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The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-23
MALES FIGHT MORE OR LESS
When Yarded Together There is Sure
to Be Some Scrapping-Old Bird
Maintains Peace.

When cockerels are yarded together
they are sure to fight more or less,
especially toward the natural mating
and breeding season. If they haven't
enough vigor and vim to scrap they
aren't Of much value as breeders.
On a farm where many game chick
ems were raised the matured young
male birds were kept in small flocks,
half a dozen or so in each yard. To
prevent any serious injury an old male
was confined with the youngsters in
each yard. Ordinarily he didn't bother
them, but if they started trouble among
themselves he was in the midst in a
hurry.
He was simply bound to maintain
peace among them if he had to fight
for it. His action soon frightened
them out of their mimic war.
The plan would probably prove as
effective with other breeds. If any
youngster had the temerity to dispute
the 'boss" he would probably soon get
the conceit knocked out of him.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-23

sultation room is always crowded with
poor patients. One day when last in
office as premier, being in hurry, he
instructed his servant to tell the last
batch of his male patients to strip in
his ante-chamber, so as to save the
time of the undressing in the consult
ing room. One by one they were rap
idly prescribed for and sent on their
way, until only the last remained. He
presented himself in due course in an
extremely decollete condition-without
stitch of clothing, and with every ap-
pearance of nervousness.
''M lie President he began, with a
low bow.
"Well, what is the matter?" asked
the doctor-premier.
The man stammered inarticulately.
''Come! Come" exclaimed Clemen-
ceau with Impotence. 'Out with it f!
Your skin seems perfectly healthy. /
can see nothing wrong"
'There is nothing the matter with
me-" said the poor man at last, recov-
ering his voice, "but-I don't knOw-it
is all strange only came to ask you,
M. lie President, for your powerful in
fuence with the government to procure
for my widowed sister place as post
mistress at Clermont"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-23
On State Highway From Colorado
Springs to Canon City, Cal.

an ordinary farm wagon, and pulled
load of 5000 pounds over different
kinds of roads. The wagon was a
standard farm wagon with steel axles
of equal length, wheels 3S and 46
inches in diameter, and fOur-inch tires.
A recording dynamometer, known as
the Iowa type, was used to register
the tractive force of the team. This
instrument makes a record of the re-
sistance on strip of paper under
recording pencil, and after the test,
the total pull of the team can be read
off in pounds. The record of the test
is as follows:
On a concrete road, unsurfaced, in
excellent condition, the total pull on
the load was SO pounds, or 276 pounds
per ton.
On a concrete road with three-eighth
inch surface of aSphaltic Oil and
screenings, road in excellent condition,
the total pull was 1915 pounds or 1872
pounds per ton.
On the ordinary macadam road in
excellent condition, the total pull was
1913 pounds or 64.3 pounds per ton.
For a graveled road, compact, and
in good condition, the total pull was
225 pounds or Is pounds per ton.
An earth road, firm, with one and
one-half inches of fine, loose dust, the
total pull was 276 pounds or 90 pounds
per ton.
An earth road, with mud to 6
inches deep, but soil firm underneath,
the total pull was 654 pounds or 218
pounds per ton.
On graveled road, before the gravel
had been cOmpacted, but when it was
in ordinary loose condition after it had
been placed upon the road, the total
pull was 789 pounds or 1853 pounds per
ton.
The above shows very well what
great advantages good roads have on
the hauling properties of team.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-23
CHANGE RATlONS OF CHICKS
Youngster Of Four Weeks-Va-
riety Is Needed.

Chick feeds, as usually made up, are
for small chicks only. A normal chick
of four weeks old has in a large meas
ure outgrown chick feed. At this age,
If not already started on something
coarser, a mixture something like the
following should be fed: One hundred
pounds Of chick feed, 25 pounds of
whole wheat, % pounds of coarse
cracked corn Or kafir corn. In week
or two the per cent of chick feed can
be reversed and soon entirely omitted.
The important thing is to change
feeds gradually and Let the period of
change lap over a week or two. Do
not try to make the change by giving
occasional feeds, as of, say, all whole
wheat; rather mix the wheat in, as
indicated in the above formula. Any
one grain fed alone Is not sufficiently
balanced to produce proper growth,
and, on the other hand, is so concen-
trated in certain food elements as to
be detrimental to proper digestion.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-23
DRIVING CATTLE BY MOTOR
Which May Sooner or Later ReIe-
gate Broncho to Background.

A new use for a motorcar has been
found by cattle dealer in one of the
middle western states, whose business
cOmpelS him to drive extensive herds
Of meat on the hOOf along the roads,
says an exchange. During the hottest
part of last summer this purveyor de-
termined to drive his animals by night
in order to spare them the inevitable
suffering that attended such operations
In the middle of the day. Getting in
his car, he started the herd ahead of
him in the road, and by throwing the
searchlight before and honking his
horn he kept the animals moving quick
ly in the compact mass.
There are instances of the use of
the motorcar in roundup work in the
far West, so that the traditional pic
ture of cowboy astride a bucking
broncho may have to give way to one
Of that leather-breeched gentleman
cuddled down into the wheel of a f1ex-
ible runabout, his lasso presumably
dangling over the windshield.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-23
FOOD ORDERS ARE OBSERVED
MeatIess and WheatIess Menu In Con-
nection With Lord Mayors Annual
Banquet at Mansion House,

At last the gaunt figure of famine
has stalked into the Mansion House
and edited the menu Of the lord may
or's banquet. There, everybody who
knows anything about English history
or about good eating, knows that the
center, the very palate, of gourmand-
Use is situated, according to a London
correspondent.
The British empire is ransacked for
edibles and potables to furnish forth
this aldermanic holiday. And when
the OCCASIONS star guest, the premier,
rises to shake the pillars Of the world
with his address, the guests are often
in such a state of torpor that they
have to scan the morning papers to
find out what he really said. But war
has changed all that. When the time
for this years banquet approached,
London's sensational press began to
shout for war menu so loudly that
his lordship had to come out and as
sure the reporters Of the meatlessness
and wheatlessness of the coming feast.
Another of England's glories vanished !!
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-23
HE GAINED PREMIER'S EAR
Man Disrobed With Others to Receive
Free Treatment, and Appealed
for Position for Sister.

Clemenceau, beneath his brusque,
masterful, sarcastic and oft-cutting
speech, and in spite Of the vitriolic
character Of his writings, possesses an
exceedingly kind and charitable heart.
afford to give away much. But he has
made point, both when in office and
out of it, to devote a couple of hours
each day to free medical advice to the
poor, never consenting to take fee,
writes Paris correspondent. His spe-
cialty is skin diseases, and his con-
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-23
PREPARE DUCKS FOR. MARKET
Weight confIne Them and Feed
FatteninQ Rations.

When the ducks reach two pounds
in weight or over If you wish to sell
them as broilers conf1ne them for a
week and feed them all the corn meal
mash or wet cracked corn they will
eat. One can ship them alive or
dressed, as he prefers. Usually
more money is realized In selling them
dressed.
Sewing Machines in Arabia.
The sale of sewing machines in
Arabia has increased since the war
begun, owing in part to the demand
of Red Cross organizations. A recent
shipment of 900 American machines,
according to a correspondent, will be
disposed of as follows: One hundred
in Alden, 200 in Abyssinia, 100 in Red
Sea ports and 200 in the Persian Gulf
district. There is also an increased
demand on the part Of the natives.
Germany formerly supplied the terri
tory with cheap machines, but the
stocks of these are low, and American
products now lead. Foot-power sew
ing machines are in growing prefer
ence over the hand-operated type, but
electrically-driven machines cannot be
sold, as there is no general electric
service plant in Alden. Dust and rust
are difficulties experienced in the use
Of the machines in the Arabian eli
mate,
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-23
PULLETS GIVEN FREE RANGE
Worms They Must Be Given Sue
cuIent Green Food.

If the pullets are given free range
they will gather bugs, worms and
green food and get sufficient exercise
to keep them healthy, but it is Sc
rious mistake to think that because
young chicken picks up a great deal
while roaming about the farm it does
not need other food. Animal foods
and succulent green food must be
supplemented by some form Of grain
to produce satisfactory results.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-23
BOX USEFUL FOR TRAP NEST
In Arrangement Shown in Illustration
Gate Is Raised Slightly as Hen
Is Entering.

Poultry raisers find trap nest use
full, and one can be made quickly by
fitting an old packing box with a suit
able sliding gate. In the arrangement
shown, the gate is raised slightly as
the hen enters the nest box, releasing
the spring and causing the gate to
drop, writes A. J. Call of Huntsville,
Mass, in Popular Mechanics Magazine
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-23
CHECK HEAVY WATER FLOW
Catch-Drain Should Be Constructed on
Side Of Hills to Carry Flow to
Ends of Cut.

On the side hills where the flow Of
water is heavy it should be kept from
reaching the road by constructing a
catch-drain a few feet back and above
the edge of the cut This will carry the
water along to the ends Of the cut and
thus keep it off the road. If the cut
is long one, the water in the catch
drain can be disposed Of at intervals
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-23
A Dairy Mistake.

Buying cows and selling them as fast
as they stop milking never built up
4 high-class dairy business. The city
milk producer is not true dairyman
he is more Spectator in feeds and
'0WS.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-23
When Sound Carries Far,
AM.

We hear distinctly on a clear, frosty
night because the air is denser than on
a dull, warm night, and therefore car
ries the sound better A motor car
runs better on a frosty night because
the engine gets larger supplies of oxy-
gen.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-23
by dropping it through a pipe or gut
ter into the culverts.
Keep bitches Open.

Broad and shallow bitches with fiat
slopes constructed with a uniform
grade are better than deep, narrow
bitches constructed with steep banks.
Give attention to keeping the bitches
open.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-23
PULLING POWER OF HORSES
Experiments in California Give Inter-
esting ResuIts-Concrete Offers
Least Resistance.

(By E. B. HOUSE, Colorado Agricultural
College, Fort Collins.)
A very interesting experiment has
recently been concluded in California
to determine just how much horse
pulls when he draws ton.
A good draught team was used for
this purpose. The horses weighed 1,6OO
pounds each. They were hitched to
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-23
WIRE TRIGGER

Gate and spring can be adjusted to va
rious sized breeds of poultry. The
two grooved uprights can be cut from
flooring and the other wooden parts
made from laths or wooden strips.
The trigger is made of wire.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-23

cost is smaller, and wise investors
use them for best results.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-23

Junction only.
Train No. 33 arrives from MilWau-
kee and departs for Madison at $3.50
a. N. except Sunday.
Train No. arrives from Chicago
and departs for Madison at 3:11 p. m.
daily except Sunday.
Train No. 423 arrives from Chicago
and departs for Madison at AS p. M
except Sunday.
Train No. 80 arrives from the east
at 1850 p. 10. daily.
Train Nc. 41O arrives from Madison
at 9:19 a. NJ, except Sunday.
Sunday excursion train arrives from
Milwaukee at 1J:C2 a. N. and goes
through to Madison, returning at $40
p. m.
Train No. 81 arrives from Milwau-
kee at 1925 p. N. and goes no further.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-23
TIME TABLES.
CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN
South.


South.
Chicago ger--------- $3.50 a. m.
Chicago passenger OF a. m.
Chicago passenger-----1 1870 p. N.
GAINESVILLE passenger------ 7:15 p. m.
5:20 a. N. train makes close con-
nsctions for the west at Jefferson
Junction
Both 11:07 a. M. and 7:15 p. m.
trains make close connections at JEFF
ferson junction for Madison and all
points west.
North.
Green Bay nger-------7:55 a. m.
Green Bay, Sundays only----S:10 a. m.
Green Bay ger-------2:42 p. m.
Northern Michigan 80 p. m.
Rockford passenger arrives at Wa
tertown at $40 a. M. and goes no
farther.
The 1866 a. m. train makes connec-
ton at Clyman Junction for trains
east.
The 80 train south makes connec-
tons at Jefferson Junction for points
east.
A train goes west from Clyman
Junction at 4:45 p. m.
*Daily.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-23

CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, & ST. PAUL
East
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-11
QUIT MEAT WHEN
KIDNEYS BOTHER
Take Glass of Salts Before Breakfast
if Your Back Hurts or Bladder
Is Troubling You.

No man or woman who eats meat reg
ularly can make mistake by flushing
the kidneys occasionally. says we'll
known authority. Meat forms uric acid
which excites the kidneys, they become
oyerworked from the strain, get sluggish
and fail to filter the waste and poisons
from the blood then we get sick Nearly
all rheumatism, headaches, liver trouble,
nervousness, dizziness, sleeplessness and
urinary disorders come from sluggish
kidneys.
The moment you feel dull ache in
the kidneys or your back hurts or if the
urine is cloudy, offensive, full of sedi-
ment, irregular of passage or attended
by a sensation of scalding, stop eating
meat and get about four ounces of Jad
Salts from any pharmacy; take a ia
blespoonful in a glass of water before
breakfast and in few days your kid
neys will act fine, This famous salts is
made from the acid OF grapes and lemon
juice, combined with lithia, and has been
used for generations to flush and stimu-
late the kidneys, also to neutralize the
acids in urine so it no longer causes
irritation, thus ending bladder weak
ness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive and cannot in
iure; makes delightful etfervescent
lithia water drink which everyone should
take now and then to keep the kidneys
clean and active and the blood pure,
thereby avoiding serious kidney compli-
cations--Adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-11
STOMACH UPSET?
Get at the Real Cause-Take DR..
Edwards Olive Tablets

That's what thousands of stomach
sufferers are doing now. Instead of
taking tonics, or trying to patch up a
poor digestion, they are attacking the
real cause of the ailment -- clogged liver
and disordered bowels.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets arouse the
liver in a soothing, healing way. When
the liver and bowels are performing their
natural functions, away goes indigestion
and stomach troubles.
If you have a bad taste in your
mouth, tongue coated, appetite poor,
lazy, don't-care feeling, no ambition or
energy, troubled with undigested foods,
you should take Olive Tablets, the sub.
stitute for calomel.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets are a
purely vegetable compound mixed with
olive oil. You will know them by their
olive color. They do the work without
gripping, cramps or pain.
Take one or two at bedtimesfor quick
relief so you can eat what you like.
At 10c and Csc per box. All druggists
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-11

A training school for the sons of sol
diers of the great war is to be estab-
lished in Bennington, Edward H. Everett
having purchased two farms, including
about $40 acres, and the school having
been Incorporated under the laws of Yer
mont with the name, Green Mountain
Home, Inc. The purpose of the home
is to furnish practical instruction along
academic lines, as well as training in
horticulture and agriculture, and boys
as young as ten years may enter. Mr..
Everett's daughter is the wife of an Off
Ger in the Italian army.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-11
Stomach Dead
Man Still Lives

People who suffer from sour stomach, fer
mentation of food, distress after eating and in
digestion. ard seek relief in large chunks Of
artificial digestors, are killing their stomachs
by inaetion just as surely as the victim Of
morphine is deadening and iniuring beyond
repair every nerve in his body
What the stomach Of every sufferer from in
digestion needs is a good prescription that will
build up his stomach, put strength. energy and
elasticity into it and make II sturdy enough
to digest hearty meal without artificial aid.
The best prescription for indigestion ever
written Is sold by druggists everywhere and by
the Red Cross Pharmacy and Is rigidly guar
anteed 20 build up the stomach and cure indi-
gestion, or money back.
This prescription is named Mi-o-na, and IL
sold In small tablet form in large boxes, for
only few cents. Remember the name, Mi-o-na,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-11

MARSH ALLEN co.
n. Z. Tel. i40. Barre Orange Co. Phone
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-11
BEEF STOCK PRICES FIRMER.
Better Grades at Higher Value at Bright
on Market.

Brighton, Mass, Dec. ll.-There was
a little stiffening in value on all the bet
ter grades of beef stock at the Brighton
stoekyards yesterday morning, but the
cheaper grades were easier, Hogs and
calves were unchanged.
Hall & Lowell brought down another
big bunch of Hereford steers yesterday
morning, but the price they realized was
not given out, Judging from what other
grades are selling for such cattle ought
to be worth l4@l5 cents Outside of
these tops sold at l0@l2 cents, with av.
erage cattle at colo cents, good cattle
at 100 cents, and light cattle at 6@7
cents.
Best beefs were quoted at 9@91s cents
and occasionally more, with good cows at
7@S cents, ordinary cows at 5@6 cents,
Gamer cows at 4h@5 cents. Best beef
bulls sold up to sac cents and bologna
bulls at 5ia@61s cents.
Best calves are holding strong, but
small calves and grassers and drinkers
are still easy. Small lots Of fancy calves
sold at l6@l7 cents, with bunch lots at
l4@l6 cents, fair lots at l2@l4 cents
and grassers and drinkers at 5@s cents.
Offerings of sheep and lambs were
light, and prices were unchanged at
l3@l5 cents for lambs and 7@9 cents
for sheep.
Both live and dressed hops hold very
steady, dressed hogs being still quoted
by the packers at 221a@23 cents. Live
hogs were selling yesterday morning in
the Brighton market at l7k@ls cents
for best lots and l7@l7h cents for
rough lots.
Nothing new is noted in the market
for milch cows, prices showing about
the same range as for the preceding
week, from $5O@$60 for ordinary milk
ers to $l25@$l50 and upwards for fancy
mixers.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-11
MISCELLANEOUS FARMS
FOR SALE
81, 200 Down Secures Equipped
157-Acre Dairy Farm

cutting so tons hay 25-cow. spring watered
pasture sell cream and feed skim TO hogs
estimated 1000 cords wood, 100000 Fl, timber
200 bbls. apples last season !, 500 sugar ma
pies. evaporatov and buckets 7-ro0m house,
barns, granary, piggery and poultry house
only 8 miles TO village, creamery and milk
station; feeble owners low price $500. and
II taken now he includes pr. horses, cows, 2
calves, SOW, poultry hay, corn, potatoes, dry
FIRE wood. wagons. tools cream separator, cook
stove parlor stove lot Of furniture and auto
mobile with $1,000 down and easy terms de-
tails page IL "Strout's Bargain Catalogue" IL
states copy mailed free dept 2729, f. A..
STRoUT FARM AGENCY. 2s4 Washington
street Boston. 229tl
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-11
Talked on Rural Church Work.

st. Adams, Dec. ll-Rev. William
Shaw, Phi. D., has returned from Boston
where last week he attended the Boston
area centenary conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal church. Over 5000
clergymen and laymen representing ev-
cry charge in New England, attended the
conference, which was held at fremont
Temple. DIR. Shaw addressed the CON
ference on "The Special New England
Problems" speaking on "The Rural
Work" He also addressed rural work.
ers' conference.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-11
IN BOSTON MARKETS.

Jobbing Quotations on Butter, Cheese
and Eggs.
Boston, &c. ll.-Local iobbing prices Of
butter, cheese and eggs follow:
Butter-Fancy northern creamery,
tubs, 67s@6sc; boxes 6skl@691sc;
prints, 6s@7Oci western creamery, 66h@
67ci good to choice creamery, 85@66c;
fair to good, 63@64cl renovated butter,
54@54Kc
Cheese-New York twins, fancy, 3l@
Soc; fair to good, 29@33cj Young Amer
lea, 3l@40c.
Eggs-Fancy nearby hennery, 94@
95c; eastern choice, 100000; western ex-
ira, s5@s6c; prime fresh, 76@7sc; firsts,
72@75c; storage extras, 52@63c; frsts,
50@5lc.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-11
SATURDAY, DEC. Ia, 1918
at 10 o'clock a. m. sharp
c OF t A G. e HOUSE

House Just repaired and in fine shape,
shed and barn attached, This place is
located opposite the residence of +. II.
Godfrey and is one of the best locations
on Main street
ONE SHUBERT PIANo-This upright
piano is one of the best; can be seen ut
any time before the sale at f. d. Barnes
house.
FURNITURE - One old mahogany
lounge fine one; chairs, old and mod
ern, of all kinds; ] reclining or couch
chair, a good one; tin and earthen ware
of all kinds patent vegetable cooker,
milk pail, bread mixer, wash tub and
board, a large assortment Of crockery,
glassware of all descriptions; silyerware,
knives, forks, spoons, silver set of but
ter dish, sugar bowl, spoon holder, sauce
or fruit dish, and many other pieces.
GR0CERIES-Tea, canned goods, pre-
serves, pickles, and many other things
not mentioned.
Take notice that we have the finest and
best lot Of fancy crockery and glassware
for sale. Will make beautiful Christmas
presents. Some old relies. Guns of olden
times The ladies are especially invited
to attend this sale. Remember the date,
Saturday, Dec ID, 1918, Mt 10 o'clock
sharp. Place, in the store opposite the
postoffice, Chelsea Terms at sale
E. D. BARNES, Owner.
B. H. ADAMS, Auctioneer.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-11
Our Western contemnoraries.

Montgomery. Demoerat-Tom Stout
has put in a hello box.
Cberbusco Truth Miss Pinky Slim.
mer sung duet in the Newlight choir
last Sunday.
Arkansas Gazette George Ezekiel
Sands spent day and dime in Little
Rock Tuesday. Call again George.
Walton Times-Miss Eupbemia Per
lSins was engaged to fellow with a
wooden leg but he broke it off Boston
Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-11
In LOCAL
MARKETS
Fresh Eggs Now Are Easier
at 70@75c Per
Dozen
BUTTER VERY FIRM
81 CENTS POUND
Dressed Pork and Potatoes
Are Quiet-Chickens
36(040c

Barre, VT, Dec. IL, 1918.
sFresh eggs easier. Dressed pork quiet.
Butter very firm. Wholesale quotations:
Dressed pork Plenty at gle.
Veals--l7 @22c.
Lambs--25@26c.
Fowls-33@35e.
Chickens -36040c.
Fresh eggs-70@75c.
Butter-Firm at 62c.
Potatoes-Quiet at $l.25.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-11

Only one Vermonter is mentioned
among the names of New England
wounded who were brought overseas to
Camp Devens, arriving Monday and Tues
day. He is Pvt, Francis w. Maley Of
Fl company, l02d infantry, Fair Haven.