The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-01-23

Keep your OlOOu pure anu you VIII
not have rheumatism. Hoods Sarsapa'
rils purlties tbs blood and tones the
whole system.
An idea put into a sentence OF crisp
English may do a great of good tyl
awakening thought.
Nothing enriches the soil and i'm |
proves the farm as fast as the cultiva- |
tion of the mind of the farmer.
1t requires plenty OF capital to success
fully manage large farm,
The total consumption of coal is esli-
mated at 1000, 900 hundred weight pei
nOur.
Ia Belgium they run threshng ma
chimes by electricity, the dynamo 1000
yards away.
There is a reasonable want of genera
C character that cannot be secured by ju-
dicious cooperation.
The devil would persist in botherinR
Martin Luther until the baldhead monk
dIspal ched HIM with bottle of ink; f.
we learn that bottle of ink might ri,
you of any devil, but u bottle of Bull
Cough Syrup will always rid you Of any
cold.
Horseradish is said to be paying
crop when grown near our large cities,
where it finds market.
Do not bnrfow up like woodchuck.
but spend little time in social inter
course and interchange of ideas.
D cember, 1889, WAS the warmest on
of which we have any record. Thu
warmest previous December was in 1881
1t is handy to have good wood pill.
and to have it cut by some power beside
that which propels the buck saw.
The long winter evenings can be wei
spent in reading, forming resolution
and lying plans for next seasons work
Some one says that the pig who get
into the clover thinks the sward |
mlgntier than the pen-and it is i'll h.
case.
1t is simp'y wonderful how a GOO
hing gels known and appreciated. In
the public school examinations now tn, J
ask the small boy, VINO was the fri
man ?" adam" The first woman? !;
Eve" "Who was the 22nd preslden
of the United StatesT' Grover Clev'
land y What is the specific cure r
pain?" Salvation OIL"
Small farms are getting to be nor
fashionable. Spreading manure an
labor over large surface makes bon
too thin.
Thousands of sheep have been drive
from Montana into Iowa to winter.
is the shortest and easiest road to a con
potency.
Colman's Rural World says the COZ.
peras sprinkled On the cellar bottom AL,
carbOllc acid on the walls will surel,
drive out the rats.
z j. Drake. near Greenville, S c.. re-
ports a yield of 254 bushels and Az
puu DIS of corn from one acre. We
,ould like to see it weighed or meas.
ured.
What is there pi oduced on the farm
that is of more consequence than tn
boys and glrls? When this crop faiis,
the bottom of agriculture will drop ouI
TO MY FRIENDS.
AS IOu arr "Cll dWdIC Audl "Ouiu
not recommend that which l did not be
lIeve to be good, l desire to say TO all who
need good, reliable family medicine, f,
that believe one bottle of Sulphur Bit
tiers will do you more good than any
other remedy l ever saw.-Rey. Cepha'
Soule.
Wayne county, N Y, is said to have
3, 600 acres of land devoted TO the pro-
ducIon Of peppermint. This averages
about 150, 900 pounds of OIL, worth abou,
5000 600.
AS high as / 900 pounds of salt to TIE
acre may be successfully used on som,
soils. But we should prefer being three
years in using that amount-about ;
barrel each year.
The committee of the Illinois State
Grange IS of the opinion that the prize
of $40 900 for a straw binder attachmen,
to the reaper has secured the desire q
article. II so, it will down the twIne
trust.
In some parts of the West corn is 80
plenty and cheap that it is worth NOR
Tor fael than 10 sell. Yet the farmers
are compelled TO market it to get money
to pay taxes.
Pruning currants requires only the
cutting out of old wood and the feebler
shoots. There is not much danger Of
the bush being too crowded; but judg-
ment must be exercised as to this.
1t is the lot OF mao to toll and get his
living by the sweat of his brow. He
must work either brain or muscle. and
no here Is there 80 good a chance for
ing both as on the farm.
The fall of water in the form of snow
and rain, during the month OF Deem
Der, was excessive in some sections OF
New England but deficient in others,
Cooperation is the law of NATURE,
No man can lead a civilized life with
nut the aid of bis fellows. Farmers
must sooner or later recognize thus Law
and work together tremendously. The
grange is paving the way.
1t is said that pinching off the ends Of
young curiant shoots in June will have
the effect of increasing the size of the
fruit next season, ard of making the
bush more prolific II will prObabl,
m AXE the bush branch out more,
While men engaged in all the profess
sions take papers and periodicals de-
voted to their calling, the average farm
er goes Flooding along IN the dark and
wonders why farming doesn't pay; y,t
his calling is the most important OF all.
Flour barrels are said to be male Of
strong Gotten duck rendered water
proof. 1t is lighter than the wooden
barrel, and occupies 80 little space that
10 pays to return it to the miller. II has
been tried in Atlantis, Ga, and pro
uounced a success.
A correspondent Of the Country Gen
tlemdn drives down three forked posts
about nine feet long in row, lays a
pole in the forks. and on this lays good
stiff poles at an angle Of about forty five
degrees. A straw stack is built upon
this frame work and the opening be-
meath lie used as a root cellar. OF course
il must stand on dry ground.