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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-03-08

consumption He had been sick one
year and was unable to work forth past
three months.
Nearly all the granite firms in Montpe-
lier have begun working their forces nine
hours day which will probably contln-
ne till next November.
This week will witness the completion
and starting of MorrisvllIe's electric
light plant, constructed, owned and OPP
Grated by the village corporation and in
stalled with 400 incandescent and %
arc lights wired ard more to follow.
Being owned and operated by the village
corporation, the rates for lights are at a
low figure, but two other towns in this
country have as low rates as these and
no town or city in the United States has
lower rates
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-03-08
WEBSTER'S ADvICE TO WINTHROP.

Lesson of Experience. In the harsh
school oil experience man learns the
rfpest wisdom and Is the best qua Iified
TO teach Every human life bears tes-
timony to this fact.
Daniel Webster, the greatest man
GRABBED on New England soil in any cen.
fury, at the goal of his career, looking
backward and remembering his own ex.
perience, thus advised Robert c. Win.
throp, then at the very threshold of that
public life which shed such imperishable
lustre on his name.
Winthrop, il were as young as YOU
are, and just beginning my COMPRESSION
al career, l would adopt a different
course from that which we are all pur-
SUNG IN regard to speeches"
~ have lost my faith in long, labored
efforts, to be printed week alter their
delivery, and to be scattered over the
country in pamphlets which nobody ever
reads. | would speak short and often.
would take some part in every impor.
tant discussion, and | would prepare
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PROPOSALS WANTED

For the furnishing of the following boxes ;
1000 boxes on inches wide, 91s inches deep,
11% inches long
10 900 boxes 81 inches wide, sM inches deep
lin inches long
1000 boxes inches wide, 8 inches deep,
11M inches long.
1000 boxes 7 inches wide, inches deep,
In inches long.
10000 boxes inches wide, 6 inches deep,
11A inches long.
The above areinside measures, thickness of
sides, bottoms and tops to be fully Is inch
ends fully " inch planed on one side. The
side can be of spruce, pine, poplar, Eastwood
or any such lumber that is sound. Would
prefer the ends Of hardwood, but can be OF
spruce or any good lumber that will hold the
nails we'll We want these furnished in
shocks or all ready to nail
Net cash prices, delivered at our station
THE PIKE MFG CO.,
Pike Station, n. II.
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Was Death Necessary?
fspeclal Telegram to Chicago mter.Ocean.l

Especial Telegram TO chicago fnter'Ocedn.l
SYCAMORE, ILL.,, May Is, lS9l.--George W
Churchill, chief engineer OF the city water"
works, died OF heart, disease this afternoon
while ridinghis bicycle"
A splendid man.
A useful citizen, occupying responsible
position In tho city where he lived,
lie was necessity, not only 10 his family
and friends, but 10 the entire community.
Near Vandala, In the same state, Illinois
there lives widely known, much respected
prosperous farmer, Mr.. j. +. Helm.
Why did he not drop dead?
On the same day that the telegraph opera
tor at Sycamore was clicking 20 the pres, OF
the country the startling nrws " the sudden
death OF Mr.. Churchill Mr. Helm at Vanda,'G
posted the following letter:
vandalla. H., May %, iSo4.
DR.. Miles Medical Co., ElkhhT, Ind:
desire - ada my experience TO the many
testimonials Of benefit persons have received
from the use OF remedies ! was trOubcI
With heart disease for several years, at hrsi
felt an oppression around ny heart; then
began 30 get short OF breath, inter violent
exercise would have paipitqtion, and finally
became so bad That that work became an I'M
possibility. was doctored By several OF the
best physicians but obtained only temporary
relief; Mr.G. q. Caps, druggiat here. induced
me 10 try u bottle of your Heart Cure. 1t
helped me from the start; my. trouble had
become chronic, had neglected il SO long
that have used several bottles. Tho result
has been most wonderful / can breathe
freely and easily, suffering no Inconvenience
from extra exertion and can enjoy good
nights rest, something have not been able
to do for years. cannot express thanks too
highly in commentator OF your Heart Cure
believing you have prolonged my life many
years can and will cheerfully recommend
III anyone suffering with heart trouble.
Very respectfully yours,
j. Il. HELM.
guarantee that the first bO,tle vii benefit.
All druggists sell IL atS1 bottles for S., or
Il win be sent, prepaid, on, receipt OF price
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had said"
Can this advice not be given with
equal emphasis in relation to advertis-
ing? If the great orator makes one
mighty effort on some stated occasion
and then lapses into silence, he is lost in
the swift tide OF events the remainder of
the time Heard often, he is constantly
in the public thought So if the mer-
chant has one grand display and does
nothing the rest of the year, or only APP
pears in print occasionally, people for
get and turn elsewhere the rest of the
year. But the daily columns proclaim
his bargains in an attractive and novel
manner, and the tide of trade to his
counters is ceaseless in it's flow. 1t is
never permitted to ebb is charged with
constant success.
AS Webster said to Winthrop, "Speak,
speak, " we say to business men, "Adyer-
tise, advertise Be heard often in the
right places and thousands of readers
will become your daily audience, never
forgetting when to trade.
ADVERTISE; II Pays.
1t has helped to make the merchant
princes" Of our land, as oratory has pro-
claimed its foremost statesman.
PETTINGILL d; co,
Newspaper Advertising Agency,
az School Street, Mutual Reserve Bldg,
BOSTON, MASS. NEW YORK CITY.
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3llisrrllann.
YER MONT MATTERS,
NATIONAL BANKS ~ VERNON

The Just issued report OF the Comptrol'
lcr Of the Currency, for 1894, contains
many interesting figures concerning the
national banks in Vermont.
II appears that 6S banks have been or
ganizcd in this state since the National
Banking act was passed. OF this number
10 are in liquidation and 49in operation.
The condition of the 40 national banks
in the state, Oct. ., 1894, is shown by
the report to be as follows;
CAPITAL stock, 81, 005, 900; surplus tnnd
Sl.626. 1880; undivided profits, $685.
5l5.26: national bank circulation. So,
g5g.52O: individual deposits, SS,9i2,-
1927; loans and discounts, S12, $685.
242.44. bonds for circulation, SO, 343,-
600. The assets and liabilities balance
AT S21 ,S7S, PAL SO. The total amount of
circulation issued under the National
Banking act in this state has been $780,
SIS, $50, and the amount redeemed has
been $50, 727263, leaving outstanding
S3,16O,9S7
The total number OF depositors in the
national banks at the date Of the last re-
port was 10, 1926, with deposits aggrega-
ting 7249, $40. There were rs deposit
tors each having $4,000 or more on
deposit.
The banks report their earnings and
dividends from March to Sept. l, 1894,
to be as follows; Earnings 1854, 456.75;
losses and premiums, $500 926. 16; eX-
penscs and taxes, STA, 1914; net earn
ings, 500, 751.S5; dividends, $215,5 500.
The total amount of gold and silver
com and certificates held byall the banks
Oct ., 1894 was $621,213.S2. The
amounts held by them in previous years,
beginning with 1890, has been as folows:
1890, 1924. 634.63; 1891, SIG, S10.SS;
1892, $505, 625.69; 1893, $643, 991 Al.
The actual amount of gold coin held Oct. |
., 1894, was S47S, 1925 against $447,- |
6S175 in 1898, 1867, 1872 so III 1892, |
1894, 232 20 in 1891, and $316,702.S5 |
Oct. 2, 1890. One new national bank |
was organized in 1894. with capital of !
$4,000.
The corporate existence of these five
banks expired during the year 1894:
First National OF Newport, Merchants
Bank of ST. Johnsbury, Ran
dolph National of West Randolph Bar
ton National of Barton and Peoples
National of Bratteboro-[C. S. Forbes
in The Boston Journal.
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DIR. Miles Heart Cure Is sold on positive
guarantee that the first DO, !e vii benefit
All druggists sell IL atI, 6 bottles for IS, or
II will be sent, prepaid, on receipt OF price
by the Dr.. Miles Medical Co, Elkhart, ind
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-03-08
A LINCOLN TRAIT VERMONT.

Lincoln was a magnifed type of the
pioneer American character, which still
asserts itself emphaticalIy in the lite of the
American citizen, and which we claim is
essentially characteristic of New England
to-day. II is the trait which brings Yer
monters to the front wherever or in
whatever circumstances they may be
placed. 1t is that trait which gives per-
manency to the high reputation of Yer
mont for craftsmanship, which won lau-
rcIs for the Green Mountain Boys in
l775-1777, which brought renown to the
old Vermont Brigade" in 1S6l-1S65,
and which to-day is evidenced in the
moral tone and general intelligence, not
alone Of Vermont's 332 900 resident citi
zens, but also her 10000 sons and
daughters scattered throughout the
states of the Union Woodstock Stan
dard
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New Advertisements.
Cold
Weather

There are seven million pores
in the ordinary sized man, which
act as sewers in cleansing the
system of impurities. When
they become clogged, perspira-
ton ceases or is less than nor.
NAL in quantity. Cold weather
restricts the amount of perspira-
ton, and in natures struggle to
free The system of waste matter
the Kidneys become overworked
Buker's Kidney Pills counteract
the effects of overwork, prevent
disease, and cure the Backache
incidental to Kidney troubles.
When the back aches, try the
pills. Druggists sell them for
50 cents, A book about Back
ache and Kidney troubles for
the asking.
6H<er Pill Co., Bangor, Me.
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Did You Ever

hear tell of a purchaser wanting to buy
an imitation Why do men who try to
sell such articles speak of the act as
working them OFF," Simply because
people want the best, and it takes work
and likewise deception to sell them the
worst. This unpleasant experience NAV
befall the housekeeper who determines to
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every word which proposed to say, and
write it out beforehand, so as to give
copy to the reporters the moment | sat
down. In this way the next mornings
paper would let my constituents and the
country see and read precisely what |
had said"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-09-20
HORTICULTURAL NOTES.

AS SHOOTS start up where no branches
are wanted pinch them off and leave
others where it is desired to have them
grow.
SOME species of fungi have neither
roots, stem, leaves, flowers nor seed
and derive their nourishment through
pores.
In cultivating your apple trees you
may raise corn IN the orchard for very
few years, provided you don't plant It
too near the trees, and will cut it up
and haul 1t, out early in the winter,
and by no means make q shock around
tree.
WHETHER you plant yearlings or fve-
year-olds, they will be about the same
size six or seven years after planting,
with the chances In favor of the young
er trees being the most firmly rooted.
But up to that time the older trees will
have paid decidedly the best.
ONE thing is certain, as a rule the
horticultural lives little better than
the average of men, as he always has
plenty of fruit and vegetables to eat.
He uses 400 to 500 loads Of manure an
nually, and his grounds show it His
soil is an excellent one naturally.
The preservation of insectivorous
birds and all innoxious reptiles should
be insisted upon by county and town
governments, and knowledge of the
principal forms Of predaceous and cam
nibal insects disseminated through the
public schools both of town and coun.
tv.-Farmer's Voice.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-09-20
RATlONS FOR HORSES.
Relative Value of Corn and Oats Estab
lished BY Experiments.

Relative Value of Corn and Oats Estab-
lished by Experiments.
The Utah experiment station has
issued Bulletin No. 80 on the Relative
Value Of Corn and Oats for Horses
The experiment is summed up as fol-
lows:
/. In this experiment with two sets
Of horses, one set fed grain ration
principally of corn and the other a
grain ration principally of oats, the
horses sustained their weight the bet.
ter on the corn ration.
2. The feeding was divided intQ Ave
periods. Part of the time one horse
was fed in each set and part of the
time two. In every period save one
the corn-fed Sc. did the better.
8. The feeding value of the rations
seemed to vary directly as the guam
tity of digestible matter that each con-
tanned.
4. A nutritive ratio of / to 60 did
better than one of to go.
s. To sum up the three experiments,
we find: First, that during the sum-
mer, corn and timothy were not so
good as oats, wheat and clover In main.
tanning the weight of horses; second,
that during the winter, corn and timo.
thy did as well as oats, clover and
timothy in maintaining the weight OF
horses; third, that during the spring
and summer, corn. wheat or bran and
mixed hay produced more grain than
oats, wheat or bran and mixed hay.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-09-20
THE KEY TO SUCCESS.
It Pays to Put Things on the Market ir
Prime Condition.


Prime Condition.
The farmer who Is contented with
average crops sold in the average con.
dition must expect only average prices
He who produces anything and puts IL
on the market in prime condition Is
the one who is going to make sales
first and get top prices. The average
man comes along later. No matter
what you have to sell, put 1t in the
best possible condition for market and
see 20 it that you can adopt the same
motto that we once saw in barrel of APP
pies in the east. When the head was
taken out of that barrel there was ex-
posed a printed slip which said: This
package was produced and packed by
John Smith, who guarantees that
when you see the top you see the
whole" The commission man told US
that he never had any trouble with
anything that man sent in, for his rep
utation had been made. He not only
packed his fruit and vegetables in the
best manner, but sorted the sizes, and
when the package was opened the
buyer knew just what to expect from
top to bottom. We know farmer
who takes his grain to market and
dumps 1t wherever the buyer tells him
to. and is then asked how many BUSH
els he had. His grainis never looked at
nor weighed by the man who has
weighed it for years; if it is not In
good condition he insists on inspection,
but if he knows it Is all right he un.
loads and gets his pay. A reputation
of that kind is worth more than good
farm, for it brings a greater return.
Honesty is not only the best policy, but
1t is absolutely necessary to final sue
cess Carelessness is the costliest
habit farmer can fall into, apd trick
cry, while it may seem to sueeed for
time, must cost more than it comes
20 in the end.-Connecticut Farmer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-09-20
LIVE STOCK NOTES.

FEED hogs regularly and do not over
feed.
ALWAYS supply pigs and all stock
with plenty of pure water.
BEWARE at this season of the rotting
straw stack and manure pile.
Mix pound of sulphur with every
thirty pounds of salt to keep stock
hardy.
THE heat will start ferment, and the
ferment will start cholera or disease in
the pigs.
DoN'T make the mistake of thinking
filth wholesome for hogs, but give
them clean mud to wallow in.
THERE is growing discrimination
against very large, fat cattle, and q
growing appreciation of those Of more
moderate weight There is not, how
ever, unless in extremely rare cases,
such preference for cattle under one
year old.
In the days when sheep were kept
almost solely for wool it was a COM
mon practice to keep wethers until
several years old. With the low prices
for wool which have prevailed for
some years, there seems no good rea
son for continuing it.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-09-20

A, glass slide for ventilation, eX12 inch II,
top Of boiler. T, tube running down through
boiler. c, cover over top Of tube. D, hinged
trap door, 10 ventil3te and clean F, G, glass
slides. Okla E, entrance for chicks TO brooder
chamber H inclined platform for chicks to
reach brooder chamber. Dotted line shows
where floor Of brooder is
air going into this tube from the lamp
underneath heats the water that sur
rounds it.
The brooder box should be AZ feet
long and 2 feet inches wide, and as
deep as the boiler is high, with room
under the floor for an ordinary hand
lamp with chimney; use lamp with
wide wick, and let it come within an
inch of the mouth of the tube. The
boiler can be placed lengthwiss or
across the floor as one may wish, yet
there must be plenty of room to let the
chickens come around the boiler with
out being crowded.
The floor should be high enough to
allow the boiler to come to the top of
the brooder, SO as not to let the steam
into the chamber where the chickens
are. Cut hole in the floor one foot
SQUARE, over WHICH SET the DOlleT ana
under it place the lamp, with the
chimney under the mouth of the tube.
Fill the boiler about two-thirds full of
hot water, light the lamp, shut up the
brooder, and IN a few moments it will
be warm, ready for the little chicks.
Cut hole in top, forward of the
boiler, cover nicely with 9x12 glass,
also two in the side the same size.
These should lie SO they can slide back
and forth. The top one is for light
and ventilation; the side holes are for
light, and through them the brooder
can sbe easily cleaned. Another hole
should be cut in the side below the
floor, in order to place the lamp under
the boiler, and to remove it for filling
and trimming We use glass here also
as we can more readily see how tho
lamp is burning.
In front is another glass door, so the
chickens can come out upon the plat
form to eat. Never feed in the cham.
Der. Cover The floor with sand or saw.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-09-20

from the weather OF course this wind
mill cannot revolve to face the wind
from different quarters, but as the pre-
vailing winds blow from the north
west, il will fill the bill most Of the
time, especial ' in the northwest terri
tories and nor thwestern states where
the winds never grow tired of blowing
from the west and northwest. A rod
should project out about 20 inches in
the center of the fans and wires may be
stretched from point TO point over the
end Of this rod to support the fans In
heavy wind. The fans shown In the
illustration are arranged TO give in
creased power BY adding extra pieces
This windmill furnishes three horse
power and only costs few dollars A
large pulley behind the fans serves for
brake to act upon.-S. A. Smyth, in
Farm and Home.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-09-20

is composed of granular matter, which
with high power proves 10 be en-
byros, the worm-like body being only
a sac
These sacs are very numerous IN the
muscle. while each sac contains many
hundreds Of the embyros: taken to-
gether the number existing In some
hogs must be counted by the million.
This parasite, which is considered to
be harmless. is called by the United
States department OF agriculture Tar
cosperidium." and by the Germans
'Psorospermien, and it is remarkable
considering their great number in q
food product, that little appears to be
known Of their life history.
l have made preparations Of the sac
for microscopical examination, and ex-
PEELED the embryos from the sac, which
proved to be the shape of half moons
Prof. John Michels, in Scientific
American
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-09-20
NEW PARTISAN VICE.
The Inhaling of Naphtha vapor Said to B.
Better Than Hasheesh.

The Inhaling of Naphtha vapor Said to Be
Better Than Hasheesh.
Petroleum enters into the manufac-
ture of not less than two hundred ar
ticles of universal benefit and the odd
est use to which 1t is put is its inhalation
in the form of naphtha vapor by Pa
risian women as substitute for opium,
says an exchange.
In one factory where naphttia is
largely used.it is by no means an I'M
common practice. The naphtha is kept
In reservoirs and is drawn off through
pipes as it is wanted for use. BY ac-
cident some of the female operatives
made the discovery that the fumes from
these reservoirs had a peculiar and
pleasant effect upon them, and from
this the initiated fell into the habit Of
going regularly to the valves and in.
haling the fumes.
Several girls who were previously
slaves to hasheesh have given 1t up in
favor Of naphtha because they are
easier to take. All that was necessary
was to inhale them from the pipes and
the work was done. Besides, the latter
cost nothing, which was an important
item to girl on small wages.
A languorous and pleasant sensation
cones over the indulger, and when she
would drop off to sleep very pleasant
visions are the result. The sensations
resulting from good pull at the pipes
usually last three-quarters of an hour.
In most cases the narcotic influence
OF the fumes produces sleep which
covers half of this time; but, although
there is not absolute sleep, the condi-
ton closely borders on slumber, and
the effect is about the same. The same
delightful languor possesses the mind
and body, which the deluded victim Of
this vice persists In believing cannot be
otherwise than good thing for her.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-09-20
LIVE STOCK NOTES.

IN country stables there is no excuse
for foul odors.
WHATEVER you would like pig to
be you can have by selecting boar
that Is pattern Of what you want.
WHEN horses are kept in dark stables
and brought out into the sunlight, the
eyes are in great danger of injury.
The temperature Of stable should
never go below the freezing point The
proper temperature is about go degrees.
SOLITARY confinement in dark sta.
BILE has tendency to make a horse
vicious. Itaffects the brain, as it does
the brain OF a human being in such con-
finernent.
WHEN hogs are fed upon alfalfa, they
cen be finished up nicely on Egyptian
cori, and in some sections where alfalfa
grows this corn grows better than any
other .at-producing grain.
You've animals should be fed con.
siderable bulk in order to develop the
stooach. Heifer calves especially
should be fed considerable bulky food.
When concentrated food alone is fed,
the stomach Is contracted.-Farmer's
Vot.e
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-09-20
How Wili They Get ItY

Silverites reply to the proof that there
Is far more money now in this country
than at any previous period in our his
tory by saying: 1.-THE money is all
looked mp in the banks. We want free
silver SO the people will have the mon
ey." But they never explain how free
coinage, under which the silver mine
owners would take their bullion to the
mint and get back coined dollars, would
put those dollars In the pockets Of the
people, or how 1t would keep them out
Of the banks II their owners chose to de-
posit them. The fact that we have near
~ five times as much money per capita
as Mexico, free silver country. should
lead the believers in free coinage to
think little about the probable results
Of their scheme.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-09-20
HOMEMADE BRoODER.
It's Designer Claims That 1t Is Practical
In Every Respect.

Some time ago l promised a de-
scription of my homemade brooder. /
wish TO say on the start that while not
costly it is thoroughly practical for all
ordinary purposes, for it has been
tested and does its work well.
The size shall give Is large enough
to accommodate 95 or 100 chickens,
which is as many as ought to be in
one flock. To warm the brooder, l
use a common tin wash-boiler with
cover. In the center Of the bottom l
insert 2H-inch pipe, open at the
lower end but closed at the top, and
long enough to reach within two
inches Of top Of the boiler. The hot