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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-04
THE HOME FARM

containing 2s5 acres OF land, equally
divided into tillage, pasture and wood
land; the tillage on this farm Is highly
productive and is known far and wide as
producing some Of the best crops in the
county; lots Of fruit-grafted and nat
ural; softwo0d lumber for the farm and
lot of hard wood good sugar place
not equipped; splendid large house with
we'll lighted and ventilated rooms-an.
tique finish; has one Of the best cellars
in the county, large barns with base
ment--l 45N60 II. and I 32x42 f., clap.
boarded and painted; a fine set of build.
ings; best Of running water near grad
ed school; Goddard seminary. Spaulding
high. Montpelier seminary and Mont
pelier high schools all within driving
distance.
STOCK consists Of 80 cows, some fresh
now and a large number 30 freshen with.
In the next month, the balance viii be
fresh in early winter; these cows are
high grade HolEteins and Jerseys-most.
" Holsteins. and are all young q large
number being only and 3 yrs. old, good
sire and great producers; several S-yr.-
olds. very fancy J 2yr. old Holstsin
bull. a good one; - head Of young stock.
mostly calves; shosts In good order,
brood SOW, fat hog. 8 horses. ] Morgan
driving mare, weight about $50 rs, very
good ] driving horse, weight about 900
ns., good age ] bay mare, ] rr. heavy
work horses. weight about 25o0 ns.-l
il an extra good worker and driver;
chestnut horses, good team, good work
ers and drivers, yin weigh about 2 900
De- - hens and chickens.
CRoPS-About IS tons Of choioe tim.
othy hay ab0ut 500 bushels Rrhin-oats
and barley - tons 81 cat straw, rs
tens 81 ensilnEe. cut and IN the silos q
quantity 81 heh corn. stooled. about -
tuns 81 COED r0Wen, so bushels 81 pofs-
toes. q ID of apples on the trees.
{ BUICK TOURING car. fuzzy equipped.
TOOLS 2-h0rss Liney wagon. New
York wagon. PAR sleis. slsigh. veedsf.
saltwater. horse Doe, one-han Interest 10
; isorsspower gasoline engine with
iFmaks. cutter and carrier. Queen Cts
iennnr MIN. Erist mil. . h1rss peweT
md saw rg. manure srres1sr. 2 carts.
nuthto dirger, eurn planter. Ernin hsf-
.estsr. elrr harvester, 8 hnrFpvs, 2 PAR 4
Harnesses. rriu1sinns. 2 paws. stsel isnd
sraFsf. lNnd rul oH Fokss ard tmndreas .
& athar an mlss tuo rurrsruus - rsen-
.iun. Ais8 ] nsu Esrlir shotgun. rlfs E
- "a. suiss rifs 2 90 fsstiunsa Tifss. .
se Ala ID 81 tUusshrlf furulturt.
81 ~ ne issds tafles. tfairE saias, ste i
sals w5u l.srfn r-uurtlr nf 9 ntintk IL
- frTsnour- Terrs ~ rrut 81 ssle
.unet at nr1r- Tuss5Er. o. 8. srzs
Wgs NUERAT CLARE- Errrr
= A PEEET, Aurtiun-s.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-04
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE
ESTATE OF DAVIS A. PITTSLEY

The undersigned having been appointed by
the honorable probate court for the district
OF Washington, COMMISSIONERS. to receive,
examine. and adjust the claims and demands
of all persons against the estate Of Davis
A. Pittsley, late Of Barre Town, in said dis
trict, deceased, and all claims exhibited in off,
set thereto hereby give notice that we will
meet for the purpose aforesaid. at the home
of the late Davis A. Pittsley, in the town Of
Barre, in said district on the 18th day Of De-
tober and 18th day Of March next. from |
o'clock D. m. until o'clock p. m, on each Of
said days, and that six months from the
10Th day of September A. ID. 1915. Is the
time limited by said court for said creditors
10 present their claims TO US for examination
and allowance
Dated at Barre Town, this 18th day Of
September. A. d. 1915
OSCAR NJ WATERMAN,
GEORGE II. HUTCHINS.
Commissioners.
Sep2o-27oct4
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-04
POLIoMYELITIS IN RUTLAND.
Boy Was First Thought to Have Been
Hurt in Football Game.

Rutland, Oct A case of infantile
paralysis, the first to develop in this
city this year, has been reported to
Health Officer f. H. Gashardt, the vic
tim being John, the IA years-old-son of
Mr.. and Mrs. William j. Mullen of Gran
ger street, formerly of Middlebury. 1t
was at first thought the boy was suffer
ing from injuries received in football
game but the paralysis symptoms de-
veloped yesterday. A strict quarantine
was established by the authorities. The
source of the disease has not been de-
cided.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-04
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
ESTATE OF CELIA s. ADAMS

The undersigned, having been appointed By
the honorable probate court for the district
Of Washington, COMMISSIONERS, TO receive
examine. and adjust the claims and demands
Of all persons against the estate Of Celia
S. Adams, late Of Marshneld, in said dis
trict, deceased. and all claims exhibited in Off
set thereto, hereby give notice that we win
meet for the purpose aforesaid, at her late
residence in the town Of Marshfeld in said
district on the 9Th day Of October and
oath day Of February next, from | o'clock
y. m. until 4 o'clock y. M, on each of said
days, and that six months from the 26th dizzy
OF August A. ID. 1915. is the time limited by
said court for said creditors to present their
claims TO US for examination and allowance.
Dated at Marshfeld, this 18TH day Of Sep
TENDER, A. d. 1915.
EDWIN A. THOMAS,
ELDRED c. PITKIN,
Commissioners.
sep2O-27oct4
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-04
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 6, is

at | o'clock sharp in the afternoon, the
following described household goods, con-
sisting of black walnut chamber suites,
of them marble top, with Ideal springs
and nice mattresses nice brass
trimmed iron bed and other iron bed,
both having nice springs and mattresses;
/ elegant Apiece black walnut parlor
suite, leather upholstered morris chair,
willow or bamboo couch, another couch,
center table, good ones ! marble-top
center table; ? bureaus, old style;
small walnut table; ! round mahogany
center table; hall tree with mirror;
birds-eye maple chifronier, oak chif-
fonier and | maple dresser; nice oak
extension dining table, 9 oak dining
chairs, buffet and china closet; ! other
extension table, wood and willow rock
ing chairs and other chairs, expensive
art squares, mats and rugs, refrigera-
tor, lawn mower, ladders and step lad.
der, washing machine, galvanized tubs,
2 wringers and clothes reel, hammocks,
| chamber stove, toilet sets, ; Rochester
lamps and other lamps, with a lot Of
crockery, glass, iron, tin, and wooden
ware and many articles not mentioned.
These are all good clean goods and
would not be sold only for the reason
above given, but must be closed out.
Terms-Cash.
FRANK MewHoRTER, Owner.
c. F. SMITH, Auctioneer.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-04
Auction Sale
FURNITURE

As | have sold my home place at the
corner of Richardson and Hill streets,
Barre City, VT, and as shall leave for
the West in short time, will sell on
the premises, at public auction to the
highest bidder, on
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-04
WORK WANTED

WANTED-Placs as hou1ekeepeF. small FAM
ily or elderly couple Nontprlisr or Barre. hy
middle-AFed woman bsst references. CAL SIS
o. 81 81 Frznkhn ST. before . p. m. 1908
SITUATION WANTED.-By dornestic nurse
with hospital experience chronie case pre-
ferred Addrsss Nurse" care Daily TINES.
le6t6
WANTED Position a. housskesper in small
family b. q young Wunlan q experience &
ei6efly couple ursferrcd Addrszs 'Position.-
eEHs Daily Tins. itetf
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-04
These Are Days

in which careful people put the financial
microscope on the assets Of institutions
We invite study of our investments.
Annual statement will be sent on re-
quest National Life Insurance Com
pany of Vermont (Mutual.) S. S. Bal
lard, general agent, Lawrence building,
Vt.--Adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-04
Tuesday, October 5, rs,

at o'clock in the forenoon, on the prem
Uses known as the Murray Clark farm,
in Plainfeld, near East Montpelier,
about ! mile from the station at East
in the Clark or Willard
about 41s miles from
Barre, the following described real estate
and personal property;
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-04
HELP WANTED

HFRRN BARBER TRADE weess. tools
frsm aiularaa wtitr FOR infurmntiun Castsl =.
M Il nnrter school. hitington str-el Nev
Nurk Citg. l1itss
WANTED Ma over ~ Vear cd - trNusl
fsera uarre Mnrtrelisf. Chslasn. Wnfsr-
f.1TT Eafztfeii. EusburT. NiddlesrE Mnrsh-
s.8a. WEiHaulst0sn. riniuhsld Ca Braz
Eastlsstef. - Y. l-nta
WANTED -First--Ia.s dsrrirtruan Artsg
e G.arEs Etraitnn cuarrT. lEsff
WANTED-Nsn 81 wuuer ~ rs1fssrf
- sHtls Err- f.fErrtarturinr = ven rn7erinr
l.aa 81 rnasruear nnt hrsi-rT Nrfts irrrnssL
ssslF h uraeT a. - In ttrrs Tor ~ "a
trnas ~ Any Guosn-h. Raneuirt
osntsT. "a 1Eaa
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-04
WANTED

ss-#sa#~afa-F sae-n. raHarsltr l-sn.sa ssrss
-vrs NsHrssa ~ kstse 80 Cnur2 care
wsa-us aH-s n-sas
wAsTKu-A $3.50 ss-.sras-- ssu.-riF -
gr-r.sara afaas Easa
rEarW Hfrrrr TRtuE. q as-ss $3.50
frss sa-a HrEs - trteT-1tirr Ncst..1
49, Yea Clr ls-lss
rfafu N-f-rrFr ra-tsF = - Turrta-
- sz-4--is-r. &C., o. a~@tnr 81 saaa
49, 49, E1Ets Ersr-nL rer-tez Naas
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-04
FOUR LINES FOR Csc

:. The Times win publish Wants, Lost and
Found, For Sale, To Let etc.-short adver-
tisements--at the rate OF four lines for twenty
I'VE cents for the hrst insertion and Ave cents
for each subsequent insertion.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-04

at Pays 10 Take Time to See Cotton"
COTTON So STATE STREET
MONTPELIER
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-04
DA vENDERE

rna =z-a - So tu-Els Ttisa s,-ss4
l. - I----T--i---i ru-rH-e ft.rta. eaf1ssra
:. s9zF-ra ~.ssa nrrur rrr-r ur1 Elzl.a-
q aasr rs-a-s tu-r $3.50 - r-u-t- 49,
- $40 81 rnrauertr 80 49, -
--z-rr + d re~ssu~ie
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-04
ABOUT THE STATE
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT SECTIONS
Buyers in North Hero are paying 70
cents a bushel for onions.

cents q busHtI TOT UnIOnS.
The steamer Ticonderoga started from
Burlington Tuesday for Isle La Motto
to get cargo OF apples. Owing to the
wind she was unable to land and aban.
doned her trip. 1t is expected that
about 1000 barrels of apples will be
shipped from the islands this season.
Plans are on foot to establish train.
ing table for the football men at Ham
lin commons, the regular college eating
hall at Middlebury college. This inno-
walton and improvement in the athletic
department OF the college will mean
much to the future Of the athletics at
Middlebury
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-04
TUESDAY, OCT. ), 1915

At O'Clock sharp in the afternoon, 81
NY farm IN South Northfeld village
Vt. pa miles from Mortified, ny entire
herd Of fancy high-grade and sons reg
Istered Holstein cows and young cattle,
consisting II
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-04
FOR SALE

= TO RENT-A tenement on Elmwood avenue.
Telephone 42l-8. 1874
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-04
TO RENT

TO RENT--A 6-roon tenement -,o1,re.e
rental convenience for horse situated miles
from Barre City on good ROAD rur pa =, u
lars apply by letter TO House" care Times
Office. l7it6s
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-04
Auction Sale
OF
HOIStein Cattle

As ] shall only raise and keep regis.
tered Holstein cattle in the future,
viii sell az public auction, 70 the highest
bidder, on
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-04
FOR SALE

I ns~ iow-down spr.aser. latest medsi ties.ee
Farm waran whifstree. and ETensr.
frsned ceuplrts .................-.. rs
HickoFr shafts somplets ...........- as
Hictary Pslss. compists wifh ev-nsrs as
Rsoass frsm Sis up. Ertensisn LADDERS
at esst
A. w. ALLEN co.
New Eaeiand and Orsnrs Cguntf Teirphones
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-04
ONE-OF-A-KIND SALE
GREATEST WAGON VALUES EVER
OFFERED

We have placed on sale Wagons which we
offer for SPOT CASH at the following ex-
traordinarily low prices:
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-04

FOR SALE-Saddle horse; also 2 saddles.
FOR particulars write IF. M. g." care Times
once. l66tf
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-04

THE y. A. PERRY REAL ESTATE AGENCY
BARRE. VERMONT
Rooms and q. Howiand-Csvs Bldg.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-04
Auction Sale
Farm, Stock, Tools, Crops
Household Furniture
so Head of Cattle, Cows,
Calves, Horses, Hogs
and Hens

To settle the estate Of the late Murray
Clark, the undersigned viii sell at public
auction to the highest bidder, on
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-04

FOR SALE--20 registered Shropshire rams,
S-yr., yearlings and lambs correspondence
or personal inspection invited satisfaction
guaranteed. Curtis l.. Martin. Plainfield, VT.
i63tl2s
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-04

House. barn and extra lot in south part
Of the city. for only sl,s5O.O0; a bargain /;
good neighborhood. 1861
Evening star., 1915-04-11

said. was carried along by the Fer
slams, it being the custom for the ad-
vance parties of great host to plant
helds for the sustenance of the herds
or cattle and horses which helped sup
port invading armies. This strange
plant is alfalfa, an Arabic word which
is said to stand for best fodder"
From Greece alfalfa migrated to Italy
and the classic Roman knew its value
well. From Italy alfalfa Travelled TO
Spain, by the Spaniard was taken 10
Mexico in the early years of the six
teenth century, and from Mexico it
spread through South America and was
growing in California when the first OF
the people of the United States saw
that land.
Alfalfa historians have given il as
their opinion that this plant was a ma
tive of Media or that part of the world
which was the home of the Medes, for
probably the plant was in that terri
tory long before there were such men
as Medes and Persians The depart-
ment- by cross breeding is engaged in
the important work of strengthenine
and improving old varieties of alfalfa
and developing new and more valuable
varieties. There are a few alfalfa
farms along the Potomac and Kappa
hammock rivers and one now and then
sees field of alfalfa in Prince Georges
and Montgomery counties Md, while
in western Maryland and in northwest
ern Virginia alfalfa fields have come
to be fairly common sight.
Evening star., 1915-04-11
rible Locust May Affect Starving Europeans

the rails. to brush off the locusts as
the cars move. Sometimes they sand
the rails to make the train go. The
swarm Of which I spoke so dimmed
the light that we seemed to be travel
ing under a tent and not in the OPEN"
asked Mr.. Smith to give me some
word pictures Of the locusts in action.
He replied:
They are very much like our grass
hoppers. but are about twice as large.
Their general color is gray and they
look like small birds as they fly
through the air. They are not dan
gerous, but when they fly low and hit
you in the face it is annoying. The
the damage is caused not by the
grown-ups but by the babies. AS they
move over the country the females
bore holes in the ground with their
will lay bag of from fifty to hun
dred eggs and a month or so later these
will have Matched out into young To-
Gusts who crawl out and begin their
already eaten up the most of the crop
and the babies eat what has grown up
in the meantime. They crawl and hop
over the ground. consuming everything
as they go. They keep on crawling un-
til their wings grow. They go in great
hordes, climbing fences and entering
the houses. DR.. Habenicht told me that
they ate the lace curtains from his
windows, and that they sometimes at
tack the babies and bite them until the
blood runs from the little ones ears.
AS soon s their wings grow they fly
away"
Where do the locusts come FROM" 1
asked Mr.. Smith.
mo one knows. Some say they are
from Brazil, some from Bolivia. some
from Paraguay and the Argentine
Chaco. We only know that they come
from the north and northwest. They
come in August and September. They
get as far south as the provinces of
Salta and Jujui and the territories of
Formosa and Chaco, and from there
they spread over the republic. After
a time there are other swarms formed
by the young hatched from eggs left by
the first swarms, and as the weather
grows warmer there are still other
swarms until the whole territory is
overrun. 1t seems to me that the only
way to combat the locusts is by going
to the country of their origin and
studying their life history there
Scientists should investigate the bio
Evening star., 1915-04-11

them. We attack them in the swarms
and in the egg, and when travelling as
young over the country. The fiiers are
caught in bags and cloths during the
hours of low temperature and de-
stroyed. The places where they settle
are fired, and where they have laid
their eggs the whole zone Is often
plowed up. In other places the eggs
are dug up with picks, and If the
ground is wet animals are driven over
the soil to destroy them. At times they
are gathered in sacks. and it is not un :
common ito have 500 wagon loads of
sacked locusts brought to one of the
receiving stations in a single day. In
some places the government pays is or
20 cents a sack, and a man may make
SIS night catching locusts. The sack
ing is usually during the mating sea-
son, when they do not fly"
Another method of protecting the
grain fields is to surround them with
little fences of tin or sheet iron. These
fences may be eighteen inches or two
feet in height, but 1t Is impossible for
the young locusts to crawl over them.
They will come in hordes to the fence
and then travel along it in both direc-
tions. At every 900 feet holes about a
yard deep are dug. and these are so
bordered with tin that the locusts drop
into the holes and cannot get out. The
agricultural department has spent mil
lions of dollars for such means of de-
fense, and it has now on hand enough
of such barriers to reach halfway
around the world. There are also other
locust traps. In places the crawlers
are scooped up with scrapers and
killed, and attempts have been made to
destroy them with solutions of kero-
sene, arsenic and creosote.
Another insect pest of Argentina
is the ant. There is one species that
is not much bigger than the head
of large pin. but 1t exists in such
numbers that the damage is enormous.
1t attacks the sugar cane and cotton.
1t bites its way into the oranges and
it crawls into the houses. 1t likes to
work in the dark and no place is safe
from 1t. In some sections the bedposts
rest in bowls of water or on panes of
glass coated with vaseline to keep the
ants out, and I am told that it is some
times necessary to take the babies from
Evening star., 1915-04-11

q LONG the north side Of the grounds
~ OF the Department of Agriculture
q q between 18th and 14th streets are
a number of glass houses set in a row,
all Of them invitingly warm when biting
winds blow and glitteringly hot when the
summer sun glows. Sometimes the place
has been called '.glasshouse lane" In
these houses grow many curious creatures
or creations Of the vegetable kingdom,
and there is one house in which the speci-
mems seem especially to attract tourists.
and which are Of particular interest to
scientists Of particular sort.
1t is the cactus house, or perhaps it
should be written the cacti house. 1t is
a strange place. 1t seems to be a bit
of a strange world plucked out of re-
mote somewhere and set down among the
marble mountains. green fields and deep.
majestic rivers Of the capital It is a
plucked In many remote. wild and desert
places and brought together in living
museum of plant wonders
y
There are something more than five
thousand specimens which have been taken
botanical explorers in all the lands Of the
world whcro cactus grows, but the specI-
mems arc especially numerous from the
cactus lands of North and South Amer
lea. There Is no patch Of American
desert which has not sent its represent
ative to this cactus congress. 1t is said
by persons who have the authority to
speak on the subject Of cacti that no
where else in the world is there a cactus
collection which SO nearly approaches
completeness. Many extremely rare speci-
mems are growing in that glass house in
the grounds OF the Department Of Agri-
culture which are not to be seen In the
cactus collections In the botanical gardens
of Europe. The plants range in size from
the cacti called Lophophora, which fur
nish desert Indians with the little mescal
buttons which many Of the tribes use in
religious rites, up to plants as large as
trees.
There are small plants which. what
ever their botanic name. are popularity
and appropriately called '1iving stone"
In that they live and grow. yet to the
human touch seem nearly of the hard
Evening star., 1915-04-11

how things were going in the home
state.
Though progressive, Mrs. Guernsey
is housekeeper and home maker of
the old-fashioned capable type, such
a s the pioneer mothers of large fami-
lies and moderate means were obliged
to make of their girls, and she cher
ishes great pride in her parentage
claiming patriotic ancestry in three
states. One of the great pleasures that
she has been able to experience since
fortune has smiled upon them and her
two children grown up has been the
gathering of family data and visiting
historic places associated with her for
bears on both sides
She was Sarah Elizabeth Mitchell
daughter of Daniel p. Mitchell and
Evening star., 1915-04-11

They are also found in Southern Cali
fornia.
The animal life of Argentina does
not compare In variety with that of
the United States. The greater part OF
the country is treeless, and there are
but few wild birds and wild beasts in
eomparison con = with some other parts .s or
the world. ] have seen condors in the
Andes. They are the highest birds
that fly and their favorite breeding
places are two or three miles above the
the SHOWS and are also on exhibition in
the geological gardens Of some OF the
South American capitals. I photo
graphed half dozen in the zoo at
were about the ugliest birds in the
whole aviary. Their heads and necks
had no feathers, and they looked like
the gigantic vultures that they are.
red. and there is frill of white feath-
ers at the base of their long, skinny
necks. The rest of the plumage is
black These birds are sometimes com
nothing like eagles in appearance and
habits. They eat carrion, and II llama
Or an alpaca lies dead in the noun
talns you may see them swooping
tack any OF the animals of the high
Andes. especially IL 1t is sick or wound
ed: and the shepherds have to watch to
keep theE1 away from the sheep.
w HeH tHey mia d carcass tncy SOFSo
themselves. and it is when they are
stupid from overeating that they are
easily caught and killed.
The condor is not seen on the pam
pas. although there are many vultures
of other kinds there and in other parts
of Argentina. The carancho makes one
think of a cross between a vulture and
a hawk. It is a comparatively small
bird of dark-brown color with a
light band across its wings. The ca
rancho is one of the pests Of the pas
tora1 districts. 1t not only eats car
rion. but it will attack the lambs and
pick out their eyes. 1t makes me think
of the kea. the famous sheep-eating
parrot of New Zealand, which has a
way of fastening it's claws into the
wool of live sheep and then tearing
hole into it's side to get at the kid
neys. The kea instinctively knows just