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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-10-25
Common Sense Farmers.

Every experienced farmer will tell
you that good common sense is as nee
essary for success in farm work as
knowledge. A man may know every
thing in the world, but if he has not the
sense to turn his knowledge to practical
use all he knows will be useless. An
old writer whose humorous remarks are
still current once told this story: A
young man was Boosting that he had
been graduated from two colleges. An
old farmer in the company then re-
marked that he had calf that sucked
two cows. "What was the result?"
asked the boastful youth. The farmer
replied: He was the biggest calf l
ever saw" The company saw the
point, and the youth vanished out of
sight. 1t may easily be the same with
young farmer who has passed through
college course, unless he has the good
sense to apply what he has learned to
his work. A correspondent of the
Rural NeD Yorker says: "Mauy peo-
pie seem to think that it is the easiest
thing in the world to manage a farm,
while in point of fact, it requires far
more brains to be frst-rate farmer
than to be a second-rate lawyer. The
man who thinks because he has studied
agricultural chemistry he will make
good farmer, is goose. If he has the
necessary qualities for success as a
farmer and likes the business, he will
probably succeed. If he has not, all
the chemistry in the world will not en-
able him to make farming pay. Chem
istry will not teach him how to buy and
how to SELL Ii will not get him out of
bed in the morning. 1t will teach him
how milk is formed and why it turns
sour, but it will not secure regular feed
ing and steady milking. 1t will teach
him the importance Of having boiling
water to scald the milk pans, but will
not enable him to have everything
ready just when it is wanted If he
would make good farmer without
chemistry, a scientific education will
enable him TO make a still better and
more successful farmer; but if he would
not succeed in some degree without it,
chemistry will not enable him to make
farming pay.-RWdl Life.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-10-25
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury,

AS mercury will surely destroy the sense
of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering it through
the mucous surfaces. Such articles
should never be used except on pre-
scriptions from reputable ply sicians, as
the damage they will do is tenfold to
the good you can possibly derive from
them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufac-
tured by F. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo,
o., contains no mercury, and is taken
internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the sys-
tenn. In buying Halls Catarrh Cure be
sure you get the genuine. 1t is taken
internally, and made in Toledo, o., by
F. j. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
"a Sold by Druggists, price seventy
fve.conts per bottle.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-10-25
The Gypsies of the Area Bee Song.

We are the gypsies of the air
In brown and golden sheen
We scour the fields for treasure rare
To lay before our queen.
We draw our swords in her defence,
If any foe he nigh,
And count 1t sweetest recompense
In her behalf to die
OF all the music of the air
our gypsy czardas wild
is free and glad beyond compare,
Like to a romping child.
When summer tempts our monarch out
To roam earths garden DER.
We all attend with merry rout,
And couriers fly before.
Through the blue vault we, singing, speed.
Carousing, whirling by,
While rustics turn their heads to heed
The jewellers of the sky,
Later, by dint of busy wings,
We dare the wintry days,
And loud the tidy housewife sings
The honey makers praise.
For we are gypsies Of the air
In brown and golden sheen
We scour the fields for treasure rare
And throng about our queen.
go Charles n. CroRdoH,
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to reward them and fail to do it. 1t
dlmpens their ardor, checks their am-
bition, and in many cases demoralizes
them.
A CLOSE analysis of the returns
shows that lands included in the state
of Ohio and west of it are advancing in
price. OF the reports from OHIO alone
sixy-fve per cent indicate an advance
of from ten to forty per cent in the past
three years.
The hanging gardens of b Ibylon did
not hang, nor were they gardens. They
were terraces supported by arches and
overgrown with trees. They were
erected for the amusement of Baby
lonian queen who had come from
mountainous country.
THE investigation made by the SEN
ate committee of interstate commerce
in 1889 shows that Canadian canals.
with rebates making them practically
free for St. Lawrence river freights,
have had but little effect in diverting
traffic from American ports,
MIR. GLADSTONE, Oliver Wendell
Holmes, Whittier, and many others in
recent days, have taught the world that
mental work, however difficult, does
not wear men out. 1t is true, as Henry
Ward Beecher used often to say, that it
is not work but worry that consumes
mems powers. Worry is the rust of
| life.
BRITISH writers and farmers declare
that the sheep is literally the basis of
English husbandry; that they have
become an indispensable necessity, as
there is no other means OF keeping up
the land. The secret of success in Eng
lish husbandry is ascribed to turnips
and sheep. Tue turnips make sheep
and the sheep make wheat.
ONE THIRD of the meat now used in
England is imported. A committee of
the house of lords has recently re-
ported that the imported meats are
much better than has been supposed.
The best quality, such as New Zealand
mutton and the best American beef,
can hardly be distinguish, d, even by
experts, from the best of the English
product.
IT is apparent that whatever changes
might be required in the direction of
our sheep breeding operations should
be made with the Merino as a starting
point Ihey are the common sheep of
our state, having the additional advan-
tage of being thoroughly acclimated,
and it was readily supposed, aside from
the matter of economy, that it would
BE- advisable to use them as foundation
stock.
THE veterinarian laughs at the mis-
takes made by physician, who think
that because they understand to GER
tain extent the ailments of humanity
they understand similar diseases in ami
mails, and may, therefore, apply similar
remedies; but he forgets to laugh at the
members of his own profession who ap-
pear to believe that all animals can be
treated alike, regardless of tempera-
ment and surrounding conditions.
THE New York agricultural expert
ment station publishes chart to show
the effect of selling various crops from
the farm. A ton of hay takes with it
fertilizing elements to the value of
IS 20; ushed oats, SS.17; mixed hay,
$500; timothy hay, $3.50; wheat,
81 90; cheese, $40 SO; while the loss
by a ton of butter is only forty-eight
cents. This is a great argument in
favor of dairy farming with butter as the
leading item.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-10-25
Farm for Sale at Auction.

81 1898 At ten o'clock A. the following property
The Geo. W. Hills home far in DuXbury, Vt,
and on Wednesday. November |, 1893. at ten o'clock
4: NJ, the farm now occupied by Van d. Hills in
Waterbury. W.T. owned by Geo w Hills at the time
said 3lst day of October, 1893 at eleven o'clock A.
NJ. at the Geo. w. Hills home farm in said Dux-
bury VT the following personal property belonging
to said estate: Two fouryearold colts. bay horse,
| COW, the hay and straw in barns at said place,
IS bushels of oats 800 tin sap tubs, 800 wooden tubs
evaporator, sap holders draw tub. one-horse
lumber wagon, ! express wagon, ! cart, 10 OK
Jokes: pair heavy traverse sleds. bob sled sap
sled, single sleigh, double Sleigh two horse
moving machine. ] one horse power. ! ensage
cutter, saw frame, arbor and saw. seed sower, 1
pair double harnesses, single harness, sleigh
robes, II bee hives, cant hooks, wheelbarrow, 9
side-hill plows land plow, harrows, grindstone,
! cutivator, grain cradle, horse wheel rake, !
iron bar. chains, augers, planes and ether small
tools and utensils too numerous to enumerate.
G. c. GRAVES, Auctioneer.
GEO. W. MORSE, Administrator,
Waterbury, VT, October 10, A. D. 1888.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-10-25
SALE.
offer for sale at public auction, on
FRIDAY, NOVEMB Der 8, 1898,
AT TEN O'CLOCK AM,

the home farm of the late T. NJ. Hamblct, consisting
of one hundred of land with buildings thereon.
and good running spring water at house and barn.
Montpelier.
Also two 2year- old colts work horse, one brood
mare with young colt, about forty tons of hay, 100
bushels oats, moving machine. one two horse sled,
one two horse wagon, one cultivator. creamery,
one barrel churn, and other articles too numerous
to mention.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-10-25
Editorial NOtings.

In our issue of October II, in the ar
ticie on Improved Orcharding," the
singular error of printing the name of
Charles Downing as "Charles Daven-
port" occurred. L was Mr.. Downing
who thought our Duchess of O.den-
burgh apples must be different vari-
ETY., on account of their large size and
superb color. But it is being album
dainty proved that all the Russian ap-
pies display theirmerits more consplcu-
ously, when we'll grown, the further
north they are grown. They are dis
tinctly a northern family; and we be-
leve that they had their origin from a
distinctly northern species. 1t is well
known that there are number of dis
tinct species OF wild apples, as we'll as
of plums, cherries, etc; and it is en-
inently reasonable to suppose that APP
pies of such marked characters should
have had distinct nativity.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-10-25

THERE is every probability that
among the long lists of Russian apples
imported, but as yet unheard from,
there will be found more good winter
sorts. Indeed we have another which
we should have rel Diced over very heart
lily if, in the same year, a so much larger
and better kind had not revealed itself.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-10-25
A PRICELESS BLESSING.

Father Dryers Earnest Endorsement
of Kickapoo Indian Rene LEG.
WYCKoFF, MINI, Erv. z.
Sympathy for Suffering III
mainly leads me to write this.
I have suffered much from Mural
gia and Stomach Troubles, and
have tried various medicines, but they
were OF no avail. Recently, however,
/ learned of the Kickapoo Indian Rem
edies, and have been entirely cured by
the use of kickapoo indian Sagwa.
This priceless medicine OF the Indians,
myself as well as a host of others have
used with wonderful success.
Yours in truth, P. Q. N. DIVER.
kickapoo Indian Remedies, Sold by all DealerS
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-10-25

CHILDREN Cry for Pitchers Castoria.
CHILDREN Cry for Pitchers Csstoria,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-10-25

Now, dear reader, do not ask us, at
once, to share our new find with you,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-10-25

will sell at bargain to auy one In want of the
whole, or any part, of the following described prop
erty, situated the line of the Wells River ran
road in Marshhed consisting of 255 acres OF land
mostly timbered The railroad passes through II
near the center, with good sde-track at the lum.
Der shed, near mills. A large boarding house and
an extra fine barn for horses Three tenement
three mills is In good fair condition, and comprises
three water wheels, circular saw mill, two hand
edgers, slaD saw, planer and hatcher board paner
shlngle machine clapboard mill and all attach.
ments, etc. etc. bowl mill also one traverse sled
Might exchange portion for other property:
ALBERT JOHONNOTT.
Montpelier, VI, January 10, 1898.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-10-25
100 Per Cent. Better
The Physicians Surprised

81 feel that it is my duty to advertise Hoods
Sarsaparlla, because of the great good 1t has
done me and my wife. was running down with
Liver and Kidney
troubles and also Catarrh. l commenced with
Hoods Sarsaparilla and soon saw that 1t was
helping me very much. When took two bot
ties was so much better my wife began taking
It She had liver and kidney troubles even
worse; had to give up homework altogether,
Completely Run Down
Her blood seemed to all run to water, and she
looked more like dead woman than live
one. Hoods Sarsaparilla built her right up,
and cured all her troubles. One doctor said
"' Mrs. Hulett, what have you been doing
You look 100 per cent better
"Well,' she said, i feel that much better.
have been taking Hoods Sarsaparilla." WAR
rem HULETT, Pawlet Vermont.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-10-25

ANOTHER first-class Russian apple,
as to quality, is the Prolific Sweeting
A good many people do not care for
sweet apples; but this one is 80 purely
and deliciously sweet, and with such a
delicate texture, that people go into
raptures over it. Fortunately, it has
an exterior to match its interior merits,
being of good size, fair, and of clear
straw-yellow color. 1t is not, however,
full annual bearer. We have but
half a dozen trees, and some of our
friends began to caution us early in
June to save for them "some of those
splendid yellow sweets"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-10-25

OUR experience with Russian apples
is probably as extensive as that of any
one in this country, with the exception
of Professor j. l.. Budd of the Iowa
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-10-25

u ORDER your envelopes, note heads, bill
heads, statements, etc, of the WATcHMAN
job office. Stock and workmanship always
the best, prices the lowest.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-10-25

Send check for sls.00 to I, Henry Jameson, No.
49, Short Street, Concord, n. H. and he will insert
TOR you one inch advertisement in all the papers
below, for one month. The rate given is the pub
lishe rsrate for one inch one month. four times;
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-10-25


HERE we desire to say that we are
compelled to regard the changes, with
a view to simplificaton and shortening
of the names of fruits, which were made
some years ago by the American Pomo-
logical Society, as being, in at least
part of the cases, injudcious. Take
the case of the "Duchess of Oden-
burgh," for instance. 1t is almost uni
versally shortened, in common speech,
TO Duchess" but the revisers have
cut off that part Of the name, and
listed the variety as "O.denburgh."
The result is really frightening of the
name, since in writing and speaking,
with the view to deriniteness, we have
to explain that by "Oldenburgh we
mean the apple generally known as
duchess" And, after all, it is very
hard, if not impossible, to change pop
ular names. These may not always
suit the tastes of the fastidious; and
we agree that such names as Stump
the World" and Belly Bound,"-the
last corruption, by the way, of the
original French name, "Belle ct
Bonne," i. e., pretty and good,-need
changing. But change which don't
take, or a change that must be con-
stantly expl ined by reference to the
original name, is not the sort of change
to be desired.
WHILE we are on the subject of ap-
pies, we would like to say to those who
object to the quality of the Russian va
rie ties that they had better try the
Longfe.d. it is the only genuine an
nual bearer that we have ever known.
BY this We mean an apple that bears
equally good crops every year. OF
course, nearly all kinds bear some ap-
pies every year; but the Longfield is
loaded down, and has to be thinned to
prevent the wreck of the tree, every
year. We know of no other kind like
it in this respect; and besides this, it is
very nice dessert fruit. The common
expression in regard to it is, 1" Well,
that apple is good enough for me-"
SIme years ago we sent cions of Long
field to a friend in Wisconsin, and re-
Gently we got from him sample, with
request for the name, which he had
lost, and the remark that it was the
best and most profitable apple in his
orchard. tits not really very attract
i've apple to look at, and, like the Secke
ptar, it is small; but you get plenty
of them, and they are good.
ANOTuEp 6rstcloss Pnss;an anrlo
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-10-25

HOOPS PILLS cure liver ills, constipation
biliousness. jaundce, sick headache, indigestion.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-10-25

UP to about twelve or fifteen years
ago, it was believed that the successful
growth of apples and other cultivated
tree fruits was impossible in all of
northern Maine. About that time-we
have not the exact date handy--we
were engaged to make some addresses
on the iron clad tree fruits in that sec
tion-the great county of Aroostook,
as large as Vermont-by the then sec
rotary of the Maine Board of Agricul'
ture, who was, and still is, the agricul-
tural editor of the Maine Farmer,-the
Hon. Il. A. Gilbert, now pretty well
known to many of our readers as fire.
quent attendant at our Dairymen's As
ISOLATION meetings.
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JameSOn'S Advertising Agency.

0E Worth of the Best New To- d,1 O
|,uJ Hampshire Advertising tut b 10
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Agricultural College, who spent a sum
mer in Russia in studying them, and
has in bearing unquestionably the
largest collection of them in America.
We say this, not TO bragg" but to give
fair weight to the statement, which we
make without reserve, that as regards
size and beauty the Russian apples are
ahead of the older sorts; and in quality
for all uses, not excepting the dessert,
they average quite as good. For vigor,
productiveness, and freedom from the
attacks of insects, they exceed our older
sorts; the LEAKAGE being large, firm and
glossy, and little, if at all, subject to
fungous disease. L)ng-keeping sorts
have been scarce among them; but
enough of these are now becoming
known to do away with this objection
for al the more northern states.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-06-20

Waco, Tex. June 10 tSpecull Mr..
Il. 5. Collins OF the Car association, with
headquarters at Houston, arrived IN the
city this morning, remaining during the
day Ia consultation with railroad officials.
especially nf the Waco aud Northwestern
aud Texas Central.
He says that the association which was
recently formed Mt Galveston IL doing
good work IN securing Tie prompt ~.
turn OF cars, aud Is rapidly getting Into
good working order for the heavy fan
business. Reports from San Antonio
and othrr points express mnell satisiHv-
lion with the service. Mr., Collins said.
The association al st. Louis sucrprlpt
In increasing the prompt return Of 60
per ceut of the ears, thus permitting M
least Az per cent more business 10 be-
done with The sane number Of cars.
We are confidently expecting to secure
fully 80 per cent more cars This Is q
big item, especially during The fan, when
traffic is most extensive ant cars badly
needed"
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-06-20


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g. Cornoy, Kansas. CITY; g. Tracy Dallns;
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tonic Miss Davis. Austin. !. r. Wcs,ay.
WhNuhncdc; j. u. Houston, Gonzales; Il.
NJ. Bruwlrr Gainesville. j W. llDppplc,
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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-06-20
THE BORDEN TRIAL.
Lizzie weeps When Her Lawyer Talks--Argu.
menis Under Way--crowds
preseni

New Bedford, Mass, aune ~. The day
of the argument In the l}ordcn case brought
out great Jam Mt the courthouse, aud
the doors. they. were Desieged by people,
mostly ladies, all hoping for seats, but ther,
we're too few seats tor ne crowd, anu
When court was ready for opening, there
We're many ladies standing ~ the nislos.
and corridors aud obliged TO snlr the bat
tie from hfnr. The bar enclosure was
packed with lawyers. Whom sheriff Wright
came In. the uisics were cleared and every
body obliged TO alt down.
Tie Jury took seats at s6j, looking re-
feshel after two DAYS rest nni Few
bunch Of pinks IN her hand and q con
tented smile on her face THE jury was
P SSq on poggniag court ara immeelstey
The ex-governor made long review Of
the murder, aud the subsequent arrest
aud trial Of Lizzie and the evidence In
the trial. His speech was disappoint-
Ing to friends Of the defendant He ad-
yiscd the jury not to jump to conclu-
sions and reminded them Of tile s0lem-
nifty of he duty which devolyed upon
them. In conclusion be said; ''When
you assume that Lizzie committed the
deed, you put an awful lot on her to
perform In u short time. She must have
been hurried to ciean the handless hatch
ct; IL yon assume she committed the
crime. and must have prepared 1t 80.
by drying aud placing dust on H., so as
20 present the same appearance that
others had. and when II was found II lid
present the sline appearance "a others
II was 3 O'Clock when Robson closed
inter having made speech four mud
tlirce-fuurths hours in length. As he
closed Lizzie begi1 TO weep. Her face
was red aud swollen.
The jury returned at 3;07 and half
minute Inter District Attorney 1Inowlton
began to sum " the evidence.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-06-20

grounds. Admission. including refresh
ments, % cents.
Should the weather prove inclement
today tie party and promenade concert
for The benefit Of the Assoclnfcl Char-
lies will be given this evening at The
Lloyd building. corner Houston aud Sec
onl streets. Admission, Including re-
freshncnts, % cents.
Lawn pnrty aud promenade concert
for the benefit Of the Associated Chart
ties this Tuesday evening At Lamar
street tennis grounds. Should the wealth.
cr be Indictment the entertainment will
be given OF the Lloyd building, corner
Houston and Second streets Admis-
sion, including refreshments, 25 cents.
Help the poor by attending the lawn
party and promenade concert this even
ing at the Lamar street tennis grounds.
If the weather il unfav0rablc the enter
tainment will be given at the Lloyd build
ing. Houston and Second streets. Adj
mission, including Refreshments, -
cents.
The Fenciblcs will give an exhibition
drill at the lawn party and promenade
concert this evening at the Lamar street
tennis grounds,
BE sure to attend the lawn party and
promenade concert this evening nj the
l.amar street tennis grounds. Adniis-
sion. Including refreshments. - cents.
Should tie weather be unfavorable the
entertainment viii be given at the LLOYD
building Second and Houston streets.