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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-17
warmth for the Arrd.

Warmth is very important for the aged,
and exposure to chills should be scrupulous
ly avoided. Bronchitis is the malady most
to be feared, and its attacks are very east
ly provoked. Many old people suffer from
more or less cough during the winter and
this symptom may recur year after year
and be almost UNDECIDED At last, perhaps
few minutes exposure to a cold wind in
creases the irritation in the lungs, the
cough becomes worse, and the difficulty Of
breathing increases until suffocation termi-
mates in death. To obviate such risk the
skin should be carefully protected by warm
flannel clothes, the outdoor Thermometer
noticed, and winter garments should al
ways be at hand. In cold weather the
lungs should be protected by breathing
through the nose as much as possible and
by wearing a light wooden or silk muller
over the mouth. The temperature of the
sittingroom and bedrooms is another point
which requires attention. Some old PEG
pie pride themselves on never requiring a
fire in their bedrooms. IL is, however, a
risky practice to exchange a temperature
of So or 20 for one - or 20 lower As
general rule, for persons of 6j years of
age and upward, the temperature of the
bed room should not be below 80 , and
when there are symptoms of bronchitis it
should be raised to 10 higher Careful
cleansing of the skin is the last point which
needs to be mentioned here Attention 70
cleanliness is decidedly conducive TO lon
gevity, and we may congratulate ourselves
on the general improvement in our habits
in this respect. Frequent washing with
warm water is very advantageous for old
people, in whom the skin is apt to become
hard and dry; and the benefit will be in
creased if the ablutions be succeeded by
friction with coarse flannel or linen gloves
or with fiesh-brush. Every part of the
skin should thus be washed and rubbed
daily. The friction removes worn out par
ticles of skin, and the exercise promotes
warmth and excites perspiration Too
much attention can hardly be paid to the
state of the skin; the comfort of the aged
is greatly dependent upon the proper dis
charge of its functions York Tribune.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-17
AGRICULTURAL.
BUTTER YIELDS
Vermont Leads all the States in the
Average Product per Cow.

Hoard's Dairyman, Wisconsin, says.
Prof. w w. Cook is credited with say
ing that in Vermont the average Weld per
COW is only 1870 pounds of butter per an
num- while there are 20 diaries in the state
that average over 300 pounds per COW.
The average yield in the state is very low
but progress is indicated by the fact that il
contains the 30 herds averaging 300 pounds
len years ago there were not as many 300
pound herds in the whole country, and
men used to travel long distances to see
such herd. Ten years hence they will be
still more numerous. Such herds are now
found IN every dairy state 1t is not DOS
sible Tor all dairymen TO have them as vet,
but are they not possible for every one in
the not very distant future The use of
blooded bulls from noted butter families,
and careful breeding and selection from
the best cows are the sources of such herds
improvements may be made aud profit re
allied in the first generation, so that the
introduction of better blood paws almost
from the start, and it is a dull dairyman
who is content with 80 pounds per COW
per annum, or even $50 or 200, when 300
pounds are possible In some instances
herd averages have exceeded this, and in
individual cases the yield has been almost
doubled
The average yield in the state is rery loto
says the article quoted. Perhaps the fact
that Vermont produces more butter per
COW than his state would be beyond the
Wisconsin editors capacity for belief but
1t Is true that it does with large margin
to spare and still be true. improvements
in the quality of the dairys of the two
states have probably been about equal since
lSSO The census Of that year shows the
average yield of butter per annum to have
been IL pounds to COW in Vermont In
Wisconsin the average was II pounds to
cow-4l pounds less than the average in
Vermont. This estimate includes all the
butter made in the respective states both
on the farms and in the factories.
For the special information of the Dairy
man and all those who think that the aver
age yield of butter is very low in Vermont
we are glad TO be able to state the fact that
Vermont stands at the head of all the
states in the average yield of butter per
COW If the yield is low in this state. it is
at least 20 per cent lower in nearly all the
other dairy states, and 80 per cent lower
in one-half the states.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-17
The Sense of Feeling.

Feeling is perception, or knowledge con
veyed to the brain by the nerves Of the
body coming in contact with any substance
The sense of touch is, like all other senses
more acute in some persons than in others
Persons who possess acute sensitiveness OF
feeling physically are equally sensitive men.
tally, unless they have become morbidly
sensitive through diseased nerves There
are many nerve centres or portions Of the
body where many nerves come together, as
in the ends of the fingers, lips eyes, and
portions of the head the peculiar sensitive.
ness Of such portions of the body pro-
tecting it from sudden danger
Very nervous persons are less liable to
bring accidents upon themselves on account
of their being easily hurt, and they natu
rally shield themselves from approaching
dangers. Nervous persons often live TO
very old age, and generally accomplish the
most valuable results in life. We see the
proof in every day life that the lazy people
are the ones who quote, for their own JUS
ti6cation, the proverb that haste makes
"N0NNf aAAA hboh Va OnGb. DuL IL
is fact that those who are quick of per-
cePtion and do with their might what their
hands find to do, are the ones who use their
nerves for the purpose for which they were
intended. Cultivate every physical sense,
but hold tight check rein closely fastened
at the brain and heart, that none of the
physical senses may gain the ascendency
over the mental and spiritual perceptions
We would not convey the idea that deli
cate or frail physique with highly sensi-
tive organization can ever attain as perfect
mental and physical development as a per
fectly robust and fully developed physique
with the same nervous organization A
morbidly sensitive nervous system is great
ly to be deplored, and every judicious in
fiuence should be employed to calm and
equalize it, Every child should be trained
from its earliest physical life TO its very
last days Of old age to make the greatest
use Of its physical development to assist
mental and spiritual attainments. 80 En-
eIUnua
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-17

Iucarlpads wholesale and retail CORN,
OATS. WHEAT. BUCKWHEAT, BAR.
LEY and RYE.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-17

Among its PlAinville, Conn, items the
Bristol Press says The farm of the late
VIM. Cowles of Scott Swamp with the build
ings aud stock has been purchased by
VIM. johnson. Mr., johnson is a native OF
Sweden and has worked the farm for sew.
eral years before and since Mr.. Cowles's
death He will make success Of the enter
prise without doubt. Mr.. johnson made a
tour through the west last spring with the
purpose of locating there provided he could
lind satisfactory inducement. He return
ed here in a few weeks and has since been
satisfied that New England offers as many
attractions as the west. Industry and good
management would soon restore Connect
cut farms to paying basis.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-17
Then and Now.

Prof Sanborn hit the truth squarely, at
the New York state dairymens convention
when he said that in the first quarter of
this century it took two pounds Of butter
70 buy one yard of calico, while today one
pound of butter will buy four yards Of cal
leo One trouble, he said in this country
is, that we do not produce one half the but
ter per acre that we ought, or that they do
IN Scotland And he might have added,
there are more American women wearing
silk today than there were wearing calico
prior 10 1928 -HOdrdS Ddirymdn.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-17

The world renowned success Of Hostetter's
Stomach Btters and their continued popularity
for over third of a century as q stomachic Il
scarcely more wonderful than the welcome that
Rreets the annual appearance OF Hostetters Al.
manac. This valuable medical treatise is publish.
ed by the Hostetter company. Pittsburg, Penn
under their own immediate supervision, employ.
ing " hands IN that department, They are run.
ming about eleven months in the year on this work
and the issue for 1880 will be- more than OO0O 600
printed In the English, German, French, Welsh,
Norwegian, Swedish, Holland, Bohemian and
spanish languages. Refer TO a copy Of il for val
liable and Interesting reading concerning health
and numerous testimonials as 10 the efficacy of
hosuetter stomach Buffers, amusement, varied
information, astronomical calculations and chro.
nuloglcal Items, etc, which can be depended on
for correctness The almanac for 1880 can be oh
talned Tree OF cost from druggists and general
country dealers in all parts OF the country
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-17
One REASON why Farms arc "Abau-
doued0

Max O'Rell, the famous French humor
list, who is now in this country on lectur.
ing tour makes this significant comment
on the way Americans squander money
the poorest as well as the richest, apropo.
of the visiting of the exposition by the
French peasantry:-
Il spent the autumn in Brittany. and
there heard that peasants in the neighbor.
hood had walked from there to the expo.
sition, three or four hundred miles, starting
with three or four shillngs in their pockets
They worked their way along, caring for
aud gathering the haryests Of roadside EN-.
Ployers, They saw Paris and then worked
their way back again, and when they re-
turned to Brittany they had three or four
pounds in place OF the shillings with which
they started. That is an example of the
thrift which makes France the richest
country in the world. Outside of Paris
there is not a pauper in the whole of
France, or a man who has TO live on the
community
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-17
Real Estate!
BAILEY g. MINERS
AGEN CY.
WE OFFER SOME CHOICE VILLAGE
PROPERTY THIS WEEK.

No $40 Is 100 acre meadow farm 81 miles
Vu, from BrattlebOro. on good road and con-
venient 10 get at hills. land Is smooth and free
from stone Contains 40 acres moving and cuts
10 tons Of No. English hay besides other crops.
Pasture will keep 10 cows. good pine timber lot
estimated at 10000 feet Of market lumber. Good
water Comfortable farm house with eight good
rooms. Barn 36x7S with cellar under the whole.
and very well arranged. Wood shed, ice house,
work shop ana granary WIN sell on easy terms
or exchange for small house In a good village.
Price $4,000.
M 500. village farm and store property
Nu, located In the centre Of small country VII
age. SIX miles from railroad, on a good road
and IN extra good farming community. A
good twO-story house with ten large. wellighted
rooms, and convenient for bOarders. Carriage
house. stables and cattle barn. Ten acres Of land,
cuts ~ tons Of hay besides other crops $50 grated
apple trees and other fruit Also a store build
ing with a small stock Of merchandise and post
Office In the building We will sell the farm with
or without the store Price for all the real estate
right man to buy nice little business and II is
going to be sold.
No S05 Is another fine residence In Brattle-
Wus borO. located on the Avenue over one
acre Of land; two extra building lots be- sold
fronting on the street The house is two story
with ten large. well lighted rooms easily arrang-
ed for two families Good carriage house and
stables All u the buildings are In good repair.
Supplied with water from one Of the best springs
in town No water tax This is a good home for
some one and going TO b. sold cheap Call at
our office for price aud further particulars,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-17

Waupsca. Wis claims 70 be the greatest
potato market in the world 1t is estimated
that last seasons crop, raised and marketed
within a radius Of IL miles of the town,
was 500 600 bushels, of which 600, 900
bushels will be shipped from Waupaca
These will sell, or have sold, at an average
price Of 33 cents per bushel, or a total Of
$493, 600, the greater part Of which will be
paid from money outside Of the state.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-17

To what base uses have we comet The
Greensboro correspondent Of the Barton
Monitor says that Babbitt q Crane have
just shipped a large lor of maple sugar to
Richmond, Va, 10 be used in the mAnufact-
ure Of tobacco. 1t is a new departure, the
using Of maple sugar for that purpose, and
is said 10 be grand success, making a TO-
bacco superior TO that made in the old way
Free Press
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-17

II is fact well known, that II it was not for DR..
Bulls Cough Syrup hotel prOprietors in Florida
would put their rates up 10 ten dollars a day.
Histories make men wise, poets witty" But
what in the world does a man want Of either who
has sprained his ankle. No sir. not these, not
these Give him but one bottle Of Salvation Oil,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-17

There are
many white soaps,
each
represented to be
just as good as the Ivory
They are not,
but like
all counterfeits,
they lack
the peculiar
and remarkable
qualities of
the genuine.
Ask for
Ivory Soap
and
insist upon having it.
lis sold everywhere.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-17

Could there be a more instructive lesson
upon the value of getting the pullets TO lay
ing in October and November, and then
keeping them laying 1t costs no more to
feed fowl in December than in April or
May. In fact, she has got to be fed wheth-
eT she lays eggs or not, and if she laws
eggs, even though they be somewhat few
er in number, still, the price is so much
higher the profit is nearly three times
greater, and this profit can be pocketed by
any farmer who will take the pains to care
for his fowls for this result.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-17

Are teeth, beautihed aud preserved by SOZO.
DON'T; and the rose is scarce sWet.ter than the
the breath which becomes aromatic through It's
influence IL Is the very pearl Of denrtihces and
II Remedies with certainty canker and every spe-
Giles Of corrosive blemish upon the teeth and
counteracts the hurtful influence upon them oi
acidty OF the stomach. The formula OF lis ureI-
aration includes only botanic ingredients and il
these -
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-17

Friends arr scarce, but II you are suffering with
tnat horrible disease scrofula, you will find Sui.
phnr bittes will cure you as il did me. after suf-
IeTing eight years, and paying out hundreds OF
com, Troy, N. Y,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-17
HEM that Don't Pay and Hen. that Do
Paw,

Mr.. O. S. Bliss has written lope, article
ior the New York Tribune on the poultry
business, subject which he seems to have
investigated pretty thoroughly. He is of
the opinion that yarded poultry does not
pay tue class that depends upon the open
or general market for the sale of its prod-
ucts' This class includes the greater part
OF villagers and country people, who. with
very rare exceptions, sell their products
Tor less than the actual cost of production
lie claims that he can show ten poultry es-
Adjustments that have not survived FIVE
years TO one that has A few who have
bred fancy fowls and sold them at high
prices have made it pay; and also, some
times, another class, who have special Gus
toners to whom they sell eggs or dressed
poultry above market prices. The reason
which he gives for this discouraginp condi
tlon OF the poultry business as a specially
Is that immensely the larger proportion of
both eggs and fowls come from the farms
where the fowls run at large and gather
the greater part of their own food at no
known expense to the owner, and the
products are picked up by buyers at their
own very low prices, and either as fresh
old store or preserved stock, supplement-
ed by heavy importations of the same from
Canada and Europe, keep the general mar
kets so fully supplied at low cost that there
is n sale for the more expensive ward
stock at remunerative prices"
Replying to Mr.. Bliss, A. f. Hunter. a
successful poultry man, says in the New
England Farmer:
There is no need of a small egg Weld and
no need of a small profit per fowl wish
to bear witness again to the fact that
Select list of customers who will nav long
prices for eggs and poultry is not neces-
sary for profit. l keep my fowls on
farm, precisely as all farmers do Tor easily
can dol sell my eggs to the village gro
Ger who comes to the door for them two or
three times week Ny fowls and chicks
] sell to a trader who drives through the
town picking up lots here and there. and
have not failed of 81 IS to SO , profit per
fowl each year for the past five years. On
my farm last winter were kept ll2 pullets
Matched the previous May, and l3 one year
old hens, and those fowls, cared for as
above, with most of the work done bv two
boys dBeu 10 ana 10, who were attending
school regularly besides, paid me over a
dollar day profit in the % weeks, Nov. l,
1888, to April !, 1899. The exact figures
are:
Total receipts for eggs ~ weeksl s22os
Cost of food and supplies, Gs65
sl57. 20
which is over Sl57 profit in "a DAYS. Can
any farmer earn a dollar day in the dull
time Of winter any easieri
Everybody's hens will lay in April and
May. Only wel-cared for hens will Law in
December, January and February, and it
is the winter eggs at winter prices that
pay the profits A very suggestive illus
tration of this can be made by comparing
egg accounts of December, 1888, and April,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-17
A FARMER WANTED.

A COMPETENT MAN AND WIFE without A
"A FAMILY, as working fOremen on a stock and
DAIRY farm WHERE six TO eight men are employed
during the summer. Man must have expt,rirnee
III carr OF stock and practical farming Woman
must De qualihed 10 take the best care Of dair,
and general housekeeping Everything furnished
and convenient. Good salary and monthly nav
blenls No one need apply for the situation who
cannot furnish best Of evidence for sobrety hon
esty and know ledge Of the service required
Aadrehs, OAK RIDGE FARM
East Dummerston VI
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-17
J.F. MERROW & co., pruprieturs
Good Farm for Sale.

ONE OF THE MOST DESIRABLE IN WIND.
~ HAM COUNTY, consisting of 200 acres pleas.
antly situated on the stage road from Brattieboro
70 wilmington and one mile from West Brattle-
ooro. Buildings consist Of new two-story house
barns are m good repair outbuildings ample.
splendid cellar under the whole house Running
water 10 house and barn. Plenty Of wood for
farm. Land can be divided, thereby making two
small farms. Line fences nearly all new and am
pie The above described property will be dispos-
ed OF IN pieces If not otherwise sold this spring
said farm is calculated for dairy farm and Is
within ~ miles Of the Brattleboro Creamery
S. n. HERRICK, Agent.
Brattleboro March 4. 1889
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-17
Here Is One of the Choicest Dairy
Farms in BrattlebOrO.

No S65 Is a farm Of lj6 acres, located two miles
Nu, from the West Brattleboro Post ONCE, on a
good road and In an excellent neighborhOOd.
Forty acres Of tillage land and will cut IS tons Of
hay beside other crops; sOacres Of pasture which
will keep - cows through the summer easy. 81
acres Of wood land that will cut ] 800 cords Of
market wood. including some fine oak and bass
lumber; a thrifty apple orchard a good house
with seven good rooms, and an extra good barn
3tXS0. Fourteen feet posted, with cellar under
the whole and very convenient. Also. a creamery
building with running water and heater for heat
ing water for the stock. Corncrib and other out
buildings. This Is one Of the best 30 COW dairy
farms In southern Vermont and i going ~ be sold
Twothirds Of the purchase money lay a
mortgage and all we Gsk for the whole is Si5OO.
Send for printed catalogue Of our farms and
other real estate
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-17

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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-17

In the ears sometimes a roaring, buzziEg SOUND
are caused by catarrh, that exceedingly disagree
able and very common disease Loss Of smell AM
hearing also result from catarrh Hoods Sarsa
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try Hoods Sarsaparia, the peculiar medicine.
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-17
A Sweeping Reduction
In Prices
Of 20 to 80 per cent.

To close the seasons stock in the
shortest possible time, and never
in the annals of the Cloak and
Fur trade have strictly flrst-class
goods been offered at such Ri
diculOuSly low prices as are now
being marked on all goods in this
department; and what is true of
this department will apply TO all
the other departments, as nothing
in the immense stock has escaped
the marking down process, but
time and space will not admit of
giving a detailed account of all
the extraordinary bargains now
being offered. and an hOnr of in
spectiOn will convince all that an
investment here is better than
money in the bank. For further
particulars apply at
pRhTT'0 NO. 1&s
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-17
WeII's Hair BnIsam.

II gray, gradually restores color; elegant tonic
dressing, so cents 81, Druggists, or 81 size pre-
paid by express for 81. E, s. Wells Jersey City