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The San Francisco call., 1895-12-01

tongues and plays for all the parties. He
is the court interpreter for the Chinese,
and how happy is he and his mother! He
pulled down his mothers dress over her
bare feet as she smoked and sang in the
hammock, and he played and played for
her; and he told US his mother made the
best wine ever made in Coloma. Then
he laid his banjo in her lap and went and
got a gourd full. And he bade US drink
and drink aud not be afraid, for his
mother always washed her feet after she
got done treading out the wine. And
again he played and again we drank and
drank to dear old dead Jim Marshall
up yonder under his monument.
Surely the peace of paradise.is his here
in this dreamful little valley of Culloo-
NAH. An old "pard" guards the monu-
ment grounds and cabin and tends the
vines and roses planted by the rugged old
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-01

of grapevines, red with the fires of
autumn. The lines of vines run down
from the steep red mountains side to the
very brink and edge of the awful preci-
pice-a perpendicular wall that has been
formed by the force of hydraulics years
ago. The whole region round about is one
vast orchard, blazing in the red and yell
low gold of the going year-gold oerhead
and gold under foot, as If gold was being
carted down in profusion in payment for
the generous fruitage of the year by
mother nature.
One man only in sight, and that in the
deserted street. water-wheel, two old
miners, a wheeIbarrow, dog asleep in the
street, so soundly asleep that had to lay
my hand on the arm OF my coachman to
keep the wheels off that happy dogs legs.
We drove within six inches of his nose,
but did not break the bark of him. We
drove up to the hotel and waited; no one
came out, and so went in. An old man
was playing solitaire" but he did not lift
his head. came out and sat on one of
Suffers old cannon, planted muzzle down
toward the site of the old sawmill, now in
Tie DeQ Oh the IlVeT, VIC Cdiuc W TWO IlSQ-
men, two old Cinnamon and one young
and handsome negro. They were, in a
dazed, sleepy and listless way, building a
little board shanty. Plenty of brick and
stone houses on either side of the street,
mostly in ruins. The Wells Fargo office
was pulled down and the ground mined out
only last year. Great shade trees shake
hands and lock arms overhead all
along here, and the horses are in the fallen
leaves to their knees and the carriage
wheels are as noiseless as If on carpet.
All the life, snap, vim, business ana hustle
has gore back to brave old Hangtown.
where the smell of paint and the voice of
the hammer is heard in tho land. At the
extreme end OF Coloma, and within q
stones throw of the spot where gold was
first found, we drew up before q dear old
black mammie's house and found her busy
treading out wine in the good old Bible
fashion. Her son, the handsome negro
we had seen with the Chinaman, came up
and got his banjo. He is very kind to
his good old black mother. He was born
here. He put his mother in her ham,
mock under some apple trees and sitting
down on keg played and played
deliciously. He is q genius, talks all
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-01
Big Illinois Turtle.

Down in that stretch OF the Illinois
River that lies between Lacon and
Henry monster turtle, weighing 200
pounds, has been occasionally seen
by fishermen, one of whom attempted
to capture it Wednesday. but it snapped
the net into shreds in a moment and
escaped. A fisherman of Henry swears
the turtle has five heads. We fear that
none of the Illinois fishermen, had they
lived eighteen centuries ago, would have
been called by the man of Galilee to be-
come fishers of men.-Joliet (Ill.) Repub-
lican.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-01
The Cactus.

The skin of the cactus is airtight, q
marvellous provision of nature to enable
those plants to live in soil where moist
ure is scarce, and under sun that would
speedily dry up every drop of accessible
moisture they might contain.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-01

man Marshall with most loving hands,
spending twice the money allotted him,
am told, out of love and respect for the
memory of typical old argonaut OF Ore
gon. JOAQUIN MILLER.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-13
To Make Poultry Pay.

Procure the best breeds (there are
many and take care of them. Keep
them cool in sum ner and warm in win
ter. Keep the poultry quarters clean
and free from all bad odors. Be sys.
tematic in feeding and watering and in
the entire care of the fowls. Don't
overfeed one time and underfeed the
next. A starving process is never
good treatment for fowls. IF they get
too fat, change TO less fattening kind
and compel them to work hard TO get it.
Make them scratch in deep litter of
straw and leaves. This will take off
the fat and keep them healthy and feel
ing good. Don't keep changing from
one breed to another because YOU see
some neighbor has nice, well-kept lot
of another breed. Improve on your
own care, and your fowls will likely
please you better. Select breed be-
cause you like 1t, and be sure you have
good reasons for liking it. A utility
fowl will wear better with you than an
ornamental one, or one attractive for
it's peculiarites of plumage or makeup.
World Herald.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-13

SPRUCE.
WatertOwn Live Stock Market.

LIVE POULTRY There was but little offering.
Prices ranged at ole per ID.
FAT Hoss.-supPly heavy. Prices were nominal,
Mich COws.-The offerings were Guaranteed.
Some fell into the hands of speculator..
MARKET BEEF.-A few choice. s69s; extra,
e55G9575; first quality, S5G5.25; second quality,
s4d4.75; third quality. SS9375.
HIDES, SKINS AND TALLow.-Brighton hides,
agsc per ID; taow; 3hGtlsc per ID country hides,
each; caifskins. i5asl; dairy skins. 2Sa50c.
STORE CATTLE-working oxen. per pair, S6s9l4s;
farrow cows. Slop22; fancy cows. s5og6S; milch
cows and calves S20GiS; yearlings, $50 l6; twoyear
oes, 81 or; three-year Odds. 81 93l; Western fat
swine, live, 3sl945sc; Northern dressed hogs 51c
per h.
VEAL CALvEs.-The movement steady and
prices no higher. Lower rates we're anticipated but
lace 20 calves 1870 lbs at IS do of $50 h at SC;
A. Williamson sold at &c; Brtton 4 savage sold at
SIC; H. N. JENNIE sold at SIC.
SHEEP.-Arrivals were light. The few offered at
the yards found instant sale at steady prices X. e.
French sold Is sheep average 81 TBS, at SIc; A. VIII
lace, 50 lambs 4sOe lbs at IS sheep. 277o TBS at
4sc Britton Savage sold IL sheep. 1910 fbs at SIC;
H. n. JENNIE Is lambs 800 lbs, at &c; Z. p. Brock,
lamb, so lbs, at SC.
CATTLR.-The tone of the ,rket fairly firm.
Western cost from l5d,tc per cwt more than last
week. What were offered were generally disposed
Of. r. K. French sold fine pair of cattle. weighing
fatted by John Bailey of Caremont, N. H., and
found sale at SIC oxen of 692 lbs do, OF ZIG bs
all at sc steers, of 1900 lbs, 31sc W. II. Wallace
sold bulls, average l5o TBS, at 214c; beef cows
$3.50 lbs. home weight that he sent to slaughter
house to kill.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-13

they enter the blood and are only elm
mated from it by the action OF the kid
neys. No one should take borax or
boracic acid into his system excepting
when given as medicine by physi-
clan. Who, then, wishes to have bis
milkman drug his milk, adding an I'M
known quaint y of this material from
day to day2 While strong persons
might drink milk which is 30 drugged
with impunity, how about persons with
weak kidneys, invalids and children2
There should be law on the statute
books of every state against the drug
ging of milk with any substances what
soever unless such fact is told to the
purchaser of the milk. Milk may be
preserved by destroying the germs of
fermentation which 1t carries, and this
is done when it is condensed or ster-
ilized. BY pasteurizing, most of the
germs in milk may be killed, and then
by keeping the milk at low tempera-
ture, the few germs which remain are
prevented from multiplying, and thus
the milk may be kept sweet for some
time.-Hoard's Dairyman.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-13
Shelter the Implements.

While careful farmer will keep a
mowing-machin in proper condition
to do service for twenty years, his
careless neighbor, who lets his machine
remain out of doors a greater portion
of the summer, will do well if new
one is not needed at the end of ten or
twelve seasons. A man who will leave
an implement of any kind exposed to
the elements will neglect to keep it in
proper repair. Not many years ago an
implement manufacturer was gratified
to find that the implements of his
make were we'll taken care of and did
efficient service for long term of years.
At this time nearly all implements
offered are well made, and, if properly
cared for, will last long time. To
shorten their term of service through
careessness is not the mark of sue.
cessfu farmer, and entails heavy
outlay from the proceeds of the farm,
which sum could often be readily put
to much better use. Farmers, as well
as people engaged in other industries,
pay heavy penalty for carelessness
and neglect. No one should think of
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-13
Hints for Dairymen.

THE fact cannot be too strongly i'm
pressed that COW is a good COW sim
ply because she has an increased ca
pacity for turning raw material fed to
her into the kind of product that the
farmer wants.
IT seems strange that many farmers
cannot see that the same material m ade
into poor product that will only bring
ten cents per pound eau, with no more
labor, as readily be manufactured into
product that will bring twenty-five or
thirty cents pound.
THE profitable medium of feeding in
the dairy lies in giving a good variety
of bulky food that is easily digestible
with good ration of grain daily. Too
much grain increases the cost, and es-
pecially so in the summer when pas
turage would be cheap.
A GOOD dairy COW, if properly man.
aged, represents source of income to
the farmer, but she must have her feed
regularly and it must be of suitable
kind, and if given good treatment she
will return an increased compensation
on the capital and labor invested.
THE dairy, as with other lines of
business, we must manage to please
the customer. While large class pre-
fer butter made from nicely ripened
cream, there is quite class that prefer
sweet cream butter, and they are will
ing to pay fair price for it if the quail
ity is good.
IT is com bination of all the essen
tails rather than of any one thing that
hno &c IN ha Io,r
A failure in one particular thing will
often affect results so as to cut out any
possibility of profit 1t is only with
close attention to details and the sup.
plying of everything needful that the
best results are possible.
IT should be remembered that the
first consideration in the dairy in max
ing the most profit is to secure good
cows and then feed them well. No
plan of dairying will get more butter
out of the milk than the COW puts in,
and good cows and good feed are nee
essary to the securing of the largest
quantity of butter fat in the milk
IT seems hard for some farmers to
understand that it is more profitable to
keep and feed small COW that gives a
large mess OF mllk tnau large one LnaL
only gives small mess of milk. They
look at what the COW will bring eight
or ten years hence when she is sold for
beef rather than at the present profit
And that, too, without fully consider
ing what the COW beef costs when it is
ready for market.
PERHAPS you have your dairy up to
certain standard of excellence, but
how are you to keep it there? Some of
the cows will soon begin to get old
Then they must 60 to the butcher
Better be raising and training some
good heifers whose breeding you know
to take their places. Do not wait until
you have to use them and then buy
where it comes handy. Select bull
from a good dairy family and then
breed the very best of your cows, feed
the resulting youngsters we'll and train
them 30 that they can be easily handled
when you are ready to put them in
the dairy. This feeding and training is
necessary supplement to the breed
ing, in order to make perfect dairy
animal.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-13
AGRICULTURAL.
Farming or a Profession

Would you advise me to stay on the
farm or seek some other profession?
This question was asked me few days
ago by a young man, and the answer
may be profitable to others. The
choice of profession or vocation to
which future years are to be given, and
by which a living is to be gained, is, or
ought to be, largely question of taste
and aptitude. Necessity is sometimes
our master, and we are all governed
more or less by circumstances. 1t is
the delight of destiny to counterchange
the plans and purposes OF man. 1
therefore urge all young men to choose
the life that will prove most useful,
which l think is farming. There is no
business in which moderate success is
80 nearly certain. l know from expe-
rience that much of the work on the
farm is rough and some almost repul
sive. l know by experience that there
are risks in farming as we'll as in other
business. Hail and frost, flood and
drouth, blight and insects often destroy
the labor of months, and yet despita all
this, very few farmers, those worthy of
the name, ever fail to grow sufficient
for the coming year. l can not now
recall one who failed to secure this,
provided he practiced the virtues of
economy, industry, temperance and
energy, and was not Frustrated by sick
ness or other calamity. My young
friend appears to regard the chance of
money making the strong point of
profession. l am willing that this
should stand first, for we all have to
live, but a profession or vocation for
life ought to mean more than this. 1t
shou mean opportunity for develop
ment of all our powers-physical, men,
tai, moral and spiritual. This means
the formation of character, the building
up of a grand and noble manhood
There is fine scope for this on the
farm. Farming is becoming an intel
lectual pursuit. This elevates and en-
mobiles the business and exercises all
the powers of those engaged therei A.
So much for farming as a profession
do not regard it as the only indispen-
sable vocation, but simply claim -
certain advantages that no one
can deny. l also claim farming
to be the most independent of all
vocations of ife.-Epitomist.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-13
Current Weekly Comment.

OArs.-There has been but little change
in the market the past week.
CORN. - The demand continues quiet,
with no material change in the situation.
CHEESE. There is nothing new to re.
port. Stocks are being slowly reduced and
the small sales making continue at former
prices.
HAY AND SrRAw.-The market is steady
for the better grades of hay, with a moder-
ate business doing at unchanged prices.
Rye straw is quiet; oat straw is dull.
WooL.-As far as the great bulk of do
nestle woods are concerned, there Is no
change. Buyers are not numerous and
ally due in part to the defective stock on
hand.
FLOUR. - The volume Of business con-
thu ss light, with the market yet showing
absence OF life in all departments Opera
tors purchase moderately as they require
supplies, but this is the extent of the de-
mand.
Eaas.-Receipts have been larger than
last week, but are still light and the mar
ket has kept closely sold up 30 far. Prices
have been a little irregular. Larger receipts
and lower prices are probable within day
or two.
PoTAToEs-Receipts have been fair and
demand steady. Rose are still in short sup
ply and very firmly held. Hebrons steady,
with now and then fancy lot of Houlton
stock held at CSC. Other kinds in moder-
ate demand at quotations.
BUTTER.-The market still continues in
very dull and unsatisfactory condition. Re-
ceipts are heavy and demand very slack.
The best fresh. made northern creamery Is
not cleaning up so we'll as heretofore aud at
the close 22c is about the top for the finest
marks. Receipts Of northern dairy are in
creasing
LUMBER. - Business has scarcely COM
menced as yet and will be many times
greater than it is when the season reaches
It's maximum. There is little to say as yet
in respect to cargo lots, and it is subject
which the middlemen are trying to avoid
for while at least, as they feel that the
market will be in a much more favorable
condition a little later on. Business in
boards is Of very moderate proportions.
Hemlock boards are probably wanted as
much as any kind and are tirmer in value
than almost any other kinds.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-13
ways spoils the shape OF growing
horse.-American Cultivator.
Care OF the Colts Feet.

On the sharp, frozen ground the colts
may break their hoofs, especially IL
they are not kept trimmed down, and,
unless some attention is given to the
matter, misshapen hoof will develop
that can never be converted into q
well-shaped one. Sometimes hoof is
80 broken off at one side while it re-
mains long at the other that the ten
dons of the leg are strained. A badly
misshapen hoof is almost sure to make
the animal awkward, and perhaps ILL
gated. The way to prevent annoying,
and possibly serious, results is to keep
close watch on the colts hoofs and
shape them up as often as occasion de-
mands. 1t is important to U.S. care and
good judgment in this work. 1t will
very rarely, if ever, be necessary to
pare off the sole Of the hoof; and Ii
ever this work is done, it should be
done with the greatest care, and the
frog should be carefully avoided. Ex-
cept in possibly very rare cases, all
that is necessary is to cut off the edges
of the hoof. This is best done by set
ting the hoof on a solid plank or other
smooth, level surface, and with chisel
cut OOWn anu through tue euge VI Ine
hoof, cutting off excessive growth, and
leaving the edge of the hoof as regular
as possible. This trimming of the
hoofs is good training for the colt. 1t
will soon learn to have it's hoofs handled
and trimmed without objection. While
one must be firm, the first point is to
exercise kindness The colt is afraid |;
reassure it. On no account lose tenn
per. The man that cannot control his
temper is unfit to han lie colt on any
occasion Pioneer Press.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-13
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury,

AS mercury will surely destroy the sense
of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering it through
the mucous surfaces. Such articles
should never be used except on pre-
scriptions from reputable physicians, as
the damage they will do is tenfold to
the good you can possibly derive from
them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufac-
tured by F. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo,
o., contains no mercury, and is taken
internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the sys-
tenn. In buying Hall Catarrh Cure be
sure you get the gerr inc. 1t is taken
internally, and made in Toledo, o., by
F. j. Cheney & Co, Testimonials free.
CO Sold by Druggists, price seventy
five cents per bottle.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-13
Feed Your Horses Well.

When the owner can afford 10 feed
his horse he generally allows him suf.
ficient. He soon discovers that the
work cannot be done without it. He
may grudge the cost of keeping, but he
soon finds that it 10 easier to buy food
than to buy horses. Starvation and
hard work quickly wear them out.
Though nobody who can avoid it will
starve his working horses, yet many
think it no sin to starve idle horses.
horses thrown out of work by lameness
or other causes are often very ill-fed,
or rather they are not fed at all. The
privations of farmers stock during
winter may not in every case be
avoidable, but the allowance Of food is
often reduced too much, not because
there is little to give, but because it is
unnecessary or wasteful to give more.
Both young and old horses suffer more
mischief from want of food than is sup
posed. The former, however, suffer
most. Starvation checks the growth
aud destroys the shape. Horses that
have been ill-fed when young are al
most invariably small, long-legged,
light-carcassed and narrow. chested.
When house is starved, besides los
ing strength and flesh, his bowels get
full of worms and his skin covered with
lice. Very often he takes mango and
sometimes he does not moult, or the
hair falls suddenly and entirely off,
leaving the skin nearly bald for long
time. The skin of an ill.fed horse is
always rigid, sticking to the ribs, and
the hair dull. staring, soft, deadlike.
If not famished to death, they recover
strength and animation with good and
sufficient feeding, but starvation al
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-13

Some Of the advantages of the A. D.
Moore Water Motor over others are
Its even speed, silence in running,
simplicity and durability; no leakage
through the box on the case. Should
the ports become clogged they can
be cleand by removing a plug shown
in the cut. Mr.. Moore has also a new
method for pumping Church Organs
and for applying power for the use Of
farmers. His NEW COFFEE MILL
AND MOTOR combined, nickle pla-
ted hopper and wheels, noiseless,
making 1t compact and very hand
somely finished piece of mechanism
to place in a show window. It's
stiffness while grinding cannot be
surpassed.
For Prices, Circulars and TestIn1o-
4 malls, 'appIy tot IR Co NJ a.
A. d. MOORE. ..:Montpelier, Vermont
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-13

HALF manuring makes half cropping.
For full crops, full rations are indispen-
sable. Put on the manure now while
no other work is pressing. Good stable
manure, if to be had close by, is always
cheap at 81 a two-horse load, much
cheaper indeed than commercial fertil-
izers at current rates, and usually m ore
satisfactory because more lasting in ef-
fect.-American Gardening.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-13
GRATEFUL-CoMFoRTI
EPPS'S COCOA
MISUNDERSTANDING.

"By thorough knowledge of the natural laws
which govern the ope ations of digestion and nutr-
tion and by careful application of the fine proper
ties of well selected Cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided
for our breakfast and supper delicatey favored
beverage which may save many heavy doctors
bills. II Is by the judicious of such articles of
diet that constitution may be gradually built up
until strong enough to resist every tendency dis
Hundreds of subtle malades are floating
around ready to attack wherever there is a weak
point We may escape many fatal shaft by keeping
ourselves well fortified with pure blood and prop.
erly nourished frame. - Grill lSeruice Gazette
Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold
only In half-pound tins, by grocers, labelled thus:
JAMES EPPS& CO.. Limited, Homeopathic
Chemists, London, England.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-13
Preserving Milk.

One of the milk preservatives often
advertised by daily papers is preserva-
line. The active principle in preserva-
line-that which keeps the milk from
souring-is borax aud boracic acid
Now borax or boracic acid are not con-
stituents of the human body. Being
soluble, when taken in with the milk,