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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-09-24

live in small houses, having but two or
three rooms, and some with but sim
gle room-roughly curtained to make
two rooms at night; and not unfre-
quently you see house of plain boards,
banked up with turf cut in broad strips
and built up to the caves. The dress of
men, women and children is of the
simplest and cheapest. The food ditto.
Women and children join in work
in the field, and all work hard. A large
open business wagon serves to carry
grain to mill and market and the
women and children to church. A
top carriage in many places is looked
npon as something extravaganza, and as
affecting style.' Books in such houses
(can l say homes? are seldom found,
many times no paper, or if any, only
the weekly county paper. Indeed, l
have often thought that there is one
generation of martyrs between the new
land and those who may possess it and
live with some degree of comfort"
ONE great cause of agricultural de-
preston in New England has been the
decline and extinction of the smaller
local manufactures, and the villages in
which they were carried on. Almost
everything of that sort is now done on
great scale in the big manufacturing
towns, whittier the farmers crops must
60 by rail to successive middlemen, and
under accommodating charges, which
shave so closely that only the most
careful and capable farmer can manage
to realize any profit from his salable
products. Anything that puts added
and accommodating costs upon farm
products between the farmer and the
consumer tends to make farming a
hard business. Hence we see the Gu
rious phenomenon of the distant farms
growing less and less salable, while
those farms within wagon haul of good
markets are rarely for sale at all. This
is in itself heavy indictment against
our railroads, since they are so far fail
ing to do what has been promised for
them-that they would bring the dis
tant producer close to the consumer
They would do so if they were so con-
Quoted as to enable the farmer to send
his products directly, or through a
single intermediary, to the consumers
But now it is toll, toll, toll, all along the
way, until the grist is reduced to moth.
ing. A writer, in an exchange, COM
menting upon this condition of things
as regards the farmers of New
England, says: " Within distance OF
half mile on stream running in
sight of my house there were form.
erly four dams, and a bark mill,
bellows factory, auger and bit shop,
axe factory, cotton mill and wooden
mill, besides other minor industries
which gave employment to more
people than are now or were ever
needed on the farms in that immediate
locality. These are gone, and the peo-
pie who worked in them-and oul
market has gone with those people,"
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farm amo Garoem.

Address all inquiries or communications in relation
to agriculture to DIR. T. II. HosKINs, Newport, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-09-24

" Minard Commercial school, Waterbury
Center, Vermont.
COURSES OF STuDY.-College Preparatory, Clas.
Course, arranged by Hon Il, Il. Palmer, superin-
tendsnt Of Edueatlon Tor Vermont Inc best G0nl-
writing aud Penmanship specialties No outside
temptations. Excellent boarding accommodations.
Expenses less than in any other school of equal
grade. Three terms, twelve weeks each. Fall term
begins September 2, 1890. Winter term begins De-
ceinber 2. For catalogue address the principal,
MISS ELIZABETH COLLEY. AN.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-09-24

A VERY intelligent writer in the
Connecticut Farmer, who has travelled
far and wide, many times, over the
states and territories of the great West,
says he is " very sure that few farmers
in New England will live as do many
of the early settlers of those states, who
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-09-24

WHY will not some of our practical
and improving readers tell ,ohy farmers
pay so little regard to what is being said,
and has long been said, about the reno
waiting power of the clover plant upon
our worn soils? 1t is fact that in
this, as it is in the matter of the care
of liquid manure, the farmers of New
England will not even discuss the mat
ter. They seem to regard both as
things entirely impracticable, and not
worthy of wasting any words about
This is the stranger because, in refer
ence to many things, they are not in
different to improvement. When the
practical New England farmers, as a
body, utterly decline to give their at
tention to matters which are so closely
connected with their prosperity, it
would seem that many among them
would be ready to tell how it is that
theorists" are mistaken about the
benefit supposed to be attainable in
that way. We have known but one
man who began and carried out the
growing of clover as manurial crop
on his farm. He claimed to have been
thoroughly successful in it, and as a
member of our board of agriculture he
talked the subject up all over the state
some seventeen or eighteen years ago,
but we never heard that he gained one
disciple or imitator. Some of his
neighbors, who saw how cheaply and
easily he was improving his farm,
would grow the clover, but when it was
grown they were overwhelmed with a
sense of the wickedness of blowing ii
under, and incontinently made it into
hay. Yet in Central New York this
use of clover is firmly established, and
is the basis of the farming of that
section.
WE see that this subject of fertil-
izing crops is awakening very great in
terest in the South, and the cow-pea is
planted there very widely to enrich the
ground for cotton. All scientific au-
thority approves of it. The science
of it" is explained Gas has been re-
peatedly done in these columns) in the
following lines, which we clip from the
Mirror and Farmer: "Crops are di-
vided into two very distinctly marked
classes-the nitrogen gatherers and the
nitrogen consumers. Except a small
amount of nitrogen in the soil to start
the nitrogen gatherers, they draw al
their supply of nitrogen from the at
mosphere. 1t is therefore waste to sup
ply nitrogen to these crops. The nitro
gen consumers draw no perceptiblt
amount of nitrogen from the atmos
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-08-28

ave deal in eggs, butter and lard,
and 1 am an expert IN testing and
grading all three. There is much
fraud in the butter business. We print
a great deal of tub butter. The con
tents Of five or ten tubs are dumped
out on a big table. The outside has
become strong and dirty. This we
scrape off and sell to the fancy cake
bakers at from five to eleven cents a
pound, according to its condition. The
balance is rewOrked, resulted, made
into pound prints and sold as the best
print butter.
"Quite quantity of what is known
as mill OF paddle-WOrked butter comes
from the West. Small farmers there,
who have no ice, get ten or fifteen
pounds of butter on hand in rolls, and
after awhile it becomes strong. There
are firms in Chicago that have men
out all the time buying up this rancid
butter. 1t is put into a machine some
thing like an OldfashiOned paint mill
and ground up, after which it is worked,
cOlOred with Danish butter cOlOring,
made into prints and sold as fresh
creamery butter There is not a dairy
man in the State of Pennsylvania that
does not use butter cOlOring of some
sort. We sell thousands of pounds of
the Danish cOloring every year. Some
large diaries buy it by the barrel.
"A great many farmers in Bucks and
Chester Counties buy ten, fifteen and
some of them as high as 100 tubs of
our old strong butter, for which they
pay about fifteen cents. They take it
home, rewOrk and resalt it, mix in
fresh butter in the proportion of about
One-third, color it, make it into prints
and sell it in the markets for thirty-fve
cents a pound, doubling their money
by the transaction. Farmers frequent
" come to US on Friday night, buy tub
butter at twenty-five cents a pound,
print it up and sell it the next day for
dairy butter at thirty-fve cents.
"There is not much aduIteration in
lard, but one pound of the country
article is worth two of the refined.
from which all of the oil has been ex-
tracted. You can distinguish between
the two by a simple test. In warm
weather country lard viii become soft
and run to oil That which has been
refined always remains hard. "-F1iIG-
delpbjG IllqatjTer.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-08-28
Charity that Paid.


Young Mr. de B. is a broker, and
like most men in his walk Of life gener-
Ously disposed.
As he left his Office one day last week
he was accOsted by a rough-lOOking.
raggedly dressed man who requested
the gift Of fifty cents with which to pur-
chase a dinner.
"Why should I give you fifty cents
for your dinner? ?" asked young Mr.. B.
What claim have you upon me? 2"
None" said the beggar. THAT Is,
no more than the hungry and penniless
always have upon those who have some
thing to spare"
$40 I look as if I had something to
spare ?"
"You are a broker" returned the
aims seeker. "I never knew a broker
who had nothing to spare to a hungry
man"
"Why don't you go to work
sist me-
"That is strange. What is your
work
"I'I tell you I am a pickpocket,
and 1 have just this afternoon been dis
charged from prison. L have no money,
no friends. I am, as L said hungry.
You see what I am brought to. Starv-
alton or crime. If can get a good
dinner I may be able to stave off the
other alternative for a while"
Young Mr.. de B. was impressed
naturally so, L think. Putting his hand
into his trousers pocket he drew
forth a haIf-dollar and handed it to
the ex-cOnvict
"There, he said, "there is your din
ner. I shall be glad if I can save you
from crime, even for little while"
At this young Mr.. de B. started on
his way, but the beggar was at his
elbow.
Il say, my friend, said he.
"WelI?"
Would you mind telling me the
time?"
There is the clock in Trinity
steepIe."
q know that-but your time what is
it?"
Impatiently Mr.. de B. felt for his
watch. 1t was gone.
81 have been robbed" he cried.
Precisely" said the ex-cOnvict.
"And here is the watch, " taking it from
the pocket of his greasy coat. 81 took
it while you were hesitating about Civ
ing me the half dollar The Lord helps
them that help themselves, but He also
helps them as helps others. Take your
watch. I don't need it. You got it
cheap"
And so saying, the beggar turned and
walked down the street, and was soon
lost to view.
Then young Mr.. de B., replacing his
time-piece in his pocket, sauntered
homeward, thinking deeply all the
while, and thanking his stars that
being a broker he was, like most men
in his walk Of life, generously disposed.
Chatter.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-08-28
Nome hut NKhtstIers.

There is nothing like occupation to
keep a boy out of mischief. So thinks a
Brooklyn baker, of whose ingenuity the
Brooklyn Eagle relates a pleasing anec-
,dOte. Mothers may, perhaps, get a hint
from the story, though it is to be hoped
that they will not act upon it with too
much severity. Let them remember that
the lRbOrer is worthy Of his hire and not
forget the scriptural injunctiO against
muzzling "the OK when he treadeth out
the corn.
Every Saturday morning a crowd of
small boys gathers about the door Of a
bakery in Columbia street, in response to
a pIacard which calls for boys TO pick
over" currants and raisins. AS the urchins
are ushered one by one into the presence
of the chief cook, that august and apron
ed functiOnary inquiries:
do you know how to whistler"
If the boy is new at the business and
not strictly honest, he very likely says
No, as he naturally assumes that the
cook must have some strong objection
against whistling. Such is far from be-
ing the case, however. On the contrary,
no boys are hired except those who an
sWer this seemingly impairment question
in the affirmative
When all the applicants have been thus
picked over, the successful candidates
are seated in rows and the cook brings
in large bags filed with raisins and cur
rants. Every boy is given a portion and
is at once told to whistle. The music
must be kept up as long as the work lasts,
and it is evident that the baker knows
what he is about.
But of course he is now and then call
ed out Of the room. At such times, it is
said, there is apt to be a IuI in the
music, and when he comes in again the
efforts Of the boys to resume their
-whistling are said to be really pathetic
If any reader doubts this, or fails to see
the point of the story, let him try to
whistle Yankee Doodle" with his mouth
full of dried currants.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-08-28
Persian FIn1rer vEnrshin-

A recent traveller in India gives the fol
lowing description of flower worship as
praetIced by the Persians IN Bombay. A
true Persian. in flowing robe of blue, and
on his head g sheepskin hat-bIack,
glossy curly, the fleece of -KaI-would
saunter IN and stand and mediate over
every flower he saw, and the ideal flower
he was seeking found, he would spread
his mat and sit before it until the setting
Of the sun, and then fold up his mat
again and go home. And next night, and
night after night, until that pat cular
flower faded away, he would eturn 10 it
and bring his friends in ever-increasing
troops to it, and sit and play the guitar
or lutte before it. and they would alto
gether pray there, and after prayer still
sit before It, slipping sherbet and talking
the most hilarious and shocking scandal
late into the moonlight, and so again
every evening until the flower died.
Sometimes, by way of a grand finale, the
whole company would suddenly arise be-
fore the Hover and serenade It together
with an ode from Ha6z and depart
CGsSsFS Saturday Journal.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-08-28

ill the gear r0aasa, you may
rely upon DR.. PierCe's Golden
Medical Discovery to purify
the blood and invigorate the
system. It's not like the
sarsaparillas, that are said to
be good for the blood in
March, April and May. The
" Golden Medical Discovery "
works equally we'll at all
times, and in all cases of
blood taints, or humors, no
matter what their name or
nature.
It's the cheapest blood -Puri-
fer, sold through druggists,
because you only pay for tie
good you get.
Your money is returned if
it doesn't benefit or cure you.
Can you ask more?
Golden medical DlSCOV-
ry" contains no alcohol to
inebriate, and no syrup or
sugar to derange digestion.
It's a concentrated vegeta-
bic extract; put up IN large
bottles; pleasant to the taste,
and equally good for adults or
children.
The Discovery" cures all
Skin, Scalp and ScrofuIous
affections, as Eczema, letter,
Salt-rheum, Fever-sores, White
SwelIings, Hip joint disease
and kindred ailments.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-08-28

He Draws S., OOO and Invests in Home
st. Louis C1IO.) Critic, aug. 3.
Mr.. John @. Lowrey, who resides at 23O4
South Eleventh street and occupies re 20
sitiOn of chief engineer on the Archer Line
steamboat City of Providence has just re-
ceIved the sum of $500, collected through
the American Express Co. from the Louis
lana State Lottery. Mr.. LOWrey held one
twentieth of ticket No. g, 794, which drew
the second capital prlZe OF 100000 in the
July drawing. A representative of the Critic
called upon Mr.. LOwrey at his home, but
finding that gentleman not IN he questioned
Mrs. LOwrey as to what disposition her nus
band would make OF the lucky sum and was
informed that he intended to at once invest
IN a nice comfortable home. She remarked
that 4her husband had purchased many tick
cts and had frequently drawn small sums,
but never before IN the thousands He was
OF course elated over his success and fortu-
nately knew how to handle It judiciously. 81
have Just received a ticket E1yseif, % remarked
Mrs. LOWrey, land hope soon TO see my
name IN print as one Of the fortunate win
nsEs"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-08-28
Curiosities OF Dreams.

When it comes to stories of queer
dreams, the person most reticent about
this form of self-reveIation is likely to
think if not to speak of some extraor-
binary experience in the Isand of Nod.
When DIR. Holmes "saw huge fishes
boiled to rags bob through the bub-
bling brine" in his famous nightmare
of a hot day, he set "reminiscences GO
ing in many a brain crossed by
thoughts of rash suppers like his own.
Two men drifted upon the topic some
how the other day, and one confessed
to a terror oft repeated in his dreams
of the roof falling down upon him.
my favorite nightmare, returned the
other, 'is of a huge dog rushing at me
to devOur me- But I always braveIy
take hold of his jaws, tear them apart
and so save myself from destruction. "
The first speaker smiled sheepishly:
4Ive dreamed that myself hundreds Of
times. said he, "and I never spoke Of
1t. didn't suppose anybody else ever
dreamed such foolish thing. "-BO8-
ton transcript.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-08-28
THE LITTLE FOLKS.
EIariorie,s Reason.

Scarlet peoples in a row
Elnks and pansies-hOw they grow
In MarjOrie's garden gayI
M1gnOnetJe and sweet peas fair
Shed their fragrance on the air
The uVelOng summer day.
OH whisper softly In my ear
How you charm the flowers, dear,
10 bloom so long a while
Why, they're my children, don't you
see?
love them as Mamma loves me,
She says with dimpling smile.
II dig around their roots don't yoU0
Because they like, q babies do
To stretch their little toes
And then pull the weeds away,
Or else they'd choke the towers some
day,
AS everybody knows.
4The're thirsty little things, I think,
And so give them all drink
Whenever they are dry
For they're my children-dOn't you sees
love them as Mamma loves me,
And that's the reason why"
Youths Companion.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-08-28

SPEAKING OF the hand clap ping and
tumult at the close Of q song, Mark
Twain says: we smash into it with an
earthquake Of applause; the result is
we rob ourselves Of the best partof the
treat. We get the whisky, but we
don't get the sugar at the bottom Of
the glass.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-08-28

High Priced Doctor. ''YOu are now conva-
lescent, and all you need is exercise. You
should walk ten, twenty, thirty miles q day
Pahent-''AlI right, doctor. III travel
around trying to borrow enough money to
pay your bill. :"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-08-28

out is always going to the chirOpOdist's?
Miss Gossip: I don't know, but she has been
In society for 10 seasons now, and I suspect
that these visits you speak of form her only
opportunity to have a man at her feet.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-08-28

'I'm afraid, Johnny" said the Sunday
school teacher rather severely, chat [ will
never meet you in Heaven" ''Why, What
have you been dom now"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-08-28

what we do every day, and am going
to give them pretty ones to write all
the time. - Cincinnati Gazette
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-08-28

He knew It-srBobbett writes well, but
don't you thi nix he over draws?'
''Thinll? know he does, - replied the cash
Ter of BObbett's bank.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-08-28

Information on Tap.-''Mr. Jones, who
was Plutarch?' ''He was the god of the IN
fernal regions. He wrote poetry, and was
celebrated for his attentions to Laura.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-08-28

The general run of wOmen-When a mouse
comes in the house
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-08-28

A Church bell like truth, should not be
tolled at all times.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-08-28

People who say sharp things often get the
reputation of being blunt.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-08-28

Some men credit themselves with the
ness of humanity for their shortcomings.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-08-28

81 want scrap book" ''This is a book
store, not a stationery" '"That's all right,
give me the Life of Sullivan"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-08-28

A Good home for them.-Cobwigger
What makes you think those pups will please
your wife?
Young Husband? Because am sure she
could make such nice dog biscuit.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-08-28

Small Loss.-Cora: Oh, dear! 7 am so
sorry I have broken your penknife.
Florence: Never mind. 1t dOsen't belong
to me. It's papa's.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-08-28

You can borroY all the trouble you want
without collateral.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-08-28

Just about this time Salvador is asking
Guatemala: SIS it warm enough fer you?'
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-08-28

A New York brewer is raising chickens
down on Long Island and refers to them as
tthOme brood. "
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-08-28
PrrH AND POINT.

JOKES about plumbers should always
be well loaded.
TEE land of the flea and the home Of
the slave-Cuba.
A RARA avis: Your fare, sir, said
the conductor. "I have the reputa-
ton Of being so, said the umpire.
JAMES, I am cleaning house, so be a
good fellow and beat the carpet as usu-
al. D." "NO, I think I'll shake 1t this
year"
@PAPA," said a taIkative little girl,
"am I made Of dust 2" mo, my child.
if you were you would dry up once in a
while.
MR.. STAD-And is Miss Gigglegag-
gle well educated? Mrs Mead
Educated? L should say so. Why, tn g
ribbons on her graduating dress cost
over fifty dollars.
Little boy-Uncle, won't you tell us q
story? Genial UncIe-CertainIy my
boy. What kind of a story? "Oh, any
kind only so it's true. Tell US about
Jack and the Beanstalk."
Mrs. FANGLE-What is Mrs. Gada-
bouts reputation as a charitable woman
based upon? Mr.. FangIe from behind
the newspaper Upon her willingness
to attend to other peoples business
without charge.
WANT any heIp?" he asked of the
grocer. well, I dunno. How many
tomatoes can you put into quart
measure ?" Il can put five, but can
make four do" 81 guess I don't need
you. Three is our limit here"
TEACHER Did Columbus know
that he had discovered a new CONT
nent? CIass-NO, he thought it was
India. Teacher-COrrect. Why did
he think he had found India? Bright
BOY g'pOse it was cause the inhab-
itants was Indians.
A SLIGHT advantage: First little
chicken need not be so stuck up.
You are nothing but an incubator
chick, anyhow. Second little chicken
I've got more freedom than you have.
My mother never knows when I am
out.
A.-So that is your wife. Splendid
WON an; you ought to be proud. b
Sol am; only she is a bit thoughtIess.
For instance, I sent her the other day
with heap of money to buy me a
dozen shirts, and what do you think
she brought home instead pa new
bonnet!
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-08-28

''In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in i'm
aginining that thou hast attained it, thou
art a fOOl.n
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-08-28

The trouble with justice is that she does
so little besides holding her scales.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-08-28

We speak of redeeming tomorrow before
we have purchased to-day; this, too, when
we are yet in debt for yesterday.