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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-30
Ignorant Tree Planting.

AS / was passing the country resi-
dence of wealthy gentleman my at
tention was attracted by two "hired
hands" who were engaged in trans
planting some choice fruit trees, and,
having had some experience in that
line of business, l stopped and OBJ
served their work in every detail, with
the anticipation that 1 might gain some
points which would prove of value to
me. The knowledge gained will prove
valuable only in stimulating me in using
al my influence in discouraging Others
from Initiating their methods. Their
work was not in conformity with the
laws of nature or of good judgment.
The trees were Of the Baldwin variety;
five or six years old; two or three
inches in diameter, and large and
thrifty. They had been conveyed in a
wagon over rough road from where
taken up, and the friction between the
wagon-box and the unprotected trunks
had badly chafed the bodies, half grid
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-30
Clipped and Condensed.

ONE advantage with small fruits is
that they can be raised while one is
waiting for the trees to come into bear
ing. On new farms this is often quite
an argument in their favor.
NOT much wheat has been marketed
during the past few months. This
would indicate that the farmer was not
in as much need of ready money as are
men in other lines of business.
For small lawn the best invigora-
tor is gill of nitrate of soda, once a
week, in pail of water, applied with
watering pot, over an area of 100
square feet. The grass will quickly re-
spond to such treatment.
TREES, whether planted for orna
ment or usefulness, are the better for
the society of other trees near by, be-
cause of their affording one another
mutual protection from winds and from
extremes of heat and cold.
PORK is largely what we make it.
So far as the quality is concerned,
there is more in the feed than in the
breed; but better quality of meat will
be secured if the hogs are fed for early
maturity than if allowed to make slow
growth.
ANYTHING that pays we'll can be
overdone in farm productions fully as
we'll as in other lines. To hold out
any other idea is, to say the least, an
extravagant and unreasonable claim.
But there is less chance the better the
quality of the products.
yUur>r tho o,ro,,nd 20 ,yorlod 30 n
fine condition the roots penetrate the
soil more easily, secure a greater share
of plant food, and grow more rapidly
than when but slight cultivation ia
given the soil. Careful cultivation thus
increases the yield of crops by afford
ing greater feeding capacity to the roots
of the plants.
In trials with field cured corn-fodder
at the Pennsylvania station" corn
fodder" in this connection meaning
the entire plant, ears and ala given
area cut when the kernels of the ears
were mostly dented, but with the husks
and leaves mostly green, produced
more butter fat than an equal area when
cut earlier or later.
HORSES are cheap now, and farm
labor is comparatively dear. There is
no use in hiring man to work with
horses and give him team that will
need to rest at every bout with the
pillow or harrow. A three. horse team
will usually do one-third more work at
either of these operations than will a
team having only two horses.
A REMEDY for cut.worms, endorsed
by a California commissioner of horti-
culture, is: "Sprinkle peck of wheat
srah with sweetened water until it is
damp; then mix with four ounces Of
paris green, and put few spoonfuls al
the roots of the tree; or spray with
paris green in the proportion of one
pound to $50 gallons of water"
THE sprayer is not only useful on
trees but for preventing or destroying
vermin on stock. When kerosene
emulsion is sprayed over cattle in the
form of fine spray, it reaches every
portion of the body and but small
quantity is required. The emulsion is
not injurious and does not irritate the
skin, as is often the case with unadul-
terated kerosene.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-30
What Good Roads Mean.

They would make it possible for the
farmers to take advantage promptly of
the highest market, no matter at what
season of the year.
They would save him days and weeks
of time which he wastes every year
wallowing through the disgusting mire
of dirt roads.
They would reduce to minimum the
wear and tear on wagons and carriages.
They would lessen the expense in
keeping horses in working order, and
fewer horses would be required in the
country to perform the farmers work.
They would require less to keep them
in repair than do the dirt roads.
They would make it easier for team
to pull several tons over their smooth
surface than to draw wagon through
rne mud.
They would afford ready communica-
ton with the outside world at all sea-
sons of the year,
They would save the farmer many
vexations and nervous strains.
They would practically shorten the
distance to the local market.
They would increase the demand for
country and suburban property.-Farn
and FireSide.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-30
For Butter Makers.

Every winter, and sometimes in sum-
mer, we read or hear of people who
have trouble to make the butter "come,n
1t is no new thing. Such cases have
always occurred. Still, there are many
butter-makers who have never had
such experience. / never had until
1 had been for twenty-five years a
creamery butter-maker, and had gone
back to the private dairy. This is
proof to me that the trouble is not
caused by mixing farrow cows milk
with that of fresh cows, for creamer-
les get the milk of al kinds of cove.
That it is peculiar and abnormal con-
dition of cream is evident, and, in my
opinion, the fault is with the milk
producing machinery. The cream APP
pears to contain more albumen and gas
than butter fat. After trying various
expedients, some of which, such as
churning at a temperature of seventy
degrees and above, sometimes proved
effective, but at other times not. /
tried heating the milk before Dreaming
to 100 degrees, and this is what it did.
1t gives US butter in much less time
than ever before, summer or winter,
with this dairy (Holstein). 1t gives US
ten per cent more butter, and it gives
US texture and flavor twenty per cent
better than we can obtain without heat
ing the milk. So, although it requires
some time and pains to give the milk
a suitable hot.water bath, such time
and pains bring better returns than
much of our labor, and we therefore
make it a regular practice with cold
weather milk-fall, winter and spring.
Whether we feed hay or grain or en-
silage makes no difference. There
have been times when for several sue
cessive churnings the cream in the
churn has appeared more like soft soap,
or sour maple sap than like cream, and
after ten hours churning it was Shiny,
ropy, like the white of an egg, and no
signs of butter. Heating the milk
cured the evil at once.-Country Gen
tlemdn.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-30
Cool Milk for Setting OF Separator.

In our tests of May 6, the Cooley
cream as it was taken from the cream
gatherer had temperature of 4So F.
1t was scarcely sour to the taste, and
had only OPS per cent of free Tactic
acid. In these respects that cream was
in firstrate condition. Very different
was the condition of the separator
cream. 1t was in the first place 50
warmer than the Cooley cream, and
what is more significant, was noticeably
sour. 1t contained 0.56 per cent of
Tactic acid, or more than twice as much
as the Cooley cream contained. That
is, this separator cream had not been
cooled, or kept as cool as it should have
been. Hence the microbes which are
active in fermentation had multiplied
and fermentation had gone on in the
separator cream, while it had been
held largely in check in the other sys-
tenn by the low temperature. This is
fault. There is no need of sour cream
in May. The place to ripen cream is
the creamery, not the pantry or the
milk-room of the patron. To insure
the best quality of butter, the whole of
the cream must come sweet to the
creamery. 1t has been pretty we'll es-
tablished that the best butter cannot be
made from mixtures of cream of diff
ferent degrees of ripeness. This fault
is not, be it understood, fault of the
method. 1t is a fault of the patron
1t is one great merit of the Cooley sys-
tenn that, under it, the milk during
Dreaming is protected by the low tenn
perature from the development of any
microbe life in it. By the separator
system the cream comes from the ma
chine warm. 1t is absolutely essential
it should be at once cooled down below
500 and kept there until taken to the
creamery. OF course the trouble and
expense of doing this is very much
less than under the other system, but
it is just as necessary for separator
cream to be cooled as it is to cool the
milk under the Cooley systemic. III.
Jenkins of Conn. ETper. Station.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-30

ling some of the larger ones. They
were then left with the unprotected
roots exposed to the hot sun, some a
whole day, others whole week. None
of the main roots were over foot in
length, while the limbs were five or six
feet. Only few fibrous roots remained,
and these must have been greatly in
iured by the sun. The holes dug for
the trees were about a foot and half
in diameter and three-fourths of foot
deep, being just to the hardpan. This
required the longest roots to be Topped
or broken before the tree could be
" planted much the same as post
would be set. An open space was left
under the trees, thus allowing the air
to dry the earth about the roots. AS
the tops were not cut back the large
branches could not be nourished, and
the trees not being tied, strong breeze
would PROSTATE them, as the roots had
little length or depth in the loose, dry
earth. No fertilizer was used. Turfs,
stones and dirt were shoveled in pro-
miscuously, after which a " war dance
was held around the trees, and the job
was done. The same could be safely
said OF the life of nine out of every ten
of the trees.
1t seems almost crime to intrust so
important a work as tree planting to
lazy, indolent persons, who are 80 ig-
norant of the laws of nature and 80 out
of touch with the world at large that
their only love is for their daily COM
pensation, and whose services, unless
personally superintendent, prove waste
and disappointment. Intelligent tree
planting would require trees to be
heeled in until planted and handled so
carefully that the bark would remain
uninjured. The roots should have a
spread of two feet or over and be placed
in their natural position. The holes
should be at least three feet in diam
eter, or foot larger than the spread of
the roots, and deep enough so that the
trees will be planted about three inches
deeper than they were in the nursery
Well-rotted manure should be thor
oughly mixed with the mellow earth
only, and this worked firmly between
and around all the roots with the hands.
Plenty of water should be used, which
will cause the earth to settle more
quickly, and adhere more closely to the
roots. The broken ends of roots should
be trimmed smoothly just before plant
ing, and the earth pressed firmly with
the foot after planting. When the roots
have been greatly reduced in taking up
the trees the tops should be reduced
roportionally Immediately after plant
ing. The greater part of the tops
should be cut away, leaving only three
or four branches. This may appear
unnecessary, but must be done or the
best results will not be obtained. Trees
must be planted early in the fall, and it
is better to plant early in spring, but
late spring planting, when intelligently
done, seldom proves disappointing
3. F. SimonS, IN New York Tribune.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-30
In the Interest Of Economy.

No matter what plan be tried, good
roads cannot be created out of the dust
f the earth. They must be made of
durable material, which will be costly.
The first and most important feature of
the campaign for better roads must be
educational. The taxpayers must be
convinced that good roads at any cost
are in the interest of wise economy.
When this has been learned, the plan
that will best embody the good roads
Idea can easily be determined upon.
The idea that good roads can be had for
nothing must be got rid of before any
thing else is possible in the way of better
roads. philadelphia Times.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-30

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
cents per box. For sale by c. B'akelv,
Montpelier, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-30
HOw's This I?

We offer one hundred dollars reward
for any case of catarrh that can not be
cured by taking HALLS Catarrh Cure.
f. j. CHENEY & CO.,
Proprietors, Toledo, Ohio.
We, the undersigned, have known F.
J. Cheney for the last fifteen years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by the firm.
WEST & TRUAX, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, Ohio.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Price seventy-fve cents per bottle.
Sold by all druggists. Testimonials
free.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-30

The late Bishop Wilmer of Louisiana
was renowned for his witty rejoinders.
On one occasion, a Baptist minister in
sisted that there were several places in
the Bible where immersion was I'M
questionably referred to. Yes" re-
replied the bishop, 81 recall two such
instances, where there can be no doubt
as to the mode: one is where Pharaoh
and his host where immersed in the sea,
and the other, where the Gadarene
pigs were drowned in the deep
Exchange.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-30

PHOSPHATE of any kind will always
give good results on crops that bear
seeds profusely. The seed borne by a
plant takes more mineral substance
from the soil, in proportion to weight
and quantity, than any other portion of
the plant, and in such cases, where
plants are allowed to fully mature seed,
phosphates should never be omitted
from the fertilizer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-30

In stalking trees, much danger may
be avoided by using strips of leather or
duck to tie the tree to the stake, rather
than to use cord. Tall, slender trees,
especially, need stalking and tying.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-30

LEAN pork sells at a higher price
than that which is very fat. The size
OF the hogs most in demand are those
weighing not over $50 pounds each.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-30

SEVERAL of South Sea islands have a
species of mulberry tree from which
cloth is made.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-30

THE amount of wire in the under
ground conduits of New York city is
estimated at "a 900 miles.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-30

AMERICAN railway trains run at
greater speed than those of any other
country.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-30

SILVER was coined in Rome 250
wears before the Christian era.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-30
For Sale at a Barqain!

House, Barn and Building Lot on Mechanics st.
One acre of land, partly covered with fruit trees.
On Mortified street. House and small Building
Lot. Frstclass investment a. j. HOWE,
Real Estate Agent.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-30

CHILDREN Cry for Pitchers Castoria.
CHILDREN Cry for Pitchers Castoria.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-30
FARM AND GARDEN.
Style and Speed.

SIZE AND SYMMETRY IN HORSE FLESH ALL
COMBINED IN THE STABLES OF DIR. o. o.
DAVIS OF NoRTHFIELD. A wATCHMAN
MAN ENJOYS AN AFTERNOON BEHIND
SOME OF THE DOCTORS FAvoRrTE AMI
MAILS.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-04-27

What marvel it is that all tho ma
tons of earth do not rise up in raptures
Of affection for himl must say it here
and now. lift my right hand in solemn
attestation. love him, and tho grief Of
my life is that do not love him more.
Is it an impertinence for me to ask, Do
you, my hearer--you, my reader, love
him? Has he become part of your ma
ture? Have ou committed your children
on earth into lis keeping, as your chill
dren in heavonare already in his bosom?
Has he done enough 10 win your coi.fi-
dence? Can You trust him, living and
dying and forever? Is your back or your
face toward him? Would you like to
have his hand to guide you, his might
to protect you, his grace to comfort you,
his sufferings to atone for you, his arms
to welcome you, his love to encircle ycu,
his heaven to crown you?
A Grand Thought.
Oh, that we might all have something
of the great German reformer's love for
this Christ which led him to say, eff any
one knocks at the door of my breast and
says, Who lives there?' my reply is,
Jesus Christ lives here, not Martin
Luther Will itnot be grand if, when
we get through this short and rugged
road of life, we can go right up into his
presence and live with him world with
out end?
And if, entering the gate IF that heav-
only city, we should be so overwhelmed
with our unworthiness on the one side,
and the supernal splendor on the other
side, we get little bewildered and
should for few moments be lost on the
streets of gold and among the FURNISHED
temples and the sapphire thrones there
would be plenty to show us the way and
take us out of onr joyful bewilderment,
and perhaps the woman of Main would
say, Come, let me take you to the
Christ who raised my only boy to life. "
And Martha would say, Come, let me
take you to the Christ who brought up
my brother Lazarus from the tomb.
And one of the disciples would say,
Come, and let me take you to the
Christ who saved our sinking ship in
the hurricane on Gennesaret. And
Paul would say, Come, and let me
lead you to the Christ for whom died
on the road to Ostia.'' And whole
groups of martyrs would say, Come,
let us show you the Christ for whom We
ratified the chain and waded the floods
and dared the fires - And our own glo-
rifed kindred would flock around us,
saying, "We have been waiting a good
while for You, but before we talk over
old times, and we tell you of what we
have enjoyed since we have been here,
and you tell Us of what you have suffer
ed since we parted, come, come and let
us show you the greatest sight in all the
place, the most respondent throne, and
upon it the mightiest conqueror, the
exaltation Of heaven, the theme Of the
immortals, the altogether great, the al
together good the altogether fair, the
altogether lovelyP'
Well, the delightful morn will come
When my dear Lord will bring me home.
And shall see his face.
Then, with my Saviour, Brother, Friend,
A blest eterIS I'll spend,
Triumphant in his grace.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-04-27
Bees Suspend a yendue.

Honeybees proved more than match
for 200 men at a recent public sale
When the auctioneer who was selling
the effects of the late Charles Taylor,
near Neshaminy Falls, put rs hives of
bees under the hammer, an inquisitive
but imprudent youth kicked one of the
little homes occupied by about 5000
honey makers. There was instantly Q
warning buzz, and out filed the bees i'll
companies, regiments and brigades. The
200 men scattered IN as many directions,
pursued by the angry bees. Farmer
James T. Vansant tried to pacify the
army of little brown foes, but few
stings sent him flying after his retreat
ing friends For an hour the bees held
the situation unopposed. They then
gathered in their hive, and the sale pro-
ceeded. -Bristol pa Dispatch.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-04-27
A Good ExcuSe.

Judge-You were discovered at mid
night crazy drunk running up and down
the street declaring that you had no
home, when every one knows you live
on Commonwealth avenue. What ex-
cuse have you to offer?
Prisoner-None, except that my wife
is cleaning house.
Observation-Disclosures Travel
Ter.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-04-27

Fill the above enclose Is with and send the
SITTER and you will receive the part designated by mall
free.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-03-19
Mortgage sale.

Whersaa, default has been made In the pays
msnt OF the principal and interest on the money
November, 1885, executed ~ Martha ". Wait
and Logsn a. Wait, 20 The Ballou atate Banking
Company, which morfgsge u recorded In the
South Dakota, ID book ~ PAGES 4S and A. on
the sth dav of Decem ber. 1855, At $50 p. m.:
And, whereas ealds The BAlIou State Banking
The Winchester Savings Bank, who ere the pres-
ent owners thereof. which ae8irnment was duly
recorded In the once Of tho register % deeds 81
April, 1884, In book III OF mortgages, on page l3:
and, whereas. NO action or proceeding a3 law or
otherwise has been inetifuted to recover the
thereof; and, whereas, defauis has besuI made III
the payment of the principal sam, together
with the accrued interest occurred BY said mort.
& esS Sc wren Dsins sHsi and and interest," insssss; i =. ~ Ssssn a.so Sas
and payable; and. whereas. II IL stipulated In
said mortgage that in the event OF the ~f0recios-
nre o. ine ZANE 1919 snaii oe alIowsd 70 az
TO be due on said mofsGnRe at the date OF tails
notice 10 &f,036gO0, and the attorneys fee Of &i00.
Now thersiore, notice - hereby given, that By
virtue OF the power OF sale contained In eaid
mortgage and duly recorded as aforesaid, ana In
Pursuance OF the statutes In such ease made and
provided. the said morfgage win he f0reclosed by
scsibed, at public ~auesiOn, by the sheriff Of
Lake county, .. d., NJ the ffont door OF
ths court house. in re city q Madison. county
OF March, 1891, at two o'clock III the afternoon of
that day. The mort gaged premises are situated
In the county Of Lake and state Of South Dakota,
and described 40 follows, 70 wit. The s0utheaet
quarter Of section NO. eight t6L IN township No.
one hundred and i've (I05) north, range 6fEy-tour
t541 west, OF the fifth p. IN.
Dated at MadIanp. South Dakota, this 18th day
Of February, ii. ID. 1894.
TIKI W~fNCHEsTER SAVINGS BANK,
Assignee Of M0rfgagce.
o. HOLDRIDGE Il SON,
Attorneys for Assignee OF Mortgage.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-03-19
HELEN eouLD,s CHARITY.


A Fresh Air Home For City Chilaren Near
the Hnds0n.
As IL generally known, Miss Helen
Gould Is trying to do as much good as
possible with her portion of the colossal
fortune amassed by her father. One of
the most worthy Of her numerous philan-
thropic enterprises IL the fresh air home
for city children and teachers at Woody
Crest, near Tarrytown, on the Hudson.
The house vas the property Of the late
Jay Gould and is situated q quarter Of
o mile from Miss Helen Gould's favorite
country place, Lyndhurst. The home il
o spacious old fashioned structure two
stories high, with . gable roof. Below
can be seen the pleasant homes and gar
dens Of T~arrytown. In the distance.
broad and blue, sparkling in the sun
light, the Hudson, dotted by river craft,
meets the eye, while clustering about the
house rises q grove OF stately pines.
This is an ideal rural retreat for inva-
lids and those whose lives have been
spent in the teeming tenements and
noisome streets Of the metropolis. Ev-