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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-05-09
Uses Of Paper.

Mechanical ingenuity is rapidly finding
new uses for paper. In the work Of multi
plying the utilities paper is capable of the
ingenious mechanics of Europe, particularly
those of England, keep pace with our own
restless inventors. An Englishman has per-
fected a preparation for hardening thick
paper to such an extent that it may be
really used as the wooden boards are. The
use OF hardened paper as building mate
rial is not new thing. In recent indus
trial exhibition in Australia, there was
shown house constructed entirely of paper /;
the interior furnished with curtains, car
pets, tables, chairs, dishes--all of paper. In
Germany paper plates are made in great
numbers now; it is hardly necessary to say
that these defy breakage at the hands of
the clumsiest house servants. In France
the workers in paper have, as would be ex-
pected, turned their attention to pressing
paper into the service of the dressmakers,
aud have succeeded, to. A paper lace has
been perfected in Paris which at once found
favor in the eye Of the actresses Of the
French capital. In artificial light it is hard,
by the eye alone, to distinguish it from the
lace made of thread. 1t is tough, soft and
cheap, 80 that the wearers care little how
badly it is rumpled in stormy scenes. En-
couraged by the success of the paper lace,
Partisan paper-maker went to work at
preparing snowy stage costume for femi-
nine wear, composed entirely Of paper.
This triumph of paper-making ingenuity
has been exhibited, but not worn as yet. 1t
is ornamented with paper lace and trains of
fuchsias of the same material. Here at
home we have paper boats. A canoe Of
paper has been padded through two thou.
sand miles of rivers by an experienced
canoeist, who preferred paper craft on &C.
count of its lightness, the weight being only
fifty-eight pounds. His long journeyings
taught him that the paper boat possessed
the additional advantages of elasticity and
durability. Enthusiastic boatmen say that
the day is not far distant when yachts,
lighter and stauncher than any yet built,
will be constructed wholly of paper. In a
paper hull the outside presents surface
smooth as glass, unbroken by joint, lap or
seam. Vessels of paper, unlike those OF
iron or steel, can be used in all climates,
being non-conductors of heat or cold.
Neither do the paper surfaces shrink or alb
sorb moisture. With paper houses, paper
furniture, paper dishes, paper canoes and
yachts, may We not by 1890, possess paper
muskets and pistols, perhaps even artillery
of paper The latter may sound strange,
but not more so than paper lace or paper
canoe would would have sounded fifteen
years ago.-Printers' Circular.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-05-09
Success with a Wooden SIIo.

Rufus Prince, Esq, prominent and sue
cessful farmer of South Turner, Maine, has
had some experience that will be interesting
to our readers. He says in Mirror & Far
mer Last summer l planted, or rather
sowed in drills, two acres Of corn and deter
mined to try my luck with the silo. My
cattle barn is situated on side hill and is
about eight feet higher on the back side
than the front, and in this basement built
my silo, making it eleven by twelve in di-
ameter and twelve feet in depth. l set up
studding upon the inside of the studding
that the outside was nailed to, and then
nailed boards upon the inside studding and
inside of the posts of the barn, the same as
the outside, and filled with sawdust the
space between the boardings. The bottom
being comparatively dry, nothing was done
except to spread on few bushels of saw
dust and on this lay loose flooring of
boards, thus making silo of the capacity
of some fifty tons for less than half that
number of dollars. Into this put the pro-
duct of the two acres, it being from twenty
five to thirty tons, and weighted it with
stones as large as a man could easily lift, to
the depth Of from twelve to fifteen inches.
December 4, opened the silo and COM
menced to feed to different kinds of stock.
/ have always been in the habit Of feeding
twice in the morning, once at noon and
twice at night; and in feeding ensilage, l
gave two feeds per day of ensilsge and three
of hay. made two tests during the win
ter with COWS giving milk. The first, the
COWS gave three hundred and ten pounds Of
milk with hay, and three hundred and forty
one pounds with hay and ensilage, fed as
above. During this experiment l made
seventeen pounds Of butter without ensilsge
and twenty pounds with. In second ex-
pertinent, the cows gave two hundred and
seventy.three pounds of milk without en-
silsge and three hundred and thirty-one
pounds with, and making sixteen and one
half pounds of butter without and nineteen
pounds with ensilage. The same amount
of meal was fed in each case, thus making,
in each case, larger relative gain of but
ter than milk. have fed the ensilage quite
largely to sheep, and am 30 much pleased
with the result that propose to build
another silo, the coming season, in connec-
tion with my sheep barn, in which to pack
ensilsge for the sheep. l have fed less meal
| the past winter than for many years; but
my stock never looked better" 1t will be
seen that Mr.. Princes experience negatives
the statement Of DR.. Sturtevant of the New
York State Experiment Farm, that ensilage
increases the milk without increasing the
butter. In this Mr.. Prince is in accord
with every dairyman Of our acquaintance
who has used ensilage. They all agree that
there is more butter, and that the butter is
good and better colored than on any dry
feed, or even roots, that they have used.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-05-09
Transplanting.

There are two principal parts in the oper-
alton of transplanting trees, namely First
digging them up, and second, setting them
out again. If both are well performed, the
trees will live and flourish II either is badly
done, they may or may not survive. There
is no necessity for losing tree in ten thou
sand many think they are quite successful
if they do not lose one in fifty. A neigh,
Dor, who understood his business, procured
one spring seventeen hundred pear trees
standards and dwarfs, of careful nursery
man who was always particular to give good
roots. He lost five in the seventeen hun,
dred, or one in three hundred and forty
but this loss was FIVE too many. A year OF
two later he tried again, ard purchased a
thousand standard pear trees at the same
nursery. Every one lived and grew ygor'
ously-there was not feeble tree in the
new orchard. All the trees were good, and
the work well done throughout. Many trees
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-05-09
WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1888.

are lost from too eager desire TO plant out
large ones. Such trees have large and long
roots, and nearly all these roots are left in
the ground in digging them. They are se-
verely checked in growth; they are more
liable to be worked about in the ground by
the wind, one of the worst things that can
happen to newly set tree; and they have
less power to throw out new roots than
smaller or younger trees. The smaller the
tree is, provided it is in thrifty condition,
the more easily the roots are taken up with
1t, and the quicker it RECEIVERS from any
check. 1t needs no extra stiffening against
the wind. An apple tree should not be over
one or two years from the graft, and such a
tree, under good cultivation, will be larger
aud handsomer In FIVE years than a four
year tree set out at the same time with an
equal amount of labor bestowed on it.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-05-09
How David Davis Won a Foot Race.

Among the stories told at Washington
about David Davis of Illinois, is one to the
effect that while he was dining one day at
Wormley's with some friends, among whom
was Mr.. Evarts, the conversation drifted to
athletic sports and foot races. Mr.. Evarts,
with view to one of his sarcastic jests,
turned TO the great trunk alongside of him,
from which he himself may be supposed to
have been whitfield off as silver, and sug-
gested that such sports were something en-.
tirey out of his line. "Well, Evarts," re-
piled Judge Davis, "perhaps you think
can't run Z Now, look here, I'll bet you a
case of wine can beat you in a hundred
yards if you will let me choose my ground
and give five yards start. Pm heavy, you
know, and | want solid footing" Mr.,
Evarts was satisfied that he "had dead
sure thing" and as the evening had ad-
vanced the dignifed company resolved to
unbeud itself still further for the sport.
Come on, then" shouted the senator, a." fol-
low me |" So away they went down TO a
narrow alley that runs between Twelfth
and Thirteenth streets. Marching into it
for distance of five yards. while his arms
touched the brick work on either side, he
quietly observed "Now Evarts, get in be.
hind me, and take your time. am going
TO take mine"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-05-09
Cheerfulness.


II any one ought to be cheerful that per-
son is the Christian. In the sharpest trials
of life he has the unfailing resource of
PRAYERS to comfort aud sustain him, and to
give way to dependency is in him weak
ness if not wickedness. 1t is sometimes
needful for those who are not Of sanguine
and hopeful temperament to strive to acquire
a cheerful disposition under the stress of
adverse circumstances. But it can be OBJ
tained and cultivated and wide expert
ence Of life proves to those who live with
open ewes, that sometimes those who suffer
the very greatest trials of life are the very
ones who are the most cheerful. Trusting
daily, in small things and in great, is the
surest way of getting cheerfulness OF mind
and character. Not blindly, or stoically
accepting the evil and the good alike with
indifference, but holding on to the thinner
ideal within and working up toward that
by the aid of the bitterness and sharpness
OF evil, yet not giving way under their de-
pressing influence. But rather buoyed up
by the Divine Hand and resting in the Dl.
vine Will, looking toward an end OF the evil
time and trusting the everlasting words of
promise, that all things shall work together
for good toward them that love him who
are called according to his purpose,-chris-
han at Work.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-05-09
Swift Judgment.

How hard some men are in their judg-
ment of others How quick to imagine that
liberal actions were born of mean motives
How ready to resent imaginary neglect and
to magnify molehills into mountains, to the
prejudice of their neighbors Goethe, by
no means high.toned moralist himself,
presents consideration fitted to cure this
evil disposition when he says
II God to man were as severe
As you and are when we jar,
We both had scanty comfort here,
But he takes men just as they are
Yes God considers that men are dust, have
many weaknesses, and so deals mercifully
with them. And men should consider each
others infirmities, credit each other with
good intentions whenever possible, and
Judge others as they themselves like to be
Judged that is, charitably. johnson, harsh
as he sometimes was, said in one OF his best
moments that "every man probably knows
worse of himself than he certainly knows of
most other men," And is it not also true
that many men, conspicuously known as
severe in their judgments, would be forced
to walk with bushes OF shame on their
cheeks if the record of their thoughts, mo-
tiyes and actions were legibly written on
the backs of their coats 7 Surely, self
knowledge, to say nothing of Christian love,
ought to beget that charity which thinks no
evil, feels kindly, speaks gently, and acts
courteously toward all.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-05-09
agricultural 1eparfneL
t. II. HOsKINs, Agricultural Editor.
A VOICE FROM THE FARM.

"You say that my life IL a round Of toll 2"
The stslwart farmer said;
"That scarce can wtest from the oft-tllled soil
My pttance Of daily bread7
Well, what you tell me In part Is true,
I am seldom an idle man,
But value the blessing Of rest as you,
who have 30 much Of II, never can.
"And, surely, never have worked in vain,
From the spring to the golden fall;
The harvest has ever brought waving grain,
Enough and to spare for all.
And when in the evening, freed from care,
1see at my farmhouse door
Ny wife and little ones waiting there,
Oh, what has millionaire more
My children may never have boarded wealth.
Their lives may at times be rough;
But II in their houses they have love and health
They will md these riches enough.
The only land they will ever own
Is the land that the strong right arm
And the patient, fearless heart alone
Can TIL TO a fertile farm.
81 have nothing beyond my simple wants.
And little for cloudy days;
But no grim spectre my homestead haunts,
Such as silver and gold might raise.
Around me are eyes that with sparkling mlrth
or with placid countenance shine
And no wealth -clogged lord upon all the earth
Has q lot more blessed than mine.
"ohl yes, am laborins all day long,
with the mind and the muscle, too;
But thank the Lord, who has made me btcong,
And has given me work 70 do.
For what, indeed is the idle drone
But vampire on the land,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-05-09
Saving Souls.

A recently returned missionary from India
exhibited to us the photograph of group
OF native Christian helpers. "There," said
he, I" is one who is well-nigh irresistible in
soulsaving. He concentrates his thoughts
and prayers upon some one of his friends,
and with a steady, unfaltering purpose
works straightforward to the desired result"
We looked, with unusual interest, upon the
face of this tireless successful "helper."
There was no special beauty discoverable in
that face yet one could rot fail to detect a
depth of sincerity, profound seriousness,
an unyielding will, that would defy all OBJ
stacles. We considered what some of those
obstacles must be-the natural perversity
Of the human heart, the power Of deeply
seated class prejudices, the loss of standing
in Hindu circles and the consequent re-
proach, oftentimes bitter, for Christ's sake.
In that face were revealed the elements of
successful soul-saving. Here was individual
contact. Powerful sermons must be sup
plemented by personal effort, if we would
save men. Without this the good seed will
very likely be caught up before it takes
root, or the cares of this world will quickly
suppress its termination. o for more
general realization of this in the church
Specific labor is the supreme need of the
nOur. NO OrBdnlleu meIHOuS can Supefseue
this without injury. Here was genuine
sincerity. The Holy Spirit will not honor
our efforts with any thing less. Personal
work, however Jealous in appearance, will
prove as "wood, hay and stubble," unless
there is this deep, underlying purity of prin-
ciple. Nothing can be more despicable in
the eyes of God than lack of sincerity.
Here was unaffected seriousness. A flip.
pant, thoughtless manner often neutralizes
Christian service. Great themes press too
heavily to allow this. Momentous issues at
stake forbid it, Death and eternity are too
near to suffer il. Here was resolute deter
mination. This converted "helper" would
go forth saying, q will save this SOUL"
So ought we to go forth There is an in
crease of power that comes only by the ex-
ercise of our volitions. This is true in all
things, good or evil All these elements of
successful service are wrought in the soul
by the Holy Spirit, and through that truth
which nourishes the soul in righteousness
and true holiness.-ChriStian advocate.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-05-09
Sorghum Sugar,

At the Farmers Institute meeting at Sa
lem, Mass, to which allusion has been made,
DR.. George B. Loring, U. S. Commissioner
of Agriculture, was present, and at the close
of the lecture made some remarks upon the
subject of the sorghum sugar industry in
United States. His views of the successful
or profitable cultivation of sorghum in the
northern states are decidedly adverse and
opposed to those of DIR. Collier, the distin-
guished chemist employed by the depart
ment. Or. Collier has been indefatigable
in his Investigations upon the subject Of
sorghum sugar, and his reports sent out to
the country do not correspond with the
views of the commissioner. 1t is pity that
the usual antagonisms and contradictions
existing among farmers should be found to
prevail among those who are selected TO
guide and direct the great agricultural in
terests Of the country. If the chemist re-
tanned and employed by the commissioner
presents the results of his exhaustive and
expensive experiments to the country, and
the commissioner himself goes about to con-
tradict or disprove them, sad state OF con-
fusion must prevail. Alas for the farmer |
Popular Science News.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-05-09

BURNING AND SHINING LIGHTs.-Mr.
Moody tells of blind beggar sitting by the
sidewalk on dark night with bright
lantern by his sidei whereat a passer-by
was so puzzled that he had to turn back
with, What in the world do you keep a
lantern burning for You can't see !" "Sot
folks won't stumble over me" was the reply
We should keep our light brightly burning
for others sake, as well as for the good OF
"being in the light ourselves
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-05-09

ANDREW II. WARD writes "Intelligent
farmers want to know why farmers are in
duced to pay twelve and one-half cents per
pound for phosphoric acid soluble in dis
tiled water when they can buy phosphoric
acid in finely ground phosphate of lime,
which is soluble in the water of the soil.
Providence does not furnish distilled pater
for the growth of plants"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-05-09

GRATING WAX.-Take of rosin three
pounds, pure beeswax one pound, and soften
with linseed oil, acc riding to the weather I;
commonly one pint to the above 1t is a
good plan to have two kinds, one little
softer than the other, for use in the cool of
the day
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-05-09

MAconBER's Corn PLANrER.-In reply
to those who ask to know the price of this
implement (Which we think every way the
best hand corn planter in the markeD we
may say that the price is $3.50 (retaiD and
that the general agent is Mr.. o. G. Phelps
of Milton, Vermont. The manufacture Of
them is but just commenced, but another
season they will be generally advertised.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-05-09

No MAN OF woman of the humblest sort
can really be strong, gentle, pure and good
without the world being better for 1t, with.
out somebody being helped and comforted
by the very existence Of that goodness
Phiuips Brooks.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-05-09

IT was Sidney Smith who retorted upon
some one who had called him an everyday
man "Well, II am an everyday man, you
are weak one."
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-05-09
RODp'S Calculator and Diary

Makes Practical Arithmetic easy for all. simplities
the art of computation and enables every Farmer and
Tradesman to make correct and tame cAlcu
ations In all their business transactions. Ia worth s
weight In gold to every quick in figures 1t Ia neatly
printed. elegantly bound. accompanied by RENEWABLE
Diary, sILoATE Slate, PERPETUAL Calendar and YALU
ABLE Pocket Book. Morocco, 81. Sent postpaid on
receipt of price, Agents wanted. Sells rapidly. Ad-
dress FRED l.. HUNTINGDON,
ss-39wcj Malone, New York.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-05-09

THE cut-under" hay rack patent has
been declared void by the Maine courts
But there would seem to be some trouble
about the business yet, by the following
note to Boston paper: "To the editor Of
the Boston Post. l am not democrat, but
will vote next time for any democratic
presidential candidate who will pledge him
self to clean out the fiends who take orders
for cut.under hay racks.
JAMES II. WHITTIER, Braintree, Vt.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-05-09

To PREVENT TIN SAP BUCKETS FROM
RUsrINd.-Dip them in sap when brought
in from the sugar lot turn them bottom up
and dry well then pack away in dry
place. Use no water about them excepting
in the spring. Well wash, scald and clean
before you put them out on the trees
Having tried this method for the past
twenty-five years and found it successful,
can recommend it, not having one bucket
leak or get rusty out of one hundred fifty.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-05-09
Mr.. Arms Dairy Report.

As did not milk the lot through the sea-
son make monthly average of those
MIXED during the month, which amounted
for the season to the following:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-06-22

LAWYER Bliss, WHO prosecuted
the star route cases, apparently
emily thinks he would never have
another client hence he would
make the most out of government.
His regular pay wasS $50, per
day and out of that one might be
excused for expecting the man to
pay his wash bills, and so on, but
Bliss made his employer settle for
hisgeneral expenses in Washington.
The bill for the first sixteen days
was S226. including board at SO a
dsy, laundry bill, aud '.incidentals,
which term is sometimes made to
cover multitude of sins. If the
government lawyers didn't make
more than the star route thieves
it was because the trials didn't
last as long as the star route con
tracts.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-06-22

THERE SEEMS to be more in the
aduIserated lard cases that have
been casually mentioned in our east
ern kilograms lately than the dis
patches would make 1T appear.
Very clear and sweeping cases are
being made out against Fowler
Brothers, the pork packers of
Chicago and Kansas City. In some
instances the adulteration amounted
to 25 per cent, and the adulterants
used were cotton seed oil and NUT :
ton taIloW. The difference in price
between pure leaf lard and this stuff
is &c. per pound, amounting to be.
tween SIS and Sc on a barrel. The
lard, or stuff so manufactured, has
all the appearance Of the genuine
article, and is sold at the regular
price to consumers, who are ignor-
ant of its effects. A wholesale
manufacturer of crackers and bis
cults who unknowingIy used some
of the aduIterated lard, says he
found his goods, after a short time
turned rancid, and they were re-
turned to him, by his customers.
He had his lard analysed, and it was
found to contain 40 per cent. of cot
ton seed oil and talloW. He de-
clared the slightest adulteration
would tell on his goods. Fowler
Brothers are not the only firm
guilty of 'doctoring" their lard. 1t
is said to be next to impossible to
obtain the pure article. manufacture
ers finding it so easy to put in cheap
adulterants.