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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-16
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Crepons--C Crepons ns--everything Is Cre-
pons. No announcement of any class OF
goods that we have had on our counters
for years has equaled the response that
came to our Crepon-Black Crepons-ad-
vertisement. Everybody wants them
but 1t is not every dry goods house that
has them. Becars, they are not to be had
They are scarce.
In times of scarcity in fine goods de-
pend on US for plenty. We have our
Crepons, and this week we open Colored
Crepops. The prices, from 81 10 "a yard
The newest wesves In Gobelin. Heiiotrope,
Cresson, Mode, Suede, Serge and the best
of the lovely new and popular shades.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-16

WHERE is that biennial elections bill,
gentlemen Of the General Assembly?
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-16
Cheviots-5Oc!

From our advance orders We have re.
ceived 100 pieces o. Silk and Wool Suit.
ings in checks - tailor effects = lace de-
signs-Tweed mixtures-Cheyiot fancies--
Armure weaves-3S inches wide, only Doc
yard.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-16
ST. JOHNS COMMANDERY.
Long Distance Telephone.

The Commander with great regret, announces
the death the fourteenth Instant Of our Brother
John :. Rogers. Members are respectfully Invited
to attend the funeral at Freemascns Hall, on sun
day next. at two o'clock The funeral service and
the commits service at Swan Point Cemetery will
be said under the direction OF the Worshipfu
Msste OF Rising sun Lodge
by order Of the Commander.
CHARLES G. NEWHALL
Captain General
Providence, February IS, 1895. fI5-2t
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-16
French Serge-5OC

80 pieces, 45-inch French Serge in the
newest staple shades, foreign dye, last
seasons bargain at 75c. This seasons
new tariff attraction at SOC.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-16
STORIES OF HEROISM.

Feb. 90 is the an :
niversary Of the
battle of Olusteo
(1S64l the severest
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-09
Mending Grain Sacks.

Mending the holes in grain sacks is
a task that the farmers wife dislikes;
hence the holes gnawed by mice and
rats are often stopped with corncob
or the sacks are thrown away But
here is plan suggested by American
Agriculturist that proves to be what
every farmer needs. The articles needed
for mending grain sacks are an old sack
that may be cut up for pieces, batter
made of flour and cold water, hot
fatiron and an ironing board to fit in
side the sacks. Place the board in a
sack, with the hole to be mended on the
upper side. Trim away the raveled edges
with the shears or sharp knife. Cut
out patch having at least an inch mar
gin larger than the hole. On this mar
gin apply coat of the flour paste, place
the patch in position and press it thor
oughly with the hot flatiron. The bat
ter penetrates both patch and sacl;
and very firmly unites them. Pieces
of denim, ducking or other stout mate
rial may be used where bagging is not
available. The process is so rapid that
100 sacks may soon be repaired Car
pets may be neatly mended in the same
manner without removing them from
the floor
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-09
I he Houdan Fowls.

Houdans stand at the head of thu
French varieties of poultry, and while
their success here when first imported
was not so triumphant as had been OK
pected they were proved great acqui-
sition, being good layers and exception
ally fine for all table purposes. Their
popularity, however, has increased very
rapidly in the last few years, and they
now bid fair to become one of the most
popular and extensively bred varieties.
The Houdans mature very early
earlier, in fact, than almost any variety
except the Hamburgs, and resemble the
latter i'll the rapidity with which the
chicks feather and the very common &C.
currence of nonsitters. Their flesh is
very fine, a Characteristic of all French
breeds, aud its delicacy is frequently
thought greater than that of any of the
Asiatics Or heavier breeds, approaching
in the 4.months broilers very near
perfection
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-09
Rules Of Rotation.

AS laid down by the Florida Times
Union the best rules are, first, crops
of the same species and even of the
same natural order should not succeed
each other; second, plants with perpen-
dicular roots should succeed those with
spreading and superficial roots, and vice
versa; third, crops which occupy the
soil for several years, like asparagus
rhubarb, etc, should be followed by
those of short duration; fourth two
crops alike favorable to the growth of
weeds should not occupy the soil in sue
cession; fifth, crops abstracting largely
from the soil the sulphates, phosphates
and nitrogen principles should not fol-
low each other Immediately, but be sue
ceeded by those which draw less from
the soil and more from the atmosphere
these exhausting crops should follow
and be followed by those which bear
and will profit by heavy manuring;
sixth, plants grown for their roots or
bulbs should not follow those grown
for the same purpose, and still less
should plants grown for their seeds fol
low each other directly in succession.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-09
Poultry RatiOns.

Progressive poultry men recognize
the advantage of feeding animal food
of some kind to poultry They also I'M
derstand the value of cut bone in the
feeding ration. Up to within a few
years only dry bones were used in this
way because of the difficulty in smash
Ing green bones into suitable size for
feeding. Since then machines have been
put upon the market for cutting or slic-
Ing the green bones, and this has in
many places almost revolutionized poul-
try feeding. A raw or green bone con-
hins considerable meat and gristle,
which, when cut up with the hard
bone, make very nitrogenous food
which could hardly be utilized in any
other way. By running it through one
of these machines the bone is changed
into soft, pasty mass that may be fed
alone or when mixed with grain or veg
etables.
The cheapest poultry ration was the
subject for correspondence in the col
umns of The Rural New Yorker recent
ly, and in nearly every instance cut
bone was one of the ingredients speci-
fed
A New York correspondent said that
he fed his poultry fresh cut raw bone,
oats, cornmeal, wheat bran and mid
dlings, whole wheat, corn in ear and
buckwheat varied for a change The
cheapest ration is oats in the bundle
cut fine with IA straw cutter for winter
feed In summer let them go to grass.
James Rankin wrote: The main feed
to my hens when confined in winter is
wheat bran. mixed with cut clover,
green rye and boiled turnips, one third
green stuff and twot thirds bran, with
little animal meal or beef scrap mixed
In give all they will eat of this in
the morning and at night corn, wheat
and oats, keeping them trifle hungry.
A Pennsylvania who devotes his
time and attention to duck raising said
Green bone is an economical feed Hav-
ing fed about 20 tons this season places
us in position to know it's merits. We
mix it with other feed. Fifteen per cent
ground bone is about right for ducks,
young and old; also for hens and broil-
srs. Green bone costs 80 cents per 100
pounds at the slaughter house. Raising
ducks is our main business. The feed
should consist of 3 per cent green bone,
20 per cent bran, 90 per cent No -four,
10 per cent crackers, 80 per cent corn
meal. To this should be added green
food of some kind, such as corn, rye,
ETC., or clover hay cut fine and steamed
for some time in quantities equal to
The ration first given.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-09
500 Reward 800.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages, and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh, being a
constitutional disease, requires a con-
stitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in do
ing its work. The proprietors have so
much faith in its curative powers, that
they have offered One Hundred Dollars
for any case it fails to cure. Send for
list of testimonials. Address,
F. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, seventy-ave
cents.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-09

soil by experiments. We need more of
this work by farmers and practical or
chardists. Too much is left to the ex-
pertinent stations, the nurserymen and
to scientists. Every orchardist should
have his own nursery stock, and each
season some test should be made of new
varieties, selecting, OF course, those
most naturally adapted 20 cold coun.
tries. The introduction of the Russian
varieties of apples has given quite a
stimulus to this work, and already these
hardy trees have been crossed with
those in this country and excellent re-
suits obtained. 1t is not alone sufii-
cient for an orchardist to procure some
of these trees, but it is quite essential
that he should strive to produce trees
perfectly adapted TO his farm. Many
of these home products are far superior
to those highly recommended and i'm
ported from a great distance. The
only successful orchardists in this coun-
try are those who rely chiefly upon the
home nursery for their hardy stock.
Not only is this the cheapest, but the
simplest, easiest, most natural and sue
cessful way. Germantown Telegraph.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-09
Wintering Idle Horses.

On most farms there is not enough
work during the winter season to keep
constantly employed half the number
of teams kept busy during seed time
and harvest. Many farmers think it
economical to winter the idle horses at
the straw stack, but such economy is
more imaginary than real. If these
horses had their shoes removed and
were allowed to run loose in 12x14
ground. floor box stall and fed less
quantity of straw than they eat and
trample under foot in the open yard,
their condition would be far better at
the opening of spring. 1t should also
be remembered that only young horses
whose digestion is good and that are
known to be easy keepers can be sue
cessfully wintered on straw alone. Oats
are the natural food of the horse, and
should be fed during enforced idleness
rather than grain and meal of a more
stimulating nature. If kept in stable
they should have new bedding as
needed, and be curry combed and
brushed daily whether they are stabbed
or in the open air. A feed of potatoes,
carrots, turnips, beets, or apples should
be given weekly. Such food is fully
worth the market price for feeding to
horses in winter.-ETchange.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-09
Clipped and Condensed.

ONE hundred sheep regularly folded
will fertilize eight acres of land in one
year, 80 as to increase the yield 100 per
cent.
GOOD tillage will usually produce
fair crop on pretty poor soil, but I'M
less there is plant food available the
crop cannot perfect itself.
COOP drainage is the FIRST essential
to good crops; plant food is the next,
and the next is tillage. Circumstances
will dictate which is the most impor-
tant of the three.
OBSERVE regular hours in feeding.
The stock that is fed at stated times
soon learn not to look for feed at any
other time, and is more contented than
it would be if fed whenever it comes
hapdiest.
MAKE your stables light. The horse
or COW that is kept in semi darkness
not only suffers pain when brought out
into the bright light, but is liable to
suffer in heath. Sunshine is the best
disinfectant known.
AS remedy for scours in calves, to
be added to the many, is that Of New
York dairyman, who scorches wheat
-four until 1t is dark brown in color,
which is then mixed with scalded milk,
giving the calf four times day pill OF
the mixture the size Of butternut.
THE farmer will not care to patronize
a merchant whose goods are not Of the
best quality, and he would seek the
one whose goods were known to be
fully up to requirements. Thi, should
prompt the farmer to have Q standard
Tor his own articles, 10 secure better
prices and greater increase by using
improved stock and the best varieties
Of plants.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-09
Cream Separator Work.

In answer to some questions on this
topic Roard's Dairyman says: Your
proposition depends very much on the
management your creamery operator is
giving the separator. In other words
the amount of fat left in the skimmilk
depends very much on the amount of
milk he is sending through the separa-
tor per hour. IL the machine is
crowded, the fat is wasted. Every ma
chine has certain mechanical capacity.
Take two machines of exactly the same
size. One will often skim 300 pounds
more milk per hour than the other and
extract the fat more extensively.
Every operator should determine for
himself, by the Babcock test, what is
the largest amount per hour he can run
through his machine and skim down
to two tenths of one per cent at most.
Then again there may be a fault in
your method of taking the samples of
the skimmilk. IF you took your sam
Piles from the top of the can, theoreti-
cally at least, you selected the richest
portion. A fair sample of the whole
milk must always be taken if we get a
correct judgment. There is no doubt
that the rate of speed with which the
Babcock test machine is run has some
thing to do with the thoroughness Of
the test, but the operator should under
stand that himself. No make of test
machine is graduated to specific
speed. The operator must always run
it fast enough to do the work thoroughly
and be his own judge. From one tenth
to two tenths of one per cent is counted
thorough skimming. The length of
time the cows have been in milk will
make slight difference against the sep
arator; consequently we always run
shippers milk through the separator
either at the rate of less pounds per
hour or at an increase of speed In the
separator. 1t is claimed by some, but
with what truth we do not know, that
shippers milk is harder to determine
in the Babcock test than milk from
fresh cows. Concerning the differ
ences in the results of the tests in the
different machines, there is pos .ibil-
ity that the gradu alton of the test bot
ties may not be exactly alike, or that
there may be fractional differences in
the pipettes. Try taking your machine
to the factory and make duplicate tests
there,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-09
In the Apiary.

l. with at taking into consideration the de-
STABILITY of conforming TO standard size,
would an eight frame hive having frames OF
the Langstroth length and 11A inches deep be
better than an ordinary eight frame hivc2 2
II so, why2 If not, why notP o. Would it be
better than q ten frame Langstroth hivc2 4.
If so, whyY II not why not2 g. If there were
no standard, what would you consider the best
depth for n frame of Langstroth length, and
how many of them should be in "A hive If the
frames are all in one storyH
The foregoing was recently answered
as follows in The American Bee Jour
nal. E. France wrote: l use the regular
Langstroth frame, eight in each story,
and three stories high for extracted
honey. The Langstroth frame is good
enough. Why bother or putter with odd
sizesP
wish to work for comb honey, and shall
low hives are best. 2. prefer the reg
ular eight frame hive. 3. l doubt if
one uses hanging frame if there is
any better hive than Langstroth eight
frame regular standard size.
@. II. Dibbern replied: 1. Decidedly
no. 2. For extracted honey there would
be little objection, but for comb honey
the bees have too far to travel. 3. l
think not. 4. Because Langstroth is
standard. 8. l should prefer ten frames
not over seven inches deep.
Mrs. Jennie Atchley, Texas, answer
ed: 1. Too much comb and weight in
frame that size for me. do not think
it would be as good. g. Too deep for
easy manipulation. If were going to
change the Langstroth frame at all i'll
depth, | would make it shallower rather
than deeper and 4. No, for reasons
stated above g. About seven inches
deep, ten frames to hive and with
my experience would have hive only
one story for either comb or extracted
honey.
Dadant 81 Son write: We would use
ten frames, say IL inches deep and of
Langstroth length. Our reasons are that
the queen always lays eggs in circle,
and she should be able to lay as large
an amount as possible without having
to hunt. For this reason a shallower
frame is Objectionable. Another point
in favor of the deeper frame is in the
need of honey over tho brood nest in
extreme cold weather, as the bees often
starve when the honey supply fails
above them. A square frame would be
better than any other if it were not that
it leaves too little room above for sur
plus cases, which compels tiering up
foo high
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-09
The Fowls at the Barn.

We can learn a lesson by observing
the fowls in the barn and stable. Why
do they love the barn? First, barn is
usually warm and comfortable, and
next, the hens find plenty of scratch
ing and picking in the refuse hay and
hayseed. The same thing can be given
them in the henhouse. Have it warm
and closed at night, but something like
an open shed during the day, so that
the sun can send his warmth upon
them, and provide some chopped hay,
or find refuse for them to scratch in,
and the result will be that the hens will
be more contented, and will not fail to
do as well as those that seem TO lay at
the borr. -Erchanqe.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-09
Restoring Run.Out Pastures.

The nature and food of our common
grasses are not so well understood as
they should be. On nearly all soils al
Of the common grasses that make up
the turf of our permanent pastures will
In time grow less luxuriantly on ac-
count of the decrease in the soil of one
element Of plant food, nitrogen. These
grasses make use of the nitrogen already
in the soil, and in time this stock grad
nally becomes depleted. These plants
cannot gather nitrogen. They can only
use what some other plants have stored
up for them. 1t is extremely fortunate
for the American farmer that he can
grow abundantly another class of for
age plants which restore to the land
more nitrogen than they take from it,
Because the clovers make use of the nj
trogen of the atmosphere they are par
tlcularly suited to restore to the soil
this element that has been exhausted by
the grasses through long continued
growth. As rule whenever permanent
pastures show signs of failure, through
lack of fertility, new vigor may be in
Produced, if a slight stand of clover can
be secured. This, of course will be Of
short duration, only year or two at
most, unless it be white clover, but this
short growth will be sufficient to leave
enough nitrogen in the soil to sustain
permanent pasture grasses for several
years. If clover can be introduced, the
benefit will likely be lasting, as this
plant is perennial. Rural New York.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-09
Potash and Bone.

1t is a great pity that many farmers
regard the so called chemical fertilizers
as something that they cannot under
something that needs a knowl
edge of chemistry, the result of long
continued study. The editor of Rural
New Yorker puts the subject in this
way: Give up all consideration of am
moniates, nitrates, sulphates, muriates,
organic nitrogen, tankage, magnesia,
iron, complete fertilizers, phosphates,
ammoniated phosphates, etc. We all
know what bone is; we all know what I'M
leached wood ashes are. That is the most
that we really need to know. These two
substances will furnish all the elements
for plant growth that any of the "com-
mercial" or chemical" fertilizers will
furnish, not already abundantly sup
piled by most soils. In the bone flour
and ashes we have every essential food
constituent that the Chemical and
phosphate" furnish-every one.
The bone gives us the nitrogen, am
monia, phosphate, ammoniated phos
phate tankage that our fertilizer firms
advertise as their special for peas, beans,
cabbages, grain, grass, potatoes, as the
Acme, Swiftsure, A. A, Farmers
Friend, Standard, Royal, Climax, AL
kaline Bone, Eclipse, Sure Crop, and so
Oh without end Not only that, but we
have the plant food in the very best
form. There is no potash more accepta-
BILE to plants than that of unleached
wood ashes, no phosphate or nitrogen
more acceptable than those of raw bone
-four. Here we have the three the
complete" fertilizer, better or more
effective than which no fertilizer firm
can possibly furnish.
Divested of all technical terms, here
in we have the whole story. Other sub
stances contain the potash OF wood ash
es, other substances contain the phos-
phoric acid and nitrogen of bone, hut
there is no substance that contains these
elements in form more acceptable to
plants Bone dissolved in sulphuric acid
(superphosphate) will give the plants
phosphate at once; nitrate of soda or
sulphate Of ammonia will give them nj
trogen sooner than will the bone 1t is
merely question of solubility. Potash
may be cheaper in the form of muriato
of potash, but no other fertilizer will
give plants the foods they need in a
more palatable form than will unleach-
ed ashes and bone. Bearing this in
mind, our friends would find the per.
plexities with which chemical ferti.
LIKING and fertilizers are needlessly en-.
veloped comparatively simple matter,
Remember this: Potash and bone will
give plants all that the best proprietary
fertilizers can give
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-09
Asthma
AgonieS
Assesses

All sufferers who breathe with difficulty; all
who suffer untold agonies with assesses; all
afflicted with colds, coughs, catarrh, asthma,
sore throat, hacking, hoarseness, tonsilitis,
whoopng cough, la grippe, influenza, diph-
iberia, pneumonia, sore lungs, collie, Group,
chlls, cramps, cholera-morbus, cholera-in-
fantum, chronic diarrhna, headache, earache,
toothache, cuts, bruises, strains, sprains, stiff
joints, sore muscles, humps, deafness, dys-
peptic pains, govt, neuralgia, sciatca, rheu-
matism, burns, scalds bites, stings, pimples,
freckles, sore lips, chapped hands, corns,
bunions, chlblains, lame back, lame side
lame neck, lame shoulder, pains in chest,
pains in kidneys, pains in stomach, contu-
sions, irrtations and inhammations quickly