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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1889-05-23
Caution 10 Mothers.

Every mother is cautioned against giving
her child laudanum or paregoric; it creates
an unnatural craving for stimulants which
kills the mind or the child. Acker's Baby
Soother is specially prepared to benefit
children and cure their pains IL is harm
less and contains no Opium or Morphine.
Sold by c. Frank Jones q Co.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1889-05-23
Ans,rer Thfs Omcstion;

Why do so many people we see around us
seem to prefer to suffer and be made miser-
able by Indigestion. Constipation, Dizzi-
ness, Loss of Appetite, Coming up of the
Food, Yellow Skin, when for 10 cents we
will sell them Shiloh's System Vitalizer,
guaranteed to cure them. Sold by C. FRANK
JONES
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1889-05-23
shiioh.s Cntarrh Remedy.

Shilohs Catarrh Remedy, marvellous
cure for Catarrh, Diphlheria, Canker Mouth,
and Head Ache. With each bottle there Is
an ingenious Nasal Injector for the more
successful treatment OF these complaints
without extra charge. Price 50 cents.
Sold by c. FRANK JONES
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1889-05-23
PcopIe EuerulrIiere

Confirm our statement when we say that
Ackers English Remedy is in every way
superior to any and all other preparations
for the Throat and Lungs. in Whooping
Cough and Group it is magic and relieves at
once We offer you sample bottle free.
Remember, this Remedy is sold on posi-
live guarantee. Sold by G. Frank Jones q
En
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1889-05-23
PimpLes on NE Face

Denote an impure state Of the blood and
are looked upon by many with suspicion.
Acker's Blood Elixir will remove all i'm
purities and leave the complexion smooth
and clear. There is nothing that will so
thoroughly build up the constitution. purify
and strengthen the whole system. Sold and
guaranteed by G. Frank Jones & Co.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1889-05-23

OFFERS to the people Of Jefferson County.
" Insurance in 4 safe Company at the actual
.ost of insurance, which is much cheaper than
the rates usually charged, and keeps the money
II home Good risks from responsible parties
ire invited.
Executive Committee meets every Friday.
DIREcroRs-Jos. Trapnel Henry b. Daven-
port. j. Garland Hurst, John w. Rider w. IL.
+. Lewis. r. Preston Chew, Wm. L. Wilson,
Eugene Baker, 5. w. Washington, II. i. Snyder
Charles T. Wilson, John H. little, Jacob 5.
Melvin. f. G.. W. Herr isaac II. Strider.
col. r. p. CHEW, resident
II. b. DAVENPORT,............ ....... Treasurer.
EXECUTIVE CoMMITTEE-J. G. Hurst, VIM.
H. T. Lewis, Eugene Baker, Isaac II. Strider,
Il. Z. Chew, 5. ". Washington.
Local Ts.-Middleway-J. G.. Shirley
Harpcrs Ferry-Chas f. Trail; Shepherds
.own-J S. Fleming; Dutlields-C. l.. Barnhart;
Charlestown- Washington ~ Alexander.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1889-05-23
Eagle Avenue Gardens.

THE public is respectfully informed that J
L am now prepared To furnish plants OF all
standard varieties for vegetable gardens. such as
cABBAGE. TOMATO, PEPPER EGG. LET
TUCE SAGE. CAULIFLOWER &C,
ALSO SWEET POTATO SETS,
At the Eagle Avenue Gardens. twest of Mt
Parvo') and at my Town Branch on Liberty
treet. adjoining the residence of Hon. Jas. NJ
Mason. A share of the public patronage will
be thankfully received.
Cso- Fresh Vegetables in season.
April /, 1856. L. J. WILLIAMS
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1889-05-23

A hog that weighed between eight hun
dred and nine hundred pounds on the Shen-
andoah Valley Railroad Sunday week on
its way from Knoxville to Baltimore died
on Tie cars near Hagerstown from exhsus.
tiol.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1889-05-23
MEATS.
For Sale.

IN MIDDLEWAY. W. VA, may be bought
a GOOD DWELLING Of SEVEN ROOMS,
with very fertile lot attached at the lower
end of which flows a beautiful stream of wa
ter. Price $3.50. j. W. League Esq. Middle
way. jefferson Co. West Va. will give partic-
ulars. MRS. ;. {. IhUEHEART.
Dec 6. 'Ss-6m.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1889-05-23
Barber shop.

rTHE room ia the rear of Watson House, 10
L tncai.ev, has been reitted aud handsome, J,
furnished with improved Chairs Sc. and vii
bee conducted by samuel Brown. Customer
are assured of cleanliness i'm ail the appoint
meut>. and comfortable, prompt and courteous
attention SAMUEL BROWN,
Clothes Renovated.
Nav y l~~q
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1889-05-23
Surveying and Conveyancing

1 WILL survey anywhere, promptly and al
short taotice-accuracy guaranteed. Specis
attention paid % connection therewitb Co DkA W
ING DEEDS rany acknowledgements of Writing
p. O.-Chariestown, Jefferson Co., ". Va.
Dec. 4 1877 y HOWELL BROWN.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1889-05-23
Many Persons

Are broken down from overwork Or household
cares Browns Iron Bitters
rebuilds the system, aids digestion. removes e1-
csss OF BILE, and cures malaria. Get the genuine
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1889-05-23
Farmers.

LIVERY farmer should have can of ON
Il Brown OF Red Paint. Itis putup in ano
one gallon cans. already 20 put ON. The very
thing Tor painting gates, pumps roofs, and al
sorts of agricultural implements
AISQUITH & co.
An~ fG 's5
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1889-05-23
Washington $ alexander

HAVE made arrangements to insure proper
II ~ AGAINST TORNADOES in Htna, of
Hartford. Continental, OF New York, and Pea
body. of Wheeling W. Va. Where parties de
sire this. on application a special Policy will
be granted and an additional rate be charged
Tor same.
May ~ 1856
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1889-05-23

Seeiing O TOMS q. rhidren hat want building
uf. should take
BROWN 5 IRON BITTER
TITS pleasant 10 take, cures Malaria, lnclges-
ttcn. and Bili0uxuess AL dealers keepft
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1889-05-23
GEO. r LIGHT

MOODY 6 SANHY Hymns, ,, 3, and l.
SCHOOL SUPPLIES.-I have just received
= "a stock of school Suppies-Lead Pencils
Slate Pencils, Pens and Pen Holders, Compo
sitiuu Books.
DICrUBE Frames-per.ectly lovely CORES
/ poudeuce Cards" Daisies Playing Cari'
from 2O cts. to 7jcts.; Mourning Paper and En-
ve.opes.
VACUUM OIL for Harness; Carbolic Acid
30 crs per bottle; Insect Powders. 80 cts
b.-the very best Hog Powders, 50 cts. h.
Sold bv GEO. T. LIGHT,
Oct I6 fSSt Druggist
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1889-05-23
NOTICE
10
USERS or TIN PLATE.

We don't use small tin and
want everybody to know it,
The reason why we don't is
that if you have small tin put
on yourroofthe more seams you
will have and the more leaks
will be in your roof. Call on
us and we will prove to you
that large tin is the best to put
on your roof 1t will pay you
to look around. You will not
only save time but money by
calling on
EARNSHAW & DOOLEY
Apr. l6. IS.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-16

by English and Scotch farmers. Some
fourteen years ago they established an
agricultural college. 1t was put in the
hands of men from the South of Scot
land, where, President Buckham says,
" agriculture reaches its highest perfec-
ton" These men surveyed the whole
field of agricultural education and then
founded an institution which has few
equals on this continent or in the
British Empire. A little later Con-
necticut established the first agri-
cultural experiment station in this
country, and later still she established
the first real school of agriculture in
the United States. Now what kind of
an institution did the level-headed
Scotchmen of Ontario build up? 1t
took pupils from the common schools,
had a two years course and taught
practical agriculture on the farm and
scientific agriculture in the class and
lecture-rooms, and when the wide
awake Yankees of Connecticut estab-
lished their school they went to On
tario for a model and united practice
and theory, labor and study, and over
eighty per cent of the students 90 back
to the farm. A young man can go to
such institutions from the common
schools, spend two or three years
in study and 90 back to the farm
well equipped for his work. a young
man who is to do work that will
bring fifteen hundred or more dol
lars year can afford to spend six or
seven years of time and arge sum of
money in getting an education, but the
mass of Vermont farmers can not afford
this. Vermont needs an institution
that will give its farmer boys an insight
into the sciences that relate to farming,
that will get them out of the old ruts
and set them to thinking and studying,
and enable them to make use of the
knowledge that is being brought within
the reach of farmers. Labor and
knowledge can make double the profits
that labor alone can make. Would not
a school of agriculture that would put
farm students in the way of doubling
their profits be blessing to the state?
And yet the legislature, while appro-
priating money right and left at the late
session, though doing out some small
sums to the great industry of the state,
refused-not to make an appropriation
for establishing school of agricul-
ture, for that was not asked, but to
have the matter of the desirability of
oach school inquired into; refused to
take measures to ascertain what other
states and countries have done, or are
doing, in the way of providing practical
agricultural education for their young
men. The inquiry would have cost
but small sum, and, honestly and eff
ficiently made by competent men, great
good might have come to the funda-
mental industry of the state. Even if
the commission proposed by the COM
mittee on education, sanctioned by
the house but denied by the senate, had
reported adversely on the question of
the desirabiity of school of agricul-
ture, there would have been some adj
vantage in having that matter intelli-
gently and satisfactorily settled, and
efforts to advance the cause of Yer
mont agriculture could then have taken
some other and feasible direction.
PLOwNAN.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-16
Intelligence in Agriculture.

That was striking assertion of Pro-
fessor Sanborn in his letter to DR.. Hos
kins that " the fact can not be dis
gused that farm capital and labor are
receiving less than any other form of
capital and labor equally faithfully APP
Piled" Those farmers who are max
ing money are, as rule, the ones who
study and read and think, who employ
scientific knowledge in farming. To
illustrate. | know a farmer Of good
Judgment, an excellent business man,
who in years past has made money at
farming. | know another farmer close
beside the first, not nearly as well quail
fled in these respects to succeed, but
who has studied his business and got
out of the old ruts. The latter has
made more money this season from
seven cows than the former has from
twelve. Again, know man who has
over a hundred acres of land and has
two large boys to help him. He never
reads on farming, knows nothing of
scientific agriculture, follows the old
WAYS. Beside him is young man with
hat as much land and no help except
what he hires, but who is up to the
times in the knowledge and practice of
scientific farming, and he makes more
money than the former. 1t is knowl-
edge that we need, and study and
thought, in order to make our business
pay. The governments of nearly all
civilized countries realize this, and also
their obligation to help farmers to
knowledge. What is our State Board
of Agriculture for. and the Experiment
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-16
Why Breeding-SOws Fatten.

Most farmers have trouble in keep
ing breeding-sows in proper breeding
condition. This is especially true of
the improved breeds that have been for
generations trained to fatten easily and
mature early. 1t is for this reason that
a cross of full-bred male on a coarse
boned, large-bodied SOW gives better
progeny for general purposes than that
which is thorough bred. The native
sow does not fatten so easily, gives
more and better milk and produces
stronger litter of healthy pigs, besides
being less likely to be feverish and kill
or eat them. No matter what the
breed, however, as soon as SOW Is
with pig she begins generally to lay on
fat. This is partly due to the increased
rations she will eat. She needs more
to supply the increased demand on her
for the growing fGtus. Most of our
hog-growers feed toe much corn to
breeding-sows. 1t is deficient in bore
material, and the pigs grown on it will
be scrawny and weak, while the sow
herself on such food will rapidly
fatten. Many farmers have noticed
this fact without thinking of the reason.
The sow has an enormous appetite for
food, while the kind that is given her,
having an excess of fat-forming ma
terial, does not supply the proper
aliment for the sOw's young. This call
on the SOW for what she can not give is
what makes fat sOws feverish, and in
their unnatural cravings they will even
sometimes devour their own young.
1t is not the fat alone that does this,
hut rothpr the deficiency of other ma
teral which the food given does not
supply. There is no better food for
breeding-sows than ekim-milk with
wheat bran. There is very little fat in
either, yet such is the appetite of
breeding-sow that she will fatten
rapidly if given all she can eat of
either of these. But the pigs thus
nourished before birth will be strong
and vigorous, and what fat the SOW has
will not be in any danger of making
her nervous and feverish. If supply
of beets and mangel wurtzels have
been provided they will be worth more
than grain to feed to breeding-sows as
a cooling diet for those disposed to lay
on too much fat. No other kind of
root is eaten by pigs of any age so
greedily as are beets and mangels. As
part of the supply even for fattenlng
animals they are almost indispensable.
The exclusive grain-feeding of fattep
ing hogs is very bad for their digestion,
and if the pig is made sick while pre-
pairing for the butcher it is hardly to be
wondered at that his pork will give
dyspepsia to those who eat it.-Ameri-
can CultiratOr.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-16

competition from the West, no New
England dairyman gets profit who
does not avoid both of these wastes;
and there is no way of fully and surely
avoiding them except by careful test
ing and q continuous record of the
product of each COW. The days of
"guess-so are over for the Yankee
farmer He must be right after his
business, and give the same careful
attention to every part of it that a mer-
chant, manufacturer, or other business
man is obliged to give to his. There
is no other way; but with this way the
business is just as good as ever-in fact,
better than ever, outside of war times.
1t is somewhat noteworthy that in
these meetings several intelligent farm
ers spoke most favorably of oats as a feed
for dairy cows. This is point deserving
a general and careful consideration. We
are not of those who would prevent our
farmers, under all circumstances from
buying western grain. We believe that
some money can be made out of it,
sometimes; but if we can grow oats at
a profit for dairy feed, using it in con-
nection with corn, cotton-seed and bran,
a large saving can be effected in the
state as a whole. Our farmers want to
keep up and increase their knowledge
of grain-growing; and in our warm
valleys corn, on out cooler spots oats,
ought to be studied as crops. We say
Studied" because the art of grain
growing, handling and feeding at
profit does not come by nature. Too
many decide much too soon that such
or such crop does not pay" A fair
and thorough trial is required to de-
eide such questions. The West is now
feeding good deal of grain; and aside
from waste products from the mills, it
is not going to average cheaper, but
more likely dearer. Without prejudice,
either way, let us see if we can not make
some money That we can keep by
growing more grain.
In connection with the question of
grain feed for COWS, attention was
called to the possibility of feeding more
grain than will pay. 1t was stated of
two among the best dairymen in the
state that one fed $50 worth of grain,
and got 325 pounds of butter per COW;
while the other fed $40 worth of
grain, and got 270 pounds. That is,
the first fed $4,000 worth of grain to
get an extra yield of fifty-fve pounds of
butter. This does not take into account
the possible injury to the cows from
heavy grain-feed. 1t is generally be-
lieved, but has not been proved, that
high feeding considerably shortens the
profitable life of dairy herd.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-16

EUPEPsY.-This is what you ought to
have, in fact, you must have it, to fully
enjoy life. Thousands are searching
for it daily, and mourning because they
find it not. Thousands upon thousands
of dollars are spent annually by our
people in the hope that they may attain
this boon, And yet it may be had by
all. We guarantee that Electric Bitters,
if used according to directions and the
use persisted in, will bring you good
digestion and GUST the demon dyspepsia
and install instead eupepsy. We recon-
mend the Electric Bitters for dyspepsia
and all diseases of liver, stomach and
kidneys. Sold at fifty cents and Sl.00
per bottle by any druggist.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-16
Editorial NOtings.

CHEAPER INTEREsT.-On this i'm
portant subject to indebted farmers,
our good Brother Howe of the Brattle-
boro Picnic says: " Money to loan
is plenty and cheap; yet farmers and
others in moderate circumstances can
rarely borrow without the Intervention
of a go-between and the payment of the
full legal rate of six per cent, or more,
after giving mortgage security. The
money business, like that of many
branches of manufacturing, is now
nearly all done at the large shops.
There is plenty of money to be loaned
to wealthy corporations and to wealthy
individuals at a very low rate. The
state of Massachusetts has just borrowed
half million dollars at rate netting
the investors but little more than two
and one-half per cent per annum."
This is all just so; but there is a reason
why farmers, no matter how good their
security, do not get bottom rates from
| ltHuClos w ldNC lJCCu at DOlA ClluS
of the string, and think we know a lit
tie about it. The real truth is that
but small proportion of borrowing
farmers pay their interest promptly.
| Now, most people who lend want their
interest when it is due; and so desir-
ing, they seek to lend where it is rea-
sonably sure that they will get it. 1t is
very old proverb that he who gives
quickly gives twice." and it holds in
paying as well as in giving. When our
farmers acquire business habits, and
do their business like business men,
they will hire money at bottom rates.
Some, who are well known to be prompt,
do so now; but as a rule the known
slackness of farmers is an injury, even
to the prompt, in this matter.
SOME PINE Yeti is a common
saying that Maine is no longer the
Pine Tree State. Yet the statistics OF
the amount of lumber surveyed yearly
III luC pOII VI lDduSOI SuOW ludJ lut
product of the pine forests of the Pc
nobscot is large and quite constant
Last year over twenty-nine million fee
of pine lumber was surveyed, and thi,
| is not far from the average yearly sur
f vey for the years since 1860.
CHARITY AND TOBACCO. m otin!
the fact that no tobacco-using studen
gets any help from scholarship funds a
Dartmouth College, the Maine Fdrme
g., says; "That is just right. The idei
of benevolent and philanthropic people
; sacrificing to found scholarships, ant
have the money appropriated by younl
men who deliberately drain the foun
tains of life by tugging at the end o
miserable cigars. Poor boys who nee,
L help in obtaining an education shoul
Z not be allowed to consume their sub
stance in smoke. A young man VIII
u can pay for his nasty tobacco can pa
u tsEE FIFTH COLUMN
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-16
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES.

Connecticut Fire Insurance Company Assets 100000
Continental Insurance Company. Assets 100000
Commercial Union Assurance Company Assets 100000
Fire Association of Philadelphia Assets 100000
First National Insurance Company Assets
Granite State Fire Insurance Company Assets
Liberty Insurance Company Assets 100000
Lancashire Insurance Company Assets 100000
The Niagara Company. Assets 100000
The Phenx Insurance Company Assets 100000
Peoples Fire Insurance Company Assets
Queen Insurance Company Assets 100000
Sun Fire Insurance Company Oldest in the World
COMPANIES.
New York Life Insurance Company New York Assets 100000
National Life Insurance Company MonpeerVt Assets 100000
Travellers Insurance Company. Assets
Fidelity and Casualty Insurance Company Assets, 10000
W Correspondence and Orders by Mail Telegraph Promptly
Attended to- Losses Settled and Promptly Paid this Office
OFFICES:
Corner Main and State Streets Montpelier, Vermont.
Granite Block Barre, Vermont.
New-York tribune., 1889-12-25
THE NATIONAL W. C. r. U. TROUBLE.

Chicago Dec. "a (speciaD-Mrs. T. b. Walker
Of Minneapolis, prominent one Of the organizers Of
the National non partisan movement of the woman's
Christian Temperance Union and member of the
National Committee has Just prepared address on
the recent Chicago Convention The writer makes
extended reference to the advent of politics into the
organization. Woman suffrage, she says. has been
made 10 appear to be one Of the necessities of the
temperance cause, and has been made an adjunct Of
the union to the great detrment OF both temperance
and the suffrage movement. A reference To the
stormy scenes OF the convention Is as follows
ventiOn Of Christian women has reached nearly to
the level Of AN ordinary ward when OF its
members cannot speak her honest sentiments and
beliefs, couched In proper and respectful language.
without being met by chorus Of Kisses and ieers.p
New-York tribune., 1889-12-25
INCENDTARIES IN CANANDAIG "a.
FIREMEN SPEND A LIVELY NIGHT-vALUABLE
ANIMALS BURNED IN A STABLE.

Canandaigla, ~ Y, Dec 24.-The fremen were
kept hard at work from 8 O'Clock last night until
3 o'clock this morning. They responded to four
alarms three caused by incendiary fires and one by
an accident on the New-York Central Railroad
Freight trains No 45 from the East and No. A. fron
the West came in the yard at high rate Of speed
and owing to neglect on the part of the crew OF NO
A. the trains came together. caboose and couple
of box cars were wrecked coal fire In the caboose
set the wreck ablaze. The wrecked cars had been
showed over on a side track near car loaded with
giant powder and had not the fremen been able to
put out the flames a terrible explosion would have
resulted.
About midnight another alarm summoned the fire
men to Charles c. Wilcox's place on Main-st, where
1t was found that straw stack between two large
barns had been set on fire. The barns saved.
The fremen had scarcely finished their work here
before another alarm sent them to the north end
VI Mechanicst where the large barn Of +. +. Thomp
son. of New York. was found in flames. The building
was doomed and OF twelve valuable full-bood Holsten
COWS and four fine horses, three only saved
At a. m. another alarm given. This time 10
was barn on Thomas VI. Howcllss place on Gibson
st., which burned. one fireman who ran across lots
from his residence TO the Wilcox fire passed two men
who were running away from IL. An attempt was
also made this morning to burn the Mckechnic
brewery but 1t was frustrated by the night watchman
who discovered the blaze in time to put IL out Tomp
barn was insured for $500, but that will not
cover the loss. There r1mor to the effect that
a attempt made to burn the old Fort Hill school
by incendiares here ten years ago. and again about
five