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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-08-26
Deterioration of Water in Reser-
yOirs and COnduits.

Some time ago, at meeting of the
New Jersey Sanitary Association, Mr..
G.. b. Brush dealt with the above sub
iect in a paper. He remarked that all
water supplies are better at certain
periods of the year than at others. In
the hot, dry days the water becomes
dead and liteless, and if allowed to re-
main at rest for any considerable length
of time alg@ formations appear on the
surface. These, however, are destroyed
and disappear as soon as the water is
put in motion. If allowed to remain,
the water cures itself-the ale9 disap-
pealing after few weeks, and leaving
the water again in its normal condition.
The alge show themselves more quickly
on water that has been filtered, either
naturally or artifcially. The author
also stated that water is delivered in
its best condition when taken from
IA running stream and supplied d.
rectly to consumers without coming to
rest during its passage. Water dis
colored by sediment is very often in its
best condition, because the sediment is
due to the fact that an abnormal volume
of water is blown off from the water
sheds, and any pollution there may be
is so diluted as to be incapable of harm.
But there is such demand for clear
water, that reservoirs are necessitated,
with their attending evils. Water that
is stored for twenty or Thirty days COM
mences to deteriOrate. This is due to
stagnation, and the stagnation begins
to manifest itself as soon as the oxygen
in solution in the water becomes less
03 per cent. The best means of pre-
venting stagnalion consists in keeping
the water in motion, and there is no
better way than forcing air into the bot
tom of the reservoir, and keeping the
water aerated. Mr.. Brush gave an in
teresting account of his experience
with number of res ervoirs where the
water had become tainted in conse-
quence of lying stagnant, and in every
instance he obviated the difficulty by
forcing air into the reservoir or the
mains.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-08-26

to make them grow, or how to feed his
soil to make it productive. He works
haphazard. Where potash is more
needed than anything else, and would
perhaps be a cheaper manure, he APP
plies something much less needed. He
wonders why his cattle have bone dis
ease or look so scrawny, when such
condition is only an indication that
they lack the right kind of nourishment.
Even his children would grow better
and be healthier if he knew that all ami
mails, pecialy when growing, need
phosphate of lime to produce bone;
and the human animal needs phosphate
or phosphorus in some form to feed the
brain and build it up.
Now, enough has been said to illus
trate the value of little knowledge of
chemistry to the farmer, as well as to
illustrate the disadvantage of ignorance.
To one who knows the primary princi-
pies and facts of this science, the farm
challenges profitable as well as inter-
esting thought. Work is no longer
drudgery, for when the hands are oc-
cupied the mind is not vacant. Every
acre of land presents its peculiar prob
lem.
The swamp with its useless grasses,
indicating an excess of acid in the soil
as well as an excess of water, and the
barren hillside which will hardly sus-
tain its population of grasshoppers, are
made to ASST each other, by each sup
plying what the other lacks.
AS it is the teachers business to find
out the needs, capabilities and riches
of the pupils mind, so the farmers work
is to discover the wealth and resources
as well as the needs of the soil, and TO
complement it by adding the missing
elements, and in short, if you will al
low me TO use the term, to educate it.
To educate is only to draw out and
cultivate powers already possessed
Such work cannot fail to be inspiring
and attractive.
The farm then becomes the labora-
tory, and there is fascination about
these improvements that adds zest and
enthusiasm to whatever work is under.
taken.
If the time has not already come
when knowledge of the chemical con-
stituents of soils and manures is neces-
sary to every farmer who would sue.
coed, it has certainly come for the New
England farmer. With our rapidly in
creasing population in America, we
shall soon be compelled to cultivate the
soil scientifically or starve. No less
here than in other vocations, knowledge
is power. Especially to him whose
daily bread depends in part, at least
upon knowledge of the earth h'
treads, is scientific knowledge the
power which will lay open earth's treas
ures.
Moreover, in its pursuit and practica
application, he will find no less pleasure
than profit, as well as an antidote TO
the discomfort which makes many in
telligent young men desert the mos
wholesome of all occupations.
There is not room for every we'll edu
Gated and intelligent man to earn a livli
hood in the learned professions, neithe
would it be desirable, for there is room
on the farm.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-08-26
Tagged Out

Last spring l was completely tagged out.
My strength left me and felt sick and mis-
cradle all the time, so that L could hardly
attend to my business. l took one bottle of
Hoods Sarsaparlla, and it cured me. There
is nothing like it," II. G. BEGoLE, Editor
Enterprise, Belevlle, Mich.
81 derived very much benefit from Hoods
Sarsaparilla, which took for general debility
1t built me right up, and gave me an excel
lentappetite." ED. JENKINS, Mt. Savage Md.
N. b. If you decide to take Hoods Sarsa-
parilla do not be induced to buy anything else
instead. Insist upon having
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-08-26

If we must have this sort of dogs,
there is no reason why they should not
be kept in yards so fenced that they
cannot escape, and be not allowed to go
out, except in their owners company !;
all dogs running at large, otherwise, to
be shootable at sight by any man own
ing sheep.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-08-26
advertisements.
Makes the
Weak Strong

The marked benefit which people in run
down or weakened state of health derive
from Hoods Sarsaparilla, ccnclusively proves
the claim that this medicine "makes the weak
strong" 1t does not act like q stimulant,
imparting fictitious strength from which there
must follow a reaction of greater weakness
than before, but in the most natural way
Hoods Sarsaparila overcomes that tired feel
ing, creates an appetite, purifies the blood,
and, in short, gives great bodily, nerve,
mental and digestive strength.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-08-26

AS the law now stands, it is practically
useless for its ostensible purpose-the
encouragement of sheep husbandry.
So completely have the flocks of the
state been destroyed that the present
dog tax is, in many places, in excess of
the damages claimed. This fact is even
used to prove that dogs do not do as
much damage as people claim. Carry
this argument out, and you will prove,
when the last sheep is exterminated,
that dogs are no injury at all.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-08-26

STUDENT: whats the most peculiar
thing about your profession?" Doctor:
" When have to charge ten dollars a
day for treating man whose life isn't
worth two cents. "-Lye.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-08-26
Randolph Normal School
Two Terms a Year Of Twenty Weeks Each
The terms begin the fourth Tues
day in August and the first
Tuesday in February.
The First Course of Study

The First Course Of Study
Extends through two years and in
cudes four lines of work;
l. English Reading and Elocution,
Grammar and Composition.
2. Mathematics---Geo Draw
ing, Algebra, Arithmetic.
8 Science---Botany, Physiology, &C.
ography Civios, Physics.
4. Pedagogics---Soho Discipline,
Education. Psychology. Pedagogtcs.
Candidates for admission must have
good knowledge of Arithmetic, Gram
mar, History of the United States and
Physiology.
Textbooks furnished at one dollar a
term, to be paid at the beginning.
For rooms or for further informa-
ton apply to
EDWARD C0NANT, Principal,
Randolph, Vermont.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-08-26

CHILDREN enjoy the pleasant flavor,
gentle action and soothing effects of
Syrup of Figs when in need of laxa-
tive, and if the father or mother be
costive or bilious the most gratifying
results follow its use; so that it is the
best fam lily remedy known-and every
family should have a bottle.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-08-26

CHILDREN Cry for Pitchers Castoria.
CHILDREN Cry for Pitchers Castoria.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-08-26

If such dogs are licensed, it should
be only to be kept strictly upon the
premises of their owners, with severe
personal and pecuniary responsibility
for all the consequences of escape. In
addition to this, our dog-laws should be
amended so that the owners of sheep
suffering from dog raids should receive
full and complete compensation for all
loss and damage in consequence thereof.
No one can dispute the justice of such
a provision. If dogs of this class are
permitted by law to be kept, then the
law should take care of the sufferers.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-08-26
Editorial NOtingS.

WE are very glad to print the COM
munication in another column from
the Rev. II. @. Ward of Royalton,
VT, and it is we'll worth the attention
of every reader. 1t delights us to see
ministers take an active interest in
farming and gardening; and the more
they do so the more influence they are
sure to have in rural communities.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-08-26

their families. No one would much
object to their being kept, if kept as
other domestic animals are-at home.
1t is this allowing them to range by
night and day all over the neighbor-
hood, and often miles away from it, that
is objected to. No such liberty is al
lowed to other live stock; and if this
particular kind cannot be otherwise
kept, there is clearly ample cause why
they should not be kept at all.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-08-26

IN order to bring this subject fairly
before your eyes, kind reader, please to
reflect as to your emotions if you were
credibly Informed that semi-savage
brutes-as able to destroy or MAIN
dairy cows as dogs are to afllict sheep
were to be introduced by dozens, and
allowed to run at large in your neigh
borhood, and so all over the state.
Would not your whole community arise
with fire in every eye, as in the time
when the Green Mountain Boys went
out to meet Burgoyne and his raiding
army?
CUSTOM has stalled our minds to the
real and bloody truth in regard to the
sheep-killing dog Those who argue in
favor of these dogs have not an atom
of fairness in their line of argument.
Nobody claims that such dogs may not
be in some degree useful to their own.
ers, and much beloved by them and
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-06-13
CUMMING CASHIERED
Expelled from the Army by
Order of the Queen.
TIE OFFICIAL NOTICE PRINTED.
Her Majesty Says She Has No Further
Use for His Services.

Tho Scandal to bc Called N, in tho house
Of Commons on Monday Radicals wiz
Attack the Prince of wrlcs-Tho Sec
retary of War to DO Questioued-Mr.
Gladstone Does Not Favor the Move.
LONDON June 1S. The fate of Sir
William Gordon-Cumming is sealed as
far as the army is concerned, for the fol
lowing paragraph is published in the
Gazette:
WAR OFFICE June 70 1891. Scots Guards.
Major and Licut-CCl SIR William Gordon
Cumming, Baronet is removed from he army
Her Majesty having no further occasion for
his services.
Frequent conferences are being held by
the War Office authorities who are dis
C ussiug the bacCarat verdict. Yesterday
the Duke of Cambridge, Commauder-in-
Chief of the Forces, summoned Gen. Owen
Williams and Col Stacey, in command
of the Scots Fusilier Guards, Cummings
regiment to the Horse Guards, where
they had prolonged conference.
On Monday next, in the House of Com
mons William Summers, Liberal Mem
Der for Huddersheld and Henry Peyton
Cobb, Radical n-Conformist Member
for the Rugby Division of Warwickshire,
1ill question the Secretary of State for
War as to what course he intends to pur-
sue with regard to the three officers Field
Marshal the Prince of Wales, Cen Owen
Williams and Lieut.. Berkeley Levett, OF
the Scots Fusilier Guards, who signed
the document which practically allowed
Cumming to remain an officer of the
British army Notwithstanding his con
| duct at Tranby Croft.
The Secretary of State for War will
also be asked what action he proposes tc
take in regard to the same officers fol
having disobeyed the army regulations
which call for the bringing of such casel
to the attention of commanding officers
Mr.. Gladstone shows no disposition tc
encourage the proposed action.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-06-13

"THAr DOES NOT SOUND LIKE A DEFEATI'
The tide of battle is against them and
they can not Withstand its irresistible
force.
And who are those two horsemen
galloping at headlong speed from the
extreme right, with their horses heads
turned toward Chattanooga?
General Rosecrans and Garfield, his
chief of staff What does this mean?"
Colonel Hopkins cried to Frank in stern
dismay as they rested at a crossroads
to allow their scattered men time to
gather round their standard.
''They find the road they are taking
impracticable and are coming this
way" Besant replied, as the riders
wheeled their horses and made for the
crossroads.
AS they reached the spot where Hop
l1ns and Frank stood they halted.
"Hark, sirl" Garfield said to his SUI
perior, and pointing with his sword to
the left, whence came the regular firing
from. Thomas division. "That does not
sound like defeatl"
81 tell you," was the petulant reply,
sit is a rout-we are beaten, man; and
am off TO Chattanooga TO telegraph the
cursed tale to Washington"
"May remain9" almost pleaded Gar
field.
"As you will," was the ungracious
assent, as the hero of a hundred
fights. seized with a fit Of panic SO
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-06-13

"Why, lie went up to the General
with doleful face, and reported that
he'd lost a battery of six new guns,
which the enemy had taken after u
fierce assault.
" Did you spike them, sir9' the Gener-
I'll demanded.
Nav, ! didn't. They was too new
and good for spilSing, sir
Not spike themr Thomas roared.
Then, what in thunder, fellow, did
you doP'
Just ralliedrou bitand charged,
and took 'em back againr the West
erner drawled, while even the Generals
grim features relaxed into a smile"
"That reminds me-" began Ropes, "of
a man in the Thirty-ninth Ohio, who"
But the anecdote was interrupted by
the approach of a corporal who an
nounced that q citizen wished TO see
Captain Gregory at once on important
business.
"show him in," Jack cried, without
hesitation.
He recognized at once In the fat little
man before him German shoemaker
living near, who had soled pair of
shoes for him.
"Well, Hartmann, what Is it?"
81 haf to mage reborts of one of your
! men, who vas shtole a tog vrom me, sir. "
"a dog! You don't mean to say that
/ NANCY Newfoundland cur l saw in your
| store, with back as bald as a billiard
ball?"
| 1tV,b I,,+ 10 ,,-. .,,, ,.a,.,- 10, 80
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for all dot. Vor ten years he haf been
mine childers' playmate"
"Do you know the man who took
himp"
yah, he vos called Paddy Byrne, und
Ivos told he vos Won Of your company.
But dot vos not the worst of it, it vos the
cruelty dot make me 20 mad"
"Crueltyp'
yah, he vos skin dot tog und gut
him up in leetle bieces. He vos take
dot tog's hind-leg away NIT him"
"And by all the gods we've eaten It'll"
Jack gasped, his face paling with dis
gust. 'I'n kill that villain, Byrne, if
Pm shot for his murder"
But after reflections induced him to
forego his sanguinary intentions, as the
rueful quartette concluded that it would
be for their interest to keep the trag-
Ody secret, though it eventually
leaked out, and not one of those gallant
officers could for a time show himself
without some jocular fellow greeting
him with lively "bow WOW -wowl'
[To BE Continued
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-06-13

LONDON, June l3-The st. Olave's Guar
dians in South London had an exciting
time over the baccarat scandal. A motion
was made declaring that the gambling
of the Prince of Wales is a disgrace to
the country. The chairman refused
to put the motion before the members.
An exciting scene followed and the meet
ing was in an uproar. The friends Of the
mover of the resolution denounced the
Prince of Wales in unmeasured terms.
The chairman finally left his seat and
quilted the hall. and the meeting broke
up, disorder continuing to the end.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-06-13

PARIS, June 13,-In published state
ment NJ. de Lesseps declares that he
was not aware that any one intended TO
prosecute him or any Of those persons
connected with him in Panama Canal
affairs. To do so, he said, would be impos-
sible, as all his acts in regard to that en-
prise had been legal.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-06-13
THOMPSON OR ABBOTT.
Sir John Macdonald's Successor VIII
Probably BE Named To-day.

Sir JOnn macuonnlu's successor Will
Probably BE Named To-day.
OTTAWA, Ont, June 13 Since Sir John
Thompson's conference yesterday with
Lord Stanley conflicting rumors have
been in circulation, Notwithstanding the
formers definite statement to newspaper
men that he had talked only department
business with His EXcellency. This
morning Sir John Thompson made this
statements
"Both Mr.. Abbott and myself have
been in conference with the Governor
General, but no one has been called on
yet. l think that to-day His Excel
lency's choice will be made"
1t is now generally conceded that be-
tween Thompson and Abbott the choice
for Premiership lies. Either will serve
under the other.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-06-13
omnlbus strIlsers neturn to yyorn.

LONDON, June 13,-The settlement Of
the omnibus strike is the cause of very
general satisfaction. A meeting Of dele
gates, representing the striking drivers
and conductors of all the omnibus yards
In the city, was held during the daysaat
which it was resolved to accept the offer
of the masters to concede a twelve-hour
day with a slight increase of wages. The
men will, by the terms of the agreement
arrived at resume work at once.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-06-13
Nrcslox Gnss to Prison.

UNIoNTowN, Pa, June 10, - Worthy
Foreman John McSloy, of the Knights OF
Labor, a prominent leader in the late
coke strike, was sentenced to-day to two
years in the Allegheny County Work
house. McSloy and Mike Disman were
convicted of conspiracy and rioting at
the Leisenring works.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-06-13
Stewart WIN Conspiracy.

NEW York, June 13-Ex-Judge Hor-
ace Russell presented in courts atIidavits
purporting to show a conspiracy on the
part of the Irish heirs to break the Stew
art will and Gen, Butler is said to be i'm
plicated. Gen. Butler is preparing an
answer denying the charges.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-06-13

Have you a Pittsburgh,
Rochester, Duplex, or a Stu
dent Lamp?
Do they work satisfactorily?
Do your Lamp Chimneys
break? You getthe wrong sort!
The RIGHT ones are the
PEARL GLASS" made by
Geo. A. Macbeth 6. Co, Pitts
burgh, makers of the cele-
brated "Pearl-top lamp chin
ney, which have given univer-
sal satisfaction.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-06-13
mooftx Gooftm DYING.

New York, June 13-The veteran ac-
tor, Gus Phillips, who has been sick at
St. Vincent's Hospital for the past
month, was in a critical condition last
night. On Thursday he had turn for
the worse and the physicians think that
his death is matter of few days the
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-06-13
A Cure for Constipation and
Headache,

Dr. Silss Lane, while in the Rocky
com bined with other herbs, makes an easy
and certain cure for constipation. 1t is in
the form of dry roots and leaves, and is
known as Lanes. Family Medicine 1t
will cure sick headache. For the blood,
liver and kidneys, and for clearing up the
complexion 1t does wonders. Druggists
sell it at so cents package
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-06-13
Failures for the Week.

New YoRK, June -Bradstreet's re-
ports POS failures in the United States
during the week against 233 in the pre-
ceding week and 149 in the correspond
ing week of 1890.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-06-13

PHILADELPHIA, June 13-A number of
witnesses testified in the Meyer and Dick
inson test duty suit, but nothing of great
Importance was brought out The case
then went over till Monday.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-06-13
A Duslno.. Man commit. suicide.

ROCHESTER, N, Y, June 13,-EzaEiel
Hyde, leading business man of Lima,
Livingstone County, hung himself last
night in that village.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-06-13

Not until the leafy month Of June
did Rosecrans assume the aggressive,
presumably because he was deficient in
cavalry, and our young knight fretted
sorely because he could not use the
spurs he had won so gallantly; but the
time at last arrived when he had no
cause to complain of inaction.
With sixty thousand men the Union
General advanced against Bragg, now
entrenched at Chattanooga, and sue
ceeded in maneuvering him out of his
position early in September. Rosecrans'
extraordinary delay excited universal
criticism, especially after his splendid
record up to that date. Having seized
the city evacuated by the Confederates,
and supposing Bragg to be In full re-
treat for Alabama, he advanced his
whole force after him, but the Southern
commander had been reinforced, and,
being assured that Longstreet's corps
from Alabama was close at hand, re-
solved upon retaling Chattanooga,
which, as military position, was OF
vital consequence TO either side. Both
armies had become much scattered over
WIG LAlOhllStiAAlOuo DuO OlA bliS
18th of September they were fairly con-
'centrated upon the banks of the Chicka-
mauga, or 'River of Death, " twelve miles
from the coveted city.
The battle opened on the 10th, and all
that day there was hot fighting, with nc
pronounced result. During the night
that followed dLongstreet's corps arrived,
and he was given command of the Con-
federate left, Polk being assigned td
that Of the right, while opposing them
Thomas led the Union left, and Rose
Grams in person the right.
On the dawn of the goth the furious
onslaught began. Like a rushing tor
rent Longstreet's men cast themselves
as though each had hundred lives
upon the gallant ranks that Rosecrans
led. Again, again, again-each time
with madder fury, till, yard by yard,
they drive them back and break their
line. In vain Hopkins and Besant
rally their men to superhuman effort.