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The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-07-25

OF the Count of Paris and his wife London Truth
says: ain their domestic relations the Comte aud
Comiesse de Paris were always as good "a they
could be- Both Of them had and have strong family
instincts. He took after his mother In his love OF
Naples In her love Of hunting and shooting. She
showed herself equal to breaking skittsh colts, to
driving four-in-hand, to firing out three fOur
horses at chase She dressed In a neat, masculine
style, wore stand-up collars, soft felt hats without
feathers, and preferred waterproofs TO luxurious
mantels when driving her team Of ponies in bad
weather. Although strong minded, she 70 not an
sylvan tastes He is one of the best shots In France.
His last day at Eu spent In shooting blackbrds,
crows. and thrushes. The enormous bag he made
of these birds was converted into pie big enough
10 have been served at baronal banquet in days Of
yore'
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-07-28
Cure for Gapes.

A correspondent of the Rural NelC
Yorker thinks the lime-dust treatment
the best of all cures for gapes in chick
ems. 1t is cheap, simple and effective.
put whole brood of chickens in a
peck measure, with bag over the top.
A barrel partly filled with air-slaked
lime, as dry as powder, was turned on
its side and the lime was stirred with a
stick until the whole barrel was filled
with lime floating in the air. The
chickens were put in this, with the bag
over the mouth of the barrel. They
were put into the dust three times, not
more than minute each time. They
should be kept in the measure all the
time. We let one brood stay in too
long and lost five out of seven. The
windpipes of the dead chickens were
found more than half filled with cape
worms, which made it more difficult for
them to breathe.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-07-28
Imported Potatoes.

One of the strangest of the many
strange trade conditions of this country
is the importation of potatoes. We
have duty of fifteen cents a bushel,
or, at present prices in New York,
thirty-two per cent adralorem, yet this
does not prevent the importation of an
average of about S4,000,000 worth
every year. England, Germany, Der.
muda and Nova Scotia are sending
potatoes into this country every day
and at the same time our farm ers can
not get remunerative price for this
product. What is the cause? The
same cause that is deciding many
another agricultural problem in this
country against the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
ternal transportation. 1t costs more to
take bushel of potatoes by rail from
Albany to New York, one hundred
fifty miles, than from Liverpool to
New York by steamer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-07-28
time for general effort to remove from
farm life the stigma that it tends
towards loss of mental balance.
Small Farms.

A correspondent of the Ohio Farmer,
after the statement that sixteen-acre
farm cannot be successfully run on the
same plan adopted on a larger one,
thus proceeds to give his plan: " If the
farm is all tillable ] should divide the
sixteen acres into four sections of four
acres each, but it is not necessary to
fence it, except the four acres where
the house and barn stand. This plat /
should divide up in the following way:
Two acres for house, small lawn,
kitchen garden, barnyard, ETC.; this is
rather large, think, and less would do
if the house and barn are in the right
position; but call it two acres. Then
one acre for fruit-blackbe rasp-
berries, currants and Strawberries. One
acre for poultry; this acre should be set
to pear, ounce and peach-trees, and
plum can be added if thought best :;
this affords good shade for the fowls. l
find that the trees do much better
where the poultry run than those where
they do not. On this one acre / would
have four poultry-houses, with yards
for runs of one-fourth acre each, and
should keep twenty-five in each yard
one yard of either Buff, White or Par
fridge Cochins for sitters; one yard of
Plymouth Rocks or Wyandottes and
two of Leghorns--the Cochins for sit
tiers, the Plymouth Rocks for early
broilers and the Leghorns for eggs.
The remaining twelve acres l should
use as follows: -Four acres for clover,
four acres for soling crops, and the re-
naming four acres for corn and pota-
toes. On so small a place wheat and
oats do not pay. The twelve acres should
be rotated with clover roots, millet,
fodder-corn, and anything that will do
for feed. On the place four cows (and
they must be good ones, not necessarily
OF long pedigrees, but of individual
meriO can be kept for the first two or
three years; after that more can be
added. The manure from the four
cows, one horse and one hundred hens
will go far towards enriching the land.
Apply the hen manure, well-saved, to
the hill, as the best results are OBJ
tanned in this way; utilize every corner
with something that will either sell,
make fodder for the cows or food for
the hens, and, my word for it, the young
man with the sixteen acres will have
profitable business at home; with his
little farm well-tilled and his little
wife well-willed he will be as con-
tented as those who roam their hun
dred acres over. One other thing l
will mention, and that is this Put in
a patch of early potatoes. l find that
nearly every season half an acre or
more of extra early potatoes are as
profitable as any patch of ground on
the place. Study the wants of your
nearest village and town, and supply
the people with the choicest and earliest
of fruits and vegetables"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-07-28
Homemade TOYS.

We find the following in the domes-
tic department of Farm, Stock and
Home.
Children enjoy playing with simple
homemade toys more than with those
which cost five times as much. The
kind / have in mind are animals made
of canton flannel or any feecy material
desired. An elephant is made of gray
canton flannel, black beads for eyes,
ears lined with pink paper-musln, and
piece of blue or red for his blanket.
A dog can be made of spotted, black or
white material, with the ears lined.
Black beads serve for eyes for all.
Fasten leather strap around the neck.
a mouse is made of gray canton fan
mel: line the ears. and roll a long piece
of cloth for the tail. A cat pleases all,
and can be made of black, white or
gray canton flannel; outline mouth and
eyes with red worsted; tie a narrow
red ribbon around neck; waXed thread
drawn through above and below the
mouth serves for whiskers. a horse
can be made of white, black, gray or
brown material, with fringe for name
and tail, and the mouth marked with
red thread. A sheep looks the best
made of pure white fleecy material, ears
lined with pink. a rabbit is pretty made
of either white or spotted goods, with
rather large eyes. A camel is made of
dark brown cloth; the humps on the back
are covered with fur, also the end of
the tail, which is made by rolling piece
of the cloth tightly; a stick must be
put in each leg to make it stand up. a
bear can be made of black or white can
ton flannel, ears and mouth outlined
with red thread; it can be made to
stand up by placinga stick between its
fore paws. a pig can be made of black
or white. a duck is made of white,
with stiff yellow paper for beak; sew it
on round piece of stiff paper cover,
with moss to resemble nest. A bird
is made of blue or red flannel, the
wings and tail button-hole stitched
around the edges with silk, and the
beak wound with black thread. A
pretty way to arrange the birds is to
make two, alike or different, and place
them on'the corner of a picture-frame
facing each other, or sew string
through them and hang up. The above
are easily made and look natural. They
look nice placed on brackets or mantel-
pieces. Those who have little children
to look after would have the pleasure of
seeing them delightfully."- entertained
and out of mischief if they had some
or all of these toys to amuse them.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-07-28
Household Hints.

A FEW sods and little COW manure
made into heap now, where you can
throw kitchen slops, will make an ex-
cellent compost for your tlower-pots
next winter.
A LADY writer asks: "Why don't
bachelors marry ?' That's so-why
don't they? Come to think about it,
we have never seen a bachelor who
was married. It's lamentable, too.
THERE is one place in this country
away down in Maine-where the peo-
pie are so polite that they never speak
of unmarried ladies as old maids. They
simply call them ladies-in-waiting,
THEman or the woman who is mistit
farmer or farmers wife is to be pitied-
not because farm life is not desirable,
but because the disposition to enjoy it
and make the most of it is wanting.
To remove the stains caused by
handling berries from your hands
wash them in clear water and wipe
lightly; then, when yet moist, strike
match and shut your hands around it
so as to catch the sulphurous acid
fumes, which take out the stains.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-07-28
N A Cheap Lightning Rod.

Galvanized barb wire costs five cents
a pound (seventy-fve cents will buy two
hundred twenty feet, is acknowledged
by all scientists to be a very good con-
ductor of electricity, and, on account
of the numerous points, especially
adapted to absorption of electricity
wherever it is stretched. Double the
wire and twist into cable, which will
make it four-ply or four strands. Put
one end in the well; cistern or moist
earth, and carry the other up over your
buildings and along the gables, passing
over the chimney or highest points of
the building. Fasten to the woodwork
with common fence staples. The cleo
tricity will not leave as good a con-
ductor as galvanized wire to follow dry
lumber. Thus You have the best light
ning-rod that can be made for less than
81 90, all told.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-07-28
Mullen for Colds.

a correspondent of the Rural Nep
Yorker says: " Here is my experience
with it: In 1882 my wife was afflicted
with very bad cough. 1t got worse
and worse, and no medicine | tried af
forded any relief. AT last, hearing of
the good effects of mullen and rock
candy, went into the fields and pulled
up a lot of young mullen plants,
washed the roots, placed them with the
tops in the kettle, poured water over
them, and boiled the whole down to a
strip, which l put in large bottles,
adding rock-candy and brandy enough
to keep it from spelling. My wife used
it as medicine, and in one week was
well and sound. l have no doubt
whatever that medicine of this kind
will have excellent results in ordinary
cases of lung troubles, colds, ETC., what
ever be its effect in cases of pronounced
consumption.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-07-28
Farm and Garden Notes.

NEVER calculate on a mild winter
because you are short OF feed.
THE man who cannot learn from his
neighbors' mistakes can teach his
neighbors by his own.
IT is not the men who make the most
noise in the world who are its most
able and most valuable citizens.
SHOW us where lives the farmer who
makes it rule to borrow tools, and we
will show you broken gates, lousy calves
and dirty stables.
How much corn-meal have we bought
at forty cents a pound and called it
mustard and pepper? How much glu-
cose for sugar, and chicory for coffee?
A MAN who has no skillful use of his
hands, and he who has learned no use
of his eyes except to read books, has
only received the fragment of an edu-
cation.
WHEN away from home keep your
eyes open to see how much Other
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-07-28
BrOwn-Bread and Pudding.

For brown-bread take one-third corn
meal, one-third rye-meal and one-thirt
canaile; as much molasses as you like
mixed with sour milk and sufficient
saleratus. Bake in a moderate oven
five or six hours, as the size of the LOAF
requires.
To make nice pudding take two
quarts of milk and one cup of rice, ant
set in a moderate oven one and one
half hours. Then take it out, add salt
sugar, fruit and whatever else you like
and bake one and one-half hours. The
above are my own recipes, and l know
of no better ones. AUNT MARY.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-07-28
Feeding Young Turkeys.

1 will help the Household department
by answering the inquiry, "What is tn
best food for young turkeys ?" Wit
fifty years experience / think wheat
bran and fine-feed, or canaile, equa
parts, wet with sour milk, the best
And let them range a part of the day a
least. Never give corn-meal to sma'
turkeys if you want to raise them.
AUNT MARY.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-07-28
PAIN !

1t is positive fact that you can get teeth ex-
tracted at the office of DIR. A. CLARK without
pain by the use of cocaine applied to the Jaw. He
makes record of every tooth so extracted and he
has proof from the testimony of others so that you
need not depend entirely upon what he says in re-
gard to its merits. Please go and become satisfied
for yourself in regard to It's efficiency. Offce on
South Main street, Montpelier VT.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-07-28
advertisements.
NtUUNNIIDIIIVI
A Great Victory
A Terrible Case Of Scrofula
Cured by
Hoods SarsapariIIa

" In the winter Of 1879 was attacked with
Scrofula in one of the most aggravating forms.
AT one time had no less than thirteen large
assesses over and around my neck and throat,
continually exuding an offensive mass Of
bloody matter disgusting to behold, and
almost intolerable to endure. 1t is impossible
to fully describe my sufferings, as the case
was complicated with Chronic Catarrh. After
three years Of misery, having been treated by
three physicians, l was worse than ever.
Finally, on the recommendation of w. j.
Huntley, druggist, of Lockport, was induced
to try Hoods Sarsaparlla. And now, after
having taken twelve bottles, within the last
twelve months, the scrofulous eruptions have
entirely ceased, and the assesses have all
disappeared, except the unsightly scars, which
are daily becoming smaller by degrees, and
beautifully less i do not know what It may
have done for others, but do know that In
my case, Hoods SaTsaparilla has proved an
effective specific indeed. As an evidence of
my. gratitude i send these facts unsolicited,
this cure, by personal correspondence with
any one who doubts it." CHARLES A. Rob-
ERTs, East Wilson, N. Y.
This statement is confirmed by w. J. Hunt
ley, druggist, of Lockport N. Y, who calls tho
cure great victory for Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Send for book giving statements ofmany cures.
Hoods SarsapariIIa
Sold by all druggists. 81 six for So. Made
only by G. I. HOOD g. CO., Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-07-28
A Present Christ.

No fable old, no mystic lore,
No dreams of bards and seers,
No dead fact, stranded on the shore
OF the oblivious years;
But warm, sweet, tender, even yet
A present help Is he;
And faith has still its Olivet,
And love its Galilee.
The healing Of his seamless dress
Is by our beds of pain;
We touch him I'm life's throng and press,
And we are whole again. Waite
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-07-28
SPECIAL OFFER
To the Subscribers of this Paper.
SuperbS Steel Engraving of LOngfelloW His Library

We have made arrangements to supply subscribers with
limited number of proof impressions of oyers superb steel
craving of the poet Henry w. Longeow, in his Library at
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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-03-18
IAN Old Beat"

There was one pathetic incident con-
nected with the fight A man named
Clough had served three years in the
Eleventh Massachusetts, and had the
reputation of being an excellent soldier,
q favorite with both officers and men,
and doing his duty faithfully in all po-
sitions. At the expiration of his term
he re-enlisted, and was given the Gus
tomary furlough of thirty days. When
he returned to the regiment his nature
seemed to be changed. From cheer
full, companionablo man he became q
chronic grumbler, and at last was gcner-
ally recognized as a "bcat." His old
comrades bore his altered disposition
for 4 while, but finally he was let alone
with his growlings. His officers at last
suspected him of 4 determination to de-
sert, and watched him accordingly.
When his company started into fight
the question would be. Where is
C]ough?" and he generally had to be
hunted up and ordered into the ranks.
On this occasion he was severely wound
ed, being shot twice. He was brought
out on a stretchcr, which his lieutenant
had sent in for him, and while waiting
for an ambulance the officer went up to
the wounded man. With return of
the old-time fire, Clough said, ''Lieuten-
ant, have l done my duty?' "Yes,
Clough, like man," to which he re-
piled with touch of bitterness: WON
der if the boys are satisfied with the
damned old beat now?" The bows
crowded around and tried to encourage
him, now ashamed of their former chat
fng, and he smiled family and said:
''Good-by, boys,' as they carried him
away. That night the tired, broken
body was out of pain, and "Old Clough'
was beyond the praise or blame of hui
man jud gment-The State.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-03-18
Thk N1AkAETS.

ST. PAUL.
WnEAr-No ! hard, SIC bid; May e3c
BID, No. i Northern, SIC bid; No.
Flour-Pat.nt, $5oo@5.25; straights
t4:5o@4; = asked; bakers, t4.25@4:5o asked
Corn No: 2. 3l1hlc asked. May, SIC bid.
Oats No. mixed, 29c. bid, 3O1f: asked
No white SOC. bid.
Barley No. 2, SIC. bid.
Rye No. 2, 4Sc. bid
Flax Seed t.95 bid
Baled hay, fl. 50 asked; timothy 1925
Dressed beef, choice steers 6c. @ ~;
veal, "a &c.
Butter, extra 21@s3c bid.
Cheese, 1O(@ lie,
Eggs, extra l2c asked.
Potatoes, 45c per bushel bid.
Live Stock-Sales Of steers ranged - o
@415 Per 100 lbs: Sheep solo at
MINNEAPOLIS.
WHEAT-No. hard. cash, S716c. bid for
March. May, Gle; ~. NorGhern, cash
o21z1 No: 2 Northern, cash, '6hc.
t4:7o94 SO: In barrels. $4.S5@5.1o; t5.a
@5:15 delivered at New England points
Is: 1905. 20 delivered New York and Penn
sylvania, points; bakers s.. 70@3.9).
CHICAGO
Wheat. March Sic; May s5T.
Corn, March 3A: May. 4O16c.
Oats, cash 291<; May. 81
Flax seed No. l. $l.ilh
Pork, cash, $1,000; May $lO.050pl0.
Live Stock, Cattle 81 1904 IS; hog
s4.10@4 20; Sheep, $22505.s5.
MILWAUKEE.
Wheat-Cash, size; May. SAX.
DULUTH.
WHEAT-Cash No. hard Ssh: May 92X;
No. Northern cash S4sIc
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-03-18
Threads Of Gold.

The world cannot have any of its
joys without alloy.
Proud heart, aud lofty mountains
are always barren. - Eatchman.
There is no p:cty like lat which is
begun in well-or;lcred home.
To have valid reason for everything
We do Is the browning glory of our
being.
Choose your companions from those
who know more than yourself-R.
Schuna"'.
Happiness inhab;t, no place, but is a
state of mind which. if man find. he
must find in himself.
Words are but symbols, thoughts are
powers. Not other peoples but our
own thoughts are the great forces that
will mould our lives.
Fidelity to God is the surc>t way of
fidelity 10 man. The truest humanity
is that which j. born Of the truest d.
vinity.-Rev. DR.. Gordon.
How easily and soon does a child
forget its sorrow: perhaps as easily and
soon shall We forget this earthly life
when once we breathe in the other
world.--l1ans Christian Andersen.
Although cheating may seem to be
helpful for time. Vet, in the long run.
the only thing that will be found truly
helpful will be downright honesty, pa
t;cut. persistent. careful well-doing.
One needs to live many years before
one learns how little time there is in a
vcnc.-how little. indeed. there will be
in the longest possible life, many
things one will still be obliged 10 leave
unuOnc
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-03-18

their tweAties, and some while In their
teens, and which, THEREFORE. cannot
BY any means argue premature decay
Of the constitution, and must be purely
q local phenomenon and NAV exist
with unusual bodily vigor. Again.
many feeble persons and others who
have suffered extremely, both mentally
and physically, do not blanch hair
until past middle life, while others,
without assignable cause, lose their
capillary coloring matter rapidly when
about forty years of age. sing9larly
enough, DR.. Orbigny says that. in the
many years he spent in South America,
he never saw a bald Indian and scarcely
ever a gray-haired one. In our own
land. the hair and beard of men rarely
change equally, but there seems no
general rule as to which whitens first.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-03-18
IN THE FIRELI(3hT.

The dre upon the hearth IL low
And there IL stiffness everywhere;
Like troubled spirits, here and there
The freight shadows duttering 90.
And as he shadows round mo creep,
A childish treble breaks the gloom,
And softly from farther room
Comes, ''Now lay me down to Sleep
And somehow, with the little preyer
And that sweet treble in my ears,
Lay thoughts go back to distant years
And lDger with a dear one there;
And as hear the child's amen,
My mothers faith comes back to me-
Crouched at her side l seem to be-,
And mother holds my hands again.
Oh, for an hour in that dear place!
Oh, for the peace of that dear timel
Oh, for that childish trust subllmel
Oh, for glimpse Of mothers face!
Yet as the shadows round me creep,
I do not seem to be alone
Sweet magic Of that treble tone
And "Nov lay me down to sleepv'-E,
gene Field.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-03-18
The T NO Ways.

Two boys went to hunt grapes. One
was happy because they found grapes.
The other was unhappy because the
grapes had seeds in them.
Two men, being convalescent, were
asked how they were. One said,-
Il am better today
II was worse yesterday said the
other.
When it rains, one man says
This will make mud
This will lay the DUST says
another.
Two boys got an oyster. One looked
at it and declared it nasty. The other
tasted it and declared it good.
Two boys, examining a bush, one
observed that it had a thorn. The
other that it had rose.
Two children looking through col
ored glass, one said
The world is blue
Il. is BRIGHT said the other.
Two boys eating their dinner, one
said,-
Il would rather have something bet
ter than this
This is better than nothing.'' said
the other.
Two men went to see New York.
One visited the saloons, and thought
New York wicked. The other visited
the homes, and thought New York good
Two boys looking at some skaters.
one said.-
See how they fall
See how they glide,' sad the other.
A servant thinks mans house is
principally kitchen; a guest, that it is
principally parlor.
Two boys got each an apple. One
was thankful for the apple; the other
was dissatisfied because it was not two.
IL am glad that / live,' SAYS one
man.
IL am sorry must de- says another.
IL am glad says one that it is no
worse
II sorry" says another, '.tha, it is no
BETTER
One man is thankful for his blessings.
Another is morose for his misfortunes.
One man thinks he is entitled to A
better world, and is dissatisfied because
he hasn't got it. Another thinks he is
not justly entitled to any, and is salts.
fed with this
One man enjoys what he has. An
other suffers what he has not
One man makes up his account from
his wants. Another from his assets.
One man complains that there is evil
in the world. Another reicic"s that
there is good in the world.
One says
''Our good is mixed with evil.
"Our evil is mixed with good SAYS
another.