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The Delta independent., 1920-04-09
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Our live stock shipping association
sold another car of hogs last week.
Notwithstanding the inclemency of
the weather, many of the enterprising
farmers in this vicinity have their
spring wheat planted.
Two of our popular school marms''
have agreed to disagree with the
school board and consequently "new
the COOP SO to speak.
Mr. and Mrs d. C. Dodge have re-
turned home after several weeks
stay at Glenwood Springs, having
taken the hot mineral baths.
Charles Meyers, who has accepted
position as clerk at the First Ma
tional bank, proceeds with his duties
like an old timer at the business.
Quite a few of our stock growers
are turning out cattle and sheep,
trusting to the weather clerk" to
help carry them through until graz
ing improves.
Albert Dakan, Field man of the Non
Partisan League, delivered lecture
to the farmers Saturday afternoon.
The meeting was held at Sayer hall
with a good attendance
Mrs. Wallace Jordan, who has been
visiting her husbands parents, Mr..
and Mrs Jordan of Hanson mesa,
left for Falls City, Nebraska, where
she will visit her own parents for
several weeks.
Mrs Jennie Riehl of Delta, has been
a visitor here ith friends for the past
week Mrs. Riehl tells us that Her
man is pleased with the California
climate and that they will locate there
permanently.
Mrs. ]. NJ. Swisher has been rather
i'll Off several weeks, but is recuperat-
ing and has gone to Boulder to visit
with her daughter Margaret who is
taking a pharmaceutical course at
Boulder university.
A unique April Fools party was held
by the younger set at the home OF
Miss Edith Swisher at Brooklyn
Heights Friday evening. The young
ladies' escorts were a fine looking
bunch of young fellows-an Adamless
Eden as it were. but nevertheless,
good time was enjoyed
The Delta independent., 1920-04-09

feeds. The feeder mentioned above,
however, did not market his hogs;
he lost them from hog cholera.
From his conversation on the sub
ject got the impression that he con-
siders loss of eighty head in little
over two weeks time as a more SER
ious matter than the present condi-
tion of hte market. A fat hog may
not be worth much just now, but at
that there is more profit and less
trouble in selling him than in burn
ing him.
The Delta independent., 1920-04-09
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Glen Atchison has torn down MS
barn which was wrecked in the gaze
some time ago
Sunday was a big day at the Baptis'
church The Eckert congregation
came us and there was special music
and an Easter program followed by
n basket dinner. Communion services
were held in the afternoon.
The Delta independent., 1920-04-09
BUSINESS LOCALS
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FOR SALE-Glass fruit jars, motor
washer 121 Palmer 15-20p
FURNISHED ROOM AND BOARD
Call Co. Op. phone $50. Tsp
WANTED-A limited number of
milk customers; Jersey milk. LOG
Grand st. Tsp
The Delta independent., 1920-04-09

Hog feeders have not been enthus-
iastic lately over the pork market
and it can not be denied that there
has been very little profit in feeding
for a low market with high priced
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-1920, 1920-07-21
CONCORD

(From an occasional correspondent
On Wednesday afternoon Rev. NJ
S. Hill was agrecably surprised to re-
ceive a call from his pastor, Rev. r..
Dean Fleetwood of Woonsocket, r.
I. AS Rev. Mr.. Fleetwood and his
wife are spending few days with
relatives in st. Johnsbury thew i'm
proved the opportunity of sight see
ing in Concord. 1t is needless to add
that they were captivated with the
beauty and grandeur of the Green
Mountains and the lovely valleys
through which they mended their
way. Mr.. Fleetwood has a passion
for visiting ancient churches, and
when shown the interior of the Con-
cord Universalist church he fell in
love with it. The Woonsocket Uni
versalist church is the largest and
most prosperous protestant church in
that famous manufacturing city. T."
it's honor it has sent three young men
into the Christian ministry. Its re-
cord stands first and foremost in
deeds of charity and philanthroph,
open handed generosity for home and
this pastoral call covering 236 miles,
consccrated Christian service. Surely,
foreign mission, plus alertness for
is a record breaker, and must be
rated pilgrimage.
Concord Library has again been
the recipient of generous gift by
Mrs. Walter P. Smith of st. Johns
bury, over 60 volumes being pre-
scented.
Mrs. w. P. Willis of East Ryegate
was here from Thursday till Satur.
day. The friends of Mr.. Willis will
be sorry to know he is in a critical
condition.
Mrs. Minnie Adams is visiting in
Lyndonville.
Cleaner Wheclock has gone to
Joe's Ponl for the summer.
Rev. George Smith has returned
from Bridgewater
Mrs. Halle Morton and children,
Paul and Louise, returned to their
home in Conway Center, N. H., the
la - Of the week.
Miss Justine Movse and Miss Grace
Courtney of New York CITY have
been guests of Mr.. and Mrs. C. A.
Moves.
y Mr.. and Mrs. George Gibson and
family of East Burke were at F. A.
Brewers on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Bond of
st. Johnsbury with Glen Mooney
and Frank Lapoint spent the week
end att he Glenvera cottage
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Champany
of Lvndonville, who have been spend
ing their HONEYMOON at Kamp Kill
kare. Shadow Lake, returned Sunday
to Lyndonville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perler Grant and |
two sons, and Mr.. and Mrs. Cox |
of Lvndonville have been at Noun
tain View cottage part of the week.
The Bradshaw family held family
reunion at Shadow Lake Sunday en-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-1920, 1920-07-21
LYNDOEVILLE

Nj. and Mrs. James McLane leave
this week Wednc sday for an extend
ed Western trip, in which they will
visit his relatives III st. Paul, Ilnn.,
and in other part Of the middle
west. They VIII be abscnt about five
weeks.
MI. and Mrs. Elwyn Campbell of
Tairhaven, Mas, are i'll town TO
spend a month with their mother,
Mrs. E. n. Campbell, and otic!' lc|l-
tives.
Miss Ruth Blodpett antnt the
week end with friend in Hanovci,
N. H.
SIr and Mrs. William J. Elod%ott,
OF Thomaston, Conn, are in town
with their brother. f. ]. loIMctt,
They expect to 60 in III. Dlo'!N't'
car Oh n lone motor trip throu"h dit
terent part, Of Canada, vi ;t!i!" Ia
Chute, and returning By way Of Bur
l4npton.
Mis- Elizabeth Hill has moved
from Mrs. John Clcaiy'' house on
Park avenue, to Il room in Mr.. !. v.
Copeland'a house on Main s.lrct.
Nj. ana MIS-. Ii. l.. raiser. n Is.
Willis Wilder. and Mir. Joarph.nc
Carr motored to Pa tliioc Pond. ncal
Littleton, Sunday, to join h" Parker
and &ilsbv relatives from littlv.on
in celebrating the Joint birthday: of
MI. Parker and +. A. Sil'hy. This
picnic is an annual event, always OBJ
served by both families in a. near The
same place as DCSSib!p.
Quite number Of the you1r PEG.
pie from here attended the Saturday
night dance Mt Lake .Iorcy, and
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-1920, 1920-07-21

Univepsalist church. In the organiza-
lions of which he was a member and
where he had filled MANY Offices u
familiar figure on the streets, he will
be missed by large circle of friends.
He enlisted in 1862 in Co. X, 18th
Regiment, Vt. Vol. and was muster
ed out in 1863 at Brattleboro, VT. He
is survived by an adontcd DAUGHTER,
Mrs. Walter r. Poole of Bradford
The funeral was held from the First
| Univcrsalist church Sunda-- at two
O'Clock, Rev. A. M. Smith q former
pastor, officiating, assisted b. Rev.
N. S. Hill, pastor of the church. The
bearers were l.. V. Hastinrs, George
Hastings, Clyde Crowell, ID. 3.
Sampson, Dan Ford, and Irwin Tur-
ner Among those who came here to
attend the funeral were Mr. and Mrs
Walter r Poole, Mr. and Mrs Burton
Hooker, Mr. and Mrs l. w Hastings,
Mrs Emma Quimby. of Bradford:
Mr. and Mrs John MONTGOMERY. Mr.
Mrs Charles Woodbury., w T Reed,
MI. and Mrs. GEORGE Meaker, Edwin
Spencer, w 3 Eastman of St Johns
bury; f Z Richardson. F M Richard
son of Littleton, N. H.. and Mr. and
Mrs. Harley Pike of Waterford.
Mrs. Felix Mcqueen is visiting at
her home in Barre
Miss Franccna Kinr of East Con-
cord visited friends here the past
week.
Mrs. Walter Chaplin visited at Lu-
Their Browns, st. Johnsbury Center,
the last of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Woodbury.,
Mrs. Edwin Spencer of st. Johnsbury
and Mrs. GEORGE Copp of East st.
Johnsbury were guests of their
brother, 3. f. Woodbury., on Satur-
dav, the occasion being the 10th
birthday of Mrs. Spencer.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. f. Mcdonald, of
East Burke, were at o B. Cuttings
on Sunday.
William Chairman has moved to
Mrs. Emma Quimby's house.
Ernest Quimby and famil- spent
Sunday at Shadow lake.
Ulysses and John Grant and Mr.. !
Tisdale of Lyndon are at the Grant
house at Shadow Lake.
Miss Lyle Spaulding was home
from her work in St. Johnsbury for
the week end. 9
Carl Hooker of Lowell, Mass, has
been visitinr relatives here.
Lucille Carpenter of Berlin, N. H.,
is visiting Mrs. Cora Bailey.
Miss Alice Reed visited Mrs. Harry
Brown in Lunenburg last week.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-1920, 1920-07-21

Austin Paige's. DR.. and Mrs. Leon
ard plan to occupy the house as soon
as the necessary changes can be coll
veniently made.
Homer C. Wilson has finished work
in the express office, in which he has
been located for n good many years,
and il contemplating removing to
California, where his son, Lincoln, is
located. The new express agent, J..
W. Chamhellin, coming from Woods
vile, N. H., is in town, and looking
fol- place to live. Mrs. Chamberlin
is to help him in the office and he
will run the express team and deliver
the goods himself.
Mrs. Guyda Comelford goes to
Lowell, Mass, Sunday, where she has
good clerical position in the Boston
d Maine offices at Billerica, similar
to the position which she is now hold
, ing here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Whipple leave
here Saturday, enroute fer New York,
where they will take passage on the
boat "Ncw York" for France, pan
ming to make an extended visit 10
Mrs. Whipple's old home in Brittany
and Other nlaces.
The Village Improvement Society
have purchased Il new motor lawn
mower, run by gasoline. at consider
able expense, but it is thought to be
= good investmcne, and certainly
does good work.
The l.,cn at the railroad shons are
enjoying good cigars this week at the
! expense Of one OF their number, who
I recently Is said to have been "vamp-
CD hy "goldcn blonde, and who
pu. her admirer to quite 4 little cost
in automobile hire, candy. and 9th
CT things dear to the hearts of the
n1aidens. Said blonde is reported to
have a strong resemblance to a
certain authenticated youth in town,
one whose talents, eSneciallv in fe-
male approximations, are highly spok-
| on Of, even so far as the fair city on
the Seine. Very hazy reports are cur
rent about the whole affair, but at
least the cigars are real, if the blonde
; is not, and the youth who is paying
for them will probably be somewhat
more chary of new acquaintance the
next time he is invited on a motor
trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Vance have
engaged the tenement in the Web
'tcr house recently vacated by Harley
Cowlcs, and have rome to housekeep-
inv therein.
Mrs. Emma WAY and Leighton
Way Of West Burke are stopping at
o. 3. Cheslev's this week.
Mrs. Josephine Carr and her sis
ter-in-law, Mrs. Willis Wilder, who
have been camping at Forest Lake,
nca" Whitefeld, N. H., for Il fort
night, have returned and are stop
PING ut H. l.. Farker's.
The ladies' of the Methodist Aid
! Society met with Mrs. Harrv Croft
on Thursday afternoon of this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Nash and two
! dauphters are SPENDING the week at
Old Orchard Beach.
Tho Methodist and Conversational
churches have decided to hold union
services the rest of the summer Sum
,, day evenings on the Congregational
lawn. Next Sunda'- the service will be
held at the usual time, and addressed
BY the Rev. W. J. MacFarlane.
Mildred and Melvin Fucker of New
| York City are to assist in the music
at the Congregational church Sunday
morning.
Lloyd Emery is workin" at Edwin
Hou"h's on Bemis Hill this summer,
through haying.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-30
GARDNER LAKE

The Brotherhood camp, who enjoyed ten days here, have returned to their homes in New York.
 Mrs. Daniel Nara visited her son at the Backus hospital Tuesday and found him as comfortable as could be expected after an operation on his ankle,
 Gilbert and Grant Denison of Norwich are visiting their grandparents, Mir. and Mrs. Elijah Lathrop.
 Miss Lois V. Latirner of Norwich is a guest at Camp Konjocketry.
 Miss Althea Lewis of Norwich and J, F. Moulton are at Hill Top.
 Miss Ethel Champlin of Hartford is wis., iting her mother, Mrs Ella Chanplin.
 Miss Jeanette Schnorr and Claranca Walker of Brooklyn. N. Y, returned home after visiting Miss Schnorr's sister. Mrs, Norman D. Boynton
 MT. and Mrs. Leo The Loser are at esst Tree house
 MT. and Mrs Earl De Wolf of Scotland road and Mr. Ahern returned honse Thursday Mir. De Wolf and Mir, Ahern completed having at the Lake House farm
 A community service at the N. E church Sunday was we'll attended.
 MT. and Mrs. Adam Chop have returned to Brooklyn after two weeks stay.
 MT. and Mrs. Merton Johnson and scu, of Norwich and Mrs. Fitch Johnson arn at Idle Hour cottage for several days.
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rained on from one to eleven times after cutting.
 It's been the sort of season which plays ducks and drakes with all ones theories and most of ones experiences. I don't know what the rain gauges have to re- port nor do I care. One doesn't have to look at the weather bureaus report to know whether the sun has risen or not Nor does working farmer have to rely on rain gauges to tell him when he is soaked to the skin and his soil Kept poach-y mud for weeks on end. Never before in my time, has there been such an excess of slop and such lack of summer warmth on my half acre. Such semi tropical garden crops as tomatoes and Lima beans show it most plainly. They are simply sick-scik for sunlight and heat which they are not getting in even wented measure.
 We are saving some remnants and driblets such as escape the worst of it. But all the rules of the game have had to be abandoned. There are no rules any more this year Some things go by con- traries and some by default. Everything has to be done on the jump and without semblance of orderly procedure. It is eatch-as-catch-can with double the usual amount of work for each operation, and much less than the usual return.
 Everything must be done when it can be, almost never when or as it should be. Only once have we had a week of real summery temperature. And the whole vegetable world having been started with it's roots in the mud and the top inch of soil soaking with water that week, which dried out the top inch, did almost as much damage as a month of July drouth would have done in an ordinary season. Ac- cording t5 theory, one can combat a drouth by keeping the cultivators going so as to create a dust mulch" on the surface. thereby conserving the moisture lower down. But when all the roots of all your plants are in that top inch, in duced to stay there by the plentiful soak you make of that said top inch, the worse off are the poor roots. We soon found that didn't work at all, at all.
 In fact, I can't think of any theory of farming which has been worth drawing to this season. They've all had to be flung into the discard. There hasn't been a trump among them. Instead of looking over the crops of bright summer morn ing and saying: Well. what's the right thing to do today?" we've waded out through the wet grass and sticky mud squinted at the doubtful sky, peered at the suffering plants, wandered back to seek vainly for information from the wholly -wobbly barometer and the jiggy- joggly weather glass, and then said in desperation: What in thunder can we do that will be of any use?"
 Whatever was the conclusion, it didn't amount to much, for the rain was prac- tically certain to drive us in before noon. Frog farming is the only sort l ever heard of which can be conducted in the
Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-30
WAUREGAN

Rev. William Fryhng with his family will take the month of August for va cation, spending the time at Atlantic Beach, R. l.
 Mrs. Austin Copperthweight and chill dren of Watertown, Co1a., are visiting with Mrs. Copperthweight's parents, MT. and Mrs. J. W. Atwood.
 Mrs. Robert Bethell is organist at the church while Miss Gardner is absent
 Mrs. E. B. Kmgsbufy of Elizabeth N. J.. is visiting her sister, Mrs. c. A. Wood. Norwich friends.
 ing into the house recently bought by Mrs. Thomas Hughes.
 Miss Dorothy Welles of North Scitu- ate, R. l., is the guest of her aunt, Mrs Fred Kies.
 MT and Mrs Harold Wignoll are enter taining Mrs. Thomas Kirkham, Miss Lot tie Kirkham and Miss Elizabeth Sparling of New Bedford, Mass.
 Miss Jennie Raymond is visiting in Canada for July.
 MT and Mrs. E. Avery are entertain ing Mir. Avery's grandfather and his housekeeper of Whninsville, Mass
 The Wauregan company is having it's tenements painted again. Every few years edcn house IS FePd4nte0, Which &C., counts in no small measure for the clean Illness and neatness of the village.
 Mrs. Thomas Hughes has bought the property formerly owned by Louis Mes- sier, situated in West Wauregan.
 A number of berry pickers are going from here to Oneco to pick as there seems to be an overabundance of large berries in that locality.
 The storm of Saturday afternoon blew limbs from some of the trees here. one falling across the road and trolley track in front of the mill, causing some delay in traffic
Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-30
FARMING UNDER EXISTING CONDITIONS

he would admit was that there were diff ferent kinds of good" weather. l wish he had been trying to raise vegetables ln my gardens since last April or trying to hay it" since last Monday!
 I should really like to hear him en- large on his text little after those ex- periences.
 If were g frog probably it would have seemed quite jolly to me. And 1t is not unlikely that the angleworms have found earth burrowing unusually easy. It has also done wonders for quack-grass and pussley and pigweed
 Earlier in the season I thought the continued wet and cold was going to help the pastures anyway, till the shortening up of my cows milk-yield led to closer investigation. Then I discovered that, in- stead of stimulating the growth of pas ture grasses, it had nurtured simply phenomenal eruption of wild thyme, dog daisies and wild carrots. which were riot ing luxGriantly and actually smothering out the useful and nutritious forage.
 Not a single one of my crops is up to the average. Green peas have done the best Of any, but they were three weeks late. Asparagus was the poorest yield in twenty years spinach went to seed before it had time to make leaves; lettuce ran up to stalks before it would head string beans waited till after their usual bear ing time before deciding to blossom i; sweet corn just stood still in sheer des- peration, waiting vainiy for bit of sun and warmth to set it growing; early po- tatoes found their hills of mud no place to develop tubers in; cucumbers and melons and squashes just marked time without advancing and so on and so on, ad nauseam.
 Even the hay crop, which seemed to promise better than usual, turned out a deceiving sham-all stalks and no bottom. and I don't know of a load being barned in my neighborheod until it had been
Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-30
written Specially for The Bulletin,

What parrots people are,
 It didn't actually rain yesterday. It was cloudy and cold and sour and gloomy depressing day to me; an inn possible day for the haymakers a dis couraging day 10 the corn and oats; a blGhting, rottiag day to the potatoes. Even the dicfy birds, sat huddled up in the trees and fairly radiated discourage uent- ] didn't hear so much as 'chee- wink" all day.
 But at least one-half of my customers came out to the truck with perfunctory Pleasant day. isn't it?=
 I thought the first one was joking. But she wasn't The second one 1 tried to wake up by q counter joke of my own, but she took t as the ducks back takes water; it slid right of. and she never noticed that I was attempting the jocular The third time ] just grinned and said -Cmph ,' or Huh ' or something equal ty appropriate and idiotic-
 What dye s'pose they meant. anyway? To be sure, it wasn't raining, and that was a more or less agreeable change from the urecadIng three days Of drizzie and irench But while the frying pan may 0erhars be a trifie better than the fire, Ca1-t imagine anyone really chasing it as a pleasant abiding place No; ! had 70 came tlEz lLIictltN 10 tlle CeHt4uSlOH tiidt it was just meaningless parroting. sgabbled oT without any special idea of it's signifi- -ance. solely Q break the silence. As the dear old spiLster gossip once said, when -hided for talking so much nonsense: Why one has get to say somethingP
 don't know ehat sort of weather all my readers on all the farms of The Bull letin's Ls5I5v-icz have been enduring this season E-1t up iu my neck O woods it has been some thing unusual We've all heard Of the confirmed optinnist who de- dared that there never had been and 1sver could be any bad weather All
Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-30
CLARK'S FALLS

About 4 o'clock Saturday morning light ming struck the chapel. The bolt, which seemed to have struck in the peak in front entered the building, splintering a rafter badly, then ran down into the wood roonl tearing off plastering, also tearing clapboards off around window near the door. It also broke a pane of glass, mak- ing large hole in the ground under the window. .Cassius Collins, who was abed in the house nearest the chapel, looked out of the window and saw flashes and splinteFs flying in every direction. MT. and Mrs. Arthur Babcock of West erly visited the formers parents, MT. and Mrs. Henry F. Babcock, Friday. MT. and Mrs. John Mccall of West erly visited Mir. McCalrs sister. Mrs. John Maine. Sunday.
 Bradford Perrin of Boston is staying for few days in rooms here of his brother-in law, George Brown of West erly, who was here over Sunday.
 Postmaster E. D. Chapman, who has had fine dahlias for several years, has some already in bloom. He has many other beautiful flowers. including climbing roses.
 MT. and Mrs. S Frank Palmer, also MT and Mrs. Allan Maine and son Robert were at Atlantic Beach last Friday and enjoyed the day with other eihployes of the Ashaway Line and Twine company.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-30

ned, also paralyzed the electric lighting system at Barber's hall. where the meet ing was to be held. Eight or ten bSave spirits were on hand. one company of four from four miles away but a postone- ment was deemed advisable, The meeting is now planned for Saturday evening Aug. 7th, at 7.3O and the topic will be Local Problems, with special reference to good roads, farm products and new indus tries. This is a public meeting for all in terested.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-30
Aa4WHLETTf
.s'

Farmers have nearly finished having
 Dewey Taylor Of North Stonip gton was a recent caller in this place.
 There was a large attendance at the auction held at Otto lkndersoa's, near GIasgo, Tuesday.
 Mrs. D.. s. Guile and children spent Monday evening with Mrs A. Ray But ton, oe G!as-o
 A barn near the home of D. B., Yer gason was struck by lightning during
Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-30

Saturdays storm and burned ts Sbe ground, nothing in the barn was saNsd Among the contents was nearly lev team wagon belonging to Mir. vergaSefi,
 Fred Schultz is helping Jesse Rie4- mond with his work
Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-30
ASHFORD

The big storm of Saturday last made it impossible to hold the evening meeting of the Ashford Welfare association as plan