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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-08-18
Summer Notes.

WE already have some flies, and the
main army is not far behind. You will
have all the flies you feed, and by TAX
ing pains you can starve those which
come so they will seek better pasture.
Do not leave drop or crumb in your
dining-room from one meal to another.
Have all kitchen slops removed as far
as possible from the house, and be
careful not to throw out fruit-skins or
stale fruit, and especially careful that
no meat, or gravy, or fish is thrown
out. A fish-head thrown into the grass
or weeds of a backyard will fill your
kitchen with flies in few hours. 1t is
better to burn all remnants that you can
not use as fast as they accumulate. I
hate to have person about who is
always chasing flies, for l love fresh
air blowing freely through all the house,
even if it is hot Window screens / do
not like, except in the pantry or milk
room. They keep out fresh air and
keep in few flies so hungry and eager
to get out they are worse than an army
of well-kept ones. l remember visit
ing at place where the whole family
had flies con the BRAIN If door
was left partly open by person pass
ing through, two or three would Jump
to shut it and then look about to see if
a fly had got in. They even kept the
key-holes stopped up in the doors with
wads of paper. OF course there were
screens in every window, and when /
awoke in the night, almost suffocated
for want of air, 1 would get up and
take out the screens and get my fill of
fresh air, being careful to replace them
before the family were up; but one UNI
lucky morning l oversight and got
caught. Then there was so much talk
over it l did not care to repeat the
offense, nor to visit in hot weather
THOSE who have turkey-wings to
keep on hand will find an unused stove
a good place. Leave the ashes in the
parlor stove, whether you move it out
or not, and stick the bone end of the
wings into the ashes and leave them,
and no moth will modest them. A. NJ S.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-08-18
Cats as Bed.FellOws.

In reply to the query of CORE
spondent as to the popular belief that a
cat will suck the breath of sleeping
infant, Babyhood SAYS: " DR.. Tomlin-
son of Chicago dismisses the subject
Scientifically: What good do you sup
pose it would do cat to draw into its
lungs breath which a human being had
just exhaled?' Nevertheless, it may be
said with all respect for DR.. Tomlinson
and no respect at all for superstition
that the warmth-loving cat has way
of preferring baby's crib as a sleeping
place to any other bed or corner. If
driven away, she will return stealthily
again and again to the snug covert.
She loves, furthermore, to nestle close
to baby's body, as often as not thrust
ing her whiskered nose against the vel
vet cheek, pink and warm with sleep.
Thus far she may do no harm. But
when she occasionally curls her bulk OF
five, six or eight pounds weight upon
the sleeper's heaving chest, mischief
may come of it. To escape the risk OF
this mischance, if for no other reason,
keep pussy away from your slumbering
baby. Indeed, he is best off without
any bed-fellow."
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-08-18
Household Hints.

GIVE your children the opportunity
to have flower-bed. They want it and
will take good care of it. Get packet
of pansy-seeds, phlox, verbena, or aster
for them, and make them happy.
THE farmer is apt to care too little
about his personal appearance and
what folks may think of him. 1t costs
very little in time or money to keep
reasonably tidy, and if you keep so,
those you associate with will have a
better estimate of you--an important
factor for success, both socially and in
a business way.
OATMEAL has had its day, for the
present at least. A sort of reaction has
set in against the Scotchman's dish in
this country. 1t is too "heartv," in
fact nearly as much so as beans. Rice
and Indian meal, farina and hominv,
and all the granulas, glutens and cerea-
liza are taking its place. But if any one
still likes oatmeal, and finds it good for
individual health, by all means let it be
well cooked.
HERE we are in the very heat of the
season. Nothing would be more fool
ish than to add to the discomforts of
this season by heat-producing foods.
Fresh and crisp vegetables, cooling
fruit acids, milk and buttermilk, and if
animal food is at all considered indis-
pensable, the palatable and tender
chicken and the meaty egg-these are
the foods which a kind nature has
abundantly provided for us at this sea-
son. Why look further?
Is there man so mean as one who
refuses his family, when sick unto death,
the services of physician? No. But
next to him in meanness comes the
landowner or land-tiller who refuses
his wife and children all the fruits and
vegetables which they desire, and which
are so necessary to their bodily, and
even mental and moral, welfare. The
potency of vegetable food, as factor
of progress and the advancement of
civilization, is greatly moderated.
REMEMBER that in serving meals you
need not be afraid of displaying too
much taste in the arrangement or too
much skill in the cooking. Here every
man is considerable of an expert, and
you are appealing to a somewhat edu-
Gated critic; but in the matter of beauty
in the parlor, or fine effects in curtains,
drapery, ETC., he is rarely anything but
an. Indifferent judge, and generally
takes but a passing interest in them;
most of his interest, in fact, being only
from sympathy with you.
THOSE who live by rote, like those who
are polite only by the book on etiquette,
are sure to make many failures. There
must be a recognition. that waste and
repair is the order of vitality, and that
in its regulation adapted exercise has
much to do. The person who is a
small eater, good sleeper, and who
shows an evenness of flesh and of
health, is often able to maintain good
health with very small amount of
exercise. There are others who never
reach the point of perspiration without
some great activity, or whose insensi-
BILE perspiration is defective unless
there is the putting forth of strength.
AS rule, the most natural methods of
exercise are the most valuable.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-08-18

WE have been watching the New
England Farmer under its new man
agement with good deal of interest,
and some curiosity to see the result.
Time enough has elapsed to demon
strate a large improvement in many
particulars, and to show that Mr.. Whit
taker has ability, not only as a news
paper man, but also as an agricultural
newspaper man. 1t is plain that our
enterprising friends of the Homestead
are not going to swamp all their rivals
at the hub-end of the state, so soft a
match as it seemed but little while
ago. But there is room enough for all,
Not one quarter of our farmers take an
agricultural paper yet. Live papers
compel circulation, even among the
indifferent and the fogyish.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-08-18
agricultural.
T. n. HOSklNS, m. D., Editor,
Newport, Vermont.

"TAK1Ne a purely business view
though short and narrow one--it may
be temptation for publisher to aim
to send to his readers just what he
thinks will please them, and so keep the
name of his journal popular with the
public. We see constant indications of
this almost everywhere, and indeed it is
almost unreasonable to expect entire
freedom from it anywhere. But we
have never seen this idea stick out
more prominently in any field of jour-
nalism than in the way this great ques-
ton of imitation buffers has been
treated by some of the agricultural
journals" says the Nec England
Farmer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-08-18

BOILED FRUIT PUDDING.-MiX half
a pound of suet, chopped fine, with one
and One-fOurth pounds of flour and a
tea-spoonful of salt; make it into paste
with milk that can be rolled out; spread
on it any kind of sweetmeat; roll it up,
tie or sew up loosely in cloth; put in
boiling water and boil for an hour and
a half.
OUNCE PUDDING.-Nine tart apples
peeled and chopped, one and one-half
pints of milk, ten ounces of bread
crumbs, and ten of raisins and currants
mixed, six beaten eggs, half a grated
nutmeg, the grated peel of lemon, a
quarter of pound of sugar, little
salt. Steam in mold for five hours.
This is large pudding.
INDIAN PUDDING WITHOUT EGGs.-
Boil a quart of milk and stir in
scant pint of Indian meal mixed smooth
with cold milk; boil for twenty minutes;
add two tablespoonful of butter, one
each of ginger and cinnamon, and
tablespoonful of salt. Stir in cup of
molasses and bake for an hour and a
half This may be varied by the addi-
ton of cupful of raisins and currants.
DEssERT.-The following makes a
nice little dish for dessert: Butter and
cut in halves a slice of fresh bread for
each dish required; mash fresh, ripe
currants with plenty of sugar and cold
water sufficient to form a sirup; place
one half slice of the bread on the des-
sert plate, dip over it literally the pre-
pared currants, place the other piece of
bread on top, and cover well with the
currants.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-08-18
A Phase of Married Life.

Bob Burdette puts into the mouth of
good wife words that illustrate one of
the many delightful phases of married
life. "Now, I'll tell YOU" she says,
why wouldn't go into the restaurant
and have cup of coffee with you while
we were waiting for the train. | didn't
like the way you asked me. (Keep quiet,
l have the hoor) Not half an hour be-
fore you said to Mr.. Puffer: Come,
let's get a cigar and away you went,
holding his arm and not giving him a
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-08-18
Hardy Blossoms.

All fruit-growers are acquainted with
varieties of fruit-trees which bloom
freely but produce little fruit. Horti-
cultural Professor Budd of the Iowa
Agricultural College calls attention to
the fact that tree may be hardy, yet
its blossoms may not. He says:
Without single observed excep-
ton, the hardy and regular-bearing
varieties of the apple, cherry and plum
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-08-18

chance to decline. When we met
John O'Howdy on our way to luncheon
you said: Just in time, John; come
take lunch with us And then to-
night, when we found the train nearly
an hour late, you looked at your watch
turned to me and said, in questioning
way: Would you like a cup. of cof-
fee?' / did want it; l was tired and
little hungry, but l would have
tainted before l accepted such an invi-
tatiOn -
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-08-18

LET IT REsT.-If you have hang
ing basket of oxalis which bloomed last
winter, and which you desire flowers
from next season, don't keepit growing
through the summer. Let it rest. Cut
off the tops and let it become dry. In
September shake the little pips apart
and repot in fresh SOIL Give water
sparingly until it begins to grow, after
which increase the supply. Treated in
this way it will bloom profusely all
winter.
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advertisements.
100 Doses

one Dollar, Hoods Sarsaparilla is the only
medicine Of which this can be truly said
and il is an unanswerable argument as to
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and in combination, proportion, and process,
Hoods Sarsaparilla is peculiar to itself.
"For economy and comfort we use Hoods
Sarsaparilla." MRS. C. BREWSTER Buffalo.
floods Sarsaparlla takes less time and
quantity to show its effect than any other
preparation ever heard of. l would not be
without it in the house." MRS. C. A. M.
HUBBARD, North Chilli N. Y. 100 Doses
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-08-18
advertisements

Ladies using our Three
Legged Brand of Yarns are
invited to favor us with their
opinions regarding the goods.
They have been pronounced
the Acme of Perfection. Sold
by all dealers. Lewis, Brown
& Co., Selling Agents, Boston,
Mass.
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BUSINESS! BUSINESS!

We want 900 smart Men to 60 on the road at
once soliciting orders for Nursery Stock, with
Salary to Start on, Besides Expenses.
No experience needed. Apply at once, stating pre-
yious occupation, age, and name references.
S. T. CANNON & CO., Augusta, Maine.
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One Dollar

Hoods Sarsaparilla cures scrofula, salt
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~ was severely afflicted with scrofula, and
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c. E. LovEJoY, Lowell, Mass.
floods Sarsaparlla did me an immense
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Hoods SarsapariIIa
Sold by all druggists. 81; six for IS. Made
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100 Doses One Dollar.
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Gbe 4ousebuIo.

bzE- Communications for this column should be
sent to DIR. T. IT. Hoskins, Newport, vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-08-18

We may live without books;
What is knowledge but grieving2
We may live without hope;
What is hope but deceiving?
We may live without love;
What is passion but pining2
But where is the man that can live without dining
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-09-23
Partition Safe.

Susan T. Marks, ct al, ! No, sl37. District
Mary L. Marks, ct ais ish, La.
Dy virtue of an order and commission for
ID sale issued in above entitled case, and to
me directed, authorizing and requiring me to
sell, for purpose of PARTON between plaintiffs
and defendants the hereinafter described
lands owned in indivision by them, WILL on
Tuesday, the 10Th day of October, A. D., 1886,
at the Court House door, in the town OF Belle
vue, La, within the legal hours prescribed by
law, proceed to sell at public auction to the
last and highest bidder, the following describ-
ed lands, known as the Forest Home" 70. witt
The southeast qnarter of the southeast
quarter of section thirty two; the northeast
quarter of the southeast quarter and the
northwes quarter of the southeast quarter,
and the southwest quarter of the southeast
quarter and the southeast quarter of the
southwest quarter, and the southwest quarter
of the southwest quarter, all In section thirty
two 1927, of township y, and range IL. Also,
the southwest quarter OF the southwest
quarter, and the northwest quarter of the
southwest quarter in section 80, same township
and range. Also, the northwest quarter of the
northwest quarter of section four (4), and the
northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of
section five t5l, of township twenty-one, and
range thirteen, containing in all 400 acres, and
situate in Bossier parish La
Terms of Sale-Two hundred dollars cash on
day of sale, and the remainder of bid payable,
| respectively, in IL and "a months from date OF
sale, with eight per cent interest on each
installment from day of sale and solvent
personal security and special mortgage and
vendors privilege on lands sold. Sale also te
be subject to appraisement.
| r. Z. WYCHE, Sheriff and
ex-officio Auctioneer, Bossier parish La
Bellevue, La. September 9, 1886
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Proclamation,
By WIN. TIMBERLAkE,
Returning Officer for Bossier Parish.

In pursuance and in obedience to Proclama-
i ton by his Excellency, d McEnery
Governor of the State of Louisiana, ordering
and requiring the proper officers of this State
to hold an election on Tuesday, the Cd day of
November, A d 1885, for the purpose of electing
one Representative for each Congressional
District of the State of Louisiana in the Con
gress OF the United States, for the Fiftieth
Congress, to serve for the term of two years
from the 4th day of March, 1887;
Now, therefore, l, William Timberake, Re
turning Officer for Bossier Parish, louisiana,
do hereby order that an election be held in the
Parish of Bossier, on Tuesday, the I'd day of
November, A D 1886 tit being the first Tuesday
next following the first Monday in said monthly
from O'Clock in the forenoon until clock in
the afternoon, to elect one Representative for
the 4th Congressional District of this State,
aud hereby appoint the following Commits
sioners to hold said election, viz
Ward One-Knox Point-J w Atkins, T b
Moss and w III Hodges.
Ward 2-Benton-T Martin, G B Terry
and I w w Stinson.
Ward B. Collinsburg-James R Cavett, FL
Nattin and j z Keith.
Ward Four-Red Land-W B Boggs, T z
Barnett and John G Allen.
Ward 5-Rocky Mount-W Hughes, C
Broom and w E Hall.
Ward 6, Precinct i-Bellevue-B A Kelly,
E NJ Carstarphen and G w Lilly.
Ward 6, Precinct 2-Fillmore--J w Rains,
E NJ Platt and Herring.
Said Commissioners, aided and assisted by
| the Clerks of Election Ito be appointed by the
Police Jury of Bessier Parish) will repair to
| the respective places named, and hold said
election in accordance with law, and make due
return to me at Bellevue, La
Witness my hand officially, at Bellevue
| La, this the 9th day of September 1886.
WILLIAM TIMBERLAKE,
Returning Officer for Bossier Parish, La
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q At The recent prOtracted meet
Ing held at Walkers Chapel, near
Red Land, the following accessions
to the Methodist church we're made:
Mrs. Clara O. Matlock, Mrs. Mary
+. Blake, Mrs. Mary Lynn, Mrs.
Mary G. Cook, Mrs. M. A. Morgan,
Miss Rosa L. Gaynor, Miss May A.
Flanagan, Miss Margaret P. Martin,
Miss George A. Bixler, 10y letter.
aod Messrs. 81. M. Matlock, j. B.
Bixler, ST., W. NJ. Wilson, Benz. +.
Book, T. G. Drury, j. V. Kilgore,
Hugh e. w. Martin, John B. Lynn,
W. F. Dunn, Wm. B. Blake, John E.
Shaver, John I. Kilgore, Charles E.
Matlock, Alexander E. Wyche.
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Tax Collectors Office, BossierlP Parish, La, !
September 3, 1886.
rTyhe State, Parish and Poll Taxes for the
year 1886, in the Parish of Bossier and
State OF Louisiana, as set forth In the Assess
ment Rolls OH file in the offices of the Clerk
and exoficio Recorder of Mortgages, and the
Tax Collector in and for said parish and State,
became due September /, 1886. and will become
delinquent on movable property October lst,
and on in,nevable property December 3lst,
and incur a penalty of per cent per mouth
from said dates until collections can be en-
forced according to law
K. L. WYCHE, Sheriff and
ex.officio Tax Collector, Bossier Parish, La.
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j. B. Oneal } In Justices Court, end
vs.. precinct, Ward 8, Bossier
C. w. Mckinney. Parish, La
Dy virtue of writ of fieri facias issued
- from above Court. in the above entitled
suit, and to me directed, have seized as the
property of the defendant, G. w. Mckinney,
and will proceed to sell to the last and highest
bidder, within the lawful hours of sale, at the
town of Haughton, Louisiana, on WEDNESDAY,
9TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1886, the following de-
scribed property, to-wit:
North half Of the northwest quarter, section
26, township is, range ii west, containing
70 65l00 acres more or less. Also, about 900
feet lumber, one bay horse, one brown horse,
two cows, four cows and calves.
Terms of Sale-Cash, with benefit of ap-
praisement.
E. M. PLATT. Constable.
Haughton, Louisiana, September 20, 1886.
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Notice to Tao Puyers.

TAX Payers are hereby notified that will be
J. at the herein named places at the times
for the purpose of collecting their
State and Parish Taxes, viz:
Haughton, October 25th and 26th.
Deer wood, October 9th.
Atkins Landing, October 18th and 18th.
Dortch g. Pickett's, October 80.
D. E. Nicholson's, November LIST.
Bossier City, November End and 3rd.
Shady Grove, November 4th
Willow Chute, November 5th.
Benton, November 9Th.
Pickett, November 8.
Dixie, November 9th. ~
Collinsburg; November 10th and llth'
Red Land, November 18th and 18Th
Rocky Mount, November 18th and 10TH
Midway, November 18th.
Fosters Store. November 18th and Goth.
Meet me promptly and save time and money
R. E. WYCHE, Sheriff
and Tax Collector, Bossier Parish, La.
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Homestead Entry No. 1896.

Land Office at Natchitoches, La,
August l3, 1886.
Notice is hereby given that the following
IN named settler has fled notice of his in
tention to make final proof in support of his
claim, and that said proof will be made before
the Honorable District Judge, or in his
absence the Clerk of the District Court at
Bellevue, Louisiana, on September 25th, 1886,
viz: Homestead Entry No. l736-John Bell
for the southeast quarter of southeast Quarter
of section q, southwest quarter Of south west
quarter of section &c, and northwest quarter
OF northwest quarter of section IS, township
% North, Range | West Louisiana Meridian.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and cul
tivation of, said land, viz: W. d. Bankhead,
William Bankhead and Joe Guilford, Of Rocky
Mount Post Office, and Israel Rodgers, of
Ansel p. o Bossier Parish. La.
w. L. RUSSELL, Register.
August 10, 1886. sept %
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Entry No. 1892.

Land Office at Natchitoches, La. I
August II, 1886.
Notice is hereby given that the following
~ named settler has fled notice of his inten
ton to make final proof in support Of his claim,
and tibet said proof will be made before the
Honorable District Judge, or in his absence,
the Clerk of the District Court, at Bellevue,
La, on September 25th, 1886, viz Homestead
Entry No. lS32-Amos D. Hudson-for the
east half of the southwest quarter, and south
township % North, range IL West Louisiana
Meridian. He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence upon, and
cultivation of, said land, viz: r. E. Wyehe,
Sr., r, +. Wyche, Jr., of Bellevue, Bossier par
ish, louisiana and j. t. Ford, w. b. boggs,
of Red Land, Bosser parish, La.
w. L. RUSSELL, Register
August 10, 1886. sept %
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Homestead Entry No. 1854.
j. w. GRAHAM,

Land Office at Natehitoches, louisiana
August "a, 1886.
Notiee is hereby given that the following
~ named settler has filed notice of his in,
tention to make final proof in support of his
claim, and that said proof will be made before
the Honorable District Judge, or in his alb
sence. the Clerk of the District Court at Belle
yue, Louisiana, on October 30th. 1886, viz :
Homestead Entry No. l754-Richard Harvey
for the south half northwest quarter, south
west quarter of northeast quarter, and south
west quarter of southeast quarter of section
IL, township 81 North, range IL West Louisi
ana Meridian. He names the following wit
nesses to prove his continuous residence upon
and cultivation of. said land, viz !: Lawson
Pattison, John Boiler, Tom Bell, R. b. Martin
OF Rocky Mount Postoffiee. Bossier Parish, La
w. E. RUSSELL, Register
September %, 1886. oct %