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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-05-29
The Best Agricultural Paper.

One of the most unpleasant ques-
tions that we have been expected to
answer for our readers is this: " Which,
in your opinion, is the best agricultural
paper, all things considered, for
farmer situated as am to subscribe to?"
This is verbatim, as asked by an inquir-
ing friend recently, and the dozen or so
of like questions that we get in year
we feel very unlike answering def
initely. In the first place, there is per-
haps no such thing as the really best
paper in all particulars. Almost every
leading farm paper mas some specially
in which it excels, because it has facili-
ties to excel most or all others. Then,
again, how can we displease, as we
should displease, all our editorial and
publishing friends if we positively and
publicly pronounced some hated
rival" to be "best" -? One thing is
sure, at least for the ordinary farmer:
your home state agricultural paper is
the one you should take first. Ver-
mont has no agricultural paper to-day,
and has never had one that was a solid
success; yet she has among her farmers
many first-rate writers on agricultural
topics, nearly every one of whom pre-
fers to write for papers out of the
state, thinking, perhaps, that will give
them wider repute. 1t is their right
to do so; but it would be better for
Vermont if the feeling were different.
Our readers know that we have per-
sisted in writing in Vermont papers
for Vermont farmers these many years
but they may not know, what is no less
the fact, that we have done and are
doing so at pecuniary loss. We are
not native Vermonter, either; but we
defy any denizen of the Green Hills
no matter how much to the manor
born, to exceed us in the ardent desire
we feel to see Vermont lead, as she car
and should lead, in everything belong
ing to the agricultural art.
Second, we should say, after taking {
home farm paper, or in default of that
the nearest good one, is to take pape
devoted to any specially you make {
point of. Bees, poultry, horticulture
fruit-growing, dairying, horse, sheel
or swine-breeding all have their specia
journals, and specialists should sustain
them. In New England we have severa
excellent farm papers. The Main
Farmer has only small circulation il
Vermont, but it would be good pape
for any one to take. The general sfav
orite of many Vermont farmers .fo
many years has been the Ne,o Englan,
Farmer, and it is safe to say it wa
never better than it is to-day Tn
Neo England Homestead furnishes Thu
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-05-29
Women and Dairy Work.

The travelling correspondent of the
Dairy World has been visiting among
the cooperative and private diaries of
Scandinavia, Holland and Great Britain.
He winds up his report in recent issue
thus: cit is exceedingly refreshing to
visit people, though they be extremely
well off, where the ladies of the house
are not ashamed of taking not only an
interest, but hand, in the dairy work;
and it is my firm belief that if our Ameri-
can farmers daughters would do this
they would find it healthier and fully as
profitable as becoming school-teachers,
type-writers and sales-ladies. What if
it is little hard work? 1t only does
them good, as the appearance of nearly
all the dairymaids have seen on this
flying trip show, be they Scotch or
English, Irish or Danish, German or
Dutch" The Dairy World is a Chicago
publication, and it may be that western
farmers wives refuse to take hand
in dairy work" But it is by no means
true in New England. One of the best
private diaries in Maine, with forty
five thoroughbred Jersey cows, is
run by the energetic lady who owns it,
and who is able to get from forty-five
to fifty cents pound for her entire
product of butter, which approaches
closely to three hundred pounds per
COW yearly. This is not exceptional.
There are hundreds of farmers wives
in Vermont that will not yield to any
European dairy woman in interest or
skill in dairy work. The best cheese
we have ever eaten is, and has been for
years, made in Orleans county by the
wife of one of the vice-presidents of
our Dairymen's Association. 1t would
be interesting to chronicle more such
instances for the information of the
public generally, who seem to think
that American farmers wives despise
farm work. We shall be glad to hear
from as many as will write on the sub
loot
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-05-29
VERDE MONT" writes: Cdr. Hos.

VERDE Mont" writes " DR.. Hos
kins' article on English Agriculture and
Dairying, in recent issue of the
Waterman, ought to be circulated
among all the farmers in the British
Isles. If our own farmers value their
inheritance worthless, it may be there
are people who are much worse off than
ours, but with intelligence enough to
discern the difference between better
and worse, and who, if guided rightly,
might choose the better. A little
leaven leaveneth the whole lump Let
our commissioner of agriculture take
heed.n
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-05-29
Fruit-Growing in Vermont.

1t is desirable to keep up and increase
the interest in fruit-growing in state
so we'll adapted to the business as ours,
and as general interchange of infor-
nation on the subject must be beneficial
to all, we venture to ask of our readers
to make to us brief reports, upon the
basis of the following interrogatories,
which are submitted by the American
Pathological Society. We are, as vice.
president and local chairman of the
fruit committee of that society for Yer
mont, under obligation to collect as
much of this sort of information as pos
sible, and we hope that our fruit-grow-
ing readers will be good enough to lend
a helping hand. The following is an
outline of the subjects of inquiry:
% Species of Frmt.-What species
of fruit, as apple, pear, plum, peach,
cherry, grape, etc., are grown success
fully in your locality?
(2) Varieties Of Fruit.-What va
rieties of these fruits have been found
by experience best adapted to the soil
and climate of your locality? The de-
gree of merit should be stated accord
ing to the scale adopted in the society's
catalogue, viz: Those worthy of cult
walton designated by one =; those of
great superiority and value by two "*;
those of more recent introduction and
giving promise of excellence,t.
60 NeW Native Varieties.-Special
note should be made of any new vari-
cites of recent origin in your locally.
(4) Synonyms Information is de-
sired in regard to the different names
by which the same fruit is known in
your locality.
(5) Obstacles TO Successful Fruit
culture.-Such as climate, soil, insects,
fungoid or other diseases, etc., and what
remedies, if any, have been effectually
employed
CO. Culture and Pruning. - What
methods are best for your locality?
CD Statistics. Showing the extent
and progress of Horticulture in your To-
cality
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-05-29

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and all skin eruptions, and positively
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or money refunded, Price twenty-five
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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-05-29

Con always has an angel Of help for those
who are willing to do their duty. -Cuyler
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-05-02
Vermont News.

Chas. j. Jones of Windsor died
suddenly of heart disease in New
York last week. Mr.. Jones was a
member of the cotton manufacturing
firm of Jones, Lamson & Co. of
Windsor; treasurer Of the Jones'
Lamson Machine Co. of Springfield ;
treasurer of the Masonic Grand
Lodge of Vermont, a 33d degree
Mason, unmarried and As years old.
Will Barnes, young man in the
east part of the town of Hinesburgh
became mentally deranged on April
%, and started for the hills. Search
for him was in vain until two days la
ter, when his body was found about
a mile from the house, with his skull
broken where he had fallen on the
rocks.
The store and contents of Mrs. f..
E. Woods, at Passumpsic, was burn
ed Saturday night at II o'clock.
Nothing could be saved. Cause un-
known. Loss, $4,000; insurance,
about $4,000.
H. B. Spofford, the historian of
Clarendon, died on Thursday, April
"a. He was well-known historical
writer and a poet of more than ordi-
nary ability. He was the poet at the
centenary of the battle of Benning-
ton and also at the anniversary of the
battle of Hubbardton. He was of
the family of historical writer's to
which Horatio Gate Spofford belongs
and descendant of the revolutionary
general of that name.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-05-02
Uncle Sans strong Box.

New YORK, April 2S.-From time
immemolial the combinations of the
locks to the big vaults where $780,
900, 900 in cash is stored have been
known to the employees and the sub
treasurer. Mr.. Roberts has changed
this. Two men will own the secret
one to know one-half of the COM
bination, and the other the other half.
He himself will know nothing. These
men will be known to their associates,
but to avoid complications in case of
sickness or death Mr.. Roberts has
given another two the combinations.
These men are not known to their as
sociates, and are not even know to
each other. Further, to guard against
mishaps, the two men known to have
the combinations have written, in
separate sealed envelopes, each his
half Of the secret, and Mr.. Roberts
put these envelopes in big envelope,
plastered it with sealing wax from
end to end, and locked it in the safe.
This is for his own benefit, in case
the holders of one undivided half of
the secret should be sick or die. Mr..
Roberts would then break the great
clump of wax on the big envelope,
and for the first time know the secret
himself.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-05-02
EuDeDSY.

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. Thou
sands upon thousands of dollars are spent
annually by our people in the hope that
they moy obtain this boon. And yet it
may be had by all We guarantee that
Electric Bitters, if used according to di-
rections and the use persisted in. will
bring you good digestion and oust the
demon Dyspepsia and install ins tead Eu-
pepsy. We recommend Electric Bitters
for Dyspepsia and all diseases of Liver,
Stomach and Kidneys. Sold at soc and
81. at g. G. SmitH's, So. Londonderry.
and at F. E. Smiths, Jamaica. Vt.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-05-02

Echoes from the Press.

The Rutland Herald has become
the leading "rum organ" in the
State, and we don't feel so lonesome
as we id.-Ludlow Tribune.
If, with Secretary Proctor in the
Cabinet, Judge Veazey should get
the vacant place on the Interstate
Commerce Commission, how elated
Vermont would be. Vermont is a
little State, but under this Admins
tration its star has appeared to be in
the neutrality-suspicious. journal.
Representative j. w. Stewart was
in town on Monday and gave re-
cepton to office seekers at his rooms
at the American House. Nearly
every town in the county was fully
represented and it is estimated that
more than one hundred aspirants pre-
ferred claims for various offices. If
this spectacle is in keeping with our
institutions then our scheme Of gov
ernment should be remoddelled. 1t
was a scramble unworthy of Ver-
monters. The proceeding was entire
ly without precedent, SO far as we
know, and certainly had no example
worthy of imitation. 1t was silly
and ridiculous recognition of a de-
praved appetite for public Office
Vermont Sentry.
The free pass system is again
brought into prominency by the sum-
mons of the Intei- state Commerce
Commission to the Central Vermont
and other roads notifying them to
meet the commission by their repre-
sentatives and explain the methods
of conducting that part of their bust
ness. The Central Vermont line has
been notorious in it's abuse of the free
pass system and, in the belief of
many, it has openly violated the pro-
visions of the interstate commerce
law. The families of at least some
of the judges of the supreme court
are frequent patrons of the road
without payment of fare and this is a
matter that is without excuse. A
hundred other instances might be no
ted where men of all classes and pro-
fessions are deadheads on the Cen
tral Vermonts lines and yet are nc
more its employees than the man in
the moon. Isn't this in direct viola
ton of the Interstate law? 1t
would be interesting to know what
the Central Vermont road will offer
in excuse for its conduct in this be-
half.-Vermont Sentry.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-05-02
CHESTER DEPOT.

S. Fl. Amidon has finished his la
bors at Springfield and returned to
work at the steam mill.
Gsas. Holt spent the Sabbath at
Peasville.
Mrs. j. "A. Emery of Bondville
has been stopping at H. j. Kendall's
the past few days.
Walter Ballard has flushed his la
bors at G. FL. Sanders.
The excitement at this place, Tues
day, was a game of ball between the
Chester grammar school nine and the
Springfield grammar school nine.
The Springfeld's came over expect
ing to carry away the ball, but were
sadly left, the score standing 81 to
"a in favor of Chester's.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-05-02
PRICE THREE CENTS.
THAT POET OF THE FUTURE.

I've been reading, MIR Riley, in a recent maya
or your Poet OF the Future with the truly rural
mien.
OF the careless, simple fashion in which hen
choose TO come
With the beauty Of his bugles oyerbaanclug the
drum,
And by what his hands hold not aud by what he
does not wear
rather think I'd know him, If | met him any
where,
But really Mr. Riley, do not clearly see
How you can at such a distance say that the
poets ''he "
For it may be that this singer who shall our souls
And come to us with bugles-will wear them on
her dress;
That we shat dnd her shining with pearls upon
her breast
or radiant In some cottage as she mlls her babes
to rest,
In the choir of the cathedral we may bear her
pure voice swell,
Or murmuring some sweet measure as she serves
us from the well;
For her hands may not be smburned- although
her gloves be tan;
And your poet. MIR Riley. may not he at all mani
Oh the Poet of the Future shall find welcome and
have ROOM
Whether singing at the plowshare sweeping
with broom;
But this "houeSt arm of Labor that you speak of
~ your song,
Always to "him" pertaining, may itnJa 10 her
beongI
For some women's pains are sisters To the
honest toer's' too
And they cannot always fold them when the
plownan's toll is through
And il may ba that this nopt on whose coming
we agree,
When really come and with us will be spoken of
as "she -
Charles Henry Webb in The Century
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-05-02
GOT HIS DESERTS.

CINCINNATI, April 28.-On Friday
a body of masked White Caps adj
ministered whipping with long will
low switches to Frank Gehrline of
Riverside, suburb west of the city.
Gehrline's offence is general worthless
ness. His wife supports him and the
family by keeping boarders. Last
night a number of the boarders saw
Gehrline knock his wife down with q
bucket in the back yard and then,
without helping her up, he walked of
to saloon for drink. He was still
in the saloon when a boy told him
that man wanted to see him out
doors. He went to the door, when
he was seized, tied to tree, partly
deprived of his clothing and whipped
for half an hour. A crowd of spec.
tators cheered the White Caps.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-05-02
WEST TOWNSHEND.

f. p. Barber went to Boston this
week to purchase goods.
Miss Sadie Harris has been en-
gagged to teach school in Dist. No.
this town-commencing next Mon
day.
Village school commenced Monday
last, Miss Grace Moore, teacher.
W. Barber, professor in school
near Boston, is stopping awhile with
his uncle, A. A. Barber.
Dea. f. Wheeler returned from
Rome, n. Y. last week. A perma-
nent cure is hoped for.
Miss Louise Barber has been quite
ill, since returning from Charlestown
Mass, but is now convalescent.
E. Holmes and w. Livermore
have returned to their voca ions after
spending the Sabbath at their homes
in this place.
Elmer Day and Mrs. r, Smith
are on the sick list, also o. l.. Phillips
who is hobbling about with rheuma-
tism.
A service was held in the church
Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock, in ac-
cordance with the proclamation to OBJ
serve the Centennial of Washington's
Inauguration, Rev. Mr.. Whitney
officiating.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-05-02

Those who think that being prince is
a pretty easy job are requested to turn
their attention to the present crown
prince of Germany aged 6 years, and
his under study, Eitel Frederick, aged 4
years: These two helpless little rats
have just one hour and Il half a day in
which to play. They get up at 6 o'clock
in the morning, so to their studies at Z
O'Clock, and are drilled all day long,
learning the trade Of king and how to
kill people in the speediest possible man.
ner
The poor children are denied the priv
llege Of Sliding down the banistors, They
cannot run of after hand organs and get
iost They cannot jumpoh and on street
ears nor peg snowbalis at windows,
cunning away from the policemen and
hiding under sidewalks, to be dragged
at by tAe hind leg. They cannot play
hockey from school and go swimming.
No. they have to sit around quietly and
1e careful of their clothes, The indica-
tions are very strong that they will either
have fits or whiskers by the time they
are ~ years old.-Chicago News.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-05-02
RAWSONVILLE.

J. B. Cobb picked a blade of
herds grass the 26th day of April
that measured l3 IA inches.
Our spring term of school COM
menced Monday. Miss Nellie
Twitchell of Townshend, teacher
VIM. Landman has been visiting in
Mass.
Mrs. Eflie Bolster is here on visit
from Mass.
Henry Joseph of Waltham, Mass.
is stopping with relatives in this place.
Arbor day was appropriately OBJ
served in this place by setting out
shade trees on the school grounds,
also by planting Washington elm
in the school yard, the teacher and
each of the pupils assisting, by each
one placing shovel of dirt on the
roots.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-05-02
I IRED
LEGAL NOTICES.
ESTATE OF HIRAM STEWART.

ESTATE OF HIRAM STEWART.
STATE OF VERMONT
Westminster. IS.
The probate Court for said district, to
all whom it may concern, greeting.
Whereas Henry J. Stewart, adminislra-
tor of the estate of Hiram Stewart, late
of Londonderry in said district, deceased,
hps represented that:
The amount of debts due from said de-
ceased is $250.4S, the charges of admin
istration, estimated, $35. 0,.making 1885,
4S, The value Of the personal estate is
Sl54.45 of which the whole has been or
may be assigned the widow. Balance of
debts chargeable on the real estate of
said deceased, $2S5.4S. Praying for IL
cence to sell all of the real estate of
said deceased, as is necessary for the pay
ment of said debts and charges of admin
istration. Whereupon it is ordered that
the same be heard at the session of said
Court to be held at the Probate office in
Bellows Falls on the 4th day of May, A.
d. 1889, when and where you may be
heard in the premises if you see cause.
Chas. B. Eddy, Register.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-05-02
A scrap ospaper saves her life

Ii was Just an ordinary scrap of wrap
ping paper, but it saved her life. She was
i'm the last stages of consumption, told by
physicians that she was incurable and
could live only a short time; she weighed
less than seventy pounds. On piece of
wrapping paper she read of DIR. Kings
New Discovery for consumption, and got
sample bottle; it helped her. she bought
large bottle. it helped her more bought
another and grew better fast, continued
its use and is now strong, healthy, rosy,
plump, weighing lao pounds. For fuller
particulars send stamp to W. II. Cole.
Druggist, Fort Smith. Trial bottles free
at G.. G.Smith's, So. Londonderry, ol at
F. +. Smiths, Jamaica, Vt.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-05-02
A Slight Mistake

One of our popular young men, wish
ing to accompany one of cur sweetest
young ladies' to church ca last Sunday
night, wrote her i note She replied
what the reply was we don't Know and
handed ii to the dushy nearer who, on
his way back. took til,' liberty of licking
the envelope and sealing il up On
reaching the room Of the roung man he
was met by Juddie Pitcher WHO seized
the note. scanned it tor Il moment, then
placed the side which had i.t2n scaled
up to his lips and impressed rpon it a
fervent kiss, remarking at the same time,
She sealed this up, y broad smile
played over the little darly 5 face as he
replied, NO sir. boss, sealed dat letter
Warrenton (Ga.) Clipper
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-05-02

One good story Of Ericsson is missed
rom the hundreds that are now going
,ao"t. It was told many years ago that
the .a!nous inventor was invited to hear
Ole BUli play the violin. His reply was
that he had no time for such frivolity,
as he had been taught to regard music,
chat he never had an ear for it anyhow,
that it would be a waste of his valuable
time and breach upon his staid daily
habits. But somehow his friend man.
aged to bring the two great geniuses
together. The meeting was said to have
occurred in the inventors shop. a violin
was produced and Bull began to play
while the inventor worked Pretty soon
Ericsson paused in his work, then he
dropped his tools and listened spellbollnd
to the magical tones of the musician.
He said. so the story ran, he had always
felt that something had been wanting in
his life, and that he had never known
what it was until that day.-Musical
Courier
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-05-02

THE HoMLIEsr MAN IN LONDONDERRY
AS well as the handsomest, and Others are
invited to call on, any druggist and get
Free a trial bottle of Kemp's Balsam for
the Throat and Lungs, remedy that is
selling entirely upon its merits and is
guaranteed to relieve and cure all Chron-
ic and Acute Coughs, Asthma, Bronchitis
and Consumption. Large bottles 80 cents
and Sl.00
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-05-02

NJ. Mosso, of turin, having carried out
a series of experiments with the blood OF
eels finds that it possesses marked poi
sonous properties Even to the tongue
it has an insupportable acridity, and a
very small quantity of the serum is suf-
icient to kill dog fIaif a cubic cent?
meter injected beneath the skin Of dog
weighing thirty-five pounds killed it in
four minutes At this rate, an eel
weighing five pounds would contain
enough poison to dispatch ten men The
made to cuagulate, Just as after the bite of
serpents Fortunately the blood is inert
when introduced via the stomach, and it
loses its toxic properties when heated
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-05-02
NINE MONTHS WINTER

and three late in the Fall aptly describes
the seasons of the year as experienced IN
Northern New England. With warm
weather comes the tired feeling, languor,
sleepiness, inability to work; in fact
multitude of lazy feelings that are really
,ympr oms that the system needs bracing
up and nvigprating. Anti-Apoplectine is
a great Spring MedjrjRe. 1t cleanses, pu-
rifles and gives tone to muscles, and
nerve. DR.. f. S. Hutchinson & Co.
Enosburg Falls, Vt, will send you testi-
monials. Your druggist will sell you
bottle.