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. WOODSTOCK, VERMONT
The People's Rights A Represeniaiive Ecir.ccracy The Union and the Constitution Without Any Infractipns.
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VOL. L. NO. 28 WHOLE NO. 4479.
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 16, 1912.
THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE
Woodstock,- Vermont. -Printed
Saturday Morning
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
WOODSTOCK NEWS
SAYS HE SHOT
IN SELF DEFENCE
George W. Smith Killed Joseph
Destafano at Wilder.
JtHoph Dealufnuo, who wiih em
ployud oii tho I'OHHtriictiou gaitg ut
Wilder, wna slioL nnd killed nt tliat
vilhige Sundny night, nnd Geotgo
VV. Siuitli of Wilder ifl undor urrcht,
ho huving given lnmself up to tlu
nuthniitios ahortly nftorwnrda.
Destufnuo honrdod nt Smilli's
houso, liaving heon there for aeveial
weeka. According to the ntory aa til
pro.sent lcuown DcBtufaun oa Sunilay
rore'vod awvernl qunrta of liquor,
part r wliii'li wuh (.'oiiHttined during
tlio ilay. Towurd nightfull lio 10
turiied to llie Sniitli liouae in a
dnmliou eondilioii, mit down for n
ahort tiait) and tlien talked about
gniug tn hed, Ihmlly Iryinj; toindiico
Smiih i jniu hiin in flu driiiking.
This Smiih refused, h the story
goes, and Destafani) hcrnine nbnaiw
Presenlly lio hccdiiie bo itbuaiva tliat
Smith ordered liim out of ilie house.
Going out of the lioitBi, Deslnfnuo
hecaino so noiny and domnuHtrativt'
lliat iStiiit.li went out. to quiol liim.
It-ia ullegt'd thul u'hen Siuitli wfiit
outHide lieyas aeized by the tliroitt
by Destafano and thattu Rtruggle en
sued, in which .Sniitli drew Iuh ov u
revolver and oommeiiccd ahootinu.
Finally, droppiug liia" wupon Siniili
started to run niiil waa followed l.y
Destafano for a 'slnn t distanco. Aficr
circling aboiit thu houao- in thit
vicinity for a timo Sniitli roturni'd
to hia liouso and found Dt'Btafan'.'n
bndy. Soveral bullcta are said, to
havo lukeii elTect.
After tliu shooting Sniitli went to
the nutlioriiicirt nnd told w.hat lie liad
done.'clainiiiig thut llie flliooting waa
in self defenso. Siate'H Atlorney
Skeela waa nolilied and lioalntod tliat
lie would tuke"uhnrge of tlie case.
Smilli has beeu employed by tl.c
Internntionnl Pnpor cotnpnny ui-
Wildor bitt liajl beoti piek for bo
time, atid - hia wira.in also now ill
Little ia known of -Destafntio.
, SMtTll BOUND OVKtl
Qpoigo VV. Smith of Wililor rfna
on Monday bnund over lo Windsor
county court An antnpsy rovealc d
a btillot through t)ie htoinaoli and
kidtieys aa the rnuno of death oT
Destafano,' s
Game Figures for Two Yeais.
John W. Titcomb, stats iish and
gamo cmnmiaHioner, has juat iaaue'd
tlie 21st bit'iinial repoi't f)r tho fiacal
year ending Juno 30,' 1912, aay
County Warden 11. M Newton in.tht1
Ludlow Tribuue, and fis 4jut a fmv
liunlera nud tialiennon leccive tlie
loport I think aome of its contenirt
vuuli be of inlereat to many pooph
in Windsor county.
The nmnber of doer killed during
the open bcuboii of 1910", bo(h dne-
and buuka, waa by couutiea ns
lows AHdiaon 224, peuningtou 238
Cnlotlonin 195, Chittenden 210, Easex
91, I'Vanklin 157, Grand Isle 4, Lji
moillo 251, Orange 101, Orleana 90
Hutland 518, Waahingtiin 548
Windham 345, Windsor 547. tntul
3009; gro38 weiRKt 578 487-lba ;
avcrago wcight 100 lba.
The number of deor feillod iu the
opeji eoason of 1011, bncka only, wnp;
Addison 103, Uuiiniugtou 250, CuIh
ilonia 107, Chittoutlon 79. EastfxlO.
Franklin 68. Grand Isle 0, Lamoille
170. Orange 127, Orleana 90, Rul.
land 347, Washington 284. Windhum
352, Windsor 472; tnta.l 2044; grosa
weight 513,075 lba; average weiglit
194.
Tho number killed in Wiiuiaor
county by towno in 1911 at: Anil
ovor 8. Baltimore 3, Uaruard 10,
Bethel 23. Bridgewater 37, "Caven
dish 10, Chester 32. Hartford 20,
Hartland 4, Ludlow 15", Norwich 25.
Plymouth 42, Pdmftdt 8, Reading
20, Rochester' 55. Royalton 11, Sha
ron 17, Springfield 18, StockbridKO
28, WcRthorafiold 22, "Weston 21.
Woat Windaor 5. Windaor 9, Wood
stock 14; totnl 472.
Tho nutnbor of riolators nnd tho
amonnt of finea and coeta paid by
countie8 are: AddtBon twenty-oight,
atnount paid $005,28; Bennington
twolve, $108.87;. Caledonia four,
$137 45; Ghittondon twonly, $415.
74; Essex sixteon, $022.31; franklin
twelvo, ?049 02; Grand Isle tione;
Lamoillo twcnty-five, $1457 80;
Orango fourtoon, $481 04; Orleana
thirloon, $300 25; Rutland lourteen,
$400.34; Washington thirtoen,
$000 20; Windham aovon, S527.84;
Windaor forty-two. $1532.74.
END OF RAILROAD
WAR IN SIGHT
Agreement Reached for Joint
Use of Central Vermont
Tracks Between Windsor and
White River Junction.
Tho Grand Trunk railroad if
Canada ia nogotialing with tho New
Vork, New llavennnd Hartford rail
road for tho right not only to reach
lioRtou and Providetu'o over tholinea
of the lulter t'.iad, but lo carry its
bu8inusB iuto all tho atationa of the
eutiio Now Haven aystutn, iuuluding
tho Boatpn & Maino road, according
to a Htateinnnt given out by Vice
Preajdent Timothy E. Byrnes of tho
New Haven road.
Tho atatement ia issued to explain
tho leasona for discontinuing Woi k
ou tlie Southeru Now England rail
road, tlio Grand Trunk'a aubsidiary
aa aunnniiced Monday.
Vice Preaident Byrnos atates tliat
alrcady an iigreement has becn
reachod .botwren thii two roada ty
tlio joint U80 of tho Central Vermont
ttac'ks between VindBor nnd White
River Junction The" withdrnwing
of tho pelition by- the Boatnu &
Maino for a biaiu-h road from Cor-
lish to Lobaunu, N. II., paralleling
tho Central Vermont line, uns
nnuouiiced Saturday.
Whilo deolaritig the exact reaaon
for ordoring nBusponaiou of wnrkon
the Southeru Now England-railroad
ia not kpown to Preaident iiellen, it
ia admitted tliat joint uegotiatioi'a
aro under way and havo been lor
BDine timo lo'oking to a joint uae f
tho New Haven linea by tho Npw
Ihiveu and Grand Trunk roads. ,
B. & M. Abandons Cornish to
West Lebanon Line.
The .Sullivnu county railroad,
leaBod II ii3 of the Boatou nud Maino
railroad, has withdrawn ita pctilii n
buforo tho public servico coinmiasn n
aaking for authority to oxtend itn
litiea from Cornish to Weat Lebanon,
which would jiarallul on tho New
llainpahire aide of the Connecticut
rivor tho Contral Vermont, the Grand
Trunk lino, on tho Vermont aide.
Tlio petitinn waa filed with tho
supremti court to determiue the
queation of public neooKsity on Api il
20, 1910, and thnt tribunal held it
until October 7, when it deeidod it
liad no jurisdiction and turncd it
over to tho coinniisaion.
From tho firat the exteuaion waa
violenlly opposed by summcr reai
dentB of Cornish'on tho ground tliat
It would tyork serioua damage to
thpir property.
The cauao of tho withdrawal, tlie
auuouncement of which crcnted
aatoniflliinent in railroad and legnl
circloa, haa not been givon out.
Barre Ordered to Close Public
Places.
At, tho ond of n conferenco be
tween tlio atato boord of healtl',
Stato'a Attomoy Carvor and tholocal
healtli authoritiea in Barro Monday
aftt'rnOoti, Seciotnry H. D. Holton
nppearud beforo a number of busf
nesa ntid profosaiqnal men and cler
gyinon and snid lio bolieved thnt
Barro waa notyot "out of tho woodp,"
aa ho nxpresaed it, nnd tliat tho lid
alioii)d imt lio liftedon the churchea,
Bchools and amuaement plncea for
anotlier weolc nt lenst. At tliat timo,
tho board would start anothor invea
tigation nnd if tho conditiona war
ranteiT nnd no now cnaeaof amallpox
wero ropprtod, pormisaion would'.bo
given to' rcopen a.ohoola, churchea
and amusoment places.
Q'it of 500 applo troea planted by
Dr. F. L. Osgood, jot Saxtons River
not ono oacapedinjury by deor. Of
1,000 trees planted by Col. John E.
Piddfmlc, 6f Bollowa Fnlla, 1,200 havo
beon datnaged by deor.
Vermonfs Christmas Trees
Are Not Barred.
Tho dopartmont of ngriculturo has
placed muombargo upon intor-atato
aliipmont of Christmas treea froin
Maino, Now Hnmpahire, Maaaachu-
sotta, Rhodo Island and Connecticut,
becauao of gypsy ntid brown tnil
moths. Tho quarant'aio bocomea
offectivo Novombor 25 and nlao
affoctfl tho shipment of dccoratiyo
planta auch aa hplly and lnurel,-
V vn na Christmas groona or
"b- nory "
Short-Weight Potatoes.
Fred Torrior, n South Burlington
farmor, wub arnfigned iu city court
on tlio char'go of solling potatoes
iwdor weight, which t'neans tliat
wlmt lie aold for a buahel did not
weigh G0 pouudB na rcquirod by law.
fle pleadod guilty to tho chargo and
waa finod $1 and costa of $5.89,
which ho paid.
Smallpox Scare Over.
Tho- amnllpox scaro in Rutland
soems to boSliout over. Childron
who hav'o been vaccinated are to bo
nllowed to relurn to'school. Thore
aro n.iw flvti. casea of tho diseaae in
tho city
Wilson Will Take a Vacation.
Preaident-elect Wilson inteiida to
follow out bia " liatening policy " for
aevernl wenka beforo mnking any
aunnuucemont of Jmportant mattera
of Btate Ho has deeidod to go away
on a. vacation next weok for three or
four weeka'to bo out of reach qf po
litical callors.
Ho piobably will mnke little
known about tho polioy of tiis future
adminiatration beforo January.
Auto Kills a Barre Girl. f
Florence Milno, 6-year-old dniigh
ter of Mrs Nellio Milne, was run
doivu and killed by an auiotni'bile
owned by II. B Partridgo of East
Bnrro, on Wnalimgton atroet, Barro,
Monday afternoon.
Tho child dnrled acroas tho atreet
in froutof the niaoliinoand evidently
becnmo confused. Death followed
teu minutea after tho nccident.
yoodrow Wilson, President
elect. Borp nt St.uinton, Virginia, Dcc.
28, 1856.
Graduuled from Princcton college,
1879:
Giaduatcd from tlie law dcpait-
nient of tlie University of Virginia,
1882.
Practiced law at Atlantn, 1883.
Marricd Hclcn Louisc Axson of
Snvnnnab, 1885. . ,
Becamc professor of political
economy nt Bryn Mawr college,
1885.
Becnme professor of political
economy nt VVesleyan university,
18S8.
Becnme professor of jurisprudence
nnd politics nt Princeton, 1890.
Became prcsident ftf Princeton
university, 1902.
Elected governor of New Jerr ev
on the democratic ticket, 191 1.
Rcceived democratic nomination
inr prcsident bf the United States,
1912.
Autbor of tnimerous works on
political economy and Amcrican
histoiy. ,
Elected prcsident of the United
States Nov. 5, 1912.
Theblowing out- of 0 boilet liead
onthe battlesliip Vermont, reccntly,
seriously burned six stokers.
A fire nt Castleton last weck
VVeduesday night lestroyed the
Bomoseen bouse and other property,
entniling ajoss estimated at $75,000.
Col R. E. Hathorn, recently catno
into poasession of an interestiug rolio
of tho town of Ludlow ns itwnain
1800. Itis a picturoof tho old Harii
mond biiildiug sinco burned, with a
group of protninont reaidonts in
front. "Tho facoa nro vory clear. In
tho group wero Eldor Pearsone,
Warren Adntrts, Mra: Boynton, n
millinor, and John A. Donnolt, all
now decensed. Tho only peraon now
known to bo livjng ia A. H. Lock
wood, who waaaclorkat Uammandls
etoro in 18C0t .
T
Duka of Marlborough Blamcs
Dearth of Cottages for Evil.
Abtenea of Homea for Humblest
Clntaea of Rural Workera Ia De
populntlno tho Country "Weok
Endere" Ia Chlof Cauao.
London. Whon the duko of Marl
borough, ln hla recent artlclou ln tho
Dally Mnll-on "Induatrlal Unreat tn
Bngland' traced tho source of tho
troublo back to tho dearth ot cottages
ror country laborera, (t .seomod ratber
fanclful, but slnco hla artlclea wero
printed, no eraall amount of evldenco
baa oippeared to back up hls theory.
Ono of tho moat lntereatlng contrl
butlona to tbe dlscusslon comes from
"A Country Parnon," vrho aaya tbat tho
dearth ot' homea for ,tho humblest
clasaos or rural workera 1b a crylne
evil. According to nim, lt la dopopu
latlne the country,
Marrlagea amons the youns peoplo
aro at a discdunt. ho saya. Twonty
yeors ago, ln hla parieh. tho regtatera
ahow there. was a yearly average of
bIx marrlage3 of agrlcultural laborors.
Durlng tho last elgbt yeara thla aver
ago has been roduced to ono. Aaaur
edly tbla atatement backo up the duko
of Marlborough.
Tho young men ln the country havo
no lnducementa to marry there and no
homea to aettlo down ln. They flock
to the clttes, they crowd out tho city
born of weaker phyaique, they lower
the atandard of wagoo by glottlng the
labor market. Then como poverty,
Btrlke, paralysla of buslneso, gcnoral
all-'round dlsaeter.
But why ahould there be a dearth
of rural cottages. Why doea not the
law ot aupply and demand operato to
end lt ln ahort orderf One reaaon
Bcems to bo that all eorts of outold
ers aro competlng wltb, tho agrlcultur
al laborer ln the way of a cottago that
may oxlat or be butlt ln rural reglons.
Behlnd thla ls tho fundamental
cauao, the fact that the agrlcultural
laborer ls so badly paid or paid ln
auch an unpractlcal way that he Ia not
ablo to pay anythlng llke a decenl
rent, for a liome anythlng liko tho
rent which wlH return even tho
Bmalleet lnterest on the bulldor's In-veBtment-
Illustrattng the competltlon with tho
laborer for the 'rural cottago, the.
caso of the weete ender ls cltcd. The
Typleal EnQllsh Cottage.
weok ender of moderato meana wanto
a very cheap. place whero ho can run
down ln flno weather and spond a day
or two at what 1b to hlm -merely"
nomlnal cxponse. He flnda a laborer'o
cottago plcturesquely situated; ho
goea to tho 'landlord and offers a gro
tesquely low.rent for lt, say flvo shll-f
Ungs or $1.25 a week, on condltlon
that lt bo rcatored or flxed up put ln
good order. The 'landlord cheerfully.
accepts tho offer and pnta the cottage
In flrst-rate condltlon, for tho rent of
the city man otfera, atiBurd though lt
may aaem to a NeV Torker, la any
wbero from three to flvo tlmes aa
much aa the agrlcultural laborer can
aftord ta pay.
MAY CALL 0FFICER A "GINK"
11 - 1
And, Phlladotphla Judge' Holda, It
Doesn't Juatlfy Arrest of Formar
Puglllat..
Phlladolpbla. Maglstrato Coward,
slttlng lix ctty hall, today deeidod lt
ls no prlmo ' to call a polloeman a
"glnk," no mnttor what conatruotlon
Ia placed upon the1 word. The Magls
trate llstoned to tho evldenco of 'P01
llceman Plll of tho vice aquad, who
had arrestod Jack Hanlon, the fprmor
puglllst, whom ho nccuacd of calllng
hlm .a glnk when Pill was on. duty ln
tbe Tenderloln. -
Vhcn tho Judge heard tho caee he
sald: "Well, that la not wrong. I'm
callod worso thlnga than that a dozen
tlmea a day. .1 don't oaro how you
tako. lt. If that la all that the man
sald you had no right to arrest hlm."
In the oroaa-examlnatlon of Plll
Hanlon'a lawyer asked Plll lt he knew
what the vori meant. When tho po
lloeman safd he did not know the at
torney sald! "Well, If you don't' know
now, you will aoon enough, fbr you
have been aocused of bolng a 'glnk'
before, and you had Tjettor bo careful
pr they may make mora than accusa
tlona the next tlme." Tho Magtts
trato suapended furthor hoattlltiea by
dlscharglng the prlsoner.
Qlvea Skln to 8on.
New York. Davld P. Condon. a
member of tho New York flro depart
ment, haa given forty inches ot hls
aktn to-aavo hls son's leg.
Denouncea Unlquo Balla.
London. Tho Dally Expresa hera
edltorially denouncea' the Stuyvesant
and Vanderbllt balla at Newport as
"vulgar and tawdry."
UHRES
ENGLAND
R0CK GLtMBING IN SC0TUND
Ben Macdhul, Klng of Calrngormo
Qroup of Ponks, and 8pmo
Othors.
Oloncoo, Scotland. It ls sometlmes
.'orgotten that tho mountalneer oan
Snd Bome excollont places for the ex
srclso of hla powers ln thla country.
A, contrlbutor to tho People's Frlend
polnta out that the wlld region round
ho paaa of Qloncoe. ln Argyllshlre,
Afforda Bomo ot the beat rock-cllmb-Ing
ln Orcat Brltain. Tho approach
!s through tho grlm rocoBsoa of
31enfalloch, and onwarda by Tyn
drum and Brldge of Orchy. On tho
ieft, looklng up tho pasa, tho long
rldge ot Aonach Kagach cuts tho
tkyllnp with lts jagged outllno, whlle
Dn tho oppoalto Bldo rlso tho majestlo
rocky bastlons of the "Three Slsters."
fho lattor la tho hlghcst mountaln
ln Argyllahlro, and on the Glencoo
1
Would Teat Nerve of Cllmbor.
oldo lts symmetrical poak ls upheld
by two tromendous walls of rock,
cleft by a great gully. Tho western
wall, known ns the "Church Door,"
haa been occaslonally "unlocked,"
but tliero ls no record of tho EaBte'rn
nuttresa havlng been cllmbed from
tho foot.
The Calrngorma havo long been a
favorlto rosort of Scottlsh cllmbors:
In 1889 a club wao formed, which
had for lts object tho encouragement
of mountalncerlng, with apeclal ref
erenco to thla group,- and, ln tho.
eame year tho Scottlsh Mountalneer
lng club waB founded "to encourage
mountalneering ln Scotland, In wln
ter aa well aa ln summor." Braomar
ia a convenlent centcr for cxcurslona
to the Calrngorma, undor which namo
aro'usually lncluded Calrngorm, Ben
Macdhul, Braerlach and Calrntoul,
sometlmoa evon Belnn-a-Bhulrd and
Benavon. Ben Macdhul, fho monarcb
of the group, and, the second hlghest
mountaln ln Brltatn, stands apart
from tho everyday world ln mys
torlouB grandour, lta hugo preclplcea,
deep chasms, waterfalls of unknown
helght, and flelds of eternal onow
formlng a prospect at onco magnlfl
oont and awoTlnaplrlng.
HAS SILKS; D1ES IN RAGS
Former Woman Educator, Conoldered
Witch by Nelghbora, 8uccumba
to Scalda.
St. LouIb, Mo. A crowd of women
gathered n the queer llttlo apothe
cary shop at 1419 Franklin avonue
recently dlscuBBlng with awo the-death
of tbe proprletor, tho Btrange woman,
who for yeara had held tliora in fear,
and awo of her through mystla pay
chlo powora which sho waa reputed
tO pOSBOBS.
For Dr. Sarah F. Wells, graduate of
Oberlln unlvorslty, founder of medlcal
colleges, author, locturor, traveler, ad
venturess and charlatan, la dead.
Though ahe la sald to havo had a
largo fortnno ln tonoment housea In
Dayton, Ohlo, and. Kansaa City, real
estato ln Florlda and government
bonda, for daya Bho sat ln a broken
chalr1 ln tho little Franklin shop Buf
forlng agony from acalda on her feet
and llmbs rcceived when Bho fell lnto
a bathtub partly. flllcd with hot water,
beforo sho waa perauaded to havo a
doctor.
Clotlied In rags, ehe walted palnfuliy
for tho' end, wlth-hor trunks packod
with gorgeous sllkB, rlch posaesalono
from th'o Orlent.
Sho know shewaa dylng and hor
laat a'cl was to send for Mmo. Bee,
a fortuno tellor, and MIbb Della Huddy,
who llvo ln1 tho rooms abovo hor
ahop, to whom aho gavo her flfteen
cata.
For yeara the women of the nolgh
borhood had held' tho Cftoon cata ln
auperstltloua awo. They swarmed
about tho place, enjoylng evory liberty.
Beforo tho death of tho, woman
doctor'B' husband, Rufua O. Wells, an
uccontrlo aerohaut, two yeara ago,
there were two cats to which atrange
lnfluoncoa wero cre'dltod. Tho aero
naut waa a poot after a faahlon and
when ho wns compoalng a rhymo ono
blg cat would alt on hla right ahoulder
and anothor on hla loft kneo,
Llghtnlng KIIIo Cat; Peoplo Escape.
. Parsons, Pa. Llghtnlnu played a
novel prank in tlie homo of Mlchael
PulaB when lt dnncod about ten pcr
aona in a room, killed a cat and then
flnshcd from tho roqm. Even tho
papor was burned from the walla.
Breaking upa
Farm IN Hhodesia
WWHEN tho aottler haa choa
en hls farm, he will loso
no tlmo in proceedtng there,
ao as to begin the now
round of-exlatence at onco.
The farm may bo of 3,000 acres, or
ot 3,000 morgen, which ls about 6,000
acrea, and lt will bo readlly under
stood that ln such ,n wlde arca ot un
broken land there Ia much to do. Aa
Ukely -ns not tho farm will conslat ot
an almost unbroken plaln with a fow
undulationa, or -porhaps lt may have
a few rocky kopjes on lts borders, to
vary tho monotonoua outlook. Thore
may be" a watercourse, which vory
Ukely will bo dry if the tlme of tho
year ls betwoen Aprll ond October.
Moat of tho water-courses are dry at
that perlod .ot the year, and form drifts
only, which sometiraes nre a. terror
to the trekk'er. For ln Rhodeala the
farms' adjacont to the rallway are
protty well all taken up and lt will
be necessary to trek to some dlatant
Bpot, either by bullock or "mule wag
on, ao as lo enter 4nto posaesslon of
an unbroken farm. It la to be borne
tn mlnd that whlle the "farms" are
largo ln aize thoy aro cheap enough,
costlng only some 6a. per acre (or
the freohold, and even then may be
acqulred on extended paymont terma.
Surely there ls every lnducement hore
to tho farmer who would seek to own
hls farm.
Mulet and Oxon.
.fi,
Tho settler must needa start oS
with mulos or oxon, ond slowly trudge
olong from day to day towards hls
deBtlnatfon. It ls a pleaauro to- trek
6n the -veld. It-ls-beat to ator.t at- sun''
rlBo, and get on a good part o'f tho
way before ton or eleven o'elock.
Then lt ls well to outapan your tdama
and prepare tho forenoon meal. The
outapan must bo near water, for that
ls the flrct conalderatfo'n for tbe mulea
and oxen. They will forago for theni
eolvea on the veld, and plok up suf
flclent to keep thom golng from tho
aweet, veld grass. The heaf of tha
day ls always trylng, and lasta prdtty!
well tlll 2 oclock ln the afternoon
when the teams may be lnspanned and
tbe journey renewed. For the moat"
part' the roads are good. but somo
tlmea the drifts are dlfflcult to nego
tlate. and.lt ia Just aa well to leavo tho
wngon then and negotlate them on
foot. It la characteristlc of the roada,
which are merely tracks through the
veld, that ncar to tho river-boda' they
are froquently broken up by" the heavy
ralns wblch havo fallen durlng the
wet Beason, and great ch'aams oftdn
occur on the track. A detour must bo
mado to avold theso washed away
roads; as, lf you travel ln a "buck
board" or a covered ambulance wng
on, you will certalnly have a hard
tlme of lt lf you try to negotlate a
track- that haa been partlally washed
away. The Journey ls lntorootlng
enough as yourpush on'iri tho cool of
tho evening; then you may aeo game
of all kinda on the voTd, such as stoin
bok, dulker, reedbuck and all klnda
of antelopes; and tbe aupply ot fresh
moat for tne Journov dODenda unon
"bolng oble to stalk some ot theso suc-
cesafully. But there Ib plenty ot oth
er gamo, not only of nnlmala but
blrdB, aiich aa bustards, gulnea-fowl
and snlpo.
But tbe trek to tho farm comea to
an end, and then the real buslness of
agriculture beglna. The oxen, mulea,
or donkeys, which have brougbt you
so far, niust now bo utlltzed for break.
lng up the form, and the soonor tho
work la' started tho' better.
The clearlng has flrst to-be.done.
and. stumplng will moat Ukely bo tho
flrst task. It conslata ot removlng
stumps bf treea from the ground, so as
to make a contlnuous fleld. The
atumpa are the rellca ot tho natlve
method ot clearlng the veld. They
broak down the branches of the' treea
and set flre to them at tho baso, and it
posslblo the stump la then remoyed.
More often than otherwlso it ls ieft
behlnd, and the natlve cultivation 'goes'
round about lt, There are great ex
panses of terrltory whero such stumps
exlst in largo numbers, and thb only
thlng for the settler 'to do ls to start
and. remove them.- Thoy may come ln
usetul for bulldlng a dam over a
donga, so aa to conservothe water
supply; but ln any case they. must
come out.
If the settler ls wlso ho will havo
seen that hla farm haa a largo catch
ment area, aa durlng the dry montha
from Aprll to Octobor he wjll want all
the water he can get. PosBlbly there
ls an alluvlal valloy with black, rlch
Botl, and alongsldo may be a portlon
of "red formation" eoII, or granio for-
rantlon. Theso aro tno three prlncl
pal solla ln Ithodeslo, nnd It Ia usual
to havo them mlngled on most farms.
They all have thelr uaeSf but th "red,
formation" will be found the one
which h aamostly to be de'alt with.
Tho black alluvlal so.ll will bo found
low down ln tho valleys and la alwaya
fertlle, and the granlto formation will
be found hlgher .up. It la good for
grazlng, but aso responda qulckly to
the appllcatlon of manuro.
Ploughlng Befllna.
When tho stumplng has beon flnlah
ed tbe way will be cloar for plough
lng, and thls may bo accompllshed by
tho ald ot elthor oxen, mulos or don
Uoys. 'By the ubo ot the last, taklng
a toara of slxteen to a two-dlsd
plough, lt ls posslblo to plough an acro
ln one and a balf days. Tbe team and
plough will requlro' three natlyes to
look after them. 'Whlle the ploughlng
ls hnportant, and moallea and other
crops must bo sown, there nre other
thlnga to seen to. To begin with, aoe
lng that there ia no houso to, Uve ln,
lt will be Bufllclent for the tlmo bolng
to sproad a largo bucksall over a horl.
zontal pole and so form a tent. Tha'
next thlng to do will bo to bulld a
hut, and a long tlmo after a, dwelllns
houso. Brlcks are essentlal for tho
farm bulldlngs, and a- p'lt must be
sunk and brlcks mado without delay.
An average natlve will form about 600
a day, so that lt ls not long beforo
a kllnful ls ready. Theso are burnt,
and bulldlng commenced at onco.
Flrst the, Btablea, then the cowhouso
tuxa omer piaces, inciuaing ine snea
for the fodder. It ls wonderful how
huge a task lt all soems when lt la
flrst planned out. But tlmo and steady
appllcatlon ovorcome all dlfflcultleu,
and by and by the farm atcadlng ta
complete. Next comes a dwelling
house, and when- lt ls flnlshod it la.
pleasant to contomplato from lts'
stoep, or verandah, tho work which'
has been accompllshed, The farm la
stockod with cattle and plgs; the
dalry ls completoS-thp meallcs are bo
lng planted and will bo" redped ln
March, Auxlltary crops. aro belng
trled to see how theyjproBpor, and all
goes' well.
If a supply of water In ' aya'Uable
from a 'rlver;,and artlfl'cial Irrlgation,
then a wonderful transformatlon can
Hake place. ao Jntenalvo culturo wlU
be posslblo, ond allkinds of frult and
vegetablos will' be produced ln un
Hmltcd quantlty. .Durlng tho wlnter
montbs, or from Aprll to 'October, the
ralnfall throughout Rhodesla ls prae
tically nono, The ratny scaeon com-f
me'nces ln October and ends in 'March,
and durlng the remalnder of tho year
th'o. cduntry ls ,dry and 'parched and
the heat becomea greater as tho ralny
season approaches. On- farms whoro
tbero Ia, no river lt ls necessary to
flnd water aomehow, and thla ia, dono
by slnklng a well, or wells, which can
be done at Vory little cbBt. Thus, a
well BO feet deep may be sdnk for
flve pounds, and tho cost of a wlndmlll
pump to ralae the water, togethef'wlth
a 1,600-gallon store tank will be about
160. Even with Buch a Umlted sup
ply bf water aa tbat to be obtalned
from a well, it ls posslblo to carry on
some artlriolal frult Irrlgation and the
return will bo enormous oronges,
peaches, vlnes, llmca, flgs, nprlcota,
paa-paa .and other trults respondlng at
onco to tho supply of water.
The klnd of farm we Ijave lmaglncd
ls that of tho ordtnary farmer who
contemplates carrylng ongeneral pro
duco; but there lat nribfher a'tyle of
farmlng which. Is much practlced, and
which Invdlves ratber moro capltal.,
than' the ordlnary farmer has at- hls.
dl'sposal. Tbla la .ranchlng nnd tha
'growing of rattle on the veld graBses
aa they exlst In hope of bulldlng up a
meat export lnduatry.
New Waiter Mlstake.
Tho walter waa a' now" hand; and
the cuBtomer a' ahort, dlmlnutlve
woman. Sho gavo her order, and
then trled to settle jdown; on her
chalr so that her feet could heach ,the
floor. In thls, howevor, affS Was not.
successful, bo she added anothor or
der to her flrstl '
"And br'lng me a hassock,'"" ,sho
sald,
The waitor' 'pahsed for a m'oment
and mcdltatlvoly brusbed flrst the
tablecloth and lllen hls chlh. He1 ro-arranged-
the glaaBos. aoveral tlmea
and then wcnt red in tho faco. Eont
ually ho .scanned the menu.
"Yos, madam," ho Toplied. at ,Iast,
"and will you er havo' thei hassock
brolled or frledT" Boston Traveler.
80 Tlred.
BacOH lio told mo he'd never get
tlred of hearlng hor volce.
Egbort And did hoT
"He certalnly did." ..
"Marrled herT"
"No; ,'a nolKhbor had some Dhono-
graph records ahe .made," - w
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