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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-12-18
THE ARREST.

They accused me Of being seely. and i
bluned them. but they wouldn't take II.
They produced a pair Of haDdcunS. ana
] protested against being subjected 20 me
humiliation Of wearing them. They said
J would have 90 wear them or else hire
cab, and hiroo q CAB.
They told rae Mcfarland had given
me away. and when / reached the p0lice
headquarters asked for him. They said
no had gone. and / told them Il was
shame 70 let nay accuser escape and hold
nae. They locked me up and then de-
cded II would be best 70 admit my iden-
uiy and return 10 New York"
Mcfarland ala not 80 10 bloomsbury
with the money seely gave him. but IN
stead remained IN Chicago. ana made
tour o. the saloons 10 spend Il. ne was
very laxative, and boasted that hf knew
Nhere seely was. and said he would napd
hs'@ over 70 the authorities ~ the rignl
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-28
Things Told by Beekeepers.

No apiarist can expect to have his
honey sell for the highest market price
If he allows it to stay in the hives for
weeks after it has been sealed over, al
lowing the bees to give the combs dir
ty yellow color by constantly travel
ing over them.
Bees never make an attack while in
quest of honey or on their return until
they have entered the hive. 1t is only
in the hive and In its vicinity that we
may expect them to manifest this iras-
chile disposition.
Mr.. Doolittle says: 1.-The Italians are
my choice among all the bees that /
have ever seen, either for comb honey
Or for extracted"
II you wish nice yellow beeswax ev-
cry time, do not use any iron vessel in
rendering it. Use tin, brass or copper,
as iron will make it dark.
Mr., Riehl of Alton said that bees
could not injure sound grapes or fruit
except overripe raspberries.
"What are the best frames to be used
for rapid and profitable work in the
apiary2" The general opinion express
ed at recent convention was that the
hanging frames of any of the Langstroth
or modified Langstroth variety is as
good as if not better than any other.
One member uses the Heddon frame; a
few use the Hoffman frame, all with
good results.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-28
Muddy Roads and City Merchants.

Until recently the inhabitants of
cities in this country have generally re-
garded the building of country roads as
an undertaking which belonged to the
farmer alone, the expense of which he
should bear. OF late, through natural
causes and the general agitation of the
question, better understanding has
been reached. The mud blockades in
various sections of the country in the
last few years have served to bring mer-
chants of towns and smaller cities to a
realizing sense of what bad roads mean.
Three years ago the merchants of an
Ohio city of 80, 900 inhabitants lost, on
account of muddy roads, in two weeks
Of the holiday season, over 800, 900 of
trade. Smaller cities and towns, Of
course, suffered still more in proportion,
being more directly dependent upon the
trade which the farmers supplied.
Washington Post.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-28
Profit in Turkeys.

For the last few years no kind of
poultry-raising has received more at
tention in the rural districts than that
of raising turkeys, and no business will
yield larger profit in proportion to
the amount invested when conducted
along the right lines. At first much
depends upon the selection of breed
ers. The turkey which is found to be
plump and heavy in November will
command the highest market price.
AS rule, pure bred fowls are most
profitable, but pureness of breed should
be disregarded if one would secure
best results from the turkey. The
bird that "can eat off barrel will be
found when grown for market thin in
body and long in neck and legs
the very things most undesirable. A
cross between the white Holland and
Bronze is perhaps the best Of all, since
the young do not possess the extreme
domestic nature of the former or the
wild rowing nature of the latter, while
their peculiar plumage makes them
easily distinguishabe at distance, or
from the pure white or black focks of
the neighbors. Neither the old nor
young should be confined in coops or
pens for even single day, but allowed
to wander, care being taken to have
them driven toward home near night,
if far away, and fed. This will not
have to be repeated many DAYS before it
will become unnecessary. Young turks
cannot be successfully raised on corn
meal. The best food consists of bread
made from cheap wheat -four and moist
ened with milk. The old turkeys
should be sold before Thanksgiving,
because they are as fat as they will be !;
while if they are carried longer, not
only is the value of the feed lost, but
often their weight is diminished as
well. Young birds may be kept until
Christmas or New Years without loss.
Unless the birds can wander at con-
siderable distance from the buildings,
30 as to pick the greater part of their
living, they will not be a paying in
vestment. When they are reared in
yards or about buildings they are a
dead loss, the value of food consumed
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-28

meal for a week-as there is much fever
in COW at this time-and fed two
quarts of scalded wheat bran once a
day. Then l put handful of corn
meal in the bran and daily increased
this to quart. To this / gradually
added two quarts of wheat middlings.
Wheat middings keeps COW to her
milk, while the meal produces fat.
When those cows were turned out on
grass they were in better condition than
my best cows, which had been fed only
hay. l feed corn meal to all my cows
now before calving.-A. F. d., in New
York Tribune.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-28
Marketing Farm Products.

When the ordinary man discusses the
transportation question, he almost in
variably forgets one very essential fea-
ture of the problem. He has a perfect
right to scrutinize the fraction of cent
which the railways or the steamers
charge the farmer for hauling his grain
from the nearest station to the market,
but it seldom occurs to him to ask how
far the farmers barn is from the near
est railway station, what sort of roads
he has, how heavy load he can haul,
what time he can make-in a word,
how much per ton per mile it costs him
to get his grain to the railway station.
And yet this is an integral factor in
the problem. Grumble at railway rates
as we will, the fact remains that the
railways move ton of grain one mile
for a cent, while it is calculated to get
the ton of grain to the railway, under
favorable conditions, costs 0 or / 3 cents
per mile and under unfavorable condi.
tions very much more. The following
calculations have been made for United
States conditions:
In some states farm products must be
hauled by wagon 30 and even 30
miles, and even in Illinois, which has
a greater railway mileage than any
other state in the Union, there are three
counties that have not mile of rail
way within their borders. 1t has been
calculated that wagon transportation
costs at least 20 cents per load per mile.
Now, 1880 pounds is a good wagon
load on an earth road in its best condi-
ton. To haul this load to the railway
station or steamboat landing Is miles
distant and return is a good days work
for man and two horses, and nearly
always the farmer making this trip re-
turns with his wagon nearly or quite
empty. Under such favorable condi-
tons transportation costs 10 to % cents
per ton per mile. But oftener the dirt
highway is in such a condition that not
more than 1000 or 1900 pounds can be
hauled. Not infrequently the wagon
itself is all the team can drag through
the mud. Allowance being made for
small loads when the condition of the
dirt highway does not admit of full
loads being hauled, is it not plain that
20 cents per ton per mile is not too high
an estimate of the average cost of wag-
on transportation? But it vii certainly
be safe to say that the average cost is
only 10 cents per ton per mile compared
to about cent by rail and one-tenth of
a cent by water.
Few indeed are the farmers who do
not know the experience of losing a
days labor for themselves and team, Of
not hauling in full load and of pay
ing out DO or so cents in cash for meal
and horse feed in town. Other calcula-
tions are made-that Of the farm prod
ucts transported by horsepower scarce
ly one-half is transported by rail or wa
ter; that one county In Kentucky loses
500, 900 year through its mud roads;
that the state of Massachusetts loses
S5, 900, 900 annually through its bad
roads; that on account of impossible
roads Iowa's butter export in one year
fell 0,000, 900 pounds below the export
Of the previous year, a loss of So, 000,-
300, and that social intercourse has
been seriously impeded all over the
Union by the same cause.-T0ronto
Globe.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-28
A Scheme for Good Roads.

There is growing popular demand
for improved roads--a demand which
Is fully justified upon economic and So
cial grounds. Therefore | desire to rec
ommend measure by which tramps
and vagabonds, as defined by statute.
may, upon conviction, be sentenced in
the different counties-at the discretion
of the court or justice of the peace hav-
ing jurisdiction-to labor upon the pub
lie roads or village and town districts,
under the direction of the county com
missioners and while in the custody of
the sheriffs of the counties. Such law
would relieve the counties from the ex-
pense involved in conveying convicted
tramps to the house of correction which
Is now incurred, while the cost of the
additional force of deputy sheriffs req
uisite for guarding the convicts when
at work and in the county jails would
be more than covered by the value of
the improved roads and the lessening of
the road tax. Provision may also be
made that those tramps and Migrants
who are sent to the house of correction
from Baltimore city should be turned
over for the time of their sentence by
the board of managers to the commits
sioners Of such counties as make appli-
cations for their labor. Governor Brown
of Maryland.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-28
The Glover Plant.

The possibilities of the clover plant,
as told at the various institutes last
winter, has excited new interest for
this rival of timothy, and everywhere
questions are asked and experiences
with it told. AT nearly all of the insti-
tutes in eastern Pennsylvania there
has come the complaint from individ-
uals that clover will not grow for them
and of clover-sick soils. Abner Chaplin
of Chester county tells such to grow
field peas or beans or some other of the
legumes on the land that is wanted for
clover, and the bacteria will be lodged
in the soil by them and clover will do
well there afterward. Eight rows,
twenty-five feet apart, cured his clover
sick soil.-Philadelphid Ledger.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-28
Feeding Corn Meal to Cows Before
Calving.

Farmers who never practise feeding
corn meal to COWS before calving do not
know how much they lose and are liable
to lose by not doing 80. Corn meal
gives a COW strength and builds her up
for large flow of milk. Cows that are
poor and run down, and especially
those that have been MIXED through
the winter, on hay, seldom do well after
calving, and many die. The calves
will be larger, stronger and heartier if
you feed corn meal to your cows. One
spring had two COWS that were with
calf and were farrow the year before,
and l had MIXED them within three
months of the time of their calving.
They were very thin and weak. / ex-
pected to lose them, and began feeding
them corn meal once day, about two
months before calving. began with
a handful and gradually increased to a
quart. After calving l stopped feeding
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-28
Spring Work.

AS spring approaches, feed stock all
they will eat with a relish. The work
horses cannot be too we'll groomed.
Exercise freely. Work moderately at
first and gradually increase. See that
collars fit, and are clean; also buck
bands, etc. Hitch up the three-year-
old colt with steady horse and drive
daily from two to four hours, increas-
ing the light loads trifle daily, after
week. Water before feeding at all
times, if possible, even in the morning.
The cattle need all the grain and fod-
der or hay available this month. The
old autumn growth of bluegrass is de-
sired and will be relished by all the
stock. When pasturage is abundant,
the COWS and stock cattle can do we'll
occasionally after March Is, on this,
and a light ration of meal, mixed in
equal parts by weight with either oats
or bran, the oats being preferable, es-
pecially for young stock. Cows in milk
will increase the flow when fed bran.
Those due to calve soon should not
have oats for two weeks prior to or af-
ter parturition. The fall pigs can now
be fed grain freely if not well provided
for by following fattening cattle, and
any grazing will help to maintain vigor
in those under six months of age. The
fattening wethers need attention. The
brood sows and ewes are to be thought
of and properly fed, as well as pro-
vided with shelter and room for plenty
of exercise. Each should have seclu-
sion. A small shed with bedding, warm
and dry, fifty feet from any other, is
best. Sow some oats for pasturage the
last of May, when bluegrass fails, and
prior to the arrival of clover, for the
pigs and lambs.-Ordnge Judd Farmer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-28
A Manure Failure.

A farmer, willing to ventilate his mis-
takes that others may profit thereby,
admits the mistake of applying stable
manure to the sod last winter and plow-
ing it under in the spring for early
sweet corn. Why? Because the small
roots of this early corn could not utilize
the fertility placed at such depth. If
the manure had been placed on the
freshly turned sod and thoroughly in
corporated with the soil, it would have
retained moisture and supplied nourish-
ment to the plant when needed.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-28

being about twice what the bird will
bring in the autumn. When located 80
that the flock cannot be prevented
from damaging the neighbours crops it
would be far wiser to engage in raising
other fowls, since turkeys under these
conditions generally prove very un-
profitable.-B. r. StmonS, IN Nep York
Tribune.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-28

BUCKLEN's ARNICA SALvE.-The
best salve in the world for cuts, bruises,
sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores,
letter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns
and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles, or no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price twenty-five
cent? per box. For sale by C. B'akelv
Montpelier, VT
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-28

CHILDREN Cry for Pitchers Castoria.
CHILDREN Dry for Pitchers Castoris.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-28

SOME Australian gold veins are 100
feet wide.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-28
statesmen WANTED |!

To solicit orders for nursery stock Salary
or commission. Cash advanced for ex.
penses, Write us for terms and secure good
territory. II. G.. CHASE & CO,
Maiden, Mass.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-28

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.
CT Sold by druggists at seventy
Ave cents.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-28
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, ss
LUCAS COUNTY, DO

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
!, December, A D., 1886.
"' A. w. GLEASON,
W. Notary Public.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-28
A YOUNG GIRLS FORTUNE.
AN INTERESTING SKETCH.

AIN I'm ERES ING SKETCH.
Nothing appeals so strongly to mothers
affection As her daughter Just budding into
womanhood. Following is an instance "Our
daughter, Blanche, now Is years of age had
been terribly afflicted with nervousness, and
had lost the entire use of her right arm She
was in such condition that we had to keep
her from school and abandon her music les.
sons Mn fact, we feared st. Vitus dance, and
are positive but for an invaluable remedy she
would have had that terrible affection. We
had employed physicians, but she received no
benefit from them. The first of last August she
weighed but 70 pounds and although she has
taken only three bottles of Eervine she now
weighs l06 pounds; her nervousness and symp-
toms of st. Vitus dance are entirely gone, she
attends school regularly, and studies with com
fort and ease. She has recovered complete use
OF her arm, her appetite is splendid, and no
money could procure for our daughter the health
DR.. Miles Nervine has brought her
When my brother recommended the remedy
1 had no faith in patent medicines, and would
not listen to him, but as last resort he sent us
bottle, we began giving it TO Blanche and the
effect was almost immediate Mrs r. r.
Bullock, Brighton. N Y.
Dr. Miles Restorative Eervine is sold by all
druggists on a positive guarantee or sent direct
by the Dr. Miles Medical Co, Elkhart Ind, on
receipt of price, 81 per bottle, six bottles for IS,
express prepaid 1t is positively free from
opiates or dangerous drugs.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-28
Hoods s,sss,:sin' Cures

Hoods Pills cure all liver ills, constipa
ton, biliousness, sick headache, indigestion.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-05
THE CNSFATED DELEGATES.
THEY WERE TARRED WITH THE SAME SIl'hS
AS SENATOR MCARTY AID ASSEMBLY
MAN GRAHAM

Tho oeic Of the situation clearly Gemariei the *
cluslon from the constitutional Convention OF me
democratic delegates from the WIN senate li'
,r!ct which Includes the Gravesend section oil br''H
lvn Senator McCar;y IL VIII be remen"'r'l' ~
nnseate1 las; winter because Of the gross franA'
,-,,.,ea IN NcKane's baglwick and IN the As
sarrb,v lanes Graham was required 20 give M hi'
marc - William II Friday. The proof OF ne iran'S
wac oyerwh,.n!ng and :; Is surprising 'ha' " 900"
the Committee on Privileges and Elections OF 'n'
Constitutional Convention three months 20 reach a
decision IN the case.
Indeed 1, would seem tina. II the Democratic deie-
gates from the With District hal possessed a keen
ens ~ honor they would have refused 20 take ih"ir
seats knowing that their election was tainted SucH
action could not have been expected IN the case OF
some OF them but Mr.. Mullin for example VINO pro-
,ee,ad IN the Convention on Thursday night that no
dia no, know McKane ana that he was innocent
and ignorant Of the frauds. might well have pur-
sued such course HIS innocence OF the 'rau's
il perhaps not open 20 question. but now can ne 81
intelligent man. plead that ne maN US noi hon
estly elected: at any rate. he might have gwen NM
SET the benefit Of the doubt -, rr,,,.eg.s
I, is significant, that the Committee on lTNl'eB'ss
and Elections made a unanimous report IN iaV"T Oh
unsea,ng the Democrats ana slVhs "e P a6o,,e3
by the Convention with only three dissenting V'ic's
The Convention dealt with the unseatel men u. "a
moI5 gh Of their character and services
ana giving hem the pT5sT' OF Inc moor ''S
In connection with this matter It IS interesting TO
note tina, the election districts in Graye.@,nd h nave
heen made over by the city Board OF f."ctlOnS ana
mo uninue Mex ane idea OF arranging them ma,
each one should occupy corner IN the Iown , m@
was prima-face evidence OF Intention 10 commit
fraud II was proof also Of the ingenuity o. ihc
late Boss Of Gravesead. OF course. By me tgures
~ registration which he gave out. the number OF
districts should legally have been much larger Ihah
ne number he provded-sx but the Board OF Fec
,inns mas made no more than eight. The exact ex-
len: OF McKane's tampering with facts VIII De
known when the registration honestly recorded next
SaU ls compared with the padded figures made up
last year. Twenty-Five election districts by me way,
&c heen provdei in the new wards. while the
number OF districts IN the oder part OF the city has
been Increased by only one
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-05
1 BIG IMPPOJEMENT cONIEMPLAIfD'
r,,r ,o>c ISLAND RAILROAD WANTS u BY THE
ArrAxTIc-AVE. PROPERTY AID SINK llS
TRACKS. EXTENDING THE ROAD

NEGOTIATIONS are under way for the purchase ny
Tho r,,r island Railroad Company OF the prop
ertv r,ght which the Atlantic Avenue kalroan
COMPANY holds OF the strip OF land thirty-h'e 'e''
wide owned by IT in tho centre o. Atan'c-aN''
from, Flatbush-ave. TO Jamaica. and occupied py
The tracks OF the Long Island Railroad. Inc AZ
lan,ic Avenue Company owns this a. the successor
OF the Brooklyn and Jamaica Plank Road tom
-. rental Of yiocu a year IS paid by the
fo,r Island COMPANY II e. understood that an
nrcr ~ 81 POO 90 IN : per cent bonds or N'gt-
49,, #, ter cent bonds has boon made By me
fon, island Company. which would guarantee W.
20 n wear income from the property 10 the At
lantc Avenue Company. -, -,
Whil. the late william Richardson was the head
u the Atlantic Avenue Company no proposition
f.r IN. purchase of the rights or HIS company
,,uiI b.. entertained. but his successor IL wiiIlnS
"a consider a proposition. II IL sald that II thc
Ing Island company secures the Zee simple II
viii then carry out the plans for sinking the tracks
from Flathush-ave. 10 East New-r ork ana VIII
nv AMI secure the righi 10 run the ROAD 10 Sou'h
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-05
THE NEW FEDERAL DTSTRTCT-A TTORNEY.

An indication Of the genera, movement for Demo-
cratic harmony in the State Is TO be found In the
Withdrawal, OF Senator HE'S opposition to the
confirmation OF James l.. Bennett. who was nom-
mated by the President for United States District
Attorney for the Eastern District OF New~York
long ago as February q. He confirmed
Friday. Mr. Bennett is in position 10 appreciate
the feelings Of a man who has been suspended
for five months and then down and resuscitated.
II may be some satisfaction 10 him that he has been
In good company. and that he has got OF his
predcamen, sooner than his companion in misery.
That companion Is A. Augustus Hea,y. who WIS
nominated for Interna. Revenue Collector at the
same time. In his Senator Hi still seems
TO be manfesting opposition But then Mr. Hea.y
had been an active and outspoken anti-Hill Demo
crat. while Mr. Bennett had not been aggressive In
his political demonstrations although his sympatbies
were all with the Cleveland wing OF the party.
Mr.. Bennett IA graduate Of Hamilton College:
he was In the Class OF 1872. His office Is In New
York. In the Vanderbilt Building In Nassau-st.
With his assumption Of the Dstrct-Attorneyshp.
that office will return 10 the control OF New
York lawyer, the during the long term
OF years in which II filed by Asa W. Ten
ney Mr. Bennetts commission WIFI for four
years from the date Of his confirmation so that
the Dstrct-Atorntey appointed by the President
elected In 1896 will not be abe TO take ONCE until
about year and a half after the next Adminisira-
ton begins.