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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-09-29
Hard on Her Husbands.

The subeditor in charge of the ''per-
sonal inquiry" column opened his sew.
entieth letter with a groan.
81 have lost three husbands" a lady
reader had written confidentially, "and
now have the offer of fourth. Shall
l accept him?''
With look of utter boredom the
subeditor dipped his pen in the ink.
This was the last straw.
eff you've lost three husbands" he
wrote, 81 should say you are much too
careless to be trusted with a fourthr'-
London Globe.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-09-29
Thrice Week Edition
OF THE
NEW YORK WORLD
Practically Daily at the Price Of a
Weekly. No other Newspaper In the
world gives 80 much at so low a price.

The year 1914 has been the most ex.
traordinary in the history of modern
times. 1t has witnessed the outbreak
of the great European war, struggle
SO titanic that it makes all others look
small.
You live in momentous times and you
should not miss any of the tremendous
events that are occurring. No other
newspaper will inform you with the
promptness and chespness of the Thrice
a.week edition of the New York World.
Moreover, years subscription to it will
take you far into our next Presidential
campaign.
THE THRICE-A-WEEK WORLDS
regular subscription price is only 81 90
per year. and this pays for loo papers.
We offer this unequalled newspaper and
NEWS AND CITIZEN together for one
year for $2.0U
The regular subscription price OF the
two papers is S2.25.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-09-29
A Pupil of the "Best Teacher"

"Cheer up, old boy" advised the
married man. you know it's better
to have loved and lost than never to
have loved at all"
"Yes," agreed the rejected sutton, jim
Cling a bunch of keys in his pocket;
s'better for the florist, the confection-
er, the messenger boy, the restaurant
waiter, the taxi cabman, the theatrical
magnate. and the jeweler." - Ladies'
Home Journal.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-09-29
Harvest Moon.

The harvest moon is the full moon
that appears about the time of the au-
tumn equinox. Because of the small
angle that is made by the moons orbit
with the horizon it rises at the same
time for several nights. The hunters
moon is the next moon after the har-
vest and is a like phenomenon.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-09-29
Basis of CHARGE.

Baldheaded Gentleman dn BARRIERS
GhopI-You ought to cut my hair cheap
or. There is nothing much to cut.
Hairdresser-Oh. no. In your case we
don't charge for cutting the hair; we
charge for having to search for it
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-09-29
Effort.

Did you ever hear of man who had
striven all his life faithfully and singly
toward an object and in no measure
obtained it? If man constantly as
pires is he not elevated ?-Thoreau.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-09-29
ROYAL Bait,

According to Harry Sparrow, bust
ness manager Of the New York team
in the American league, he was in
south sea island waters once Oh a
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-09-29
Hearts Desire,

Warden-No. 41144, do you wish any
book from the library? Prisoner-Yes;
I'd like to have railroad guide.-Phil-
adelphia Ledger.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-09-29

Philosophy is nothing but discretion.
--Selden.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-09-29
i Shall Not
ABE COHEN,

TELEPHONE 1870
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-07-29

Pay cash for your grains and get an
itelnized receipt. Audit your bill and see
that amounts, prices and extensions are
correct.
Buy by weight only. and then only in
multiplcs or standard divisions Of a hun
dredweight, Don't buy by measure,
Study the market reports in tho daily
papers and have some way of comparing
: alues.
DO the buying yourself Don't leave il
10 children or incompetent employees.
Buy all foodstuffs separately and mix
them Yourself, thereby saving extra cost
and loss by mixing, and the possibilitie7
Of adulteration
Buy as few varieties Of grains and
foodstuffs as you can get along with. Tn
usual and fancy feeds cost more. and are
ceiVed.
See that you get what YOU order, and
that II is sweet, clean and sound.
Learn To feed that kind Of grains your
chickens need,
Don't a fancy prices for ''prepare1
or so-called tonic" or medicinal foods. -
Food is not medicine, and IL fowls need
medicine, it is not only cheaper. nut bet.
ter, to buy it separately.
Do your own delivering IL possible. and
take advantage Of the lower price hv do
ing so.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-07-29
NEW MILITARY
PROGRAM PLANS
CREAT Ar NJ !

Washington, July Extending Prcsi-
dent Wilson'S return from Cornish. y.
H.. when he will formulate with Sccre-
tary Garrison and Secretary Daniels
what the White House has announced
will be n sane, reasonable ana practical
program OF national defense. army and
navy officials are busy assembling the in
formation upon which the new military
policy will be founded.
It is definitely known that nay plans
contemplate a big increase in suoma-
rines. tho building Of 80 ana perhaps 80
being recommended. that general battle
cruisers will be urged and ut least four
dreadnoughts and that q zig increase in
the auxiliary flee, and in navy air craft
will be sought. Severi additional small
navy yards 70 serve as Submarine bases
also will be suggested, it L. thought.
Such a program would carry with II Of
necessity an increase in navy personnel
and probably the enlargement OF the
academy at Annapolis "herr navy Off
GERS are trained.
Army plans. look to the building mp 4
an army Of 10000 men, regulars and
militia. within territorial United States.
This has long been the figure at which
army officers placed thu needs Of the
country for defense. This force IL designed
to be quickly available and to bear the
brunt Of the fighting while a great
volunteer army is being trained.
To make the plan efficient it is believed
some scheme to federaliZe tho milit a
will be advanced and also that that
methods Of building UP reserves for both
the regulars and militia will be proposed.
The strength Of this first line army must
be maintained while the volunteers are
being trained and the reserves would he
trained men ready 10 fill gaps caused by
losses and keep the units at full strength.
Another feature to receive attention
probably will he plans for training Of
fcers for the volunteer forces. ENLARGE
n1ent Of West Point may be proposed.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-07-29
SHER|FF PLACES
THIRTY GUARDS
DER ARREST
Also Superintendent of Tide.
water Oil Plant--All Are
Charged with melting
to Riot.

New York. July 25--samuel r. Ed
wards. general superintendent, and 70
guards Of the Tidewatcr OF company's
plant in Bavonne. y. J., were arrested
to-day, charged with melting to riot. by
Sheriff kinkead and his deputies. The
arrests occurred after guards had fred
several shots at homes near the plant.
All were Immediately arraigned. Su-
perintendent Edwards vas released in $500
bail and August list was set as the date
for his hearing. The guards, nearly all
If whom cane from other cities. we're
sent to Jail in default 81 $500 bail each.
+ Leon Bergoff, a labor adiuster. ar
rested with the guards, was released in
s1,oH bail. The guards We're removed to
the Hudson count Jail in Jersey City.
The first arrests occurred following rc-
ports OF shooting from inside the Tide
water plant, which adioins thar Of the
Standard oil company ~ New Jersey.
whore the strike Of oil workers, marked
by serious riotinE last week, is in prog
ress. The Tidewater plant was shut down
after the first outbreak Of trouble.
People living near the T%idewater works
reported that early in tho day bullets
bad broken windows in their homes.
sheriff kinkcad said he was passing the
works with two deputies when three
guards armed with rifles appeared on the
top of the wall surrounding the plant.
He called to them that they were under
arrest but one guard, he said, levelled a
rife at the sheriff's head. When this
guard, saw the sheriff's two deputies pre-
pairing to shoot. he dropped his weapon
all three surrendered superintendent
Edwards was arrested in a group OF
eight armed guards who appea red in the
street outside the plant. The remainder
of the guards were arrested later inside
the TideWater plant.
The sheriff took every precaution to
prevent a demonstration against the
guards at police headquar ters. His depu-
ties and police drove a crowd away. and
while some persons threw stones. there
was no shooting. Late tonight Sheriff
Kinkead declared he felt satisfied with
the situation.
The sheriff also closed six saloons to-
day and arrested the owners. charging
them with violating his orders in selling
liquor to strikers.
Hundreds attended the funerals to-day
of Stanley Murhefko and Nicolay Iwssz-
kiu who were killed in last weeks riot
ing.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-07-29

In choosing a spot for the new he'd
select n piece of land, il possible. which
mas been under cultivation this year
For instance, the Old pea bed or whore
the early potatoes were crown. Gross
land is the Least desirable, for I'm such
places are to he found the larvae of the
May beetle which are very destructive
to small plants. Coed drainage is abso-
lutely essential and the plants must have
plenty Of moisture at ~fruiting season.
There will ne no danger Of having tho
soil too fertile; the richer It is made and
the more humlis that can he gotten into
it the better will be the crop. while the
best fertilizer will be stable manure.
Well-rotted and as free from weed seeds
as possible. II commercial fertilizer is
used, mix 1t at home, and the following
formula is recommended by W. F. Alien.
a successful grower: acid phosphate DC
per cent?, 600 pounds; nitrate of soda,
lm pounds; nsh-scrap. 6o pounds: sui
phate, 400 pounds. This fertilizer should
he applied broadcast and worked we'll
into the soil before the plants are set
ont, or applied ms a top dressing and
worked into the soil after the plants
have started TO grow. Never put fertll-
izer directly under tho plant, for II will
! burn the roots.
HOW TO PLANT.
If extra fine berries are desired set the
plants in hills 10 inches apart, with the
rows three feet apart. In planting make
the hole large enough to have the roots
spread out In n circle. with the crown
OF the plants even with surface of the
soil and press the earth ARMY about
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-07-29

been made by securing proper buildings
of the poultry. Here is whore experience
counts most. The greatest common
cause Of failure in the care Of the plant
may he cited under the general heading
of neglect of details. This embraces
everything from cleanliness in the incu-
hator cellar to the proper maturing If
chicks. and the cull!ng Of the matured
foNle.
Yards and houses must he kept clean
and sanitary. Gncubators must bo spray
cd. iIovers and hroodors must be kept
fresh and sweet: market eggs must lie
nice and fresh. In every department
cleanliness 10 the key note Of success.
Neglect of cleanliness opens the way for
diseases of variou kinds. Diseases are
not really tho first cause of failure. but
are only the result Of neglect Of cleanll-
ness. There cannot he too much care in
keeping clean every article that has any
thing to do with raising poultry. This
includes everything from disinfecting
drinking fountain to selecting clean and
wholesome feeds.
REGULAR ATTENTION ESSENTIAL.
Want of regularity In carrying out the
system of poultry raising is often the
cause of failure. Regular hours should
no had for giving the fowls or young
chicks attention. Dctlni hours for feed
ing, watering. gathering the eggs. closing
the houses for the night. cleaning. disin-
feCting and for all other work are abso-
lutely necessary.
Failure with poultry is due often to in
ability to raise a sufficient percentage of
chicks. This often is a combination Of
other causes. 1t may be due to poor
foundation stock. 1t may he caused by
careless methods Of incubation. want of
proper attention. or the stock may he
rugged and the eggs properly incubated,
but lack Of care in the details Of feeding.
etc, may result in big losses among the
chicks. In raising chicks. regularity and
great attention to every detail are most
important.
Want OF n suitable market or easy ac-
cess to one. has caused some good roul-
try prospects to fail. Before one starts
to raise poultry extensively the question
or marketing the products should he in
vestiGated thoroughly. There always will
he a market for poultry products of high
quality, hut, as IN many other lines.
there ia often an oVer-production of in
ferior grades in certain localities. As the
range of prices Throughout the seasons
are strong factors in marketing poul-
try in any given locality. these should
he studied for a series Of wears, in order
that a general average may be obtained.
While It is true that there are failures
IN poultry raising. Just as I'm any other
lines, yet the percentage Is no greater.
II as great. where the man At the head
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-07-29
AROUND THE GARDEN.

How does the garden look? Are the
rows straight and clean. with a fine
dry dust hetWeen them, where nc
weeds can sprout? or are two shades of
green showing in the rows where there
should be but one, whilc here and
there a weed top is to the fore? II
there has been any neglect during the
past few weeks, it is not too late 70
clean up in august, and it will be a
surprise what a revolution a day or
two of conscientious steady work will
accomplish in a patch which has been
neglected, hut is not a wholly hope
less mass of weeds.
Under no consideration allow the
weeds 20 go to seed, for the most pro-
life source of weed seeds in the ma
jority of gardens is the strip where
the carly vegetable grew, when al
lowed 10 grow up and ripen in the
late autumn. If the weeds are al
ready tall cut them down and burn
them. and remember that one OF the
worst weeds encountered in the gar
den is puslan", as II starts to ripen
seed almost as soon as it begins to
grow. Moreover. each little piece
broken or cut off will root again read
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started
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-07-29
THE GRAND JURY REPORTS.

Yes, now the July Grand Jurors have
finished their labors,
Searching and probing along while the
weather was hot.
Turning the light on their somewhat I'M
fortunate neiehhors:
And now they are through. they've re-
ported, summed w. it is Swat
Solemn and short is the Jurors report.
And this is the gist OF its meaning.
The Bureau Of Health is in need of a
wealth,
At Rlocklev Of nice metal screening.
For, behold. the officials Of health have
the public admonished
To kill off the fy pestilential-in which
they we're wise.
alas. in the kitchen e Blcctley rhe
Jurors. astonishcd
Saw thousands and thousands and thou
sands and thousands o. flies.
Rather polite was the Jurors invite
And Yet. it could not have been hotter:
For this is their tip to tho 5~oard-quite
q rip
Go get your own Aies with a swattor.
Philadelphia Ledger
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-07-29
KEEPING DOWN THE COST
OF POULTRY FEED.
Hs the Little Leaks That Sink Shine

IT'S the Little Leaks That Sink Sbins.
There are many who claim that poul-
try cannot he kept prontably on A small
scale But IN such cases if the account
p'oh couId he looked over. it would doubt
'SS pe Drought to light that poultry feed
was purchased in small quantities. thus
"'"lns ahout % per cent. more TO the
o'"lt SIDE The fact that a poultry ac-
count Is so small tends to carelessness
ana waste especially where there has not
been much experience in the field of
buying and selling commodities.
When buying grain in driblots. hear in
NINA mat the dealer is pint to consider
ahle extra trouble; for the time and labor
necessary to weigh out ten pounds Of
grain do it mp in a package. etc. is as
great and ever greater, than in handling
one hundred pounds, and, a. the grain
dealer is not usually in business for his
health, he adds the cost Of the extra
labor to the grain bill. The following
excellent advice on purchasing feed an
peares In a recent issue f a poultry
magazine, and is given here in condensed
form:
either have grain bags Of your own
and send them with your order to the
dealer, or. if the food is delivered in the
dealers bags, empty and return them at
once. Never allow grains to he delivered
In paper bags, for which "A charge will
be made. Provide ample rat-proof bins
for grain storage. and have them in a
cool. dry place. Never allow feed To
stand around in bags Of any description,
and clean out the bins before emptying
the fresh supply into them.
Buy in as large quantities as practica-
bic. from n two to a six weeks supply.
order before You are out, and avoid
having to get a little to hold over till the
spext day.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-07-29
STYLE

styles a queer and whimsy dame
odd the notions that she gets:
Freakishly she plays her game,
Strange the fashion that she sets.
Nov and then il seems to me
Her DEGREES are wisdom's mockinCs.
Who'd have ever thought that She
Would insist on yellow stockingsa
She has rigged up funny hats
For. the Young and old to wear
Ordered phonv curls and rats
Just to supplement her hair
Narrowed skirts. or built them M.
Like the wrapping on n cello.
Now she rules for thin or stout
Hosiery Of fswn ard yellow.
But ~ YOU are friends with stvla
Mr.. Merchantmen. all is well.
lf on YOU she's pleased to smile
Anything you've got to sell
II she SAYS that It's correct.
Their will he an end tn krock,rss.
Who hut Style would e'er expect
Them to fan for yellow stockinrso
Detroit Free press.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-07-29
MANY DECLARE
EASTLANO WAS
OVERCROWOEO
Get All On the Boat You Can"
is Said to Have Been Ar
Order Issued before
Starting Time.

Chicago. July !a-'Gct al on tni.
boat You can. The others will he over
crowded avid We don't want 70 leave
anybody"
THAT was an order overheard h. James
A. Mc'oliDm Of the real estate firm If
VI Cc.lum d Krugei. while ne was stand.
ing on the pier alongside the Inflated
vessel q moment before the catas-
trophc,
~ went down to tho dock WITH Adrian
C. Hyatt. salcsmanagcr for my firm.
to soc him off GA tho trip said .,fr.
McCollum. 81 stood near the gaugway
talking to him for "A little while. After
he had gon" on board, I looked IN at
tho docks above mo ard noticed their
ovrrcrowded condition It's q shame
to crowd al those people on one boat.
! said to the ticket ,aker at the gang.
plank. rs rvercroWdod now
" oh, I DON: think so replied the
ticket tlfer. There arc not really 1000
people ON board, but those that arc are
all on deck and that's why It looks s,
crowded
"a moment later / heard the order
given; Get all on this boat you can.
The others will bo ovcrcrowded and we
don't want 70 leave anybody 1t vas
almost Immediately a~fterward that I
observed that the boat was starting 10
list"
Mr.. Hyatt, who was standing on the
sid" Of the vessel toward the open river.
said aft"rward that he heard a crash
near him, apparently as of a tray Of
bottles and glasses being dropped. and
that many persons rushed over to sea
what was the matter. Their weigh,
suddenly thrown to one side caused the
list and brought on tho disaster. he be.
lieves.
SOUNDS OF MERR1MENT CEASE.
AS the list became more and more
pronounced, ' he said. there was a sud
den hush. All sounds Of merrtmen.
ceased. Even as the boat heeied we'll
over and il was seen that the catastrophe
could not he averted, the stiffness re.
manned intense.
"1 did not hear a cry from any one on
board, in TACT, until the vessel had turned
completely over. Then it seemed as Il
every ono hegan to shrek all at once
From my place on the dock I san
a great many persons attempt TO lean
from tho decks to safety. But they did
not guage the distance correctly, and
about % dozen of them landed on the
bottom Of the hoat. Like rocks in a
crrsher they We're ground to pieces be-
tween the bottom of the boat and the
dock.
Several person observed dived from
the upper decks to the river. striking
their heads on pieces Of floating w-eckage
and sinking Immediately afterward."
George Dubeau and George Movers.
~ Nr1,t.ne - .k. NE-1-.. -f-.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-07-29
Partridge Cochins.

The Partridge Cochin is 4 descendant of
the Shanghai, which was the aristocrat
Of poultrydom in the early days Of pure
bred poultry culture in America. The
ShanEhais were later known as Cochin
Chinas. and later still as CoChins, There
we're yellow, gray and rcd-yellow: the
gray entered into the production OF the
dark Brahma, and the reds, which had
black in their plumage. were nkeCenitors
of the present Partridge Coc~.
Because the plumage of the hen re-
sembled that Of the grouse, this variety
was originally called the Partridge Grouse
Cochin. In 1887 some fine specimens were
imported from England, and gave i'm
petus to the breeding Of this variety.
which now reaches its finest development