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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1892-12-01
cAvENplsH.

Mrs Isabel Smith from Proctor is here
visiting her sister, Mrs. F. L. White.
Mrs. George H. Spafford is teaching in
the primary department at Proctorsville
this winter.
w. b. Atherton from Oregon is home
on visit to his parents here, Mr.. and
Mrs. e. III. Anterior.
Miss Marion L. Atherton returned
last week from New York where she has
been for several weeks.
E. G.. White has opened a grain store
in the old Academy building and will
keep flour, meal, bran, middlings, etc.
william w. Rhoads has finished work
for j. III. Bates on Twenty Mile Stream
and is with his friend, G. II. Spafford
for the present.
H. d. Sanders is finishing off several
rooms in the ell part of the house now
occupied by him, and will take more
boarders. w. w. Rhoads has the con
tract for doing the carpenter work.
The first of series of singing schools
Tenney of Grafton, was held Saturday
evening with full attendance. Thu
next school will be Monday December
at 100 p. m. Everyone come.
The reception given to Rev. G. B
Wheeler and wife, the retiring pastor o
the Baptist church, was very fully at
tended. Their departure is regretted
by all their friends. They 60 to Brattle
boro for the present to visit sister.
Among the visitors and people HON
for,Thanksgiving we saw Foster Swift
and wife from Nerth Adams, Mass.
Henry Swift, wife and son, from New
York city, and Mrs. nj. A. Winslo'
from Boston, at George Whites; Georg
III. Davis from Proctor, at Gen. Davis
Leroy Head and family from Chester
al Charles Pratt's; A. T. Pierce an
wife from Saxton's River and Georg
p" tra-d wife from Chester, at Horac
Thompson's.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1892-12-01
EAST BARNARD.

Miss Susie Davis of this place was
married recently to Mr.. Ca, penter OF
Sou h Royalton.
Miss Abbie Abbott, formerly of this
place. was married November 25 to Mr..
Cleveland of Bridgewater.
The village district finds much conso'
latiOn in the new school law in that the
debt which has burdened Them since the
building of the new school house is now
shared by the whole town.
Vermont's School Law.
The committeeman has been committed
To dark Oblivion's shore,
And. like old Grimes, that good old man,
We ne'er shall see him more.
Three school men come in on a Board
Into each town and city hail.
Who knows but that these honored men
May ride out on rail?
CD. L.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1892-12-01

Mrs. George A. Weston died at Las Vegas,
n. NJ, Saturday, after long and painful III
ness from consumption. She has been sick
about three years and in the fall of 1890 MI.
Weston took her to the Adirondacks, where
they remained for several months. In Octo-
Der of last year they went to New Mexico,
and in the winter passed two months in I'll
Paso, Texas, returning to Las Vegas In the
spring. Mrs. Weston's health was apparent
ly improved by this change Of climate, and q
few weeks ago Mr.. Weston returned east,
leaving his wife and daughter Monday OF
last week he received a telegram that his
wife was worse and FASTENED to her bedside,
arriving the evening before her death. The
remains were brought home, arr, ing last
night, and the funeral will be held Friday
afternoon at o'clock.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1892-12-01

Mrs. H. d. Aldrich and daughter passed
Thanksgiving in Athol, Mass, Mr.. Aldrich
went down Saturday and the family returned
the first of the week.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1892-12-01

Mrs. Frank Butterfield and Miss Esther
Butterfield Of Washington have been the
guests Of Mrs. o. ID. Gray for few days.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1892-12-01
gellous Stalls dimes.
BUSINESS NOTICES.

Hs- Positively nothing Will he accepted for
this department except when accompanied
by Cash on basis of 10 cents per line of seven
words for each insertion.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-10-15
Dairy Questions.

At the butter sc DOL held at Aureius,
N. T., the following questions were
asked and were answered by that vet
eran dairyman, the late Colonel +. d.
Custis:
What causes the inequality in the
price of butter and cheese. when it
takes nearly three times as much milk
to produce 4 pound of butter as a
pound OF cheesee' The supply and de-
mand. 1t should not take NOR. than
two and half times a. much milk to
make pound Of butter a. one of
cheese. The value of the skin-milk
must also be taken into the account,
and the greatly diminished loss Of
nitrogen from the farm. la = ton of
butter. rs ct,~ts will cover tho loss of
fertility; while in q ton Of cheese the
anoua Of nitrogen. phosphoric acid,
and potash is equal to about f3l.
Vita 80 aaay poor cows, it may take
three times ~ nuch milk for butter 10
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-10-15

terminated by the neat and effective
constructions Of the day. AT Miss
Beveridge's forge the tire Of n truck
might easily have been raised to weld
ing heat, or a needle tempered, yet the
contrivance could have been picked up
by man of ordinary strength.
The forge, however, was the only
one of the tools that seemed in keeping
with the shghtness of the artisan. At
one time she would be swinging nam
.mer that weighed twelve pounds, and
- moment altar would drop it to grab
some other implement as much too
heavy for her hands. When there is
heavy welding or drawing to be done
Miss Beveridge is usually assisted by
some one of her boy compa Mons in the
smithy or by her inststructor, but she
is slow to admit the need of such help,
and is sometimes follnd struggling with
a bit of work calculated to tax the
strength of snan. Such occasions are
not frequent, however, because it is
not to the more common branches OF
Understanding that Miss Beveridge is
giving her attention. Her purpose is to
become accomplished in the making OF
ornamental forged ireA work, in which
- is rare to 6nd any single piece that
cannot readily be manipulated by
woman. If when an ornament must be
put together and finished greater
strength is needed there are slings and
cranes and other devices in plenty that
enable the woman still to be mistress
of the situation.
1t is the belief Of Miss Beveridge that
In designing curious and attra active iron
ornaments womanly fancy will prove
sitself more alert and dainty than that
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-10-15

At Chicago she will demonstrate i1Hr
ability TO do work that will sell for
good prices, and thereby prove that in
one form of artisanship at least woman
may be self-sustaining.
Another Of her self-imposed duties
will be to show and explain the methods
used in accomplishing her work. so that
their simplicity may be generally un-
derstood and her example be followed
by other women.
The precise place in the Exposition to
which she will be assigned is not
kn"wH. but the mann,sing directors
have promised that suitable provision
shall be made for Miss Beveridge and
her workshop.
A place near or in the machinery de-
partment would be preferred by her in
order that she may utilize steam power
as much as possible, but she is willing
to go under any Inconvenience. The
dlminutive blacksmith made a pretty
picture when, after a long period of
labor,s she f1ounced down upon her ANIL
for season Of rest. The unstudied
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-10-15
Preventing Sheep Diseases.

No animal is SO difficult to handle
when attacked by some disease rs the
Sheep, and loss of appetite and dis
coura@ement follow so rapidly when
the animal is taken down that haste
| and Immediate action is necessary
to save the life. Our very chanweable
climate make sheep diseases very dis
astrous in the fall and winter seasons,
and one must take good preventive
measures to keep the health of the flock
up. The different breeds have differ
ent susceptibilities. and while some
are very easily attacked and killed bv
disease, there are other breeds that aD-
pear to be comparatively hardy under
the most adverse circumstances. AS
general rUle. however, the fiue-wooled
breeds are much more hardy in the
United States than the coarser wooled
brethren, owing to the closer texture
Of their hoofs, while the latter are
more subjc to the attacks of the gad-
hy. and the many troubles it intlicts.
The preventive measures for sheep
troubles are good sanitary surround
ings and good diet. None of tue
breeds will thrive very well on low,
wet. marshy grounds. nor can they en-
dure wet weather in the open air long
without contracting some Injurious
disease. Sudden changes of any kind
will affect them seriously. and hence
our climate is often bad for them. A
sudden change in the food. tempera-
ture of the body or a cnill of anv kind
will very often prove fatal. Under
standing these points one is prepared
TO prevent many of the diseases which
are now killing off the f1ocks in every
section. The diet also is very essrn-
tial. and roots appear to be almost
essential to the good health of the ami
mails. Salt an,l water need to be taken
into the system in small quantities
very often. and both should De kept
near the f1pcks at all times. In all
things the flock master must study the
natural needs and desires of his breeds
to make the most of them and MS
common sense will then suggest pre-
ventive measures.
Many OF the diseases Of sheep are
caused by parasites wnich are multi
pied rapidly in flock and the ol ,erS
are infectious. When such diseases
appear isolation is ,e great preventive
OF its spread. The liver-rot is cauSeI
bV parasites, and with the decay of the
liver the affected sheep comln,n,rale
inc disease to others that feed on the
sam" pasture. HraIi ~ sheep Suoud |
I've krri oh such pas ures liiat haze
$50 'nooo ue1Jo s,ueId pIA u1o11
Su!uos!od 'pooy eq1 II! >oSurqo ueppns
Su!p!oAr pun papuammoosI ST lolp
poo6 Sn!A!5 iq pop!oAs 40 uuo uonsd
-nsuos. pu" o!IoO :Su!psslds sssss!p
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-un puv 'spunol5 Aqslsu1 TOM o. amp
IleSlel s! ao1 ,ooI 'IaNo qoes ,su!w6v
dn uni o. psAouH sar Asq, uspm 1sqlo
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The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-10-15
NOT Fool ENOUGH FOR THAT.
Col. Snoozer Was Il Disappointed Po1ti
elan, but Didn't Want the Fact tlno syn

Col. Sn0ozer Was II Disappointed Poiti-
elan, but Didn't want the Fact Mno wn.
"poEtical parties to-day arr shame
fully corrupt" observed Col. Snoozer
with what the Detroit Free Press calls
decisive nod
"Ies?" cooed Mrs. Snoozer
"1es, shamefully corrupt, " continued
the colonel. why, there is 10 honesty
or honor in them."
Awful, ism t it?" suggested his bet
ter half.
awful! Why it's come to that that
10 self-rcspectinG man will identify
himself with politics. No decent citizen
can afford to be connected with it. ."
Dists'essing!" murmured Mrs. Snooz-
er dutifully.
longer afford to accept a nomination
for office. The baser elements control
primaries and elections. and, what's
worse, they control the men who are
elected. The condition of affairs con-
stltutes Serl0CS menace to our liber-
ties: bribery and corruption rule the
DallOt-boX, the Legislature and even the
congress of these United States!" And
the colonel brought his fist down on
the table with a, thunderous bang that
startled his good wife and made her ex-
claim:
MY, my, colonel! Why don't you
write to the paper about it?"
."Yes, that would be bright thing,
now, wouldn't it? Great heads you
women have for public affairs! I'd be
a nice pie-faced idiot to write to the
paper about it, wouldn't I? l tell you
man can't monkey with it at all
without having his acts attributed to
the basest motives. Its rotten through
and through, madam, rotten! Yes, it
would sbe nice to have the editor say
was some because | was defeated for
delegate to the congress conventien!n
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-10-15
Gfelst to Rest His Mouth.

Mr.. Johnson-"They tell me, parson,
you are intending to go away for few
weeks this summer?"
Parson Pimberlip-" ercordin'
ter de presen' progance, yas. sir! i
gwine hab de fust furlow dat / done
'j'y in de las lebben var"
Mr.. Johnson-"You don't tell me!
Then you must feel, indeed, as if your
brain needed rest"
Parsou Limberlip-" Not 'zactly, sab.
You see, I hain't fshiatin' wild dat
sorter congregation dat 'quires any
brain intmen'. All dey wants am JUS
plain, ol-fashion revival zortin'. Dat
don 'quire dat de parson go way ter
res his brain-oh, no, sab, JUS gwine
orr ter res mer mouf. "-BostonC Courier.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-10-15
THE FISH THAT SWALLOWED JONAH
Perhaps It Was "A white shark Instead
OF IA Whale.

There is no argument valid Upon q
premise of inherent impossibility. 1t
used TO be concluded heyond question
that there We're no black swans. be-
cause it is impossible to conceive
black swan. But one harmless and
unconscious black swan from the Anti
podes put all the Ingenious thinkers to
rout. Hume argued from his concep-
ton Of u true induction that the major
premise must include all possible
cases. This he thought conclusive
against q great deal Of popular belief
But what test have we of The possible2
1t is harder to believe that we have ex-
florad and classified the whole field of
knowledge, than that ravenous fish
with no higher and no lower thought
in its meagre brain than a plentiful
dinner-should have swallowed and
then disgorged a man. Besides, we
are not without evidence that such
piscine conduct is at least possible.
Jonah was sailing in the Mediterra-
mean right along its whole length
from Joppa in Palestine to Tarshish, in
Spain; and it is in this very sea that
even at the present day huge fish.
the white shark, is found; and not
only this, but the bones of much
larger species now extinct. For the
word used in the Bible is a general
term for large fish, and it includes in
various writer's, sharks, tunnies. whales,
dolphins and seals. This white shark
attains such a size that it has been
known to weigh four tons and a half.
One that was exhibited last century
over Europe weighed nearly two tons.
and very nearly re-enacted the part Of
domains fish. A British war-vessel was
sailing in the Mediterranean when a
man fell overheard. A huge shark in
stantly rose and the unlucky seaman
disappeared within its mouth. The
captain tired a gun at it from the
deck, and as the shot struck upon it's
back it cast the man out again and he
was rescued by his companions. They
forthwith harpooncd the fish, dried him
and presented him to his intended VIC
tim.
In the beginning of this century a
shark was taken at Surinam, and in it
was discovered the body of a woman
excepting the head. Instances are re-
corded upon good authority of speci-
mems being found in the same sea; one
with sea-calf in its stomach as bic as
an OK, another with whole horse. and
another with two tunnies and man.
That man could live there for a con-
siderable time seems by no means inn
possible. -Quaper.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-10-15
Ensilage, But No Silo.

The two seem to be inseparable in
the minds of American farmers but
the careful English farmer often con-
structs no silo, and yet obtains his en-
Stage just the same. For many years
they have been in the habit of building
large square stacks of fodder. press
ing it down heavily, but constructing
no walls around it. Plank floors rest
ing on heavy cross pieces are used as
the foundations for these stacks. and
when finished cross planks on the top
to hold the fodder down are chained TO
those on the bottom. These chains
are drawn very tightly, aud quite a
pressure is brought to bear on the
stacks.
The only exposure that the stacks
have is at the sides, but in such a
variable climate as ours. the injury
here would be considerable. Iu Eng
land the loss is not SO great. and the
farmers continue to practice the old
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-10-15

method. In a certain way the early
farmers Of this country adopted the
same methods. Stacks of corn fodder
were kept out all winter, with nothing
but covering over the top to keep
the rain and snow away. An improve
ment upon this was made by the more
progressive farmers where a shed was
built with such broad, overhanging
roof that very little rain or snow could
get in.
Experiments with euslage without
silo have been made at the stations in
this country and the amount of fodder
spollt on every side by the action of
the heat and cold would not seem to
justify this method. 10 the depth of
several feet the fodder was completely
spoilt or badly injured. This taken
from an ordinary stack would amount
to about two-thirds of the whole.
There is, however, some advantage ia
having enSilage without silo. Where
there is a great deal of fodder to keep,
and no silo to put it in. it would pay
to stack it thoroughly after the fashion
of the English farmer 1t should have
a good board foundation. good top
covering, and heavy wei ghts or chains
on it. The exposure is lessened on the
sides If Il broad. over-hanginy roof of
boards can be made around it. Farm
ers could at least make experiments in
this line, and estimate the amount of
loss to see if it more than counter
balanced the original outlay in the
construction of the side Chicago
Journal
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-10-15
SWINGS BIG HAMMERS.
A CALIFORNIA GIRL PROPOSES TO Rr
A BLACKSMITH.
She Likes Nothing Better than po,,n,,
Iron. and She's Coming to tho WORLDS
Fafr TO sho" Other Women How to
Do 1t.

California will send at least one uni
que exhibit to the Columbian Exposi-
ton in the person Of Miss Ray Sunshine
Beveridge, blacksmith, who will set up
her forge in some one of tie big build
mgs down at the Worlds Fair grounds,
and by giving a practical demonstra-
lion of blacksmithing daily will re-
present her California brothers in IRON
work. Miss Beveridge is young and
pretty. This is what a reporter who
interviewed her the other day has to
say about her:
She was found deep in the study Of
problems in welding and forging over
her hot blast and anvil in the smithv
annex of the Cogswell Polytechnic,
where she is learning the trade from
Instructor Mathis. The ironworkinp-
room was not clean. 1t was smuttv
and full of pungent smoke. A score of
anvils were changing as sturdy youths
beat upon them, but Miss Beveridge
worked on as though all blacksmiths
were feminine and she was not an nm
usual practitioner of an art that MIGHT
pro1ltably engage many of the unem-
IMoyed women of the country,
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-10-15
The Farmer Gets the Benefit.

All operations in the grains benefit
the grower, because they cause him to
get his price paid sooner, and they
are just as likely to put up prices as to
depress them; therefore the average is
maintained. But ii there were no
speculation, the farmers could only
sell their grain to the local buyers who
would be liable to get full and stop
buying, aud then the farmer would
be compelled to wait for custom
erS; and IN the meantime Il mortgage
might be foreclosed on his farm, even
while the wheat in his bins would more
than satisfy the mortgage, If convert
cd into cash. But speculation flash
inc its news over the wires from one
side of the world to the other. keeps
the market always open to him.
Chicago. st. Louis. Minneapolis Dracti-
cally lay down gold dollars on the
threshold OF the most remote barn i'll
Dakota; ana all this just because these
cities furnish ousy spectators, whose
brains and knowledge command the
moneyed resources of the whole United
States so far as wanted, and 50 far as
every dollar is represented bv standard
grain at the market price. less a fair
margin for the bankers. Grain opera
tions benefit the consumer also: be-
cause when there is an excess of bread
stutfs low price stimulates con-
sumption and gives him big loaf;
and when there is u deficit. Il HIGH
price enforces economy and teaches
him to eat more potatoes and less
bread. and thus to give his neighbor a
chance at the loaf, in plentiful times
men are apt to waste flour. When
there is short crop. then speculation
in the form of capital-proyident
thrifty capital. the daughter of economy
and the sworn enemy Of wastefuIuess-
steps in, takes the precious wheat. and
says: Nov each Of you Inhabitants
OF the planet can have your share, and
AS much as is good for you; but these
are times of dearth, and in order to
keep you from using more than your
proper share. the price must be raised
on YOU" This follows from wise
law OF trade-which we cannot do
away with. and ought not to try TO do
away with-that scarce things must be
dear. Make the loaf small and dear if
the crop is small; then no one will
waste it. Diamonds are small and
dear. and no one wastes them; but a
man can ding diamonds into the sea
with better conscience than he eau
waste bread when the world is hungry.
b. +, Hutchls0n. in North Am ,ricun
RevSeaU
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-10-15

OF man, and thereby both increase
present demands for such handwork
and create new markets. As part of
her scheme of manual education she is
to study designing, drawing, and
modelling, and she is encouraged in
thinking that she may rise above medi-
ecrity because her present experience
has shown that she is gifted with
fine appreciation of form, relations, and
color. When to such natural adapta-
tlons she has added the finish of the
schools she will call herself black
smith. but not before
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-10-15
Sound Advice.

j. N. Murray, in Rurat Life, talks
straight from the shoulder on the ques-
ton of saving the liquid manure. He
says:
The manure made on the farm is of
two kinds, solid and liquid. Most of
US save the solid, how many save the
liquid? | don't know one, including
myself and there are some Us good
farmers about as you will find in the
average community.
Liquid manure is fully one-half the
value of the whole in actual worth.
We pile our manure in heap in the
yard, and leave it till spring, or time
allows us to haul it out; or we cast it
on top of the frozen ground in winter
and allow the elements to wash it
away in its most valuable part. In
our barn yards. at the least estimate,
we lose about 80 per cent of the half
that we have saved. Look at the
arithmetic of it and see il it doesn't
stagger you:
MANURE MADE do PER CENT.
r Per cent.
Loss on manure exposed To weather in a
trodden pile. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES .16h
faelna'Lucr.
Now, can YOU and as astute busi-
ness men afford to 90 on year after
year losing such part Of most vaiu-
able product? Armour can't afford to
lose the hair OF blood of Il hog. He is
worth his millions where we are worth
our hundreds. Immensely rich from
what we waste! Do you wonder that
some men have achance to say, Farm
ing doesn't pay in Iowa"
Let us look the matter square in the
face aud each convict himself Of gross
acknowledgement. If we must come in
competition with the world and live,
we'll have to save the hair and the
blood on our farm.
How will we do it? We must build
our barns with Water-tight floors to.
save the liquid manure and store it in
q Water-tight receptacle. The solid
excrement must be under cover and
not left exposed to the elements. Our
hog and cattle barns both come under
this head. Especially should this be
true OF hog manure, as it is richer than
that of cattle.
Can We expect to pay our mortgages
and borrowed money without extea-
sion OF time with such prodigal waste?