The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-24

block in the spring for his photograph bust
ness and tenement. - Mrs. b. b.
Chase has sold her place on School street to
Mr. McCoilum for $1,000. 60 Mrs. Royal
Slack and daughter, Carrie. have gone to
Michigan. == Charles Sanford, who has
been living in Rev. E. Gerrys tenement,
has moved on to the farm of George How
ard. - Fred Miller was in town last
week: - All the schools in town have
closed. - Rev. T.. b. Chamberin of
Sharon visited in town last week. j.
b. Wells shipped fine horse to Rhode
Island last week. 60 Mr.. o. G. McWain
and wife are visiting in Northern New York
=" Tyler Sprague of Iowa has been Wis
iting in town the past week. 80 George
Sparhawk was home from Dartmouth Col
lege over Sunday - A. w. Colburn and
wife intend to move back on to their farm
at North Pomfret next Saturday. He in
tends to sell the farm and will then return
The Misses Colburn will remain in town
for the present - Bicycles have APP
peared on the streets. b. b. Chase is
earring bark for market.
West Topsham.
THE recent thaw seriously interfered with
the lumberInen's business. 1t is not often
that we have to run wagons in this section
in February. We understand that
Milo Kezer has had his property attached
and his wages as school-teacher and salary
as school superintendent trusteed in conse-
quence OF signing note with neighbor.
- Our new shoemaker has work enough
to keep him from being homesick.
Tunbridge.
SOME boys have been disturbing Aunt
Sally Smith in the night time by pounding
upon her doors and other rowdy acts
M. I. Kings dog was poisoned last Satur-
day. - The Relief Corps has a special
service Saturday evening of next week.
- The. school systems are being dis
cussed and many funny arguments are
made. - The school in district No. IS,
taught by Miss Hattie Gay, closed last Fri
day. - j. w. Bright has been building
an extension to j. F. Farnhams buildings.
- The boys are getting some fine coast
ing on the hills. - Mrs. Fred Starr of
Tracy, Mimi, is at DIR. Fish's. - A. p.
Washington.
JOHN ?. HUNTINGTON died at his residence
on Sunday morning last at nine o'clock
- Warren Pepper is i'll with lung
trouble. - Wayland White, wife and
daughter are all improving. - Rev II.
F. Rhoades of Barre lectured at the Uni
versalist church on temperance last week
Wednesday evening. The village
Friday. This school, with pupils from other
schools, had a spelling-match at the town
hall ON Friday evening. Some older ones
joined in, and lively time they made of it.
Mrs. Wilson, Robert Wilson, James Smith
and Nellie leartaw received prizes. Dan
Worthley of the village school had no absent
or tardy marks during the term. Edith Han
son and Blanch Buggy had the honor of be-
ing at the head of their spelling classes the
greatest number of times. - Mrs. l..
Brown returned from visit to Barre last
week Monday evening. - Frank Bene-
dict of Williamstown, formerly a member of
the village school, walked from home to at
tend the spelling-match and received
prize, showing that he is fine speller as
well as an accomplished pedestrian.
Mr. and Mrs Thomas Nichols of Barre were
in town the past week. - Orville Cheney
is very ill with lung fever at Montpelier.
Williamstown.
WE know not whom we should steer "
for sooner than Albert Goodrich, if we
wanted information on the subject of rails
ing steers. As matter of course, he was
selected to prepare paper on the subject
for the farmers club last week One of our
most promising young farmers at the pres
ent time, he began farming for himself six
or eight years ago, running in debt wholly
for his farm Almost the first purchase for his
farm was pair of steers, and since then he
has had some thirty pairs He is not however,
man of one idea only in the matter of farm
stock, and does not contine himself to the
raising of steers. But he believes it may be
made paying business by taking the neces-
age of three years as cheaply as hefers, and
sold at any time for more," he claims. After
that age they make a team that costs less
for keeping than horses, all things consid-
cred. Balancing in one way and another
the matter of steers, cows and horses then,
Mr.. Goodrich defends the first as worthy of
consideration by farmers. And why should
he not speak well of the bridge that has
served him so well? With one of the very
best fiocks of sheep in the town-if not the
best-we hear, why should not Return S.
Davis have been selected TO prepare paper
on sheep husbandry for the farmers club
last week? 1t was an excellent paper,
too" said one of his hearers, himself a
farmer. We hardly know where to put the
Z" scissors into it. High on the list of de-
sirable breeds of sheep Mr.. Davis puts the
For breeding purposes he would
use only thoroughbred males, and even
these most carefully selected. In his paper
Mr.. Davis lays much stress on good care of
sheep in the way of food and shelter CENTER
ing minutely into the subject, and believes
with it sheep will pay well. He does not
however, keep very large flock, and this
of the coarse-wool kind. 90 The last years
gross yield from his sheep was trhe over
So per head, he says, and thus paid
much better than any other stock" He has
sometimes shared the opinion that "sheep are
not good for ones farm" but his opinion in
this regard is changed. He closed his paper
with an account of the marked successes of
two persons in growing sheep elsewhere.
The oldest and most experienced of the three
farmers who read papers at the foregoing
farmers cluD meeting was Daniel b. Royce.
With an earlier experience in wool-growing,
he has for the last fifteen years made dairy
ing a speciality, and is well fitted for treat
ing that subject. At the present time, he
says, dairying in Vermont must be con-
Quoted on the most economical principles,
the profits are so small. The common
farmer, he claims finds in the creameries
and the . bogus butter manufacture his
chief foes" Qn condemnation of the
bogus butter business Mr.. Royce employs
the vocabulary of the Rev. Sam Jones)
just how the average farmer shall make
dairying pay now he regards poser of
question. He says the average yield Of butter
annually per COW in this town is claimed To be
less than one hundred twenty-five pounds.
With this yield only, the balance-sheet will
show but little profit, The question is how
to get herd of cows that will produce a
much larger quantity of butter from the
same feed and care. Mr.. Royce laws stress
on all that is needed to make a drsf-cl1Ss
article Of butter and putting it up in an at
tractive manner for market, since looks"
govern people to so great an extent Then.
again, an effort inust be made TO secure the
best market in which to sell. He closes his
paper with remarks upon cleanliness, etc.