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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-13
Marrying All Day Long,

Scranton (Pa.) Cor. New York SUM-
81 never saw so much fun In the wed.
ding business as [ saw down in Bur-
lington, n. j., the other day." said a
Scranton man who had just returned
from that town. '"The young people
of Eastern Pennsylvania dislike the
new marriage-license law very much
and they have made Burlington a veri-
table Gretna Green. The average
number OF marriages of Pennsylvania
couples has been eleven ad&y for some
time past, and the epidemic appears
to be on the increase. Last Sunday
thirty couples went there to be mar
ried. | called at the house of par
son who is an old acquaintance OF
mine, and he was SO overrun with work
that he asked me to stay and see him
tie the young lovers who had come
there across the river from the Kew
stone state. The hall was filled with
waiting couples, and the minister
study and parlor had all they could
hold comfortably. The green country
chaps and fellows from the villages en-
joyed the jam ever so much, and the
girls giggled and accepted the situation
good-naturedly AS fast as one couple
were pronounced husband and wife
all the others offered them their con-
CALCULATIONS, although in nearly every
case the parties had never seen one
another before.
Gone burly young farmer with a
buxom maiden at his side blushed
when he walked through the crowd to
have the knot tied. He was told to
brace up and not get excited by the
jolly would-be husbands, and one told
him to keep a stiffupper lip, as the ag-
ony would not last long. When he
marched out into the hall he was
greeted by such EXPLANATIONS as
'Pshaw! it didn't hurt you half as
much as you thought it would and
ooh, you're all right, if you did look
scared' The much-frightened groom
got out of the house as quickly as he
could, put his bride into an open car
riage, and started for Pennsylvania.
GAS a general thing the girls went
through the trying ordeal much more
gracefully than the boys. Its our
turn next, Nina, an don't We forgit
it, a hard-handed chap was heard to
whisper to his girl when couple stood
up before the minister, and when that
couple had been disposed of and a
certificate made out, the hard-fsted
fellow took somewhat slender miss
by the right hand and led her before
the preacher. Git around on t'other
side, Joshua; that amt the side to
stand on said a voice in the audi
ence, and Joshua had to change his
position, which he did ina very awk-
ward way, grinning and coloring up as
he did SO. When the last couple had
been disposed of, my ministerial friend
drew a sigh of relief and looked
tired. He said he hoped no more
Pennsylvanians would bother him in
a month. He had taken in $50 in
fees that day"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-13
Educated Farmers.

Our most successful farmers are not
those who work hardest at manual
labor; they work, nevertheless, with
all their enegies. None are exempt from
labor; but in all it is equally we'll ap-
Piled and directed. Ii we take any
two men, physically equal, the one will
accomplish most who excels in brain
power. Therefore, let that small in
closure within his own skull be culti-
waited as assiduously and as carefully
by the farmer as is his choicest crop.
Whatever farming may have been in
the past, the time has come when the
highest intelligence is demanded as a.
necessary qualification on the part of
the agriculturist.
Book farming, however, is decried,
and FARMERS are not areading Glass;
We, on our part, neither underrate
the practical knowledge, nor overrate
the Importance of the scientific study
of farming. The one is needful to the
other, and science is futile if it does
not help practice to do it's work bet
ter and cheaper. But there is one
great want in most of our farm houses,
and that is the almost entire absence
OF agricultural literature, both in book
and periodical form. The volumes
one most expects to see on a farmers
table are generally conspicuous by
their absence; and, will it be believed.
there is many a, farmer who does not
take an agricultural newspaper. Bows
and girls grow up on the farm, and
spend those years which will so much
influence their future lives without
ever once being led to realize the mo
of what is before them.
They grow up too, without a taste
Tor reading, and SO miss a never-failing
source of happiness, not to speak of
mental culture and refinement. For
all this, the want of suitable books |
and papers on the farm house table
IS to be blamed. The bodily toilers
come in thoroughly wearied, and
often with longing for relaxation of
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-13
FARM AND HOME.
Growing Old


What is it to grow old?
Is it to lose the glory of the form
The luster of the eye?
Is it for beauty to forego her wreath?
Yes, but not this alone.
Is it to feel our strength
Not our bloom only, but our strength decay?
Is it to feel each limb
Grow sitter, every function less exact
Each nerve more loosely strung?
Yes, this, and more; but not,
All tbs not what in youth we dreamed 'twoul
be- '%ts
TITS not to have our life
MellOwed and Softened as with sunset glow
A golden days decline
TITS not to see the world,
AS from height, with rapt prophetic eyes,
And heart profoundly stirred;
And weep and feel the fulness of the past,
The years that are no more
1t is to spend long days.
And not once feel that we ever Young
1t is to add, imml1red
In the hot prison of the present, month
To month with weary pain.
1t is to suffer this,
And feel but half and feebly, what we feel,
eep in our hidden heart
Testers the dull remembrance Of a change:
But no emotion none.
1t is, last stage of all,
When we are frozen up within, and quite
The phantom of ourselves
TO hear the world applaud the hollow ghost,
Which blamed the living man.
-Matthew Arnold in the Toronto Week.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-13
HE SAW THE SEA.
BY JOHN BOLIVAR, JR.

Hal Harrow was farmers lad;
OF q rowing mind was he.
He never longed to see the pillow,
But longed to pillow the sea.
And so away from home he ran
A skipper brave to be:
And when he left his home behind
A skipper, brave was he.
He safely got aboard a brig.
When his troubles did begin;
The ship was christened the Lookout,
Although bound to Pekin.
They struck a gale when they were out,
the waves surged DER the guard
And his hard tack was in the hold
10 tack the ship was hard.
The boat went down and all were lost,
The sailors and their grog,
Save lucky Hal, who saved himself
By clinging to her ''log."
A passing bark soon picked him up
And brandy fixed him right;
He drunk became when he was told
The bark was Water-tight.
When he reached home a voyage he took,
But it was not sailing;
His daddy said he would shed tears
To the wood-shed they went whaling"
Boston Courier
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-13
Training Hops.

Various devices are employed IN
Central New York for training hops
Formerly two poles to a hill were AL
most exclusively used, but since poles
have become more scarce, various sub
stitutes have been used. One arrange
ment uses stakes about seven feet
long, over the top of which strings are
run each way of the row. This plan
has not been received very favorably,
as the hop vine prefers climbing up, in
stead of climbing horizontally. Vari-
Gus and complex methods of using
Irvine have been gotten up and pat
ented, but they have pretty generally
proved insufficient. The simple sys-
tenn of using one pole to the hill, and
Irvine running obliquely from the bot,
tom of one pole to the top of the next,
and SO on, by the test of time, seems
to stand ahead, and is, | believe,
the cheapest, most practical and best
way to grow hops to-day.
A new method of training hops en-
ploys large poles and wires, and does
away with the common hop pole en-
tirely. These large poles are to stay
in the ground the year round. They
are placed as every fifth hill, and for
good results should be twenty, or at
least eighteen feet above ground; but
they are often used less. A wire is
stretched on the top of these poles
over each row. to which Irvine
is fastened from each hill. Stakes
are driven in the ground at
each hill to tie the Irvine to. 1t is
better when these stakes are about
four feet long, but they may be only
long enough to tie to. The wire rests
in a hook, and when the hops are har-
vested it is let down. THERE'S no pat
ent on this, and it is rather cheaper
than poles. However, some serious
objections are urged against it. The
strings are liable to break from
the wire, and the vines killed by whip
ping in the wind. But believeif good,
strong Irvine is used, the wire is
stretched tight, and stakes four feet
long are used at the bottom, there will
be little trouble. J. f. w. speaks of
fenceposts to run the wire over. These
would not answer at all, as the wire
must be up high to give the hop plenty
of runway, or the yield will be mate
rally reduced.
When the vines arrive at sufficient
length, those which are intended to
grow are Immediately selected and
tied to the pole about which they are
to Irvine. The rest are carefully
trimmed off. The vine should always
be kept closely twining, as it grows
much faster when it has something to
cling to. All the season, up to har-
vest time, or when the growth becomes
SO dense as to prevent it, the ground
between the rows should be kept mel
low, with cultivator or pillow; and hoe
ing usually occurs about three times
first, in early spring; second when the
unnecessary vines are trimmed off,
and lastly, just before bIossoming,
when some growers make practice of
killing up their hops, which does not
accord with my notion, and which is
fast going out of practice.-Cor. Coun-
try Gentleman.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-13
The Season for Plans.

This is the season of the year, says a
writer IN the Iowa State Register, for
close investigation of the results of
toll the past year, and forming plans
for the future. The farmer, by closely
scanning the cost of production, will
find that many of the products of his
farm for the past year have to be sold
Tor less than cost. In many respects
1T has been a hard year. Too many
balance sheets, If carefully made out,
will be found to have a. balance on the
side against the farmer. In the future
there must be a different result. We
are under the administration of low
prices. At the beginning of the new
year plans must be laid for cheaper
production, and more general economy
In all departments of the farm. This
can be done without in the least inter
fering with the real comforts of the
family, or contracting the work Of
charity. The management of the
farm requires careful and close study
to produce the greatest amount at
the least cost, and at the same time
keep the farm up to it's fullest capacity
by increasing it's fertility, instead Of
exhausting the soil. Let the family
as congressman say, go into commit.
tee of the whole, and consider this
question in all of it's bearings, with all
OF the light obtainable by past ex-
perience and the light Of the age. How
to manage the farm for the next year
is q question of vital Importance, and
until it is we'll and proftably settled
there is no time for idle gossip by day,
or stupid snoozing away on long win
ter evenings. Farming is work OF
study as well as exercise of the mus
cles. They have to work together
either neglect Of the full exercise Of
brain or muscle is certain defeat.
This, then, is the season for study
ing, planning and devising. Examine
the capacity of your farm, and your
stock-the amount of labor which will
be required to manage them for the
greatest success at the least cost.
Determine just how much can and
shall be done by yourself and the
other members of the family Then
you can determine just about the
amount of hired help required, and
take time and be careful in the en-
ployment of that help. Poor help at
a low price is seldom the best policy.
Employ intelligent help. They will be
company for the proprietor and aid to
his sons. A hired man who openly
violates any of the properties Of life,
Or the laws of God or man, is not sale
on the farm, or with the family
Many an innocent and honest-hearted
son is led into bad habits from which
he never RECEIVERS, by vulgar, dissolute
men of immoral habits Such hands
SOW the worst kind of seeds, which will
grow and ripen crop of rascality and
crime which will bring sorrow to the
family, worse than theloss of the farm
and bankruptcy. One of the worst
things man can do is the employ
ment of immoral help.
Lay out with care, at thecommence-
ment of years, plans for the manage
ment of the farm in all it's depart
ments. 1t should be done with all of
the study and precision of solving
problems in Euclid.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-13
Farm Notes.

Do not put your name to any piece
of blank paper or card for any BODY
you do not know. If q person wants
your address let him write it himself.
A contract may thereafter be written
above the name, if it be q signature,
and it will be good in law.
The eminent botanist, De Candolle,
set the age of the elm at 335 wears.
The ages of some palms have been set
down at 600 to 700 years, that of an
olive tree at 700, that of plane tree
at 700, of cedar at 800, ofan oak at
1,5OO, of a yew at 1850, and of a
baobOb tree at 5000.
In a good crop of wheat the grain
gives nearly or quite as much weight
as the straw. With oats and barley
the grain is usually in excess of the
straw so far as weight is concerned
In the rye crop straw usually weighs
more than grain, and near a good
market is often worth more.
ACCORDING to the Agricultural De-
partment at Washington trees do not
necessarily have ring of growth for
each year of life. It is said to have
been found that trees of years
showed twelve rings, of IL, twenty
one; of 5, eleven, and of "a, twenty;
the trees being, respectively, locust,
hickory, crab-apple and oak.
PLANTS are drawn out of the earth
in winter by successive freezing and
thawing. Freezing contracts and
thawing expands the earth. The
plants are raised up in thawing, and
do not settle down again. Thus even
plants, if not set below the action of
frosts, will eventually be thrown out.
A covering of mulch prevents surface
thawing, and this protects plants.
THE average yield of wheat per acre
in Great Britain is slowly increasing,
the present being twenty-nine bushels
or two and one-quarter times that OF
the United States, which is estimated
at thirteen bushels per acre. The
area devoted to wheat-growing in
Great Britain in 1885 was 2,474,318
acres The estimated area for the
crop of next year is 2, 100000 acres.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-13
THE CHANGING MAN.
BY NELLIE F. O'NEILL,

He kneels where they lie AZ rest
With grief he is nearly wild
Inc mother with babe on her breast.
His wife and his only child.
One year-down the church aisle ne passes.
Ills heart by another beguiled.
While the dead mother under the orosSas
Clasps closer her Wondering child.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-08-27
IIe,Irinr AIrensIN.

The Argus hedges on the Railroad Com
mission question this week in the interest Of
the railroads, as it was to be expected that II
would do With evident reference to the re-
marks of The Phoenix on the need of a com.
mission, as illustrated by last weeks fright
full accident at Brattleboro, the Argus asks II
a commission "could have prevented or saved
that catastrophe" or il 1t could have seen
cts (the bridge's) defects intuitvey and ar
rested the train at the moment before II
reached the BRIDGE" The veil of specious
nonsense which covers but does not hide the
real animus of such questions is 80 thin that
even the Argus ought to be ashamed of it.
A railroad commission as q bare abstraction,
or as tool of the corporations, could not
have prevented either of the recent accidents
at Brattleboro, but the probability is, decid-
eddy, that il an efficient commission had been
in existence in the state it would have had
such a moral and stimulating effect on the
railroad companies that they would have felt
themselves compelled to such prudent care
and oversight of their roads and bridges that
neither of them would have happened. In
any case it would be great point gained il
both the people and the railroad officials
knew that in case of an accident, the occur
renee would be carefully sifted and the cause
or responsibility fixed and publicly an
nounced.
The tone of the Argus shows, what we
have all along suspected, that the sudden con.
version of it and the railroad attorneys to the
need Of commission, is an evidence that
while there will be no opposition to the pas
sage of a railroad commission law, the rea
work Of the railroad people will be done il
trying to secure an act which is emasculated o
all compulsory force at the start, and in max
ing sure, if possible, that the men compos
ing the commission shall have no ideas OIL
the subject except such as they imbibe from
railroad sources.
Look out that your town representative
are not men who can be wheedled or hood
winked into compliance with any sue
| aohama
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-08-27
NNhas Mr. IIobar, sag.
THE MUSTER

GOOD NEWS FROM THE BRATTLEBoRo BOYS AT
BURLINGTON THEY CARRY OFF THE HoNoRs
OF THE OCCASION BANDS MUSIC TnE
BEST EVER HEARD AT MUSTER.
Especial to The pbenixl
BURLINGTON, Aug. p, 1886
The muster proves one Of the most success
ful ever held. The weather has been hne,
the camp ground il good one there have
been many visitors and everybody in in tbs
best of humor and spirits. Ninety seven per
cent Of the members Of the Vermont Nation
al Guard are present "A very large proportion
Yesterday the regiment held 4 riot drill which
aroused great interest. At dress parade last
night the E.tey Guard was loudly applauded
for ils fine marching in company front.
The Fuller Battery elcts universal com
ment for it's fine appearance and manenvrcs
It WAS critically inspected yesterday by Lieut..
Coffin, U. s A., who expressed warm approx
al of its condition and efficiency.
The music by the First Regiment band il
one OF the leading attractions Of the muster.
Their music on dress parade and their night
" concerts have been enjoyed aud appauded
by thousands. Last evening the baud scre-
nsded the Battery. 1t receives high praise
on every hand.
Gov Pingree and Lieut.. Gov. Ormsbee NJ.
rived last night To-day is Governors
Day." In the afternoon there will be dress
parade and review before Gov Pingree fol
lowed by sham fight. The spectators are
already gathering this morning and the after
noon throng will probably b the larges, ever
seen on such an occasion.
The regiment breaks camp to morrow
morning.
The Free Press had this paragraph in its
account of Wednesday, doings in camp;
considerable interest conferred during the day In
the movements Of Fuers Light Battery. Lieut..
ConnorH was officer Of the day. In the morning the
horses had team drill and the cannoneers drilled at
the guns. In the afternoon there mounted drill
the battery going out mile or so on the Shelbnrn
road. Col. Fuller accompanied by senator Ed
munds both black Kentucky thoroughbreds. On
returning to camp the company practced battery
dri1 closing the day with drng blank cartridges All
the officers Of the battery accompanied by their
| nINna naking slK laliea in camn.n
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-08-27

charles f. Dauforth resident Of the city Of New
That In The wear 1878 himself an George F. Harris,
also resident Of said city Of New York were doug
business under the hrm name Of O. y. Daui9rth y
Co. as railroad aud bridge contractors and tnat ~
such arm they contracted 20 furnish material aud
build a combination railroad bridge over west hNe.,
near Brattleboro, Vermont, for the Bm''leDoro
That said arm employed A. p. Boiler, Esq, Of New
York eminent and practical railroad bridge ehgl
neer, to make the plans aud bills OF materials LOT
said bridge to be constructed with carrying capacl-
~ Of one thousand pounds per hneal loot, ana that
said bridge to be 2l5 feet in length from out 10
That the said A. p Boiler did make such plans and
bills of materials, which plans aud bills we're cram
ined aud accepted by W. A. Haven, Esq the then
chief engineer OF said railroad company. Ihat the
iron work for said bridge was made by the Keystone
Bridge Company Of PlttGburg, Penneyvania, whose
reliability and reputation iron bridge builders anu
manufacturers Of bridge iron was aud IL OF very
high order. That the iron for said bridge was to be
the best TO quality and manufacture, aud was per
sonslly inspected by Mr.. Boiler during ne process
manufacture and prior to It's leaving the VOTES vi
said Bridge Co., at Pittaburg.
That the building aud erection Of said bridge was
under the supervision Of the Aforesaid Mr. George f.
Harris who was experienced aud practical bridge
builder, and who gave the building and erection OF
said bridge his personal close and careful attention.
and that its building and erection In strict
cordance with the accepted plans therefor aud that 1t
IL my Arm belief from constant persOnal inspection
Of materials and workmanship during the construc,
tlon Of said bridge that there materials used
but the best That its building dOue IN thorough
aud workmaullke manner, aud that the carrying ca.
pacity Of said bridge was fully adequate for what II
was designed. 100
sworn TO before me this 23d day Of August, 1885.
FL. VAN AUKEN, Notary Public. ..
CHARLES r. DANFORTH.
Certf filed N. Y. Co., Kings Co., N Y.
1t will be observed that Mr.. Boiler place 3
the intended carrying capacity Of the bridge
at 1000 pounds per lineRl foot instead OF one
ton per lineal foot AZ estimated IN MIR.
Wrights testimony given last week. The ac-
tual strength, however, was five times 'hls
AmOnnt.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-08-27
ur nI.,ne ON IN. Tar,,T.

In his speech ut Sobago Lake on Tuesday
night MIR. Blaiue showed that during the re-
cent session Of Congress the Republicans
we're all but unanimous for protection while
the vast majority of Democratic members
was against it. In the nine statcs where the
greatest number of people are employed in
manufacturing, the deposits in the savings
banks were only $3.50, 600, 600 in 1861, when
the Republicans enacted the Morrill, tariff,
and during the 25 years in which protection
has been enforced these deposits have increas-
ed to more than 4 ,020, O00, 600 During that
time the population has increased but 80 per
cent, and the peoples savings have increased
800 per cent. The same protective policy has
served to give an enormous development to
industries in the West. A larger number Of
workers in the British empire has only four
tenths the savings of those in the Now Eng
land and Middle states.