davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1888-11-21
Long Point Stake.

d. 3. ChrstrnSen'S Full Cry, bay stall, 10
hands 2iu., los los. Green Jacket,
yellow cap,
John Arm>trong's GoIdie, iron grey stall.
II hands 3In., SO lbs. Pink jacket,
green cap.
W. McE,oy's Lizzie, hay mare, 10 hands
5jo.. I04 los. Blue, Jed & white jack
ct, blue can.
a. j. BIachwooa'S Hcssy, bay mare, l3
hands I'm, Io4 lbs. Blue jacket, red
cap.
II. NeIthrorp's Henry, eli. gl., 10 hands
l4in., IOl lbs. White jacket, pink cap.
+. Lunny's Eclipse, bay 81, Is hands Bin,
los lbs. Yellow jacket, red & VIII. cap.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-03-09
re RensonobIe.

Don't expect to 90 into the poultry bust
ness on a large scale and reap profits in
to those gained by keeping fowls
in a small way. The scraps and findings
that a half dozen hens may pick up about
any house-yard will in many cases be suffi-
cient to make them thrive with no 9th
er feed, and with but little care but
double the number Of hens. and if YOU do
not double the scraps you will likely get
not more than half as many eggs Now
put one hundred hens on the same terri
tory. The pickup ration is no larger
than at first in other words, each hen can
gather but one-sixteenth Of her living, and
though you may supply plenty of grain,
each hen is more liable to disease, vermin,
lack of variety, and many other incidents
which fail TO make the enterprise a success
To make the hundred as profitable as the
six, each half-dozen must have the circum
stances and surroundings of those first
mentioned. Go into the business, then,
with your eyes wide open to the fact that
success is to be obtained only where the
most favorable circumstances conduce to
bringing each hen up 10 the point of her
highest possible production
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-03-09

We hear very much of the marvellous al
vantages VI the climate Of California, aud
wonderful inducements are offered TO set
tiers but let those who become dissatisfied
with their location in the Eastern States
consider for a moment some Of the disad
vautages they must overcome on the Pacific
slope Il may seem at first sight rather
desirable 10 be able TO sleep in the open air,
separated from the ground by blanket
only but for the farmer that amounts to
little when he remembers that he must
bring the water to irrigate his land and
supply his stock a distance Of many miles.
4 vast viaduct costing millions Of dollars
has just been completed. II was a stupen-
dous enterprise to undertake to conduct
water through mountain tunnels 4, 600 feet
long and across deep valleys, but it was
accomplished, and the managers are sure
TO reap rich rewards for their enterprise
But who pays for this The consumer-the
the farmer who draws from this canal to
produce his wheat and corn, or to water
his cattle and sheep. Here we have water
almost as free as air, and lacking in abun-
dance only when one fails to provide ordi-
nary aud inexpensive means of storing and
reaching it. With rare exceptions our
moisture and our heat are evenly distribu-
ted through a term of years, and while our
extremes are a little more severe than on
the Pacific slope, we have many advantages
that residents there do not dream Of
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-03-09

Some excitement having been occasioned
by the discovery Of what was believed t.
be a vein of coal on the farm of Ira Good
speed in the town of Wells Rutland county.
the opinion of Prof. Mason Of the Troy
institute was asked, and he an
swers in positive fashion that
''No true coal will eve4' be found either
in New York or Vermont. An elementary
knowledge of geology would convince any
one of this fact. There may be found beds
of Ignite or peat, but no true coal These
accumulations have been forming in the
past and are forming at present but the
age of coal-making closed long ago though
ages after the rocks in these states were
formed. By the inexperienced three things
are likely to be mistaken for coal First,
black tourmaline; second, impure graphite;
third, the black, highly-polished slate rock
so abundant in New York and in many
parts Of Vermont"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-03-09
HYGIENIC HINTS.
rae Use 81 Vvater a, menI..

Opinions differ as 10 the effect Of the free
ingestion Of water at meal times, but the
view most generally received is probably
that 1t dilutes the gastric juice and so re-
tards digestion Apart from the fact that
a moderate delay in the process is by no
means disadvantage, Il is more than
doubtful whether any such effect is in reali-
ty produced When injected during meals,
a moderate quantity Of water may do good
by washing out the digested food, and by
exposing the undigested parts more thor
oughly 10 the action Of the digestive fer
ments. Pepsin is a catalyptic body, and a
given quantity will work almost indefinite
ly, provided the peptones are removed as
they are formed. The good effect Of water
taken freely before eating is shown in the
fact that it washes away the mucus which
is secreted by the mucous membrane during
the interval of repose, and favors peristal-
sis Of the whole alimentary tract. The
membrane thus cleanse1 is in much better
condition to receive food and convert it
into soluble compounds. The accumulation
Of mucous is specially well marked in the
morning, when the gastric walls are cover
ed with a thick, tenacious LAYER. Food en-
tering the stomach at this time will become
covered with this tenacious coating, which
for time protects it from the action of the
gastric ferments, and so retards digestion
The tubular contracted stomach, with its
puckered mucus lining and viscid contents.
normal condition in the morning before
breakfast, is not suitable to receive food
Exercise before partaking of a meal slim
ulates the circulation Of the blood and ia
cilitates the flow of blood through the yes
sells. A glass Of water washes out the mu-
Gus, partially distends the stomach. wakes
up peristalss, and prepares the alimentary
canal for the morning meal Observation
has shown that non-irritating liquids pass
directly through the tubular" stomach,
and even If food be present they only mix
with it to a slight extent According to
DR.. Leuf, who has made this subject a spe-
cial study, cold water should be given to
persons who have sufficient vitality to re-
act and hot water to the others. In chron-
ic gastric catarrh it is extremely beneficial
to drink warm or hot water before meals
and salt is said in most cases to add 70 the
good effect produced.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-03-09
FertIIizerH.

As this is the season of the year when
the average farmer is laying his plans for
spring work, and determining what kind
of fertilizers he will will purchase, we give
space to the following abstract of Mr. A.
w. Cheever's remarks on the subject of
Fertilizers" before the recent session of
the Vermont Dairymen's association. Mr..
Cheever remarked that his first experience
with commercial fertilizers was about 30
years ago, when they were being advertised
somewhat as patent medicines are, a com
plete cure-all for every condition of barren
soil, and recommended as competent TO pro-
duce mammoth crops of any and every
KIND with only the most minute applica-
tions, and those of one uniform compost
ton. As the patent medicine men remark
ed, teaspoonful to the dose was enough,
so the vendors of commercial fertilizers
used to say teaspoonful to the hill, and so
used it. This faulty practice killed every
seed, leaving me only the bag to show for
my money. The progress attained since
that early time in the fertilizer business en-
ables the farmer to say that nothing, un-
less it be ensilage, has so helped the Eastern
farmer as the intelligent use of commercial
fertilizers.
Commercial fertilizers are not stimu-
lants, hut they are as strictly plant food
as nay ana gram are food for our live stock,
Whlle ON the other hand stable manure is
not that rehabie and uniform commodity
"hlch IL Is generally supposed to be. The
value OF cord OF manure depends not
only upon the kind of food from which it
it is made and the kind of stock to which it
is fed, but also to the kind and amount of
absorbent used, or. to eXurpss IL mora fore
IDLY, the amount OF loan, sand or sawdust
"hlch mas become part and parcel of the
manure heap
Inc remark some ~ years ago of lead
or among practical agrlculturists, that with
out animal manure we could successfully
cultivate our iarm lands and maintain their
fertility, has marked an important era in
New England agriculture. The special
ieedlng OF our different farm crops has
been III the line OF the most profitable and
successful results.
Mr.. Cheever remarked that much de
penis upon the man and the surrounding
circumstances. He had bought fertilizers
and used them profitably at the rate of
ton per acre, but it does not necessarily
follow that the average farmer can afford
TO use commercial fertilizers to this extent
where the farm products are of less value
For farmer to buy WORKOUT farm and
undertake to restore it without commercial
fertilizers is uphill business. These fertil-
izers are most successful lever with which
10 start a rundown farm. Stable manure
may he the best 10 use near the farm, and
by all means, the farmer is recommended
to use all the stable manure he has, and all
he can make or buy. But do not think for
moment that you can afford to draw it
back up hill any considerable distance On
the back side of Mr.. Cheever's little farm
OF only 20 acres, he has been able to pur-
chase and successfully apply commercial
fertilizers for less money than it would have
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-03-09
The Re., Consump,l.. Pr,,sn,i,s.

Some people may not know that when
exposed to a severe cold feeling of warmth
is really created by repeatedly filling the
lungs TO their utmost in this manner
Throw the shoulders well back and hold
the head well up. Initiate the lungs slowly.
the air entering entirely through the nose.
When the lungs are completely filled, hold
the breath for ten seconds or longer, and
then expire it quickly through the mouth
After repeating this exercise while one is
chilly a feeling of warmth will be felt
over the entire body, and even to the feet
and hands. 1t is important for all to prac-
tice this exercise many times each day, and
especially when in the open air If the
habit ever becomes universal, then consump.
ton and many other diseases will rarely,
if ever be heard of. Not only while prac-
ticing the breathing exercise" must the
clothing be loose over the chest, but begin
ners will do well to remember, in having
their clothing fitted to allow for the per
manent expansion of the chest of one, two
and even three inches, which will eventually
follow. Boston Herald,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-03-09
FARM NOTES.

The tomato-growers about Cedarville,
Cumberland county, n. j., have formed aa
association and will not grow tomatoes for
less than s. ton.
\ crop Of clover has been found to leave
in the soil more than three tons weight of
roots, while the roots left by wheat do not
amount to one-fifth of this quantity
a farmers institute held two days in the
year is worth something, no doubt. if well
managed, but its influence is hardly COM
parable with that of an active club or
grange, that brings its members together
for similar work every week, or fortnight,
thereby preserving interest throughout the
year.
Prof. Sanborn thinks that II pounds of
good oat straw and pounds of cotton seed
meal, are worth as much as % pounds of
good hay for feeding steers.
Somebody who seems to have thought of
this matter well says: Testing the store of
field and garden seeds is good winter work
and can be done by the kitchen stove
Place 100 seeds on flannel or botting paper
laid on sand in a saucer, and cover with
blotting paper; then moisten the whole and
keep them moist and warm. The number
terminating will show the percentage of
good seed.
Seedless raisins are obtained by burying
the end of the vine in the ground when the
grape is half ripe. This prevents the for
nation of seed and the full development Of
the fruit, but it ripens all the same and has
a delicious flavor.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-03-09

An examination of the weekly report of deaths
for the past month in Boston aud other towns and
cities in the country, reveals an alarming Condi-
ton, owing to the great increase of deaths from
Pneumonia as compared with previous years.
II this increase continues as Il has for the last
few weeks, a panic will certainly result For
example, the weeks ending Jan II and FL one
fifth uf the deaths in Boston from all causes were
the result Of pneumonia More than one hundred
people died Of this dreadful disease in that short
time, and the mortality all over the country seems
rather To be increasing than ahatmg. Is It posi-
BILE that medical skill and science can find no
means 20 battle and cure this terrible plague :
Physicians seem powerless. and all theories re-
to an attack, are broken down by its universal
rayages. Neither old, middle aged, or young
persons are exempt Tendency to lung trouble
used TO he considered a predispOsing cause for
pneumonia hut this SEASON the strongest and
most healthy lungs in men and women seem 10 he
no safeguard, We believe however. that il is
possible To prevent the disease IL not cure II and
that, too, by simple remedy within the reach Of
all. We read lately in pamphlet published by
Or. l. $ johnson a Co, Boston, Mass a method
of treating pneumonia by the use of Juhnson's
Anodyne Eminent.
Certainly the remedy Is simple and aan be Oh
tanned almost anywhere. Il is an absolute fact
that no remedy known viii break up and cure a
cold so quickly az this old-fashioncd household
medicine. And a severe cold Is always without
exception the first stage of pneumonia
johnson A Co will send a copy uf this pam
In the phHmphlrt for preventing pneumonia are
based un sound common sense, aud without u
shadow Of doubt, would succeed nine times in
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-03-09
AGRICULTURAL.
Live stock in the Uniied STATES on San.
tst, tSss---in vcrmsnt---Nunber- aud
Prices.

Live stock in the Uuited stntes on San.
tst, tsss---in vcrrnsut---Numbers aud
Prices.
The monthly reports Of the Department
Of Agriculture for January and February,
1883, have been issued in one number. The
report is one Of more than usual interest
It contains estimates Of the number and
value " farm animals in each Of the states
and territories, Jan. /, 1883, with the in
crease or decrease since Jan, /, 1887. Ac-
cording 10 these estimates, sheep aud swine
have decreased The aggregate decrease
in sheep amounts to nearly 800, 900, or a
little less than three per cent. The total
number Jan I. 1888, was 81, 500, 600 All
other kinds Of live stock have increased in
number, the per cent Of increase correspon-
ding nearly with the increase Of popula
ton. Horses have increased more than
any other stock, the total increase for the
country being about five per cent or about
two per cent more than the increase Of
population. The whole number Of horses
on farms in the United States is estimated
at l3,173,O 600; mich cows, 14SjG 900
hogs, A,341OO0.
There has been little decrease in value,
per head, of milch cows, oxen and other
cattle-about five per cent on mich cows
and ten per cent on oxen and other cattle
The statistican says that from 1879 to 1884
the annual estimates Of prices Of mich
cows and other cattle advanced yearly, and
the decline has since been uninterrupted,
without exception for either kind Of stock.
The price of sheep is substantially the same
as year ago swine, ten per cent higher
The statistics Of live stock for this state
vary quite materially from the average for
the whole country. While the whole mum
Der of sheep has declined, there has been
an increase of four per cent in Vermont
Swine in this state have increased two per
cent oxen and other cattle, one per cent
milch cows, two per cent horses, three per
cent.
The average value Of live stock per head.
IL aetiruataJ ae fo1lovre.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-03-09
Health Notes.
From Dr. Vim. F. Hutchinsons article in Amer
lean Magazine

From DR.. VIM F Hutchinson's article in Amer.
lean Magazine
With many, there is winter tendency
to constipation | have found this is best
overcome by systematic addition of laxative
fruits to the evening meal. Perhaps stew
ed prunes or figs are more generally effect
i've and acceptable than others. A glass OF
cold water taken Immediately upon awak
ening is also "A good remedy, acting by slim
ulatiug the spinal nerves to reflex action.
One practice that is potent to cause early
decay Is the habit that women are given to
of sitting up nights to await late husband,
son or brother No matter how constant
the late one is in his lateness no matter if
madam knows that he is attending to his
proper necessary business, or has gone
out with the boys, she trains herself to sit
up till he comes. counting hours as they
drag along aud laying up good store Of ner-
yous weakness for the days 10 come. To
waste sleeping hours in this way, with anx
iety for the absent one added to enforced
wakefulness, is to bring u strain upon the
nervous system under which it grows weak
and irritable
Bright's disease is becoming more common
every day, and is one of the most difficult
maladies that physicians are called upon to
ll'hl' L MS II blltl Drought on DN expos
ure to damp cold. All our delicate organs
must be protected in some way if we are to
escape. Modern clothing covers the front
Of the body much better than the back,
which is a mistake vest-backs should be
made of the same material as their fronts
1t is a wise precaution to wear broad fan
mel band about the bowels and it is espec-
tally essential to keep the feet dry.
a good preventive of lung diseases is
found in crude petroleum. Pills of one
grain of this wonderful substance may be
purchased at any apothecary's, and one
taken morning and night will go far to pro-
tect against Inflammation of the respiratory
organs The picnic acid contained in pc
troleum it is believed, prevents the entrance
Of bacteria into the system, or else quickly
destroys them.
Many lung iseases-consumption for in
Stance-are highly contagious and easily
communicated. All undue contact with
such invalids should be avoided, and no per
son, no matter how healthy, should sleep
with a consumptive, or even in the same
room
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-03-09

In summing up the condition and pros
poets of the live stock interests of the coun-
try, the report says 1T is believed that
the stock interests of the United States are
in comparatively prosperous condition.
with prospect of an advance in prices, of
cattle especially 1t may not be safe to say
that the lowest ebb in the movement Of
prices has been reached, but there are indi-
cations Of an early advance, if no moneta-
ry crisis or business convulsion should in
tervene Of which there are no immediate
indications. An interest that represents
-, 400, 600 600, and, including horses and
other animals in the cities, not far from
$1,000, 600, 900, is one of the very first i'm
portance, and demands the most intelligent
endeavor Of farmers to obtain the largest
possible income from the investment. at the
lowest cost
Besides the statistics of the cattle indus
try of the United States, the report con
tains estimates or official figures of the num-
her of farm animals in each Of the princi-
pal countries of the world The usual re
port of freight rates on the principal lines
of transportation is appended
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-03-09
Advice for Farmers.

From the Philadelphia Record
The driven-well sharks die hard, but the
denial by the United States supreme court
of the application for IA rehearing of the
case of Andrews ct A. against Hovey has
at length shut off the last breath of life
from a claim AS ugly, veNatious and impu
dent as any rascally patent swindle that has
ever been attempted in this country The
alleged patent expired three years ago. and
the litigation has been carried on in the
hope Of legitimizing thousands Of claims for
royalty which had been piled up in the
courts Of almost every state against honest
and unsuspecting farmers. There need be
no further consideration on the part of far
mers for the truculent fellows VINO are in
many places still seeking to collect driven
well royalties. Kick them off the farm
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-03-09
SAVED HIS LEG |
SCROFULA
or THH
BONE CURED!


LI1HoSIA, Ca. August II. 1881.
TIE SWIFT sFECIFlc o., Atlanta, Ca;
liberation Of the legs ever since / wAs a
child, the disease undoubtedly being here
dltary, Us my mother suffered from scroful
Gus IS mptoms. As advanced To manhood
my afiilction increased until the nialady
became hnrra>slug and painful beyond the
power of words To describe. Ny right leg
particularly became fearfully Involved, the
left leg being less painfully affected. FINALLY,
about fourteen years hgo, the ulcers on my
the bone, In order to save my life the doc
tors determined to amputate my leg below
p S1f by Dr. H Y ~ Miller Of AtiantS.
and DR.. w, p. Bond, OF Llthonih. Hut the
loss Of my les gave me only temporary re-
lief. The poison was still In my system and
soon began to SHOW Itself again. IN a short
time after large ulcers appeared on my left
leg covering il from the knee to the instep.
Frequently while At work could be tracked
by the blood which ouzed from the huge
ulcera, and the sores and rottening holes
were 30 offensive that my fellow WOrkmen
could not stand the stencil and would move
Last winier was persuaded to try SIS
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about seven months ago | began taking the
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OF the medicine the offensive running begun
TO grow lss ana less and nnAlly ceased. the
ulcers healed, my sh became hrm and
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years old, but feel nuH-s ounRer and stronger
Tran dlu when Wa twenty hNe. weigh
about 10 pounds. Nothing Is to be seen u
the terrible seas, or u remind me OF the
torture suffered for 20 many years, except
the scars Of the perfectly healed ulcers.
want the world tn know Of The almost
miraculous cue effected on me by $. = s.,
and cali upon those who wish to know the
particulars directly from me 20 write. and
will consider u u pleasure "A well MS a duty
70 answer their letters | refer to DR., W p.
Bond, OF LithUnla, as Ia the truth Of my
statement Very gratefully you're,
b. DRAKE.
Treatise on Blood and skin Diseases mailed
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-03-09
A Thounnnd DexiIn

Cannot torment one worse than that arch fiend Of
disease -Rheumatism. At last remedy has been
found that cOunteracts the rheumatic poison
This positive cure for rheumatism is Painr's Gel
cry Compound.
Every man on the Kansas City mo police force
is said to he a church member.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-03-09
NEW LONDON NORTHERN Rail ROAD
GOING SOUTH

Trains leave Brattleboro as follows:-
5:2A A. ~ for Springfield aud New York
200 A. " for MillciS Falls
1910 a. " for Conn River r. r., Millrrs Falls Pal
mer, New London, Fitchburg, Boston. Hoosa
Tunnel. etc
3S5 p N mail for New York via Springfield. and
steamboat train for New York via New London.
connects at Millers Falls at $50 with Fitchburp
train for Boston
500 P NJ. express for Springfield and New York
GOING NORTH
Trains arrive in Brattrboru:
1923 a. N. from New London and New York.
l2;SS p. N. from Millcrs Falls, Hoosac Tunnel Bos
ton, Fitchhurg, etc.
25s p N. from Springfield New York a Montreal
express.
4;D T.. NJ from Palmer ScW London and Boston
552 =. n. from Springfield
1910 p. N from Springfield and New York
ll:2O 2. " from New London and Boston via Nil
leis Fails G.. i. SPAULDING supt
New London, Conn oct $. ISS7