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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-11-17

stances the onions were not good.
There grew double stalk out of each
onion, and very thick for about three
or four inches up from the root, almost
as thick as the root itself. The land
they were sowed in was well MANFRED
and trenched both years. The onions
were sown on the same ground each
year. What is the trouble? Is it in the
seed? JOHN KING.
Lyndon Center, VT.
REPLY BY THE AGRICULTURAL Ed
IToR.-We take it that Mr.. King is not
an American, and is not acquainted
with the American method of growing
onions. However it may be in cooler
and moister climates, trenching and
deep manuring will make the best
onion seed that can be had grow to
scallions. The very reverse practice
must be ollowed-surface manuring,
shallow tillage 0hree or four inches is
quite enough) with firm treading-in of
the seed at planting time. In order to
get handsome, solid and well-ripened
onions in Northern Vermont, even with
the best and earliest strains of seed,
warm exposure, the earliest possible
planting on light soil, liberal surface
manuring with old manure well mixed
with the top soil, and liberal top
dressing of good ashes, joined with
thorough tillage during the whole sea-
son, watching constantly for the at
tacks of insects, are essential. For the
"greasy cut worm,' which did such
damage last season, scatter handfuls of
fresh grass poisoned with Paris green,
at intervals of rod each way, all over
the patch. For the little white onion
worm, the immediate digging up with
big spoon or a trowel of all plants
as soon as attacked, and the burning
or deep burying of the plants and at
tached soil, is essential. When their
onslaught is almost all over the patch,
as sometimes happens, nothing is of
any good but going up and down the
rows with tea-kette of boiling water,
pouring as fast as you can walk, di-
rectly on the plants. 1t will seem to
kill them, but they will come up again,
and the worms only will be destroyed.
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BarberrieS.

Sister "Dot:: 81 think they are nice
a pound of sugar to pound of fruit.
Melt the sugar, then put in the berries
and let them cook few moments, skim
them out and boil the juice down
little thicker. If they are put up in
glass cans of course there is no need of
its being very thick. l know a lady
who cooks them in molasses and thinks
them very nice. do not like them
very well, but you might. A friend
once told me "they were very nice in
sweet apple sauce, gave it such good
flavor and handsome color" She liked
them better so than used alone. If L
could get them, could find use for them,
but they are scarce article about here.
f. A. b.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-11-17
Some Questions.

% What is the harm, if any, of
working over butter twice? Won't
some old butter-maker ventilate the
subject for the benefit of beginner?
(2) What will make backing stick to
stove doors and places where the stove
gets the hottest? (3) What is good
rule to color with catechu on cotton or
WOOL also to color green on cotton?
(4 What will prevent clothes from
turning yellow after being ironed and
put away? WALLFowER.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-11-17
The Hour of Comfort.

Sometimes there comes within the life,
This checkered life of ours,
SO much of loss and pain and strife
That our sad eyes, with tear-drops rife,
Look up and see no flowers.
A sudden sorrow clouds the day
And the tired heart grows faint,
For strength and courage die away,
And lips that have been firm to pray
Can only make complaint.
And life becomes at such time
An unattractive thing;
There is no sound of CHEEKY chime,
The days move on in dreary rhyme,
And bring no heart to sing.
II such time should come to thee
And somewhere in the years
For every one its pain will be
DO not despair, but try and see
Some sunshine through the tears.
And know that he whom sorrows teach
Receives gift from heaven:
His tenderness some hearts may reach
To whom the glad in vain might preach
And Joy through him is given.
o, then, be thou a comforter
To some more sad than thee;
And while thou thus dost minister,
Strange bliss in thine own heart shall stir
And grief forgotten he.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-11-17
agricultural.
T. n. HOSklNS, M. D., Editor,
Newport, Vermont.
Quebec Papers, No. 3.

LEAKAGE IN MANURE CELLARS p
Professor Henry Stewart, in the Rural
NeU Yorker of October I'd, speaking as
he says after thirty years experience,
added to "the conclusions reached by
a careful study of the science of manur-
ing" asserts positively.-I take it,
that no liquid manure is wasted al
though dropped in a manure cellar dug
Sin the sandiest of sandy soils" He
says it is all filtered and the manurial
elements retained at the surface, within
three inches. l am anxious to know
what Sir J. B. Lawes and other author
tiles on such matters would say of such
a theory? My study of the matter,
from the reading of various authors,
leads me to very different conclusions.
The total droppihgs of mich cow,
read, are composed of about sc per cent.
of water, and 96 per cent. of the whole
manure is soluble in water. 1t has
been shown, by actual weighings, that
a COW of 1000 pounds weight, fed on
sixteen pounds of hay and thirty
five pounds of potatoes gave siXty-two
pounds of manure. Allowing eight
square yards, superficial measure, to
each COW, the droppings through the
winter should amount to as many cubic
yards, or more, without any admiXture
of absorbents. Is it possible that such
mass go per cent. soluble, can be
thus filtered and yet retained without
loss after six months winter? Professor
Stewart does not mention absorbents.
1t would be different matter of course
if enough absorbents were added But
then it would take fully twenty-eight
pounds of dry straw to absorb the fifty
five pounds of liquid dropped in twenty
four hours In order to save the liquid
manure, my cellar was excavated dish
shape and carefully covered with six
inches of well beaten blue clay over the
teaching sand. Who is right? l GER
tainly would wish Professor Stewart to
be, as it is no small matter to carry Sc
per cent. of useless water from the eel
lar to the distant fields?
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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-11-17

Sold by all druggists. 81; six for IS. Prepared
by G. l. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-11-17

variety. Q) What do you think?
There is or was a new variety called
Utters Red (2) Do you know anything
about that7 1 have already planted
twenty Bethel, but they are not bearing
yet. This variety is hardy here, but /
think shy about bearing generally, but
the fruit is best in quality. 1 have
planted fifteen Peach of Montreal to
top-graft with some tender variety.
What had better put in? (3) Why not
Baldwin? Thermometer sinks to minus
thirty, sometimes. / also have about
seventy-fve Wealthy in nursery, large
enough to set in orchard, but think l
have enough (about one hundred fifteen)
of this variety. (4) why not set and
top-graft with Northern Spy, (Which
is tender here) or with Rhode Island
Greening, which is also tender? 90 DO
you not think that worked on this hardy
stock, high up, the stock will exer-
else such an influence over the scion as
to cause it to ripen its wood while
young, until it gets to bearing, when
the danger might not be so great? [
think it would What do you say to
| this? JOHN WEBSTER.
Franklin, Vt.
| REPLY BY AGRICULTURAL EDITOR.-
In regard to the keeping of the Wealthy,
it depends on the way it is handled,
and the kind of cellar in which it is
kept. Early gathering (not later than
September 20), immediate placing in a
cool, dark cellar, with care to ventilate
through the cellar windows on cool
nights, so as to reduce and keep the
temperature low, until it is necessary to
replace the windows permanently, will,
at our place, ensure theWealthy keep
ing through the winter. BY an oppo-
site treatment they may be got into
eating by November l, and will not
last beyond New Years. In postscript
Mr.. w. asks about Red Canada, the
old Nonesuch apple, Or Steele's Red
of Michigan, and wants to know if it is
shy bearer. The tree is less hardy
than Fameuse, but where it does well
it is free bearer of the very finest
fruit, that keeps well. 1t is long, how
ever, since we have seen any nice ones,
except those grown in Michigan on new
land. We reply to the other questions
by numbers. CD The Blue Pearmain
would probably succeed in Franklin,
top-grafted as proposed (2) There is
an " Utter" apple, but the cred " is a
tree-peddler's fable. tits a yellow apple,
with a few faint red stripes, of good
size and quality, good keeper and
with Fameuse in hardness. co The
Baldwin goes out when 800 below zero
comes in, every time. Better stick to
Blue Pearmain or Bethel. The latter
is said to bear well, as the tree acquires
age. 1t is one of our hardest sorts,
equal to Wealthy in that respect, but
as yet we get little fruit FROM it. (D
Northern Spy might do, top-grafted on
Wealthy, in Franklin county, at least
near the lake. The Rhode Island
Greening is but little harder than
Baldwin. (5) That is the tendency,
and top-grafting is always best for
tender sorts. AS for ourself we do not
mean to run any more risk or take any
more trouble with " almost hardy "
sorts. Has Mr. w. tried Scott's Winter
as a long keeping iron-clad? We like
it better every year.
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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-11-17

INSTEAD of drinking so much green
and black tea, that tends to make
women wakeful, nervous and irritable,
try beef tea. Take lean meat, cut il up
small, and boil several hours; skim off
the grease and serve hot and well sea-
soned in cups.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-11-17
Thick.Neck Onions.

Mr.. Editor We have got onion
seed from Mr.. Wick and Mr.. Gregory
for the last two years. In both in
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-11-17

REMARKS BY THE AGRICULTURAL
EDITOR.-We might all, with Mr.. Bar
nard, rejoice if Professor Stewart were
correct in his belief that plant-food (ma-
nurial matte) in solution will mot pene-
trate the soil, or be washed in deeper
than few inches. What grand set
Element this would be to the vexed
and perpleXing questions of sewage
and soil pollution! And how deceived
those farmers in Northern Vermont
must be, who have been eXcavating
beneath their fathers old lean-to tie
ups, six feet in depth (about as deep as
man can conveniently throw out the
dirt), and still find manurial salts
strongly impregnating the soil at the
pits bottom! They have spread this eX-
cavated earth upon their meadows, and
have found its effect in promoting the
growth of grass to be far greater than
an equal bulk of the best stable ma
nure. 1t is quite true that the color
and odor will be removed from manure
water or urine by liltering it through a
few inches of soil, not, however, clear
sand, as Professor Stewart says, though
even to the clearest silicious sand
some of the constituents of the liquid
will adhere, and so far, for little while,
be removed. But this soon ceases, and
even when good loamy soil is used as a
filtering medium, it shortly becomes
charged to its full capacity, and the
most putrid liquids will come through
such an earth filter but little changed.
We are greatly astonished that man
of Professor Stewards experience and
reputation should have written an ar
ticle so full of transparent errors as the
one in question. We are expecting to
see Mr. Bliss, whom he was criticising,
overwhelm him with the numerous
and most positive citations of proof
which he is so well able to marshall eff
fectively. If we did not know how ca
pable Mr.. Bliss is of doing such work
and how he would enjoy doing it, we
should, ourself, have felt constrained
to express, in the Rural, our strong dis
sent from the positions taken by the
learned professor, whose article has sc
naturally attracted Mr.. Barnard's atten
ton and criticism.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-11-30
where j. the TcneGt &?

Now that Jacksonville has had her big
blow ont over the new Clyde Line If
ocean steamers, and its schedule com
menced, people are beginning To look
around 20 see where the benefit Is going
o come in To the shippers of the State.
The schedule announced gives only one
boat per week, which runs something
like this: Leave Jacksonville Saturday
morning, Fernandina Sunday morning.
and Brunswick Monday morning. where
the boats stop for cotton, reaching
Charleston tuesday, and from there to
New YORK. arriving Friday, jus: one day
short of a week, which gives only TWEEN
" four hours for coRlins and loading for
the return trip. when the above landings
viii he made in the reverse OF the order
named, getting back to Jacksonville
Thursday night. The Charleston Line of
steamers run a pretty slow schedule. but
the City Uf P.iiatka viii leave Jackson
r.'i' this evening. Ihr-" days after the
CLYDE steamer, and viii connect al
Charleston with the New Nori, boats so
as to reach New York On the same dLv
the 'yl- boat arrives, consuming three
dayS les7 time. Ga the other hand. ear
lead ,f freight left Palatka on SATURDAY,
last. arrive Z ~ Savannah SUNDAY morn
ing, che 'ruit was transferred ~ the New
YRS trat. and will reach that city on
"wednesday. By going the entire dis
tanc' Fy rail. this tima would be very
materially shortened
Cn'eS- the C'y,'. Liz assaus,s bet
ter iru y,ry 70 uch faster schedule /.
cau"o' hope 70 sccur" any great amount
q thg fruit crop fer transportation, un-
les it culs the ex sting rates and car
ries fruit cheaper than the faster com
pCt'rg lines.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-11-30

Special Cores pJuucucc Iatt' ka NEWS.
Mr.. Sprague. who is clerking for Capt.
Smith at this place, went TO jackson
vile last week to meet his wife, whom
he had not seen in two years. Mr..
Sprague may now be considered hap
pier and wiser man.
Your correspondent avaiIed himself of
an invitation from the jacksonville
Board of Trade to visit that city last
week, TO aid in giving welcome To the
new Clyde line Of steamers that has
lately been established, to run from New
York to that place. do not intend to
attempt any description OF the ceTomO
mics attending the important event. as
your readers have already lceD fully in
formed in regard to the matter. TIE Re
ception III the evening, held at the Ever
EFT House, drew the invited guests to-
sether. They were representative husi-
ness men from all over the State, and |
must confess my surprise at their ap-
pcaranCe. as a finer set of men | have
never seen together. There was not a
''duliard" among them, bat were ali
keen, substantial looking men. NJ won
der that Florida IS booming. with men uf
such calihre in the leJd of her hu-iH-s~
interests.
Jacksonville j. growing as few places
do grow. being bu:lt mp with large. fine
brick blocks. while her business men are
waking up tO the Importance of a more
extended wholesale trade with the COUU-
Try dealers. The next year or two VIII
sec great change for tie better in ,Lt.T
business methods as already there srr
several wholesale houses established
with prospect for more in the near fu-
tuTe. The uld-t!me system Of sOlicitiu.
the country merchants trade and then
tr
same prices has got To he stopped. as NOW
muCh of the trade that would natural!
20 there Is forced away to more TrTO'-
and cheaper mar ketS 10y this foolish l,!
icy. There Is another point that -
worthy of their attention. refer TO
tho local freight rates. rs they are now
established they are nearly as great from
Jacksonville to Federal Point a they are
from New York, Mud while we may I-
willing to pay a larger proportional rat.
for distances, Vet, the present tariff can
be reduced without material d-trimcnt
to the transportation lines and should he
done. As l have stated IN a former arti-
Gle. Tho days for fancy prices are
ended. -Nnd the sooner We can come
down To good square Legitimate work
the better.
P'tcL in his last issue avs he has Sc
cured London correspondent who VIII
give him all the latest social gossip.
and has already received one letter,
which says, London, November, 1886.
The weather is cool and braCing." And
then adds that the balance of the letter
is wholly unfit for publ cation. We
agree with I'tck'. The doings of an ar
ro2apt, idle and corrupt aristocracy are
unfit reading for respectable people.
Our schools are progressing finely
with an attendance of nearly forty
scholars. Mr.. Freeman. the teacher Of
the white school has inaugurated the old
t;me spelling school. every Friday night.
when the public are cordially invited to
attend and let us know how many out
rageous bluuders they can make in that
direction.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-11-30
Th, HomeIv. Humble Burro.

l have spoken about the burro and his mu-
steal voice, but lie should be seen as well as
heard. Small, homcly, and so humble in his
appearance, he presents a ludicrous sight, yet
at the same time one has feeling almost OF
pity for him. for il seems as If he did the most OF
the labor in the country, rs far as the car
rying Of loads Is concerned He can climb up
and down the stccpest hills, where You would
expect 70 see only a goat go successfully.
It looks very funny 10 see a Mexican, with
long legs, riding n burro The bUrro wears a
patient look, with his long ears high in the
air, while al the extreme rear end of him, at
the uppereul 81; the burros tail, sits the rider,
his feet at. hing the ground.
The quality If the burr0's voice IS tenor,
and resembles the creaking Of pump handle
which very much needs ErsaSiuE. When he
sings, his mouth curves almost 10 his ears,
and his jaws look as if he had the lock jaw
Mexico Crr. Boston Transcript.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-11-30
IN InraIIIbIe Indication.

When Mr CammacE got ready To ba
married there were few of his friends that
placed much faith i'll the stories of his inten-
tions, and ONE day up at Saratoga some of the
chief men Of Wall street were on the piazza
Of the United States hotel discussing the
gossip about Mr.. Cammack, when of a sudden
the bear leader loomed up in person before
them He wasn't alone. 4 handsome lady
was by his side. But even that innovation in
Mr.. Cammack's promenading habits didn't
20 far toward convincing anybody that Ad-
Olson was on the verge of being Benedict
till William II. Vanderbilt, bringing his easy
chairs legs down with n thump, said this:
"Camma.k is going 10 be married. Ill
wager 100 % on It. DO YOU notice that he
Is carrying the lady : shawl on his arm. That
is n sure sign, an Unerring sign. When a
man gets that far he's gone. I've noticed it a
hundred times. 1t never fails-neyer.'
William H. Vanderbilt was an observer
and phi.-rSopher-Ncw York Times.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-11-30
Florida Southern Buildings

We are having church service every
sabbath day by both the Episcopalian
and Methodists, but unfortunately have
no ordained minister for either denom-
ination.
y physician OF the right stamp could
do we'll here, and is really needed. as we.
have none nearer than Penn. DIR. c. y,
Cowgirl, who is reluctant practitioner,
is only called for important cases.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-11-30
y Circulating Library

Mss Florence Williams. Of Augusta.
I7.. representing the Franklin Square
circulating Lihrsrr. Is in the city. She
Is mere for the purpose of establishing 4
circulating library ia Palatka. and Is
her terms sre the most liberal, she viii
no doubt be successful in her efforts.
Her pisu u 70 secure at least forty mem
ners cr a. many az two hundred, TO
which members are admitted for 81
each. Ihi. gives the member the privi-
ieEe Of using the books for term oftwo
years ana from twenty to forty books
above the number il members are placed
III ihe library. She will call on our citi-
zens during The week and explain her
plans is person.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-11-30

Gen. Crook, the Indian fighter, al
vances the philosophic proposition that
''man IS more or less savage, according to
the certainty with which his food may be
obtained. "
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-11-30

Bran or oatmeal water sGoU.i be used when
bathing children suffering with scarlet fever.
Hall Journal Of Health
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-11-30

We call attention to the special notice
of Mr. Ed. Rumley in this mornings
paper. tie offers some valuable Ohio
property in exchange for Florida lard<.
and will give a bargain to whoever NAV
want to make such trade.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-11-30

y goog cement 10 Iasreu "u lamp tops is
melted allgu- use rs soon as melted, and the
lamp Is 1rl.iy Tor use aS soon n the cement is
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-11-30

why do poets wear long haiv:" asks
m inquirer Costs to have il cut. dear,
that why