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The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-04-08
GONE A MAD.
The Executioner of Mrs. Surratt Bereft
of Reason.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, April Cap
tain Chrisrath, who hanged Mrs. Surratt
and the other Lincoln conspirators in
Washington, was suddenly bereft Of rea-
son Tuesday night on the run to Jackson
with the mail train. He has been mail
agent for twenty years between here and
Jackson and made the latter place his
headquarters. Tuesday night it was no.
ticed he did not throw off the mail, and
an investigation found him in the car
surrounded by the bags, staring wildly at
vacancy. He was provost of Washing
ton at the close of the wal and retained a
vivid recollection of hanging the conspi-
ratOrS.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-04-08
Rec Poison for Rheumatism.

Experiments on bee stings as an anti
dote for rheumatism are interesting.
Mr.. Aaron Miller has virtually found
the sting of bees an antidote to very Sc,
we're rheumatic pains to which he was
subject. Although seventy-four years
of age he voluntarily submitted to
singing, and found it quite ~efficacious.
New York Journal.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-04-08
From a scotchman,s Sermon.

We are told to love our enemies; but
we are not told to like them. don't
like my enemies. l dislike them very
much. But this with a baleful glance
l love them. And l shall ever be ready
to show my love to them by trying to
get them severely punished, that they
may be led to repent of their behavior
toward Northumberland.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-04-08
a WELL CURED HAM !!

Perhaps you don't take kindly to ham
as a regular diet, but there are times
when nothing appeals so strongly to the
taste, providing its quality is up to the
mark. There is as much difference be-
tween the ham that has been properly
cured and the ham that hasn't as there
is between a genuine dollar and a coun-
~terfeit. One is a treat and the other
well, nothing good can be said about it.
We would like to have the pleasure of
introducing you to our Reliable ham !;
you'll thank us for the introduction.
We can also especially commend our
Michigan Straight and Fancy Flour.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-04-08

The railways of the United States pro-
vide a living for nearly 5000, 900 per-
sons, or nearly o~ne-twentieth of the
population Of our country.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-04-08

1t is not likely that, save in Russia,
Persia and China, there will again be
such dreadful loss of life as has been ex
perienced from the failure of the srops.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-04-08

Love that is love is not veneered o J
grained timber, but is solid oak clear
through, and is never one bit afraid Of
the anger or buzz saw.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-04-08

In the parrots heak both mandibles
are movable-a popularity unknown in
other species of birds.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-04-22
NnInnhIe PoInts hN n Plumber.

''If you want point or two about
cleaning waste pipes without sending for a
plumber" said a retired member Of the
fraternity to a New York Telegram report
er, who was complaining of the trials Of
house ownership, "just listen to me. If |
were still in the business would not give
away what am going to tell you now, but
as | am out of it | do not see why | may
not help friend. One OF the most fire.
quent and trying annoyances, he contin-
ued, lis the obstruction to the free, quick
outlet of the waste water of the wash ba-
sin, the bathtub and kitchen sink. This is
caused by a gradual accumulation of small
bits Of refuse MATERIAL paper, rags, meat,
bones or grease, which check and finally
entirely stop the outflow of the waste, and
then the plumber is called to remove the
stoppage with his force pump. Sometimes
this is accomplished, but often the pipe has
| to be cut, and there is great Inconvenience
and expense. Just before retiring at night
pour into the clogged pipe enough liquid
soda I've to fill the trap, as it is called, or
the bent part of the pipe just below the
outlet. BE sure that no water runs into it
until the next morning. During the night
| the I've will convert all the offal into soft
soap, and the first current of water in the
morning will wash it away and leave the
pipe as clean as new. See? This is prac-
teal chemistry, yet few chemists would ev-
er think of it,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-04-22
Injurious Habits.

Under the above head a writer in Good
Housekeeping says that an improper atti-
tude in sitting is, doubtless, one of the
causes of the increasing frequency of such
physical deformities as round shoulders,
fiat chests and spinal curvature, as well as
much of the physical weakness, backache,
headache and other allied symptoms of
which so many women complain, and Wig
orously attacks what many women prize
as their dearest bit of furniture, the rock
ing-char. Some young women have be-
come deformed to such degree as to be
source of great trouble and perpleXity to
their dressmakers, to say nothing of the
constitutions injury, resulting from dis
turbance of the normal relations of the
bodily organs, the deformities observed be-
ing chiefly the results of bad positions in
sitting, and neglect of proper physical
training. The rockingham ought to be
ruled out of the sitting room, and relegat-
ed to the attic or hospital. The cOnstruc-
ton of the rockingham is an invitation
to ease and relaxation, the yielding to
which results in the cultivation of a bad
sitting poise, even when one occupies a
chair in which healthy position might
/ be maintained. The wide seat inclines
| one to sit forward, while the soft cushions
/ and supporting back lead to relaxation of
the muscles of the waist, so that the spine
/ is curved backward, the head thrown for
ward, the chest tattened, and the organs
which occupy the trunk in the plane of the
waist are crowded down into the lower alb
domen. A person who habitually spends
several hours in rockingham, is certain
to acquire numerous deformities of the
figure, such as round shoulders, fiat chest,
protruson of the abdomen, projecting
chin, and a general weak expression OF
body. That the constant use of the rock
ing-chair is a predisposing cause to con.
sumption has long been recognized.
The lesson holds good in regard to go
ing upstairs, to walking, and to the meth
cd of lying in sleeping How often tn,
position assumed by a woman in mount
ing flight of stairs is enough to put ever
spectator in keenest pain. The head
and shoulders are dropped forward, neces
sarily throwing the hips backward, bring
ing the knees beneath the stomach, anC
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-04-22

Most COWS suffer from being given too
dry, innutritious food. Straw and hay are
constipating, and this keeps the system fe-
verish and unhealthy. Corn stalks are
more laxative, and therefore better, but
they must be free from smut and ought to
be free from mldew. The COW that is to
drop calf in the spring should not be
granted, as it is too fattening. She
should have either wheat bran or fine mid
dlings, according as she is laxative or the
reverse. The wheat bran goes best with
hay and straw. The middlings with a corn
stalk ration. These will furnish plenty Of
material for the framework of the growing
fntus. A week or 10 days before the calf
is dropped, give the cow two or three ears
daily of soft corn. Old farmers who have
tried this say that it is excellent to insure
easy parturtion and freedom from caked
bag and milk fever afterwards. 1t is posi-
bly, because the soft corn in the ear relieves
constipation caused by dry feeding all win
ter, but the plan is easily tried and cannot
do harm if it does no good. If the COW is
a deep mixer, do not let her get fat before
calving. That is the cause of enormous
losses, and always of the best animals.
After danger of parturitiOn is past, a gen
erous feed will soon bring the COW up tc
the greatest milk production of which she
is capable. -Amerjcdn CUlicdtOr.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-04-22

crowding all the internal organs of the
body into the smallest possible space. And
the persons who assume this position, and
try to climb a staircase, are astonished that
the exertion "takes their breath away
Let them but practice for a few days the
art of going upstairs while standing erect,
and giving the lungs and heart room to
meet the extra demand which comes from
the exertion, and they will see what it
means to do thing in the right way, as
opposed to the wrong way.
Then there is the matter of walking,
which is Just as important to the health,
to say nothing of the considerations of
dignity, grace, and character which are eX-
emplifed in the manner of lOcOmOtion of
man or woman. The boy or the girl who
walks with head erect, shoulders thrown
back as far as comfortable, so as to give
the lungs full play, and erect carriage gen
orally, not only moves easily, but is in no
danger of becoming Ground shouldered''
or STOPPING in form. 1t is habit, and hab-
it, alone, which counts for nearly every
of actual natural deformty.
A chapter might be written on the prop
er way to lie in bed; but it will be sufli-
cient to emphasize the teachings which
have been given in relation to sitting and
walking. True rest consists in making
the mechanical action of the heart and
lungs during sleep as easy as possible, and
| this cannot be done if the circulation or
respiration is interfered with by a cramped
and constrained position. Most people
| find it easiest and best to lie upon one
side generally the right, and markedly 50
if there is any abnormality of the heart,
in form or action. Especial care should be
taken, therefore, in case it causes dull
pain or a sensation of uneasiness in the
region of the heart when lying on the left
side, not to sleep in that position. The &C
ton of the heart might be so seriously af-
fected before the victim, especially if sleep
ing soundly, should awake, as to threaten
very unpleasant consequences.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-04-22

A typical sugar beet is cOnical in shape,
smooth in its external contour, with a
white, solid interior, weighing about one
pound and having a content of sugar of
about IA per cent.
SCOT is an excellent fertilizer for plants
in pots. 1t is very strong and should not
be given in large doses. Just enough to
color the water is sufficient. 1t produces a
dark, healthy green color which is much
admired.
No animal should be compelled to drink
water that is unfit for human beings, and
especially the COW which gives milk, as she
simply hands to her owner that which he
gives her in the shape of ''raw material
from which to manufacture milk.
1t is not the amount of food consumed,
but that digested, which keeps the horse
strong and plump. l put two quarts of
stones the size of small hen eggs in one of
my managers lately. The horse did not
digest them-in fact he did not eat them,
but he eats his oats more slowly now be-
cause he can't get them so rapidly and as
result digests them fully. 1t is as easy
for an animal to waste food by boiling it as
to poke it through hole in the manger,
Cor. Farm journal.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-04-22
nm. N..d nr rrnIninr for the Fnrm.

In all mechanical departments beginners
are required to submit to long and rigid
discipline before they are allowed to occu-
py any responsible position. No man is
permitted to manage a steam engine, a
saw mill, grist mill, planning machine,
or printing press, until he has been thor
oughy disciplined under the directions of
a competent foreman. All beginners and
helpers on the farm should be thoroughly
disciplined before they are trusted to man
age a team or to handle farm implements
ana tools of any kind. Beginners need in
structions as to the better way to handle a
grass scythe or grain cradle, pitchfork,
pick, shovel, spade, or any other hand tool.
Skill, tact, gumption and ingenuity are pri-
mary requisites in successful tiller of the
soil, and also in his helpers. Awkward
and unsophsticated employees or helpers
can acquire desirable skill in performing
any operation only by discipline and skill
full practice.
Some intelligent men can never SOW
grain or seed of any sort broadcast with
desirable uniformity and evenness, while
some others who are not above the average
ditch digger will SOW grain and seeds of ev-
cry kind about as evenly as it can be done
with a machine. If person wishes to
succeed, he must exercise self discipline.
He must reflect as to the better and most
profitable manner of performing every OPP
Grafton of the farm and garden. farm
ers boy needs more discipline than is ordi-
narily exercised by fathers or by foremen.
Cor. Ger. Teicgrdph
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-04-22
THE CAPRI GIRL.
How Capri Women are so Healthy.

Tn women Of Capri are the healthirst in the
world The secret Of tlelr wonderful vigor $
work plain diet aud constant hfe in the open air.
Nerves are unknown
Women of our own country have injured their
nerves by wrong diet and shut-up indoor life.
Thousands feel just ready to drop from nervous
weakness 1t is what makes SO many nervous,
tired, languid, without energy ambition. They
have headache. stomach trouble, kidney and
liver complaints. constpated bowels, headache,
paptatIon. poor blood. ETC. which are caused by
Wedkened ncrCeS and nervous proStrdtiOn.
The grip also. has l. II us an aftertlfect, more
weakened and shattered nerves and more phys
cal debility and prustration than any other known
epidemic.
These difficulties are always increased and
greatly aggravated in spring bv that spring de
bility which 50 weakens and enervat' us all
But all these troubles are durable by the great
tonic and restorative for women, DR.. Greene's
Nervura. A perfect condition Of nerve vigor and
strength always folio" its usp, and thus Won't !
can secure as strong nerves and vigorous healtl
as those OF Capri. No TUmun should fdH 10 MS,
Or. Greenes Neruurd in The spring If she wishes
to keep strong and healthy. Pdrty vegetable
aud harmless. Druggists. ST.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-04-22
Shoot the SYMPHONY.

With all his flights of rhetoric, DIR. Tai
mage often introduces solid chunk of good
sense into his sermons. This is what he
has to say of people who are too much trou-
bled about their symptoms: Don't be scar
ed out of life by all this talk about heart
failure. That trouble has always been in
the world. That is what all the people
that have ever passed out of this life have
died of-heart failure. Adam had it, and
all Of his descendants have had it or will
haveit Do not be watching for symptoms,
or you will have symptoms of everything.
Some of you will yet die of symptoms. Put
your trust in God, go to bed at 10 o'clock,
have the window open six inches to let in
fresh air, sleep on your right side, and fear
nothing. The old maxim was right: Get
thy spindle and distaff ready, and God will
send thee flax"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-04-22
Abolish the overhead Check.

1t is reported that Queen Victoria has
abolished the check rein in all forms in
her stables-a good and noteworthy reform
on her part in a country where the thor
ough training of horses is far more eff
GENTLY carried out than in this. Here, UNI
der present methods of horse breaking,
some form of check rein may usually, per
haps naturally, be required, but the cover
head check" is form of cruelty to ouI
best animal friend that should be tolerated
in but very exceptional cases. There
should be no reason for it; horse is not
properly broken until he can be driven
without it; person that is too lazy or in
capable of driving without it should never
handle the reins, and l have often won
dered at which end of these telegraph lines
between driver and motive power the mos
intelligence and kindly feeling lies.-Cor.
respondent Country Gentleman.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-04-22
AGRICULTURAL.


Riding through country town, not long
since, it was a source of surprise to see the
number of farming tools, machines and
carts exposed to the weather. While this
is not the general practice, it still prevails
to altogether too great an extent. If a
manufacturer should shut down his mill,
and go away for weeks or months, leaving
the machinery without oiling, or protecting
from rust, he would Justly be charged with
careessness and neglect of his own inter
ests. If in addition the windows and
doors should be left open so that wind and
rain could enter, the cause for criticism
would be still greater Surprising he
should entirely uncover these machines and
leave them all winter to the mercy of the
elements, it would be only what the farmer
does who leaves his rack, carts, plows,
harrows. moving machines and horse
rakes i'm the fields where last used. All
these are a part of the stock in trade.
The wear and tear of each in actual use is
something, but not a fraction of the loss
resulting from exposure. A few dollars
expended in building a shed will provide
shelter for all implements and save many
dollars yearly. If left out of doors there
can be no repairs until spring opens with
its busy round of duties; while if housed,
the dull winter days afford the best oppor-
tunity possible for tightening the nuts and
screws, patching or making new the weak
places, sharpening the pillow points and har-
row teeth or cutters, and putting every
thing in readiness so that when the day
comes to go into the field the greatest
amount of work may be accomplished.
Sharp tools do better work than dull ones,
whether in the shop or the furrow. Sound
timber will bear a heavier strain than de-
cayed whether in the building or the frame
work of the cart or machine. Rust is the
greatest enemy to iron and steel and nc
man can afford to support it. Take care
of the tools, carts, machines, plOws, har
rows, rakes, forks and hoes; put them il
condition for active service. Keep then
sharp and brightly polished and the time
spent will bring sure return. An OBJ
serving engineer on one of our railroads
says: st makes me just mad to see thu
farmers put hundreds of dollars into ma
chinery, and unhitch from it where the!
use it last and let it stand until they wan
it again. Yet these farmers are payin!
from six to 10 per cent interest on tn,
money it took to buy this same machinery.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-04-22
THE HOUSEHOLD.
The Art of Cooking over Meats.

The greatest mistake the beginner makes
in cooking over meats is to harden them
by cooking them again instead of simply
warming them, as she should. flashes,
stews, croquettes and all dishes of meats
should be rapidly prepared. The sauce
should be prepared first, mixed with the
cold meat, and the whole simply heated to
the boiling point and boiled up moment
or two to insure the meat being warmed
through. This is all the cooking required
for a stew In the case of a croquette the
minced mass is allowed to cool again so
that it becomes firm and can be moulded
into rolls, and can be rolled in beaten egg
and bread crumbs and fried at any time in
the next twelve hours.
Hash should be cooked more slowly
than either of the other preparations i'll
order to produce fine crust, so it may be
folded and served like an omlette, but it is
| kept at so low a temperature that 1t is
merely cooked through in the half hour it
| is left at the back of the stove to brown
and is not hardened as much as the meat
of a stew would be by boiling ten minutes.
/ There is a dizziness with which skilled
cook recooks meat that shows her ability
more than perfectly broiled steak does OF
the serving of brace of chops. The sea
sOning of recooked meat requires special
skill. A hash requires rather more sea
sOning than stews or crOquettes.
The addition of little onion juice is
required in croquettes, but is not necessary
in hash, and may be used with discretion
in a stew. Some persons who are fond o.
the flavor of onion, use it also in hash
The Juice of an onion is obtained by graf
ing a cut onion. An earthenware CRATE
is better for this purpose, as the meta
crater turns the onion juice dark. A
chopped pickle with teaspoonful of it
vinegar,or a chopped olive,or a tablespoon
full of capers is good addition to laml
or mutton stew.
Cold beef makes a fair stew, with tn
addition of herbs and seasoning of toma
toes. 1t makes good hash with potatoe
added in the same proportion as the meat
Cold corned beef makes the best hash W
have. Neither of these hashes require
any seasoning except pepper and sail
Cold veal makes delicious croquette, ste'
or hash. When served as a hash it shoul
be simply minced fine without adding pc
tatoes A minced veal is excellent serve
with tomato sauce or in nice brown sauce
In the latter case serve sippets of brow
toast around it or under it, Cold mutto
or lamb makes a good stew, but is nj
good for hash or croquettes.
Altogether, veal is the very best mef
, we have, recooked. Beef is the next hes
while lamb and mutton task the resources
but liberal use of condiments make
them into palatable dishes. Venison an
5 game are usually cut in slices and warme
: up in their own sauce in chatting dish, {
= after the manner of chatting dish in
saucepan. Game hashes are alwal
, minces of meat served with rich sauC
e with the addition of acid jelles or 9th,
r acids. Turkey and chicken when mnct
cold make excellent crsquettes and minc'
/ of meat on toast.-N. !. Tribune.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-04-22
VERMONT Valley RAILROAD.

On and after October 5, 1891, trains on this road
will leave Brattieboro for all points North at
11:1O A. NJ, 1925, 6:25 and 1918 p. NJ.
The 11:l0A. M, train is mail train for Montpelier
st. Adams, Rutland, Burlington, Montreal and
the Passumpsic road.
The 1875 p. NJ, is the Montreal ana Quebec day
express
The 6:25 p. NJ train is mail train for White
River Junction and Rutland
The 10:15P. NJ, train is an express 10 Montreal,
Sherbrook and Quebec, with sleeping cars at
tached This train runs daily Sundays to Mon
treal only)
Trains leave Bellows Falls for the South con-
Meeting with the Connecticut River line at Brat
tlebOTo as follows: Montreal and Quebec express
train for Springfield and New York at $40 A. NJ.
mail and accommodation, $50 A. NJ; mail and
accommodation, 1902. NJ; New York day express,
4:05 Pm,
All these trains make close connections with
Boston & Albany h. R., both east and west OF
Springfield. j. MULLIGAN, Supt.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-04-22
STATE OF VERMONT, Marlboro. IS.

- BY the Probate Court for said District.
To all persons interested in the estate of La
VINIA II. TYLER, late of Brattleboro in said
District, deceased, Greeting.
Whereas, Z. l.. Waterman, Administrator with
the will annexed upon the estate of Lavinia H.
Tyler, late of Brattleboro deceased, has presented
his petition praying for license to sell the whole of
the real estate of said deceased for the reason
that such sale is necessary in order TO pay the
egacies given by said will, and perform the other
directions thereof, the personal property being
wholly insufficient for such purposes Where
upon it is ordered that said petition be heard at
the session of said Court, to be held at the Pro-
bate Office in BrattebOro, the last Saturday of
April, A d. 1892. when and where you may be
heard in the premises, if you see cause.
Is Z. w. STODDARD, Register.