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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-30

the day the original forest was relent-
lessly cut and burned off them and
they were left naked. to parch in the
blown away by the wind. Plenty OF
such tracts there are, which are not
worth cultivation in the usual way and
which yield but scanty pasturage, but
which could be given large value for
the future by planting or sowing with
trees of varieties judiciously chosen.
The trees are needed for timber, and
in fifty years from now "A good sugar
orchard will be just as valuable an ad-
junct of every farm as it is to-day. In
this direction lies one of the coming
reforms in our Vermont farming meth
DDS.
We do not look to see the establish
ment of an Arbor day set everybody at
once to planting trees. Probably Gov.
Pingree does not expect to see the state
Immediately converted into a forest by
means of his proclamation. But all
the same it will make a beginning in
the right direction. 1t will do much
to establish and encourage "A sentiment
for planting. We trust public
spirited men and women in every town
and school district will see that some
thing is done about it. The governors
day is well chosen. The May-day SEN
timent fits in with and will sensibly
help along the Arbor-day sentiment.
The school children should be encOur-
aged to take hold of the work, and if
in every or any community the day can
be made the occasion of Il general tree
planting frolic and outdoor festival,
SO much the better Brattleboro Ph9-
niy
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-30

but one way to cultivate crops, and
that was by work When a Roman
discovered that the droppings of ami
mails would make plants grow he was
voted a god, and the Roman farmers
began to buy top-buggies i'll anticipa-
ton of their profits from the new sys-
TEN, but they carried it too far. Our
land needs manure but it needs work
too. The average farm in Caledonia
county needs both very bad, but it
needs work most. A well worked piece
of land, if it is good for any thing, will
hold out longer i'll its crops than a well
manfred piece poorly worked. Never
pillow your land less than twice before
seeding, and harrow at intervals of two
or three weeks between times. The
The best plan is to pillow late in sum
mer, harrow as you can get time till
snow, pillow again in the spring and
cultivate all you can until seed time.
If you have no manure to put on, keep
it up year with frequent cultivation
and yOu can get n good crop and get
rid of all your weeds.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-30
Good Drainage for Our Houses.

Domestic dwellings have reached
this stage in the gradual evolution
from the tent and log cabin, when all
those that lay claim to completeness
go by water. Not that this is finali-
ty, but it is the stage achieved at pres
ent. Whatever else happens, they
must be so situated that constant
stream of water may pass through
them, a condition which is sometimes
overlooked until it is too late to con-
form to 1T. Moreover, although the
current may be originally as pure and
clear as the skies themselves, from
which it sometimes comes direct by
way of the roof and the cave spOuts,
when it leaves the house it has become
of the earth, earthly it is no longer an
innocent and healthful friend, but an
enemy to be dreaded, to be driven out
as quickly as possible and forever ban
ished from the premises. In u word,
there must be good drainage. Good
drainage means one of two things,-a
sewer running to some remote and in
accessible outlet, or else sufficient
extent of arabic land within reach and
control, just below the surface of which
the lowest pipes in the house or under
it may empty themselves harmlessly by
the method known as subsurface irri-
cation. These two seem to be the
only civilized methods of disposing of
the liquid wastes of household that
are available under ordinary cOndi-
tions. Cremation, evaporation, absorb
ton, transportation, may be reduced
to scientific practice in the future, and
become not merely safe but profitable.
At present they are expensive and ex-
perimental.-[E Z. G. Gardner, in Good
Housekeeping.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-30
General News.

A cremation society has been for
mally organized i'll Worcester, Mass.
There are in this country at present,
according to estimates, very nearly, if
not fully, $4,000 skating Kinks.
Carroll ID. Wright thinks the popu-
lation of Massachusetts May l will
prove to be from 1900, 900 to 2, 030, 600
1t is reported that Mrs. Garfield has
rented IL house in WilliamstOwn, Mass,
and will spend three or four months
there this summer.
The Boston skating Kinks have been
placed under police surveillance, by
order of the mayor, owing to the bad
influence charged against this popular
style of amusement.
James Russell Lowell, the English
minister, whose health is much i'm
proved, has no intention of remaining
i'll England. He will formally intro
duce his successor early next month,
and is also arranging series of din
ners and other entertainments so as to
give MIR. Phelps as pleasant an intro
ductiOn to London political and social
life as possible AS soon as the new
minister is fairly installed Mr. Lowell
will return to the United States.
The will of Mrs. Eliza w. Morgan of
New York, widow of the ex-governor,
leaves S:}S3, 900 to her immediate rela-
tives and friends, and distributes
SI35, 900 to various benevolent insti-
buttons. The old wOmen's home, her
pet charity, is given $4,000, the
woman's hospital $40, 900, the woman's
exchange $1,000, the ladies' Christian
union, home of industry for criminals,
young women's Christian association,
children's aid society and Moody home
at Mortified, Mass, $4,000 each.
The McAuley and Cremorne missions
receive 5000.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-30
How to Keep Arbor Day.

The outcome of the establishment
and observance of an annual ArbOr
day in Vermont should, and we believe
will, lie in two directions toward the
aesthetic or ornamental and the practi-
cal. In every village aud rural neigh
bOrhOOd there are rOadsldes to be
planted with trees, and public grounds
which need their friendly shelter. The
school yard wants few trees set with
in its borders, and the more uninviting
the spot the more it needs them. The
grounds about the village church would
be greatly improved if half dozen
trees were put growing there. The
cemetery paths especially need this
sort of ornamentation, and if the viii
lage is so fortunate as to have an open
square or common" it can only be
made a thing either of beauty or utili-
~ by planting it with trees. Last of
all, but really most important of all,
there are the grounds about the house
to be set with trees. The chances are
that they have been long neglected,
but il is time that a new leaf was turn
ed over, and here the useful may well
join hands with the ornamental.
1t is too much to expect that the
work of practical tree-planting will be
taken up in earnest in Vermont until
the public mind has been more fully
educated on this point than has yet
been done. BY practical" tree-plant-
ing we mean the planting of trees i'll
considerable tracts, to be grown and
realized upon as is done with any other
crop. All over the state there are
great spaces of desolate open country,
which were robbed of their real value
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-30
Vermont News.

DIR. John G.. Currier of Castleton has
presented to the University of Yer
mont his cabinet of Indian relics. The
specimens have been mainly collected
since 1881, and many of them are from
NeshObe island.
The body of Patrick Marooney of
CharlestOwn, n. H., who fell from the
bridge at Windsor, January I, was
Thursday. 1t had come down the
river thirty six miles.
frankie Root, I6 years old, being
capsiZed in some way while cOasting
at Underhill, got his tongue under the
next homecoming sled, and quite a
large slice was so nearly taken off that
it had to be severed.
George Prouss, aged I6, a bell-boy
at the Weldon house, st. Adams, had
some words with the porter of the
house, Wednesday, the 18th, and stab
bed him i'll the left breast, with jack
knife, but not dangerously. Prouss
will go to the reform school. Dime
move! reading did it.
A new enterprise is the publication
of daily paper during the session of
the Vermont Methodist Conference at
Bellows Falls, April 30-May 6. The
paper will give full aud extended re-
ports of business sessions, sermons,
addresses, etc. A similar paper was
started in the New England conference
two years ago and proved a success.
4 troublesome cattle disease is pre-
vailing about Hubbardton, especially
among yearlings. The symptoms are
running at the eyes and securing, and
the animals die in about 30 hours.
Hugh Burns has lost six, Z. j. GansOn
three, and A. @. Hill and n. w. Chand-
Ter each one.
Senator Edmunds is the peculiar
character in public life to-day. Some
one ought to write magazine article
about him, for it is subject too rich
and varied to be dismissed in a news
paper article. He is the greatest man
on great matters and the most persist
ent on small ones in the senate. The
other senators regard him as an indis-
pensable adjunct of the senate, but no
one knows whether he is a friend or AN
enemy, or pretends to predict what lie
| will do To morrow. But he is, SO far
as one person can be, the autocrat OF
the senate, and whether he takes up
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-30
Wisdom of Raising Pure Stock.

The indications are that all of the
useful breeds of cattle will be repre-
scented at our next cattle show, and we
shall do well To study them carefully
aud interest our children in them if we
can. We may keep body and soul to-
gether with our scrub stock, but our
children have got To raise pure stock
or 90 To the wall, and the sooner we
acauaint them with the different
breeds, the better adapted they will be
to wrestle with the future. Our corn
is worth 80 cents when Nebraska corn
is - cents. See the folly of raising
animals that must he sold by the
pound here. when there is never
ending demand for breeding animals
of good blood at paying prices. While
breeding pure cattle in very crude
aud slovenly way is sure to yield
profitable results, we should try to be-
come masters in the business so as Ia
reap larger harvests; therefore let us
keep our eyes open and try and profit
by the experience of others.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-30

Dat straw and turnips make as good
a feed for growing steer as can be
had. He should have from 30 to 90
pounds of turnips per day,-say a two
year old-and as much straw as he
wants. The trouble is we think peck
of turnips a day should do great
things, and justly we get disappointed.
A crop that yields from eight to twelve
hundred bushels per acre cannot be
spread out too thin and amount to
much. In Scotland many feeders give
Il2 pounds when finishing up a steer.
The best beef that comes into the Lon
don market is fed on turnips. The
lean is juicy and sweet, and the fat is
solid and not like blubber. The tur-
nip is emphatically a young animals
food, but we must feed literally. Pre-
pare your ground we'll and cultivate
properly, and they are very profita
bile crop.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-30
Advice to Butter-Makers.

ANY farmers wife who makes even
ten tubs of butter in season should
take sample 10 the next fair and get
the benefits of eX-parte judgment. You
must remember that if you think that
and the buyers think otherwise, that
you will have to sell cheap. You
want to learn what the buyers want,
less of your own opinions. The writer
cannot eat butter salted as the public
taste requires, but he salts his butter
that is to be sold to please the buyers.
If you wish good prices, make goods
that will please.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-30
Calf-Feeding.

Take good care of the calves you
raise this year. If you rear them on
the pail, feed II spoonful of cooked flax
seed per day with their mess, and give
them all they will eat. 1t costs less to
put pound of meat on a young thing
than it does half pound when it
rrnMs oldcr
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-30
MOORE g. HARVEY
Railroad Street.
HOUSES FOR SALE.

On account of financial misfortune over which /
had control am Obliged to offer my real estate
in Summerville for sale, consisting of 2-story
Cottage house, occupied by myself and one 2-tene-
ment house all new and which rents for 1856 Oh per
year also two building lots one top buggy one
1-horse lumber wagon also building materials of
every description, and paints, all of which pro-
pose to sell at the lowest cash price. ask the sup
port and sympathy of every good man that believes
that kind of religion that pays hundred cents
on the dollar. N. j. CALDBECK.
tmay3O st. Johnsbury Vt.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-30
Prices of Good Stock.

At Mr.. Cochrane's semi-annual auc-
ton sale, held April and Z at Dexter
Park, Chicago, his Hereford calves av-
eraged S3I4.l6 and his Aberdeen An
gus so -, an average not quite up
to some of his former sales but one
showing a healthy interest in good
stock.--At the Kellogg combination
sale of Holstein cattle in New York
city April 9TH, thirty-six animals were
sold averaging little over 1922 pei
head
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-30
Sick Calves.

Two ounces of castor oil or three
ounces at raw linseed oil, given a calf
in the first stages of scOurs, will almost
always effect cure, but n genuine
case of dysentery is troublesome
thing to handle.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-30
Make n Garden.

Make good garden and take good
care OF it, it will pay better than you
think, and besides, you get an expert
ence in the habits of plants that will
be valuable in the field.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-30
Manure.

To manure land originally meant to
hoe, to dig, To pillow, to harrow. Adam
and the early grangers didn't know
that the drOppings of animals would
help them at their work. Joseph, when
he cornered corn in Egypt, knew of
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-30

CTATE OF VERMONT, CALEDONIA DISTRICT IS
- In Probate Court, held at the Probate Office in
st. JOhusbury in said District, the 10th day of
April a. ID. 1s-5.
Martin v b. Hathaway executor of the last viii
and Testament of Lucia G. GOss late OF Hard wick in
said district deceased, presents his administration
account for examination and allowance and makes
application for a decree Of distribution and parti-
ton of the estate Of said deceased.
WhereupOn, it is ordered by said Court, that said
account and said application be referred To a
sion thereof, to be held at the Probate Office in
said st. JOhnsbury, the 18th day of May,
a. D. 1885 for hearing and decision thereon and
it is further ordered that notice hereof be given
to all persons interested by publication Of the
three weeks successively in the CALIFORNIAN, a
newspaper printed at st. JOhnsbury, previous
to said time appointed for hearing. that they may
appes- at said time and place and show cause IL
any hey may have, why said account should not
be allowed, and such decree made.
BY the Court, Attest
9I-93 WALTER i. SMITH. Judge.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-30
Do YOU want
A new SUIT?

Then look at my new stock
of clothing, embracing desir-
able styles in sacks and frocks.
Nice 4 button cutaway suits
in fine brown or black whip
cords at $1,000 for full suit
worth $50. Pants from $500
up. Odd coats and vests very
cheap. Nice suits at $40 and
$3.50. Don't fail to look at
my stock before purchasing
elsewhere. @@ [ CAN and
WILL save you money.
In other departments | have
as full an assortment as can be
found anywhere and l guaran-
tee prices every time. [ can
only say to those who have
favored us with their patron
age for many years that | shall
always do my best to keep
such goods as they may want
and at the most reasonable
prices. And [ invite every
body to call and see how far a
dollar will go. Everything
warranted as represented and
satisfaction guaranteed in
every respect or money re-
funded Wool, butter, hides,
calf-skins, &C., bought at the
highest market prices.
q. e. WOODS.
Passumpsic Vt March IS 'S5.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-30

Conductor Melius Says Something of Interest
to all Travellers.

Conductor MeIius Says Something of Interest
to all Travellers.
Poughkeepsie n. Y, Feb. ~ 1884
DIR. David Kennedy. ROndout. n. Y:
Dear Sir,-I have used your medicine called
DIR. DAVID KENNEDY FAVORITE REMEDY
Tor indigestion and dizziness, 10 which was sub
lected at times and know from experience that il
is worthy of all that be said of il for disorders
of that kind Respectfully w : MFIITTS
60 Harrison Street.
That DIR. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy is
extensively used along the line of the Hudson Riv-
er Railroad, is shown by the following from larry
town The writer is none other than Mr.. DeRe-
we're the station agent of the Hudson River Rail
road Company at Tarrytown man we'll known in
that community.
Tarrytown, n. Y, Feb %, 81
DR.. d. Kennedy Rondout. N
Dear Sir,-For long time l was troubled with
severe attacks of dizziness and blind sick head
aches. l thought il was due to impure blood and a
dlsordered state of the system. / was advised to
try tavorite Remedy. l did so, and have been
completely cured. It's the best thing ever heard
OF for any disorder of that nature. and I've recon-
mended ii to many with like success.
\. DEREVERE
DR. Kennedy's FavOrite Remedy is not confined
to one state or locality. but is hailed a boon by
hundreds in every state. the following letter
from Millville, Nj, will show;
Millvile n. j.
DIR. David Kennedy, ROndOut n. Y
Dear Sir had been a suffe er from dyspepsia
from the time sixteen years old. had con
suited various physicians. but could find relief
therefore had almost given mp in despair of ever
recovering my health, when DR.. Kennedy's Favor
tie Remedy was recommended which 7 tried and
have been cured. It's the best medicine | ever
knew of and worthy of the greatest confidence.
S9-92 MRS. =. G. DOUG HERTY.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-30
pared Tor The JaIedol
Bad for Horses.
Manure Hint.

Repeated tests have shown that there
is no more profitable way of handling
manure than to spread in winter on
the snow.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-30
ST. Iohnsbury Soldiers Record.

a record OF all soldiers who went from for the
own OF st. JOhDsbury, written by the late Hon. A
J. CHADWICK, contains ZIG pages bound in cloth.
This work is for sale Price 81. by mail slIO.
All orders should be addressed to
II. Y. DAVIS, Agent
II - ST. JOhnsburY. Va.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-30
GOLDEN RULE POULTRY YARD

MOTTO, LUKE VI: 81
Rare and High Glass Poultry
Eggs q 90 for I3 OF $50 for ID Descriptive Cir
eular and Price List sent 10 any address
! nice Breeding Pen, l male and 5 females Rose
Comb White LeghOrns for sale, Price 1900
The FINEST FOWL In the Country.
CHAS S. HASTINGS, Prop'r,
tmay7 ST. JOhnsbury VT.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-30
ACME IRON WORKS.
DO YOU KNOW

That we are placing upon our
counters one of the best lines
of SUITS for BOYS,
YOUTHS and MEN ever Of
fered in town, of FINE MATE
RIAL, NOBBY STYLES, and the
BEST MADE of anything
ever offered by us, and at
prices that are lower than the
same quality of goods were
ever sold. Come and see the
best working PANTS ever
offered to the trade at So and
$3.50, all good clean wool and
NO SHODDY. Our brown all
wool SPRING OVER COATS at
$3.50 are well made and good
style, would be called cheap
at $40; besides these we have
BLACK and BROWN
WORSTED OvercOats that
are very nice. In HATS our
variety of NEW and NOBBY
styles is large in STIFF, SOFT
and CLOTH. Call and ex-
anime our stock and be con-
WINGED of the fact that you can
save money by buying of us.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-30
MAKE HENS LAY.

II is well known fact that OF the Horse and
cattle Powder sold in this country is worthless
that Sheridan's Condition Powder is absolutely
pure and very valuable. NOTHING ON EARTH
WILL MAKE HENS LAY LIKE SHERIDAN's
CONDITION. POWDER. Dose, one teaspoonfu o
each pint OF food Sold everywhere, or sent by
mail Tor % cts. in stamps. We furnish il in
cans, price, LOO BY mail, 81. 40. cans So 90
express paid Very valuable Circulars Free
l. 5. JOHNSON 81 CO., BOSTON, MASS.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-30

Central America or the newspaper re-
ports of secret session, the rest gener-
ally fall in behind.-[Springfield Re-
publican.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-30
FARM FOR SALE
AT SOUTH NEWRURY.

The farm known as the 'Chamberln Farm, con
tanning 200 acres of excellent meadow land, lying
on the Connecticut river close by the South New
bury railroad station There the place q
new house, three new barns and a corn barn
There is running water at the buildings. The farm
is OF the best IN the neighborhood cuts eighty
tons Of hay, and is in every way desirable piece
of property For further Information inquire of
65tf S. w HALE Keene n. II.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-30
BABY CARRIAGES,
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT LINE

viOlins, banjOs, accOrdiOns harmonious, flutes,
flies, drums, Organets, Ocarinas eornets vio-
lin and banjo strings bows, books
pegs and all fxings. Majolica ware, coffee cups,
work baskets everything in dolls from SC. to $500.
4 large assortment of Photo, Card, and Autograph
albums, all prices, velvet and plush frames, wal
lets, purses and pocket books. A new stock of
cutlery, knives, forks, and spoons. full line of
Rogers spoons and forks. All styles of clocks from
81 up. Alarm clocks cheap. All kinds of baskets.
Curtain poles at half price, dolls heads brackets,
hat. towel, music, and paper racks picture frames,
games all kinds of toys. Every kind of RUBBER
STAMP made to order at lowest price. Name
stamp soc. and every thing else in this line
~ These goods MUST be sold. NOW is your
time to get big bargains.
GEO. Z. GROW.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-30
sECoND-HAND TYPE.

Amateur Printers can find at The CaledOnian
Office ~ fonts of Job and fancy type, not much
worn for sale cheap TO make room for new type
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-30

CTATE OF VERMONT, CALEDONIA DISTRICT IS
- In Probate Court held at the Probate office in
st. JOhnsbury, within and for said District the
9Th day OF April, a. ID. 1885.
An instrument purporting To be the last VIII and
Testament of Lucinda Philbrook late Of Hardwick
in said district deceased being presented to Court
by Joseph NJ. Stevens, the executor therein named
for Probate
1t is ordered by said Court that all persons
cemed therein be notified To appear at a session of
said Court, to be holden at the Probate office in
st. JOhnsbuTy, the 18th day of May
A. ID. 1855, and show cause, if any they may have,
against the Probate of said VIII; for which pur-
it is further ordered, that copy of the record
of this order be published three weeks successfully
in the CaedOnian, printed at ST. John sbuTy pre-
viOus to said time appointed for hearing.
By the COnrt, Attest,
WALTER p SMITH Judge.
A true copy of Record Attest
1922 WALTER Z. SMITH. Judge