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a .a'nington, Aug. 7.-Inspector King,
sa,; ~ postoihce department, was to-day
~. OF the arrest of George Herbst,
~ uer carrier, for stealing and destroy
sI;us' a,saoie letters. His method was a
i, ~ one lie is president of the Let
iav.s aiiers Benefit association, and en-
po.tos .ne confidence of all officials of the
si,s. .lice' and has been in the service
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$1,000 FOR

robin sourg Iowa, Aug. flames
uall;o, VI this city has sold his pacing
hr seon Jordan to Ottawa, H., parties
aad a. Jordan has a record of Oil,
lebin - make it in about 2:O7. Mr..
u great reputation as a driver.
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Y FIRE.

I,ts,er. y. d., Aug. THE ireSpy,
tcrian church at Gillig was Daois
nv an ~incendiary fire.
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FELL r A STEAMER

we'd Ins aug. flames b. Cutler. the
stean0as real estate man, fell from the
fsom 1. Wy of Toledo while coming
Tbs jackson Park and was drowned.
"uy mas not been recovered.
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AIIEGED RURGLARS ARRESTED

Aberdeen, S. d., Aug. Two men
have been arrested at jamestown, snip
oosed to be the burglars that went
through several stores in this city about
two weeks ago. They are being held
until relrisition papers can BIZ prepared.
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VUTTlNG DOWN FORCEs

ductjon i.apids, Iowa, Aug. IA re-
Al,r;s. nom about So to $40 a month in
IL w. the operators employed In
akinr rin Union Office has been made,
naers, .Seet Aug. 1. The reduction II
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INTO A REcEIyER,s HANDS.

Lyiu.s oity, Iowa, Aug. THE w. H.
sOods s,oh company, retail dealers in dry
rcs,r.. mas gone into the hands of a
A5non The company has liabilities of
WV and assets of 100000.
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r-px,rJrRE FACTORY BURNED.
,.hieago, Aug. THE furniture iac,or.
onse Ienkins Manufacturing company
was destroyed by fire. Loss, s
n.rtial,y covered by insurance
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-08-10

The worst fraud at the worlds TAI
seems BIZ commo consent to be tn
Columbian Wheel Chair company. Il
pays the young men who wheel It.
chairs only an average of % per Teei
yet IL EFFORTS Is cents per hour froTI
visitors who use the tr-anspertatios
which y provides.
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Chicago has omitted nothing TIM
could make E.ulalin's stay pleasant an
profitable. Warned by Commando
Davis hint. Chicago has taken pains
say '.howdy" to the infantass s.:::tifss
and accomplished. but somewhat pyxt
shadowed husband.
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They Knew ID.

Myrtella-How can I be sure tina
you really love me?
Harry-By watching this cvcnin
and noticing how all the other girl
want to tiirt with me.-Truth.
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,rIrs NEAR ABINGDON.

Hendrick. Iowa, Aug. :. A steam
tbresher went through a oridse a. az
incdon yesterday, killing Lot Abraham
and Bud Narness.
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CONGRESS- CONVENES
extraordinary SESSION Is
THE VOW UNDER WAY.

question and the Tariff
The ,.nes Material EnouRh :" De-
~ Attention of Congress- for
cup, months to Come.
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-07-20

scattered by the wind they fall upon the
upper surfaces Of the healthy leaves
The object of spraying with the Dor
deaux mixture is therefore clean. 1t is to
keep the upper surfaces of the healthy
leaves couered acith q thin coating of this
copper compound, arhich is q deadly poi
son to these spores, killing them as they
come in contact with it.
These spores not only fall on the
healthy leaves, but are also washed into
the soil, thus reaching the tubers, and, as
all know only too well from experience,
cause the characteristic dry rot, or in
wet seasons and heavy soils the wet, Or
"slush," rot. By checking the disease on
the tops, therefore, this rot is also pre-
vented. Two or at most three applica-
tons of bordeaux mixture have never
failed in the last three years to give us a
crop practically healthy SO far as this
late blight and rot are concerned.
Let us now consider with like atten-
ton the nature of the "new disease" or
''The Early Blight"
Everything that we saw in the way of
bGghting potato leaves in Vermont last
summer QS92) during July and up to
the 10th of August was caused by this
early blight The same thing is to be
expected this summer. This early blight,
then, appears earlier than does the other
Or late blight. Moreover, its injuries in
Vermont are mostly confined to the
earlier potatoes. 1t has been seen in
June upon very early potatoes, and for
the past two years during the latter part
of July it has been found attacking
nearly every piece of early potatoes ex-
amined. AS a result of its attack the
field as whole has a sickly yellowish
tint instead of the rich, dark green of
the healthy potato foliage, The general
appearance of the affected leaves is
shown in Fig. 3. In contrast with the
single large spots of the late blight we
have here many small spots scattered
over the leaves, as shown on the lower
leaves in Fig. 3. These spots gradually
enlarge and merge together, as shown on
the upper leaves. The tips and edges Of
the leaf are especially attacked.
The progress of this disease is com
paratively slow Owing to this slow
progress and to the drier weather the
diseased portions of the leaf dry and be-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-07-20

becomes black and dropping, rotting with
a characteristic offensive odor. In less
favofing weather its progress is slower
yet it's course is always rapid one.
The disease appears on the leaf as q
purplish, black spot, which rapidly in
creases in size until it spreads over the
entire leaf AS shown in Fig. l, the dis
eased spot may start anywhere upon the
leaf, and once started it spreads so rapid
ly that the base of a leaf is often black
and dead while the tip is still green, not
having had time to wilt. This is the
case in the lower right hand leaf of Fig
/. For the same reason, if the disease
appears at the tip Of the leaf, as shown in
the lower left hand leaf in Fig. /, it may
spread over the entire leaf before there
is time for the natural drying and curl
ing up of the dead portion.
This blight or death Of the leaves is
directly caused by the growth Of fun.
gus, a delicate mildew, the microscop
ical root threads of which permeate the
leaf and feed upon its life juices. This
mildew can often be seen on leaves that
are rapidly blighting. In the morning
when the dew is on, or just after rain,
look carefully on the under side Of the
blighting leaf around the edge of the
diseased spot, just where the black
blends with the green, and this mildew
is seen appearing like delicate coating
of frostwork. Placed under the micro
scope, this delicate mildew is seen to
consist of a miniature forest of slender
stems growing like little trees from the
surface of the potato leaf and bearing
upon their branches egg shaped seed
bodies or Spores
Fig. Q shows, much magnifed, two
stems of this mildew, with spores at
tached, as seen growing out through
breathing pore of blighting potato leaf.
1t is these spores, produced in immense
numbers, that carry the disease from
blighting to healthy plants. These spores
are produced mainly on the under sides
of the blightlng leaves, but as they are
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-07-20
THE BUFFALO FLY.
Correspondence of the CALIFORNIAN

Correspondence of the CALEDoMAN.1
AS this very destructive fly is MAX
ing its first appearance in our
vicinity this year, it may be we'll for
farmers to be on the lookout for
them, and know what to Go when
they are discovered.
They resemble the ordinary house
fly, except that they are smaller.
They gather in thick mass around
the horns of cows, or any animal
at pasture, and suck the blood
through the horns, The cow soon
begins to dry up, and ifnot stopped,
the flies will soon cause the ANNALS
death. They will not scatter easily
like most flies, but must be brushed
off, and will soon return staying on
the animal continually, day and
night. The best way to prevent
this is to smear the horns With a
coating of pitch tar, If the tar is
too thick, enough turpentine can be
added to make the tar OF theripht
consistency. When driven from the
horns, the flies will very likely 20 to
some part of the body which the
COW cannot reach with her tongue
to keep them off, in which case
the tar should be applied to that
part. While the tar is not a. all
pleasant to have on the COWS, their
lives depend upon it, as the file, will
surely destroy themif not kept away.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-07-20
Travellers Guide.
BOSTON & MAINE R. R.
PASSUMPSEC DIVISION
SUMNER ARRANGEMENT, JUNE %, 'e3.
Trains Leave ~. j Ohnsbury.

Trains Leave 81. JOhnsbury.
GOING SOUTH.
For Concord, Manchester, Nashua, Lowell
and Boston via White River Junction,
1885 a. m, $50 and 945 a. M,
arriving at Boston 500 a. m, 400 p. m
and 4.45 p. m.
For Concord Manchester, Nashua, Lowell
and Boston via Wells River and Plymouth,
lao a. M, $50 a. M, 2.20 p. m. Arriv-
ing at Boston, 500 a. M, $40 p. m.
For Bellows Falls, Northampton, Spring
field, Hartford. New Haven and New York,
1885 a. M, $50 a. m, and 9.45 a. m.
For Newbury, Bradford, Fairlee, Thetford,
Norwich and White River Junction, 1885
a. m, $50 a. M, and 554 pm
For Passumpsic, Barnet and Mclndoes,
$50 a. M, and 5.54 p. m.
For Wells River, 1885 a. M, 40 A. m,
$50 a. M, 9.45 am, 2.2o p. m, 5.o+ p m.
GOING NORTH.
For Lyndonvile and Newport, 2.22 a. M,
3.15 a. M, 10. 40 a. M, 3,oS p. M, 4.27 p.
M, s 90 p. m.
For West Burke, Barton and Barton Land
ing 3.15 a. m, 1915 a. M, 4.27 m,
500 p. m.
For Stanstead and Derby Line, Massawipp,
North Hatley, Lennoxville and Sherbrooke,
3.15 a. M, 1915 a. m, 500 p m.
For Quebec via Sherbrooke and Grand Trunk
Ry., $40 a. m, 500 p. M.
For Quebec via Sherbrooke and Quebec Cen
trail Ry., 3.15 am, 500 p. M.
For Montreal via Sherbrooke and Grand
Trunk Ry., 3.15 a. m, 500 p. m.
For Montreal via Newport and Canadian
Pacific Ry., 2.22 a m, sos p m.
!. w. SANBoRN, d.. FLANDERS,
Acting Gen. Man. Gen. Pass. Agt.
HE. FOLSOM, Div. Supt.
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FIG. ".

come crisp as fast as they die, and the
dead tips and edges of the leaves curl up
as shown in the upper leaves of Fig. g.
No such mildew as occurs on leaves suf-
fering from the late blight is ever found
about these dead spots, but careful ex-
animation does show peculiar and very
characteristic marks. These are faint,
thickened lines or rings in the dead
spots, one ring outside the other, like the
rings on target board. In order to
show this fact more clearly one of the
lower right hand leaves from Fig. 3 is
reproduced in Fig, more enlarged and
with these lines traced more clearly.
They are of course shown much more
clearly here than they can be seen in tn,
actual leaf.
This early blight, like the other disease
is caused by the attack of fungus, but
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June &c, 1898.
CONCORD & MONTREAL R. R..
Passenger Service
from St. JOhnsbury.

For woodsville Plymouth, Laconia, Til
ton, Concord, Manchester, Nashua, Lowell
and Boston, lao (ex.), $50 a. M, 9 .45 a m,
224 (ex.) pom. Arrive Boston 500 a. M,
4 As, 4.55, $40 p. m.
Sundays / 40 a M arrive Boston OF am.
The LAO a. m. train daily has through
passenger and sleeping car
For St. Johnsbury via Plymouth and Wells
River.
Leave Boston 900 (ex.) a. m, 100, 500
(ex.) p. m. Sundays 500 p. m.
Leave Lowell 9.45 (ex.) a. m, LA, $40
(ex.) p. m. Sundays $40 p. m.
Leave Nashua Jc. 1912 (ex.) a. m, 2.1o, e.o7
(ex.) p. m. Sundays 9.o7 p m.
Leave Manchester 10.41 (ex.) a. m, 2.36,
9.37 (ex) p m. Sundays 937 p. m.
Leave Concord 11.20 (ex.) a. M, rs, 10. o
(ex.) p. m. Sundays 1910 p. m.
Arr st. Johnsbury sos, pm. 90 p. m. 2.17
a. m.
The $50 a. m train from Boston week days
and the 500 p. m. train daily have
through passenger and sleeping cars.
T. A. MacKINNON,
Gen Manager.
F. e. BROWN, G. P. A.
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one Of quite different appearance and
habits than that which causes the late
blight The branches which bear the
spores are short, and the spores tLe4.
selves are dark colored, club shaped and
consist of several cells, as shown in Fig. 5,
In Fig 3 a represents fresh spore; (
and C similar spores terminating.
Another most important difference il,
that this early blight fungus does not at
tack the tubers. We have seen acres Of
potatoes where the vines were entirely
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FIG. LATE BLIGHT OR COMMON RUST.
the vitriol solution, mix thoroughly and
dilute to 80 gallons. During the rainy
weather of August it is better to use the
mixture little stronger, diluting to
only 40 gallons or even to 25 gallons.
Use all precautions to keep the mix
ture Clean as straws, chips, Jumps of
lime, etc, clog the pump and nozzles
when applying. Keep the mixture stirred
while using. Add paris green (one-quar-
ter pound per barrel of the mixture)
when needed for the bugs.
How to Apply 1t.
The mixture must be put ON in some
way so as to cover the upper surface of
all the leaves. The best way to do this
is with force pump which has good
spraying nozzle attached. Unfortunate
ly only few have these pumps. Apply
ing with common watering pot or with
o pail and broom or wisp of straw
takes more time and patience, as we'll as
more Of the mixture, but if thoroughly
done will give good results. In most
cases where a watering pot is used it
will work better if the holes in the rose
are enlarged with an awl. Apply thor
oughly-it will not injure the vines. The
lime in the mixture prevents any danger
Of injury to the potato leaves either
from the blue vitriol or from the paris
green when that is added. In fact, when
paris green alone is applied in water the
addition of little freshly Stacked lime
equal parts of lime and paris green) does
away with all danger of burning the
leaves.
When to Spray.
This is very important point. The
bordeaux mixture is preventive, not
a cure. To do its work it must be ap-
piled before the disease appears. For
the common Qate) potato blight the first
application should therefore as a rule be
made the latter part of July. A second
application should follow in from 10
days to two weeks and third later if
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dav in civil suit, in which he is charged
with getting money by false pretences.
Last fall ! was taken with a kind
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taken in the same way. We used al
most everything without benefit. Then
| said, let us try Chamberlain's Cole,
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we did, and that cured us right away.
| think much of it, as it did for me what
it was recommended to do. John
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A sedentary occupation is to certain
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ST. JOHNSBURY AND
LAKECHAMPLAIN R. R.
Summer Arrangement, June 20, 1898.
Trains Leave 81. Johnsbury.

Summer Arrangement, June 70, 1898.
Trains Leave IT. Johnsbury.
GOING WEST.
For Danville, West Danville, Walden, Green's
boro, East Hardwick, Hardwick, Norris
vile and Hyde Park, 1885 a. m, 3.15
p. M, and sos p. m.
For Johnson, Cambridge Junction, Burling-
ton, Fletcher, Fairfield, Sheldon, Highgate
and Swanton, 1854 m, 315 p. m.
For Stanbridge, st. Johns, and Montreal via
East Swanton, 315 p. m.
GOING EAST
For East st. Johnsbury, North Concord,
Miles Pond and Lunenburg, $50 a. M,
ZOO am, 2.45 p. m, $50 p. m. (mixed),
sos p. m.
For Whitefeld, Fabyans, Crawfords, Glen,
North Conway, Fryeburg, Portland,
Brunswick, Lewiston, Augusta, Waterville,
Bangor and st. John, 2,3o a m, 700 In,
PAS p. m.
For Boston via North Conway, $50 a. m,
700 a. m,
H. E. FOLSOM, D. ]. FLANDERS,
Supt. Gen. Pass. Agt.
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ALL SORTS.

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FIG. n-MAGN1FIED FUNGUS WHICH CAUSES
BLIGHT.
needed, this last depending of course
upon the weather. Applied thus we
have never failed to check this disease.
But right here we must note the fact
that we have not one but
Two Potato Blights.
Spraying as directed above checks the
common or late blight, Last year, how
ever, we called attention to new dis
ease" or early blight, which last sum-
mer attacked the earlier potatoes in July
and may be expected this summer If
we are to hold this early blight in check
by spraying, we must begin early in
July, therefore, before the disease be-
gins to spread.
Since, then, we have these two distinct
potato blights requiring different times
OF treatment, it becomes necessary for
every potato grower who is to use the
remedy intellgently to learn to distin-
guish these diseases from each other.
This is not always an easy thing to do.
There are, however, some clearly marked
differences which we will attempt to
make plain with the aid of some figures
In doing this we will first carefully de-
scribe the common rust or blight, which
we will call, in order to distinguish it
from the other disease,
The Late Blight.
This is the common disease which all
potato growers know only too we'll.
Since 1916, the year when it swept away
the potato crop of Ireland and caused
the terrible Irish famine, this plague has
annually reappeared on both sides of the
Atlantic. In Vermont it generally does
not show itself until the warm, moist,
"muggy" weather of early August. DC.
casionally, however, it begins its attack
the latter part of July, and often il
does but little damage until the latter
part of August The date of its appear
ance and the rapidity of its development
are governed by the weather. In favor
ably warm, rainy weather it spreads
with alarming rapidity, 80 that within
4s hours field of luxuriant green leave
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killed by this disease and not rotten
uber found in the field. The great in
ury results from the premature killing
# the vines, leaving q small crop of inn
nature tubers.
Being fungous disease and spreading
~ spores, we may hope to hold it in
heck by spraying with bordeaux mix
ure, but it is evident that in order to
heck this disease on our early potatoes
We must begin spraying earlier than we
10 for the late blight. The first appli-
,ation should be made before the disease
,ains a foothold, which means in general
'arly in July.
We trust these descriptions and figures
will enable every potato grower to dis
inguish between these two diseases and
o combat them intelligently. We sum
Up the important points of difference in
he following tabular form:
EARLY BLIGHT. LATE BLIGHT.
!. Apparently |. Has been common
new disease" eco for 30 years or more
lomically.
2. Attacks early po- 2. Attacks medium
atoes. Worst in July. and late potatoes
Worst in August.
3. Progresses slowly. 8. Progresses very
Not checked by dry, rapidly, and only dur
ool weather. ing moist, warm
weather.
4. Shows as several 4. Shows anywhere
u many small dead upon the leaf, general
pots Slowly enlarging ly as a single spot
md merging together which rapidly spreads
ater) scattered over over the whole leaf.
he leaf Leaf often
lies at tip and edges
lrst.
3. Owing to slow 8. Owing to rapid
progress and dry progress and wet
weather the dead por- weather the diseased
ions dry, crisp and leaf does not usually
,url up, especially at have time to dry and
he tips and edges of curl until the entire
The leaf. leaf is dead.
Q. Caused by the fun 6. Caused by the fun
gus Macrosporium So gus Phytophthora in
lani. festans.
I. Which causes Pc 7. Which can often
culiar target board" be seen as a delicate
in the dead frostlike mildew
spots.
8. Disease is confined s. Disease passes
to the tops No rotting from leaves to tubers,
Of the tubers. causing rot"
o. The loss is there Q. The loss is there
fore such as results fore twofold: (a) Pre-
from premature death mature death of vines.
OF the vines. (b) Rotting of tubers.
10. Can probably be 10. Both blight Of
checked by applying tops and rot of tubers
bordeaux mixture can be prevented by
three to five times, be- two or three applica-
ginning ION early pota- tons Of bordeaux mix
toes) early in July. ture, beginning gener-
ally the latter part Of
July.
We shall this summer make further
study of these diseases and their rene
dies. We will gladly examine, free of
charge, specimens of diseased leaves
which any one is in doubt
(send leaves in envelope with letter.
and will answer any further questions
these diseases Tor other plant
and their remedies.
1t is a low estimate to place the loss
from these two blights during the last
four years TN Vermont at one-quarter of
our crop, or 100000. This is more
than we can afford. Let us reduce it
this year.
L. R. JONES, Botanist.