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advertisements.

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This success is extending all over the country.
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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-10-21

you do?' ooh, everything Can you
plow2' No, was never taught that;
I wanted to learn, but there was no OPP
portunity; but / know all the elements
of food and the chemistry of plants,
the theory of feeding cattle. and / can
milk and make butter Well, that is
something; but you cannot be of use to
me unless you can pillow, and 1 don't
know of any farmer who wants chemis-
try on his farm before plowing.' And
the young man went away sorrowful,
knowing of his own good judgment
that he had missed needful things, and
was stocked with what many good
farmer had got along very well without.
Who can say that the agricultural col
lege is filling its full mission?"
So says the Maine Farmer, and a
more powerful argument is not needed
in favor of regular manual labor in all
agricultural schools.
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in its action upon the human system.
Vicks Monthly saws of it.:

in its action upon the human system.
Vick's Monthly says of it:
"The coca leaf, when chewed, is a
powerful stimulant to the nervous sys-
tenn, of the nature of opium, but less
violent and more lasting in its action.
Bernays seys: There is so much con-
current testimony as to place beyond
doubt the fact that the moderate use of
coca leaves as a masticatory enables
fatigue to be endured with less dis
tress and with less nourishment.
Markham says that he chewed coca
very frequently, and, besides the agree
able soothing feeling produced, he
found that he could endure long absti-
nence from food with less inconve-
nience than he would otherwise have
felt; and it enabled him to ascend pre-
cipitous mountain sides with feeling
of lightness and elasticity, and without
losing breath. To the Peruvian Indian
coca is solace which affords enjoy
ment and has most beneficial effect.
Quoting from the same authority: THE
incredible fatigue says Won Tschudi,
endured by the Peruvian infantry,
with very spare diet, but with the reg
ular use of coca, and the laborious tolls
of the Indian miner, kept up under
similar circumstances throughout a
long series of years, certainly afford
sufficient ground for attributing to the
coca leaves not quality of mere tenn
porary stimulus, but a powerful nutri-
tive principle But the excessive use
of coca is well known to be injurious,
and the unsteady gait, the yellow-col-
ored skin, the dim, sunken eyes, the
quivering lips and general apathy are
the indications of the inveterate coca
chewer. 1t is, however, considered
the least injurious of all narcotics in
use, and in the higher regions of the
Andes its effects are less marked than
in warmer and damper districts. AS a
palliative agent in the hands of skill
full physician, cocaine is capable of
greatly alleviating human suffering,
and its use in this manner will hence
forth be widely extended"
1t is strange dispensation of Provi-
dence that so many plants produce, or
may be made to yield, substances that
seem to give harmless pleasure at first
and yet lead their victims to ruin of
body and soul. Wine, opium, hashish,
tea, coffee and coca seem as though de-
signed by some malevolent power to
beguile the innocent to ruin, rather
than by paternal Deity who seeks
only the good of his creatures. Yet
when we reflect little, we see that
even things most offensive to the
senses, such as tobacco, will be eaten if
they only will produce the strange
nerve-vibrations so delightful, yet sc
destructive to health-physical, mental
and moral.
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THE Western Rural says there is no
danger that the industrious man will
rest too much. The danger is generally
the other way. Farmers work too hard
as rule. The possession of the world
would not compensate any of us for the
loss of health. Make sure of health
first. A good laugh is better than a
bottle of patent medicine. Every we'll
spent holiday will add month to mans
life. There are few men in good cir
cumstances who want to die young"
Be calm and go slow. What is more
beautiful than vigorous old age, where
the faculties we have cultivated through
life find their ripest development?
What is more to be dreaded than the
long disease " that comes as the re-
suit of wasted energies and overwork?
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Warm Stables.

S. c. Paine, Randolph, VT, writes to
the Mirror and Farmer:
"There is a good deal said about
keeping cattle in warm stables to save
feed. 1t is claimed that animals eat
much less fodder in a warm barn and
in warm weather than in cold; some
say one-half some one-quarter, is saved.
l would like to have somebody who has
weighed the feed to see what the differ
ence would be state how much less a
cow would eat in temperature of
ninety degrees above zero than in tenn
perature twenty degrees below. BY the
way, some have argued about saving
hay by battening up their stables and
making them some ten or fifteen de-
grees warmer in cold weather. l should
Judge that cattle in hot weather would
live on a very small ration of feed.
Now, while / believe in keeping cattle
in warm stables, and know that COW
will give much more milk than when in
a cold one, l do not believe they eat so
much less then, as claimed by most
writers. believe my cows eat as much
hay and feed in a thawing time in
winter as in the coolest days. never
give my cows any less meal or hay in
the warm day than in the cold, that ]
am aware of, and don't see but cow
kept up in the barn in summer eats as
much as in the winter. Most of us
keep our warehouses in the summer al
the barn, and don't see any difference
in the amount of feed they eat in
winter. / would like to ask how much
less a man eats in warm weather thar
in cold? / wish some one would en-
tighten me on this subject"
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COLONEL CURTIS of " Kirby Home
stead" in Northern New York, who is
noted swine-raiser, says that common
red mangels will keep hogs in good con-
dition in winter, if they are protected
from the cold, and they are excellent to
feed with corn. Two feeds of mangels
and one of corn will keep hogs healthy
and thriving. " have given my breed
ing sows bright clover hay in winter as
an extra food. And the avidity with
which they devoured the blossoms,
then the leaves and afterwards the
stems, proved to me that pig has a
discriminating taste and an instinct to
eat those things which it's stomach Graves
and which are conducive to its meaty
well-being.'
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-10-21

OF all the men in the world who
ought to let tobacco alone, while en-
gagged about their work, those who
handle food take the lead. 1t is most
disgusting to one who objects to to-
bacco smoke, and there are few women
who do not, to see market-men standing
over such easily affected articles as
meat or butter with a cigar in their
mouths. A walk through any of our
markets will show plenty of men doing
this very thing. For the sake of de-
cency, the cigars ought to be kept out
of sight during business hours. We
have seen men standing over butter
tub with long ash at the end of their
cigars that threatened at any moment
to fall directly into the butter. An old
smoker would perhaps see nothing
wrong in this, but the majority Of
those who eat this food are not old
smokers" The public have no right
to say that a man shall not smoke,
though there would be great deal
more happiness in the world if such a
right did exist, but customers certainly
have right to say that their food shall
not be tainted with what to them is most
objectio nable.-RurolN ew Yorker.
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agricultural.
T. n. HOSklNS, M. D., Editor,
Newport, Vermont.
Apples for Names.

II. B. Chaplin of Middlesex, VT,
writes Z" / send you specimens of the
fruit of two apple-trees for name. Said
trees were bought of apple-tree agents
and labeled Early Strawberry 1t is
evident that neither kind is very early,
the season in each case being about the
same as the Fameuse. Can you give
the correct name of either, or both?
The tree that bore fruit labeled No. /
is hardy, vigorous grower. The APP
Piles grow one in place and are nearly
all perfect. Bears every year, and is
very good variety of fruit The tree
that bore apples labeled No. 2 is not
hardy and seems to be dying out"
The apples from Mr.. Chaplin were
received in good order. No. seems
to be the Early Strawberry, and thus
true to name. This variety origi-
mated near the city of New York, and
its season there is from July to Septem-
Der. In Vermont its season would be
considerably later. We have an apple
from Ohio called Fourth of July, the
season of which in Orleans county is
the last of September. The Early
Strawberry has many of the marks of
crab origin, and one of its names, II" ST.
berian August" indicates that to be its
nativity. 1t has a regular crab stem
Lone 81; ,J op1oro-
ton, and the hardness of the tree is
also confrmatory.
The apple marked No. 2 we believe
to be the Scarlet Pearmain, otherwise
known as Bells Scarlet Pearmain, and
in New York state as Sweet Bell,
though it is not quite sweet apple. 1t
is of very fine quality, the flesh soft,
juicy, scarcely acid, quite fragrant Its
season in New York is August to Octo-
Der. We are sorry it does not prove
hardy with Mr.. Chaplin.
In giving names to apples, though
tolerably certain in this case, we are
never quite sure, as there are many
apples that duplicate one another very
closely, and cannot be surely identified
without seeing the tree as well as the
fruit. Nevertheless, we are willing to
do what we can in this way for our
readers; and, in fact, we have spent
many hours looking up names for fruits
for correspondents every year for the
past twenty years. But in many cases
apples that are sent to us to name are
local seedlings that are not recorded in
any of the books, and only known
within single town or neighborhood.
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SOFT MoLAssEs GINGER-BREAD.-

SOFT MOLAssEs GINGERBREAD
One and one-half cups of molasses, one
cup of beef shortening or butter Cor
half of each), two cups of sourmilk, one
half cup of brown sugar and two tea
spoonfuls of saleratus. Have ready in
a pan two or three cups of -four, with
the sugar, little ginger and cinnamon:
and when you have boiled up the mo-
lasses, butter and shortening, pour it
upon the ingredients in the pan and
stir it well. Then add the sour milk
and saleratus, aud -four enough to make
it as thick as cup-cake. Beat thoroughly
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-10-21

SHE made a loaf of cake; she meas
ured carefully, beat it faithfully; it
came up in the oven beautif ully-but
fell fatty. felt sorry for her and my
self, and wondered, because she had
made it by simple recipe that / had
used many times. So said, " Never
mind; we will try again" l watched
the process and found out the &c Why"
she did not freshen her butter; as it
was unusually salt it caused the cake to
fall .-Erchanqe.
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Autumnal Foliage.

There has not been frost on the
shores of Lake Memphremagog, this
year, since the last of April, yet as we
look from our windows this sixth of
October we see the shores and hills
glorious with all the wealth of color
which the forests of North America
alone display at this season of the year.
The cause of all this soul-entrancing
beauty is one often discussed, and many
conjectures have been made. Certainly
it is to a great extent due to some
popularity of our climate, for only sober
russets, yellows and dull reds adorn the
forests of Western Europe, and English
people are full of wonder when they
see the display our autumn woodlands
make at this season. We are just in re-
ceipt of the following note of inquiry
in reference to the question:
"Mr. Editor:-I have wanted to find time to
write about good many things, but so far
have been unable to- We have had quite a
discussion about the colors of autumn. The
foliage of our forests is very brilliant at this
season and some consider it due to frosts,
while others think it due to the ripening. /
do not find anything in botany very salts
factory, but Thoreau, that great observer,
thought it due to ripening, and that the
height of the leaf harvest, or fall was about
the 10th of October The sugar naples, he
says, are most brilliant October 18th, and the
scarlet oaks the Goth of October. Please
tell us something about it. A. s.
"West Fairlee, September q, 1885,"
Undoubtedly Thoreau was right. We
see exactly the same colors displaying
themselves in the fruits as in the leaves
of our trees, and when it is understood
that fruits are merely modified leaves
leach apple is formed of five leaves
folded together, their outer surfaces
making the skin of the apple), we can
easily understand that it is ripening
and not frost that gives the color. AS
a matter of fact, a severe early fros'
prevents the development of color in
the leaves, and under its action they
merely blacken and drop away.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-10-21

WE have watched the developme mt
of Mr.. Rexford as a writer in horticul-
tural and agricultural journals, and as
a poet, for many years. He did not
seem to promise very much at first, but
he has steadily improved, and we do
not hesitate to say that not one of the
October monthlies of the higher order
contains so simple, delicate and delight
full poem as the one which we place
at the head of this column.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-10-21

A DISTINGUISHED children's doctor
gives his opinion that healthy babies
will take water every hour with ad-
vantage, especially in warm weather
Their fretfulness and rise in tempera-
ture is often due to their not having it.
We know by actual observation that the
doctor is right. A fretful baby may
often be quoted at once by a taste OF
cool water. But don't give ice-cold
water
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-10-21

EDWARD BURNETT of Deerfoot
Farm considers pure air, light, and
plenty of exercise essential in raising
good hogs. Farmers cannot afford to
breed from mongrel boar or sow. He
thinks that the Poland-China is the
best breed. He likes them because they
will put on the greatest amount of fat
in the shortest time. Give pigs skinned
milk, and when old enough let loose in
good field of clover and they will
grow from the word CO." With
proper care in dressing, the meat of the
Poland-Chinas will come to the table as
white as lily.
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The Goblin Worm.

When we consider how many crea-
lures attack and prey upon the apple
tree, it is wonderful that it's fruit should
be so abundant. Borers, bark-lice and
woodpeckers attack the tree; cater
pillars and worms of more than twenty
kinds infest the foliage; phylloxera
covers the roots with its gals, and
worms of several species, snout-beetles,
wasps and various other creatures prey
upon the fruit in all stages of its
growth. The most injurious of all,
perhaps, is the Goblin worm, produced
from the egg of small night-hying
moth known as the Goblin or apple
moth. This moth is so rarely seen
that our valued friend and correspond
ent, Charles G.. Atkins of Maine, has
said: 6" dont't believe there are twenty
persons in the state of Maine who
could point it out in collection of
moths" Mr.. Atkins adds: 1 myself
first made its acquaintance last sum-
mer by imprisoning the full-grown
apple-worm, and waiting for it to go
through its transformations"
1t is generally believed that the keep
ing of animals in the orchard, to eat
the dropping apples, is complete rem
edy for the Goblin moth, but the worms
are apt to leave the apple before it
drops, and they must be caught by
other means. Secretary Gilbert of the
Maine Board of Agriculture tells us
that he once had an orchard that was
pastured constantly with sheep with
out preventing, in any perceptible de-
gree, the ravages of the Goblin worm.
Mr.. Atkins says: 81 find we have
two brocds of Goblin moths in Maine.
The first brood comes from the cocoons
that wintered over, and flies about and
lays eggs in June and July. The
second brood comes from the cocoons
that are spun up in July or early par
of August. But this second brood does
not comprise all the moths that came
from cocoons made previous to August
18th, the greater part of them remain
ing in the cocoon, without much change
until the next spring. On April Sd
1888, uncovered a worm that hat
gone into cocoon before August 18th
1882, and found him still apparent,
unchanged and ready to crawl, on bein,
irritated."
OF the remedies for this destructiv
pest Mr.. Atkins, who is an experience
orchardist, says
think the best mode of fightin
this pest is by means of paper band
ages put around the trees, say early il
July, and kept on the rest of the season
examining them twice, about Angus
LIST and Doth, killing the worms and re
placing them. The dates are dictate
by my observations last summer. 1t
not necessary to apply the bandages b'
fore July 10th, because the worms d
not begin to leave the apples befor
that date, and l feel quite safe in say
ing that none of those that leave I'll
apples and spin up after August 20t
will transform before the next sprin
so that the bandages can be left in plat
till leisure time in fall or winter, whe
they can be taken off and burnt up"
In some parts of the West great su
cess is reported from the use of wet
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-10-21

FEW farmers would think of turning
stock on their timothy meadows in the
spring. But they should remember
that fall feeding is even worse, as it
destroys the growth needed to protect
the roots during the winter, when pro-
lection is most needed. Every pound
of feed thus stolen from timothy or
clover meadow is offset by the loss in
next seasons hay crop, besides the
chance II gives for noxious weeds to
fill vacancies where the grass is killed.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-10-21

MANY readers who are familiar with
ounce apple-sauce are not aware that
pineapple apple-sauce can be made in
exactly the same way, and is equally
good. Chop the pineapple fine and boil
the skin and trimmings in water to ex-
tract the flavor, using the water, to-
gether with the chopped pineapple, to
flavor the apple-sauce.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-10-21

CHEAP INsECTICIDE.-A correspond
ent of the Fruit Recorder says he has
boiled leaves and stems of tomato
plants until the juice is all extracted,
and finds the liquor deadly to caterpil-
lars, lice and many other enemies of
vegetation. 1t does not injure the
growth of plants, and the odor remains
for long time to disgust insect
marauders.
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The Legend of the ThOrnless Rose.

One day a lover brought a rose
To her he loved. Behold" said he,
The fairest flower of all that blows
Like this the love give to thee"
She took 1t, smiling up at him;
A sharp thorn pierced her tender hand
with cruel pain; her eyes were dim
with tears he could not understand
My love is not like yours" she said.
And kissed the flower that wounded her,
Its milk-white petals stained with red,
Yet sweet with scents Of musk and myrrh.
Years came and went. Her tender heart
Was often wounded till It bled,
But with smile she hid its smart;
Though cruel love is sweet" she said.
She died, and from her grave there grew
rose on which there was no thorn;
From heart so tender and so true
The thornless rose of earth was born.
-Eben b. ReGford, In Vtcks Magazine.
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Another Popular Poison.

The coca plant, which produces the
drug cocaine, has long been known in
South America. The leaves have a
stimulating principle allied to that of
tea and coffee, yet somewhat peculiar
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-10-21

DIR. BAER, an eminent German physi-
clan, charges intemperance in drinking
directly to intemperance in eating.
Habitual drunkenness results, in many
cases, from the morbid cravings of an
over-fed stomach. There is great
deal of good, sound sense in this
doctrine.
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Not Practical.

GA young man came to farmer for
employment. He had certificate
showing that he had passed through a
full course at noted agricultural col
lege, and was every way qualified for
the business of farming. What can
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-10-21

THE most degrading situation in life
is to despise your work and yet have to
do it. Life is ennobled only when we
learn to love and honor our work-and
we can always do that, if it is really
useful work.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-10-21

A NICE side-dish is made by dipping
slices of ripe tomatoes into batter
made of -four, milk and egg, and then
frying them delicate brown.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-10-21

To clean willow furniture, use salt
and water; apply with coarse brush
and dry thoroughly,
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Gbe 9ouseboIo.

" Communications for this column should be
sent to the agricultural editor, DR.. Hoskins, at
Newport, Vt.
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Desirable Farm for Sale.

Said farm is situated one mile south of Plainneid
Springs, the main road to Chelsea containing
about two hundred acres, some fifty of 1t being re-
claimed meadow, extra grass land most of which is
moved with machine. Plenty of muck and no hill
work. Keeps about thirty-hve head of CATTLE
Never-faiing water at the buildings. Apple and
splendid sugar orchard of one thousand trees. Wood
and timber easy of access. Also the stock, hay,
grain, farming and sugar tools, and about twenty
fve cords of dry stove wood with farm II desired.
For twenty years 1t has been my aim to improve
this farm for pleasant home, but circumstances
and health make 1t absolutely necessary to sell.
Possession given at any time. j. Y. LADD.
Plainfield VT, January 10, 1885. S3-f