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ssTom '' Hughes and Tennessee Trees. From Hughe Letter from Tennessee in the specta- tor.l
 There are few more interesting experiences than ride through southern forests. The scrub is so low and thin that you can almost always see away for long distances among pine, white oak, and chestnut trees; and every now and then at ridges where the timber is thin, where 8 clump of trees has been ruthlessly 'girdled," and the bare, gaunt skeletons only remain standing, you may catch glimpses of mountain ranges of different shades blue and green, stretching far away to the horizon. You can't live many days up here without getting to love the trees even more think, than we do in well-kempt England; and this outrage of ''girdling' as they call it-stripping the bark from the lower part of the trunk, so that the trees wither and die as they stand-strikes one as kind of household cruelty, as If man should cut of or disfgure all his wlfe's hair If he wants tree for lumber or fire wood, very good. He should have 1t. But he should cut it down like man, and take 1t clean away for some reasonable use, not leave it for scarecrow to bear witness of his recklessness and laziness Happily not much mischief of this kind has been done yet in the neighborhood of Rugby, and a stop will now be put to the wretched practice. There is another, too, almost as ghastIy, but which no doubt, has more to be said for it. At least half of the largest pines alongside of the sandy tracts which do duty for roads have a long, gaping wound in their sides, about yard from the ground. This was the native way of collecting turpentine, which oozed down and accumulated at the bottom of the gash but I rejoice to say it no longer pays, and the custom is now in disuse. It must be suppressed altogether, but carefully and gently. It seems that if not persisted in too long the poor, dear, long suffering ktrees will close up their wounds, and not be much the worse; so trust that many of the scored pines, springing forty or fifty feet into air before throwing out branch, which passed may yet outlive those who outraged them. Having got rid of my spleen, excited by these two diabolical customs, can returnsto Jour ride, which had otherwise nothing but delight in it.
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These exact quotations from the two platforms and decide which suits the business interests of the try best
 Platform.
 GA Tariff that will discriminate i'm favor of American nLabor.''-Republican Plat
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To Advertisers,
 Geo. P. RoWeIl & Co.'s Select List of Local Newspapers.

An advertiser who spends upwards of S, 900 year, and who invested less than S350 of it in this List writes: Your Select Local List paid better last year than all the other advertising did, It is not a Cooperative List.
 It is not a Cheap List.
 It is a Honest List.
 The catalogue states exactly what the papers are When the of paper is printed in full face type it is in every instance the best. When printed in capitals it is the only paper in the place. The list gives the population of every town and the cireula tion of every paper.
 The rates charged for advertising barely fifth the publishers schedule. The price for single States ranges from g to s8O The price for inch month in the entire list is $625 The regular rates of the papers for the space and time $2 ESQ., 14 The list includes 9o2 newspapers of which 187 issued daily and 765 weekly. They located in 788 different cities and towns of which 26 State Capi tas 363 places of 5000 population and 468 Coun ty Seats. For copy of List and other information address GEO. P. HOWELL CO,
 10 Spruce St., New York
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

The parade last evening was grand affair, and great credit is due the efficient workers who arranged it and carried it to successful conclusion. Did you notice the business and professional men" who are Republicans?
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lfrOu the LOnuOn
 A great change has taken place of late years with regard to the estimation in which badness is held. Fifty years ago it was view ed as a serious infiction, misfortune to be concealed by wig or a velvet skull cap. In some cases, no doubt the wig was intended to deceive, and to give juvenile appearance to the wearer. In the majority of cases, how ever, the covering was so plainly artificial that it was clearly adopted not from motive of vanity, but simply to hide an unpleasant object from the eyes of the world. Of late years, however, partly, 1t would appear, from the habit of wearing boards having come into fashion, badness is far more com mon than it used to be. It may be nature furnishes to each human being a suficiency of what may be called hair ointment to sup port an average quantity of hair, and that when men allow their boards to grow they do so to the detriment of the natural cover ing of the scalp. Certain 1t is that large proportion of men with boards begin to grow bald at an abnormally early age. Hitherto. however they have, when question ed, been willing to allow that they regarded the lack of hair as drawback to their per sonal appearance. They will now be inclin- ed to take higher ground, for IHe BritEsh Medical Journal tells us that in a lecture on Badness Professor Fournier says: "There is nothing ridiculous or malformed about it, and it confers upon the physiognomy an ex- pression of wisdom, experience, and venera- bility. It adapts itself marvellously to cer- tain heads which would be deformed by 8 wig, and is the severe beauty represented in sculp- ture by the classic head of Eschylus." This is consolation indeed. Henceforth let man bow before the severely beautiful let there be an end of the unguents and oils, and let depilatories take their place upon the toilet table. Let the thoughtless and giddy keep the hair upon their heads, but let all who value the possession of the severe beauty of Eschylus get their heads as bald as billiard ball without an instant's delay.
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For State Senators. 2d District-JOHN S. CHENEY of Manchester. 4th District-CHAS. H. FARNAM, of New Haven 9th District-EDW. F. JONES. of North Branford 9th District-C. F. WHITE, of North Stonington.. 10th District-P. T. BARNUM, of Bridgeport 12th District-OLIVER HOYT, of Stamford. 14th District-HENRY HAMMOND, of Killingly. 18th District-A. P. BRADSTREET, of Thomaston. 18th District-WM. ". WILCOX, of Middletown 2Oth District-E. c. DENNIS, of Stafford
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STATE REPUBLICAN TICKET.

For Representatives in Congress. 1st District-JOHN R. BUCK, of Hartford. Sd District-JOHN T. WAIT, of Norwich. 4th District-FREDERICK MILES, of Salisbury.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-10-28

ELECTIoN DAY is coming; Before it arrives all II should be supplied with B pair of Durants Scotch Pebble Spectacles at 8 50 regular price $OO large line of Spectacles, Eye Glasses and Clocks. good assortment of Watches and Jewelry at J. H G DURANTS 3S Church street. near Crown. All kinds of repairing done at short notice and warranted give snt1sfsction. F. S.-Specialty, Watch and An Gque clock repairing. ol6
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For Sheriff. sw Haven Co-FREp,K ROTSFORD. of New Haven
Why General Grant IS a Republican.

For Judge of Probate. EARLLISS P. ARVINE, of New Haven.
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One of New Haven's most respected and honored citizens, who has been in the bad habit of voting the Democratic ticket, in- forms us that to his certain knowledge the slanderous and wholly unwarranted attacks made upon Mayor Bigelow by the Democratic papers of this city have had the effect of in- creasing the Republican vote. This is natur- al. Those who know Mayor Bigelow cannot but feel indignant at the way he has been treated in his own city.
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The Reantx of Badness,

New Haven, Oct. P.
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LIBRARY 1@s UNIVERSAL KNOWLEDGE.
Chambers's Encyclopaedia.

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The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-10-29
Fall Flowing

1t is often very difficult to convince
farmers hat fall blowing of stubble
ground, or OF that which has been occu-
pied by crop during the previous sum
mer, is of any particular advantage II
is true that immediate benefit is not Of
ten apparent, but it will usually be seen
in the crops of the following season.
Weeds and late grasses are soon killed il
buried in the ground, and the dry stub
BILE and other vegetable matter, if turned
under, will decay and add far more TO
the fertility of the soil than if left TO dry
up or be blown away or carried off by
the rains and melting SHOWS. In addi-
ton to the destruction of weeds and the
saving Of vegetable matter that would
otherwise be lost, the soil is left in con.
dition to be readily acted upon by the
frosts and rains in winter. Where it is
desirable 10 deepen the soil by blowing,
the tall Is the proper season IN which to
do 1t, for then the coarse, hard subsoil
brought to surface will be exposed to air,
frosts and rains of winter, all of which
act together in breaking il down, disin-
tegratIng and fitting it for the reception
OF the seeds of cultivated plants Thou
sands of insects that have hidden away
just under the surface at the approach of
cool nights will be disturbed by the
plow, and either killed or exposed to the
attacks of birds and other enemies
Whenever circumstances will permit. the
land should be plowed in the best di-
rection to prevent washing away in win
ter, and then cross-p!owed in spring.
The farmer need have no fear of stirring
his land too much, or too often. in order
TO obtain remunerative crops.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-10-29

FEEDING TKoUGHs FOR POULTRY =
Feeding t:ough- for poultry, properly
constructed, ought to be generally substi,
,uted for the wasteful practice of feed
ing from the ground. Where there is a
scramble for the food that is thrown he'll
ter-skelter, yhe weak are prevented by
the strong FROM getting their share until
the latter are satisfied and the food is
trampled in he dirt. 1t is no advantage
to fowls to eat sand, dirt or gravel mixed
with their food. The gravel and other
indigestibe substances necessary to the
proper triluration of their food in the
gizzard can be given separately and
should be. A simple trough may be
made, defended by Stats placed vel Ideally
on a convenient angle, with space Fufii-
Gent for the passage of the head, thus
preventing the trampling and soiling of
the food, which will not be wasted AS is
the case whore it is thrown carelessly on
the ground.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-10-29

The trials and the temptations Of this
life are all making us tit for the life to
come building up character for eter-
nifty. You have been in piano manu-
factory; did you ever go there for the
sake of musicP Go into the tuning-room
and you will say: This is dreadful
place to be in, cannot bear it, thought
you made music here" They say: mo.
we do not produce music here; we make
the instruments and tune them here, and
in the process much discord is forthcom-
ing" Such is the church of God on
earth. The Lord makes the instruments
down here, and tunes them, and II great
deal of discord is easily perceptible, but
it is all necessary to prepare us for the
everlasting harmonies up yonder.- Spur
9e0n.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-10-29
TRYING TO HELP Gop.-A little q

TRYING TO HELP CODA little girl
seeing the servant throw the crumbs into
the fire, said. Don't you know that God
takes care of the sparrows?" "If God
takes care of Them" WAS the careless
reply, I'VE need not trouble ourselves
about them" But said the little girl,
Il had rather be like God. and help him
take care of the little birds. than scatter
or waste the food that he gives US" So
she carefully collected what was left of
crumbs and threw them out of the win.
dow. In short time several little birds
flew eagerly TO the spot and picked up
the crumbs she had scattered. After
this she every day collected in a little
basket the crumbs and bits of bread thai
had fallen around the table threw them
out Of the window for the little birds.
and during all the winter these little
creatures came regularly sitter esch meal
to partake of the food thus provided for
their support. How beautiful it was to
see this little girl TRY help God" as she
said. and thus early learning TO be kind
10 the helpless OF Gods creatures.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-10-29

STEPS OF PROGRESS. Horace Story of
lrasburg, keeps about twenty cows, AMI
having no barn cellar, had an idea that
quite large quantity of liquid manure
passed through the floor and was lost
He therefore took up his floor and dug n
pit under the stable, the whole length,
and three feet or more in depth. This
he did last fail. Last spring he found
the dark liquid was two and half feet
deep, and he drew out fifteen loads of
twenty-five pals each Ohree hundred
and seventy-ive pail) which lowered
it only six inches. He finds ii very easy
to handle. He uses "a tnb that has for
merly been used to draw sap in the sugar
place. A spout is arranged TO spread
The liquid over as wide "a space as the
width of The wagon. The spout has in
its bottom halfinch holes two inches
apart. and delivers full streams. and af
ter pulling the plug the team will go
thirty OF forty rods before the tub is
einptied. The tub is filled with home
made pump. 1t is easy work to handle
it, Mr.. Story is making another vat I'M
der another stable. The dirt dag out is
full of the most powerful manurial salts.
and, when supplied 10 the land, it will
more than pay the expense of digging
and cenenting the vat Wdtchnad1.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-10-29
How to Pot Plants.

The first consideration in pottins
plants is 10 have the soil in il snitabl,
condition, neither too wet nor too dry
Just in friable condition. II too wet
il will bake hard together, and prevent
the roots of the plant penetrating il
readily; if very dry. The ball will no be
Of The proper tifmness throughout, and
some difficulty will be found in getting
tie water for the first two or three water
ings TO go through it. TIE pot should
be perfectly clean, inside and cut; and
if il has been used. before. it should tbe
well washed and dried before usIig 1t
again.
IL shifting IL plant from smaller INTO
II larger poi, take The ok OF tae plant
between The fore and middle fingers OF
the left hand, placing the bottom of the
pot in the iignt hand, turn 1t upside
down, and give the rim OF the pot Two
or three raps on the edge OF Il Iaoic or
your potting bench; this will loosen the
bail, and you can then readily hit the
pot from ii. AS Il general rule, III shift
ing plant from smaller o u larger
pot, select a pot IN which the pot you are
shifting from can stand readily. Rooted
ontting. sbonId AT first have a two or
,hr,. sn,.h ~, and b.. sh;t,ed from thasa
No -. ~. r nooon,a nh ~ ROOFS p,utors
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tarrai ' ainn,olar of ,ha I'm H., Ill
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We c,oran;n,s irons;a. an a' sia-;a.
,ian,s 1,,,t,rnn,., ~, ,,I,h, i,oh ~, ' ,ha
sehn,,Ia ,,'' ,aI,,,, a., sf = a'1, r. ''s
$3.50 s,,>,.' W .'nou w. w.. :. a"u n,''e .He
no,taa i, M s.fns'siyad not
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tor nil ~ ,,1,si,a,S 800. ~ tlo';
tho hot,o,n oc .ho ~. i, ~ -, ~. :,
nroyartad ~, arr,, f,,a, -, -
= he'd mo +, i, nov, ,,;r,,,,,r,, Nv rs, ~,
cultivators, as it really produces the diff
Guilty it was intended to obyiate. bv
largely reducing the size of the hole. If
the hole gets stopped no it can readily he
cleaned out with knife or n sharp stick
When potting cutting put a little soil
in the bottom of the pot, then take the
plant in your left hand, and letting the
roots hang loosely in the pot, and keep
ing the neck of The plant in the centre,
with your right hand or small trowel
fill the soil into the pot, bump the pot
down on the table or bench IA few times
10 settle the earth evenly, and then firm
ly press it down with the thumbs, not
filling the pot full, but leaving a sufli-
cient space at the top for watering. If
the plant to be repotled is an established
one, take it out of the pot in the way al
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-10-29
GLASS clolh is being nude in Germany

GLASS cloth is being made in Germany
At Gauden rel the artist and glass spin
ner, A. PrengaI, of Vienna, has estab
isbed his glass business, Offering. car
pets, cuffs, collars, wells, etc., made Of
glass He not only spins but also weaves
glass before the eyes OF the people. The
Otherwise brittle glass he change into
piablc threads. and uses them for max
Ing good. warm clothing by introducing
certain ingredients, which IRE his secret,
and thereby changing the entire nature
OF the glass. He makes white curly
glass muff5; also ladies' bats Of glass,
with glass feai hers. which ar lighter
than real feather. Wool made # class.
it il said, cannot be distinguished from
the genuine article. Glass is IA non con
ductor. and the time may not be distant
when it will cause revolution in DIRE. 8
materials.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-10-29

Now is the time 10 feed new corn t.
the pigs and to keep it far from the hor'
SEES that have been accustomed to div
feed Many farmers are now out OF old
corn, and begin to feed new corn to their
horses, and, we may add, begin to have
hor, es with 3olic II one has Il horse
that he is feeding like an OK or pig, just
to fat en- him, it may do to feed HIM new
corn, provided he ls not put al any hard
work. But now. more can be made OUT
OF corn fed to hogs than at any other
time. The condition of the feed and
weather aie especially favorable Tor max
ing cheap pork. If the corn stalks are
grt en-, and the ears well filled. II u IN
prime condition TO feed 10 hogs. 1hey
will eat it all, and thrive rapidly. The
corn crop is promising. Cheap corn
makes cheap pork. New corn is the
cheapest. and warm weather is most IA
vorable for laying in fat
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-10-29

GATHER THE LEAVES The lie ives that
| fall from tho trees in autumn may be
turned to good account il they are gather
ed and used for litter in the stables.
They furnish an excellent absorbent for
liquid manure and are OF themselves Il
valuable fertilizer, as they contain larger
per cents of potash, and phosphoric acid
and other essential elements of plant
food. To gather the leaves rapidly II
lob 9. headed rake provided with stout
teeth should be used, and the leave load
ed into cart or wagon, I'D taken TO II
place whore they may BIZ kept dry and
handy for use. Besides the direct value
of the leaves, The rakiDg of them from
the door-yard4 for eximpie, gives it II
neat appearance, when it woul ! other
wise look i'll kept.-EG.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-10-29


The EPIzooTIC. New York sur.
geon thu. speaks his mind ON the horse
disense: IL think, that men eminent in
medicine ught to pay more attention to
this disease 1t is only mefciful and Just
to this noble animal aud friend to man
10 give him the benefit OF science and
learning. and not only 20 cure his disease
but to see that they are prevented
When | was medical student in Dublin
in 1886 Il disease siminr in every respect
to this disease now prevalent, and that
ragged more tiercely in 1872, broke out
among the horses The disiemper as
sumed a virulent type, SO much so that
if smallest particle of the matter dis
charged from the horses nose should
come in contact with n human being he
would also catch the disease | knew of
dozen men who were accustomed to
handle horses who took the disease and
died. Their symptoms were the same
as those of the horses VINO died from the
disea e. noticed that the disease was
more prevalent and more fatal in stables
where horses were huddled together.
First, as TO the prevention of the disease:
1t consists in separating the animals, put
ting them in stables completely ventIlat-
ed. and in keeping horses clean. tie
mistake that people make is in simply
providing for complete ventilation. The
air that comes into the ST. bic cant drive
out the ammonical gases. the odor of ex-
cremeDt and of rotten bedding. The best
ordere stables arc scarcely ever so ar.
ranged that the perspiration and the
odor Of perspiration is carried from the
horse and out of the stable. Long con-
tinued animal heat will produce disease.
Now. as 10 the cure of the disease: First,
the horse must be quarantined Just as
child il quarantiBed when il Is taken
with diphtheria. That was the way the
disease was checked in Ireland in 1886
The animals were fed on healthy feed,
and kept thoroughly clean and dry. Then
the treatment was sample. Ii was n
weak solution OF carbolic acid injected
into ths nostrils. They must be kept alb
solutely clean. The bowels were moved
once or twice a week, and every day
diruretic was administered With this
treatment and prevention the disease
was not only eradiested in 1886. in Ire
land. bu; it has not appeared since that
time.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-10-29
PUMPKINS THAT CANNOT BE. BEAT

PUMPKINS THAT CANNOT BE BEAT
We were recently shown number OF
remarkable pumpkins. Twenty of them
were growing on one vine The vine
measuring i55 feet in length, and the
pumpkins weighed, when taken Fl ON the
vine, 30l pounds. The largest one 10 IL
pounds and the smallest pounds, rms
remarkable vine. with its pumpkins,
grew on the farm of A. f. Thomas,
Chesterfield, N. II We think it is some
pumpkins. Can any one match them!
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-10-29
SKILLFUL SURGERY =!
X EN- oval of Urinary CaIcUli by the
knife.
A LUCKY MAN.

Mr.. Simeon Tietsell, of Saugerties, n. y, had
been treated for seven years by various physicians
for what they call Structure of the Urethra without
benefit He finally consulted DR.. David Kennedy,
nondout, N. Y, who found his trouble to be Uri-
nary Calcu or Stones in the Bladder The Doctor
at once removed the foreign bodies with the knife
and then gave his great Blood Specific, "Favorite
Remedy" to prevent their reformation. The en-
tire treatment was eminently successful, and Mr..
Tietsell's recovery was rapid and perfect.
While "Favorite Remedy" is a specific in all
Kidney and Bladder diseases it is equally valuable
in cases of Bilious Disorders. Constipation of the
Bowels and all the class of ills apparently insepa
rable from the constitutions of women. Try 1t.
Your druggist has it, and its cost il only dol
lar a bottle. The lucky man is he who puts this
advice in practice. Don't forget the name and ad-
dress, DR.. David Kennedy, Rondout, N. Y. The
Doctor would have it understood that while he is
engaged in the introduction of his medicine, ''Fa-
vorite Remedy" he still continues the practice Of
his profession, but confines himself exclusively to
Office practice. He treats all diseases OF a chronic
character, and performs all the minor and capital
operations OF surgery lml0
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-10-29

ing houses and private families, the slops
arc left standing 10 pollute the air Of
bedrooms till such an hour of the noon
or afternoon it pleases the servant to re-
move them. The cafelessness on this
one point in boarding schools has much
to do with tho bad health of scholars,
and the epidemics which brighten pa
rents and mystlfy principals. Toledo
DIn,Is