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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-11-19
November Crops.

The November crop report of the
department of agriculture says that
the present crop of corn is the first full
average in rate of yield since 1880,
which was the last of il series of six
full crops of 26 to % bushels IN acre.
The present crop grown on an area of
53, 900 600 to 81 ,O0O, 900 acres is slight
ly above an average for period of 10
years or 264 bushels per acre. The
highest rate of yield is 364 bushels i'll
Nebraska and Ohio. The three corn
growing states which produce 40 of
the entire crop, Illinois, Iowa and
Missouri each average several bushels
per acre less than in the census year
Illinois, 81 Missouri and Utah, 80
Massachusetts, Connecticut and Colo
RADIO, 81 New Hampshire and Rhode
Island, 81 Michigan, 80; Wisconsin,
- Kansas, 81. The southern states
make an average yield. The quality
is very good in the East and South,
medium in the central parts of the
West and somewhat deprecated in the
northern border from Michigan to Da-
kota. The cotton returns of November
are somewhat higher than those of the
last two years but materially lower
than those of 1880 and 1882. The pO-
tatO crop is smaller than that of 1884
in consequence of injury from rot,
which has reduced the New York crop
nearly One-third. There is much COM
plant of rot in Wisconsin and Iowa
and in some counties in Michigan and
Illinois and Minnesota. The reported
yield of hay per acre averages 1t tons
and indicates a crop of over AZ ,OOO, 900
tons. nearly as large as that of last
year. The buckwheat crop will be
larger. The average yield will ex-
coed ii bushels per acre.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-11-19
HE PROPHET OF THE GREAT
SMOKY MOUNTAINS.

Some critic of Charles Egbert Grad
'ock has recently said that there is no
5ialect in the Tennessee mountains.
league Poteet," that capital story of
pei Chandler Harris, is a story of this
gion and his characters speak in dia-
ct, and it is the identical dialect of
D.. Craddock. Which of these two
riters invented itP Or does it
sNist9 Mr.. Craddock tirsS occu-
bed the field and if either lis imita-
I've it is not she. When woman
<ksumes a mans name il is difficult tn
seep the gender unmiXed. Our author
y Miss Mary n. Murfree, who after
bncealing her identity under the mask
ID "A man, when she had obtained the
&cognition as a man which she feared
D light be denied her as woman, 10y a
sert Of metempsycosis unknown to Py-
fbagoras, - to use a favOrite expression
ID her 'materializedn as a
oman, with the not over euphoneous
a To sNtlAbu tsiiS -itlilC vi hullltt.
II Like George Eliot, she had sufficient
5 asculine vigor of intellect tn sustain
Dc harmless deception. But there
&bere always enough of delicate fem
zine touches To put the reader upon
Gquiry as To sex. Mr.. Dickens from
b. first detected the woman in George
y liOt, and less acute minds suspected
n ia Mr.. Craddock.
4 Among the several causes assigned
~ Mr.. Buckle as influencing the or
&<hnization Of society and the develop
.Bent of individual characteristics, one
''the general aspect of nature with
which humanity is enviroued. The
grandeur and ruggedness of the wild
snOuntain regions of Tennessee have
Produced strong aud vigorous individ-
Ialities, the natural outgrowth of such
surroundings. But these characters
~ portrayed by Miss Murfree, are moi
he utterly lawless types of frontier
! ife and mining regions of wholly un.
ORGANIZED communities. They in ia,
main recognize and are amenable {,
the restraints of law, except when i
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-11-19

durability of an apple depends upon
it's management somewhat. Timely
and careful gathering helps. have a
few trees of other varieties that cannot
be depended upon. | need not name
them over. The kinds | have mention
ed prove hardy, and it is the live trees
that look we'll in an orchard. If
could change any it would be to have
more Wealthy. l advise all to buy the
Wealthy. | have stopped cultivating
my orchard and shall enrich it by
mulching. In trimming trees six inches
or more in diameter my rule is to trim
so that boy can climb into the tree
top with basket to pick the apples.
This will take out the dead, weak
branches. hired a boy one afternoon
for twenty-five cents to pick apples,
and he picked nine barrels. With pigs
to eat them, there is no need of having
apples rotting and wasting on the
ground.-[Z IL. f. JAMESON of Irasburg,
in Waterman.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-11-19
A Vermont Orchard.

| have about five hundred trees. of
which about one hundred have been
set thirteen years, aud the rest eight
years except sixty Wealthy trees set
last spring. | have had more than a
hundred trees die (mOstly bought of
agents., but my orchard rows, TWEEN
ty feet apart, are now well filled with
trees ten feet apart. The crop this
year must be about one hundred bush
els. First came the Tetofsky, in Au-
gust. | sold twelve bushels ut dol
lar bushel and fed many imperfect
ones to my five pigs. Then came the
Duchess of Oldenbursh, which | have
been retailing through September at
from sixty to eighty cents a bushel.
had about thirty-five bushels. The
Peach apple still fingers October Ist)
and must be sold this month | have
about twenty five bushels. These are
my principle varieties now in bearing.
have trees that bear heavily of small
apples which either go to pigs or to
cider. These are not all gathered. The
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-11-19
Warm shelter for stock.

OF the various ways through which
it is possible for the average dairy man
to enhance his profit, the most effectual
is first to reduce the cost of producing
his milk. This he can do in IA variety
of ways. One way of doing so lies in
the improvement of his milking stock.
This is certain but slow way, and
must be the work of few years. Aud
then another way, more rapid, and
that can at once be available, consists
in reducing the cost of keeping his
cows.
This, again, he may do in different
ways first, by securing greater
warmth and more comfort for his cows
in winter. The heaviest item of ex-
pense which he incurs consists in win
tering his cows, and the more they are
exposed TO the cold, the heavier that
item becomes. Cows eat more in win
ter than at any other time, simply be-
cause more heat is absorbed from their
bodies 10y the cold air. For instance,
we all know that hot water will cool
faster on a cold day than on a warm
one. Therefore the animal heat must
be kept up to uniform standard, and
the extra loss of warmth must be re-
stored by more fuel, in form of feed,
and this increases the cost of keeping
and the cost of producing the fall and
winter supply of milk. Keep the cows
warm, and they will eat no more in the
winter than at any other time, and
they will require less extra food for
winter, just in proportion as they are
made warm and comfortable, and by
just SD much they will turn out milk
ut reduced expense. There is profit
i'll keeping cows warm in winter. 1t
costs much less to tone down the cold
of our severe climate by providing
warm, comfortable buildings for the
cows. If the owner has not secured
them already, the sooner he gets them
the better, and not be furnishing extra
food, year after year, to restore the
heat needlessly lost by the exposure of
his cows to the cold air. National
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-11-19
lass II.

BIZ. What Emperor reigned Mt Rome
bth A. d. and b. CT What portion
\ each era
II. Mt. Marcy belongs to what
.puntain system
'A9. What king being permitted to
Hurn to his own realm to raise "a ran
b. of 1900, 900 crowns, failing, re-
hrned to captivity? BY whom con
hered, in what battle ? Give the dis
dirty of numbers.
30. What reduced the population of
ID gland about One-half i'll the four
zenith century
|bI. Since when has the title, Prince
n Wales, been the title of the eldest
b. of the royal family of England !;
ho first bore it and what became of
jim?
- What evidence is there, if any,
Hat Queen Elizabeth, furtively tried
pursuade the keeper of Mary Queen
Scots to put her To death privately
53. When was the English house of
bmmons instituted, aud how came it
bout?
'5l. What queen of England is re-
brted To have been sent by the priests
pray at Tyburn, as IL penance
'55. OF what king of England was it
f..dictcd that he would die at Jerusa-
b., and how was the prophecy thought
have been fulfilled
4 56. Which OF the West India islands
independent
81. The crown of what English king
ms found after battle hanging on a
|iwthorn bush, and what became of
-. Who wrote and where are found
h. following:
But pleasures are like peoples spread,
You seize the flow r, it, bloom is shed
Or like the snow-falls ia the river,
moment whitr-then melts forever.
Strike the bells want only,
Tiukle tinkle Wen
Bring wine, bring me flowers
Ring the silver bell
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-11-19
PRIZE QUESTIONS,


A.. Through the instrumentality OF
hat State was our "Public Domain"
Established, and what amount of land
|gAs included
b.. What was the first English
,opk ever printed where and when
~. What eminent churchman who
YES once placed in the stocks was the
|on of "A butcher
30. The titular number of what
hing is obtained by adding the digits
Apresenting the age, also by finding
De- sum of the digits representing the
d te of his coronation, also by finding
De- sum of the digits of the date of his
bath
81. Was there ever female Pope 7
II so, known by what title ?
s52 What eminent philosopher, for
'shching that the wicked were miser-
Die, and the virtuOns happy, was sold
slave market, for % minae What
rant ordered the sale
j3. Who was the Noah Of the
reeks, saved from the deluge of Gre
sin Mythology
81. In what memorable battle was
d. Persian empire shattered who
bmmanded the enemy and what was
H. plan of attack
b. The cheeks of what person are
hid To have blushed with shame, on
Mug smitten by the executiOner, as
NJ raised the decapitated head to the
'ew of the populace
56. What prince of dethrOned
onily of France was seized in neu-
ID state, taken to Paris, tried ut mid
Eeht in dungeon, convicted without
Illnesses OF proof, and shot ut break
n day
-. Through what versions has the
.w Testament been conveyed to mod
b. times either as whole or in part
|5S. Quotations.
Sc where she stands. the wet sea sands
Looking across the water;
'ANild is the night but wilder still
The face of the hshers daughter!
IL eoicc and laud the prospecting skies!
The kernel bursts its husks, behold
III rom the dull clay the metal rise,
Pure shining = a star Of gold
Rim aud crown. glitter bright,
Like the suns fash of light.
Biz touched a bridge of 1owers,-those feet
So light they did not bend the bells
OF the celestial asphOdels,
|1hey fell like dew upon the flowers.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-11-19
-Ibonf the farm and 6Irdrn.
Fall Flowing.

Every Intelligent farmer tries to i'm
prove his methods by experience, and
the experience of different methods. 1t
is "A generally admitted fact that fall
blowing pays but the evidence never
becomes so plain as when two pieces
of land in the same field are tested, the
one fall plowed and the other not. Last
year, in July, we plowed one-half of Il
piece of stubble ground. This spring
we plowed the whole piece again, sow
ing in oats and spring wheat. 1t is
now evident that the oats on the fall
plOwed land yield ut least IA third
more.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-11-19
WHY NOT?
BY KrcHARp HENRr sroppAKp.

BY RICHARD HEN ~ sIODDAkD-
When woman loves. and will not show IL,
What can her lover doi
I asked a scholar, and a poet,
But neither wise tool seemed to know IL
o.llady, l ask you.
Were YOU in love. Oet me suppose it,
What should your lover do
You know YOU love him. and he knows it;
Oh why not then. to him disclose il,
A. be his love to you
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-11-19
LOTS GIVEN AWAY !
Palma Sofa, Florida.

The paradise of invalids! The home of tropical
fruits! Climate unsurpassed! No frost No eX-
tTemes of heat or cOdl No malaria Ground high
and dry! Plenty of pine and the finest hunting
and fishing in America
PALMA SOFA has the name of being the larg-
est, prettiest and youngest town in Florida. Is
beautifully located on the Gulf Coast two miles
above the mouth of the Manatet river. Already
the iron horse is vending its way to Palma Sofa,
and the tourist will arrive at its firstclass
hotel, where he can get meal to suit his epcurean
tastes
Florida, with sawmiil, furniture mandatory,
packing houses, warehouses, churches school
house, post office stores, beautiful residences and
large wharf at which ocean steamers arrive daily
from Tampa.
WARREN LELAND. Jr.. of Long Branch
fame, has secured location at Palma Sofa for the
erection of winter resort. The prediction is safe
based as it is upon the natural advantages and
attractions of the place that he will make this the
Long Branch of Florida, and other large hotels
will be built.
the terminus, and the direct route to Havana,
Cuba Lots will double and guadruple their pre-
sent prices. Now is the time to buy.
Lots 1OOx300 it. S45 to 5000 per lot. We want
Palma Sofa to keep booming, and as an inducement
to the public, and 10 thoroughly advertise this
number only of lots giving lots alternately as
they come CORNERS exceptedl charging applicants
the expense of deed transfer, etc. which will not
exceed $500. Applicants can send postal money
order witt application to insure promptness, other
wise deeds will be sent G. o. ID. Applicants must
not be surprised at the return of their money, as
being Limited the first come will be first served.
Title perfect. Full Warranty deed
Send for pamphlet. Address
PALMA SOFA LAND COMPANY,
% South William St, New York.
References
B. ). Hennng. Esq. Priest Fla. K. K. and Nav. Co
II. Il. Plant Esq. Prest. Southern Express Co.
Postmaster. Palma Sofa Florida.
John :. Beach Esq Prest. Prairie City Bank, Ter
Haute Ind.
Jas. c. McGregOr. Capitalist, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Henry 5. Hubbard, Cashier Columbia Bank, N Y
VIM. Drysdale New York Times, New York, and
a host of others.
1921
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-11-19
1886.
Harper's Magazine.
ILLUSTRATED.

The December Number will begin the Seventy
second Volume of HARPER's MAGAZINE. Miss
WooLsoN's novel East Angels" and Mr. How
Ellis Indian Summer"-hOdng the foremost
several numbers and will be followed by serial
stories from K. D. BLACKMoRR and Mrs. d. NJ.
CRAIK. A new editorial department discussing
topics suggested by the current literature of Amer
lea and Europe, will be contributed by W. d.
How Ellis, beginning with the January Number.
publication of a series of papers-taking the shape
of story, and depicting characteristic features of
American society as seen at our leading pleasure
resOrts-written by CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER
and illustrated by c. S. REISHART. The Magazine
will give especial attention to American subjects,
treated by the best American writers, and Illus
trated by leading American artists.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-11-19
STOCKS and BONDS.
FIRST MORTGAGE LOANS.

BONDS.
100000 Town of johnson, Vt. at par and interest
$500 90 Town of Troy. Vt. :"
$1,000 90 Town of Sheldon. VT, a.
$4,000 City of Council Bluffs, Ia
STOCKS.
shares Ely Hoe and Fork Company.
10 shares First National Bank Of st. JObnsbury.
have thoroughly informed myself concerning
the above securities and can recommend them t.
the most conservative in vestOrs.
For terms and particulars inquire of
VIM s. BOYNTON,
At Passumpsie Savings Bank.
tiny GO Main Street, St Johnsbury, VT
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Presentation Of Account

STATE OF VERMONT. CALEDONIA DISTRICT. IS
- In Probate Court held at the Probate Office in
st. Johusbury within and for said District the
10th day of Nov. \. ID. 1885.
Mathew X. Gray executor of the last W i'll and
Testament of Isabel Gray, late of Ryegate in
said District deceased. presents his administra-
ton account for examination and allowance and
makes application for decree of distribution and
partition of the estate of said deceased.
WhereupOn, it ordered by said Court, that said
account and said application be referred to a SEES
sion thereof to be held at the Probate office in said
st. JoAnsbury. on the 18th day of Nov. A. ID. 1885
tor hearing and decision thereon and it is further
ordered that notice hereof be given all persons
Interested, by publication of the three weeks
successfully in the Caledonan, published at St
Johnsbury, previous to said time appointed fol-
hearing that they may appear at said time and
place, and show cause. If any they NAV have why
said account should not be allowed and such decree
made.
BY the Court. Attest
20 % WALTER p. SMITH Judge
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-11-19

A gold-mining company has bought
a claim in Bridgewater, are soon to
build n crusher, and have begun a dam
on the stream near ii. III. Hubbard's
farm. The other kind of dams will be
begun by the deluded stockholders
later.
Two new G. a. X. posts are to be
organized in the state, one at Dandy
and the other at Fairfax. That at
Dandy is being organized by Capt.
William IL. Bond and the new post
was mustered in November 10, j.
2. Hawkins of East WallingfOrd hav-
ing been appointed mastering officer.
The post at Fairfax is being organized
under the direction of Capt. Luther
Hunt. Capt. Fuller of st. Adams has
been appointed mastering officer, but
the date for the music ring in of the
post has not been fixed.
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HARPER,s PERIODICALS

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RY, One Year (5s Numbers), 10 90
Postage free to all subscribers in the United
States or Canada.
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ICE SKATES

from CSC pair up. Watches Clocks, Jewelry
Silver ware and Fancy goods, at panic prices and
a large assortment Bird cages Violin bags, Wag-
Ons, MaiOca ware. Coffee cups Hand bags. Wal
let's Pocket books and Albums all styles and prices
Spoons, Knives and Forks Cutlery, etc. All kinds
of baskets Alarm clocks cheap, Pictures, Frames
Umbrellas and Rubber goods at lowest prices
Organetts, BaniOs, ViOlins, AccOrdans, Flutes
Flies Drums, iarmonicas and Violin fixtures at
bottom prices. Curtain poles brass trimmed CSC.
Watch chains Charms, Pins, Rings, etc, at about
half price, every kind of a Rubber stamp and stem
ell made to order. A complete stock of goods at
very lowest prices and goods warrented repre-
scented. GEO. f. GROW.
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CLARK g. DODGE,
16 Eastern Avenue.
st. JOhnsbury, Sept. l, 1885.
THE BOSTON
VARIETY STORE.
10
CENTS GLOVES.

Every kind and style of Oil Tan, Buck, Dog skin,
Kid. Cloth, Plymouth buck, and Gents Driving
gloves, at lowest prices ever heard Of They were
bought very low and will be sold for less than any
man sell gloves. You can save money as have
a large stock of Gloves and Mttens of all kinds
to be retailed at Wholesale prices.
linn I'M ha linz
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Roller Skates

cheap and secondhand roller skates from 81 up.
Rink skates cheap. Vineyard and all the popular
styles of clamp skates at the lowest prices, also
Skate bags, Rollers, Rubbers Oilers and all parts
and fixtures Every thing in the line of
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-11-19
IA M PS

from CSC to 81, large lamp for 81 fine large
ParlOr lamp for 81 so also the best Library Lamp
offered i'll this town for the price. large gold
finish hanging lamp all complete with
IA inch Shade
fine So lamp will be sold for only 50. This is a
bargain You never got before and cannot get again,
after these gone. a large assortment of other
styles of hanging lamps also all parts of all kinds
of lamps at lowest prices and patent burner that
gives good light without a chimney, also the
wonderful Lightning Lamp that gives the largest
and best light of any Lamp in use, perfectly safe
and it smokes breaks a chimney.
One Lamp will light a room ferty feet
square and gives much light large lamps or
60 candles. You can have one on trial, do not buy
others claimed to be good as they much in
feriOr. Headquarters for Dolls. Every kind of a
doll from sc up and dolls heads all kinds. Every
thing in the line of
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BOOKS AND STATIONERY

Ask the price of these goods and you will be as
tonshcd We have not room to quote them here.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-10-24
The State Convention.

The principal business transacted n
the Y. M. G. A. state convention of Iowa
across the river yesterday was the cleo
ton of officers, which resulted as follows
President--Gen. A. G. Litchfield, OF
Davenport.
Vice Presidents-1st, Prof. F. Starr of
Cedar Rapids; I'd John Shields. of Wash
ington.
Secretary Eugene Brooks, of Tabor
Assistant Secretary--J s. Wright, of
Indianola
COMMITTEES
Credentials --Messrs. Matthews, of Dav-
euport; Derr, of Des Moines; Mccartney.
of Grinnell. Ti
Resolutions-HarryC Curtis, of Council
Bluffs; De Lamatter, of Mt Vernon.
Associations -Messrs. Tufts, Shields
and w N. Banner.
Business Messrs. Grinnell, Woodward
and Jacka.
Devotional Services - Messrs. Eye,
Townshend, Mccoy. Kenworthy and
Timmens.
State Committees Report - Messrs.
Shields. Briggs, Norris. MuiIenburg
johnson, Arnold, Waterman, Wyatt, Co
burn and Weidenssll
Treasurers Report Messrs Jordan
and Ruse