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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-08-01
He Was a Stumbling Block.

Negroes are sometimes very careful not
to say anything to injure the reputation
of neighbor. A gentleman stopped at
a cabin where an old negro woman lived,
and while waiting for one of the chill
dren to get a bucket of fresh water, en-
tered into conversation with her concern
ing the crop prospects. 81 did hab TO- or
five fine hogs" said the old woman, "but
da's dwindled down till | amt got but
one now" Somebody steal them p
81 neber talks bout my neighbors, an |
doan like ter say what became of de
shoats. neber make mischief, don't"
"Did the hogs die ?" "Da muster died (;
but yer amt gwine ter git me ter say
nuthin' agin my neighbors. De man
what ibed up dar is dead now, and
amt agwine ter say nuthin' agin him.
De hogs disappeared away from heah
while dat man was libin'; but l amt
agwinter to say nuthin' agin him." "Do
you think that he took them 2" "Mister,
dat mans dead, and / doan wanter say
nuthin' agin him; but, lemme tell yer,
while dat man was libin' he was power
full stumblin' block ter hogs"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-08-01

hours after packing, even in the hottest
weather. Butter shipped from Vermont
to Boston under this arrangement arrives
in splendid condition"
Among the advantages of this pack
age are these Neatness in cutting for
the table above rounded packages, better
adaptation in size to the wants of the
consuming population, and saving in
freight above butter packed with ice, and
also the absence of moldy taste, which
not infrequently is noticed in ice-packed
butter. The package is unpatented.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-08-01
Public Opinion.

But even this sinks into insignificance
compared with the wrong and evil of the
determinations of our great railroads.
Common justice, sound policy, every
sense of duty, the whole spirit and letter
of the law, require them to give every
man equal facilities in the use of the
roads, and to charge them at the same
rates for the same class of goods, accord
ing to weight and distance. There can
be no possible doubt about this. Every
unpreiudiced man who has sense enough
to know his right hand from his left &C.
knowledges that equality must be the rule
of right; and he understands this per-
fectly well without looking at the consti-
tuition, where it is solemnly declared to
be part of the lea legum, the law of laws,
and the rule of all rules on the subject.
Yet this sacred principle is constantly
and steadily violated, trampled under
foot, and treated with heartless contempt.
Judge Black.
Such are the processes by which Jay
Gould has grown rich, built his palace on
the Hudson, with its gardens and conser-
vatories, and obtained the opportunity of
floating around the world on pleasure
trip in an imperial yacht. All his money
has been earned by somebody's labor and
extracted from thousands of people who
have through toil-some years acquired the
small investments which he has squeezed
like sponge into his own Golfers. The
worst of it all is that such success dazzles
the minds of people until they lose their
hold upon moral distinctions, and the
greatest thieves and swindlers of the age
are envied and initiated because the pre-
vailing sentiment does not detest them
according to their real deserts-instead of
becoming outcasts of society through all
chimes and kingdoms.-NeU York Times.
Our national government has squan-
dered 296,000,000 acres of the peoples
land on railroad corporations. 1t is time
that this wholesale plumber should cease,
and the line must be sharply drawn on
the Texas Pacific grant, long ago for
feited, but now claimed by the Southern
Pacific. The domain which Huntington
essays to grab will furnish farms of one
hundred acres apiece to nearly 100000
self-supporting American citizens and pay
off big slice of our national debt.-Nep
York Star.
The vast increase of wealth of the last
twenty-five years in this city has bred a
variety of youth which is as uninteresting
as it is lamentably deficient, both morally
and intellectually. Perhaps after few
generations the stock may get better
fitted to use wealth and leisure. But then
the money may be gone.-N. Y. Sun.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-08-01
Maine Inspection of Fertilizers.

We are indebted to Secretary Gilbert
of the Maine board of agriculture for a
copy of the report of the inspector of fer
tilizers in that state. Notwithstanding
the adoption by the inspector of the alb
surd and misleading standard of prices
set up by the Massachusetts, Connecticut
and New Jersey inspectors for the main
ingredients in fertilizers, hardly any of
the fertilizers reported upon show a
"value" equal to cost. Some of them
are ten and even eighteen dollars in value
per ton less than the estimate which per-
sists in making phosphoric acid in a
"soluble phosphate worth twice as much
as in raw bone. This we call absurd, for
there is every reason to believe that the
advantage, agriculturally considered, is
with the raw bone, especially when it has
been packed with ashes and moistened, as
we have frequently advised. Yet the acid
or soluble phosphate is reckoned twelve
and one-half cents per pound for its phos-
phoric acid, while only six cents is al
lowed for the phosphoric acid of ground
bone. AT this rate every farmer ought to
know which to buy, and if farmers gener-
ally did know, and would buy the bone
in preference to such high priced fertili.
zers, the price of the latter would soon
come down somewhat nearer to its true
value. Ground bone, if pure, has from
twenty to twenty-eight per cent of phos-
phoric acid and from two to four per cent
of nitrogen. When ashes is added in
the proportion of two to one, we have a
fertilizer containing about eight per cent
of phosphoric acid, one to two per cent of
nitrogen and ten per cent of potash, which
is just about right for all root crops ex-
cept onions and all grain crops except
wheat, both of which want about four
per cent of nitrogen. This mixture at
$40 ton for bone and twenty-five cents
bushel for ashes costs as follows:
One ton Of bone (25 bushels). 90
Fifty bushels unleached ashes 900 pounds II so
Cost of two and One-haf tons. ss2 so
or $25 ton, while phosphates in the
market containing no more phosphoric
acid or nitrogen, and less than two per
cent of potash, are sold for from thirty
five to forty-fve dollars ton. We con-
slider all estimates of value, based upon
the tables used as mentioned above, to be
about twenty-five per cent too high. yet
figured at these rates, the Bowker fertil-
izers fall short nearly ten, while even the
Bradley fertilizers and the Soluble Pacific
Guano fail to come up to this deprecated
standard, the Bradley reaching only to
S4l,30 and the Pacific $3966. If we take
twenty-five per cent from these figures,
we have the Bradley down to $31 and the
Pacific to S29.75, which is about their
real agricultural value, and all close-fg-
uring farmer will find himself able to
make reasonable profit on.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-08-01

WE much regret to have to announce
the death of DIR. John A. .Warder, in his
lifetime president of the American For
estry Association. DR.. Warder has done
much in the last few years for the good
cause to which he had devoted his time
and labor, and seemed only lately to be as
much interested and active as ever. His
death will be a severe loss to the interests
of American forestry.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-08-01
Nhe eGireside.
THE RINGS MOTTO.

A lover gave the wedding ring
Into the goldsmith's hand.
"Grave me-" he said, ga tender thought
within the golden band"
The goldsmith graved
with careful art
9TH death us part"
The wedding bell rang gladly out,
The husband SAID, o wife,
Together we shall share the grief,
The happiness Of life.
give to thee
My hand, my heart,
TIL death us part"
Twas she that lifted now his hand,
20, love, that this should bed
Then on 1t placed the golden band,
And whispered tenderly:
9TH death us join,
10, thou art mine,
And 1 am thine
"And when death joins we never more
Shall know an aching heart,
The bridal of that better love
Death has no power to part.
That truth will be
For thee and me
Eternity"
So up the hill and down the hill,
Through fifty changing years,
They shared each others happiness,
They dried each others tears.
Alas alasl
That deaths cold dart
Such love can part
But one sad day she stood alone
Beside the narrow bed;
She drew a ring from off her hand,
And to the goldsmith said;
"oh, man, who graved
with careful art,
It'll death us part
"Now grave four other words for me,
Till death us join" lie took
The precious golden band once more,
with solemn, wistful look,
And wrought with care,
For love, not coin,
"Till death us join" Selected
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-08-01
AVERAGE RESULTS OF ANALYSES OF JUICES OF rnIRI
FIVE VARIETIES OF SORGHUM.

From this statement it will be seen
that, as an average of all the analyses
made during those three stages, there was
obtained 1857 per cent of the weight of
the stripped stalks in juice; that 1918
per cent of this juice was crystallizable
cane-sugar and that l1,30 per cent of the
weight of the juice may be obtained as
sugar by the ordinary process of manu-
facture.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-08-01

AFTER all LeDuc's experiments and
Loring's ridicule, we are now informed
that all the sugar of Japan is made from
sorghum, and in 1873 100000 pounds
were exported"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-08-01
TIE Sorghum Industry.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE MA
TIoNAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE MA
TIoNAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.
This long delayed report has at last
been issued by the department of agri-
culture, and furnishes one of the most inn
portant contributions to sorghum litera-
ture ever before issued. 1t emanates
from the highest scientific authority of
the country, and embraces results of
experiments at the department of agri-
culture, by Professor Collier, through
series of years, as we'll as those in con-
nection with the various agricultural col
leges of the country and what is of equal
or still greater value, the results of opera
tions on commercial scale, by sorghum
sugar companies in widely-separated To-
calities. Space will not permit of pub
LEGATION of the report entire, but we gladly
give place to the conclusions reached,
which is general summing up of results,
as follows:
Summary Of the results already obtained at
the Department Of Agriculture in Wash
ington, d. c., and elsewhere in the United
States, in the production Of Sugar and
Moldsses from Sorghum.
The committee find, as the result of
their investigation, by all the data which
have come before them, as we'll as those
obtained by the department of agricul-
ture, during the years from 1878 to 1882,
both inclusive, and those derived from
other parties in different sections of the
United States, that the following points
are established by an amount of investi-
cation in the laboratory, and of practical
experience in the field and factory, which
have rarely been devoted to the solution
of any industrial problem.
A.-Of the Points already Settled. L.
The Presence Of Sugar in the Juices of
Sorghum and Maize Stalks.
From records examined by this commit
tee, it appears that, during the three years
prior to 1882, there have been made at
the department of agriculture almost four
thousand five hundred chemical analyses
of the juices of about forty varieties of
sorghum and of twelve varieties of maize.
These analyses have shown the constitu-
ton of the juices of each variety at the
successive stages in the development of
the growing plant. They not only con-
firm the we'll known fact of the presence
of sugar in the juices of these plants in
notable quantity, but they also establish
beyond cavil, what seems surprising to
those who have examined the facts, that
the sorghum particularly, holds in its
juices, when taken at the proper stage of
development, about as much cane-sugar
as the best sugar-cane of tropical regions.
An examination of the analytical tables
in the reports of DR.. Collier, synopses of
which follow, will show that the juices of
sorghum, in certain exceptional but not
isolated cases, were remarkable for the
amount of cane-sugar they contained, viz
OF true crystallizable sugar in the juice
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-08-01
Will Gut Eighty Tons Of Hay.
A Farm in Woodbury., VT,
Fifty Dollars Reward.

On the morning of July 6 discovered that a burglar
or burglars had entered house during the night and
had taken my pants from my sleeping room, searched
the pockets and left them the front veranda outside.
am not aware that the thieves secured from me any
thing valuable. They overlooked S33 In my vest pocket,
and watch. Several other houses in my neghborhood
were entered the same night and probably by the same
persons from which valuable watches and considerable
sums of money stolen. hereby offer reward of
Fifty Dollars 10 any person or persons who VIII give
information that will the arrest and conviction OF
any Of the burglars who entered the houses aforesaid
during the night prior to the morning of July 8, 1885,
remain for one year. T. j. DEAVITr.
Montpelier, July 7, 1858. W-tf
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-08-01

AS compared with the juices Of sugar
cane, which gave by analysis under fif-
teen per cent of sugar, these results are
unexpected and surprising.
But the average results obtained, during
long periods of working and from differ
emit varieties, are of more value to the
practical farmer than any exceptional in
stances.
The average results obtained from 100
analyses OF 80 different varieties of sor-
ghum, and during working period of
three months in the latitude of Washing
ton, are as follows:
AVERAGE RESULTS OF ANALYSES OF JUICES OF THIRTY
FIVE XAKIkIIEs OF sORGuIA.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-08-01

THE way to treat man of doubtful
credit is to take no note of him.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-08-01
Dates Of the Worlds Harvests.

January-Harvest is ended in most
districts of Australia and shipments have
been made of the new crop; Chill, New
Zealand, Argentine Republic.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-05-29

IN another column we publish an ex-
tract from the Lewiston Journal, in regard
to the appointment Of Chief Justice. II
Justice Appleton is to retire, as would
seem 1T, on account of his extreme age,
there is no reason why custom aud fitness
should be set aside by the appointment OF
q junior Judge to the vacant place. Judge
Walton is as able as any man on the bench,
and being the senior Judge, should be ap-
pointed 10 this place. No doubt the peo-
pie Of Eastern Maine would be glad TO con-
tinue TO enjoy the honor Of numbering
among its residents the Chief Justice-but
that is the only reason We can see why
they should ask for the position.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-05-29
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HOW WATCHES ARE MADE.

In SoLrD GoLp WATCH, aside from
the Necessary thickness for engraving and
POLISHING large proportion of metal Is
rec,lel only 10 s,ilcn and hold tho engrav-
ell portions in place, and supply strength.
The surplus gold is actually needless. In
james Boss Paicai God Watch Gases this
WASTE is saved, and soLIDITY and
STRENGTH increased by simple process,
at one-half the cost. \ plate Of SOLID
GOLD is solicrcd on each side of plate
of hard nickel composition metal, and the
three are then passed between polished
steel rollers. From this the cases, back1
centers, bezels, etc, are cut and shaped by
dies and formers. The gold is thick
enough to admit Of all kinds of chasing,
engraving and engine turning. These
Eases have been worn perfectly smooth by
use withorS removing the gold. This Is
ne only case mode usdcr this process. Each
case is accompanied nth a raid guarantee
signed by The manufacturers pdrranting Il to
uedr 20 years. 10000 Of these Cases
now carried in the United States and
Canada. Largest and Oldest Factory.
Established 1854. Ask your Jeweles.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-05-29

GILEAp, May lS.-The weather thi:
spring has been very cold and backward
up to today, which has been very warm
and everything seems 10 take new life.
The farmers are well along with theil
farming although little late. Grass has
started nicely with no signs of winter kill
Ing. Quite number of acres of swee,
corn for the Bethel factory will be planted
and the farmers are using quite an amour,
Of patent fertilizers this season upon their
crops, more than ever before.
We have not had q great quantity oil
rain as yet, but enough to start vegetation
Well and the water in the river is at fair
pitch for driving. The Canton drive pass
ed here some two weeks ago, and the
Lewiston drive is not far of.
All kinds of labor is very scarce and
high, farm help ranges from $50 TO sec a
month, which indicates that times are
good and every body finds enough to do
at good prices. B.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-05-29
COUNTY SAYINGS RANKS

Hon. F. Z. Richards, Bank Examiner
for Maine, has just completed his examin-
alton Of the Savings Banks in Oxford
County. BY the published statements, we
learn that there are deposited in the South
Paris Savings Bank, sea, 1884; at Nor
way, sl44,S5S.7l; at Bethel, $50, 9SS. 65-
making total of s45s, 1850, or nearly
half a million dollars.
The South Paris Bank has the largest
account. It's President is Alva Shurtlef,
esq, and its Treasurer, Geo. A. Wilson.
or its deposits, slSl, 545.65, or cousidera-
bly, over half, are loaned on real estate.
The Bank has surplus of s., $3.50 above
its liabilities OF S299, 1914.
The Norway Bank. Differed by Robert
Noyes, President and II. NJ. Bearce, Treas
urer, comes second, with deposits OF Slt+,-
SSH. or this sum s64, 5S7. ~ are loaned
on real estate, while S79,77l.22 are in
vested in various securities-some $40
10000 being in stock OF various National
Banks Of Maine. The market value OF
shis stock is SO, $500 or $751; above
par. All the other securities except ST.
10000 in Macon Co., Mo-, bonds, are at or
above par. The bank has surplus Of So
1871 above rs liabilities Of Sl4S,l9l.T.
The Bethel Bank has not been in bust
ness so long as the other two county
banks, and has not sought 70 do large
business. Its officers are Oliver II. Mason,
esq, President, and Hon. Enoch Foster,
Treasurer. or its 500, 1856 in deposits,
s42,5S7.42 are loaned on real estate, leav-
ing SIS, 800. % in other securities. OF this
sum s20,OO0.OO are in Public Funds OF
Maine, and 9,S97.42 are in cash. The
bank has a surplus Of Ss,SS2.74 above liza
bilities, which are 92,75S.65. The per-
centage Of surplus is largest in this bank,
though both the others are in a sound fin
sncisl condition.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-05-29

THE Lewiston Journals Livermore cor
respondent made a strange mistake in
stating that the Fac Smile Co. Of Canton
altered a die for coming half dollars, by
adding United States Of America" The
half dollar contains no such legend. 1t is
a small eight sided coin, bearing head
surrounded by stars on one side, and -
over the word dollar, within a wreath, on
the reverse. The United States Govern
ment issues no gold coin smaller than one
dollar, and We are unable to ascertain from
Appleton or the Britannica, the origin of
the half dollar gold piece. Presumably it
Is Of California origin. The piece in our
possession was sent from that State by a
subscriber to pay for the DEMOCRAT, and
bears date 1871. 1t was accompanied by
gold quarters
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-05-29

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS F. Hunting
ton q Co. OF Norway have something tC
say to clothing buyers. This firm has {
splendid store in the new block, and car.
ries heavy stock Some prices given il
their new ad. are very low.
Gilmore's Aromatic wine-a medicine
not a drink-Gilmore's Specific for Piles
Gilmore's Magnetic Elixir; for sale by A.
NJ. Gerry, So. Paris; John c. Gerry, Frye
burg The agent is now is now in Oxford
County, arranging with other druggists
for sale Of these goods.
Freedom Notice Of Elbridge Carr.
Notice Of foreclosure-Orin II. Guptil vs.
Edwin W, Lawrence.
Change in Maine Steamship Co, line be-
tween Portland and New York.
Caution by Fred R. Barrett of North
Buckheld.
Lasters Wanted by Massachusetts Shoe
Firms.
Messrs. A. P. 0rdway & Co. advertise
Sulphur Bitters. This Is the fourth year
we have contracted with Messrs. Ordway
Co. The firm shows confidence in the
DEMOCRAT by sending check In advance fol
the full years work, and has always ex,
pressed satisfaction with the result of it:
investment.
Statement of Fire Association of Phila.
W. J. Wheeler, Agent, So. Paris.
DR.. Morse on treatment of Throat and
Lung Diseases, by Inhalation. See notice
elsewhere.
Maurice Baker ( Co.'S Great American
Specific and King Of All Remedies.
Five Probate Notices.
Five Insolvency Notices.
The Selectmen of Paris announce that
they will be in session on the first Tuesday
Of each month, at the town house, to trans.
act any business which may legally come
before them
The Noyes Portable Book Case by d. W.
Noyes, Chicago. This is most valuable
invention and promises as well as the Die
tionary Holder manufactured by the same
party.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-05-29
NEWS OF THE WEEK

Monday: Twelve inches of snow al, =.
many points In central Ohio.-At.
cycle race 10 Chicago, one OF the CONT "
ants made IA l.2 miles In twelve hon..
Tuesday The Car made his state en,.-
into Moscow in brilliant and triumnh..!!
manner; the festivities will last wssI ''
Wednesday: Arbuckle, the famous -.
net player, died.-52, 900 Sunday. scb Sos,
children were In procession at BrooLiOO
"A serious "strike" was In progress =,
Marblehesd, Mass, and the police ws,s
called out. WIZ
Thursday; The Brooklyn Bridge v..
formally opened 10 the public, with inn "s'
ing ceremonies. p'''
Friday: Col. Ingersol concluded hIs a,
six days speech to the jury In the s,. -,
route trial.-A treaty Of peace was sI1nst
between Chilli and Peru. eA'a
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-05-29

The question OF q successor TO Chief Jus
tice Appleton, whose term Of ONCE will expire
next september, and who, on account OF hi,
s.r's age, will probably wish to retire
many years. Is already receiving considers.
bic attention from the legal fraternity OF the
state Among those prominently named for
the position Is Justice Peters.-Aroostook Re
II Chief Justice Appleton shall retire.
as our Aroostook contemporary suggests
ne will, We should suppose, inasmuch as
all the members OF the bench are admirs-
oily qualified for the position Of Chief JUS
tlce, no one having advantage over the
other In the direction OF ntness, except In
experience,-that that Judge would be Sc.
lected for the Chief Justice who is the
Oldest In point OF service. Judge Walton
has served since 1862, Judge Barrows since
1868, Judge Danforth since 1864, Judge
virgin since 1872, and Judge Peters did
not 60 upon the bench till 1872. II new
Chief Justice Is to be appointed there
would seem to be good reason WHY Jddge
Walton, the Oldest associate Justice Ia
point OF service, and certainly second TO
no justice on the bench In ability and
special fitness, should be promoted to the
position. Indeed, the expressions that we
nave heard nom members Of the bar 10
the Western part OF the State, generally
lavor Judge Walton's promotion to the
Chlef Justiceship In case of q vacancy,
not only on account Of the fact that he has
served longest on the bench, but also be.
cause OF bis conceded ability and special
ntness for the Standardization Jour
nal.