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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-02-05
DEDHAM.

w. q. Stone, recently from Camp Crane,
Pc. is visiting his iatherin-law, F. W.
Fogg.
Mrs. Ella BurriE is spending few
weeks in Brewer with her sons Harold
ana Leslie.
last week in the interest of the W estern
Electric Power & Light Co.
Wilbur Moore died of pneumonia Jan.
26, leaving wife and three children, = ho
have the sympathy of ALL MIR. Moore
contracted his Illness white caring Tor
neigh bors who were Ill OF influenza.
New Century grange held an alI-day
session Jan. %. Reports OF officers, and
other matters OF business took the time
OF the morning session. Dinner was
served at noon In the afternoon the Off
GERS were installed by Mary NJ. Burrill,
assisted by Msude Brewster and George
G. Gray. The literary program included
readings by Hattie Miller ana Marcia
Blood; pageant, "At the Altar of Free
DOM" by seven young people, directed by
Ella Gray; reading, Gertrude Wakefield;
solo, Alta Black; extract from Roosevelts
last speech, Maurice Miller; news from
our boys in service, by their parents, in
Guiding reports from Raymond Cook,
Everett Cook, Walter Gray, Silas Burton
and Browne Richardson, the six OF our
members nov in France or in camp, sing
ing. "Hone. Sweet Homs"; remarks by
Warren Miller, j. +. Cowlhg. Walter
Stone. K. II. Burrill and others, on grange
topics.
Jan. q. b.
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WEST FRANKLIN.

Miss Goldie Hardison was a week end
guest of her sister in Brewer.
Mrs. Harry Coombs and daughter Tena
visited in Ellsworth Falls last week.
Miss Adah Savage was business visitor
in Machias last week.
The Frenchman's Bay Lumber Co. is
adding to its already large force of
tea ms.
Miss Marjorie Coombs mas gone to
Portland to visit her sister, Mrs.
Maynard Hodgkins.
Harold Worcester has received his
honorable discharge, and is home from
Camp Devens.
Master Donald Merchant, who has
been aith his grandparents at Beechland
several weeks, has returned home.
Elmer Williams aud wife of Bar Harbor
are visiting Mir. Williams sister, Mrs.
d. E. Smith.
c. L. Coombs and son have done a
rushing business getting out bases since
the return of Forrest from Camp Devens.
John Dyer and wife were here from
Ellsworth Friday, moving their house
hold goods from the house they sold
Boyd Robertson year ago, and which
has been purchased OF Mrs. Robertson
by Irving Rollins, who is moving in
to-day.
Feb ECHO.
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WALTHA NJ.
Feb. 3d.,

Mrs. LeeE Msgoon Of Aurora is with
her grandmother, Mrs. A. 5. Jordan.
Mrs. Bertha +. Grant of Clifton is
employed by Thomas Turner.
Dora, wife OF William II. Kemp, died
Jan. 26, after a short illness. She WAS
born in Aurora, where she lived until
some eight years ago, when the family
moved here. Mrs. Kemp was woman
of quiet disposition, kind neighbor and
friend, and devoted to her family. Her
death leaves vacant place in the home
circle tw nich can never lbe filled. ste
leaves besides her husband, five childreu-
Ivory IT,. who is in service oversees,
Mardel Valley, Alyilian Of this town and
Mrs. Vivian Strout OF Bradford. The
family has the sympathy OF all.
Feb. 3. l..
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MutuaI Benefit Coluiun.
EDITED BY "AUSr MaDGE".
It's Motto: "Helpft,l aud Hopeful

The purposes of this column are suecine
stated In the title and motto-it is for the nut -
benefit, and aims to be helpful and hopeful
Being for the common good, 1t is for the COM
mon use-a public servant. purveyor of in
formation and suggestion, a medium for the In
ferchauge of ideas. IL this capacity 1t sohcits
communications, and It's success depends largely
GU the support given 1t in this respect Com
munications must be signed, but the name OF
writer will not be printed excep, 10y permission
Communications will be subject to approval or
rejection by the editor of the column, hut noue
will be rejected without good reason. Address
all communications to
THE AMERICAN.
Ellsworth, Me.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-02-05
Grain Mixture No. I,
GIVE DAIRY BARN ATTENTION
Good Ventilation and Drainage Should
Ee Provided-Good Water Supply
Is Necessary.

The dairy barn should have plenty
of ventilation and a well drained con-
crete floor. Keeping the barn clean
necessitates good supply of water
with pressure. The stanchion method
of tying the cows aids greatly in com
fort and cleanliness Many dairy
barns nowadays have an automatic de-
vice for watering the cows. The usual
method is by a water cup which is
filled automatically, and which is
placed between the cows. A lid on
the cup keeps the water from getting
dirty and the cows soon get used to
raising it. This keeps ON hand a
large supply of clean water which re-
mains at practically the same tenn
perature.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-02-05
ANN.

II is treat, indeed, to. hear again from
Ann, ana to have glimpse oil she
pleasant times she is having TINS winter.
Saoie's letter of interest follows, as
was promised last week to be continued;
Now will You tell me, do you think or
believe snakes can charme When was
veung, people told me if saw snaNe TO
run for NV life, or it would charm me.
but as grew older grew skeptical. nave
read of serpents in foreign countries, when
in search of food. make some kind OF
a noise that will attract persons, aud they
will stand still. Then the snake will creep
slowly toward them and inject venom
into their ewes and then they are an easy
prey.
l have lived most of my life on farm,
where there are stone walls, rocks and Lodges,
and have seen most all kinds of snakes,
but they always seemed TO be in hurry
to get away. But will reiate an incident
that happened in my own family, more
than sixty years ago.
Near my home was old stone wall, and
beside it grew a quantity Of raspberry
bushes The cid settlers who had farms,
as fast as they ploughed out stones, did
not know what to do with them so they
enclosed their farms with them. Wire
fencing has taken its place on most farms,
lint there are some remnants of the walls.
One day, when the fruit was ripe, went to
gather some and took my little daughter
about three years OLD. with me, and gave her
a bright, new half pint dipper. (she is now
the widow of a Civil war veteran) The next
day she wanted to go again. AS it was in
7 he hgr
After awhile would cali her and she would
come. After that she wanted to 60 every
day.
One day, after she had been several days,
she remained longer than usual. called to
her two or three tunes, but she seemed re
luctant to come. After she started, she walked
slowly and kept looking back. AS she got
near the house, her grandfather met her and
she told him, Grandpa, there is my snake
AS he turned 20 look. there was seEpents
head above the grass, just as still, not NOV
ing at ALL II was in haying time. and he bad
his scythe in his hand. so he the scythe
under the snake and severed it in two.
The child began to cry, and said, 20, grand
pa you have hurt my spake!" l went out TO
see what she crying about, and she said
GRANDPA had hurt her snake. She was greatly
distressed and cried most of the day.
As her grandfather had been at work near
by, he heard her talking and laughing as she
was sitting by the wall. l questioned her
and she said 1.-The snake looked in her dipper,
then crawed on her bare feet laid his head
in her lap and she smoothed his head and he
laughed The next morning her grandfather
went out to remove the dead serpent, aud
there beside it was another just like it. 1t
started for the wall, but he caught up big
stone and disposed of that one. too. They
were hideous-looking reptiles with black
heads aud yellow bellies. | have never seen
any like them. They had heads diamond
shape. They were probably pair, and they
may have been hundred years old.
Now comes the question, did that snake
charm the child? She was not afraid of him
as most children are.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-02-05
NORTH CASTINE.

K,rlB. Dunbar has arrived home, after
len months in the service overseas.
Harvey Webster has returned from
visit with his brother Roy, in Isiesboro.
Cbauncey Lowell is visiting his grand
parents, f. +. Bridges and wife, in Rock
land.
Mrs. Roscoe ingalls, and children are
visiting her parents, Heroert ,rsy ana
wife at the Ciergue farm.
Mrs. Albert Mcintyre went TO Belfast
Saturday to meet her husband, who has
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-02-05
NORTH SEDGWICK.

County grange will be held mere Feb. Ii.
David Thurston and Ed. Nevells have
sold their oxen to John Thurston.
Albert Smith of Mount Desert spent
part OF the week at Curtis Young's.
Thomas Forbes and wife, who have
been i'll OF Influenza, are out.
Misses Elizabeth and Dorothy Cole OF
North BROOKLYN spent Sunday with their
aunt, Mrs. Roy Allen.
Rufus Ciosson and Eugene Young have
received their honorable discharge from
Camp Deyens, and are home.
Mrs. Annie Closson is in Biuehlli with
her neice, Mrs. Frank Leighton, who Is al
OF influenza.
Feb g. y.
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work is pleasure. / tell all my friends
who have any trouble of this kind what
lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound has done for me. NELLIE B.
BRIrTINGHAM, 600 Calverton Rd., Balti-
more, Nd.
1t is only natural for any woman to
dread the thought of an operation. So
many women have been restored to
health by this famous remedy, Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, after
an operation has been advised that 1T
will pay any woman who suffers from
such ailments to consider trying 1T be-
fore submitting to such trying ordeal.
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anpuitsgrseFrA
DO AWAY WITH INDIGESTION.
How TO Purify IA Sour, Distressed
Stomach Ia "a ew Minutes.

Let us talk plain Enelish. let US cali
spade spade. ,n,,
Your food ferments and youF stomseh ISL
strong enough 10 digest the food you put iuao
it, so the food sours aHd forms peisonuus
2 ssrs, and when II does leave Y'n stonA.n
Il has not furnished proper uVut ls u M ". :"
condition. A.. - man.
Take MILO ma stomach tablets II sou Wan nn
to change your filthy stomach 70 heaI'h''
clean. purihed one. ,...;or
IL Milo. ma fails 20 relieve your Iadigestoh,
rid YOU Il dizziness, bittOusness anu So
headache your dealer will cheeriuils ftuH"
your money. .xorg
II you want tn make your stomach so stIons
that it will digest hearty meal %lth"u- W
treSs and you want 10 be ~ithOnt ma
drow y. all IL ed oct feeling, take " i o-nH 1s
in shuala give you prompt .eiset f"r sAIe
BY Charles b. Alexander an1 ieau'ns
druggists
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-02-05
FEED GRAIN TO DAIRY COWS
Possible to Keep Average Animal in
Milk Flow by Giving Good Silage
and Alfalfa Hay.

tBy A. C. BAER, Department of Dairy
ing, Oklahoma A. and NJ. College. Still
water)
rs 1t necessary to feed grain to
dairy cows if We have silage and al
falfa hay?"
1t is possible to keep the average
dairy COW in milk flow with good sill
age and alfalfa hay. If the grain Is
left in the corn or kafir silage. these
feeds will make balanced ration for
milk production. 1t is advisable, how
ever, TO feed some grain TO cows CIV
ing 20 or more pounds of milk per day.
One pound of grain mixture for
every five pounds of milk when fed
with silage and alfalfa hay makes an
ideal ration,
Grain Mixture No. I.
parts grain chop.
parts bran.
part cottonseed meal
Grain Mixture No. 2.
2 parts ground kafir.
parts ground oats.
i part cottonseed meal.
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Westminster Gazette.)
Give me a good digestion, Lord,
And also something to digest;
But when or how that something comes,
leave to Thee, who knowest best.
Give me healthy body, Lord,
Give me the sense to keep it so,
Also heart that is not bored
Whatever work l have to do.
Give me healthy mind, good Lord.
That finds the good that lodges sight,
And, seeing sin, is not appalled,
But seeks way to put it right.
Give me point of view, good Lord,
Let me know what i. is and why,
Don't let me worry oyermnch
About the thing that's known as IL"
Give me a sense of humor, Lord,
Give me the power to see joke,
To get some happiness from life,
And pass it on to other folk.
Sent By Ann
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To The ". B. Sister, One and All:
isend greetings for a happy and prosperous
year, and may we all escape this terrible in
fuenza that has taken from all over our land
SO many good people. While the deaths of
the great war have been terrible, it has not
reached into SO many homes as the influenza.
1t has taken mothers who have been nee ed
so much. the fathers who have been the
bread winners. well as the young who
make our future citizens.
have enjoyed s. j. US chronicles so much
! also had the privilege of enjoying the lunch
hour with A. N. Y, daughter OF S. j. Y,
which was next to seeing her. Siace Leaving
Bluehill have visited many different places
and only wish could descrite some Of the
lovely things which l have seen / will tell
this, that another Buehili friend and Wis
tied Franklin Park Zoo and saw the auinals
and birds. We enjoyed seeing the elephants,
Moilie, Wsdda and Tony, they do such WON
derful tricks. / wished every one of my little
friends could have been with us that day as
well as the days before Christmas as wal ked
up Washington street, Boston. How / would
liked to have had them there to see the
lovely decorations,
Our winter is Hying fast-such a mild one
after the severe one of last year, that every
one is enjoying it. am glad that the siste rs
are helping you out so nicely. Aunt Madge
enjoy the column so much and turn to il
first Of all.
extend through our column love and syri.
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been in the service in France for twenty
months.
Mrs. Frank Witbam is out after q serious
illness. Miss Vivian Witham is still con-
fined to the house with bad foot.
Mrs. F. II. Guiliord and daughter
Elizabeth were guests OF Mrs. Frances
Marshall OF South Penobscot, last week.
Feb. !. q.
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SUNSET.
NNf-
Jan. q.

Sargent Bray is at home from Massa-
chusetts.
Lawrence Sellers has arrived home from
Camp Deveps.
Alden Stinson of Searsport Is visiting
friends here.
James Annis is visiting bis parents
Charles Annis and wife.
Jan. "a. SADIE.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-02-05
A Good Start for Cow Testing As
ISOLATION.

afford to own a good registered bull.
but the bull association has made II
possible for each of its members 10
own share in one. A farmer for
$50 may buy a scrub bull, but if five
farmers will join a bull association
and each invest $50 they may own
$3.50 pure-bred bull.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-02-05

kOdSt1CS2 t&sAt
aches and very
month would have to
stay in bed most of
the time. Treat
ments would relieve
me for a time but
my doctor was al
ways urging me to
have an operation.
MY sister asked me
to try Lydia E. Pink
b a ms Vegetable
Compound b eff or 9
consenting t o a n
operation. / took
FIVE bottles of it and
it has completely
cured me and my
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pathy to all who have IN any way, been
touched by sadness. to all the sick and shut
I'M, and to all of its readers send best re-
CARDS.
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THELMA,

Itching plies Prov Ike profanity but
profanity won't remove them. Doan's
Ointment is recommended for itching.
BILE eding or Protruding pile. soc at any
drug store.-Adu.
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advertisements,
DOCTOR URGED
AN OPERATION
Instead l took Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound
and Was Cured.

Baltimore, Md" Nearly four years
suffered from organic troubles. ner-
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Feb..1.
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SADIE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-30
Statesmen TO SCHOOL
Merchants Association VIII Offer
Modern Business Course.

With the modern business world
constantly clamoring for efficiency
and yet more efficiency, the sales
forces;fof the various merchant mem
bers Of the Topeka Retail Merchants
association are to be sent to school this
fall.
AS planned at present, there will
be two schools this year, each one
lasting, two days. The teachers of
these schools will be nationally promi-
nent lecturers and scientists of sales
manship.
Onel school will be presided over
by James Samuel Knox, president of
the Knox School of Salesmanship and
Business Efficiency. Knox will give
two consecutive lectures to the sales
people employed by members of the
Retail5 Merchants association and will
devote especial attention to the game
of craftsmanship as it touches the in
dividual clerk coming in contact with
the public over the counter.
The. other school will also last two
days, and George w. Davis of Toledo.
Ohio. will be the teacher.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-30
KITE LIKES AIR
He Says Honeymoon in Clouds
Is Great Trip.
Came From Larned to Topeka
in Five Hours.

Honeymo coming by airplane is a now
city now. but, according to Warren P.
Kite, who is experiencing it just now,
it will not be uncommon in a few
years.
Kite. with his bride, formerly Miss
Orpha Arnold of Larned, Kan, landed
at the Shawnee golf links at p. m.
Saturday and remained forty-five min
utes. They then resumed their jour-
ney eastward to Kites home, Spring
field, Mo-, via Kansas City.
II am no criterion on Homogeneous"
declared Kite. because this is my first
one. but, believe me, the airplane
route has it all over the Pullman car
system, even if you have an observa-
ton compartment on the tail end of
the train Mine for the cloud love
tours every time. 1t will not be very
long before all the boys will be pre-
ferring this method"
Mrs. Kite, who is a very pretty
young woman, and who looked quite
charming in her leather flying outfit,
agreed with her husband.
II think it's grand" she said. smil-
ing sweetly as she laid her hand gen.
tly on Kites tanned cheek. IT wouldn't
take honeymoon any other way. You
can't imag CINE how wonderful the SEN
sation is to be several thousand feet
up in the air with a brand new hus-
band plotting the plane"
The actual flying time from Larned
to Topeka was five hours. ten minutes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-30
WARD FOR GIRLS
DR.. Brown Wants To Check
Wanderers in Time.
5000 Saw SIT To Win" at
q Auditorium Sunday.

An attendance of about 5000 per-
sons was admitted to the exhibition of
Fit to Win" shown Sunday afternoon
and evening at the city auditorium by
the city board of health.
The discovery of a group of girls
who came to Topeka from the country
TO work, some of whom were infected
element of talk by DR.. Earl G.
Brown, city health officer. in discus
sion of what the health department is
doing in. cleaning up the city. The
girls are from the country or from
small towns None of them are So
not fully aware. of the dangerous pos
sibilities to which they have laid them
selves liable. A ringleader of the
group, II years old, has been sent
where she can be treated. The par
ents of these girls have no idea of the
1ndiscretions they have committed
while in Topeka, says Doctor Brown.
1t can not all be blamed on Topeka,
for many of them had learned few
things before they came to this city.
where of their own accord they will
remain until cured.
! Establish Ward Here.
|. Doctor Brown advocates the estab-
lishment of a ward in Topeka where
girls who are not wild, bad women, but
just young, weak, ignorant and reck-
less. and who really want to approach
nearer the straight and narrow. path,
may be taken care of while being
cured. They could be then placed I'M
der a better influence than at Lansing,
where women of all kinds are found.
A place where they would not come
urFder the influence of evil companions
or form associations with degraded
companions -. -. = -,
There may be philanthropic persons
in Topeka, says Doctor Brown, who
may become interested in establishing
such a place to cure. care for, and as
sist in replacing a girl on the right
path when she gets side tracked in the
struggle for a living in the city or fall
for various sorts of temptation allur-
ing, and attractive to the young and
inexperienced. - Il
Worse Than T.. B. -
DR.. A. B. Jeffrey has been quoted as
saying: s,.
I'VE have time to work for the ex-
termination of tuberculosis. and we
wage education campaigns against
! tuberculosis, but for venereaIs disease
we have no time to give. Yet Venereal
disease has caused more heart ache
and misery physically and morally
stop to think that so per cent of the
| operations performed on women in
! hospitals is for results. of the disease
1 it would seem that VeneFeal disease
/ was worth general atteAtionP q %
| The venereaI clinic now operated by
| the city health department is equipped
! to do a great deal of work and an i'm
lishmeI1t of a ward or hospital to care
4 for patients here would be another
4 thing that would help a great deal, il
4 the opinion of the authorities
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-30
PROBE A SUICIDE
DR.. Wilkins, Convicted Murder.
er, Hangs Himself in Jail.
Was To Have Been Sentenced
to Death Tomorrow.

Mineola. N. Y. June 30.-The man
ner in which DIR. Walter Keene VIII
kins came into possession of the rope
with which he hanged himself in the
bathroom of the Nassau county jail
here last night was the subject of an
Investigation begun here today by the
district attorney and other county of
ficials.~. Doctor wilkins, convicted last
Friday as the slayer of his wife, Julia
was to have been sentenced tomorrow
morning to death in the electric chair
at ing Sing prison.
Every precaution had been taken to
prevent Doctor Wilkins from obtain
ing anything with which he might at
tempt suicide and his jailers were I'm
able to explain how he came into
possession of the rope. which was new
One of the three letters written by
Doctor Wilkins just before he Aended
his life declared he was innocent Mrs
Julia Wilkins for whose death her htls-
band was held responsible, was beaten
to death on the night of February. n
last, in the driveway Of her, Long
Beach home. her skull fractured by a
hammer and a piece of lead pipe. ~
Doctor Wilkins informed the au-
thorities that both he and his wife
had been attacked by three burglars
whom they had surprised att work
when they returned home. 80;
81 am going to be my own .execu-
TONER the prisoner wrote :t.