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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-11-24
Russell POST ENTERTAINED
Banquet Given by Ladies' of the
G. A. r. Circle.

The banquet given Monday evening
by the ladies of the Grand Army to the
members of Russell Circle and the
comrades of Russell Post was attended
by large number with sprinkling of
visitors from the Burlington circle.
The occasion was in honor of the birth
day anniversary of Comrade Charles
K. Youtt and Comrade Otis Abbey,
both of whom are soon to leave town to
pass the winter in other States. Brief
speeches were made by Comrades Youtt,
Abbey, John H. Sargent, James M.
Tracey, Edward Cooley, Jerome holland,
Page G. Potter, Mrs. Elizabeth
Crannellv, president of the circle and
Mrs. Carrie E. Nash. The evening was
pleasantly spent in story telling and
"reminiscences of fifty years ago. The
party broke up at reasonable hour
with the we'll wishes for safe journey
of both comrades.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-11-24
REBEkAH ASSEMBLY.
District Meeting Held with AFRO
wanna Lodge of MiddIebury.

The annual district meeting of Dis
trct No. 3, of the Rebekah assembly of
the Odd Fellows was held in the town
hall on Friday evening, November II.
About rs members of the order
came in special car attached to the
afternoon train from Burlington and
Vergennes, while good number came
by team from Bristol. At $50 a
bounteous supper was served in the
lower room of the town hall to which 95
sat down. After the wants of the
guests had been looked after the visit
ing members of the order assembled in
the large hall above and the even
ing exercises were begun. District
Deputy President Mrs. Eta Harring-
ton called the meeting to order and
directed Arrowanna lodge to open the
lodge with Noble Grand Mrs. R. ],
Vosburg presiding. After the pre-
liminary business had been transacted
Antonia Rebekah lodge of Burlington
exemplified the degree in a manner
which brought forth much praise and
comment from the different grand
officers present. The degree team of
Burlington lodge, comprising 80 men,
bers, is one of the best in the state
Five candidates were initiated into the
order. After the comforting of the
degree remarks were made by the
several grand officers and others present
and the lodge was closed. The visitors
were entertained for several hours in
the lodge rooms until train time when
they departed, all having good word
and kindly feeling toward Middlebury
Much credit is due the members of the
home lodge for their untiring energy in
making the meeting one of the most
successful ever held in this district.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-11-24
Death of Mrs. Clyde w. Hurlburt

Mrs. Clyde w. Hulburt, aged 80
years, died at her home on South Main
street Wednesday morning at 4:30
o'clock. She had been a sufferer for
some time from Bright's disease which
was the cause of her death. She is
survived by husband, one sister, Mrs.
T. j. Boynton of Everett, Mass, and
three brothers, Charles Story of Hoosick
Falls, N. Y, L. f. Story of North
Adams, Mass, and S. D. Story of
Berlin, N. H.
The funeral services will be held at
the Memorial Baptist church Saturday
afternoon at o'clock and the burial
will be in the Cornwall cemetery.
Mrs. Hurburt has been a resident of
Middlebury for number of years and
was regular attendant at the Baptist
church. She was a loving wife and
kind neighbor and bore her sufferings
with Christian fortitude. Mrs. Hurl-
burt had many friends in this and sur
rounding towns who will mourn her un-
timely death.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-07-19
WHEN THE SHAH TRAVELLED

"But l had to insist pretty strongly pelore
he consented to lay aside his weapon.
."The shah, for that matter, was no less dis
trustful of his own subjects. / observed tnat
when the Persians were in his presence they
adopted a uniform attitude, which conslsteo
in holding their hands crossed on their stom-
achs, no doubt as evidence OF their harmless
Intentions. It was guaranty-of very cas-
ual sort, we must admit
"For the rest his alarms displayed them
selves under the most diverse aspects ana IN
the most unexpected circumstances. For In
stance. there was no persuading hlm 10 ascent
the Eiffel tower. The disappointment OF MS
guides was increased by the fact that he Woulo
come as far as the foot OF the pillars; they
always thought that he meant to go up.
"But no. once below an immense iron frame
work, he gazed up in the air. examined the
lifts, flung timid glance at the staircases,
then suddenly turned on his heels and walked
away. They told him in vain that his august
father had gone up as far as the first noor;
nothing could induce him to do as much.
"The instructive dread of darkness and soil
tude was so keen in the Persian monarch that
he required his bedroom to be filled during
the night with light and sound. Accordingly
every evening, as soon as he had lain down
and closed his eyes, the members OF his suite
gathered round his bed, lighted all the can
delabra and exchanged their Impressions
aloud; while young mobiles of the court, re-
Iieying one another in pairs consclenuously
matted his arms and legs with light, sharp
little taps
"The king of kings imagined that he was
in this way keeping death at safe distance
II perchance it should take fancy to vlsit
him in his sleep; and the extraordinary thlng
is that he did sleep, Notwithstanding all this
massage, light and noise"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-07-19

Leave ten feet OF space ~ e.Sn eld
of the garden for turning rows and
seed these spaces to grass for wide
end walks.
Cows should be MIXED regularly,
and as nearly as possible by the same
persons and at the same hour each
night and morning.
Plant plenty of sweet corn. It is
a wholesome food, and the surplus,
stalks and all is the very finest food
for cows and horses.
Remember to supply plenty OF grit
to the young poultry. They need 1t
as much as mature birds, Grit forms
part Of their digestive system.
Earthen water-fountains in the poul-
try yard are better than tin ones
The former will keep the water cooler
In summer and warmer in winter.
A narrow border Of flowers, shrubs
or vines may be placed along the
spaces next to the fence and the
scheme will enhance the beauty Of
the garden.
Eight hundred miles of improved
roads are to be undertaken by the
Southern Appalachian Good Roads
association. OF these 300 miles are to
be in North Carolina.
The breeding Of pigs in Denmark
has been so scientifically conducted
for years that 1t is claimed to be
possible to obtain 500 sides Of bacon
identical as to size, shape and quail
ity.
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fail as they 10 ~ Lnis day III &C, .~--
European countries, but the small farmer ls,
perforce, putting a great deal more hanuai
labor into the gathering Of his grain than Is
the owner of one of the vests 5,O0O-acre
wheat fields, where combination narVesters'
drawn by traction engines or 40 or 5o norses'
perform automatically every funcuon iroln
cutting the stalks as they stand IN the heio
to delivering to the waiting wagons the
threshed cleaned and sacked wheat, all ready
for the market, without the touch OF human
hand
Under the old conditions harvest time on
the farm meant hard work for the women 1oiks
as we'll as for the men alsf this is still the
case just in proportion as the oid-tlme cohu,'
tions yet prevail The burden OF response
hilitv that fell upon the farmers wife and
daughters was that of feeding the harvest
hands. To be sure the wife had help, for her
neighbors all pitched in and helped even as
their husbands and brothers, on similar CO.
operative basis, were assisting the farmer IN
getting in his grain-a service that would De
repaid in kind as the turn of each came IN
the round of harvesting activities tnat en-
braced the whole countryside. Under this
plan, when harvest time meant continual
succession of neighborhood gatherings, there
were compensations of the farmers wives In
the opportunities for gossipy gatherings that
went the time-honored sewing circles one bet
ter. whereas the farmer girls might behold
romances grow under their eyes as the lads,
fresh from the harvest fields, had most con-
yincing evidence as to the prowess In cookery
Of the local bellies.
AS development Of this system, that was
scarcely an improvement from the feminine
standpoint, came the plan Of harvesting by
means of hired hands-possibly through the
medium of Grew" that accompanied
portable steam harvester that made its rounds
from farm to farm. Under this plan, which Is
yet the approved one in most sections, the
farmers wife and daughters have to get up
three meals day for dozen or score OF
husky harvest hands and yet they are not SO
sure of assistance from the other women OF
the neighborhood as was the case when these
latter had no similar duties at home through
the presence OF the men folk at the common
harvesting rendezvous. Worse yet, the young
ladies have scarcely the interest that was mani
fest when the volunteer harvesters to be
served were the eligibles Of the neighborhood
instead Of as now nomadic laborers or, at best,
college boys working for funds to put them
through school.
Latterly there has been some relief from
that phase of the harvesting system which has
meant so much hard work for the fair SEX 1t
has come through the introduction of cook
wagons or kitchens on wheels which accom-
pany the big threshing outfits from farm to
farm and serve food to the harvest hands right
at the scene of their work-thereby saving, by
the way, the time that YVES formerly spent in
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-07-19

muscle producing qualities Of any
dairy breeds, thus making 1t per
feet food for growing children Chill
dren fed on Ayrshire milk are not In
clined to stomach trouble and make
a strong and steady growth.
The Ayrshire has strong, healthy
body with superabundance OF vital
ity and vigor, is rarely sick, and al
most never has any disease OF uddert
or teats, which is probably one rea-
son why there is so much life-gtVtng
quality in her milk.
The Ayrshire has never laid ciafmj
to being at the head Of the dairy
breeds for butter producing, but tbs:
oficial records made by the expert
ment stations during the past few
years, would indicate that she ts a
most profitable butter COW, and see-
ond to none.
The Ayrshire is the dairy rustler OF
all the dairy breeds, thriving and pay
in a profit where other dairy breeds
can hardly exist, because she is a'
vigorous feeder, and not all dainty In
her appetite. eating with relish,
everything that comes in her way In
the line of forage. good grass. poor
grass and browse-all is food for the
Ayrshire cow.
The Ayrshire cow is a most uni
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-07-19
RAlEE MAllW0P XZ7IIW or NIzZZZJ
H,ARlzI. I'M an AAARGE EMRH'

Forgetting the disadvantages Of the harvest
season. II has quite escaped his memory,
most likely, how he was routed out OF bed
at daybreak earlier when there was har-
vesting to be done and how he turned IN with
the chickens and slept like a log from sheer
exhaustion. He has lost all recollection OF
the nerve-racking anxiety, shared by every
member Of the family, lest it rain before the
harvesting was finished, and he passes lightly
over the "reminiscences Of those weary hours
under scorching sun with no protection save
q broad-brimmed straw hat, its lofty peak
filed with leaves to help break the force OF
old SoPs shafts.
Harvest time on the farm, past and present
marks the climax of the year in hard work
and In worry-in short, in nerve and muscular
strain generally. OF course, it will be under
stood that reference is made to the season OF
the grain harvest. To be sure, there are what
might be termed harvest seasons at intervals
all through the season, from the time the
strawberries are ripe in the spring, only the
farmer never thinks Of dignifying the garner
ing Of these crops by the name of harvest. In
the eyes of the tiller of the soil harvest time
means the crucial juncture for gathering the
:grain-particularly the wheat-and storing 1t
away in barns and elevators, or mayhap load
-dng 1t direct on the railroad cars that are to
carry it to the flour mills or to the ship which
will carry 1t overseas to supply the bread
eaters Of Europe and the Orient.
In the old days practically every farm in the
land had its harvest time and 1t held the secret
of the profits Of the whole years work on the
farm. That this is true no longer Is due
simply to that tendency to specialization which
has invaded the farmers occupation as 1t has
every other field. Nowadays we have chicken
farms and truck farms and fruit farms and
other kinds Of farms, where attention Is so
concentrated upon tho one product in hand
that the proprietcrs do not raise enough grain
for the needs of their own stock. On such
special farms the once universal harvest
time" is unknown. But to make up for them
we have vast farms in the west and on the
Pacific slope, where wheat Is the product
specialized, and In consequence We see on
these big farms harvesting operations which
In magnitude and picturesque features so far
,overshadow the corresponding operations on
the oldfashioned farm east Of the Mississippi
that there Is literally no comparison.
One odd thing about harvesting is that al
most all methods are yet In vogue In one
section or another Of the country. The ex-
PLANTATION Is found, of cours> in the fact that
the first cost and the operating expense Of
the great steam harvesting outfits designed
for the bonanza farms Of the west are such
as to make them impracticable for the farmers
controlling small areas. Consequently, these
farmers are getting along, and getting along
very well, with the old-time equipment, modern
lied by the introduction Of some Of the i'm
movements devised originally for the big
power machines. We are not any longer har-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-07-19

Each time the shah Of Persia went to Eu-
rope where he spent large sums, ne procured
the money needed for his journey not only py
raising a loan, generally in Russia, but also
by another method, which was both ingenious
and businesslike.
Before leaving his possessions" writes NJ.
Paoli in McClure's, "he summoned MS chleI
officers Of state-minlsters provincial COVER
nors and the like-and proposed the following
bargain 10 them: Those who wished 10 FORM
part of his suite must first pay him sum OF
money, which he fixed in accordance with the
Importance of their functions; 1t varied be-
tween $4,000 and 100000 francs. In return, ne
authorized them to recoup themselves IN any
way they pleased.
Here we find the explanation Of the large
number Of persons who accompanied the shan
on his travels, and the quaint and unexpected
titles they bore, such as that OF minister OF
the dock yard (.hough Persia has never
owned a navy, and one still more extraoroi.
nary, that of attorney to the heir apparent
although they sometimes had romantic
souls, they invariably had terribly practcal
minds Eager to recover their outlay as
quickly as possible, they practiced on huge
scale and without scruple or hesitaton What
l may describe as the bonus or commission
system. This explained how on each OF his
trips to France the shah was able 10 spend
from eight to twelve million francs IN pocket
money.
"He always carried a loaded pistol In his
trousers pocket, though he never USED II. on
one of his journeys in France he even took
1t into his head to make high court ofhcial
walk before him when he left the theater car
rying revolver pointed at the peaceaDie
sightseers who had gathered to see MIN come
out. AS soon as l saw this ran up TO the
threatening bodyguard
"'Put that revolver away said. IL Is not
the custom here
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-07-19
ROB SOIL OF ITS FERTILITY.
Farmers Deliberately Destroying one
Of Three Things Which Make
Country Prosperous.
(By q. n. ALFoRD.)

=.
Lord Bacon, the father Of philoso-
phy. more than three hundred years
ago said: There be three things
which make country great and pros
perous-a fertile soil, busy workshops
and easy conveyance Of men and
things from one place to another"
Now our workshops are all busy, and
we certainly enjoy easy conveyance
of men and things"
We make many complaints relative
to the rules and regulations OF the
workshops, the prices charged for con-
yeying men and things, and 80 on
We seem to think that we have q
right to complain when the factories
decrease their power of production OF
when the railroads allow their CARS
and tracks to go to pieces. When
either of the two-factories or rail-
roads-cease to do their full duty to
make our country great and prosper
GUS we send up mighty howl ana
demand that the force Of law regulate
them at once.
We as farmers, deliberately de.
stroy the most important Of the three
things which make country great
and prosperous. We are robbing the
sol, of its fertility and I sometimes
think that the law ought to take hold
of us and compel us to stop pursuing
a policy that ultimately means weak
and impoverished country. We de-
mand that the factories and railroads
pursue a policy which means pros
perity for the nation. We ought to be
willing to take our own medicine.
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A1IPIf,W SCEI M IE N>zf>AT []ZE>eG

ing the light of the moon, If the latter be
available Drought and other causes may i'm
pei the western farmer to work his harvest
crews double time in order to hurry in the
sheaves, but as rule the grain grower IN
these favored sections of the country is not
constantly menaced by thunder storms such
as have from time out of mind caused anxiety
in every eastern farming community until the
precious grain is safely in the barn. The Sc
curance of adequate help in harvest time Is
one of the big problems of almost every farmer
east or west who raises much grain. The i'm.
nrnved harvesting machines that cut down the
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-07-19
Quality Designated.

Claude Grahame-White, the cham.
pion of the air, has, says the Pitts
burg Chronicle-Telegraph, like most
young Englishmen, a very keen and
delicate taste in champagne. Mr.. Gra-
hame-White lunched the other day
with a compatriot who offered him en-
Enthusiastically an Italian champagne.
There" said the host, smacking his
lips, that is what l call an honest
wine!" Mr.. Grahame-White tasted
,.e mawkish and muddy beverage and
rejoined: Yes, poor but honest, chr
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-07-19
Wakefield Strains Of Cabbage: A,
Charleston Wakefield; q, Jersey
Wakefield.

these soils indicates its adaptation to
a wide range of conditions. The main
thing with cabbage is an abundant
aupply of Immediately available plant
food Market gardeners rely chiefly
mon stable manure for their supply OF
nlant food. Fertilizers also form an
;mnortant item in the expense OF pro-
ducing cabbage as market-garden
crop. the quantity used depending up
nm the quantity and character OF the
sunnly of stable manure. The ferti-
I,zers chiefly used carry liberal per-
centage Of available nitrogen in the
form of nitrate Of soda or sulphate OF
ammonia (often as much as four or
five per cent?, six to eight per cent.
Of phosphoric acid, and eight to ten
ner cent. Of potash. AS a result OF
tbe wise use of manure and fertilizers
the soils of the market-gardening zone
around any city or large town rapidly
improve in fertility and the gardener
ia able to grow a greater variety and
larger quantities Of products.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-07-19

or bad, was soon afterward made man.
ifest in me.
II have often heard my mother tell
a singular story about me and my
brother when he was three years old.
Our parents took us to Lichfield. We
were at the palace, visiting Miss Sew
ard; and Mr.. Edgeworth and the first
DR.. Darwin were there Also We were
brought in to be looked at, and DR..
Darwin took my brother up, as l have
since seen a Frenchman take frog,
by one leg, exclaiming at the same
time, What a noble ANIMAL My
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-07-19

-eountIy-bred or not-indt-
Gates the fascination Of
this phase Of farm opera
lions by his longing to
pitch hay" when he In
vades the agricultural reg
ION for his vacation. That
II, he is enthusiastic
about pitching hay until
he tries 1t. Perhaps he
would not deem It quite
80 much fun II he had to
do It for a livelihood and
If he could not quit his
Job whenever he happened
To get tired.
SO, too, the farmer boy.
transformed into a city
~dweller who looks back so
longingly at the good old
harvest times on the old
homestead, is very prob
ably, after the fashion Of
mankind, remembering the
pleasant things only and
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become imperative on the large farms of the
west, California and the Pacific northwest,
owing to the immense force of men needed to
garner the grain on these baronial estates Of
the wheat empire" On one Of these big
farms in Oklahoma, which may be cited as
representative, there are in use twenty-five har-
vesters and binders, each Of which average
cut of $50 acres of wheat per season. Similar
ly, on some of the Dakota farms one may see
in season anywhere from twenty to forty ma
chimes in one far-fung line, charging into the
golden sea Of undulating grain. Merely the
drivers Of these machines make goodly force,
to say nothing of the other members of the
harvest crew, and when anywhere from fifty
to one hundred horses are employed in harvest
ing operations, the care Of these animals is
in itself something Of a chore.
Perhaps the most picturesque feature Of
harvesting on the big farms beyond the Mis-
souri, river comes when the operation is carried
on at night by means Of the illumination Of
torches and locomotive headlights. supplement-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-07-19
Raising Colts.

It takes a lot of money now, to buy
a team of horses and those farmers
who have mares ought to look into the
future a little, against the time when
they will need new team or 1t may
be a good plan to raise colt now and
then TO sell.
Better think the thing over and per-
hans It will be concluded best to breed
the mare this month or next. Horses
bring good prices and on many farms
it will pay as well to raise horses as
any other stock.
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CASE OF FAULTY JUDGMENT

edly busy woman. In her autobiog-
raphy she records that she entered
life under the most happy circumstan-
ces, being blessed with remarkably
fine constitution.
Il was big child" she writes, "and
grew SO rapidly that I was at my full
height, which is tall for woman, at
thirteen years of age. But my appear
ance indicated nothing Of that pecu-
liarity of mind which, whether good
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brother was then beautiful child.
"Mr. Edgeworth's eye then fell on
me, and having looked at me for some
time, he paid some compliment to my
parents on my well-nurtured animal
nature. He then patted his own fore
head, and added, with no great ten
derness to their feelings, But you
may depend upon it, Mrs. Butt, she
wants it here and the little taps on
his own brow were repeated. This
hint made my poor mother, for a
while, very uneasy."-Youth's Compan-
ion.
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to butter, and will hold its uniform
quality to the last quart in the can.
Ayrshire milk Is the favorite with
the housekeeper because 1t has good
color, and never looks blue, even to
the last that is poured from the
pitcher, the cream remaining IN the
milk to give it a uniform quality un-
til the last is used.
Ayrshire milk is Of the highest
value for infant food, because 1t is
most evenly balanced in the bone and