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OOB MOUNTAIN POULTRY YARD.
Riding along in the cars of the
Bloomsburg & Sullivan or Wilkes
Bajre & Western railroads, as the
traveler approaches Orangcville his
eye is attracted by the newly painted
and bright looking buildings standing
upon a prominence that seems to over- j
look the country for a long distance.
These buildings belong to l'rof. J. P.
Welsh, Principal of the Bloomsburg '
State Normal School and are part of
his stock farm. His poultry yards
cover about an acre of ground and
are under the supervision of Mahlon
Sager the Professor s father-in-law. i
A careful inspection of the place will .
convince anyone that no better man
could be found.
MAIN BUILDING.
The main building of the poultry
yards is one hundred feet long and ,
twenty-five feet wide. Through the
centre of the building is an isle five
feet wide, and at each side of the aisle
ten separate aparments. The apart
ments are arranged so that they may I
be communicative or not as he may I
wish. His pure stock, that are as
near perfect as possible, he keeps sep
arate allowing about ten hens and a
cock ; in a room ten feet square,
and a yard of ten feet wide and seventy-five
feet long. The eggs from these
pure stock are kept especially for
hatching purposes, and sell at the
rate of 13 for one dollar and twenty
five cents The writer saw a number
of the Plymouth Rock roosters that
will weigh over ten pounds, and hens
that will wejgh over eight pounds, all
being almost perfectly marked. It is
from such choice stock as these that
eggs for hatching are selected. The
plan of the building arranged by Mr.
Sager is evidence of his good judg
ment in that line. From the centre
aisle he can attend to all the wants of
the place. At the front of each apart
ment, along the bottom the nests are
arranged about ten to each place, a
lid covers these. Immediately over
these is the feeding trough, and above
are the roosts with a tight covered
receptacle underneath for catching
the droppings. Mr- Sager believes in
regularity and therefore feeds his
poultry twice each day during the
summer season and three times dur
ing the winter season nor does he
give them more than they can eat at
one time. It is a beautiful sight to
see them at meal time. They are
called in by the rapping of a stick
and upon the first sound everyone will
start from the yards for the house.
Standing at one end of the house and
looking along the aisle about four
hundred birds will be seen eagerly
picking up the grain nothing but the
heads can be seen. In each of the
apartments is arranged dusting baths,
composed of lime, in which the chick
ens delight to dust and free them
selves of any varmin. Mr. Sager also
uses coal oil freely and with this pre
caution it is seldom even a small
louse can be found about the place.
BROODING HOUSES.
The brooding houses are separate
from the main building and consist of
three double houses each side having
a runway of about 10 feet wide and
seventy-five feet long. In these houses
are the brooders or "mothers" they
consist of a large wooden box, having
a water tank underneath at the end
of the box is a boiler, and underneath
it a coal oil lamp, by the circulating
system the water is kept at an even
temperature. The box is about two
feet from the floor, and for the first
two weeks the chicks can not get on
the floor, after that time they ae
transferred to another house where
they can get down on the floor if de
sired. Until a week or ten days old
they are kept at a temperature of
about 90 degrees, afterward a lower
temperature is provided. The brood
er for chicks under two weeks old is
provided with a separate apartment
divided from the brooder by a pi see
of cloth. When the chicks become
too warm they pass under the cloth
into the more mild space and if too
cool back again into the brooder.
THE INCUBATOR.
An incubator is used having a ca-
iwcity of from 200 to 250. It is heated
y hot water the water passing over
the eggs. A very ingenious contri- J
'vance is used, made of brass and iron,
,which regulates the draft, A flue
jopening when the temperature rises to
a certain degree and closing as it falls
again. The temperature is usually
kept at about 103 degrees. With
this incubater from 65 to 90 eggs are
hatched out of every 100.
EGGS PRODUCED.
From his flock of chickens, num
bering between 300 and 400 they
have gathered since February 1st over
nine thousand eggs, or 750 dozen.
Mr. Sager is careful in the gathering
of his eggs, keeping them clean and
nice, therefore he receives from 3 to
5 cents a dozen more than others do
for their eggs. His selection of eggs
for hatching can be relied up. His
sales of 13 eggs for $1.25, for hatch
ing purposes are large his customers
feeling assured that they get good
stock.
PURE STOCK.
The Plymouth Rock and Brown
Leghorns are the only Varieties
that they have kept, but they are now
introducing Black Minorca j this new
species is said to be as good as the
Leghorn in laying and a much larger
chicken. It pays to keep only the
best stock, whenever you attempt to
mix the breeds failure will follow.
FARM BUILDINGS, &C.
Prof. Welsh believes it pays to have
the best and latest improvements in
all things, and has carried this thought
in his farm buildings as well as ma
chinery. His house is a model one
for a farmer, it is heated with a fur
nace, supplied with hot and cold
water, bath tubs and fixtures. A tank
of 250 gallons at the highest point
supplying the water, which is gathered
from the rainfalls. His barn is con
veniently arranged for the comfort and
convenience of both man and beast.
In farm machinery he has only the
best; one of the latest additions being
a spading harrow, which is said to
pulverize the ground better than any
other harrow made. His stock of
horses, are the best. His choice of
cattle is that of a Guernsey; their
milk is as rich and more abundant
than the Jersey, while they are much
more gentle, and larger. He has a
fine flock of Southdown sheep, which
have been very profitable to him
each sheep bringing in a net income
of about three dollars.
There is a lesson to be learned
from this modern farm, that
to be successful the latest and
best methods must be used and every
effort made to have the ground yield
an income twelve months in the year
instead of only through the harvest
season.
FORKS.
John Geisinger's barn in Pealertown
was burned last Friday, and a colt be
longing to Alva Mc rlenry was suffo
cated. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Shive visited
Bloomsburg friends last week.
Mrs. Alvira Robbins has returned
from Rohrsburg, where she was visit
ing her daughter.
G. B. Appleman and wife of Rohrs
burg visited Asbury mends Sunday.
The recent severe wind storm took
a portion of the roof off Joel Lungers
barn.
It seems from present appearance
of the matter that the school board of
this township has got on to' a tobog
gan and are running it backwards. In
place of continuing the graded school
in the Jonestown district and building
a building for its use, they propose to
divide the district and build two new
buildings and have the "ye ancient"
school system continue. There is now
a petition betore the people which is
being almost unanimously signed, pro
testing against the move, which will
be presented to the Board, by one of
its wide-awake members at their meet
ing next Saturday. We hope they
will reconsider the matter and con
tinue the present graded school.
A T. Chapin, of Jonestown has the
foundation for the post office well
under way.
W. B. Pennington took a load of
pumps to Briarcreek last Saturday.
Whoopingcough has made its ap
pearance in this section.
Miss Mary Andrews visited in
Bloomsburg last week.
At the present rate Bloomsburg will
soon be paved throughout with con
crete pavement. Among those who
are now putting them down or intend
to do so, are Dr. J. J. Brown, W. S.
Moyer, L. S. Wintersieen on Market
street; F. D. Dentler, J. G. Wells,
Movers, Moore and Keller's block on
Main street: B. F. Zarri W. Krick-
baura on East street. 1
BLOOMSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, M ML 28, 1893.
SMART FAKIRS. FOOLISH PEOPLE.
One night last week two men and a
woman rode through the streets in a
carriage, one of the men announcing
that a free exhibition would be given
on Market square In this manner
they dicw a crowd, and then began
selling some sort of stud at one dol
lar a bottle, promising every purchaser
a present. They gathered in twenty-three
good, honest dollars from as
many foolish men, and of course they
gave no presents of any value what
ever. Weak minded men or simple chil
dren might be excused for thus part
ing with their money, but it is hard to
understand how men of ordinary intel
ligence can be so taken in by such
people. It can only be accounted for
on the ground that they expect to get
back more than they pay for, and so
prefer to give their dollar to an irre
sponsible street fakir who promises to
make them a present (but doesn't)
rather than give it to a reputable phy
sician, or spend it at a reliable drug
store. But so it always has been, and
so it ever will be. Every time the
purchaser is bitten, because he expects
to get the best of the bargain out of
men whose business is to beat the
public. Why is it ? Can anybody tell ?
VVe can't, unless it is that Barnum was
right when he said that the American
people want to be humbugged.
RESOLUTIONS.
The following resolutions wete
adopted by the Womans Home and
Foreign Missions Society of St. Mat
thews Lutheran church, Bloomsburg,
Pa., April 20th, 1893.
Whereas It has pleased our Heav.
enly Father in His wise providence to
remove so suddenly from our midst
one of our most earnest and willing
numbers, Mrs. philip Moyer. There
fore, be it
Jttaolved : That while we deplore
the loss of a fellow worker, we bow to
the will of God, trusting to him to
fill the broken ranks.
Iieaoloed : That we tender to the
bereaved ones the sympathy we so
deeply feel in this, their sore trial, and
point them to Hitn who sendeth the
Comforter.
Heaolved: That a copy of these res
olutions be placed on the minutes of
our Society, printed in the town pa
pers and a copy be sent to thtf family.
Mrs. W. H. Brooke, )
Mrs. J. H. Kestv. Committee.
Mrs. D. W. Kitchen j
ESPY.
Charles Mood has been seriously
ill for some time but is reported as
improving slowly.
The fight for the post office has not
been very warm at this place, as T.
W. Hartman appears to be the only
person that has made any attempt to
get it.
Wm. Hummel has recently built a
new fence around the front of his
house which makes a great improve
ment in its appearance.
William Bogert and family made a
trip to Rohrsburg on Sunday, behind
their new team of thoroughbreds.
Dr. Redeker has made his appear
ance on a new bicycle which he pur
chased, a few weeks ago. It is a nice
wheel.
J. Stookey of Shickshinny made
r.spy a visit on Saturday of last week
LIGHT STREET.
Mrs. Case of Numidia visited her
daughter, Mrs. Silas Young last week
Miss Carrie Reighard is attending
school at JJenton.
Mrs. Rebecca Mather of Benton
spent Thursday with her sister Mrs
G. P. Reighard.
Jay M. Brown made a flying trip to
Philadelphia last week.
W. M. Robbins has made quite an
improvement in the appearance of his
store by giving it a coat of paint in
side and out. '
Miss Hattie Ranck of ScrantDn
visited friends in town this week.
The new school house is now com
pleted.
Washington Camp, No. 319 P. O.
s. 01 a. win assemble at their Mall on
April 30 1893 for the purpose of at
tending church at the Baptist church,
it being the one hundredth anniversary
of the inaiir'inatinn nf C.pnrrrt Wash.
ington as first President of the United
States. All members of the Order not
members of Camn nn. as well as th
r j.
members of Camo 319 are cordially
invited to join with us, and take part
in the services. Assemble at hall at
half past nine o'clock A. M. J
School Board Meeting.
Regular meeting of the school
Board was held Friday evening with
all the members present.
Teachers were present with their
monthly reports. They received or
ders for their past months work, and
the treasurer gave them checks for the
same.
Minutes of previous meetings read
and approved.
Committee on course of study re
ported that on account of the resigna
tion of Mrs. Georgia rursel Johnston,
they had promoted Miss Stella Ixwen
berg to A. primary ; placed Miss Emma
Townsend as principal of B. primary,
and selected Miss Ella Hassert as as
sistant, on motion the repoit was ac
cepted and action approved.
Secretary reporter! that he had ne
gatiated the bonds for the loan of
$4000, necessary for the repairs of the
Fifth Street building and had passed
the money over into the hands of the
treasurer.
Committee reported having receiv
ed the diplomas for the class in the
scientific course.
The following bills were passed and
orders directed to be drawn for the
payment of the same.
The Cleveland Printing and
Publishing Co., for diplo- ..
mas 12 00
Farmers Produce Exchange
coal. 127 99
Creasy & Wells lumber ..... 1 28
C. E. Savage repairing clocks. 2 00
Water Co. for water 5 74
Wm. Krickbaum printing 19 So
J. C. Brown for frt. paid 12 it
The principal read his monthly re
port. He stated that much sickness
had made the attendance irregular.
On Saturday April 29 a literary enter
tainment will be held in the High
School building. The principal has
offered a prize for the best recitation
a prize will also be offered for the
best one in debate. These prizes will
remain in the library, but will indicate
how won, and by whom presented.
There are 18 Seniors in this year's!
class ; 6 boys, 4 boys in the Business
Course. During the pa3t month three
of the teachers were sick; their places
were filled by substitutes.
The board decided upon Thursday
evening May 18th as the time for
holding the Commencement exercises
in the Opera House.
ORCHESTRAL CONCERT.
The following program will be ren
dered at the Bloomsburg Orchestra
Concert at the Opera House, Tues
day evening, May 2 :
PART ONE.
March Aladdin Barnet.
Overture Raymond Tliomat
Orchestra.
Vocal Solo.. .The old Gravedl(rijer....fflron.
Mr. Yeuer,
Piano Solo... .Value do Concert WUntatenkl'
Gavotte Beauty's Cunning Ciibulka.
Orchestra.
Heading SelHHeO-
Prof. Butts.
Vocal solo
Mrs. Gilbert.
Characteristic Piece "The Guardmount".
Orchestra. JSitenberg.
PART TWO.
Selection The Gondoliers Sullivan.
Orchestra.
Vocal Solo
Mrs. iiudgdon.
Violin Duet-.. Petite Syrophonle, No. H...l)ancla.
-Messrs. Elwell and Stuutler.
Waltz. "All In a Garden Hair.". RoeOer.
Orchestra.
Vocal Duet
Mi-s. Ilodgdon and Mrs. Gilbert.
The Nlgnt Alarm.. ..Descriptive Piece. ...Reeves
Galop In the Whirl Kratt
orchestra.
Reserved seats now on sale at Dent
ler's, 50, 35, and 25 cts.
STILLWATER.
We had a beautiful snow squall on
Saturday which makes the weather
some what colder.
The carpenters have commenced
work building a new barn for Joseph
Myers.
Pjof. E. B. Beishline has gone to
Pleasant Hill, Luz. Co. to teach a
term of school. Wish him success.
Miss Josephine Drescher is attend
ing the Graded school at Benton.
Miss Clara and Lula Raber are also
attending the Graded school at Ben
ton, Prof. Harkins teacher.
J. G. McHenry was in Philadelphia
last week laying in a stock of new
goods.
Mrs. Warren Edgar has been ser
iously ill. She is improving slojvly.
Mrs. John Sutton is dangerously ill.
Her case has been serious for man y
weeks.
W. C. McKinney's new shoe1 store
pered and painted and the floor is
""vivu nun iiuuiuuui. iiir; cilluc
stock is new, and the entire establish-
n.u t pitaciua a, very auracuve ap
handsomely arranged. See his newe
D IMAGE BY WIND.
The wind was rampant last week
Thursday night. It howled and moaned
and sometimes fairly shrieked as it
whistled through the trees. Between
ten and eleven o'clock it reached its
height, and finding its way under a
corner of the tin on the roof of the
Bloomsburg Silk Mill, it lifted it like
so much paper, and carried off not
only the tin. but every timber in the
roof, and lifted it bodily over on to
the lot of the Woolen Mill. It made
a tremendous crash as it fell, and
many who heard it mistook the rattling
of tin for thunder. The rain had nearly
ceased at the time, but at about two
o clock in the morning, it began again
and drenched the third floor ot the
Silk Mill, wetting the looms, and spoil
ing the silk on them. The damage
will reach several thousand dollars. A
contract was made with B. W. Jury to
put a new roof on, and early on Fri
day morning a large force of
brick-layers and carpenters went
to work to repair the building.
The work was pushed with vigor, and
as the weather continued showery, it
was a matter of necessity to get the
building under cover before further
damage could be done, and so the
work did not cease on Sunday. There
being no canvas in town large enough
to cover the building, a car load was
at once telegraphed for to Philadelphia,
and was brought here in a freight car
attached to a passenger train on the
P. & R.
The Silk Mill is one of the leading
industries of the town, and is in a
prosperous condition. Very many ex
pressions of sympathy were heard for
the owners, who have suffered a heavy
loss by damage to building and stock,
as well as by the stopping of the mill
when they are crowded with orders.
This is the second time the roof has
blown off. The new roof is of differ
ent shape and is so firmly bolted down
that it is deemed impossible for a sim
ilar mishap to occur again.
WHITE 4 OONNER.
One of the oldest and possibly the
most widely known firm in this sec
tion is that of the above named, man
ufacturers of agricultural implements.
Mr. White the senior member of the
firm has been at the head for many
years ; his familiarity with the needs
of the farmer, that may gather their
crops in the most economical way has
led to the development of their agri
cultural works. The White & Conner
Thresher and Cleaner is almost a
household word. Improvements have
been constantly made to this machine
until now it embodies all that can be
desired in a first-class thresher, cleaner
and separator. In addition to this
large trade in this essential article for
the farmers they also manufacture
tread powers,' large or small, plows,
harrows, land rollers, cultivators, feed
cutters, wood saws, &c They have
excellent facilities for repairing and
attend promptly to all the wants of
the farmer. They have a greater va
riety of patterns for all kinds of ag
ricultural implements than can be
found anywhere else in this section.
CENTENNIAL EXERCISES.
Next Sunday.April 30,will be the one
hundredth anniversary of the Reform
ed church in the United States. Ex
ercises suitable for the day will be
held in Trinity Reformed church,
Bloomsburg. The feature of the
morning services will be a sermon by
the Pastor, Rev. C. H. Brandt, on the
history of the Reformed church in the
United States. In the evening the
Sunday School will have appropriate
exercises. The morning service will
begin at 10:30, and the evening ser
vice at 6:30. A cordial invitation is
given to all to attend. The "Hymnal
of the Reformed church in the United
States," which was recently adopted
by this congregation, will be used for
the first time on these occasions.
M. ELLENBOGEN.
There are few stores in this section
that contain such a fine line of notions
as that of M. Ellenbogen. He came
to our city a short time ago with his
specialty and has shown that he under
stands the wants of the people. His
experience of over six years as window
trimmer for Strawbridge & Clothier,
Philadelphia, makes him an expert in
that line. His window decorations
are exceedingly attractive. This week
he shows in one window general fancy
goods, embroidery toilet articles,
jewelry, &c., &c. In the other win
dow are shirt waists and cnildrens
head -wear. The prices named are ex
ceedingly low for the quality of the
artic es. His store room is filled with
fancy goods of all descriptions for
ladies and children. A visit to his
store will be a pleasure, if you only
want to see and examine a beautiful
line of fancy goods, gloves, hosiery,
Sc. 1
NO 18
PERSONAL
Mrs. Schoch of Selinsgrove is visi
ting her son, A. Z. Schoch and family.
Myron I. Low and wife went to
New York on Monday.
Mrs. Dr. Frontz is seriously ill at
her father's, Dr. Rutter.
Wm. Gilmore went to Philadelphia
on Monday.
Miss Nellie Ent fills the post of as
sistant book-keeper at I. W. McKel
vy's store.
Mrs. William Woodin of Berwick
spent Monday in town with Mrs. R.
W. Oswald.
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Buckalew and
Mrs. L. E. Waller went to Philadel
phia on Monday.
H. H. Rutter, editor of the Husrhes-
ville Mail spent Sunday in Blooms
burg. Miss Marv Unanst rptnmcH fmm
her visit to her brother in New York
City last Saturday evening.
Mrs. E. Tacobv and dantrhter Vfr
Shaw, have returned home after an
absence ot several months in the west.
' j J w.im luiiiuu 9 1 ya-
perous merchants came down on the
muwiiiig uaui uii i uesuay on DUSinCSS.
Hon. Iram Derr of Tack arm was in
town on Monday, and while here called ,
on Tudge Elwell with whom he occu
pied the bench some years ago.
Charles H. Reice and wife went- tn
Philadelphia on Tuesday to attend the
wedding of Mr Reice's brother John
which took place on Wednesday. '
Tames Hendershotr. who fnr mmv
years has been clerk at the Exchange
Hotel resigned his nosition last Sat nr.
day night
Ramsav Ent. who has been livinor
at Daeus Mines for some time met
came home on Sunday on a visit tn
his mother.
Dr. Edward F. Smith wu recentlv
elected a vestryman of the Enisennal
church at Goshen, N. Y. He also
hows tne position of Health Officer of
that town.
W. B. Tavlor has sufririentlv re.
covered from his sickness to be upon
me street again, tie is very much
reduced in flesh, having lost thirty-nine
pounds.
Thomas McBride. steward nf the
Bloom Poor House, has been ill with
the crip for some weeks, but was ahle
to come to town on Saturday. We are
glad to note that he is improving.
Miss Annie Fox. one of the tearhpr
in the Fifth Street building was taken
senousiy 111 naay. she was accom
panied home by some of her larger
pupils, and her school was t.nitrht the- re
mainder of the day by another. v
The Episcopal Rectorv is hcinir
4 - ty
naintpd hv Potor IT Vmnii. u;
t j - - wiuaim nuu iua
hands. It will be of stone cnlnr tn
correspond with the church and Parish
t r
riouse.
Eli Jones is one of the busiest build.
ers and contractors of the town
has just completed the moving of Ja
uuuuing lor a. c ireas tsq., is mov
ing and repairing a building for Mrs.
Seesholtz on Iron street, is erecting a
new dwelling of his own on Third
street extension, and has many other
jobs on hand.
There is much more interest shown
by the patrons of our Dublin Rrhnnls
than ever in the history of the town.
1 ne attendance is much larger and
fewer absentees. Thev sfe that th
schools are better managed, more
systematic work done and therefore
much greater progress made. The
pupils are anxious to enter the miw
class and carry off one of the Hinh
O 1 I 1 1 f . o
ocnooi uipiomas. 11 a lew prizes were
offered, it would still further stimulate
the pupils. '
The last week in May will be a
great occasion in the history of St.
Paul's church. On Monday evening,
May 29th, the Archdeaconry of Will
lamsport will convene. On Tuesday
the sessions will continue, day and
evening. On Wednesday the celebra
tion of the centennial anniversary of
the admission of the Parish into union
with the convention of the Diocese of
Pennsylvania will occur. The Bishops
of Central Pennsylvania, and about
thirty clergymen are expected to be
present. Among the latter are ex
pected nearly all of the former Rec
tors, including Rev. Mr. Russell, Rev.
JUr. .Parker, Kev. A. A. Marple, Rev
T. H. Cullen, Rev. Tohn Hewitt. Rev.
Dr. Zahner, and others.
Don't forget the Orchestra Con
cert at the Opera House next Tuesday
evening. Procure seats at Dentler's,
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