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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-09-06
The Sweet Young Sister.

The sweet young sister OF little boy
was dying. The child had heard that
if one could secure but a single leaf
from the Tree of Life, that grew in the
Garden of God, every illness could be
healed. No one had dare to attempt
the quest, however, for the way was
very hard. and great angel guarded
the gate of the garden against MORALS.
The child loved his suffering sister so
well that he resolved to find the garden
and plead with the angel for the healing
leaf. So over rock and moor and hill he
went, until in the golden sunset the
beautiful gate appeared, and he tear
fully made his request to the angelic
sentinel. "None can enter this gar
den" replied the angel, 9 but those
children for whom the king has
but one leaf" pleaded the child,
/" one little leaf to heal my sister. The
king will be angry. He cannot wish
that my sister should suffer so and die
and leave me all alone. Have pity,
great angel, and bear my prayer"
The angel looked down on the little
suppliant with deep love and pity and
said: "The King has sent my brother,
the Angel of Death, to bring your sis
ter to himself. If you are allowed to
keep her, will you promise me to see
that she shall never again lie tossing on
a sick bed in pain?" Chow can I?''
said the wondering child. mot even
the wisest physicians can keep us from
sickness always" Then will you
promise me that she shall never be I'M
happy? Nor do wrong? Nor suffer
sorrows? Nor be cold, or hungry, or
tired? Nor be spoken to nor treated
harshly?" asked the angel. Not if |
can help it," answered the child
bravely. But perhaps even | could
not always make her happy" Then"
replied the angel tenderly, " the world
where you would keep her must be
sad place. Now will open the gate
just little, and you may look into the
garden for moment, and then if you
still wish it, | will myself ask the King
for leaf from the Tree of Life to heal
your sister,"
And the astonished child looked in
where grew the living Tree, and where
flowed the crystal river, and where
stood the bright mansions, and where
walked and talked immortal children
under light more DeautlluI than lual
of the sun, and with friends more low
ing than those of earth, and where love
and blessing reigned forever. He looked
until his eyes widened in surprise and
glowed with JOY, and turning to the
angel he said softly: Il will not ask for
the leaf now. There is no place, so
beautiful as this: there is no friend so
kind as the Angel of Death wish he
would take me, too"
So the child turned back under the
stars that shone like celestial eyes upon
him. And as he went a ray OF holy
light fell upon his path, and wonderful
music such as he never before heard
filed his ears, and he knew that the
golden gate had opened to receive his
sister. And it was so that when he saw
her silent form upon her little bed at
home he was comforted.- Tile Ministry
Of Bereavement.
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the trees keeps them free from black.
knot. think the best way to apply
ashes is to throw them into the tree-top
during light rain, or Immediately
after rain while the trees are wet.
Then the ashes will stick to the
branches, and the I've will run down
the body and clean off all scale, lice or
bark insects. | think, too, it has a
tendency to prevent the dark fuugous
spots that are so injurious TO the
Fameuse, Peach, and o,her apples.
LEVI SWIFT.
Middlesex, W., August o.
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A Country Idyl.

Have you dug your grass" asked the city chap
or the staring farmer man.
For he thought he would not crush the swain
Beneath his social ban.
Z" How was your crop when you dug your grass?
Did the weey hurt your peas?
And did the canker worm destroy
Your young cucumber trees?
Il love, good sir the country air.
From the town fain would flee
And lose myself in rural dreams
Meath the potato tree.
would pluck the turnip from its vine
Through the parsnip me tdow push,
And rest beneath the grateful shade
OF the bending cabbage bush.
" oh. | fain would be a simple swain
And drive my yoke of cows
And rest at noon beneath the shade
OF the rutabaga boughs.
Oh, I'd hunt the woods for the cocOanut bush
The whole of the livelong day,
Or start at morn with the rustic hoe
To dig the hills of hay.
" And If at MONDAY grew faint
With my labor's strain and rush,
would mix the milkweed's luscious milk
With mushrooms luscious mush
would pluck the pineapple from the pine
But why has your color ned?"
hut the farmer fell with a sickening thud-
The farmer man was dead!
-7etas .Sjftings
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Cure for the Texas Horn Fly.

Agricultural EditOr:-I have been
hoping some Que would give an effective
remedy for the small black flies that are
sometimes called Texas, or horn, flies.
They light on the horns as convenient
resting place. They did not come
from Texas, but from Europe, some
six or seven years ago, and are con-
stantly increasing and spreading wher-
ever cattle are found on this hemi-
sphere, dare say. Every one who has
cows must know what they are without
further description, as they are great
annoyance and damage to the dairy,
keeping the cows on the nettle, swing
ing their heads and tails, both night
and day. Evidently they have come to
stay, like the potato bug and other pests,
and now we want practical remedy
to fight them with. l have tried cover
ing the cows backs with sawdust at
night, and they seemed very grateful
for the protection it afforded l wet
the hair with turpentine and gummed
linseed oil to no purpose, as they
seemed to care for nothing but the
sickness, and that soon disappeared.
They paid no attention to carbolic acid !;
but insect powder, such as we use in
the house for flies, seemed to make
them very delirious, and tobacco pow
der Common snuff) killed them by
scores. / have found $50 dead ones on
choice JERSEYS back at one time. l
sprinkled the snuff over the flies with a
common spice box with perforated top,
and light busting is sufficient. This
seems to be far the best of anything
have discovered. If any one has bet
ter and cheaper remedy, am sure all
dairymen would be very grateful to
hear of it. After applying the snuff, a
season of quiet settles over the cows
that is very refreshing to the mixer
who is accustomed to the continual
rattle of stanchiors and frisking of tails
and he feels that fifty cents invested in
snuff occasionally is money well laid
out as he sees the flies roll off the
cattle's sides.
If you do not find this letter too long
| would like to add word or two on
the fruit business. | received letter
short time ago from man in New
York who is looking for place to 10.
cate an apple evaporating industry
OF course he wanted apples and WOOD
abundant, and said he wanted to pay
out from $4,000 to $4,000 each year
We have wood in abundance in this
section, but am sorry to say that frui
culture does not receive as much atten
ton as politics, though of more account
to the average housekeeper. picked
seven barrels of pound sweets from one
tree last year Zone wagon load, anC
there will be a barrel or two this yea
on the same tree. | gave it in return
fifty. cent load Of manure, besides {
barrel of ashes. Right here lies thu
secret, and every farmer is at liberty tC
employ the same means, if he chooses
My cherries were the ripest and best
have had for some time, as the birds
did not disturb them very much.
have no plums, however, this year, ant
| imagine the liberal treatment l give
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-09-06
Helpful Suggestions.

If you are impatient, sit down quietly
and have talk with job.
If you are little strong headed, 90
TO see Moses.
If you are getting weak.needed, take
look at Elijah.
If there is no song in your heart,
listen to David.
If you are getting sordid, spend a
while with Isaiah.
If you feel chilly, get the beloved
disciple to put his arms around you.
If you are losing sight of the future,
climb up to Revelation and get a
glimpse of the promised land.-Golden
Censor,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-09-06

of the orchard. Potatoes are good
crop for young orchard, but require
much more manure than beans, and are
more injured by the shade of the trees,
as these increase in size. Stack the
beans on ground outside of the orchard,
after the trees begin to make much
shade. Currants and gooseberries may
be grown successfully in the rows be-
tween the trees, quite as long as the
beans; and they will yield good profit
where there is a market for the fruit.
Growing these crops in the orchard,
with suitable tillage and manure, is a
positive benefit to ii, as the growth of
the trees will be quite as strong, and
the ground crop will pay for free ma
nuring. This is not " theory" 1t has
been my constant and successful prac-
tice for nearly thirty years, in all my
orchards, up to the time when they
come to full bearing, and even beyond
that. Under this method the orchard
is profitable almost from the start;
which is of importance to many, and
may be the turning point between sue
cess and failure. Another point is also
of some consequence. Such a cult
waited orchard is so constantly under
the owners eyes that insect depreda-
tons are Immediately noticed and at
tended to; and anything needing to be
done for the benefit of the trees is seen
without delay. Itisimpossible TO defraud
the trees of nutrment by this process,
for the simple reason that unless the
ground is kept rich enough to give a
free growth to the trees, hese second
airy crops will be dead failure. Moth
ing can keep the trees from getting
their full share of the manure. l give
dressing of stable manure every
second or third year, and run in about
1000 pounds of commercial fertilizer
per acre with the beans, every year.
The shade of the trees is benefit to
the currants and gooseberries, aud a
grateful protection to the berry pickers.
The whole ground is kept clear of weeds
by cultivating the bean crop, and hoe
ing the berry bushes.
AS to the proper varieties of apples
to be grown, -this must be determined
by the location. But do not waste time
and money in experimenting with new
sorts, when any old sorts are known to
do well in your locality.
A man without much capital, aside
from his land, can do best by selecting
site for his orchard and planting one
or two rows of trees each year;
growing meanwhile annual crops, and
getting his ground ready for more trees.
But no man has any business with an
orchard, or any other sort of fruit
growing, who has not love for the
occupation, or who is afraid of taking
trouble. Eternal vigilance is the
price that must be paid for a good
orchard, as well as for American lib
erty. r. H. HosKINs, MD.
Newport, VT.
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For Dyspepsia
Use Horsford's Acid Phosphate.

DIR, o. M. BROWN, Cornish, Me-,
says; 81 have used it in my practice
during the last few years, and can, with
all candor say, that in cases of dyspepsia
brought about through abuse OF the
stomach by use of an improper diet, l
have failed to find any remedy that
would remove the trouble so quickly or
prove $50 grateful to the stomach or
patient. consider it a boon to suffer-
ing humanity"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-09-06
Editorial NOtings.

WHAT is Dirt? Women ought to
know; but when the able woman who
edits "Woman's Interests" in the
New England Farmer says =" Let the
little children make mud pies peace
ably, for Baby Ruth has been seen
actually digging in the dirt. She has a
wise mother" we think the has UNI
consciously yielded to popular fallacy.
There is nothing cleaner or sweeter
than the "dust OF the EARTH" out of
which man was created. 1t is, in fact,
the great sweetener and purifier; and
dirt, covered with earth, soon ceases to
be mere dirt, and contributes to mans
sustenance and growth in the various
forms of food. -
A GOOD many photographers have
struggled with that word, dirt" more
or less Intellectually, aud it remains to
this day vague expression, but al
ways incorrect when applied TO the
natural soil. Another word its own
simple name, is rightly gwen, when we
say that thing is" soiled but this,
too, is grossly misused, and no writer
aiming at purity of expression will use
" dirt and its derivatives as synony-
nous with "soil," and its derivatives.
All genuine "dirt" is Of organic
origin, and in its true sense that word
and " filth " may be regarded as pretty
nearly synonymous. dust" is an
ambiguous term, applicable to both or
ganic and inorganic particles light
enough to be easily carried about by
he air. But it "goes against the
grain" with us, to hear earth, the great
sweetener and food producer, called
"dirt.' When pure, nothing can be
more wholesome for children to play
in. 1t will make dirty ones compare
lively clean, TO rub them with it, 1t
is. we repeat, the one great disinfect-
ant, deodorizer and cleanser
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-09-06
MORAL AND RELIGIOUS,


Fold the little garments.
Lay them softly by,
Put away the playthings.
Check the choking sigh
Turn thee to thy duties.
Take up life again,
Newly consecrated
by this precious pain
Work thy face full heavemward
Give thy life to God
His sweet peace shall keep thee
If thou kiss the rod Selected
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-09-06

cured by taking Halls Catarrh Cure.
f. j. CHENEY & CO.,
Proprietors, Toledo, Ohio.
We, the undersigned, have known f.
j. Cheney for the last fifteen years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by the firm.
WEST g. TRUAX, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, Ohio.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter.
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Price seventy-fve cents per bottle,
Sold by all druggists.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-09-06
FARM AND GARDEN,

Address all inquiries or communications in relation
TO agriculture to DIR. Z. II. HosKINs. Newport, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-09-06

THE departure of Professor Cooke
from Vermont will be sincerely regretted
by all who understand and are able to
appreciate the vast amount of good
work which he has done for the farmers
of this state and the rest of New Eng
land. He is a man of wonderful indus
try, and infallible common sense. He
is, too, thorough man of science; and
yet he knows how to talk the language
of the plain people, and to make scien-
tidc facts ineligible to them. He has
done everything he could do to make the
agricultural annex to the University of
Vermont practically useful to our peo-
pie, and our people so understand it.
We are not, at this writing, informed as
TO Professor Cookies future location and
position; but wherever he goes he will
carry with him the hearty good wishes
of the farmers of Vermont.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-09-06

Mr.. o. f. ATWOOD, Richville, VT,
kindly responds on the horse-rake
question as follows: "Your experience
with the Bay State rake is about the
same as mine. / have used Walter
A. Wood rake the past four years, and
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-09-06

not a tooth has broken yet. 1t looks
as though it might last lifetime if
housed when haying is over. 1t is
easily managed, and does good work.
My daughter, thirteen years old, did
nearly all the raking with it the first
two seasons" This exchange of ex-
perience!w with implements can be made
very useful, and we hope it will be
continued in regard to all the leading
tools and machines used on the farm.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-09-06

A CORRESPONDENT asks for instruc-
ton about how to build and manage a
compost heap. He says, truly, that it will
benefit other readers as well as himself,
which is doubtless true. So please give
in your experience, brethren, on the
compost heap question, telling how to
make fine ard rich manure cheaply Of
otherwise waste materials.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-09-06

THE strength of the NAL -administra-
ton of industrial college funds lies
solely in the weakness of interest in
the subject existing amongst the farm
ers themselves. This large annual APP
preparation for industrial teaching
comes out of the tax payers so very in
directly that our farmers who are so
Indifferent to the question do not I'm.
derstand that they are paying for a
superior education for their sons,
whether they avail themselves of it or
not. If they do not wantit, if they are
determined not to make use of it, they
should petition congress to repeal the
whole of its legislation in relation to
the matter. If these annual millions
had been appropriated to aid in feeding
the hogs on our farms, we should not
see any backwardness in coming for
ward, pail in hand, each man for his
share. And if the feed served out
proved not the correct thing, people
and hogs would squeal in concert for
" R.r-reform."
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-09-06

Folks too eager to get something for
nothing are pretty apt to get nothing of
something ,-especially in fair time.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-09-06
HOW's This ?

We offer one hundred dollars reward
for any case of catarrh that can not be
cured by taking HALLS Catarrh Cure.
f. j. CHENEY & CO.,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-09-06

THIS week we surrender most of our
"Notings" space to a reply TO many
inquiries, received from time to time,
in regard to the establishment of
commercial apple orchard. We do not
undertake to say everything, or answer
every detail of inquiry, in the limited
space TAKEN but we do give the SUBJ
stance Of more than thirty years of
personal labor and experience, and the
final outcome of our studies in orchard.
ing, as we have applied them in the
formation of our orchards on our new
farm, begun four years ago, and now
beginning to bear fruit. These or
chards embrace in their plan about
1000 fruit trees, the last of which will
soon be planted. In the rows of trees
gooseberries and currants are planted,
and are expected to yield good in
come while the trees are coming to full
bearing-say eight to ten years-when
they will be removed. The trees are
set fifteen feet apart in the rows, and
the rows thirty-fve feet asunder. In
these spaces all sorts of hoed crops are
and will be grown, the ground being
thoroughly MANFRED with stable manure
every other year, and the hoed crop
getting 1000 pounds of fertilizer per
acre on the alternate years. In about
fifteen years the alternate trees-a con-
siderable proportion of which are plum
and cherry-will be taken out, leaving
the trees of the permanent apple and
pear orchards standing thirty by thirty
five feet. This is wide enough for the
early-bearing iron-clads, mostly of Rus
sian origin or descent, which are all of
moderate growth as compared with our
ordinary apple-trees, originating from
western Europe. A standing invita-
ton is given to all our readers and their
friends to visit our orchards. They
constitute the only grounds of that sort,
in any way complete, in New England.
They are not show" or clancy :"
affair, but just simply business opera
ton, in which we aim to apply what we
have been learning in the past twenty
five years of study and experiment.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-09-06

THERE is a world of satisfaction in
knowing you do perfect farm work, and
If you then fall short Of good results, it
IS for failures of Divine Providence or
the shortcomings of Mother Earth,
which is seldom the case.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-07-03
Destructive Fire in PhlladolphIn.

PHILADELPHIA, July IA sawmill and
lumber yard and four small stores, from
Nos. 2707 to 2125 North Broad street, were
completely destroyed, and row of twelve
houses on the south side Of Bishop street,
between Thirteenth and Broad streets,
were badly damaged by fire Saturday
night. The fire burned rapidly, laying
waste a considerable territory occupied
mostly by ramshackle buildings, and en-
failing loss of about 100000. William
Jones was caught in his second story front
room with his two children With both
children in his arms Mr.. Jones jumped
to the street and escaped uniniured A
similar thrilling rescue was effected by
j. Reinholt, who rushed into the house of
Harry Piper and, picking up two small
children, jumped with them from the roof
to a mattress stretched in the street. Rein
holt was slightly injured.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-07-03
.THE CRETASSE BREAKS.
Many People Suffering for Food
Along the Mississippi.
TEN DEATHS so FAR REPORTED.

Tho Relentless Flood Came Pouring
Forth without Moments warning.
No Previous Flood Compares in Depth
or Extent TO the Present.
NEW ORLEANS, July 3-Suddenly and
almost without warning the relentless
waters pouring through the Rescue ere
vase, now 800 feet wide swept down the
New River basin on Saturday night,carry-
ing destruction and terror in their path.
Many of the unfortunate people are endur-
ing the pangs of hunger, for they have no
means of cooking food and il will be for
tunate indeed If all are succored before
starvation and exposure find victims
among them. So far as reported ten lives
have been lost They are; A white girl,
three colored men (Reed Saul, Tom Jones
and the latter's father one colored woman,
mother Of Tom Jones, and five colored
children whose names have not been
learned
The New River country has frequently
suffered from overflow, but no previous
food has compared in depth, extent or the
suddeness of its coming. The one that
now covers 1t in places that were wholly
Unaffected by the crevasses of 1882, 1891
and 1892, are now several feet under water,
and localities heretofore believed to be
above overflow are submerged.
An idea of the extent and depth OF the
flood may be formed from the fact that
there is from five to seven feet Of water at
Dutchtown, and that Captain Henry
Doyars house Is the only one along the en-
tire extent of New River settlement, adis-
tance OF some twenty-five miles, with it's
floor still above the surface of the flood
The water was on a stand at Captain
Doyal's all night, and 1t Is hoped the steady
decline of the river will affect the back
water, at least sufficiently to prevent any
further rise.
Two fleets of slliffs have been sent to the
rescue, which it is hoped will be able to
accomplish the work of bringing all the
people of the flood section to places Of
safety