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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-02-11
Newport Plant a Busy Place.

Borden's Condensed Milk factory is
probably the busiest of Newports fac
tories at the present time. The past
year showed 72 employees as against IL
employees Is months ago. There are
two full crews working, one days and
the other nights, and this includes milk
teams that are hauling nights as we'll as
the teams that are working days. Satur-
day morning when the day crew came TO
work they found five carloads OF MILK
from the farms ready to be put through
the factory. The daily output OF this
plant was on Jan. 81, 1919, 1854 cases,
each case containing 4S cans, ss con-
trastsd with the output per day 10
months ago which was from 175 cases TO
200 cases. These figures mean that at
the present time the factory Is banding
100, 900 pounds of milk per day and using
Is, 900 pounds of sugar as compared with
10000 pounds of milk and 34OO pounds
of sugar the daily requirements 10
months ago. As the visitor passes
through the factory be finds everyone
busy, and we'll they may be when IL Is
considered that there are being niied
here one carload OF cans OF CONDENSED
milk every day and q half and that tne
output of this plant requires . carload OF
sugar every three days. On Feb. lst the
company commenced to load on cars
goyernme eut order for 5000 cases OF milk
20 be sent to foreign ports. 1t is under
stood for Belgian Relief. Superintend-
ent e. E. Waters Is q very busy man,
who saws that be is on duty more or less
for "a hours In the day, Sundays In
cludsd. ,,
The Newport branch OF the Barden's
factory has recently installed new
Moionnisr tester, for ascertaining the
exact proportion of butter fat and total
solids in the manufactured product.
here test is made from every batch OF
milk that is processed, thus insuring the
uniformity Of the product. This tester
is run BY electricity, and Is very inter.
sstipg and highly efficient piece OF
machinery. Owing to the increase OF
business in this factory 1t has been de.
cided to erect new Office on the west
end of the factory early in the spring,
thus giving much needed room for the
clsricsl work and also allowing the pres
eut Office space to be taken into the
factory proper.
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CHAPTER TX.
1 Enter Reluium.


J. have said 1t was about the
eighteenth day after my escape that
I entered Belgium. nut that Is more
or less guess work. was possibly
well into that couEtrv before real
lied that had crossed the line.
About the third day after / figured
was in Belgium ! started to swim
a canal just before daylight. I was
then heading due north in the direc-
ton of the GermaG lines. was just
lbout the wade into the canal when
heard q German yelling violently,
and for the first time I knew was
being followed.
ran up the bank Of the canal quite
q distance and then swan to the op-
posite side, as l reasoned they would
not be looking for me there. / found
a sheltered clump of bushes that were
in swamp near the canal and In the
driest part that could find crawled
in and made myself as comfortable
as possible. The sun come up soon
ard kept me warm, and I planned to
camp right there, food or no food,
until the Hun got tired Of searching
for me. think heard them once
or twice that day, and my heart nearly
stopped on each occasion, but evil
IDENTIFY they decided to look In some
other direction and I was not further
molested.
At the same time I figured that 1t
was absolutely necessary for me to
change my course, even at the ex-
gense of going somewhat out OF my
way. l decided to go due west and
l kept in that direction for four days.
AS 1 was in very weak condition.
did not cover more than FIVE miles
night. I kept away from the roads
and did all my journeying through
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Ancient Time Recorders.

Perhaps the first reference to At
tempts to reckon time by mechanical
means Is found In Isaiah 1873, written
supposedly about 713 B. O.. "the sun
dial of Ahaz." Pliny says that Anaxi.
mander invented q sun dial about 600
B. C. The first sun dial at Rome was
placed in the Temple Of Quirinus,
about 29S B. c., when time was divided
into hours. The clepsydra, or water
clock, was the next time recorder In
vented.
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me the farther I went, and all the
time had before me the spectre OF
that electric barrier between Belgium
and Holland, even If ever reached
there alive. What was the use OF
further suffering when I would prob
ably be captured in the end anyway
Before giving up, however, / decided
upon one bold move. would ap-
proach one of the houses In the VI
cinity and get food there or die IN
the effort.
I picked out a small house because
I figured there would be less likeli-
hood of soldiers being billeted there.
Then wrapped stone in my khaki
handkerchief as sort of camoufaged
weapon, determined to kill the occu'
pant of the house, German or Belgian,
if that step was necessary In order
to get food. tried the well In the
ward, but 1t would not work, and then
l went up to the door and knocked.
It was / o'clock in the morning. An
old lady came to the window and
looked out. She could not imagine
what I was, probably. because I was
still attired In that old Overcoat. she
gave q cry and her husband and q
boy came to the door.
They could not speak English and /
could not speak Flemish, but I pointed
to my flying coat and then to the sky
and said "Fleger" (fier). which 1
thought would tell them what I was.
Whether they understood or were
intimidated by the hard-looking ap-
pearance, I don't know, but certainly
It would have to be brave old man
and boy who would start an argument
with such a villainous looking char
acter as stood before them that night
I had not shaved for month, my
clothes were wet, torn and dirty. my
leggings were gone-they had gotten
so heavy I had to discard them-my
hair was matted and my cheeks were
flushed with fever. In my hand l
carried the rock in my handkerchief
and made no effort to conceal its
presence or Its mission.
Anyway. they motioned me indoors.
gave me my first hot meal In more
] than q MONTH True, 1t consisted only
lof warm potatoes. They had been
previously cooked. but the old woman
warmed them up In milk In one OF the
dIrtlest kettles I had ever seen. l
asked for bread, but she shook her
head, although I think 1t must have
been for lack of 1t rather than be-
cause she begrudged 1t to me. For
II ever a man showed he was finished,
| 1 did that night l swallowed those
warm potatoes .ravenously and / drank
four glasses Of water, one after an
other. It was the best meal / had had
| since the ''banQuet" in the prison at
| Courtrai.
| The woman Of the house was prob
ably seventy-f1ve years old and mao
evidently worn wooden shoes all ner
life, for she had a callous spot on the
side Of her foot the size of half Q dol
lar and Il looked 30 hard that / doupt
whether you could have driven Q naii
1 into It With hammerl
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creased my chances Of capture. In
my lucid intervals when realized that
I had been talking, the thought sent
a chill through me, because In the
silent night even the slightest sound
carries far across the Belgian country.
I began to fear that another day OF
this would about finish me.
I have a distinct recollection OF
ridiculous conversation I carried on
with an imaginary Pat OBrien..a
sort of duplicate Of myself. l argued
with him as I marched drearily along
and he answered me back In kind,
md when we disagreed, called upon
my one constant friend. the North
Star, to stand by me.
'There you are, you old North Star,"
cried aloud. "You want me to get
to Holland, don't you? But this Pat
OBrien-this Pat O'Brein who calls
himself q soldier-he's got yellow
streak-North Star-and he says 1t
can't be done! He wants me to quit
to lie down here for the Huns to
find me and take me back to Cour-
trai-after all you've done, North
Star? 1 don't want to follow him-1
Just want to follow you-because you
you are taking me away from the
Huns and this Pat O'Brien-this fel.
low who keeps after me all the time
and leans on my neck and wants me
to lie down-this yellow Pat O'Brein
wants me to 60 back to the Huns!"
After a spell Of foolish chatter like
that my senses would come back to
me for q while and would trudge
along without word until the fever
came on me again.
knew that I had to have food be-
cause / was about on my last legs. l
was very much tempted to lie down
then and there and call 1t beat.
Things seemed to be getting worse for
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-02-11
Rich Rhine Country.

Strange to say, the fine grapes are
grown on the eastern slopes Of the
Rhine and the choicest varieties, as
Johannisburger and Steinberger. are
produced higher up the river, south OF
the Rhine province. It ID, neverthe'
less, the land Of the vine. especially
the Moselle valley. The substantial
claim of the province is Its mineral
wealth.
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Diagram Showing How o'Brien Lost
Precious Hours by Swimming a Rlv.
er and Later Finding That He Was
on the Wrong Side and Had to Swim
Back.
as far, as I could see, the road was
lined with German soldiers! What
they were doing in that part OF Bel
GUM did not know, but you can be
mighty sure I didn't spend any time
trying to find out.
Again 1t was necessary to change
my course and lose certain amount
of ground, but by this time I had be-
come fairly well reconciled to these
reverses and they did not depress me
rs much as they did at first.
At this period Of my adventure, If
day or night passed without its thrill
I began to feel almost diappointed,
but such disappointments were
rather rare.
One evening as I was about to swim
a canal about two hundred feet wide,
I suddenly noticed about one hundred
wards away canal boat moored TO
| the side.
It was at a sort Of out-of-the-way
place and I wondered what the canal
boat had stopped for. l crawled up
to see. AS neared the boat FIVE men
were leaving 1t and / noticed them
cross over into the fields. At a safe
distance 1 followed them and they had
not gone very far before / saw what
| they were after. They were commit
| ting the common but heinous crime OF
| stealing potatoes!
Without the means to cook them,
| potatoes didn't interest me Dit anu
| thought that the boat Itself would
| probably yield me more than the po-
/ tato patch. Knowing the canal,hands
would probably take their time In the
fields, I climbed up the stern OF the
boat leIsurely and without any partic'
ular plans to conceal myself. Just as
my head appeared above the stern OF
the boat I saw silhouetted against
the sky, the dread outline OF Ger
man soldier-spiked helmet and all J
A chill ran down my spine as
dropped to the bank Of the canal and
SUNK away. Evidently the sentry hao
not seen me or, II he had, he had prob
ably figured that / was one OF the
for ging party, but ! realized that II
wouldn't pay in future to take any
th sg for granted.
Continued next week
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Map Showing the progress o'orieh
Made In Passing Out OF Luxembourg
Into Belgium. The Heavy Dotted
Line Shows the Course of That Part
Of His Journey Toward Holland.
fields, beet patches, woods. swamps-
anywhere provided was not likely
to be seen and captured. Food was
an important consideration to me, but
it was secondary to concealment
At last brought up at the Meuse
river at q place between Namur and
Huy, and 1t was here that came near
est Of all to giving up the struggle.
The Meuse at this point Is about
half a mile wide-as wide as the Hud-
son River at West Point. Had been
in normal condition / wouldn't have
hesitated moment to swim across.
San Diego bay, California, is a mile
and half wide, and l had often swan
across and back. and the San Joaquin
which Is also mile and half wide,
had never proven an obstacle to me.
In the wretched shape In which l
rhen was, however, the Meuse looked
like the Atlantic ocean to me. l
looked for boat, but could find none.
tried to get piece Of wood upon
which I hoped to ferry across, but
was equally unsuccessful.
Get across I must, and / decided
there was nothing to do but to swim.
It was then about 8 o'clock in the
morning. l waded In and was soon
in beyond my depth and had to swim.
After about an hour Of 1t ! was very
much exhausted, and I doubted
whether could make the opposite
bank, although 1t was not more than
thirty or forty feet away. I choked
and gasped, and my arms and legs
were completely tagged out. sank a
little and tried to touch bottom with
NV feet, but the water was still be-
yond my depth.
There are times when everyone Will
pray, and i was no exception. l
prayed for strength to make those
few wicked yards, and then, with oil
the viii power could summon. struck
out for dear life. 1t seemed life
time before I finally felt the welcome
mud of bottom and was able to drag
myself up to the bank, but / got there.
The bank was rather high and l was
shaking so violently that when l took
hold of the grass to pull myself up,
the grass shook out of my hands. !
could not retain my grip. was afraid
I would faint then and there, but
kept pulling and crawling franticaliy
up that Internal bank and finally
made 1t.
Then for the first time in my life
fainted-fainted from utter exhaus'
tion.
II was now about o'clock In the
morning and / was entirely unpro.
tected from observation. II anyone
| had come along I would have been
found lying there dead to the world.
Possibly two hours passed before
regained consciousness, and then, nc
doubt, only because the rain was
beating in my face.
knew that I had to get away al
1T was broad daylight. Moreover
there was a tow-path right there ano
any minute boat might come along
and find me. But 1t was equally
dangerous for me to attempt to travel
livery far. Fortunately / found some
shrubbery near by and I hid there all
day, without food or drink.
That night / made q little heao'
way, but when day broke / had 9
dreadful fever and was delirious.
talked to myself and thereby -
~
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chanued Cars

A little girl was greatly pleased over
the opportunity to accompany her
mother on a visit to the city, where
they spent a few days, and upon her
return to her home she said: "Oh. dad
dy, we had such nice time; we went
in the sleeper and We came home In
the sitter"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-02-11
aaal Merlt Manifest.

Real merit of any kind cannot long
be concealed; 1t will be discovered. and
nothing can depreciate 1t but q mans
exhibiting 1t himself. It may not al
ways be rewarded as 1t ought but It
will always be known.-Chesterheld.
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sooe Rata.

Lantz makes the amazing estimate
that the progeny Of single couple (of
rats), II undestroyed, would number
100000 In three years, and this
number IL even below the theoretic As.
ures-Scientihc American Supplement
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POULTRY IS PROFITABLE.

The records of the December contes-
tsnts all show q profit per egg over the
coat of feed, with but one exception.
The greatest profit, 6.6 cents per egg pro
duced was made by Miss Sadie A. Hill,
Newfisld, although there were 10 con-
tsstanss who made profit Of over cents
per egg, or SO cents per dozen, over the
cost of feed. The above figures shoy con-
clusiyely that poultry raising Is very
rofitable business at the present time
and that 1t Is possible to make money in
the production of market eggs, II you
follow the correct methods OF manage
msnt, feeding and housing. All of these
results were obtained in open front,
Orono type houses, with dry deep litter
green food and the following ration:
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pxCEMBER AWARDS.


A country housewife evolved the ides'
aud Vas sssn lsIsursly leading an oo-
..rsnsrous - sow from one pen to another.
Ths men, it seems, bad lost tneir
nstlepce. The bait the woman u:eo w.
20 ssrs of corn tied to the end 9f . ooro
sSout six feet long, pulled along 'ne
ground.
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Maine Winter Egg Laying Contest.

Twenty mine pens of pullets in the
Maine Winter Egg Laying Contest show
q very substantial increase in egg pro-
duction for the month OF December.
Size of the pens show slight decrease
due In most cases to colds or the partial
molting of some OF the pullets that were
forced to maturity few weeks too early.
This showing is very encouraging con-
sidering the large number of rainy short
DAYS, with very little sunshine, which
have considerably shortened the working
days of the flock.
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~rbsrs is no better breed Of cattle IN
N. vorld than have" when . mn
can @ hcssssly say that, be 10 luss ossn
.,rs 10 do things that viii COUNT
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Poultry Manure.

The average night droppings of q her
amount to about 80 pounds per fowl pei
year. This furnishes q very valuable
source OF nitrogen, ss poultry manures
are very rich in nitrogen. This nitrogen
is, however, nearly all lost unless the
manure 10 handled properly, and at the
present extremely high price Of com.
mercial fertilizers it will more than re-
pay the farmer who keeps poultry to
make use Of poultry manure as the
source of his nitrogeu. A -four barrel
OF fresh poultry manure will weigh about
500 pounds and the value Of It's plant
food would be about $500 at the present
price of commercial fertilizers.
The way poultry manure is usually
handled 1t loses more than one half Of
Its valuable nitrogen contents before
reaching the land. Poultry manure de-
oomposes and heats very rapidly with q
large loss Of moisture and ammonia IL Ii
10 not handled correctly. Hen manure
that is not mixed with absorbeuts or
chemicals suffers q very rapid loss Of
nitrogen.
METHODS OF PRESERVATION.
The droppings should be collected
every day from the dropping boards and
stored in covered manure pit or In bar
rels so that they will not be exposed to
rain and direct sunlight.
Add to each 100 pounds Of fresh drop
pings, so pounds OF acid phosphate and
30 pounds Of dry sswdust. One ton OF
this mixture will supply nitrogen 21
pounds, phosphorie acid 10 pounds and
potash S,6 pounds.
earth on the dripping boards so that
can be easily raked of In the
winter when they are liable to freeze
during our zero weather. To each 100
pounds of fresh droppings add so pounds
Of acid phosphate.
In each case sprinkle the acid phos-
phste in proper proportion over each lot
Of fresh manure as il is added to the
stock.
II 10 pounds of dry earth Is added to
each 100 pounds Of fresh manure, one
ton of the mixture would contain 20
pounds of nitrogen, 4S pounds of phos-
phoric acid and S.6 pounds OF potash.
The plant food elements in the above
mixture are quickly available. Never
use 10 close contact with seeds, roots or
foliage as it will burn them. Spread
broadcast or widely in the hill. One and
one half tons per acre is an average ap-
plication.
/. Don't mix wood-sshes with poul-
try manure.
2. Don't mix lime with poultry ma
nure. Ashes and lime cause the nitro
gen to be liberated and are worse than
uothing.
8. Don't store in piles exposed to
rain and sun.
4. Don't let 1t accumulate on the
dropping boards. 1t loses its fertilizer
value.
5. Don't neglect to conserve the poul-
try manure. 1t 10 the most valuable ami
NAL fertilizer on your fsrm.-John s.
Carver, Poultry Specialist.
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Thsrs ID theory that the way to keep
. hog vol 10 10 keep him ana nis S Loou
asd surroundinss clean. Worth uy'ns'
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AMONG THE FARMERS.
"sPkHD TIE PLow."

correspondence on practical Agricultural topic
u sohcted. Address all communica atoms In.
senoed for shis department 20 HnNRY ID
hAnhoNp, Agricultural Editor Oxford DEM
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oBoNo CONTEST MASH.

200 pounds bran
100 pounds middlings
100 pounds corn meal
100 pounds gluten
100 pounds beef scrap
oRoNo CONTEST SCRATCH GRAIN.
100 pounds cracked corn
100 pounds oats
The mash Is fed In self-fesding hop
pers and is before the pullsts at all times.
The average number OF pounds OF mas
per pullst was POUNDS ano
the average cost of mash per puiies was
12 8 cents. The average cost per pound
of the Orono Contest Mash was $40 cents
or S.. Is per 100 pounds
The Orono Contest Scratch Grain was
fad the first thing 10 the morning sno
about 500 P. M; one quart to 20 hens
in the morning In deep litter and one
ouart 10 20 hens 10 the afternoon. Inc
AVERAGE pumber of pounds OF scraton
grain eaten per pullet was S.2 pounds,
And the average cost OF scratch gram
eaten per pullet was 9 So cents. Inc
average cost per pound of Orono Scrstcn
Grain was sos cents or $S.O6 per loo
II cost on the average 2.19 cents 70
tssd a han In Decemb ber. The average
cost Of grain per egg produced for the
IS pens of birds was LIS cents ins
average net price received per egg pro-
ducsd was 8 6S cents. The sverase
profit per egg over ths cost OF grain was
40 cents. =,
Pen No. 20, W. Wyandottss owned Sy
Reuben Lowe, N. Shapleigh, have tns
highest average production per men 70
date. Al 6 eggs; pen No. IS. h. l. whites,
owned by Z. s. Boothoy, Emery Miiis, !.
a close second with 50 3 eggs; sno pen
No. 81, w. Wyandottes, owned by MRS
n A. Coleman, ranks Sd with produc
ton of 32.2 eggs.
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Removes on.

Chloroform win remove machine oil
from any garment except silk one.
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HOME EMPLOYMENT.

Braiding rugs for us is pleasant,
.asy' well-paid work. For particu-
ars address.
PHELPS & PINKHAM, Inc.
$40 Anderson Street, Portland, Me.
2l5
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-11

The first was when the Second Signal
Battalion was passing, and its members
got shower OF cigarettes from the
stand which they promptly proceeded to
use. The second halt was while the
tractors OF the Fifth Field Artillery were
humping by, and these boys, too, got
their share of gifts from the stands.
The third halt brought a battery OF
horse artillery, and these boys were 90
stuffed With the various lunches sup
piled them on the way down that they
actually refused even to smoke.
IL was easy to tell when the haits
came for the 1rst thing the soldiers did
was to drop their picturesque but UNI
comfortable tin hats onto the pavement
and the characteristic rattle spread like
rainstorm UP and down the avenue. 4
why Sam Browne Belts Were
Worn.
secretary Baker, in commenting on the
parade. made plain the reason for the
wearing of the Sam Browne belt by
zen. fershing and the other officers.
special order" he said, was issued
permitting the officers to wear this belt
until after their parades are over. in
order that the parades may In ali re-
spects be faithful reproductions of a
DIVISION on the march in France. This
SHOWS the army and the full panoply OF
war. II gives the New York people the
opportunity to see a full division as IL
went to the front over the highways
OF France. The welcome given II by the
people OF New York is splendid and 10
IN keeping with the Incompatible per-
Torrance of the division"
Gov. Smith added this tribute:
The impressive part of the spectacle
was the sight of the wagons and ma
chinery. shown for the first time, which
gives an idea to the people of this city
o. the magnitude OF our military opera
lions. 1t is good that the people of New
lori. hork should know the size of the Job
these men did in France"
Mayor Hylan said:
1t was one Of the most magnificent
parades 1 ever witnessed. Gen. Pershing
and his men acquitted themselves nobiy.
Inc people were very enthusiastic and
the war equipment was very educational
to the people"