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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-07-27

The Poison Ivy" also called Poison
Oak, and in some localities known as Mar.
curry, is often the cause of great distress.
The vine is abundant all over the country,
one form being low, running along on banks
and rambling over stone walls. Another
form climbs the highest trees, clinging to the
bark by its many rootlets. 1t is often con-
founded with the Virginia Creeper; indeed,
we have known it to be planted as an orna.
mental vine, it having been mistaken for
that. The two are readily told apart. the
Virginia Creeper having its dark green. shiny
leaves hve-parted, while the light-green
leaves of the poison vine are three. parted
The Poison Ivy is so very abundant that, were
all equally susceptible TO its influence we
should hear much more of its effects than we
do at present. With many, the poison pro-
duces only slight eruption on the skin and
an intense itching. Others are more serious
ly affected, and the face swells up to such an
extent that the features are hardly visible.
Nearly every locality has its popular RENE.
dies for the poison, and new ones are fire.
quently proposed. As a general thing, most
cases arc relieved by keeping the bowels open
by the use of salts, aud washing the erup.
tons with strong solution Of sugar of lead.
The latest remedy, which is now going the
rounds, is to battle the afflicted parts with
lime water, applied as hot as it can be borne.
This is simple, the remedy is usually at hand.
and is worth trying, as other alkaline washes
have been found useful No harm can result.
-Am. IgrtcuitUrtSt for august
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1t has been many years since we FIRST en-
ployed hot water for killing destructive in.
sects, but never with the accuracy of the ex.
periments described in the Gardeners Maya.
zine Of London. A large number Of expert.
ments were made with different plants to de-
termine what degree of heat they would bear
without injury. Among the plants which
would bear liO' without being harmed, but
which were hurt at 1907 were centaureas Sc
dums, fuchsias, calceoarias, petunias, ferns,
and several others. 1t was curious that all
the plants tested would bear nearly the same
degree of heat, with scarcely any variation
Pelargoniums were unhurt up to 1902 but
the slightest rise above killed the young wood
and leaves. 1t is probable that the same re-
suit would take place with hardy plants, and
the green shoots and leaves of trees. The
question next occurs, what insects will yield
to this temperature or to one some degrees
lower? This information is not furnished by
the Gardeners Magazine except that aphides
quickly perish in water heated to 1902. The
practice has been adopted by nurseryman for
clearing their young pear, cherry and other
trees in the nursery rows of the aphides which
have infested them, by bending the branches
which they covered so as to immorse them in
soap-suds, which has proved eiTectual but
doubtless better way would be to use hot
water, the temperature of which could be
kept at the right point by the use of ther.
momoter, and by occasional additions from
vessel kept heated to boiling.
useful series Of experiments, easily per
formed, would be to ascertain what insects
would yield to this hot BATH which might be
tried on rose bugs, slugs, currant worms or
any others which feed on or occupy the green
and flexible shoots Of plants and trees A
most important advantage of this mode is
that it leaves no defacing or hurtful poison on
the plants.
In the experiments which we have per.
formed for many years in destroying the cab
bage worm with hot water the precise tenn
perature could not be determined by using
the thermometer, as the plants could not be
immersed, but must be treated by showeriug
from watering pot. This required some
care and Judgment and was not therefore so
well adapted to general use. The water was
to be kept quite hot in the vessel rs il was
necessarily considerably cooled in the fiue
Jets through the air from the rose, aud when
too hot the application must be for brefer
moment than when the temperature is lower.
1t is worth while to ascertain how low point
will be fatal to them, and then to fill the wat
ering pot with water few degrees higher,
and apply it promptly and freely, keeping a
thermometer on hand as a guide A certain
and successful application of this remedy,
easily performed, would be of great value 10
the cabbage raising and cabbage. eating COM
munity.-ET.
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NOTES.

A New York farmer declares that an acre Of
Hubbard squash will fatten ten more hogs
than the corn that can be raised on the same
| ground. lie has gathered from six to eight
tons from m acre.
Nearly POO, 600 moro hogs hnve been packed
in Chicago this season up to the present time
than a year ago. kqnsns City is fast gaining
on Chicago in the number Of hogs packed, and
already stands second.
II has been observed that "righthanded-
ness" extends far down in the scale Of crea-
ton. Parrots take hold Of their food in their
right claw by preference, and MIR. Crookes is
inclined to believe that insects like wasps,
beetles and spiders use the right anterior foot
most frequently.
The London Lancet warns us that a book Is
dangerous medium for the conveyance Of
disease. Germs Of measles, whooping cough,
scarlet fever, and other disorders may lie be.
tween the leaves Of bound book for months
or years, to be at last dislodged and attack
some susceptible person.
1t is said that the Juice of the burdock leaf
will etectually stop the irritation caused by
singing nettles.
SCOT is one of tho best manures for house
plants and If it can be had in quantities large
enough it is excellent for out door use. For
the latter 1t is best mixed with one.tenth its
Dulh OF bhlts
One part Of muriate of potash diluted with
1000 parts of water, sprinkled on the vines and
allowed to saturate the ground about tho roots,
Is recommended as an exterminator for the
worm that preys upon the roots of squash
vines, ultimately killing them.
The following mode of training tomatoes,
so that they may occupy less space in cramp.
ed gardens, and be clear from mud in rains,
is given by writer in the American Garden
Drive forked sticks into the ground, or insert
them into holes made by sharp and slender
dibble, at each plant in the rows, so that the
forks may be about three feet high. Place
light poles horizontally in these forks, and Sc
cure them by tying. As soon as the plants
are large enough, train them up to the poles
and tie them. II autumn frosts are threaten.
ed, cover the plants with the doubled folds
OF large newspapers hung over the poles.
BY far the best drink for men in the hay or
harvest field is thin oatmeal and water. with
little sugar. The proportions are a quarter
OF pound of oatmeal to two or three quarts
of water. 1t should be well boiled, then one
ounce or an ounce and a half of brown sugar
added. Shake up the oatmeal well through
the liquid. In summer drink this cold in
winter, hot. 1t will not only quench thirst
but will give more strength and endurance
than any other drink. If at any time it be-
comes necessary to make n very long day, as
in harvest increase the oatmeal to one-half or
three fourths of a pound to three quarts of
water. Some think a piece Of lemon peel
boiled with it improves it.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-07-27

Experiments have been made at the State
College farm of Maine to test the compare
tive value of carly and late cut hay. The re-
suits seem TO confirm the conclusions Of
Prof Sanborn from a series of similar exper.
iments in feeding carly and late cut hay at
the New Hampshire Agricultural College
farm. Prof. Sanborns experiments tended
to show that the late cut hay was preferable
for feeding growing stock or fattening cattle
In the Maine experiments a field of grass of
uniform quantity and quality consisting most
lyot clean herds-grass, with very little white
weed iutermixed, was selected and divided into
plots two and one.h half rods in width and
twenty rods in length The grass upon the
first, third and fifth plots was cut when in
full bloom, July 18th and the second, fourth
and sixth plots were cut twenty days later,
August Sd, when the seed had become hard
but not sufficiently ripe to shell in harvest.
ing. The comparative value Of the hay cut
ut the different periods was tested by feeding
10 mich COWS, in connection with grain
The cows were fed twenty pounds of hay, three
pounds of cotton-seed meal, three pounds of
corn meal, and onehalf pound of bran, daily,
N@4'SNbASNh Aho CA pSAlubul5 LIE early cut
hay produced trihe the most milk, the pro.
portion being as 100 to 1884, but the milk
from the COWS fed with the late cut hay was
richer, so that there was practically no differ
enee in the amount of butter obtained. In
the advance sheets of Secretary Gilberts re-
port it is said
1t was feared that the appetites of the
animals might not be as good for the late as
for the early hay, but such was not the
case to any serious extent. In only two of
the SIX changes from early to late was there
any dislike exhibited, and this was overcome
during the first day of feeding upon it.
In one of the six changes from late to early,
there was nearly the same dislike manifested.
This was somewhat surprising as the early
hay was green and fresh, while the late was
evidently nearly ripe.
1t must, however, be borne in mind that
the weather during the last haying season
was unusually favorable to late standing grass
no rain of consequence occurring after July
10th.
These results show much less difference in
the nutrltive value and palatability of hay
harvested when in full bloom, and that har
vested at much later period than has peper-
ally been supposed to exist
1t will be noted that the experiments were
made with herds grass hay with some varie
ties the results might have been very differ
ent. and 80 in this case had no meal been
fed
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-07-27

Ask the most eminent physicians
OF any school what is The bcst thing the world for
quoting and aaying all irritation OF TIE nerves and
curing all forms Of nervous complaints giving natu-
raj, childlikc, refreshing sleep always7
And they will tell You unhesltatlugly
'Some form Of lIops'
CHAPTER I.
Ash any or all of the most eminent physicians
'What is the best aud only remedy that can be re-
lied ON to cure all diseases Of the kidneys and urinary
organs, such Drrhts Disease, diabetes, retention
inability to retain urine, and all the diseases and
ailments peculiar to women?"
And they will tell you explicitly aud emphatcay,
'Buchul"
Ask the same physicians
"what is the most reliable and surest cure for all
liver diseases, dyspepsia, constipation, indigestion
biiousness, maarial fever aguc etc., and they will
tell you
Mandrake or dandelion."
Hence, when these remedies are combined with 9TH
equally valuable
Aud compounded into Hop Bittcrs, such
Concluded next week.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-07-27

HER LETTER.,
AND WHY NEWS FROM QUIET
HOME CONCERNS THE WORLD
OGTSIDE

"Oh, l never read an advertisement" Don't you
Then you are foolish man, and miss many things ii
is certainly for your interest to know. Here for *
ample, is an extract from letter written by Mrs
Newcomb, the wife " gentleman connected with the
United states Armory at Springfield, Mass. shesay
81 have used DR.. Kennedy's Fayorite Remedy for
indigestion aud hiliousness My husband has also
used it. We keep In the house a family medicin,
and consider it the best ever made for the purposes
for which 1t is recommended"
DR.. Kennedy is daily in receipt Of letters like that
He does not solicit them. When people are relieved
or cured OF serious or even nothing more than trou.
blescme illness, gratitude finds easy and voluntary
preston. In case you thoroughly sound man or
woman, and are able laughugy to say that you have
never had days illness in your ife this may not in.
terest YOU but IT, as Is more likely you have times Of
mental depression associated with physical pain, this
little article concerns you more than the news Of Eu-
ropean imbEoglios or American political platforms aud
conventions.
Is your liver disoriered? Have you derangement
Of the Kidneys or bladder you hAhitually con-
stpated? II So, you need Dr. Kennedy's Favorite
Remedy. Try il, and be thankful that for once you
broke your rule and read advertisement All drug
gists. Price 81. Or send to Rondout n. y
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-07-27
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MIR. Henry Ives, a farmer exceptionally
skilled in the theory and use of implements
OF tillage, expresses in Rural Home a decided
preference for narrow tooth cultivators The
difference in width of cultivator teeth, as we
buy them varies from about two to eight
inches, and in use We find that where say a
hve-tooth cultivator with broad blades would,
with given draft, work the land to a certain
breadth and depth, the same draft with twice
as many of the narrow teeth could do either
greater breadth or depth OF work, or do the
same breadth and depth more easily. 1t
could also do finer class of tillage. And
this principle of tillags holds good as far as
one can go, SO much SO that l believe that if
common knitting needle was strong enough
to be used as q cultivator tooth is, to the depth
OF five or six inches, an implement well filed
with such teeth, would do finer work and do
1t easier than any tool we have. This l have
seen partially proven by using steel teeth,
long and thin, set edgewise, so as only to give
half inch working force, and with this
common team could do about twice as much
tlllage, counting the acres and depth of till
age, as with any other tool in the market.
And the fact of leaving so fine and level fin
lsh to the work, as compared with the ridges
and burrows unavoidably left after using the
broad teeth shares, is very much in favor of
the narrow teeth
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-07-27

The late y. A. Willard said at one of the
meetings of the Vermont Dairymens Associa.
ton, from actual experience, that good butter
put up after the following directions will keep
IN sound condition for one year. "Use for a
package tub somewhat tapering, with heavy
slaves and heads provided at both ends, SO as
to make package that will not leak In
packing the tub is turned on the small end
sack OF cotton cloth is made to fit the tub,
and into this the butter is packed until it
reaches to within an inch of the groove for
holding the upper head, A cloth is next laid
upon the top of the butter and the edges of
the sack brought over this and neatly pressed
down then the head is put in its place and
the hoops driven home. The PACKAGE il
turned upon the large end and the sack of
butter drops down, leaving a space on the
sides and top. Strong brine is then poured
through the hole in the small end until it will
hoat the butter. The hole is now tightly
corked, and the butter is pretty effeotnaIiy
excluded from the air"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-07-27

Scab in sheep is one of the most trouble.
some diseases with which the shepherd has to
contend. The cause of the disease is mi.
mute insect AcdriS Sca6iei which burrows
under the epidermis, producing irritation of
the skin. Small watery blisters soon form,
which finally become dry and encrusted,
forming the scab proper. These being pro.
duced in various parts of the body, cause the
wool to become matted, and the sheep, to re
lieve the itching or irritation, rub against fen
ces, posts, etc, and tear their wool into
shreds, giving them wretched appearance
The disease is rapidly spread in flock where
healthy sheep come in contact with these fen
ces, posts, etc, for the eggs of the mite, or
the mite itself, may be readily transferred
from the sheep to the fence and from the
fence to sheep again. Hence it will hardly
be necessary to caution against allowing
healthy sheep to be in the same pen or field
with scabby ones. The only method of ridd
ing the diseased sheep of the scab is, to dip
them into liquid which will penetrate and
soften the scabby portions, and even then it
is often necessary to rub these places with
something rough, to open the scabs, and let
the liquid take effect. A sheep dip made of
one ounce of sulphur and four of tobacco to a
gallon of water has been found very effective.
In the water, which should be at the boiling
point, steep tobacco stems or leaves, and add
the sulphur later; then allow the liquid to
cool down, when the sheep may be miners
ed.--1m. Agricuhurist
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-07-27

hen belonging to Daniel Clark, who lives
out Sixteen Acres way, has struck a fierce
blow at the egg industry. Out of ono of her
fine, big eggs, broken the other day in the
process of cake making, dropped snake five
inches long, white, fat half an inch wide
and with head and eyes little short OF perfec.
ton The girl who broke the egg avows that
the reptile moved its head few times and
expired. Whether it lived or not may be
questioned, but the fact that clear-eyed wo-
man saw it unfold from the egg, that no ma.
gician was near to deceive and that no man of
snake-originating habits was looking on,
clearly makes the hen responsible for the ser.
pent. Hereafter the egg, natures condensed
and all-suflicient nutriment for man, cannot
SHINE as mans model food, pure and unadult-
cradle. Mr.. Clark preserves the curiosity in
cohol.-SPrin&titd RepuJlcda.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-07-27

horses and cattle. The theory Of the process
is that when green fodder is placed in a wa
ter-tight pit under pressure, heat is generated
and fermentation ensues. The oxygen in the
interstiial air is speedily absorbed and its
place taken by carbonic acid gas, so that the
fermentation and its accompanying heat are
arrested in the mass Of closely packed fodder
immersed in a bath of carbonic acid, just rs
~ lighted candle extinguishes itself in bath
of choke damp Of its own making when
burned in Il closed vessel or course, the
more perfectly nir-tight the silo is the more
perfectly will its contents be preserved The
pit should be cemented so as to be water.
proof. London agricultural Gazette.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-07-27

DAMAGED CRoPs SAVED IN Smos.- A crop
OF oats ruined by the wet season was saved bv
ensilaging 1t, the oat sheaves having been in
thoroughly sodden condition aud the corn
IN them so generally sprouted that apparently
all was worthless except for manure. The
process of ensilage consisted in putting the
oats in silo or pit aud adding about 800
pounds OF salt to thirteen tons of the green
fodder. When the pit was opened last month
after having been closed nearly eighteen
weeks, the temperature wasfound to be ITO de-
grees, the mass was in good condition, civ.
ing fragrant odor, and was readily eaten by
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-07-27

For twenty years was a sufferer from Catarth of
the mead and throat in very aggravated form and
during The summer months with Hay Fever pro-
cured bottle Of Elys Cream Balm and after a few
applications received decided beneht-was cured be.
lore tue bottle was used. Have had return of the
complaint. CHARLOTTE PARKER Wayerly N. Y
one and one-half bottles of Ely's Cream Balm en-
urey cured me OF Hay Fever Of ten years standing
Have had no trace Of It for two years. ALBERr K
PERRY, Smithboro, N. Y.
Since boYhood have been troubled with Catarrb
and Hay Fever, and have been unable to obtain per-
manent relief until used Ely's Cream Balm. 1t cur
Price so cents. " -
Mr.. Chas. Shelton, 81 Sylvan Ave, New Haven, Ct
writes; 81 have used two bottles Of your Wheat Bit
tiers for Dyspepsia, from which have suffered for
long time, they have relieved me and recommend
them TO oil suffering"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-07-27

The war on Commissioner Loring continues
without abatement. The publication, at last
Of the report of a committee of the National
Academy of Sciences on the sugar expert
ments Of Prof Collier, at the Department of
Agriculture, furnishes fresh occasion for
attacks on the commissioner. His course is
severely criticised and condemned by the agri.
cultural press, in which he appears to have
few defenders. 1t is charged that he design
cd to suppress the report and that he is re-
sponsible for the continued delay in its APP
pearance. 1T is not even now" says the
Providence Press, published by the Depart.
ment of Agriculture but by order of com
mittee of the senate and is not accompanied
by DIR. Golfers report, which was the basis
of the investigation, presumably because DR..
Loring did not furnish it to the public prin
ter" We are inclined to believe that Com
missioner Loring might clear himself of some
of the charges that are made against him, but
his style appears to be offensive to plain
farmers and his treatment of Prof Collier
puts ammunition, which they are using with
great effect, into the hands of his enemies.
They call for his removal, and Prof. Collier
is suggested as a most suitable person to
have charge of the Department of Agricul-
ture as DR.. Loring's successor
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-07-27

AAAhNAAt hbsf tus " lhoU.
purchased hye bottles Of your Hop Bitters last fan
OF BlshoP CO.. for my daughter, aud am we'll pleas
ca with the Bters. They did her more good than all
the medicine she has taken for six years.
r,,,, WM. 4. Nc CLURR.
, Ihe aoove ~ from q very reliable farmer, whose
daughter was in poor health for seven or EIGHT yesrs
and could obtain no relief until she used Hop Bitters
ehe Is now IN as good health as any person in the
country we have large sale, and the medicine is
making wonderful cures. W II BfsHop 4 20 -
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-07-27

How much man is like old shoesl
For instance: both q soul may lose;
Both have been tanned; both are made tight
BY cobblers; both get left and right:
Both need mate TO be complete,
And both are made to 60 on feet.
They both need heeling, oft are sold,
Aud both In time turn all to mold.
With shoes the last is first with men
The hrst shall be the last and when
The shoes wear out they're mended new;
When men wear out they're men-dead, too;
They both are trod upon, and both
VIII tread on others, nothing loath.
Both have their ties, and both incline
When polished in the world TO shine:
And both peg out-and would you choose
To be man or be his shoes?
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-07-27

- Inc IiODhte Court IN aud for said Distrrt
70 an persons interested in the estate Of CHip.
LOTTE HARRIS, late Of Nashua county Of UUil iaH'
state Of New Hampshire deceased, Gres,..'
whereas VIM. j. Harris Of said Nashua h. ~
scented TO this Court copy duly authenticated al ~
last VIII Of said deceased, aud Of the probate H. /,
by the Honorable Probate Court for the caur,- I.
HillsborO aforesaid, aud has moved that the ss5'.
allowed as the last will Of said deceased To- tL. s
said deceased owning property In this district e.
are hereby notified that this Court will decide ny
the allowance Of said Instrument as the last LII. u
sald deceased IN this state at the session thereof
trct, on the first Saturday of August A b H.
when aud whore you may appear and coutesttbe.,
If you sec cause. % Z. W. STODDABD, Eegi.t-r
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-07-27

Much OF the distress and sickness attributed TO dys-
Pepsa chronic diarrhma, and other causes is occa-
stoned by humor in the stomach. Several cases with
all the characteristics Of these complaints have been
cured by Hoods Sarsapara. Other cures effected by
this medicine wonderful that the simplest state
men OF them affords the best proof that it combines
rare curative agents, and when used secures the
confidence Of the people,