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The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-25
HUDSON River R. R.
Conductor Melius says Something of Inter

conductor Melius Says Something of Inter-
esttO All Travellers.
PoUeHkEErstE, N. Y, Feb %, 1884,
Dr.. d. Kennedy, Rondoui, " Y:
DEAR SIR: have used your medicine called Dr.,
kENNEDY'S FAVORlTE REMEDY, for Indiges-
lion and Dizziness to which was su bect at times,
Ind know from experience that Is worthy OF all
hat can be said Of it for disorders Of that kind.
Respectfully,
w. S. MELIUs, 60 Harrison street.
That DR.. DAVID KENNEDY'S FAVORITB
REMEDY is extensively used along the line OF the
rom Tarrytown. The writer is none other than
Mr. DeRevere, the station Agent OF the Hudson
River Railroad Company at Tarrytown, a man well
Known In that community:
TARRyrowN, N. Y, Feb. %, 1884.
Dr.. D. Kennedy, Rondout, ~ Y:
DEAR SIR: For a long time / was troubled with
severe attacks OF Dizztn ,ss and Blind Sick Head
dlsordered state Of the system. was advised to
try FAVORITE REMEDY. | did so, ara have
been completely cured Its the best hing ever
hend Of for any disorder Of that nature, and I've
recommended III many with like success.
Dr. KENNEDY's FAvoRITE REMEDY is not
confined in its sphere OF usefulnesst to one State
every Stlte. the following letter from Nuyille,
N j., will show:
MrLLvrLLE, N. ].
DR.. David Kennedy, Rordout, ". Y:
DEAR SIR h d been a sufferer from Dyspepsia
from the time was sixteen years old. had con-
suited various phi sicians but could find no relief,
therefore had almost given up in despair Of evei
ITE REMEDY was recommended, which tried
and have been cured. It's the best medicine ever
knew Of and worthy Of the greatest confidence.
MRS. S. G. DoUGHERTY.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-25
Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound
rures dvsnensia


William s. Baker, of Lewis, Vego county,
Ind, writes as follows: "My son was taken
with scrofula in the hip when only two years
old. We tried several physicians, but the
boy got no relief from their treatment.
Noticing your Scovilrs Sarsaparilla AMI
Stilingia, or Blool and Liver Syrup, recon-
mended so highly, b ught some of it of you
In the year Is Y, and continued taking it till
the sore finally healed up. He is now twen-
ty-one years of age, and, being satisfied that
your medicine did him 20 much good when he
used it, we want to try again in another case,
and write to you to get some more.n
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-25
A Daughters Misery.

eleven years our daughter suffered on q
bed of misery,
"From a complication of kidney liver, rheu-
matte trouble and Nervous debility,
"Under the care of the best physicians,
"Who gave her disease various names,
"But no relief,
"And now she is restored to us in good
health by as simple a remedy as Hop Bitters,
that we had Stunned for years before using it."
THE PARENTS.
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A youthful appearing couple have been
detected in a strange conspiracy to OBJ
tain money. They visited different cities
as single persons, obtained positions in
society, courted each other and were mar
ried. In every case the wedding pres.
ents amounted TO handsome amounts.
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TESTERS OF THE PRESS.
HUMOROUS STORIES cuLLED FROM
EXCHANGES.
A Cheerful Drivcr-She Expected 10 usc
He ENpc simcntcd-FEcarda Hun
drcd Niles-Ey ON TN who Wcpt,

An invalid from Boston came to Aus
tin for his health. He was confined to
his bed at first, but soon recovered suhi
GENTLY TO take a ride in hired hack
from Monroe to Miller's stable. The
hack driver was very polite and attentive,
and when he helped the invalid out on
their return to the hotel, the latter said !:
II am very much obliged. think l
shall require your services again pretty
Soon"
"You bet you will. drive the hearse."
Teas SVtings.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-25

and bring ma0l'a, dyspepsia, biliousness,
torpidity of liver and train of kindred mala
dies. Fortunately Kidney Wort is at hand.
1t may be had of the nearest druggist and
will purify the system, correct the stomach
and bowels, stimulate the liver and kidneys
to healthy action, remove all poisonous
humors and make you feel like a new man.
As a spring medicine, tonic and blood purifier
il has no puual
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-25

VIII buy TREATISE on THE HORSE AND HIS
DISEASES Book of 100 pages, valuable to
every owner of horses Postage stamps taken.
Sent postpaid. New YORK HORSE Book Co.,
1874 Leonard Street New York CITY,
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-25
Did She Die!
''Nol

mol
"She fingered and suffered long, pining
away all the time for years."
'The doctors doing her no good"
"And at last was cured by this Hop Bitters
the papers say SO much about"
"Indeedl 1ndeedm
GLOW thankful we should be for that medi-
cineu
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-25

There is but one best color for butter, and
that that is Wells, Richardson 81 Co.'s I'm
proved Butter Color no candid investigator
doubts. 1t is the best butter color in the
world; is free from sediment or impurity,
always ready for instant use, and it imparts
to butter that rich dandelion yellow, without
tinge of red, which is the acme of desira-
bilitY in any butter color
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-25

simple npS and perfect afa pf r co dy6s as Sfbhg n
Dyes. Far better and cheaper than any other
dye. 10c. Druggists sell item. Sample card
for &c. stamp. Wells, Richardson 81 Co.,
Burlinpt1n VT
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Father is Getting Well.

"My daughters say:
Chow much better father is since he used
Hop Bitters."
che is getting well after his long suffering
from disease declared incurablem
And we are so glad that he used your Bit
tiers. "A LADY of Utica, N Y.
,9s- None genuine without bunch of green
Hops on the white label. Shun all the vile,
poisonous stuff with "Hop" or "Hops" in
THAR mama
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-25

II = M u 10 tcusOu
that an oil devoid of all irritating properties,
that never becomes rancid, should make an ex-
cellent Hair Dressing. Such is Carboline made
from pure Petroleum All druggists.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-25

Lie PrescrVer.
If you are losing your grip ON life, try"W
Health Remover. "Goes direct to weak spots
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-25

Pretty Women.
Ladies who would retain freshness and vi
vacity. Try "NNells' Health Remover"
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-25

Instant relief for neuralgia, toothache, face
ache. Ask for" Rough on Toothache. "15&25c
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-25

For a cold in the head, there is nothing 80
good as Piso's Remedy for Catarrh.
The cotton crop of Mississippi is put at
Q05. sos bales for 1SS4-S5.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-25

houRu OIL lICu.''
"Rough on Itch" cures humors, eruptions
ring-worm, letter salt rheum, chilblains.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-05-07

If kainit can be mined and brought
from the interior of Germany, and laid
down in Vermont for from $l5 to $40 per
ton, and ground plaster from Nova Scotia
sold at 50, how is it that fertilizers made
from South Carolina rock picked out
from near the surface, easily ground, and
treated with weak acid, neither costing
over SO ton, cannot be sold and delivered
in Vermont for less than $25? And why
must the cost of this, when mixed with
potash salts and fish or meat scraps, to
make complete fertilizer, be from $40 to
S45 ton There is too big profit in
these goods someYhere-divided between
makers, railroads, agents and the credit
system. The plain acid phosphate and
the complete fertilizer should not cost US
over $15 and $25, respectively.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-05-07
Corn CObs.

A large part of the potash and phos-
phoric acid taken up by the roots of corn
is left in the cobs, as is shown by chemi-
cal analysis. A sample Of corn-cob ashes
analysed by Professor Kedzie of the
Michigan Agricultural College yielded
forty-fve per cent of carbonate of potash
and seven and one-half per cent of phos-
phate of lime. 1t also yielded eight per
cent of carbonate of msgnesia, which
goes to show that on some soils the use of
little sulphate of magnesia as fertil-
izer may be advantageous. Sulphate of
magnesia Epson salts) is sold by the
barrel for about five cents pound, and
in making test trials of soils, when full
supply of other fertilizing material is
found not to give the results that might
justly be expected, success may depend
upon the addition of magnesia salt to
the fertilizer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-05-07
Experimental Tests Necessary.

Unless farmer is willing to take the
trouble and 60 to the needed expense to
test his soil and find out whether he needs
a complete fertilizer, or only partial one,
the safest way for him is to use only a
complete fertilizer. For those who desire
to test their soils in very easy and cheap
way, yet quite reliable and complete, our
correspondent, Mr.. A. FL. Ward (agricul-
tural editor of the Boston Weekly Globe)
has prepared series of "Soil Tests" by
the careful use of which it can be easily
ascertained what the soil needs to make
it yield full crops. The whole series Gn-
cludiug a years subscription to the Globe)
is sold for SO 90, and we recommend them
to those who want to experiment in this
way as the best and cheapest opportunity
we have ever seen offered. The tests con-
sist of ten different packages of differently
compounded fertilizers, with full direc-
tions how to use them. Send to A. H.
Ward, agricultural editor of the Boston
Weekly Globe, for circular explaining and
giving full directions. Mr.. Ward is a
thorough agricultural chemist.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-05-07
Still Further Down.

The Sagadahoc Fertilizer Company of
Bath, Maine, is selling complete fertil-
izer, called the Dirigo Fertilizer, at
1913 per ton, which analyses better than
the average of those sold in this state
at $40 and upwards. That, and the
Cumberland Superphosphate (another
Maine brandy, were the only ones sold in
Maine last year that analysed Cat station
"values y to be worth more than their
price. The Dirigo analysed $40.13 per
ton. A fertilizer, said to be of high grade,
is made by the Northwestern Fertilizing
Company of Chicago pure bone, blood
and meat manure-and sold at $26 per
ton. The Boston manufacturers have
large capital, we'll organized factories, and
first-class facilities, owning in most cases
their own "diggings" in South Carolina,
and making their own acid. They can
sell as cheap as any in the world, and If
the farmers take the right steps they ,oiH.
Fertilizers can be brought here from
Chicago just as cheap as from Boston. If
the oranges are not controlled by railroad
"minions" they will take hold of this
thing and straighten it out"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-05-07

Mr.. A. II. WARD writes "The direc-
tors of the experiment stations will learn
before long that the farmers claim of them
modification of their views in regard to
soluble phosphates, or that they substan-
tiate them by actual trials on the SOIL"
Undoubtedly this is so, so far as the read
ing and studying class of farmers is con-
cerned. We must have all statements
bearing upon practical business questions
proved by experimental on the business
scale. The reason why Lawes' Rotham-
stead experiments have had such general
acceptance amongst farmers, and are re-
garded as 80 conclusive, is that they have
been conducted as carefully as labora-
tory experiment, and at the same time on
as large a scale and under the same con.
ditions as those of ordinary farming.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-05-07
Farmers In the Legislature.

Brother Cheever of the New England
Farmer has the following on this sub
ject:
els it not little strange that the aver
state legislature, is the first to cast a
vote against any plan or scheme that is
intended specially to improve the condi-
ton of the farmer for the future? The
most bitter opposition to the state agri-
cultural colleges has usually come from
the farmers themselves. The agricultural
colleges, the agricultural societies, and
the experiment stations have nearly all
been started by men whose farming inter-
ests, Individually, have been of secondary
Importance, and when public money is
asked for to carry on these educational
and protective institutions, the farmers
have usually been among the first to
oppose, and the hardest to convert"
Farmers have to study economy, and
the men who get elected to the Legislature
from farming towns have generally made
themselves popular in town offices by
"saving the town money" They 60 to
the legislature determined to maintain
their reputation by an equal economy in
state affairs. Our rural people rarely have
to do with large sums, and when an ap-
preparation of few thousands for some
agricultural purpose is proposed Git is
always small sum-, the farmer-legislator
fights it as he fights large school or
road tax. But when the "big men" of
the state want few millions to help their
own plans the small legislator is entirely
over-awed, and votes for it without a
word. That is why it is so hard to get q
little money from the state to paint the
agricultural college, and 80 easy to get
tens of millions to dig a Hoosac tunnel,
Brother Cheever. Our neighbors can un
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-05-07
About Fertilizers.

Mr.. Editor Il was much surprised at
the experience of Mr.. Hunt with com.
mercial fertilizers, as given in late num-
Der of The WATERMAN, as it differs 80
widely from my own. l last year used
the brands he speaks of, with the excep-
ton of Bowker's aud the Soluble Pacific
Guano, aud with results certainly very
favorable for Crocker's Buffalo Fertilizer.
They were all good, and with corn sp-
peared to be quite uniform, but the Buff
falo Fertilizer gave the greatest amount
of sound corn of five kinds. 1t has been
used in my neighborhood for two years,
and 1 have not yet heard any complaint
from it. 1t is being used more and more
each year, as are also other brands, and if
it is humbug it seems as though some
of us would find it out. We probably
get it the same way as Mr.. Hunt does his,
from the agents, and where the difference
in quality should be 1 cannot see, il the
manufacturers, as they should, produce a
uniform article. My land is gravelly
loan and is materially benefited by the
use of these fertilizers, which in some
form 1 have used for seventeen years. 1
am renovating pastures at present, and as
a consequence am under the necessity Of
employing them more than I otherwise
would. 1 like all of these brands, but
shall prove my faith in the honesty of the
"Buffalo this year by using considera-
BILE quantity: the phosphate, potato fer
tilizer, etc. Shall we compare notes next
fall, Mr.. Editor? f. r. TowLE.
Thanks to our brother agricultural edi-
tor (of the st. Adams Messenger) for his
notes. Yes, let us compare notes year by
year, for one years test settles nothing.
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Not So.
The April Bulletin of the Massachusetts,
Experiment Station states:

The April Bulletin of the Massachusetts,
Experiment Station states
"In most cases the calculated value of
superphosphates and specials will fall con-
siderably below the retail price. The diff.
ference between the two will represent
the manufacturers expenses in converting
raw materials into the manufactured arti-
cles, These expenses include grinding
and mixing, bagging or barreling, storage
or dealers, long credit, interest on invest
ment, bad debts and finally profits"
This is entirely misleading, for the rea.
son that the "estimated values of the
separate ingredients used are not based
upon what heterogeneous materials and
potash salts cost the manufacturers, but
upon what they sell them for, unmixed /;
and as regards phosphoric acid, whether
soluble" reverted" or insoluble," the
" estimated values in all the experiment
stations (even with the recent reduction)
are just about double the cost to the man
ufacturers. At the same time it is quite
fair to state that the way we buy fertil-
izers of agents, on credit, and in small
quantities, makes long price necessary
to the makers. The way to get bottom
prices and freights is to unite and buy by
the carload for cash. Smart farmers will
do it, and require guaranteed analysis
every time.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-05-07
Other Places to Get Them.

Further enquiry enables us to name two
other places (besides Burt & Henshaw,
154 State street, Boston, previously named)
where fertilizer materials are sold, al
though but one of these sells manu-
featured South Carolina phosphate rock.
These are, first, Lockwood Myrick, agent
for Benjamin Randall Of East Boston
(whom we have previously mentioned as
selling plain acid phosphate at low
price,. Mr.. Myrick's address is 43 Kilby
street, Boston, and he sells finely ground
South Carolina phosphate rock, put on
board cars in Boston, at the rate of $40
per ton Zone cent pound) in bags or
barrels, or $lS per ton in ton lots, or
$3.50 in five ton lots, or $l7 in ten ton
lots. This is first-class article, and we
are having considerable call for it,"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-05-07

writes Mr.. Myrick. The other firm Is
Judson & Sparrow, 3S South Market
street, who do not use or sell the South
Carolina rock, but sell dissolved bone
black (scid bone phosphate with little
or no nitrogen or potssh) guaranteed to
test fifteen to eighteen per cent soluble
phosphoric acid, for $50 per ton sulphate
of ammonia, twenty-fiveper cent ammonia,
equal TO twenty per cent nitrogen, three
and seven-eighths cents per pound, by the
hundred weight. Both these firms, as
we'll as Burt & Henshaw, sell full lines
of fertilizer materials, and guarantee their
quality. Send to all for price lists and
circulars.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-05-07

foreign commodities, by developing our
home resources. In few years the pro-
duction of our own sugar at home will
lessen our necessary expenditure to pay
for that article sSO,OOO,OOO year. We
do not, however, hold that the expor-
tation of money is necessarily an evil,
when we get value for it in things more
needed by the people. A surplus of coined
metal would as fatally initiate our cur
rency as surplus Of greenbacks, If there
were no way of disposing of it abroad to
advantage. We can neither eat, drink
nor wear gold and silver to any great ex,
tent. We want just enough to constitute
sound basis for our currency. More
than enough would injure us.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-05-07

IT has long been the habit to prepare
grating wax Of rosin, beeswax and beef
or mutton tallow, but experience has
proved that animal fats have tendency
to deaden the parts that they come in con-
tact with. From this fact fax seed oil,
being perfectly innocuous, is substituted
for it. The proper proportions are one
seventh part by weight of beeswax, two
of oil, and four of rosin, melted together
and then poured into vessel of cold
water, and when cooled so that it can be
well handled, after smearing the hands
with lard 80 as to prevent its adhering,
pulling the wax and rolling it into balls.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-05-07

That Tired Feeling

Everybody knows what that tired feeling"
Is. 1t afficts the human family when the
weather grows warmer in the spring and early
summer, just as Nature, refreshed from her
long winters rest, is preparing to display her
self In new beauty and power. The contrast
between the changing season, and the condi-
ton OF the body at this time, makes one feel
even more tired, Respondent, and miserable.
The refreshing, toning, and invigorating in
fluences which the system Graves, will be
found in Hoods Sarsaparila, the reliable
Spring medicine and blood purifier.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-05-07
Strengthen the System

al regard Hoods Sarsaparilla as the most
reliable and best Spring medicine. Ihad tried
many others without good results, until I gave
Hoods Sarsaparilla a fair trial, when l was
convinced twas superior to all others. Every
Spring take three bottles of Hoods Sarsa-
parilla, and know nothing of that terrible
languor so prevalent at that season of the
year" MRS. j. M. CARTER, No. &c Madison
Street, Boston, Mass.
floods Sarsaparilla tones up my system,
puriles my blood, and seems to make me
over" w. j. BLAIR, Corning, N. Y.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-05-07

The children need the aid Of reliable
Spring medicine as much as adults. The
warm weather has upon them an equally
depressing effect, which slight vexations and
hard study at school aggravate, making them
nervous, cross, and fretful. Pimples or scrof-
ulous humors are apt to manifest themselves,
adding discomfort to depression. Hoods Sar-
saparllla has in thousands of cases proved a
boon and blessing to suffering children, ex-
polling all trace of scrofula from the blood,
toning up the body, and giving to the diges-
tive organs healthy and regular action.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-05-07

"Last Spring my two children were vacci-
mated Soon after they broke all out with run
ming sores, so dreadful thought should lose
them. Some one spoke to me about Hoods
Sarsaparilla as a purifier of the blood. l
bought bottle and gave it to the children.
Soon as they began to take it, they began to
get better, till it cured them completely and
they have remained so ever since" MRS.
c. L. THOMPSON, West Warren, Mass.
Mr. J. N. Ketchum, Of Barre, VT, says that
his boy had several very ugly scrofuous sores
on his leg. Hoods Sarsaparilla cured him.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-05-07

THOSE who are buying German potash
salts should understand that kainit has
less than twice as much (twelve to seven)
potash as average wood ashes, no lime and
no phosphoric acid. Kainit at $l5 ton is,
for potash. about equal to ashes at forty
five cents bushel.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-05-07

In our article on Burnt Bones" april
23) the statement that one hundred and
eighty pounds of bean meal contain sixty
pounds of nitrogen is a typographical
error. II should be sixteen pounds.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-05-07
Purify the Blood

az have used Hoods Sarsaparilla for some
time, and have derived benefit therefrom. 1t
gives me an appetite, and strengthens the
whole system. 1 can cheerfully recommend
t to all who need a building up and strength
ening medicine" JOSIAH W. Cook, Presi-
dent Mutual Fire ms. Co., Cambridge, Mass.
81 have made it a rule for years to use
Spring medicine to cleanse my blood and
tone up my system Last Spring Hoods Sar-
saparila gave me agood appetite, and seemed
to build me over" E. NJ. HALE, Lima, Ohio.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-05-07
Another Come Down.

The Experiment Stations of Connec-
ticut, New Jersey and Massachusetts have
made large reductions on some of their
d" estimated values of the Ingredients of
fertilizers for 1884.