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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-09-14

sas, where it has been developed with
signal success and with the obvious real
ization of notable economy in planting
area.
A report of his success was made by
Mr.. TOedt to the Steinway association
and printed in a recent issue of Music
Trades. Mr.. Toedt, in dwelling upon
his experiment said:
Gas for details of observation re-
garding the pen there is very little to
report. incidentally | might say that
if all the material is on hand it should
not take more than three hours to put
the pen together and plant it, This
constitutes the years work until the po-
tatoes are ripe and ready to be harvest
ed.
"Therc is no hoeing, no wedding, no
cultivating to be done. | did, once or
twice, during the extreme drought, set
the ring of my garden hose into the
center of the top of the pen and let the
water play on it all over while l went
to my supper, so you see there is no
work connected, even with watering the
Ipen.
"My potatoes are late ones, hence !
do not expect to take the pen down until
some time in October. | do not expect
such vast quantities as some others seem
to. 1t required just about half bushel
of seed potatoes for planting, hence, at
the normal growth one could not expect
more than at the rate of say % to 100
bushels an acre, for which eight bushels
| of seed are used in planting.'
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-09-14
RAY-LYoNs WEDDING.
Former Brattleboro Man Takes Bride in
Quebec,

The announcement has reached Brat
tleboro of the marriage in Quebec
Saturday of Miss Marie Benyon Lyons
and Oscar Willard Ray, a Boston bust
ness man, formerly of this town. Miss
Lyons is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Honore b. Lyons of Flatbush, Long Is
land, and has been associated with
Vogue for several years. She is a grad
uate of Adelphi college, New York. Mr..
Ray is nephew of Mrs. O. l.. Rawson of
Washington street and is n graduate of
the Brattleboro high school and of Nor
witch university. He formerly was EN-.
ployed in the Goodnow syndicate store
here. Before going to Boston he was
located in New York.
The ceremony took place in the par
Tors of the Chateau Frontenac, and was
performed by Rev. Andrew Tannahil
Love, ID. d., rector of st. Andrew Z
church, Quebec. Mr.. and Mrs. Ray arc
spending most of this week at Quebec
and later will go to the camp of the
Kedgemakooge Rod and Gun club, which
is 80 miles in the forest from AnnapO
lis, Nova Scotia. On their return to Bos
ton Mr.. and Mrs. Ray will spend thu
fall in Milton.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-09-14
PLAN FOR SEED CORN NOW.
1t Should Be Taken From Stalks Stand
ing Where They Grew.

The acre yield of corn in the United
State could and should be greatly in
creased, according to the United States
department of agriculture, which states
that the proper selection of seed is of
primary Importance in improving the
yield. The average production for the
country is 26 bushels an acre, though
yields as high as 200 bushels have been
made by contestants in boys' corn clubs.
Seed corn should be selected from
stalks standing where they grew ac-
cording to the corn specialists of the
department. This is necessary because
it is the means of making sure that the
seed will have the power to yield well,
as shown by the superiority of the
stalks over surrounding ones tnat grew
under the same condition. This sort of
seed inherits high producing power.
1t must he understood, says the de-
partment, that like produces like, ard
that an early-maturing corn yielding
abundantly on short, thick stalks is
likely to repeat these same characters
in the next generation. For Example,
seed corn should be taken IRON stalks
without suckers; such seed may produce
some stalks with suckers, but it will
seed from sucker-bearing stalks.
All seed corn should be selected by
hand. as a special task, and not Incl
dental to husking, The corn should be
gathered as soon as thoroughly ma
ture and before the first hald freeze.
Enough should be gathered for two sea
sons planting, to insure supply of
seed, if, for example, the first planting
is drowned out, or if the next crop
should be hurt by early frost.
Get the very best to be mad and PIE
serve it well, because then, say the corn
experts increased yields will return
more profit than from any other work
that can be done on the farm. The
bne and only proper way 10 select seed
corn is from the stalks standing where
they grow, as soon as ripe and before
the first hard freeze.
AS soon as the crop ripeas the wise
farmer will go through the field with
seed picking bags, and husk the ears
from the stalks that have produced the
most corn without having any special
advantages such as space, moisture, o.
fertility. He will pass by the large
ears on stalks standing aiore With an
unusual amount of space around them
Strains that do well in competition fol-
light, and moisture, and soil fertility
are likely to repeat under Tie same cen
ditions. The most important considera
ton is to select seed from those plants
which have ingrained ability TO furnish
the largest quantity of dry shelcd corn
Early maturity is desirable quality
and so are short, thick, wind-iilm stalks
| tOpheavy ones with ear borne too higl
are likely to mean losses,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-09-14
DROVE WHILE INTOXICATED.
AS a Result Keene Man Paid Fine Of
1915 in the Brattleboro Municipal
Court

In the municipal court Monday morn
ing A. II. May of Keene, n. H., owner
of a Ford automobile which ran into
the ditch by the roadside in Guilford
Saturday, Sept /, entered plea of
guilty, through Attorney A. V. D. Piper,
to the charge of driving an automobile
while intoxicated. The court imposed
a fine of $25 and costs of 1925, which
were paid by counsel, Mr.. May not be-
ing present.
At the time of the accident May and
three other men were on their way home
from Greenfield with quantity of
liquor in their ear and some of them
had portion inside their skins. May
and one passenger were arrested and
the latter paid a fine of So and costs for
intoxication. May entered plea of
not guilty to the charge of driving a
car while intoxicated and put up bail
of 500 for his appearance when called
upon. 80.
The liquor was stored in the lookup,
but later it was turned over to the re-
spondent 8 counsel, and last Saturday
it was shipped away.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-09-14
WARNING TO GROWERS.
U. 8. Department of Agriculture eau
lions Farmers Against Seed Promoters

A warning to American farmers not
to be misled, in their zeal for increased
wheat production, into planting abnor-
mally high priced seed for which extrav-
agant claims are made, has just been
issued by the United States department
of agriculture.
"Wheat is attracting, at the present
time, greater attention than perhaps ev-
er before, owing to its comparative
scarcity and high price and the neces-
sity Of sowing large acreage this
fall says the department statement.
"As might be expected, therefore, va
rious persons are offering to the public,
varieties that they describe as far su-
perior to the kinds now being grown.
These varieties are usually given some
catchy name and eXtravagant claims are
made for them.
IAN evidence of this kind is the Alas
ka, or seven seasoned wheat that was
exploited n few years ago. The back
ers of this wheat did not get very far
with it, however, as the postofce de
partment issued a fraud order and their
business. came to a standstill. THIS
type of wheat having large, branchcd
head has been offered at high prices to
the people of this country many tlihes
under one name or another. Records
concerning it 90 back more than hun
bred years. just now another eXpluita-
tion is threatening under the name
Titanic. - This type of wheat with
branched heads should be left strictly
alone by the farmers of the country.
"a favorite scheme employed NY
those having wheat for sale for which
they wish to obtain exorbitant prices
Is to claim that their variety requires
but small amount of seed per acre
peck of seed, twenty pounds and a
half bushel per acre, are amounts FIRE
quently mentioned. OF course the claims
OF maximum yields from these small
heedlngs are not substantial by fact
only ON dry lands or under very specia
'ohoitiohs is the seeding of as little as
even 20 pounds per acre of wheat adj
VlSaple. Op nearly all of the wheat
lhhdS or the country it is more profitable
10 sow from a bushel to two bushels OF
Seed per acre than to sow less than
bushel.
The United States department OF
agriculture mas shown in previous pub
leationS tnat fne claims of maximum
yleius ootai"eo from sowing one or twt
pecks to the acre of the wheat known a
Stoner, Miracle, or the MarvaInnS or,
not substantiated by EXPERIMENT. Sac
rules to follow in the case of All ,,,'oot
for which such claims are maIa or
first to sow as much as has been Fam,
profitable with other varieties il a.
neighborhood, and second, not to W.,
high prices for the seed. P"'
''Radical claims of high yields ar
made from some varieties of wheat
is not uncommon in advertising a mo-
variety for an INSCRIPTIONS or uni
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-09-14
VALUABLE YEAR BOOK.
Centennial Edition of the Center Church
Now Ready for Distribution - Five
Full-Page Illustrations.

The year book for 1917 of the Centre
congregational church has just been is
sued by Il. l.. Hildreth & Co., copies of
which will be distributed within a few
days. 1t is the centennial edition and
is book of unusual value, interest,
and attractiveness, containing 206 pages
and five full-page halftone illustrations
A picture of the church constitutes the
|frontispiece and then follows the con
tents table
First are the articles of association,
then the statement of faith and bylaws,
| form of reception of new members, list
of officers and committees, report of the
church clerk, removals by letter, inan-
cial reports, invested funds, form of be-
quest, directory of resident members,
directory of nonresident members, bio
graphical sketches of members who died
during the year, statement i'll brief
of the centennial celebration, the centen-
NAL program, the historical sketch by
Walter A. Gilbert, the historical sermon
| by Rev. Harry r. Miles of New Haven,
the centennial hymn composed by Rev.
Richard II. Clapp, pastor, authorizations
used in the historical catalogue, the
historical catalogue, and the index to
the historical catalogue.
This catalogue contains the names of
i all persons who became members of the
church in the 100 years beginning with
1916, in the order of the membership,
each name being preceded by the year
in which the person united with the
church. 1t gives the dates of dismissal
death, maiden names of the married
women, etc. Names of those who en-
tered the ministry from the Centre
church are printed in black type. Names
of those who have served as ministers
of the Centre church are printed in
Italics. ..tt ..r,
The list of names as mentioned above
comprises 63 pages and it would be diff
cult to locate any particular name with
out an index, and so an index of &c
pages has been supplied giving the
family names alphabetically and under
each family name the given names OF
the various persons having the same
family name, together with the year
in which they united with the church.
1t was a tremendous task to compile
the historical catalogue and index, but
it was remarkably well accomplished
under the supervision of Miss Florenc,
NJ. Hemenway- Wells, who had the able
assistance of Mrs. Charles II. Thompson
The book is a valuable record of the
Centre church from its beginning. TIL,
halftone pictures are those of the church
the audience at the centennial exercises
on the common, the unwilling of th'
marker on the common, group of per
sons in costume representing the old
time Sunday school, and the pastor, Rev
Richard ii. Clapp.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-09-14
MRS. HENDERSON, GUILTY.
Convicted of Murder in the Second De-
gree In Killing Little Alice Bradshaw
in July,

Mrs. Alvin Kcnerson was found gull
ty of murder in the second degree Tues
day, for participating in the killing July
of Alice Bradshaw. the crippled eight
year-old daughter of neighbor. The
jury deliberations lasted only 40 min
utes.
Mrs. Kenerson appeared dazed when
G.. O. Morse of Hardwick, foreman of
the jury, said Guilty. and then added
I" in the second degree The defend
ant s attorney explained to her that the
penalty for murder in the second de
gree would be life Imprisonment under
the Vermont law. Mrs. Kenerson APP
peared relieved at the explanation and
smiled family.
Judge Frank l.. Fish, presiding jus
tice of the Caledonia county court, be
fore whom the case was tried, adjourned
the court until today when sentence will
be pronounced.
Before adjournment, counsel for Eta
May Hicks, indicted for murder with
Mrs. Kenerson, asked for a change of
venue for their case, which, it is under
stood, will come up in short time.
Mrs. Kenerson was arrested with
Miss Hicks on July 6. They were held
for some time before being formally
charged with the murder of the child,
who disappeared from her home on
July ). At the time of their arrest the
police said that Mrs. Kenerson, a neigh
Dor of the Bradshaw family, and Miss
Hicks, housekeeper for John Bradshaw
the little girl s father, had confessed to
killing the child because "she was a
bother.
Alice was left cripple after an at
4 tack of infantile paralysis year age
and had been cared for by Miss Hicks
John Kerwin, a farm hand, was ar
rested and has since pleaded guilty MS
an accessory after the murder. He
testified at Mrs. Kenerson s trial that
under her direction on the night of july
) he had carried Alice Bradshaw s body
from the spot where it was hidden be
meath some brush to the swampy field
in which it was discovered Aug. 9. Ac
cording to Kerwin, Mrs. Kenerson TOLD
him that she choked the girl while Miss
Hicks beat her with q club.
After the alleged confession diligen
search for the body was conducted with
out success, the police saying that tn,
women told conflicting stories about it
hiding place.
Mrs. Kenerson, testifying in her de
Tense at the trial, said that she knew
nothing of the murder and that sh
loved the little girl. She declared tina
the alleged confession made to privat
detectives and others had been obtaine
by threats. The contention of the dc
Tense was that the crippled child ha
wandered away and persisted from eS
posture.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-09-14
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How the Body Is Nourished.

The bodily process known as assimila.
tion is well explained in these words
Gas the blood, in its circulation, APP
proaches any organ, the portions that
are appropriate for this organ feel its
attractive force, obey it, and leaving the
others, mingle with the substance of
its tissue and are changed into its own
true and proper nature.
How important it is that the blood
should be pure and rich, not loaded with
WORKOUT and useless matters! Hood S
Sarsaparila purifes and enrches the
blood, and does all it is possible for med
icine to do in the way of perfecting as
similation and building up the whole
system. When you have made up your
mind to take Hoods Sarsaparilla, in
sist ON having it-don 7 accept substi
Itute, for no substitute acts like it.-Adv
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-09-14
CRUSHED BY AUTOMOBILE.
West Rutland Man Killed by Car Driven
by Louise Meyers.

Frank Wezniak of West Rutland, an
employee of the Vermont Marble Co., at
the Center Rutland plant, was run down
by an automobile driven by Louise Mey-
ers of West Rutland Sunday, dying five
hours later at the Rutland hospital from
internal injuries.
r. The accident happened at the east
end of the covered bridge at Center Rut-
land. Wezniak, in company with other
workmcn, was walking from the shops
toward the waiting room of the Claren'
don and Pittsford railroad. According
to two witnesses he was well towards
the side of the road, one claiming he
was entirely off the road walking along
the grass plot. The man was knoc ked
down and both wheels ran over his alb.
domen. He was 80 years old and leaves
a wife and two children.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-09-14
LUMBER CAMP TO PULPIT.
Supt. w. B. Dukeshire of st. Adams Dis
trict of Methodist Conference Tells
His Life Story.

In the Methodist church Tuesday even
ing Rev. W. b. Dukcshire of St. Adams,
superintendent of the st. Adams dis
trict of the Vermont Methodist confer
ence, gave some very interesting pages
from his life, for the benefit of the
church and fair sized audience was
present. His subject was From the
Lumberman s Camp to the Pulpit.
His father went back into the woods
of Nova Scotia, 40 miles from any
where, and with a few neighbors began
to cut home out of the woods. Here
the boy was born and here he was liv-
ing when the father died when the
speaker was but II years old, leaving
him as the bread winner for his moth
err and several brothers and sisters.
After a description of the logging
camps of the primitive days he told of
going to work the winter he was II and
the hardships and mischief of the hard
life in the woods. The winter before
he had become Christian and joined
the little Baptist church, six miles from
home. He had gone to school up to
the time he went to work only a few
months in the dead of winter. He was
determined to get an education, how
ever. For eight winters he worked in
the attempt to get a knowledge of
complex fractions, too proud to ask for
help and having only the evenings in
the camp for work.
The last season he was in the woods
he was away from home II months
helping after the ice went out to take
the drive down the river only to find
that the contractor who had employed
them had run away with all the mon
ely and they were left without pay fol
their hard work. Then mad clear
through he came to Boston. Suspicious
and proud, he resolved that he would
ask no questions for fear people might
think he was green. The audience
laughed at the adventures in pursuit OF
his trunk and his surprise when he
found his ticket would cost him only
10 cents.
Then after winter in the woods OF
New Hampshire, he walked GA miles
to Milan, n. H., where he had a chance
to work for his board and 90 to school
He only had to milk II cows, care fol
the horses, hogs, hens and geese, lool
after the baby in the evenings and cut
cord wood Saturdays. The first day
came and he went to the little school
house. He was given lesson to study
but on the morrow he failed and hi
classmates. two little girls of sever
and nine, laughed. However he wen
at it again and three days he failed
Then he got over his fear. When >;
years of age he went to Kent s Hill
seminary determined to spend II year
if necessary to graduate; but go
through in three years and went t.
Wesleyan university for four years.
Entering the ministry of the Metho
dist church, Mr.. Dukeshire was paste
of several important churches in Maine
coming to Vermont in 1904 to be pas
tor at Montpelier. He is just complet
ing a six-year term as superintendent
of the st. Adams district.
Everywhere he has told this simpl
story of his struggles, he has beel
enabled to encourage young people t
make a struggle for higher education
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-09-14
STATE NEWS NOTES.

DR.. j. w. Stewart of Barre announced
Tuesday that another case of infantile
paralysis has developed. 1t is in the
Vicchinelli family on Summer street,
residing in block, and four families
are quarantined.
F c. Royce, who lives in the town of
Roxbury, is raising his own coffee this
year, as he has for some previous years.
The coffee stalks are "a inches in height
one stalk has 26 pods on it, and another
30. The pods have the appearance of
pea pods, except that they grow up the
stalk. At maturity, about the middle
of September, the pods turn black, aft,
er that the beans are removed and
ground as needed. Mr.. Royce will have
about 100 pounds.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-09-14
TO HAVE NEW BANK.
Addison County Trust Co. Files Articles
of Association.

Articles of association of the Ad
Olson County Trust Company, inc.
with capital stock of $4,000
have been filed in the office of the
secretary of state, with the priv
lege of increasing the capital stock tc
100000. The incorporators are John
H. Stewart, Allan Calhoun, A. r. Cal
houn, A. c. Lamb, +. NJ. Sanders, p. +
Mellen, j. A. Jarvis. John A. Fletcher
Charles L. Button, Rufus Wainwright
c. C.oWells, +. w. Beckwith, Thad NJ
Chapman, J. +. Weeks, Charles +. Pin
ney, John M. Thomas, all of Middlebury
and D. NJ. Bennett of Bridport.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-09-14
Those Barnyard Deer.
bennington Banner.)

The Bennington Banner refers to
"big dear damages" in Windham coun-
ty. 1T is not redundant Rutland Her
aid.
Deer damages in Windham county are
certainly dear enough 1t is claimed
that Windham county orchard experts
have figured out a way of proving that
any damage to fruit tree from hre'
blight to borers should be charged up
to deer and paid for by the state. me
theory is that if the other things didn I
get the tree the deer would and then
the state would pay, therefore, the state
should pay anyhow and generally does
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-09-14
His Line.

The reform warden always made il
a point to give each new arrival a
chance to do the work with which he
was familiar, if the penitentiary dealt
in his line. A tailor arrived, and it was
ordered that he be employed at that
trade if there was an opening. There
wasn't. He was asked if he was adept
at anything else.
eyes" he replied with smile. ~
am crackerjack travelling salesman.
San Francisco Argonaut.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-09-14

a Japanese company that has planted
@"'ooo,OOO pearl oysters in bay in that
couhtr, believes it will harvest millions OF
pearls through a recently discovered proc
ess Tor impregnating the mollusks.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-10
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

The following licenses TO wed have bean
issued:
Name and Residence. Age.
Mike Roda, Omaha ..................., 20
Elizabeth Bless. Omaha ................ Is
Hugh l.. Dougherty. Omaha ...,.... "a
Helen Nielsen, Omaha .......,......... Is
Lloyd II. Ackerman, Deming, N. M....... IS
Letha Fairbanks. Blair. Neb.......... al
Edward M. Hall. Kansas City. Mo....... 20
Helen Bennett Omaha ................. "a
Waiter Montgomery. Council Bluffs, Ia. 20
Bessie Humphrey, Boone, 1a......,..., 10
Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-10
BIRTHS AND DEATHS.

Birthsr-John and Minnie THETA. sass
South Twentieth street. boy, James and
Dora Thomas. ssol x street, boy; Robert
and Nellie Leckey, 42ii Crown Point ave-
nue., gkl; Frank and Mary Jansky. 5oso
South Eighteenth street. boy; Edward \:
Edna Stewart. 1901 Dodge street. girl; ALI
bert H. and Catherine Moe, ss2i South
Twenty-fifth street, girl; Adolph J. and
Mary e. Passwaid. i7oB South Twenty-sev.
lenth avenue, boy; Charles and Emma
Greer, Ralston. girl: william ana Minnie
NJ. Moore. 5000 South Twenty-third street.
boy.
Deaths--None reported
Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-10
BUILDING PERMITS.

building permits have been issued to the
following: ". johnson, 1891 @ street,
frame store, $780, Mary A. safiier. 26lo
81 100
Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-10

ONE 5-room and one 4-room cottage, both
one lot: fine condition: live in one ana
rent the other. Price for both. s2.75e
Very easy terms. No. 2433 S. goth ST.
NORRIS & NORRIS,
400 Bee Bldg. Phone Douglas 1870
OWNER here to sell 1113 Park avenue I.
room house, hot water heat. Asks $4.0Os
Make offer. +. D. Wead, 3l0 s. 18th st.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-10
POULTRY AND PET STOCK

PURINA CHICK FEED, egg-producing,
scratch and mash, Ivar johnson, Fre-
mont, Neh
Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-10
MONEY TO LOAN

REAL ESTATE-B'ness Pr'pty
YOUNG & DOHERTY,
City Real Estate,
Douglas 1911. 322 Brandeis Theater
H. A. WOLF, Realtor, Ware Blk. Specialist
in downtown business property.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-10
REAL ESTATE--Investment

REAL ESTATE-To Exchange
6-PASS. Velie and some cash In exchange for
well-located, clear lot. Douglas Ss4O or
Colfax ABB.
LOUISIANA Lands. Nilsson, 422 Rose Bldg.