The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-12-06
Clipped and Condensed.

ALCOHOL does not stimulate ths
weary or slreng hen any one, but only
eideus the feelng OF fatigue.
MAN did not create the land. Creative
powers pl iced it here for the u.s. Of all.
All have the right to use, none to mo-
uOpollZ.
IT is easy to predict what the harvest
shall be. but Ills only when it is safely
garnered in that one can determine its
weig 1T or number its bushels
EVERY class of breeders has passed
through the SINE experience and come
out of it to find that individual merit Is
the only sound platform to stand on.
IT is said there is never an odd num-
Der Of rows on an ear of corn, which is
true, Simply because the rows grow in
pairs, as is easily seen by studying the
cob.
Two AND A HALF ounces of grain
daily is all that can profta ply be fed to
a hen, and only small portion o. this
should be corn, and that only in cold
weather.
MUDDY barn-yards may make trouble
this winter. 1t is easier 10 prevent dis
ease of the feet and legs of the horses
than TO cure them. Drain or gravel
the yards.
HIS MoTHER-Willie, you will wear
the life out f mel Whv can't you be
coed little boy like Harry Glasspy7
good deal better'n I've been.
No flock of pullets en- produce as
many eggs in given time, after sea-
sons run with the cockerels, as though
kept separate and allowed only palmer.
coarser food, free from fats.
SEPARATE the focks as soon as the
pulets Can be determined, and put
these out to grow and range, feeding
only on muscle food. Then the frame
will be built for the egg business.
THE report of the department of ag-
ricuIture for November places the aver
age WELD of corn for the entire country
ceptions-1SS6, 1887 and 1S90-the low
est average in ten years.
WHEN smut was so bad in wheat
fifty or sixty years ago, that disease was
practically stamped out bv lining and
brining the seed wheat. Why will not
lining and brining seed corn kill the
dirty, damaging corn smut?
AVERAGE cows milk contains ia its
natural state about Twelve to fourteen
per cent of solid matter, one-third of
which is fat. ln the process of separat-
ing, the fat is removed and other con-
stltuents are left practically undisturbed
! for feeding.
EVERY good hearty laugh in which
| To Nr1lnnCy 10 iif.a
as it makes the blood move more rap
idly and gives new and different slim
illus to all the organs of The body from
what it does at other times. SO let US
have all the fun we can.
REPORTS of robberies are quite fire.
quent these days. People who have
lost their faith in banks as safe places
for depos ing their money are making
tempting bats for thieves by boarding
their wealth about their hou les. Proles-
sionsl robbers are aware OF The fact.
HUNDREDS of lives might be saved
| by knowledge of this simple recipe:
| A large tablespoonful Of mustard,
mixed in tumbler of warm water,
swallowed as soon as possible, acts as
an instant emetic, sufficiently power
ful to remove all that is lodged in the
| stomach.
A CERTAIN debating society is dis
cussing the question as to to which 10
the angrier-Lhe husband who goes
home and ihds that dinner is not ready,
or the wife who has dinner ready aud
whose husband does not come home.
IL IL believed that the debate will end
in draw.