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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-06-28
ABOUT GROWING ONIONS.

For those of our readers living in
the northern states, where spring will
be on directly, and who would like to
try raising onions, we have n few sug-
gestions that may be helpful. First.
the ground on which the crop is to be
grown should be well drained. rich
and as free as possible from weed
seeds. The tract is preferably fall
plowed and narrowed and foated as
soon as the ground can be worked in
the spring. Best results will be had
If the seed bed is well firmed and in
the finest filth. The seed should then
be drilled in to a depth of half an inch
in rows from fourteen to sixteen
inches apart, depending upon the va
.iety. The seeder should be tested on
n board floor in order to ascertain how
many seed will be dropped in given
distance. If they can be sown SO
that they will be on the average about
an inch apart, it is well. Before the
seed is sown. however, 1t should be
tested as to terminating power and
more or less seed sown to make up
for this. The best seed is none too
good. and in the long run money will
be saved by paying two or three dol
lars extra, If need be, to get fine
pedigreed seed. In the section in
which the writer has lived the red
globe onion is very popular, but this
matter would be determined by the
preference Of the buyers in the near
est market centers. In northern lati-
tudes, where the growing and ripen-
ing season is none too long, the seed
should be sown just as soon as the
soil can be worked. The onions should
be cultivated as soon as the rows can
be seen, should be hand weeded once
or twice and thinned to about two
inches apart in the row. If a dry
spell should come on, especially after
q driving rain. care should be taken to
give thorough cultivation, as this may
mean the saving or losing of the crop.
If commercial fertilizers are desired,
and there is no question that it pays
to use them. they may be applied at
! the time the seed is sown, while a
second application may be made after
the onions are two or three inches
high. If very dry spell should come
in July the field should be kept thor
oughly cultivated, so as to preserve a
dust mulch. 1t costs about $50 per
acre to raise and harvest crop of
onions, and one can count on from &c
to GO cents q bushel f. o. b. shipping
station In the matter of yield one
may reasonably expect from 500 to COO
bushels if the stand is good and grow.
ing conditions have been favorable.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-06-28

lumne Groves, northwest of Yosemite
Valley, and the Mariposa Grove on the
southern edge of the park. These trees
(Sequoia gigantea), which are the old
est living things in the world, grow to
height of 300 feet with a circumference
of nearly 100 feet at the base and the
bark sometimes exceeding DO inches in
thickness. Many of these trees are
over 1000 years old.
This circular, which may be obtained
on application to the Department of the
Interior, contains information regard
ing the hotels, camps and transportation
lines, tables of distances to the princi-
pal points of interest, lists of books and
magazine articles, tourist-travel map
and the rules and regulations promul-
gated for the protection of the reserva-
tiOn
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-06-28
Guide tie Yosemite National Park

Detailed information regarding the
points of interest in the Yosemite
National park is contained in a circular
on that great reservation just issued by
the Department of the Interior.
The Yosemite National park is sit
uated along the crest of the Sierra
Nevada iu Tuolumne, Mariposa and
Mono Counties, Cal. Stage lines run
from the terminus of the railroad to
Yosemite Valley within the park and
from the latter point through Wawona
on the southern boundary of the park to
the Mariposa Big Tree Grove.
The most frequently visited places
are the Yosemite Valley, the Hetch
Hetchy Valley, and the Mariposa Grove
of Big Trees.
Yosemite Valley in the southern part
of the park is a great gorge about
miles long and three-fourths of mile
wide with a level park-lik meadow in
its center. The great cliffs which form
the wall of the valley rise almost VERT.
cal to height of about 5000 feet, anC
in many places are beautiful waterfall:
which have vertical drop of from 6O(
to 900 feet.
Hetch Hetchy Valley, in the north
western portion of the park, is abou
80 miles long and of a width varying
from one-fourth to three-fourths of
mile. Its rugged granite walls, crowne'
with domes, towers, spires, and battle
ments, seem to rise almost perpendic
ular upon all sides $500 feet above a
emerald meadow.
There are three groves of Big Tree
in Yosemite park, the MERGED and Tue
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-06-28
The Cliff DweIlers of tho Mesa
Verde.

General descriptions of the ancient
cliff dwelling in the canyons of south
western Colorado are contained in a cir
cular entitled General Information
regarding the Mesa Verde National
Park, " recently issued by the Depart
ment of the Interior. In this park are
about 300 cliff dwellings of which only
the three largest have been repaired.
The largest ruin, called Cliff Palace,
stands about thousand feet above the
bottom of the canyon and 300 feet be-
low the top of the ledge. All the
houses connect and open into one
another, the entire settlement forming
a crescent about 300 feet in length from
end to end.
AS we contemplate these silent ruins
it is hard to believe that at one time
they resounded with the hum Of in
dustry, the laughter of children, the
droning of priests, ant the strident cry
of the sentines calling the warriors to
battle. The jewellers of these abandoned
communities have left no written
record, but the shape of the structures
and the relics that have been dug from
the debris of centuries give some idea
of how these people lived and moved
and had their being. The main houses
We're built on a ledge close to its front
and back of this was an open space thai
answered the purpose of a court, street
playground or a place for indus
trial pursuits, such as weaving
and pottery making. At intervals
along the front were towers anC
bastions and in the interior wer,
kivas or secret chambers used for re
ligious ceremonies. In every villag
were storehouses to provide supply o
provisions in times of war or failure o
crops.
The circular, which may be obtaine
free from the Department of the In
terror, contains information regarding
the Accommodations in the park, sketc
plans of the principal ruins, list O
magazine articles, and the rules an
regulations promulgated for the pre-
lection of the reservation.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-06-28
1,1ae POUNDS OF BUTTER.

An Ohio Guernsey COW by the name
of Spottswood Daisy Pearl has lately
completed a years milking record dur
ing which she gave 1S.602.S pounds of
milk testing 5.14 and yielding 957.3S
pounds of butter fat. On an So per
cent fat basis this means a butter yield
of 1,126 pounds. or considerably more
than half a ton. 1t is interesting to
note the raw products that were put
in the hopper of this animated milk
mandatory. In January, three months
after freshenng, she received daily
five pounds of wheat bran. one and a
half pounds cornmeal, four pounds
brewers grains, two pounds gluten
meal, one and half pounds cottonseed
meal two pounds old process oilmeal,
one pound corn and oat chop. thirty
pounds silage and ten pounds Of hay.
During succeeding months much the
same ration. strong in concentrates,
was given. but varying somewhat ac-
cording to roughage available for the
season. The grain ration was given in
three feeds and was thoroughly soaked
beforehand
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-06-28

In the eastern part of New England
farmers are praying for rain, and those
of this section say that soaking rain
now would be in order, as the surface
of the ground is becoming quite dry.
They say the outlook for the hay crop
is not so promising as it was considered
to be earlier in the season, although it
is far above average years, and that I'M
less the weather is very favorable from
now on the crop will not be up to the
average. Rutland News.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-06-28
Estate of Nelson Thresher-
CTATE OF VERMONT.

STATE OF VERMONT.
RDISTRICT OF ADDISON. IS.
The Honorable Probate Court for the district
aforesaid;
To all persons interested in the estate of Nelson
Thresher, late Of Hancock in said district
deceased, GREETING:
Whereas said court has assigned the sth day of
July. 1912, AT o'clock p. m, next, for examining
and allowing the account of the administrator of
the estate of said deceased, and for consideration
of his application for license convey the equity
of redemption of the Elda Thresher farm in said
Hancock to the mortgagee in satisfaction of the
mortgage Indebtedness thereon. and for a decree
of the residue of said estate to the lawful claim
ants of the same. and ordered that public notice
thereof be given to all persons interested in said
estate by publishing this order three weeks sue
cessivey previous to the day assigned in the Mid
debury Register, a newspaper published at Mid
debury, in said district
Therefore, you are hereby notified to appear at
the Probate Office. in Middebury, in said district,
the day assigned, then and there to contest the
allowance of said account if you cause, and to
establish your right heirs. legatees and lawful
claimants to said residue.
Given under my hand, this 18th day of June.
1912.
25 Charles l. Button. Judge
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-06-28
Estate of ARENAS Nichols of
MiddIebury
OF VERMONT.

kODIsTRICT OF ADDISON, IS.
The Honorable Probate Court for the district
aforesaid:
To all persons interested in the estate Of ARENAS
Nichols late of Middlebury. in said district de-
ceased. GREETING:
Whereas. application hath been made to this
court in writing by the executor of the estate of
said ARENAS Nichols, praying for license and
authority to convey by deed all of the real estate
of said deceased TO wit:-described in a bond for
deed signed by said dece ased (whose first name
is therein spelled "Artemus'D and Mary Z. Estey
dated April so. 1901, and located in Warren. in
forth that the deceased by said bond for a deed
tors upon certain payments being made to convey
to one Mary +. Estey or her assigns said real es-
tate. and setting forth that said executor has adj
justed a settlement Of said payments.
Whereupon, the said court appointed and as
signed the sth day of July, 1912, at the
Probate Office in Middlebury, in said dis
trict, to hear and decide upon said application
and petition. and ordered public notice thereof to
be given to all persons interested therein. by pub
fishing said order. together with the time and
place of hearing. three weeks successfully in the
Mddlebury Register, a newspaper which circu-
ates in the neighborhood of those persons inter-
ested in said estate all of which publications shall
be previous to the day assigned for hearing.
Therefore, you are hereby notified to appear be-
fore said court, at the time and place assigsed,
then and there in said court to make your objec-
tons to the granting of such license, if you see
cause.
Given under my hand at Middlebury in SAID
district. this 18th day of June 1872
% Charles |. Button, Judge of Probate.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-06-28
ROGERS & WELLS

De an's RheumatioPills for rheumatism
and neuralgia. Entirely vegetable. Safe
cow
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-06-28
Estate of Paul w. and Mildred G
Vincent and Walter III.
(VincenD Hitchcock
OF VERMONT.


~ DISTRICT OF ADDISON. IS.
The Honorable Probate Court for the district
aforesaid:
To all persons interested in the estate of Paul
w. and Mildred c. Vincent and Walter H. Win
cent? Hitchcock minor children of DIR. W. H.
Vincent, late of Orwell. in said district.
deceased, GREETING
Whereas. said court has assigned the sth day OF
July. 1912, next, for examining and allowing the
account of Miss Mary +. Burns guardian of the
estate and persons of said minors and for a decree
of the residue of said estate to said Mildred c.
Vincent of age, and to successor to said
guardian to be appointed for the other said wards,
and ordered that public notice thereof be given TO
all persons interested in said estate by publishing
this order three weeks successfully previous to
the day assigned, in the Middlebury Register. a
Newspaper published at Mddlebury, in said
district.
Therefore. you are hereby notified to appear at
the probate Office in Middlebury, in said district.
the day assigned, then and there to contest the
allowance of said account if you cause, and to
establish your right heirs. legatees and lawful
claimants to said residue,
Given under my hand this 18th day of June,
1912.
25 Charles l. Button. Judge.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-06-28
Estate of Harrison Holden
Commissioners Notice

The undersigned, having been appointed by the
Honorable Probate Court fer the district of Addi-
Son, commissioners to receive, examine, and
adjust the claims and demands of all persons
against the estate of Harrison Holden late of Mid
dlebury. in said district, deceased. and all GLAZING
exhibited in Offset thereto, hereby give notice that
we will meet for the purpose aforesaid. at the
Hardware Store of A. Calhoun & Son in the Viii
lage of Middlebury, in said district, on the LIST
day of July and 9Th day of November next, from 10
O'Clock a m, until O'Clock p. m on each of said
days and that six months from the Bird day of
May, A d. 1912, is the time limited by said court
for said creditors to present their claims to us
for examination and allowance.
Dated at Middebury, VT. this 18th day of June.
A. d. 1912.
"a j. B.iDougas, O0i'''i'9s'Os'
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-06-28
THE VALUE OF ONE SUGGESTION

Once on a time Minnesota farmer
attended for the first time farmers
institute in which a speaker recon-
mended the use Of the BabcOck test.
He forgot a good deal of what was
said, but this stuck in his crop. He
Icted upon che advice and began test
ing his cows. He found on the show
down that there were just two out Of
the whole lot that were paying their
keep. The rest he sold to the butcher
and as he ran across them bought cows
of large milking capacity that also
showed up with good test. That was
twelve years ago. In the interval he
has continued to improve his herd by
purchase and breeding until today he
has one OF the most profitable as well
rs finest herds of Guernsey cows in the
state What this man has done others
can do. and 1t is high time they were
getting busy and wedding out the loaf
ers.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-06-28
u1iooleburY Register

President Theodore N. Vail of the
American Telephone and Telegraph
company, who has just returned from
Europe, speaks of the appalling
poverty" which exists there. And yet
somebody over there is able to eat high
priced American beef. Rutland News.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-06-28

Middlebury proposes to have a sane
and safe Fourth of July. The trustees
of the village have forbidden the sale
or use of any fireworks or explosives,
which will no doubt meet with the
hearty approval of great majority of
the citizens of Middlebury.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-06-28
Order to Show Cause on AppIica~
ton for DISCHARGE.

In the District Court of the United States for
the District of Vermont In Bankruptcy.
In the matter of
Adrew /. Bushey In Bankruptcy. No. 2641.
Bankrupt.
Whereas, application has been made by the
above named bankrupt for a discharge, as provid-
ed by paragraph 14-a of the bankruptcy laws of
1898; now, motion Of F. r. Campbell, Esq. at
torney for such bankrupt
1t is ordered: That all creditors of Andrew
l.. Bushey a bankrupt, well as all other
parties in interest, show cause at hearing to be
held on such application before the District Court
of the United States for the District of Vermont,
at my Office in Middebury, in said District, on the
sth day of July. A. ID. 1912. at 10 o'clock in
the forenoon. why such application should not be
granted
Mddlebury, Vt, June &c. 1912.
ALBERT W. DICKENS,
26 Referee in Bankruptcy.
The Green Forest tribune., 1912-01-19
Why He Couldn't Sit Down.

Harry, aged six, is an orphan; but an indulgent grandmother and kind maiden aunt have taken care of him. The first pair of knickerbockers were secured recently, and it was proud moment for the boy when his aunt put them on him on Sunday morning and he was permitted to go to church with his grandmother. Naturally maiden aunts know very little about the arrangement of knickerbockers, and there was suspicious fullness in front and an equally mystifying tight ness in the back to be observed, as the little chap trudged happily along. In church Harry sat down, but did not appear comfortable and stood up. Harry, sit down." whispered his grandmother. He obediently climbed back on the seat, but soon slipped off again. Harry, you must sit down. " Grandma, I cant. My pants is chok- ing me- She looked more closely than her dim sight had before permit ted, and discovered the new little knickerbockers were on hind side be- fore. Harry stood up during the re- mainder of the service
The Green Forest tribune., 1912-01-19
REACHED LIMIT OF TORTURE
Real Reason Why Burglar Gave Even- ing Papers Chance to Use Effeo-
 tive Headline.

A burglar broke into a New York mansion early the other morning and found himself after wandering about the place in the music room Hearing footsteps approaching. he took refuge behind a screen. From eight to nine the eldest daughter had a singing les son. From nine to ten the second daughter took a piano lesson. From 10 to Il the eldest son got his instruc- ton on the violin. From il to 12 the younger boy got lesson on the flute and p!ccolo, Then, at 12:15, the fam fly got together and practiced music en all their instruments. They were fixing up for concert. At 12:45 the porchcltmber staggered from behind the screen. For heavens sake, send fer the police!" he shrieked. Tor ture me no longer!" And in the even ing paper there was the headline: 'Nervy Children Capture Desperate Burglar"
The Green Forest tribune., 1912-01-19
Critical Moment.

At the beginning of the Civil war men who knew little about military tactics were sometimes temporarily in command of small bodies of the troops which flocked into Washington, and it is said that Senator Henry Wilson of Massachusetts, afterward vice-presi- dent of the United States, was for a time assigned to the captaincy of a company of recruits from his native state. He assisted in drilling them to the best of his ability, but one after. noon, as he marched at their head up Pennsylvania avenue, he met his Wa, terloo. He had been getting along very we'll and was beginning to feel quite proud of the proficiency of his men, when he suddenly realized that the coping and fence extending south from the treasury building was right in his forward patch. He could not think of the order which would swing his command into Fifteenth street, and thereby avoid the obsracl.-. N
 CT and nearer the scompany apprl
 eG; the men were almost upon
 heels, when in desperation he she ed: Come round like a gate!" an,4 the situation was saved
The Green Forest tribune., 1912-01-19
IN LESS STRENUOUS TIMES
Explanation of the Difference Be- tween Domestic Standards Now
 and Those of Long Ago.

In the Woman's Home Companion there is an interesting presentation of the difference that exists between the domestic standard of young married women of today and those of the past generation. How did the women of the middle class of a generation or two ago manage when they could not keep help? Following is the answer quoted from Companion editorial:
 They lived according to their means; they did not set up impossible standards, and they knew much less about the science of bringing up chill dren. They had no special style to keep up; gave the children weekly bath; kept the table set between meals; did not serve their meals in courses, but put all the food on the table at once; confined their social affairs to evening calls and parties, and church suppers, at which they wore the same black silk dress for at least two seasons; in short, every woman did only what she could, and her friends made it easier for her by doing likewise"
The Green Forest tribune., 1912-01-19
A Golf Story.

There's another story of man who rang the bell at the gates of Paradise and asked Peter If he might go through.
 What were you on earth?" asked the saint.
 We'll was the response, "during the latter part of my life I didn't do much but play golf" /"Got golf ball on your"
 Yes; here's a Chancellor
 St. Peter took it and threw 1t over his shoulder, where it rolled away.
 Fot minute or more he looked critically at the applicant, then shut the gate in his face and locked it.
 Whats the gamer" said the man.
 You are no real golfer" said St. Peter. You don't even know the first rule of golf-to keep your eye on the ball and follow through"
The Green Forest tribune., 1912-01-19
Where the Fruit Grows.

Michael Casey, a politician in San Francisco, who has been in office and on the city payroll for many years was addressing meeting of his fel low-cisiZens. It was labor meeting
 "Yoa men must know" spouted Casey, that you are the great body polite in this city. You are the roots and trunks of our great municipal tree, while we who represent you in office are merely the branches on that magnificent tree"
 True fer you, Mike" piped a man in the back of the hall, but did ye ever notice all the fruit grows on the branches ?"-Saturday Evening Post
The Green Forest tribune., 1912-01-19
Gives Self Up to Authorities.

Nashville. - Walter Mansco, who stabbed and killed T. P. Patterson, a merchant of Umpire, surrendered to placed in the county jail in Nashville without bail. Bill Mansco, Walters brother, and Parker Hunter, brother in-law of Bill Mansco, was also held as accessories before the fact An eff fort will be made to secure bond for the alleged accessories, but Walter Mansco will remain in jail until the meting of the county grand jury. jury.
The Green Forest tribune., 1912-01-19
Eauer to See,

q have poem here entitled Alone with Nature" said the sallow young man with the long hair and the frayed trousers. Tt is a personal impres sion."
 ''Is it?" replied the editor of the Chicago Record Herald, as he hastily glanced at the opening lines Have you ever been alone with nature?"
 q have, and, oh, it is glorious-glo rious!"
 Here's 8 dime. Get on a trolley car and ride as far as you can. Go back to nature and spend another hour or two alone with her. You say you plucked the hazel blossoms by the stream. If you are able to find any place where you can do that let me know I want to watch you while you do it."
The Green Forest tribune., 1912-01-19
Mayor Orders Begging Stopped.

Hot Springs.-Mayor Waters has issued instructions to the chief of police to put an end to begging on the streets of this city, and as result there has been a scarcity of beggers on the streets here. The mayor takes the stand that if the men and women begging on the streets are really wor- thy of charity. the associated charities is here for the purpose of helping them, and they must in the future look to that organization for assistance.
The Green Forest tribune., 1912-01-19

Sheridan-The small child of MT. and Mrs. J. H. Garner, near Grape vine, this county, was burned to death. The father was absent from home, and the mother went out and left her two children in the house. Later she heard the cries of the children and on reaching the house found the child's cloting on fire. She put the fire out, but the child was burned so badly that it lived but a few hours.
The Green Forest tribune., 1912-01-19
Ice Sinks Steamer.

Marianna.-Hemmed in by the masses of floating ice, the passenger and freight steamer, Nettie Harmon, sunk in L'Anguille lake, near here, when one of the heavy cakes of ice crushed the hull like an eggshell A negro man and woman, both uniden- were rescued by relief parties from Mariana, although Captain and Mrs. Johnson had narrow escapes from death before relief arrived.