
the infirmities of old age at her home
i'm this county, near the Penn
sylvania line, aged about 80 years.
Fifteen years ago the husband Of the
deceased died, and she Is survived by
one son-Jesse Thurman living near
Black Rock.
Funeral was Tuesday, April 10. at .
a. m Services at the house, after
which interment was made at Sher-
mans Church, Rev. ID. D. Lau, d. D.,
officiating.