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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-09-04

after our conversation. Both he and
my pal Macfarlane were shot down
dead that morning.
When they called for volunteers to
go with me in discharge Of Major Lew
Is order the entire company responded.
I picked out twenty-five men, twelve
bayonet men and thirteen bombers.
They agreed to my plan, which was
to get within twenty-five yards OF the
gun emplacement before attacking, to
place no dependence on rifle fire, but
to bomb them out and take the posi-
ton with the bayonet. We followed
that plan and took the emplacemeH
quicker than We had expected to DO.
but there were only two Of Us left
when we got there-Private Godsall,
No. 177,O63, and myself. All the rest
Of the twenty-five were dead or down.
The emplacement was held by eleven
Germans Two only were left stand
Ing when we got in.
When We saw the gun had been 81
| leIC6u duS luS SlC" oiSaoASo NNNS>~N,
and I worked round to the right about
ten yards from the shell hole where
We had sheltered ourselves while
throwing bombs into the emplacement
and scaled the German parapet. We
rushed the gun position. The officer
who had been In charge was standing
with his back to US, firing with his re-
volver down the trench at our men
who were coming over at another
point. I reached him before Godsau
and bayoneted him. The other Ger
man who had survived our bombing
threw up his hands and mouthed the
Teutonic slogan Of surrender-"Mercy
kameradw My bayonet had broken
of In the encounter with the German
officer, so 1 picked up German rifle
with bayonet fixed, and Godsal and
worked on down the trench.
The German who had surrendered
stood with his hands held high above
his head waiting for us to tell him
what to do. He never took his eyes
of of US even to look at his officer, ly-
ing at his feet. AS we moved down
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-09-04
Milk Saves Lives of Animals.

Incidental to his experimental work
at the University of Vermont, DR.. +. A.
Rich has made an interesting contri6u-
tion TO the evidence of the life giving
and life sustaining properties OF milk
In feeding laboratory animals during
the past winter he has shown the pre-
sencs of a substance in milk which is
necessary to life.
In conducting disease experiments
with guinea pigs, the usual ration OF
cut hay, grain, (corn and oats?, ano
green feeds carrots, turnips, cabbage,
and beets) was fed with satisfsctor
results in growth and reproduction
when green feed could no longer be OBJ
tanned, beet pulp was fed. The addition
of cooking molasses increased the paiata'
bility of the pulp sufficiently that larger
amounts were eaten. All went well foi
some time, the pigs apparently being IL
good health, until suddenly they began
dying in large numbers.
Two pens of pigs were made, one De-
ing continued on the ration Including
beet pulp-the other receiving greer
stuff in place of it. The change immed
iatelv stopped the deaths in the latter
nan Last summer and fall milk was
offered the pigs at different times bu
was consumed in very small amounts
When milk was offered the pigs IN
the lots which were dying, however, II
was drunk readily. In q lot OF pigs
nothing besides milk in addition to the
ration which had failed to maintain life
tbe deaths were stopped. The tests were
carried on long enough to prove mils
and green feeds equally proficient IN u
restoring a nutritive balance and !. II
snpplying the necessary factor to ii'
which the ration of hay and grain lacked
In the light of what is being said TO,
csrtaip so.called substitutes for mill
and its products now on the market or
proposed for manufacture. especially snS
when those products are recommsaoeu y
for the diet of children, the results o
DR.. Rich's finding has peculiar signin
csnce. There is no substitute for mix
and its products.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-09-04
c.,;,.rv Milk Production.

Tho Kentucky Station has made
..rdv of the factors and methods In the
profitable production OF sanitary m.,s ons
which is reported in Bulletin NO. Zvo
From their work they believe the folio"'
inc conclusions are justified:
STo keep down the bacterial con
,.mination of the air In the stable where
,he covs are MIXED, the room must oe
Ians veil cleaned and every effort mus
be made to keep down al ouss. Ia .nd
"Dusty bedding must be avoideo anu anu
IL bedding is used, dust snou'o % i~''
by sprinkling. 49,. ,.dsn will
h.ctsr;a all loose hairs should oe re-
wovsd from the COWS by currying II
ordsr to prevent them from falling int'
ehs milk. However, sufficient um
should elapse after ourrying 70 Pe'wh .h
,be dust and bacteria to settle u 'n
Amor before milking begins.
"Tbe cows udders should % Car
,,,,v washed with tepid water suo
oIsan cloth before milking begins.
"WipIpp the udder with . Clean
damn cloth greatly reduces oacter'a
contamination OF the milk.
"In feeding mill feeds and nay, %.
sbould be taken to raise as ittie ous' I"
possible" -.
c,aan ont the old hay mows now tina
..s infested with the clover hay wor%
Rnrn an the infested stuff and be rid OF tn
whole trouble.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-09-04
What to Do When
Backache Comes On

Foley Kidney pills have done e,har mT
ors Tood than $4,000 worth OF otnsr a
medicine" Chas. N. Fox hiou'
when backache comes on ana ~ II
sssms % as if you can't stand the pam
e TSa. ths saa and N get
BACK; BACK; H tSroyeS a box of Foley Kidney
Tss. Piiis. They win stop the tss cause s1uSl o.
that pain very SuicIyi ssayia4 spur aesion. ths
gssn ,Ssnn kiGneS 10 throw the poisons out Of
the blood They fSr % ySu sst FIS quiet sl gour Pa
and rneuna Honr backache, and lin
Servsp' beer sp your stii joints and sore mus
cles. sxon racona. N. L,
Frank " T suffered with kidney trou-
BE- had tired sny sssl11si ta %z AND sst
did not naf o,f used Foley Kidney
al Bills and in few days began to Zee. re.
better. BETTE "a and now J have en''se's ~
auuprx.rrr A CO.. scuth Paris, hs
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-09-04
SOUTH PARIS MAINE, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1917.

been in charge of companies number
ing 25O men, and I know Of case
where a lance corporal was temporar-
IL In command Of an entire battalion.
It happened on this day that, while /
was In charge Of the second wave, I
did not 90 over with them. At the last
moment I was given a special duty BY
Major John Lewis, formerly manag-
ing editor Of the Montreal Star and
one of the bravest soldiers I ever
knew, as well as the best beloved man
In our battalion.
The Troublesome Machine Gun.
"McClintock," said he, II don't wish
to send you to any special hazard, and,
80 far as that goes, we're all going to
get more or less Of a busting, but I
want to put that machine gun which
has been giving US 80 much trouble
out Of action"
I knew very well the machine gun
he meant. It was In a concrete en-
placement, walled and rooted, and the
devils in charge Of it seemed to be de-
scendants of William Tell and the
prophet Isaiah. They always knew
what was coming and had their gun
accurately trained on 1t before it came,
IF you are wiling" said Major
Lewis, Il wish you to select twenty
FIVE from the company and go after
that gun the minute the order comes
to advance. Use your own judgment
about the men and the plan for taking
the gun position. Will you go?'
Il sure will,' l answered. iii go
and pick out the men right away. l
think we can make those fellows shut
up shop over there"
Good boy!" he said. you'll try, all
right"
l started away. He called me back.
"This is going to be bit hot, Nc
Clintock," he said, taking my hand.
81 wish you luck, old fellow-you and
the rest Of them" In the trenches
they always wish you the best of luck
when they hand you a particularly
tough job.
I thanked him and wished him the
same. I never saw him again. He
was killed in action within two hours
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-09-04
No. ). Wounded
In Action.
By Sergeant Alexander McClintock,
D. G. NJ, S7th Overseas Bait,
Canadian Gren. Guards
Copyright 1877, by the Bell Syn
dicate, Inc.

Sergeant McClintock, an american
boy of Lexington Ky., has seen service
IN France, tcas decorated for brGpery,
,counded and invaHded home. He 10
telling his story, thrilling one, Gnd
this Ia the fifth article Of the series. In
the preceding ones he described ho,o he
reached the front, fighting IN Belgium,
and then the great preparations for the
Somn,e battle. In this installment he
tells of conditions and describes fret
hand the fighting IN that 0reatest OF al
battles.
OUR high command apparently
I meant to make sure thing Of
the general assault upon the Re-
gina trench, in which we were to par
tcipate. Three times the order to "go
over the top" was countermanded. The
assault was first planned for Oct 10.
Then the date was changed to the Goth
Finally, at 1910 noon Of Oct. 21. we
went. 1t was the first general assault
We had taken part in, and we were In
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Start Over In Daylight.
a highly nervous state. III admit
that
It seemed almost certain death to
start over in broad daylight, yet, as
It turned out, the crossing Of No Mans
Land was accomplished rather more
easily than in our night raids. Our
battalion was on the extreme right OF
the line, and that added materially to
our difficulties, first by compelling us
to advance through mud so deep that
some of our men sank to their hips IN
it and, second, by giving US the hottest
little spot in France to hold later.
I was in charge Of the second
"waye," or assault line. This Is called
the "mopping up" wave, because the
business of the men composing 1t Is
thoroughly to bomb out position
crossed by the first wave, to capture
or kill all of the enemy remaining and
to put the trench in condition to be
defended against counterattack by
reversing the fire steps and throwing
up parapets.
Our artillery had given the Germans
such a battering and the curtain IRE
which our guns dropped just thirty to
forty yards ahead. Of US was 30 pow
erful that we lost comparatively Few
men going over-only those who were
s, hr sbolls which the Ger
mans landed among us through oul
barrage. They never caught US with
their machine gun sweeping until VIC
neared their trenches. Then gooo
many of our men began to drop, but
we were In their front trench before
they could cut US up anywhere neal
completely. Going over was struck
by shell fragments on the hand ane
leg. but the wounds were not severe
enough to stop me. In fact, l did MOI
know that / had been wounded unit
felt blood running into my shoe
Then I discovered the cut in my leg
but saw that it was quite shallow ant
that no artery Of Importance had beer
damaged. So went on.
had the familiar feeling Of nervous
ness and physical shrinking and nauses
at the beginning Of this fight, but b!
the time we were halfway across M
Mans Land had my nerve back
After l had been hit remember feel
ing relieved that hadn't been hur
enough to keep ME from going on will
the men. I'm not trying to nake my
self out hero. I'm just trying to tel
you how an ordinary mans mint
works under the stress Of fighting ant
the danger of sudden death. Their
are some queer things In the psycholo
~ Of battle. For instance, when VI
bad got into the German trench ant
were holding 1t against the mos
vigorous counterattacks the though
which was persis.ently uppermost u
my mind was that I had lost the ad
dress of a girl In London along wit
some papers which I had thrown ava,
tust before we started over and whcl
should certainly never be able to nm
again.
Hold Regina Trench ct Last.
4 The Regina trench bad been takel
.snd lost three times by the British
We took It that day and held It w
went into action with LOO men Of a
seakP and qame Qyt With ee0.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-09-04
Warrant for Special State Election.
STATE OF MAINE.

Town OF PANS, IS.
To Irving o. Barrows, one Of the Constsbles Of
the town of Paris GREETING;
In the name of the State of Maine, you are
hereby required to notify and warn the inhsb
itants OF the town Of Paris, qualified TO vote
as the Constitution requires, 70 meet at the New
Hall, South Paris. In said town, on the second
Monday Of September, the same being the tenth
day Of said month, In the year Of our Lord. one
thousand nine hundred and seventeen, at nine
O'Clock In the forenoon then and there to give In
their votes upon the following i've proposed
Constitutional amendments.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-09-04
sciousness in a clean hospital cot the
next morning.

ectOuSneSS In clean nOSpitol wv So0
next morning.
I realized as I lay on that cot was
out Of the modern hell for time, and
my mind drifted back over the days
Just passed. Wounded men, grim re-
minders, were all about me, many Of
them worse of than was. had seen
all kinds of bravery-Brihsh officers
climbing calmly over the top with q
monocle In their eyes and a cane IN
their hands into almost certain DEATH
like man getting into tub Of water
where he kuew he would get wet.
"Come on; let's go!" they would
drawL Ny respects to them.
And also to the enemy. The German
officers fight to the last Few surren-
der. My hat of to them. And the
dead brave Major Lewis and poor
Macfarlane, my close comrades And
only the other day read Lance Cor.
poral Glass, tn, man I carried In after
our first bombing raid In Belgium, had
been killed in action In France. saw
1t In Montreal paper.
They vaccinated me for everything
while with the army-everything e1-
cept against being shot. II q man
could invent an antitoxin for that
well, he would be hero.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-09-04

the trench he followed US, still hold
ing his hands up and repeating, Mercy,
kameradw~ At the next trench angle
we took FIVE more prisoners, and as
Godsall had been slightly wounded In
the arm I turned the captives over to
him and ordered him to take them to
the rear. Just then the men Of our
second wave came over the parapet
Ike lot Of hurdlers. In five minutes
we had taken the rest Of the Germans
In the trench section prisoners, had re-
yersed the fire steps and had turned
their own machine gun against those
Of their retreating companies that we
could catch sight Of.
AS, we could do nothing more here,
gave orders to advance and re-en-
force the front line. Our way LED
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-09-04
'"0VFR THERE
The Thrill and the He'll of
the Trenches, Described
by an American Boy.

Sergeant Alexander McClintock Of Lex
ington, KY, and the Canadian Army Has
Gripping Tale That Every American Will
Read, For He Tells the Facts-Unadorn-
ed. Wounded, a Distinguished Conduct
Medal Man, He Was 1nvalided Home,
but Is Going "out There" Again to Fight
For Uncle Sam and His Allies An In
spring, Interesting, Personal Narrative,
Full Of the Spirit and Atmosphere Of the
Trenches.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-09-04
AMENDMENT NO. ..
Removal OF Sheriffs.

"Shau the Constitution be amended as pro
posed by a resolution of the Legislature grant
ing TO the Governor, by the consent and advice
of the Council, the power TO remove shertns wne
do not faithfully and efficiently perform tne
duties imposed upon them by law, and to ap'
point another sheriff In his place for the re
msinder OF the term for which such removed
sheriH VISA elected2o
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-09-04

A thermometer for the dairy ID just ss
essential % toothbrush for the toilet.
Success In handling dairy products Is
due largely to maintaining definite
temperatures, and such ID not possible
by gusss.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-09-04

: Owners of ship TIMBER cut
or standing, wishing to get -, IN
communication with ship build
ers, can do so by submitting to
the undersigned a schedule OF
their timber. The Maine Ship
Building Committee wishes to o
assist in bringing sellers ana
buyers together, no cost beng ag
incurred by either party. Az
dress
James w. Sewau,
Maine Ship Building Committee
Old Town. Name
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-09-04

EVcnt OF tnc 2Vtf SeE 0@
"Shall the Constitution be amenaed as P,o
ing representation In the House OF Represents
lives to remain as formerly In the event OF tne
merger Of towns or citiesr"
The polls will remain open until hve O'CLOCK IL
the afternoon, when they will be closed;
HEREOF. FAIL Nor, and have you inert 'nei
this warrant with your doings tnereon' rovr
The Selectmen will be In session at tow
once on the sixth, Seventh and Eighth gay o. Q,
San,emhar AT tan O'Clock In the forenoon for the
purpose Of correcting the list Of voters; s .on a.
parts th,s sixteenth day of August In the yea
Of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred anu
seventeen. salsctmen
A. ELR0Y DEAN SedeVtrnen ns,ha
HENRY d. HAMMOND vi Snp p.r,s
CHARLES w. BOWkEk )Io"h VI "ii'
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-09-04

The sixth article of this remarkable
personal narrative will appear soon.
1t Is entitled
No. 6-Deeorated For Bravsryj Home
and Uncle Sam
This concluding article Of the series re-
lates in detail how England cares for the
wounded How the king and queen came
to the bed Of an American boy and dec
grated him in London hospital for gal
lantry Interesting. intimate and anus
ing incidents told by and of the wounded
Tommies Trying to fight for Uncle Sam.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-09-04

across field furrowed with shell holes
and spotted with bursting shells. Not
q man hesitated. We were winning.
That was all we knew or cared to
know. We wanted to make 1t Ger
tainty for our fellows who had gone
ahead. AS we were proceeding toward
the German reserve trench I saw four
Of our men, apparently unwounded, ~
ing in q shell hole. I stopped to ask
them what they were doing there. AS
I spoke 1 held my German rifle and
bayonet at the position Of guard" the
tip of the bayonet advanced, about
shoulder high. I didn't get their an
swer, for before they could reply l
felt q sensation as If some one had
thrown a lump Of hard clay and struck
me on the hip, and forthwith l tum-
bled in on top Of the four, almost
plunging my bayonet into one Of them,
a private named Williams.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-09-04
AMENDMENT NO. 3.

Division OF Towns Into Polling Places
"Shsll the Constitution be amended as pro
posed by q resolution Of the Legislature grant
ing TO the Legislature power to authorize tne
division Of towns Into more than one eiecuoI
nastonal al
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-09-04

Tim savs that trees are known py
THAR = bark, and also some folks arc
known that way. A -
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-09-04
AMENDMENT NO. L.
Woman's Suffrage.

"shan the Constitution be amended as pro-
posed by a resolution of the Legislature grant
ing suffrage to Women upon equal terms Win
men?"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-09-04
Capacity.

Spink-Jones told me today that he
lsn't drinking any more. Spank-I
don't see how he could-Life.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-09-04
AMONG THE FARMERS.
"sPEED THE PLow."

Coneepondence on practical agricultural topic
solicited. Address all communications In
tGnoed Tor this department to HENRY d
HAMMOND, Agricultural Editor Oxford Dem
ocras, Paris. He.
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AMENDMENT NO. 4.
Relating to Military.
AMENDMENT NO. S.

s"Shall article seven Of the Constitution ne
lating to Military be amended as proposeu oy
resolve Of the Legtslature!"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-09-04
SKIMMILK AGE.

From the age of one to six months
feed the calf all the good roughage 1t
will eat, such as good, bright clover ol
alfalfa hay, silage, or green grass. II
addition feed skimmilk and about all
the grain it will clean up. I like feed
of a bulky nature so that the calf may
eat large quantities of 1t; selecting such
feeds as will develop large, strong
frame, strong in bone and muscle, ano
developing a large capacity. We art
now building machine that later must
take large quantities of feed to convert
it into milk and butterfat. Keep water
and salt accessible at all times.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-09-04
NEGLECTED TIME.

The sorry, discouraging, most neglect
ed time of hiefer's life, the time she
wonders why she was ever born, ia from
weaving time usually about six months)
and extending many times to the day
she expected to become cow and give
an abundance of milk.
Is 1t any wonder she fails? At wesn-
ing time she is turned into hog pasture
or some like place, so that she won't
suck the COWS. She is usually fed some
oats in trough, most excellent feed.
but the hogs soon find 1t. Everything
she has to eat or drink is nosed over by
the hogs. In the fall she goes Into
winter quarters but little or no heavier
than she went into the hog pasture.
She is fed largely on hay during the
winter and in the spring she is kicked
out on some back pasture as soon as the
fields begin to show green shade. She
can live on short feed, she has nothing
else to do. We must have the good
pasture for the COWS that are giving
milk.
Is 1t any wonder she longs for the
time she is to become COW and is al
lowed iu the field of plenty9 Is it any
wonder she fails to make little profit
for year or two of her young life as a
COW?
At this, the neglected age, she should
be kept In the barn during the summer
where there is plenty of sunlight, good
ventilation, and roomy stalls. She
should have skimmilk until about year
old, with plenty of good, bright roughage
and grain enough and Of such nature as
will develop large, strong frame, bright
ewes, soft skin, soft, silky hair that lays
down, and not excessive fat but bloom
ing condition.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-09-04

Sh0ulQ nave 6KlmWllk uulh ooous yoo'
old, with plenty of good, bright roughage
and grain enough and Of such nature as
will develop large, strong frame, bright
ewes. soft skin, soft, silky hair that lays
down, and not excessive fat but bloom
ing condition.
BREEDING AGE.
From the time she is yearling to
time she becomes cow she should be
kept in the same healthy, vigorous con
dition. Give her good pasture. II
the pasture is not good, supplement u
with other feed. Keep her growing
from the time she Ia a calf till abe Is
COW.
As the time approaches that she 10 to
enter the working herd, which should
| be from two to two and half years o1
age, she should be in splendid physica
| condition. She is now called upon tc
put these organs that We have beer
building up into actual operation anc
| to further develop them. At this par
ticular time she should also be fec
literally for she has not only milk Il
produce but her own body to grow ant
further develop.
Now comes the most interesting par
of the whole program. We should tes
| her to see how successful we have beel
in our work.
With every heifer that Is born Ger
tain standard or capacity is fixed In tha
particular individual. It's our bushes
to develop the individual and bring be-
to her standard. 1t may be one o
little or no profit, OF 1t may be one
exceptional merit.
With the former we should acknow
ledge our failure Of trying to make
COW of something the Lord never in
tended for one and sell her to tn
butcher. With the latter we shoul'
work her and reap the reward OF on
efforts.-From address by W. 81. Clar
before the Wisconsin Dairymen's Assoc
iation.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-09-04
Hold Regina Trench ct Last.

The Regina trench bad been taken
and lost three times by the British.
We took It that day and held It We
went into action with LOO men Of all
fsakl and aame Qyt With eQ0.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-09-04

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