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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05

PROPER TIME TO FILL SlL0
Begin Operation Soon as Corn Has
Reached Right Stage for Fod-
der-let the Silage Settle.

(By ]. G. WATSON, Missouri Expert
ment Station)
Don't wait too long to fill the silo.
Begin as soon as the corn is right for
fodder The kernels should be in the
dough stage but denied and the lower
leaves turning brown. Let the corn
mature as much as possible without
becoming so dry that water must be
added to make the silage pack solidly
and ferment properly.
Cut into pieces half to threefourths
of an inch long to make them pack
well and to prevent waste in feeding.
This takes more power but is worth
it. Pack we'll with concrete hampers,
keeping the silage higher at the wall
than in the center
Fill slowly, if possible letting the
silage settle a day or so at a time.
This makes it keep better and in.
creases the amount the silo will hold
This amount may be still further in
creased by using woven wire to hold
more silage at the top. 1t will grad
ually. settle into the silo but tends to
spoil while doing so. If more silage
is added after such settling, take out
the spoiled layer at the top.
If caught by frost, the corn for sill
age should be cut before it dries out
After that, add water The corn may
even be shocked TO put in at a more
convenient time or to refill the silo
if enough water is added.
The experiment station has pub
lished bulletins on shock corn for
silage; silo building; and silage for
horses, mules and steers.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
Sounds of DesoIation.

You proceed little farther in Ar
ras to large circular place, once i'm
posing. Every house in it presents
the same blighted aspect. There is no
urban stir! but in the brief intervals
of the deafening cannonade can be
heard one sound-blinds and curtains
futtering against empty window
frames, and perhaps the idle, faint
banging of loose shutter. Not even
a cat walks. We are alone-we and
the small group of staff officers who
are acting as our hosts. We feel like
thieves-like decorators. impiously
prying
Continually came the hollow sound
of things falling and slipping within
the smashed interiors behind the IA
cades. And then came the sound of a
baby crying-for this city is not, after
all, uninhabited We saw a woman
coming out of her house and carefully
locking the door behind her. Was she
locking 1t against shells or against
burglars?-Arnold Bennett in Satur-
day Evening Post.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05

which it rises about 30 feet. The
ridge is the so-called Hill of Ilium,"
the sea is the flood plain of the Simois
and the Scamander, historically known
as the plain of Troy. and the promon-
tory, with its crown of ruins, is Troy
itself. You walk around the ruins
and make the surprising discovery
that if the walking were good you
could easily do it in ten minutes.
Astonishing! Is this all there was of
Troy, and did this little stronghold
withstand nine years siege and still
remain unconquered by force? I'M
possible! The whole hill of Ilium may
have been fortified and to some ex-
tent populated; otherwise how was
the garrison provisioned? Unpoetic
details like these never troubled Ho-
mer, so why bother about them?
Within sight, almost, of Tenedos.
the island base of the attacking allied
armies, and within sound and reach
Of the big guns, the old ruins are
watching over the present fighting, a
greeting from the days of the first
great western siege to the greatest
siege of modern times.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
Sunshine and Air.

Sun bathing and outdoor life are the
best means for making red blood.
writes DR.. J. Ii. Kellogg in Good Health.
When one goes out into the sun the
skin gets tanned brown color. This
influence of sunlight is not seen simply
upon the surface Of the skin. The col
oring matter is formed and developed
deeper in. The suns rays strike down
in and penetrate perhaps for an inch or
two into the soft tissues, so that the
influence of the sun is felt ON the int
rior of the body as well as on the out
side
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
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MIN He NeMer Married

so, doctor, you are still single All
I fear that you are somewhat of wo
man hateEn'
Nay, madam; it is to avoid becom
ing one that | remain a bachelor
San Francisco Chronicle.
Her Work
THAT woman does her own work"
"Just fancyw
Eyes, that's it. Just fancy work"
Hard Luck
What is hard luckT"
"A combination of laziness and bad
Judgment. Cleveland Leader.
Its Nature.
as this condiment hotT'
1T can't be. It's chilly sauce. BAL
timore American.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
!TimiditY RaIks Talent.

A great deal of talent is lost to the
world for the want of little courage.
Every day sends to their graves a
number of obscure men who have only
remained obscure because their timid-
ity has prevented them from making
first effort, and who, if they could
only have been induced to begin,
would in all probability have gone
great length in the career of fame
The fact is that in order to do any
thing in this world worth doing, we
must not stand shivering on the bank,
and thinking of the cold and danger,
but Jump in and scramble through as
we'll as we can.-Sidney Smith.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
The Dinner Horn,

Details i'll regard to the manner in
which meals were served during the
dark ages 90 not abound. 1t is only
toward the twelfth century that we
begin to have a little light on this in
teresting subject. When a meal was
ready in the thirteenth century the
guests of castle, with the vassals,
were assembled to the sound of a horn,
method Of summoning that appears
to have been the privilege only Of the
greatest lords. Some hundreds of years
later a bell was used for the purpose.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
KEEPS OUT DIRT AND FLIES
Sanitary Device, Invented by Texan
Closes Aperture in Bucket Dur
ing Milking Operation.

A milk pail which tends to prevent
the unnecessary contamination of its
contents by flies and dirt has been in
vented and patented by Texas ranch.
man. Instead of being open and there
fore catchall for filth, as is the ordi.
nary bucket, the device is provided
with a cover having a funnel-shaped
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
TAKE VIBRATION TESTS
ENGINEERS ASCERTAIN FACTS
CONCERNING BRIDGES.
Effect Produced by Locomotive Run
ming at High Speed Was Point to
Be Arrived At, and the Re-
suit Is Interesting.

Tests recently made by an engineer
ing association throw an interesting
light on the severe vibration to which
railroad bridges are subjected by loco
motives running at high speed. Every
locomotive drivewheel is counterbal-
anced to neutralize the weight of the
driving rods, the counterbalancing
metal being cast adjacent to the rim
on the side opposite the driving-rod
connection. With this arrangement it
is possible to counterbalance perfectly
for only one speed, so that with the
locomotive running at either greater
or less speed than this there is sure
to be pounding. This becomes Sc
rious matter when the locomotive is
running at a speed greatly in excess
of that for which it's drivewheels are
counterbalanced, the wheels lifting
from the rails small fraction of an
inch at each revolution, and then fall
ing back with hammer blow. Every
bridge span has a natural rate of vi
bration, depending on it's length and
construction. When the pounding Of
the locomotive corresponds to this
natural rate of vibration the result is
excessive vibration, the effect being
exactly like that of pushing swing
at just the right intervals. The speed
at which this occurs for any particular
bridge is known as it's critical speed.
In the case illustrated, the maximum
bending of the span under the critical
speed is about so per cent greater
than that caused by a steady load of
the same amount. 1t has been found
that this effect is practically absent
for speeds under Is miles an hour and
for speeds greatly in excess of the
critical speed.-PopuIar Mechanics.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05

Professor Rollin y. Salisbury of the
University Of Chicago says a cOntinu-
Gus process Of contraction is going on
inside the earth ana will continue I'M
til all the chemicals within it have
been transformed into the densest
compounds, millions of years hence
Earthquakes are a result of the con-
tracing process.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
A I ardA Order

HE shared his umbrella with her
on rainy day and now they are mar
ried.'
That's the way 1t goes" replied the
cynic. II have no doubt he started
out merely with the idea OF keeping
her dry for few minutes and now
he'll probably have to keep a roof
over her head for the rest OF his life. "
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
A Diamond Superstition.

In India the superstition obtains that
If the famous diamond, the Kohinoor,
is worn by man dire disaster will
befall him, whila If the wearer be a
woman fortune will shine upon her for
the rest of her days.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05

Plunging over the observation bal
cony of the Boston custom house
tower and whirling AS feet to death
on the pavement Ct State street, John
M. Durick Of EostCn committed SUI
eide in sight Of scores ~ people.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05

DO you think l will make a play
err asked a sluggish applicant for
football.
you may make a chess player said
the coach. You are slow enough in
moving"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
Keep Only Best Cows.

The right kind of man will have
profitable cows. The kind of breed
does not matter so much. There are
good and poor cows in all breeds, but
the good business man will weed out
the poor of any breed and keep the
good. .. ..,...
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
Sweet Retort.

The young women present were dis
cussing their ages, and one Of the
girls said, Il don't know what it is
about my appearance, but everybody
always guesses me a lot younger than
l really am
And another of the girls answered,
oh, so sweetIy: "Oh, that's after they
have heard you talk, isn't it, dearr-
Argonaut
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
CarboIated VaseIine for Teats,

For use on teats carbolated yaseline
is somewhat superior to plain vase
line, as the small amount of carbolic
acid in the mixture has antiseptic
qualities that tend to prevent infec-
ton,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
Australia's Wheat Farms,

Typical wheat farms in Australia ex,
tend from 600 to loco acres and are
usually worked single handed by the
farmer and his family, labor saving
machinery being used In every possible
direction
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
Dies While TeStifyinu

While under cross examination be-
fore the board Of election commission
ers at Boston in case of alleged ille-
gal registration, Henry Hollander be-
came unconscious and died within a
few minutes from heart failure.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
Arguments.

You may imagine the fellow who was
arguing with you quit because he was
beaten, but there is always the prob.
ability that he thought it would be
useless to waste any more words on
fool.-TOledo Blade.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
ConSidarate,

Mr.. de Club-My dear, a great Ger
man. physician says women require
more sleep than men. Mrs. de C.-Does
he? Mr.. de C.-Yes. My dear-Hm-
er- you'd better not wait up for me
tonight.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
Doesn't Mash Them

SnicklefritZ--I know a.man Who new
er washes his hands before breakfast.
Dingleblatz-Why doesn't he? Snickle-
fritz-Guess he hasn't time He en-
ploys nearly 200 hands in his factory
indianapolis Star.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
Still Sore.

III you are kind to people they will
be kind to you"
No doubt that is true in the main.
out there are exceptions, and / hope
you won't dwell on the subject this
morning"
Why what's the matter?
I've Just been victimized by a fake
promoter, and was as kind to him az
could e."-Birmingham Age Herald
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
MiIkina Machine a Success.

The milking machine is proving to
he success, but it must be properly
handled. Anyone who cannot succeed
in getting his own cows properly
MIXED by hand should try the milking
machine.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
Prudence.

Aren't you ashamed, Tommy, to
strike a boy smaller than yourself?"
Not much. Anyhow, it's better to
be ashamed Of striking small boy
than sorry you struck a bigger one
Richmond Times Dispatch.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
His Crime.

Lawyer--Judge, l want you to fine
this man who was knocked down by
nay clients car. Judge-Fine him?
Why? Lawyer-He had a nail in his
clothes, and it punctured a new tire
Topeka Journal.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
Hard. Heavy Work.

Cutting corn for ensilage is hard,
heavy work. Do not go at it hammer
and tongs. There are more years com.
ing, and we want to be here to enjoy
them.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
Safe Bet.

A New Jersey town is conducting a
contest to find It's aomeliest man.
Without knowing anything about It's
citizens Wen oct 1t the town beauty
Acknowledgment free Press.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
General Omission.

People occasionally announce their
intention OF ''summering" or winter
ing" here or there, put oddly enough
they never say they will fall" or
spring" in any place in particular.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
True Love,

Are you fond of Kipling, Mrs. Nc
Bride?" 1.-THE idea! am fond Of no one
except my own Charlie. "-EXchange.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
A SAVINGS BANK WITH
A WORLD WIDE REP
UTATION

Let the publlc..once reach the
conclusion that a merchant is
honest, reliable and square and
his trade growS-often times
the growth is phenomenal.
While this is true with refer
ence to merchants, it is eSpe-
cially true with reference to
Savings Banks.
tits said that there is nothing
so cowardly as money; let the
slightest breath of suspicion be
raised in regard to the safety of
money and it goes into hiding
about as quick as you can say
Jack Robinson"
On the other hand, let the
methods and characteristics of
the managers of a carefully con-
Quoted Savings Bank become
the subject of favorable discus
sion and money flows into its
treasury from every quarter.
People first begin to. talk
about it on the street corners of
the banks home town, then the
adjoining counties take up the
discussion and, before you know
it, the good opinions concern
ing the bank are spread from
county to county, from state to
state and from country to coun-
try, until it encircles the globe.
An excellent example of this
isthe Hyde Park Savings Bank,
whose growth for the first few
years of its existence was very
modest.
The bank commenced bust
ness in January 1889; ten years
thereafter, on the first day of
January, 1899, its deposits were
only $479,7O4.56, a less sum
than it has gained in a single
year since that time.
Ask almost any man of gen.
eral information touching YER
mont affairs today and he will
tell you that the cause of the
abnormal growth of the Hyde
Park Bank has been the faith of
the people in the painstaking
care of that Bank in making its
investments as well as in a firm
belief in the excellent business
ability and the, cautious conSer-
vatism of its managers.
This reputation has spread
until it has covered the country.
There isn't a state in the Union
that doesn't deposit money in
the Hyde Park Savings Bank
indeedit receives deposits from
Alaska, the Philippine Islands,
the Republics of Panama and
Cuba, from the Canadian Prov
inceS from Quebec on the east
to Saskatchewan on the west
and from China, India and Tur-
key.
All these have contributed to
make the Hyde Park Savings
Bank the largest Bank in the
world in a country village.
The fact that not a dollar
sent to the Hyde Park Bank by
mail since it was organized in
1889 has ever been lost, has I'M
doubtedly contributed greatly
to these tar-away deposits of
that Bank, and they have come
to the Bank by check, postal or
express money order and by
registered letter.
The Hyde Park Bank pays 4
per cent compounded Semi-an-
nually and pays all taxes.
So far as the most careful
scrutiny can determine, the
Bank does not own a dollar of
doubtful paper among its en-
tire assets.
"SnfntM first SafatM last and
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
Sod and Insects.

To guarantee against insects, do not
follow a grass sod with such a grain
crop as corn. 1t is well to keep the
land fallow for tins.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05
FRIENDSHIP.

Moth Q tut the harmony Of
friendship 500 hes our sorrows; with
out its sympathy there is no hap
piness on earth.-Mozart.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-05

opening in the middle. A sanitary
sleeve with Sits for the insertion Of
the hands is fixed to this, so that the
aperture in the bucket is entirely in,
closed during the milking operation.--
Popular Mechanics.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-04-29
SISTERS
MAKE A BIG hit

The Pythian Sisters Lodge deem
ing themselves under obligation to
their Bro. knights for curtesies ex-
tended to them In the past decid-
ed to- be hostess themselves and in
vited the Knightss to be present
Monday evening Apr. 26 and par
take of the good things that they
had to offer. About Is knights and
ladies were present and all enjoyed
the evening to the fullest extent.
The main feature of the event ng
was a little play given by the Lad
les entitled ''The Secret Order of
the Golden Goose" j. K. Vande-
Brake was initiated into the myster-
les of the order and isnow fine
pledged go Sc gander. After the play
the time was devoted to games un-
TIL delicious lunch was served and
every body went home congratulate
ing themselves that they We're
knights of Pythias or a friend of
one, or Gander.
By one of the Guests.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-04-29
Another Story Of
The Early Days

located north of my fathers one
mile.
After my father built his cabin
and broke out his forty acress and
put in sod corn, potatoes, turnips,
broom corn etc. Che made our
brooms himself), he went back to
Mahaska Co. where We then lived
and got the rest of his family. We
came to our new home in Audu-
bon County in Sept. 81 so of course
T. ]. jenkins has lived here long
er than have, from May until Sep
temfber, but I have lived continu-
ously here since, except the fall and
winter of '66 spent 5 or 6 months
in Ohio.
Our school privileges were rath-
er limited, as we had no school un-
I'll about four years after We came
here, then D. M. Harris and family
moved here, and he and father had
log school house built Ia mile
south Of fathers Harris had or
4 pupils and father had that many,
SO we had three months term,
with Ellen Northgraves as our first
teacher. Then we had a frame
school house built 3-4 mile north OF
fathers, where went to school un-
til grew up to woma nhood.
taught my first term in the home
school. Jane Beers was among our
first tea hers.
Father went twice year to Cedar
Rapids with wagon and team and
bought goods by wholesale, coffee
by the sack, (green coffee) sugar
by the barrel also syrup, tea by the
box, calico and muslin by the bolt
and other things accordingly. He
went, not far from Bear Grove to
get out wheat and corn ground at
what was called Tams Mill. have
written long enough, guess, could
write lots more, but people will ge,
tired reading this, SO will close fol
this time.
Mrs. Hannah Hamlin Hawk,
An old settler of Audubon Co.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-04-29
UP DAY
PROPERLY OBSERVED

The board of health set Wednes-
day April 21st as "Clean up" day
for The City Beautiful and SO eager
were our people, generally speak
ing, to maintain our non-de-plume
that many did not wait for the
time Set by the board of health to
commence but went to work at once
In consequence, our city was reas-
onably clean before the time for
the regular engagement had arrived
1t must certainly be very graft
flying to the boardto see the resi-
flying to the board to see the resi-
We understand the few parties who
did not comply with the request on
last Wednesday have promised to
do SO at the earliest possible mom-
ent. Extra is clean little city, and
her citizens take pride i'm her clean
Iiness. which, we are told, is ne:
to Godfne~s
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-04-29
PLANT TREES IN
THE CITY PARK

1t was commendable act of our
city council to- have some trees
planted in the park last week where
several were taken out last winter
under a mistaken order of the coun-
Gil. The removal of the old trees,
that it has taken SO many years to
propagate, which, having attained
such dimenttons rat the shade they
afforded was equal only to an open
Shed was a grave mistake and a
costly one to our city The south
S de Of tile park not only afford ed
a cooling shade to mankindsin a hot
day but t poor horses who chanc-
ed 10 be tied to the chain under
meath these lope.y trees in hot
day, started home, on their return
trip much refreshed by the trees
cooling Influence Planting trees in
the park now may be appreciated in
t generations to come but the ent
erpris,ng citizens who plant them
will probably never have the pleas
ure of ever enjoying their shade.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-04-29
PHILLIPS

At the brides home near Wichita
GutGrie County Iowa last Wednes-
day April 21st. occurred the mar
rage of Mr.. Walter F. Nielsen to
M ss Eunice Phillips. The wedding
was a private one; the relatives and
a few friends only witnessed the
nuptia.s which were performed by
Reverent J. w. Beams OF Nevada,
Iowa.
Mrs. Nielsen is the daughter of
MIR. and Mrs. T. M. Phillips of near
Wichita where she has been raised
to womanhood and is educated and
refined.
Mr.. Nielsen ia the son of Mr. and
Mrs Carl Nielsen living mile west
of town and has acquired a mechani
cal knowledge by observation and
prattice that is equal,ed by few in
mechanical arts.
The Journal wishes the young
peop.e abundance Of happiness
through life and TRUST NO vile i'm
ruder may mingle in their happi-
ness and pleasures.
Under the firm name of Nielsen
& Phillips, Walter, as one Of the
partners will conduct an automo-
bile repair shop in Extra and in his
chosen field and business all wish
them prosperity.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-04-29
ADA|RS POPULATION
IS over 1910

Adair News Says:
j. H. Porter, city assessor and
census enumerator, is now nearing
the end of his labors and reports
that Adair has a population of some
thing over one thousand ard ten,
which makes nice gain for the
city sin e the last enumeration,
which showed 946. In many ways A.
dair is growing and improving, the
assessed valuation of the real and
personal property is more than
keeping up with the increase in
population.
Reports regarding the high taxes
in Adair have been greatly eNager-
ated. There is a school tax of near
ly 60 mills, which makes our local
taxation little high. For all other
purposes there is a levy of about
62 mills. Very soon The News will
publish a special article regarding
taxation matters, showing the facts
as they are, and making everything
as plain as possible.