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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-24

Miss Hannah Johnson who has been at
Rev. G.. W. Thompson's for the past two
years, returned IT, her home in Woodstock
Conn, Monday.
John Mclure aud family moved last week
10 Stoddard, a. II.
II. NJ Collins of Marlboro the clock
doctor, is again in town curing all diseases
known to clocks
As Mrs Ranney and daughter Laura
were driving last Monday. the horse became
frightened and threw them both to the
ground. They were near Walpole depot at
the time and plenty of assistance was soon
ON the spot. Mrs. Ranney was taken into
the station in an insensible condition, and
for u time life was despaired of Medical
aid was summoned, and it is hoped her in
Juries are only temporary. Miss Laura
escaped with only few slight bruises
The first singing school of the season was
held last Friday night, under the manage
ment of Harry kimball of Ssxtons River
Owing to the prevailing sickness the num-
Der present was small
w G. Pierce of CRANKY, Mass is visit
ing for few days with old friends in town
Rev. A. b Dascomb gave AN interesting
discourse at the Congregationalist church
last Sunday
The telephone office has been changed
from H. f Bonds to Fred | Lanes house.
Work on Fred f. Hayward's new house
is progressing as rapidly as the clustering
weather will permit
This notice of an old time resident re
Gently appeared in the Jessup la, Critic
Robert X Miller was born IN Westminster Vt
Nov ~, li9i and died Dee H. 1859 Thus he lived
TO be NJ year., two weeks and five DAYS old Mr.
Miller was the father Of 81 ven children five Of
whom survive him. Those remaining ar, two
sons and three daughters who live ia Wisconsin
and one IN Minnesota. one son IN Vermont and
the other Mr. X r. Miller. our townsman. with
whom the deceased has hren living for the past
two years aud five months lie was converted
when young man aud baptized by the Rev Tim
Othy Fields His wife died Jan H. 1870 For
nine years he has suffered from fall since which
time he has been cripple His was u consistent
Christian life"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-24


Miss Florence Lee, daughter of Prof
John $. Lee of Canton, N Y, who has re-
turned to this country after five years of
musical training in Leipsic and London,
and is now soprano in St Bartholomew
Episcopal church in New York city, made
a brief call on her aunt, Mrs. A Withheld,
last week, and Thursday evening an in
formal concert was held in the hall Miss
Lee sang several old English and Scotch
ballads with strength and purity of tone
and beauty of expression that delighted ev-
cry one present, and her rendering of a Sc
lection from Won Weber showed remark
able talent aud skill Of execution. Miss
Susie Kirwan of Brattleboro kindly con
tributed to the pleasure of the evening,
rendering several songs in very effective
manner, and showing unusual talent. Mr.
Fred Brown presided in very happy mau.
ner, and the singing of Aud Lang Syne"
closed an evening of pleasure such as is
rarely enjoyed, and will long be remembered
by the fortunate ones present. W
Mrs f. Stebbins has been quite sick the
past week
Miss +. NJ. Putnam is reported better
NJ. |. Reed is still housed with la grippe,
with which he was attacked last week while
in New York.
James Marshall sells his real estate and
personal property today at auction.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-24
Farmers, uee,,.r nj we.,miu.,.r.

A public meeting will be held at West
minister under the auspices Of the state
board of agriculture, February Is and IA
The people of Windham and Windsor
counties in Vermont and Cheshire county,
~ II are all invited
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-24

TVHR NEW YORK WEEKLY NAIL
i AND EXPRESS and THE iH,ENlA ohe1'"'
OnIy sl.05.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-24
REMEMRER pR. cAcE's APPoINTMENTs:

until Noon
MILFORD Hotel, Monday, 81, rom2 o 4PM
PETERBORo fuckers unit Noon
BRATTLElORO, January
kEENE Eagle Thursday, January
IIol, January
CONCORD, Phunix Saturday, February
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-12
summer Care of Poultry.

IT ought not to be supposed that fowls
need no special care in summer, for in
this season the young are subject to many
diseases which older ones are able to re-
sist. Besides this, insects of all kinds
abound at this time, of which the fowls
have their full share, and against such
they should have all the protection pos
sible. Cleanliness in their surroundings
is the important thing, and the best pre-
ventive not only of diseases but of in
sects as well. The hen house and roost-
ing places should not only be kept clean,
but should be made untenantable by
fowl vermin by the use of insecticides.
Of these kerosene is one of the very best,
and from its very low price it may be
used in the most liberal manner, either
pure or as an emulsion. If used to kill
lice on fowls themselves it should be
highly diluted and applied sparingly,
and OH little chicks not at all. BY greas-
ing the older ones little with lard IN
der the wings and ON the head, and fur
nishing them with good place where
they can wallow and dust at will, they
will soon rid themselves of lice if their
runs and roosts are not infested.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-12

tained, for comb honey costs him more
than does theextracted article, Accord
ing to estimates made by apiarists of ex-
perience, it costs all the way from five
to eight cents per pound to produce ex-
tractea honey, and from about seven to
thirteen cents to produce honey in the
comb. Messrs. Newman, Cook, Root,
Doolittle Gin fact every beekeeper of
prominence lay great stress on the inn
portance Of grading the honey, present
ing it in attractive packages Of conyen-
lent size and labelling it with the kind of
bloom which produced it and the pro-
ducer's name and address. grl
G. M. Doolittle says: "Comb honey in
boxes ought to be taken from the hive as
soon after it is finished as possible. If
allowed to stay in the hive for weeks
after it has, been sealed over, permitting
the bees to give it dirty yellow color,
it will not obtain the highest market
price" There will be cells next to the
box that are partly filed with honey, but
not sealed over, and when taken from
the hive if the box is turned sidewise, the
honey being thin, will run out. Thomas
G. Newman names as the remedy for
this small, warm room. Bees evapo
rate their honey by heat, and therefore
if we keep our honey in good condition
for market we must Keep it as the bees
do, in such position that it viii grow
thicker instead of thinner all the while.
The market demands comb honey in
= 4 l. L.
cheap, and with their use one gets honey
in attractive form. There are two sizes
Of sections that have become everywhere
popular; the prize section, which is 53x6t
inches, and holds two pounds of honey,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-12
Agricultural News and Notes.

1t is proposed to apply electricity to
the irrigation OF some of the dry and
sterile districts of California
The premium list of the first exhibit
ton of the New York and New England
Agricultural and Industrial society,
Sept. 24-30, together with other informa-
ton, may be obtained on application to
Jacob c. Cuyler, 445 Broadway, the sec
rotary of the committee in charge.
About $4,000 people have responded to
the offer by the legislature of New South
Wales Of a reward for the best mode
suggested for DISCRIMINATING rabbits in
Australia. Among the best models Of
apparatus sent in is that Of an Illinois
farmer, Mr.. J. W. Funk, to whom it ap-
pears not unlikely the prize may fall.
Where any sign of mole burrow is
seen take small stick and make hole
from the surface straight downward into
the burrow Then pour in spoonful of
salt. Afterward fill the hole with dirt.
The salt being applied in this way, about
ten feet apart, will run moles out of any
size lot, says a correspondent in The
Southern Cultiyator
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-12
FIG. Ia HOMEMADE HARROW

FIG. IA HOMEMADE HARROW.
for narrowing timothy or clover sod.
/ use an Acme where I want deep til
lage, but for all ordinary narrowing my
slant tooth has proven itself invaluable"
The tooth bars are made of 2x2 inch
pine, riveted with quarter inch rivet at
every tooth. The teeth are of three
eighths inch steel, about six inches long,
and driven in even with the wood on a
slant of forty degrees. The harrow is
made In two sections. On top of the
tooth bars, in the centre of each section,
is 2x4 inch pine cleat or cross bar bolt
ed to each tooth bar near the front edge
of tooth bar. Near each end of the tooth
bars is a thin, hardwood cross bar
bolted to each tooth bar near the back
edge and on the under side Of the tooth
bars. This arrangement of boiling the
cross bars keeps the tooth bars from
twisting.
The sections are braced as shown.
Both of them are hinged together by
braced frame made of two 2x4 inch
sticks, with an inch oak board bolted
dCIOSo tii6 CSuUST dllQ III lTOub
to draw the harrow by The frame and
sections are fastened together by swivel
bolts. Handles made from smooth fence
wire for lifting the harrow in trashy
ground are also shown. The seat is from
an old Mccormick mower, and is what
is called the adjustable sliding seat. By
sliding the seat to the right the driver
can balance the harrow perfectly. The
teeth are placed seven and half inches
apart in the tooth bar, and the bars the
same distance apart. center to center, SO
that this harrow has tooth to every one
and half inches, and the ends do as
good work as the middle.
The materials can be bought, with the
exception of the seat, for So or 81. Being
nearly all made of pine it is very light,
and can be used for cross narrowing po-
tatoes after they are up with only one
horse, thus avoiding stepping on half
the plants that would be trodden on by
two horses. In narrowing the corn it
Just fits three rows, three feet nine
inches apart. The teeth are so close and
the tooth bar so low that it is almost i'm
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-12
Oil Meal for Swine.

Oil meal fed literally to hogs keeps
their bowels open and keeps them
healthy. Western Agricuiturist reports
a farmer in Iowa who lost fifteen hogs by
cholera, when he got some oil meal and
fed it freely and lost no more hogs. Oil
meal is good feed for any stock, and es-
pecially for hogs fed on corn until they
become feverish and constipated and an
easy prey to the cholera. Roots and a
variety of food are desirable for hogs.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-12
Horse Breeding.

The Western Agriculturist has the
following to say on horse breeding:
Breed for q special class of horses. No
half way draft horse is large enough to
bring the best prices, besides we have
millions of little, cheap scrubs and cheap
trotters that can be bought cheaper than
you can raise them. You can sell pair
of good draft horses and buy half a
dozen of them, SO we cannot afford to
use the heavy draft team to hack around
with, but a farmer who has a fine team
of 1000 or 1900 pound grade draft horses
takes commendable pride in driving
them to town occasionally and have the
dealers offer him $500 or $500 for them.
Then, too, they can haul a load that is a
load and they can run a big sulkey
plow just as deep as you want it. A
pair of such mares is q fortune to any
farmer to work and to raise more colts of
the same kind.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-12

SECTION, UNBENV.
and the one pound section, which is At
inches square. In addition to these are
half pound sections, which in some To-
calities, notably Chicago and Boston, are
greatly liked by consumers. The one
pound section, 44tx444 2 inches in size, is es-
pecially commended by Professor Cook
and Mr.. Newman. This size was made
in order to get eight sections into a
broad frame for the Langstroth hive for
side storing. Mr.. Newman says it can
also be used over the brood frames, if
the second story be Of the same size as
the lower one. If produced in these,
which are standard sizes, honey can be
readily sold at remunerative prices. The
best section is made of a single piece Of
white wood with three cross cuts, so
that it can be easily bent into square.
The fourth angle unites by notches and
projections. They are quickly bent if
dampened before bending. Professor
Cook prefers these to the dovetailed sec
TONS DR.. G. G. Miller, Mr.. Heddon and
others prefer sections fastened by sort
of mortise and tenon arrangement. There
are two methods of placing sections in
position, one by use of frames and the
other by crates; both have earnest ad-
vocates.
When the sections are removed glass
them if the market demands it. Glass
boxes appear to be preferred in the
east, while the unglassed sections are the
sort most used in the west. eff shipped
away to market do not pack in straw or
chaff," says Mr.. Newman, "but put in
small crates containing a single tier and
place with the top far downward. See
to its packing in the car, wagon or We
hicle. and place the combs lengthwise to
the engine, but crosswise to the horses. -
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-12
Decrease in Cattle.

The decrease in Colorado, Wyoming
and Texas commenced four years ago,
but since then has been great. In 1886
Texas had 100000 more bovine num-
bers than it has today, and Colorado,
Wyoming and New Mexico had four
years ago about 100000 more than
they have nov. In Kansas, Nebraska,
Iowa and the northwest there has been
a shrinkage of as many more. Hard
winters and low prices for beef have
brought this about.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-12
$3.50
FIG. e.-HoMEMApE HARROW.

possible for Jumps to get through it. 1t
can be worked with one, two or three
horses, and on account of its slanting
teeth can be drawn anywhere, across
bridges and over grass land, without in
Jury to the harrow or grass
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-12
FARM AND GARDEN.
Things Said and Done by Wide
Awake AgriculturiSts.
STORY OF A HOMEMADE HARROW
Told by Michigan Farmer for the Ben
eft of the Rural New Workers.
Readers.

"Three years ago." says the ingenious
inventor Of the unpatented harrow illus
trated in the accompanying cuts, 81 made
my harrow, intending it for narrowing
corn and potatoes. On testing it found
st far excelled any spike toothed harrow
! had ever used for fining lumpy soil or
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-12
MARKETING HONEY IN THE COMB.

Single Comb Boxes or Sections Demanded
in City Markets.
Honey in the comb is fancy article,
luxury for which the consumer will
pay good price only when presented in
neat and attractive form. It is essential
TO the producer that = far -,-ic, Re Or
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-08-14

downhearted and crushed than ever,
would not listen to the hurrshs which
the world now uttered for him. Presi-
dent Barbicane, Captain Nicholl, Tom
Hunter. with wooden legs; Colonel
Bloomsbury, the gay Bilsby and his as
sociates would never pardon him. But
Mrs. Evangelina Scorbitt could not be
angry with him, most excellent lady.
J. T. Maston had begun to do his cal
culations over again, refusing to admit
that he was wrong at that point.
He was, however; the engineer, Al
eide Pierdeux. had not made mistake.
Having learned his error at the last mo-
ment, when he had no time to make it
known, he had remained perfectly COM
posed among all the fright and terror
of those about him. That was why he
proposed toast in champagne at the
moment when the shooting was taking
place in the Old World
Yes, indeed, three naughts had been
forgotten in the circumference Of the
earth. Suddenly J. 7. Maston remem-
bered the whole matter.
1t was at the beginning Of his work
when he had shut himself up in the
Ballistic Cottage and written the
number 0,0O0, 600 on his blackboard.
At that moment the electric bell began
TO ring with great force. j. I. Maston
went to the phone He exchanged n
few words with Mrs. Evangelina Scor-
bitt. Suddenly terrible stroke of
lightning from the storm through the
telephone knocked over his blackboard
and himself He got up, commenced 10
write over again the numbers which had
been half rubbed out on his blackboard.
BE had just written the numbers 40, 600
when the telephone rang for the second
time. He went again to listen 20 Nine.
/ Scorbitt, and when he did begin his work
be forgot to put on the last three naughts
of the earth's circumference.
/ What terrible blow it was to this
unhappy lady when J. T. Maston was
compelled TO tell her the circumstances
which had produced the mistakel Yes.
she was the cause of the disaster. 1t
was on her account that j. T. Maston
/ found himself dishonorcd through the
long years which he had yet to live, as
nearly every member of the gun club
usually lived to the age of a hundred
years.
After this conversation at Now Park
J. T. Maston lad gone away from the
mansion. He went back to his Ballistic
Cottage and walked into his study NUT
tering TO himself: well, now | am not
good for any thing any more in this
world"
''Not even good enough TO get mar
ried?" said broken voice at his elbow.
Ii was that of Mrs. Evangelina Scor-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-08-14

DOnellan SuCn as y Is, II mas been
and always viii be sufficient for our
earth"
"Hurrah. hurTab!' repeated in single
voice the representatives, Of old Europe.
At this moment Dean ToodTink. who
had not said any thing SO far, made this
very cautious remark:
But perhaps they did not shoot yet. ="
Not shoot yet" said the Major.
Heaven grant that they have fred of
the cannon twice rather than once"
And that was exactly what j. T. Mas.
ton and Mrs. EvangeliIa Scorhitt were
saying.
The wise and the ignorant were united
this time by the logic of the situation.
Even Alcide Pierdeux repeated it, and
added: Even if they did shoot, what is
the difference? The earth will not stop
Waiting on its old axis and turning as
it used to do
In fact no one knew what had hap
pened at Kalimaniaro. But at the close
of the day an answer came TO the cues
ton which was engrossing the attention
of mankind.
A cablegram arrived in the United
States, and here is what this dispatch,
sent by Richard w. Trust, Consul at
Zanzibar, contained:
ZANZIBAR Sept. 2S.-7 25 q. N.
To John s. Wright, Minister Of State:
The cannon was fred of yesterday evening
at midnight exactly by the device bored in the
southern part of Kilimanjsro Passage of the
projectile was accompanied with a powerful
whirr and terrible detonation. Whole provinces
destroyed by the conclusion Of the air. Ocean
agitated as far as the Mozambique Channel A
large number of vessels disabled and thrown on
the coast. Towns and villages destroyed Every
thing else is well RICHARD w TRUST.
Yes, every thing else went on we'll
Nothing had been changed in the state
of worldly affairs save the terrible dis
asters produced in Wamasai, which was
partly deluged by the artificial water.
spout, and the shipwrecks which were
produced by the current of air. The
same thing precisely happened when the
Columbiad threw its projectile to the
moon. The shock to the ground of
Florida, was it not felt through a radius
of one hundred miles? Yes, certainly,
but this time the effect should have
been hundred times stronger.
Whatever had happened, the dispatch
gave two pieces of information to the
interested people of the Old and New
Worlds.
First-That the enormous cannon had
been erected in the flank of Kiliman.
iaro.
Second-That the gun had been fred
at the fixed hour. And now the whole
world uttered an exclamation Of Intense
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-08-14


THE BUTTON.
satisfaction, followed by great burst OF
laughter.
The trial which Barbicane & Co. had
made had entirely failed. The calcula-
tions of j. T. Maston were good only for
the waste-basket. The n. p p A.
could only announce its failure. But,
perhaps, it might be that the secretary Of
the gun club had made mistake in his
calculations.
Rather would ] believe that l have
been mistaken in the affection which /
feel for him." said Mrs. Evapgelina
Scorbitt
But, beyond all, the most discontented
human being was j. T. Maston When
he saw that nothing had been changed
in the movement of the earth, that the
conditions remained precisely the same
as they were since the creation, he
hoped that some accident had prevent
ed the success of Barbicane e. Co., and
that his associates had met with some
disaster.
But there was the cablegram from
Zanzibar which stated without doubt
that the operation had taken place.
Failed..! And what of the formulas
and calculations on which he had spent
SO much time? Is it possible that cyl
inder 600 meters long, p meters wide,
throwing a projectile Of 10000 kilo-
grams, with the defagration Of 200 tons
Of meli-melonite, with an initial velocity
of 2, 500 kilometers, would not be sufic-
lent to move the earthly axis2 1t did
not seem probable.
But why?
So ]. T. Maston. il state Of violent
excitement, declared that he would
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-08-14

IN hlAh lhAo N40hlt 40 AiNA TT l + - - II
IMPROBABLE, is FINISHED.
"Barbicanel Nicholl!"
"Maston"
YOU"
"Wew
And in this plural pronoun, uttered
simultaneously by the two associates in
single voice, might be heard a food of
irony and reproaches.
j. T. Maston pressed his iron hook on
his forehead. Then, with voice which
seemed to stick in his throat, he said:
did your shaft at Kilimanjaro really
have a diameter Of twenty-seven
meters?"
yes, sir"
did your projectile really weigh $780,
600, 600 of kilograms?"
Yes"
"And was the shooting really done
with 2, 600 pounds Of neli-meloniteP"
Yes"
This thrice-repeated YES fell on j.
T. Maston like masses of stone on his
head
Then lean only conclude said he.
'Vhat?" asked President Barbicane.
las follows said j. T Maston. AS
the operation did not succeed, the
powder did not give 70 the projectile an
initial velocity OF 2, 500 kilometers.
Really? said Captain Nicholl, with .
tone Of sarcasm.
Yes, your meli-melonite is good only
TO charge pistols Of straw"
Captain Nicholl sprang Up at this re-
mark, which was an outrageous insult
to him.
"Maston" said he
"Nicholl."
You ought to be blown up with the
neh-melonite
No, gun cotton; that is more sure"
Mrs. Eyange1na Scorbitt had to in
terfere and cool these two enraged gun
ners down.
Gentlemen" said she, between the
associates
And anyhow" President Barbicane
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-08-14

resumed, With q very calm expression,
what's tie good Of ordinations? It's
as certain that the calculations Of our
friend, }. T. Maston, were correct, as it
Is certain that the explosive of our
friend Nicholl had sufficient power. Yes.
we have only employed known quantities
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-08-14
CUApTFR xxi.


VERY SHORT, SINCE ESoUCH HAS BEEN SAID TO
MAKE THE WORLDS PoPUSkTIoS FEEL PER
FECTLY SURE AGAIN.
And now the inhabitants of the world
could again be perfectly easy. Presi-
dent Barbicane and Captain Nichol
will not again begin that enterprise so
woefully miscarried. j. T. Maston will
not again figure out any calculations,
however free from mistakes The
article Of Alciie Pierdeux has told the
truth. What the law of mechanics proves
to US is that to produce a displacement
Of the axis Of o. degrees and % min
utes, even with the mei-melonite, a
trillion cannons similar TO the ono
which had been bored into the cliff OF
Kilimanjaro would be necessary But
our whole sphere, bored over its whole
surface, is too small to accommodate
them. Therefore the inhabitants Of tho
earth may sleep in peace To modify
the conditions in which the earth IS
moving is beyond the efforts Of humani-
ty. 1t is not meet that mere humanity
should change any thing in the order
established by our Creator in the
system of the universe.
THE END