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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-17
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REPLY BY AGRICULTURAL EDIToR.-
We have never grown solarge, fair and
good crop of potatoes, and so cheaply,
with any other fertilizer as with dress
ing of Underground bone and unleached
hardwood ashes, prepared by wetting
them up together, as so frequently de-
scribed in these columns. Our pre-
ferred proportions are one bushel of
bone mixed on floor with two bushels
of ashes, then packed firmly into a
barrel, holes made nearly to the bottom
with a hoe-handle, and from two to
three pals of water added. Let the
mixture stand two or three weeks, then
turn out on the floor again and mix in
enough more ashes or land plaster to
make it dry enough to apply to the land,
which should be done after blowing and
before narrowing. Apply about the same
value as you would of stable manure to
get the crop you want, more to poor
land of course. There is no loss in APP
plying this fertilizer freely, as it does
not waste, even as much as manure,
from one year to the next.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-17
Soups.

Will not the readers Of the House
hold take up this branch of cooking
and give us their experience? 1t is
said we throw away meat enough to
support one person in every family. 1
have seen English cooks keep a close
covered soup-kettle on the back of the
stove and every bone and piece of rind,
cold steak and roast meat would be
put in it. Pieces of chicken and chicken
bones all went to help. When done to
rags, it is easily rubbed through coarse
sieve or colander and seasoned and
served to suit individual tastes. A shin
of beef, boiled till the meat slips off the
bones, makes good foundation for a
thick soup or stew. 1t is best set aside
till next day to get cold and have the
fat taken off. BE sure and not let it
get cold in an iron kettle, or it will
taste of iron. Put the liquor on to boil,
leaving out the meat, and add to it po-
tatoes sliced thin, little turnip and
parsnip, and any vegetable you like.
Put in onion sparingly. Some leave
out onion and put in cabbage shred
fine. Salt and pepper, of course, and
Worcestershire sauce is good if one
likes hot seasoning. The meat is
to be cut small and put in last, to get
hot and seasoned. like tomato catsup
or canned tomatoes, small quantity,
and sometimes 1 put in dried sweet
corn. Toasted bread is good served
with il, or bread-crumbs, if any thick
ening is desired. That is all l know
about soups, and 1 suppose that is a
stew, after all. A. M. S.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-17
agricultural.
T. H. HoSkINs, M. D.; Editor,
Newport, Vermont.
The Trees in Winter.

We cannot but admire that provision
by which all the wide-leaved trees in
the northern zone, where snow and ice
abound, are prepared for the winter.
Their leaves appear as if by magic in
the spring, but the stem of every leaf
has its curious joint, so that when the
summer is past and the leaf becomes
ripe, or dies by frost, it drops from the
tree, and naked branches alone are eX-
posed to the snow and ice and winds
of winter. Farther South the wide
leaved trees are evergreen, but were
they so in northern chimes, with their
present structure, these species would
be destroyed. One winter would ruin
elms, naples and all kindred trees if
their leaves remained upon them.
Their trunks are divided into large
branches that sometimes break down
by their own weight, and certainly
they would, if loaded with snow and
ice, be torn off by the winds, and de-
cay and death would follow.
But our northern evergreens, the
spruces, frs and pines, were made TO
endure these dangers. Their whole
plan of structure is different from that
of the broad-leaved trees. Their trunks
rise as a single shaft, with limbs dis
posed in circles, and small compared
with the size of the trees. They are
not subdivisions of the trunk. These
well-arranged, bending limbs, with
their needle-formed leaves, easily al
low the snow to slip from them, while
even if broken they do not wreck the
trunk.
Did the elm form the joint to its leaf,
and determine the time for it to per-
form its appointed work before the
frost ard snow? Did the pine and
spruce find by experience how their
limbs must be fastened to the trunk,
and how their leaves must be formed
to withstand the winters blast, or were
they all the work of a Supreme De-
signer?
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-17

WE are much indebted to the author,
Monsieur Charles Jolly, vice-president
of the National Horticultural Society of
France, for copy of his Note sur les
Eucalyptus Geonts de Illustrate, an
interesting brochure, with illustrations,
on the gigantic Eucalyptus trees of the
ocean continent of the Southern Henri
sphere. M. Jolly strongly advocates the
extensive planting of the various spe-
cies of Eucalyptus, and especially of E.
globulus and E. amygdaina, in Southern
Europe, and also in all other regions
of the earth adapted to their growth.
We believe that the Eucalypti have not
succeeded very well anywhere on the
Atlantic slope of this continent, but the
Californian climate and soil seem to
suit them admirably.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-17
Not Ashamed of Work.

want to speak word of cheer to
A. A. W., Nan and L. E. H., who
term themselves hired girls. There is
nothing in the vocation that is degrad-
ing, disgraceful or dishonorable. All
labor is ennobling, nothing mean and
low but sin. l do not understand why
hired girls find so much fault with their
employers nowadays. If there has
been any change since the days when
i was a servant girl, it is for the better.
Their labor is lighter, wages better,
with more privileges. have been a
servant girl in the prosperous farmers
family, and in the wealthy mans city
home. Among those people that have
labored for in the capacity of servant
girl l have found some of the best
friends of my life. When / had been
some years married and three little
children had been given to me, re-
member visiting a farmers wife and
expressing the wish that could come
and live with her again, because she
taught me to do so much work in short
time. She has long since gone home
to heaven, where, through the merits of
the blessed Savior, hope to one day
meet her. And in the city home where
| too found friends, and the same
kindness and respect that character
lied their treatment to me when serv-
ant girl has been extended to me till
the present day, and many have been
the presents that have come to me
from this dear lady and her children
children no longer, but ladies and
gentlemen. No doubt there are some
hard mistresses, but never found any
Dear girls, strive to do what is right,
walk worthy of your vocation, and
when you leave it you will feel as A. A.
w. did, that you were leaving home
Mrs. L. A. s., IN Maine Farmer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-17
Coffee.

My grandmother always settled her
coffee with fsh-skin, and I know of
nothing better. Pick it clean of all
bits of fish, soak and wash well in cold
water and hang up to dry. 1t should
be, when dried, hard and clear as gela-
tine, which it is. Cut it in pieces a
little larger than postage stamp, and
put in the box with the ground coffee.
One piece will settle quart of coffee
clear as amber. Put the skin in when
you make the coffee, and pour in all
the hot water you will need, so as not
to unsettle by filling up. DOT.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-17

AN old farmer recently said to us, in
conversation, " 1 used to think, good
many years ago, that if stock were kept
little short in winter they would grow
enough more in summer to make it up
but if an animal grows one or two
pounds day in winter, it is more likely
to grow three or four in summer than
if it had not grown at all in the winter. ~
Here was a man who learned by ex-
perience-a way of gaining knowledge
which is open to every one who knows
how to keep his eye peeled"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-17
Potato Fertilizers.

Ayoung farmer asks me: " What fer
tilizer aside from barnyard manure
shall / use for potatoes on land that
raised good corn last year, and what
upon poorer land for the same crop?n
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-17
statesmen WANTED
FOR THE
F0nthiII Nurseries!

-Four hundred fifteen acres-the largest In Canada
Head Office, Toronto, Ontario. We offer better
inducements than any firm in the business. We can
employ frStcass cdnrdssers at to start work
sales for spring of 1886. We require men who can
devote full time to the work. Active, successful
men can earn good salaries and obtain steady work
the whole year round. Good references required
Apply (sending photograph, If possible) to STONE
a. WELLINGTON, Nurserymen, Montreal
j. w. BEALL, Manager of Branch once.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-17

The Ne,o England Farmer has
changed publishers, Darling & Keith
having sold out to George M. Whitaker.
A. w. Cheever remains the agricultural
editor. Success to them.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-17
Assignee's Sale !!

l will sell at public auction, at the residence of IL.
p. Martin of Marshfeld. VT on Wednesday, Feb
ruary gath, A. D.. 1886. at ten O'Clock, A. NJ,
the following described property, viz Ten cows two
twoyearsold heifers, four yearng hefers one year
nice matched steercalves and one high-blood Dur
ham bull-calfl, two Poland China sows, one White
straw one hundred bushels of oats, two hundred
bushels of ears of corn fifty bushels of barley twenty
bushels of India wheat and one hundred bushels of
potatoes Also one two-horse lumber-wagon, one OK
cart, one pleasure wagon, one sleigh, one twohorse
traverse sled three ox-seds steersled one two
horse moving machine, one horse-rake four hay
forks, two manure-forks, three shovels, four OK
Jokes, four hand-rakes. four chains, one pair of
work-harnesses one buffalo robe lot of dairy tools
two hundred fifty wooden saptubs, three sap-hold-
ers. one sap-heater two sappans and other articles
too numerou to mention.
j. L. COBURN, Assignee.
North Montpelier, VT, February 9Th, 1886.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-17
Gbe 9ouseboIo.

bB- Communications for this column should be
sent to the agricultural editor, DR.. Hoskins at
Newport, VI.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-17

THE MISSES BRIDGMAN graduates OF the Mon
roo school of Oratory and Dramatic Art, are pre-
nared to give instruction in yolceculture, express
sion gesture and rendition, They will respond to
calls Tor associations, lecture courses literary and
church societies. +. o. address, Hardwick, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-17

The nightmare is gallant steed,
And gaily doth she HE
Upon her course when she doth feed
On turkey and mlnce.pie.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-17
HOODS sARsAPARILLA

Works through the blood, reg,tldttng tonin9
and nvigorattng all the functions of the body.
Sold by druggists. Price 81, or six for So.
CT HOOD & CO.. Lowell, Mass.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1886-05-06
AGRICULTURAL.
Household ET;saNS.

IN pairing fruit for canning, use q sill
Yer In fe, SO nat the fruit may not
turn dark colored 81
Buy bar soap by the quantity.
Keep It where it viii dy, and it will
50 much f;r;her in using. .
Finger marks may be removed from
vanished furniture by the use of a lit
tie sweet oil upon Il soft rag, Patient
rubbing with chloroforn will remove
paint from black silk or any other ma
terial.
Tn clearing paint spots which viii
not yield to rubbing OF soap, even the
SPOTS which lo.k like small ga, hes cut
through tie paint may be removed BY
rubbing lightly with a damp cloth dip
ped in soda.
Rusty black lace can be freshened
and otherwise lmproycd by rinsng it
in water to winch has been added borax
and alcohol in the proportions Of one
tablespoonful each Of borax and alcohol
to one cnpful Of soft water. After the
lace is partly dry dip it in water in
which an old kid glove has been b lied
squeeze gently, pull ont the edges, and
spread on cloth or blotting paper and
! dry under a heavy weight.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1886-05-06
exc SGs..H 81. Ecv:.lH.

lis i"ed'ng value consists il its NJ,
tr'6en and its fat. Of the former We
have already spoEen; o. tie latter two
an" / half To three pounds Is c'nta'neI
IN one hundred pounds ot it. It's the
oret1cal money value Is estimated at
ere dollar an seventy cents pei one
hundred pam : ~ cemp'r|d with tn"
best hay ut on dollar per hundred
Rye Bran IS thought to be richer III J."
trItTe element. than Wheat ran, "ud
III oar conS'de"nbiy long experience we
are strongly lnrfnen to believe this to
be well founded, having found rye Iran
ground with corn and oats to be more
productive Of milk and butter t!'an
wheat bran. In our practice bran i
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1886-05-06

Thc Best Salye in the world for Cuts
Bruises, Sores Ulcers, Salt Rheum
Fever Sores, letter Chapped Hands,
Cbilblaius, Corns, and all skin erup-
tons and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refunded
Price rs cents per box. For sale by
NJ f. Leatherman.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1886-05-06
&c; ss"' S,I S, s.: and S,, y

age of goods of large value, that Will start
YOU in work that will at once bring you III
money faster than anything else in America
All about the $20o,000 in presents with each
box. Agents wanted everywhere, of either
sex, of all ages, for all the time, OF spare time
only, TO work for us at their own homos.--
Fortunes for all workers alb olutely assured
Don't delay. II. HALLETT 4 Co. Portland
Maine
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1886-05-06

A hdy wrote 10 the Mack Publish
ing Co., 528 Washington, New York,
and said: Please send ne the book
with tie Wheel Of Fortune in 1t and
the Language ofFowerS." Size meant
the Ladies Book, which is full of Illus
tyations and Interesting articles, in
GLIDING Rules of Society, Dictionary of
Dreams, Aids to Beauty. Sent FIR
two cents in stamps.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1886-05-06
z lac ESIrnyartl.

OF all TIE leaks on farm, says the
"Rural World u leaky, sloping barn,
ward is the worst. The time honorea
fashion of placing The barn on knoll
or the highest spot of land near the
house is most reprehensible one
More wealth glides away from such Il
sunny, elevated barnyard than can be
computed 1t must reach far up in
to the millions annually. The num-
Del of barns that are so placed that the
water that falls from tie roof at each
rain and rushes through and washes
out the most valuable soluble portions.
can be luMb e:ed by the hundreds Of
thousands.
Every IevelLead'd farmer has, Or
should have, II level or slightly coucavc
barnyNrl, much in The form of IN iavert
Ell watch crystal. II fat, and the bottom
is Of clay, .he outer e!g, should be
raised to height Of at least ene foot
so thIt no water would escape that had
fallen in the from Of rain.
FIR tho purpose Of converting th'
largest proportion Of the wheat straw
INTO valuable manure, the stack should
be bnilt in The centre Of such a yarC
and sufficient straw lie scattered from
time to time to Ie'2 the yard in plss
abb, co"di'ion.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1886-05-06
? A ! : n 7 s

Obtained. and all other business III the U. :.
Patent office attended to for MODERATE
FEES.
Our Office is opposite the U. S: Patent or
free and we can o.tain Patents in less time
tlan those remote from WASHINGTON.
Send MODEL OR DRAWING. We adj
wise as to patcn'ahility free of charge; and we
make NO CHARGE UNLESS WEOBIAlN
PATENT.
When patent is granted drawing ofyour
invention. with claims, your naMc and adj
dress, will be published in the United States
Patent Office Gnz tie, a paper OF immense 6,
circulation. AND THROE ONE THAI
PUBLISHES THIS FREE.
We l., fer. here, to the Postmaster. the
Supt If Money Order Div and tn official OF
The U. S. Patent Office, For circular advice
terms, and references to actual clients III
your own State or county write to
e.. A. Snow a. CO..
Opposite Patent Washington, Office, D. q,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1886-05-06

Early gardening Ielgthens the grow
ing season, and permits, at times, Of
two crops on the same land, as tarnips
may follows peas, and time is thereby
e inol fox putting in late crops.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1886-05-06

Dry soil is an excellent mulch, es-
poejal'y if kept loose, when it becomes
u cushion Of air, to certain extent,
and IS the cir is Il non conductor of
heat the roots of the plants are thereby
partially protected during times Of
drought.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1886-05-06

A heavy coat of manure will create
vigorous vegetation, but will it add to
lie yield Of well developed frmt in
every case? We know it Will not in
our crop Of peas.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1886-05-06

aAaEA Gmore money than at anything
9ssS ( Esae else by taking an agency for the
~ EaI hes, selling book out. Beginners
succeed grandly. None fail. Terms free.
U\IJTrT Book Co. Portland, Maine.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-06-09
srSFNUL DAILY GLOBE WEDNESDAY MORNING JUNE lsY1ss

ter, chairman. Papers by II. L. Coon, North
field, j. C. Adams, Lake Cssg. and p. N.
Kelly, Rochester.
Nervous diseases, r. D. Beard, Minneapo-
lis, chairman. Papers by r. o. Beard Charles
Simpson, w. A. Jones' Elizabeth S. s. Norred,
Minneapolis, William Frisby, Mankato.
Pathology, G. III. Hunter, Minneapolis,
chairman. Papers by Drs. Hunter and Stew
art, Minneapolis, and L. j. Hutton, Fergus
Falls.
The meeting will conclude with the re-
port of the department of orthop@dic surg
cry. by James Ii. Dunn of Minneapolis,
chairman, and discussion led by Frank
Burton, Minneapolis. DIR. Burton will
also give clinic on the application of the
plaster of paris jacket
The executive committee reports it has
received no report from the following de-
partments:
Epidemics, Hygiene and Climatolcgy,
Charles Berry, chairman, New Ulm; Materia
Medica, A. Il. Richie, chairman, Duluth;
Medical Education, c. N. Hewitt, chairman,
Red Wing; Medical Jurisprudence, G. II.
Boardman, chairman, st. Paul.
In order to carry out the amended arti-
Giles of the constitution relative to the d
vision of the society into two bodies, and
thus facilitate the opportunity for work,
and allow every paper to. be read, at least
by synopsis. and to be, freely discussed,
the executive committee have arranged
the program to restrict each paper to a
space not to exceed fifteen minutes, and no
member of the society shall speak more
than once on the same subject, nor longer
than five minutes without special permit OF
the department. The session will be con-
cluded with a banquet at the West hotel on
Friday evening
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-06-09
STATE SAWBONES.
Business and Pleasure Before the
Meeting of Minnesota NEEDLES.


Meeting of Minnesota NEEDLES.
The executive committee of the State
Medical society has Just completed its pro-
gram of the eighteenth annual meeting. to
be held at the West hotel, beginning on
Friday of next week. E. j. Davis, Man
kato, president Of the society, will call to
order at 10 a. m. on Thursday. Prof. w.
w. Folwell will deliver the address of well
come, and after the report of the executive
committee, DR.. McMurdy, chairman, the
presidents annual address will be read. In
the afternoon the regular departments will
report, in order, as follows:
Practical Medicine, A. e. Senkler. st. Paul,
chairman. Papers by ]. c. Rosser, Brainerd,
p. III. Willard, Saltwater, J. w. Thompson, st.
Paul, and H. NJ. Bracken, Minneapolis.
Obstetrics, William Davis, st. Paul, chair
man. Papers by j. W. Bell and F. A. Duns-
moor, Minneapolis, and w. L. Beebe, st.
Cloud.
Surgery, Franklin Staples, Winona, chair
man, general report and brief notes of re-
cent progress. Items on practice by the fol-
lowing: NJ w. and W. J. Mayo, Rochester;
Thomas F. Quinby, c. H. Hunter, E. S. Kelly
and j. FL. Stuart, Minneapolis; A. e. Senker,
st. Paul; Louis Bauer, st. Louis; J. G. Ros-
ser, Brainerd; Charles Berry, New Ulln, and
]. A. Du Bois Sank Centre
Ophthalmology and GEOLOGY, G. Williams,
ST. Paul, chairman. Papers by Frank ALI
port, G. J. Spratt and A. Blitz. MINNEAPOLIS:
]. w. Chamberlain and c. Williams ST. Paul.
Friday morning will be devoted to bust
ness, reports of committees and election Of
officers. In the afternoon the department
reports will be continued as follows: Dis
eases of women. George E. French, Mime
apois, chairman. Papers by Drs. c. H.
Hunter, J. w. Bell, A. w. Abbott and r. O.
Beard, of Minneapolis.
Diseases of children, ". ]. Mayo, Roches-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-06-09
THE CEsNOLA COLLECTION
As Good as Secured-.A Plan FUR.
niShed nv the Directorate.


At yesterdays meeting of the board of
directors of the Exposition, Mr.. Merrill, of
the committee ON finances, reported that q
special effort must be made to get in the as
sessments ON the stock. At the present
rate, money would not come in with suffi-
cient rapidity to pay for the work as it pro-
crossed. The committee had discussed
plan which it was satisfied with, and
wanted an executive session of the board to
perfect it. 1t was agreed to meet on Friday
evening and complete the work.
Mr.. Gale reported plan by which the
Exposition, with the Society of Fine Arts.
might purchase the CeSnola collection of
casts, which has already been described in
the GLOBE. This plan, in brief, was that
the two organizations purchase the col
lection, each paying half and each owning
an individual half; the collection remaining
at the Exposition, but the members and
students of the society to obtain free adj
mission to the collection. Mr.. Gale thought
there was some doubt of the ability of the
society to raise its half of the purchase
money, and believed, as prompt action
is necessary, the board must take
the collection if it would have it. He adj
vocated the charging of separate fee to
luS dlG dliu hoo DdUio-
fed the revenue would be large and would
speedily pay for the collection. Mr.. Wash
burn took the same view, and proposed to
get certain number of gentlemen to adj
vance the money necessary to the purchase,
to be repaid out of the first proceeds of the
art department. A little discussion ensued.
at the close of which MI. Gale said he
would be one of ten who would either adj
vance the money necessary or indorse the
necessary note. Mr.. WaShburn said he
would also advance or indorse, and Mr..
Barton said the same, so there is little
doubt the collection will be purchased. Mr..
Regain said the collection could be brought
here free of duty if the art collection were
registered as permanent at Washington. On
his motion a committee of three was APP
pointed to take the necessary steps. The
discussion proceeded, and E. A. Merrill
added himself to the list as willing to adj
vance the money. He moved the executive
committee be authorized to enter into an
agreement with those gentlemen who are
willing to advance the money by which
they are to be reimbursed from the net pro-
ceeds of the art department, the collection
to belong to the Exposition when the entire
amount shall have been refunded. This
prevailed and the committee was instructed
to proceed at once.
Bills amounting to 81, 395. 90 were ordered
paid. A contract with the Northwestern
Terra Gotta company was ratified. The
terra Gotta is to cost SIS, 100 aid is for use
in the external walls, principally at the
capitals of the pilaSterS