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COMMERCIAL.
COUNCIL BLUFFS MARKET,

Az DSSsAS Ahhhn
WHEAT No. . spring, 76o; No. 8, So;
rejected SOC; good demand.
Conn Dealers paying $50; rejected
corn Chicago. 47Ac; new mixed. 400; white
corn, 800. The receipts OF corn are light.
OATS Scarce and in good demand; SO
Hay 00@6 90 per, ton. 80 per bale.
RYE-40c; light supply.
Corn MEAL 25per 100 pounds.
WooDIGood supply, prices OF. yards,
8 O096 90.
CoAL-Delivered, hard, II 90 per ton;
soft. 8 80 per ton.
BUTTER-Plenty and In fair demand;
25c; creamery, 800.
Eoas Ready sale and not plenty q.
15@17o per dozen.
LARD-Fairhank's, wholesaling at 1Sc,
PoULrRY-Firm; dealers paying 18o per
pound for turkeys and loo for chickens.
VHGETABLEs-Potatoes 800; onions, Soc
cabbages, 100000 per dozen; apples, 2 q
as 30 per barrel.
City -four from I 60 to 3 40.
Ml12 IN MAR dnxap
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-04-27
A scn.onnhIe Warning.

As the weather grows warmer, nature ad-
monishes the thrifty farmer and householder
to take precautions against diseases and an
noyances arising from vegetable or other or
ganic matter left in corners and crannies Of
barns, houses and cellars. The warning is
sometimes given by strongly offensive SMELL
but more often by close and oppressive at
mosphere, the foulness of which can be de.
tected on entering it from the open air. even
If there is no distinct or powerful odor in it,
Almost every cellar, no matter how careful
the housekeeper may be, cont aims small rem
nants of vegetable food, accidentally dropped
or promiscuously scattered in out-of- the.way
places during the winter. During freezing
temperature outside, little decay sets in but
just now there is a rapid fermenting action in
all such things, and the health of a whole
household may be mysteriously affected with
out much suspicion attaching to the few rot
ten potatoes, apples cabbage leaves, and 9TH
er similar substances quite overlooked by the
sanitary inspector OF the family. Even where
there are no outward and visible signs of de-
caying material, all storerooms and cellars that
have been tightly shut during the winter ought
to have thorough cleaning and airing On
some dry, sunny and balmy day, an energetic
use of broom, brush and water, followed by a
wholesome application Of whitewash and an
opening Of doors and windows so as to give a
Tree circulation OF the outer air, might be the
means of saving many persons particularly
invalids and chidren-from precarious health
if not from downright illness. 1t is not bad
idea to give mild fumigation to cellars and
stororooms, and if the children are occasion.
ally treated to the fumes of burning sulphur
for few minutes at time, the treatment
may be the means Of saving them from a Sc
rious sickness. 1t should be remembered
that in the springtime not only the healthful
and useful germs grow and reproduce them
selves most rapidly, but the noxous germs
are also at the period of their highest activi-
ty, and great care should be taken to obtain
all possible protection against these latter
phId RfrJTd
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-04-27
Animal Exercise,

The exercise of animals ensures O superior
quality of flesh. If not, how is it that the
beef of the Scotch highland and Welsh noun.
tain black cattle is more delicate and of a
inner flavor than that of those reared and fed
on lowlands or in yard or stalls, and brings
TWO cents more per pound in the market? Ii
Is chiefly because they take much more exer.
else while reared and fattened, which acts
upon the muscles, and increases their tender.
ness and juiciness? The mutton of the
Welsh mountain sheep is so superior to all
others, even the famous Southdown. that il
IS all engaged beforehand by private parties
at high price, and is never offered to the
public in market. 1t is true that the pas
ture they feed on has a sort of aromatic taste
and assists in helping to flavor the mutton :
out sun we think the exercise is an import
ant factor in contributing to its superiority.
The yenison of wild deer is much more gamy
than OF those which are kept tame in LARGE
herds in gentlemen's parks, and the flavor of
wild grouse, partridges, and quail is much
preferred to that of domestic fowls. on &C.
count OF its gamy quality. Poultry, when
closely confined to fatten, instead of distrib.
uting the fat in small streaks through the
hesh lay II up in Jumps on different parts of
the body leaving the flesh habby and com
paratvely tasteless. We contend for giving
all animals plenty Of fresh air and a reasona.
BILE amount of exercise, in addition to whole
some food and pure water Then they thrive
well, and turn out good and profitable qual.
ity OF meat.-Am. Agricultural for Man
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-04-27
Food for Young CbicLs.

In regard to food for young chicks, Fanny
Field says in the Prairie Farmer: We begin
with hard-boiled eggs and stale bread moist.
ened with milk. After few days of this we
feed cooked oatmeal, corn meal, and cooked
potatoes, and, as soon as they can swallow the
grains, cracked corn aud wheat We feed
every two hours for the first week, and after.
wards five times a day. The early chicks
that are kept indoors are supplied with gravel
and green food and all our chicks, early and
late, have all the milk they can drink Occa-
sionally we give little cooked meat but with
the milk it is not absolutely necessary. All
the food is slightly seasoned with salt, and an
occasional dose of pepper in the food will
tend to prevent gapes. Twice o week we feed
bone meal at the rate of heaping table
spoonful to pint Of cooked food. The coop
for young chicks must be kept dry free from
vermin, and should be frequently moved to a
fresh spot Of ground
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-04-27

CONCERNING THE INTELLIGENT USE OF
COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS practical farmer
writes to the Philadelphia Press
In the hands of ignorance good manures are
even more dangerous and unsatsfying than
the diluted authorizations with which our far
mors were formerly swindled. A neighbor
undertook to grow a field of sweet potatoes.
lie proposed to have a big crop, could buy
plenty of chemicals, and did not stint their
application. The sprouts were planted All
died. They were re-planted, and died again.
For the third time the patch was reset, and,
tho manure by this time having expended
some of its fervor about one plant in 80 sur.
yived, but declined to grow.
Last autumn one of our farmers saw me
buying some muriate OF potash. He asked
What are you going to do with that" Fer
tiize a new strawberry bed" "Ah! I've had
enough of that stuff tried il on patch Of
berries set last spring; killed the whole lot OF
en- Perhaps you used too much 100
pounds per acre, broadcast, is enough. q"
Great gosh put on nearly two tons :"
Another tried special sort of green-sand
mari for potatoes, covering each tuber as
dropped with big shovelful of mari ut
didn't do at all Burnt the tops off as fast
as they started. Don't want any more Of
that. The effect complained of was q most
P'n"7'o!c lAu4Chtloh OF tue Manurlal value OF
the article when properly modified by dilu-
ton.
Farmers are convinced of the value of sta
Ole manures, and especially of the great fer
tilizing properties of the liquid excretions of
animals and yet whoever owns pasture
field must have noticed the death of the grass
where these liquid excretons, pure and undi-
luted, came in contact with it. Even the
more solid manure, freshly deposited, usually
destroys vegetation beneath. For profitable
culture, land must be highly MANFRED yet
high manuring, when injudcious, is a fertile
cause of farmers disappointments.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-04-27

Cotton-seed oil is being used as substitute
for lard, the consumption increasing very
fast
Planting is progressing rapidly in southern
Dakota. The ground was never in better
condition.
At the suggestion of the Ohio Legislature
Gov. Foster has designated to-day as "arbor
day, and urged the planting of trees through
out the state
Tennessee reports the largest product of
sorghum syrup, and New Jersey the most sug-
ar. Every year the product increases and.
with the improvements now being added
every season in cultivation and manufacture.
sugar will be as easily produced at the North
as in Louisiana.
The Gardeners Monthly advises owners of
truit trees to remember that the trees, like
gram and vegetable crops, must have manure
10 Keep up their fertility. An annual top
dressing Is best If the manure cannot be
had, fresh earth from bitches or roadsides
spread half an inch or so deep under the trees
will have wonderful effect
A most beautiful and fragrant growth for a
window may be obtained by soaking sea-
sponge in warm water and sowing in its cells
the seeds of outrageous grasses and wild
flowers, with here and there the delicate fern
and creeping wild berry, known as mock
strawberry. The hanging may be done by
giided rod or ornamental cords. The sponge
may be kept moist and distended by daily
sprinkling with blood-warm water The
sponge thus treated is much lighter. prettier
and more surely verdant than apy other
spring basket.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-04-27
spots and staIns.

The Partisan method of cleaning black silk
is simple The silk must be thoroughly brush
ed and wiped with cloth, then laid fiat on a
board or table and well sponged with hot cof-
fee, entirely freed from sediment by being
strained through muslin. The cloth is spong-
ed on the side intended to show, is allowed 10
become partially dry, and then ironed on the
wrong side. The coffee removes every par
tiele of grease, and restores the brilliancy of
silk without imparting to it either the shiny
appearance or crackly and papery stiffness
obtained by beer-or, indeed, any other Ii
quid. The silk really appears stiffened by the
process and this good effect is permanent.
Machine grease may be removed from wash
able fabrics by cold rainwater and soap.
Clear boiling water will remove tea stains
and prevent the stain spreading over the fab
ro.
teaspoonful of tUrpentine boiled with
white clothes aids the whitening process.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-04-27

SETTING HESs.-This is the season when
hens run mad and will not be comforted un-
less they can hide away somewhere and sit
day and night on wooden nest egg or an
old door knob. Several men were discussing
this question in grocery store one evening
recently. A man who owns large flock of
Dorkings remarked, Not even an act of Con-
gress can break up a setting hen" Ever
tried jammin' 'em under a barrel, and pour
in water on 'em?" demanded the man on the
sugar barrel. Yes, said the Dorking man,
i've poured water on 'em till they grew
webfooted, like a blamed duck, and after
wards found 'em in an old coal hod settin'
away on Jumps of coal" Tie a red rag
round one wing said man who was eating
cheese and crackers "Thatll fix 'em. "
Might as well offer EN- a chrome, said the
Dorking man. 81 tied whole red wooden
shirt on one last spring, and dog my cats if
she didn't make nest of it and set three
weeks on the buttons :" Then the grocer
said it was time to close up, and each man
girded up his loins and slowly filed out
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-04-27
PHOENIX, FARMER,

to have everlasting flowers is to SOW the seeds
now. There are a number Of different kinds
and they are only known by their botanical
names The most delicate OF all are the
Bhodanthes, from Australia, but they are
better fitted for making up into fne bou-
quets than for Christmas work The most
useful for this are the Helichrysums, as their
flowers are large and SNOWY and Of a variety
Of colors-white, rose yellow, purple, and
some have brownish shades. The seeds can
be had in distinct colors, though il is much
cheaper to get the mixed Seeds IL the seeds.
men will put all colors in the mixture. Ac.
roclinium is another good everlasting, and
gives the purest white and rose colored flow
ers Of all. There are several others which
you will find described in the seed catalogues
Am. Agriculturist for Man.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-04-27
THE HOESEHOLD.
A nomrstIr Trarear.

tbs morn. on leaving home, around glance,
AN there is luxury and elegance.
The dog and cat upon the hcarth-rur lie,
My sweet wife kisses me aud says gOod-by,
While servants bring my hat and coat and cane, -
With so much comfort, how could man complain 2
lis noon As to my home then draw near,
] hear the sound Of blows; the atmosphere
Is but sitting, binding cloud Of dust;
That lis from carpets beaten / mistrust,
And horror-stricken TO the house fly;
scene Of desolation meets the eye:
The carpets up, the curtains down, fires out,
Furniture all upset aud piled about;
While back aud forth, with heads In towels bound,
With skirts Topped up above the ground,
Aud arms ell bared-hy creatures-can Il be
My lovely wife and servants neat see,
Tearing about In these outrageous buds,
Aud stirring up this awful smell Of suds,
While IN their eyes there CLEANS q dangerous light
Great heavens, It's they! Owhat dreadful sight (!
The dog, once scalded, from them keeps aloof;
The cat has sought for safety on the roof;
And in the dinng-rOom, where had thought
To mud toothsome dinner, they have got
hend Of Atrc blood, whose joys 60 swing
whttewash brush aud spatter everything.
But am not forgot My feast is spread
Out in the woodshed on a barre-head;
One slice Of bread, plate Of warmed-up beans,
Some water in mug, dish Of green's;
o banquet rich! and best OF all, you Sec
I've brought fellow home to die with mel
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-04-27

At the last session of the legislature several
bills were introduced, designed to remedy the
manifest injustice Of the double tax on mort.
gagged real estate. All were defeated The
legal talent in the assembly was too much for
them. One Of the bills was modelled closely
after the Massachusetts, law now in force. 1t
was objected by the opponents of the bill in
our legislature that the Massachusetts law
worked badly in practice and that it was
unsatisfactory to the people. How unsatis-
factory it is is now shown by vote taken in
the Massachusetts, House on bill to repeal
the law and thus restore double taxation on
mortgagcd real estate. One hundred and fifty
votes were cast against the repeal, and only
81 for it, So the reform in Massachusetts
appears to have come to stay, and we trust
the time is not far distant when this state will
cease to make the iarmor-for the burden of
this inequality falls mostly ugon the young or
poorer class of farmers-pay taxes on his
debts
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-04-27

To get from Drs. starkey PAlen llO9 Girard street.
Philadelphia, honest opinion in your case If you
are suffering from any chronic disease like consump-
tion catarrb, rheumatism, irritabiity and
weakness. They are making wonderful cures with
their new Compound oxygen treatment Write to
them and give them clear statement Of your case.
They will answer promptly as to the chances Of cure,
aud make no charge for consultation. II, however,
you do not wish to consult them at present, drop
posacard asking for their treatise on Compound or
ygen in which you will fnd history Of its discovery,
nature aud action, aud large number Of reports Of
difficult aud desperate which they have treated
successfully. It will be sent free.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-04-27
AWord Tor ,he Cron.

Don't kill the crows. 1t is only within a
few years that speakers at the various meet
ings had the courage to say word for the
crow, but now it is admitted that his charact
er is not so uniformly black as his plumage.
In Northern gardens, the white.grub is on
the whole, the most injurious insect, when we
consider the great variety of plants it attacks,
ranging from grass to nursery trees, and that
its work. being beneath the surface, ia not
suspected until the injury is done. The crow
has keenness of sense that allows him to de-
tect the unseen presence of the white-grub
and fondness for fat morsel that induces
him to capture it, \ few years ago. we had
a chance to watch the operations of an as.
sembage of crows on a grubinfested lawn.
Their skill in finding and dislodging the grub
should have been witnessed by all opponents
of the crow.-Am. Agricultural for MAJ.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-04-27

is preferable to any concentrated fertilizer
Rotted stable manure TO produce full crops,
should be spread on the ground not less than
three inches thick (our market gardeners use
from 30 to Is tons Of well.ro.ted stable ma
nuro per acre when no concentrated fertilizer
is used) and should be well mixed with the
SOIL When 80 tons per acre are applied, II
is at the rate Of 2g.lOO pounds to the foot ;
when IS tons are applied, it is little over 3
pounde IN the foot
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-04-27
FusiIare in vasa

Since the appearance, in 1850, Of Dr.. Bai-
ley's silo book, our agricultural exchanges
have overlooked with ensilage literature, the
weekly supply in most of them ranging from
several paragraphs to several columns. A
few editors have become such jealous CON
verts TO soism that they show considerable
temper when they meet with skeptcism: a
small degree of doubt is hardly tolerated, and
ensiage infdels are treated with contempt.
Yet the question still has two sides. Taking
all the reports that we have noticed of the re-
suits Of feeding ensilage the past winter,
we should say that the system appears some
what less favorable than it did year ago, al
though large majority of those who have
tried ensage still claim that the slo paws,
and more than pays. But the fact that some
have found the yield of milk diminished when
the COWS have been changed from good hay
to enslage, instead of being greatly increased
as most Of the advocates of silos claimed, and
a little more doubt about its effect on the
quality of the milk, is so far unfavorable. In.
stead of finding ensago specially suitable
for cows in milk, which is one of the great
merits claimed for it, few have discarded it
entirely for that purpose, and feed it only to
other cattle. The New York condensed milk
company refuses to take milk made from en-
silage, believing the keeping qualities of such
milk to be bad. A great number of slos will
be built the coming season, but the number
will be fewer than has been anticipated On
the whole, the prediction so confidently made
and SO frequently repeated, that the use of
ensiage would in few years entirely revolu.
tionize our system of farming, does not ap.
pear very certain to be realized We know
of only six silos in this county, which is a lit
lie less than the average in Vermont and per-
haps less than the average in some other
states, though We hear of at least one county
in New England as large as Windham that has
none. After all that has been said about en-
silage, SO far only one farmer out of about
20O0 has built silo.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-04-27
Childhood, Manhood, and Hoary Age en-
claim in unison, "BehOld the Con
querOr."

claim in unison, "Behold the Con
querOr."
DURING brief visit to the ancient town of War
wick, Rl recently, our agent extended his trip to
the southeastern extremity of the town to look
about among the wonderful improvements which
nave been made in the appearance of Warwick
Neck during comparatively brief period. and
while conyersing this subject with Col,
BENJAMIN S. HAZARD, the popular proprietor
OF the War wick Neck Hotel, he learned that the
greater part Of the handsome summer residences
had been erected inside Of dozen years andbe
also learned that Col. Hazard had been n great
sufferer from chronic disease of the Kidneys
and Bladder over fifteen years, the most painful
form Of it being stoppage or retention Of the
urine which was so very severe at times as to dis
able him for his accustomed work, and even con
hne him to the bed, when a surgeons assistance
would be required 10 relieve him. He was being
doctored large part Of the time, but could get
no permanent relief. At times his sufferings were
terrible from sharp, cutting pains through the
Kidneys and Bladder and he had suffered so
long and so severely that he had become dis
couraged of getting we'll again, especially as
the doctor stated that 1t was doubtful II a man OF
his age, with such n complicated disease of long
standing, could be cured But last summer, when
he was suffering intensely from one Of these at
tacks, gentleman who was boarding at his hotel
urged and persuaded him TO try bottle of Hunts
Remedy, as he had known of some wonderful
cures effected byit
Mr.. Hazard says he had no faith in it, but con-
scented reluctantly to try it and after taking II
only two days, the intense pains and aches had
disappeared, and he commenced to gain strength
rapidly, and in less than a week was attending to
his accustomed work, and has never had return
OF the pains. Mr.. Hazard Is over seventy years
of age, and on the 25th of Nov. 1882 when our
agent met him, although It was a very cold and
clustering day, he was in the field with his team
at work pulling and loading turnips, as hale aud
hearty man as you could wish for. whereas last
August he was unable TO stand up TO oversee the
work then going on in this same field.
HUNTS REMEDY had given him health and
strength again, and he recommends II to his rela-
tives and friends, several Of whom are now tax
ing 1t, as he considers 1t most excellent medcina
for all diseases Of Kidneys or Bladder.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-04-27

When the snow began to fall last autumn
the ground was but slightly frozen, and under
the complete covering which remained during
the winter, the grass was preserved in its
best condition for early growth, and with the
opening of spring the green pastures follow
close upon the snow banks. The unfrozen
ground absorbed great part of the melted
snow, which on a hard, frosty earth would
have run off to swell the streams. The soil
has seldom been left in better condition for
the growth of grass and il the season con-
tinues favorable we may expect heavy crop
of hay and good pasturage. Though we have
passed through long and severe winter, the
spring opens with great promise. When we
find the early Apwers, and look on the green
hillsides as we see them now, it seems hardly
possible that it is only three weeks since the
same hills were covered with snow, from their
SUBMITS to the valleys, to the depth of two
or three feet
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-04-27

RATHER EARLY TO TALR ABOUT CHRISTMAS
you will think. 1t is so, and it is purposely
early. Next winter, whether you are helping
to decorate the church, or the school-room,
or arc putting up Christmas greens at home,
you will say II wish this did not look SO
dark and heavy. How few bright flowers
would tighten it up. wish had some of
those pretty everlasting flowers" The way
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-04-27

why snher longer from dyspepsia, ind gestion,
want OF appetite loss Of strength lack Of energy ma
lara, Intermittent feyers, etc? Browns Iron Bters
never fail to cure these diseases. They act like
charm on the digestive organs, removing all dyspepe
symptoms such as belching, heartburn, bilhousness
etc: Remember It is the only iron preparation that
will not backen the teeth give headache Ask your
druggsts concerning It's merit.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-04-27

FARMERS WHO ScRHp THE MANURE thew
put on their fields, or are tempted to cover
more territory than their piles will warrant,
may be startled into realizing sense of their
shortsighted policy by this advice from SO
practical and successful - gardener as Peter
Henderson "Wellrotted stable manure is
Procurable at a cost not exceeding SO per ton
delivered, and whether from horses or COWS n