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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-05-22
Phosphate Experiments.

Inasmuch as the agricultural editor
of the WATCHMAN, in his very kind
notice of some experiments with which
we were connected, expressed surprise
that mention was not made regarding
the character of the South Carolina
rock that was employed, it affords us
pleasure to give the information that it
was in the form of " floats" We were
also pleased to learn that there is one
who, regardless of unpleasant attacks of
fertilizer-makers or unkind criticism of
" farmers" papers(O, has been en-
gagged in the good work of determining
the most economical form for using
phosphoric acid. These questions of
economy lay close to the "pocket-
books" if not to the hearts, of the farm
ers, and the more clearly they can be
determined the greater the good that is
being accomplished. In our own eX-
pertinent the dissolved bone black gave
much the best results, to limited use !;
and then, singularly enough, there was
no increase of grain production, but a
considerable increase in fodder. This
season test will be repeated upon the
same plots, to mark the continued effect
VI tuc puOopuOIlC dClu III Iuc various
forms. 1t is quite reasonable to sup
pose that in the case of the dissolved
comeback a greater portion was APP
propriated by the growing crop, and
that little or no effect will be seen in a
succeeding one, while, on the other
hand, the other forms, yielding up the
phosphoric acid more gradually, will
show more marked response this sea-
son than they did last. Then the gues-
ton arises, How long can the farmer,
who, as a rule, desires immediate re-
turns, afford to wait for the phosphate
material to pass through the natural
chemical changes necessary to render
the plant food product available? AS
before intimated, all of these questions
depend very much upon the economi-
cal side of the same. Even though it
may in the end be far better to employ
amoderately-acting fertllizing substance
than one that is too rapid, it is difficult
to convince the farmer who is looking
for immediate returns and profits.
WILLIAM II. YEOMANs.
Columbia, Conn.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-05-22

the first thing that comes to hand, in
stead of looking around to find what is
best. A farmer should get catalogues
and circulars, and learn all he can about
new implements. Ten or twenty cents
worth of postal cards used in getting
such information will sometimes save
as many dollars. Then have place to
keep circulars, so they can be referred to
when wanted. Sometimes certain
kind of harrow or other tool gets fash
ionable in town, and man is a sort
of hereto who does not use it. / be-
lieve we have the best farm machinery
in the world here in New England.
Every New England farmer ought to
pay special attention to this matter,
study to know the best tools, buy as fast
as he is able and take good care of
them. Use plenty of oil and beware of
rust. PLOwMAN.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-05-22
Notes by the Way.

THE best guards against drought are
keeping the soil deep, rich, clean and
mellow upon the surface.
THE soil is the great laboratory for
converting dead into living matter-the
useless into the useful, manure into
plants, plants into animal life.
THE deep blowing of dry land, or
the breaking up and stirring of the
subsoil, promotes fertility by increasing
the power of the land TO absorb water
Do not worry because you have no
blooded stock till you improve what
you have. Breed only from thorough
bred sires and soon you will be able to
go up higher.
COOP pastures are the good farmers
main dependence, and he should bend
every energy to make them luXuriant,
rich and nutritious. They should be
cared for as well as are the grain fields.
GRASS lands form the basis of agri-
culture. These furnish fodder, the
fodder supports cattle and the cattle
furnish manure, labor and all the means
necessary to thorough system of cul-
tivation.
SUMMER-FALLOW is remedy for
weeds and for insects, or at least can
be made so. Otherwise it does not en-
rich the soil. Resting can improve the
soil only when covered by carpet of
vegetation.
WEEDS are particularly prejudicial to
crops in a dry season, as they exhaust
the soil of moisture in proportion to
the surface of their stems and leaves,
some species absorbing their weight of
moisture every twenty-four hours.
THE more cattle there are well kept
upon a farm, the more manure; the
more manure there is applied, the
greater the product and the profit, and
the greater the means of sustaining an
increased stock of animals upon it.
THE time has passed when there is
any necessity for man being clod-
hopper because he carries on farm.
The calling of agriculture is consistent
with the highest intelligence, and the
farmer boy has more than an average
chance to make of himself an educated
and influential man.
THOMAS HARRIS remarks that if your
object is to keep sheep for mutton and
wool, and not for selling for breeding
purposes, the better plan will probably
be to select some of the best common
ewes you can find at common prices,
and then try a thoroughbred ram. In
this way, with the use of plenty of cot
ton-seed cake, you can soon have fine
flock of what the English farmers term
rent-paying sheep.
THE Bulletin of the Massachusetts
Experiment Station states that careful
tests have demonstrated the fact that
the amount of vegetable matter in a
given weight of green fodder-corn, cut
at the beginning of the glazing of the
kernels, is known to be not only nearly
twice as large as compared with that
contained in an equal weight of green
corn-fodder cut when just showing the
tassels, but it is also known TO be, pound
for pound, more nutritious.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-05-22

"PICK Low. An educated Penob-
scot Indian, well acquainted with the
traditions of his race, formulated the
true theory of saving seed-corn in the
north is these two words, " Pick low"
There is full weeks difference in the
full maturity of corn ears from joint to
Joint. Higher ears are apt to be larger
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-05-22

ENsILAGE.-Our observing farmers
are learning that southern corn, while
giving huge growth of stalk and leaf,
contains even less nutriment than our
native corn, which will not occupy half
as much space in the silo. 1t is prob
ably advisable to grow for ensilage a
corn somewhat later than we should
grow for grain, because when corn
is glazed, though it may not ripen, it
has in its stalk, leaves, cobs and grain
the full amount of nutriment which it can
acquire, and as we do not need to have
it dry for the silo, it is as well or better
if the land has been properly prepared
and fortified, to grow the largest sort
that will begin to glaze before the
growing season is at an end.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-05-22

BUCKLIN's ARNICA SALvE.-The
best salye in the world for cuts, bruises,
sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores,
letter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns
and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles, or no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price twenty-five
cents per box. Sold by all druggists.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-05-22
Worth More than Money

COULD NOT SLEEP.-A RAILWAY CLERKS
EXPERIENCE.-I can truthfully say that
Bells Sarsaparilla helped me very much of
Indigestion, and cured me of a Nervous
Difficulty that troubled me good deal while
in the L. S. Railway Mail Service. Many
times | could not sleep after a hard days
work until ! took this medicine. 1t en-
tirely cured me. | can recommend it as
sure and reliable. II b. Cookson, Bangor
Custom House, September u, 1887. Fifty
cents bottle everywhere.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-05-22
later.

and longer, but if used continuously
for seed the product grows later and
later
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13
THE PENNY SYSTEM.
An Effort Will be Made to Intro
duce It in This C1ty.
THE
NEW
VIBRATOR
THE
new
uIRRhInE

Mr.. William Llewellyn, the West
Side Grocer, has decided to intro
duce in Mexico the penny system
of making change. Mr.. Llewllyn
thinks the plan, if generally adopt
ed, will result in the saving to the
purchaser of several dollars annu-
ally. AS an example of the bene-
fits TO be derived it will be supposed
that strawberries are retailing at
seven and one-half cents pei. quart,
or as the common saying goes,
"two quarts for fifteen cents" ("
1t often happens that small fami-
lies do not require as much as two
quarts of berries at single purchase,
but rather than pay ten cents for
one box, an extra and unnecessary
quart is bought. If the buyer sat-
isfies himself with one box, he
Loses two or three cents that would
be saved under the penny system.
Throughout the East the system
has long been in vogue, but the
West seems sloH; to take hold OF
the idea. Mr.. Llewellyn thinks the
people are standing in their own
light and that a few months or a
year at the farthest, will convince
them that the only true plan OF
business is according to the penny
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13
A Gigantic Bridge.

The bridge across the Firth OF
Forth, to take the place of the one
whose destruction caused the death
of an entire trainload of passengers
some years since, is now nearly CON-
pleted. Several thousand men
have been employed on the struct-
ure, whose size can be partially i'm
agined from the fact that the iron
work presents twelve acres of sur
face to be painted and force of 100
men will be kept constantly en-
ployed keeping the bridge in repair.
The rails are laid in deep troughs
of iron, SO that it is absolutely i'm
possible for a train to be derailed
under any ordinary circumstances.
The topmost point of the bridge is
375 feet above the water.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13
Cause of Weak Ankles,

A Washington physician says
that the lowcut and buttened shoes
worn by men as well as women give
no support whatever to the ankle.
Worse still are high-heeled slippers
generally worn by ladies with full
dress. All of them leave the bones
of the ankle loose and without sup.
port. He recommends old fashion.
ed lace shoe, which fits snugly
around the ankle and holds the
bones and muscles compactly to-
gether at that point. Ankles would
not then be SO liable to fracture Oh
injury.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13
A BUDGET FROM BENTON.


Corrs spondence of the Ledger.
BENTON CITY, Mo-, June g.
Wallace shipped car hogs to St.
Louis last week.
Robert Dyer shipped one car
hogs Chicago last week.
W. H. Upham shipped several
cars corn to Louisiana last week.
o. P. Jones and Gay & Co., are
shipping several cars of corn daily.
Mason Tinsley, agent at Thomp-
son, was visiting w. w. TRULY
Monday.
Mrs. Nancy Davis, from Wrights,
has been visiting Taylor Northcutt.
0. P. Jones and Will TRULY
spent Sunday in Martinsbug.
Joseph Boyd purchased a very
fine surrey while in st. Louis.
Quite a number of young folks
toek in the closing exercises OF
Clark's seminary at Rush Hill last
week.
Martin Hildebrand's horse which
he thought was stolen, was found
one hundred yards from his house
grazing in his pasture. He tracked
the morse fifteen miles south ofhere
by a peculiar shape of his shoes and
gent out numerous kilograms offer
ing big reward for horse and thief.
John Hofsess has become de-
ranged, supposed to have been
caused by an injury received
in an accident several years ago,
He eluded the watchfuI eye of his
wife Saturday night and wandered
away from home. He came back
home next morning but did not re-
cognize any of his family. He il
now reported some better.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13
After the Flood.

In ordinary mood we go about
with our heads little down, think
ing of our losses, of what we have
missed. Shall we not now think
for some time of the immense value
of what remains to us2
Homes, families, friends: Will
any one think for one minute of a
woman holding in one arm her baby
and clutching the roof of house
with the other and borne on in that
awful mixture of wreck and death?
Will any one of US look at that and
then complain and snivel about
some little thing?
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13
Missouri University Curators

COLUMBIA, Mo-, June 5.--The
newly appointed Board of Curators
of the Missouri University were in
session here to-day. The members
present are: C. G. Barnes, of st.
Joseph; G. F. Rothwell, of Mober.
ly; John Hinton, of Columbia; E,
Y. Mitchell of Rolia; r. B. Oliver,
of Cape Girardeau, e. Fl. Hardin
ef Mexico, and B. N. Diiley, o.
Hamilton. The board met last
night and organized, first drawing
lots for the two, four and six veal
terms of office. This resulted
Barnes and Rothwell, two years
Hinton, Mitchell and Oliver, foul
years, and Hardin, Lathrop ane
Dilley. six years. Judge Jehr
Hinton, of this place, was elected
President, and B. NJ. Dilley, o
Hamilton, Vice President. Ths
board then adjourned, and to-day
upon reassembling, went at once
into secret session.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13
Last Saturday night horse be-


Last Saturday night horse be-
longing to Mr.. A. d. Hutchison
was stolen from Pleasant Hill
Church and taken to Mexico. The
young man, Henry Hawkins, of
near Florida, this county, who had
the horse in his possession, traded
him to Mr.. Galloway, a livery
stable man of Mexico. Hawkins
then proposed to sell the horse for
which he had traded, to a gypsy,
end Mr.. Galloway, who was ac-
ouainted with Hawkins and think
ing he was all right, recommended
him to the gypsy and the sale was
effected. After getting the money
for the horse Hawkins skipped out.
A warrant was sworn out here and
given to Sheriff Seibert who is now
on the hunt of the thief. We un-
derstand that this is not Hawkins
first offence. He is young man
about q years old.-Paris Mercury.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13
Dull Times in Lawrence.


Sitting in our sanetum waiting,
waiting till the wash-outs fill, scan-
ing all exchanges dating less than
two days from The mill, how the
weary eyes fall sadly on the cease
less rain without, and the brain il
plotting madly odes upon the water
spout. Nothing here for "solid''
filling, nothing here from which te
steal, not word of theft or killing,
not scandal to reveal. And the
angel crying "copy" dashes like a
savage down, while our brain il
muddy, sloppy, and as empty a,
the town.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13
Electric Bitters.

This remedy is becoming SO well
known and 80 popular as to need
no special mention. All who have
used Electric Bitters sing the same
song of praise. A purer medicine
does not exist and it is guaranteed
to do ali that is claimed. Electric
Bitters will cure all diseases of the
Liver and Kidneys, will remove
Pimples, Boils, Rheum and other
affections caused by impure blood.
Will drive Malaria from the sys-
tenn and prevent as well as cure all
Malarial fevers. For cure of Head
ache, Constipation and Indigestion
try Electric Bltters. Entire salts
faction guaranteed or money re-
funded. Price so cents and 81 per
bottle at J. F. Llewellyn's drug
store,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13
Is Consumption Incurableg

Read the following: "Mr. c. H.
Morris, Newark, Ark, says: s'Was
down with abscess of lungs, and
friends and physicians pronounced
me an incurable consumptive. Be-
gan taking DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry for Consumption. am now on
my third bottle, and able to ever
see the work on my farm. 1t is the
finest medicine ever made.
Jesse Middlewart, Decatur, o.,
says: "Had it not been for DIR.
Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption / would have died OF
Lung Troubles. Was given up by
doctors. Am new in best of health. "
Try it. Sample bottles free at J.
r. LIewellyn's drug store.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13

The treatment of many thousands OF cases
OF tnose chronic Weaknesses and distressing
Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. r.
has AFFORDED vast experience in nicely adapt.
ing and thoroughly testing remedies for the
cure OF woman's peculiar maladies.
pr. Pierce.s FavOrite Prescription
e the eutgrowth, or result, of this great and
nas Received rom patents ana from
clans who have tested it in the more agTra-
waited and obstinate cases which had bafkied
remedy ever devised for the relief and cure of
suffering women. 1t is not recommended a. 3
.cure-sl" but as most perfect specifc for
:. A. 50 2 Powerfai, inyigoratilg tonic
aa1 to the E9no and .s appsnaases
dressmakers. seamstreases. sshop-girls," house. ).
generally. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
iS the greatest earthly boon, being unequaled
as an appetizing cordial and restorative tonic.
nervime. "Favorfte Prescription is une.
qnaed and is invaluable in allaying and sub
DUNG nervous exetabilty. irritability. ex;;
other distressing, nervous symptoms COM
monty attendant upon functional and organic
sleep and relieves mental anxiety and de.
Or. Pferee's ravorite Prescription
is q legitimate medicine, carefully
physician. and adapted TO wernan's delicate
Organization. II is purely vegetable in its
effects in any condition Of the system. For
morning sickness, or nausea, from whatever
cause arising, weak stomach, indigestion, dys-
pepsia and kindred symptoms, its use, in small
doses, will prove very beneficial.
"E2rorite Prescription II posi-.
tive cure for ste most complicated and OBJ
stipate cases OF lelicorriea, excessive flowing
peli,fdi meIlst1.tiltioD. unnatural suppressions
Erolapsus, er falling of the wenIb, weak back
' female weakness snteyeTsion, retroversion.
Searftg-down sensations, chronic congestion
Inflammation and uiccratiJn of the womb in
fam,nation, pain and tenderness in ovariea
accompanied with internal iiuas"
AS regafatcr and promoter Of flns
tional action, at taat critical seriod of changS,
from girl.iooa 10 Tr1iI,anhcoti. Favorite Pre-
Scrli3ti3il " Is a perfectly Eafe remedial agent
equally etHeaci1ua and valuable in its effects
when taken for these disorders and deranee-
ments incident TO that later and most critica,
"Eayorite Esrescr5 ,stiOn, ,, when taken
In conneclen with the use of DIR. Pierees
Golden Medical Discovery. and small laxative
doses OF Dr. PIerce,s Purgative Pellets Iittle
Liver Pills.. cures Liver, Kidney and Bladder
diseases. Their combined use also removes
blood taints. and abolishes eancerous and
scEaf,,lous hunaors from the system.
medicine for women. sold by druggists under
!, positive guaranteed, from ths manu-
faefrers, that IL will give satisfaction in every
| case, or money will be refunded. This guaran-
| tee has been printed on the bottle-wrapper,
and faithfully carried out for many years.
,afsisge fasiEge s botsiss M goo doses, s1.oo, or six
For large. Illustrated Treatise on Diseases OF
| Women 160 pages, paper-covered), send ten
cents in stamps. Address.
Worlds DispsnsaU Medical Association,
e6S Main st, BUFFALO, NE
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13

Spain is excited over the news that
Bizco del Borge, the famous brigand,
has been killed in the Cerdova
Mountains. He was young man
of noble birth, who some years ago
got into a love difficulty in Madrid
and killed his rival. He was obliged
to flee and took to the mountains.
Organizing band of outlaws, he be-
came the most successful brigand oa
modern times, 30 far as Spain il
concerned He was the typical brig.
and of romance-handsome, cult
ured, courteous and cruel. His
death is public benefit to the Cor
doyans.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13
Some Great Floods.

From the st. Louis Globe Democrat
It becomes interesting to note
some Of the great fosds of history.
One of the most notable was that
which, according to the old Hists-
rian Camden, washed away Earl
Godwin's lands on the coast Of
Kent and left emily the Gsdwin
sands. Holland has furnished
many q coast food. At bort in
1446, the sea broke in through the
dikes and drowned the people of
seventy-two villages, in all .100, 600
persons. The dikes failed in 1880
and nearly 400, 900 people died.
The celebrated Ripon food in York
shire was in 1771 and in 1857 over
1000 persons lost their lives by the
sudden torrents from the mountains
of Navarro. In 1918 the overflow
of the Danube drowned 2 900 Turk
ish soldiers on small island near
Widdin and in Silesia the floods
practically ruined the French army
under Macdonald. The Vistula
everhewed and broke its dikes in
1929 and swept away 10000 cattle
land 4 200 houses.
Two famous floods in France
were those of 1910 and 1916. The
former was in the southeast and
upward of l 900 houses were swept
away by the Rhone. The ether
was In the central and southwestern
part of France and destroyed $20,-
1000, 600 worth of property, includ-
ling numerous costly railroad via
ducts.
| The Williamsburg, Mass, disas-
ter was on May 27, 1874. The dam
of 100-acre reservoir gave way
and 81, ,0O0, 600 worth of property
was ruined. One hundred and fifty
persons lost their lives.
| The South Fork reservoir acci-
dent of Friday night surpasses all
similar casualties in every respect.
This reservoir had an. area Of over
1880 acres and its waters when
freed from confinement devastated
an area of hundreds of square miles.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13
To the Public.

MEXICO, NO., May q, 1851
hereby acknowledge that I have
been mistaken In my allegations
against Mr.. Z. e. Jones and that
he has been misrepresented to me
and / to him. ] believe, after q
| fair and close examination, that he
| is perfectly honest.
9-2t WILLIAM GROVES.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13

Only FIVE of the famous brood
mares in the country are out OF the
dams of 2:20 trotters, they being
Beatrice (dam of Patron, 2:14 1-D,
whose dam produced Elyira, 2:1s
IL; Lady Bunker, (dam of Guy
Wilkes, 2:15 Ia, whose dam pro-
duced Joe Buaker, 2:19 IA; Belle
patchen (dam of Baron Wilkes,
2:1s), whose dam produced Pro-
teine, 2:1ss Sable (dam of Sable
Wilkes, 2.1s1. whose dam produced
Romero, 2:I9 II, and Susie (dam
of DeBary, 2:19 1-2,) whose dam
produced Nettie, 2:18.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-06-13

Our contemporary, having but
little else to do, spends its time in
snarling and growing at the heels
of its more successful neighbor
the LEDGER. Last week it ac-
cused the LEDGER of stealing an
interview with Champ Clark from
the Bowling Green Post. The
LEDGER denied the statement, and
in a courteous manner explained the
matter. Our contemporary, as we
expected then descends to billings
tgate blackguardism, as the follow
ing extracts from its screed will
testify:
"The LEDGER in undertaking to
shield itself from the charge of
stealing the interview with Hon.
Champ Clark from the Pike Ceun-
ty Post adds falsehood to larceny.
Il says that the interview was in
type in the LEDGER Office before the
Post was issued, * x * y
It is clear case of theft, and to
the offense of stealing has been
added a very bungling faisehood. !"
ssLiar and thief are words
which always flow from the cow
ardly pen of the AIIey Sheet gang
when they ''get themselves IN the
hole. !" The following card from
the managing editor Of the Bowling
Green Post, we presume, will close
the controversy and show who
has 'sadded a very bungling false
hood::n
BowLINa GREEN. No., June g.
The interview with Champ CLARK
published in the Mexico LEpeER
was not stolen from the Pike
County Posi-. I furnished Mr.
White withs the advance proof
sheets. e. g. BUCHANAN,
Managing Editor,
Bowling Green Post.