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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-07-06
Cleaning Cans.

Experiments have shown that milk
stored in sterilized cans will keep near
ly twice as long as when kept in cans
washed in the ordinary way. To clean
a can thoroughly, or free it from germs,
G. b. Lane of the New Jersey expert
ment station states that it must, first,
be scrubbed then scslded out with boil
ing water, care being taken that it is
boiling, or better still, use live steam
under pressure. No living organism
can Withstand steam, not even bacterial
spores, although some of them will re-
sist temperature of 200 degrees Fab
renheit. In dairy houses supplied with
a boiler, it can easily be managed to
turn cans over a jet of steam having
pressure of fifteen or twenty pounds.
After steaming, cans should be kept
bottomside up, as bacteria tend to go
downward. There are patent "milk-
can washers" on the market which run
by power, but for the ordinary dairy
man, hand brushes will be found just
as efectusl and more economical.
Cans worn so that the interior rusts
or shows cracks and crevices should be
repaired or discarded, the latter being
the better plan, as a rule. One small
crack, which may not be noticed unless
closely examined, may contain bacteria
enough to inoculate the whole can and
start the milk well on its way to sour
ing, and the production of bad havors.
The rapidity with which bacteria multi
ply is astonishing. Biologists tell us
that one bacterium may multiply a
thopsandfold in six hours under favor
able conditions, hence the importance
of thorough cleansing. When milk
sours in an unusually short time, es-
pecially in summer, the cause may be
found in the can which contains it,
New England Farmer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-07-06

Banana sandwiches are sometimes
served as a simple luncheon dessert, or
for the children's table. The fruit is
sliced and placed between brown slices
of buttered bread. These are laid in a
shallow glass or china dish, and just
before serving pint of boiled custard
is poured over and around them. An
other variation for the children's des-
sert is a wholesome substitute for the
cellars of which they are go fond. Buy
at the BAKERS the long pointed finger
rolls, aud after one side has been cut
down with fork, dig out as much of
the inside as possible. Have ready
little boiled custard made in the ordi-
nary way, except with slight additional
thickness gained either with little
gelatine or by stirring in tablespoon
full of -four wet in little cold milk.
This is the proper proportion of pint
of custard. The custard serves as q
filling for the rolls. At this season it
is a pleasant variation to add little of
the strawberry juice pressed from fresh
strawberries, or very little pineapple
or banana pulp may also be used to
flavor the filing. Plain whipped cream
or that over which little sweet choco-
late has been grated is another well
come variety. 1t is the pastry Of the
eclair which is especially unwholesome
for youthful stomachs. New York
Post
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-07-06
The Separator,

The centrifuge cream separator has
been in successful use for nearly
quarter of century. 1t has long since
passed the experiment stage. 1t has
come now to be almost necessity to
every one who make butter for sale,
whether for few cows or many. The
advantages of the separator over the
best form of gravity creamers (aD the
saving in time, and, when there is
much milk, labor, (b) the superior con-
ditions in which it yields the skim milk
for feeding, and Co of skim milk and
cream in cleanliness. Descending TO
details, the advantages of the separator
may be enumerated as:
l. 1t yields the cream within few
minutes after the milk is drawn.
2. 1t saves setting of milk.
3. 1t saves setting vessels and room.
4. 1t is independent of weather and
other conditions that effect all gravity
processes.
5. 1t does regular, thorough and uni
form work.
6. 1t will give thick or thin cream,
as may be desired.
7. 1t yields both cream and milk
fresh.
S. 1t cleans the milk of dirt and foul
odors.
8. 1t yields the skim milk at the best
temperature for feeding to calves.
10. 1t saves time, labor and waste.
Under favorable conditions as good
Dreaming can be done by gravity as by
the separator, and as fine quality of
butter made from gravity cream, but it
80 often happens that the conditions
are beyond control in gravity methods
that the separator possesses great adj
vantage over the best gravity methods.
In selecting separator certain
points are to be considered.
l. Construction, simplicity of design;
facility of cleaning, emptying and oil
ing.
2. Safety: the high rate at which the
separators must run to do effective
work renders it highly important that
every part of it be of the very best ma
terial, put together with perfect work.
manship; otherwise serious accidents
will occur.
3. Steadiness: smooth running is
necessary to good work. II machine
VI bhdhCo ~ 10 hOb
set or il is imperfectly constructed.
4. Power of some sort is always de-
sirable for the driving any separator.
The best hand machines will do as
good work as the best power machines,
in the right hands; but it is extremely
difficult to get a good, steady hand.
The uniformity of work depends on
the uniformity of rate at which the ma
chine is driven. The loss by an irregu-
lar hand would soon pay for good
tread power.
Finally, by way of advice to the new
owner of a separator, quote from
Prof. H. B. Curriers' American Dairy
ing "a book which every one who makes
butter ought to own.)
"Be sure that the bearings are all
well oiled before it is started, and es-
pecially is this necessary with the new
machine, as the parts are all new and
they fit close. There is more danger
of heating a new machine than after it
is run time. FOll0,o Instructions sent
Nth the Separators. Do not be too
ready to get the idea that you know
more about operating the separator
than the man who invented it, for the
probability is you do not and never
will. "-Jersey Bulletin.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-07-06

Knife-pleated frills appear once again
among the fluffy trimmings of the airy
summer gowns both for day and even
ing wear. These are placed in every
possible position on bodice and skirt,
from neck TO hem, and very frequently
on the large round hat, and the effect is
complete whe n matching ruffle-trimmed
parasol is added. There is much cool
ness and grace impaired by these frills
of 6nely-pleated transparent muslin, net
silk, or lace, and they give a remark
ably pretty finish to a neglige gown or
jacket. The dainty Marie Antoinette
fchus Of hne organdie muslin, plain or
lowered, crepe de chine, taffeta, fou-
lard, and peau de sole, worn with the
round-waisted gored-skirted gowns now
fashionable, have q quaint, old. fash
toned look that is quite enhancing.
A very large portion of the dispha-
nous silks and muslins this year are,
trimmed with loops, bow-knots, bands,
and floating ends Of velvet ribbon of
medium width.-New York Post. ~ A
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-07-06

best crops, 1t is no use to come here
and attempt to cultivate the soil as is
done in the north, and yet | hear it
talked on every hand among thinking
men that the adoption of some north
ern ideas would be of the greatest ben
eft here. A very intelligent man read
the WATCHMAN article on "Looking
Ahead for Wheat" and said, "there is
where we fail, we do not prepare our
land as we should" Think of doing
all the tillage and cultivation on farm
with nothing but pillow and hand hoel
True the plow has many attachments,
but it is a poor tool to work farm
with, little light thing that you can
hold up with one hand. All the grain
is sowed and plowed in, and actually,
on most of the southern farms the only
horse tool used is the plow, except, of
course, the wagon. OF dairying there
is very little done, not pound of but
ter is sent away, and there are scores
of families who do not use any butter.
Of course there are dairy sections, but
the most of the south is far behind in
dairying. Here the milk is set from
morning till night and then the whole
milk is churned, and the nights milk
is set till morning and churned. The
butter is never colored and looks like
white grease, but so much cotton seed
and meal is fed that the butter is al
ways quite hard. On the whole the
farming of much of the south is far be-
hind the times, it seems primitive, little
thought, study and intelligence are pu
into it.
J. w. NEWTON.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-07-06
Vermont Experiment station.

The dairy herd record of the Yer
mont agricultural experiment station
from Nov. l, 1896 to Oct. 81 1897, pre-
sents some interesting and useful data
in regard to feeding and the production
of milk and butter. The station herd
of q mature cows averaged to be in
milk $3.50 days for the year These
COWS gave an average of 6,0l2 pounds
of milk, each consisting of 5.04 per cent
of butter fat, making 354 pounds OF
butter to each COW, at an average total
cost of food of S4S66 per COW. The
grain ration cost slS.9S per COW, 100
pounds of milk from these COWS cost
so 8 cents, and a pound OF butter cost
1873 cents. The average value of the
fertilizer ingredients in the food of each
COW was 500 81, or a total value for the
herd of S615S7 This appears to be
The value of the fertilizer ingredients
in the food before it was eaten, and the
inference is, that this is the manurial
value of the weddings.
Another interesting point is brought
out in the data for each COW. The
COW that made the most butter, AGO
pounds, tested only 4,39 per cent of
butter fat in her milk, while the cow
that had the highest per cent of butter
fat, 6.72, made only 262 pounds of but
ter. One of the cows that gave the
lowest per cent of butter fat, 3 S4, made
$40 pounds of butter, at cost of food
per pound of 14.2 cents. The butter
of the 262 pound cow cost IFS per
pound in food, and of the AGO pound
cow, 12.4 cents. The lowest cost of
butter from any COW, 10.S cents per
pound, was made from a COW that pro-
duced 459 pounds in 344 days, test of
butter fat 5.21 per cent.
Another COW whose milk tested 800
per cent butter fat produced butter at a
cost of 20 cents per pound in food. The
cow that consumed the most food pro-
duced 425 pounds of butter, at cost of
1876 cents per pound. These figures
plainly show that the COW or the herd
whose milk tests the highest per cent
in butter fat may not by any means be
the most profitable COW or herd. To
make the ideal COW, combined with the
high test must be powerful digestive
organs and large milk producing ca
pacity. AT one of the largest cream
cries in Vermont the herd that gave
its owner the best returns per COW
gave the lowest per cent of butter fat
in milk of any herd represented at the
creamery.-Practical Dairyman.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-07-06
HARD TO COMBAT,
The Evidence Of Our Senses. What
Montpelier People Say is Pretty
Good Proof for Montpelier People.

The Evidence Of Our Senses. What
Montpelier People Say is Pretty
Good Proof for Montpelier People.
When we see it ourselves.
When our own ears hear it.
When our neiehbors tell it.
Our friends endorse it.
No better evidence can be had.
It's not what people say in Michigan.
Or distant mutteriDgs in California.
No deceivng echoes here.
Montpelier talk about Montpelier
people. ~.
Public opion published for the public
good. 40 E txa
There is no proof like home proof.
Home testimony at the back of every
box of
Doan's Kidney Pills.
Can you believe your neighbors?
Read this state ment made by a citi-
zen: tkS grgs T. 7T1
Mrs. Maria L. Fischer of No. 6
Franklin street says: 81 have had
marked symptoms of kidney trouble
for year or two. had severe pains
across my back and kidney weakness
which was rather distressing and an
noying at all times. l saw Doan's Kid
ney Pills advertised last winter, as my
trouble was then causing me consider
able inconvenience got box at Les
ter H. Green's drug store. l took
them as directed and 1 can say that
Doan's Kidney Pills helped me great
deal in every way. am feeling much
better than l did before using them
and you may refer to me at any time
as having used Dosn's Kidney Pills
with benefit"
For sale by all dealers, or sent by
mail on receipt of price by Foster-Mil-
burn Co., Buffalo, n Y, sole agents
for the United States
: REMEMBER THE NAME DOAN'S
81 SAND TAKE no OTHER. gc,-4s
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-07-06

goods on hand, and they are not disposed
to buy much until they see some chance to
get rid OF -four now held. Spring patents
are yet offering on the basis of about 81 60
to $40, but even at these figures no one is
buying except in a very small way. Some
new wheat winter tlours are being offered
from the earlier sections at lower prices,
and are quoted below. In this way patents
sre offered at SAB to 4.75 with clears at
S3,40 to so and straghts at SO 76 to 400.
No new wheat Michigan fours offered as
yet. Low grades are nominal.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-07-06

"No," said the old deacon to the
young deacon, II don't think we can
try the minister for profanity, for mere
ly saying my land!' though there
would seem to be some ground."-In-
dianapolis Journal.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-07-06

Edwin-"You would not take that
uncle OF mine to be a sensitive plant at
all, would your" Reginald-He GER
tainly does not look it," Edwin
well, he is. Attempt to touch him
and he closes up immediately,"-Cin-
cinnati Enquirer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-07-06

Itchiness of the skin. horrible plague. Most
everybody afflicted in one way or another.
Only one safe, never failing cure. Doan's
Ointment. AT any drug store, so cents.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-07-06
Boston Produce Market.

kH-The quotations given below represent prices
obtained Dy receivers lots tHot joo6tns
priee, unless otherwise ~nd intended
to represent actual sales.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-07-06

Builds up the system; puts pure, rich blood
in the veins; makes men and women strong and
healthy. Burdock Blood Btter. At any
drug store,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-07-06

Nervous Old Lady Ito deckhand on
steambosD -"Mr. Steamb oat-man, 10
there any fear of danger?" Deckhsnd
essly)-"Plenty Of fear, ms'am,
but not bit Of danger."-Harlem Life.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-07-06
$780,. Reward 500.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages, and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
ID the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh, being a
constitutional disease, requires a con-
stitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in do
ing it's work. The proprietors have 30
much faith in its curative powers, that
they offer One Hundred Dollars for
any case that it fails to cure. Send
for list Of testimonials. Address,
F. ]. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
SSold by Druggists, seventy-fve
cents.
HALLS Family Pills are the best.
RUBBER STAMPS made to order by the
Vermont Wstchman Company -.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-07-06

RUBBER STAMPS made to order by the
Vermont Wstchman Company ~.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-07-06

HALLS Family Pills are the best.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1898-07-22

he had dropped his rum jug and broken
u In two or three places Thore was q
bottle with some molasses IN it standing
by the fireplace. and BY grabbing mp the
jug quickly and holding Il over the bot
tie he managed to save quart OK two
OF rum in the knape Of black strap
that's the state Of Maine name for rum
and molasses mixed together. and it's
an enticing drink. He had Just made
up bis mind TO go 90 ths cArnp 70 try
little Of the mixture when he saw .
bear coming out on tho ice from that
direction. and the bear was staggering
drunk. It had broken into the camp and
was drunk on Silas. .Thompson's rum
and molasses. The bear didn't seem to
know whore he was at or where he
wanted to go. and while no Houndered
round on the ice Thompson made q cir
cuit past him, got to tho camp and came
back with his gun aud shot him. Il
proved to be the bear that had robbed
the fishermen's camps 80 long. He died
happy. and the fshermen's troubles
were ended 80 far as he was concerned.
New York Suu
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1898-07-22

George Armljo Is the only Spanish
American from this county In the vol
unteer service OF the United States.
He was wounded at the battle OF La
Quasinta, Cuba, In the first land en-
gagethent with the Spanich forces.
George is a sergeant in Troop f,
RooseVelt's Rough Riders, and lost his
left hand In that bloody engagement.
He will soon be home, and this city
should give him rOusing reception.
He deserves liberal pension and all
the honors that can be conferred upon
him by patriotic peOple.-Albuquer-
que Citizen.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1898-07-22

Last evening gentlemen who was
reported to have Joined the volunteers,
was met on the street by two young
lady friends. One OF them expressed
surprise at seeing him and said she
had heard that he had gone to war.
He told her that he had failed to pass
the examination, being one pound
light. "Only one pOund?" she re-
Joined, "Why didn't you put some
stones In your pOcket?" 81 did not
have any pockets on when they
weighed me-" he replied. The re-
porter walked on.-Albuquerque Dem
Ocrat.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1898-07-22

Eddy county school authorities are
advertising that teachers must attend
the summer institution 10 order To
legally qualify themselves as teachers
for the coming year. While IL IS to be
hoped that every teacher in Eddy
county will attend the institute II
competent instructors are found, yet
the exploiting Of such rot is an insult
to their intelligence. Everybody
knows that the institute law was
practically dead letter last year, and
the opinion rendered by Solicitor Fall
knocked the last prop from under a
make shift affair, and to publish the
claim that certificate of attendance
at the institute is necessary to make a
contract legal, is pure unadultrated
ignorance or dlshonesty.-Roswell
Register.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1898-07-22
WHAT'S THE TIMES
when You Ask, Tell whieh Of the san
KInds You Mean.

when You Ask, Tell which of the gax
Kinds You Mean.
There are few questions more fire.
quently put than "What time is itT
Can you tell me the true timer" A
stickler for exactitude might reply:
"What kind Of time do you mean? Do
you mean solar or sidereal timer Ap-
parent time or mean timer Local time
or standard timer" There are all those
six kinds Of time, not to speak Of others
Il Is only within the last two genera
tions-within. indeed. the reign OF our
sovereign. Queen victoria-that the sub
ject Of the differences Of most Of these
kinds Of time has become Of pressing
Importance 10 any but theorists In one
Of the public gardens of Paris little
cannon Is set up with q burning glass
attached to it in such q manner that the
sun itself fires the cannon as it reaches
the meridian. This, of course, Is the
time Of Paris noon-apparent noon. but
1t would be exceedingly imprudent Of
any traveller through Paris who wished,
say. to catch the 1 O'Clock express to
set his watch by the gun. for IL It hap
pened to be in February he would find
when he reached the railway station
that the station clock was faster than
the gun by nearly full quarter Of an
hour and that his train had gone, while
toward the end OF October or the begin
ming Of November he would find himself
as muoh too soon.
Until machines for accurately meas
uring time were invented. apparent
time-time. that is to say, given by the
sun itself, as by sundiAl-was the
only time about which men knew on
cared But when reasonably good clocks
and watches were made IL was very
soon seen that at different times In the
year there was q marked difference be-
tween the sundial time and that shown
by tho ciook-the reason being simply
that tho apparent rate Of motion Of the
sun across the sly was not always quito
the same, while the movement Of the
clock was. Of course, as regular as 10
could be made.-Leisure Hour
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1898-07-22

Previous 10 the outbreak OF the pres.
ent war 1t was stated In high ofiicial
circles IN New Mexico that the Span.
ish-American people OF the territory
were lmbued with the most sincere
kind OF patriotism toward the United
States aud all things American, aud
that to raise an entire regiment Of
these supposed patriots would occupy
very little time. Even Delegate Fer
gusson labored under this impression,
and so stated both in and ont OF the
halls OF congress. but these decen.
dents Of a tyrannical nation, while
perfectly willing to enjoy the liberty
and prosperity vOuchsafed them be-
meath the protecting folds OF the Stars
and Stripes, have displayed an utter
Indifference to the claims OF the
American nation upon their loyalty.
However, the shortcomings OF the
Mexlcans In this respect have been
more than balanced by the ready re-
spOnces OF our American citizens to
60 tothe front. This lassitude on the
part of the people who outnumber the
Americans more that two TO one In
New Mexico, should ever be borne 10
mind. Flrst in war, first 10 peace, Is
our motto. This stigma upon their
patriotism has been OF their own max
Ing. To obllterate it will require the
time spent in the passing of many gen.
San Marcial Bee.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1898-07-22

The following from the Las Vegas
Optic is rather instructive:
"E. c. de Baca and VIM. Stapp,
members OF the auditing committee
appointed by the board OF county COM
miss!oners some months ago to ex.
anime the accounts OF ex.CullectOr
Carlos Gabaldon, made their report to
the board yesterday. The total
amount Of shortage reported by this
committee was sl1, 1883. Something
over $4,000 occurred during his first
term Of Office, and the remainder Of
about 81 900 during the two menths OF
his second term up to the time Felix
Martinez took charge OF the Office. II
Is very likely that the bondsmen will
soon be called upon by the board TO
make good the shortage due the
county and territory"
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1898-07-22
curodHsr.

II took what ] supposed TO be a
hard cold. 1t affected my eyes and
nose and l had earache. decided to
try a bottle OF Hoods SarsaparIlla and
It entirely cured me. have found 1t
to be grand tonic and a great medl-
cine TO create an appetite" MRS. ].
A. MCColrB. Granville, Nevada.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1898-07-22

The issue Of bonds for war purposes
has been more than justified by the
way small investors have taken hold OF
them. Reports from small towns
throughout the United States indicate
that the whole issue will be taken up
by investors outside of the large cities.
Ell Pas0 Herald.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1898-07-22

Not an inch Of ground was yielded
by our brave soldiers during the San
tiago fight. 1t was hard to face that
awful fire from the entertainments,
but what man Of all those men OF iron
hinched in the face OF death?-El
PasO Herald.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1898-07-22

Cnscarets Candy Cathsrtic, the most Wou-
derful medical discovery OF tie age, pleas
ant and refreshing 70 tho taste, act gently
and positively on Kidneys, liver and bowels,
cure headache. fever, habitusl constipation
and biliOusneas. Please buy and try boz
Of e. q. e., to-day; 10, -. 20 ccnts. Sold and
'uarantecd 10 cure by ali druggists.