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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-28
FARMERS DIFFER
IN OPlNIONu..------

Now is the best time to sow Annual Glove
Seed. In the husk they are sur, and better
crop than Cleaned eed If ground is bak eC
very lightly with cutt tVatOr and sow broad
cast thirty If cleaned or sixty pounds OF
seed in the husk.
he month of September is proper time 4
SOW all pras SeS Small plots should be spadrC
deep, and helC5 should be broken witt TWO
horse ploughs, and thoroughly pulveriZeC
with disc ana sntsothing harrow
" e are giving this information from oul
experience. We have seed to sell. W charge
only for them. We have now in stock rim
son Glover seed. cleaned and in the huskt
choice Red Cover e ed: best quality Orchard
g rass seed: Blue Grass of finest qua ity for
lawns etc.: Virginia W inter Rye; Virginia
Winter Oats.
There is no advance in field seed with the
exception of wheat Will be glad TO give
prices on anything you wish in seed line
Nearly every thing in the grocery line has
advanced p to 50 per cent. We have been
compelled to advance price of Roller Cham
pion Flour" Our High Art Coffee" HE
NO Tea" aud s'Clover Hill Butter are retailed
at former prices, altt ouPh there has beer
material advance in price of butter.
Tanned Goods are very much hig er. VIII
make it to interest of persons buying in
large lots to give us cal.
w. C. STRONACH g. SONS,
Wholesale and Retail Grocers.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-28

fall opening
We shall have 100 of the prest pattern hats to
hats all designed and
discriminating We hate boast
but if we would lose sight that
OF all Millinery stores
find grand display of richly
trimmed andb
foundation millinery business
first exeelits strong foRs
doubled Prcey,
$3.50 what you'd $500
SIS and you'll
the two higher priced It's all in know
ing how Wednesday evening,
Thursday and Thursday
all hard things of me- they say am
They I'll bust in six months
They They bound
lose money making than
It's knowing how buy cheap That's why can sell
cheaper They could well if they only
hee
whistle Come and do full
trading with during you'll
haveb goods
of shoes We sell only good shoes
to
shoesyo ha
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-08-20
DR.. TAFT Bros. Medicine Co., Rochester, NY
An American Discovery,


The present year will always be a nota-
bic one in the history of the 10Th century
for the many wonderful discoveries it re-
cords. Every branch of science has made
great strides, the most remarkable, per-
haps, have been made in the practice of
medicine. Now comes the information
that John Morrow an eminent chemist of
Springfield, O., has discovered a remedy
that promises to be almost infallible in
curing all diseases of the kidneys. So
many of the most important advances of
medical science are made by foreign sci
entiStS that such a report is not only of
great import but highly gratifying as well
Morrow's discovery, while the true in
gradients have not yet been published Is ID
the form of yellow tablet and is known
to the medical world as MOrrow's kidne-
odds. This remarkable remedy has been
tried in some of the most severe cases of
chronic and acute diseases of the kidneys
and in each case has quickly produced the
most beneficial results.
The fact that death from Bright'S dis
ease shows a daily increase is an unpleas-
ant indication that disorder of the kidneys
is fast becoming an atfliction of the human
race, and any remedy that promises sure
relief is indeed blessing to mankind.
The symptoms of deranged kidneys are
too apparent to require physicians d.
agnOsiS pain in the side and back, aching
bones, a continual feeling of languOr. are
followed by impaired vision, loss of appe-
tite, swelling of the hands and feet, and
so on until Bright's disease gets hold.
1t is so insidiouS i'm its attack that the
busy man or woman often associates the
symptoms with some thrilling ailment. I'M
til the development of the disease causes
a complete collapse. With Morrow's Kid
neOids it is intended to remedy all this by
enabling anyone to stop the progress of
the disease and effect permanent cure
without resource to a physician or the
abandonment of their duties.
1t is said that one of the largest drug
concerns in the United States is negoti-
ating for the absolute control of Morrow's
kidneoids, which they intend placing in
every drug store, where it can be prOcur-
ed by any one without the necessity Of
securing physicians prescription.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-08-20

These goods are carried in stock by
A T. CLARKE.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-08-20
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that certificate
No. 1872 for fifty-siX shares of the capital
stock of the National Bank of Newbury,
Wells River, Vt, standing IN the name of
d. w. Choate late of Peacham, deceased,
is lost and the owner makes application
for new certificate of said stock, the same
being the property of said deceased.
George p Blair of Barnet in the
County of Caledonia, State of Vermont,
Administrator of said David w. ChOate's
estate. 1877
Dated at Barnet, VT, July 81, 1897.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-08-20
Emperor williams Pilgrimage.

There is rumor that the Emperor
William proposes to visit Palestine in
the spring of next year in order to be
present at the opening of the new Evan
gelioal church at Jerusalem, which is
now nearing completion. The three
bells for st. Saviour's, as the church is
to be called, have lately been cast at
Apolda
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-08-20
Great Money Maker.

Pennibs-If you could own any copy
right you wished, which would you
choose-the most successful play or the
most successful novel?
Spacer = Neither. I'd choose the
mother-in-law joke.-Brooklyn Life.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-08-20
SCHOOL TAX NOTICE.
Notice to the taxpayers of the Town Of
/

Notice to the taxpayers OF the Town OF
Bradford.
A school tax of IS cents on the dollar Of the
grand list of the town of 1897 is in my hands
for collection. A discount of per cent will
be allowed on all taxes paid within ninety
days from this date. (said time expires Oct
30 1897. After October 30th, 1897. taxes will
he paid to the collector.
j. G. STEARNs, Treasurer.
Brad ford. Aug. LIST, 1897. a.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-08-20
Young Men In Great Cities.

There is no class of persons that so
stir my sympathies as young men in
great cities. Not quite enough salary
to live on. and all the temptations that
come from that deficit. Invited on all
hands to drink, and their exhausted
nervous system seeming to demand
stimulus. Their religion caricatured by
the most of the clerks in the store and
most of the operatives i'm the factory.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-08-20
.ANES.

Notice to the taxpayers of the Town OF
Bradford.
\ town tax of fifty cents and a highway
tax OF forty cents on the dollar of the Grand
List of the town of 1897, is in my hands for
collection. A discount of per cent VIII be
allowed on ali taxes paid within 30 days from
this date. tsaid time expires October 3Oth.
1871 After October 80th, 1897 taxes will be
paid To the collector.
BARRON HAY. Town Treasurer.
Bradford, VT, Aug. |, 1897. 4S
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-08-20
NOTICE.

This is to certify that have this day given
my two sons. Charlie Il. Ciough and Harry
r. Clough their time during the remainder of
their minority. and shall claim none of their
wages or pay any debts Of their contracting
after this date.
Post Mills, July 3d. 1897.
G. a. CLOUGH.
Witness, CARL w. SMITH. II
The morning news., 1897-08-16
ActIon of Line on Soils

In answer 70 the question, "WiH a
dressing or lime show any difference in
the analysis of the soil? If not what do
we put 1t on for" asked by a correspon-
dent Of Rural New Yorker. the reply was
made that ar even cubic foot of average
soil had been weighed and analyzed at
Cornell University, and 1t was found that
the soil in one acre just one foot deep
weighed 2.20Sla tons. Suppose we put a
ton Of lime evenly over the surface of an
acre and work it thoroughly into the soil
1t forms such small part of the whole
weight that chemical analysis could hard
ly detect the difference. IL would be like
dropping a teaspoonful of cream into a
gallon of milk and then expecting the
Babcock tester to register the difference.
If. however the chemist found the amount
Of acid in the soil before lining and then
afterward he would certainly find a diff
ference.
We do not add lime to soil in order to
Increase the amount that is available for
plant food, but i'm order to sWeeten the
soil ana correct the acid condition. A
man may have a sick headache caused by
a "sour stomach" lie takes a dose of
soda and feels better-nOt because the
soda acted as food but because It helped
put the stomach into condition so that IL
could digest real food. II is much the
same way with the soil. When IL becomes
sour and acid the little bacteria which act
on the roots Of plants cannot do their work
properly, and no matter how much ma
nure or fertilizer yoI may put on the
ground, those plants will not thrive until
you do something TO "sWeeten" or change
that acid You would not give corned
beef hash or baked beans to a man with
a sick headache! A pill or a dose OF soda
would make things right by neutrallzlng
the acids of the "sour stomach"
We use lime. therefore, not 10 add 10 the
soil, but TO improve its condition. The
lime will break up heavy clays and make
them less compast, while IL will often bind
coarse, open soils closer and make them
hold water better
The morning news., 1897-08-16

ronrovtng the fertility of our soil re-
.sirss entirely too little thought and care.
+ bae a1wavs been the writer's opinion
,4.- WE of the south cultivate inexcusably
.,or land Some years ago, on account
If had health in merchandising, we bought
o moor farm in upper Middle Georgia, and
acting upon the above idea, set about i'm
nroyine if. After a few years it was de-
,sladIv one of the best upland farms In
Georgia Many stumps were removed,
the drains and terraces reorganized, the
,sroa lines in better shape and improve
mants all around.
Tbera is no difficulty in getting two
t.fss of cotton or twenty-five to nifty
1..sbIs of corn to the acre almost any
u5era in Georgia, and as fine butter as can
s nro51jced in the world. eve are talking
sr,r9 evnerience) The difficulty with our
f,r,na-. is they will not read; they do
n7t believe what is written Will nelp them
think it all depends on capital-the
methods of 50 to 100 years ago are GOOD
ero,,ob for them, and so we buy tons of
butter north and meat enough TO grease
the face of the earth. Now, If we would
r3iss large provision crops and feed them
m fine farm we would find our lands i'm
proving from the jump and instead of lag
yards. We would show Georgia to be
leading AGRICULTURAL state. We should at
leasr supply our own markets, instead of
which we buy about everything we can
get from somebody else. He who would
learn must read and strive. We have
seen any number of plans suggested for
curing COW pea hay and we were told cur
ing clover hay was difficult. This is the
wav we did our clover and had bright,
beautiful hay always: The mower was
put to work when the dew was off-say,
at o'clock, and kept going for two or
three hOurs-alWays, of course, choosing
bright days-about o. clock the horse rake
put il into win rows and two men forked
il into small cocks. The next afternoon
the cocks were hot and dry or sweating,
we pulled them down and loaded on wag-
ons and stored it in the barn-no trouble
after that If a rain had fallen we used
that lot for bedding and fertilizer.
Clover can be grown on any of our soils,
hut it requires good land to start with
anywhere, while COW peas grow so much
more easily and treated as clover (aboVe
p.am, we cannot see why they would not
make a notable success and if So what
is TO prevent our poor farms from being
made fertile and productive.
We found, by the way, the best success
sowing clover in the fan, but when we
wanted clover we lost no opportunity and
then if the catch failed we sowed again
the following season. We found il
disadvantage to SOW clover with anything
else. Usually it is as much as the land
can do to bring clover alone and we
used fertilizer freely. Don't expect some~
thing for nothing.
Improve the farm, get better schools
ana give the children better educations.
They day is coming when they will be
needed. Fit the children for the best
places, G.. nj. H.
Bioomiugdale Ga.
The morning news., 1897-08-16
sitting Hens aud Lice.

There is nothing that will so quickly
infest a place with lice as a sitting hen.
And there Is no greater mistake than TO
set a hen IN the regular hen house. says a
poultry keeper in one Of our exchanges.
lie says a neighbor Of his laughed az this
idea the beginning OF the Matching sea-
son. and set his hens IN the regular lay.
Ing nests. lie has good matches. and for
a while the chicks did we'll. But now he
ls dlsgustcd: nearly every chick Is droopy
and literally covered with lice. Some
people never viii learn except by sad ox-
perionco.
Some years ago another nelghbor set
all HIS hens in the barn. when told that
he was breeding Ice which would sooner
or later infest his horses and COWS. he
laughed az our Ignorance. IL waE not
many moons aftcrward that he had 20
Eet a remedy from the veterinary surgeon
20 wash the animals re had been taught
his little lesson and will be wiser in the
future.
Have n separate building for sitting
hens. or have them set IN barrels outside
After each hatch fumigate the barrels
with burning sulphur or heavily coat them
with whltcwaah. Then when the new nest
iH made fhickly spread insect powder In
a. And before y0u sef the hon sprinkle
inject powder well iu her feathers N
requires continual work 90 keep lice az
Boy, but 10 D. work that pays beet.
The morning news., 1897-08-16
The Cultivation of WILLOWS.

We have had inquiries regarding the
culture of willows. We have had no
practical experience in this line of horti-
culture, but are pleased to give the meth
DDS pursued by David Fraser, as given by
him in American Gardening. He says:
THE cultivation of the willow is simple;
the only thing required Is to keep the
plants clean the early part of the season,
and by the end of June they will need no
care at all. except the new plantations,
and these should be kept well cultivated
till the roads meet. We have begun the
cultivation of willows on a large scale,
using up all the waste land where scarce
ly any other crop will grow, and it is in
just such land that willows flourish. Our
mode of cultivation is as follows
In the early fail the ground is prepar
ed; all rough gTass is removed; in fact,
it is best to skin the piece of land that is
to be planted as when ploughed it will
then be more compact and the plants root
better in it. 1t should then be manured
and plowed to the depth of fourteen
inches and then well narrowed to break
up the soil it is then ready for the cut
tinss. If the ground is too wet, ditching
will have to be done
The best time to plant is in early fall or
early spring; for beginners it is well to
buy some stock plants and grow them on
for a year; from these the cuttings can
be taken and nearly every cutting will
grow.
The cuttings should be made about
twelve inches long and cut from wood
of one or two years growth. The handiest
and quickest way to make them is with
a pair of pruning shears making them
up in little bundles, which are handy to
carry under the arm when planting.
The Distance hafWaar1 ba ch
be almost eighteen inches, and in the
row about six inches. In planting a line
is set and the cuttings put in, the whole
length being in the ground. Two men can
plant great many in a day, and all that
will have to be done after planting will
be to keep clean We put out about two
acres this spring. and while loking over
them the other day I could not find out
cutting but what was growing. The plants
are now about nine inches high, while the
ones that were set out a year ago are over
five feet high.
The first season the plants grow about
nine feet high the second and following
years from fifteen to twenty feet, and fin
sh their growth about the middle of Sep
tember. They can then be cut, and all
through the winter until the sap begins
to rise. They should be cut every year.
and care should be taken in the operation
so as not to split the stock; good, sharp
hook is what is used here and it does
the work well.
The the best willow to grow
for basket making Is Salix
viminalis. although we grow for the
same purpose, 5. amygdalina, s. purpurea
and S. triandra. The price Of willows va
ries from to cents pound for willows
as cut from the field while dressed will
lows Chat is, with the skin Off will bring
to cents a pound. Willow-growing is,
l think, a good investment for some or
our farmers
The morning news., 1897-08-16

Up to about 1860 cotton seed was a nui-
sance around every gin, says the Home
and Farm. Except about per cent Of
the crop used for seed. and a little hauled
out as a fertilizer the bulk Of the crop Of
seed was left to rot and sink in huge
piles. In 1861 there were four oil mills
in the south; in 1870 there were twenty
six. and in 1880 forty-hve. Since 1880 there
has been a wonderful development in the
oil mill industry. In 1890 the number Of
mills had increased to 119, and in 1894 20
252, most Of which are practically owned
by the American Cotton Oil Company.
The cotton seed products in 1894 reached
a value Of over $50 O000 900. The amount
and value of the products of a ton Of cot
ton seed is about as follows: Forty gal
Ions oil. at 20 cents per gallon, IS: 700
pounds meal at $500 per ton. 1851; twenty
five pounds linters at cents, 30 cents; 800
pounds hulls at 81 per ton. 80 cents. To-
tai, Sl5.O7. The average price paid for
seed is 5000. other expenses Of manufac-
ture. s2.49. Total expense. Sl2.G9. Net
profit one ton, SOS. Some mills have gone
into some sort Of bankruptcy. but that
was through some gross acknowledgements
a mill with O capacity Of twenty tons
daily can be built and equipped for si6,-
000
Running 100 days. the earnings OF such
a mill would be $il6o. or % per cent diyl-
dend. As a matter of fact many OF the
mills earn % per cent. and seem as high
as 60 per cent, according 70 on
cial government reports These figures
show that the farmers do not get fair
value for their seed, as they are worth
more as a fertilizer than the price paid by
tho mills. However. for two tons OF seed
the farmer gets one ton Of meal. which
is a better fertilizer than tho whole seed.
a better stock feed. and is more easily
stored and less liable 10 deterioration.
The cotton seod crop alone b. "A source OF
considerable wealth. and. as the use OF oil
extends, better comparative prices will
prevail. and the crop viii bring better
prices.
There Is no country In Che world No well
adapted 20 cotton culture AZ our southern
states. which have q practical monopoly
Of the most useful grade Of cotton. Texas
alone could. and when the world demands
it and D. ready TO pay Tor g. produce i5.-
OO0000 bales without decreasing the area
devoted 20 other crops. Cotton b. also
tho mosi reliable cash bringing crop
known. and can b. raised lonror on me
same land Without fertilization than any
other
The morning news., 1897-08-16

variety for our southern climate. and
Farmers who have given it a fair trial
nave invariably spoken of it in the high
est terms of satisfaction. On account of
the dlf1eulty of getting the seed at a rea-
sohabie price, ii has not had as an ex-
tended trial as it deserved. but il is
destined 10 become very popular in the
future when our farmers appreciate the
great necessity Of giving their attention
to raising more horses, mules. COWS. beef.
hoss, sheep, etc. eve are gradually ap-
preaching an UNDERSTANDING Of this neces.
sity and we have got to come fairly 10
IT, or else remain the most unthrifty cor
ner OF the agricultural word) With
proper treatment the burr clover will con-
unue Tor years to occupy the soil. furnish
ing the most luxuriant pasture or solling
material, from early winter to late
spring, 1t dies down in May or June like
Dlue grass, but springs up again prompt
ly on the occurrence of the fall rains.
After seeding the land to start with, care
should be taken that ii is not pastured
100 late IN the spring to prevent its seed
ing. II should not be cut or pastured lat
er than April, so that it can have time
70 suihclently re-seed the land for the
following winter. These seed lie dormant
through the summer and spring up in the
fall. A crop of corn can be grown on
the land, if desired, between May and
October, without detriment to the clover.
The white, or Dutch, clover is a small
species of clover specially adapted to pas
ture land as mixture with various
grasses. 1t is very nutritious, and helps
TO make magnificent pasture. 1t should
enter into every mixture when new pas
lures are started.
The morning news., 1897-08-16
Crane Juice.

There are so many who prefer grape
juice to fermented wine that l give mere
what 1 consider an Improvement in the
manner Of preparing it. Instead of press
ing out the juice from the fresh grapes l
pluck the berries from the stems and boil
them until soft. A little water Is neces-
sary in the boil n or some of the grapes
at the bottom may burn before the juice
has been sufficiently extracted When the
grapes are quite soft take them out and
drain through a sieve Then press them
and boil all the juice until no scum arises,
Have bottles ready sufficiently heated TO
prevent cracking: fill them up full, with
the hot juice cork a once tightly, CUT
the cOrks off even with the mouth of the
bottles and dip them in melted cement.
Set them away in dark place in the cell
lar, and you have q delicious article OF
drink, any time thereafter for years.
use a half pound Of good white sugar 10
the gallon Of juice, put IN while boiling;
this Is. however, not really necessary but
gives il more body When using IL. fill
a tumbler half full of juice, IN up with
fresh water and It IS simply delicious and
just the thing for the sick or the well.
IL Is just the thing for the strictly tenn
perate folks and a glassful Of II viii re-
vlve one wonderfully when tired and fag-
ged out II may be put up in FIVE or ten
gallon vessels " well bunged up and seal
ed. but when such a body is once attacked
In warm weather II must be used at once
or IL Will soon turn into wine and then
into vinegar This boiling the grapes
whole seems 10 give more aroma to Il, and
makes a superior article.