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come again.

south Haneoek.
Rev. J. K. Bowler spends the next two
weeks at Franklin, and goes thence 10 the
Hancock Baptist Association a, Swans
Island, Sept II.
Mrs. +. ID. Bragdon Of No. Lamoine, has
been visiting her relatives here Mrs. NJ.
Wooster, Miss Nancy Bragdon and Mrs.
Eph.aim Crabtree and other friends, making
a shor, call on Mr.. and Ms. Bowler, they
both being old friends Of hers
Mrs. 4. W Bowler left on Monday for
Norridgewoek and Industry. to visit her two
aunts. sisters Of her mother, one 50 and the
other s. years Of age.
Rev. Mr.. Curtis and wife of Fairfield, Me-,
formerly pastor Of this place, Who have been
visiting here a few weeks, returned home
on Friday.
Sep. !. h.
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BluehiII.

BlurhiIi.
And still the cry i. for rain,
Albina Carter and Steve Wescott attend
ed the reunion of the 9Th Me- at Bangor
last week.
Rev. Mr.. Harwood returned TO Skowhe
gan last week.
The fall term of the Academy opened
Monday with 40 scholars. We are glad OF
this valuable testimonial of the esteem in
which Prof. Lee is held, and We are also
glad that he is with US again. We hear
that Miss Carrie Stevens will act as assistant
for this term.
Six converts for the Baptist church were
baptized Sunday.
Col. Arson s. Wood gave a ringing
speech on Friday evening to a very good
audience. Not so many Democrats present
as We wish.
The steamer Stella Pickering, will leave
Sedgwick at II NJ. sharp, Brooklin at 1890
P. NJ, Bluehill at 2.3O P. NJ. and arrive at
Swans Island at about P. NJ, Tuesday,
Sept 81, for the accommodation of those
wishing to attend the Baptist Association.
Sept. 6. Rob.
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Sick Headache

For the past two years have been
afflicted with severe headaches and dySpep-
sa was induced 10 try Hoods sarsaPa-
Mia. nd have found great relief. cheer
;L,lv recommend 1t to all Mrs. Z. f.
ANNAHiE. New Haven, Conn.
Mr.. Nay c. Smith, Cambridgeport, Mass.
VS. a >-- ~ from dyspepsia and sick head
a.. She Tux Hoods Sarsaparilla and
found il The best remedy She ever used.
Hood's SarsapariIla
sc'I ly al druggists. 81 SIX for 6. Made
u.,y tyt Z, T. HooD 6 co, Lowell. Mass.
.cC EoCc1 One Dollar.
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REI[R Md!

Having visited the great
west and southwest in the
interest of my large and in
creasing Tobacco business,
and having selected the best
trades in
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-06
Beans as a Field Crop.

Living, as do, in one of the natural
bean gardens of America, / long since
learned that, contrary to the usual idea,
it is very difficult matter to get our
land too rich for beans. AT least
have never been troubled in that way
There is no crop that gives such large
cash returns for manure as the bean
crop. The great secret of success is
right here: Fit your land in first-class
shape for corn, then seed it to beans,
and give it the same care in the way Of
cultivating and hoeing as you would
corn. Many plant beans late on worm
out land, give them no care and then
complain because the crop is light.
The harvesting of the bean crop is
equally important as its proper fertiliza-
ton and culture. Beans should always
be pulled when the pods and leaves are
two-thirds turned. They should never
be left until dead ripe. If one has a
large acreage, extra help should be en-
ployed, that the crop may be speedily
secured. After being pulled, the vines
should remain standing in the bunch
two days, when they should be stacked.
Put good stiff stake, say two and one
half inches at the small end and seven
feet long, into hole in the ground at
least one foot deep, or enough to hold
it firmly. The hole may be made with
a crowbar. Nail two strips crosswise
on the stake one foot from the ground
These strips should be one and one.
half inches wide and twenty inches
long. You then have foundation uI
from the ground where no moisture
can be absorbed by the beans and cause
them to mold, as they frequently dc
when stacked on stones and other rub
Dish lying on the ground. Beans pu
up in this way will stand any weather
without damage, and come out for mar
ket clean and fair.-A. Hoag, GranC
Isle, Vermont.
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was dozen years ago, but that bone is
still at work, and the crops on that
acre and half have since always been
the best on the place, with very little of
anything else but light dressings of
ashes. We should not hesitate here
after to apply ground bone at the rate
of two thousand pounds (S35 WORTHY to
the acre. We often apply that value
of stable manure (twenty-three two
horse loads) for special crops, and find
it to pay well for sweet corn, cabbages,
strawberries, and various other things.
We hear that undergraduates around
Boston think nothing of applying
seventy loads per acre, year after
year, to their land, and find it to pay.
Nevertheless, for the grower of or
binary farm crops such heavy dress
ings, exhausting the supply on a few
acres, is not always the best policy.
Each farmer should try to solve the
question for himself by keeping an ac-
count between his manure pile and his
crops. If he will do this we will war;
rant that he will find gain in apply
ing manures more freely than most of
his neighbors do, and when he begins
to realize the money there is in that
practice, he will take more pains to
save all his manure, solid and liquid, in
the most perfect manner, and get it on
to his land in the way it will do the
most good to his crops. This is a
study for lifetime, and a very profit
able one.
Finally, as to fall feeding the mead
ows. Where the land is in good heart,
and the fall feed makes strong growth
we believe it is good plan to Craze it
moderately, but not very late, and GER
tainly not when the ground is wet
enough to be soft. But between steal
ing crop of grain from the grass at
seeding, and stealing pasturage from
the mowings in the fall every year
afterwards, the average of our hay crop
runs altogether too low. If grass is
our most profitable crop, we ought to
give it the best chance, but many
farmers are too short-sighted to see
this point. Those who overstock their
pastures, and raise little or nothing in
the way of fodder crops, see no other
way than to feed off the meadows until
half the grass is killed. Here is the adj
vantage of better stockton cows that
will give you ton of butter, instead of
fifteen or twenty to get the same guam
tity. Farming is big business, and
takes all the brains the best man has
got, to see all the points, and work
them to his own benefit.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-06
Grow More Corn.

Why do not the farmers of New En-
gland raise more corn? For some
years the practice seems to have been
growing among our farmers to grow
other crops to the entire exclusion, in
some instances, of the corn crop. Now
while we may not be able to grow corn
in sufficient quantity to furnish the entire
corn supply, we can grow far greater
amount than we do, and with profit to
our farms. Corn can be raised here in
New England for forty cents to fifty
cents per bushel, and our northern
grown corn is worth nearly as much
when ground with the cob as the
average western corn found in our
markets ground without the cob. Good
corn, and good crops of it, can be
grown cheaply on commercial fertil-
izers, and fed to our stock to make
milk, meat, and manure for other crops.
Put in more corn, brother farmers.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-06
Education i'm New England.

We suppose that no other people
write so many letters as Americans,
and we are quite sure that no others
write letters so poorly. In New En-
gland, at least, our native population
is, as the phrase goes, well educated,
but the men and women who can write
letters which are worth reading and
studying for anything except the in
formation they convey are few and far
between. Even persons whose bust
ness it is to write for publication make
a sorry botch of the business when
they attempt to write letters, and the
great mass of people, when they try to
correspond with friends or acquaint-
ances through the mails, put their
names to collections of sentences so
twisted and distorted and deformed as
to be absolutely painful to any one who
has ever had the pleasure of reading an
epistle rich in ideas skilfully and grace
fully expressed.-Mirror and Farmer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-06
EnsiIage.

A Massachusetts dairyman writes:
" Last winter / fed five two-years-old
Jersey cows daily rations each as fol
lows: One quart of meal, two quarts of
fine feed and fifty pounds of corn en-
silage. l fed night and morning, and
gave the cows no hay. The butter
product of these cows sold to city GUS
toners, who are very particular as to
quality. There was no unusual taste
to the milk, cream or butter by reason
of feeding ensilage, but the latter, even
during cold weather, had the same
color and aroma as though the product
of June pastures. An older Jersey
COW, giving but a small mess of milk,
was fattened solely on a ration of shorts
and ensilage. l also fattened pair of
oxen on ensilage and grain without hay
My cows give an increase of good milk
when ensiage is fed in place of hay.
Cows fed on ensilage through the win
ter will thrive and come out in the
spring strong and healthy.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-06
Recipes from Farm and Garden.

CRULLERS.-TwO cOtfee-cups of sugar,
one coffee-cup of milk, four eggs, six
tablespoonful of lard, two teaspoon
fuls of cream of tarter, one teaspoon
full of soda, flour to make stiff enough
to roll; spice to suit the taste. Fry in
boiling lard.
ANGEL FOOD CAKE. Ten eggs
beaten to a stiff froth, one and one-half
goblet of granulated sugar, one goblet
of flour, one tea-spoonful of cream of
tartar. Mix all three and run it through
sieve three times. Stir this in the
eggs very slowly. Begin with slow fire
and increase as needed.
SPICE CAKE.-Two cups of brown
sugar, three cups of flour, half cup of
butter, one cup of sour cream, one tea
spoonful of soda, yolks of five eggs,
one wine-gass of brandy or water, two
tea-spoonfuls of cloves, three of CHINA
mon, two of allspice, one of ginger and
one nutmeg. Bake in layers with icing
between.
DELICATE PUDDING.-One pint of
flour one egg, four tablespoonful of
melted butter, one coffee-cup of sugar
one coffee-cup of sweet milk and four
tea-spoonfuls of baking powder. First
beat the egg, sugar and butter to a
cream, then add the milk; sift the
flour and baking-powder together be-
fore stirring them in with the other in
gradients; flavor with lemon. Sauce to
your fancy. Bake in shallow pans.
APPLE CUsTARD PIE.-Take three
large, sour apples and pare, core and
slice them; line deep pie-plate with
rich crust, then layer of sliced apples,
and sprinkle over them layer of
sugar, then another layer of apples and
more sugar, and so on, until the dish is
as full as you wish it; then CRATE half a
nutmeg over them, and add one table,
spoonful of butter. Lastly, pour over
all three tablespoonful of rich, sweet
cream, and three of water. Bake in
an even oven.
NAPOLEON CAKE.-Black part: One
cup of brown sugar, half cup of mo-
lasses, half a cup of strong coffee, two
and one-half cups of flour, one and one
half cups of stoned rails ms Chopped
fine), one tea-spoonful of soda, one of
cinnamon, one of allspice, one of cloves.
White part: One and one-third cups of
sugar, half a cup of butter, one cup of
milk, two cups of flour, one cup of
corn-starch, whites of four eggs, three
tea-spoonfuls of baking powder; flavor
with lemon. Bake in layers. Place
the light and dark layers alternately,
with icing between.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-06

Dear Household The winter sea-
son is the best time for reading up va
rious subjects, and have planned to
do something " smart" How many of
us will conscientiously read all the
doings of congress at Washington?
Women ought to be better informed on
that subject; and would it not interest
the children, and possibly keep small
boys from the store or street, if mother
or sister would read regularly the daily
reports and let all talk it over? am
not at all anxious to vote, but l should
like, when my friends talk " congress-"
to know what it is all about, and it
might interest some older than boys.
DOT.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-06
Jersey Heifers VS.. TrOtting Colts.

/ see there is much said in the papers
of late about fast colts. | have no fast
colts to boast of, so l want to tell you
about my Jersey heifer, Lady Win
throp. She calved October 9th, being
twenty months and five days old, and
from that time till she was two years
old-one hundred fifteen days-she
made one hundred forty pounds of but
ter, which sold for the average price of
thirty-three cents a pound, making
S46.20. She had heifer calf, which
we have kept mostly on the skim milk,
which is worth 1915 (the calf, not the
milk, added to the $46.20 makes ST. 20,
and we have the heifer now as good as
new. She made the day she was two
years old one pound and four ounces OF
gilt-edged butter. The grandmother
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-06
Dyeing.

Dear Household The following reci-
pes will give fast colors for carpet
rags or those to be braided into mats.
They were given me by friends, and l
have used them many times:
SEAL BRowN.-For ten pounds of
goods take sufficient water to cover
well and put in three pounds of cat
echu. Boil till dissolved, and add four
ounces of blue vitriol. When that is
dissolved put in the goods, previously
dampened; stir and lift till there is no
danger of spotting; then cover the ket-
tie and set aside over night. The next
morning you will find handsome fast
color on wooden, and a lighter on cotton.
SCARLET.-For one pound of wooden
goods take one ounce of cochineal, one
ounce of muriate of tin and one ounce
of cream of tartar, and water sufficient
to cover the goods WE'LL put the cream
of tartar in when the water is warm.
When nearly boiling put in the cochi-
neal, well pulverized, and steep twenty
minutes without boiling. Add muriate
of tin and bring to boil. Put the
goods in, wet in warm water, and boil
twenty minutes. Rinse in cold water
and dry in the shade. This makes a
clear, beautiful color, and for children's
hose, or fannels that have faded, it is
well worth the trouble. A. M. S.
West Fairlee. VT.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-06

of this heifer, now thirteen years old,
had her first calf when twenty-one
months old, and has produced one every
year since, never going dry over three
weeks. BY test, without extra feed
often making over two pounds of but
ter day. Not for sale.-CorreSpond-
ence Home Farm.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-06

CRANBERRY sAUCE.-Take three
pints of cranberries, two pints of sugar
and one pint of not water. Boil until
the skins break easily; then rub through
coarse colander TO break them. Re-
turn to the kettle, sud, when hot, pour
in molds. This is ny own method.
A. M. S.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-06

GIRLS, beware of the transient young
man., He is slick-tongued, perhaps,
and well-dressed, but one good farmer
boy or mechanic whom you know
thoroughly, and don't know any serious
i'll about, is worth dozen of him.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-06
Before Sunrise.

The winds of morning move and sing
The western stars are lingering;
In the pale east one planet stil
Shines large above King Philips hill.
And near, In gold against the blue,
The old moon, in its arms the news
Now the deep waters of the bay
Stir with the breath Of hurrying day.
Come, loved one, wake and look with me
Across the narrow dawn-lit seal
Such beauty is not wholly mine
Till thou, dear heart, hast made 1t thine.
r.. W. Gilder.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-06

IT is not stately walls nor beauteous
spires that tell for Christ, nor eloquent
sermons, nor artistic anthems, but lives
that are clean, hearts that are glad with
the light of Christ, and hands that are
loaded with mercy.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-06
Gbe 9ousebolo.

W Communications for this column should be
sent to the agricultural editor, DR.. Hoskins, at
Newport, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-06
advertisements.
HOODS
SARSAPARILLA

Has decided" claims upon the public. This
Is positively proven by the immense good it
has done to those who have been cured Of
diseases from which they have suffered in
tcnsey for years. as verified by the publish
ed testimonials, every one OF which Is pos
Hive fact.
CHELSEA, VI, Feb. "a, 1870.
MEssRs. c. ]. IIoOD & Co., Lowell Mass:
The 9th day of last June ] was taken sick
with q swelling on my right foot, and with an
awful pain. The swelling went all over me.
My face was swclled 50 that could with diff
fculty see ont Of my eyes. and broke out
over the whole surface Of my body; my right
foot up to my knee was one raw. itching
mass, and my ankle and foot so lame and
sore could not step on it, and ii would run
so as to wet a bandage through In an hour.
In this condition MIR. W. i. Hood (of the firm
OF A; X: Hood & Son, druggists, of this town,
handed me bottle of HOODS SARsAPARfL-
LA, and told me to take it, did so. and by
the time had taken one bottle found that
i was doing me good ! have since taken
five bottles more. After had taken three
bottles my soreness began to leave me. and
have been growing better every day, so
that to-day can walk without going lame
! have no soreness in my ankle and II has
my recovery to your Sarsaparila. write
this to let you know that think It deserves
the confidence of the public. especially those
who are troubled with humors.
Yours most truly,
JOSIAH PITKIN.
PS. Every person that saw me said that
] never would get over my lameness without
having n running sore on my ankle; but
thank God have. j. 7.
Mother Sarsaparilla has such sharpening
effect upon the appetite. No other prepa-
ration tones and strengthens the digestive
organs like HOODS SARsAPARILLA.
Price one dollar or six bottles for five dol
lars. Prepared only by G. |. HOOD & CO..
ApOthecarics, Lowell. Mass.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-06
NOTICE.

The annual meeting Of the Stoekholdefrs S Of the
ors for the ensuing year will he held at said Bank,
in Waterbury ON Tuesday, January run lsSo AZ one
o'clock p. NJ, tHAhdESo W rhi'' '"S"'e''
Waterbury, VI, December ~ lssa'
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-06

mo WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN.-I, the un
/ darsigned, hereby forbid all persons trustin
George j. Long ON my account, and | shall colec
his wages from any person employing him after thi
date. - 90 800 f. " i0S"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-06
Anthem Books. $751;, 5SS CantataS

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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-06

~ApE cuANcE to make money in
oAnE OnHVOE pleasant business, To-
X cal or travelling, on salary or commission.
j ! STEADY WORK THE YEAR ROUND Il de
lars W. S. S. BUCK, West Randolph, VT.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-11-09
THE CITY FATHERS.
WHAT THEY DID In THE FIRST
BRANCH LAST NIGHT.
Resolutions Adopted - Reports
Submitted, &c.

The Board Of Aldermen met last night
at 7 o'clock.
Present-President l.. l.. Bass and a
quorum.
The report of the Finance Committee
recommending the rejection OF the ordi-
dinance making eight hours days work
for all city employees engaged in manual
labor, was received and adopted.
A resolution increasing the pay OF the
ianitor of the First Regimental Armory
from $40 to $50 per month"; was rejected.
A resolution of the Committee on
Light, increasing the pay of certain en-
ployees of the gas-works, was concurred
in, and to pay Chas. Devote, S145.75,
for time lost by an accident sustained
while in the discharge of his duty.
A resolution Of the Committee on
Claims and Salaries of Waite & Cutter be
setted by arbitration, was adopted.
The Committee on Ordinances present
ed an ordinance providing for the DIS
charge of all city employees who shall
allow their wages to be garnisheed. Re
forced to the city attorney for his opinion
as to whether the Council could pass and
enfore such an ordinance if adopted
A number of resolutions from the
Common Council were received and
adopted.
Resolution to pay all hands working by
the day weekly was rejected.
Opinion of the City Attorney as to
whether any committee of the Council
has the right to raise or lower the salary
of any employee after appropriation has
been made, was to the effect that the COM
mittee did not have such rights.
The resignation of Mr.. i. Wagner as
member of the Board from Madison
Ward was received and laid on the table
until next meeting.
The ordinance reducing the price OF gas
to 81 .25 per thousand feet was referred to
the Committee on Light and Finance.
The rules were suspended to adopt a
resolution donating five hundred loads Of
gas-house coke to the Ladies City Mis-
sion.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-11-09
CAUGHT AT LAST.
After Making Three Attempts at Robbery
in One Night the Broad-street Burglar is
CAPTURED.

After Making Three Attempts at Robbery
in One Night the Broad-street Burglar is
Captured.
Last night about 1870 o'clock word
was received at the Second station-house
/ that a burglar was attempting to enter
the shoe store of Jacob May IL Son, on
Broad street between Sixth and Seventh.
Sergeant Brooks was on duty alone at the
station-house, and told the messenger
that he would find a policeman near the
Theatre. Returning the messenger met
Captain Angle, who went with him back
to the store at once, but by that time the
burglar had made his escape, having been
frightened of.
Just about that time the sound of a
scuffie was heard from the block above
Going up to the place, Captain Angle
found Mr.. Jake Heller had just had an
encounter with negro burglar, but be-
coming exhausted by the long struggle
had been obliged TO let him 90. Mr.. Hell
Ter heard the noise of some one in the
ward from his room above and 1t once
went down and encountered the burglar
on reaching the bottom of the steps.
Here the struggle began, and Mr. Heller
succeeded in dragging the burglar all the
way to Broad street, where he was obliged
to let him go.
About this time Policemen Walton and
Farley heard some one breaking into
Cohen Brothers, and got there just in
time to see the party jump over the fence
in the rear of Subjects. They fired at
him, but missed They then jumped over
the fence and found him lying in the
coal-house. BY liberal use of their clubs
he was taken hold of and carried to the
station-house Here it was found that the
clothes he had on were those stolen from
Florsheim on Sunday morning.
He gave his name as John Johnson,
and was considerably under the influence
of liquor; that he has partner admits of
no doubt and he is probably apprehended
by this time.