The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-22
Editorial NOtings.

IT certainly makes a great difference
in how things look, as TO the point of
view. As a rule, in the deals between
farmers and traders, the farmer has
the Indians choice, in the noted case
of the turkey and the crow. But once
in a great while the farmer gets in
ahead, as witness the following little
commercial transaction reported in
the Connecticut Farmer; 6 Durham
farmer brought to Middletown several
dozens of eggs, which he decided to ex-
change for groceries. He visited a
store on Main street and inquired the
price of eggs. The proprietor politely
informed him that he would allow thirty
cents a dozen in trade. We'll, don't
you pay more for large eggs than you
do for small ones?' %. no; we buy them
by the doz n and never take the size
into cCnside1a'ion.' The farmer in
sisted that large eggs ought to be worth
more than small ones, but the mer-
chant refused to allow the claim. After
some argument the basket of eggs was
brought in, when, to the surprise of the
grocer, they proved TO be the exclusive
product of bantam hens and were about
one-half as large as ordinary eggs. The
farmer facetiously remarked, 90, no,
we buy them by the dozen end never
take the size into considerations The
joke was too apparent to be overlooked
by the grocer, who put the little eggs
in a conspicuous place, with a picard
on which was plainly marked Take
One.'n -
Now is the time when cows are more
or less likely to get al the meal bin. A
writer says: When it is known that a
COW has eaten largely of meal or grain,
one Of the very best remedies is a few
quarts Of water, o perhaps over a
gallon at any one time; in half an hour
let her have another gallon, and con-
tinue every hour until her thirst is
%querched. Tne first time the water is
given stir into it a heapiug teaspoonful
of ground ginger and also half q teacup-
full Of good cider vinegar, and add the
ginger aud vinegar every second time
the cow is given drink. With this
treatment many a COW would be well in
forty-eigbt hours that would have died
had water been entirely withheld. If
there is bloatipg, use warm water in
i%ections every hour, aud if it is not re-
duced in six hours give a pound dose
of Epson salts and continue the injec-
tions, also the ginger, until the COW is
well on the way TO recovery"
AN exchange reports a Vermont state
deputy as saying that one of the means
to be used to increase the membership
in oranges is to let the outsiders know
that the grange is alive, or, in other
words, to let their light shine. This is
for a long, long time; but the advice
does not seem to be very acceptable.
The grange " went up like a rocket"
when it was first introduced into Ver-
mont; but it "came down like the
stick" and we have seen this charged
to some politicians" who are said to
have tried to work the grange for their
own ends. We never knew of this
charge having been made before, but it
may be true. The only politician we
can recall as being prominent in the
grange at that time was the first state
master, eX-Lieutenant. Governor Col
ton; and we think that he did a good
deal more for the grange than he eve
got out of it, either pecuniarily or pc
litically. AS for the present master,
Mr.. Messer, if there ever was a man
willing to work for nothing and board
himself, for the public good, he is
that man. -
II our judgment in the matter is
good for anything (and We are not
sure that it is), the failure in the grange
has been mainly in the membership,
WulCu has Sc6ultu W bdht dllOSGlICI
too narrow a view of the situation, of
their needs, and ~theirduties. They act as
though they were afraid that somebody
outside of the grange would get some
good out of it. Now this sort of mar.
rowness always defeats itself, as much
in an organization as in the individual
A generous display of genuine public
spirit is always attractive. To have
outsiders saying: Well, those fellows
seem to be really doing something fol
the general good, as well as for them
Selves" is an advertisement in ITSELF
a source of strength, influence anC
growth. -
WI %ventured, last year, to point on
a way in which the grange might easil,
benefit every member, and attract tn
attention of outsiders to its ability Il