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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02

horse hoe, running on both sides of tie
row at once and turning the mellow
dirt inward, so as to entirely cover tie
young plants at first. He doesn't use
the hand-hoe much. lie gets from 200
to 325 bushels to the acre aud is not
troubled with rot. He raises mostly
Hebrons, Late Rose and some other
kinds. Questions and replies brought
out the fact that not all the farmers
were as favored in the matter of rotting,
many having lost nearly their entire
crop by rot in the past two years.
Much interest was manifested in this
subject, as the potato seems to be q
leading crop here. Mr.. Vail had barely
time to read his dairy paper before the
dihncr hour. The board was invited
to dine with Mr.. and Mrs. Baker.
These people did much to make the
meeting pleasant and profitable, so did
most OF the tOwns-!olk except old Zeb.
Allan, who owns the hotel Zeb. has
been tin-peddler for thirty-tive years
and got soured some way. SAYS Zeb.:
"The Scriptures say that the Lord re-
pcnted that he had made man in his
own image, and it they were all like
this Board of Agriculture don't blame
him" Well. well! there is no patent
right on scoldiug, either by male or fe-
male grannies, so growl away, mine
ancient friend.
In the afternoon a Mr. Scott of
CrafJsbury gave some interesting items
on the farming accounts Of his brother,
Amasa Scott, who keeps three cows
and some other stock on eight acres,
cuts bis grass from three to five times a
year, or Just as often as il gets four or
five inches hiyh, cures it nicely by use
Of hay-caps and much care, feeds moth
ing to his cows but grass, green or
dried, and sliced potatoes-four quarts a
day. He sold S207 worth of butter
from one cow in ten months. Another
made $50 pounds in year and better
one $50 pounds. The past summer
one COW averaged twelve pounds
per week, and one, -year-old heifer,
eleven pounds per week from April TO
August Two yearings, fatted on
grass, sold-one for 500, the other for
S73. A pair of two-year-olds weighed
$500 pounds. Truly, call flesh is
grass" and grass is king here in Yer
mont. Professor Cooke talked on the
superior profits of "Winter Dairying
over Summer Dairying," but the audi
ence evidently did not believe it. The
idea seemed to be new one in this
section. Well, my space is filed and
many things must be omitted. Will
give Rob Cristy's speech at the close of
the meeting as campaign document in
1892 TRANSIENT BOARDER.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02

have the doctor explore the cavern dis
closed. After an extended tour of the
recesses of the labyrinth, the explorer
declared that he could discover moth
ing in the vacuity. Well, you ought
tor was the answer; there's
whole farm in thereto A great many
men-and they are not all farmers
can not " afford papers TO make them
wise,n but can afford" to squander
farm, or its equivalent, for tobacco
or drink; can not " afford the time
to attend farmers meeting, or a meet
ing for the improvement of their special
craft or guild, but can afford TO loaf
around the village store or hotel. We
can not restrain our inclination to say
that the subscriber referred to above
lives in the Mad River valley, aud he is
one of many in that section who invest
largely in good, wholesome current
literature-aud, we are proud to say, it
is a section that is quite fully covered
by the WATCHMAN. 1t is renowned
for its good schools, the general in
telligence and morality of its inha5it-
ants and the largest and most success
full meetings of the Board of Agri-
culture. The members of that institution
are on their mettle and their best be-
havior when they hold a meeting in
that region. The farmers leave no
margin for fooling round " in the dis
cussion of agriculture, politics or moral
questions. So much for the people
who can afford papers"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02
Celestial Phenomena.

There was total eclipse of the sun
yesterday-the path of tOtality extend
ing along the states and territories of
the Pacific region. The center of the
pathway of darkness was about one
hundred miles north of San Francisco,
at about the thirty-ninth parallel of
latitude, and extended in northeast di-
rection through northwestern Nevada
Susanville, California, was about four
teen miles north of the center line.
The shadow of the moon crossed the
west line of Nevada at Verdi, and its
width on the boundary line was about
one hundred miles. The center of the
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Boarding Ar0uud---NO. 3.

The meeting at Johnson, December
20 aud 81, was held in the Normal School
hall, and was a good and interesting
gathering from first to last. Mr.. Full
lington was elected chairman, and gave
the board hearty welcome to the we'll
cultivated and cultured town of John
son. Mr.. Chaplin briefly responded
for the board and urged, among other
means of Improvement, cheerful ac-
ceptance of the new school law, and
prompt obedience TO its letter aud spirit
by all towns, whether they like the law
or not. "Elect your best man in every
town for a county board and insist
upon their electing the cny best man
for supervisor for the county. Give
the law fair trial. That is the fair
thing to do" The rest of the forenoon
was taken up by Mr.. Davis on " Man
agement of Farm Stock From long
experience he knows not only how to
manage the stock, but how to manage
to interest his hearers. The talk was
largely of the dairy COWS, which Mr..
Davis considers the sheet-anchOr of
farming in Vermont. Good selection,
good breeding, liberal feeding, care
full housing, Kindness in handling and
selling at the right time were some of
the many points raised and discussed.
The afternoon commenced with Mr..
Winslow's address on Horse-breed-
ing" followed by" Sugar-making," by
Harmon Morse of Cambridge. Mr.
Morse gave a brief account of the
progress of this industry from the times
of the old potash kettle, log fire and
sap-troughs to the day of the arch, the
evaporator and the tin bucket. He
was evidently an old hand at sugar
making and understood it thoroughly,
but his voice failed him before he got
through. Mr.. Chaplin took up the sub
iect, which was debated on many
points-as to the best kinds of tubs,
boiling apparatus, spouts, how to take
out the sand or malate of lime, ETC., etc
This, with Mr.. Chapin's Forestry"
took the time till adjournment.
In the evening we had music
by the band-very good but rather
noisy-and some very excellent Sc
lections of reading and Rotations
by four young ladies of the town.
Judge Wait of Eden not appearing
according to the programme, h. C..
smith talked on CREAMERY U.s.
Dairy Butter" and on " Farms and
Farmers" The gentleman from Pitts
ford is abundantly able to do double
duty when the case requires, as he is
tall, strong and handsome, besides
being a good singer, with ringing
voice. The hall was well filled with
the best people of the county, and the
discussions, though fair and courteous,
were often sharp, and free inter-
change of opposing opinions was made.
Friday morning l. n. Lel}arron of
Morristown read very sensible paper
on Potato-culture." He advised
blowing in the fall, spreading on a
fair coat of barn-manure at that time
and narrowing it in; then harrow again
in the spring and plant medium
sized, whole potatoes in rows three feet
apart with hills two feet apart. Drop
some reliable phosphate directly upon
the potatoes, at the rate of five hundred
pounds to the acre. He prefers shall
low planting and cultivates with a two
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the bare pavements of the Sacra Via,
from its beginning near the Colosseum
to its end near the Temple of Jupiter
Capitolinus, admiring on either side of
the wonderful road the most glorious
monuments of the republic and of the
empire. To the discovery and eXcava-
ton of this group we must add the ex-
cavation of the baths of Caracalla, of
the Stadium of Domitian, of the greater
portion of the Palace of the C@ ,ars :
the isolation of Agrippa's Pantheon,
and of the so-called Nymph@um Of
Minerva Medica; and of the transfer
from private to public domain of the
whole Palatine Hill, the lands covering
the baths of of Titus and Caracalla,
the Metropolis on the Via Latina, the
tombs of the Scipios, Ostia and the
villa of Hadrjan."
These changes have involy ed some
loss of picturesqueness for trees have
been cut down, gardens built over and
imposing, but tottering and therefore
dangerous, ruins have been cleared
away. The Rome of the pontiffs is
passing away forever. The transforma-
tons thus far made are very important,
but the work Of the pick-aXe and spade
may be said hardly to have begun.
Many undiscovered notifications of
Scripture are quite sure TO be brought
TO light in the not distant future. There
are strong reasons for believing that
the seven-branched sacred lamp from
the temple at Jerusalem, 50 prominent
in the triumphal march of Titus, de-
picted on the arch which bears his
name, lies buried in the mud of the
Tiber. When the long-deferred drain
ing of the bed of that river shall have
been accomplished that relic of the
Biblical past may be exposed to gen
eral observation.
1t is also more than possible that hid
den away in some of the remaining
ruins may be found Scriptural and other
manuscripts concealed by the early
Christians from their relentless perse-
cutors. Apart from these archaeological
witnesses TO the truth of revelation is
the progress of events. No prophecy
is of finite Interpretation, and it is
only after their occurrence that we can
read the sacred import of events con-
cealed under a secular exterior. To the
Christian student the mutations of the
city of the seven hills mean something
more than a series of political revolu-
tons. lie sees the hand of God in
everything, and waits reverentially for
the divine Interpretation of mysteries.
Changes come quickly in this age of
ours, and patient watchers may ere
long know why the northumberland
Victor Emmanuel triumphed over the
ecclesiastical regime, and escaped the
interference of the leading papa SYM
pathizing states of Europe.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02

GENERAL BOULANGER has decided
to try new wrinkle in order to wrig-
gle into seat in the French chamber
of deputies. Hitherto the general has
maintained a position on the fence,
as far as Partisan politics were con-
cerned, contenting himself with figur-
ing at the provincial polls in the guise
of a radical conservative. He now
energies from the woods and boldly
announces his intention of cOntesting,
against the ministerial candidate, the
vacant seat in the department of the
Seine. This new move will necessi-
tate clear-cut declaration on the part
of General Boulanger of the principles
for which he stands. His game of
bluff will not work at the capital as it
has in the provinces. Paris will de-
mand more than simply posing as a
disinterested patriot and utterng
windy antiquities. He must unmask
himself and cease masquerading as a
political Joseph in coat of many col
ors. The outcome of the election
which will decide the fate of Frances
great political pirate in his latest adj
venture is awaited with great interest
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02

TIE New York Herald recently
offered a large reward for an editorial
written in style that was entirely
new and original. Should the offer be
renewed, the Free Press writer would
be a sharp competitor. Here is the
opening paragraph of an editorial en-
titled "The Old and the New" "We
stand to-day on the threshold of a new
year. The old year, with its joys and
its sorrows, has left us, and the most
thoughtless can hardly fail to give a
parting glance over its record, ere he
turns to greet the new year. The
Romans gave the name of January to
this first month of the year in honor of
Janus, the two-faced god, who looked
both forward and back, and there was
an obvious fitness in the selection, for
it is time for both outlook and retro
spection," etc.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02

HAYTI is crushed. President L.
gitime has been Obliged to take back
track and hand over the " Haytian
Republic" to the United States war
ships. 1t was a boodless victory. Not
a shot was fired, except as a salute to
the Haytian flg after the release of
the steamer. The laurel wreath of
victory now adorns Uncle Sans brow
Yet to the unprecedented observer it
must seem that the old gentleman has
slightly overdone himself. The whole
transaction, now that it has passed into
history, looks like a frst-class farce.
Uncle Sam at war with Hayt' That
would be like hunting squirrels with a
Calling gun.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02

GOVERNOR DILLINGHAM has APP
pointed, under the provisions of act
ninety-four of the laws of last session,
DR.. w. II. Giddings of Bakersfield,
DR.. Don ID. Grout of Stowe and Hon.
S. d. Hobson of Island Pond on the
board of trustees to make provision for
the care, custody and treatment of the
criminal insane and the insane poor of
this state. The governor and the lieu
tenant-governOr are also members of
this board. DIR. Giddings in the senate
and DR.. Grout in the house were the
intelligent and active champions of
the bill, and the fact of its passage
through the branches of the legislature
of which respectively they were men,
bers was largely due to their eXertions.
Members of the medical profession, and
thoroughly familiar with the purpose
and intent of the act, they should be
competent TO perform the duties of
their appointment. Mr. Hobson is a
man of sound judgment and practical
experience in business affairs. His
selection for the non-professional mem
Der of the board is a good one. Gov
ernor Dillingham; is a good lawyer, as
well as man of well-balanced judg-
ment, and Lieutenant-governor Wood
bury carries head level for business.
So, with one competent attorney, two
doctors and two business men, the
board is well constituted.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02
@attbman e. Journal.
WEDNESDAY. JANUARY ?, 1889.

THE sensational fabrication declaring
that an attempt had been made to assas-
sinate General Harrison waxed and
waned in single week. Mr.. Russell
Harrison nailed the canard in single
sentence. He was waited upon by a
reporter, late in the evening, who sent
up his card, with a request for the facts
regarding the alleged attempt upon the
president-elect's life. The card was
returned with this brief and pertinent
Endorsement: " Have just retired; there
are no fNcts.N
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02

A SUBSCRIBER RENTS for five publica-
tions offered in connection with the
WATcHMAN, and says: "The total looks
large, and | must have three more
papers not in your list; but ! can afford
papers to make me wise, as buy no
tobacco to make me otherwise" There
is world of practical wisdom in our
friends observation, and there is true
thrift in his policy respecting publica-
tons. In this connection we are re-
minded of the story of an inveterate
user of the weed who called on physi-
clan, threw back his head, expanded
his jaws and indicated his desire to
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-02

path of the shadow was near Winnie
was just north of Reno and the north
ern limit about ten miles south of Fort
McDermitt, extending along these lines
southwesterly to the coast. The dura
ton of the eclipse at the center of the
path was two minutes and began
few minutes before two o'clock.
A partial eclipse of the moon will
occur on the 10Th instant, and will be
visible in the United States. About
three-fourths of the disc will be COW
cred. The moon enters the shade at
little past $3.50 p. NJ. The first con-
tact with the earth's shadow is at about
10000 O'Clock. The middle of the eclipse
is reached at II 30. The moon leaves
the earth's shadow at | 100 O'Clock A. NJ,
the 18th, and energies from the shade
at 2:21.
Among the planets, Venus is " the
bright particular star" in the South
western skies. In the track of the set
ting sun her dazzling light shines out,
and when the luminary is below the
horizon and darkness reigns, excepting
the moon, she is the most conspicuous
object in the heavens. Very dull and
unobserving must be the sight on
which the radiance of the queen of
planets, her native brilliancy enhanced
by the frosty air of winter, is lost. But
one dwelling in these valleys must seek
her in the early evening, for though
she sets at eight O'Clock she is below
our hill-bound horizon an hour earlier.
Her stay above the horizon will
lengthen night by night, setting the
last of the month at about nine o'clock.
Mars, he that shone with a glow so
ruddy in the spring, is seen near Venus,
but he has receded so far from the
earth in his course around the sun that
he has become, by reason of his dimin-
ished size, an object of secondary inter-
est. Mercury, the shyest of the wan
derers, visible only to the closest OBJ
servers of the skies, may be seen in
the southwest about an hour after sun
set for about ten days in the latter part
of January and February. But the OBJ
server in these regions must know Just
where to look and be very sure of the
identity of the object of his search. for
the hour of observation is limited by
the environment of hills to few fleet
ing moments. Saturn's pale light is
easily discerned in the northeast in the
evening. Above him are the twin
stars, Castor and Pollux, and to the
right is Procyon, the leading brilliant
of CAMS Minor. This section of the
heavens is the grandest of the starry
regions at this season. Orion, the
most imposing of all the consultations,
fourshes his huge club there, the
three stars of his belt pointing upward
to red Aldebaran in the frontlet of
Taurus, and downward to Sirius, the
imperial twinkler of the north celestial
hemisphere. To those who are inter
ested in the starry dome, and desire to
know more of its wonders, let US here
renew our recommendation of Serviss'
Astronomy with an Opera-glass, noticed
in these columns last week.
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THE
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Southern Farmers Monthly, Savan.
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rietta, Ga; and unites the patrors
Of these with its own large list of
subscribers. The press and people
all testify to its great merits as a
medium for controlling Southern
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advance, postage paid, $3.50. Sam.
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NOTICE..
Land Office at New Orleans, La.
I in flpC

Land Offic &C at New Orleans. La.
January 16, 1889.
Notice is hereby given that the following
ton to make final proof in support of his
claim. and that said proof will be made
before the Judge. or in his absence, the
Clerk of the District Court, at Leesburg,
Cameron parish, La. Oh Saturday. March
l6, 1889. viz: Valerien Dugas,- who made
Home Entry No. T72235S. for the s half of SW
or See | and NE or of NV or, Sec IL, T IL.
SR3 West, Louisiana Meridian.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon, and
cultivation of. said land, viz :: Richard
Smith, Albert Nunez. Demosthene Vim
cent and Jean L Benoit, all of Cameron
parish, Louisiana.
THOMAS J. BUTLER, Register.
January &c, 1889.
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STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Twenty-tifth judicial District Court,
Parish of VermiliOn.
No. 260.
Ccsaire Bourque

Widow and heirs of S. Desormeaux
To Aureline Brasscux, widow and Sy-
phroycn Desormeaux, jr., Marie Des-
ormeauX and her husband Venance
Dronet, Gustave Desormeaux, ofsaid
parish and Marguerite DesormeauX
and her husband Desire Benoit OF
the parish of Lafayette.
Take notice that Cesaire Bourque OF
said parish has applied to our above
said court for a Judgment reviving, re-
Installing the evidence of his title ac-
quired from Syphroyen Desormeaux by
act passed before John B. Theall, then
Recorder of this parish, some time
about the 10Th of April 1860, in and to
the N half of SW or, Sec. q, TIP IL,
SRA East, containing Eighty $1,000
acres, and for which he paid the sun of
two hundred dollars, cash, and that
the hearing of the evidence in said
cas is fixed for Saturday, April Is,
1889, at 10 o'clock a. M, in open court,
at the courthouse, in the town of
Abbeville.
You, and each of you, are therefore
cited to appear in said court, on that
date. or file your answer thereto in the
office of the clerk of said court within
the delay prescribed by law.
WHITE s. BROrssARD,
Attorneys tor Plaintiff.
Abbeville, February le, 1859.
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NOTICE.
Land Office at New Orleans.

Land UIIiCG at New Orleans.
January 2G, 1889.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intcn-
ton to make final proof in support of his
claim, and that said proof will he made
before the Judge. or III his absence the
Clerk of the District Court. at Leesburg,
Cameron parish, La. on Saturday, March
Is. 1888. viz Jean I. Bcnoit. who made
Home Entry No. 1925. for the Sc orof SEA
sec I. and N half of NE or. Sec II. I 12,
SE3 West, Louisiana Meridian.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence p and
cultivation of, said land, viz :-Nalerien
Dusas, Sebastien Nunaz, Albert Nunez,
and DcMosthene Vincent, all Of Cameron
parish, Louisiana.
.TuoMAs J. BUTLER, Register
January &c, 1889.
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NOTICE.
Land Office at New Orleans, La.
Enhrnnru 10 1CS

land Ufflce at New Orleans, La.
February IS, 1889.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his inten-
ton to make final proof in support of his
claim, and that said proof will be made
Clerk of District Court at Abbeville, La,
on Tuesday, April Q. 1889, viz: Trasimond
Babineaux, who made Home Entry 7767,
for the South half of North East quarter
and South half of North West quarter
Section 90 Township IL South Range 2
East, Louisiana Meridian.
prove his continuous residence upon. and
cultivation of said land, viz: Pierre
Marceaux, Azail Marceaux, Laodice Ian
dry, and Charles Schexnayder, all of Yer
million parish. Louisiana.
THOMAS j. BUTLER, Register.
March 9. 1889.