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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-04-05
Closed Sleeping Rooms.

No bedroom should ever be shut close
during the night, even if it is large
apartment. 1t is hard to imagine a
room which cannot in some manner
be ventilated, to certain extent. Per-
haps the best conditions cannot by any
means be reached; but almost anything
is better than breathing poisonous air
over and over. If nothing better can
be done, let the window be raised a
trine, so that current of air will find
its entrance between the upper and
lower sashes. This may be so diverted
by curtain or even piece of news
paper that it will create no draft, but
will stir gentle circulation within the
apartment. This expedient may often
be resorted to in cases of illness, giving
a change of air in the chamber, but in
so gradual a manner that no i'll effects
can result. The more freely bedding
can be exposed to the sun and air the
better, but exposure to the sun should
not include the pillows or feather beds.
The oily quality of the feathers is acted
upon by exposure to hot sun, produc-
ing a strong, offensive and unhealthy
odor-in direct opposition to the result
there should be frequent exposure to
the air, and the more persistently this is
carried out the more healthful will be
the bed. Feathers are dangerous things
at the best. They are absorbent, and
difficult to cleanse. Moreover they are
very durable, and doubtless there are
multitudes of beds in every community
which have been in use for scores of
years-how many we need not attempt
closely 10 estimate-without a thorough
renovation. 1t is hardly pleasant to
think of ensconsing oneself in guest
chamber provided with bed of this
sort, sinking into the pervasive en-
brace of mass of feathers upon which
all sorts of people have been sleeping
for generation or two, and sleeping
all through the night in the warm
vapors which the heat of the occupants
body will generate from this question
able mass. 1t is because we never stop
to think of these things in the abstract,
and to dissocate them from prevailing
customs, that we tolerate them. Good
housekeeping.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-04-05
American Wastefulness.

Economy is simply the avoidance of
all waste, and economical housekeep-
ing means the endeavor to obtain for
the whole household the utmost amount
of health, comfort and enjoyment of
life. In this sense it is surely the duty
of every mistress of household, from
the highest TO the |, west, TO be eco
nomical. Much has been written and
spoken about the wastefulness of the
poorest classes, a reproach which is I'M
fortunately only too well deserved, but
is equally deserved by most well-to do
households. To take only the item OF
food-how much is often wasted in the
preparation of single dish which
forms but part of one of the course
of dinner. The plea that it can be
well afforded is no justification for
waste The two chief articles of food
which are wasted are bread and fat.
Few Of our cooks recognize the value
of either of these, although the French
cooks know the value of the former,
under its more imposing name of chap
eLure. In plain English, this is stale
bread dried in the oven and broken
down, or nearly pulverized, by being
iOlIOu Win d h0a'y otouc pottlc, uot
on any account with the rolling-pin
that is used for pastry, because the
hard crusts indent the wooden rolling
pins, and even scratch the marble ones,
and this is apt to make the pastry
heavy. These crumbs should be as
sorted and kept in bottles, brown and
white bread separately, and coarse and
fine crumbs also separately, and they
are then ready for use when needed.
The preparation is an easy matter when
the cook gets into the habit of collect
ing them TO dry in the oven over night
and any leisure moment can be spent
in pulverzing and sitting the crumbs
They are used in many ways--for fried
fish, for hams, for buildings. 1t is {
vexation to prepare crumbs every time
that they are needed; while, if bottles
of chdpelure are at hand, of various de
grees of lineness, the dishes that re
quire crumbs can be prepared at very
short notice. Economical HOuSekeep
ing.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-04-05

handkerchief in the work worn hands
The time was when every garden, how
ever humble, had its plot of herbs
some to be used in compromising rem
edies for various ills, some for their
sweet odors, others as garnishes and
flavors for certain dishes, the recipes
several generations, from mother to
daughter. What a search through
store and market there is to find the
particular herb wantedl Very often
when found it is in the form of little
package two or three inches long and
two wide of dried leaves and stems, and
it is well the label says what kind, for
neither taste nor smell can determine.
Does not this suggest to the girls and
women who live in small towns, viii
lagos, and on farms, and who desire
and feel the need of earning money,
one way in which it can be done? A
reason often given for the general and
widespread discomfort among young
women with village and farm life is
that there are so few things woman
can do in such places to earn money,
and that in city opportunities are
plenty. Is il not possible tie quick eye
to see and the energy to use the oppor-
tunity is the chief lack? Gardening
does not require more strength or the
expenditure of more muscular force
than many kinds of homework, and is
certainly more healthful. Exercise in
the pure outdoor air, and working in
the soft, brown earth with the clear
sunshine over all, is natures own tonic,
and it will give tone and force to the
whole system. Why not try the cult
walton of herbs in real strong business
effort for the money it will bring?-
Hdrper'S Bazar.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-04-05
House Plants.

Plants that have withstood the cold
Of the last few weeks will now need a
little petting, for which they will soon
return fourfold interest in brightness
of foliage and beauty of bloom. AT
least once a week, water with weak
manure water. Droppings from the
hen. house make an excellent liquid
manure, but care must be used and not
get it too strong, or its limey nature is
apt to burn the roots. Common glue,
one ounce dissolved in two gallons of
soft water, is good. Melted snow water
seems to contain qualities that we do
not get in other soft water, and plants
soon show good effects from its daily
use. 1t is better to give plants copi-
Gus watering once in two or three
days than to give little bit every day,
but the earth should not be allowed to
get dry, as then the leaves turn yellow
and fall. Watch for insects now, as
the red spider and green fly are active
these days. The spider does not like
sprinkling, nor the fly smoking. Try
them. Grounds from the coffee-pot
spread (not too thickly) over the soil
on top of the pots is often good to help
preserve moisture. Fuchsias, carna.
tiona, heliotropes, geraniums, and some
others, ought to bic ON freely this
month.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-04-05
The Lost Heart.

| knew a man who lost his heart
His wife had not got it, and he did not
seem as If he had got it himself. "That
is odd" say you. Well he used TO
starve himself. He had scarcely enough
to eat. His clothes were threadbare.
He starved all who were around him.
He did not seem to have a heart. A
poor woman owed him little rent.
But she went into the street. He had
no heart. A person had fallen back
little in the payment of money he had
lent him. The debtors children were
crying for bread. The man did not
care who cried for hunger, or what be-
came of the children. He would have
his money. He had lost his heart.
never could make out where it was till
| went to his house one day, and saw
an iron safe; ii stood behind the door
of an inner room, and when he unlocked
it with heavy key, and the bolts were
shot and the inside was opened, there
was o musty, fusiy thing within it, as
dry as kernel of walnut seven years
old. 1t was his heart. If you have
locked up your heart in an iron safe,
get it out. Get it out as quickly as ever
you can.-Spurgeon.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-04-05
Remember in Making Coffee

That the same flavor will not suit
every taste; that the time for steep
ing" should be regulated by the coarse
ness of the grains; that every one can
be suited TO nicely by properly blend
ing two or more kinds; that equal parts
of Mocha, Java and Rio will be relished
by good many people; that mild
coffee can be made dangerously strong,
and still retain the mildness of flavor;
that the enjoyment of beverage and
slavish devotion thereto are quite differ
ent things; that the flavor is improved
if the liquid is turned from the dregs
as soon as the proper strength has been
obtained; that where the percolation
method is used, the coffee should be
ground very fine, or the strength will
not be extracted; that if the ground
coffee is put into the water and boiled,
it should be rather coarse, otherwise it
will invariably be muddy; that good
coffee will always command a fair
price, but that all high-priced coffees
are not necessarily of high quality;
that in serving, the cups and cream
should be warm, and the cream should
be put in the cup before the coffee is
poured in, but it is immaterial when
the sugar is added; that level table
spoonful of the ground coffee to each
cup is the standard allowance, from
which deviation can be made in eth Ell
direction according to the strength de.
sired.-GOOd Housekeeping.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-04-05
Naming the Baby.

We searched the list from first to last
To find name appropriate;
To crown our curly-headed boy,
We wanted something strong and great
First Leonard struck us as llonlike--
goodly name alas and when
The owner reaches mans estate,
He'll thunder down old time as Len.
Philander troubled us awhile
For man should love his followman--
But, It's so easy to behead
To common Phil, we never can.
Now Roderic is rich in fame.
We will, we won't. Twill never do
To place our boy beneath the ban
OF common Rod his life all through.
charming name was Lancelot
Or Valentine. Augustus, all
But Lance and Val and Gus were not
The names we wanted folks to bawl
Then Constantine and Bertram shone-
But Con and Bert we didn't like,
And Sol is easy cut from Saul;
u seemed name we'd never strike
Ny wife perused the novels strong,
While aunts and cousins entered in
The list with names that should belong
OF course each claim could never win.
The baby grew and found his tongue,
And set our fancies to his will.
And yelled one night with boyish din,
Come off the roof and call me Bill "
-Hdrper's BdsU
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-04-05
Fight with n Panther.

In the early part of this century Jairus
Rich was famous hunter of Alexandria,
N. Y. Once when his traps were set for
wolves, he went out on tour of inspec.
ton. and was surprised to see panther
spring up and bound away with one Of
the traps hitched to its hind leg. He
fred, but missed, and the creature made
off into the thicket. Jairus went to
neighbours, borrowed dog and returned
to the woods.
AS he neared the place where the en-.
trapped brute had disappeared, his quick
eye detected u panther's head protruding
from some bushes a few rods ahead. He
took hasty aim, fired, and the creature
fell dead.
Examination revealed the fact that this
was not the panther i'll the trap, and the
exciting barking of the dog few rods
in advance showed that other game was
near. Leaving the dead panther he
hurried on and soon came in sight of the
entrapped beast, which stood at bay
snarling fiercely at the dog, which kept
at safe distance.
Mr.. Rich fired at the panther, but only
wounded 1t slightly. In the excitement
of the moment he threw down his gun,
seized his Ratchet and ran forward,
thinking to make short work of his game,
but in that he was mistaken. The pan
Their made sudden spring, knocked the
Ratchet from the hunters hand, and,
furious with rage and pain, began tear
ing and biting him.
Rich defended himself to the best OF
his ability, but there was no getting
away from the fierce animal. a fearful
struggle ensued, and finally the panther
got one of the hunters hands in his
mouth.
With his free hand Rich succeeded in
getting his jackknife from his pocket.
He opened it with his teeth, and with ii
put an end to the life of the ugly brute.
Then he crawled to the nearest house,
where his wounds We're cared for. 1t
was several weeks before he was able Il
leave his bed. and the scars of the con-
tlict that he bore to the grave Youth
| COmDdniOn.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-04-05
The Improvement of Horses.

The sooner the farmers in the United
States realize the fact that the ordinary
aud commonly bred horse is likely 10
deteriorate in value year by year, Tie
better it " i'll be for them. The use of
cables to drag street cars has already
reduced the service performed by horsts
in the cities, and the extension of the
trolley system in the suburbs and the
perfection of electric motors will relieve
many other thousands of horses from
such service. 1t has not been so very
long since nearly all the threshing was
done by horses; now only very small
percentage of even the threshing
machines are worked by horsepower .
Practically all of the plOughing is now
done by horses; but cheap and prac-
teal steam plough will be shown to Wis
itors to the Worlds Fair, and it is not
improbable that in ten years from now
quite large percentage of ploughlng
will be done without the aid of horses.
The need in the cities and on the farms
for fewer horses will tend more and more
to reduce their market value. Com
monty bred horses will be the first to
deteriorate in price; indeed, it is doubt.
full whether tinely bred horses will sui
fer at all. There is no reason why they
should. The purposes for which they
are used will not be affected by any in
ventions revolutionizing methods OF
transportation or tillage. Even though
we could fly in the air with balloon
entirely under control, a spin on the
road behind pair of lrotters or gal
lop across country would give just as
much pleasure as ever it gave. The
horses who get the blue ribbons in the
horse shows will continue to be as val
liable as ever, while humber animals
those that drag street cars and ploughs
will be less valuable year by year
Hdrpr's Weekly.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-04-05
Apples as Medicine.

Chemically, the apple is composed of
vegetable fibre, albumen, sugar, gum,
chlorophyl, malic acid, gallo acid :,
lime, and much water. Furthermore,
the German analysts say that the apple
contains larger percentage of phos-
phorus than any other fruit or vegeta-
BILE. The phosphorus is admirably
adapted for renewing the essential ner-
vous matter, lecithin, of the brain and
spinal cord. 1t is, perhaps, for the
same reason, rudely understood, that
old Scandinavian traditions represent
the apple as the food of the gods, who,
when they felt themselves to be grow
ing feeble and infirm, resorted to this
fruit for renewing their powers of mind
and body. Also the acids of the apple
are of signal use for men of sedentary
habits, whose livers are sluggish in ac-
ton, those acids serving to eliminate
from the body noxious matters, which,
if retained, would make the brain
heavy and dull or bring about jaundice
or skin eruptions and other allied
troubles. Some such an experience
must have led TO our custom of taking
apple.sauce with roast pork, rich goose
and like dishes. The malic acid Of
ripe apples, either raw or cooked, viii
neutralize any excess of chalky matter
engendered by eating too much meat
1t is also the fact that such fresh fruits
as the apple, the pear, and the plum
when taken ripe and without sugar, di
minish acidity in the stomach rathel
than provoke it. Their vegetable
sauces and juices are converted int
alkaline carbonates, which tend tt
counteract acidity.-MedicaI Age.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-04-05

Most of our readers will remember
the state of abject dismay into which
large part of the people of England
were plunged by the proposal to pierce
the bed of the channel between that
country and France with tunnel. For
time it seemed as if the country had
been turned upside down, and English
men were living in dread of " Buona-
parte "-they took a silly pleasure then
in using the Italian spelling-and ex-
pected to see the invincible body-guard
charge out of the black hole on the
coast and the imperial army follow, to
lay waste the land, capture the men,
and captivate the women. The fact
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-04-05
Husband Time

and ron may Time a Husband
1t can only be done-the first
part of it-with an accurate watch;
more than this, a lady'S watch
ought to be really tasteful and eIe-
CANT. One thing woman can
never dispense with-no matter
what her means may be-iS style.
The price need never prevent
your possessing a beautiful little
chatelaine or hunting-caSe watch,
with jeweled moyement-to insure
accuracy-and caSed in coin-Silver
or i4-karat, filled, gold-warrant-
ed. 1t is the new, quick-winding
Waterbury. 81 to SIS.
Every eweer sells it in various
styles for everybody That
includes---you know who. "a
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-04-05
MISCELLANY.


If after years, when the lights are low,
And the noise OF day is still,
When Heetlng dreams of distant years
Your weary brain shall fill,
Perhaps as you, dreaming, sit alone,
And watch the fair light glow,
In the dying embers you may trace
face OF the long ago.
A face framed In with pale brown hair
And eyes Of changing blue;
A face not fair to look upon,
Yet once dear TO you,-
And voice may float DER the range of years.
God grant each culver of pain
May have long died out, and its scorn rs well,
You may never recall again;
And you may live again the old sweet days,
AS you sit in the mellow light
And recall the VOWS, meath the silyery stars
In the calm and holy night
win one regret steal DER your heart,
As you think of her again,
And hear ouce more her answer low,
Mingled with tears of joy and pain2
And should another have filled her place
Another your love hast won.
Forget that she, who once was dear
when her life was but begun,
In thoughtless mood or light impulse
Wounded or gave you pain
Forget 1t all, remembering but
The sun that cheered the rain
For worthy indeed she meant to be-
And now, in the far away,
Her lips still breathe prayer foryou
At the close of the weary day
And may the new love be to you
Far dearer than the old;
And she more worthy the love of you
With every day that is told.
And now with Bonded head, pray,
God watch and keep him for aye
where'er he be, with love guide
His footsteps day by day;
Forgive him every deed of wrong.
o. Father list to mel
Shield him from all the storms of life,
Where'er his path may be.
minneapolis Tribune
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-04-05

BUCKLEN's ARNICA SALVE.-The
best salve in the world for cuts, bruises
sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores,
letter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns
and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles, or no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price twenty-five
cents per box. For sale by G. Blakely,
Montpelier, VI.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-04-05
The Cultivation OF Herbs.

Thyme, marjoram, sweet basil, sum
mer-savory, sage, caraway, coriander,
fennel, dill, rosemary, layender-what
sweet old-time sound these names
have, and how they suggest good cheer,
pleasant old-fashioned gardens, stores
of fragrant linen, and calm, wrinkled
faces in quaint bonnets enjoying Sab
bath rest in the old meeting house, a
fragrant leaf or two held with the folded
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-04-05
$500 Reward!

We win pay the above reward for any case OF
Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia Sick Headache, Ind
geton. Constipation or costivehess we cannot cure
with Vests Vegetable Liver Pills, when the direc
tons strictly complied with. They are purely
Vegetable, and never fail to give satisfaction
Sugar Coated Large boxes, containing 80 Pills, rs
cents. Beware of counterfeits and limitations. The
genuine manufactured only by THEJOHNC q. WEST
COMPANY, CHICAGO, Ill. Sold by all druggists.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-04-05
THE HOUSEHOLD.

contributions to this department may be sent
either to DIR. I. II. HosKINs, Newport, VT, or di.
rectly to THE wAroHMAN PuBLIsHIre COMPANY.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-04-05
Mamie AddnS
Waterbury, Vermont
Wonderful and True
Totally Blind with SCrofuIous
Sore Eyes
Sight, and joy to Her
Fathers Heart.
waterbury, VT, Nov. 10, 1892.

Waterbury, VT, Nov. 10, 1892.
&C. /. Hood g. Co., Lowell, Mass:
"In April, 1889, my little girl Mamie, who
was then 8 years old, commenced having ulcer
ated eyes, also had sores back of her ears. Her
sight began to grow dim and l feared she
Might be Blind.
then lived In Jericho, VT In the early days
of June went with her to the Mary Fletcher
hospital in Burlington, and there she was
treated four different times "a surgical opera
ton each time, one Of which left the scars now
visible on the eye balls, She recovered from
this treatment each time, a slight Improvement
for few days. was soon worse thnn ever.
She could discern daylight from darkness, but
could not see TO walk across the room.
next went TO a large hospital in Hartford,
Conn. At this hospital no surgical operations
were performed, but medicine was dropped into
her eyes and given her TO take. She was at this
hospital about ten weeks continually grow
ing worse, and when took her In November
Was Totally Blind.
~ arrived at my station in Jericho with the
child, sad in spirit and impoverished in pocket
completely discouraged. On our way to tho
house from the station, we stopped at the store
of Capt McIiinnan, who was an old sea captain,
to warm ourselves The captain had known
the child before we went away. While we were
warming ourselves Mamie said
"' Papa, it's dark, where are you? can't sec
you, come to me-
"rhe captains heart was touched, and with
tears in his eyes he said:
"'Charley, you go and get IA bottle Of Hoods
Sarsaparllla and give it TO her, and If 1t don't
help her will pay for it.
"That very afternoon ] got Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla and commenced giving il to her according
to directions. The first beneficial result wa!
a Frightening of the eyes, which continued
steadily improving until, under the treatment
of Hoods SarsapGrlla, on the ninth day she
could sec TO piCAs up IA pin on the floor with
out its being pointed out to her, and before the
first bottle was all used
Her Sight was Entirely Restored.
1 keep Hoods Sarsaparllla in the house al
ways, and when the child gets a little cold, II
her eyes appear infamed, a few doses settles it.
thank God first, Hoods Sarsapara second
Hoods ; ;s;1fs Cures
and Capt McKnnan third Many of the first
families in Jericho can vouch for the facts given
above am glad to give this testimonial of what
Hoods Sarsaparilla has done for me. which Is
good and lots of it," CHAs. A. ADAMS.
c. l.. SMITH, c. NJ. GRIFFITH,
Witnesses to above signature.
LoOD,S PuiS cure all Liver Ills, Bilious
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-04-05

CHILDREN Cry for Pitchers Castoria.
CHILDREN Cry for Pitchers Castorla