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Putnam patriot., 1911-05-12

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Putnam patriot., 1911-05-12
House and Lot
 FOR SALE

Will be sold at private sale. the house and lot belonging 10 the estate of Mary Decater, deceased, located on south Main Street, J. D. CONVERSE. Administrator.
Putnam patriot., 1911-05-12
eoMFRET

The books are being transferred to the new library and il will soon be open to the public.
 Miss Louisa (. Hoppin is spending the month of May at the Ben GrosVe- nor
 Mrs. and Miss Elliot have arrived in town from Europe where they have spent the winter and have opened their house, Oehard house, for the summer,
 Mrs. Ferriday is expected soon.
 Dr. Overlook Is having new ga rage built.
 Father Elty has aa auto and is learning to run it himself.
 Miss Gertrude Medbufy has so far recovered so rapidly from her opera tion for appendicitis as to be able to return home the last oi the week.
 Miss Gladys Moves k visiting in New \ ork
 Quite number from here have at- tended "rhe World in Boston aad all have been enthusiastic over the eNpl- siuon t. A. swain and his son Charles were among the number and also Miss Minnie Reyes with the boys in her sunday school class.
 Rev Nr. Waters of Woodstock DC. cupied the pulpit of the CengIegation- al church iaSt sunday and administer. ed communion.
 Qulte number of boafders have al- ready arrived at The Ben GrosNeuor Also Miss Eltnor MathewSon has some.
 Charles GrosVenor and wife have gone to Ork Beach Maine for tha sumner The stevens will occupy their house this season as usual. -HenrN Dumas. IL. an emnloye of
Putnam patriot., 1911-05-12
Wanted Salesnen

Good territory for early applicants. Let us give you particulars. Geo. H. Chase & O., Nurserymen, Maiden, Mass. l6-l9s
Putnam patriot., 1911-05-12

Henry Dumas, r., an employe of the Putnam Box corporation, had the second finger of his left hand so badly .nangled in corner staying machine Saturday morning that he may have to submit to amputation of the member
 He was attended by pr. 0mer LaRue.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-11-17
COOPERATE TO SELL FRUIT
Growers Work Does Not Cease Until
Money Is Safely Deposited-cali'
fornia Example.

For the benefit of the fruit industry
| would urge that as growers we take
broad view of the marketing prob
lem. In the first place 1t has been
clearly demonstrated that fruit grow
er's business does not cease when the
asasAuaea 8rOwns ahiEseel
money for the crop is safely Id the
bank. and then only to begin again In
the preparations for a new crop This
thing of turning ones crop over to
some outside commission house to sell.
although sometimes coming up to ex-
pectations has, nevertheless, so fire.
quently ended in financial disaster to
the growers concerned that enlight-
ened communities have long since
evolved the better plan of marketing
through associations of growers. says
a writer in an exchange BY this
method. a sufficient quantity Of fruit
is brought together to enable the asso-
citation to employ its own managers
and statesmen These men are inter
ested only in getting as much for the
growers as possible. The largest and
most notable example of this in the
United States. or the world perhaps.
is the California Fruit Growers ex.
change. which has its agents in every
large market in the United States and
Canada. and representative in Eu'
rope Then there are fruit growers
associations in Florida. Texas. Wash.
ington, Oregon, Utah. Idaho and Col
orado.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-11-17
Tree Destroyers.

rorcupines are good climbers, and
when unable to get enough apples
Wind-blown to. the ground. swarm
tree and cut down the finest bearing
limbs as quickly and neatly as beav-
er can sever the trunk of young
hemlock. Besides that, when other
food is scarce they nibble the bark
off young apple trees, and can destroy
a newly planted orchard in short
time. They also are a great enemy to
the young spruce. but why they cut
them is mystery, as it is not found
that they even eat the tenderest
shoots.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-11-17
LONGEVITY Personified.

Senator Benjamin F. Tillman re-
lates an amusing anecdote about a
colored man named Jeff who has been
with neighboring South Carolina
family since before the war.
One day." said Mr.. Tillman, This
mistress was rather surprised when
old Jeff asked to have few days off
to go, as he put it, up to de old state
Of Bosting,' to see his aunt.
why, jeff said the lady, your
aunt must be pretty old, isn't sle?'
."'Yes'm,' he replied, 'yes'm; nah
aunt must be pretty ole now-she s
bout all hundred an five years ole
now
Zone hundred and five years!' ex-
claimed his mistress, what on earth
is she doing up in Boston?
Deed, Use dunno what's she's
doin', maam,' rejoined old jeff, in all
seriousness, she's up dere Twin wild
her gran mother"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-11-17

Few people think. almost everybody
talks.
Where there is III will there is also
a way.
You can't rob an educated man OF
his tools!
Time is money. Like tide, 1t waits
for no man.
The gilded youth is too frequently
a gold brick.
The thresher is an exstrawdinary
noisy machine.
The workman who is always tired
should be retired.
A young man learns new Wrinkles
an old man gets them.
Many budding genius has develop
ed into a blooming idiot.
Cooperation in buying feeds Is big
money.saving proposition.
The law of graft, like that of grav'-
tation, is always in operation.
1t is putting a premium on tne1t
when a thief steals premiums
A hen wastes an immense amount
of energy In cackling. Do you?
You can't stand we'll with your
friends If you persist in sitting on
them.
When the married man meets an old
flame be should be careful not to be
moth.
The theory that 1t is never too late
to mend influences some OF us never
to begin.
Don't mistake a swelled head for
self-respect, nor your wishbone for
backbone.
Many a fellow who has nothing to
do but mind his own business doesn't
even do that
Many man attracts no more at
tention than a thermometer on q
pleasant day.
Curiously enough, the hookworm
never attacks the middleman. 1t wants
something easy.
Loving your enemies would not be
such beastly chore If they were not
such an ornery bunch.
You can never tell what woman
is going to do. And If you could. she
would probably do something else,
The farm is really manufacturing
establishment for the production OF
food stuffs. 1t is the farmers busi'
ness to make the largest and most
profitable output possible.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-11-17
GAIN MADE BY COOPERATION
Successful Marketing Of Farm De.
uends on Education OF Farmer
Along Selling Lines.

This summer has seen early pota.
toes reach top-notch prices. Some Of
the farmers, however. lear that
lanes Brown, who was commission
man in Philadelphia several years
ago but who failed, by the way. said
that POTATOES would 60 higher. even
for the unprecedented price OF s4.35
per barrel. They believe that Brown
knows what he is talking about. They
do not stop to consider that the pres
ent price is unusual and remarkable,
writes C. C. Holloway in the Orange
Judd Farmer. They know absolutely
nothing of the potato outlook farther
north: in fact, they know nothing ex-
cept the local market and local condi-
tons
The farmer has a great deal of hu-
man nature in him; he is tickle. like
all other classes of the human fam.
lily. The farmers produce exchange
has become we'll established in vari-
GUS parts of the country. The farmer
who is member is supposed to sup
port the organization by shipping all
his produce through it. yet the min
ute a buyer or Spectator steps IN
with a fairly reputable looking check
book and says cash and no risk, the
exchange is left in the hole. unless 1t
is fortunate enough to have a good
opening and can afford to buy In cuna-
petition. At one small town some
thing like the above condition OF az
fairs had been in vogue for day or
two. Potatoes were selling at prices
ranging from 81 to $4.35. with the To-
cal representative Of the exchange
buying the majority. When the man.
ager of the exchange learned Of the
high prices paid by the local repre-
sentatives a misunderstanding &C.
Cured whereby the responsibility was
shifted to the latter, who sold out his
right to buy. and also about ~ cars
very near cost. Immediately the
Spectator dropped prices to $3.50 to
$3.50. 1t was truly pathetic and mad
dening to watch the hard-worked
farmer eye with doubtful mien the
Spectator as he examined the stock
and when he would bid $3.50 or $3.50
hear the following dialogue:
rs that the best you can do?"
YES"
A long pause, after which: We'll.
l guess they're yours"
What else could be do? He had
abandoned the exchange: he was not
in touch with any dealer or commits
sion merchant. and besides. In all
probability could not load car him
self 1t is out of the question to
think of forming general farmers
trust or combine on account of the
diversity Of products. the, number OF
producers. the vast amount of terri.
tory covered. and many other causes
too numerous to mention. Co.opera.
ton in successful marketing Of farm
products depends upon the education
of the farmer along selling lines and
close study of conditions. prices.
supply and demand. When q move
ment is afoot to facilitate him in this
important department ofs the noble
calling of agriculture let Nm. be loyal
and answering in his fidelity to it.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-11-17
IS INDEPENDENT OF coIv.,
Farmer Who Grows Bale or,More Per
Acre and Plenty Of Other Crops
Can Wait for Price.
(9Y G. n. AIford.l

The farmer who grows a bale or
more per acre and plenty of corn,
oats, potatoes, cane, sorghum, rice
and other crops is Independent of cot.
ton prices and can hold his cotton
until the price suits him. The one
half bale farmer must plant twice as
many acres in cotton as the one.bale
farmer and as result generally buys
his bacon, lard, corn and other feeds
on credit. He must dump his cotton
on the market in the fall to satisfy
his creditors. Every farmer should
be q bale farmer within the next few
years. Head in that direction right
now. Leguminous crops, thoroughly
pulverized soil for from eight to fif.
teen inches deep, the turning under
of vegetable matter and the keeping
of good livestock bring about the de.
sired result.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-11-17
Berlin Sells Own Food.

With a view to mitigating the condi.
lions resulting from the extraordinary
rise In food prices the city of Berlin
has gone into business as a whole
sale food merchant.
According to the plan adopted by
the city council. agents have been sent
to Geestemunde, the great fishing cen.
ter on the North sea- to contract for
the purchase of carloads of sea fish
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-11-17

Let us not devote so much time to
cussing the Wall street bears. We
are to blame for the low price Of cot.
ton. We are the successful bears. We
have no business to plant three
fourths of our land in cotton and buy
corn. oats, bacon. lard and so on. We
plant too many acres in cotton and
thereby force the price down. We
buy farm products on cre''t and are
forced to dump our c. 'on on the
market in the fall and thereby force
the price down. Let's prepare to live
at home, stay out of debt and pay
cash as We go.
The too.exclusive culture of cotton
means that we viii buy corn. oats. ba.
con, lard mules. horses and other
farm products ,on credit The too
exclusive cultre of cotton. tobacco.
cane, rice or any other farm prod
uct NJ 'rIpoor soil and poor people.
Poo' 3aople means uncomfortable
rs. bad roads, poorly paid teach
rs. preachers and so on Diversified
ton of crops will enrich the soil.
force the price of cotton up and bring
prosperity
Now is the time to begin to fix the
price Of cotton for 1912 Sow acres
of the best land in bermuda or carpet
grass Sow acres in oats. wheat. bar
ley and other winter pasture crops.
Plant more corn. rice, can sorghum
and other crops next year. We must
realize the fact that help comes
through our own personal efforts and
that the road to high price cotton. fer.
tile soil and prosperity is diversified
ton and rotation of crops.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-11-17
Death Bad Jest.

Among what may be called death
bed tests, that of the Rev. James Guth-
ries of Stirling, one Of the Covenanter
martyrs, deserves a high place. Lord
Guthries recalls the story in From
Northern Window" Mr.. Guthries was
executed at the Cross in the High
street, Edinburgh. The night before
he asked for cheese for supper. His
friends wondered, for the physicians
had forbidden him to eat cheese. But
he said, with a smile, II am now be-
yond the hazard of all earthly dis
eases. Uncle Remus' Magazine.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-11-17
H:N.@z<o
Lown Down Handy Wagon.

The fall hauling season suggests
once more the advantage Of the low.
handy wagon. Thousands Of farmers
say it is emphatically the best In
every way for all farm work. 1t is so
much easier, for instance, to lift
shocks of corn onto low wagon
than onto high one. And why
shouldn't the hauling be done the easy
way?
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-11-17
Explanations.

Miss Fullosoul (of a pCetical turn
(which are you of opinion one
should say. professor: Summer flies
or Summer flees?'"
Absent-Minded Professor (great on
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS two species, my
dear young lady, are entirely distinct.
dear young lady, are entirely distinct.
Now, the common house fly" Then
he wondered why she suddenly opened
a conversation with the young man
on her right-London Sphere.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-11-17
SCOUTING at Home.

mo thanks" says the man with the
grizzly mustache I'D like to indulge
in little game of poker tonight, but
| think I'd best 60 home"
NONSENSE" says his friend.
whats changed you all of sudden?
We'll, you see. my son has joined
the Boy Scouts, and the little rascal
has become so shrewd that he can
tell by where my hat is just what
time | came in the night before. -
Judge.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-11-17
Knowing How to Feed.

When a farmer raises cattle and
feeds Them alongside of ne;ghbor
under the same general conditions and
gets from one to two cents more for
his product it is pretty safe to say
that the other fellow does not know
how to feed right.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-11-17
Plan for Next Year.

Now is the time to plan for next
year. Plan the rotation so that the land
will rapidly increase in fertility, the
pure-bred stock on the farm will he
well fed, the family fare sumptuously
every day In the year on the prodrots
Of the farm. and one or more money
crops will be grown.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-11-17
A Clean Dairy Farm.

A dairy farm 20 miles out Of Bos.
ton, which Is said to be the cleanest
and best managed dairy in the state.
is run by woman. She went into
the business five years ago because
she got tired of city life and believes
In the dignity Of farm work.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-11-17

This Is one of the highest CON-
pliments ever paid to the level-head-
ed, common sense of Americans
who cut off about two hundred mil
lion pounds of coffee when they
found by actual experiment lin the
majority Of cases) that the subtle
drug caffeine, in coffee, worked dis.
comfort and varying forms Of dis
ease.
Some people haven't the charac-
ter to stop habit when they know
1t is killing them, but 1t is easy
to shift from coffee to Postum, for,
when made according to directions,
it comes to table a cup of beverage,
seal brown color, which turns to
rich golden brown when cream is
added, and the taste is very like
the milder grades of Old Govt Java.
Postum is a veritable food-drink
and highly nourishing, containing
all the parts Of. wheat carefully pre-
pared to which is added about ten
per cent of New Orleans molasses,
and that is absolutely all that
Postum is made Of.
Thousands Of visitors to the pure
food factories see the ingredients
and how prepared. Every nook
and corner is open for every visit
or to carefully inspect. Crowds
come daily and seem to enjoy 1t.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-11-17
A Question Of Art.

WAS that play you speak of highly
artistic and poetical?" asked the girl
who poses.
Il don't believe it could have
been," replied the girl who is frank.
II understood and enjoyed every
word of it."
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-11-17
Force Of Habit,

First Suffragette - Do you think
Miss Lazybones will carry her dis
trict?
Second Suffragette-Not if she can
get a porter to carry it.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-11-17

tne 1OOQS.
Will the reader please remem-
Der, we never announce that coffee
hurts all people"
Some persons seem to have ex-
cess vitality enough to use coffee,
tobacco and whiskey for years and
apparently be none the worse, but
the number is small, and when a
sensible man or woman finds an ar
ticle acts harmfully they exercise
some degree Of intelligence by
dropping it.
We quote again from the article:
"These figures are paralyzing
but correct, being taken from
Leech's statistics, recognized as
the most reliable"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-11-17
Comparison.

What is so rare as day in June?'
Well, the way We have steak for
dinner is a good deal rarer.'
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-11-17

Then the article proceeds to de-
nounce Postum and works into a
fine frenzy, because we have pub
lished facts regarding the effect OF
coffee on some people.
The narrowing tale goes on.
where a few years ago every
body drank coffee, several cups a
day, now we find in every walk in
life people who imagine they can
not drink it. (The underscoring is
ours.) Burly blacksmiths, carpen-
ters, laborers and athletes have dis
continued or cut down the use OF
coffee; as there is not person
who reads this and will not be able
to find the same conditions existing
among his own circle Of acquaint'
ances, is it not we'll for the Brazil
ians to sit up and take notice?'
Isn't it curious these "bur.
ly" strong men should pick out cof'
fee to imagine about? Why not
Imagine" that regular doses OF
whiskey are harmful, or daily slugs
of morphine?
If imagination" makes the cat
feline in coffee clog the liver, de-
press the heart, and steadily tear
down the nervous system, bringing
on one or more of the dozens OF
types of diseases which follow
broken-down nervous systems
many people don't know it.
But it remained for the man who
has coffee, morphine or whiskey
to sell, to have the supreme nerve
to say: ":You only imagine your
disorders. Keep on buying from
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-11-17

Let us continue to quote from his
article.
Notwithstanding the enormous
increase in population during the
past three years, coffee shows an
appalling decrease in consumption"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-11-17
We Get a Slap

The big coffee trust, made up Of Brazilian
growers and American importers, has been trying
various tactics to boost the price of coffee and get
more money from the people
Always the man who is trying to dig extra
money out Of the public pocket, on combination,
hates the man who blocks the game
Now comes plaintive bleat from the "exas- ,
perated" ones.
The Journal Of Commerce lately said: "a STIR
ring circular has just been issued to the coffee
trade" The article further says:
'The coffee world is discussing what is to be
the future of coffee as result Of the campaign
of miseducation carried on by the cereal coffee
people, We have before US a letter from one Of
the largest roasters in the South asking what can
be done to counterfeit the work Of the enemies
of coffee.
"The matter should have been taken up by
the Brazilian Govt when they we're completing
their beautiful valorization scheme
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-11-17
There's a Reason"

Postum Cereal Company, Limited
Battle Greek, Michigan
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-11-17

Pigeons Matched in March are ma
tured and ready for breeding in July
and II the surroundings are congenial
will continue to breed every month
thereafter.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-11-17

A cold rain, fall or spring rain. will
check the milk flow as much as
snow storm II the COWS are exposed.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-11-17

Then follows a tiresome lot Of
statistics which wind up by show
ing a decrease of consumption in
two years of, in round figures, two
hundred million pounds,
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-11-17

Here we see the cause for the at
tacks on us and the Brazilian
sneers at Americans who prefer to
use a healthful, homemade break
fast drink and incidentally keep the
money in America, rather than
send the millions to Brazil and pay
for an article that chemists class
among the drugs and not among
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-11-17
1t will be noticed that though the
prices of other farm stock are falling
off. the dairy cow still holds her own.
In hot weather lice breed in pigeon
houses by the million and extra care
must be taken to keep down the YER
min.
= ifaone ffds u large fock of sheer
much time will be saved and better
results obtained by the use Of the
machine clippers.

Sheep are extremely nervous and
when being fattened for market they
must be quiet and free from sudden
alarm which will cause excitement.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-11-17

It is to the poultryrnan's interest
to keep his stock up to the best type.
healthy and vigorous all the time.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-11-17

young girl who raises about 100
White Plymouth Rocks, always brings
every bird in the fock flying to her
feet by single particular cry he
utters.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-11-17

The hatching-egg trade and the
raising OF stick for breeders have as
sumed the dignity of specialties
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-11-17

Colts require plenty Of exercise in
order to develop their limbs when
their bodies are growing rapidly.
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