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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-07-24
COUNTY NEWS.
EAsT MIDpLEpuRV.

About thirteen dollars was realized
by the ladies of st. Barnabas' Guild from
their ice cream sale held on the 10th.
Mrs. Ernest Young of Burlington is
with her grandmother, Mrs. George
Hewett.
The subject of the sermon at the NJ. E.
church next Sunday morning will be
"The Square Deal.
Jean Hewitt of Lynn, Mass, is visiting
his neonle in this VILLAGE.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-07-24
nRIDPORT.

B%ridport campers are once more on
Lake Champlain.
Mrs. Walter Carr and two children of
Waterbury were recent guests of the
Nichols family.
The Ladies' society will hold a lawn
social at Thomas Nadeaus' Thursday
evening, August 6.
During the storm of July 18th a barn
in the meadow of NJ. T. WolcOtt was
burned to the ground.
Alice Hemenway is home for the sum-
mer vacation.
Mrs. j. n. Spaulding is under the
doctors care.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-07-24

What is considered IA horticultural
freak is a gooscberry bush in the yard
of Mrs. j. Sherlinger Of Higginsville,
Mo, which has a dozen or more small
peaches growing Oh it. At blossom
time pink blossoms were noticed on
the gooseberry bush, which stands
near a peach tree, the peaches devel-
oping from these.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-07-24

The other day there was captured in
the Bad Lands in Dakota a wolf known
as CLUB Foot" This animal is said
to have killed hundreds Of cattle dur
ing the past twelve years, a special re
ward Of 500 having been offered in adj
dition to the regular $50 offered by the
state. The wolf was chased for q long
distance and finally lassoed.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-07-24

If the general contour of the road is
at all satisfactory a split log drag will
give just as good results and often
much better than the high priced steel
road working machinery. In many
cases the King road drag does not get
its due simply because it is cheap.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-07-24

any farmer to take the precaution Of
building the floor Of his cement hog
house with q slope and with provision
for an outlet or drainage, and yet the
writer saw a hog house the other day
that had neither. The floor was level,
there was no straw for bedding, and
it doesn't require a lively imagination
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-07-24

A farmer at whose farm the writer
called the other day makes two Uses
of his covered scales. He weighs his
hogs, corn and small grain that he in
tends to market IN them, and when
they are not in use he uses the same
building for a garage, blocking the
scales.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-07-24

A farmer who reads these notes tells
the writer that he put a small but per-
sistent patch of the quack grass out of
commission a short time ago by cutting
1t off short and pouring on about a half
a gallon of kerosene. The patch took
sick and never recovered
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-07-24

Wherever 1t is possible the choicest
fruit and vegetables should be chosen
for canning, those which are plump, yet
tender. Pains taken in this respect
will be more than repaid by the i'm
proved quality when the canned stuff
Is consumed.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-07-24

Fellows who holler "Whoal" to their
automobiles when getting on to the job
of running them may be relieved to
know that a tractor has been built in
Detroit which can be guided by reins
and that there is a possibility that this
same method may be applied to the
steering gear of automobiles.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-07-24

A group of women in one Oklahoma
egg association. Some Of the rules to
which all the members are subjected
are as follows: Keep clean nest ma
terial to insure clean eggs, stamp and
grade all eggs as to size and color,
gather eggs twice a day in summer.
ship eggs so that they will o be held
in city over Saturday and Sunday, keep
males separate from hens from May 10
t. Nov. l, eggs must be delivered to
egg depot In containers which will in
sure against breakage. The association
stands for quality of product first Of
all.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-07-24

Here Is q suggestion for those who
would check the loss they sustain as a
result Of birds eating the fruit in their
berry patches: Simply place several
dishes of drinking water within easy
reach of the birds on the lawn and in
the garden. 1t Is the contention of
those who suggest this plan that when
birds eat fruit they do SO more often
because they are thirsty and want the
Juice to meet this need than because
they are hungry. The case Of n
strawberry grower is cited who saved
his berry crop by putting dishes Of
drinking water among the vines. This
plan Is inexpensive and easy to try.
In the section In which the writer
lives cattle raisers and veterinarians
have been much puzzled over an out
break of disease the symptoms Of
which much resemble those OF rabies.
After nearly a months investigation
the disease has been diagnosed as
hemorrhagic ~septicaemia. The disease
attacks cattle for the most part, though
horses, sheep and other animals are
said to have beer affected by it. The
disease causes numerous hemorrhages
In the Internal organs and tissues and
where 1t has a foothold will kill an
apparently well COW or steer in the
course of a few hours. Those in charge
Of the work of fighting the disease are
working out a serum and vaccine
which n Is Thought will move effec-
tive
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-07-24

MUsCOtY DRAKE.
lick any member Of the fowl fraternity
and in breeding season will injure
children.
This is the only quack that roosts
and builds its nest in trees, and an ex-
animation of the nest will show that
this slick old quack has lined it with
feathers it has plucked from other
fowls.
The Muscovy is a layer of large eggs,
which take five weeks to hatch, and,
unlike other hatchers. Mrs. Muscovy
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-07-24

For any itching skin trouble, piles
eczema, salt rheum, hives, itch, scald
head, herpes, scabies, Doan's Ointment
is highly recommended. SOC. a box at
all STORES. adv
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-07-24

Humphreys Veterinary Remedies Remember, 1t Is
absolutely free. You do not have to order any
remedies to secure the book. Address. Humphreys
Homeopathic Medicine Company 156 William Street,
New York City. This is a splendid opportunity to
obtain a veterinary treatise that you should have
in your library. AS a reference work you viii FIND
Unavailable. To have In the time ofneed VIII be
worth many dollars. whereas it will cost you but q
1ost card by writing for IT now.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-02
POOR COTTON REPORT
 SENDS PRICE SOARING

New York, June 2-Exciting scenes were enacted on the floor of the New York Cotton Exchange yesterday when the Department of Agriculture issued @ condition report on the cotton crop showing an average far below the 10- year average at this season of the year. Prices of the staple jumped a dollar a bale in less than twenty minutes. Brokers fought for places at the ringstde while their customers
 were making or losing thousands of dollars Transactions reached the largest total in many months, being estimated at 100000 lbaIes. Alter the rush of orders was spent, the market Iquieted down a little. but remained firm and the close was $1 to g a. bale higher than the previous close. The condition report issued yester- day was the first of the new crop sea- son. It reflects the condition Of the plant as Of May 25. when the govern
 ment's experts completed their cb-
 servations through the belt. This re- port placed the average condition at 74.3 per cent How bad this is the 10-year average of BOA per cent. for the corresponding time of year proves
 Yesterdays figures mean that the crop starts with the average six points against it. Last year the crops con-
 dition as of May 25 was 791. or Az points higher than this year.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-02
THOMAS HARDY, VENERABLE
 NEWLYWED, IS 74 TO-DAY.

THOMAS HARDY, the venerable survivor
 1 of the Victorian school of literature, and, in the opinion of many of his admirers, the greatest of modern novelists, will begin his seventy fifth year to-day. The author who be- came famous forty years ago with the publica- ton of Far from the Madding Crowd" recent ly joined the ranks of the "newlyweds The second Mrs. Hardy was, before her marriage last February, Miss Florence Dugdale. She is only thirty-four, and herself an author, and for several years. secretary to the aged but youth ful-hearted novelist Mrs. Hardy commenced her literary career at the age of fourteen, writ7 ing short stories for children and later wrote many nature stories and fairy tales.
 MT. Hardy, like Hall Caine, started his cal reer as an architect and gained some notable prizes for design drawing before he turned to literature. His first novel Desperate Reme- dies,'' was published in 1871, and was followed shortly by Under the Greenwood Tree'' and "A Pair of Blue Eyes In 1874 he published Far from the Madding Crowd novel dealing with peasant life in Dorsetshire, and from that time he has ranked among the worlds foremost cre- ators of fiction. With the publication of sTess of the d'Urbervilles' in 1884, MT. Hardy join cd the realistic school of literature.
 The novelist's sister, Miss Theresa Hardy, recently resigned as organist of the parish church of Stinsford, after a service of forty three years. Miss Hardy became village schoolmistress and parish organist at about the same time that her brother began his literary career, and in her humble and less spectacular way has been quite as successful as her broth CT.
 The novelist might be knight, or even 8 baronet or viscount, if he wished but he has steadfastly refused all honors from the Grown, except the exalted dignity of the Order of Mer- it. Before he turned novelist Mir. Hardy had written much verse, and he has always had 8 fondness for that form of literary expression, although his poetry ranks far below his prose in the public estimation. Until the publica- ton of his recent volume, entitled A Changed Man, the Waiting Supper and Other Tales, Con eluding with the Romantic Adventures of a AIillSmai d. MT. Hardy had abandoned the field of prose fiction for eighteen years. His last important novel of the kind that gave him his widest fame was ..Jude the Obscure,' publish ed in 1895 During the intervening period he has written Napoleonic drama, The Dynasts,' 2 land four other volumes of poetry, but these ventures with the muse, excellent as they are, are not what the reading public expects and de- mands of the great realist.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-02

least disturbance to business by the method agreed upon by the Federal government and the New Haven. The form of this agreement was submitted to the House and the governor re- Quested the enactment of Legislation permitting the New Haven to sell its control in the Boston Railroad holding company and the latter to dispose of its stock control in the Boston & Maine
 This is to be done by transferring the stock to i've "1iquidators'' whose duty it shall be to sell the shares with in 1-2 years; to select a new board of directors for the Boston & Maine with a substantial representation of the minority stockholders.
 Governor walsh recommends that be- fore the 'hquidators'' sell or give an option on the control of the Maine that provision be made in the en- abling legislation upon a petition of 50.0O0 voters for a referendum upon the question of the state purchasing the controlling interest.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-02
GUARDING THE PENSION ROLLS.
 HIGH WATER MARK PASSED

GN HARDING THE PENSION ROLLS from 0 fraud is not the task it once was. For merIy when the Grand Army men were of nnid- dle age the possibility of fraud was great, and there is no doubt that pensions were frequently paid to imposters. To-day it is very seldom that any fraudulent claim is even presented
 Under the Sherwood law it is necessary for the claimant to present proof of age and length of war service only, and the procedure within the pension office has been greatly sim plified.
 But the bureau is very careful to have these two points proven In the case of the soldier, even though he may not possess the documents proving his claim, the proof is usually easy to obtain, since the boys of neighborhoods usually tenlisted atthe same time, served together dur ling thewar, and kept track of each other af- Eterwards. Such claims can be established by verbal testimony.
 But with the sailor who relies only upon his memory many difficulties arise. He cannot locate his former shipmates.. The bureau aids E in collecting proof, and some clever detective work is frequently done The chief sleuth in this work is Miss Mary Rice, daughter of the late General Americus " Rice, of Ohio.
 Said Miss Rice: Here is poor unedu- Icated old man who is vague about his dates he only knows that he served during the war and states that he was on the U. s. s. Letter P. This is a long call to the Lenapee,' and yet this lis the service that must be picked from the meager data given.
 AnOtn0F HldH says tllaI HIS vessel was I1lc New Ocean. There never such a ship in the Navy, but when call is made for his ser vice on the U. s. s. Neosho, it is found imme- diately and all the facts furnished dovetail to Ia nicely.
 "Fhe attempts of those. preparing deelara- tions to spell the names of vessels theoretically the way they are pronounced by the old sailors often complicate matters. But everything pos sible is done to smooth matters out
 The high-water mark for pensions has been reached and passed. No matter how sat sfactory it may be from the standpoint of econ omy there was feeling of sadness in the House when the Pension Appropriation Bill for next year was brought out from the committee and was seen to have fallen off $11 100000 from the amount appropriated for pensions this l year.
 The old soldiers are fast going. The larg- est amount ever appropriated for their pen sions was this year, when the of $f8O, ,3O0- 900 was taken from the Treasury for pensions. Next year it will be $169, ,i5OOOo and the amount will decline rapidly every year thereafter.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-02
RAILROAD NOTES

. -
 Some heroic pruning of operating expenses enabled the Pennsylvania railroad to show an increase of s, 400, ' 900 in it's net earnings for April As one Of the two great eastern trunk lines its statement was awaited with interest and the recruit was gratifying Unfortunately the buIEsh edge was taken om by tE1e poor exhibit of the New York Central the other big trunk line. It not only failed to make a gain. but actually exhibited a loss of $930.O00 in net compared with April of the previous year. Gross Of both systems fell of compared with last year, but the Pennsylva11ia. was more successful In reducing its operating costs than it's great rival.
 Three important issues sold ez-divi- dend esterday-Southern Pacific. Union Pacific and United States Steel Each one of them dropped below the level of last week and none recovered the loss. It Is automatic of a bull market that a stock must recover it's dividend on the day it sells ex-divi- dend. By that token this, cannot be called a bull market.
 New Haven was a sore spot in the market. The effect of Mr. MeEen's testimony has been to shake the conf dence of the friends of the stock and they do not feel inclined to put it up. The result has been a saEEing market for the issue. Yesterday the price dropped to within a fraction of the lowest quotation Of record-65 IA That figure was established last March.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-02
TIE GOVERNORS IN coNEERENCE.

er<HE SEVENTH annual conference of gov
 ernors is to be- held at Madison, Wis, June g. When these annual meetings were started, their enthusiastic promoters hoped they might attain the power almost of 8 third House of Congress The actual results have of course been very much less.
 As it has worked the governors themselves have not always taken the meetings very ser iously. Some Of them did not feel like taking long Journeys merely to take part in debating forum And a governor does not always look ss big at this meeting as he did in his capitol at home. The influence he is able to exert rlsvindles when he crosses his state boundary
 Nevertheless, these meetings can be made very useful in considering plans for uniform state action In a great many matters endless confusion is caused by needless differences in state laws. The meeting gives a chance to map out broaG lines of uniform policy which the state legislatures shall be asked to accept.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-02
PoPE BEGINs sOth YEAR.

THUS K, Supreme Pontiff of the Universal
 Church, successor of St. Peter and in fallible interpreter of Gods word" will begin his eightieth year today. Giuseppe Sarto--An English Joseph Taylor--was born in Treviso, Italy, June 2, 1885. The 259th successor. of St. Peter was the son of peasant, and the first Pope for over a century and a half who IS of plebian origin. His Holiness has already made Preparations for his tomb, which is to be in the rrypts of St. Peter's. The last resting place of the Pope will be as simple and unostentatious as his life has been, for it is but recess in the wall of the crypt which has been made large enough to contain a coffin. These crypts, which occupy a space under the nave of the modern Basilica, contain the tonibs Of several Popes and a number of distinguished church mem
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-02
THE BATTLE AGAINST THE sLuaI.

rTHE LATE JACOB RIIS will be c1lieJy re- A Inembered for his campaign against the slums. The results of the movement in which he was a leader have been told by the. obituaries, and are an impressive record At the same time, Mir. Riis noted in a recent mag azine article, there are still 60,OOO windowless rooms in New York city, a continuing threat of tuberculosis The battle againststhe slum is only begun.
 There is one phase of. it that has scarcely been touched. No matter how good laws are enacted, slum conditions will continue as long as people herd in congested centers contrary to economic laws Some weird and fatalistic sug- gestion leads people to assemble in these hu- man ant-hills of the big cities. Somehow they prefer that life to health and better paying jobs in smaller cities or the country.
 On the one hand the tenement workshop with sweated workers at a dollar a day. On the other the depleted farm districts, with the farmers unable to get help to harvest their crops. What contrast is this mal-adjustnent of modern civilization Is there not some or ganization, pIlilanthropic business, that can undertake the task of breaking up the conges- ton of the cities, and of connecting the work CT with the country and small city job?
 To most people the word Nslurn's conveys picture of raInshackle tenements and swarm ing herds of dirty people. But equally danger ofls conditions can be found in half of our small cities and country towns. with the difference that there is no Jacob Riis in sight to work for the children.
 The little group of village houses without proper drainage, with contaminated water supply, with all sexes and ages in one or two dir " rooms-these conditions often found in semi-rural life. They quite as ominous as those which Riis exposed in the metropolis
 Although these big liners seem to have a good deal of trouble in New York harbor their projecting spars have not yet knocked over any of the skyscrapers.
 v v v :"
 Robert Luce, former lieutenant governor who has recently returned from a tour of the world said the other day that the people of Japan have tdo many troubles of their to let them add to their burdens by another great war" Wherein he agrees with all other visit ors in Japan from the Occident: No intelli- gent and welI-informed person of this country really believes that we shall soon have any ser ious difficulty with the empire of the Rising Sun, no matter what may be said in Congress or elsewhere when naval appropriation bill is under ations-Eoston Globe.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-02
BAY STATE GOVERNOR
 PLANS FOR DIVORCE
 OF BOSTON & MAINE

Boston, June 2-Goyernor Walsh has sent to the House his message on the proposed New Haven-Boston & Maine dissolution. He says the union has been an unfortunate one for both the railroads and tfor New England and should be abolished. He sug- gests that the financial structure of the Maine should be reorganized by consolidating it's component parts now held together under leases.
 The governor believes that the. df- vorce can be accomplished with the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-02
NOT A CANNIBAL.

Arthur Robinson says that Irwin Jones applied at the recruiting office to enlist in the regular army and go to Mexico. After being examined he was rejected on account of not having good teeth, and Irwin became indig nant and said to the recruiting ofn- cer: "Great goodness, man. do you want me to eat 'en after I kill 'em ?'' .--I.onohe, (Ark.1, Democrat
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-02
roo VIEWS OF ALASKA,

Less than fifty years after the pur- chase of Alaska for $7,2oo, oOO / the fSovernrnent purposes to expend $35,- o0o. 900 for a railroad in the territory and the proposition fails to arouse a. tithe of the opposition with which the purchase proposition was net Rochester Post Express.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-02
PRESIDENT ASKED TO
 PARDON DYNAMITERs

Washington. June 2-Carrytng with them q suitcase containing signatures gation of senators and representative called at the White House to urge the pardon of twenty-nine union men convicted in the dynamite conspiracy cases at Indianapolis. The men were sentenced more than a year ago in connection with the dynamite charges against the Structural Iron Workers Union.
 The deleg@tion included Senators Lewis. of Illinois, and Hughes. of New Jersey; Congressman Sabath and Cor man. of Illinois; Heating, of Colorado. and Hani1, Of New Jersey.
 The President promised to take the petition under advisement.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-02
A SUGGESTION.

e'Waiter. this knife is blunt aud th steak is like leather"
 s'Ow'd 1t do to strop the knife the steak. sir 2''-Boston Tra.nHcr3r4
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-02

ghouSe to beach before many eyes she walk with calm serenity if she is conscious of looking well. For that feeling Of serenity there recommended some and modiSh Bathing Suits of Black Satin Mes saline. These made in trim and jauny styles, with plain acings of blue tango gay plads of French Prices for Black MessaIne Suits $500. Plain Black Sicienne, fine quality $6.5O and $675 Blue siciIienne, fancy trimmed $500 and s65O Black Mohsir, with touch of color on collars, fancy facngs or bright buttons $2.75, $2.98 and $3.85. wool flannel navy blue or black well made s1.5o and up.
 Bathing Suits for Misses Mohar with fancy pipings $2.5O.
 For ages 42, "A and 16 years Mohar and Flannel for ages 10, F and l4, sI.z5 and $1.5O
 Suits for little girls, ages 4 6, 8 and 10. z5
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-02
FRIEND or THE sUFFRAGIsr

Don't you hate the suffs 9" a the inquisitive subscriber of Wha1 ton We certainly do not W have promises of sa1t-rising bread king mince pie, coFneds beef and cab bage, yard eggs, and straW5err shortcake from the Houston suf and we stand strictly on the vittlg platforn.-Houston Post. a
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-02

Joseph Grenhowz'e house at 25 Taft avenue was visited by burglars Sunday. according to a report to the police. A pair of trousers. s10. gray coat and a. shirt. belonging to Harry Mailman and Harry Nordoan, boarders. were taken.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-02

..Good Roads Day was celebrate throughout West Virginia by 30 men, who with picks and shovelss paired the public highWays-