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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-04-27

Mrs. F T. Davis of Brattleboro will send a
competent assistant, with number o. ready
trimmed hats. which will be sold at bottom
prices to Mrs f. c. Beck : at West Halifax on
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, May :. @ and
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-04-27

Several from this town are attending the
teachers institute at Brattleboro this week.
Fish Warden Balou received several
thousand trout. on the 18th inst. from the
state hatchery at RoNbury.
The school directors have decided to
have a school i'm Reed hollow and have en-
gagged Clara Chase of Nottingham to teach
it.
The Universalst society have bought
cushions for their church. They expect
preaching for the season to begin the first
Sunday in May.
Saturday, May ., there will be "bee'
to work in the cemetery. All interested
are requested to assist, and to be on hand
early in the morning.
The fish and game club completed its or
ganization Thursday evening, the 10Th
inst. by choosing L. II. Balou, president;
f. II. Miller and G.. L. Clark, vice presi-
dents Adelbert Larrabee, secretary; Eli
| 5. Cook, treasurer
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-04-27
c. P. gibson, AuCtiOne8
West Chesterfield, y. H,

SALES attended 10 in New Hamnsli-- y
: mont and Massachusetts luun-4c
teiepho1e. Orders may be- left %, Il- i-i-
Ofice. Brattleboro. Vt.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-10-20
HOW IT WORKED.


GOOD Experience with the General Stock
Law in Georgia.
When the rail timber in the state of
Georgia, and other states, gave out the
people said we will not spend three
million of dollars to fence the stock out
OF the farms into herbless, CRASHES
and waterless lanes; but with united
voice, showing their strength and wis
DOM they asked their legislature to
give each and every county the right
to pass general stock law, and it was
done. They said we have enough old
rails on hand to inclose pastures on
every farm for every horse, COW and
hog in the state to last ten years,
without buying a single spool of
barbed wire. Then, every man
went to work and located him
pasture, and with the old rails taken
from around his field inclosed an area
suited to the number he wished to
put on it. And then Little Jersey and
Lady Hereford, with just enough asso-
eiates to keep the dairy running. were
introduced to the new order of things.
The results of all this were a benefit
both to farmer and stock; it enlarged
the capacity of each to help the other
The housewife got more and better
milk and butter from one cow than she
had been getting from two, and as all
non-producing stock had to be Hoped
off, the mich COW got all that two had
before. And the good result was it
stopped all litigation between farmers
and railroads for killing stock. An
other very important item, rarely
ever thought of until after the
working of the stock law, is the
additional public roads granted to the
county without any actual cost. Two
farmers joining would much rather
have good road. regularly used, run
ming between their farm than to have
an everlasting and an unsightly row of
bushes, briars and weeds standing in
their way. So all to be done is to ask
for road along this or that land line,
and it is given, no estimating of dam
ages, for the road is worth to each one
much. When they have their wagon
loaded in gathering time, instead of
Juggling through the field across rows
and bitches to reach the gap, or gate,
he drives right out into the big
road, whistling merrily, home, to
market or the gin. One other advan-
tage, the old fence row took up hum
dreds of acres of the best land they
had, but now it is in cultivation right
out to the edge of the road. But some
man will say, THAT will do for poor
old Georgia" and l say amen, and go
further, and say it will do for rich
young Texas. And wish to say fur
Their, the time has come when some of
our Legislators can immortalize them
selves among the farmers of Texas by
advocating and carrying to success
measure that will save them millions
of money at home, instead of spending
it for barbed wire.-Cor. Farm and
Ranch
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-10-20
A Queer Plant Disease.

Avery beautiful proof of the de1icacy
of the balance of forces on which the
life and health of animals and plants
depends is furnished by some recent
experiments at Cornell university.
Tomatoes grown in the forcing
houses of the university had the veins
of their leaves greatly swollen and
turned white, and the leaf cells were
enormously stretched; so much SO, in
fact, that at length they burst, and
water poured plentifully from them.
The cause of this singular phenomena
was found to be that in consequence
of the great amountaof moisture con-
tanned in the wa3m air of the
forcing-houses, the leaves were not able
to give out water by transportation as
fast as it was sent into them by the ac-
ton of the roots. 1t was a case of veg
etable dropsy.
Another instance of a similar effect
has been seen in the case of apple-trees
which were ruthlessly pruned during
the winter. When spring came, and
the roots began to set currents of mois-
ture flowing upward into the twigs and
leaves, the latter had been so greatly
reduced in number that they could not
take care of the too-abundant supply
thus forced upon them, and result,
the leaves became gorged with water,
and the tree suffered from dropsical
disease.-Farm and Fireside.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-10-20
The ssrpent,s Trick.

The power OF continuing motionless
with the lifted head projecting for
ward for an indefinite time is one of the
most wonderful of the serpent's mus
cular feats, and is one of the highest
Importance to the animal, both when
fascinating its victim and when MINI
licking some inanimate object, as, for
instance, the stem and bud of an aquat-
ic plant; here it is only referred to
on account of the effect it produces on
the human mind, as enhancing the SER
pent's strangeness. In this attitude,
with the round, unwinking eyes fixed
ON the beholder's face, the effect may
be eery curious and uncanny.-Fort-
nightly Review.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-10-20
FARMER and PLANTER.
FEEDING VALUE OF WHEAT.
Question That IL Pertinent In These Days
of Cheap Wheat and Dear Corn.

Question That Is Pertinent In These Days
of Cheap Wheat and Dear Corn.
Before me lie four letters, all asking
information on the same subject-the
feeding value of wheat for our live
stock.
These inquiries are stimulated by the
anomalous conditions which now pre-
vail in our markets for foodstuffs.
Wheat has been gradually going down
IN price for some years past until it is
now at a figure we would not have be-
lieved possible ten years ago. Corn,
although very closely related to wheat
in its nutritive constituents, has fiuc-
tuated in price each year from causes
apparently independent of the wheat
supply or price.
All this time we find wheat at its
lowest because, they tell us, of the
large supply in comparison with the
demand, and corn selling at about the
price as wheat in Chicago because of
the prospects of an unusually small
crop in the great corn districts of the
west. That fifty-six pounds of corn
should sell for as much as sixty pounds
of wheat may well cause us to wonder
what will happen next.
1t is a good time for feeders to have
their wits about them and make the
most of the situation. do not won
der that men hesitate about feed
ing wheat to hogs, for we
can not help thinking of the
many that must suffer for
bread the coming winter We have
been taught by custom to regard this
grain as In some way set apart for mans
especial use, and that there is defile-
ment in feeding it to stock, while we
hold corn as the food par excellence
for stock and decry its upward price
toward the level of wheat as altogether
wrong in the very nature of things.
Let us first look at the comparative
value OF wheat and some of its prod
ucts and compare these with corn:
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-10-20
HABITS OF THE wooDcocK.
,ome English Methods of Capturing the
Shy Birds

Shy Birds
Every sportsman knows that wood
cocks are here to-day, gone tomorrow.
He often finds that where there were
plenty yesterday not single cock re-
mains. Upon one occasion the earl of
Clermont shot fifty brace in one day.
This feat was the result of wager,
and the bag was made by two o'clock
in the afternoon with single-barreled
fintlock. The birds were shot in
moist wood, and it is in such spots on
the mild west coast that the woodcock
finds it's favorite haunt.
In England the birds affect coppice
woods, frequenting most those which
are wet and such as have rich deposits
of dead and decaying leaves. Most of
these copses are of oak and birch and
hazel, and being only of few years
growth are thick in the top. killing
cocks as they dash through the tops of
these, seldom rising above the bushes,
is one of the greatest tests of shoot
er's skill Then the birds have habit
of dropping down at a short distance,
which almost invariably deludes the
inexperienced gunner.
When they are put up from their
resting places during the day the fight
is rapid; at evening it is slow. 1t is
now that they are easiest to shoot,
though in some parts of the country
they are still taken in nets as they fiy
at dusk through the paths of the woods
Netting woodcocks was at one time the
common way of taking them, for they
have always been highly esteemed as
food.
Another method of capture was bv
gins" and springs" and it would
seem that in times past the wood
snipe- was considered stupid bird
None of the denizens of the woods con-
form better or more closely to its en-
vironment. The browns and duns and
yellows of its plumage all have their
counterpart in the leaves among which
it lies, and it has been pointed out that
the one conspicuous ornament of the
bird is covered by a special provision
from the gaze of those for whose adj
miration it is not intended
This is the bright coloring of the
tail feathers, which cannot be seen ex-
cept at the will of the bird in fight.
The protection lacks in one thing. how
ever, and that is its large dark eye; this
is full, bright, and $50 to speak OBJ
trusive. 1t is not often that special
provision of this kind is injurious to its
owner, but the luster which beams
from the eye seems TO negative the adj
vantage of its protective coioriug.. st.
Louis Republic
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-10-20

when fowl gets sick, 1t is better
and more economical to kill it at once
than to spend several days in ac-
complishing the same end by quack
doctoring.
The Dixie Interstate fair, to be
held at Macon, Ga, October 20 to No
vember s, promises to be an event of
great Importance to southern industry.
Bulls should be trained to work
and then compelled to do it. The lazy
rascals in idleness are sure to become
vicious-just like men, for all the world.
1t is stated, on what seems to be
good authority. that in 1889 there were
10000 sheep in one county in North Car
alma running wild without owners.
These sheep are shared annually and
the proceeds go into the county treas
ury.
The sheep shearers of the north
west have organized a union. and if
somebody don't look out we will hear
of strike about next May. If the
machine clippers are employed, the
shearers say there will be wool-pull-
ing.
Foreign stock papers announce the
discovery of a specific for lockjaw. 1t
consists of culture of the bacillus
of testanus, which is administered by
hypodermic injection, like the Pasteur
treatment for hydrophobia. What
next.
Considerable experience has Taught
the writer that for fowls of all ages,
dry grain is the best of all food for pro-
noting the health. The birds have q
pretty well defined idea of what is
best for them, and will invariably
leave soft mess to pick up dry corn or
wheat.
Boston is to have a great Worlds
food fair, at which every conceivable
article of diet, ancient or modern, win
be open for exhibition, from the locusts
that John the Baptist ate to the chile
concarne of the Mexican greaser. Madi.
gascar. we understand, will not be per.
mitted to exhibit prepared missionary.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-10-20
Don't Tread on Me,

Vibrates the rattle snake with his rattle
Sensible peopletake alarm at the chill which
1shers in chills and fever. If they don't
tnow they should, that Hotsetter's Stomach
Bitters is the preventer and remedy. Nor
she lid they forget that it remedies dyspep-
STA, liver complaints, nervousness, sleep
essness and debility, and is general tonic
without equal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-10-20
Highest Of al in Leavenng Pova-Latest US Govt Report
RH!A!!! RRssaaHg
A8SOLUTEEY PURE

ssBoY, is your father ini' 81 guess -.
Heard ma call somebody Ounce just now.
'Twant me, coz / want there. She wouldn't
q dared to call the cook such names; 90
guess it must have been dad. "-Boston
Transcript. f
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-10-20
Pure ana wholesoms ou.lity

Commends to public approval the California
liquid laxative remedy, Syrup of Figs. II
Is pleasant to the taste and by acting gently
on the kidneys, liver and bowels to cleanse
the system effectually, it promotes the
with millions it Is the best and only remedy,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-10-20

WHEN the shoestring of girl thirty-seven
years old comes united you may be very
sure that it was by accident; also that she
Journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-10-20

Farmers who have tried it say that
there is great benefit to both sheep and
land in turning them in the corn-field
as soon as the corn is glazed. They
destroy weeds and do not injure the
corn.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-10-20

WHEN q man does not want to do thing,
he says: II cannot" when he cannot do it,
he says: 81 don't wantto. Fleigende Blat-
ter.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-10-20

OxE Of the prominent society ladies OF
West Union was bitten by large black
spider while entering store one day last
week. Moral-Patronize the stores that Id
vertise.-West Union Qa.) Gazette.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-10-20

NEVER Saw ANYTHING ErsE-Bradford-
81 wonder where Biggs acquired all his
knowledge about women's hatsl" Robin
ly."-Truth.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-10-20

LADIES can permanently beautify their
complexion with Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, 50 cents.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-10-20

TKAcHER-sWho is that whistling In
SCHOOL," New Boy-"Me. Didn'tyou know
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-10-20

ALL the evils that are to be found In soda
water are always winked at.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-10-20

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is Constitutional Cure. Price 75c.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-10-20
HERE AND THERE.

When fowl gets sick, it is better
and more economical to kill it at once
than to spend several days in ac-
complishing the same end by quack
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-10-20

worthy acquaintance with the dates
and uses of law books. This is true
even of the boys, whose duty is merely
to fetch and carry, while the librarians
come to know constitutions, statutes,
and even decisions almost by heart.
William Winters, of the Law institute
library, is, perhaps, the most famous
for his knowledge of law books, but
there are others who can pick out a
needed volume almost instantly from
among thousands, and can name at call
the date and compiler of the latest re-
vision of laws in any state of the Union.
One hundred years ago Benjamin
Franklin left a bequest of $1,000 to the
city of Boston, the same to be held in
trust, the interest each year to be
added to the principal until the end of
the century. 1t now amounts to $780,
600. One hundred thousand of this, by
the terms of the will, must be rein
vested and allowed to accumulate for
another hundred years The other
$3.50, 600 Boston will apply to the build
ing of an industrial school. The $780,
600 ought to amount to very good
eiLcu lOItunt dt Tic tuu oI one nunuTeCt
years. At per cent. compound in
terest the school boys ought to find in
this good example"
DR. ]. l.. Wilson. of Terre Haute,
Ind, has in his possession bell with
an interesting history. 1t was cast in
Spain in l7os, and during Bonaparte-s
invasion of Spain it was captured and
carried to France. In 1884 it was pre-
sented to Joseph Piquet, heading a
group of French emigrants, who finally
settled at st. Mary's, Jasper county,
Ill. Mr.. Piquct presented it to the
church at st. Mary's in is5e, and it was
used in summoning the people to wor-
ship until it was cracked by an accident
and had to be removed. Recently it
attracted the attention of DIR. Wilson.
who found it lying neglected in the
churchyard AMI he purchased it. The
bell weighs ss7 pounds and is mace OF
copper with ,aixture Of silver.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-09-03
Poisoning Race Horses.

II may well be boast Of the Arreri-
can turf that the practice Of getting
at" n race horse has never been very
common here. and il is low several
years since the last well authenticated
case Of poisoning occurred at Saratoga
This recalls the fact that the English
turf has been notorious for such sensa-
tons Early in the century four crack
racers were poisoned at Newmarket,
and two men were arrested The prin-
cipal in the matter escaped On a teckni-
caiity, but was rearrestei on another
charge Of horse poisoning and was
eventually hanged
The St Leger favcrite Of 1881, a
horse named Marcus, was poisoned on
the day before the race He was lust
able 10 run, but finished last and died
soon afterward The perperator was
never discovered
Even more sensational was the ''ho-
cusing' of Lanercost, the first winner
Of the Carnbridceshire, who was in 1912
considered a certain winner of the As
CO. cup He was poisoned. but, like
Marcus. was able 10 run and finished
last. He did not die. however, but was
retired TO the stud.-New York Herald
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-09-03

student OF nervous diseases. and author
o. many noted treatises on tine latter sub ject,
long since realized the truth of the first
statement, and his Restorative Nervine
Is prepared on that principle Its success
IN curing ali diseases arising from dorange-
..ert OF the nervous system * wonder
full. as the thousands of unsolicited tesfino-
mas IN possession OF the company nIanuf-c-
turing the remedy amply prove
III Nile. restorative NeryiDe Is = reliable
remedy for all nervous diseases. such IS
heaoacne nervous debility, prostratIcH,
sieeptes>ness, dizziness hysteria. sexual ae-
plty, St situS dance, epilepsy, etc. II Is
Sold Dy al druggists on a positive guarsrlte .,
or sent direct by the DR.. Miles Medical 60.
flShart; Ind. on receipt OF price. q per bSt-
": sly ootiis=s Tor % erpress prepaid
Restorative Nervine positively contains 70
opiates or dangerous drugs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-09-03
NERVE ENOUGH Fob ANYTHING.

A Roy Who Could Not BE Frightened BY .
Displeased Corpse or a Professors Tricks
Dr.. McTayish CT Edinburgh " as some
thing Of a ventriloquist. ard it bsfeli
that he wanted q lad to assist in the
surgery who must necessarily be Of
strong nerves He received several ap-
plicatious, and when telling lad what
the duties were. in order to test his
nerves. he would sly. while pointing TO
. grinning skeleton standing upright in
. corner, Part Of your work would be
10 feed the skeleton there, and while
you are here you may as well Try 10 do
g"
A few lads would consent to q trial
and received basin of hot cruel and q
spoon While they were pouring the
hot mess into the skull the doctor would
throw his voice SO as to make il appear
to proceed from the jaws of the tony
customer and gurgle out, ''Br-r-r-gr -uh,
that's hotr'
This was TOO much. and without ex-
ception the lads dropped the basin and
bolsed. The doctor began to despair Of
ever getting n suitable helpInate until a
small boy came and was given the Cruel
and spoon.
After the first spoonful the skeleton
appeared to say, "Gr-r-r-uh-r-br, that s
hotr'
Shoveling in the scalding Cruel as
fast as ever, the lad raped the skull
and impatiently retorted. Well. blow
it, carn't yer, yer Guild bony,''
The doctor sat down in his chair and
fairly roared. but when he came 10 lie
engaged the lad On the spct-Lonion
Tif-Ji.s
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-09-03
A Shower OF Wheas.

In the year 1896 or thereabouts IL was
q report in Bristol and thereabouts that
it rained wheat about this Town and
six or seven Miles round, and many be-
lieved il. One Mr.. Cole being curious
70 find out the Truth Of the odd Phae-
nomenon procured several Parcels of it,
and upon diligent Examination of them
with magnifying Glasses, judged from
the Taste. Figure, Size and Smell that
they were seeds Of Ivy berries, driven
by strong Wind from the Holes and
Chinks Of Houses, Churches and other
Buildings. where Starlings and other
Birds had laid or dropped them, but if
so it's strange that they should fall in
so great Quantities in so many Places
-COx's "Magna Britannia
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-09-03
THE FAMILY DOESN'T MIND.
A Peculiar Domestic Scene In . German
Saloon In New York.

A Peculiar Domestic Scene In . German
saloon In New York.
There is q popular German restaurant
and saloon On upper Third avenue which
is much frequented by families living In
the neighbnrhood The saloon il sepa-
rate from the restaurant proper. The
cooking is very good, and the prices are
very reasonable, and as result the pro-
p9ietor has grown wealthy.
An odd and interesting feature Of this
resort Is the family dinner, which oc-
ours about O'Clock every evening. The
family consists of the big. broad shoul-
dercd host: his small, angular wife: a
jolly sister -in-law; three little girls, q
small boy, and a governess whose fe0-
lures clearly indicate her New England
origin They all sit down together at a
long table, which is placed not in the
restaurant, bat in the center Of the sa-
loon All around are tables at which
sit jolly jewellers. and frequently during
the dinner hour a crowd stands leaning
against the bar.
The family does not seem to mind the
saloon surroundings and, in fact, rarely
does any one Of them glance up from
the table. The only Interruptions are
when some Of the habitual freguenters
come up to talk with the host or his
wife The children chatter and carry
on just as though they were in a phi
va.e dining room II gives a ho,nelike
and domestic air to the saloon which
probably could not be duplicated in any
other hostelry on Manhattan Island.
The only person who seems to be i'll at
case is the Yankee governesS-
York Sun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-09-03

EVERY day we hear Of the resump-
ton OF new industries as a conse-
quence Of the democratic tariff bill.
Two Of the most prominent examples
OF this may be given: The Anderson
flint bottle works. the largest of its
kind in the gas belt, was put in full
operation Saturday for the season.
the old force Of 200 skilled workmen
being employed. Today the Ameri-
can wire nail works were put into
operation for the season. giving en-
ployment 70 200 employees.