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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-01-17
NOTICE
TO
Farmers and DairVmen

We will be pleased to correspond
with any person that may have any
Fat Stock of any description for sale,
as we propose to buy all we can find
and pay the top market price for it.
Young Calves, after they are three days
old, we will give you 81 each for, and
we will buy all we can find. Bulls
of any size we have first-class mar
ket for. Consequently it ena-
bles us to give you more by 20 per cent
than you can realize by going to the
Brighton Market with it, las we propose
to dress our stock at the slaughter
house that may be in the vicinity of
where we purchase the stock, and ship
it direct from that point ito our mar
ets,in refrigerator cars.
Now all parties corresponding with
lis please state what kind If stock they
have, how old it is and, near as pos
sible, its weight, how arfrom depot,
and prices. Write the address very
plainlyso that our agents will have no
trouble in finding you.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-01-17

Tapley'c "Breadwinner" outwears
ali oil er shoes.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-01-17
STEAM and GAS FILTERS.
VERM ONTERS

While this paper fully covers all the
news of Orange and Windsor coun-
ties and vicinity, we advise our read
ers to take the Burlington Free Press
for the state and general news, in
which field the Free Press easily ex-
GELS all other Vermont papers.
We club this paper and the Weekly
Free Press IA twelve page paper both
one year for Sl.S5.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-01-17

Ladies desiring hair work call on Mrs. Hiram
Bean. West Randolph; VT. Write for prices.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-01-17
Il Cures"

mr. Miles Nervine is sold on q positive
,n ~. ntee that the first bottle will benefit
Iii drnrrlsts sell it at 81, bottles for IS, or
4 will he sent, prepaid, on receipt Of price
Nv the Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart. Ind.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-01-17
Dr.. Miles, Nervine

and now everything is changed. !
s dee Soundly, l feel bright, active
s and ambitious. l can do more in one
S S,v now than used to do in a week.
mi %r this great good l give DR.. Miles
restorative Nervine the sole credit.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-01-17
You can save

six cents a can by using the
new Horsford's Baking
Powder, because it requires
less quantity than any other.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-01-17
Tired, Weak, Nervous
Could Not Sleep.

prof L. D. Edwards, Of Preston,
,iabo saws: II was all run down,
, ssak. nervous and irritable through
, S,srwork. | suffered from brain IA
s .,s,e' n mental depression, etc. / be-
s @a' so weak and nervous that !
S mid not sleep, / would arise tired,
wu, ou,rooed and blue, / began taking
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-01-17

One az the daintiest calendars procura-
,le This wear is sent out by G. /. Hood q
70, of Lowell, Mass. 1t Is heartshaped
md has two charming childish faces, re-
markably sweet and Innocent in expires.
s siar one representing summer and the
other smiling through shower OF snow
fakes II you cannot get one OF the ten ten
millions OF copies OF these cheering little
tanes which have been printed this year
NV calling on your druggist, you Will pc .,
repaid for the trouble q sending SIX cenIs
sor one of their cordate calendars.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-08-10

WHITE hou g W i t h
green blinds stood a little
way back from the street,
at the head of a path
bordered with cinnamon
pinks, larkspurs and
marigolds; the porch
formed by the projection
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-08-10
A Dog with a Musical Ear.

"Dogs have most acute ears in detect
ing differences in the quality Of sound"
said a musician recently. 1 have at
home large Newfoundland that is a
great lover of music. No matter in
what portion of the house he may be, he
always comes to me when l begin to
play. lying close to the piano.
II have an old organ. 1t is one of
those instruments with many stops and
but few qualities. / think have been
able, after much endeavor, to distinguish
two different qualities of tone in all the
long row of stops, but my dog made it
apparent to me that my ears were not
acute as his. l play for variety upon
the organ, notwithstanding its being
antiquated. and my dog seems to enjoy
this as much as the piano, all except one
stop.
when pull that stop out he rises
to his feet suddenly and commences
to bark and growl at me in a most
vicious manner, sometimes barking at
the organ. Now. to my ear, that
stop makes no difference in the sound
of the organ. | have tried hard to de
tect the distinctive quality which aggra-
Yates the dogs nature, but without sue.
cess. | have tried to fool the the old
fellow by commencing the tune upon
ons stop and suddenly pulling out the
obnoxious one. He never fails to detect
this, though the sound to me is Just the
same. "-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-08-10
Robert collyer's Supreme Moment.

Thirty years ago next summer | went
over to my old home in England. after
an absence of fifteen years, to find "the
woman who most influenced me'-my
mother, writes the Rev. Robert Collyer,
d. D., in the series Of 1.-THE Woman Who
Most Influenced Me-" in the June
Ladies' Home Journal. She was sitting
in the old rocking chair where she had
nursed all her children, but could not
rise at once, because the sudden sho *
of her joy held her there some moments,
and the years had wrought such a
change in me that she looked up with a
touch a of wonder. but when / said
mother" she held out her arms and
cried, my lad, did not know thy face
but l know thy voice."
There we're only few threads of sill
yer in her hair when left home. but
now it had grown all white. l noticed
the threads coming soon after my
father died suddenly while he was work.
ing at his anvil on blazing July day
twenty one years before this time, and
she was much changed now, but not at
all for the worse with the years, only.
l thought, as sound rosy apple changes
toward the perfect ripeness.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-08-10
VISIBLE MUSIC.

And God said. Let the earth bring forth
grass, and herb yielding seed. and the fruit tree
yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in
itself; upon the earth: and it was so."-Gen.
p.
Some time ago there were most inter-
esting experiments made by great sci
entifc man, who wanted to see the effect
of sound upon soft, yielding substances.
He got an exceedingly delicate parch
ment, and stretched it upon four points,
one at each corner, above table. On
this elastic membrane he spread very
thin layer of soft. fluid paste. He then
got celebrated lady musician to sing
over it popular song, and as the waves
of air caused by the tones of her voice
struck the apparatus. the soft paste ar
ranged itself into most beautiful forms
of vegetable life, baskets of fruit, and
even miniature landscapes. The tones
of music heard by the ear were trans
ferred into flowers seen by the eye. Each
note created special flower pattern Of
its own. One note breathed into life a
modest daisy that opened its eye in won
der at a sound; at the magic command
OF another note fern like that of the
wild wood unfolded itself; third note
revealed in the answering film charm
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-08-10
OUT OF ARCADIA.

Tie country boy was in love, and young.
And he urged his cause with an eager tongue,
But the maiden babe him work and wait;
She wanted man who was strong and great.
He loved his home and the country life,
And he wanted tender little wife;
He wished to live in peace aud ease,
In the shade of his spreading old elm trees
But the maiden bade him go and win
A name she could prize and glory in.
She said she would wait and wed him when
He had made his place in the ranks of men.
Then the boy plunged into the city's roar,
And he learned the markets sordid lore,
And he learned that life is an awful fight
Where the wounded fall to the left and right
But on their bodies he slowly rose,
And he gained new strength from his vanquish-
ed foes;
AS he oyercame them and beat them down
He grew in wealth and in wide renOwn.
But his heart was cold. He forgot to feel
His chilling smile had the glow of steel.
His brain grew keen and his face grew hard.
AS he stood victor, scanned and SCARED.
Then his words were treasured throughout the
state
And all men followed and called him great;
But he smiled when he thought OF the country
boy.
And he sneered at love as a childish toy.
Harry Romano in Munsey'
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-08-10
SWINE.

Push the early pigs with daily feed
of shorts, mixed with water to about the
consistency of molasses. As they grow
older give them in addition crushed
mangolds or refuse apples. When four
months old add one pound of corn meal
day. Give all the time variety of
easily digested flesh forming and bone
producing foods, and save the corn for
the feeding off.
The essential quality in a breed of
hogs is early maturity and quick fatten-
ing. The Essex takes high rank among
the smaller breeds. None will make
more or better pork with given guam
tity of feed. They are quiet and espec-
tally adapted to the needs of the villager
and small farmer who can not give them
space in which to roam.
A brood SOW should have bran, meal
and potatoes, roots, offal from the gar
den and refuse from the dairy, but no
fattening food. AS soon as she is preg-
nant her rations should contain addi-
tions of grain, to be discontinued two
weeks before narrowing, and until few
days thereafter.
Mothers with pigs should be we'll fed,
that the progeny may have good start.
AS soon as the pigs are old enough they
should be fed separately, carefully in
creasing from light ration. Probably
hogs will be worth money the coming
winter, and we should aim at early ma
turity.
1t is better farming to grow pigs on
grass than grain. Roots and clover hay
in the winter will greatly reduce the cost
of keeping them. and they must be kept
growing through that season if we would
have them in condition to quickly fatten
for the spring market; not fat, but grow
ing.
There is no way to keep fattening sows
from breeding, except to either kill or
spay them. Spaying is sometimes
practiced, but it involves trouble, and
very few know how to do it safely, and it
is not ever likely to come into general
practice.
1t is possible to raise hogs on dry feed
and SLOPE through the whole of the sum,
mer season. but it is not natures way,
and not the right way. The hog has an
appetite for weeds and grasses. aud he
will never do SO we'll without them as
with them. His craving is an indication
of his need.
By dividing up the larger pasture in
to smaller lots. and sowing these in
timely crops for the pigs, they can be
made to grow almost beyond ones be-
lief. This is thrift which is natural,
building up a sound constitution, and
causing symmetrical development of the
physical structure of the animal.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-08-10

ing violet; and as the highest and sweet
est note of all sounded, the lily in its
fair purity bent down its graceful head.
1t was a marvellous sight to see, in
such manner, music made visible in
the lovliest shapes; and to realize the
close relation between song and flowers.
Wordsworth in an exquisite line says of
little rustic maiden that beauty born
of murmuring sound did pass into her
face" This was thought to be mere
poetic idea; but the experiment of the
scientific man shows that it might we'll
be an actual fact.-Hugh Macmillan.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-08-10
THE SPIRIT OF HURRY IN REC
REATION.

A common criticism made by foreign
ers who visit our shores, is that we de-
vote too much time to business and too
little to pleasure. This charge is GER
tainly not an unjust one, and we are
slowly becoming conscious Of our need
of reform in this respect. Another evil,
however, which we have not yet fully
met, is that the same spirit of hurry and
desire of crowding great deal into a
short space of time, which has charac-
terized our business life is spreading
over our so called hours of leisure. This
is perhaps not strange when we consider
the vastly increasing opportunities of
every kind which an advancing civiliza-
ton is opening up before US. There are,
however, many urgent reasons why this
tendency should be strenuously avoided.
Human nature requires certain modi-
cum Of pleasurable excitement, and there
are monotonous and uninteresting lives
which suffer from the lack of it; but it
also demands for its healthy continu-
ance certain period when excitement
is banished and quiet and restful Sc
renity takes possession. If we fail to
secure this, both our health and powers
are endangered. The home evenings,
when parents and children grow init
mate, where condolences are exchanged
and affection is nourished, where tran
gull happiness brings that rest of the
brain which is the best preparation for
calm and unbroken sleep, are growing
too rare.
Besides this, the spirit of hurry in
recreations destroys the best good they
have in store for us. 1t unsettles the
attention, distracts the observant pow
ers, fritters the thoughts, and confuses
the impressions. We visit picture
GALAXY, for example, resolved to omit
nothing. though our time is limited. So
we walk hastily through. looking at
each picture in turn and receiving only
a tumble of images in our mind, without
defniteness or conference. Had we de-
voted the short time at our disposal to
one or two Of the best or most interest
ing works of art, we might have carried
away vivid and lasting impression in
our memory. while entirely avoiding the
mental fatigue of our hurried struggle
to see the whole. So in travel. This
nervous haste to go everywhere spoils
the best results OF our excursions. Con-
scious of the swift passage of our brief
holiday, we fly from town to town, from
building to building. we gaze in turn
upon lake, mountain aud river, meadow
and stream. congratulating ourselves
upon seeing so much and SO speedily,
when in fact we are not seeing anything
as it deserves. The spirit of hurry must
give way to the spirit Of tranquility to
insure their best results. Our hours of
leisure are too few and too precious to
be wasted by examining process, which
can only end in fatigue and mental con-
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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-08-10
FARM, GARDEN AND DAIRY.
Instructive Reading for AgricuIturists
PREPARED EXPRESSLY FOR 'THE UNIvERsALIsT"

ct having rim around the bottom, and
place in wash boiler of water. Stir it
over slow fire until it reaches 1872 or
l6O degrees. and no more, and keep it at
this for 10 minutes. Placed then in
shallow pans, the cream will rise all the
better; but this must be careful pro-
cess.
The dairy farmer finds that the inten-
sive system of culture which he must
follow enables him to improve the fertil-
ity of the soil SO that he can raise better
crops and get better returns from the
land than he could before. This means
a double profit all around.
If your stable floor is on the ground,
where it should be, and not two or three
feet above it, so as to have a cavern of
filth beneath, there is no good reason
why you cannot have sweet smelling
stable. Sprinkle little land plaster or
road dust about every day, and it will
be almost odorless.
The managers for cows should be but
few inches high in front. as this will
allow them to go forward when they lie
down, and keep out of the filth. 1t is a
good plan to let them stand two and two
in half box stalls, tied with neck halters
to opposite corners of the box. Stanch.
ions are too severe upon the cattle.
To no department has so much atten-
ton been given. and from no department
has SO much been given out that is new,
within the past 10 years. as from that of
the dairy; and nowhere is there SO much
undergoing present investigation which
is likely to be of interest and value.
Heifers MIXED before calving, from
few drops to a half a pint at milking,
before they sprang bag to any extent
proved excellent cows and the best milk
ers out of a herd of 4S of the same breed
ing. Would not this procedure promise
even more with natural mixers which
make an udderful of milk month be-
fore calving?
Although the fats are regarded as the
richest part of the milk, the rest after
skimming is quite as valuable in other
solids, and the sugar, albumen and casein
form two thirds of the original food con-
tents Of the milk. Sterilize this after
separating, and then charge with pure
carbonic acid under high pressure and
place in syphon bottles, and thence it
can be used at any time.
The cream trade is affording an outlet
for an immense amount of dairy pro-
duct; in the cities its use is not merely
a fad but becoming necessity. The
cream from 100 pounds of good milk
brings price in advance of its worth
for cheese or butter, and leaves eight
tenths of the milk on the farm to feed
the stock.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-08-10
AGRICULTURE.

Give the boy all the mental equipment
you can; if he finds himself inclined to
follow some other life work than farm
ing. no matter, He would not then
make good farmer possibly. Fit him
for the battle of life the best you can.
This is better than to leave the children
gold over which to quarrel. The unedu-
Gated young man left with lot Of prop
erty is to be pitied.
Very much land would be productive,
regardless of fertilizing, if the proper
amount of moisture could be kept in the
soil. Poor crops are usually got only
when there are periods of flood or drouth
during the growing season. There is a
vast amount of plant food in most soils,
and store of moisture makes it avail
able.
An excess of moisture packs the soil
and excludes the air, and if drouth
follows the crops suffer more than upon
land where there is good drainage. If
kept lively, the air in the soil and the
rise of moisture from beneath maintain
chemical action, and it does not suffer
so much in dry time.
1t is not fair to estimate stable manure
upon the same basis as commercial fer
tilizers, for the mechanical egect of veg
etable manure is worth as much as the
plant food contained therein. In fact,
rotten manure promotes chemical action
and plant growth in several ways.
Plenty of vegetable matter and good TIL
lage will ensure good crops in most sea-
sons.
The cares of the farmer himself are
light compared with the multitudinous
details of little things which constitute
the daily duties of his wife. 1t is almost
cruel to bring upon her in the hardest
season of the year the harvest laborers.
They add to her work and discomfort.
There are better ways of managing.
AS much as to the moisture of the
climate the secret of the thick, dense,
soft turf of an old sheep pasture in Eng
land is due to the fact that if it is not
eaten off closely it is moved in time to
prevent the growing of the flower stalks.
The new growth will be rapid. and there
will be no stubble in the way of the
sheep.
An enterprising and observant farmer
says that the largest crop of barley he
ever grew was from a field where large
crop of turnips had frozen in and rotted
in the ground. 1t grew to his shoulders
and brought him 60 bushels of cleaned
barley an acre.
Turnips will do best on sod. Turn
it all well over by the LIST of July, and
cultivate it repeatedly up to the Goth.
The Purpletop Strapleaf is favorite.
First SOW 200 pounds high grade fertiliz-
er; roll after sowing; when we'll formed,
thin with the cultivator, if necessary.
Thus managed, a good crop shout not
cost to exceed cent bushel.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-08-10
POULTRY.

Knowing their slight cost, we are sur
prised that SO few guineas are found up
on our farms. They are better adapted
to the small poultry keeper. as they need
wild range. If this range is sufficient,
they will gather almost all their food
from the fields aud meadows.
A hundred fowls will cost less, to buy
or to keep, than COW. How many, who
have tasted both, will refuse to admit
that they will earn more net profit in a
year? II you can not have both, and
want the one which will make the most
money, take the fowls.
Cholera is the name which covers
most of the sudden diseases which at
tack chickens. though it is often some.
thing else, but the cause is usually the
same-the neglect of proper sanitary
precautions, Give pure water, good,
wholesome food, clean quarters, and do
not over crowd, and disease will trouble
the fiocks very little.
1t is thought that turkeys contract
gapes from chickens so afflicted drink
ing from the same vessels and eating
from the contaminated ground 1t is
better. therefore. to keep them entirely
separate, feed them in a different place
and induce them to take wider range,
and large one at that.
Prussian insect powder is said to be a
good remedy for gapes, blown down the
throat, it kills the worm, which is then
coughed up; but the best remedy is the
old one of removing the cape worm
forcibly with double and twisted horse
hair, or a very fine wire.
Early, we'll developed pullets make
good winter layers. While growing make
them work for what they eat, not feed
ing them sufficiency at any one time.
Do not imagine that success hinges
necessarily upon any one breed, and do
not let the half grown chicks roost in
boxes. but give them house all to
themselves.
If you think the poultry interest an
Insignificant affair, stop and investigate.
Keep an honest account for one year
with your chicks, and see if you do
think more of them and the poultry
business. To make a success of any en-
terprise you must throw little enthusi-
assn into your work.
Prevent diseases among your fowls
rather than cure them. Keep the quar-
ters clean and Tree from mites, and by
all means furnish pure, fresh water 1t
is from neglect and carelessness that
chickens become diseased. and too much
food. stsgnant water an6 filthy quarters
are the common causes.
The majority Of lice exterminating
remedies are worthless, and, after all,
vigilence is the only road to success.
Grease the heads of the little chicks,
but the old hens are hot bed to supply
fresh numbers, even if all killed off from
the little fellows.
Boil sliced bar Of common soap in a
half gallon Of water, and stir into this
quart Of kerosine while hot; this will
make a jelly. Stir this emulsion in a
tub of warm soap suds, and dip every
chicken therein bodily and thoroughly.
This will not harm the chickens, but
will be death to the lice. Try it.