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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-03-04
From Ivan.

Mr.. John Hudson of Shreveport visited
this community recently.
The slow rains are causing the roads to
become practically impossible.
Messrs. Claudy Gleason and Harvie
Clark visited relatives here Sunday.
Messrs. W. I. and W. F. Mcclellan made
a business trip to Cotton Valley Monday.
Misses Maggie Rabb and Allie Bounds
visited Mrs. Joe Bounds Saturday and Sun.
day.
Miss Alva Eckart was guest of her
sister, Miss Effie Eckart, from Saturday
until Sunday afternoon.
Miss Lena Cochran of Plain Dealing
spent the past week very pleasantly with
her aunt, Mrs. Cheslie Burks.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. S. Young entertained
with tacky party last Friday night. Miss
Effie Eckardt won the majority of votes as
being the tackiest. BROWN EYES.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-03-04
Tax Notices
InmOvable Property.

ONCE Of Tax Collector, j
Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
Benton, Louisiana, Feb. II, 1915.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-05-06
HONOR SCHOLARS
TO BE RECOGNIZED
BY UNIVERSITY
Scholarships Worth 500 Annually Will Be Given
Star Pupils in Preparatory School Graduating
Casses-One Boy and One Girl from Each.

All the schools concerned have
through their principals. expressed
their deep appreciation Of this new
to the public recognition of honor
graduates on the part of the university
at their graduation exercises
one of the prominent principals Of
the state. writing President Benton
Friday, said:
II am very glad to be able to ac-
cent in behalf of the school trustees
and the school the most generous Of
fer of the university of a hundred dol
lar scholarship to each of the two
brightest students here in our senior
more than glad because it happens
that the recipients Of the scholarships
would probably not otherwise have
been able TO go to college next fall"
The university management believes
that every young man and young wom-
an ready for college should be given
free tuition in the state university and
as proof OF the sincerity of this belief
they make this generous offer to honor
students, hoping 1t will ultimately
lead to the adoption by State author
tiles. through Legislative action. of q
law guaranteeing such free tuition to
every worthy young person in Yer
mont. BY such a method we shall he
able to hold for the development Of
our own State the young men and
women who give promise of the best
citizenship.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-05-06

The trustees of the University Of
Vermont and State Agricultural Col
leee. prompted by the desire to CO.
throughout the state in setting high
standards of scholarship, have provided
an incentive to excellence that has
been received with great favor by those
concerned. At a meeting of the ex-
ecutfve committee of the board OF
trustees, held on Wednesday. April II.
recommendation coming from the
president and deans for free scholar
ships to honor graduates of prepare
tory schools was unanimously adopted
According to This new plan, boys and
girls graduating from each of the
several accredited high schools and
academies in Vermont with the high
est average standing in the schools
they represent will be awarded scholar
ships to the value of one hundred dol
lars a person. to apply on university
charges the ensuing college year. 1t
is not expected that all who are
awarded these free scholarships will
enter the university. but those rcspon-
sible for educational leadership feel it
to be the duty of the state university
to encourage secondary school pupils
to strive for the highest attachments
of which the are capable, and 1t is pro-
posed to present these scholarship GER
tificates In behalf Of the university as
feature of the commencement eXer-
cises Of accredited high schools and
academies throughout the state
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-05-06
FERTILITY OF SOIL IN EUROPE.

Take Italy, for example. Her soils
were celebrated for their fertility more
than 200 years ago Cato, Virgin and
Horace priced agriculture above all other
arts; and Pliny put together a series OF
maXims that show a truer insight into
the essentials Of agricultural practice
than the teaching of many of our pres
ent-day experts
The soils of Italy were under intensive
cultivation before the birth of Christ
but after all these years of constant
cropping they remain among the most
productive in the world. In 1903. Italy's
harvest Of cereals alone was five times
that of New York, though her area Is
but twice as great Counting her sys-
tematically cropped forests, 81 per cent
Of her territory is worked by men and
women who understand the uses of their
land as thoroughly as a mechanic under
stands his tools,
In France, too, the soils have improv-
ed with cultivation. Back in the days Of
Napoleon her average per acre yield Of
wheat was 1875 bushels; 1t was moro
than 20 in 1905 In the same period her
per acre production OF barley rose from
H9 to ~ of rye from 1916 to l6S, Of oats
from l1,5 to -, And 1t is interesting to
note that the great increase in the Yield
OF cereal crops in France occurred be-
fore l@o-bofore the vast potash deposits
of Germany or the phosphates of South
Carolina had entered into commerce
CO from Francs and Italy to Bel&Ium
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-05-06
STARTING A SMALL POUL-
TRY PLANT.
Some Essentials with which to
ItcckOu,

The success of any poultry venture de-
ponds chiefly upon organizing ana plan
ming al the start, and modest begin
ming ends more often in success than
where a start Is made on a large scale.
Moreover, the personal equation always
plays u large part in the ultimate re-
suit Self-confidcnce is n desirable quail
fcation, but with it should go personal
liking for the work in hand; sound com
nonsense to decide questions which
never before cropped up: clear head
for planning, with the capacity for car
rying plans to a successful conclusion;
orderly, methodical habits ena bling one
to develop a careful system in all work,
thus cffectng much saving Of time and
labor; finally, alertness to take advan-
tage of every opportunity. With these
qualifications should also go business
sense and firm fixity of purpose.
THE FIRST STEP
Before starting, learn the principles Of
poultry raising, either Ivy visiting a NC
ccsstul poultry plant, or by reading up
on the subject in authoritative books on
poultry: various poultry publishing COM
panies viii gladly send a list of books.
In deciding upon the capital to be in
area Of land production cannot be large
Except in the fancy end Of the business
no matter how much is invested Also
that with the lack Of suitable labor IA
large Investment I'm land, buildings. etc,
would mean no advantage, while on the
other hand, plenty of land and labor
without suitable buildings seldom lead to
the desired results. Where poultry rails
i'm iG tn no no ( n n
sive land is to be had not too far from
the beaten track, and where the amount
to be invested is a modest one. it is
wiser to purchase such land than to buy
a much smaller place for more money.
For example: Fifty acres of rough.
poolish land will more nearly meet the
poultry raisers requirements than TWEEN
ty acres of fine land at double the price,
sandy character. On the large place the
birds can have free range thus saving
the expense of considerable fencing the
taxes will be less, and with but a
small outlay for fertilizer much food can
be raised. Whereas on the smaller place,
spare space for crops could i'll Ice spared
after the first few years.
Never invest more in buildings than is
necessary; build as tn" plant grows and
the same holds true of equipment. buy
what is necessary but wisely. The colony
system of housing and caring for fowls
is the least expensive. As to the best
time for starting. if a start is to be
made either with eggs for Matching. or
day-od chicks. the spring is Il good time
is better If, on tho other hand, mature
in 10, In rI-i c O
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-05-06
GARDEN WITH QUALITY VEGETABLES
resting New NnrietiesIieIpfuI Tools Their Use.

The kitchen garden should now be UNI
der way the manure spread, either
ploughed in or spaded in; the seeds or
dered, and the tools bought or put in
proper shape The man with "a little
20XJo- foot garden may prove himself to
be the captain of his soul In more ways
than one, for he will not have to await
the good pleasure of any ploughman, nor
will his reckoning with the fertilizer mer-
chant or the scotsman be over large.
But on that very account. he should be
the more eager to raise only quality
crops. To buy he best vegetables from
green grocer means heavy bill at
the end of each month, whereas the
finest vegetables from the home garden
merely mean a few extra hours spent in
blessed sunshine or possibly In the equal
y blessed moonlight. For there are
many busy men and women who do most
of their ''puttering outdoors before
breakfast or after seven O'Clock p. m.
TEST SOME NEW VARIETIES.
If the second order is still unmaiod, look
It over and see if it ia not the very
duplicate of last years. If SO. tear It
up and try again, this time boldly ven
turing on some new vegetables
Look over the catalogue carefully Sc
Letting some of the newer varieties
Some cndve, for example. which is so
delicious as a salad; or okra. so dear to
the heart of the southern cook, some
peppers, perhaps, later to be stuffed with
all sorts of delectabes, melons. if only
a few, in order to be able to say to
Neighbour Doolittle, who raises only pota-
toes. corn. peas. beets, and beans, by
the way. | am sending YOU over one Of
our delicious melons to try; you don't
90 in for fruit, do youY The man with
the 20XjH-fOot garden may oXclaim:
That's all very fine in print, but where
under tho sun shall ! plant all this?"
The simple answer to that Is. Where
the other vegetables grew. of course"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-05-06
AUTOS IN VERMONT

CFrom the Vermont tnion-JournalJ
Vermont appreciates all the good
things said about her and especially
pleasing is the following from the
Concord, y. H., Monitor: Vermont
leads the other New England states in
per capita ownership Of automobiles,
one to every As inhabitants. And it
might be said that the Green Noun
tain state also has a greater proper
ton of good roads than any of her
sister States in this section of the
country" The number of automobiles
may indicate. to a certain extent. pros
perity and ii Is rather a good adVer-
tisement to have the country know
that Vermont leads her sister States
of New England in this per capita own
ership. But the best thirig is to know
that other states are realizing that we
have good roads and a highway sys-
TEN that is each year greatly adding
to the extent of these good roads with
all bills paid at the end of the season
and no bonded Indebtedness.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-05-06

Private Tommy Sims had had pneu-
monia, and had been for some time in
the hospital whore thev treated him so
we'll that he was much averse to the
prospect OF being discharged as "cured"
One day the doctor was taking his tenn
perature and while Tommy had tho
Thermometer in his mouth the doctor
moved on and happened to turn his
back Tommy saw HIS chance He pull
ed the theImometer out of his mouth
and popped it into I cup of hot tea, re-
placing 1t Mt the first sign OF the medioo's
turning. When that worthy examined
the thermometer he looked first at Tom
my and then back at the thermometer
and gasped: "Wen, my man, you're not
dead but you ought to philadelphia
Star.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-05-06
IDENTIFIED BY HAT,

EX-Congressman Joseph +. O'Connell.
one OF the counsel for Lieut. Werner
Horn came rushing into the Federal
building looking for Judge Halo I'm con-
nection with habeas corpus proceedings
for his client
If am sorry. Mr. O'Connell," said Bail
iff Tom Pyne, but the judge left a short
time ago for the North Station to take
a train for Portland Me.
Instantly Atty. O'Connel was on the
street and a moment later was being
rushed towards the North Station in q.
taNicab lie did not find the Judge and
returned to the building.
You must he mistaken about Judge
Hale taking the train. he explained to
Pyno, II searched every car and did
not see the judges silk hat protrudins
over the back of any Of the seats
THAT'S whore YOU We're wrong" re-
tortcd tho bailiff, Judge Hale wore his
derby to-day"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-05-06
4 POINTED RpFERENCE.

minister must he very careful in
choosing his words if he is to give no
offense to any of his flock declares The
Youths Companion. In a certain con-
gregaton there was dear old lady
who loved flowers and who had a beau-
tifu garden. Each sunday it was her
bouquet that adorned the pulpit Sha
ives especially fond Of sweet-peas. and
she once brought them for several Sun
days In succession. suddenly other
flowers appeared. The minister noticed
the change. and after service asked the
old lady why she brought no more
sweet-peas She smiled sadly and an
swercd; You don't like them. Last
sunday YOU pointed right at my sweet
peas and said. God loves oven tho
meanest flower that blows. "-EAcAange.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-05-06
SUBURBAN AND AGRICULTURAL NOTES
THE PASTURE QUESTION
AGAIN.



once more the owner Of a small place
is confronted with the problem of pro-
viding pasturage for the family low.
But with careful MANAGEMENT a plot 20
xlC0 feet will often save the situation,
especially whore lawn clippings and odds
and ends from the garden. such as pea
vines, beet-tops, and cornstplks, etc, arc
to be- had The plot should be literally
manfred, ploughcd, and disked or har-
rowod both ways then one and one-half
bushels Canadian field peas should be
broadcast, narrowing them i'm well, and
finally two bushels of seed oats should
he broadcast. covering them with a
smoothing harrow, AS soon as the oats
are headed and the peas in blossom,
cutting may begin, going the long way Of
the piece and making a swath about six
feet wide. Each day only what the COW
will eat clean in two meals, one in tho
morning and one at night should be cut.
The noon feed may he dried hay fed to
give the manure proper consistency and
adding much to the convenience of caring
for the COW.
HOW AND WHAT TO PLANT.
All green fodder and hay should be out
in quartcr-nch lengths as well as tho
! bedding. When slX-foot strip has been
cut, give the bare piece a light coat of
manure and harrow il in we'll, then drill
| in two rows of sweet corn, using the
carly, mid-season, or late variety as the
. season requires. Tho rows should be two
and one-half feet apart. and the plant
| ing and cultivating done with n hand
wheel sceder and cultvator. This hal'-
rowing, planting, and cultivating will
continue at intervals until the oats and
peas are gone. by which time the
first Of the corn IS ready to cut. Al
each strip of corn is cut harrow and
SOW japanese barnyard millet, at the
rate of twenty-five pounds per acre; of
! course it will be too late to SOW mora
! than a portion OF the piece but everD,
bit helps.
The advantages of soiling amply repay
| for the added labor First the COW will
| produce more milk and richer because
! she is getting the best sort of green
| fodder without having to walk miles in
search Of It. Then she Is a spared being
worried and tortured by files from thu
/ first Of June until autumn. and 1t must
be conceded that the more peace ana
quiet COW is allowed the more sha nro-
duces, other things being equal 1t might
| be well to add that the stable windows
and doors should ba screened and mar
| tally shaded. There is also the saving
Of every bit of manure. both liquid and
solid. worth in the neighborhood Of 81
! per annum, ana with this end In view
tn" manure gutter should DO about
twelve inches deep, having no connec-
tion with any drainage system. and
being kept partially filled with dry earth
| and CIT straw. 1t should be cleaned
twice daily. and land plaster. or pre-.
ferably, raw ground rock phosphate,
| sprinkled in it at the rate OF a quart at
| each cleaning. As to exercise, fifteen
| minutes daily, with a halter and 1eader-
| rope. will be ample
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-05-06

hard ana thorough work must be done,
and to do 1t profitably there must needs
be the necessary tools
TOOLS WORTH OWNING
Ano,,, Mo toola tbon ,,,or,h ,,.i,
are. a snado to no used T., ,roncbirg
n,antinp trpes sh,,rbs otc and 1, .,o,,id
no kont c1oo, md hove oil aho.,, o.,
tha cdgo is what saves tho n,u.c,o 70 f,,o
sbou,d mo used to sb,Ao, snodos booe
sod-cuttors mining sbo,rs shoyo,,
atc,. q ral,o or four of tbor, Would no
hattor-o,o vida roLo vim lonr too,b
for r,Linp woods and ,r,sb ava s,irr,y
tho coil ,o ,ha dortb os a, i,cb or ca.
1, r,Lo with CHOW, tooth for ,b,, n,ths
ond STIRRING III, soil ,igbtl,, about tho
nlants. q Ionr.toothed ra1ke to he takan
to rho blocLe,,ith 70 bovo tho tooth
curvod iruara On n ,oi,. r,hora u,bor
the ra,se &c hold IN tho M tu,.ai nosition
ro, ,mLi,or tho ,oi,.s Of tb tooth ,,ili
not touch tbo erorrd lint cleo,. IL nv n
b,If inch. +bie ro,,o is valuable for r,l,
ing the Iovn tho teeth hninp closer than
those of a woodo, roI,o. II is olso ,,soful
In Gathering email eto,,,e ia .bo yordo,.
and tho fourth raka should he a wooden
ora. n pardon fork FOR working in
mamma bandl,r,, connost fortinc, ovor
holds nrenaratorv 10 renlantin1 and
nruninr shears n great necessity and
thev n,us+ no kcnt sbarn ar iniur,. ma,
rosu,, fron, THAR uso. tvo or moro hoos
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-05-06

sex Junction Carlton Richmond Bloomer
of West Rutland. Robert Rudolph Bogie
of Saranac Lake n. Y, William Francis
Gallagher of Rockville, L. l.. Harold Alon-
20 Mack Of West Woodstock, Carroll Mil
ton Pike of Montpelier. Paul Lewis RAN
som Of Woodstock, Amory Dawson Sea-
Yer OF Barton. Morris Raymond Wilcox
of Georgeville, =. O., Norman Williams
of Woodstock
Key and Serpent: clyde Arthur Ames
of Burlington, Roy Melville Anderson of
North Craftsbury, Harold Whitcomb
Batchelder of Hardwick. James Franklin
Burke of West Rutland, Ronald Packard
Burrage of Leominster, Mass, Edward
Llewellyn Chatterton of Rutland, Fay
Ierrick Hunt of Essex Junction, Maurice
T. Kelley Of Morrsville, Ray CLYDE San
ders of Brattleboro. William Albert Ten
MEN of Pittsford, Harold Oatman Wilber
of Buffalo, n Y.
With the singing of the Latin Ode"
and the benediction by the chaplain. the
literary exercises We're concluded The
classes In turn. beginning with the SEN
iors, then gathered around Lafayette
statue and sang two songs each in the
competition for the Lyman cup.
Inc seniors sang class song,
written by c. II. SWEET, and
Come Men Let's Show Our Fight"
led by SWEET and Dow. The juniors last
years winners as sOphomores. followed
with class song written by A. D.
: aver. and old Mill Song" and "fIar-
ward Has Her Crimson" led by w. F.
Gallagher The sophomores sang an
original class song written by O. T.
Short and F. s. SWEET. and Hail to Yer
mont led by short, while the freshmen
sang an original song. written by II
Mechanic, and odd Vermont Is Fer
Nictorious,' led by II. r. Gallup The
judges Dean Perkins chairman, Mr.
Schneider and MI Ressey awarded he
cup TO the juniors, who won last year.
honorable mention was given the fresh
men.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-05-06

level. when the barometer reads at 50,
and a drop of an inch or more, to g
and below. practically takes off half
ton or more of his load to which he is
accustomed. Paradoxically. instead OF
feeling lighter and freer. man feels Its
disturbing depressing effect on his it's
sues He has to become adjusted to this
alteration from normal tensity to one
of unusual relaxation. and while 1t is
slow in it's manifestations, as barometric
changes are generally gradual, yet the
effect in miniature is like going up to
a great height on a mountain range. OT
course this feeling is neither serious nor
fatal, but the relaxed condition In un-
pleasant weather extending over Il num-
Der of days makes us feel out of sorts.
While the spell is on we are in the dol
drums and the situation is recognized
as of enough Importance by careful sur
geons who weigh every factor, TO defer
important opera tons which can he post
poned. when these unfavorable baromct-
ric conditions prevail. ana the patient
needs every ounce of vitality to pull
through.
It is Just as we'll to know these funda-
mental facts about the influences which
affect our physical being so that We can
estimate that tired or ''goodfpr-noth-
ing" feeling which accompanies a spell Of
dull weather. to know that IT has a
definite and transitory cause outside our
bodies 1t is really an explanation of the
ups and downs of our healthy existence
Naturally there is no remedy to be pre-
scribed AS Mark Twain said about the
weather-we talk a lot about it but we
never do anything to improve it.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-05-06
COAL MINERS CLOCKS.
Telling Time by Lamp err an oil
Flash.

DO YOU know that every miner when
descending into pit to work takes with
him couple of clocks? These are not
ordinary timepiecos, for they have neither
wheels, springs, dials nor any of the
usual appurtonances. The clocks are
simply his lamp and oil flask. By
noting the quantity of oil consumed-or
that left--the miner can tell to within n
few minutes any hour Of the day or
night
When "A miners lamp goes out as n
not infrequcntly does, In almost any
circumstances he must not reight II him
self Instead, though he may he left In
pitch darkness, he must grope his way to
the lamp cabin or to some other point
where lie can obtain the proper assist
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-05-06
THE PLOUGHMAN.

Clear the brown path, to meet his coul-
ters seam.
Lo! on he comes, behind his smoking
team.
With tolls bright dewdrops on his sun
burnt brow,
The lord of earth, the hero of the plough,
First in the field before the reddening
sun,
Last in the shadows when the day is
done.
Line after line, along the bursting sod,
Marks the broad acres where his feet
have trod:
stin. where he treads. the stubbd b
clods divide,
wide;
Mellow and dark the ridgy cornfiela
CleaveS;
train
level plain;
Through the moist valley. clogged with
oozing clay,
The patient convoy breaks its destined
way:
At every turn the loOsening chains re-
sound,
The swinging ploughshare circles glsten-
ing round,
Till the wide field one blllowy waste APP
pears
This is the page whose letters shall be
seen,
Changed by the sun to words of living
green.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-05-06
WHAT \ FORCED SALE MEANS.

FrOm the SpTlngIc!d R0puNlicaND
The sale of the famous lot of Morgan
horses gathered by the late Joseph Bat
tell Of Middlebury must have greatly
disappointed those who are handling his
estate. scotland, the superb stallion for
which Nj. B1tte,l had refused 5000 and
which he valued at $1,000, was sold to
c. C. Brown of Portland Me. for $3.50.
Indeed, some Il horses. the finest of their
breed i'm this country, brought only
about $S,0no stations and mares went
for a fraction of what MIR. Rattell held
the animals at. II is "a pity that his
effort to save the Morgan strain should
have ended in this unsatisfactory sale
by which tho horses are widely scattered.