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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-11-28

No one could be IA soldier in either army
or navy without "a practical knowledge Of
history and geography, for the earth and
its inhabitants are In a special sense the
scene of military activity. Nor can towns
be fortified, nor camps intrenched, nor
any of the manifold duties of the general
in the field be performed without the sci
ence of quantity and numbers. just these
things, and just so far as they were prac-
teal the dark, ambitious boy was willing
to learn. For spelling, grammar, rhetoric
and philosophy he had no care. Neither
he nor his sister Elise, the two strong ma.
lures of the family, could ever speak, write
or spell any language with elegance and
ease. Among the private papers of his
youth there is but one mathematical study
of any Importance The rest are either
trivial or have some practical bearing ON
the problems of gunnery. When at
Brenne, hi, patron had certified that he
cared nothing for accomplishments and
had none. -Professor Sloane in Century.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-11-28

A wealthy American bought for SIS, 600
picture the history of which is impress
i've. This picture, signed Schenck, repre-
sents asses celebrating gravely around a
cloth covered table. 1t was exhibited at
the Salon, at the close of the empire. The
Figaro gave to it an appreciative areicIe,
in which it was insinuated that the paint
er doubtless had the intention of repre-
senting the privy council of the emperor.
This information caused "A scandal and
prevented Princess Mathilde from buying
the picture, as was her intention. A few
years later the canvas was exhibited at
Munich. The empress of Austria wished
to buy it. Her guide, Baron Ranberg, who
was friend of Schenck, told her the pc
culiar circumstance that had prevented the
purchase of the work by Princess Ma
thilde. The empress said Il cannot buy
picture which contains political allu-
sion. Echo dc Paris.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-11-28
Alcibiades.

The brilliant, witty and dissolute Alci-
blades had one of the most extensive ex-
periences in exile that ever fell to the lot
of man. While in command of the Sicilian
army he was recalled to stand trial for the
destruction of the busts Of Hermes, an
outrage that had taken place just before
his departure. Knowing that his death
had been determined on, he escaped to
Sparta, where, by adopting the manners
Of the people, in strange contrast to his
former style of luxury, he became i'm
mensely popular. He engaged in military
operations against the Athenians and sue
ceeded so well as to excite the envy of the
Spartan leaders, who expelled him, where
upon he went to Persia and lived there
with magnificence that astonished the
Persians themselves. He was recalled to
Athens with the same capriciousncss that
marked his ostracism and was appointed
commander in chief of all the Athenan
forces; but, failing in an important eNpe-
dition, he was again sent into exile and
was finally assassinated in Persia. --LA
change.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-11-28

globules would be scattered through a
greater quantity Of milk, but the fact
remains that there have been and are
Holstein cows that produce from 20 to
80 pounds Of butter in seven days.
The big fellow in the picture is one
of the purest bred bulls of this family
in America. His grand dam, Colantha
made 81 pounds ounces of butter in
seven days His vigor, weight, size and
handsome markings make him prize
winner at all the fairs where he has
been exhibited.
The second illustration shows beau.
tiful young Holstein- Friesian COW, OF
the same family as the bull. These fine
animals seem to have had bred out of
them altogether the coarse, big boned
and rawboned appearance of many OF
the other Holstein- Friesians, particular.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-11-28
AGRICULTURAL.
Eggs i'm Winter.
HOW HENS WE'RE MADE PROFITABLE

It is very desirable to have hens lay
well in cold weather, when eggs bring a
good price. To succeed in this is within
the reach of all who keep fowls 1T can
not be accomplished without effort
however, which must he kept up as
long as stormy or cold weather contin-
ues
Much depends, of course, upon the
breed of fowls. An American Agricul-
turist correspondent, writing on the sub
feet says:
/ am inclined to think that flock of
mixed hens will produce more eggs
than any one kind Not only docs my
own experience teach this, but observa
ton among other poultry keepers as
well. While some breeds may we'll be
called general purpose fowls, the Leg
horns are probably uneXcelled for eggs.
1t is useless to look for large quantities
of eggs from the heavier breeds. Where
one wants both eggs and market fowls
1t is we'll to keep more than one breed.
An entire flock of uniform color is moro
pleasing to the eye. but a mixture is
more satisfactory as an all around flock.
Last winter | had flock of 30 hens,
sanging from pullets to hens 4 years
old. They were a mixed lot Some
Plymouth Rocks, some grade Lang
shans few Light Brahmas and a
Roodly proportion of Brown Leghorns
and their grades. They had been laying
well all summer, with scarcely any de-
crease in eggs production at molting
time, as the pullets We're then beginning
to lay. At the beginning of cold wealth
er their house was lined with building
paper and six or eight inches of sand
thrown on the earth floor. As long as
the ground was bare they were allowed
the run of the yard, but were kept shut
in on cold and stormy days. The feed
was a warm mash in the morning, with
teaspoonful Of cayenne pepper in it.
This mash is very easily made.
AT breakfast time every morning the
teakettle was filed with water and put
over to heat. By the time breakfast was
over the water was hot. 1t was put into
large pail and stirred with a mixture
of bran and middlings as thick as it
could be. On the floor we had guam
tity of cut straw and chaff, and into
this We're thrown four quarts of mixed
corn, oats and wheat at about a o'clock
in the afternoon, so that the hens could
scratch it out before dark Fresh water,
with the chill off, was before them ev-
cry day. All the meats scraps from the
table and the ofIal Of butchering days,
bones with some meat on, all went to
furnish animal food in absence of in
sects. Now for results. On no day
through the entire winter did they lay
less than Lalf dozen eggs and through
January and February the average ran
from 10 to 20 eggs every day, with &C.
casionally as many as "a In extreme
cold weather they were kept in their
house all the time. The house is g by
"a feet, and besides the hens there were
two cocks and ten hen turkeys kept in
1t. With eggs from IS to "a cents a
dozen, it is worth while "to fuss with
hens
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-11-28
A New Departure In Fairs.

The Farmers Review calls attention
to novelty in way of fairs reported
from Peru, Ind: The first day of the
street fair proved that the exhibition,
which continued one week, was to be a
complete success. Broadway, the prin-
opal business street, was crowded from
one extremity to the other with exhibits
1t is an attraction somewhat similar to
a county fair, but with the exception of
being held on the streets and being free
to everybody. All the merchants erected
booths in front of their stores and dis
played their goods, and in the center Of
the streets the stock and other farm ex-
hibits were shown.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-11-28
Dairy and Creamery.

A really superior bull will in time
give you good herd from even scrub
cows if they are carefully selected.
Skimmilk cheese is said to be good
brain food, Still we will take our brain
food along with the fat in full milk
cheese all the same.
Experiments at the Pennsylvania sta
ton seem to show that sailing butter
with brine instead of powdered salt is
Tabor and salt thrown away"
Do not use the milk from COWS i'm
mediately after dehorning them. They
are always made more on less feverish
by the operation for day or two.
Feed for what you want to sell, Cot
tonseed meal produces the richest cream
and the largest yield of it, but the but
ter made from cottonseed cream is soft
and not quite SO good. If, therefore,
you want to sell cream, feed cotton seed.
Commence with a small quantity at first
and gradually increase the amount.
A successful breeder of mixers be-
gins and handles the udders of heifer
calves when they are few weeks Old
developing them by stroking and manip-
ulatiOn He also strokes calf's ribs
gently downward, beginning when it is
a week old. This he does to get the con
formation. He is so successful that he
gets from $500 to $3.50 for every young
animal no sells
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-11-28
Revival of an Old Industry.

The New England and York state
farmers are about as well fixed for
grain and forage as their western COM
petitors, especially when big corn crop
has been made. Where fixed for it The
New England Homestead suggests that
our farmers may find better profit in
fattening fine beeves than for several
years. There is likely to be quite re-
vival of this once extensive business in
New England. And when we reflect
that three-quarters of the plant food ell
ements in the food consumed by such
animals is returned in the manure it
looks as though this feeding could be
turned to profitable account in several
ways when closely managed.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-11-28
Thorough Culture For Cereals.

Professor Roberts of Ithaca, N. Y, is
an advocate Of thorough culture for
cereals, believing that in numerous in.
stances that tillage takes the place of
manure. To use his own words: From
experiments conducted at home and
abroad it is made to appear that on
strong or clayey lands it is often more
economical to secure available plant
food by culture than by the purchase of
fertility; that i'll strong wheat soils
there is more plant food than the varie
ty of wheat grown can utilize, though
enough may not be available to produce
maximum crop; that in our change
able climate the wheat plant is so hand
icapped at times for want of suitable
climatic conditions that it is unable to
appropriate much of the available plant
food in the soil, and hence is often not
benefited By additional nourishment;
that the plants were unable to elabor-
ate more food than the amount furnished
by the soil under the superior culture;
that under certain conditions even "a
moderate amount of manure or fertiliz-
ers may not only fail to increase the
yield, but may be positively injurious
to the crop to which they are applied.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-11-28
a BETTER MAN.

c. Y. FULLER, Blacksmith East I'm
ion, Me-, writes For four years have
had kidney disease, which has been con-
tinually growing worse, although took
medicine that claimed to be a sure cure.
My trouble consisted - a severe pain in
the lower part of my back and hips, and
also complete loss of appetite l be-
gan taking Aliens Sarsaparilla' and two
bottles have cured me. The pain left
my back and hips and has not returned
since. My appetite is complete, for the
first time in years. Aliens Sarsaparilla
is decidedly the best medicine l ever
used, and will recommend it to all. 1t
cures.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-11-28
ANOTHER LIFE SAVED.

ENoC S. SMALL, of Windham Centre,
Me-. writes For some time have been
very sick with kidney disease and was
given up to die; in fact did not expect
to live muc.i longer. was all bloated
up to nearly twice my usual size, and
had continued pain in my kidneys and
liver. | tried doctors medicine in vain,
took two bottles of a very well-known
sarsaparilla, without receiving any BEN
eft, and at last began taking Aliens
Sarsaparilla. The first few doses made
me feel worse, and l thought l should
have to give it up, but I continued its
use and had not taken half a bottle before
began to feel very much better. con-
tinued to improve and now | consider
myself cured. have no pain, the sore
ness and weakness are all gone, and
am gaining strength every day, I
think Aliens Sarsaparilla saved my
life, and am glad of an opportunity to
speak in its praise and to recommend it
to others.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-11-28

A HOUSEHOLD TREASURED. w.
Fuller of Canajoharie, n. Y, says that
he always keeps DR.. Kings New Dis
covery in the house and his family has
always found the very best results fol-
low its use; that he would not be with
out it, if procurable. G. A. Dykeman,
druggist, Catskill, n. Y, says that DR.,
Kings New Discovery is undoubtedly
the best cough remedy; that he has
used it in his family for eight years,
and it has never failed to do all that is
claimed for it. Why not try remedy
so long tried and tested? Trial bottles
free at G. Blakely's drug store. Regu-
lar size, fifty cents and 81.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-11-28
MISCELLANY.


When the family came home from
service on Thanksgiving morning, they
heard Ponto bowling dismally from the
attic. However could the dog have got
up there?" asked grandma as she looked
up and saw his piteous black face at
the window. 81 didn't know the attic
door had been opened this morning"
ooh, yes, said little Annie Innocent
ly. II opened it. put him up there on
purpose. "
"You did, child? What for?'
"Woll, you see, replied Annie with
all the gravity given by nine years of
wisdom, 81 tried to think of sorle way
to make Thank giving day different to
him from other days. We M GIT give
him turkey, but how would he know
sure it wasn't Christmas turkey instead?
So l thought I'd shut him up in the
dark, where he hates to be, and when
he was let out he'd be thankful enough
for Thanksgiving day"
Her plan was absolutely successful
Once down stairs having again the run
of the house, Ponto frislled and yelped
as if he had very special cause for
thanksgiving aud needed no governor s
proclamation to teach him the uses of
the day. The town could boast at least
one dog with thankful heart. -Se-
lected
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-11-28
Full Milk or Skimmilk Cheese9

Bulletin II of the Geneva IN. "
station says;
Skimmilk cheese is an adulterated
food
The motive which lies at the basis of
the manufacture of skimmilk cheese is
wrong
The real value of skimmilk cheese is
below that of full milk cheese.
1t is known that skimmilk cheese is
much less digestible than full milk
cheese at the same stage of ripeness.
The manufacture and sale of skim
milk cheese tend to demoralize dealers.
The manufacture and sale of skim
milk cheese tend to injure the growth
and prosperity of the cheese industry.
Skimmilk cheese is more readily
perisEable article than full milk cheese,
and therefore loss is often experienced.
1t is proposed as standard that
cheese which contains Las or more
pounds of fat for one pound Of casein be
legally known as ''full cream" or "full
milk, " or "whole milk" or normal
milk" cheese, and that all cheese which
contains less than Las pounds Of fat
for one pound of casein be legally known
as 'skimmilk" cheese, and that all fac
tory cheese made in New York state be
marked with one of these two brands.
The merits claimed for the proposed
standard and the reasons why it should
be adopted are enumerated as follows:
Its simplicity.
The distinction made between the two
classes is sharp.
The distinction made by the proposed
standard is based upon well established
facts.
The distinction made by this standard
is a practical one.
The standard does not permit the re-
moval of fat from milk to an extent that
pays for the time, trouble and risk.
The standard proposed recognizes the
fact that the quality and therefore the
value of cheese is largely governed by
the relation of fat and casein in cheese
Whether this standard be adopted or
not, it is certainly desirable that some
change be made in the laws of New
York state so that honest manufacturers
buyers and consumers of cheese may be
protected as they are not at present. If
this were done, the consumption of
cheese might be increased tenfold.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-11-28
Gulls Perched on Cedars.

The captain of steamer that plies
along the New England coast, and that
was passing one Of the rugged, lonely is
lands off the Maine shore, pointed to an
enormous flock of gulls that whitened the
rocks, the surface of the sea and the
branches of the ccdars that cling to the
hard soil. There" said he, what do
you think of that And yet If you turn
TO book on natural history they'll tell
you that gulls won't perch on trees Some
fool sailors believe that the petrels or
Mother Carcy's chickens, never alight,
even on the water, but are always on the
wing They don't use their eyes. And
some of these scientific follows are as bad
,, the sailors ''-LCWiston journal.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-11-28

BoNNY EAGLE, Me. Gentlemen -
Your Sarsaparilla has been of untold
value to me. For twenty-six years have
suffered from acute rheumatism; have
had rheumatic fever eight or ten times,
and have hardly been free from rheumat-
ic pains for many years until about sew
en- months ago. For the last six or
eight years l have suffered terribly 1
have spent hundreds of dollars for doc
tors and medicine, but could get no ben
eft. | tried all the remedies known, in
GLIDING two kinds of sarsaparillas, but
continually grew worse, until | was I'M
able to do even the lightest work.
could hardly move around. l was in
this condition, and had been so for over
year, when | began taking Aliens
Sarsaparilla. I have now taken six bot
ties, and have hardly felt a twinge of
rheumatism for seven months, during
which time | have been doing a mans
work every day. l can now do as much
hard work in a day as the majority of
men all of which is due to Aliens
Sarsaparilla. ELLIS B. USHER.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-11-28

Corn is one of the cash crops this
year.
Considerable waste molasses is pro-
duced at beet sugar factories in France
and Germany The latest plan is to mix
it with bran, meal or palm nut meal,
dry into cakes and use for feeding cat
tie 1t has not given good results with
other stock
New York is to have a Wool Ex-
change, which will handle imported
wool almost entirely, An immense
building is to be erected where wool
may be sorted, graded and stored and
held or sold ON certificates.
A remarkable change has taken place
in the egg industry through the intro
duction of cold storage appliances.
Rural New Yorker says that the feed
ing of wheat to live stock will have a
doubly good effect 1t will decrease the
market supply and perhaps help up the
price, and will show farmers the advan-
tage of feeding some more nitrogenous
food than corn.
Paris green is made by dissolving
white arsenic and acetate Of copper
separately in boiling water and mixing
while boiling There was once 9
"boom" fo1 white arsenic alone as an
insecticide, but this has died out
The latest novelty is artificial
cream, which may be used to enricl
skimmilk or mixed with amy other LID
uid 1t is made by emulsifying any suit
able oil with solution of gelatin and
diluting with water to the proper con
sistoncy.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-11-28
82>Sfa2
EZIy2saZsuizs
A Flesh Forming F, cd.
(Artihcially DigestedO


For pale, thin people. The
tired and weary feeling which
accompanies a aOaStsng dis
eases will be relic we'd at once,
the wasting will be arrested,
and new, healthy tissue will be
formed, SO that they will be-
come + lump and stro G. An
increase in weight will be
noticed at once. 1t is stimu-
lating, although it contains no
alcohol. 1t is assimi ated with
out digestive effort. PaskOla
supersedes Coo Liver Oil, but
has not its repulsivt taste.
You can buy it at any drug
store. Send your name to The
Pre- Digested Food Co., 80
Reade Sire ct, New Yorl and
get their interesting pamphlet.
w. E Ttrrill & Co, 9 State
Street, Montpelier, VT
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-11-28

HULSTEIN- COW.
ly those first brought to this country
Those seemed somehow to be all bone
and knuckle, and they had such an APP
petite that they threatened to eat their
owners out of house and home The
breed is rounder and more refined now.
Its advocates include some of the ablest
and most successful cheese and butter
makers in America.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-11-28
.Once" For "Mhen Once"

Within the last few years this misuse Of
the word once has become quite com
mon Is it Il provincialsm, which has
gradually slipped into common use by
mere unconscious imitation? | read
"Onco he had crossed the river, his victory
was certain" OF course when once,
OF simply when, is here the prop,r
form of exprcssion.-No and Queries.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-11-28
HERES A MAN
WHO HAD RHEUMATISM
FOR 26 YEARS.
Had Rheumatic Fever Eight or
Ten Times.
The Disease Entirely Driven Out
By Six Bottles Of Aliens.

Mr.. ELLIS B. USHER of Bonny Eagle,
Maine, whose case has become well
known for miles around, and whose re-
lease from this terrible disease is consid-
cred almost miracle by all who know
Aliens Sarsaparilla the most wonderful
medicine of the age.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-11-28

ACCORDING to the custom of Korea,
all loyal Koreans must wear white
hat for three years after the death of
the royal fami y.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-11-28
Bangor Theological Seminary.

Course of study complete, thorough, Biblical and
practical. Also an elective English course. Semitic
studies optional Entrance examination on Wednes'
day, September ~, at nine A. Nj. Addres
PROF, 4. b. DEMO-, Bangor. Maine
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STATE OF ONO, CITY OF TOLEDO, &C
LUCAS COUNTY, 9'

FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that
he is senior partner of the firm of F. j..
CHENEY & Co., doing business in the
city of Toledo, county and state afore-
said, and that said firm will pay the
sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
for each and every case of CATARRH
that cannot be cured by the use of
HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
~ my presence, this 9th day of
G. ! December, A. D., 1886
A''' A. w. GLEASON,
W Notary Public.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-11-28

Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly on the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. Send for
testimonials, free.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
% Sold by druggists at seventy
five cents.
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NOTICE.

By virtue of tax against Agnes n. Edwards es-
tate, of which Benjamin p. White of Calais is ad
minstrator for the of twenty three dollars and
five cents and a tax warrant to me directed ex'
tended the same on the following described real es.
Washington and state of Vermont, to wit: farm,
known the Elhanan w. Ormsbee farm of about
one hundred fifty acres, bounded as follows-on the
north by the south line of Calais. east by land owned
by Charles Weeks and the Addison Peck estate south
by Peck estate and land owned by Mrs. Dulcinea
0rmsbee; west by land owned by Fred Fuller and
j. H. Morgan. And will sell so much of the real
estate aforeta at public auction to the highest bid
der at the dwelling house on said farm on Tuesday,
the 18th day of December, A. d. 1894, at one O'Clock
T. NJ, on said day shall be necessary to pay the
afo esaid tax and the legal costs unless said tax and
the legal costs are paid before said sale
Dated the 18th day of November, A. ID. 1884,
ALDEN G. TEMPLETON,
Constable and Collector.