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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-11-10
The Union Stock Yards.

A literary drover is rather phenome-
non, but Mr.. l. G. Libby, Maine
brother of that clanship, has very neatly
and briefly photographed, in the Maine
Farmer, that well-known headquarters
of fore and hind quarters, as follows:
They are situated on the Fitchburg
railroad about eight miles from Boston.
The first noticeable object indicative of
their presence is the large and cOmmo-
modious hotel called /" Union Market
House." This structure contains sew
eral hundred guests, which every Mon
day night is full to overlooking with an
anxious, iostling crowd of rough, witty
specimens of humanity full of pluck,
comprising every nationality. Then
we noted the stock yards, containing
money acres, with more than five acres
bered. Names position in this city of
pens, is on Fourth street, about central.
Tuesday morning at an early hour the
several trains begin to arrive. When
all unloaded you will behold 1900 cattle.
$4,000 sheep, 200 calves, 500 hogs,
with any quantity of crates of live poul-
try. The tumult is tremendous-cat-
tie lowing, sheep bleating, hogs squat
ing, calves crying for their mothers.
and the squawking and cackling of
fowls all blended together, make per-
feet chaos. Boys swearing, men hal
looing. Every man is for himself here,
and the great Fairbanks scales on
which they can weigh whole drove of
cattle or sheep, is deciding moment
arly the profit or loss of the lucky or
unlucky operators, as we buy every
thing on our judgment with the eye,
and decide the thing by the scales. 1t
is a curious study of human nature to
note the changes coming over the hui
man countenance at this point. Some
turn pale at their poor judgment;
others perspire, large beads of sweat
standing out on the forehead others
of different disposition take adverses
with a smile, but we notice the smile
is more real when few hundred
dollars of profit are the result of the
venturesome operation. This is little
world of itself, not known to many
outside the business, yet all a necessity
to feed the republic and keep business
in motion, attended with great excite
ment and many hardships. The pro
ducts of our farms must be marketed,
and some one must do it, so drovers are
essential
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-11-10
Farm and Garden Notes.

THE sudden rise of wool will put
new life into our sheep farmers, and
perhaps induce them to winter a few
more.
LET us all make our towns so beauti-
full that we can get the most of life
while living in them, and so we will
not wish to leave them.
PROFESSIONALLY the farming sea-
son now drawing to close has been on
the whole an average one-or a little
better-in New England
IMPROVED processes in the manufac-
ture of sorghum sugar seem to have
brought the possibility of making it a
commercial success within sight.
How very considerate Mother Earth
shows herself in the distribution of her
gifts. Or shall we say in their non
distribution? She scatters her blessings
freely.
New ENGLAND farmers, and Ameri-
can farmers generally, have much yet
to learn regarding the possible uses and
value of straw for feeding beef-produc-
ing cattle.
Not one intelligent person in thou
sand will knowingly eat counterfeit
butter. 1t is only by deception and
fraud that it can be got down the throat
of the consumer.
On the score of humanity as well as
of profit, we earnestly urge our readers
to give more attention to the matter OF
shipping their poultry to distant mark
cts, says the Farm Journal.
AS a healthy body must be healthy
in all its organs, so town cannot eXisI
in separate parts. The greatest gooC
from life is obtained by acknowledging
our obligation to society and in living
up to that obligation.
EVERY farmer should have a shol
! room with stove in it and the farm
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-11-10

alton, that every package from which
the air was not perfectly excluded, had
to be marked down two to three points
by reason of an absorbed foreign odor
and flavor. But for this unfortunate
circumstance, 0he only one l saw in
the whole management of the fair),
there would have been a percentage
of perfect samples of butter at the
Bay state fair never met with before
at any public show. Whether the
cause of impure air in the dairy room
was due to lack of ventilation, or an
insufficient isolation from the adjacent
stock department (the latter was sus-
pectedD, cannot say, but certain it was
that the butter became affected, and
such an occurrence should serve as
warning to guard against similar mis-
hap in the future. AT the centennial,
almost every package of butter was de-
fective in grain. At Boston, this defect
was very largely abated. This change
for the better is due largely to the in
creased practice of gathering butter in
the churn in granules and washing the
buttermilk out without working, instead
of the old way of gathering in lump,
or in several large Jumps, and then
working the buttermilk out by hand or
with machinery, thus doing great vio-
lence to its grain. This bad practice is
not yet wholly dispensed with, either
in diaries or factories. There is still
too much grinding of the grain and
life, and keeping the flavor out of but
ter by working by hand or machinery
to get buttermilk out and salt into it,
when it could be much easier done,
without any harm, by working and sea-
soning with brine. But it was very en-
couraging to find much less evidence of
the defect in the exhibits of butter at
the Bay State fair than it has been GUS
tomary to find heretofore. AS the but
ter at this fair was drawn, not from any
single state, but from all new England,
l think, after having examined the
best butter of Europe and America that
its inspection justifies me in saying
that there is no better butter made
anywhere than is produced in New
England, and that those states, taken
as a whole, are second to no other To-
cality in the average quality of the
butter they produce.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-11-10
Professor L. b. Arnold on New
England Butter.

The Homestead prints letter from
Mr.. Arnold, styling him the first au-
thority in the world, (which assertion
we think is open to doubt, though he
is a fairly good judge. In this letter,
referring to the dairy exhibit at the
Bay state fair in Boston, Mr.. Arnold
says:
| examined all the exhibits of butter
at the centennial, collected from all
parts of this country and various parts
of Europe, using scale of points which
enabled me to preserve a record of
quality. AT the first international dairy
fair, | was one of the judges for the
state of New York, and the second year
for the state of Pennsylvania, with the
same means for preserving record of
quality as at the centennial. By the ia
vor of exhibitors | was permitted to eX-
anime nearly all the butter exhibited at
those two great shows, but | found the
average quality in none of them equal to
that of the butter at the Bay state fair.
The circumstance is interesting as in
dicative of a marked progression in the
fine art of butter-making in the last
decade. AT the centennial there was a
considerable number of exhibits that,
in a scale of points having one hundred
as perfection, scored from seventy
down to fifty-fve points, with but very
few reaching one hundred. AT the
international dairy fairs, the extremes
were not quite so wide, but there was
a considerable number that fell below
fortv noiuts with a scale HAVING hfV
for perfection. At the Bay state fair,
on a scale of one hundred as perfec-
ton, there was not a single exhibit
scoring below eighty points, while
about twenty per cent more were good
enough to score one hundred if they
had been sealed when first received
into the dairy room. Though there
was nothing susceptibly unpleasant in
the air of the room in which the butter
was exhibited, it proved, upon examin
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-11-10
AGRICULTURAL.
T. H. HOSklNS, M. D., Editor,
Newport, Vermont.
The " Grain - of Butter.

From Professor Arnold's remarks
upon the butter exhibit at the Bay
State fair, one could suppose that but
ter with good "grain could not be
made in any other way than by what is
called the granular method" In this
expression of opinion Mr.. Arnold shows
that lack of good judgment and breadth
of view which, Notwithstanding his
patient industry and consciousness, has
prevented and always will, in our judy
ment, prevent his being what the
Homestead calls him, =" the first author
ity in the world" We believe that
dozen men can be found in New En-
gland who are better judges of butter
than Mr.. Arnold He is very fnicking
and fussy in his "scale of points," and
his records" but behind these must
be not only technical skill, and trained
acuteness of sight, taste and smell, but
breadth of common sense and sound
judgment which Mr.. Arnold has always
seemed sadly lacking in.
Another thing illustrates the same
point. How did or could Mr.. Arnold
know that about twenty per cent
more were good enough to score one
hundred if they had been sealed up
when just received into the dairy
room?" He says there was nothing
susceptibly unpleasant in the air of the
ROOM" which excludes the idea of any
peculiar faint there contracted. How,
then, could he be sure that whatever
was off in that twenty per cent of
samples was not off in them when they
were brought in? 1t wont do to split
these things too fine. To do so con-
veys the idea, irresstibly, that there is
little putting on of airs by the expert.
1t would be good thing, sometimes, if
the expert could be tested, as well as
the butter. The result might possibly
raise a laugh. In regard to the grain,
every good dairyman knows that it can
be as thoroughly 0hough not so easily
preserved by the old method as by the
new. There is really no true " grain "
to butter, pure butter being homoge-
neous in its texture. What is called
the "grain " is granular appearance
resulting from general and equal dis
tribution of briny water, separating the
little pellets of butter that first appear
in churning. "Only this and nothing
MORE" and our grandmothers (some of
them) knew how to preserve that be-
fore either Professor Arnold, or the
g granular METHOD" were thought of.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-11-10
Lard.Ball Hogs.

We believe we were the very first ag-
ricultural writer to raise voice against
the plan of " improving" all the lean
meat out of hog. But as we voiced
not merely an individual opinion, but
very natural one among all pork-eaters
who remembered the meaty spare-ribs
and firm slicing hams of earlier days,
we soon had plenty of help in downing
the grease-hog folly. Now the man
who wants to grow good pork thinks
less of having a sort that will fatten
promptly than of getting one that will
lean well. The lean meat is worth
more money than the grease now-a-
days. And we want lean meat that is
lean, not all permeated with fat, and
diseased fat, too, the product of the
fatty degeneration of other tissues,
which is fatal disease in mankind,
and would prove so in hogs if they
were spared from the knife for more
than a tenth part of their natural lives.
There is vastly more money to be made
by a pork-raiser who knows how to
give his patrons good, firm, lean meat
in the spare-ribs, hams, and even the
sausages he offers them, than in the
opposite course. The right kind of
pork, like the right kind of mutton and
beef, brings fancy price in every
large market.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-11-10
Household Hints.

BAD food is at the bottom of any
amount of headache, peevishness, hot
temper, weak will power, and intem-
perance.
For heartburn, dissolve a table
spoonful of salt in two table-spoonfuls
of water and drink it, and next time
don't eat so much.
DON'T be nibbling between meals or
YOU will have dyspepsia after awhile.
You must have touch of it now or you
wouldn't want to nibble.
THE Journal of Chemistry vouches
for the value of the following mode of
drying pears Pare, core and quarter;
if large, cut in smaller pieces. Scald
them in syrup made of A." coffee sugar,
then dry quickly in hot-air closet,
moderately heated oven, or other
rapidly evaporating apparatus. Keep
alright in glass fruit-jar. They
make good sweetmeat, and may be
used in cake or buildings.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-11-10
How a Farmer Missed It.

If had told her in the spring
The old old story briefly,
When the sparrow and robin began to sing,
And the ploughing was over chiefly.
But haste makes waste and the story sweet,
reasoned, would keep through the sowing,
Till drop the corn and plant the wheat,
And give them a chance for growing.
Had even told the tale in June,
When the wind through the grass was blowing
Instead of thinking 1t rather too soon,
And waiting till after the moving.
Or had limited, out under the stars,
That knew a story worth hearing,
Lingering to put up the pasture bars,
Nor waiting to do the shearing
Now the barn is full, and so Is the bin,
But I've grown wise without glory.
Since love Is the crop not gathered in,-
For my neighbor told her the story
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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-20
Gl.OESUEES.

The Young Mems Republican club meets
every Monday night hereafter.
Thirty-fiye arrests were made for the
twenty-four hours ending last night at
o'clock.
Coming sessions of the ever popular Ourtiss
Business College begin this evening, corner
Third and Wabasha streets.
An alarm was turned in at $3.50 last evening
for small fire in the Mintzer block, corner
Fifth and Robert street. The damage was
trifling.
The Italian residents will unite in street
parade this morning and in the afternoon at
tend the Minneapolis exposition. A detail of
police will accompany the parade here.
The annual meeting of the Minnesota Saw
ing and Loan ocety will be held at the cham
Der of commerce tonight for the election OF
officers and the transaction of other bust
ness.
The Seventh street museum will open to-
day with two strong comedies on the separate
stages. Bibbs and Bibbs will be presented by
Willett and Thorne on the upper stage, and
Charity Begins at Home on the lower stage.
News was received yesterday of the death
of the mother of George ID. EastOn, of the
GLOBE. at Glasgow, Mo. Mr.. Eastin had been
appraised of his mothers illness, and was on
his way to her bedside when news came that
she had passed away. The funeral viii occur
to-day at Chillicothe, Mo.
P. J. MCGUIRE, of Cleveland. o., secretary
of the Carpenters and Joners' ASSOCIATION of
America, will arrive in the city to-day at 2:30
p. M, and this evening will deliver q free
CURE is an eloquent speaker and thoroughly
acquainted with the various phases of the
labor question. Members of labor organiZa-
tons in St. Paul and Minneapolis are invited.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-20
ssEtra M Xera rIuie.ss

New York Evening Telegram.
Wonderfully long in the leg, long-jawed,
long haired and easy-goIng Hiram dolphin
strobe out of the prison pen of the Harlem
police court, looking around him with all
air of bewiIderment.
What's your name?" queried the court,
after the policeman had sworn to the sta te-
ment that he had found Hiram joyfully
drunk on Third avenue at o'clock that
morning.
wall, meow, ''if it's fair question,
who be you?' asked Hiram, coOlly.
This dumfounded mis- honor.
''Well, for cool impudence you are ahead
of anything Eve ever SEEM" said the court.
Meow, loOk-a-here," said Hiram. Il
don't want no f0olin'. I've hearn tell of a
good many of the tricks of Yankees but We
amt a-goin' to play none onto me; now
swaller that. l wanter see the Squire.
Now. yeou tell me where the Squire is,
poOty quick, or I'll be missin'."
" on are looking at him now," said the
court. You were drunk last night"
Il was, Squire, N | beg yer parding fo1
my lingo. Pm teetotally 'shamed O myself.
Eff you'll let me git out O. here I'll go home
N hide my eussed skin in the barn for a
year."
Go" said the court.
Gosh, said he as he passed out. ''Me
a-telin' the squire didn't want no foolin'.
Hira N, yer a mule"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-20

man which he would be unwill-
ing to have his mother or sister
or wife endure? Evil speaking and fool
ish jesting came in for just
rebuke and he pointed out how much error
men fall into who indulge in such filth. He
admonshed his hearers to become men of
clean lips and pure hearts. and stand apart
from men of foul mouths and impure hearts,
He believed that the White Cross movement
would go on and OH until it would become
mighty power in the land and in all the
earth. He pointed out the fact that this
movement was sweeping all over England
and is destined to make itself felt in every
city and town In America. The speaker
introduced many touching and pathetic eX-
periences to show the shame and ruin to
which women are brought to by men, and
he called on the men before him to become
men OF clean hearts and lips and separate
themselves from any and all men bent upon
the degradation of women and shun all yiel
company. Several gave in their names
for membership to the society. Rev. DR..
Smith is to address the meeting next Sun
day AT p. IN. The song service at s p. m.
was well attended. Mr. Swift, assisted by
Mrs Brincke rhoff and Mr.. Sansome, con-
Quoted the singing. The Gospel meeting
in the evening was addressed by Rev.
Robert Smith. The attendance was good and
the meeting very interesting.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-20
Jewels for Gladstone.
Undertook Rough Notes.

hlnQernOOK Rough N OteS.
AS to the carbuncle there is this to say.
First and foremost it symbolizes the name
of Gladstone. When it comes from the
hands or the lapidary it must be perfectly
smooth stone, as any minute elevation on
its surface casts shadows on the parts i'm
medately around it and dims the effect Of
its deep and splendid light. Now, the
name Gladstone was formerly spelled
Gladstone, and originally Glaidstane, the
''glaid" in which is from the same old Indo-
European word whence the Germans derive
''glatt," and it means smooth" so that
Gladstone" like the carbuncle, means
Smooth Stone" In the car
buncle itself, therefore, the great
statesman is symbolized and, IN testimo-
NAL, symbolism should always play as
large part as possible. Moreover, among
the ancient Hebrews and the Greeks, who
set high value on this gem, the names
they gave it-kadkod among the Hebrews
and anthrax among the GreekS-meant a
live coal' and blazing from the fire, !"
and if Mr.. Gladstones lips have not been
touched with live coal from the altar and
his heart come blazing as from fire in the
cause of Ireland, when were lips touched
or heart made fervid?
So there are many reasons why the peo-
pies testimonial through the World should
be a golden axe and its jewels carbuncles
and emeralds-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-20
A GREAT SENSATION.
Theresa Vaughn Persists in Wea
ing CeiIusoid Collar and 81 Smii,

Theresa EauR an Persists in Wear
ing n CeiIu.oid Collar and 81 smile.
A face looks down at me from the wall.
A face full of kindness and strange beauty.
Strange because it is natural. Two laugh
ing eyes of blue, softly shaded by sweep
ing laShes, tell me that mirth and happi-
ness dwell in the bosom that is half hidden
by cluster OF blushing roses. Cheeks
tinged with the warm glow of health, a
pair of full, ripe lips, a straight, classic
nose, dainty, dimpled chin. two grace
fully curving ears, a wealth of raven hair,
clasping the Queenly head in shining coils.
This is Theresa Vaughn, and everywhere |
20 that face hauntS me. | look into the
richly dressed windows along the street
and those soulful eyes meet mine; | cast
glance through the curtained window
of the saloon and there the
face looks back at me. 1t
will not down. Around her figure falls a
clinging costume painted green. 1t has the
appearance OF cloth, but on close inspec-
ton il proves to be paper. On her head
is balanced an arrangement that looks very
much like the hat her father wore. In her
right hand she carries long, sOmber-lOok-
ing club, club that would make dudes
gambrel JOINTS pound each other to meet i'll
the dark. Her dainty left gesticulator is
encased in a glove of kid. an undressed
kid Il blush as | write it,. full of wrinkles,
but in this case the wrinkles are no indica-
ton that the kid is an old one. The only
Objectionable feature about the dress of
THERESA
is the cellulOid shirt bosom that she wears.
She may think that she can fool
the ordinary citizen with this article
of dress, but the average st. Paul
man has worn these celluloid affairs
too often to be taken in by them. Itwould
be all right for Theresa to wear cellulOid
collar, but when she Grapes all that terri
tory lying between her faced collar
button and bouquet de corSage with the
same unlaundried material, with a glazed
surface, it is carrying the joke too far.
Miss Vaughn holds up the & Co. end of
the combination known from Kalamazoo to
Uppernavik as I'VE. Us 81 Co.," a few peo-
pie who have banded together for the pur-
pose of keeping people out of the Home
for the Friendless They place themselves
on exhibition at the Grand tonight, and
give it out in cold. clammy way that they
don't object to being laughed at. and they
will put themselves up as laughing stock
three consecutive nights, with Wednesday
matinee. The opera house has been greatly
strengthened, so that there will be no dan
ger of the walls being injured from any
amount of roar that the audience choose to
rid themselves of.