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Sharp County record., 1878-10-03
FARM TOPICS.
Thoughts for Dairymen.

1t is very evident to the most casual
observer that "new departures - must
be taken in the dairy districts with a
view to increasing the revenues, or
rather, adding to the capabilities and
production'of the farm. The success
full farmer of the future will have to call
in aids other than his dairy, to secure
the income he ought to have from his
land. When dairy products sold at high
prices the farm required no other reve-
nue. than that furnished by the dairy to
enable the proprietor to come out even
at the end of the year, or with hand
some surplus to reward him for his la
Dor. The average dairy COW would
produce $50 or $40 worth of butter,
cheese or milk, as the case might be,
and hence no thought was ever given to
the production of other articles which
would yield returns in themselves. The
dairy supplied all poor COW would
yield at fair profit, and thus, gradually,
the minor farms and auxiliaries were
abandoned and the dairy became the
farmers one source of supply. With
hard times and lower prices, however,
came new demands and new inquiries.
How can the revenues of the farm be
kept up to the old standard, or made to
cover the same grounds is now the vital
question with the thinking farmer.
In answer to this question we would
say he must revise his old methods,
must take an advance step, and enroll
himself among thinking, active men of
the day. A college education is not
necessary to do this. Good, practical
common sense will put a man on the
right track and keep him there. But to
descend from generalities
First, the dairy herd mustSbe toned
up to the standard of three COWS giving
the same amount of milk that five COWS
are now supplying. "Increased pro-
duction without increase of stock" is
the coming maxim of the dairy. To
reach this standard there must be an
abolition Of the system of "going West
after cows" or its equivalent, as prac-
ticed in so many dairy districts, and in
its stead the farmer must breed his own
stock. He must not be content with
"any thing but cow" but must pro-
cure bull from some well known milk.
ing strain and raise his calves from his
best COWS. If properly managed these
will, at two years of age, begin to fill
up the ranks of the old and defective
COWS, and almost before he is aware of
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Good Tools

Good tools are half the battle in farm
ing, some one has said, and it is indeed
true. 1t is a great deal easier to work
with good tools than with poor ones. |
have tried both and am decidedly in
favor of the former. Good tools are
far cheaper in the end than poor ones.
1t is true poor ones usually cost less to
begin with, but the purchaser can not
do as much work with them as with
good ones, and then, again, there are
many more repairs te be made, SO that
at last they are the more expensive. For
instance, a farmer wants set OF cart
wheels; his neighbor has two sets which
he must sell, therefore he offers them
cheap; one set is nearly as good as new,
while the other has been run many
years, and are, of course, weak in some
places. He don't know which to buy,
but finally concludes to take the old
ones, as they are few dollars cheaper,
and he thinks they will do his business
as well as the others. So he takes them
home and goes to work with them; they
do very well for a few days, but finally
he gets on too heavy a load, drives over
little stone, and--whoa! his wheels
are broken down. Now, he is in a bad
fix; his team must lie still day or two,
his work must be neglected; perhaps it
is planting time; or he has a lot of hay
out; and he must 60 off right in a rush
of work and get another set of wheels
or have these repaired up, costing all
told double what it would to have taken
the best at first. So it is with wagons,
plows, moving machines, horse-rakes,
and, indeed, all other tools which a
farmer uses. 1t is my opinion, and that
of many other farmers, that "the best is
the cheapest" Therefore, when you
want any tools. first find where you can
"get the BEST" and then buy them.
The care of tools is very important
matter. The thrifty farmer will pro-
vide shelter for his tools as we'll as for
his animals. A shiftless farmer can al
ways be told by the way in which he
leaves his tools when not in use. 1t IS
not an uncommon sight to see tools left
where last used, until wanted again. L
can now point to a moving machine,
nearly new, which is out doors partly
covered with snow, where it has been
since last hay season; also rakes, plowss,
wagons, and, in fact, nearly all kinds OF
farming implements. Now, this is most
certainly very bad economy, to say
nothing about the bad looks of the farm
yard cluttered up in this manner. Ii
the destruction to farm implements,
through exposure to the weather, could
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Ants in q Passion.

f. f. Coleuse, writing from Natal to
Nature, says: 81 noticed this morning
that along the bottom of the front wall
of my house, on the veranda, there lay
quantity of reddish brown powder;
there was enough to fill Il coflee-cup.
On looking closer | saw that it was made
up of small and larger fragments which
glistened, and on inspecting some in my
hand they turned out to be the heads,
legs, trunks, etc., of countless ants. A
number of the animals were still on the
wall above, and my attention
being now arrested | watched them, and
saw that they were contributing to the
carnage beneath. This species of ant is
a small, comparatively harmless one,
the chief sin of which is that it makes
its way to every species of food and
swarms on it. AS is usual with ants,
the general body of insects is accom-
panied by larger individuals, which are
provided with heads and jaws quite dis
prOportionate to their bodies, and with
these jaws they do all the cutting up.
Among the ants on the wall there was a
large sprinkling of these "SOldier ants, y"
and the whole community seemed to be
bent on destroying them. The proper
ton OF eavy-jawed to ordinary ants was
about one to ten. l saw group of lit
tie ones fastening on to a big one, which
made desperate efforts to release itself.
At first the big one bit several little ones
in two and the parts dropped down
from the wall; but after while the lit
tie ones severed all the legs of the big
one, and finally got on his back
and cut him in two. The group then
dropped down to swell the mass below.
Similar scenes were enacted elsewhere
on the wall The commencement of one
combat was as follows A big ant walk
ed along till it met another big one and
the two shook antenn9. Just then a
little one seized hold of a hind leg of one
of these big ones. Neither took any no.
tice, but continued rapid conversation.
Suddenly other small ones came up,
when the big one whose leg was grab
bed turned furiously on the little one
and seized him by the middle. This
could not be done until the big one had
doubled himself up; as soon as he had
hold of his small antagonist, he lifted
him in the air and shipped him in two.
Meanwhile all the big ones legs had
been seized by little ones, and the party
seemed to turn over and over, little bits
tumbling down, now leg, now half an
ant, till the big one was vanquished.
The ant is most assuredly subject tc
passions. The way in which the big
ant turned on the little one was singu,
larly indicative of rage. The determin'
ed manner in which he laid hold of the
little one was quite human. If [ had
had a magnifying glass, the scene would
have been really exciting"
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be computed in dollars and cents, we
should certainly be astonished at the
large sum it would amount to in five
years. All farming tools should be well
painted or oiled. Plows should be thor
oughly cleaned every time they are used,
and when you have done with them for
the season, a coat of oil should be APP
piled, both to preserve the wood work,
and to protect them from rust.-NetU
ENGLAND Farmer.
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- hare elegant, light, wholesome rolls, Is
,jts mufiins, watfles, or corn Dreau ,,ar aUi
Efsst; no grumbling or sour faces ti,en thesn
Pry's % YEAST POWDER makes all theSe
-s ,,orfpctiOn itself.
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a., ,r FAMILY MEDICINE.-Dr. WI Wi
q 9ht4I .; Periodic or Fever and Ague Ton
g q Ane 1afa Of ipcurabIe Chills has yet pre-
no .sif casT - where this scientific and s@aIe @
ga nssn, fns been employed. No case has
icine haS so obstinate as to resist its prompt
Iounr tatl = ~ action. No man has been SO re-
T5asteIl}I }Ior;oI "ia influences, but with its use
Cd by naIarlai ,1n nerfectiy iTS reconstructed No
c"'S ~ purgatTe required with this meaieIae, 9aG
50, o1 dSks XII FISLAY 81 Co., Proprietors, Ne"
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II diseases of the BlOOd.--If Vegetne will
Ve pain cleanse, purify. and cure such diseases re-
NC the Patient to perfect health after trying differ
musicians, many remedies, suffering for years. is it
0nclusive proof if you are a sufferer, you can be
d? Why is this medicine performing such great
81 HwOrks in the blood in the circulating fluid. 1t
1uly be called the Great Bl1Od PWifeT. The great
:e Of diSeaSe originates in the blood; and no med
that does not act directly upon it, to purify and rem
], has any Just claim upon public attention.
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!. ,r,cfI AIRS regarding Electric Belts free rec
an. 1p,iirprmacher Galvanic Co., Clncln.'O'
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'urifies the Blood and
Gives Strength.
DU QUoIN, ILL, Jan 81, 1878.

g. H. r. STEVENS:
Dear Si1-Your "vegetine' has been doing wonders
flne Have been having tie CbtHS and Fere1 con-
3cf0d ID fhe swampS of the South nothing giving me
lief until began the use of your Vegetne, it giving
9 Inmediate relief, tOning up my system, purifying
blood, living strength; whereas all other medicines
3akene. me and filled my system with poison and
satisfied that if families that live in the ague dis
lets Of the South and West would take Vegetine two
three times week. they would not be troubled with
"Chifi the malignant FeUeTS that prevail at GER
Ii times Of the year, save doctors bills and live to
I'd old age Respectfully yours,
j. L. MITCHELL.
Agent HenderSOn's Looms, st. Louis, No.
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,..y have a cheerful ne castq3a %hin in
sof tne hpS g{yen over, the officials al,
stlsms mt : a Biz folding.screen witt ,,pai
ou' ;soIafe " his bed from the rest
sh .nsg ,nsId The effect must be re-
Be- Rsh1y Tst inspiring, both upon IT. the eopn pa
I I'M ss;rself and upon the other occu-
:. n, u fbe ward. - E1cha1ge'
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NV family should keep Swiss Tonic and
ser III, he Without the great Ague cure.
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+ enf, per day athome. Samples worth So y.
IA NH free. Address STINsON & Co.. Portland'M
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r AMERICAN MANUF4cTURERs,@,5 a
oyon 70 Oscar Oscar H., King of Norway ana n.I
Majesty .ont OSt 70 the Mason & Hamlin Or
den, Ben . naS cramd senv " Swedish Gold Medal IN
Co. tne Of Srthe tbe superiority of their cabinet
gnItion oil ,,adol tnI liz Is surmounted by crown
u.s. 1he me l,,eui side the inscription "Litteris
oea.s pears g and on the other, around @ Iorv une
rIous King, "Oscar H., Syee' Nory, ,n
o. tne Hn Reyn This honor will be the
b. lan9' i nr rt tbe Company from the fact
yalesai Mais:tv U3 oscar II. is known to De a
iii7 .'r mr rgo gojs;eur of highest attalnmeh'S'
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YTyHE proprietor Of Bakers Chill King offers 500
for case Of Chllls he can not cure. Price u per
hole $5 Sold by all druggists, or sent oy express
20 receipt Of prize bp J. BASER M p. onnOfK' @t'
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:, rxtra Mixed Cards, with Name, SEM NJ
N assfpaid for 1Oc. Frontier Card Co., Franklin W.
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RIBBON, RUBBER and CHEQUE
* Stamps. Seal Presses, Dies, Dates, etc.
POSTMAS IERS' Stamp with dies. Send stamp for
circular j. GOLDsBoRoUGH, 919 Market ST., Pniiad a.
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! + Fine Mixed Cards, 1Oc.; % Chrome, lUc, on'
~ ~ =. tuo alike, 1Oc. AHUNT CO., FtScotthall
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xI,. satisfaction

! BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
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ii Mixed Cards Snowflake, DamasK, E,.SsG &c, no
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s Fsasbjonablc Cards, no alike, withname
"A ~ nogfnaid, GEO. l. REED & CO., NassanNS-
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7IfI,OX & GIBBS Elegant Cabinet case
ce1inc Machine. All latest improvements alla any
,e,fect orter Manufacturers price 300 WaISep
81 ~ sssb f, E PRATT IS Jacksonst, Cnlcago.
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-02-08
The Batchelder Forgery Case.

The examination of j. H. Batchelder,
the alleged forger, was at Middlebury
Wednesday. The notes forged were
indorsed by his father-inlaw, Peltiah
Cove, and Gove's brother of Lincoln.
His friends claim that the Goves will
swear that they signed the notes in
blank, and left Batchelder to fill them
out, thus saving him from state prison.
If they do, Sheriff Trip will probably
be called, and will swear that on Friday
when he attached Batchelder's property
at Lincoln he conversed with the Goves,
and they expressed great surprise when
he told them that they were on Batch
elders note for $4,000, saying that they
had only signed note for $500. On
their producing the note which had
been given up to them on renewal at
the bank, he found that the figure four
of the $4,000 had been blurred, and the
5 made over it; but, on looking at the
back of the note, he found the bank
figures where it had been discounted
for $4,000, which had not been erased.
If this evidence is produced, the oath
of the GOves that they signed the notes
in blank will hardly clear Batchelder,
besides rendering them liable to pros
ecutiOn for perjury. The note was
written with the s near the end of
line and the 500 at the beginning of
the next line, the figure being inserted
on the line with the 3. 1t Is said that,
i'll the examination by the officers of the
bank, they found $4,000 of Batchel-
der's paper i'll one of the pigeon-holes,
of which there was no minute on the
bank books.-Bascom, the ex-cashier of
the Brandon bank, has recovered from
his nervous prOstratiOn, and will APP
pear as the principal witness against
Batchelder, and John A. Conant, the
president of the bank, will also prob
ably he an important witness. The
Montpelier bank is reported involved
to the amount of $1,000. and three other
individuals there $1,000 more Batch
elder was representative at Mont
pelier in the last Legislature from Lin
coin. His modus Operandi lately seems
to have been to under-sell all compe-
tItors, thereby monopolizing the mar
ket. 1t Is said that he was accustomed
to offer his lumber at $3.50 per thou
sand less than other dealers, and thus
force sales at ruinous prices. A party
III Montpelier, who had yearly con-
tract with him, remarked that he
(Batchelder) lost over 500 on each car
load he shipped to him. TThis party is
now out $1,000, so that his balance sheet
shows gain and loss, too. 1t is rumOred
that Batchelder has creditors all along
from Montpelier to Boston and Michi-
gan.-Sprinqfeld Republican.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-02-08
A Disastrous Storm.

A snow storm of wide extent occurred
last Thursday and Friday visiting all
the southern part of New England, ex-
tending as far west as Michigan and as
far south as North Carolina. While we
were enjoying our few inches of snow
and sun-shney weather, the cold and
lnhospItable regions south of us were
experiencing a terrific storm of snow ac
companied by wind. In the vicinity of
Boston and in the city itself the snow
was piled up to the depth of five or six
feet, covering fences and rendering To-
comotlon exceedingly difficult. The
trains out of Boston and through the
adjoining states were either DELAYED or
entirely stopped, and all kinds of bust
ness were more or less interfered with.
The train due here on Friday evening
was three hours late on account of the
snow. The storm ragged along the At
lantlc coast also, and the steamer, Me-
tropolls, ON its way to South America
with $50 souls on board became "a per-
feet wreck on the North Carolina coast
where the Huron was recently wrecked.
She was driven about for "a hours by
the gale when she struck, and only
about 50 of those on board had swan
ashore and been found safe at last ac-
counts. Two hundred and fifty of these
passengers were day laborers on rail-
roads, and were principally from New
York and Philadelphia. There were
Life Stations" along the coast but no
assistance was sent to the sufferers.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-02-08
The Bland Silver Bill.

Below we give the original silver bill
us presented to Congress, and as
amended:
BE it enacted, etc., That there shall
be coined, at the several minis of the
United States, silver dollars of the
weight of four hundred and twelve and
a half glains Troy of standard silver, as
provided in the act of January eigh-
teenth, eighteen hundred and thirty
seven, on which shall be the devices
and superscriptiOns provided by said
act; which coins, together with all sill
yer dollars heretofore coined by the
United States of like weight and fine
ness, shall he legal tender, at their
nominal value, for all debts and dues,
public and private, except where other
wise provided by contract; land any
owner of silver bullion may deposit the
same at any United States coinage mint
or assay office, to be coined into such
dollars, for his benefit, upon the same
terms and condition as gold bullion is
deposited for coinage under existing
avs.
The Senate Committee struck out the
words above included within the brack-
cts and in lieu thereof inserted the fol-
lowing, which is the text of the bill now
under consideration in the Senate:
"And the Secretary of the Treasury
is authorized and directed, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, to purchase, from time to
time, silver bullion at the market price
thereof, not less than two million dol
lars per month, nor more than four mil
lion dollars per month, and cause the
same to be coined into such dollars.
And any gain or seigniorage arising
from this coinage shall be accounted for
and paid into the Treasury, as provid-
ed under existing laws relative to the
subsidiary coinage provided, that the
amount of money at any one time in
vested in such silver bullion, exclusive
of such resulting coin, shall not exceed
five million dollars"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-02-08

enter into the last election. In mat
ter of so much importance, and respect
ing which there are such wide differ
ences of opinion, justice and prudence
alike demand that the deliberate YER
dict of the people upon il should be
waited for before final action is taken,
Without reference, then, to the views
of the old Wing party, we hope the
President will not hesitate boldly to
exercise the power given him by the
Constitution, preventing, if possible,
the passage of ii measure which the
great body of those who supported his
election consider dishOnOrable and per-
nicious, and allowing time for the peo-
pie to reach sober and mature judg-
ment upon the question at issue.-BOs-
ton AdUertiser.
If rattlesnake should get at large,
would there be any hesitation at club
bling it to death because of cruelty
We think not ; and yet mad dog is
nothing but a rattlesnake on legs
AthoI Transcript.
1t is wise and becoming to let such a
man as Bristow know that his services
and devotion are appreciated and shall
not be forgotten. Administrations may
forget and politicians betray, but the
people remember and are steadfast.-
North adams Transcript.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-02-08
A Long Endured Imposition.

For several years the travelling pub
lie has submitted to an imposition
which is trit1ing in itself, but amounts
Ill the course of a year to thousands OF
dollars, which come out of the peck cts
of those who buy a through tickets from
Boston to any city south of New York
or vice versa. The ticket carries with
1t the obligation of the railroad cOmpa-
MES to carry the passenger Oh his ar
rival III New York to any depot or to
any hotel, with the usual amount of bag
gage. Persons coming from Washing
ton who desire to stop over in New
York find that a charge is invariably
made by the express for delivering their
trunks to any Of the hotels, though no
charge is made when the baggage is de-
lIvered ut the depot. The sum is small
per package, but it must amount to a
very large SUN during the year. A few
days since Boston gentleman remon-
strated when he found that the hotel
had charged him for delivery of his
trunks, as he had ticket from Wash
Ington to Boston with a coupon which
guaranteed that his baggage would be
delivered free of expense as above stat
ed. The hotel clerk stated that he had
been Informed many times of this fact,
but as the express messenger on deliv-
erlng the packages demanded payment
they were obliged to pay. Having Il
little spare time the gentleman visited
the express office, and was informed
the matter would be looked into and
the money sent to the gentleman at the
Motel, this assurance having been given
under the impression that for so small
sum the gentleman would allow the
matter to rest. In this they were de-
celved, for the gentleman called the
next day, when the money was refunded
thus admitting that the money was I'M
justly extOrted. 1t will be difficult to
abolish swindle which pays some one
well. The railroads in this city which
sell these tickets are no doubt liable.
1t would appear that the proprietors of
the leading hotels in New York ought
to combine and protect their guests
from the petty imposition. - Boston
Journal.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-02-08

~ The responsibility of the Tariff
vile (Ct.,) railroad disaster,-in which
a train returning from Moody meet
ing at Hartford, crushed through a
bridge, killing fourteen personals
never likely to be fully settled. The
weight of testimony before the corener's
jury favors the theory that one of the
locomotives got off the track, running
against the side of the bridge-an ac-
cident liable to break down any bridge.
There are those, however, who believe
that this disaster was the result of the
blacklist villany. In short that some
one removed the spikes which held the
rails On the bridge, causing the loco
motives to leave the track and break
down the structure. In support of this
theory there are these facts: For some
time before the affair the superintend-
ent of the road had received anonymous
letters threatening that, if certain en-
plOyes were not discharged and others
put into their places. something would
be heard to drop" After the accident
another anonymous letter was received
IN which this passage occurred: "Did
not warn you? Haven't you heard
something drop ?" The letter was in
the same handwriting with the one
first alluded to, and bore the same post
mark, that of Plainville. Detectives
have been investigating the case and
expect to be able to arrest the author
of the letters. The superintendent of
the Boston s. Albany road has received
similar letters lately and yet there are
people who want to abolish capital
punishment, and who say they don't
believe in a hell.