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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-12-23
Regularity on the Farm.

In any kind of business it is gener-
ally the little things which count.
Farming is kind of business where
the little things need to be sharply
looked after. A rat hole in the man
ger, big leak in the stable floor, lit
tie carelessness here and there often
cause the farmer great loss. One of
these little leaks going on day after day
for months or years, counts up to big
sum. Irregularity in doing chores,
feeding at four O'Clock one night and at
seven another, milking and doing all
such things with irregularity is cause
of great loss. On the one hand
farmer does not want to fall into slav.
cry to regularity and routine. He
must not make himself and everybody
around him miserable if breakfast or
dinner is not ready at just such mo-
ment, or if the hired man or the boys
are not ready to milk at just such
time. On the other hand he should
not get into that careless, reckless way
of doing things without regard to time
or order. There should be time for
each one of the chores, for it is an in
disputable fact that it does make a
great difference in a herd of cows
whether they are fed, watered, and
MIXED regularity, or in haphazard
way. Regularity saves, irregularity
wastes. Few farmers are rich enough
to be able to afford irregular methods
of caring for stock of any kind.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-12-23
Butter i'm a Minute.

A wonderful dairy machine is on ex.
hibition in England. This machine,
the invention of Herr Salenius, Swed-
ish engineer, makes butter in about
minute from sterilized milk direct.
Milk is heated in the sterilizer Cor
Pasteurine, as it is called) to 100 de-
grees Fahrenheit, and runs thence into
the cream .skimming chamber of the
machine. As the cream is skinned,
it rises into the churDing chamber, be-
ing cooled down to 60 degrees in it's
progress by means of very smell cool
ing frames, through which iced water
constantly passes, and which revolve
with the skinner at the rate of 5000
revolutions per minute. The cream is
forced into tube perforated with tiny
holes, through which it energies with
great force on to each fresh layer of
cream that rises, converting it into but
ter by conclusion. The butter thus
formed in granules energies from
spout into tub, mixed with buttermilk.
When all the churning is done, a
wooden stirrer is passed up and down
gently for two or three minutes to make
the butter separate from the greater
part of the buttermilk. The butter is
then taken out and passed through
butter-worker, which squeezes out most
of the buttermilk remaining in, after
which it is placed on ice for two hours,
and then worked little more and made
up.
Several advantages are claimed for
this remarkable machine which bids
fair to create a revolution in butter
making upon large scale. In the
first place, by pasteurizing the milk,
disease germs, if any are in it, are de-
stroyed, as we'll as the microbes which
cause the putrefaction of the butter.
The process of butter-making is Sc
rapid that there is very little chance of
any germs that may exist in the atmos-
phere of the dairy getting into the but
ter, especially as all, or nearly all, air
must be forced out of the chambers of
the machine by the extreme rapidity of
the movement going on inside.
When the butter is once pressed the
possibility of germ impregnation is al
most eliminated. Thus a wholesome
and bookkeeping butter is produced.
Another advantage is that milk can be
converted into butter directly after be-
ing obtained from the COW; and yet
another is that there is considerable
saving of labor, when the use of the
radiator" is compared with that of the
ordinary separator and churn.
1t is asserted that this machine has
been in use for several months in but
ter factories in Sweden and Finland.
The demonstration of its merits in Lon
don created sensation among the
dairy farmers.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-12-23
Brighton Live Stock Market.

SwINE.-County hogs and store pigs were
in fair supply, and fat hogs were selling at
44c, dressed weight.
Mich Cows.--The demand was fair but
was confined to speculation and iobbers,
with no change in prices from these quoted
last week-$35 to S65 per head.
HIDES, TALLow AND SKINS. - Brighton
hides, 4 to Ale per 10; country hides, to
BIC; tallow. 3 TO SIC; pelts, % to 65c each;
calf skins, 80 to Csc each; dairy skins, % to
40c each.
VEAL CALvEs.-The trade opened active.
with no change in prices, except for few
choice fat veals. Twenty calves, average
weight 40 lbs, sold for 5Ic por lb 90 aver
age weight, 100 lbs, sold for DC: 9, average
weight, 11S lbs, sold for 4 Use.
SHEEP AND LAMBS. = The demand was
fair, with no change in prices from those
noted week ago. Fifty lambs, average
weight, "a lbs, sold for &c per Id; 236-a
mixed lot-average weight, 90 lbs, sold for
SIC; 20 sheep average weight, IS lbs, sold
for Sc.
BEEF CATTLE.-The demand for North
ern and Eastern moved slowly, and animals
were large. Drovers were holding back for
clearance and tried to tire buyers out
The latter, however, were not ready TO pay
any higher prices than last week, and upon
this information drovers did not delay in
closing a trade. The receipts of Western
were light and was no demand, Values
showed no change from last week.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-12-23
Vermont Dairy Reports.

GREEN MOUNTAIN CREAMERY,
West Topsham, for November.-Mil
received, 154 ,067 pounds; butter made,
7,S49 pounds; average test tBabcock)
sos per cent; paid patrons for butter,
20 cents.
NORTH RIVER CREAMERY, Jackson
vile, for October.-Cream received,
29,454 pounds; butter made, 6.0O23
pounds; average test (Babcock) Is 81
per cent; paid for butter fat, Is cents.
This creamery is making about 40O
pounds more butter, per month, than ii
was making last year.
ORANGE COUNTY CREAMERY, Chel-
sea, for November.-Mi received al
creamery, 213,949 pounds; butter made
from same and an equivalent Of milk
and cream sold, 1883 pounds; re-
ceived for butter. deducting freight and
commission, S2,3S4 AZ; running ex
penses, including tubs, reserve for in
terest on stock, ETC., S293.S9; paid fol-
butter, 25 cents.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-12-23
HOrnless Cattle.

A herd of horned cows was bred to a
polled bull, whose mother wore horns;
ninety per cent Of the calves had no
horns. These young hornless heifers
never had a horned calf. This shows
how easily the horns may be bred away,
and, although slow, this way is the best
of them all.
Horned cattle require twice as much
stable-room as polls, for the young cat
tie of the latter kind can be herded in a
pen like sheep until ready to drop their
first calves. No chains, stanchions or
halters; never disturbing one another
as they crowd around the feeding
trough.
II we look through stock yards we
shall find the horns actually gone from
nine.tenths of the stock brought there
Whether this is due to the chemical
dehorner, the saw or to breeding, il
shows that horns are no longer the
fashion. The chances are that the,
never will be again. Wisconsin Agri-
culturist.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-12-23
Protection from Trusts.

1t is great pity that the President
could not sooner have found out the
evils of the trusts so as to have at least
made beginning in bringing them I'M
der control. 1t is better of course for
him to find out these evils late than
never, and it is to be most earnestly
hoped that Presdent-elect Mckinley
will not require so long time to learn
what the people want the government
to do with the trusts. A great deal is
said now about educating the people in
the principles of good government.
But from farmers point of view the
best kind of education in patriotism is
that which is given through object les
sons, and one of the best object lessons
in good government would be the pro-
tecting of the people from the extor-
tions and expressions of the trusts.
Somehow farmer, living back among
the hills of Vermont, cannot feel that
the government of this great country is
such wonderful thing after all, il 1t is
not able to protect it's citizens from
robbery, no matter how genteel or legal
the robbery may be. If a trust can, at
its own sweet will, raise the price of
rubber goods, coal, nails, oil, white
lead, sugar, and multitude of other
articles, thus compelling the farmer and
all consumers to pay more for the
goods than they should, the tax going
TO swell the already enormous wealth of
the managers of the trusts, what kind
of government have we? And where
is this thing to end?
If for every pound of foreign sugar a
farmer buys, every gallon of oil he
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-12-23
SHORT LUMBER.
Current Comment.

EoGs.- Receipts liberal, with a dull and
unsettled market. Prices cent lower than
last week.
OATs.-The market is quiet, with sales
averaging slow, although general prices are
about the same.
CHEESE. = Trade has been quiet, but
stocks have been steadily reduced and the
market is in good healthy condition.
BEANS Offerings of pea beans continue
heavy and choice bright hand. picked lots
meet with a slow sale. There is consider
able inferior stock coming in that is hard to
place.
FLoUR.-The flour market has shown no
activity during the week. and buyers are
only taking supplies as forced. The range
OF asking rules is not much changed. Low
grades move slow.
LUMBER.-The demand is fair for this sea-
son Of the year, and is as good as could be
expected. The yards have a good stock of
lumber on hand. There are few cargoes on
the market from Maine, and they are bring.
ing full prices.
BUTTER.-Receipts of fresh goods have
been light this week, but with so large
proportion of buyers using June goods there
has been more than enough of the fresh to
supply the wants of the trade. Prices for
June creamery have been cut about cent
WOODS. - Sales for the week, 2,472, 800
pounds. The market is extremely dull
Fine woods are generally slightly weaker in
tendency, but low woods are scarce and
strong as ever. December is usually a dull
month, as the mills are preparing for stock
taking.
| PoULTRY.-Receipts Of turkeys have been
moderate for the week before Christmas
but buyers have not been disposed to pur,
chase ahead Of immediate wants. Choice
Northern turkeys have been selling at 15c
to 16c. Northern chickens are dull, and
! hard to place at 10c to 12c
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-12-23

per day give me more ability to work
than baked beans. There is a saying
that From nothing, nothing comes"
Yet l know that we have more butter,
stock in better condition, and wintered
at smaller cost, than ever before from
a quality of corn that, ordinarily, would
be almost worthless. 1t does not seem
reasonablel
l did not believe half that had been
said and printed in favor of ensilage,
when 1 built my silo. / see now that
more ground must be planted to corn,
and less to grass; that more stock can
be kept, as much by reason of change
of crops, perhaps, as from the silo, and
that l cannot afford to grow root crops
for cattle. | would not sell the silo for
for any reasonable amount, if l could
not get another. The cost was about
S75 and some labor for the silo. A No.
13 Ohio cutter and carrier cost about
800. So much more food value can
be stored in a silo, that, in many cases,
it can be built in part of the bay, and
in many others, the expense of build
ing new barn for additional storage
can be avoided Rural New Yorker.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-12-23

burns, every pair of rubber shoes he or
his family wears, he must pay bonus
to a millionaire trust, he will almost un-
consciously loose his respect for a gov
eminent which quietly permits this ex-
tortion. 1t is high time that those in
power realized the pllin truth about
this matter. If this country is to be
made sure for good government in 1900,
it must be done by the government
showing its power over the acknowl
edged enemy of the people. A million
dollars spent in sending printed docu
ments among the farmers will not do a
1.-THE of the good that genuine and
successful attack upon the trusts will
in educating the people. The farmers
not only need protection from foreign
competition, but also from domestic
aggression on the part of rich corpora
tons. The farmers of this part of the
country have little sympathy for the
doctrines of populism, but if some real
relief from their burdens does not
come, there is no telling what they may
be led into. Human nature cannot
stand too much of a strain. The
Democratic party has fully demon
strated its total incapacity to help the
farmers. 1t has only greatly increased
their burdens. The Republicans party
and administration will have a great
opportunity to demonstrate their abil-
itY to lift the burdens of the people.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-12-23
.Auctions
Theirs will be sold at Public Auction on the prem
ises of the late Allt IL Bates, in Barre, on
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20. 1896.


ises of the late Allt II Bates, in Barre, on
TUESDAY, DECEMBER go 1896,
At ten o'clock A. NJ, the following personal prop
erty: The Home Farm. containing about 80 acres of
land all tilage good buildings with running water;
miles from Barre City, three-fourths mile from
Post Office, and on the main road from Granitevile
TO Barre City. Also one farm situated in Brook
field consisting of IS acres of land divided into t
age and woodland cuts about twenty tons of nice
hay, with orchard on same and plenty Of good
springs.
LIVE STOCK, consisting of good work driving
horses, one t-yearold horse. one 4-year-Old mare
weight OF either about l,OO pounds, and height
about Ii hands. Eighteen hens and pullets, also
corn fodder II 0 baskets corn.
FARMING TOOLS-One Phenx manure spread
er, one Granite State moving machine, one horse
rake, two plows one spring tooth harrow, heavy
two-horse wagon or dump cart, one light two-horse
or a one horse wagon one express wagon, two buggy
wagons-on one nearly new two sleighs OF twohors
sled, one-horse sled two dray seds, one dray and
set of dray planks, one hay cutter, hay knife,
two hand sleds, wheelbarrow, one cider CRATER and
press, bars, chains, shovels and fork, whiferees,
corn shelter, set of scales one bush scythe one
cross cut saw, handsaw, planes and other TOOLS
fair work harness, two driving harnesses-one
nearly new, two buffalo robes, one griDdstone one
shot gun and other tools too numerous to mention.
PRODUCE. Forty cords of dry stove wood 3S5
gallons OF cider vinegar in barrels and kegs,
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, one desk and book
case combin ed, two volumes Vermont Statutes, one
Vermont Justice and other books, four bedsteads,
two spring beds, one mattress, two bureaus chairs
stands, one calendar clock, one clothes wrnger'
one half pew in Universalist church.
1. w. BATES, Administrator,
G. N. BARBER. Auctioneer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-12-23
AGRICULTURAL.
Market Suggestions.

There are several reasons why but
ter is the chief product of Vermont
farms. Not the least is that there are
no large cities in the state, and the
great bulk of our products must be
shipped some distance. Now butter is
a condensed product A dollars worth
of butter takes up less room and weighs
less than almost any other farm prod
uct. Then we have the most excel
lent market system for butter, and all
our farmers, or nearly all of them,
know how to put up butter for the mar
ket. But many farmers produce other
things for the city people to eat, and it
is often necessary to know how to mar
ket other things. And here it must be
said that with all their faults, commits.
sion men are not to blame for all of the
troubles that farmers meet in selling
produce through them. There is a
right and wrong way TO put up all
articles for shipment, and there are
right and wrong times to ship nearly
all things for city markets. The very
best way for farmer to do, if he has
any goods to ship to commission mer-
chant, is first to find out good reli-
able dealer in the articles he has to
ship, and then write to him for ship
ding directions.
The way some farmers act about
shipments is enough to drive a commits
sion merchant wild. The Rural Ne,o
Yorker tells of a man who was told
how to dress and pack his poultry, and
cautioned above all things not to ship
too late. The man and his neighbors
had fine lot, but they delayed ship
ping 80 long that the goods reached the
city only the day before Thanksgiving,
when sale was impossible at any de-
cent price. The result was that the
shipper was so mad at the merchant
that be has never sent anything to him
since, and probably thinks to this day
that he was badly used by him. There
are honest commission-men, and there
are some very dishonest ones. When
man sends you a circular promising
to pay you good deal more than the
market rate for your produce, you may
be sure he is fraud. There are men
who do this, who get goods, sell them,
pocket the pay and clear out. Prob
ably there are not as many in Boston
and other New England cities as there
are in the West, in Chicago especially.
But every man should be careful to
whom he ships. All reputable COM
mission merchants have a well-known
standing, which can easily be learned
by consulting the proper authority.
But is generally best for those who are
not well informed as to city dealers to
sell to the local buyers. There are
generally one or more of these in each
town in this state, men who pay cash
for butter, poultry, potatoes, and other
produce, and the per cent which most
of them take is not excessive.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-12-23
Search for Succulence Ends at SilO

On page 293, S. G. II. says that it
will not pay to build silo for eight
cows, and then gives directions to con-
vert corn, by steaming, into something
that "comes near being ensilsge, if not
better, and, think, is cheaper" l
suppose, from the article, that he has
no silo, and know that his method is a
great deal more work, and, therefore,
costs more. No one can afford to win
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-12-23
HOw's This Z?

We offer one hundred dollars reward
for any case of catarrh that can not be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. j. CHENEY & CO.,
Proprietors, Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F.
j. Cheney for the last fifteen years,
and believe him perfectly honorable in
all business transactions and fnan-
cially able to carry out any obligations
made by their firm.
WEST 81 TRUAX, Wholesale Drug
gists. Toledo, Ohio.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Price, seventy-five cents per bottle
Sold by all druggists. Testimonials
free.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-12-23
Blood

nd good health, take Hoods Sarsaparilla,
which has first, last, and all the time,
been advertised as just what it is the
best medicine for the blood ever pro-
duced. Its success in curing Scrofula,
Salt Rheum, Rheumatism, Catarrh,
Dyspepsia, Nervous Prostitution and
That Tired Feeling, have made
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-12-23

ITCHING PILES, nights horrid plague, s
instantly relieved and permanently cured
by Doan's Ointment. Your dealer ought to
keen it.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-12-23
RETAIL DEALERS PRICES.
Boston Produce Market.

EY-The quotations given below represent prices
obtained by receivers for nhoiesaie lots mot jobbn0
prices unless otherwise indicated, and intended
to represent actual sales.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-12-23
Rich Red

Blood is absolutely essential to health.
1t is secured easily and naturally by
taking Hoods Sarsaparilla, but is inn
possible to get 1t from so-called "nerve
tonics," and opiate compounds, abb
surdly advertised as "blood puri-
fiers." They have temporary, sleeping
effect, but do not CURE. To have pure
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-12-23

PAIN IN THE SIDE AND WEAKNESS.
81 had pain in my side which
troubled me TO breathe and | was go
weak | could not work. | had no
strength in my arms. l have been
taking Hoods Sarsararilla and Hoods
Pills and now l am stronger. / find
Hoods Pills do not cause a sick feeling
like other pile" Mrs. s. G. Prindle,
South Royalton, Vt.
HOODS PILLS are purely vegetable
and do not purge, pain or grippe. All
druggists, 25c.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-12-23
For Sale at a Bargain!

On Mortified street; House and small Building
OF. First-class Investment A. j. HOWE,
Real Estate A gent
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-09-26

ious allegations set forth in the com
plant.
The Magoon-Afong case has been
settled Today the plaintiffs filed a
discontinuance without prejudice and
the same was promptly approved by
the Court.
The teachers and scholars of the st.
Louis College played a game of base
ball at the base ball park this morn
ing. The scholars were victorious.
Score, 10 to IA.
The meeting of the Hawaiian Mis-
sion Children's Society tonight has
been changed from DR.. Andrews to
Judge Frear's residence, on account of
the latter being nearer to the car line
The Hawaiian Mission Children's
Society will hold its regular monthly
meeting at the home of Judge and
Mrs. w. f. Frear Mt 1880 o'clock this
evening. Every member is requested
to be present.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-09-26
l.. A. CHOY,
HO LEONG.
September %, A. D., 1896.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.

Notice is hereby given that at a
meeting of the Shareholders in the
HANOA PLANTATION COMPANY,
held on September LIST, 1896, for the
purpose of organization and election
of officers, the following named per-
sons were elected to serve as officers
of the Company for the ensuing year,
viz:
w. f. Allen, Esq, President.
Hon. II. p. Baldwin, Vice President.
Geo. II. Robertson, Esq, Treasurer.
II. w. Hebron, Esq, Auditor.
E. f. Bishop, Secretary.
Hon. w. o. Smith, Hon. G. N. Will
cox, Directors at Large.
e. f. BISHOP, Secretary.
Dated Honolulu, September o, 1896.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-09-26
KAUAI SHERIFF.
A Maui Man Gets the Place-Capt
Scott Goes to Maui.

The Kauai sheriff matter has at last
been Strengthened out. On account of
business William Henry found it inn
possible TO leave Oahu and declined his
commission. The place was then Of
fered to Deputy Sheriff Baldwin of
Maui and has been accepted. He will
leave on Tuesday for his post. Mar
shal Brown will go up with him.
Capt. w. Scott was this morning
commissioned deputy sheriff of Wailu-
ku and Maui. He will also leave Tues
day. Lieut.. Jack Fernandez will sue
coed Scott as captain of second watch,
police. A mounted patrolman will
likely succeed Fernandez as lieutenant
of the same watch.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-09-26
DOES NOT DAMPEN.
Clinging Plants that DO Not Moisten
or Injure Walls.

A recent author shows, says the In
dependent, that Il prevalent notion
that the Japan ivy and similar plants
which cling to the wall by rootlets
make the walls damp, is the reverse
of the fact. Tons of water are .evap-
grated daily from these leaves in the
growing season-an amount which it
is almost impossible they could draw
from the earth through stems which
at the ground are seldom thicker than
ones finger. The rootlets suck water
from walls to help supply this waste;
besides this they cool walls by their
shade in summer. The action of the
famous English ivy on ruins is re-
ferred to as practical proof of the dry
ing character of these rootlets; the
mortar is so hard and dry that it is
difficult to demolsh these old walls.
If the branches are allowed to get in
to cutters or other water conduits so
as to choke the flow in heavy rains,
it is said the walls may be rendered
damp; but not by the mere clinging
to the walls of the plants themselves.