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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-05-24
Massachusetts Crops.

All New England farmers visiting the
Worlds Fair will be greatly interested in
series of photographs of Massachusetts crops
that are on exhibition in the Massachusetts
state exhibit in the agricultural building.
Massachusetts, desiring to show what the
old Bay State could do in the way of good
farming, invited the Bradley Fertilizer
Company to arrange an exhibit of photo
graphs OF crops grown on Massachusetts,
soil by the aid of Bradleys fertilizers. The
Bradley Company, with its usual enter
prise, has prepared a magnificent collection
of forty bromides, each of which represents
some Massachusetts crop as it looked when
photographed. These beautiful prints are
arranged in an elegant showcase, twenty
feet long, and present a collection OF farm
pictures that will delight every Massachu-
setts man, as being positive evidence that
the soil of Massachusetts, when enriched by
Bradley's Standard Fertilizer, is capable of
raising enormous crops of the finest quality
We extend our congratulations to the
Bradley Fertilizer Company, as well as TO
the Massachusetts state commission, on
being able to exhibit such "a wonderful
presentation of farm crops grown on Massa-
chusetts soil with fertilizers manufactured
by Massachusetts company, who we un-
derstand, do the largest fertilizng business
in the world. Hurrah for Massachusetts
farmers and manufacturers. May they al
ways as notably, AZ in this instance, be as
sociated together in advancing the fame and
glory of the old Bay State. .-.Specidl Dispatch
10 Boston Journal
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-05-24
The County Fair.

or Neil Burgess celebrated play, The
County Fair" to be given at the Blanchard
opera house on the evening of Decoration
day, the Nelo York World says: "There is
the story of an errng lad the waif of
girl, the crusty old granger, the good
and tender-hearted young girl, and the
actions, queer, cranky, but mixed with "a
good and strong idea of the useful side Of
life, of the central figure. Abigail Prue !;
while up through it all comes the pure and
pervading influence of honest lives and
simple country ways. 1t would take too
much space to recount all of the many
situations of interest There was the anus
ing hymn-singing episode in the first act,
the imitation of the ballet dancer by Miss
Abbey in the second act, and the corn
husking and country dance in the third act.
But for triumph in stage realism, and the
most wonderful effect ever produced upon
any stage, we must look to the crowning in
cident OF this remarkable play, the race in
which five thoroughbred horses run three.
quarters of mile In full view OF the au-
dience."
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-05-24
Cash Strictly in Advance.

There is nothing elastic in this phrase in
connection with the new terms for the
WATERMAN 1t means just what the words
imply mot cash in four weeks, three weeks or
one week, after your subscription has ex-
pired. Arrears must always be paid at
the full rate of $500 year. Keep your eye
on the red label attached to your paper. and
send in your remittance week or two be-
fore your time is out.
WATCHMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-05-24
Malette's Pads.

ORDER bill, note and letter heads, state
ments, etc, of the Watchman Publishing
Company, and have them put up with Ma
lettes combined padding and blotting ar
rangement. No extra charge. The most pop
ular thing out among users Of commercial
stationery. Sheets bound and protected as
in book, but easily detached one by one.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-05-24
Business! Business!

We have not been sending out as mat
ter of recreation the notices certain Of the
subscribers to the WAToHMAN have been
receiving recently. We mean business. and
the business is the prompt settlement of a
newspaper account. So don't lay the no.
tice away to be forgotten or disregarded.
Send the money by first mail.
WATCHMAN PUBLISHING Co.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-05-24
NUMBER 2l.

street, thence to the opera house, where the
exercises will be held. The address will be
by Rev. w. j. O'Sullivan.
DURING the season just passed Edgar A.
Cummings sent to Rev. j. Edward Wright,
IN London, pail of the superior maple
sugar in the manufacture of which he has
justly earned an enviable reputation. He
received last week from Mr.. Wright an ac-
acknowledgement of the same, and an inter-
esting account of the amazement and de-
light of the bank clerks and others, with
whom he shared It, that the native land of
their visitor could produce such an article
the like of which they had never seen be-
fore.
The V. NJ. s. and Northfeld baseball
teams crossed bats on the Seminary campus
last Wednesday afternoon Because of
rain, only seven innings were played. Fol-
lowing is the score:
\ Xof3biisid.................i A3bSii;ii;d.ii S5tii5--lss
v. NJ. S-earned runs 8; Northfield 2.
Two-base hits.-V. NJ. S., Standisb, NJ. e.
Wilder. Stolen bases-V. NJ. S. 8, North
field /. Double plays-Lance. Bases on
balls-V NJ. S. 6, Northfeld 4. Struck out
by Cotton 4, by Giftn 3, by Wilder /.
Time of game, two hours. Umpire Walter
Lance.
WHITNEY, TRACY & Co., of Chelsea,
wholesale dealers in roofing material whose
advertisement appears in another column,
did considerable work in Montpelier last
year, among others on the roofs of the resi-
dences of j. G.. Farwell and II. III. Deming
on State street. OF this work Mr.. Farwell
says " 1t shows for itself. They did first
class work for me, and ! see no reason why
it will not be permanent. / am perfectly
satisfied with it," Mr.. Deming says: They
do first-rate work. | should by all means
use their roofing on house in place of
shingles. The roof they put on for us has
been through one winter and not drop OF
water has got through it, 1t is all they
claim for it,"
A CANADIAN PACIFIC sleeping car will be
delivered to the Montpelier & Wells River
railroad to-day, and will be stationed at
Montpelier and Barre till May 30, when it will
depart for Chicago, forming part of the reg
ular 10 P. NJ train. A party from Barre going
to the Worlds Fair will form part of the
passengers, and there is now room for some
twenty more. First come first served.
Fare for the round trip, thirty-day limit,
S27.9j; fare with tickets good till November
49, S2960 sleeper, double berth, $3.50 extra
each way; schedule time for arrival at Chi
cago, nine o'clock P. NJ, May 81. AT
| Toronto, on the return trip, stop off priv
iege will be given parties wishing to visit
Niagara Falls, the charge from Toronto to
Niagara and return being 81 80. good for
any length Of time within the time limit of
the through ticket. A fine opportunity to
60 to Chicago If one wants to go and is
ready.
THE Methodist Seminary baseball team
went to Northieid on Monday and did up
the nine there to the tune or "a to 9. The
loose fielding, that was a prominent feature
of the game, made it an unnteresting one.
Following is the score by innings:
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-07-13
Land Companies.


Perhaps it was the par; of wisdom
when the early Legislators OF Vermont
engrafted into the fundamental laws
those that forbid the formation of land
companies. While all sorts of compa-
MES can be formed in Vermont under
the general statute, no company, other
than limited partnership, can be
formed to buy, sell or carry on farms
or farming property. There is no
question but that,if the law allowed the
formation OF land companies in Ver-
mont, several would be formed to buy
up cheap farms and manage them,
through such companies, for the ben
eft Of the stockholders. The objec-
tion many people have to investing
their money in farms is that they want
nothing to do with farm management.
They either have not the time or lack
the ability to do it. Could companies
be formed and farms purchased near
together, one good man could look af-
ter several. is not so much the lack
Of help that keeps moneyed men from
investing in farms as it is the difficulty
to secure help that can successfully
manage farm. There are such men,
but their talent and ability command
higher wages in other professions, or
they buy and pay for farms instead of
working at the wages now paid. While
the average rate of farm wages is
high, the rate for the kind of help re-
quired to successfully manage farm
is too low. The reason why land COM
panies have been forbidden by law is
to prevent the holding of land long by
any person or family. In England,
real estate is entailed and descends
from father to son in an unbroken sue
cession. Under this plan, large tracts
remain in a few hands. But the condi-
tions of life are vastly different from
what they were one hundred years ago,
and the objections to the English plan
would not hold good here. Land COM
panies would not live forever. They
could be limited by law. The obiec-
lions to such companies are small COM
pared with the benefit they would be to |
he State. Permit their formation,
md new field would be opened at
nome for Vermont capital many of
he cheap farms would be taken from
he market, and the prizes of those re-
would be much increased.
Here is subject for meditation and
uture LEGISLATION.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-07-13
Encourage the Boys.

The recent success of ten-year-
old Caledonia county boy in securing
bounty on maple sugar made by
himself, shows what ambitious boys
on the farm can do when they are
given chance.
The average farmers boy, it is safe
to say, is not given an opportunity to
do for himself in some such way as
this /; his ambition to''own something"
is too seldom encouraged and it
Is but natural that, when he has
reached certain age, he feels drawn
towards other callings which promise
to satisfy his desire. to accumulate
property for himself.
In large majority of cases, we
venture to say, where the boy on the
farm is allowed the sense OF owner
ship even when quite young, the re-
suit is beneficial-increasine the boys
love for the farm and developing at the
same time his business abilities.
BY all means give the boys
chance--not only on the farm, but in
other branches of business in which
the parents are directly interested. 1t
may save the lads from drifting in a
haphazard way into ayocations for
which they have no special aptness,
but which they take up simply for the
sake of "earning something"
Farmers generally would be less
likely to lose the supports theyso much
need, and business centers would be
likely to be less crowded with young
men earning scanty livelihood, if a
little more attention was given to cul-
tivating and shilling up" the ambi-
tious tendencies of boys on the farm.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-07-13

s'And the law is common sense.
These were the words of Judge Gary,
who presided at the trial of the Chica-
90 anarchists. Every one knew their
crime; every one understood their
guilt, and no one thought their punish
ment too severe. And now Governor
John p. Alfgeld of Illinois has pardon
ed Fielden and Schwab, who were inn
prisoned for life, and .Neebe, who was
sentenced for fifteen years. Undoubt-
edly he had the right to pardon them
but to use his right for such criminals
was unworthy OF his position. He adds
insult to injury by an arraignment of
the court and officers who condemned
them, accusing the officers of every
crime and comparing Judge Gary
TO the infamous Jeffreys. By his act,
he shows himself TO be Oh the side of
anarchy and misrule. Not very fit
man for ruler, we should say.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-07-13

The British battle ship, Victoria,
which went down in the Mediterranean
last week, was the most costly vessel
in the British navy. The expenditure
in her construction was So, ,7S4,5s5,
and her armament added about 81 ,000,-
600 more. The greatest outlay for a
United States vessel, exclusive of ar
mament, has been So, 100000. Does
all this vast expenditure of the peoples
earnings pay?
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-07-13

The fourth annual convention of the
Vermont State Firemen's convention
will be held at St. Albans, VT, July
10 and 20. On the 20th, will occur
the hand engine, hose and hook and
ladder contest, with numerous other
fremen's contests.
The convention will be called at 2
p. m. July 10, in Waugh's opera
house.
The 81 900 in cash prizes for the
different firemen's contests will be dis
tributed among the competing COM
panies as follows:
Hose race-First, 5000; second,
500; third, $50; fourth, S25.
Contest by Hook and Ladder men
First, S25 second, sl5; third, $40.
Hand engine-First, $500; second,
sl00; third, $50.
Hose coupling contest-First, sl5;
second, $40.
Prize drill-First, s75; second,
s25.
The hose race win take place Thurs
day, July 20, and viii be open to all
organized companies. Runners must
be resident members Of the companies
which they run with, so days previous
to the contest, aud each team must
furnish an affidavit made by their
foreman aud the chief engineer Of the
fire department, giving the names Of
the runners, AMI certifying that they
are all resident members Of said CON-
panies.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-07-13

Volumes might be written of the
mission of the newspaper of to-day
without expressing it half so well as do
these few sentences from the pen Of
Chas. A. Dara of the Sun:
"The newspaper press exists to col
lect and publish the news and 20 COM
ment on the events aud ideas Of the
day. Its place in education is like
that of the pulpit. Ii is incidental, not
essential"
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-07-13

A few of the State papers seem anx-
ious to precipitate discussion Of the
governor question. 1t is altogether
too early. The people win attend to
the matter in due season, and it is safe
to trust the question entirely to them.
Like Abraham Lincoln, we believe in
the "common sense Of the common
people,"
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-07-13

In 1850, the number of savings
banks in this State was u and the
amount on deposit, sl,100,000. In
1870, the total amount due depositors
was 50, 100000. In 1880, there were
p savings banks and trust companies,
with deposits amounting to s9,000,-
900. At the close of 1892, there were
36 like institutions in the State, and
the total amount then due depositors
was s24. 100000. The amount loaned
by these institutions on mortgages out
side the State exceeds 80, 900, 900, and
over $1,000, 900 is invested in State,
city, county and town bonds, mos. OF
them being outside TIE State.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-07-13

The Peary Expedition has started
for the North Pole. There are fifteen
members, including Lieut.. Peary and
his plucky wife, besides hardy whal-
ing crew from St. Johns, Newfound-
land. The "Falcon" is to land the
expedition at Mccormick Bay, from
where Lieut.. Peary will push on by
land. The expedition is equipped for
two years with everything needful, in
cluding carrier pigeons, Esquimau
dogs and some stout little Western
burros. With two other expeditions
starting out by different routes, we
shall hope soon to learn something def
mite about the North Pole or the way
there.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-07-13

We publish on an inside page the
first of series of bulletins from the
State Agricultural college, which will
appear regularly. They are likely to
contain valuable matter and should be
watched by those of our readers inter-
ested in agricultural affairs.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-07-13

With the inauguration Of President
Tucker begins new era for "old
Dartmouth" and one of prosperity and
improvement. A review OF the prog
ress made in educational institutions
in the last few years gives us more to
be proud of than does our advance in
any other direction. Dartmouth, fl
nancially and otherwise, is beginning
torank among our highest institutions
of learning, and with DR.. Tucker at
the helm, there is no reason to look
forward to anything but unexampled
progress.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-07-13

The trustees of the Vermont Invest
ment Co.'s debentnre bonds have made
their report, in which they say that the
bonds and coupons will be paid with
little, if any, loss. The amount of the
bonds outstanding is sl,l20,900, and
the mortgages to secure them amount
TO s1,l2l, ,l64. They say: "All
these securities are real estate first
mortgages which, with all papers con-
nected with them, are in our hands
in vault in Brandon-and subject to
our exclusive control. Since the fall
ure of the company, we have carefully
examined all of these securities aud
found them intact and, in the main. we
consider them good and not subject to
shrinkage, except as to the small per-
centage of them. We believe that the
avails of these securities will well-nigh
pay the debentures, including coupons
still, it is too early to speak with Ger
tainty as to this, especially as much
may depend on the future (but not un-
known) financial and industrial policy
of the government, as well as upon the
crops of the West.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-07-13

The Royal Baking Powder company
annually spends s6oO,O 900 in advertis-
ing. Does it pay? Ask the proprie-
tors, who refused an offer Of sl2, ,000,-
600 for it only the other day.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-07-13

We are glad to welcome the Chris
tian Union in its new form and under
its new name-The Outlook. The
change is made to widen and broaden
its field of usefulness, and the name
taken was the title of its most impor-
tant department. May it prosper in
the future as it has in the past, and
may its power for good increase with
its circulation.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-07-13

A bargain has been made for the
sale of part interest in the plant and
business of the Reformer to +. n.
Whitney, late Of the Burlington Clip
per, who made such an extraordinary
success of that paper and who has, for
the past year or two, been manager Of
the Home Publishing company. Mr..
Whitney is expected here next week.
He is an able business man, an accom-
plished printer and bright writer
and he will I'll decided gaps in the es-
tablishment. He will be the publisher
and business manager, while the edito-
rial control will remain as heretofore.
The above item is from the Brattle-
boro Reformer. What it says of Mr..
Whitney, we can most cordially and
truthfully endorse. He is one of the
brightest and most successful newspa-
per men in the State. He took the
Northfeld News after it had failed and
the list had been sold, put it on pay
ing basis and made enough money in
four years to buy the Burlington Clip
per. The latter was in a bad way
when he took it; but by good manage
ment, he made il one of the most in
fiuential and best paying papers in that
section. Such, in brief, is his record
since his graduation from the HERALD
office, and we know that with his char
acteristic energy and ability, he will
make the Reformer one of the best
newspapers in the State. We wish
him the success which we know he viii
deserve and attain in his new field.
The process OF wedding out the Wild
cat banks and institutions in the West
is going bravely on. The list is a
long one, and many Vermonters are
being hit. So far, we have not heard
of the failure OF single Vermont in-
dealing in Vermont securities.
One or two banks in the State have
gone down, but these were really YER
mont institutions only in name, the
loans being placed almost wholly in
the West. The lesson from all this
comes home with increasing force
Invest your money at home, though
the rate of interest is small, if you wish
to be sure of your principal. Enough
has been said by the State papers on
this subject, during the past three years,
so that there should have been no good
Vermont money lost in these Western
but the temptation to invest
in an institution that promises big in
terest, even If one knows nothing of it
and it is so far away that it is difficult
10 get reliable information about it, has
been too great Tor the ayarlce OF many 7
1 Vermonter, who now mourns the
oss of both principal and interest.
Hardly a day passes but we are asked
,y some one where money can be placed
md have it safe. We do not attempt
o advise any one personally on this
ubjeci but if we had money to IN
'esi, we should, at the present prices,
,ut it into real estate. Prices Of farms
md village property in this State are
low SO low that they cannot 90 lower
md, if rightly managed, such proper
y will pay good interest on the in
estment. We know Of many farms
hat are paying 10 to Is per cent on
heir cost, besides giving the owners a
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-07-13
Gov. FuIIer's Patriotic Sentiments.


The New York Recorder asked from
each of the governors OF the States, for
publication on July 4, "a patriotic SEN
timent appropriate to the day and year
we celebrate" This was Gov. Fuller's
response:
ssThe declaration of 1776: May
its principles embrace not only the con
tinent discovered by the Geuoese navi-
gator, but extend until they encircle
the globe. Your efforts to arouse the
public interest in, and to accomplish
the restoration of, the old-fashioned
Fourth of July celebration in the coun-
try, are commendable. Yes, restore
again the old-fashioned celebration, with
its noise and jubilee, the sound of can
non and of speech let the young enter
into their share of national joy, and
the elders promote the patriotism of
the people. Especially now do we need
prudence and patriotism, sound wis
dom and enlarged confidence in our in
stitutions, that an awakened patriotic
sentiment may lift the nation from sell
fishness and money-getting to the
broader measures of craftsmanship and
public welfare. LEVI X. FULLER.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-07-13

There is much disappointment be-
cause Bishop-elect Hart of Trinity
college has declined the call to become
bishop of this diocese, as he was in ev-
cry way admirably well qualified for
the place. A call has been issued for
a convention to meet at Burlington,
August Both, to elect another bishop.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-07-13
No. 4O--1O2o.

s'To annex or not to annex,' that is
the question, and one which must be
answered soon. That the annexation
of the Hawaiian Islands can be pro-
ductive of anything but good, TO them
and to us, no one believes. No will
ing annexation has ever yet occurred
which has not been blessing and pro-
ductive of good. Hawaii is already
predominantly American, and is bound
by many ties to the United States.
Shall we sit calmly by and see Eng
land seize this gift which was rendered
to us? The majority of our people
are IN favor of extending our mantel of
peace and protection over these islands.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-07-13
Editorial Notes.

CONSTANCE GERRY BLoDGETT, | r7d;,ars
FRED ARNOLD,
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-07-13
Vermont : Methodist Seminary,
MONTPELIER, VT.
Sixtieth Year Opens Aug.28.
Never SO fully equipped as now.
Two new departments established.
Extensive repairs on interior Of boarding house.
New working chemical laboratory just opened.

institution kind establish
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