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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-16
JOHNSTON.

Henry A. Bishop has a new Ford truck
Miss Ida Taylor of Providence, spent
Sunday at the home of Mr.. l.. B Shuman
Howard Tiff visited his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Tiff of Brown avenue las
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Boland of Provi-
dence, were Sunday guests at the home Of
Mr.. +. b. Rhodes.
Mrs. Gilbert Bishop spent Wednesday,
February 9TH with Mrs, William Water
man of Manton avenue, Providence.
Mrs. Grace Waterman and four children,
were guests of Mrs. Waterman's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Bishop last Thurs
day.
Mrs. Henry Randall, Mrs. +. B. Rhodes,
Mrs. William Capwell, Mrs A. A. Barlow
and Mrs. Mary Caldwell attended the
whist given at the home OF Mrs, William
Angel of North Sctuate for the benefit Of
the North Scituate Library Needle Club
on Wednesday.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-16
KEITH'S THEATRE.

The bill at X ilh's Providence Theatre
the coming week is sure to be one of the
best liked of all the season, for II includes
a number OF uucOmmunly interesting novel
ties, and is to be headed by one of the
most gifted woman OF the worlds stage,
Grace La Rue, the International star Of
song. Miss La Rue is recognized as one
Of the most brilliant entertainers b fore the
public anywhere. 1t is over ten years since
the clever entertainer was in Providence
and since then she has starred in musical
comedy-in "Mme. Troubadour", "Betsy"
and other successes-and has won fame
across the water in the London Music Halls
and in Paris as a star of light opera.
Another sp, cial feature of the program
will be "Creation", the impressive scenic
spectacle, which has been making a sensa-
tion everywhere it has been offered. This
big novelty, said to have cost $4,000 TO
produce, depicts the birth OF the universe
by means Of some remarkable scenic and
electrical effects.
Prominent among the funmakers Of the
bill will be the unctuous comedian Bert
Baker and his company in an uproarously
funny one-act comedy, "Prevaricatrou."
One little lie made him tell his 'alous wife
another and then another and so on, until
to straighten matters out he has to tell the
whole truth and is then doubted more than
ever. "Prevdric ton" is called one Of the
funniest com dies OF the season. Moon
and Morris, the dance creators, from the
New York Wintergarten. will offer their
remarkable 1.-TWO In One Dance" and
Florrie Millership, Little Lady Dainty.
will appear in a series OF new songs and be-
autiful costumes.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-16
THORNTON.

&. F. Boulton has just purchased valu-
able horse.
w. c. Gill has just purchased fine
player piano
Carlo Rainone has just returned from
visit TO New York.
Leonard Morley has had his automobile
rehtted and repainted.
Lincoln Day was appropriately observed
at the Thornton School.
Charles McNerney is recovering from
severe attack of the grippe.
Pride of the Village Lodge holds
regular meeting next Monday evening.
The funeral Of Mrs. John =. Daley was
solemnzed at St. Brigid's Church on Tues
day.
A number of people from this place will
attend the Johnston Health League fair at
Manton.
The Offices at the Victoria Mills are be.
ing enlarged and other Improvements are
being made there.
British Relief funds that have been raised
in this country since the beginning of the
war, amount to nearly $500
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-16

not be compelled to run in the woods
to shift for themselves. If they are
treated In this latter way we cannot
expect the best results. Good. clean.
fresh water is essential when wanted.
and they should not be compelled to
drink from stagnant pools which are
infested with all kinds of microbes
which will contaminate the milk.
Milk COWS should also have some
ground feed in summer as well as In
winter This can be corn and oats. or
a little wheat bran is good, and, aside
from these. a daily ration of some kind
Of roots will be found a great help to
them. The milk COW deserves and is
entitled 10 grain the year round. as
well as the work horse, and should be
treated aS well, for it pays well, as
she Is surely working every day.
have been keeping some dairy cows
a good many years. and ] know Of no
better feed than good pasture during
summer. with some grain and shred
ded fodder and clover hay during win.
ter where there is no silo, but silage
Is by far the cheapest and best for
winter feeding.
Cows with a good warm barn and
fed on silage will be nearly as well in
winter as In summer on good pasture.
The stables. however, should be clean
at all times. for this is one of the es-
sentials in making good, first class but
ter.
The milk at all times should be kept
in n sanitary condition, and We can
also make better butter and more OF
II by having cream separator. In
fact, / should sOt attempt the keeping
Of great many cows without one.
Churn as often as is necessary to keep
the cream from getting old and too
sour.
The butter should he made in pound
prints, arranged in a tasty manner by
the use Of little ice in the summer.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-16
Making the
Farm Pay
TIME OF PLANTING CORN.
In Seriarid Regions Seed Should Be
Put In Early In the Spring.

In Semiarid Regions Seed Should Be
Put In Early In the Spring.
Prepared by United States department OF
agricultural
Though corn will not grow during as
cold weather as wheat and oats. It Is
remarkable how early In the spring
corn can be planted and produce good
stands and good yields II seed Of per
feet vitality Is used Seed Of perfect
vitality will often remain In cold or
dry soils for several weeks and after
ward germinate and yield well. Irreg
ular stands are sometimes attributed
to poor seed; when dry, poorly prepar-
ed spots are the cause. Fields are
sometimes seen I'm which the seed
terminated promptly In moist spots
but did not germinate In dry spots un
I'll rains came.
Where the seasons are long and
moisture plentiful it Is customary to
wait until the soil Is warm before
planting. In semiarid regions. how
ever, corn should be planted early.
With the soil in proper condition Il Is
generally advisable I'm semiarid regions,
south as well as north, to plant corn
before danger from frost Is entirely
past
Corn planted very early usually
makes a slow, tough growth and a
month after planting may be smaller
and look less promising than that
planted later. The early planted corn
ripens first, however. and usually pro
duces the larger or the better crop.
Because OF Its SOW. tough growth corn
planted very early Is not so suscepti-
BILE to frost and drought as corn plant
ed later and growing more rapidly.
In series of years the gain In ma
ture corn secured from early planting
will more than make up for any in
corn crops have been produced from
paintings frozen off or frozen back
where the plants were from few
inches to a foot or more tall. Corn Is
not often entirely killed by spring
frosts, and If some should be injured
the loss is much less serious than that
from summer drought or from fan
frost
Early planted corn derives more ben
eft from the spring moisture supply,
becomes well rooted before summer
droughts begin and may even mature
before these droughts become severe.
Where the growing season Is very
long and warm paintings made at
about thirty day intervals increase the
chances OF hitting the season right and
raising some good corn.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-16
GRAIN FOR WORK HORSES.
Experiments Prove That Corn is
Cheaper and as Efficient as Oats.

Contrary to popular opinion that
horses fed oats have more life. keep
in better condition and endure work
better. especially during hot weather
than horses given a grain ration con
sisting largely or exclusively of corn
an experiment conducted for forty
eight weeks at the Ohio experiment
station with work horses showed that
oats are not superior in efficiency to
corn. Economy i'm feeding is general
Iy in favor of corn.
Three teams of mature gedings were
used. one horse in each team being
fed oats and the other equal weight of
ear corn I'm connection with mixed
clover and timothy hay. There was
practically no difference i'm the changes
in weight during the year between the
two lots. No difference due to the
feeds used was observed I'm the spirit
ana endurance of the horses.
The cost of feeding the corn fed
horses. with corn at 80 cents bushel.
oats at go cents and hay at so ton.
was $500 for the forty y-eight weeks
as compared with a charge of Sl22.19
for the horses given oats. Animal hus-
bandmen at the experiment station.
considering the relative prices OF these
two grains over long period Of years,
say that corn may be substituted for
oats for work horses with a material
saving and therefore should be given
large place in their rations whenever
market conditions warrant its use.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-16
paper Napkins For Dinner.

Custom has much to do with what Is
called good form" | dined recently
at the home of very wealthy man.
worth many millions mot made In
"war babies'D, where the best form al
ways rules. The napkins were OF Jap
anese paper. They were very large
and fine, but the innovation surprised
me until on subsequent inquiry at one
of the best Manhattan shops l learned
that use Of the paper napkin Is quite
proper and likely to become universal
only for dinner.-Julius Chambers In
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-16
JOHNSTON TOWN COUNCIL.

A regular session of the Johnston Town
Council was held on Friday afternoon OF
last week, The following business was
transacted The resignation Of DIR. A. o..
Robbins as town physician was accepted
and DR.. ]. Is. Johnston was appointed. w.
b. Colwell was appointed coroner. The
election of a councilman to fill the vacancy
caused by the death Of George Greaves
was continued until the March meeting
The petition to establish a cemetery on
Central avenue, near the city line, was re-
fused. Pool table licenses were granted to
Vincenzo Jacovone and Lawrence CoIlette
The Rhode Island Athletic Club was
granted licenses to hold boxing exhibitions.
Councilman Heath and Bennett were ap-
pointed committee to confer with the
Health Officer in regard to the sterilizing
of milk. The Providence Telephone Co.
was granted permission to erect pole on
Winsor avenue. The following bills were
ordered paid: Ackerman, $50 so; Provi-
dence Telephone Company, 1854; Granite
Vile Volunteer Fire Company, S25; {. b.
Dodge Company, $27; Sterry X. Luther
SI3q o3; Narragansett Electric Lighting
Company, $3737I; II. {. Calef and 5. Is
Luther, $2s; DIR. J. +. Farrell, a5c ; II {.
Paulson, $5S IS; Starkweather * Shepley
Company, So, So; Hiram KimbaIl, s7+ IS;
police payroll, 500; William Burton,
S52. 20; Dan Ferranti, $40; William IL.
Mathewson, $47 AZ.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-16

giving much time and energy TO LIus
thrift campaign and offering especial
encouragement to the new depositor or
small sums. Women, children ana
Young wage earners are being particu-
larly sought as depositors by banks all
over the country. Parents are urged
to start small bank accounts for their
children, TO teach them thrift, since
the habit of saving does more than
build up bank account; 1t builds char
acter and credit, and the child OF today
NAV be glad ten or fifteen years hence
TO have the reputation Of being thrifty
and substantial.
The man without money-at least n
few hundred dollars-is not likely to be
regarded as Of great consequence by
his fellows Money is not everything
nor even the thing TO be most desired.
Good health and good character are
more to be desired than great riches
But money bears a close relation to al.
most everything worth while. 1t Is
therefore important to train children
I'm WAYS of thrift, and nothing gives
child more OF sense OF Importance
than a bank account I'm his own name.
Such an account is good for the wo-
man I'm the home too. Many wives feel
hopelessly and even rather resentfully
dependent on their husbands. A saw
ings bank account in her own name
not only cures many woman OF ex.
travagonce and unbusinesslike methods
of conducting her household, but gives
her feeling OF independence and self
respect that makes the whole atmos-
phere of her home happier.-Exchange
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-16
SETTLING ACCOUNTS.
People Are Now Paying Up at Shorter
Intervals Than Formerly.

Intervals Than Formerly.
Business men are agreed that a very
noticeable change has come about In
the past five years in the matter Of
paving accounts While that length OF
time ago yearly settlements were the
rule, settlements AT much shorter peri
DDS are now getting to bC the fashion.
Just what has brought this about is
hard To say. Possibly there are mum
Der OF things which have worked to-
gcthcr to bring about this good result.
OF course, years a.o, before this cQun-
try began raising stock, there was but
about one time in each year when a
farmer had any money. Consequently
no one else had any except at that
time. Now, with creameries paying off
every two weeks and with live stock
marketed any time during the year,
money flows far more evenly.
Then. too. banks are coming TO be
far more generally used than before,
which accounts for an evener how or
money. The farmer borrows money To
tide him over till he sells something
rathcr than stand OH MS CTcultoIs ~
long as he formerly did.
A number of younger men have gone
into various businesses Of late years,
most Of them without sufficient capital
10 enable them 10 carry accounts long.
They were therefore compelled 10 make
frequent collections. and that might be
said to have started the habit OF pay
ing up all around.
Automobiles. which are alternately
blamed and credited for almost every.
thing. may be said to have bad some
thing 10 do with the matter OF credits.
Automobile accessories run into money
very fast. and garages. being Of com
paratively modern creation, started
ont at once To keep book accounts
down. The motorist, therefore. was
educated mt the start to pay up his
garage hill frequently. This helped
alonc other lines ~ business as we'll
Many lines Of business make month
ly collections the rule. and II Is admit
ted by every one TO be the best plan all
nround.-Osage Ga) Press-Journal
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-16

In the last three years. 1912, 1871, and
1914 A4z persons, who ventured without
authority on the tracks and property of the
New York, New Haven and Hartford Rail-
road were killed and 5e4 injured. These
lives were lost, because these pessons need
lessly exposed themselves to the danger of
death or injury by making use Of railroad
tracks and right OF way as public highway.
When you use the railroad tracks and right
Of way as highway to save time or trouble,
you are putting your life in deadly peril.
In the year 1914, total Of s,47I lives we,e
lost In this manner on the railroads. uf the
I'm ited Stsies.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-16
Still Interfering.

George Bailey Of the Houston Post
notes that "a New York redhead Is
suing n druggist for $1,000 damages be
cause of peroxide he sold her ruined
cher crown OF glory" and makes this
comment:
at is bad enough when tawny named
girls use peroxide. For a redhead to
vandalize her topknot in any such way
as that ought TO be against the law,
and no we'll regulated widow would
think OF doing So"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-16

Grippe cases in this section have abont
all recovered.
Rev. 7. r. Bartlett spoke at the Allen
dale Chapel last Sunday.
The Two Orphans held a dance last Fri
day evening in Broley's Hall.
The bazar for the benefit of the St. Law
renee Church opens this evening.
Lincoln Day was very appropriately OBJ
served by the North Providence Schools.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-16
SPROUTING OATS.
Economical Method Of Supplying Green
Food For Poultry.

Food For Poultry.
Y. G. Ingersoll, a Connecticut poultry
man. employs method Of oat sprout-
ing which he finds both practical and
economical. writes n correspondent OF
the Farm and Fireside. He uses dis
carded lard tubs bought OF grocers for
a nickel apiece or less. These tubs are
large, holding about fifty pounds. He
cleans a tub thoroughly and then bores
hole through the side as near the bot
tom as possible, which he fits with a
wooden plug. Several tubs prepared
in this way and burlap bags make the
complete equipment.
He fills tub. the plug being in. with
oats of the proper quality and covers
them with water from which the chill
has been removed. After the oats have
remained thus for four or five hours
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-16
Don't Believe II,

Talk about fishing" said Harvey
Titus, who was just getting under way.
what would you do If you found on
your hook a 750 pound horse macker-
elY
"Do?" said the listener. "I'd get UP,
take drink of water and lie on my
right side for awhile. New York Tel
egraph.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-16
Aeroplane Bombs,

One OF the officers of the Mexican
National Aviation corps, which Is In
the charge of Colonel Alberto Salinas,
has invented an apparatus for the dis
charge of bombs from an aeroplane
by which three can he set loose at once
In divergent directions, thereby greatly
increasing the efficacy Of this methsd
of warfare.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-16
La WotIId Ipdaad

II the old fashioned man walked into
new fashioned grocery store and
helped himself to large juicy apple in
the old fashioned way the store detec-
tive would have him behind the bars
before he had reached the core.-Grand
Rapids Press.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-16
Minter Lamb Ration.

A good ration for winter feeding Of
lambs consists Of clover or alfalfa hay,
two pounds roots. two pounds, and
corn silage. two pounds. Should all Of
the above roughage not be available a
limited amount Of grain mixture. COM
posed Of equsl parts oats aud bran, II
= - added.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-16
TAna OF Cow For a Rrender-

In the selection for a good breeder
certain characteristics stand out so
prominently they cannot be ignored
In selecting an animal for the dairy
herd one should select size. Large size
Is dy.rable. and an individual should
be at least up to the average In weight
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-16
Liue Stock
And Dairy
MAKING GOOD BUTTER.
Essentials to This End Are First Glass
Cows We'll Fed and Cared For.

Many things are to be considered In
making gilt edged first class butter
that will bring the highest price on
the market. writes a correspondent of
the Iowa Homestead In the first
place, we should have good buttermak-
Ing COWS. \ part Of the herd should
at least Ice Jerseys. This breed will
give the butter that dne yellow color,
and the butter will be more frm and
solid part Of the herd. however,
can he Hol>teins. Durhams or any OF
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-16
Human Nature Text.

Mighty few folks kin keep their place
an stand ter their raisin' with new
suit of clothes and diamond pin. They
just can't keep from thinkin' that this
old world is only turnin' round to look
1t 'em.-Atlanta Constitution.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-16
Alfalfa Needs Deep Soil.

IL is practically useless 10 SOW alfal-
IA on thin soils where the bedrock ap
proaches the surface. on land which
Is underlain al comparatively shallow
depths 10y hardpan or In locations
where the subsoil is so compact that
the roots cannot penetrate it.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-16
lee KILL AIfaIfa

The formation of ice ON the surface
Of fields : fatal 10 alfalfa This con.
dition Is most apt 10 occur on fields
that are level or that cuutain yocgets.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-16
THE THRIFT CAMPAIGN.
Are You Doing Your Share to Make u
Big Sueeess1

The greatest thrift movement In the
history OF this country now appears 10
be making considerable head" ay. Tue
Amaricsu Hxvinu Bank ssuctStaa y
The Jasper news., 1917-12-27

unloaded at wharves or depots, food
liable to attack by rats may be tenn
porarlly safeguarded by being placed
In rat-proof cages, or pounds, con.
structed of wire netting. Wooden
boxes containing reserve food held In
depots for a considerable time or In
tended for shipment by sea may be
made rat-proof by light coverings of
metal along the angles. This plan has
long been in use to protect naval stores
on ships and In warehouses. 1t ls
based on the fact that rats do not
gnaw the plane surface of hard mate
rails, but attack doors, furniture and
boxes at the angles only.
Packing Houses-Packing houses
and abattoirs are often sources from
which rats secure subsistence, espe-
cially where meats are prepared for
market in old buildings. In old-style
cooling rooms with double walls Of
wood and sawdust insulation, always
source Of annoyance because Of rat
infestation, the utmost vigilance is
required to prevent serious loss Of
meat products. On the other hand,
packing houses with modern construc-
ton and sanitary devices have no
trouble from rats or mice.
Garbage and Waste.-Slnce much Of
the food of rats consists of garbage
and other waste materials, 1t Is not
enough to bar the animals from mar
kets, granaries, warehouses and prl-
vate food stores. Garbage and offal
of all kinds must be so disposed Of
that rats cannot obtain them.
In cities and towns an efficient sys-
TEN of garbage collection and disposal
should be established by ordinances.
Waste from markets, hotels, cafes and
households should be collected in COW
cred metal reccptacles and frequently
emptled. Garbage should never be
dumped In or near towns, but should
The Jasper news., 1917-12-27

In this street suit of green and gray,
the milIlner has made cap, cape and
muff to match Of bright green broad
cloth, after a fashion of a quarter Of
a century ago. II Is trimmed with
gray fur, and the cape Is fastened with
one gray button.
Important gown and rise to heights Of
sartorial success If she wears an I'M
portant hat. Interview dressmaker
and she Will insist that the gown
should be purchased before any other
part Of the costume and that all other
things should be added thereunto, with
or without care.
In looking Mt the whole scheme Of
dressing from the point Of view of a
reporter of clothes, the safe assertion
Is that the mllllners are right. No
gown can Justify itself, or Its wearer
for choosing 1t, II K is marred by the
wrong hat. On the other hand, good
hat which Is admirably posed and
which brings out nll the best there is
In Il face, can redeem q gown that
would otherwise be a deplorable fall
ure. That Is the way to judge the
merits.
Standards Have Changed.
There was once time when women
and the public gave more attention to
the face than to the figure, or to that
vague and elusive thing called style.
A woman had TO be pretty, and her
prettiness of the kind that women I'M
derstood and men admired. Her figure
might be unshapely, her gowns chosen
at random and often ill-ftting, but the
lovely face was featured and exploited
above everything else.
Surely, but lmperceptibly, the view
point of the world toward cookbook.
ing women changed. People demand
ed more than lovely face; they grew
artistic and wanted lovely silhouette
Then they grew insurgent and an
nounced that they cared little for pref
| tlness in the face, unless 1t was &C.
companied by, and often overshad-
owed by, style and violating clothes.
In short, women today have greater
task forced upon them, IL they would
commend their appearance to the pub
| lie. A woman was born pretty in
other centuries, and she used art and
nature to continue this facial attrac-
ton, but she left the choice of her
clothes, the lines of her figure and the
making of her corset to chance. To-