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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-13
Bacteria of the Barn,

In these days when some phase
Of bacteriology enters into almost
every action of man, it is time for
the farmer to consider its relation
to his work. For his first field of
study he might we'll turn to his
COW barn, where he will not only
find the greatest abundance OF
material, but also where a few
thoughtful precautions will be we'll
repaid. Under the nearly perfect
conditions of the new expert
mental barn at the Iowa Expert
mental Station it has been found
that in five minutes time an aver
age of 4, 454 germs will fall upon
surface equal to that of the milk
in an ordinary sized milk-pail, if
it were set few feet behind the
COWS. Directly under the cows
the number would be increased,
owing TO dislodgement during the
milking. Observations made in
the open air outside the barn re-
vealed only about one-fourth as
many. And among these barn
germs are included the beneficial
Tactic acid-producing species, so
Mt cessary to ripening Of cream, as '
as the deleterious producers of SOM
the most nauseating taints and pu
factions. Infection from these latte
in proportion to the cleanliness of
barn, the cows, the mixer, the milk
clothes, ventilation, etc. Neither fl
ing with coarse folders nor clean
the stable should be done during M
ing or nearer than an hour or 80 be
milking time, for myriads of ge
may thus be set in motion, and
milk.pail, being Usually near the fl
will get its share. Horses should ne
be kept in the same section of the b
with cows, for horse manure is a '
favorable medium for the growth
putrefactive species. The presenc
horses only multiplies the disagree'
odors 30 readily absorbed by the +
during its short stay in the barn.
it comes from the udder of hea
cow, milk contains no germs, an
properly handled may produce
finest of butter; but if subjected
filthy infections of any kind, str
butter is the certain result. In p
this explains the difference betw
butter that sells at ten cents and bu
that brings twenty-five cents pot
Rural Life.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-13
CREASED FOR THE OCCASION.

A homely but wise philosopher once said !:
"When man gets to going doYn bxf5fll
nature seems to be CREASED /ezkS1tqSon."
This is the case with thoss/@Ko sdf2 from
diseases Of the throat andkungs. Ee1thing
seems to be against Them. The Climate,
the weather. the wafer, in fact aXhature is
"greased for the OCCASION 1f the brakes
are not put on, and the downward course
checked, loss of flesh and strength must
follow. This leaves the system in so weak
condition that bronchitis and consumption
find an easy prey. But if taken in time,
and the right means employed to check this
downward tendency, these disastrous results
may be avoided. The time is no70, the right
means, Anglers Petroleum Emulsion, the
modern remedy for throat and lung troubles
and all wasting diseases.
Any one sending stamp to the Angler
Chemical Co., Irvington Street, Boston, will
receive two valuable books free.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-13

THE southern states produced nearly
80, 100000 more bushels of corn in 1893
than in 1894, the greatest increase
being in the Gulf States. 1t is pro-
posed to send carload of corn from
Georgia to Nebraska to relieve those
who lost their crops from drouth.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-13

treating an implement any worse than
he would dumb brute. Both are in
certain sense machines, useful and
profitable II so managed.-New England
Homestead.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-13
RETAIL DEALERS PRICES.
Boston Produce Market,

~ rhe quotations given below represent prices
obtained by receivers for hoesdle lots mot Jo65in9
prices unless otherwise indicated, and intended
to represent actual sales.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-13

CHILDREN Cry for Pitchers Castorin.
CHILDREN Cry for Pitchers OAstoris
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-13
On M Warranted Solid R1 -
~ Beautiful Chased Holder. - ~

You think merit durability the price bat
"Lncon" $3.50 durable
g but d the ink flowing steadily and uniformly They
this giving the of satisfaction
Orders country.
Money refunded not satisfactory "a" By mail, paid.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-13

sable vocation, but simply claim
certain advantages that no one
can deny. l also claim farming
to be the most independent of all
vacations of life.-EpitoniSt.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-28
THE HUMAN STOMACH.

"You would never imagine that the
human stomach was more invulnerable
to. alcohol than an oyster can, would
you?" said f. A. Carter, of Louis.
vile, Ky. The friends thoroughly
agreed that their imagination would
never run thus far, and the questioner
proceeded;
"In the whisky concern which l
represent there is employed an old
darkey. | suppose he is well advanced
in the seventies. The firm is controlled
by a typical Southern gentleman, who
owned before the war, among other
slaves, the darkey referred to. There
fore, the darkey takes to himself all
the privileges of the favored servitor.
Among these is one not allowed to any
other employee. the consumption of q
certain quantity of the product of the
distiller day by day. But ordinary
whisky will not satisfy him. So hi
procures an oyster can and fills it with
what a whisky man calls low wines
These low wines consist of what, t.
use another technical phrase, is de
scribed as hot shot That is, they
are formed of the condensed steam O
the first boil of the material used il
whisky manufacture. They are neve
below 100 degrees in proof He fill
the oyster can with this every morning
coming down to the distillery even OF
Sunday for the purpose, and sip by ST
drains it to the dregs before night al
rives Every week he is compelled t
get a new oyster can, for every wee
one is completely burned through b
the alcohol. Yet the old darke
goes on with his drinking. Severa
doctors have been to visit him. The
all assure him that he will drop dea
without moments warning if h
does not quit his habit. Never mind
massa, he will reply; 4 amt nsve
dropped daid yit, and his teeth shin
like cats eyes in coal hole as /
says it."-St. Louis Globe Democra
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-28
BIG GAME IN COLORADO.

A Boston business man has lately re-
ceived from friend who went west
not long ago, and is now located at
Colorado Springs, an interesting ac-
count of big game hunting in the
north west, says the Boston Herald.
The following extract from his letter
will stir the enthusiasm of hunters of
milder and less plentiful game in this
section:
81 was very glad to hear that your
trip in Maine was success. The game
must be increasing, if you saw so many
deer in so short a trip, and | imagine
it must be due to the vigorous enforce
ment of the game laws of the state.
AT present am on a hunting trip
in north. western Colorado, between
White and Bear rivers, just west of
the continental divide. We are i'll the
winter range of the deer-a little too
low for elk-and to give you an idea
of how plentiful they are it will be
enough to say that, in three days
mountain-lion hunting, | counted on
each day. respectively, 25l, 1877, l24
deer within gunshot. Thus far | have
hunted deer for five days, perhaps three
hours day, and have killed nine.
"It takes about three or four deer
week to feed the dogs, not to mention
what we eat ourselves.
Most of our time is devoted to
hunting lions, and in two weeks we
have killed four, the largest of which
was seven feet five inches long, and
measured thirteen inches around the
forearm.
"What with the Utes, the lions and
the hunters, it is wonder that the
deer are not being thinned out, but
they are quite as plentiful as ever.
"The Utes hunt about ten miles to
the west of us, and each brave kills an
average of eight to ten deer day
merely to sell the hides at so cents a
piece. The settlers and the cowmen
raid their camp and stampede their
ponies about twice every season and
drive them back into their reservation
in Utah but they come back again each
succeeding year, buying unauthorizd
permits from their agents.
''There is talk among the cattlmeD
of driving them out with arms, and for
good, but whether they will carry this
threat into effect will be more or less
decided by the decision pending in the
courts concerning the Utes in Utah. "
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-28
Charmed by n Snake.

AS was several miles out in the coun-
try, riding horseback from Pomona to
Ehiwanda, l saw jack rabbit standing
still only few feet from the road.
drove up close to the animal. which still
refused to scamper away. On the con-
trary, the rabbit stood or sat transfixed
to the spot, though making constant
nervous, shuddering motion, as If anx-
ious to get away, but at the same time
being held to the spot. was surprised
that the rabbit did not fee at the an.
proach of myself and horse, and when
looked little sharper saw large rat
tlesnake coiled up under some bushes
his head uplifted, about six feet from the
rabbit.
l shall never forget the scene. The
rabbit was looking with indescribable
eagerness straight at the slowly ap-
preaching snake and needed nothing
else. | dismounted, and Selling long
stick by force pushed the rabbit away,
when the snake instantly swelled with
rage and sounded its rattles l wounded
the snake and then dispatched it. The
rabbit for a second or two seemed be.
numbed and was hardly capable of mo-
ton. That was over quickly, and the
animal hoped away.-Pomona Prog.
resS
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-28

From some unknown source the fol-
lowing unique method of photographing
designs on tissues is reported: The It's
sues are first plunged in bath of prim-
uline, to which common salt has been
added they are then washed and after
ward immersed for quarter of a min
ute i'll bath containing .25 per cent
of nitrate of soda, strongly calculated
by nitric or hydrochloric acid After
another washing, and while the tissue
is still moist. or after it has been dried
in the dark, the Photographic negative
plates to be reproduced are applied
above, and the whole exposed to the
light, on clear day and in brilliant
sunlight half minute exposure suffic-
ing, but on dull day 80 minutes being
required. After the lapse of the neces-
sary time, small piece Of tissue ex
posed being used as test of the print
ing, the tissue is plunged into the de-
veloping bath; if not, it is placed in
the dark, the development being carried
out as for colors dyed in wool. AS in
the process of ordinary photograph print
ing, familiar to all, the color is devel-
oped in this method at the spots where
the plates have prevented the action Of
the light, while it is not developed else
where, and interesting work is the re-
sult.-New York Sun.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-28
She Fed the Dog.

An awfully swagger girl came into an
up town drug store the other day. She
led tiny pug by slender silver chain
Her hat was all a-bloom with purple
flowers, and an Alsatian bow of purple
ribbon was tied about puggie's neck so
big as to give the impression that there
was more bow than dog.
Milady seated herself on a stool in
front of the soda fountain and tenderly
lifted his small canineship to another
seat beside her. The order was given
for chocolate ice cream soda. When it
was served, this rather remarkable
young woman conveyed teaspoonful of
the cream first to her own lips and then
to puggie's. This process was repeated
until not drop was left.
1t developed during this interesting
episode that the dogs name was Mig,
and to see Mig blink his eyes and lick
his small chops was very funny indeed.
"Ughv exclaimed matter of fact
woman looking on. How that girl can
put that spoon back in her mouth after
that dog has licked it passes my compre.
hension think it is perfectly disgust.
ing"
But Mig only blinked the more know.
ingly, doubtless thanking the good Lord
that all women were not made alike
Chicago News.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-28
A LOVE STRATAGEM,
And Bob Will Not Go Out of Nights Wit,
the Boys ANY More,


the Boys Any More.
He had married the girl of his heart
and she was all his fancy painted her.
and more, too, and he should have been
as happy as a clam at high water, but
he wasn't. Somehow he had got in with
the old fast set and took to spending his
evenings away from home, running
around town with the boys.
His wife demonstrated, made herself
charming and agreeable, but failed to
keep him at home in the society of her.
self and their friends. Things were 90.
ing from bad to worse when she sud.
denly hit on scheme to recall him to
herself.
One night he was particularly request
ed to come home early. He, as usual,
failed to comply, and it was midnight
when he hurried up to his steps, opened
the door with his latehkey and found
his home blaze of light and filled with
a large company. He was met by his
best man of year before, who, in full
evening dress, hurried him up stairs.
Jump into your dress suit, Bob The
minister is here to marry you over again
Marry me over again?' gasped Bob
blinking about in the light. "What do
you mean?"
"Oh, it's custom of his to visit
each couple he mapies on the anniver-
sary of their wedding day, and, after
asking lot of questions, to read the
vows over and have them respond He
thinks it's a good idea, and SO do we
all"
where's Nellie?"
Down stairs in her wedding dress,
looking sweet as peach, waiting for
you"
When Bob entered the parlor, he look
ed like anything but a happy bride
groom. He was shamefaced and wor.
ried, but when he saw Nellie, as fair
and lovely as she had looked at their
nuptials, he braced up, and in few
minutes was listening to the II charge
ye' of the minister and feeling very
much as if it were solemn as a funeral
Then came congratulations and pres
ents and social merrymaking and when
the company left Bob told them that he
would begin new honeymoon that
should last as long as he lived.
And he kept his word. He says that
if young married people could keep
their anniversaries in that manner they
would not forget the obligations bind.
ing upon them, and he gives his Nellie
credit for having long head as we'll as
a loyal heart. Detroit Free Press.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-28

"You didn't know, did you, that
manners can be conveyed by wire? /
can tell by each one of the people who
talk to me just what his disposition is,
says the brunette Central, land how
he treats mis- clerks and employees, or,
if he is an employee, just what sort of
fellow he is. The phone sharpens most
peoples voices little, know, but I m
not meaning that. 1t is their way of
talking. l don't mean, of course, that
the slow man at the phone is slow in
his business. But can always tell if
he is gentleman. People who would
be polite to me if they saw me-" contin-
ues this young empress of clerk, who
Knows the dignity of her personality,
'ale not in this reckoning. They are
talking to an unknown creature, and by
the way they speak to it, at the other
end OF the wire, get to know what
sort OF people they are. "-philadelphia
Times.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-28
An Early Bank Note.

The earliest bank note in the possess
sion Of the Bank of England is one dat
Ell Dec. 10, 1899, for f555. 1t is printed
from an engraved plate, but it has
banks for the amount, date, number
and signature. Across it are written
memoranda showing that it was repaid
In three installments. In appearance it
is not altogether unlike the modern
note. 1t is noticeable particularly that
In the words, For the Govr. and Com
pa" the word company" is thus alb
breviated and not into comp, which
would be more in accordance with the
usual practice. In the bank library IL
another note for e25, which was not
presented for III years, Another curl
osity, said to be unique, is note for no
less than Ell, 900, 900, dated l2ss. Only
four for such an amount nave ever been
issued. Strand Magazine.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-28
FLORIDA ALLIGAT0RS.

Jacksonville letter to the Philadel-
phia Press So many alligators
are shot in Florida each year to secure
their skins, which are valuable article
of commerce, that except in the
southern parts of the State it is no
longer an easy thing to catch sight of
one, unless it is in state of captivity.
But on coming down the Upper st.
Johns River from Sanford the other
day / was fortunate in seeing consld-
cradle number of them, some of which
were very large. These were seen at
various points on the river where
person could only reach them with a
boat, the shores, or so-called shores,
being nothing more than savanas or
long reaches of shallow water covered
with saw grass. On Lake Munroe, as
we'll as on the river, myriads of duck
and many heron and other birds were
seen. The fishermen along the river,
who are numerous at this season,
waded out as far as possible, seemingly
utterly regardless of any danger from
the alligators
1t is said that these animals will not
attack human beings unless they them
selves are attacked. At the southern
end of Lake Worth a canal is being
dug to connect with Biscayne Bay, and
where the men are at work along that
canal alligators are quite numerous.
l was told by one of the contractors
that it is difficult to get the alligators
out of the way sometimes. But too
much indulgence in the idea that the
alligators will not attack q person does
not pay, as Mr.. Robert Moore found
out the other day while annoying one
in state of semi-captivity at West
Palm Beach. The gator caught Moore
entire foot in it's mouth, and would
not let go until the animals mouth
was pried open. Those ! saw while on
the Clyde steamer on the st. Johns
River, although perched upon logs and
the bank, did not move until the
steamer had passed by and the swash
of the water disturbed them. As it is
not allowable to shoot alligators from
the steamers deck, the animals become
fearless, which makes them easier prey
for the fishermen, who kill them
whenever possible in order to secure
their skins. | heard an interesting
story Of fight between alligators and
big bull on the shores Of Lake Okee.
chobee. Alligators are quite numerous
in that lake, and it is little visited by
- 30 IT,
fish and hunt there. Herds of cattle
roam about through that section of the
State. and the bull in question belonged
to one Of these herds. 1t was drinking
at small inlet ON this lake when it,
nose was caught by an alligator.
The bull managed to free itself by pull
ing the gator partly out of the water
1t then lowered its horns and caught
the gator, throwing it on the bank
When the bull made another attack tn,
alligator struck the bull with its tai
and severely hurt it. The bull man
aged to tear hole in the abdomen
or soft spot, of the gator, but on an
other charge the gator broke one of TIL
legs of the bull by blow from it
tail. This disabled the bull and tn
gator managed to break another leg i
the same way, but the saurian 500
bled to death, and the bull, when foun
with it's two broken legs, had to b
shot
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-28

All new flowerpots require to be
soaked in water and allowed to dry
thoroughly before being used. The soil
does not hang we'll to the sides of gar
den pots unless so treated. Dirty pots
are open to the same objection. Let any
one try to put a plant with fresh soil
into pot which has been used before
and left unwashed, and he will find in
few days, when the soil begins to dry,
that it leaves space and does not ad-
here as it should to the sides Of it. No
plant can possibly flourish under such
circumstances The roots of plant
draw to the sides of pot naturally in
search Of moisture, and growth, Of
course, is checked if a current Of air ia
allowed to pass between them and the
sides. Some plants exhibit this tenden-
cy in such remarkable degree that few
roots are to be seen, except network
on the outside of the soil next the pot,
Florist
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-28

a story, bogus on the face of it, has
been going the newspaper rounds tell.
''..a low a woman boarded Cambridge
Car AID asked the conductor on his re.
turn trip TO i'ease step into Mr.. CAT
tey's drug store AL tell him to 60 next
door and ask the woaan there to 20
over to my house and see = | put ont
my oil stove. = This is poppyco1A, int
a similar incident of which am sure
occurred in n Brookline car recently.
The speaker was a young man, and he
was asking the conductor to "go into
the car stable when you get back and
telephone up to my roommate to look
in my other clothes and find cents tc
pay you for my fare this trip, as Tn
broke. boston Budget
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-28
TRAVELLING INCOGNITO.

The example of the Caliph Haroun
al Raschid, who used to 60 nightly in
disguise among his people in order to
see how the laws were being enforced,
is not often followed by modern Eu-
ropean sovereigns. Photography has
made the features of Ihonarchs so fami-
liar to the people that disguise is
practical ly impossible; and, more
over, assassins Turk at every corner.
Nevertheless, there are heats of state,
even in Europe. who 60 abou unat-
tended. The Emperor Francis joseph
Il Austria, who is probably as little in
lager of assassination as any poten-
at, in Europe, is one of these
Another is NJ. Casimir-P erier, ex-
resilient Of the French Republic, who
as not, since he was elected, given up
ia practice of walking alone on the
oulevards in the midst Of his
artisans.
j Itsident's departure for b.
,hateau in the country at Point sur
Seine. q looking man, with o
parcel wrapped in newspaper, cam,
INTO toy shop on one of the boule
ards and began TO undo his package.
"Mademoiselle, he said to youns
woman at the counter, 81 have here ,
little photographic doll which has
been slightly crushed in. Can it b.
repaired?"
The girl looked at it. Certainly
sir" she said.
And can it be sent to me in the
country?'
Yes, sir. What is the address,"
Monsieur Casimir- Perier, Point spr
Seine, Aube.''
The girl at the counter, who did NOT
dream that she was dealing with the
President of the Republic, was SO
much overcome that she tainted ON the
spot. The proprietor and others came
rushing up, and the unfortunate Presi.
dent for the moment wished that he
were little more obscure.
The King of Italy sometimes makes
similar excursions in Rome. On one
oiathese he was heavily run into by an
intoxicated man, who, however, i'm.
mediately recognized the King, and
fell upon his knees, half-sobered and
stammering excuses.
The King, instead of having the
drunkard arrested. did what he could
for him, thinking, possibly, to turn
him from his evil habits. -Youtb's
Companion.