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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-01-25

get funds for great enterprises. We
think we even cannot afford to make
good roads between our farms aud our
markets.
WE used to hear 1t said that West.
ern man was a Yankee, enlarged. Oar
Western friends who are besieging
Uncle Sam to lend them capital at two
per cent seem not only to be enlarged,
but charging" swelling wisibly," as
as one of Dickens characters did at the
table, before our very eyes" 1t is
dangerous process, and they had bet
ter take friendly advice, and leave that
sort of fooli,hness to the poor whites "
Of the South-who, indeed, seem to
have caught the maady in its acutest
form. We laughed at the negro, after
the war, when he called for his forty
acres and mule" He didn't get
them; but the idea seems to have fruc-
tilted in the heads of the Populist "
crowds, and grown prodgiously.
Now, we are very far from desiring
to rdicule our Western friends, or to
intimate that they have no wrongs to
be righted, or grievances to be re-
dressed. There is never a great move.
ment amongst the people without a
cause for il. Farming is not paving
well in the West or in the South. 1t
is probably not paying as we'll there, all
things considered, as it is right here in
New England, in Vermont, in the town
of Derby, where our farms lie, or in
any other farming town in the six
Yankee states. We are way behind
the French, the English and the Ger.
mans in the art of profitable land cul-
ture. This has been abundantly proved
by many misunderstood the least of
which is that German beet sugar is
shipped to this country-yet every ex-
pertinent to make beet sugar in Amer
lea has failed. 1t has not failed on ac-
count Of soil, or climate, or the quality
of the beets. The failure has been due,
every time, to the incapacity of the
American farmer to grow sugar beets
at a living profit. TO state it just as it
is--we don't produce our own sugar
because we cannot or will not learn
how to grow the necessary raw ma
terial. And it is exactly the same with
sorghum. Our old friend, Professor
Collier, has claimed for many years
that sorghum sugar can be made at a
profit in many of our states for two
cents pound. But farmers in this
case, as in that of the beets, have not
the gumption, the energy, the perse-
verance and industry to take hold of
the matter and make success of it.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-01-25

BUT, some will say, the French and
German farmers don't read at all This
is mistake; yet it is fact that there
are other ways of making a man a good
farmer besides the study of books.
Starvation, or the dread of it, if not
carried too far, as in Russia, will do it.
The landlord system has worked well in
England-rich men owning the land
and refusing to rent it to any but capa-
BILE men with sufficient capital. The
small farm system succeeds in France,
Belgium, Holland and the Channel
Islands-but the pressure of want
alone has been adequate to produce
these successful results.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-01-25

WELL, taste for literature is not a
bad thing in itself. We would like to
see great deal more Of it-and of a
great deal better sort than most of the
"story papers are giving US. Farm
life needs both enlvenment and en-
enlargement. We do not know of any
thing likely to do more good than the
introduction of such publications as
Harpsr's, Scribner's and the Century
or the Atlantic Monthly and the Arena,
into the American farmers homes, all
over the country. But, as matter of
fact, these publications are scarcer in
our American farm houses than even
the best agricultural journals. "The
Prize Rebus" style of publication, or
something slightly better-the kind of
stuff that is poured out weekly by the
hundred tons from Augusta, Maine,
and flooded over America-this is the
literature, where there is any at all,-of
thousands of American farm houses.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-01-25

ARE we, then, inferior to the French
or Germans? Probably not; but in
the crowded old country there is not,
as there is here, wilderness of new,
rich land upon which a man and his
family can squat, settle and loaf away
their existence, like that southernzed
Mas sachusetts Yankee, Job Maine, so
graphically sketched in THE Two Sa-
lomes," a story just now running in
the Tribune. This Maine is only an
exaggerated case. The same DISPOSE.
ton TO "take it easy" is to be found
all over the country. 1t is the cause
why agricultural journalism is the least
extended and least profitable of any in
America; although this is a country,
not only of farmers, but of "free and
enlightened" reading farmers. But,
according to the Ne,o England Farmer,
when they are asked TO state how an
agricultural paper could be improved,
the large majority ask for "more
stories"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-01-25
East Calais, Vt.

HOODS PILLS are hand made, and are per.
feet In composition, proportion and appearance.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-06-27
rHE WARMER.

The king may rule over land and sea,
The lord may live right royalty,
soldier ride In pomp and pride,
sailor roam over cea wide,
Be this, or that, whatever befall,
The farmer he must feed them all.
The writer thinks, the poet sings,
The craftsman fashions wOndrous
things,
The doctor heals, the lawyer pleads,
The miner follows the precious leads,
BE this, or that, whatever befall,
The farmer he must feed them all.
The merchant he may buy and sell,
The teacher do his duty well,
But men may toll through busy days
Or men may stroll through pleasant
ways.
From king to beggar, whatever befall,
The farmer he must feed them all.
The farmers trade is one of worth,
He's partner with the sky and earth,
He's partner with the sun and rain,
And no man loses for his gain,
And men may rise and men may fall,
But the farmer he must feed them all.
The farmer dares his mind to speak,
He has no gift or place to seek,
To no man living need he bow,
The man that walks behind the plow,
Is his w master, whatever befall,
And king to beggar, he feeds his all.
God bless the man who sows the wheat,
Who finds us milk, and fruit and meat,
May his purse be heavy, his heart be
light,
His fields and home be free from
blight;
God bless the seeds his hand let fall,
For the farmer he must feed us all.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-06-27

HETEROGENEOUS LYING.-Owing
to the readiness, ease and grace of Jack
WIS extemporaneous lying he com
manded respectful attention wherever
he went. No locality could be mention
ed in a casual conversation but he would
show himself to be familiar with it and
that in some way connected with his
family. When an allusion was made
to the superiority of Goshen butter, he
merely observed that old Goshen, who
first introduced it into general use, was
his uncle. When, on another occasion,
an allusion was made to the Natural
Bridge of Virginia, he remarked with
an air of modesty that he knew all
about it, and could give it's dimensions
with precision If desired, as his father
was one of the contractors that built it.
He was quite an artist in his way. He
came near being stumped only once,
and that was when asked his opinion
about the Siamese Twins. He really
knew nothing about the twins, never
having even heard of them; but assum-
ing q knowing look, he said he had
never thought much about the fellows,
as he had only met one of them.-Texas
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-06-27

WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK
V~oltaire and Rousseau, though on
friendly terms, were in the habit of
firing off jokes at one another. One
day, Rousseau was dining with Voltaire
and oysters were brought on the table,
for, as somebody has remarked, no din
ner could be complete without them.
The author of "Emile," after helping
himself pretty freely, made the some
what ~injudicious remark {:
am sure 1 could eat as many oys-
ters as Samson slew Philistines."
With the same weapon 2" (the
taire.
Rousseau did not soon forget the lit
tie joke at his expense and sought an
opportunity for revenge. Not long af-
forward Voltaire called at his house
during his absence. The door being
open he walked into the library and,
finding all the books thrown about in
confusion and covered with dust, he
traced OF n of them the word
"cochon "(pig) with his finger. Next
day he met Rousseau and said to him
II called atyour house yesterday, but
did not find you in"
Il know" sid the latter 81 found
your card"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-06-27

BROUGHT INTO PROMINENCE
Deacon Comstock, of Hartford, Conn,
is we'll known rs being provided with
an enormous handle to HIS countenance,
in the shape Of ~ huge nose, in fact 1t
Is remarkable for its great length. On
q late occasion, when taking up q
collection in the church to which the
deacon belongs, as he passed through
the congregation every person to whom
he presented the bag seemed To be
possessed by q sudden and uncontrolled
desire to laugh. The deacon did not
know what to make of it, He had
often passed around before, but no such
effects as these had he ever before
witnessed. The secret, however, leaked
out. He had been afflicted for q day
or two with o sore on his nasal APP
pendage, and had placed q small piece
OF sticking plaster over it. During the
morning of the day in question the
plaster had dropped off, and the deacon
seeing 1t as he supposed, on the floor,
picked 1T up and stuck it on again.
But alas for men who sometimes make
great mistakes, he picked up instead
N OF those pieces OF paper which the
manufacturers OF spool cotton paste on
the end of every spool, and which
read: Warranted to hold out 200
yards" Such a sign on such o nose
enough to upset the gravity OF eyen
o puritan congregation.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-06-27
Richmond Co., Virginia.

CARE OF THE GARDEN.-It is only
the beginning to have the garden well
planted. After this comes the care of
1T and on this care depends the results
to q very large degree. If the soil was
m good condition when the planting
was done 1T is u comparatively small
task to keep 1t so during the season,
but 1t Is necessary that it should be
given constant attention to do this.
The very best time to kill weed, is Just
before you see them, and this can only
be done by constant cultivation. If the
ground Is gone owe every week and
lightly cultivated, the seeds of weeds
which have just terminated, but have
not yet pushed above the surface, will
be effectually killed and trouble no
more, while If they are allowed to get
any start they will frequently take root
after being torn out and continue to
grow almost without check. A weed
seed that has just terminated is killed
II moved ever SO little, and this is the
time when it should be attended to.
Vegetables cannot be cultivated too
much, and the garden that grows IN TO
weeds SO that the housewife must hunt
among them for her supplies for the
table, is not only a sorry sight, but is
not profitable. After every rain as
soon as the surface water has disap-
peared and the top soil mas got dried
out SO that it will hoe up loose and
1riable, the ground should be gone
over with a light hoe and the surface
worked up finely. This makes a loose
coat of soil on the top and prevents too
rapid evaporation in a dry time, and
keeps the subsoil from becoming baked
and hard. If a garden is kept well
cultivated it will take q long dry spell
to materially affect it, and we would
prefer a good hoeing in a dry season
to q good watering by any ordinary
methods.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-06-27
New Postal Regulations.

The following rules for the postal
service were recently sent to the post
office department, but they are not vet
issued officially:
A pair of onions will go for two cents.
lnk bottles must be corked when sent
by mail.
1t is unsafe to mail apple or fruit
trees with the fruit on them.
Alligators over ten feet in length are
no allowed to be transmitted by mail.
AS all the pOstmasters are expert lin
gusts, the addresses may be written in
Chinese Or Choctaw.
Persons are compelled to lick their
w postage stamps andenyelopes ; the
postmaster cannot be compelled to do
this.
Persons are earnestly requested not
to send postal cards with money orders
lnclosed, as large sums are lost in that
way.
John Smith gets his mail from six
hundred and seventy-four thousand
two hundred and seventy-nine post
offices; hence q letter directed to
John Smith, United States" will
reach him.
Ducks cannot be sent through the
mail when alive. The auacking would
disturb the slumbers OF the clerks on
the postal cars.
1t is earnestly requested that lovers
writing to their girls will please con-
fine their gushing rhapsodies to the in
side of the envelope.
Nitro-glycerine must be forwarded at
the risk of the sender. II it should
blow up in the postmaster's hand he
cannot be held responsible.
When watches are sent through the
mail, If the sender will put a notice on
on the outside, the postmaster will wind
and keep in running order.
When you send q money order in q
letter always write full and explicit
directions In the same letter, so that
any person getting the letter can draw
the money.
When letters are received bearing no
directions, the persons for whom they
are intended will please signify the
fact to the postmaster that they may at
once be forwarded.
The placing of stamps upside down
on letters is prohibited. Several post
masters have recently been seriously
injured while trying to stand on their
heads to cancel stamps placed in this
amer
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-06-27
why ANA pAnssER.

III this question were honestly an
swered by most OF US the reply would
be very generally: Because 1 can't
help myself"
The number of tillers Of the soil who
really love their business is relatively
small, yet the class is rapidly grow
ing.
a large proportion are farmers be-
cause they inherited land, were
" brought up" to the business, and
seemingly had no choice OF a vocation
knowing no other life, they stolidly
accept circumstances, or perhaps lack
ambition for planning other means of
livelihood.
Our papers are full of talk about
keeping the boys on the farm, the
evils OF city life, and the like. Some
OF these articles are very good more
OF them do not touch the root of the
subject.
Our boys should be instilled with n
love for farming from early years.
We work them too hard and reward
too little. Why not make life brighter
for them by giving them a limited
partnership in the crops and stock,
n thus create @ desire for reading
the best agricultural literature?
This Is the dawn of a new era in
farming, and he who does not take at
least two OF the standard agricultural
journals Of the country is unworthy of
being termed Intelligent.
Do you ever seek to impress upon
your sons the independence of your
calling ? Or do you grumble about
the hardness of the farmers life
You forget sometimes that the
articles raised on a farm are always in
fashion. The farmer is not bound to
please any one u himself, except as
to prices, and even hero, if he care
fully reads "the signs of the times
he can generally protect himself.
How vastly different in the so-called
learned professions. Illness comes,
and the lawyers clients. the doctors
patients, or the minister's Pensioners
are generally scattered. The mer.
chant buys a large stock of goods,
fashions change, loss ensues. Or the
clerk fails to please an unreasonable
master and he is +" fired" No one car
discharge the farmer. At worst he
can only lose his labor, and meantime
he has lived we'll, healthily and happi
ly. Heads l win" is true the world
over, but they are educated ones thai
win. Yes, l am q farmer because
love the business, rejoice in its free
dom, and glory in its future. I thinl
that In this noblest trade, the root o.
all others, I will have less care, fee
better satisfied with self and humanity
and also possess q irmer faith Ii
Almighty God than / can in any other
CHESTER.
Richmond Co., Virginia.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-06-27

In Michigan the farmers are giving
much more attention to beans than ever
before. Before the Mckinley tariff,
most of the beans consumed in that
State came from Canada, but with the
tariff at 40 cents a bushel the Canadian
bean has become u thing of the past.
a largely increased acreage is shown
this year as the crops of late years have
brought on the average from $1.25 and
Sl.6O a bushel, and they are quite as
sure as wheat.
Johnson's Oriental Soap is the mos
delicate facial soap for ladies' use in
existence. Sold by Carpenter Bros,
G%reenville, s.. G.
Japanese Pile Cure costs you nothing
II it does not IRE you samples free.
Guaranteed by Carpenter Bros, Green
Vile, S, c.,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-06-27
| m Need
Of a laxative to try Ayers Pill

OF n laxative to try Ayers Pills."-
Boothbay (Me.), Register.
Between the ages of five and fifteen,
1 was troubled with q kind of salt
rheum, or eruption, chiefly confined to
the legs, and especially to the bend of
Ii nee above the calf. Here, running
sores formed which would scab over,
but would break Immediately on NOV
Ing the leg. My mother tried every
thing she could think OF, but ali was
without avail. Although u child, 1 Tread
in the papers about the beneficial effects
of Ayers Pills, and persuaded my moth
or to let me try them. With no great
faith in the result, she procured
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-06-27
a = friend

Wishes to speak through the Register Of
the beneficial results he has received
from a regular use Of Ayers Pills.
He says: ~ was feeling sick and tired
and my stomach seemed all u of order.
1 tried q number Of remedies, but none
seemed to give me relief until 1 was in
duced to try the old reliable Ayers
Pills. I have taken only one box, but I
feel like q new man. I think they are
the most pleasant and easy to take of
anything L ever used, being so finely
sngar-coated that even a child will take
them. I urge upon all who are
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-06-27

The only thing that justifes an
increase in general land values is q like
increase in the value OF products. Then
when we see the prices of farm land
improving, 1T may be regarded as a
sign OF the bettermcntsof the agricul-
tural outlook.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-06-27

Except sunday. t~Sunday only.
through Parlor Cars on trains between
Augusta and ~Spartanburg for Asheville.
For rates or information apply to any
agent of the company, or to
W. II. SHELLMAN, W. j. CRAIG.
Traffic Nan'g'r. Gen. Pass. Agent.
Savannah, Ga. Augusta. Ga.
X. II. TODD. Trav. Pass. Agent.
Room No. 80i, Dyer Building.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-06-27

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ed to children's use. Sold by Car
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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-06-27

Johnson's Magnetic Oil cures all pain
and 1t will never return again. Internal
and external for man and beast. Sold
by Carpenter Bros. Greenville. s.. G.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-06-27

the prescription"
It's a tonic and nervine, a remedy
prescribed by all eminent physician
and specialist for all the peculiar ills
and ailments Of women.
Some dispositions are sunny even
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women should suffer 30. She need
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If it fails to benefit or cure. you
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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-06-27

Division, Norlhbound, BOT a. M, 1926 D..
M, COS p. m. (Vestibuled Limi,ed).
Southbound, 3.07 a. IN, 4.42 p. H., 1928 D.
m. (Vestibuled Limited).
Trains leave Seneca, A. e. c. Division.
North60und, 1.38 a. M, 1915 p. M; South
bound, 8 SO u. M, $50 p. m.
Trains leave Spartanburg, A. & G. Di.
vision, Northbound, 400 II m, 3.49 p IN,
500 p m (Vestibuled Limited) u; South
bound, LOO a m. 3.36 p NJ, 1877 a M
9. Division, $50 a IN and 2.O5 p m, for
Hendersonviile, Asheville, Hot Springs.
W. A. TURK, S. FL. HARDwICK,
Gen. Pass. Agt., ASS. Gen. Pass. Agt.
Washington, ID. G.. Atlanta, Ga.
V. K. MCBEE, Sol HAAS.
Gen'l Supt.. Traffic Mgr,
Columbia, s. q. Washington, DC.
w. III. GREEN, General Manager, Wash
inVtOn, D., e.,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-06-27
TAROLINA, KNOXVILLE &
" Western Co. Schedule in effect
Monday, April 10th, 1893.
The Most Ingenious Realities

OF this life T. unquestionably the
offspring of some Imaginative mind
that wandered through a maze of seem
ing impracticabilities resulting even
tually in an untold blessing to hui
manity.
IA reality that is tho delight and
wonder of the present age is the sewing
machine, aad the degree of perfection
to which it has recently been brought
under the management of the Davis
Sowing Machine Company, realizes the
brightest dreams of the most sanguine
inventors. The new Vertical Feed,
possessed by the Davis alone, places it
above all competitors.
Though frequent editorial mention
Of this machine has been made in these
columns aud attention called to its
merits and advantages almost weekly
for months past, w doubt if yet our
readers have any adequate conception
of the improvements possessed by this
model of machines. For excellency of
workmanship, simplicity of construct
ion, and durability it has no equal.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-06-27

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tel Receivers. Columbia d Greenville Dr.
vision. Condensed Scedule in effect June
l. 1893. Trains run by 10th Meridian
Time.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-06-27
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and 1 began to use them, and soon
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~ suffered for years from stomach
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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-03-25
Murder Will Out.

A couple of old philosophers living
in the country were one day discoursing
on mind and matter with their backs to
the fire and their faces turned toward
the table, which was set for dinner.
That morning the servant had caught a
rabbit in the warren belonging to the
master of the house, and was about to
serve it up for dinner in the form of
stew.
"Oh, no, said one philosopher; mind
and matter can not blend
Still" said the second, "some great
intellects have thought the contrary.
That is an error; and look here
when I gaze upon this poor rabbit,
which only this morning thought,
moved, and obeyed the instincts of its
kind, I can not for a moment doubt
the existence of those two elements
which enter into the composition of
every creature endowed with life. No!
a thousand times no; the whole rabbit
is not there"
Just then the cook entered the room;
she was observed to blush and grow
fidgety. At last she said in trembling
voice:
You are quite right, sir; 1 shouldn't
have told, but as you have guessed the
fact 1 admit that it isn't the whole rab-
bit. There is piece missing out of
the back which I gave to my cousin of
the twenty-seventh of the line who ar
rived yesterday.