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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-08-25
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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-08-25
ANOTHER FAILURE REPORTED.
a DevOnshire Street Broker enable to
Meet His Engagements.

John C. Watson broker, No 10 Devonshir
street, Boston, it was anntuced to the stock
exchange by the president, on the 10TH was
unable to meet his engagements. Mr.. Wat
son could not be found in Boston, but his
hook keeper said that he probably was at
Nahant, where he is boarding. 1t is just pos
s.ble that Mr.. Watson is not aware of the
announcement, as it came about in peculiar
way Mr.. Watson has been a bull in the stock
market. The recent defalcatiOn Of Treasurer
Gray, the assignment Of Mr.. Payson and the
arrest of Mr.. Smelling caused sudden de
cline in stocks and general unsteadineas
which effected the stock business very mate
rally and to Mr.. Watsons injury. Mr.. Wat
sons book-keeper was seen at the office and
said: "When Mr. Watson left here last even
ing for Nahant he told me that he did not
know whether or not he would be in in the
morning, as he was not feeling well. This
morning he did not come in, but sent his boy
to tell me that he would not be in today as
he was sick in bed at home. Several people
with whom he was doing business came in
during the morning and had to tell them
that he would not be in and that he could not
meet his engagements. | knew that they
would have an advantage over other ere lit
ors by knowing the failure first, and so
thought it was my duty to go over to the
sto'k exchange and inform the president
that Mr. Watson could not meet his engage
ments, and let him announce it in proper
form for the benefit Of all his creditors This
was done in order that they could look after
themselves. don't know whether Mr. Wat
son knows rofa tho :. announcement or not
There has been no assignment made, but
simply an out and out failure. 1t Is impos
sible to say at present how Mr.. Watson's
affairs stand and it will probably be veral
days before textbooks can be overhauled."
1t is said that Mr. Watson failed once be-
f re for $4,000
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-08-25

Ono Of the curiositics of the animal
kingdom is the cuachon, Or candle fish
of the northeastern Pacific. 1t is about
IA inches long, resembles the smclt in
appearance and is caught in large guam
titles in the early spring. 1t is the fat
test of all known fishes, for which reason
its dried and smoked flesh is highly cs-
tccmcd as a warming food for winter by
Indians, by whom the oil is also eaten.
So fat is the fish that when dried it
burns with a bright flame until entirely
consumed, forming candle much used
among the Indians either with or with
out a wooden wick passed through tho
body.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-08-25
FOREIGN.

The Duke Of LeinSter has arranged to sell
to his tenants a large portion of his Kildare
estates on an eighteen years purchase plan.
Nine policemen have been arrested in Bel
fast, Ire, OH a charge of wiltul murder IN
unnecessarily firing on citizens during the
recent riots
A large quantity of dynamite has been
stolen from mine at Handorf, near Hano-
YER Prussia, and it is feared that it has been
taken to England by Anarchists, A miner
has been arrested on suspison of having
been an accessory.
A large pa ty of tourists have had a mar
row escape of death on the Matterhorn.
While OIL that mountain an avalanche &C.
CURED and they were completely imprisoned
by huge banks of snow. Forty guides went
to their assistance with ropes and ladders,
and, after almost superhuman exertions,
rescued them
An Ameri an named Conrad has been i'm
prisoned at Simferopoi, Russia TO-. spread
ing Jewish heresies.
Lord Iddlesleigh, Brit sh foreign secretary,
has written to the International Arbitrat on
association, saying that he cOncurS III the be-
lief of his pre- leces.or, Lord Rose cry, that
the moment is inopportuno to rec i've a
deputation to discuss the subject of opening
negot ions with the United States for the
establishment of an Anglo American tribu-
nal, whose duties shall be to consider inter-
national questions Lord ldlesleigh says
that the fishery question, which the arbltra-
ton association refers to, is at present the
subject of diplomatic negotiations, and ex-
presses the hope that the result may be
fayoral,la
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-08-25

Hand picking should always be the
rule for winter apples. Varieties that
ripcn irrcguarIy ought to be gathered
accordingly. Generally speaking, the
later sorts should be left on the tree until
late, so as to give them opportunity to
fully color up. Before picking begins it
is well to have a suitable place prepared
in the orchard or near by for the temper
airy storing of the fruit, unless there are
two sets of hands for sorting and pack
ing as fast as the fruit is gathered. APP
Piles keep longest if free from atmospheric
moisture when taken from the trees.
Small baskets holding half bushcl each
and suspended from hook on the lad
der are more convenient and less liable
to bruisc the fruit than bags.
Once gathered, the apples should be
securely protected from sun and storms
until they are sorted. Many farmers who
have fruit houses delay sorting and pack
ing until the approach of cold weather.
The best method is to sort the fruit i'm
mcdiatcly, and lay all that is sound care
fully into tight barrels, shaking the bar
rcls gently two or three times during the
process of filling, to insure the apples
packing closely; they may then be tight
Iy headed, with the head sufficiently
pressed and secured to avoid all move.
mcnt of the apples inside the barrel.
Right here is generally the neglect. The
barrels should be placed on their sides
and not stored away until freezing
weather.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-08-25
Hen Manure.

No one who has but small garden, or
even flower bed should be wastcGul of
the manure from the fowl roost5, for whcn
properly manipulated and judiciously
applied to vegetation, the benefits de-
rived from its application are very salts
factory indeed. When it is known that
hen manure ranks with Al guano as a
fertilizer, it does seem TO us strange that
more attention is not paid to collecting
and applying it.
The one essential in keeping hen man
ure so as to realize the greatest good
from it is to keep it dry, DIR cover,
where the rains and sun will not destroy
and remove its valuable, though volatile,
quality. The poultry house should be
strewn with loan, pulvcriz2d clay, or
sand as often as is necessary to preserve
cleanliness and to absorb the moisture.
Dry street dirt will realty act as an ab-
sorbcnt, as it is very Thoroughly pulver-
lied by the wheels of carriages. Every
week clean up the floor of the house,
putting the manure into barrels, which
should be removed to SOM convenient
shed where the contents can be kept dry.
After the manure has been removed give
the hoo' COOL sprinklng with the dry
road dust, to receive future droppings.
BY continuing this plan you will, at the
end of few months, have quito COL
lection of the richest kind of manure.
If you have no garlcn or lawn, or if
you have plenty of other fertilizers, You
can sell your h'n manure for forty or
fifty cents bushel to the tanners; but
in this case, instead of being mixed with
earth, it must be kept pure. Some
poultrymen derive quite revenue from
their sales of the droppngs for tanning
purposes, and find it convenient to have
shelves arranged under the perchcs,
which arc regularly scrapcd every morn
ing. Thirty or FORTY cents bushel is
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-08-25

We have to give it up. The toughest
mosquito yarns come from down the
river. 1t is told of one of the crew Of
the steamer R)cklclgc, that after they
rot into the inlet, when night came he
went to sleep in u stntcroom, the WIN
dow to which was protected by screen.
lie had scarcely fallen to sleep when lie
was awakened by sense Of suifocation--
the mosquitoes had throag3d the screen
and stuck their heads into the mcshCs
till they had cxclu lei every portic'c of
air. lie frantically kicked out the screen,
and now he docs not know whether he
would rather die of suif )catioa or
mosquito bites. Another vcraCious state
mcnt from below is that a young man
went to work for the fl st time on his
homestead, providing himself with a
good sandfy netting bar. The first
night he pitched tent, hung his net and
went to bed. For three days and nights
he did not stir. Tic mosqli;os hal SC
thicllly covered his net on the outside
that it was perfectly dark insidc-hc did
not know when daylight came Indian
Rirer (Fid.) SUI.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-08-25
ANOTHER DEFALCATI0N.
Samuel G. Smelling Charged with
the Embezzlement
or Forty Thousand Dollars from the
Lowell Bleachery.

Samuel G Smell ne, extreasurer Of the
Lowell blcachcry, was arrested between and
0 o'clock on the 10Th. at his residence No. "A
Commonwealth ayelu Boston, by Inspector
Richardson and Officer l.. B. McCaus and on
warrant issued b. Judge Curtis, charging
him with the embeaz,em.nt of $30GS3 from
the Lowell Blcachcry corporation. 1t had
been ascer.ajnCd that some two or three
month; ago Mr.. Smelling obtained $4,000
from the Merchants lank on Lowell bleach
cry note and the proceeds he converted TO
his own use by depCsiting it in the Maverick
bank The warrant was issued On the aillda-
Wit of the senior member of II well known firm
of brokers, and thaT gentleman states that
his action was for 10 other reason than tho
public good. There is 10 mention of the
transaction on the blea"hcry company's
books.
1t is alleged that Mr.. Snelling's defaica-
tions will reach as high rs $350,O0O When
arrested Ia hal nothing to say. He gave
bail in the sum OF $j0,0.0 Mr.. Fredc lex
Amory going on tho bond for his appearance
at court, and was tlen relea ed from custody.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-08-25
Rich Mems Wills,

A lawyer of my acquaintance, who has
vast connection in consultations and
he administration of estntos, in con.
ycrsation growing out of Governor Til
denis will, remarked to me-
"You would be astonishcd to know
how many of our rich men fight shy OF
making wills. They seem to have SUI
pcrstitious dread of any act associated
with the idea Of death. Even when they
do screw their courage up to the point OF
directing the distribution of their prop.
crty it takes weeks to get them to sign
the document. have half dozen wills
awaiting signatures in my safe, and there
arc two or three Of my clients whom ]
have for years been vainly trying to in.
ducc to put their testamentary wishes on
paper, They make all sorts Of excuses,
till some man dies incstatc and his prop.
erty gets into litigation. This scarcs
them and they rush in and have the job
done for them before their fright wears
off,, But often they will order the will
made and then lcavcit unsigned till they
get another warning. l always have
some wills to draw up after the papers
report the death of prominent rich
man. The Tildcn will has brought four
OF my clients to reason and made me
happy in knowing that their estates arc
rendered as secure as reasonable precau-
tons can make them. Some men have q
mania for altering their wills, too, though
this is pct prcrogativc of the other sex.
have drawn up from three 10 dozen,
and even more, wills, for certain of my
clients, and they have not got through
changing their minds yet" -New York
Mons
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-08-25

No kind of wood will more easily grow
from the eye than the grape vine, For
this reason the rapid propagation of new
varieties Is n very easy matter. The
nurscrymen use singe-cyc cuttings in
greenhouses, and this is very good way
wherever bottom heat can be furnished.
But all this trouble and expense arc not
needed, provided the right course is
taken and enough buds or eyes left on
the cutting. Even nurscrymen do not
rely entirely on the singe-eye method.
1t is only used, in fact, for new vari-
cites, when wood is scarce and it is de-
sirablc to increase the vines as fast as
possible. Cuttings set in the open
ground should be prepared early in the
spring, leaving two or, at most, three
eyes on piece. The lower part must DO
cut off square at the bulge where bud
has formed. Then remove this lowest
bud with sharp knife so as to make q
clean cut. Leave the top eye just at the
surface of the soil, which must be packed
around the lower part very closely Plant
in rows three feet apart, and run the cul-
tivator through once week to keep
weeds down. Plant cuttings six to eight
inches apart in the row, and keep down
weeds with the hoe. If the season is
fairly favorable four-ffths of these cut
tings will make strong-rooted plants
by the first of July. There is
no need of being discouraged about those
that ut this time show no signs of put
ting forth shoot. Pull one up and
you will find the bottom calloused and
fine, white, thrcad-likc roots from it. In
such cases the shoot will usually start
from the eye below the surface. Where
the first eye starts and grows, the one
below it grows also. In the fall or next
spring one of these sprouts must be cut
off, and the other trimmed down to a
single eye. BY this method, farmers
and others can easily and cheaply sup
ply themselves with as many grape
vines as they wish, and of the best varic-
ties. Four fifths of all the grape vine
growth of the previous season must be
cut off this fall or next spring, and it
can be usually had for nothing. A few
very hard-wooded and close jointcd
grape vines do not root easily. Eumelan
and Delaware are samples of these; but
it is only necessary to take little
longer cutting and plant at an angle Of
forty-fve degrees in the ground. This
will keep the bottom of the cutting
within reach of the air and warmth. No
manure is necessary, in fact, it is posi-
lively hurtful. Its heating forces the
buds too rapidly, and may cause the
bottom of the cutting to rot instead oil
putting forth roots. Cultirat0r.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-08-25

p. ofessor-"To contract is to make
smaller; to expand is to enlarge. Cold
contracts; heat expands. The opera.
tons cannot go on at the same time il
the same thing. IT,
Pupil-"Beg your pardon, Professor
There are some things the more you con-
tract the more they enlarge"
All, indeed! Name some of Them"
"Debts, sir"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-08-25
NEWS NOTES.
DOMESTIC.

The tax rate of Ipswich, Mass, has been
fixed by the assessors at $l5, 40 per $1,000.
The Catholic Total Abstinence societies Of
New Hampshire held union picnic at Dover
Point few days ago.
George Walter Remington, 25 years old, a
Providence engraver, committed suicide on
the 10Th by shooting.
The Providence, II. | boss plasterers have
conceded nine hours days work, This AZ
fects 25O men, and the disaifected have re-
turned to work.
Major z. c. Renne of Springfield Mass,
is to 90 to Australia to manage the interests
of the New York Mutual Life ln'urant =
Company there He will sail September
10Th.
North Adams wants free no'. delivery
Postmaster Tyler says the receipts Of the
Office are over Sl5, OOO
The veneer factory Of j. II. Searles New
port, IT., was burned on the 10Th. The fire
was discovered at 2.3J o'clock. The flames
spread so rapidly that nothing could be saved.
The loss is estimated at $4,000, with light in
Surance.
Frank, the ten-year- old son of John Con-
nors of Millvile, Mass, was drowned in
Blackstone river. He is said to have gone
into the water to recover his lost pocket
knife
Edward Farrell of Whitehall, N. Y, aged
"a years, a brakeman on the Delaware and
Hudson Canal Company railroad, fell be-
tween the cars while switching at West Rut-
land Vt, and his right leg was cut of near
the body.
Simeon D. Phelps of Claremont, N. H.,
aged "a, is missing, and Is supposed to have
~ Il mi al n lnrrntlOn
of mind He has wife and four children.
Henry Munger OF East River, Ct, on the
Shore Line, was killed while crossing the
track on the 18th.
The Knights of Labor at Marlboro have,
through a committee, made contract WIN
leading firm Of the town for 1909 tons OF
coal, to be furnished at from ~ cents 10 81
per ton less than regular rates
The first comptroller of Tie treasury has
decided that all changes Of salaries PROVIDED
for in the legislative bill shall take effect from
the beginning of the iisc / year, July l. m
stead Of from the date when the bill was ap
proved by the President, Aug. l..
Capt William s. Starring, ordnance de-
partment, has been relieved from duty at the
Springfield, Mass. arGnory and ordered to
duty as chief ordnance officer depart ent Of
Inc lillc,
The contract for supplying d distinctive pa
per for use in printing internal revenue
stamps has been awarded to the Fairchld
Paper Manufacturing company of Boston.
The ruin by the storm of the IS h at New
ark, Mimi, was almost complete. or 10
buildings in the village, II were destroyed
-Four persons were killed and many injured.
TIE national convent on of carpe ters,
held recently in Buffalo, voted to sustain the
New Haven carpenters in Their movement
for nine hours. The New Haven carpenters
will not strike if they can avoid it, but will
refuse to work for les than 80 cen $ per hour
for nine hours,
Geronimo is trying to make peace with the
Mexicans, so that he can raid into New
Mexico and Arizona. The Indians are in a
bad condition and Geronimo has his arm in
ssling.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-08-25

the price commonly paid, and the in
come from this source goes quite a way
towards dcfraying tho cost of tho grain
consumed by tho fowls. Hen manure
must not be allowed to decomposc or
lermcnt before being sent to the tanner,
as its value in preparing leather depends
on its being crude. Farmers and gar
dcnCrs generally pay about 81 per bar
rel for hen manure for fertilizer. This
price presupposcs very little dry earth
mixed with the droppings, as will gen.
orally be the case, but not much, tho
manure being nearly pure. -P0ultry
World.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-08-25
Household Hints,

Drain pipes and all places that are soul
or impure may be cleansed with lime
water or carbolic acid.
New tins should be set over the fire
with boiling water IN them for several
hours before food is put into them.
Should q mirror show defects, apply
tin foil on which you have previously
poured quicksilver rubbed on with buck.
skin, putting on it weight. In few
hours it will adhere.
Green cucumber peel scattered about 4
building will rid it of cockroachcs. They
are poisoned by the peel, which they eat
with great relish. 1t is sometimes neccs.
sary to follow up the experiment two oil
three nights, using fresh peel every night.
Ginghams and prints will keep theil
color better if washed in water thickcn-
cd with flour starch. Flour is very
cleansing and will do the work of soap
in one or two washings in the starch
water. This, with TIE rinsing, will be
sufficient, and the goods will look fresher
than if washed and starchcd in the old.
fashioned way.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-08-25
The safest Way to Hive Hecs.

Allen Pringlc says: "The safest and
best way to hive swarm of Ices Is, of
course the way myself do it. Every
old bcc-kccpr has the best PLAN and
here's mine. ], of course keep all my
queens clipped. l say of course be-
cause I think every first-rate bcc-kecper
clips his queens, the non-clippers to the
contrary, notwithstanding. When a
swarm is seen to be issuing | take little
wire cage to the swarming colony, and usu-
ally find the queen just in front of the hive
trying to fly. The open end of the wire
cage is put over her, when she immcdi-
atcly crawls up into it and is shut in.
Then as soon as the swarm Is all out |
close the entrance of the old colony and
turn it round facing the opposite direc-
ton and two or three feet from where it
stood. then place my hive for the new
swarm on the old stand and put the
Gagged queen in it on top of the frames
under the quilt, and the work is done.
This occupies from three to five min
utcs. BY this time another swarm or
two may be issuing, when they can be
treated in the same way on the double
quick. BY this short and easy method |
have hivel as many as eight or ten
swarms in about fifteen minutes. If three
or four are coming out at once, and you
have no tents to put over them to catch
them, you can manage them all as above
alone rightly if you "look alive" Run
around to the swarming colonies and
cage the queens as above directed, turn
ing each colony around AMI placing it off
two or three feet, and as soon as you get
round them all, go back and begin plac.
ing your hives for the new swarms on the
old stands as rapidly as possible. 1fyon
have your hives ready and handy by, as
every bcc-kceper ought to have, you can
60 over half dozen in this way in an
almost incredibly short time, even though
they all come out at once.
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Recipes.

Syrup of megr.-Four quarts vine
gar and two pounds sugar boiled until a
clear syrup. Bottle it. Use one or two
tablespoons to glass of water, and it
will be found a very agreeable beverage.
Lemonade 0l,cays Ready.-Squcczc the
Juice from a dozen lemons; boil the pulp
in Il pint of water and add to the juice.
TO each pint put an equal measure o.
white sugar and boil ten minutes. Seal
W. When wanted use one tablespoon to
a glass of water.
Cakes for Ta.-Mix for fifteen min.
u,cs four eggs with half pound of sugar,
half a grated nutmeg and rs much pow
der cloves as will lie on the tip of a din
ncr knife. Then add half pound of
dry and siftcd flour, and mix thoroughly;
have a creased or waxcd tin; drop a
tablespoonful of the dough at. intervals
upon it, and bake pale brown in u
moderate oven.
A Way to Coob CARS Lirer. Try this
Austrian method of cooking calf's liver:
Remove the skin from the liver and cut
it in pieces as thick us your finger and
lay them in milk for several hours.
Then take them out Of the milk and
sprinkle them with flour; dip them in
beaten egg and cover them with flour
with which you have mixed a little
salt. Fry them in hot dripping' and
serve garnshol with mince parsley.
Frenci Soup.--Cut up good sized
onion into thin rounds and place, with
onc-half pound of butter into a stew
pan; do not let the onion get brown, but
when about half cooked put in three
handouts of sorrel, one of lettuce, all fine
ly cut; add pepper, salt, little nutmeg,
and keep stirring tho vegetables until
they are nearly cooked; then put in one
tablespoonful of fnely-pounded loaf
sugar and a pint and half of stock !;
boil until the onion is Thoroughly well
done. Toast some very thin slices Of
bread; cut about two inches square; dry
these, and when the soup is to be served,
after adding the beaten yolks of two
eggs and half pint of milk, place the
toast in the soup bowl and pour the soup
over it.