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The Oxford Democrat The Oxford Democrat. NUMBER 24 VOLUME 80. SOUTH PARIS, MAINE, TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1913. where hit the oat "Hear Hear The drearily. "That's you look out for that end of the business. to an extent. low Voted Out the Saloons called ye! ye! poll· D. *ΆΚΚ. increase the aupply quite They he said. on | are now closed." Everyone drew a aigb nail on the head," "Mouey. ▲11 I want you to do 1b to pass this AMONG THE FARMERS. Some Kansas experiment· show an in- The following extract from λ lettei Auctioneer, DON'T HURRY OR WORRY of and went borne to aopper, ex- the mean and dirty thing that can here note." Lictjnsed crease after a crop of clover was turned 'rom Mrs. Benj. H. Fiab of Santa Bar relief, — who ate theirs world—that's «"»«· At Meals Follows. TH* cept tbe election board, the best man In the "Colonel Tod hunter," replied tlie »IU>. Dyspepsia "SPKED PLOW." under. The yield of corn was Increased >ara, Calif., may be of interest bott whip âû0TH and oat of pail· and boxes, and afterwards Thurs." "the Indorsement and the col- Moderate- 20 bushel· an acre, oats 10 bushels, rom the temperance and tbe suffrage Colonel the trouble. banker, Tera» I went to A serene mental condition and time began counting votes. aleep other man's mon- a Correspondence on practical agricultural topics potatoes 30 bushel*. itand point. "Ifs generally the lateral make this note good, and it's to chow your food is more la bearing them count. thoroughly aollcHed. Address all communication· Ια Results. High Grade Santa Barbara unlike moat aoutberr that looks dirty. Bill," Colonel Tod- banker'» business to buy good pu per. if or tended Hkjtxy D Comparative At 12 tbe retnrna were all the ey important anything than the kind (or this department to are baa been oon in, drya "I Dem commercial fertilizers usually quite California cities, always hunter commented, chuckling. got We'll discount the note. It's your fu* " EUhmond, Kdltor Ox(or<l bad woo tbe first and third ordinances, Dentist, quality of food. Agricultural returns in its situation of "wet 1 Surgeon ocrai. Pari·, lie. readily soluble, giving quicker ildered hopeless we to the corn myself. not ours." Sufferers from indigestion should use im- and we all went to aleep happy that acknowledge uerul. MA1NI than the farm manures, while, by lees," as it is an old Spanish town witt own that F." At wood's had won more than we never had a dollar of my "That finishes the business thou.'* *hth l"L. Medicine. the condition of the soil k of Mexicans. expected. wsrraaied. in proving physical large percentage The next we went out anJ look clean and t<» "1 ain't wor· t**l "My husband years back always I the farm manures often in- ia both a summer and a winter re- morning didn't mighty good said Colonel Todhunter. ^I m; Soil Fertilisation. produce It excite- had a bad but in the four the scene of all the me. But what's this mouey fuuerals But If very stomach, creased crops for a longer with a changing influi surveyed ITODHUNTER particular ryln' about any you're period. lort, constantly ment. waa left an odor a. ρ J°Nlts· years that he has taken "L. F." At- In of stable manure and in its Nothing except a-countln' on either Mill Stricklaud or s comparison good >f the ultra-rich Irresponsible our trouble?" wood's Medicine he is able to eat FROM USE OF we of stale tobacco smoke and joy in Missouri RESULTS and of It's COMPARATIVE ! any- with commercial fertilizer materials wo famous "The Potter" "Well, if you will have it, Thurs. me the hotels, hearta. furnlshln' corpse. Eph. you're Dentist, that he wants without any bad the "I'm thing DIFFERENT FERTILIZING MATERIALS. would present following:—Eight 'The Arlington.'1 this," replied Colonel Strickland. goln' to see one of the liveliest corpsrs *A,N" effects. I it to my children also." maoure of is also a with all Its collec give tons of average composition It seaport a tree lu the matter of campaign seen lu all horn m.uway. Mrs. Fred Me. Maine News Notes. up you ever your days, McComb, Foxcroft, 80 of nitrogen, 40 pounds ion of tbe of tbe earth. wan 12-1 to*. (L€CtUre supplies pounds offscouring expenses. Old Governor Leslie euh." >*e Hour»-»to of and 80 of Mrs. Fish has been a worker 35 cents for large bottle at the etore. ^a^Week.Wno?· phosphoric acid, pounds always RIPLEY D. SAUNDERS raise a 8trickland cam- of the amount· of the By jure be could The old banker made no reply A free mail if have of the most of potash, or the equivalent or temperance and-was glad op sample by you One important 'objecte owner of a I fund the right men wa> ,, r.w.TH, In a ton of commercial fertilizer to cast her ballot. She wai ι J. H. Porter of Eliot ia the paign by asking Colonel Todhunter chuckling never us».d it. the whole course was discussed by Pro- supplied tortunity to of the the forces to canvasi ι freak chicken batched out tbia epring, and telling them what he proposed when he to Colonel Sti\<-I:· at Law, fessor Simmon· The following proportions:—4 percent ippointed by "dry" reported Attorney 44 Friday morning. Boston L. MEDICINE Me. 2 4 to find out how oi which baa three perfpct lege. A • the Bobbi-Mer- do with it. knowing that Steve "It's all and »*:·.η F." CO., Portland, subject "Soil Fertilization," was tekeu nitrogen; percent phosphoric acid; he 17th precinct many Copyright. 1911, by tbey land. right. Hill, >ou VORWVY. is that from more womer maaeum bus offered bim a price of Mis- of matemla o percent potash. It counted be poorer and ignorant good rill Company. Yancey ain't fit to be governor back to St. Louis right awav." !..· Collection»**»**, a Specially up from the standpoint he ia J get one-third to one-half of the food vere and bow stood ot for tbe bird which considering. met with Hvffli use Thé-conclusion reached wu that plant registered they souri. But so far he's mighty said. "I got the money from old Kpu from manure is recovered the he Her tarn, manure» and crop during liquor question. experiencet W. S. a farmer on tbe Pleas- success lie told me all about it Scott it Λ ΓΑΚΚ. («table green same Lovej )y, poor Tucker But. great auiLMaila. first year. Therefore, to get the rere both humorous and illuminating. aome manure»), by commeroiat ant River road, baa raiaed good In St Louis I ain't got a All the suppl-m-nted the first would re- bas been one of the leaders it yesterday. wns worse'η pullin' eyeteeth! IJKKU1CK mo.t econom cal result. result* during year Mr. Fish horses the He has sold [continued.] at Law, MotorCars fertilizer., give past year. just dollar in the and we've estab now we'll Attorneys about tons to the acre. his and an unused work-shoj world, same we uot it. and perceed The lollowintt ><· au abstract of the lec quire twenty campaign, one of young work horse* at $500, and MAINE. was as the pair Tom sprang at the speak- llshed In St Louis Ids own BKTil»L. u their own back yard used of a mother and Strickland headquarters to lick old Eph with money." XlUr? C. Park. and another consisting a : y He rtck. for the 17th and 18th er. As he did so Stam whipped out Kausas that's to bo kept up. would not H the substances used by plants Orchard Spraying Experiments. roiing place pre· her colt for $000, which speaks pretty City got Hut Colonel Todhunter l°Amoue her an excellent but not it Is wbHt 1 weftncl nitrogen, pbos- The MVme Agricultural Experiment !incts,thuR affording op· well for the growing of horaea in Maine, pistol. It was quickly done, How we're going to do have spoken so confidently If he had DETROITER, inÎbeÏÏrow.h to see how were done, an CARL S. BRIGGS, pbo.u. .»d pounb. Tb« «. tb. Station lia* just issued Bulletin 212 >ortunity things a thing which those interested in agri- quick enough to give opportunity can't figure out." h. most often deficient »n >0II that ba. which the detailed results of the culture are farmers to do, says before the other struck. Tom's two old friends faced each other Dentist 5-passtnger, 25 p. gives | urging to flre The been cultivated fur a t me. Nltro spraying experiments carried on at ûigb- Barbara will be a saloonless city the Milo of Bangor News. into his face and felled MAINE. lung; Santa correspondent Sst smashed silently. mH TH I'AKIS, $850 and $900. een is to cause tnoor Farm during the summer of 1912 Also tbe licenses are tak- supplied thrifty growio lext August. Dr. Harriaon Hunt of laland him to the floor. The pistol flew tea "That Is a serious situation. a. Even- a series J. Falls, certainly H "in : 9 a m to 5 v. leaves which is indicated by a dark. This is the third of u from the restaurants and all tbe Ο® Îf publication away Me has been surgeon of the feet away. Colonel Todhunter at last iotment. attention of of In the studies be- a very appointed Bill," spoke 10» a: Special reports progre*s mall hotels and rooming houses, which will sail re^ ' the relative Crocker Land expedition There was a moment's silence.
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