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The midland journal., 1916-10-27

thing. 1t is only one of many. All
of the garden products that can be
used in a tiny space are utilized, and
around the edges, to work III little
art along with utility, there are flow
ers.
The Rockefeller cabbage patch is
located in the yard Of the world-fa-
nous Rockefeller institute at Sixty
sixth street and the East river, New
York city. 1t is in this remarkable
institution that the wise men of sci
ence try germs on monkeys and dogs
so that they can learn how to save
the lives of babies and grownups. Many
have been made in the big building.
But when the master of the millions
came along he saw something beside
the germs and the mysterious re-
searches of science in the vicinity. 1t
occurred to him that the germs had
nothing to do with the yard about the
place, and that no amount of bacilh
could interfere with putting the open
ground tc some use.
So he ordered that the women and
children in the congested, poor neigh
borhood be given chance to raise
vegetables on the unused yard. The or
der brought about a Transformation.
Now on any day one may see the
woman with the hoe at work on the
garden that fringes the skirts of
great learning. She is not bowed by
the weight of centuries like Edward
Markham's famous Man With the
Hoe" She is happy in the chance
to make better table for her little
ones at the expense of man whose
millions do not prevent him from see
ing little things clearly.
wonder if my readers are using
their available space for garden pur-
poses with as much wisdom as the
very poor of New York are doing in
the cabbage patch of the Oil King?
The midland journal., 1916-10-27
CABBAGES AND A KING
BY ELIZABETH VAN BENTHuYsEN.

0y GEI[ADEI n VAN 06iN V1O 06Ns
When the Walrus, in the time-hon-
ored verse, called attention to the fact
that the time had come to speak of
cabbages and kings, the beast did not
come when there would be any actual
relationship between the two. Now
kings have come to know the value of
the cabbage while the value of the
king has taken somewhat of slump
in the opposite direction.
This story deals with an Oil King
and cabbage crop. Midas, with his
fund of gold; Croesus, long mentioned
as a marvel of money, and the other
owners of large kingly chests were
but ordinary pikers compared to John
D. Rockefeller He has in one vault
in the basement of the produce ex-
change in New York more hidden
wealth than all of the old kings put
together.
Yet he has a lively interest in rails
ing cabbages.
His interest in this direction is valu-
able to all OF the persons in the coun-
try who have garden plots because it
is lesson in the economy of space,
and tip from the richest man in the
world as to the value Of using every
spare spot for raising something fsom
the soil.
What he secs in New York is equally
possible on the most remote hillside in
America, and it is for this reason
that l am Showing you a picture of
the Oil Kings cabbage patch and tell
ing you how the man with the greatest
store of wealth wisely refuses to let
chance to raise even tiny crop be
wasted.
When say cabbages, do not mean
that the patch is confined to this one
The midland journal., 1916-10-27
Want Hens in English Parks.

Want Hens in English Parks.
In the hope of saving large part
of the $40000,00O spent every year for
foreign eggs, an agitation is on foot
to throw open London parks for poul-
try breeding. The scheme is receiving
serious consideration from the authori-
ties because it is one of the latest war
time economies suggested on large
scale. The promoters of the idea have
asked for part of one park to start
with. The plan provides for a site
of about three acres and accommodate
tion for 600 hens. The leading poul-
try breeders of the country will be in
vited to send six. selected fowls of the
same breed and strain. Scientific feed
ing tests are to be made. All the eggs
will go to the wounded soldiers, and
prizes will be awarded to the owners
of the hens laying the most eggs.
The midland journal., 1916-10-27
Russia Growing Democratic
As Result of Wars Demands

Samuel Harper, professor of Euro
pean history and Russian institutions
at the University of Chicago and who
has just returned to the United States
after a four mon rs visit to Russia,
says that Russian institutions We're be-
coming more democratic since the war
because the bureaus were unable to
handle the vast supplies of provisions,
clothing and supplies of all kinds for
the armies in the field and had been
obliged to call in the aid of the pro
.vincial councils, the zemstzovs, which
are growing in power every day.
"The Russian government he said,
sis in favor of American capital being
used to build factories there, but part
of the control must be in Russian
hands. This is to avoid a repetition
of the treatment accorded to the native
working people by the German manu-
facturers before the war. The Ger
mans refused to employ anyone who
did not speak German.
The midland journal., 1916-10-27
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Poultry Pointers
An old brush is a good thing with

An old brush is good thing with
which to apply liquid mite killer to
roosts and nearby woodwork.
Be careful that the growing chicks
do uaot crowd in their coops as they
become larger and need more room.
1t is wise to scald all feed and drink
dishes every few days with boiling
water to kill the germs that collect
there before they (the germs) have
chance to attack the fowls.
Don't let the drinking water for the
fowls and chicks stand around and
become hot and filthy, but give new
supply frequently during the day,
cleaning out the water dish each time.
Feed three times day and no
more, but add rolled oats to the chick
feed twice day or stale bread
<crumbs or cornbread will do if there
aare no rolled oats on hand.
1t is not economy to feed young or
old stock on one grain, for variety
will produce better results from a
smaller amount of feed.
Feed sour milk or beef scraps to
help build muscle, feathers and bone.
one per cent of bonemeal should also
be Included in the ration.
If there is no natural shade for the
.chicls, block up the coOps so that the
chicks can get under them, or build
shelter tents, or in some way provide
sartificial shade.
Careful breeding, proper feeding,
and the right kind of care, will pro-
dpec heavy laying in any breed of
fowls.
The first chick feed should be dry
mixture of cracked grains. Cracked
corn, wheat, kafir, and pin-head oats
are all good.
The Runt is the largest of the
pigeon family, but they are slow
breeders.
The midland journal., 1916-10-27
Are You Living on Your Nerves?
BY DR.. SAMUEL DIXON
Health Commissioner of Pennsylvania.

you your Possibly you and boast Of if it
something to be proud of.
Despite ideas to the contrary few people work themselves to
death usually the combination of business and pleasure srenu
Gus pace which does the damage
easy go little further your when know
physically need rest and relaxation There may be times of
strain when jusifabe to exert atom Of endurance
special circumstances To practice regularly in
ones days certain to result disastrous
much modern life with its diversity Of interests
excite and rrae the system We should make
an effort this much possible One may find pleasure and
diversion without rushing madly about under high
who live their until becomes chronic
brings train of evils, indigestion exctabi temper
and resesness great handps efficient work and rational pleasure
The midland journal., 1916-10-27
An Aviator's Audacity.

The audacity and coolness which
so strongly characteMzes the exploits
of the aviators in the war; is illus
trated by the following anecdote: A
Belgian. aviator who had just de-
scended with his clothes riddled with
bullets, was questioned by his friends
as to the results of his expedition.
81 was in their lines,' he said, with
view to taking photographs, when
1 was charged by Il Fokl1er with two
machine guns. was unarmed. He
pursued me. WE'LL could make no
other reply to him, so | photographed
him."
The midland journal., 1916-10-27

work and washing for eleven and ! can
truthfully say Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound has been godsend
to me for I would have been in my grave
today but for it. I would tell all wo-
men suffering as was to try your valu-
able remedy. p Mrs. VIM. GREEN, 1892
S. Addison Street, Indianapolis, Indiana.
There is hardly neighborhood in this
country, wherein some woman has not
found health by using this good old
fashioned root and herb remedy.
If there is anything about which you
would like special advice, write to the
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co, Lynn
Mass. m
The midland journal., 1916-10-27
Day Seen Coming When Fruit
And Plants May Be Made to
Taste as the Grower Wishes.

The day is coming soon when pota-
toes dug from the ground will taste
like cantaloupes, grapefruit will be
plucked from the trees like cherries
and the Sahara desert will bloom like
a rose garden. Such was the predic-
ton made by Howard Dean, professor
of chemistry at Park college, speak
ing before the Missouri Valley Horti-
cultural society.
Professor Dean said he already had
succeeded in reducing the starch of a
potato to sugar through chemical treat
ment. He asserted that by feeding
certain plants on formaldehyde they
can be made to develop sugar and
starch.
Investigations now being made by
chemists show that plants manufae-
ture compounds that are not normal to
them. These Investigations, he said.
are being continued, and chemists are
diligently searching the leaves of
plants in an attempt to find the agent
which converts the carbon diOxide in
the air and the moisture into plant
products.
When the secret is discovered-and
of its early discovery he is confident
he said he would possess an unlim-
tied source of energy. The point he
brought out was that the possession of
that secret would enable man to con-
vert the suns energy to his own use
in any way he desires.
Then it would be possible, he assert
ed, to fill the Sahara desert with plant
life; to grow any plant or fruit so that
it would taste exactly as Its grower
wished.
The midland journal., 1916-10-27
MONEY CAN'T MAKE A GARDEN
BY ELIZABETH VAN sENTHUYsEN

BY ELIZABETH VAN HENTHuYsEN
If one had all Of the money in the
world and no artistic or practical ideas
to go with 1t, he could not produce
garden worth while. am struck
with this fact while looking at some of
the new landscape work at the rich es-
tates that make the Eastern coast a
fairyland.
The accompanying illustration VIII
show a case in point. Here is garden
where money enough has been spent
to buy farm. Yet the figures are
stiff and grouped with about as much
art as the man used who first put fig
ures in multiplication table. Regu-
lar, stiff and awkward. the costly bits
Of work are placed just like so many
Dawns on a chessboard.
The midland journal., 1916-10-27
Facts in the Case.

rDo you mean to say that I am a
liar?" asked an angry man excitedly
during heated argument.
ION the contrary, my dear sir" calm
ly rejoined his adversary. II have
often remarked that you are the only
man of my acquaintance who always
tells the truth-but always offer a
reward Of twenty-five dollars to any
man who will swear that he believes
me when 1 say It,"
The midland journal., 1916-10-27
NOTES OF THE GARDEN

Parsnips for winter use should be
dug and stored before the ground
freezes.
In 1914 the value of the output of L.
124 fertilizer plants in the United
States, was $16S,3SS, ,405.
Cut mint fer winter use and tie it in
small punches. Hang 1t in airy shady
places to dry.
The midland journal., 1916-10-27
SOME SMILES
Keen Enjoyment.

"Mr. Grabcoin
seems proud of
the fact that he
INDUCES in no
form of recreation
whatever"
Judging from
what / have seen
of him he doesn't
need it,"
"No?"
HE gets more
pleasure out of
fore cl si n G a
mortgage tha n
some men do out
of an afternoon
of golf"
The midland journal., 1916-10-27

"Y o u n r e
C h arged d with
stealing a clock"
said the police
court judge. "Ten
days at the works
for you"
Cant you make
1t eight days, your
honor?" pleaded
the prisoner. "It
is only an eight
day clock"
The midland journal., 1916-10-27

down that l c0ul0
not work. ! was
thin, pale and weak,
weighed but 1O9
pounds and was in
bed most of the
time. ] began TAX
ing Lydia E. Pink
hams Vege table
Compound and five
m o this la ter !
weighed 133 pounds.
I do all the house
The midland journal., 1916-10-27
Frenzied Finance.

Omar-Philadelphia must be good
place in which to make money.
Heiny-Why do you think so?
Omar-Otherwise the government
wouldn't have a mint located there.
The midland journal., 1916-10-27

That is just what one does not want
Better take handful of natural rocks
and a barrel of moss and ferns and
mix the combination with sense of
arrangement than to waste thousands
on decorative scheme that only holds
up to pity the poverty of the mind
which cannot do with much what thou
sands actually accomplish with little.
The midland journal., 1916-10-27
MascuIlne View.

According to an item in this paper"
remarked Mrs. Jaggs, rum is made
from the refuse Of sugar"
.'Yes, that's right" rejoined her hus-
band, ''man converts the best of the
sugar into bonbons for the fair sex, and
he has to content himself with what's
Ieft."
The midland journal., 1916-10-27
Tables Turned.

"You say the poor thing is unhap-
py?" asked the woman who listens
eagerly.
EYES," replied the woman who talks.
"She has one of those ambitious hus-
bands who wants her to go into poli-
tics, so that he can become socially
prominent"
The midland journal., 1916-10-27

DR.. Peery's "DEAD SHOT, is an effective
medicine for Worms or Tapeworm in adults
or children. One dose is sufficient and NO
supplemental purge necessary.-Ady.
The midland journal., 1916-10-27
Contradictory Methods.

"How is it you are always so ready
with everything needed"
Because l make it my standing rule
to have everything in running order"
The midland journal., 1916-10-27
WIFE TOO ILL
TO WORK.
IN BED MOST OF TIME
Her Health Restored by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.

indianapolis, Indiana. - "My health
was SO poor and my constitution so run
The midland journal., 1916-10-27

He is rich that is satisfied.
The midland journal., 1916-10-27

Distinguished English actress who
has become movie star, appearing
recently in a new photoplay by John
Randolph and Lillian Chester.
The midland journal., 1916-10-27
Got the Worst of 1T.

"Y o u a r e
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-07-05
WONDERFUL PREPARATIONS
FOR ALLIED OFFENSIVE

The British-French offensive in
France, with it's preceding five-day
bombardment, is described by the mil
itary experts in that theatre of opera
tions as the '1ast word in scientific
warfare"
Here are some of the things the
British and French did as a prelim-
mary to their drive through the Ger
man front near Somme:
Built 5000 miles of railroads to
facilitate moving munitions and
trops and handling the wounded.
Put a metal surface on all turn
pixies.
Rebuilt or strengthened every
bridge and railroad.
Concentrated 1900, 900 fighting men,
backed by 500, 900 auxiliary workmen,
doctors, bridge and railroad builders.
Filled the whole region with hidden
guns, new British guns of the largest
caliber, many of them 15-inch NOR
tars, and manned these guns with
French artillery experts.
Installed all over the region a new
phone system with concrete poles
augmented by a network of telegraph
wires and stations and field hospitals.
Buried ammunition everywhere, to-
gether with medicines and food sup
plies, so that, no matter where the
troops moved, in an emergency, they
would have shells and food without
the trouble and delay of ordinary
modes of transportation.
Concealed from the Germans the
massing of the allied troops back of
the front.
Arranged the big guns in arcs in
such a way as to provide concentric
fire from many guns on small areas
of the German trenches.
In the preliminary five-day bonn
bardment the British French army
fired 100000 shells over a 9O-mile
front and sent out every evening raid
ing parties to demoralize the enemy
and get prisoners.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-07-05
WOODSVHIE

(J. F. Shores, Correspondent
H. H. Burton of Portsmouth was
the guest of his mother, Mrs. A H.
Burton, the first of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. Freeman of Lyndon
vile, are spending a portion of their
wedding trip in Woodsville, the guest
of Newton Lang, who is an Uncle of
the groom.
Mrs. w. E. Gibson and daughter
Margaret, are Boston visitors this
week.
Roscoe Hubbard has accepted a
position as bell boy in the Fabyan
house for the summer.
The Camp Fire Girls took a hike
on Wednesday for the purpose of a
bird study with Wendall p. Smith.
Miss Helen Eastman and Mrs. NJ. ].
Mann chaperoned the party.
Carl Bennett of Lancaster was a
Woodsville caller yesterday.
Miss Bernice Howe has gone to
Contoocook, N. H, where she will
spend several weeks.
Clarence McIntire is home from
northern New York, where he has
been teaching.
John Remission and daughter, Rach-
ell, of Plymouth, are business visitors
in Woodsville today.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-07-05

showed signs of promise on the Or
leans High school team of 1909 and
10. From there he attended Dean
academy in Franklin, Mass, where he
developed into one of the best school
boy players in the East. He covered
second base for the Tufts college team
four years and where in the season
past he was one of a team that de-
Gliding alone on games won and lost
with other colleges. can technically
claim the eastern championship. His
fielding and hitting while a member
Of the Tufts team attracted the at
tention of many big league scouts who
offered him contracts to sign up.
The Boston Transcript says Of STAFF
ford:
Several league teams were after
him. Henry A. Stafford, captain of
the 1916 Tufts baseball team and one
of the ranking in college baseball, will
join the New York Giants this week.
Stafford, who is a second baseman,
was on the varsity nine four years
and before that was a star at Dean
academy. Hehas just had his best
year, batting APO and stealing nearly
80 bases. His work attracted the at
tention of big league scouts and he
nad numerous offers, out preferred TO
cast his lot with New York. Stafford
was one of the most popular men in
college, was president of the senior
class and member of a number of hon
orary societies. He also was prom
inent in track athletics, being the fast
est rsprinter in college and a varsity
relay runner. Stafford made a good
record in his studies and after the
league season is over will take a posi-
ton with a chemical company. He
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-07-05
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
EsTATE OF ,O. ". HOOKER.

o v
The undersigned. having been appointed
by the Honorable Probate Court for the
District of Caledonia, Commissioners, to re-
ceive, examine, and adjust the claims and
demands of all persons against the estate of
o. V. Hooker late of St. Johnsbury
in said district, deceased. and all claims ex-
hibited in Offset thereto, hereby give notice
at the Office of Dunnett & Shields, in
the Village of ST. Jobnsbury, in said district.
on the 31st day of July and the 18th day of
December next, from II O'Clock A M, until
O'Clock P. NJ, on each of said days and that
six months from the I 9Th day of June, A. d.
1916, is the time limited by said Court for
said creditors TO present their claims to MS
for examination and allowance.
Dated at St. Johnsbury, VT, this Path day
of une. A. d. 1916.
HENRY E. WILSON,
ELWIN A. SILSBY,
Commissioners.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-07-05
HEADQUARTERS IN BURLINGTON
For Vermont Association of Tuber-
cnlosis-MOre Active Work


cuIosiS-More Active Work.
Burlington, July Pr. Charles +.
Dalton, secretary of the state board of
health, announced Monday night that
arrangements had been completed for
having the permanent headquarters of
the Vermont Association of Tuber-
culosis at the office of the state board
of health in Burlington. This ar
rangement will save the association
the expense of Office rent and also
make possible the closest cooperation
with the state board. The secretary
of the association will also be an en-
ployee of the state board of health
and have charge of the tuberculosis
department. The association will be,
in fact, but an increasing of the ac-
tivities of the board of health against
this disease by the addition of local
chapters in every town and the vol
untary contributions of the people of
the state.
The task of securing charter mem
bers of the association who will pay
a membership fee of one dollar is still
going on. Every mail brings in a
number of new members, although the
total is still far short of the mark set
for starting the association. Next
Friday at o'clock at the health
officers school in the high school au-
ditorium the plans of the association
will be presented to all of the health
officers of the state, and they will be
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very busy, however, as there remained
a great deal of work to be attended to,
after the departure OF the troops, and
to prepare for the large numbers of
recruits who are expected daily. Ma
jor Batchelder, who commands the
cavalry camp, left yesterday afternoon
for Plattsburg, N. Y, where he will
meet a number of members of the
summer camp who wish to join the
First Squadron of the First Cavalry.
Major Batchelder expects to return the
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-07-05

latter part Of the week. About 80
men who failed to pass the final ply
steal examination were discharged
yesterday.
Captain B. S. Hyland of Rutland,
who commands the recruiting and
equipping camp for the First Regi-
ment of Infantry. received yesterday
a shipment of 1900 rifles and a large
number of army blankets and other
equipment. His command comprises
officers and 81 enlisted men of the
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-07-05

First Regiment Of Infantry, who were
left at the camp for various reasons,
and ~ applicants for enlistment In
the regiment, who will undergo their
physical examination today. The re-
cruiting offices at the home stations OF
infantry companies have been closed
and all would-be guardsmen must APP
ply at Camp Governor Gates. 1t is ex-
tremely uncertain as TO when the in
fantry recruits will be ordered to Join
the regiment.
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NOTICE
LOST CERTIFICATE

Notice is hereby given in accordance with
Sections No. 4273 and No 4274 of the Re
vised Statutes of Vermont that Certificate
No. 1924 of the Capital Stock of 3. and T.
Fairbanks and Company, Corporation. of
st. Johnsbury. Verm ont, two shares, dated
December 31st, 1908. issued in the name of
Harriet e. Reyes of Newbury, Vermont, has
been destroyed or lost, and all persons are
forbidden to negotiate said certificate. APP
plication has been ade to said Corporation
for new certificate for the said two shares
in the name of the subscriber. in accordance
with said sections of said Revised Laws.
Dated June "a, 1916.
HARRIET E. KEYES.
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NOT GUILTY-INSANE
Minnie BOulia Was Charged With Ar
son in BridpOrt.

Middlebury, July minnie Boulia,
aged IS, charged with arson, was yes
terday found not guilty in Addison
county court because of insanity. She
was charged with having set fire to a
barn owned by Michael st. George in
Bridport last February, causing a loss
of $500.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-07-05
ANOTHER VERMONT BOY
ANSWERS LEAGUE CALL

Another Vermont boy has gone to
swell the ranks Of the big Leaguers.
Henry Stafford of Orleans, captain of
the 1916 Tufts baseball team and well
known in st. Johnsbury where he has
played in many games against the To-
cal teams. signed up recently with the
New York Giants. He first began
playing ball in Orleans where he first