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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-03-10

keep out the cold. The best time
to water is late in the evening or
early in the morning. As plants
get larger they can be hardened off
by raising the the sash.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-03-10
NO. 10

ratus and other adjuncts thought
needful on a picnic ground.
The sun was warm and it caused
every umbrella to be spread. But
the slow run of - miles was enjoy
able. The picnic ground was near
a plantation house. Dancing APP
peared the chief order of the day,
and the iddles of the darky players
looked old enough to have been US
ed by Noah in the Ark to keep his
animals amused. Rain coming up
about noon, drove everybody into
the plantation house or into the
cotton gin house, and as it continu-
ed to mizzle the rest of the day, a
decided damp was thrown on the
festivities.
Near nightfall, the train men
sent word for us to get aboard. 1t
had been the design to then run u
mile farther to the bridge over the
Nottoway, but because of the wealth
er this feature was given up, and
the train had to proceed backward.
Umbrellas were now in demand to
keep off the wet, and the passen-
gers were now more inclined to
stand than to sit. That country is
as level as the prairie, and the
streams are usually spoken of as
swamps instead of creeks, because
of their spongy borders. After 60
ing about two miles, although at
such a slow speed that it was now
growing dark, we came to the cross
ing of one of those swampy streams.
The water was up, and because of
the unballasted roadbed it had
caused small break in the track.
There was no telegraph wire, yet,
fortunately for the crowd, the 9TH
er engine-the road had but two
had come to the other side of the
washout. We then had the pleas
ure of padding through the mud
to the other train, one feature Of
which was the only passenger car
of the road. The ladies were given
possession of it, and there were
enough of them to fill it completely.
The men crowded the platform and
steps of the passenger car, or got
into and on top of the few box cars
A little farther along was anoth-
er stream, ordinary very small,
but which had now very nearly
caused a washout, the water hoV
ing between the ties. The enginC
was detached and ran forward to
render the track a little frmer,
then returned and pulled us through.
1t was past eleven o'clock when we
reached Waverly, and it was con-
siderably past midnight before the
remaining passengers reached the
terminus of the road on the James
river. The opinions of the picnic
ers on their mud excursion were
not altogether complimentary. NJ.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-03-10
4 arm ana
0garden
THE USEFUL MILCH GOAT.
Points In Which She Will Stand Com
parison With the Cow.

Points In Which She Will Stand Com
parison With the Cow.
The uses for the little goat for farm
ers are more farreachng than they
ever realized, for as domestic AMI
NAL the goat Is useful i'll many ways.
He can keep the growing weeds down,
that q cow would never eat, and when
the supply Of milk from the COW be-
gins to fall off In butter fat below the
standard made by law, 3.3 per cent,
goats milk can be added, because a
thoroughbred goats milk is S.OI per
cent butter fat. The goat will eat 45O
different roots, herbs and barks ana
can be put into pasture and Will eat
all the superhuous growth Of bushes
in fact, eat about all the useless stuff
that is on pasture land. says writer
in the American Agriculturist.
A great many people ask me regard
ing the taste of goats milk. If you
had half a glass of cows milk and
half a glass of goats milk before you
and you should drink both, not know
ing which was which. you would say
that one was much nicer than the
other. and that would be the goats
milk. as there is no nicer milk in the
world to drink 1t keeps much better
than cows milk.
The prospective profits of goats Is
greater as against any other domestic
animal. The goat will earn 300 per
cent net more than any other animal
on the farm except the hen, and 1t
will better a hen by 100 per cent.
Goats seldom get sick. they give milk
from their second year until they be-
come about eleven years Of age. thei
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-03-10

ATTENTION Any one wishing
Frost Proof Cabbage Plants, guar
anteed to mature from to 6 weeks
earlier than any other, kindly send
order to the undersigned. You can
set them out the last of March and
need not be afraid of freezing them
to hurt. They have been tried in
Highland and the cold snaps didn't
faze the plants. Send SOC before
lst March and let me order 100 for
yon. with other orders. We will
notify you when the plants come.
Respectfully,
II. B. Slaven,
Monterey, Va.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-03-10
Best Kind of Pot,+o

= Investigation into the nutritive val
ues Of the red. white, yellow and violet
varieties of potatoes shows that the
violet feshed potatoes stand highest.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-03-10
SETTING A CLEFT GAIT.

[From left to right: A stub with GTac;!n-.
tool in place when split rcad' 10 laser!
scion. The. same Sub wiki sc!cn- y.
cleft A side view of same after Benz
waXed-From American Cultivator.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-01-07
Ten Laruest Cities.

of the ten largest cities in the wor'
the United States has thee. These a
New York, Chicago and FhiladeIph.
which rank respectively as SECOND &
and ninth In the world list No othe
country has as many as the Unitf'
States, and only Russia has more tht,
one, st. Petersburg and Moscow ram:
ing eighth and tenth. The'hrgest eli
In the world IL Lyndon. which b.
100000 population, or nearly a.o00t
more than New York. which f.
second In size. Paris is third on e
list and Is one of Eve cities that ha
between two and three millions ea Z
Fourth In order Is Tokyo. and tht
after Chicago comes Berlin. while IN
seventh and only remaining city of fh
ten Is Fienna.-Ka9sas City Star.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-01-07
About the Pelican.

Thf bird is found spread over many
portions of Africa and Asia and Is
alse md in some parts of southern
Europe The wings of the pelican are
very strong and powerful.
The pouch of the pelican is enor-
mouslr large. capable of containing
two lions of water. and is employed
by IL bird as basket wherein to
carry lba fish which 1t has caught.
The peliean is good fisherman.
hoveriae over the water watching for
shea ~ fish near the surface. Down
swoon5 the bird, scoops up a number
OF fish In its capacious pouch and then
generally flies of homeward. In itS
homewrl flight It is often robbed by
hawk which attack II and cause ii
10 SCI m Once the pelican's mouth
is open the hawk snatches the fish oct
OF the birds noucn.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-01-07
aaaa and tha RIanua

The bubonic plague has killed $780,
900 people IN the last fourteen years
in the itF 81 Bambay alone. the high
esl mortality being 20,Q0Q IN 1908 and
the lowest 5.GG0 during the past year,
The reduction OF the mortality can be
traced very largely to the number OF
rats killed in the city, which are the
Industrious carriers of the disease. A
half mi licn rats we're Killed last year
in that city Al9ne Of which number
900 U were examined by the bacterioi-
oglsts of the health department, and
9,CGO of them were found to be infect
ed with the plague. The wholesale
destruction Of these rodents was ar
conpllshed by the most careful mu
nj iiai plan and cooperation Of hell b
and police departments. which SCATTER
ed bread smeared with poison certain
hours each day in all parts of the city
and furnished thousands of d4sinfected
traps to the inhabitants. who caught
tens of thousands of them.-C Christian
Herald
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-01-07
BALLOON AIRsAIPs.
Sport Of the Winds. but Safe With ssa
Room. Says Wsllman.

Sport Of the Winds. but Safe With Sea
Room. Says wellman.
ssAfen who thought there was dan
ger that the America might be torn TO
pieces by n storm had not reflected
well upon the physical conditions sur
rounding ship OF the mir says Wal
ter wellman in Hampton's Magazine.
"a steamship or sailing vessel Is buff
feted by the wind and wave. but IL is
partly immersed In an ocean OF nuid
which offers great resistance and sub
iects II to violent shocks.
IAN airship is completely Immersed
I'm medium which Offers so little re-
sistance that shocks are impossible
II Is not an easy fact to grasp. but is
stilI fact. that the only resistance
an sirship offers TO the wind. the only
str'in or pressure upon her parts. Is
tha' viii h she herself creates with
her engine and propellers.
ITO understand this principle ina
gine the America In the air far out
over the ocean. 1t is calm: no engine
Is running: the crew. perchnnce. Is
asleep. Up springs gale, fast gath
ering force TIL 1t reaches n velocity OF
flfty miles per hour. Nothing what
ever In the motion. the vibration. the
pit hing or rolling of the ship alarms
ard awakens the crew. The America
being a free balloon. because no en-
gine is turning. simply becomes part
of the wind so TO speak. moves with
the wind. Offers no resistance to it.
DO = nlong as peacefully as II IL still
were d. Il calm. A@member OF the
CROW nwaIIes. rubs his ,9yes. goes to
hi4 ros.. but II II be night and he
canaot see the ocean he has no idea
whether the ship Is standing still or
moving fifty miles per hour. IL he
stii' es match to light his pipe the
lere curIs straight upward. precisely
ns II he were in closed room-an ex-
periente Witch many OF us have had
in ordinary spherical bailooning.
"suprose now the crew be reused,
An engine Is started. pair OF propel-
Iers set IN motion, Then. and then
only, does the ship offer resistance to
the wind. and the measure of her re-
sistancp ia the energy exerted by the
prorcllrrs--jut;t that. no more. no less.
Nor does It make any difference wheth-
er tho velocity of the wind be ten or
d hrndrrd + iI.s per hour nor yet any
difference whether the ship he headed
into the wind or with 1.-THE result is
the same. Obviously. as long as the
ship had sea room-could keep herself
up in the air--no storm that ever blew
could hurt her. But 1t makes ire
mendous difference as to the course
and destination OF the ship from what
quarter the winds come and with
what force they bloY.r
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-01-07
Lii. Saving Elsphant.

A few years ago two children were
bathln., IN the sea at little town on
the coAs, Of France when suddenly
for soclc reason or other, they were
carricG INT OF their depth, In few
momeuts their cries as they struggled
in the deep water aroused attention.
but before any one could reach them
they we're rescued in an altogether I'M
expe led manner.
An Immense elephant belonging TO
a travelling circus happened to have
been ted down TO the sea that morn
ing to bathe. and as he was enjoying
his bach close at hand he heard the
cries OF he children. Plunging through
the water toward them. he lifted them
very equity one at time and carried
them 20 q place OF safety.
Fiji elephant, whose name was Gus,
died rat long ago ut Hereford. Eng
land. from the effects of a severe cold.
He was said to be 1876 years old.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-01-07
superstitiaus lIunaarians.

In many oountry districts In Hun
gary superstition Is still rife. One Of
the latest evidences of this comes frosn
Grosswardein. In the communities Of
Faskoh and Baresd severe earthquake
shocks were experienced. and in the.
former place the church bells We're
started singing 4 Switch" living In
the nelghborhood persuaded the peas
ants that the devil was hungry nnd
was shaking the earth in his anger
Thereupon they collected a number ~
calves and goats and drove them into =
cave where the devil was supposed a.
be dwelling. After tits they get firs
to the forest In two places to drive ont
the devil living there.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-01-07
The Irony Of Fate.

PA. what's the irony of fateT'
'Ill try to explain It as well as
can. | once had a strong desire to
save up something for a rainy day. I
denied myself many pleasures so lat
! might put by little from time to
time, and at last had quite lat
little pile"
"What happened thenF'
zone night your mother became DOS
eessed of a foolish idea that she smell
ed smoke, and when she, stuck her
head out of the window one of cur
neighbors turned in an alarm ne
department quickly responded. and lee
fore l could get my trousers ON they
had knocked hole I'm the roof and ab-
solutely ruined everything ! had saTed
up for the rainy day by pouring wa er
on tt''-chicago Record-Herald.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-01-07
Won by a Word.

Sol Gage. Superintendent Of trans
portation, recently recommended MAJ
In the Lake Shores employ for an 81,
crease in pay. Mr.. Gage and this e;n
ployee engaged in some correspondent
over technical detail of some trai
portatiop regulation. In reply TO NJ
Cages third letter this letter came:
Instead OF clarifying the sitnafio.
your letter Of yesterday serves rathe'
to obfuscate it.n
ANY servant of q great corporate
who can use the word :obfuscate.' arr.
use It right. deserves more than $40 q
month. and | am going to see that h
gets ihr says Mr.. Gage. -Gleyelanr
Leader.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-01-07
Aa Lis Rsmemh.rad n.

tDid any OF you ever hear the song"
asked the elderly boarder. entitled
The Laugh of ChildY"
1t appeared that nobody present ever
had heard it,
SIT was very popular fifty years
ago." he said, but don't suppose it's
in any of our modern collections Of
music, 1t was o great favorite OF
mine"
"How does 1T go?' timidly inquired
the new boarder.
II don't remember 1t all, but part
of it goes like this"
Clearing his throat. he sang:
"Qh. the lnh-hah-hahf of a chi-hf-hfid.
So wi-hi-hild and so free-hee-hee.
Is the meh-heh- herriest sow-how-hound
In the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to met
Dinners readyy' gasped the land
lady, although it was full quarter
Of an hour earlier than the regular
time Chicago Tribune.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-01-07
Clever Johnny.

Tea hor- Why Is a ield of grass ike
a person older than yourself? Johnny
-Beeanse 1t is past your age opastur-
age).
Teacher What is the best way t.
raise strawberries? Johnny With q
spoon
Tea licF- How can person make his
coat l;si? .Johnny-Mak his pants
and vest krst.
Tea her When Is man duplicated
john II hen he Is beside himself.
Tea4licr- What Is II that occurs twice
In r,eiuent, once IN a minute and NOT
once IA thousand years? Johnny
The letter N.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-01-07

had returned 70 the closely printed col
aims before him. but after half hour
he gave up.
I'm stale" he murmured. throwing
7 the paper on the table. Wonder
where's she gone. Never before real
tied how interesting she is-for a girl.
Had ever had a ladies' day? Umphl
That was funnyF' And he smiled at
the recollection OF it.
For the next two or three days she
avoided him as much as possible.
Il must give him plenty OF line" she
decided crnftily, ''and never let him
suspect that he's taken the bait"
On the third day be proposed a long
tramp to her.
"You don't want silly thing like
me-" she protested. with modest self
depreciation. 81 can't talk about
bridges and buttresses and caissons
and all those interesting things that
you know about 1 shall only bore
you"
What was 1t you said the other
day about the creature that tempted
Adamr' was his laughing reply. Per
haps want to take up new line OF
study"
81 Just made him think l was the
most dependent thing that ever lived"
she confided shamelessly to her mir
ror that night my timid little feet
could scarcely get over the ground
without help. and as for climbing
I fences
She went of into peal Of laughter
oY.~ nK..fx paT hnu
had been about her getting over a
fence that was In their way-and she
who could turn handspring as well
as either OF her brothers!
"Of course couldn't do 1t IL really
liked him." she murmured- Then the
| girl In the mirror averted her face
! quickly. I'm just going to give him
much needed lesson. you know" she
| went on. This time the girl looked into
her eyes for a moment After that she
threw herself on the bed and buried a
hot face in the pillows.
As the weeks went by the startling
conviction that there was one girl In
the world who never bored him. never
made him long to escape and get back
to his own kind. came TO be a certain
] " u the WIN thG NOhiAh5 Va
this knowledge the world seemed a
brighter, iiveller place.
/ The Idea OF marriage, which had
hitherto seemed as remote as that of
suicide, came and lodged within his
brain as II it were an old friend. BE
thought. with some scorn. Of his former
views.
They were standing under the big
apple tree in the back garden. From
the ground she picked up one Of the
round. smooth apples and began to
eat 1t. Something in the action brought
back to him the conversation they once
had about Adam, and he wondered how
he could ever have been so cross. SO
dense. He held out his hand.
Please, Eve" he beseeched.
But you are not like ADAM" she
began archly
NO he said meaningly. "He wait
ed for temptation. I-don't intend to
waitr'
/ And that night she whispered to the
girl in the mirror. -What Thackeray
says In trueT'
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-01-07
Real Baby Feed.

"And how are we feeling today-ehf"
asked Dr., Overdose.
"worse than ever, SIR" his patient
answered gloomily. Its no use, doc
tor; my case Is hopeless"
'sCome, comet You mustn't say
thatl" said DR.. Overdose Tell me,
what have you been doing since your
last visitF'
Gan you told me. sir. And I'm afraid
the diet hasn't agreed with me-"
That's nansensel" exclaimed the
doctor. at can't possibly have upset
you. l told you to confine yourself to
such foods as would be taken by an
ordinary three-year-old child"
yes, and 1 obeyed your orders to
the letter." gPoaned the sick man.
During the last twenty-four hours
I've eaten Eve apple cores, sixteen
ends OF burnt matches. seventy-eight
boot buttons and threepenny bitr'-
Answers.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-01-07
me Dispute.


A rabbit went out walking one day.
and when he came home he found his
burrow occupied by weasel. He was
greatly astonished at finding stran-
ger In his house
"See here, Madam Weasel" he said,
what are you doing here? This is not
your home Please get out Of my bur
row.
your burrow. indeedr" cried the
weasel ''I'n do no such thing. ! am
perfectly at home"
well, now" said the rabbit gently.
tiet's take the dispute to Grimalkin-"
Now. GFimaii1ip was cat. the judge
of all controversies that came up In
the forest. and so the weasel could
do nothing less than consent 20 do as
the rabbit suggested They set out
together and soon arrived before the
Judge.
Come near to me. my CHILDREN v
said Grimaikin: ~ am deaf"
They obeyed. not dreaming of any
harm that might come. and the cat.
casting out a clawed foot at each side,
gripped them both and settled the dis
pute by eating them one after the 9th
er.
Morai.--Peopie often ruin themselves
by lawsuits. II Is better to come b
an agreement out of court French Of
Perrin.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-01-07
Entitled 20 Them.

After the new arrival had registered
the hotel clerk looked down the page
and read Jeremiah Great Chap.
xxx. sxeezixville.r
what do all thqse ks mean after
your name?" queried the officer.
THAT means a lot" explained the
new arrival. I'm sx-schoUl director.
ex-tDwnship tFustee, bx-ebunty commits
stoasf aud hnmayot; sssf'-Exehause.
Physial examination of candidates
Tor z vernon. with view of testing
their digestive apparatus and ban
quet endurance will next be in order.
Otnahs Bee.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-01-07
THE REFORMATION.

I feel Il wrong 90 stroll sin1E
The idle path ~ pleasure
And wish 10 say that TO-DAY
Renounce lie OF leisure
Ny -sssnd's made up and y SUP
On dainty fare no Tom
but have instead a crust OF bicad
(This coffee should be stronser).
Expensive dress spells wickedness:
I've come TO that decision.
I'll wear a sack or something black
CMy new pink frocks a vlslon).
Through rain and snow. though winds
may blow
And roads be rough and billy.
I'll take my way from day TO day
(Pleaso shut the door; tits chilly.
Thus on I'll tread with lifted head
And footsteps brave and steady.
For luxury Is wrong, see
(Goodby! My cars ready.
So we must part). When do start
My pilgrimage OF sorrow?
Oh. well. ft's latei / think TN walt
At least until tomorrow
Pail Nah Gazette. =
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-01-07
Merry Curious,

Among the czar's possessions are
some ancient coins which came to him
jn a curious manner. Some years agf-
certain man dreamed three times
that thp spirit of the Car Alexander
III alqeared to him and told him that
some coins which he owned and which
had been procured from a wonder
working minister had the power OF
shielding any one from all evil and
begged the man to give them to Nic5-
olas Il The old man was greatly i'm
pressed by his visions and at once sent
the coigs with an account of his dreams
to the Russian ambassador AT Vienna
who had them conveyed 10 Nicholas.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-01-07
FOR THE CHILDREN
Birthday Surprises.

The lisfll girl who liked 10 sew
But euuiiut bear 10 read--oh. no.
Last b. Iday found. strange 10 relate.
row % books beside her plate
Instead OF a new workbox-deari
She thought II was SO very queer
And cried a bit. AT last she took
The Very smallest. thinnest book.
And. though she thought her heart would
bIe-A.
She rl..d itlthrough for mothers sake.
And 1 ta Slle read them all. and. 10.
She Ii. 10 read as well as sew.
The II lie girl who liked to read
But Iuf 40 sew--oh. no. indeed
A low orvbox she received
Upon birthday. How size grieved
At IN Us needle case ana thread
She "a picture books instead
And she surely never could
Say .alls your' for them and be good
At la . oars che get to work
And set "a and sewed and did not shirk,
Till nos 40 clothes her doliies need.
She Il les 10 sew as well as read.
Youths Companion.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-01-07
I'll

Three scientific men from an east
ern college visited certain Montana
mine. On the ascent, by. means Of the
usual bucket, one professor thought he
perceived signs of weakness In the
rope by which the bucket was sus.
pended How often" he inquired Of
the attendant. do you change these
ropea.'
every three months" carelessly re.
piled the other. Then he added
thoughtfully, This must have been
forgotten. We must change 1t today
if we get up."-Christian Register.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-01-07

Goannu.
az loaf and invite my SOUL" sang
Walt whitman In one of his "barbaric
yawps' that has sounded "over the
roofs OF the world" And II Is no doubt
the best. profoundest and highest
thing ever said or sung about loafing.
The soui-if we may be SO fortunate
as to have one I'm the real and high
significance OF the word-will hardly
come to our mundane aid. no matter
how often we may invite It. unless we
loaf We do not in our ordinary bust
ness of living give 1t n chance to Wis
it us. Like the virtues Of art. II de
msnds large leisure and far horizons
That is why the poets and thinkers
possess ''soui" and we ordinary NOR
tails do not. Our life is too narrow. too
"cabined. cribbed. confined" Soul es.
capes or shuns us while we grope In
our huddIed and ciuftered existence
We must 'loaf'' and invite II.
Loaflng is good for us--now and then.
Az a habit It is very bad. but even a
good CUSTOM" as Tennyson assures
Us. would corrupt the world. were II
not for wholesome change and variety
And an occasional loaf. whether vol-
untary or enforced. may be salutary.-
Columbia State.