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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-03-28
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KEEPING A HORSE.
A's MOI such an Expensive Luxury as
Many Suppose.

It's Not Such an Expensive Luxury "a
Many Suppose.
Driving a horse is not such an expen-
slve luxury as one would suppose. Of
course 1t costs lots of money to be able
TO drive a crack. A frst-class trotter
costs as much as one wants to paw. A
good 2:20 horse can be had for about
$4,000, and thousand more can be add
ed to that amount for every half second
ne can go faster than 2:2O down to 2:12
Those that can trot faster than that are
phenomenal, and bring fabulous prices.
Axtells price was 800, 900; Sunol's $50
ooo' and Maud SIS $4,000. A good
1nree-mlnute horse that can do fair work
on the road can be bought for 5000. OF
course ne won't beat every thing he
meets, but he will make good showing.
This is how bill for a hor q and r;o
would look.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-03-28

The buggy, blankets, whip and har-
ness can all be bought at an auction
sale. An experienced man should be
consulted, though, before the purchase
Is made, or the buyer may be swindled.
The cost of taking care of the horse
would make bill for year look like
this one:
-IWeiye months board at SIS per month. $500
p;St;;.S -..'..---.. 1900. .............. 8
PaInting buggy and repairing harness az
oundries including veterinary surgeon. i2
----...'- ,.-....... $3.50
1hls would mean an outlay of about
W week. A good top-coat is neces-
sary, and so are pair of driving gloves.
Iheses will cost about $50. So that the
complete rig would necessitate an ont.
lay OF about $3.50, and it would cost
about 81 week to keep it. But then
what an amount of good healthy enjoy
ment can be gotten out of tn. Y.
Star.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-03-28
ST. DISTAFF'S DAY,
Thread lis Miles i'm Length Spun From
One Pound of Cotton.

A Thread 115 Miles in Length Spun From
One Pound of Cotton.
The 18th of January is day in which
the elderly maidens, who are sometimes
called spinsters, should take peculiar
interest. In old times it was known
and observed as St. Distaff's day, be-
cause it was generally then that the.
women resumed, after all Christmas
holidays, the distaff and spindle. When
the spinning-wheel was invented, along
in 1888, those ladies' who used it began
to be called spinsters. This, afterward,
in legal Technology, came to be applied
to all unmarried women, but the name
was an honored one until the employ
ment of spinning was considered too
mental for women of rank. Then it was
used contemptuously, and gradually it
came to signify, more particularly, sim
gle ladies of mature years. Before the
spinning-wheel was relegated to the
garrett some extraordinary feats were
accomplished, or, as people nowadays
would say, records were made, by those
expert in it's use. In the year 1745 a
woman at East Dereham, in Norfolk,
spun a single pound of wool into
thread of $4,000 yards in length, wanting
only eighty yards of forty-eight miles.
This, at the time, was considered per-
Torrance of sufficient Importance to
merit place in the Proceedings of the
Royal Society very high honor, in
deed. Afterward, this feat was eclipsed
by another English lady, living at Nor
witch, who spun pound of combed wool
into a thread of 16S, 900 yards; and she
actually produced from the same weight
of cotton thread of 2O3, 900 yards, equal
to about lis miles. This last thread, if
woven, would produce about twenty
yards of yard-wide muslin
Gould we know that we were GER
tainly making the entire character of
single individual, and that we alone
must bear the possibility, how great
a trust we should deem it, and how care
full should we be! Yet, in truth, we are
doing far more than that. Every one
who approaches us owes something of
his character to our influence; and the
effect does not stop there. Like mag
netic current, it passes on from one per-
son to another, and no human power of
computation can ever measure its
strength or it's extent.-Once a Week.
Getting Even. - Miss Clincher-
eyes, Maude, your family tree Can not
boast of the lofty branches that charact-
erie ours. Your grandfather lived near
mine six months and" Miss Pincher
(interruptingly) 81 believe grand
father did reside near the old Taunton
jail about that length of time" Miss
C.-"What! do you insinuate?" Miss P.
Mot at all, dearest. / merely corro-
borated your last statement" -Drake's
Magazine.
-'Talk about being ready for an
emergency" writes seaside resorter
who passed through the tidal wave
storm. ''The people here have to be
ready for a submergency."-C
Globe.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-11-05
Shall Vermont Have an Agricultural
College!

If the people and the members of the
legislature of this state will keep few
facts in mind, they will have no trouble
in deciding the question whether we
ought to have "A separate agricultural
college or not.
CD The act of congress establishing
agricultural colleges distinctly says:
" College where the Leading object shall
be to teach such branches
Of learning AS are related to agriculture
and the mechanic arts" Now the farm
ers want just such IA college as that,
and the Burlington institution is not
such a college at all. Can Senator
Morrill,, or President Buckham, or any
trustee of the institution say that " the
leading object" there is to teach such
branches of learning as are "related to
agriculture and The mechanic arts"? If
1t is not, then we should have an insti-
tuition that has this for its leading
object"
CO. The farmers of Vermont unite
in asking the legislature to establish an
independent college. Every farmers
organization in the state-the grange,
the farmers league and the dairyman's
association ask for it, and so do the
great majority of farmers in the state,
Let it be distinctly understood that the
farmers of this state ask the Legislature
to establish an independent agricultural
college.
(3) For years Vermont has scarcely
held her own. Her agriculture is dc
Pressed. Her farmers need all the aio
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-11-05

bound to give it up to the new college.
The three measures through which
the $4,000 annually is to be secured
were passed at Washington for the BEN
eft of the agricultural and mechanical
industries of the state. In complying
with the spirit of these acts the univer-
sity is morally bound to offer no OBJ
stacle to the accomplishment of the
largest results in this direction. And,
while the university is morally bound
to do this, the state itself, to which the
disposition of the funds was confded,
is legally and imperatively under obi
CATION to see that this $4,000 a year
reaches the object for which it was in
tended.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-11-05
NO. As.

associations Of the war is the best the state
possesses.
Speaker Start said that although he had
enlisted toward the close OF the war and had
returned with the troops, he did not fire a
gun. He would, therefore, speak in praise
OF the soldier, without referring to himself.
He thought too much praise could not be
given the soldiers OF the state for their
conduct. They had madeit possible for this
legislature to meet. AS TO the house, he
could say that the members are gentlemen;
they are orderly. and they do their duty
consclentionly. They appreciate the serv-
ices OF the soldiers. In closing he hoped no
occasion could he found for disappointment
in the present house.
Captain j. II. Mmms was the next
speaker, his subject being "The Militia"
Referring to the Fuller battery, he called it
the best volunteer battery in the world.
The report OF the inspecting officer present
at the last encampment told the truth when
it said that the Vermont National Guard
was capable Of taking care OF itself any
where.
Captain l.. II. Bisbee spoke OF the inter-
est Vermonters in other states take in their
native state. There are Vermont societies
in all the large places Of the West. TIE
politics, the religion and the educational
progress OF the state are watched, and
many old Vermonters would like to spend
their last years here. They would rather
see the sons OF Vermont invited back than
to see foreigners coming here. The popu-
latiOn OF the state in 1900 eau be increased
10y inviting Vermonters to come homs. In
closing he said he would always remember
the officers with the sinCerest affection.
The banquet closed with the singing of
Aud Lang Syne." Among the officers
present at the reunion were ex-Governors
BArstow, Ormsbee, Farnham, Proctor and
Pingree; ex-Lieutensut Governor y. A.
Woodbury. General w. w. Henry and Cen
eral T. s. Peck, Burlington Major n. p.
Bowman, St. Johnsbury Major 4. B. Val
entne and Captain r. j. Coffey, Benning-
ton; Major Josiah Circuit, Derby; Major l..
g. Kingsley, Captain j. G. Baker, Rutland;
Captain 9. II. Benton, Minneapolis; Y. NJ
Mansur, Island Pond; j. C. Rutherford.
Newport; f. G. Butterfeld, Derby Line;
Colonel G.. W. Hooker, Brattleboro W S.
Smart, Brandon Captain A. C. Fay,
Milton; Lieutenant Hugh Henry, Chester;
Major J. 9. Stearns, Bradford; Colonel f.
E. Smith, Colonel j. II. Lucia, Montpelier.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-11-05
Press Notes.

AND now Vermont Is going to pass a
law against the docking of horses tails.
We wonder if it will result in promot-
ing the spread of this fashion, as APP
pears to have been the case here in
Observation-Disclosures Herald.
SENATOR MORRILL, strongly objects
to farmers organizing for mutual pro-
lection and benefit, as it will tend to
=" become political competitor of the
republican party" We advise the
farmers, however, to 90 right along
and organize if they feel like il, regard
less OF consequences, just as if they had
not been told not tO.-HdrddCick Gazette.
Is the dawn of political millennium
breaking? Here is Governor Page up
in Vermont appointing his democratic
rival for governor chief of staff, and
also making another leading democrat a
member of the staff. Surely such an
exhibition of brotherlv love is like an
oasis in the sandy desert, to which the
weary pilgrim gladly turns from the
burning waste of mutual recrmination
Fancy William L. Russell appointing
John q. A. Bracket on his staff :
Springfield Republican.
THE defeat in the house, the other
day, of the bill empowering magis-
trates to amend the Indictment in
liquor cases is regarded in certain quar-
tiers AS the first stroke of the death
knell of the prohibltory law. Events
will show that this is not the fact.
Right or wrong, prohibition is the
settled policy of Vermont, and it will
be her policy till it is proved more
clearly than any evidence yet adduced
proves that some other manner Of deal
ing with the liquor question is better.
Such being the fact, it is the part of
wisdom to make the law as effective a
working machine AS possible.
The law is to be re-enacted so as to
avoid trouble growing out of recent de-
cisions of the supreme court, and this
is an excellent time to revise the whole
thing .-MiddlebWy Register.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-11-05

boys" didn't he mean the girls left be-
hind |" more than anybody else?
Give my kindest, most loving greeting
to the boys and our old comrades. | saw
the general at Boston, and what big place
the boys hold in his great patriotic heartl
/ heard his earnest, instructive, inspiring
words to us all, and within myself ! said
i" Were constitutional government, the
Union or its flag now assaled or endaD-
gered, there is patriotic fire and vim enough
in the old man to make n regiment of
towards stand up and fight in their de-
Tense"
Tell my comrades to "whoop her up"
unwind their choicest yarn balls, crack
their best " old chestnuts," and properly
celebrate this festive and honored occasion ;
and, in the midst OF their festivities, tell
them how one old comrade, now growing
gray, mourns the fate that keeps him from
them. As Artemus Ward once said,
d" Yours more'n anybody's else"
WILLIAM II. II. HORTON.
New York, October 81.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-11-05
Let Justice BE Done.

1t is claimed by the friends of the
University of Vermont that the income
from the act of 1862 can not legally be
turned from the university toa separate
agricultural college. 1t is said that the
agreement to give that income to the
university was in the nature of a con-
tract, which nothing but proof of the
misuse Of the fund could break. This
is an old argument. 1t has been used
time aud again when an old and cstab-
lished institution has sought to retain
privileges which it was generally de-
sired should he transferred elsewhere.
1t is saying to state, to ii majority of
the interested parties: Gentlemen,
your predecessors promised to d. so
and so. You may think it better to do
differently. You may even believe it
highly injurious to the interests af-
fected to continue as your predecessors
ordained. But we demand the bond,
and no power in heaven or on earth
shall prevent our having it to the let
ter" But the sound sense of people,
legislators and jurists, recognize no
such rights as these. No contract that
is permanently distastefu TO either
party can be held to be eternal. II the
friends of the university rely on this
claim to defeat the wishes of the farm
ers, they have weak cause. If there
is any legal or constitutional bar to a
diversion of the fund of 1862 from the
university to an independent institu-
ton, let the governor, after taking
counsel with legal talent, settle that.
The legislature should consider the
subject broadly, on its essential merits,
leaving technical difficulties, if they
exist, to the governor or the courts
But suppose the University of Yer
mont had clear legal title to the fund
of 1862. Would that be sufficient
reason for insisting on holding on to
the money in spite of the wishes of The
farmers of the state? The University
OF Vermont partakes OF the character
of religious institution. 1t is sup,
posed to inculcate into its students tn,
highest ideas of honor and morality
Is it Christian, is it moral even, fol
such an institution to grasp for money
appropriated by the government iol
purposes which will not and can not bC
realized under its direction? While thu
farmers of the state wish to see these
funds devoted to the highest INTEREST,"
of the agricultural and mechanical in
dustries OF the state-purposcs 70
which they were created-is it fair o
honorable for the University of Yer
mont to stand in the way of this pro
gressive movement? If The universit
had an undisputed right to the fund O
1862, even then it would be moral
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-11-05

the state can give. Her leading in
dustry needs to be strengthened in
every way. A better, more practical
education is an imperative necessity for
her young farmers. The national gov
eminent offers the state a magnificent
sum for this very purpose. What will
the legislature do with this gift? Put
it where the farmers ask TO have ii put,
where it will do the most good; or
where it will utterly fail to help the
farmers and their sons? Twenty-Five
years ago the legislature of Vermont
had to face a similar question. How
they decided it and the disappointing
result is well known. Will the present
legislature repeat the mistake?
WHY AN INDEPENDENT AGRICUL-
TURAL COLLEGE?
% Because the whole spirit aad innu-
encc and tendency of the Burlington
institution is away from the farm aud
farm life. 1t would be next to an i'm
possibility for a young farmer TO 90
through Il course of study there and
come out with love for his occupa-
ton. He is insensibly, perhaps, but
none the less surely, drawn away from
his fondness for farm life, distaste for
ii is created by his associations Does
any person in the state-eXcept the
trustees of the University of Vermont
believe that large town like Burling-
ton is the best place in the state to send
a boy to teach him how to become a
successful farmer?
(2) Is it not reasonable that an agri-
cultural college should be upon farm
by itself? The young farmer should
be placed where he will have such sur
rOundings as will tend to make him
love the farm and farm life. You can
not reasonably expect to take boy
and make a good farmer of him by re-
moving him from the farm and farm
surroundings. A sure way to lead him
INTO some other occupation is 10 re-
move him from all farm work and place
him among young men who are study
ing to be lawyers, doctors, and bust
ness men.
CD Combined institutions ha &c been
thoroughly tried for years, and in nearly
or quite every case have proved a fail
ure. 1t has proved failure in this
state for twenty-five years. Is it rea.
sonable to expect better success in the
future?
(4) An agricultural college should
be controlled by farmers. Who knows
the needs of the farmers best, the doc.
tors, lawyers, etc., who compose the
board of trustees of the University OF
Vermont, or men like Chaplin, Wins
low and the like?
Let common sense prevail, and. Yer
mont will have what she has so loua
needed, an Independent agricultural
college.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-11-05

BUcKLEN's ARNICA SALvE.-The best save
in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers,
salt-rheum, fever-sores, letter, chapped
hands, chilblains, corns and all skin erup-
tions, and positively cures piles, or no pay
required. IL is guaranteed to give perfect
satisfaction or money refunded. Price
twenty-five cents per box. For sale by
q. Blakely.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-11-05

Two thousand ninety-nine congratulatory
kilograms, containing 74,4% words, have
passed through the Berlin Office for Count
Won Moltke. The count expresses in the
columns Of the Post his thanks for the
thousands Of letters and kilograms which
he has received, and regrets that it is inn
possible to answer them all.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-11-05

THE body of Moses Wheeler, who disap-
peared from Lowell, Mass, June |, has been
found in the woods. The head was hang
ing to tree, and the body was on the
ground.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-11-05

THE twelfth of the census bulletins,
just issued, places the total population
of the country in June last, exclusive
of white persons in the Indian Territory
and Indians on reservations and in
Alaska, at 60 .4S0 $40. In 1880 the pop
ulation was 50, 1857 while in 1870 it
was IS, 55S,371. If all these figures are
correct, the rate of increase between
1880 and 1890 was less than that be-
tween 1870 and 1880 by 5.51 per cent.
1t is believed, however, by Superinten-
dent Porter that the actual increase in
the two decades has been about the
same. The census of 1870 was uotori-
ously inaccurate as regards the southern
states, and the population of that year,
instead of being IS, 55S 81, was prob
ably about 40 100000. The official pop
ulation this year thus falls far short of
what was expected, but if inaccuracies
corresponding to those discovered in
New York occurred in all the large
cities, the correct figures would proba-
bly, reach G5,000,000.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-11-05
G0lattbmam 4 Journal.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1890.

TIE Spanish consul at Key West has
closed up his office, sealed it, and de-
parted, saying that there is mo guaran-
tee to life in the city," The trouble
with the consul is that he was assaulted
the other day by man whom he had
discharged. There is certainly every
reason why unusual efforts should be
made to punish the offender, and give
not only safety but assurance OF free
dom from all molestation to the consul.
If the local authorities do not do this,
the presence of company of federal
soldiers would be justified.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-11-05

STANLEY says that the reason the
officers of his rear column harbored
such ill-feeling against linn was that
he criticised them very severely in his
report to the Emin Pasha relief COM
mittee in 1883. He will not modify the
censure he then employed. tits rather
strange that about all the men he has
been associated with in his African
expedition have become prejudiced
against him. Simple jealousy can no.
be the explanation in every case. The
fact is, Stanley is overbearing and uu-
sympathetic, and perhaps he would not
have been the great discoverer he is
had he lacked those traits.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-04-23

0TRsYED OR STOLEN-An Irish Red
y Setter dog; collar marked "krett, Margaret
v. Harrington, Portland. Maine" Information
gladly received at Il c. Farrington's rs state
St, Augusta. Maine. apr22dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-04-23
Welcome to the Good TemplaIs

To-day our city il favored with the
presence of large number OF Good
Templars, who are here 10 attend the
annual session Of the Grand Lodge
which opens IN Meouinn Hall at nine
o'clock this morning Augusta citizens
are glad to cordially welcome TO their
midst the representatives of an order
which has accomplished vast and
enduring work for the promotion
Of temperance among the masses.
II IL an order whose member
ship in Maine already numbers more
than twenty thousand OF the best citi-
Gems q the state and IL still In
creasing. The work which 1t has
done for good citizenship in our State
cannot he overc-timtted. 1t has
lifted many aud many u man alb We the
dangers of intemperanee 10 become a
good husband, brother, son, and An
useful respected member of society.
Its influences are all wholesome, help
ful, elevating. All friends of social
order aud good government viii wish
the organization God-peed in the glorious
Christian work in which IL Il engaged.
We trust that all the visitors who are Ia
attendance upon the session this week,
may find their stay in Augusta a pleas
ant aud y profitable one,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-04-23

Gov. Burleigh has designated May 9th,
a. Arbor Day. and his gracefully worded
proclamation Ia published this moraing.
This beautiful custom of setting aside u
spring day for planting trees and shrub
berry for the adornment of public and
private grounds, places and ways" Ia, as
Gov. Burleigh says, rapidly be
coming national In character. Al
ready twenty-five states and territories
recognize Arbor Day, aud in many it is
observed with much ceremony, espec
tally BY schools aud colleges which &C
company the planting out Of class or
memorial trees with an elaborate and
instructive programme. This ia beau
tiful and poetic idea, the sentiment Of
which has been beautifully expressed
by Gov. Burleigh in his Proclamation, as
contributing to the endearments ofhome,
adding to the great natural beauties Of
our charming State, and doing something
for the good of future generations 1t
has been well said that he who plants a
tree loves others besides himself" Hence
II Is well to implant in the minds of the
young the germ of this principle OF
unseldshness, by teaching them to plant,
care for and love these most beautiful
and noble objects of the Creators handi-
work. Let the school children he taught
IL. 81. \
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-04-23

The people Of Aroostook still continue to
show their appreciation of the great work
which the Journal 10 doing for that county
in making known to the world ifs maRni6-
cent resources. The Journal 10 . live
paper with the interests Of Maine at heart,
and it 10 glad to know from the warm en-
courage ment that 10 given it, that it, push
and enterprise 10 appreciated.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-04-23

The Bath Times has never spoken
nearer the truth than in the following
Just esisicisn On the dsmAEoguss' move
ment known - the farmers alliance
'.in our humble opinion that great organ
ization known - THE fasners' alliance,
are developing charac.eristics that would
seem to indicate the domination Of crafty.
cranky politicians rather than practical,
sensible fzrners."