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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-10-28

her deep regard for humanity and her
earnest desire to see the weak, tired Z,
feeble, nervous and suffering restored
again to health and strength.
She has personally witnessed the
really wonderful effects OF DR.. Greene's
Nervura in curing several of her
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those who are out of health, she writes
to the people what she knows and has
herself witnessed of the remarkable
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DR.. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve
remedy.
Mrs. Beecher says: " have given
some of DR.. Greepe's Nervura to sew
eral friends who thought would be
benefited by it, They speak highly OF
it, and feel they have been much ben
Gifted by its use.
"These people are very responsible
witnesses as to the beneficial character
of the medicine, and l am ready to
vouch for the honesty of their approval
of DR.. Greene's Nervura
:" If needed in my own case, l GER
tainly should use it,"
DR.. Greene's Nervura blood and
nerve remedy is the best medicine and
surest restorer of health the world has
ever known.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-10-28
General Nelson A. Miles.

Gen. Miles, rec, ntly raised to the
rank Of major-general in command of
the army of The United States, has had
q remarkable and eventful life. He is
the first man who has attained to that
rank who was not graduate of West
Point. Leaving the dry goods counter
at the commencement of the war at the
age of twenty. one, he was commits
stoned lieutenant, serving with distinc-
ton and rapidly promoted for gallant
service till at the close of the war be
held the commission of major-ge neral.
He was transferred directly to the reg
ular army with the rank of colonel, and
was soon ordered to service in the In
dian country, where the savages had
become very troublesome. The tragic
death of the brave Custer and the au-
Inhalation of his gallant band will be re-
membered. Gen. Miles service in In
dian fighting has been of the most stir
ring character, and an account of it
must be of absorbing interest. He has
recently written book called his i" Per-
sonal Experiences, which presents a
vivid picture of the remarkable events
in which he has been so prominent a
figure, with copious and excellent illus.
trations by Remington, the best de-
lineator of frontier life, and other noted
artists, with portraits of famous gen.
erals and Indians, battle scenes won
derful scenery of the West, etc. Messrs
Balch Bros, Boston, handle the book
in New England and desire agents in
every town to canvass for it. We have
seen the book; it is first-class in every
respect, and the firm is thoroughly re.
liable, and men or women desiring en-
ployment will do we'll to correspond
with them.
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AGRICULTURAL.
Valuable Dairy Experiments.

A series of interesting and valuable
experiments in dairying have been
made at the New York experiment sta
ton. These cover a comparison of
breeds, comparison of individuals,
and also of methods of disposing of
milk. The need of knowing the work
of each individual cow is shown by the
fact that one COW made milk at cost
of 1.25 cents per quart, while another
made it at cost of 2.29 cents. One
cow produced butter at cost of about
liz cents per pound, while another
made the cost mount up to 214 cents.
A man would not get rich very fast
with one of this last kind of cows.
-Four cows out of twenty two produced
butter at "a cost of less than 10 cents
per pound. Three of these were
Jerseys, one Guernsey. One COW
made cheese at a cost of 81 cents per
pound, another at a cost of 912 cents.
This same COW made butter and cream
at the least cost. A Holsten-Friesian
made quart of milk at the least cost.
The milk was estimated at % cents
quart, the butter at 20 cents pound,
the cheese at 10 cents a pound at one
month old, and cream al 20 cents
quart. Taking out the cost of the food,
the average profit from selling cheese
was so 70; from milk, $3.50; from
butter, S25 Ga; from cream, $72 so. If
all Vermont dairymen could sell cream
to rich folks for 20 cents quart,
wouldn't they make money!
Taking the money value of the
cheese produced by the different breeds,
the Holstein- Friesian made S73; Short
horn, $40 80; Guernsey, S67 90; Jersey,
$66.44; Ayrshire, S65.S4 The money
value of the butter was: Guernsey,
$S1.40; Jersey, $4,000; Shorthorn,
$76 2S; Holstein Friesian, S74.53; Ayr
shire, SOS so. The money value of the
milk was: Hostein-Friesian, SOL So;
Ayrshire, SS7 "a; Shorthorn, S72 so;
Guernsey, S6S SO; Jersey, $64 So.
Money value of cream produced: Guern-
sey, $l35.27; Jersey, S133 70; Short
horn, 1927 As; Holstein-Friesian, $780,
10; Ayrshire, $4,000.
We hope to say more of these expert
ments at future time.
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need such help as that in your farm
ing? The WATCHMAN gives you few
crumbs each week from some of these
papers, but you ought to take and read
one or more of them, and get the help
they give. Now, do you get half a
dozen postal cards and send for sample
copies. Here are the addresses of
some of those which we use in making
up this department of the WATCHMAN:
Cultivdtor and Country Gentleman, Al
bany, n. Y; Hodrd'S Dairymdn, Fort
Atkinson, Wis; Rural NeD Yorker,
400 Pearl street, New York City; Ne0
England Homestead, Springfield, Mass. :;
Practical Farmer, P. o. Box 1917,
Philadelphia, Pa; Ohio Farmer, Cleve-
land, Ohio. The extracts in these col
umns credited to the american Agri-
culturist all appear in the Ne,o England
Homestead, as they are simply different
editions of the same paper.
Of what use are these papers to
farmers? They help him in great
many ways. They teach him better
ways of doing things, show him what
changes are taking place in methods of
farming, lay before him the results of
the latest scientific experimental work
in agriculture, brighten him up, give
him hints, set him to thinking, put new
ideas into his head, and do him vast
amount of good in untold ways.
A big piece was dropped out of that
farmers education who cannot sit
down and read and get help from an
agricultural paper like the above. Here
and there an educator realizes that the
most important part of child's educa-
ton is learning to read, or, to put it
palmer, gaining power to get informa.
ton from the printed page. When
you go among farmers, you find woe
full lack in this respect. Far too often
you find farmers who use their brains
very little in farming. Why, if they
used their muscles as little as they do
their brains, they would be called awful
lazy. Brain laziness is even worse
than the other kind. There are great
many shiftless men whose shiftlessn ess
begins in their brains and don't stop
there. 1t spreads, and they get shift
less all over.
This is a wideawake age, and it takes
wideawake men to succeed in farming
or any other business. Hard work
does not succeed 80 well as head work.
1t generally needs both to make fair
living at farming in these times, but, of
the two, head work is the most i'm
pOrtant,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-10-28
They Never MOYe.

There are but two European poten-
tates who manage to get along without
change of residence. These are the pope
of Rome and the sultan of Turkey. The
sultan has never left Constantinople
since he assembled the throne in such
tragic circumstances 10 years ago, and
his holiness has remained within the
precincts Of the Vatican since the triple
tiara was placed upon his head.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-10-28
Boston Wool Market.
MICHIGAN
KENTUCKY AND INDIANA.
PULLED AND scoUREI
OLD PEOPLE who require medicir

OLD PEOPLE who require medicine
to regulate the bowels and kidneys will
find the true remedy in Electric Bitters.
This medicine does not stimulate and
contains no whiskev or other intox-
icant, but acts as tonic and Alternative.
! acts mildly on the stomach and bow
els, adding trength and giving tone to
the organs, thereby aiding Nature in
the performance of the functions. Elec-
trio Bitters is an excellent appetizer
and aids digestion. Old people find it
just exactly what they need. Price
ity cents and S100 a bottle, al &.
Blakely's drug store.
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STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, 90
LUCAS COUNTY, Do

FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that
he is senior partner of the firm of F. j.
CHENEY & Co., doing business in the
city of Toledo, county and state afore-
said, and that said firm will pay the
sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
for each and every case of CATARRH
that cannot be cured by the use of
HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
~ my presence, this 9th day of
&. s. Decsm be = A; d., 1886
w. Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly on the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. Send for
testimonials, free.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
ca Sold by druggists at seventy
five cents.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-10-28
Brain-F Farming and Muscle Farming

Taking the agriculture of Vermont as
it is to-day, probably its greatest need
is more brains, that is, more thought,
more intelligence, more study of the
best methods, the methods by which
farmers do at this time succeed in farm
ing. The day is past when the man
succeeds best who works the hardest
with his hands. Ability to plan farm
work, good judgment as to care of
crops, skill to take advantage of work,
and, above all, power to learn from the
printed page, are among the great fac
tors of successful farming. In fact, it
takes good deal of man to make a
good farmer. By this we mean that he
net DIS large amount of natural ability.
He needs energy, push, courage, hope,
must not get discouraged at any small
or quite large disappointment. We say
this because there is so much to dis
hearten farmers. We might and should
like to say good deal more in this
line, but should probably be misunder-
stood by many, 80 will pass to the need
of the farmer learning about what other
farmers are doing. And that not alone
the farmers within a mile or two, the
farmers in his own town, or even
county or state.
Two of the greatest Affections that can
befall farmer are the getting pre-
JUDGED against new things which would
be great help to him, and the think
ing that he knows it all, upwillingness
to learn or be taught, especially by
speakers at farmers institutes and by
agricultural papers. Let the State Board
of Agriculture go into any town almost
in the state (of course there are some
where it is not SOY, and not more than
half the farmers will attend the meet
ings. A certain class will drop in to
one or two meetings and 60 out with a
snee" on their faces; another class will
wholly stay away, taking no more in
terest in meeting designed wholly for
their help than they would in discus
sion on the dispersion of the Aryan
race. These are the men who have no
use for a paper which expends thou
sands of dollars each year in gathering
up information which these men need
and placing it before them each week
How many farmer readers of the
WATCHMAN attend every agricultural
and dairy meeting within their reach?
How many take one, two, three or
more of the best agricultural papers?
We are sure the most part do, but we
fear some do not, and we want to i'm
press upon them how much the are
losing. Here are half dozen, more
or less, keen, wide-awake men and
women editing farm paper, bound 10
make it the best in the world. Then
there are from fifty to five hundred of
the best farmers, gardeners, fruit
growers, dairymen, poultrymen, and
breeders, who are helping to make that
paper grand success. They write
out their experiences, tell how they do
things and how they make things, and
one of the things they tell how they
make is money, how they make their
farms or branch of farming pay. Now,
are you 80 foolish as to think you don't
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-10-28

THE first weather record kept in
America was tbat by Rev. John Cam.
panius, at Wilmington, Del, in l644.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-10-28

"IHAvE suffered with female trouble,
but have been wonderfully relieved by
Hoods Sarsaparilla. Mrs. Cora Price
Vt.
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in the right measure. 1t gives perfect salts
faction. Buy one The price is the only
thing cheap about the Lincoln" By mail
on receipt of price.
WATCHMAN PUBLISHING Co.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-10-28

years. Scores are in use
in the banks, insurance Of
ffices and business houses
of Montpelier. Hundr 4ds
have been sold by this
Office in all parts of the
state and country. 1t is
durable, good for years of
service, always ready to
ego" but never drips, the
ink flowing uniform Y and
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-10-28

THE common quarter of silver weighs
104 grains.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-10-28

think durability, the
pen, durable ready
ink They
this office giving the of acon and they in the banks
Mott
the
Money refunded satisfactory LS7 BY mail postage paid
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-10-28
The Lincoln Fountain Pen

PRICE ONLY 81 00-REDUCED FROM $3.50
WARRANTED SOLID GoLD-EvERY PEN
GUARANTEED.
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Much in Little

Is especially true of Hoods Pills, for no medi-
cine ever contained so great curative power in
so small space. They are whole medicine
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The LINCOLN PEN" has been in use in this
Ill l.i.,dn Of x.nrlr for ri ttrrn
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lO0dS
chest always ready, al mu
ways efficient, always sat -
isiactory; prevent cold HUS
or fever, cure all liver his,
sick headache, JaundIce constipation, etc. 25c.
The only Pills to take with Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Graham guardian., 1896-05-08

intervals. Wagon wheels would run
easily on fat rails eight or ten inches
wide, with fianges on either side to pre-
vent the wheels slipping Off Except
upon main travelled roads the cost might
be pretty heavy, but there would be al
most no limit to the loads that could be
drawn upon such track. Bicyclists
could easily use it. The appearance
might not quite equal that of good,
well-crowned macadam road, but the
idea is worth considering, especially in
regions where macadam stone is scarce.
One beauty of the steel track is that
wagons with narrow tires could safely
use it. Macadam necessitates broad
tire law, which causes some opposition
How true it is that there's nothing
new under the sun! Here we are agaii
sack at the old plank road idea. a steel
plank running lengthwise instead OF 2
wooden one crosswise; that's all thedif-
ference.
And in the west, the last few years
have seen the reappearance OF the prai-
rie schooner and the freight wagon.
OWEN LANGDoN.
Graham guardian., 1896-05-08
Incentive for Good Roads.

The pleasure drivers of township
in Huntington county have made it u
rule for the past two years to present a
gold watch and chain to the road super
yisors of the townships for keeping the
reads in good repair. a Mr.. Allison
and his successor, Thaddeus S. Jackson,
have each been the recipient of gold
watches and chains. This is a new
thing for public road supervisors, but a
cry common thing for railroad section
supervisors to receive prize every
year for the best sections of road beds
in each division of the Pennsylvania
railroad. This action on the part of
the officials make it an incentive for
good work and good roads beds.-Media
Pa.) Ledger.
Graham guardian., 1896-05-08
THE CONVICT PROBLEM.
1t Can BE Solved by Employing Prisoners
in Road Construction.

1t Can Be Solved by Employing Prisoners
in Road Construction.
The convict labor question is very
knotty problem that is still waiting for
solution.
1t knocks at the door Of nearly every
state capital, during each session of the
Legislature, but is usually turned away
with a promise of more consideration
at some future time.
The good roads problem is also ques
ton of Importance in the land. In some
localities one of these problems is per
mitted to solve the other. Two birds
arc killed with one stone,
That the present mode of employing
conyicts is very unsatisfactory is proved
by the unsettled condition of the ques-
Lion in nearly every state where it is
done. The following is from q recent
issue of the Dayton (0.) Herald:
The Ohio penitentiary seems to suffer
from the general business depression. The
annual report of the board of managers
shows that. in 1893 the surplus of earnings
over expenses was sSl,O79; in 1894, the dc
.cit Of earn.~s5 was s,.o,, % ,ST md IN 1875 thc
iefcit Of earnings was s55, ,461 %. The board
ascribes several reasons fer this changp
Of about $4,000, 4hiohS thefll the PASSAGE
Of law requiring the branding of ~
prison-made goods, and the passage Of the
LlcTellyn law, restricting the number OF
.aborers engaged in making any one kind
OF goods in the penal and reformatcry IN
stitutions OF the state to ten per cent. of
the free labor employed in making like
fle- -, 4l,ns
board claims, to a Generalization of tho
contract system. 1t recommends the re-
peal of the last-named law, the first hav-
ing been declared unconstitutional: or II
this cannot be done, then that the limit
fixed by the Llewellyn law be raised to at
least 25 per cent. The situation is one OF
great interest, and will probably lead tc
further agitation of the difficult questions
of employment of convict labor.
In this connection 1t may be said that
whether or not the penitentiaries are
self-supporting has nothing to do with
the case.
The more money the convicts make
for the state under the Ohio system, the
more free labor is deprived of. Thriy
ing penitentiaries are not the most
hopeful of signs.
1t would be even better to tax free
labor to support idle convicts than to
have the convicts rob free labor of its
means of support.
At the present time the work of maxi
ing magnificent systems of highways
appears to offer the best means of en-
ploying many of the convicts. They
should not be permitted to compete
with free labor in the manufactures.
Roads should be made better.
When, oh, when, will the immemorial
known as legislators
awake to the needs of the hour ?-L. A.
W. Bulletin.
Graham guardian., 1896-05-08
TraveJiae Outfits.

Trunk Dealer-I see. Want some
thing for a six months tour abroad.
Well, madam, in the adjoining build
ing ! have trunk which I'm sure you
win like. Can't get it in the store
room; double door is too narrow. I
thought of remodeling it and using it
for sea-shore cottage, but il it viii
suit you | win let you have it cheap.
Dame-I'm not the one who is going
abroad; it's my husband.
ooh! George. show the lady one of
those vest-pocllet hand-satchels." IN.
Y. Weekly.
Graham guardian., 1896-05-08

Farmer Budd, of
New Jersey, or
any other person,
is the suggestor
o { { h e S t e c |
tracked roadway,
perhaps the most
promising of the
new good roads
ideas. Farmers
O'Donnell, Budd
and others pro-
pose, in brief, to
lay wide, shallow
steel rails in the
public highways,
with turnoutS at
Graham guardian., 1896-05-08
What Allied Hero

Jinls (at party)-I don't see what's
the matter with that pretty woman
over there. She was awful ilirty little
while ago, and now she won't have any.
thing to do with me. (,
Stranger-I have just come in. She's
my wife.-N. Y. Weekly.
Graham guardian., 1896-05-08
A Good Bargain.

Gagley-See here, Abranams, the
smolling-chair you sold me week ago
is ruined. The seat is all punched
through.
Abrahams-Goot, mein frientl told
you those schplen-did springs would out;
last de chair.--Bay City Chat.
Graham guardian., 1896-05-08
The Limitations OF Law.

''All ! demand for my client" shouted
the attorney, in the voice of a man who
was paid for it, "is iustice!"
I'm very sorry can't accommodate
you," replied the Judge, 'but the law
won't allow me to give him more than
seven years."-Tit-Bts. 81
Graham guardian., 1896-05-08
Tho Greafest Danger.

First Burglar-Got your chioroform
ready?
Second Burglar--Yes Dope the old
man first, l suppose?
''Not on your life. The baby first"
Detroit Tribune.
Graham guardian., 1896-05-08
She Guessed Not.

Mutual Friend--lt really is shock
ing, dear, the way in which you and
your husband quarrel and carry on. l
wonder you don't separate from him.
Injured Wife-What! go away and
leave him alone to do just as he lizes2
Not me!-Tit-B Bits.
Graham guardian., 1896-05-08
Some would Never BE missed.

This country has 100000 miles of
common roads. This would encircle
the globe so times, or go to the moon
more than five times. But if most of
them would go there just once and not
come back, earth would be just about
as happy.
Graham guardian., 1896-05-08
A Good Reason.

SIS it right TO tell lies?" asked a
Dallas Sunday school teacher, who had
class of small boys.
'"No, sir" responded every one in the
class.
''Why isn't it right to tell lies?"
Zoos you get licked fer doin' it,"
came from Johnnie, boy with a sope
back near the foot of the class.-Texas
Sitter.
Graham guardian., 1896-05-08
nriseries of Trade.

Druggist awakened at two a. MI
What do you wish?
Voice Cat the door)-If you'll let me
look in your directory to see how to ad-
dress this letter. I'll buy the postage
stamp of you.-N. Y. Weekly.
Graham guardian., 1896-05-08
ESTABLISHED FACTS.

Concerning Graham County, Which are
Wei Worth Serious Consideration
by those Seeking new Homes, or Men
Seeking Profitable Investment for
Capital.
The agricultural resources Of the
Gila valley are both varid and ex.
tensive, comprising an area OF
arabic land of whR h there is at
present tributary to canals and
bitches, 10000 acres which is
capable of being irrigated. The
principal products are alfalfa, wheat,
corn, barley, oats, vegetables, de-
cidious andcertain classes of citrus
fruits.
This is the natural home of
alfalfa, of which from 4 to 5 crops
are grown yearly, yielding from 5
to 8 tons per acre. 1t is not as
stocky as that which comes from
the Salt River valley and is pre-
ferable for either horses or cattle.
Wheat, barley and oats grow
prolifcly, the former containing a
very large amount of nutrition.
Yellow dent, white gourd and
other large varieties Of corn yield
productivity, vegetables are large
and solid and come to maturity
two months earlier than IN the
eastern and middle states.
The valley and hill lands are
adapted to all of the products of
the temporal zone, and many of
the fruits of the semi-tropical
countries. The apples equal in
size and flavor the prize winners
Of the eastern states. The seed
ling fruits are unexcelled in size
and general excellence. Apricots
and apples both grow with a sur
prising rapidity. The peaches in
appearance and taste are identical
with those which come from the
famous orchards of New Jersey.
Canagrie grows wild, some of
the tubers being as large as good
sized potatoes. Tests now show
that canagrie root, which flourish,
es near Thomas, IN the lower por-
ton of the valley, contains large
er per cent of tannic acid than any
ever sent to the extract works
from either Arizona or New Mexi.
co.
Farming lands can be purchased
at from $50 to S100 per acre, in
Guiding Improvements and water
rights.
Uncultivated land without water
right is free to any settler under
the United States homestead law
This class of farms will eventually
become valuable when the canal
facilities have been increased.
The cost Of maintaining the ca
nails which are owned by the farm
ers varies from 80 cts. to Sl.00 pei
acre per year.
The following are the market
values of the products of the sol
at the ranch, there being ready
sale for everything raised in the
Graham guardian., 1896-05-08
Her Snare Way.

Diclky Doolittle-To kiss YOU, my
darling, sets my brain afire.
Miss Shapeleigh-It ought to be easy
to quench the blaze. Didn't the doctor
say you had water on the brain ?-To
Date
Graham guardian., 1896-05-08
How Could 1t Help Beinge

Mr.. Fosdick Ito his wife)-Do you
call your new hat stylish?
Mrs. Fosdicls- Certainly I do, and so
win you when you get the bill. The
price was $40.--Detroit Free Press.