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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1921-12-08
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
Prepared Especially for The RepubIi.
can by DIR. u. S. Wright.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER II.
PAUL WRITES TO A FRIEND
PHILEMON.

PAUL WRITES TO A FRIEND
PHILEMON.
WhOsOeyer would be first among YOU
shall be your servant.-Matt. 2O:27
IN THE GREAT GALLERY.
There is no more attractive picture
in all the Scripture gallery than is
contained in the lesson story. The
background is dense darkness. Sla-
very was the very life of Rome. As
man progressed he first ate those he
conquered. Later he tortured them
and beyond that time victory meant
massacre. But Rome enslaved her
overthrow enemies and with her
farf1ung conquests half her people
had been taken upon battlefelds and
sold upon the block. Naturally with
such supply of many slaves were
better types than their masters. DR..
Luke was in all probability a freed
slave. But fear gripped the heart
of the Empire lest there be insurrec-
ton and the iron hand was ever in
evidence. A slave was thing, not a
person. Epictetus as a child was tor
tured and his leg was broken for the
pleasure of his owner. They were fed
to the fishes, they were killed at will,
and they were crucified for the most
trivial thing with no voice lifted in
protest. Such was the background
against which all the New Testament
was written and experienced. At the
side is Cross from which a shaft of
light falls acrsos the blackness and
lllumines a group in the foreground.
One is a gray, stopped, manacled
man linked to a soldier. He is writ
ing letter. Beside him is another
figure, strong, erect, with a face up
on which is written high resolve and
love unutterable for Paul, the aged
penman. Far off in the corner IL
lumined by the same light one can
make out other figures. They are
Philemon with a stern but kindly
face; Apphia, his wife, is beside him
and also the sturdy son, Archippus,
who has given himself to Christly
service in Collosse and has earned
the right to the title the Apostle
gives him of "Fellow Soldier" Paul's
face looks toward them with a visit
full light and Onesimus gazes also in
the same direction with no trace of
fear upon his countenance. 1t is in
that hired house in Rome where Paul
waits upon the hatred of the Jew
to delay to the fullest extent the
coming fhis case to Caesars court
confident as they were that it would
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1921-12-08
Soundproof Bricks Float,

Bricks that float are made from an
earth found in Denmark, which is Inn
pregnated with the fossllized remains
Of diatoms, a very minute form Of
life.
Brought to Colchester, England, tho
earth is baked into bricks, which are
said to be fireproOf and soundproof.
Another novelty is the Frewen cav
ity brick, 1900 of which take the
place Of 10000 ordinary bricks. The
hollow spaces in these bricks ara
linked in every direction, thus pro-
viding constant circulation of air
through the walls of the house.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1921-12-08

ranks 21st among the As States both
in actual wealth and in assessed val
uatiOn per capita?
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1921-12-08

Three Instruments in One.
Played with keys like piano,
new musical instrument produces tones
resembling a combination Of that In
strument. either and q gVltREs A
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1921-12-08

Board of County Commissioners
of Garrett County, Md.
Oakland, Md, Dec. Z, 1921.
DR.. Henry M. Fitzhugh, President,
State Board of Education,
Westminster, Nd. r1-E
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James Buckley, of Lee & Buckley Co, spent the weekend in Waterbury.
 Miss Isabelle Campo of Clinton, Mass, is spending a few days in town.
 Vincent Simonds of Yantic is visit ing friends and relatives in the tor ough.
 Miss Elsie Grounder is visiting at the Daniel Sullivan home on Benton street.
 Mrs. Henry Spenkock of Springfield is spending a vacation with MT. and Mrs. Henry Fickenger.
 Miss Jeanette Richards of Woon- 1 socket, R. l., is visiting friends and relatives in the lorough.
 Misses Mildred and Dorothy Hodg- son are with relatives in East Green wich and AppOnaug, R. I. MT and Mrs. H. E. Burwell and daughter, Ruth, have returned after spending some time at Block Island,
 Miss Mabel Meyers is with the Nor lrall-Smith party at Block Island. They expect to return the first of the week MT. and Mrs James D. Anderson of Lawrence, Mass, are visiting at the home of John R. McLagan, West Main street.
 Thomas Cummiskey of New York is spending a vacation with his parents, MT. and Mrs. John Cummiskey in For estville.
 MT. and Mrs. William Hammer of East Hartford were guests for the weekend with Mir. and Mrs. Ernest Reynolds.
 Rev. F. P. Bachelor of Talcottville, will preach at the Congregational church next Sunday. The church will be closed the following two Sundays.
 William Labrache has purchased from MT. and Mrs. Ethel Wickes the house and lot situated between the Wickes home and the Prouty home on Cross street.
 The Italian Band will play at Crys- tai Lake grove on Saturday afternoon in connection with the Farmers pie mic. Members of the band will leave Stafford on the two o'clock trolley.
 The 24th annual gathering of the Holmes-Cady Memorial society will be held at Crystal Lake hotel next Thurs day Every one connected with the
 
 to attend. Dinner will be served at 12.30 sharp.
 Carelessness is becoming prevalent among the drivers of motor vehicles about town. Most particularly is this noticed by the local police at the blind corner of Main and Spring street. Very little attention is being paid to the road regulations of the state Cars are parked along Main street on the wrong side of the road. Tail lights are sometimes left unlighted, Horns are not sounded at cross roads. Un- less conditions improve in this direc- tiOn Chief Hayes will be forced to make clean up and by means of un- pleasant circumstances show a num- Der of careless drivers the proper pro- eedure on the town highways. Copies of the state regulations can be obtain ed from Chief Hayes or from Motor Vehicle Commissioner John Wight man.
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HOME NEWS.
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

The annual farmers picnic will be held at Crystal Lake grove on next Saturday afternoon.
 Miss Agnes Cunningham of Hart ford, is spending a three weeks vaca- tion with her parents on Main street.
 Miss Lillian Katzowitz of New York is spending a few weeks with her brother, Samuel KatzowitZ at his home on Grant avenue.
 Much local interest centers around the canoe carnival to be held at Rau's West Rock, Crystal Lake, on Satur- day afternoon. Many attractive prizes and souvenirs have been on display at the Lane Variety store and have added a large number of entries to the con tests.
 Funeral services for Charles T. Me Carthy. a former resident, who died at the Norwich State hospital, were Eeld on Monday morning at nine o'clock in St. Edwards church with Rev. F. a J. O'Neill officiating. Interment was in St. Edwards cemetery. He was A years old and is survived by one brother, Dennis J. Mccarthy of Rock
 nSnd two sisters, Mrs. Mary Be-
 strs. Elizabeth Rice both of
 city.
 Jacobsen, our genial Main street tailor, recently reOpened the doors of his rooms and since that date has found it necessary to entertain the visitors with tales of his fishing prow- ess. It seems that for his vacation he and his family hied to Mashapaug and preceded to catch all the finny fish while there His stories are substan- tiated by snap shot photos showing Andy and other members of his family surrounded ly large catches of bass, perch and pOut-
 A shower and supper was given in honor of Miss Ogler Duval at the home of Miss Jewel Kealy on Willing ton avenue last Thursday evening Miss Duval received many beautiful -TFhE Gfn1ng. room was skillfully decorated by Misses Jewel Kealy and Malina Palshaw in blue bird design. Supper was served and after there were games and dancing. Misses Yvonne Duval and Rosabelle Thiberg gave a song and solo dance. Miss Ella Fisher, who gave a solo dance accompanied by Miss Malina Palshaw at the piano. Miss Anna Foisy gave a piano solo. The honOred guests were Mrs. Kealy, Mrs. Pal shaw, Mrs. Spreen and Misses Yvonne DuVal, Rosabelle Thiberg, Jewell Kealy, Malina Palshaw, Helen Kealy, Ella Fisher, Louise Gregori, Helen Ma ceyka, Mary Kealy, Katherine Kealy, Anna Foisy. Mrs. Patterson, Daignult Foisy, and Miss Angeline Barceleau, Miss Oglor Duval was presented with a bouquet of pink carnations from the girls she worked with. She will be married some time in the near future to Russell Conrad of Pennsyl- Yania.
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c. D. Chism is reported comfortable after undergoing an operation at the Johnson Hospital.
 Mrs. J. s. Amidon, Mir and Mrs. R. s. Amidon and son, Richard, have been visiting cousins in Sturbridge, Mass.
 Mrs. Etta Walker, who had an operation for throat trouble in the Palmer hospital, has returned home much improved.
 Henry Barlow and family spent Sunday in Willimantic with Mr. Bar lows daughter, little Dorothy, stay ing for the week.
 The annual gathering of the Ash ford Bible Society meeting will be held here in Bucks grove next We'd nesday. This grove is an ideal spot for this occasion. The grove of F. c. Chism, where these meetings have been held for many years, has been cut off and made into lumber.
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ASHFORD. WeStfOrd.

Last week Wednesday Mrs. Eliza Mowry celebrated her ninety third birthday. A number of her many friends called on her, finding her in good health. She received number of presents and a shower of post cards.
 WestfOrd Hill.
 Darius Barlow of New Haven spent the past week here with his brother. Everyone. here interested attended the big auction in Eastford on Satur- day.
 Willis H. Reed bought fine pair of oxen at the Griggs auction on Sat- urday.
 A number from this section attended the farmers week program at Storrs last week.
 Mrs. I. V. Lyon and Mrs. B. Wilbur visited at Andrew Ides' in Mansfield on Monday.
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ELLINGTON. Crystal Lake.

Buel Charter of Norwich is spending a few weeks at the Dowding cottage.
 Mrs. George E. Fetter of Brookline, Mass, has been visiting at the Dow ding cottage and also her aunt, Mrs. A. U. Charter.
 Mrs. Ida Boleau and son, Courtland, of Boston, have returned from a visit with her sister, Mrs. Alfred Webster
 Ray Willis, A. U. Charter and Clar- ence Newell are burning charcoal pits for the tobacco growers in Ellington and Windsor.
The Press., 1921-08-11

Miss Mary Kalfa and Joseph Sim monds were united in marriage at the St. Edwards church, Stafford Springs, Monday morning at o'clock. Miss Violet viegaska was brfdemaid and Domineco Sartori was best man. A reception was held at the Bohemian hall in the evening bountiful supper was served and dancing was enjoyed by all. MT. and Mrs. Simmonds will soon commence house keeping in one of Mrs. Dunham's tenements.
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That's Different.

-. That's Different.
 Many a young girl who objects to being the wife of a wealthy old man wouldn't nh ipC' 'C hCiuo ' widow.
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Cut and Made
 Our Way;

it means for you the acme of comfort.
 Union suits lead in pOpu- Iarity, but here are twO- piece suits a plenty for those who prefer them. Plain madras, oh e C k {, nainsoOk, fancy or striped madras, aero weave.
 Prices from $l.OO up.
 SUMMER SOCKS-pure thread silk, black, white, cOrdOvan and grey, mer- cerized cuffs and soIes.
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If You Want Something
 Good for Supper

These hot nights just call l.. H. Bates by phone 154 and let him bring you ICE CREAM and CAKE in any quantity you desire. Ice cream, 6Oc per qt., and nice cakes 15c each.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-06-10

] recommend your medicine to anyone
who is ailing. You may publish my testi.
monial if you think it will help others
Mrs. CARRIE WILLIAMS, Overpeck, Ohio.
For more than forty years Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
been restoring women to health who
suffered from irregularities, displace-
ments, backaches, headaches, bearing
in the United States wherein some
woman does not reside who has been
made well by it. That is why Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is now
recognized as the standard remedy for
such ailments.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-06-10
A Four-Wheeled Push Rake.

too much time talking when they stop
occasionally to let the teams rest. A
good practice when two or more ma
chimes are used Is for each driver
to lay off a "land" for himself and
work independently. so there will be
no interference from other machines.
Side Delivery Rake Is Best.
Do not turn hay by hand. 1t is too
costly. The cheapest and most efficient
way of stirring hay in the windrow is
with a two-horse tedder. One man
with q tedder will do more work than
II men stirring with hand forks. 1t
Is not even necessary to have a man
to run the tedder. A boy big enough
TO drive a team will do just as much
work.
A one-hOrse rake operated by a man
makes raking very costly. A two-hOrse
sulky rake is better, but the side-de-
livery rake Is best. When curing is
done in the swath and a hay loader
is used, the crew can start taking the
hay from the windrOw as o as the
side delivery has made one double win
drow across the field. If the sulky
rake is used, the will have to
wait until the rake has gone several
times across the field. In this matter
the extent OF the haying operations has
to be considered, Of PURSE On very
small farms the use Of the side-de-
livery rake might not be economy.
If the weather is clear and the hay
is In proper condition, there will be
no necessity for hay caps or for
further labor till the hay Is hauled.
But hay caps will pay for themselves
in one year when the weather is bad.
They are more especially needed with
clover, alfalfa, and pea vines, all Of
which cure slowly.
If hay is to be punched, the hand
method is too expensive. A two-horse
sulky rake can bunch 80 acres or more
a day and a boy can drive 1t just as
we'll as a man. Even more labor can
be saved, however. by using the push
rake to bunch hay after it has been
raked into the windrow. 1t is a good
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-06-10

plan to have two men working together
to round up the punches. since moro
can be accomplished than when each
works alone.
1t is q waste Of time to pitch hay
onto a small hayrack on a high-wheeled
wagon. Use a large hayrack on a
lOw-wheeled wagon.
Loading hay with pichforks is the
hardest, slowest, and most expensive
way. The men are working constantly,
but the horses are doing nothing most
of the time. If a loader Is used, the
hardest part of the work is done by
the horses and the men can handle
about 80 pei cent more hay.
Save Labor on the Stack.
The push rake furnishes the most
economical method of hauling hay to
the stack, barn, OF hay press if the
distance is not much more than one
fourth Of a mile. One man, or a boy,
with a good push rake and a team
used to the work will handle three
times as much hay as two men with a
small rack on a high-wheeled wagon
Stacking hay with a push rake and
an overShOt stacker mounted on wheels
eliminates nearly all of the back
breaking work of the old pitchfOrk
method. With q yield Of one to one
and a half tons TO the acre, two men
on the stack al easily handle all the
hay brought in by three push rakes,
accomplishing a vast saving in labor
and hay over the p%itchfOrk method.
Another method not so good but still
vastly better than the pitchfork method
is a stacker equipment with a double
harpOOn fork. The outfit car be made
at home and will cost very little com
pared with the labor it saves, but
harder work is necessary to get the
hay on the stack than with the over
shot stacker.
When hay is to be baled from the
field, one man by working in the after
noon, can round up enough hay which
has been punched by push rakes to
keep the press going ext morning
until the dew is one from the hay IN
the windrow. When the hay Is not
thus rounded up the crew will lose
two hours or more on mornings when
there IS a heavy dew.
CarelesSness in setting the press may
result in loss Of labor. When the press
is properly set two men can get
plenty Of hay to 1t from the stack.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-06-10
Women Butchers Latest

The female butcher is the latest de
velOpment of a modern age which will
maxi daughters of colonial days
shudder. La a shop in the market
district girls have taken the place of
men behinG the counters.
much better" said the owner of
the place. "They don't waste as much
meat and keep their chop blocks
cleaner. I>dOn't see anything radical
about the idea. / lived on a farm
when | was a boy. Mother could do
this work a good deal better than any
OF these girIs."-New York Sun.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-06-10
REDUCE LOSSES IN SHIPPING
More Careful Handling in Harvesting
and Packing Spinach Is Urged
by Specialists.

Losses In lOng-distance shipments
Of spinach can be greatly reduced by
careful handling in harvesting and
packing together with effective re-
frigeratiOn in transit, according to
specialists Of the bureau of markets
of the United States Department of
Agriculture. Decay and deterioration
in transit caused by the development
of Shiny soft rot cause serious losses
to shippers in some sections.
This decay develops rapidly In
transit when temperature conditions
are favorable" say investigators Of
the bureau. 1T starts at places where
the leaves have been bruised or
wounded, and it very frequently fol-
lows attacks of blight or other field
diseases. Other causes of deteriOra-
ton in transit are following and wilt
ing Of the leaves. Prompt handling
and shipment at q low temperature
largely reduce losses from these
causes"
When barrels are used, it is advis-
able to scatter crushed ice in several
layers through the cOntainer, a large
layer being placed on top of the spin
ach next to the barrel head. Holes
bored in the bottom of the barrel pro-
vide drainage. Shipments in baskets
or crates carry best with a layer Of
crushed ice in the center of the con-
tainer and another layer on top of
the spinach just under the v
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-06-10
NARROWED FOR THREE YEARS
Sailors Long Period on Loneliness on
Small Island Located in the
South Seas.

Narrowing occasionally brings about
q modern CruSOe; just as it did with
Alexander Selkirk, who was put ashore
at Juan Fernandez, and whose adven-
lures gave Defoe the foundation for
Robinson Crusoe." The trading
schooner, Queen Charlotte, passing n
small island of the MarQuesas In the
South seas, landed her boat to inveSti-
gate the smoke of a fire, as it was un-
derStOod the island was u%ninhabited.
Here was found a United States sea-
man, who had been put ashore with
three shipmates by their captain, on
account of their mutinous conduct.
The three others had died. but the
man from Connecticut had cOntrived to
live on the fish he caught, and the
breadfruit and %cOcOnuts and other prod
ucts which he could gather. When
rescued after three years loneliness.
his utensils consisted of great shells.
and two cups which he possessed,
made from the skulls Of his COM
paniOnS.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-06-10

A 9O0-pOund cow ordinarily con-
sumes 80 pounds Of silage a day, and
a 1,20O-pound one about 40 pounds.
Yearlings eat about One-half as much
as mature animals; fattening cattle,
25 to 35 pounds for each 1000 pounds
live weight.
1t happens, sometimes, that a silO
is not wholly filled, because there Is
not enough corn planted for silage,
and there are not enough of other
crops make up the deficiency. The
amount of silage that may be OBJ
tanned from an acre Of corn varies
from 4 to 20 tons. A fair allowance
on average land is 8 tons per acre.
Hence for a Cotton silo it might be
we'll to plant 8 or 10 acres of corn.
1t is by all means best to lay out
land enough in silage crops to fill the
siLo to the very top; and if there IL
any doubt about how much will be
needed, to allow a margin Of safety,
remembering that the seaSOn may cut
down the yield Of this as well as OF
other crops. On the other hand, If
there is too much corn or Sorghum
to 60 into the silO, the excess can be
cut as dry fodder, and other crops
can be made into hay.
Two bulletins issued by the Depart
ment of Agriculture are useful in this
connection; one is Farmers Bulletin
S55, Homemade Silos; and the other
is Farmers Bulletin 57& The Making
and Feeding of Silage.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-06-10
INA IH0N[T
Hi THE ny
XII
TO GROW SUFFICIENT SILAGE
Experts Assert 1t Is Better to Care
fully Figure On SiIo to Fit
Herd Of Cows.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
The planting season is the time
when the dairy farmer should arrange
to see that he has crops enough to fill
his SilO. AS q case in point, a MissiS-
sippi farmer failed to take this matter
int consideration when he bought a
silO Of 90 tons capacity, for he found
that he had corn and sorghum for
only 20 tons of Silage; and since, more
over, he had only 8 cows, he decided
he had made a mistake, and tried to
sell his new SilO instead of setting ii
up. A field man from the dairy divi-
sion of the United States Department
of Agriculture however, persuaded
him to keep it until the next year, and
to put up a small stave silO for imme-
diate use. He did so, and found 1t
such a help in feeding his COWS cheap
ly that he bought more land and re-
solved to enlarge his herd TO 30 cows,
and thus make good use of his larger
silO.
Both the height and the diameter
of the SilO must be considered. The
proper diameter of the SilO depends
upon the quantity of silage to be fed
daily; and this quantity will vary
with the size of the herd. The silage
should be fed out fast enough to re
move it from the top of the Silo at the
rate of IL to 3 inches a day, depend
ing upon climatic conditions. The
warmer the weather the more Silage
must be removed from the surface
daily in order to prevent spelling. For
the winter feeding season it is safer
to figure upon removing > inches daily
than any smaller amount.
A common error in building is to
make the diameter too large for the
size of the herd. The weight of q
cubic foot of Silage varies according
to the pressure to which it is sub
jected, but in a silO 80 feet high the
weight per cubic foot averages about
40 pounds. SO, by knowing the guam
tity of silage to be fed daily, it is pos
Sible to estimate what the diameter
of the SilO should be to permit the
removal of q certain number Of inches
each day. The table below shows the
proper diameter Of the SilO, on a basis
of 40 pounds Of silage per cubic foot,