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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-07-14
A MARKED Difference.
There Is 2 vast Difference Between Evil
uehce ~ montpelier and Testimony
from an Outside Place,

The good people Of Montpelier are re-
spectfully asked to read the testimony which
iollows, and compare it with what they are
accustomed to see from their neighbors,
from people they know. There is a vast
difference between evidence in Montpelier
and testimony from another part of our re-
public. Judge Clark OF London, Ohio, is
known throughout the length and breadth
OF that state. Along with It a score and a
half OF his fellow citizens, his testimony
had been running regularly in London
papers. 1t has carried great weight and
has been the means Of relieving many an
aching back, but mark the different inn
preston made when reading the Judges
pinions and suggestions, and the Impress
ion created in reading the statements from
one Of Montpelier's citizens. The testi-
mony from London is just as true as the evil
dence which appears weekly in these
columns about Doan's Kidney Pills, but it
lacks the convincing, conclusive self-satisfy-
ing proof OF the evidence from people we
know. The Judge says: prior to four
years ago I had been slightly troubled with
symptoms which suggested Inflammation OF
the kidneys. l attributed it to sedementary
employment and paid little attention to it.
Shortly afterward 1 was completely pros
trated by an attack of the then prevalent
epidemic, grippe, which affected my whole
system. After recovering from this / found
my kidney were left in a weak condition.
AT times the secretions from them were
very profuse and at others they were scanty.
Whenever the kidneys were sluggish there
was a noticeable blosting in the limbs and
accompanying it there were severe pains
constantly across my back. In the spring
OF 1895 L learned Of Doan's Kidney Pills,
obtained a box and commenced their use,
In twenty-four hours the kidneys showed
an improved action. 1 used three boxes al.
together and the results were highly pleas.
ing to me. The kidneys now act normally
and my back does not pain me. 1 fee
better han 1 have for years" There car
be published in Montpelier from outside
places over three thousand statements
similar to the above. Now the question is
would three thousand from unknown people
be half as convincing as our statement from
a Montpelier citizen.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for sale by al
dealers, price 80 cents. Mailed by Foster
Milburn Co, Buffalo, N. Y, sole agents fol
the United States.
REMEMBER THE NAME DOAN'S AMI
TAKE NO OTHER,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-07-14
Home Rose Culture.

Notwithstanding the enormous quan.
ties Of roses sold in city markets, and
the fact that growers of roses cater al
most entirely to city trade, the fact re-
mains that nowhere is the rose 30 loved,
admired and appreciated as on the
farm. If it be also true that nowhere
is it 30 poorly grown, it is never for
lack of love, but chiefly for lack of un-
derstanding as to its needs. Nowhere
should roses be so we'll grown as on
the farm. The farm has usually the
deep and fertile soil in its lo~ng-culti-
waited garden; it has both variety and
wealth of fertilizer; il has usually a
wealth of tools. Now rich soil, proper
setting and good cultivation, with a
well-considered selection of varieties,
are absolutely all that is needed to pro-
duce magnificent roses almost any
where. In order that the principle of
rose culture may become but as a b C
to us, I'VE need only to look at the hab-
its OF the rose. Its roots are few and
hard and long. 1t has not the many
fbrous feeding mouths of the pansy,
for instance. Unless its roots can pene-
trate deeply, it must surely receive
death, or great injury, from heat and
drought. The best rose growers pre-
pare the soil by what is known as
trenching. 1t is virtually about the
same as subsoiling; that is, the soil is
fined two spade lengths deep. But in
order not to bring all the lower stratum
to the surface, the first layer is thrown
off, the second one spaded as usual,
and the first one thrown back on top of
all. 1t is called trenching, because,
instead of doing the whole bed at once,
the top soil is first thrown off, making
a trench the width of the spade. The
bottom of this trench is then spaded,
and the top soil from the second ad-
joining is thrown over on to it, and the
process is repeated.
The planting of the bushes needs a
word, as, if not set rather deep, and the
soil we'll frmed about them, the wiry
roots are liable to be dried up. Prun-
ing of ordinary bush forms needs no
very great attention-beyond cutting
out small and puny looking shoots, and
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-07-14
DON'T Change Your Business Now.

The second quarter of a dollar that I
earned as a boy came from picking ber-
ries for a neighbor. The sun was hot,
the berries not plenty, and the bushes
"down the row" appeared to be much
more heavily laden than the one near
by. OF course, the temptation to move
on, before each bush was picked clean,
was great to the boy, but the kindly
advice of the man, "Stick to your bush
il you want to get your basket filed"
was often repeated, none too often, for
it was impressed on memory's tablet
i%ndelibly, and many a time since has
been applied to many a task besides
berry-picking. AS we go through life,
we are all in a great field of berries.
Some pick and eat as fast as they pick.
Yes, some even take fruit from the
baskets of others. Some laugh and
joke and sit under the shade of the
bushes. Some fit from bush to bush,
getting apparently only the best fruit,
and discommoding their fellows with
out profiting themselves in the long
run, but the successful picker is he
who follows his row, working we'll and
industriously from morn till eve. He
it is who fills his basket, and reaps his
reward.
This is a period of depression. They
seem to come periodically and they eff
feet all classes and all trades, but the
man who, in these times, gets discour-
aged with his business, and leaves his
merchandise for something which ap-
pears better, may be worsted. "Stlck
to your BUSH" Farming is governed
by the same laws which govern other
kinds of business, and the tiller of the
soil and feeder of stock must realize
this, if he expects to be successful.
No class in the community is sue
cessful as a whole; only the best and
most shrewd succeed in other lines,
and there is no reason why we should
expect to find an exception among far
mers.
Did it ever occur to you that even
now agriculture supports more with
limited capital and skill, than any other
kind of business?
More men engaged in farming with
scant capital have withstood the hard
times than car be found in any other
branch.-New York Farmers Institute
Bulletin.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-07-14
Hot Work.

The Springfield, ILL.,, correspondent
of the Chicago Inter- Ocean,, tells a very
interesting story of the way the Illinois
dairymen impressed their opinions and
wish for the passage of the anti-oleo-
margarine law, on their legislature.
The story is full of instruction to the
farmers of the whole country. 1t
shows two things clearly.
/. If the farmers want legislators to
record their will, they must first organ
ize, as did these dairymen in the Ma
tional Dairy Union.
2. When organized, they must write
their legislators in an active, energetic
manner, and show them that, as con-
stituents, they are keenly alive to what
they want.
We clip the following extract from
the statement of the correspondent:
WORK HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE.
The revelations of the past week
have shown how effectively this work
has been done. When Mr.. Fuller's
anti-color bill came up for passage in
the House last Wednesday, but three
representatives, from districts outside
of Chicago, voted against the measure.
When the same measure went to the
Senate Thursday, there was but one
senator, outside of Cook county, who
went on record against its advance
ment, and the motion would not have
failed, but for the temporary absence
of some of the friends of the measure.
Some of the country senators have
received from their farmer constituents
and prominent politicians in their dis
tricts, as high as 900 communications,
praying for the passage of the anti
color law. One senator, who tried to
reply to all the communications, was
compelled to get out a circular letter to
do so. The stenographer of another
notified her employer that she would
have to have extra pay if the butterine
correspondence did not cease. Others
have found it impossible to care for
their correspondence, and have simply
notified the Dairy Union, that they are
with the farmers in this fight, and fol-
PHYS sake to shut off the letters. Ir
two weeks there was a stack of posta,
card petitions, fifteen feet high, went
into the House, praying for the passage
of the Fuller bill. In the Senate ff
teen senators received, in two days, 32I
letters from farmers, asking them Il
vote for the bill, and any representa-
tive or senator, who was 80 unthinkinl
as to vote against the bill, in any of iii
considerations, found themselves food
ed with vigorous protests from his PEG
Pile, who are kept informed by thu
Dairy Union. AT the opening of thu
fight, twelve country senators were or
record as opposed to the measure. To
day, but one is left who has the nerv,
to withstand the emphatic demands o
his constituents. This is Senate
Leeper, Of the Thirty-Second district
-Hoard's Dairyman.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-07-14

old shoots as the bushes gain age-pro-
vided the blossoms are freely cut with
pretty good stems. From the varieties
now at command, an excellent selec-
ton will be Mrs. John Laing, Clotilde
Soupert, Margaret Dickson, Paul Ney-
ron and Jacqueminot. All these are
hybrid perpetuals except Soupert, a
hybrid %polyantha, hardy and vigorous.
Crimson Rambler is one of the very
few roses which bears out all that was
said of it in the first laudatory adver-
tisements. 1t blooms, however, but
once during the season. A single BIOS
som, seen alone, would attract small at
tention in these days of fine roses, but
iii general effect it IL very fine.
The latest introduction in this line is
the hybrid tea rose President Carnot
(Souvenir du Pres Carnot). The flowers
are of a..beautiful shell pink color and ex-
quisitely shaped. 1t is recommended as
equally adapted for forcing as well as
for outdoor culture.-American Agri-
culturist.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-07-14
Cnlored Cleo Must Coz

Under the above caption Jul inter-
esting contemporary, tho Chicago Pro-
duce, outlines the coming fate of the
cleo fraud as follows:
The above will be the watchword of
the dairymen henceforth.
Manufacturers may as well take
warning and prepare for the inevitable.
The dairymen of the country are thor
oughly aroused on account of the dis
reputable methods which have been
used in Illinois the past few months, to
defeat popular legislation, and the
methods that are being used in other
states to defeat the intent of the law.
The time is past when the dairy in
t%erests, enormous in their proportions
and influence, will submit to the OPP
preston of the boodlers who make a
fraudulent product. The methods of
the latter have become 30 offensive
and impudent, that the case demands a
drastic remedy.
The dairy interests of Illinois have
shown what can be done in the shape
of controlling the actions of the country
members of the legislature. What can
be done in Illinois, can be done in any
other state north of the Mason and
Dixon line, even more easily than it
was accomplished here, at the home of
the fraud.
The United States supreme court has
decided that colored oleomargarine is q
fraud, Upon this decision the dairy
interests will fight without quarter or
compromise. 1t will be anti-color leg
islation or nothing, and the public man
who dares set himself up as a defender
of a fraud, had better make up his
mind to retire from politics at once.
He will be as thoroughly in disfavor
with the farming element as though he
had stolen money from the keeper of
COWS, for this perpetuation of the COL
ored oleomargarine fraud amounts to
the same thing.
Any further attempts upon the part
of these manufacturers to influence leg
islation, as has been done in the past,
through disreputable methods, is 60
ing to meet with something further
than direct combat. The dairy inter-
ests are going to see if engrossed bills
can be stolen with impunity from
clerks in legislatures. They are going
to look into this thing of bribing
messengers to carry around a bill in his
pocket until the house for which it was
intended has adjourned. They are 60
ing to find out whether or not the
chairman OF an engrossing committee
is allowed to carry an engrossed bill in
his pocket for ten days after it should
have been reported in. They are 60
ing to learn how it is that a disreputa-
BILE minority of boodlers are permitted
to trample upon the majority who are
battling for the interests of their con-
stituents.
It's a poor game that two can't play,
and there will be some very interesting
fun in future, if any more such disrep-
utable, l~ow-down, sneaking efforts are
made to defeat the will of nine-tenths
of the people.
The disreputable tactics of the oleo-
margarine forces in Illinois, the past
few months, have sounded the death
knell of colored oleomargarine, not
only in Illinois, but in all the dairy
states. 1t is going to be war to the
knife, and the same forces that have
worked in Illinois, will be put in mo-
ton in other states when needed.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-07-14
Summer BOarders.

Many an honest penny is being turn
ed by farmers or their wives by taking
summer boarders from the city. 1t is
estimated that the farmers in the single
state of New Hampshire, for instance,
receive over a million dollars each sum-
mer from this source. The amount
paid in some other states is still larger,
especially in New York and Pennsyl-
vania. This estimate does not include
the regular summer resort business,
but only the farmers and small board.
ing houses on farms. 1t is q business
well worth catering to. The pay is
fair, IN some cases very good, and these
boarders furnish a far more profitable
home market for fresh fruits, vegeta-
bles and dairy produce than to ship
such stuff to the almost always crowd.
ed city markets. Farmers families
who have made the largest success in
this line are those who not only have
everything neat and wholesome about
the homestead, with perfect drainage
and sanitary arrangements, but who
take pains to furnish fresh from their
own farm and garden. the rich cream
and milk, butter and cheese, fruits and
vegetables that city folks 30 long for.
These farmers have everything of this
kind irst-class, and serve it in a fresh
and attractive style, even better than it
can be obtained in the most expensive
and best kept city market. But while
thus keeping up things nicely, the fam
lily that has great success with summer
boarders avoids the error of trying to
make the homestead " citiied." They
realize that their city boarders want
farm life and the appearance and flavor
OF the country, rather than tarred walks,
stiff fences and other things common to
city life.-New England Homestead,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-07-14
Live Stock Market.

WESTERN CATTLE'-All were for the ex-
port trade, none sent to this market.
BEEF CATTLE Exceedingly light ARR.
walls, slow sales, but about the same prices
as were obtained last week, was the condi-
ton for this stock.
SHEEP AND LAMBs-Largely increased ar
rivals at steady prices were the character
istics OF the market this week. A good de-
mand generally prevailed. Some OF the
sales were: 2S sheep, average weight 90 lbs,
at sc per Id; 6 sheep, average weight 80 lbs.
at &c.
CALvEs.-On this stock the only notice.
able change OF the week took place. The
to the light demand, and they finally went
down / and lower than were obtained last
week. On the list Of sales were noticed 16
calves, average weight 124 lbs at &c.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-07-14
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, J
LUCAS COUNTY, Ss

FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that
he is senior partner of the firm of F. j.
CHENEY u 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
l. s. D'o x1 W. G A. D;; 1855
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.
+. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
CO Sold by druggists at seventy
five cents.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-07-14

A LITTLE patience in the spring will
bring its own reward in the greater sus-
tanning power of the pastures during
the later season. To turn on too early
is but to deteriorate the worth of the
pasture field throughout the whole
summer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-07-14

BUCKLEN's ARNICA SALvE.-The
best salve in the world for cuts, bruises,
sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores,
letter, chapped 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
cents per box. For sale by G. Blakely,
Montpelier, VT.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-07-14
ANIMALS confined should be well
bedded. W."

NJ WAS completely covered with sores.
every muscle in my body ached. Had been
sick ior I'VE years. Doctors could do me no
good. Most Of my time was spent in bed;
was a complete week. Burdock Blood Bit
ters have completely cured me in three
months" Mrs. Annie Zoepen. Crookstown,
MINI.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-07-14
RETAIL DEALERS PRICES.
Boston Produce Market.

eY-The quotations given below represent prices
obtained by receivers for uholesaie lots mot job6ins
prices unless otherwise indicated, and are intended
to represent actual sales.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-28
PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES.

The action of the Board OF Aldermen
at last nights meeting as a Board of
Abatement in ordering the abatement
of more than 400 petitions of personal
property taxpayers again brings to the
front the manner in which the personal
property list has been made up in the
past. All these people had no license
to be on the list in the first place, but
their names were put there by political
managers who evidently desired to per-
petuate themselves in power.
In his message to the City Council,
Mayor Gottschalk Of Central Fails
handled the question without gloves.
He said men are placed on the
list who are known to be without
dollar, their wages assigned,
and owing to tradesmen aud others
much more than the value of the per-
sonal property given them by IN obli-
ging Board of Assessors. Moreover,
many of these men do not pay their own
tax, it being paid by certain political
leaders, the tax receipts being handed
TO them on or before the day of cleo
ton. This may be good politics, but it
is not Just or honest to the real prop
erty owners, and it is certainly not for
the best interests of the city at large.
1t simply nullifies the action and
wishes of the taxpayers, because large
percentage Of the personal property list
is under the control aud dictation OF
few politicians. It is the duty of the
Board of Tax Assessors to examine the
property of the personal property hold
ers as carefully as they do the property
of the real estate holders.
There is no denying the fact that the
spirit of the law is being violated by
the leaders of both parties, but more
particularly by the dominant party.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-28
INSPECTION OE MILK.

Milk Inspector Gridlev presented a
report to the Board of Aldermen last
evening in which he recommended that
the office be abolished unless the upper
branch Of the city government should
place the salary at such a figure that it
would enable him or whoever was ap-
pointed to the position to attend to the
duties as they should be looked after.
Under existing conditions it could not
be expected that the inspector should
be able to give the attention to the de-
tails OF the Office that the health of the
city and the desire to have pure milk
requires. AS at present conducted, the
Office might as we'll be abolished.
The necessity of having pure milk
supply is one of tie prime factors in
the health of the city, and it would be
false economy for the city TO abolish
the Office when such good results can
be obtained under rightful conditions
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-28
STATES FINANCIAL CONDITION

The financial condition of the State
is we'll presented by Gov. Lippitt in his
message to the General Assembly.
Some method must be devised to keep
the expenses and receipts of the State
within reach Of one another. Here is
something for the General Assembly to
wrestle with, as the Governor, in bis
annual message. clearly advises. AS
we have said, there are certain heavy
expenses to be met during the next
few years that do not ordinarily fall TO
to our lot. They cannot be kept down.
1t is hoped, however, that some wsy
will be found to keep at q minimum
the routine expenses. Perhaps, also,
some plans will be formulated to in
crease the revenues without imposing
additional burdens upon the taxpayers.
We have already given up big slice of
our 1897 taxes; we must make up this
amount as we'll as meet our regular ex-
penses this year, or we will find our
selves at the end of another twelve
months again out Of pocket.
The bond issue is an expedient, hut
bonds mean more debt, not more rev.
onue.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-28

This is the time that every possible as
sistance should be given to our worthy
locsl charities. A response by the peo-
pie OF this city will give to the Associa-
ted Charities ample funds for its work
even though the demands upon IL are
numerous and unceasing. The funds
OF the organization are used wholly for
deserving cases Of need, in quiet and
unostentatious manner, relieving the
deserving poor of the humiliation OF
feeling that they are the subjects OF
public charities. Even in Pawtucket,
with its general features Of prosperity
such instances are numerous, resulting
from causes for which the unfortunates
are not 10 blame, and, which they can
not help. 1t is l:tte thing for the
men and women Of Pawtucket who are
fortunate in having incomes which are
adequate to their needs, with . margin
for charity, 70 give ~ they may be able
80 afford TO this work, and II means