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The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-01-12

A Vermont correspondent of the Coun-
try Gentleman gives his experience in
this matter rs follows:
have, for several years. raised man
Colds, sugar beets and various other
kinds of roots for stock-feeding and for
other purposes, and have stored them in
various ways. / formerly believed in
the ventilation theories, but found by
practical experience that any root keeps
better when stored as nearly in the con-
dition in which it grew as possible-that
is, buried in moist earth. The next
best place is in damp, cool pit or cellar.
l have root cellar, walled up on three
sides, and not on the fourth, except down
to the ''pan." Below that it is sloped so
as to stand without Smelling off, The
bottom of the cellar is a gradual slope,
so as to run off all water. Almost through
out the year water oozes in through the
bank and runs across the cellar to the
lowest point, where it enters Sub
earth Duct" not of the patented kind,
however, and flows away. Into this eel
lar, on the bank side. our roots are dump
ed, guard being placed below to keep
them from rolling too far. There is
neither floor nor bin, but they are left
banked up against the damp earth as
they go into the cellar. No ventilation
is ever given the cellar, except what it
gets from the holes under the sills-
which are quite down to a level with the
surrounding ground-and the drain, a
common four-inch drain, five or six rods
long. When cold weather becomes regu-
lar, the whole is closed up with light
banking of earth, which reaches an inch
or two above the bottom of the stills.
Sometimes the frost gets in around the
sides, and on one or two occasions we
have had some of the upper loots frozen
little; but beyond this | never saw a
bushel of injured roots since | adopted
this plan of keeping them. [ fed out
mangolds, sugar beets, carrots and swedes
as late as midsummer this year that were
in as perfect condition as on the day
they were put in. We had turnip beets
out of this cellar on our table this sum-
mer, after the new crop had been in use
a month, that were better than the new
ones except for greens. fed out pars-
nips as late as June, that were dug last
fall for winter use, which were appar-
emily as sound and crisp as when put in.
The strap leaf turnp, the most difficult
Of all roots to keep in cellar, because it
grows at temperature little above
freezing, keeps here until well into the
spring. | have never tried the expert
ment of keeping potatoes on the cellar
bottom, but believe it would be great
improvement on keeping them in venti-
lated bins. sold potatoes out of bin
in the centre of this cellar last August,
that were as solid and unwilted as when
they were put in eleven months before.
l confess l was astonished myself at
their splendid condition. No light was
admitted to the cellar during the sum
mer. Openings were made on three
sides, just large enough to permit free
circulation of air
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-01-12
Carnival at Montreal.

Our Canadian neighbors have made
extensive preparations for a winter
carnival at Montreal on Janu airy %,
"a, %, 2G, and %, which will
doubtless be attended by large number
of people from the States. There will
be an ice palace, to be illuminated with
the electric light, and it will be lin
augurated" on the first day. after which
the new toboggan hills will also be in
augurated. On the second day there
will be snow-shoe steeplechase, and in
the evening a torchlight procession of
the Month cal snow-shoe clubs. On the
third day there will be horse trots on
the ice and skating, curling and other
sports. with a fancy dress carnival, at
the Victoria skating rink in the evening.
The fourth days programme will be
much like the third: and on the fifth
the carnival will conclude with n meet
of the Montreal Tandem club. and snow
shoes races by the various clubs of the
city. at the Montreal Lacrosse grounds.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-01-12
Agricultural Conventions at Washing
ton.

In pursuance of the policy so wisely in
augurated last winter by DR.. Loring, Com
missioner of Agriculture. that gentleman
has arranged very attractive program
me for series of meetings to be held in
January. Commencing Tuesday, the
23d, two days will be devoted to the
work of agricultural colleges and socie-
ties and the general principles of farm
ing; Thursday and Friday. the 18th and
26th, will be devoted to the animal in
dustries of the country; ana Monday, the
29th, the cotton industry will be taken
up. The topics suggested for the animal in
dustry branch of the meeting are as follows
LIST. The breed, shape, size and temper
OF the horse best adapted to the United
States.
I'd. The breeding and feeding of beef,
and the supply of the market Herewith.
Sd. Sheep best adapted to American
agriculture, and the profit of wool-grow-
ing in various sections of the country.
4th. Swine best adapted to Western
farms and the market.
9th. The question of an American rep
resentative to the International exhibition
of animals at Hamburg in July, 1888,
which has been referred to this depart
ment, will be discussed.
9Th. The transp ortatiou of cattle to
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-01-12

Leading physicians and
clergymen use and recon-
mend Browns IRON BIT
TIERS. 1t has cured others
suffering as you are, and it
will cure you.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-01-12

Logansport, Ind. Dec. I, 1880.
For a long time / have been a
sufferer from stomach and kidney
disease. My appetite was very poor
and the very small amount did eat
disagreed with me. was annoyed
very much from non-retention of
urine. l tried many remedies with
no success, until 1 used Browns
Iron Bitters. Since / used that my
stomach does not bother me any.
My appetite is simply immense. My
kidney trouble is no more, and my
general health is such, that | feel
like a new man. After tho use Of
Browns Iron Bitters for one month,
l have gained twenty pounds in
weight. y. L. SARGENT.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-01-12

FEEDING HoRsEs.-The National Live
Stock Journal says; 1T is not good
policy to put on more flesh than it does
to keep it on. Flesh that becomes harden
ed by exercise will be kept up with less
food, under the same work, than it took to
put it on. From fifteen to thirty pounds
of food will about supply the daily
consumption of horses. large and small.
The English cavalry horses are fed ten
quarts of oats and twelve pounds of hay
three times n day. The American caval-
ay horses have had the English rations
increased to thirteen or fourteen quarts
of oats and an equal amount of hay three
times day. The hunter, in the season,
is allowed from sixteen to eighteen
quarts of oats and about eight pounds of
hay, fed five times day. The race
horse is allowed from eighteen to TWEEN
ty quarts of oats per day and nearly as
much hay as the hunter, being usually
fed five times day
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-01-12
PROGRAMME.

PROGRAMME.
Wednesday demonstrating exer-
cises, after which Prof. A. p. Grinnell
of the medical college, will read paper
on Milk in health and disease"
Afternoon.-''Barb wire, and the fence
question in the dairy" II. NJ. Smith, Esq,
Worcester, Mass.
"Fertilizers," A. w. Cheever, of the
New England Farmer.
Evening. A paper by DR.. II. A. Cut
ting of Lunenburgh, secretary of the
State board of agriculture. Poem by
Mrs. Laura Brigham Boyce.
Thursday forenoon.-Business meeting
at o'clock. G.. w. Simpson. Esq, of
the firm Of Simpson, Mcintyre & Co., of
Boston, and eX-presdent of the Boston
Produce exchange, will speak on cream
cries.
Austin Belknap, Esq, of Belknap q
Boynton, Boston, eX-president of the
Boston Produce exchange, and president
of the Butter, Cheese and Egg associa-
ton, will tell about marketing butter.
Mr.. Belknap has had many years eXpe-
rience in handling butter, and his sug-
gestions cannot fail to be most valuable
and practical in character.
Afternoon.-The afternoon will be
given 10 tne consideration OF the question
of ensilage, and for this the leaders in
he discussion will be ex-Gov. j. Gregory
Smith and J. w. Wolcott, Esq. of the
Hotel Vendome. Boston. Gov. Smith is
largely interested in ensilage, and Mr..
Wolcott, who is retaining a worn-out
400-acre Massachusetts farm, has for
three years kept about one hundred head
of cattle on ensilage great share of the
time.
Evening.-Geo. G. Smith, Esq, Ber-
thier en- haut, p. O., will give "A talk
about Germany"
Friday forenoon.-Address by Rev. NJ.
III. Buckham, President of University of
Vermont and State Agricultural College,
subject not announced, after which other
matters will be presented till the meet
ing adjourns.
The Van Ness and American hotels
will charge but Sl.50 per day; the Cen
trial, Passumpsic, Missisquoi, Burlington
and Lamoille and Wells River railroads
and probably the others will grant free
return checks to those attending the
meetings and paying full fare one way.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-01-12
home and foreign markets.

home and foreign markets.
We hope stock, breeders, and all cs-
pecially concerned in this industry, will
see to It that each locality is well repre-
scented. And we wish to especially i'm
press upon the minds of those who see
the Importance of securing Legislation
from Congress to prevent the spread of
contagious diseases among our farm
stock that this will be proper time and
occasion for making their voices heard
in Washington. BY all means let us have
large attendance.- Breeders Gazette.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-01-12

The smallpox is raging at Shiloh, KY,
and all the stores are closed and bust
ness of every character is suspended.
The disease broke out months ago, and
whole families are stricken down and
the people are demoralized. fleeing from
the neighborhood, leaving their homes
ane friends who have the disease. Sew
eral physicians have died, and those liv-
Ing have no power over the fatality of
the disease.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-01-12
Dairy mems Meeting.

As heretofore announced, the four
teenth annual winter meeting of the
Vermont Dairymens association will be
held in Burlington, in city hall, Wednes
day, Thursday and Friday, January L.
Is and 10, 1888.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-07-04
A Secret.

The following anecdote of Alexander
II. Stephens is related in the Louisville
Couricr-,Eourndl: The wife of Western
Congressman was one day sitting by Mr..
Stcphens's bedside, when he was so very
i'll in the winter of 1877, and he spoke
quite freely to her of his mother and his
early life.
"Why did you never marry?" she
asked. q,
CHATS my secret" he replied eva
sivcly. =,
"But we would all like to know 1t,
was her response.
"Well," said he, grimly and reluct
antly, 81 never saw but one woman
wanted to marry, but she did not wan
to marry me. That's n good reason
isn't it?'
81 hope she lived to regret her mis-
take" remarked the kind heart. 49,,
"Y-o.s," responded Mr.; stephens
slowly, 81 think she did, and so did l.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-07-04
He Was q Gentleman.

Eli Perkins tells of hotel porter he
met in Louisville, KY: hes,tated
little about handing my portmanteau
to seedy-looking mental to carry,
when the landlord said:
"Let him carry it, sab; He's genie
man. He'll take good care Of it, sab.
Perfectly safe, sah."
eyes," remarked the landlord, as we
walked up the hill, "that man carrying
your bag is gentleman, sab. Why, sab,
he was once worth $500, 000-had fifty
niggers and seven hundred acres OF the
best blue grass land in Kentucky"
"What became of it, sir?" asked.
Drank it all up, sab. Fast horses
and fast women and whisky got away away
with il all, sab. And poker had !. meek eSS
70 do with it, too. That man LOST VII"
and a 9 20 horse in one night Qh' san SAN
ha's cot gen'lemanly instincts; ne nas;
s %v . yer bone. He's poor and raege sh
s snte dirty and bloated all over ,, %l,h
~b;skyHa perfect wreck men.aily'
morally mT and physically, but he's agen ls-
man, sab. He won't steal your cafpe'
bag"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-07-04
THE DREAM.

In the dream / dreamt tonight
Love came, armed with magic might
Fret and fever, doubt and fear,
Foes that haunt his Kingdom hero,
Slisconccpton, vain rcgretting,
Bootlcss longing, cold forgetting,
The dark shades Of change and death.
Ever lowering on Ms path
Vanished, from sound or sight,
In the dream dreamt tonight.
Times strong hand fell helpless down:
Fate stood dazcl without her frown:
Sly suspicion, cold SURPRISE
Faded meath the happy eyes;
And the voice loYr was speaking,
And thc fmlc | love was making
Sunshine in the golden weather,
When We two stood close together;
For you reigucd In royal right,
In the dream drcami tonight.
And woke, and woke to see
A cold world, bare md blank to NO.
A world whose stare and sheer scarce hidden,
Told me that as fruit forbidden,
Love and trust must ever Pine
In so sad clasp as mine:
All too faint and fragile grown
For gifts that youth holds all its own;
| Ah best to wake, forgetting quite
The sweet dream drcamt tonight.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-07-04

FLORIDA is not the only state in which
English capitalists are making large land
purchases. In Texas one lot of about a
third of II million acres has been bought
by an English company, while in Missis-
sippi about million and II third have
recently been taken up by another.
These investments are made with Il con
yiction that the value Of all land i'll Amer
ica must increase, and that, by a little
outlay in drainage and preparation, tracts
that can be purchased now for a cam
paratively small sum will soon have {
biph agricultural value, and raise Ia
rents for their British owners,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-07-04
A COnundruln.

This from the Boston Transcript con-
tains a conundrum that puzzles many a
philosopher through life: "A i@.n lc. was was
advising his very small son not long ago
ogo;nst tbe sin Of sclfshness-that ne
mn ', never hesitate to grant fOvors and
h l,' generally obliging wherever he could;
The boy listened, then said; Il " w ",husi
like to do everything you tell me, ia'h ,G
INIT there's a fellow at school Just IKE
WIN you'ye described. Everybody says
ha,s an obliging fellow, but nobodiy-no'
nven the teacher-treats him as II he was
any, ony account. Now, I don't want people
to t.ke me for no-account fellow !
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-07-04

"''t the armor is a. inches tNich, the
guns averaging 10 tons, and half Of them
are brc"oh-loading.
Atlanta Constitutions: People who pre-
Ter lard to cotton seed oil should be dccp.
~ interested in the Developments in
Chicago, where il j, shown that hoofs
and oIlhl ans chemically prepared and
shipped South MS II first-cluss quality Of
hog lard. Nature has in stoit many bet
ter compounds for The kitchen than those
found with Chicago brand.
Mr.. Blaine, in n private letter, speak
ing of the liquor question in his state.
says: "lntcmpcrance has steadily de-
creased in the stntc since the enactment
of the prohihitory law, until now i cam
be said with truth there il NO people of
the An2lo-Saxoh World among whom 50
small an amount Of Liquor is consumed
rs among the $4,000 inhabitants Of
Maine.
Mr.. Percy +. Batttilc, Of Louisiana,
hos caught within the last twelve months
with n steel trap fixed ON the top Of II
cry tall pcrsim mon tree, forty hawks,
five owls, five crows and large number
Of birds. One of the hawks weighed
four pounds and measured four feet and
four inches from tip to tip of wings.
Many Of the hawks were of the largest
kind.
The total miles of railroad in the State
of New York, September 90, 1882, were
7,2G9 and the number Of locomotives in
the State WAS 3.5il. This is an average
Of almost one engine TO every two miles
Of road IA higher average than prevails
in the country generally. The total num-
her of locomotives reported at the end Of
the year 1881 was 2O,llG for lOi,325
miles OF road, or less than ono to every
five miles.
The richest rulurcd man in the United
States is Arstidc Marie. Of New Orleans,
who has IN income from his city rcnt-rolI
alone of about $50, 900 to say nothing oi
his other property He has not, however
made all this since Lincon's proclamma.
tion, for he was II large slavc-owncr be-
fore the war, and is II gentleman of BLOOD
and breeding which would throw any
number Of Hayden princes i'll the shade
whatever the particular hue Of their skin
Mr.. Marie lives abroad, on the ProScr
pine plan, about half the year.
Cotton has recently been adapted to
new and most useful purpose, Manufac
tured into duck it has been successful,
introduced as n roofing material. Asid
from its cheapness, it possesses the aver
age Of lightncss as compared withshinlgc
on slate, cflcctually excludes all water m'
is said to be non-conductOr of heat, 5,
that the rooms next the roof are not nm
duly heated by the suns rays, TIL
method of laying is to plane the board
to AN even thickness and nail them dow
securely. The duck is laid dry, an
drawn over the roof-not lcngthwist
The edges are Tapped one inch, and nai
> cd with sixtccn-oincc timed carpet tackS
These tacks are driven one inch apar
Then two coats of paint, composed of o
and lead, are applied. When it is desire
| to protect the roof against fire, iirc-pro'
{ paint may he used in addition. Shoul
cotton come into general Use ms rootn
t material there would he great deman
for the staple Viewed in this light, I'll
t new adaptation is n subject OF importan'
/ to the cotton-growcrs.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-07-04

An exchange asks whether anybody
can tell any characteristic fact about the
boyhood of the political ''Boss." Yes;
he was the big boy who when he saw a
little fellow fishing took the pole away
from him and said: Johnny, let me
catch fish for you while you put on the
halt" And Johnny stood by and won
dered where the fun came In.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-07-04

The state board of silk culture ut FRS
co continues its efforts to intercept some
of the 100000 in raw silk that annu-
ally pass through the local ports for the
eastern states by offering prizes for nativ,
grown silk at the Sacramento fair in Sep
TENDER, the minimum weight of each cx
bibit to be not less than onc-fourth OF !
pound. Coccoons are sold Throughout
the state for from 80 cents to 81 each.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-07-04

An arkansaw boy, writing from college
l., renlv to his fathers letter, said 80
l.. .,an n't think am wasting my time in
writing little stories for local papers, and
alto Jobnson's saying that the man who
writes except for money is fool. l
sholl act upon DR.. Johnson's suggestion
and write for money. Send me fifty
dollars. "-ArkansaW Traveller.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-07-04

The boom in Confederate securities
still continues in Richmond, Virginia.
There have been sales at auction of North
Carolina war bonds at 81 per 81 900 and
brokers are constant buyers of all classes
of Confederate coupon securities. The
house of Thomas Branch ~ Co., has
bought over $40, 600, 900 worth Of these
nnnlritins
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-07-04

Curo,oo's BARs.--Chicago has o.! 5,o ~
,o Uh'C VA one to every 100 inhabitants,
u wh;Ie there are not much more IMAM
wyi,,e that I number Of stores for the sup
ply Of food. Fifteen nlor r,iio 'C contni6
three. tenths of a square m'le' 'oi''o'"
22O groggeries.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-07-04
Editorial Notes.

The population of New York city has
doubled six times within century
doubling on an average orrc every scrcn-
teen wears. In other words the New
York Of to-day is siXty-iour times as large
as the New York of 100 years ago.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-07-04

The latest mathematical question runs
ne lollows: Two girls met three otner
Girls and all kissed, How many KISSES
were exchanged2
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-07-04

Br,No asked the name of her native
place. she replied: 81 have none; |
nm the daughter of a Methodist min
ister. THE Traveller.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-07-04
A LoyclOrn Indian Maidcn's Suicide.

The Brandon SIN says: News has
come that IN Indian maiden belonging
to branch of the Sioux on the Oak
River Reserve, in Manitoba, recently
committed suicide. The Chief desired
her to marry Il certain member OF the
tribe, who was advanced i'll years, but
the maidens fancy had already been en-
gagged by young brave, whom she
promised to wed should she wed at all.
The objection shown to the Chiefs
wishes enraged him to such an extent
that he insisted on the marriage with the
older one, and threatened all manner of
punishmcnts in the event of further con-
tumacy. There appeared no possible
escape for the unhappy maiden but one,
and she bravely faced it. Getting pos
session of piece of rope, she managed
to slip away unobservcd, and fastening
the rope to branch of n tree in the
vicinity of the cncampment, succeeded
in most e6ectually hanging herself.
pAYMAsTERs. The paymasters ana OK
paymasters of the United .Statos Army
who reside in Washington, have extende
an invitation to allpaymasters who serve
in the Union army during the late war
attend reunion which will be held i
that city in connection with the meetin
Of the Society of the Army of the Pot'
mac on the 10th and 18th inst. The
will be meeting of paymasters at OF
o'clock on Wednesday at the Ebl
House, where they will have their hea
quarters. -
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