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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-01-08
AGRICULTURAL.


Editor Of Watchmdn:-We notice
the communication of Francis Batchel-
der Il Company in your issue of No
vember 20, in which they start off by
saying that the statements contained
in our letter of October % care in
some respects 80 ridiculous that even a
denial is hardly necessary" The
words quoted are the usual reply of
persons who realize they are in tight
place and cannot success. fully deny the
statements.
Batchelder & Company attempt to
escape from the evidence that the ma
chine that they are using gave them
less than four per cent surplus by stat
ing that the factories using the United
States separators had a surplus " much
greater than it was possible to obtain by
an honest and accurate reading of the
BabcocA test, as shown by the testi-
mony of Professor Hills, the skilled
head of the Vermont Experiment Sta
ton" Professor Hills ties flied upon
the stand that if Il separator did its
work thoroughly, and the work was
well done all through, there would be,
on an average, surplus of fifteen per
cent Mr.. Gibson, Batchelder & Com
pany's butter-lnaker, testified upon the
stand that if the work was correctly
and accurately done, and the separator
used did its work thoroughly, there
would be an average of fourteen per
cent surplus. The testimony showed
that creameries using the United States
separators averaged to prod ice sur
plus of about fifteen per cent, which
was the amount that Professor Hills
said they would average il the separa-
tor did good work and the work was
done well all th1ough-Mr. Gibson,
their own butter-maker, testfyiug it
would be about fourteen per CEN, and
yet in the returns OF Batchelder &
Company for seven months they
showed less than four per cent surplus.
Batchelder & Company choose, in
their letter, to cal the surplus of fifteen
per cent returned from the United
States separators, "a fictitious surplus"
forgetting that Professor Hills testified
that there should be fifteen per cent on
an average, and that their own butter
maker testified that there should be
fourteen per cent. These returns Of
the United States separators show that
they are run we'll and honestly, and do
skim thoroughly, because their returns
for the surplus agree with the highest
authority in the state, Professor Hills.
Without attempting to divert the at
tention of the readers of the WATCH
MAN from the main question by sug-
gestioDs of new laws in regard to regu-
lating the payment of creameries, why
do not Batchelder & Company come out
and state squarely how it happened that
they had less than four per cent surplus
if their machines were doing good work?
Do they wish to impute dishonesty to
themselves and their employees, or is it
fact that their separators do not get
all the butter fat out of the milk? They
must take either one or the other horn
of the dilemma.
VERMONT FARM MACHINE Co.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-01-08

No healthy animal needs medicine.
The practice of using copperas, carbolic
acid, ETC., as preventives Of diseases
by giving such drugs to animals, and
especially as is done with hogs, results
in more damage than occurs from the
disease. Such substances are poison
GUS and cannot be allowed without risk
of deleterious effects.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-01-08
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81 HAD tired feeling and head
aches, but Hoods Sarsaparlla has
helped me. miss e. l.. Noyes, North
SALISBURY, Vt.
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Sold by Druggists, seventy-five
cents.
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RETAIL DEALERS PRICES.
Boston Produce Market,

~ The quotations given below represent prices
obtained by receivers for phoieSdle lots mot jobbng
prices unless otherwise indicated, and intended
to represent actual sales.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-03-12
hto,tal.
Must Use The Knife
Said the Surgeon, hut DR.. David Ken
ned,', Fa,orite Remedy was taken
aud the Knife Avoided.

The Union and Advertiser OF Rochester
y. Y, recently published the following
interesting account OF how William W.
Adams OF III South avenue, that city,
Was saved from painful operat ION by
the u" OF Or. David kennedy~ Fayorite
Remedy
MIR. Adams sad: "Thre. years ago
Was taken with kidney disease very bad
~; nj times ms completely Frustrated ::
in fact. @a- so had that thr day was sci
for the doctors To perform an opcrsi ion
upon me- Hut | drctaed / would not ub-
mt. ] had hceu put IN hot water baths
amt in met, nearly every means was tried
10 help ne tpon the day set for the
operation | commenced the a.. Of pr.
haYid kenucdy'- Fayorgte Remedy, and
from ihst moment began To gain. and 1t
WAS not long before / wa- entirely cured
aud have had no retarn OF the trouble
since. NV weight ha- Increased and /
never ws> 80 veil "a am NOW. have
rl.udgd
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-03-12
BILL NYE'S BIRTHPLACE.
The Great Humorist Was Inclined To
Poke Fun at shirley.

The Great Humorist Was Inclined To
Poke Fun at shirley.
In speaking OF his birthplace Bill Nye
once said in his dry and peculiar way:
Il was born in the beautiful hamlet OF
Shirley, Piscataquls county, town ad-
jacent TO Shirley mountain, on the mort h
side OF the Penobscot river watershed.
at is the birthplace of much spruce
gum.
Il have not been back frequently, not
so frequently as sometimes have thought
necessary to keep me in good order in the
only town where | was ever born
And again few years ago when he Wis
tied the place of his youth he said:
"A man ought not to criticize his birth
place, presume, and yet, If | were to do
it over again, | do not know whether |
should select that particular spot or not,
and yet, what memories cluster about
that old house, There was the place
where first met my parents
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-03-12
A Minister Tells this story

Il have dog" said minister who had
Just heard a precocious story, which is
very sagacious. One Sunday he fol-
lowed me to church and sat among the
people and watched my movements in
the pulpit. That afternoon | heard a
terrible bowling in my back yard, and of
course went to see what it meant. /
found my dog was in the wood shed,
standing on his hind legs in a dry goods
box. He held down torn almanac with
one paw and gesticulsted with the other,
while he swayed his head and howled to
en- audience OF four other dogs, even
more sadly than had done in the morn
ing
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-03-12

Once when Daniel Webster was address
ing political meeting in Faneuil hall the
standing multitude within the hall press
ed by those Who were endeavoring to enter
from without began to sway to and fro, a
solid mass Of human bodies, as helpless to
counterfeit the movement as if Faneuil
hall were being rocked by an earthquake
The orator was in the midst of a stirring
appeal, urging the necessity Of individual
exertion and uufinching patriotism to
avert the dangers that threatened the po-
litieal party whose principles he espoused
when be perceived the terrible swaying of
the packed assembly and the imminent
danger that might ensue. Webster stopped
short in the middle Of sentence, advanced
TO tine edge Of the platform, extended his
arm in an authoritative attitude and in "a
stentorian voice Of command cried out,
Let each man stand firm The effect
was instantaneous. Each man stood firm
The great heaying mass Of humanity re
gained its equilibrium, and save the long
breath of relief thas filled the air perfect
stiffness eusuod. THAT" exclaimed the
great orator, is what we call self govern
ment. san Francisco Argonaut.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-03-12
ADVERTISEMENTS.
ASPARAGUS.
THE MOST POPULAR OF ALL YEGE-
TABLES IN ITS SEASON.
Useful Both as Food and a> a Medicine
Its Sovereign Medical Virtues.

Scarcely one person in ten but " hat is
fond OF Asparagus. Though relished as a
food, but few persons know that they are
really taking a medicine.
French scientists first discovered that
the whole plant, but more particularly
the roots and the berries, contained a
white crystalline substance known as
"Asparsgin."
Experiments on both human beings
and animals proved conclusively that the
action of Asparagus was directly on the
kidneys themselves and that it possessed
marvellous powers Of healing and
streugt hening these organs, and in as
sisting them in doing their most import
ant work OF titering the poisons and i'm
purities out of the blood and casting
them out with the urine.
You yourself must have noticed the
increased flow of urine and the peculiar
odor it has, after you have eaten Aspara-
gus.
But, of course, there is very little OF the
medical virtues of Asparagus in the few
shoots, or tops, eaten at meal.
1t is found principally in the roots, the
dried tops, and the berries.
1t is from these that the now celebrated
DR.. Hobbs Asparagus Kidney Pills are
made, and in them will be found the
medical principle OF the Asparagus in its
purest and most active form.
These little pills agree with the most
delicate stomach, and make strong and
healthy kidneys, clean and pure blood,
and bright, clear, active minds an abso-
lutte certainty.
For sexual weakness in men and ste
rility in women they are an untailing
specific.
Dr. Hobbs Asparagus kidney Pills are
endorsed by the best physicians and sold
by druggists at 80 cents.
valuable book mailed free Address
Hobbs Medicine Co. Chicago or san
Francisco.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-03-12

Simon s. Hartman, of Tunnelton, West
Va, has been subject to attacks of collie
about once year, and would have to call
doctor and then suffer for about twelve,
hours as much as some do when they die.
He was taken recently Just the same as at
other times, and concluded to try Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhpa
Remedy. He says: II took one dose of
it and it gave me relief in five minutes.
This is more than anything else has ever
done for me" For sale by George A.
Parcher.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-03-12
HOGS As PLACER MINERS.
Mr. Johnson's Unique Method of Dig
ging Pay Dirt In California.

"a was riding through the mountains
in Trinity county few days ago" said
prominent mining man, "when | hap
pened to take trail that leads by old
'Burlap' Johnson's cabin. and witnessed
his peculiar method of placer mining.
"He took down a double barreled muz-
zle loading shotgun and his powd6r horn.
Then he went TO shed and got pan of
shellcd corn. He sat down on a bench at
the cabin door. rsmmei down couple OF
charges OF powder, and poured a handful
OF corn into each barrel. lie put on
percussion cap, pressed ii down with the
hammer, cooked both barrels and blszed
away at the side hill acros, the little
guIch. The roar had not died away mt IL
drove OF hogs came running, grunting
and squealiug and commenced To root he
side hill for the corn. Whenever they
Stacked upin Their work the old man iirod
anet her charge Of corn.
That's mean trick, said !. Why
don't you feed it to them In trough
Feed it to 'cm?' he repeated IN amaze
ment, Then they wouldn't work. Be-
sides. they don't need it
Nv hat do you want TO make hem work
FOR, and why do you waste corn on them
If they don't med it,?
Nv by, man alive they do A. much work
a. fuur men would. They root up he
dirt, and " hen the rain comes ,luiee it
Then understood that he was using
the hogs TO help him mine"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-03-12

\ messenger boy called up the central
telephone office and asked the operator II
she knew W hat love was. No" she re-
piled say, II you find out let me know,
will you?" "Atl right, said the boy. In
little while he called her up again and
said: say, ! found that out. About
love, YOU know" Nv hat is it?H asked
central. AN itching OF the heart that
one can't scratch" said the boy and he
ran on.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-03-12

slowly IN Merrymeeting bay, there being
no current.
1t is believed that there will be three
weeks in which men can work on the
mass and unless there is another freshet
later the whole accumulation can
probably be doomed and the valuable
portions rescued
Engineers and practical river men have
been summoned to the scene and it Is
likely that large crew Will soon be at
work on the "re'kage.
ON the hehnehee the middle span ot
ny ''N ut ieHS' ''''
/, SL,oy,h..,s+, N.,rr.,t.,.,.,,,.l, Nm, A.,
san and mum. ,,..r...- -, -.
On tba sa,o ri,.,. ill.,, t,ra',h,,r,. ~,
brid.,, at r .daafor3 and s.av,,. c,,ysr,4
hrisg, ahout f,,, milo. Inv. i,i,,g,ef,-,i=
tho .rrf3,a ai W. pp,t,,,o,,, uo-,r,lt.
IT,, nra4#sb hr4.4,,,. o..-.y- f,,,,,t-, ,,....,.
Hollis and the pcn,,.fI brf,5.,. o5.-z.s=. E..
same stream were DESTROYED.
On tGe pr4.atpe.e=4 ttarf ,,..r,. ss,
brt3r,- carried aVaV VIZ t6e Er5ds,e -
Dana. mill andth. W..,trnal. >ianufac-
turning Cos electric trauiyay hridf,r al
Saccsr4upa. the Maine Central Raftvav
bridge. tEe IRON Eil,ri9s, hrf,f.,. AZ r,,,,,z
herIand Mills Pride. hridue ths-u ,.t,
IRON bridge lust below If
Al We-tbook a building occupicd as a
club room and a shoe store was carried
away. besides a large stone building of
the :. p. Warren 4 Go. paper mills. used
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-03-12

Colonel. so poor cid Mike has com
mjttea suicide, has he? Well, ! should
have thought that would have been the
last thing he'd have done Pat; wv Aieh
it were, sorin
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-03-12

. Days.
,hohtoS L. NIL, Of Lebanon, Ind SAYS.
ny VIE had lHhammatory Kheumati-m ia
ttftrS nI7cie and joint, her -uGcring was terri
ney9hd recognition, had been In hc,i f,r IN
No., MeeAs ana nad eight ply -iciau- 3tut r.critri M,
u. ,Ir uhtll she tried the MYSTIC TIRt Enp
hif.' NJ Il>h- II gaze immediate. rrlf4f and
she was able 10 walk about ig tir.. - als
an -aTe 1t saved her life" >oH by 3, H. we
GIN, druggist Ellsworth " - 10
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-03-12

RANGEM IN Is:
GEORGE a. WHEELER, CHAIRMAN.
John P Shepherd, John W. Perkins,
George H. Withcrle, John +, Rea,
Charles H. Hooper. f.. +. Philbrook. {.
Fred Jones, secretary; George W. Per
klns, Alfred F. Adams, Will :. Payson.
John y Gardner, Frank :. Perkins,
George NJ. Warren.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES:
on ERECTION OF TABLETS AT HISTORICAL
PLACES.
George II. Witherie, chairman Noah
Brooks, Alfred +, Adams.
on LITERARY EXERCISES.
George II. Witherle. chairman y. +.
Richardson, Noah Brooks, J. W. Dres
ser, Mrs William II. Witherle, Mrs.
Rolliston Woodbury..
on ANTIQUITIES.
Frank 5. Perkins, chairman; Thomas L.
Hale ST., John +. Rca, Mrs. Lydia NJ,
Perkins, Mrs. samuel r Noyes, Mrs.
Phebe Whiting, George II. Emerson,
\. X. Bolan. F. z. Wood
on DECORATIONS.
Alfred +, Adams, chairman, Frank :. Per
kins, Elisha :. Perkins. John NJ NoEel,
William q. Sargent Edward e. Bow den,
jeremiah Perkins. ". H. Hooper,
Charles w. Richardson.
on NAVAL AND MARINE DISPLAY.
George y. Wheeler, chairman, George VI.
Warren, John \. Gardner, Elmer /.
Crockett, Noah Brooks
oS MUSIC.
Edward L. Philbrook, chairman; William
G.. Sargent, William NJ. Lawrence.
Frank y. Douglass, William y. Walker,
Mrs. J. L. shepherd, Mrs. Z. l.. phil
brook, Mis-, Lucy Parker.
on INVITATIONS.
Alfred F. Adams, chairman; William g.
Stevens, George y. Wheeler.
on PRINTING.
John 2. shepherd, chairman; William q.
Sargent.
on sALCrEs AND BEtL-RIN0ING.
John p. shepherd, chairman; John II.
Nogel, Edward Morey, George Morey.
Augustus {. Coombs, Julian Webbcr.
on DINNER.
{. Fred Jones, chairman. William \.
Walker, john ". Perkins, Georgr We,-
colt, Frank Hooper, y. p. Noyes, 4. ".
Clark
on PROCESSION.
Charles II. Hooper, chairman; Edward +.
Davies, George l.. Weeks
on AID AND IMPORTATION TO STRANGERS.
" Ill :. Payson, chairman: Guy II. Sar-
gent, Clarence \. W heeler, Alfred Raft
nell, Leo Herrick, Nelson Woodbury.,
Russell Wescott, Ernest Hatch.
on INVITED GUESTS OF THE TOWN.
The members OF the general committee.
on TRANSPORTATION.
George NJ. Warren, chairman; John NJ
Nogel, Aaron Chamberlain, Charlie,
Smailedge.
on AMUSEMENTs.
Charles II. Hooper, chairman; Thomas T.
Hale, jr., Walter ;. Brown, duncan
Dunbar, Charles McCluskey, Walter
Bartram, Thomas Perkins, Elisha ;
Perkins, Wilbur Ward.
on EVENING RECEPTION
Joan p. Shepherd, chairman; Mrs. ]
p. Shepherd, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank T..
Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Dresser.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank T. Rea, Mr.. and
Mrs. Curtis Stevens.
On BALL.
viii 5. Payson, chairman; William q
Stevens, Bennett ID. Perkins, w. Scott
Macomber.
on FIREWORKS.
John \. Gardner, chairman; John p
Whiting, j. Willard bennett, John g.
Sawyer, jr., Frank V. GrindIe,'A. NJ
DevereuX.
TO AUDIT ACCOUNTS
George NJ. Warren, George H. Witherle,
c. Fred Jones.
TO carry out the arrangements and pro-
gramme suggested above, an appropris-
tion OF $500 will be needed, in addition to
the sum raised last year, and the: com
mittee recommends that amount.
George A. W heeler is chairman OF the
committee, and c. Fred Jones. is secre-
tary.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-11-19
Notice of Sale of Real Estate by
Assignee.

In the matter of the assignment of D. j.
w. F. Dickinson, Assignee.
Notice is hereby given that pursuant to an
order of this Court dated November 10th,
1896, the undersigned will receive sealed
Dils for the real estate hereinafter de-
scribed, belonging to the said assigned es-
tate, up to and including December 4th,
1896. The terms of sale are to be to the
highest bidder therefor, for cash. each bid
to be accompanied by certified check for
be subject to the approval of the District
Court and subject to all encumbrances
against said premises.
The following is description of the prem
ises to be sold, all situated in the County of
Redwood and State of Minnesota, viz.
Commencing twenty (2Ol feet west from
the southeast corner of lot one (1, in block
eighteen QS), of the village (now city, of
Redwood Falls, running thence west on the
lS), one hundred and twenty (12O) feet,
! thence north forty (4O) feet. thence east
one hundred and twenty (12O feet thence
, south forty (4O) feet to the place of begin
ming. said lot being situated on the west line
| OF Mill Street; also commencing at point
| twenty 600 feet east of the southwest cor
| ner of lot No. nine 10y, in block sixteen (16)
| of the village (now city, of Redwood Falls
| running thence east on the north line of Sec
one hundred and twenty 12O) feet to alley,
] thence west along south line of alley thirty
six 1867 feet, thence south one hundred and
twenty 12O feet, to the place of beginning.
Dated this 18th day of November. 1896.
w. F.. DICKINSON,
Assignee of D. j. Laird and Otto L.
IA Dornberg, Insolvents.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-11-19

Isn't it pity that so many women 60
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WAYS in sick bed or on the verge of it.
They are to be sincerely pitied for the
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The greatest known medicine for women
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If somebody was offering to give away
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Over $50 600 people hurried to get Doctor
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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-11-19

the sentiment that prevailed in the
Chicago convention, the convention
that was controlled by Coxy, tramp,
Altgeld, an anarchist, and Tillman a
secessionist of South Carolina. The
sentiments of that convention could
not be tolerated by the people.
Attorney Fredrickson of Springfield,
was the next speaker. He said the
young mon must take up the strife and
help the older members of the party.
He thought that if the election had
been held two weeks after the Chicago
convention Bryan would have been
elected President. He predicted that in
1898 there would not be any silver con-
gressmen elected, except in States hav-
ing two or more silver mines. The coun-
try now would have the old time pros
perity of the old party. He closed his
remarks by stating the duties of young
Republicans.
County Attorney Clague was next
introduced. He read a telegram
which was intended for the judge of
probate but which had been handed
to him 1t was from the superintend-
ent of st. Peter hospital for the in
sane. 1t said that three patients from
Redwood county had been received
there that day and that all candidates
for the Redwood Falls post Office had
better hurry up, as all the rooms in
the hospital we're rapidly being &C.
cupied. Mr.. Clague then read train
order which amused the audience. He
hoped that all would help to make the
government better than it had been.
He liked the Republican party because
it was always looking ahead. Mr..
Clague liked the people that are tell
ing what they will do, and do it.
j. R. Lankard was the last speaker.
He was glad that the county was in
the Republican column. He also took
a fall out of the Demo-Pops, who said
that Hanna raised the price of wheat
for political purposes, and remarked
that perhaps Mark Hanna did not
know that Mckinley had been elected.
At the close Chairman King asked
the audience to give three cheers for
Mckinley and Republicanism.