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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-07-03
AGRICULTURAL.
The Empty House.

The ancient apple tree that stands
Betide the black decaying caves
Once more has both her crooked hands
Half full of May time flowers and leaves
But the old gray house, where the gold haired chill
dren
Blossomed out from window and door
At the early dawn of the warm May sunshine
The old gray house will bloom no more
In that old apple tree again
Their loving nest the bluebirds fill;
They MARBLE to the mild spring rain.
With music soft the mornings thrill.
But the old gray house with her vacant windows,
Where never a rosy cheek is pressed.
Where all is silence and void and shadow.
No birds come back to her empty nest.
Irene Putnam in Good Housekeeping.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-07-03

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 bv c. Blfkelv,
Montpelier, VT.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-07-03

IN 1887 and the following year Sc
we're drought spread over north China.
The loss of life was appalling, it being
estimated by the Chinese government
that 100000 lives were lost from
famine.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-07-03

THERE is considerable difference be-
tween the size of the hands and feet,
and, curiously enough, on opposite
sides. Thus, whilst the right hand is
generally the larger, it is the left foot
which is the bigger and stronger of the
two. This is probably due to the fact
that we stand habitually on the left
foot
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-07-03

THE Tennessee river was named by
the Indians Taensas, "river of the great
BEND" an allusioR to the wide sweep
made by it's currents. The word is also
interpreted, "a crooked spoon"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-07-03
Save
Y the Babies

Protect their little lives from the
ravages of Cholera Infantum by
giving them proper and sufficient
nourishment. The dreaded dis
eases of children which come with
hot weather are unknown when
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-07-03
NotiCes

l. Walter Daley, OF Calais, Vermont, County of
Washington, have this day given my son, Leroy II
Daley, the remainder of his minority and will pay
no debts of his contracting nor claim any of his
wages after this date. WALTER DALEY
May 25, 1895
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-07-03
Hoods Pills easy easy ito Sas easy J, een n
STRAYED.

There came into my enclosure about three weeks
ago one Jersey COW, color fawn, white spot on the
back. Said COW is dry, and about four FIVE years
old. The owner can have property by proving claim
and paying charges. II. W. BATCHELDER.
Plainfield, VT June 49, 1895.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-07-03
BOVinine

is used. Add a few drops to baby's
milk. Thousands of eminent ply
sicians are continually recommend
ing it for this purpose.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-07-03

Converts to Judaism are scarce at all
times, but they are positively prohibited
in Rnaaia
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-07-03

Corn has been slow, the market weaker
and prices lower.
OATs.-The market has ruled easier and
prices are lower. Buyers are only meeting
pressing needs.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-11-29
INCUBATION OF TREES.

Almost from the time that gardening
and tree planting became diversion
or industry there have been men dab.
bling in quack nostrums for accom-
plishing impossible results on the
growth of cultivated plants. No sooner
is one exposed than another is intro
duced, but in the main they are the
same old humbugs under new names
or recommended for some new pur.
pose. Boring holes in the stems oil
trees and filing them with honey OF
molasses to make the fruit sweet was
in vogue in Europe several centuries
ago, at least we must suppose SO from
the fact that intelligent men who were
writing on horticultural subjects in
these days denounced the practice.
Then came inoculating the stems with
sulphur to kill noxious insects feeding
on the wood or foliage, and this is
still recommended and practised by
the ignorant and victims of charla.
tans, who profess to sell secret rene
dies. We learn that there has been an
''Elm lnoculating Company" doing a
fourishing business in inoculating elm
trees in the suburbs of this city, pro-
Tossing that by such an operation they
can check the ravages OF the elm lesf
beetle. 1t is not at all strange that
charlatans should try to sell their nos
trums, but it does seem somewhat
strange that they can fiud purchasers
at this age of the world and SO near
this great city. New York Sun.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-11-29
RECIPES.

Pen Soup-One pint of peas soaked
over night; boil in four quarts of good
beef stock, with an onion, turnip and
carrot, if desired; stir frequently that
it may not burn; serve with toasted
bread cut in small pieces.
Partisan Toast-Beat we'll two eggs,
add little salt and one cup OF milk,
pour over six slices OF bread and
brown quickly on hot huttered grid
die; place on platter and cover with
chopped bits of meat or cold fish made
very hot in little butter and water.
Roasted Lambs Head--Boil lambs
head, remove all meat from bones,
mince fine and season to taste; place
in dish with cupful of stock and
cover with dressing of eggs and
bread crumbs; brown in the oven /;
serve with gravy made from the pot
liquor.
Spice Cakes-Yolks OF three eggs,
one-half cup shortening, one cup mo-
lasses, ne.half cup sweet milk, three
cups flour, two small teaspoonfuls bak-
ing powder; spice with quarter tea
spoonful each of nutmeg, cinnamon,
cloves and one teaspoonful lemon /;
drop on buttered paper on tins and
bake quickly.
Curds-To pint of warm milk add
two small tablespoonfuls sugar, one
teaspoonful lemon juice and one tea
spoonful liquid rernet. Pour into a
pretty dish, stir we'll and let it stand
in warm, but not hot, place until
the curd is set. Then place where it
will become cold, and serve with or
without favored whipped cream.
Prune Pudding-Heat little more
than pint of milk to the boiling
point, stir in little cold milk in
which is rubbed smooth heaping
tablespoonful of cornstarch add sugar
to taste and three well-beaten eggs
and q cupful of stewed prunes with
stones removed; pour into buttered
dish and bake twenty minutes. Serve
with cream.
Salad-Three cold boiled sweet po-
tatoes cut into half-inch squares Cut
into very small pieces two small stalks
of celery, season with salt and pepper
and pour over q French dressing made
as follows: Three tablespoonful salad
oil, two of vinegar, one teaspoonful
onion juice, one saltspoonful each salt
and pepper. Stand in cool place two
hours. Garnish with olives.
New York Potatoes-Four cold po.
tatoes boiled in jackets mot too long
and all of same size). Peel and cut
into halves the long way; do not
break. Scoop out each half aud fill
with filling made of loss than cup
OF milk, half cup of picked Goldfish,
q tablespoonful of -four and one egg
cook five minutes; fill shells, from
which cut thin slice SO they will
stand we'll on buttered dish, ani
brown in hot oven.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-11-29
HOW TO PREPARE rR1pE.

I will tell you how I saw it done
more than fifty years ago in my fathers
house, writes an old housekeeper. My
sister did the work and helped lit
tie. The beef's paunch is carefully
emptied, turned inside out and laid in
tub, and the opening sewed up with
q large needle and linen thread. Then
air-slaked lime is thoroughly sprinkled
all over it, special care being taken in
sprinkling the honeycomb part I am
not sure how long the tripe lay before
it was tried with broad-bladed table
knife to see if the lime had loosene1
the inner lining of the tripe, but ]
know my sister watched it, and as soon
as it scraped white and nice looking,
it was scraped thoroughly, rinsed sew
eral times and set to soak over night
in plenty of water with a handful of
salt in it. | remember seeing my
sister add more lime sometimes-per-
haps the lime had been slaked too long
and l am sure she was careful to
cleanse it just as soon as it was loos-
ened. 1t would "set" if left too long.
I think the next morning the stitches
were cut and care was taken to see if
any part had been neglected, and then
the knife was used again, the tripe be-
ing cut in pieces of the size to suit.
The soaking is kept up until ones
judgment tells one that it is properly
cleansed and ready for cooking
The process is not pleasant one by
any means, and the lime is hard on
the hands, bat something can be done
to help by a pair of loose gloves. If
this is tried wish the result might be
reported. In the days of which Ispeak
we made "rol-a-chees" of the tripe and
beef, but that is custom which has
gone out of date. 1t is an appetIzing
dish on cold winter day.-American
Agriculturist.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-11-29
lies fiat is good to eat and can be de.

lies fat is good to cot and can be de.
pended on.
How to keep eggs is problem that
has attracted the attention of in
quirers from the earliest times.
They all agree that the most prac-
ticable method is to envelop the new
laid egg in a coating of some imper-
meable substance, such as wax, tallow,
| oil. or q mixture of wax and olive oil.
or of olive oil and tallow. Codet de
Vaux suggested the plunging of eggs
| for twenty seconds into boiling water,
in order to coagulate that portion of
the albumen nearest the shell, and to
pack them in vessels half-filled with
sifted cinders. This process, which,
by -the.by, has been we'll known in
some parts of Scotland for many years,
yields excellent results; but if neg
lected for but second or two the
eggs are liable to harden.
For home consumption the French
peasantry have for ages preserved their
eggs in very simple fashion. They
have wooden case, or large barrel,
and pack the eggs in thick layers Of
sawdust, fine sand, chalk, bran, Gin
ders, or coal dust SO that they do not
touch each other. In the maritime
provinces the peasants use larger lay
ers of ashes moistened with soft water.
Both of these processes are successful.
Another system recommended is
found to answer extremely we'll. The
eggs are placed for an hour in solu-
tion of fifty grammes of salicylic acid
and little spirits of wine diluted with
quart of water, and afterward
packed away in bran in the cellar.
At the end of three months they were
found in perfect condition and as we'll
favored as if just fresh laid. South.
ern Farmer.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-11-29
FASHION NOTES.

Persian silks have hairlines of black
velvet.
Fur boas have lace and flower hang
ers in front.
Chiffon boas are dotted with tiny
humming birds.
Travelling hats are Of soft felt, like
a mans slouch hat.
Marie Antoinette fichus are made
of corded silk muslin.
Baby pins of tiny torquoise are set
in narrow gold bar.
Black and white striped velvet is
suitable for rich waists.
Star shaped buttons are composed
of rhinestones and pearls.
Tam O'Shanter travelling caps are
made of soft wooden goods.
Plaids are fashionable now, but are
the French plaids, not the Scotch.
The combination of black and white
remains distinctly fashionable, not
withstanding it has been SO long in
favor.
- Small jeweled buckets are used for
trimmings, and, like the fancy but
tons, give dash of brilliancy and ef-
feet that is most satisfactory.
Short velvet coats with skirts OF
smooth cloth will be among the favor
ite dresses of brides for calling cos
tunes, and will also be worn by guests
at the wedding.
Although many of the new-fash'
ioned waists are made with basque eff.
feet there is no sign that belts, and
consequently buckles, are to be put
away until next season.
Shawl costumes are revived fol
travelling. They are made of laid-by
shawls and very tastefully show seam
less jacket backs aud half-loose fronts.
A velvet vest fastened with knob but.
tons fills in the open space.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-11-29
A Dangerous TIGER.

A we'll known student in tho habits
OF wild animals, writing OF the steslthy
and dangerous character Of the man.
eating tiger, mentions case that
happened few years ago in tho Nag
pur district in India. A tigress had
killed 60 many people that large re-
wnrd was offered for her destruction.
She had recently dragged away q
native, but being disturbed had left
the body without devouring it.
The shikaris believed that she would
return to her prey during the night,
il it was left undisturbed upon the
spot where she had forsaken it. There
were no trees, nor any timber suitable
for the construction of q mucharn.
It was accordingly resolved that four
deep holes should be dug, forming
the corners of o square, the body lying
in the centre.
Four watchers, each with his match
lock took their positions in these
holes. Nothing came and at length
the moon went down and the night
was dark. The men were afraid to
go home through the iungles and so
remained where they were. Some of
them fell asleep.
When daylight broke three of the
shikari issued from their positions,
but the fourth had disappeared; his
hole was empty. A few yards distant
his matchbox was discovered lying
upon the ground and upon the dusty
surface were the tracks of tiger and
the sweeping trace where some largo
body had been dragged along.
Upon following up the track, the
remains of the unlucky shikari were
discovered, but the tigress had dis
appeared. The cunning brute was
not killed until twelve months after
ward, although many persons devoted
themselves to the work. Atlanta Con-
StitutiOn
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-11-29
A Novel Incubator.

The idea of Matching eggs by cleo
tricity may appear somewhat far
fetched, but electric incubation is not
only being carried on in Germany, but
is growing up into an important in
dustry. A Strasburg electrician, after
three years. experimenting. declares
that with the electrical incubator
ninety chickens can ordinarily be
counted on out of every 100 eggs. An
electric mother, a box in which the
freshly hatched chicks can find heat
and protection while being at liberty
to run about on the ground when they
choose, has been devised as an accom-
paniment of the incubator.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-11-29
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Where other fruits flourish usually
grapes will grow.
The cherry tree is less trouble than
any other. Plant out and let alone.
Understood fruit of any kind is
undesirable either for market or home
use.
1t is of no advantage to set out
fruit trees unless good care is given
them.
The larger the number Of fruit
the larger proportion of seeds to the
pulp.
One of the essentials in growing fine
strawberries is good, rich soil pre-
pared in a fine tllth.
In all localities the treatment must
vary according to the character OF
soil and the conditions of growth.
In order to make the most in the
growing of small fruits there should
be no vacant places. Have the rows
full.
One of the principal advantages with
small fruits is that they furnish sup
ply of fruits before tree fruits will
come into bearing.
The canes of raspberries that have
borne fruit this year can be cut out
now to good adva atage, and give the
new growth OF canes more room.
Trees should not be planted out nm.
til they have ceased growing. the
newly grown wood matured and the
leaves nearly or quite all fallen off.
The matter in all fruits first be.
comes starch and then sugar. After
it has reached the starch stage it will
ripen as well off the tree as upon it.
Good care should always De taken
to secure good, strong, vigorous
plants for fall planting, as weak plants
will rarely live through the winter.
BY thoroughly plowing and manur-
ing the land intended to be set out in
trees IN the spring, the work of plant.
ing out can be done earlier and
better.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-11-29
A FRIEND cF AGRICULTURE.

The death of Louis Pasteur recalls
how much agriculture owes to this
great and most useful scientist. It was
his discovery of the germ by which the
silkworm was diseased, and the yeast
germ, by which fermentation in beer
that led to the souring Of it, was
caused, that really led the way to the
accurate knowledge we now possess of
the multitude of invisible organisms
that affect both injuriously and bene-
ficially all organized matter-the milk
OF the dairyman, his cheese and but
ter; the trees of the orchard and all
mauher and kinds of plants that grow,
and others which cause diseases in an
imals. His Investigations and discov-
cries explained the nature of these
minute bodies, that were really dis
covered two hundred years ago, and
were described by Leuwenhock and
other naturalists, but whose special
nature and Offices were unknown until
Pasteur studied them and learned
their habits of life and their effects
upon matter and animals upon which
they exerted their most curious infu-
ences.
1t was ne, too. who first suggested
the methods of rendering these active
and everywhere prevailing bodies in
ocuous by the action of heat, and the
telm by which this action is now
known, viz. "Pasteurizing. is SO ex-
cellently adapted for its use that it
should Ee kept for this purpose, and
its equivalent, sterilizipg, dispensed
with. Pasteurizing not only indicates
the methods by which sterilization is
accomplished. but it connects with
the process the name of its inventor.
and recalls to the mind-and will do
SO as long as our language survives
his eminent services to his race. Sure
ly this man may justly be termed a
help bearer to the world. New York
Times.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-11-29
HANDLING uSMANAGEAB1E HORSES.

For fifty years l have helped my
friends and neighbors with horses
they could not drive safely, writes J.
Keese, of New York. At first I used
whip and biting bride as others did,
and l thought must. Both caused
much suffering. and in many cases bad
habits also, while the fear of the whip
made matters worse. By degrees I
learned that gentleness and patience
would take away the horses desire to
continue former habits, aud the young
ones would not learn them unless
frightened or vexel. Although ad-
vanced in years still continue to drive
the widest colts aud horses. with the
worst of habits, without difficulty aud
with success. have bred and trained
hundreds of colts without using a hit
ting bride. American Agrlculturist
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-11-29
USES OF FEATHERS,

Many people neglect to save the
feathers of their poultry, thinking
them OF but little value. Such per-
sons will be surprised at the following
uses to which they are put: The
Guills from the second and third joints
OF the wing of the turkey are used for
making feather busters. Large quilts
Of both geese and turkeys are used for
feather bone. Dry chicken feathers
are used for cushions, and the feathers
from the large Pekin aud Aylesbury
ducks are mixel with those of geese.
Feathers are also valuable as fertil-
izers and will pay for the saving.
Feathers for market should be clean
and free from tlood. Any of the COM
mission merchants will receive them
on consignment. New York World.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-11-29
sTRAw AND FEED.

In many sections of the country feed
will be very valuable the coming win
ter, and the man who has good lot of
oat straw, and even wheat straw, and
carefully saved, has the bulk of the
material which, if fed understandingly,
will prove small mine OF wealth to
| him. Straw is deficient in feeding
quality, principally in albuminous
matter and fats. The thing to do is
to feed some food with it so as to re.
store the harmony" and to do this,
if some sort of succulent food is fed
as roots or silage, and, in addition, if
200 pounds of oil meal is fed with eacE
ton OF straw, very well-balanced
ration is secured, aud one on which
the cattle will do very we'll if they are
not compelled to expend the greater
part of their feed in protection from
the cold. The feeding of straw and
other light foods as the bulky part of
the ration calls for the best of hous-
ing, If the full measure Of the food
value of the ration is to be obtained.
This is why straw is not regarded as
satisfactory part food for the winter
milker, but where this COW has suc-
culenJ food in some form and grain
strong in proteins, and has little ex-
posure to the weather of winter, it is
found that there is no objection to
moderate quantities of straw being
used. It is the abuse of it that has
given straw an unfavorable reputa-
tion. Men use it as full feed with
which TO economize, and, not properly
combining it with proteins, failure
results, and the conclusion is at once
formed that cit is pretty good thing
OH which to starve herd" Too much
straw with full ration of proteins is
apt to aggravate this matter of bad
effect, but if daily addition of roots
or small feed of silage is given it acts
as laxative, and nature has natural
way, and then even dairy COWS may be
fed limited amount of bright straw
with commendable economy. Balance
the ration in some way and save the
straw to feed and do not use it as bed
ding only. 1t has feed value. -
Practical Farmer.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-11-29
Mustard a Delicacy.

The mustard without the beef was
offered to Katherine the Shrew in de
rision, but if Shakespeare's heroine
had been in China tho suggestion
would have been quite natural.
When the Chinese delegates met
their English colleagues in the Sikkim-
Tibet boundary commission n few
days ago none of the English faro at
luncheon in camp was so appetizing as
the mustard The Chinese leader ate
the condiment in good-sized mouthfuls
without a morsel of meat or bread. -
Boston Transcript.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-11-29
70 DRIVE AWAY ANTS.

If you get some green peppermint,
which usually gr ows by the brookside,
and lay it on the floor and shelves of
your pantry and kitchen you will find
that the ants disappear Immediately.
Apply powdered sulphur very liber-
ally to the parts most frequented by
them and they will turn their feet in
some other direction; or sprinkle
sugar on damp sponge, and when the
feast is under way drop the sponge in
hot water.
Put pieces of camphor gum or cloth
wet with camphor on the pantry
shelves and the ants will disappear.
Use plenty of powdered borax in
the pantry. -Philadelphia Times.