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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-03-28

ALEXANDRIA, Va, March 6. 1883.
NOTICE.-Thr corporators Of THE ALEXAS-
~ DRIA MINING, MANUFACTURING AND
WAREHOUSE COMPANY, having with others
subscribed the amount Of Stock required by the
charter to enable the company tc organize, notice
is hereby given that general meeting OF the sub.
scribers and corporators will be held al the Gen.
erl Office of the Virginia Midland hallway Com.
psny In Alexandria, Va, ct II o'clock M, on
SATURDAY, the 31st day Of March, 1888. for
the purpose of organizing tho company and the
transaction of any other business that may 10
necessary to DO done.
I y y R "; BURKE Commissioner.
GEO. E. FRENCH, ana
JNo. s. BARBOUR lnoorporasoss.
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-03-28

EAR CORN EAR CpRN!-5O barrels of Ear
- Coru 10 store and sale by
CHAS. S. TAYLOR. Jr,
tan25 = King street, Alexandria, Va,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-03-28

DIAPER BOXES PAPER BOX ES.-uur faciii.
ties have been extended, by the addition Of
new machinery to The manufacture of PAPER
BONES of various kinds and We Invite consumvre
to plars their orders with Us. Our prices gre the
lowest CONSTANT with irSt-cl;rSS work aud We
shall erdeavur to make the standard of excellence
of this branch q busi esq equal " that Of our
Printing Department.
novlS ROBERT RTJI g SONS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-03-28

NOLh CARRIAGES DOLL CARRIAGES!
- We have full line Of Doll Carriages. Call
and examine
dccl2 MCLEAN ( IIHLER. &c King st.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-03-28

FANCY AND TOILET ARTICLES, SOAPS
L Periumery. &c, iu great variety, at
w. D. HUDSONs
fchT 265 King, bet. Henry Faye.te SITS.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-03-28

nor ONE DOLLAR will send by mail Gus
/ tom made pprfect-htting SHIRT lWsnsutt.
cotton aud 2iO0 linen.
irb2s AMOS B SLAYMAKER
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-03-28

lust RECEIVED. a very handsome assortment
e al dark dotted colo1ed Lilse Thread Hose and
Halt Hose. vt
mh26 AMOS B SIAYMAKER'S.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-03-28

TARRIAGE SPRINGS. AXLEs, RIMS, Shafts
- aud other goods in same line for sale Ut
small sdvsEoe, at So King. cor of ROYAL Street.
feh2S J. G. CREIGHTON & SON.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-03-28

SCGAR-CURED HAMS, small size and extrl
- quality, just received hy
mh2S W. A. JOHNSON z ~
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-03-28

'sNHE FIRM OF JAMES F. CAkLlN * SONS
l. vas dissolved by the death of James F. Carlin.
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SMALL LEAN BREAST PIECES and s. {
~ SHOULDERS received by
nh2S w A JOHNSON & co
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-03-16

Have you got ready as far as possible, or
are you putting off the getting ready until it
is actually time to begin work in the field
You might get the harnesses all mended
and washed and oiled, SO that they will not
break down when you are in hurry about
drawing manure or blowing, and have them
so soft and pliable that they will not gall or
chafe the horses whose skins may have grown
a little tender during the winter when their
work has been light.
Get the carts also ready, and see that they
are not lacking bolts or nuts anywhere.
Overhaul the plows, and see if they need
any repairs, and put in supply of good
points, so that you may change whenever the
wearing or breaking may make it desirable to
change.
Perhaps you will find the cheapest way will
be to purchase new pillow, for many of the
later styles will do much more work at a much
less expenditure of strength on the part of
plowman and pillow team than the older pat
terms would do, even when in good order.
Then you should look out for such other
tools as will be needed for the spring work
and see what will be needed in the way of
seeds. Do not try to economic by using
poor tools or planting poor seed. An awk-
ward or badly-worn tool makes the skilful
workman do bad work makes the hired man
lazy and disconnected, and the boys wish to
get off the farm.
Poor seed will give poor crop, in spite of
liberal manuring and careful cultivation.
Neither drain your purse in purchasing
high-priced and extravagantly- praised novel
ties in seeds or machinery, If you know moth
ing about them but the representations of the
seller, nor try to save money by buying low
priced article when you have any doubt about
its being as good as anything of its kind in
the MARKET" Young Farmer" in Boston
JOURNAL
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-03-16

Save the Corn FOdder---A Cheap silO,
But one thing our farmers might all do
without expense, and that is, cure and take
care of their corn fodder without silo. As
soon as my corn is matured so as to be well
glazed, and while the stalks and leaves are
yet green, pick the ears of and put them in
the crib. As fast as l remove the ears cut
the stover and bind il in small bundles and
set them in shocks in the field. They dry
rapidly in this condition and in few days
are fit to be taken TO the barn and set on the
mows of hay. always find room after the
hay has settled for all the fodder / can raise
and it will keep as green-looking and nice as
when il was harvested My cattle will eat
it with as much apparent relish as they do
good hay. If the stalks are coarse and large
l run them through the hay-outter. l think
stover prepared in this way is worth nearly
half the price of hay.
have been astonished, while travelling in
the fall after the corn harvest, TO see the
enormous and wholesale waste of corn sto-
yer, especially in the beautiful valley of the
Connecticut. l have been accustomed to
travel from Springfield to Northern Vermont
nearly every year for 20 years in the fall,
and the same sight met my eyes at nearly ev.
cry farm in that fertile vale. Either the corn
had been picked from the stalks and the fod-
der was standing to waste, or the crop had
been cut and stood in weather beaten shocks
until the fodder had become utterly ruined
and the ears of corn injured by continual
soaking and drying.
would advise all farmers to build slos in
which to preserve their corn fodder, or else
cure it and save it, but by all means save it,
l think many farmers are deferred from build
ing silos by having got the idea that they
must be constructed of stone or concrete,
and consequently are expensive This is not
the case. built one last fall for a neighbor
and made it of joist and boards as l would a
pig pen He put in about 80 tons of western
corn cut inch long, and it has kept well.
He has kept % head of young cattle on it
with the addition of a little straw and a very
little meal since November l. and it is not
yet gone and the cattle look finely. He has
just sold o number of them for beef. This
is the only slo in town. l shall build one
next summer. Such slo can be built for
$50 to $50, and a farmer with gumption
enough to sharpen a sled stake can do most
of the work himself. The rich can live
without silos, but no poor man can afford to
do without one. / am quite sure that the
stock in New England can be increased one
third in two years by the use of silos, aud,
with that surplus of stock on hand we
should not be obliged to depend on the West
for beef or for corn to fatteu our cattle. j.
j. H., IrdSJuIgh, ", in Homestead.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-03-16
N OTES.

Peanut-growing is one of the most proiita-
BILE industries of Virginia. The returns never
fall below $50 per acre, even in seasons of
drouth, and sometimes rise as high as $500
light, sandy soil is best.
d. X Shauer, in letter to the Iowa Home
stead, says that a simple, sure and easily APP
piled cure for lice on animals is to give a few
slices Of onions in their feed They eat them
readily, and one or two feeds does the bust
ness edectually.
A writer in Home and Farm used about a
quart of sawdust in each hill of one plat of
potatoes, and none in another plat The saw
dust hills yielded nearly twice as much as the
others, and the potatoes were larger and
smoother.
To cure warts on cows bags II. G. Abbott
of Maine recommends TO saturate them three
times week with kerosene OIL and in a
short time they will all be gone, leaving the
skin smooth and free from soreness
To make superphosphate on the premises,
the following recipe is given as excellent and
within the range of almost every farmer:
Place 100 pounds of ground bone in a large
tub and apply 40 pounds of sulphuric acid,
adding water as desired. In few DAYS the
whole mass will be reduced to the consistency
of thick jelly then add more water and
about 300 pounds of plaster as a drier, the
whole being worked and shoveled over until
it can be readily handled. This will make
sufficient phosphate to apply to about % acres
of land, at a cost of about $50.
Nature suggests in the natural and thick
growth of great variety of grasses and
weeds together that mixture of vegetation
may yield larger quantity of vegetable pro-
duce from any given area than can be obtain
ed by growing one species alone. Actual ex.
pertinent has shown that mixture of grasses
is usually more productive than the cultivation
of one alone. An acre of peas and oats grown
together will yield more than half an acre of
each grown singly. A field sown to timothy
and clover produces nearly twice as much as
either sown alone. Pasture sod composed of
orchard grass, timothy, red clover and Ken.
lucky blue grass is in good grazing condition
from early spring till autumn, the deay of the
early ripening species furnishing plant.food
for the species next coming to maturity.
correspondent of the Fruit Recorder finds
coal ashes valuable for many purposes He
has used them for the destruction of the cur
rant worm and prefers them to hellebore or
any other poison. They will keep the striped
bug from cucumber vines also. Last year he
filled the heads of his cabbages with them,
and had no further trouble with worms; the
cabbages headed well, and were not injured
by the ashes. The ashes are improved by
being sifted through fine sieve.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-03-16
THE HOUsEHOLD.


That salt fish are quickest and best fresh
oned by soaking in sour milk.
That cold rain-water and soap will remove
machine grease from washable fabrics.
That fish may be scaled much easier by first
dipping them into scalding water for mo-
ment.
That fresh meat, beginning to sour, will
sweeten IL placed out Of doors in the cool air
over night
That milk which has changed may be sweet
ened or rendered it for use by stirring in
little soda.
That boiled starch is much improved by the
addition Of sperm or salt or BOTH or q little
gum arabic, dissolved
That tablespoonful of turpentine boiled
with your white clothes will greatly aid the
whitening process
That kerosene will soften boots and shoes
hardened by water, rendering them soft and
pliable as new.
That clear boiling water will remove tea
stains pour the water through the stain, and
thus prevent its spreading over the fabric.
That salt will curdle new milk hence, in
preparing milk porridge, gravies, etc, the
salt should not be added until the dish is pre-
pared.
That kerosene will make your teakettle as
bright as new. Saturato a wooden rag and rub
with it. 1t will also remove stains from the
clean vanished furniture.
That blue ointment and kerosene, mixed in
equal proportions and applied to bedsteads, is
an unfailing bug remedy, and that a coat Of
whitewash is ditto for q log house.
That beeswax and salt will make your fat
irons clean and smooth as glass. Tie lump
of wax in a rag, and keep it for that purpose
When the irons are hot, rub them first with
the wax rag, then scour them with paper or
rag sprinkled with salt.-HdWs Journal Of
HedlH
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-03-16
The snr1nr OF 1902.

The frequency of storms and the depth of
snow remind us of the spring of 1862. A
little less than month later in the season
than the date of this paper, as shown by
notes made at the time in our diary, snow
covered the ground to the depth of moro than
four feet and the surface crust was so thick
that horses and oxen could be driven on it
without the least danger of breaking through.
Horses were driven across fields and over
fences in any direction that might be chosen,
up to the l2th day of April On the 18th of
April it began to thaw, and the snow disap-
peared so rapidly that by the 2lst large patches
of bare ground were visible, and on the 23d
frogs were heard-only ten days from the
time when four feet of solid snow covered
the ground. The season for making maple
sugar began and ended the same week; very
little was made. In May of that year the
spring was fully as forward as usual in that
month
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-03-16
DOM Give I'm.

The chances are all in your favor Thousands Of
cases Of Consumption, Catarrh Neuralgia, Rheuma-
tism, bronchitis, and other chronic diseases-some of
a most painful and desperate character-have been
cured in the last thirteen years by Compound Oxygen
II you are a sufferer from any disease which your
physician has failed to relieve, don't despair. Write
to Drs starkey Palen 100 Girard Street. PhiAdel-
phia, giving them clear statement of your case and
ask opinion to your chances Of recovery under
their new Yalizing Treatment. 1t will cost you moth
ing, as they make no charge for consultations Ac-
companying their reply you will receive such docu-
mentary evidence Of their honorable character as ply
sicans, and such direct and emphatic testimony in re-
gard to what Compound Oxygen has done and is do
ing for suffering humanity, that you will be able to
decide for yourself the question whether or not to put
faith in them and the remedy which they are so
widely dispensing
If, however, you do not wish to consult them at
present, drop postal card and ask them to send you
their Treatise on Compound Oxygen. From this you
will gain all the information required to get an eli-
gent idea of the nature and action of this remedy
for chronic diseases and be able to judge for your
self whether or not it will be beneficial in your own
as 1t has been in thousands Of others
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-03-16
The Cost of Barbed wire Fence.

The Elmira Farmers Club answers an en-.
quirer about barbed wire fence as follows
"While it is desirable that extended expe-
rience be made the basis of judgment in de-
Gliding the comparative merits of iron and
steel wires, there is the fact that difference in
cost is not so great as to influence choice, at
least until it is shown that steel wires are not
superior The claim is that they are stronger
and strength is II matter that deserves some
consideration, inasmuch as even steel wires
are sometimes broken by unruly cattle AS
to prices, they are for the most part governed
by combination. At the west, barbed fence
wire is sold as low as seven cents a pound
even lower, in some cases-but in this mar
ket, steel wires sell for eight and nine cents,
for painted and galvanized respectively
Probably these are the ruling prices in the
east Lower prices at the west are the result
of competition by unlicensed manufacturers
that is to say, manufacturers who refuse to
recognize the validity of patents held by the
combination and therefore decline to pay trib-
ute to the monopoly that rules the trade at the
east Many farmers believe the painted wires
are quite RS good as the galvanized, the coating
in both cases having but two purposes to
serve one to preserve the metal from dele
FERROUS effects of moisture the other to make
the wires more conspicuous to the sight, that
cattle may avoid contact moro readily"
1t takes about five pounds of the common
galvanized barbed wire for a rod of fence hav-
ing four strands. The Iowa farmers compG-
ny of Des Moines sell good steel barbed wire
for 4 cents pound, reserving out of the
profit at this price, one cent per pound, for
defending suits and protecting purchasers.
The wire is painted, not galvanized. The
company have been contesting the validity of
the Washburn and Moen patents for the past
two years.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-03-16

A Connecticut farmer reports that working
oxen are selling at from $3.50 per hundred up
to as high as IS for the best fancy pairs. A
considerable number of working oxen are an
nually taken from Vermont to supply the de-
mands Of Massachusetts and Connecticut
farmers. Though oxen are selling here at
high prices, they do not bring enough more
than their value last fall to pay the cost of
wintering As spring approaches there is u.s.
uAlly home demand that tends to advance
the price. If local correspondents would re-
port the sales of cattle in their neighborhood
with the price per pound, it would be of intor-
est to farmers. When prices are affected by
a local demand or trade among farmers, there
is often quite a difference between the prices
paid in different parts of the same county.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-03-16
ANALuAnLn MEDICINE.


THERE are no diseases more prevalent with,
perhaps, the exception Of Consumption, In this
country than the Kidney and Liver complaints ;
and to find a remedy that would eirectually re-
leve them has long been the aim Of many af-
ficted sufferers. Whether our habits as pco-
pie are conducive to these diseases, or whether
they may result from the popularity Of our eli
mate, is beyond our comprehension, and is Of
little value since an oilicacious remedy can be
had; but Of one thing We sure, that the long
AFFLICTED public will hail with joy the specific
which has again AMI again proved Its ability to
eifectually cope with and eradicate these dis
cases. The name Of this medicine is Hunts
Remedy, and 1t is manufactured by the Hunts
Remedy Company Of Providence. 1t is not often
that mention Of a patent medicine occurs in
these columns but, when one comes under our
notice possessing such undoubted merits rs the
one Of which we speak, We cannot refrain from
giving It the credit it deserves It cures when
all other remedies fail as 1t acts directly on tho
Kidneys Liver, and Bowels, restoring them all at
once to healthy action II is sure to eradicate
all diseases Of the Kidneys, Bladder, Urinary
Organs, - such as Gravel, Diabetes lnconti-
nence, Retention of the Urine. 1t has a wonder
full effect ON Weakness or Pain in the Back,
Sides, or Loins, aud has proved itself the most
reliable medicine extant for General Debility,
Female Diseases, Disturbed Sleep, Loss Of Ape
lite, and all complaints Of the UrnoGenital
Organs. Its efficacy in cases Of that dreadful
scourge and nsidious destroyer Brght's Disease
of the Kidneys, has been remarkable and if its
merits rested on its success in coping with that
disease Alone It would be worthy Of high rank as
public benefactor lnall diseases Of the Liver,
as Bliousncss Headache, Dyspepsia Sour
Stomach, and Costiveness it quickly induces
that organ to healthy action, and removes the
causes at the same time. 1t is purely vegetable
in composition, being entirely free from all mer-
curial or mineral posuns, and possesses rare yir-
tues as II remedy for Heart Disease and Hhcuma-
tism We have neither time nor space to do this
medicine full justice but the public can obtain
full particulars In the shape Of pamphlets and
circulars 10y addressing Hunts Remedy Company,
Providence II. I.-,SeieHtifc Times,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-03-16
Hop Bttters are the Pursst and Best
Bitters ever Made.

They are compounded from Hops, Malt, Buchu,
Mandrake and Dandelion-the Oldest, best and most
valuable medicines in the world-and contain all the
best aud most curative properties of all other rene
dies, being the greatest blood purifier liver regulator
and life and health restoring agent earth. No dis
ease or i'll health possibly exist long where these
btters are used varied and perfect their opera
tons.
They give new life and Vgor to the aged and infrm
To all whose emplOyments cause irreguarty Of the
bowels or urinary organs who require an appetiz-
er, tonic or mild stmulant, Hop Biters are invAua-
ble being highly curative, tonic and stimulating with
out Intoxicating.
No mattar what your feelings aud symptoms are, or
what the disease or ament, use Hop Bitters. Don't
walt until you are sick, but II you only feel bad and
miserable use Hop Bitters at 1t may save your
liie Hundreds have been saved by doing $500
Will be paid for case they will not or help.
Do not suffer OF let your friends suffer- bat use and
urge them TO use Hop Bitters.
Remember Hop Ditters is no vile, drugged, drunk
en- nostrum, but the pureBt and best medicine ever
made; theinvalds friend and hope. No family should
be without them
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-03-16

States consume annually 100000 cords Of
hemlock bark, produced in nine states. As
the yield Of bark is about seven cords to an
acre Of hemlock timber, the yearly consump.
ton implies the clearing Of 17S, 600 acres.
In the main, the bark is stripped from trees
cut for timber and as the demand for this
timber exceeds the supply, the supply of
both timber and bark is threatened with
speedy exhaustion.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-03-16
NEW LONDON NORTHERN RAILROAD
LEAVE BKAIILEEONO As FOLLOWS
Going south.

TRAINS LEAVE BRATTLERORO AS FOLLOWS;
Going south,
ago a. m. for South vernon, Springfield, Miller'B
Falls, Fitchburg, Boston, and all stations on the
New London Northern railroad. Sundays. only
connects for Springfield. Mondays starts from
Millgrs Falls, leaving there at e sos "A M.
1890 q. M, for Conn. River II. H., Millers Falls
Palmer, Fitchburg, Boston, Hoosac Tunnel, &c.
$3.50 p. tn steamboat train for New London and also
for Conn. River Il. II.
Going North.
Trainsarriye in Brattleboro-
10 :2G a. m, from New London and New York.
II :2S p. m. from Miers Falls, Hoosac Tunnel Eos.
ton, Fitchburg, &c.
4:22 pm. from New London.
5:bi ,. M, from Springfield, Now York, &c.
lO'l PM from Boston, Worcester, Hoofac Tunnel,
ana all stations ON New London Northern road,
udfrom Springfield, New York, 6c
G. W. BENTLEY, Gen. Supt.
New London. Conn, oct. 1st, 1882
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-03-16

Over particularly, or even reasonable par
ticularty, in trifles causes great deal Of social
discomfort and restraint. The man who, to
use a common phrase, wishes thing to be
'just SC" and not otherwise, is generally
somewhat of a nuisance. People are, for the
most part, very good-natured in these matters
and very anxious to please others; and they
will make great effort to satisfy the person
who wishes to have things 'just son But
they do not on that account love him or her
more. For any person to be thoroughly pop
ular and livabe with, there should be a little
touch Of untidiness and indifference to small
things. Sir Arthur HctDs.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-03-16

An old physician, retired from practice having had
placed in his hands by East India missionary the
formula Of simple vegetable remedy for the speedy
aud permanent cure for Consumption, Bronchitis
Catarrh Asthma and all throat and Lung Affections
also positive and radical cure for Nervous Debility
aud all Nervous Complaints after having tested its
wonderful curative powers in thousands of cases has
felt 1t his duty to make 1t known to his suffering fell
lows Actuated by this motive aud desire to relieve
human suffering, will send free of charge, to all who
desire Il, this receipt in German French or English
with full directions for preparing and using Sent by
mail by addressing with stamp naming this paper
W. A. Noyes, ll9 Powers Block, Rochester, n. Y.