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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-02-13

STATE OF VERMONT At Probate Court
HARTFORD DISTRICT IS. I he Id ut Woodstock
within and for said District on the eleventh
day OF January A. d 1884.
Present, Hon John Porter Judge.
Eli Tt tiles estate, Royaltop, lestate.
Whereas, Henry Pierce. Executor of the
last will and Testament Of the said ,eStator,
has presented to said COult his petition i.
writing, setting forth the amount of debts
due from the said deceased and the expense
of administration. the valnc of the personal
estate and the situation of the real es'at :.
and that the sale of a part of said real estate
is necessary, to pay aid debts and part can
net be sold without injury to those interested
in the remainder, and therefore making ap-
plication 10 said Court for iicenss to sell the
whole of said real estate and all OF ner real
estate OF the said testatoc, If any such there
be within this State:
Saturday (siXth day. of February next rs Il
time, and the Probate Office in Woodstock
aforesaid as place of hearing and deciding
on said application, and orders that notice of
said application be given to all persons
interested in said estate, the reason for
the same and the time and place of hearing.
by publishing three weeks successfully in the
Spirit 0fMe Age. Il newspaper printed at
Woodstock, in this State. which circulates in
the neighborhood of those interested (all
which publications shall be previous to said
time of hearing) copy of the record of this
order, that they may appear before said Court
and be heard in the matter of said application,
IL they see cause.
A true record.
HENRY S. DAM. Register.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-02-13
BridgeWater.

Zion Copeland had II nice tire
years old colt get hung in the stall AM
choked to death recently,
Edith, little daughter of Emerson
Chase, aged seven years, met will
quite serious accident, the 9th, whil'
coasting, by being struck by led oil
which were Il number of large scholars
1t was thought at first her leg was
broken. DR.. II. L. Rodiman was
called, who pronounced n sad wounc
but no bones broken.
The late thaw brought down the
sncw and ice from the north and west
branches in such quantities as to dam
up and fill the road in three places in
and near the Center, which were i'm.
passible for some hours. Cellars were
flooded, and in some instances what
the old farmer had saved for next hay
ing was very thin.
The school in District No. 8, at
the Center, taughtsby c. T. Jossclyn,
closed the 9th. This term Of school
hes been highly prosperous. The
teacher was well qualified and well
adapted to the instruction of his pupils,
and has been well supported in his en-
dcavors by the parents. Nothing has
occurred to destroy the harmony be-
tween teachers and scholars from its
commencement. In short, Mr.. Josse-
Ign has taught very successful term
of school, and leaves behind him the
best wishes of both parents and chill
dren.
The young people OF this village
will play the popular drama, Reward
of Crime or The Love of Gold,' in
Good Tcmplars hall, on Saturday eve
ming next. The following are the
cast of characters:
Hazel Greene, f. A. Davis
Hart Hawkins, H. G. Smith
Tim Gleason, {. kayanayh
Simon Bars, V. J. King
Brandon Coyle, A. Wceden
Clarinda Greene, Bertha Davis
Mabel Greene, Marion King
Rose Cranberry, Florence King
The entertainment to conclude with
the negro farce, "Thc Troublesome
Servant" Music, Whites Band.
Admission: Adults, 10 cents; chill
dren, 10 cents. Proceeds to be used
for payment on hall.
There will be an Old and Young
Folks dance at Josselyn Hall, Wednes-
day evening, Feb. goth. Floor Man
ayers: c. Capron, c. c. Hall, A. NJ.
Curtis. Committee of Introduction
r. W. Pinney, l.. b. Moore, X. d.
Bridge. Music, Whites Quadrille
Band. Full bill, $50. A general
invitation extended to all. A good
time, sure.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-02-13
Felchville.

WIN. Vinton is on the sick list
M. A. Davis is recovering from q
few days illness.
Clayton Crandall will soon move
to Boston.
-Chas. Conant of Meridian, N. H.,
is visiting his father, Thaddeus Conant.
Widow Patch had a paralytic
shock Thursday.
"A douation was given Rev. A.
Head, Friday night at the Baptist
vestry; S44 was the sum left him.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-02-13
Rich New STYLES in furnitl

NICU No" SVyIeS !" rul HIVufe
can be obtained In Boston of the manu-
facturer at remarkably low prices. Paine
seems to be leading in this; already his
immense stock is attracting people from
near and far. We know of no other
establishment in America that carries so
large stock Of nice furniture ready to
deliver at once and at such remarkably
low prices. A visit to his store 48 Canal
Street, opposite Maine Pepot will prove
To my Que what we say 10 DO correct,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-02-13
GDg 8 ol1l>
NEW YORK, 1884.

About sixty million copies of THE Sun
have gone out of our establishment dur
lug the past twelve months.
If you were to paste end to end all the
columns of all THE SUNS printed and sol
last year you would get a continuous
strip of interesting infol nation, common
sense wisdom, sound doctrine, and sane
wit long enough to reach from Print
ing House Square to the top of Mt.
Copernicus in the moon, then back to
Printing House Square, and then three
quarters of the way back to the moon
again.
But The Sun Is written for the inhabit-
ants Of the earthi this same strip of In.
telligence would girdle the globe twenty
seven or twenty-cight times.
If every buyer of a copy Of The Sun
during the past year has spent only one
hour over it, and if his wife or his grand
father spent another hour, this newspaper
in 1888 has afforded the luman race 10000
years Of steady reading, night and day.
1t is only ~ little calculations like these
that you can form any idea Of the circula-
ton of the most popular of American
newspapers, or of its influence on the
opinions and actions Of American men
and women.
The Sun is, and will continue to be, a
ne" spaper which tells the truth without
fear of consequences, which gets ut the
facts no matter how much the process
costs, which presents the news of all the
world without waste of words and in the
most readable shape, which is working
with all its heart for the cause Of honest
government, and which therefore believes
chat the Republican party must 20, and
must 90 in this coming year of our Lord
1884.
you know THE Sun, you like it al
ready, and yon will read it with accustom'
ed diligence and profit during what is sure
to be the most interesting year in its his
tory. l1'you do not yet know The SUN,
it is high time to get into the sunshine.
Terms 10 Mail subscribers.
The several editions of THE sun are sent
by mail, postpaid, as follows
DAILY-JU cents Il month, SO 4 year; with
Sunday edition s!.
SUNDAY-Eight pages. This edition fur
nishcS the current news of the world,
special articles of exceptional Interest to
everybody, and literary reviews of new
books of the highest merit. NJ Il year.
WEEKLI--s, Il year, Eight pages of the
best matter of the daily issues an Agri-
cultural Department of uncqualed value,
special market reports, and literary, Sciell-
tiic, and domestic intelligence make THE
WEEKLY Sun the newspaper for the
farmers household. To clubs of ten with
so. an extra copy free.
Address |. W. ENGLAND, Publisher.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-02-13

"Sold comfort" can be realized by
those suff ring fIom all forms of Sc. Ofula,
If teey will take Hoods Sarsparila and
be cured.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-02-13

Do you want pleasant
M NlO EMO work, and thus add to
your incom.?
YOUNG MEN Do you want to secure
paylig Nd permanent business Writn "
HAa. II, HAltNES, Bslows Hsls,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-02-13
MARIANA, in 4 acts.

sVafANH fAeNSNS :" "1'''
New & Elegant Scenery.
Magnificent Costumes,
Sparkling & Stirring Music,
Dramatic Situations, &c,
Making in all as fine a performance as
ever given in Woodstock.
In order to secure the services ofthe
Orchestra, a large advance sale is
necessary. Secure your seats at once
and thus encourage frst-class enter
prise.
PRICES: About so of the best seats
ats75 cents all the rest of the Hall,
so cents. Now on sale at Burdett's.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-02-13

~ The house has passed bills de-
claring q 100000 acres of laud grant
ed to railroad corporations forfeited to
the government.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-02-13

- Not one of the six Congress
men from California were boru, in the
state,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-02-13
VERMONT.

A valuable horse and sleigh, VIII
harness and robes, belonging to VIM
Howard of Orange, was stolen Wed
nesday at Barre.
The Western Vermont Masonic re-
union will hold its annual meeting a
Middlebury, Feb. 10th. Banquet al
the Addison House. All Masons arc
invited.
A Bakersfield man named Alfred
Eldridge, living with George Britch,
at Franklin, was found hung in the
chamber recently. No cause is as
signed except cold weather and hard
times.
William j. Lambert, mail carrier
between the p,st office and railway
stations at Burlington, was arrested
Thursday on the charge of robbing
the mail. He was held for trial in
the county court. All the evidence
against him was furnished by his wife.
A woman in u neighboring town
has just completed 'crazy quilt
containing 5000 pieces. We are be-
ginning to think that the "crazy" be-
longs with the woman, and not with
the quilt.
In the suit of the Ottaquechee Wool.
en- Mill Co. VS.. Moses, D. II. and j.
G. Newton, which has been pending
in Windsor county, the past two years,
Judge Rowell has made decree dis
missing the bill with costs.
The new town house at Middebury
will be inaugurated the 18th inst, by
the annual masquerade ball.
Addison county last week sent to
Ohio and Missouri jG6 head of sheep,
500 of them being registered Mcrinocs.
Wells, Richardson & Co., of Bur-
lington, have had ninety tons of altman.
acs printed for advertising purposes.
The joint commission on the bound
aries of the Troy and Vermont Metho-
dist conferences will meet April End.
The Vermont members propose Bur-
lington as the place Of meeting, but
will so to Rutland if preferred by the
Troy members.
DR.. G. D. Newcll's 3-ycars-old son,
Of St. Johnsbury, who was shot by
playmate two weeks ago, died Sunday.
Thomas Greer and Miss Matte
Crokey of Fairhaven were married
recently and went TO Montreal on
wedding tour. On the following day
Miss Lizzie Williams attached the
groom's interest in the Riverside slate
mill, claiming $4,000 for breach of
promise. 1t seems Thomas was too
lavish in his affections.
The Kentucky Legislature will en-
dcavor to discover who drank the 100
gallons of whiskey that was consumed
in the state insane asylum last year.
There is Il horrible suspicion" OBJ
serves a sympathetic exchange, THAT
the patients drank it, and the senti-
ment of the commonwealth is against
the waste of good liquor on people who
have not sufficient intellect to enjoy it,"
70 Mr.. Morrison has prepared his
tariff bill which makes an average re,
duction of 20 per cent. on everything
except luXuries, and strikes $40, 000,-
600 from the revenue.
-
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-02-13

~ Mr.. Morrison has prepared his
tariff bill which makes an average re
duction of 20 per cent. on everything
except luyuries, and strikes $40, 000,-
600 from the revenue.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-02-13

Rev. Moses Kidder, during his
ministry of forty-four years in this
place, has married one thousand
couples, and attended two thousand
fuperuls, up to January 20, 1884.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-02-13

Jason L. Darling, has sold his farm
to his brother, Charles f.. of Hart
land, and bought Horace 7. Dennis
farm on 'Hartland Hill"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-02-13

Our Democratic friend, Otis Cham
berlin, Esq, of Pomfret, died Feb. g..
He was born Nov. lG, 1907. Further
notice next week.
While Alton Denish was chopping
wood for o. +. Taylor last week he
cut his foot quite badly, but although a
severe cut he is getting along well.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-02-13

The destruction Of property by the
floods in the West the past week is
fearful and immense. In the Ohio
Valley thousands of people have been
driven from their homes, lost every
thing, and are now objects of charity.
There are worse things than living on
"scraggy" farm in Chattagee,
Barnard.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-02-13

The performance of "Maritana"
next week Thursday eve, the 21st, will
be as fine thing unsteady as any
thing ever in Woodstock, the company
being composed OF the best Of Boston
and New York soloists. Secure seats
now.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1884-12-31
From our own correspondent.
Washington Letter.

Before adjourning for the holiday re-
cess, Congress did 4 square weeks work,
the only one it has done since the open
ing OF the present session. The Senate
accepted pakota's plea for Statehood,
by a majority OF ten; discussed naval
appropriations: gave an hours attention
to Indiana lands; confirmed presidential
nominations; heard speeches on the Sill
yer question from Senators Beck and
Sherman; and talked in secret session
about the propriety OF opening its doors
to the public when ii begins the discus
sion OF the Spanish treaty. New bills
poured into both ends OF the Capitol,
which had to be read over and referred
to appropriation committees. Both
Houses debated the Interstate Com
merce bill; the lower House voted to
establish department of Agriculture,
which makes Cabinet officer OF the
Commissioner OF Agriculture; pension
bills were disposed, of and both legisla-
tive bodies adjourned, to rest from THEN
Iabors until Wednesday, They will then
meet to adjourn for two weeks.
As regularly as the holiday season
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The Past, Present, and Future.

What a difference the short term Of
fifteen wears has made in the prospects
Of Florida When we came here in 1870,
Jacksonville had about 1000 inhabi-
tants; now ii is four times that size.
Hotels were So few in that city that we
bav. known visitors to be comprllcd to
-Iren in the cars and TELEGRAPH mes
saues had to be sent to Savannah to pre-
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1884-12-31
Lubricating Oil from Watermelons.

Experiments have been made by VI.
Lidoti, with view to defining the guam
tity OF oil contained in the seeds OF the
CUcHUis cjtlUIIuS, a watermelon plant
extensively grown in the south OF Rus
STA. According to a description OF the
process in the CorpS Gros L1duStriels, the
seeds are dried at temperature of 266
degrees Fahrenheit, after which the oil
is extracted in a Than apparatus. BY
this method there was obtained guam
tity ranging from n to - per cent OF Il
lubricating oil, with density of "a de
grees Fahrenheit of 0.929S. 1t absorbs
atmospheric oXy gen very rapidly, an
augmentation OF about one-quarter per
cent taking place within three days. NJ.
Lidof thinks watermelon oil suitable Tor
culinary purposes, but fears that its eN-
traction would be too costly to allow of
its coming into general use.
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THE FLORIDA AGR1CULrURIsT.

the particular article that he has fol sale.
Unlike the manufacturer, the farmer can
not 90 out or send out and look over the
field of improvement for himself; he
must wait until some one brings some
thing to his notice. What the farmer
needs is knowledge OF the soil, of its va
rous possible products, and the appllca-
ton of mechanical forces as Il substitute
for hand labor. To learn these he needs
to get an occasional look at the indus
trial world OF which he is 4 part, but the
vision of which is ordinarily bounded by
his own fences. Though one OF the earll-
est workers, he took late start iii i'm
proycment The common Water-Whccl
was not known until more than one hun
dred years after Christ, and Tor more
than thousand wears thereafter the
winds swept over Europe without turn
ing.a single mill. Steam came and car
ried his products, after they had gone
into the hands OF others, to distant mar
kets, but the portable engine came to
him very late. Chemistry grew into a
science, but the chemistry OF the soil was
one of the late inquiries. Weapons OF
war, ship-building, the telegraph, means
of transportation, labor-savlng machln-
cry in the Workshops and factories, be-
came general before mechanical appll-
ances, except in the crudest form, were
seen on the farm. Until recently the
farmer has been left to work out his own
destiny, without even the cooperation
of his cO-workers.
Now all this has changed, and high Ell
fort is now being made to place agricuI-
ture in the front line of industrial inn
provement All the farmer needs now
is the chance to see and observe, and
that opportunity should be furnished
him whenever the opportunity is posi-
bic. His county fair is not sufficient for
this, because he and the great interests
to which he belongs have passed a step
beyond the county fair as sufficient
opportunity to see his world. Hereto
fore the great eNpositions have been
mainly devoted to manufacturing indus
tries and the arts, and the farmer, II
given place, has generally been given
an obscure.place. The project started
bv the Southern Exposition Company
for national agricultural exhibition at
Louisville, is designed to make general
exhibition OF the natural and agriculture
al products of our whole country, and to
give the farming interest 4 prominence it
has never enjoyed in any other EXPOSE
ton The Southern Exposition Compa-
ny offer their half million dollars worth
Of buildings, property, and grounds lor
this purpose, and the General Govern
ment is asked to contribute half Al
million dollars to the same purpose 10
put the exhibition on q still more cN-
tended scale, appropriate to the i'm
p0rtant interests which will be concerned
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1884-12-31
Stealing Oranges.

The larceny of oranges in the groves
by negroes is getting to be a serious
thing. On moonlight nights and sun
days the fruit is carried away by the
sackful, especially in those groves on
which no one is living. One gentleman
informed us that fifty boxes at least, had
been stolen from his grove. tits impos-
sibIe for the thieves to consume all they
steal and some one must be purchasing
the fruit We advise the orange grow
ers to keep a good lookout and try to
trace the stolen fruit, that those who buy
it may be detected.
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The Expositlons.

We are of the opinion that things are
badly arranged somehow. If the Jack
sonville fair is held on the Bird OF Febru-
airy and the exhibit forwarded to New
Orleans to be on show on Florida Day,
the 18th, will they not be badly wilted
and lose their fresh appearance? Then,
ii the Press Association meet at Gaines
Vile on the 10th, it will take members
Of the press away from their business
for too long time, especially il they in
tend to visit New Orleans. 1t would be
much better to re-organize the meetings
50 as to bring them nearer together.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1884-12-31
An Exposition of Agricultural Pro-
duct.

While the cultivatin Of the ground for
the purpose OF obtaimg from it products
necessary ior the SUPPORT OF life was OF
necessity among tn earliest efforts of
man, the art OF agriOlture has been OF
comparatively slow evelopment, thro'
the absence OF the Stimulating friction OF
dense communities. 1t is only of late
that the farmer has al opportunity to
see and learn for hiLelf, outside OF his
own personal eXperiece. This accounts
for the apparent tenitv with which far
merS in some countrs cling to old forms,
while the rest of theldustrial world has
been making greattrides in improve
ment Science andventiVe genius and
engineering skill ardoing work for the
farmer. but the eiioof one is obStruct
ed by the ditlicultiennknOWn to dense
ly populated industl communities, in
the way OF conStantariOuS intercourse
and interchange of owledge and ideas,
| and the benefits Ohe successive inn
proVements OF the her are impaired
through the lack OF portrInity for com
parative observation
| The manufacturers his agents and
correspondents all er the world, di-
rectly or indirectlNnforming him of
improved methodist I'd his last opera
tive is advanced in industrial educa-
ton by the manifestations thus
made. But the fari has no travelling
agent, and only u correspondents.
What is brought to inspection in the
way of improved mods is brought to
his attention by So one whose pur-
pose is not to telln what improve
ments have been m, but to sell him
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1884-12-31
Works Received.

James Nick, of Rochester, \. v. has
sent out his Forol Gujde for 1850. Mr..
Wick always gets out a handsome and
tasty work.
The GuJ Sircom is good sized
pamphlet regarding Florida. 1t is con
Quoted by W. j. Van Kirk, OF Pensacola,
Fla Price. 30 cents per year
The F7oraIlt .l,u,,,m for 1883 is hand
some work, and will be found useful to
those coming to Florida. Edited by G..
X. Munroe, 40 Nassau St., \. Y. Price,
80 cnntS
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Work for January.

Prune grape vines and plant out vines
orcuttings. Plant Japan persmmons and
loquats. or Japan plums as they are
called here. Prune fig trees and put out
cuttings. You can put out Irish pota-
toes at any time from now to the first OF
April.
Orange trees should hc lertilized and
the cultivator passed through young
groves. All dead limbs and those that
cross should be removed from the tree.
Young groves can now be planted ont
the limbs should be cut back to balance
the roots, and they will begin to grow at
once.
Put out lawn grass; Bermuda and st
Augustine grasses are the best for lawns
Sow all kinds of vegetables : radishes
turnips, carrots, ruta-baga, Kohl rabl
lettuce and any others you may wish
Cabbage and cauliilower can be trans
planted. Sow in boxes in Il sheltered
place, tomatoes, eggplant, pepper, etc.
to be transplanted later.
Rive and oats can still be sowed.
Make your tobacco bed, il You arr
going into that industry, at the end o
the month by spading up the earth ant
burning rubbish over ii, then rake wei
J and SOW the seed, rake it in and pres
down with board
! Carrot, celery and all fine seeds groY
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1884-12-31
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 81, 1884.
Correspondence.

Communications from all parts of Flor
ida, tending to its building up, and, reII-
tive to the agriculture OF the State and
other matters of interest to farmers and
fruit growers, will always be readily in
serted in our columns. We specially in
vitc such correspondence
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better ii the soil is pressed tight after
they are put in.
Hedges can be made with such plants
as we advocated few weeks ago.
Sow Guinea grass seed.
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NnIIlI,

Thcrcd \ opposite this on your paper de
notes thatyourSub- W scription has expired
2 2aa Mh TG ne paSar d f% r
paper is conducted strictly on the cash SyS-
lem
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DARTNER WANTED,-By an ENGLISH gen
tleman Il partner i'll the nursery business.
small capital required. Address {. y. O..
345 jacksonville, Fla
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DOMEGRNNATE PLANTS WANTED
Z Highest market price viii be paid for 100
or more, one to two year Old. "HoN &c.
35Stf Crescent City. Fla.
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G. ORR ORANGE SEED WANTED y good
= price will be paid for the same. Address
F, {. BUFFCM.
34j-347 stanton, Fla.