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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-02-23
PURE BRED POLAND CHINA SOW.

made when corn is 80 cents per bushei
was $40 per hundred if skimmili was
fed. But the cost was $i.OG without
skimmilk feeding corn only. For each
cent advance in the price Of corn the
pork cost 80 cents more when corn
was fed with milk and So cents mere
when fed without milk. If milk cannot
be procured tanEagc or oilmeal should
be put into the grain ration to balance
up the protein content.
"HoWeycr, aside from the grain ia,
ton, which is high. forage Is available
at slight expense, and swine should be
given all they will consume. Try oats
and peas, alfalfa, rape and winter
vctch.
Again, let the makers of pork not
forget that PIGS weighing 10 to 225
pounds each are the most profitable,
and, luckily, the most popular in the
markets. If possible these weights
should he obtained before the pigs
reach six months Of age keeping the
youngsters growing without a setback"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-02-23
CORNWALL.

Miss Ruth Foote and her friend, Miss
Ruth Livermore of Charlotte, have been
visiting the formers sister, Mrs. A. l.
Payne, for week.
Mr.. and Mrs, |. L. Hamlin are both i'll
with hard colds
Friends and neighbors gave Mr.. and
Mrs, McMurtry a surprise Wednesday, it
being their fortieth wedding anniver.
sary.
Miss Estele Foote was at home for the
holiday recess the 22nd.
Sanford and Winfield Foote of Yer.
gennes high school were at their home
last week.
The Philathea class will hold book
sociabe at the town hall Friday night,
March 2. Each lady is requested to dress
to represent the name of book. All are
cordially invited.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-02-23
AROUND THE FARM.

Packing apples attractively helps to
kell them for more money.
Lime-sulphur spray gets peach leaf
curl. Apply in fall or winter or any
time the leaves are off.
Shrubs that attract birds by their
fruit are worth planting around the
farm home.
Painting farm implements and vehi-
cles is a good odd job for winter. OF
course they are all under cover.
Snow is said to be the poor mans
fertilizer, and it is-in the sense that
any man who depends on it is bound
to be poor,
Systems of drains in land that has
been titled, but that was more or less
wet, have usually paid for themselves
in four or five years and often in much
less time.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-02-23
Estate of
Sarah Il. Vallette,
late of Middlebury, VT,
TATE OF VERMONT

STATE OF VERMONT I
1DIsTRICT OF ADDISON, IS,
The Honorable Probate Court for the District of
Addison.
To all persons interested in the estate of Sarah
B. Vallette, late of Mddebury, in said District
deceased. GREETING
At a Probate Court, holding at Middlebury,
within and for said District the 10th day of
February, 1917, an instrument purporrng to be
last will and testament of Sarah b. Vallette, late
of Middebury, in said District deceased was pre-
scented to the Court Aforesaid. for Probate
And it is ordered by said Court that the 18th
day Of March, 1917, at clock m. at the Probate
Office in said Middlebury, be assigned for proving
said instrument and that notice thereof be given
to all persons concerned, by publishing this order
three weeks successfully in the Middebury Reg
gster, a newspaper circulating in that vicinity,
in said District, previous to the time appointed.
Therefore, you are hereby notified to appear be-
fore said Court. at the time and place aforesaid,
and contest the probate of said will if you have
cause.
Given under my hand at Middebury, in said
District, this 10th day of February, 1917.
Gladys X. Cartmell, Register,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-02-23
COUNTY NEWS
SHOREHAM.

Mr., and Mrs. f f, Guiles Of Hudson
Falls, \. V, and formerly Of Sarntog4
County, n. Y, have come to reside here
on Mrs. GuiIeS' farm, known as the
Perry place. Mr. GuilDs comes here
among us AS "A highly respected citizen
and man who has held many public Of
fees once ON the board of supervisors of
Saratoga county for several years.
Madam Emma Jones is seriously i'll at
her home.
Several houses in Shoreham Center
are quarantined for measles.
Besides members of Ticonderoga chap.
ter, O. f. Sat a special meeting of Alma
Hendee chapter, last Friday evening,
there were present officially Mrs. Grace
Freeman, ID. d. G. NJ, and Mrs. j. A..
Dow, grand representative of Virginia, as
guests, Several candidates were initia
ted in the degrees following, which sup.
per was served. The occasion was
pleasant one for all.
Mrs. Helen (Delong) King, who was
i'll with pneumonia at Ticonderoga,
passed away last Saturday. Her brother
Charles returned to Shoreham with the
body during the afternoon. The funeral
was held at l o'clock at the home of
Howard Orchard on Tuesday, the goth.
For any itchiness of the skin, for skin
rashes, chap, pimples, etc, try Doan's
Ointment. SOC at all drug stores adv.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-02-23
EAST SHOREHAM.

Guy Treadway's horse hurt her ankle
and blood poisoning set in. DIR. Renfrew
OF Mlddlebury was called to attend her.
Mr., and Mrs. r. NJ Osborn spent Sun.
day with Mr.. and Mrs, Richmond.
j. l.. Orchard was in Middlebury
Saturday,
Miss Beth Delano spent Saturday and
Sunday in Whiting
Mrs. X. W. King passed away at her
home in Ticonderoga of pneumonia,
after an illness of ten days. Her remains
were brought to Shoreham Saturday.
The funeral was held at Howard
Orchards Tuesday at 80. She leaves
beside her husband, one brother, C. e
belong.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-02-23
NEW HAVEN.

There were ninety persons at church
last Sunday, with Rev. Mr.. Young in the
pulpit. There is "A flourishing Sunday
school
A post card shower was given Mrs.
H. X. Daniels last Wednesday, remem-
brances from her many friends in her
illness.
Lawrence Cole, who has been working
for the Vermont Marble Company, has
resigned and goes to New Haven June.
ton, where he has position with the
railroad company.
The Dairymen's league will hold an all
day and evening meeting in the town
hail at New Haven village on Saturday,
February "a.
The Ladies' Union will give their an
nual town meeting dinner on March 6
Miss Marion Wright, who is home from
the Poultney school, it being quarantined
for scarlet fever, with friend visited
her sister, Mrs. Grace Doud few DAYS
since.
A little excitement occurred on Town
Hill last Wednesday morning by horse
minus most of the harness, running into
the yard of Z. A, Doud, shivering with
cold. 1t was caught and cared for, The
animal was sold by Burt Allen to party
in the north part of the town, whose
hired man took the team for ride
to the city. Whether going or returning,
is not known, but his body was found in
snow bank. The horse had the appear
ance of having long run.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-02-23
SOUTH STARKSBORO.

James Grace, who died February II,
was one of the oldest residents of tins
place He is survived by two sons, John
Grace of Bristol and Charles Grace of
TINS town, and a number of grand
children.
James Alger has sold his farm to his
sons, Charles and Haskell.
Alfred Jimmo has let his farm to viii.
liam Hill of Huntington.
Mr.and Mrs. f. II. Arnold, who have
been i'll with grip, are convalescing.
Clayton HalIock and Mrs. David Dixie
are Ill.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Guthrie are parents
of twin girls, born February 10.
Russell HaIlock and wife of Water.
bury are guess of Daniel Sargent.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-02-23
Lime Excess WastefuI.

Field experiments recently completed
at the Pennsylvania station indicate
that large excess of lime or limestone
is waSteful and that only "A slight eX-
cess over that necessary to "sweeten'
the soil or neutralize acidity should be
applied. For the average acid soil
with Pennsylvania conditions one ton
of burned lime or twice that amount of
ground limestone per acre is sufficient
for an initial application.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-02-23
Protection AGAINST Mice.

During some winters mice are very
destructive to fruit trees, even after
the latter have been planted several
years, Various methods of protection
have been suggested. One method is
to wrap ordinary white building paper
around the trunks just before winter
sets in. The paper is fastened with
Irvine.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-02-23
GRANVILLE.

Mrs Hosea Fuller received the sad
news of the death of her sister in New
Hampshire
Assoc Fosd is very ill at the home of
K, G. Wilson.
s. F. Hubbard spent Sunday at w.
Jones in Hancock.
Nellie Orcott was in Montpelier over
Sunday.
Mrs. Rose Whitney was called to
RoyaIton by the illness of her sister.
Mrs. L. j, Brooks is quite sick with
grip.
Flynn Ford and wife were in Ran
doIph last week.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-02-23
DAIRY NOTES.

, Successful dairy expansion in
: wolves the intelligent systematic
y grading or building up Of herd,
y both by selection and breeding.
\: There are few COWS which will
!: not stand more quietly during
\ the milking process if they have
\ nothing else to attract their at
y tention.
y Every COW in the herd should
y he halter broken. Begin while :
:. they are calves.
4 4 chill outside or inside is Of :
y ten fatal for fresh COW.
y Look out for the March winds. :
y Keep the cows in out of them.
\
!, y y = y y i. y y i y y y 4 y y i ;
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-02-23
DAIRY AND
CREAMERY
PURE BRED cow BEST.

Under Similar Conditions She Is More
Profitable Than the Grade,
] contend that the pure bred COW on
the average will do anything that the
grade COW on the average win do-and
something more, writes II, Il, IIutchln-
son In the Rural New Yorker
The average production Of the dairy
cows of the United States Is approx
mately 10 pounds Of fat per annum,
On the contrary, the average produc-
tlon Of l,lG0 pure bred cows tested to
Jan, /, 1916, is 43O pounds fat Which
pulled down the average the grade
COW or the pure bred? The answer is
obvious.
The simple fact that it Is possible to
quote accurate figures in giving the
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-02-23
Humorinn Cows.

The money making dairyman learns
to know cows-their likes and dlslikes,
their needs and what is hurtful to
them. A COW that gives large yield Is
always notional and has many petty
whims about the way she wants her
feed arranged and the manner in
which she wants her mixer to treat
her. An increase in yield is often Sc
cured by humoring these whims
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-02-23
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
MANURE WHEAT IN WINTER

q In order to aid the growth of o
% the crop ana khus satH some %
g spring fertilizers aud TO prevent o
9 losses OF manure through eX' %
@ p0sure the Ohio station recon, o
Z" mcnds winter mnnuring for %
@ wheat For twentythree years o
% at the station eight tons Of ma, %
d" nurc applied directly 10 wheat @
" before seeding have produced an %
% annual Increase Of l2G bushels %
% In this crop alone, A reasonable %
% proportion Of this Increase may %
Z" be expected even when the ma %
g nure Is applied during the win O.
@ ter, while subsequent crops win @
o show like increases. %
o Experiments Mt Wooster show o
o that ton Of manure spread d. @
% rectlr from the stable 10 the %
o field is worth ~ cents more than @
@ a ton left IN an open barnynrd o
@ for three winter months aud %
o then applied, Other experiments @
o have shown that Il ton Of fresh o
" manure treated with forty @
o pounds Of acid phosphate and o
o spread Immediately is worth @
% nearly $3.50 more than n ton Of @
@ unucatcd manure left III an open @
o barnyard from January to April. @
% @
@ o o 90. 30 g: o o o @ @ o o o 9
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-02-23
Many Children Sickly.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children
Break up Colds in "a hours, relieve Feverishness,
Headache, Stomach Troubles, Teethng Disorders.
and Destroy Worms. At all druggists, 25c.
Sample mailed FREE. Address, Mother Gray Co.,
lie Roy, N. Y. sta
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-02-23
HUMPHREYS

Humphreys Homeopathic Remedies are
designed to meet the needs of families
or invalids, something that mother, father
nurse or invalid can take or give to meet
the need Of the moment. Have been il use
for over SIXTY YEARS.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-02-23
n OTICE

On account of the advance in cost of
medicine books and appliances. We feel
obliged to make the following changes in
prices, effective.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-02-23

Sold by druggists or sent on receipt OF price.
Medical Book mailed free.
HUMPHREYS HOMEo. MEDICINE CO., Corner
William and Ann Streets, New York.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-02-23

We do All Kinds of
JOB PRINTING
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-02-23

For any itchiness of the skin, for skin
rashes, chap, pmples, etc, try Doans
Ointment. SOC at all drug stores.-adv.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-02-23

y i i i y y i. y y s. y $. y y y y s
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-02-23

o Q o 900 zoe o o o Q Q o o o
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-21
COUZENS BEGINS
FRESH WAR ON
JUSTICE SELLERS

Investigating complaints against
,aloonkeepers which have been dis.
missed within the last few months.
Police Commissioner James Couzens
has opened a new war on Police
Justice Albert II. Sellers II is the
contention OF the commissioner that
many OF the complaints for viola
zion OF the liquor law have been
killed without cause.
The commissioner Friday morning
made public the report submitted by
Patrolman Bernard Mahlmeister.
concerning the saloon conducted by
George X. Hines at No 50 Grand
River.aye. Mahlmeister declares
that he and Patrolman william
Dwight looked thru the front door
OF Hines place on April ?, election
day, and saw dozen men drinking
beer and paying for H.
This case was adjourned from
time TO time, Mahlmeister alleges,
and was dismissed finally after
Hines and his lawyers had denied
everything that was complained Of,
tho Mahlmeister had no opportunity
10 testify. The officer declares there
was no prosecuting attorney pres
ent. and he had no chance Of testi-
flying 10 substantiate his complaint.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-21
Boys Organize Selves Into
Marine Scouts and Drill Under
Direction of u. S. Army Officer

The Marine Scouts. an organiza'
ton OF young boys in the neighbor.
hood OF Freud and whitman-sts.
with an enrolment OF %. are drill.
ing every Tuesday and Friday
nights under the supervision OF
Sergt. w. G. Stimson, OF the U. s.
Marine corps.
The Marine Scouts is new sort
OF a movement, tho the plan OF de-
velopment In somewhat similar 10
that OF the Boy Scouts. The drill.
ing follows that OF the regular ma.
rines, and the work given the boys
Is OF more military nature than
that OF any other similar body.
At the instance OF a small group
OF boys. chief among the mthc son
OF Patrolman Ed Flannery. OF central
station. the younger element OF tie
neighborhood started out to find a
playground and scheme whereby
they could keep OF the city streets.
The only vacant field was one al
Freud and W7hitman-sts.. and win
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-21
THRU WITH
''PEDDLING"
CARDS
Woman Worker Says
Housewives Insolence
Is Unbearable
ONE CALLED HER
CHEAP CRATER"
Hoover Plan Bumped
BY Many MatrOns
and Maids

This Is my first and very last
experience as volunteer worker
for anything and for the rest OF my
life ! am going TO be ever so nice
10 every book agent and peddler
that comes 10 my Goor. invite them
in 10 have tea, and all that sort Of
thing" exclaimed very tired and
discouraged young North Woodward
matron after spending Thursday dis
tributing the Hoover food conserva-
ton cards.
"If any one had told me that my
neighbors had the dispositions
found ont today they possess,
would never have believed H." she
continued And their manners. We
gods, There amt no SIGH thing
with them
81 was snubbed, sat upon,
squelched patronized, and called
several unpleasant names, including
that OF cheap CRATER al some OF
the places | called" pursued the
lady who, among her friends is
known as one OF the prettiest, best
dressed. sweetest-natured young per-
sons who preside gracefully over a
lovely home, husband and children,
as could be found in the city
When allowed Mrs. c. 10
persuade me TO take the cards for
distribution in my own block. altho
reluctant and with an inward sink
ing feeling about accepting the task.
| did not feel that II would be very
| hard after ! once got up my cour-
| age 10 do II. ! had never done any
thing OF the sort before. am not
club woman and do not belong
10 any organizations and so have
( tended pretty much 10 my own af-
fairs. and my acquaintance with
most of my neighbors has been
largely that OF pleasant bow Now.
! feel how utterly insignificant |
am in this world. and that ! really
have no right 10 be living on this
street az all.
When a door was opened TO me.
| Immediately gave my name and
address and said what | came for
which in itself should be sufficient
assurance that had no intention OF
stealing the brass knockers, or the
porch furniture, or asking the maid
| or mistress TO hand over their
| money and jewels. | found. how
ever. that the latter suspicion was
uppermost Where | was known to
the woman OF the house | was asked
in, mostly TO have 10 listen TO the
family troubles. or 10 answer ques-
tons about my own, but as for sign
ing the cards-well. nothing doing.
Nearly every woman declined to
have the government interfering In
her household arrangements. Mr..
Hoover was dubbed everything from
pirate 10 a punk cook. The maids
went the limit OF resentfulness.
They seemed 10 think that Mr..
Hoover was after their kitchen Jobs
and held an accusing finger at them
for the wastefulness and overflow
ing garbage can with which most Of
the hired help nowadays is quite
familiar. one insolent housemaid
informed me after being sent 70 her
mistress with the card that people
who went about the streets peddling
cards were cheap grafters. and
that could get myself OF their
front porch right away.
"All this sounds like exaggera'
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-21

ton, but I assure you n II u
simple truth. And q was right g
my own street where everybody
owns their own homes and have
plenty Of money and motor cars
and seem like decent, respectable
people. Never having met many q
them socially, I had no idea OF their
breeding, but I know now. | assure
you. Courtesy and politeness were
as rare as a perfect day In this VET
old summer OF ours
And when | got home and told
my husband. he roared with laugh
ter, and like the rest OF his kind
said, Well. II that isn't just like
women, anyway.
Detroit housewives are urged By
the Hoover food conservation pledge
committee to voluntarily register In
the city voting booths. opened by
the civic authorities for the pur-
pose. or in the downtown stores
where special facilities have been
provided thru the courtesy OF the
merchants.
ITO attempt complete canvass OF
the city within a week was a gigan-
tic undertaking, but we did not real
ize how great II was until the last
few days" said Mrs. @, Edgar Allen,
chairman OF the committee. And
vet II seems that with thousands OF
young men registering In one day.
the women should be able TO do AZ
much within a week. The house-to-
house canvass. tho. IL slow pro-
cess. and we earnestly ask that De-
troit women meet Mr.. Hoover more
than half way by going voluntarily
TO the nearest place OF registration
and sign card. There is no money
asked and no work demanded. only
a moral obligation 10 stand back OF
and make successful the govern
ments campaign for food conserva-
ton in the United States, that VIC
may feed not only ourselves but our
allies"
In the opinion OF military experts
| the registry OF the women or the
country obtained thru the pledge
cards Is second only in Importance
10 the draft registry II is not sim
ply an economy plan, but an OMEN
| sive war measure In every sense Of
the term, in the opinion OF Herbert
Hoover, the U. s. food commits
sioner.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-21
INQUEST INTO
DEATH OF TOTS
is POSTPONED

Inquest into the death OF Rosie
and Raymond Lang, five and three
years old. respectively, was con.
tinued by Coroner Morgan Parker,
Friday morning. until July %. after
the police had been ordered 10 fnd
two witnesses. One of the men
was out OF the city: the other had
not understood the summons.
The Lang children were crushed
under a Baker car az Chene and
Trombley-sts., last Tuesday Fred
j Collier, OF No. 2134 Harper-ave.
motorman Of the car, has been IN.
der arrest since the tragedy. lie
is held on $1,000 bond He was in
court during the inquest. ready TO
testify. II is said his testimony
will show that the brakes on his
car were not working properly at
the time OF the accident
John Ignasiek. one OF the wit.
nesses summoned az the inquest,
testified that Golfers car seemed
10 stop for moment as IL was ap.
preaching the children. then il
sped ahead at renewed speed
The little girl. Rosie, didn't 20
across the tracks "A quickly as she
expected" testified Ignasiek The
boy with her stumbled and she
started 10 20 back 10 pull him along
when the car hit both OF them
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-21
HENRY STEPHENS
is QUIETLY WE'D

Following the refusal Of the Rev.
Thomas G. Sykes, pastor OF Crosse
Pointe Evangelical church. 10 per
form the ceremony or 10 open the
church, for the marriage OF Miss
Margaret Leesemann, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. r. G. G. Leesemann. 10
Henry stephens. the millionaire
lumberman and sportsman the mar.
riage was quietly performed Thurs
day afternoon, in the Leesemann
home. No. 270 Pennsylvania ave.
The name Of the minister was not
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-21
CONTINENTAL -
IN GOOD DEMAND
Stock Is Leader In Local Mar.
ket; General Tone Is
Weak
BY o'HARA. FERRIss 4 CO.

Friday morning on the Detroit
Stock exchange. REQ Motor Car
opened az 26 bid, 26 IL asked: Con.
tinental Motors at 3-s bid. 3-4
asked. with demand good. Char
coal common opened trifie on
with "a bid, s rs asked. Both
Charcoal common and preferred, In
view OF the large earnings. should
be good purchase at these prices.
The whole market is uneasy again
today. The financial situation u
still cloudy, but those in position
TO know look for better markets IN
the near future. The great prob
lens the government is now facing
will all be cleared UP in good time.
In Thursdays session Charcoal
common again took the lead with
sales at s rs. Continental common
sold at 10 in fair sized blocks.
Paige was In good demand 81
25 rs and 26 This price Is new
low level. REQ Motor Car was Z
trifie stronger at rs Is. The great
uncertainty In the financial world
due TO certain contemplated governl
mental policy is the main factor
which is pulling prices down.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-21
Justice Heston Hands 9O-Day
Jail Term to Brutal Father
Who Beats 5-Month- Old Babe

While a crowded courtroom muir
INJURED approval, Justice Heston SEN
fenced William Pirman 10 90 days
in the House OF Correction. Friday,
for beating his five-months-old baby
because the child wouldn't stop cry
ina
The baby was brought into court
by the mother. Mrs Laura Pirman
who is only 20 years OF age and on
its face were the black and blue
marks OF the fathers fist.