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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-04-22
Federal. LEAGUE STANDING.
AN IDEAL INSTRUCTOR

Kind old lady-And so you are really
very fond of your teacher?
Little Johnny-Yessum. You see. shea
so near-sighted she can't tell half the
time what ! am doing and 50 deaf she
never knows whether spell n word
right or not.-Richmond Times Despatch.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-04-22
ChiIO !. SOule.

Chilo Lee. the infant son Of Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond L. Soule. who was born
February 10, died Monday morning at
the home OF his parents at 457 South
Union street. The funeral was held
Tuesday morning at eleven o'clock at
the house, and was private
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-04-22
william Gill,

| William. the nine months old son If
Mr., and Mrs. William Il. Gill of 80 Pearl
| street died early Friday morning at
the Fanny Allen hospital, following an
operation. The funeral was held Satur-
day afternoon at two O'Clock at St. Mary's
Cathedral
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-04-22
UNIVERSITY NOTES.
Sophomore Hop Attended by IOa
Couples In Decorated Gymnasium.

The sophomores hop, Friday evening
in the gymnasium 10y the class of 1917.
was one of the most successful In years
The Monticellonian., 1915-08-12
GET FARM NAME REGISTERED
Has Strong Tendency to Create lm- pression of Proere essiveness With
 Everyone Passing Place.

Have name for your farm, and reg ister 1t. Put up a sign in prominent place at the entrance gate. Have the name of your farm painted on the upper half of the sign in attractive letters, large enough to be easily read from the road Use the lower half of the sign for bulletin board, telling passers by of anything you happen to have for sale each day. This informa- tion can be written with chalk each morning
 Have some stationery printed. also bearing the farm name, and your name as proprietor. All this will ere ate an impression of progressiveness with everyone who may pass your farm or receive letter from you This will cause them to remember you and the products of your farm.
 Your farm is your place of business. Advertise it. and make 1t as thor oughly businessIike as possible. It will surely add prestige to your farm to refer to 1t as Cedar farm" Maple Brook. "Elmhurst" or "The Oaks" in stead of Smiths place. Jones' place. or the "second house from the cross roads on the right-hand side"
The Monticellonian., 1915-08-12
HANDLING EGGS IN SUMMER
Odors Are Readily Absorbed and Oil, Onions or Similar Articles Should
 Be Kept Away.

Here are some hints on handling eggs in summer, from the Iowa Agri- cultural college:
 Sell, contine or eat all mature roost- CTS.
 Do not allow nests to become filthy.
 Separate the broody hens from the laying hens.
 Gather eggs at least every day and better twice a day during the warm est weather.
 Keep all eggs in a dry, cool, well ventilated place.
 Never wash eggs, as it spells their keeping qualities.
 Eggs readily absorb odors and should be kept away from anything such as oil, onions or any material that has a strong odor.
 Eggs that are of questionable qual ity. such as those secured from stolen nests, ought not to be market ed unless candled.
 Naen taking eggs to market keep them covered from the direct rays of the sun.
 Provide plenty of clean nests in the chicken house so that the hens will not be compelled to seek the weeds and undesirable places to lay their eggs.
 % not sell eggs case count, but de mand that your eggs be eandled and that you be paid for the quality of the eggs that you bring in.
The Monticellonian., 1915-08-12

number of connections cooling and ap- petizing to the thirsty palate. Cur rant, raspberry and cherry shrub made last year will now be appreci- ated. Grape juice Is another most delightful drink. A few bottles of ginger ale kept near the ice and served with a snappy ginger cookie and a sparkling glass of the ale will cause your friends to rise up and call you blessed.
 Iced Chocolate.-Melt four squares of chocolate with half cupful or sugar and a cupful of water in a double boiler until smooth. Scald a quart of cream and add to the choc- olate, beating thoroughly; cool and strain. Flavor with vanilla and freeze. Serve when frozen like mush.
 Coffee Frappe.-Take cupful of ground coffee and two quarts of water, boil five minutes, then strain through a fine cloth Then add pint of su- gar, stir until dissolved. Add the white of an egg to the coffee and freeze until like wet snow. Serve in punch glasses with whipped cream.
 Grape Juce.-Cover the well-washed grapes with water. heat until the grapes burst and all the juice extract ed Strain through eolander, add cupful of sugar to each quart of juice or less sugar if liked; it does not hin- der the keeping quality. Cook for five minutes, boiling steadily. Then bottle. uyith fnr nayt years hOt- weather drinks. Grape juice will be found most grateful as drink in ill- ness. winter or summer. A cupful of grape juice, a tablespoonful of lem on juice, pint of cream and sugar to taste makes most delicious ice oraam
The Monticellonian., 1915-08-12
FOOD FOR THE BABY CHICKS
Best Thing for Youngsters Is Mixture of Hard Boiled Eggs, Broken
 Crackers and Oatmeal.
(By F. c. HARE. Clemson Experiment
 

(By F c. HARE. Clemson Experiment
 Station)
 One of the best foods for baby chicks when they need nourishment at 24 to 30 hours old is a mixture Of two hard-boiled eggs cut up fine, two broken crackers and a small handful of oatmeal. Roll with the hand, mix thoroughly and scatter a little on a clean cardboard
 Do not throw the first food in litter. because it is necessary first to teach the baby chicks what to eat Other wise they will eat any small sub stance. This applies to feeding a mix ture of small grains as well.
 Feed the egg mixture six times the first day and four times daily there after. Place before the chicks a shal- low box containing equal parts of wheat bran and oatmeal. This box must be kept filled for at least two weeks, allowing the chicks to eat all the bran-oatmeal mash they desire.
 On the second day commence scat tering small grains and seeds in one inchfiitter foat straw. shredded or cut fodder. broken pine straw or cut all falfa) to make the chicks exercise. The following is an excellent mixture of scratching grains for baby chicks: Equal parts cracked wheat, cracked rice, cracked corn and millet seed, added to lend varietyeto the food The object of feeding small grain is to make the chicks scratch. work and thereby keep healthy, dry mash is to supply the best growing foods and the more mash the chicks eat the faster they will grow, provided one keeps them exercising by scratching for grain and running over good range.
 The dry mash can be changed at the end of two weeks to this cheaper mix ture: Wheat bran, 5 pounds; wheat middlings, pounds; cornmeal, 4 pounds; oatmeal, pounds; cotton seed meal, ? pounds. Total, 20 pounds The cottonseed meal must be good feeding meal. Keep this dry mixture | before the chicks constantly.
The Monticellonian., 1915-08-12
KEEP ACCOUNT OF BUSINESS
ficiency of Farm-Enumerate Profits and Losses.
tBy A. H. BENToN.l

Accounts on a farm are essential to success and the highest efficiency. They must be simple and yet accurate enough to let the farmer know how much he is making or losing, and where the gains or losses occur. These two things may be satisfactorily deter. mined by keeping the following rec. ords:
 An inventory at the beginning and end of the year
 A record of all farm expenses and receipts.
 A record of all the man and horse labor used on the farm.
 The inventory should be a list of the farm property with the actual values of each item. It should include land. buildings. machinery and equip. ment, live stock, feeds and supplies and cash belonging to the Arm busi ness.
 The farm expenses and receipts should be distributed among the indi vidual enterprises with which ac counts are kept, as cows. swine horses, wheat, oats, corn, etc. Re ceipts and expenses which do not fall under any of the individual enter prises may be placed under personal and miscellaneous accounts. The crops used for feed are both an ex pense and a receipt
 At the end of the year each enter prise is charged with the labor used To determine the rates at which man or horse labor should be charged. di vide the total cost by the total number of hours.
 The difference between the receipt. and the expenses (omitting household or personal expenses). plus or minu. the difference between the inventorie, at the beginning and the end of tht year will be a total gain or loss.
The Monticellonian., 1915-08-12
HUMUS REDUCES COST
Less Need for Late Cultivation
 to Save Moisture.
Crops in South Are Laid By Too Early Under Conditions Which General Iy Exist-Poor Economy 10
 Allow Weeds to Grow.

When our soils are better suppileu with humus. when they are better pre- pared before planting and when the early cultivation is more thorough there will be less need for late cul'i- vation and the expense or nhahlhs crops will be greatly reduced Say . Progressive Farmer When our crops are planted and cultivated more near ly level and the cultivation IS graou- ally made more shallow as the roots of the growing crops more conpleteiy fill the soil, there will also be less need for late cultivation for the pur- pose of a saving moisture We De lieye that in dry weather 1t pays to continue the cultivation Of the crops until they are well advanced toward maturity: but if this is true the late cultivation must be shallow, even much shallower than is best for saving moisture alone It is doubtful II the last two or three cultivat1ons shoulu be more than an inch and hall deep in dry weather When the weather IS not dry these late cultivations can De proftably omitted if the land has been well cultivated early in the season But when moisture is scarce, shallow cul- tivation, continued as long as the crop is growing and maturing it's fruit will generally be profitable.
 That crops in the South are gener- ally laid by too early, under the con ditions which generally exist, is al most certainly true; but for later cui- tivations to be profitable they must be shallow and as nearly level as pos sible.
 Tvery acre of corn that does not follow a spring legume crop should be sown in peas at the last working and we are convinced that liberal use of seed sown broadcast is most profitable. There is some excuse for laying by the corn crop early II 1t IS clean md 1t is sown down with a heavy seeding of peas, but to stop cultivating the corn or cotton crops and allow the land to grow up Tn weeds is poor economy. Last year the cultivation of cotton was stopped early in many sections. because Il was clean, owing to the dry season and later when the moisture came, the cotton fields grew up in grass and weeds as we never saw them before There is no doubt but this late growth of grass and weeds in the cot ton fields reduced the yields.
 After all it is matter of judgment based on the condition of the croT and the soil. as to when the croI should be laid by; but it is certain that these conditions and not the time of the year, nor even the stage of the growth of the crop alone, thai should determine when cultivation should cease.
The Monticellonian., 1915-08-12

juice, peel and ginger root for half an hour. Then drop the pears, few at time, in the sirup and cook about fifteen minutes. Take out and arrange in sterilized jars and so continue until all are used, then boil the sirup until thick and pour over the fruit. Seal at once.
 Spiced Apple JeIly.-Take a peck of tart apples, one cupful of whole mixed spices, sugar, vinegar and water, not quite cover. Put the spices in bag, cook the apples with the spices, vim egar and water in equal parts until the apples are soft. Strain through a jelly bag, allowing the juice to drip; do not squeeze the bag or the juice will not be clear. Boil the juice twen- ty minutes, or until it jellies. with an equal quantity of sugar Pour into glasses and seal.
 Rhubarb and Fig Preserve.-Take three pounds of rhubarb, two and a half pounds of sugar, one pound of figs and two ounces of candied peel; wipe the rhHbarb, cut into inch lengths and place on a large dish. Chop the figs and peel and scatter over the rhubarb; on this cover the sugar and let stand until next day. Boil the preserve slowly for an hour, the last half add small piece of ginger root. Pour into jars and seal.
 The following is a delectable con- serve never to be forgotten by those who have tasted it:
 Fruit conserve.-Take a pound of raisins, two pounds of tart cherries, three oranges, juice and rind, four pounds of sugar. Chop the fruit, add the sugar and boil twenty minutes. Seal in small air-tight jars while hot.
 The green Duchess apple makes delicious appetizer to serve with meats by spieing them just as one does any fruit. only leave the peeling on the green apples as it adds much to the flavor
The Monticellonian., 1915-08-12
TEXAS MEN BATTLE
 MEXICAN BANDITS
FOURTEEN AMERICANS ATTACK ED BY BAND ESTIMATED AT
 TWO HUNDRED.
SEVERAL OF OUTLAWS KILLED
Five Defenders Were Wounded-U. 5. Troops Ordered to Scene-MeM- cans Reported Crossing Border
 in Large Numbers.

Brownsville Tex-F'ive Americans were wounded and several Mexicans killed in pitched battle fought at the Norias ranchhouse, about 40 miles northwest of here.
 Fourteen ranchers were Darricaded in the house and stood off band Of probably 200 Mexicans. according to reports.
 Troop B. Third United States Cav airy. was ordered to the scene.
 Hidalgo County reports that hun- dreds of Mexicans have been crossing the border west of Brownsville III groups of three and four. and that all are travelling eastward, apparently to some con centration point.
 The main gang of the outlaws is said to be carrying a Mexican flag and marching to the roll of army drums.
 Passenger trains in the vicinity were running without headlights, but recently the fear of a wreck led to the order for all service to be dis continued until daylight.
The Monticellonian., 1915-08-12
Situation in Cotton,

There has been so much controversy regarding the situation in cotton that the following opinion of the St Louis Globe Democrat will be read with in terest: While the price of cotton is lower than usual and the amount of cotton on hand both in manufacturing establishments and independent ware houses is greatly in excess of the nor nal. the situation is not as bad as was predicted when the European war be- gan.
The Monticellonian., 1915-08-12
MEAT CLUBS ARE A SUCCESS
Farmers in the klmbro Community In Travis County Have Practical
 Plan for Getting Meat.

Farmers may have fresh meat dur l ing a greater part of the year, even | in the hot summer months, through a little community cooperation. In the Kimbro community in Travis county the farmers have demonstrated that this can be done. Within a few miles | of Kimbro there are three meat | clubs" Two of these are beef clubs and one of them Is a sheep club. In the beef club they slaughter calf ev- cry week to supply their members with | fresh meat. while in the sheep club sheep is killed. About twelve people make up one of these l clubs, with the exception of the sheep club which includes merely three or four families. They meet early in the year to determine the order in which the calf shall be furnished to the club, and this is usually decided by the age of the animals that the members may happen to have. The person who has the most mature calf will start the procession.
 One of the members is chosen to Ut lnt pulGhttr GIId iNSCANNS VI A0A each killing. In some years 1t has been the custom to give him the hide for his trouble. but now the hide is kept by the farmer who furnishes the animal and the butcher Is paid in cash. On the Friday of the week when MT. AS turn has come, the butcher will go to his farm, slaughter the animal, divide it into 12 parts eff there are 12 mem bers in the club, weigh each part and put tag on 1t with the name of the person whose turn 1t Is to receive this particular part. All cuts are not of equal value, so it is arranged that If MT A received the neck part this week, the next week it goes to MT. B. and so on so that when the year is up all have received the same kind of meat in their turn. The butcher keeps the record. If family is small it may receive one-twenty-four instead of one-twelfth of the animal. Of course not all animals, nor all parts, will be of the same weight, but the butchers record will show who has received more meat than he furnished, or vice versa. To settle this, if MT. A has furnished more meat than he received during the year, he is paid five cents a pound for the excess at the end of the year, or if he furnished less he pays the difference at the same rate. After the animal is killed and divided the farmer who owned it delivers the meat to the other members of the club. However, should the roads be bad the members will relieve him of this labor by coming in person to get their share.
 They used to have the custom of bringing the calves to be butchered to a certain place for the butchers con- venienee, but this has been aban- doned because it was a lot of trouble for the owner of the animal to drive to this place with the animal and then go from there to deliver the meat to the other members. The butcher is also more satisfied with the hides. be- cause tbese accumulate on his hands and give him extra work. The clubs have given great satisfaction.
 However, Kimbro is not the only community that has meat clubs. There are several in Stonewall and Coryell counties, and Austin county has them scattered throughout the whole eeun- ty.
The Monticellonian., 1915-08-12
Calls Bankers to Conference.

Corpus Christi. Tex.-Joseph Hir- isch, president of the Texas Bankers Association, and Batham Adams, chair man of the Texas Bankers Warehouse
 Committed have called a conference of the presidents of all Southern States bankers associations and dele gates from the clearing house associa- tions of all Southern reserve cities and cotton centers to be held in Gal weston August 14. It is planned to or ganize a concerted movement among all Southern bankers for the gradual marketing of the coming cotton crop.
The Monticellonian., 1915-08-12

The careful man shuts the gate.
 Faint heart ne'er won Dame For tune.
 One good job holder protects an other.
 Bankers and farmers do we'll to get together.
 Let not the sun go down upon thy mistakes.
 Aren't you glad you didn't kill that heifer calff
 The man who is all for himself is all for pretty small man.
 It is poor policy to try and use the milking stool as a currycomb.
 Some men do not have to soar very high to live up to their ideals.
 Is this the hottest weather you ever saw" Almost every summer is. Honesty can be silent as we'll as talkative. It's a wise man who knows when.
 It is poor policy to buy everything you want because you happen to have the money.
 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoeyer is deceived thereby is not wise"
 Talk about hard times! Haven't you new potatoes and peas? What more could you ask for?
 It is not true that one man is as true as another. The difference can be noted in the kind of stories they tell.
 A young man may never have smoked or chewed tobacco and still have the bad habit of boasting of his virtues.
 Pull your face into a sheer and no tioe what an unlovely world this is; smile. and observe how cheerful life may be.
 The appearance of the boil weevil lution of the problems of cotton over production.
 Confidence in each other and the knowing how to cooperate together for mutual good is one thing the farm CTS should cultivate
 When the COW thumps you in the face with lump of mud on the end of her tail 1t is an emphatic reminder of the necessity of removing H.
 Some folk get the idea that every dog that barks at them is ferocious beast They should remember the old saying, "The bark is worse than the bite"
 We would be making some progress in this pokey old world of ours if a lot of trifiing conversation could be sliced for future reference and then forgotten.
 A pig that gets caught under the gate will make enough noise to arouse ali the dogs and hogs of the neighboc- hood, but that is his only way of call ing for help.
The Monticellonian., 1915-08-12
Russians Misuse Jews.

Atlantic City, N. J.-Members of the Executive Council of the B'nai Birth, in session here, declared that the conditions of the Jews in Russia had not been improved, notwithstand- ing reports of concessions at the be- ginning of the European war Speak CTS charged that Jews have been used as shields by the Russian soldiers in the trenches It was decided to en- ter protest with the State Depart ment at Washington if, upon inyesti- gation, the Nharges are found to be true.
The Monticellonian., 1915-08-12

for several days is some form of fruit jelly. Lemon jelly is especially nice in combination with other things. If one has a dish of jelly in the ice chest arrange small spoonfuls of 1t in alternate layers of fruit in sher- bet cup. This is one that was tried the other day and was highly praised. A little lemon jelly, preserved peach cut in quarters, a spoonful of orange marmalade and tablespoonful of pineapple preserve with little of the juice. This was topped with cream garnished with halves of strawberries and served with simple little lemon cookies and made dessert most grati- flying to all who partook of it. This pint of orange jelly in combination with other fruits like banana, orange and a few strawberries made dessert for another day, in fact it made all to- gether eight servings in sherbet cups.
 Rhubarb DeIight.-Rinse, wipe and remove the peel from tender stalks of rhubarb Cut the stalks into an earthen dish, scattering sugar over  each layer. Add two tablespoonfuls of water; cover and set in the oven. Raisins, dates and figs may be added to the rhubarb if desired. Cook until tender and pink.
 Vegetable Salad.-Take two cupfuls of chopped cabbage, pour over it the hot fat from a slice of salt pork, cut in dice and fried brown. Add the bits of pork and a minced onion, stir and mix well, then heat hot enough win egar to just moisten the cabbage and flavor it.
 To Can Rhubarb.-Wash the Thu. l barb and cut in inch lengths without peeling. Pack in sterilized jars, then fill with cold water and be sure that there are no spaces which the water does not fill. Now plunge the jars in a pan of water and screw the tops on under water.
The Monticellonian., 1915-08-12
Arkansan Causes Reform.

Washington, D. C.-As the result of an announcement by the Treasury De- partment that, beginning August 16, all shipments of money to national banks and subtreasuries will be made by mail instead of express, the gov ernment will save about $200,000 an- nually, which for 25 years or more has been going to express companies. The announcement is the result of a movement originally started six years ago by Nathan B. Williams of Fayette- vile Ark.
The Monticellonian., 1915-08-12
Man,s Debt to the Candle.

After the lamp came the candle. whose modest ray we are inclined to regard with a considerable amount of kindliness and esteem. But for the candle the dark ages of the world would have been dark In a still more literal sense than they already were and to this humble servant civilized mankind was indebted for the very best illuminant it possessed. certainly until the latter end of the eighteenth century, and probably right up to the time of the invention of gas.
The Monticellonian., 1915-08-12
Responsibllltv of s.ak.

4 resolution declaring the responsi. bility of the banker to aid agriculture and country life, and the importance that he shall cooperate by organi2a. tion and individually with all move. ments looking to better agriculture has been adopted by the American Bankers association by it's executive council. The 15,oOO members of the association '.ill receive copy of this resolution.