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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-05

the ensuing year, all members are espe-
cially requested to attend the meeting,
Per Frank Caslani, R. S., l, o. +.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-05

News was received here this morning
Of the death of Mrs. G. F Dean, which
occurred at her home in St Johnsbnry
last night, after long illness. Mrs.
Charles +. Ayers, a daughter of the de-
ceased, accompanied by Mr.. Ayers, will
leave tonight for st. Johnsbury
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-05

The four months. old son Of Mrs. Grace
Covey died Sunday night at II o'clock,
after a long illness. The funeral was
held from the house this afternoon at 2
O'Clock. The burial took place in the
Catholic cemetery on Beckley street
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-05

A regular meeting OF
division No. |, A. o. H.,
viii be held Thursday
evening, Dec. Z. Flee
ton of officers. Every
member invited to at
t e 4. Refreshments
served after meeting.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-05

A regular meeting Of
Sub. Court Barre, /. O.
f., No. 1917, will be
held Tuesday, Dec. 5, ut
1880 p. m. sharp in X.
of G. hall, Seampini
block. As this will be
election of officers for
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-05

Millinery, big markdown, S. and 50
hats now S34s; So and $3.50 hats now
$l0s. Beavers, 1915. These hats must
be closed out at some price. Now is the
time to buy. Remember the place
Messer's store. Main street.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-05

Indian made snowshoes at Tilden's.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-05

Look for the silver boot. Shoes re-
paired while you wait in irst-class style
and in a workmanlike manner. Am
equipped with all the modern machin-
cry for doing work and use only the
best stock possible to. obtain. Employed
in the G. N. Tilden store for the past
seventeen years. Peter Depatie, Boil
ster block, ll2 North Main street.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-05

Auction sale every day at and p. m.
until after Dec. 20, at City Auction
Rooms. Large stock of consigned goods,
all new, to be sold. A prize number with
each sale at auction. A prize each week.
Don't miss these sales. You will be sur
prised to see our new stock. See adj.
elsewhere. O. IL. Hale. auntioneer.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-15

many of them being utterly unfit for use. Deal
ers such as these rare, 1t Is true; the major
ity of them honest
To the dealers, whom the railroads designate as
the consignees, come the little fellows the traders.
These also represent almost every phase of hui
man character. Many save up few hundred dol
lars and visit the freight yards with their teams,
buying the trees in less than carload lots In this
way they can see just what they are getting.
Most of them are shrewd fellows and drive a
hard bargain Your upcountryman is Outlines as
shrewd however, the 'piker' dealer and many
amusing hours may be spent frequentng the
freight yards in the railroads where the trees are
stacked or exhibited for sale
Each year there many new additions to
the company of dealers The lure Of the adven-
ture, the chance to realize money upon an invest
ment that is practically certain to bring so per
cent return, attracts many to the business. Trees
can be purchased in half carload lots, or even in
hundred lots for about 60 cents apiece. If they
can be sold for a dollar perhaps more, the
chance to make money quickly is irresistible to
many investors.
Not always does the investor succeed His
fingers are sometimes pretty badly burned The
market may be glutted, he may have rival on the
next corner, or perhaps his trees not sufficient
ly attractive to cause the public to patronize him
Perhaps he has held off, waiting for better prices
till the last moment and finds himself with half
a hundred spruce his hands which he must
dispose of as best he may
Usually, however, the business is lucrative The
wise dealer buys trees in hundred lots peddles
them out quickly, and comes back for more He
does not wait for high prices but sells his trees
for what he can get
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-15
PEANUT CROP is PROFITABLE
One Acre Is Equal to IS Bushels Of
Corn as Hog Feed-Also I'm
proves the Soil.

The result of one experiment at the
Arkansas station shows that one acre
of peanuts Is equal to 85.6 bushels of
corn as a hog feed. The lowest re-,
turns obtained from a station were in
Alabama, where an acre of peanuts
were only equal to 1874 bushels of
corn as a pork producer. However.
even in Alabama the peanut crop was
more profitable as a hog crop than
corn on the same land.
The results obtained by the Arkan.
sas, Alabama and Louisiana stations
show that an average acre of peanuts
equals from rs to 40 bushels of corn
as hog feed. And let us not forget
that peanuts improve the land and
that the hogs harvest the crop. Let
us plan to plant several acres of Span-
ish peanuts as early in the spring as
is safe and to make another planting
about the first of July. We can also
Liant several acres of the Virginia
varieties for hogs
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-15

will put him in a position to meet the
buyer on terms of equality in dis
cussion OK the grade of his cotton.
Several of the agricultural colleges
now give regular instruction in cot
ton grading, and a number are attend
ed by older men. The official grades
have been supplied to all these insti-
tutions, but they should be owned by
the farmers themselves, so that the
instruction given at the schools may
be intelligently applied at home.
The farmer should not attempt to
carry picture of the different grades
in his minds eye with sufficient acr
curacy to grade cotton without set
of types. The official grades in either
whole or fractional sets will enable
him to take advantage of the educa-
tional work which is being done in
teaching cotton grading.
1t is very desirable that the grow
er whose cotton is likely to vary
through wide range of qualities
should have a full set of grades.
Somebody produces a good deal OF cot
ton which sells as middling fair on
the exchanges. The average premium
on middling fair is three-quarter cents
per pound, which means that such cot
ton is often worth four dollars per
bale over middling. 1t follows that the
grower who can match the official
middling fair with part of his crop,
and is not getting premium of about
four dollars per bale is not getting
the value of his product, and should
have the official grades from mlddling
up. Therefore if grower is cut more
than one and onequarter cent per
pound on good ordinary or gets cut
Of over six dollars per bale from mid
good ordinary he is getting too little
and needs official samples Of the
grades from middling down.
On the other hand, the average cut
of good ordinary is about one and one
quarter cent, or six dollars per bale.
Unless the market is exceptional, cot
ton which is no worse than the official
good ordinary should not be cut more
than six dollars on full 500-pound
bale.
A considerable amount of cotton is
now sold by the grower directly to
the mill or its direct representative.
1t is possible that an increasing
amount will be thus sold. In these
cases there is no middle man to make
the profit represented by the differ
ence between the middling price which
is paid and the real value of the high
er grade, and the farmer should be in
position to know what his cotton is
actually worth to the mill. Few mills
would refuse to pay the prevailing
premium for the best cotton grown in
their territory if it resulted In such
cotton being shipped away to other
markets.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-15

Heap on more wood!-the wind is chill.
But let it whistle as 1t will,
Wen keep cur Christmas merry still.
Each age has deem'd the newborn Year
The fittest time for festal cheer:
And we'll our CHRISTIAN sires of old
Loved when the year its course had rolfd
And brought b:ithe Christmas back again,
With all his hospitable train.
Domestic and religious rite
Gave honor to the holy night;
On Christmas eve the bells were rung:
On Christmas eve the mass was sung:
That only night in all the year
Saw the stoled priest the chalic rear.
The dnmsel donn'd her kirtle sheen,
The hall was dress'd with holly green;
Forth to the wood did merry men go
To gather in the mistletoe.
Then open'd wide the baron's hall
To vessal, tenant, serf and all;
Power laid his rod of rule aside
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-15

the time that the seeding is plant
ed in the soft, friable soil, to the mo-
ment it returns to its primal element,
the dust, as a handful of embers on
the city lot, a Christmas tree rep
resents money valuation of $25.
This is a total expenditure Of ST.
100000 annually. OF course, this
figure ia purely imaginary. The trees
do not actually cause that amount
of money to change hands in a sim
pie buying and selling transaction.
But there is actually that much loss
to the regions which supply trees.
If all the trees in an average load
ed fiat car were to be stood upon
their butts, in the natural way in
which they would grow they would
cover a ten-acre lot. Multiply this
by 1000 and the amount of timber
stripped annually from the hills will
become apparent at once.
Just at this time of the year the
Christmas tree industry is In It's most
fourishing condition. All of the trees
for this years market have been
cut. Many of them are in transit, but
some of them are even now stand
ing in the freight yards of the rail-
roads, waiting for the retail dealers
to purchase them.
Dealers are gradually awakening
TO the fact that 1t is better to ship
their trees early, sell them all at
low price, and save the trouble and
expense of remaining long time in
the city bartering their wares.
The dealers in Christmas trees are
types. They are all queer characters.
You cannot pick out one that has not
some popularity. AS in all trades.
there are tricks to the business of
buying and selling Christmas trees.
You would think that the disposal
of car load of railroad ties, with
layer of trees piled on top, to an I'M
wary customer. would bar the deal.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-15
FINDS COTTON GRADE
Official Grades Show Growers
What He Should Receive.
Farmer Should Ee in Position to Know
Positively What His Crop Is Ac-
tusily Worth When Sold
Directly to the Mills.
BY BRADFORD KNAPP. Special Agent
in Charge of Farmers Cooperative
Demonstration Work.

BY BRADFORD KNAPP. Special Agent
in Charge of Farmers COOPERATIVE
Demonstration Work.)
If the farmer is fairly good judge
If cotton, the official grades will show
him exactly what the grade of his cot
ton will be in any of the nine ex
changes which have adopted them, and
since few If any of the grades of the
other exchanges are higher than the
official grades, it follows that if his
cotton is below middling, it is alto
gether unlikely that it can be prop
erly graded lower in any market than
his official grades will put it.
1t follows that the farmer who has
a set of these grades can tell what
premium he should receive for cotton
above middling. He can also tell the
limit Of penalty or cut which can be
properly made in any market for his
cotton grading below middling. In
other words, if his cotton will grade
strict good middling, and the average
premium is being paid, he should re-
ceive one-half cent per pound above
the price of middling, or a premium
of $3.50 on each bale This premium
on IL bales would pay for full set
of the official types, and on only four
bales would pay for three of the types,
which, If properly selected, would en-
able him to grade the bulk of his crop
in an ordinary season.
On good middling cotton the aver
age premium is one-quarter cent per
pound. Even If it is little less than
this it amounts to a dollar a bale. and
If a grower can secure even this small
premium on twenty bales it will pay
for six of the official grades, and these
would enable him to grade all of his
crop except in very unusual seasons.
There is large amount of cotton pro-
duced nearly every year which, if
properly handled, will grade good
middling. The earlier pickings of
nearly all good fields will grade above
middling unless the cotton is needless
ly damaged. If the farmer is getting
no premium on such cotton he is turn
ing over some Of his profits to some
one else. The official grades will give
him the measure of what he Is losing
by careless method Of selling, and
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-15

Doth turn down fat when not in use
NO. Is the bolt through the bottom
Of the standard and the sill. C is the
front cross-piece. D Is the piece NOR
tised in the front end of the sill and
also in c. FE are the stills. FF
are the cross-pieces under the bottom
to support the floor G G are the top
cross-pieces with bolts through G, e
and F. H II are strips bolted to G
and G the full length of the wagon.
II are wheel guards made of old
wagon tires about 3 inches wide and
bent to span the rear wheels. These
are bolted to G..
This rack is made with stills 38 to
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-15

versary of the Nativity is in danger
of losing its loving purpose. 1t has
degenerated in many cases to a mer-
cenary exchange gift for gift.
Tho spirit is frequently absent
This should not be. Women rep
resent the greater number of gift
givers. Let us then revert to the
underlying love and reverence that
prompted the Wise Men to lay their
offerings at the feet of the Holy
Baby. Let us give a little Of our
hearts with each present, and If we
cannot give tangible expression Of
our love. let us give a hearts wish
instead.
In your hands lies great power for
good or for evil. A woman influences
thought and action. 1t is your duty,
then, to discountenance the heartless
offer and to smile your approval of
the spirit of the day.
Then, indeed, Christmas will mean
all that he would approve The
guiding star of love and good will
that shone so clearly in the blue
night long ago should never be lost
in our minds, and the love to which
1t pointed should epitomize our eff
forts to honor this great day.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-15
A SURPRISE BOX.

Something which would delight
any little invalid is surprise box"
This may be planned to last week
or any length of time one wishes
and should contain a package for
each day. with the date Or which 1t
is to be opened written plainly on
each one. Dolls, toys, books and
many other things dear to the child
ish heart may be pat IN these pack
ages and the little one will surely re-
joice to have his Merry Christmas"
last SO many days.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-15

And Ceremony doff'd his pride.
The heir, with roses in his shoes,
That night might village partner choose;
The lord, underogating, share
The vulgar game of post and pair
All hall'd, with uncontrolled delight
And general voice, the happy night.
That to the cottage as the crown
Brought tdings of salvation down.
The fire, with well-dried logs supplied,
Went roaring up the chimney wide;
The huge hall tables oaken face
Scrubb'd till 1t shone, the day to grace,
Bore then upon Its massive board
No mark to part the squire and lord,
Then was brought in the lusty Drawn
By old blue-coated serving man;
Then the grim boar's head grown'd on
high,
Crested with bays and rosemary
Well can the green-garb'd ranger tell
How when and where the monster fell
What dogs before his death he tore
And all the batting of the boar
The wassail round, In good brown bowls
Garnish'd with ribbons, bitterly trowls
There the huge sirloin reek'd hard by
Plum porridge stood and Christmas pie;
Nor fail'd old Scotland to produce
At such high tide her savory goose.
Then came the merry maskers in,
And carols roar'd with blithesome din;
If unmelodious was the song,
IT was hearty note and strong.
Who lists may in their mumming see
Traces of ancient mystery.
White shirts supplied the masquerade
And smutted cheeks the visors made:
But, o! what maskers, richly digit,
Can boast of bosoms half so light!
England was merry England, when
Old Christmas brought his sports again.
Twas Christmas broachd the mightiest
ale;
Twas Christmas told the merriest tale:
A Christmas gambol oft could cheer
The poor mans heart through half the
year.
Sir Walter Scott
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-15
USEFUL HOMEMADE HAYRACK
How to Construct One That Carries
TWO Tons of Hay and Rests
Low on Wagon.

In response to query regarding the
construction OF hayrack a Pennsyl-
vania writer in the Breeders Gazette
replies as follows:
One of the best have seen can be
built for $40, not counting labor A
is the front standards with cross
pieces mortised into the uprights. with
pins on the outside. One bolt is in the
bottom of each upright where it con-
meets with E. The hind standards B
are bolted the same way and they
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-15

AZ inches from outside to outside, 80
as to fit in between the bolster stakes.
The narrower width is better for 1t
allows the front wheels more room to
turn. The rack can be made IA, 10
or Is feet long for about the same
cost.
/ have been making and using these
racks for rs years. They rest low on
the wagon and carry two tons of hay.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-15
The Best Day.

This is the best year that we have
ever had to make good on the farm
and this is the best day that we win
ever have to make good. Today is al.
ways the best day to do the right
thing.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-15
THE SPIRIT OF THE DAY.

Have you time for little sermon? 1t will
take but few minutes, and today, If ever, our
thoughts should be turned toward inward to the
heart of things. To you whose hands rock the
cradles of humanity and indirectly rule the world,
let us ask a question: Are you forgetting the
real spirit of the day? Gift giving on this ami.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-15
San Jose Scale.

Bulletin No. 107 of the Arkansas
station at Fayetteville on the San Jose
scale and how to control 1t is now
ready for free distribution. It is a
thorough discussion Of the greatest
scale pest Of orchard trees.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-15

AS you pass some windy corner one of these
blustery nights before Christmas Eve and sec
the long of evergreens laid against the wall,
or ignobly lying prone upon the ground bethink
you of the place in which they first the light.
The kindly hills, snow covered engirdling valleys
fragrant With spicy odor; picture them bare, lit
tered with the waste of cuttings, and the unsightly
stumps of trees.
Picture the brooding of those trees they grew.
1t took them 20 years to reach age and
size where they might prove marketable. No
more will the wind moan and sough through
their branches. The hills are bare The snow
will melt in the spring. and the soil will not
absorb it. Water will into the streams and
the streams become floods, and the floods breed
calamties.
The trees, noble fellows all of them will have
their tops hacked off to accommodate them to
the STIFFNESS of our little box-like homes. AZ
the heat of dries up their sap, their
lives will go out slowly. day by day. They will
end the bonfire.
Yes, buy tree. Buy one and take it home to
your children. When 1t is bravely decked out in
all its gala fnery, gather your family about it's
spreading branches, which exhaling their last
breaths for you, and tell them the story of the
life and death of the tree.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-15

may have nights pleasure by defacng natures
work with cheap tinsel and candles After that
what would have been the forest of the future is
discarded forever, beyond the power of man to
restore and the work of nature for years to re-
place.
The bulk of the trees now come from Canada
More than 100000 used annually in Philadel-
phia alone. New York Chicago Baltimore and
a hundred towns between them use three times
that number every year.
In the wild hills of the Canadian provinces the
trees are still plentiful But it is only a ques-
ton of a few years time with the increased de-
mand for them, when their price will soar. No
attempt is made apparently to rejuvenate the for
ests.
In a few scattered places throughout the coun-
try it is true one or two men have started nurs-
cries in Christmas trees. Intelligent planting and
cutting within three generations may make them
useful patches from which to CLEAN hardy trees.
But elsewhere, in spite of the talk of conserva-
ton which we hear much about nowadays, the
trees stripped ruthlessy from the hills and
valleys and attempt is made by the greedy
marketer to replace them
This has resulted in the present dearth of the
much-desired spruce trees Vermont already
charges an additional stumpage of five cents upon
trees which are shipped out of the state.
Let consider the Christmas tree situation in
Philadelphia. Each year more than 1000 fiat
freight cars, loaded with the trees, which are
piled In double tiers reach the city The capacity
of the fiat car averages 300 trees.
Therefore, approximately 900 trees are used
in Philadelphia annually. Sentimentality apart,
this is enormous waste of material, when it
is recalled that the trees serve no economic pur-
pose, and the majority of them furnish fuel for
bonfres on vacant lots two weeks after the hol-
iday
1t is an expensive proposition considered in any
light. First comes the cost of sending men into
regions where the trees grow. They experts.
They able to size up the marketable value Of
a patch of woods after a days tramp through
them. Then comes the cost of cutting, stump
age hauling and shipping to destination. After
that it is mainly matter for the retail dealers,
who buy trees either as they stand in the for
ests at the freight yards in the cities to which
they consigned
The small dealer must make his profit He
tacks on extra price which the consumer must
pay. Then comes the expense of decorating the
greenwood with tinsel and glistening ornaments.
This costs little fortune in itself. Finally, 1t
is usual to pay the ashman to cart the tree away,
after the holidays over.
1t has been estimated that from first to last from
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-15
Money!.

Money.
The higher needs of the soul can
not be satisfied with money.-Charles
3. Mitchell, Methodist, Chicago.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-15
DEtHCZNG MHZURE SOR
II Mans REHcSURE

ers from coming again
to the spot where
they had practiced
such deception.
Yet it never does.
Year after year they
practice the most dis
honest tricks upon
their patrons. One
man last year got a
high price for 20 of
the finest trees ever
seen in Philadelphia.
He told the buyer
that the rest of the
car on which the 20
were loaded was Just
like them, but when
they were unloaded
and placed for sale,
they proved TO be
small and s1rubby,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-15

ILL the children in
1925 have Christmas
trees? This question
is being asked by
thousands of people
throug h out the
United States. Indi-
cations DOint to the
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-11-30
Court,s Ruling Awaited.

jefferson City.-Thcre is consldera
Bile speculation among lawyers and
others as to how the supreme cour,
viii rule upon the jursdictonal point
by Judge Selden T. Spencer and Lon
G. Hooker, attorneys for the Republi'
cans, in the state contests The juris
diction Of the court was attacked in
Gently the Republicans filed addition
al suggestions in support OF the mo,
ton. The point raised by the Repub
leans Is that the court can act only
in the original proceedings mentioned
In the state constitution, and that the
legislature is without authority To
confer additional jurisdiction.