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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-05-01

REMEDY FOR LICE On CATTLE.-My
cattle have generally been pretty free
from lice; but one winter had year.
ling steer that grew poor in spite of good
keeping, and after while he appeared
10 be lame, when, upon examination,
found him to be covered with lice, which
| elfectually killed by sitting on dry fine
sand with little snuff mixed with it.
and thoroughly working into the hair
two or three al =. g. - effected Il cure
| think sand alone viii kill lice on cattle
by using it faithfully, but a little snuff
mixed with it makes the cure more GER
tain, perhaps, and in less time, and with
out injury to the animal.-Boston Cult,
l'dtOr
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-05-01
6 Z WnEEIER-

Viii attend to al sic zeal ct t. "r prr5"s..-L
. ollId-r stock, wherever or v..'r.''' ,tiirG
PITY. amt gIa.,:l zion il. Al, i-t
aIdi=r Box GO. Bartru, VI. or g.. l.. ~u''', @t
aba Y, Vt.
l.fEs.E>,L: W. ". Draut. "a; IilI. 6 ''s!En.
a.: VI trh son. Barton t !Itrvttz, -, sutton ;
... every body ?. Lee who know
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-05-01

~OIIING Vs. PA>rURING.-Lct me re-
cite the experience and practice of a
friend OF mime. Coming into possession
of about nine acres Of LAID. in the neigh
borhood OF good market made bv the
demands OF a large literary institution.
he cast about as to what was to be done
Two cows and a horse were the stock in
trade for neat cattle He was obliged to
pay per season. men for pasturagc. what
they thought it worth, and at the same
time it was no small job to drive his
cows back and forth. That determined
HIM to keep his cows i'll the barn. The
greatest trouble was the rapid accumula-
tion Of manure. BY good huSbandrv he
properly secured that-hc kept feeding it
to his crops. Finding his crops increas-
inc. he added another COW. Another
COW only made more manure. More
manure, husbanded in the same way.
made more crops, and the third year add
ed another COW. Now began another
serious difficulty. His barn was too
small Still, ut the end of the fourth
year he put in another COW. and set him
self to work to get up a new barn, and
when | last saw him he had Il new barn
with modern improvements, Of good size,
a horse, pair Of cattle, and five COWS.
and yet had not thought of buying more
| land. but wanted one more cow. Now
people who do not want a large accumu-
lation of manure and Il gradual increase
Of crops, should not adopt that style.
But it seems to me that i'll our towns,
where hUmcstcads are in small lots, and
not easily procured, no better course
could be pursued than soiling tie cow
ana at tue same time tattcning the soil.
~ T. UUlYefyul
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-05-01

CHEAP FERTILIZER those of our
readers and correspondents who have
found plaster TO fail on their land, we ad-
wise the trial of the following compost
recommended by Mr.. /. +. Metcalt OF
Franklin. Mass, in the y. +. Farmer.
1t is composed of salt, ashes and plaster
in the proportion Of one part of salt with
two parts of plaster added to an equal
bulk of weed ashes. The mass Is thor
oughly mixed and allowed to stand few
days before using; 300 pounds per acre
is applied to grass. On cultivated ground
the same quantity is applied, and Il little
more put in each hill for noed crops. On
land on which plaster has no perceptible
effect the compost proves as beneficial as
plaster on land where it acts tavorably.
Mr. NJ. prefers the home made compost
t" commercial manures. lie THINKS the
gray-rock plaster the only kind that
should be used as a dressing to land, and
says the white has little agricultural
value.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-05-01

\. Z. III 1T III n u ''II'I'TI--
49, as!,.o. Vermont
Ids h. as Is kept in good - J.i ar rrt-oltti
r-,r-. L-Jccial ,u'iuu given To fishing I=rtc- So
81. here iuI t!i. -l la Tia, -Itc. -'t
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-05-01
WOOD WOOD ! ,

L. {. WOODBU EN Is prcpired TO furnish Ii inch
CTdcFz collected
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-05-01
CASPIAN EnIiSE

AianU:Jr'U,uT of
.,IAr>T~ GE,yI-Tp~I--, N,u NNNIHI INi. N''.-H
Lyndon, .rIuutr-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-05-01
farm, Garden and asitflen.

MANURE FOR POTAToEs.-I will give
you recipe for raising potatoes, that is
worth the price of your paper, for one
year to any farmer that is short Of ma
nure. 1t is as good as the best super
phosphate of lime, and it will not cost
half as much. l have tried it two years,
and | am satisfied it Is good on dry land.
Take one cask of lime and slack it with
water, and then mix in loan enough so
that it will not become mortar; it will
make about five barrels Put in half Il
pint in bill at planting.-J. ". Titus,
IN PloughmaH.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-05-01
JDNA. Arm

J''NN. -hINNVI.II'
p. 5. Since writing the foregoing,
great have been our distress and our loss.
My brother will inform the particulars,
and to whom ! must refer.
GIDEON CoMsrOCK, Esq.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-05-01
&. 3. RLACkSIONES
4Ai5tciiaagQu5 cards.

CAPT. F. RANDALL.
LI,LN I'D y & G 10 n T. l. Il
I..s.I,..c- Fc,-o.s'- ,ra--ir r.
I.,po>. NlLUo,T. rt2'l
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-05-01
VI. HUBBARD.


IC \ y \ = - : & liG / . y
Iuucuuurg, \'lm"at. IttI'-'' o.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-05-01

"MApAN: You are hereby notified
that vour ticket, Mo-. has drawn a
prize valued at Sl2j. Five per cent. on
this amount will he Sc - This amount
Of assessed per cemta-c must in all cases
be sent on receipt OF this notice, with Iii
rcctions by what express you want the
prize sent. Signed
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-05-01
hlRAM 4. CUTIiNG.

GOVERNMENT CLAIM AND INST JEA>,E AGLN
l.uy.iur., Vermont.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-05-01

4. A. KELLY 4 CO.-KELLY'S ILLUSTRA-
TED NEWSPAPER.

In our last chapter on humbugs we
called the attention of the public to the
outragcs perpetrated by Clark, Webster
4 Co., Wright Brothers * Co. and A.
A. Kelly x Co. We have since receiv-
ed numerous letters, many enclosing GER
tiiicates of notification of prizes drawn,
valued variously from $50 to $500 with
the drawback fee of five per cent, and
asking us to examine the prize, and if all
right pay the fee and ship it to the wri-
ters Nearly all these notifications are
from Clark, Webster 4 Co. and \. A.
Kelly Il Go. After presenting Il sutli-
cient number of these certificates TO fully
satisfy ourselves that there IS no value in
any of the prizes, we returned the same
to the writer's with the money, with our
endorsements Is follows : 81 Strue(ie no
ruiue 10 tie Iri>cs.' Now we presume
our readers will ask GLOW is this
We send YOU a notice from \. A. Kelly
X Co, which states that the first grand
distribution Of prizes of half 4 million
dollars to heIJS ILLUSTRATED nc~Yap9 has
taken place, and that our ticket has
drawn Il prize valued at 5000, which w
can have on payment of SO. We send
it 10 You with the SO. and instead of
receiving our prise, You return our letter
and money with the simple endorsement,
/ 7ca1h, no ,ubte to tie cp,T,e."
Perhaps Il description OF our last IN
tcrview with this worse than thief will
somewhat cnlightcn our friends. 1t was
in reference to notification sent to Us by
a lady residing in Lowell. Mass, and
read "a follows
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-05-01
II a 4 7
DANIEL Q. WOODRUFF,

O. 3. bOLLNkU,
ii SICIA y y y j. : L Il q / % y
Uti.ce owe. Hi.-.uIu's itru- -fy.t.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-05-01

JO1N phCOlS q,
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l. ..L--L-.-LA- . L.-L.. \ L
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-05-01
OLIVER 7. GGoW%,

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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-10-14
A CASE OF BAD TASTE.

There is. class of persons in this vi
entity who continually carp at and criti-
else Gen. Grants military ca reer. We
have also noticed that those who were
during the war the swiftest fugitives from
military duty, are now the noisiest and Sc
Verest of these critics We do not propose
tochampion Gen. Grant against such at
tacks. IF these fellows have the impu-
dence to assail his record as soldier, we
have not the cheek to undertake his de-
fence: But we would say to them that of
all men they should be the last to speak
against Grant as soldier; by all the laws
OF the most common decency and graft.
tude they are estopped from so doing -
Had not Grant been placed at the head
Of 1he armies every one of these blatant
cavilers would to-day be either in his
grave, IN Canada or--fearful thoughtful
the army. -. T. as5'fs5" Us.
Assail his principles, gentlemen, with
all the virulence of which you are capa.
bic, tor you have no sympathy with them,
but for the sake of deecncy say nothing
againstthose military services to which
you. are indebted to-day for the privilege
Of walking the streets Of Watertown with /
out restraint. r..e.....E e'
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-10-14
THE COUNTY TICKET,

We are unable to give the candidates,
put in nomination yesterday at the coun
-ty Convention, an extended notice this
week, but we feel assured that the ticket
will give the utmost satisfaction to all The
Republicans of the county, and will call
out the full strength of the party, No
better ticket was ever put in nomination
IN this or any other county in the State.
1t is composed of men of ability, exper-
ience and incorruptible character, who
were selected with an especial view to
their fitness to the respective offices for
which they we're nominated. The large
delegation and the unanmity and enthus
iasm which prevailed indicate success.
We can succeed-let us do it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-10-14
THE CONDITION OF AFFAIRS IN
THE SOUTH.

The facts of the Camilla affair are now
fully brought out and they prove it to be
one of the most atrocious outrages known
in history. A peaceoble and orderly
crowd of negroes on their way to attend
a political meeting was ambuscaded and
fired into by a large number of ex-rebels
Seven were killed outright, thirty or for
ty were wounded and the rest hunted
down like wild beasts and shot wherever
they could be found. A rebel paper
boasts that twelve lie dead in one pond
The fendish spirit here exhibited has de.
voloped with fearful rapidity since the
New York Convention gave the rebels at
the South such outspoken and positive
encouragement. A few days since a ne
gro gath ering at Opelousas, Louisiana was
att acked by an armed band of rebels and
one hundred of the negroes killed and
wounded. 1t must be evident to all that
the only hope of restoring tranquility to
the Southis through the success of the
Republican ticket this Fall, for, if the
mere expectation that the Democrats will
succeed in the elections, causes such a
fearful state Of affairs to exist there, what
must we look for if that expectation IS
realized? A ~ -s"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-10-14
THE TWO MODES OF TAXATION

Democrats continually assert that
every thing, including articles of food
and clothing, is taxed directly or indi
rectlv. Such statements are wholly false
as any one can learn who will take the
trouble toin estigate the matter The tax
has been taken off from nine-tenths of the
articles upon which it was originally
placed al farm products are now ex-
empt. and all manufactures except malt
apd spirituous liquors, tobacco playing
cards and matches. Imported goods are
subject to a duty which is moderate in all
cases except upon silks, liquors and other
articles ofluxury. Carriages and watches
pay license, but certainly the person
who. drives a carriage or carries valuable
watch can afford to pay tax thereupon.
What better methods can the Democrats
suggest than these +? The Republican
policy has been to relieve the n ecessaries
of life and the products of industry from
the burden Of the public debt. The Dem
ocratic policy is to make all kinds of pro-
perty pay in equal proportion At the
present time probably about fifty persons
in this city pay an United States tax ;
as the Democrats purpose to arrange it
at least two thousand would have to pay
The Internal Revenue brings to the Gov
eminent S200,000,000 each year, or one
per cent of the entire valuation of the
country This amount must be raised in
some way every year, for if the Democrats
were in power they could not avoid pay
the regular expenses Of the Government
To raise the above amount, they propose
to lay tax Of one per cent. on all the
property of the. country. As a conse-
quence, the man who has put all he is
worth into house and lot, assessed at
$4,000 and who earns his living by his
daily labor, woul d have to pay $40 per
year Government tax, whereas now he
pays nothing unless his income is 81 900
per year over and above taxes and var.
ious other exemptions. -
Who woald be benefited by change
from the Republican to the Democratic
party? Evidently no one but men Of
wealth and af1luenco who would be re-
ieved from Ajax which. they do not feel
ard which would be placed upon the
masses of the country where it would be
come terrible burden 1t was the CAPT
talists who had the plank inserted in the
Democratic platform which demands
'equal taxation of every species of pro,
property" and it is for their interest in
opposition to the interests of the great
mass of the people to elect men who are
pledged to that policy
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-10-14
GRANTS SAGACITY.

In the winter of '66 johnson began t.
make known his plan fora bogus Congress.
To succeed, he felt that Grant must be
disposed of, as he felt sure that the patri
otism of the General would thwart his
schemes. He accordingly rendered him
the mission to Mexico, which the latter
refused, perceiying at once A. Us object
in doing SO. A. J. Pretended not to no.
tice the refusal, and assumed that the Of
fer was accepted. What occurred in the
Cabinet meeting soon after is thus told in
the Washington Chronicle
"After this he was summoned to full
Cabinet meeting, where his detailed in
structlons were read out by the Secretary
of State, as. if the objections and refusals
had been of no account. They were de-
term'ned to make him 60, whether he
would or MOTTO drive hun out of the
country which he had saved. Grant WIS
now aroused, and, before the whole Cabi- /
net, declared his unwillingness to leave
W hereupon the President, not answering
Grant, turned to the Attorney General |
otanberry, aud asked him whether there |
was any reason why GranG should not
obey this order-whether he was ineligi. |
Die to the position in any way. Grant at |
once started to his feet and exclaimed i
[ can answer that question, Mr. Presi-
lent, without appealing to the Attorney
General. I am an American citizen, have |
'ccn guilty Of no treason or other crime,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-10-14
HOW THEY DO IT.

The iuDto which runs the jefferson
Bonner was compounded with an espee-
ial eye to.the fitness of things and due
proportions mall its parts. To this end
it was arranged that Thorn should furnish
the brains, Bird the brass and impudence,
while To usley was to he the handy man
of the house-the jack of all work.@This
was the plan, but in the execution Thorn's
part OF the play is left out, or, if that
worthy appears at all, it isin the-role of
one of the other characters; as a conses
quence through the omission Of the i'm
portant clement be was to furnish, the as
founding proposition and statements,
which Bird corrects and TousI ley prints,
came before the public in such shape that
they either cancel and neutralize each
other or are so ridicalously absurd that
any schoolboycould seetheir faIsity. About
the checklist thing perpetrated bythis
FlrtuouS sheet OF late is the puOHcatioh Vi
the August report of the national debt
instead of the September report. The
latter shows diminition of over 5000.
900 since the last report; as this show
ing is not particularly well calculated to
bolster up the arguments of the Demo
cracy the Banter re-publshes the Au-
gust statement which it made such blow
about five weeks ago, hoping that the
cheat will not be discovered and chat its
readers will suppose it to be the last pub
lished statement. .....a
This is only one instance in thousands
of the systematic attempts of Democratic
papers TO deceive their readers in regarc
to public affairs. 49, So .a5
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-10-14
REDUCING TIE TAXES.

The Republican party has reduced our
taxes s167 600, 900 per annum, and when
George Fl. Pendleton alleges that the tax
es now amount to $500, 100000 a gear, he
willfully asserts what he knowgto be false.
We may well repeat the pertinent question
put, we believe, by Hon. William Whit.
ing: care Pendleton and the Dem ocrat-
ic leaders tionally attempting to de-
stroy the credit of the nation, in order
that we may be unable to obtain the
means to put down the new rebellion
which they propose to inaugurate ?" r-~
But what is far more important, we
have reduced the expenses yet more.
For the year ending June 80, 1865,
the entire expenses of the War
Department ere................9 OBJ 1923 900
For the year ending June 80,
1868, the entire expenses of .- -s-
the army proper, and other
legacies of the war, were...... Sc, 5000
For the current year the the es-
Inmates are less than............ 10000, 900
The expenses of the Navy De-
partment for the year. ending $3.50.
June 80, 1865, 7rere............ 1913, 900, 600
Year. ending June 80, Is6a....... 25.778, 900
Estimates, Tor the current year.. l7,3oo,0
We are charged by Mr.. Pendleton with
heavy deficiency bills but we reply that
they are rendered necessary by the frauds
of the honorable Democrats of the whisk y
ring kept in office by Andrew Johnson
State Register.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-10-14
SHARP SHOOTING.

The Columbus Transcript was sol.
a few weeks since to 4 democrat
changed the politics Of the paper and
it the name of the Columbus Dem
the new editor had agreed to furnish
subscribers on the old list during til
mainder of their time, but many of
not liking the politics of the new
have peremptorily ordered it to be
ped. The following spicy letter fro
couple Of patriotic Welshmen show
style in which he gets set up occasion
DoRLEsTowN, Oct. 9Th, 18t
D. BAFu, Editor Col~n,bus Dem,
Dear Su-You will please diseon'
my paper from this date, If | am i,
rears on subscription send your bill
will remit the stamps at once.
/ regret to stop the nearest paper
lished to me but having heartily SUP
ed every measure to crush out the
gigantic rebellion. having never {
any encouragement, aid or comfor
those actually engaged in rebellion
treason, or to their allies-the. co
heads of the north-you cannot e
me noao to aid in sustaining pap
hostile towards those brave and gG
defenders and preservers "of our libe
and Union. Your Wholesale abuse
eat Military Chieftain General c
as we'll as many of those who DO
honorable and CONSPICUOUS part in
siding this wicked Rebellion is ber
the dignity Of any journal of the !
tenth Century. | am surprised
any one has the audacity to publish
a paper here in the bright sunlight
clear, free atmosphere of Columbia
ty, and | would suggest that you !
6ud more. congenial climate as W
more hospital people at Camilla i
State of Georgia among the Ku
Democracy. Very Respectfully.
81 q +. 80 -55A L. H. DoY
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-10-14
10000
10000
Indiania,
Pennsylvania,
Ohio
THE ELECTIONS,

The first news received last night in.
dicated decided Republican majorities,
and the reports have grown better ever
since. The following dispatch is the
latest news received by us at the time of
going to press. The question as to who
is to be the next President is now settled
beyond a doubt. Glory enough for one
day! @
MILWAUKEE, Oct. 14th, 1868.
Faterto,cn Republican,
The elections yesterday strongly Republican.
Estimated majorities 10000; Pennsyl-
vania Is 900 Indiana 10 ,Ooo
J. a. NORRIS.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-10-14

STILL THEY GoME.--There is a perfect
stampede in progress. Prominent Demo-
Gratis are leaving the Blair AID Pendleton
Democracy by battalions Among the
latest are the following ,-- .rz
Joseph NJ Blake, the most distinguish
ed Democratic lawyer in Rhode Island
has renounced all afiliation with the
party, and declared himself for Grant and
sColtax % = e. 81 si p ger S7:s
Q The secession of the Hon. James T.
Brady, the distinguished New York law
yer, from the Democratic party, has alradv
been announced This list of this class is
growing daily. Among the latest additions
are Hon. Henry L.sWait, of Albany,
formerly a Democratic member. of the
State Assembly, and a highly influential
man In bis district ) Hon. j. Mcleod
Murphy, also of New York, and lately
q Tamurany Democratic State Senator, elect
ed by 5000 majority. Michael T. Glib
bons, for twenty FIVE years Appointment
Irish Democrat of New York city, has
also left the party, believing it unworthy
of support, as being sustained by August
Belmont, the emissary of the
British government, and as opposing in
Congress all the legislation in behalf of
Irshmen. He calls Oh bis Irish Ameri-
can brethren to support Grant, the man
who saved the. Asylum of tie Irishepeople
from being handed over to England by
jeff. Davis and the Southern rebels.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-10-14
An old ladv Who ooupsad IT.

An old lady who counted Horatio
Seymour among her pupils when a school
teacher years ago, teEs this story of him
Horatlo was "a little fat SQUAD" and his
place was on the extreme end of one of
the benches, and it was an every day
amusement of his companions to crowd
him Oft, when Horatio, in great disgust,
would gather himselfup and lisp, "D-n-
1t, | can't sthiek on" History repeats it.
self, HoFatio again begins to feel as if he
couldn't "stiek on.' IL.
~ "BoNDHoLDERs" vs.. PLowHoLpERs.
--Our democratic friends say they are in
favor Of" equal TAXATION" Let US see how
is would operate IN. one instance.--Thc.
Whole amount of Internal Revenue tax in
tins TIN District the past year was 1888, 900.
vi tins amount the farmers paid $1,000
ana the ''bondholders" one hundred aud
f'0entY-sisc thousand dollars "Piowhold- /
erS5 ar are yoq ~ favor of equal taxation