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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1914-04-11
Worcester Boy Champion High
School Orator Of State.

Al the statewide international Dec
lamaiion Contest. held last Friday even
ing AT 81 Johns College. Annapolis
Maryland the first prize. "A l,oid medal
was won los William r. Nigtou. Of
Pocomoke City High school
Sixteen boys. representing the leading
High schools Of the State. including
Baltimore city. competed for the honor
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1914-04-11

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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1914-04-11

Mrs. ". 4 McAllen left Tuesday
for visit to her daughter Mrs. John
l.. Holloway. near Newark, Delaware.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1914-04-11

\ box social will bee held at Box
Iron school on Thursday evening. April
18th lee cream and cake will also be-
for sale Miss Lucy Stagg is the prin-
cipaI Of the school. and Miss Frances
Truitt the assistant
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1914-04-11

The Baltimore Methodist. organ Of
the Baltimore Conference, IS 5000 in
debt, and the publisher announced that
he could not stand the financial pressure
any longer Arrangements were made
10 help out
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-03

I'm The December American MAGAZINE
James Montgomery Flag, the famous
wit and artist. docs a Christmas piece
in words and pictures in which he de-
scrihes i'm part as follows the cynical
view OF christmas that a perfectly de-
cent man had in dream:
"To continue the horrors, there is the
family reunion What can ho more dole
fu than whole day given up to squat
ting in the perforvid circle Of your i'm
mediate blood relations? In ones Or
twos If is not necessarily rnbearahle'
but to be- pinioned for twelve hours in
the lap Of osculatorv consanguinity is
flatteuing to the soul, Your family
while they treat You with The brutal at
foction and disreSpectful familiarity of
old friends, know YOU slightly They
are always presumptuous, Never does
human intercourse descend ST. near TO
the life in a fly-trap as ON Christmas
Everyone walks and crawls about all
over every other ones head You have
to sit and beam and 'Shmorryrnrs mus
and No. | said 1t first" And bunch
of obscure cousins and aunts crowd in
on the already prrspiring mass and have
to he kissed through vcils-voiis don
help much--perhaps a little!
"Thcn comes that fiendishy ponder
Gus Christmas dinner, with resurrec-
tlons at intervals of tribal tests dragged
ont of the family mausoleum for their
annual rlbbcring and the coquettshnesS
of brothers wives, and the parading OF
the dyspepsia of old Aunt clara
and the dlnky table favors most
IL rorcptaclcs for broken glass
Christmas candy, cunningly disguised a,
snowhaus Santa Clauses and drums and
Young ducks, over which You are eX'
pected to gigglc and squeal and eventual
~ collect and take home with YOU and
line up ON the mantclpiece, where they
stay for days until YOU suddenly SWEEP
them into the scrap basket! There are
eighteen Kinds Of dessert YOU mus
sample and wash down with cider, an(
get an awful stomachacho.
"Thcn you fatuously take turns n
opening bundles, as YOU did when YOU
were children. You have to pretend yol
have never seen your present before
when in reality it was shown to yo,
weeks ago But you unwrap it with {
beautiful assumption of innocence, and
/ widening grin that almost makes YOU
cars meet on top of your head whcr
your enchanted gaze finally rests on thu
novel you read last summer, Just wha
! ! wanted"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-03

the soil with an eve to fertility, accessi-
bilty OF fields. amount of pasturage, and
the special adaptabitv Of soil to the rails
ing of dairy crops particularly corn
and grasses. Location in regard to
markets will depend on the branch of
the business to be followed. In a general
way II will be found wiser to pay more
for n farm on a well maintained road, than
to accept one equally good, but for far less
money, on poor road. The selection of
herd will be governed by the line of bust
ness TO he adopted. If a milk route Is de-
cided upon, then a herd of half IIosteins
and Ayrshres or Gucrnseys viii give
both quality and quantity. If milk IS to-
be sent to the middleman, then dairy
Of Shorthorns Will answer. for, while
the milk alone will Weld no profit, thu
bun calves may be turned into beef ana
tho old cows will fetch good prices from
tho butcher For butter-makinE grade
Gucrnscys. with n thoroughbred bull
produce good results.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-03
POINTS On CHOOSING A DOG
~ hnt Is lie Wanted For:
BATES DI I'rON.

one is frequently deferred from owning
dog for lack Of knowledge as to thu
different breeds and to the uninitiatod d
uOS is simply as amusing toy, a little
beast with four legs and tail, tine qucs.
ton oil ownership being usually settled
on the basis OF size and price, NoW
individuality as IL human being, and his
manners reflect those OF his owner to a
surprising degree, not always. alas, to
the credit of MS master. Thus before
commissioning At friend to buy a dog
the following important questions should
be settled: is the dog 10 be a watch dog?
companion for the groWn-ups or the
children? a house dog or Il kennel cog!
of the long haired or short haired va
Iiety? a large proportion OF owners live
in the suburbs, suppose the dog Is
wanted as companion during leisure
hours and as watch dog, the selection
then may be narrowed down to the small
Ter breeds df there is no special love Of
long haired dogs, such culiies span
iels sheep-dogs, and long hairs are a
great nuisance IN the house when they
are being she'd, and the list is suiti-
GENTLY large to offer a great variety
The terriers are all good house and
watch dogs they are affectionate, sturdy.
bright and gamey, and include fox ter
rers, airedales, bulls, black and tans,
Irish, Scotch, Welch. Boston and Seely
hams. The fox terriers are apt to 90
off on expeditions of their own and will
often stay the entire day; this is due
to an inordmate love of adventure, one
f.I.
The Irish and black and tans are not the
most suitable for children, as they are
sometimes snappy and irritable
Another short haired dog worth con-
sidering is the paChshund, affectionately
spoken of by Lennon I'm his book on
training dogs as half a dog high, a dog
and half long, and three dogs in the
matter of brains Although not built
on the most graceful lines, he possesses
sterling qualities that at once cndcar
him to everybody; true gentleman, he
! Is endowed with an extraordinary
amount of brains, quick to obey and eager
/ to learn, and also possesses AN economic
value as a fine ratter, having the pa
! thence to crouch beside "A rat hole abso-
'lutely motlonless until his prey, deluded
by the silence, comes out only to he
caught nine times out of ten. Finally, as
a word of caution, it is best before buy
ing a dog, to visit at least one or two
dog shows in order to see the different
breeds at their very best. Then after
the choice is finally made don't be afraid
to pay the price asked, as well-bret
dog costs money and is we'll worth VIVA
his training and environments have made
Ia
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-03
REVAMPING THE RURAL
SCHOOLS-II.
Successful Experiment in South
turnIiu1.

TO continue our description of the
model rural school, begun last week, the
children while in the garden lay out
some rows of beans, which they have
previously tested, the teacher taking this
opportunity to give an informal talk on
the various varieties, habit of growth.
ctc. After a discussion has been carried
on as long a. possible without fatigung
the children, they 20 indoors ana one OF
the older scholars writes on the black
hoard a number of new words about
beans in three columns maine words, de-
scrptve words, and action words These
are spelled and their meaning explained,
while during the day the pupils follow
the development of the bean and make
picture of them i'm their various stages
Of growth From these words and pic
lures they make bean book which tells
I'm sequence the story of the bean from
testing seed through to harvest. y nat
ural sequence to the bean book is Il vol
umc of some weeds from our Bean
Plot Illustrated, Here there are lessons
in hygiene biology, agriculture spelling,
reading arithmetic drawing, grammar.
geography, all growing out of IL single
mornings work.
About eleven o'clock preparations be-
gin for the midday meal, the children are
scattered over the house, some in the
workshop. some playing Instructive
games others busy at boOkma king. Let
tucc is to he part of the menu, and the
teacher calls for volunteers to prepare
the fresh green heads; she turns to the
blackboard and writes the names Of the
trf. "a Inn, Il Ia, -nrk 10
the children spell the word and the girls
70 to the kitchen Next the dressing
has to he made, aud the teacher writes
the word dressing on the board with the
names Of the pupils who are to prepare
it. why is it We have been so long IN
discovering the educational value IF the
school luncheon, which means go much
as to the comfort and health of the chill
drcn ana their comrades
After luncheon ! noted the following
groups some girls Were making laundry
bags. handkerchicfs. etc. a group OF
boys were planning a net with which to
capture a bumble-bec for the museum. a
teacher was conducting a history recita
ton, another class in arithmetic. while
outside seated ON the grass little CIR
was reading "Robinson Crusoe" to a mucl
Interested group of children. There arr
DAYS when the entire school goes out int
the woods and fields to gather specimens
for the museum and To Observe Wild ma
ture. days when similar excursions ar
made to see what rivers are, and Lake.
and hills and valleys, or to study relic
of local history, and what was done witt
beans Is repeated ny teaching about corn
M
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-03

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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-03
\ BOUNDARY DISPUTE

o. rom the bennington ita0nrrD
From the fact that Governor Fletcher
has instructed District Attorney Dunnett
of ST. Johnsbury to bring a suit IN the
federal court against the state of New
Hampshire to determine the correct
boundary line between the two States 1t
surely looks as If Vermont was going
to stand on its rghts--or wade or san
on them-The Advance
The facts in this peculiar case may not
lie entirely familiar on this side Of the
state. New Hampshire claims that the
boundary between the two States : the
hlghwater mark on the west bank of the
Connecticut river In recent years mills
and other buildings have been built along
the river, some Of them even below low
water mark. The value of this property
in the aggregate is probably several hun
dred thousand dollars, a considerah HE
part of it being mills located on the
island at Bellows Falls
-Four or five years ago New Hamn-
shire started in to collect taxes on this
property. The mill owners found them
selves caught where they had To nav
taxes twice. They supposed they We're IN
Vermont and made no protest about paw
on it developed that most of the mill own
ers also had property in New Hampshire
and this property would be confiscated
unless they paid the taxes assessed over
there, SO they paid again under protest
and the boundary dispute has ragged with
growing feeling, This suit brought by
Governor Fletcher will doubtless be car
red to the supreme Court of the United
States for final decision
In connection with this case there is
another point to which the Banner wishes
TO call attention In every campaign dur
ing late years there has been a lot of
reckless talk about doing away with State
commissions. One of the commissions
created at recent session of the Legis-
/ lature was a boundary commission to try
| to settle this dispute with New Hamp-
shire.
on this commission We're named three
Of the leading citizens of Vermont. Hon.
Alexander Dunnett of St Johnshury.
Hon. Friedrich H. Rabbit Of Bellows
Falls and Hon Porter II. Dale of Island
Pond. None Of these gentlemen asked for
the place hut they consented to serve
without pay in order to help the State
anu lldN' SlN vi IluNll tlllt anu effort our
ing the past two years. The State mere
~ pays their necessary expenses. If Yer
mont wins the case finally it will he i'm
part at least due to Investigation and
effort of this commission.
This is a sample OF the Vermont COM
missions that are so much scolded about
by people who have not considered the
subject and are not familiar with the de-
tails relating to the matter. 1t OCCASION
ally happens that a useless or an eX-
pcnsivc commission is appointed but in
four cases out Of five Vermont COM
mission means that the State gets the
services of some Of its best citizens with
out paying FOR the time which they put
in.
II is impossible to combine these com.
missions because different questions re,
quire men of different qualifications anC
If several important matters were saddled
ON one commission the work would b,
more than one set of men would under,
take ii they were asked to give theil
time without pay
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-03
ESSENTIALS FOR \ HUsKING BEE.

To begin with, of course you've got to
have moonlight night; n full harvest
moon shedding its rays beneficently over
the earth.
Next, you've got to have an ld-fash-
toned fiddler Not a mere violinist, able
to play such simple things as the Trau-
merei or an intormezzo, but real, down
right. genuine fiddler with whskers, of
course which are always in imminent
danger of getting loose and tangled up
with the fiddle strings, who saws the
Catgut with all the fervor of a revival.
ist, while he plays Turkey IN the straw"
THE New Cut Road" "Old Dan Tuck
err" Chickens in the Bread Tray
shake that Wooden Leg" and so ON
throughout the repertoire of songs of
day of real music,
Then, on course. you've got 10 have
some small hoy (Not her brother be.
cause he might tclD steal into the barr
about an hour before the first guest ar
rvcs and bury a half-dozen or a Dozen
ears Of red corn If YOU haven't any
red corn, paint some Reds yellow Dent
red, it's easy.
After that, YOU hang up few old
fashioned "hayburner" lanterns, and
await the guests and results.
Neither are long in coming.-The Coun-
tryside Magazine and Suburban Life for
December
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-03
ONE MANS SUCCESS WITH
POULTRY.
Another Case OF "Ten Acres Enough"

Another "ltn acres
1t is not often that ten acres of
sandy soil covered with weeds are
taken and made noted success of, cs-
pecially when the owner fully realizes
that only by his own labor and skill
can he make good or fail; nevertheless,
that is what Charles V. Keller, of Win
amac, Ind, started in to do some thir-
teen years ago, In 1901 Keeler was In
business in Winamac. when he and his
wife began 20 realize what good profit
could be made by specializing in hens,
which resulted i'm changing the whole
tenor of their lives. At first they were
content to raise a few white Wyan-
dottes in the back yard; but each year
this up-and doing man found his birds
were attracting more ana more atten-
ton. until at length It was decided to
drop the shop altogether and make
poultry support the family. Like
many beginners. Kecler was handicap
ped by lack of sufficient capital, but
UNLIKE many he made hard work and
long hours compensate in large meas
ura for his lack.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-03
THE SELECTION AND MAN
AGEMENT OF A DAIRY
HERD.
: dnptabiiity, Location and selection.
l.. &. CAMPBELL.

The farmer contemplating going into tn"
dairy business should consider many
things before investing his money. among
them his adaptahilty to the business, the
branch OF the business to be taken up;
location of the farm as 10 its require
ments for dairy business; location in re-
pard t. accessible markets; ability to So
lect good cows, and the knowledge neces-
sary for the successful care and feeding
of them
Adaptabillty means i'm this case a nat
ur4l fondness for animals ANA an innate
understanding Of their likes and disiikes
The especial branch of the business to ac
followed Is, of course, vitally important.
Here there is choice of selling milk di-
rectly to the consumer in nearby town
and this requires quite a hit Of capital
and Yields little profit unless oIght or ten
cents can be obtaneD or selling to a mid
dloman, who in turn sends it in bulk to
some city at a loss to the farmer as It
costs from four to five cent; to produce
clean, wholesome milk undor sanitary
conditions. and the milk dcpo,s seldom
allow over four and often but three cents
or sending the cream to the creamery 20
be made into butter which may be done
with profit If the creamery is an up-to-
date concern and plays fair with its pa
irons (and here there is the added advan-
tage OF having the skim-milk for tina
stock, finally butter can be made, and
there is also an excellent field for the skill
full man to reap profits, as good, well-ha-
vored butter of high quality and texture,
when packed in attractive pound packages
will command a ready sale at top prices
in any city from Maine to Texas.
In the location Of a dairy farm there
must be considered availability of water
supply, both In pastures ana for the sta
hle mlkhouse and residence. natlua OF
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-03
Single Comb White Leghorns.

The Egg Machines" is as descriptive
OF this variety a. any two words could
be. As layers s. c. white Lcghorn hens
easily lead all other breeds, and this Is
one of the reasons why 30 per cent of
all egg producing poultry farms are
stocked with this variety. They are
small. active hens, producing many eggs
on free range and doing almost a. we'll IN
Tn" limited confines usually available fCr
the small back yard or home" tork
The eggs usually run very high In Ger
tllity and hatchahility, and enormous
matches OF struggling. hustling chicks are
turned out with regularity from the in
cuhators on the big commercial poultry
plants. The chicks are quito hacty and
great rustlers, growing and feathering
rapidly during the first eight weeks
They are very popular at this age for
small hroilcrs, and ii is the practice on
the large commercial plants to market
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-03
Ky Louis Paul Graham,

tn" greater portion of the White Leg
horn cockerels at this age, turning the
remaining pullets out on range.
The average results from many com
mercial poultry farms indicate that n
White Leghorn chicks usually more than
half of them arc cockcrels. As the rails
ing of many pullets to produce eggs is
very desirable the sale of the aGrpiu-
cockerels at this age brings in quite :,
tidy sum, which helps. to buy the feed
necessary to mature largo number OF
pullots
Single Comb White Icghons an" llrr.
producers Of goods sized white eggs, very
desirabl" in New York and other mar
kets. whore the demand for eggs Il
strong and prices the highest Except
ing I'm small minority the hens do not
sit. The eggs therefore must he hatched
and the chicks reared ny other bree IS or
by artificial means and the commercial
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-03
NERMONT's REPRESENTATION


d'lom the ST Adams Messenger
"s;orr people in Vermont. and they are
thrifty folk up there, believe that they
should get their lawmaking done for less
money. There are fewer than 100000 per-
sons living in the State and yet they have
a House of Representatives of 2i6 mem
members Every city and town sends 4
statesman To Montpelier, and while the
pay is less than in Massachusetts, the
aggregate cost is more than the Green
Mountaineers can afford. Moreover the
system is politically unequal and ought
to be changed. This State, with popu-
lation several times as numerous, gets
along with d House of 240 members. Yer
monts should be reduced more than half.
| Then 1t would have not only a smaler
| legislat tive vody but one far more efficient
than the present mass meeting. Lowell
| CourierC Citizen.
| The neighbor il right. Ncmmonters as
a rule are thrifty and there Is a very
general demand that the expense in
CURED in legislative sessions be reduced
but the thrifty sons of this common
wealth will not get down to business and
do what the Courier-Citizen suggests: re-
duce the size Of the Legislature. If the
( Legislature We're to he reduced in siZe j.
would mean that the present system 1T
representation (Which is not representa-
tive system at alb would have TO hh
altered and mis- would mean that som .
of the smaller towns would lose thor
representative, not their representation,
for they would be- included In a"so,
election district and their needs would De-
carefully looked after And none of thu
los h.ip Gnf1r1
tive. althoueh taken collectively thev
make a great complaint about LEGISLATIVE
EXPENSE
The present system has nothing to jus-
tify 1t to-day. although when ii was be-
gun it was satisfactory enough becaus,
.uractf,all,. all nf tho towns wore of about