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Periodicals.

LippincOtt's Magazine for April opens
with "a delightfully."- written article on
New Germantown and Chestnut
HILL" which is likely to prove even
more attractive than the article on
"Old Germantown in the February
number. The illustrations are from
original designs by J. Pennell and c.
p. Weber, and confirm the descriptions
in the text. h
Five profusely illustrated articles
and a biographical paper with two por-
traits lend unusual pictorial interest
to the April number of the Century
The frontispiece is a portrait of the late
Sidney Lanier at the age of fifteen, and
with the text of DIR. William Hayes
Wards essay on "Sidney Lanier
Poet" is also printed a portrait of the
poet in mature age. In "Open Let
ters," Arthur Penn writes of "Sidney
Lanier on the English Novel,"
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly
The April number is even more inter
esting than usual, aud is replete with
instruction and entertainment. The
embellishments are admirable-the col
ored frontispiece, "The Approach Of I
Storm, y is particularly so. The open
ing article, "How Uniform standars
Time Came About" abounds with in
formation, and is profusely illustrated
There are also illustrated articles b.
Walter =. McCann, E. A. Duyckinck
Chas. Won Sas, N. Robinson, Prof. Bar
rett, T. N. Seymour, etc. There ar
12s quarto pages and over 12S illustra
tions in each number, and the price
only 25 cents, or $3.50 per year, post
paid. Mrs. Frank Leslie, Publisher
So, So & 81 Park Place, New York..
Smyrna times., 1884-04-02

Mr.. Blair's bill for the promotion of
public education is opposed by several
Republican Senators, Sherman and In
gals among them, because it proposes
to hand over a very large sum to the
Southern States withoutany guarantee
that it will be properly expended by
them. It is case where a good deaI
must be taken on trust. nee
Smyrna times., 1884-04-02

SAssING HIS EMPLOYER.-Sampso
Jennings, who always sasses back, was
a clerk for one day only at the man.
moth establishment of William Bobson,
Austin Ave. Bobson, although very
wealthy, is very illiterate. He was
writing letter, when he looked up
and said to Sampson Jennings, who
was at the next desk: ng... f
"How do you spell indueement-
with a or 50" r
Damfino," resonded Sampson Jen-
nings. .t.t
"All the clerks 1 ever had, except
you, knew how to SPELL" a..a a.a
so did all the bosses ever had, ex-
cept you" iaA f
The entente cOrdiGle was spilled all
over the floor, and new man stands
at the desk formerly occupied by Samp-
son Jennings. - Teras Siftings.
Smyrna times., 1884-04-02

The new Duchess of Westminter,
wife of one of the richest men in Eu-
rope, was married in u dress of white
foulard, costing seventy-iive cents y
yard. This certainly is economy, and
economy it is to use DIR. Bulls Cough
Syrup the great remedy for coughs and
colds.
Smyrna times., 1884-04-02


THE NUCLEUS OF A NAvY.-The bill
reported by Mr.. Hale, from the Senate
committee on naval affairs, providing
for the construction of seven new steel
vessels for the navy of the United
States, was passed by a large majority.
The bill calls for one cruiser of 4,500
tons displacement, one of 5000 tons,
one dispatch vessel of 1900 tons, two
heavily-armed gunboats of 1900 tons
each, one gunboat of 75o tons, not to
exceed 300 tons, to be built on plans
and specifications to be furnished by
the admiral of the navy. 1t also pro-
vides for the construction of one steel
ram, of one cruising torpedo boat and
Of two harbor torpedo boats. This bill
supplements the act of March 8, 1888,
which authorized the building of foui
steel vessels under the supervision Of
the naval advisory board. The esti'
mated expenditure for these vessels
during the next two years Is "a, ,852, 900
The bill is so drawn that Secretary
Chandler will have very little to d,
with the management of the appropria
tion.
Smyrna times., 1884-04-02

FREAKS OF A CYCLoNE.-North
Carolina, it would seem, may claim
cyclones as capricious and destructive
as the prairie States. Here are a few
OF the effects of recent cyclone there.
Robert Wilson, whose mothers house
was demolished, was blown out into
the yard, but not seriously hurt. He
had retired before the storm came on.
and laid his clothing on a chair. In
his vest pocket was a watch. The
next morning he found his watch
hanging to small limb of tree that
had blown down in the yard, the chain
wrapped several times around the
limb. 1t was ticking away as if moth
ing had happened.
Mr.. Stewart, who was killed at
Daniel Watson's, was very fond of
hunting, and always kept his gun near
the head of his bed When Mr.. Stew
art was found after the storm his gun
was lying near him, but had been dis
charged, the entire load passing
through Mr.. Stewards body.
In one place was noticed large fat
pine log, which would weigh at least
5000 pounds, which was taken up from
the ground where it was lying and
carried distance of twenty or twenty
ty five steps, and piled across some
other logs.
Smyrna times., 1884-04-02

It Is still an open question whether
South Carolina or the Cash family is
the stronger.
Smyrna times., 1884-04-02
WHOLE NO. 1899.
His Future was Behind Him.

II tells you wat tits, boy" said
Uncle Pete one morning to young Bill
Buck, Il tells you wat It's, boy, doan
lax dem hiflutin' airs OBJ yo'n, an dem
dandy stO' close, no how"
"Oh, you's too old-fashioned, Uncle
Pete; you don't know nothin' OBJ de
new Ordah OBJ things. De cullahed
race am adwancin' in eddication an
style, sah."
" Mebbe is Old-fashioned, boy, but
| tells you eff you tries to dress up lax
er dOod, an put on airs, folks I'll think
you's a no count nigger ez amt wuth
shucks."
But we hab to keep up wild de sper-
ret OBJ de times, sab, now we am citi
zens oh de republic and hab de wan
tage OBJ de schools"
Doan go too much on de vantage
oh de schools, boy; an doan You git
TOO smaht. Der Onct were a man wat
got too smaht, an he's hade swell an
swell twell hit bust. Some kline of
smahtness amt good. jess YOU mem
ber' boy, you is got yo' futcr all befo'
you, an eff you wants ter be a man OBJ
emmy count you hab ter gin right"
He, he, he! Got my futer befo'
me. What's yo' futer, Uncle Pete?"
Hole on, boy, doan you 'splay yo'
Igrance befO' de ole man. Much high
sko0l larnin' am maxim fool oh vou.
as the pote say. My futer am mostly
benin me, an doan you make no mis-
take on dat; an it am turned into
'sperience. I hab been usin' up nv
futer TO- mo- den sixty year, an l amt
got much lef' befo' me. inlet me tell
you, boy. eff you doan mem yo' ways
an stop yo' vile Greer, you'll jess git
snuff out lax taller dip, befo' you
hab er chance ter git any future benin
you, an you won't hab ez much befo
you ez ole Uncle Pete. You'd bettat
be harkenin' ter de gentle murmah OF
e my baZOO. You heah mel"
Smyrna times., 1884-04-02

A paper in Minnesota starts out
with, sour platform is the abolition Of
poverty, ignorance, wickedness, un-
chastity, drunkenness. injustice, per-
version of law, oppression and evil.p
Its success is looked for with feverish
interest.
Smyrna times., 1884-04-02
Furniture of all kinds.

Parlor and Chamber Suits. Bureaus. Bedsteads,
Chairs Lounges Tables, Stands. Mattresses. Spring
Beds and every thing in the Furniture Line, guar
anteed at or less than City prices for the same
quality Of goods. jan 2-u
Smyrna times., 1884-04-02

IT ALMOST BROKE HER UP.-0ld
Aunt Sukey, an old negress, was not
expected to live. She had been bed
ridden for some time, and had suffered
a great deal. Rev. Whangdoodle Bax-
ter endeavored to comfort her. A
"Hab patience, Aunt sukey. and
eberything will jess cum round all
right" a2 44's ar.'s ="
"You has easy talkin's What I
wants ter know is, what has done TO
hab all dis sufferin' put on me. Some
OBJ do meanest folks in dis town dies as
easy as a chile, but hit mos kills me
ter die.n IS h tiiaA ssA4
Smyrna times., 1884-04-02

Early ryes-in is the downfall of many
men.
Smyrna times., 1884-04-02

-.-..s -
Nor Much OF "A GALA mother
was very much discouraged at the dirty
condition of her boys cap, when the
children came home from walk.
"How did you come 10 get your hat
so fllthys" angrily asked the mother.
"A boy pulled IL OF my head In the
street, and threw 1t in the mud.'
aThat's not SO, ma, he threw his cap
In the mud himself" interrupted his
little sister. ~ isa
sa"well, 1 am a boy, aint [? IL an
a girl, I'd like toknow II, ,ise aA
Smyrna times., 1884-04-02

The Philadelphia Record has dOnned
q new suit, which will make it more
acceptable to its one hundred thousand
daily readers.
Smyrna times., 1884-04-02

The Pennsylvania Democrats seem
to have the Randall fever to about the
same extent that the Pennsylvania
Republicans have the Blaine fever.
Smyrna times., 1884-04-02

A terrific cyclone swept through the
West last week. Over one hundred
families are destitute in one town, and
hundreds of other places in the same
condition.
Smyrna times., 1884-04-02

The whiskey men are ready to help
Mr.. Randall defeat the Tariff bill, if
Mr.. Randall will let up on the Whisky
Bonded extension bill. Mr.. Randall
won't trade, and proposes to defeat
both measures.
Smyrna times., 1884-04-02

Augustus Schell, the well-known
New York politician and railroad mag
nate, died on Thursday.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-07-02
Danger from Sulphuric Acid.

We have frequently said in these col
umns that we considered sulphuric acid
an unsafe thing for farmers to handle,
and for that reason alone we have OBJ
jected to DR.. Cuttings homemade super
phosphate. The Barton Monitor recently
reports the following case in point:
William Whittemore of Albany, who
has been posting himself up through the
agricultural papers, concluded that he
would make his own phosphate at cheaper
rates than it could be bought of the
agents; accordingly he sent off for car
boy of sulpburic acid and expected to cut
his own bones. In bringing the vitriol
home in two-horse wagon, he thought to
save time by bringing home hog he had
on the road. The hog, being of an in
quisitive turn of mind, interviewed the
Jug, and the first that William knew
there was such an unearthly squeal as to
terrify the horses and to raise the neigh.
bors. The oil of vitriol was running in
all directions and had commenced the op'
Grafton of converting the hog into phos
phate. Whittemore succeeded in stop
ping the horses, but in getting the hog
out of the wagon they got away and rar
with great speed, scattering the whole
business along the road. The first at
tempt at making phosphate not proving {
success, Mr.. Whittemore will 60 out Of
the business. One of the horses was 81
badly hurt that it has since died."
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-07-02
Politics.

This is good year for farmers to look
out for No. in the matter OF politics and
legislation. Vote for men who will rep.
resent your interests. Let the hack poll
ticisns understand that this is to be your
rule. They will be surprisingly sub
servient to you.-Homestedd.
Yes; the hack politician is always very
subservient to the intelligent voter until
he has got his vote; and then he goes and
sells himself out to the highest bidder.
Have nothing to do with hack politicians.
They are in politics for the money there
is in it, and they work for pay every time.
When the people reach the conviction
that the candidate who offers himself
with bows is not the candidate they want,
and when they are willing to take the
trouble to select candidate for them.
selves whom they know to be honest and
capable, and elect him without asking him
to come down with the cash for " cleo.
ton expenses Gncluding rum and bri-
berry, they will get representatives that can
be trusted. There Is no other way known
under heaven by which we can be saved
from the evils of corrupt politics, which has
all its strong roots in the laziness, the in
difference and the parsimony of the in
telligent voter" Perhaps it makes you
squirm little to read this, Brother Repub-
lican and Brother Democrat, but it's the
golden truth. The price of liberty is eter-
nal vigilance. This is Gin theory gov
eminent of the people, by the people, for
the people. But if the people will not
govern because it is too much trouble,
then the Homestead's " hack is ready to
give us government of the people, by
the hacks, for the highest bidder. Take
your choice, reader, and don't grumble al
the consequences.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-07-02
Scraps from Exchanges.

A MAN who will not blnu up wound
on a tree as quickly and as we'll as he
would on friend, has no business to try
to grow trees in cold climate Cor any
where in fact). Love your trees and care
for them as for the members of your fam
lily, and they will repay you with an
abundance of luscious fruit.
COMPETITION is the life of trade is
truism no less fact when taken into
consideration as applying to the farmer
than when it is construed as in reference
TO commercial transactions, and it is this
very competition among farmers that is
needed to set them to thinking, planning
and experimenting to produce the largest
results.
A FARMER who would plant corn year
after year on the same old patch, the poor
est on the farm at that, without any dress
ing whatever, would be surprised to reap
a crop of any value. And yet just this is
done with fruit trees in too many in
stances, with the extra obstacle of tough
sward, from which even the soanty grass
is taken yearly.
For bark and leaf insects, mix two
gallons of good kerosene, one pound Of
soap, one gallon of water. Heat the soap
and water boiling hot, add it to the oil,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-07-02

and churn with the nozzle Of hand force.
pump five to ten minutes. The emulsion,
II perfect, forms cream which grows
thick on cooling. Mix one quart Of this
emulsion in ten quarts Of cold water, and
apply to all parts of the tree with force
pump.
BUTTER prints may be kept good
while in safety in brine in this way
Make saturated brine of the purest salt,
using pound of saltpetre to about twenty
pounds of salt. Bring it to boiling heat.
Skim and apply when cold. The casks
should also be carefully prepared. The
gum and sap in the wood may be removed
by thorough steaming with high pres
sure, or by soaking in brine till the wood
is saturated and then filing the cask with
boiling brine and letting it stand until
cold. By keeping the cask in cool place
and the butter under the brine, the butter
will keep safely.
WITH the Italian bees, it is quite com
mon to find mother and daughter both
occupying the hive at the same time, anc
seemingly the most friendly relations ex
listing between them, and both laying egg
at times on the same sheet of comb
One or two instances are recited of {
queen who kept laying daughter for {
long time, and when the daughter was re
moved another was reared to take hel
place. The old idea was that only on,
queen at time was allowed in colony
and it is no doubt the rule but there ar,
exceptions to all rules, and perhap
more than are known to this one.-J. E
Pond, ,Jr
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-07-02
Currants In California.

Our valued friend, Mr.. A. Webster of
East Roxbury, VT, very kindly sends us
the following extract from letter, under
date of April 23, written by his brother,
Mr.. John Webster of Hayward, Cali
fornia:
al am halloween and manager of the
firm of Webster & Winton. We are en-
gagged in growing fruits of various kinds
= currants, apricots, plums, cherries,
prunes, pears, etc. Fruit-growing is done
on large scale here, and, as far as we
know, we are the most extensive producers
of the cherry currsnt in the world. We
have lately made one sale of one hundred
and eighty tons to one house at $50 per
ton-$9, 000-and that is not all we have.
We are offered 5000 per ton for cherries,
$50 for spricots, $40 for plums. We are
now busy putting our orchard land in con-
dition for the dry season. 1t is necessary
that the surface soil should be thoroughly
pulverized; that is the secret of success
in tilling California soil. We use the best
implements that experience and ingenuity
can furnish, propelled by powerful and
wellfed horses, and do it effectively and
rapidly. California is bound to beat the
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-07-02
New Hampshire Agricultural College.

The farmers of New Hampshire were
far more wide-awake and public spirited
than those of Vermont when they insisted
that their Agricultural College, though
nominally annexed to Dartmouth College,
should retain an independent organiza-
ton. This public spirit was also shown
by the liberal contributions made by
wealthy farmers, whereby Culver Hall,
costing $4,000. mainly the gift of David
Culver, the fine farm given by John Co.
nant (who also endowed twenty-three schol-
arships, making his gifts in all amount
to $60,0O0, and various other benefac-
tions, accrued to the institution.
The agreement between the two col
leges was made terminable by special con.
tract, upon notice of one year given by
either party at any time after fourteen
years. Dartmouth agreed that 80 long as
the Agricultural College remained at Han
over, in connection with that institution,
it would furnish recitation and lecture
rooms for the Agricultural College, and
would allow the students thereof the same
privileges, as to the libraries, laboratories
apparatus and museums Of Dartmouth, as
are granted to the members of its own
scientific department. 1t will be noted
that while Dartmouth has a fine soien
tific department (the Chandler Scientific
SchooD it does not pretend that this il
an equivalent to, or the same thing in
every respect, as an industrial school, un
der the grant of the United States gov
eminent. Yet this is exactly the claim
and the only claim made by the Univer
sity at Burlington in defense of its use o.
the fund of the Vermont Agriculture
College. This government fund in New
Hampshire is $4,000 less than that be
longing to Vermont, and the income il
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-07-02

troll the policy of states. There is not
bit of danger of their doing so. The
farmer is strong partizan, and, by some
obscure law of the human mind, about an
equal number of them usually range them
selves in each of the two great political
parties. They are thick-snd-thin fellows,
and vote the regular ticket with great
persistency. 1t is not amongst them that
protests against ring rule and political
corruption arise, except when careless cor
porstions go directly and plainly against
their most important interests. Then, as
in the granger's war against the railroads,
they will join for little while to right a
great wrong. But the moment they have
got what they wanted the party bugles
call them home to the old camps. A
democratic farmer thinks all the political
wickedness is in the republican party ;
and republican farmer is sure that dem
ocratic success would split the American
continent wide open from end to end.
The political rogues of both parties make
safe calculation on this foolish bigotry,
and lay their plans upon the sure basis
that the farmer vote in each party is a
fixed element upon which they can fully
count, unless they carelessly tread upon
some agricultural corn, like the wool
question. Until farmers get rid of party
bigotry they will never control the govern
ment, or even make themselves much felt
as class in political matters. The indie
pendent vote, which goes for the best
man on either ticket, and won't support
an unsafe man on any ticket, is not yet
found upon farms to any very alarming
extent, nor is it soon likely to be.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-07-02

only $4,500, in place Of the $500 re-
ceived from the Vermont fund. Yet IL is
q genuine agricultural college, in which
very thorough course is given, and though
its progress has been slow, because Of the
experimental nature of all such new en-
terprises at first, it has yet been steadily
progressive, and is now upon safe and
successful foundation, while in Vermont
Except for the resource of successful
suit against the Burlington University
before the supreme court Of the state),
there is no hope that we can even begin
TO have an industrial college.
The sixteenth annual report of the New
Hampshire College shows that the past
year was the most successful in the his
tory of the institution. The total income,
including cash balance of S4,465S6,
was $12, 10094. The college is entirely
out of debt. An additional professor is
needed to establish a chair of veterinary
surgery. From the commencement OF
the institution the state has appropriated
to it about 100000, and it now owns the
entire property, worth at least $25O,OO0.
The college is now substantially self.sus-
tanning. The president is Hon. George
w. Nesmith of Franklin treasurer, ex-
Governor Frederick Smyth; and secretary,
Hon. Joseph Kidder of Manchester.
Though the Burlington College sue.
ceeded in having whole Board of Agri-
culture dismissed for criticising its course,
and though it is able to prevent the ap-
pointment of airy one on the board who
will not keep silent on the question, we
yet hope to see the farmers of the state
arouse to the Importance of asserting their
rights in this connection. We believe
that there is growing spirit of earnest.
ness for agricultural progress, and that
this spirit will eventually work out the
righting of this great wrong.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-07-02
Dung and SuperphOsphate

A correspondent, referring to our ad.
vice to mix in about one ton of fine
ground phosphate rock, or of plain acid
phosphate, with every ton of stable
manure, in order to make well-balanced
and complete fertilizer, wants to know
why that is not practically what farmers
do when they put on half dressing of
manure and then use spoonful of phos-
phate in the hill for corn and potatoes.
In reply to this question, we may say
that any practice found generally profta-
BILE in the field by common farmers al
most invariably proves to have basis of
scientific reality underneath it. All good
stable manure has an excess of nitrogen,
and when mixed with plain phosphate
Is greatly improved, in fact it is more than
doubled in value when the proportion
above referred to is used. But generally
the farmers who use half dressing of
manure and barrel of phosphate to the
acre in the hill commit two mistakes
which cost them money. The first mis-
take they make is in buying nitrogen.
GUS phosphate instead of plain one. All
the phosphates usually sold to the farmers
are intended to be complete fertilizers,
and for that end they have heterogeneous
materials and potash added to them. But
as the half dressing of manure supplies a
full dressing of nitrogen and potash, and
is only lacking in due proportion of
phosphoric acid, it is quite clear that a
plain phosphate only, costing not over 1926
ton at present rates, is what is needed,
instead of the "complete fertilizer phos-
phates," costing $45 ton. In fact to
use with manure in this way the plain
phosphate is worth the most, as it has the
largest per cent of phosphoric acid.
The other mistake made is in putting
it in the hill, instead of sowing it broad
cast on the furrow, or mixing it with the
manure in the stable. 1t is almost impos
sible to get men to believe that the plants
will find that little mite of fertilizer if il
is not put close to the hill. If they will
remember that an even smaller quantity
Zone hundred pounds per acre) of plaster
is sown broadcast on an acre of grass and
clover with such plain results as prevent
any chance of mistake, it may enable
them to have faith in phosphate doing
the same thing. If they say, go we'll
the grass is all over the ground" let then
remember that by the time the corn ant
potatoes are eight inches high their root
are all through the ground.