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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-09-25

People in Spain are in great doubt as
:, whether the King will die natura
death, be assassinated or get married.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-09-25

Talmage is still exciting great interest
in England as the only American preach
err who can twist his legs up over his
shoulder and use it for neck-t;e.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-09-25

Book agents travel on their che k; tie
silver dollar on its chink
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-07-25
save Absorbcn.s for the stable.

1t is a good time now, while the weather is
comparatively dry, 10 collect and lay up dry
soil to use in the stables for absorbing tn,
urine which would otherwise be partially or
wholly wasted. Loan, dry muck, sand or
sawdust may each be used with advantage for
taking up and holding the liquid excrements
of the stable. That substance will be the best
which can be obtained most readily Saw
dust near mills, muck from the low meadows,
and loan or sand from the fields, will each be
preferred by different farmers, according 10
the circumstances surrounding them In
those sections of the country where grain
raising is carried on as leading business,
the straw is used as an absorbent quite freely
by the best farmers We have seen il spread
over cattle yards to the depth of q foot or
more III some sections of Vermont and Cana
da, and such practice is highly commendaLle
where straw is abundant; but in dairy dis
tricts the farmer often finds il far more profit
able to use his grain straw for feeding pur-
poses. Muck from the swamp makes an
excellent absorbent for stables, hog pens and
cattle yards, but it should be dug out and cx-
posed to the action of the weather ut least a
year before being used. Wet muck. fresh
from the swamp. is no absorbent at all. and
some kinds may be really injurious TO the land
if applied i'll the crude state rs il comes fresh
from the boys. Any farm soil, if tolcrably
free from stones, will make good absorbent
for the stable and barn yards.
If one has waste land that Ae does lot care
to cultivate, or Il he las more than hc can
properly use by the ordinary methods, il may
not be bad plan to set apart small area in
some out.of-tAe-way corner to draw from for
this purpose Plough the ground to kill yege-
tation and make it easy to shovel; then cult
Vate to dry the surface, when the top may be
/ .,y.., ! ]
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-07-25

The first waste l would speak of is an actu-
al one Of the manure itself. Ride with me
through the country in autumn and winter,
and what do We see On a majority of
farms the hogs are enclosed for feeding on
some side hill which cannot be cultivated. or
on the border of some stream where the ma
nure will be washed away by the first heavy
rain, and yet hog manure is, next to that
made by poultry, the richest on the farm.
The cattle are fed and managed through the
winter without any reference to saving their
manure. If stabbed through the night, they
are turned by dav into large muddy barn
yard or outot, where the larger part, or all
of their droppings, both solid and liquid, art
wasted Even the manure from the horse
stables is so managed as to be of little value,
being pitched out of the stable window and
allowed TO accumulate in a conical heap, so
that it becomes dry and fre-fanged, and of
comparatively little value. The straw, in
stead Of being used in the barnyard and at the
hog pens as an absorbent is left in a corner
of the field or the wood lot, to lie for years
and slowly waste. In a ride of thirty miles
through grain growing district, last week
saw more than hundred of these wasting
straw stacks. In one place l counted twelve
in sight and l saw as many as four on a sin
gle farm of one hundred acres, the accumula-
which we find these wastes were very fertile
producing large yields of grain, there might
seem to be some excuse for this neglectful
waste but when we find on those farms
fields producing from twenty to thirty bush
els of corn to the acre and from eight TO
twelve of wheat, what shall We say as TO the
management of the owners?
But even after the farmer has accumulated
a pile of manure, there is often great waste
from the management and manner of apply
ing ii. The usual custom of our farmers is
TO haul their manure out in spring in a
coarse condition, and apply it to the surface
and plough it under for corn My expert
ence for many years leads me to believe that
much of the fertility Of manure thus managed
is lost. All that think will be necessary to
convince any farmer that there is a great
waste Of fertility in the common method of
handling manure will be a little experiment
ing. ! would suggest the following: Put in
a pile at some suitable place, four two-horse
loads of manure and with shovel and fork
turn it as many times as are necessary to
make it fine. Then harrow and roll spot in
your wheat field, so as to make il smooth and
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-07-25

HAVE A F1sH-poND IF You CAN.-It is not
every farm that can have fish. pond on it,
but there are many farms that could have
them as well as not. Wherever there is n
good strong spring to feed it, there a profta-
Die fish-pond can be made. Hundreds of
farms have swamps or marshes, too low TO
drain without great expense, and fed by
springs and these could be turned to profit
able account by turning them into fish ponds.
We don't mean profitable in the way Of max
ing money, but in savingit. The flesh of fish
is u wholesome diet, better every way than so
much fat or measly pork. We know plenty
Of farmers who scarcely taste fish from one
year TO another Not because they are not
fond of fish, but because they can't get them
without going some distance after them and
paying good price in the bargain. pond
of an acre or so in extent, stocked with varie-
ties adapted to the place, would furnish an
abundance of the very best meat, costing
nothing to produce it, either As to the catch
ing. it is only sport and that part can he safe
ly delegated TO the boys or girls We are
sure. also that such an institution on the farm
would prove one Of its chief attractions. if
your boys are inclined to leave the farm We
write from knowledge in this matter having
in earlier days caught many n nice string Of
fish in pond that was formerly a swamp.
During one dry August the owner with two
of his boys. went into it with plough. scraper
and shovel and in short time had pond of
nearly an acre in extent This he stocked
with fish common to the sluggish streams of
the neighborhood aud some procured at a dis
lance and for years thereafter it proved to be
the best acre on the place.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-07-25

fine and spread this fine manure over given
area--it may be a half or a fourth acre, as
you fancy-but adjoining it, on just half the
amount Of land plough under the same guam
tity Of manure from the same pile, but with
out handling and flung the first received,
shall be greatly mistaken If the crop is not
much better where half the quantity of fine
manure is applied at the surface, and shall
even expect to see a second crop grown with
out applying more manure, as good on this
plat as the other
But there are other wastes Of fertilizers on
the farm. If everything at the hen roosts,
the privy, the Stops from the chambers and
the dirty suds from the washing. were saved
in a way that would render them available
who can tell how far they would 90 in keep
ing up the fertility of the farm l am salts
fed that have increased the yield of wheat
eight bushels to the acre by composing four
bushels of night soil with an equal bulk of
sifted woods mould, and drilling it with the
wheat, and the same amount of hen manure
managed in the same way gave as good re-
suits. Yet on most farms these substances
are wasted without n thought of their value.
But leaving the loss of fertilizers, l wish to
say something of the loss of fertility. The
great causes of this are overcropping aud
washing, and the remedies, rotation of crops.
and the sowing of rye and clover to hold the
soil, and to be ploughed under for green ma
nure. believe that there is no need of re-
ducing the fertility of farm, and that it is a
suicidal policy to so manage as TO do ii but
it is not only renters who are doing so, for
hundreds of farmers are killing the goose
that lays the golden eggs" by their manage
ment. In all our cropping and planting, we
should remember that the farm is our capital,
and that increasing its producing capacity
means adding to our principal, while reduc-
ing it is taking away the means by which
We live. 49, Waldo IN tie Practical Farmer
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-07-25

At the beginning of farm life, in order to
learn the most approved methods, l employed
a tirst-class farmer and gardener, fresh from
England. He persisted in a mode of cultva
ton precisely the reverse of what had been
used to see-allowing the mangels aud sugar
beets, the corn, potatoes, peas, beans, cucum-
bers, melons, tomatoes, cabbages, etc. TO 60
without any Milling up. The mangels and
sugar beets stood high above the ground, the
dubious parts exposed to the sun, many of
the mangels falling over and growing crooked.
The part of the cucumbers above ground,
which insisted was rather root than stem,
and should be surrounded by earth, was left
entirely exposed to the sun. | thought the
sun would parch the roots, and they would
break or be injured when the stem should fall
from the upright to a horizontal position.
The Englishman would have his way, but
agreed ! should treat some of each sort of
plants in my own way. So few OF all sorts
were hilled up, and fully as well worked in
other respects as his, during the season. For
a few weeks mine grew as well As his. and the
cucumbers, peas, etc, bloomod as early. AZ
ter one gathering of cucunbers, peas, etc.
and the dry season set in, mine persisted
while his continued to bloom and bear and
so Of the melons. My potatoes made about
half a crop of small tubers, dug from dry
hills his yielded bount,ously of large ones,
dug from moist earth, at the same time in the
same field. So with the mangels. sugar beets
etc. The hilled peas, beans, etc, fired carly
in the season, and succumbed to the drought
Without this experience, if one had said that
Milling up growing plants would kill them,
should have joined in the response of mill
ion farmers, denouncing it as false and CON
trary to experience because they did not per
ish on the day they were lilled up. Ever
since I have avoided killing and ridgrg about
growing plants, and cultivated the soil as lev
ely as possible Co,feYoidchc, u tie -lm-
eLIla. kdlmer.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-07-25

for the preservation of their corn fodder for
winter use. They will indeed be forced TO
this from the changed conditions of our farm
ing, and for the purpose of furnishing the
best forage for winter mich cows It is also
a question if the beet-sugar industry may not
assume such proportions in New England as
to call for the erection of such like silos in
which to store the beet pulp, which is known
to be very valuable feed for mich cows,
sheep and fattening cattle. If this is done
few things must be remembered. Our eli
mate is a trying one, and in order to erect
thoroughly frost-proof silos, they would need
to be built entirely under ground, or nearly
So having frost-p proof coverings, and well
banked passage leading from the silo to the
feeding stable 1t is hardly possible to be-
lieve that they will ever be constructed suf-
ficiently solid and thorough, level with the
ground, to resist the cold and frost of our
New England winters. They can be, of
course, but the expense in that case would
very likely be greater than the benefits or adj
vantages would warrant. But comparatively
inexpensive underground pits or silos may yet
come into considerable favor with our farm
ers, in connection with the new methods Of
farming and cattle feeding, and we shall re-
cord the construction of the first silo in New
England with much satisfaction. Upon the
correct solution of the methods of feeding live
stock depends the future profit of farming
here. american CUltiUdtOT.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-07-25
VEGETINE
PUrifes the Blood, RcnOUdtes and
HciOOrates the Whole System.
ITS MEDICINAL PROPERTIES ARE
Alternative, Tonic, solvent ana
Dlurctic.
ITS MEDICINAL

VEGETINE is made exclusively from the juices Of
carefully selected barks, roots and herbs and
strongly concentrated that 1t will effectuay eradicate
from the system every faint Of hcrOfulR, scrOfu.
lOus IHumOr, TumOrs, Cancer, Cancer
Gus HumOr, ErysipelaH, salt Hheuni,
ConLer, Fatntnena at the stomach. and all
diseases that arise from impure food Sctatica,
lnha mniatOry and Chronic RheumatiHn.
Neuralgia. GOut. and spinal Complaints,
can only be etfectualy cured through the blood
For Ulcers and EruptiVe Diseases Of the
Skin, Pnstulcr, Hsitnpies. BlOtches. Boitr,
letter, AcRid Head, and RingW Orn. VEG
EtINE has never failed 70 effect permanent cure.
For Paths In the Back. Y idney Conn
plaintS, DrOpHy, Female weakness, Luz
cOrrhwa, arising from interior liberation, aud
uterine diseases and General Debility, VICE
TINE acts directly upon the causes Of these CONF
plants. II invigorates and strengthens the whole
system acts uponthe secretive organs, allays inham
nation, cures liberation, and regulates the bowels
For Catarrh, Dyspepsia, Tabitunl Cos.
uNeness, PalpitatiOn uf the Heart. Head.
ache. Piles, NerVOusness, and General
PrOstratiOn Of the nervous system no medicine
has ever given such perfect satisfaction as the VEG
ETlNE. II purines the blood, eli auses all the organs
and possesses controlling power over the nervous
system.
The remarkable cures effected by VEGETINE have
induced many physicians and Apothecaries whom we
know TO prescribe and use It in their own families.
In fact, VEGET1NE s the beet remedy yet discov-
cred for the above diseases and s the only reliable
BLOOD PURIFIER yet placed before the
public.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-07-25

During the past ten years many facts have
been -monstrated which 60 20 prove that at
tentou to health matters, hitherto neglected,
viii result in the decrease Of large amount
Of mortality. Typhoid fever cholera diar-
rhua, dysentery, diphtheria, and in a great
degree consumption, are all diseases of the
preyentable class. Among the most import
ant considerations for all is the drainage Of
their immediate premises, as well as a gener-
al interest in the drainage of the neighbor-
hood in which they reside Soil is both al
air-carIior and a water carrier, and it contains
a great variety of solid matters. Gases Of all
kinds will find their way through the soil.
Houses act as suckers to the ground on which
they are built, because the air inside is warm
er than the external atmosphere, and so sew
er gas, coal gas and indeed any other case
Gus matter, may be drawn from the earth be-
low into our habtations, and take the place
of pure air. Foul air from cess-pools has
been sucked into houses from great dis
lance. In how many cases around detached
houses it is the prevailing custom to throw
all Stops and refuse Immediately outside the
back door, so that a heap of decomposing or
ganic matter and pool of dirty water collect
and remain from one years end to the other {?
Far too often the slops are thrown carelessly
upon the ground in the vicinity of the house,
or permitted to run into a neighboring ditch,
in the one case keeping the soil near the
house saturated with offensive, putrefying
filth in the other case hardly less produc-
tive of nuisance, fouling the air The slops
may be carried by drain TO a small water
tight tank in the garden, aud thence bailed
out as occasion may require on the garden
The cultivation of garden crops may be car
ried on with great success by the use of slop
water thus collected. In farm houses the
cesspool arrangement for drainage purposes
is the rule. The cesspool should be placed as
far from the house aud as far from the water
supply as practicable, It is better made of
brick cemented, or if of wood, with thick
layer Of clay pudding Cesspools should be
placed, if possible, at a remote corner of the
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garden so that their contents can with the
aid of pump and hose, be adyantageously
expended in fertilizing the soil. But if not
so utilized, cesspools should be emptied at
regular intervals of a few months Wherever
any regular system of drainage exists, the
continuance Of cesspools is inexcusable. A
depot Of sewage in the immediate vicinity of
dwelling houses must result in a certain
amount of atmospheric impurty, and may
cause a dangerous fouling of the water sup
ply, resulting in aggravated disease among
the inmates. - uHirdtOr.
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1879
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For Sale!
THE SMALL VILLAGE FARM AND BEAUTIFUL
RESIDENCE KNOWN AS
8 B H L A I r !"

- I - IA l. LIZ
Pleasantly situated Greeuleaf street West Brattle-
boro, w. only six or eight minutes walk from post
oihee, stores, churches, Academy and other schools
The farm consists Of nine acres Of land Of which
about two are Woodlot aud pasturage watered by a
brook the other seven being level arabic and highly
productive, with frontage Of than fifty rods on
the street thus afording good number Of eligible
building lots.
The dwelling house, Of two stories, having good
cellar yerHnda in front and one side and an l.
part with dormer window, contains fourteen rooms
all so arranged TO accommodate either one or two
families. The other buildings include barn sheds
carriage apartments, ice house, hennery, &c.
The place is supplied with an abundance Of both
well and running water at house and harm The fruit
trees nearly AL IN their prime, number more than
l5O and include all the best varieties Of apples few
pears and ounces. The street is lined with thriving
sugar naples for shade; the grapery Of young and
choice vines, Is ample and wei placed the fences
walls, hank-walls underground drains, and buildings
Of every kind, are all wen arranged, wen made and
in good repair.
For further particulars inquire Of the proprietor on
the premises OF address CELLAR"
Mest BrattlebOrO Vt
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Little Champion.

rTNHls well known and favorte Horse will be kept
Il Il my barn in Marlboro during the present STA
sou. To correspond with the times, have reduced
the price Of service, to warrant, 70 IS.
WARREN HIGLEY.
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tdiniHy he paisHfaLtlfy Of Intentions.
L, II. EDDY, solicitor Of Patents.
IAOEIALs.
81 regard MIR. Ebay one Of the most capable aHd
success practitioners With whom have had ON ciGl
Intercourse" CHAS. MASON, Com r Of Patents.
Inventors cannot employ person more trust
worthy OF moro capable Of ~ for them carly
and favorable consideration at the Patent Ofhoe.'
EDMUND BURKE late Com'r Of Patents.
BosToE, oct. 49, 1870
r. H. EDDY, EsQ.-Dear Sir: You procured for me
in lsiOmy iirst patent. Since then you have acted
for and advised me in hundreds OF cases and pro-
cured many patents, reissues and extensions. have
occasionally employed the best agencies IN New York
Philadelphia aud Washington, hut still give you al
most the whole Of my busincss in your line and ad
wise others to employ you.
Yours truly GEORGE DRAPER.
Boston. JAn.l, 1879.
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without Ponds Extract Accidents,
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are relieved almost instantly by external IpIl..
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HYDROCARBONS or PILES d = l1s
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when al other lOdI.s f-llc1 10 args-t bleed
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wher"
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