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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-08-05
SPRUCE.
Current Weekly Comment.

CHEEsE-Trade has been quiet for the
past week with prices ruling about as last
quoted
OArs.-The market has hardened during
the past week, the report of new oats being
light in weight having a strengthening eff
feet on values.
BUTTER.-The receipts show steady de-
crease and the arrivals of fine fresh cream.
cry are now hardly equal to the wants Of
the trade. Northern dairy is dull and un-
changed. Fine boxes and prints in steady
demand and firm.
WooL.-When the dullaess OF trade Is
considered the comparative steadiness OF
wool is surprising. Were it not for the
threat to business Of free silver there would
be an advance, for wool is strong abroad
The prospective supply is limited.
LUMBER-Prices are not only low, but
the demand does not seem to be in the least
stimulated thereby. 1t rarely is, in fact,
for low prices and dull trade seem TO be
twin evils Were other branches of bust
ness in good shape, lumber dealers would
feel discouraged, but they know that they
have plenty OF company.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-08-05

sometimes more, are used for heavy
horses.
21-The front nail on each side
should be in the anterior portion of the
quarter, and the remaining nails should
evenly divide the distance to the heels.
Nails at the toe are not of much use,
as the leverage at the toe often breaks
them, and, further, the wear at the toe
wears off their heads, and they become
useless.
CALKINs FOR HEAVY DRAFT HORSES.
22-In London calkins are not gener-
ally used. In Manchester, Liverpool,
Dublin and many other large towns,
where the streets are paved with gran
lite blocks, calkins are used both on the
inside and outside heel and in some
towns toe-pieces also are in use. If
one calkin only is used on the outside
heel, the inside heel of the shoe should
be raised to the same height. This is
bearing to the tread. Calkins have the
disadvantage of raising the frog above
the ground, and thereby preventing
it's development. The frog, if large and
sound, is natures stay against slipping.
23-Clenches should not be rasped
after being turned down. They should
be carefully fattened by the hammer.
Any filing lessons their power of hold
ing.
24-If the crust is sound, and if the
fitting of the shoe is accurate, and the
mailing is good, toe-clips on the fore
feet are not absolutely necessary. If
clips are used, the crust should not be
pared out more than the depth of one
eighth of an inch to receive the clip.
On the hind feet, two clips, one on each
side, are generally needed to strengthen
the hold of the nails. Toe-clips are
commonly used on the feet of heavy
horses but in the case of riding or
harness horses doing fast work, they
would be apt to cause over-reaches
For horses that kick against the stall
posts, quarter-clips are necessary.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-08-05
He Walketh i'm the Ruts.

The following trite and true savings
oro orod;tod ~ +bo+ oxoo,,or+ dow
H., A.. C..l.
wfltel-no" oeao--Nir' a. l.. Orosoy'
for long time dairy editor OF the No
tional Stocknaan. They first appeared
in the american Farmer of January
* 1890.
49, NOO'
He ploweth his ground with cast
iron plow, which is like unto the one
his grandfather used.
"He harroweth with a straight
toothed harrow, and when you tell him
the papers say that the disc and the
spring tooth harrows are the best he
curleth up his lips with scorn and say
eth that he has forgotten more about
farming than the papers ever knew.
10! when he selleth her he getteth
much money for the beef.
"He considereth not the cost of feed
ing that beef for many years, nor the
fact that in all those years the big COW
maketh not so much as $50 pounds of
butter in the space OF one year.
" He wintereth his calves at the
straw-stack, and in the spring verify
their bellies are like unto pot and
their backs have the curve that is called
sway.
HE goeth to milk the cow and he
telleth her in an exceedingly loud voice
to back her leg, and he thumpeth her
on the back with the milklng-stool to
emphasize his remarks.
d" He getteth some manure in the
pail while milking, but he stralneth 1T
all through an old stocking strainer.
"He setteth his milk in crooks, for
did not his grandmother do the same?
"He churneth with dash churn,
and his conversation is full OF dashes
while he turneth the crank.
He gathereth the butter in a lump
in the churn, and refuseth to try the
granular method
He wrappeth his butter in pieces OF
his old billed shirts, and he tradeth 1t
OIL for groceries, which he bringeth
home in jug.
" He feedeth his COWS on corn, and
giveth you to understand that 1t is the
right kind of feed for all kinds OF
stock.
He keepeth scrub stock and be-
lieveth not in pedigree,
He feedeth his brood sows on corn
and water, and when they eat up their
pigs he sayeth luck is against him again.
6 He driveth his COWS with dog to
save time, and loafeth half day at the
corner store talking politics.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-08-05

resented in the list and all sorts and
conditions of farming are pictured
dairying, truck farming, stock farming,
grain.raising, fruit-growing, and many
combinations of these. Some bought a
few acres and made money from gar
den and poultry. Some bought one or
two or more hundred acres, and in
every case a mortgage was given which
was cleared off. Sometimes there was
hard struggle, sometimes it was quite
easy. The title of the book is Mort
gage Lifters," and the price is only
twenty-five cents. Published by the
Orange Judd Company, Spring field,
Mass.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-08-05

DR.. E. G. VESTS NERVE AND BRAIN TREATMENT
is sold under positive written guarantee, by
authorized agents only, to cure Weak Memory;
Loss of Brain and Nerve Power: Lost Manhood;
Quickness; Night Losses; Evil Dreams; Lack of
Confidence; Nervousness; Lassitude; all Drains
Loss Of Power of the Generatiye Organs in either
sex, caused by over-eXertion, Youthful Errors,
Excessive Use of Tobacco, Opium or Liquor
which leads 20 Misery, Consumption, Insanity
and Death. by mail, 81 box six for IS; with
written guarantee to cure or refund money.
Sample package, containing five days treatment
with full instructions. 25 cents One sample
only sold to each person by mail
l.. ii. GREENE, Sole Agent,
MONTPELIER, VT
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-08-05

BUCKLEN's ARNICA SALvE.-The
best ealve in the world for cuts, bruises,
sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores,
letter, chspped hands, chilblains, corns
and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles, or no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price twenty-five
cent per box. For sale bv c Blakely,
Montpelier, VI
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-08-05
RETAIL DEALERS PRICES.
Boston Produce Market,

tV-The quotations given below represent prices
obtained by receivers for Wholesale lots mot jobbing
prices unless otherwise indicated, and intended
to represent actual sales.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-08-05

We offer one hundred dollars reward
for any case of catarrh that can not be
cured by taking Hall's Catarrh Cure.
F. j. CHENEY e. CO.,
Proprietors, Toledo, Ohio.
We, the undersigned, have known f.
j. Cheney for the last fifteen years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by the firm.
WEST & TRUAX, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, Ohio.
WALDING, KINNAN q MARVIN, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrb Cure is taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Price seventy-fve cents per bottle
Sold by all druggists. Testimonials
free.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-08-05

Send for new Hand Catalogue No. 246 Separator
Comparison Pamphlet, and "Facts From Users" n
shutting complete education in "separatoroogy."
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-08-05
ShOeing Horses Properly.

While we do not believe in keeping
farm horses shod except under certain
necessary conditions, and own two
horses, one of which has never been
shod and the other only once for a
dozen years, yet for those who do shoe
horses we reproduce the following from
the Country Gentleman. 1t is the sum-
mary of pamphlet issued in England:
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-08-05

19-For nag and carriage horses,
with fairly good feet, the naila should
be brought out about one inch on the
crust. If the feet are all fiat, they
should be brought out somewhat lower.
For cart horses, whose feet are larger
aud generally hatter than in better bred
horses, one inch would be fair aver
age height But regard must be had
to the state of the feet. Nails get A
better hold when high, hut "a serious
evils result from too high mailing, il is
safe to err on the sid of too low
rather than too high.
20-Five or six nails are sufficient for
light horses. Seven or eight, and
lsEE FIFTH COLUMN
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-08-05
Gladly Paid Double Price for
a DeLavaI Separator.
NoRDNEss, Winneshiek County, Iowa.

about May lst took United States Farm Separator 800
pounds capacity trial but account of hard work turning
sent it back. then tried No. Baby DeLaval salts
fled with it, excepting the price high then tried
P NJ Sharples The Safety Hand SEPARATOR capacity 800
pounds per hour; used about six weeks 1t small for
my then tried Sharples No. q 600 pounds per hour
1t did not do good work. heavy and did not skim clean
could skim off the skinned milk then ordered No. g.
or 600 pounds De Laval machine, and paid 5000 for it
The u S. and Shapes machines both offered for
800 each we'll satisfied with the De Laval machine and
ANDREW JOHNSON
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-08-05

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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-09-04
SILK FROM WOOD.
4 1eesat Discovery NJ Great Connseelsi
Importance.

4 2oesat Discovery of Great Connseelei
Importance.
At Bradford, England, silk has been
made from wood pulp so much like the
real thing that it bids fair to occupy |.
place in commerce and use. 1t is pro-
-duced by subjecting vegetable fiber to
the action of various acids, the re-
suit being product said to be Identical
with the filament of the worm, having
Its lightness, luster and all its quail
tiles, including that of durability.
Commercially speaking, says the Phil
adelphia Ledger, the Importance of the
discovery can hardly be overestimated,
and it is possible that it will produce
the most revolutionary consequence in
the trade in that commodity every
where. The worlds stock of silk, both
woven and raw, is immense and has al
ways held staple value likely to be
much shaken and disturbed by the in
trusion OF new supply which can be
cheaply and abundantly produced.
Samples Of yarn, fringe, braid, gimps.
sewing silks, handkerchief, bro
cades and other fabrics, dyed in vari-
GUS colors, have been exhibited by the
Bradford makers to the trade and pro
nounced all right and up to the com.
mercial standard in all respects. With
artificial diamonds and rubics such as
are now being turned out in great
abundance, modern society will doubt
less take on style of splendor hither-
to unknown, outshining the courts of
Solomon or the queen of Sheba or the
retinues of Mahmoud or Haroun Al
RaSchid
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-09-04
What In q Lionss D~n.

In the Hungarian menageries a ia.
vorite sensation scene is for four whist
players to sit down and play a rubber
in the lions den, while fifth stands
by to see fair play-on the part of the
lions. 1 thought, writes James Payn
in the Illustrated London News, had
played whist under all possible circum-
stances, and in company with the very
strangest specimens of created beings,
but this experience is beyond me. Some
people are made nervous by folks Look
ing over their head, which (unless they
are my adversaries) does not affect me
at all, but don't think l should like
this from q lion; the greater attention
he paid me the less pleased should
feel by the compliment. am sure
should be very much put out-even If 1t
were evoked by mistake Of my oppo-
nent's-if he reared. Hungarian play
ers do not seem to mind these things.
The other day, however, it appears this
very interesting performance was given
once too often. The lions, with deli
cate forbearance, abstained, 1t is true,
from interfering with the players, but
they went for the fifth man, whom they
doubtless considered superfuous, and
made very short work of him. In spite
Of the selfishness that is often, though
most unjustly, attributed to card play
ers. the r';hh"- broke UP Ut opcc,
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-09-04
BkEueR0' HORSES.
Thsy Are. ~ . Nulo, Fat from EaAan6
brewery Grain.

Yhsy Are. ~ . Rulo, Fat from Eaafna
brewery Grain.
Did you ever see n thin, square, cadav.
erous, bony horse pulling a brewery
wagonr Probably not in New York.
though such thing could happen,
though it would not pass without no
tice. The reason for it is simple, says
the New York Sun. These horses are
fed on what is known as brewers
grain" the residue Of the brewing proc
ess, o nourishing but unstable prod
uct of the brewery. When the labor
If beer making is ended gallons of
these grains in liquid form are poured
into closed wagons and carted to the
stables, where they are fed to the
horses. They are fattening, and give
brewery cart horses that rotundity
which is the marvel Of many, who dc
not understand the true cause Of 1t.
It is estimated that nearly seventy per
cent. of brewers grains are water and
unavailable for transport, except at
large expense, for considerable dis
lance, and, more than this, they spoil
easily, so must be used at once as they
come from the brewery, hot and steam
ing. In some places, especially out Of
New York, these brewers grains are
fed to cattle with very good result,
but in this city the supply is taken up
chiefly in the stables of the largest
brewerica
Very few persons have stopped to
compute the extent to which horses
are necessary in the brewery business.
The largest Of the city breweries has
two hundred and fifty horses constant
ly In use in delivering kegs of beer to
customers distributed about New York
city and Brooklyn. The next largest
has two hundred horses, and so on
down the list, the total number of
brewery horses in the city footing up
Ave thOusand
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-09-04
EXPERT DRIVING.
ekiIlful Han ding of Fire Engine in
Rapid Motion.

skiIlfui Han ding Of n Fire Engine In
Rapid Motion.
Among other exhibitions Of their
skill given by the detachment OF
British soldiers that visited this coun-
try last year" said an uptown resident
to New York Sun man, was the
driving of piece of light artillery
with the horses going at n gallop be-
tween distractions that were scarcely
farther apart than the wheel tracks
without touching them, and very
beautifully they did it, too. am liv-
ing now in the neigborhood of a fire
engine that lies in n cross street Just
OFF an avenue in which the elevated
railroad runs. Well, you ought to see
the engine turn into the avenue from
the street between the pillars going to
fire. OF course the pillars are very
much farther apart than the artillery
distractions were, but they are taken
on curve instead CT going straight,
and then, too, they ere rigid and i'm
movable; to kit enc wish the hcrsos on
the jump would mean to wreck the
engine, or at least to disable it, and
there must net be any mistake, and
there isn't. They go down the avenue
on the gallop and they turn ont be-
tween the pillars with the same swift
certainty. Good driving? Why, it
makes you laugh to look at it, and
just the same kinl1 of driving is done
by all the men in the department every
tins x6ay go to fire."
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-09-04
Notice of Sale of Rea, Estate

NotIcc Oh sale oil Kcal Estate.
In THE COMMISSIONERS Court OF
IDAHO COUNTY, STATE or IDAHO.
By virtue of an order made by
the Board of County Commission
ers of Idaho county, State of Idaho,
on the 21st day of July, 1896,
which said order is on record on
pages 1870 and 131 of Vol 3 of the
commissioners records of said
Idaho county; also by virtue of Sec
1859, subdivision of the Revised
Statutes of Idaho.
Notice is hereby given that the
sheriff of idaho county, Idaho, will
sell at public auction on Monday
the Seventh day ofSeptember 1896,
at One O'Clock p. m. of said day,
at the court house door in Mt.
Idaho, Idaho county, Idaho, to the
highest bidder, for cash, the fol-
lowing described real estate, to-wit:
The east half of the northeast
quarter of Sec. 33, and the north
west quarter of the northwest
quarter of Sec. 81, the southwest
quarter of southwest quarter of
Sec 81, Twp 30, N of r 3, f b M,
containing 100 acres.
A. w. DARLINGTON,
Clerk Board of County Com
missioners, of Idaho county,
State of Idaho.
Dated July %, 1896. 13
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-09-04
GOOD HEALTH OF HOBOES.
Trsmps Generally In Better Condition rha
Any Other Class of People.

AEs~Ps Ooucr0uy In beteer Condition Than
Any Other Class Of People.
Prof. John ]. McCool, of Trinit, col
lege, in u recent lecture in New Haven
on THE Pathological Aspect Of the
Tramp Problem" gave the following
interesting facts about the knights of
the road:
New Jersey was the first state to
pass law furnishing the professional
tramp and ut the same time to define
what he was. This was in 1876. Rhode
Island was the next, and Connecticut
came third. A recent writer asserts
that there are about 10000 tramps in
the United States. This number is a
trifie large, although it is safe to saw
that there are over 10000. This Is
larger than the army Of Wellington at
Waterloo. We look on tramps as human
wrecks, as driftwood, and yet the ma
jority of them are in the prime Of life,
and in better than the average health.
Only So per cent. Of the tramps from
whom my statistics were CLEANED
claimed in the dead Of winter, while
the grip was raging, that they were in
bad health. They are robust, and will
fill you with envy, malice, and all other
jealous feelings when you hear them
snoring at midnight.
"Eighty-one per cent. of tramps de-
clare that they took to the road be-
cause they were out Of job, and only
one man because machinery took his
place. Over 90 per cent. of the English
tramps are given rs taking the road
because Of vagrant habits. The major
ity OF our tramps are of American birth,
Is per cent. of 1,342 being of American
parentage and 272 Irish, who come
next. Over 100 out of 1,78s tramps
could read and write, and they all
spend money on the daily newspapers.
Out of 1880, only 70 are married, 81
are widowers, and "a have children.
Thirty-cight per cent. say they work
for their food, "a per cent. beg it, and
SO per cent. that they steal it. Over 400
sleep at cheap lodging houses, and near
ly 800 in police headquarters. About
100 sleep in boxes"
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-09-04
BIG PRICES FOR FURNITURE.
Aucti0neers Talk Of the Private Bale o
Rich Mems Effects.

Auetionssrs Talk Of tho Private Sale Of
Rich Meme Effects.
A party of auctioneers en- route from
Chicago to Buffalo were in the smoking
room Of Lake Shore sleeper the other
night telling stories. Selling horses
and farm stuff by auction is all right"
said one, "but for genuine fun give me
the private sale of rich mans furni-
ture. When Anthony Drexcl died there
were lot Of things which had personal
"reminiscences connected with them
which everyone wanted. 1t was finally
decided to hold n family auction and
sell them to the highest bidder. The
first thing put up was email clock,
worth, suppose, about twenty dollars.
"'Il give five hundred dollars was
the first bid. 1t camc from q nephew.
"'Makc it one thousand dollars" in
terjected q younger son.
"'Tiftccn hundred dollars replied
the nephew.
1.-THE nephew won and got the twenty
dollar clock for money with which he
could have bought the finest clock in
Philadelphia. never knew what the
history of the clock was, but it must
have had peculiar one. Then put
up big armchair. 1t was the CHAIR
Drexel had sat in for over twenty years
and it had . valuable association for
each one of the family. A married
daughter and young Anthony Drexcl
were the ones who wanted it tho most,
and the bidding, which opened at one
thousand dollars, was spirited and
lively. finally sold the chair to An
thony for six thousand five hundred
dollars. The days sales brought in
over twenty-five thousand dollars"
II never had anything as good rs
that" said another auctioneer, but
sold the Childs effects in the same way
The chief contest was over one Of those
old fashioned tall clocks. Childs' ED.
est son finally bought it for eighteen
hundred and fifty dollars, and it is now
In the Ledger Office in Philadelphia"
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-09-04
COLONIES FOR THE WEST.

surpius Population Of the Eaat 70 esttle
ON Arid Western Lands.
1t has been years since the cry Of
westward, ho!" has been heard in the
eastern states, and meantime the cities
and thriving manufacturing centers
east OF the Mississippi have been rapid
ly filling to the point of overcrowding,
until labor is drug on the market.
Mining, which attracted SO many hun.
dreds of people from the east many
years ago, has lost its glamour, hunting
and trapping have too many devotees
already to encourage more to enter
this life to-day, granger life on tho
western scale requires too much CAPT.
tai and the too-plentiful foreclosure of
western farm mortgages has been dis
couraging to those who may have been
considering emigration. All these
things have tended to stagnate the
population Of the east, and the result
Is alarming to all concerned, capital
and labor alike.
An opportunity has presented itself
at last, through what Is known as the
Carey law, passed by the Fifty-third
congress, by which each Of eight west
ern states was granted one million
acres OF arid land located within their
borders on condition that they utilize
them for agriculture, through irriga-
ton, and prove to the secretary of tho
interior that their irrigation plans are
feasible.
Five Of the eight states have accepted
the proposition, and one more Is ex-
pected to reply favorably before long.
The national irrigation congress, q
body composed OF delegates from TWEEN.
ty-three western states, has appointed
q national irrigation commission, which
body is engaged in forming colonies to
take up these arid lands and carry them
on by irrigation under proper and scien.
tific direction.
Some of the details of the scheme
are given in the Boston Transcript. It
is the purpose of the commission to
form colonial clubs throughout the east,
wherever there is congestion OF popu.
lation, and these clubs will disseminate
information concerning the present and
future possibilities of the western coun-
try. 1t is not intended to send out scpa-
rate families, which would certainly
become cntangled in difficulties, if not
properly directed. Whole colonies are
to be organized and dispatched to IA
vorable localities, with men competent
to teach them the solution of the prob
lem of irrigation and agriculture.
These colonists it is proposed to organ
ize on the principles upon which the
successful Mormon colonies were car
ried on. An organization, to be known
as the Plymouth colony, is now being
formed to take up lands in Idaho Each
member of this colony is to furnish
one thousand dollars capital. The land
is to be taken in small holdings, and
the whole managed on the basis of a Co
operative village.