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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-04-21
A Grand Feature

OF Hoods Sarsaparila is that while it puri-
fies the blood and sends 1t coursing through
the veins full of richness and health, it also
imparts new life and vigor to every function
of the body. Hence the expression so often
heard: floods Sarsaparilla made new per-
son of me-" 1t entirely overcomes that tired
feeling so common at this season, cures head
ache, bliousness, dyspepsia, scrofula, and all
humors. 1t accomplishes wonderful cures
where other medicines fail to do any good.
Try Hoods Sarsaparilla this season.
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SOLD IN MONTPELIER BY
PUTNAM g. MARVIN.

DOR SALE.-A six-horse- power portable engine,
IL just the thing for cutting ensilage, etc.
07-tf H. o, CAMP, Barre, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-04-21
A Good Appetite

Always accompanies good health and absence Of appe
te is an indication of something wrong The loss Of
rational desire for food is followed by lack of strength
of 10 tho
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-04-13
wear it after his returnSto Washington,
which she seemed to think would be
lowering the dignity of the Chief Justice.
Gotham,s wealthy Homes.

Probably in no city in the world"
said an ex-officer of the Army and Navy
Club a few days since, s'doesa pedestrian
catch glimpse of so many magnificent
interiors as in New York. Naval men
you know are great walkers when they
reach port. It is an exercise that is bene-
fetal in a thousand ways, and in the
course of my trips about the world l have
become familiar with the appearance of
the streets of all the coast and many of
the interior towns of Importance. It is
rather peculiar that the older the city the
less the surface display and the more
beautiful the zealously screened interiors.
For instance in Rome the houses which
are most deliberately decorated within
have such somber and unattractive cx-
teriors that they might almost be called
repellent. In Chicago on the other hand
when a merchant prince or a millionaire
pork packer builds Il house he has it near
the sidewalk and when the gas is lighted
at night he is apt to raise the shades and
pull the curtains back so that passcrs by
may look in and sec in what a costly
manner he lives. New York has not this
shoddy idea, but where the houses are so
close to the sidewalk and the house
maids are careless there is very often a
chance to catch sight of interiors that
force a man of any sort of cultivation or
taste to stop and admire. Last night !
went to dinner in Fifty-scvcnth street,
west, and as I had plenty of time. l left
the navy yard about five o'clock, crossed
the bridge, walked up Broadway and
moved thence up Madison avenue and
along Fifty-seyenth street to my destina-
ton. Everywhere along the route above
Madison square I caught sight of magni-
fcently panellcd walls, plush and laced
curtains that cost fortunes, warm bronzes,
richly framed pictures and the like set off
by subducd colored lights. On all sides
were views of sumptuously furnished
apartments sometimes in the basement
and sometimes on the second and third
floors of the houses, but never ~ostenta-
tiously shown. I don't know whether
people are generally aware of it or not,
but there is more to be seen in q stroll
about New York streets than in any other
city in the world. And when the wind
ows are not too securely screened flying
glimpses of maynificcntly furnished homes
may be had which must plunge a beggar
into the very depths of dependency"
-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-04-13
Some Historic Dogs.

AT a time when dogs, especially metro
politan dogs, are somewhat under a
cloud, says a writer in AU the Year
Round, it may be we'll to recall some of
the claims of our old friend to respect
and esteem. Every one remembers the
dog of Ulysses, who died in greeting his
master, just returned from his long wand
erings, and the story shows the consider
alton in which the dog was held in the
heroic ages of Greece. The old Pcrsians,
too, held the dog in high esteem; to the
Magians he was 4 sacred animal, the rep
rescntative and friend of Ormuzd the
Bcneicent, and the great satraps were
distinguished by their trains of hunting
dogs, as was the King himself, and Xer-
xes set GU. 1or the conquest of Greece
surrounded by a great body-guard of
faithful dogs. Those most highly priced
by the Persians cam from India, social
ed probably from the Bactrian regions,
where the dog is still held in high rcpute.
Captain Woods tells us that the old-fash.
Toned Uzbeg would think it no insult to
be asked to sell his wife, but would re-
sent an offer for his dog as an unpardon-
able %affront. while among the border
tribes of Turkestan the cpithet of the
dog-seller is one of the profoundest con-
tempt. Indeed, the birthplace of ma
lions is probably the original home of
the dog, and when our Aryan ancestors
began to migrate westward from their
ancient seats with their aocks and herds
they brought with them, no doubt, their
fierce and faithful dogs, who have left
their descendants of to-day, the English
mastiff, the Pyrcncan sheep dog, the AL
bantam w~olf-hound. Ancient laws, too,
record the estimation in which the dog
was held: GA herd dog that goes for
the sheep in the morning and follows
them home at night is worth the best
OK" say the ancient laws of Wales.
The best herd dogsof the present day,
perhaps, are the Breton sheep dogs
rough, shaggy, uncouth-with an aspect
as if they had a little Of the blood of
bruin in their veins, but highly valued
by their possessors, who are not to be
tempted into parting with them by any
thing Under tho price of the best OK and
the Breton dog is one of the most a ga
.cious Of his kind, watching and tending
his flock with m almost incredible zeal
and devotion.
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Getting Rid Of Bill Collectors.

Brown-Ive got an excellent plan for
getting rid of bill collectors.
Green-Hal That so?
B:-I have. Never fails.
G.-Well, old fellow, you must let me
into the secret, for I'm worried to death
by 'em.
B-Well, I've tried it several times q
late, and I find the MAJ comes back
again.
Gay, ay, what do you slo2
BIZ pay hin.-Bostoa Courier.
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RecipeS.

EGG Ro1Ls.-Two cups of sweet milk,
two eggs, one-fourth tcaspoonful OF salt,
three and one-half cups sifted flour,
one teaspoonful baking powder. Make
in batter and bake in gem pans.
JUMBLEs.-Vcry nice. two cups
sugar. two-thirds cup butter, two-thirds
cup milk, two-thirds teaspoon soda, two
eggs, nutmeg. Stir together the flour,
butter and sugar; dissolve soda and put
in the milk, then add the beaten eggs.
DUMPL1Nes.-Scrape two ounces of fine
beef suet very thin, mix it with four
ounces of -four, pinch of salt, and
water to make a stiff paste. Flour
your hands, and roll the paste into balls
about the size of a form; have ready a
stewpan half filled with boiling water
slightly salted; drop in the dumplings
and then let boil fast for twenty minutes.
Take them up with fish-slice, and put
them on the dish with the carrots. If
preferred, these dumplings may be made
of drippings of butter in the proportion
of two ounces of the fat to five ounces of
-four. A small pinch of sage and pep
per can. if liked, be used as flavor
ing for the dumplings.
CHICKEN P1E.--Cut up two small
chickens and put them in asaucepan with
quarter of pound of salt pork cut
in thin slices, adding salt and pepper.
Cover with water and simmer until done;
then set aside until cold. Make a paste
of one quart of -four, with which is
mixed two teaspoonsfuls of baking pow
der, two large tablespoonful of clarified
beef drippings or butter, half a teaspoon
full of salt and half teacupful of granu-
lated sugar. Mix together and moisten
with sweet milk until soft dough is
formed. ROD out half the dough and
line a well .buttered tin pan with it.
Fill with the chicken and broth, adding
a tablespoonful of butter. Set an inverted
cup in the centre, roll out the other half
of the paste and cover over the pie with
it. Make large incision in the middle
of the paste and press the sides of the
upper and lower crust we'll together. If
all the broth be not used at first, add
through the opening during the baking.
The pie should be baked in a moderate
oven.
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Fish That Beg.

Through the last "defile" about half
way below Sampanago, on the borders of
the Upper Burmah, is small rocky island
which in the dry season is connected
with the shore by a narrow spit of sand.
In the bay thus formed lie enormous dog
fish which are perfectly tame. DR.. Will
Jams, in his book called Through Bur-
NAH to Western China" relates: GAS
we drew near the island, I asked the
boatman to call the fish. He hesitated,
until assured that we had something to
give them to eat, but at length slightly
ruffied the water with his outspread fin
gers, and called with a coaxing voice:
'Tit-tit, tit-titH when, to our extreme as
tonishment, in less than half minute
large mouths from ten inches to foot in
diameter rose to the gunwale of the boat,
gaping for aims. They were a kind of
dog-fsh, some of them at least five feet
in length and very broad at the shoul-
ders. Twenty or thirty crowded to the
side of the canoe, and, though not clam
orous. were ludicrously energetic in their
begging, some of them rising so far out
of the water as to lose their balance and
topplc back with splash on their neigh
bors. So tame were they that they al
lowed us to stroke their backs. Some of
them had patches of gliding on their
heads"
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The Potato.

The early history of the potato is in
volved in obscurity. It has been sup
posed that the plant was first found by
Europeans in Virginia, and that Sir Wal.
ter Raleigh carried it thence to England
in the wear 1886. Raleigh never visited
Virginia. he only furnished ships and
means to aid in planting colony there.
The most probable theory to my mind is,
that Sir Francis Drake, returning from
explorations in the Pacific ocean, coasted
along the western shores of South
America, one of the native habitats of
the potato, and while in that region pro-
cured some of the tubers, which he carried
with him to England. On his homeward
voyage, he touched on the shores of Vir-
ginia, and took off the discouraged colo
nists and conveyed them back to the
mother country. If this is correct, then
this introduction probably occurred as
early as 1866, this being the date of
brakes return from the West. The po-
tato was doubtless known to Europeans
at an earlier date, as Columbus, during
one of his voyages, found root culti-
vated on the island of Cuba, that was
used for food by the natives, and this
was no doubt the potato.
Early European voyagers and travellers
found the potato growing in the Andean
forests and along the Pacific coasts on
both sides of the equator, through sew
eral degree of latitude. Itwas also found
in cultivation, the natives testifying that
it had been in cultivation as an article OF
diet from time immemorial. Spanish
and Portuguese adventures probably in
troduced the potato into those countries
at very early day, whence it probably
made its way into Italy. 1t is quite GER
tain that it was cultivated in Spain as
early as 1850. The time of its introduce
ton into Ireland, where it has become so
important as an article of food that gen
eral failure of the crop results in fam
inc, is in dispute, some claiming that it
was from Spain by a sea captain in 1865,
others that it was procured from Raleigh
in England.-ReO. L. j. 7emplm.
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Heavy Fowls.

Many persons suppose they cannot
breed heavy fowls unless they have heavy
stock to commence with; but this is a
mistake, as have proved by experience,
to my own satisfaction at least. Breed
ers will always sell birds hatched late In
the season cheaper than early-hatched
fowls. Such fowls will, however, never
attain the size of the early chicks; but as
the difference in the price is an item OF
importance to many, we must not look
50 much to the size of these birds as to
consider what they will do as breeders.
Now if these fowls are bred from heavy
stock, and the only cause of their being
small is that they are late-hatched, then
early chicks from them will grow to as
large a size as the chicks hatched the
same time from larger fowls. OF course,
by breeding late and consequently small
fowls year after year, the stock may be
degencrated, but one remove from large
stock as above stated, will do no harm
whatever. Large, showy prize-winners
do not always prove the best breeders
american Rural Home.
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FARM AND HOUSE.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO FAR
MER AND HOUSEWIFE.
Feed Judiciously.

If there is time for economy in forage
and grain for stock, it is when the barns
are full. So many farmers think they
have plenty on hand there is no necessity
for saving, and therefore they feed it
with lavish waste. The northern far
mers coming here are frequently heard to
say they could keep their stock on our
waste. The charge is justified by obser-
vation and experience. The best way to
avoid that charge is for the farmer to at
tend to his stock at feeding time, and
see that they have no more given to them
than they can readily eat up clean. GO
into the stalls of the average farmer, and
it will be seen that hay is Uttered knee,
deep on the floor, trod on, and detled
80 stock will not touch it. If only
enough was given, and the manger is
properly guarded by straps across to pre-
vent pulling out, this would not happen:
Again, it is a common sight to see bits OF
ears of corn, partially eaten and slobbered
over, so it is unfit for eating.-NashcaIte
Spirit of the Farm.
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Rats Will Leave.

A correspondent of Chambers Journal
says that chloride of lime will drive rats
away. He first made this discovery on
board ship, and says also: "On my re-
turn to England I took house and fur
nished it. After being In it short
time I found that it was infested with
rats. They would get through every
part on the ground floor. On examina-
ton discovered that drain ran under
the house emptying into the harbor. I
here again used the chloride of lime free
ly, and in less than week every rat had
taken its departure have recommended
this remedy to many ship-masters and
friends on shore; and in all causes it has
proved success. I have occupied my
present residence for five years, and we
have neither rat nor mouse on the prem
ises. attribute this to the free use Of
the above mixture, which is also effective
as a deodorizer and disinfectant.
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Household Hints,

Make your table pretty; it makes the
food taste better and refnes the man.
ners.
To keep tinware nice and bright scour
it every two or three weeks with finely
sifted coal ashes.
Soiled white fur can be nicely cleaned
by rubbing it thoroughly in white flour.
1t should then be hung out of doors for
about thirty minutes. Repeat the pro-
cess several times, and the fur will be
equal to knew.
A very easy way to mold meat which is
to be sliced for tea is to chop the meat
very fine, season with pepper and salt,
and if you wish for spices add them;
add butter also, or ''try'' some suet, and
add the fat from it. Butter the inside
of plain mold, press the meat into it
very firmly, tie cloth over the top, hav-
ing first scattered -four over the cloth;
steam this for an hour; then set it away
to cool. This may be served hot, if you
choose, with nice gravy.
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Successful Sheep HusbandrY.

The knowledge necessary for success
full sheep husbandry is of twofold char
acter. The successful manager of flock
of sheep must know what to do, and
when and how to do it. As the success
full pilot must have knowledge not alone
of the deep and smooth waters of the
route his vessel is to traverse, but as we'll
must know the location of the hidden
rocks and shoals to be avoided, so must
the shepherd know the course in his busl,
ness that is free from distractions, and
which will, under ordinary conditions, in
sure successful results.
First of all, have your mind thoroughly
made up as to what particular phase of
industry YOU propose to conhne your
efforts. In reaching this conclusion, one
will need to take into account the amount
of capital invested, the kind and number
of sheep he will begin with, and the linn
it's to which capital and surroundings cir
cumscribe him. If the owner of land,
one can "take chances from which
the mere leaseholder is barred. 4 large
proportion of the failures among men
making sheep husbandry their leading
business, have resulted from Indebtedness
incurred for sheep and lands, with the
expectation that profits would soon wipe
out both principal and interest. At any
time than when ''boom" is on, more
money will be made from small, we'll
selected flock that has been paid for, than
from a larger one from which the first
returns belong to the creditor.
When you buy sheep for breeding
purposes be sure that it is better than the
best in your own flock in blood and
physical development; and when you
have bought it, see that it is cared for
like any valuable piece of property. Good
live stock, like good clothes, cannot be
exposed to all kinds of hardship with
out showing the effects of such harsh
treatment.
Take off the wool as soon as the
weather seems settled and warm enough
to admit of it with safety to the sheep,
and put the feeces in such order that the
buyer will readily give you the top price
for woods of similar grade.
Breed so as to have every lamb an I'M
provement upon the average standard OF
the flock, and sell as soon as they can be
made ready all that come below such
standard. When the time comes for
selling animals of any age do the select
ing yourself-alway keeping the best.
They are worth more to you than any one
else, so long as you are not overstocked.
Do not be tempted into keeping more
sheep than you have tirst-class arrange
ments for keeping-food and other ncces-
sary Accommodations.
Do not keep different breeds of sheep
together. The conditions best suited to
some are not the best for others, and when
mixed the result will be that all will
come short of their highest possible re-
suits.
Do not abandon sheep husbandry be-
cause prices are temporarily unsatisfac-
tory, or be in hurry to expand your
business when ''boom" sets in. Wool
and mutton, like everything else, will
vary in price, and the changes in price
will come faster than any man can change
his business without sacrifice. Ohio
Farmers Journal.
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DAYTON, Ohio, Jan. IL, 1856.
You may add my testimony as to the merits
Of Piso's Cure for Consumption. took
severe cold last February, which settled on my
lungs. They became liberated and were so
painful that had no rest for two days and
nights got bottle of Piso's Cure for Con-
sumption, and was relieved by the time had
taken half of it. Since that time have kept
Piso's Cure in the house, and use it as a pre-
ventive, both for lung troubles and Group, for
which can recommend it az the best medi-
cine ever used; and that is saying great deal,
for have used at least twenty, others, besides
about as many physicians prescriptions:
Piso's ure for consumption has never failed
to give reliefin my family.
Al. CRUDE,
81 Springfield st.
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he sod more quickly than it otherwise

would.
Two years of thorough cultivation will
be needed to subdue tough sod so as to
fit it for seeding with clover. And under
most circumstances such land should not
be kept under cultivation more than two
years without seeding. In killing out old
grass roots in heavy sod a great amount
of plant food is made available, and this
will be wasted by washing of rains and
SHOWS if clover is not sown to retain 1t.
Near cities land may be too valuable to
seed to clover every two or three years.
but this is not the location where old sod
land is generally found. No matter how
high the price Of land. an occasional re-
seeding with clover and grass will restore
fertility as nothing else will.-B0sto@
CuLttrQt0r.
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Ny FRIEND, do you suffer with malar-
ia? Almost any impure condition of the
atmosphere will induce it. Try VINEGAR
B1rTERs as cure, and you will bless the
day when you began its use. In less than
amonth the VINEGAR B1TTERs will chase
the last remnant of malarial poison out Of
your blood, and you will feel like a new
maroon
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The powers of oratory of U. S. Sena-
tor Voorhees,, of Indiana, are universally
acknowledged. Where even in De-
mosthenes could there be words more
eloquent than these? II consider St.
Jacobs Oil splendid remedy. 1 suffered
from rheumatism of the back. used
St. Jacobs Oil, which gave me iustan-
taneous relief, and then cured me-"
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How to Raise Carrots.

A Vermont farmer has been expert
mert:ng with an easy method of raising
them, and writes to Our Country Home:
In the fall whenI can do nothing else |
draw to the field intended for carrots
plenty of well-rotted stable manure and
give the ground liberal dressing. then
pillow the soil into ridges, and leave it un-
til spring to pulverize. Before plowlng
in the spring give the ground another
good dressing Of manure. then har-
row the surface level, plow quite deep,
and harrow until the surface is left as
smooth as it is possible to make it. 1t is
then ready for the seed. After the rows
are marked out two and half feet apart
Isow the seed by running the drill in the
bottom of these rows. The garden roller
will cover the seed sufficiently. By roll
ing the whole piece over find that soil
ietains the moisture better should it be
dry when the planting is done. When
the young plants begin to show them
selves l scrape the soil away from the
plants into the spaces between the rows.
This gives the young plants start and
at the same time kills all weeds that may
be starting. As soon as the weeds begin
to grow put the horseshoe and cultiva-
tor to work, going through them at least
once a week until the tops get large
enough to shade the ground. Three
inches apart is about the right distance to
leave the young plants in the row. If
furthe apart it is waste of ground, and if
closer they will be crowded and grow
small. 1t is just as much work to top
small as large carrot. Pull up all weeds
that are left in the row. One pound Of
seed is sufficient for an acre.
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1t Has No Equal,

MAIDSTONE, Eng, Sept. Z, 1885.
Mn J. NJ. HOLIDAY, Chemist.
DEAR SIR: shall be glad if you will send me
by bearer some more Of Piso's Cure for Con-
fammation of the Chest and Sore Throat, and
do not intend to be without it. II you like. you
can make use Of my name as recommending it
before anything else I ever tried.
E. f. HIBILNG,
Photographic Artist.
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A f,naa NoH Raunnd Helm

A Case Not Beyond Help.
Dr. NJ. Fl. Hinsdale, Kewanee, ILL.,, advises us or q
remarkable cure Of Consumption. He says: "a
neighbors wife was attacked with violent lung dis
ease and pronounced beyond help from Quick Con.
sumption. As last resort the family was persuaded
to try DIR. WM. HALLS BASSAM FOR THE
LUNGS. TO the astonshment OF ALL, by the time she
had used oneh half dozen bottles she was about the
house doing her own work