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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-05
Fin de Siecle Art.

The loony paintings of the impressions
list, the erotic novels, the realistic horrors
evolved by lola, Ibsen, Tolstoi, Maupassant
and Maetcrlinck, the weird music of Wag-
ner, the scarey fashions which mark the
dress of the women of our day are all il
Illustrations of this new Fin de steele"
spirit We are told that the world of the
present is living in 1.-THE Redeemed light of
the dusk of the nations;" that faith is dy-
ing; that, tired of all existing things, man
chases after new beliefs, new engagements
and sensations only to find that the trail
of the serpent is over all
Fin dc siecleism is "A disease which has
before afflicted mankind. 1t ragged at the
close of the year 1000, when there was a
general belief that the end of all things
was at hand and men sought vainly to
compress all possible earthly pleasures into
the few hours yet allotted them. The
eighteenth century went out in the blood
and horror of the wars succeeding the
French revolution, and the poets of that
day cast horoscopes for the future full of
gloom and foreboding Minneapolis Trlb-
ma
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-05
Lifting Power of Roots.

A Tennessee correspondent, signing him
self one Curious to Know, - makes the
following inquiry; "There are here in the
street sidewalks, which are paved with very
heavy 1lagstOnc shade and magnolia gran
diilora trees from 20 to 30 years old. The
stones weigh from so to 200 pounds each
and many over that, yet the roots of these
trees, especially the magnolia, raise tho
flag and curbstoncs high as if by hand or
lever power. Now, wherein is the power?"
The exact nature Of these lifting powers
has not been accurately determined, so far
as the conductors of this magazine know
The immense power, however, has long
been recognized. A mushroom has been
known to lift IA heavy paving stone in one
night; but, after all, this lifting power is
not much greater than the sustaining pow
er of the branches themselves 1t must
have often occurred to observers that the
leverage possessed by some of the horizon
tai branches of trees must be enormous
Just in sight of where this paragraph was
written is "a horizontal branch of elm ex-
tending at least 30 feet, and not more than
3 inches thick at the point where it starts
from the main branch. The weight of the
smaller branchlcts which this has to sus-
tain is probably not less than 100 pounds,
yet it has taken that horizontal direction
for some four or five years and is still not
an inch out of its horizontal line. There
is IA fine field for original discovery in this
direction. -Meehan's Monthly.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-05
Stacking the Hay Crop.

Farmers who lack barn space are COM
PEELED to stack or rick a portion of their
hay crop. An Ohio Farmer correspond
ent, who prefers stacking to ricking,
says: AS rule, stacks are only about
half as large as ricks and consequently
can be built in about half the time.
This is quite an important point, espe-
cially if the weather is inclined to be
"catchy." A stack with a ten foot bot
tom, and requiring only two or three
loads Of hay for its construction, can be
put up in half day by two men, and
when the force is strong enough to run
two wagons, in much less time.
The farmer quoted thinks that hay
saves better in stack then in a rick in
a wet season, because the stalks or stems,
especially of the extreme top of the
stack, all slope downward like the stalks
Of a cap sheaf of wheat. But this can
not be said of the stalks or stems of hay
in a rick
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-05
Odd Mention.

Maine reduces the acreage ordinarily
devoted to sweet corn for canning, but
increases it for yellow corn.
Massachusetts and Vermont show an
increase of area in corn.
Tobacco growers in the Connecticut
valley are setting out smaller crops this
year.
The acreage of potatoes will be larger
than last year in Maine and Vermont.
1t is foretold that broom corn will
show shortage in New York state this
year.
The New York Horticultural society
Of western New York approves of Grim
son clover for that section.
Hungarian millet may come along at
the right time if sown about June for
soiling crop during drought
Remember that undue crowding makes
poor celery plants.
The Nebraska Queen contains a card
from Professor c. f. Bessey of the uni
versity experiment station, denouncinR
the new plant sachaline in unqualified
terms.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-05

The rage for green as the color which
best protects the eyes is savagely condemn
ed by Professor Fuchs of Vienna He de-
mics that it has any beneficial effect what
ever, and says that green newspapers, green
glasses and green umbrellas are all mis-
take. His theory is, at all events, plausi-
Bile. 1t is that each different color tires IA
different set of nerves and vision, and
therefore looking at one particular color
saves one set of nerves at the expense of
another The best method, he points out,
Is to dim all the rays of light by smoked or
gray glasses, which rest all the optic
neryes.-London Globe.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-05
Check the Chinch Bugs.

Illinois farmers ought to apply to the
Illinois experiment station at Urbana
for bulletin No. 80. 1t contains an ex-
haustive discussion of the mascardine
disease of the chinch bug and of some
experiments with the trap and barrier
method for destroying these insects. In
general it may be said the conclusions
reached are only moderately encourage
ing as to great help to be expected from
the introduction Of disease among the
bugs, but very positive as to possibility
of checking the injury done by them to
great extent by means Of traps and
barriers, details of which are fully given
in the bulletin.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-05
EVOLUTION OF WHIST.
Three Distinct Eras In the History Of the



Whist, says the London Graphic, is OF
English origin, but in the beginning it
seems to have been called triumph, " a
name which was afterward corrupted into
trump" "Gammer Gurton's Needle"
has the distinction of first mentioning the
game. The eighteenth century saw whist
in its primitive form, the whole object of
the game being to win tricks by leading
high cards or by trumpng.
This form of the game is still largely
played in the family circle. Then came
the era of Hoylc, which may be said to
have lasted from 1870 to 1860, and taught
players to think not only of their own
hands, but of the other hands also and to
take advantage of the positions of tho cards
in them IlOyle also taught that trumps
might be more probably employed than
in simple trumping and showed that they
might be used to dlsnrm the Anniversaries
and to obtaiIIsccondary advantages i'm trick
making by other suits of less apparent
power.
1t was not until 1859 that the philosoph-
ical era can bc said to have begun, and the
origin of the now movement was u knot of
young men at Cambridge known as the
Little Whist school This body kept rec
orus of their games, but no one thought of
making the data known until DR. Pole,
in 1861, writing paper on games at cards
Tor Macmillan 5 Magazine remarked in
note that it would be a good thing if
model games at whist could be published
Mr.. Henry Jones wrote to say that he pos
sesscd the notes of the Little Whist school,
and the result was that in the following
year Mr. Jones published under the name
Of Cavcndish his book on the principles of
whist illustrated by hands played com
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-05
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CUTTING AND CURING GLOVER.
Plan by Which Perfect Say Can BE
Made without a Tedder.

Made without Tedder.
As many farmers do not possess a hay
tedder and most plans described by agri-
cultural writers include one, the follow
ing from n correspondent of Country
Gentleman ought to be read with inter
est He writes:
give plan which has been in every
way a success for years, and l have no
hay tedders First, Glove should be cut
as soon as it shows the blossoms we'll
and before all of it is in bloom. The
time of day when cut has much to do
with a successful curing / never start
the machine i'll clover until the dew is
off and then NOW it, and in the heat of
the day, when it is partially wiltcd, rake
it and put up in not too largo cocks.
These are generally left untouched one
day, and if the weather is not first class
hay weather they stand until the second
day, and then are opened out, not very
thin but in such way that the air can
get through it and the sun not dry it too
much.
After a short time the clover is put in
the barn, where it can be kept as much
as possible from air drawing through it.
When it can be DONE put in and fill the
storage place as soon as possible, then
put some straw or old hay on the top
and You have something to absorb all
the moisture that comes from the fresh
cut clover and Will have none on top
black or moldy.
Should you get a field cut and in the
cock and few days rain come, it should
be cooked over, and by this means it can
be kept from coloring badly and getting
musty. If one had caps to cover when
cCcked up there would perhaps be no
necessity of cooking over, yet l should
not use the hay caps in fairish weather,
as the hay will sweat and cure out bet
ter uncovered. Clover cut at the time
mentioned and cured as directed will
come out of the NOW as bright and green
as when put i'll.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-05
CRIMSON CLOVER.
Professor Voorhees, of the New Jersey Sta
tion Tells What lie Knows About II.


ton Tells What lie Knows About IL.
There has been n very rapid increase
in the area of crimson clover grown in
New Jersey in the past two years. From
the best data available it is estimated
that at least ~ 900 acres were seeded
during the summer and fall of 1894.
Owing to the very unfavorable weather
during July and Au9ust-hot and dry
full stand was not secured in all cases.
Recent observations, however, show that,
Notwithstanding this, very largely in
creased crop will be harvested this year,
having successfully withstood the severe
winter
Crimson clover is a rapid grower.
When seeded in July and August, it
makes an excellent fall pasture, and ma
lures in the spring about one month
earlier than the common red clover. 1t
probably does not contain moro of the
manur.Gl elements than the red clover
for the same sized crop, grown under
tie sane conditions. 1t VIII produce
moro seed than the common or "Mam-
moth clover, since the heads and seeds
are larger and it is capable Of being fer
tilted by the honey bee, thus usually
iusuing full seed crop A seed crop
viii range from five to ten bushels per
aero, though probably the average is
nearer SIX to seven bushels.
While we have had reports of success
full spring seeding where poor catches of
other grasses have been secured, it is my
opinion that for New Jersey, at least
spring seeding is not likely to prove as
successful as with red clover, inasmuch
as it makes but a small growth after the
hot season begins Seven experiments
upon spring seeding in this state last
year were all failures, both when seeded
in raw ground and with oats These ex-
periments, however, are not conclusive,
inasmuch as the past season was very
unfavorable
The foregoing was written for the
New England Homestead Rural New
Yorker, an earnest advocate for crimson
clover, says; Don't sow crimson clover
in the spring, but give it trial in the
fall
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-05
Growing Tomatoes bv the Acre.

There are several ways Of growing to-
matoes, but Il plan which is liked by
many and especially when not more
than an acre is planted, is as follows,
says The New England Homestead;
After blowing the soil thoroughly and
then narrowing in half or whole ton
of some good fertilizer, check off the
land five by five feet, and at each inter-
section of the burrows drive down a
stout stake IS inches in the soil, leaving
three feet above In a triangle about
this stake set three plants IL or % inch
es from the stake Before the plants
fall over encircle them and stake with a
broad strong band, drawing the plants
in just little If the band is placed
about ) inches from the ground it will
be sufficient to hold up the fruit from
the grOuAd, but if the vines grow very
large a second band may be put on later,
but one is usually enough. Each hill
should yield, at the very lowest, if the
land is good, peck Of tomatoes. AT five
by five feet there will be /, 742 stakes or
hills, and with three plants to the hill
it will require 5,226 plants per acre. If
preferred, two plants may be set to the
stake and the hills reduced to dis
lance of five by four feet, using 4, 1856
plants per acre.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-05
The Best Silos.

Of all the bulletins ever issued from
experiment stations the one on silos by
Professor King of the Wisconsin univer-
sity station perhaps caused greatest in
terest. He advised wood silos round in
shape. This style now prevails in many
sections, notably i'll the west. One of
Professor Kings followers thus writes
to Prairie Farmer concerning his silo,
which he thinks the best ever invented
1t is built of wood and round. The
studding need be only2 by 4, the inside
lining being two thicllnesses of half inch
boards inches wide, with tar paper be-
tween. The boards are bent around so
that each board is "A hoop and it can he
made any height desired and with no
danger of springing out. This is very
important, because the deeper the silo
the better the ensilage will keep, othel
things being equal The outside cover.
ing can be made in the same way, the
last put on being ship lap, Doors can be
cut through at intervals of or feet
The advantages Of round silo are It
takes less lumber, has no corners for the
ensilage to spoil in, as it is apt to do in
a rectangular one, is stronger and will
keep its shape and can be made very
deep. The best silOs | know of are round
and made in the center Of round barns.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-05
ADVICE FOR ANGLERS.
The Marvellous Beauties of Nature More
to BE Enjoyed Than Killing Fish.

The Marvellous Beauties of Nature More
to BE Enjoyed Than killing Fish.
80 gentle angler, you who are fortunate
enough to get away from the business
trcadmill, look to it that you take your
sport rs an honest angler should 1t may
be great fun to kill them as fast as you can
drag them ont; there may be certain sat
isfaction in killing more than the other
fellow can show; but, believe mo, these
feats do not constitute the real pleasures
of angling. One need not be forever star
ing at an arching rod or straining silk
Ones ears need not always be filled with
the click of II string spewing, string eating
nondcscript clock, which measures the life
of n captive rs our watches measure our
days. An angling outfit offers many bett8r
things than dead fish
1.-THE marvellous life stirring in every
thing the merry gossip of the brook, the
ceaseless music of joyous birds, the hues Of
countless flowers, the perfumed lazy
breeze, the beauty, healthfulness and puri-
ty of it all will yield to the observing an
glers more lasting pleasure than ever falls
to the lot of the man who fishes for count
and estimates his qualification by the
amount of life he can destroy within "a
given time. No fish should be taken that
cannot be properly used, and no man wor-
thy of the name of gentleman angler will
kill for count. 1t is not all-nay, It's not
half-of fishing to kill fish r'-Outing.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-05
Cultural Note on Corn.

On most soils one deep blowing is all
a corn crop requires, and this should be
done before planting. After this, fire..
quent shallow stirring of the soil is ali
that is needed, and the frequency is OF
as much importance as the shallowness.
Once a week for month is not too often
to stir the surface, and this can be easily
done with implements that enable one
to go over several acres a day. 1t is
an instructive experiment to take few
rows through the field and give them one
or two workings more than the rest and
note the results, says Texas Farm and
Ranch.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-05
Harvesting Alfalfa HAY.

The usual custom is to harvest alfalfa
just before it is in full bloom. With
early cutting in many sections three
crops per season may be secured. Believ-
ing that alfalfa clover cut slightly after
bloom might be as nutritious as that
cut i'll bloom, and that if as much nutri-
ton could be secured in two crops as in
three the cost of harvesting the hay
would be lessened, Director Sanborn of
the Utah station divided the Utah sta
ton alfalfa into six plats and three lots,
each test being i'll duplicate. The first
lot was moved before the alfalfa came
into bloom, the second lot was cut when
i'll early bloom, and the third lot when
completely ont Of bloom. The early cut
alfalfa gave a greater gain i'll flesh when
fed to steers than the late cut
AS large a crop was secured from two
cuttings as from three, whether the first
cutting was at an early period or at a
medium stage Of its growth. AS early
cut hay gave slightly better gain, the
balance of the experiment favors early
cutting, though it is assumed, but not
known, that the character of the growth
from early cut alfalfa is not as substan-
tial as that from late cut, as the flesh of
cattle fed on the latter probably contains
more fat and less water. The usual prac-
tice Of early cutting was, however, con-
firmed.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-05

depression of trade in lSS5-G stated the
following definite conclusions in which
I all cOncurred:
!. The depression dated from the year
1873 or thereabouls
,. 1t extended to every branch of in
dustry, including agriculture, manutac-
lures and mining. 1t is not confined to
England, but has been experienced in a
greater or less degree i'm all the indus
trial countries of the world.
3. 1t appears to be closely connected
with the serious fall in general prices,
which even then was most observable,
Though 1t has since been more strongly
marked, resulting in the diminution-in
some cases even the total loss-of profit,
and consequent irregularity OF employ
ment to the wage-earner.
4. The duration of the depression has
been most abnormal and unusual.
3. No adequate cause for this state of
things was discoverable, unless it could
be found in some general dislocation of
values caused by currency changes, and
which would be capable of affecting an
area equal to that which the depres sion
in trade covers.
This commission was appointed by the
British parliament. the most relentless
Opponent of bimetallsm of all the gov
'ernments on earth. Its statement of
facts are therefore entitled to great
weight, containing as they do the most
powerful evidence and almost an admis-
sion that the depression in trade was due
to the destruction Of silver as money
and the establishment of the single gold
standard.
In 1873 the London Economist. in re-
viewing the events of the previous year,
said: "Of all the events of the year 1872
the profound economic changes gener-
ated by the rise in prices and wages in
this country. in Central and Western Eu-
rope and in the United States has been
most full Of moment"
In the foregoing extracts we have
swept through the whole field and gath
cred the testimony of the leading author
tiles among the opponents of silver, and
without exception it supports the decla-
ration that a period of "rising prices,
large profits and great prosperity came
to an end with the decentralization of
silver and that period of falling prices,
unemployed labor, vanishing profits and
deep, general, widespread depression
came in with the gold standard and has
attended it like shadow throughout all
its career.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-05

"For late cabbage, said member
Of the Massachusetts, Horticultural suci-
ETY., "select Stone Hardy, Dlumhead,
Succession and Marblehead Mammoth.
Transplant TO the open ground of an aft
ernoon or ON a cloudy day Give thor
ough culture The turnip flea beetle, a
black insect, can be largely prevented
by the busting on of slaked lime OF wood
ashes. Cutworms are also destructive at
times and are held in check by the APP
plication of wood ashes. For the aphis
apply slaked lime or tobacco dust. For
the green worm use lime and hellebore "
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-05
1T CANNOT BE SUPPRESSED.
JUDGE H. c. MILLER GIVES HIS VIEWS ON
THE SILVER QUESTION.
From the Chicago Inter Ocean

From the Chicago Inter Ocean
Judge Henry G. Miller, vice president
of the Bimetalic league for the State of
Illinois, and by whom Mr.. w. II. Harvey
was appointed chairman of the executive
committee for this State, said Yesterday A.:
81 have read what Mr.. Harvey said
this morning in the Inter Ocean upon
the subject of contributions being made
by men from silver States, to promote
the bimetallic cause in this State, and
know that what he says upon the subject
is true. | myself endeavored to obtain
assistance for this cause from the silver
States in the fall of 1898, but was entire
ly unsuccessful. Indeed no response
whatever was made to my solicitation.
| know that Mr.. Harvey, in the spring
of 1891, | think, went to Denver for the
purpose of obtaining pecuniary said to
promote the circulation of Coins Fnan-
cial School, and returned saying he
would get no assistance whatever from
Them that he had offered to give them
for that purpose, but he could not get
cent.
"While at Springfield, at our last State
convention, | learned from gentlemen
who are from Montana that the owners
of the silver mines there are really
hostile to the silver movement. They
are men of large means and are really
acting in the interest of money-owners.
"This movement for the restoration of
silver is a movement of the people.
Politicians, especially in the Democratic
party, are endeavoring to suppress it,
but it cannot be suppressed. This talk
about its being prosecuted in the interest
of silver mine-owners is untrue, and is
not worthy of the slightest attention.
The object of it is to divert the attention
of the people from the great question
that is now before them. and which is
the most important question that has
arisen since the organization of the gov
ernment, if we except the civil war.
One thing is true: If the people once
grasp the subject that affects them, as
this does, they will never drop it until it
is rightly settled. The men who talk of
this as a craze are ignorant, wholly ig-
norant, of the real nature of this ques-
ton. When the people understand. as
they will understand, that the success
of all industrial effort is determined by
the purchasing power of money. and
that its purchasing power depends on
the quantity of money in use or circula-
ton, and as this purchasing power in
creases, productive industries are prose-
cuted at great disadvantage, they will
then insist upon the restoration of BIZ
metallism-that is, the equal use of both
metals, gold and silver, for monetary
purposes.
81 have no doubt that Mr., Harvey Will
be able to present unanswerable argu-
ments in his debate with Mr.. Horr in
favor of bimetallism, for he is thoroughly
familiar with the subject"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-05
Estate of Rollin $. Young.


CtTATE OF VERMONT, The Probate
= lDlsrRCr OF ADDISON, S.. Court Tor the
District oft Addison:
To all persons interested IN the estate Of
Rollm 5. Young, late OF orwell, i'm said dis.
trict. deceased. GREETING:
BY the authority OF the State OF Vermont,
you are hereby notified To appear before the
said probate court, nj the probate once IN
Mlddlebury, in said district, ON the sth day OF
July, A. ID. ls95, at 10 o'clock a. m, to show
cause, il any you have, why the account of
Gideon Abbey administrator of the estate OF
said deceased, should not be allowed, and
also why the residue OF said estate should
not be distributed to the parties entitled
thereto.
Dated at Middlebuy, in said District this
18th day OF June, A. ID. 1895.
BY order OF court.
25 Attest, JAMES NJ. sLADE,
Judge OF Probate.