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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-10-30

in quarrel with his wife about the
quantity of potatoes they should put
away for the winter, seized his rifle and
shot her dead and then blew his own
brains out. They had been married but
short time.
TENNESSEE bankers met at Memphis
and organized State association.
AT Smith Creek, Mich tramp fatal
ly stabbed James OHara and wife, his
intention n being to rob the house.
In a crash on the Kansas City &
Memphis road near Birmingham, Ala,
two lives were lost and twenty-six pas
sengers hurt.
In a collision in a tunnel on the
Cincinnati Southern railroad at Sloan's
Valley. KY, six trainmen wore killed
and seven persons injured. -
A PASSENGER train approaching
Chickamauga, Ga, struck q wagon and
killed James w. Jenkins, his wife and
baby and Mrs. James Bowman.
HARRY WILLIAMS, q nulatto, was
hanged at Rolling Fork, Miss. for the
murder of white man.
The death of ''Old Tom Starr" aged
81 years, one of tho most remarkable
desperadoes in this country, occurred at
Muskogee, Ind. T. ue was Cherokee
Indian, and during his life killed
seventy Indians to avenge his fathers
murder
In session at Nashville, Tenn, the
American Humane Society elected Ed.
win Lee Brown, of Chicago, president
THE Indians of the Indian Territory
were reported to be growing discon-
tented over the occupancy of their lands
by white men, and they were said to be
secretly plotting an outbreak under
the leadership of a Messiah whom they
expected daily.
WILLIAM NICH's 16-year-old daughter
was frozen to death in a blizzard near
Folsom, N M.
The populatio Of the State of Florida
is given by the Census Bureau at $780,
345; increase, 12O,945.
Two SHOCKS of earthq quake occurred
at Cape Girardeau, Mo-, and buildings,
furniture, crockery, ETC., were visibly
affected by the movement of the earth.
A TRAIN was robbed near San An
tonic, Tex, bv three disguised men,
who secured $l,5oO from passengers ard
t"ainmen.
FLAMES destroyed the business por-
tion of Leavenworth, Ind.
PEOPLE BIZ the hundreds were focking
to the Arbnckle mountains in Okla
homa, whore gold, as reported. had been
discovered in paying quantities.
AILERToN broke the 4-year-old stall
lion record at Independence, Ia. He
trotted the mile in 2:14.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-10-30
VICTIMS OF WRECKS.

A Score or More Injured by the Derai,-
ment of Santa Fe Train Near Topeka,
kan.-FatAI Smash-up in Ohio-A Rail-
way Bridge Falls Near Dubuque, la.
Topeka, Kan, Oct. 3d. The Santa
Fe Denver express train which left here
at 1:15 p. m. was wrecked thirteen
miles south of the city Friday. The
train left the track at curve just this
side of Wakarusa, small station
where the train does not stop. The en-
gine kept the track and the tender left
the rails, turning upon it's side. The
express, mail and baggage cars and
three Pullman vestibule cars all left
the track. The chair-car, sleeper and
tourists cars were overturned. The
track is torn up for about 400 feet
Fortunately no one was killed. A
relief train with number of surgeons
sent out from here brought the injured
to this city. They are being taken care
of by the Santa Fe Company at the va
rious hotels. The injured mum ber twen-
ty-three, seven of whom are badly hurt
AN IOWA BRIDGE FALLS.
DUBUQUE, Ia, Oct. 25.-A serious ac-
cident occurred Friday evening on the
Illinois Central at Cascade crossing, six
miles from this city, where new iron
bride is being constructed. A freight
train started to cross the bridge,
but after most of the train had
passed safely the bridge went down.
There were twenty-five men working
on the bridge, and as it went down
they jumped for their lives. The dis
tance was sixteen feet Most of
them escaped, but several were badly
hurt The water-boy for the gang. Rob
ert Keatty, of Center Grove, was caught
by falling car and killed. Dan Doher-
ty, of Chicago, was thrown to the bot
tom and pinned down with his head
above the water. He was badly hurt.
Four others were seriously injured, how
badly is not known.
COLI.IDED IN CUT.
OXFORD, O., Oct 25.-Two freight
trains collided about o'clock Friday
evening in cut and curve on the Gin
cinnati, Hamilton & indianapolis rail-
road about two miles east of here
The wreck took fire. A rough estimate
of the loss is $4,000. John Mathers, q
fireman, is mortally hurt; others slight
ly hurt: John Kasner. of Indianapolis;
John McNeill, Charles Monahan, George
Mozzelle, F. J. Carney and John N.
Spencer, all railroaders.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-10-30
IA Duel NTH Crowbar..

NEW YoRK, Oct. 25.-Joseph Wood,
IS years old, and Carl Barg, 46 years,
fought duel with iron crowbars in .
blacksmith shop on Park avenue. The
battle was fierce and lasted for some
time. It was ended only when both
men sank to the ground with fractured
skulls They were removed to the hos
pitl in an unconscious condition.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-10-30
ZINA p. KING ARRESTED.

The Ex-Tre asurer Of the Michigan Alum.
nj Association short $4,000.
ANN ARBoR, Mich, Oct 25.-Zina p.
King. ex-treasurer of the University of
Michigan Alumni Association, has been
arrested on the complaint OF William H.
Wells, of Detroit, president of the asso-
citation, on the charge of embezzlement
A year ago last June the board of direct
ors learned Of shortage in the fund of
the association. 1t transpired that King
was short $4,000 and that he turned
over about $4,000 worth of property
held by himself and wife. Failure to
restore the balance led to his arrest.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-08-27
More About " HOlsteins."

Mr.. Morton Marvin of Montpelier
sends us three pages of legal cap (and
offers another article to Gomez to refute
the item in a recent issue, to the effect
that Mr.. Cabanne (Mr. Marvin calls
him this man Cabanne," " a trans
planted foreigner" etc. is a d" dyed in
the wool Jersey man." AS both the
Jerseys and the "Holsteins are
" transplanted foreigners" we do not
see how Mr.. Cabanne may not be as
good judge of their merits as a Yam
kee. We would like to print Mr. Mar
WINS article in full, but with the pros
pect of others to come, all in the nature
of an advertisement of the merits of
Holsteins," and the probability that
breeders of other races of farm stock
would demand equal space, we fear
that our readers would seriously object.
Mr.. Cabanne does not stand alone in
his Judgment on Dutch milk. The like
has happened in Massachusetts and
other states; and in the last issue of the
Maine Farmer Professor Jordan of the
Maine Agricultural College says, re-
ferring to some similar comments in
which he was not quite correctly re-
ported:
"What probably did say was, that the
Holstens are giving the poorest quality of
milk of any animals at the State College,
and that they undoubtedly represent a
poorer quality of milk than any prominent
breed of animals now in the United States.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-08-27
HOlsteins versus Jerseys.

Mr.. Marvin, in his letter, states that
the Jersey textbook of 1889 contains
twelve records of 20 pounds and over,
thirteen records of Is pounds and
over and twenty-one records of 16
pounds and over. The Holstein adj
vanced register contains twenty-six
records of 20 pounds and over, nine
teen records of Is pounds and over and
thirty-three records of 16 pounds and
overland the records of 1890 will show
for the black-and-whites still greater
strides in their butter-producing quail
ities.n
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-08-27
Sheep Killing Dogs and Their Owners

The spirit of those men who have
such devotion to their canine pets that,
in comparison, they care nothing for
the property and lives of their neigh
bors, is well illustrated in the following
record of blood in Franklin county,
Mass, which we take from the Spring.
field Republican of July 10:
"Vicious dogs and unlicensed ours
are making themselves unduly promi-
nent in the county these days, and de-
cidedly expensive, too, so that liberals
not likely to be any dividends for The
schools or library funds out of the dog
fund this year at the rate that sheep
are being slaughtered through the
county. At Deer6eld over one hun
dred choice sheep have been killed
within few weeks, and bills of 81 900
will have to be paid to that town alone
for the destruction already done. In
deed the commissioners, seeing the
danger of absorbing the whole dog fund
before the year is up, have given
notice not to have any claims paid I'M
til the end of the year, that all the suf-
ferers may have a pro rata share in
the fund. Smith Harding of Deerfield,
who has acquired reputation through
the state for his fine sheep, had flock
of twenty-five butchered by these blood
thirsty CANNES in one night, and this
week Francis Capp, who has taken
first premiums wherever he has eX-
hibited his flocks, has had score
killed and mutilated. He took special
precautions to save his valuable sheep,
but to no effect. Bells were put on the
animals and Waterman slept in the
pasture to guard the innocents. The
other night he heard a commotion in
the flock, and rushing out found four
savage dogs attacking the sheep. AS
he approached they turned upon him,
but fortunately he had revolver, and,
blazing away, he killed one dog and
drove the Others away. The Sc
quence shows how man will defend
his dog against all charges, no matter
how clear the evidence is. Going to
the house, the man gave the alarm,
and, with Mr.. Clapp, started on a hunt
for the dogs. AT the first place they
found one of the dogs all wet from hav-
ing been through the fields, but the
man promptly swore that he had been
tied up all night and but just let out.
At the next house the man stuck to it
that his dog was tied up out in the
barn, but he could not be found, as he
evidently had not returned from his
deadly work. AT still another place
the owner was quick to tell Mr.. Clapp
that he would shoot him down if his
dog was touched, and he acted as if he
meant to carry out his threat. This is
certainly pretty state of affairs-bills
of about 81 800 to pay for sheep killed
within three months and men threat
ened with their lives if they touch the
cause of the mischief. 1t might be a
good scheme for some of the officers to
turn their attention to the hunting
down of these four-footed criminals
that are doing so much damage and
escape so readily"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-08-27

with such an assertion as that I think our
Holstein- Friesian friends will not quarrel,
as it is backed up by facts which no one
pretends to dispute"
We do not think any one wants to
decry the Dutch race of cows. Ger
tainly we do not, nor have we any in
terest in the matter, other than to let
our readers know the facts as they APP
pear from general experience. There
is no doubt a considerable difference
between individuals of the breed, as
there are in all breeds; and some Dutch
COWS may show record of milk as rich
in solids as any Jersey. But taking
them as a race, we risk nothing in say
ing that Professor Jordan is supported
by the whole record, as given under
impartial tests. AS for tests got up
and prepared for to " boom " any race
of cattle, for speculative purposes, they
are not worth the paper they are writ
ten on. The leading parties interested
wealth, and spare nothing in getting
up and getting out records like the one
in another column, which we reprint
from the Maine Farmer, with Editor
Gilbert's comments. We have no OBJ
lection to printing an occasional record
like this of any race of cows, as mat
ter of public information; but we are
not prepared to open our columns to
voluminous correspondence favoring
any race. The Jersey men never have
asked it, nor have the Shorthorn men
though we have written and printed
twenty times as much against the latter,
as dairy cows for Vermont, as we have
against the Dutch cows.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-08-27

Average number pounds of milk per day,
rs and ounces; average number pounds
OF butter per day, and 8 LA ounces; aver
age number pounds milk required for one
pound OF butter, 14.23. Parthenea is six
years old and dropped her last calf April
81, 1890, and on May 10 we began increasing
her feed. During the test she received on
an average q pounds of ground feed, con-
sisting of oats bran, linseed oil meal and
corn. She was allowed to run in pasture
during the days with other members of the
herd, and kept in stall nights.
There is one thing in connection with
the Holstein butter records that are APP
pearing from time to time that we
would like to see confirmed. The above
record of pound of butter from ID %
pounds of milk on the average from a
COW giving over rs pounds a day, if a
fact, is a remarkable one. So far as
public records show, chemical analysis
has never found so extraordinary rich
milk among this class of cattle. II
Holstein co,cs are furnishing richer milk
than any other breed, II ought to appear
Somewhere besides IN an UNAUTHENTI-
GATED record Of butter made. We are
not alone in wanting to know the per
cent of fat (and other solids) in the
milk which furnishes pound of finished
product from so small a quantity as in
the case under consideration, and others
which have been published by we'll
known breeders. Is Holstein milk
richer in butter than that from any other
breed?
NOTE BY AGRICULTURAL EDITOR
We have emphasized one sentence in
the above extract, because it exactly
meets the case. What is wanted with
all breeds is tests by qualified parties
uninterested in the result. Such tests
we will always recognize.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-08-27
Notes by the Way.

BOWEL diseases in summer are fire.
quent, due principally to overlooking.
PRESERVING foods by the use of anti
septics renders the foods less digestible.
IN all that pertains to the welfare of
fowl, an ounce of prevention is GER
tainly worth pound of cure.
A GOOD curd needs but little press
ing, while a poor one can not be i'm
proved by any amount of pressure.
THE best selling butter, that which
gives the best satisfaction, is made
from sweet cream, or cream slightly
acid.
THE farmer should select for his
principal crops those which he takes
sufficient interest in to become familiar
with.
FARMERS are the only general pur-
pose fellows we know anything about; ;
they are the fellows that the nation de-
ponds upon.
BEEF of the best quality has been
produced in this country for COM
paratively few years. Mutton will fol-
low in time; but it must not be all fat.
IT can not be reasonably nor success
fully denied that butter made in a
private dairy, if it is well made, will
outsell the best creamery when sold
directly to the consumer
"HE's mean man who will pirate of
'the small economies to his wife
with cud of tobacco in his mouth or
the stencil of stale smoke upon his
breath" says the Farm Journal.
THERE is no better indication of a
good butter COW than the quick separa-
ton of the cream from her milk when
"set - in the usual way; this is the re-
suit, generally, of large fat globules.
THE arithmetic man of the Orange
County Farmer figures out that the
cow-keeper must sell a little over three
quarts, about eight glasses, of milk to
get money enough to buy drink of
| beer.
A LITTLE snuff scattered in the hens
nests, and where the chickens dust, is a
deadener to the mite. And if your hen
house is close enough, fill it with to-
bacco smoke for few hours and you
can say goodbye to the mites.
THERE is some indication of tide of
immigration from the West. Now
that a lot of our New England boys
have been there and "know how it is
themselves" feeling of disappoint-
ment and dissatisfaction comes over
them.
THE city of Indianapolis has taken a
course in the right direction by passing
an ordinance imposing a heavy fine
against the feeding mich COWS the ref
use of breweries or distilleries, or any
refuse product that may be deleterious
to the milk.
OLEOMARGARINE seems, by the re-
port of the internal revenue commits
sioner for the past year, to be declining
in favor. The report shows a falling
off in receipts of the year previous of
800 900, or about twelve per cent in
the aggregate.
SUDDEN changes of the weather from
warm to cold and from cold to warm
are very trying to fowls that are accus-
toned to fOraging, as the inactive con-
dtion during cold weather causes them
to take cold unless well protected in
warm houses.
The farmer should be able to see
where the profit lies, for it is not al
ways in the price; profit lies between
cost and price. To reduce the cost will
oftentimes be more profitable than to
increase the price. The boys on the
farm should be trained to business
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-08-27

THE experience of many Connecticut
farmers, as recorded in the Agricul-
tural Report of that state, is that they
can buy the raw materials of fertilizers
and mix them so as to get very fair
profit, with a perfect assurance that
they have got what they paid for.
Besides this, they can, if they under
stand the condition of their land, mix
their materials exactly to suit each field
and crop. When we buy mixed fertil-
izers of the standard brands, we must
take just so much phosphoric acid, pot
ash, and nitrogen-usually on the
formula of 1888, though for some
crops we need no potash, and for others
no nitrogen. But in order to do this
work satisfactorily, we must know a
little chemistry. If we are too old to
learn, surely we ought to send our boys
to schools where they can get good in
struction, in so interesting a science,
and one so vital to the interests of our
business.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-08-27

"THE demand for cheese" says the
Dairy World, " is affected by the quail
ity more than almost any other article
of food. In this country it is as yet a
comparative luxury, although in Europe
it is as much staple necessity as
meat; consequently the majority of
our people call for cheese only as the
palate is pleased. The average Amer
lean will eat ten pounds of choice
cheese where he would not eat one
pound of poor cheese"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-08-27
From the Maine Farmer.l
Another HOlstein Butter Record.

The Decentralization Register publishes,
in its issue of July 49, the butter record of
the Holstein COW Parthenea 9592, II. III. b.,
owned by Mr. Stevens of Maplewood stock
farm, Attica, N. Y. Parthenea gave 3S
pounds and 81 ounces of butter in seven days,
being the highest Holstein yield on record.
Commencing June IL, her production was
as follows
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-08-27

man, who has recently been on a tour
through Aroostook, is very enthusiastic
over the prospects of the county. He
finds that there is more hay being cut
there than for many years, and the
good weather has made it possible to
be secured in the finest condition. All
the crops are very forward and the
farmers expect to make money this
year. The potato crop is much better
than was first expected it would be,
and the grain is in very flourishing
condition" These western gentlemen
(many of them born in the East) are be-
ginning to realize that New England
has yet plenty of good land to be &C.
cupied. Its three northern states, &C.
cupying an area about as large as New
York, can support five millions of peo-
pie by agriculture, and is in as good and
prosperous condition as any in the
whole world. The Yankees have a
perfect right to say and sing: " There
is no place like homel"
JOHN GOULD, an eX-Vermonter OF
Ohio, whom many of us were glad to
hear at the Burlington meeting of the
Dairymen's Association, thinks it may
be an improvement to raise the tenn
perature of milk to 105 degrees by pour
ing into it water at 100 degrees before
setting, and then setting it in water at
temperature of sixty degrees. In
this way Mr.. Gould secures a good
separation of the cream from the milk.
There is, no doubt, often an advantage
in adding water to milk-espec
in the winter, when it is sometimes too
thick, or viscid, to allow of free sepa-
ration of the cream. But we do not
take much stock in alterations of tenn
perature for that purpose. Cream rises
best and quickest in perfectly still milk,
and milk can be kept still only by keep
ing it at uniform temperature.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-08-27

PROFESSOR WHITCHER of the New
Hampshire Agricultural College, pro-
tests very strongly against the in
variable straight-jacket formula of
12-3-3 Twelve per cent phosphoric
acid and three per cent each of nitro
gen and potash) He says that from
his own experiments, and those of 9TH
ers, the average composition of fertil-
izers for that state should be, phos-
phoric acid, nine to eleven per cent;
potash, nine to fifteen per cent; nitro
gen, two to four per cent. But an eX-
animation disclosed the further fact
that the average composition of the
fertilizers offered for sale was, phos-
phoric acid, eleven per cent; potash,
2.5 per cent; nitrogen, 2.5 per cent
from which it appears that there is a
deficiency of potash to large degree
with considerable deficiency of nitro
gen. Professor Whitcher advises farm
ers that they procure the crude chem
icals and mix in the proportion that the
soils seem to demand, until the manu-
facturers of fertilizers will " abandon
the present stereotyped 12-3-3, which
rests neither on the basis of theory nor
of practice"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-08-27

MEN, as a rule, will not put them
selves to the trouble of experimenting
in order that they might find out the
best methods of farming, but for the
lack of interest and patience will follow
right along in the old methods.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-08-27

BUCKLIN's ARNICA SALVE.-The
best salve in the world for cuts, bruises,
sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores,
letter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns
and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles, or no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price twenty-five
cents per box. Sold by all druggists.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-08-27
NOTICE.!

Notice is hereby given that application will be
made to the General Assembly of the State of Yer
mont at its session. 1890 for charter to the Capital
Savings Bank and Trust Company, to be organized
and located at Montpelier Vt.
Montpelier, August 10, 1890
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-08-27

SPEAKING of Aroostook, containing
5000 square miles of virgin soil, aver
aging as good as the best of Vermont,
an exchange says: ga western gentle