davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-03-27
FIGHTING AT PANAMA.
A Revolution In PrOgress-COIOn Pill
LACED by a Mob

Advices from Panama state that revolu-
ton was in progress there. Aizparu declared
himself president, and with 300 men attacked
the barracks of the Colombian guard, the
only force which opposed him. The garrison,
consisting of 100 men, resisted all the day
and night, an indiscriminate fusllade being
maintained until the next morning, when
General Comma, commander of the Column
bian guard arrived with reinforcements. A
city guard was formed and patrolled the
streets. The revolutoniss withdrew to the
outside of the city, and awaited help from
Barranqulla and Colon to renew the attack
Colon was in the hands of rebels COM
manded by notorious criminal The
stores there were pillaged by the mob, and
the leader declared lie would reduce the city
to ashes if the government troops attemptel
to recapture it. Marines from the United
States steamer Galena We're ready to land.
English forces from the ship Heroine guard
ed the Panama railroad property From
the interior news favorable to the Nunez
government was received, and it was be-
leved the backbone of the rebellion had been
broken.
United States Consul General Adamson, at
Panama has reported to the state depart
ment. at Washington, that in a trouble
which occurred in that city twelve men were
killed. The commander of the Wachusett, in
dispatch to the navy department reports the
arrival of that vessel at Panama.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-03-27
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Potato Cuttu q.

Peter @. Hitler, of Pennsylvania, thinks
clover ground the best for potato land,
though corn stubble is generally used
because more convenient. Hillsides are
not the best selections for potato culture,
as heavy rains often damage the growing
crop. He cultivates the land with a
harrow as soon as the ground is dry
enough after very heavy rain. Fertili-
zers, especially those that contain pot
ash, he found better than barnyard ma
nure. A. w. Harrison has no faith in
the analysis of the soil as guide for the
farmer. 1t is a will-o' the wisp. lie
feeds the plants on the principle of like
begets like. For instance, pear tree he
would fertilize with the ashes of a pear
tree. Oyster shell lime is preferable to
the common stone lime. His potato
field of twelve acres he plants in rows
three feet apart, sowing handful of
fertilizer of wood ashes and oyster shell
lime at each hill. Cultivation is essen
tial. 1t is important that the field be
kept clean of weeds.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-03-27
Against Ensilnge.

Professor L. b. Arnold lately referred
in the Triduneto the rejection by the An
gloSwiss Condensiug company of milk of
COWS fed on ensilage. A letter from thai:
association, published in The London Ag-
TicutturaL Gazette, states their position
fully. We make an excerpt, and invite
attention especially to the concluding
sentence: THE evidence that Stage
milk cannot be be used for condensng
is conclusive. Both in our interest and
in the iSterest of farmers who may con =
template the use of Stage, we find it ad-
visable to announce at an early date that
our future contracts for the supply Of
milk will contain clause declining to re
ceive milk from s:lace-fed cows. EXper-
iments with silage were begun in
America several years since; but we are
informed that agitation there regarding
1t has in great measure subsidized; that
large numbers of silos have been thrown
into disuse. The American condensed
milk factories without exception decline
to receive such milk, and many butter
factories do the same. Milk is a pecu-
liar substance, its soundness can scarcely
be graded-It is either sound or good,
or it is bad. 1t is our opinion that milk
not good for one purpose is also not
good for any other purpose. "-Neto
York Tribune.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-03-27
Cattle Feeding.

A cattle raiser in Illinois has so far
changed his system of cattle raising that
he now feeds corn every day in summer
to his steers in pasture. He has expert
mented until he is convinced that this
way of feeding pays best. Many Orange
county dairymen feed their cattle more
or less chopped corn at all seasons of the
year. The best feed makes the best milk,
and milk dealers have found it out. Corn
and bran in some form is the natural
food of cattle In seasons of drought
and during the extreme cold winter, cat
tie need large amount of farinaceous
matter of some kind, if continuous
growth and thrift are to be maintained.
This is one of the best of arguments that
can be used in favor of grain raising, and
as we have repeatedly shown, can be
pursued with equal profit in Orange
county as in the West. Every Orange
county miller who has to pay the cash
for his corn. oats and rye will tell you
this whenever you have occasion to take
a grist to his mill Orange County
Farmer.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-03-27

than splenic fever, and is a disease of
the blood caused by some poisonous in
liuence in the soil, water or food, or in
all three. 1t is chiefly marked by
muscular trembling about the neck and
TANKS, and by the dropping of the head
near 10 the ground. The milk of cows
becomes poisonous to persons who drink
it, 1t is known that the disease is ac-
companied by vegetable organisms in the
blood which poison it and change its
character, causing it to escape into the
tissues and through the kndneys, max
ing the urine dark, red Or black, while
the spleen becomes enlarged and gorged
with hood. 1t is probably malarial in
Its origin, and is produced by unwhole-
some exhalations from the soil, which
not only infect the cattle breathing the
air, but also poison the water and the
heritage in certain localities. 1t prevails
in the Southern States, but occurs in the
North in the fall, when the vegetation
becomes hard and indigestble and the
soil saturated with decaying and fell
menting matter. In the Southern noun
tains it prevails in certain well-known
places, as in rich coves where the water
gathers and forms the heads of springs
and streams and where the air is con-
fined and usually warmer than in open
places, and where decaying vegetable
matter in The soil is abundant. For pre-
vention all such places as are known to
be productive of the disease should be
ditchcd so as to draw of the stagnant
water, the bitches running up to the ris-
ing ground; sick cattle should be kept
inclosed, as their dung and urine will
infect the soil, and dead animals should
be buried deeply or burned. The treat
ment should be as follows: Give plenty
OF linseed meal cruel, warm, three times
daily, and two drains of chlorate of pot
ash in each mess. -Nep York Times.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-03-27
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

Miss Mary Anderson carries a life in
mfance Of 800, 900.
There are 7,162 women missionaries
and preachers in England.
There are 900 professional beauties in
London who don't work at all.
Yellow is distinctively fashionable
color In the new spring millinery.
The old chine silks are revived, with
rings of dark color on light grounds.
Tea gowns and morning gowns are
both made with blouse fronts and long
trains.
There is a widow in Birmingham, Ala,
thirteen years old, and she attends the
public school.
Tulle, embroidered with daisies, corn
flowers and buttercups in chenille, is
among the novelties.
Susan B. Anthony began life as
school teacher at IS month, and in if
teen years saved $500.
In Valparaiso women have obtained
their "rights" so far as to be employed
as conductors on the horse cars.
The nine daug hters of the late Bishop
Jackson, of London, were married to
nine Wears in the bishops diocese.
The Empress Eugene is said to own
several houses in New York CITY which
yield her q handsome income for the
rents.
New silk jerseys are beautifully beaded
with jet in various designs, and some
times in patterns covering the " hole gar
ment.
The newest lace pins are in the shape
of moss rose, and are made of red gold
set with diamond surrounded by sap
phires.
Some of the new cashmere gloves
have the long waists embridered in chain
stitch on the closed tops, with silk of a
paler shade.
The women of Turkey wear the same
kind OF trousers as the men all the year
round, save when they attend ball or
upon state occasions.
Upright jabot bows in front Of bunch
of nodding flowers, which tower above
the high crown of the hats, are the
features in Spring millinery.
All the trimmings of hats and bon.
nets are placed directly in front over the
forehead, on the forepart of the crown,
and tower high above the same.
In the Eco,e de Medicine, in Paris,
there are 70 women students, of whom
46 are Russians, II Frenchwomen, II
EnglishwOmen and Z Americans.
Some of the new spring hats have
high Tyrolean crowns and narrow brims,
Topped very high on one side with a
space in the loops for the trimmings.
Two pupils in school in Washington
Territory were recently obliged to stay at
home and take care Of the baby while
their mother attended court as Juror.
In underwear the latest craze is for
tucking, Tucks in groups and clusters,
narrow and wide, are seen in all articles
of underclothing to the exclusion OF lace
or embroidery.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-03-27
Bones as n Fertilizer.

Henry Stewart sets forth the value of
bones as fertilizer in very plain man.
ner. They consist, when fresh. of sixty
three and a half per cent. of mineral
matter [of which ffty-five per cent. of
the bone is phosphate of lime); thirty
one and half per cent. of organic mat
ter, chiefly gelatine and fat, and five per
cent. OF water. The organic matter CON
tains three and half per cent. of nitro,
gen; the mineral matter contains from
twenty to twenty-five and quarter per
cent of phosphoric acid and thirty to
thirty-tive per cent. of lime. The phos-
phoric acid and the nitrogen are the val
liable elements, the former being worth,
ut six cents pound, $3.50, and the lat
ter, at twenty-five cents pound, eighty
seven cents; 100 pounds of bone, then,
in condition to he available would be
worth $2.31. But bones when whole are
only slowly soluble in the soil In most
soil they will decay and wholly disap-
pear, only in so many years that it is
necessary to reduce them to a fine state
of division to make them useful. This
is done by grinding them TO powder or
by burning them to ashes. The latter
method is the cheaper, but the nitrogen
is lost, and if the bones can be reduced
to powder for less than the value of nj
trogen, the more costly method is the
better. But in many cases it is impos-
sible to grind them for want of mills. and
then the burning becomes the only prac-
ticable method This leaves the phos-
phate of lime in the finest possible CON
dition to be as available for plant food
rs in the raw bone or more so, because
it is not held in any undecomposable
condition by the gclatiae ,-Rard Ae,O
Yorker.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-03-27
MILK sickness.

Milk sickness is nothing more or less
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-03-27
A HOTEL BURNED,
Two People Killed and Many In
turcd -NarroW Esrnncs.

The Oriental hotel at Seattle, Washington
Territory, was discovered to he on fire the
other morning, and the flames spread rapid
ly. The hotel was full of dodgers, who were
rescued with great difficulty, many throwing
themselves from the upper windows I'm
rick johnson was burned to death; Mike
Tobin was killed by jumping from a third
story winlGw; Ed Downy wa, fatally
burned Olef Otteson and J. b. Mo. were
severely burnei, and twelve others were
more or less injured The loss on the hotel
is SO, 900.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-03-27

A mississippi lady grows three hundred
and fifty varieties of roses in her garden
every summer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-22
One OF Wards Practical Jokes,


"Show the gentleman up,' said
Mr.. Cough, and a pleasant introduce
ton followed, after which Artemus
Ward said: ''Mr. Cough, l am chap
eroning these gentlemen and we are
indulging in little of the sparkling,
and if you do not object 1 will order
up round for them and myself.
Cough didn't object, and Ward
ordered up four stiff cocktails When
they were placed before the merry
guests they were quickly quaffed.
But one glass remained untouched.
What is this for?" queried Cough,
pointing to the extra decoction.
"Oh! that's for me-" with a merry
twinkle of his eye; "when 1 take a
drink always feel like another man,
and / always treat the other man,
see?'
Each member of the coterie, save
Cough, ordered a round of -four
drinks each. As the last round was
being carried up the landlord of the
hotel asked where in thunder all that
liquor was being taken?
"To Coughs room," replied the
boy.
'!How many are in the room?''
-Four, including Mr.. Cough"
"And four drinks; why the infer
nal old hypocrite-he shall be ex-
posed"
It was the work of few moments
to inform the newspaper reporters,
and when morning came the whole
city resounded with the newsboys
shout of ''All about Cough on s
drunk" Cough boarded the first
train out of the city and has never
dared to venture there since. He
was the innocent victim of practical
joke, but the Erie people believe him
to be hypocritical old sot.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-22
Grace HreenMood,s New Book.

''Stories for Home Folks, Young
and Old" is the attractive title of a
pretty volume by this famous author,
just published. 1t starts out with
"a True Story of President Lincoln, y
which with other war "reminiscences
that follow will waken O patriotic
glow in the hearts of readers both
young and old; there are stores of
travel in this and other lands, stories
of famous people, of MY First Love
Letter." almost Ghost Story.
in all twenty-nine stories, which beng
written by Grace Greenwood, who is
so well known as one of the most
graceful and captivating writers, will
find joyful listeners everywhere. The
volume is equivalent in size and ap.
pearauce to the authors other works
heretofore sold at sl.25, but being
published by the Literary Rerolu
ton" John B. Aiden,, 393 Pear
Street, New York, it is sold for 81
cents. Mr.. Alden sends q I00-pag,
! catalogue, descriptive of his immens,
list of standard and popular works
free to any applicant. 2w
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-22
An Unfortunate Blunder.

A lady novelist iii England, being
at loss for the names of her char
acters in book she was writing,
took them all in lump from some
subscription list in a provincial pa
per. In the course of events the
book drifted into that particular
part of the country. The result was
a considerable stirring up of the
inhabitants when they discovered,
upon reading the novel, that the To-
cal banker had a liasion with the
Methodist minister's wife, that re-
spectacle lawyer had had seven years
of penal servitude in his youth, that
the proprietor of the most rowdy
public house in town had been In
the Baiaklava charge, that the chief
cheesemohger was the illegitimate
son of duke, and that the consump-
tive ritualist curate had wound up a
London career of fearful crime by
tampering with the Derby favorite.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-22
MEXICO, MISSOURI THURSDAY, JANUARY %, 1855

1t was my own darling and none
other that l had picked up on the
drenched road. My little child had
wandered out to meet papa and the
doll while the mother was at work,
and they were lamentlng her as one
dead, I thanked Heaven on my knees
before them.
1t is not much Of story, neigh
bors, but think of it often in the
night and wonder how could bear
to live now il had not stopped when
l heard the cry for help upon the
road hardly louder than squirrels
chirp
That's Dolly yonder with her moth
er IN the meadow; a girl worth saw
ing, I think; but, then, I'm her
father and partial, maybe; the pref
test and sweetest thing this side of
the Mississippi.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-22
Justice to Missouri.

CuiCdSO SuITtHt.
The thirty-third general assembly
CT Missouri meets at Jefferson City
Wednesday. 1t has seventy-five far
mers, sixty-one lawyers, five doctors,
five newspaper men and five clerks.
No other calling is represented by
more than three members. The peo-
pie of the United States have hardly
any true conception of the progress
which Missouri is making. Not only
does the state possess the great city
of st. Louis, but the new town of
Kansas City has possibilities winch
are not less than those of st. Paul
and Minneapolis-perhaps even of
Chicago. The geologists and statis-
ticians declare that the first place in
the union lies between Missouri and
Alabama. The Current is happy to
make these remarks, because the peo-
pie of Missouri have been angered by
the wit of the humorst, who,
thoughtlessly playing upon the differ
ent phases of the robher hunts of a
few years ago, have worn bare the
good nature of a great common
wealth by constant and tiresome iter-
ations of Jesse James jokes. Mis-
souri, is magnificent state, and has
nearly 100000 in her treasury.
Nnety-five per cent of the taxes are
collected and the school system is
admirable, and backed with great
fund. AS to this winters session it is
likely that the seventy-fve farmers
will have something to say about
railroads, while legislation will be
necessary to carry out the provisions
of the new constitutional amendment
creating appellate courts and other
wise reorganizing the judicial system.
Kansas City demands a new charter.
Important street and road statutes
are also to be added to the laws.
Senator Vest will be reelected to the
national upper house, the opposition
of four years ago having entirely
vanished.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-22
$3.50 PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE,

IS improving SO rapidly in science,
and mechanics, and genius stands SC
near the head of the procession that
men will forgive almost anything in 8
fellow man sooner than igaoranee?
Thirty years ago, when We said of q
man: HE is well educated and
thoroughly posted" we meant that he
was head and shoulders above ordi-
nary men. Nowadays, when you
find man who is anything but well
educated and thoroughly posted, the
world feels that he deserves criticism
for neglecting his every day oppor-
tunities.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-22
~ The Novelist"

ssThe Novelist is the characteristic
title of newspaper just started in New
York by John B. Alden, the sfliterary rev.
olutionist." The price also is character
istic--only 81 per year. 1t is not intend
ed to enter into competition with the
high priced, but w-character, story pa
pers which darken the country like a
pestilence, but viii be devoted almost
entirely to high-class fiction, such as finds
place and welcome in the best magazines
of the day and the purest homes Of the
land, making the paper an unrivaled (as
to cost, certainly source of mental re-
creation for the weary, and of entertain
ment for all. During the year there are
promised serial stories by VIM. Black,
Mrs. Oliphant, james Payn, Hugh Con-
way, B. L. Fsrjeon, and others--certaini,
a good variety, as well as good quantity
for the dollar. 1t Is printed In large typs
and Is handsome paper. For free spec.
linen copies address the publisher, JohE
B. Alden, 393 Pearl street, New York.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-22

family, but I bet you pa never emp
ties coal scuttle again without ana-
lying it for traces of cat, !. and the
bad boy went out feeling hurt that
not only his pa but his old friend the
groceryman should take him to be !
boy who would scorch q cat.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-22
R. M. WHITE, Editor and Proprietor
MY NEIGHBOR.

Erastus Shepherd in ST. Louis Republican.
see my neighbor on the street,
| must remain within my dwelling;
Why9 Well, its scarcely worth the telling
But she and must never meet.
When duty forces me to 20
And walk abroad about the city,
1t surely would excite your pity
If you could half my trouble know.
at every angle of the street,
with cowardiy, sinking heart 1 loiter,
And carefully reconnoitre,
Prepared, if need be, to retreat.
A year ago, when on the street,
She walked alone, I flew to meet her,
And with lovers rapture greet her,
Aud kept her side with willing feet.
l wonder If she dreams this truth,
When dreams about her pillow hover
That am still faithful lover
That my love has o9tlived its youth i?
1 wonder If, by chance, we met
If she would pass me as stranger?
My heart Is 10th to face the danger;
fear to tempt Fate thus-and vet
l wonder if, by chance, we met,
As so long have apprehended
If all my dreams would then be ended
The dreams rashly cherish yet!
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-22

Hubby, did you mail my letter.
''Yes, my dear. Had 20 run like
fury to catch the first mail"
"Why, here it is in your pocket,
now
Hey Un-a-yes, SO il is-no,
this isn't your letter; this is--that
is, this isn't the one you wrote: this
is the one you were going to write
and forgot
"John Henry.
'No, Mary, I didu't mail your let
ter
aweIl, I'm awfulIy glad. I wan.
to add postscript
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-22
Tu ifyeurself.

The proof Of the pudding is not m
chewing the strirg, but in having an
opportunity 10 try the article your
self. Dohyns & Gihl,s. the Druggist.
has free trial hottie Of Dr. Bosanko's
Cough and Lung Syrup for each and
every one eho Is afflicted with
Coughs, Colds, AstAams. CoasuIBp-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-01-22
Notice.

Notice is hereby given that l will
apply to the Circuit Court Of Aud
rain County. No.. on the first day OF
tie January term. 1885, thereof for
final discharge from the position and
duties Of Assignee of John G.ugh.
Ss-6w ]. G. TRnGBLE, Assignee.