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Putnam patriot., 1911-03-03
THE BIENNIAL FRuITiNe H.

THE BIENNIAL FRUlTiNG HABIT.
 That the tendency of fruit trees to bear every other year is the result of an unconscious effort on the part of the tree to adjust itself to is own ca pacity to produce and to the stores of fertility in the soil and not to fixed biennial fruiting habit is a view which Is now held by number of orehardists who have had opportunity to do some experimenting along this line on their own account. One with whom we had opportunity for an exchange of ideas re. ently stated that for a. number of years he supposed that this tendency of trees to bear every other year was fixed and that there was no way in which he could get around 1t. But he decided to take q block of mature bear ing trees and test the thing out for himself He gave the soil under those trees a good dressing of barnyard ma nure. followed this with clover, thinned the apples to moderate number of trees which carried an overload and summer pruned-if at all. The results were all that he could ask, He found that instead of fruiting every other year the trees thus handled bore good crops annually In other instances which have been noted the same truth has been demonstrated-tha trees will bear annus.-y if the soil is renewed with proper fertilizers and if the trees are not allowed to set such an amount of fruit as will exhaust them and re quire the following season for recu- peration. While under conditions which usually prevail this biennial fruiting habit is noticeable to certain extent in a number of wild and tame tree fruits, it is particularly true of the apple. The orchardist who has some how got the idea that just because his trees were deep rooted they didn't need fertilizing and has been putting up with this alternate bearing habit as A natural law which he couldn't get around may derive some benefit from the instances narrated above. Apples take considerable amounts of fertiliz- ing clements from the soil. and 1t fol ows that if fruit is to be picked year after year these elements must as reg ularly be returned in the shape of fer tiliZerS
Putnam patriot., 1911-03-03
A Good idea

A mother who has several active children that are frequently coming in with cut fingers or bleeding noses says that in two places in her house hold she keeps squares of cheesecloth about handkerchief size for such emer- gencies, as blood stains are hard to get out of handkerchiefs Sometimes week or more elapses before the ruin is brought to light. because small boys are indifferent to the welfare of linen and also because they occasionally find it desirable to hide all evidence of affairs in which they have been az gressors. After so many days even the useful chalk treatment has to be repeated several times before the ugly stains are removed, making unneces- sary work for some one. So when 'roughhouse" seems to be in prospect and always at playtime during the football season her young hopefuls have their pockets filled with the cheesecloth squares. and only one good handkerchief is allowed flor show" So impressed are other mothers with the scheme that all the small boys of the neighborhood now go forth to play with this command ringing in their ears: If your nose bleeds take the squares in your right hand pocket, re- member"
Putnam patriot., 1911-03-03
ChiIdren's Guessinq Party.

A mother who wished to entertain school children gave a guessing party
 that was rather out of the usual run.
 Boys and girls were invited for an evening with celebrities and their
 haunts. Nothing more explicit was said. so the young people were eager to know what was In store.
 After being received by the hostess the party was ushered into a library, across one end of which was a huge
 white sheet In a few minutes the
 room was darkened and a figure ap-
 peared dressed to represent Mrs. Jar ley of the waxworks and in a witty speech announced the appearance of
 the celebrities.
 She first distributed to each guest a card with pencil attached These were lined and numbered to correspond with
 the celebrities to be shown.
 In few minutes picture of Blue
 beard was thrown on the sheet and
 thirty seconds given to guessing who he was.
 The celebrities varied from heroes of fiction to monarchs, pugilists and foot, ball stars, noted actresses, poets, mu-
 sicians. to well known places and buildings
 The pictures were made as different as possible, and when those that might be unfamiliar were given the show
 man elucidated 1t in clever little speech.
 At the end of the display the cards were numbered and passed in to a committee on awards. Each boy and girl having most correct guesses re ceived a prize There were also sec ond and third prizes.
 Such an entertainment is not hard to arrange if one can get the use of lan- tern and some one to run 1t. It is es- sentiaI to display the pictures rapidly. The slides can be rented, or if you have a collection of postals they can be made into slides at small cost.
Putnam patriot., 1911-03-03
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  Points For Mothers
Ths School Diet.


 If early rising is Insisted upon child should never be set any task be- fore breakfast. especially in winter, and if 1t is not expedient to serve a full breakfast at : the child should be given a bowl of hot milk and bread or cup of cocoa with a roll or other light food. Breakfast may be served later. after the first exercises of the morning, and should be substantial meal with animal food in the form of fish. eggs or cold meat of some sort.
 There should also be porridge of wheaton grits or hominy with milk or cream and abundant sugar; also bread and butter. with some sweets in the form of jam, marmalade or stewed fruit.
 Dinner. which should always be serv- ed near the middle of the day. should comprise meat, potatoes and one or two green vegetables and some form of sweet pudding. Supper, 1t is gen orally admitted, should comprise only easily digested articles of food. and such substances as pastry. cheese and meats are better omitted.
 It should consist of either a porridge with milk or cream or a light farina- ceous pudding of rice, tapioca. sago and the like. with bread and butter and some simple form of preserve. Stewed apples or prunes, light plain cake or bowl of broth, with bread or crackers. may be substituted for DOT ridge or pudding.
 Children need fat, but they do not digest meat fat well. as a rule. and are very apt to dislike it. They will often take suet pudding. however, when hot mutton fat wholly disagrees with them.
 Milk should be freely supplied not only in the form of buildings and DOT, ridges. but as an occasional beverage, and children should be made to under stand that when hungry they can ob- tain a glass of milk and q biscuit or a bowl of bread and milk
 Fresh fish. eggs and bacon are all wholesome and serviceable food for children. and meat should be given at least once a day. and 10 rapidly grow ing children it may be given twice daily.
Putnam patriot., 1911-03-03

District of Putnam, Probate Court, ss. Putnam, February l4th, 1911.
 Estate of Joseph Berthiaume, late of Putnam, in said district, deceased
 Pursuant to an order from the Court of Probate for the District of Putnam, to me directed, 1 will sell at public auction, to the highest tbidder, on the 4th day of March, 1911, at 2 o'clock In the after noon, all the real estate of said deceased, situated on Wan den Noort and Battey Streets, in said town of Putnam, consist ing of two tenement houses, the first situated on tho southwesterly corner of Van den Noort and Battey Streets, and the second situated just south of the first, on Van den Noort Street, in said Putnam, together with the outbuildings and lots pertaining thereto, as bounded and des- cribed In the application for the order of sale on file In said Probate Court. Sale Is to take place on the premises The houses are to be sold separately. Terms to be made known at time of sale. For terms, information, etc. apply to
 GEORGE r. HOLBROOK,
 106 Elm Street,
 7-S Putnam, Conn.
Putnam patriot., 1911-03-03
Time to Act.
Don't Wait for the Fatal Stages of Kidney Illness. Profit by Putnam Peoples
 F,xDerlenceS.
Experiences

Occasional attacks of backsche, irregu lar urination. headaches and dizzy spells are common early symptoms Of kidney disorders. It's an error to neglect these ills. The attacks may pass off for time but return with greater intensity. If there are symptoms of dropsy-puffy dwellings beneath the eyes, bloating Of limbs and ankles, or any part of the body, don't delay a minute. Begin taking Doan's Kidney Pills, and keep up the treatment until the kidneys are well, when your old-time health and vigor will return. Cures in Putnam prove the effectiveness of this great kidney remedy.
 F. l.. Reynolds, 39 Pomfret St., Put nam, Conn, says: "I had at intervals for three years a sharp pain in my kidneys. In the morning when l got out of bed my back was lame and sore and remained so for an hour or two. The kidney secre- tions also caused me great annoyance, es- pecislly at night by their frequency in passage. When I was advised to try Doan's Kidney Pills, I procured supply st Dresser's Drug Store and after taking . few doses, 1 knew that this remedy was acting directly on my kidneys. Almost before I realized 1t, I was cured and though several years have since elapsed, l have been in excellent health. l know that Doan's Kidney Pills arc to be de. pended upon to live up to the claims made for them"
 For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents Poster Aiibarn Co.,, Bunaio, New York sole agents for tho United States.
 Remember the nams-Dosn's and saks uo other.
Putnam patriot., 1911-03-03
GeoqraphicaI Comparisons.

It is only by comparison that some things can be understood. and this is Particularly true of divisions of the oarth's surface. Every one has fairly clear idea of the size of his own state or county or even of the whole area Of the United States. By comparing other countries and seas with those that are familiar to us on the map a much clearer notion of them is ob- tained.
 Greece is about the size of Vermont,
 Palestine is about one-fourth of the olze of New York.
 Hindustan is more than hundred times as large as Palestine.
 The great desert of Africa has nearly the dimensions of the United States
 The Red sea would extend from Washington to Colorado. and 1t is 1hree times as wide as Lake Ontario.
Putnam patriot., 1911-03-03
4 Cure For Baking.

farmer thus cured a horse of InIking: He went to a stall of wood 1or small load, but his horse would 0c4 pull pound. He did not beat nm. as most men would, but simply 1lod him to a tree and left him there. kt eunset he went to the stack again, 1Mt the horse still refused to draw. Ao he put a blanket on him and left nm there for the night. In the morn
 TIT De still refused to draw. but at o0n, being hungry, he started at once Q4 drew the load to the house. The
 ner returned and got another load eloce feeding him and then gave him H Good dinner.
Putnam patriot., 1911-03-03

While the desire of the residents of the common small school district to have school property of their own and maintain a school therein may be ommendable In a way, 1t can hardly he called good school management. Es- pecially Is this true if .here are not enough children of school age in the district to warrant the payment of A wage sufficient to secure the serv- Ices of a really competent teacher and a school equipment that is effective and up to late. In many localities a far more sensible plan is for all tax- payers and school patrons in the town ship to unite in the establishment of . central school where practically all of the advantages in the way of instruc- ton and equipment may be provided that are to be found in the town schools. The tendency of the day is toward consolidation. In no realm is there more urgent need for 1t than In the case of country schools.
Putnam patriot., 1911-03-03

The writer recalls with considerable amusement time. when he was nine or ten years old, when he was badly affected with the chicken business microhe. So solicitous was he of the progress of the business that he used to hang around the nook where the setting hens were located during the warm spring months in much fear lest the eggs should chill If the old hens stayed off the nests more than three or four minutes. They seemed to resent the small boys interrupting them in their enjoyable dust baths, and naturally enough. for, as he learn cd later. they were on to their job a great deal better than he was.
Putnam patriot., 1911-03-03

After forty years of endeavor to es- tabliSh Che Chinook salmon of the pa- ciae coast in eastern waters, where it Is not indigenous. success secms 10 have been achieved in one instance at least In his annual report to the de ed States Fish Commissioner Bowers states tint this species has been es- abolished in Lake Sunapee. New IIamp. shire, where numerous specimens run ming from three to i've pounds have been taken with line by anglers.
Putnam patriot., 1911-03-03

A striking demonstration of the eff fectiveness of the new serum treat ment for the cure of hog cholera has lately been made at the stockyards in Kansas City under the direction of officials of the bureau of animal indus try. Of bunch of thirty-fve hogs twenty-two were given an injection Of the cholera serum. four more inoeulat- ed with the blood from hogs affected with the disease. and the remaining nine animals were not treated with anything. but were put in with the rest. In the course of few days the four pigs died, also the group of nine but the twenty-two animals which had been given the serum treatment were not affected by the disease in any way.
Putnam patriot., 1911-03-03

Somewhat exhaustive tests in diges- ton and nutrition which have been conducted by the agricultural depart ment at Washington go to show that, contrary 10 generally accepted view, cheese requires no more energy to di- gest than corresponding amount of meat This would indicate that as q source of protein it may be eaten in quantity without i'll effect instead of being nibbled as an indi"cstible deli caey largely for its agreeable flavor. There is som to be issued by the de partment pamphlet giving numerous recipes for the use of cheese In more liberal quantities
Putnam patriot., 1911-03-03
Trolley Time Table The Consolidated Railway Co
Time given for cars leaving Front and
 Muin Strenl

Main Street
 Leave Putnam for Worcester and intermedi' ate stops at .5il7, *6.00, t7.55 m., and hourly until IS.55 D. m. Leave Worcester City HalD at 6.l5 m, and Lourly until 9.l5 ?. M Time hours and 20 minutes fare f5 cents.
 Leave Putnam for Webster aud intermediate stops at .7l7, s607 a. m.. ' 55 A.. m., and then hourly until 9-55 pm. keturnning, leave Webster at 6.l0s a. m., 7.45 a. m., and hourly until l0.45 D. m. Faye 20 cents.
 Leave Putnam for Dayville and intermediate stops at G.35 a. m. and hourly thereafter until .35 p. n. Returning, leave Dayville at s5.00, 5.45 a. m. 6.l0 a. m., Dayyille lear honseJ; 7.28 m., and hourly until ii0.ZS p. m. Fare 10 cents.
 Leave Putnam for Danielson at x6.35 a. m., then hourly until l0.35 p. m. Returning leave Danielson at r 10 a. m. and then hourly until until l0.l0 p. Fare 10 cents.
 Leave Putnam for Central Village and inter mediate stops at xe.35 a. m. hourly until 9.35 p. m. Returning, leave Central Village ats6l5 a. m, .45 a. n,, hourly thereafter until 9.45 ?. ID. Fare 25 cents. All cars connect at Ceptral Village for Moosup. Fare cents
 Leave Norwich for Putnam at 6.45 a. m.. and hourly until 8.45 p. m. Fare 65 cents.
 Putnam and Providence
 Leave Putnam for Providence and way points at 6.35 a. n. changing al Elmyille on cars oi the Providence and Danelson Railway, leaving Elmville fat 6.45 and S.45 a. m. and hourly thereafter to and including 6.45 p. III. Return ing leave Market Square, Providence, at oA a. m. and hourly thereafter to 3.45 ?. m.. then 5.45 p. m. Fare 70 cents.
 sDoes not run Sundays.
 Sundays, one hour later.
 xSundays, hours later.
 All southbound cars connect to Central VII"
Putnam patriot., 1911-03-03

Just so long as the handlers and dis. uibuters of the products of the soil are able to so manipulate the situn- ton as to get 6 cents out of every dollars worth of produce raised, So long will there exist most powerful influence toward the formation of co operative enterprises which will cut cross lots to the consumer and leave the iobber and middleman out of the deal. Standing all the expense and risk involved in production. it is only fair that the producer should receive more than B per cent of the market value of the crop for his labors.
Putnam patriot., 1911-03-03
Conundrums.

When are two apples alike? When pe{Dred.
 Why is a bedcover like a mustard u1nster? Because it is a counter-pane.
 Why does tying a slow horse to a m improve his pace? It makes him xar
 Nhy are gloves unstable articlesf Because they are made to be kept on hnnd.
 Why Is life like this riddle? Because Icu must give it up.
 Why does a boy sneeze three dmesi Docause he can't help 1t. 4 Wby are some women like factsf Eo0use they are stubborn things.
Putnam patriot., 1911-03-03
Louise coIet and the Fever.

Louise Colet, the French poet, novel, ,st and general writer, was born at AK, In Provence, in 1910. She was better known in life than to posterity not only by her writings, but from various little incidents with which she was connected. One of the most trying was when she intended to winter In the isle of Ischia, in the gulf of Naples. No sooner was she established in this sea girt auburn" than an epidemic broke out. The people thought 1t must De the stranger who had brought the trouble. She was threatened and mar rowly escaped death by the devotion Of l friend who got her away in a yacht Strange as it may seem. when the tenth muse had left the island the lever disappeared
Putnam patriot., 1911-03-03
In The Very Centre of
 Everything
sENW FVh FhkE NVIUE ID NII1 w. JOHNSON QUINN, Proprietor
DRoBArE COURT, District of Put

DhobA T. NoOhts bleiFict ol fut- \ nam, February 20th, 1911.
 estate of Clarendon M. Greene, late of Putnam, in said district, deceased.
 upon the application of Lena A. Greene, widow of said deceased, praying this court tor an allowance for her sup port for reasons set forth in said appii. cation now on He in this court will moro fully appear; 1t is
 Ordered that said application be heard and determined at the probate office in Putnam on the 7th day of March, A p i, 1911, at two o'clock in the afternoon; and that notice thereof be given ts all persons interested in said estate to appear, if they see cause, at ssid time and place, and be heard thereon, by Publishing in a newspaper having a circulation insaid district, and by meiling in letters ad- dressed to each of the heirs Of said de- ceased, copy of this order al least seven days before said day of hearing, and that return of notice given be made to this court.
 Attest,
 EDWARD G WRIGHT Judge
Putnam patriot., 1911-03-03

There is no enterprise along agrieul- tural lines that can be set afoot in community that will do more to con tribute to it's material wealth, con tentment and prosperity than dairying. Fundamentally this Is because 1t means the establishing of system or type of farming which means soil replen- lshing instead of soil robbing and im- novariShiup
Putnam patriot., 1911-03-03
The Faoot Gatherer.

IT Europe every bit of wood is care mn saved and used. and the fagots tie forest furnish the peasantry ylf4 fuel. The Swiss boy is most ex- l@lt of all the fagot gatherers. for he |14 D balance on his head and shoul-
 1 bis awkward bundle of fagots ' be leaps down the rough noun n|n 1de
Putnam patriot., 1911-03-03
For theChildren
Dorothy Schwartz at the Wheel of Her Runabout.

The ranks of experienced chauffeurs have recently been increased by the ad- dition of Miss Dorothy Schwartz of Fdwardsville, H., who was presented with a twenty horsepower runabout on her fifth birthday and is familiar sight in the city in which she lives driving her car. She began to learn the automobile when but three years old, her father allowing her to hold the steering wheel of his machine dur Ing their trips together.
Putnam patriot., 1911-03-03

If the nesting boxes are kept sup piled with clean material there will be no need of washing the eggs be. fore putting them down to keep-in fact, they will keep much better if no water touches them.
Putnam patriot., 1911-03-03
Qisnositiona.

@nder if It's pen or ink M That's cross. Ere very nice with grownup folks.
 Of course. 1oon as I begin to try y3ite with them they kick and fly ' Hub and splash with all their might nake my writing just sight. xt know if the pens to blame
 Or not 0rtainly the ink that makes
 The blot. anyhow I'd rather write MT. Pencil. gay and bright [ Hind and never twists and twfrla 2 he's fond of little girls.
 It's Great Fault. on Eyre. Jr., the noted Phfladel- rchitect, can criticise with deli st architecture which he disap-
 A brother architect induced gre the other day to go to of his latest constructions, a edifice not far from the city dr Eyre looked over the new ' gravely and silently, and at of the inspection the host said er anxious tones:
 how do you like it? It's pret-
 don't you think?'
 llentr said MT. Eyre. "lt has
 fault"
 es thatY' the other asked. 1reproof," was the raply.-Ex-
Putnam patriot., 1911-03-03

trouble tH all Its dre adful forms
 shooting pains all
 over my body sick
 headache, spina
 weakness, dizziness, | d Q pres sion, and every thing that was Ihorrid. tried many doctors in different parts of the United States, but Lydia F.
 IPinkham's Vegeta- |hle Compound has
Putnam patriot., 1911-03-03

Research work which has been con ducted by the biological survey in the Blue Ridge apple district in Virginia shows that some twenty-five species of native birds prey upon the eodling moth, and it is estimated that they de stroy from 90 to S5 per cent of the hibernating pupae. This means that birds are more effective means of keeping this pest in check than all the rest of their natural enemies com oined.
Putnam patriot., 1911-03-03

Sago and tapioea are two food prod ucts used extensively in American cooking. The first Is prepared from the starch secured from the pith of several species of East Indian palm trees. Tapioca is made by heating in a moist state the starch made from the root of the cassava or tapioca plant, which is native of several South American countries.
Putnam patriot., 1911-03-03

The trouble about every first class country school teacher is that some industrious young fellow of the neigh borhood is likely to learn Of her ability us q homemaker as soon as the direc- tor appreciates her worth as peda. srna.fsa
Putnam patriot., 1911-03-03
THE PUTNAM PATRIOT March :, le11

which iafest rats laden with disease germs later bite and infect human be- lngs The question of rat eNtermina- iion would thus seem te have passed from the realm of eNpedienCy to that of necessity.
Putnam patriot., 1911-03-03

There is no rule more helpful in the solving of what our duty toward our fellows may be in any particular in stance or occasion than that of turn Ing the thing around-of putting one self in the others place. It enables one to determine at once what is just and kind and fair and, put into prac- tice, would prevent more strife and trouble-personal, family and commu- nity-than can well be imagined
Putnam patriot., 1911-03-03

Those who have travelled through eastern Oregon and down the Colum. bia river have noticed with much in terest the barriers erected along the track in many places to stop the shift ing sands and keep them from block ing the track. Notwithstanding this precaution not infrequentIy trains have to stop until the sand drifts have been removed
Putnam patriot., 1911-03-03

An eastern florist is said to be get ting remarkable egg returns by screen ing off a portion of one of his green houses and keeping the flock of hens there within view of the growing and blossoming flowers. The secret of his success, and there would seem to be no good reason to doubt it, lies in the fact that he has in large measure re- produced for the hens springtime con ditions, which are very favorable to egg production.