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The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-09-10

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Of thousands by saving many Of their
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Hay Fever, Loss of Voice, Tickling in
the Throat, Pain in Side and Chest, OF
any disease Of the Throat and Lugs, n
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The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-09-10

The Laredo. Times has passed the
stone on the highway which marks q
year In the annals Of daily journalism,
and congratulates itself on the situation
Of to-day. The Times Is Of Laredo and
for Laredo, and Its labors in behalf Of
tho oity will overbalance every other
influence, and to that end the Tines has
just cause 70 be proud Of the past and
TIE growth II hxs made.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-09-10
A POSITIVE SACRIFICE.

$1,000 Worth Fine Hand made Shoes 10 be
Closed Out Regardless Of Cost.
J. ii. Marquart, proprietor ofthe Cres-
cent City boot and shoe mandatory,
opposite the court house, has $4,000
worth of fine handmade shoes, which he
says he will positively sell at lower fig
ures than ever before offered In this city.
These goods are all flrst-class In every
respect, and is being sacrificed in order
to make room for his winter stock. Call
and see him and secure bargains. 0.29.tf
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-09-10

and chills and fever, slow fevers, and all
other kinds of malarial fevers are broken
up and prevented by using MORLEY'S
TINS AGUE TONIC. Try it. Al
Kalteyer's.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-09-10

MRssRs. THURMAN, nor Bayard, nor
Mcdonald, nor in fact any of the old
wheel-horses Of the Democratic party
are tearing their hair in order to elect
Mr.. Cleveland. The Independents bot
tied. the Democratic party up when
they named the nominee.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-09-10

BUTLER is drawing like house afire
in his swinging around the circle in the
northwest.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-09-10
Wednesday,. September 10. 1884,

The papers report Mr.. st. John as
preaching In the wilderness Of Illinois.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-09-10

Joker.r
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-09-10

"MR. PAUL BREMoSD,' says the Bra
zoria Independent, wants the San An
tonic people to build their road and
connect with his at Sealy, and wants 1t
to be II narrow gauge. He says It would
only be 80 miles from Galveston. Mr..
Bremond is mistaken. II is fnlly 100
miles. The best route would be the
coast line running direct through the
sugar belt. This would give them rs
miles OF the best paying road In South
ern Texas.v
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-09-10

"HAvE you heard from Maine?" is a
hard question to the Democrats. The
State election is grand victory, and 1t
will be made greater at the November
election. The Republican party has not
lost anything so far, ana makes fair
start by carrying Oregon, Vermont and
Maine. Mr.. Blaine's fellow citizens
have endorsed the party and his candl-
dacy by electlng the whole ticket, and
will emphasize it by greater majority
for him In November.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-09-10

Entered nj rostoflice at San Antonio, Texas,
as second class matter.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-09-10

,,,n,,a,. " ouooD ~ w. VI nos'oh'
rs'" ~ nea' anu oon'enieh' iorni' 'ne
aouress OF hoDert r.. Porter to the Awk-
wright Club of New England, on "Pro-
lection and Free Trade To-davr Mr.
Porter granbicoIIv nrasan.s a~..,,,, -.
-. s'apa'"iy p,e'e"'' eAao'iy wh"t
Vo'ers IN both political parties want to
know, the facts showing how free trade
and protection works nj home and
abroad in the fa,d and ,h. vorS.hon
ia s,.'a :" 're ne'u anu 'ue worAsnop'
ne SHOWS how agriculture, commerce
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-09-10

Mr.. TnDES hasn't ratified Mr.. Cleve-
land yet. He even headed Off the COM
mittee which was appointed to present
him the resolutions adopted at Chicago,
by requesting that the resolutions be
sent by mall. and the hope that he
would say something for the ticket was,
in consequence, blasted. 1t is a good
thing that the Democratic National COM
mittee have encouraging reports from
the South Atlantic States, as there does
not appear to be much hope anywhere
else.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-11-12
Joining the Grange.

There never was truer utterance
than the following from the pen of
Brother Gilbert of the Maine Farmer.
1t is a mistake to induce men to join
any association from purely selfish mo-
tives. 1t ruins churches as well as
oranges. 1t is he who is willing to use
his life in doing good that shall save it
Let each seek his neighbours good, and
trust God for his own share:
Whoever joins the grange to make
money, is to the order source of weak
ness. He is always prepared to take,
always ready to grasp, but never ready
to give. His processes weaken society,
and he is a tax upon his neighborhood
Nothing is more true than the inspired
utterance, 1t is more blessed to give
than to receive 1t may not be easy
to give material values measurable in
commerce, but there is none so poor
that he may not give kind words or
acts, encouragement to those who are
sad, comfort to those who mourn, or in
come way brighten life for his fellows.
All this is the good work of the grange,
incumbent on all its members. Let
him who forgets, examine his daily life
and make it more happy by cheerful
discharge of his duty to give"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-11-12
Manure in Orchards.

Brother Dole says: " We thought we
were made to realize the benefit of
manure on orchards some time ago,
but we was most forcibly impressed
again last week while picking apples
from some trees bordering lane where
cattle are driven to pasture. They
have lain near the gate so much that
the soil has become as rich as it well
can be. Here New Hampshire Sweets
of size we never saw equalled before
was gathered, and of very fine quality.
1t may be, as some say, that stable ma
nure is not the best fertilizer for fruit
trees, but we confess its effects have
been only good in the orchards where
we have known it to be applied" If
stable manure is not the best dressing
for orchards in grass, we don't know
what is. But if manure is short, then
the next best thing is a heavy mulching
of straw around the trees, extending
out as far as the branches. Ten cents
worth of straw will bring a dollars
worth of apples in this way, easy, if
applied to productive trees of salable
varieties. 1t doubles the crop by doub-
ling the size of the fruit, and thus more
than doubles its value. But if you use
mulch you must protect from mice.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-11-12
Experiment Stations.

With much force and point the Guilt
rdtor alludes to the advantages secured
to agriculture by experimental work
and scientific investigation. 1t well
says:
g 1t is an unwise policy which cur
tails the expenses of state governments
to such an extent that scientific investi-
cations for the benefit of agriculture
cannot be made. Such curtailment too
often results in direct loss to the farm
ing community. State governments
can usually conduct more satisfactory in
vestigations than can the national gov
eminent. They control a more limited
area, and are able to deal with local
questions. The people of one state are
too apt to rely upon the work done by
neighboring state"
This last remark is shamefully true.
We trust, however, that the people of
proud little Vermont are too proud to
depend entirely on the bounty of other
states for scientific aid to our greatest
industry.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-11-12

so treated. We should all be ashamed
to treat it in any other way, and indig-
nant when it is referred to in the belit-
Ting manner common everywhere,
only because farmers themselves are
willing to see it belittled, and to help to
make it little.
Secretary Gilbert's report has well
varied table of contents, but the heft
of his effort is upon the development of
Names great agricultural specialties,
which are based first and mainly upon
her grass crop and what can be made
out of it, and, secondly, upon her great
resources for the growth of exportable
fruits. In both of these Mr.. Gilbert is
prominent expert. He is one of
Names leading dairymen, whose but
ter, in no small quantity, finds its
market and has name among the best
buyers of Boston, while at the same
time he is very extensive orchardist,
growing the standard apples of New
England for the city markets, and for
export The vim which he puts into
his business and has made it successful
he also puts into the work the state
pays him for as secretary of its board
of agriculture. He is working strongly,
and with marked results, to stimulate
not only individual but also associated
efforts to increase and improve the
dairy products of the state. Cheese
factories have been working profitably
for a considerable number of years
there, and now there is a prospect that
butter factories will soon give Maine
butter a name in the larger markets
which has heretofore been lacking.
The home market is of little value to
the producers of dairy goods, and to
secure outside customers is imperative.
To do this it is essential that the best
article, in large quantity and of uniform
quality, should be offered. This is pos
sible only by associated work, and that
is what is being pushed and fostered by
Names agricultural board, with graft
flying results. Maine butter factories
have been receiving the top of the
market for their products, and netting
the dairymen far more money than
their milk has ever brought them be-
fore. The outlook is favorable for
Maine to become what she is well fitted
fora leading dairy state.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-11-12
advertisements.
HOODS
SARSAPARILLA

mas utClucu upOH tllt DuDllCs lulS
is positively proven by the immense good it
has done to those who have been cured of
diseases from which they have suffered in
tensely for years, as verified by the publish
ed testimonials, every one OF which Is pos
Tive fact
CHELSEA, VT, Feb. "a, 1879.
MEssRs. c. J. HOOP & Co, Lowell, Mass:
The 9Th day of last June was taken sick
with swelling on my right foot, and with an
awful pain. The swelling went all over me.
My face was swelled 50 that | could with diff
fculty see out of my eyes, and | broke out
over the whole surface OF my body; my right
foot up to my knee was one raw. itching
sore | could not step on it, and II would run
so as to wet bandage through In an hour.
In this condition Mr.. W. L. Hood (of the firm
of A; II; Hood & Son, druggists, of this town,
handed me bottle of HOODS SARsAPAR1L-
LA, and told me to take 1t. did So and by
the time had taken one bottle found that
v was So dg soo after h RSs i9 Een e
bottles my soreness began to leave me, and
] have been growing better every day, so
that to-day can walk without going lame.
] have no soreness in my ankle and 1t has
healed all up, and does not run at all owe
my recovery to your Sarsaparilla. write
this to let, You know that ! think II deserves
the confidence OF the public, especially those
who are troubled with humors.
JOSIAH 'PfITKIN.
i. =. Every person that saw me SAID tnat
never would get over my lameneSs without
thank God have j. 7.
Mother Sarsaparilla has such sharpening
effect upon the appetite. No other prepa-
ration tones and strengthens the digestive
organs like HOODS SARsAPARrLLA.
Price one dollar, or six bottles for FIVE dol
lars. Prepared only by Gel. HOOD & CO..
Apothecarics, Lowell, Mass.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-11-12

On the general effect of heterogeneous
manures upon vegetation, Messrs.
Lawes and Gilbert remark in one of
their reports that " it should be called to
mind that a general tendency of nitro
genous manures is to favor luxuriant
and continuous growth, as distinguished
from arrest and consolidation of that
already formed, whilst that of mineral
manures is to favor consolidation
rather than luxuriance. Or, to put it
in another way, a characteristic effect
of nitrogenous manures is to favor the
extension of foliage, and to give it a
depth of color, whereas that of the
mineral manures is to tend to stem
formation and production of seed"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-11-12

pared with other business men, they are
unenterprising. Why? Is it for any
other reason than lack of that knowl-
edge which gives confidence? Is it
anything else but the timidity of con-
scious ignorance The merchant and
the manufacturer are not afraid of
risk, because knowledge gives them the
power to compute the exact degree of
risk, just as an insurance company is
able to reckon what charge it should
make for each kind of policy which it
issues. The marine insurance company
takes the risk of the weather, the same
as the farmer So does the ship-builder,
and the foreign merchant. They go
forward with confidence because, as far
as possible, they have mastered the
conditions, and know what the proba-
bilities are. The farmer has not done
this to anything near the extent that he
might. He feels safer to sail in little
boat, and keep near the shore. This
may be safe, but it is not profitable.
We want the knowledge that will en-
able us to make large ventures, with
reasonble confidence that we shall sue
coed. When we know more we can
farm on larger scale, and make more
money. Thus we can make our art re-
spectacle, and respected. Then it will
not be said that man is gentleman,
but the other one is farmer" The
finest of all gentlemen are the farmers
who make farming pay. May their race
iporoocof
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-11-12
Maine Agricultural Report.

We are indebted to Secretary Gilbert
cultural reports that it has been our
happiness to read This report of the
Maine Board of Agriculture for 1888
takes hold of farming by the right end,
and with confident step leads the far
mer to look upon his occupation as a
business like any other business, which
a man may pursue with the confident
hope not only of " making living"
but of acquiring property and becoming
rich in proportion to his capital, his
activity and his knowledge of his trade.
The Maine Board of Agriculture is
rightly pushing on to help the farmers
of that state toward success as dairy
men, as stOck-breeders and feeders, and
as orchardists. The proceedings of
their meetings have the vigorous tone
of business in them. 1t is not of con-
lectures, of suggestions, of theories, of
hopes, or of dependencies that the adj
dresses are made up, but of clear, dis
tinct, tangible, countable and measure
BILE facts. Farming is taken hold of g,
under Mr.. Gilbert's direction, as a
serious business, worthy of any mans
attention, no matter how much of a
man he is, or how high his ambition
scars. 1t makes the blood Jingle in the
veins when we hear agriculture put
upon a high pedestal in this way. The
greatest of all human occupations, and
the basis of all others, deserves to be
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-11-12
Questions Answered.

G. G. T. asks: Q) What is the best
method of protecting trees that are
mulched from mice? (2) Which is the
best time to trim apple trees? (3) l
have several Fameuse that are large
enough to bear two bushels each that
have borne but few apples. If prune
them l suppose / should cover the
wounds with grating wax. (4) How
is the best wax made? (5) Is it best to
cut back trees set in autumn, or wait
until spring?
REPLIES BY AGRICULTURAL EDITOR.
The cheapest, safest and easiest way
to protect trees from mice or rabbits is
to tie around the trunk strips of wood,
such as pieces of lath, old slaves, or
any strips suitable for the purpose.
Worn out sections of stove pipe may be
used by cutting them open on one side.
We tie up all of our orchard that is in sod
with lath and slaves, cutting common
strip lath into two or three lengths, and
old flour or lime barrel slaves once in
two. The lower ends are pressed
slightly into the ground, and they are
then tied closely, near the top, with a
turn of common cotton Irvine.
(2) The best time to prune apple
trees in Vermont is in March or April.
Use fine saw, and cut close to the
base of the limb. We saw from below
upwards little way, when the limb is
large, and then saw through from the
upper side. This prevents stripping
down the bark and wood by the weight
| of the limb before the cut is finished.
CD The Fameuse, except in pretty
rich SOIL usually bears in six or seven
years from setting. If the land is rich,
and the trees make strong growth,
fruiting is delayed We do nothing to
such trees to hurry them, knowing that
growth is more important than fruit
while the trees are small. But little
fruit is got from small tree, any way,
and in the long run more is got by let
| ting the tree have its own way. We
certainly should not prune such trees
| to make them bear. The effect of fall,
winter or spring pruning is to stimulate
growth in the remaining branches, and
thus to delay fruiting. Pruning in June
is practced to cause the formation of
fruit buds, and it will do so, but usually
much to the injury of the tree. In
fact, any injury to tree in early sum-
mer generally causes it to fruit the next
year, but the fruit so obtained does not
pay for the damage to the tree.
(4) The best wax for covering prun-
ing wounds is not wax at all, but some
thick paint. We use ground raw sienna,
as it comes put up in cans, putting it
on pretty thickly with a small brush.
AS each tree has to have more or less
pruning, nearly every spring, when we
90 around to cover the new wounds we
give the old ones dab, until they are
healed over. This paint is far prefera-
Bile to any kind of wax, as paint keeps
out external moisture, but allows any
sap that comes to the surface of the
wound to dry out, while wax keeps it
in, and causes death and rotting of
the wood.
(5) 1t is better to wait until spring,
unless the variety is perfectly :" iron
clad" If tender in the least the wood
will die back, and necessitate second
cutting.
Farmers as Business Men.
Farmers, as business men, are slow
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-11-12

ASHES IN THE FALL. Mears of
East Poultney, VT, asks whether he
should "spread ashes on piece of old
ground this fall, for potatoes next sea-
SON." To which we answer, Yes, if
more convenient to do it. The effect
of heavy dressing of ashes remains
for years on land needing it. 1t is a
fertilizer that remains in the soil unin-
jured, until consumed by the crops.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-11-12
Farmers as Business Men.

Farmers, as business men, are slow
and doubling class in reference to any
improvement for their benefit. Com
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-11-12
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The following additional particu-
lars Of the FIRE at Wallula Junction,
on Sunday night, we CLEAN from the
Walla Walla Union:
''The fire originated in Mcmahon
q Johnson's saloon, and II is suppos-
ed from a candle used by McMahOn's
barkeeper, Theodore Peiffer, who
slept in the attic over the saloon.
During the evening Piefter was
drinking heavily, and when he clos
ed up the saloon he was badly intox-
icated, and probably forgetting to
blow cut the candle, the flames
were communicated to the bed cloth
ing and from that TO the building.
During the course Of the fire a most
slckening sight met the eyes Of the
onlookers. As the walls Of the sa-
loon began to burn away, Peiffer's
body could be seen in the midst Of
the flames, sitting in an upright po-
sitiOn, his charred remains adding
horror to the scene Of devastation.
Peiffer was Of German descent, about
SO years Of age, and had been in the
employ Of Mcmahon & johnson for
eight months, before which time he
was employed as steward In the rail-
road hotel. No accurate account of
the losses could be obtained. Babb
& Johnson's building and stock sus-
tained a loss Of about s47OO, insured
with Paxton q Bowden for 50, 700;
Cummings Bros loss about $4,000,
partially insured with Whitman &
Dennison; Shorts restaurant, loss
about $500, no insurance, Mcmahon &
JOhnson's saloon building, stock and
fixture, $1,000, no insurance; Martin
johnson, building and butcher shop,
loss $3.50, no insurance; China wash
house, loss 800, no insurance. At
the time Of the fire one Of the build
ings was being occupied by a party
Of dancers who were forced to beat a
hasty retreat, The structure was
owned by w. II. johnson and was
valued at $1,000, no insurance.
While the fire was at its height the
Portland train came, and the heat
was so intense that no stoppage was
made at the depot, the engineer
driving by the wall Of FIRE at a rapid
rate, and when the up freight passed
the Junction at 7 A. NJ. the buildings
were still burning. After the flames
subsidized a search was Instituted for
the remains Of Peiffer, which were
found, but a small part Of the trunk
and a few cinderate bones remain
ing. These were placed in a coffin
and will be given burial by the citi-
zens Of the place. Several Of the
buildings will be rebuilt immedi-
ately."