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Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-06-08
WINCHESTER
BY ~. NJ

winchester cemetery after
decoration dav, along with it's
growing flowers and those placed
by visitors to that beautiful rest
ing place of the dead, appeared
as one vast field of flowers, Gre
minding the writer of the re-
splendant prairie of the south
west, where for miles the
blooms were in great abundance
in the spring and summer time,
the place of his one time home
of many year gone 10y.
Lexington is agitating the
question of setting the clock up
one hour to gain that much time.
There would follow confusion
beyond !any apparent advant
ages to be gained thereby. Win
chester which is not greatly in
love with Lexington mo how"
says possibly they think over
there they may get an earlier
start thereby be enabled to put
in more time mixing mint julips
ard disposition of the most
brews.
Company A. End Kentucky
Regiment is encamped within
the the limits of this city. Four
Rockeastle boys are members of
this company and are getting
daily drill experience. The
soldiers from our county are
James Noe, Aubrey Martin,
Leon Childress and Elmer Mize,
1t is some work for the boys,
this daily drill, but they are
now enabled to go thru it almost
like veterans. We have visited
the camp two or three times and
find it a fine location and well
kept Some nineteen govern
ment wagons with mule teams
are in use at camp in addition to
some half dozen automobiles.
Water owork pipe line has been
extended to camp. The govern
ment has ordered all tents to be
turned into Washington for
field service and wooden houses
of same dimensions of the tents
will be substituted. The first
steps given in drilling new men
is done in squads of six and
eight, each with a drill mas
ter marching them across and
about the field. 1t is sure
"some awkward to the new be-
ginner, but he makes the proper
effort he doesent remain loug in
the ''awkwark squad"
The ladies of Winchester
have nicely fitted up a three
room cottage with writing and
reading and other conveniences
along with literature including
books, magazines, daily papers
etc. which are used ard duly
appreciated by the young soldiers.
They are remarkably we'll be-.
haxed Lot Of uan
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-06-08

which the Starry Banner was
lain. surrounded by a wreath
of flowers which accompanied
the remains to Winchester and
is now resting on his grave.
This Was furnished by Frerch
Y. M. G. A. of New York of
which he was a greatly honored
member.
Potato prices are still in the
clouds. A lady here sent to
grocery for Is cents worth of
potatoes. Three large ones came
home in the basket. The GUS
toner sent them back to ex-
change for smaller tones saying
she wished to give the children
at least one apiece for dinner.
A train of several sections
passed thru here for Washington
Sunday bearing old Confederate
veterans to their reunion which
takes plade in the Capital of our
Nation during the week. Many
of the aged soldiers were wear
Ing their gray uniforms.
We overheard a conversation
between two oil men at the
Brown-Proctoria Sunday. One
of them said the Rockcastle oil
field is a "cinch," without a
doubt.
Lieut.. ]. ]. Bethurum was here
Sunday. He Is in charge of
troops guarding various bridges
and tunnels on railroads. His
headquarters are somewhere in
Kentucky His name along
with three hundred others who
where lately appointed officers
the regular army has been sent
to Senate. AS soon as confirm
ed, ]. j. will be assigned to
Somewhere in the west" He
knows the point but is not al
lowed to tell He asks to be re-
membered to Rockcastle friends.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-06-08
THE KAISER AND THE
DIETY.

Colt, Colt, attention please,
Your pardner Vilhelm's here,
Und have word or two to say
Into your private ear;
So turn away all udders now,
Und listen veil to me,
For vat 1 say concerns me much
Meinself and Shermany.
You know, dear Colt, I vas
your friendt;
Und from mine hour of birth
Iquietly let you rule de heffen,
Vile ruled DER the earth,
Und ven / told mine soldiers
Of bygoue battle days.
1 gladly split de glory
Und give you half depraise.
In every way tried to prove
Mine heart to you vas true,
Und only claimed mine honest
share
In great deeds vat we do,
You could not hat a better
friendt
In sky or land or sea
Dan Kaiser Wilhelm Number
Two
De Lord of Shermany.
So vat say dear Colt, is dis;
Dat We should still De friendts
Und you should help to send
mine foes
To meet their bitter endts,
If you. dear Colt. will dis me do
Ill holdings ask again
Und you and will pardners be
Forever more----Amrn.
But listen Colt; it must be
quick
Your help to me you send,
Or else L have 10 stop attack
Und only blay defend,
So four and twenty hours l gif
To make the allies run
Und me safe into mine place.
De middle of de sun.
If you do dis, I'll do mine bart,
I'll tell de world de fact,
But if You don't den must
dink
1t is an hostile act.
Den var vonce / will declare
Und send mine zep'lin ship
to vege
A fight up in the skies.
Die ultimatum now, dear Gott.
Is Won of many more;
Mine mind is settled up to
Clean
DE who,e world off de floor.
Because you vas mine bartner
Gott,
An extra chance is given;
30 help at vonce or else IN be
De kmpsror Of Hedaa.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-06-08

No 233,322 Ills, 1917, was
the number displayed on a auto
here from Chicago last week.
Some of the folks here are
planning for an auto trip over
Boone Way to Ashville at an
early date.
Out on Paris pike we noticed
one tobacco plant bed 1850 feet
in length and eight feet wide,
covered with canvas.
Tobacco planting, like other
crops, is considerably delayed
on account of cold weather.
Possibly not more than one
third of the crop had been
planted at the close of May.
Most of it was set by hand.
Machine setting is resorted to
in dry weather.
A very large acreage of hemp
is growing finely.
The sign ''Davis Drug Store"
has been changed to read "Cor-
ner Drug Store"
Back yard gardens are much
in evidence here.
That automobile one of the
counties were figuring on furn
ishing old Boone Way Maret
would come in mighty handy
now. Walking from eight to
fifteen miles daily is rather
wearing on the complexion, and
livery out of the question as the
high cost of living forbids.
The street car which has done
Winchester's ! passenger carry
for many years is numbered IA.
1t has been sent into factory
and replaced by a car bearing
the number 10. Some citizens
say they will walk before risk
ing a ride along with that un,
lucky number staring them in
the face.
Col. Thomas G Stuart, one
Df Winchester's noted men, and
a good friend 10 the writer, lwho
was seriously i'll for nine months
IS able to resume duty at his
law sofhce. Col. Stuart began
newspaper work at the age of
sixteen as editor of Winchester
news, about the time Col. w. j.
hampton the noted writer en-
tered journalism Col. Stuart
has had lots of experience in
-silrOad affairs. 1t was he that
diverted the K. G. from Lex
ngtOn, starting instead from
Paris via Winchester to Livings-
ton. He also had Icharge of af.
fairs of the M. K. & T. in the
settlement of their travellers in
entering San Antonio, Texas.
Col. w. j. hampton a noted
writer, journalist and humorist,
who was once a native of Win
chester, died suddenly in New
York on Wednesday May Both.
His remains were brought here,
where he has a sister Mrs. |
SIMPSON. and were hurried in
he SIMPSON lot In Winchester
cemetery Saturday afternoon.
'Ol. hampton was widely known
or his many good qualities of
leart and mind and ia generous
latpre. That which endeared |
lin greatly to the writer was
lis manly defense of the noun
ain people to whom he was al
Ways .staunch friend and de-
When the days ap.
feared darkest for the success
# Boone Way, the writer was
Il correspondence with the Col
mel who gave encouraging words
II along the line. constantly ad-
ising us. don't give up the
hip" you are on the right
ne. keep .hammering away and
he thing will surely be accom-
and thereby the noun
aims of Kentucky will receive
ntOld benefits in fact so great
nil they be that they are be-
ond computation. These words
rom him had much to do with
ne Encouragement and trials
he ioriginators of the move
lents were up against for
,anye moons.
Col. hampton was also a poet.
he last verse from his pen
7as published in the New York
Iarald, New York's leading
aper. on whose staff he was a
The Monticellonian., 1917-08-09
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SITE MATTER OF IMPORTANCE
Only After Many Things Are Taken Into Consideration.

Selection of the proper site. the one most adapted to the style of structure contemplated, is question of great importance to the prospective home builder. Many features should be con sidered in choosing the location. All of the reasons why much care should be exercised in picking the right situa- tion have an important bearing on the enjoyment of the home by the occu- pants.
 Proximity to tie business of the head of the house and to transit facili- ties, schools and church should be as- certained before q site is decided upon. Other features to be considered are advantages from puhlicfaeilities viewpoint-good streets. drainage. gas and water supplies and sanitation Healthiness and beauty of location. street lighting, privacy and general character of the neighborheod are other features to be investigated.
 Relation of the sites value and sur roundings to the proposed cost of the contemplated home should he eonsid- greatly influence the style of building The type of the home should be deter mined by definite conditions. in which the character of the site and surround ings are of predominating importance.
 While q prospective builder may have in his imagination an adaptation or reproduction of period design, if Is very frequently unwise to permit such an imagination to he the deciding factor as to what design home should represent. Errors in construction are often made through placing q repro duced design in an inappropriate set ting. where uniquely constructed dwelling is entirely out of place with Its surroundings.
The Monticellonian., 1917-08-09
SPECIAL CARE FOR ROOSTER
Keep Male Exercising. Supply Plenty of Proper Kind of Food and Eggs
 Should De Fertile.

Good breeding males sometimes get themselves 0Ht of breeding condition by overgallanuy. Instead of taking their share of the food they culi tie hens \ good plan is to give every male Il special feed at night Many breeders coop the maIe at night and feed him morning and night.
 See to it thut the males spurs are not long and sharp enough to cut the backs of the hens, Either wrap them with narrow strips Of cloth or saw them off.
 If the male has bare spot oa the head, or a torn wattle, the hens are likely fo peek at him. Some males will permit the hens to pluck feathers and peek at their noses until there is raw surface. Grease these bare spots with earboized vaseline. and coop the bird until fhe wound tras a chance tn heal over. An open wound ef this sort Is apt te become infected with the germ of ehiekenpex and give lots of trouble. Pigeons, sparrows and other birds are said to carry chicken poX If the germs are in the ground, and the mnle rubs his sore spots with infected feet. he is almost sure to get the disease.
 Keep him exercising, give him plen- ty of the right kind of food and the eggs should be fertile.
The Monticellonian., 1917-08-09
FOLLOW HARVESTED CROPS WITH OTHERS

Prepared by the United States Depart
 meat of Agriculture)
 It is easily possible to make garden soil contribute more than one crop over mu,,h of its area, if as rapidly as the early crops are produced they are replaced by replantings of the same crop or by planting some of the numer- ous other crops.
 In planning for these plaHtings 1t is well at all times. but especially this wear, to concentrate efforts on the production of vegetables that have considerable food value and on those which may he stored in their natural condition, dried or canned for winter use. Late Irish potatoes Is one of the important crops that can be grown on the freed ground Navy beans furnish substantial food which is ensily stored and the present market prices make it worth while in sections where they thrive, to repiant space from which crops have been harvested, with this legume
 Other vegetables having considera- ble food value from which choice may be made for late piantfngs include
The Monticellonian., 1917-08-09
CITY PLANTS SHADE TREES
Women of Oakland, Cal. Aid supern. tendent of Parks in Beautifica-
 tion of Residence Streets.

All of the big residential streets in Oakland are to be planted with shade trees, according to Lee s. Kerfoot, SUI perintendent of parks. He will be as sisted in the matter by local society women.
 The plan had it's inception at after noon teas and other social gatherings where society women met. The sub ject of lining the residence streets with trees of uniform growth and species was often discussed. and committee appointed to take the mat ter up.
 According to the park superintend ent. the plan is to use trees grown by the city in it's conservatories in Lakeside park. Poplars, willows and eucalytus will probably be used, and no two varieties will be planted on any one street.
The Monticellonian., 1917-08-09
INCREASE CROP YIELD
Application of Phosphates Is
 Paying Investment.
Threatened Car Shortage Makes it in,- perative That Fertilizer Be Or dered at Once-Prices Are
 Considerably Higher.

The experiments conducted on the various outlying soil experiment fields of the University of Missouri College of Agriculture have shown very con clusively that the application of phos- plates is one of the most paying treat ments for average soil Such land is almost universally low in phosphates. Consequently the application of phos- plates almost universally increases crop yields.
 The kind of phosphate to apply de bends upon conditions. For imme- diate returns and for moderate out lay of money the use of acid phos- phate at the rate of 15o pounds per acre on wheat this fall is to be recon mended. The use of steamed bone meal at the rate of 125 to 150 pounds per acre will bring very good returns. particularly where wheat is to be fol lowed by clover or timothy. A mixed fertilizer usually called half and half" made by mixing equal amounts of acid phosphate and bone meal is n very good fertilizer to use. at the rate
  tained from several of the companies this year. The use of raw rock phos- phate is not usually recommended for wheat alone. This contains rather slowly soluble form of phosphorus and had best be used with the idea of get ting returns not In one year but dur ing the following three or four years Ma Apth nl lAe.ss tl.. Et.ot aay-fe suits with raw rock phosphate are sometimes paying. It is best used on lands which are being pretty well sup piled with organic matter by the use of manure, applying the rock phosphate at the rate of 300 to 500 pounds per acre once in four or five years and blowing it under for crop like corn or wheat.
 If one is expecting to buy any sort of phosphate for use this fall. wheth- CT 1t be acid phosphate, steamed bone meal. raw rock phosphate or the high ly phosphatic mixed fertilizer it must be ordered soon. The threatened car shortage makes this necessary Raw rock phosphate can only be bought in carload lots, the minimum car running around thirty tons. The bone meal, acid phosphate and mixed fertilizer may be bought in smaller lots, usually through local dealers. The raw phos- phate will cost delivered about SS.50 to 80 per ton depending upon the locality and method of shipping, whether loose or in bags. The acid phosphate will cost between S20 and $24 this year, depending upon the grade. Steamed bone meal prices will run between $32 and S34 per ton. While these prices are considerably higher than normal, the increase has not been so great as that of crop values. There has been very little increase in the raw rock phosphate prices, thus tending 10 favor somewhat the use of this material by those farmers who have the money to invest in carload and who are think ing of the next four or five years rather than the immediate year.
The Monticellonian., 1917-08-09
Gettino Privacy About Home.

Within the last few years Ameri- cans have begun to discover that the land about their house should be treat ed as part of the home and that it should have the charm of intimacy and privacy. They have reverted to the ways of the early Colonial days. when the fence was not only a pro tection but an ornamental part of the grounds. Some of the fences around the old houses in Salem. Mass. In Charleston, s. C., and elsewhere bear witness to the state and dignity of the persons who lived behind them, and through the gates one still gets glimpses of charms that would lose by half if they were not secluded and kept for the persons who live in the houses of which they form the setting.
 We are even borrowing the foreign idea, hesitatingly. of turning our houses about with their backs to the street and their fronts to garden of lawn and flowers which may be as fully and freely enjoyed as the most com- fortable living room in the house.
The Monticellonian., 1917-08-09

sweet corn, string beans. late beets, turnips, tomatoes, squash and pump kins As far north as northern New Jersey, southeastern Pennsylvania, central Ohio. central Indiana, northern Illinois and central Iowa, sweet pota- toes. also may be depended on to ma ture from plantings made as late as June 10 on sandy land
 Among the less nutritious vegetables which may be planted in soil freed by early harvests are late cabbage and cucumbers. Winter onions. fall let tuce and fall radishes also may be planted late in the season.
 Ii Is not essential to wait until all radishes, heads of lettuce and other early maturing plants are removed be- fore planting seeds or setting plants for succeeding crops. Corn or beans, for example, may he started in spaces made in radlsh or lettuce rows. or be- tween the rows The radiShes or let tuce will then be harvested before the late planted crops need all inc ground. Equally satisfactory results can be ob- tained from the combination of other early and late vegetables.
The Monticellonian., 1917-08-09
S0RREL CAN BE HANDICAPPED
suIphate of Iron Will Not Permanently lnjure Grass and Will Destroy
 Weed If Repeated.

Sorrel can he destroyed by spray. ing with solution of sulphate of iron tcopperas) made at the rate of two pounds per gallon of water The treatment will not permanently iniure grass and will destroy the weed if re- peated as often as the Sorrel tries to send out new leaves. Iron sulphate Is deadly to clovers and to many broad leaved weeds but is not injurious to animals or to the soil The spraying method is useful where the sorrel oc- CUTS simply as patches in good stand of grass. or for working around rocks and fences.
The Monticellonian., 1917-08-09
SCURF OF SWEET POTATOES
Disinfecton of Seed Bed With For maldehyde Is Recommended as
 Satisfactory for Trouble

There Is q trouble or disease among sweet potatoes called soil-stain or scurf. It has been shown 10 be direct ly due tO Il fungi called monilochaetes infuscans. II was thought that this trouble only affected the appearance of the potatoes and reduced their market value, but il has been found to reduce the yield by attacking the young roots and stunting their development. Dis infection of the seed bed with for maldehyde Is recommended for this scurf. For such diseases as soil rot. dry-rot. black-rot and foot.rot seed treatment is recommended. as there is evidence of seed transmission of the diseases.
The Monticellonian., 1917-08-09
COMMON ERROR OF GROWERS
Mistake to Top Black Raspberry Bushes at Thirty or More Inches
 From the Ground.

The new shoots In the black rasp- berry plantation require close watch ing in order to nip the tips before they are too high. A common mistake of growers is to top at 30 inches or more from the ground. while nipping the shoots when only 1S to 24 inches high will secure better plants. It is neces- sary to look over the plantation several times to control the growth.
The Monticellonian., 1917-08-09

pecially of the Toulouse and Embden, are occasionally made. but without any apparent gain. The Toulouse. Embden. Chinese and African are easily the most popular breeds of geese i'll this country, the first two greatly leading the other breeds. All economic breeds of geese are kept pri marily for the production of flesh and used for culinary pur- poses on the farm, there Is no snand for them for food purposes in the markets.
The Monticellonian., 1917-08-09
Physical Courage in War.

Nearly always physical courage re- suits from comparative lack of per ception. It leaves out many consid- erations, some of them important. In wartime it finds justification in its generosity. To the cause it is work ing for it freely gives all that if has behind it, including love of life itself, It actually seems to court death. With joy it takes the road of sacrifice. For this reason it must always be beautiful. And with it there must go a marvellous exhilaration, like spir-
The Monticellonian., 1917-08-09
PRIMITIVE DECORATIONS

Townsend an early Western trav- eler, tells that one day he met about Il hundred Indians of the Sac tribe. "They were dressed and decorated in
 the true primitive style, their heads shaved closely, and painted with alter nate stripes of fiery red and deep black. leaving only the long scalping tuft. in which was interwoven quan- tity' of elk hair and eagles feathers. Each rnan was furnished with q good blankAt. and some had an underdress
The Monticellonian., 1917-08-09
MARKED EGGS IN INCUBATOR
Just Before Tipping Sew Eggs Which Are to Be Pedigreed Into Cheese
 cloth Sacks.

The eggs of one hen. or a setting of eggs. may be matched in the incubator with other eggs. if, just before pipping, the eggs to be pedigreed are sewed in- to cheesecloth sacks. Make the sacks large enough to leave plenty of room for each chick, and see that there are no loose threads to choke the chicks If there are several sacks. mark each sack. as the shells are often broken too much to show the record. Boil the sacks before using Il second time.
The Monticellonian., 1917-08-09

of calico, but the greater number were entirely naked to the waist. The faces and bodies of the men were, almost without an exception, fantastically painted, the predominant color being deep red, with occasionally few stripes of dull clay white around the eyes and mouth. The squaws, of which there were about twenty, were dressed very much like the men, and at little distance could hardly be distinguished from them. Among them was an old. superannuated crone
 who, soon after her arrival, had been
The Monticellonian., 1917-08-09
TOULOUSE IS MOST POPULAR
All Economic Breeds of Geese Are Kept Primarily for the Production
 of Meat and Feathers.

Six breeds of geese have been ad
 mitted to the American standard of perfection, namely Toulouse. Emhden, Chinese. African, wild or Canadian
 and Egyptian. In addition to the standard breeds there is the so-ealIed mongrel goose. which Is hybrid made the common goose. with wild geese. Crosses of the varieties of geese. es-
The Monticellonian., 1917-08-09
FEEDING TO EATEN STEERS
One Pound of cottonseed Meal Ia Equal to Two and Half Pounds
 of Velvet Beans.

In fattening steers an attempt to substitute velvet beans, both ground and in the pod, for cottonseed meal, has not displaced the latter. and summing up of the result seems to war rant the conclusion that one pound of cottonseed meal is equal 10 two and a half pounds of velvet beans
The Monticellonian., 1917-08-09

Il vessel and let the ship steam through a bale of hot weather. The odor is sickening. The sailors cannot get the sweet taste out of their mouths and crave vinegar or lemon iuice-any- thing sour. They lose their appetites and are always glad when q voyage on which the cargo is sugar is over Cof- fee is as disagreeable as sugar, in ad- dition being very dangerous.
The Monticellonian., 1917-08-09
Personality in Garden.

Have your garden an expression of personality. If small one follow no plan but your own. If large, tell the designer what you would like to have and incorporate. but let it be as sim pie as possible the expression of a sim pie and teachable life.