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EDUCATIONAL

MRS. CHAPMAN, TEACHER OF MUSIC
WI After the New German Method. Special advan-
tages 70 beginners affer May LIST.
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CHORT-HAND AND PRACTICAL PENMAN-
Sship taught by stenographer and professor fifteen
years experience. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri
Gays, g O'Clock u The Columbian College Prepar-
atory School. 1885 II xt NV. ap2Ue20ts
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-09-24

The severe midsummer drouth doubtless
showed many OF our readers that they lacked
a safe water supply. Such a lack IL respons-
ible for not a little Sickness among human
beings and dome site animals The best sea.
son for well-diRRing is in the fail There Is
more time for it then than at any other sea
son except winter, and then the work cannot
be comfortably done Wells should not be
dug in the spring. when the ground is filed
with water, for then the well may fill and yet
fail in dry weather. IL a good supply OF wa
ter is secured in the fall IL is safe to conclude
that the we'll il good one. 1t is frequent
mistake 10 make the well too small. The ca
pacity Of the we'll increases with the square
Of its diameter, while the material for and
labor of putting up the wall will increase on
ly with the diameter. well of only Ave
feet diameter will not hold a sufficient supply
Of water-only half as much as one seven
feet in diameter. The well cannot be dug
too deep. Too many stop digging as soon a.
little water comes into the we'll II is much
better TO continue the digging, though two
thirds Of the time must be spent in bailing
out the water. One wide deep well that will
not fail is better than dozen that will fail /;
and often few feet in depth make all the
difference. Never locate well in aswampy,
mucky or seepy spot. 1t is easier to find wa
ter in such spots than elsewhere but gener-
ally the supply will fail when it is most need
ed, and no time will the water be fit for con
sumption. While it is folly to dig well on
very high point, since no considerable un
derground stream can exist there, it ia worse
folly to dig the we'll in low ground locate
i on middle ground. american Agricu3tHr-
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-09-24

By taking any tin box, such as baking
powder box, any boy can make one. First,
fasten the lid on securely with glue or white
lead, and then punch a small hole, about
three tighths Of an inch in diameter, through
the cover and also through the bottom of the
box. Be careful to make the hole right in the
centre, or the top will lean on one side, and
will not spin a. long it would il the hole
is in the ceutre. Put thin stick through
the holes of the box so N to fit it tightly.
The stick should be sharpened at one end, to
serve as peg for the top, aud should be
thicker at that end aud gradually get thinner as
it leaves the peg. Insert the thin end Of the
stick into the hole on under side of box aud
pull it through the top hole until it can be
pulled no farther. OF course the lower end
of the stick must be broader than the open.
ing in the under side of the box, 80 as to pre-
vent the box from slipping down. Gut slit
in the side Of the box. This opening will
make the top hum when in motion. Procure
a small piece of wood about five or six inch 8
in length, three. quarters of an inch in width,
bore a hole through one end through which a
string can be easily passed This you use to
spin the top. Wind up the top pass the
string through the hole in the stick, which
should be held in the left hand, and pull the
string with your right. If rightly made this
top will spin for some time and will sing well.
-ALleRt0lon pa } National Educator.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-09-24

the apple which is slower to throw out new
shoots and the cherry ia shortened back still
less as it is very slow to start new growths.
II the buds have swollen, however, cutting
back is hazardous, except with the peach.
The necessary cutting back will seem severe
to anyone but the experienced grower. There
Ia very little danger Of its being overdone.
Three fourths of every shoot OF the previous
season may well be taken away. Second, to
settle the fine earth about the roots. This
may be done by dashing half palful Of wa
ter into the hole before it is quite filled. A
better way is to have one man fill in the earth
aud another spray IL from a fine watering
pot This insures every cavity being filled
and in few hours the roots will have alb.
sorbed the excess of moisture and the tree
will be solid.
II the autumn or summer Is very dry, II
may be necessary to water the trees, but this
is very rarely necessary when the soil has
been properly prepared and thorough cult.
walton is given afterward. This stirring
must be over the entire surface of the Or
chard, not around the trees for II few feet on
ly. The ground Of a peach orchard should
always be cultivated aud Of an apple or
plum orchard until the trees have attain ed
considerable age.
1t may also be necessary to mulch. Mulch.
ing should always be done before watering (;
it is much better. Watering is the last re-
sort. No matter what the season, mulch
cherry trees. II watering must be done, re-
move the surface earth and afterwards re-
place it. Then the water will reach the roots
and no crust will form. Trees are injured
by watering, ten times as often rs by neglect
to water. Likely it is better to apply the
water to the branches than to the roots, un.
less the soil is dry. II the trees are shrivel.
ed, or the buds fail to start, wet the top each
evening" being careful not to use too much
water. Often when the roots are quite dead,
a tree may be coaxed to grow by thus water
ing the trunk and branches. BY mulching is
generally Understood the application of litter
or other material to the surface Of the soil
to prevent both the evaporation of moisture
and hardening of the surface. A layer OF
very fine earth on the surface produces the
good effects of muching with litter, etc,
and the result of thoroughly cultivsting the
orchard is not merely to keep down the weeds
but it secures a layer of fine, dry earth, which
acts as mulch upon the soil below. -Amert
can A9riculturist.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-09-24
WiDterinr seed Po,a,oa,

Potatoes for the following seasons plant
ing should be selected either at digging time
or during the leisure months of early winter
This is especially important when they are
stored in deep bins or piled together in large
quantities Under such conditions there is
always danger Of heating which is sure to
impair the terminating powers of the tubers.
II the grower pays no attention to the pota-
toes he intends to plant until the season for
planting is al hand, and then draws from the
common heap for such quantities as he may
need, he usually finds them badly sprouted
and shriveled, and no more fit for planting
than heated seed corn. Weak, spindling and
stunted vines with frequent missing hills, are
the usual results from planting seed potatoes
wlntered in this manner. II practicable, the
seed stock should be selected at digging time,
and, where sufficient cellar room is available
should be stored in shallow bins in a cool 10
cation. II barrels or boxes have to be used
for storage, it is well to ventilate them at the
bottom and sides, and place them on blocks
up from the floor, so az to allow the air to
circulate freely through them. They should
be frequently txamined, and if the potatoes
are found to heat or sprout they should be
handled over and the shoots rubbed off. The
lower the temperature can be maintained
without freezing, the better though much
care should be taken that it does not go be
low this point. The slightest touch of fro :
though it may not entirely destroy the vitali-
ty Of the tubers will, when they are planted,
cause dwarfed and stunted growth, if not
entire failure. Special care is needed in win
tering small potatoes for seed purposes as
these are more likely to heat than larger ones,
and also for the reason that If an excessive
growth of sprouts takes place, it will draw
more upon their vitality and cause a weak
growth
Potatoes for table uss should never be ex.
posed to the light more than is absolutely
necessary, but moderate light will do the seed
stock no harm. The practice however, of
exposing the latter for some time before plant
ing to the full rays of the sun, until green
and shriveled, is not advisable. Cor. Am.
AgricuLturiSt
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-09-24


Farmers are every year swindled out of
tens of thousands of dollars, in the aggre-
gate, by the purchase of new varieties of
seeds and plants at extravagant prices. Nine
out of ten of these bepuffed new kinds prove
worthless, or at least worth less than the
common varieties. The best chance that
so-called new kind will prove really valuable
is when it is one of the best of the old varie-
ties, advertised and sold under new name
"a trick that dishonest dealers often practice
with great success. Experiments have been
tried this season at the Rural New Yorker
grounds with large number of varieties of
oats. incidentally the kinds that appear to
be exactly alike, though sold under different
names, have bee IN noted. The Welcome oats
are believed to be the same that have been
sold as a novelty under seven different names.
The Rural says:
During the past season we raised side
by side 10 varieties of OATS that is, oats
with different names. report of all will
be made later. 1t may be well that We
should hasten to state that the seven kinds
sold respectively az White Australian, We'll
come, Badger Queen, Clydesdale, Racehorse
White Belgian and Dakota Chieftain, are, SO
far as the writer could judge, all tie same.
We further find that the Yankee Prolific is
the Russian White or White Russian. Now,
the Welcome was sold several years ago at a
very high price as a novelty. The first sea-
son they were offered We found them to be
the Australian, and so stated in these col
umns. They are now offered at 81. % bush
ell. The RAcehorse are now offered at 81. %
the Clydesdale at SO. 30; the White Austria
liam at 81; the White Russian at ST. the
Yankee Prolific were offered last year at SIC
% per bushel. We have no catalogue of this
year to refer to. This is bad business. We
do not suppose that reputable seedsmen will
Willingly buy old varieties and sell them as
new neither is it reasonable to assume that
seedsmen can give that careful study to
flowers, vegetables and grains, which would
enable them to recognizes old varieties grown
perhaps under the most favorable conditions
and offered to them under new names. But
when, by careful tests, they are found to be
the same, the new name should be discarded
-abhorred Can any conscientious seedt
firm sell Yankee Prolific oats at so a
bushel, knowing that they are White Russian
which are worth hut 81
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-09-24
IL MAN .
CHICAGO, ROCKISLAND &PACIFIC Rail WGi


BY OF ts central position close relation prn-
cipal lines last Of Chicago. and continuous lines nt
terminal points Wet NIlthwtgt and SouthWca tho
only true middle link in that t-an.contneutpl sy.ton
which invites and fgfl lcl travel md traffic cIti
direction between tn" Atltntir and pnci1c.
The Rock Island ma limo and branches include Chi
cago. Joliet Ottawa, Il Sale ria, Gcuuau Moline
and Rock Island, in Illinois, Davenport Muc;ltin',
Washington. Fairfield Ottuuwa Oakaloo.a. West Lab
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lantlc Knoxville, Audubon Harlan. Guthrie Centre and
Council Bluffs in Iowa; Gllatn. Trenton st. Joseph
Cameron and Kansas city, in Missouri; Icavenwoith
and Atchsun, in Kansas Albert Lea Minneapolis ami
St Paul. IN Minnesota Nniertown, I'm Dakota, and
hundreds Of intermediate cities, towns and villages.
The Great Rock Island Route
Guarantees Speed, Comfort and Safety to those who
travel oyerit IT. roadbe1 Is thoroughly hallasted s
track Is Of heavy steel Its bridges solid structures
Of stone and iron Its rolling stock T. perfect human
Ak can make it. II has all the safety appliances thu
mechanical genius has invented and experience proved
valuable Its practical operation IS conservative and
meth ocicalits discipline strict and exacting The
ury q It's passenger accommodations Is unequaled
the West-unsurpassed in the world.
All Express Trains between Chicago and the Missour
River consist Of comfortable Day Coaches u tulccut
Pullman Palace Parlor and Sleeping Cur. clcrnut
Dining Cars providing excel en meals, and 'etwct
Chicago, St Joseph AtchlsJu and Kansas City rustful
Reclining Chair Cars.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-09-24

A physician said lately in a paper at Slra-
toga that it should not be suggested to chit
dren that they are nervous. There ia a soiid,
practical truth in the state ment which should
be extended widely. Too many 'nervous"
children are sure that their delinqueucies will
be endured patiently from the excuse of ner-
vousness and are encouraged to sefshness
instead of urged to a restraint. Telling chill
dren that they are nervous will not make
them more healthy.
Bushel crates with Slated sides are handy
device for handling potatoes or apples or stor-
ing them. When filled they may be piled
one over another five or six feet high. They
do away with bins iu the cellar.
At MERGED, Cal, harvester driving
wheel struck a boulder, producing sparks
which set fire to the standing grain, and 24O
acres Of wheat, $50 acres Of grass and $50
acres Of stubble we're burned
The National Live Stock Journal insists
that it does not pay to keep any kind OF ami
mails after they have stopped growing, if be-
ing fat,ened for sale Nor does It pay to let
them stop growing at any period before they
have attained their full development. Any
such stoppage is a dead loss,
Sheep are worth only 10 cents per bead in
Fayette county, A'a., aud hogs are drug at
10 cents per head
In the average Merino sheep the best fleece
can be expected at three or four years Of age,
after winch d. teroratou naturally follows.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-09-24
Care of the Horses EHoof.

Under the influence of dry heat the hoof
becomes hard brittle and reduced in size,
but it does not undergo this physical change
in sudden or marked manner, unless aided
by other circumstances or these, causing
the animal to stand inactive on dry litter and
the injudicious rasping of the hoof by the
farrier are the most prominent. Over the
whole external face of the hoof there is
spread fine translucent horn, which has the
appearance of a varnish aud whose office in
all probability is to prevent undue drying of
the hoof and consequent brittleness and final
ly contraction.
This modification in the form and size of
the hoof causes pressure on the more delicate
parts underneath, and consequently lameness.
Robbed of its horn by the farrier and brought
to such an artificial and abnormal state as we
have indicated, preservation of the hoof in
anything like a healthy condition is u matter
of no small difficulty. The most common
method OF remedying the evil is to apply to
the wall of the hoof various forms of oils,
tar, or advertised mixtures of various kinds
to make the horn grow, prevent brittleness
and cure disease. And to the sole, plates OF
leather pads of tow stepped in tar, filth APP
plications of COW manure, mud or clay are
recommended. 1t il scarcely necessary to
say that some Of these are worthless agents.
The various oils and greases do not soften
the dry crusts, and by penetrating into the
nail holes compromise the security of the
shoes, and when rancid may act as an irri
tant. Alkaline substances, such as soda,
potash and ammonia possess the property OF
softening the hoof and dsunitlng its ee-
ments.
The knowledge of this fact shows at once
the mistake of allowing horses TO stand in a
stable or yard covered with layer of moist
manure. The moisture thus RbsOrb bed is load
ed with ammonia, or it's elements, which by
their alkaline properties soften the horn, dis
solve the sole and frog and cause liberation
and ultimately sort OF fungUus growth. 1t
is evident, too, that droppings of COW dung
are injurious. In preference, when there is
need for restoring the moisture, which has
evaporated from the hoof, use clay, linseed
poultce or clean water. The unmutilated
hoof is easily kept in health all it requires
is keeping cool and moistening occasionally
with cold water during hot weather, or after
severe exertion When journey has been
long continued and severe the horse should
not be Immediately put in the stable, but
should be walked gently about until the Cir
culation of blood in the feet has had time to
accom- modate itself to the altered condition
of rest By this means lsminitis (infi4mma-
| ton of the feet is often Averted. 1t might
| be added that the common practice of cutting
away the hair Immediately above the coronet
| is not to be recommended, as this acts as
thatch in preserving the parts underneath it
from the effects of perspiration and mois-
ture, thus reducing the liability of thrush,
| scratches and other diseases. -StudentS Farm
| Journal
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-09-24

The Rural New Yorker has the folio wing,
which appears to be from Cornell professor,
in reference to an article which was copied
in The PL@nix of Aug, 81 and commented
upon in way designed to express considera-
bic confidence in the safety of buildings not
ornamented with lightning cstchers. We
should rather let the lightning play at will,
than TO trust science to conduct it through
our hay now
l. p. r., Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.
On page $40 l notice short clipping on
lightning rods, from the Vermont Watchman,
which, it appears to me, is likely to lead peo-
pie astray. Galvanized iron is a very good
conductor of electricity, but four-ply of it will
not furnish enough metal to conduct even a
small charge, much less a large one. Where
only a small amount of iron is used, the re-
sistance becomes so great that the rod be-
comes either intensely hot or entirely melts,
which often endangers the building more
than if no rod had been upon it. wire
cable of not less than of an inch in dame
ter is as small as can be used with safety. II
copper is used instead of iron, the cost will
be somewhat increased, though the cable
need not be over half the size of an iron one.
Our lightning rods run directly through the
hay NOV and we consider it safe because the
rod ia large enough to carry of the electricity
without even warming the rod. 1t ia stapled
to the roof and has ground connection of
old copper boilers deeply buried in the earth.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-09-24

This is the title of new aud valuable book on poul-
try raising for profit. The book answers in advance
every possible question in respect to keeping and
caring for poultry and gives in the painest possible
manner all needed instructions to enable beginners
or old hands to carry on the business successfully,
aud make money. If you desire to know how to make
hens lay the year round how to fateu poultry quick
y how to dress and ship poultry and sell eggs to OBJ
tain the highest prices how to build inexpensive hen
houses and yards how to discover, and prevent
all diseases Of poultry; how to select and obtain
choice breeds, aud how men and women of long ex-
perience in the business make money, then send at
once for copy Of The Farmers Poultry Raising
Guide, published by l. S. johnson II Co, % Custom
House St., Boston, Mass. Price p cents. This book
Is profusey illustrated with engravugs of model
poultry houses aud runs, also many of the best breeds
of hens, ducks, turkeys aud geese. This book pre-
sents matter of supreme importance to everybody,
but especially to women, children and inyaids, for
there is probably way by which small hut con-
slant cash income be secured with so little effort
as by keeping and caring for hens From now until
next March the price of eggs will advance higher aud
higher each month. Do not, therefore, delay but
send at once aud get copy of this valuable book.
During the season Of high prices the hens should be
kept busy. For 90 cts. in stamps johnson X Co.
will send postpaid copy Of The Farmers Poultry
Raising Guide and two 25-ct packages Of Sheridan :
Powder to make hens lay, or they will send a ~
pound tin can of powder at the regular rate 0.3O)
and copy of the Guide free.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-09-24
TransDIan,,Dg Frui, Tra.s.

The manner of transplanting is of far
more importance than the season. Trees
may be transplanted any time alter growth
has stopped in tie autumn and before the
buds swell in the spring but transplanting
should not be done In winter when the air is
below freezing point, and if they roots are
frozen they will perish if allowed to thaw be-
fore tTansplanted. In general, set hardy
trees in the autumn; tender trees in the
spring. Soil not well drained is never fit to
receive trees-certainly not in autumn.
Ground for trees requires as careful prepare
ton as for grain or vegetable crop. 1t
must be fine, and fined to greater depth
than for grain crops. In such bed trees
will rarely full to grow, if good cultivation is
given after transplantinR, and these two
things are observed in setting First, 10
shorten back the top. The leaves throw of
moisture, and as more or less of the root.
growth is lost in transpanting, if the foliage
is not reduced the leaves cannot get a supply
of moisture from below and must witheT.
The more roots preserved, the less shorten
ing back, The peach makes new growth
rapidly, hence is shortened back more than