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FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1900.
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The practical advantages to be derived
by the oiling of roads has been very con
clusively demonstrated this summer,
when we have had so much dry weather.
When the Rising Sun-Farmington ma
cadam road was top-dressed some weeks
ago, oil was applied to a portion of it, as
an experiment, and everyone who has
had occasion to use the road since, bas
been convinced that the money expended
for the ten barrels applied, bas gone
further and done more good than any
like amount expended on the road since
its construction. It has kept the dust
down and also prevented the top dressing
from being blown off the road by the
wind and scattered about by travel, per
mitting it to become a sort of binder and
being a great benefit to the road.
The use of oil on roads has passed the
experimental stage, its beneficial results
being so readily seen wherever it bas been
tried that it has become a big factor in
road improvement in every section where
this important question is given the at
tention it justly deserves.
An exchange in discussing the Sutton
investigation at Annapolis, closed a few
days since, makes a statemeut of cold
facts, when it says it transpires that
Lieutenant Sutton was brutally beaten
and murdered by a half-drunken gang of
cadet officers.
After the assassination these murderous
thugs, in order tb conceal their bloody
work, testified that Sutton bad committed
suicide. Though known in inner naval
circles that this was false, the verdict
would have stood, but for the indefati
gable efforts of the victim’s mother to
unearth the conspiracy and bring to
light the details of a tragedy which
shocked the country.
To ascertain the facts in this infamous
affair has been no easy £ask, for be it
known that the ethics in high army and
navy life preclude the offering of testi
mony against a brother officer. And it
was this, together with tremendous naval
influence, civil and political, which Mrs.
Sutton encountered in every direction
and which threatened innumerable times
to thwart all attempts at investigation.
The evidence now at hand establishes
the fact that cold-blooded murder was
committed; that the truth was surppress
ed; that peijury was committed.
Mrs. Sutton bas proven her son was
not a suicide, but the murderers w,ill not
be br.ougbt to justice.
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What may be regarded as the opening
thrust of a concerted attack upon the
reign of Speaker Cannon, was made on
Monday by Congressman Charles N.
Fowler, of New Jersey, in an open letter
to “Uncle Joe.’’ Beside tearing the mask
from the Speaker and unhesitatingly
accusing him of playing his part in a
conspiracy with Senator Aldrich to pre
vent honest currency legislation and real
tariff reform, the Jersey Congressman
flays the Speaker as a flagrant puppet of
the special interests in the national halls
of legislation.
The expose is generally regarded as the
beginning of the real fight of the “in
surgenta” to prevent the re-election of
Speaker Cannon at the convening of
Congress in December. The Jersey
Representative, who bas given years of
the most careful study to the financial
situation and to the currency problems of
the nation, has been chairman of the
Banking and Currency Committee of the
House, but because he was one of the
leaders of the movement to unhorse
“Uncle Joe” and push , honest tariff re
vision,-was turned down for reappoint
ment to the post. The excuse of the
Speaker for this rather unprecedented
action was that Fowler might be unable
to obtain agreements in a committee
politically composed as it now is. Tbe
flimsiness of this subterfuge is unveiled
by tbe aroused Congressman, who minces
no words in excoriating the Speaker, to
whose “ignorance, prejudice, inordinate
conceit, favoritism, and putrid pref
erences” he attributes “Uncle Joe’s”
whole attitude. The Congressman not
only expressed his contempt for the
Speaker, but presents a series of letters
Addressed to him and the gist of an inter
view hri with him to show his false
positioEfbefore tbe people of the nation
<and to *uru[to tbe world his other face.
Bradstreet’s report oi failures for the
week ending July 22, for the past five
■years is as follows: 1905, 197:1906, 171;
*907, tSS; 1908, 265; 1909. 239. This
weems a very jokey kind-of prosperity.
CECIL FARMERS’ CLUB.
Proceedings of the Meeting Held
at the Home of M. C. Reeder
on August 18, 1909.
TTTHE August meeting of the
I Cecil Farmers’ Club was
held at the home of M. C.
Reeder the 18th inst., with the fol
lowing members present: R. K.
Rawlings, President; Wayne Rey
nolds, Vice-President; Jas. H.
Maxwell, J. P. Wilson, Jos. T.
Grove, J. Harry Maxwell, M. L.
Thompson, A. J. Michener, A. H.
Mendenhall, R. C. Biles, A. B.
McVey, M. O. Reeder, R. T. Cam
eron, A. R. Brown. Visitors:
Prof. H. C- Gillespie, Frank Rawl
ings, Walter Reeder.
Secretary being absent, A. R.
Brown was elected Pro Tern. Min
utes of last meeting were read and
approved.
In way of experiments, Mr. Mc-
Vey stated he had planted oat
some forest trees this spring but
will take some time before he could
report as to success.
Mr. Maxwell stated he had two
kinds of corn planted. The one
that had made largest growth of
fodder was not eariDg as well as
the other.
Mr. Mendenhall had worked
several rows of potatoes after the
last big rain and thought it had
oeen an injury to them; believed in
feeding his grain rather than sell
ing it.
Mr. Michener believes in report
ing failures as well as succeesses
and accordingly stated he had
planted about 5 bu. of Stray Beauty
potatoes and had a return when
taken up of 5 bn. counting large
and small.
The question as to how much
oats is best to sow to acre eame up
as some reported good returns from
light seeding but most, preferred
about 3 bn. in order to guard
against weeds growing.
Mr. Reeder had sowed some rye
last Fall and plowed it down when
full grown for corn and it was show
ing no effects of the dry weather.
Upon being called upon for his
essay the host said he had asked
his son Walter to prepare a paper
on his “fad,” the “Jersey Cow,”
which the Club was then favored
with as follows: \
The Early Home and Development of the
Jersey Cow.
By glancing at any geographical map of
Europe, you will find in the English Channel
a small group of islands, the most southerly of
which Is marked Jersey; This island belongs
to England and is a great source of wealth
to that country. If Jersey were prized for Its
vegetable products alone it would hold a
prominent place in the world, for it usually
produces eighty bushels of wheat per acre,
five hundred bushels of potatoes and five tons
of hay, but it is also the home of the Jersey 1
cow the queen of all the dairy breeds.
The Jersey cow of today is no mere accident
or selfmade animal, but Is the result of carful
breeding for many generations. As early as
1789 there was a law passed which prohibited
any cow, heifer, calf or bull to he imported
into the island under a heavy fine. By this
wise procedure no outside blood or another
type was brought into the island to mar the
purity of the Jersey*.
The natural environment of the island played
a large part In the development of the Jerseys.
The mild climate and fertile soil furnished an
abundant vegetation and a climate in which
the cattle could be pastured out most of the
year. As the island is small, the farms had
necessarily not more than a few acres and as
each farmer had many cows he had to keep
the most profitable cow he could obtain, breed
her for a purpose and feed her In the most
economical manner. A system called tethering
was adopted by means of which several cows
are tied together and led about, usually by a
young girl to different parts of a field when
the cows have eaten off one part. This system
of tethering exerted a great influence oq the
present characteristics of the Jersey cow-
First, the cow not being allowed to roam
about at will and use her strength in needless
exercise, her food, beside a small amount
which was used to build up necessary tissue,
went to the production of milk, rich in butter,
fat, for which the Jersey is so widely known.
In the second place, this lack of exercise
tended to produce a delicacy and fineness of
form, which is so characteristic of the Jerseys.
This lack of exercise also helped to make what
Is now called the dairy wedge, which is a re
quisite of any good dairy cow whether she is a
Jersey, Gurnsey or Holstein-Freslan.
Thirdly, this system of tethering required the
frequent removal of the cows from place to
place by somebody, usually a woman. By this
almost constant association with man the
Jersey gentleness and docility was cultivated
to the degree which we find in these cattle
today.
The Jersey pew .ip strictly a dairy cow and
when she does not fqlsi this mission, I do not
think she should be classed gtpong the high,
class Jerseys, for this is what she Vas bred,
this is what she has been in the past and
is what I hope she will continue to be in the *
future.
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It must not be supposed that a breed of cattle
With so many valuable qualities could forever
be retained upon so small a place as the island
of Jersey, for as travelers were constantly
visiting the island they could not fail to be
impressed by the large number of cattle kept
on so small an area and also the kind of cattle.
About 1840, the first importation of’ Jerseys
was made into the United States, and since
that time so liberal and judicious were the
investments made iti pure bred stocks that the
United States possesses many herds that would
do credit to Jersey.
The typical Jersey cow seems to completely
fill the bill as a dairy cow, for the wide awake
American dairyman, and her many admirers
claim her to be the best dairy animal for the
economic production of butter of a rich color,
firm texture and fine flavor. She is especially
prized by the dairyman for the following
characteristics which I will briefly refer to.
In the first place she is a small animal. Some
people consider her size a serious objection,
nevertheless it is an argument in her favor.
People who have thought seriously upon this
subject and have put their thoughts Into
action have found that it requires much more
food for an animal weighing twelve hundred
pounds than for an animal weighing nine |
hundred pounds. If the amount of food which 1
was fed to the twelve hundred pound animal
produced a proportional increase in the amount
of butter, the twelve hundred pound cow
would be more valuable, but as much of the
food has to go to maintain the extra three
hundred pounds of the larger animal, the total
returns from, the nine hundred pound cow are
often larger than from the twelve hundred
pound cow, which has consumed more food.
In the second place the quantity of milk pro
duced by the Jersey is often underestimated.
The Jerseys often do not give as much milk
when fresh as some other breed, but she is a
very persistent milker. From my own obser
vation, I have seen cows in our own herd that
have not been dry for three years, and if we
had tried to turn them dry for several weeks
they would no doubt have suffered from con
gested udder due to the stoppage of the large
flow of milk.
Another point in her favor is her long period
of usefulness. She is ready for dairy work at
two years of age and if given good care is often
found still doing good work when twelve years
of age. In addition to her long usefulness and
great quantity of milk, her milk is excessively
rich in butter fat. Over one thousand recorded
tests have shown the enormous average q'f
fourteen pounds of butter in seven days. This
butter has a richness of color, a firmness of
texture and a mildness of flavor which has
given it a wide spread and justly deserved
reputation.
In this short discussion of the Jersey cow I
have referred to a pure bred Jersey, not‘to a
grade Jersey, which seldom possesses all the
good qualities of the pure bred animal. If the
grade were as good as the pure bred and could
transmit her qualities to her offspring there
would be little use of taking' so much pains to
breed pure bred stock except for show pur
poses, but as the grade lacks the power of
heredity we breed the pure bred#. The Jersey
then having all these qualifications for butter
production and having them fixed by long
continued pure breeding challenges com
petetion in this her special field. And as
civilization advances and people will not be
satisfied with anything but the best dairy cow,
there is no doubt that the Jersey will continue :
to be queen of all the dairy breeds.
Upon being called upon for com ;
incuts the members generally ex
pressed themselves in commenda- 1
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ORPHANS’ COURT.
The Stated Meetings of the Orphans’
Court of Cecil county will be held on thr
second Tuesday of every month. Executors
Administrators and Guardians, wanting
their accounts stated, will please.bring ir
their vouchers a few davs before Court.
Test: THOS. B. MILLER. Register
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tion of fho paper, mosr\f them be
lieving t.!:o J. rsev to bAthe ideal
cow for butler but, i of so\rofitable
perhaps if milk watt-sold. \
A. B. McVev, M\ L I hunpsnn,
R. C. Biles were appointed com
mittee to inspect premises and
an adjournment was taken for
dinner.
Upon assembling after enjoying
a most excellent repast the com
mittee reported having found,
things generally in a very flourish
ing condition, a clean, well kept
truck patch being first thing ob
served, a fine herd of Jersey cattle,
12 cows, 3 he'.fers, l bull, one of
them having beert pronounced a
typical cow by an expert on points,
and all showing up very favcrablv,
5 work,horses, 0 shoats and a very
fine brood sow. Barn full of grain
and hay, corn in field very
■ promising for season, showing little
effects of the drouth, plenty of
apples, au abundance of grapes,
several peach trees quite fun, and
a flock of thoroughbred Plymouth
Rock chickens. A Galloway
manure spreader, being simply a
bed with attachments fo use on
trucks of farm wagon came in for
considerable investigation and was
much praised by the host.
An ice pond very conveniently
located and so arranged as to flood
when needed but dry and furnish
ing pasture now was noticed and
could not be well improved upon.
The host has taken considerable
trouble to combat the San Jose
scale and in catting off the tops to
allow new wood to grow and in
grafting same bas procured very
satisfactory results.
The potato, crop came in for
pretty general discussion and'while
not yet raised so as to report
accurately, most thought the north
ern grown seed was considerably
tbe best for using generally al
though some reported very satis
factory results from very indiffer
ent seed.
By motion the Club adjourned to
meet with R. K. Rawlings Wednes
day, September 15th.
A. R. Brown,
Secy, pro tem.
WILLIAMS PROVE PICNIC.
Reduced Rates via Pennsylvania
Railroad.
For tho Grangers’ Picnic at Williams Grove,
Pa., August 30 to September 4, the Pennsyl
vania Railroad will sell excursion tickets to
Williams Grove from stations in Pennsylvania
and from Baltimore, Elmira, Frederick and
intermediate stations on the Northern Central
Railway, August 24 to September 3, inclusive,
good to return until September 7, inclusive, at
reduced rates.
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i By the Orphans’ Court fob Oxoil Oouhtt, i
January 1,1004 j
r Jruerkt), That all Administrators, Ex
editors and Guardians that have not stated
l an account within a year, come forwardrtnd
do the same, or show cause to the contrarv
ir th -v will he cited np.
Test- THOR B. MILLER. Register
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TN order to better serve our cus
jJ&lt J[ tomers, with justice to our
selves and best interests of gpr|
sSjq our employees, after September
Ist our stores will close on Tues- 0g
day, Wednesday and Thursday
at 6 o’clock p. m. Qt/dj
Open on Monday, Friday and Cv^
Saturday until 9 or 10 o’clock to §23
/§*§ suit the convenience of tne trade. rrjtl
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We are gratified by the approval sjg
being expressed by our customers,
fcsv§ of the advanced and independent §Tr^
step forward we are taking. Ct/^
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We intend nothing shall stand 2y#j(
i n the way of rendering best ser
3g*§ vice to all concerned.
Many bargains await your com
©p v in g this month. Visit our seles
rooms and see what we are now jS'rSi
offering, it will pay you a large Cvo
j percentage.
Do not forget, but remember
yScjSL * to do your evening, shopping on
Monday, Friday and Saturday Cl/^
evenings after September Ist. §rjf£
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m A UGUST is threshermen’s month, and we Ifjf
“ have the stock from w'hich to supply gj®
jga£ them. You know that as well as we do. 2&S
gfel Read the list, select what you need, and then S3*j
jMQ call and see us. We can fix you up. Sgj
pl Belt Punches, Cold Chis-1 Candle Wick fctfj
2g|j[ els and Wrenches Machine Oil and Oilers ifl®
Sjs Sheet Rubber Packing— Gasoline—first quality Jg§s
1-16 and B e l t Rivets and Books
“Royal” Packing—J, i Cup Grease
tsSk a od | Wagon Grease. Try the i&Sj
jgjg Asbestos Packing Dandy, it has no equal.
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gai Washing Machioes—The Blackstoile Rotary and
The Rex. The former we have been selling for a fiSS
(g|| great many years, but the latter is entirely new with *g§jj
us. As its name implies it is the king of moderate ffiP
priced washers. Come in and let ns operate it for
you, it’s a beauty. ffig
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Scythes— Coach Paints S§j
Weed and Briar Top Dressing
Pt Snathe* 1 Coach Varnish im5J
fitljt * Stones Kg
Clothes Wringers in great variety, made by the
American Wringer Co.; Wash Boards and Tubs. K<^
Roofings— 5Sj
gSSi Russel loid,
Amatite,
Tar Roofing, yfe
Sheathing Paper. Ms®
£Mr “ If you don’t see what you want, ask for it.”. &js*
Very truly yours, .
HAINES & KIRK.
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