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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-11-15
WHISKEY IN VERMONT,

There are no rattlesnakes in our state,
hence whiskey is an unknown quality
among us. DIR. Bales Hustena, the
great German discovery for consump-
ton, cannot and does not raise the dead,
but it is guaranteed to cure the severest
cough, tickling in the throat and lung
troubles. Try it, for sale by leading
druggists; 35 cents and $1.OO.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-11-15
Nothing on Earth will
MAKE HENS LAY

like Sheridan's Condition Powder
Therefore, matter what kind of feed you
USE mix with it daily Sheridan's Powder.
Other wise your profit this fall and winter will
be lost when the price for eggs is very high.
1t assures perfect assimilation of the food
elements needed to produce health and form
eggs. 1t is absolutely pure. Highly con-
tenth of a cent day. No other kind is like it.
If you can't get IL send to us. Ask First.
Samples for rs cents. Five 81. Large two
Id can S1.20. Six cans, SIS. Exp paid. Sam
pie best POULTRY PAPER" free Farm
Poultry one year so and large can, both
S1-5O. 1. S-JOHNSON & CO, 22 Custom
House ST., Boston, Mass.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-11-15
ROOK ROHDER.-sende cents TO
ATLAS OF THE NORTHWEST
Send cents for postage.

Contains complete maps of the United
States, Minnesota, the two Dakotas, Nc
tana, Idaho and Washington, showing post
offices to June 1, 1894, with every important
geographical and Typographical feature
brought down to date, and printed in the
highest style of the map makers art. Inter
esting descriptive, historical and statistical
inform alton aDDearS with each man.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-11-02
Live Stock Points.

In horse breeding the quality of the
dam is half the battle. Breed no mare
who is unsound i'll any particular. Bad
temper is unsoundness.
In provincial English q cow stable is
called a byre.
1t is q pity that Robert J, the great
PAGER, is a gelding.
In one building, 12 Hanover square,
London, west, four horse breeding as
sociations have their headquarters.
They are the English Hackney Horse
society, the London Cart Horse Parade
society, the Hunters Improvement So
oiety and the Shire Horse society.
American breeders Of any of the horse
families named will certainly be cour-
teously received at IL Hanover square,
London, west, when they visit Great
Britain, as we hope all will be able to
do sooner or later.
The Dorset Horn is q special purpose
sheep, and its specially is the production
OF early lambs. None other is equal to
it for this.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-11-02
Corn Haryesters.

The annual waste Of corn
fodder can be partly accounted for by
the hard labor generally required to cut
and shock the corn. Cutting corn is one
of the hardest jobs OH the farm, and i'll
many of the principal corn regions there
is usually a scarcity of labor available
for this purpose. Therefore, says The
Farm Machinery, machine labor must
be substituted for hard hand labor. For
q number of years inventors have been
at work on machinery for cutting corn,
and manufacturers are now turning out
corn harvesters thaC do very satisfactory
work. With one Of these latest improved
OH harvesters, drawn by q steady
horse, two men al cut from 200 to 800
shocks of corn u day, and tho cost Of
cutting an acre of corn is less than one
fourth that by the old. A greater adj
vantage than the saving of labor and re-
ducing the cost is that the work can be
done III shorter time. To secure the full
food value of corn fodder the corn should
be cut, like wheat, just when it is ready.
IL allowed to stand until it is too ripe
or frost bitten, there is a great loss of
digestible matter.
Corn harvesting should proceed as
rapidly as wheat harvesting. That the
advantages of corn harvesters are appre-
ciated is attested by their large and
yearly increasing use. The use of the
present style will increase until invent.
ors produce a machine of modern cost
that will cut and shock corn without
the assistance of hand labor at all.
Corn fodder is the most available sub
stitute for hay on the farm. Every acre
of corn fodder saved for feeding on the
farm will release an acre of hay for
market. With wheat SO close to the cost
of production, farmers are forced to look
for a better ready money crop. This
year it is good hay.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-11-02
Feeding Values of Hays.

To determine the comparative feeding
value Of timothy, lucorn and wild hay
the Utah experiment station made test
cases with both steers and sheep. Con-
illusions drawn from these we expert
ments make it seem that ~ cattle do
better on lucern hay, pound for pound,
than either timothy or wild hay; (2)
that wild hay, pound for pound, is
more valuable than timothy. CD Lu-
Germ hay is more valuable for sheep
than timothy hay. ca Pound for pound,
wild hay is more valuable for sheep
than timothy hay. (5) In both expert.
ments it appears that the appetites Of
the animals We're not good, and that in
former experiments the best results were
only obtained where exercise was given
regularly and systematically, and that
Trustworthy experiments cannot be made
where the appetite is not good and the
feed not appetizing. These experiments
confirm the opinion that exercise is in
~dispensaOle i'll obtaining proper growth.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-11-02
EHRM - M&T
'HFlEEpk
HSsansAGAKPEN
MARKETING THE HONEY CROP.
How This Is Done by Leading Apiarists In
Various Sections of Country.

How This Is Done by Leading Apiarists In
Various Sections of Country.
Having secured a good crop of honey,
IN what ways can the beekeeper realize
the most money from its sale, or what
has proved best for you? This query was
sent out for answer by The American
Bee Journal and received replies from
bee men in various localities. The ma.
jurity give preference to a home market
when there is one.
Fl. d. Cutting said that the home
market has always proved the best for
him for a quantity of a ton or under. For
larger amounts he has had to ship tc
larger city markets. G. G. Miller said;
"Much depends upon circumstances.
Look out for your home market first. >
G. M. Doolittle replied, "Sell at home
as much as possible, and that remaining
ship on commission" s. /. Freebori
answered, 'If n likes the business Of
peddling, he can frequently realize
enough above wholesale rates to more
than pay him for his time while retail.
ing his CROP" w. NJ. Barnum also
thought this n good plan, for he advised
as follows: "Sell it at retail among youl
village customers. Work up a regular
route of your own. Sell also, if you
have them, eggs, butter, vegetables and
the like. Much better prices can thus
be obtained. If your crop is larger than
you cal thus handle, ship to some re.
liable commission firm in the nearest
city"
R. L. Taylor said, "Sell directly &c
customers in and about your own 10.
cality if you are adapted to the business,
and, if not, then employ some one who
is"
Several approved of selling to the
large retail dealers direct. All agreed
that honey should be guarded carefully
and put up in attractive style. NJ. Ma.
hin said: Much depends upon circum.
stances and tho size of the crop. What
would pay best in n case would not i'll
another" He has always disposed OF
his honey at home.
P. H.. Elwood replied: 1T has proved
best for us to wholesale it and let those
in the retail business sell to
Our homo trade to customers who come
to the door for it usually takes from
2 1000 to 3, 900 pounds. This particular
branch of the retail trade we will hold
onto. The beekeeper must be governed
by circumstances. In many localities
the retail trade is best, decidedly"
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-11-02
Right Kind of Draft Horse.

Because we have protested against
IRE bulk without elasticity or wearing
3ality it does not follow that we have
ID OH tanners or lumber trade horse
Dur draft horse ideal. We mcr.
ndise and iron, stone and logs IL
country. All the iron founders are
centered at Newcastle. nor does Liv-
Iol, with its gigantic movement OF
init, handle all the worlds wares in
Ivy bulk. We do a little of that bust
nens ON this side, and we need horses to
handle it, but we do not want post leg
ged horses. Weight in the collar is of
little use without leverage. This has been
the burden of our contention. We have
more than once warned Scotch breeders
shat they may possibly get not too much
quality and leverage, but have too little
weight with it. We have hailed with
pleasure the big bulky Shires when they
bring sufficient length of pastern and
Aean bone and sound feet with them.
4e want no crumbling horn, no wiry,
Irkinky'' hair, no indefinable pastern
md no round and gummy legs, even if
accompanied with n ton Of heft. Breed
sr's Gazette.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-11-02
pOnltrY.

Tho question of markets Is what
seems to be bothering q great many of
the beginners in market poultry culture.
Admitting that the markets are the key
notes of success, it must not be inferred
that there are but Il few good markets
in this country. New York furnishes a
good market for several states, Boston
for New England and Richmond, Nor
folk and Atlanta for the south, and Chi
cago, Denver, ETC., for the west. But
the best market Of all is the retail one.
Create a retail trade, and you get the
cream of prices and save the profits Of
middlemcn. IG is n mistake to ship n
great distance. Let the eastern men keep
their product east, and the southern
men south, and the western men west.
1t is the only way to prevent a glut and
the surest way of making the most out
of the business, according to Farm
Poultry,
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-11-02
THE GENTLEMAN DRIVER.

At any rate, here they are, the gen
tle1son driver and his beautiful pair O,
cu01 matched trotters.
Tie team in the picture took the pre-
MUM at the intercity driving match
The prize was given partly for the hand
some, perfectly matched trottors, partly
for the fine road rig, and partly, III
doubt, for the tremendously swell man
ner In which the driver held the ribbon:
and got himself up regardless. If now
you would drive like a gentleman, study
the Illustration. One might as we'll lool
like q high society chap when he can,
you know.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-11-02

Tho late congress instructed the post
Office department to oxpend $50, 600 in
experimental free delivery of mail in
rural districts, appropriating $50, 900
for this purpose, but the department
neglects to comply, pleading "tho pres
sure Of more important questions. The
first assistant postmaster general gave
out awhile ago that rural free delivery
had proved a failure, in which no was
promptly contradicted by some 80 post
masters. People of the postmaster gem
erals W state complain because the
rural service is not extended in this way.
Now is the time for Mr.. Bissell to push
this branch of the postal service, says
The American Agriculturist.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-11-02
Scarcity of Live Stock,

The retu1ns of the United States de-
3artment of agriculture show that in
January, 1894, the total number of cat
lie in this country amounted to SO, 095, e
1853 as against "a, OCT, 800 in 1892. The
lumber of swine was reported as 49,
O6, 498, a reduction of 1000, 900 from
hat Of 1892. And from the way the
ign and young cattle have been market
recently, driven in by the drought
prospects Of a short corn crop, a
ked shortage may occur within the
year or two.
thking these points into considera-
~ II will be seen that live stock pre-
- q more promising future than
~ other branches of agriculture. The
nsumption of meats increases from
2 TO year, and this increase has to be
pplied as well as catching up the
artages. If prices advance in the next
y on any kind of 1.-Two stock on &C
IT of light supplies, the indications
.l&hat there will be some stability in
ADVANCE.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-11-02
The Irrigation CONGRESS.

Some 200 delegates, representing II
co, were present at the third national IT.
rigation congress at Denver. Secretary
W. +. Smythe, i'll his annual address,
claimed that under q proper system Of
irrigation the west could furnish homes
for 20, 900, 900 people. The first object
of the convention was to formulate Il
bill OH reclamation of arid lands, to be
presented to the neyt national congress.
Second, should the recent action of con-
gress be Endorsed, ceding l, 200, 600 acres
of arid land to each arid land state and
territory in lieu of the western PROPOSE
ton to have the government reclaim
these lands. Colorado opposes this plan
on ground that said states and territories
have not the money to develop their
lands.
The Kansas commission presented q
report on its arid lands and the necessity
of federal control of interstate water
supply, reservoir sites and forest rcser-
v~ations. Colorado and California have
more than half the area under success
full irrigation; California, l,004, 233
acres; Colorado, 500, 1873; Montana,
$50, 5S2; Utah, 263, 743; i'll all 3, 800,
600 acres under irrigation, which cost
over $50, 900, 600. Value of products on
these lands range from IS. % per acre
in Wyoming to $40 in California. First
cost is about SIS. 10 per acre; average an
nual expenditure, S1.07; value of water
rights thereafter, SEQ per acre; increase
i'll valuo Of irrigated lands from $780,
coo, 600 to $500, 900, 900.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-11-02
Lambs

For quick fattening no exercise il
needed For so lambs, besides the 200
OF 900 square feet of shed room, l would
provide a shed a trifle larger, in which
they may sun themselves, and in which
the corr fodder may be fed and worked
down into manure. l would never let
them get wet, but give all the air they
oar have. In the beginning dip them
carefully to kill ticks. Nearly all the
advertised dips will do this. Tobacco
stems, leaves or dust may be boiled NJ
at home and used, if obtainable. l mean
to try Thyme resol this year, as it is
used cold, while tobacco ought to be
hot, say 115 degrees f.
1t may be very desirable to work a lot
Of corn fodder into the lambs, but some
clover hay should be used with it.
think wheat a good feed to use this year,
and perhaps cheaper than corn. If the
0wner thinks best to feed corn and corn
& odder, he should give the lambs what
yheat bran they will eat, and he will
surprised to find how much greater
gains will be. l would also feed
ne corn per day toward the last Of the
bding term. By the addition of the
btein of the bran the lamb can make
Of more of the carbonaceous ma
Nal in the corn and fodder, so that ii
very probable that he may make the
lambs weigh up to 1873 pounds this year
by May /.
But he should not hold them too long,
but let them go as soon as he can see Il
profit in them, for lamb flesh made il
the winter costs very nearly 619 cents
per pound here to produce, and proba-
blysfully as much in Virginia. We sell
In arch when the market .ustifies and
have beld some lunches till May s.
A. to castration, | Will merely sug.
geGt that, so far as / have known, the
results are not at all sure to be good
when lambs are 6 months old, and
whenever using a knife on lambs for
castration or docking tails DO sure it i.
sharp and frequently disinf ected. Boil.
ing water is a satisfactory Cisinfectant.
i have known serious results to follow
using a knife that had been used foi
shining dead Sheep. Z. Wing i'll
Hural New Yorker.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-11-02
GENTlEMANLY DRIVING.

Is Is How a Howiing Swell Holds the
Reins.
There is now and then a performance
led a intercity road race for gentle
b drivers. Whether a gentleman
yes differently from a man who is not
gentleman we have no o OF
owing, neither whether a man who
Hives like the person in the picture is
that account a gentleman.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-17
RECEIVERS SALE.

IN OBEDIENCE TO DECREE OF TIE
llnstiugs Court of the city OF Roanoke, rem
d d in the chancery cause OF the Brdgewatcr
Carriage Company against p. 5. Miller and
Others ! will on WEDNESDAY, TIE aSTH
DAY OF MARCH, 1891, proceed to sell At public
anction all OF the personal property OF the
Bridgowater Carriage Company.
Said gale will begin AT 10 II. III. and will con.
tlnuc throughout tho day and from d.y to day
until said sale shall have been completed The
property to he sold consists OF Il large number OF
carriages, buggics and Other vehicles entirely
finished, carriage builders supplies. machinery,
tools and lumber, and many other articles too
numerous to mention in an advertisements The
attention of the public is especially called to
this sale, as the stock to be sold is first class and
an opportunity not often presented
The sale will tate place at the works OF the
company, In the county of Roanoke near the
corporate limits of the city of Roanoke Electric
cars run direct to the works. Persons contcm.
plating bidding on the day OF sale are specially
sale. '' "
TERMS OF SALE-Cash NJ to all sums under
sou, and as to sums oyer so notes OF the pur.
chasors will be accepted, payable four months
after date, bearing interest from date OF sale,
with security satisfactory to the receiver Said
notes with security thereon must he executed
and delivered before the property is removed
from the premises.
A iull list OF all articles can he secured by adj
dressing the receiver.
std &. MARKLEY, Receiver
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-17

vet, the two inevitable mercury wings in
steel or gold and an aigret of one or the
other metal. Birds bodies and wings are
very little seen, and as they are easily de-
faced and always in bad taste 1t Is to be
hoped that they have permanently retired
from popular favor. Ostrich tips are much
used, and with jet and velvet arc the pre-
ferred trimming.
Some fine lace straws have been brought
out in black and colors, but black lace hats
are most fashionable at present and num-
Der of them are shown. The lace used Is
mainly of the fine, light quality or is jetted
or spangled-the plain, heavy guipure 30
much employed of late is losing its prestige
MORE piece silk Is utilized as trimming
on many of the spring hats, cut on the bins
for bows or gathered to form a soft crown,
and the effect is rather good The low
crown of one lace trimmed hat was quite
covered by broad silk bow set fiat upon It,.
Beside the spangled mercury wings before
alluded to, some pretty ornaments are
shown composed of balls larger than FL
bert, also made of overlapping spangles.
These are placed OH stems and mixed with
metal aigrets, or are twisted in with the
trimming and are pleasing novelty.
A sketch Is given of a hat the brim of
cred with jet and black spangles. The soft
crown Is of black MORE, gathered together
IN the middle of the top by jet ornament.
The trimming is simple, consisting of a
large rosette of carmine velvet, from which
spring two upright black ostrich tips.
JUDO CHoLLET.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-17
CHANGING WEDDING FASHIONS.
Orange blossoms No Longer Necessary and
tho Veil Sometimes Omitted

orange blossoms No Longer Necessary and
tho Veil Sometimes Omitted.
The traditional wedding customs, like
many other old observances, arc rapdlv
disappearing, whether banshcd by the uni.
vversai skeptlcism or the times or neglected
because the age is too busy to allow any Gle.
ment that is not cmincntly prosaic and prac
ttcal, would be difficult to say. A bride NAV
still occasionally unconsciousiy advertise
thenovclty OF deposition by IL collection of
rice among the ribbons of her bonnet, while
the groom's hat sometimes falls IL victim to
the too accurate aim of we'll meant slip.
per, but the symbolic rites from which these
effects result are usually performed by chill,
dren and are regarded as Il Juvenile freak.
Orange blossoms and myrtle are often re-
placed by roses, lilies, violets and other
flowers, equally appropriate to any occa.
sion, while the veil IS sometimes entirely
omitted. The wedding cake has in par
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-17
Town Hall Curtain.

An opportunity is now presented the
citizens of Salem, especially those young
people who are interested in improving
the town hall, to act in this directi
b. II. Steger, of atlanta, Ga, tho scenic
artist who painted the curtain at the
Roanoke Opera Hou. :, and who has just
finished aome artistic work at Hollins,
has recently called n the mayor and
others with view - painting now
curtain for the hall. The estimated
cost will be about $50 Tor large center
curtain and two small side ones, the
latter being placed in front of the dress
ing rooms. being so arranged that dur
ing political meetings or college com
mencements can be rolled up so the en-
tire stage will be exposed. Our present
curtain, with its warped rolling pole, is
source OF continual ridicule to audi
ences when it is unfortunately required.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-17

ticular degenerated most lamentably. Far
from cutting ii herself, the bride seldom
even sees it, and it is brought from the con
fectioner's i'll the form of small slabs already
packed in white and silver boxes tied with
white ribbon and so delivered to the we'd
ding guest after the bridal couple have de.
parted.
The custom of dressing the bridesmaids
In white is also falling into disuse, and with
some show of reason, for it is entirely suit
able that white should be left for the brides
toilet solely. Delicate pinks, blues and yell
lows not only set off by contrast her snowy
apparel but lend Il superficial cheerfulncss
to the bridal procession, which it is we'll to
encourage i'll the modern wedding, usually
almost as melancholy an occasion as a flu
neral.
To be married in travelling costume is IL
convenient and oifhand method, but rs the
white rcgalia is one of the few poetic sur
vivals in an age of hard facts, and woman
can array herself in it but once in her life,
it seems rather pity when she does not
wear 1t on the one occasion. A sketch is
given Of the brides gown at q recent Paris
wedding. 1t is of ivory white satin mer-
veilleux and has bell skirt with piped
seams and Il round train. The bottom of
the skirt is trimmed with flounce of gui-
pure festooned with piquets of orange bios
SONS. The round bodice is slightly draped
in front and has n wide guipure collar,
while the large sleeves consist of puff
reaching to the elbow, where it is finished
by a hounce of lace A tulle veil is worn,
secured by an orange spray.
JUDO CHoLLET.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-17
PERFECT POEMS OF eoNNETs.
Black Is Much In Evidence In tho New
Spring IIeadwenr.

Hats are Of medium size this season, and
bonnets are small The combination of
black with rich carmine shades claims as
prominent place in spring millinery as it
has held all winter. Black is much in evil
dence in all the new hcadgear, almost every
thing displayed consisting in part Mt least
OF some black material. Black lace is par
tlcularly popular, and much jet and many
spangles are used. There are some pretty
little bonncts in which the crown is n sort
of skeleton arrangement of steel or gold
and blaci; beads, while the tiny brim con-
sists of ii frill of plated lace. and the trim
ming is made up of some bits of black vel
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-17
EGGS FOR MATCHING.

Barred Plymouth Rocks, g FOR b.
Buff S c. Leghorns, So FOR 10. pekin
Ducks, Sl.5O for IL. Securely packed.
My birds won all the best prizes in their
classes at the recent show OF the Roa-
noke Valley Poultry Association. Ad-
dress JOHN II. GARST, Lock Box 49,,
Salem, Va . ii I'm