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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-03

The selectmen have reduced the
town debt of Swanton more than
$4,000 during the past year by excel
lent management and the showing is
very gratifying to the taxpayers.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-03

George A. Gosselin of Burlington,
merchant, has filed petition in bank
ruptcy. He has liabilities of $1,773
and assets of $1,519.77, of which $25
is exempt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-03
Rochester Religious Census

A religious census of Rochester has
recently been taken by the State Sun
day School Association. The follow
ing facts were ascertained:
Number Protestant families in
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-03

c. NJ. Howe, a st. Johnsbury man,
has left town and Swift & Co., have
placed an attachment on his market
and closed it, Howe has been miss
ing several days.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-03

Paymaster G. p Aud, U. S. ~, re-
Gently conspicuous in a naval court
martial is at the home of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Aud, in Burl-
ington.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-03

released from Jail. He then went to
Boston and his whereabouts were UNI
known for some time. Upon return
ing to Winooski he secured a position
as cook at the Military Post, where he
was arrested.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-03

The tax collector of Vergennes re-
ports but 80 poll taxes unpaid at this
time of these IL are out of the State
at present and two are partly paid,
on the installment plan, evidently.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-03

Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Traver of
Westfield celebrated their golden
wedding January %.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-03
VERMONT NEWS
Items OF Interest Cleaned From All
Parts Of Green Mountain
State.

Probate Judge M. A. Bingham of
Chittenden county, who is i'll, is in a
critical condition.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-03
4 RenI Lemon.

Mrs. Fred A. Darrell Of White Riv-
er junction, has presented the Land
mark of that place with lemon. This
is not a nature fakir story either. The
fruit in question was grown on a
three-year-o ponderosa tree and is
maturing and is of rich yellow tint
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-03
DIR. COOK LOCATED.
Left Chilli Yesterday Fer Argentine
Republic -DestinatiOn Unknown

Andes, Chilli, Feb 27.--Dr, Frederick
e. Cook and his wife LETT here today
Their point of destination is not
known
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-03

strong hit Smith with a club over the
head, splitting his scalp open. He was
taken to Keene hospital Wednesday
afternoon. Armstrong escaped.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-03
Injured in Fight.

Harry Armstrong, colored, and
Matthew Smith, farm hands in Rock
'ingham, were fighting, when Arm
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-03

The church preference and church
the figures in the first column giving
the church preference and those in
the second the church membership.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-29

explained away all the pleasures Of the
Mother Goose book of rhymes, would
you have grown up to be any better
man or woman? asks the Wichita
(Kan.) Beacon. What if she hau eA-
planned that the COW never jumped
over the moon; that there was no Lit
tie Miss Muffet, and if there had been
there was no tuffet for her to sit on;
that Jack didn't violate etiquette by
sticking his thumb into a plum pie;
that Jack and Gill's parents used n.y.
drant water and they never went up
a hill to get the drinking pail filed
that Jack Sprat could eat any kind of
meat set before him instead of only
lean meat; that Old King Cole was a
grouchy dyspeptic and the very oppo-
site of merry old soul! that no black
bird ever disfgured the kings wash
erwoman by picking off her nose?
Would you have been better boy
or girl if your mother had done all
these things-had explained away the
delightful books of childhood and had
told you that the amusing, jingling
rhymes were written by some hard-up
story writer who wrote them for
money and not for truths sake? Would
you?
Is anything accomplished by squar-
ing child around and setting it face
to face with the realities of life be-
fore it has come into the years of re-
sponsibility? Let the children enjoy
childhood in a childish way, for it is
brief and comes not again.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-29

hunters, the chalk cliffs tower 400
feet above the sea. They are the home
of thousands Of gulls, cormorants, kit
tiwakes and other sea birds that have
just begun to build their rough nests
in the chalky crevices. William Will
kinson, who has pursued this perilous
calling for many years, is known local
ly as "the king Of the egg hunters" !"
He is bluff, weather Scared man of
the sea, with as much nerve and agil.
ity as are possessed by the most dar-
ing steeplejack.
Wilkinson wears an old helmet to
protect his head from the pieces of
rock dislodged by the rope by which
he is suspended in midair Around
his body he buckles a kind of Leather
hammock, in which he is able to sit.
On his arm he wears leather protec-
tors.
Lower away, boys" he cries, as he
swings himself over the brink in an
almost horizontal position and press
es each foot firmly against the chalk
surface. Three of the men sieze the
rope, and foot by foot the intrepid
climber is lowered till his CHEEKY voice
is lost amid the fluttering sounds OF
the disturbed birds. He swings from
nest to nest, putting each egg careful
ly in bag slung over his shoulder.
AS soon as his bag is full he gives the
'hoist up" signal on the guide rope
and the men haul him up.
Wilkinson makes several descen.s
and at the end of the day shares the
spoil with his assistants. who sell the
eggs for eating purposes to the inhab-
'itants Of the neighboring villages.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-29
Only a Few Years Ago Every Rural
Home Was Proud Possess0r
of One.
ONCE COST $3.50; NOW ONLY $S5
To-Day the Upright Piano Is In
stalled in the Place of the
Joy of the Family.

Thirty years ago home wasn't happy
nnless it had its cabinet organ in the
parlor, so that the daughter of the
house could entertain the visitors ev-
cry Sunday afternoon by chording a
uttle after she had been sufficiently
coaxed. The organ was always beau
hful thing-very beautiful. A real
beveled edge mirror was set in the
top so that daughter could look upon
herself as she industriously pumped
with both feet and chorded with both
hands. 1t was great exercise playing
the organ in those days.
All organs were decorated alike. On
one side was picture of mothers fa-
ther and mother; on the other side
were fathers parents. Cousin Harry,
who was doing so well in Denver,
beamed out from one side of the Chi
nese lily that Aunt Molly brought back
from the city on her last trip there,
while on the other side of the lily,
looking down severely upon the wax
fruit in its glass case, was Prof. Dar-
win, who used to be principal of the
high school.
But those days are gone now, the
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-29
"Raising the Hand"

The raising OF the hand which re-
places the kissing of the Book in the
oath which witnesses in England will
henceforth take was in origin a point
ing toward heaven. The oath taker
extended his hand toward the Being
whom he invoked-a pagan, for in
stance, touching the foot or knee OF
his gods statue. ~ have lifted up
mine hand unto the Lord" says Abra-
ham. Our Germanic ancestors raised
their spears toward high heaven. A
quaint case Is that Of the Shrewsbury
parliament of 1898. when the lords
took a solemn oath by the cross Of
Canterbury, while the commons-1o
doubt to mark the distinction between
the two orders-swore simply by lift
ing their hands.-London Chronicle.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-29

Kansas City Times says. A cabinet
organ used to cost $3.50. Now you
can buy an ordinary piano for that
amount, while a new organ goes for
$35-a dollar down and so cents
week. A secondhand organ sells for
from $40 to $25.
The farmers that used to own or
gans are now buying pianos. Some of
them are buying player pianos. Books
have been written for the farmers
daughters that teach them to play
piano almost as well as If they were
taught by an expensive teacher. BY
the diagram method they learn where
ITO put their fingers when they see cer-
tain notes, and many farmers homes
1have daughters who have taught them
selves to play almost as well as If
they had employed teacher.
1T was the coming of the upright
piano that put the organs down and
out" said a piano dealer recently.
"The old square piano couldn't be sold
for less than $500. The upright was
easier to handle and easier to put to-
gether, and it sold at first for about
$500. twenty-five years ago only the
rich-the class that buys motor cars
now..owned pianos. The medium class
owned organs. Now only the poorer
people buy organs. Pianos are being
improved rapidly. / think that in ten
years all pianos will be made with
plaver attachments"
The musical taste Of the people is
improving right along. Many organs
are still being sold. Every family
must have some sort of musical in
strument in the home and the man.
ayers Of music stores testify that the
music that is being bought is Of the
higher class. Just as much popular
music is being sold as ever, but the
demand for high class music has de-
veloped rapidly in the last ten years,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-29
the trough when it is all ready for
feeding purposes, and also when 1t is
hooked up close against the wall.
Keeping Farm Accounts.

Farmers who visited the Ohio State
University were interested in the sy;-
tenn of accounts used on the farm
While the land is not titled for the
same experimental purposes as the
fields at the Agricultural Experiment
Station at Wooster, certain amount
of experimentation has to be done in
order to determine the most profitable
methods of handling the land These
experiments are the same in kind as
should be conducted by farmers G "a
orally The accounts are kept in such
form as to show the results of the diff
ferent methods employed on the diff
ferent fields.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-29

The first recorded instance of tar
ring and feathering human being
was In 11S9, during the time OF the
crusades. In that year, the first of
the reign Of Richard l., a law was
passed that ANY robber voyaging with
the crusaders shall be first shaved,
then hot pitch shall be poured upon
him and a cushion of feathers shook
over him." After this the criminal was
to be put ashore at the first landing
place the ship reached.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-29
Winter Egg Producers.

The essentials to profitable egg 2ro.
duction are healthy flock of fowls
possessing constitutional vigor, bred
from laying strain; proper housing.
and correct feeding. The best way to
secure laying strain on the farm is
to select the hens of greatest vigor
that naturally produce the most eggs
during the winter. Mate these hens
with good male, also from a laying
strain, and then select only the best
daughters from this mating.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-29
Uncle Allen.

"A preacher who draws big salary"
said Uncle Allen Sparks. sometimes
gets tempting offer to go somewhere
and give lecture, and he asks a col
lege young man who Is studying for
the ministry to ill his pulpit for one
Sunday. The college young man does
1T, and all he gets is thanks. Such
things happen sometimes, and I sup
pose it's all right I'm not blaming tbs
preacher understand. I'm only kicking
because the young chap let's that sort
OF game be played on him. by jucks!"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-29
In the Day. of tn. Gold Fever.
Send 1oc for trial package.


Overcrowding IL no modern innova-
tion, says a writer in the San Fran
cisco Call, and he illustrates the point
with story. A man was complaining
to an old pilot about the fact that
there had been four in one stateroom
on steamboat -Four in room"
replied the other. That's nothing.
You should have Travelled in the days
of the gold rush to California.
Il remember one trip out Of New
York we carried more than one thou
sand passengers, and II you put fifty
on that ship to-day there'd be protest
that would reach Washington, and
make trouble for somebody. To show
you how crowded 1t was and what
crowded really means. three days out
from New York chap walked up to
the old man, and said:
"'Captain, you really must find me
a place to Sleep
Where have you been sleeping un-
til now?' asked the old man.
"'Well.' says the fellow, you see.
it's this way. I've been sleeping on
sick man; but he's getting better now,
and won't stand for 1t much longer
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-29

The young farmer forester should be
experienced in the art of stimulating
the growth Of trees in natural groves
by cultivation. When we come to think
how hard the ground is in some woods
it is really strange that trees get
enough moisture to support them.
selves. The difference in the amount
of rainfall absorbed by level-plowcd
field and hard-baked hillside is very
great, and it is wonderful how an oak
or hickory growing on hillside ever
attains to great height and size.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-29
Coal Ashe. Are worth Saving.


In many sections of the country coal
is the principal winter fuel used by
farmers and large quantity of ashes
result which are usually looked on as
waste, but an authority says there Is
more value in coal ashes than is gea-
orally realized by the farmer. For the
amelioration of heavy clay land they
are exceptionally valuable. This is
particularly so with the ashes of soft
coal, as such usually are reduced al
most to a dust. Coal ashes have a
fertilizer value. This opinion, how
ever, is not held generally. The coal
beds contain phosphorus, potash, nitro
gen and lime, as we'll as the other less
important ingredients. When the orig
inal trees out of which were formed
the coal beds were reduced to- coal the
mineral elements remained in them,
and consequently those same elements
go with the ashes.
One reason why people have formed
an idea that coal ashes contain no fer
tlllty is that the trees now grown
have in them less carbon than those in
the ola days and thus the percentage
OF other elements to carbon is prob
ably greater now than then, which
gives larger value to our wood ashes,
but does not annihilate the value IN
the coal ashes. Ashes can be used 10
advantage without sitting, but large
quantities of half-burned coal are by
some considered detriment to the
soil.-Rural World.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-29
Potash Content of Clay Soils.

According to recent bulletin of the
New Hampshire Station, the clay and
clay loan soils carry sufficient potash
for the production of maxiusm yields
of hay, and that large part of the
potash applied in fertilizers is lost 80
far as the crop is concerned. In other
words. the addit on of commercial
potash to such soils is unnecessary.
When barnyard manure. which con.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-29
The Farmer.

He used to wear his pantaloons
Inside his muddy boots;
He used to sing outlandish tunes
And dress in misfit suits;
He used to rise at half past four,
And milk and hoe and plough;
He doesn't do so any more,
He's counting money now.
The callouses upon his hands
Were softened long ago;
For employees prepare his lands
For natures fertile show.
There Is no sorrow in his eye
Nor anger on his brow.
Things are not as in days gone by,
He's counting money now.
Washington Evening Star.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-29
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eapsa,sNg a>s&I>aDIs
Na'iN.saa tNla!Mase
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many Of which will tail to mature in
an unfavorable season. A sudden
change In temperature, a prolonged
drought or a slight frost is more like
ly to destroy the weak plants than
the strong The increased yield at har-
vesting time is quite consideration.
In the illustration the heavy and light
samples of barley A B c and D pro
duced plants as indicated with CORE
spending letters above.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-29
A Deeply Felt Want.

Steward (the first day out)-Did
you ring, sir?
Traveler-Yes, steward. IL rang.
Steward-Anything can bring you.
sir?
Traveler-Y-es, steward. Bring me
a continent, If you have one, or an
island-anything. steward, so l-lul-
longs as it's solid. If you can't, sus
sink the ship.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-29
ventilation and EGG Fert,,,tx

common cause of the failure or
fertile eggs to hatch is lack of suffi.
cient ventilation The fresh air supply
depends to a greater extent than is
generally known on the difference in
the temperature of the air inside the
machine and that Of the room in
which the incubator stands
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-29

manure spreader in his sheds and con-
sequently all distractions that extend
ed out foot from the wall were in
the way. AS calves require low
manger, one can be hung on hinges so
that when it is turned up 1t will not
occupy more than five or six inches of
space out from the wall. 1t may be
any length, but 1t is better to have it
made in sections about six feet long
The accompanying illustrations show
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-29
Dipping Sheep Excessively.

To rid sheep of external parasites or
the scab mite they should be dipped In
some effective dip. Coal tar dips are
effective, nonpoisonous and do not
ordinarily injure the wool. They are
therefore considered among the best.
Before using all dips should be tested.
Mix one teaspoonful of dip with fifty
to seventy-five of water, according to
directions. Wrap few ticks or bed
bugs in a gauze and dip them in this
mixture for thirty seconds. Then
place them under tumbler, and IL
they are not dead in six hours the dip
is not strong enough. 1t should be
made strong enough to make a thirty
second dip effective. Sheep are to be
kept in the dip one minute. Place the
dip in the tank before the water, go
the mixture will be uniform.
The best time to dip is when the
wool is one-fourth to one-half inch
long, so that the dip will adhere to
the fleece. II the ticks are present at
shearing time the whole flock should
be dipped at once to prevent the ticks
from getting to the lambs.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-29
GATHERING SEA FOWLS EGGS.

peri'ou- Work of Cliff Climbers on
the English Coast.
With the advent of spring the York
shire cliff climbers are making prep
arations for gathering the eggs of the
myriads of sea fowl that build their
nests in the dizzy precipices of the
northeastern coast, according to the
London Daily News.
At Bempton, few miles from Brid'
ington, the favorite resort of these egg
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-29
Cowpeas Enrich Soil.

Not only have cowpeas been founu
valuable as a soil-enriching crop, but
they have proved to be most excellent
feed for live stock used as forage and
cured hay. The hay used is compare.
lively rich in protein and makes good
dairy feed, and is likewise good for
young stock and work horses, fed in
limited amounts.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-29

TESTING NEW SMOKE CONSUMER
Solution of the problem
coalburnng which
railroad locomotive in the
While
attached to it the engine emitted only slight
reembed The
be used in the boiler
The the appliance
lie in the fact that perfect
into coke the from the coal being
Is
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-29

tains . large amount or potash, rs
added, the value lies, not in the pot
ash. but in the other fertilizing ele-
ments, and in large part in the i'm
provement Of the physical condition of
the soil.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-29

You often hear lifelong friends
abuse each other. This should cause
you to ask yourself the question:
What do my friends say about me?"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-29

The kind of luck they have is suf-
ficient to keep most hunters from be.
coming Game Hogs
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-29

Heavy Seeds Give Best Plants.
To obtain a good stand of grain
1t is necessary to use the largest and
plumpest grain for seed. Small or
shrunken grain gives weak plants,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-29

Munyon's Paw Paw PiIIs coax the nver
Into activity by gentle methods. They do
not scour. grippe or weaken. They are q
tonic to the stomach, liver and nerves;
iayigorate instead Of weaken. They en-
rich the blood and enable the stomach to
get all the nourishment from food that is
put into 1t. These pills contain no calo-
mel; they are soothing. healing and stim.
ulating. For sale by all druggists in 10c
and 25c sizes. II you need medical ad-
vice, write Munyon's Doctors. They will
advise to the best of their ability abso-
lutely free of Charge. MUNYON'S, sd
.rd Jefferson sts- Philadelphia, Pa.
Send 10c for trial package.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-29
ChiIdhood's Brief Hour.

II your mother had let the house.
work 90 and taken you on her lap and
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-29

1t Is not good plan to take all the
pigs from the sow, unless one or two
of them can be turned with her some
hours after, to draw the milk she will
have at that time, and again, say after
a lapse of twenty-four hours. The pre-
ferred way is to leave about two of the
smallest with her for several days,
and after that leave only one for two
or three days more, by which time the
flow of milk will have been so grad
ually diminished that no injury will
result to the sow by keeping them on-
tirely away from her. This extra sup
ply OF milk helps also to push the
smaller pigs along in growth and put
them more nearly on an equality in
size with their thriftier mates.-Co-
burns Swine in America"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-04-29

A Convenient Calf Trough.
A farmer near Paullina, Iowa, has
been using an Ingenious method for
feeding his calves. 1t was suggested
to him by the fact that he used