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Mower County transcript., 1890-08-06
FsllinR up HaIl Holes.

The following method Of filing up
aail holes in wood is. not only simple,
but said to be effectuaL Take fine saw
just and mix into thick paste with
glue, pound it into the hole, and when
dry it viii make the wood as good as
new. Frank Christian, Jr., in Stove
and Hardware. says he has followed
this plan for thirty years with unvary-
ing success in repairing bellows, which
Is the most severe test known Often
by frequent attachment OF new leather
to old bellows frames, the wood be-
comes 80 perforated that there is no
space to drive the nails, and even If
there was. the remaining holes would
allow the air to escape. Glue and saw
dust paste do the work while lead.
putty and other remedies often fail
Mower County transcript., 1890-08-06
a d uch lsettor pian,

Edith-l'm very fond Of bathing. but
It's . nuisance % have to dry ones hair
when one comes ont OF the water.
Little Laura--dy sister Alaude never
gets her bair wet when she bathes
She leaves nearly al Of It ii her dress.
inR-1oom. est shore.
Mower County transcript., 1890-08-06
Now .nd Elerant rrain service.

New and Elegant Train Service.
The train service on the New York Gen.
trail is being constantly improved. Never
before in the history Of the Company were
there so many fine trains being run on this
line, and the business is steadily increasing
Last year, the Company carried over Is, GOO,
900 passengers, and it is expected this year
the number will be considerably larger.
Mower County transcript., 1890-08-06
Though Totally DESTROYED

1"O0BH 1Oe1ay OesE1OyOU
BY dyspepsia, bodily comfort may be re.
yivcd again by the potent aid Of Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, which renews the proc
esses of digestion and assimilation, thus
furnishing the system with the elements Of
vigor, the groundwork of functional regu-
larity: Fever and ague, constipation, liver
and kidney troubles, rheumatism, are over
come by this superb regulator, tonic and
appetizer.
Mower County transcript., 1890-08-06
Two Qneer Proverbs.

TomdfxHonor among thieves is q
queer kind Of : proverb, isn't it?
McC cClammy-Yes, It always reminds
me OF another.
..What is that?'
~ True as steal. - Chicago Intar-
Ocean.
Mower County transcript., 1890-08-06

IT is easy, says Galen Wilson, to pre-
yent cabbage worms from injuriDg the
plants Just keep the crowns filled
u5tl, soil The earth does no harm to
thecsbbages, Is the heads groT up from
tho bottom and throw of the earth
Mower County transcript., 1890-08-06

THERE has never been anything discovered
that will equal Dobbins' Electric Soap for
Ill household uses 1t makes paint look like
new, and clothes as ,phi as sn0tp. Our wash
woman says it is pleasure to use it. Ask
your grocer for it
Mower County transcript., 1890-08-06

The lazy bootblack does not improve each
shining hour. He should take lesson from
Howdoth, the ittie busy BEEN. q. Plea,
Vune,
Mower County transcript., 1890-08-06

RED, angry eruptions yield to the actor
of Glenn's Sui hur Soap.
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, 50 cents.
Mower County transcript., 1890-08-06

TnE difference between the martyr Of old
and tho martyr Of today Is that one was
burned at the stake and tho other has his
aleuk burned for hin.-AtchisOn Globe.
Mower County transcript., 1890-08-06

A PRIVATE wedding and a ''pat hand" are
somewhat alike; 1t Is mo cards" In both
Mower County transcript., 1890-08-06

II the tobacco habit could be cured like
bacon Sy .%Ga9s nS~ i woa'0 %
Mower County transcript., 1890-08-06
Gratifying to All.

The high position attained and the univer-
sal acceptance and approval of the pleasant
liquid fruit remedy Syrup of Figs as the
most excellentlaxativek known, illustrate the
value Of the qualities on which its success
is based and are abundantly gratifying to
the California Fig Syrup Company.
Mower County transcript., 1890-08-06

Do NOT suffer from sick headache mo-
ment longer. 1t is notnecessary. Carter's
Little Liver Pills will cure you. Dose, one lit
tie pill. Small price. Small dose. Small pill.
Mower County transcript., 1890-08-06

'sHow DO you feel nowi" asked the sledge
hammer. s!Au broken up" replied the
scrap-iron. .t So L.
Mower County transcript., 1890-08-06

B1LIousNEss, dizziness, nausea, headache,
are relieved by small doses OF Carters Lit
tie Liver Pills 50
Mower County transcript., 1890-08-06

IT seems quite natural that tho threads Of
conversation should sometimes produce
long gyarn.-Blnghampto Republican.
Mower County transcript., 1890-08-06

A TENNIS sult is not very loud, but q
racket nearly always goes with it.-Wash.
ipgt6n Star .-sas.e-t %. .,-..- =.
Mower County transcript., 1890-08-06

HAVE YOU seen the Rams Hornl # not
write to E. P. BROWN, 661h North Penn. st.,
indianapolis, Ind.
Mower County transcript., 1890-08-06

HONESTY Is the best policy, but, all the
same, it isn't safe to give many people
fair chance to steal.-Somerviue Journal
Mower County transcript., 1890-08-06

'sTm match is on," remarked Squillkin,
as the newly-marricd pair started on their
Mower County transcript., 1890-08-06

WOULDN'T tho detectives achieve better
results II they were shod with "hunting
bootsl'-Shoe and Leather Reporter.
Mower County transcript., 1890-08-06

THE flower of tho family is usually born
10 blush unseen except to the young man
Mower County transcript., 1890-08-06
HORTICULTURAL NOTES,

AvoD large, overgrown or stunted
apple trees, which have short roots mu-
tilated by digging.
THE Fameuse, in its best estate, is the
finest eating apple in the world. 1t is
tender, fne-grained, ne-favored and
juicy.
They say you can kill burdocks ef-
fectually by cutting off the crown ),
the plant and putting on large spoon
full of salt. s.~ ~,,
. SEVERAL onion-growers are bearing
testimony to the value Of sod ground
for this vegetable. This is somewhat
in opposition to previous ideas in onion
culture.
THOSE lands which in Continental
Europe are devoted to the grape and
produce the best and most costly wines
are remarkable for the great amount of
phosphoric acid they contain. The soil
of the renowned Clos Vogeot vineyard
in France contains four per cent.
Mr. C. W. GARFIELD, of Grand Rap
ids, says Michigan Farmer, cuts four
hundred dozen lunches Of asparagus
from an acre of land. To that acre are
applied thirty-two tons of stable ma
nure each autumn, and eight tons OF
refuse salt from leather tannery every
spring.
The Country Gentleman says the
Lawrence, late autumn and early win
ter pear, of fine quality, but not equal
to the best, is only partially melting;
but it has the good quality of never be-
coming scabby. is always fair, and the
tree holds its foliage late in autumn un-
til the fruit is well matured. 1t is a
good market variety.
PRoF. FERNALD reports that an ant
hill near house, which was doing much
damage to the lawn, was exterminated
by making holes in the hill fifteen
inches apart with a small stick and
pouring two or three teaspoonfuls of BIZ
sulphate of carbon into each hole, after
which the holes were closed up and the
earth pressed down by stepping ON it.
Mower County transcript., 1890-08-06

Tue paragrapher that was hanged said to
tbs crowd around the gallows: "Thie life 10
but a hemp tie show."-N. Y. Graphic.
Mower County transcript., 1890-08-06

E. B. WALrHALL & Co, Druggists, Horse
Cave, KY, say: "Halls Catarrh Cure cures
every one that takes it." BY Druggists, 75c
Mower County transcript., 1890-08-06

BRONCHITIS is cured by frequent small
doses Of Piso,s Cure for Consumption.
Mower County transcript., 1890-08-06

TIE only reliable ground hog z the com
mon domestic pork sausage.-N. Z. Herald
Mower County transcript., 1890-08-06

Use for Broken TrowelS and Wseders.
Knock out the old riveta Then level
of the lower end of small broom han
die and rivet securely to plate as shown
in illustration. This makes a very USE
full implement for digging out plants
from the center of cold-frames, hot
beds, ETC., also for lifting plants any
where in the flower garden. Could
have but one trowel would prefer the
above to one with short handle. 1t
Mower County transcript., 1890-08-06

Try BILE BEAI0 01IALI" go little
beans In each bottls,. Very SMALL
easy to take. Price Of either si3e, 25e.
IU BuY OF YOUR DRUaaIS1.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-05-15
WHAT TO DO WITH THE GIRLS

The New York World recently
offered a prize for the best short
answer to the question, What shall
we do with our girls ?" and Mrs.
Wilcox won it Here is the essential
part of the successful answer:
The foundation of society rests on
its homes. The success of our homes
rests on the wives. Therefore, first
of all, teach our girls how to be sue
cessful wives. Begin in their infancy
to develop their characters. Teach
them that jealousy is an immortality
and gossip a vice. Train them to
keep the smallest promise as sacredly
as an oath, and to speak of people
only as they would speak to them.
Teach them to look for the best
quality in every one they meet, and
tonoticc other peoples faults only to
avoid them. Train them to do small
things well and to delight in helping
others, and instill constantly into
their minds the necessity for sacrifice
for others pleasure as a means of
soul development. Once given a
firm foundation of character like this,
which the poorest as well as the
richest parents can give to their girls,
and no matter what necessity arises
they will be able to rise above it.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-05-15
DOCS AND SHEEP.

When sheep is killed the carcass
=5s removed Then with a cord of
Suitable length | drag around the
outskirts of the pasture piece of the
! flesh Tor any meat or bone or bacon
srind-if cooked all the bettcr,) drop
ping at intervals mOrsel charged
with poison. a dog entering the en-
closure strikes the trail of the meat
and following it up soon finds his
doom in the morsels laid for the pur-
pose. This poisoning is kept up ev-
cry night as long as Il dog enters the
pasturetO consume the meat.
If the neighbOrs understand that
one commands his premises absolute
ly, and proposes to protect his prop
erty against damage from any and
every quarter they will not only re-
spcct but applaud his manhood.
Communications bemOaning the
dog nuisance. clamoring for q useless
dog tax, etc, frequently appear in
the papers. For my part | wish the
dcfcnces against the tape worm, and
the several species of strongylus were
half rs simple and as easy to provide
as those against dogs; for it is the
parasites named that give rise to
about all the anxiety that | feel i'll
regard to my flock New England
Farmer
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-05-15
SUNSHINY HUSBANDS.

We read so much about the oblioa-
ton laid upon the wife to be a per
petuaI sunbeam in the house, that a
word to husbands on this topic may
not be amiss. \ cheerful atmosphere
is important to happy home life. 1t
is hard for children to be good when
they are exposed to an incessanr hail
storm of fault-hnding from their par
ents. 1t is very difficult for wife
to maintain a calm and charningly
sweet demeanor when her husband
is critical or sulIen, and takes all her
tender efforts with Indifferent appre-
citation. | know full well the air of
polite amaZement and am1able
credulity with which men receive the
statement of a woman's opinion that
III the home partnership the wife,
and not the husband, pulls the labor
ing oar. Still it is true that, let
mans business be ever so engrOSslng,
ever so wearisome, ever SO labOrious,
the mere fact he goes to it in the
morning and returns from it at night
sets him above his wife in ease and
comfort. For him slavery Of routine
has its breaks. He gets a breath of
the world outside; he has change
of scene daily, he sees people and
hears them talk and his home is dis
tinctly his refuge and shelter. Let a
wife and mother love her home and
her children with the most absolute,
answering devotion, and serve them
with the most unsclfsh fidelity, there
are nevertheless times when she is
very weary.
She knows better than any one else
the steps and the stitches, the same
things done over and over, and the
pettiness of trials that come to nurs-
cry and kitchen. They are so insig-
rificant that she is ashamed to talk
about them, and fear she sometimes
forgets to tell her Saviour how hard
they press her, and so, bearing her
cross all alone, its weight becomes
crushing. y sunshiny husband
makes merry, beautiful home
worth having, worth working in and
for If the man is breezy, CHEEKY,
considcrate, and sympathetic, his
wife sings in her heart over the pud
dings and mcnding-basket, and
counts the hours till he returns at
night, and renews her youth i'll the
security she feels of his appreciation
and admiration. You may think it
weak or childish, if you please, but it
is the admired wife-the wife who
hears words of praise and who re-
ceives smiles of commenda tiOn-who
is capable, discreet, and executive. |
have seen a timid, meek, self-distrust-
full little body fairly bloom into strong
seIf-reliant womanhood under the
tonic and the cordial companionship
with husband who really went out
of his way to find occasion for show
ing her how full he trusted the judg-
ment, and how tenderly lie deferred
to her opinion. In home there should
be no jar, no striving for place, no in
sisting on prcrOgatives, or division
of interest. The husband and wife
are each the compliment of the other;
and it is as much his duty to be cheer
full as it is hers to be patient; his right
to bring JOY into the door, as it is
hers to sweep and garnish the pleas
ant interior A family where the
daily walk of the father makes life
festival is filled with heavenly bene-
dictiOn.- The Leader.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-05-15
.Obe Californian.
cows AND cows.

We have for years, says Hoard's
Dairyman, kept steadily at work
striving to brace up the conviction
and Judgment of dairy farmers as to
fthe necessity of more intelligent
breeding of dairy COWS Nearly all
the dairy farmers in the United
Estates, taken as class. have paid
but little attention to the matter
#They have depended on haphazard
breeding for their COWS. A large pro-
portion buy their COWS.
These COWS have been bred by men
who have no definite idea of how a
good dairy cow should be produced,
and so from one end of the country
to the other exists mixed up state
s of ideas and results. 1t is all luck
with nine out of ten of the cow
Farmers if they get a good COW. The
good ones are simply sports. We
would never have had the American
trotting horse if the horsemen had
had such foolish notions of breeding
We would never have had the fox
ahound with his wonderful power of
scent for our four-foOted animals,
slor the pointer or setter dog with
4lis wonderful ability to scent out the
track of bird, if the dog breeders
sllad acted in violation of all true
principles of breeding as the COW pro-
ducers have. Mongrel notions of
breeding produce nothing but low
grade of mongrel dogs and mOngrel
COWS.
The dairy farmers must wake up
to the understanding that right i'll
i ne field Is a mighty profitable chance
o use their brains to their own bet
terprofit; here is chance to spend
Ia little money at a big prOfit-going
around for week, visiting various
herds of thoroughbred dairy cattle
Talk with the breeders; get their
ideas of the true principles of dairy
breeding. You will find they will
differ as to breeds, but if they know
their business they will agree on the
general principles of dairy breeding
Note well how they stable, handle
and feed their cattle. In a word, we
must stir around and put ourselves
jim contact with fresh ideas where we
kan see how they are worked out.
Eighty per cent of the loss of profit
In Keeping COWS comes from Il lack of
bow knowledge Nine-tcnths of us
hire terribly afraid of spending a lit
| tie money to know the truth, and
yet we know that only "the truth
Gan make us free" of the slavery that
: imposed by false ideas. False ideas
always brings false practice, and
here can be no profit in the practice
ri error
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-05-15
Presentation of Account.
LYMAN B. ATWOOD,S ESTATE.

LYMAN b. ATWOODS ESTATE.
STATE OF VERMONT. Caledonia District IS.
In Probate Court, held a the Probate Office
in St Johnsbury, in said District, on the 18th
day of May, A ID. 1890.
Henry {. Ide, Administrator with will
annexed upon the estate of Lyman B. At
wood, late of st. Johnsbury in said district
deceased, presents his administration &C
count for examination and allowance, and
makes application for decree of distribution
and partition of the estate of said dcceased
Whcreupon, it is ordered by said Court that
said account and said application be referred
to a session thereof to be held a t the Probate
Office i'll st. JohnSbury, on the 9th day OF
May, a. ID. 1890, for hearing and decision
thereon: And it is further ordered that notice
hereof be given to all persons interested, by
publication of the same three weeks success
sively in the Ca1edonian, newspaper pub
lished at st. Johnsbury, previous to said time
appointed for hearing, that they may appear
at said time and place, and show cause if any
hey may have why said account should not
he allowed and such decree made.
BY the Court, Attest:
WALTER p. SMITH. Judge.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-05-15
FENCE POSTS THAT WILL LAST.

y writer in an exchange says: q
discovered many years ago that
wood could be made to last longer
than iron in the ground, but thought
the process SO simple that it was not
we'll to make a stir about it. |
would as soon have poplar, bass
wood or ash as any other kind of
timber for fence posts l have taken
out Eastwood posts after having
sound as when first put into the
ground Time and weather seemed
to have no effect on them. The posts
can be prepared for less than two
cents apiece. This is the recipe !:
Take boiled linsecd oil and stir in
pulverizcd coal to the consistency of
paint Put coat of this over the
timber, and there is not a man that
will live to see 1T rot
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-05-15
MACADAMIZED ROADS.

RoadwavS with the macadam top
and with or without the TelfOrd base
NAV be constructed from a common
dirt road The method for such
work IS described in a recent article
in the Philadelphia Record. a vari-
ETY. of macadam roads are now I'M
der way i'll the vicinity of Philadel-
phia. and this article evidently treats
the matter from a practical point of
view
lin building macadamized road
from a common dirt road 1t is essen
tial that the surface should he scraped
or eXcavatcd III order to give Il good
foundation for the layer of broken
stone The earth is then thorough
" rolled, III order to compact 1t and
prevent the broken stone from sink
ing into the soft earth If the Tel
ford foundation is used the stones,
which are from six to eight inches III
size, are set in position on the rolled
earth and covered with a Six-inch
layer of macadam metal. broken SO
as to pass through a two and one
half inch ring. This Is then rolled
with a steam roller, the pattern com
monty used being 15-ton machine,
costing $1,000, though 20-ton and
3O-ton machines are in use.
When it Is found that the metal
will not Yield to the roller the bed IS
ready for another layer OF stone.
which should be SIX inches deep in the
center, sloping to the sides, and
again compactly rolled. a top dress
ing of fine broken stone. usually the
screenings from a crusher, and not
exceeding three-quarters of an inch in
largest dimensions, Is spread over
the road to a depth of two inches
A steam roller will compact these
screenings TO a smooth surface and
the road Is ready for travel. The
rOllingis facilitated and greater COM
pactness secured if the stone is thor
oughly sprinkled. Unless q great
volume of traffic is to pass over the
road 1t IS not necessary to have the
metal foot thick, a depth of eight
inches being sufficient for ordinary
travel
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-05-15
Probate of Will.
larry A. GILSON'S ESTATE

STATE OF VERMONT, Caledonia District, IS.
In Probate Court held at the Probate Office
in St Johnsbury, within and for said district,
on the st day of May, y. D., 1890.
An Instrument purporting to be the last
Will and Testament of Mary A. Gibson
late of Barnet, in said district, deceased,
being presented to Court by Catharine Gil
son, the executriX therein named, for Pro-
bate.
1t is ordered by said Court that all persons
concerned therein be notified to appear at a
session of said Court, to be held at the Pro
bate Office in St. Johnsbury on the Gath day
of MAYA ID. 1890, and show cause if any
they may have, against the Probate of
said Will; for which purpose it is further or
dered that a copy of the record of this order
be published three weeks successfully in the
Caledonian printed at St Johnsbury previ-
Gus to said time appointed for hearing.
BY the Court, Attest,
WALTER =. SMITH, Judge.
true copy of Record, Attest,
WALTER p SMITH Judge.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-05-15
From the Indicator, Detroit, Mich, Feb. 90. ]
THE NATIONAL LIFE.

The National Life Insurance Company of
Vermont has been making rapid progress of
late years, but that made in 1889 far out
strips any previous results. AT the close of
the years business the gross assets amount
ed to So, 971 SOC, gain of over $500, 900
for the year. and the surplus increased during
the same time to 1921 500 a four per cent
basis. The total amount of business
written during the year was 4,744 policies,
insuring 81 ,743, 9SS, which was the largest
business ever written by this company in
single year. On the 31st of December there
were S. S24 policies in force, insuring $685.
767, 81, increase of 1, 974 policies and
$6,455, 23S insurance over the previous year.
The income for premiums 81 ,495 ,O69,
and for interest and rents $2S6, COG, a total
of 81, 7S1 CTS, and the total disbursements
amounted to 81 ,O75 ,S72, of which 5000 166
paid to po1icy-holders. Since its organi
cation the National has received for interest
So, 1876, POI and has paid for death claims
and endowments So, 227 ,229, fact which
speaks well for the character of its invest
ments. The total amount paid policy-hold-
since organiza ton is $780, 13.
And so this company continues to push to
the front each year and to become financially
stronger year by year. AT the time it
is offering the insuring public of the very
raj in its conditions and giving holders its
many options, it affords both protection and
investment to degree not often met with.
There is no better company in existence to
insure in or to work for.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-05-15
FULLPAID CAPITAL, CAPITAL AUTHORIZED,
$1,000, 100000. $4,000, 100000.
NORTHWESTERN
Guaranty Loan Company
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
L. +. MENACE, President.
VICE PRESIDENTS,
THOMAS LOWRY, A. ]. DEAN,
w. S. STREETER.
T. / PERCINAL. Sec'Y. A. o. RIDER. Treas.

W. S. STREETER.
F. J. PERCIVAL, Sec'y. A. o. RIDER, Treas.
DIRECTORS.
Thos Lowry, Pres. Minneapolis st. R'y Co
w. ID. WaShburn, Pres. NJ. 5. Ste Nj. * A
R'y Co.
John s. PillSbury, ChaS. a. Pillsbury x Co.
E. w Herrick of Herrick Brothers
A. J. Dean, former Cashier Security Bank
Loren Fletcher of L. Fletcher * Company.
Clinton Morrison, Pres. Farmers & Mechan-
les Savings Bank.
Geo a. Pillsbury of Chas. A. Pillsbury & Co.
c. H Petit of Petit. Christian & Co.
Joseph Dean of Security Bank.
H. E. Fletcher, Treas. Minneapolis & Pacific
Railway Company.
VIM. H. Eustis, Treas. North American Tele
graph Company.
Philip H. Neher of Neher s. Carpenter, Troy,
New York.
L. F. Menage, President of Company.
William s. Streeter.
Conservative investments for sale, includ-
ing per cent year bonds in denominations
$50. 500, $500, $1,000 and $4,000. Short
time collateral paper and First Mortgages
city property and Improved Farms. A
New Feature, our instalment bonds. Please
send to Company for circular or apply to
local banks.
Branches 10 Broadway, New York,
Drexel Building. Philadelphia. Suffolk Trust
Co, Boston, Industrial Trust Co, Provi-
dence, X. l., c. c. Chapman, Banker, Port
land, Me.