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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-02-11
More Butter Tests.

Mr.. Editor The experiment and re-
suit given by T. S. Peck of Burlington,
VT, with one hundred pounds of Jersey
milk, in THE WATCHMAN of Decem-
Der 10, has stimulated a similar trial
from single cows by G. B. Clark and G.
S. Hopkins of Waterbury Center. Each
cow is a grade Jersey, but enough of
Durham to give them good heft and
constitution.
Mr.. Clark's test was made with eight
days. milk, from December 18th to the
Dist. Number of pounds of milk, one
hundred. From the cream of this milk
he had seven pounds and six ounces of
butter, fraction less than thirteen and
one-half pounds of milk for one pound
of butter. The cow came in the 18th of
March, 1884, and is to come in again
March Sth, 1885. She is still giving
milk and making three-fourths of a
pound of butter per day. Her feed dur
ing the eight days was hay, corn-stalks
and straw, once day each, and two
quarts of bran and one of meal. Mr..
Clark has sold two hundred seventy
eight pounds of butter, besides supply
ing family of three persons with milk,
cream and butter.
The COW of G. S. Hopkins is one of a
dairy of twenty-five-one of the best
ones, of course. Number of pounds of
milk in eight days, one hundred twenty
nine; amount of butter, ten pounds and
nine ounces-requiring in this case only
12.20l pounds of milk for a pound of
butter. This test was made the LIST of
January. The feed was hay and corn
stalks, three quarts of corn-cob meal
and peck of beets. She came in the
Goth of May, 1884, and is to come in
about the first to middle of April, 1885.
In the first case the feeding of the
bran, and in the next feeding the beets,
would only increase the quantity of
milk without adding to the butter pro-
duct.
Neither of these gentlemen have any
COWS to sell, so these tests are no adver-
Using dodge.
ID. H., Waterbury Center, Vt.
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A SPECIFIC FOR HICCoUGH.-Dr
Henry Tucker recommends, in the
Southern Medical Record, the following
very simple treatment of hiccough:
Moisten graduated sugar with good
vinegar. OF this give to an infant from
a few grains to teaspoonful. The eff
feet, he says, is almost instantaneous,
and the dose seldom needs to be re-
peated. He has used it for all ages,
from infants of few months old to
those on the down-hill side of life, and
has never known it to fail. The rem
edy is very simple one. and merits
trial.
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THE SOIL.


/. A soil which in the ordinary course
of agriculture would have received an
application of manure before another
crop was sOwn, has produced forty crops
of wheat in succession, averaging four
teen bushels per acre, solely by means
of its existing fertility. 1t is strong
clay soil].
2. AT the commencement of the eX-
pertinent, the soil contained large
amount of organic nitrogen, derived
from the debris of pre-existing vegeta-
ton. 1t also contained large amount
of the mineral food of plants.
3. Every year certain proportion of
the organic nitrogen has been nitrified
by organisms existing in the soil.
A. Part of the nitrates formed has
been employed in the growth of the
wheat-crop; part has been washed out
of the soil, or otherwise lost.
5. The loss of nitric acid is greater
in wet seasons; and the amount taken
up by the wheat-crop is, in consequence
smaller. Dry seasons should, there
fore, be favorable for the production of
large crops of wheat Tin England.
g. The stock of soil fertility in the
form of organic nitrogen has been con-
siderably reduced during the forty years
that the experiments have been carried
on, and the amount of such reduction
has been ascertained by analyses of the
soil made at different periods. The
stock of both potash and phosphoric
acid has also been greatly reduced
Z. Although so much soil fertility has
been removed, the stock that remains
would appear to be sufficient to grow
crops of wheat for very long period;
the produce, however, must, in process
of time, necessarily be lower than it has
hitherto been.
MANUREs.
8. Mineral manures potash and phos-
phates] alone, have added very slightly
to the produce grown upon the unma-
nured land.
8. Manure containing nitric acid
alone, or some compound of nitrogen
which is easily nitrifed, has considera-
bly, increased the crop.
10. The soil, therefore, contained q
stock of minerals which the wheat-crop
was unable to make use of, owing to
the insufficient supply of nitrogen in
some available form.
IL. Manures consisting of potash
phosphoric acid, and ammonia or nj
trates, appear competent to grow large
crops of wheat continuously.
II. A given weight of nitrogen, as
nitric acid, has produced more growth
in the wheat crop than the same weight
of nitrogen in salts of ammonia.
ID. The amount of nitrogen supplied
in manures is very much in excess OF
the amount recovered in the increase OF
the crop.
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Plain Cake---NO. 2.

HEREWITH send you few recipes
that have used, and like very much,
for plain cakes:
A NICE CAKE.--Take two cups of
flour, one cup of sugar, two eggs, two
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Gbe Goussbulo.
A WOmaH's Sphere.

They talk about woman's sphere
As though It had limit;
There's not place in earth or heaven,
There's not a task to mankind given,
There's net blessing or a woe,
There's not whispered yes or no,
There's not life, or death, or birth,
That has feathers weight of worth,
without woman in 1t.
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advertisements.
PROBABLY NEVER

In the history of proprietary medicines has
any article met success at home equal to that
which has been poured upon HOOPS SARsA-
PARILLA. Why, such has been the success
of this article, that nearly every family in
whole neighborhoods have been taking it at
the same time. Every week brings new evil
dence of the wonderful curative properties Of
this medicine.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-02-11

THE many Patrons in our state will
be glad to know that the order is max
ing rapid progress this winter in Con-
necticut, where it has been little slow
in getting strong hold. Active move
ments are reported from many local
tiles. II. S. Gold, the popular secre-
tary of the Board of Agriculture, is
aiding in the matter.
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agricultural.

rsR- This department ia wholly under the control
of the agricultural editor T. II. HosKIrs, MD,
Newport Vt, and he alone is to be held responsible
for the opinions herein expressed
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-02-11

"LADY" is very pretty word; but
"woman is a beautiful word. Just
so with " mamma" and mother"
" Mamma " is pretty, but g mother" is
beautiful.
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D0ughnuts and Waters.

PLAIN DOUGHNUTS.-One pint of
thick, sour milk, two tablespoonful of
sour cream, one tea-spoonful of soda,
two tea-spoonfuls of salt, flour enough
to make stiff dough; knead it well;
set it in moderately warm place for
an hour; turn it out on the cake-board,
cut in strips, twist them, and fry in
hot lard to nice brown.
CREAM OF TARTAR DoUGHNUTs.-
One quart of sifted -four, two teaspoon
fuls cream of tartar, one tea-spoonful of
soda, one tea-spoonful of salt; break
two eggs into pint measure, add one
half tea-cupful of sugar, beat it well;
add two tablespoonful of sour cream,
and fill the pint measure nearly (not
quite) full of sweet milk; cut in rings,
and fry in hot lard.
WAFERs.-Beat two eggs, add pinch
of salt and flour enough to roll out; roll
thin as pie-crust; cut in any shape you
prefer, and fry in hot lard. They are
nice eaten with warm sugar.
WILL some one give particular di-
rections for making boiled frosting for
cake, so that it will not be too hard or
too soft? j. A. p.
The simple secret of making all sugar
preparations soft is the use of little
pure glycerine, two or three teaspoon
fuls to pound of sugar. 1t is per-
fectly harmless and wholesome addi-
ton, but care should be taken to get a
pure article, to avoid bad flavor.
Prices " is called the best. -EDIToR.
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Desirable Property for Sale

On account Of Ill health win sell my place, sit
uated In Chelsea, VT, ono-half mile north of the
hotel conssting of and one-half acres of land
well furnished two-story house, a good barn, saw
mill, carpenter and blacksmith shop. The property
will be sold cheap E Z. DENSMORE.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-02-11

after the eight days" This is the only
sort Of experiment" that deserves to
be recorded.
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REMARKs.-We are glad to get all
these reports and put them on record.
ID. ii. says, in private note: " OF course
some dairy statistics have to be taken
with degree of allowance, but think
these are scrupulously correct There
was no crowding in either of the expert
ments, the cows being fed as before and
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-02-11
Forty Years. Experiments with
Fertilizers.

In summing up the results of forty
years experiments in continuous wheat
growing at Rothamsted, England, Sir
John Lawes and DIR. Gilbert deduce
the following general conclusions:
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-02-11

Combines the
BEST Remedies
of the vegetable
kingdom, and in
c,,al, n,NnDrtian
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-06-26

The action Of the School Board Of Jas.
per last Tuesdsy evening was . direct
stroke 1t the best interests OF every par
ent and school child OF the town. The
chief cause Of this loss 10 that they ap-
point two principal teachers 1t an aver
age OF $500 day each. The average
which these two men are to receive this
large per diem was = little over ~ pu.
pile last winter and In one OF the rooms
the pupils were not much farther along
than long division and simple compound
numbers. Dan the school interests OF the
town afford to suffer this much simply
for the red tape Of having two high
sslaried principals talking 70 empty
seats2 We are sure they do not want
It, and they ought to petition tho Board
for reconsideration Of their action be.
fore contracts are made TO lavish the
school money In this manner.
Que OF the school trusteee, who was
on the Board last year, said that they
tried the principalship at the church last
year - On experiment, but now he says
he is satisfi~d that II has proved : failure,
and ought TO b stopped. Even . ma
jority OF the present Board acknowledge
that Il IL not right to pay the money out
tor II. Why do they not act on their
convictions then and abolish either the
principalship u the High School build
Ing or ct the Church, The priest &C.
knowledged that the school was no real
benefit ct the church last winter. Why
then continue, as Il has done no good
and positive harm ~ II defrauded 500
ont OF one months school last
year. and will cheat them ont Of more
the coming winter. Il 10 likewise IN
injustice 10 the teachers Of tie pri-
mary grades Though one Of the prin-
cipals 10 teaching the multiplication
tablet for them to teach from 50 TO-
90 pupils in each room. nearly ~ far
advanced. for one-third less money.
1t is wrong, and we ask can the schools
Of Jasper In these hard times afford II |?
Will no voice be raised to put stop to-
It5 Where arc our school officers 2
What 10 their duty?
A LovHR or FREE SCHOOLS.
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The Almighty Dollar,
How tho Unsuspect.
Ing are Often
culled.
CAPITAL VERSUS MERIT

II is possible that money dipped into bssnsseu,
supply q prin,ss nh. 4 % b ussd % teach fais'
why 10 h that sseA psrssssss asssAsmas should I'll
q once Be hurled against the ss Of Potash ssd Po
tash MxturssS''
Thess Who insist that Potash 10 poison Do % Be-.
cause that 10 the way they have q fighting n =
Opium. morphine. strychnins. aecnits. whisky, etc.
are al deadly pciscns. and daily destroying The
lives Of people. and by do not these cry out
gainst thsmS Il 10 because there money In sight
TO % Potash 10 not regarded poison, and very
seldom harms any one; but those vho abuse u ere
Of Potash, IN proper combination. 10 regarded By the
medical profession - the quickest grandssi and most
powerful blood remedy known % man. Those VINO
believe In revssled and Indian foolishnesa
surely In condition 70 become rather scrsnky''
In their ideas any time We assert undergtsndingy
that Potash. used 10 The manufacture Of B. b. B..
e not poison and The public need not place any con.
one housand letters which receive ws never hsss
word against it, user The truth 10, b. D. 10 work
ing such wonders IN The Of al blood polsons scsoi-
uls. rheumatism, catarrh etc. that others ere trsmb
ling IN their boots. and cry aloud, poison" 'aud."
bscasss they fear its trumphans march Let any man
not right Do not Be deceived but 20 right along
and call for ,. b B. and b cured. Il 10 making I've
times more cares IN Atlanta than ell other blood RENEE
dies combined. We don't say that others poisons
~ fssuds; not that easily alarmed. but We say
ours 10 The best aad have the proof Send for ear
s3-pass book free. AM Be- convinced.
BLOOD BALM CO..
Atlanta. g..
sod by Mehringer Bros, Druggists,
jasper. Ind.
Nay sth. laa6-ly.
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Now IL your time 70 subscribe for
The CoURIEk.
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UThe School Board OF Jasper mel
on Tuesday night last and organized By
electing w. 8. Hunter. preaideut: p. J.
Gooman. Secretary. and PANEL r. j
Miller. Treasurer. They then determined
10 continue the schools - they were
last year. via: three under the control oil
the Catholic church and two Ia accord.
xnce with the school law, I'll to be paid
from the Common School Fund. They
also agreed to pay the church olO0 Z
year rent for the school room. They
then selected the following teachers, q
the following salaries: =. s. Morgan.
thaler, Principal. ct 81 IS per day: Mrs,
Sarah Cooper, Secondary ct 81 Is pei
day; w. W. Outlet. In the church
school for boys 1t o2.75 per day. and
two Sisters Of Providence II the church
schools for girls 1t 81 per day each, ma.
king the total cost for the public schools
e55 per day, and for the church schools
96.7t per day. Now II the Board will
grade properly al the dve schools, %
should b done, the educational capabil.
tiles Of oil the schools would be materi.
ally advanced.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-06-26

KNOCKED Down AND ROBBED. Or
Thursday night Of last week., % Mr.
Thomas Cummins was riding homo IN
Jefferson township, two men stopped
his horse on the road, and knocked him
of with club, knocking him senseless.
They then cut his pockets open, tool
what he had, and left him laying. Amer
laying some time be came to, and found
HE horse standing near the road, and
got homo, whore We understand be IL
yet confined BY his injuries. It's time
. county reward Was offered for the cap
ture OF robbers and murderers.
r. R-Auother report says TON. o.
cidentally fell or Of his horse and was
bruised somewhat. but by the help Of q
neighbor VS. strengthened up, and Il
now al right.
Takee whichee enc you likee. No
likee, no takee.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-06-26

ACCIDENTS. Mr.. J. n. Pleasant's nc.
tie boy fell on the walk In front Of the
Post-ofice last Friday, and broke one Of
the bones Of his right arm. But be had
90 much spunk that the fracture VA
not discovered until the next day.
Miss n. Kelso, Of Boone Tp., fell IN
getting out ofa buggy, and sustained {
fracture Of her right arm.
Mr.. Jos. r. Sermersheim stumbled
over his little boys express wagon Sun.
day night, and peeled bic nose.
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TrThe Commissioners report vii
Be found 10 another column. II 10 rath-
or meagre. and one cannot learn from Il
the condition Of the county treasury, or
the amount Of the c0unty's indebted
These two are very interesting items to
taxpayer generally.
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tive acknowledge the receipt Z
complimentary ticket 70 the big 4th OIL
July entertainment at Salt Wells Park
Evansville, where there Il 70 be . greal
Shooting Tournament between several
clubs, at 10000 clay pigeons, . sweep
stake shooting match, balloon ascension
by Prof ]. n. Fisk, nne display Of flrs
works ct night, and music By Warren's
Silver and Reed band, with dancing and
other amusements. 4 big time % sntici
psted.
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03Our exchange located the Reeves
men IN half dozen different countiss
Isst week. They must Be ubiquitous,
.nougn We are sure therc IL one place
tney were not found lin jail.
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TIE GORGEOUS AFFAIR HAS BEEN EXTENSIVELY
ADvEkusED, AND FROM TuR LBTTERS Al
READY RECEIVED PRONIsRs 10 m faR
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FrRE.-Mr. Bart. Anderson's barn IN
Pike county was burned last Sunday,
with : quantity of corn. hay, : wagon,
several sets or harness, and farming i'm.
plcments. II Il supposed to have caught
from the heating Of new clover hay put
on top Of some old hay. The loss Will
amount to several hundred dollars.
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GRANGE OF TrMR.-The train hands
cay there will Be change OF time On tie
railroad to begin Sunday next, and that
the morning passenger will run through
% Evansville again, and the freight and
Z passenger leave Jasper In the aflsr-
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT.

NOTICE ID hereby given that tho nm
~ dersigned has been appointed Ad
ministratOr Of the estate OF Elizabeth
Stillwell, late Of Dubois county, Indiana
deceased. Said estate Il probably col
vent. JAH2s r. MILLER, Admr.
OSCAR "A. TRrlAEr, Attorney.
juno 18th, l686-Sw.
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~ Vice. President Hack, Of the v. 4
o. Ry., Of Vincennes, was forming &C.
quaintances In Jasper on Friday, and
vas greatly elsted over the prospects OF
the proposed railroad He thinks II
will be speedily built Push Il on, Mr..
President, and when our people can get
Hack 3 6imon's unrivalled pure beer
over the v. h q. Ry, . large demand
will spring up for 1t here. - we'll o. for
other vincennes products. The people
Of both Madison and Bainbridge town
ships 10 this county, will Be found eager
TO assist il with . tax, whenever Il Il
fully demonstrated that Il can Be suc-
cessfully pushed to completion.
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REPORT OF THE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS.
Receipts and Expenditures
OF Dubois County Indiana,
for the Fiscal Year End.
ing May 31st, 1858.

COUNTY REVENUE.
By taxes collected during the
By amount from Burr Robbins 1900
BY . l., e. and st.
L.R.R. company 1900
BY amount from Ferry License $40
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@The sad intelligence reaches %
through the Evansville Courier that Mr..
Joseph Pfeffer. who was well-known
here, committed suicide by hanging In
that city on Tuesday last. It is supposed
70 have been csused BY despoudency ct
not having employment He served
through the war - . member OF the ed
Indiana The Courier says:
Prefer was man about a years OF
age, and leaves large family, consisting
OF four girls and four boys, the eldest
being girl Of only eighteen, and the
youngest only eight months old. The
deceased is said to have been . power
ful man, and when employed, is said to
have been both sober and industrious.
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NOTICE TO LOAN MONEY OR
SELL SHARES.
~ order Of the directors OF the Jsspe,
~ Building, Loan Fund and savinRl
Association, notice Il hereby given. thsl
the said Board Of directors Will meet a
the Clerks Office Of the Dubois Circuii
Court, on Tuesday, July 7th. 1885, at 3
o'clock, p. M, for the purpose OF selling
70 the highest bidder, : number OF shares
|of stock belonging 70 said Association
and said Board Of directors have also, q
their last meeting, on Tuesday, June
ed. 1885, at 8 o'clock, p. M, made an e.
scssment Of fifteen cents on each share
OF stock held 10 said Association, And
each share-holder ID hereby notified. that
tho same must b paid 70 The Cashier y
esid Association. on or before The 18th
day Of July, 1885.
~ Il, Witness my hand and seal &C Jss.
per, this 94th day OF Jane. 1885.
PETER J. GosMANN, Secretary
Jssper b., l.. r, and 8. a.
June soth, 1856 -2t.
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STATE OF INDIANA, !
CoUHrY or DuRofs.


COUNTY OF DUBors,
I, Isidore 6chuhmacher, County Al.
ditor for and within said County OF Du.
bois, do hereby certify that the above
and foregoing % true, full and com.
plete copy Of the Annual Report OF the
Board Of County Commissioners OF Du.
bois county, Indiana, Of the receipts and
expenditures Of said Dubois county, for
tho fscal year ending Nay slst, 1856, a.
made by said Board OF County Com.
missioners 1t their regular June session,
1885, and found Of record 10 the Com.
missionerS Record, In my ONCE for that
term.
In witness whereof have hereunto
) ct my hand and seal q Auditor
U.s. Of Dubois county, q jasper, this
~ 20th day Of June, 1885.
ISID0RE SCHUMACHER,
Auditor OF Dubois County.
June -, l0o6-lw.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-27
POPULAR SCIENCE.


Vet winters in Germany have been
found to result disastrously to insects.
each season Of food greatly lessening
the "bug CROP Of the following sum-
mer.
BY experiment Professor Storer has
found that scantily fed mice will some
times eat daily one-third Of their weight
Of ordinary putty. When carbonate Of
lead. baryta, zinc or oxide Of zinc was
mixed with the putty the mice were able
still to eat small quantities with impun-
ity, those pigments seeming to lose their
usual poisonous quality. Putty contain
ing no whiting was untouched, or eaten
very reluctantly.
The limits Of insects are determined
by temperature and vegetation, by
oceans and mountains. There Is an insect
fauna for each continent, zone and lati-
tude. The insects near the snow line on
the sides of mountains in the temperate
region are similar to those in polar lands.
The insects on our Pacific slope resemble
those of Europe, while those near the
Atlantic coast are more like those OF
Asia. Not half dozen insects live in
the sea.
A jet of melted lead recently lodged
in the eye Of French workman without
doing any damage to the organ, and the
case was Investigated by Dr. Perrier,
who ascertained that the immunity was
due to the lead entering into the
''spheroidal state" in presence Of the
moisture of the surface of the eyeball
The temperature of the lead was found
to be higher than 10 degrees centigrade,
which is the point at which the ''spheroi-
dal state takes place, and hence the
moisture was evaporated and formed a
cushion round the lead, keeping the lat
ter out Of contact with the flesh. The
phenomenon is case similar to that Of
person plunging his moist arm into
melted lead with impunity.