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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1911-02-08

three feet. Where ten or more acres
are grown potato planter will soon
pay for itself. Where the acreage is
smaller than this two or three neigh
bors can often combine to purchase
such a machiae.
Where haEd planting Is practiced
the rows SHOULD be opened with a
stirring plow to depth of four to six
inches. The practice of dropping the
tubers in a cutivator track and cover
ing them lightly is responsible for
many of the low yields. Potatoes
send up strong sprout that is able
to penetrate six inches of soil easily.
and the roots need to be well down in
the moist earth. After the tubers are
dropped the stirring pillow may again
be brought into use to cover them, or
disk cultivator may be used. The
main thing is to get them covered
deeply. After covering two or three
borrowings should be given to level the
ground and kill any sprouting weeds.
The cut tubers should be dropped
from twelve to sixteen inches apart,
one in a place. The amount of seed
to use per acre will depend on the
price. If seed potatoes are not too ex-
pensive it pays to be liberal with them.
Where medium sized potatoes are cut
into quarters and dropped every fif-
teen inches in rows three and one-half
feet apart twelve to fifteen bushels
per acre will be needed.
On western farms, where land is
cheap and labor scarce. potatoes are
often planted in rows both ways. This
can be readily done by running a
planter wire across the field and drop
ping piece of potato at each button
on the wire. The wire is moved at
each end as in planting corn. When
planted in this way half a tuber in
stead of quarter should be dropped
in a place. Such plan will not give
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1911-02-08
A BRAVE SINGER.
Jesus. lover of my soul.
Let me to thy bosom fly,
While the tempest still is high.

w Ille lnP nearer waters roll,
While the tempest still is high.
Thus sang Mrs. Rene Cooper. a con
cert singer of Chicago. on board tn,
/ COmus. vessel from New Orleans
bound to New York.
On the trip last month. with 300 pas
sengers. the vessel ran into the hear
Of Cuban hurricane where the waves
feaped mountain high and the wind
blew nearly 100 miles an hour.
The ship came to port four days over,
due.
Running through the storm the cap
tain could do no more than to keep
| the ship in the vortex of the hurricane.
The storm grew in volume, and panic
spfead throughout the vessel. The ship
rocked in the trough of the waves I'M
til she was on her beam ends and to
venture on deck was certain death.
The terrified passengers chung to
the stationary fixtures to keep from
being hurled to death. and every mo-
ment threatened to be their last.
1t was during the worst Of the storm
that men and women knelt for hours
md prayed that the vessel might be
guided safely to its port.
Then was heard the glorious voice
of Mrs. Cooper.
Above the lashing of the wind in the
rigging and above the roar of the aw-
full sea rose the voice
Other refuge have l none,
Hangs my helpless soul on thee.
Hymn after hymn was sung. They
were old hymns. hymns that have
5uoye1 mortals and launched souls to
eternal rest.
1t was brave voice, vibrant with
olinging trust and lofty faith. When
he monetary possibility of death
faced the despairing people sweet ana
unfaltering sang the voice.
The singer, however great her flu
ture. will never again sing as she sang
that day.
Women crouched about her. touching
her hands and kissing her garments.
They looked upon her as the angel or
their deliverance. And when the ship
was safe they pressed their grateful
thanks with tears of joy.
Art?
There may have been. but there was
much heart in it.
Like a priestess Of the people the
singer offered on the altar of distracted
souls the incense of beseeching voice.
After all. what a true instinct that
leads man in his direst peril to turn to
something higher. stronger. gentler
than himself!
And when prayer itself seems pow
erless and hope is gone the soul will
sometimes rise upon the wings of gra'
cious song. which seems the only We
hicle that is fit to voice a trembling
trust.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1911-02-08
Estate of Lucinda M. Luce

State of Vermont, District of Lamollle S. SIN
Probate Court held at hyde Park, in said dis.
trict, on the 28th day of jan tlarY, a d. 1911.
L.. l.. Harris, Adm illustrator of the es ate of
Lucinda M Luce, late of Stowe, in said Dist,
deceased. makes applca ion TO said Court tor
ceased, representing thai the sale is 1T c. ssary
or The payment of the d, bis OF said deceased
and tue expenses of administration Of her es.
tate. Whtreupon, it is ordered by said Court
that said application be referred 10 a session
thereof to be held at the Probate Cflice, IN said
hyde Park, on the 18Th DAY of February A. ID.
further ordered that all persons Interested be
notified her Of by publication OF notice Of said
applca ion and order tueI con, hree weeks sue
ccssively in the NEWS AND CITIZEN, a news
paper pr nted at Nj rrisvl e and "A Ndc Park, be-
fore said time of hCa' ing, that they may appear
at said time and place, ard, il they see cause.
object thereto By tht Court Attest
II EDWIN G. WHITE. Judge.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1911-02-08
WAIT FOR YOUR CUE.

A st. Louis girl of nineteen wrote a
brief note, closed down the windows
and turned on the gas. The note
read:
.T am sick and tired and out OF
money. There is no hope. Goodby."
The poor lassie evidently believed
self destruction would be the door Of
escape from all her troubles.
But would It'll
If you should be miserable and un-
happy in some county in the state Of
Indiana would you become contented
and happy merely by moving over into
some county In Illinois1
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1911-02-08
Be Yourself.

Insist on yourself; never initiate.
Your own gift you can present every
moment with the cumulative force of
a whole life's cultivation. but of the
adopted talent of another you have
only an eXtremporaneous. half pos
session That which each can do best
none but his Maker can teach him.
Where is the master who could have
taught Shakespeare? Where is the mas
ter who could have instructed Frank
lin or Washington or Bacon or New
ton? Every great man is unique. Do
that which is assigned to you and you
cannot hope too much or dare too
much.-Emerson.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1911-02-08
d1s ThriCe,a-Week Edition
OF
THE NEW YORK WORLD
No other Newspaper in the world gives SO
mnCh at SO low price

The great political campaigns are now
at hand, and you want the news accu-
rately and promptly. The World long
since established a record for impartial
ity, and anybody can afford it's Tllice-a-
Week edition, which comes every other
day in the week, except Sunday. 1t will
be of particular value to You now. The
Thrice-a-Week World also abounds in
other strong features, serial stories,
humor markets, cartoons; in fact, every
thing that is to be found in tiist-cIass
daily.
THE WEEK WORLDS
regular subscription price is only S1.00
per year, and this pays for 156 papers.
We Offer this unexcelled newspaper and
the News AND CITIZEN together for one
year foI S1.75 in Lamoille County; else
where $500.
The regular subscription price of the
two papers is 1926.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1911-02-08
Help For the Electrician.

If you are ever puzzled in working
with electric wires as to which is posi-
tive and which Is negative or whether
the current is alternating there is no
simpler method than the use Of po-
insert the ends of the wire into the
fresh body. About the positive wire a
green stain will at once appear. due to
dissolved copper. If the current is al
ternating the ends of both wires will
be surrounded by dark colored stains.
Chicago Tribune
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1911-02-08
JOHNSON
.ewis Demeritt is very poorly.

Lewis Demeritt is very poorly.
Mrs. Frank Davis is i'll with the grip.
ii. M, Maxheld is numbered among the
sick.
Mrs. Thomas Wilson is very poorly
from heart trouble.
John Sweet has lost two team horses
within few days.
Mrs. f. N. Stearns, who has been i'll
with pneumonia, is convaescing.
Mrs. |. A. Ranney has returned from a
visit with Mr. Ranneys home in Shelf.
field.
Mrs. Artimus Fletcher has pneumonia
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Emma
Hodgkins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Carleton of Nor
ristown were guests at Smith Hebbs'
Thursday last.
Mrs Eta Richardson has been called
to Proctorsville by the illness of a niece,
with tuberculosis.
Miss Mabel Flanders went to Mary
Fletcher hospital last week to undergo
an operation for appendicitis.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. O.. Story were in Cam
bridge last Friday to attend the funeral
of their niece, Miss Edith Story.
Mrs. Clara Magoon is seriously ill with
pneumonia Miss Hough, trained nurse
from Burlington, is caring for her.
Hazel Demeritt has gone to Essex
junction to stay with Mrs. j. G. Hart
we'll the remainder of the cold weather.
The tenth meeting of the Dread Club
will be held Thursday evening, Feb, 9th.
Subject Europe" After the Congress of
Vienna.
Nelson Hitchcock has finished work
for the Hyde Park Lumber Co., and Mr..
Alexander will take his place tor The
present.
Rev. j. K. Fuller, much to the pleasure
of his people, was able to preach last Sun
day morning. The Lords Supper WAS
observed.
Miss Alice Beecher has returned from
mbridge, where she spent several weeks
caring for Miss Edith Story, who died
last Wednesday.
A special grange meeting is called for
Friday evening, Feb. 10, to work the
third and fourth degrees and full at
tendan ce desired.
Mrs. Susan Holmes has returned from
Irasburg, where she was called some six
weeks ago by the illness and death of her
brother, R. w. Cowles.
Mrs. George Stone, mother of Miss |
Myrtle Stone, former Normal school |
student, was buried at Bakersfield last |
week Monday. Mr.. and Mrs. K. NJ. |
Davis, Merle Davis and f. f. Davis at
tended the funeral.
Fred Leland from Springfield, Mass,
visited his sister, Louise Leland, last
week. Mr.. Leland is about to make a
change on his farm. A Mr.. Blake from
Morristown is to take charge of the farm
another year. and f. NJ. Mitchell is to 90
to Fairfield.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1911-02-08
Not Ruyinu Wholesale.

A man went to tie store to select
some goods for dress as present to
his wife. He caused the fat lady be-
hind the counter no little trouble, but
she finally persuaded him to decide
upon a certain piece of goods.
Now, l don't exactly know how
much l want" said the man.
We'll" interposed the fat saleswom-
an suavely, lets see. Now, l should
need about
Madam" brusquely rejoined the
husband, 81 don't want this for an
awning; / want it for a dress. "-Har-
per's Magazine.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1911-02-08
Whittier's Safeguard.

When an overtimid visitor from the
city once commented to the poet Whit
tier upon the insecurity that seemed
inseparable from so many doors open
ing out from all sides of the large old
country home the master of the house
strove gently to restore confidence by
pleading that most of them were lock-
ed at night
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1911-02-08
Financial worries.

$50 your debts are bothering your
YES"
walking the floor because you cant
pay 'emT'
mo; because can't make 'em any
larger."-Exchange.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1911-02-08
Estate of Lucinda NJ. Luce

The undersigned having been appointed by
the HONORABLE Probate Court Tor the District OF
Lamoille, Commissioners, to receivr, examine
and adjust all claims and demands OF : Ii persons
against the estate of l., cinda M. Luce, late OF
Stowe, in sale District, deceased, ana all claims
exhibited IN offset thereto, hereby give notice
thai we will meet for the purposes Aforesaid at
the Post Office, Stowe, Vt, On the 18th day of
from one O'Clock P. NJ. until four O'Clock
?. NJ, each OF said days and that SIX months
from the 18th day of January, A d. 1911, is
the time lmteC by said Court for sale creditors
to present their claims to us Tor examination
anu allowance.
Dated at Stowe, this 21st day of January.
A. ID. 1911. a. III CHENEY.
G. S. MCALLISTER,
l6 Commits slOners.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1911-02-08
She loved Him

This was after the quarrel. 81 can
never forgive you" he cried Last
night you said was lobster"
"But you know" she replied. and her
tone was conciliatory-"you know how
dearly I love Holsters"
With a glad cry he folded her to his
Observation-Disclosures Record.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1911-02-08
Abuse.

Abuse is not so dangerous when
there is no vehicle of wit or delicacy
no subtle conveyance The difference
between coarse and refined abuse Is
rs the difference between being bruis
ed by club and wounded by poi
Eoned arrow Johnson
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1911-02-08
His Friends.

II want room with a fire escape"
But this hotel is freproof."
81 don't care anything about that.
want room with fire escape. Tn
here with my bride, and have q whole
lot of friends in this tOwn."-Chicagc
Record Herald.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1911-02-08

If you haven't the time to exercise re-
gularly, Doan's Regulet will prevent con-
stipation. They induce mild, easy,
health action of the bowels without grip
ing Ask your druggist for them rs cents.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1911-02-08
E.9SNzz;SISsERS g4f2S@AYN3NaM
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FIG. xv-wELL SHAPED SEED POTATO.

FIG. XV-WELL SHAPED SEED POTATO.
conducted along this line quarters
gave yield Of seven bushels to the
acre more than two eye pieces and fif-
teen bushels more than one eye pieces
The seed potatoes should be kept in
a dark place until planting time to
keep them from sprouting as much as
possible. New sprouts will grow If
the old ones are broken off. but they
will not be as strong. If the seed is
at all scabby it should be treated be-
fore planting. This is done by soak.
Ing the tubers for two hours In a solu-
ton Of one pound of formalin to forty
gallons Of water. Afterward the po-
tatoes should be spread out to dry
and then cut. The cutting should not
be done until just before planting. as
otherwise they will shrivel and lose
some of their vitality. The plan OF
getting the seed potatoes cut several
weeks or even days before planting is
not TO be commended. Even If the seed
thus prepared is kept in a dark cellar
the starchy part of the tuber is Ger
tain to lose much of its freshness, and
the vitality Of the seed may be i'm
paired.
Planting.
Early potatoes should be planted as
soon as the ground can be worked
The later varieties. which comprise
the bulk of the crop. should be planted
about corn planting time or a little
later. In the corn belt it is most con-
venient to mark off the rows with the
corn planter. Where land is high and
1t is desired to work 1t to its fullest
capacity the rows may be as close as
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1911-02-08

w NJ important that the pOtdl
crop be made to yield al
much as possible. With the right kline
of care yields of 200 to 500 bushels t.
the acre can be obtained, making this
one of the most profitable crops thai
can be grown. Even with the mos
careless treatment the tuber frequent
ly yields most generously.
The potato is very particular In its
soil requirements. A rich sandy loan
! is the best soil. Not all farms have
! such soil. but almost any soil can be
| so prepared as to make fairly gooG
potato patch. Two things are essen.
| tial, mellowness and plenty of mois.
ture. Clay is too heavy, and sand dries
out too rapidly. Soils which contain
too much clay or too much sand can
be greatly improved for the production
of potatoes by the addition of humus,
The ideal way to prepare field for
potatoes is to seed it to clover for at
least a year. manure it heavily. pillow
it up and plant it to corn. In the fall
the corn can be cut for siage or fod-
DER so that it can be plowed before
winter The blowing should be fairly
deep. Two diskings and a narrowing
or two the following spring make an
ideal seed bed for potatoes,
Potatoes are not raised from seed
but from the swollen underground
stems that we call tubers or potatoes
Any piece of q tuber that contains an
"eye" will grow and produce more of
its kind. A potato vine grown from
piece Of a tuber is really not a new
plant. but part of the old one. If out
side conditions are the same the plant
will be the same and produce the same
kind of a crop. There is much less
tendency to vary in plants propagated
in this way than in those raised from
seed.
Large Versus Small Potatoes.
Because of the fact that the potato
is not a seed it has been claimed that
small potatoes would produce just as
good crops as large ones. Growers
often sort out and plant the tubers
that are too small for market The
outcome of four or five years of such
selection almost always means a de
creased yield. If the potatoes planted
were small only because they did not
have chance to develop they would
produce nearly as good results as lar
ger ones from the same hill If. how
ever, they were small because they
came from hill of tubers all of which
were naturally small they would pro
duce mostly small potatoes like them
selves For this reason it is not safe
to plant the small tubers. Another i'm
portant point is that there Is not
enough food material in small po-
tato to give the sprout the kind of a
start that it needs to produce good
yield. 1t is the stocky. vigorous hills |
that are full of large potatoes when
digging time comes. The start the |
plant gets while it is first making its /
way to the surface of the ground |
largely determines the vigor with
which it will continue to grow through |
out the season
The experience of most potato grow
erS is that 1t is best to plant medium |
sized tubers. about the size of a hens
egg or larger. cutting each one into
four pieces. In experiments that wer.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1911-02-08
Making Money
On the Farm
VIII. Potato Culture
By 6. V. GREGORY.
Author of Home Course In Modern
Agriculture"
Copyright. 1909. by American Press
Association

TW Y HETHER grown for market
E}SM or for home use only, it is
w important that the potato
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-11-09
HAS A CLOSE CALL
Frank {. Minette Narrowly tS-
Capes Drowning in MCCOr-
mic Lake

Frank E. Minette, member of the
legislature from the first district OF
the fifty-frst district, Stearns county,
narrowly escaped drowning at Nc.
Cormic lake last week Thursday
afternoon.
Mr. Minette and his son-in-law.
Merle Bush, were out hunting at the
lake and went out on the ice. Sud
denly the slippery footing gave way
and the twain were precipitated into
the icy cold water. The water was
only two feet deep, but the underly'
ing mud and slime extended way
down nobody knows how far. Bush
managed to extricate himself i 4
short order. but not so with his
father-in-law. Mr.. Minette sank into
the mud up to his arm pits and the
only way he kept himself from going
down out of sight was by extending
his arms out upon the ice.
The place where the accident oc'
Cured was about block away from
the home of w. C. Elliott. Mr.. Bush
ran thither and secured assistance
and finally Mr. Minette was eXtri-
Gated from his uncomfortable and
dangerous position. The water was
so cold. says Mr. Minette, that it
took about all his strength away and
he could not make an outcry. His
arms were getting so tired he could
not have held on much longer when
help arrived. In fact he had to put
his chin on the ice to assist in keep
ing his head above water.
After Mr. Minette had been res
cued from the mud and water he was
hurried into Mr. Elliott's house
where he was given dry clothes. He
then drove to town. ar. Bush got a
dry overcoat and putting it on over
his wet clothes walked to town and
had no difficulty in keeping warm
during his trip. Neither of the gen.
tlemen care to repeat the experience,
though they did not suffer any seri-
Gus results from their unexpected
bath in icy mud and water.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-11-09
PASSED FROM EARTH
Death of Mrs. James Lee at Owd-
tonna, at the Age of
Seventy-Nine

Mrs. James Lee died at her home
in Owatonna, Mimi, at O'Clock
Tuesday morning, at the age of 70
years. Mrs. Lee had been seriously
ill for some time, and about six weeks
ago her daughter Mrs. A. T. Watson
went to her bedside. Mr.. Watson re-
ceived a telegram Tuesday morning
announcing her demise and took the
$50 a. m. train for Owatonna. The
funeral services were held Wednes-
day. Mr.. and Mrs. Watson will re-
turn home tonight or tomorrow.
Mrs. Lee had lived in Owatonna for
As years.. She had visited her daugh-
ter Mrs. Watson here often and had
many acquaintance here. She was a
most estimable woman.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-11-09
new HIGH SCHOOL
Board of Education Selects Arch
iteCt for Building
Gu. PARSONS THE MAN
Plans VIII Be Revised and Submit
ted for Consideration at
an Early Date

At a special meeting of the Board
of Education, held Monday afternoon,
C. Howard Parsons of Minneapolis
was chosen as the architect for the
proposed new high school building.
Mr.. Parsons had already submitted
plans for the structure but they did
not meet the wishes of the Board OF
Education in all respects. Conse-
uuently Mr.. Parsons will revise his
plans and modify them and resubmit
them at an early date. The Board
hopes to have plans accepted so that
the contract for the construction may
be let during the winter, with the
idea of having work begin with the
opening of spring.
1t will be remembered that the
sum of $4,000 was voted to defray
the cost of new high school build
ing. With this amount of money at
it's disposal the Board of Education
believes it can erect building that
will be modern, commodious and that
will meet the needs of the district
for years to come.
The plan is to remove to the school
farm the wooden building now used
for the manual training department
and use it for tool house and other
purposes. The Woodbury. building,
in which two primary departments
are now housed, will be sold. The
proposed high school building will be
located on the north part of the
school lot facing Fourth street. 1t
will probably have frontage of l25
feet and will be either two or three
stories in height. Details are to be
worked out Immediately by Archi-
tect Parsons.
The new building will house the
high school and the special depart
ments Of manual training, domestic
science and agriculture, together with
the normal department. The grades
will occupy the old brick building.