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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-06-08
is THE PRESIDENTS CHURCH
Many Prominent Men Have Worshipee
at St. Johns in National
Capital.

Historic st. Johns Protestant Epis'
copal church, just across Lafayette
square from the White House, in
which more presidents and men prom
inent in Washington official life have
worshiped than in any other church
in the national capital, has celebrated
its centennial anniversary. The pres.
ent rector is Rev. Roland Cotton
Smith.
st. Johns was the first building tc
be erected on Lafayette square after
the White House, which was completed
in 1900 the Christian Herald observes
The presidents of the United States
who worshiped here were John Quincy
Adams, Madison, Monroe, Van Buren,
William Henry Harrison, Tyler, Taylor,
Fillmore and Arthur, and in more re-
cent times the White House was repre-
sented by Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs.
Taft, who made st. Johns church their
church home.
Other prominent people were regu-
larly seen in the congregation, includ-
ing Stephen Decatur, Henry Clay,
John G. Calhoun, Chief Justice Fuller,
Salmon p. Chase, Benjamin f. Butler,
Lewis Cass, George Bancroft, Winfield
Scott and George Dewey. Its rectors
officiated at nearly all Of the early
White House weddings, many notable
ones having taken place within its
sacred walls.
The denominations have been pretty
well represented in the presidency.
Grant attended the Metropolitan Meth
odist church, Mckinley the Foundry
Methodist church; Benjamin Harrison
and Cleveland attended the Presby-
terian church; Wilson is a Presby.
terrain and, like Cleveland, the son of a
Presbyterian minister; Garfield was a
member Of the Disciples church and
Roosevelt attended the Dutch Re-
formed church.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-06-08
Girl
Wanted"
*
BY Sarah Estelle Balloon
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Copyright, by W. G. Chapman.)

(CopyrghtI by w. g. Chapman.)
"Put that sign in the window" di-
rected old Abel Morse, and he handed
to his nephew Cyril a small square
bit of pasteboard bearing the two
words: Girl Wanted.".
1t was a gloomy disordered office.
Everything spoke of age, dust and
grim. The business of Abel Morse
was the purchase and sale of seeds,
mainly the grains. He had few Wis
itorS, for all of his business was done
by mail or wire. He had warehouse
at the edge of the city and there the
orders went and We're filled. For all
the old-fashioned and ill-kept office,
however, he had large trade and was
rich.
Old Abel had taken his spirited,
wide-awake nephew into the business
year previous. 1t had been decided
ly an unsatisfactory experience. Cyril
chafed, fretted, even rebelled.
"Send me out on the road, uncle"
he had said. even get me a wagon
and let me go out and peddle the stuff
from house to house, but don't shut
me in here. It's like bird in a cage.
[ hate office work and I've got to get
out into the fresh air and meet people
and feel as if were really alive"
All along the old man had demurred.
He spoke Of tanning down the restless
spirit of his relative for his own good.
He pointed out how some time he
must steady down. If he did, the
business would some day be his and
respectable fortune, when its present
owner got through with it. He even
threatened to disown him, to cut him
off with penny.
"All right" Cyril had cheerfully an
nounced. "Then can go my own way,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-06-08
Lonely Doq of Ypres.

From a splendid capital of 100000
souls, rich, gay and debonair, to a
tumble of brickbats inhabited by one
gingercake-colored dog, sounds like the
romance Of one of the lost cities of the
Andes. In truth it is the history of
the exodus of Ypres, one of the wonder
cities of the war.
Once larger than Columbus, o., or
Denver or Kansas City, Ypres has
dwindled to absolute zero. Streets are
but Uttered valleys between hills of
pulverized houses and homes. Places
of worship, ancient structures which
lovers of the beautiful came round
the world to see, alike with the rag
picker's hovel, are merely ugly snag-
giles on plain.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-06-08
Easily Proved.

At mill in Bolton the workers We're
having Il discussion about who was
the quieteSt man they knew.
They got minder to act as judge.
Then they got their thinking apparatus
to work, to think who was the quiet
est man they knew. Many hundred
names We're mentioned. The judge
was about to give his decision when
he saw minder who had never men
toned one.
Then judge then said: "Neaw, Jack,
does tina not know any quiet mon|
SWELL" said the minder, 81 think |
just know one"
swell, out with it," said the Judge.
"Well, l think ovid Bill Kite the qui-
etest mon | know"
The minderS looked, and then they
all exclaimed at once: why, mon,
he's dead ~
81 know that. I think he's the qui-
pteSt mon | know. He's never spoken
to me for nearly twenty years LON
don Tit-BitS.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-06-08
HAUNTED RIFLE IN TRENCHES
German Gun, Captured in Abandoned
Dugoat, Brings Trouble to New
Owner, the Latter Believes.

An officer in the European trenches
writes:
| have heard many i'll omenS APP
piled to certain towns or villages.
There is one on the tower Albert, for
instance; while certain dugOutS are
always unducky. 1t is bad omen in
some parts of the line to stumble over
Il grave.
During the late offensive certain
young officer found in captured
french German Sniper'S rifle with two
small ivory disks let into the stock.
He kept it in his dugOut, intending to
take it back to billetS when they va
Gated the trench. One morning he
brought it out in the trench to clean,
and Fritz thereupon started Strating,
so that he had to retire again to his
dugout. Next day the same thing
happened, and whenever he brought
the rifle out of the dugout shells would
begin to come over. Finally the thing
got so on his nerves that he refused
to let any one touch the rifle. 1t is
probably still in the dugout, for it is
certain that the legend was handed on
to the next occupants.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-06-08
BY WILLIAM A. RADFORD.

Nearly every winter there are a
arge number of farmers and stock
men who become convinced that the
profitable raising of swine requires a
we'll designed and carefully construct
ed winter hog house. The spring fol-
owing a hard winter finds these men
planning for the construction of such
4 building, which they erect during
The warm weather in readiness for the
leXt winter.
Fall pigs must be carried through
he winter to get the money value out
If them. A few pigs may be left to
.oot around the straw stacks, but rails
ng good hogs to make money requires
careful planning to breed two filters
year, at the right time to fit in with
he seasons.
The breeding plan on most well-con-
lucted stock farms divides the farrOw-
ng between April for spring pigs, and
October for winter pigs. October far
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-06-08

lowing gets young pigs along to the
'hoat age during the.early part of the
winter. Just when they should be
growing their best is when the ex-
remely cold weather is coming on and
good house is necessary to induce
hem to make proper gains in weight.
With a well designed and carefully
,ullt house, any farmer can raise pure
bred stock and sell the best animals at
high prices. Hogs for fattening should
be made to weigh from $50 to 200
pounds when they are eight months
Did. This is generally the most prof
table age and weight and it is the
age and weight wanted by the pack
ers. In order to attain this standard,
each pig must gain nearly pound per
day from birth to market time. This
Is very profitable average gain for
the hogs to make and it is reasonable
to expect such a gain when well-bred
hogs are well fed and properly cared
for in every way.
In the accompanying plan it will be
noticed that the pens are small. In
practice it has been found better not
to nest more than five or six pigs to-
gether. They are better in small lots,
even if the pens are made quite small.
When a house is narrow and built
with a double set of windows, it is
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-06-08

circulation of air. Strong gates with
sliding bolt locks are placed at the
corner of each pen next to the central
passage. The remainder of the front
of each pen is taken up with the
trough, above which a swinging gate
is hinged to swing into the pen, a slid
ing rod stop being dropped down
against the inside edge of the trough
to hold the gate open while the trough
is being filled. The same slide rod
locks the gate shut when it is dropped
down against the outside edge of the
trough.
This building is framed in a simple
yet rigid manner. The roof is sup
ported by the two outside walls and
by two inside bents which define the
central passage. The extension of one
of these bentS forms the wall in which
the pivOted windows are framed. A
vertical post is set at the inner corners
of each pen. The plate surrounding
these posts supports the rafters. Lat
eral bracing is spiked to the posts and
to the outer wall studs and also to the
two rows of posts Immediately beneath
the plate below the pivoted windows.
The foundation under the two rows of
posts is not continuous, but consists
of concrete pier carried down to a
solid footing under each of the posts.
These piers are placed at the time of
building the floor One very good
method consists in embedding metal
sockets of suitable size in the soft
concrete above the piers in the exact
location of the posts which will then
be held firmly in place in the finished
building.
The floor plan illustration also pre-
sents a suggestion for the fencing and
open pens which might be used in
connection with this building. The
open pens are formed between the
south side of the building and the
main inclOSing fence, which is II feet
from the building on this side. Nov
able fences are set up to divide off
the pens. On the opposite side Of
the building the inclosing fence is built
close to the wall to form a runway,
near the center of which it is intend
ed that dipping vat be constructed.
This illustration also shows a feed
and litter track installation. The track
Is continuous through the building and
out at each end, across the Enclosure
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-06-08
WYOMING OIL STOCKS.

We own $40 acres center Big Muddy field
near Casper, Wyoming, one mile from r. r.
We are four sections from Big Merritt well,
the biggest well in Wyoming OIL under
cry acre, says L. S. Geological report
and Prof. kimball, the best oil expert in
this country. We have Is 40-acre tracts.
Have sublet ten 40-aCre tracts. We sublet
80 acres to the Wyatt Oil and Refining Co
for a cash bonus of $1,000 and royalty OF
20 per cent. We made contract with four
of our sub-lessces to bore a community WELL
each party to pay one-lfth expense. Money
in bank, drilling rig on ground, pounding
away night and day; well down nearly 200
feet should reach oil in 60 days, when stock
goes to $50 per share. We are capitalized
for $3.50, 900; shares 81 each; $4,000 shares
in treasury. We own stat" lease $40
acres and pay royalty to state of 10 per
cent. We have sublet 400 acres to seven
different parties for royalty of 20 per cent
and annual rental of $3.50 each We have
sold $4,000 worth of stock time pay
ments. onc-f fourth comes in every month
We one-hfth of community well and
lease on the 40 acres on which the well Is
being bored. valued at 100000 We So
900 shares of treasury stock, valued at $50
900. We have paid $1,000 on rig, which
Is being shipped. We have 81 200 in bank.
We have not dollar debt. We want
to sell some more stock to buy more rigs
and bore wells. We selling stock al s1.00
per share, for cash, on nstalments. One
fourth cash, balance three monthly pay
ments. Do YOU want any of it. Write for
literature. The Denver Oil and Refining Co,
705 Continental Building. Denver Colorado
TIL eOdnre NJ Thomas Secretary.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-06-08

to the gates in line with the end doors
of the building.
There are hundreds of farms where
larger animals wearing thick hairy
coats are carefully housed through the
winter, while the hogs with practically
no hair to protect them, are left with
only a loose board roof over them.
There are farmers who seem to be-
lieve that hog is tough and that a
certain amount of abuse is good for
them. Hogs are the most abused Of
all domestic animals and yet they are
the most profitable when handled in
telligently.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-06-08
Rescue Ship-Wrecked Cat.

Carl Hanson and George Fitch re-
turned to Redondo Beach, Cal, from a
fishing trip, bringing with them large
black cat which they found riding an
empty keg miles out at sea. The fe-
line was famished and had undoubted-
ly weathered the fierce storm when
the wind blew at the rate of so miles
an hour. 1t had tenaciously chung to
the keg during the gale. On a brass
plate attached to q leather collar
around the animals neck was the
word "Utanica," presumably the name
of the boat upon which the cat was a
mascot.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-06-08

and stayed four weeks but when l came
home / would faint just the same and
had the same pains.
A friend who is nurse asked me to
try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. began taking it that very day
for l was suffering great deal. Ithas
already done me more good than the
hospital. To anyone who is suffering
as I was my advice is to stop in the first
drugstore and get bottle of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound before
you go home. ~ Mrs. W. C. BROWN,
2844 W. 18th ST., Cleveland, Ohio.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-06-08
LARGE Families for the Poor.

DR.. G. w. Kosmak of New York op-
posing family limitation ideas, is
quoted as saying that "the poor must
have large families to recruit the up
per classes and to furnish men and
women to do the rough and unpleas'
ant work of the world" In his opin'
ion, quantity as well as quality is
needed in the production of children,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-06-08
We Want 4 Younu Man.

OF good standing and business abil-
lty to represent us in this section, or
ganizing the producers for the purpose
of selling direct to consumers. Liberal
compensation to the right man. Write
Farm to Table Association, inc, Ill
Madison Avenue. New YOrk.-Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-06-08
STURDY HOCHOUsE
MEANS GOOD HOGS
Experienced StoCkmen Know
Winter Swine Must Be
Well Protected.
Q0W is BEST TIME TO BUILD
slah Described Here Has Been Tested
Under Rigid Conditions and Has
Proved to Be One of Best
Designs Known.

Mr. William A Radford win answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
ubject of building work on the farm, for
he readers of this paper. On account of
his wide experience as Editor, Author and
he is, without doubt, the
highest authority on all these subjects.
ddress all inquiries to William A. Rad
ford, No. 1927 Prairie avenue, Chicago,
Ill.,, and only inclose two-cent stamp for
reply
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-06-08

Now Is the Time to Get Rid of These
IRly SDOts

There's longer the slightest need of
feeling ashamed of your freckles, as the
prescription othine - double strength - is
guaranteed to remove these homely spots
Simply get ounce of othine-double
strength-from your druggist. and apply a
little OF 1t night and morning and you
should soon see that even the worst frecltles
have begun to disappear, while the lighter
ones have vanished entirely. 1t is seldom
that more than one ounce is needed to COM
pletely clear the skin and gain beautiful
clear complexion.
othine, this Is sold under guarantee of
money back If 1t fails to remove freckles.-
Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-06-08
four WEEKS
IN HOSPITAL
No Relief-Mrs. Brown Fin.
ally Cured by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
Cleveland, Ohio. -"For years / suf-
fered so sometimes it seemed as though

l could not stand
it any longer. 1t
was all in my lower
organs. At times l
could hardly walk,
for if I stepped on a
little stone / would
almost faint. One
day / did faint and
m y husband W a 8
sent for and the doc
tor came. l was Ia
ken to the hospital
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-06-08

An officer in the European trenches
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-05-10
NEW FLAGS.

There probably will be a lot Of new
flags in the world when the war is
overland there is much meaning in
the probability.
There is talk already to the effect
that Great Britain is figuring on turn
ing Palestine loose as a Jewish re-
public. Already there is a new flag
over Russia; at least new flag In
meaning, and possibly also in design.
There is no telling yet how many
new Slavic flags there may be, Spec
ulating as to exact numbers is bad
business while the guns are roaring.
But the sure thing is that all these
flags will float over free nations when
this war is over. That is the best
Of it all. There will be new flags
and new liberties. 1t is the liberties
that count.
What a wonderful world this will
be when every flag floats over free
people!
Doesn't that help make you glad
that your country is helping to bring
that day to pass-that inspiring day
of worldwide liberty?
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-05-10
With the Editors
SPRING WHEAT
(Ncw York TimeS)

1t is we'll known that the loss of
1O,OOO.OW seeded acres in the Winter
wheat States demands the largest pos
sible increase Of of acreage where the
seed is planted in the Spring. All the
estimates thus far made point to only
very slight addition there. or even
to decrease. During the debate i'll
the Senate last Wednesday about the
food supply. Mr.a McCumber of North
Dakota said: w
If the wheat acreage planted 80
this spring produces normally. the
crop will be S5O,OO0.OOO bushels
leaving a surplus Of 200.OO0,O0O
bushels for our allies. Some Of
this will be in the mills within
three months. so there is no dan
ger Of a shortage unless some dis
aster strike the crops.
The senator must know that al
ready there has been disaster in the
winter wheat fields. from which or
tlinarily about two-thirds of the ell
tire crop is taken. There cannot be
normal production in that part OF
the wheat area. The governments
recent report indicated only 100000
GOO bushels. Favorable weather since
has added something to this expected
yield. but there is no probability that
| 1t will equal that of last year, which
was much below the average. There
will not be more than 60. 0OO.OW
bushels in all, instead Of Of So, OOO.OO(
unless farmers in the Northwest large
ly increase the Spring acreage. They
are not doing this. Some time age
there were Indications that there might
! he an addition Of from to Z per cent
but recent reports are less favorable
The estimates Of crop experts then
gave an addition of per cent, i'll Mr.
McCumbers state, but now the re
suits of inquiries made by fur jour
nal point to a reduction of Z per cent
there. And in South Dakota the first
estimate Of per cent. loss has been
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-05-10
|;|Sa||I| e,
BY A GARDENER

Without moisture no garden would
amount to anything. This does not
mean sprinkling with a hose, for
there are summers in which no sprin-
king is needed if the top soil is kept
well mulched. In hot, dry spells of
considerable duration, the moisture
from near the surface may be evap-
Grated.
Then get out the hose, or if the
garden is small and you have plenty
Of time, use the sprinkling can.
Don't sprinkle every evening, some
people imagine that little water
every evening is what a garden
needs. A little sprinkling does more
harm than good. If you sprinkle do
it thoroughly.
Remember the ground, not the
plant, needs the water. So try to
get the water to the surface near the
plants stem. And drench the
ground.
A we'll hoed garden never needs
more than two or three sprinklings,
even during dry summer, if done
well.
If you have no garden hose, dig a
little ditch into the middle of your
garden, and then smaller bitches
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-05-10
A NATION IN SERVICE.

America is land OF universal SER
vice now.
The nation stands mustered into
service.
The new selective service law is a
law under which those needed in the
army are to be selected.
1t is a law under which the govern
ment is empowered to pick out Ger.
tain men fitted for certain duty.
So far, this law provides only fol
selecting men for military service.
But military needs are not all the
nations needs.
Other needs are equally pressing.
We read of a startling shortage of
men to build ships. We read of a
shortage of men to till land.
Why should not the selective ser.
vice idea be made universal? Why
should we not be 100 per cent effect
i've and 100 per cent efficient?
Every American is at the nations
service.
Why not selection for all industry l?
Why not select men to build ships
just as we select them for the army?
Why not the same effective selec-
ton for agriculture? ,--..- ~.
Why not nation in service?
BY. its own free will the great pop
ulation of America is united in its de.
termination to serve the nation so as
to win the war most quickly and de.
cisively.
The most effective organization, al
down the line, is needed, If that il
to be done.
America has the men, the money,
the land, the raw materials, for every
thing.
Let all be selected for most eff
fective service and set to work at
once.
The longer disorganizat ton goes on
the longer will be the war;
Let America get down to business
on the universal selective service
principle.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-05-10
CONTINUE ACTIVITIES.

One of the most interesting dis.
closures of the conferences between
American officials and the represent.
atives of Great Britain and France is
that Germany is being kept fully in.
formed as to the movements and
character of cargoes of vessels bound
from American and other ports to
England.
Recent experience has established
that wheat and coal ships are being
singled out by German submarines.
The number of such ships sunk in
the submarine zone during the past
three months is out of all proportion
to the total of ships attacked.
This proves beyond question that
German spies and German agents in
this country, as elsewhere, continue
their activities.
That the United States is honey
combed with German spies and that
during the past two years they have
perfected the necessary roundabout
channels of communication with the
German admiralty is beyond ques-
ton.
The task of wedding them out can
not be prosecuted too vigorously by
the government.
1t is going to be as big or bigger
job than it was in England.
That President Wilson is fully
alive to the dangers of the situation
is shown by his recent order estab.
fishing the censorship of all mes
sages leaving the country by cable.
mail, telegraph, and in the case of
Mexico, telephone as we'll.
It is probable that the President
would not have delayed as long as
he did in issuing this order, but for
his disinclination to interfere with
communication between this country
and the neutrals.
But whatever may be the irritation
Of neutrals because of the order, is
of small Importance compared with
the vital necessity of safeguarding, in
every way possible the food and mu-
milton ships bound for the ports Of
our European allies. ;$