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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-11-19
To Cure a Cold in One Day

Take LAXATIVE BROM0 QUININE
Tablets. 1t stops the Cough and
Headache and works off the Cold. Il,
w. GROVES signature on each box.
30c-adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-11-19
Same Mistake.

Wicks Back to town again2 I
thought you were farmer.
Hicks-You made the same mistake
/ did Boston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-11-19
SEVERAL FEET OF SNOW
And Winter Has Settled Down on
Western Newfoundland.

st. Johns, n. r., Nov l0--Reports
from Port Aux Basque and Gaif to
psail Indicate that winter has closed
down on the west coast Of Newfound-
land Heavy storms since Nov II have
brought several feet Of snow. Train
service, although delayed, has been
maintained by the use Of many rotary
plows.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-11-19
STEAMER SERVICE RESUMED.
Between Antwerp and st. John, Via
Cardiff.

St John, N. b., Nov. l9.--The service
between Antwerp and st. John, via
Cardiff, was inaugurated yesterday
with the arrival here of the Furness
Witty liner Messina She will load
general cargo for Antwerp.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-11-19

singing Of George Dodge and his sister,
Martha, who came 50 many times to
play and sing 70 him,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-26
INDIAN SUMMER.

When is Indian summer? This
question is repeatedly asked every au-
tumn.
Martha Bockee Flint in her "A Gar
den of Simples." refers to THE elusive
charm of those smoky days of Novem-
Der which we enjoy as Indian sum-
mer.
I'm Germany this season of re-
newed warmth is known as old Man S
Summer; but, including the feast OF
st. Martin on Nov. IL, the pSriod is
called in France, st. Martins Little
Summer
THE festival OF St. Martin was
sort of a harvest home, when fatted
poultry and cattle were killed, and the
casks of new wine were preached
Its celebration was really the perpet-
uation of the Roman vinalia, preserv-
ing many pagan rites. In England
also, he was a favorite OF the people
al noticed In the recurrence of the
name in London streets, and Martin
mas was a rural holiday of great in
terest.
1.-THE old Saxon ceremony OF sacri-
ficing oxen and sheep to the gods In
the late fall. which gave to November
It's name of Blot-monath. was contin-
ued in household economy. which then
laid down the meats sailed for winter
use. This provision. once made In
every farmhouse, is a custom which
now has but scant observance and IN
modern housekeeping there is but lit
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-26

as when distilled in the glow of an
August noon.
"The message of the fall is no
threnody over the dying year but a
glad prophecy of the renewed life
which is to come. The naples and
hickories had already written it on
the hills and now that the wind
sighed through the leafless trees, the
late-blooming flowers traced in the
sere grass the same joyous promise, an
illuminated text fairer than in any
missal of old.
The wych-hazel. which marks the
calendar for November. was true To
its own time. but as we broke for our
bow pot the angular gray branches
hung with little yellow tassels, they
had many unwonted associates. Three
species of goldenrod filled in the stiff
twigs with a soft BACKGROUND against
them were massed the feathery tufts
Of the pale purplish boneset, the Joe
Eye weed OF the Indian pharmacopoeia
its dull hue bringing out the more
vivid colors of the asters, which ran
through a chromatic scale from the
purple TO the pale lavender frost
flower. A handful OF frnged poly
gala, the bird in the air of Canadian
| children. and of Quaker Maids, the in
| nocence, or bluets, which in spring
whitens thin soiled pastures with It's
dainty bloom, We're gathered, and trail
ing stems OF the golden Powered and
the silver leafed cinquefoils, gave
grace to this November nosegay, while
floating over all were the airy umbels
of Queen Anne's lace. 1t is a pity tina:
so exquisite a flower, called also birds
nest. from the fuzzy concavities into
which the ripening seed vessels weave
themselves. should be best known as
the farmers pest, wild carrot.
There were many others OF the
same European descent. either waits
from neglected gardens or the weeds
which follow in the footsteps OF civil
ization. There was tansy with it's lacy
LEAKAGE, its clusters of yellow knobs
and its pungent odor. so priced in
"bitters." and motherwort and catniI
and mayweed and yarrow, never miss.
ing In the bundles OF physical herbs
hanging from the garrett beams OF
every ew England homestead, slim
ulated now to q new secretion of theil
healing juices and to a second flower
ing. Dandelions cleaned on the short
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-26
He Made the Large Flowering Kinds
Popular Everywhere

Gradually they were displaced by
ether plants until there was not
single Gamma in my little home garden.
Noticing the absence of cannas and
the fact THAI there was little vacant
space in the garden. my visitor kindly
offered few of his new productions.
and 1 have mentally thanked him
many times. The four new cannas
are certainly beauties. and another
season there will be a good sized bed
made up of the various new varieties.
Snow Queen, not quite four feet in
height with me, is by all odds the best
white Gamma I Save ever seen. The
plants are robust and free Towering.
and the large white flowers in a row.
backed by the President, accentuate
the color of that variety and show to
good advantage the delicate shade of
Morning Glow, lined up in the row at
the front of the he'd.
The flowers of Snow Queen were
fully six inches across or larger. with
petals two and a half Inches wide, in
large, erect clusters.
The President, in plant. resembles
Snow Queen. The flowers are borne
III Siuolcio OIl CicSN SldihS wen dboNt
the foliage. 1t is a splendid scarlet
bedder and the flowers are firm and
keep for a considerable time when cut.
The flowers were produced so freely
that they We're used for cutting.
Morning Glow grows about the same
height as Snow Queen and the Presi-
dent, so they can be used in combina
ton in bedding The foliage of the
first two is a deep, rich green, while
that of Morning Glow is more of an
olive green. veined with bronze. The
flowers are a soft. light pink, shading
to orange in the centre. and are quite
as large as the others, borne in plumes
well above the foliage.
City Of Portland, the fourth variety,
fits In we'll with the others, as the
Eabit and size of the plant is quite
the same. The large pink flowers top
the plants In quite the same manner.
To grow cannas to perfection work
the soil deep and make 1t rich. Cannas
are rank growers and consequently
gross feeders and require plenty of
moisture. Plant the tubers from IS
to "a inches apart.-EDwARp c. VIcK.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-26

Those who have not been able to sue
cessfully flower tulips in the window
garden should try q few single and a
few double tulips in bowls of fibre.
Set the bowls in a cool. dark place
for two or three months. They will
not start to grow FOR three months il
kept sufficiently cool. Do not allow
The fibre to dry out.
Planted now and kept properly, the
bowl will be filed with roots by Janu-
airy or February.
Do not use bowls that are too large
for the number Of bulbs they contain.
When ready to start growth place
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-26
WINTERING FOUR O'CLOCKs.

A garden enthusiast OF Hartford
Conn, wishes to know how to winter
roots Of Four o'Clocks.
Mirabills jalapa is called Marvel of
Peru or Four O'Clock. The flowers
expand about o'clock and fade the
next morning. The French call It
beauty of the night
1t is a we'll branched plant about
two feet in height with good foliage
and fragrant flowers of fine colors and
markings. 1t makes a good summer
low hedge II the plants are set about
a foot apart. For bedding the plants
should be set two feet apart.
The mirabilis is generally treated as
a half hardy annual, the seeds sown
In the open ground early in the spring
where the plants are to remain. The
roots, however, may be taken up IN
the autumn and wintered over the
same as dahlias.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-26

Great Spirit who, pleased with his
children and with the gifts of the
closing year stretched himself on the
Hills for repose.
THE Indians chose this time to at
tack the new settlers, and every from
tiersman was on the alert. Women
and children covered behind the logs
of their cabins, or IN warm dugouts,
and welcomed the SHOWS which gave
them brief security.
But the origin OF the name, or the
exact time. be it in October or No
vember, of these truly halcyon days
Is OF little moment. Every year, be it
earlier or later. for longer or shorter
period. there comes to us a respite
from frost and the chill of approach
Ing winter, There is a continuance
or a renewal of plant life which en-
phasizes the fact that our vegetation
never dies. Ever in its hours OF deep
est .slumber, the subtle forces which
build the new life are working, and
the plant may produce its eliminating
bloom under the most adverse circum-
stances.
"One who has picked dandelions and
starry chickweed in January and seen
the purple hepatica throw back its
furry hood In mid February will not
dispute ThoIeau's assertion that even
in our northern climate, some wild
plant is blossoming in every month
of the year. A warm or rainy fall
prolongs or repeats the Towering sea-
son and often carries the blooms OF
September to meet the winter.
80 it happened that in a ramble
over the Connecticut hills. near Suf-
field. one day in early November, the
various belated flowers were counted
and while sauntering along Lovers
Lane, the narrow roadway shut in by
a tangled thicket of hazel, sumach and
white-berried dogwood. rising above
the underground Of sweet fern and
huckleberry bushes, through this lane
and over the swamp lot to the pine
woods, fifty distinct species were gath
cred while more careful search
would certainly have added to the
number. Nor were they struggling
depauperate specimens plainly born
out of time; the goldenrod tossed its
plumes as gaily. the asters smiled as
brightly as when first opening TO the
summer sunshine, the orchis and the
pyrola breathed a fragrance as sweet
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-26

TWAS favored by a visit from An
tome Winter and his son the past
season. Mr.. Winter has origi-
mated more good Towering cannas
than any other individual.
Antoine Winter is an Alsatian who
has spent most Of his life in America,
his country by adoption. He is the
vice president of the Conard & Jones
Company. West Grove, Pa. where he
has originated more than 100 large
Towering cannas. For several years
DIR. w. Won Fleet. now Of the United
States Agricultural Department was
associated with Mr.. Winter in his
hybridizing work.
A hundred new and good cannas is
a wonderful accomplishment for one
mans lifetime, representing palms.
taking work that the ordinary individ-
ual cannot comprehend.
had the Gamma fever some years
ago and tried all the new cannas.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-26
BLANCHING CELERY.

In the small garden blanching can
be done with earth by drawing the soil
up close to the plants. At first only
little soil should be placed against the
celery; but gradually the soil level
should be raised until only the tops Of
the plants are exposed. After this
stage has been reached, from one 10
two weeks will be necessary to blanCh
the crop properly. The earth should
be packed closely about the plants or
the blanching period will be longer.
1t is not necessary to have the crop
mature before blanching, as both proc
esses can go on at the same time
Ten inch boards or heavy paper can
be used in place of earth If desired
The boards must be close TO the plants
and supported or braced by stakes
driven in the ground at frequent in.
tervals.
The late crop of celery Is sometimes
blanched in storage. An old hotoed
or trench can be used. The plants
should be completely covered TO pro.
tect them from severe weather and to
keep out the light. In order to blanch
in storage it is necessary TO harvest
the crop with some of the roots re-
naming, since growth, although slow
at this time, must continue if the best
quality Of celery is to be produced,
In THE Complete Gardener and
Florist" seventh edition, published BY
William H. Graham. Tribune building,
New York, 1S47, egg plant is classsd
with plants for the flower garden.
1T is an annual, growing about
foot high, and in June or July produces
white or violet colored flowers, which
are succeeded by its singular looking
fruit, which is said to be eaten when
the plant is indigenous II is raised
from seeds. 1t should be sown on
rich light soil. but It does well IN
pots."
There are numerous errors in ne
spelling Of Towering plants. It seems
strange that the book should run
through six editions without the au-
thor's attention having been called 10
them. It contains $50 pages. bound
t. boards, and sold for twenty-five
cents. A soiled copy at this late date
was eagerly purchased at the original
price at a second hand book shop.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-26
NO MORE SNOWDROPs.

Before the last patches OF snow DIS
appear in the spring the snowdrop lifts
its head, and from then on the bulb
lover has a constant succession of
blooms"
The quotation is from the special
Information service of the United
States Department of Agriculture. The
service evidently has not heard that
last July the Federal Horticultural
Board said mix on the snowdrop,"
which is to never, never never again
lift its head from the patches where
the snow has disappeared-that is, not
in the United States.
The Agriculture Department writer.
like thousands of others. could see no
reason for excluding the snowdrop.
but the Federal Horticultural Board
members do not claim to be horticul-
turists. Politics placed them on the
board that bellies its name, and so the
poetry of the snowdrop In America has
been put to rest.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-26

Old blankets. tarpaulins, socks,
straw, paper and various other ma
terials may be used for covering to
save the vegetables that are imma-
ture. After the first frosts there is
generally a return to normal tempera-
ture for time. during which the veg.
etables that have been protected will
continue to grow and ripen.
Cabbage and turnips are not in,
jured by ordinary frosts and carrots
parsnips and satisfy are improved b,
freezing.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-26

turf like scattered coins, two species OF
chickweed, three of buttercups and
the shepherds purse of worldwide dis
tribution, were abundant; the slender
melilot shed an intenser perfume than
when it opened in June; the corn
cookie wore as gaudy a dress as II
still glinting through the stalks Of
bronzed wheat; the bladder campion
shook its green belled calyxes and the
nightblooming, pink, half hidden I'M
der a crimson bramble bush, had not
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-26

yet closed its creamy flowers. The
clovers We're renewing their youth;
adventurous bumblebees, their winter
quarters still unsought, buzzed about
the honeyed red blossoms, and hive
bees slipped the nectar of white clover;
the yellow hop clover and the rabbits
tail or pussy clover" soft and sill
very gray as the paws of Maltese
kitten, hung over the edge of a
shaly bank.
But the supreme gift of the fall,
that which not seen, leaves the year
uncrowned and ones memory the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-26

them in the part of the cellar where
the hester is located and let the To-
liage start before placing them in full
light.
Do not keep them in temperature
over about 65 deg. when placed in the
light.
By following these directions, perfect
flowers on stems Of proper length
should result.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-26

Potted bulbs that throw up sprouts
from two to three inches long before
the roots have filed the pots have been
kept too warm.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-26

Leaves contain relatively large
amounts of potash. Use them as q
winter mulct and spade them under
in the spring.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-26

Narcissi, in pots, require about five
weeks to develop flowers, after they
are brought into full light. Hyacinths
and tulips take little longer Paper
white narcissi require only about four
weeks.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-26

autumn, ~ keep them from whipping
about with the wind during winter
and to give them a good straight start
in the spring.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-26
LARGE ASPARAGUS ROOTS

For quick results. 6-yr. roots, $500 per
100, $500 per 1000; Ayr. roots 81, so per
100 $1,000 per 1000. Also STRAWBERRY,
RASPBERRY, BLACKBERRY, GOOSE
BERRY, CURRANT, GRAPE, RHUBARB
PLANTS. FRUIT TREES and SHRUBS for
fall planting. Catalogue free. HARRY l.
sQUIRES, Good Ground. N. Y.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-26
RHUBARB WINE.

A recipe for rhubarb wine Is asked
for. Here are two old recipes:
No. l.
To each gallon OF Juice add one
gallon of water in which seven pounds
OF brown sugar has been dissolved.
Fill a key. leaving the bung out. and
keep 1t filled with sweetened water as
1t works over until clear. Let the
wine stand in the keg until spring and
then bottle.
No. 2.
Cut in cubes and crush five pounds
of rhubarb. Add the yellow rind of
a lemon and one gallon of water and
let stand covered two days. Strain off
the liquid and add four pounds OF
sugar. Put in small cask. covering the
bung hole with muslin, and let work
two or three days. Then bottle.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-26

Dry dahlias and cannas day OF two
In the open air before putting the
tubers away for winter.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-26
lTZER THE WIZARD OF THE LARGE PIONEERING GAMMA
Acres of New Beautiful Flowering Can.
mas Grown in These Gardens

poorer, is the fringed gentian, who's.
twisted buds open to the September
sun, and rarely as now brave tha
winds of November. The gentian js a
typical wild flower, resenting cultiva-
ton, shy and capricious in habit I,
may be sought through the llyelorg
day, and turning you have at yonr
feet dozen erect stems raising thor
flowers to the sunshine. One vear
a low meadow will be blue as tho sl,
above, the next not one Is to be found
But the flower itself is open heartoa
and frank in expression, gladly giving
its message of cheer, quite unlike ia
sister, the closed gentian, whose vase.
shaped, dark purplish blue buds never
open. They puzzle their new ac.
quaintance, who vainly watches for
their unfolding, and their sinister
aspect might repel even their trpo
lover and tempt him to relegate thon,
to a place among the mystic herbs
gathered in full o'rhoon for witch,
cauldron. If, as has been said, thera
is flower for every mood Of tina
mind they may we'll represent tha
darkest and most secretlve phases NJ
character.
But the late blooming flowers ara
only an incidental. not an inheren;
feature of the Indian summer IFS
color scheme is in the russet and ma.
room of the persistent oak leaves. in
the sere grass and the sober monotone
of the cornfield stubble, further sub
dued in the smoky light. Other charms
are in the slender tracery OF leaness
trees thrown in silhouette against the
sky. The rough outline OF the hills
breaks the horizon curve more sharply
and the contour Of the rock Masses
comes out in bossy relief One onlv
learns the true topography Of thu
country when the leaves are fallen.
These rustling leaves strew the ground.
scattered ankle deep, blown into wind
ows, lying in damp heaps, diffusing
that racy. tonic odor which is the
quintessence of the forest growth.
Now, as approach the short solstitial
days, begin the greenish primrose hued
skies of sunset-with that slowly fad
ing yellow afterglow suffusng the air.
dim with that purple haze which gives
tc Indian summer its subtle charm.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-26

Practical work in the vegetable
garden and a short course in poultry
keeping are among those offered from
November to February 10 at the
State College of Agriculture. Ithaca.
These courses are free TO residents Of:
New York State and are open 10
any person of IS years of age or
more
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-26

HARDY PERENNIAIS.
Strong seedlings. hardy psrcrn, as WI!
bloom next season: best 10 varieties
cents per dozen; 81 per 100 p1s'raL
+. =. WIEBE, East Greenwich. X. l.
Arizona republican., 1919-12-21

confinement there is subject constitutional ob jeoston as cruel and unusual punishment The jail is not susceptible of improvement.
 The county jail be improved by enlargng it. It has already been space origin ally designed for it that i formerly used for the territorial library. Use has also to be made a disease breeding
 Conditions be improved by further patching, but the house has already been patched until it has become unsightly pile and still there is lack os all the offices. There modern and adequate hall So if eventually, why possible?
 The Republican the last six years has urged the construction of a joint administration building for the city and neverfso badly needed it is this time will |be worse year and still the year after and until have it.
 There time when business men along Wash ingon street opposed the abandonment of those sites by the city and the They believed that proxi mity to these public offices was an advantage them do think this is so We why postoffice any other place where a number of people may be advantageous fruit stand but it be great benefit any business in a city any size Usually vicinity such public offices comes be deserted by business
 We believe that within dozen years both the city hall the house detrimental that Washington which they located that they contributed in considerable measure to the extension of the business district in other directions.
 Both should be relocated outside the busi- district and the that done the better will be for the city county city business.
Arizona republican., 1919-12-21
GERMAN TEARS

Germany is weeping again. She has wept many times since the armistice She will still in the future For. by her she hopes dissolve the close association of America and the allies
 If the separation comes, Germany's future action will clear. Preparation revenge be safely begun All of Germanys plans revenge depend Americas future attitude toward the proven democracies of Europe
 Let it become known that America is indifferent to her former comrades in arms and the junkers pan Germans will soon be back into power They best fitted to direct a policy of revenge. Once America drops out, they will drop in.
 So, Germany weeps over the protocol to the peace treaty. protocol is treatys postscript. ire quently do treaties have postscrpts that protocol has been adopted describe Yet, Germany bemoans the postscript the treaty if the allies threatened her with new tor instrument.
 Often since the last shot of the the Ger mans appealed for compassion Only by arousing pity the fallen of Prussan mitarsm hope to rise again. That is what Germany means by compassion.
 America is far removed from contact with Ger many. America is not familiar with many of Flu ropes complex problems Most Americas attention is necessarily fixed a home. Therefore the Germans hope to wiring leniency America be it by bewailing protocol by whatever will to draw German