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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-11-10
Making Manure.

UPON no question in agriculture is
there so much pending as in the preser-
walton and manufacture of manure. 1t
has been truthfully said that the manure
heap is the farmers bank, and upon the
size of this depends all his operations.
This statement is as true as an axiom in
mathematics, and we as New England
farmers IA large portion of US, at least)
must plead guilty of an improvident use
of the materials within our reach for in
creasing our farm bank stock. Farmers
often buy commercial manures, worth
less in their composition, while they
throw away and waste materials which
are of great value as food for vegetation
The many little streams that run out of
the barnyard and other places around
the buildings in the spring, bearing away
plant food into highways, often might
be stopped and absorbed with some
thing, when it would be found equal to
the solid part of the manure. Besides
the great waste that is constantly going
on, and which should be stopped, there
are many things that could be collected
and made into manufactures from the
forest, muck from the swamp, and,
where great amount of swamp hay is
fed to the cattle, the refuse from the
cattlecribs. If your soil is heavy clay
sand can be used to great advantage for
bedding purposes and for pig-pens, and
on light soils clay can be used, perhaps;
not as an absorbent, but it can be drawn
to great advantage directly upon the
fields, where it can be spread and cult
waited or plowed in. Great results are
often thus obtained, especially upon
grass crops. ! have seen the yield in
creased three-fold each way Then, most
farmers formerly yarded their cattle
during the summer months, while now
among many it has become the practice
to tie them up and bed them with some
thing to absorb the liquor manure.
Farmers by neglecting to save fertilizers
within their reach make as an excuse
that they cannot cultivate certain crops
because they lack manure, when they
often waste enough for such a purpose.
A farmer once told me that he should
like to cultivate more fruit if he had the
manure, when at that time he was annu-
ally wasting enough to manure large
orchard. In every family of five or six
persons enough might be saved from the
sink-spout to manure quite a garden.
The potato-tops and everything available
should be collected in heap and the
slops turned upon it. This makes one of
the best manures for all kinds of fruit
trees, vines and garden vegetables, and
can be made with very little trouble. If
every farmer would resolve to save
everything of a manurial nature from the
barn and house the coming season the
amount paid for commercial manure
might be sensibly diminished En-
glQnd Farmer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-11-10
Increased Flow Of Milk.

A correspondent sends US the follow
ing extract from one of his papers, and
asks whether there is anything in it or
not: "Tepid water, slightly sailed,
given twice day, will increase the flow
of milk one.third. If the COW will not
drink it at the first trial scatter a hand.
full of bran or meal over the top of it.
They soon become very fond of it, and
will drink all you give them tried this
plan three years ago with perfect sue
cess. had only one COW, and she was
of the common scrub stock of the coun-
try, and after she began to drink the
water prepared as above she furnished
me twice day two ordinary water
buckets full of milk, and by feeding a
little corn boiled with cotton seed the
milk yielded butter enough to supply my
table bountifully and leave me few
pounds to sell every week. l gave her
three gallons of water twice day" We
have never tried the experiment, but can
readily believe that warm water, es-
pecially in cold weather, will increase
the flow of milk, especially if liberal
sprinkling of bran is placed on its sur
face, but the writer has probably made
the very common mistake of measuring
results by the quantity of milk. We
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-11-10
Wintering Roses.

Perhaps our plan of wintering roses
may be useful to some other amateur.
had hot bed frame not in use, and aft.
er losing my roses in the house year aft
er year | concluded to improvise a small
cold-pit. l sank in the ground very
large dry-goods box. Over it l placed a
hOt-bed frame and sash, put the potted
roses in the box, and the thing was done.
AS the cold grew intense drew up earth
around the sides of the frames, and COW
cred the sash with an old piece of carpet,
and did not then see the roses until
spring, when they were simply watered,
the carpet removed, and the plants left
under the sash for two or three weeks
before removing. l have practiced this
method for three or four winters, and
with perfect success. The plants fairly
jump when the sun strikes them in spring,
and they are in healthy growing condi-
ton when l transplant to the border. /
wish now to make permanent cold-pit,
in order to use the hot bed frame in
spring.-PhiIadelphiG Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-11-10
A Monster Devil-Fish.

The steamer Cortes arrived at New
York few days ago from St. Johns,
Newfoundland, bringing monster devil
fish which was driven ashore and capt
ured on the 22d ult. at Catalina, on the
northern shore of Trinity Bay. The st
Johns correspondent of the New York
World gives the following description of
this curiosity of the sea:
] have carefully taken the measure
ment of the monster, and the following
are the dimensions: The two long tenta-
Giles are each thirty feet; the body ten
feet in length, making the total length
from the termination of the outstretched
long arms to the extremity of the tail
forty feet. The long tentacles are thin
and tough as leather, being only five
inches in circumference, except at the
extremities, where they broaden out and
are eight inches in circumference. The
body at its thickest part is nearly seven
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-11-10

The following candid statement is from the
Postmaster of North Clymer, n. Y. After
reading it, will anyone undertake to say that
it would be possible to find language where.
with to express the value of a remedy pos
sessed of such capabilities for renovating the
human system and benefiting the communi-
ty? Yet, in point Of fact, this is only rep
resentative expression of the grateful souls
that day by day voluntarily add their testi-
mony. Still there is a feeling that whatever
may be advertised as a proprietary medicine
must have more or less eXaggeration at
tached to it, whereas the exact fact is that,
generally speaking, there are no medicines
in existence made with so much care and
pains and with so little regard to expense, in
order to insure entire precision of action and
general effectiveness:
North CLYMER, N. Y, Dec. "a 1875.
DR.. M. M. FBNNER, Fredonia, n. Y.--D6dr Sir.
About one year ago my health was so poor that |
was hardly able to do business at ALL Had no ap-
petite, could not sleep nights, coughed n great
deal and had in fact got into that state of decline
when began to contemplate the necessity of 90
ing to different climate for my health. | had
tried most everything recommended for such
cases, but found no relief At last 1 tried your
Blood and Liver Remedy and Nerve Tonic.
thought the first half bottle stirred me up to feel
worse, but before the first bottle was all gone be-
gan to improve. l continued the remedy until
had used five 90 bottles. during which time
gained twenty-five (25) pounds in weight and felt
myself as sound as ever. / know there is no bet
ter remedy in existence for fixing up ones system
when out of rig than your Blood and Liver Rem.
edy and Nerve Tonic. Yours truly.
j. ii. NEWELL.
Sold by dealers in medicine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-11-10
The Muckers Did 1t.

MUCKERs! That explains it. 1t is
now several months since the Harvard
oarsmen appeared on the Connecticut,
but the world still turns over uneasily in
its bed every night, at twelve o'clock
sharp, and asks: Why did they put up
the sign board about Reporters and Loaf
ers?" 1t is quite clear now. 1t was the
muckers! In card published in the
Crimson, Capt. W. A. Bancroft makes
this plea: " Reporters came to our boat
house and interrupted us when we were
busy, instead of coming to our quarters,
as they should, when we. were unem-
ployed. The float and grounds about
the boat-house swarmed from time to
time with what we, at Cambridge, call
muckers.' These loafers intruded upon
us when we were at work in the boat
house, gotin our way when we were going
out or coming in with our boat, and pro-
voked us generally with their insulting
remarks. These actions on the part of
the reporters and loafers' were begin
ming to fret and irritate the crew-a Sc
rious matter in training, when the crew
should feel in tirstrate spirits and should
be kept free from any annoyance that
can possibly be avoided. Therefore,
these annoyances becoming so serious
that they were beginning to interfere
with our chances of success, we put up
the sign for the purpose of getting rid
of nuisance, intending to take other
steps if necessary" OF course! Muck
ers are very unpleasant. Let the sign
board be revised so as to read: d" Report
ers and loafers, gentlemen and muckers,
not wanted here. ~ Y. Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-11-10

1t is said that the Ritualists will es-
tablish another new religious order in
London next spring, to be known as the
" Fraternity of Jesus" The Fraternity
will consist of three orders First, those
who live in the college under vows of
holypoverty, celibacy and holy obedience;
the second order comprises men who
pursue their avocations in the world and
board in the college of the Fraternity
these also live under the VOWS Of poverty,
chastity and obedience. The third order
embraces those who keep the vows of
obedience and poverty while living at
their homes.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-11-10

very much doubt whether in ordinary
weather COW thus treated will make any
more butter; the result noted was most
likely produced by feeding bran, or "a
little corn boiled with cotton seed" As
our correspondent proposes to make the
test, he should try an equal amount of
bran and corn without the extra supply
of water. Rich milk must have some
other source than warm water.-Er-
chGnqe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-11-10

We claim That there is greater certainty
and uniformity ia the production Of good
bread, biscuit, cake, etc, in the use of
DooLEY's YEAST POWDER, and that the arti-
rs made with it are more wholesome and
digestblr, than IL made with any OF er kind
OF yeast "r baking powder. Test it ny d e
only reliabl and truthful test, triHl nv II c
oven. We claim also that it is just as repre-
sented, an" just what the public expect it to
be by the name under which 1t is sold.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-11-10

ONE Colorado paper rises equal to the
occasion. 1t raises its manly voice and
cries: " Woman suffrage has been badly
defeated this fall, but PhGnix-like we
propose to revive it at every opportunity,
and shall do our level best to carry the
measure until we educate the mass of
the people up to the standard of equal
rights ~
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-11-10

AT the London Conference of Libra
rians Mr.. Poole, of the Public Library,
Chicago, said books cannot live where
men cannot live. No room higher than
fourteen or fifteen feet should be devot
ed to books. The upper parts of lofty
rooms or galleries become too hot. The
cases should be no more than eight feet
high.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-11-10
GIeason,s Publications.

Great reduction in price for 1873 Of GLEA
SONS PICTORIAL to 81 year. Single copies SC
THE HOME CIRCLE to 81 year. singlecopie
cents, for sale by all newsdealers. Na
GLEAsoN's MONTHLY COMPANION to 81 6
year, single copies 10 cents. All postage free
The price of Chromos has just been greatly
reduced. No one now gives such liberal terms
to agents as we do. Send for new free circu
lar Address f. GLEASON IL Co., 73S Wash
ington street, Boston, Mass
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-11-10

MOTHERS should be very careful to see
that their daughters are well wrapped up
while sitting out on the piazza to see
"the satellites of Mars" A coat sleeve,
of course, is good as far as it goes,
and, to tell the truth, it generally goes as
far as it can, but at best it can cover
only about so much territory.-Rochester
Chronicle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-11-10
OUR IMrRupENcE TIE CAUSE OF CoNsrMr-

OUR 1MPRUDENCE THE CAUSE OF CoNsUMP-
TIoN.--HOw many of us can date the cause of
our last sickness to either a crowded room and
then coming out i'll a cold air, or wearing damp
clothes, causing a cough which settles upon
the lungs, producing seated pains in the chest.
and restore health to the system, if only used
in time Remember and call at the Drug Store
for Aliens Lung Balsam. Every family should
keep it at hand
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-11-10
Graefenberg MarshaII,s Catholicon

Never fails to relieve and permanently cure
all those diseases commonly known as female
complaints Sold by all druggists. Send for
almanac. Graefenberg Co., Sc Reade st., N. Y
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-11-10

Don't fail to procure Mrs. WINsIow's SooTH-
ING SYRUP for all diseases of teething in chill
dren. 1t relieves the child from PAIN cures wind
collie, regulates the bowels, and, by giving relief
and health to the child. gives rest to the mother
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-11-10
Rheumatism Quickly Cured.

''Durang's Rheumatic Remedy" the great In
terndt Medicine, will positively cure any case of
rheumatism on the face of the earth. Price 81 a
bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Send for circular
to Helphenstine & Bentley, Washington, d. @.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-11-10

A "PsYcHoMETRICAL elucidator and
chronological delineator" is the latest af-
Fiction in the rural districts. -PhiLadeI-
phid Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-11-10

KINGsFoRD's OswEGo PURE STARCH, hav-
ing greater strength and purity, requires less
quantity than common starch. Hence its
economy is apparent.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-11-10

THE superiority of BURNETT's FLAvoRING
EXTRACTS consists in their perfect purity
and great strength.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-11-10

THE best way to preserve autumn
leaves is to pay boy fifteen cents to
throw them into the river as soon as they
are gathered.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-11-10
Our Daily Br. ad.

The owner of sleigh is predicting an
early fall of snow
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-03-30
Waterfront Union Live Stock Market.
For the week ending Tuesday Mar d 1a1

MARKET BEEF--A few choice 90 a SO so; extra
ity Sc 90 a so; third quality "a so so
STORE CATTLR-Working Oxen and Steers, per
pair, 800, 800, 1925, $50 SITS.
Mich Cows AND CALvEs-S25 S45 extra $50 a
SIS. FarrOw Cows s1S $50.
YEALNGs-$10 90 $50; two years old SIS $50;
three years old S25 $40.
WESTERN FAT SwINE-live, II DC per lb. Store
Pigs wholesale, GA OOc per lb; retail a C
per lb.
PRICES OF SHEEP AND LAMBs-In lots, 50 90 so 90,
% so s. 90, s. 25, s. IS per head extra 81 90 a
Sc rs per head or 6ac per Id.
Sheared Sheep o O0c per 1b.
Spring Lambs DC per lb.
Veal Calves, SC a 7c.
Brighton Hides,0 81 C per lb.
Country Hides, 6 g. per lib.
Brighton Tallow, Ga cper lb.
Country TallOw, 5 a 81 per Id.
Calf Skins 10 l2c per lib.
Pelts, 81 IS l rs
Lamb Pelts 00c.
N. b. Beef-ChOice grade includes nothing but
Stalled HOO to 400 lbs Bullocks. Extra and first
quality includes the best, large, fat oxen Second
and third quality includes Oxen and two and three
years old Steers.
Sheep-Extra includes Cossets and when those
of inferior quality are thrown out.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-03-30
Danville,

odnVl1l6.
The Amateur Dramatic Club appear
at the town hall Thursday evening,
March %, and will present the drama,
'Bread on the Waters" The Club is
composed of young people of this vii
lage, and this is their first appearance
on the stage.
At the annual meeting of Phillips
Academy and Danville Graded School
the following officers were elected :
Clerk, Fred. Stocker; collector, D. j.
Saunders; treasurer, j. B. Mattocks
to fill vacancies in Board of Prudential
committee, M. A. Weeks, John Currier.
Voted to have three terms of school,
and to raise 25 cents on the grand list,
to pay Indebtedness.
A number of our young men are COM
plying with the injunction, $50 West
young man." Edward Webb and Will
Coveny have gone to California. Fred
Preston goes to Michigan next week.
The latest news from "Pat:n He had
left Yankton for the Black Hills.
Sixty-three dogs have been licensed
and endowed with all the privileges OF
civilization, thus far.
j. S. III. Weeks intends going to Sara
toga for medical treatment.
Union services Fast day at the YES
try of the M. E. church, commencing
at 1920.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-03-30
Greensboro.


A town meeting has been called to
be holden on the Sd day of April, to see
if the town will vote to pay the liability
of David Simpson, former liquor agent,
in the case of Snow VS.. Simpson. The
judgment rendered against him in the
Orange county court, together with
other costs will probably be 81 500.
The points at issue in this case seem
to be: LIST, was Simpson the legal
liquor agent of the town at the time of
the sale of this liquor to Snow? ID,
Did he in this sale violate the liquor
law Sd, Is the town liable to him,
and 4th, If the. town vote to raise tax
for this purpose can the tax be collected
by law? As this is the first instance of
an agent being prosecuted under the
law, it seems necessary that the case
should be very carefully considered be-
fore any vote is taken ON it.
A span of runaway horses ran into a
team standing before T. C. Batchelder's
store at the Bend, demOlishing it ia
stantly and throwing its contents, COM
prising lady, three children, and a
babe into the street, seriously injuring
the lady. The children escaped I'M
hurt.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-03-30

A large meteor passed over Glover
and Craftsbury last week on Tuesday
morning. 1t appeared as large as a full
moon, and moved very rapidly from
east to west. A noise like the rumbling
of heavy wagon, or of distant thun-
der was heard, while the earth trembled
as though affected by slight earth
quake. Some who saw the fiery visitor
state that it broke in fragments and
fell to the earth. This was probably
the earthquake shock felt in Troy the
same day.
FATAL ACCIDENT.-James Ryan of
Craftsbury was fatally injured at the
saw mill in West Albany, March %.
Mr.. Ryan went to the West Village
after sawdust, and not long after his
team, supposed to be perfectly gentle,
was seen running through the village.
Search was Immediately made for Mr..
Ryan, when he was found on the ice
below the mill in an unconscious state,
with an ugly cash in his head. AS near
as can be ascertained, while he was
loading the sawdust, the sled standing
near the bank of the river, the horses
started and threw him over backwards
down the bank on to the ice. His head
appeared to have struck on a projecting
stone with such force as to make the
severe wound that caused his death.
Mr.. Ryan was an industrious and re-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-03-30
Religious Meetings

,.rrtsr CHURcH.-Railroad treet, Corner OF
BAT Maple REV Z, I. Sanford, Pastor.) Preach
INC 1890 A. NJ. S. School IL m, prayer meet
ing 6:3O.
BAPTIST CHURcH-Main Street, Corner nj
tkh1 Prospect-(Rev. o. Roys pastor.) Sabbath
services at 1890 A. NJ. and $3.50 P. NJ. Sabbath
school at 1900 M
-,,,p1sr CHURCH,-(Rev. D. E. Miller, Pastor
"r,sidence head of Summer Street) Sabbath
services at 1890 A. NJ, and $50 P. M Sab
hath School at 1900 NJ.
...,,r, roSG'L CHURCH,-(Rev. Henry W. Jones
Num- pastor) Sabbath services at 1890 A. NJ and
$50 p NJ. Sabbath School at las P. M
I'm CoNG'L CHURcH,-(Rev. E. T. Fairbanks
N'' p,stor1 Sabbath services at 1890 A. nj
and $50 Z. NJ Sabbath School at 1900 NJ
,,,,,pru OF THE MESSIAH, UNIvERsALIsT.-(Rev. b.
NJ TillotsOn, Pastor.) Sabbath services at
i:I5 and $50 P. NJ. Sabbath School at 10 NJ.
p,,yER MEETINGs-W ednesday evenings at 1880.
in all the above churches.
,nrrxr CHURcH-Rev. G. H. Wallace, Pastor.
sabbath Services at 10:45 a. m. and las D. m.
sabbath School 10 m. Prayer Meeting $3.50
n M and Tuesday and Friday evenings.
- Andrews CHURCH, EPIsCoPAL.-(Rev N F
1880 a. m and 5 p. m. Sunday School, $3.50
pm.
c,ruoIIc CHURcH-Cherry Street (Rev. j. A.
B0issonnault, Parish Priest). Mass and 10
an; Vespers and Benediction at 3 d. m.
On the second sunday of the month service
at $50 a. m, and p. m. At Lyndonville
same day at 1890 a. m.
vooS PRAYER MEETING-Every week day. from
- TO 1890, in the Y. NJ. G.. A. Rooms over
f. f. Browns Store, and at Boarding House,
Fairbanks Village, from 1890 to Loo P. M
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-03-30
Horrible Murder in Dalton, N. H.

So. LUNENBURG, VI, Mar. 29.-On
the evening of March 26, j. G.. Kimball,
living on a small farm back or the hill
about three miles from the Connecticut
river, killed his wife by beating her
with a cane, goad-stick, and whip stalk,
until she was dead. Your correspond
ent visited the scene of the tragedy
Wednesday morning and found the
coroner and physicians assembled to
make an examination of the body. The
walls of the house were spotted with
blood from the victim as the fiend fol-
lowed her from one room to another,
beating her. The victim was covered
with wounds all over and was a most
horrible sight to look upon. The per-
sons in the house at the time were two
small children, and young man about
10 years old, who is cripple and also
had broken arm. This young man
SAYS that Kimball came home from
LittletOn and had some trouble with
his wife about her getting supper and
commenced beating her, and followed
it for three hours until she was dead.
The coroner's jury brought in a verdict
that Mrs. Kimball came to her death
from blows received by the hand of j.
G. Kimball, her husband. Kimball will
be taken to Lancaster Jail tomorrow,
to await the action of the county court.
H.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-03-30

spected citizen about forty years of age /;
he leaves a wife, seven children and an
aged mother to mourn his loss.-Bar-
ton Monitor.
In looking over copy of the claws
of the State of Vermont" which bears
the imprint, "Printed at Rutland by
Josiah Fay, 1885," and which, with an
appendix" printed at Windsor, VT,
by Alden Spooner, 1901" contains
probably all the acts of the Legislature
of the State from its first session to
that of 1901, we find that the "Wind-
ham Turnpike Company" in order to
make their road "less mountainous,
and more for public utility" were au-
thOrized October z, 1900, "to extend
said turnpike road to the house of
Rutherford Hayes, in said Brattle-
borough. "-Argus.