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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-06-13

hundred and sixty acres is a lagoon.
This gives the island the appearance
of an elongated doughnut. At no
place does the island rise more than
twenty-five feet above ocean level.
The place swarms with birds. Il
learned more about birds on this trip
than / had ever dreamed OF before"
Commodore Salisbury said yesterday
afternoon. I'VE brought home with us
IT'S rare specimens. These will be
mounted and placed In the govern
ment museums.
I'VE found two varieties that are
found nowhere else. One is the lay
san rail. II is about the size of a
quail and has small wings, but they do
1t little good, for 1t cannot fiy. We
started home with eighty living speci-
mems of the rail, but the return trip
was so cold that all except five died.
The survivors we're left at the Golden
Gate park in San Francisco. The
other bird peculiar to the island Ii
the Laysan teal, fowl smaller than
the mallard duck, but resembling 1t In
general appearance. Incidentally, we
found pair of mallard ducks that had
come over from the mainland of Cali
fornia, thousands of miles away"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-06-13
COOPERATION IS IN FAVOR
one Phase Not Adopted as Extensive
~ as Observation-Disclosures Being
Tried in Some Sections.

Cooperation is becoming more sue
cessful in the farming communities
each year. There is one phrase that
mas not been as extensively adopted
as 1t deserves. says Kinbalrs Dairy
Farmer. Reference is made to the CO.
operative laundry.
The time was when al the butter
was made on the farm. This was the
DUTY OF the farmers wife, duty that
she thought inevitable. Progress
brought the cooperative creamery and
To-Day great burden is lifted from
the shoulder of the farmers wife be-
cause this work is taken from the
farm home and placed in the factory
especially adapted to it's needs. The
cooperative creamery is a recognized
success, in fact almost a necessity, in
every dairy community. 1t produces
a better quality of butter than can be
made at home, it gives greater uni
formity to the product and it has rev.
olutionized dairying.
The next step. or at least one OF
NhV LuObl AO6iCdl lIluSS NudN III
ly follew is the cooperative laundry.
There is no reason why this should
not be just as successful as the CO.
operative creamery. There is as
much hard work in connection with
the family laundry as there used to
be in butter making. II is possible
to relieve the housewife Of this work
and it is only fair that this should be
done. Farmers of today are anxious
to make money, not for the money
itself, but for what it will provide,
and this greater convenience should
be one of the things provided.
Cooperative laundries are being
tried in certain dairy sections in con-
nection with the creameries. The
power is at hand and also the steam.
The former is used only part of the
day and it would be impossible to d.
rect the management so that the laun-
dry work could be done without much
additional expense save for a slight
change in the building and for little
extra machinery. Such an innovation
would prove a blessing to many COM
munities, and it is not a wild dream
to prophesy its general adoption in
the near future.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-06-13
ON AN ISLE OF BIRDS
Commodore Salisbury Tells of an
Expedition to laysan.
Retired Naval Officer With Party Of
Scientists Spent Eighty Days
Gathering Data on a Mid
Pacific Island.

Kansas City, Mo.-Straight from
the exploration OF an uninhabited isle
In the Pacific ocean, Commodore
George r. Salisbury of the United
States navy, retired, has arrived at
the home Of his brother, Mark Sails
bury, two and one-half miles northeast
of Independence. The contrast is
great between life in this old mansion
hidden among gigantic pines in a quiet
Jackson county farm and life on the
island OF Laysan, where no man lives,
and where myriads of water fowl
darken the air or hide in the low-lying
sandy slopes, barely rising above the
ocean level
Commodore Salisbury was busy
writing out report of his voyage to
the government, but not too busy to
tell a representative of the Kansas
City Star of some of the strange
sights on the island
He was in charge of an expedi-
ton sent out by the department OF
agriculture, which has charge OF the
bird reservation of United States ter
ritory. With him were three natura-
lists. The party left San Francisco
December 5. 1912, in the United States
revenue cutter Thetis. Their destina-
ton was the Island of Laysan, eight
hundred miles northwest of Honolulu.
Laysan is peculiarly rich in bird
life. Eighty days we're spent there.
They returned to Honolulu March %,
and few days later took passage on
the United States transport Sherman
for San Francisco. They reached
that city April IL. There specimens
taken on the voyage were shipped to
Washington. After a few days spent
in the coast city, Commodore Sails
bury started back to Independence,
arriving there last Sunday.
A map of the Island Of Laysan made
during their stay shows it to be Of pc
culiar formation. 1t is about two and
one-half miles long and one mile wide.
In the center. occupying about one
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-06-13
TO AID WISCONSIN FARMERS
In Special Message to Legislature Gov
ernor McGovern Urges Creation
of Market Commission.

Governor McGovern of Wisconsin,
recently sent a special message to
the Wisconsin legislature. urging the
enactment of law to create a state
market commission, which will help
farmers to market their products to
better advantage. The duties Of this
commission are summarized in the fol
lowing:
To prevent monopoly, contracts and
combinations in every form detriment-
al to the people.
To promote the interests Of the pub
lie, including consumer and producer
alike; economical and efficient pro
duction and distribution of all com
modities.
To promote development of the nat
ural resources of the state and its
proper agricultural. industrial and
commercial interests, so far ss such
development Is consistent with public
welfare.
To improve country life and to pro-
vide equality Of opportunity for the
people of the state.
To perform the duties heretofore
performed by the dairy and food COM
missioners, the state board Of immi-
grafton and the state board Of agri-
culture.
To aid in the organization OF COOP
erative enterprises and to give instruc-
ton by correspondence and bulletins
regarding the practical features of pro-
duction, distribution, efficient business
methods, and to establish a market
news service, including information
regarding crops. freight rates, COM
missions and such other matters as
may be of service to producers and
consumers.
To devise economical systems OF
marketing and the best methods OF
establishing markets.
To reduce waste in marketing and
distribution.
To establish city markets and place
the consumer in close touch with the
rural producer.
To encourage competition without
fixing prices.
To investigate and consider COM
plants of the producer and consumer.
The commissioners are subject to re-
call by the legislature.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-06-13
farmers Educational
n and Cooperative
i Union of America
uood hook is a good friend.

eood book is a good friend.
Never neglect the real for the ideal.
trusting a person makes him trust,
worthy.
Nature never betrays a man who
loves her.
tors bill. , A.
IDEAL home e.
cleanliness may be carried 100 lar
AR family comfort.
Homemaking is as important as
housekeeping. ,,
some men seem to have learned to
az mo" from the mule.
when some people ask your advice
. q only to flatter you little.
Won can't cross lazy mans farm
vitbout getting burrs on your clothes.
A good neighbor is one who refuses
a. lend you the tools you ought to
buy for yourself.
The hardship that keeps some peo-
ia down is the difficulty of getting
m in the morning.
Most any poor mans excuse for not
s.,ng rich is better than some rich
m.n's excuse for not being poor.
The man who teaches the world TO
nae successfully something that has
heon waste material is a great bene-
iactor to the race.
n Is not the amount of work that is
.cromplished so much as YOUR efhci-
sucy of what you do that determines
the success Of the farm.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-06-13
Crops for Stock Farm.

Every stock farm should support
large crops of clover, alfalfa, corn and
small grain crops. One cannot get
maximum profits from his feeding OPP
erations unless he practices BAH
anced system of crop growing in rails
ing food for his stock. When you
grow the best foods for your stock you
are compelled to grow the best crops
for the good of your farm. The whole
proposition is so simple that one cam
not help but wonder why farmers
don wake up and simplify their sys-
TENS of stock feeding and crop grow
ing.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-06-13
LITTLE SURPRISES

81 don't want any afternoons out num-
I'm satisfied II I can go to church Sunday
evenin's."
Harry, you've been an awful long time max
ing up your mind to ask me to marry you'll"
Your bill, doctor, is only about half what I
expected 1t would be-"
Bobby, I've kept you in after school to tell
you you're a dear good little boy. Won't you
give your old teacher a kiss?"
mo, SIR, haven't anything In stock that's
quite as good as what you are asking for; try
that druggist across the street"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-06-13

each ribbon was a little bag of bon
bons. Attached to one string was the
mystic number Z. emitting the finder
TO the contents of the treasure pot A
large cake showed pink. yellow, brown
and white layers, with delicate frost
ing of purple, making rainbow effect.
The ice cream was pink. the sherbet
yellow, and the flowers for decorations
were various colored hyacinths.
Several young mothers with small
children. who do not keep maids. are
following a novel plan of entertain
ment for the children and relief for
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-06-13
Nab. RuraIars MIth PeneII.

New Haven, Conn.-Henry Wedland
and Alexander Drummond were cap
tured by r. L. DAVIDSON OF Dayton,
Ohio. Yale senior. at the point Of a
silver pencil. while they we're ransack.
ing his room in Vanderbilt hall on the
Yale campus. They thought the pen
ell was a pistol. Wedland had load
ed revolver at the time.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-06-13

themselves. Each Wednesday after
noon one Of the mothers takes all Of
the children to entertain for the aft
ernoon, which leaves the other moth
ers for that afternoon free for social
duties. matinee. shopping or any other
pleasure or duty. and as it is only
once in four weeks that each mother
has all the children. 1t does not be-
come tiresome. The children call 1t
their party day, and most thoroughly
enjoy IT, They usually make a kin
dergarten afternoon of it, though each
mother follows her own inclination
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-06-13
Why Hogs Like Coal.

1t is supposed that material of a
gritty nature passing through the
stomach and intestines of hogs helps
to stimulate the flow of digestive
Juices. Coal is not digested. but acts
as an absorbent and as a stimulant.
1t probably makes life miserable for
stomach and intestinal worms. Char
coal is also appreciated by hogs and
acts much in the same way as coal
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-06-13
Towel Has Lasted Many Years.

Miss Ada Walker of Brickerville,
Pa, has a towel 1O4 years old. 1t has
the date 1909 sewed on the border. II
is a homemade linen towel 1t was
woven by her great-grandmother Fart
man. 1t is decorated with solid en-
broidered stars, plants, birds and
horses. It is in an excellent state of
preservation.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-06-13

guns. 1t was almost as
much of a feat for OIL
yer Hazard Perry to
build the vessels as to
win the battle of Lake
Erie. The commodore
had been in the Amer
lean navy for some
time, and in 1911 as a
lieutenant in command
of the schooner Re-
venge he ran the ves-
sci ashore at Watch
Hill, r. l., and wrecked
II In a storm. He was
tried by court martial
for this, but acquitted.
He failed to get a
com m and when the
War Of 1912 started.
Then he applied TO
Commodore Chadncey
and was ordered to re-
port at Lake Erie.
On March q, 1872,
he arrived at Lake
Erie and found a force
of fifty shipwrights.
The squadron had to
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-06-13
To Entertain the Children.

Come to our rainbow party" read
invitations written upon blue paper
in red ink. Upon their arrival the
children were delighted with what
they saw. The first thing that greeted
them was a big rainbow of blue, yell
low, red. pink and purple cAeesecloth
stretched through two rooms. At one
end was the pot of gold. In the pot
was the number and a mysterious
package. Colored ribbons led through
the house, and each chose the ribbon
he wished to follow. At the end of
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-06-13
Cost of Breeding Sow.

1t costs about $40 10 keep a breed.
ing SOW a year. II she gives you Two
ntlers of pigs each year there should
be a clear profit OF at elast $2O from
her. and you will have your SOW lefy
in the bargain
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-06-13
Be Careful About Feed.

rlss that are too fat are apt TO have
49,. OF thumps, and you should
A.. 49, me iced of the SOW carefully at
,sr 10 not made it too rich Pigs
- Oesin to eat when they are about
-. weeks old, and they should then
e some iced in addition 10 their
ers milk. 1t is best to provide a
r. u which TO feed the rigs which
~ can enter, but the - cannot
an me pigs trough cleaned care.
W or digestive troubles VIII resuis
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-06-13

hundred years ago.
This engineering feat seems to have no exact
parallel and in sentimental and patriotic interest 1t
Is the most notable phase of the coming centennial
celebration To attempt to lift the hulk from the
mud OF Erie harbor was daring idea from the start
10 make the project fact required courage and per-
severance of high order. Many were the scoffers
II was said, to the very last. that the contractor
mad hold OF an old canal boat and not till the gun
ports OF the Niagara appeared above the surface of
the lake did the great crowds ashore concede that
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-06-13

HE famous ship Niagara, the vessel
which turned defeat into victory for
Oliver Hazard Perry in the battle Of
Lake Erie on September 49, 1913, will
sail again this summer the waters
where she conquered a British feet.
The raising Of the Niagara is the most
striking feature Of the impending cele-
bration of Perry's victory which stayed
the fortunes of the limited States a
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-06-13

as to that Simple refreshments are
served, and the plan has proved a
great success.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-06-13
Avoid 0verprot iGtion.

Guard aeairsr cverTrc action AZ
the tree by iudic!ous pruning and
thinning
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-06-13

Perry's ship was
a c tn ally being
raised.
When the gun
orts cam e N
sight a throng of
half frozen curio
seekers was held
back with diff
Guilty. Once IT be-
came evident that
the battered hulk
was actually that
Of the Niagara the
scoffers were ca
ger to rush upon
the wreck and tear
her to pieces for
souvenirs. Blind
Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-15

day evening. Their dog Prince struck a trail and began barking at a tall trees Peering up in the branches, they dis covered some 40 feet up, ball of fur and two eyes that snapped like wild fire. The animal was hard to dislodee and all the cartridges were exhausted More ammunition was procured and the mysterious wild animal tumbled to the ground with thud. It was found to be one of the handsemest and fat test coOns ever seen4
 Mrs. Hobart Mccall Miss Laura Mccall and Miss Clara Gillette have been spending few days in Spring field, Mass.
 The Christian Endeavor society eK- poets to observe its 25th anniversary Sunday evening, Nov. 18th,
 Presentation to Mrs. Burr. The Ladies' Aid society met in the lecture room Tuesday afternoon for tho annual election of officers. There was a full attendance. An envelope con- taining s10 was presented to Mrs. Marcus Burr as a. slight token of ap- preciatien for faithful services rem dered.
 Arthur Lathrop is in New Britain and has accepted a position with one of the leading business firms of that | city.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-15
LEONARD BRIDGE
Public Educational Meeting-Surprise
 Given Mrs. Henry A. Spafford.

Rev. ElWell o. Mead attended the conference of Congregational minis ters at Waterbury Tuesday,
 Educational Meeting.
 A public meeting is to be held this (Saturday1 evening at : o'clock at the Lebanon Grange hall in the interests of education, under the supervision of the Lebanon school board and Super visor Garrison. There will be several prominent speakers.
 Re1-. and Mrs F. Q. Mead entertain - ed several young people Friday even ing in honor of their son, Dexter Mead
 Judge and Mrs Albert G. Kneeland spent Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Maria Morgan in Colchester,
 Surprise for Mrs. spafford.
 < pleasant surprise was given Mrs Henry A. Spafford of Bridgeport, for neriy of this place, at the summer home of her son, John Spafford, Satur- day afternoon, by friends and former acquaintances. Refreshments were served and most enjoyable afternoon passed.
 Rev. ElweT o. Mead and Clifford c. King. members of the school board, met at Albert G. Kneeland's Monday afternoon.
 Owing to the rain storm there was no preaching service at the Exeter church Sunday afternoon.
 Carlton Cummings has returned from a short visit with his brother, Bur- nette w, Cummings, at South Man. chester
 Judge Albert G.. Kneeland attended the meeting of probate judges at Hart ford Wednesday.
 Mrs. Louis Himmelstein is visiting relatives in New York.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-15
LIBERTY HILL
Rev. :. o. Mead to Preside at Educa- tionaI Meeting-Severity of Sundays Storm

Rev. EIwell o. Mead attended the state conference of Congrega churches al Waterbury Tuesday and Wednesday. Mir. Mead's subject for next Sunday morning will be The Mes Sd ge from the Above Meeting
 MT. and Mrs John Clarke and Mrs. Cjarke's sister, Mrs. Harvey. who have been visiting in Schenectady for a week. returned Wednesday, night.
 Rev. Elwel O. Mead. who is one of the town school board, will preside at the educational meeting in Lebanon this (Saturday) evening.
 Fire Starts in Tree.
 A fire which started in q tree Friday afternoon spread in the woods until if came very near residences af Cook Hill, just north of Liberty Hill It took the combined effort of the neigh borhood 10 put it out. Ii Is thought someone was burning out a tree nest.
 The c. P. society is to give drama entitled Down in Maine.
 This place experienced hurricane and cloudburst Sunday afternoon. The mercury stood at 64 degrees above zero
 Rev. Mir Mead made several calls in the neighborhood and visited Tobacco street school Thursday.
 meeting of the Woman's Board of Mis-
Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-15
SALE
The Late Gurdon F. Allyn for 45 Years Deacon of Congregational Church Lively Chimney Fire.

Frank De Wolf and Charles l. Beebe attended the funeral of Deacon Gurdon F. Allyn in Leffingwell last Thursday afternoon. Deacon Allyn was for many years a prominent resident of this town and a faithful member of the Congre- gational church, serving as deacon for 45 years. He was superintendent of the Sunday school for several years. Although failing health had caused him to cease somewhat from his activities, Deacon Allyn was greatly missed in the church and community when he went to reside with his foster-son, Herbert F. Beard in Leff1ngwelI three years ago.
 Local Notes.
 A Mantle man was in town last Fri day photographing the schools.
 Mrs. Charles Ray. Miss Kittie Ray and Clyde Ray, Mir. and Mrs. Ernest Spencer and son, Lawrence, were among Norwich visitors Saturday.
 William Darling was In Colchester last Saturday evening.
 Miss Ora SterIy has returned to her home In town, after a visit ill New York city and New London.
 Miss Sarah Rogers of Mantle is yis- iting this week at the home of Mrs. ;. A. Miner.
 Master Henry R. Maynard is spend ing the week at the home of his aunt Miss Jennie l.. Rogers.
 Charles s. Ray spent the first half of the week in BoZrah.
 w. D. Seagreaves of New London is passing a few days in town. He is the guest of Mir and Mrs. Charles $. Ray.
 Met at Parsonage.
 The Ladies' Aid society of the Con gregational church met at the parson- age last Thursday afternoon.
 The '. P. $. c. E. last Sunday even in was led bv Mrs Helen MaIOna.
 Chimney Fire.
 A lively chimney fire at the home of F. Hunt Sterry on Wednesday morning threatened for a time the destruction Of the dwelling Timely and was rem dered by neighbors, and the blaze was extingished without serious damage. Mrs William B. Kingsley and son, Arthur, were Norwich visitors Wednes- day.
 Mr. and Mrs. James Lane visited relatives in New London over the week oDd.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-15
VOE.UNTOWN
Successful Opening of Parish Fair Progress on Road Toward Westerly.

4 large party from this village at tended the supper and dance at GIasgo Friday evening last. Richards orches- tra of this village furnished music.
 Parish Fair Opens.
 The annual fair for the benefit of St. Thomas church opened Saturday evening with a good attendance. Danc- ing was the chief attraction and was greatly enjoyed by those present Rich ards orchestra furnished music
 Mile of Gravel Road
 A large force of men is engaged in building about a mile of gravel road on the Westerly road. Good progress is being made.
 Many friends have been pleased to meet John Leffingwell, a former fellow townsman, now located in Southbridge. Mass, who has been spending the week at his old home here.
 George B. Lillibridge, son of Mir. and Mrs. Nathan Lillibridge, of this village, is at present on the battleship F1orida, which is cruising with the fleet in Flu ropean waters.
 John Page of GreeneviIIe has been the guest of Louis Disco for several days this week.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-15
LEBANON
Educational Meeting This Evening" Mrs. L. p. Smith Attends D. A. R. Celebration at Hartford.

A public meeting in the interest of education will be held in the grange hall this Saturday, evening at [ o'clock
 Miss Laura Webster attended the teachers institute in Willimantic Sat- urday.
 Mrs. Charles Backus and daughter Waterbury and Rocky Hill.
 Miss Louise Gibbs of Providence spent Sunday at MT. and Mrs. E. W. Hewitt's.
 Mrs. E. A Hoxfe, Mrs. Charles Geer and Mrs. Clinton Goodwin attended the surprise party Saturday afternoon giv- en Mrs. Grace Sherman of Franklin.
 Mrs. N. E. Royal and Miss Mabel Moves were in Norwich Monday.
 Mrs. Clark Standish has returned af- ter visiting. in Worcester
 Rodney Hewitt of D6xbury, Mass, was in town for few days this week.
 Mrs. George Foster was a week end guest in New London.
 Attended D. A. R. Celebration.
 Mrs. Llewellyn P Smith went to Hartford Tuesday to attend the cele- bratiOn of the anniversary of the state D. A. R. Mrs. Smith is a member of Faith Trumbull chapter of Norwich.
 L. P. Smith has returned after his annual trip through New York state,
 Mrs Nellie Lillie has moved from Hartford into the house with her sis ter, Miss Hattie Robinson.
 Miss Euntce NOrthrop of Wauwecus Hill spent the week end with Mir. and Mrs. SilaS Burgess On Kick Hill.
 The Ladies' Aid society met Thurs day afternoon with Mrs. Monroe Pultz Rev. B. J. AYres will exchange pulpits with the Rev Charles Smith of Baltic on Sunday, the 16th.