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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1889-03-16

MONUMENT after monument
has been erected to the mem
DRY Of the gallant men who res
cued our country from the tyra-
MES Of the British. Washing
ton has been honorcd again
and again Commodore Perry,
Lafayette. Nathaniel Green
and many others have also
been kindly remembered by
the people Of the states which
gave their birth. but not one
thing has Maryland done to
show her appreciation of the
great naval hero who first saw
the light Of day in this state.
We alludc to Commodore
Decatur, who was born in this
(Worccstcr) county, near the
town of Berlin. Ii would be a
commcndablc act for the next
session of our legislature to
vote a sufficient sum to pay
for the erection of Il fitting
monument to his memory. to
be placed upon the spot where
vet remains the crumbling
remnants of the house in which
he was born. Let us have
something on the Eastern
Shore to remind us that we
gave to our country one of its
greatest heroes. Lorring in
his Eminent Americans"
says Among the naval he
rocs whom the Americans de-
light to honor, the memory of
no one is cherished more than
that of the gallant Dccatcr :"
IS s. He was born on the
Eastern Shore OF Maryland on
the 5th of January, i77o.'
Let us give him a monu-
mcnt? And let it be the duty
Of some one Of the delegates
from this county next session
to look after this matter.
PooR RpplEEERGER One
can hardly restrain a feeling
of pity for him Intelligent,
wcll-brcd and a good scholar
but with all a slave to intoXi-
cants, which have robbed him
OF the respect of his fellow
man, and caused him TO retire
from his seat in the United
States Senate in a most dis
graceful manner, and in the
presence of his wife and grown
daughters. How different his
career might have been had
he kept out of politics and
away from the seductive in
ilucnccs of the millionair poll
ticians Of the Senate
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has
vetoed more bills than all the
other presidents combined.
There was no record to beat
except his own in the Forty
ninth congress, and he has
surpassed that by the number
Of his vctoes in the congress
just expired. During the four
years of his administration he
has negativcd, directly and by
pocket veto, Se2 bills, mostly
measures for private relief.
OF these vetoes Us belong to
the l'ifticth congress. His
most noted public veto is that
Of the direct tax bill.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1889-03-16

nY VIRTUE OF \ DECREE OF
IL the Circuit Court for Worcester
county. In Equity, passed in the ease
of Alexander Harding Is. Ann u. Boss
aud John ". station, the undersigned, as
Trustee, will sell u, public auction, for
CASH. In front If the Atlantic Hotel, in
the town of Berlin, Worcester county,
MARYLAND. IN
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1889-03-16
UPsHUR & PURNELL. Attorneys.
Administrators Sale
OF VALUABLE STOCK OF


nY VIRTUE OF COMPETENT AU.
ID thori,y from surviving partner aud an
order Of sale passed by the Orphans
Cour, of Worcester county, the under.
signed will offer at public auction, 20 the
highest bidder, at the siore-housc recently
occupied by J. W. Station & Co, in Bcr-
Lin. Md. on
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1889-03-16

Cecil Co, ~ Dorchester, 502
Charles, , Garrett. 292
Hartford. g.. 81 Mary's. 1856
Montgomery, 5;s Talbot. $50
r. George .S
Worcester. 4?s
The same vote this year
would give 10 democratic sena-
tors and 10 republicans in the
next Senate. But as all six of
the counties that gave rcpubli-
can pluraltics in 1888 are now
represented by democratic sen
ators, it is not at all likely that
all will go republican this year.
Republicans must admit that
at least Caroline, Dorchester,
Garrett and Talbot are doubt
ful from their point of view
taking in the scope the election
results of the last sixteen years.
The situation in Caroline is
all to the advantage Of the
democrats, and with the cNcr-
else of their ordinary level
hcadcdncss, last years small
republican majority can easily
be overcome and Caroline be
again as she has been for four
years, ably represented by a
democratic senator. Garrett
has never had a republican
senator, and the democrats of
the mountain county expect to
maintain the record this year.
We have quiet statements from
men who know that in Dor
chester the large republican
majority Of last year will be
overcome this year, and that
she will again be represented
by a democrat in the Senate.
In Talbot county it's stating a
fact known as well to the re-
publicans as to the democrats
that the democrats can elect a
senator if they will. They will.
Allcgany and St. Mary's may
possibly go republican this
year, and while they are by no
means surrendered. are all in
this column of six the rcpubli-
cans can claim with any post
vcncss.
In the column of seven, no
informed republican will claim
the second Legislative district
of Baltimore city, or Cecil,
Hartford, Montgomery or Wor.
ccstcr counties. We admit
that Charles is doubtful they
claim Charles for certain. and
Prince George rs doubtful.
The summary of the matter
is that if the republicans carry
this year all the counties they
carried last year, and the two
the democrats carried Charles
and Prince Gcorgc's) they
claim as doubtful. the Senate
will stand democrats II re-
publicans IL. To make a tic.
they must capture the 2d lcgis-
lativc district of Baltimore city.
Hartford county, Montgomery
county, Worcester county or
Cecil. There is nothing to
arouse a notion in the magma
ton OF the most optimistic re-
publican that this can be done.
More than once the republi-
cans have. had a far better
show Of capturing the State
Senate than they have this
year and failed to do il.
Our opinion is, and its
based on a careful scrutiny of
the situation and a close analy-
sis of the election returns for
several years that the republi-
cans will increase their repre-
sentation in the Senate two.
-. 4 III l.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1889-03-16

At the hour Of o'clock r. NJ,
All that valuable Saw aud Grist Mill
Property belonging to Rudolph ;. Conn,
Esq, located al the depot in Princess
Anne, on the y. Y. f., Il y. II. Il. and
containing Four and OnclIalf Acres of
Land, more ar less, an which said Mills
are situate, and To he sold Herewith. The
SitM Mill tStcarn's) consists ola Saw and
Planning Mill, containing tubular boiler
i0.horsc pow or and engine 10 horse pow
or. II 2i.inclI plancr and hatcher, with all
other necessary appuricnanccs. tools, %c.
Tie Grist Mill has 10 horse power en-
sinc, with II 90 horse power tubular boiler
- runner feet stones for grinding corn
Il llominy MILL set feet burrs for
grinding wheat. There is besides the
above, on said property, a Granery--a lot
ni Stables and Hay lIarnS--iwo Double
The land is fertile aud valuable. hcing 10
Gated adjacent To the depot property and
from which the products of said mills can
be shipped without further expense or
hauling The Grist Mill has large GUS
tom work, and has rented for $iO0 per
month Tor The past six years II is seldom
such valuable property is offered for sale
To persons wishing to engage in the mill
ing business or desiring n profitable in.
vcstmcnt. Persons wishing to examine
said property are cordially invited 10 do
So, and will be- sold separately or ms "A
whole, and II, private sale any time before
the day Of said public auction.
Terms of Sale
Two Thousand Dollars in cash an the
day ui sale, and the balance in equal In
stalmcnls ofonc. two, three and four years,
bearing interest from the day Of sale, and
payable annually. aud fully secured I" the
satisfaction Of the undersigned.
ROBERT +. BRATTAN.
r. S.-The only cause for said sale Is
the removal of the uwneT Ia Norfolk, Va.
For further particulars inquire either of
R0nERr +. BnATTAS, Princess Anne. Md.
or RUpoLrm :. CoSm, Norfolk, Va.
"A
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1889-03-16
Terms of Sale !:

On all sums under $4,000 the cash will
he required, and for sums oi that amount
and over credit of six months will he
given, the purchaser securing the same by
note with security approved by the Trus.
tees. GEORGE W. PURNELL,
CLAYTON J. PURNELL,
mch 2ts, Permanent Trustees.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1889-03-16
Terms of Sale 4:

GEO. W. PURNELL, Trustee.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-12-20
ADDISON COUNTY SHEEP.
Tweniy-GNe of Them shipped to the Aus
traliau Market.

April 10, 1889, F. D. Barton OF Waltham
and +. D. Morrison of Addison. shipped
- Spanish Merno sheep to parties in Aus
tralia. Mir. Morrison accompanied the
sheep. r. d. Clark of Addison went with
Mr.. Morrison, with some sheep on his own
hook. They reached SydneY, by way of
unusually stormy passage. The sheep in
tcrest of Australia is mainly in the hands
Of English, Scotch and Irish squatters and
is confined to the eastern coast Of Austria
liza. north of Melbourne. The land occu-
pied lY these squdtters runs back GOO to
500 miles from the sea coast and covers an
almost unlimited territory. one squatter
with whom Mr. Morrison became acQuaint-
ed. has ! 200, 900 sheep, which have yielded
him revenue this year OF $500 600. The
wool clip of Australian sheep raisers finds
its way out Of the country, through the
port, of Melbourne and Sydney. The bulk
OF the wool goes to the market of London,
whence it finds its way to the markets Of
the world. 1t costs an Australian sheep
raiser eight cents per pound TO raise his
wool, and he can lay it down in the mar
kets of New York or Boston at y cents
per pound if duty free.
While Mr.. Morrison met no American
sheep raisors i'll Australia, he found that
American agricultural machinery was grad
ualIy supplanting the heavy English reap
ers and binders, and that American invcn-
tionS We're popular with the people. lie
believes that other shipments of Addison
county sheep may follow, on &C count Of the
excellence of those already sent.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-12-20
RETURNS COMING IN.


Commissioner \. b. Valentine SAYS that
returns in response to his last circular letter
of inquiry regarding Nermont's farms ere
coming in very freely. Reports from 60
towns have already been received, and in
every one of these towns from 20 TO p
"abaudoned' farms are reported: while
more than double the number of farms i'll
each town are reported, occupied and I'M
occupied that can be bought at - an acre
or less
MIR. Valentine will issue q compilation of
these returns, but probably not at once. as
il is desired that the report shall be so com
plete a. not TO need revision
Some interesting facts were ELECTED by
the reporter regarding the new Swedish set
Element in Essex county. The tract of land
that has been purchased by the Manuals of
Springfield Mass, is in the extreme northern
part of the county on the Canada line, in
the town known as Norton. 1t is timber
land, and the Swodes propose to clear farms
and make homes for themselves exactly as
was done 10y our 9randtathers and great
grandlathers 100 years ago. This expert
ment will he watched with interest.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-12-20

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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-12-20
WINTER COURSE IN AGRICULTURE
At the University of Vermont and State
Agricultural College

The winter course in agriculture at the
University of Vermont and State Agricul-
tural college will begin Monday, January
q, 1870. The course is especially designed
to meet the wants of farmers sons, who
cannot leave the farm except during the
winter season. out of the wide range OF
subjects that belong to an agricultural
course, those have been selected that bear
directly on the branches of farming most
important in Vermont. The instruction
will be both theoretical and practical, the
students spending part of the time in stu dy
ing principles, and part in making an appi-
cation to actual work of what they learned
Dairying. This will be made the most i'm
nortant part Of the course. The principles of
the handling Of milk and its Manufacture into
butter and cheese, will be taught in 80 lee lures
Inc students VIII have especially good facil-
tiles for putting these principles into practice
The new dairy house of the experiment station
Is one of the best equipped in the state for
carrying on the manufacture of butter by both
private dairy and creamery methods. Stu
dents Will take the milk and 90 through all
the processes Themselves until the butter is
ready to he sent to Boston and scored by OK
pert judges.
stock Feeding. Tho economical feeding Of
! farm stock is one Of the mos' important prob
| lem, now before Vermont farmers. The prin-
| Clpcs which lie ut the foundation of profit in
| this line are comparatively simple, and when
| they have been thorouShlv learned, the proper
| combination of any feeding materials nj hand
/ can be easily calculated. These principles
! viii he taught Ia % lectures, Illustrated by
! enough of laboratory work to enable the stu
| dent TO understand ting compC sitiun and rclu-
/ tive merits and uses # the folders moro com
/ monty employed in Vermont.
/ Structure and Diseases Of Domestic Ami
! mals.-Jhe importance of this subject will be
/ evident to all. Twenty two rccitations will be
devoted to the study of the bodily structure OF
! domestic animals, the time being divided be-
tween lectures and the dissection of the vari-
Gus animals The school is fortunate in hav-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-12-20
Food for VhOt,ubt.

There is " food for thought in the com
munication we print this morning on Yer
mont oats, and more food for more thought
in the reported interviews which a FREE
Press reporter had last Saturday with
number of local provision dealers. From
the communication referred to it appears
that there is one man at least who wants to
feed his horse Vermont oats but
cannot do it for the best of reasons
tho oats are not TO be had. Mean
while Vermont farmers are complain
ing that there is no market for their crops
The interviews referred to tell the same
story Our local dealers are compelled to
buy produce peculiarly adapted to this soil
from Southern New England or from
the West because they cannot buy
at home. Now it is hardly
! reasonable to suppose that the farmers of
| Massachusetts or of the West can raise pro-
duce OF this kind on land that is Of more
value than Vermont land, and that they
can meet the expense of transportation,
loss in handling, etc, and still sell cheaper
than the same produce can be raised on the
farms in this country. The food for
thought is found in this statement, the Yer
mont farmers are not even supplying their
own immediate markets. In this connec-
ton we quote tins suggestive local item
from last week issue of the Danville North
STAR I'VE have just received letter
from DR.. 4. ). Marden, formerly of this
village, now in LaMoille, Iowa, which says
that oats are selling for ten cents per bush
| e. corn for eighteen cents per bushal, and
| hay - and - pei ton in that town.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-12-20
why Boys Leave the Farm.

FROM the 1t. JohnsburY CALIFORNIAN.
great many people wonder why farms
are deserted by the SONS of the fathers who
obtained competence and happiness from
them. One reason is that many of the sons
are not willing to CO as economical and to
work rs did their fathers Instead of raising
corn to fatten their cattle they prefer to ride
down to the village in top carriage after IA
fancy team and order western corn of the
dealer, and get it charged, too. Instead of
outstanding their resources and endeavoring
to increase their stock of manures, they or
der commercial fertilizers, of doubtful value,
by the ton, and too often run in debt Tor
them. But a pay day surely comes. Instead
of raising lusty steers and good honest road
and work horses which will sell for Sl25
when years old, they delude themselves
into the belief that their colt is threatened
with speed and waste twice his value IN time
and money in training him, and then nine
times out of ten he proves failure as a fast
horse and is spoilt for anything else. And
the worst of it is his owner is generally
spoilt also.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-12-20

lG. V. Spencer in the Homestead
II. b. Ellis purchased last year what is
termed in Vermont an abandoned farm, -
in Rutland county, which barely paid for
cultivation. lie had no manure for it, and
therefore bought commercial fertilizers lib
orally and put on it. The hay crop was . }
tons per acre Besides this, he had immense
crops Of oats and corn. Mr.. Ellis thinks
that such fertilizers are better for land Of
this kind. Donald Mcclellan also purchased
a farm that had been badly run by tenants.
Mr.. Mcclellan also used fertilizers, and lib
orally sowed them broadcast. he now says
that if all his crops were sold at present
prices, they would bring more money than
ho paid for the farm. There is no farm in
Vermont that is not good property if proper
ly cared loI.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-12-20
OUR KALEIDOSCOPE.

Women and wine are often classed to-
gether ny the poets, but We have never yet
heard of Il poet who claimed that both of
them improved with age.
Not every man may expect to have a
shining face, but we can all look forward
TO having "a shining poll.
Perhaps there is nothing so touching
about small child as its hands after it has
been making mud pies,
Why is a bay window so called ? Be-
cause people go there when they look out to
see.
There is a slight additional difference be-
tween a hill and pill other than the differ
ence of one letter. The first is hard to get
up and the second is hard to get down.
\ writer says that there are thousands of
different pieces in piano This is true in
a qualified sense. There are just as many
pieces in it as you can play.
THE pEsEY LITTLE BROTHER.
Poscyboy-'Oh, you mustn't talk of per-
fiction. Miss Travis Nobody is perfect"
Little brother breaking in)-"Yessir!
You are perfect
lOSeNbOy luIu-ulnS Win pleaSuIel- -NOn-
sense
Little hrothcr-'I don't care! Ma said
yesterday You were perfect nnny'
ADVANTAGE OF \ FAT HUSBAND
Clara wouldn't like to have such a
fat husband as Emily has got
Bessie" Neither would |. But they do
say she puts her portfolio Of autumn leaves
under the cushion of his chair, and he
presses them out splendidly."
WHERE THE PAINT CAME FROM.
Mrs. Blobson lconfidentiallyl-" My hus-
band came home, very late, last night, with
his hands all covered with paint. Where
do you suppose he could have got it?''
Mrs Dunpsey Cmeditativelyl- me
see.-Oh, III tell you ! noticed, this
morning, as | came down, that they had
been freshly painting the lamp-posts the
whole length of the street.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-12-20
THE COLD STORAGE COMPANY.
Encouraging Outlook for Another Season
"A tempting Offer.

\ meeting of the Burlington Cold Storage
company was held Tuesday evening to see
what should be done another season. That
the outlook was encouraging was shown by
the fact that an offer had been receiv-
ed from a gentleman to take the cold stor-
age building, pay the taxes and insurance
and guarantee the company five per cent on
the money invested for the coming season.
1t is understood that the Central Vermont
railroad will issue special rate Of five
cents per 100 pounds from all its stations in
Vermont to Burlington for all shipments
designed for cold storage. The company
has first-class building, and is in excellent
shape for business, backed as it is by our
leading business men, A meeting of the
company will be held early in January to
see whether they will lease the building or
run it themselves the coming season.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-12-20
VERMONT CUSTOMS REPORT.
Amount OF Business Transacted in this
DistricL nmring tho Past W ontl.

The following is a summary OF the Gus
toms business of the district of Vermont
during the month ending November 80,
1852. Domestic merchandise exported to
Canada Sl62, jsG free goods imported and
entered for consumption s;iSG. 20l; dutiable
merchandise entered for consumption 500
$50, duties %91, j02 81: merchandise en- Ter
ed for warehousing OF direct importation
1904, duties $Sl0G brought from other
districts and entered for re-warehousing
#l64S, duties $164.84: withdrawn from
warehouse for transportation to other dis
tricts @l023, duties $22j.05; entered for
warehouse and immediate transportation
Sill, S3S, duties $23.33L5s; entered for
transportation and expectation 10 foreign
countries $4S2,2l0, duties $40, 5J0.sS.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-12-20
Running Risks.

Another death by electricity has brought
out the frequent inquiry, how can electric
light companies and other employers of
labor in the most dangerous trades secure
needed help. Where are the men found
who are willing to subject themselves to
such terrible risks The New York Sun
has been looking into this matter, and
finds that the electric light companies are
overrun by applicants for work, and never
find any difficulty in securing all the line
men that they want in spite of the fact
that the dangers of their business have
been so thoroughly exploited by the news
papers and by recent events. Employers of
labor i'll the wall. paper factories tell
the same story. though it is understood that
the average mans life is shortened by at
least seventy years when thus employed,
The same thing is true OF every branch of
trade even to the manufacture of gun
powder But probably the most peculiar
advertisement ever printed in a newspaper
appeared in "A Connecticut paper recently.
1t was signed by a firm of tower builders.
1t called for a man to work on scaffoiding,
and wound up in this manner: "Applicants
must be young and strong and courageous.
We warn all seekers for this job that itis of
n most dangerous nature and that few men
continue in it more than few years. In
fact, it is almost sure death to the work
man who follows this occupation The
fact that the advertisement was soon with
drawn indicates that even under these condi
tions no difficulty was met in securing all
the help that was needed 1t indicates also
that in the struggle for life men will run
great risks even to risking life itself.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-12-20

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