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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-09-16
Vermont Dairy Reports.

UNION CHEESE FACTORY, South
Wallingford, for July.-Milk received,
lob, 1858 pounds; pounds of cheese
made, 10,056; pounds of milk for a
pound of cheese, 10 33-100 Total
amount of money received, $704.57;
paid for making, 500 Sc; paid patrons,
S57S54.
METTOwEE CHEESE FACTORY, East
Rupert, Vt, for July.-Milk received,
1904 pounds; cheese made from same,
S,0S4 pounds; average test (Babcock)
3 so per cent; paid for milk, 60cents per
100 pounds. This factory does not pay
according to amount of butter fat in
milk, but the average price per pound.
Butter fat nets patrons S15 rs per 100
pounds.
A. E. HAMMOND CHEESE FACTORY,
Mount Holly, for Msy.-Number of
cheese sold, 264; pounds made, 9,O29a;
price per pound, 41-100 cents; pounds
of milk received, S6,7S6; milk required
for pound of cheese, 8 61-1O0 pounds;
price per hundred pounds of milk, 65
20-10O cents. Statement for June:
Milk received, 145,756 pounds; cheese
made from same, 1874 pounds; paid
for milk, 60 61-100 cents per 100
pounds; pounds of milk required for a
pound OF cheese, 8 41-100.
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minutes to repair the rip. Your neigh.
Dor lets his harness go. Result-be
pays out from ten to twenty-five cents
to get his harness mended. 1t is best
to buy an assorted paper of rivets con-
tanning several different lengths in a
paper The lengths are in eighths of
an inch. So it is with shoes. A set of
iron lasts and stand does not cost
much, but where there are many feet
in family TO wear out shoes a good
many cents, if not dollars, can be
saved in year by using the iron lasts
and brass shoe-nails. Three-eighths of
an inch is the best length of nails, as
there needs to be quite clinch to
hold well. Do these seem like too
small things to bother with? Well,
if you can economic in larger things,
all right. If you cannot, better try
some of the small economies. Often q
bolt is needed, or screw, or a certain
length of wire nail. If you have an
assortment of these, you can save many
outgoes for repairs. And really it is
the five and ten and twenty-five cent
OUTLAWS which count up, and which
need looking after as much as the
larger ones.
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vura, has done for him, and advises all
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A Hint to Patrons,

In times of low prices for cheese or
butter, patrons of factories or cream
cries are apt to grow careless in the care
of milk, thinking it does not pay to
take the usual pains to insure good
quality. AT the same time buyers are
apt to be more particular as to quality
than ever, for the reason that only
goods of fine qualify will move off
readily in the market. 1t never paws
10 make poor bu' ter or cheese, and the
man WHO produces the milk has great
deal to do with the quality OF either.
A bad faint in milk may not be de-
tected when the milk is being taken in,
but may develop when the milk is heated
andinjure the whole product. The maker
cannot control this by rejecting the bad
milk when being taken in, and has to
depend upon the carefulness of the
patron in performing his Duties
Hoard's Dairyman.
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Definitions of Home.

a prize was offered recently by the
London It'd Bits for the best answer
to the question, "What is homer"
Here are few of the answers which
were received.
WHERE you are treated best and you
grumble most.
A WORLD of strife shut out, a world
of love shut in.
THE fathers kingdom, the children's
paradise, the mothers world.
THE golden setting, in which the
brightest jewel is mother"
The centre Of our affections, around
which our hearts best wishes twine.
The place where the great are some
times small and the small often great.
The jewel casket, containing the
most precious of all je wels-domestic
happiness.
HE only spot on earth where the
faults and failings of fallen humanity
are hidden under the mantle of charity.
A LITTLE hollow scooped out of the
windy hill of the world, where we can
be shielded from its cares and annoy
ances
A POPULAR but paradoxical institu-
ton, in which woman works in the alb
sence of man, and man rests in the
presence of woman.
AN abode in which the inmate, the
" superior being called man," can pay
back at night, with fifty per cent inter
est, every annoyance that has met him
in business during the day,
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About Shipping Butter.

Dividing shipments is not a good
thing to do at any time, and especially
not at this season of the year, when
buyers are in market for butter storage.
There are some good buyers in this
Market" said a dealer recently; "men
who would be as quick to take 1000 as
they are to take twentyfour tubs if
they could be assured that the 1000
were all Of the quality they desired. -
Buyers for storage want long lines, and
it often happens that lot of butter, be-
cause it contains small number of
tubs, is not purchased nearly so quickly
as it would be if it was longer line.
Most all the creameries of the country
at each shipment are now forwarding a
sufficient number of tubs TO make q
good long line. If all the butter goes
to one house from factory there is no
chance for delay in selling it, provided
1t Is extra" butter or a fine /" frat -"
Buyers want long lines and want them
just now to such an extent that they
clean them up as fast almost as they
arrive. AT any season of the year
good, long line, quality being the same,
will find purchaser before the short
line, and often returns are better. A
buyer will sometimes make up line
by combining two or more short lines
OF butter about the same in qualify.
But he does not like to do it, and he is
pretty apt to demand concessions for
going to 80 much trouble to fill an or
der. If he could find the number of
tubs in one line, all being the same in
quality, he would pay the market price
and think he had made good deal for
his Gus tOmer.-Chicago Produce.
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edy. The eighty -six years of life's
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A Word in Relation to Boys,

Mothers, train your boys to be neat
in the house. They should be taught
to look after themselves, and to keep
their hats and coats in their proper
places. Teach them this habit, and
you will save many annoyances, and
you will also do kindness to the boys
by teaching them neatness and self
respect. Boys, as well as girls, should
be taught to help in the house. How
often we have been disguised to see
that the girls are made to help at the
homework while the boys are allowed
to play checkers, or sit at the fire toast
ing their toes. A boy can help clear
away after meal, sweep the floor, pol
ish the stove, or wash the dishes, Just
as effectively as a girl. He, as a rule,
is stronger. He will love his home
more, and when he becomes a man,
and has home of his own, he will re-
spect his wife all the more for having
been taught to respect his mother and
sisters. Exchange.
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SHORT LUMBER.
SPRUCE.
Current Weekly Comment.

LUMBER.-It must be admitted that since
September opened there has been very lit
tie actual improvement in demand. From
some quarters there has been more inquiry,
but il has generally ended there. The best
feature has been the diminution in ship
meuts of late, which has had a steadying
Influence upon the market. What is
needed the most, however, is good, genuine
buying.
WooL.-The inquiry is good and there is
more interest and snap TO the market than
for months. The great difficulty in the way
of larger sales is the tightness OF the money
market Even the best mills are being very
closely scrutinized and cash sales are not
uncommon, as there is still much hesitation
in selling wool on gold basis which after
sixty days might be paid for on a silver
basis. Most of the dealers, however, even
those who are selling for spot cash, have
sufficient confidence in merchandise to put
their money, when they get it, into more
wool.--Commercial Bulletin.
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DID you ever try Electric Bitters as a
remedy for your troubles? If not, get
a bottle now and get relief. This medi-
cine has been found to be particularly
adapted to the relief and cure of ali
female complaints, exerting a wonder.
full direct influence in giving strength
and tone to the organs. If you have
loss OF appetite, constipation, headache,
fainting spells, or are nervous, sleep
less, excitable, melancholy or troubled
with dizzy spells, Electric Bitters Is the
medicine you need. Health and
strength are guaranteed by its use.
Only fifty cents at G. Blakely's drug
store, Montpelier, Vt.
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Sailing Stock.

1t was Professor Robertson of Cam
ada, we think, who claimed to have
found that COWS did better work when
they had little salt every day. His
plan was TO add little to their feed of
meal. But we believe a better way is
to place lump of the hard, or rock
salt, in each manger. Then the COW
can eat just what nature, or the cows
taste, calls for. The same is true of
horses and all stock Animals are apt
to eat too much of the fine salt, and
this has bad effect Especially is this
the case when cattle are not sailed for
some time and then have large
amount put before them. If the cattle
are not put into the stable in warm
weather, the salt can be placed in boxes
where they can easily get it and where
cover can be put over it to keep the
rain off. This is far better than salt.
ing the animals every Sunday morning
by throwing handfuls of salt on the
ground. The lump salt is the most
economical - the cattle lick off what
they want and no more than they want.
Economy in salt may seem like a small
thing, but we need to take lessons from
the thrifty Scotch farmers: "Mony
little maA,s a mickle." Five cents
here and ten cents there soon make
five or six dollars, and that is the inter
est on a hundred dollars for year.
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Rot in Potatoes.

A farmer of Fitchville, Conn, writes
the Country Gentleman: "Pease in.
form me in regard TO potatoes If the
blight or rot has touched them, should
they be dug at once and put where the
sound ones can dry, or left in the
ground, to keep better?'
To which the editor of that paper re-
plies; "It the tubers have begun TO
show the discoloration of the potato
rot, it is better TO dig them at once.
Ii the vines are dead or nearly so, the
tubers will not grow any more, and by
leaving them in the ground the sound
ones will be liable to be infected by the
spores of the fungus which are yet in
or on the ground, but which succeed
ing rains will wash down in the soil
and bring into contact with the tubers,
where they will do their hateful work.
If the tops are not yet dead, they will
only serve TO increase the crop of
spores, which drop from them to the
ground and which by the next soaking
rain will probably be carried down and
brought in contact with the tubers,
thus increasing the destructive work.
Ii the tops are not dead, and we could
be sure of no more rain for few
weeks, it would perhaps do TO leave the
tubers in the ground; but this is not a
certainty, nor is it desirable. If the
tubers are dug and only the sound ones
stored in cool, dark, dry cellar, the
surface having first been dried, they
will not be likely to rot. Sometimes,
however, the rot continues to develop
after the tubers are stored. This is
brought about in two or three ways.
The tuber may be affected, but the
fungus is in such an early stage of de-
velopment that it has not yet produced
a sufficient discoloration to be noticed.
The rot in such cases will be likely to
develop and make its presence known
in due time. Again, there may be
spores in contact with the surface Of
the potato, but which have not yet sent
their germinsl threads into its flesh.
If the potatoes are put in the cellar
while yet moist or with moist Jumps of
earth adhering to them, the dampness
Will cause these spores to terminate,
ana the potato will, in due time, show
signs of rot. In the third place, an af-
fected tuber may communicate the dis
ease to sound one with which it is in
contact. 1t is desirable, therefore, that
they be stored in crates or in shallow
bins, so that they can be more surely
kept dry and more easily examined,
and any affected ones that may appear
be quickly taken out, Moisture is the
friend of the rot, dryness its enemy.
Las season there was little or 40 rot.
There was not rain enough to carry
what spores may have been produced
into the ground deep enough to come
in contact with the tubers. This sea-
son the case is different"
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Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies
Deafness is caused by an infamed con-
dition of the mucous lining of the Eus-
tachian tube. When this tube is in
famed, you have a rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when it is en-
tirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken
out, and this tube restored to its nor
NAL condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever. Nine cases out of ten are
caused by catarrh, which is nothing but
an intlamed condition of the mucous
surfaces.
We will give one hundred dollars for
any case of deafness Caused by catarrh)
that can not be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
+. j. CHENEY e. CO.,
TOLEDO, OHIO.
Sold by druggists; seventy-fve cents
RUBBER STAMPS made TO ORDER by the
Waterman Publishing Company.
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Handkerchiefs and Disease.

1t is not fully appreciated by the
public that the article we carry as an
every day and necessary part of our at.
tire may become charged with elements
OF infection. If it were, there would
be shown much more care in the use of
the handkerchiefs and in their cleans
ing, Especially should this be the case
in families of whom any member is
troubled with cold or with an inhu-
enza. One person with catarrhal af-
lection may impait the trouble to an
entire household. This fact should
make it common practice to isolate the
handkerchiefs of an individual who is
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-09-16
Some Farm Economies,

Many farmers feel the pressure of
the hard times What they have to
sell does not bring near enough to
meet ordinary expenses. While farmers
are waiting for a change it is necessary
for them to keep out of debt so far as
they possibly can, and for this they
must aim to economic on every side.
Some men and women have capacity
for economy. They never spend a
cent when they can help it. The
scotch are proverbially thrifty and saw
ing. A story is told of an old Scotch
wife who was buying bonnet. Should
She take straw or not? IN take
the straw" she said finally; cit will
make mouthful for the COW when I'm
done VII it," But some people cannot
save. If they get a dollar it goes, and
too often they have nothing to show
for it. For such and for many the dis
cipline of saving is most beneficial
one. 1t is often said, with too much
ShasAi3 liot IL llC VI bO-udy
would practice the same economy which
their fathers or grandfathers did they
would be far more thrifty. But some,
perhaps good many, feel that they
have gone as far as they can in this di-
rection. But there are some knacks of
saving which many have adopted, and
which will at least bear thinking about.
Take for instance the tobacco bill. In
1890 nearly forty millions of dollars
worth of tobacco was used in this coun-
try, or about two dollars for each man
in the country. 1t might not be bad
plan for farmers to ask themselves how
much they are spending per month and
year for tobacco, and whether they
could not put the money thus spent to
far better use. There are families
who from choice use neither tea,
coffee nor tobacco, to say nothing of
any kind of alcoholic drinks, and these
families are healthy, and probably as
happy on the whole, as those who use
tea, coffee, etc. They certainly have
more money to use for other things,
and, if some of the best-informed scen-
tihc men are right, they have more
strength for work, clearer heads for
business, and are better off in every
way. Whether people who have been
for long time in the habit of using
these things could leave them off with
out injury, and especially if they are
advanced in life, is a question we will
not discuss.
A good deal OF money is spent by
farmers in getting horses shod when
there is not the least need of it.
Horses that travel on pavement or on
icy roads, especially when they have
to draw loads, need shoes; horses
travelling on earth roads and doing or
binary farm work are better off with
out shoes A good deal can be saved
by keeping things in good repair. A
little ingenuity is worth great deal on
a farm. 1t is well to have materials at
hand for repairs of harness, shoes,
wagons, sleds, farming tools, and all
the things which are ell the time wear
ing out about the farm and house.
Often strap rips, or starts to rip, on
harness. You have two or three pa
pers of brass nails and an assortment
OF copper rivets. 1t takes about two
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Live Stock Market,

SWINE-No Western swine on sale Country hogs
sent to slaughterers and quoted at sc q h, dressed
weight
SHEEP AND LAMBs.-The receipts were larger
than last week. The demand was fairly active, with
no perceptible change in values quality considered
Sales sheep, Sc u ID; lambs, 81 "a 41Sc q IL.
HIDES, rALLow AND SKINS. - Brighton hides
tgihc per hi tallow. 3a31sc per III country hides,
55a65c; calf skins, 55c9 IS; dairy skins, 25@4Oc.
VEAL CALvEs.-The supply was light, the demand
brisk, with no change in values from those quoted
week ago 49iq54c q h. The quality of the offer
ings for the week was good. Among the offerings
were some grass and butteTmilk fed.
MILoH Cows.-The supply was fair and the de-
mand moved slowly. The following sales were
noted Two new mich cows sold for s55 each; one
new milch COW sold for 2i2; two mich cows sold
for SSs per head; seven new mich sold for S40
each.
BEEF CATTLE-The receipts for the past week
have been the largest for many months and the
quality i'll the aggregate the best offered this year.
The demand WAS active, and both. exporters and
home slaughterers were ready buyers Prices ranged
from 3d4hc q b.
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THE HOUSEHOLD.
The Kiss That Was Never Given,

She would give kiss to her husband
And loving word. to take
with him to his long days labor;
And the thought Of them helped to make
The work TO he done seem lighter,
And courage and strength were his.
Born OF the kind word given
At parting with kiss.
There came "A sorrowiul morning
When bitter words were said.
From the face of wife and husband
The sunshine of love had fed
Their hearts we're hot with anger,
And the husband went his way
with no kiss, and no kind word spoken,
To think about all the day.
The heart of the wife was heavy.
Lonesome and long The day.
was wrong" she said over and over,
AZ anger died away.
Had spoken one kind word to him
Had given a smile for frown-
II would all have been right between us
And kept the hard words down.
When he comes from his work ut evening
Iwill meet him with kiss.
And say, was wrong forgive me,
For all that has gone amiss,
For all the pain have given;
Forgive me this time, pray,
And never again, God willing
VIII we part as we did to day"
The sad day neared its ending;
The tea-kettle sang its rune
OF home, and the welcome waiting,
To merry little tune.
The wife looked out and listened
For the step by the garden gate,
And wondered, over and over,
why her husband was 30 late
A step on the path-a Strangers;
sudden aud nameless fear
Came over the woman waiting
For the step she would no more hear,
My husband! "she cried" oh, tell mel"
And then IN his face she read
The tidings he came to bring her
Before word was said
Dead! and they parted in anger.
Dead and he could not know
How bitterly she had repented
The words that had vexed him so.
That moment heart was broken
Alas for the love-links riveni
Alas for the word unspoken
And the kiss that was never giveni
-Eben E. Rexford
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BEFORE you breed the cows, consider
if it would not be well to have some of
them calve in the early winter. The
fall is just as profitable as the spring
calf. BY the time the spring calf is
ready TO make good use of the pasture,
the pasture has begun to fail, but the
winter calf makes the most of the pas.
ture. The winter COW is as profitable
as the one that calves in the spring, as
she yields most when milk and butter
are at the best figures.
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AGRICULTURAL.
The Farmers RetOrt,

We rode, one glowing afternoon,
Along the mountain-side,
From the still lake We heard the loon,
And echoes weird replied.
The blue Jay sounded his alarm
Among the changing leaves;
And here and there we passed a farm,
And locke for garnered sheaves.
Among the rocks a farmer bent
His swayng scythe in hand;
e Your TOLL" we said. " were better spent
On fertile prairie land"
- New Engand's good enough for mel "
lie cried" for me and minel"
And STOPPING lower, he set free
clinging blackberry vine.
Then blowing with a cheerful nod
Some thistle down away
He moved again his goldenrod
Content to call it hay.
Mary 7. Higginsor
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RETAIL DEALERS PR1crs.
Boston Produce Market,

sB-The quotations given below represent prees
obtained by receivers for wholesale lots mot job5ng
prices unless otherwise indicated and are intended
to represent actual sales
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SHE neglects her heart who studies
her glsss.--Lavater.
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rOOD'S PILLS cure Liver Ills, Bill
iousness, Indigestion, headache.
Easy to take, easy to operate. 25c.