The Oxford Democrat: Vol. 76, No. 41
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The Oxford Democrat. VOLUME 76. SOUTH PARIS, MAINE, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1909. NUMBER 41. D. PARK, the Pullets. me and humiliate me. Now Culling As she finished reading "C. Burton, discover rould have some sign." ^LBKKT AMONG THE FABMEBS. for an hour! Licensed Auctioneer, Within the next few weeke thousand» treasurer." she suddenly turned pale, play scarecrow yourself BPbind the bowlder was the faint of pallet· will be installed in their win- It's for the poor widow there In the rustle of leaves. It might bave PAKIS. MAIN Κ "<*PKK1> TH1 PLOW." gasped and thrust the letter under her dry SOUTH ter and In on their un- quarters, started I 1 door." 2 The been the movement of a rabbit or of a t ruie Moderate. Accepted pillow. natural task oi I'll do it! I producing high-prloed George. Only tortoise or of a uuts. ob dollars in less than a "I'll—I'll—by squirrel seeking Correspondence practical agricultural topic eggs. It will take most of them some "Eighty an la Address all communication· In serve me I'll stand here for knew that it was none of L. BUCK, solicited. time feel at in mouth!' Miss Luella was saying. right. But George tended for this to HuotY D to home the laying house, i I department With Thanks hour by the watch, and then I shall these. lie a a will Boon." Scarecrows gave significant cough. Derr the of few weeks the Ι "λΥ Lllla be rich Editor Oxford but with I Hammond, passing hy. pretty Ventriloquist Surgeon Dentist, Agricultural to receive your ocrai, Parla. Me. eggs will to come. After making But Miss Louisa had been expect forgiveness." Then, as if Itorne by the breeze from MAINE. begin watching Lui On· Strid tk· SOUTH PARIS, Th· "I—I didn't mean what I said." a voice: due allowance for the long cold night, ? The Storie· She Wrote and V Miss and she threw up the win- quite 0 |c Etaed M*ry's Conscience Ρ nowhere, came thin, piping Lllla, saw Λ l*cet work «rarrantct. and the short there will still be In Corn and Won n. Bride stammered Miss May as she that my Saving the Manure. day, Her Own Self u Well 0 dow and fauned her vigorously. Ο and Hade George Happy Ο "Mary!" the average flock quite a percentage of he was about to take her at her word. The widow clutched at lier lover's There are few farmer*·, even at thi· "No wonder you're faint," she said. H. P. JOSKS. «rood looking epecimene that persistently "But I'm willing—quite willing. I deeve. she cried jΚ enlightened period, who conserve all tlx "It's enough to take any one's breath By GEORGE H. WARDEN 1 "George." gaspingly, j refuse to contribute their share towards By LAURA MARY ROGERS A excuse for an By TEMPLE BAILEY I on their farms, will you hour, please." "did bear that?" available plant food bill. ^♦ uway," and she acquiesced when Miss you Dent let, meeting the grain went to the bouse and sat There has been much improvement ί that entire would Miss May "What?" asked George. This it» one of the most baffling Lillu suggested quiet Lit- MAINE, this when barn: phases i Copyright. 1909. by Associated Lit- Y Copyright, 1909, by Aooclated on the with the widow. She τ Copyright, 1909, by Associated Lit- Τ NOKWAT, along line since the days in be for her. doorstep "That voice- Henry's voice." of the poultry business, and solving good Preei. 0 were built without basements, and the I) erary Press. 0 erary wanted to be angry, but the humor of erary Press. 0 c Hour»—3 to 12—1 to 4. the problem, the student has, ordinarily, It was only two hours before Mr. "Nonseii-···!" Rut the young butcher's manure from the stables was thrown the situation She wanted precious little data with which to work. Wllklns came, but Miss Lllla had prevented. face was white. There was a silence outside, there to leach through eummei the man Were the life histories of the individuals Lit la her since she had to think young very imperti- It was a little street lu which stood, lis- r. SMITH. rain winter snow. Much of the Misa Hibbard opened grown old and haggard just village they pale faced, and known be to trace out The woman who eat on the door- be was a flue it might possible Wilkine was nent, but really looking show—a haired ventrilo- |"< richness of this fertilizer if Ktaiup box and looked despairingly at dismissed her sisters. Mr. lu shabby, gray tening. at Law, exposed causes for the extreme variations in re· steps of her little bouse, situated and a and be was Attorney as In In fellow gentleman, him-be soaked away into the surrounding Boil, Its Then she turned the startled he stood the doorway laud, quist sitting between two blank faced "Mary. Mary-take happy." MAINE, λγΗ to egg production and ultimately emptiness. the midst of n)>out three acres of out there scarecrow under her NORWAY, with the water from rain and snow to her faint pluylug As the words died work out methods that would reduce it contents of her the af- response call. and dolls I hat turned tbelr beads and Jerk- away Mary gasp- lit Block. Collection» * portfolio upon was crippled with rheumatism, The widow and the Specialty. The land surrounding these manure "Has he asked eyes. laughed ed. "It Is to the minimum. the loose anything happened?" a white tied to the ed their wide mouths and cracked Henry!" was so Maturated with thi* ghan and searched among though she had rag and the "scare's" punish piles often was first girl giggled, "lie Is you to be Will The writer's attention uuxlously. was it at stale for the edification of the telling happy. URICK A PARK. waste as to be unable to plant a'Ject- leaves and envelopes. Not a stamp to end of a crutch anù waving ment was cut fifteen minutes short by Jokes J support ed along this line in this manner. Eggs "Yes," she'auswered hopelessly. "1 you, Mary?" I 1 life. The of this absorbed fer half a dozen crows on the fence waved to him. As he crowd that bad strength for bad been from be found! sitting a hand being gathered. She looked at him with startled Attorney» at hatching procured got the letter." Law, tilizer was more than plants could feed they seemed to regard her with con- came to the steps an Informal Intro- Wheu the program was finished the three different sources, and the chicks The search was a mere formality, letter*/" Mr. asked. brown eyes. "I'm so MAINS, and live. was an en- "What Wllklns down frighteued, t;KT«Kl., upon This, then, were toemarked to the one tempt. Presently they dropped duction took place. Then Mr. Morti- old man around some thin distinguish pedi- for she could account for every of For answer Miss Lllla drew the passed George." ν l#on K. Herrtck. K'Uory C. Vart tire loss. Atmospheric action converted Into the Held and to scratch. man- grees Records which were kept also the dozen she had borrowed began mer. with his superior Ingenuity, some of it into gases, which stamps crumbled letter from under her pillow, pamphlets. Ile drew her within the circle of his portions recorded the date of hatching, so that The rag was waved and the woman to an warranted to air. has a week ago. With of aged tig up object a dime!" he cackled. "Just arm. can escaped into the Experiment id compressed lips unfolded It and pointed to the top "Ouly "Nothing hurt you here. from time to time the rate of growth shouted, and a voice at her gate asked: all crows rods from a corn- that manure thus loses she looked for around the keep forty one J. H. STUART & CO., proved exposed a was more or lees care- inspiration the pu per. Mr. Wllklns looked at the dime to learn how to make the Say 'Yes.' Mary." And as she hesi- few specimens "Is with or no in a few months or half its room out Mr. anything wrong you?" field pay. AND nearly quite and In the hall. Wllklns familiar words, "Horace O. Wllklns, dolls talk." tated came the benediction. ML ENGINEERS SURVEYORS, fully observed. Λ of bad left the had to come value. down the stairs. girl eighteen big Next day Miss May lll^h Street, South Parte, Maine. My laying house was fully equipped was contins Grain and Feed." one dime!" echoed the "Bless you!" With the building of barns with base- farmhouse on the hill, half a mile down to bring the widow some tea "Only woolly Telephone 111-12. with trap nests, so I soon became well Miss I.illa caught her breath. He "Ob. that he groaned. And at that Mary yielded, with her ment a of this waste was greenhorn!" for a and as she neared Mortimer had to see baired doll, which lay limply on top cellars, portion with the As time she did away, walk, and pie, and Mr. is acquainted producers. was the only lodger to whom Then be looked at Miss Lilla. head against George's shoulder, but prevented, but much of the liquid still the the shouts of the woman how his scarecrow was working. Then of a small trunk.