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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-10-13
Entertains $50 Farmers.

j. Watson Webb gave luncheon to
$50 farmers and their sons from Shell
burne and Charlotte at Shelburne
Farms on Saturday, the occasion being
one of full enjoyment for all.
The luncheon was served in the car
riage house to the large breeding barn,
long tables being set up and finely
spread. Besides the guest there were
seated at the tables DIR. and Mrs. w.
S. Webb, Mr.. and Mrs. j. Watson
Webb and Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander
Higginson of Boston.
Inspection of the premises and live
stock was made previous to the luncheon
and afterward the string of thorough
breds on the premises was shown.
A feature of the day was the award
ing of prizes for superior animals in
three classes, owned by the farmers,
Mr. Higginson and Daniel Hurley of
Shelburne were judges.
During the day Mr.. Higginson showed
his pack of so handsome English hounds
which he brought up from Boston to
use in hunting this fall. They are said
to be the handsomest pack in New
England. The day closed with some
exhibition jumping by the Webb and
Higginson string of jumpers, the Webb
horses taking hurdles easily.
Mr.. Webb at the close thanked those
present for the privileges they had
allowed him in coursing over their farms
in hunting and hoped the day had been
a pleasant one.
Mr.. Higginson and party will be at
] Shelburne Farms for several weeks for
the hunting.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-10-13

1t is inconceivable that anything but
good can come out of the proposed visit
of Prof. Raymond Mcfarland of Middle
bury college to the secondary schools of
the state. The relations of schools and
colleges should be more closely defined
and the needs of the secondary school in
these relations should be definitely
ascertained. Prof. Mcfarland is an
authority in pedagogy and is eminently
qualified to assist high school principals
in working out their peculiar problems
of how best to correlate the courses of
school and college. Rutland Herald
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-10-13

The city of DesMoines, Ia, has es-
tablshed matrimonial bureau in con-
nection with the Des Moines plan of
city government and has designated the
mayors secretary to be the general
manager. 1t has been decided to call
the new bureau the Clearing house for
lonely souls. 1t has an advisory
board of four of the city's officials who
have its affairs in charge and have
adopted the following rules which will
govern the bureau:
women wishing husbands will be
requested to send to the mayors clerk
their names, addresses and photographs.
He will keep a classified waiting list
from which to make recommendations
to wife-seeking applicants. 1t has
been decided to divide the waiting list
into three classes, Glass A will contain
the names of women between eighteen
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-10-13

o. l.. Martin, State Commissioner of
Agriculture for Vermont, in an inter-
view recently, spoke optimistically of
the agricultural prospects in the Green
Mountain State.
He said that new interest in farm
life had been awakened and that the
tendency of youngImen to desert the
farms.seemed to be diminishing. More
young men are attending the agricul-
tural college than ever before, and the
two secondary schools of agriculture
have such large enrolment that their
capacity is taxed to accommodate all
the students. Mr.. Martin also said
that he had observed marked improve
ment in the quality of the livestock
shown at the fairs this year.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-10-13
FIRES h m an Banquet.

The class of 1915 of Middebury col
lege held their class banquet at the
Hotel Bardwell Monday evening. The
members of the class gathered during
the afternoon and marched in a body to
point near the railroad bridge where
they boarded special train and started
for Rutland. The sophomores got busy
and attempted to break up the party
from going on their trip, but the fresh
out numbered them. The Rutland
Herald contains the following account
of the banquet in that city:
A lively scrap which gave ample
promise of becoming liveler, between
freshmen and sophomores of Middle
bury college gathered at the Bardwell
hotel late Monday afternoon for the
annual freshman banquet, was squelched
by Acting Chief of Police Sias C. War
rem and Policeman A. A. Briggs. While
the president of the class of 1915 was
holding forth to his fellow patriots in
the office of the hotel several sophs
clambered up over the piazza rail,
rushed through the open door and
dragged that august official out on the
piazza before the numerous "freshies"
came to their senses. When they did
however, they went to the aid of their
chief and overpowered the "sophs, :"
throwing them off onto the lawn and
making two captives.
The police took number of 1914 men
prisoners for disturbing the peace, but
after they had promised to make no
more trouble, they We're released. The
|. two unlucky ones left to the mercies of
the freshmen were taken down into the
hotel basement and tied with stout
clothesline.
The fight at the local hotel was a
sequel to hot scrap between the two
lower classes as the banqueters strove
to take their train.
Mature tomatoes and antique eggs
figured in the fight and as the engine
and two special cars which conveyed
the class to Rutland pulled out, the
first year men and women were shy
four of their classmates. These were
locked in barn, but later released and
arrived in Rutland on the 6:15 O'Clock
train.
The president of the celebrating class,
A. |. Ellison, and another officer came
to Rutland Saturday night, since when
they have lived in seclusion, fearing a
sophomore attack.
The train on which the class of 1915
came to this city covered the distance,
about 20 miles, in q minutes. They
were chaperoned by Prof. and Mrs.
p. N. Sweet.
The company sat down 10 dinner at
$3.50 O'Clock and after dinner they.danced
until almost'l O'Clock Tuesday morning.
Music during dinner and for the dancing
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-10-13

While the list of honorary degrees
conferred by the University of Vermont
on Friday last consisted in large part of
presidents of other colleges, merited
distinction was conferred upon some of
our own Vermont men like President
Thomas, Governor Mead, Professor
Votey, Elias Lyman, and Redfeld
Proctor. Frank H. Severance, the
scholarly secretary of the Buffalo
Historical Society also well deserves
the honor bestowed upon him. -
MontpeIIer journal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-10-13

STATE OF VERMONT,
kCDIsTRICT OF ADDISON, IS.
The Honorable Probate Court for the district
aforesaid:
To all persons interested in the estate Of Joseph
L. Burke late of Granville, in said District
deceased. CprrrY5c.
Whereas, said Court has assigned the 23rd day Of
October next at II o'clock a. m. for examining and
allowing the account of the administrator
Of the estate of said deceased and for
decree of the residue of said estate to the law
full claimants of the same, and ordered that public
notice thereof be given to all persons interested in
said estate by publishing this order three weeks
successfully previous to the day assigned, in the
Middlebury Register a newspaper published at
Middlebury, in said District.
Therefore, you hereby notified to appear
at the Probate Office in Mddlebury. in said Dis
trict, on the day assigned, then and there to
contest the allowance of said account If Won see
cause, and to establish your right as heirs egatees
and lawful claimants to said residue
Given under my hand, this 4th day of October
1911.
40 Allen Sturtavant Panis..r
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-10-13

Congress is likely to grant Post
master General Hitchcock's request for
money to establish an experimental
parcels post on rural mail routes. The
farmers are very much.in favor of such
a system and local merchants are likely
to find that it will not be as. detrimental
to their interests as some of them
think. On the contrary they will be
able to do considerable business with
farming communities by means of such
a system. Montpelier Journal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-10-13
NOTICE

To satisfy execution in my hands for coec-
ton, i will sell at public auction to the highest
bidder. subject to the redemption provided by
law. on the 18th day of October, 1911, at 10
o'clock in the forenoon upon the real estate in
the town of New Haven, Vermont, the interest
in which is to be sold. the following described
interest of the execution debtor in and to certain
real estate or such part thereof is sufficient to
satisfy such execution. with costs, namely: The
interest of Anna Hillman, said debtor in and to
a certain farm of land with dwelling house and
other buildings thereon. situate lying and being
in New Haven aforesaid. and located upon the
westerly side of the main highway from Middle
bury village TO New Haven Junction. said lands
being bounded northerly by lands formerly
owned by E. A. Doud and L. w. Stowe, lands
formerly owned by H. w. Carter and wife. and by
lands of George S. Russell; easterly by said
highway, southerly by lands of H. j. Peck; and
westerly by lands of o. H. Ring. Said interest is
the interest devised TO said debtor by one,
Antoine Lorraine, late of said New Haven. de-
ceased, by his last will and testament. duly
proven and allowed as such.
Dated at New Haven, Addison County. 1.-THE
10Th day of September. 1911.
F. Z. RowLEY,
S9tj Deputy Sheriff.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-10-13
@ TATE OF VERMONT, !
- ADDISON COUNTY. IS.
EMMA TAYLOR
DEFoREsr TAYLOR

Whereas, Emma TAYLOR of Addison in the.
County of Addison aforesaid has filed her petition
to the Honorable County Court next to be held at
Mddlebury within and for the County of Addison
on the first Tuesday of December, A. D. 1911
therein setting forth in substance that she was
duly married to Deforest Taylor. her husband on
the 9th day Of October, 1893 at Fulton in the.
State of New York; that after said marriage the.
said parties lived together as husband and wife
until the 18th day of September 1899. when the
said Deforest wifully deserted her and since.
said time has wholly neglected and refused to sup
port her: wherefore she prays for divorce from
her said husband and for the care and custody
of their minor child. Harold Taylor now sixteen
years of age.
And it being made to appear that the said
Deforest is without this State so that said petit
tion cannot be served upon him, therefore
1t is ordered that he be summoned TO appear
and answer the foregoing petition on the
first day of the next term of said Court to be
held at Middlebury within and for the County of
Addison on the first Tuesday of December A. D.
1911, by the publication of the substance of said
petition. together with this order in the Middle
bury Register, a public newspaper published
at said Middlebury, three weeks SUCCESSFULLY
the last of which publications to be at least six
weeks prior to said term of said Court
Dated at Middlebury in the County of Addison
aforesaid this 22nd day of September, A. D. 1911.
Rufus Wainwright, Clerk.
Frank w. futile. Attorney for Petitioner SO
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-10-13

and twenty-five years, Class B ranges
from twenty. five to thirty-fve, and
Glass C from thirty-fve upward. Men
wishing wives will be required to desig-
nate the class within which their own
age falls" The Mayor has agreed to
marry free of charge all couples
matched through the aid of the munic-
ipal bureau.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-10-13
QliooleburY Register

Go easy, boysl 1t is all right to sell a
freshman the radiator, the gas-fxture,
and the window-sills, but don't charge
him too high for. the paper on the wall
Boston Transcript.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-10-13

was furnished by the Johnson-Seff
orchestra.
They returned to Middlebury at 1870
o'clock Tuesday morning.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-04-11

hand upon my rip h evenings en-
tertainment ia over and ii eur
kyind friends
Hurrah. ! feel relieved | have mt
out my sibber. and II You haze read
thus Tar. YOU vii hav taken il H. l
wonder If YOU Wil ever como thi-
length.
The place Of honor in Ss-jIu- -
Magazine for April is gwen - Sar-
gents portrait Of Robert Louis steven
son and 10 the New Letters edited
by Sir Sidney Colvin. II Is nc4~ly
twelve years since the Two volumes
OF S~teNerson's Letters Were published.
Since that time his fame has contio-
ued to inCrcSe and Sir sidney GOWN.
believing that a definittEc edition or
all his letters. including the NailNna
Letters, r~e-arr8rged in the order 90
date, should be published. has iE-
Guided one hundred and fifty hitherto
unpublished. From these a most Ia
teresting selection has been made fot
his best. and every lover 81 hins and
his works will be glad 10 get this new
glimpse Of his bright spirit.
Price Golfers fourth article,
Prom Aiughal to Briton. j. q re
maj kable summary OF the origin and
growth OF English domination in In
dia. Nowhere else III the same space
1dl 80 fluGI ilSHI Dt lbunI on Nut-
most intricate subject. 1t is tho real
"Pomance or the East" What he has
to say about the Mutiny is especially
enlighteninS.
y. p. Frost. who has been living in
Franc for several Years. rea0pcarS
With a number Of most characteristic
pictures to accompany shooting in
France" by Ethel Rose. The shooting
population OF France really includ IS =
large majority of the men over sixteen
years of age. Mr.. Trosts pictures and
those OF Guy Rose are reproduced in
tint.
Mrs. Burton Harrison's "Recoilec-
tons. Grave and Gay" give 4 picture
OF life in Richmond III 1862. NotWith-
standing the TRAGEDY OF the time. there
was at Richmond q socia! life Of Va
rlsty aud interest. She also pictures
an exciting rid from f;ichniond TO
Washington in 1863.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-04-11
TRAINING YOUNG TREES.

Training the young orchard is more
needful than pruning, and should con
sist. mostly in shaping the trees or
keeping them in form and properly
balanced. Very often the side oppo-
site the direction from which the pre-
vailing winds come becomes heavier
than the side towards the wind, and
the removal Of some OF the branches
and heading-in Of others becomes
necessary.
Some shoots become too rampant
and need checking to preserve the bal
ance Of the tree, and others car be
bent and tied to fill the open spaces.
Work OF this kind and the emo Of
water sprouts may be done in the sum-
mer.
A bushy or clustered habit OF
growth is not Uncommon even III
quite young trees, and needs to be cor
rected by the removal of surplus
braHches.-W. J. Green.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-04-11
A OWE

one Of the best summer-foWering
bulbs is the gladiolus. The bulbs
may be purchased from any relia bic
nurseryman or scotsman for from
one To three dollars per hundred, for
the com1none mixed bulbs, up to
several dollars a dozen for the more
fancy bulbs.
They should be planted about the
same time sweet corn is planted, and
given much the same cultivation as
any other garden crop. Plant three
TO four inches deep, in rows thirty
inches apart, n six to eight inches
apart in the rows.
The blooms may be cut when the
first bloom opens. and the buds will
continue to open for a week Or two,
il placed in water. At the end of
the growing season, dig and dry the
bulbs until the bulbs and bulblets
can easily be separated. Store in any
cellar where they will not get wet or
dry out. The small bulblets may be
saved and sowed like peas in the
spring, producing Towering plants in
about two yearS.-LeROy Cady
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-04-11
SUGGESTIONS THAT NAY HELP.

Hoses having fast work to do
should be fed but little hay, and only
a small allowance of corn.
Keep your spraying IN
tsood trim, all bolts and bearings
tight. plunger packed, etc. Use good
oil and plenty Of it.
It is said that short legGed-fOWls
fatten a great deal more quickly than
long-legged ones.
Do not allow any foul air around
the cow stables or places where milk
and cream are kept.
The dairy pays moro money IN pro-
portion to the time expended, than
any other branch OF farming
Horses very often lose their eye
sight through dust and hayseed tall
ing into their yes from the loft
above.
The Ideal feeding rack has just one
place for one sheep. Then they Will
not quarrel and rob each other.
Don't crowd the chicks. Small
flocks do best and Sive each individ-
nal chick a better q
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-04-11
BEDBUGS ARE FOND OF CHICKEN,

Many poultry houses are infested
with ~bedbugs, and tits not an easy
matter to dislodSe them. They arr
sometimes very annoying TO the birds
they effect the laying qualities
OF the hens. although they are nor as
TWO basket OF eggs The one on
the right represents 800 eggs laid by
a t<en free from Hermin. The one on
tire lett represents as eggs laid by "a
hen in a poorly kept chicken house.
vicious as the mites or the regular
chicken lice.
Remov all the roosts and nests
from the house and spray with boiling
not WhlteWaSh to which has been
added q pint OF turpentine to a pail
full.
Another good remedy is 20 burn the
interior Of the house with caroline
mixture which can be bought at any
drug store. Another effective remedy
is half a pint eac Of ~turpentine, am
mOnia and kerosene to which add
about four ounces OF gum camphor.
II more is needed double the quantity.
Apply with a brush.
The nests should be burned out
over q blazing fire and rOosts should
also be held over the fire, and all
should be thoroughly whitewashed
and painted before putting them back.
Experiments with bedbugs to as
certain how long these unsavory in
sects can live without food have de-
veloped the act that they live from
Fl to $50 days entirely without food.
This explains why some farmers have
had trouble with these bugs by using,
for poultry. buildings long unused.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-04-11
I'raternal Orders NOt~.

Especial to News aud ObserEerD
Elizabeth City. Aprit Sat the reg
uIar meeting Of Elizabeth Lodge Or
Fellows last evening at its ooln-
in the Aydlett building. corner Main
and P~oinScxter streets. AndreW +.
T0xcv was elected as a delegate -
The Grand Lodge Of old Fellows.
which meets in Wiuston-Saleln n
May. NJ. 9. Crowson was elected Is
alternate.
At the regular meeting OF Eliza
beth City Lodge OF ElkS at the home.
corner Martin and Fearing streets.
tonight. retiring Exalted Ruler Henry
Grice was presented with a hand
some gold watch by the members, the
presentation being made IN "oras
most happily framed by the Chaplain.
the Rev Claudius T.. Smith, rector OF
Christ church.
Following the installation Of Off
GERS and the presentation. an eiaizoT-
ate banquet was served. ard til" cscn-
ing was most delightfullE passed.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-04-11
KNOW WHAT CONCRETE Is?

Many people have an idea that con-
crete and cement are the same.
There IS q vast difference between the
TWO. because, in fact, cement is only
one of the elements of concrete.
Concrete is stone manufactured by
mixing sand, cement and stone or
gravel. The proportions vary &C
Cording to the use to which the con-
crete IS to be put.
The mixture in which all the space
the stone or gravel are filled
with sand and all the spaces between
TOE sand are filled with cement is the
IDEAL mixture. Cement i a powder
finer than flour.
Ihe ideal mixture is rarely obtain
ed as the spaces in each load Of grav-
81 and sand Vary slightly, and in order
20 be absolutely safe, a little more
SAND and q little more cement than
VIII exactly fill the spaces should be
used.
Considerable skill is required in the
mixing OF conclcte,Eto obtain a sub
~ance-tha will meet. all the require
i1eitts 10 which it is put, and its dur.
2olity depends very largely upon the
Hsht proportions OF sand. stone OF
gravel used.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-04-11
AMERICAN COITON-SIED IN
nTSTRT.

The total value Of the crude prod
urts of the cotton-seed crushing IN
dustry OF the United States Increased
l54 per cent during the last decade,
and aggregated $1O7, $4,000 in 1903 In
contrast with $42,412,OOO in 1899. Cot
ton seed to the extent Of 3.S27,30O
tons. costing $7S,112,00O in 1909. and
2,4T9.4O0 tons, costing S28,63S,OoO in
1892. was needed for the manufacture
nf these crude products.
The output OF ~cotton-seed Oil
amounted to 158,:2S,500 gallons.
worth s55,328, 900 in 1909, and to 49,
$500 gallons, worth $21,391,0o in
1892. The meal and cake totaled
1,6T4.50O tons. valued at $40,493,oOO
IN 1909, and 884,400 tons, valued at
s36.031,OO0 in 1899. Hulls weighing
1.269,2O0 tons, and worth $7,711,OOO
IL 1909, compared with 1,169,2Oo
tons. worth $3,189,0O0 in 1899, were
also included among the products OF
the crushing mills; likewise ~175,512,-
400 pounds in linters in 1908 and
57.212,000 pounds in 1899, having a
value OF 1905, 900 and $1,S01.o0o
An these wears, respectively
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-04-11
FABLE on JUPITER AND THE
Ben,

A bee from Mount Hymettus, the
o,,a~ ~a to- hive acna~io1 oIvt0DnS
to present to Jupiter some fresh hon
ely from her combs. Jupiter. delight
ed with the offering OF honey, prom
ised to give whatever she should ask.
She therefore besought him, saying:
Give me, ! pray thee. q sting that II
any mortal shall approach to take my
honey [ may kill him" Jupiter was
much d~ispleased, for he loved much
the race OF man, but could not refuse
the request Oh account Of his promise.
He thus answered the bee: You shall
have your request, but it will be at the
peril Of your own life; for II you use
your sting, it shall remain In the
wound you make, and then you Will
die from the loss Of it,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-04-11
Robert louis Stevenson i'm One OF Hi.
DrOileSt Moods.

MY dear Baxter. a word in your ear
Don't YOU wish YOU We're a foo'?"
How cas- the world would so on with
you-litera1ly on casters. The only
reason q wise man can assign for
getting drunk is that he wishes to en-
JOY for a while the blessed ~immunities
and SunShiny weather of the land Of
fooldom. But q fool, who dWells yer
there, has no excuse at all. That is
d happy land. if you like-and not SO
far away either Take a FOOLS advice
and let us strive without ceasing to get
into it. Hark in our ear again: They
allow people to reason in that land [
wish l could take you by the hand and
lead you away into its pleasant bound
aries. There is no cuStom-hOuSe on
the frontier, and you may tax in
what pol you will. There are co
tanners and customs: but men and
| women grow up like trees in a still,
well-walled garden. lat their own
sweet will" There is no prescribed
| or customary folly-no motley, cap.
| or bauble; out of the we'll of each
| ones own innate a~bsurdity he is al
lowed and encouraged freely to draw
and to communicate: n it is a
! strange thing how this natural fooling
comes 50 high to ones better thoughts
OF wisdom; and TRANCE still. that all
this discord Of people speaking in
their own natural moods and Ee%S.
masses lISeII lHtO a idi Hloie peitNtt
than all the dismal, official
Aunisoa in which they sing in other
countries. Part singing seems best all
| the world over.
who live IN England must wear
the hackneyed symbols Of the profess
sion. to show that | have Cat ieast)
consular ~immunities. coming as | do
| out of another land. where they are
not 50 wise as they are here. but fancy
hat Cod likes what he makes and IS
not best pleased with US when We de-
! ace and dissemble all that he has
Given us and put about Us 10 one com
mon standard of-Highty-Tighty.-
when was a jester obliged to finish
| his sentence? I cut 50 strong a
~pirouette that all my bells jingle, n
come down in an attitude. with one