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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-05-08
PROMOTING CREAMERIES.

Judging from inquiries that are be-
ing sent to agricultural papers here
and there, it is apparent that the
creamery promotion agent IS abroad
and anxious to get In his work. Not
all men who seek to establish cream
cries are necessarily Enthusiastically,
but any man who urges the Installing
Of an $4,000 or $4,000 creamery plant
when one costing from $500 to $4,000
will answer should be viewed with
suspicion. There are several points to
be considered In the establishment Of
q creamery aside from the willingness
of some outsider to promote 1t. One
is the question Of whether there are
prospective patrons enough to justify
the move. Many creamery has been
built on enthusiasm, only to flzzle out
later on because there was not patron
age enough to insure its profitable OPP
Grafton. Before the decision has been
definitely made to start a creamery, 1t
is an excellent idea to confer with a
responsible representative of the state
dairy department and also with a rep
resentative from some nearby success
full creamery which is organized along
the same lines as the one proposed.
The precautions suggested are very
simple and inexpensive, yet will in
many cases prevent whole lot of
grief and financial loss.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-05-08
HOME CURED BACON.

The writer's table is being supplied
with some sugar cured, home smoked
bacon that is as toothsome and fine
favored as can be. The meat used for
the bacon was the thinner and leaner
portions from 225 pound pig. The
pieces were rubbed with the preserva-
tive preparation, consisting Of one pint
of salt, three ounces of saltpeter and
seven ounces of brown sugar, three
times at intervals Of several days, the
meat not being allowed TO freeze. For
the smoking process an old sugar bar
rel with both heads out has been used,
the barrel being placed upon a hollow
foundation of three courses Of loose
brick. A couple of lengths Of old
stOvepipe ran from the space beneath
the barrel to the head of an old Ave
gallon can, which contains a pan OF
smoldering cobs and is fitted with a
cover so as to regulate the draft.
When the bacon is sufficiently smoked,
1t Is hung up In -four sacks, being tied
near the top so as to keep the flies
away from it.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-05-08
SOWING CLOVER.

In many portions of the country
which are not suited to the growing
Of alfalfa or where farmers have not
got onto the way of growing it, clover
must be relied upon as the best means
of keeping up the fertility of the soil.
The present spring ought to be good
one to sow clover generously as the
seed costs but a little over one-half
what 1t has for several years past the
price on local retail markets being
about 81 per bushel. In securing a
good stand of clover there are several
things that should be kept in mind.
One of these Is being sure that the clio
yer seed to be used is good seed-that
Is, that 1t does not contain the seeds
Of foul or noxious weeds, and the
clover seed itself Of good vitality that
will grow. The point can be covered
by buying only that seed that is &C.
companied by a trustworthy guaran-
tee. The matter of terminating pow
er can easily be determined by placing
a given number of the seed In the folds
Of n moistened cloth laid ON a plate
and keeping In room where the tenn
perature is about 60 degrees F. In
the course of few days the good seed
will have sprouted, If there is Q
termination of so per cent the seed
may be called good seed. Another i'm
nOrtant factor In clover success is q
sweet soil. If there is any tendency
to sourness (and this can be deter
mined by the use of blue litmus paper
1t should be corrected by the applica-
ton Of lime, either in the form OF
ground limestone or Stacked lime. An
other respect In which many fall down
is the proper preparation Of the seed
bed. This should be fine and mellow
and rolled If there is likely to be
scarcity of moisture. To still further
insure stand Of clover it is well to
sow an early maturing nurse crop
early oats or barley-and the clover
plants will have the better chance II
the nurse crop is seeded light.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-05-08
Appropriation For HOG Cholera.

The United States senate has passed
a bill providing an emergency fund of
100000 with which to fight hog chol-
era, which threatens the country with
pork famine Senators from the mid
die western states said that if some
thing is not done to stop the ravages
of cholera the loss this year will ag-
gregate $2O0,000,0OO.
1t was pointed out that at least 90
per cent Of the hog deaths In the Unit
ed States come from cholera. 1t is
the purpose Of the department of ag-
riculture, which asked for the passage
of the bill. to fight the disease when
first 1t breaks out in any place.
From a practical standpoint" say
experts of .the department, 1.-The i'm
portant thing is to recognize hog chol-
era as soon as possible. Good serum
may be depended upon to protect we'll
hogs and even to cure large per
centage of those in the earliest stages
of the disease, but 1t will not be of
much avail when used upon hogs that
are already visibly sick"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-05-08


PRODUCTION.
selected and propagated oak trees can
be made as productive of pig food as
is corn and do it much more easily
and for great deal longer time. The
suckers that arise from the stumps Of
two varieties Of Pennsylvania oaks
have produced good crops at the ages
of three and seven years respectively
l have seen acorn orchards bearing
well in Spain on rocky slopes 50 steep
that the farmers only permitted the
little pigs to go in, because the big
ones might fall and break their necks.
The tree offers the best means Of
utilizing rough and broken lands, also
arid lands and In some cases the best
of lands. Since we have learned how
to breed plants we are now ready to
develop as food for man or beast
dozens of new crops which can easily
double our productive area. At pres
ent harvest yielding trees cover but
one-fiftieth of our productive area.
Some of these possible crops are the
walnuts, pecans, shagbarks. almonds,
olives and dates for human food and
the chestnut and persimmon for pigs
and to a lesser extent for man, the
honey locust bean, the mesquite bean
(of the vest and the mulberry and
the many varieties Of oak for forage"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-05-08
arm ana
Garden
TREES AND FARM SUCCESS.
Exponent of New Agriculture Believes
Another Eden Possible.

Another Eden Possible.
Restore the garden of Eden. Adam
and Eve lived easily in the garden
because 1t was full of harvest yielding
trees, and the curse that fell upon man
was the fact that he had to grow small
stuff like grain and vegetables, the
herbs of the field, by which means he
ate bread in the sweat of his brow
The man who thinks this possible Is
DR.. J. Russell Smith, professor of indus
try In the Wharton school of finance
and commerce, University of Pennsyl-
vania, who told 800 of the leading
pomologists of the country that the
cost of living rests in their hands. He
gave the American Pathological socie-
ty some Of the results of an $4,000
mile journey he has recently complet-
ed for the university, studying the pos
sibility of new agriculture.
"Trees are the great engines of food
production" he said, "and we should
at once begin their extensive utiliza-
ton. Europe and Africa are showing
us the way. Portugal has orchards Of
acorn bearing oak trees that are far
more valuable than farms within forty
miles of Philadelphia. The great trou-
BILE with the American pomologists Is
that they are too aristocratic. They
have been too proud to think about
feeding pig, yet the pig feed problem
is one of the big problems of America,
for the pigs eat more than we do.
ttThoro ic aN-idnpoa In, hoth J't1ropa
and America to indicate that properly
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-05-08
BRANDON.

DIR. and Mrs. McGreery of Grar
Rapids, Mich, are guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Carlos Gypson.
Edward D. Blackwell announces the
engagement of his daughter, Ruth, to
Perley Hill Washburne of Newport,
N. H.
Mrs. s. E. Thrall is caring for Mrs.
Mary Hull, who is i'll.
Mr. and Mrs. c. NJ. Winslow, who
have been spending the winter at the
Brandon Inn, have returned to their
house on Pearl street for the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. V. Needham have re.
turned from Beverly. Mass, where they
went to attend the funeral of Mrs
Needham's sister.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Russell have
moved to Rutland where he has employ.
ment.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-05-08
EAST MIDDLEwURV.

AT the annual meeting of the Prospect
Cemetery association held on Monday
evening the following officers were elect
ed for the wear ensuing President, w.
w. Turner; vce-president, Noble G.
Fem secretary, E. NJ. Day treasurer,
s. G. Tisdale; collector, A. w. Bradley;
auditor, j. A. Douglas; agent, Geo.
Eldridge; commissioners, NJ. j. Day, A.
j. Blackmer, w. S. Tisdale. a tax of
SOC was raised.
Mrs. Thomas Reed will entertain the
ladies of st. Barnabas' Guild on Thurs
day afternoon, May Ia. A cordial invi-
tation is extended.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs
Alvin Forrest on Sunday, May 8.
New Haven, Conn.,, after an absence of
several months.
Mrs. E. E. Ross has returned from New
York.
George Hodges and Mrs. E. A. Bradley
are stating their residences.
Mrs. Oliver Lawrence and two children
OF South SALISBURY are with their
people, Mr.. and Mrs. George Hodges.
Sunday, May 10, will be observed as
Mothers day at the M. E. church. Ser
vices will commence at 10 AS sharp.
There will be special music for the
occasion.
At the regular session of Cold Spring
lodge, 1. o. G. T., held on Saturday
evening, May 2, the following officers
were installed for the ensuing quarter by
E. NJ. Day, l.. D., assisted by Elmer Fem
and Miss Gladys Baird as Marshals: e. r.,
John G. Randle; P. c. r., W. w. Turner
v. T., Ruth Arnold; secretary, Dwight
Kirby; assistant secretary, Gladys Baird:
financial secretary, Gladys Piper; treas
urer, Eliza Bradley; chaplain, Fannie
Turner; Marshal, Hobart Newton; assis-
tant, Hazel Day; guard, Jessie Fem;
sentinel, Wilfred LAUDER; organist, Norah
Peck.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-05-08
" The Greatest Kidney
Remedy On Earth"
Says a Grateful
Woman.

want to tell you how much good
your Swamp. Root did me. About four
years ago. | suffered from what the
doctors called fistula and for two years
of that time endured what no tongue
can tell also had inflammation of the
bladder and l tried doctors medicines
without receiving any help. Someone
told me about DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root.
After giving it thorough trial, l re-
ceived relief, so kept on using it and to
day am strong and well woman. If l
ever feel badly or out of sort, take
Swamp-Root and it always Strengthens
me out. honestly believe that this
medicine would cure all troubles you
recommend it for and it is pleasure for
me to send my testimony and photo
graph to you. l think DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root is one of the greatest medi-
cine on earth.
Respectfully yours,
MRS. JOHN BAILEY.
West Main st. Portland, Ind.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 18th day day of July, 1909.
G. A BENNETT,
Notary Public.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-05-08
Timothy Seed,
Red Top,

Monmouth, Medium, Alfalfa
and Alslke Clover, also Sweet Clover.
We call your attention to our Tim
othy seed at S3 90 per bu. The
termination and purity test is equal to
many grades sold at soc to 7sc per
bu higher. sSeed Corn that will
grow. We sell nothing but tested seed
at prices no higher than ordinary seed.
We have Sanford, Early Leaning,
White Southern, Early Mastodon and
Eureka.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-05-08
Indigestion? Can't Eat? No
ADDetite?

A treatment of Electric Bitters increases
your appetite; stops Indigestion; you can
eat everything. A real spring tonic for
liver, kidney and stomach troubles.
Cleanses your whole system and you feel
fine. Electric Bitters did more for Mr..
T. d. PEBBLES stomach troubles than any
medicine he ever tried. Get bottle to
day SOC and $1.00, at your Druggist.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve for Eczema.
adv.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-05-08
Care Of Mares.

In mild weather mares must be kept
In the open sheds outside, both day
and night. Each mare should have a
special place where it is tied to re-
ceive its grain feed If fed from an or
binary trough the more vicious mares
may kick the others and gobble most
of the feed. Roughage may safely be
fed from racks In the yard.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-05-08
Prove What Swamp.Rsst will Do PW Yel

Send ten cents TO DR.. kiImer q Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y, for a sample
size bottle. 1t will convince any
one. You will also receive a book
let of valuable information, telling
about the kidneys and bladder.
When writing, be sure and mention the
Middlebury Weekly Register. Regular
fifty-cent and one-dollar size bottles for
sale at all drug stores. adv.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-05-08
Paints. Floor Dressing,
MOrescO and Plaster

Everything to brighten up" the
house. Wall Paper at 215 per roll.
Dried Beef in bulk 4oc per pound,
Kerosene Oil 1oc per gal,
GRADUATED Sugar 415c
WALTER A. WOOD MANURE
SP.>EADERS and HARROWS.
Everything the People Need
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-05-08
ESSENTIALS FOR FARMING.

Columella, a Roman
traveller and writer of the first
century A. D., said that for sue
cessful farming just three things
were eSsential-knoWled CAPT
tai and love for the calling. As
true today as it was when writ
ten, the fact that knowledge is
essential is too often lost sight
of. Men who have succeeded in
other lines of work or in none
enter agriculture and fail for the
lack of it, then christen it hard
luck" Had Columella been in
cllned TO be a maker of cpl
grams he would probably have
added to his statement that
knowledge. capital and love for
the calling are essential, the no
less true statement that lack of
the first Is apt to result in loss
of the second and third.-Better
Farming.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-05-16
WOMAN MAKES A GOOD MINER
1'm Not a Millionaire" She Says,
"But Have Enough to Keep Me
as Long as ! live"

Tacoma, Wash.-Mrs. Mary E. Hart,
sister-in-laW Of Lieut. Gov. Louis T.
Hart of Washington, is a woman who
has made good" as an Alaskan miner.
ct am not millionaire, but am com
fortably situated and have enough to
keep me nicely as long as I live" she
says.
Mrs. Hart went to Alaska in 1900
and got out on the beach and shoFeled
sand into q. Long Tom" rocker with
the rest Of the prospectors.
That is where got my start in
mining and dug my first gold,' said
Mrs. Hart.
Now she has numerous holdings in
the Jupiter-Mars mine. the Cheuye-
mere, Lone Star and other paying
propositions.
Mrs. Hart is not only a gold miner,
but literary woman In fact she is
known best for her literary and club
work
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-05-16
HUERTA MUST FIND SIELIMAN
Peremptory Orders Given Mexican
Dictator to Locate Missing Amer
lean Consul at Once.

Washington, D. C-''Find Silliman,'
was the peremptory order given
Huerta by two powerful governments.
What amounted to an ultimatum, was
given to the dictator GA behalf OF the
United States, through the French and
Brazilian embassies at the City of
Mexico, to locate the American con-
sui at San Luis Potosi, who was re-
ported to have been thrown in jail at
Saltillo by Mexican federals.
Although Silliman's arrest was re-
ported four days ago, not single
cIew of any kind has been given to
throw any light on his whereabouts.
The younger General Mas is said to
be responsible for his detention.
This was stated emphatically at the
state department.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-05-16
MORE TROOPS ARE
READY TO EMBARK
Two Brigades at Galveston
MOmentariIy Expecting Or
ders to Board Transports.
WILL REINFORCE GEN. FUNSTON
Three Other Steamships Have Been
Chartered by Government to Garry
Supplies for Army Now at
Vera Cruz.

Galveston, Tex.-On orders from
Washington the Fourth and Sixth
brigades Of the United States army at
Texas City were made ready to en-
bark for Mexico at a moments no
fice and the troops were ready to go
aboard transports as quickly as or
ders were received.
Three steamships, the Denver and
Colorado of the Mallory line, and Os-
sabaw Of the Texas City Steamship
Company, were chartered to be used
as transports and carriers Of army
supplies.
Tie Denver came into. port from
New York with eighty-four recruits
Tor the army. The Morgan Line
steamer FL Vale is here and prob
ably will be drafted for service by the
government. 1t was reported that
certain railroads had been asked by
the war department to keep them
selves in readiness to handle large
number Of troops on short notice.
Major General j. Franklin Bell will
arrive here~soon to take command Of
the Second division.
titles of supplies for the army at the
government pier, and as fast as pos
sible these were loaded on the trans
port Fitzpatrick, which had orders to
sail as soon as loaded. The KiIpat-
rick will carry 100 horses. The Sa-
tilla is almost ready to leave for Vera
Cruz with permanent camp equipment
for General Funston's troops. Sew
era1 torpedo boat destroyers have
sailed for Vera Cruz.
The transports Meade and Sumner
are waiting here to take on troops, if
needed The transport Mcclellan has
been ordered to New Orleans to be
converted into a beef ship.
The Second division now at Texas
City embraces the Fourth brigade,
composed of the Twenty-third, Twen-
ty-sixth and Twenty-seventh regi-
ments, and the Sixth brigade, COM
posed of the One Hundred and Tenth,
Eighteenth and Twenty-second req
ments. There also are in camp at
Texas City two battalions of engi-
neers and the Fourth field artillery.
The company of army aviators at Fort
Crockett here is ready to embark.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-05-16
GEN. DURYEA SHOT TO DEATH
Aged Civil War Veteran Victim of
Insane Son at New York
Home.

New York-Gen. Hiram Duryea,
Civil War veteran and wealthy starch
manufacturer, was shot to death as he
slept in his home, 120 Eighty-fifth
street, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, by his
son, Chester B. Duryea. Seven shots
we've fired into the aged mans body,
some from an automatic revolver and
others from a high powered rifle. Any
one of the wounds inflicted would
have caused death.
After several hours investigation
the police had been unable to learn
any motive for the shooting and are
inclined to believe that young Duryea
may have become suddenly insane.
General Duryea was 81 years old.
His son is 49,
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-05-16
DOUBT ROOSEVELT's CLAIM
English Authority Says River Discov-
cred by Exploring Party Must
Run Up Hill.

London, Eng-Theodore Roosevelts
claim that he has discovered a new
river in Brazil is received with much
skepticaI comment by British geog-
raphers. 1t is pointed out that igno-
rance of a branch Of the Madeira as
wide as the Rhone is extremely I'M
likely, because the district Is well
known to rubber hunters, who could
hardly have missed river of much
size.
One authority who recently made
a journey on the Rio Madeira to its
junction with the Rio Mamore says
that all the MadeiTa's aff1uents have
been traced for some distance
Il am certain that it will be found
presently that the Roosevelt party has
been voyaging on the Rio Tapajos. If
this is not the case, they have dis
covered water that flows uphill
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-05-16
OKLAHOMA CREEK BURNING
Crude Oil Washed Int Channel En-
dangers Bridges in Vicinity
of Ringing.

Ringing, Ok.-Thirty thousand bar
rels of crude oil, lost from the Head
ton field when heavy rains washed
out earthen tanks, we're set on fire in
Bayou Creek by unknown persons,
and the creek is in flames for many
miles along it's route. The smoke OBJ
scures the sky. Extra forces of men
worked all night and day to save the
Ringing railroad bridges over the
bayou. The creek is running bank
full of food water with several inches
of oil on the surface.
Vast damage cannot be prevented.
Great volumes of crude oil are also
being washed down Red Oak, Whisky
and other creeks in this vicinity.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-05-16
HIS HEAD HARDER THAN IRON
When Brakeman Butts His
Skull Against Il.

Vancouver, Wash.-HaroId Virgins,
q brakeman on the North Bank rail-
road, had miraculous escape from
death near Patterson, Wash. While
riding on a freight car in a train
travelling 80 miles an hour he was
struck by a signal lamp and violently
knocked to the ground
Aside from a severe cash on the
head he was uninjured, having re-
gained his feet before the engineer,
who had Witnessed the accident, could
stop his train. The iron bar which
supported the lamp, one and three
quarter inches thick, was bent several
inches by the impact with Virgins
head.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-05-16
ANOTHER AMERICAN KILLED
Two British Subjects Also Were Slain
by Mexicans in Vicinity of
GuadaIajara.

Washington, D. Cone American
and two British subjects have been
killed at the mines in the vicinity OF
Guadalajara. A Mr.. RansdeIl, pre-
sumab1y a British subject, and seven
Americans are safe. This informa-
ton came in a dispatch from the Brit
ISL vice consul at Guadalajara to the
British embassy.
Ten members Of the Smith family
in jail at Tonala, Chiapas, are in dan
ger of their lives because Of Mexican
resentment OF their part in the recent
killing of three Mexicans at San
Pedro, according to a report from
Minister LeaveIl, in Guatemala.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-05-16
MExlCANs FILE A PROTEST
Complain to Peace ENJOYS That Amer
lean Troops Are Being Landed
at Vera Cruz.

The City of Mexico.-Estava Ruiz,
acting minister of foreign relations,
has complained to the South Ameri-
can ministers that American troops
were landing in Vera Cruz and that
other military preparations were in
progress there, thus breaking the ar
mistice.
In reply, the South American medi-
ators have wired, it is announced,
that they will make presentations
regarding the matter to President
Wilson.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-05-16
ARMED MEN GUARD JOHN D.
by Day and Night Shifts-BIame
Wilson.

New York.-John D. Rockefeller, ST.;
and his son have gone into indefinite
retirement at Pocantico Hills. Friends
of the family declared that it was
doubtful if either would venture off
the grounds until the Colorado strike
Vas settled.
Not fear so much as wounded pride
will keep them in seclusiou," it was
said recently Both feel that Pres
ident Wilson unnecessarily held them
up in public view
The Rockefeller estate is prepared
men have been divided into day and
night shifts and every approach to the
home of either Rockefeller is heavily
guarded