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New Britain herald., 1917-12-29
Cuticdra Healed
itching Eczema On
Ny Little Boy
Writes MI. jorgenson

my little boy two years old was suf-
fering with eczema for about . year,
his face being almost covered with sore
New Britain herald., 1917-12-29

breakfast
Fruit
Duchesse Potatoes
Graham Rolls
Coffee
Dinner
Tomato Soup
Roast Beef Brown Gravy
Mashed Potatoes Peas \
Lettuce Mayonnaise
Tapioca Custard
Coffee
Supper.
Spliced Salmon
Marshmallow Whip
> Coffee II
Tajioca Custard-Boil one quar-
milk In double boiler and add -four
tablespoonfuls taRioca, which Should
have been soaked In water. Cook un.
til the tapioca is transparent. adding
pinch Of salt. When tapioca is cooked
take mixture off the five.s add three
eg0s well O9ater. and sugar to taste
Any navoring may be used. Cool and
serve.
Marshmallow Whip-One pint
whipped cream; slice one pound OF
and fold into the cream
with half q pound OF English walnuts,
chopped dne. Serve cold.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-29

i1ah i onn Of the best q white,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-03-29
BONNEVILLE

The snow is going fast and those
who have sugar places have tapped
them, but not much sugar has been
made yet.
News has been received here Of the
death of Oliver HARDWOOD, Sunday, at
Manchester. Mr.. Harwood was a
former resident Of this town and had
many friends here.
On account Of the illness OF Mrs.
Jacob EIlcnburg, the Ladies' Aid met
last Wednesday at the home Of Mrs.
Flora Burbank and was well attended.
The next meeting will be held at the
home Of Mrs. Lydia French, Wcdnes-
any, april 4th. Their team win come
to the village that morning and carry
al who wish 10 go. Dinner viii be
served
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-03-29
The Essentials Of Gardening.

The essentials for successful gar
dening on a small or large scale are
soil, water and cultivation. Much de-
ponds also on the grower, the season
and the crops selected.
The soil is the storehouse Of plant
food The garden, therefore, should
contain humus or rotted material in
large quantities. The gardener should
remember that about so per cent of
ordinary earth is not soil at all, but
consists Of air and water.
Water makes plant food that is pre-
sent freely soluble Rain and snow
water are soft ard contain ammonia
The magic of soft water on the plant
word is one of the miracles of good
gardening, as every one who has con-
trasted the effect of rain with that
produced by sprinkling with hose
realizes. Plants are succulcnt and
contain large amounts Of water which
they have to draw from the soil.
The conservation of soil moisture is
the most important reason for cult
waiting crops. The two other princi
pal thi.:gs accomplished by cultivation
are the killing Of weeds which draw
moisture and plant food from the
crops, and the areation of the soil.
Too much stress can not be laid on
the preparation of good seed bed.
A seed bed of fine tilth-made so by
deep blowing, careful narrowing, and
filming of the soils the foundation of
good gardening. 1t is essential for
the proper termination and growth of
young plants. The soil must be fri
able and free from clods. A clod
can hold no plant food in solution,
the only form in which it is available
for the plant. Good soil and fine filth
insure an excellent root system to
plants. Upon the fine, hairy, fibrous,
feeding roots, which are possible only
in well-tilled soil, the plant depends
for its stockiness and growth. The
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-03-29
RUPERT

P. B. Roberts passed Saturday il
Johnsonville.
Miss F. E. Whedon is visiting il
West Rupert.
The Misses Mccall were in Gran
vile, Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Harwood were
in Granville Friday.
Mrs. Parro Of Poultney, was re,
cent guest of Mrs. Austin.
Mr.. Hopkins of the Salem Press
staff, was in town Saturday.
C. F. Sheldon of Greenwich, was Q
recent guest at +. A. Sheldon's.
Mrs. Albert Moore is seriously i'll
Mrs. Alvah Rider is caring for her.
The farm of the late f. P. Flower
was sold at auction to Fred Perkins.
Mrs. Elizabeth Wildwood has gone
TO II. Z. Winchester's in No. Rupert
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Sheldon of Sche-
nectady, have been guests at G. b
Sheldon's.
The Rev. Mr.. Genge preached or
From Slavery TO College President
last Sunday evening.
Schools have closed and the teachers
have returned TO their respective
homes for the Easter recess.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-03-29

caerful gardener will regard his whole
garden as a seed bed and will cult
waite and fcrtilire il accordingly.
Fertilizers.
Fertilizers. the plant food for the
garden. should be carefully selected.
Nitrogen. which stimulates leaf
growth. is best supplied by turning
under rich, well-rotted or composted
manure, or rotting vegetable matter.
Nitrogen also is supplied in such fer
tilizers as nitrate of soda and sulphatc
Of ammonia, AS well as in bone meal
and tankage.
Potash tends to hasten the matur-
ity Of the plant, but also has ten
dency TO counteraet the work Of the
nitrogen. On this account those not
experienced in using potash will find
sulphatc of potash much better, or at
least safer in most cases, than the
muriate. On account of the disturbed
commercial conditions one of the most
available sources Of potash is hard
wood ashes.
Plants need balanced ration. If
they are lacking in nitrogen, they
show pale leaf and stunted plant form.
Excess of nitrogen is shown by large
leaf and plant growth and imperfect
fruitage. If the plants lack potash,
they will not be fruitful.
Sheep manure will hurry plants
along more rapidly than most COM
mercial fertilizers.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-03-29
HOME GARDEN HINTS.
The Soil. Water and Fertilizer Re.
qirements OF Successful Home
Iardau

The Soil, Water and Fertilizer Re-
qirements of Successful Home
Garden.
The damage done to garden crops
by the recent widespread freeze has
made 1t necessary for many owners
either to replant gardens or to delay
planting beyond the usual time. These
gardeners whose outdoor schedules
have been upset are under the neces-
sity Of doing everything they can to
hasten their crops. The following
suggestions regarding the principles
and practice Of gardening, the horti-
cultural specialists Of the United
States Department Of Agriculture be-
ieve, will be timely and helpful both
to these gardeners and to others in
localities where the planting season
naturally is later.
The gardener who merely wishes TO
raise vegetables for his own family
will do well, especially this year, to
choose crops he will grow from those
which previously have done best in
his special locality. The market gar
dener must bear this feet in mind,
but also must study the market and
anticipate its usual demand and deter
mine as far rs he can how this demand
will be affected by any untoward
weather conditions which may have
occurred in his section.
Those who desire to produce early
crops should bear in mind that q warm,
sandy loan will produce an earlier
crop than a heavier soil that retains
more water and less heat. Frost is
less apt to injure vegetables planted
on high ground than those planted in
low places or valleys into which the
heavier cold air commonly settles.
The garden should be fairly level, but
well drained. The crop will mature
more rapidly on land that has a sunny
southern exposure than in other spots.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-03-29
DANDY

Mrs. Agnes Houle and Mrs. E. G.
Smith were in Rutland Tuesday.
Augustus billiard Of Dandy Four
Corners, went to Troy, N. Y, We'd
nesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Mcintyre
who have been spending the winter
in Florida, returned home Thursday.
Mrs. o. L. Greene, E. G. Smith,
John H. Perry and daughter, Doris,
were Rutland visitors Wednesday.
j. L. Warner, Elkanah Paris, Omar
Wetherby, listers of Dandy, and W.
|. Risdon and George c. Risdon, lis
tiers of Mount Tabor, were in Rutland
Wednesday to attend the meeting
conducted by Tax Commissioner Chas.
Plumley for the benefit Of the listers
of Rutland county.
Funeral of J. b. Griffith.
The funeral of John B. Griffith,
who died March 18th, was held Wed
nesday afternoon at his home south
of the village, Rev. w. A. McIntire
officiating. The bearers were w. H.
Griffith, p. G. Bond, Albert Soule Of
Dandy, and r. X. Willard Of Albany,
N. Y. Intorment was in Dandy GEM
etery at "Scotsville." Mrs. George
Nichols and daughter, Pearl, Mr. and
Mrs. A. A. Moore of Rutland, A. Har.
rison and Mrs. Jennie Willard Of
Glovorsville, N. Y, Mr.. and Mrs. r.
X. Willard and two daughters Of Al
bany, N. Y, Elijah Sowlc Of Manchos-
ter, and G. F, Griffith Of East Dorset,
were here to attend the funeral.
Mr.. Griffith was a son Of Hiram and
Betsey tJacobs) Griffith, horn about
81 years ago in Mount Tabor and the
most Of his life was spent in Dandy
He is survived by one son, Wolfe II
Griffith Of this place, also by three
brothers, Daniel Of Brandon, Chauns
cey Of the State Of Washington, and
Peleg OF National City. Cal.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-03-29
VICTORY FOR MILK PRODUCERS

4
The executive committee Of the New
England Mix Producers Association
won a notable victory last week in the
adoption Of a system for the sound re-
organization Of the business on which
permanent prosperity can be built
AT the same time what is really an
advance Of 81 per cent over last sum
mer's price was achieved. The COM
mittee stood with absolute determine
ton for the reforms it demanded, and
a specific enumeration Of the atvan-
tages gained would include:
/. Recognition of the N + M p A by
the contractors, who are willing to deal
with the organization in arranging
terms Of contracts, prices and all mat
ters affecting the producers interests.
Any complaint Of or difficulty with the
producers shall be referred to the
association and no farmer shall be dis
ciplined jim any way until after the
facts have been put before the asso-
ciationa
2. The contractors agree to pay
over to the association whatever is
agreed on between the producers and
the association. This saves the ex-
pense of collecting annual dues and
distributes the expense so that none
will feel it.
3. The contractors agree to open
their books for study Of purchases
and sales with view to controlling
surplus.
4. The contractors agree that
prices shall very according to the cost
of transportation, the system applying
at once to old line territory.
8. Uniform premiums throughout
the purchasing territory.
6. Contractors agree to cooperate
with the association in bringing about
improved transportation and can SER
vice.
T. Contractors agree to cooperate
with the association for the establish
ment of a uniform style and length of
contract period.
8. The association agrees to coop
crate with the distributors to, as
largely as possible, equalize produc-
ton by educating producers to make
milk at times when the market most |
wants milk.
8. The association, through approx
ed publicity methods, will acquaint the
public with the cost of production and
the necessity that farmers shall re-
ceive enough to pay them to make it.
10. The association agrees TO do all
in its power to popularize and increase
the use of milk.
IL. The contractors will pay for
milk at country stations price grad
ed according to months on the same |
basis as last year, which, according to
the transportation zones, will average |
81 per cent over the price paid last
year. This per cent will vary accord
ing to the new transportation zones.
IL. The long haul milk will receive
an equivalent increase over last years
price in the increase paid on old line
territory. In addition, where milk is
bought on weight and test basis, the
excess of butter fat will be paid for at
the rate of 312c per point of additional
test, instead of &c as last year.
13. All questions arising under
contracts or in any way dealing with
the production are to be referred to
the N E NJ P A for adjustment before
action is taken.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-03-29
LAKES OF MORE THAN
100 SQUARE MILES

The U. S. Geological Survey Depart
ment of the Interior, in recent letter
to correspondent, gives the follow
ing interesting list of lakes in the
United States, exclusive of the Great
Lakes, each more than 100 square
miles in area. The areas Of number
Of these lakes change materially from
time to time, owing principally to vari-
atoms in rainfall. Tulare Lake, CAL,
for example, at times dries up com
pletely. In lake with shallow water
at the margins, such as the Great Sat
Lake, the rise or fall of foot will
very materially increase or diminish
the water area.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-03-29

Fer 3 mild easy action Of the bow
els, try Doah's Rcgulcts, q modern
laxative. 25c az all stores. adv
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-03-29

eaerful gardener will regard his whole
garden as a seed bed and will cult.
waite and fcrtilizc il accordingly.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-11
Battles In the Mud.

The Wilderness of mud" as Sir
Douglas Haig called 1t, that bothered
the troops at the battle Of the Somme
was not quite so bad as that which
provoked Napoleon's famous jest that
Poland had revealed mud to him as q
new element. 1t is reported that some
Of his guns absolutely disappeared In
the clayey mire, and Marriott says that
several men and horses were actually
drowned I'm the mud. The utmost that
infantry could cover with infinite labor
was one and quarter miles an hour,
and double and quadruple teams could
not enable the guns to keep up with
them. When Marriott returned to Sile-
STA with Augereau, both being wounded,
their carriage was drawn at a walk by
twelve and sometimes sixteen horses.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-11
A Defect In Higher Education.

1t must be said that the higher ed
ucation Of the United States is at pres
ent in a condition where it may read
lily drop backward rather than improve
The college student Of today and In
some cases even the university student
is permitted to sprawl over so large
and so varied an area Of intellectual
interest that he loses the discipline in
concentration, in hard work, and In
the mastery of some relatively small
field that comes from pursuing a bet
ter and older method. There is Just
now, however, a marked tendency
among the better colleges to aid and
to guide the student toward concentrat-
ing his interests and his energies upon
a small group Of subjects that have
some common center Of interest and
some well marked relationship. This
movement Is a sound and hopeful one
and should be encouraged and aided
President Butler in Youths Compan-
ion
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-11
Oriain of the Matinee.

Whether or not we have to look back
to the fifties for the first matinee, there
Is at least little doubt that the invention
had not attained any general popular
ity when the seventies were reached.
am reminded that the Bancrofts, who
were responsible for many innovations
that have since become the vogue, did
not institute afternoon performances
until 1876, after they had been in man
agement eleven years. The Bancrofts,
If not the inventors Of the matinee,
were certainly the first to pay full sal
aries to those who tsok part in them.
Not until 1878 did the matinee be-
come a fixed and regular feature Of
even the Bancroft management. It
was a byproduct of Diplomacy" the
success of which made any means Of
providing additional performances &C.
ceptable. Sir Squire Bancroft has put
it on record that at the beginning the
matinee was a much more costly affair
than it is now, as frequent and sepa-
rate advertisements and announcements
were necessary to make it known
Westminster Gazette.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-11
Keen Up With the Present.

Success and happiness depend upon
the way in which we adapt ourselves
to the realities of the objective life.
If we fight against change-and change
we must meet at every turn and in ev-
cry department of life-we soon become
exhausted, wear ourselves out and sink
back into ourselves-into the subcon-
scious-and fail and grow old before
our time.
If we cling to past experiences, refuse
to live in the present, let our faith die
when disappointments come, the results
are the same. The life forces ebb and
we sink into the great sea Of the I'M
conscious and are on the road to being
submerged.
Desire, will, concentration, purpose,
faith-these can be applied to keep us
living in the present, to keep our en-
thusiasms active and our creativeness
expressing.-Nautilus.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-11
Salt Means Much to Health.

eff the human race should be de-
prived of salt even for a period of a
few MONTHS" said physician, 1--WE
would not only lose a natural health
full incentive for our food, but disease,
with all its attendant miseries, would
spread with such relentless speed as to
defy the efforts of the most skillful
doctors of the land. Ailing persons
frequently refuse sugar, but they sell
dom turn up their noses at common
salt That is because there is in the
body deficiency Of chloride of sodium,
and nature intuitively excites the de-
sire for it. Salt is essential to health
and life and is as much a food as
bread or flesh. If there is no wish for
salt in person doctors uniformly con-
clude that disease in some form is
lurking unsuspected in the system"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-11
Valuable Black Walnut.

Black walnut is the ideal wood for
gun stocks, but it Is scarce and high
in price, and there are few Of the trees
left in this country. A single tree of
this species can be sold for a good
price, and a grove Of black walnut
trees represents q small fortune.
About the only black walnut trees
available now are those on farms and
private estates, and they are fast dis
appearing. The wood is hard and takes
q high polish, qualities which make it
desirable for the use to which it is put.
Manufacturers have not found a wood
to take its place satisfactorily.
Some Of the black walnut used is OBJ
tanned from old furniture or wainscot-
ing, stairways and interior trim Of
dwellings or churches. Many years
ago black walnut was used extensive
ly in the manufacture of the best
grades of furniture, and In old churches
pews and pulpits made of it can be
found today. The demand for the
wood is gradually causing them to dis
York Sun.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-11
Once the Home of Pirates.

Margarita, the mountainous island
Off the coast Of Venezuela, has a repu-
tation that ill matches its pleasing
name. 1t was discovered by Columbus
in 1893 and got its name from it's pearl
fisheries, for the Spanish word for
pearl is the old Greek margarites. For
generations it was the headquarters Of
the pirates-and especially of the slave
traders-of the Spanish Main and the
prison of slaves who were awaiting
transportation.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-11
What's the Answer7

Old elephant hunters who have hunt
ed their quarry In India, Siam and the
wilds of the Malay peninsula are agreed
upon the following fact: Bury the car
cass of a full grown tusker in any spot
in Asia-it matters not whether the 10
cation be high and dry or low and
damp-one year from the date Of burial
not a shred of hide nor a silver Of bone
can be found by digging. Neither dis
Indignation nor ants can be an expla-
nation, for the phenomenon has been
noted I'm the highlands Of Nepal, where
buried carcasses of other animals than
the elephant undergo little or no change
within a year and elephants bones dis
appear in localities where ants are un-
known. So far the scientists have
failed to come forward with an answer.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-11
CareIessness and Fires.

Little Horace, whose father thinks
he is a second Edison, and his mother,
who would like to use electricity for
everything from curling her hair to
stoking the furnace, do more to keep
the fire engines busy than mice ever
did In all the years they chewed
matches.
Washington Devereux, chief Of the
electrical department Of the Philadel-
phia Fire Underwriters association,
said $4,000 fires were caused last year
by overheated electrical devices. The
fault wasn't with the devices, he said,
but with the human equation-the wo-
man who turned on the "juice" In her
electric iron and then went out for a
social afternoon without turning it of.
He made the statement that no father
had a right to buy his ten-year-old son
q ten cent book on How to Wire the
House In Your Spare Moments" unless
he was prepared to see the place go
up In smoke some bright afternoon
Philadelphia Ledger.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-11
Music and lts Trinity,

What we call music is well described
as a trinity. The three components are
rhythm, melody and harmony. Rhythm
is to music what the will is to the indi-
vidual. The rhythm of music is its
physical side, just like the body or
flesh Of the human being. Melody In
music parallels the heart Tor blood, a
component part Of the individual. Har-
mony is the soul of music just as feel
ing is the soul Of the human being (also
possessed of three fold nature) The
triple elements In music are represent
ed In the history Of the world first by
the drum (rhythm); second, by the lutte
(melody), and third, by the Tyre char.
mony). Music lays its first hold on the
human understanding by its rhythm.
All men are Influenced by 1t (even saw
ages. And every soldier with or with
out an ear for music can appreciate
the tap, tap Of a drummer boys drum
and can march longer and better for 1t.
Philadelphia Record.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-11
The "crowned RepubIie.n

1t was Tennyson who gave to Eng
land the phrase "Our crowned repub-
lic." 1t was the bill Of rights, by
which parliament voted 'Dutch Will
liam" and his wife, Mary, joint sover-
eigns of England, which made Great
Britain a crowned republic" From
the moment the bill of rights gave the
house of commons the sole right to
levy taxes and that house resolved only
to grant the crown annual supplies the
backbone of absolutism was broken
and the nerve centers of tyranny were
paralyzed. Henceforth we We're a
Crowned republic. Answers.