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Furnishing Your Home
Just as the making of a pleasant hotnc ib
one of the cliiefest obligations one owes
to one's self, so a visit to this store would
be one of your greatest pleasures while
stopping at Poland Spring. We are cov-
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highest class of home furnishing trade in
NIaine. and we shall always be glad to
show you the finest in furniture, draperies
and floor coverings at honest prices.
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Seth W* Fuller Company
Electricians
ble Candles, Night Lamps, Wash Stand Licliis, Lanterns,
and Developing Lamps. All types of electrical require-
ments for travellers, Stoves, Heating Pads, Curling Irons,
Pressing Irons, Food Warmers, etc. Sexd /or ( alalct.
l.VCEV.M HaLI. lilt
L.EWI9TON, Me.
185 Devonshire St.
IBOS&ON
The New Spring House and^ Boftlery
VERY visitor to Poland Spring is particularly and cordially invited to inspect these new
buildings which are, without doubt, the most elaborate and perfect ever erected for the
purposes for which they were designed. The exterior design of both buildings suggests
the architecture of Spain. The walls are of hydraulic pressed, gray, mottled, fire-brick.
The roofs are covered with dull glazed, green mission tile. The frames are entirely of steel.
, Directly beneath the hip roof of the tower which rises eighty feet above the ground, are
The openings through which air is drawn to ventilate the Bottlery. After passing through
T) ^^1 cotton tillers, the air enttrs directly beneath the ceiling of this room and is exhausted through
IjOttlefy openings near the floor, thus insuring perfect circulation of the purest air.
The floor, walls, and ceiling of the Bottlery are of Carrara sanitary glass, an inch in thickness, resembling
in color the famous marble of that name. This material is very hard, impervious to moisture, and may be
kept absolutely clean by rinsing. All the mechanical devices used in this room are the newest and
best that can be procured. ^ , , /-^ , i -j i .i.-
At the east end of this building is the public room, fini hed in Tyrolean style. One whole side ot this
room is a single sheet of the finest French plate glass through which can be seen the entire process of bottling.
Everything about this room, from the dull green Gruby tiled floor to the hand wrought copper electroliers
suspended from the dark oak beams of the ceiling above, is in charming taste, and its treatment is quite in
contrast with the rest of the building.
The graceful copper dome, cornice, and wrought iron work in this smaller building
give it a more ornate appearance than the larger building. Its interior will
Spring House consist of two rooms— a spring room and a public room, divided by a curved plate
glass screen set in a light ornamental iron frame.
The spring room will be finished in Carrara glass, while the public room is elaborately finished in genuine
Italian Pavanezzo Marble. The columns here are single monoliths surmounted by carved Ionic capitals of
the same material. The floor is marble mosaic decorated in the centre with a large mosaic reproduction
of the coat of arms of the Ricker family.
The vaulted ceiling is of imported cement and is pierced in the centre by three beautiful stained glass
windows. The design, material, and workmanship represent most careful study and have resulted in
complete, modern high class, fire proof, and sanitary structures, dignified and monumental.
Vol. 13
No. 7
lUNDAY
VUG. 12
PRICE
10 Ccn t^
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Better than Coffee
Richer than Coffee
Seven-Eighths Coffee
VEUVE CHAFFARD
Vure OlWe Oil
In Honest Bottles
Full Quarts Full Pints Full Half Pints
Sold by PARK & TILFORD, New York
S. S. PIERCE CO.
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Vol. XIII.
SUNDAY MORNING. AUGUST 12. 1906
Steward. Chef, and Cooks of the Poland Spring House Kitehen. All
although the camera does sometimes prevaricate
FACTS ABOUT FOOD
AWAY lia.-k ill 1S'.).5 iuiil a;;aiii in IWtfi »'e
veiilureil to ^'ive a Utile .statislicul artick-, on
(|iiaHtitii5S of food consumed liy ;j;nest.s of tlie
Poland .Spring House, alone, and liien by tiiose of
the two liouses combined; and finally by not only
liie guests, but by the 430 employees as well, the
amount reachini; startling figures.
Since that time, many and persi.steul have been
the inquiries for a repetition of this food article in
tabulated, I had nearly said tablet form, and not
to appear too ungracious, or. too piggish and keep
all this food to ourselves we inive lit length, after ii
ten years interim, decided to relent, and give the
whole thing away.
Bear in mind that this list today includes simply
the "uosts of the I'oland Spring House, and that
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the number of people thus comprised, is not half
the mouths fed on this hill by these three Ricker
Brothers, aud that the period is for one week.
One article of food, that is probably about as
near universal as any is beef, of which 2326 lbs.
are consumed in the time named. Think of it,
over a ton of fresh beef alone, but do not be aston-
ished, for you are not considered great beefeaters,
not half as great as are those of the Tower of
London.
It is a wonder you are not more chicken hearted
than you are, when about another ton, of chicken
follows the beef, or to be exact, 2181 lbs.
Mary may have enjoyed a little lamb, but you
enthuse over more than a half ton of lamb, and
dispose of 12;j8 lbs. of that wild and woolly
quadruped.
I know you are fond of ham, for 490 lbs. disap-
pear in a week, besides 152 lbs. of bacon and a
barrel of salt pork, only think.
Ah, but duckling, the tender, delicious duckling,
not at all ugly, for if it were, 450 lbs. would not
follow all the other solids. Then there is 139 lbs.
of turkey, and goodness knows, how much goose,
grouse and squab, 12 dozen of the latter.
It cannot be that everybody eats solely the
meats mentioned, when the deep blue sea gives up
to the extent of 855 lbs. of fresh fish, besides, salt
mackerel, 50 lbs., and salt cod 75 lbs.
It may appear paradoxical for the salt sea to
give up fresh fish, but nothing is fresher than the
Hsh here. By the way, there are 16 lbs. of turtle
distributed in your soup, and how much is in the
mock turtle I have not the figures to give.
Lots of clams, 7 gallons, and 1 barrel in shell,
oysters, crabs, shrimps, and sardines 20 cans find
their way also into somebody's stomach, as the bills
show conclusively.
A small item such as 167 lbs. of veal and 41
lbs. of tripe, do not indicate hearty appetites in
that respect, but then consider the sausage, the
pigs' feet, 25 lbs., the sweetbreads, 60, and the
lilies of the field, how they grow. But we digress.
There are lots of odd varieties of meat that are
eaten, nttcrly consumed, that cut into the above
figures, entirely ignoi-ed by this article, but enough
is shown to indicate that Poland Spring guests are
not vegetarians.
Talking of vegetarians, 4 1-2 bushels of shelled
beans, and 5 bushels of string beans vanish in seven
days; 121 dozen of green corn in its season ; 41
lbs of rice, and, goodness, think how rice swells.
The quantities of other vegetables such as pota-
toes, 25 barrels, 3 of sweet, beets, 4 bushels, pea
beans, 1 1-2 bushels, onions, 4 bushels, carrots, 4
bushels, cabbage, 3 barrels, turnips, 3 bushels,
squash, 8 barrels, cucumbers, 300, tomatoes, 100
lbs,, beyond compute, and yet enough to prove
beyond a doubt that there are a few vegetarians
here in spite of the damning evidence of the beef-
eaters.
Some people are fond of blueberries in one shape
or another, for they eat 173 quarts a week in their
season, but the strawberry is in high favor still,
for 234 boxes are the allowance for one week.
Raspberries, however, are the reigning queen of
berries during their brief career, aud reach the
high mark of 354 quarts.
On my, what lots of fruit besides, such as
oranges, 3 bo.xes, bananas, 6 bunches, grape fruit,
4 boxes, canteloupe. 30 crates, watermelon, 25,
plums, 6 boxes, peaches, 20 crates, pineapples, 2
crates, lemons, 4 boxes, and even the item of 63
lbs. of figs gives some indication.
You may not think the olive cuts much of a
figure, but you get away with 9 gallons weekly.
Now then for cream, delicious cream. How
much? 621 quarts, besides 245 cans of milk,
used in the fine arts, the fine art of cookerv.
Among the other sweet and luscious destructa-
bles let me mention 7 barrels of sugar, 13 1-2
gallons of syrup and 9 gallons of molasses, to say
nothing of tlie honey.
Flour, yes flour! When you think of every-
thing being hauled five miles by horses, and up
this everlasting and sightly hill, 20 barrels of
flour a week, makes a lot of pulling and hauling,
to say nothing of the few other things here men-
tioned. Then you know, lard, 300 lbs., corn
meal, 2 bariels, soda, 6 lbs., soap, 350 lbs. and
432 cakes of toilet, salt, 75 lbs., vinegar, 21 gals.,
even 7 gals, of olive oil, all tend to make a load for
the horses to haul. Add to this graham meal, 1
barrel, entire wheat, 1 barrel, gluten flour, 25
lbs., baking powder 30 lbs. and ci-eam of tartar,
15 lbs., and see where you are then.
Suppose now we shell out on the egg story, and
if you have not a weak heart, tell you of the fad
that 9444 eggs are weekly desti-oyed past all
recognition in one August week. Fact ! Figure
it for yourself, 787 dozen, and twelve times that
is as above stated.
Now then, you do drink, yes you do, for we
have the facts that 193 lbs. of coffee, and 15 1-2 of
tea are your weekly lot and portion ; but then you
know some of you drink cocoa, or buttermilk, and
gallons on gallons of Poland Water.
Butter, although last mentioned, for the table, is
by no means least, for over half a ton is con-
sumed weekly, or 1120 lbs.
To keep things hot, 32 tons of coal go up in
smoke, and to keep them cold 10 tons of ice will
serve, but when it comes to wood the year's su|i|)lv
IS hard to divide into properly proportionate weeks,
but 2200 cords are annually found to be necessary.
There are scores of other minor things that we
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have not mentioned, but these will give you some
idea of what sort of a department comes under the
immediate charge of Mr. A. B. Ricker. for he is
responsible for all these purchases, and that he
knows his business, all can vouch.
When received, all these eatables come under
the charge of Mr. H. W. Dockliara, the Steward,
and after him in the handling of the food, its pre-
paration and delivery, follows Mr. Everett Haggett,
the Chef, who ably directs his army of superior
cooks.
When it appears on the trays, carried by 86
waitresses, pretty and graceful, it falls undei- the
direction of Mr. Julius Gassauer, the courtly and
efficient head waiter, who is seconded by Mr. L.
F. Wareham, and Mr. George Phelps.
Now the food problem is solved, and you may
eat your breakfast with the satisfaction of knowing
tluit everything is absolutely fresh, sweet and
clean.
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"Why one day I got a wasp on iny hand .and while
he was walking around he was all right. He didn't
hurt till he stopped to sit down." — Philadeliihia
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A picturesque and thriving village at an
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With its Romantic Attractions — (liens
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Situated midst the New England Hills
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On the shore of a beautiful sheet of water
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A neat and well-built village nestling in a
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THE SENIOR PARTNER SPEAKS
"I guess," said the junior partner of the firm to the
senior gray,
"We'd better get a new bookkeeper and turn old (irinies
away."
But the senior partner halted the up-to-date, his son.
And his eyes they fairly sparkled through the mist.
" And are you done
With your hanged new-fangled fancies and your hurry
up and crush .'
You're pushing things, it seems to me — and I say there
aint no rush."
But the junior partner fiddled with his pen and softly
said;
"Grimes is too old to keep the books." " He never has
lost his head."
"But he's out of date and slower." "And true as steel
and square."
"He's a fossil of old style business, and a hackhorse
worn and bare."
Then the senior partner, nettled at what the youngster
said.
Hemmed and hawed and settled down in a heart to heart
instead ;
" There was a time, my laddie, when Billy and I were
young;
'T was years and years and years ago when both of us
lads were flung
Into the strife and bustle of life ere you were born —
And he and I both pegged along together from early
morn.
I had the better backing — Billy had none at all;
So I got the lead — but Billy staid on, summer, spring,
winter and fall.
Fifty years together, with never a task undone
Between us two. Does Billy get out.^ He doesn't, not
on your life, my son !
,'And there is another reason why Billy Grimes stays in.'
There was a hitch some years ago when your old pop
needed 'tin',
'Twas only a paltry bundle to save me from the crash;
But Billy went down in his weasel, son, and dug up the
good old cash.
And he's been a silent partner ever since that same day
When he furnished grease to make the wheels go 'round
in the glad old way.
We were a pair of ponies that never learned to shirk:
.Side by side we trotted along, and we both are still at
work.
.'\int no sentiment, sonny, in businesslike affairs?
The whole thing is pure sentiment from heels to our
thin gray hairs.
I can't get along without Billy, and Billy can't without
me.
And if it's split— why, let her split; but Billy stays on,
you see."
— Horace Seymour Keller in New York Sun.
FISH
Again Mr. S. Goldfisli of the S<-liillin<;er cotliige
i.s high lint!, for on Friday, the 3(1, lie landed a
black l)a.«.s weigliing o 1-2 Tbs. iMrs. Hackolt actu-
ally struck tlie fish, hnt Mr. (MildfLsli devoted twenty
minutes to lauding him, and gets the medal.
Mr. F. W. Carpenter lias caught this summer
from upper and middle lakes 70 lbs. of black bass.
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As I gaed clown by yon house-en,'
I'wa corbies there were sittan their lane;
The tane unto the tother sae,
( Ih, where shall be The Man From Maine?
AND ANOTHER
Tlie C. M. Clark Piiblinliiiij; Co. coiitiiJiie to
report an increasing and wide-spread demand for
their new publication, The Man From iMaine. It
now leads all their piiblicaiiot)s in the demand tor
it, a very gratitying thing to its author.
Over two thousand books have been taken out
from the Poland ,S[)ring Lilirary ihii.s far this sea-
son, and The Man From Maine has been taken
more times than any other book ; and as a compli-
ment to the binders, be it said, is slill in excellent
condition, a very unusinil thing.
At last the Rehoboth LSunday Times has been
heard from. We knew it would come to this.
Ships do not pass in the night with that enter-
prising journal.
Back to the highlands, the blue Scottish highlands,
On his foaming white steed came Donald MacLean.
"What haste, my braw laddie, wha' ha'e ye forgotten.'"
"Forgotten? Great .Scotten! why, my Man From Maine."
V'oung Lochinvar is come out of the west.
He swam the Ksk river where ford there was nane.
All dripping, he rushed to the news stand and shouted,
"What's the matter with me having The Man From
Maine?"
His form is the form of a giant.
But his face wears an aspect of pain.
Can this be the Laird of Inchkenneth?
Or is this The Man From Maine?
I stood on the bridge at midnight.
As the clocks were striking twain.
And the moon rose o'er the city.
Behind The Man From Maine.
.'\ye, tear her tattered ensign down.
Long has she sailed the main,
And many an eye has danced to see
The sales of The Man From Maine.
A WILLING PATIENT
A Tojieka man was complaining of
rheumatism.
"There's no excu.se for your being
afllicted," said a friend. "I used to
have rheumatism. When it would
strike ine I would go home and have
my wife throw her arms around my
neck and give me a massage treatment.
It helped me every time. You ought
In try it."
''I will," said the man. "When will
I find your wife at home?" — A'a?!s«s
City Journal.
Grumpy (with newspaper) — When \'\\\ at home
you are forever hammering at that piano, or else
your tongue is running liko a trip-hammer. It was
not so before we were married. Mrs. G. — No, it
wasn't. Before we were married yon held my
hands so I couldn't play, and kept my lips so busy
that I couldn't talk. — Til-Bits.
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NETTIE M. RICKER. * P"
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MONTHS OF JULY. AUGUST, ANIl SEPTEMBK.n, IN
THE INTEREST OF
POLAND SPRING VISITORS
Contriljinions frnni the guests of Polnnd Spring will be
cheer! ully received.
To insure puljlievtion,
editors not later than Wednesday preceding day of issue.
All parties desiring rates ttir advertising in the Hill Top
should write the editors for same.
The subscription price of the Hill-Top is $1 00 for the
season of ten weeks, postpaid. Single copies will l)e mailed at
10c. each.
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Printed at the .lournal Offlee, l.ewi(
Sunday, August 12, 1906
Editorial
AT ONE time, only a few year.s ago, a critical
gentleman in New York made it liis business
to visit the theatres, and witli note book and pencil
to jot down incorrect pronunciation of common,
every-day words, and it is needless perhaps to add
that he had many busy nights. Through the
medium of the press he called the attention of the
erring artists as well as tlie public to these slips,
and for the time at least there was a reform.
This man was Alfred Ayres, and he has given
the public a lasting memorial in his Orthoepist,
now that he has himself ceased !o exist.
We wonder if it i.s possible for even the maker
of a book of I III' kind to invariably speak cor-
rectly, and if .-^n what a delight to llie ear it must
be to listen to liis conversiitioii liut we question
the possibility of this, while we might admit his
ability to detect error in others without hesitation.
Just for a moment let us suggest a few words
that are almost universally mispronounced, except-
ing, of course, by scholars: — Betrothed, address,
Italian, acclimate, landau, apricot, plaid, might be
mentioned, but there are many more.
Let those who are lacking in advanced scholar-
ship and pedantic atfectation rejoice, however, that
a very large number of words criticized have
authority, and good authority, for several ways of
pronunciation.
You may say apurn or aprun for apuu. Like-
wise you may say akoostiks or akowstiks for
acoustics. Ayres favors the former, as is almost
universal with the general public, while most
authorities favor the latter.
Authorities permit eether or ither for either, and
also neether or nither for neither.
Strangely you may useyra<-er-nize or [m-ter-nlze,
and in one case the critic is himself lost in the
jungle of indecision completely and says of kraal,
call it krarl, krawl, h-d-a.\ or kral, "which is to
be preferred, I have not the faintest idea." There
is frankness for you.