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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-11-14
pIRCHALL's GOOD HEALTH.


DR.. Rice, the Jail surgeon, visited the
prisoner last night and found him in the
best of health. He is even stouter than
he was at the trial, but his features are,
if anything, paler. II. j. Finkle, his
solicitor, had long interview with Bir-
chall in the afternoon with reference TO
the disposition of his assets. There was
a rumor at midnight that Birchall and
his wife had both committed suicide i'm
medistely after the fual interview. but
inquiry at the jail stamped it all false.
MRS. BrRcHALL's GRIEF.
Mrs. Birchall is completely cast down
as the fatal hour approaches for her hus-
band to suffer the extreme penalty OF
the law. A reporter asked Mrs. Bir-
chall "Now that you know the worst,
would it not be better to leave for Eng
land ? The pain and anxiety will wreck
you physically" She replied my life
is blghted, and the future seems full Of
clouds. But L cannot leave the poor lad
here all alone. Think how much more
he would suffer il he knew had left the
country, left him to die alone. Oh, no,
/ must see the last, and let him feel L
am not far away.
"You must have had q difficult task
providing money for the trial and sub
sequent efforts 2"
Mrs. Birchall's eyes filed with tears.
yes, but what did it matter if could
save him or prove TO him l was doing ell
1 could There is the 81, 500 received
by the poor fellow for this writing, and
my lawyers, Messrs Blackstock and
McMurchy, were so kind and so liberal
they could have taken it all. but re-
fused. l hate money. 1t is the price
of his life"
"What are your intentions as to the
future ?"
"Now that l know tho worst l shall
remain until all is over, and then-well,
/ have affectionate relatives in the old
country and they will look after me.
Her eyes filed with tears and it wns
evident that fearful mental struggle
was going on.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-11-14
RESOLUTIONS oF THAMES.

Mr.. Woolson, from the Committee
on Resolutions, presented the following ::
Resolved That the thanks OF this So
ciety are due the local Committee OF
Arrangements-Messrs. Davis, Raynal,
Archer Brooks, Burgwyn, Delaney,
Miller. Greenwood, Sheriff., and Simp-
kin-for taste and appropriateness In
providing this beautiful assemblage-
hall and in their untiring energy IN pro-
viding for the comfort and pleasure OF
the delegates. .,
Resolved, That We recognize IN ell
tho efforts made by the committee for
our entertainment o certain potential
emanating from the ladies OF Richmond.
ResoIuSd, That we shall leave this city
bearing with Us most happy remem-
brance of the hospitality extended us
everywhere.
Adopted.
Mr.. Herbert Gray Tory, OF New York,
moved that the thanks of the society
be rendered 10 Hon. .. Taylor Ellyson,
Mayor Of the city OF Richmond. for the
noble and full-hearted welcome to
the hospitality rendered by him IN
behalf of the citizens and for the free
dom OF the city so generously glVen.
Our closer acquaintance with our friends
of the South. he said, has not failed to
inpress us with the fact that they have
entered upon an era of manufacturing
prosperity which they richly deserve and
which they are well qualified 10 carry
forward 70 the betterment OF their Own
city. the State, aud the country at large
and which prosperity must be due large
" to the knowledge, skill, and industry
OF the American engineers. Adopted.
GOVERNOR AND WIFE.
Mr.. Holloway submitted the follow
ing: .oo.4 uho
availed himself of the kind invitation OF
his Excellency Phillip Mckinney and
his estimable wife to attend "a reception
civen in honor Of the society IN the his
toric mansion of Virginia 8 governors
will Join in the resolution am aDou'
"Tbat the thanks of the society. and
esneciaily OF the visiting ladies, are here
by rendered his Excellency and his wife,
not only for the opportunity OF making
a most pleasing acquaintance with them
selves "a we'll rs other prominent citi'
yens Init for the opportunity OF inspect
nc mansion so full OF historic memo
ries clustering around the home OF
iong linz Of Governors OF q state that
may proudly call herself the Mother Of
Presidents.
Nrmeror,s other resolutions Of thanks
were aSooted. as follows: To the press,
by Mr. Frank NJ. Henneway the hotel,
~ NJ Ambrose Swasey Mr.. Suther'
,:rJ hv Mr. Il. H. Munford ; the rail
roads, by Professor pns'on Messrs
Burke and Hoen Tor souvenirs
by Mr.. william Adams. OF Vir
D ~ the Tredegar Company, and
s Inn R;.hmond Locomotive Works, by Mr..
Albert Allison, OF pennsylvania; The
Street Railway Company BY Mr.. Andrew
'" su us% resolutions Of thanks were also
Op srsd Mr.. Q. P. L. Burgwyn and Mr.,
lewis ID. Crenshaw.,
Ao ss.s, some purely routine business
the society adjourned 70 meet In june.
'A' - Around the City.
rmmediatoly after the adjournment d
the society ne panheza and thaik hdial
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-11-14
xero taken in yohicles 70 the rredeear

were taken in vehicles 10 the Tredegar
Works, where they were first entertained
by handsome luncheon spread in the
upper story OF one Of the machine-shops.
Full justice having been done to the
refreshments, General Joseph X. Ander-
son stated that he had been asked TO Riye
history OF the Trodegar, but as that
would involve great deal OF egotisrn
he would confne himself to few heads.
He briskly sketched the establishment OF
the works by Mr.. Il. ID. Deane, told how
the name was gotten, and gave some de-
tails Of its developments in gun-msnu-
featuring and marine engine-building DO.
fore the war. His statement that ne had
never had gun to burst upon him. and
his alusion TO the fact that the Tredegar
had built the machinery and engines and
armed the United States war-ships
Roanoke and Colorado, elected loud
applause. He then spoke Of tho
work OF the company in equipping
railroads and of the difficulties that beset
them during the war, which necessitated
the buying OF coal-mine and the estsb-
lishment OF last-furnaces. His alluslon
10 Mr.. John +. Tanner was very touch
ing and he said that OF those who
started in business with him only two
survived Charles Campbell and
M. Edvsrd Wade--of both OF whom he
smoke in most alfectiOpate terms.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1890-02-27
WATERING COWS.
They Should Not Be Allowed to Be Chilled
and SILVER.

If your cows have to go out in the cold to
get water. do not let them stand and shiver
when they get out, nor let the stronger ones
keep the weaker ones away from the water.
Keep them moving while they are out, and
when cow has drank, send her on her way
to the stable, on cold day, and see that the
rest get their drink as soon as may be and
return to the stable. 1t is not so much the
exposure to the cold air, if the cows are kept
exercising, as standing and getting chilled:
A man may sit down in the cold wind and
catch severe cold in a few minutes, when If
he were exercising the exposure might be
good for him. Tend to these points and give
your cows good warm and well ventilated
quarters in the stable, and you need not mind
about giving them warm water to drink
Mirror and Farmer.
This is good advice. No COW can repay
for it's feed and care that is chilled every
time it is let out to drink. The better
way to manage cows in extreme colo
weather is only to let out as many as car
drink at time and Immediately let then
90 back into their stalls after drinking
The weaker animals that are kept away
from the trough by the stronger will get
so chilled they will not take as mucl
water as the system demands.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1890-02-27
FEEDING PIGS.
More Money in Feeding Young than Old
Stock.
from the Mirror and Farmer.

SUOck.
from the Mirror and Farmer.J
1t ought to begin to be pretty well I'M
derstood by readers of agricultural pa
pers that better results and larger profits
are obtained from feeding young animals
than from feeding old ones. 1t also
ought to begin to be well understood
that certain foods and certain combina-
lions of foods produce better results than
others. Professor Sanborn, in feeding
pigs for growth, found that he got the
most weight of meat from a mixture OF
SKINNED milk and middlings, and that
the profit diminished rapidly after the
hog reached 225 pounds weight. Profess
sor Henry, from 113 pounds of sweet
SKINNED milk and 339 pounds of corn
meal, got 100 pounds of live weight. He
estimated the cost at 50 per 100 pounds.
By feeding meal for a period OF twenty
weeks, Professor Miles of the Michigan
Agricultural College secured 1874 pounds
per bushel. Sir John B. Laws, of Eng
land, secured II pounds per bushel. The
Wisconsin Experiment Station in eX-
periments got 10 and Is pounds to the
bushel respectively. The Iowa Station
in 2 instances secured 1926 pounds and
ID pounds per bushel. Professor San
born. in a series of "a experiments with
corn meal, made a fraction over II
pounds to the bushel. He also by mixed
foods, bran, cottonseed meal, clear cob
meal, etc., secured IA pounds of gain
for IS pounds of food consumed, and
could do better than this in farm prac-
tice. Taking into consideration the ex-
pense of grinding, experiments do not
show that meal is superior to whole
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1890-02-27
Notes.

Study to make manure-keep such a
class of farm animals as will best con-
vert all coarse fodder with the least
amount of grain into manure. Would 1t
not be more profitable to feed out that
hav. stalk or straw stack than to sell 1t. IN
computing the value of barn yard man
ure few take into consideration the hui
man matter which most farms need rs
badly as the chemical ingredients Rural
and Poultry World.
Though the best farm or creamery
chulning leaves Il notable proportion OF
butter-from one to four per cent-ir
the buttermilk, yet the butter, wher
ready for market, exceeds the tota
weight of the fat in the churned cream
BY from five to fifteen per cent. Ihl'
extra weight indicates the amount o
w tt, gaseous matter and salt IN th'
/ b tier nut often the butter weigl
less after it is sailed than before, tin
llt drawing the butter and the working
cxpelling i;.-Dr. IIoskins in Vernon
Chronicle.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1890-02-27
Room for Improvement.

Denmark has for the past twenty-five years
spent annually in the maintenance of dairy
schools $4,000. As a result of this training
of the dairy maids the butter of the country
has improved in quality so greatly within
twenty years that Denmark's exports OF butter
have increased from 1000 to $4,000 900
per year.-Rural and Poultry World.
How much has our government with
it's boosted prosperity done for such an
enterprise. How many of our farmers
have taken pains even to attend oul
dairymen's meeting. Every state should
have dairy schools with competent in
structors. We are very thankful FOL
what the state has done, i. e., established
a board of agriculture, experiment sta
ton and given to the State Dairymen'
Association $1,000 per year, but we wan
schools. VIII the dairymen think Thu
matter over in connection with who shall
represent them in the legislation Thu
| fall
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1890-02-27

our improved implements we have inn
proved the quality of the product very
much. In fact the quality of the sugar
has improved very much faster than the
public taste has been educated. Some
of the best sugar ever made in Vermont
was condemned in market as being
adulterated. Once the same test of the
genuine article was the presence OF
cinders and ashes. The makers of
maple sugar have as formidable an
enemy to contend with as have the
butter makers. What "oliomargarine
and bogus butter" is to the dairy farmer
so is squire Vermont maple syrup
manufactured in Chicago to the sugar
maker Although the latter does some
good in taking the poorest of our make
at very low price. The blacklist,
vilest stuff that is made is worth as much
as any for their use, viz, about five
cents per pound.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1890-02-27
miscellaneous.
CLEARLY SHOWN.
How you can have Vigorous Nervous
system.
The Marvellous Success of Paine's Celery
Compound is shown with Living Exau,-
pies, and IL is Proven to be Natures
True Health Restorative.

The most skeptical should be convinced
by the following brief extracts from letters
recently received by us, that Paines Celery
Compound is an unfailing means of cure in
all diseases which are caused by weakened
nerves.
"For some months before using Paine's
Celery Compound, 1 was afflicted with in
somnia and more or less vertigo-all
brought on by overwork and protracted
anxiety.
"Since using the Compound feel much
better, sleep soundly, and my head troubles
me less. Ihave not, meanwhile, intermitted
or materially slackened my work.
"For the benefit have gained from your
preparation l am grateful to God and
thankful to you" L. B. w. SHRYocK,
Pastor of Presbyterian Church, Reynolds
vile, Pa.
Three months after writing the above
Rev. Mr.. Shryock said: "The symptoms
for which used Paine's Celery Compound
have not returned, although have had no
leisure or vacation from work"
"For long time I was so nervous and
worn out that l could not work. / tried
many medicines, but none gave me relief
until | used Paine's Celery Compound,
which at once strengthened and invigorated
my nerves. Many of my friends have used
it at my recommendation, and they all
agree with me in pronouncing it the best
nerve tonic ever discovered"
HARLEY SHERMAN, Burlington, VT.
Facts like these are the best reason why
you should not despair of cure. What
the Compound has done for others it will
| do for you.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1890-02-27

The real hard work in sugar making
is the gathering of the sap. Years ago
the old-fashioned neck yoke and six
gallon pals were about the only utensils
for transporting the sap from the tree to
the boiling place. Now gathering tub
holding about three barrels on wood
shod sled drawn by a strong team is
found in nearly every large bush. Still
better than this in some localities is a
line of cave spouts, starting from tub
on an elevation and conveying the sap
from that locality to the main reservoir
in the sugar house. In some orchards
the above way is the easiest. One far
mer in the state has over two miles OF
spouting. Never handle the sap with
pals any more than you can possibly
help. If you draw on sled have some
arrangement where yon can draw so you
can spout it into the reservoir and run
from there into the heater or evaporatol
through a regulator. For spouts l an
inclined to favor tin one made slight!
tapering. This will only reach the bari
in the smallest possible place and no
interrupt the flow of sap. This kim
has only lately been introduced but
looks feasible.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1890-02-27

The market for our sugar is unlimited.
From California to Florida it is yearly
shipped and the demand increases. We
We want to make an article that will
seem to strengthen our reputation IN
other states and also guarantee it as
being perfectly pure. The fact that
the public taste and opinion is not educa-
ted to believe that our whitest is not
adulterated is one reason why the de-
mand is not greater. | think that
sugar exchange similar to the one at
Brattleboro located in every county
would be of much value to the farmers
of Vermont.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1890-02-27
THE VERMONT FARM.
TIMELY POINTS ON THE MAPLE
SUGAR INDUSTRY.

1t Should Not BE Neglected-How Profit
able 1t May Be to the State-Implements
and Methods-The Best None Too Good
Farm Points.
This department Is conducted by member Of
the state board of agriculture, Address all
communications to the agricultural Editor
/ Times, Fellows Falls, VII
The farmer who comes nearest produc-
ing what is needed for consumption on the
farm is the most independent. Too many
are specialists, and leave many other in
dustries which might with little care
and forethought be made profitable. The
production of maple sugar is one OF
these much neglected sources of income,
and one which might be increased in our
own state at least fourfOld. Vermont
now stands at the head of any state in
the nation in the number of pounds pro-
duced, viz, about 15,000,0O0. We clip
the following from the Hon. William
Chapin's paper on "Forestry and Maple
Sugar." read before an agricultural meet
ing last winter: ="
The 50 ,522 farms in the state made an aver
equivalent in syrup (there is more being
made each year,. That is about the usual
product of 100 trees. Now these same farms
average in size 1877 acres, of which AZ acres
are wood land. 1 think it perfectly safe to
assume that these farms will average 500
naples each, fit to tap. If we tapped that
number we might make at least 1850, 900
pounds and have 50,0O0,00O pounds to sell
after giving every man, woman, and child "a
pounds each for his or her individual use.
Five million dollars scattered among the
farmers of Vermont at that critical time in
April just between ebay and grass" when
everybody needs little ready money would
give to the average farmer 40 dollars to start
out with on his summer campaign. My
brother farmers, let us reach forth to the
grand old maple woods and get as much as
we can of this increased income. There is
hard work in it, but it is pleasant and profit
able work and it comes at time of the year
when we can do but little else.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1890-02-27
A Good Home Waiting for the Right
Woman

wanted Immediately, general helper anu
companion for two elderly ladies, an Intelligent
csnahle American woman of good education, not
70 ,-n,,rg who in return for the privileges of n
good home. light work. kind treatment and other
Valuable considerations, would expect TO put her
heart into her work. Address, giving anu Assn
re E. F. HELPER,
a, Westminster Depot, VT.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1890-02-27

Sugar making, like any other industry,
needs forethought and calculation. Every
thing should be in readiness and that
should have been done at least as long
ago as last fall. One of the best sugar
makers on the Green Mountains has
made it practice for over twenty years
to fill the shed that shelters his sugar
with wood the first thing after the sugar
season has ended. This is the first thing
to be considered, dry wood. No person
can work to any advantage without it..
1 care not how nice and perfect an
arrangement you may have for boiling,
you work at a decided disadvantage
without proper fuel. The wood shed
should be large and if situated near the
house serves as catch-all for all the
old odds and ends that accumulate in
the course of year. Every fence that
is built over or barn repaired adds Won
derfully to the wood pile, and any partly
decayed wood well dried makes good
fuel for the sugar arch. There seems to
vbe diversity of opinion as to which are
best. wood or tin buckets. While the
majority of our best sugar makers prefer
tin, just as successful manufacturers
prefer wood. The only objection to tin
buckets is that the bright sun shining
on them sours the sap. This might very
easily be remedied by painting them out,
side and in. They are certainly much
easier to transport and handle and in the
opinion of the writer will soon come
into general use. Tap with bit from
3-S to 5-S inch in diameter, boring from
ID To ID inches into the tree.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1890-02-27
New England City
TO THE FRONT!

The stock of the New England Co.,
(Ex-Gov. Farnham, President is now
ready for subscribers.
New England City is located on the
Alabama Great Southern r. R., 35 miles
northeast of Fort Payne and Is miles
southwest of Chattanooga.
This Company has purchased 10000
acres of mineral lands and 1900 acres of
town site. The quality and abundance
of the Coal, Fire Clay, Limestone,
Kaolin and Iron Ore insure great sue
cess to this enterprise.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1890-02-27

Neatness and dispatch should be the
watchword. The sooner the sap IS con
verted into sugar the better will be the
nroduct. The '.nitre' or ''milate OF
lime, is one of the drawbacks in making
n nice article. 1t forms in the sugar
when it comes to a consistency OF about
II pounds to the gallon. This is taken
out either by settling or by strainine
through flannel. The most perfect
maple taste is retained by never letting
the sap stop boiling from the time il
commences until it is finished. Will
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1890-02-27

The implements for the manufacture
of this article have been greatly I'M
proved in the last generation. The old
potash kettle hung across stump and
surrounded by hinge logs was the best
in its day but now the pans made OF
Russia iron with tin heater, or the later
eyaporator. have crowded the other out
of place, and like every other industry
this has kept abreast of the times with
improved machinery.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1890-02-27
Country N erChants,

Butchers, Peddlers, Produce Deal
ers, Tinmen, Marketmen and trad
ers generally will often find the
collecting of Calf Skins profitable
addition to their other business.
I desire to arrange with some
good man or firm in every village
in the United States and Canadas
to take in and ship to me the Calf
Skins taken off in their vicinity.
Cash furnished on satisfactory
guaranty. For particulars address,
mentioning this paper,
CARROLL S. PAGE,
Hyde Park, Vt.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-11-06
Oceans UndertOw.

Freuuenters of the seashore learn to
speak of the "undertow," says Dufleld
Osborne in ScribneT, as though it we're
some mysterious force working from
the recesses of a treacherous ocean to
draw unwary bathers to their doom. As
matter of fact, its presence is obvi-
ously natural and the explanation is
more than simple. AS each wave rolls
in and breaks upon the beach the vol
ume of water which it carries does not
remain there and sink into the sand; it
flows back again, and, as the succeed
ing waves breaks over it, the receding
one forms an undercurrent flowing out.
ward of strength proportionate to the
body of water contained in each
breaker, and, again, proportionate in a
great measure to the depth of the ditch.
Where this latter is an appreciable
depression, it can be readily seen that
the water of receding waves will flow
into it with similar effect to that of
water going over fall, and that per-
son standing near is very likely to be
drawn over with it, and thus, if the
ditch is deep enough, carried out Of his
depth. That is all there is to the much
talked-of "undertow" and the numerous
accidents laid to it's account.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-11-06
Clean Your Chimnexs.

This is the time of the year when an
increased number of fires in small pri.
vate houses is to be looked for. The
cause is the restarting of fires for the
winter. Many families use gasoline
stoves all through the summer, and dur
ing October resume coal fires. I'm
fortunately, they often omit the formula
of getting the chimney swept, and this
omission is the cause of several fires,
especially when there is joist in or
close to the fue, which is too often the
case. No one should let chimney 90
on year after year without being swept.
If it smokes and refuses to draw until
the remedy is forthcoming no great
harm is done, but much too frequently
a fire is caused. 1t doesn't cost much
to have chimney cleaned, and brick
or weight tied to rope and worked up
and down the fue removes the SCOT in
fairly e0ectual manner.