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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-13

much to fight the Lords battles. I'll
help. Let me see; you take mission
airy pig every year, that will make you
ten dollars; and ma -
"Oh, can easily spare that much
out Of the butter and eggs, If you are
willing" interrupted Mrs. Simpson,
EAGERLY.
"Well, that leaves twenty for me to
raise, and / don't put much by for a
rainy day, as it is. III light my pie
and think it over" He sat down by
Il stove a NONE nj, then rose suddenly,
lifted the lid and emptied the pipe
into the fire. Pm blessed if Pm 90
ing to let you and ma do all the giving.
I'll give up my tobacco; that will make
the other twenty. l didn't know | was
sending my substitute up in smoke.
Here, Matte, gild this pipe and tie a
pretty ribbon on it, and hang it over
the Bible where l can remember my
obligations when feel the old banker
ing coming back. When we get Roy's
substitute in the field, 1 might send
one for John Simpson"
When he had finished speaking, his
wife handed him the Bible for evening
worship, and for the first time he
prayed from full, believing heart that
the kingdom of God might spread in
every land.
.
Now pipe hangs over the old Bible,
and by it is a decorated cigar box, with
an opening in the top. Every time
Mr.. Simpson goes to the store he puts
in what he usually had spent for to-
bacco. Every Saturday Mrs. Simpson
counts out of the butter money her part
of the Substitute money with a
happy heart. Occasionally Roy earns
few pennies, which go in to keep his
ten silver dollars company, so by the
next annual missionary meeting a boy
in India will be put in school. And who
can tell of all the good that will come
from one little missionary pigl-NOrth-
,Cestern Christian Advocate.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-13

SAY, my soul, what preparation
Makest thou for this high day,
When the God of thy salvation
Opened through the tomb way?
Carl Johann Sphtd.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-13
! FUEL
! ECONOMY.

MARION A. Mcbride, Editor
neutrality-suspicious. Eng
land Magazine, says: "Coal gas
destroyed; ashes, SCOT, cinders
largely reduced; clinkers pre-
vented. At least 25 per cent.
saved in consumption of coal by
the use of Kem-Kom.' 1t is per-
fectly safe. 1t is dissolved in
water and then sprinkled over the
coal. The coalignites quickly, the
! combustion is steady and strong,
and the heat is considerably in
creased and more lasting. A
most valuable household requi-
site in the line of economy, health,
and comfort" KEN Kom is for
! sale by all grocers. A % cent
package treats a ton of coal.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1892-03-25
Humps on Their Shoulders.

The civilized world has lately been
suffering from heavy Valois reac-
ton, and such has been the craze for
tightness and stiffness that ladies
have not hesitated to adopt fashions
which the court of Henri LII or
Charles TX only reserved for men.
High, stiff collars fatal to people
with short necks or defective respi-
ration) have reigned side by side with
huge open cuffs, charming when seen
from the front, frightful when looked
at from behind For years past it
been impossible to induce any dress
maker to leave the sweeping line of
the neck and arm such as nature
made it. Husbands may scold, Bs-
thetic friends may scott, but till the
fiat goes forth from the lawgivers of
Paris, women will have to wear
humps on their shoulders, in some
wise after the fashion of the Refine
Margot. London Saturday Review.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1892-03-25

After the university scholar the
best customers of the booksellers
during the Middle Ages were the
clergy, and one of the favorite places
for a bookstall was the church porch
This custom has left an abiding mark
upon the trade. Readers of Boileau's
'Lutrin" may remember that the
ammunition for the fierce battle be-
tween the contending ecclesiastics
was supplied from a booksellers shop
in the neighborhood of La Sainte
Chapelle st. Paul's churchyard
makes yet greater figure in the his
tory of the trade. The surviving
names of the streets in which the old
stationers of the city of London car
ried on their business indicate the
character of their stock.
In Paternoster row, not far from
Greed lane and Ave Maria lane, the
cradles of their race, the great Lon
don publishers still pursue their pro
fession; and where in the Fifteenth
century a solitary schoolmaster or a
passing devotee asked at rare inter
walls for an "A B C'' or "Psalter,
orders are now issued every hour to
a thousand presses or are received
from the remotest regions of the
English speaking world Quarterly
Review.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1892-03-25

Visitors to Mount Washington can
hardly have failed to notice in sew
eral places by the side of the road
leading from the Glen to the summit
culiously bent and twisted rocks,
some of which strikingly resemble
layers of rumpled cloth The evi-
dence which the forms of these rocks
furnish Of the action Of some tremen-
dous pressure in long past times
which was able to bend and fold the
layers of the earth's crust, is of a
kind that appeals to the eye and
mind of the most uninstructed oh
server.
The geologist sees in the mountains
themselves far grander proofs of the
might of those forces of disturbance
that have broken and corrugated the
rocky shell of the globe.
The effectiveness of the slow con
traction, which the earth has under
gone as its interior has gradually
cooled off, in upheaving and deform-
ing its surface, is beautifully illus
trated by an experiment of the French
geologist, Professor A. Daubree.
He took distended ball of caout-
chouc made to initiate the form of
the earth, slightly flattened at the
poles, and covered it with a layer of
beeswax. Then the ball was allowed
to contract a little Immediately the
beeswax surface was thrown into
folds, and fractured and upheaved
in some places and depressed in
others, the effect being TO produce a
striking resemblance to the surface
of the earth with it's mountains and
valleys and vast beds of broken and
tilted rocks.
So in a few minutes, by this ingen-
ious experiment, a geological history
of the earth in miniature can be en-
acted, and while watching it, with
the aid of a little imagination, we
may behold some of those mighty
processes which, acting through mil
lions of years, have gradually brought
our planet into the condition in
which we see it today. Youths
Companion
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1892-03-25

mighty; ard the prayer he now
offers, though amid many supersti-
tions, l believe God will hear; and
among the Apostles whose sculp
tured forms stand in the surrounding
inches he viii at last be lifted, and
into the presence Of that Christ whose
sufferings are represented by the
crucifix before which he bows; and
be raised in due time out of all his
poverties into the glorious home built
for him and built for us by Him
who maketb the Seven Stars and
Orion.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1892-03-25
The Training of BOYS.

The great want today is not more
opportunities, but the power to crap
pie with hindrances to obtain the de-
sired objects. The men who are fill
ing leading places in the various call
ings and pursuits of life are usually
those who in their youth had to bat
tie with adversely and meager oppor-
tunities, and who, by the force thus
developed, have risen to their present
high stations.
1t is interesting to note that on
this principle the sons of the royal
family of Germany are required to
learn trade, some manual industry,
that they may learn self mastery and
be able to endure hardship. A self
INDUCED, easy going boy, who never
knew one act of self denial, promises
little in the years of mature man
hood. The boy is father to the man
IN that sense.-Presbyterian.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1892-03-25
THE HUMBLE SOUL.

But while standing there saw a
poor man enter and put down his
pack and kneel beside h burden on
the hard floor of that cathedral. And
tears of deep emotion came into my
eyes as l said to myself: There is a
soul worth more than all the mate
rial surroundings. That man viii
live after the last pinnacle has fallen,
and not one stone of all that cathe-
dral glory shall remain uncrumbled.
He is now a Lazarus in rags and pow
erty and WEAKNESS, but immortal,
and a son of the Lord God Al
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-12-23
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Do not leave the turnlps out too long.
If you bug an incubator get good
one.
Give the hens chopped onions occa-
sionally.
Clean up, whitewash and get the hen
house ready.
All breeds Of fowls have certain points
in their favor.
Do not try to winter mcce hens than
you can care for well.
From now on until spring early and
late feeding should be the rule.
Arrange convenient drinking vessels
for the fowls during the winter.
Fruit trees planted in TIE fall should
have the earth we'll frmed about them.
1t is important to have the floor Of the
duck and geese quarters dry in winter.
Clean up the coops aud give a dose of
coal oil before putting away for the sea-
son.
One of the best ways Of securing dry
ness under foot is oy using dry earth on
the floor.
Dressed poultry should always be
thoroughly cooled out before packing
for market.
See that there are no cracks in the
hen-house through which draughts can
strike the fowls.
By watching the fowls for the frat
appearance of cold and curing it Group
may be prevented.
When the fowls must stay ia the house.
scatter the grains among straw Or litter
to give them exercise.
For sweIlcd heads wash clean with
warm water aud then anaoinr the whole
head with glycerine.
Considerable care must be taken to
prevent the eggs from getting chilled,
II they are to be Matched in 40 iucu-
bator.
While less range is needed during the 4,
winter than il summer, az the same time
It is usually bes: 20 give the fowls every
opportunity TO exercise.
If plenty OF clover is given to tho
poultry there will be muca less necessity
for supplying lime, as there IS consider
able lime IN the com position OF clover.
A good roadster OF a good draught
horse need never be sold at price that
will not pay 1 good profit above cost of
production. Buyers are always looking
tor thea.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-12-23
DUCKS FOR EGGS ONLY.

The demand for ducks eggs in cities
is comparatively small, and although
Pekin ducks are the best of layers, they
would give but very little profit, if any
at all, in the sale of their eggs. How
ever, this limited demand for duck s
eggs may be on account of their scarcity.
But few farmers keep ducks, and those
who do hardly ever think of putting the
eggs on the market. In many farmers
households it is preferable to keep the
ducks eggs for use, and place those of
the poultry on the market. Certainly
there is no reason in the world why eggs
laid by these web footed creatures should
not find as ready sale as those of the
other denizens of the poultry yard.
1t costs more to produce one Of these
eggs than an ordinary hens egg. They
are a good deal larger, and for this
reason they should get a better price.
But even with a better price it would not
pay if the eggs were laid by the ordinary
barnyard duck. 1t would pay just as
long as the supply of eggs is kept; but
this class of animals are noted for the
fewness of their eggs. The Pekin ducks,
as we have said before, are best layers
of any of the varieties of ducks, aud if
they are kept and fed carefully IN
doubtedly profit would be derived from
the sale of cggs.-American Farmer.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-12-23
THE CARE OF ROADS.


Wisdom in construction gave France
the best roads in the world a number of
Years ago. Complete organization and
care has kept them 50. The most perfect
road uncared for soon wears out; the
poorer stone road we'll taken care Of will
soon have a smooth surface. The French
roads are never out OF repair. Oae man
takes care OF long stretch OF road,
often several miles, by doing here a lit
tie and there little. The road is always
in ideal condition. The cutters are
trimmed, the grass plats along the side
are always neat and clean, and the main
bitches on the outside are free from all
rubbish. The surface of the roadway Is
kept dry by small opea drains across the
grass platS on each side. AS the grassy
borders are about three inches above Ehs
road, the sod is cut out about eight
inches wide and tour inches deep, with
a spade, and the drain neatly scraped
out. The bottoms are not lined with
stone, and very little work is needed to
make or keep these small drains. Taey
are placed from fifty to eighty feet apart,
and if the road slopes they run diagon-
ally OOWn tue slope.
The roadmsu keeps the drains clear,
scrapes the mud off the road in wet
weather, and sweeps the dust ia dry.
Cleans off the snow and breaks up the
ice on the surface OF the road and in the
drains. Picks up loose stones, breaks
them and piles them in regular heap for
use in repairing, takes care Of the trees
along the road and keeps the mile posts
in order.
The roadmen live in the imme date
vicinity Of the road and are expected to
be constantly ar work during the day.
They have the following tools: Wheel
barrow, iron shovel, wooden shovel, pick,
iron scraper, broom, rake, Crowbar,
hammer and tape. This system of caring
for roads amounts to constant, every
day patrol in search Of the slightest evil
dence of imperfection. The result is
that these imperfectioas are never OBJ
servabIe to the ordinary traveller. He is
soon led to expect perfection and sees
nothing else. One can walk along these
roads after rain without getting his
shoes muddy. In the dry summer time
there is no annoyance from dust. All
this is the result of constant, diligent,
far-reaching organization. The eco
nomical and prudent French people know
that it pays to build good roads, and that
it pays still better to take good care of
SUCH highways. Farm, Field and
Stockman.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-12-23
KINDS OF PONIES.

There are many kinds of small horses
that go By the namc of ponies. The
native kind, known as the Indian pony.
is supposed to be descended from the
animals brought to this continent by the
Spaniards, but by reason of neglect has
deteriorated in size while it has gained
in hardness. There is another native
pony FOUND on the islands of the North
Carolina sounds known as the banker,
from its location on the sand banks of
which the island and mainland are made
up. There is also the Sable Island pony
of Newfoundland, an animal similar in
character in every way to the former.
The imported kinds are the Welsh pony
of England and the Shetland of Scot
land, the latter the smallest horse exist
ing, some of them measuring no more
than thirty inches in height at the with
ers. The smallest of all these bring the
largest price, the Shetland selling some
times for as much as 81 a pound of its
weight. A fairly good animal may be
purchased for $3.50 or thereabout This
kind of pony is in great demand for the
use of children, as it is exceedingly
gentle and sagacious. New York
Times.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-12-23
SCAB on SHEEP.

Those who have once had the scab
disease in their flock of sheep do not
need any description Of its effects, but
for others, we will say that the inciina-
ton to be constantly rubbing is the
first symptom, with biting Of the fleece
where it can be reached, and a sore to
be found where the wool comes of,
from the centre Of which yellow matter
is discharged. To cure it the following
remedies are used: Washing the sheep
with soap and water, and then dipping
in an infusion of arsenic, at the rate of
a half pound to twelve gallons of water.
Others mix the common mercurial ONT
ment with from three to five times its
weight of lard, and apply about two
ounces to each sheep, parting the wool,
and rubbing it in at distances Of about
four inches apart. Another remedy,
and less dangerous to handle, is to mix
one pound of sulphur and one half pound
of tar, then rub this well into about
two pounds OF lard, and apply in the
same way as the mcrcurial ointment.
Others dip in strong solution of to-
bacco, we'll stepped. In this, which is
perhaps, the most commonly used in this
country, as il the arsenic solution, care
must be taken to keep the sleeps head
out OF the liquid.
The time for dipping is about one to
three months after shcaring, and the
sheep should not be over heated, or
thirsty, should not stand in hot sun,
and the work should pc flushed early
enough 50 that they may dry Of welt
before Night. They should DE kept in
it from che to two minutes, and then
the WOO! should be squeezed as dry as
possible aftec they are taken cut. Do
not allow the drippings TO fall upon any
thing they are likely TO ear, and do not
let unwcaDed lambs IN with them for a
lev hours after dipping. If the first
application does not cure, in ten days Or
two weeks repeat It. One tub OF trough
in Thich 10 dip them and another for
draining them, or squeezing the dip out
af the WOO, are necessary. There are
several patent preparations offered FOR
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-12-23
LINE FOR THE HESHoUsE.

Lime should be frequently sprfnkled
about henhouse; it should also be used
In conjunction with carboic acid, both
being deoderizers, purifying the air aud
discriminating vermin quickly from the
premises The runs should be sprinkled
with strong solution of sulpnuric acid,
and you need feel no fear Of cholera or
many other diseases which poultry are
from time to time troubled with. New
York Independent.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-12-23

EMPLoYER-See here, Mr.. Penn,
this is the fourth time in three
months I have given you day off to
attend your sisters wedding. Don't
you think you ought 20 find a new
excuse? Bookkeeper--But ! have
been telling the truth. Sister lives
in Cbicago.-Indtanapolis Journal.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-12-23

OF the twenty thousand political
orators in the United States, how
many have changed a single vote?
One good newspaper is worth bum
dred speeches.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-12-23

sale as sheep dips. aud they are probably
all compounded upon some Of these
lines.-Amerlcan Cultiva,o..
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-13
HE WAS UNFAIR.
An Appraiser in a Crockery Sale
Loses q Suit For His PAYMENT.

An Appraiser in a Crockery Sale
Loses Suit For His Payment.
Judge Mahoney filed decision yes
terday in the case of Bryant VS.. Carpen-
ter which has developed many interest
ing facts, and which was decided
against Bryant, placing the costs upon
him. The court finds as follows:
Plaintiff did not fix the prices of all
the articles in said stock according to
the wholesale prices of such articles in
Mime apolis and st. Paul at that time,
but OH the contrary, he fixed the prices
of a large number of articles much
higher, and in many instances more
than 100 per cent higher than the
wholesale prices.in Minneapolis and st.
Paul. By said appralsement the total
price was very largely augmented tits
worth was $4,000 and Bryant's appraise-
ment made it worth Sl9, 7O5.1Ol, and de-
PENDANT was required to pay much more
for the same than he would have been
required 10 pay had the prices of the ar
ticleS been fixed as plaintiff had agreed
to fix them.
The facts of the case briefly reviewed
are as follows: On Oct. last III. c.
Bryant contracted to appraise the Dren-
nen crockery stock, which Nelson Car
penter was about to purchase. The ap-
praisal was to be according to the
wholesale crockery prices then prevail
ing in st. Paul and Minneapolis, and for
his work Bryant was to receive 500
from Carpenter. Only $50 of this
amount was paid when Carpenter
claimed that the appraisal had not been
justly made and refused to pay the bal
ance. Then Bryant brought suit to.
recover this balance of $50, with the
above result.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-13
TO THE COMMISSION.
Ihe Chamber OF Commerce Rakes
Up the Discrimination Charge.

The Chamber OF Commerce Rakes
Up the Discrimination Charge.
The Minneapolis chamber of com
merce is full of business these days. Its
latest action is to file formal complaint
with the interstate commerce commits
sion against nearly all of the railroads
of the Northwest. The complaint has
to dO with the charge of discrimination
IN rates in favor of Duluth as against
Minneapolis. The complaint makes a
printed pamphlet of fOrty-five octave
pages, is sworn 10 by +. g. Pillsbury.
and is entitled:
:, The Chamber of Commerce, of Minneapo-
lis, Minn., vs. The Great Northern Railway
Company The Chicago, Milwaukee d ST.
raul Hallway Company, The Northern Pa
enc Railroad Company, The Chicago d.
northwestern Railway Company, The Chi
cago. st. Paul. Minneapolis d Omaha Rail-
way Company: The MINNEAPOLIS. st. Paul d
Sault Ste. Marie Railway Company. and The
81. Paul u Duluth Railroad Company.
The charges contained in the COM
plant are al ready familiar to the read
ers OF the newspapers as they were gone
over fully last summer in the papers.
1t is complained that the rates OH wheat
and flour to Duluth are relatively
smaller than to Minneapolis. This
amounts to charge that freight shipped
to Minneapolis has to pay greater rate
tlan the average rate of the line over
which it is shipped.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-13
SETTLED SATISFACTORILY,
Withdrawal of Excessive Demur-
rage Charges by the Great North

Withdrawal of Excessive Demur-
rage Charges by the Great North
ern.
The vexatious question of demurrage
charges which has been making trouble
for the chamber of commerce and the
Terminal Dispatch association has been
settled satisfactorily to all concerned.
This question came up early last fall,
when the chairman of the Terminal
Dispatch notified grain men that they
would not be allowed day for REIN
spectlon of wheat any more. The de-
murrage charges would be 50 day per
car straight. The custom had been
heretofore to allow day free for REIN
spection of wheat. The notice stirred
up the chamber of commerce men, and
they appointed committee to bring the
matter before the state railroad and
warehouse commission. The commits
sion came over to Minneapolis and put
in whole day discussing the matter
with the chamber committee and repre-
sentatlves of all the railroads. The
commission recommended that the de-
mulrage charge of 50 be withdrawn.
All of the roads agreed to the recon-
mendation except the Great Northern.
Nothing further was done until the
10th of last month, when f. Il. Petit
addressed the railroad commission.
again calling this matter to its notice.
Yesterday Mr.. Petit was notified
through the railroad commission and
through letter from Chairman
Dudgeon, of the Terminal Dispatch,
that the demurrage charge of 81 had
been withdrawn