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The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-07-09
MANY STATES USE CONVlCTS
Different Systems Of Employing Prison
Labor on Public Highway Improve
ment q Described.

Thirty states at the beginning Of
the present year had on their statute
books laws providing for the employ
ment Of state prisoners in road build
ing. Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Louisi.
ana, Maryland, Montana, Nevada, New
Jersey, New Mexico Ohio, Oregon. Viz.
glnia and Washington follow practical
ly the same system, providing that the
control Of this work shall be vested
in the state highway commission.
The highway commission or state en-
gineer makes requisition for such
number Of prisoners as he can use
effectively, and the prison authorities
turn over to him such prisoners as
are suitable for the road work.
The prison commission or board Of
control Of state institutions is held
responsible for the development Of
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-07-09


The baggage master halted the iam-
ily party and politely explained that
under the new Law the value Of the
contents Of each trunk must be given.
After a brief consultation with her
daughter. mamma pointed to her own
trunk and said: Please put this one
down as containing one thousand dol
lars worth Of personal belongings.
This one" indicating her daughters
trunk, you may put down for eight
hundred"
How about this little one?" asked
the baggage master resting his heel
on its top.
ION. thatl" replied the lady con-
temptuously. Ten or twelve dollars
win cover that one"
Il see" returned the oficial. ia
TIERS going along too"
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-07-09
DAISY FLY KILLER
HAD NOT FORGOTTEN
Was Right There With Wedding An
nlversary Present, and Yet Wife
Was Not Pleased.

II was late afternoon and time to
get her husbands supper, but the
woman sitting modify by the FIRE
never moved.
Her heart was breaking.
It was her birthday. She had been
married only four years. but he-her
husband-had forgotten her birthday
already. That morning he had given
her no present; not even an extra
kiss before rushing of to town.
Presently there was the sound Of
a key turning In the lock. Into the
room came her husband. Still she
never moved.
He bent over her and whispered as
he dropped a tiny parcel into her lap:
Many happy returns, darlingl"
Her heart was mended. She sprang
to her feet and seized him in a frantic
grasp as she realized that, after all,
he still loved her Then she opened
the parcel.
Pipe cleaners!" she gasped, as she
displayed a little bundle Of feathers.
yes, sweetheart" said the man. Il
knew that they'd please you, as you
object to my using your hairpinsl"
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-07-09
VICTIM OF CRUEL DECEPTION
Fair Seaside Visitor Satisfied She Had
Seen Remarkable Government
Sailing Apparatus"

They we're passing the holiday at
Onset and during the course OF the
sunny afternoon took a stroll on the
beach. At one point they came upon
an improvised breakwater, where
some resident had filled bags with
sand and piled them in breastworks
fashion to prevent the sea from en-
croaching upon his land during the
stormy season.
One Of the young ladies was curious
Immediately. She would know what
the bags were for.
why, it's very simple" explained
her companion with due gravity THE
water in Onset bay originally was
fresh, a popularity Of nature which
has puzzled scientists. It seemed too
bad to deprive the place Of seashore
advantages so the government took
the matter in hand, filed the bags
with salt and thereby has impaired
the proper flavor to Onset water"
Far from rebuking him for being
fresh" she is now telling her friends
of having seen the government salt
ing apparatus" down there.
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-07-09
ERADICATE INSECTS
IN POULTRY FLOCK
Pests Live on Production Of Skin
and Fragments Of Feathers
Recipe for Powder.

q does not take long for lice to give
flock Of hens something to think
about besides laying eggs The on
spring from a single pair Of lice win In
eight weeks amount to 125,000
These pests live on the production
q the skin and fragments Of feathers.
Ig Is not so much what they get as
nourishment from the fowl that hurts,
as the violent itching and pain they
cause. They spread rapidly as they
breed. The lice from one hen may
spread through the entire flock Lice
breed most rapidly IN poorly venh-
lated quarters and on poorly fed, weak
stock The bird that looks sickly Is
the one most likely to be infested.
Provide the flock with q dust bath
and apply the following homemade
powder; To one part Of crude car
bolic acid and three parts Of gasoline,
aad enough plaster Of paris 70 take up
iaa lauid and mix thoroughly Spread
aaf end let dry. Tit is too lumpy run
through e sieve. Store away in tight
cans Work this powder wen into the
lhsrs. especially n the aul and IN
Der lhe wings. Repeat ID ten days and
make s thorough job Of It
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-07-09
Calm Resignation.

Reference having been made to
beautiful resignation, Congressman
Joseph J. Russell recalled an appro-
pirate story.
During a dinner party some time
ago, the congressman said, the topic
turned to the connubial state. Among
the guests was a bachelor person.
Speaking Of marriage" eventually
remarked the bachelor, 1T seems that
the longer a man Is married."
"The happier he is" impulsively
broke in a spinster party with hope
full glance at the other
Il was going to say" resumed the
bachelor disregardingIy, that the
longer a man is married the less he
seems to mind It"
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-07-09
Ready to RIsI, t.

Mr.. Jones wants a windy-pane
twilve inches be fourteen" remarked
young Patrick Mullrooney, entering
the glaciers shop.
In the shop was a smart young as
sistant who wanted to have joke with
Pat.
Haven't any that size," he replied
gravely "Win one fourteen inches
by twelve do?"
Pat looked thoughtful for a minute.
Then he replied:
Hes wantin' it at once, and this
is the only shop in town. Give me
wan o. thin. P'rhaps If we put 1t in
sideways no one will notice"
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-07-09
GOOD ROADS ARE INCREASING
United States Leads France In Miles
Of Improved Hlshways-state
Aid Now In Effect.

According to the Good Roads Year
Book Of the American Highway asso-
citation, recently issued, America now
has 5000 miles more OF good roads
than France, the total for this coun.
try now amounting to $1,000 miles. OF
this 5000 miles we're built in 1912 and
about 5000 in 1914, making a total Of
over one-third Of the entire mileage Of
the good roads OF the country.
New Jersey was the pioneer state TO
provide state aid for public highways,
In 1891, and Massachusetts, and Con-
necticut soon followed, but It is only
during the last ten years that the
state aid policy has been In eject &c
any considerable extent
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-07-09
LEGUMES ARE GOOD
NITRATE PRODUCERS
On Average Farm Such Crops
Should Be Depended Upon to
Act as Soil BenefaCtorS.

1.-THE legumes as a source of nitrate
are rather too slow in action to give
real immediate profits when used to
produce great money crops" This is
the statement made by an advocate Of
the use Of nitrate Of soda on American
soils.
Such a statement should not lead
anyone away from the main fact that
legumes grown with other crops in a
field benefit those other crops the first
year. The second year the soil itself
is much better from having grown the
legumes than II nitrate OF soda had
been used and no legumes grown.
Legumes are our natural nitrate pro
ducers. The nitrogen is cheaper, too,
when furnished US in this form. And
yet we should remember sodium nj
trate for its value in getting quick re-
suits. It is beneficial to almost every
crop when applied in the right
amounts and at the right time. For
quick results when starting a pasture
on poor land, as an application to or
chard soil for Fastening fruit, in mar
ket gardens where crops demand much
nitrogen, and In many other places
sodium nitrate is indispensable. Such
crops as potatoes, garden and truck
crops grown In colder sections need
quick-acting nitrates in addition to le-
gume nitrogen to push the crops be-
fore the organic source is ready.
But on the average extensive farm
let US depend largely upon the legume
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-07-09
ESSENTIAL TO KEEP
ALL PIGS THRIFTY
One of Most Important Things Is
to Stop Leaks and Get Rid
of the BOaTdeTS.

A large part Of the profits in hog
raising depends on the thrift and
health Of the herd The pig that is
stunted never is so profitable as the
one that is kept thrifty and growing
One Of the most important problems
hog growers have to solve is to stop
the leaks and get rid of the boarders,
lice and worms. says Farmers Mail
and Breeze. Going out Of the hog BUSH
ness is not the remedy It may pre-
vent direct losses in an occasional
year such as the past one has been,
but Il will not utilize the feed grown
on the farm and keep up the soil fer
tility.
Failure to use the feeds available
to the best advantage is one Of the
biggest leaks in the hog business. 1t
is poor policy to try to raise and fat
ten hogs on pasture without grain.
The successful farmer will provide
pasture for his hogs every month in
the year if possible, and he viii feed
enough grain in addition to the pas
ture to keep his breeding hogs in good
condition. The grain fed ought to
provide some growth material as well
as fatforming material. Loss often is
due to a failure to recognize the fact
that the fattening period with most
hogs is but a continuation Of the grow
ing period, and that the greatest diff
ference in the rations used during the
two periods should be in the amount
rather than in the kind of feed fed.
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-07-09

the convict road work in some nine
states-Colorado Indiana, Iowa, Kan
sas, Michigan, Missouri, North Da-
kota, Oklahoma and Wisconsin. State
prisoners are turned over to the coun-
ty authorities to be worked on the
county roads in Florida, Georgia,
North Carolina and South Carolina.
This system is not approved by the
national committee on prisons and
prison labor, which holds that the
state under no circumstances is justi-
fed in delegating the responsibility
for its convict wards to county au-
thorities
The system in New York state d.
vides the responsibility for the con-
struction work and maintenance OF
the camps between the state highway
department and the commissioners Of
the counties In which the roads are
to be built, with the state superintend-
ent of prisons in final authority. In
Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming
the highway department and the pris-
on department cooperate in the con-
troll of this work The prison depart
ment is fully responsible for the care
and discipline Of the prisoners. while
the road department is called upon to
do the work which 1t is equipped to
do, the building of roads.
The committee has found this lat.
ter system essential to the successful
development of convict road work.
The prison department is in a posi-
ton to care for the prisoners and to
handle such matters as food, clothing,
housing, medical attention, the afford
ing of educational facilities and reere
alton.
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-07-09
Woke Him In.

The young man was rather slow.
So the girl thought it time to give
him a hint.
Gracious" she exclaimed sudden
ly, I've bruised my lip! Do you know,
Mr., Jenkins. my mother always used
to kiss a hurt place to make It well?"
"And did It do any good?" asked
the young man, failing to see the
point.
Il don't remember" replied the girl,
getting desperate; but those old-fash-
Toned remedies are sometimes very
good"
Then he got busy.
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-07-09
~ wILLIAM Q. cHRIsMANl

By WILLIAM G. CHRIsMAN9
The selecting OF the head OF a herd
ls a question which deserves much
more thought and consideration than
the average farmer thinks when the
subject first presents itself; and yet
It is one Of the most important ques-
tons with which the breeder has to
deal. Why2
Because the sire is the foundation
upon which the herd Is built; just as
no good structure can be erected with
out a firm foundation, neither can a
good herd be established without a
good sire at its head.
In selecting a head for your herd,
the record must be closely examined,
not only Of this particular animal, but
also the record Of his sire and dam
for generations. II he is an animal
OF good type, possessing the charac-
teristics peculiar to his breed, and has
well-established blood lines, you can
feel pretty we'll assured that he will
transmit these characteristics to his
offspring.
Since the male represents exactly
one-half OF the foundation Of the herd,
it is much cheaper, from a business
standpoint, to purchase and maintain
one good animal that represents so
much blood Of the herd and has such
a marked power or influence upon
the CHARACTERISTICS Of such a large num-
Der Of animals.
In raising animals of any kind one
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-07-09

object should be to produce as many
as possible OF the same general we'll
ixeda characteristics: uniformity Of
size. style. conformation, general quail
tiles and color markings. The nearer
a lot Of animals conform to the same
ideal the higher price they viii com
mand.
Just to give an example Of a poor
selection Of a sig will cite a case
saw recently. II was a herd Of
swine numbering over two hundred.
There we're ten brood sows-no two
alike in any respect, color not ex-
cepted, as black, red, white and black
spotted, as well as some red and white
spotted. Let us look at the sire. He
was Of the nOndescript class-neither
a bacon nor a lard hog, with long
nose, long legs, rainbow back and
large ears. What would you be willing
to pay for such pigs? l can give you
the sizes, as saw several slx-months-
old pigs weighed by the butcher who
had purchased them. They averaged
SO pounds! Just think Of it, One
weighed 81 pounds, and It was not
from lack Of feed, for they we're well
fed twice a day.
This shows the influence tho sire
has on the herd. Had this breeder
kept a good sire, he would have raised
an entirely different lot Of pigs and
some in which a profit could be an
ticipated over and above the expense
Of raising.
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-07-09

when / was boy" said the head
Of the family, 7 had to wear my
fathers old clothes made over"
That's all right, dad" answered
his son. 1--WE got a couple Of old
suits you can have"
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-07-09
To Drive Out Malaria
And Build UD The system

Take the Old Standard GROVE S
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
what you are taking, as the formula Is
printed on every label. showing II IS
Quinine drives ont malaria. the Iron
builds up the system. 50 cent? Adv.
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-07-09

Seven million dollars win be ex-
pended on the roads Of Los Angeles in
1915. Three hundred and tWenty-four
miles Of concrete boulevard and 100
miles Of decomposed granite highway
viii be constructed
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-07-09

Send your COWS to the pasture with
clean tanks instead Of leaving them
incrusted with dried manure. And
then watch the result
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-07-09

Generally speaking. a crank is q
man with an enthusiasm for some
particular form Of idiocy.
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-07-09

Horses in Iceland are shod with
sheep horn and those in the Sudan
are fitted with camel-szin socks.
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-07-09

A woman would rather be incon-
sistent than otherwise.
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-07-09
Enc ReaIlzss Value.

No other citizen realizes the value
Of good roads as does the farmer
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-07-09

What is your idea III recognizing
the choir?"
q want to put Il on q sound basis"
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-07-09

When an old man falls in love he is
entitled to a lot more sympathy than
he gets.
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-07-09

The easy going taxi lands a lot
more money than the average race
horse.
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-07-09

Marriage is a lottery in which the
prize-winners draw alimony.
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-07-09

riaest anFutms. -
iraata and klIia al
nlaa Nest ciean, o..
namautal, coursnlrnt
cheap. Lasts ell
naaaons hadeok
metal, canfupiiior ZIP
over wiz not uoll e.
anythizs
0uaranteed efactiva
Attdemiarn ortusni
express paid for ei.oa
nva urasflrn- ~
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-07-09
o, swear Not by tho Moon.

" oWeaF tNot ~ tUc mooUs
Romeo was swearing by the moon.
Nothing doing" protested Juliet,
the moon Is a dead one"
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-07-09
Judqlna 4 Community.

A community can safely be judged
By the kind Of highways It maintains.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-22
Silver Wedding Anniversary
of MIR. and Mrs. E. E. Blake

The home of Mr.. and Mrs. E. E,
Blake was the scene of a most de,
lightful event last Saturday evening,
when about thirty friends and neigh
bors marched into the house to give
Elbridge and his wife a surprise, the
occasion being their twenty-fifth
wedding anniversary. The visit was
so unexpected that Elbridge had to
be sent for, and when he arrived he
appeared somewhat dazed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Blake were the re-
cipients of coffee percolator,
large soup ladle and sugar
tongs, the pre- sentation being made
by Rev. O. E. Barnard. Mr.. Blake
feelingly responded, voicing the ap-
preciation of himself and wife for
the gifts and the presence of their
friends on the occasion.
Miss Kathleen Foster sang "Silver
Threads Among the Gold" Roy
Chesney gave a comic reading. Re-
freshments were served. A social
time was enjoyed and everybody re-
turned home feeling younger in hav-
ing reminded others of their youth
full days.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-22
Big Texas Sale

One of the biggest high grade
merchandise sales in months will be
held riqht here in Island Pond be-
ginning Saturday morning, Oct. %.
1t will be the entire stock of W. R.
Boulds on Railroad street, which has
been placed in the hands of the
Great Southern Sale System to be
sold at prices that will actually stag
ger the belief of the closest buyers.
There will be a balloon ascension to
attract. and fifty free tickets will
be distributed in front of the build
ing at hour of opening. These tick
cts will entitle the holder to some
valuable present absolutely free, so
to secure them you must be on
hand. Also horses, wagons, house
and barn will be on sale. See the
man from Texas, he will tell you
all about it. H. AinsWorth is the
sale conductor.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-22

Bell boy wanted at the Stewart
House. 12-tf
TAKBN ON A DEBT and must be
sold at once one upright Everett
pianD. Inquire of H. E. RANDALL
South ST.. Island Pond, Vt. 7-tf
I have a full line of vegetables at
the Davis market and will fill all
Island Pond orders from this stock.
Orders for fall and winter left at the
market or with O. T. Davis will be
given my careful attention. Hope
we'll Farm, W. E. ROBINSON. 12-2tp
E. l.. Hunt, the optometrist ard
optician will be in Island Pond until
Saturday, Oct. %. Special attention
given to cases among children and
students. Leave orders at the
Y. M. &. A. 1-tp.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-22
School Notes.

Edna Finnegan has returned to
school after spending the summer
in Bethlehem, N. H.
Cora Mcnamara is absent on ac-
count of the illness of her mother.
The senior class will hold a candy
sale in Bosworth Store Co.'s window
Saturday afternoon, Oct. %.
New song books for use in the
chapel have been purchased.
The number of students in the
high school is now "a; this is the
largestit has been for sometime.
The Athletic Association met at the
schoolhouse Wednesday afternoon to
discuss plans for basketball team.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-22
Home Matters

some of the ladies but all made the
ascent after resting at different
points. Upon the arrival at the top
the party partook of a light lunch
of dainty waters and fruit. The de-
scent was made late in the afternoon.
There were a few with stiff limbs
the next day. Regardless of this
everyone is ready to make the climb
again.
Charles G. FothergilI Corporal 18th
Battalion, Royal Highlanders of Can
ada, is back and on his old run firing
trains 13 and IA with engineer Oliver
Duffie after an absence of over one
year. 1t was with some disappoint-
ment that he returned from England
instead Of going to the front with
his regiment, owing to his not recov-
ering sufficiently from pneumonia
contracted at Salisbury Plains. Mr..
Fothergill's younger brother, who
went to the front in the 18th Batal-
lion, vas wounded, taken prisoner
by the Germans and is now in d
hospital in Stendal. Germany.
On Saturday evening last school
and classmates of Mabel Osborne to
the number of nearly twenty gather
ed at her home on Derby street, the
occ lsion being her 18th birthday an
niversary. The party, which was
complete surprise to the young lady,
proved a jolly time for all, new and
antiquated games being played and
musical selections rendered by sever
al members of the party. A dainty
collation. was served and upon the
departure of the guests many hap
py returns of the day" was the
friendly expression passed. Many
pretty tokens of friendship were re-
ceived by Miss Osborne which will
be pleasant memories of the happy
event.
The tenth masonic district meet
ing will held here on Saturday be-
ginning at three O'Clock in the after
noon when Central lodge of Irasburg
will work the first degree. Banquet
will be served in the banquet hall at
6 O'Clock and Memphremagog lodge
of Newport will take the first section
of the third degree at 1880 to be fol-
lowed by Valley lodge of Orleans in
the eXemplifcation of the second
section of the third degree. Both
afternoon and evening sessions will
be held in the opera hall. A masonic
orchestra composed of members of
the various lodges will be in attend
ance. 1t is expected that the Grand
Lodge will be represented by sew
eral members Large delegations
will come from the various lodges in
the district and many brethren from
sister jurisdictions along the Grand
Trunk Railway are expected.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-22
CHURCH NEWS
Congregational Church

Rev. Thomas Hall, Pastor Emeritus
Rev. Robert Lawton, Pastor.
SUNDAY SERVICES.
Morning worship, 10:45.
Sunday School, u NJ.
Evening worship, ZOO.
WEEKDAY SERVICES.
Junior Christian Endeavor, Tues,
day afternoon at o'clock.
Y. P. S. C. E., Tuesday evening at
7:15 o'clock.
Prayer meeting, Thursday evening
at 7:30 o'clock.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-22
Winter OVefcoatS
Ready-Made or Made-To- Order
IF. JONES, DRY GOODS

The DEVILS Daughter" to be
shown at the Idlehour Theatre, Tues
day, Oct. &c, presented by the Fox
Film Corporation is the best picture
ever produced portraying the YAM
pire Woman. Hel curse unto all
is, "As this man has done to me.
so shall | do to all men. From
now on my heart is ice, my passion
consuming fire. Let all men Beware. 4"
Upon these few words the whole
story Is based, with Theda Bara in
the leading role and the help of
scenes cleverly arranged it is a
photoplay supreme.
Her Kiss is death; her love red flame,
That scorches like a white-hot
brand;
But Turing lightning in her eyes
Beckons to that forbidden land
Where blasted lives, like hollow
skulls,
Lie whitening in the sun-bit sand.
The DEVILS Daughter takes cruel
toll,
Her blood-red lips are smiling lies
That lull her fools in her white arms.
And mock them in their parting
breath,
And laugh to see their fell work
done,
AS, cursing, gulls go down to
death.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-22
Tulips

If sent by mail, add postage as fol
lows: less than bulbs, &c; bulbs, &c
doZ, SC; doz., 10c; dOz, l2c.