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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-04-23
A Farmers Poultry House.

NJ, II. Y requests some of your patrons
to give plan Of hen house large enough
to raise chickens early, and to have a place
for the hens to lay, with another for sit
ting room; also roots aud a cellar under.
As have recently built one that included
all the points mentioned, and as that suits
me very well, will try to describe it.
The building is II by % feet, 10 feet
posts-roof one-third pitch--lighted by
two windows in front, one in the ground
story one in the loft, and one in the loft
back cellar under the whole 4 feet in
depth with cross-wall FOR icc-room in the
back end. The cellars are each II by II
feet, and above the stone wall ceiled up to
the first floor, 5 feet above the wall, leav.
ing space Of s inches, and filling the
space with sawdust, thus excluding frost,
so that water seldom freezes, or eggs crack,
though the thermometer with us has been
as low MS "a degrees below zero the pres.
eut winter From the top Of the eros,
wall is tight board partition, slanting
back at the top 4 feet, where it comes tc
the loft floor. This is for the roots, which
commence near the cellar bottom and in,
cline with the same pitch, SO that one her
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-04-23
The Potato Disease.


observe 90 all, arc pretty well agreed upon
one point. and that's that the potato blight,
or rot or disease. whatever IL may be called.
Is greatly dependant upon The conditions Of
the atmosphere or The weather, and among
these conditions are especially to be men.
toned electrical disturbances and the OLE
formation Of heat and rains. But it is DIFF
Geult to explain why this disease should 10,
have appeared with any general severity
previous 10 the year 1915, since there were
probably the same electrical conditions Of
the atmosphere end the me varying seas.
ons before that time ne ince. The fact
that this plant was comparatively healthy
and free from disease previous to the '-
tack Of the malaly about the year 1915.
now commonly called the potato rot, would
seem 10 indicate that it has undergone
some idt1insio constitutional change from
long cultivation IS, that the origin
Of the rot is something arising from the
plant ITSELF rather than from nero external
causes
In September, 1872. Nature a scientific
journal in England, showed that tho dis.
ease appeared 40 certain intervals or re-
turned in cycles, aud that the attack of
1872, very severe in Great Britain, was the
most violent Of any since 1916, the worst
of the intermediate years, being midway
between ] $50 aud 1861, being a recurrence
Of eleven or twelve years. and the accord.
anee between these dates and the maxi
mum sun spots is certainly very curious
and striking. A distinguished observer.
Sehwabe. has clearly pointed out the peri.
odicity Of the sun spots as the result of over
forty wears Of the most accurate scientific
observation. aud has shown that the mum.
Der Of spots is not the same year after
wear. but that the maximum occurs about
every ten years. And another scientific
man, Gen. Sabine, was led by this curious
| fact to observe that the several epochs OF
maximum sun spots were precisely those Of
the greatest magnetic disturbance in our
globe. Other scientific men. DISTINGUISHED
Tor their researches in solar physics, also
show that the periods Of maximum solar
disturbances occurred in 1916. 1860 and
1879, and these were about the periods o
great and prevailing epidemies.
Now it is probable that epidemics amoig
men and the various forms Of epzootic dis.
eases among the animals and plants are
caused by fungus. There is little doibt.
for EXAMPLE. that cholera /, thus caused,
and that iungoid growths. being propalated
as we have shown by spores. are realk the
cause Of most other epidemics. which as is
well known. can generally be avoided by
the removal of fayoripg Conditions ard il
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-04-23
Pruning Fruit Trees.
Springfield, Vt


Mr. j G. NJ 'Kenze Of Woodstock says:
l apprehend that but few, even of fruit
growers, are aware Of the Importance Of in.
genious and constant pruning ; in fact there
is no end to it as long as the tree lives 1t
may be true that the best way to do it is to
pick off with the thumb and finger, but as
few are sufficiently watchful to do that, it
will be necessary to use the knife, aud if
used freely there will be but little use for
the saw aud axe. From the fact that each
variety Of fruit trees have a form Of their
own, it is difficult to make a rule that will
apply to all, but it is well to have the in.
side or middle of the top well thinncd out,
working the branches out evenly to have
the tree balanced.
There is a great diversity of opinion
among fruit growers in regard to the partic-
ular time in the year to prune the most
claim that it may be done at any time when
the knife is sharp, but | judge from OBJ
servation it is better to trim in the early
part of the growing season, that the tree
may commence the work Of repair as soon
as the cut is made. By cutting close and
smooth it is not uncommon to see wounds
nearly an inch through heal over the first
season. 1t is important that all the suck
ers or sports should be cut out, and allow
no more limbs to grow than to produce a
reasonable amount Of fruit, having in view
the quality rather than quantity, and all
dead limbs must be taken away, being care
full to cut back to perfectly sound wood
and If the limbs are large the healing will
be FASTENED by waxing over, but that is not
important with rapid growing trees.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-04-23
ORNAMENTAL PRINTING
SHOW AND ILLUMINATED WORK

OF ALL KINDsl
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-04-23
TuEoREAr

wulcn cAN nE CURED ~ ArMELY RESORT
TO TINS STANDARD PREPARATION, AS HAS
uuEN PROVED ~ THE HUNDREDS OF TEsTI-
NoSlArs RECEIVED by THE pRoPRnToRs
~ IsACKS0WIEDGED ny MANY PROMINENT
PHYSICIANS TO BE THE MOST RELIABLE
PREPARATION EVER INTRODUCED FOR THE
RELIEF AND CURE OF ALL LUSG COMPLAINTS
AND Is OFFERED TO THErunLIc, SANCTIONED
By THE EXPERIENCE oFoyER FORTY YEARS.
WHEN REsoRrED TO IS SEASON IT SELDOM
FAILS TO EFFECT a SPEEDY CURE ~ TIE
MOST SEVERE CASES OF COUGHS, BRONCHITIS,
GROUP wHooPlNG COUGH, INFLUENZA, AsTH-
MA, COLDS. SORE THROAT, PAINS OR SORE
NESS IL THE CHEST AND SIDE, LIVER COM
PLANT, BLEEDING AT THE LUNGS, &C, sc.
wIsTARs BALsAM DOES NOT DRY uPA coUGH
AND LEAVE THE CAUSE BEHIND. AS Is TIE
CASE WITH MOST PREPARATIONS. But IT
LoosrNs AND oLEANsEs TIE LUNGS, AMI
ALLAYs IRRITATION. THUS REMOVING THT
CAUSE or THE COMPLAINT
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-04-23
Advertisements.
VT. CENTRAL RAILROAD LINE
WINTER ARRANGEMENT,
Commencing Monday, Dec ., ts72.
ANS gOINg SOUTH AND Fast

Leave Montpelier At 50 q. in ais p m. g50p. m.
Mail Train leaves Ogdensburg at 800 y. M, ST. Al
bans at go a. M connecting at White River June
ton and Bellows Falls with trains for Boston, NOrucs-
ter, &C., ut White River Junction with trains tho
Passumpsic Railroad nj south vernon Tor Springfield
and New York at New London with steamers Tor
New York.
bay ESpress leaves Non real at g. lOa. M 81. Johns
ut lOOy n. ms, Ogdonsburgh at go d. M, Pnttsburgh
at go m, 81. Adams at 1900 M, arriving IN
Boston via Lowell at 1000 y. m.
Night Express leaves Ogdonsburg at 1900 m. Patts-
burgh 20 y. M, Montreal Mt 3 81 p. n st. Johns at
i.bOp m, st. Alhans At ~ y. M. connecting at
White River Junction and Bellows Falls with trains
for Boston and Worcester, &C., arriving at Boston At
$50 ~ at South Vernon with trains Tor Springfield
and New York arriving IN Now YORK. at l2.3U y. M,
New London at HOS o. m.
TRIMS GOING NORTH dSD WEST.
Leave Montpelier at $50. a. m,, 7i5 a. m, i.2l aud
G.t5 PIN.
Day Express leaves Boston via Lowell at 500 o. M,
for Burlington, st. Adams, Montreal, &C. arriving in
Montreal at 9As p. NJ eud vsdensbufg at l45a m !,
making connections for the West.
biaii Train Tor Burlington and st. Adams leaves
Boston via Lowell at 100 a. in.i vim Lawrence and
Ftohburg at 3i a. M, Springfield no 500 o.. M, New
Londonat bon "a. IN, south Vernon At lO 20 a. M Del
lows Falls lli5 ,. NJ White RIVER junction 25O y. me-
arriving In st. Adams nt g2i y. ~.
Trains leaving Boston VIA fltchbufgh al l.J0 q. M.
aud Springfield at 300 a. no. connect 90 White luyor
Junction with Day Express tram.
Accommodation Tram leaves Nurihlold ht 7.ll a. M,
Rutland at 300 O. M, Burlington 90 200 q. ul. st. Al
bans az lsol M, arriving 40 usdensturg atsiOp. np
Night Express leaves Now London 90 $40 y. m.,
oouu vernon ~ Voc p 10 ttatlNhA lhsth- eiH liuhi
Connecticut River Railroad, leaving NuW YORK nt
800 y. M. Springfield 90 mos Bellows Falls II 20
,, m, connecting with tram over Cheshire Railroad,
/ leaving Boston at 0.30 y. m., connecting at White
River Junction with train leaving Boston atGuOp. m.,
for Burlington, ST. Adams. Montreal &c. arriving ia
Montreal az Qil o.. m. fntuhurgh $50 d. iu. ana in
Ogdons1urgh at l2l5 D., no., connecting with ufand
Trunk Railway for the West
Sleeping cars aru attached to might ENpress Trains
running between Montreal aud Boston, ADD Montreal
and Springfield aud S. Adams and Troy.
Drawing Room Cars ON day Express Trains lC-
| tween Montreal and Boston.
! Through tickets tor Chicago aud the West for sale
| at the principal stations.
&. MERRILL, Gmua sbIeratntfHf
st. Adams December .. lsgl
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-04-23
GENTS FINE CALEB BOOTS,
$3.50.
AND CREDIT TO NONE
AT FULLERTON'S.
HoMEsTEADs ron EX.soLDIERs.

n n
The arrangements made last season for locating
omesteads Tor ox-soldiers government lands along
The line Of lands appropriated 20 the Northern Pa
cilc Railroad. and ts branches, and for establishing
SOLDIERS COLONIES at such points asmay be desirable
have, through the agency Of the Superintendent of
Emigration for the n. P. r. r., and the New England
Bureau Of Migration, been perfected and extended
10 offer the very best facilities for those who wish
avail themselves Of the liberal provisions Of the
Homestead law, as applicable to this class Of our
citizens. Several colonies established last season
meeting with the most satisfactory success TO which
additions can he made and good lands secured 10 the
neigho0rhoOd OF already prosperous communities and
new lands will be opened the coming spring as the
Railroad will be extended TO the Missouri River
early in May.
TIE Railroad company has provided suitable and
convenient
RECEPTION HOUSES FOR EMIGRANTs
at several points along the line Of the road, whore
families can be furnished with home for reasonable
length Of time until the emigrant make his So
lection and locate claim, aud every facility Is af
fDrded by the agents OF the company 10 assist him in
this selection. In addition to and adjoining the Gov
eminent sections are railroad lands which can be
bought on most reasonable terms.
Any information desired upon this matter can he
obtained application to the main Office No. % Ffth
Avenue. New York or to tho local state agents
REDUCED FARE AND TRANSPORTATION for
goods will be furnished Emgrants. Specimens Of tho
cereals grown upon lands along the line OF the
Northern Pacific the past season In Minnesota, Mon
tana, and Oregon, may be soon by calling on the
agent for this State, who will also furnish pamphlets
and circulars with maps, giving important and re-
liable information to all who contemplate "g going
WV" '"' '''' E.M.s BROWN, Montpelier.
Jan'y Goth, 1873. Agent for Vermont
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-04-23
" Breaking up, Sitting Hens.

have a mode which consider su.
peror, and thought it would be we'll to lay
II before the public. While resident OF
Iowa, and living out on the prairie, with
few conyeniences, | was compelled to con.
trive some means to break my hens from
sitting My plan was to take strong
string, four feet long; fasten one end
around the hens neck, so that she could
not get it of, but not tight enough to choke;
the other end was fastened to peg driven
into the ground, and she was left to scuhle
to suit herself l have broken some hens
in half an hour. Never had TO keep them
battered longer than one day, and with good
feeding they would commence laying again
in ten days. This plan seemed to DO per.
fectly safe and effectual. No patent on
this invention
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-04-23
~ ORrHERN RAILA0AD
SUMNER AKRAEGEMENT.
on and after May l1th. ls6s, Passenger rains vi


UPWdRD TRIMS.
AccoMoDArios TRAIN leaves Concord at lu.lu a.
"a Tor White River Junction, connecting With
trains lul helh River 81. John8uurJ, Barton, Nuw
port NiuuuIhiy 1ud hagog Lake,, atanstead, Bath,
Litletun Laucus ter a 10. Also with trains i6f Mont
pellori burliugtou 81 Adams, Rouses Point, Mon
trcal, OEdeusuurgl ana thu West.
DAY ExrREss TRAN leaves concord &C lu.al o.
m.' LOT White River Junction, connecting with trains
for Montpelier, Burlington, Rouae's Point Sion
trual &C. and with Osdeust lr.h and nrtnd Trunk
Railroads ion the West.
BRlsroL TRAIN leaves at a.U p. no., ior fr.nkln
AM Bristol.
BvEsSG ExFREss TRAM leaves Concord a. $3.50 b.
NJ Tor White River Junction connecting with trains
O. Montpelier burlington, 81. Adams, house foht
honireai, Ogdensburgh ami the West
Or on arrival OF trains lrom boston, Worcester.
Portsmouth, Portland &c.
DOWNEARD Trains
fMoRSisG ExPaIss ThAIs leaves Whle River
Junction ,aloudays excepted for Concou at i.5U ..
m, on arrival of trains nom OsdcnsnurEh ald
Montreal Ills train will be roo 70 Boston en Sun
day
fBRsToL TRAM leaves Bristol tn Coucotd 90 $50
p. m, and Franklin AZ 800 a. 49,
tMAlL TRAIN leaves White River Junction log
Con sord 81 22O b. m, or arrival Of trains ever
the Vermont Central, lassuuI.ic. aHa White Noun
tains Railroads
bar ExrREss TRAiS leaves White River junction
a. $50 ,. m or on arrival of trains nom Montreal
ano OgdcusbuTgh, Bmttlelofo, kecne Believe fa4ls,
WINDSOR 4e.i connecting at Concord with traIua f0i
Manchester Nashua, Lowell. and hosten.
These trains connect AZ oucUi Win tmiua foo
Manchester Lawrence Portsmouth, Portland, Nashua,
Worcester, new ORR Lowell, ana boslon.
uNhLuh alEAhNs, dssal
Concord. n. H., May, 1902.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-04-23
rHANGE OF SAILING DAYS
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP co.'s.
To CALIFORNIA, CHINA & JAPAN,
TOUCHING AT MEXICAN FORTS
CARRYING TIE UNITED STATE, MAIL.


one Of the large ana splendid steamships of this
line, will leave Pier NO 90 North Ilgrr ipOt 0f Canal
street at o. O'CLOCK noOu. the 10Th. ath and 1th
OF Ctefy month, ,exccpt VIXEN those dates iaIl go
sunday, aud tutu 90 the preceding saturday 81 iur
AspiuWall, connecting via Panama kailway elth one
% TIE tompahy's Steamships irum l4laina iof san
Francisco, touching nc Man1snillo.
All departures connect at panamn with stceulcfs
for S0ufH fArifiC and tEN1nAL ANEalgAE fOnrs.
For japan and China, steamer leaves SSH Fran
cisco hrst Of every month. except whom 10 ials on
SUNDAY, then on the day preceding.
one hundred Pounds Baggage allowed each adult.
Baggage masters ecocm pans taEpa-e through, and
attend To- ladies and children without male pro-
tectors. Naggage received on the dock the day Re-
lore sailing, Tum steamboats, railroads. aud pasecn
gers who prefer % send early. An experienced sur
gcon on board. Medicine and attendance nee.
For Freight Passage Tickets, or further inlormn
ton, apply az The Companys Ticket ONCE. ou iho
Wharf ioot Of Canal street, North River New York
j. H. BABY, Ag,nf
or at the Agents for New England.
G. L, BARTLETT a CO., 10 broad ST., Bofton
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-04-04
CHRISTIAN STATESMEN.

1. seems to be the fashIOnjust nOs
for certain journals 10 couple WITH
their comments on the shOrtcoming.
OF certsin pubic nien q sEeering al
lusions To 'sChristian statesmen" We
fail to see the force Of this fling al
Christianity. II gentlemen who have
hi,her-o borne the reputation Of be-
Ing upright pUbilc servants nave failed
IL the pubic cstimsiion in living up
10 the high standard fixed for them,
the failure is not 10 be attributed TO
their Cnris;ain principles, but rather
10 lack Oi such principles
II the charges raised against them
are true IL shows that they were not
.sChristian statesmen - therefore the
fling at Cars isHity - cut OF piace.
II The charges are false the Alng il
poirtless, for neither tie mza nor bis
principles deserve ceusuTe
No .sC3risti an statesman hGs fall
On. None viii isll Men may ", ar
the cloak Of heaven 10 serve the devil
in. and the keen eye o! tbe pubic
mar Gc.ec. tie hypocrite. snd turn
bin Out % receive the deserve scOTn
OF the wo,id. Bu. these men are 20:
Christians; gad TO attaci their vii
lainy to the church is az mean SIS it is
urjast
We haze Christian statesmen 10
in cur country. Tney may not move
ia regiments OF battalions, but they
can be found On all hands. Tney are
true men, sound TO the core, with no
moral rot.e1ness or taint Of suspicion
about then. Taey come before US
"a Christian statesmen ; they mske
good the tile by their acts /; they
continued as such through long pub
lie eervice; tksy go down to the
grave and take their place in history
as Christian statesmen.
We want more such men W e
should encourage their growth we
shouid make the Christian statesmen
the highest type, and endeATor 70
60, onr nubiic officials 10 live up 70
the high standard .has. siIIv
LET Us hear no more OF t1ese i...y s.n
and seuseless fings a. Cniis'.n
s,stssmen.n Unless we are 10y ~
So the power Of Chris9aDity ~
Geny -. tba civilization OF the world
snSp.ns =. -, sfFord to saddle upon 1t the |
,:l We ea nd shortcomings of men who
sau,s0 h.vs failed to live up to its precepts.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-04-04
A LOOMING REPUBLIC IN THE
NORTH.

The marmur Of incipient republI-
canism comes from the north OF Eu-
rope. ne Scandinavian, with their
legends of Berseker rage and spectral
lectures, are beginning to feel the
puIsing vitality Of modern progress:
Sweden has just refuse1 10 vote the
kings scion OF the BernardO,te dy-
nssty-the cash necessary for a mag
nifeent cornation tete, AMI one OF the
deputies, Heclus by name, INDUCED
in an address pertinent to the occa-
sion, which might have fallen from
the lips OF an English agitator. He
objected TO the pageant ou the ground
that it was not worth tue while Tor
Sweden TO make itself ridiculous.
Take this refusal in connection with
the fact that in Norway royalty
has long been nothing bat q show,
while in Denmark the palace is IN
unpopular Institution, and II Is sale
20 predict that the next European
republic will be formed OF what
medieyaI writers were in the habit
Of calling the Sevthico Gothic stock.
A little lesVen leaveneth the whole
lump In cases where, ss in Scanfi
navia, the throne tOtters, awOrd Is
3 blow. Royalty in Europe" says
E keen European Radical. is mag
nifcent iceberg, 70 be fractured by
the poiDt Ga pin" As be might
have added the point Ofihe pin is the
conviction that government erected
upon the non consent Oftb governed
is practically a usUrpatiOn.--Nes0
York Post.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-04-04
Fowls In Orchards.

A correspondent of the Farmers
Home Journal thus writes on fowls
The public has yet to learn the full
advantage of keeping poultry. Few
seem to appreciate what they may do
among trees in an orchard. Let any
one try them in an orchard OF a
quarter of an acre, where they may
be kept by picket fence four or i've
feet high; put in say l25 fowls and
observe the result, They will avoid
annoyance in the garden, of which SO
many complain, while they work
among the trees, doing just what is
needed, and destroying everything
that can Injure the fruit trees In the
shape OF bugs, worms or any other
insects, and lay a large number OF
egr which are cash articles, to say
nothing of the chickens, which pay
well for raising at present l have
about one hundred fowls, which have
worked admirably among my trees,
keeping the ground in good con-
dltion, keeping off the insects, and
promoting the growth of the or
chard
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-04-04

APPLE-JAM-Weigh equal guam
titles OF sugar and good sour apples
pare, core and chop the apples fine
make a good clear syrup OF the sugar ;
add the apples, juice and grated rind
of three lemons and a few pieces OF
white sugar. Boil it until the apples
look clear and yellow. On no &C
count omit the ginger.
A COMPOUND of alum, glue and saw
dust offers a convenient material for
ornamenting furniture or other wood
work. 1t is easily nodded, and by
drying becomes SO hard that it readily
takes d high polish.
MOUNTAIN CAKE-TSo eggs, one
cup Of sugar, halt q cup of butter. hall
a cup of sweet milk, two cups Of
flour, one tcaspoonful Of cream OF tar
tar, half a teaspoonful OF soda. A
little nutmeg and fruit improves it.
GINGER SNAPs-One pint of mo.
Iasses, two thirds OF cup OF butter,
one teaspOonful of ginger. a small
halfcup OF sweet milk, one measure
each of Horsford's preparation. blk
well in -four enough to roll out. "a
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-04-04

themselves, ait..yu. tLc rgmy,e=. a.
piraloAs tor any thing better. Yor
ask man, five niles distant, wher,
Ar. 81 and-so lives; he viii tell 70,
nc never heard Vi sueh 3 man. AZ.
your county treasurer, and Le will te.
you some o!d codgeE came Ia 20 pay
1is taxes by tia. name, bat lie know
nothing further about him. And SO Il
Is from beginning to end.
But nov we viii con,i1er what We shal
teim farming f3r iryfg and pleasure
II IL carried on By men Of thought
and culture, who take an interest in
every thing pertaining 10 The general
wei being Of ra@r. Here we find
class Of people whose real enjoymcnl
is infinite. Their farms are well fenc-
ed; they have good orchards, neat
houses, and, by virtue of their real
worth, they have good society. We.
see an air of refinement even about
their habitations. Every thing is
snug, neat and clean. Their children
are sent to school, and there is reading
and music, and pleasant conversation.
On the Sabbath they are regular at
.endants at church, and they are, at
III times ready to engage in what
syer condCces to make each other hap
~.
Indeed, there are two kinds Of
arming: One an honorable and en-
obling kind, and one dishonorable
ind COrreepondeoe Cincinnati Ga
stte