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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-08-18
SHORT LUMBER.
SPRUCE.
Current Comment.

CoRN.-The market has shown a weaker
tone during the week, with prices lower on
spot and to ship.
BEANs.-Receipts have been larger this
week but are still quite moderate. There
has been steady demand and strong
market for choice stock of all kinds.
BUTTER.-Receipts have been little
lighter than last week but there is still an
over supply of everything except strictly
extra. Extra grades keep well sold up and
are full tirmer than last week although
prices are not quotably higher.
CHEEsE.-Receipts for export, SOL boxes,
Under moderate receipts and strong ad-
vices from the country our market has
made a further advance this week and
closes with rather light offerings Of fine
goods and generally firm feeling.
FLoUR.-The wheat market has con-
tinued TO boom and the price of flour has
been advanced in proportion. Buyers have
followed the market in slow way and will
only operate as forced to have supplies, No
stock was taken in the boom at the start
and now buyers are holding back TO see If
the market will break, and in the mean
while are only buying sparingly.
LUMBER.-In comparing the present mar
ket on spruce lumber with that of a week
ago we find that the change has not been
marked. If we go back a month, however,
the change is very noticeable. In the mean
time, of course, the tariff bill has been
passed, and has now been in operation
some three weeks. Yet this has not brought
about a marked change, as it is roo early for
the results of the Tariff 10 fructify. The
principal change has come about in the
shipments from the mills,
WooL.-The market is in superb cOndi-
ton and stronger than ever. The best
symptom is that speculation has again set
in. Boston dealers are picking up secured
woods, both foreign and domestic of all
grades, and holding them for a rise, and
mills that are reported 70 have two years
stock " have been buying wool IN million
pound lots. The most notable transactions
have been in pulled and secured woods,
though Ohio tieeces seem to have wakened
at last from their long sleep. Wool is sell
ing in big stable blocks, and the prospec-
tive auctions in New York have not even
checked the steady upward movement,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-08-18

tenn grows the cost of construction and
operation per phone lessons.
The telephone can be used for so
many purposes and save the farmer
from running on 30 many errands that
after once put in it seems an absolute
necessity. The advantage of being
able TO remain comfortably in ones
own sitting-room and talk with the
grocer, the postmaster, the railway sta
ton agent, the telegraph operator and
the blacksmith, all, perhaps, miles
away, is saving in time and gain in
comfort that can hardly be appreciated
until experienced. When the crops
need extra attention help can be
secured and, above all, when sickness
attacks any member of the family, or
an accident occurs, to be able 10 call the
doctor at once, or find him readily if
away from house, is an advantage
that cannot be computed in dollars and
cents, for it might save life.
And then, by paying the extra toll, it
gives communication with all the coun-
try. Extra pieces of machinery can be
ordered that are needed al once, the
condition OF the markets ascertained
and any sudden rise or fall known i'm
mediately or veterinarian summoned
at once in case of disease among the
animals. In addition to these material
advantages it breaks up the isolation of
farm life and seems to bring the FARMER
close to all the conveniences that have
so long been denied him and adds
another charm to farm life. There is
hardly farmer that would not realize
more than the expense incurred from
this farm telephone system, and, as we
have already said, we anticipate greater
advantages from its introduction than
any other scheme that is discussed. 1t
contemplates neither populistic nor
sociallstic features, for every man pays
for what he gets and gets what he pays
fol .-Mirror and Farmer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-08-18
The Telephone Oh the Farm.

One of the conveniences that will
come to the farmer, and before many
years, too, is the farm telephone, by
which he will not only be able to save
many trips to the village. but will find
much enjoyment from the use of it in a
social way in conversing with his neigh
bors and even with people in neighbor-
ing towns. OF all the means suggested
for the benefit of those living upon
farms, including free mail delivery,
electric roads, horseless carriages and
state roads, we can think of none that
will afford so much at so little expense
and be attended by so few Objectionable
features as the farm telephone.
One of the most typical farm tele-
phone systems in operation of which
we have knowledge is one supported
nearly altogether by Magnolia grange
in Illinois, of which the master of the
state grange is member. This Mag
nolia system is really two systems.
One has forty phones and sixty miles
of wire, which are grouped into three
or four phones on single wire; that
is, three or four farmers combine on
one wire and use one drop on the
switchboard. These three or four fam
lilies can converse among themselves
independently of central and none can
hear outside the families on the line.
When communication is desired out
side, the central office is called and the
desired connection is made. The
other system has thirty-eight phones
and forty miles of wire. 1t has small
central, but in general is open to all on
the line.
The cost of this business is, of
course, very important matter. The
phones cost from IS to SIS and are said
to be good for one hundred miles. The
batteries cost from Sl2 to SIS and only
one is generally used with a phone.
The wire No. II costs SO per mile.
Fixtures, brackets, insulators, etc,
cost about 81 per mile. Most of the
Illinois law requires the poles TO be at
least sixteen feet high and twenty feet
high at highway crossings. The poles
need to be placed about 200 feet apart,
and skilled telephone laborer to string
the wires will cost about 81 per mile.
The central switchboard, such as the
Magnolia system has, costs about IS
drop and alarm bells, lightning arrest
ers and other central equipments cost
about $50. Hence their twenty-five
drop board cost them $l45. This is
tirst-class outfit. This system hires a
Young lady for central and she is paid
So for each telephone. In other words,
after the plant is up-the average cost
to each telephone, if the farmer fur
nishes and sets his own poles, is about
S2S-an annual cost of So. AS sys-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-08-18
Disappointments In Farming.

This topic is very pertinently sug-
gested by heavy shower which is just
passing over and thoroughly drenching
everything out of doors. But the day
up to within an hour of the shower was
very bright and clear, and gave promise
of the finest weather. Many acres of
hay and grain are being wet, some will
be injured very much. This is a sam
pie of the disappointments which over
take farmers, and they as often arise
from the weather as anything else.
Floods, freshets, drouths, storms,
frosts, insects, blights, birds, and many
other things act alone or combine to
disappoint the farmer. All these arise
directly from the nature of the farmers
work. He deals with nature, and ma
ture's ways are past our finite under
standing. God knows why He sends
the storms which ruin our hopes, and
no man needs the faith that trusts Him
at all times more than the farmer. But
Of this so few know or care to know
that we will not dwell upon it, though
it is most happy theme to the writer.
But what we will pass to notice is
the helps the modern farmer has in
warding off these disappointments.
The Weather Bureau gives measure
of help to thousands of farmers by fore
telling with more or less certainty the
condition of the weather. The weather
signals are help in many cases, es-
pecially those that foretell frosts and
cold waves. Floods and freshets with
destructive storms of all kinds cannot
be controlled by any known means.
But insect ravages and fungus diseases
can now be controlled in great measure.
1t is true that it takes much precious
time to spray plants, and results are not
always satisfactory, but thousands, if
not millions, of dollars worth of plants
are saved yearly by spraying. Then
the disappointments of one year often
serve as warnings so that we are able
to guard against the same evils the next
year. So that often disappointment
is blessing in disguise. Something
goes wrong, we seek out the cause, find
it, and are able to guard against it in
the future. On the whole it has been
the most trying haying season that we
have ever known. A great deal of hay
and grain has been ruined, and a great
deal more has been badly injured by
the long continued wet weather. Pro
badly for many years there has not been
so much hay to cut as there was this
year on August l. But water is such q
blessing that we should not complain
too much about the wet weather.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-08-18
Live Stock Market.

Mich Cows AND SPRINGERs.- re-
ceipts were not large, but more than could
be sold. The range was S25 to $50.
SwINE.-The few Northern aud Eastern
hogs offered. sold readily at Il to isc live
weight, Western swine went direct TO the
abattoirs.
SHEEP AND LAMBs.-Receipts were much
smaller than last week, but prices were in
clined TO be soft. Sales were made at 81 TO
5lc per ID.
ARRIVALS OF LIVE STocK.-At Water
town; Cattle, l,+49; sheep, 1862; veals, pa T;
swine, l3,049; horses, IT'S, AT Somerville;
Cattle, 1886; sheep, 7, 1l6; veals, Sl4; swine,
1888.
VEAL CALvEs.-The supply was large and
in excess of the demand. Drovers could
not get within &c per 10 of last weeks
prices for their stock. Sales ranged at TO
6 cents per 10.
BEEF CATTLE There is little change on
beef cattle. Western are steady, and the
demand is fair on all grades. New England
stock costs about the same prices as last
week. Sales ranged at Il to 34c per 10
live weight.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-08-18
Off for School.

A great many men and women
sons and daughters of farmers-are
planning to go away to school this fall,
and a great deal depends upon their
ideas of the use to be made of an edu-
cation. In great many instances
children have been spoiled by fond
parents who have saved their earnings
prudently in order to give their sons
and daughters broader education than
they themselves have had, without i'm
pressing the idea that an education is
not something to take the place of work
but means of doing better work. 1t
is no uncommon thing to hear father
say: 81 never had the advantages of
an education. | have had to work for
all I've got | want to give my chill
dren an education so thev can make a
living little easier than l have done"
On the part of the mother the senti-
ment is strong-prompted by maternal
love-that her daughters shall occupy
a position in society much higher and
more dazzling than she herself has
filed. 'These sentiments, while SPRING
ing from the highest impulses of human
love, are misleading and dangerous"
says correspondent in Journal of "a
riculture. "They are responsible for
train of misfortunes that follow the Ca
reer of so many purposeless and aimless
lives. No, loving fathers and mothers.
Never delude your children with the
idea that education will dispense with
labor; but rather let them know that
There is no excellence without great
labor Impress upon their minds that
education is to enable them to labor
more effectively, and, it may be, more
probably. Let them know that wis
dom-the exercise of good Judgment
is the better part. A mind trained
for books, replete with knowledge, but
lacking in wisdom and a definite fixed
purpose to direct its energies, is fifty
compared to ship fully equipped with
sail and all the needful appliances ex-
cept the compass, by which to direct it
upon the painless ocean. 1t may sail
grandly in fair weather, but lie lost in a
storm. A life without a purpose,
definite and strong, is like ship with
out port of destination. 1t will sail
aimlessly upon the bosom of the deep,
serving no demands of commerce or
transportation.
FEATHERS and mothers, when you bid
your sons and daughters loving good
by as they depart for school, tell them
Life is real life is earnest'-that in no
profession will they succeed without
labor. 1t may be we'll to tell them that
the 'professions,' so called, are over.
crowded now; that agriculture needs
broad-minded, scholarly workers in its
ranks, and to such offers as great re-
wards as any other upon the grand
average. "-Mirror and Farmer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-08-18
USES A SHEEP DIP.

We have used on the college farm,
with considerable success, two materials
to abate the fly nuisance. Pyrethrum
or Persian insect powder busted upon
animals once in two or three days
affords great relief. The principal OBJ
lection to the general use of this pow
der is the cost-about fifty cents a
pound. We have used, with good re-
suits, on our milch stock, the present
summer, sheep dip known to the
trade as Thyme Cresol. This should
be used at the rate of about Two table
spoonfuls to two gallons of warm water,
and after stirring thoroughly, should
be rubbed into the hair with sponge
or soft cloth. On account of the strong
odor Of this substance, it should be APP
piled after milking in the morning, and
then the COWS sent at once to the pas
ture. The animals do not enjoy the
taste of this preparation, and are not
likely to lick themselves very much;
but we have failed to observe any bad
results from its use.
PROF ] G. S. PHELPS.
Storrs Agricultural College.
KEROSENE DOES IT WELL.
Until within the last week or two,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-08-18

have never done anything to keep flies
from tormenting stock. The horn fly
does most of the tormenting, and this
insect stays all night on the cattle if
allowed to. A short time since, l
bought an instrument for applying in
secticides and fungicides to house and
garden plants. 1t is large atomizer,
and blows out the liquid as a spray. l
use clear kerosene in this, and apply it
to the cattle when they come from the
pasture. Half a minute suffices to treat
an animal, and all the flies are killed,
with no injury TO the animals, as the
quantity of kerosene used is 80 small,
and the application 80 fine that ouly the
ends of the hairs are moistened with it,
and it soon evaporates. L have never
tried the application in the morning to
keep them off, and think that it would
not serve the purpose more than an
hour or two. l got the idea from a
lecture l heard at Grange meeting.
1t is quite satisfaction to give the cows
peaceful night, and the destruction
of such large numbers of flies must
help ease the daytime torment.
NJ. MORSE.
Massachusetts.
BLANKET THE COWS.
The fly nuisance has been a great
trouble to me as it probably has to every
dairyman who has the well-being of his
stock at heart. l have tried kerosene
to which is added a small amount of
carbolic acid. This is put on with a
small spraying can, and kills the flies;
but it soon evaporates, and they are
back as thick as before. The dairy pa
pers are full of connections of this ma
ture, such as fish oil and carbolc acid,
or coal tar, etc. These last are very
Objectionable, because, while they only
partly accomplish their object, they
give the COW very dirty, disagreeable
appearance which we don't like with
our pet Jerseys. Another thing about
them is the odor that fills the stable.
1t is very amusing how dairy editors
will in one column charge their readers
to white-wash and cleanse their stables,
and aerste their milk, and in the next
recommend that they daub their cows
with kerosene, fish oil and carbolic
acid, etc., before they milk, 80 the
cows will stand still while it is being
done, and the odor from which would
drive respectable dog out of tam
yard. The only thing 1 have found
that will keep the flies off COW in a
satisfactory manner is blanket. This
may be made from two old bran sacks,
| and if there are not too many bushes
for the COW to run among, it will last
! quite while. srr OH
j. GRANT MORSE.
Madison Co., n. Y.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-08-18
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury,

AS mercury will surely destroy the sense
of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering it through
the mucous surfaces. Such articles
should never be used except on pre-
scriptions from reputable physicians, as
the damage they will do is tenfold to
the good you can possibly derive from
them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufac-
tured by F. j. Cheney g. Co., Toledo,
o., contains no mercury, and is taken
internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the sys-
tenn. In buying Halls Catarrh Cure be
sure you get the genuine. 1t is taken
internally, and made in Toledo, o., by
F. j. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
CO Sold by Druggists, price sew
enty-6ve cents per bottle.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-08-18
Keeping Flies from Stock.
A HOME Fly MIXTURE,

| have used all the preparations on
sale for the radiance of the cattle f1y.
but | have found nothing so effective
and lasting as combination of my own
get up. For twelve cows, l mix thor
oughly, five pounds of the cheapest
grease available, with one pint of coal
tar, one ounce carbolic CRYSTALS, and
one-half pint of kerosene. This should
be applied by rubbing on the back, on
the sides, at the base of the horns and
under the TANKS and shoulders. | use
a wooden cloth and rub thoroughly. A
few applications will usually be found
sufficient for the season. 1t holds out
better than anything else l have tried.
ID. M. CAMPBELL.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-08-18

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
icant, but acts as tonic and Alternative.
1t acts mildly on the stomach and bow
els, adding strength 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
fifty cents and Sl.00 a bottle, at g.
Blakely's drug store.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-08-18

THE second naval division Of the Turkish
fleet, consisting of seven warshps, has sail
ed from Constantinople for the island of
Crete. Fears are expressed at CONSTANT
nople that the departure of the Turkish ma
val division may lead to a collision with the
international fleet in Cretan waters, in view
of the announcement of the foreign admir-
ais that they have decided to oppose by
force the landing OF Turkish REINFORCE
ments in the island of Crete.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-08-18

Miss Yellowleaf-" Yes, l have had
my picture taken once year every
year of my life" Miss Youngbud-
" How did you manage before photog-
raphy was nvented?"-Puck.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-08-18

81 BURNED my fingers very badly. The
pain was intense. DR.. Thomas Eclectric
Oil brought relief in three minutes. 1t was
almost magical. never saw anything like
it."-Amelis Swords, Saundersville, o.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-08-18
RETAIL DEALERS PRICES.
Boston Produce Market,

tY-The quotations given below represent prices
obtained by receivers for holesale lots mot job6tn9
prices unless otherwise indicated. and intended
to represent actual sales.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-08-18
ANDERSON & PRICE, Managers,

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Winter Hotel, THE ORMOND, OrmOnd Florida.
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