VOL. X. NO. 35. i his Is the Place c s To Buy V our jewelry s N Nothing in Town to Compare With N 112 the (Quality that We are Giving / / You for the Low Price Asked. S C Quality and moderate prices makes a force that \ 3 irresist bly draws into our store the best patronage r of this section,. Many years here in business, always ) S with a full line of goods above suspicion; chosenC ( with a care and judgment commensurate with _ its . \ desirability and adaptability to refine taste, makes ( our store a sale place to invest. C Repair work done on short notice and guaran-Q tec d, by skilled workmen. Y« >ur orders appreciated. \ ( > RETTENBURY, > SDUSHORE, PA. The Jeweler. <, i-VVVv- "NA/V/* —\AAA^A HARDWARE.% No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAL OB WOOD /-/E7i TERS; ONE OP WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS. House Furnishing Goods, Tools of Every Description, Guns and Ammunition. Bargains that bring the buyer back. Come and test the truth of our talk. A lot of second hand stoves and ranges? for sale cheap. We can sell you in stoves anything from a fine Jewel Ease Burner to a lew priced but satisfactory cook stove. Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and General Repairing. Roofing and Spouting. o (usfi ore, fa. ry* is i ■■ ■* 112 \ jT* i /~ r „ i he Shopbell Dry Oood Co., 313 Pine Street, WILLIAMSPORT, PA. / v \usu n { lndervarc and (1)1)lie Goods sStile. Wednesday morning, January 3 d, we be>an tht greatest sale of White Goods and Muslin Underwear in this Store's h s'oiy- Hundreds of pieces of new fresh Unci rmuslins will be offered at prices that must commend them to the most caro.'ui 810 CMS. You'll ie prompted to replenish your us in outfits ;o r mcnths to come. Garments for 1" cents Cambric lull front corset eov-rs Children's Drawers with cluster lucks. Chi ; drens' Waisis and Skirts. 1n lan ts' h!ijis with luce eil (re. Garments for 50c, I.it.lies' Cambric Drawers, with wide flounce ol luce and insertion or einbroid ery, the best values yon ever had tor tli" money: Ladies* Cambric < iow 0-, sijnare or \ neck" Yokes made of en >■ • *id •f\ or hue insertion, rutlle at neck and sleeves. Several styles to choo.-e and undt) price. Ladies' Long Skirts, with d<-< p lace in sri'.iou and ed_r (1 —other style- hemstitch ed. t'.ouio'e with lace edge. ladies' Cambric Cnrs.-t Cover-- 'lr-e are special \alue. lhe\ are iitnd-emciv trimmed w itli i.e. • m»l t*nitiroiih > r\ in*er li ia and edge. \1! 'i.ne ihe t'nii Kretn-.h trout. Subscribe for the News Item Muslin Wear for 15c, I.'lilies' drawers, cambric hemstitched rn It le. Ladies' c imbrick a corset"coverc, hem stitched or i tee t rimming. Children."' drawets with hemstitched rati le. Childrens' waists, extra good—strapped and tape butt >ns. Inlants' slips, etc. Garment- for '2sc. Ladies' downs, three stvlcs, si|uare neck, hems tebed rul!le or V neek with laee or embroidery—these are worth 6(le only one will be sold to a customer. Ladies 1 .'inline I)ra .vers—some linve tin -ks and h ins'.itcl.ed. other lace inser tions and edge. Ladies' Inn.' skirts vriih heinslitclu.l rultle. iin tnise tttnl short *kirts wiih hi'iiistitche i rutlle. Ladie-. Cambric Cor-et Cover*, lull fronts there'll quite a variety ol stvh- ome a-" 11 i ill mtil Willi |,ice, oilier with emliroi iery ... lueks „iid rtl.lions. Mit-es ... .. skirt-—various styles. LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1906. THE CHANGE I Conducted by J. W. DARROW, Chatham, N. Y.. Prase ComniiimiUni New VorJc State Grange ! HON. X.BACHELDER j RECENTLY ELECTED MASTER OF THE NATIONAL GRANGE. | A Sketch of lii» lonic mid Honorable Career In the tiramjre mill In Vnrl i on m l*OHttloiiM of Public Trout A Succcmnl'iil Fnriner null Gooil All Ilonnil Mnn. Naliuni .Tosiali Baehelder, who was elected master of the national grange at Atlantic City, N. .1.. last month, was born at East Anilover. X. H., Sept. a, 1854, 011 the farm cleared from the wilderness by his ureat-grandfather, Captain .losiah Batholder. who built the first house in 1782, the farm hav ing been in possession of and occupied by descendants to the present time. The original farm comprised 250 acres, but has been added to by the purchase of adjoining land until it is now an estate of 800 acres. The main products of the farm are milk from twenty-five cows, sent to Boston daily; Baldwin apples, of which about 500 barrels are grown annually, and pine timber, to the growth of which several hundred acres are devoted. Three houses upon the estate are rented during the sum mer to city people for summer homes. Mr. Bacheltler attended the Franklin academy ami Xew Hampton Literary ! ,d'' HON. S. J. HACHEMiEK. | .Master national grunt;?. J Institution. He was given the degree j of master of arts by Dartmouth col- | lege in 1880. lie became a member of ! Highland Lake grange. East Andover, ; X. 11., in January, 1877, and was elect- j ed lecturer in .May following, serving j until December. 1870. His other offi- j cial positions have been: Master of j Highland Lake grange from 1870 to 18SS. secretary of state grange from I 188;! to 1801, master of state grange j from isfii to 11)03. lecturer national 1 grange from 1800 to 1005, charter lee- ! Hirer of Merrimack County l'omona grange, serving two years, and secre tary of the Xew Hampshire grauge state fair from its organization in 1886 ' to 180(5, Willi the exception of one year; j secretary of the Concord state fair from its establishment in 1800 to 1001, ! secretary of the Xew Hampshire state board of agriculture from 1887 to the 1 present time, which otHce he now j holds; member of the Xew Hampshire board of cattle commissioners from its ! establishment in 1801 to the present j time and its executive officer, with the j exception of two years; secretary and i executive officer of the Xew Hump- j shire Old Home Week association from < its organization in 1800 to the present | time, governor of Xew Hampshire in | 1003 and 1004. Mr. Baclielder was the author and earnest promoter of the bill passed by j the legislature of Xew Hampshire in 1005 appropriating $750,000 for the im- 1 provement of country roads, has dcliv- | ercd more addresses in Xew Ilamp- j shire than any other person in the j slate and has delivered addresses in i the interest of the grange, good roads ; and ngritculture in more than one-half : the stales of the I'nion. He was mar ri'-.l in I'"-*7 to Mary A Putney of Dun barton. .V 11.. and with their two cliil ('reii they maU their home up.>u the an- 1 cestral farm at East Andover. Mr. j Baclielder is ;i thirty second degree | member of the Masonic fraternity. A ('iiini'Mc lii*«Murer. Yon Dion Lee. at one time a resident • of the state of Delaware, is, we believe, the lirst Chinaman to be enrolled as a member of the Order of l'atrons of Husbandry, lie was at one lime lee I met- of Kent County l'otuona grange, Del., and one of the best that ever oc cupied the position. Xo better pro grammes were e« cr put out for eousid oration than those originated by this man. He is a Yale graduate and a man whose grasp of state and national HUCKtious showed the breadth of hD education and his native ability. State grange meetings are now in order. Every member of the Order would do well to attend wherever It !s practicable. , Farmers' Institute. The Sullivan county Farmer's Institute convened at Muney Val ; ley. Dec. '2B, 1905. The at tendance was very light. •J. K. Bird, the county president took charge of the meet fug. •I. H. Peachy, of Bellville. Miff lin county, gave a talk 011 Corn Culture and Corn Breeding. Prof. Wm. (». Owens, of Lewis burg, I'niou county, gave a talk on lhe Formation and Improvement of ! Soils. Dr. J. 11. Funk, of Boyertown, Berks county, gave a talk on Po tato ('ulture. J. H, Peachy took up the sub ject of Clover Culture. Dr. ,). H. Funk, discussed tin* 1 San Jose Scale. Mr. Funk was | followed by Mr. Kahler, of llughes -1 ville, 011 the same subject. At the evening session the ques tion box was taken up. S. F, Barber, of Harrisburg, Pa.— Seedii.gof Grass for Hay. Prof. Win. (J. Owen—Education on the Farm. I inshore. Dec. 29. The Institute was called to order by the county president. S. F. Barber of Harrisburg. gave a talk on Butter Making on the I Farm. Mr. Barber has been en gaged in butter making for a num ber of years and has sold his butter : in pound prints at Harrisburg at 40 cents per pound. He urges far- I mers to produce a first class article that will command the highest mar ket. In order to do this it is nec- I essary to get the best butter making machinery and have a dairy build ing. Feed cows for milk. Do not begin to ripen cream until you have i enough for a churning. Hold cream a> as low a temperature ad j ■ possible for 10 or 12 hours before; j ripening. Churn butter at as low a temperature as possible. Dr. J. H. Funk spoke on Potato j Culture. Should grow from 250 to j 300 buehels per acre. Plant on aj 1 light soil rich in humous. A good , j clover sod preferred. Fertilizer ; should contain potash, phosphwrici aeid and nitrogen. For seed select j I the most uniform potatoes. To pre- j ! vent scab, soak potatoes in solution j [ composed of Hi gallons of water to j • 2 ounces of corrosive subimate.! Two or three days after planting i use a weeder and cultivate often. Prof. Owens—Formation and Im- '■ | provement of Soil. The virgin soil j was rich in nitrogen, phosphoric! j acid and humous-humous is de- j I caved vegetation. Examine the soil in the condition when the laud is first cleared, it is spongy and when pressed in the hand will i i spring apart when the pressure is ' released. To bring up soil manure, j plow under green crops. Evening Session. The question box was taken up. Co. Supt. Killgorespoke on Edit-: ! cation, dwelling particularly on ! I township high schools The aid the State gives does not incretse the cost of maintaining these, schools. Prof. Owens—Education on the [Farm. The farm furnishes nine-! tenths of the brains of the cities. ; Fifty years ago it did not require! much brains to farm, but to-day! the farmer must be educated. Far mers should keep a book accountj of every department of the farm. ' Dr. Funk—Birds and Insects which are useful to the farmer! should be protected. Saturday. Dee. .'SO. ! .1. 11. Peachy—Areeding and Feeding the Pig. Do not-keep pigs unless you are interested in the business. Study the surrounding conditions, whether vou are going to raise pigs for bleeding purposes or pork. Keep thoroughbred stock, matured st >< k i* the best. Look after of the pi}; and use great rare in feeding: feed for hone and muscle; do not feed corn until | the pig weighs about 150 pound*. | Mr. Peachy stated that he had raised ! hogs which did not. cost him over .'{cents per ponud when dressed. S. F. Parber The Silo Through out the Year. The silo in the sum-j mer takes the place of pasture. The tainted milk comes from the smell of the ensilage not from the effects of feeding it to the cow. Dr. Funk—Pruning, Fertilising ami Thinning. Must know the pe culiarities of the fruit you intend to grow. Bent results obtained from trees one year old 4 to (> feet high. Plant apple trees :{"> feet apart and peach trees JO feet apart. Plant in a furrow plowed from 15 to is inches deep, anchor trees and then plow dirt back. Prune roots as well as the top before planting. After plant ing in the care of the orchard prune to have the top near the ground, and in no case prune fruit spurs 011 the limbs, fruit will then grow through out the entire top. Thin out about three-fourths of the fruit which will secure large uniform fruit. Another advantage of the thinning process is that trees will then hear every year, there should he no oil' years in fruit. Prof. Owens—Bacteria as a source of Nitrogen. How bacteria grows; how they tlx nitrogen; when they can help the farmer. l)r. Funk—San Jose Scale. The scale commences breeding about the 15th of June. Fruit trees should he sprayed in the spring before the buds start, with a preparation of lime, sulphur and salt, proportion lime 44 pounds; Hour of sulphur, .'l-1 pounds; salt, 15 pounds, to 100 gal lons of water. S. F. 7>arber—Marketing of Farm Crops. The controlling of prices by marketing as consumption requires a id not by>duinping upon the inar ! ket the whole crop at one time. Recommends organization to regu : late the prices of farm produce. A law passed by the Legislature of | 1 {•(>."), and approved by the Governor April 1:2, 1905, provides for a now system of electing road supervisors. From this law and an opinion con cerning tin-same handed down by the deputy attorney general tl e 112 j lowing provisions are gathered: beginning with the Februra.v election, 19o(S, every township of the second class in the state must elect three supervisors. There are no townships excepted from this re quirement, nor is the adoption of the law optional with a township. In any township which now has three supervisors, or other officers having charge of roads, elected under existing laws, no new elect ion under section 1 of said act shall be required except as the terms of said road officers expire. The Board of Sup ervisors of each township is required to organize on the first Monday of March. One of their number is chosen chairman and another secre tary. The treasurer must not be a member of the board. The hoard is required to meet at least one a month. The supervisors receive no compensation for their services, but actual expenses are to be paid. The treasurer receives compensation not to exceed two per centum of the money handled by him. The Hoard! has authority to levy a tax not j greater than ten mill; the levying of an additional ten mills being au-1 thorized by an order from the Court j of Quarter Seesions. In addition to the regular levy the Board mu-t assess one dollar upon every taxable person. Upon a petition from at least twenty five tax payers, the Court of Quarter Sessions shall au thorize a special a special election to! be held at the time of the February J election, when the question of abol-1 ishing the work tax shall he decided by a majority vote of the electors.! A township which thus abolishes the! work tax is t ntitlcd to receive from the state a sum in cash equal to fifteen per centum of the actual amount of cash tax collected by the township. This i lection may he held at the tim • of the February' municipal election of ItHKSor at any of the Febru try »-U-ctioi s. 1 75C PER YEAP BERNICE. Mr. Thomas McLaughlin visited - frienils at Scranton last week. Mr. Henry Deegan of Sheshequin j visited his son, Barclay at Mildred | and vailed on friends at this place : recently. Tint dunce on Tuesday evening was ! well attended and the best of order Was kept. O'/ioyleA- Foey hi vo received their first consignment of miiiHng cars, so it will not he long until things will hum. The body of Frank Restine, the Italian miner, that was killed in the mines hy a fall of rock, was shipped to Buffalo, for interment. HEMLOCK GROVE ITEiMS Sunday School next Sunday at 2 o'clock, preaching at :) o'clock. All are invited to attend. Daniel Shires, of North Mountain took dinner with William Hay and family Sunday. George Kiess and Charles Cox of Sonestown were business men to this place last week. Quite a number of young people from here attended the Educational Meeting at Marsh Run Friday even ing. George Brown lias returned to Ber wick after visiting relatives at this place for several days. T. J. Schug was a business man to Money Valley Monday. S. 11. Stanton of Williamsport ailed (HI friends at this place last week. Mr. and Mrs. J. 11. Temple spent Sunday as the guests of friends at I' nity vilie. M. J. Phillips attended the Teach ers Institute at Dushore last week. Miss Hattie Bart low of Fairview is the guest of Albert Meyers and family. The jury empaneled to investigate the death by burning of Mary Shay lor and little Henry Whitmiller in the tire that destroyed the houre of William Ackley in Tovvanda town ship, Bradford county, rendered the finding that they were burned in the lire at the house of William Ackley Sunday, Nov and that the tire which caused their death was incendiary and that it was set by some wicked and diabolical persons identity is not at this time known. The Undine of the jury will occasion | some surprise. It will now be in the province of tin- district attorney of Bradford county to discover if there is sufficient evidence to bring any parties to a hearing charged | with the murder of the two persons. Senator F. A. Godeharlefl, of | Xorththumhcrland county has at j the solicitation of several prominent state Republicans, prepared a sena torial apportionment bill which will be introduced at the special session which convenes this month. The bill makes Northumberland anil Union counties the twenty-seventh district. The population of the two counties at the census of 1900 was 108,AO;!. There are ten districts in the state with a less population. The largest district by this measure is the Dauphin-Lebanon district, which has a combined population of 11)8,270. The smallest district is the twenty fifth composed of Potter, Tioga aud Cameron counties with an aggregate population of *o,7.v>. By the senator's bill Snyder county is yoked up with Clinton, Center and Mifflin, and Sullivan county is lopped off of Senator Cochron's twenty fourth district. Mr (iod charles says in drafting the bill he aimed to make it a constitutional measure and ignored politics entirely n the formation of tli > districts. With a roar that was heard sever al miles, more than one hundred thousand tons of solid rock, the whole face of a cliff two hundred feet high, was blown down at the Crevelinn stone <|uarries in Colum bin county, on January 1 The blast was the consumation of over a year's work by twenty live men who bad spent that time in under* ■ ■lining the cliff. The Mone will be u*ed in road < onstruction.
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