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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-02-20

SENATOR PROCTOR has sent to this
Office few copies of the reports of the
national department of agriculture for
the years 1892 and 1893 for their more
ready distribution to the farmers of this
section. Farmers interested in these
reports are requested to call and take
one without money and without
price, -
A FARMER who has been getting a
phenomenally large amount of eggs
during the fall and the winter says his
fowls are cross of Leghorn, Wyan-
dotte and Minorca-a kind of a mix
ture. When asked what be fed, he re-
piled: Nothing but corn and wheat"
Anything else? swell, they have
oyster shell for grit, and ground bone,
but don't know as they help the egg
business any. Plenty of good wheat
and corn always brings me plenty of
eggs" And yet there are people who
pretend that corn is not good feed for
fowls. -
CONNECTICUT is wrestling with the
tuberculosis problem. A bill, dealing
with the matter of the treatment of the
disease, framed by the cattle commits
sion and state medical society, is before
the legislature. Provision is made for
appraising suspected animals, and the
state pays the entire appraised value of
animals slaughtered, owning the meat,
if not diseased, and putting the proceeds
of the sale into the state treasury, re-.
quiring the owner 10 bury the carcass
if diseased. For the first year, 1926 900
is appropriated for carrying on the
work of determination, including cattle
killed. Quarantine against other states
is established. In more than half the
states of the Union the existence of tu-
berculosis in cattle and it's menace to
human health is now recognized by
law, and means for stamping it out pro-
vided. Vermonts law seems to be the
most conservative and to lean more
towards tender discrimination in ia.
vor of the cattle against the public
health. So gingerly did the Solons
tread around the matter at the late ses-
sion of the Legislature.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-02-20
Hoods s;s's''sin' Cures

Moods Pills cure all liver Ills, constips
ton, biliousness, sick headache. indigestion
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-02-20
The Wheat Production.

General interest will attach to the
statistics of the wheat yield and prices
for 1894 and similar statistics for 6
quarter of century past. The follow
ing figures are furnished by the agri
cultural department:
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-02-20

The yield is the annual average for
the periods specified, expressed in
bushels, and the farm value the price
per bushel. The amount of wheat and
-four exported has been maintained,
but the amount realized has been enor-
mously reduced A similar shrinkage
in the value of cotton, pork and every
farm product exported has contributed
to shrink the balance of trade in favor
of this country and to its ability to pay
debts due abroad. The decline in the
price of wheat can hardly be assigned
to over-production. Production, it is
probable, has not kept pace with the
increase in population. The reduced
cost of production and transportation
may account for some part of this fall
of nearly fifty-6ve per cent in the farm
value of wheat in twenty-five years,
The fall has been by regular gradations
though greatly accelerated during the
year 1894. The main causes are not
far to seek, and they are not agricultu.
raj. A monetary view of the shrinkage
in the price of wheat is thus expressed
by the Springfield Republican:
much has been said lately by the
English newspapers about the possible
American Reputation of debts due
abroad through drop to the silver ba.
sis in this country. But in that even
we should at least give back dollar
which would buy as much wheat as thu
dollar borrowed fifteen years ago o.
twenty years ago. 1t would not be tn,
same kind of dollar. 1t might there
fore be called dishonest dollar. Blu
1t would be a dollar of equal purchas
ing power in this particular case. W.
think it would be better and more hon
est to pay back the same kind of dol
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-02-20
RETAIL DEALERS PRICES
Boston Produce Market.

~ rhe quotations given below represent prices
obtained by receivers for hoesaie lots mot jobJins
prices unless otherwise indicated, and intended
to re present actual Gales
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-10-16
New Gun for the French Navy.

The French Ministry of Marine
have adopted a naval gun which is
forty times the length of its calibre,
and the shells from which are ca
pable of piercing any armor plates.
This, remarks a correspondent,
would seem to be a gun too long
for practical use on board ship if it
were not for the fact that since 1887
the French navy has been using
guns having a length of from forty
two to forty-fve calibres. The
longest large gun in the British
navy is less than thirty-six calibres,
and the average for the larger
pieces is about thirty calibres.-
Exchange.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-10-16
So His Rair CouId Grow.

Father-"And what would you
like to be, Tommy, when you grow
up?"
Tommy-'I'd like TO be an art
list, or a poet, or a musician,
father"
Father (highly gratifed y
"These are difficult callings, my
son. But why should you like to
choose one of them?"
Tommy (promptly)-"Because
then / would not have to get
my hair cut, father. "-Pearson's
Weekly.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-10-16
Restricted TO MIX Diet.

Dobbs-"Maria, that beast of a
dog of yours must 60. She has
just bitten piece out of the calf of
my leg"
Maria-"Oh, this is too terrible. :"
Dobbs-"It is a comfort to have
some sympathy for once"
Maria-'I was not thinking of
you at all, but the veterinary sur
geon yesterday ordered poor Florrie
to be restricted to a milk diet." -
It'd Bits.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-21
A SAMPLE SPEECH.

The causes of the deep hostility of
the rank and file Of the Grand Army of
the Republic to any movement which is
designed to place Mr.. Langsdale in
charge of the completion of a monu-
ment which had its inspiration in that
organization are well known to most
people. but that those who do not I'M
derstand them NAV know that they are
sufficient and justified, the following ex-
tract from his TRADE when the resolu-
ton to remove the Mexican dates was
pending in the meeting of commission
ers, Sept. /. 1893, is given:
believe this opposition Is born of the
spirit of selfishness, and that it does not
come from the truest of soldiers. Any
Union soldier who cannot share the honors
with all the soldiers is not worthy OF the
name - know that an effort is
being made TO pledge the members of the
neft esisla axirs 70 sols IN iasor Oh taking
do this thing l will fight you to the bitter
defeat the purposes of the board. / under
stand these selfish persons who are behind
this into rney ss e bring
rather. with the Grand Army. which meets
here next week - / know that the
Grand Army will be here next week; but
1t does not matter whether our action Is
Endorsed or not The figures are not there
portion of the Grand Army which has an
tagonized these dates is the organizations
worst enemy. fit were not for the support
of the men outside Of the State, the G.. A.
r. in Indiana would be In grea s danger Of go
which inspired the rebellion is now working
among portion of the Grand Army.
This remarkable trade was uttered
after the Indiana Encampment of the
Grand Army. at Evansville. April and
6. 1893. by a unanimous vote. demanded
that the dates be removed so that the
monument might be a Union soldiers
monument. Among the members of the
organization who are its wo. t enc
miles, and who We're, according to
Langsdale. inspired by the spirit of the
rebellion to destroy the government.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-21
NATURAL GAS SUPPLY AND RATES.

That portion of the Mayors recent
message which referred to the natural
gas supply merits the attention of the
Council. The present winter is APP
preaching It's close. and the insufficiency
OF the gas supply may not be seriously
felt again this season. but there are a
great many people who will not soon
forget the discomfort and even suffering
experienced during the last few weeks
and who will dread repetition of the
experience another season. If there is
any means of averting such contin-
gency 1t should be found and adopted.
The Mayor says:
/ have been assured by representatives
of the two natural-gas companies that they
have gwen the consumers all the gas that
IL Is possible for them to supply through
their present pipelines. Assuming that this
is true. very serious condition OF affairs
Many persons have built houses with refer
ence to gas as a permanent fuel, and have
no other means of heating their houses.
During cold weather they are furnished very
little gas. and yet must pay the full or
d.nance rates or have their supply entirely
discontinued. This does not appear to me
to be just. The companies have inferen-
TALLY agreed to furnish full supply OF gas
to all the persons accepted by them. If they
cannot do this with one pipeline each.
Something should be done TO remedy the
present difficulties before next winter.
1t is a question whether the companies
should be permitted complacentiy to
fall back on the assurance that they
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-21
NEW SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
Three VIII BE Built by the Board
During the Summer.

The Indianapolis School Board met in
special session last night to consider the
plans for the new school buildings to be
erected at Capitol avenue and Twentieth
street, Michigan street and Ramsey ave-
nue. and Lexington avenue and State street
All of the commissioners were present ex-
cept Mr.. Appel The plans, as presented,
were those ordered by the new board
They were merely preliminary and were
not gene over. President Martindale
deemed IL advisable to wait until the archi-
tect completed the specifications, which he
would be able to do in a week or So On
motion of Commissioner Blackledge the old
plans were discarded. All business hereto
fore transacted, bearing on the original
plans was rescinded by unanimous vote
or the board. Commissioner Blackledge i'm
troduced motion to that effect and looked
very much surprised when every member
voted with him. II the plans. which the
architect now has In view. are carried out
by the board. a considerable saving will
be made by the city. The three new build
ings are to be erected after the style of
school No. 80 at Illinois and Twelfth street.
On motion of President Martindale the
architect was instructed to prepare plans
and specifications according to the sketches
already furnished.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-21

On the evening of Sept. Is. 1886. Gen.
BENJAMIN Harrison. then United States
Senator. delivered a speech in the Grand
Opera House in this city, in which. re-
ferring to the declaration of the Repub-
lican State convention, which had met
about ten days before, he said:
The benevolent institutions If the State
have been the pride and care cf our people.
We have given generously TO their construc-
ton and equipment, 1t Is disgrace to our
State that these institutions should be
drawn into the strifes of political I.arties.
That official places connected with the care,
treatment and instruction o. the insane,
deaf and dumb. blind, imbecile and of the
orphans of our soldiers should be recai ded
and distributed as q part of the rs of
politics is public Scandal reproacl to
our civilization.
This is in line with the pledges of the
Republican party for ten years past,
which have demanded. not that the in
stitutions be taken out of Democratic
control, but out of political control-not
transferred from one party to another
but removed from party politics alto
gether
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-21

were James T. Lyman. w. H. ARM
strong. Judge McMaster, Judge Black,
George w. Spahr. J. T.. Twiname, J. r.
Carnahan. Irwin Robbins, of Indianap-
oils; Colonel z'ollinger, D. N. Foster and
Phil Dickinson, Of Fort Wayne; Benja-
min Starr, Of Richmond; Judge Marsh.
of Winchester; H. NJ. Caylor, of Mobiles
vile; w. d. Null, of Rockville: Milton
Garrigus, of Kokomo; Jasper Packard,
of New Albany; Thomas J. Charlton, of
the Reform School; Jasper e. Lewis. of
South Bend; Joseph b. Cheadle. of
Frankfort, and over five hundred others
who We're the delegates of the four hum
dred posts. They were the representa-
tives of the Organization going to
pieces" who. when the laws were
threatened last July, attested that
spirit which inspired the rebellion" by
volunteering to rally to the defense of
laW$and order in Indiana.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-21

The man who introduced the gypsy moth
into Massachusetts, has just died in France.
and though he seems to have been in other
respects estmable gentleman and this
his only crime, he is spoken of in uncon-
plinentary terms in regions where the moth
has made itself known. The gypsy moth
is an insect not yet known in Western
States, and which. according to all accounts
is not desirable acquisition 1t devours
every green thing, excepting the inhabi-
tants, which comes in its way, and leaves
even the shade trees bare of foliage. 1t
propagates its species with prodigious ra-
pidity, and when even one moth escapes
from captivity into uninfested territory it
is just cause FOR alarm. 1t was in this way
that Massachusetts first became acquainted
with the pest. Mr.. Touvelot, a French en-
graver, occupied his spare moments in the
interesting attempt TO produce a hybrid
silk worm by crossing the common butter
fly with the gypsy moth. The moths, which
were probably brought from abroad, got
away. and their progeny has become such
a scourge that large sums OF money have
been spent in the effort to exterminate it.
The Legislature is now asked for another
large appropriation for the purpose. Pro-
fessor Shaler. of Harvard. says: Il should
prefer to have an invasion of any two
legged army that could come here, to this
one, for the reason that this invader is
not easy to be dislodged- He is a very
adhesive pest. If one will consider what
has come to pass in Medford and in the
surrounding towns he can see what will
come about all over the country. This pest
will break out like a fire at times and
will rage as have seen 1t in the vicinity
of Berlin, where the authorities have been
compelled TO turn out the army to fight
il. In the future j see greater loss from
this pest than from any other insect that
we have ever had in our midst" This be-
ing true, It Is to be hoped that the Massa-
chusetts Legislature Will take such action
as will at least limit the devastations of
the unpleasant insect 70 it, present district.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-21

Two years ago, in the face of all the
obstacles interposed by the majority, the
board of trustees, the bulldozing of War
den Patten and the interference of Mr..
Alexander Johnson. then secretary of
the Board Of Charities. the Republican
minority of the committee investigating
the southern prison presented testimony
which should have led to the immediate
dismissal of that official Instead of
dismissal of the warden. Instead of
placed in his hands, that official has
been retained by Governor Matthews, In
spite of his self-admitted business irreg-
ularities and the evidence of his cruelty
to convicts. During the past two years,
both in regard to the finances of the
prison and the treatment of the con-
vlcts, the warden has been going from
bad to worse. The latest report is that
lashes on the bare back with a three
lash whip. The account further states
that the man was fiogged for an offense
for which another convict was not pun
ished, because the former handed a
member of the legislative committee
written charges. The Journal does not
know how much of this report is true,
but for four years the cruelty Of this
warden has been a matter of common
notoriety True, Alexander Johnson
whitewashed him two years ago and
helped to block the investigation. There
after he was promoted. but whether for
his service in behalf of the warden or
for some other reason, the Journal does
not know.
The retention of this man of ungov-
ernable temper, OF cruel instincts and
of confessed irregularity as a fiscal
agent is one of the results of that mar
row partisanship which prevails under
Governor Matthews. Patten has some
sort of a pull and the Governors
trustees seem as much under his power
as the convicts whose bare backs he
lacerates with a three-lash whip. The
Governor will have no Republican
boards because he will not be respon-
sible for their acts. AS the little-three-
men board of the southern prison is one
of his making, he is responsible for the
misconduct of a man in an important
place who was shown to be VIGOROUSLY
unfit two years ago.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-21
A SUGGESTION TO SENATOR VOL
COTT.


Senator Wolcott has acted wisely in
expressing willingness on the part of
the silver State Senator'S to postpone
further attempts to pass a free-coinage
bill. Inasmuch as such measure could
not become law, 1t is hardly worth the
expense of an extra session to have the
Senate pass a free-coinage bill which
would either be side-tracked in the
House or vetoed by the President. Sem
ator Wolcott would be expending his
discretion to degree that it would be
Of great usefulness If he would declare
that he and his associates would make
no further move In favor of free-silver
coinage, or. more properly. silver mono
may come Of the German movement for
an International monetary convention
to make another effort to induce the
commercial nations to restore silver to
larger place as legal-tender money
than 1T now enjoys. Three-fourths Of
the American people who do not SYM
pathize with the free-silver coinage Sem
ators at the present time are anxious
that silver shall be restored to full
money power on the basis Of bimetal-
lism which will make all coin dollars
equally desirable because OF the value
of the metal they contain. These people
are the only bimetalllsts.
Ii Senator Wolcott and his associates
would make such declaration they
would confer greater blessing upon
the country at large than 1t is often the
privilege of similar number OF men to
do. Such declaration would give con-
f1dence to business, inspire capital and
enterprise with courage and improve the
public credit. 1t would enable cities and
corporations desiring to place bonds or
obtain longtime loans to get lower rates
of interest than they can while existing
doubt remains as to the future OF the
monetary system of the country. They
will also cause the country to revise it's
Judgment regarding the silver Senators.
That judgment now is that they would
willingly sacrifice the general interests
OF the country If. In return, they could
insure the unrestricted coinage OF 60
cents worth OF silver into legal-tender
dollars.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-21
THE PARTY AND THE CAUCUS.

The Journal has reason to believe that
its position in regard to the appointing
power and nonoartisan control of the
State institutions Is in line with the
best sentiment of the party throughout
the State. In addition to expressions of
the press and letters written for publ
cation. the Journal is receiving letters
of approval from prominent Republicans
who do not care to have their names
published. Thus Republican circuit
judge, whose name. if given. would
command respect everywhere. writes;
/ want to compliment the Journal on it's
course on the bill providing for the govern
ment of the benevolent institutions of the
State. Your course Is exactly right, and 30
per cent OF the FepubeanSs or pr tn. I stafe
have demanded of our member TO defy the
caucus's action on this matter and carry
have but one criticism of the Journals
course. and that is you are little TOO
m MID Inns IS not for pnDncaIon, .i but
the State that believes that party pledges
made to the people are more binding on
the conscience of the Republican party
than the decree Of caucus In opposition to
such pledges.
Another letter from Republican
member-elect of Congress says:
I want to say to you that the conduct of
the Journal in insisting upon the present
Legislature carrying out the oft-repeated
pledges of our party platforms meets with
my hearty approval. What Is far better,
1t meets with the approval OF nearly every
RepuDilcan OF the many whom have heard
express themselves upon the subject of late.
BY all means, let. the appointing power be
retained by the Governor, and the various
public institutions be placed under nom
partisan control and taken, as far as possi-
ble out of political management. The Jour
nal Is clearly right in its position, it Is
not only right, but 1t Is also polite. Are
we to be defeated at the next election for
our hypocrisy and broken pledges? hope
the Journal will keep up it's splendid fight,
legation which its fearless and able course
in the matter has everywhere inspired.
These letters are not published simply
because they compliment the Journal,
but because they come from represen-
tative Republicans, and, as the Journal
believes, are indicative OF the temper
and feeling of the great majority of
Republicans throughout the State The
Journal has no pride of opinion in this
matter and no other end to serve but
the public interests and party welfare.
Believing that every days developments
furnish cumulative proof that the eau
Gus action was, to, say the least, unwise,
and that it's contamination will bring
embarrassment. censure and perhaps
disaster on the party, the Journal would
be faithless to its convictions and its
sense of duty if it, failed to say so and
to reiterate the statement as long as
there Is chance of. its having effect.