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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-23

RENEWING THE STRAWBERRY
BED
Try Some Of the New Varieties


If the strawberry bed is to be re
newed, August is the month for accom-
plishing the feat, II may be done either
by runners taken from the old plants
OF by buying pot-grown plants ready 70
set out. An excellent way, If the old
bed is still vigorous and hardy and has
yielded large crops of well.havored fruit
is TO make up a new bed OF half runners
and half new pot.grown plants.
In choosing a spot for the new bed,
select a piece Of land, if possible, which
has been under cultivation this year.
For instance, the old pea bed or where
the early potatoes were grown. Grass
land is the least desirable, for in such
places are TO be found the Larvae Of the
May beetle, which are very destructive
70 small plants. Good drainage is abso-
lutely essential, and plants must have
plenty OF moisture at fruiting season
There will be no danger Of having the
soil too fertile; the richer il Is made and
the more humus that can be gotten into
il, the better viii be the crop, while
the best fertilizer will be stable manure,
well-rotted and as free from weed seeds
q
used, mix il at home, and the following
formula is recommended by w. n. Allen,
a successful commercial grower, acid
phosphate Go per cent?. 200 pounds;
nitrate Of soda, loo pounds; fish scrap.
600 pounds; sulphate, 400 pounds. This
fertilizer should be applied broadcast
and worked well into the soil before the
plants are set out. or applied ~ a top
dressing and worked into the soil after
the plants have started 10 grow. Never
put fertilizer directly under the plant,
for il viii burn the roots
How to Plant.
II extra fine berries are wanted. set
the plants in hills rs inches apart, with |
the rows three feet apart. In planting, |
make the hole large enough 20 have the /
roots spread out In a circle, VITA the /
crown 81 the plants even with surface Of
the col, and press the earth firmly /
about them. The pot -erovn plants may /
be planted, earth and al. without die
turbing the roots. When setting out the |
plants, place q row Of staminate plants,
namely, plants which carry their own
pollen and called "perfeet Towering.
A"AAAA ~ il w. -
mar fruetlfv the pistillEtes q imper-
lert Towering vnrirties
u these progressive DAYS. strawberries
nay always b. had in the autumn ss
vel 81 in the spring. and amunE the
est varieties for this purpose are Pro
gressirs, sHpsrb. and Americas TIE
.rst variety j. VERY profile, - many As
.N8 blossoms. green berries. and rtpe
nut frequsnfly being courted o. cue
lisnt ln fset. - hsafilF dos ths Pro
rsssieF produce that the bl1ssurns H1ust
= ksFf ~ urfI luidsunmar. The Hu-
urzn- hssrina berries must - - put n
he esrlr sErinr. sn6 u tbs berries 49,
leke8 rirft tiDnn urtl r-idEuuusfr
ruF may b. bad in ths Hutumu 81 ths
RI raasun. TIE fsliguir1 sfr-g reg
lar srur a fr1In 5s burus. anf arHin -
20 Euturn
Ceg-ra. 1s1t - p p Fs-s-as-an
rixs1 rs.err-1a
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-23

Candidates ~ ths primaries for ths
VARIOUS STATE oHiess ere finding that ths
isw relative r. corrupt practices I'm siaa-
tigns passs7 IN 1914 = strong harri-
~ bstueen them and those eErectinr
s. T. hired faF esr-raigE purFusas-
A candidate fu rBvsrnuT unasr the
lzu. can errard only $3.50 faf the frt-
nzrF. the othHf rnsn hars cf tae state
fHAet ean eHes rreua fi5ss9 = stste
ssrstur s51n arz q rsrrsssr-tafivt slfs1.
q risw Fl tts dast rf esrIrs irr litsrz-
twrt e. shs ra9nrs o. eel a. &aEa-1aAs-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-23

The "See Vermont first" propaganda
has brought in small army of profess
sional pedestrians, fancy performers, one
legged persons, armless wonders, legless
perambulators, athletic prodiges, beggars
and just plain tramps. We should say
that advertising pays.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-23

Six of the eight front-p page stories in
the Springfield Republican of July p
had to do with strikes in various parts
of the eastern United States, chiefly in
ammunition plants. Possibly the num-
Der of strikes may be mere coinci-
dence, just like the numerous fires on
American battleships.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-23

The Germans are Polishing off the Rus
slams in thorough fashion.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-23

As umpire of the Mexican scrap, the
United States is having hard time Of
il.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-23
ROOSEVELT AND THE DOCTRINE OF
PREPAREDNESS

The address of former President Theo.
dore Roosevelt to an immense crowd OF
people at the Panama Pacific exposition
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-23

While they are praying for victory
against the invaders, the Russians are
taking a shot now and then.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-23

The battle of Bayonne-one of the re-
grettable incidents OF American history
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-23

Lamson & Hubbard straw hats, all
styles and prices, from the McWhorter
Co.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-23

"The public always held fast
to its old-fashioned discomforts,
until the salesman persuaded it to
let go."--Herbert N. Casson.
Are you wearing a
vest this weather?
Cool P al m B e a C h
Suits, $1,000.
Are you still wearing
two piece underwear?
Here are modern ideas
for comfort--union ath-
letic underwear, SOC to
$500.
Belts, 25c to $1.00.
Silk shirts and soft
collars.
Shirts, $1.00 to $500.
Collars, 15c and 25c
each.
!. H. Rogers & Co.
We Clean, Press, and Repair Clothing
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-14

PRAIRIE WIFE, THE. By Arthur
Stringer. The story of a young wo-
man Of rare delicacy and charm, rear
ed in sheltered surroundings Of
much refinement, who falls in love
with and impulsively marries a stall
wart fellow, rebuilding his fortune in
the New Northwest. Together they
go to the shack that he has builded
for temporary dwelling amid the
golden wheat fields. limo. 317 DID.
. net SIPS.
FOOLISH, VIRGIN, THE. By
Thomas Dixon, author Of "The Clans
man." etc. Suppose you fell in love
with a man and married him, and
then found he was criminal. Would
you be crushed with despair or would
you rise and fight for his rehabilita-
ton? Upon this powerful, daring
theme Mr.. Dixon bases his story. nj.
limo. 1853 PIP. Net $1.35.
MIR. BINGLE. L By George Barr
McC utcheon, author Of "Graustark.o
etc. With full-page illustrations il,
color by James Montgomery Flagg.s
An unusual cCutcheon story about
a queer and ilovable man and his re-
lations with q young couple and their
romance. limo. 357 PIP. =
net $1.35.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-14
CONTRARY NARY

This book by Temple Bailey is one
OF the best stories in our stock to Of
fer a young girl, a dear old lady, a
clubwoman, a rather gay young man,
a very sedate old gentleman, for ii
y viii please all of them. Price, net
$1.25.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-14
"THE LOvABLE
MEDDLER. /
By Leo1,a Dalrynaple.
Price Net S135.

I1IC6 .1NVt iPI.0O. ~ ~
Author Of "Diana Of the Green
Van" Sixth printing-40,0OO. Max
ing good with booksellers and book
readers. Praised by press.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-03

sesy I War-Wha b an Invadn Army Field
 her We e
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-03
Prof. Kirchwey,
 International Law
 Authority, 50 Today

Prof. George Washington Kirchwey long professor of law and dean of the law school of Columbia University, and a leader in the peace moveinent was born in Detroit sixty years ago today Prof. Kirehwey, who is a rec ognized authority on international law, was one of the prominent dele gates to the meeting held in Inde- pendence Hall, Philadelphia last month to organize the League to En- make effective the plan for an inter national rcourt of nations.''
 Prof. KtrchWey has written and spoken much about the European war He declared that the United States failed in its duty as one of the sigma by not protesting against the violation of Belgian neutrality.
 "I maintain that under the rules of international law and under the wider rules of international morality a great crime was committed against of Belgium was vio1ated,'' he said on one occasion. ''It is not only our right but our duty to take measures when a great international crime is committed. Where was the govern ment of the United States which rep resents the will of the United States when these nations rushed into war without submitting their differences to a court of investigation or arbitra-# tion? Where was the will of the! United States, where did it find ex- pression when the sacred soil of Bel gium was violated? Where was our voice of protest when bombs were dropped on undefended cities among defense1ess women and children? Where, at the time when the North Sea was sown with mines to the de- struction of commerce, first by Ger many and then by Great Britain. was the will of the United States? I be- 1ieve it was the duty of the Uniteo States to maintain the integrity of the principles and rules of international law by filing a protest against the nations of Europe p1unging into war without first setting forth their req sons and submitting them to a court of investigation. I believe it was the duty of the United States to protest against the violation of Belgian neu- tralfty, and I believe it was the duty of the American government to file a protest against the dropping of bombs on unforttfied towns, and the sowing of seas and, the highways of commerce with contact mines. AIT these things which should have been done we have left undone.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-03
LITTLE BENNY'S
 NOTEBOOK
By Lee Pape

Us feI1os are going to give anuthir show next Satidday in Puds Simkinses back yard, wich Skinny Martin ote the tickets yestidday avn his dollar typewriter, the reserved seat tickits beeing sents, and jest plane ticktts beeing wun sent, and eetch fello took 10 ticxfts to try to sell, and this aftir- noon aftir skool awl met avn my frunt steps to find out how neny had bin sold, meeting. avn my frunt steps avn akkeunt of me beeing trezzur- CT.
 Fetch felIo told me how meny tick it's he had sold wich nun of them had sold eny, and I made a announce nent, saying. As treasurer of the Park Avenue Dramatick sissiety. I wish to amounts that the numbir of tickits sold so far is nun
 Evvryboddys mad bekause our last show was so shoart and they say they aint coming to eny noar, sed Sid Hunt.
 I pass a resolution that we make the tickits a sent apeece and eetch fello can bring a, gerl for nUthtng, sed Sam Krawss.
 You cant pass a resolution a,wI by yurse1f, sed Skinny Martin, aw1 you can do is tell a resolution and then if the rest of us wunt to pass it, awl rite.
 Awl rite, IteIi the resolution then, sed Sam Krawss.
 Beeing a pritty good resolution and we awI passed 1t and separated agen to try to sell sum tickits, and aftir we awl met agen avn my frunt steps and heer nobody hadent sold erly ticl1its yet, avn akkount of noboddy wood buy eny weatnir they cood take ger in for nuthing or not.
 That's wat we get for making bne show. so shoart last time and then run ming out without telling the audients it was ovir, sed.
 tell a resolution that we give the tickits away for nuthing. sed Sam. Krawss. And the rest of us passed the resolution. and we went erround trying to give the tickits away. and noboddys wood take eny akkount of still beeing mad about the last show, lso we passed a resolution to a7wf1r to give a. sanwitch to evvryboddy that wood come to the show free of charge and in about half an hour thare wass- ent a tickit left Proving you can aw1ways get a audients if you ony, give enuff inducements.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-03

FUNERAL DESIGNS AND
 BOUQUETS JOHN RECE s& SON
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-03
EASTON

The strawberry festival at the hall on Monday night proved a, grand sue cess. There were over a hundred present.
 Miss Mary Mayne was entertained Mayne on Brooks street, in Bridge port.
 The thunderstorm Sunday after noon, accompanied by hail, did great damage to corn and potato crops. Lightning struck the house owned by Ambrose Marsh and tore out win dow, destroyed the back of the piano. The haiIstones completely covered the ground.
 MT. and Mrs Erwin P. Edwards were guests on Sunday of MT. and Mrs. Harry L. Edwards in Stratfeld.
 Mrs. William 1cCauley spent Tues day out of town.
 The banquet at the Baptist hall on Saturday evening for the men of the town was largely attended.
 Mrs. Sylvanus Ma11ette of Sweet Brier spent Monday with Mrs. John Sherwood and Mrs. B. P. Edwards at Maple Row Dairy Farm.
 The Dorcas Society of the Easton Baptist church will hold their next meeting with Mrs James Tyler.
 Miss HiIda McCau1ey has returned from a several days visit with Miss Helen Beach of North Bridgeport.
 The Misses Lillian and Bertha An drews have returned from a visit with MT. and Mrs. Clarence B. Andrews of Rock House.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-03
NOTICE

For f0Eey-u1ne ve,,.
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 we g1Te to the buEaneag e1E ,-I-,-57- ssSzsona S at9entaon as the oI6eef F7-5 OA pFHS0te bankers In GafS G1rsrl
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-03
CHAPTER XIII. Under Foreiag1 Rule.


 st' ATHAT is happening in Bos-
 WW tonT7 The question stood
 before the United States,
 and there was no answer All communication with 1t had been annihtiated as if by a lightning stroke Of the 195 American cities with more than 3O00o population twenty-tEvo were in the section that had been lost by the Unibed States. The assessed valuation of those cities alone was more than $2,70o.O0O!Oo0. Ten thousand manufacturing establishments were in the grip of the conqueror.
 All the springs of creative work were broken Shops and manufacto- 11eS were open under orders from the military commander but the owners and managers did not know what to do. h the banks and trust com pan16s' offices everywhere there were posted placards reading as follows: Our conquest. having been completed, carries with 1t absolute ownership of property conquered from the enemy state including debts as we'll as personal or real property.
 The richest man in New England ever much wealth he might have lying in the banks, he could draw only enough for daily food
 Prominent among the notices that were posted here and fin all public places of Boston was the announce ment of the institution of the new government It was:
 On and after this date the city of Bos- ton is under the rule of the headquarters stan af this army. The present civil of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-03

FUNERAL DESIGNS AND
 BOUQUETS JOHN RICK B sON
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-03

tCO1EL1AQSQ.J < ;
 If the searchlights were effecfave the Rhips should have to dee to the far thest limit of the coast guns range. At that distance they in turn could not deliver an effective bombardment of the land so long as it was dark So, then. all the ferocious game of war centered for the time on the search lights The death laden ships, the death laden guns on land, had to wait till it was learned what the lights would do
 They had prepared for their game of blind mans buff by long consultations over charts. Every ships officer was every contingency that human wit could forecast in the headIong game of chess that is played with cannon
 The ships struck ohltaneously all along the line of defenses They fred close tn north and south, and from battleshtps out at sea A plunging fire went over Nahant and across into Winthrop The speeding ships missed the defenses and their bursting shells wrecked the town instead. As its flames reddened the sky the flames of
 Eum made red reply The quick lights caught the ships Again and again the white light shafts fell on yeerIng speeding vessels and made them hurry to get away before the fire control of the defenses could cover them
 Stil1 they returned. Each time they approached at new point in the hope of developing a defect 4n the light sys- tenn Each time they fired all the met aI that they could throw in tho one in stant before the beams fell on them
 There were few hits made by these running ships. but they could afford to waste anmunition since their contfn-s ual attack forced the defenders to use their own nspfaoient supply
 While half naked men in ships tur- ret5 and half naked men at coast guns md fn mortar pits were telling to wFeak brute destruction 2 game of wits was being played just as bnsily This game was played not on the huge armored ships, not in the formidable engine batteries of the forts, but in the lookaMts Of the American range finders.
 ar nsrthward, miles outside of Bos- ton harbor two ships stood into Ma hant bay Here in seven fathoms of water they stopped and lowered their boats Manned by crack b1ueJackets, the cutters moved toward the beach ct Little Nahants
 Far away the harbor searchl1ghts played like summer lightning The sallors moved on in utter darkness to- ward the invisible beach. They rowed in in irregular formation til they could hear the surf. then the foremost boats lay sfill, tossing on the swell waiting for the others to draw abreast Form less, vaguely gray in the night, the line made dash.
 They were on the first lifting swell oT the long waves that tumble toward the land when fierce white l1gat tore terribly through the night and bIazed on hen and around them.
 Orange flashes ripped through ft Little Nahant beach duaked with ex. pIosion. h the white light. as if the tossing boats were spectral pictures in q dissoIvfng yiews they melted amid the roar of the shore guns Black fragments wE1rIed through the steady glare. and shells chopped the sea where there were bobbing heads and clutch ing hands
 The IigEt stabbed the night in and out It veered to sea with enormous speed long, black silhouette with
 ii
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-03

ADVERTISE IN THE FARMER.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-03

The Portuguese moratorium was
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-03

M toarr [ The Tteel'aasaa question n stood essl before the United States,
 and tI,,oyn 77ex y1o ev,sx1r,y-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-03

sunrise ali the streets Haunted placards ordering the inhabitants to continue their business Other placards warned them to deliver up all arms of any sdescription Twenty Of the mo 4A ,on- Inent men, said the fugitives h.s- been seized as hostages
 Wherever the army passed 1t made good it's possession wholly. It left no
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-03

three funneia appeared full in the cir e1e of ftslarffncia1 day. 4 funnel van 1shcd, and another A spout Of water lifted alongside from shell that had aallen short Another the nett instant smashed into its side and made it reel. The destroyer turned suddenly and Rushed at the Iane< It's steering gear had been slaot away Almost instantly
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-08-28
AIR AND SUNSHINE
BEST DISINFECTANTS

The statement given out recently that
boards OF health are giving I'm disint
Iectlon alter contagious diseases has
caused some astonishmcnt among thc
old-iashioncd persons. But knowl-
edge OF how such diseases are trans
hlltted from one person to another
makes the futility OF such disinicct;ng
processes as fumigation evident. The
Scientific American give succinct and
accurate description OF the way in which
diseases are caught :"
yellow fever is contracted only
through the bite of the Stcgomyria mos
quito, malaria only through that of the
Anopheles, typhus fever only through
that OF the body lousc. Cholera and
typhoid lever are not contracted
through miasms; but solely by swallow
ing the essential germs OF those dis
eases III food and drink thus contami-
hAtea. DIphtheria is probably not com
municable through the air; but by direct
contact with the sick, as in kissing: or
by contact Di ones nasal passages or
throat with the diphtheria germs as
contained III the handkerchieis. dishes
and the like used by patients.
ne safest place in the world as to
dlpntheria IS the properly conducted,
well-ared ward OF diphthcria hos
pltal Hospital doctors, nurses and
others. careful in their ablutions, are
III constant attendance the year round
on diphthcria, scarlet fever and measles
patients, without contracting those dis
eases or being in any fear OF them The
Nurest place not To contract consump-
ton IS well-managed tuberculosis
sanatorium.
Nor are scarlet fever and measles
transmitted through the 'pccling' or the
SKIN eruptions in those diseases. And
measles IS infectious anyway only dur
ing the first several days OF the disease.
generally before it is recognized and
from the germ-ladcn discharges from
the nose and throats OF sufferers"
Distinction certainly DESTROYS the
germs OF these diseases, when it reaches
them, but the germs perish almost as
soon as they leave the patients body
The best disinicctants ever invented
are pure air and sunshine A sick room
well ventilated after the close OF case;
the bedding, carpets, rugs, and so on
exposed to the blessed sunshine: plenty
OF soap and water for scrubbing up
These factors will for most infectious
diseases, be all the disinfection neces-
sary."
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-08-28
NEW ORDER HITS
THE EXPRESS BUSINESS

Washington. - The United States
treasury department has announced that
plans have been perfected by which
after August 16 all government money
and securities will be transported by reg
istered mail. The express companies
have handled this business for 25 wears.
and their revenue from that source
amounted to approximately $500, 900 an
nually. Despite claims first made by
postoffice officials that the parcel post
system was only intended to be a COM
petitor of the express companies. it is
now agreed that the companies have been
injured and the end is not in sight One
company-the United States Express
mas already gone out of business. This
concern had the contract to transport
money for the government.
lhe charge was 20 cents a thousand
dollars from Washington to Philadel
phia and other nearby places, and ranged
up to 81 thousand to San Francisco.
In the earlier days of the contract tbe
company was paid S1.5O a thousand to
carry money to the Pacific Coast This
contract alone netted $375.OOO in three
years, of which S245.OOO was reimburs-
able by the national banks.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-08-28
Mild Result.

he courtroom was crowded A wife
was seeking divorce on. the grounds of
extreme cruelty and brutally abusive
treatment.
The husband was on the stand under
going grucing cross examination.
The examining attorney said: "You
have testified that your wife on one oc-
caSion threw cayenne pepper in your
tace' Now, sir, kindly tell us what you
did on that OCCASION"
The witness hesitated and looked con-
fused. Every one expected that he was
about to confess to some shocking act
OF cruelty. But their hopes were shat
tered when he finally blurted out:
Il sneezed r'-Everybodv's