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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-03-30
Railroad Hearing.

The adjourned hearing in the case of a
petition for better train service on the
St. Johnsbury and Lake Champlain rail
road before the state railroad commits
sioners was held at Morrisville Thurs
day. Attorney Young of Newport ap-
peared for the railroad and Col. Edward
B. Sawyer Of Hyde Park for the petit
TONERS, who number towards three hum
dred business men and travelling sales
men, who are interested in the return to
former express train service, the only
change for which they petition.
Supt. Folsom was closely examined on
the relation Of the Lake road to the Bos.
ton & Maine. He denied all connection
between the roads. The change was
made 10 reduce expenses. He considered
the present arrangement an inconvenience
to the public and would like to see a
return to the former service but claimed
the receipts were less than expenses, as
said to have been shown by the last an.
nual report. The whole earnings do not
equal the whole expenses. He admitted
that 1t was o perilous to travel but
considered circumstances as justiiyine
the change. No dividends have been paic
the stockholders and he estimated tn,
change would save $4,000 bet Ian
uary 10 and June summer arrangements
Ex Gov. Hendee and ex-Gov. Page, two
directors of the road, knew so little abou
the real condition Of affairs that it wa,
facetiously suggested that they ther,
were chosen Tor their good looks an,
their titles.
The petitioners stated the great in
convenience Of the change and of tn
additional expense caused them.
Lawyer Young spoke strongly in iavo
Of the railroads position and Col. Saw
yer waxed eloquent in rebuttal. Ate
the hearing all differences were f~orgotte
and everybody was well sweetened i
Captain Kenfeld's sugar camp.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-03-30
East St. %Johnsbury.

DR.. Howard Lee of Cleveland. Ohio, is
visiting hts mother and other relatives in
this vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. w. Robertson and son
Of Woodsville are spending a few days
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Knight.
The Ladies Society and missionary
society will meet with Mrs Stephen Rudd
Thursday. The travelling is so bad that
it was thought best to unite these two
meetings into one this week.
The sugar makers were kept busy day
and night the past week.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-03-30

The annual meeting OF the stockholders
of the public library association OF Mont
pelier was held last week. The imnstitu.
ton at present has only $26 on hand
and it was voted that when the funds oil
the association are exhausted the treas.
urer shall report that fact to the presi.
dent and that when so informed the presi
dent shall call the trustees together to
plan for further action. At the annual
city meeting, recently held, the city re.
fused to vote an appropriation for this
library or for the Kellogg-Hubbard IL
brary and the future of the Montpelier
public library seems to be uncertain.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-03-30
At E. N, Randall's.

Articles worth from 13c. to 81 each, to
be sold choice 10c. each on Thursday,
Friday and Saturday at E. N. Randalls.
From our south window. Sale begins at
10 o'clock sharp each day. Tickets for
choice given out for each days sales from
$50 to 10 o'clock a. m, first 10 custo-
mers limited to one article, all Others to
three. Be on hand at 10 o'clock with
Tickets.
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dASKILL.

A social gathering and oyster supper
will be held at Volney B. Blodgett's next
Friday evening. April 1. Proceeds for
the benefit of the pastor. Supper twenty
five cents, and will be followed by an
entertainment consisting of music and
speaking. Every one is cordially invited
and will surely not be April-looled in
the evenings pastime.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-03-30
$780,.

DR.. E. Detchon's Anti Diurtic may be
worth to you more than 500, if you
have a child who soils bedding from in.
confluence OF water during sleep. Cures
old and young alike. 1t arrests the
trouble at once. 81.
Sold by c. c. Bingham, Druggist, 81
Main ST., St. Johnsbury, Vt.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-03-30

Nearly 100000 pounds of colors are
used by the United States government
annually for printing paper money, rev.
enue and postage stamps.-Cincinnati
Enquirer.
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EAST BURKE.

Mrs. David Gibson died at Lawrence,
Mass, where she was visiting. She was
buried here last Sunday with funeral
from the Methodist church, her pastor,
Rev. A. 6. Austin, officiating.
Not much sugar made yet and some of
the farmers are not tapping their trees at
all this year.
G. E. Burnham of Stowe is called here
by the death oil her sister, Mrs. Gibson.
Our milliner, Miss Green, has returned.
Her father, DR.. Green, came with her to
spend a few days.
Oscar Phillips is about moving to
Bemis Hill.
The David Gibson place in the village is
for sale.
Ed. Harvey's little girl has not been
as well for a few rays.
Mrs. Streeter has closed her house and
returned to Boston with her daughter.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-03-30
WEST BURKE.

The electric light plant in the Dean
store is said to be the oldest in the state
having been installed in 1887. The power
is obtained from a wheel which runs a
20 light dynamo.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-03-30
To Cure a Cold One DIV.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if it fails
to cure. rs cents.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-03-30

cherries and apricots grew there. Come
in next week and see the early peaches
from that section. We combine the
advantages of both these communities.
Level, fertile land pure mountain
water. We can raise anything on earth.
Why has our tract not been improved
before? Because it takes large capital
to bring the water to it. We are capt.
talized at one million and can get more
if we need it. Here, take a copy OF our
prospectus-and, hold on, just fill your
pockets with fruit, and when you get
home tell your wife of this chance we
are Offering people to secure a home
and a profitable business in the fruit
belt Of California at a nominal cost.
We raise the price to 5000 per acre next
month. If you buy before you start
you get one-half your transportation"
Among many who hear( this siren
song was a young drug clerk, lately
married, who was looking about for
something better than the living af-
forded, by his present employment.
After several visits to the land agent,
he one night astounded his wife with
the announcement that he ad'bought
ten acres of California land and had
given up his place in the store to 60
west. She cried a little-women are so
deficient in enterprise, so fearful OF the
new and untried-but early autumn
saw the plan carried out.
1t was in the month of September
that Fred Fisher and his wife first saw
their California fruit farm.
They were among the first arrivalsin
the new colony, and the big field of
stubble still had few other settlers than
the wary jackrabbit and the whistling
quail. A row of white flags on laths
showed the line Of survey for a canal,
and parallel intersecting burrows at
regular intervals indicated the streets
and avenues. BY the aid of the map
furnished purchasers u clerk identi-
fled the "cboice" selection which he
had made, and knew so little of the re-
quirements of irrigation that he was
rather pleased to find it upon a little
knoll. Busy days followed; the cabin
which was to serve as a dwelling until
amore pretentious house should be built
from the profits of the orchard was soon
put up and occupied. Many other new
corners were building neal them.
when I get over my nomesickness l
shall like this, Fred" said the wife one
day; that is, if we can make a living
here"
"There r twenty ways of doing
that" he answered; "and the man said
the orchard would be productive in
three years"
but the water" she questioned.
"Oh, the superintendent is sure the
canal will be finished before next
spring, and he says that I can have
work with the construction force all
winters
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-03-30
SHEFFIELD,

Frank Barber gave ageneralinvitation
to the people in the village to eat sugar
recently and about seventy-ive answered
to the call.
II. w. Dexter and wife are making a
short stop in town.
David Wood and r. c. Hall are in Bos-
ton and vicinity this week.
Nora Warner is going to teach in dis
trict No. 2.
The creamery will start up soon.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-03-30

Two years later the bubble had burst
and the canal company was hopeless
lyinsolvent. lthadfurnished much work
and little pay to Fred and to a hundred
other settlers as unsophSsticated as he.
The canal was incomplete; not a drop
of water had ever reached the parched
soil upon the little knoll they called
their home. Even the customary rainy
season had failed them, and the effort
to raise a crop of grain upon their small
holding had resulted only in loss of la
Dor and of seed. The wife had been
hopeful and helpful until the baby came
to the cabin for a little time and thence
to a neighboring cemetery. Now she
was very i'll, and Fred was impover-
ished.
The old farmer had foreclosed on his
blanket mortgage, and already with
his gang plows was restoring the big
field to its former aspect. The cabins
that dotted it here and there, if not re-
moved by the settlers, were torn down
WHeH the ploNs TedcHcu tnell, anu only
ragged board piles and mounds of earth
where cellars had been dug marked
their former sites.
Fred took his wife to a hospital in the
county town and she died there.
In a few months the winter rains viii
transform all the landscape into fields
of living green. Then, out of the aban.
doned colony, the little cellar mounds
at each cabin site will look like soddeG
graves.
Fred is in the Highland asylum.
But the promoter fares sumptuously
every day.-San Francisco Argonaut.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-03-30

The promoter went to a big eastern
city and opened an Office on a busy
street. Conspicuous signs announced
cheap and fertile irrigated lands in
the golden west. Few in the passing
crowds noticed, but many saw, the win
dows dressed with tempting fruits.
Some entered the Office. Baxter street
methods are not available in the real
estate business, but once inside his
doors our promoter asked odds OF no
dealer and rarely failed of interesting
and convincing those who crossed his
threshold, His forte was frankness.
plump and healthy-looking man, with
nothing sinister about him except a
habit of looking out at his customers
from under half-closed eyelids, he re-
ceived them without effusion and
opened upon them in this manner:
Fruits in the window raised on our
lands? Certainly not. Our lands have
no improvements whatever upon them.
That's why we offer them so cheap
$3.50 per acre, and half on time. But
look at this map. Right here is our
property. Just seven miles north Is
Highgrove, the famous orange colony;
these specimens were grown there.
Land worth 81, 500 an acre. Ten miles
west of us is Colside-hnest deciduous
land, except ours, in the state. These
The Advocate and news., 1898-10-19
Cheap Kansas Lands.

The State Labor Commissioner has
made report, from which it appears
that there are 2,485,319 acres of unoc-
cupied land for sale or subject to home
stead in Kansas He says there are
1,O44,503 acres Of governments land sub
ject to homestead or pre-emption. All
Of it is west of the sixth principal me-
ridian, which runs close to Wellington
in Sumner county and Clyde in Republic
county. There is not an acre Of govern
ment land in the district of the Topeka
land Office. Marion county has 800 acres,
Mcpherson 40 acres, Rush 80 acres, Rice
20 acres, Pawnee 40 acres. Kearney
county has the greatest amount of gov
ernment land, $4,000. Morton county is
close behind with with 84.690 acres, Be-
sides the government land there are still
on the market 1921, ,558 acres Of Pacific
railroad land grants owned by the Union
Pacific, 26,235 Of Atchison, Topeka n
Santa Fe land grant lands, and 193,O25
acres of school land. Wallace county has
BAG, $50 acres of cheap land or land sub
iect to homestead. The other counties
which have large areas of vacant lands
are Cove 95,3OO acres, Ellis $3.50, Gree
ley 1890, Hamilton 1854, Kearney
S6,629, Logan 32O,S6O, Morton 1880,
Russell 1880, Thomas 141,524.
These lands are nearly within what Is
known as the semi-arid belt, where the
annual rainfall is not sufficiently dis
tributed to make ordinary farming an
assured success. Many of them are good
wheat lands, and all Of them could be
utilized and made valuable for stock
purposes Many Of these lands which
are subject to homestead have probably
been taken and abandoned by former
homesteaders. The soil is rich enough,
but the uncertainty of rainfall may dis
appoint others who try the same expert
ment.
The Advocate and news., 1898-10-19

cellent for colts and horses when fed in
moderate quantities
The education of the horse should be-
gin at very early age and be continued
until it Is we'll trained.
Horses should not be put on the mar
ket before they are or 6 years old, and
should always be well trained, we'll
groomed and in good condition when Of
fered for sale.
Allow the horse water often and before
feeding grain rather than Immediately
after.
Too much coarse fodder should not be
fed at once. Hundreds Of horses are
ruined every year by too much hay at a
feed. 1t must be borne in mind that
the stomach Of the horse is small
The colts foot should be trimmed into
shape with the farrier's pinchers, rasp
and knife occasionally Doing this will
save many defects in hoofs and joints
Farmers Voice.
The Advocate and news., 1898-10-19
The New Bacon Hog.

Strange as 1t may seem, the razor
back" hog is assuming considerable
prominence in several sections, both
North and South. 1t is being doomed
as the coming bacon hog, and there are
many who believe that the perfect bacon
hog will be found in cross of the razor
back and the Berkshire or Tamworth,
of more civilized antecedents
There has been a great change in the
demand for bacon. Formerly consum-
ers were satisfied with one streak Of
lean to two of fat in their bacon, but
now they want it regularly striped with
lean and fat, and the more lean the bet
ter. This new fashion is an imported
one and comes from those who have
learned how delicious Danish and Irish
bacon is. American feeders have this
problem before them, and until they
solve It they must be content to take
the lowest prices for their bacon.
The razor-back makes good bacon
when well fed and given unlimited OPP
portunities to roam at large. The Berk-
shire is the most active of the popular
breeds, and a cross OF these two prom
ises to make great improvement in the
bacon produced. Il is predicted that the
raZor-back cross will infuse vigor and
tendency to produce muscles instead Of
fat, and our Southern brethren ON the
farm are working at the problem Of pro-
duclng a bacon breed with considerable
enthusiasm. The Northern breeder
watches this work complacently, know
ing that no possible cross could make
a more unpromising animal, SO far as
so, than the pure razor
hack that gIides through the forests of
the South with a nose so long that he
seems balanced on his fore legs and an
anatomy so thin that the old story OF
tying knot in his tail to keep him from
crawling through the fences does not
seem entirely ridiculous. Farmers
Voice.
The Advocate and news., 1898-10-19
Artificial ERgs.

The inventive genius of the Yankee
is even now invading the heretofore ex-
elusive industry OF the modest hen, and
artificial eggs are being made from
skim-milk The preparation is put up in
glass bottles in the form of powder and
will keep for long time without any
fear Of stale eggs. It is cheap, and for
many kinds of cooking is claimed TO- be
as good as fresh eggs, and cake made
with 1t is said to excel that made with
genuine eggs. But for table use the old
fashioned egg will be likely to hold its
place for long time to come, and when
ordering eggs straight up or poached
on toast for breakfast the milk
hen will have to take a back seat.
The Advocate and news., 1898-10-19

this country has been done by checks
and drafts. Amounts both large and
small were paid in checks. 1t was much
easier and safer than handling the cur
rency, and the check, when paid, an
swered as a receipt for the payment.
But the stamp tax of 2 cents on each
check, no matter how small, which has
been in effect since July l, changes this
method Of doing business and more cur
rency and fewer checks have been used
all over the country for transacting Or
dinary business. This has increased
the demand for currency and taken it
from the banks to such an extent that
the banks are short of currency. But
the New York banks need have NO fears.
for money is so plentiful in the West
that the crops can be moved without re-
quiring that currency be sent from the
East for that purpose.
The Advocate and news., 1898-10-19
Knmr Corn for Plra.

The Kansas Experiment Station at
Manhattan has made some valuable ex-
periments in fattening pigs on Kaflr
corn. When fed In connection with al"
falfa, soy beans or sklm-milk II Is val
liable food for fattening hogs, but when
fcd alone 1t is not equal to corn. In the
western part of the State Kaffir corn is a
more valuable crop to raise for hogs than
corn because 1t is a much more certain
crop than corn in that locality. The soy
bean is found to be one Of the best crops
FOR resisting drouth and the soy bean
and Kafir corn, when fed together, make
u most excellent ration for growing and
Gattening hogs.
The Advocate and news., 1898-10-19
Moving tho Crops.

The movement of crops each fall is
from the great producing West to
the East. In order to accomplish this
large quantities Of currency are usually
sent from the monied centers of the
East to the West to pay for the crops.
This fall there seems to be a scarcity
Of currency in the banks and the banks
In New York city have been calling
upon the national treasury for currency
and even offering to pay the express
charges on currency from other banks
in order to procure sufficient currency
to meet the demands for moving the
crops. They attribute this shortage Of
currency to the fact Of there being such
enormous crops to move. But that is
not the real or only reason Prior to
this year nine-tenths of the business Of
The Advocate and news., 1898-10-19
Chestnuts.

Chestnuts grow naturally over quite
a large section of this country and may
be found in various places from Michi-
gan and Massachusetts, to Georgia. In
a natural state they seem to prefer the
hilly land, and so do best on sandstone,
shale or well-drained sandy soil, and
they are seldom found on limestone
land. Cultivating the chestnut is get
ting to be quite an important and profit
able industry In this country. The trees
do well on rough or broken ground, and
on nearly every farm there is some
nook or corner that might be planted to
chestnuts. The trees begin bearing
when quite young and continue in bear
The Advocate and news., 1898-10-19
Milk Globules.

A drop Of milk is said to contain about
16O, ,OOO,O fat globules, and that quart
ot milk contains 2,OOO,OOO,OOO of these
globules. The size of these fat globules
varies In different cows and in different
breeds, some being six times larger than
Others. It is found that 1t takes much
longer time to raise the cream on milk
containing the small globules and that
the cream from such milk takes much
longer time for churnlng than the cream
from milk having the larger fat glob-
ules, These are interesting facts and
they may yet be used with profit in de-
termining the flavor and keeping quail
.tles OF butter.
The Advocate and news., 1898-10-19
OnttIa Foeders,

Good cattle for feeding purposes seem
to be very scarce. Graded cattle are
most in demand for this purpose and
khey have been getting scarcer every
wear. The price for such stock has been
high, but the indications are that 1t
MIL keep up for some time to come. For
some years there has been tendency
to slaughter the calves and yearlings to
cater to the demand for baby beef, and
this slaughter OF the young stock has
helped to produce the present scarcity
De good feeders. Farmers should keep
alp their best heifers for breeding pur-
poses, as there is likely to be profita-
Sble market for good young cattle for
several years to come,
The Advocate and news., 1898-10-19
Fruit i'm Europe.

The reports indicate that the fruit
crop is very short in Europe this year
and that American apples will be in de-
mand and find a ready market in that
country. Great care should be used in
Che handling and packing Of fruit in
tended for shipment, so that wherever 1t
goes its quality will establish perma-
nent market for the American product
The way in which fruit is handled
packed and sent to market has very
much to do In fixing the price 1t will
bring and also establishes reputation
for the shipper and the locality from
which It comes.
The Advocate and news., 1898-10-19
either as to quality or quantity. Peaches,

either as TO quality or quantity. Peaches,
pears cherries, plums, apricOts and
ounces all do we'll and produce Drofta-
BILE crops. All small fruits are easily
raised and the yield is limited only by
the care and attention they receive.
Wat6rmelOns, large and excellent in
quality, will grow at the rate OF 5000
per acre. With proper cultivation to-
bacco could be raised as easily as in
Kentucky, and peanuts can be grown
larger than those from North Carolina.
With these opportunities for diversity
Kansas must eventually become one Of
the most populous, prosperous and
wealthy States in this great nation.
The Advocate and news., 1898-10-19
A Point in Milking.

Because 1t Is easier to milk while the
cows bag is full and full stream will
flow, and also because the saliva in the
caf's mouth, full Of saliva and milk
makes milking unpleasant for the
milker, II is the habit of many farmers
to milk what they want for the house
and let the calf take what is left. 1t is
very generous to the calf for such farm
ers to do this. But we can tell them that
it is mistaken generosity, for the first
milk, having much less fat than the
strippings, is better either to make the
calf grow or fatten than the strippings
can be. Most farmers think that milk
The Advocate and news., 1898-10-19
Guinea Fowls.

II you haven't guineas. get pair and
raise flock Of them. They are the
most cheerful fowl we have--alWays feel
well, are good layers, and are as good
10 eat as a pheasant Many a guinea
appears on the tables Of city restau-
rants as prairie chicken, and no one is
cheated, for there is not enough differ
ence between the flesh Of the two birds
to enable any one to tell one from the
other.-Farmer Voice.
The Advocate and news., 1898-10-19

ing for many years. The nuts bring
good prices In the market, ranging from
So or $4 bushel Of sixty pounds for the
poorest, to $11 and $12 bushel for the
fancy and best The Japanese or Euro
pean varieties are the largest, but the
flavor of the American varieties Is the
best, Many seedlings or improved
kinds have been produced, and among
the largest and best of these are the
Killen, Giant, Paragon, Ridgely and
Numbo. The youngsters can be pro-
cured at small cost from almost any
standard nursery They are quite easily
transplanted and will commence bear
Ing in very few years and will furnish
a source Of both pleasure and profit for
many years.
The Advocate and news., 1898-10-19
Care OF Colta.

Skim-milk in moderate quantities is
excellent for colts just after weaning.
The colt should be especially well fed
on muscle and bone forming feeds the
first two years of his life
Liberal feeding of the young and grow
ing colt is as necessary to make we'll
developed horse as breeding. The two
must be combined.
A small feed of oil meal in the grain
keeps a colt healthy and laxative and in
a growing condition.
Roots, especially carrots, are most exa