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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-23

BULLETIN 81, from the Cornell Uni.
versity Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton, discusses the subject Of dehorn-
ing cattle from the legal point of
view, and gives the following summary
" In the United States, SO far as we
have been able to learn, all trials upon
charges of cruelty to animals by de-
horning have resulted in the acquittal
of the accused parties. In Canada, at
least two trials resulted in the acquittal
of the accused, but in third trial the
conviction of the parties resulted in the
appointment of a government commits.
sion, which made report strongly
recommending the practice and urging
the passage of the necessary legislation
to give it effect. In Great Britain
there have been decisions on both
sides, those in Ireland and Scotland
being in favor of the legality of The
practice and those in England, notably
that of Lord Chief Justice Coleridge
and Mr.. Justice Hawkins, against. OF
twenty judges of higher courts who have
passed upon the subject, sixteen de-
clared the practice to be legal, while
four pronounced it illegal"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-23
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies
Deafness is caused by an inhamed con-
dition of the mucous lining of the Eus-
tachian tube. When this tube is in
famed, you have a rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when it is en-
tirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the inflammation can be taken
out, and this tube restored to its nor
NAL condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever. Nine cases out of ten are
caused by catarrh, which is nothing but
an inflamed condition of the mucous
surfaces.
We will give one hundred dollars for
any case of deafness Caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars. Free.
F. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo o.
Ca Sold by druggists, rs cents.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-23

A LEADER.-Since its first introduce
ton, Electric Bitters has gained rapidly
in popular favor, until now it is clearly
in the lead among pure medicinal tonics
and alternatives. Containing nothing
which permits its use as beverage or
intoXicant, it is recognized as the best
and purest medicine for all ailments of
stomach, liver or kidneys. 1t will cure
sick headache, indigestion, constipation,
and drive malaria from the system.
Satisfaction guaranteed with each bot
tie, or the money will be refunded.
Price only fifty cents per bottle. Sold
by G. Blakely, Montpelier, VT,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-23

HERE is a sad case of the wholesale
slaughter of valuable farm stock, a
striking and painful example of an
enormous loss suffered by American
farmers, which American farmers have
the political power to put an end to
any time when they see fit. We take
it from the Springfield Republican:
"Hugh Maxwell and William River
ington, selectmen of Heath, were called
Sunday to view the dead and mangled
sheep of Myron Hamilton, Charles
Hamilton and Thomas Tanner. The
sheep were in the Wright and Gould
pastures, the dividing fence being the
line between Heath and Rowe, and
dogs had evidently ravaged the two
hocks week or more before discov-
cry. Charles Hamilton's sheep were
in the Wright lot and eight were killed,
while Myron Hamilton lost thirty and
Thomas Tanner two, making total
of forty-about half the number in the
pastures. L uc T6luudulS VI Iut uOChS
were taken from the pastures to safer
quarters. The dogs have not been
identified, and will probably raid other
sheep-folds before being discovered.
So many sheep are killed by dogs
yearly in western Franklin county that
the business of growing wool and rails
ing early lambs is discouraging." One
might be permitted to ask where are
all those tender-hearted people who
don't want bulls dehorned, when it
comes to these wholesale slaughter
ings of sheep? Are their sympathies
twisted, like those of the little chap
who, when his mother was showing
him a picture of Daniel in the lions
den, wept because he thought that
cone poor little lion over in the corner
wouldn't get any,"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-23
Editorial NOtings.

SOMETIMES something comical will
happen, even on those dreary FARMS"
as people who can't be happy out of a
crowd phrase it. Now, who would
want to miss such "scrape" as this,
which we find recorded in the Connecti-
cut Farmer: "On Tuesday evening,
Mrs. George B. Sturges of Weston was
awakened by noise among her chick
ems. She hastily arose, and calling her
girl, they proceeded to find out the
cause. On entering the hennery they
discovered what they supposed to be a
cat in the act of taking chicken from
the coop. Mrs. Sturges grabbed the sup
posed cat by the tail, dragged him from
the coop, when 10 and behold she had
different kind of cat than she suspected;
but there they were, clad only in their
slumber garments and holding on tight
to the polecat's tail, when Mr.. Sturges
appeared on the scene (also in his slum-
Der garments) with an axe in hand and
killed the intruder, which had killed
several chickens"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-23
Clipped and Condensed.

THERE are in the United States
20 900 b, e keepers. The average pro-
duct o. each hive is twenty-five pounds.
THE finest apples of the crop of 1913
al the Worlds Fair are plates of Vel
low Transparent, Tetofsky, Red Astra.
chan and Duchess. TIE grower re-
ports that these Russian varieties have
never shown scab foliage, and that the
scab as so severe on west European
sorts in 1892 that their fruit this wear is
scattering and imperfect while the Rus
SLAMS noted are full of fine fruit.
TIE good of life consists in being,
not in having. We are worth what our
know ledge, love, admiration, hope,
faith and desire make us worth. Hap
piness and unhappiness are conditions
of the soul, and consequently the wise,
the loving and the strong, whatever
their outward fortune, are happy, while
the ignorant, the heartless and the
weak are miserable.
The Prophet Micah presents beau.
ti!ul picture of rural home life in the
fourth chapter of his prophecy, illus
t. ating the idea of thrift, industry,
peace and cOntentment. But they
shall sit every man under his vine and
fis tree and none shall make them
afraid" This suggests the idea of
home, such home as every prudent,
industrious labOrer in this free country
may possess.
No farm paper was success that
depended upon its editorials entirely;
not that it should not have editors and
good ones, and that they should write
editorials, that is all right, but if they
constitute the main part of its reading
matte the paper is dead it has not the
breath of farm life to give it vigor and
growth. Good friends, remember this,
and give us lift by taking up the pen.
"OF all classes in the United States
today" says Secretary Morton, sit
seems TO me that the farmers have the
best outlook. They are not half 50
badly off as they have been painted,
and many Of them are making money.
OF course there are failures, but ofall the
businesses of the United States farming
is the least liable to fail, and there are
more successes in it than 10 almost any
other business"
THERE is one thing about everybody
at the fair, whether the fakirs outside
or the visitors inside, that an American
likes to notice. All look well fed. There
are sharp and hungry faces, but the
owners hunger for other things than
food. There is nobody there who would
get down in the dirt and scramble for
the scraps from more bountiful table.
Nobody needs to be told that this is a
land of bountiful food.
WEEDS are nuisance at any time
and in any place. Whether it be in the
fields, along the roadside, in the fence
corners, around stone piles or in the
woods, eXterminate them. A good
time to get rid of them is when the
ground is soft after good rain; many
profitable hour may be spent pulling
them up. Attend to this before the
seed ripens. Spud the thistles, pull
the docks, mulleins, garlic and every
thing else that intrudes.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-23

HERE are some further remarks
from the Montreal Journal, which will
be interesting to some, at least, of our
readers: "The Stag must be ground
to the finest possible powder, and, like
potash, should be sown broadcast be-
fore winter. Its chief quality, besides
cheapness, is its faculty of duration; it
is not, like superphosphate, washed out
of the land or out of the reach of the
plant-roots in one season, but, on the
contrary, yields its plant-food up grad
ually for two or three years. Stag is
particularly suited to our black soils, on
which it would, we believe, greatly
increase the growth of clover; in fact,
it may be used in every soil, as a source
of phosphoric acid, and for every crop,
except for swedes and turnips, where it
would be better to use a quick.actng
superphosphate to push the young
plant out of the fy's way. For mead J.,
ows, kainit might be added to the Stag,
though, as we have often observed, we
have never seen the application of
potash pay in this country. Where
ashes have been pro6tably used, we
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-23

THE Homestead says "Connecticut
takes the lead at the Storrs Agricu ltu-
raj College in the establishment of a
department of domestic economy. Miss
Lottie j. Short, from the Kansas Col
lege, has been called to the chair. A
capital move, and one that some of the
friends of our college have held in
mind in wait for the opportune time.
Not money enough? Then lop off some
of the less important departments. The
call is coming for the useful at these in
situations in place of the popular"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-23

have been generally inclined to at
tribute their good effects to the phos-
phoric acid they contain more than to
the potash. The Stag may be mixed
with nitrate of soda, but not with sui
phate of ammonia, as the lime it con-
tains would set the ammonia free;
though, of course, if the fertilizer is to
be applied at once and narrowed in
Immediately, the loss of ammonia will
hardly be appreciable."
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-23
When the Cows Come Home.

When knge, klangle klingle,
Far down the dusky dngle,
The cows coming home:
Now sweet and clear, and faint and low,
The airy tnkings come and CO.
Like chimings from the far.off tower,
Or patterings of an April shower
That makes the daisies grow;
Rolling ko-lang, kolinglelinge
The cows come slowly home
And old-tme friends. aud twilight plays
And starry nights and sunny days,
Come trooping up the misty ways.
When the cows come home
With Jingle, Jingle, jingle,
Soft tones that sweetly mingle
The cows are coming home,
Malvine, and Pearl aud Florimel
DeKamp. Red Rose, and Gretchen Schell.
Queen Bess and Syph and spangled Sue,
Across the fields hear her loo.oo"
And clang her silver bell;
Cooling, golang, golingledinge
With faint, far sounds that mingle
The cows come slowly home.
And mother'songs of long.gone years
And baby-ioys and childish fears
And youthful hopes and youthful tears,
When the cows come home.
with ringle, range, fingle
BY twos and threes and single
The cows are coming home.
Through violet air we see the town
And the summer sun a.sliding down
And the maple in the hazel glade
Throws down the path longer shade
And the hills are growing brown;
Toring, torang, toringleringe,
by threes and fours and single,
The cows slowly home.
The same sweet sound of wordless psalm
The same sweet Juneday rest and calm,
The same sweet smell of buds and BALM
When the cows come home.
with tinke, tankle, tinke.
Through fern and periwinke.
The cows are coming home;
A.lotering in the checkered stream,
Where the sun-rays glance and CLEAN.
Clarine, Peachhoom and Phebe Phills
Stand knee deep in the creamy lilies,
In a drowsy dream;
Tolink tolank. toIinklelinkle,
DER banks with buttercups a-twinkle,
The come slowly home.
And up through memorys deep ravine
Come the brooks old song and its oldtime sheen
And the crescent of the silver Queen.
When the cows come home
With kliugle. klangle, kngle,
With loo.oo and moo 90 and jingle
The cows coming home.
And oyer there on Merlin Hill
Sounds the plaintive cry of the whippoorwll,
And the dewdrops lie ON the tangled vines,
And over the poplars Venus shines.
And over the silent mill.
Rolling. ko lang, konglelingle.
With tng-a-ling and jingle,
The cows come slowly home
Let down the bars, let In the train
OF longgone songs, and flowers. and rain
For dear old times come back again
When the cows come home
Bostoa Joarnol.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-23

The above note is very acceptable;
but we hope to hear from more of our
readers on this interesting subject.
There are a good many points about
farm machines that are worth frequent
and thorough discussion; yet we think
most of the agricultural papers are a
little too much afraid of losing adver-
Using patronage to allow implements
to be freely discussed in their columns.
But in that respect we are chartered
libertine," and have free swing in this
department TO print any truth that will
benefit our readers. So let us hear
more about the horse rakes. They are
a valuable invention, which farmers
cannot do without. Some of them
must be better than others. Let us
hear about the merits and the faults of
these-or any other farm tools. The
makers themselves ought to be glad
to read what good farmers think TO
be the defects as we'll as the merits
of their implements. We want to
know all about them, and we suppose
we have no readers who will object to
any reasonable amount of comment on
such subject.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-23

REGARDING the present crisis" the
same valued exchange says; "The
farmer is not in it, He is about the
only man who just now can feel that he
is safe, and with no occasion to worry
in anticipation of coming disaster. He
may, indeed, suffer little in market
ing his surplus stock, but he deals in
the necessities and comforts rather
than the luxuries of life; men must, in
order to live, have what he has to dis
pose Of"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-23

EDITOR JENNER FUsT of the Mont
real Journal of agriculture, writing
upon this subject, says; "Now that nj
trogen is TO be had at very low rate,
in the form of dried blood, we natu-
rally look for an equally cheap source
of phosphoric acid, and this we find in
basic Stag, the refuse of the iron, or
rather, steel foundry, Containing, in
the best samples, about eighteen per
cent of phosphoric acid, besides being
rich in lime, this phosphate can be laid
down here, in Montreal, for about so
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-23

A CORRESPONDENT kindly writes in
regard to the horse-rake question,
which we lately put out to our readers,
as follows: 81 have used the Cham
pion rake ten or twelve years. We
the head down so that the hay will be
carried over the obstruction, and let
the teeth take care of themselves. We
have raked from twenty to thirty tons
this year. | have never paid out one
cent for repairs, and the rake appears
to be as good as new. In raking hay,
be sure to drive around the piece the
same way that the mowing-machine
went, and the raking is complete"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-23
FARM AND GARDEN.

Address all inquiries communications in relation
to agriculture to DIR. I. II. HosKINs, Newport vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-23

A NEW source of fertilizing mate
rial has lately been found, and made
available. 1t is the phosphate mate
rial which is separated in the smelling
of phosphate iron ore. This ore,
though rich in iron, has been of little
value until recent discoveries have en-
abled the steel makers to separate the
phosphorus thoroughly and cheaply by
the Bessemer process. This Stag" is
now offered for sale in very fine state
of division, and it is reported to be a
valuable and cheap fertilizer where
phosphate manure is required; which
is on nearly all worn farm lands.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-23
WATCHMAN PUBLISHING co.
MONTPELIER, VT.
SAVE THE NEGLECTED CHILDREN.

NHE AMERICAN SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION
L employs over hundred missionaries to gather
the neglected children out the frontier and else
where into Union Sunday schools and To carry the
gospel into desoate, scattered households. Funds
needed $500 starts new school $3.50 sustains
missionary for one year Every dollar helps, Con
tributions received by Addison r. Foster, ID D. Sec
rotary for New England, No Beacon Street Bos'
ton Room IS.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-23

CHILDREN Cry for Pitchers Castoria
CHILDREN Cry for. Pitchers Castoria.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-23

New sources of nitrogenous material
also are being found, especially just
now, in the form of dried blood from
the great slaughtering establishments,
where every part of the animals is util-
lied; and it is possible, atleast for farm
ers who have some knowledge of ag-
ricultural chemistry, to procure and
utilize this blood, and this fine and SOL
uble phosphate Stag, at a moderate
price. The two can be mixed together
in proper proportions on the farm, and
applied cheaply by such farmers as may
have some practical knowledge of agri-
cultural chemistry.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-11
JANK0 AND MANDOLIN.

Excellent Musical and Humorous Enter
tafnment at Dr.. Brett's Church.
A high class musical entertainment
with "humorisms" thrown in at intervals
was given az the Bergen Reformed
Church last night under tut auspices OF
of the Young Peoples Soci ETY. of Chris
uian Endeavor. The lecture room was
we'll filled. The artists were Miss Ethel
Newcombe on the Janko keyboard; Miss
Florence Turner, soprano; Se9orita
Arrange on the mandolin, and her
sister on the guitar; Charles H.
Smith, tenor, and Mr.. Harry Peckham.
humorlst. The entertainment began
with selections on the Janko Keyboard by
Miss Ethel Newcombe. They consisted
of a prelude by Chopin, LISTS Condo
liera" ana u polonalse by Chopln. Miss
Newcombe carried a beautiful bunch OF
pink roses in her hand and wore a tan
colored cloth dress trimmed with silk
bengaliue. Her hair was dressed high
and in u very becoming manner. She
was loudly applauded but did not re-
spond to the encore. Later IN the even
ing she played a second Liszt rapsodie.
Miss Newcomb be was followed by Harry
Peckham in some original "humorismsn
which brought down che house. They
were a mans experience at a cheap res
taurant aud a description OF q young lady
of forty having her picture taken. After
him came Miss Turner. Miss Turner was
i'll evening dress. She sang ''SpringJ ~
by Becker, and in response &c an encore
gave "Snowtiakes." Miss Turner was
followed by the Misses Arrange whose
guitar aud mandolin playing was received
with loud and continued applause. They
played -Retfata Espanoia," by Mon
tealegro. They were very modest and re-
fused at first to respond TO au encore, but
nothing short of another selection would
suit the audience, and they finally re-
turned and played ballad which never
grows old, Marguerite"
Mr.. Charles Ii. Smith next sang the
tenor solo, sPast and Future" by Robyn'
aud Mrs. Peckham closed the first part
the entertainment with some OF his
original limitations and amid a whirlwind
of laughter. Among these limitations
were:-A man saving wood, Edison's
photography, Darn yard limitations. spile
driver, grinding a knife, drawing soda,
mosquitoes, and d horse running away IN
Cenlrsl Park with q policeman after
him.
The Arrange sisters opened the second
part with "Ala Favorlia.' by Arrange.
Miss Turner sang Shubert's I'm
~patience,u and was followed by Miss
what ne calls IA Roly Poly of PolyDnonic
Phun,n aud the audience wouldn't allow
him to leave the Stage until he had re-
sponded to eucore after encore. The Roly
Poly consisted of gags nd jokes, banjo
playing aud whlstliug, limitations and
reel aJIons. Mr.. Peckham gave way to
Mr.. Smith who sang "Lpve's Proyitig''
Dy Luhr and Sally IN Our Alley He
was accompanied by Mr.. keeke. The en-
sertHinn9ent closed with q Poipourri, OF
National airs, By the Arapgo sissegs.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-11

and discussed. We also suggest the organiza-
tion in the churches of the organization
known as 1.-THE Christian Temperance ALI
ance,' endorsed by the General Conference.
Fourth, That we emphatically denounce the
Infamous race track legislation recently
enacted by the Legislature of this State, viii C
we believe to be, il not the direct result of the
liquor, a sure means of perpetuating its awful
power.
Fifth, That we deeply regret the too general
dissertation of the Sabbath, as noted in all parts
of our country and that there is still a possioil-
ity Of the Chicago Fair being open on Sunday,
of the Epworth Leagues in New Jersey. and the
several churches to which they are allied. do
enter our solemn protest against such proceed
Jugs, and in the name OF God, of Christianity
and of Methodism demand that the gates shall
be closed on the Sabbath.
Sixth-That the thanks of this convention be
rendered to the officers OF the State League, who
have labored so earnestly to make the sconven-
Central n. E. Church for the uss Of the church,
and TO the members of the church and all others
who have so kindly opened their homes and
Hospitality entertained the delegates.
The two amendments were offered by
MI. E. b. Moore OF Etizabeth and Mrs.
Frank Nettleship OF Newark, respec-
lively. and are as follows
Realizing the destructive influence Of the
race tracks on our homes and young people, we
vote and influence to secure the repeal OF the
race track bills passed by the last Legislature,
and to drive race tracks and race track gam
bling out of the State.
Resolved, That we discourage the use of to-
bacco.
At this point the convention TOOK q re-
cess till half past one O'Clock.
The delegates were photographed in a
body in front Of the Central Nj. e.
Church.