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COMMERCIAL.
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LIVERPOOL. Jan 15-5 80 r. VI.
Prodace-Rsaned petroleum. lo5ad iosd per gallon.
Iroduccrailow. 3os Cd per Lnsood OH f26 i5s.
ASrwrRY. Jan. 10, 1873.
Petroleum. 2se for fnc pao American.
Tns GRAIN TRADE
The Mark Lane Esyres. reviewing British trade
for the past wees. savs:Agrieatural affairs do oee
the whsat is avoraby ana has as far as
Scay S. ss % AZ the ms s n
some blight. cold would very acceptable to
ses &"Ss Win s%fcssSs as BE- rom s1S
quantity ,vrr ol wncs' mSshsea S"mg The ss ~SsT.
tors on tho corresponding last wosk Much
eondsion ana this price to be What
English wheat bnt in tho market, tpc tone has
beon rather better and moderate amount Of activity has
wheat has received temporary check OWING 20 the un-
Ha @ osms T'a an sSS s o over
Quarters besides large imports o. Ame,iesn and Indian
VIVA. thrown out by arrivals OF Ka'san whes;
and Revcl remain open winter supplies may show
unlookcd Tor Increase having regard 70 the TACT that
enable her 70 % carry on n. war Apart from Do.isa con-
To- So & sHo AZ M be- aS m
change ei,hor way, would be the resuI. Of poliea
~cs,vins supple. much before April; so ,aESs f0
.ens al sA'ss ''E'ATf Eastern s s''" would '%ss1s
opiaon Ses ,e~ssy obtains With m,,s frce. are srsay
favor, nlthough quOabiy lOwsr, the
sales which have taken place have been supply
Immaculate requrenens Maize. oil coast has soe more
freely. the spot mixed American has eascd slightly
but a revival IN the Gem and at moment,
the Of sound London IL short
characterzcs the trade Tor barley and With small
arrivrl ports OF call the hoating trade has ruled
dull ior wheat, and rates have rccedcd.n
NEW YORK rhonuos xxcaASoF RrroRr
LIyEHpOoI. Jan 10, 1874
Pork duh Mt CTS Western dull J5s Bacon-
Cumberland cut dull at short rib dun Ass long clear
dun At sos Cd short ccnr duh at 3iA 81 Hsms-Long
steady at 49, shoulder. aail ., ~ Beef-inds
dull yjs mess stcrdy vt liOs. prime steady
nj S,s. ,ard-lrimc Western dull tos. falios -
Prime city dull at iDs. ID iurpcnne-spirs steady NJ
2Js sd hosin-Common steady At IS od nne du ~ 10.
Cheese choice steady at G3s. Cd Lard oil du
M 46s. Fiour-kStrs state dull NJ 2ss Sd Whcat-So 1
spring dull at lis Id No. spring oall los I'D.
winter steady Ht lis I'd. Corn-Mnxcd son steady at
2SA I'D. Tor old do. dull ut 2Ss 3D. tor C0tonsced
o-Yeilow American, none ia the market
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DOMESTIC MARKETS.

GALVESTON. Jan. Is. 1873.
.ss os'S" "ae. ws. m@as @ sw %stn ss: Sss.
NEW OrLrAss. jan I5. 1878
Cotton qaie. and easy; middias losso loy mldany.
gross 445s Esporss "a France. 40; 10 the 0on.i
Cotton quiet; middlinE. losc. a iOrc; low m'dding
sss 0 lS bales sSoi. Ssdsos use ss ''fs
Stock. 5s.227.
Cotton dull. middug. Ioylc.; low middIins, ioysc /;
% 'Fsasy Hxpo. Coo Sales POS osS soss
d sdS S NJ IL; rss:p s. %as ~ sss. sSss
s... ,,.....,,,. w.MserSs CT Jan Isl 1878;
s. q sl e e g s o' sS .sa g - H% virgil. a.
Tar Arm Mt 81 50
tsl Ssn,s s" q M 4, ss's q 81 's a q @
No; Gsula held AZ e2e No do Soc So Corn meal
ton New York 40c 10 Albany. 5sc Flour shipped
Flour in light and .sG ao sS
sales Of GAYS tfacx a. 44c 47c according
icy ss sale
'ss. e s s 4 s. 20 10, e Gig < %
s. PORK QUIET aud dai; Quoted: Mes. ri % si3
and Sa
con a. ss .noSdo at &C. and m hams :, c Per
1900 bsis wheat 2i0OO bushels 35. 900 do oats
os Ss ssTs 90 rye xss . 8" %s.
1000 do oats. a. ZOO do barley 5000 do
4sOO Grain in In elevators aud afoat
Wheat, 655 go bushels 3t6.253 do. oats, $50
do. barley DAB 4i do; rye "a 73f do malt Yo,7i3 do.
Estimated malt IN houses. 2e0 oo7 bushels.
TOLEDO, Jan. Is. 1878
. do 81 10; do held 81 a1l amber Michigan,
spot and January. 41 25: February 81 26i4 No. red
winter, spot hold at 81 2i February 81 22la March.
81 24ls: No. sprng 81 10 Corn dull high mixed, 4Sc
rejected 45c. now. :sss damaged, SOC. dull
No hed at 2Sxc 2Sc bid; Michigan, lSc. Covcrsecd-
Mammoth, 81 75; No. , ~ 55. Hogs. ~ 40 Receipts
10000 bushels wheat, 12D,OOO do corn. 700 do
corn so) do Gram in store bushcls whea
2f00D do ~. 90 do oats Markets closed w heat
very dull; No. white Michigan, February. 81 26: No.
red winter February 81 - Corn dull; No 42l,c
new. rejected, 3Sc; new, damaged. 3o5sc
CHICAGO Jan. Is, 1878
Flour stesdy, unchanged Wheat DUH and No. |
spring, 81 C7: NO do. 81 O41x 81 Oi56 cash, 81 O
J.nuary; 81 04se 81 O4A February; 81 O5h. March
No do. 81. Corn dull and wcaS ~ 4Otc cash; 4oc
9o%c, .Jauumy: 3olsc. February; 3ste. March: re.
cash; 2lc., January 2Ilsc. FeOrusry 2lssc. March.
Rye dull SAC. Barley heavy at 521sc 5E1sc cash
iisc, February Pork fairly active $40 65 $40 10.
cash; $40 rs, February: $40 80. Marcn. Lard fairly
81 32ts 81 35. March, Bukneats duu and weak ut
3c,. 5lSc. aud 5hc Tor shoulders, cear rib coar
siIcs. Dressed hogs fncr Mt 81 20 81 32. Whiskcy
dull at 81 ~. Receipts -l4.0oo bbs -four; io2ilo
92 UjO bushels wheat; "a 900 do corn; 1900 oats
7e do rye $500 do. barley At tho close wheat soady
unchanged. Corn fairly active and shade higher;
shade lower 23Mc. 29c January 2ic 2tlGr. Febru-
AIRY. Pork SC. ~ TIC higher Lard 2lsc 5c higher.
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RAILROAD BONDS.


Railroad bonds irregular, with the largest
rise-4 per cent-in New York Elevated Railroad
irsts 10 so. Delaware and Hudson coupon sevens of
1894 advanced IL per cent, TO 941s. Tho othor
changes were toliows:-An advance OF u in ST.
Paul eights, arst and 4 in Northwestern consols
Great Western hrsts of 1883 lex coupon) and Western
Union Telegraph coupons of 1900 There de-.
cline OF " in Central Pacific gold bond4 u IN Union
Pacific drsts 4 In Union Pacific scvens land grants
and Now Jersey Central lrsts.
FOREIGN MARKET.
Tho London adviccs reported consols y lower at
the opening, but tho decline subsequently, recov-
cred. United Statos bonds were strong and X
per cent higher. Erie declined to Sx, Illinois
Central 10 "a TAN, Reading 10 TX and
New Jersey Central to tx AT Paris rentes
to lo9E 15c and exchange on London was
quoted at 25t. 171sc The closing prices in London
were:-Consols for money ana account. 9511 q 95k (;
new AZ per cont bonds, 1044s; fve-twenty bonds
of 1867. 1o6l 1oes; ten-forty bonds, 1857 1883
lves Of 1881. lOe5s; Erie common shares, sK 81 /;
Erie preferred shares, %; Illinois Central, "a 741s
PHILADELPHIA STOCKS.
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COMMERCIAL REPORT.

COTTON SPOT UNCHANGED FUTURES CLOSED
BARELY STEADY Y-FLoUR LowER-wHEAT
LoWER-ConN LOwER-OATs HEAvY-wHfs-
KEY NOMINAL FORK NOMINAL LARD
LowEn-PETROLEUM QUIEr-oILs STEADY
SPIRITS rURPENTINE QUIEr-IosIN QUIET
COFFEE QUIET--sUGAR FIRM-FREIGHTs
QUIET BUT STEADY.
TUESDAY, JAN 15--6 p NJ.
There was but lntlc activity in mercantile circles
to-day, the continued failures and other troubles
todng TO create unusual caution part OF busi-
ness men who operate to only 3 limited extent ana
who for the most part conne their operations 10 nc.
tive wants On 'Chango to-day there was no
apparent disposition to make extensive ures and
the present wants OF buyers were not numerous.
Flour dull and lower Wheat hard Of sale
lower prices Corn dull and lower. Oats dull
heavy. Barley fairly active whskcy nomi-
nal. Pork was ditto Lard dull and lower Freights
were quiet but steady. Cotton tho spot quiet
but uuchanged futures closed barely s.eady Groceries
were quiet Oils steady. Petroleum active naval
stores quiet
ASHES were quoted at 4,sc 4sc for pots 5xc &c.
for pearls.
AsrrxoSY was h4c lower, and quote rcguus at
12c. u 1886, gold.
BEEswAx.-Last salo made ut 2sc
BROOM Corn sill quoted 41.c &C. for red tipped,
Sc 7c for medium and 7Isc Be- for choice green.
CorrKr-Thc market for Rio quiet tho late de-
Dipton, sofa on privnIe terfns
Mill coffee quiet Some 1000 5000 mats
Java sold yesterday on private terms: We
quote .-Ordnary carsoes, 15xc. i5vc. fair do.
IKE good do. 17a.c; prime do, 1874. 1s1c; extreme
rmnge lots 15ic 2o,ic Santos fair good 1876
Ike, gold 80 days. java government bags. 22c. &c
ao grass 22c 2ic Singapore I7sc. iSIc Coy
lon lie iSbc; Maracabo, Ioc. isc. Laguayra. l7c
1856: Jamaica. Ice lie. st. Domingo l5sc. Ice
Porto Rico IGlsc l91sc; Costa lca 1899 1870. {;
Mexican, Ie,ac lss Maea'sar lie aisle Ang,stura
lie. ljc.; savaniiia i6c. l9c. Caracoa, lo>,e II
l6tsc.
CoorgRAcE STOCK The market was very dull. but
ipaIly unchanged We quote Molases shocks, ~ inch
with heads 81 q, 81 ~ sugar shocks With heads 's
incn 81 80 So DO DO. 3jinch ~ 30 S2 box shooks
soc. 6oc.: do $i pipe do So 81 sos empty hogs
heads 81 So hoops. II feet ordinary prime SJ3 80
do II ect do. $2S u $50 per NJ
COPPER Inc market quiet ~ IKE l73gc. for
lake sales confined to srn III jobbing iots
CoRpAGk. We qa1tc Manila. large and snail size pcr
ID, Ike. HE; do. cordagc bolt rope yarns l6c.
lie. Iauila lie. Ssti 01sc. IOac. New
Zealand, Il i4c n 121sc Russia. lie.
ON the spot dull, but unchanged. Futures
points lower The market quiet. hut tho
loss fully aud by O'clock advance
3 points established. The advance, however,
not held aud market closed barely steady about
yesterdays closing prices. Tho official closing prices
day, compared with Mondays, were Ms follows:-
H...l, -Is,.I lam
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PRINT CLOTHS MARKET.
EUROPEAN MARKETS.

Providence. IL l.. Jan. ID, 1873
Tho printing cloths market remained quiet, without
change ia nominal quotations
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HAVANA MARKET.

HAvASA, Jan IS, 1878.
Sugars tending upwnrd Spanish gold, 22JA 2231f.
Exchange Arm tho United states sixty days currency
~ prenulny snort signt do, o,s premium sixy
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NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE SALES
TUESDAY, Jan. Is, 1878.
IO.lj AND ll.l5 A v

O6l1 $1,000 U ) $40, r. '65. be IOS
O6is 10000 Us SIS, ,iO.i0,r. be lO77k
o5H 500 U ) 4tss. C, 1891 1ufis
OJs4 llUDUO do ....-.... l03st
027a 10000 U ) is. r, 1907. lOiR
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cott0n:
T.p,y. Lrs Esg. 1cah
Delivered contract. 1000 bales For future. delivery
nary. 800 l2gc.: February. 800 l.3,c. 800 at
ll.;isc. 100 at 34c 200 at i31c March, 300 at
ll.4Jc., 40 at 4c 2uO at i45c., 100 at I1sc 400
ll49c. April, 1900 at ll.6)c., 700 li62c. June
100 l1S4c, 100 At 1lStc August, 2uOat III yc 30
l20lc 2OD at l2O2c. Total. 100 bales To-day. NJ
to two y. M--Jnnnary. 1U NJ II 2sc. 100 at
ll.30c, 500 at 1i.3tc., 100 short notice. l7tD
ll.29c., 200 ut lI3ic., mo notice TO.
morrow 100 at 2oc. 100 ut II 3'ic February 100 ~
lI.31c lOJ II. 33c. 400 Mt 35c 900 vt IISc 500
Life 800 at 3ec 800 ut 1is7c Loo At 3se
1900 at l.4sc. 40, at II Doe, 2,O0 ut 1l5le, $40 at
IL 4ec 800 Ut iI.5Oc 800 vt l.5Ic. April. 800
/, 6Oc u ,5c 800 1l.6ic., 500 8Jc 800
de 800 II Ghc May 400 ut li.76r 400 At il1sc !;
June 500 i.ssc. 4O)a soc July, 100 at i97c
100 "a 1885,. 2uO l19sc.. August, 100 at
12.OJc Total II OtD bales Grand total. 81 800 bales
The NJ tho ports were Ms oows alvcston. 152
bales; New Orleans. 3,JJS; Mobile. l,09s; Say-Dnni
$500; Charleston, eC7; Wilmington 3Dj; Norfolk. 1o3
Baltimore 5I5: New FORK, l,125, Boston. si2 fhiiade
pha, Iota. 1898 bales. ms day last week, 2i,3i0
Dacs This dav las 3D. 13y bales Total since
tcmocr L. 2,7o7,i9s bales. Cotton frcehts closed as
sail, 15cx hc. To Hamburg by steam, Xc compressed
TO Bcmsn, by steam &c. compressed. 10 Liverpool, by
ste am. Id. by sail. I'D .
DRUGS &C failures In this line have caused
very unsettled feeling and there nowhere
to SELL his Is especially Ia opium which liz seld ut
remc heures ana holders quote TAR above the mar
ket ~ TO sell. fhe selling price II aOont
81 ~, gold. In bond; " 10, currency, for powdered
and - 30, currency. Tor jobbins. sheilacs were
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THIRD BoARD-1:30 r. NJ.

SALES AFTER CALL.
500 shs Lacrosse. b60 80 100 shs Lacrosse.. 3s
500 .b6O 80 100 seaton. 100 l. SO
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$1,000 Near 6's, MAI

900 B, g Il & Nm 1T
1000 y J Cent l-t Ia c
400 \ j Cent con. 80.
ltNO Nil X ST L SIS LIST
300 40. ......
1000 N&stPim. LaCd
100 VI \ ~ i. l&M Il
GOD VI Il 81 L, Ca VI d
1000 C&NW cn cp x b
1000 Chi < Ntb'n con
100 Eric 9th mort.
1000 Mich . suth'n 81
1000 Mich Cent rs b3
100 Harlem ! IN Us c
1000 T.. ) I'd m con cou
2DUD Cen Pacific z BIDS
1000 Long Dock bds Il.
1000 I'm i'aclhc lst m
1000 do........ be
1910 y Pacific rs &
1000 Union Pacific 81
2DOD Am Dock I'm rs
2,OO q Win | IN 'osxc
5000 DAiiud c rs '9f
5000 w u Tel, c 1900
100 NY Elevated I'm
2OlD prc X OF No, I'd
2OfO CPxc I'm. CSOD
1000 knPincNoI6. DC
20 shs Cent Nat bank
10 Merchants TX Blk.
~ Am exchange Bk.
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SHIPMENTS OF GRAIN.

Tho following table shows tho shipments OF wheat
and the United States " Great Brsain trom
september l, 1877, to December 90, 1s77:--
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&l0Q0 Tam ga nav

@t"o ~ - ~ sss
1000 Bur, G R& n lst
1000 Chic u Alton LIST
2OOo Ches&Olst. c on
5000 q 4 NV &C < b.
1000 Winona6St l. I'd
5000 Nor 4 Es rs. I'll
1000 NJ Cent LIST. c. DC
1000 Cleve 4 Tol : l.. .
5000 NJ Il st L c = f.bc
10000 NY Cent LIST. g. be
1000 Gent Pacific x b.
5000 do.
1000 Cont z LIST, StJ D
1000 Centplst.C&O b
1000 Western Pacific.
5000 Z OF Moist. be b3
1000 Tol Il W LIST. xc.
1000 Il Tenn.Va6GIst
i2OOO CIT w lst, 'SS, X c
5000 Ohio&M. G ; (. be
1000 Dol 4 IL, r.'Si. be
1000 L. FtWkC lst. he
ollO shg nel n Hind hc
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LIVERPOOL. Jan. 15-5 80 r. VI.
produce-Refned petroleum. lO1sd lOGd. per gallon.
Linseed OIL 2Ss- I'd. pcr cwt
LONDON, Jan. 10 % 10 l.. NJ.
Producc.railow, 9y Cd per Lnsccd oii. f20 i5s
f27 per ton.
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GALVESTON Jan. Is. 1873
Cotton weak midd,ing loHc.; low mddng 1o,4c
good ordlnary, .sc. Net receipts 732 bales SAFES,
2,116. Stock, 104.5
OELFAys Jan. 1874
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The receipts Of produce, &c. at Chicago from Janu.
My to Is, 1876, 1877 and 1873 Twelve business
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gold, eK prsmium; short sight d., s7k pre-
MUM: an London. l7f IS premium: ON Paris. 4 q ~
premium.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-01-16
The StOekbrldge Fertilizers.

In an article on Chemical Farming"
printed in these columns some fifteen months
ago, we said professor Stock bridges
plan must undergo the tests and trials of
time before its wisdom or its economy can
be considered as established. Ou own ad.
vice, based upon longer experience in this
sort OF farming, probably, than that Of any
other farmer in Vermont, would be 10 touch
it lightly, for the following reasons;
FUst-The supply of these chemicals in
the markets of the world is limited, and any
great rush for them would result in large
advance in price, with the attendant frauds
and authorizations sure to ensue.
!Second-Experienoe has shown US that
continued and exclusive chemical fertiliza.
ton upon the same soil gradually ceases TO
produce the expected results something
more being required by crops than merely a
supply of food in a concentrated form.
Thrd-Not one farmer in twenty has ex-
perience enough to use chemical fertilizers
to good advantage, upon the mere pre-
scription of chemist We shall therefore
not be surprised, within three or four years,
to hear Professor Stockbridge and his plan
denounced on all sides as fraud and a
humbug. Yet his system is founded upon
laws aud principles which are perfectly cor
rect aud sound, and which, in the right
hands, rightly understood aud worked, will
always give true results.
a In our view, however, this patented plan,
Notwithstanding the Wanted profits obtained
under it, is essentially both uneconomieal
and unwise 1t is wanting in economy, be
cause it applies to the soil large quantities
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-01-16
A Logical Conclusion.

If, as contemporary declares, it is futile,
and waste of time to teach young farmers
the elements of the natural sciences and the
meaning of scientific terms, then it follows
that it is worse than useless To call older
farmers together in meetings, such as those
of the Dairymen's Associations and the
Boards of Agriculture, to listen to lectures
from men of science upon subjects connected
with agriculture. This would indeed be to
" attempt chemistry, and veterinary science
and mechanics, and law and som few other
things, all in one week." aud to attempt
them without any preliminary preparation.
This logical deduction from hasty assertions,
made without consideration, ought to cause
the makers thereof to stop moment and
consider where their premises are leading
them, aud the Inconsistencies in which they
involve them
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-01-16
JOURNAL WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 49,

Of costly material which there is no evidence
to show, in any particular case, is needed.
This is the very sort of blind rule of thumb
work which science ought to teach us how
to avoid and not lead us into. The lack OF
wisdom is shown, as it appears to us, in the
obvious effect to be expected from popular
Juror for chemical manuring-viz, a neglect
of home resources. No good farmer ought
to make his main dependence for the fertii-
zation of his land upon purchased manures.'
1t appeare that we gave this experiment
plenty of time to reach the stage of reaction,
when it would begin to be denounced as
humbug. For the past year or two 1t was
mostly tried by the better educated and
reading farmers. Naturally they were the
first to hear of it, and to see and believe in
its applicability, within certain limits and
under the right conditions. They were also
the ones to succeed with 1t; consequently
almost all the early reports were highly favor
able. But last year the contagion spread to
the large class who have not the slightest
knowledge of the nature of plant food OF
this sort, or of the way to use it properly
From these are now coming up the com
plants of unsuccess. They expected a
magical cure-all, and were of course disap-
pointed. They could not understand that it
was simply the same plant food that exists
in crude form in stable manure, and that,
like stable manure, it would not always give
the same results under all sorts of circum-
stances If they had used manure wrongly,
they might have said to a neighbor, That
was the last ever heard of that manure it
did not do bit of good" but they would
not have thought, on that account, of calling
stable manure humbug. They kpop it is
good, though it will fail sometimes the
chemicals they have taken on trust, knowing
nothing about their real nature and the very
first time they fail, making no allowance for
any other cause, they cry "humbug." Moth
ing else could have been expected. Blind
and unreasoning trust is always succeeded
by equally blind and uuintelligent distrusi.
A little of the right knowledge would have
prevented both.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-01-16
"This Humbug Called Rducation.o


Our friend Tinkham still wages war against
industrial education with zeal worthy of a
better cause. In his last article he Insists
that if boy is not to be made chemist.
veterinarian, or mechanic, he should b
taught nothing about chemistry, the dis.
eases of animals, or the principles of me
chancs, In his next article he will, perhaps
go on to show that because a boy is not t.
be made an astronomer royal, he should not
be taught the multiplication table; because
he cannot become an Everett, or Murdoch,
he should not learn to read because he can.
not be an Addison, or Macaulay, he should
know nothing Of English composition and,
finally, because he cannot be Max Muller
he should not learn to spell. The only true
happiness for farmer is utter iliteracy-
in short, ignorance is bliss for every til er
of the soil. q. L. Dr.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-01-16

upon this stone-heap and be looking while
you are praying and he suited the action
70 the word, while the devout little maiden
dropped on her knees and said, Z" Our Father
who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
We've got into trouble and can't find Miss
Eiints pail please show John where tbs. for
Chrlsts sake, amen"
Then she opened her ewes, but Johns tired
aud woesbegone face, aud rnmblinp noise
when was unquestionably thunder. unite
overcame her, aud she sobbinely pleaded
" Dear God, dO make John see that nail RIGHT
of do, please do, for | guess it's going 10
rain" and before she had time To saw amen.
John shouted
"Oh, can see it, En-, YOU needn't pray
any more and in less time than / can
write it, he jumped down and had the Dor.
rowed pail in his hand. You see," he ex.
planned it was by that other stone-heap
and | thought it was by this-they look
most percisely alike"
Their Joy at finding the pail almost made
them forget the on-corning storm, but clap
OF thunder from directly over their heads
caused them to quicken their pace to run,
which brought them home just in time to
escape the rain. A little later, while eating
delicious supper of strawberries with bread
and milk, Emma said, in low voice, with
some hesitation
John, don't you think we ought TO thank
tod Tor helping us about the pail YOU
know We should think it kind of mean or
lmpolite not to thank foNs who had helped
US sos and think Emma was right Don't
You
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-01-16
Apple Notes.

BEN DAvIs.-There is much disputation
over the hardness, and also over the quality,
of this apple. 1t is certainly tender in the
bark, OH young trees, but ours have not died
and the bad places are healing over. Top
grated on crabs, it has succeeded the best
of anything, and we can certainly recon-
mend it for that. 1t is an early and profuse
bearer, and the apple of such good size and
so handsome that they will he very salable
1t is good keeper too. When we got our
first scion from Joseph l.. Budd, of Iowa
(now Professor of Horticulture and Forestry
in the Iowa Agricultural College,, he said
the quality was not high (though it is the
great market apple of the Mississippi valley
as the Baldwin is of New England), but that
the farther north it grew the better it was
The only place east where it has been grown
long is in Huntington county, p. @. There
it is spoken very highly of for profit, and
there is no complaint about its quality,
though it is not claimed to be of the highest
flavor for the dessert. We had about a
barrel last fall, on one young tree, and they
are now in good eating condition. Everybody
who tries them calls them good. We should
not class them much below the Baldwin for
eating, and where they succeed and are
hardy we should advise planting them
But it will not do to recommend them
for the hardest places except topgrafted
on crabs.
BETHEL. Bethel is certainly very
handsome apple, and of pretty fine quality
1t is about as hardy as Ben Davis, and is
good keeper. Yet it does not seem to grow
in public favor. win any of our readers
that have trees of some age (there are none
near us but young ones) tell us what are its
faults, if any. Is it good bearer?
ST.. JoHNsBURY SwEET.-We sent spec
mems of this valuable, large aud beautiful
apple Originated on the farm of Otis Hal.
lette, st. Johnsbury Ceuter) to Charles
Downing this fall aud have Just received
his opinion of it. He says in u letter be-
fore us" | have been eating a specimen OF
the St. Johnsbury Sweet apple to-day, and
find it hardly tender and juicy enough for
a good eating apple, but would think it a
fine baking and cooking apple, and as it is
hardy it will be valuable with you; also its
size and color will make it a good market
apple" Mr.. Downing is very fastidious
Judge of fruit, an old man, eighty years of
age, and considering his wide experience OF
the very choicest apples of every class, we
regard his verdict, as expressed above,
highly complimentary to this, in our judg
ment most beautiful and valuable apple for
| the extreme north.
SCoTT's WINTER.--ln the same letter Mr.
Downing says of this apple-which is the
hardest the most profuse bearer, and the
best keeper we know Of" SCOTS Winter is
pretty apple. and although not of the first
quality can be classed as good, or very good. -
This is just where we have placed it-not
frst-class for the dessert but very valuable
and profitable for all Northern localities,
where hardy winter apples are so few. Fair
for eating, for all other uses it is un.
| surpassed.