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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-10-28
advertisements.

1t is prepared from Sarsaparlla, Yellow
Dock, Cherry Bark, Pipsissewa, Mandrake,
Dandelion, and other well-known vegetable
remedies. The combination, proportion, and
preparation are peculiar to Hoods Sarsaparilla,
and effect the most remarkable cures where
other medicines fail.
1t cures Scrofula, Salt Rheum, BOils Pimplesr
Humors. Dyspepsia Biliousness, Sick Headache,
Indigestion, General Debility, Catarrh, Rheu-
matism, Kidney and Liver Complaints, dispels
that tired feeling, creates an appetite. and
builds up the whole system. The
"GooD NAME AT HOME"
won by Hoods Sarsaparlla is unequalled in the
history of medicines. Such is its popularity in
Lowell, Mass, where it is made, that whole
neghborhoods are taking it at the same time.
This success is extending all over the country.
Hoods Sarsaparila is the only medicine Of
which can truly be said, 100 Doses One Dollar"
which is an unanswerabe argument as to
strength and economy. Other preparations will
average to last not over a week, while bottle
Of FOODS Sarsaparilla contains 100 doses and
will last a month. Hence, for economy as well
as for health and strength, buy Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla. Send for book containing statements OF
many remarkable cures.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is sold by all druggists.
Prepared by c. I. HOOD g. CO., Apothecares.
Lowell, Mass. Price 81; six for So.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-10-28
The Management of Fairs.

O Nothing conduces more to the
comfort of the crowd than an abundant
supply of drinking water. Nor is any
thing more frequently neglected. (2)
Liberal sprinkling of the most fire.
quented portions of the fair grounds
will also add much to their attractive
ness. (3) Cheap awnings, where peo-
pie can rest, shaded from the sun, and
covered sheds or yards for the stock
are indispensable. The more care there
is taken of both man and beast, the
larger will be the attendance of both.
az An expert judge on each breed of
stock should be obtained from beyond
the limits of the town, county or state,
according to the extent of the exhibit
ton. If three such judges can be en-
ployed in each class, very well, but we
see no propriety in having the com
mittees consist of one "eXpert" and
two parties who are not experts. The
latter can invalidate any judgments of
the expert, as they have majority, and
thus cause greater dissatisfaction even
than where no expert is employed. If
we are to have expert judges let us
have the genuine thing, (5) No eX-
ception should be made to rules respect
ing the length of time exhibits shall
remain on the grounds. Impartial
management is one great source of sue
cess Farm and Home.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-10-28
Household Hints.

Dear HousehoM:-I do not believe
the WATCHMAN sisterhood are dis
couraged in writing, but this is a busy
season with farmers and their wives
With sweet pickles and sour pickles
and canning fruit, and the girls away at
school, one has their hands full. / have
saved up all the unripe melons, and they
were large majority of the crop, and
shall make sweet pickles of them. We
consider them far better than ripe
cucumbers. / have been doing starched
ironing and thinking what job used
to consider it; and now it is so easy.
wonder if can tell anybody about it..
l use Duryea's satin-gloss, that comes
in small packages, for linen, as it is
fine and white. For shirts and dresses
l should buy Kingsford's, in large
wooden boxes, as being cheaper. Other
kinds may be as good. For four shirts
and collars one heaping tablespoonful
in a pint or more of cold water,
is enough. Stir it well and dip the
linen in, right side out; squeeze it well,
and then dip in bowl of clear water
and wiring well. Roll up close and lay
aside for several hours or over night.
Have your hat-irons holland, above
all things, smooth and clean. use a
piece of fine sand-paper. Tack it on a
board so it will not get lost, and if you
don't leave the irons standing on it tC
burn it, it will last long time for clean
ing them. Pull the shirt-bosom straight
and shape it narrow across the neck, sc
it will not set off from the neck of thu
wearer. Iron quickly, rubbing ions
and evenly, until it seems almost dry
1t is the steam that cooks the starch, anC
the more thoroughly it is done The
sitter and better will be the linen.
not smooth enough, dampen with bi
of cloth in cold water and rub again
but use no wax, or tallow, or anything
else but elbow grease. If you want shirt'
done up in laundry style you must g
to good laundry woman and learl
how, but the way practice will MAKE
as smooth, glossy surface as any on,
need care for A. NJ. S.
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The Beginning of Artificial Manuring.

Thackeray's "Irish Sketch-book "
was written in 1912. In it he speaks of
seeing several experiments in manur-
ing" upon model farm near Water
ford, Ireland: can acre of turnips pre-
pared with bone-dust; another with
Murray's Composition, whereof l do
not pretend to know the ingredients;
another with a new manure called
guano. AS far as turnips and first
years crop went the guano carried the
day. The plants on the guano acre
looked to be three weeks in advance of
their neighbors, and were extremely
plentiful and healthy. I went to see
this field two months after the above
passage was written; the guano acre
still kept the lead, the bone-dust ran it
very hard, and the composition was
clearly distanced."
When we see the universal use of
artificial fertilizers at this day it seems
strange to think that they were mere
novelties forty years ago, to be expert
mented with. 1t is also worth noticing
that nothing better has been devised
than what they had then-guano and
bone-dust. The attempts at chemical
izing with acids has given us no gain,
except in cost. Guano has become
scarce and unreliable, but bone-dust is
as good as ever, and still leads in value
as a fertilizer. The Charleston phos.
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but had good crop of beans" But
this was after two successive paintings
had been previously cut off by the
worms, and it may be that the cut
worm season was over when this APP
plication was made.
"PETER NJ. GIBBONS exhibit of
hardy seeding apples, twenty-eight
varieties, during the recent session of
the American Pathological Society, was
a remarkably fine one. Mr.. Gideon
holds that apples are hardy in about the
proportion of crab-blood they contain. !"
SO says an exchange. Mr. Gideon
means the Siberian crab. All apples
originally sprang from crabs, that is,
wild apples. The European crab,
pyrus mah,s, is undoubtedly the parent
of nearly all our cultivated apples. The
Russian apples have no appearance of
descent from the Siberian crab, though
they may be the result of crosses be-
tween that and improved forms of
pyrus malus. The Wealthy, Mortified
Beauty, Whitney's No. 20, and many
other good apples have been so pro
duced in this country. Our two native
American crabs, pyruS coronario and
pyruS ongusttolio, have not yet pro-
duced any seedlings or crosses of recog-
nized value, but this is doubtless due
only to neglect.
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And Another.

Dear Household Here are some reel
pes that l have used, which l like
well:
To CAN SWEET APPLES. - Pare
halve and core three quarts of apples
cook them until they are partly done in
quart of crab-apple juice; then ado
three cups of graduated sugar and cool
them until they are soft.
To CAN PLUMs.-In order to car
plums so that they will keep theil
shape, take three quarts of the fruit,
stir in five cups of graduated sugar
let them stand over night and ther
cook them slowly. d. 7. L.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-10-28
Another Response.

Dear Household: Your appeal for
contributions to the household depart
ment shall have at least one response.
l presume most housekeepers among
your readers are, like myself, too busy
with doing their work to find much
time to tell hoc they do it. But an ex-
change of ideas will help us all to do
our work easier and better. Below are
some recipes:
PUMPKIN PIEs.-Pumpkin pies are
one of the luxuries of this season and
on until the pumpkins are gone. They
can be enjoyed the whole year by can
ming the pumpkin when it is. stewed
Put it up while hot, the same as fruit,
without sugar.
GRAHAM BREAD.-Take out of your
sponge prepared for white bread, after
it is risen, enough for one loaf; mix
into it two tablespoonful of sugar and
graham flour. 1t should not be kneaded,
but stirred as stiff as can be with a
spoon, and then put into a baking-tin
to rise. The graham loaf should be
eaten while fresh.
BERWICK SPONGE CAKE.-SiX eggs
(yolks and whites separately; beat two
minutes. One and one-half pints of
sugar and one-half tea-spoonful of salt
beat five minutes. One pint of flour;
beat two minutes. One-half pint of
cold water and one and one-half tea
spoonfuls of lemon extract; beat one
minute. One pint of flour, mixed with
two heaping tea-spoonfuls of Royal Bak-
ing Powder; beat one minute. The
ingredients should all be measured out
before the beating begins, so as to lose
no time in adding the different articles.
Bake Immediately in an oven hot enough
for bread. This will make four moder-
ate-si4ed loaves. Instead of loaves you
can, if you prefer, bake part in the
gem-pan Children like the little cakes),
or in large fiat tin for rolled jelly
cake. KABUKoT.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-10-28

a life-power to resist the frosts of win
ter, and this power they mysteriously
wrapped up in their offspring. What
is true of one plant in this respect is
true of all, though some seem to re-
spond to climatic influence more
quickly than others. Therefore, l
would urge people of northern sections
to plant plum seeds in order to obtain
hardy trees. You will not have to wait
long for fruit, for the plum, like all
stone fruits, comes early into bearing
from seed You will get many sorts
that are not very good, but it is a rare
thing indeed to find plum from which
good sauce may not be made; besides,
you will get greater proportion of
good sorts of fruit from plum seeds
than you will from apple or pear seeds.
| would not only urge men and women
to plant fruit seeds, but also the boys
and girls, too. Their parents should
give each little plot of ground for
their own, and encourage them to plant
and persevere in the cultivation of
fruits. They should also learn to prac-
tice hybridizing; then they can cross
the best kinds, and so be surer of get
ting good fruits, as they more likely
will, from the seeds thus obtained.
While we should be very patient with
our situations we should never cease
striving for the best, for " the best is
good enough for any of u.s."
j. T. MACoMBER.
Grand Tsla VI
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ScallOped Oysters.

Crush or roll several handfuls of
Boston or other friable crackers. Put
a layer in the bottom of buttered
pudding-dish. Wet this with a mixture
of the oyster liquor and milk, slightly
warmed. Next have layer OF oysters
sprinkle with salt and pepper and lay
bits of butter upon them, then another
layer of moistened crumbs, and so on,
until the dish is filed. Let the top
layer be thicker than the rest and beat
an egg into the milk you pour over
them. Put pieces of butter thickly
over it. Set in the oven and bake half
hour, Can brown over the top with a
hot shovel, if desired. - Rural New
Yorker.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-10-28

phate rock, the material of which is
undoubtedly derived from fossil bones,
is next to bones in value, and is much
cheaper. We have found out that pot
ash is needed on many soils, and that is
about the only increase of knowledge
on the subject since 1874.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-10-28
Desirable Farm for Sale.

Said farm is situated mile south of Plainheld
Springs, the main road to Chelsea, containing
about two hundred acres some fifty OF it being re-
claimed meadow extra grass land, most of which is
moved with machine Plenty of muck and no hill
work. Keeps about thrty,hye head of cattle;
Never-failing 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 II 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.
Plainhed, VT, January 10, 1855. S3-tf
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For $50 Per Acre.

ON account of great Inconvenience in carving ON
farm, and an uncommon chance have II can
sell to accept it, offer my farm for sale the
above price until November 10. 1t consists of
two hundred seven acres, suitably divided etc. with
one thousand sugar trees thereon and extra good
sugar house and arches; barns nearly new, with
Easements good running water AT house and barn.
Win also sell 10 purchaser any all of my stock
and farming tools For further particulars, call ON
or address TllEO CLARK East Montpelier, VT
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Gbe 9ousebuIo.

W Communications for this column should be
sent to the agricultural editor, DR.. Hoskins, at
Newport, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-10-28

SCoUR tinware every two or three
weeks with fnely-sifted coal-ashes.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-03-11

his house was unemcumbered. The
evil against which we complained
lay in the fact that under the old
law sub-contractors and laborers had
no protection against the "bosses," "
and the writer had the honor of urg-
ing this fact upon our county con-
vention to secure the resolution al
ready mentioned. The intent of
the present statute was probably
good, but we fear it will be used to
the prejudice of builders without Sc
curing additional protection to the
laborer. However it can be so
amended as to prove both just and
effective; it is to direct attention to
its needs that we make objection to
the statute as passed.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-03-11

AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING CONFORM
I'TY TO CITY SURVEYS, AND REQUIR-
CERTIFICATE.
BE IT ORDAINED, by the City Council of the
City of Palatka, State of Florida, as follows
to wit:
SECTION /. From and after the massacre of
this Ordinance it shall be unlawful for any
person or persons to enclose in any lot or erect
any house or houses on any lot in said city be-
yond the boundaries of theirlOts Onany street
OF said city as established by the survey of
Cook Carleton, EsQr., adopted by the said City
Council, or beyond the boundaries of their lots
on any street, as hereafter fixed by a survey
made under the order of the City Council of
said city in extension of the Carleton SURVEY
SEC. p Be it further Ordained, That this Or
dinance shall not embrace cases where fence or
enclosure, or buildings are at this time stand
ing.
SEC. 8. Be it further Ordained. That any per-
son or persons violating the provisions of this
Ordinance shall be liable to have any such en-
closure or buildings removed, by order of the
Mayor of said City, and, further, fined in a sum
not greater than Five Hundred Dollars or i'm
prisOned not more than sixty days, at the dis
erection of the Mayor of said city.
SEC. 4. Be it further Ordained, That when
any person shall be arraigned before the Mayor
| fora violation of thisOrdinance, the said Mayor
IN the trial OF such cause shall admit no evil
dence on the part of the defendant except a
certificate as to the survey from the City Sur
yeyOr, or evidence showing the loss of said GER
tlticate, or evidence that the lot enclosed, or
on which building or buildings have been
erected, beyond the boundary line on the
street, as established by the city survey, was
enclosed or said buildings erected previous to
the passage of this Ordinance.
SEC s. Be it further Ordained, That the City
/ surveyor, on application of any party or par
/ ties for survey of any lot, shall make the
same in accordance with the surveys of said
city, fixing the boundaries of such lot or lots
on all streets by which the same is bounded
and issue to such party or parties a certificate
| Of such survey under his hand, charging
| therefor such price as the City Council of said
city hall fix as compensation for such work,
/ same being the sum of Five Dollars for each
and every lot surveyed.
I Passed February IL, 1885.
j. III. MERRYDAY,
President pro TEN.
I Attest: LOUIS FALK, Clerk.
/ Approved February 18th, 1886.
\. V. MOUNT.
Mayor.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-03-11
Gen. Corse's Wound.

Oonnercla1 gazette.
Gen. Hickenlooper tells a good one on
Gen. Corse. 1t was at Altoona that a
rifle ball took Corse alongside of the
head. Gen. Sherman received word
from Gen. Corse that his ear and a por-
tion of his cheek bone was gone, but
that he was able to hold his position and
fight it out.
As soon as possible Sherman got over
to see him, full of anxiety for him. He
found Corse with his head swathed in
bandages, and in his anxiety to know
the nature of the injuries, impatiently
ordered the surgeon to remove the cloths.
This was done slowly, and with great
formality, and there was revealed a
slight scratch of the cheek and hole in
the ear.
Sherman looked intently at it, and
calmly remarked, "Why. Corse, they
c anne damned near missing you, didn't
they
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-03-11
PALATKA FLA, MARCH II, 1885.

Palatkazs has voted against the
bonds" and our council will now Sc
cure the same result by other means.
At the worst we need only wait till
the new constitution is adopted.
The Gem City will "never say die, p"
and our progressive citizens cannot
be beaten on this point. The march
of improvement must not be checked.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-03-11
A FRUIT EXCHANGE.


Crackers have always sneered at
the idea of cooperation between
agriculturists, and their views seem
ed confirmed when the great grange
movement proved failure. Some
still have little confidence in any
good to be accomplished by either
the Fruit Growers Association or
the proposed Fruit Exchange.
But it is none the less certain that
any form of combination would be
of great value to the fruit culturists
of Florida, and any action tending
towards a community of action
would do much to advance their
common interests. An Interchange
of views and experience would be
most valuable to all concerned, and
one form has been suggested by the
recent publication inATHE News of
letter from the New York agent
of Bishop, Hoyt & Co., giving his
experience with the transportation
lines. The firm named are heavily
interested in the most important in
dustry in this section, and those
who san learn without waiting for
the lessons of personal experience
would do well to ponder that of
| others.
With the fall of prices in the or
ange market, it becomes still more
important that the grower save
costs and loss by transportation.
Therefore, before the next crop is
gathered, prospective shippers can
aid each other by publicly giving
notes of losses on fruit instead of
vague accusations against the differ
ent lines. In this way the growers
will soon learn which are their
friends, and such a course will soon
necessitate more careful handling of
fruit and better care of cargoes
committed to them on the part of
these companies. Mr.. Bishop pre-
fers by long odds the Charleston
line; if this is safest is he not doing
all in the same business a favor by
telling them his experience Does
not the grower who publishes an ac-
count of the bad treatment received
by his fruit fulfil duty he owes his
brothers -? AS the natural center of
the fruit trade, Palatka is nearly in,
terested in the prosperity of the or.
ange industry, and THE PALATKA
News will publish letters from any
reputable source supported by facts
which will continue the good work
so we'll begun.
We want no glut in certain mar
kets next season such as so mate.
rally lessened our profits during
this winter; we have grumble6
long enough at the transportation
lines; the time has arrived for action
If there is a safe line for our most
valuable product, it should be known
that we may avail ourselves of it,
advantages; if there are lines reck
! less in modes of handling or careles.
of the interests of their patrons, lei
us know which they are and systema
tieally avoid them. The grower
who is careful at all points can still
realize fortune from an orange
grove, and one of the largest drain.
on the profits comes from careles;
handling of our perishable product;
either at home, by the transporta
ton companies or by commission
merchants. There is plenty of prof
fit still in fruit cnlture if the waste
Is stopped.
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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-03-11
THE NEW LIEN LAW.


A statute to protect mechanics by
giving them a lien on the article
manufactured by them has long
been needed, and its enactment ear
nestIy demanded. Our last conven-
tion in Putnam county made this
one of the planks upon which our
fight was made, and we were much
gratified 90. learn that such law
had been put upon the books. But
a careful perusal leads us to fear
that in some respects it is too loose
ly drawn, and we dissent from those
of our contemporaries who declare it
zone of the best laws ever made"
In the first section it gives the me-
chanics who aid in the construction
of building or those who furnish
materials to be used thereon, a lien
separately and jointly" on the
building when completed We
think they should have had "prior"
lien.
The remaining sections are made
under the supposition that the la
borer can be guarded best by throw
ing criminal restrictions in the face
Of his employer We believe two
thirds of the building now done is
performed through the medium of
the contractor A buys a lot and B
contracts to finish . specifed house
in one month, \ agrees to pay five
hundred dollars down, five hundred
in fifteen days when the walls are in
place, and five hundred when finish
ed. What protection is afforded
the mechanic or supplementary by
providing that b shall file list of
his hands with A? How shall A
finally know that all claims are set
tied and that the building for which
he has paid is without encumbrance?
If the contractor misappropriates
the fund, how is the mechanic bene-
flied by putting him in Jail for cob
tanning money under false preten-
ses?" If it becomes necessary to
attach in nine cases out of ten the la
borers are debarred by the necessity
of giving bond, The laborer is US
ually paid by the day or week; shall
the contractor give to A list of his
hands every night? How is the
contractor to show A that all claims
against the building are ettled 4?
And if he cannot prove a negative
proposition, viz: that no encum-
brance rests on the building, how
can he ever recover his last pay
ment from A?
Part of the statute is unnecessary,
as when whole section provides
that the defendant shall be notified
of the action at law, and in parts it
is defective as where it provides that
defendant shall satisfy costs, but
makes no provision for costs if
plaintiff loses the case. 1t provides
again that the state courts shall
''always be open" 10 try these cases;
now as nearly all will lie in the cir
cult courts where will the Judge find
jury except during term time ?
We think the statute is fatally de-
fecuye in that there is no provision
to protect the original contractor by
compelling the sub-contraetor or la
borer to make public his claim with
in a certain specified time. 1t would
cost only five cents to file claim in
the Office OF the clerk, and ten days
is long enough for man to wait
for money due on labor performed.
IL such an amendment could be
made, the builder could withhold
the last payment for ten days; then
if no claims were filed, he could pay
the contractor, and take a receipt
with a reasonable presumption that