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Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-04-09
PRIZES FOR
FARMER WOMEN

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The Ledger offers s. in gold \
LIST prize; Daily Ledger / year. 3
Snd prize; Daily Ledger ak n
: mo- third prize; Weekly Led =
= ger a year fourth prize 10 the 3
Audrain County Farm Women Z
: who sell The most butter, ~ y
chickens, ducks, turkeys o r n
geese from Jan /, "a. 10 Jan. l..
10, not counting eggs sold for n
setting purposes Any resident
woman Of the County ~ eligi d
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All entries must be accom-. n
panied by full lists Of sales
9 filed at Ledger office not lat. Z
er than . D, M, Jan IS, rs
The decision will be announc.
ed within a week. Make FOUR
= report a. follows. N
No. dos- eggs brought $50, N
No lbs butter brought -
No chickens brought =
No turkeys brought n
No ducks brought Il
y No geese brought
r. NJ. White & Son.
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Mexico. Mo. :
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Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-04-09
WOMEN FROM
IS TO IS TESTIFY
To the Meritof Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Com
pound during Change
Of Life.

Westbrook, Me. / was passing
through the Change Of Life and had
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-04-09

lsess the whites Of Z eggs dry, gradually
brat IN bali 4 cup II ihcd eoufectianef's
sugar and continue the heating until DE frost-
lnR i smooth, thick and glossy, then beat in
grated -eocnaDut, fftsh or prepared, and
spt<ad upon the czke, This ifosiiHg is made
ihiet " bssQing rather than bY sugar.
Save chs recipe, You win rans 10 use II
Frequently. Or better, send US the colofed
cetikrnts fsrked IN eath ascent can Of X
G Baking Powder and VIC wiil mail you ssThe
Cooks Kook~ cortaining this and 50 other
baking recipes equally good -zi by Mn Hill
ssqus MY CO., cdeaFa.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-04-09

Fay Bass of louisiana was the
guest Of relatives and friends in
Mexico Sunday.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-10-16
RRiDPOnT.

Mr.. and Mrs NJ. T. Wocott went Sat
urday on trip to Pawlet.
Miss Alice Hemenway came up from
New Jersey to attend the wedding If her
sister.
Mr.. and Mrs. AlansOn Petty have b., n
visiting there son at Bellows Falls
Mrs. William Mccoy and daughter
were recent gu SITS of her parents, Nj.
and Mr.. +. l. Miner.
a large crowd assembled at the hospit-
able home of Nr. and Mr.. r. l. Hemrn-
way on the evening of October 10th. the
occasion being the marriage of their
daughter, Edla. to Earl Dukett. Follow
ing the ushers, bridesmaids and maid of
honor, came the bride, very dainty in
her white robes, entering on the arm of
her father where the bridegroom awaited
her under "a wedding bell. Rev. MIR.
Evans officiated. inc refreshments were
served and the display of gifts was beau
tiful in the extreme.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-10-16
LEICESTER JUNCTION.

Mrs Alverton Baker of Brandon ard
gu st, Mrs Addie KEYS Of Massachus-
stts. visited at NJ. O. Oliv,r's over Sun.
day.
Preston Bean. who is moving from
East Middlebury to Forestdaie. was in
town Saturday to visit his daughter
Mrs. O. W. Benson.
Mrs. John Haker and two sons spent
Saturday and sunday at Peter Wilson's.
J. r. Cartmel of MiddlebuIy was in
town Saturday.
Mrs. George Hodges of East Middle
bury spent two days last week with her
sister, Mrs. John Markham.
George H. Goodrich of Fair Haven and
daughter, Miss Marion, of Brandon, We're
visitors at o. w. Benson's Sunday.
Mrs. Edward McIntire, who has been
visiting her mother, Mrs. John Mark
ham. has returned 10 her h. me in Rut-
land.
Mrs. Laura St. John has returned
home after few weeks stay with rela-
tives in Goshen and Salisbury.
The auction on the Sth of portion of
the household goods of Samuel Bacon
was well attended.
The kilns OF the Huntey lime works
that were considered unsafe, have been
torn down, and are now being rebuilt.
The ladies OF st. Agnes church are
busy sewing and making fancy articles
for their fair to be held the last part of
the month.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-10-16
CORNWALL.

Mr.. and Mrs Chester Kingsley of Sal
i-bury were guests at j. L. Douglas over
sunday.
Mrs A. W. Stevens is visiting in New
York city.
Arthur Shorkey and friend of Pitts
field, Mass, We're over-Sunday guests at
Joseph Shorkeys.
Mrs. A. l.. Atwood recently visited in
Brandon.
Arthur Stevens was burned about the
face recently while attending to the
amps on his car. The burns we've not
serious.
Farmers are busy at their work, inn
proving every moment of the late pleas
ant weather.
Mrs. NJ o. Field was in Burlington on
Tuesday.
Miss Beatrice Drolette attended the
Overwhelmingly nuptials in Bridport
on Saturday evening last,
Miss Ruth Avery, teacher in No. 6.
was a guest on Saturday and Sunday of
Miss Katharine Young. nephew, Mr..
Rowe of Rutland, was also her guest.
The Mary Baker Allen chap ter, D.
A, r., are invited guests at a meeting of
Rhoda Farrand chapter in Addison
Thursday of this week.
Mrs. Eta Hurd is spending the week
with her brother, Solomon Merritt, and
family in Thetford
Mr.. and Mrs l.. c. Drolette spent Sun.
day at p. K. Elmer's in New Haven.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Dewitt were guests of
his sister in Brdport on Sunday.
Mrs. c. l. Witherell of Shoreham is
spending a few days with her sister,
Mrs. w. II Bingham.
Mrs. H. A, Currier and daughter Mrs.
| G. j. Lowell were called 10 Chester
early in the week to attend the funeral
of George Currier, brother OF the late
! Henry Currier.
Francis Shorkey, who has lately made
quite extensive repairs and improve
m-nts on ms house, j. having it nicely
painted. Wallace Williams of Port
Henry, ~ Y, is doing the work.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Armeau have
moved from ". H. Bingham's house %
Boston, Mass.
Harry Vanceette and Mr.. and Mr..
Lawrence of MonktOn Boro have br-n
recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Il nry
| Vanceletre.
Cheapest accident insurance - Or.
Thomas Eclectic Oil. For burns. scaid-.
cuts and emergencies. All druggists :, ~
it. % and 50c.-adv.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-10-16

with its two hotels, county Jail and
court house. that draws heavily on the
water supply, has only three springs
from which and to which there is con-
slant stream of people armed with re-
ceptacles for carrying water. Battle
boro is well supplied yet, though the
reservoirs are beginning to show the eff
fects of the ong-continued drouth.
Fire at an early hour Tues lay morning
in White River Junction destroyed "a
tenement on South Main street owned by
Willis j. King and occupied by F. c.
Mancanstroppa and family. The origin
of the fire is unknown. The damage Is
estimated at about $1,000, probably part
ly covered by insurance. The house was
badly Quilted and there was not time
to save much furniture and other house
hold effects. MancanstropDa who Is a
conductor ON the Contra! Vermont raj
way. was at St. Albans at the time Of
the fire.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-10-16
nIPToN.

II. f. ID reports a yield of eighty
bushel of nice smooth potatoes from a
trifle over a fourth of an acre of
ground.
Under a bright sun our hills have been
in blaze of glory these October days.
We were visited by fine, greatly
needed rain on the 18th, the first in
thirty -two days.
The Ladies' Aid society will serve DIM
ner in G.. A. r. hall for the voters of
Ripton on teection day, November Sd.
The ladies are cordially invited.
Fred Euber is showing twelve potatoes
that weigh twelve pounds and grew in
two hills. They are a new variety.
Mrs. Lillian Cove Durfey is here on a
visit to her mother.
Ben Faler, a native of Ohio, but here
temporarily, was brought before Justice
Chandler on the 18th, charged with hunt.
ing on an illegal license and fined $25
and costs of So 81. Owing to the fact
that he had a residents license from the
town clerk of Leicester and explained to
that official that he had not been in the
State six months he was allowed to get a
proper license and fine to be RENTED on
payment of costs. G. II. Chaffee, county
game warden, searched him out and
made arrest
Mrs. n. &. Powers Of Granville was in
town few days ago.
Mrs. Dolly Damon of East Middlebury
is here visiting her neice, Mrs. j. F.
StOddard.
The Miss Nancy Little, who died in
Whiting recently, in her young days,
was a resident here for several years,
the writer attended several terms of
school with her and his recollection of
her is very pleasant.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-10-16
t WOMEN ONLY knew
What a Heap OF Happiness it Would
Bring to Middlebury Homes.

Hard to do homework with an aching
back.
Brings you hours of misery at leisure
or at work.
If women only knew the cause
that
Backache pains often come from weak
kidneys.
'Twould save much needless woe.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for weak
kidneys.
Read what Middebury citizen says;
Mrs. John Signor, Seymour ST.. Mid
dlebury, says: Il suffered intensely
from kidney complaint and at that time
got splendid relief from Doan's Kidney
Pills. in fact, they rid me of the attack
A short time ago | again had symptoms
of kidney trouble and getting a supply
of Doans Kidney Pills at Sheldon's
Drug Store, | used them. They quickly
brought relief from the pains in my
back and strengthened my kidneys"
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't simply
ask for kidney remedy-get Doan's
Kidney Plls-the same that Mrs. Signor
had Foster-Milburn Co., Props, Buff
falo, N. Y. adv.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-10-16
Sheep and Wild Onions.

On pastures and lawns sheep are a
satisfactory means of getting rid of the
wild onion pest During the winter and
early spring, when there is little other
vegetation. the sheep will eat the onion
tops, preventing the maturing of the
kulblets. If the onions are sailed the
sheep show an increased fondness for
them. otherwise they will avoid the
weed when there Is an abundance Of
other food In fields where there are
only a few plants and sheep cannot be
utilized the most feasible method is TO
dig up the plants with a mattock.
The entire clump can be taken up by
the roots and carried off TO place
where it can give no more trouble.
Four thimblefuls of coal tar creosOte
on put on plant will kill the unger-
minated bulbs, but this method does
not seem to be as satisfactory as the
mattock.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-10-16
SiIo Filling Machines.

BY observing three simple rules the
farmer who is using silo filling ma
chinery for the first time may avoid
some Of the accidents which occasion
ally damage new machines beyond re-
pair.
Here are the things that, according
TO W. T.. Markey. Wisconsin university
agricultural experiment station, the in
experienced man should do:
First.-Be sure that the machine is
being run at the proper speed.
Second.-Take care that corn is never
put into the machine until the motion
is up TO full speed
Third.-In stopping be careful not to
shut Off the power until the elevator
Is empty.
If the elevator is not empty the cut
material will fall back and lodge in
the fans Then when the machine Is
started again the cut corn jams the
fans, and as result they are bent or
broken.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-10-16
THE THRICE AWEEK EDITION
OF THE
NEW YORK WORLD

This is a time of great events and you
will want the news accurately and
promptly. The Democrats. for the
first time in sixteen years. will have the
Presidency and they will also control
both branches Of Congress. The politi-
cal news is sure to be of the most alb
sorbing interest
There is a great war in the Old World,
and you may read Of the extinction Of
the vast Turkish Empire in Europe, just
as a few years ago you read how Spain
lost her last foot Of soil in America, after
having ruled the empire of half the
New World
The World long since established a
record for impartiality, and anybody can
afford its Thrice-aW edition, which
comes every other day in the week, ex-
cept Sunday. 1t will be of particular
value to you now. The Thrice aWeek
World also abounds in other strong fea-
lures, serial stories, humor, markets, car
toons; in fact, everything that is to be
found in a first class daily.
THE THRICE-A WEEK WORLDS
regular subscription price is only Sl.00
per year, and this pays for 1856 papers.
We offer this unequalled newspaper and
The Middleburv Register together for
one year for 81 60 anywhere in Vermont.
The regular subscription price of the
two papers is - 90.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-10-16
THE NEW AGRICULTURE.

cultivation by Explosion Gaming
Ground Because II Helps Plant Life.
1t begins to look as though cultiva-
ton of the soil by explosion. says Car
rett =. Serviss, is to be one of the rec
ognized methods of farming in the
future, just as locomotion by explosion
is already one of the principal means
Of getting himself carried about that
Is employed by civilized man.
In other words, the explosive pillow"
will become as familiar as the explo-
sion engine.
An English authority on high explo-
slves, Mr.. w. Macnab, points out that
this new method of cultivation is es-
pecially beneficial to orchards. Instead
of digging a hole with the spade in
which to plant young tree an eXcava-
ton Is made in an instant by exploding
a cartridge. The size of the cartridge
and the depth at which it Is placed
depend upon the circumstances of the
case But, whether a large or small
hole is blown, the beneficial effects of
the explosion are perceived in the com
plete shaking up and assuring of the
soil.
This extends far beyond the edges
of the excavation and below its bot
tom, so that fresh supplies of chemi-
cal food are brought within reach of
the roots of the tree
Experiments have proved that young
trees planted in ground prepared by
explosion grow much more rapidly and
, vigorously than others planted in the
usual way and begin to bear fruit
sooner.
Old. exhausted orchards may be re
/ iDvigoratcd by the use of explosives.
In some cases small cartridges are eX-
! ploded under the roots of the trees,
and in other cases larger cartridges,
/ buried three or more feet deep. are
/ exploded midway between trees stand
/ ing fifteen feet apart The result is to
/ loosen the soil without injuring the
/ trees
After such treatment old trees begin
to brighten up, as if rejuvenatcd, and
resume bearing fruit The cause of
/ this regeneration is that the spreading
/ lOOlS INV e l'NN lbNlNlill't ~ pN tINOlllt',
the soil is acrated, its capacity to re-
! tain moisture is increased and new
nourishment is supplied to the trees
/ from the fresh mineral matter placed
at their disposal by the SCATTERING of
/ the surrounding hardened soil.
If anybody thinks that blowing by
, explosion is an impracticable dream let
him recall the recent history of the eX-
| plosion engine The idea of driving a
piston back and forth by continuous
series of explosions occurring inside a
cylinder seemed startling enough when
1t was first suggested. To the ordi-
nary mind it was very much like pro
posing to run locomotive with can
non shots.
The fact of the beneficial effect of
explosives upon the soil having been
established there can be no doubt that,
/ before very long, systematic methods
Of applying this new and powerful
agent of cultivation will be devised
which will answer well enough to the
phrase, "plowing by explosion
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-10-16
WEST BRIDPoRT.

Officers from Essex county, N. Y,
were in town in search of the murderers
of Sheriff James of that place. Two men
who had come here in search of work
their freedom.
Melvin Wilkinson was a Shoreham
business visitor Thursday and Friday,
Mrs. Stephen Clark and son were over
lake visitors Sunday
Murdoch Brothers of Crown Point were
in town Sunday.
Captain William Nanderhoof is max
ing extensive repairs on his water boat
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-10-16
Positively MI sters Group.

Foley's Honey and Tar Compound cuts
the thick choking mucus, and clears
away the phlegm. Opens up the all
passages and stops the hoarse cough.
The gasping, strangling fight t,r reath
gives way to quiet breathing aid !.eace.
full sleep. Harold Berg, Mass, Mich,
writes; eve give Foley's Honey and
Tar to our children for Group and it al
ways acts quickly" No wonder man
in Texas walked Is miles to the store tc
get a hottie of Foley's Honey and Tan
Compound Every user is friend
Frost's Pharmacy.-adv.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-10-16

The Register and Toledo Blade
full Of good reading, a National
Weekly.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-10-16
Saving Made Easy.

To hold a stick of wood firmly on a
sawbuck and prevent it from turning
or fitting up, says the Prairie Farmer,
bend a piece of strap iron and attach
to Il board. as shown in the picture
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-10-16

Put the iron hook over the pole be
tween the legs of the sawhorse and
stand with the left foot on the board.
This is much easier than the old meth
cd of holding the pole steady.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-10-16
OUR
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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-10-16

For any itchiness of the skin, for skin
rashrs. chap. plmples, ETC., try Doan's
Ointment. SOC at all drug stores.-adv.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-30
WOMAN TRIES TO END
MISERY WITH POISON
Homeless Mother. Whose Husband Is
in Workhouse, Takes Bichloride
of Mercury.
of Mercury.

Mrs. Katharine Burke. thirty five
years old, is at Casualty Hospital in a
dying condition. as a result of having
swallowed fifteen grains of bichloride
of mercury with suicidal intent.
She told DR.. ]. B. Bannon. of the
Casualty surgical stan. that her hus-
band was sent to Occoquan in Janu-
ary for one year for falling to provide
for her. and that she had no home for
her children. She gives this as the
motive for her act.
Three weeks ago during the snow
storm which swept Washington, Mrs.
Burke went into the establishment of
John ]. Madden. 1908 Sixth street
southwest. and asked for food and
shelter for herself and three children.
She told Madden she had been evicted
from the house where she had been
living for nonpayment Of rent. Mad
den provided a place for her. Two OF
the children, boys, were sent to the
ST.. Joseph's Orphan Asylum, while
Mrs. John T. Young. a sister. of III E
street southwest, took the other. a
little girl.
Saturday night Mrs. Burke was
missing. Groans were heard from
across the street. In some manner
she had reached the garnet of 1905
Sixth street Frank Carr lives at this
address. Mrs. Burke. the police say.
tried to evade being taken to the hos
pftal, declaring she wanted to die.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-30
SAYS SHAFR0TH BILL
CAN'T HARM SUFFRAGE
Miss Lucy Burns and Other Women
Address Rally of Congress
sional Union.

That the introduction of the Shafroth
suffrage bill in Congress can do no actual
harm to the suffrage movement. but that
il indicates a lack OF courage and con-
fidence in the success of the Federal
plan was maintained by Miss Lucy
Burns, vice chairman of the Congress
union headquarters, 1870 F street
THE essential mistake was in intro
ducing this bill as a substitute measure
for the bill which was recently defeated
In the Senate" said she. 1T indicates
a lack of confidence in national success.
when We really have no need to feel
disheartened. The result of the Senate
vote justifies the Congressional Unions
attitude and proves that suffrage has
made great strides in Congress in the
past year. The Shafroth bill is mad
equate, for through it We gain nothing
but the right to appeal to the electors Of
the States
Miss Burns urged support by all suf-
fragists of the Bristow amendment, the
new name for the old Senate joint reso-
luton. No. 1, and expressed the belief
that the May demonstration here will
win national support for the bill.
Mrs. Rheta Childe Door. who was
scheduled to speak yesterday, was sud-
denly called out of town. Miss Elsie Hill,
daughter of former Representative Hill,
of Connecticut, and Miss Eliza Lord,
spoke briefly on the omission Of women's
in United States histories.
Tea was served by Mrs. ]. Celia Long
cone
The Washington herald., 1914-03-30
RAILROADS TO DEFEND
RECORDS BEFORE I.C.C.
Charges of Manipulation of Accounts
Made by Middle Western State
Commissions.
DEMANDS FROM WEST EXPECTED

Before the full bench of the Interstate
Commerce Commission this morning op-
portunity will be given for the Eastern
trunk line railway companies to make an
swer to the alleged injustice of their plea
for an increase of freight rates. embodied
in the statement of Clifford c. Thorne.
of Iowa. who is acting as spokesman for
the State railway commissions of eight
Middle Western States. Mr.. Thorne in a
statement criticises the railroads and re-
fleets upon the integrity of their figures
and the statistical information they have
furnished to the commission.
Mr.. Thorne has alleged that by skilful
manipulation of the books of the rail-
way. il has been made to appear that dur
ing the past four years the maintenance
account has increased in such a ratio
as to make the rate increases obligatory.
And he further charges that for the years
prior to the last four. the railways have
been starving their maintenance accounts
with a view to making a better showing
in quarterly, semi-annual and annual
statements. for the purpose of manipulate
ing stock values.
Mr.. Thorne. when he made his pre-
sentation of his case against the rail-
roads, was on the stand for five DAYS
under an exhaustive examination. but
not before one of the commission. At 20
days hearings opportunity will be afford
ed for an exhaustive investigation of the
charges he has made. The railway COM
missioners and the shippers of the West
expect that the fight of the Eastern
lines for rate increase. II won, will be
followed at once by a similar fight by
the Western lines.
At today's hearing. the contention of
the Eastern railroad men will be eX-
planned and the hearing conduced by
George Stuart Patterson. general counsel
of the Pennsylvania Railroad.