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The herald., 1894-05-31

New YoRK. May 80 The dynamite
cruiser Vesuvius, which sailed from
Boeton yesterday on her summer cruise,
arrived at the navy yards shortly before
noon. She will probably remain at the
navy yards for few days before pro-
ceeding
The herald., 1894-05-31
If is said that the Historical Society

of Pennsylvania has the most complete
collection of American colonial laws in
the United States. 1t was made by
Charlemagne Towers and includes the
laws of the Danish and British West
Indies.
The herald., 1894-05-31

Keep clean, keep well and dress well.
Cleanliness and health are attractive.
The world is great respecter of good
clothes.
The herald., 1894-05-31

They say that money does not bring
happiness. This is AL experiment, how
ever which every one wishes to try for
himself
The herald., 1894-05-31

Eckstrom does the wall pap II business OF
the city. He has a arge stock, good tasts and
correct prices 800 Main st.
The herald., 1894-05-31

The wall paper dealer of the city is Eckstrom.
800 8. Main st
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-20
What to DO with the Sitting Hen.

In every flock of fowls there are
always a goodly number broody. What
to do with those not wanted as sitters
is answered in as many different ways
as there are persons. Heaping abuse
upon them is cruelty, just the same as
if it were a horse or any other animal,
when fowls are shut off without food or
water for a week The marvel is that
they come out alive. When the hen
lays out her litter of eggs, Nature
teaches her sit upon them for the pur-
pose of Matching them into chicks by
the warmth of her body. The hen
does not know any better than to sit,
whether there are any eggs under her
or not. She is going to do her part,
and waits day after day for the eggs to
be replaced. She wearies not in well
doing, and, in spite of all discourage
ment by way of being thrown off the
nest and having it filed with sticks and
stones, she persists in sitting, even if it
be on the ground beside it. | always
feel bit of pity for the hen that is de-
prived of her natural right to bring up a
family of her own. There is a way
fully as effective as any of breaking up
a hen that is broody, without cruelty.
Place her in a coop away from the
other fowls where she can be fed aud
watered regularly. Three or four days
will usually break them of the incllna1,
ton, a week will at tho outside. L
have had Brahmas, the worst fowls l
ever had to sic, but weeks con-
finement in this way always cures them.
Do not neglect to keep water where
the fowls can reach it any time. To
see how eagerly they cluster around it
the first thing in the morning and the
last at night, proves how essential it
is.-E. E. Lockwood, IN Enchanqe.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-20
Clean Streets.

We must have more of the sense of
beauty and aesthetic fitness entering into
our domestic, civic and national life.
The present municipal officers of our
different American cities care but little
about it. The condition Of our Ameri-
can streets was the occasion Of the most
caustic comment from foreigners during
the Worlds fair period Between ele-
CANT blocks of buildings, on finely paved
streets, they saw oceans of mud, old,
discolored papers blowing about, piles
of garbage and store sweepings, and
crushed cats and other matter fostering
in the sun. How are we to get rid of
these things in our civic life? First get
rid of them in your homes and school
rooms Letters in the newspapers do not
prick the skin of the lazy, venal officials
whose duty it is to clean a city, but
who are only mindful to bring out the
hoe brigade just before elections semi
annually. You must go deeper for re-
form in these things. You must train
new generation. The boys and girls in
your schools will make up the'new city
boards and mayor and street commits
sioners You must train in them high
er sense of home and municipal patriot
ism, based ON stronger love Of fitness,
order and beauty. This reform is com
ing In home and school and city. think
we shall see some of it in our day. -
I" A Bit of Psychology AppHed," u
Educational RevielO.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-20
Wool.

Our esteemed contemporary, the
Cleuelnad Plain Dealer, asks these per-
tinent questions:
"Why should protection be granted to
manufacturers of Pennsylvania and Massa-
chusetts, and the farmers of Ohio be forced
to sell their product in competition with the
ranchmen of Australia and at just such
prices as the wool manufacturers dictate?
Why should wool be set free as a means Of
raising revenue? Tax foreign wool for rev.
enue, and protect home wool from competi-
ton"
There is, of course, no reason in max
ing wool free. Free wool is impossible
under tariff for revenue only. 1t is
illogical under protective tariff such
as the democrats are making. The
wool raiser is as much entitled to his
share of the swag of atrocity as the
wooden manufacturer. But anything
is possible after the income tax bill.
Free wool is about the only sop left for
New England, the only remaining free
raw material in sight. Gentlemen like
the Hon. Roger Quarles Mills, who
have been swearing by free raw mate
rails for years, like to have one little
spot where the economic conscience
can go and exult and enjoy itself. Free
ore and free coal have gone, but the
veteran spouters about free raw mate
rails may still have lingering tender
ness for free wool. There have been
hardened burglars who drew the line
at carrying off family Bible, and so
the worshippers of free raw materials
may have seen protection given to this
and that material that they have sworn
thousand times should be on the free
list, but when it comes to protecting
wool, they may haw and hem little.
Our Cleveland contemporary shouldn't
be respondent about wool, however.
Probably wool will be protected. The
idea of putting revenue duty on it
will not be entertained, but in the
grand democratic protection walk
around, wool will hardly be left out.
Millions for atrocity, but nothing for
revenue only, is the motto at present.
New York Sun.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-20
Clean CultivatiOns

Every growing weed is a pump draw
ing moisture out of the soil, and the
amount of moisture thus taken out of
the soil and evaporated into the air is
in exact proportion to the leaf surface
of the plant. This condition arises
from the nature of all plants by which
they constantly evaporate from their
leaves the moisture they take up with
their roots. This fact makes clean cul-
ture imperative to secure large crop
of those plants which have to make a
growth in hot weather. Those who
advocate the advantages u frequent
cultivation as a safeguard against
droug hit because, as they say, it makes
dust blanket which acts as mulch,
doubtless get much advantage in re-
tanning moisture by keeping the land
entirely free from weeds. Any mel
low soil will be moist even in very dry
weather, if the moisture is not pumped
up and dlssipated into the air by grow
inc plants; and the most wasteful plants
are the sunfower, cookie bur and rag
weed of our cornields. Provide
against drought by clean cultivation
TROY Times.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-20
Private Dairying.

The man who cares to sell his labor
in good cash market at good paying
price will never go wrong with herd
of select mich cows. 1t makes little
difference as to the locality, for the
more difficult it is and the more expen-
sive it is to make good brand OF but
ter or cheese, the more money it will
bring every time. Fresh dairy prod
ucts will always sell readily for good
money, for obvious reasons. 1t mat
tiers but very little either to the private
dairyman who goes about his business
in businesslike manner, whether he
has little competition or much. His
business is not so extensive but that he
can keep it we'll in hand from one
years end to the other. He gets his
own customers and he is able to hold
them, that is, provided he is clean, reg
ular and attentive to every demand that
reasonably made upon him. 1t
doesn't cut any particular figure that
during May and June butter may be
iiselling for lower price than he is ask
Ing. That is the season when butter is
most cheaply made, and there is more
of it on the market; but if our dairyman
has contract to furnish butter at a
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-20
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies
Deafness is caused by an infamed con-
dition of the mucous lining of the Eus-
tachian tube. When this tube is in
famed, you have rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when it is en-
tirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken
out, and this tube restored to its nor
NAL condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever. Nine cases out Of ten are
caused by catarrh, which is nothing but
an inflamed condition of the mucous
surfaces.
We will give one hundred dollars for
any case of deafness Caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by HALLS Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars. Free.
F. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Co.'S Sold by druggists, 70 cents.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-20

stated price the year round to his pat
rons, he of course knows exactly what
he is doing, and so do his patrons, and
it is an excellent arrangement for all
concerned. He will have stated times
for delivery; he will have plenty of ice
put up; he will always have an abund-
ance of the best and cheapest food for
his cows; he will have separator to
aid him in doing quick and perfect
work; he will have a good breed OF
hogs as balance wheel to the dairy
machine; and last, but not least, he
will see to il that all the fertility he re-
moves from his lands, from whatever
form of cropping he may pursue, is re-
turned to the soils. We know of no
more complete and self-sustaining round
of duties pertaining to any industry
than are these of the dairy properly
carried out. 1t may be that there will
be some buying of food stuffs in one
form or another, but that will prove no
drawback to the business, but will be
an actual aid in preserving the fertility
of the farm. Give us the private dairy
for business that is uniformly pros
porous during all seasons and all years
if iudiciously and intelligently man
aged. NEBRASKA Farmer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-20
CIipned and Condensed.

CURRANT or gooseberry cuttings ten
inches long and stuck in the ground up
to the third or fourth bud will take root
and grow in nearly every case.
LOOK out for the currant worm-he
is at work now in many sections and
doing damage. A fine dust of helle
bore on the leaves while wet with dew
will fix him.
IT is stated that forty-four out of
every hundred persons in the United
States are agriculturists; fifty-six in
Canada; forty-eight in France; seven
teen in Germany, and seven in Eng
land.
IT has been suggested that, in neigh
borhoods where orchards are small,
young men with pluck and energy
could get spraying outfit and build up
lucrative business spraying orchards.
SHROPSHIRE sheep have performed
great service in improving the COM
mon focks, but the best mutton breed
is conceded to be the Southdown,
though it is not so large in size as the
Shropshire.
IT is best not to let more than two or
three stems grow from one setting of
currant bushes. So many will not in
terfere with each other any more than
that number of stalks of corn in hill
will prevent it from caring.
CELERIAC is variety of celery hav-
ing a Dubious root, which is sliced and
used for flavoring soups, or it is cooked
whole and then sliced in vinegar and
served like picked beets; again, it is
eaten raw as one would radish.
A sToCKMAN says that sulphur should
always be kept in handy reach of the
sheep-house. 1t is a preventive of
many ills. A few pieces of roll brim-
stone should be always found in the
horse and COW troughs. Insects and
vermin do not like sulphur.
The value of farming land in this
country is greatest in New Jersey. In
1858 it averaged: New Jersey, S65;
Massachusetts, $50; Ohio, SAG; New
York, S44; Vermont, S36; Maryland,
S32; Wisconsin, 1913, and in some west.
ern states less than SIS per acre.
KEEPING the stable clean in the
summer is as important as any work on
the farm. In the winter the cold seals
| up The doors, but IN summer all SUD
stances in the stable decompose very
rapidly, gases being formed that are in
furious to the health of the stock.
IF team pulls unevenly, the trouble
may be remedied by unhitching the in
side traces and crossing them 80 as t
have the same horse attached to the
same end of each swingletree. Ont
| paaa ia known Whara MANY q heaV,
load has been pulled by adopting thi
expedient.
BRAN and linseed meal should b,
used occasionally, if for no other rea
son than that of affording change O
diet. Such foods are also rich in .th'
mineral elements, and serve to suppl,
any deficiency in that direction. Grow
ing animals and mich cows are Away
benefited by foods that contain al
abundance of mineral matter.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-20

of the cellar is worth thinking of. The
floor should be made of concrete, over
layer of broken stone, well rammed
down. Rats cannot burrow under such
a floor and gain entrance in that way.
Then the walls should be built up OF
stone laid in mortar, and all the crew
ices should be filed with small chips to
make the wall tight. The foundation
of the wall should be made at least six
inches wider than the wall outside, as
the rats will try to make their way
along the wall, and never make the
offset outward to get under it. The
beams of the floor above the cellar
should be bedded in the wall, and the
wall built close around the ends Of
them. This also insures soundness in
the beams and prevents rotting, as
there is nothing better for the preser-
walton o the timber than lime. 1t has
been recommended that the holes made
by the rats be smeared with tar, which
is offensive to them, or to place some
concentrated I've on the bottom of the
burrows, by which the rats feet are
burned This so disgusts them that
they leave the premises. But there
will always be trouble unless the walls
are built at the first in the way men,
toned Germdnto,Cn Telegraph.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-20
POLITICAL.
BIaine's Prophetic Words.


The following words Of MIR. Blaine
seem at this time to have been pro-
phetic: I" love my country and my
countrymen. am an American, and l
rejoice every day of my life that am.
1 enjoy the general prosperity of my
country, and l know that the working
men of this land are the best paid, the
best fed, and the best clothed, of any
laborers on the face of the earth. Many
of them have homes of their own.
They are surrounded by all of the COM
forts and many of the luxuries of life.
/ shudder, however, at the thought that
the time must come when all this will
be changed, when the general prosperity
OF the country will be destroyed, when
the great body of workingmen in this
land, who are now so prosperous, will
hear their wives and children cry for
bread; that the day must come when
the great factories and manufactures
of our land will shut down, and where
is now life and activity there will be
the silence of the tomb. And the rea-
son why this must be is this: The great
southern wing of the democratic party
are determined to establish the doc.
trine of free trade in this land. They
will be assisted by their northern allies.
There is a great body Of visionary but
educated men who are employed day by
day in writing free trade essays and
arguments in favor of the doctrine,
which find their way to every news
paper in this land The great body of
our people have never experienced
themselves the sufferings which always
result when the protective principles
are laid aside. Poisoned and excited
by the wild statements of these writers
and the demagogc appeals of the
democratic speakers, the result will be
that in the very near future these forces
which are now working will be strong
enough to defeat at the polls the party
advocating the doctrine of protection.
1t must inevitably follow that uncer-
tainty aud doubt will ensue. The bust
ness men of the country, fearing the
destruction of the principles of pro-
lection, will decline to engage in bust
ness; consequently mills will shut
down and the workingmen will be
thrown out of employment. The peo-
pie will then see, as they have never
seen before, that they cannot be pros
porous and have work while this prin-
ciple is threatened. In the midst of
their sufferings they will learn that the
only way they can be prosperous and
happy is to vote for the party that has
built up the industries by which
they have gained livelihood; because
they will then see clearly thai when the
mandatory is shut down there is no
demand for the only thing which they
have to sell, and that is their labor"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-20
Where Boomers Come From.

"People often wonder" said G. q.
Brooks of Hutchinson, Kan, who was
at the Lindell the other day, 4" where
all the people come from who have
populated Oklahoma. The returns as
to the states whence the so-called
boomers started are very deceptive,
because, for some reason best known
to themselves, the home-seeker almost
always gives the name OF the state in
which he was born, instead of the state
in which he last resided. Nearly, if
not quite, half of those who made up
the last rush into the new territory on
the south of this state were really
domiciled Kansans, although hundreds
described themselves as from each of
the central and western states. The
exodus from the promised land is not
exciting or general, but it is steady, and
it is surprising how many farmers, who
were heavily in debt, and who aban-
doned their homes in search of new
ones, have come back and are now
making terms with those who fore.
closed to become tenants of their
former holdings, with view to gradual
repurchase. One county alone, which
lost more than two-thirds of its popula.
ton on the occasion of the opening OF
the Cherokee Strip, is settling up again
quite rapidly, and those who left cult,
waited farms for uncultivated ones
seem to have profited a great deal by
the lessons taught them.-St. Louis
Globe Democrat.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-20
A Suggestion to Agricultural
Societies.

If agricultural societies would insti-
titute an inquiry into the condition OF
horse breeding in the states whose in
terests they represent, they would do
great service. If statistical informa-
ton is necessary to carry on trade in
wheat, it is equally valuable to horse
breeders. A few secretaries have
agreed to institute such inquiries in
their own states. Other secretaries
could profitably undertake the work.
To do it successfully, they should ex-
anime the books of all assessors to dis
cover the number of mares owned in
the different towns and counties. 1t
will be difficult to secure accurate in
formation concerning the trotting-horse
industry. The returns would probably
be only approximate, and consequently
the making of an inquiry solely for
trotting-horse breeders is barely prac-
ticable. If one may believe the state
ments made by those in position to
know the revelations made by COM
pilation of such reports would startle
those interested in horses. Farmers are
too careless about the stations with
which their mares are mated, and re-
port of this character would show just
where the weakness in breeding lies.
The present condition of business has
caused farmers to select stations with
low fees, and the consequence will be a
scarcity of decent horses in few years.
The sooner this inquiry is instituted
and the results published, the better it
will be for the horse-breeding interests
all over the country England
Homestead.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-20
Rats In a Cellar.

Cellars should be built always with
regard to safety from vermin. Once
these get foothold in the walls or un-
der the floor it is almost impossible to
dislodge them, and if they are poisoned
the dead carcasses are as bad as the
live animals. So that the construction
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-20
BRADFORD ACADEMY.

For the higher education of young women. Build.
ings unsurpassed for comfort and health. Twenty:
five acres-twelve in grove. Lake for rowing and
skating Classical and general course of study; also
and optional. Year commences Sep
tember IL, 1884. Apply to
MISS IDA c. ALLEN Principal, Bradford, Mass
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-20
For Sale at a Bargain !

House, Barn and Building Lot on Mechanics St.
One of land, partly covered with fruit trees;
on Mortified street: House and small Building
Lot, Flrst.class investment. A. j. HOWE,
Real Estate Agent.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-20
For Sale! s .,..ss

One small House with Barn and She'd One Build.
ing lot on Main Street. Two Building lots Side ST.
A. j. HOWE, Real Estate Agt, 10 Main Street.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-20

SIBERIA has 100000 square miles of
good farm land.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-20
Our Whole Confidence

in Hoods sarsapurilla, and which attracted
much attention hereabouts, was the cure of our
little son, Harry, of consumption. Six years ago
while living az South Berwick, Maine, when
be was but three months old, he was seized
with an illness which developed into quick
consumption. Everything possible was done,
and the doctors, after a consultation, said
they could not save him. He was not expected
to live from day to day. My sister had bottle
OF Hoods Sarsaparilla which only contained q
few teaspoonfuls. In hopes that 1t might give
the boy little strength and possibly life, we
gave him q few drops of the medicine three
times day. When the small quantity had been
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-20
Hoods Has Won
Our Confidence
Because of the Wonderful Merit
II Possesses
Quick Consumption and catarrh
Cured.

&c. 1. Hood g. Co.. Lowell Mass;
"Gentlemen: Hoods sarsaparilla is cur fam
lily medicine, because 1t has proved is superior
merit. The case which led us 70 put
Democratic messenger., 1894-06-09

Perfect health is seldom found.
for impure bloodis so general. Hoods
Sarsaparilla really does purity the
blood and restores health.