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Robbed of Her Children.

The following case. reported bv Mrs.
Carrie Lane Chapman in the Iowa
Homan's Standard, shows the stand
ing Of married and unmarried mo. her
hood in the laws and courts OF one of
the most progressive States:
A case in the courts here has brought
out again that hdeous old law which
accords the prostitute higher position
in the scale of legal protection than the
married mother. 1t is law against
which every respectable woman in
America should make most vigorous
protest. A man and woman had lived
together as man and wife for eight
years. Nobody knew to certainty
whether they were ever married or not.
Two children were born to them. AZ
ter time, the husband deserted the
woman and failed TO provide for her or
the children. One evening, while she
was away from home, an agent of the
husband stole the children. The wom-
an appealed to the court. In response
to the order of the Judge, the children
were produced in court by the husband,
and the point for decision between them
was. which should have the custody
of the children.
1t was developed in the testimony
that the woman had respectable en-
ploymcnt and could support the chill
dren. The man charged the woman
with adultery. The woman charged
the man with adultery; so they stood
even in point of character. But upon
none of these things did the decision
hang. The one question was whether
the parties were ever married. The
man claimed that the woman was his
legal wife. This, he knew, gave him
the legal ownership of the children.
The woman, in her turn, declared she
had never been married, and claimed
the children on that ground. The
mans testimony was accepted, and lie
was given The custody of the children.
In other words, the woman was robbed
of her offspring because the court be-
lieved her TO have been a wife. Could
she have substantated her claim that
she was only mistress. she could have
held the children. A pitiable comment
it makes upon the laws of a moral
government which thus degrades the
wifehood Of the nation!
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Canada's International Exhibition.

Arrangements are in progress for a
Canadian Dairyman's convention to be
held at st. John, n. b., during the ex-
hibltion, which opens on Sept. 23rd,
and continues until Oct. 3rd. As the
Maine people are so interested in the
progress of dairy interest. it might be
well to endeavor to make this an Inter-
national conference, and therefore in
keeping with the International charac-
ter Of the exhibition. 1t is expected
that there will be quite display of
dairy products as we'll as cream sep
arators and other dairy apparatus. Our
readers should remember that this ex-
hlbltlon is open to residents OF the
United States as well as Canada. All
articles from the United States are
entered Tin bond) duty free.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1891-07-30

For afternoon drives. the same ele.
giant travelling cloaks Of tafieta silk
which were worn in drawing room car.
during the journey. do duty to protect
handsome dresses
Gowns for afteruoon or evening are
made with V neck back and front and
stylish ruchlng consists of a double
chiffon plating which attached on
either side TO a ribbon band, eucircles
the neck. meets in front and extends to
the waist as a Iabot. Short, full chf-
fon ruches are also very much worn
where the dress is Y shape ouly
in front or change is given BY a lace
chemisette with broad collar 10 match.
White canvas shoes with white or
black patent leather tips and bands,
with white Isle or pale cream colored
balbriggan hosiery and white addressed
kid or wash leather mousquetaire
gloves, are fashionable combination.
LUCY CARTER
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1891-07-30

Notwithstanding the great popularity
Of iuIl waists helted in, MANY luiia OF
China silk dresses are made with short
hasqnes or prince,se aud it is almos,
needless to add that the entire class OF
rich materials are made close fitting, to
say nothing Of the very stylish woods
which find place even at this resort
Among the first named, "a prince>se dres.
Of pale cray and pink brocade finished
with white point lace. forwarded from
New York. by Lord Il Taylor to a
leader OF fashion, has been the envy of
many arrival.
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Boston and Bangor Steamship Co.
SUMMER SERVICE. 1891.
z4zAs..,f..:.ar1

BANGOR LINE.
Steamers will leave Bangor. daily. except sun
day. as follows
For Boston al II \. NJ.
For liampden Winterport. Bucksport, Belfast,
N"rthpori, Camden. and Rockland, at 900 \. NJ
and llOU A. NJ.
For Searsport at 100 A. NJ.
For Fort Point at SEQ A. Nj.
RETURNING.
From Boston, daily, except sunday. at Z. NJ
From Rockland, touching at Camden, Northport,
Belfast, Scarsport, Buckspo1. Winierport and
Hampden. at 500 A. NJ, daily, except Monday
From Rockland, touching at Camden, North
port. Belfast Fort Point, Buckspor, Winterport
and iIampden. at 1880 p. NJ, daily, except sun
day.
MOUNT DIES ERT LINE.
tele, will leave Bar Harbor daily, except sunday,
at L. NJ, touching AT Northeast iathor, South
west iiarbor and Green's Landing. connecting AT
RucAfand with steamers for Boston
For seal Iiarhnr, Mondays and THURSDAYS
For swans Island. Tuesdays and FRIDAYS.
For sorrento, sundays
RETU RNlNG.
From Boston. daily. except sunday, at L. NJ.
fom Rock land, daily, except Monday, AT about
\. NJ, or upon arrival of steamer from foston.
touching at Greens Landing, Southwest iarhor
and Northeast Harbor.
From swans Island. Thursdays, saturdays and
Sundays.
From seal Harhor. Wednesdays and Saturdays
From Sorrento. Mondays.
II I. SANBOR<, Agent. Bangor.
r :. ]. MORSE, agent, bar Farhor. Maine.
WILLIAM II. NIL ,fcncrai Manager, Boston.
liz
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rom our New York Fashion Correspondent.
New York Fashions.

FAsr,,S At S,p,rno, p,,zx, a.
~. o.
:, '''''s Ih' IN
MAh'N"-N"rES.
IL piazza costume. a l,,Jins fa.trro
is that of one color aho,, annfbcr as
for example dress lately worn Inv a
member Of the Hilton family witch
was of pale green creme over link
tafleta silk, One If Pe,or Cooner's
granddaughter appeared At dinner
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USE MISS BEEcHER'S
HAIR & WHISPER DYE.

1t contains 10 lead or sulphur. Washing not
required after dyeing as in other dyes Whole
sale druggists pronounce il the bes single prepa-
ration ever brought to their notice The largest
bottle and no better dive In the market. Used ex-
tensiyelv by ladies. Price soc. Prepared by q.
w. THOMPSON, RoekIand, Me. Sold by all deal
ers. 1yrz7s
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from the tyranny Of depraved blood by the
use Of this medicine.
For nine years was afflicted with skin
disease that dill not yield to any remedy
until friend advised me to try Ayers Sarsa-
parilla. With the use of this medicine the
complaint disappeared. II is my belief that
no other blood medicine couid have effected
so rapid and complete a cure Andres
u. Garcia. c Victoria, Tamaulipas. Mexico.
My face. for years. was covered with PIN
pies and humorS. for which could find no
remedy till began 10 take Ayers SarSapa-
rilla Three bottles OF this great blood medi-
cine effected thorough cure. confidently
recommend it 10 all suffering from similar
troubles Nj. Parker, Concord. VT.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1891-07-30
Farm for Sale :!

The homestead of the late A. J. HAYNES at the
Bayside In the town Of Trenton, on the highway
from Ellsworth to Oak Point, about five miles
from Ellsworth Post Office consisting OF one and
enc half story house about 2sx3A IT. barn 35x.0
IT,. two wells Of good water. The highway tij.
vides the land abont midway from the shore Of
the BAY the west to the woodland on the "a 4
being some so rods wide on the Bay and some 30
rods from east 10 west and containing about on,,
hundred acres. This would make an exrellent
summer resort and can be purchased for the very
moderate sum of twelve hundred dollars fsl2Ga a.
For particulars inquire of C. p. Haynes, Bavsioe
or A. +. Burnham, Ellsworth, Maine
CALVIN p. HAYNES.
July LIT, 1891. TIL
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IN Waiiham; the rest of the week, except Wea
nes''ay, ne will stand at my place in East Ia.
moline Terms To warrant, SEQ; season, ais
Mare and toal both held for service. 81 payable
at time of Service,
SETH j. H0DGKINS.
East Lamoine, May 10, 1891. 3mos2i
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FASHION AT SARAroGA-pAzzA Cos
rrMEs-CooL Ourrrrs IN
MAKING-NorEs.
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Alyah Haslan'S.

N Franklin; Tuesday, May 70, and Tuesda
eAch week Al "l7-'t
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-09-30

AN exchange says, that "good test
of the ripeness of late apples is to open
some of the fruit with a knife. If the
seed is very dark and of settled hue,
the fruit is ready for gathering. This
is better criterion than the turning
brown of the pips, which may occur
before the fruit is thoroughly ripe. By
the time the fruit is fully ripe, the
windfalls have mostly dropped, and
may thus be easily kept separate from
the perfect fruit. The latter will then
command a higher price in the mar
ket." This is all more or less true; yet
it ought to be known that quite a num-
Der of apples have seeds that are never
more than light brown. You will be
fooled often, if you trust too much. to
any arbitrary rules in orcharding or
farming.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-09-30
ApprODriating Experiment Station
Work.

The agricultural experiment stations
are here to stay. A system of govern
mental appropriations has been estab-
lshed which will no doubt be continued,
and the work of these stations will be
kept up as far as appropriations will
reach. 1t was quite step in the inter-
est of agriculture when congress made
up its mind that farming demanded
recognition in this new direction. How
ever, farmers are not getting the benefit
of this appropriation to the extent that
they should, or that they may. Close Oh
servers will note that the relationship
between the agricultural colleges and
the experiment stations on the one
hand, and the farmers on the other, is
not as close or as cordial as it should
be. We have talked on this subject
with those in charge of the stations,
and find that there is a general appre-
citation of the fact alluded to and very
pronounced regret that such is the case.
The thing to be done under the circum-
stances is to bring the two much closer
together. The station must be made of
the highest possible practical use to
those in whose interest it has been es-
tablished. What the directors and
their assistants want is to get into the
closest relations with the farmer. Any
thing which can be done to promote
that end should be encouraged. Per-
haps the managers of these institu-
tons themselves will, through eXpe-
rience and observation, be able to bring
their work nearer to the farmer, and
the farmer himself will be able to aid
this approach very much if he only will
avail himself of the aid which may
thus be obtained Those who have
questions to ask, problems to be worked
out, and especially experiments which
they desire to have made, should COM
municate with the stations of their re-
spective states. Those in charge will
either undertake the work spoken of
offer the most available valuable infor-
nation they can, or assign reasons why
it cannot be done. The stations are
yours, friends, and you owe it to your
selves to make the very best possible
use of them. We believe that if the
efforts to aid you are not only under
stood but seconded, there will be a
much better chance TO serve all, and
that the money devoted to experiment
station work will prove to be money
well spent.-StOckma and Farmer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-09-30

year made trial of any of his produc-
tions in this line. But our interest in
his excellent little book, "The New
Potato Culture" led us to try the Il" Rural
New Yorker No 2" potato; and few
days ago we dug the crop of five ard
one-half bushels, from dozen tube rs,
with our own hands. 1t is true won
der. The land was not in the best con-
dition, and we got no potatoes as large
as those we planted, but they were still
too big, and that is the fault of this po-
tato, if it has any. But the singular
thing about it was that there were not
in the whole lot two dozen tubers below
merchantabe size. In quality, or
beauty, there can be no finer potato;
but they truly surprised us by the way
they rolled out. We never dug pola-
toes before where the whole crop was
merchantable.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-09-30
HEART FAILURE.
The Warnings are Plain--seware.

No hour passes that some one does not
drop dead of Heart Failure. The first symp-
toms of this fatal disease may be slight but
do not fail TO heed them fyou ralue your life.
A nervous, weak, weary feeling, giddi-
ness, swimming of head, strange, faint feel
ings, trembling, sinking sensation GOODNESS
of feet and legs, fluttering or palptation of
heart, feeling of apprehension, anxiety,
drowsiness daytimes, sleeplessness nights.
Neglect of these symptoms will result in
Heart Failure, SpdSms or Neuralgia Of the
Heart or death.
If you use the great nerve and heart REM
edy, DR.. Greene's Nervura, when the first
symptoms appear, it will prevent all danger
of heart failure. 1t is purely vegetable and
harmless, and its use offers the only sure
hope Of curing this terrible disease and dUert-
ing the fatal result Druggists sell it for S1.00.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-09-30

THE Arabs have always put great
stress upon breeding for intelligence,
and the result of their efforts speaks for
itself. We see something of the same
kind in the universally-recognized in
telligence of the saddle-horses of Ken
lucky and Tennessee, and in the Nor
gans of New England. Always in in
innate association with man, relied upon
in every emergency, intelligence has
been cultivated and fostered in these
animals, while vice and foolshness have
been eliminated by careful SELECTION
StOckmdn and Farmer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-09-30

SPEAKING of potatoes, we see in
Savannah, Ga, paper that some one in
that state has originated vineless
sweet potato, which makes blu sh in
stead of a vine. Perhaps our readers
do not all know that the sweet potato
belongs to the morning glory family,
and has closely similar vine. But as
there is at least one morning glory
which takes the bush form, it is not
really very strange that there should be
bush sweet potato. AS the Savannah
paper says, cit is certainly much
easier to cultivate" We shall look for
further particulars with much interest,
for we used to grow sweet potatoes
rather extensively when we lived in
Kentucky, and have made some fair
crops on small scale even in northern
Vermont. In any season when the
earlier water and musk-melons ripen,
We can get crop of the early sorts Of
sweet potato. But that has not hap
pened now for three years. Perhaps
we may get hot season next year.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-09-30

ALMOST every orchardist, and indeed
nearly every farmer and village gar
dener, knows the Russian apple,
Duchess of Oldenburgh." 1t is
wonderfully hardy and productive,
and profitable market apple of its
season-September-but it is not very
good for eating out of hand. In
the later importations of fruits from
Russia has come an apple very nearly
like the Duchess in general appearance
and of about the same season or little
later. 1t is No. Al, "Cinnamon APPLE"
in the list of apples imported from
Voronesh, Russia, in 1882, by Professor
Budd of the Iowa Agricultural College.
The professor kindly sent us couple
of young trees shortly after, and these
have fruited two seasons. 1t is in size
and color very close to the Duchess,
but with rather an orange cast, which
makes it look at little distance like a
blood orange. A writer in a Western
paper says of it:
In tree, foliage and fruit it is much
like the Duchess. But the quality is very
different. While the acid of the Duchess is
too much for me, enjoy the flavor of the
Cinnamon. 1t is also later and does not
drop from the tree like the Duchess. have
been looking up the record of this variety
and find that it is doing we'll on about all
soils up to the forty-ifth parallel, that it is
an early and continuous bearer, and all agree
that the fruit averages larger, is later in
season, and that the quality for any use is
much superior to that of our old standby
With an orchard planted with Anisette NO
245), Duchess and Voronesh Cinnamon, we
can handle Duchess apples for period of
fully six weeks and the Anisette and CHINA.
mon will sell for dessert use in any market"
The Anisette is also like the Duchess,
but rather earlier, and better to eat.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-09-30

THERE are some lies that cannot be
overtaken nor stopped. Among them
are those contained in the following
clipping:
1t is well known, says the Homestead
that the male exerts certain influence ON
a female in mating her to him, which often
holds for several years, even when she is
bred to other males. 1t is not so generally
admitted that the female exerts an inf1u-
ence on the male so that the progeny of
other females bred to him will show it,
Instances have occurred TO prove this and
the latest and most authentic was told by
Frederick Street of England before the
London Farmers club. His son had two
Belgian hares given him, and the result of
the first mating was a litter of six, all true
to color. The buck was turned in with a
lot of yellow, silver gray, and other colored
rabbits. In due time he was bred to the
Belgian hare doe again, and she in turn
produced a litter of seven, only two of
which were true to color. The other five
were silver gray and other coors like the
does which the buck had been running
with.
This whole notion, both ways, is based
merely on few condolences, easily ex-
plainab.e in much simpler and more
rational way. The absurd passion for
the marvellous which is so common,
yet so inexplicab!e, keeps this absurd
ity alive; and it will probably keep on
its rounds from newspaper to news
paper for hundred years yet.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-09-30

AT last, Vermont has produced a
first-rate new grape, that will ripen
perfectly, even in cool summer. 1t
originated in the town of Stamford
nobody seems to know how-and two
thrifty Vermonters appear to have been
sharp enough to sell it to two extensive
nursery firms under different names.
We saw and tested this grape on eX-
hibition at the last Boston meeting of
the American Pathological Society, four
years ago, AMI were 80 highly pleased
with il that we were on the watch for
it when it should be put on the market.
A Mr.. Paul, who had it on exhibition,
sold it to Stephen Hoyt's Sons, an ex-
tensive nursery firm in New Canaan,
Conn; and two years ago we got
couple of vines which, this cool sum-
mer, gave US a nice crop that was fully
ripe September ID. 1t is white, or
rather green grape, and this color is
great advantage, as thieves go mostly
by looks IN stealing fruit, and the Green
Mountain looks as green as its native
hills when perfectly ripe. 1t has a
good.sizsd bunch and berry, and is very
productive. We note but two faults
the fruit parts very easily from its stem
and the skin is very tender. These de-
fects are serious in grape for any but
near market. The nursery firm of
Ellwanger 81 Barry, Rochester, n. Y,
introduced what we have no doubt is
the same grape, several years ago, under
the name of Winchell," but it seems
to have attracted little attention in their
hands. There appears to have been
some chicanery about the business,
somewhere, but the grape is honest and
good-the only really good table grape
that will fully mature every year in
northern Vermont.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-09-30

SMoTHERED SWEET APPLEs.-The
apples are boiled until tender. After
taking out the fruit, sugar is added to
the water and juice at the bottom of the
kettle, and it is boiled down to the right
consistency for the smothering,"
which is done by pouring it over the
fruit spread out in large fiat dish.
The reason why talk about this is,
that have never in Iowa found this
royal dish away from home.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-09-30

WE have no more comm On sense
man among our New England agricul-
tural editors than Brother Curtis of the
Mirror and Farmer. Almost every
live dairyman in the state knows him,
for he has attended our Dairymen's
Meetings from the very start, and he is
always one of the most practical and
sensible of our speakers and writer's on
dairy topics. But it is not alone on the
dairy that he is an authority. He is a
well-read and well.informed man on
many subjects. The following para
graph on microbes, upon which the
public mind needs quoting, is sound
and true:
eff we know the conditions, we know in
general way what kind of microbes we
are breeding; or, if we know the microbes,
we know the conditions under which they
were propagated. The one is the indicator
and interpreter of the other. If the condi-
tons are clean and wholesome, they will
bring forth clean, wholesome and conserva-
tive microbes, and no others. If the condi-
tons are unclean and unwhoesome, they
will give birth to nasty, unwholesome and
destructive microbes. There is no lodging
this, in the dairy or elsewhere. If we want
good-tlavored and long keeping butter and
cheese. we must be clean, absolutely clean,
from the food and surroundings of the cow
to the final product. If we want TO escape
sickness, disease, contagion and pestilence,
we must maintain perfectly clean and
wholesome conditions everywhere. There
Is no mystery about this thing. Nature is
merciful and benefcent, and if we strictly
obey her laws we shall escape all calamites
from microbes.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-09-30

BoTH the candidates for governor ia
Maryland are said to be wealthy far
mers." That's the only kind of far
mer that ever gets nominated to any
Office now-a-days-and when the matter
is looked into, they are always the fancy
article, who do their blowing by proxy.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-09-30

ALTHOUGH Editor Carman of the
Rural Neo Yorker has been highly
esteemed personal friend of ours for
many years, and although he has been
for all that time successful hybridist,
yet we have never until the present
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-09-30

THIS is the chief reason why farms
sell at such inadequate prices in Yer
mont, when they can be sold at all,
which is seldom unless where very
favorably located. We believe we are
we'll within bounds when we assert our
belief that the sheep-killing dog, or the
dread of him, costs the state every
year-directly and indirectly, but no
less certainly in the last case than in
the first-millions of dolars--and most
of this loss comes out of our dairy
farmers. 1t is strange that they cannot
be made to see it, and fully realize that
sheep-killing dogs make and keep them
poor by the low price of butter and
cheese, and the impossibility of diversi-
flying our farming. We are forced, be-
tween the dogs and the stupidity of
railroad managers, to put all our eggs
into our basket, as it were.