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St. Landry democrat., 1891-11-14
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

You can't keep chickens in hsaltI
without grit.
Bees work upon the tassels of corn
and gather honey from them.
A pint to the pound is not true of the
huid known as milk. It is heavier than
water.
BlacSs NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Ohio
and: Gregg are preferred in the order
named.
Waldo F. Brown says that he has be.
gun to think that bran is profitable for
tatteniug pork and beef.
Fall planting of small fruits is bsse
because the plant is dormant. In the
} spring the plant should be growing.
The person who has never tried feed.
ing limited amount of grain to thrifty
hogs on a good clover pasture would be
surprised at the results.
Comfort must be the rule for live stoes
aud poultry il they are. expected to do
well. Good feed and plenty of it, good
treatment and mild temperature would
work a revolution in the product.books
o. many Complaining farmers.
To cause quick and strong growth on
roses, carnations and all plants Of TIA
flower aud vegetable order out or in
doors try watering once a week With a
little nitrate Of soda solution, say tea.
spoonful IN gallon Of water
A large proportion of the poultry sent
to market from now on until cold
weather will be in a very poor condition.
and this is one leading cause for low
prices. A little better feed ana care |
would greatly improve the quality.
japanese hamboos in a small state,
grown in jars, are useful Tor indoor
decoratl0n-s uss to wnica they are
much put By the japanese. Ban5oos
are among the haudsomest aud most
graceful ornaments OF gardens aud plan.
tations.
a coating OF linseea oil Ia being
brushed on the handles Of new hoes,
rakes, ETC., and we'll soaked in at ali
joints and lemons, and especially where
wood and iron join. The tools not only
last longer, but are much pleasanter to
use, and do double the work in day ..
hat old, dull, loose or rusty ones will, :
wen in willing hands, to sag nothing OF !.
lelays caused by breaking. :
Good butter is in demand. The diff J
ulty with butter is that an enormous :
mount of inferior butter is put on tue 4
market, which opens the gates to oleo. /,
aargarine and other substitutes. It is s
nown as fact that a large number of \
hose wac make butter do not UNDER !,
tand tne process as well as they should, q
nd the necessity for holding dairy Al
,hools IS being urged. In Europe the f
Of suca schools has led 70 Ii
xcellent results. :,
St. Landry democrat., 1891-11-14
HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Next to a good range a good clock |
of paramount Importance in the kitchen
10 prevent mustard plasters from Bills
teE.ng, mix them VITA the white of a;
egg,
Keep sharp the knives used tor custin7
meat and bread and for pseling vegeta
bles.
Folding towel racks set on the val
near the sink are great convenience in
drying dish towels and disa cloths.
To brighten the inside of co9as 0,
teapot. fiji with water, add small piece o.
soap and let it boil ABOUT fossy.d7s min,
utes.
Gliding on silver should be rubbed a.
little as possible; wip;ng it with soft
linen cloth moistened VITA ammonia ia
all that is necessary.
10 clean teakettle, take 1t ayay
from the fire and wash OF with a RAP
dipped in kerosene, followed By a rub,
bing with dry flannel cloth.
When you have spilled anything on the
stove, Or milk has boiled over and SUI.
floating smoke arises, sprinkle the soos
with salt and it will disappear iumeiia.
tely.
70 clean brass, tnnerss it several
times ia sour milk OF waey. This will
brighten it without securing. It may
then ba secured with WOODEN cloth
dipped in ashes.
To mend cracks in stoves and stove
pipes, make paste OF ashes and salt
with water and apply, A harder aud
more durable cement is made Of iron
filings, sal amnoniac and water.
To clean smoky marble, brush a paste
made OF chloride Of lima aud water over
the eatire surface; grease spots can b
removed from marble by applying a paste
OF crude potash and waiting in this naa.
ner.
An invalid writing pad Is something
new 1t consists of a tray fttea with
olottsr and other necsssaries, which can
be supported at will upon four Snort leys,
called into use by means o. q soriur'
When not in use TIE legs close under the
tray.
II those people who have hard. airty |
worl. to do will 60 70 work and thor.
ougnly cleanse themselves AMI nut on !
clean clothing throu3 loat, they will fnd !
themselves twenty per cent. more rested
and refreshed than if they mad remained |
IT'LL and kept on their soiled garments.
Let everybody try tais plan.
The supply OF wafer to plants throuph
heir roots is always more aoaala1t
when the soil is Kept warn; hence. yasn
plants begin to wilt, mere WARMING the
arth around ths roots will son.rin,,
ause them to revive. BIT it must hs
that roofs (exceo. tho,e OF
quaties) neei air to braasae, aal hanaa
aust not be drowned.
Children should not be batba7 i'm.
ledlately after rising in the naorninr
nd they should not oe allo we'd to rms,
ON the breakfast table to the bea.,
10 get into the wa.er as sooa as rnev
IN. Very few caildyea should De o;yao
full bath in the morning. Taey NAV
2 spon geo over quickly and then rub3aj
'ir,y CRY; bur as Tor plunglng a eaiId
ITO water. even iukeHarm, and soasinv
le practice must soon prove injurious
the little ones health.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-11-14
sTETED CABBAGE

Cut small head o: caboags In halves
and soak 1t in very cold water one hour.
Snake it as dry as possible, then caop it
tine or shred it as for cold slaw and put
1t in deep paa, covering it VITA boil
Ing water. Let it boil very rapidly, ua-
covered, twenty minutes, drain it il
colandsr turned into heated disa and
pour over It sauce made as follows:
Melt, in stsw pan, one tablespoonful OF
butter, stir IN one tablespoonful of fol7,
and when It frotils add slowly half {,
pint OF milk, stirring until it poils. Take
from the fire, add salt aud pepper to
taste and pour it over the cabbage
Boston Cu!tirat0r
St. Landry democrat., 1891-11-14
AGRICULTURAL,
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
10 FARM AND GARDEN.
THE PEACH TREE scouRaE

~N 1SaSl 4AEE ECOGRAE,
The mystery that has all these Years
ATTACHED ITSELF to the peach tree scouroe
seems likely soon to be solved. No ono
mas yet fathoned it. The Departments
OF Agriculture have sought earnestly for
soluno1, and now the Chief DEPART
ment at Washington expect to tell tho
"orle that insects and worms are the
actual cause of tho yeIiovs, aad that in
nus assurance there is remedy for
'otsner obstruction by this agency,
The insect discovery is claimed M
Captain Joseph Bonsail, Thomas P Han:
Jon, and Cornelius Saxton, and tber
calm TO have cure that is eticacious in
every instance. The insect is descrnej
as little black bug, smaller than a min
head, which buries itself under the bark
and a6soibs the sap. Meanwhile White
worm an inch long is extracting the san
ron the roots Their united efforts cause
me leaves to turn yellow, the fruit to an.
pear 10 r4pen month in advance of the
season, ana IN two years time the tree is
dead. The source Of these nests il not
yet ascertalned. The remedy applied Il
ooth powder and liquid. This sorjn1
Mr. Hanson has had as many a. fftsea
hundred trees affected, but he applied
me remedy, and now there is no trace Of !
the disease. The other gentlemen nansi |
nave had similar SUCCESS.
unfortunately: the remedy CONES too
late to be OF general help this year, and |
'he enormous crop expected must bs
much reduced, while much inferior fruit
wa be put upon the market by u1scrup.
ulous growers. There will bs a larGs
yield OF peaches, notwithstanding The
Scourge, but it is materially reduced BIZ
Lae most unfortunate appearance of me
'reaauI yellows .-N4ssaetusstss P2or.
nan.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-11-14
STRANGE PET OF L gELLE

Miss Greene, one of the bellies at Mar
ragaasett Pier, R. l., acquired & certain
amount OF prominence through her pecu-
liar taste in the selection Of a pet. 1t
was q Florida chameleon, around the
waist OF which was fastened a gold ring,
to which was attached slender gold
o1ain and pin. Tns latter was inserted
IN Miss Greene's oorsage, and the little
pet runs up and down her waist front
aad about her shoulder Toe animal is
about six moatas old a1d performs ta-ee
cunning tricks. It knows its owners
voice and springs from aer baud to her
shoulder az the WORD Of comuaud,-
Chicag2 P1szz.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-11-14
How Vessels Go Through Suez Canal.

The average time OF transit By day is
twsnty-four hours; by aigas vita elias.
trio lights it is nineteen hours, and mas
been done in fifteen hours. In order TO
navigate BY night, vessel must liyat
the way by carrying al electric proiso-
tor at her bow as close to the water as
possible, and pay the closest attention to
the orders from the passing stations or
cares. Three waite lights shown verti-
caliy indicate ''slov dova;" then the
display of two whits ligass is tas order
to stop and haul into tue care. The
steamer presently haaLs in, ma Ses fast,
puts out all ligars an lies snug in her
berth III ngsids the desert, while the on.
coming vessel, looking like "a looo motive
az niglt passes By. One waite ligh'
from tae care and lines ar. LEI go, an
the journey Continued until saez j |
-serimr.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-11-14
EGG SALAD.

Boil six eggs ten minutes, than put il
cold water until cod, and slice. Ea7s
ready a cram dressing, T9o eggs
beaten well, a teas2oo1?u! Of sugar, one,
fourth teaspoo1fu- of salt, two table.
spoonfuIs Of cream, pinch Of mustard,
two spoonfuls Of v.uerar, pat in
double boiler and stir u1til 1t ,thickeas.
Set away until cold, tas1 polr over the
eggs, It is we'll to make tins dressing
first 50 it will bs cooling.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-11-14
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS,
GREEN CORN GR1DDLz CAFES

For six persons use six eggs, a pint of
grated knocked corn about ten eers),
half pint Of milk, one pint Of flour,
two tablespoo1fuis OF sugar and two tea.
spoonfus Of salt. Beat the eggs until
they are light, and mix with the other
materials. Fry the batter on a gridl!a
in small cakes. -Dstroit Free Press.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-11-14
kIR ExcaI;anr Hn.Ii,x

sohmend 70 public appro, al the Csl1.erots
liquid fruit remedy Syrup of FIgs It;,njeas
ing TO the eye and to the taste and By rent,1
acting on the kidneys, liver and hovs7, :,
'eanfes the system eEectunly, thereby p,ox
mo ing the health and comfort ~ -, -,
use It.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-11-14

}. 5. Parker, I,redonia, \. T.. saws "sb.,,
ho os ca! on ou Tor the slo5 reward, fov i4 be-
Of Yt Sa1 fo2s Hs!aEra Cure viii curs anJ csss
PARTICULARS. Sod by Dru Egists, 75e. -0'
St. Landry democrat., 1891-11-14

WHEN it comes to discbarging man,
every employer likes to become his own
shipping clerk.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-11-14

T.: \ ta!se report docs rot last lone, and the
ne one leads is always the best apology FIR
thRt which one has led st, Jerome
St. Landry democrat., 1891-11-14

FITS stopped tree hv Dr., E11yr,s spr47
NERVE RFsToRER. 40 Fits aLger -rst GAYS
use. AarTetols cures, treatise and 81 trial
ootLis Tree, Or. Kline, G3l .Arcn ST., Phils.. Pa
St. Landry democrat., 1891-11-14

oostineey arises from firmness without
learning. ~
St. Landry democrat., 1891-11-14

Ii eni1cted with sore eyer use Dr. Isaac ThoYnrr
sons Eye-Water. Druggists sell at 25c per bottle
St. Landry democrat., 1891-11-14

Personal force never goes cut Of fashion
Emerson, =
St. Landry democrat., 1891-11-14

Wisdom at once saith little and saith much
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-21
Who Pays the Duty !

A recent inquiry sent to the Anglo
Swiss Milk Company of Cham, Switzer-
land, has elected an interesting opinion
from foreign manufacturers as to who
pays the duty on foreign manufactured
products. 1t seems pretty thoroughly
to establish that those duties are not
paid by the consumers, as the free
trade advocates, with reckless disregard
of truth, have been maintaining. The
Anglo-Swiss Milk Company has manu-
featuring establishments both across
the water and in the United States, and
is therefore in position to speak of
the influence of our protective tariff
with authority. The inquiry which was
sent to the company asked whether, if
the twenty per cent duty on foreign
condensed milk should be removed,
the company's price for American milk
would be reduced by the amount of the
duty. The answer came plain and
sharp: "NOt one cent. The only eff
feet that the removal of the duty of
twenty per cent would have would be
that we should then be inclined to pro-
duce more in England, at the same time
manufacturing less in America, buying
less milk from the American farmers
and employing less American labor.
The duty of twenty per cent on Eng
fish milk sent to America has been paid
by ourselves and not by the American
consumer. Where an article like con-
densed milk is easily manufactured in
the States, and is manufactured there,
the foreigner, if he will send goods to
the United States, must conform to The
prices fixed by American manufac-
turers and regulated through compe-
tition between American manufacturers
themselves. For the foreigner to con-
form to American prices he must neces-
sarily pay the duty. He can not add
the duty to the price of his goods so
that the American consumer will pay
it, unless he can show that his goods
are superior in quality to the American
goods. In the case of condensed milk
he can not show this. The twenty per
cent duty on condensed milk is pro-
tective, and not too much so; it is just
enough to make us prefer to make
goods for American consumption in the
States. "-EGchange.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-21
The Dairymen's Meeting.
CONCLUDED.

Wednesday morning, on motion of Mr.
Vail of Pomfret, committee was appointed
to prepare resolutions of respect for the
memory of Hon. Francis d. Douglass, the
lately deceased and highly honored presi
dent of the association; and to prepare
memorial sketch of his life and services for
publication in the forthcoming report,
Mr.. j. o. SANFORD of Stamford read a
paper on the "Care and Application of
Manure" in which he dwelt upon the de-
cline of fertility on our older farms and its
remedy. He thought that many of the de-
serted farms in the state were never worthy
of the name. He had himself abandoned a
part of his farm, and protited by it. He
found manure absolutely indispensable to
success, and thought farmers entire
prosperity depended upon the care he took
to preserve every atom of manurial matter,
and his skill in utilizing it TO the best adj
vantage. He especially advocated the
saving of all liquid manure by the use Of
absorbents and otherwise, and believed
that there is now a vast quantity of un-
used fertilizing matter under the many
old barns and cow-stables of the state. lie
referred to the fact that there are prosper
Gus farmers in all our towns,-men who have
made money by plain farming. There is
no profit except from good crops. The ca
pacity of the soil is little understood by
farmers who run on in the old ruts, We
should keep the soil at work. In many
cases it will pay to turn part OF our
moving to pasture, and grow more hay
on less land. The more we get to the acre
the better IL is. There is such a thing as
one-sided exhaustion of the soil. There
may be enough and more than enough of one
or two elements, but the absence of one
leaves the other apparently barren. Find
out by experiment what 1t is that the land
lacks and apply IT, Much money IL lost
by ht-or-miss way of farming; and in
this way there is, In fact. a loss all around, -
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-21
The Farmers League.

The meeting OF the Vermont Farmers
League was held at the Opera House. st.
Adams, last week Friday beginning in the
morning at ten o'clock. President Il. z.
Cotton of Irasburgh presided and made an
address of some length, in which he denied
that the league was third party. There is
need Of equalizing taxes, said he, He then
drew picture of the condition OF Vermont
farmers, which he did not consider very
prosperous. There is too much money in
vested in wildcat western schemes. Loan
associations doing business in the state
ought to be heavily taxed. The condition
of agriculture is such that "a change is i'm
peratively demanded Careless legislation
is responsible for the unequal distribution
of wealth The income tax should be
strictly enforced State taxes have in
creased all the time, and if this tendency
continues the state is liable to become in
solvent. Mr. Cotton said that the farmers
demand lower salaries, fewer fees and more
stability in the laws. The biennial tinker
ing of the school law has done much to in
iure the state. We demand the election of
men pledged to retrenchment. 1t is time
that the office sought the man in this
state. The future action of the league will
depend on the old parties If they try to
kick us out they will hear from us as a
party In closing, Mr.. Cotton urged his
hearers to elect hereafter only men pledged
TO reform.
Professor Charles Dole of Mortified
tnOugnt vermont farmers were no worse
off than the farmers OF other states. 1t is
impossible in the nature of things for farm
ers TO become very rich, AS TO legislation,
Professor Dole said that the majority of the
legislature for years had been farmers, but
the trouble had been in not electing intelli-
gent farmers.
c, f. Clough of Waterbury said there
must be some reason why the agricultural
industry of the country was so depressed,
while every other industry pays from eight
to 100 per cent. In his opinion the reason
was that the farmers were unable to get
what their produce is worth. He drew a
picture of the way in which Boston commits
sion merchants keep the price paid to but
ter makers down He corroborated the
statement of Ex-Governor Smith that the
middemen get all the profit. IL the league
will work In harmony, IL can crush the az
ISOLATION OF commission merchants. Mr.
| Clough said that the savings banks OF the
state borrow money from their depositors
at four per cent and then send il West at
high rates of interest, whereas IL il were
| loaned in the state farmers could get il at
four per cent. He asserted that the law ex-
empting from taxation deposits in savings
banks of less than 81 800 was taken advan-
! tage OF by rich men TO avoid taxation, diff
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-21

the list of his " sisters and cousins and
aunts " is exhausted, he seeks a con-
federate outside the family with whom
he conspires to cheat his town and i'm
pose upon his fellow-citizens burdens
he himself should bear, and is best able
to bear.
If this is done, il is, of course-mor-
ally, if not legally-a fraud on the com
munity in which the tax-dodger lives.
Is it done? The individual who
charged that it is done has many times
been a lster-and he was an efficient
official. If it was done in his town and
he knew it, and it was plainly illegal, it is
clear that the reform the league demands
in the tax system should extend to
the provision of some adequate means
to compel listers to do their full duty,
and not wink at fraud and law-break-
ing. The present finance inspector
says that in his opinion this abuse is
not practiced. A former treasurer of a
savings bank declares that this sort of re-
peating is extensively practiced. Hon.
Charles Dewey was an able and eff
cient inspector. During the time he held
the Office he once called fora report from
the savings banks just prior to April l
of certain year. The figures showed
disproportionately large increase of
deposits over the aggregate of the last
preceding annual report, and they
were also larger than the aggregate of
the next succeeding report. The rea-
sonabe inference was that, as March
81 drew nigh, the tax-dodging class
was going into bank with its loose cash
and the debts it could collect, and that
it came out again after April l as fast
as it could find borrowers at rate
higher than the savings banks, or
saving banks and trust companies,
were paying. The suspicion that this
sort of straightforward inanciering is
extensively practiced is, we believe, at
the bottom of the opposition to the eX-
emption of savings bank deposits from
local taxation, accounts for large part
of the feeling of hostility to the insti-
tutions themselves, and in some part
explains the demand for a reform
in the system of taxation, though
the matter of reform seems to be one
of methods and morals, rather than of
system. So let the reform " be-
gin in the choice of listers al the next
March meeting. 1t is not too early TO
begin to consider this feature of the
question now.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-21
Tax Reform.

One of the resolutions adopted by
the farmers at the meeting of the state
league at st. Adams last week de-
mands reform in the system of taxa
ton. What specific reforms were
meant do not appear in the resolu-
tons. One of the speakers criticised
the laws relating TO taxing savings
banks, and expressed the opinion that
these institutions are the lurking
places of tax-dodgers. The feature of
of the law that, in particular, was
sharply criticised was the provision ex-
empting deposits to the limit of 81 800
from local taxation. And it was not
so much this exemption as the abuse of
the privilege that was the subject of
complaint. While the spirit of the law
of exemption may be fair and right,
the letter permits a person of wealth
who is disposed to shirk public duty to
evade taxation on all the ready money
he has. He deposits in a savings
bank in his own name up to the legal
limit of $500. The same amount
goes into the same or another savings
bank in the name of some member of
the family; third 81 800 goes into the
same or third bank in the name OF
another member, and $50 on and when
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-21

brightest colorings. Then it was that
our fathers cast the horoscope of the
future state, and foretold its schools of
learning-the broad catholicism of its
churchhood-the bold, daring, unpur-
chasable character of its manhood, and
the law-abding. liberty-loving conserv-
atism of its citizenship" 1t is this as
pect of the time that makes il always
instructive to him who turns his thought
to it. No doubt it was in such days of
stupendous undertakings and unremit-
ting demands on the sturdy character
of the settlers that the seeds of the
vaor of Vermont's soldiers in the civil
war were planted. 1t was not by acct.
dent that those soldiers of later gen.
Grafton won lasting honor on the fields
of the South.
Judge Powers characterization of
Ethan Allen was comprehensive and
discriminating. He gave to Allen full
credit for all of Vermont's achieve.
monts that are most illustrious, styling
him the Moses that led the state to the
promised land. In closing he spoke
the following eloquent words, which
ought to thrill sons of Vermont who
yet live on the old homestead, as we
may well believe they thrilled those
who were happily able to hear them
And so all along the century's length, al
home and abroad, in every state in the
Union, in the pulpit, on the bench, at the
bar, on the press, in the halls of congress
at the head of powerful corporate interests
in every line of trade, in all the walks o.
life, in peace and in war, wherever ledder
ship is called for, the demand has been " pu
the Vermonters ahead and keep the rank.
of tine rest Of mankind well closed mp
My friends, for all the wealth of manhood
which our state has created, for all its CRANE
achievements at home and abroad, for it,
grand old mountains and teeming valleys
for its illimitable wealth of mine and min
eral for its industrial, educational and re
ligious advantages, for its magnifcen
charities, for its history and its manifest
destiny, you and / love our old Greer
Mountain home. And as we drop the cur
tain upon the old century just passing, anC
lift that of the new one just opening, let III
voice the reverent verse of Whittier
"Oh make thou us, through centuries long.
In peace secure, in justice strong;
Around our gift of freedom draw
no aafq I'd If our 10Th lav
And, cast in some diviner mould
Let the new cycle shame the old"