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eason. and the fruit bearing canes of

season, and the fruit bearing canes of
one season are wood forming thereaf-
ter, and the vines becomes a tangled
mass of leaves and canes which absorb
the nutriment that should go to the
production of fruit. No definite rule
can be laid down arbitrarily; as much
depends on each vine, much upon the
judgement of the vine dresser and
much upon the place it is to occupy.
When pruned lay all the vines on the
ground and put light covering of
we'll rotted stable manure over them to
keep from freezing. Mulch about the
roots with rotted leaves or sods but do
not apply heterogeneous manures such as
the offal of pens, stables Or privies.
Every one who has a score OF vines
should possess good grape-growers
manual.
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IL The Illinois Railway Law.

In view of the fact that the settle.
ment of the railway question tor the
entire country becomes definitely de-
termined if the law now in operation is
sustained, the following resolution, as
prepared by the Central Committee of
the Illinois Farmers Association, after
their conference with the Railway
Commissioners at the State Fair, will
have general interest:
Believing, from a careful examina.
ton of the schedule of freight tariffs
adopted by the Railway Commission,
that it is fair and impartial one, both
for the roads and the people; therefore,
ResolUed, That we recommend to the
people to stand by and sustain the law
as it is, and the Commission in its
efforts to enforce it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-05
EElatcTleS

Many. farmers do not feel able to
build large barns or places to shelter
their stock, fodder, implements, OF
even all their hay. and it occurs that a
loss is sustained as consequence.
! This fault may be easily remedied by
the use Of sheds with matched roofs.
Select a convenient spot about the
barn, one that is dry, and lay off the
ground plan of the proposed building,
instead of a frame put up stout posts
of the desired height and with the low
er end firmly embedded in the earth.
On the tops of the posts set up place
scantling for rafter rests, the size Of
the scantiing depending on the size of
the building. When these are firmly
spiked down on the posts, cut and fit
the rafters which may be small poles,
then lath and thatch in the usual way.
Rye straw is best for this purpose but
long, straight wheat straw answers for
the purpose admirably. This will be
an excellent shelter and feeding place
for stock, especially if the sides are
matched down just outside of the
reach of the cattle. Ii not needed for
stock such q structure may be used to
store hay, grain, fodder or implements
or anything desired. It often happens
that corn cannot all be husked before
cold and rains set in, and then such a
place offers many advantages as a pro-
lection to the corn, the huskers and the
fodder. If the posts are made Of oak,
cedar, locust, red elm, or such i'm
perishable timber, The structure will
last for generation and hundred
times repay the original outlay.
Thatched roofs have given place to
shingle and metallic roofs, but there is
good reason to believe that, for the
purpose Indicated, they would fill a
want on every farm.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-05
kerosene OH for Hen Lice.

lHsa lice are among the greatest
draw backs TO the pleasures and profit
of the poultry yard ;Ithey areespecially
trou blesome IN small yards and coops
where the fowls cannot have free ac-
cess to green food and dry earth. We
have tried various remedies, and have
found Kerosene oil to be very effec-
tuai and safe one. It is applied with
, very little trouble; pour 1T from the
can upon. the perches where the fowls
roost, and when the hens are ready to
brood, saturate the inside of the box
before the clean hay or straw is put in
with the eggs. 1t is very much less
trouble to apply the oil than to use a
wash of tobacco, or to go through the
process Of white-washing hnce month.
-Agriculta05st.
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How to Cook Cfanberries.

The culinary art can be we'll employ
ed on these calculated berries, as any
housekeepef who tries these directions
will find. Only one hint to the ladies
may be necessary in this connection,
and that is, buy only red cranberrles.
They alone are ripe, and a few white
berries, with their bitter acid, will as
effectually demoralize a dish of sauce
as, according to Josh Billings, one en-
thusiastic hornet will dispense camp
meeting.
Remove all defective berries, and
wash the rest through several waters.
To every pound of fruit add a pound Of
sugar. Put them into preserving
kettle over a fire stew slowly. To
prevent the berries from sticking to the
kettle stir them frequently with sill
yer spoon. When done, turn them in
to deep dish, and set them aside to
cool; after which they may be used for
pies, tarts, or sauce.
For Sauce. When for sauce mash
them fine through culender, and put
them into small moulds suitable for
the table, having first rinsed the
moulds to prevent the berries from
sticking.
For Jelly-To quart of water add
four quarts Of fruit, and when the Der
ries become very soft by stewing, strain
the juice through bag, and put a
pound of fine white sugar to every pint
OF the liquid. Pour the juice into a
porcelain lined bottle, and boil and
skim it until the jelly is produced. Test
this by occasionally dropping a spoon
full of the hot LIQUID into cold water.
When it sinks to the bottom without
mixing with the water, it must be taken
from the fire and poured while warm
into glasses. Twenty -four hours later
paste branded paper tightly over the
glasses. .ss. ass
For Preserves. Select firm, cherry
colored berries very dark ones have
d1ngy look after boiling. Dissolve
the sugar in a little water, in a oporce-
lain-lined kettle; one pound of sugar
for every quart of fruit. Drop in the
berries while the liquid is cold and
heat up gradually. Do not cover the
bottom of the kettle with .cranberries
deeper than two inches. Boil gently
about fifteen minutes if boiled too
long the fruit will go to pieces. Seal
up in jars.-Cor. For,aey Week1,
Press. 80,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-05

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY, N. Y, is I'M
mense on celebrating centennials. The
last one occurred last Tuesday at
Panama, IN that county, being pic
mic IN honor Of the one hundreth birth
day Of Mrs. Mary Fellows. About one
hundred OF her descendants and rela-
tives were present. She had eleven
children, four of whom are living !;
torty-four grandchildren, of whom
fourteen are living forty great grand
children, thirty four living and three
Observation-Disclosures. She could
say, "Arise, my daughter, and go unto
thy daughter, for thy daughters
daughter hath a daughter"
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Hot Water for Plants.

It has been shown, by careful expert
ment, that sickly ported plants can be
II greatly benefited, and often restored,
by applying warm water to them in
stead<of .celd.ss Uncertain cases clean
derss which had b1oomedsvery imper-
fectly, after being treated with luke
warm water, gradually increasing the
temperature from 40 deg. to 40 deg.
! Fahrenheit, produced Athe mose mag
nifcent luxur1ance Of foliage. Like
results occurred with an old plant OF
Hoya and also with an Indian rubber
streeswhief had almost withered away.
ln allthese cases The application Of
water heated to about 10 deg, f.,
without any other precaution, caused q
new and furnishing growth.
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The Missouri Changers.

The Missouri farmers take to the
oranges with a vim that indicates they
like the movement passing WE'LL The
head officer of the " Patrons " in that
State says there are five hundred Gran
ges in this organization, averaging
seventy five members each : which
makes a total membership of more than
81 900. Judging from the present pro-
gress which the Patrons are making he
thinks that there will be 100000 mem
bers enrolled before next spring. In
Arkansas the order is making fast
headway.- Courier Journal. 81.
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with private stables find great difficulty
In substituting bruised maize and charf
for the old fashioned forage of oats and
trusses of hay. Coachmen and grain
dealers resolutely oppose the innova-
ton, for the reason that it enables the
owners of horses to exercise a control
over supplies for their stables, and pre-
vent waste and fraud.
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FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Fattening Hogs.

-. ], experimental i've years in fatten-
s ing hogs three with meal well scalded
and cooked before feeding, the other
two in feeding corn boiled. Ishelled
the corn from the cob, and boiled it
slowly in. a boiler, and fed eight quarts
per hog daily, keeping the. boiler well
covered all the time, so as to save all
the heat possible The hogs that fed
with boiled corn fattened fully one
/ + 3 fourth faster than with meal, and the
SEES pork was we'll packed with leaf-lard,
and was solid and delicious enough for
the most fastidious.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-05

Who does not admire the forests in
autumn! What glory of gold, and
crimson, and richest brown the leaves
present The cool autumn mornings
seem warm as we look upon their bril-.
liant color. Many persons think that
all this brllllancy is the work of the
frost, while the fact is we have the fin.
est coloring in those seasons in which
the frost holds off the longest. The
appearance of the color shows that the
leaves are ripe. They have finished
their work, and are just ready to pass
into decay, just as the ripneess of
fruit is the first step toward decay.
The dying leaves are SO beautiful that
many gather them in the hope that
they Will retain their brilliant colors,
and are disappointed in finding them
turn. in a few days to dull brown. The
colors can be preserved, but you
must arrest the process of decay, and
this can. only be done by drying as
rapidly as possible. AS soon as the
leaves are gathered, place them between
perfectly dry papers-old newspapers
will do-and change the papers every
day until the leaves are quite dry,
which will be known by their becoming
brittle. When the leaves are dry keep
them between papers until you wish >
use them for making wreaths and other
decorations. To make the colors come
outsmore brilliantly, the upper surface
of the leaf should be lightly brushed
over with boiled linseed-oil The leaves
may then be pasted or glued upon card
board t b make wreaths or lamp-shades,
or used in any other way that fancy
may suggest
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-05
Catching Buffalo CaIves-A Colorau
Sketch.
BY OLIVE HOWARD.

~ BY OLIVE HOWARD.
A few weeks since, Ike Traitor and
several companions fitted up a sort of
cage and went to the. hunting grounds
on the Platte River, to see if they
could capture load of buffalo calves.
One Of the party wished to try the ex-
pertinent of tanning few young
bufabes. The chase proved a success,
owing chiefly to Ike's strength and
pluck, and the Intelligence and speed
of SPICY, his horse.
Duiing the night, troops of bufaloes
Cor, more correctly speaking, bisons)
began to pass the hunters encampmcnt
on their way to water; doubtless
choosing the night because they had
been recently hunted by day. It was
curious to see them on their march.
Slowly and maiestically they stalked
along, about half as fast as mans
walk with a moss backed y patriarch
as leader. Had they been to the lee
ward Of the camp, their strong sense of
smell would have warned them of
danger when within three miles, and
they would not have been seen; but as
it was, they came very near, little to
the windward. Only Spicy's head was
seen by them, as he looked over the
low hillocK behind which he had been
plcketed. The horses head appearing
and disappearing aroused their atten-
tlon, and the captain was heard to give
a low command. In an instant every
hoof rested upon the earth. When
the leader had satisfied himself that no
mischief was brewing, he again said
BOO, and the march was resumed.
Every troop that passed did as tie
nrst had done. The discipline seemed
perfect.
When herd comes within smelling
distance q, of water, it becomes excited.
Inc speed increases. Faster and fast
er 1t goes. All the tails begin to rise.
"nen the water is quite near, every
tai stands straight cut, and the whole
nero thunders along almost as fast as q
good horse can run.
IT., O1her hunters camps were near by.
thousands u, of animals had already been
Killed (; some for their meat, but more
Z lear Tor their skins alone. Long be-
lole New Years, one hunter had taken
seven hundred hides. The carcasses
Oh OIL every hand attracted great numbers
u grey and prairie wolves. Every
nisnC strychnine bats were laid, and,
- - 0ile morning, sometimes as many as
len "olges We're found dead near al
nand. In this way thousands of wolf
SKINS were obtained
s+; ms t hunter always resorted to the
sun huhs. From his hiding place OF
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This Year-Nexts .Year-SOmetime-'
LIZ Never.

~ .7ggDYg Never. .s
81 - 8 - BY EDWARD ELLIS.
.srbis vear-next year ometime-never,n
Gaily did she tell
Rase leaf after rose leaf ever ses
- Eddied round aud fell.
ssThis year "-and she blushed demurely;
s. sl47 sThat would be too soon.
He could wait little, surely
IT'S already June!"
"Next year-that's almost too hurried
Laughingly said she -as
s. For when once girl is married,
No more is she free"
Sometime is vague, long waiting
Many trouble brings;
'Twlxt delaying and debating, 49,
Love might use his wngs.p
Never the word of evil omen,"
And she sighed, "Heigh-hol'
lis the hardest lot for women
Lone through life to go.
''This year !" ah. the dear months blessed her
For that year he came, IN
Won her love, and fondly pressed her
soon to change her name.
sNext year early in the May-time
Was to be the day;
Looked she sweetly toward that gay time
Cleaning far away.
Sometime he who watched beside her,
Shadows DER her life
Saw creeping on, kne;g that denied her
e Was the name of wife.
s'Never "-crown'd with bridal flowers
Came that merry spring.
s. Ere those rich and radiant hours, e
She had taken wing.
- This year y hearts are bowed by sorrow
aeas Next year "-some forget;
Sc Sometime fcOmes that golden morrow
"Never" earth saw yet.
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United states Pensions.

The following letter from Hon. J. H.
Baker, commissioner of pensions, to T. J.
Deavitt, Esq, of Montpelier, will be read
with interest by pensioners who have
claims pending in the pension office for in
crease of pension
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
PENSION OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, ID. c., July lG, 1873.
r.. } Deapitt, Esq, attorney, Montpelier,
Vermont,
SIR Your claim for increase of pension
has been received at this office.
The act of March 3d. 1878, provides that
if, in any case of continued disability, such
disability shall be stated in certificate of
biennial examination at degree below
that for which the pension was originally
granted, or was last paid, the pension for
the quarter then due shall be paid at the
rate stated in such certificate.
A biennial examination of all pensioners
subject thereto is due on the 4th Of Sep
TENDER of the present year.
II is deemed, therefore, that it viii be to
the advantage of pensioners, and of this
office to postpone action upon their claims
for increase of pension now on file, or
which may be filed p,ior to the receipt OF
the certificate of biennial examination, until
the result of such examination shall have
been ascer;ained. Your claim will be
promptly acted upon when the duplicate
certificate of biennial examination shall
have been received at this office.
In order thit you m y suffer no loss by
postponement OF the date at which the In
crease of pension shall commence, a med
ical examination will be ordered in your
IL. III A
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City Life i'm the Country.

The herlmit of New York, who regular
ly corresponds for the Troy, N. Y, Times,
proves himself quaint and vigorous wri-
ter, excelled by few especially in his sal
lies at the follies and fashions of the day.
He has given the Troy Times the pre-em-
minence in its correspondence from the
great metropolis. Here is what the hermit
says in his last letter about the city
visitor in the country:
The summer is suggestive of rural life.
and all who have the necessary means are
seeking such resorts. The tendency to
popular taste is to spoil the country by
bringing to it the city with all its
snowy fashions and pnrss-proud display.
1t is difficult to find any spot of rural attrac-
ton which is not overriden by metropolitan
snobbery. The fashionable residences
which now abound in Westchester county
and other snhurbs, ,-ithin dirty miles os
this city, have all the expenses ofNew York
without its convenience. You are far from
the physician and apothecary, and ifyour as
sortment of eatables is broken you may
be annoyed all day by want of an article
which you could buy for Il quarter at
corner grocery. Rural drives may seem
to some source of great enjoyment, but it
must be remembered that your turnout
will be criticised wherever you go, while a
a style of etiquette more stilted than even
that of the city turns society into a shallow
and painful form. Children as well as
grown folks must be dressed in style,
and the rude sports which bring health are
carefully avoided. To go a-fishing, to wade
in the brooks, to tumble amid the hay cocks,
all this would ruin suit of clothes every
dov Tho rnunl, lnnkinu horn
children are avoided and the little men AMI
women of the world, from ten to fifteen Years
Of age, maintain their city airs in g manner
fully in keeping with their parents. Such
is the caricature of rural life generally pre-
scented i'll these elegant establishments. The
rivalry of display is intense, because this
to large degree rules taste. Men are
admired in proportion to their wealth, and
this must to a great degree, be inferred
from outward show. The most vivid form
in which this can be presented to the world
is in ones equipage, and hence spirited
rivalry is manifested in this feature. Let
anyone stand at the depot at Yonkers or
Dobbs' Ferry (alias Greenburgh,) or Irving
ton, when the trains bring home the gen
tlemen whose business calls them daily to
the city, and he will at one notice the feat
ure to which l have alluded. Here are to BE-
seen thoroughbred teams adorned with gilt
harness and gorgeous trappings, and also
carriages of corresponding style, with driv-
ers in livery. Anything less than So, 600
establishment is not worth looking at, and
the old fashioned comfortable chase and
carryall would not be acknowledged by any
one who had claim to respectable appear
ance. Country life such as this is to a per-
son of truly rural taste very repulsive, and
indeed would soon;become a burden. The
sabbath is marked by the same routine, only
ga little more So"
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PRICE THREE CENTS.
STATE NEWS.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.

Michael Hanley of Bennington, has been
indicted at Pittsford Mass, for the destin-
alton of property in school house at North
Adams, Mass.
ESSEX COUNTY.
The Teachers Institute was held Mt
Guildhall last month. Secretary French
was present with four assistants. Forty
one teachers were enrolled. Lectures were
given during the session by s. II. Hall, Ii.
ID. subject "Alphabet of Geology" by II.
A: Cutting State Geologist; subject, 1.-THE
wonders of the Microscope" by John II.
French, LII. ID. subject, ''Common Schools
OF Vermont;" and by G. b. Stetson, sub
Ject, "The Perfect Workman" Select
readings were given each evening nv Miss
Potter.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Hon. George A. Ballard OF Fairfax has
been building new fence around his pre-
misses. The farmers of Franklin county
report light crops, more particularly grass
and late sowed oats.
During the thunder shower last Monday
week the lightning struck tree in the ward
and within twenty feet of the residence of
U. +. Fish, Esq, in Sheldon.
The town of Fletcher, which formerly
suPPorteu HNe saw mlils, one grlst mill,
two tanneries, one starch factory and two
distilleries, has now one saw mill
Butter is selling at East Fairfield at %
cents per pound. Most of the farmers are
holding it expecting an advance in prices.
GRAND ISLE COUNTY.
Roxbury Russets, grown in the orchards
on the islands, are bringing good prices
now.
All the rooms at the ''Island House"
South Hero, are engaged for the season.
The Iodine Spring House, South Hero
has a number of boarders, and more cont
ing.
Quite a number Of amateur fishermen are
camping on Kibby Island.
Calvin Mcbride of South Hero is putting
up the largest barn in the COMMUNICATED.
with basement.
l.. b. Macomber of South Hero has a
number of summer boarders, mostly from
Keeseville. More are expected.
Henry Macomber, of Grand Isle, recent
ly caught four surgeons, one ofthem weigh
ing 100 pounds
1t has been extremely dry this season.
and the hay crop will be light.
Judson Fletcher of South Hero died very
suddenly on the 23d ult., aged g. He was
sick less than "a hours, and the physicians
pronounced it a very singular case.
w. Is. Hibbard formerly of North Hero
is principal of the Boston Commercial Col
lege Of Bryant and Stratton.
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YNAGS.-We have now in stock an assort-
l. ment Of Dennisons Patent Direction
Labels and Merchandise Tags, which we win
sell at manufacturers prices.
We have also good stock OF Philips &c.
curity Hook-Tags," very convenient and SER
viceable article for merchants. Among its ad-
vantages are: Goods can BIO more readily mark
ed than by any other means; the tag is so Sc
curely locked that 1t cannot become detached
from the goods; no chance OF the tag becoming
detached from the hook; no points projecting
to tear other goods or your fingers. They are
safe, strong and cheap. Call and examine
them. GLOBE PAPER co.
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GOING NORTH.

Leaves Rutland at 1:4a and $40 a. M, and 2;3O
and b:0b p. m. ~
MAIL.-Leaves New London at 500 a. M,
Springfield 500 a. m, Boston 1880 a. m, Bellows
Falls 11:45, Rutland 2:30 p. m, arriving at Port
Henry at 900 p. m, Burlington $500 p. m, st.
Adams 6:40 p. m, Montreal 9:45 p. m, Ogdens-
burg las a. m, making connections with trains
for the West.
EXPREsS-Leaves Rutland at sos p. M, st..
Adams at s:55 p. IN.
NIGHT EXPkESS.-Leaves New London at
2:45 p. M, Springfield at $40 p. m, connecting
with train leaving New York at 300 p. m, Bel
lows Falls 1l:20 p m, connecting with train
leaving Boston at $3.50 p. M, Rutland 1:43 a. m,
Burlington $40 q. M, st. Adams $40, arriving
In Montreal at 945 u. m, Plattsburg at 1900 m,
and Ogdensburg at 1898 p. m, connecting with
trains for the West.
MIXED TRAIN.-Leaves Rutland at $40 a. IN.
Leave Burlington at $3.50 q. m, st. Adams 1900
m, arriving In 0gdensburg at $50 p. IN. and st.
MIXED TRHIN.-Leaves Bellows Falls at 4:sO
a. M, arriving in Rutland at 9:20 a. m.
ACCOMMODATIONS New London at
$40 a. IN, Bellows Falls 500 p. m, arriving In
Rutland at S:35 p. m. q .--
Trains leave Burlington going east, for Mont
peler, &C., at 6:55 u. mr. 1890 p. m. and 1853 p m.
Trains leave Bellows Falls going north, for
White River Junction, &C., at $3.50 a. IN. and
HAS am, and 5:55 and 11:20p p. m.
CONNECTI0Ns.-At Rutland with Rensselaer, q
Saratoga and Harlem Extension Railroads. at
Bellows Falls with Cheshire Railroad; at South
Vernon with Connecticut River Railroad.
sH-Sleeping ears are attached TO night trains
between st. Adams and Troy, and Burlington
and Boston. GYLES MERRILL,
Gen1 Supt
st. Adams. Vt, June Sd. 1873.
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Governor Washburn of Wisconsin gave
farewell reception at Madison to Mr.. and
Mrs. Ole Bull, prior to their departure for
Norway.