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rubVic LAbrary
WOODSTOCK, VERMONT
The People's Rights A ftepresenlative Eeirccracy The Unlon and the Constitution Without Any Infractions.
NORMAN WII.I IAMS.
PUBLIC LIRRARY,
VOL. L. NO. 26 WHOLE NO. 4477.
SATURDAY. NDVEMBERT2, 1912.
THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE
Woodstock, Vermont.
Printed Saturday Morning
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
CROPS OF VERMONT
Valued at $27,447,000 in 1909. an
Increase of 51.1 Per Cent.
The totul valuo of the cropa of
Vonnont in 1009 wns $27,447,000,
laccorilinp lo n biilletiu booii to bo
isitiotl by Direutor Durnnd of tho
buieuu of the cenaua, which givea the
coinplete reaulta of tho ngiiculturnl
cenauHinr tliia atato with reforoni-e
lo cropa. Thia waa 51.1 por cent.
Igreutor tlian that in 1899.
Thero waa praulicnlly no'cliange
in ino loiai ncrengo oi crirps nir
which aurongo wns roported, thore
being n (Iw.reaso iu tho ncrengo of tho
cerenla nud of potutooa nrd an in
crenae in that of hnjMind fornge nnd
of vegeinblea, other ihan potatoeR.
The geikurul oliurncter of Vermont
aRrioulture ia itidloiited ly the fact
lluit only 9 7 per cent of the total
valuo of crops ia 1909 wna contril)-
uted by the cereals, whilo ahout
tlireo fiftha (59 5 per cent.) by forcf-t
producta Tlie rutiiaiinlor, repreaent
ing in value 17.5 per cent, of the
total, conaiMcd moally of potutnea
aad other vegotnblea, maple augnr
aml ayrup, nud fruita and nuts.
THE LEADINO CHOPS.
The value of aomo lendiug cropH
waa. hny and fornge, $10 336,000 ;
potutoes, S 1.743,000; oats. $1,109,
000 ; nud corn, $ 1 102.000 Vermont
nppoars to bo dacliuingffa n grnin
growing Htate, und about ututioriiuy
ia the productiim of hay und fornge.
A dcoiease in corn aorongo.in aliowh
in 1909 aacompured with 1879, whilo
wheat haa alightly leea tlinn . one
thirtieth of the acreage in .1909 thai
it occupiod in 1879.
VEGtlTABLES. '
In 1909 tho total acreage of pntn
toes and Otlier vegetnblea waa 35,408
and their vnluo $2,015,000. IOxolud
ing potutooa nnd aweet potntoes and
yama, the acreage of vegetnblea wna
8548, nnd their value $872,000, hoth
ncrcngaand vnluo being decidedly
greater than iu 1899
small. pnuiTS.
Slrnwberrira nre by fnr the mo8t
importaut of tho smull fruita grown
in Vermont, witli rnaplierriea nnd
loganberriea ruuking noxt. The total
nurcage of Btnall fruita in 1909'waa
409, nud in 1899, 418, an iuerenso of
12 2 per cent. The production in
1909 wns 82G,0'0 qunrta, aa com
pared with 930,000 qunrta in 1899,
and the valuo $92,000, aa compared
with $85,000.
OKCHARD KnUITS, OKAPES AND NUTS
Tho total qunntity of orchard fritit
producod in 1909 wna. 1.492.000
hiiBhela, vulued nt $801,000 Apples
contributed nenrly'nll of tliis qnaii
tity, nnd pears moat of the remnin
der. Tho production of grapes nnd
nuta wascomparativoly uniinportnnt.
The nuta conaiated chiefly of butter
nuta. '
Tho total production of nrtdinrd
fruits iucreaaed 2 5, per cent. in
qunntity. botwcen 1899 and 1909.
while tho prodgctinu of grnpes de
erenaed 15.4 per cent. Tho vnluo of
orchnrd fruita iucreaaed from $450.
000 in 1809 to $801,000 in 1909.
while that of grupo deerensed from
$7035 in 1899 to $0328 in 1909.
MAPLE ijUGAJl AND SYUUP.
Tho totnl value of mnplo augnr nild
ayrup produced iu 1909 waa $1,087,-
000, ns compared with ,$599,0n0 in
1899. A Hmnll qunntity of Btignr
hoeta nnd aorghum cnno wns pro
ducod for forage.
FOtlEST PKODUCTS.
Tho cenauB achcdules Jor 1910
called for tho "valuo of nlJ firoivood,
foncing matorinl, logB, railroad tica,'
telegruph and tolephouo poles, mntc
rinla for barrola, Imrk, nnvr.l atorca,
or other fnrest products. cut or pro
ducod in 1909, whothcr uaed on fnrm,
sold or on hnnd April 15, 1910" ;
nnd, nlao, in n eeparnto item,. for bo
"rimpunt rccoi,ved from tho aalo of
Btanding titnber iu 1909' .Thero
wero 22,114 fanns ia Vonnont (07 0
lor cent. on all farme in tho atuto)
whtoh roportod foreat prodncta in
1009, tho totaf valuo of auch prod-iii-.ta
being $3,038,537, na compared
ith $2,108,518 iu 1899, nn incroaso
of 72 0 por cent.
New Features of Vermont Corn
Show.
Uardly a day pasaoa without tho
uddition of aomo new featuro or de-
lail to tho progrnin of tho aecond
nnunal Vermont Uorn ' Show, to bo
hold in tho niamrnotli Kenuody nrenn
in Windwir, Novembor Onnd 7. Tho
Lyndonville School of Agrieulturo,
t'Btabliahod by Thoodore J. Vnil,
will maUe a comprolionaivo exhibit
of tho bcIiooI, fnrm, nud workehop
pmducta nnd n group of the achool
boya will bo at tho show.
Tho. bpBt of muaio by tho Wind8or
.Militnry bund and orchoatra will bo
ii feature of each dny und a corn
products iPBtauinnt will servo lunch
nud meala coutiliuouBly.
A dccided uovelty of tho bigahow
will bo the Thetford kitchen, nn idea
that haa alicady gained for itaelf
couutry-wlde uttontiou nnd cominon
dation. Mdny of .the atnto'a big fnrma nre
lo niake apccial ezhibtta and all rail
roada aro to soll -apecinl excuision
rnto tickota. '
vindsor County Cases.
The trinl calendar for the Novem
ber term of Supre.me cpurt, vvhich'
opens in Montpelier Tuesdny, Nov.
5, is ibsued nnd includes 33 cases.
The Windsor county cnses nre:
Leo Labc lc agajost Central
Vermont rnilway, F'rank Stalleto
;igninst Plumley nnd Snrgent ( gen
ernl assuinpait ) CharlesM. Spcncer
iigaiust tovvti school district of Hart
ford, Lticinda E. VViley ngain&t
Rutland railroad, Frank McCfnbe
ngainst Owen McCabe, State ugainst
Dtiane C. Pierce, neglect. to report
contngious disensc
HARTLAND. .
A. H. Ilowo, who has.beon in
Methuen, Muar., ' for the pnat five
inontha, haa roturnod und liTs fnmily
will joiu hiin atx'm.
Mr. and Mra H II. Daniela and
Mr nnd Mib. H. W. Daniela -of
Woodstock reeently apent n dny with
iheir brother and uncle, W. E.Brlt
toiw Mra. Ilnttio H Shopard haa deoded
tho Qallup pabture to L. E. Merritt.
The Ladiea Benevolent Bociety of
"the Congregntionnl church aerved
uuother of tho iatnoua harvest Bup-
pera at Hotel llartlund, October 22
The eittertuinnient, pre8enting " The
Humnn-optieon ", wns under the
direction of Mrs. D O. Web3ter nnd
ilrs 0. O Qill, proved to bo n ve'ry
plcaaing diverslon. Proceeds, $20,
llartlund haa always bcen proud
of her muaiciuua, of which ahe hap
had tnoro than tho uaunl quotu for
the aize of the town. Now thore ap
peara on tho scone a composer iu the
peraon of Mra. Ulnru Shedd Bnckns
who hns ono compositiou, "Per
hupa", n song eapecially ndnptod bb
an encore, on anle and sovoral otherp
iu the handa of tho publiahers
The Greater Vermont Asso
ciation. There will bo a public moeting'
undor the auspicea of Tho Greatoi
Vermont ABSooiation in tho State
House nt Montpelier on Thursdny
eveuing, November 7, nt 7.45 o'olock
Tho meeting will bo nddreaeed by
Mr. George B Gnllup of The Boston
Chamber ot Commerco ; Mr. Perry
VValton -of the Pilgrira Publicity
ABsociatiou, nnd Mr. Clnrke C. Fitts
of Tho Brattleboro Bonrd of Trado.
The progrnin of tho moeting will be
aa followa :
Jev Englnnd'a Rivala; Social.
Coinmereiul, ' Induslrial, through
Scientifio Orgauization nud Co-opor-ution,
Mr. George B. Qallup. - ,
The Common .AaaetB of Trude,
Agriculture, und Iioarda of Trnde
Imnginntion, Courngo, Pera'istency,
und Judgment, Mr Porry Wnlton
Phaaea of Verniqnt Develoraent,
Mr. Glarko C. Fitts.
"A French aviator, Amcdee
Lucour, wns killcd Sunday while
giving'ariexhibition of tnncy- flying
at JVItissiuan.
Well Knovvn Ludlow Man.
VVillinm.D. BhJI, one' of the bestr
I'.uown citizens of Ludlow, died
Saturday nfter an illness of scveral
o.ontha with licnit nnd kidncy
disease.
In October, 1862, he cnlistcd in
Co. C, 16th Vt. Regt., under Colv
V. G., Vcnzcv. Ho mustered out
with his reglment iu Augustj 1863,
but rc-enlistcd in Mnrch, 1865, for
tlnee ycniR, but wns dischnrgcd in
Mny, followmg the close of the wnr.
Mr. I3tdl wns n member of O. O.
Ilownrd ,Post, G. A. R nnd past
ni:nior' vice commnuder oh the stnte
G. A R., nnd was nlso n Mason.
Free Meat to Free Prices.
VVc do no( need the elaborate
reseaiclics of n tariff commission to
show us that the nieat tariff niust be
very importnnt ngertcy in high
prices, says the New York Commer
cial. Cut it out by the rnots, ns (he
surgeon does n cauccr. If it doesn't
do good it cin't do hnim to the vital
tiulh of things. A stinight bill with
110 complication, putting meat
products on the free list, is what the
country needs. Filty lines would do
the job nnd prove n verttable "hnm-
mer of Thor " in smashing prices,
unless it can be prqvedthat two plus
two cnn somctimes inake five.
ATWO AND AQUARTER MIL-
LION DOLLAR SAVINGS
BANK.
It seems only n few- weeks stnce
we clironicled the iact that the
deposits in the Hyde Pai k Savings
LJnnlc luu! reacliecl the two inilliou
dolar inaik.
To the nverngc newspnper man,
who does Hot sec niucli money any
way, it scems like the story of Alad
din's Lnmp to be (old that the bank
rcachcd nnd pnss'ed its two nnd n
quarter million dollar mnrk on the.
16H1 inst., btit sucli ia nevertheless
the fact.
A million dollars is n big lor of
money up in tlns rocky, hdly ncck
of woods'. We woudei if our rend-
ers realize that it rnkes twenty-two
tliousnnd hvc huudred deposits,
nveragSng one hundred dollars each,
to make two imd n quniter millions.
Talk with yonr neighbor nbout it,
and he will tell vou that he cannot
understand it and it does seem
almost unbclievable ; but since the
bank is. willinc to pnv'n state tnx on
tliis sum, we gucss we will liave to
nccept the statement as tnie. The
State will get from the Lamoille
Couutv Savings Bank $15,750 tax
on tliis two nnd n quarter million
dollars deposits, 11 sum probably
larger, by a consulerable nmottnt,
than. would be paid upon it were it
It-ft in the hauds of those who makc
the deposits.
The' directots of tliis bank liave
reason to be. proud of the uulimited
confideoce shown by the people of
Ver.mont jn thiR mstitutinn. lhev
evidently think the Hyde Park Bank
safe, and we think 'there is not a little
to the idea that the people like to
ueposit their money in a bank whic.li
can trtithfully sny that nside from
money deposited in New York and
Boston ns quick asspts, the bank has
ilever loaned a dollar which did not
have cithei Vermont security behind
it ,or n strong. Vermont name, or
names. 011 the note; and that in its
nearly twenty-fouryears of existence
it has never lost a dollar by a poor
note.
Of course, the fact that the bank
pays iour per cent, nnd pnys all the
tnxes, is a great incentivc to make
these deposits. News and Citizcn.
S. W. Flack of Ludlow does not
take much stodt in the claim tliat
oats cannot be raised casily 111
Vermont. He.plnnted 12 bushels of
the Grent Dane aced oats on six
acrcs, and threshed therelrom 36S
bushclc a satisfactory interest ot
his investmeijt.- In the past 12 ycnrs
he hns never harvested less than 50
bushels to the acre.
VVilltnm French chapter, Daugli
ters of the Amefican Revolution, of
Bellows Falls, dedicated on Fridny
October 4, n mnrker in that place to
commemornte the prenching of the
flrst Protcstant scrmon in the state
by Rev. John Williams 111104.
The mnrker consists of n lnrgagrn'n
ite boulder nnd brnnze tnblet. The
bouldcr was qunrried in Chester 25
years ago nnd had lain iu an open
field until tliis year.
The width of tlic Pnnnma cnnal
locks will limit the size of new
warshjps to be builtby Great Britain,
nccording to i.nformntion rcceivcd by
th nnvy dcpartmcnt.
GAY NIGHT LIFE IN BERLIN
Charlottenburo, Fashlonablo Seotlon
of Capltal, Objocta to Roveloro'
Lato Hours.
Borlln, Gertaany. Tho clty counoll
and pollco ot Charlottonburg, a faeh
tonablo resldonoo seotlon that la irt
depondont of tlio Borlln munlolpallty,
have docldod to tako a flrm stand
BKnlnst tho nlght llfo from Uorlln
propor that gathers ln tho suburb, a
corrospondent oayn. AU nlght long
Ihoro Is caroualng and tho uars, rca
tnurants and cafos nwarm unttl flva
and bIx o'clook ln tho jnomlng. Thon
tho rovolora go homo ln tho brlght
dayllght, nrrtvlng' at Dorlln Juat ns
tho worlcors ara omorglng for tholr
dally taoks.
Por somo tlmo tho numhor of bo-
callod Amorlcan baro hns boon in
aroaslng ln Charlottcnburg, oponlng
ln tho bost stroets and drlving out,
tho rosldonts. It has now boon de
oldod not to llconso any moro bars
and cnfos and thoso ln exlBtenco will
bo supproBBod as far as posBlbler or
at lcast mado to oloso at docont
hours. Ono o'clook has boon not aa
Tho Decorated Btatuo of Frederlok
the Qreat In Berlin 8oen by Nlght.
the hour for closlng and lt 1b bo
lloved that as tho greater part of tho
patronago Is after that hour, tho now
rulo will have tho offoct of drlving a
majorlty of tho placos out of busl
ncss. It 1b nluo proposed to prohlbit
danclng ,ln places which' aro not spe-
clflcally llconsed for that purposo.
Tho deoentrallzatlon or nlght caroua-
lng from Derlln proper to tho rosl
dence Bootlona has been causlng
much worry of lato, and thls ls tho
flrst attompt to Btem tho tldo.
BAR WOMANAS ' LAWYER
Atlanta Student, Whlto Qraduatlng
From College, U Excluded by
Court Interprotatlon.
Atlanta, Qa. When tho curtaln ln
tho Grand Opera Houso at Atlanta
rollod up, dlscloslng tho graduatlng
class of tho Atlanta Law school, thoro
was a gcncral cranlng of nocks and ex
clted whlspora. For, hero waa a wom
an candldato for the cove'tod degree of
Dachelor of Lays a Portlo ln stald
old Georgia and tho audtonco roso en
masso to ahout Its npproval of thls ln
vaaion of the sacrod rights of man.
Tho cllraax came whon. ber namo
Mrs,. Georgia Mclntyro Weavor ln
tho courso of tho dl'strlbutlon of tho
dlplomaa was callod. Tho little wom
an, who had sat through the evonlng
nmong that domlnant group ot mon
.as unconcerned as though the wolght
of hor sex was not hanglng around
her n'eck, atepped domuroly forward
to rocelve her degree "with all tho
ndvantages, prlvlleges and omolu
ments lncldont thoroto."
Dut the, followlng morning, while
the balance of tho class was bolng
ndmltted to tho bar, Mrs.. Woavor, sho
"of tho prlvlleged sex," sat ln her
roorn gazlng at her dlploma and thlnlc
lng of tho useless degroo that entltled
her to all the "ndvantages, prlvlleges
and omolumonts thoreto."
For, undor an interprotatlon of tho
law, as lald down by tho Georgia
courts, only malo citizens aro ellglblo
to tho practlco of law. Mrs. Weavor
thereforc, Just because sho is a wo.
man, and ln spltoof tho hlgh standlng
sho attalncd ln her class, xnust elt su
pinoly aoldo.
WIRELESS SAVES MAN L0SS
Measage 8ent From Mldooean la Ao
cepted ln Court In LloU of
Formal Affldavlt.
San Franclsco, Cal. Instructlona
sent hy wlrelcss from tho steamer
Nlppon Mnru by Dr. Otls D. Spauld
lng, ehlp's dootor, to his attornoy
hero, socured hlm tempprary rellef
rocontly from an order for tho Balo
of his property for tho satlsfaotlon of
his dlvorced wlfo's unpald -aHmony.
Tho Nlppon Mnru ls.,now"ln tho'
mlddlo of tho 'Paclflop on route horo
from tho Orlont. Tho wlreless mes
sago was - produced ln court hy
Spnuldlng's attornoy nnd ncceptod.' ln
lieu of an affldavlt
Mrs. Spauldlng waa granted an ln
torlocutory decree and $75 per month
ullmony October 11, 1010, Spauldlng
deTaultlng tho caso. His attorney
now says that ho will contest th
caso "when lt comoa up for flnal ao
tlon. Hour-Old Baby Has Luoky Fall.
New York. One hour after ho was
born a son ot Mrs. Mary Strom was
blown f.rom a thlrd story wlndow, Ho
was -wrapped ln a blanket. and was
not lnjured "when ho struok the pave-meat.
PROPHEGY WAS TRUE
Tragedy Rests ,on Houso Noar
Gravo of Slaln Wooer.
Curso That Rests Over Placo Near
St. Joaeph, Mo., Had Its Incep
tlon When Two Rlval Qypslos
Fouoht Over Glrl.
St. Josoph, Mo. Dullt Mpon
tho unmarked gravo of a mur
dored wooor, a' llttlo houso
atands upon a lonely knoll noar Sax
ton stntlon, soven mllos east of St.
Joo, Mo., a thlng accuraod and
ohunned hy thoso who know Ito his
tory. Thoy foar tho balotul lnflu
enoes which aro sald to surround lt.
Durlng the 12 yoars lt has boon
otanding olght Uves havo been hlottod
out by vlolcnt means, Illness and 111
fortuno havo followod tho advont of
new tenants, the crops havo falled,
whilo thoao on nclghborlng farms
prospercd and a soquenco of mlsfor
tunes has doggod tho footstops o(
thoso who havo braved tho plaoe and
Its curso.
Tho curso that hangs over the place
began boforo tho houso was bullt. lt
had lts lncoptlon when two young
gypsles, rlvals for tho hand of a
daughtor of tho trlbo, fell out over
tholr lovo affalrs and fought. Tho
ranqulahod ono stolo up behind his
sloeplng rlval that nlght and plunged
a knlfo lnto his back. Thon ho went
to tho klng of tho band and confossQd
what he had dono.
VVhateyer tho motlvo whtoh lnsplrod
tho klng whethor his heart waa with
tho xnurderer or whotbor1 ho dld not
want an lnvestlgatlon by the authorl
Uos ho ordered that tho body of tho
slaln mnn bo taken to the knoll near
by and burled.
It was years lator that Chrlstophor
Bchroors, a young fnrmer, bulldlng the
houso to shelter the wlfq whom ho
soon proposed to tako, looked down
from tho roof ho was shlngllng to soo
standlng at tho foot of his laddor an
aged gypsy crone. Sho oxpressed a
deslre to tell his fortuno.
"Tho.fatos nro unklnd," sald tho
gypsy dolefully, shaklng hor head.
" You, 'aro soon to bo marrled. You
dream of a long llfe ahcad. You
think to gathey with your chlldron
and grandohlldren about thls place.
But ln your hand I soo naught but
trouble. Your droams will not oomo
Houso on Which Curao Resta.
truo. You will meet a death of vlo
lenco, and your wldow will ho left to
mourn alono."
Got out with your bad-luck tales,"
Bald Schroors and laughod agaln.
"I read n-truly," sald tho gypsy.
Tho houBO that you bulld Bhall bo a'
house of 111 luck. Bcneath ono of tho
trees that Bbadea, lt thoro llos a body
-ono of my own trlbp who was burled
thero by the hands otshls frlends.
His Bplrlt crles out for yongonnco nnd
a poacoful, ballowod gravo. Untll
thls ls accompilshed, ,thera shall bo
ao rost for those who llvo horo."
Schroors rcturncd. to his work whlst
tlngi If he over thought of tho gypsy
.woman'B prophecy ho dld not montton
tt to tho glrl ho Boon marrled "and
took to llvo ln tho now Iioubo. A few
months lator, roturnlng from St.
JoBeph one nlght, Schroers allowod
his wagon to tarry a moment too long
on the rallway crosslng almost ln
front of his own gato. Thcy picked
up his mangled body a hundrod feot
away, and tho wreck ot his wagon
was scdttored along tho rlght ot way,
Tragody has marked the placo ovor
slnco.
BAD ROADS COST MILLI0NS
Farmero Loaq That Amouht Yearly,
Says A. C. Trumbo of Mus
kogee, OKIa.
Donver, Col. A. C.. Trumbo of Mus
kogoo, Okla., .prestdent of tho trana
MlBslsBlppt congreso, which mot In
Salt Lako Clty, deolared that' tho pro
ducoro of agrlcultural products ln
Amerlca loso nnnually $260,000,000
ovor tholr Europoan nelghbors through
cost of transportatIon
Tho solutlon ot the problom, sald
Mr. Trumbo, Is ln good roads, a quca
tloh which ho says tho forthcomlng
congrosa ls. golng tp mako paramount
f
MountainSheep
orscfi
NO blg-gamo-hunter wlU deny,
I tblnk, the dtfflcultles that at
tond tho shooting of xnountatn
shoop. To tho so-called sports
man who gauges his suo-
cess by tho numbor 01 beods bo-
curod, lrrospoctlvo of tholr value. lt ,
cannot, of .courso, appeat; but to tho
huntor-naturallst, who can enjoy and
npproclato tho wlld and hnposlng .
country ln which hU quarry llvos, and ,
flnds his eroatoat n easure ln d ttlnK
his own sklll and cunnlng agalnst
thoso ot a worthy foo, thls torm ot
shooting ylolda a jnost excltlng, lt
arduous, sport. But today tho numbor
of xnountaln sheep ls fast dlmlnlshlng,
and lt is excoedlngly dlfflcult ln AmorL I
ca to flnd and obtaln a good, or even
moderato. head without an exUaordl-
nary omount of travollng and huntlng
-even then success la not assured- j
whilo the short open soason for sheop
presents an added obstuclo. Nor ls
such a trlp by any raoans lnoxponslve,
for Amerlcan guldes have a way of j
charglng for tholr servIcoB which ls-1
altogother out of proporUon ot thclr
valuo s
. ' . . . . .
Mountaln sheep, howovor, can .bo
found ln tho vory northwest of Mexl-
co, around the hoad ot the Gulf of
Callfornla, ln Lowor Callfornla, and
raroly ln Chlhuahua. Further south
tbey cannot go, for the torrld heat
and waterless desort ot tho Tlerra
Callonte (hot country) provent thetr
furthor' progross. Theroforo thls ro.(otherw,80 perf;ct h(jad and IoAiooa.
glon forms tho vanlshing polnt of the
gonuB Ovls ln Amorlca, and tho study
of thoso BUeep ls all tho moro lntor
estlng bn tbat account, wrltes I. N.
Drocopoll In Country Llfe.
Of the mountaln sheep found ln
Moilco thero aro four spoclea or sub
sp'ecles: Tho Ovls mexIcanuB, whoso
type locallty ls tho Lake Santn Marla.
district ln Chlhuahua; the Ovls cana
densls galllardl of the Plnacato moun
talns In Sonora; and the Ovls nelBonl
and Ovls cervlna cremnobatos of
Lowor Callfornla. Tho flrst-namcd of
thoso ls now almost extlnct, for thoy
usod to lnhablt a country which" was"
plcntlfully aupplled 'with wator and.
easlly accesslblo, and thoy wero soon
almost extermlnatod by so-called
"sportsmen." They aro dlstlngulshed'
by the largo slzo of their cars and
molar teeth, while tholr foreheod ls
notlceably less concave than that of
the typlcal Ovls canadensls. These
sheep have been rlghtly, I think, de
scrlbed as a new speclea; but tho oth
er three aro only sub-speclos or local
varlottes of the truo Ovls canadenals
typlcus. It would 'be tedlous, thero
foro, to go fully lnto tho mlnute.'pe;
cullarttles that dlfferentlate them from
tho well known Rocky Mountaln sheep,
as they aro of Interest only to the
zoologlst, and not to the hlg-gamo-huntcr.
Thero Is one polnt, however,
that jnokes tho Ovls canadensls gall
lardl a partlcularly flno trophy, and
that ls tho remarkablo bulk ot tho
horns, which aro much blgger and
moro masslvo ln comparlson with tho
bodlly slzo of tho anlma than 'thoBo
of the sheep. ln Wyomlng and tho
north.
Not Wlld or 8hy.
. At prosent ln tho Plnacato moun
talns and ln the Slerra del Pozo ln
Sonora there ls a largo number of
them, and they aro not very wlld or
shy, aa they havo hot beon much mo
lestod by tho"indlans and not at all
by the 'white man, for tho country la
ununown, anu nas a oaa name owlng
tq Its extromo arldlty and laok of wa
tor. It was In thls reglon that my
brother and 1 obtalned some oxcellent
heads, somo of which aro shown ln
the accompanylng pbotographs.
In the daytlme and durlng hot
weather the sheop aro, always found
hlgh up in tho mountalns. They como
down to feed durlng the nlght, but
lnvarlably return to the rocky lcdgos
and preclpltous 'cllffs, which aro tholr
tavorito haunts, soon aftor dawn. Horo
thoy bod down ln tho nlchoa ot the
tava dr under some overhanglng
boulder for the rest ot the day; and
so woll does thclr coloring harmonlzo
with their surroundlngs that not even
tho tralned eyoslght of tho Indlan cnn
detect them, The hunter must, thoro
foro, be early ln the flold. Ho should,
lt poaslblo, camp hlgh up tho moun
talns ln the Bheop country, for thls
will givo hlm tho best chance of ouo-
COBS.
When those nnlmals aro niovlng
about they aro not dlfflcult to see, for
tholr white rump patch ls xnost con
spicuoUB and can bo dotected ot a
great dlstanco. The socret of succeRs
ls not to bo ln a hurry, Llko nearly
all othor anlmals, thoy have always a
sentlnol on tho look-out whon they aro
feodlng, genorally a ewe, . and the
hunters chlef alm should be to spot
thls onlmol and avold bolng seen by
lt. Ho should thon talco a caroful noto
ot the country, and hy procoodlns
slowly and cautlously, and by kooplng
ln the ehadowa lt posslblo, ho should
bo Rb f aPProach thom easlly,
nough and soloct tho besthoad. Thero
i ium
bed, and that ls that the Bhoep when
trlghtenod, nearly always try to escapo
"""" luu uuuih-mii1 bo iuuv
should bo approaohed, whenover tho
wlnd allows of lt, from below.
Owlng to tho scarclty ot all othor
food, the rumlnantB of.thls country
havo to dopend almost entlroly on tho
c? a young shoots and green
bark f tho mesqulto and paloverdo
tree8 or sustenanco. Thoy are also
yo Part'al to tho ocotlllo (Fouqulera.
BPJendens) and when tho lattor begln
flowcr late ln Aprjl. tho Bheop como
down fr?m tho munVl,ns to,tho.f(J
of tbo p,aIn a,nd e?d nlm0Bt ,onUroly
on h?m- Th,s B00,mB BBre,
w.lth thom excellently, for thoy aro
fways ln tho best of condltlon at thls
tlmo of year. I do not know ot any
nnlmals, olthor ln Afrlca or Amerlca,
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,t . ,nr t,.p fhn .. . . .,, ' .
horn antelope, which 1b much prlzod
by the Moxlcans.
Tho dryness of the olimata ln tho
Sonora dosert ls largbly rosponslble
for tho way some of tho horns aro
spllt at the ends, which often spolls
lts length by two to four lnohos. It
has tho same offect on one's flngor
nalls, whlh becoma very brlttle and
spllt or broak at tho sllghtest provo
catlon. Tho horns of the old rams
are espoclolly dry, and are often much
worn and scarred on their uppor sur
face, as, can bo booii ln the photo
graph ot the blggest ram wo shot; but
thls ls duo to tho blows tbey recolve
whon flghtlng among themsolvos head
to head.
Mountaln sheep aro not the only
trophy that can be socured in thls ln
terestlng country, for lts fauna ls al
most as remarkablo as lts flora, and
many specles are conflned to thls, lo
callty nnd, are not found elsewhere.
Among gamo anlmals are the puma
(Felis concolor) and a llttle-known
specles of Jaguar tho "Ugro" of tho
Moxlcans tho bay lynx (L. ruffa), a
local yariety of the Texas collared
poccary (D. angulatus sonorlensls),
tho blaclc and the white talled doer
and the prongborn antolopo.
One of the principal cbarins ot
huntlng in thls 'country la the varloty
of scenery met with. For tho deer
nro found in abundance in the Santa
Catallna mountalns, among the plnes
nnd sllvor blrches of tho beautlful
Canada del Oro. In the foot-hllla lynx,
puma and tho black-talled ' deer can"
gonerally bo found, but hero the scone
ls qulto dlfferent and tho vegetatlon
becomoa moro charocterlstlo. Huntlng
Is dltncult, as there ls but little cover
and days pass often without a chonco
for a shot
It would be ImpoBslble ln a short
artlcle to descrlbo ln detail the vari
ous anlmals that llvo ln the Sonora
desert, or to mentlon tho best hunt-lng-gi-ounds.
It ls undoubtedly the
tlnost gamo country in the southwest
today, as lt has been untouched, and
therefore unspolled, hy tho ordinary
trayolor. But although blg gamo Is
plentiful, good trophles ara not so
cured without hard work and much
pattenco. The heat' Is intenso and
water is very scarce ln parts abso
lutoly non-exlstent, so that no onq
should contemplato a huntlng trlp 'to
the Sonora dosert unless he ls pre
pared to.face dlscomfort and probably
actual hardship.
plckpaskets Suspond Buslnesa.
Haa anybody had a pockot plckod In
Stockholm reeently? Ono la curlous to
know now tho visltors to the Olym
plc games at tho Swedlsh capltal hava
fared, because M.- Xavler Paolltho
French "conductor of Tclngs," vouchoa
for tho fact that there were no pockets
picked in Athens whlle the Olymplo
games were ln progress thero. When
It hecamo evldent that tho games
would draw largo numbers of forelgn
ers to Athens the plckpockets hold a
meeting" and pledged themsolves, ono
and all, to suspond buslnoss as long
as the games lasted ln order to pro
tect tho roputatlon of their country.
And M. Paoll says they kopt their
word. London Chronlclo.
Advancoment ln Phlllpplnoa,
Although sugar has boen-mado ln
tho Ph'Ulpplnea for centurles, the flrst
modern mlll was oponfed only1 a few
woeks ago.'