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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-09-04
Farm Expenses.

The profit is that left over after all
expenses are paid, which includes rent
or interest on land and buildings, capt.
but the opportunity offered the farmer
of selling his W labor in the form of
some product must be considered as
one of the advantages. Where a farmer
makes only a small profit, but has de-
rived a fair sun for the labor he per-
sonally bestowed, his gain is greater
than the actual profit. On the farm
the item of labor must be considered
according to it's actual cost as an ex-
penditure. Though the labor of the
farmer himself is an item of cost, and
must be paid for, yet he pays it to him.
self, and it really is profit because of
the employment secured by him on the
farm. For that eason a small farm or
a small flock or herd will always pay
more, in proportion to the expenses in
Cured, than larger areas or an increase
of stock. The personal supervision of
the farmer, or the interest taken in the
work performed by him, will also add
to the gains, because of the closer ap-
plication given and the economy prac-
ticed in every department. The labor
on the farm, therefore, is the heaviest
of all expenses, and it is the principal
standpoint from which all profits must
be estimated. Expenses are reduced
when the yields are increased, because
in many instances it requires but little
more labor to secure a large yield than
| sened when fertilizers are used to in
orooeo Tho r;o1l. hono,eo tLo aaot 80
the fertilizers will be more than re-
gained as we'll as assist in securing
greater results from the labor. Labor
cannot alone make a crop. The soil
must be fitted to derive the largest pos
sible product by the proper use of plant
food, which permits of the application
of labor to the best advantage. Small
farms can be made to largely increase
their yields more easily and rapidly
than large areas, because the manure
or fertilizer can be concentrated instead
of spread over a wide surface at an in
creased cost of labor for men and
teams; hence, pro%portionately, as the
yield increases the expense decreases.
The profits and receipts from a farm
cannot be easily computed for a single
year. Labor given this season may
bring in results for a year or two after
the work is done. Manure on some
soils is lasting, and the beneficial eff
fects of some fertilizers are more ap-
parent the second year than the first.
A crop of clover that gives a yield as
hay may leave in the roots and sod
much valuable nitrogen as a supply for
some succeeding crop, all of which les.
sen expenses in the future by reducing
the proportion of or plant food
that would otherwise be required, with
the necessary labor. Profits on the
farm are consequently much greater
when the averages for several years are
compared, as each year must bear its
proportion of expense.-Philadelphia
Record.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-09-04
Check Reins and Binders,

These are two twin relics of barbar-
ism that still hold their own, against all
humanity, in many parts of our coun-
try. The binder was invented prob
ably to keep the horse from seeing any
thing that might be coming up behind
him. Whoever invented it did not un-
derstand the functions of the eye of the
horse at all. The eye of the horse is
made so he can see through a very
wide range, from front to rear, and the
binding hides from him three-quarters
of what he can see without them. 1t
is entered as an excuse that it keeps
him from shying at the whip or at any
thing that comes up suddenly behind.
The plea is not good, for a horse with
binders, once he learns that the whip
is behind him, does not forget it and is
in constant dread of being struck. He
is more easily startled by a noise, the
source of which he cannot see, than he
would be if the binders were off. The
check-rein. is worse than the binders,
and not a day passes but we see ladies
riding at ease in comfortable carriages
while their horses are suffering tor.
lures because their heads are pulled up
in an unnatural position and held there
in a most cruel manner. These spirited
horses are not tossing their heads as
they go down the street because they
are proud and high-lived. 1t is be-
cause they are in pain as cruel as ever
possessed the victim of the rack, and
it is downright savagery to drive a team
refined up in that manne We have
seen ladies cry out when a horse was
struck with a whip as if it had been
themselves who received the blow, and
at the same time the team in their car.
riage vas in agony constantly because
of the check-reins. A cruel blow with
a whip is a small affair compared to the
torture Of a team with their heads
checked up according to the ignorant
ideals of the correct position Troy
Times.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-09-04
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they canno,
reach the diseased portion of the ear
There is only n way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies
Deafness is caused by an inflamed on
dition of the mucous lining of the Eus-
tachian tube. When this tube is in
famed, you have a rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when it is en-
tirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the Inflammation a be taken
out, and this tube restored to its nor
NAL condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever. Nine cases out of ten are
caused by catarrh, which is nothing but
an infamed condition of the mucous
surfaces.
We will give one hundred dollars TO
any case of deafness Caused by catarrh)
that can not be cured by Halls Catarrr
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
f. j. CHENEY & CO.,
TOLEDO, OHIO,
Sold by druggists; seventy-ive cents.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-09-04
RETAIL DEALERs' PRICES.
Boston Produce Market.

~ The quotations given below represent prices
obtained by receivers for pholesale lots mot job6ins
prices) unless otherwise indicated, and are intended
to represent actual sales.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-09-04
Storing Cabbage.

Some weeks ago l noticed an article
in the Tribune, asking for a good plan
for keeping cabbage in large quantities.
Last winter l visited an old friend in
Missouri and saw for the first time a
plan that commended itself to my mind,
and my friend, who vas then trying it
for the second year, was highly pleased
with the results. If l can explain it 10
the satisfaction of your correspondent,
l think he, and perhaps many others,
may find it equally satisfactory to them.
The plan consisted of a succession of
ranks, depending for number and length
upon the amount of cabbage to be
stored. My friend had about an acre of
good cabbage and had about three
ranks some fifty feet long. The whole
stalk is pulled up and all are ranked up
to a height of about two feet, reversing
ends of alternate stalks, which, OF
course, kept the ranks level. A space
is left between the ranks, which ex-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-09-04
A Unique Grass Farm.

Everybody knows Mr.. j. B. Olcott,
the unique agricultural correspondent
who enjoys the distinction among some
Of his friends Of knowing how to grind
out paragraphs pyramidally-the ideal
cultivator of small fruits, expert In
grasses and all-round farmer, OF South
Manchester. Mr.. Olcutt has, within a
few rods of his pleasant home, a tract
of somewhat less than two acres OF
land devoted to the cultivation OF
grasses, which is perhaps the most re-
markable grass.plot in this country. 1t
contains 1900 distinct varieties of turf,
originally collected from every civilized
country on the face of the globe and
from all parts of the United States.
Last winter Mr.. Olcott went abroad
''grass-hunting," and the contributions
Of this trip added several hundred spec
linens to his previous collection. The
entire area of this "grass-garden," as
its proprietor terms the tract, is laid
out regularly in strips and squares,
there being as many sections as there
are varieties of grasses in the collection,
to the ordinary observer varying from
one another only in their respective
sizes and the shades of universal green.
But he who tr%ansplanted, and has
watched them through their various
stages of development, recognizes each
individual specimen at a glance, and
calls them all by name. No weed or
other vegetable intruder ~disfgures any
portion of the surface, and the dividing
lines and spaces between the respec-
tive sections are as sharp and distinctive
as if drawn and cut artificially every
morning. Some of the older squares
and strips show a carpet of grass as
fine as needles, and SO thick and Arm
that the earth beneath is discernible
only after breaking through it by actual
force. There's considerable fun and
no end of solid satisfaction, for a man
of Mr.. Olcott's composition in getting
together and %cultivating 1900 varieties
of grass - although one would think
that one-half or one-quarter the num-
Der would answer the purpose as well
but we suppose the chief end of it
all is to demonstrate that the soil and
climate and brains of Connecticut will
produce here as perfect turf grasses,
for lawns or pastures, or any other use,
as are produced in any other land un-
der the sun. Leastwise he has given
this proposition a complete demonstra-
ton, so that little now seems to remain
for him except to make the fact COM
pletely available for the benefit of all
whom it may concern.-Connecticut
Farmer,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-09-04
AGRICULTURAL
The Old Barn.

1t is standing yet on the dear old place,
Like a sentinel true, with ~time-marked face;
Az I look adown through the vanished years,
/ can see it again through binding tears,
And though miles and miles from the spot away,
In fancy I stand by its side to-day;
] take the pin from the big south door
And enter in as l did of yore.
The old yellow horse In the stable stands
And eats the grass from our willing hands;
A few steps further down in the bay
The sheep are feeding, the lambs are at play;
l can see each COW In her well known place,
And recall her name as 1 scan her face,
And / think, with a sigh, how Ger and Ger
1 drove them to pasture in days of yore.
The swallow again on the rafters high
Is building her nest as In days gone by;
with bits of straw she enters and leaves
Through the heart-shaped opening under the caves.
1 can hear the song that the old fail sings
As in fathers hands 1t nimbly swings,
And can see the chat fly out Of the door
Al he winnows the oats on the old barn floor.
1 can see the loads of the fragrant hay
Drawn into the barn to be moved away;
on their lofty tops two girls I espy,
who are just the Image of Jane and " Phi"
1 hunt in the NOV and manger again
For the stolen nest of the old sitting hen;
And o, with what pleasure my heart bubbles DER
As 1 see the sheep sheared on the old barn 6oori
On the big. fat stone by the barn. yard bars
l am sitting again, and count the stars
As they come out In splendor, one by one,
When the evening milking is being done;
And as shadows over the landscape creep,
hear the frogs in the meadow peep,
While Prince on the bank is stationed nigh,
And banks and barks at the passers by.
'Tisa warm summer day, at set of the sun,
And the children HE to the barn for fun;
1t has numberless places, so to speak,
Just made for the game of " hide and.seek,"
But the lower ground passage that leads from the bay
Is the favorite place for hiding away;
l can see the bare feet as they run to and fro,
And hear the loud laughter of Mark and of Joe.
But 10, the scene changesl My eyes fill with tears.
Since we played in thy precints, old barn, 1t is years
The hair that was golden is turning to gray,
For the young folks then are the old folks to-day;
OF the eight merry children then found in the fold,
Two dwell in a land where they never grow old;
The rest are all gone from the homestead to-day,
As thou in thy turn must, too, pass away.
Selected.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-09-04
CURES EH5EE

hhS. hANbtNo.
I also take dressmaki
mile at a time, when
do so. And l am 9
Pierce's Favorite Pres
failing fast before !
Sold by medicine {
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-09-04

THERE are two matters connected
with dairying which demand attention.
First, always wash the udders of the
cows; rinse and wipe with a clean
towel. Second, the hands Of the mixer
should be washed just before milking.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-09-04

IT is well to always mix a little
chopped hay, straw or %corn-fodder with
ground feed. This gives the finer food
proper bulk, and keeps it from packing
in the animals stomach. 1t also adds
variety to the ration.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-09-04
CORRECTION.

The Commercial Course at the Green
Mountain Seminary and Minard Conn.,
merciai College IL ONE YEAR only,
and NOT THREE YEARS, as errone-
ously stated in the Prospectus, just issued
J. \. GREENE, AM, Principal,
Waterbury Center, Vermont.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-09-04
Dyspepsia

And distress after eating are cured by this
tonic. appetizing, blood purifying effects
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-08-14
Porter or POrterage.

An officer being moved from one sta
ton to another sent in bill, in which
was an item for porter" The item,
after having exercised the intellects and
received the Endorsements Of five success
sive officials at the war office, was dis
allowed on the ground that porter
could only be allowed if taken under
medical advice. The officer respectfully
informed his superiors that the "porter"
charged for was not drink, but the in
dividual who had carried his baggage.
The reply was that this should have
been entered as "porterage, whereupon
the officer ventured to inquire whether
if he took cab this should be put down
as cabbage. Truth.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-08-14
Freckle Cures.

Do the freckles prove stubborn? There
is usually clamor for "freckle cures"
about this time of the year, and the
very best thing that proves reliable year
after year is simply common buttermilk.
Secure it as fresh as possible. It will be
found that nothing can equal this fresh
buttermilk for removing tan, freckles,
sunburn Or moth spots. 1t has the great
advantage that it does not injure the
skin, but makes it soft and white. Take
a soft sponge and bathe the face, neck
and arms before retiring for the night.
Then wipe off the drops lightly. In the
morning wash it off thoroughly and
wipe dry with crash towel. Two Or
three such baths each week during the
summer months will take off and keep
off the tan and freckles and keep the
skin soft and smooth. Philadelphia
Times.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-08-14

the paper mill in dressing meat, and he
cut up in that time 900 pounds of it.
Meat and mutton cost only AID. per
pound in those good old days A hen is
charged at 3d., duck at Cd, one "sol-
Ian goose" Is. 3d.; a dozen eggs, Sd. !;
six chickens, only Is. Id, and wild
fowl, 1Od.; cheese cost i'd. per pound
and bacon Sd. per pound. In 1869 the
banks note paper was made at Red
haugh Min (Redhall mill) .-Chambers'
Journal.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-08-14
Galveston Streets.

The streets of Galveston are not mere
~ lette~ed like those of Washington,
but in Galveston they name some Of
the streets with half letters. This pro-
duces such an astonishing system that
one reads on the carts that milk Can be
had on P-and "a half street and eggs are
for sale between N and Nand-a-l alf.
Presumably wicked persons do not mere
ly live in L, as they do in Washington,
but give their addresses as i'll L-and-a-
half. Avenue I is the finest street to
look at in Galveston, but avenue is a
tumble down countrifed road, with grass
growing in the wagon ruts. New York
Sun.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-08-14
The Heat of Our Clothes.

How hot our clothes are has just been
determined by a Dr. Won Bebber, a
German meteorologist. When the out
side temperature is so degrees f. the
temperature on the coat is 71.2 degrees,
that between the coat and the waistcoat
1876 degrees, between waistcoat and
shirt 75.9 degrees, between shirt and
undershirt TIA degrees and between
the wooden undershirt and the skin 80. 8
degrees. Exchange.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-08-14
A Hugo Fad.

An enthusiastic admirer of Veto
Hugo has made collection Of all til
black and white and colOred portraits T..
the poet that he could find. Alto@o.'
they number nearly 1000, of VIII
about 1850 are caricatures and
ICONS. The collector, M. BeIYe, has
gathered together with infinite pains
Vulnerable pipes, canes, tobacco j.
bottles, scarfpins, handkerchiefs, oN
cakes of soap, ON which the head OF Il
poet appears.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-08-14

Edison says there is practically no
limit to the speed that can be attained
on a railroad. He thinks the greatest
speed will come when electricity is OBJ
tanned direct from coal.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-08-14
wN HA1DEMAN President Of the great Lou,.

". N. HALDEMAN, President of the great Louis
Vile Courier-J Journal, says
DIR. WINTERsMITH-Sr: / waive rule have
observed for many years, the value of your rem
edy prompting me to say it cured two cases of
chills in my family after many other remedies
had failed. 1 do not hesitate to express my be-
and performs all that you promise for it.
Very respectfully, WIN. HA1DEMAN.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-08-14

Why not use
Wintersmith's?
80 years. sue
cess. Tried and
true. Sells on
it's merits, and
never fails to
cure. Take no
substitute.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-08-14


g.
Il AGENT
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-03-04
At the Hotels.

BUTTE, March 3.-The Butte-D. I. Has
kett, G. A. Trout, j. H. Burton, James
Lowenstein, Chicago; Neil Mcleod, Min
neapolis; A. II. Neidenhofen, Helena; j.
ii. Howell. Virginia City; Peter Winnie, 1.
NJ. Jacobs, Helena; w. A. Francis, Boze-
man; L. p. Winston, Omaha; Otto Rauch,
St. Louis; B. J. Symonds, Omaha; NJ. II.
Insley. Portland j. A. Barker, Salt Lake
ID. +. Rose, New York.
The McDermott--W. NJ. Kline and wife,
Spokane; j. III. Dunn, Livingston; Bert
Smith and wife. Meaderville; w. L. Hart,
Nj. II. Herschfield, David Morris, L. +.
Richardson, Helena; Charles Brady, St.
Paul; Paul Mitchell, G.. NJ. Johnston,
Deer Lodge; w. L. Stuart, Mankato
Henry Reece. Spokane.
The Southern-J. w. Patten, H. F. Joer.
gems, e.. w. Miskell, III. ID. Fulton. Min.
neapols; j. j. Henning, Anaconda G.. w.
Scobel, j. Barry, j. Ii. Thornton, Leth-
bridge; John Sutherland. Everett; j. G..
Neuman and wife. Great Falls; j. w.
Moore, NJ. X. O'Hara, Boston; Thomas
Moran, Bozeman.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-03-04
His Pointed Remark.

Senator Hansbrough got in his little
crack at the goldbugs during the sem
ate's Sunday session. The appropria-
ton for the navy was up. Mr.. Cor
man had reminded the senators that
the proposed appropriation amounts to
about thirty-one million dollars and he
urged that the number of proposed
new battle ships be two instead of
three; on Saturday he pointed out the
fact that this congress will pass the
billion-dol record respecting which
so loud a shout was raised in 1892.
But the scheme for three ships had
many eloquent defenders, the plea
being that on all accounts the United
States ought to cut an imposing figure
on the seas. OF course, England's
navy was referred to, and the moral
was drawn that we must be prepared
for any sort of a ruction.
Then Mr.. Hansbrough observed that
the fear of war was idle England, he
said, had already captured the United
States financially, she had just made
eight millions on one bond deal, "she
will never make war upon a country
that is producing such revenue for
her"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-03-04
DISAPPOINTMENT.
1t Is Fastening It's Blighting Fangs Upon
Some Gentlemen In Butte

II Is Fastening its bllghtlng fangs Upon
Some Gentlemen In Butte.
BUTTE, March 3.-If house bill $40, which
passed the lower house of the legislature
yesterday, becomes a law, as seems prob
able, there will be a number of disap-
pointed men in Butte who are working
for the nominations for police magistrate.
The bill provides that the magistrate must
be lawyer and there is a provision in it
which says the law shall go into effect at
once. This would shut out all but one of
the numerous republican candidates.
House bill 29l, companion of 3i9, is also
a damper on the ambition of the young
lawyers who want to be city attorney, as
1t makes the office an appointive one.
Secret caucuses on nominations for the
different city offices are being held in
Butte, and by the time the conventions
are held everything is expected to be so
well arranged that the naming of candi-
dates will be but formalty.
The A. p. A., it is said, has nominated
candidates for school trustees, one of
whom is c. r. Hawley, a member of the
present board.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-03-04

Emmett, after his romantic assault on
the castle at Dublin, took flight TO the
Wicklow hills.
There was a lovely woman in the
case. She was the daughter of the
great orator, John Philpot Curran.
After the fiasco in Dublin, Emmett
might easily have escaped to the con-
tinent, but he was bent on an inter
view with the one to whom he ex-
pected to be bound in holy relation,
and he paid the penalty of an honest
lovers affection with his life. This
grief-stricken woman soon followed
Emmett to the grave. The world of
letters gained thereby the immortal
verses, "She is far from the land where
her young hero sleeps" They were
the contribution of Tom Moore lie
had been the friend and companion of
Emmett in student days.
In the fulness of time, Emmet's
epitaph will be written. 1t is a con-
summation that fingers, but it is
bound to come. Sometimes Justice
speeds with unerring swiftness; some
times il moves with leaden tread. BY
and by, in the ceaseless marching of
mankind toward perfect liberty, this
Irish hero's vindication will be made
complete This is his birthday, and
patriotic men who honor it do well.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-03-04

At Helena the statesmen have four
days in which TO wind up the work of
the session. The amount of business
on hand is large-the only way out is
to push things along the lines agreed
upon. One member scored the steer
ing committee during Saturdays ses-
sion, charging 1t with unfairness and
demanding how long the committee
proposed TO persist in its present plan.
Until midnight of next Thursday"
was the answer from the committee,
and business moved ahead again.
There appears to be no reason for the
expectation of an extra session. There
Will be considerable unfinished bust
ness when Thursday night comes, but
it will hardly be of Importance enough
To warrant an extra session.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-03-04

Two deadlocks must be broken be-
fore the mem bership of the next fed
eral senate is made complete. The
daily assurance from Boise is that the
legislature will surely elect and that
the important business that was to be
cared for before the senatorial con-
test could be closed is almost disposed
of. The unvarying vote for many
days has been nineteen for Shoup,
eighteen for Sweet and fourteen for
Clagett. According to reports in the
eastern press, the chances of an cleo
ton in Delaware are getting 10 be
more than doubtful. Senator Higgins
has had one term and has easily ranked
among the strong men in the senate,
but Mr.. Addicks has just enough votes
TO prevent the election, and he says he
will hold his own to the end.