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The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-04-09
KATEB DoLoRo8A.

Because Of ono dear infant head
With golden hair,
To mo all little heads
A halo wear;
And for one sanity face I knew
All babos are fair:
Because of two wlde, earnest eyes
OF heavenly blue,
Which looked with yearning gaze
Ny sad soul through,
All eyes now fill mine own with tears
Whate'er their hue
Because of little death-marled lips,
Which once did call
Ny name in plaintive tones,
No voices fall
Upon my ears in vain appeal
From children small
Two little hands hold in my own
Long, long ago,
Now cause me a. wander through
This world Of WOO,
To clasp each baby hand stretched su
In fear of foe.
The lowest cannot plead in vain,
1loved him 70.
&C. c. Hahn, in the Current
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-04-09
"Laugh and Grow Fat >

il a precept easily preached, but not so easy tc
practice. If a person has no appetite, but q
distressing nausea, sick headache, dyspepsia
boils, or any other i'll resulting from inaction
Of the bowles, it is impossible to get up suoh d
laugh as will produce aidormanic corpulence.
In order to laugh satisfactorily you must bs
we'll, and to be we'll you must have your
bowels in good order. You can do this and
laugh heartily with DR.: Pierces pheasant Pur-
gative Pellets, tho little regulators Of the liver
and bowels and best promoters of jollity-
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-04-09
"shoot Polly ~ She F11es." :"

Pop
was the way it appeared in the proof slip. The
argus eyed proof-reader, however, knew the
quotation intended and changed it to read:
"Shoot Folly as she flies Pope. OF course
it was an error, yet how many are daily COM
naitting much graver errors by allowing the
# with 1ose nf annatita " cSv seuea.
tions, or hacking cough, ft is suicidal to delay
q single moment the use of DR.. Pierce's 'Gold-
On Medical Discovery, great and only re-
liable remedy yet known for this terribly fatal
malady. Send two letter stamps for DR..
Pierces complete treatise on this disease. Ad-
dress Worlds Dispensary Medical Association,
Buffalo, n Y.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-04-09
A Good Breakfast.

Mrs. E. W. Carpenter, Overlee, Baltimore
county, Maryland, writes: was greatly bene-
fted by the use Of Red Star Cough Cure, when
suffering from q severe cold. NY cook was Sc.
riously i'll from deep seated cough. She had
vice she used the Cough Cure in connection
with IN external application Of st. Jacobs Oil
to her side. In one night the change wrought
was most gratifying and astonishing. In the
morning she was like new person.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-04-09
Figures Won't Lie.

Tho figures showing tho enormous yearly
= medicine beyond dispute. It is purely veg.
etable compound Of certain roots, leaves ant
berries known to haye special value in Kidney
troublsA Combined with these arc remedies
acting directly on the Liver and Bowels. 1t Ii
because OF this combined action that Kidney.
IN al diseases Of these organa
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-04-09
Wisely Adoptaa by Dairyman.

The adoption by most Of tho prominent dairy-
men and farmers Of the United States, of the
Improved Butter Color made by Wells, Rich
ardson d Co., Burlington, Vt, is proof Of
their wisdom in business point of view.
Nearly all winter butter is colored in order to
make it marketable, and this color is the best,
in regard to purity, strength, permanence, and
perfection of tint
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-04-09

It Is not understood why druggists keep in
stock 80 many kinds of medicines for coughs,
colds and consumption, when it is only neces-
sary to keep Aliens Lung Balsam that old, re-
liable remedy, which is pure vegetable prep
aration, and perfectly harmless, as it contains
no opium in any form. Sold everywhere
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-04-09

Good news ought to be told; and it is good
news that Hunts Remedy has cured the worst
OF kidsny diseases, and can do it again.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-04-09

About s10o, 900 would have paid al tho hail.
breeds Of the No. .*hwest claim from the donnin-
ion government The war will cost several
times that sum if It developes into seriousness
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-04-09

PURE COP LIVER On. made from selected livers,
on the sea-shors, by CAswELL, HAZARD & Co.,
New York. 1t is absolutely pure and sweet:
Patients who have once taken it prefer it to all
others. Physicians have decided it superior to
any Of the other oils in market.
CHAPPED HANDS, FACE PIAdPLEs, and rough
Skin cured by using JUNIPER TAR SOAP, made by
CAswELL, HAzARD & CO.. New York.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-04-09

Ben Davis, London solicitor, has failed.
His liabilities are placed at 81 COO COO, and it il
stated lie has fed to Spain.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-04-09

aTA NEW SUIT. Faded articles of all kinds
restored TO their original beauty by Diamond
Dyes. Perfect and simple. l0c. at all drug
gists. Wells, Richardson & Co., Burlington, vt
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-04-09

X y Delicate diseases radically cured Con-
sultaton free. Address, Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, Bufalo, N. Y.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-04-09

o, my backl That lame back is caused by
kidney disease. Stop 1t at once by Hunts
Kidney and Lverl Remedy.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-04-09

Tho Mexican congress began is session,
President Dias, in his message, giving notice
that Barrios must be put down.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-04-09

IHAvE taken one bottle of DR. GRAVES HEART
REGULATOR for heart Disease and find it all I
could desire.-A. A Holbrook, Worcester, Mass
Free pamphlet Of F. E. Ingalls,, Cambridge,
Maaa
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-04-09

ALIENS IRON TONIC B1TTERs CREATE
nature Of j. P. Allen, Druggist, st. Paul, MINI
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-04-09

At Cincinnati Emery's candle factory, one Of
the largest institutions of the kind in the
country, was burned.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-04-09

Minister Cox cannot go to Turkey until he
finishes book which he is under contract to
produce by June l, or he will forfeit $50,0OO
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-04-09

Hon. Josh Royal, Of the dominion parliament.
will interview Riel and try and persuade him
ta cease his mad career.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-04-09

W. 81. A. Brown, of the Chicago board Of
trade, is under arrest on the charge of bisamy.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-04-09

A skillet full of old Spanish coins wa
dug up near the entrance to Harvard college
Cambridge
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-04-09

THOSE COMPLAINING of sore Throat or Hoarse-
ness should use BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRoEHRs
The effect is extraordinary, particularly vhen
voice
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-04-09

Gen Middleton advanced his forces to Fort
Qu'Appeile, and WAS stopped by tho open 6as
katcheWan
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-04-09

Ed Schofeld of Duluth killed full-sized
black bear with an Ak
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-04-09
CA UTION

~@ "A HFvINES, Strawberries, ko., BY mail.
RAH HEs Send for price list. Lathams Nurserys
UIh7I hEx -elsior, Lake Ainnetoaka, MINI.
RUY NORTHERN GROWN SEEDS. Cetslog
q free. j. 4. sALzRR, Seed Grower, Ia Crssss, Wiz
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-04-09


at the Baptist church on the Higher Uses Of
Education" The exhibit made Of school work
is very largo and creditable.
Died, at vassa, March "a, Mrs. A. l. Peter.
sou, aged seventy-iv years. She was lady
of unusual intelligence and considerable Of a
writer in the Swedish language She leaves
four children. three daughters and ons son,
Hon. J. W. Peterson; a member of the las,
legislature.
j. L. Buzzell, an old resident of Fair Haven,
died recently He was post commander Of the
Grand Army post of Fair Haven.
hog which was buried for four months in
haystack in Alden has been found q little
emaciated, but still in the flesh, and the moth
or Of a litter of very young porkers.
The county commissioners Of Wright county
voted to build bridge across Grow river
near Buffalo.
VIM McAllister was arrested for stealing 6OC
posts from A. l. Cole of Moorhead.
Frank Pogrzeba of Delano, who embarked
for Germany on the Weiland, which sank al
sea 69l miles from New York, has returned to
his home, having been one of the few passen-
gers who eacaped in q life boat and was picked
up and taken Back to New York. He has in.
definitely postponed his visit. Over 100 pas
sengers of the Wieland were drowned.
The saw mill Of Abel Keene at Heb ron, Mic.
ollet county, burned. Loss, 81, GOO.
A Bohemian colony is to settle on the banks
of Clear lake. Jackson county, this spring
WV. Washburn of Chatham, has begun
suit for 81, 600 damages against Willard Mann,
on q charge of libel
GAINESVILLE is to have new Lutheran and Con-
gregational churches this summer, the former
to cost $4,000 .
Ida shindle, . young woman of Lake Benton
died suddenly, it is supposed Of poison. -~.
A couple Of men from Elk River wentt Mon.
ticello on q spree, and lost their team thro oagh
the ice, while returning home ,>
Fire at Princeton destroyed the residence o,
D. A. Galley and J. Cardody Loss Of the latter
e1.ooQ .,- = = -57--.-s.;# 7-.-.s.;
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-09-16
Town Fairs and Clubs.

Brother Cheever of the Neu England
Farmer carries very level head, and
he never proved the fact more plainly
than in a recent discussion, from re-
port of which we make the following
extract:
l can second the statement made by
DR.. Twitchell when he said he believed
that town fairs were the best fairs in
the world. The best fairs that have
attended have been the small local
fairs that were managed at compare
lively little expense, where money was
not the main object, but where the
people of whole town once a year get
together and visit each other, which is,
in the case of a hundred families, a hun
dred times cheaper and easier and
pleasanter than it is to make hundred
visits. 1t makes holiday at nobody's
expense that is very pleasant. / have
been connected with farmers club in
the town of Franklin for some years
past, and they have attempted to have
fair occasionally. But it is not all the
work of an agricultural society and
farmers club to hold fair. We have
found since then that we accomplished
great deal more real lasting good from
the regular weekly meetings held all
through the winter, and the regular
monthly or fortnightly meetings held
through the summer, than it is possible
to get merely through the annual fair,
and | wish to add to the other thoughts
that have been uttered here that hope
your farmers club here, in starting for
the benefit of the agriculture of your
town, will hold weekly meetings all
through every winter and discuss sub
jects pertaining to your interests. Our
farmers club there does not rule out
lawyer, minister, a doctor, black
smith, or any class of people; any one
who will come to a club and pay a
dollar is a member, and all questions
are discussed that any one wishes to
discuss. When we 90 to the house of
the leading school committeeman, some
question is discussed relating to educa-
ton; when we meet the lawyer, some
question in regard to farm law. The
blacksmith gave us one of the best
lectures on horse-shoeing that | ever
heard anywhere. 1t is said there by
many that the farmers club is the best
institution in town; it has done more
good for the town than any other
institution
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-09-16

in the fall, using no manure. Ny crop
of oats increased each year. The sixth
year, by composing, / got manure
enough to spread ten loads (thirty-fve
bushels per load) per acre, and seeded
it down to herds-grass and clover. For
three years after seeding the grass
lodged, and for twelve or thirteen years
it bore good crop of hay. In COM
posting, forked over my green ma
nure in April, and mixed with loan,
using as much loan as manure. Over
each layer of loan / spread mixture
of ashes, lime and salt | never failed
in raising good root crop on this COM
post. For TIE past six years | have
wintered twenty head of cattle (princi-
pally oxen and cows) and two or three
horses, and have averaged selling ff-
teen tons of hay per year. A few years
ago / commenced using dry clay for
an absorbent. Having no barn cell
lar, / spread my horse manure in
trench behind my cattle and cover it
with clay. / get my clay in for winter
use before the fall rains, blowing it up
and getting it thoroughly dried and pull
verified. ! think by using absorbents
in this manure a man can sell nearly
half of his hay and keep his farm under
as good state of cultivation as he can
by using nothing but the clear manure
and feeding all his hay on the farm
Nelson Haley, AndroScoggin County,
Maine.
The above account of the renovation
of @ run-out (not Vermont" as
misprinted) farm, is the one which our
Cabot correspondent, G. II. r., referred
to as appearing in the Homestead and
regarded as incredible. The story is
not properly told, but if it was natu-
rally rich clay farm we do not think it
impossible that may have been brought
up in some such way. We have ourself
restored " run-out " land so rapidly and
cheaply that unless we told the story
with more detail than Mr.. Haley does, G.
II. r. might well think it to be " a lie."
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-09-16
Improvements that Pay.

Our good friend and brother agricul-
tural editor, Edwin r. Towle of Berk-
shire, Vt, contributes the following on
this topic to recent issue of the Home
stead Let it stimulate others to make
like improvements in their waste places:
Within sight of where / am writing
is field of five acres that previous to
1880 always had been in pasture. 1t is
level and quite moist, the soil being
thin stratum of muck and loan over a
hard-pan subsoil. The vegetation con-
sisted of rushes and water-grasses prin-
cipally, and it had got to be worth very
little as pasture. AS it adjoined the
highway, the owner determined on max
ing an improvement. The. land was
very stony, and the first time it was
plOwed the work could not be more
than half done. 1t was plowed once
annually for three years and sCwn to
oats. The seasons were so wet during
this time that but very little grain was
harvested. Three crops of stones were
removed, some being so large as to re-
quire blasting-in all amounting to
enough to fence the entire field, or
nearly so, with heavy whole wall.
With the last crop a good dressing of
stable manure was applied and the field
stocked down with timothy, red-top
and clover. The season was so wet
and backward that it could not be sown
until quite late. The catch of grass
was excellent and it wintered finely.
Last year splendid crop of hay was
taken from the piece, and now it is one
Of the finest fields of grass in the neigh
borhood. Its present condition affords
most striking contrast with that Of a
few years since, and shows what can
be done in the way of improving an al
most worthless pasture. Although the
cost of this improvement was large, yet
the present crops of hay must pay a
good percentage on the outlay, to say
nothing of the better appearance of the
field. 1t should be kept as a meadow
and no stock allowed to run upon it at
any season. The object should be to
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-09-16
Mammoth Meat-Makers.

In Burlington (New Jersey and adj
joining counties is where the red. or
Jersey Red" swine flourish in the
greatest numbers and attain the great
est size. Among number of farmers
there is much rivalry as to who can pro-
duce the most animals of the heaviest
weights, the matter of expense appar
emily being secondary consideration.
Two of the principal rivals are Joseph
Carter and Taylor Devinney, and they
recently slaughtered their competing
lots, those of the latter gentleman weigh
ing up first-best, as had been the case for
two years before. The dressed weights
of his nineteen head were as follows
1,079, LOGO, 1855, 1,049, 1,035, 1,O23,
LOOP, 99S, 993, 979, $50, 94S, 943, $40,
939, sos, 90l, 900 and S97 pounds.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-09-16
Bedspreads.

The following directions for fancy
bedspreads may be of use to some one
of our lady readers, as they are delicate
looking and have a pleasing effect upon
the room. They are made by taking
blue or pink cambria or silesia, and COW
ering it with fne-meshed mosquito net
ting. Some pretty, inexpensive cotton
lace may be used for border, and the
whole made with little work and small
outlay of money. Another way is to
take mosquito lace of rose color for both
sides of the spread, placing between
thin sheet of white cotton wadding.
The wadding may be split, if desired,
so as to be still lighter. The spread is
then tackled in squares with cross
stitch of pink crochet cotton, and after
the edges are turned in and run to-
gether, a border of the pink may be
crocheted around the spread. Such
spreads are cheap and pretty, as well as
ornamental, especially in chamber of
harmonizing tints. Window draperies
of the mosquito netting over colored
cambria or silesia to match may adorn
the room; also lambrequins, stand
cloths and the like, may be trimmed
to correspond.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-09-16
Jerseys in the Cold North.

Some writers maintain that if we
wish to continue the improvement of
the Jersey we should, as nearly as our
conditions will allow, conform to the
circumstances of the original breeding
and treatment. One writer states;
" The Jersey COW is product of the
Island of Jersey-of its soil, its climate,
its system of agriculture, the circum-
stances of its farmers and the needs of
the dense population there concen-
trated." AS l have above written, the
Canadian cow has preserved the marks
and traits of its Jersey blood through
very adverse conditions for scores of
years, and under circumstances entirely
opposite to those of the Island of Jer-
sey. A more pointed illustration of the
wonderful adaptability, the trueness
and value of the Jersey, is within the
writer's own experience, where i'm
ported Jerseys were formed into herd
in the cold climate of Canada, and the
progeny actually improved upon the
imported ones, and under the cold win
tiers of Canada. This was the case with
the st. Lambert herd of Jerseys, with
which the writer was personally and
actively interested from its establish
ment till its disposal, last year. This
herd had none of the genial climate of
the Island of Jersey; on the contrary,
they had the cold winters and hot sum
mers of the Province of Quebec, and
yet suffered no deterioration. A direct
improvement by careful selection and
breeding was effected. -Quebec Cor.
Ne,C England Farmer
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-09-16
Choice REGIMES.

JELLY TARTLETs.-Make the paste
the same as for mince pies; line small
patty pans, pricking the paste in the
bottom to keep it from putting too high;
bake in quick oven, and then fill with
jelly or jam.
TOMATOEs.-Slice green tomatoes,
and boil in weak brine until tender;
then remove from the brine. Dissolve
one pound of brown sugar in one quart
of vinegar; scald with spices to your
taste, and pour over the tomatoes.
TOMATO UP.-Take six quarts of
cut tomatoes; cook, and strain them
through sieve; then add one pint of
vinegar, half cup of sugar, two table,
spoonfuls of black pepper, two of salt,
one OF cinnamon, allspice and cloves;
boil until thick.
ICED FRUITs.-Take punches of ripe
currants on the stalks; dip them in the
whites of eggs, well beaten; lay them
on sieve. Sift white sugar over and
let them dry. They are very nice for
dessert on the tea-table. Grapes, cher
ries or plums may be prepared in the
same way
GREEN PEA SoUP.-Boil till tender
OhO Pllit VI peas III JuSl WdlCI
enough to cook them; remove from the
fire and mash very fne then mix
thoroughly with two pints of sweet
milk, strain through sieve and return
to the fire. Season with butter, pepper
and salt to suit the taste, and when it
boils serve with cracker, the same as
oyster soup.
WHITE CANDY.-Take one quart of
granulated sugar, one pint of water, two
table-spoonfuls of vinegar; boil as you
do molasses candy, but do not stir it.
You can tell when it is done by trying
it in cold water. Pull it; have dish
near by with some vanilla in it, and
work in enough to flavor it, as you pull.
Put it in cold room and the next day
you will have delicious candy.
NICODEMUs PoP-CoRN.-Putin into an
iron kettle one tablespoonful of butter,
three of water, and one tea-cupful of
white sugar (pulverized is best); boil I'M
til ready to candy; then throw in three
quarts of corn, nicely popped; stir
briskly until the candy is evenly dis
tributed over the corn; set the kettle
from the fire and stir until it is cooled a
little, and you have each grain separate
and crystalized with the sugar. Care
should be taken not to have too hot
fire, lest you scorch the corn when crys-
tallizing. Nuts of any kind prepared
in this way are delicious.-Home Farm.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-09-16
A Maine Farmer on the Fence
Question.

A correspondent of the Maine Farmer
says:
{" If / had my way, / wouldn't have
a fence on the farm. In the first
place, there are over GA 900 farmers in
Maine. Now their farms have in the
aggregate over 1000, 900 rods of fence,
or rising 131 900 miles. This is outside
of ornamental fences, and does not in
clude some 1000 miles or more of rail-
road fencing. There are II 900 rods of
highway fences, 100000 rods of
partition fences and some $4,000, 900
rods of division fences. Estimate the
cost of these fences at 81 per rod
and that would, | think, be fair esti-
Maine is over 100000. This is
nearly as much as all the farms and
their buildings are worth. 1t is more
than twice and a half the value of all
our live stock, and nearly as much as
the entire capital of the state invested
in manufactures. Counting the cost of
changes and repairs, the loss from
yearly decay, the cost of breaking roads
through snow-drifts caused by road
fences, and the interest on the first cost,
and taxes, and you'll find that our fences
cost us annually S6,000,000. My idea
is that fences ought to be confined ex-
clusively to pastures. / would abolish
the rest. Road fences do more damage
than good by causing the roads to drift
in the winter time. The only possible
use fencing mowing-feld can be is
to enable the farmer to feed his stock
in it during the spring and fall"
This fence question is one with
several sides to it, A number of states,
Maine and Vermont among them, have
passed laws requiring every owner of
live stock to enclose them so that they
will not trespass upon the premises of
others, and relieving all from the obli-
cation to fence against the stock of
others. But in this country law is
not really law unless it is heartily
acquiesced in by the people. No law
in Vermont has ever really given pro-
lection to orchards, because even
deacons (unless they are orchardsts)
will smile in the presence of their chill
dren when they hear of orchards being
raided. Fruit is not property in Ver-
mont in the same sense that horses
are property. To be sure, the written
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-09-16

gained their experience? The fact is,
squashes, melons and cucumbers pro-
duce fertile flowers and infertile flowers
on the main stems, and male and fe-
male flowers on the side shoots, indis-
criminately. Make the soil rich enough
to bear crop, keep insects from de-
stroying the vines, be careful to have
no more vines left to grow than there
will be plenty of room for, and the mat
ter of pinching may be neglected en-
tirely, yet the vines will find way for
producing crop. We do not say that
pinching is entirely useless under all
circumstances, but we do not believe it
will often pay for the labor. 1t is GER
tainly not necessary to the securing of
a crop, if other conditions are favor
able. Many plant too thickly, and the
vines expend considerable vital force in
trying to get out into open air where
they can produce healthy leaves. With
out large, healthy leaves, there can
be no large, perfect fruit. The best
squashes are often found at the ends of
main vines that have run long dis
lance to get out into air and sunshine.
-NeU EHqldHd Farmer.