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Putnam patriot., 1912-03-08

State ot Connecticut, County of windham, ss. |, G. H. Gilpatric, Cashier of the above named bank do solemnly swear that the aooye statement is true to the best of my knowledge ard belief. G. H. GILPNpRIC, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1st day of March, 1912
 DAVID, FLAGG
 Notary Public Correes-Attest
 A.,s' AZ Hoas%Sos, ssS%s. Directors.
Putnam patriot., 1912-03-08

Ata court of Probate Holden al Woodst oek A vii hin and for the district Of Woodstock the 4th day 0fMarch, A. D., 1912.
 Present, CLARENCE H. CHILD, Judge Estate Of Mary c. Magee, late of Woodstoek in said district deceased.
 The Administrator having.made written appi- cation ito said Court, in accordance with the statute, for order of sale of the whole or part of the real estate described therein, it is
 ORDERED. that said application be hcsrd at the Probate office in Woodstock on the 18th day of March, 1912, at l o'clock in the afternoon and that notice thereof be given, by Inserting copy of this order in the Putnam Patriot, a newspaper having circalationin said district. and by posting a ike notice on public sign post in saio town Of Woodstock days before said day of hearing and return be mate to thIs court.
 Attest,
 l0-ll CLARENCE II. CHILD. Judge
Putnam patriot., 1912-03-08
1o-n CLARENCE II. CHILD. Judge

< Court of Probate Held ae rutnaIb A within and fO the district Of Putnam, on the eth day of March. 1912.
 Present, EDWARD G. WRIGHT, Judge Estate of Mary fotvin, late of Putnam in said DistFist, deceased,
 Nletoune Puty1u, ENecutriN.
 ORDERED - That siN months from the dale hereof be, and the same are limited and allowed for the creditors to bring in fheif claims against said estate, and the ENecntriS is directed To give public notice to the oreditors of said estat to bring in their claims within said time attowtd, by posting 8 copy of this order on the public sign-p0st nearest the place where the dFceased sast dWeit, within the same town and by publishing the same three times in some news. paper having circulation in ssid Probate Dis stict, and return make to to this Court of the notice gwen.
 Attest fa-i3 EDNy Apn E WEIGHT I,A-,
Putnam patriot., 1912-03-08
GEORsE z. CROSBY, Judge

hiSIklCT of Thompson ss- Probate Coar IJ March Is, l9is
 Estate of George Harrison Nichols, late ot Thompson in said district, oeceascd.
 The Executors having exhibited their adminis trstiop account with said estate ts this Ceurt for allowance. it Is
 ordered. Ina, the 9fh day of March AID. 1912 at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, st the Probate eee in Thompson be and the same Is assigned fo, a hearing on the allow ance of said administration sceoant with said estate, and this court directs the Executors 10 cite all persons interested therein 10 appear af said time and place by publishing this order once in some newspaper having circulation in said district and by posting copy on the public sign post in the town of Thompson where the dsceased last dseli st lease days before said time assigned.
 CertiHed from ReeoFc.
 70 tGEORGE .. CROSBY Judge
Putnam patriot., 1912-03-08
Attest. EDWARD q, WRIGHT. Judge

\ Court Of Probate holden at rhompso A within and for the district Of ihomps oT on the 2nd day of March, A. D., 1912
 Present George S. Crosby. J.ldge On motion of George A. Elliott Of North tfroS- Nenordaie. Conn. administrator on the intestate estate of Almyra Taylor, late of Thompson within said district deceased.
 This Court doth decree that six months be al lowed and limited for the creditors of said es. tate to exhibit their claims against the same to the Administrator and. directs that public notice be gwen Of this order by advertising in a news. paper having a circulation in said district, and by posting a copy thereof on the public sign post in said town of Thompson nearest the place where the deceased last dwelt.
 C~rr'hed from Record
Putnam patriot., 1912-03-08

THIS seasons styles owe their principal effect to lines. The new c-B a ia spirite Corset models will give your figure the correct lines foi the new styles.
Putnam patriot., 1912-03-08
Absolutely Free
GEO. E. SHAW Write or Telephone 42-2
ffs. REPORT OF THE CONDITION
 -OF THE First National Bank of Putnam,

at Putnam. in the State of Connecticut, at the close of business, Feb. 29tn. i9i2.
 RESOURCES.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-05-16


Pure-bred animals are those that
distinctive qualities with uniformity.
In order that we may get offsprings
like the parent and like each other we
must have animals whose ancestors
for many generations back have been
ct one type. The more generations OF
such uniformity, the more certain it
will be that the young will possess
similar quality.
The wild animals OF any one kind
or species in one locality have been
OF similar type for many generations
and may be considered as pure-bTed.
BY the law OF natural selection, indi-
viduals not suited to live in that par
ticular locality have been weeded out
When animals are domesticated,
and moved to other climates, and are
fed different foods, only such indi-
viduals will live and produce young
as are suited to the new conditions.
But another factor changes domestic
animals more rapidly. Men breed only
such specimens as please their fancy;
and this artificial selection replaces
natural selection. During the many
centuries of domestication the chick
ems OF different parts OF the world
have developed into different types.
When these radically different types
are brought together and crossed We
have produced young that are very
different from the parents and from
each other. Nor can these young be
depended upon to reproduce offspring
like themselves. They are said to be
cross-bred. or, If the mixing be for
several generations, they are known
rs mongrels. BY selecting from cross
bred or mongrel stock such chickens
as are desired. and breeding these to-
gether for many generations, new
breeds may be established.
One strain of chickens may be Sc
lected for uniform color of feathers.
another for laying large eggs of GER
tain color, and yet another strain for
being producers of many eggs. Each
of these strains might be well-bred in
these peculiar traits, but would be
mongrels when the other considera'
lions were taken into account. Breed
ers of pure-bred stock, in making
their selection of breeding animals
try to consider the desirable qualities
in due order of their relative i'm
portance Thus, with trotting horses
speed is given prominence above
everything else, while in the case OF
swine or beef cattle attention has been
given to the qualities OF growth and
fattening that make for the profitable
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-05-16

production OF meat. Only such rr,
formity of color and minor point ..
demanded as will serve to distng...g
the breed and give uniformity of l..
pcarance. The standards adopted .
breeders of this class Of animals g...
relatively small consideration to .sr..
points, whereas poultry breeders co.,.
slider about one-half of the value .r
their birds to depend on color l.
feathers alone, while the judgma..
OF shape is based upon the outline
produced by the feathers and not oa
the true body shape. The STANDARD
bred poultry fanciers have not been
mainly concerned in producing breeds
of chickens for the use OF the Iarmar
or practical grower, as have been the
breeders of cattle and swine Men
who pursue animal breeding for pleas.
ure alone do not choose large. SLOW.
breeding animals, such as cattle
neither do animals wholly worthle.8
from other standpoints receive much
attention from breeders. But the hen.
variable in form and color, ineypeu.
sive to secure, readily reared and
capable of producing in bricf time
large numbers of offspring. and yet
withal capable of paying her way In
food products, has rendered possible
the development of the fancy or stan.
dard-bred chicken business into the
most universal and important fancy ar
artistic breeding business in the world
From the attention that has been
given to the breeding OF poultry tor
the show room, many people wrongly
infer that standardized poultry is no
better than mongrel stock Tor com.
mercial purposes.
The mongrel chicken is production
of chance. Its ancestry Representa-
everything available in the barnyards
of the neighborhood. and its offspring
will be equally varied. In the pure
breeds there has been rigid selection
practiced that gives uniform appear
ance.
The size and shape requirement OF
the standard, although not based on
the market demands, comes much
nearer producing an ideal carcass than
does chance breeding. Ability to ma
ture for the fall and winter shows is
decidedly practical quality that the
fancier breeds into his chickens
Moreover. poultry breeders, while still
keeping standard points in mind, have
also made improvements in the laying
and meat-producing qualities OF their
chickens. Considering these facts, it
is an enormous idea to think that
mongrel chickens offer any advantage
over pure-bred stock for meat or for
eggs.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-05-16

velopment In the Neanderthal type tower $500
CO.; indeed. 1880 &C is usually accepted as an
average for modern man. The earliest trace OF
the Neanderthal type OF man yet found was dis
covered in the valley OF the Neckar, some six
miles above Heidelberg Only a lower
Jaw was found The Heidelberg man had
a massive Jaw One can be absolutely
certain that the head form of the Heidelberg man
OF the Neandertha shape In the
manner of head fixaton Neanderthal man retains
a distinct trace OF the anthropoid form.
The earliest trace Of the skeleton OF man yet
found In Europe must be assigned to a period
which carries us back many hundred thousands
Of years. Yet at that early date we
find man already evolved british perhaps in APP
pearance, savage no doubt. in his nature-yet
large-brained erect in posture. and In every sense
of the bioogist-a man"
OF the type known Pithecanthropus erectus,
called the missing link" Dr. w. J. Sollas in
Ancient Hunters. says:
'Dr Eugene Dubois, who had left Holland for
Java with the avowed intention of finding the
missing link discovered in September, 1891 a
molar tooth the wisdom tooth Of Pithecan-
thropus erectus: later the cranial vault,
the skull-cap, was found. The thigh bone
Of the left leg found lying fifty feet away
from the spot where the first tooth obtained.
but still on the same horizon and finally. in Octo-
Der GS92), another molar tooth. A de-
scription Of the remains of Pthecanthropus has
been published by Dr. Dubois. . . All are
agreed that they indicate an animal bearing a
close resemblance to men and apes. Some re-
gard Pithecanthropus as an ape with certain
human characters; others a with evident
simian characters; others . as a connecting
link midway between and the higher apes
The suggestion has even been made that the re-
mains are those OF a unacceptable idiot.
That which distinguishes man from all the beasts
OF the field is the power and completely OF his
mind. Thus the chief interest. in the
Trn fossil attaches 10 the skucap. or brain
pan this is certainly more simian than
human. The animal has been f1ttingly
designated Pithecanthropus erectus-the ape
man who walked erect"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-05-16

Ipswich man. snow distinctly primitive and SOME
what simian characteristics. The implements
which they made also Of more simple SPe
than those found in the riverterrace gravels
which are nevertheless more ancient Thereiore
If We are 20 Judge Of the type Of man from the i'm
pements he made, the earlier river-drift man was
OF a more advanced type than the later Mouste-
rian or Neanderthal man. The famous find at
Galley Hill Of portions Of a human skeleton IN
the very ancient 100foot terrace OF the Thames
has proved this to be true for here we have
type OF skull which is by no means degraded. and
associated with flint implements which show an
advanced civilization.
Thus the evidence of the fints and the evidence
of the human bones in entire agreement;
but the 100-foot terrace of the Thames at Upmin.
ster in Essex. rests upon, and is therefore less
ancient than. the chalky builder clay, and under
this boulder clay at Ipswich a modern type OF
man has been found! And yet not quite modern
for the Ipswich mans tbia or shin-bone. is differ.
ent in every way from ours and not only. ours,
but from any which have hitherto been found or
described. This peculiar ubia. which, as PROBES
sor Keith says, represents a stage in evolution
and will serve to distinguish the race TO which
this man belonged, was no doubt associated with
his manner OF walking, but at present IL is i'm
possible TO say exactly what this association was
The finding OF a modern type OF below the
chalky boulder clay is, as has been suggested, at
first sight rather puzzling, but the dexterously
faxed implements which have been found in the
older middle-glacial grayels, and the still much
older detritus bed below the red crag, make the
discovery much more easy to understand. The
outstanding fact about this discovery is that
az such immensely remote period as that pre-
cedng the deposition Of the chalky boulder clay
modern man already evolved and that 10 find
the primitive human type shall have 10 carry
our Investigations back into a still more dim and
distant past
The Neanderthal man Of the earlier Ice Age is
the oldest known Europeon. or this type Prof
Arthur Keith in Ancient Types of Man" says:
I'VE know now that the who lived in
Europe during the earlier and greater part OF the
Glacial Period-one estimated to have extended
a period of from 100000 to 100000 years
were Of the Neanderthal type. A comparl
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-05-16
RAISING CROPS
FOR THE SIL0
Ground Should be Selected on
Which to Grow the Largest
Possi Able Yield of
Corn.

Now Is the time to make arrange
ments for the silo. Ground should be
selected on which to grow the largest
possible yield OF corn, and as convent
emily located as possible, for It COSTS
money to haul green corn long dis
tances.
If the old alfalfa sod was plo"ea
last fall for planting to corn TINS
spring, so much the better; II h"-'
pillow as early as possible this spring
and pillow deeply. using dresSInE OK
We'll Totted manure to pillow under
It can be had. Corn is a crude recd'.
and will give good account OF any
fertilizer you may have.
II is not too much to expect Twelve
TO fifteen tons OF green corn per a..'
at harvesting time, so the silo ''"
be built to accommodate the area ..
corn grown! but be sure and u'..'
large enough: for when once use"
will grow in favor. and the chan.
are the area of corn planted ana ..'
number of animals fed VIII No .
creased when the practise Is once .7
tablished.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-05-16
USES FOR SOUR CREAM.

Sour cream is such valuable aid
II should ever be wasted.
To each cup OF thick sour cream,
beat in half teaspoonful OF soda
then use with a scant amount OF ba-
king powder. With cream very little
shortening need be used. one TO three
tablespoonfuls, according to the rich
mes OF the cream.
Drop Cookies.-Use half a cup Of
butter, one cup OF sugar. one egg beat.
en- light, half a cup of sour cream. one
fourth of teaspoon OF soda. two and
half cups of -four and three and n
half teaspoonfuls of baking powder.
Mix in the usual manner and drop
from spoon upon buttered tins, shap-
ing each portion into a smooth round.
Dredge with graduated sugar and bake
in moderate oven. Half a cup of CO.
coanut may be added before the -four
and the quanHty of -four reduced n
little.
Sour cream used in a white sauce
served with Goldfish is a new dish to
many but NliDt Nlleu IL viii clbth bN
repeated.
II often happens In warm weather.
with even n limited supply. that some
OF the milk will get sour before 1t can
be used II a quart or more is on
hand some of the delicious cottage
cheese may be prepared. Set the
thickened milk on the back part OF
the stove, and when a curd is formed,
drain off the whey and season with
salt butter and a little thick sour
cream.
Sour Cream Filling for Cake
Sweeten and chill a cup of sour cream.
Whip 1t, keeping 1t cold while doing
SO. and when stiff fold in cup OF
nuts; hickory are best. This is ex-
cellent for layer cakes.
Raisins added to the above filling
makes a variety. Lemon juice and
powdered sugar may he added with the
ralsins.
Graham Bread.-Sift together one
cup of graham and one cup of wheat
flour; add a teaspoonful of soda, a
half teaspoonful OF baking powder. a
cup of sour milk, haH cup of mo-
| lasses, a fourth of a teaspoonful OF
salt; combine the ingredients and bake
in bread pan one and one-half hours
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-05-16

material. When the bones were reached II
found that they in such friable state as to
necessitate the strata in which they lay being
dug up in large Jumps: and as It OF the
greatest importance 10 have them at once placed
In the hands Of experts, they were forwarded the
same evening to the Royal College Of Surgeons,
London, where they most carefully and
skfully examined by Prof Arthur Keith. the con-
servator of the college. During the next week the
strata each side Of the place where the skeleton
was found were examined and reported on by Mr..
w. Whitaker. FRS, DR.. J. E Mari. FRS, and
Mr.. George Slater. FIGS. The chalky boulder
clay. under which the bones were lying
immense area in East Anglia, and is a landmark
in Plestocene geology. II owes its origin to the
fce-sheet associated with the last episode Of the
great Ice Age, and its antiquity may be gagged
from the fact that since its deposition most Of
our present river valleys have been formed. Be
fore the chalky boulder clay laid down there
was apparently a sandy land-surface to the north
of Ipswich. and on this and-surface lived the man
whose remains have been found. The flint nipple.
ments he and his associates made which were,
no doubt, lying on the land-surface before the ad-
vance OF the ice have been found in some abun-
dance in the boulder clay, and at the junction OF
the clay with the glacial sand, and, Therefore at
exactly the same horizon the bones themselves
occurred. These implements, and those from the
underlying middleglacal gravel though very
skilfully made, Of pre-Palaeolithic forms and
there is no doubt that in pre-boulder clay times
the true Palaeolthc stage Of culture had not been
reached
Yet the man who lived in Britain in the inter.
glacial period before the boulder clay was laid
down and who IS therefore Of a vast and un-
known antiquity. to all intents and purposes
modern man. He stood about feet 10 inches in
height his head was perhaps a trihe smaller and
natter than presentday examples, but there was
nothing brutal or siman in his appearance.
Now the Neanderthal men whose remains have
been frequently found in caves and rock shelters
I'm the south OF France and elsewhere and who
lived in these districts in md-Palaeolithic times.
and are. therefore, much less ancient than the
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-05-16
HOUSEKEEPING NECESSITIES.

To many some of these may come
under the head Of luxuries; but most
Of us are able to do without the neces-
saries IL We can have the luxuries
Seasonings. spices and herbs OF all
kinds. including cayenne pepper and
paprika.
Catsups and piquant sauces.
Small cans of vegetables, meats.
soups and fish.
Extract of beef and bouillon cubes.
Canned sweet peppers.
Salad dressings.
Jar of grated cheese.
Crackers and cans OF condensed
milk
For utensils, a double boiler or two.
several wooden spoons.
Wire whisk and Dover egg heater.
Frying basket and individual baking
dishes.
Coffee percolator.
Zinc covered table.
Meat chopper.
Bread mixer.
These are a few of the indispensa-
bles in a well-ordered household.
Hot Chicken Sslad.-Mix a pint OF
cooked chicken cut In cubes with
cup of cooked peas, half a teaspoonful
Of salt, little red pepper, teaspoon
full Of onion juice, sweet red pepper
cut fine. n teaspoonful of lemon Juice
and set aside to season. Make a sauce
of a fourth of a cup of butter, the
same amount OF flour, seasonings,
cup OF cream. a cup of chicken broth;
add the other ingredients and let
stand over water to become hot.
This is good served from a chatting
dish.
pretty luncheon biscuit Is made
by putting three small biscuits in each
Of a set of patty pans. They will look
like a clover leaf when baked and are
called clover biscuit.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-05-16
MANY MISTAKES
MADE AT START
Those About to Begin with
Poultry Should be Advised
TO Begin With Good
Stock or Eggs.

How often have you stopped to
think how much better off you would
have been and how much time you
would have saved had you started
in with a pair or a trio of good
breeders instead of the flock of Gull
chickens which you purchased and
which even the most experienced poul-
tryman would have found difficult in
handling?
How often have you thought about
advising those about to start in with
chickens to put their money In good
stock or eggs at the outset instead
OF fretting with worthless stock for
two or three seasons before realizing
their mistake?
How often have you given this ad-
vice to a deaf ear, become provoked
and then got In a good humor again
when you thought OF the fool you
had been and of the time you had in
making up your mind to the neces-
sity of starting in all over again, aft
er devoting couple of years to a
flock that no one could have made
to pay for its feed?
When We look back upon the many
mistakes We made in getting a start
We wonder how we managed to stay
with IL. II is then we realize why 1t
is so many go in for chickens and
fail, and begin to wonder how il hap
pens that more did not give up at
the outset.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-05-16
TekAE M~,<e.eN~.
Aviator Attacked by Birds.

Sea gulls which nest in the marshes
at San Rafael, Cal. made a combined
attack on their human rival. French
aviator, the other day, and drove him
to the ground. The aeronaut said
later he could not see his way because
Of the birds tapping their wings in
hiR face.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-05-16

son OF the calyaria Oh
the Neanderthal skull
with the correspond
ing part OF the Galley
Hin man will bring
out it's peculiar fea-
lures. Both are very
long skulls, the Ne
anderthal being 2O3
nm, the Galley Hill
some 9 nm. more.
The great size
of the supra-orbital
torus gives the fore"
head of the Neander-
thai man a receding
appearance.
1t is a striking fact
that the brain had
reached, as regards
size, more than a
modern degree OF de-
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-05-16
ParaIyzed Hens.

Hens that cannot stand and
no use of limbs. but seem to De
wise healthy, are probably paga..
Little can be done for such
and il is best 10 dispatch '
quickly.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-05-16

II; most solid comfort one can
&RA fall hack upon. Is the thought
that the business of ones llte--the work
1t home after the holiday is done-is to
help In some small nibbllng way to re-
duce the sum OF ignorance. degradation
and misery on the face OF this beautiful
earth. George Eliot.