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Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-05-22
Bucklen., Arnica SaIye.

The best salve in the world for. Gust,
Bruises, Sures, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chill.
blains, Cor9s, and oil skin eruptions,
and positively cures Piles. or no pay
required. It is guaranteed TO give
perfect satisfacfactlon, or money refund
ed. Price, 25 cents per box. For sale
by Purdy & Brecht, Yankton, Dakota.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-16

traordinary interest, and the dsirymen OF
the state ought to, and we believe they
will, second his exertions, and thus make
the meeting memorable in the annals of
this most useful society. Each dairyman
in the state (and in New EnglandO is in
vited to bring sample of his butter for
the exhibit, for which purpose a pound or
a pound and half will be sufficient,
which should be wrapped in cloth wet
in brine and so packed as to come with
out injury. If the maker cannot come,
he should send it, if possible, by some
one coming from his neighborhood. Ii
not convenient to do so, send it by ex-
press to the secretary, at st. Johnsbury,
not later than Monday, the 21st. The
butter will be judged by an expert from a
well-known Boston firm, which handles
ten thousand pounds of butter per week,
and every sample will receive notice.
Each exhibitor should send with his but
ter full statement of its make-the kind
of COWS from which it was made, how
they are fed how the milk is set, when
SKINNED, and whether sweet or sour (;
how churned; whether washed, or worked
without washing; whether worked after
sailing, and how long after; how much
salt to the pound and what kind, and in
what shape put up for market.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-16
Sweating Apples-..And Keeping Them

The Popular Science NeWs for January
very properly states that there is really no
such thing as the sweating" of apples
that is, the moisture which often collects
upon them, and is so called, is really de-
posted from an atmosphere warmer than
the fruit upon its cooler skin, in the same
way that pitchers of cold water are seen
to "sweat" in the summer. But the
Ne,cs falls itself into errors when it SAYS
I" 1t is almost impossible to gather apples
under such conditions of temperature that
they will not condense moisture after be-
ing placed in barrels. 1t would be better
if this result could be avoided, as dryness
of fruit is essential to its protracted keep
ing" Potatoes, when put into a cellar
warmer than the tubers, will sweat" the
same as apples under similar circum-
stances. But when the reason for this &C..
currence is understood there is very little
difficulty in preventing the " sweating"
1t is only necessary to avoid putting cold
potatoes or apples into a warm and close
apartment. Where there is a free circu-
lation of air there will be no deposition of
moisture. And the News is particularly
mistaken when it says that "dryness of
fruit" (meaning apples) is essential to
protracted keeping. All apples keep best
in damp, cool cellar, and there is no
surer way to keep apples all winter than
to head up the barrels and sink them be-
meath the ice of lake or river. Early
winter apples, treated in this way in De
cember, will keep perfectly until the ice
thaws in the spring. There is no more
simple and effective way of maintaining 8
temperature both low and equable, with
out freezing, than this. The water will
not injure the fruit particle, if it i.
sound and free from worm holes when sub
merged
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-16
How a Child Learns on a Farm.

There is no place so good in which to
educate child as on moderate.sized
farm. On the farm the child very early
learns that he can do something that is
useful that somebody else will have to do
if he does not. So he is early identified
with the workers. Oae of the most use
full things he learns is, that what he does
is done for results that are not immediate,
but will come in the future. He sees the
seed-corn put in the earth, sees it grow in
spring and summer, sees the care required
in its cultivation, the weeds to be pulled
and destroyed, and he learns to wait for
results. He sees that large part of the
work done on the farm is done for the
future; the cutting Of next years supply
of wood while that of last year is being
burned; sees fences and buildings built,
drains dug, and fields cleared for future
use and future profits, and he learns the
meaning of self-sacrifice to-day with re-
suits coming far ahead. He sees an ele-
ment of forethought in everything, and
success in the future depends noon good
work and care now. Scarceiy anything
he uses he has not waited for. The city
child has none of this kind of education.
He sees the butcher, the baker, and the
grocer bring each day The daily food for
the table, and he sees nothing beyond. 1t
comes to him like mama without effort,
and without forethought.-Pr0f. Brewer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-16

sown with bare hands without making
them sore. If, however, it is rather damp,
it is better to wear a glove. (4) Yes; there
is no escape of noxious vapor or gas, as
when sulphuric acid is used upon bone.
We want to say here, what we have often
said before, but which has been overlooked
by some experimenters, that we use bone
and ashes in place of stable manure, and
apply an equal value (cost) to get equal
results. If person wants fertilizer to
use in small quantity on the hill, to aid an
insufficient dressing of manure, he should
use equal value with phosphate and scat.
ter il ,oell, or the ashes will hurt the seed.
1t differs from phosphate in being less
"quick," but far more durable.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-16
More Russian Winter Apples.

Oliver Glib, Jr., secretary of the Mime
sofa State Horticultural Society, writes :
ave are finding quite number of win
ter apples among the Agricultural De-
partment Russians out here. Hibernal
(37S), Lieby (24O) and Astrakoff Glass
(472) are large and of good cooking quail
ity, and heavy bearers, iron clad and
blight proof. We have also several va
rieties of the Anis, and the Little Seed
ling" Mr.. Tuttle of Baraboo, Wisconsin,
has also found some good winter fruit
among his Russian importations, and
Professor Budd of Iowa says there is no
doubt about there being plenty of winter
fruit for all purposes among the Russians.
1t would seem that because the winter
varieties have been little slow in COM
ing into bearing, an idea has got estab.
lished in many minds that the Russian
apples are all early kinds. This is Ger.
tainly an error, and it is also an error to
suppose that all the Russian apples are in
ferior in quality. This is no more true OF
them than of our own apples, not one in
ten of which is good dessert fruit
Some Of the Russians we have fruited-
such as Switzer, St. Peters, and Prolific
Sweeting-are choice eating apples, and
we saw number of others equally good
shown at Montreal, last September, by Mr.
A. Webster of East Roxbury, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-16

THE advice to farmers not to NEEDLE
with politics, is a grave mistake. We,
the farming classes, have no separate iu-
terests at stake from others, and we do
not wish for special laws or legislative
measures in our behalf. But we must Try
to defend ourselves from the greediness
of other classes, lawyers and capitalists
especially, who are always pushing special
laws for their own benefit. Every legis-
lation which is beneficial to the country
at large, is so in the first place to the
farmer. And to secure such healthy legis
lation, it becomes absolutely necessary
for the farmers to take a more active part
in politics, and to send more out of their
own number and fewer lawyers into the
legislative bodies.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-16

EDUCATION has made great advances
within the past few years, and chiefly in
the direction of science, the increase of
wealth and the frightening of human
life, and this is largely due to the work.
shop or laboratory method of teaching.
Men learn in this way what they could
learn in no other way. They learn to
handle the things they study, and they
come to ask questions and seek out the
answers They thus acquire methods Of
inquiry that 60 with them in after life,
and keep them constantly studying and
learning. The farm is always labora-
tory, and on it the child early learns to
work and to observe.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-16

PROFESSOR SANBoRN of the Missouri
Agricultural College (late of New Hamp-
shire) has been trying some experiments
in regard to dew, to see if the bare soil
gains moisture at night His results agree
with those obtained by Professor Stock
bridge of the Massachusetts, Agricultural
College, in showing that the soil does not
gain any moisture from dew-that the
moisture seen upon the surface of the
ground in the morning comes up from be-
low, and is not deposited from the air.
The experiments showed that the ground,
being always warmer than the air at night,
is not in state to gather moisture from
that source.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-16

THE New England Farmer sharply says :
at would seem as if some of the ar
rows that have been shot at the manage
ment of the New England Agricultural
Society since its great show at Manches-
ter, last September, were sharp enough to
pierce the thickest of hides, but we shall
have to wait until the next annual meet
ing before we can see their effect. Mas
ter Draper of the state grange talked right
out in meeting about it the other day.
Like most of those who have criticised the
society, he believes that the fault is one
that can only be remedied by revolution.
Perhaps this may be the revolutionary
year who knows? Or will the members
of the society, who are ready enough to
find fault, outside or through the papers,
go to the meeting as usual, and eat the
customary dinner, letting it stop their
mouths against the utterance even of a
remonstrance against abuses that have
continued almost until they have attained
the force of prescriptive rights ?"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-16
eAarir 4Hnral
t. II. HosKINs. Newport. VT. Editor.
VIZ think we do orr readers Especially

WE think we do our readers Especially
our lady readers) favor when we call
their attention to Vick's Illustrated Monthly
Magazine of Horticulture. Now is the
time to subscribe for it. The price is
1925 year. Address James Wick, Roch-
ester, N. Y. If you don't like to take our
word for it, send ten cents for sample
copy. We have the six volumes already
issued on our book-shelves, and many of
our lady friends find them more interest
ing than novels for their leisure reading.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-16
The Dairymen's Meeting.

We trust that as many of our readers
as can do 80 will attend the meeting
of the Dairymen's Association at st.
Johnsbury, January 23d and Oath. Secre-
tary Tinkham is making every effort in
his power to make this meeting one of ex.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-16

AS the Rural New Yorker is a strictly
"pay in advance" paper, with no old
junk " on its books, it is clearly entitled
to stand at the head of this list, and in
its case merit and popularity go together.
But it is not creditable to the farmers of
the wealthiest and best educated part of
the Union, that in population of over
100000 only 2l6,o5O families (about
100000 people) are reading agricultural
papers. To give each farmers family
one paper would require this circulation
to be increased four-fold, at least.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-16

REPLY BY AGRICULTURAL EDIToR.-
We cut our cions late in the fall, after
the leaves have fallen, and pack them in
sawdust fresh from the green or wet log.
This, being of about the same dampness
as the green cions, neither drys them nor
rots them, but keeps them just right
Pack firmly in box, using the fingers to
jam the sawdust in between the bundles
of cions, which should be labelled aud
tied firmly with stout cotton Irvine. Have
a couple of inches of sawdust on the bot
tom, sides and top, between the cions and
the wood, and keep the box we'll covered,
that the sawdust may not dry out. Keep
the box in cool cellar. A little freezing
is better than too much warmth, but hard
freezing should not be allowed, nor the
cions unpacked while frosty. Sawdust
of this kind is far better for this use than
moss or sand, because the moisture is just
right. But dry sawdust moistened is
open to the same objection as moss and
sand, because it is mere luck if you get
it right. Sand is also Objectionable be-
cause it adheres to the cions and dulls the
knife in grating.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-16
Farms to Rent.

The subscriber has large and valuable farm stocked
with dairy, which will be rented upon shares or money
rent for the coming year. said farm Ia centrally located
on the main road leading from Montpelier to Bradford
and about four miles from Barre depot. The house
Is new and buildings generally good. Possession
given any time after March st Also the subscriber has
several other farms in the same vicinity stocked win
part cows and sheep to rent for which he wishes to
secure good tenants Possession given April ls
Address ORANGE FlFlELD, Montpelier, VT.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-16
Mew entertainments.
If 1t acre possible

to get the testimony of the multitude who
have used HOOPS SARsAPARILLA for de-
bilty, languor, lassitude, and that general
feeling of stupidity, WEAKNESS and exhaus-
ton which every one feels during this season,
we should be able to present to our readers
such an overwhelming mass of commend
atory messages, that the few who have not
tried 1t would do so at once. 1t is positive
fact, and has been so elfectually demon
strated that no one to-day denies it, that
Hoods Sarsaparilla contains more real med
cinal value than any article before the people.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-16
Circulation of Agricultural Papers.

Edwin Alden & Brother, advertising
agents, give the circulation of weekly
agricultural journals in New England and
New York as follows:
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-16

AGRIoULrURE is now more respected in
this country than anywhere else, because
our farmers own their land.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-16
Questions About Fertilizers.

j. w. n, Stowe. VT, writes al am
very glad to have your article ON Farm
ers' Experiments with Fertilizers to read
and ponder. have been studying up the
matter of fertilizers as best could, and
the article seemed to be Just what needed.
Will you please answer the following ques-
tions: ~ How much does a bushel of
bone meal weigh ? (2) When is the best
time to apply the mixture of ground bone
and ashes ? (3) What is the best way to
apply, and can it be sown by hand az
Will it do to prepare it in the cellar of
dwelling-house ?"
REPLY BY AGRICULTURAL EDIToR.-Q)
A flour barrel of bone meal, as it comes
from the maker, weighs from two hundred
to two hundred and ten pounds. This
would make it about fifty.fve or sixty
pounds to the strict bushel. (2) just be-
fore planting. (3) We prefer to broad.
cast it before the last narrowing. If well
dried according to'directions, by the ad.
mixture of dry ashes or plaster, it can be
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-16
Keeping CiOns.

c. L. Small, Cherryfeld, Maine, writes
"Last spring had some cions of you of
the Scott's Winter variety. judged by
their appearance they were cut in the fall.
Now want to know how you keep them
through the winter in such good order.
1 have always cut mine in the spring, and
some of them refuse to grow, 1 suppose
from injury in the winter. If you can
teach me how to keep cions through the
winter Gf my conjecture is right, I shall
be very much obliged to you.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-11-11

is all improvement on the current slang phrase
''painting the town red some OF the young Ma
cau2ys OF tn press are pleased TO speak OF pant-
Ing the town luIid hue" The term lurid has a
certain sonor IS quality, but II the ambitious
penciLpushers who seem to be enamored of it
would look up Its dictionary meaning they prob
ably wouldn't use It so freely in that connection
as they do. II they don't want TO stick to plain
red, they might Try crimson, or scarlet, or YER
million, for change, but lurid doesn't meet the
Of oil
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-11-11

1t Is no longer secret that one cause Of Mr..
Blaines defeat In New York state was the jealousy
and lack OF cooperation between the state and
national committees and the bad blood that was
Stirred up by these differences among the active
politicians Of the party. Now that the election is
over this bitter feeling Is coming TO the surface
John l. Davenport, for instance, In a letter to the
New York Herald to-day, openly accuses Mr.
Elkins Of lacking ability
and so deficient In executive capacity" that serious
olunders were unayoidably committed. 1t is
pretty well authenticated that Mr. Blaine once
called the national committee ''pack OF FOOLS y
and he may have had some ground for so tart an
expression.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-11-11

There seems TO be no prospect of a completion OF
the Official canvass in New York to-day, or even
Tomorrow. In the first place. the clerical work
alone Is tedious. where the vote between the op-
posing candidates Is 50 close and each side is on
the alert for errors and the returns The vote for
each eector. as shown In the figures of the re-
turns, must De gone over and footed up separately
and with the scrutiny that each side feels i'm
peiied 10 give TO the whole proceeding the work
VIII &c or slowly. Then the mode OF precise pro-
eedure. wherever It Is suspected that any advan-
tage may be gained by either party, may be aues-
TONED and argued by opposing counsel, which VIII
consume time. In the city Of New York the can
Sass Is made by the boari of aldermen and it is
said that they Will not get further than their pre-
Hmnary arrangements for the count, such as the
appointment OF committees. etc. to-day IT, as is
asserted. charges OF fraud are 10 be preferred In
NUMBER OF localities and attempts made to 20 be-
hind the returns, there is no telling how long the
maj Official declaration may be delayed 1t Is
probable, however that some OF the allegations OF
fraud may be abandoned, as one side is likely to
onset the other with such charges. Everything
considered, the Official result OF the canvass by
counties, VIII not, probably be known earlier than
The last OF this week
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-11-11

The value OF note depends finally upon the en-
dorsement; and the prosperity OF Washington is
endorsed by the prosperity OF the United States
II the latter is good the former Is II tie coun
try is destined TO grow In population. production
and wealth. the same is true OF Washington. OF
course, II man is so disposed he can be 'sbear-
on the future OF either the country It's capital
being among the reserved rights OF the citizen
that he can lose his money by inJudicious invest
mentS But the more shrewd as we'll as more pa.
trotc policy is to accept the manifest destiny Of
the nation and 70 bank on that belief
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-11-11

II Is not just the thing for the democrats tc
engage Conklng to help them in their legal con-
test over the election returns In New York state.
II anything could arouse bad blood between the
two parties such step as this might be depended
on 10 doft. There is q great supply OF competent
lawyers In New York whose services could be had
without calling into the case one with such per-
sonal gruGge TO pay of as Conkiing cherishes As
the learned Sergeant B'Izfuz says, lit would have
been more decent, more becoming In him to have
STOPPED away;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-11-11
" V E r c o A T 9 .

IF THREE THOUSAND MEN WERE TO MARCH
INTO OUR STORE TO-DAY WE COULD SUPPLY
THE ENTIRE CROWD WITH ovERCoATs. THERE
IS NOT A SUITABLE MATERIAL KNOWN THAT
WE CANNOT SHOW MADE UP IN ovERcoATs
EVERY STYLE, COLOR. SHAPE. VARIETY. KIND
AND PRICE. AND IT is TO
H E PRICES
THAT WE WISH TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION
THEY ARE LOWER THAN HAVE EVER BEEN
QUOTED IN THIS CITY. PARTICULAR ATTEN.
T1oN Is DIRECTED TO OUR STOCK OF
ELEGANT yERCOATS
CUT BY CUSTOM CUTTERS AND MADE UP BY GUS
TOM TAILoRs. WE HAVE NOW ON DISPLAY IN
OUR MERCHANT TAILORING DEPARTMENT SEW
ERAL HUNDRED sAT1N-L1NED COATS MADE
FROM ROUGH AND SMOOTH BEAVERS. THESE
ovERCoATs ARE FINER THAN CAN BE SEEN
ELSEWHERE IN THIS TOWN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-11-11

Some people seem TO be surprised that Mr.. Blaine
Is taking Jealous personal interest In the election
returns for New York, and doing his best to get at
facts favorable to republican success such activ-
iry viii strik, most persons as neither unreasona-
DE or blameworthy. AS the party's standard
bearer he has no right TO yield the contest While
any doue 5 remain; and nothing has occurred to
Indicate disposition on his part, that OF the
republican leaders generally, TO do other than to
aequiesce In the final result as officially announced
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-11-11

The election idiot has broken loose In all his ac-
:ustomed ingenuity of foolishness. He pushes
Zen through the streets in wheelbarrows in fulfil
ment OF wagers, he shayes for the first time In a
quarter OF century, he writes nonsenscal letters
OF congratulation, he composes sonnets and ana
grams, he observes condolences. This type OF
Crank is harmless but very distressing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-11-11

Again the story is started that Khartoum has
fallen and Cen Gordon been killed. Such a
calamity is not out OF the range Of probability, but
We should remember that England has a political
campaign on her hands as well as this country,
and one in which the ministerial. policy in Egypt
plays an important part, so that campaign les
end "roorbacks" may be looked for there as well as
harn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-11-11

Every Washingtonian present at the opening OF
the Light Infantry opera house last night must
have felt pride in the fact that the magnificent
structure, which in size, elegance and fitness for
It's purpose compares favoTabIy with the best the
aters OF the world, is the achievement OF Washing
ton enterprise capital, taste and labor