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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-07-07
HAY-LoFT sWEEPINGS FOR CHICKS

When YOU have a brood of chicks,
try giving them the sweepings of the
hay-loft in which to scratch, and you
will be surprised to notice how busy
the little fellows will be, and how in
dustriously they will work to secure
the seeds. There is nothing that will
tempt little chicks like small seeds,
and they will scra tch from morning
until night if they can find them.
The scratching will do more to keep
them in health than anything that
can be done for them. 1t makes
them keep warm, compels them to
feed without filling their crops too
rapidly, prevents leg weakness. and
assists them to endure cold. Their
appetites will also be greater, and
they will eat anything else provided,
with avidity. II chicks are fed four
times day when young, and given
hay, chaff and leaves to work in, they
should grow rapidly. They must be
kept in a warm place having plenty
oflight and carefully fastened up at
night American Farmer.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-07-07
SHIPS THAT ARE LOST.

1t has, to many persons, been an
interesting speculation as to the
| aspect of the countless wrecks which
have been swallowed up by the
North Atlantic since the churn of
waters has been ploughed by the
keels of ships. Their number is
probably to be reckoned by the tens
of thousands, and the greater part of
them lie In a comparatively small
part of that field. If we count this
portion of the Atlantic which is most
peopled with wrecks as having an
area Of 100000, square miles, and
estimate the total number of such
ruins within this space as 10000,
we would have an average of one
sunken ship for each hundred square
miles of surface. If all these crafts
were at once sailing over the surface
of the sea we should, from the deck
of any one of them, be likely to note
the masts of several others. But as
they lie on the floor of the ocean the
greater part of them are probably
reduced to low mounds of rubbish,
so that if the ocean floor were con-
verified into dry ground, and we
crossed it in a railway, seeing the
fields as we do the prairies, it would
require an attentive eye to discern
the existence of many of these re-
mains.
1t is a singular, and perhaps some
what humiliating fact, that the most
conspicuous and indelible record
which man is making in the strata
now forming on the sea-foor is
written in the bits of coal and ash
which are cast from our steamships
as they pursue their way over the
ocean. The quantity of this debris
is very great, and unlike the wrecks,
it is very evenly scattered along the
paths followed by our steam marine
1t is likely that already, in the track
of our transatlantic commerce, not a
square rod would fail to give trace
of this waste from our coal-burning
engines. AS this material is not at
tackled by the marine animals, and is
very little affected by the other
agents of decay, it will doubtless be
very perfectly preserved in the strata
which are to bear the records Of our
time. In the eventual formation of
a deposit containing notable
quantity of cinders, it may be that
our successors in the far hereafter
will interpret our, perhaps other
wise, unrecorded ways of voyaging.-
From The Depths of the Sea-" bv
Prof. N. S. Shaler, in the Tulv
Scribner.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-07-07
PLANT FOOD OF FERTILIZERS.

Fertilizers may contain a greater
portion Of plant food than is
equivalent to their cost, and yet the
plant food may be in such shape and
condition as to be useless to the
farmer for immediate effect on his
crops. 1t is true that the insoluble
materials of the fertilizer may prove
beneficial to him in the future, after
chemical action in the soil has re-
duced the substances to a state of
solubility, but the farmers who pro-
cure fertilizers do so with the view of
securing plant food for the crops
which are to be grown Immediately.
1t is when the fertilizers contain their
nitrogen in the shape of nitrates and
sulphates, Or their phosphates as
calculated bone, that the best results
are obtained, Peruvian guano and
the several salts Of potash are al
ways in excellent form for plant
food Refuse materials from manu-
factories, however, though often
rich in the required elements, are not
always in an available form Phil
adelphia Record,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-07-07
THE OVERHEAD CHECK REIN

Whether the ordinary check-rein is
of any benefit may, perhaps, be con-
sidered an open question. There are
arguments both for and against it's
use. On others it is probably an
injury. But, however this form of
the rein may be regarded. there seems
to be but one way to look upon the
overhead check. This kind of
rein is a barbarity and ought to be
abolished at once and forever. 1t
keeps the horse in constant pain,
while it is on, and the discomfort
produced by its use remains long af-
ter it is removed. In many cases it
has caused severe disease The horse
is noble animal, and it is a shame
and disgrace that for the sake of
show he should be tortured by the
wealthy and aristocratic owners
who use this form of check-rein.-
American Dairyman.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-07-07
A NEW SUMNER DRINK.

An English dairy paper tells of a
new use for skim milk. After the
milk has been creamed by the centri-
fuge, the skim milk is sterilized by
heating, to destroy all bacteria, or
gems of ferment or other possible
means of injury to its keeping. The
milk is then charged with pure car
bonic acid gas at a high pressure and
placed in syphon bottles from which
it can be drawn at any time. The
milk so trea ted, it is claimed, will re-
main sweet indefinitely. The medi-
cal profession have taken hold of the
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-07-07
for the Farm.
CLOVER HAY FOR HORSES.

1t has generally been supposed
that clover hay was unfit for horses,
however good it might be for other
kinds of stock. Mr.. 7. B. Terry. of
Ohio, farmer who makes speciality
of potatoes, wheat and clover, keep
ing but few farm animals aside from
horses for this work, has made a
practice of feeding them with clover
hay. AS he is very successful in his
farming operations his experience is
entitled to more careful consider
alton.
He SAYS: For food, clover is
beyond doubt the very best general
crop we have. 1t is about equal
pound for pound to oats and we can
grow FIVE times as many pounds OF
clover as we can of oats on the same
ground. | do not, he says, feed my
work horses grain, have not done so
for twenty years and have saved a
great deal of money by it, while the
horses have done just as well.
Mr.. Terry has a considerable
amount of work for his horses to do
on the farm and road which should
be taken into consideration.
This long experience, covering 20
years, should be worth something,
and if it is successful with him why
not with others under similar condi-
tons? This change from hay and
grain to clover alone might appear
too radical for some, but perhaps his
plan might lead farmers to substitute
clover hay in part, with perhaps less
nraIn tn ADVANTAGE PM This clover
hay would need to be cured in the
best manner possible, so as not to be
at all dusty and musty, as that
would not be very suitable feed tor
horses st. Adams Messenger.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-07-07
CONCORD & MONTREAL R. R.
June 27, 1892.
Passenger Service
from St. JohnSburV,

For woodsviiie; plymouth, 1aconia, Til
ton, Concord, Manchester. Nashua, Lowell
and Boston, lao (ex.), $50 a. M, 2. 81 (ex.9
p. m. Arrive Boston sos a. m, So, SIS
p: m.
Sundays 40 a. M, arrive Boston sos am.
The /. 40 a. m. train daily has through
passenger and sleeping car
For ST. Johnsbury via Plymouth and Wells
River.
Leave Boston 900 (ex.) a. m, lis, us
(ex) p. m. Sundays rs p. m.
Leave Lowell 9.4o (ex.) a. M, 1.5S, 7.5S
(ex) p. m. Sundays 7.5s p. m.
Leave Nashua Jc TO- II (ex.) a. M, rs, $50
(ex) p IN. Sundays $50 p m.
Leave Manchester 1O,41 (ex.) a. M, PSI,
e.o3 (ex) p. Sundays e.o3 p. m.
Leave Concord Ills (ex;} a, M, 1926 $40
Arr ST. Johnsbury 81 pm. 500 a. m, PIT
a
The a. m train from Boston week days,
and the us p. m. train daily have
passenger and sleeping cars
T. A MacKINNON, e, F. MANN,
Cen Manager Supt.
F. e. BROWN. G. P. and T. A.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-07-07
RIPENING CREAM.

Cream is ripe for churning when it
is just sensiblv sour to the smell or
taste, and if the churning is delayed
after this point the quality of the
butter will be injured. Moreover, by
longer delay the churning itself may
be prevented or made very difficult
by the changed condition of the
cream, and the butter rendered al
most worthless. Hence it is very
necessary not only that the period
mentioned should not be exceeded
but that the temperature of the
cream during this period should not
exceed go to 650.-[ Henry Stewart.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-07-07
nMANURES THAT ARE USELESS.

There are legions of farmers who
do not realize the fact that they use
tons of manure which is useless to
plant until late in the season, for no
manure can be appropriated by
plants until it is decomposed in the
manure heap or after 1t has been ap-
piled on the field. There may be
portions of the manure soluble,
especially if the urine has been saved
and absorbed, but it may require
two or three years for the whole of
the manure to change its form, and
as much depends also on the compo
sition of the manure as on the
fertilizers, for the manure heap is
composed only of what the farmer
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-07-07
BOSTON & MAINE R. R.
SUM- ER ARRANGEME NT, JUNE 81, 1891
Trains Leave 81. J Ohnsbury.
PAssUMPsIC DIVIsIOr

Trains Leave 81. , Ohnsbury.
GOING SOUTH.
For Concord, Manchester Nashua, Lowell
1910 a. m, $50 a. M, 9.45 a. m. Arriv-
ing at Boston, .O5 a. m, and 4.55 p. n.
p. m.
For Concord, Manchester, Nashua, Lowell
and Boston via Wells River and P1ymo uth,
40 a. M. S.56 a. m, 9.45 a. m, 2. 81 p.
m. Arriving at Boston, :. 10 a. m, 4oo p.
M, S.55 p. m
For Bellows Falls, Northampton, Spring
field, Hartford, New Haven and New York,
1910 a. m, $50 a. m. and 9.45 a.
For Newbury, Bradford, Fairlee, Thetford,
Norwich and White River Junction, 1910
am, $50 a. m, and 5.54 p.
For Passumpsic, Barnet and McIndoes.
S.56 a. m, and 5.54 p.
For Wells River, 1910 a. m, LAO a. M.
$50 a. m, 9.45 a. m, 2.34 p. m, 5.54
p. m, 1918 p. m. (mixed).
GOING NORTH.
For Lyndonville and Newport, 2.22 a. M,
3.15 a. m, 1915 a. M, 3.13 p. m, 4.27 p.
M, 8. 90 p.
For West Burke, Barton and Barton Land
ing, 31o a. M, 1915 a. m-' 4-27 p m.'
For Stanstead and Derby Line, MassawiPpi,
North Hatley, Lennoxville and Sherbrooke,
3.15 a. M, S.13 p. M, 500 p.
For Quebec via Sherbrooke and Grand Trunk
Ry., 3.15 a.. m, 500 p.
For Quebec via SherbroOke and Quebec Cen
trail Ry., 3.15 am, 500 p.
For Montreal via Sherbrooke and Grand
Trunk Ry., 3.15 a. M, 500 p.
For Montreal via Newport and Canadian
Pacific Ry., 2.22 a. m, SIX p. m.
J. W. SANBORN, D. J. FLANDERS,
Acting Gen. Man. Gen. Pass. Agt
H. E. FOLSOM, Div. Supt.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-07-07
Travellers Guide.
ST. JOHNSBURY AND
LAKE CHAMPLAIN r. r
Summer Arrangement, June 81, 1892.
Trains Leave ST. JOhnsbury.

GOING WEST.
For Danville, West Danvi1le, Walden, Green's
boro. East Hardwick, Hardwick, Morris
Vile and Hyde Park, 7.35 a. m, $50 p
m, and sos p
For Johnson Cambridge Junction, Burline
ton, Fletcher, Fairfield, Sheldon, Highgate
and Swanton, 7.35 a. M, g. 20 p
For Stanbridge, St. Johns, and Montreal via
East Swanton, 800 p.
GOING EAST.
For East ST. Johnsbury, North Concord
Miles Pond and Lunenburg, 2.3o M,
$50 p. m, $50 p.
For Whitefield, Fabyans, CrawfordS, Glen,
North Conway, Fryeburg, Portland
Brunswick, Lewiston, Augusta, Waterville,
Bangor and St. John, $50 a. m, $50 p. m
H. E. FOLSOM, D. ]. FLANDERS,
Supt. Gen. Pass. Agt.
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carbonated milk and are prescribing
it for persons who have not been able
to digest whole milk. 1t is said to
be very valuable and most easily d.
gested.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-07-07

has made it, the kind of food used
and the ages of his stock, while the
manner in which the manure is kept
largely affects its value.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-07-07
NEW HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE

Offers students a choice among five scientific
courses. They take Agriculture CT1emis-
try, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical
Engineering, or the General Course,
which is specially designed for women
shop and laboratory instruction. Expenses
moderate with liberal provisions for the as
sistance of deserving students For cata-
1ogues, etc, address the Dean, Prof c. II.
Pettee, Hanover, y. H.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-07-07
Barden
Automatic Creamery,

before buying any other. Thousands of Sep
to be just represented sale.
To the Barden Creamery Co.
Having been using one of your creamerieS
1 can say it does all that is claimed for it 1
could not be induced to get along without
it. AS long 1 keep dairy / make
more butter with less work in caring for the
milk. cturn in from 20 to 80 minutes.
LYMAN STEVENS, Danvi11e, Vt
To the Barden Automatic Creamery Co.
can say that it works much better than
expected. 1t makes more butter with less
than half the cost. 1 would not have it
taken out for 81 90 if could not get another.
h d. PIERCE.
c. E. Kirk, Agent:
When you and Mr.. Barden came here
last fall to sell creamery told you I
had been thinking for some time about
changing from the large pans to a creamery
but had not seen one that suited me. / then
looked over the Barden and told you I
after over two months trial know it is The
Workmanship and action are perfect and it
does its own SkimIning. There is lifting
OF cans nor gearing to fuss with. I think the
difference in the quantity and quality of nv
butter will more than pay for it this year to
say nothing about the saving of labor which
my wife begins to think is no small item
IRA G. SMITH.
East ST. Johnsbury, Jan. 8.
For catalogue, price list or other informa-
ton address,
The Barden Cream Separator Co.,
Middle Granville, N. W,
Or CHARLES E. KIRK, Agent,
st. JohnSbury, VT
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OF Interest to DairyInen.

To those who think of buying creamery
we would be pleased to have them investi-
gate the merits of the
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-10-27
The Wife of the Great Discorsrer

She belonged to a noble house asso-
ciated with Dom Henry, of Ariz, in his
explorations and discoveries as well be-
u of their family station as by the
grace of the infante.
Laws like sthose which in chemistry
govern the affinity of combining atoms.
in social intercourse produce personal
affinites. The greatest of all discover
ers was himself destined to wed the
daughter of a d~iscovcrer.
Columbus often went to mass on
Sundays and other obligatory days.
His residence in Lisbon being near the
convent of All Saints, he resorted
thither to perform his devotions, and in
his asslduons attendance there it was
his fate to be attracted by Dona Felipa
Muniz until he sought and obtained
her in marriage.
The affection of Columbus for the
young Lusitanian doubtless possessed
practical features also in view or the
sailors desire to live for the realization
in his ripper age OF the work already
fully planned in the latter years of his
ex1berant youth. Moreover, creditipp
his contemporaries rs we should, the
incompatible pilot displayed two traits
capable of turning the head | will not
say of Dona Felipa but of every wo-
man-eloqueaee and personal attract
iveness.
His many graces captivated her
senses, his eloquence, her mind. Felipa
Muniz, daughter of Philippine Pere-
trello, and Christopher Columbus were
made one, in conformity with religion
and law, in holy i~ndissolubte wedlock,
in the year l47i. The year following
their union a son was born to them
who was baptized III Lisbon and named
Diego.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-10-27
CURIOUS NEIGHBORS
Peep Into a Kitchen Window and
Make a Discovery.
A ne W-DUG GRAYE--A READY CORPSE.
But, the Uxorcide Had Lost
His Nerve and Fled for
Parts Unknown.

LONDON, Oct ga horrible affair
has come to light at Oldham, near Man
chester. A man named Mellor lived in
a house in the Hollins road at hat
place. His wife has been missing for
some time, but apparently nothing
has been seriously suspected. Some
neighbors, paying an unexpect-
ed visit to Mellor's house,
noticed that a hole had been dug in the
kitchen, having every appearance of
having been intended as a grave for
somebody. They informed the police,
who at once proceeded to the house.
The police made a search, and soon
found a body in the cellar. 1t
was thought to be that of Mel
lor's wife. Her throat had been cut
and the body was covered with stab
wounds, showing that she had met a
cruel death by violence. The remains
were in such a condition that it ap-
peared the woman had been dead for
weeks. A barrel of quicklime was
found in another room, no doubt in
tended for use in the grave. Mellor has
been put under arrest.
It appears that the Me1lor house had
been closed for weeks, a circumstance
which excited the majority of the
neighbors. Several of them entered
the back yard, and peeped into the
kitchen window. There they saw that
the stones forming the floor were
heaped in a corner, and that a large
grave had been dug. They 1T
once carried the news to the
police, who forced an entrance to
the house and found the corpse of Mrs.
Mellor in a pantry under the staircase.
The body was lying on a rough rug.
and was naked, except that the lower
limbs had some undergarments on.
The remains were decomposed and it
was apparent that Mellor, after pro-
ceeding to a certain extent in prepare
tions for concealing the crime, had lost
the nerve to finish the job, and aban-
doned the house.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-10-27
Notice Of Sale Under Deed Of Trust

Whereas, LaCount Coil and Martha
E.Coil did on the 18th day of February,
1856, execute 20 the undersigned trus-
tee their certain deed of trust, duly re-
corded in book Y for trusts, at page
IL, in the office of the Recorder of deeds
for Audrain County, Missouri; and
whereas, said deed of trust was given
upon the following land described as
follows: Begin at the northeast cor
ner If block 2 i'm John A. Pearson's
Addition to the City of Mexico, Mis-
souri, thence run west sixty feet, thence
south hundred and fourteen feet.
thence east sixty feet. thence north
one hundred and fourteen feet to point
of beginning. And whereas, said deed
of trust was given to secure the pay
ment of q note therein described and
to perform certain other conditions in
said deed of trust set forth; and where
as, said note is now past due and un-
paid and certain conditions of said
deed of trust broken; now therefore,
In order tc carry out the conditions of
said trust, I will sell said land to the
highest bidder for cash at the east
front door of the Court Honse In Mex
leo, Missouri, on the twelfth day of
November, 1892, between the hours of
10 o'clock q. m. and 8 O'Clock p. m. of
that day. HIRAM A. RICKETTS,,
I'd. Trustee.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-10-27

At so years his hair vas quite gray.
He was temperate in eating, drinking
and dress, and so strict in religious
matters that for fasting and saying all
divine offices, he might be thought pro-
fessor in some religious order.
Notwithstanding all he has done for
this country some American writers
have recently sought to prove that his
moral conduct woufd not stand the
high test of a comparison with that of
a New England Sunday-school teacher.
He was really SO devoutly religious
that his signature is a cipher, said to
mean 'Servate-me, NristuS, Maria,
Yosefus, Christoferens."
In his later years he suffered from
govt, ophthalmia and other maladies
which his many hardships brought on.
His sight and hearing were quick and
his sense of smell extremely delicate,
and he had a great fondness for per-
fumes. Even on his voyages he was
fond of having his linen, which was
very fine. and his gloves scented with
essences or more often with dried flow
ers. Otherwise he was moderate and
simple in diet and apparel from taste
and on principle; he may be added to
the list of great men who confined
themselves as far as possible to vegeta-
BILE diet and preferred water TO wine.
He IA scrupulously careful of garb
and person, even when he wore the garb
of an associate of the order of st.
Francis, as he did whenever circum-
stances permitted.
Columbus allied himself by marriage
with an Itaio-Portuguese family. She
whom he was to choose and take to
wife was named Felipa, Muniz PEREZ
trelln.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-10-27
Order Of Publication.

STATE OF MISSOURI,
County of Audrain. S.
In the Probate Court for the County of
Audrain, September Term, 1892.
B. Fl. Robinson, Administrator of Ma
ria Robinson, Deceased.
Now comes B. H. Robinson, admins
TRAITOR ofMaria Robinson deceased and
presents to the Court bis petition, pray
ing for an order for the sale of SO much
of the real estate of said deceased as
will pay and satisfy the remaining
debts due by said estate, and yet n
paid for want of sufficient assets, ac-
companied by the accounts, lists and
inventories required by law in such
case; on examination whereof it is Or
dered, that all persons interested in
the estate of said deceased, be notified
that application as aforesaid has been
made, and unless the contrary be shown
on or before the first day of the next
term of this Court. to be held on the
Second Monday of January, 1898,
next, an order will be made for the sale
of the whole, or so much of the real es-
tate of said deceased as will be suffi-
Gent for the payment of said debts /;
and it is further ordered, that this no.
tiee be published in some newspaper
In this county four weeks before the
next term of this Court. A true copy.
Attest: S. NJ. EDWARDS,
27-4-t. Judge of Probate.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-10-27
HEAVY DAMAGE SUIT.
Ii. j. White. OF, ,CPntralia, is Sued for
SO, 0O0.-Aecused of Malicious
Prosecution.
From the Globe-D Democrat.

Max Trube, a young man, COM
menced a $4,000 damage suit in
the Circuit Court yesterday against
B. J. White and the Centralia Mer-
camille Company, OF which White is
manager. He charges defendants
with malicious prosecution, and
that, on September "a last, White
had him arrested and indicted in
Boone County, Mo-, on the charge
of having burglarized a building in
Centralia and stealing some prop
erty which was afterward discov-
cred in a secondhand store on
Market street in this city; that, on
September % last, he was tried
before Judge Gillespie, of the Boone
County Circuit court, and ordered
discharged, the Judge stating that
he never tried a case in which there
was so little evidence for the pros
ecution. White was found in this
city and a summons served upon
him.