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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-29
NOTES.

A scarcity of harvesters in some parts of
Ohio has brought the young women into the
grain fields.
The Michigan Supreme Court decides
that any combination for the purpose of arti-
hcially affecting the price Of any necessary of
life is illegal, and money advanced for such
purpose cannot be recovered.
A Hartland farmer makes the following
prediction Rotten, mouldy feed, FIVE years
hence, will not be considered the best thing
to make sweet butter, and, at the end of that
time, silos and ensilage will be placed in the
rubbish heap of obsolete things
More than forty cases of scarlet fever hav-
ing appeared at Keswick, in England, the
medical officer traced their cause to a dairy
from which the infected families received
their milk Both typhoid and scarlet fever
haverecently been traced repeatedly to diaries,
but how the poisonous germs are commun-
icated through the milk has not yet been dis
covered.
The live stock shipped across the At.
lantic to England are great sufferers and
martyrs. During the year which ended in
last February the number of animals trans
ported was 242, GS1 of these 1868 were
washed overheard, 156 died from exposure,
512 were sufTocated, 63 died for want of ven
tilation, 1927 died from exhaustion, and 3i91
were thrown or driven overheard during
stormy weather. These figures tell a melan-
choly story.
The COW Jersey Queen" of Barnet owned
by Josiah S. Kenerson, of Barnet, gave from
May 20 to June l, $50 pounds of milk, aver
aging 40 Big pounds per day, which made
20 pounds y ounces of butter From June
to July l, she gave 1896 pounds of milk,
averaging 4G4 pounds of milk per day, which
made IN fNOunAa 81 Of ht,ttar A 20
tai of 1881 pounds of milk, making 100
pounds II ounces of butter, between the 20th
day of May and the LIST day of July.
The Angus cattle are fetching higher prices
now in Scotland than choice shorthorns.
They are taken hold of eagerly by noblemen
and gentlemen of large estates, who, until a
few years since, considered them of little ac-
count, and rather too plebeian to pass into
their aristocratic hands. The best of this
breed brings, usually, one to two cents more
per pound in the London market than the
best of any English breed, and the bullocks
can be reared at least ten per centum cheaper
than horned cattle.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-29
California Trout,

The successful breeding of trout by artifi-
cial means requires great care, and skill which
few possess. The greater part of those who
have attempted it have failed to find it profit
able. 1t is claimed that two species of trout
found in California can be propagated artii-
cially better than our brook trout, and that
they grow larger and will live in water where
the common trout would perish. Possibly
the attempt to restock our streams with trout
would be more successful with these species
sc. w. Co." of Grafton, sends to the st. Al
bans Messenger, among other articles con-
corning these trout, the following extract from
the eleventh report of the commissioners of
fisheries of the state of New York for the two
years ending December 81, 1875
Our previous reports have mentioned the
high expectations we have had of the benefits
from introducing into eastern waters the trout
of California, which we have called respeo-
lively the mountain trout and the McCloud
river trout. These anticipations have not
been disappointed, and we believe we shall
have conferred the greatest possible boon upon
the anglers, not only of New York but of all
the Atlantic states, by the acclmatization of
these fish
They are not quite as beautiful as the ma
tive ttouti wanting US tney DO the carmlne
specks but are not much inferior in appear
ance, and in the matter of flavor and taste
are fully their equals. But for hardness, for
certainty in Matching, and for safety in rails
ing, they are far superior, aud in game quail
ties more than their compeers. SO vigorous
are they that person accustomed TO strip
ping trout will at first have difficulty in hand
ling them. They take the fly as readily as
trout (sal0ao Jontanatis), and make a better
fight against capture, and will grow to six,
eight, and possibly ten, pounds. OF these
the mountain trout has the finest game quail
ties, and the McCloud river trout attains the
greatest size.
We have reason to believe, from the char
acter of the streams in which they are found,
and which are for part of the year roaring
torrents and part of the time succession of
half-dried-up pools, that they will endure a
much higher temperature than our trout.
With one or the other of these varieties we
hope to stock the head waters of the Hudson,
the Mohawk, the Genesee, and those of our
larger rivers which are too warm for our ma
tive trout, while at the same time we shall
give to the private breeder and sporting anR-
Ter exactly the fish he wants. In order that
the grounds of our confidence may be seen,
We will give our experience with these fish
In the spring of 1875 we received 800 eggs
of the California mountain trout from Mr.
Newell OF San Francisco. OF these 800 hatch
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-29
Agricultural.
Danger From che Use Of rarl. Green.

Danger From the Use OF Paris Green.
We still question il there is not danger
from the accumulation Of Paris green in the
soil from its continuous use from year TO
year. 1t is frequently used in much larger
quantities than is necessary TO kill the bugs.
We have already put into the cultivated fields
of Vermont more than 100000 pounds of
Paris green, more than enough to kill all the
inhabitants Of the state with every living ami
NAL within il. If it is insoluble in water it
may be taken up by il in q mechanical solu-
ton, rs 1t is in the process of applying il from
the watering pot and when the soil is drench-
ed with rain from violent storms it may be
carried into streams and springs below the
fields. A half pound of Paris green, If evenly
distributed over an acre, might, no doubt, in
ordinary cases, be used with entire safety,
but when the same quantity or sometimes
more than twice as much, is applied two or
three times year, and repeatedly at different
seasons it may be questioned whether it is
not injurious to the soil and dangerous to an
imal life. When Paris green began to be
generally used for the destruction of insects,
the American Entomologist said, it might Gin
jure the soil il used repeatedly" To test its
effect on the soil, peas were planted at the
Department of Agriculture, in soil mixed
with Paris green, where they failed to germi-
nate and rotted immediately. Peas from the
same lot Of seed planted in unadulterated
soil terminated and grew finely, but died i'm
mediately when transplanted into soil mixed
with Paris green. The proportion of Paris
green used in these experiments is not stated.
Doubtless it was much larger than would be
likely to accumulate in the soil from any or
binary applications in killing insects; but
every one that has used the poison on potato
vines, knows it easy to apply enough to kill
the plants and these facts indicate that the
soil may be injured by its repeated use,
though the quantity used in one season may
not be large enough to have any apprecable
effect.
The above estimate of more than 100, 600
pounds of Paris green that has been applied
to the potato fields of Vermont, is made by
allowing an annual average of only one-half
pound to the acre, for six years, the number
of acres planted to potatoes averaging about
$4,000 A few have used as high as three
pounds to the acre, and perhaps the average
is not less than one pound, which makes an
aggregate of more than 2O0,0 900 pounds of
this dangerous poison, which, by the latter
estimate, has been sown in the cultivated
fields of Vermont--more than twice the guam
tity that would be sufficient to kill every liv-
ing animal in the state, including man.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-29

Mr.. Sargent, director of the botanic garden
and arboretum of Harvard college, calculates
that there are 200, 900 acres of unimproved
land in Massachusetts, which could at once
be covered with larch plantations with advan-
tage, and that If so planted their net yield in
so years would be considerably more than
$1,000, 100000.
The above paragraph is copied TO illustrate
tie reckless use of figures that is sometimes
made in paper computations of profit. Two
hundred thousand acres is about equal to the
area of eight or ten townships, and the net
value of the larch timber that could be grown
in fifty years on this quantity of waste land
is estimated at 1000 million dollars, which is
four times the value of all the property, real
and personal, in the state of Vermont If the
Harvard college man could live to see the re-
suit of his larch-panting theory put in prac-
tice, he would live long enough to see the need
of revising his figures, if they are really his
and not an error of the types. Five thousand
dollars an acre for the timber grown on waste
land would be worth fifty years of waiting,
for the benefit of posterity if not for our
own. But there are thousands of acres in
New England where timber of more value
than the laroh has been growing for centu-
ries, that are worth less than $50 per acre.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-29

cd they lived and grew till they we're three
years old, and commenced 10 spawn in the
spring Of 1873. They then weighed pound
apiece, and only 25 Of them had died. The
remaining 275 gave GA, 900 eggs, which when
Matched were distributed throughout the state,
with the exception Of II 600 retained at the
hatchery for breeders. In the spring of 1879
there were still 2GO Of the old fish alive, and,
being older and larger than the year previous,
produced $4,000 young. These were all dis
tributed but 81, 900, of which we have scarce
ly lost any, so that we have now, in January,
1880, some 250 five years old, 1900 two
years old, and "a, 600 one year old. In 1881
the IL, 900 would be three years old, and sup
posing there are only IA, 1000 living, and that
the females average GOO eggs, they will give
over 1000, 900 young. OF the McCloud river
trout, 5000 eggs were obtained in 1879 in OK
change for an equal number of our brook
trout eggs. They Matched in the spring of
that year, and we have now by actual count,
made while moving them from one pond to
another, 4742, showing loss of only five per
cent. in both Matching and raising, which, as
all fish breeders know, are the more difficult
operations. The MoCloud river trout grows
very large, and will certainly endure a high
temperature Of water. Both of these vare-
ties spawn in the spring, and, although this
may seem an objection in purely trout streams,
II has its advantages 1t would postpone the
fishing till the summer months, which through
the inland portion of the state are preferred
for that purpose. By June LIST, at the latest,
spawning would be entirely completed, and
they would be ready for the angler. But with
the sportsman there need be no interference
between them and the brook trout. There is
no difficulty in returning them to the water
as they readily recover from injuries that
would destroy our fish
They are both amorous and quarrelsome
and during the spawning season have terrible
battles. Before this is over they are cut and
torn in way that would seem to insure their
death, and that would prove fatal to brook
trout but they scarcely mind their injuries,
and are soon as well as ever. If they are not
wounded in the gills by the hook so as to
bleed, they will not be in the least injured
and il caught while the angler is fishing for
trout they may be returned to the water with
a certainty of their living"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-29
The Rapidly Of Progress Toward
Health

Even when good remedy for disease is selected de-
ponds in some measure upon the manner In which 1t
ia TAKEN Irregular, interrupted doses can afford no
fair test Of the efficacy Of any medicine however sal
utary. Taken in proper Doses at prescribed intervals
reliable curative will effect the object OF It's use
Among remedies which, systematically and persistent
ly used, accomplish thorough and lasting cures and
prevent the recurrence OF periodic disease, Hostel
ters Stomach Biters ranks especially high. In cases
OF dyspepsia, debility rheumatism, fever and ague,
liver complaint inactivity Of the kidneys and bladder
constipation, aud other organic malades IL is tried
remedy to which the medical brotherhood have lent
their professional sanction, and which, tonic al
stomach, liver aud bowels, has an unbounded popu-
larily
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-29

Mans fooll
When it's hot he wants It cool;
When it's cold he wants Il hot
Meier contented with his lot.
When it's dry
He for showers IL heard to sigh;
When-to meet his wish-it rains.
OF the wet the fool complains.
Hot or dry, cold or wet,
Nothing suits that he can get.
consider, as 4 rule,
Mans a fool.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-29
The Kansas City Times publishes the sizes Of gloves
worn by the leading bellies of that city.

HUMAN BLooD.-On the purity and vitality of the
blood depend the vigor and health Of the whole sys-
tenn Disease Of various kinds is often only the sign
that nature is trying to remove the disturbing cause
remedy that gives life and vigor to the blood, erad
Gates scrofula and other impurities from it. as Hoods
SarsApArila undoubtedly does must be the means Of
preventing many diseases that would occur without
It's use. Sold by dealers.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-29
a Nice Place for n Hired Man.
fpotr,ft prse rrosa


81 want hired man. I'm willing to pay
$11 or Sl2 month for smart one. Some
farmers want man to work oil day and all
night, but that amt me- have never asked
one to git out Of bed before oclock-never.
1 allus give my man three-quarters Of an
hour at noon, unless the hogs git out. or cat
tie break in, or shower is coming up. After
man has worked right along for nine hours
his system wants at least half an hour 10 brace
up in. They don't quit work on some farms
till o'clock, but I'm no such slave driver
At half past tell my man to knock of. All
he has to do after that is to feed the stock,
cut little wood, NOV some grass for the
horses, milk four COWS, fill up the water
trough, start a smudge in the smoke-house
and pull few weeds In the garden. never
had hired man who didn't grow fat on my
work, and they allus left me feeling that they
hadn't half earned their wages" He stopped
long enough to wipe tear from his eye and
went on "And now look at the hired man of
to-day He wears white shirts and collars.
He won't eat with q knife. He wants nap
hns when he eats, and il we don't hang up a
clean towel once week he wipes on his
handkerchief Call him at three and he gets
up at six. He wants whole hour at noon,
and after supper he trots off TO singing school
or sits down to a newspaper. Fifteen years ago
II my hired man was sick for half day could
dock him. If he died could take out a
months wages for the trouble. He was glad
to get store orders for his pay, and he would
wash in the rain-barrel and wipe on the
clothes line. There's bin a change, sr-an
awful change, and il reaction don't set in
pretty soon you will witness the downfall of
agriculture in this country"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-29

Kidney-Wort is natures remedy for kidney and liv-
er diseases piles and constipation.
Sediment or mucous in the urine s a sure indication
Of disease Take Kidney-Wort
Torpid liver and kidneys poison the blood Kidney
Wort revives them and cleAnses the system.
Headache bilious attacks, and loss Of appe-
title are cured by Kidney-wort.
See adv.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-29
The -Greatest Discovery OF the Age.
FOF q DR t RnIyI yy eSTs ,,,,

DIR. TOBIAS VENETIAN EMINENT
has been warranted to cure Group, Collie, Spasms
Diarih@a and Dysentery, taken internally, and Sore
Throat, Pains in the Limbs, Chronic Rheumatism
Old Sores, Pmples, BOtches and Swellings, external
ly aud mot bottle has been returned, many families
stating that they would not be without 1t even II II was
$40 bottle Sold by druggists at IS and so cts. De-
pot, AZ Murray-st, New York eow3-2
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-29

1t is easily proven that fevers constipation
torpidity of the liver and kidneys, general debility
nervousness and neuralgia ailments yield readily to the
great disease-conqueror Hop Bitters 1t repairs the
ravages Of disease by converting the food into rich
blood, and it gives new life and ygor to the aged and
inhrm, always.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-29

Ihe heN' Uhha. y, Piper, formerly Of
Pittsheld, N. H., but OF Wakefield r. L. writes.
my wife had been invalid for years. but Baxter's
Mandrake Bitters cured her N. II. Downs Vegetable
balsamie Elixir always cures coughs, colds aud con-
sumption when taken in season. Henry Johnson's
Arniea aud Oil Eminent for strains bruises swell
ings, cuts, old sores, etc., is excellent.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-29

For the prevention and cure OF Diphtheria and
Cancers This remedy destroys the parasite In these
diseases, and cures alterations II by magic. Pint
bottles 70 cents, or SO per dozen. Agents wanted For
medicine or circulars address DIR. ROE, GenI Agent,
1888 Broadway, New York City.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-29
CENTRAL VERMONT RAILROAD.
VERMnNT VALLEY RAILROAD.

vsI.y,Fs1AlOtra trains ont on this sS viii vii
Essssiiss5ss,s - leave BRArTLIBoBO for all
-nA---AA-'--- -points North at 1880 a. M,
I:42, :55 and 10 go pm
The 1920 y. train Is express for MontrtaI via
white River Junction.. with sleeping car attached
The 10 :30a. IN. train Is mail train FOR Montpelier,
st. Adams, Rutland Burlington, Montreal the Prt-
sumpsc road and the White Mountains.
The :55 p. m, train Is mail train for White River
Junction and Rutland.
Trains leave BELLOWS FALLS for the south. con-
Meeting with the Connecticut River line at BrattlebO-
TO, follows; Montreal express train at $50 q. M,
mail and Accommodation 10 am. White Mountain
express, 2:i5 pm. mail and accommodation, :25
p. m,
The $50 a. train arrives in New York at ~ 800
m. the $40 a. N. train at 5:45 y. ~. the 15p. M
train at 200.
Althese traius make close connection with Boston
Albany Il. r., both east aud west Of Spriu gield.
20 J. MULLIGAN, Superintendent.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-29

COsttVeneaa; The most ehectual way to over
come costiye habit is to take q small dose Of Baxters
Mandrake Bitters before each meal and follow II for
week or ten days. The cure will be mild, but sure
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-29
Mt PHGNIx AND RECORD FARMER FRIDAY 20,

than last year, which is G9,OOO,O 600. These
are estimates made somewhat after the man
ner in which chickens are counted before the
eggs are Matched
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-29

At state dinner given by an African king last year
some boxes of American sugar-coated pills furnished
the desert. This when the king was little green
but he can't be fooled again.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-29

The Peruvian syrup has cured thousands
who were suffering from Dyspepsia, Debility, Liver
Complaint, Boils, Humors, Female Complaints, etc
Pamphlets free to any address. Seth w. Fowle 4
Sons, Boston.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-29

Parents should not forget that their shoe bills can
be reduced one-haf bypurchasing for their children
shoes with the A. S. T. Co. Black Tip them. They
wear as long the metal while adding to the beauty
Of the shoe.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-29
AGENTS AND CANVAssRRs.

Make from S2S 90 $50 per week selling goods
for T. q. RIDkoUT 4 CO., 10 BarclAy.st., New York
Send for their Catalogue and Terms
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-29

always at hand. 1t cures Coughs Colds Bronchitis,
Whooping Cough, Group, Influenza, Consumption and
all Throat aud Lung complaints. Fifty cents and 81
a bottle -
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-29

bill.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-29

A Windsor county correspondent states
that he knows of but one silo in that county,
and only one in Sullivan county, N. II.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-29

scarcity of harvesters in some parts of
Ohio has brought the young women into the
c,rain 6aldp
National Republican., 1881-09-19
A Two-Horsc Act.

If the spirit of Bourbonism is to be ex-
orcised from thiscountry it must be when
Northern Republicans cease to be i'm
posed upon by the false pretenses and
gushing utteranccs of Bourbon leaders.
The beautiful rhetoric which comes from
The lips of some men holding fraudulent
commi.ssSons commisssiSSonifs in stnelr pockets Is wnav
some young misses declare to be "just too
splendid" We have just seen an article
from an Alabama paper in which this is
illustrated. General Joseph Wheeler
claims to have been elected to Congress
from the district represented in the last
Congress by Colonel Lowe, Having been
invited TO attend the meeting of
Union soldiers TO be held at Chat
tsluoga this week, he responded in
letter excellent in the senti-
ments that it contains, but better adapted
TO secure the favor Of Republican Con-
gressmen in his contest for n seat next
winter than would be letter written by
him to his opponent while seeking Bour-
Ion support for his election, In the let
der so worthy Of praise and admiration
he says; "From the moment Of peace
have felt it to be the duty of Southern
National Republican., 1881-09-19
WHERE CUSTER FELL,
Tho Monument Erected on the Hattie
neid-A Description OF IL.

Lieutenant Charles f. Roe, adiutant
Second Cavalry, has reported the completion of
The work of erecting on the Custer battle field the
monument which was sent last year to Fort Custer
by order of the Secretary of War. The monument Is
In form of low obcisk In two blocks, resting upon
STEP all ofgrante. II is III three pieces, weigh
ing respectively 10000 1000 and 1900 pounds
They were, during the winter, placed on awooden
drag or sled. one at time and hauled to the bat-
t!e-fleld, crossing the Little Big Horn three times
on the ice. Twelve mules were harnesscd to each
runner of the drug or scd-making twenty four
mules-lour abreast They moved the weight
without much difficulty and Lieutenant Roe hay
ing prepared crane of ash timber cut on the
banks OF the Little Big Horn River, properly
rigged and stayed, he, with the aid Of Troop c..
Second Cavalry, commanded by Second Licuten-
ant Fuller detailed for the purpose, erected the
monument upon masonry foundation
previously prepared Ten feet from the
foot of the monument and surrounding
II OH nll four Sides trench was dug
into which were gathered all the remains of those
who fell In that fight, including those who were
with Reno, and for this purpose tho vicinity was
thoroughly secuted, aud all were brought together
and securely and deeply buried ut the foot of the
monument except the remains OF Lieutenant Crit
tenden, whose grave was not disturbed and over
whom was erected n monument sent for that pur-
pose by his inther-that being the understood wish
OF General Crittendcn. The Custer monument Is
six feet square at the base and eleven feet high,
and, being raised on n mound It's top stands four
teen feet above the top of the hill. Its centre is
within six feet of the spot upon which were found
General Clusters remains. 1t bears the following
inscription, to which are added the names OF all
who fell in Custers fight:
In Memory OF Officers and Soldiers who Fell near
this Place, Fighting with the Seventh United
Cavalry against Sioux Indians, on the 25th and
oGth al .Juup A. ID 1s7G