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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-05

A WESTERN paper explains why
Palestine supported such an immense
population after the Israelites dis
covered it, when flowing with milk
and honey and in which but sparse
population furnishes now, by saying
that as it was all divided into little
farms, which, if sold, reverted every
fifty years, in the year of the Jubilee,
there could be no monopoly of land;
and as the law of Moses forbade inter-
est, there could be no borrowing, so
that every man had to depend upon his
own hands to make living. These
are potent influences, and under them
Palestine might all be fertile yet; but
devastating war destroyed it. The tyr
ranical conquerors inhicting crushing
taxes on the inhabitants left living,
while giving them no security from rob-
berry, all attempts at cultivating the
soil ceased; it was left bare and ex-
posed, treeless and leahess, and is now
an arid waste of nearly bare rocks-a
lesson for other lands" So says an ex-
change, which is, however, mistaken in
saying that because usury was forbidden
to the Jews there could be no borrowing.
1t will be noted that Henry George,
with his "new" land theories, has
done little else than revive the old Jew
ish system. Among many rusty jokes
at the New England Puritans, it is said
that they voted to be governed by the
laws of God until they had time to make
better" 1t might have been a good
thing if they had never discovered an
improvement on Gods land laws, as
given to the Jews.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-05

ONE of the much-vaunted remedies
for consumption is now very largely
sold in Chicago as an article of daily
diet-for the healthy as well as the all
ing. 1t is the Kumiss," which origi-
mated in Tartary, where it is made from
the milk of mares. The following is a
formula for its preparation, given by a
leading physician: Zone cup of but
termilk, very sour; seven cups of fresh
milk. To stand in slightly warm
place near the fire for twelve hours.
Whip smooth, adding little white
sugar in powder. Bottle, and let it
stand for twelve hours uncorked. Then
cork and wire. Keep in cool place
for two or three days, when it will be
fit for use. Beware how you uncork,
as it is often very much up" There
appears to be no reason why, if the ar
ticle is really as beneficial as is claimed,
dairymen should not make and bottle it
in large quantities, and make it staple
article of trade Chicago Dairy Farmer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-05
Agricultural College Farms.

The Maine Farmer argues that no
profits should be expected from the
farm attached to an agricultural college.
1t says:
In the case of our college farm at
Orono, the public have made the mis-
take of drawing distinction between
the farm and the other appliances of the
college. When in the past the annual
reports have shown that the OUTLAWS on
the farm had exceeded the income, it
has been the cause of much adverse criti-
cism, and finally in some cases of open
opposition, while at the same time no
complaints were made that in other de-
partments of the institution the eX-
penses far exceeded the income. Legis-
lators have freely appropriated money
to meet the expenses of instruction, at
the same time excluding the farm from
any of its benefits. AT the present
time public opinion and the manage
ment of the institution require that the
farm shall be self-supporting, while
considerable sums of money are still
called for to meet deficiencies in the
other departments. The public are
farm, as elsewhere, meets its mission
through the instruction given, and the
people have to learn that this is the
sole mission of college farm and
should be the sole aim of its farming
When viewed in this relation, the ad-
verse criticism of college farming will
largely disappear"
AS we have held the same opinion
and used the same argument in years
gone by, we cannot criticise our friend
Gilbert very hardly for these views.
But in the course of time, with its new
light and wider experience, we have
seen reason to change that opinion,
and now, if we had charge of the farm
of an agricultural college, we should do
our best to show the land improving
in productiveness and making money
every year. We should do this as the
very best educational use to which the
farm could be put, for what the young
farmer wants to know more than any
thing else, and what the college must
teach him or fail in its mission, is how
to make farming pay. A crop that
gives good profit is the crop he will
be interested in. The professor of
agriculture ought not to feel the need
of continual apologizing for the I'M
profitableness of the farm which is
under his direction. His teachings will
have weight with his classes and the
public just in the degree that he can
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-05
Strawberries.

Why can't we have strawberry cleo
ton? l wish to vote for the Cumber-
land Triumph, because it tastes more
like a strawberry than any other va
riety that have ever sampled. The
fruit is large, smooth and handsome,
the foliage more thrifty than any other
kind that 1 have, and l can see only
one fault that can be found with it
the fruit is lighter colored than that of
some other varieties. 1t is not as sour
as Crescent or Manchester, nor as sweet
as Miners Prolific, Sharpless or Jersey
Queen. / cannot discover any straw
berry flavor at all in the last-named va
riety. Mrs. A. WHEELoCK,
Putnamsville, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-05
Ensilage Compared with Hay.

w. II. Wilkinson considers the feed
ing value of two and one-half tons of
ensilage equal to one ton of hay l do
not know the standpoint from which he
made his estimate, whether the analyti-
cal or practical; but in either case it
would seem to be an exaggerated state
ment. At least the statement must be
misleading, for, if true, it gives to the
moist fodder feeding value above that
of the most nutritious grain. One hun
dred pounds of ensilage subjected to a
temperature of two hundred twelve or
two hundred twenty degrees, as it is
when analysed, contains but fifteen
pounds Of dry matter, according to DR..
Goessmann; when hay is subjected to
the same treatment, from one hundred
pounds there are left from eighty-six to
ninety pounds of dry matter Now I'M
less one pound of dry ensilage is worth
for feeding purposes nearly six pounds
of dry hay (and | do not think there is
any proof of this). it would be very
much nearer the truth to say that one
ton of hay was worth from five and two
thirds to six tons of ensilage for stock
feeding. And this result will be found
true when we compare the quantity of
nutriment contained in one hundred
pounds of ensilage and that in one
hundred pounds of good hay. In one
hundred pounds of ensilage there are
fourteen pounds and fraction of nu-
tritious matter; in one hundred pounds
of hay there are eighty-one pounds and
a fraction. BY dividing the hay by the
ensilage we get five and eleven-four-
teenths, or one ton of hay is worth five
and eleven-fourteenths tons of ensilage.
Cor. Homestead
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-05
agricultural.
T. H. HosKlNs, m. D., Editor
Newport, Vermont.

A TELEGRAM from Southport, Conn,
dated July Sth, and published in the
New York Tribune of July 9th, under
the heading "Honor to an Editor"
says: A party of leading fruit men
assembled, by invitation, at the Sher-
wood Farm near this village to-day to
examine new black raspberry origin
ated by A. H. Sherwood. The berry
has been named Carman, in honor of
E. S. Carman, editor of the Rural Ne,o
YORKER" 1t will have to be mighty
good berry to live up to its name.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-05

ground phosphates, 1 may tell you that
it has been and is being proved beyond
all doubt that Underground coprolites
1.-THE British term for phosphate rock
are of immense value as manure"
The matter must be followed up until
we know all that can be known about
it. Repeated trials in very many ways,
in different seasons and upon all sorts
of crops, are necessary before salts
factory solution of how useful and
profitable the fine phosphate rock can
be made, in place of the same thing
treated with acid, or as substitute
for ground bones.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-05

THOUSANDS of pounds and hundreds
of bushels of neXt-to-worthless seeds
and S32 in cash. That seems to be the
ridiculous remnant of the $1,000 APP
propriated by congress for the govern
mental free-seed distribution, and a
fine showing for Dr. Loring's manage
ment of the department indeed! What
a senseless waste of the peoples
money! Yet DR.. Loring is not to
blame more than congress, which has
made the department more of a politi-
cal than an agricultural institution
Farm and Garden.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-05
Some Things Girls Should DO.

The girls who have poured over the
pages of the little book called "Don't"
are now invited by an exchange to ac-
cept advice in regard to things that they
should do. DO be natural; poor dia-
mond is better than good imitation.
Do try to be accurate, not only for
your own sake but for the sake of your
sex; the incapacity of the female mind
for accuracy is a standard argument
against the equality of the sexes. Do
be exact in money matters; every debt
you incur means loss to some one,
probably to some less able than you to
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-05

THE Rural NeW Yorker notices the
fact that peas which are the earliest in
one season may not be the earliest in
another. This is a fact worth noting,
as it is probably due to variant vigor
of growth under low temperatures. We
have pea that beats all others on a
warm southern slope, yet is compare
lively late when planted in competition
with the same varieties in a colder soil
or aspect. 1t evidently requires warmth
to develop its energies. In this con-
nection it may be worth while to record
the fact that depth of planting has a
great deal to do with the earliness of
the pea crop. When the land is cold
and full of water, as it is when the frost
first leaves the ground, an inch of
added depth in planting makes some
times weeks difference in germina
ton. To make peas hold out in bear
ing they should be planted three, four
or five inches deep, according to the
soil, but this rule applies rather to the
later paintings than to the first, for
which one inch is deep enough. And
for the first planting variety that
yields it's whole crop in one or two
pickings is best. Vick's Extra Early
has come out ahead for this purpose in
our competitive trials.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-05

THE Illinois Industrial University
was chartered and largely endowed by
the state as an institution for teach
ing agriculture and the mechanic arts
A strong effort is being made by the
faculty and others interested to have
the characteristic term Industrial ,
dropped from the title, with the object,
some of the agricultural papers think,
of transforming it into a literary col
lege. The bill authorizing the change
has already passed the state senate, and
will probably become law, in spite of
the vigorous opposition of the agricul-
tural community" Thus writes Brother
Conant of the Ne,O York Examiners
agricultural department. We submit,
as a self-evident fact, that if " the ag-
ricultural community " of Illinois were
making vigorous opposition " to
the destruction of their industrial
university, no legislature would dare
to decree it. In reality, the farmers
of America, as a body, are utterly
indifferent to industrial education.
This is shameful fact, but it is fact.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-05

For CATARRHAL COLDs.-Take one
drachm of camphor, coarsely powdered
or shredded, and stir into vessel con-
tanning very hot water. A paper cone,
placed large end downward over the
dish, is the means by which the cam
phorated steam is inhaled through the
nose. DR.. G. E. Dobbson asserts posi-
lively, through the Lancet, that if this
treatment is continued for twenty min
utes, and repeated three or four times
in as many hours, great, and usually
permanent, relief follows.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-05

Mrs. A. w. writes: GA great many
of our strawberry blossoms, buds and
berries seemed to be eaten off about
the time that the fruit was setting.
Can you give us a clew to the enemy 2"
Perhaps cut-worms. See agricultural
columns for remedy.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-05
Desirable Farm for Sale.

Said farm is situated one mile south of Plainfeld
Springs the main road to Chelsea, containing
about two hundred some fifty of it being re-
claimed meadow, extra grass land most of which is
work. Keeps about thirtyhye head of cattle;
snIssdid smggr orchard of one Thousand trees Wood
and timber easy of access. Also the stock, hay,
grain, farming and sugar tools, and about twenty
Ave cords of dry stove wood, with farm if desired.
For twenty years it has been my aim to improve
this farm for a pleasant home, but circumstances
and health make 1t absolutely necessary to sell.
Possession given at any time. j. y. LADD.
Planheld, VT, January 10, 1885. S3-tf
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-05

AGRICULTURAL COMMISSIONER COL
MAN thinks it about time the govern
ment should 90 out of the fraudulent
seed business, and recommends the
abolition of the distribution department
of his bureau. That would be step
in the right direction.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-05

NEW YoRK's "GREAT COMMUNIST"
The Springfield Republican says "The
value of the real and personal tax
able property of New York city is,
according to the official reports just
issued, over fifteen hundred millions.
In the popular notion of Vanderbilt's
wealth, New York is only about seven
times richer than he is"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-05
advertisements.
PROBABLY NEVER

In the history Of proprietary medicines has
any article met success at home equal to that
which has been poured upon HOOPS sARsA-
PARILLA. Why, such has been the success
Of this article, that nearly every family in
whole neighborhoods have been taking it at
the same time. Every week brings new evil
dence of the wonderful curative properties of
this medicine.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-05

ONE day an English farmers wife
was cutting large loaf of bread, when
she saw hole in its side. Following
it up, she found it led to the center,
where there was snug mouse's nest,
made of paper torn into shreds. There
reposed in comfort nine little mice,
about as large as thimbles, The bread
was only one day old
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-05

STEALING the government funds APP
for the support of the far
mers' colleges is an old trick with the
lawyers and " literary fellers." They
are trying it now in Illinois, but the at
tempt is raising howl of indignation
among the prairie farmers that is the
best possible evidence that they appre-
ciate college of their own.-Home-
stead
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-05

CoLoRs.--It is well to bear in mind,
while selecting furnishings for your
room, that some colors have disas-
trous effect upon each other. Scarlet
almost eXtinguishes pale blue, and GER
tain sober-looking grays, if placed in
juXtaposition with black, take OH a hue
more blue than gray in tint. Two
shades of the same color, even, will
often prove wholly antagonistic.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-05

Mr.. EDWARD ATKINSON says that if
the cur dog was not stronger than the
average legislature, we could raise all
the wool that we now import.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-05
Hood
SarsapanMd

as to derive their greatest medicinal effects
with the least disturbance to the whole sys-
TEN. In factthis preparation is so well bal
anced in its action upon the alimentary
canal the liver, the kidneys, the stomach,
the bowels and the circulation of the blood,
that 1t brings about healthy action of the
entire human organism, that can hardly be
credited by those who have not seen the re-
markable results that have followed its use.
If the Sarsaparilla does not prove sufficient
ly laxative take few doses Of Hoops VEG
ETABLE PILLS. 1t is well in all cases Of
bliousness to take these pills in connection
with the Sarsaparila for the first ten days.
That dull sleepy, sick feeling can be wholly
overcome by the use Of these remedies. VIII
you give them trial and be yourself again2
An ex-alderman Of this city says of Hoods
Sarsaparilla, 1t is the strongest Sarsapa-
rilla ever saw
Each dollar bottle contains one hundred
(averages) doses. Sold by all druggists.
Price one dollar, or six for five dollars.
Hoods Sarsaparilla prepared only by G.
I. HOOD g. CO., Apothecaries Lowell, Mass.
Y- Use HOODS TooTH-PowDER.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-05
Gbe 4ouseboIo.

tE- Communications for this column should be
sent to the agricultural editor, DR.. Hoskins, at
Newport, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-05
Notice.!

The undersigned is DESTROYS of selling the WOODEN
stands at the outlets Of two ponds. The lower pond
covers one hundred nifty acres the upper one hun
dred seventy. The ponds are forty rods apart with
stone dams, and never falling water. said mill Is
thirty by forty feet In size three stories high with
six looms -four narrow looms, two broad looms) tive
custom carding machines good rum, one factory
set of machines. two fuling mills spinning jack
and all other machinery In good running order Inn
mediate possession given, Terms easy.
OS20 JONAS c. ORMSBEE, Proprietor.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-05

A MAN too busy to take care of his
health is like a mechanic too busy to
take care of his tools.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-05

ENGLiSHMAN, seven years apprentice
ship, twenty-four years old SOBER AND
WILLING TO WORK, wants a steady job. Adj
dress Box 200, Montpelier, VT
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-05

Combines the
BEST Remedies
Of the vegetable
kingdom, and in
such proportion
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-10-01
The Amusement season.

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The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-10-01

TIM Dallas Herald announce. Waco
ms all broken mp with dcngue fever.
There is not II word of truth in it.
We have the fever here and perhaps
fifty cases all told in the city. But
the schools, churches and business
enterprises of the city are all intact
aud going ahead as usual Ind ed
the type of denguc prevailing here is
very mild and most Of the business
men who have had it so far, go on rs
usual, and feel but little inoonven-
ince, other than the aching bones.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-10-01
|NDIGESTilN CURED

suffered .or rorc fhir nvu years with Iu.
DIGESTION. -rurr'y uhl" 20 retain the 'lnplrNt
'pui ui Tny -fnuuch Dee burning ~'usHtiuu
was tlmu l.if..l"rublo mud nus whole system
was dcfuuecd VAS wHkctui Hui could not
all the time declined IN flesh, uul suffered
all the usual depression Httouiuui upon THIS
terrible disease. Ina word was mI-erHh'u
At lt-t failing tu lind re- ici ia ANYTHING ols,.
commenced tho use of ~WlifS specific. ]
hrgnu tp improve At Oncu. The me 'lviuc
toned uplh, ~tomsch. strengthened the digc,-
tive organs. and soon all thnt burning ceased.
4,ut ! cullt retain food without difficulty
Sow m} health is good aud can get anything
iU tho -luuvui food. nud ilrc~t o. without ia"
slightest diNuUlfy J most uh''riully bear this
lr- umuuy because these are hundreds suffer
iurH~ Wu~.,ula uui ~tr' they cru ho Hs Irtdl
ls hrloi Take thc prescribed dose after eat
iu. Instead of hDturs.
JANE NA<N. 80 10 lyY 49,
'tluuul Git, Mas l2 loN1
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-10-01

OuR friend. Nat q. i'll alluding to
Sam Small entrance into the minis
try. says. who know. but that we
(Nnt % may sometime mount the
pulpit" or words To- that effect. Now
heaven forlcud. That would be- m-
other case Of the blind leading the
blind, and the bottom of the ditch
would surely get itself knocked ont
before "A week.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-10-01

coneidcr tins most excellent sugge,-
ton. Judge Alexander is a man
most admirably fitted, in every way,
for the place. and Judge Vests man
tie could not tHll upon wurthirt
shoulders.
The unanimous voice of the Waco
bar is n proud endorsement tor any
man, and whether the appointment
comes to him or not, lac will nl"aN
be proud of the notion of his fellow
laWyrr.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-10-01

HE WEEKLY EAXMrNER for this
week is brim full ofusetul intorma-
ton Send it away to your brother
in the old states, Let him see what
we are doing here, and perhaps he
viii be induced to come here and
settle.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-10-01

NEARLY nine thousand bales. or
twice ~ much ~ Fort Worth md
Dallas combined. Gentle papers
you'll have to give it up. We have
the inside track ON YOU both, and
YOU can't DENY il.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-10-01

GENERAL Ross boom has evil
IDENTITY come to stay The people ct
the northwestern counties of the
the state are manfully declaring for
him.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-10-01

|. THE EXAMINERS weekly edition Is
Increasing very rapidly. our clerical
force will have to be increased to
meet the demand
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-10-01

n il il not too late to pray after
the devil comes. perhaps the Cole.
RADIO bi-mctalst, are yet in time
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-10-01

The doctors find dcnguc profitable
enough, but the undertaken isn't
pleased with the disease nj all, AT ALL
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-10-01

ONIN seventeen hundred bales in
one day. No bad showing for Waco,
and all the brethren say just that
same thing.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-10-01

The cattle business i, again look
ing up.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-10-01

SEVENTEEN hundred bales in one
day almost breaks the hearts of he
Pnthcritcs. Waco is still ahead.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-10-01

CorroN from all over thi, region
comes into Waco daily.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-10-01

PANTuEKSNII.ir cuts but poor
figure in comparing her cotton figures
with Waco.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-10-01

TfNAS leads in cotton. wool and
beet Waco i. the center of the
trade
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-10-01

THE Gazette doesn't seem "a bit
scared nj the near approach of the
Dallas News.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-10-01

Is there to he nm extra session? II
50, whN