The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-01-05

who dresses far beyond the limits Of
her husbands pocketbook or the old
codger who is so stingy that be audi
bly, grunts every time be doles his
wife out cents for hairpins " shoe.
strings.
A whole lot Of real misery that folks
suffer comes of trying to sport a $1,000
appearance on a $1,000 salary. This
common error is the parent Of many
defalcation. many a divorce and fire.
quent suicides Sometimes the man Is
responsible sometimes the woman and
quite often both.
The grass growing along the side of
the road adjoining ones land belongs
may prevent his neighbor across the
way from cutting it. but he cannot
deny the mover or traveller the right
of securing what he may require for
his passing needs.
For the person engaged at hard man
ual toll there are few rations that are
more appetizing or satisfying than a
well cooked dish of pork and beans.
The reason for this seems to be that
beans are very rich in heterogeneous ele-
ments. which are necessary In keeping
the human organism in good working
order.
matter-we do not vouch for the find
ings-asserts that bananas are twenty
FIVE times as nutritious as wheat bread
and forty times as nutritious as pota-
toes. With bananas selling at 10 cents
dozen they would seem to be most
economical food even If the above ra-
ito is three or fourfold too large.
While most of the skimmilk should
go to the young stock on the farm,
enough should be reserved to ripen
properly for the making of cottage
cheese for the boys and girls. whose
uninterrupted growth and development
are just as important as that of the
calves and little pigs Dutch cheese,
as 1t Is quite commonly called. is in
expensive, appetizing and nutritious.
An interesting case has recently been
decided in New York A retail dealer
was fined 500 and costs for selling
bottled vinegar which had been labeled
Pure CIDER Vinegar by the whole
saler. The retailer sued the wholesale
dealer to recover damages, but the case
went against him. On appeal the deci-
sion of the lower court was reversed,
throwing the responsibility for the
false label on the proper person, the
wholesaler who bottled the adulterated
product.
Denmark annually exports to Eng
lish markets 137 100000 pounds Of but
ter. This fetches on an average 40
cents q pound and represents a value
of $55,OO0000. Yet Denmark is but
about one-third the size of the state
of Wisconsin 1t would make inter
esting figuring 10 take pencil and
see what the value of butter would
be were all sections OF the country to
go into the butter business on the
Denmark scale and receive the same
price per pound.
A MI
trines that need disseminating the
coming year is this one that there Is
just as much money To be made, and
with whole lot less fuss and fret, ON
the small farm of from fifty to eighty
acres as on the larger one running
from 100 to 400 acres. Soil that has
been gradually robbed of its fertility
can never be put back to its original
state of productiveness except by in
tensive methods, which can only be
practlced on limited areas.
The old saying at never rains but
1t pours" finds painful illustration this
season In portions Of Manitoba and
North Dakota. which. in addition TO
being badly drought stricken. have
been overwhelmed with pest OF
black grasshoppers. which attacked the
green things In the garden first and II
these did not suffice TO safe their hun
cry maws lit In on the gralnhelds and
destroyed them. The settlers in the
afflicted areas are certainly entitled to
public sympathy and assistance.
An entirely new scope and meaning
might be given TO the work of tn,
average country school were the teach
err TO send 10 the department OF agri
culture for the bulletin entitled Boys
md Girls Agricultural Clubs some
account OF which was given in a re
cent issue of these notes. If the coun-
" superintendent does not have suf
6cient push and enterprise TO brine
this matter to the attention of th'
teacher and pupils they might &c
copies OF this bulletin In the manne
suggested and after they have looked
them over bring pressure to bear upoI
him to take steps to organize sucl
clubs In the county.
When given as soon as the Group
cough appears Chamberlain Coug
Remedy will ward OFF an attack c