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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-05
Z" iuua Pura" Apologies.

To the Editor Of the Dispatch:
7 soc that I have again fallen foul or
your Fork Union correspondent, ana TINS
time with. perhaps, more cause. Let me
hasten 10 express my sorrow and contri-
zion for my unntentlonal offending. ar
IN 90, down on my knees In the red clay
~ Fluvanna and sue for pardon and re-
habilitation. am distressed beyoha
measure that what was intended as NJ
Ne biz OF playful exaggeration should
nave been taken 80 seriously and shouli
bave given so much umbrage 70 your cor
RESPONDENT. who evidently has the county
~ Fluyanna in his keeping. and whose
zeal and watchfulness are worthy OF an
nroise. 7 would not willingly offend tne
ir,aod naonle OF "Old Flu for all her gold
,oi,es more especially the ladies', VINO, l
CON affirm. are in every way charhlns
aDI admirable. | might unwitungy I've
..uniust" to them, but "cruel never
IT,. could l. the 'mlIdest-manherel man
,tot over cut a throat or scuttled snip:
sircerolv apologize and take II al DaCh'
=. Two Ratchet be buried and' the pipe
- reace be smoked. 1 am afraid that
80 resemble a distinguished newspaper
,rtard ~ mine. in the matter OF a sense
80 bu,,or than ever suspected. lie si'd
-, -,a once on my return to the CITY iroh'
ot.n,ding tho funeral OF a relative, ue-
80 81 course: II hope you ehJoyeh
- ,,acation." He meant that as JOKE.
convinced that neither or us VIII
l,.a- mike our f. tune as 4 professional
h,r,or,st hope that your correspondent.
LII oyerlook my many shortcomings anu
49, tho rod from the brine at once.
remove INC AQUA PURA.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-05
WOMEN THAT SHOOT.
Some Becoming Costumes Combined
With Physical Grace.
THE RESULT OF RIFLE PRACTICE.
Famous Hanters Among tho Fair Sex
Mrs. Carroll Has shot Bear In tho
Rockics--in Gun Clubs
Correspondence Of the plspatch)

Heterogeneous Va Wv
NEW YORK, September 1.-The pretty
Weed costume. with It's shor'ish SKIRT
knickcrbockers. trim coat, and small soit
hat. forms part Of every young Eng
Iishwoman's wardrobe. on the Continent
too. the girls have gone in for guns riheH'
and shooting costumes with so mpch
earnestness that even the Field RECORDS
the heaviest bags" of the season made
by the fair pursuers Of pheasant ana
woodcock.
The young American woman Is gfadu-
ally adding rife and shotgun to her
various athletic possessions, Ike goH-
sticks racquet and fy-rods. Although
deer arc no. failing victims to her
prowess by the hundreds. very frequently
in the Adlrondacks or tho Rocky noun
tains n shot from rife held by a
woman lays low the monarch OF the
forest" Mrs Royal Phelps Carroll has
shot bears in the Rockies. The Kildare
Club. which has its headquarters In the
Adirondack mountains. numbers several
ladies' among its mombers-ladies who
have records as shots. no Others being
eligible TO membership.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-05
Affcrinafh.
Puck's Pictorial Gazette)

Puck's Pictorial Gazette)
/.
T sat me down and unused, one day,
Reside a rivers wandering way
"My soul. why hangs this burdenihg
weight" ~,
The murmuring stream methought did
YOU caught your fish too late-too
late"
The darkening clouds droop low. surge by
In heavy masses cross the sky
"Be patient. heart. you yet must wait.
The angry winds they seemed 10 cry: 90,
You Shot your bird too late-too late.'
7 roamed among the forest trees
Whose gnarled forms sWayed before the
breeze a.,
els life of woes thus intricate?"
Loud DER the tempests rage were these:
You've freed that 'possum late-too
later
High I'D the mountains craggy side.
past beetling rock.and yawning slide
shall sorrow never know aDateT'
Back came the knell from assures wide:
you've struck the fox-trail late-too
late!'
Nor summit bleak, nor spreading shore,
Thro forests Wild, by waters roar
Il cannot thwart relentless Fate;
Shall peace for me be never mOre?'
you've caught on life too late-too
later
linda Barton Hays.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-05

No. % makes all local stops. Connects
at Raleigh with Piedmont Airline for
Asheviie. y. g., and al intermediate
points on the Western North Carolina
railroad.
No. 400. "Vestibued Limited Train"
Buffet Sleepers Richmond to Atlanta.
Close connections at Atlanta for New
Orleans and all points South and South
west; and at New Orleans. with the
Southern Pacific and Texas and Pacific
railroads to all Texas points. No extra
charge on "Nestibuled Trains"
ARRIVE RICHMOND.
No. 402, Atlanta Special Vestlbuled
Limited Train go \. NJ. daily.
No. IS. Mail and Express, 6I3 p. NJ,
daily except Sunday.
For tickets. Pullman reservations, etc,
apply at ucket-ofiice, Byrd-Street Sta
ton; Richmond Transfer COmpany's. S0I
east Main street. and company office
s35 east Main street.
JOHN ~. WINDER.
General Manager.
T. J. ANDERSON,
General Passenger Agent.
II. NJ. BOYKIN, City Passenger Agent.
EGG east Main street. ap -
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LTD. NA CHESAPEAKE
HM NGS FL AND
W Ff1uTE OHIO RAILWAY

-xuu IL
EFFECTIVE AUGUST ;. 1891
TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND. BROAD
STREET STATION.
$40 A. II. Daily. with PUliman-car for
Norfolk, Portsmouth, Old
Point. Newport News, and To-
soo p. NJ. Dally. with Pullman for
local stations. Newport News.
old Point. Norfolk, and Ports
mouth.
$50 A. N. Local train. except Sunday. for
clifton Forge Connects At
Gordonsvlle for Washington.
at Virginia Midland Junction
t'i,. for Lynchburg. At Basic Tor
HaGcrstOWn. and at stanton
rs P. NJ rs Gl%ci95Snsa'ai' and St; Louis
Limited. daily. with Pullman
SleeperS TO Cincinnati and st.
Louis. Chair-car TO clifton
u Forge. stops only at import
ant stations. Connects at Gov.
ington for Virginia Hot
Springs. Meals served on
NJ. :. Local Train. except
Sunday, follows No. from
Charlottesville o. Goshen.
630 p. ". Local tram. except Sunday.
Accommodation for Char
F. y y P P5@,p f' 70 G G3s@an sss G Gs
louisville 70 Cincinnati AMI
Louisville. Meals served on
'V12 Dining-Cars. Connects at Cow
iugton Va, FOR Virginia Hot
Springs.
TRAINS LEAVE E1GHTH-STREET
Station.
9:O0 A. NJ. Daily, with Palace-Car for
lynchburg and clifton Forge
Connects at Bremo, except
Sunday, for R0sney; az Lynch
buTg daily. for the Southwest;
at Balcony, except sunday, for
Lexington. ana except sun
day. at Bessemer for Craig
city.
500 P. NJ. Except Sunday. Local accom-
mediation for Gladstone Va.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND,
BROAD-STREET STATION.
SO A. NJ. Daily from Cincinnati.
II 50 a. VI. Daily from Norfolk and Ola
2:2o p. NJ. DSiiy from Cincinnati and
Louisville.
e:55 p. ". Daily from Norfolk and Old
500 p. NJ. Except Sunday. from Clifton
Forge. with Chair-Car.
TRAINS ARRIVE EIGHTH-STREET
STATION
s:i5 a. NJ. Except Sunday from Glad
600 p. NJ. Daily from Lynchburs and
Join D. POTTS.
ap2s Division Passenger agent
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-05
Confc.Ierafe Roll of Honor.

Messrs. Mast. Crowell. & Kirkpatrick.
OF Springfield o.. are contemplating pub
fishing work on the war between the
States, a portion OF which will be devoted
20 the recording Of special acts OF bravery
OF the mart Of Confederate soldiers. Be-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-05
Devotion.

Detroit Tribune)
Impetuously he poured forth the story
Of his love.
and all have" he protested, In con-
cIusion. as he Frustrated himself before
her. "is at your feet
She looked at him incredulousiy.
"AH?" she repeated.
He shrugged his shoulders.
practically ALL" he said. "Of course
have another suit Of clothes at home,
hut II really isn't worth anything"
For the first time she knew the extent
NJ his devotion.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-05
TRAINS NORTHWARD.
'DaIly.
STOPPING PLACES.


Nos. 81, Is, 46, and IS make no stops.
No. f03 stops on signal at Ream5, Stony
Greek. Jarrats, and Belheld. No. 4o2 stops
on signal at Drewrys. Centralia. Chester.
ReamS, Stony Creek, Jarratts, AMI Bel
field. Nos. %. IS. and Is stop on signal at
Manchester, Drewfy's,. Centralla, and
Chester. Nos 80. 50, 80. 43. ~. Il. IS. 81,
and 81 will stop on signal at all stations.
Pullman Palace Buffet Sleeping. Car on
all through trains. on Trains Nos. 81
and 80 Sleeping-Cars between Richmond
and Lynchbut0, Va
NEW LINE TO ATLANTA. GA.
Leaving Richmond at 1873 A. NJ. daily
and arriving at Weldon at 2:3S a. NJ.
and at Atlanta at 900 p. NJ. via 5. a.
l.. Through sleepers-Richmond to At
lanta.
THE ONLY ALL-RAIL LINE TO NOR.
Richmond 800 AN. Norfolk IN Is AM.
Richmond $50 PM Norfolk ....s:i5 I'M.
Norfolk. 800 A. NJ. Richmond II % A. VI.
Norfolk. .'4:35 Z. NJ. Richmond 100 Pm.
The trains leaving Richmond at A. III.
and Norfolk at y. NJ. are solid trains
between these two points. and passengers
90 through without change OF cars.
Trains leaving Richmond at 3 A. NJ.
and II 80 =. NJ, and arriving at Richmond
at SGT A NJ. $50 p. NJ. make close con-
nection Ut Petersburg 10 and from Farm.
Vile. Lynchburx. and west.
II. NJ. SUII.Y, Superintendent.
p. r. d. MYERS, General Sup't.
= n IMMERSION. Traffic Manassas an n
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DEPARTURE or STEAMIEs.
PHILADELPHIA, RICH ~
MOND, AND NORFOLK -----a1sk.ss
STEAMSHIP COAPANY.

Appointed sailing days: Every Tr.t
DAY and FRIDAY at J.. 81, 4-4 -, -
SUNDAY AZ y. 81.
Freight for Tuesdays ana Ir...
steamers received til sailing lu4s. p
Sundays steamer I'll u. u. el--..+..
Freight received daily until /. a..
Fare. 500.
For further Information apply %
j. W. MCCALL. ''.
General Southern Agent: Office L... "a
W. 4. CLYDE IS
40 "a General Agents. PA.---.. -.a
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A TLANTIC COAST LINE.

RICHMOND AND PETERSBURG RAIL
ROAD TIMETABLE.
Commencing Sunday, JUNE e. 1894
at $50 T. NJ. trains on this road Will
run as follows:
TRAINS SOUTUWARD.
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY
(PEDMoYT AIR-LINEl
RICHMOND l. DiiVILLE and NORTH ClGJ.
LINZ DliNIO}N
CONDENSED SCHEDCLE,
IN EFFECT Tl.T.y t..
TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND. Z,

l-.0O a. IL, SOUTHERN ENFl.,,
Tor DdutA4-. Gf-.i ....
--t4sA-.-. " ihstuI -0aleiu. ...lr .
Af-s Daiti!!e Wlta The s. 3D.
ana SoltfHesteu L.s..
Limited. Cdrylg t.-..t. 81.
Ashefille gnI lllt ST..
columbia Augusta. $50.
JaCh-lAh il.r, 4ll I....
lanid, B4m.ngn
SalefepOrt, New Dr-... ....
Niemphis. ColutD ..r
az Memphis ana N-a ....
Iot al points 3. I.Aas ...
California.
sleeprf5 Bichu rI. "a. ID.
,o.,o =, =, ,DdAtlAe ana GlIes.l .r.
XIV I III. FAST MAIL. daily fr lt...
"a. Augusta, aaI ....ts
I'll. n /.
connects a. .l.--I-g
farmNilie and I9attf.. Ell.
3D.; road, az E-ysy..- f.r l.-..
kIei oxford. H-.isr.... .rt
i' durham. ana % ir..r..
Tor Durham. ha..i.a
q. " nstOn-Sa.~m. tAlr.1-
ers Dauy'ile O. = .lm. II.
Eust2, Savannah Ja.t.r.-
ana Atlanta. i1rivr-Ctr ..-
ora - =, ianta 70 B.rmins harm
%'oV = VI Mixed train. daily. except
DAY, carries 0l-.-r-.r
for Amelia Courthag.e ..l ..
tftm@dlgfe points
CU Z. NJ. LOCAL. daily. EXCEPT r .-
Tor Amelia Courthouse .. l..
tcrmcdiata points
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RAILROAD LINES
RICHMOND, FREDERiCKapupo

" l1
~ AND POTOMAC KAIlHOAn M
schedule commencing JUNE o. ,..,
Eastern stapdar1 time: an
100 a. II. Leaves Byrd-Strse, s,,,,..
daily. stops NJ Elba an5 IN
cal stations, Arrives a. Vv, IT,
ington a. 1875 a. " ge',i
more ~ noon. Phiadaittti'
go Y. NJ: New York =,
~ PulImsn-csr to Wasai,r.
100 II. Leaves Byrd-st a..
daily. except Sunday. ST..
Elba. Ashland Do..., at
Brooke, aud Widesaisr, g
riyes a. Washington a, 3 q. 80
M, BaItmorc ~ .
YORK. iSs p. n Az 81. H~v
nects Win the C0ugr.s,
Limited, arriving paIf.
- J. ~, and New Y.,l
T., ~ PaFior-car 70 Wast ~.
7o5 p. NJ Leaves Byrd-Siree, Stat.
SNsiIy' s,1,epsr Richmond f.
ington 10 philadelphia
a. Elba, AsAanl b.,
Brooke. aDI wiIeWai,.e.," '.'. s.
at other stations On /.
Arrives At Nashlngten az
NJ baltimore. i 81 a IL
philadelphia, 80 \. n
York. 663 4 N '''' ''F
s.p a. ID. arrives at fyrd-Strcet Stat,
Sealiy. Sieeper from Aaw Y.-'
90. stops az NlfeWapr.
fIeaet.ckshIrs. HIfor.
Wen, Ashland. and l.i., -.
at othcr *fatl0ns on n...
leaves washington ID. B. ~ A.
$50 r. u. Arrives BYRD Street e....-
dally, except sunday
ny HiQe~ater Brooke
t,cSsolfg Gulnsa. 50 .,-t
Ieno.a, RuthsNg '4n
TtsyloTIs g5 T.. ATaaal a.4
1871 \ " Parior..r r.
Washir gton.
s55 Z. II. Arrives az Byri-S,r.et e.,t.,
e,.-, aaHy. STOPS cniy a. Fr,l ! 81.
.gi -. burs boswell. 0II 81
b. Puum0n-cars fr-tl Nea r.-,
Warrington at go p ~
Does not stop ~ F,ba.
lZlo a. NJ. Arrives at Byrd S.ras' -t.t...
daily. Leaves Washing ... .I
= VI. stops af ft'. t.I
principal local stations p ..
man-car from Washing.
FREDERICKSBURG ACCCM}D.t.
TON.
DAILY ENCEPT SUNDAY
800 Z. NJ. Leaves ByrG-Stt~.t $40.
Arrives az Freler. 5..e
CG L. NJ
$50 A. NJ. Arrives at Byrd Street Sen.
ton. Leaves tr..ar-A .:
Coo A. VI.
= ASHLAND TRAINS
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY.
6:i2 A. u. Leaves Elba. Arrives e, A,,.
hand az IA a. 81
60 I. ". Leaves Ella Arrives .. Asia.
land at ,.N L. 81
$40 A. VI. Arrives NJ Eltt Leaves t...
land az 6ep 4. NJ
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RAILROAD LINES:
.1>>>-,<~ot 'nnc-s<e|~ >~l>|~<><~Nr'"I>o<e~-----
al "a sE 7sls Aa
NV Hsrfs|k:Xssts
scuEpuLE IN EFFECT JUNE "a. 1884,
I.icAVE RICHMOND. BYRD-STREEr
ALTON

SCHEDULE IN EFF RI 1c.NS -, - 80,
LEAVE RICHMOND. BYRD-SItEEr
STATION.
eco A. II. DaIly.-hlcnmond and Norfolk
VESTIBULE LIMITED-Ar-
rive Norfolk II Is A. 81. Stops
only at Petersburg, Waverly.
- and Suffolk. Second-class
e.. tickets not accepted for pas
sage on this train.
COS A.. NJ, Daily, THE CHICAGO tx
PRESS" for Lynchburg, kOa-
noke, Bluefeld, Pocahontas.
kenova, Columbus. and Chi
cago. Pullman Buffet Sleeper
Roanoke TO Columbus without
change; also, for Kadford.
Bristol Knoxville, ChattanOo-
"a, and intermediate points.
Pullman Sleeper Radford to
go p. NJ. Daily. for Norfolk. Suffolk.
and intermediate stations. Ar
rive Norfolk $50 L. NJ
II 30 p. II. Daily. for Roanoke. Radford,
Pulaski. and Bristol Con-
meets at Roanoke 40 A. NJ.
with Washington and Shatta-
nOOga Limited. Pullman
Sieepers Roanoke 10 Memphis
and New orleans. Dlning-car
attached Also. for Blueheld.
aud Pocahontas; also. for
Rocky Mount and all stations
Winston-Salem Division:
PULLMAN PALACE SLEEHEK; pc;
tween RICHMOND and LYNCHBOkO
ready for occupancy at r. NJ, slso'
pullman Sleeper Petersburg TO Koano OK
burg and the west daily $40 a: NJ; anu
ZOO =. NJ. From Norfolk and the East;
05 a. 81, and Vestibuled Limited NV
T. NJ r. W. COURTNEY.
so District passenger Agent
D'''''1 " B. BEVILL.
General Passenger Agent;
General Office. Roanoke. va. ap 2, -
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ARRIVE AT RICHMOND.

20 A. NJ. From Atlanta and j..
Vile.
$50 p. ". from Atlanta and A., q.
S:i5 \. NJ From Amelia Corridor.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-05
s. A. l..
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. z<lxx1cxs
SEABOARD AIRLINE.
~

SCHEDULE IN EFFECT
SUNDAY, JULY s. 1894.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-05

AS understand the so-called 'Lloyds
fre-insurance companies" they depart
widely from the English system Of
Lloyds marine insurance. A number OF
gentlemen. usually from twelve to twenty.
associate themselves together to insure,
not their own property. which would be
a perfectly legitimate and proper sys-
TEN OF mutual protection. but the pro-
perty OF any one who applies to them
for insurance. The association OF in
surers has no subscribed capital, nor is
their liability a Joint and several one,
with liability only limited by the amount
Of the Joss insured against. BY the terms
OF the policies the liability Of each indi-
vldual IL strictly limited to q certain
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-05

~ = VI
Goo p NJ.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-05

First battalion OF Confeuerate infantry.
Corporal 3. j. Huger Company b. Co.
rinth Port Hudson, Grand Gulf. Bakers
Creek. Wilderness; Private J. Kelly. Com
pany c. Fort Pillow. Corinth. Grand Gulf.
Port Hudson Sergeant A. w. Leslie
Company L, Fort Pillow, Corinth. Port
Hudson. Bakers Creek. Jackson, Wilder.
hess. Spotsylvania Courthouse Rilled in
latter engagement; Private Patrick Fine
gan. Company f. Corinth. Port Hudson.
Grand Gulf. Bakers Creek, Wilderness,
Spotsylvania Courthouse. Bethesda
Church: Private Mitchell Smith. Company
l. Fort Pillow. Corinth. Port Hudson.
Grand Gulf. Bakers Creek, Jackson. Will
derness. Spotsylyania Courthouse, Liberty
Mills, Cold Harbor.
Twenty-sixth Battalion Of Virginia In
fantry: Lieutenant III. b. Craig (adjutanO,
New Market Cold Harbor: Sergeant
George A. Woodrum (colorbearer). New
Market. Cold Harbor. Both killed In lat
ter engagement
'Kiled in action. 90 Il .ilii'
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~ AND POIOMAC RAILROAD
schedule commencing JUNE n t,.,
Eastern stapdard time: an
40 n. II. Leaves Byrd-Strset s,,,.-
daily. stops a, EIba and W.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-01-17

nitrogen, M. Boussingault, in his Rural
Economy, points out the quantity of
wheat-straw necessary to complete the
equivalent, in connection with the re-
spiratory principles, and equals it to 100
kilos GEO pounds) of hay. The nitro
genous equivalents, thus made up, &C
cord generally very well with the prac-
tical averag es, except as to those strsws
and other forage stuffs rich in respira-
tory principles aud poor in protein; to
which they attribute nutritive value
usually much too small. Nevertheless,
both find fragrant contradictions in
practice. Thus, some recognized equiva-
Tents known to be exact for working
animals are quite false for animals at
rest, or for wool sheep. In these con-
ditions we come out much more nearly
by reckoning the equivalents according
to the total heat-producing power of
the digestive elements of the food,
while, on the contrary, for fatting
beasts, the hedt-producing equivalents
are totally untrue; and we approach
much closer to truth by taking note of
the fatty principles and the protein
only, as can be proved by practical
tests. 1t is therefore necessary to I'M
derstand that the nutritiue ualue of the
same feed varies greatly, according to the
kind Of product Which We seek to obtain, -
thing which already complicates
greatly the whole question of nutritive
equivalents, because it necessitates, so
to speak, as many different tables of
equivalents as there are kinds of
production; thus: Q) OF heterogeneous
equivalents, for working animals; (2)
of fatty equivalents, for fatting beasts;
(3) of heat-producing food, for store
cattle. Taking the average of these
three kinds of equivalents for each sort
of forage, we should get the mean
chemical equivalent, which comes
pretty near to the practical equivalent,
and appears more particularly applica-
BILE TO cows in milk, whose milk con
tains, in fact, and demands, for its pro.
duction, almost the same quantity of
each of the three kinds of alimentary
principles, protein, fat and sugar.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-01-17
Mr.. Athertoh's Letter.

DR.. T. II. HoskinS: Your very kind
note was duly received, and l thank
you for approaching what | said some
years ago. l quite believed it then,
and am glad it has come true,-that
your faith and labor have been success
full in finding an apple equal In every
respect to the Baldwin, and W hich will
be adapted to Aroostook, and other
northern portions of Maine. l am glad
for you, and trust you will be rewarded
by seeing it propagated throughout
those sections. When l was in Pressure
Isle and Caribou, few years ago, 1
did not see anything except Duchess
and Wealthy which l thought would
ever amount to much. j. H. Dudley,
of Castle Hill, Aroostook county, has
originated an apple which he calls
"Dudley's Winter" which is being
propagated, with what success l do
not know.
lreceived also the VERMONT WATCH
MAN of October II, and have read in it,
with much interest, your article on
Improved Orcharding," which l prize
highly, and hope to read extracts from it
at fruit meeting which expect to at
tend this week at Winthrop. l also read,
and heartily endorse, what you have to
say on national affairs, especially i'm
regard to the United States senate, and
your criticisms on agricultural colleges.
There is need, no doubt, Of reform in
some of our agricultural colleges; for,
while it may not be possible to train ali
the students to become farmers, the
whole trend of the education should be
such as to turn out more than they are
now doing.
In the American Cultivator of Oc-
tober p, l noticed that Mr.. S. w.
Chambers, in speaking OF iron-clad
apples, praises highly the Bethel. He
says: " 1t stands at the very head of
desirable hardy apples, and it will be
many years before it is surpassed. 1t
is superior to the Baldwin in size,
beauty, quality and keeping" He also
makes favorable mention of Mortified
Beauty, Scott's Winter, and McMahon's
White. w. p ATTENTION.
Hallowell, Me.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-01-17
Editorial NOtiDgs.

AT the Worlds Fair, the Wisconsin
fruit exhibit was almost wholly made
up of Russian apples, and their Amer
lean seedlings. The very superior eX-
hibit of Iowa was also at least three
fourths Russian; and Mr.. b. Hathaway,
of Little Prairie Ronde, Mich, is
quoted in Rural Life, as saying: The
last two years of failure has had the
effect to create feeling of uneasiness
as to the ability of our state to retain
the supposed supremacy of former
years in the production of the apple
crop, without the aid of harder set of
varieties. The superior show that Iowa
made at the Columbian exhibit could
hardly fail to impress upon the minds
of all Michigan growers the necessity
for a change of varieties" Professor
Budd of Iowa, says: Although au off
year for the Russian apples, and their
American seedlings and crosses, on ac-
count of the great crops they produced
in 1892, we had on exhibition in Chi
cago, over 100 varieties of this East
European race; and the general com
ment was, how smooth, handsome and
free from scab or blemish they are. "
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-01-17

IT really looks, now, as though the
sharp distinction between early and
late apples is to be obliterated by new
inventions in the way of cold storage.
Last fall we were discussing the sub
iect with a dealer, to whom we sell a
great deal of fruit; and he strongly adj
vised us not to go to the expense of a
storage building, because the fruit
would not keep long enough for him to
get rid of it, after it was brought into
the store. But, according to number
of good authorities, this difficulty is
now overcome by what is called the
ammonia method of cooling. This is
done without any freezing, or severe
chilling of the fruit; which is held
steadily at any desired temperature.
A temperature of thirty-three degrees
has proved sufficient to hold our August
and September apples in perfect condi-
ton, and turn them out in such shape
that they will keep in good order from
twelve to twenty days,-the flavor being
unimpaired. Professor Budd, of Iowa,
one of the most cautious men we know,
endorses the new system fully, not only
as the mere matter of kee ping, but also
in the quality and durability of the
fruit, after it was taken out of storage.
If the method is not too costly, it will
revoutionize the fruit business.