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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-02-10

Local news scarce this week.
Glib Starch only Csc at Dixon's.
.. Herrings in market this week.
80 kegs nails $2.45 keg at Dixon's.
Delightful weather for the fisher
men.
Laundry Soap SOC doz. at Dixon's.
Tuesday next will be Valentines
Day-a day Of fun for the young.
40 boxes Tobacco 24c Id. at Dixon's.
A runaway, on Main street was the
excitement on yesterday evening.
90 Bbls Flour 1926 Dbl. at Dixons.
A man who cannot mind his own
business is not to be trusted with the
Kings.
THAT HACKING COUGH can be 50 quickly
cured by Shiloh Cure. We guarantee
it. For sale by Hooper & CO.
If you are not already q subscriber
of this paper you are invited to be-
come 80.
Mr.. G.. S. Darden, of Hartford
county, has accepted position with
Hooper & Co.
The fishermen are yet hard at work
putting in their nets. Some have al
ready caught few fish.
Come to this market, traders, as Of
ten az possible, so as to secure special
bargains as they are offered.
Sunday was a pretty day and the
various Sunday Schools and churches
were we'll attended.
Glad to see Mr.. II. A. Bond. ST.,
Who. for several weeks have been
extremely i'll, on the street again.
Several new names have been add
ed to our subscription book since our
last issue. There's yet room for more.
WILL YOU SUFFER with Dyspepsia and
liver complaint? Shiloh's Vitalizer is
guaranteed to cure you. For sale by
Hooper & co.
Mich can be done for Edenton and
Chowan county this year if we but
make use of the opportunities that
present themselves.
Chapman & Gale, jewelers., at
Norfolk, had robbed from them. on
Saturday night last. 100000. in
money and jewelry.
SLEEPLEss NIGHTS, made miserable oy
that terrible cough. Shilohs cure is
the Remedy for you. For sale by
Hooper & CO.
Now, didn't our merchants have
good trade on Saturday? 1t ralned
but it made not much difference; the
traders came in just the same.
CATARRH CURED, health and sweet
breath secured, by Shiloh's Catarrh
Remedy. Price 80 cents. Nasal Injector
free. For sale by Hooper & co.
There are q probability that large
machine shop and barrel factory will
be erected soon in Edenton. The par
ties who start it will make money.
Mrs. w. NJ. Jewel, of Tunis, n. u
was summoned this week to the bed
side of her mother. Mrs. Carrie
Elliott. who died Wednesday night
Have the courage to discharge q
debt while you have the money In
YOUR pocket. Think of this. reader,
and then think of him who told it
the printer.
We spoke, in our last issue, about
Edenton having Town Clock. One
of our good citizens called to see us
Yesterday about this matter. he
says he is ready and willing to start
to work TO secure this need. Who
will now be the next? Let US have
he Clock; its needed.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-02-10
NEW GOODS.
II. A. BOND
Keeps constantly on hand a large
assC Ttment of
HARDWARE and CUTLERY,

Nails and cotton ards, white Lead,
colored Paints, PUTTY, X 10 and 10 IL
Glass, KEROSENE Oil lred and whiteb
Liuseed OIL, Spts. Terpentine, and Japan
Varnish.
He keeps also quite an assortment of
Medicines-ParsonsP Z. Pills, the bo~t
medicine in the world for chIIls and
fevers. He has on hand n large lot of
Tinware, Brooms. Tubs, we'll and water
Buckets.
The best Butter and Cheese, Oranges
and Lemons. Apples and Onions. bagec
Hams aud Elegant side meat, the very
best in town,
He has just received two bags of
prime Coffee Beautiful Bean, also
a nice lot of family -Four in bbls. and
half bbls. the best in the market. Call
and see.
Hats selling at cost and below. Men 8
and boy : calf Boots. men = and wo-
men Hoes at prices below anything ia
town of like quality.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-02-10
THE EDE.NI'ON
GRADED SCHOOL.

Fall Term Ending Dec. 3. 1887.
PROF. L. A. WILLIAMS, Principal.
MRS. r. F. CHESHIRE, ! Assistant
Miss ri. A. THOMPSON, ! Teachers.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-03-14
Foods Best Digested with Tea
and Coffee.

Experiments have recently been made
by DIR. Frazer on the action of tea, cof-
fee and cocoa on stomach and intes-
final digestion. He concludes, accord
ing to Science, that it is better not to
eat much of meats at the same time that
infused beverages are taken, for if ap-
pears that their digestion will in most
cases be retarded, though there are
possibly exceptions. Absorption NAV
be rendered more rapid, but there is a
loss of nutritive substance. On the
other hand, the digestion of starchy
food appears to be assisted by tea and
coffee; and gluten, the albuminoid of
flour, has been seen to be the principle
least retarded in digestion by tea, and
it only comes third with cocoa, while
coffee has apparently much greater
retardiDg action on it. From this it
appears that bread or similar food is
the natural accompaniment of tea and
cocoa when used as beverages at a
meal. Perhaps the action of coffee is
the reason why, in this country it is
usually drank alone or at breakfast,
meal which consists much of meat, and
of meats eggs and salt meats) which
are not much retarded in digestion by
coffee. (2) That eggs are the best
form of animal food to be taken along
with infused beverages, and that APP
parently they are best lightly boiled if
tea (hard boiled if coffee or cocoa) is
the beverage. (3) That the caseine of
the milk and cream taken with the bev-
erages is probably absorbed in large
degree from the stomach, and that the
butter used with bread undergoes diges-
ton more slowly in the presence of tea,
but more quickly in the presence of
coffee or cocoa-that is, if the fats of
butter are influenced in way similar
to oleine. (4) That the use of coffee
or cocoa as excipients for cod-liver oil,
ETC., appears not only to depend on
their pronounced tastes, but also on
their action in assisting the digestion of
fats. -Edstern Furmer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-03-14
Indications of Spring Fashions.

The winter suits have been so at
tractive that one would regret their
disappearance if the spring costumes
were not quite as promising. In early
spring cloth suits deliberately braided
will appear. Green and red are favor
lite combinations of color, making pretty
basque are worn With a plain copper
colored skirt, the lower skirt being
sometimes pleated and trimmed with
watered ribbon. AS this is the season
for making overdresses it is well to
know that combinations are quite
fashionable, some of the earliest goods
being dress patterns of plain material
with goods of wide stripes. Harper'S
Bazaar says that &C. for southern Cali
fornia and for visiting Washington are
Suede-colored and pale-gray cloth
gowns trimmed with gold cords and
cut-work, the open spaces between
showing white MORE underneath.
Travelling gowns for sunny climes are
of rough-surfaced wool, of very light
weight, in wide stripes of Suede with
Gobelin blue, or gray with dark maza-
rine blue, or else dull red stripes alter
mating with mixed stripes of gray, red
and blue together. Jaunty costumes
imported for the first warm days are of
Suede-colored homespun, or of canvas
with full skirt and outside coat, while
the jacket-basque or matinee for the
house is of scarlet surah made with
many fine tucks in the waist and in the
sleeves, and worn with belt and large
buckle" Jacket-basques with vests
will be much worn and the cream
white vests braided with gold sontache
braid will be popular. The under
skirts will remain plain, either trimmed
with passementerie or braid" Do
meSticdnd,n in Boston Journal.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-03-14
Mr.. Athens Letter.

We are very fortunate in being able
to lay before our readers so full and
clear history of the origin and progress
in breeding of the typical ideal mutton
sheep, the South-Down, as Mr.. Aitken
has given us in his letter to the WATCH
MAN. Mr. Athens opportunities for
gathering information on the subject
have been second to none in this coun-
try that we know, and his lucid style of
putting that information before our
readers leaves little to be desired in
that direction. Besides his extensive
information on the subject of sheep, he
has also had wide experience in cattle
in this country and in Europe, and
under his care as manager of Hon.
Frederick Billings farm his famous
herd of Jerseys has shown decided i'm
provement. We understand Mr.. Ait
ken is visiting the famous herds of the
States and Canada to select animals for
Mr.. Billings, the only restriction being
TO get the best. We hope to hear from
Mr.. Aitken again and often.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-03-14
Complexion and Health.

a physician has given in the Medical
World the following advice to women
for the improvement of their health
and complexion: "For the present l
prescribe only for your feet. First,
procure a quantity of wooden stockings
not such as you buy at the store under
the name of lambs wool, that you can
read a newspaper through, but the kind
that your Aunt Jerusha in the country
knits for you, that will keep your feet
dry and warm, in spite of the wind and
weather; second, if you want to be
thorough, change them every morning,
hanging the fresh ones by the fire during
the night; third, procure thick calf-skin
boots, double uppers and triple soles,
and wear them from the LIST of October
to the LIST of May, and make frequent APP
plications of some good oil backing;
fourth, avoid rubbers altogether, except
a pair of rubber boots, which may be
worn for little time through the snow
drifts or flood of water; fifth, hold
the bottoms of your feet in cold water
a quarter of an inch deep just before
going to bed two or three minutes, and
then rub them hard with rough towels
and your naked hands; sixth, go out
freely in all weather-and, believe me,
not only will your feet enjoy good cir
culation, but as the consequences of the
good circulation in the lower eXtremi-
ties your head will be relieved of all its
fulness and your heart of all its palpita-
tons; your complexion will be greatly
improved and your health made better
in every respect
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-03-14
Concerning Floor Paint.

know nothing about cement paint,
but can tell Mrs. A. C. W." how to
paint floor that can be used in three
hours after it is painted. Dissolve one
fourth pound of glue in three quarts of
boiling water and thicken with five
pounds of spruce yellow. Go over the
floor with one or two coats and then oil
it with boiled oil. This will wear, but
will not look as well as oil paint.
Now l will tell her how we painted
floor last summer. My John" painted
border eighteen inches wide with
white, tinted with blue. When he put
on the second coat he marbleized it with
black and blended it thoroughly with
separate brush. Then, as he could not
attend to it, | painted the center with
India red. To make it straight around
the border | laid down a narrow strip
of wood and drew the brush along, as
you would follow a rule with pencil.
When it was done it was the prettiest
DdlllCu llOOl CNCl saw W Z uoCh biiS
floor all the while it was being painted.
While the border was drying we placed
board at each door, resting the other
end on the floor. When the center
was drying we walked on the border.
Then / vanished it all over, which was
all right on the dark center, but for the
delicate border | should have used fur
niture varnish as it was, spoiled the
looks of my pretty border. Experience
is the best of teachers and | shall know
better another time. India red wears
better than any color we have used on
floor and it is prettier than yellow.
1t will not show dust if you get it the
proper shade. | would like to know
where Mrs. Wheelock gets her low
priced catalogue. Can she not tell us
when she writes again to the House
hold? c. L. f.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-03-14
Bitter Cream.

l do not wish to quarrel with Il.
B. B." about bitter cream, but would
like to give little of my experience in
the matter. do know there is great
difference in milk, and that some cows
will give milk that makes bitter cream
when other cows, fed on the same ra-
lions and being in the same condition
that is, nearly dry-give good, sweet
milk, without particle of bitterness.
This has been proved in our own dairy
within the few months past. l kno,C that
good feed makes difference in the
quality of milk and butter, but the
beginning of the matter is in the COW
herself. As to the white specks in but
ter, | agree with her Gf it is woman
who wrote the article, and | take it for
granted that it Isl that they are I'M
churned cream, and may be dried cream,
but l have noticed that sometimes in
the summer, particularly in hot, damp
weather, l could see the specks in the
cream before the milk was skinned or
had turned sour. think it is some
thing in the condition of the milk or
weather, or both, that makes it so, and l
also think the milk of some cows is
more liable to make specky butter than
that of others. BY the way, are you
not afraid that we women are going
to monopolize the Agricultural as well
as the Household department? A. c. W.
REMARKS BY EDIToR.-MonOpolize
away all you choose. 1t will probably
result in greatly improving it.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-03-14
SOuth-DOwn Sheep.

Mr.. EditOr:-In view of the increas-
ing demand for breed of sheep that
will enable the Vermont sheep-farmer
to live, even if our .free-trode friends sue
coed IN running the DOol-grOUing indus
try, it may interest your readers to
know that the modern South-Down, the
best established of all the mutton
breeds, was evolved from much the
same circumstances in free-trade En-
gland. About the year 1776 Robert
Blackwell, one of the fore most breeders
of his day, laid down and established
by example the axiom that mutton, not
wool, should be the prime object of a
sheep-breeder. About this time also
Mr.. John Gilman, a noted breeder OF
live stock, began experimenting with
South-Downs, with view to their i'm
provement, and such was his success
that before the close of the last century
the Gilman South-Downs were sought
after from all parts of Great Britain
and by crossing with other breeds they
laid the foundation for several of the
more modern varieties of Downs. This
Improvement was brought about solely
by systematic and judicious selections
and without the least admixture OF
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-03-14
Care of the Hair.

We noticed in an exchange several
rules for caring for the hair, one recon-
mending the use of sage-tea to promote
the growth and prevent the falling out
of the hair. One rule also suggests
ammonia and borax for use in washing
the hair; also the yolk of an egg beaten
in little water for cleansing the scalp.
We counsel the letting alone of all of
them. Use only the best of soap
white CASTLE or Ivory-with soft water.
After its use the hair should be thor
oughly rinsed, to remove all traces of
the soap; then dry on towels and apply
a little of Burnett's cocoaine, if the
hair needs little oil or something for
a dressing. 1t has been in use in our
family for more than twenty years, as
have his various extracts, and we con-
slider them all of standard excellence.
The cocoaine should be rubbed in on
the scalp as much as possible rather
than applied to the hair. If any one
wishes to see the powerful effect of
ammonia let her put few drops into
little warm water and dip the bristles
of dirty hair-brush into it few times,
shaking out the water each time. After
doing so the brush will be clean, the
ammonia having taken out all the
grease. While some heads of hair
need no oil, others become dry and
itching unless oil is occasionally APP
piled after washing.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-03-14
Red Riding-HOOd.

ON the wide lawn the snow lay deep,
Ridged DER with many drifted heaps
The wind, that through the pine trees sung,
The naked elm boughs tossed and swung;
While through the window frosty.starred
Against the sunset purple.barred,
We saw the somber crow flap by,
The hawks gray fleck along the sky,
The crested blue-jay fitting swift,
The squirrel posing on the drift,
Erect, alert, his thick gray tail
Set to the north wind like sail.
1t came to pass our little lass,
with hattened face against the glass.
And eyes in which the tender dew
OF pity shown, stood gazing through
The narrow space her rosy lips
Had melted from the frost's eclipse.
oh, see," she cried, i" the poor blue-jayl
What is 1t that the black crows say?
The squirrel lifts his little legs,
Because he has no hands, and begs;
He's asking for my nuts, know;
May not feed them on the snow"
Half lost within her boots, her head
Warm-sheltered in her hood of red,
Her plaid skirt close about her drawn,
She foundered down the wintry lawn;
Now struggling through the misty veil
Blown round her by the shrieking gale;
Now sinking in drift so low
Her scarlet hood could scarcely show
Its dash of color on the snow
She dropped for bird and beast forlorn
Her little store of nuts and corn,
And thus her timid guests bespoke:
p" Come. squirrel, from yon hollow oak
Come, black old crow-come, poor blue.jay,
Before your supper's blown away
Don't be afraid; we all are good;
And I'm mammals Red Riding Hood"
o thou, whose care is over all,
Who heedest cen the sparrow's fall,
Keep in the little maden's breast
The pity which is now its guest
Let not her cultured years make less
The childhood charm of tenderness,
But let her feel AS well as know.
Nor harder with her polish grow
Unmoved by sentimental grief
That walls along some printed leaf,
But, prompt with kindly word and deed
To own the claims of all who need
Let the grown woman's self make good
The promise Of Red Riding Hood"
John q. Whnti
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-03-14

can be made of barrel filled with good
soil and kept well watered. If the hens
are inclined to use it as roosting-place
a row of small stakes placed about the
edge will prevent their getting foot
hold. When seeds are sown in the
open ground, or plants set out, a good
way is to cover the earth quite thickly
with brush. l find that hens like best
to scratch where the ground has been
newly-worked.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-03-14
Catalogues Received.

ID. M. FERRY's establishment, De-
troit, Mich, is perhaps the largest
seed-house in America.
PARKER & WOOD, Boston, have a
handsome list of vegetables, flower
seeds and farm implements, gardeners
tools-and, in short, about everything
needed in garden and house-plant
culture.
JAMES j. H. GREGORY, Marblehead,
Mass, sends his list of guaranteed
seeds. We have ordered from Mr..
Gregory for many years, and have in
variably found his seeds true to name
and sure to grow. His guarantee covers
all the ground necessary to insure you
safe receipt of the seeds and their
quality.
l.. II. READ, Cabot, VT, sends a
catalogue largely devoted to potatoes,
of which he is large and enthusiastic
cultivator. Mr.. Read showed fine
collection of choice varieties of potatoes
at the board meeting in Cabot, of which
we considered the Early Albino the
most promising. This potato has shown
excellent yields at various experiment
stations where it has been tested. Our
readers who may want seed potatoes
will do well to send for Mr.. Reads list
of Vermont-grown seed.
BRooKsIDE STOCK FARM, II. II.
Quits, proprietor, Orwell, Vt. The cele-
brated Lambert " stations, " Ben.
Franklin " (2:29) and Addison Lam
bert " g; 2O, will still remain at Brook
side farm, and with several other horses
of the same strains of blood, but younger
and less celebrated, comprise the stud
| for 1888.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-03-14
How Baking Powders are Made.

While rival companies are disputing
as to what ingredients are to be found
in the g best baking powder" the pub
lie will be interested in the following
definition of these now Indispensable
articles as given by Appleton's Cyclic
pedia, the acknowledged American au-
thority: "The best baking powders
are composed of bitartrate of potash
Cream of tartar), tartaric acid, carbon
ate of ammonia and soda bi-carbonate,
bound together by a little starch"