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The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-11-26

THERE is an opinion quite prevalent
among farmers that special fertilizers
act as u stimulant upon the soil, bring
out its latent energies and leave it after
a while poorer than before. No opinion
could be more than to suppose
that there is such q thing as stimulating
the soil. Stimulants owe their effects
to their action upon the nervous system
bringing out the latent or resel we'd power
OF the body, sometimes exhausting 1t tc
that extent as to destroy life; but the
soil has no nervous system ana plants
receive no food through stimulation, A
certain amount of heat and moisture
does sometimes seem to stimulate grown
it would be better to say accelerate IT,
Heat and moisture hasten the prepara'
ton of plant food; they accelerate tht
decomposition of the minerals IN tht
soil and quicken the flow of the sap, anf
heat causes the water of the sap &c
evaporate through the leaves. Inc
more rapidly the plant grows the faster
it draws the elements of fertility from
the soil and thus, by making a RAPID
growth, it hastens the exhaustion OF Inc
sni
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-11-26

A Moor QUEsrIoN.-When the use OF
silos in which TO store green fodder Tor
cattle feeding in winter was taken up.
we were getting a little short of questions
for discussion in the agricultural line.
But this one springing up rather sud
denly gives writers something OF real
importance to talk about; and the result
we suppose will be as has most others
an agreement to disagree. As far "a we
have seen we should say that the sides
are strongest in behalf of the dis
covery. AS for ourselves, we shall
wait and see before speaking out decid-
edly one way or the other There is
doubtless something good in the thing,
but we question the claim for it that i,
is all that its advocates say it is. Per.
haps there is a good deal to find out
about it yet. At anv rate it will not b'
an expensive experiment to try, as i
can be done on a small scale by an,
farmer, and he can judge then for MIN
self if it shall be worth trying on n NOR
extensive scale. Assuredly, if DIR
Bailey's claims can be sustained fully
he will prove himself to be "A benrfactoI
to the farmer to a degree far beyon'
anyone else for many a year.-German
tom IeleQrhDh.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-11-26

THE NUTRITION OF Roors For a
long time the absorbing power was sup
posed TO be localized in a special organ
at the end of the root. But this has been
discovered, as the vegetable cone situated
there Is covered with a skin that possess
es little or no power of absorption. The
maximum of absorp tion takes place di-
rectly above this cone, in a part of the
root covered with peculiar fbres gradu-
ally diminishing and disappear, and
higher still the skin itself is exfoliated,
and is replaced by a new tegument that
grows less and less permeable with age.
Both the anatomy of the plant and ex-
pertinent prove that the absorbing pow
er dimin;shes from the point to the base
of the root. The subterraneous nLtTi-
tive fluid of the soil is always very poor
in plant binding substances, of which it
only contains from a few thousandths to
~one-hundredth of its W weight. The
plant soon exhausts the small amount of
soluble matter contained in arabic land,
but this matter is daily renewed by the
chemical action of sunlight, and the va
rious natural agents cause a sort OF d.
gestion to take place IN the SOIL, W.
ing insoluble into soluble bodies. The
fertility of the soil is not shown by the
amount of nutritive matter that 1t can
dissolve at a given moment in water, bu;
by the amount of matter in contains that
with time will become soluble. We
should therefore remember in applying
LIQUID fer ilizers that they should be
largely diluted if we would initiate the
material conditions of vegetation. All
roots possess an elective power Of alb
sorption, as they will only absorb those
substances that are suitable to nourish
them, and reject all others. Each plant
so to speak. follows a diet appropriate
to its own organization and character,
and generally when the sol foes moi
contain the necessary elements, the
plant, instead of adapting its chemical
condition To that of The soil, will suffer
and premsturely iie.-SoieHtife Ap'e''-
can.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-11-26

How much richer than lit.ny of any
n religion is that OF these common
truths of justice, mercy and faith re-
sponded to each other from nation to
nation, around the globe and through
history, across wide oceans and wide
ages, blending in one symphony, where
diverse races are the singers, and al
humanity the choir. and collapsing creed'
are Int the cadences, sinking only Il
swell again INTO a sublimer strain o
worship, proclaiming ever more clearl,
| the brotherhood of Man AID F%atherhooc
| nj Godt-J. IL. Jones.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-11-26

THERE are some COWS from whose
milk it is exceedingly difficult to obtain
all the butter, and if, when the cream o.
a number of cows is put together, the
aggregate yield is not what it might DC
if each cows milk were charned sep
arately, still the extra labor which ln'
latter process would involve wouie
scarcely pay for the possible and mod
crate increase in results. But SHOULD
the farmer pay proper attention to thu
nart of the question. he would soon
learn to so grade his herd that the mil
from his different lows would be SO neal
alike that there would be little loss II
butter from their cream being ehurnet
altogether; this can only be obtained Q,
occasionally churning each cows mill
separately.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-11-26

WE clip from an exchange the follow
ing antidote for %diphtheria. Without
doubt sulphur has preventative and cura-
tive properties, but too much reliance
should not be placed upon such remedies.
Diphtheria doubtless requires heroic
treatment at the outset.
As the season when apprehensions of
diphtheria will be felt is APP reaching. the
following, which has had extensive cir
culation, will be of interest: A few
years ago, when diphtheria was raging
in Englaad, a gentleman accompanied
the celebrated DR.. Field on his rounds 20
witness the so. called ''woaderful cures
which he performed. All he took with
him was powder OF sulphur and a quill,
and with these he cured eUery patient
without exception. He put a teaspoon
full of -four of birthstone into a wine
glass of water, and stirred ii with his
finger instead of a spoon, as the sulphur
does not readily amalgamste with water.
When the sulphur was well mixed he
gave it as a gargle, and in ten minutes
the patient was out Of danger. Brim-
stOne Kills every spteies Vi fungus ~
man, beast and plant in a few minutes.
Instead of splitting u the gargle, he
recommended the swallowing of it. In
extreme cases, in which he bad been
called jus, in the nick of time, when the
fungus was too nearly closing to allow
the gargling. he blew the sulphur
through a quill into the throat, and after
the fungus had sbrunk to allow OF ii.
then the gargling. He never lost a
patient from diphtheria. If a patient
cannot gargle. take a live coal. PIT it on
a shovel and sprinkle a spoonful or two
of -four birthstone at a time upon it, lei
the sufferer inhale it, holding the head
over it, and the fungus will die. II
pleniifully used. the whole may be
filed almost to ~suffocation the patient
can walk about in it, inhaling the fumes,
with doors and windows shut. This
mode of fumigating a room with sulphur
has often cured most violent attacks oil
colds in the head. chest, etc, at any
time, and is recommended in cases Of
J consumption aud asthma
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-11-26

ENRICHING ORCHARDS ANY farmer
who has been accustomed 20 raising
apples and has been uniformly success
full, will doubtless say that if be expects
to get good crops he treats the orchard
as be does for any other crop-he
manure it, and he finds that a
that will do for most other crops will do
for the crop of apples. l. is the neglect
to manure orchards at all that causes
them TO bear SC poorly and the trees to
look in bad condition. There is moth
ing better than wood ashes for orchards,
if we had the ashes; but nearly eV rry
body burns coal except in certfln out
of-the-way sections. and we must
therefore resort to something else. Next
TO wood ashes there is no other fertilizer
better Thar barn yard manure. A liberal
application of this, if only once in three
years, with careful pruning and scraping
of the trees, and ferreting out the borers
and all other insects which lay concealed
under the bark will soon make a change
in the productiveness OF the orchard.
October and November are the best
months to apply the manure and to give
The trunks of the trees a good scraping- OF
of all old bark. If the trunks were Washed
with whale-oil soap, say one pound 10 an
ordinary bucket of water, there would
not be many insects left alive after the
operation. - &c, mantown Telegraph
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-11-26

What doth the Lord require OF thee,
lint TO do Justly and to have mercy. and
to walk humbly with thy God.-Micah
IL g.
1t is recorded of Jesus that shortly be.
fore his crucifixion '.he entered into the
temple. and drove ont the money.
changers with a whip of small cords
If the same process were now to be re-
peated. and the money element, together
with all the vested interests" in eccle-
siaslical edifices and SECRETARY super
structures, we're extirpated, the path OF
the truthseeker would be cleared from
many an obstructive barrier.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-11-26
Farm and Home.

Horses and cattle normally require in
round numbers, four pounds OF water
for each pound of dry substance in their
food, while sheep require but about two
pounds, half as much,
A Mississippi farmer dashes cold
water into the ears of choking cattle.
This causes the animal Il shake its head
violently and the muscular action dis
lodges the obstruction.
A pasture constantly grazed with
sheep or cattle fed one or twice n day
with ~coltonseed meal, will rapidly inn
prove and will develop the best pasture
grasses and white clover.
Sour milk will bring better returns in
eggs than in any other way.
Clean steel with kerosene oil.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-11-26
Pearls Of Thought.

Charms strike the sight, but merit wins
the soul.
G It out of your heads the Infinite de
fusion that you a do as you like and
escape the operation of divine law. De
liver yourselves from the cruel delu'lon
that you can SOW tares and reap wheat.
Marrow. minded men. who have not a
thought beyond the sphere of their
outlook. remind one of the HiDdoo max
inn /; 1.-The snail sees nothing but his own
shell, and thinks it the grandest palace
in the universe"
True friends visit rs in prosperity only
when invited, but in adversely they come
without invitation. -TheophrdstuS.
Be it ours to fasten our thoughts not
on the passions and parties of the brief
to-day, but on the hopes of the long to-
morrow.-Dean Stanley.
Libraries are the shrines where all the
relics of saints, full of the virtue. and
| without delusion and imposture, are pre-.
| served and re~posed.-Bacon
The essential guilt of suicide is un-
belief. despair of Gods love and good
ness.-W. r. Robertson.
Believe nothing against another but
on good authority; mol report what may
| hurt another. unless it be a greater hurt
to another to conceal it.
Old age is the night Of life, as night
is the old age Of the day. Still, nigh
is full of magnifcence; and for many Is
more brilliant than day.-Mada'nt
SWetchine.
He who puts a bad construction on {
good act reveals his own wickedness oil
heart.
A mind that is conscious of its integ
rity scorns to say more than 1t means t
perform.
The use of character is to be a shiel'
against calumny.
The most desirable thing to succeed il
is the preservation of our principles an
the enrolling of our character. Ever,
thing worth having in this world wi
collect around that.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-11-26

The cobs of Indian corn contain a
large amount of potash. Its ashes con.
tain twice tho amount of that mineral
than the ashes Of the willow, which con-
tains more than any other wood. Potash
Is one of the minerals for which the
farme r pays in one shape or another,
large sums of money; and this frequent.
ly when there can be seen lying around
his premises uneconomized quantities o
this valuable material.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-11-26

DRIED potatoes have not yet come into
our market to any extent, but it 10 said
preparations have this year been made
in California for drying large quantities
and shipping them to England, where
last year they met with a ready SAFE IL
machine has been invented for pressing
and drying potatoes SO that iheS WIN
keep for years, and yet preserve thelr
natural flavor. After being thoroughly
dried, they are ground into "a coarse
meal resembling rice.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-11-26

The process of whitening sugar was
discovered in a curious way. A hen that
had gone through a clay puddle went
with her muddy feet into a sugar-house
She left her tracks on "a pile of sugar. 1t
was noticed that wherever her tracks
were the sugar was whitened. Expert
ments were instituted, and the result was
that wet clay came TO be used in refining
auOar-
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-11-26
L. SECURITY

The Company wsc hareed n lsH,a and commenced nhns~in 1sh rhm beer lin successful
operation TO more lhna third o century, 1t hap hdthe widoSs ndorphanso Of. eceMedm mem
49, Us cash assets 1.-THE close of last year amounted to So n695A6as and its net surplus over Ill
liabilities, Including thea mountn required to reinSme Lifts policies vase We 100000 These hge
asesa eals securely invested lin United States Bonds New orkC City and State, Bonds Bonds and
Aongages on Productive properly and other interest PAYING securities Oh hhe e mgnett cnHaceE me
on the aSeus" This remarkable punctuahy in the collection interest is probably without
parallel lint these times and may be accepted as proof positive that es securities are of the safest
knd-0rp poor securya m Invariably means ovedue ntreJ.
The aeadyg oWh of the ew York Le in wealth and prosperity, during tn. past SIX years
since the aneD whenN aional BankSS ayigs banks Railroad Companies anuhcunrg Corpora
insa md Mercantile Finn have been sspendng and hing alW over the countr is olsT emak
able hanis prsent Financial position Tn folowing figures show ths rowthf om yerO yesr"
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-11-26
STArE OF VERMONT, MARLBORO, ss.-Th'

cTATE OF VERMONT, MARLBORO, SS.-The
Probate Court for said District
To all persons interested in the Estate OF JOSEPH
w, SMALL, late of Newfane, deceased, Greeting;
Whereas, CHAs. y DAVENPORT, has present
the last WIN of said deceased, for probate You
are hereby notified that this court will decide upon
the Probete of said instrument at the session
thereof 10 be held at the Probate once IN Brattie-
| horo in said District, on the last Saturday OF NO
yember, A. d. 1880, when and where you may APP
pear and contest the same, If yon see cause.
10 E. W. S~TODDARD, Register.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-11-26

THE best food for fattening poultry is
sweet fresh oatmeal or barley meal,
mixed either with scalding milk or water.
Fresh food should be given three times
II day, and Il variation in the diet is also
conducive to an increased APPETITE.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-11-26
COMMISSIONERS, NOTICE.

TIME undersigned, having been appointed by
the Hon. Probate Court for the District OF
Marlboro Commissioners, TO receive, examine and
adjust all claims and demands of all persons
against the Estate of A. n. STONE, late Of Hall
fax, IN said District, deceased, and all claims ex-
hlbited in Offset thereto, hereby give notice that
we will meet for the purpose aforesaid, at the
late residence of A. II stone, on the attn day OF
December and Esd day of April next, from eight
O'Clock, A NJ. until four O'Clock p. NJ, each al said
DAYS, and that SIX months from the S0th day OF
October, A. D. 1850, is the time limited by said
Court for said creditors to present their claims TO
us for examination and allowance.
Dated at Halifax, this sixth day of Nov. A, D.
1880.
7. p. PROUTY,
IL WARNkR STOWE,j Commissioners
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-11-26
state of Joseph B. Denison, late of Leyden, Mass,
deceased.

UtttdStUs
TNHE undersigned, having been appointed by
the Hon Probate Court for the District OF
Bennington Commissioners, TO receive, examine,
and adjust all claims and demands Of all persons
against the Estate OF JOSEPH b. DENISoN, late
OF Leyden, Mass IN the County of Franklin, de-
ceased, administration of said Estate having been
granted by said Probate Court in this State) and
an claims exhibited in Offset thereto, hereby give
notice that we will meet for the purpose aforesaid,
at the dwelling house of Asahel Gore in Reads
boro, Vt in said District, on the 29th day OF De-
cember, A. D, 1850, and last Saturday OF April,
A D. 1851, next, from one O'Clock P. NJ, until four
O'Clock p. NJ, each of said days, and that six
months from the 5th day Of November, A. D. 1857,
is me time limited By said Court for said creditors
to present their claims 10 us for examination and
allowance.
dated at Readsboro, Vt, this sth day of Novcm-
Der, A. D. lss0.
As%hk[ soER, Commissioners
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-11-26

utCtdstu.
CTATE OF vERMoNT,-Distrct OF Westmin-
ster, IS.
In Probate Court, held at Townshend, in and for
said District, on the sth day Of November, A, d.
1880.
DAVID STEARNS, Administrator of the Estate
of FRANK IL PARNHAM, late of Putney, In said
District, decea ed, makes application to said court
for license 10 sell all Of the real estate of said de-
ceased, to wit: The farm on which said deceased
resided at the time of his decease, situated in said
Putney, representing that the SAFE of a part or all
of said real estate is necessary in order TO pay the
debts secured thereon by mortgage, and that a sale
of a part can not be made without injury to those
interested in the remainder OF said estate Where
upon it is ordered by said Court, that said appllca-
ton be referred TO a session thereof. TO be held at
the Inn of NJ. A Wilder, in Rockingham, in said
District, on the first day of December, A d 1851,
for hearing and decision tn reon and, II is furtl-
er ordered. that all persons interested be notified
hereof, by publication of notice OF said application
and order thereon, three weeks successfully IN
THE WINDHAM COUNTY REFoRMER, a newspaper
published at Brattleboro, and which circulates IN
the neighborhood of those interested, before said
time of hearing, that they may appear at said time
and place, and, If they see cause, object thereto.
BY THE COURT.
is Attest. C. B. EDDY, Regr.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-11-26

STATE OF VERM0NT-District of Westmln,
- ster. IS.
In Probate Court, held at Townshend, In ant
for said District, on the sth day Of November, A,
d 1880
DAVID HOWARD Administrator of the Estate
of LUCY s. HIGGINS, late of 1ownshend, in said
District, d~eceastd, makes application to said Court
for license to sell all Of the real estate of said de
ceased, to wit: A dwelling house, lot and out
buildings situated in the said town of Townshend,
representing that the sale of a part or all of said
estate is necessary to pay a mortgage lien thereon,
and that a sale of a part of said real estate cannot
be made without injury to those Interested IN the
remainder. Whereupon, it is ordered by said
Court, that said application be referred to a SEES
sion thereof, to be held at the Probate ONCE, In
said Townshend, on the 4h day of december, A
D.. 1880, for hearing and decision thereon and, 1t
is further ordered, that all persons interested be
notified hereof, by publication OF notice OF said
application and order thereon, three weeks sue
c~essively in THE WISDHAM COUNTY REFoRMER, a
ne newspaper published at Brattleboro, and which
circulates in the neighborhOod of those interested,
before said time of hearing, that they may appear
at said time and place, and, If they see cause, OBJ
ject thereto.
By THE COURT.
10 Attest. O.. B EDDY, Regr.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-11-26
Leland 4 Gray Seminary,
TowNsHEND, VT.

mall TERN begins Wednesday, Aug,
II 25th. Four experienced and successful
assistants. Ample opportunities for the best In
s~truction to those ftIing for teaching, college, or
business. EFExpenses low. Engage rooms early
hy visit or letter, and come Tuesday. hull par
Tvs Q Q. porvros. rassp.i
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-11-26

Cut in West Philadelphia, the other
day, q man knocked 8 ~three-story house
down with 8 single blow Of 9 hammer.
He was an aucdonssr.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-11-26
q PROFIT.

The following comparison between IN investment ina Tonune,I Investment Policy 1.-THE New
York Life and a similar nveamen in a wenmen pec cent bnd.o rm ID ga, inEs ank paying
per cent compound nteNs,p provost hi aperonyo of the nyeamentp policy WHETHER THE PERSON
DIES OR LIVES
KIND ~ PoucY-Tweny yre endowment on neenyar TOntneI Investment phn: Age at is
anHaf The fGnx eaEh A heirs Will ucWe
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-11-26

MENTAL AND PHYSICAL EXHAUS-
ul ton, Nervousness, Hysteria, Night sweats,
sleeplessness, Cough, Emaciation and Decline are
at once arrested by MALT ITTER This origi-
nal and Incompatible FOOD MEDICINE Is rlcn III
nourishment and strength. 1t feeds the BODY ana
the brain 1t regulates the stomach and bowels
cleanses the liver and kidneys, increases the appe-
tite, and enriches the blood. Health, Strength ana
peace of mind are sure to follow its daily use. IRE
pared by the MALT BITTERS COMPANY from
Unferrnented Mot and Hops, and sold everyWhere'
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-11-26

From the Gov Bondr From the Ins Co Eoes Of Prof.
Fear Savinc sank Pocy and eId prnu. IRON the ms 20
18th year-"-.......-.s TsS SLg N%S
Is nots Tonhne Invetmentp policy the BEST PAYING invetment
Is not 1.-THE New York Life Insurance Company the sAFErp place to put your money!
II Remember that this Company is purely mutual 1t has no smkholder 10 abs rba my pauo
the prohu Ania ccumulahon belong to the policy holders are Distributed among them
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-11-26
Kere and Hereafter.


"Creeds, empires, systems, rot with age
INT the great peoples ever youthfui;
And Ii shall write our futures page
TO our humanity more truthful;
The g~narliest heart hath tender CORDS
To waken at the name OF protneIi ,vord.
And time comes, when brain scorpion woIos'
We shall not speak to sting each other'
He Leadeth Me.
IN PASTURES green9 Not always: sometimes ne
Who knoweth best. In kindness lenuetn ne
In weary ways, where heavy shadows De-
Ont of the sunshine warm and soft and bright
Out of the sunshine into darkest night,
of would faint with sorrow and alright
Only for this-I know he holds my hand,
Az whether In green or desert land
1 trust, although l may not understand
And nv still waters , NO. not always SO
Outlines the heavy tempests round me blow,
And DER my soul the waves and billows CO.
But when the storms beat loudest, and l cry
Aloud for help. the master standeth by,
And whispers to my soul l. itisL"
Above the tempest wild hear him say.
'Beyond This darkness lies the perfect day,
In every path of thine / lead the way
40. whether on the hill tops high and fair
Idwell, or In the sunless valleys. where
The shadows lie-what matter? he is there.
And more than this where'er the pathway lead
He gives to me no helpless. broken reed.
hut his own hand. sufficient for my need.
30 where he leads me / can safely go;
And in the blest hereafter | shall know
Why, in his wisdom he hath led me SO.