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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-12-18
nalsIn making In California.

The grapes are purchased on the vines,
some by actual weight, others by estimating
the crop from weighing the product of every
tenth vine. Good judges can make pretty
close guess at the number of tons on an acre
Of vines, and years Of practice enable the
buyer to tell very nearly not only the amount,
but the quality of the raisins to be made from
the vines which grow in different soils.
While the lower and damper lands bring the
largest crops and perhaps the largest berries,
the dry lands give much larger percentage
of sugar, and consequently a finer raisin.
The grapes are picked by crews of men I'M
der experienced foremen, and are placed in
trays or wooden frames, which are piled on
top of each other in wagons and taken to the
scales, weighed, and then taken to the drying
grounds. These consist of about 60 acres of
land, smoothed and cleaned like a brick yard,
and the grapes are spread out in long rows to
dry in the sun. Ten days or two weeks from
the Staying down" is usually about the time
required to dry them, and then those thorough
ly cured are taken up and put into the sweat
boxes. Probably one-third are not yet cured,
and these are turned over and placed in mar
row rows until the action of Old Sol has
made them ready. The enormous quantity
of grapes handled by one firm can be esti-
mated when it is known that at one time this
60-acre plot was covered, and a portion of it
has been covered a second time. Teams are
continually coming and going, and small
army of men are employed to take care of
the grapes and keep the teams on the move.
Many women and girls are also employed
picking up the loose raisins which have fallen
from the stems. The trays are of number
and capacity to hold 800 tons of grapes. An
other thing which catches the eye at the dry
ing grounds is the preparation made for pos
sibe rains, in the shape of rolls of oiled pa
per stacked up in all directions. The paper
is in sheets about 4 feet in width and 10 feet
long, prepared to Withstand rain by dipping it
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-12-18

The first impression of an ordinary Nor
wegian farm-steading is not very favorable
A. cluster of houses, small and aged, crowd
around larger dwelling house, which gen.
orally looks somewhat dilapidated. But this
appearance is deceptive; for the walls being
of wood, they look old in a few years, and
become blotched and scared by the weather.
The roof is of the same material, or in the
case of the principal building, either of red
tile or slab. Sometimes the dwelling house
is painted white, when the effect is to relieve
the sombre aspect of the group. The walls
are usually stout and thoroughly weather
proof, planks about four inches thick being
used in their construction. These planks are
placed edgewise on one another, crossed and
countersunk at the anstss, and calked in the
seams with dry moss. skin of thin wood
is placed over the outside, while the interior
is lined smoothly with boards. Inside, there
is an air of comfort and cleanliness. A
table stands in the centre of the chief room,
and along the wall bench runs, which serves
for chairs, of which there is usually def
cheney. From pots on the floor ivy is some
times trained upward to the roof, giving the
room festive and refreshing look. Not I'M
frequently the worthy farmer is proud to
have the dresses of his daughters hung in
conspicuous positions in orGer that SWANS
who call may see that the damsels are we'll
provided with garments in case of matri-
monial alliance. The cowhouses are general
ly an improvement on those usually seen in
England and Scotland. The building is larger
and more space is allotted to each animal,
while clean wooden floor is ordinarily be-
meath the cattle. Little or no bedding is Civ
en-. The level of the cowhouse is in most
cases raised high enough to allow Ct space
beneath, into which the refuse is regularly
swept through an opening in the floor
CHdBlbers's Journal
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-12-18
The sroen.Fyed Mo1...r.

''My DEAR" observed NJ. Crap, as he came
in little late for supper, 81 am sorry that
couldn't get here sooner, but | stopped on the
way up to get some tickets for the theatre"
"You ought to know better than to waste
your money in that way, Mr. Crap"
eyes, my dear, but | got them for Mary
Anderson"
"You did, hey you got some tickets for
Mary Anderson You ought to be ashamed
of yourself, Mr.. Crap Here l am left at
home to work my hands off while you go out
and buy tickets for Mary Anderson.
''But, my dear, am going t. take you to
see Mary"
81 don't want to see her, and you ought to
be ashamed TO tell me that its bad enough
for you to go and buy theatre tickets for her "
"But, my darling
"Look here, Mr.. Crap, want to tell you
one thing. II yoH mention that woman s
name TO me again, youll be sorry for ii. You
needn't try to explain, for won't have it..
Mary Anderson, hey suppose you gave
her the tickets 2"
"No, my dear, n
''Then the best thing you can do is 10 put
them in the fire.
"But, N.Y.
''See here, john Crap, if you don't put
those tickets in the fire you'll regret il"
Aud John goes and puts the five dollars
worth in the stove, mentally resolving that
the philosopher was right when he divided
mankind into two varieties of fools,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-12-18
NY Good Little Girl.

was called one day in October to the fam
lily of German who lived on a small place
three miles from town. He was a poor man
with many children, one of whom, a boy of
ten years, had dphtheria. A attended my
patient faithfully, and he recovered. He had
a sister two years older, called Sadie, who
seemed inexpressibly grateful to me ''for
saving brother Jimmy's life.n
Always she spoke of me as 'the good doc
tor who saved brother Jimmy's life" and
in turn, won by her affectionate words and
ways, fell into the habit of thinking and
speaking of her as ''my good little girl.
Thus we became excellent friends
Not long afterward Sadie herself had diph-
liberia, for which she was "very sorry, be-
cause it prevented her from gathering BUSH
ell of hickory nuts to pay me for saving
brother Jimmy's life." In all her sickness
she never expressed one regret for herself
Her disease ran ominously, but at last she
seemed convalescent, and one day her father
called to say that Sadie was much better and
that ! need not trouble myself to call again.
But early the next morning he reused me
and said he feared Sadie was dying. has
tened to her bedside and found that il was
even so. She knew me.
Beside her in bed under the ragged quilt
she had a small bag of hickory nuts gathered
by her the day before at the expense of her
life. ''For saving brother Jimmy" she gasp
ed, and in few moments my good little girl
was dead.-N y. Sun.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-12-18

in boiled oil. Two carloads of paper and 80
barrels Of oil have been used this season, but
as yet II has not been found necessary to use
the paper.
When properly dried the grapes are taken
up and put into sweat boxes, probably 10 or
100 pounds to the box, and hauled to the
packing-house, where they are piled from
floor TO ceiling in the large front room. They
are left here some ten days, and passed
through sweating process, the object being
to equalize the moisture contained in them.
When placed In boxes some are much drier
than others, but when ready for the packer
the intention is TO make them, as nearly as
possible equal and uniform in that regard.
-Four layers are placed in box, and each
layer is weighed by the packer, and the
whole must make exactly the 90 pounds re-
quired. When a box is filled the packer
takes II to the scales near the door, presided
over by an expert in the business, who care
fully weighs and examines it, and If all right
II Is carried TO the next room, where 1t is
nailed up and the corners smoOthed off, and
1t is ready for shipment Particular care is
exercised in grading and weighing. About
1876 men are employed in aud about the pack
ing house, and ''steady stream of boxes"
is kept going around the circle. We were in
formed that about 1900 boxes day were be-
ing turned out, or three carloads every two
days.
The most of the packers are Cinnamon,
and as usual they soon become very expert at
the business, putting up from 10 to 10 boxes
a day. White men ill all the responsible sta
tions, it evidently being considered necessary
to keep close and vigilant watch over the
''heathen" to keep him from resorting to
"ways that are dark" Occasionally box
goes back to the packer and is upset on his
table rs gentle reminder that flrst-class
work must be done all the time.
The box-lids are branded by a powerful
cylinder press run by horse power, and it is
rather amusing TO printer to watch the mo-
dus operandi Of this coarse grained printing
Checks are used in every department, pack.
er receiving check for each box delivered at
the scales. The whole business seems to be
systematized thoroughly and moves along
like clock-work.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-12-18
Miscellany.


Liberty.
How wnuelh Liberty7 BY sword and brand,
Or by the souls Of those who strive and def
Where dwelleth Liberty7 Where lies the land
Most open TO the fayors Of her eyer
Hath she her seat In empires, deserts wide,
Or most In little freeholds doth she bde2
What IL the range that Nature gives her own
With frost or Are she stays their flying feet,
And holdeth each within its native zone;
The pine Its love-the palm-sball never meet
Nowhere do roses bloom from beds Of ice,
Nowhere IN valleys laughs the edelwelss.
The races OF the sea shall never fare
Beyond the moist and sounding element,
Nor any pinion, hedged and schoOled 10 air,
On venturous errand through the waves be sent;
The cygnet TO his nest OF river flag,
The eagle to his eyrie on the crag
Dwells Freedom with the sphery multitude
The yistas Of the nightly sky revealf
Zach planet keeps the track It hath pursued,
Aud shall pursue while ages turn and wheel;
Encountered royes the gueiess aerollte,
Aud drives TO ruin down the sleeps OF night.
With law dwells liberty; law maketh free.
Fly law, and thou dost forge thyself chain;
Still wouldst thou pass the bounds prescribed fol
thee
Still wouldst thou grasp strange honors and domain
Behold, bis liberty exceedeth thine
Who freely breathes where thou wouds fret aud pine
Edith N. Thomas, in the Congregahonalist.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-12-18
A shor. S,udy In Natural science.

Suppose, by,a wild stretch of imagination
some mechanism that will make rod turn
round one of its ends, quite slowly at first,
but then faster and faster, till it will revolve
any number Of times in a second; which is
Of course, perfectly imaginable, though you
could not find such rod, nor put together
such a mechanism.
Let the whirling 60 on in dark room, and
suppose man there knowing nothing Of the
rod How will he be affected by ii
So long rs it turns but few times in a
second, he will not be affected at all, unless
he is near enough to receive blow on the
skin. But as soon as il begins TO spin from
sixteen to twenty times a second, deep,
growing note will break in upon him through
his ear, and, as the rate then grows swifter,
the tone will go on becoming less and less
grave, and soon more and more acute, till it
will reach pitch Of shrillness hardly to be
borne, when the speed has to be counted by
tens Of thousands. At length, about the
stage Of 40, 200 revolutions second more or
less, the shrilness will pass into stiffness ST.
lence will again reign MS at the first, nor any
more be broken.
The rod might now plunge on in mad fury
for very long time, without making any diff
ference TO the man but let it suddenly come
to whirl some million times second, and
then, through intervening space, faint rays Of
heat will begin to steal toward him, setting
up feeling Of warmth in his skin, which
again will grow more and more intense, as
now through tens and hundreds and thousands
Of millions the rate Of revolution is supposed
10 rise Why not billions The heat at first
will be only so much the greater.
But 10 about the stage Of 400, 600, 900, 600
there is msre-a dim red light becomes visi-
bic in the gloom; and now, while the rate
still mounts up, the heat in its turn dies away
till it vanishes as the sound vanished but the
red light will have passed from the eye into
yellow, green, a blue, and, last of all, a
violet
And to the violet, the revolutions being
about 800, 600, 900, 900 a second, there will
succeed darkness-night, as in the beginning
This darkness, too, like the stiffness, will
never more be broken. Let the rod whirl on
as it may, its doings can not come within the
ken of that mans senses.-ProE Groom
Robertson.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-12-18

At hotel girl inquired of a gentleman at
the table If his cup was out ''No, " said he,
'but my coffee is. :" The poor girl was con-
siderably confused, but determined to pay him
In his own coin. While at dinner, the stage
drove up and, several coming in, the gentle
man asked, "Does the stage dine herel"
''No,, sir !" exclaimed the girl, in a sarcastic
tone ''but the passengers do.
"Why are two buttons put on the back of
a mans coat ?" asks writer. They are put
on for the same reason that about $50 but
tons are put on the front of woman's dress
and of course everybody knows why la
dy's dress is thus garnished.
The new girl was told to watch the turn
over few minutes; when the lady returned
the turnover was burnt to a crisp, and the
girl remarked, "Sure I've watched it, mum,
but it hasn't turned over yet.
''Madam," observed the dry goods clerk,
these goods are warranted all wool.
81 have heard that they are half cotton"
"You must not believe everything you
hear, madam, " returned the clerk.
81 do not, sir, replied the lady. 81 have
been married twice, Graphic
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-12-18

HORNETS AND HONEY BEES FIGHTNG.-
The most remarkable and exciting scene
ever witnessed was fight between swarm
of bees and colony of hornets. Hornets, as
you may know, build their nests out of ma
terial not unlike paper which is moulded into
concentric layers. The nests often attain the
size of mans head, and are occupied by
about 200 hornets. One day a swarm of
bees took flight from beehive of my IA
theirs, and made its way through a peach
orchard for piece of underbrush about 200
yards from the hive. We pursued with tin
pans, and brought the fleeing bees to a stop.
They alghted on an apparently deserted nest
of hornets. 1t took about two seconds for
the 200 hornets to come out of their den and
attack the invaders. The battle was hot and
furious. The air was filled with n prolonged
buzz as the combatants flew at each other
and tried to use their stings. A great many
on each side were killed, but the hornets car
ried the day. After the queen had been
killed her army was put to rout.-Cor. Bal
timOre Herald.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-12-18
Endorsed
BY
Physicians.
THIRTY
YEARS
RECORD.


Few people are aware of the alarming prevalence Of
kidney diseases, especially among those who have ar
rived at, or ara past, middle age. 1t 10 declared
good authority that fully one-half the deaths in this
country either directly indirectly the result Of
kidney disease OF some sort
great majority OF men above forty years Of age
are AFFLICTED with sort Of affection OF the Kidneys
or bladder and these diseases are on the increase
Persons are often seriously affected before they know
Of 1T themselves, and thus these insdious disorders
lodge them.
Thence, Debility, CatArrh Of the Bladder, Albumenu-
ria, ETC., are among the many forms Of these diseases
Most Of these very dfcult to cure, defying the
powers oftentimes Of the best physicians obtsinAbe
and are pronounced by many to be incurable.
Physicians state that many forms OF Kidney Disease
very dcult to detect in diseases Of this FORM
oftentimes there symptoms Of marked na-
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hcult to cure.
HUNTS Kidney and Liverl REMEDY IL a specific
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It cures BlllouSness Headache, JAundice Liver and
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1t cures IntemperAnee, Nervous Diseases, General
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1t Is thoroughly reliable, highly recommended, OPP
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Sold by all druggists. Price Si.25.
HUNTS REMEDY CO., Providence, r. I.
C.N.CRITTENTON, GsnI Agent, New York
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-12-18
New JoLe by the End Man,

End Man to Interlooutor; "say, Mr.. Jones, I sup
pose you have seen dem big advertisements aroun'
town tO-day7"
Interlocutor; 'Do you mean those very handsome
posters Of Hoods sArsaparillA7 Yes; have seen
them"
End Man; "Well, MT Jones' do you know / have
been taking Hoods saraAparillA myself, and think
1t would be awonderful good medicine for Bob IngeF-
soil to take"
Interloeutor: "For Bob IugersollY Why would 1t
be good for him 2"
End Man: "Because a single bottle will convince
the most skeptca"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-12-18

The edition for 1886 Of the sterling medical annual
known a. Hostetter's Almanac lie now ready, aud may
be obtained, free OF cost, OF druggists and general
country dealers in all parts Of the United States,
Mexico aud indeed In civilized portion OF the
western hemisphere. This almanac has been issued
regularly At the commencement OF every year for over
one-hfth Of century. II combines with the sound
est practical advice for the preservation aud resor
ton Of health, = large amount OF interesting aud
amusing light reading, aud the calendar, astronom-
cal calculations, chronological items, etc, are pre-
pared with great care. and will be found entirely ae
ourate. The issue OF Hostetter's Almanac for 1885
will probably be the largest edition Of medical work
ever Published IN any country. The prOprietors,
Messrs. Hoateter Co., Pittsburg, Pa on receipt Of
tWo-eent stamp, will forward a copy by mAu TO any
person who cannot procure In his neighbOThood.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-12-18
Eclipse of the sun-a baby daughter.

Eclipse of the sun-a baby daughter.
A medical journal says that milk, taken as
hot as it can be slipped, has wonderful re-
viving effect after over-exel:ion.
woman may not be able to sharpen
pencil or throw stone at hen, but she can
pack more articles into a trunk than man
can in a one horse wagon.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-12-18

Now ready. HAWLEY has the
exclusive sale for this section Of
the makes which he sells, which
are the same as in previous seasons
and excel in STYLE, FIT AND
QUALITY. No similar stock of
the finer grades Of garments will
be found outside the large metro
pOlitan establishments. Ladies can
come from a distance feeling sure
Of finding an especially attractive
assortment.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-12-18
Jan your own fault
II you remain sick when you can

HOmo Htems and Topics.
GAN your own fault
II you remain sick when you can
Get hop bitters that never-FaiL
The weakest woman, smallest child. and sclest
invalid hop biteru with safety and great good
old men tottering around from Rheumatism,
kidney trouble or any weakness will be made almost
new by using hop bittera.
the use Of hop biltera and recommend them 70 my
poOple.-Aethodist Clergyman.
Ask any good doctor II hop
Bltters are not the best family medicine
On earth
-MGlariai fever, Ague aud Biliousness wlleAye ey-
cry neighborhoOd GS soon as hop bitters arrive.
Ny mother drove the paralysis and neuralgia all
Sun.
TB-Keep the Kidneys healthy with hop bitters and
you need not fear Sickness"
The vgor of youth for the aged and inarm in
hop bitters
Sat the change OF life nothing equals !
Hop Bitters to AllAy all troubles incident
| Thereto"
aud from which they will receive the greatest benefit
10 hop bitters."
Thousands die annually from some form Of kid
ney disease that might have been prevented by timely
use Of hop bitters.
Indigestion, weak stomach, Irregularities OF the
bowels, cannot exist when hop bitters are used.
A timely use Of hop
Bltters will keep whole family
In robust health year at little cost.
TO produce real genuine sleep and child-Ike re-
pose all night take little hop bitters on retiring
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-12-18

The weakest woman, smallest child, and sickest
invalid can use hop bieru with safety and great good
old men tottering around from Rheumatism,
kidney trouble any weakness will be made almost
by using hon bittera.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-12-18

tH-My wife and daughter were made healthy by
the use OF hop bittern and recommend them TO my
Observation-Disclosures Clergyman.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-12-18
FROM
]. H. STEDMAN, MD.

W. BRATTLEBoRo, VI, Aug Il, 1885.
"Horsfords Baking Powder has been used In my
family, aud is well liked"
J.H. sTEDMAN, NJ. d.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-12-18

HOrsfOFd'S Baking Powder Is for sale
by all GrOeeFs. TRY 1T.
The Horsford Cook Book sent free
RumRord Chemical Works. Providence, r. l..
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-12-18

1B-None genuine without bunch OF green Hops
the white label. shun all the vile. poisonous stufs
with "Hop" or "Hops" In their name.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-10-22
Application for Patent.
Notice No. 1344.l
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
SALT LAKE CITY. Utah. October Is

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, october 10, 1885.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
~ Honerine Mining Company, by its legally
authorized agent, Charles Z. Kitchener whose
postoffice address is Stockton, Tooele County
Utah Territory, has made application for a
United States Patent for the Victoria Lode
mining claim, situate in Rush Valley Mining
District. Tooele county, Utah Territory, consist
ing OF ], 200 linear feet of the lode, and sur
face ground 2O612 feet wide, being Lot No. ST.
and described in the field notes and plat of the
official survey on file in this office, with
magnetic variation at II degrees east,
point of said claim and running thence n 81
degrees east, $50 feet to the center of the north
end line of the claim, and thence 70 degrees
w 1885 feet TO Post No. 1; thence 70 de-
greeS E, 20612 feet to Post No. 2; thence s 81 de-
grees 200 feet to Post No 8; thence 70
degrees w 20614 feet to Post No. A; thence N 81
degrees l 200 feet to Post No. of the exterior
boundary lines of the surface ground of the
said claim, containing an area of 4.301
acres inclusive, conflict with Lot 63 B, the
Great Basin claim 1.430 acres, and after
excluding therefrom the areas in con-
fiiet with Lot 81, the Elizabeth claim, LOT
acres, Lot so A, the Quandary No. claim,
0.120 acres. From the center of the N end line
OF the said Victoria claim L. s. M. NJ. No. 3
bears S 40 degrees 0S minutes w 1861 feet dis
tant. The nearest known locations are the
Governor Murray and Elizabeth mining claims.
The said mining claim being of record in the
office OF the Recorder of said mining district at
Stockton, in Tooele county, Utah.
direct that this notice be published in the
published nearest the said miring claim, for
H. MCMAsTER, Register.
BIRD < LOWE, Attorneys for Applicant.