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The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-03-29

''BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRocHEs" are
widely known as an admirable remedy for
Bronchitis, Hoarseness, Coughs and Throat
troubles. Sold onLq IN boIes. % cts. y
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-03-29

-Four hundred women Of Ward 90.
Boston, have signed a remonstrance to
he sent to the Legislature against grant
ing further suffrage 10 women So it
seems that women are nowadays
obliged to go into politics, If only Id
order to keep out. Dear, dear!-B Boston
TRANSCRIPT.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-03-29

DR.. WILLIAMS Indian Pile Ointment.
Warranted to cure any case of blind, bleed
ing or itching piles. At druggists.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-03-29

Rough on Coughs, loo, at Druggists Com
plete cure Coughs. Hoarseness, Sore Throat.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-03-29

Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar
Cures coughs and colds. Pixies toothache
drops cure in one minnie.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-03-29

ONE would reasonably suppose that ii
would be difficult to collect bill from q
leather merchant whenhe buys leather and
hides.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-03-29

BECAUSE church bells sometimes have
wedding rings, it does not follow that they
are married.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-03-29

WHEN q man declares his love in deeply.
as only sighed how.-PhilGdelphid Press.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-03-29

Mr.. ONION has just failed out in Ne
braska; but it can not be said that he has
not @ scent to his name.-- Chicago Herald
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-03-29

WOULD not be without Redding's Russia
Salve,is theverdict of allwho useit. Price25c.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-03-29

THEY say dogs can't reason, but no one
will doubt that dog tries to reach con
clusion when he chases his tail.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-03-29

A MAN may be smoker, and yet his dear
little wife may not allow him to smoke her.
Boston Post.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-03-29

Smother SWANS Worm Syrup for few
erishness, worms, Constellation, tasteless. 25t
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-03-29

PIso's CURE for Consumption does not
dry up cough; it removes the cause.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-03-29

Skinny Men. "Wells' Health Renewer' re-
stores health and Yigor, cures Dyspepsia, 81.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-03-29

WHILE scattering few crumbs for the
sparrows this severe weather, don't forget
to throw out a lot of old tomato cans,
barrel-hoops and cast.of shoes for the poor
goat, which has as much right 10 live as
the imported feather biped.-NorriStolo
Herald
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-03-29

WHY are very young dudes like very
new wheati Both are too green to thrash.
--Chicdgo Times.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-03-29

"Rough on Corns.'' loo. Ask for it. Gem
plete cure, hard or soft corns, warts, bunions.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-03-29

No 0pIATEs or drastic cathartics are found
IN that peerless remedy, Samaritan Neruue.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-03-29

Some malicious fellow, whom the
law ought to put where he can do no
harm, put five bars of soapin the water
tank on the Brunswick q Western Road,
near Waycross. Ca, the other day. The
ght express. thar came along next.
filled up with the spapy water, and soap
water will not make steam. So the en-
gine was laid up on the track, without
steam or the power to make it, until
another engine could be sent out to pull
the former train and engine onward
SAVANNAH NeDS. srlfto1 "a
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-03-29

EVERY cloud has silver lining; but 1t
Is not 80 with solid silver water pitchers.
They are nickel plated.-M. 0. PicaNane.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-03-29

"FAILURE in the yarn trale''-Writing
some unsuccessful novels.-Punch
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aLIaHr is gradually breai,ing-me," re-
marked the man when he paid a gas bill
twice as large as usual.-DetrOit Post.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-03-29

Buchu-paiba.n Quick, complete cure, all
annoying Kidney and Urinary Diseases, 81.
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CATTLE are dumb boasts, but by getting
together in large numbers they make
themselves herd.--N. Y Graphic.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-03-29

From Boulder, Col, Miss NE. Wilder, writes;
SomorttdR Nervtne cured me Of epilepsy,"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-03-29

A SWEET thing in bric-a-brao-An Egyp-
tian molasses- jug.
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GONSUM ION.

have 8, tive remedy for the above diseasei by to
use thousads Of cases Of the worst kind and of long
standing been cured Indeed strong Is my faith
in its eficacy that will send TWO BOTTLES FREE to-
gether with yALUABLE TREATISE on this disease to
DIR. +. A. SLoCUM, 1s1 Pearl St, New York.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-03-29

ANOTHER kind of crazy quilt is one that
is too short at both ends.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-03-29

A MISS. ALLIANCE-A young ladies' de-
batting society," CHICAGO Tribune.
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VNyANTED-Men and Women to start new
w business at their homes easily learned in an hour
No peddling roc to Soc hour made daytime or even
ing Send Toe for 30 samples to commence work
on. Address m. q. FAY, ButlHnds Vermont.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-03-29

AAMRs A MONTH and BOARD for three live
I'm kN Young Men or Ladies', in each county! Adj
WV dress P. w. Z1EGLER CO., Chicago. III.
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F0R LADIES' USE n9 f Fo sTs,fs ir ssd
DR.. II. G.EAKR. as Essex Street. Boston. Mass
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GLIDE CURE Epilepsy, spssms FREE TO POOH
OUnE DE- KRUsE MED. CO.. 1928 Hickory st, Louis, Mo
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ais wN 40 Pcs. in square, assted Colors, so
SAAkSu cts. SILK MFG co., ohioopee, Mass.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-03-29

SO near death as did Mr.. Crombie and then
recover, but the men and women who are
drifting toward the same end are legion.
To note the slightest symptoms, to realize
their Significance and to meet them in time
by the remedy which has been shown TO be
most efficient, is duty from which there
can be no escape: They are fortunate who
do this; they are on the sure road to death
who neglect it.. YTr= e q.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-12-10
Cattle Feeding.

is there science of cattle feeding?
Or can science help the farmer in the
practice of cattle feeding? If we mean
by a science of cattle feeding that perfect
and infallible rules have been formu-
lated for the guidance of practice, then
there is no such science. If we simply
mean that scientific investigation has
revealed a great many facts and princi-
Piles which serve as valuable aid to
practice, and which explain many
things not before understood, then we
are not claiming too much. 1t is hardly
possible that hundreds of cattle foods
could have been analysed aud hundreds
of physiological and feeding expert
ments and investigations conducted in
so exact manner that the conditions
were measured to hairs breadth with
out much being learned. These investi-
cations have not been made in a bung-
ling or careless manner. They have
not been in the hands of novices.
The best scientific appliances and talent
in existence have been utilized, and the
results mean too much to be blown
aside by puff of prejudice, or to be
disproved by Investigations any less
profound and extended. All questions
are not settled. Many important facts
doubtless wait discovery. 1t is true,
nevertheless. that help can be obtained
from what we already know. -Profes-
sOr Jordan.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-12-10
The Russian Mulberry.

j. w. S. of Stowe, VT, writes: Can
you give your readers any information
in relation to what is called the Russian
Mulberry, now being offered for sale
by agents? We would like to know
whether they will do well with us or
not. We would like to know it sure,
from some one that knows
REPLY BY AGRICULTURAL EDITOR
We have had the Morus Tartdricus
(Cut-leaved, or Russian Mulberry
growing in our grounds for several
years, and find it quite hardy. The
following description, from an account
of the trees growing in the grounds of
the Iowa Agricultural College, pub
lished in the last Report of the Iowa
Horticultural Society, agrees with our
own experience in regard to this null
berry.
"This small ornamental tree or shrub
has been much praised by papers
throughout the state. AS tree it is
failure, branching very freely from the
ground the whole length of the stem.
The fruit is not superior to the common
mulberry, being very variable in quality.
1t makes pretty ornament for lawns"
The common American or Red Null
berry, and the improved Seeding,
known as the Downing Mulberry, which
make small trees, do not succeed north
of Massachusetts, except in very favor
able locations. The hardness of the
Russian species makes it available
for culture farther north. None of the
mulberries are really of much value for
their fruit, not because it is bad to eat,
but because but few ripen at a time,
and the birds get them before the owner
can. We are glad to have one tree,
but do not care for more. This hardy
sort enables the silk worm to be bred
successfully farther north than would
otherwise be the case.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-12-10
The Conclusions Of Long Experience
in Potato Culture.

First, there is not enough difference
in the vitality and productive quality of
the eyes taken from different parts of
the potato to warrant the selection of
some and rejection of others. Second,
planting whole seed does not give in
creased yields sufficient to warrant the
use of so great an amount of seed.
Third, cutting to single eyes and plant
ing two pieces to the hill, twelve to
sixteen inches apart, gives the best
average results in marketable potatoes.
Fourth, potatoes require deep, mellow
seed-bed, with mellow soil below, and
on either side, as well aS over them.
Fifth, fresh unfermented manures are
injurious to the quality of the crop.
The stable manures used should be
thoroughly rotted and well incorporated
with the soil. Sixth, of special ma
nures, wood ashes, salt, ground bone
and gypsum have given good results,
though on some soils their effect might
be scarcely perceptible. Seventh, mod
erately deep planting and level culture
is better on most soils than shallow
planting and killing up.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-12-10

"In the way of vegetables, DIR. Hos
kins has fine collection, among which
is liberal sprinkling of novelties. Our
attention was first called to the French
Flageolet bean, which is quite boon if
its merits are not overestimated, as it
claims to be fully equal to the Lima,
which it is impossible to raise here.
Another sort with marked peculiarly
in foliage is said to be frost proof, but
has not been tested in that respect as
yet. The Ivory Pod wax seems entirely
worthless. A strain of early Marble
head sweet was shown which has been
bred white--in other words, the red
cob and in some cases kernel, which in
the original strain was an obiectional
feature, has been weeded out, render
ing it very early white cob corn. A
fine patch of cabbage, principally Fot-
tiers Brunswick, were entirely free from
worms, which have not made their APP
pearance this season.; usually they are
as much of a pest here as elsewhere.
GA most striking feature of DIR. Hos
kins' grounds, containing twelve acres,
is the entire absence of weeds. To
quote his own words, cannot afford
to raise them All things considered,
this garden is a marvel in its wav Dr.
Hoskins' neighbors have all doubted
his ability to make fruit-growing sue
cess in this locality, but he has demon
strated beyond doubt that it can be
done -
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-12-10

With the president of the college and
the successive members of the State
Board of Agriculture, it has always
been cherished idea. Our Legislators
however much they may object to other
items in appropriation bills, never object
to that which provides for the payment
of student labor. And SO, while we
would not overlook or depreciate the
difficulties that beset its practical man.
agement (and which have caused 50
many industrial colleges to discard it),
we would urge to united effort to give
student labor the prominence it de-
serves in an agricultural college course
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-12-10

troduced cherries from northern Europe
of the Griotte or Morello family, which
seem to be best of all for cold regions.
Among these the Ostheim promises
well. 1t is large, dark red, and quite
sweet when fully ripe. Another Mo-
relic, called the Lieb, proves hardy and
productive with us. 1t is of medium
size, yellow, with a red cheek, and of
the same season as the Early Kentish,
or Richmond. Still another good and
hardy Morello is the Large Montmo-
rency, week or ten days later than
the Lieb.
GRAPES.
For jelly and sauce, Hartford Prolific
and Tolman otherwise called Champion
or BeaconsfielO. These are hardy,
coarse favored, but early and produce
tive. For dessert, Brighton, Moore's
Early, Israella, Delaware, Salem, Eume-
lau, and for white grape Mr.. Pringle's
new Gold Drop. All these ripen well
in favorable year in Orleans county.
1t is well to have them protected on the
north from the wind, by buildings, or a
fence. Concord is too late, but Moore's
Early is much like it, except in being
earlier.
STRAWBERRIES.
Out of the innumerable list of varie-
ties there can probably be no better
selection than Wilson and Crescent for
early, and Windsor Chief and Man
chester for late. AS only one of these,
Wilson, has a perfect flower, it is neces-
sary, in order to get full crops, to mix
say one Wilson plant with every six of
the other kinds. If it is desired to keep
the sorts separate, then bed of Wilson
must be planted near by-say within
one or two rods, to furnish pollen to
the others. For strawberries the land
must be rich, moist (not wet) and be
kept free from weeds. In winter the
beds should be lightly covered with
straw after the ground is frozen. This
protects the plants in winter, and keeps
the fruit from dirt
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-12-10
Seed Corn.

There are but two methods of secur-
ing seed corn which can be relied upon
to give good satisfaction. The best and
surest way is to go through the fields
before cutting the crop and mark such
stalks as are wanted for seed. BY so
doing the general growth and style of
the stalk and ear can be seen at glance.
These stalks should be left until per-
fectly ripe, and then the ears stored in
a warm, dry place. In selecting and
marking ears it is best to be guided by
the earliness of ripening and the style
of the stock and ear. The stalk should
be not too coarse and robust in proper
ton to the ear, and it is usually an in
dication of good type of corn to see
the ears Z" set" low on the stalks. In
the formation of the ear close, hard,
well-ripened and deep kernels should
always be selected in preference to
larger and less compact ones. A small
cob is the chief requisite of good ear
of corn.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-12-10
Farmers Wives and Daughters.

Lady Catharine Gaskell, in an Eng
lish magazine, says the wives and
daughters of farmers and the laboring
classes should not be educated. If
kept in ignorance they would submit
more cheerfully to privations and
would not grumble at hard fare, coarse
clothing, hard work and long hours.
Lady Catharine, as her title shows,
is member of the privileged classes,
who believe not only in the. di-
vine right of kings, but also of the
nobility and gentry, who Gin their own
estimation are made of finer clay than
the common herd. She would have the
latter class, which includes all workers,
content with the station in which, by a
wise arrangement of Providence, they
have been placed and, in order that they
may remain contented, would withhold
from them all opportunities for acquir-
ing knowledge. In this she shows
wisdom in the interests of the class to
which she belongs, but the wisdom
comes too late, for there is nothing so
powerful to awaken dissatisfaction with
present conditions and desire and de-
termination for improvement as educa-
ton. But the time for saying that any
class of humanity shall be kept in igno-
rance is past. The schoolmaster is
abroad the world over. The people
everywhere are rising Intellectually.
If in consequence institutions venerable
with age are overturned, and privileges
long enjoyed by the few come to an
end, it only shows that they have been
wrong in principle and should long
since have disappeared. Lady Catha-
rines may lament the influence of gen.
eral education on the people, but they
cannot prevent it.-Fdrmers' Reuieac.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-12-10

GOLD" Gold comes in from the
old world now at great rate. There
has been over SS,00O,0OO received since
September, and it is thought that by
January the figures will reach 800.
100000" say the commercial papers
A little while ago, when the gold tide
was running the other way, we were
being told on all sides that the silver
dollar was what did it, and that its coin
age should be Immediately stopped. If
this had been done how easy it would
be to account for the present influx of
the yellow metal
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-12-10

INVESTIGATION by DR.. Collier, when
chemist of the department of agricul-
ture, established the possibility of ex-
tracing from sorghum sugar of the
best quality, at low cost, and in amount
limited only by the demands of COM
merce. Yet the industry lags and the
useful work performed by DR.. Collier
has been disparaged persistently by the
department under the present chief,
who has seemed to be unreasonable
hostile to the new industry left with
bright promises by his predecessor,
General lie Due. When shall we have
a change? Will the new administra-
ton next March end the obstruction
policy and lend its support to an eco
nomic measure that may be of immense
Importance to our agriculture? These
questions may be answered definitely
by farmers who wish to see the new in
dustry established. No matter whether
the new administration be republican
or democratic, the department of agri-
culture may be put in the line of prog
ress if farmers ask it. Let them insist
that Dr. Collier be put in position to
pursue investigations already carried
almost to completion, and he will do the
service.-Husbandmdn.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-12-10
Pig Feeding i'm Winter.

Here is an instructive experience
from that valuable treatise of Stewards
on s. Feeding Animals ~ Having four
pigs of the same age, and about the
same weight, they were divided into
two lots of two each. Each lot weighed
one hundred fifty pounds at the COM
mencement of the experiment. One
lot was fed cornmeal wet up with hot
water and allowed to stand some ten or
twelve hours; the other lot was fed
about two quarts each of shortcut
clover hay mixed with cornmeal, wet
up with hot water and allowed to stand
the same length of time. Each lot was
fed without stint upon its ration, and
the experiment continued for one hun
dred twenty days. AS in the expert
ment with grass, the lot on clover hay
and meal had the best appetite, ate the
most steadily, and showed greater
thrift; but the lot on meal alone were
apparently healthier than those on
meal alone in the other experiment:
they were older, and, the weather be-
ing colder, were not so feverish. The
latter lot gained one hundred ten
pounds per head; whilst the lot on
clover hay and meal gained one hun
dred forty-three pounds each, or thirty
per cent more. Since then we have
often fed pigs upon fibrous food in win
ter, and always successfully. Feeding
clover hay in winter may be novel; but
why should it not be considered as APP
propriate to feed pigs clover hay in
winter as to feed cattle and horses
clover hay in winter? The pig eats
green clover in summer as profitably
as the cow or horse; and when farmers
understand the true system of feeding
clover hay will generally make part of
the winter ration of pigs.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-12-10
agricultural.
r. n. HosKINs, Newport, VT, Editor.
BY the Powell Process.

T. S. Peck of Burlington reports to
us that on November 10 he got 81 pounds
of butter from 100 pounds of Jersey
milk, or at the rate of one pound of but
ter to 1888 pounds of milk. October
Ii from 500 pounds common cows milk
(pasture feD he got "a pounds and 6
ounces of butter and 55pounds of cheese,
or 4.875 pounds of butter and IL pounds
of cheese from 100 pounds of milk-a
total of 1885 pounds merchantable
product per 100 pounds of milk. Mr..
Peck asks us if we think these are large
yields. We do. He also asks what are
the best yields on record. We have not
noted these down as they have been
published, and though we doubtless
have them, in our various reports and
files of agricultural papers, we have not
now the time to look them up. But, as
matter of fact, the great bulk of these
tests and records" from the manner
in which they have usually been made,
carry but little weight in the opinion of
dairymen as standards of comparison
We shall be glad to hear reports of the
products of herds, or of selected cows,
made in the ordinary way of business,
but the " fixed up' records, made for
the purpose of magnifying certain
strains of stock, are worse than worth
less, since they are entirely misleading
and cannot be realized in practical dairy
,uorly
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-12-10
Student Labor.

Professor Samuel Johnson of the
Michigan Agricultural College enter
tains strong convictions on the subject
of student labor at industrial colleges.
In his last report he says "Our stu
dents believe in it. Our graduates
come to feel its value in fashioning
habit and sympathy in right directions,
more and more, as they engage in the
active work of life on the farm or else
where. Our patrons regard it as one of
the main inducements that decide them
to send their sons TO this college
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-12-10
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