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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-05-30

all sides which are in the market for
sale at prices below the actual worth
of the buildings alone. The news
papers of Massachusetts and of the
other New England States are pretty
thickly studded with advertisements of
farms for sale, but these advertisements
do not, in my opinion, represent one in
ten of the farms which can actually be
bought for less than the cost of the
buildings alone. Now, l ask, where or
how can there be more conclusive proof
that farming does not pay? My wife and
/ are gowing old. l am daily toiling on
my farm at hard, monotonous and disa-
greeable labors-disagreea because
they are not profitable, yet must he pur-
sued without relaxation as the only
means of keeping the wolf from the door.
Our older daughters are now married
and gone from home, and / am thank
full to say that they have not married
farmers. Our son, too, has fitted him
self for the profession of medicine and
has gone West to grow up with the
country Much is said about farming
in the West, but see very little to en-
courage the belief that agriculture in
that section is very much more profita-
BILE than in this. / am considerably in
debt, and fear that L never shall be less
so; and | know that the rate of inter-
est is raised here in New England by
the draft of large amounts of money
taken hence to be loaned at still higher
rates to the farmers of the West. How
can the prosperity which the West
boasts of be real, or at any rate endur-
ing, when the Indebtedness of the peo-
pie there is so great and so rapidly
increasing? 1 am still pursuing the
common mixed farming which has
been followed in New England from
the start, as the best way, poor as it is.
| have not succeeded in establishing
any profitable and permanent specially,
and | do not see many of my neighbors
who make claim that they have done
so. / make butter and l keep sheep;
| raise few apples | turn off more or
less of various things, all bringing in a
little money and keeping us alive. But
the fact remains that my buildings are
running down and my farm is running
out, and (being now sixty-two years of
age) the prospect ahead is that if / live
ten years longer there will not be very
much left of the inheritance / received
from my father On the other hand,
one of my brothers (both of them start
ing with little or nothing) is worth at
least $4,000, and the other is very
nearly, if not quite, millionaire"
If farming does not pay, what is to
be the future of the world, which relies
now upon farming for its living? And
does not the belief that farming does
not pay, that farm labor is hard and
monotonous; thankfulness that his
daughters are not farmers wives; and
that not only has his farming failed of
success, but that his inheritance will
be largely expended should he live ten
years longer, seem curious fitting for
a teacher of proper methods in agricul-
ture-a peculiar preparation and con-
dition to point out the path of success
in farming to others?
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-05-30
agricultural.
Grasses and Forage Plants.

Charles L. Flint, Esq, late secretary
of the Massachusetts, Board of Agricul-
ture, has revised and enlarged his book
published some years ago under the
above title, which is now handsome
volume of about four hundred pages,
printed on good paper, with clear type,
and handsomely illustrated. 1t con-
tains list of the grasses, with their
common and botanical names, their
time of Towering and natural places of
growth. 1t also gives the classification
of grasses and their comparative nu-
tritive value and proper mixtures for
permanent meadows. The directions
for preserving and renovating pasture
lands and the application and effect of
fertilizers are clear and extensive.
The work is one which should be on
every farmers table. Lee e. Shepard,
Boston, are the publishers.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-05-30
Planting Potatoes.

We have tried a new way (to us) in
planting part of our potatoes this
spring. The soil is dry and rather
poor piece of hillside. A fair coat of
barn-yard manure was applied and
plowed in, the land narrowed and ma
nured, then the potatoes dropped, a
little dirt scuffed " over them and a
handful of unleached ashes scattered
over the hill, which is then covered in
the usual way. Potatoes are said to
need potash in excess of some other
crops, and they will be likely to get it
here, but whether the barn-yard manure
will furnish the other required ingre-
dents, or whether the soil contains
them already, can not now be told.
The same piece once had on its poorest
portion light dressing of leached ashes,
which showed good effects till the pres
ent blowing.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-05-30

when done. A white spread, costing two
dollars, will give any bed an infinitely
more elegant and restful appearance.
This is mans view and may not count
for much.
WHEN | was boy remember that
the other boys in the village in which 1
lived used to sing this old doggerel:
Oh, If I had a wife
And she wouldn't work,
tell you what I'd do:
I'd put her in boat
And set her afloat--
She should paddle her own canoe"
That would seem a rather harsh meas
ure and it would take extreme Incidence
to justify it; but the wife who literally
won't work" when it is her duty to
do so is deserving of pretty severe CEN
sure. l know a very industrious, eco
nomical, temperate and thoroughly
honest young book-keeper whose wife
literally will not work. She is a strong
woman, in perfect health and has no
children; but she spends fully one
third of her time in reading Rider Hag-
gard and kindred novels; another third
is given to an ugly, ill-natured little cur
of dog, whose ribbons are changed
almost hourly and who is fed with
spoon, often with a napkin around his
neck. The remaining third of this
valuable wife's time is spent in adorn-
ing herself and in the improbable occu-
patton of making fashionable calls. Her
husbands salary is not large, but he
must keep servant for his wife, and
she talks loftily about having her wash
ing done out and "my dressmaker "
and envy milliner." These are the
helpmeets that try mems souls and
make them old before their time. These
are the wives who might be benefited
by padding their own canoes " for a
time. The true wife bears her share of
the burden of life side by side with her
husband. She is not and should not be
his slave, but should be glad to be all
that is implied in that old-fashioned
word" helpmeet."
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-05-30
The Baby'S Cold.

How to break up baby's colds thus
told by Clarissa Potter in Good House
keeping: when l find a baby has
taken cold-not so feverish and sick as
to require packing, which one breads to
do because of the increased danger re-
sulting from any exposure afterward,
but a smart cold in its first stages, with
red eyes and running nose and stuffed
head take the little one in my lap
several times through the day and again
at bedtime, and, removing boots and
stockings, rub the little feet-soles and
tops and ankles-with sweet oil or
goose oil, and then heat them long and
well before an open fire till the skin
will absorb no more oil. Then rub the
little barred back from neck to hips, es-
pecially along the spine, with oil also,
shielding the baby's back from cold
drafts and letting the warm rays of fire.
light heat it just right, chatting and
thoroughly heating till the skin will alb
sorb no more oil. Wrapped in flannel
and tucked away in her warm nest for
the night, baby often wakes in the
morning with but little trace of her
cold. If there is hoarseness in connec-
ton with other symptoms of an oncom-
ing cold, for simple remedy like to
give baby boiled molasses with bit of
a few tablespoonful of onion syrup
made of sliced onions and brown sugar,
which helps sooihe the throat and clear
the bowels, carrying away, perhaps, the
aggravating source of the cold.'
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-05-30
Notes by the Way.

ABOUT the middle of the month we
drove through portions of Windsor,
Orange and Washington counties. AT
that time but little work had been done
on the farms. Some grain had been
sown and some manure drawn out, but
no planting of any amount had been
done. We saw large barns, new or
repaired, clapboarded and painted,
houses freshly painted and in good re-
pair and a general air of thrift and
prosperity.
WHILE the West Berlin creamery was
running with about one hundred fifty
cows, the Mirror Lake creamery had not
started, and it had not been decided
whether it would this season. 1t has
good building and fixtures and it seems
pity to have it stand idle.
A CALL on E. E..Andrews found him
busy delivering trees from his nur-
series and also showed great damage to
his trees in breaking down by the great
SHOWS of last winter. We noticed
many orchards damaged in the same
way.
THE old Paine farm, now owned by
Mr.. Clogston, has now some sixty head
of cattle on the place, where it formerly
had but about fifteen, and a large,
modern barn gives them shelter.
Farming seems to pay here, judging
from external evidence.
GEORGE CRANE, Esq, of Brookfield
says his COWS will not drink the water
in the tanks unless it is warmed, as he
used a heater the past winter. He
has an abundant supply of good spring
water - filling three-quarter-inch
pipe-but while there we saw COWS
attempt to drink from pool of stagnant,
filthy water in the yard from choice
rather than from the clear, running
water, which seems like total depravity
in animals. AT Mr.. Cranes we also saw
a model farmers repair-shop, with tools
mon and simple repairs on farm i'm
plements can be made without going
off to the blacksmith's or wheelwright's.
Mr.. Crane sets his milk in large, dry
pans. A scheme to get rid of the skim
milk is a good one. A barrel, cut down
so it will go under the pans, is put on
caster wheels, and when the milk is
skinned, ready to draw off, the barrel
is run under the pan, the milk drawn
into it and the barrel wheeled away
out of doors. There are no slops, and
no pipes to keep clean. 1t is an ex-
cellent way.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-05-30
The Black Side of Farming.

DIR. 7. II. Hoskins, the agricultural
editor of the Rural Vermonter and a
voluminous writer on agricultural mat
tiers, has contributed to the Rural NeD-
Yorker series of papers under the
title of "The Black Side of Farming,
an Autobiography" Except for the
latter part of the title, we should have
taken the articles as fancy sketches, but
can not now, of course, question their
reality or their truth. After recounting
his various farm operations and their
total or partial failures, he sums up
the matter in the issue of May II as
follows:
cit is fact which not only my own
experience, but that of multitudes of
people all around me, confirms that
farming does not pay. The proof of
this is seen in the numerous farms on
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-05-30
An Old Maids Way of Cooking
Purslane Greens.

Gather purslane that has grown
quietly and is tender. Pick over very
carefully, wash thoroughly, drain and
put in the kettle with corned-beef.
When the water boils over it the first
time drop in small lump of saleratus
(for green's for family of six would use
one-half tea-spoonful of saleratus). The
kettle must be large enough for the
water to rise. After it has done foam
ing scatter over the whole handful of
corn-meal. When well cooked, but not
overdone, take up, press, drain and cut
into inch lengths-or, if liked, toss them
over a quick fire in hot butter, dish up
and serve. | asked the maiden lady,
who was eighty years or more of age,
what the meal was for. She answered,
"The saleratus took the strong out of
the pusley and the meal killed the
death in the pot" See II. Kings iv:
3S-42. The pursane will usually cook
in about forty minutes. For fun / fol-
lowed her directions, even to the meal,
and have found both the soda and meal
an improvement on almost every kind
of field greens. Although a writer last
year condemned purslane for greens,
very many people in these parts esteem
it as the best of greens-next to beet
tops, which it very much resembles in
taste if properly cooked and of thrifty
growth.-Mrs. W. W. Wakemdn, in
Rural NeW- Yorker.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-05-30
Fleeing the Quilt.

Deep grows the clover, q soft green sea,
Blithely the note OF the tbroste rings,
And Margery under the locust-tree,
Sits at her patchwork and sews and sings
Sings and dreams, and her fingers fly,
with sunbeams kissed and with shadows 1ecked
And the fair spring hours fit lightly by
with the Joy they bring to brideelect.
And oh, what a wonderful quilt will grow
out of those fragments and tiny bits
And the dimples come aud the dimples go,
As she measures and matches and trims and fits
A bit of blue in the center there,
From a remnant left of her Sunday gown;
strip of white and rose pink square,
And a border here of chocolate-brown.
Chocolate -brown-that was grandina's dress,
Bought that year when John first came:
Margery's thinking OF that, guess,
For in Margery's cheeks shines forth flame.
And this is scrap of Jennie's sacque-
Dots of white on ground of green,
And tiny, zigzag lines of black,
with dropping, golden bells between.
The sunswept earth is very fair
To the maid who sits I'm her shady niche,
And tender thought that is like prayer
Is tightly fastened with every stitch
There's new, sweet world that is Just at hand,
Where a cosy nest of home is built,
And she wonders and dreams of that unknown land
AS she sings and pieces her patchwork quilt.
GOOD HoUSekeepiRg.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-05-30
Gbe Duusebulo.

Contributions to this department should be sent to
the agricultural editor, North Pomfret, VT.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-05-30

" AS familiar as a household word"
Such, indeed, is the name of ESTEY,
and the organ which bears that name
has attained popularity second to that
of no other manufacture. 1t is con-
coded on all sides that it stands un-
rivaled for purity of tone and elegance
of design and finish, while the prices
are so reasonable as to place it within
the reach of all who desire frst-class
instrument. The attention of our
readers has undoubtedly been attracted
by the quaint series of advertisements
now being inserted in our columns.
We can add our personal endorsement
as to the truthfulness of the claims
made therein, and believe that the
presence of an ESTEY ORGAN in the
home will be perpetual source of JOY
and gladness.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-05-30

STEAMED FRUIT PUDDING.-Put a
two-inch layer of fruit in the bottom of
a two-quart pail and sweeten to taste.
Rub a piece of butter the size of an egg
in cup of flour mixed with a tea
spoonful of baking powder, and wet
with milk to very soft dough. Mold
with the hands to the size of the pail
and lay over the fruit. Put a tight
cover on the pail and steam one hour.
Serve with whipped cream or pudding
sauce. May be made with either fresh
or canned fruit.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-05-30

WEIGH less than a pound, but make
as much trouble as if they weighed
hundred. What? The Kidneys. If
they are clogged or inactive disease
follows. Paine's Celery Compound
keeps the kidneys in good working or
der and induces healthy action.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-05-30
NOTICE.

The annual meeting of the stockholders of the
Montpelier a Wells River Railroad will be held at
their railroad office in Montpelier Vt, Thursday,
the 3lst day of May 1855 at halfpast two o'clock P
NJ. First, to choose five directors for the ensuing
year. Second, to hear and act upon reports of its
officers Third, to authorize the president with the
advice and consent of majority of the directors to
sell any lands real estate belonging to said
same. Fourth to transact any other business that
may legally come before the meeting. by order of
the directors. JOEL FOSTER, Clerk
Montpelier, VT. May ~, 1888.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-09-28

INITTNNTfNl has revolutionzed the
EHX'jlsiAl world during the last
half century. Not least
among the wonders OF
inventive progress is method and system Of
work that can be performed all over the country
without separating the workers from their homes.
Pay liberal: any one do the work; either Sex,
young or old: no special ability required. Capital
not needed you are started free. Cut this out and
return to us, and We will send you, free, some
thing of great value and Importance to you, that
will start you in business which will br ng you in
more money right away than anything else in the
Augusta Maine
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-09-28
T. N. AntiSell Piano Co.

Office and Warerooras, Odd Fellows Hall, Corner
Market and It'll Streets; Factories, Folsom.
shotwell l. 18th Streets; San Fra ucisco, Cal.
ifornia. agents wanted.)
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-09-28

quests, to his steadfsst and deter
mined opposition TO the Mormon
hierarchy, to his strenuous opposi-
ton to any reduction of the tariff on
lead, and to his answering fidelity
to the cause of Idaho's preservation.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-09-28

n AIMED FIRST PREMIUM FOR GREATESr
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full power of tone, elegance of design. and superb
finish. Only plane endorsed by United States
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double repeating action-three rings throughout
of best patent steel wire--keys best ivory. Our
new patent steel tuning device, instead of WOOD
IL the greatest invention ever made in pianos, It
consists of stationary Steel tuning pms that sre
pins. keeping them sOlidly in place. thimble or
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the pins. Af:er the strings are properly stretched
the piano can never get out of tune the rest plank
Icing of &esl is not affected by extremes OF eli
mate. This will be appreciated by oil musicians
in city or country. 1t will stand 20 years without
tuning, and is good for 1OO No other piano has
this Improvement
Great strength and dura bility is another advan-
tage. In other pianos holes IRE bored in wooden
boards and tuning pins inserted. The ms turn
round in this board and cannot stand permanent
ly In tune and it often cracks, splits, dries out
becomes utterly totally and entirely worthless as
q musical instrument Our Steel tuning device
is in no way affected by such casualties. and the
sounding board Is so constructed that our pianos
can never become thin or metallic in tone. They
are always in tune and the expense of tuning 10
saved. This patent alone is worth millions and
makes our piano the greatest in the World. Prices
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We guarantee our pianos 10 years. 100 styles.
We have put our prices at lowest bt d. rock for
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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-01-21

and pleasure desiree is to be found
at this place. It is located right at
the door of New Orleans. in a Sec
ton of country which. for want Of
facilities, has heretofore been unde-
veloped.
The town Of New Coyington will
be the entrepot for a district of
country noted for the fertility ofits
soil. its varied productions, mag
nidceut timber. numerous running
streams. clear as crystal, flowing
wells and mineral springs Of nation-
al reputation.
In the list Of officers and direc-
tors of the Covington aud st. Tam
many Land and Improvement Com
pany will be found some of our most
enterprising aud representative cit
liens. and their names are snffi-
cient guarantee OF good faith and
fair dealing.
Call at the Company's Office, No.
25 Carondelet street, and examine
prices. maps and plans of this fine
property.
Any Information desired by those
living away from New Orleans will
be promptly furnished by address
ing communication to tue COM
pany.
The company will donate liberal
space for parks. scho OILS. churches.
aud all eleemosynary institutions.
Hotel keepers are especially in
vited to interview or correspond
with The officers in regard to build
ing large. fine hotel, to he used
as a winter resor. for Northern WIS.,
itors. and as a simmer resort for
the South. Several-Lotels will he
needed, and the management would
like to coufer with parties in re-
gard to it.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-01-21
GEN. NICHOLS SPEECH

Upon receiving the nomination
for Governor, Gen. Nichols was
introduced to the Convention bv
Chairman Jeffries. and spoke as
follows:
Gentlemen Of the Convention
Your committee has informed me.
as result Of your deliberations,
that I have bee6 selected by this
convention AZ the candidate OF the
Democratic party for the position
OF Governor of this State. and that
the nomination has been made
unanimous.
l need scarcely say to you, nv
teIiow-citizens. that l appreciate
aud am deeply gratified at this
marx OF vour confidence, and that
l return my most profound than ks
to the people Of the State aud to
the members of this convention for
uis marx of their confidence. For
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-01-21
THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE
TICKET.
New Orleans Chronicle. I

L
One OF the happy results appar-
ent at Baton Rouge. following the
formation Of single ticket to rep
resent a united Democracy. is The
distribution of the nominees, 60
that no important section of the
State can be said to be without
special consideration upon it. Next
to the selection of a good ticket,
this is always feature of strength.
1t is true that Gen. Nichols is
credited to Orleans, from whence
also comes W. H. Rogers. the can.
didate for Attorney General. and
yet the Democrats Of Assumption
will feel that in the candidate 70
Governor they have q prior claim.
and it does not seem rs il Orleans
has got the lions share after all.
The Red River section gets James
Jeffries, for Lieutenant Governor,
and no doubt feels complimented
by the man and the honor con-
ferred. The up river parishes fur
nish L. F. Mason. Of Concordia for
Secretary OF State; the Florida par
ishes of the east are to have w. II.
Pipes. of East Feliciana. for State
Treasurer; North Louisiana holds
on to the efficient Auditor, q. b.
Steele, of Union, and South Louis
lana contributes the Superintend.
ent of Public Education. JOSEPH A.
Breaux.
1t is seen at glance that the
distribution of the ticket is admira.
ble. that it leaves no room for seri-
Gus criticism from any quarter; the
candidates meet every popular re-
qnirement. and that the Republican
hope for Ipro6ting by Democratic
j;ssensions, which was 50 ostenta-
tiously paraded q few days ago
must now be abandoned without
any prospect Of its naturalization.
Louisiana Democracy is com.
pletely united and marching on 20
assured victory under capable
leadership.