Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-12-22
NEWS In TOWNS ABOUT
Barnard.
J. Il. Ward is quite III.


Miss Mary Cnsmberiin has been sisit-
ing NJ her fathers.
Mr.. and Mrs Samuel csdy we're al the
Gilver Lake House sunday.
H. A. Wood, h. O. French and r. d.
Burke we're IN Rochester Saturday.
Mr.. Strong was 10 Town the last Of the
week caDvassiDg for organs
Mrs. Andrew Cha berlin OF W1Ddsor
visited at J. Z. chaIDbenin's recently
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Richmond visited
their daughter IN North HartIsrc Sunday.
Miss Belle washbufn is working out
her notice aud VII. ciose her sehooi ri
dag.
E7s. q. BarAe has returned from her
visit at Windsor afLef an aDseLce VI ses-
erai weeks.
studeats from the Woodstock ano
Bethei High schools are enjoying two
weeks vacation.
DR.. Hubbard was called to see Chas.
Nexton's child last week, but was TOO late
70 give medical aid as the cnilo hao
passed away before his arrival.
4 Officers were not scarce article In this
tow last week. IL was hardly safe 10 De
seen upon the street. Sheriff Thomas
was among The number to visit u.s.
Rev. Z. DrouhiD. pastor OF the Catholic
church Al WOODSTOCK, assisted by w. Y.
Ladue OF 81. Adams, celebrated mass 81
the town hall in Barnard Sunday, the
18th, at 11:45 q. m. There was a good at
tenoance.
Ben B, a fine four-year- old Bradlaugh
colt, Is owned by George Cadw well of Barn
ard. Ben was bred by e. 1. Benson Of
Woodstock from a great roao mare. The
colt shows a pacing gait that bids fair for
q race horse. he Is OF good size and color
and 10 shUwy in harntss. mir. Caldwell
has placed him In the hands OF L. ID. Rea-
I an for few lessons on the ice, provided
We ever have q track. The beautiful Sill
yer lake OF last summer has dwindIed
down and gone into winter quarters AZ
Barnard pond, with too small a space for
. decent track. The water runs away
night and day without doing any good
and as ice settles, water gets on top unoea
the snow and declines TO freeze, 90 all our
fun Tor the winter must be postponed.
Nothing but great thaw will do as any
good. John Moore and Leo Reagan, with
pair OF horses and scfsper, worked on
Friday to maze track for the races Sat-
urdaY and they succeeded In getting
about fifteen rods OF fair driving, then
water and slush. Four months IN summer
We have Silver lake in all its glory ano
then eight months u frog pond.
AAAEAnhEEDiAo A0AAEs
In late issue Of the Turf, Farm and
Home, an agricultural paper printed at
Watervilie, Maine, appears a very inter
esting article from our old friend and
toEnsmaD, Allen ". Thomson.
Dir. Thomson writes much in favor OF
grade cattle, sheep and horses, condemn
ing the theory of close inbreeding. He
cites many instances where stock has
ssdly deteriorated In size aud hardihood
49, I. L. g.~l suL a -.
claim that the worlds record COW, Prin-
cess I'd, owed her great success TO being
inbred. Mr. Thomson is not alone In his
Dnbelief that the test OF this COW was
true one, because for fourteen years
neither she nor any other have come any
where near the mark.
The claim Is she had to be MIXED three
In seven days, which made A pounds 1 2
ounces OF butter. she was eight years old
and weighed 1.125 los.
Now let MS see how she was fed and then
conclude whether the feed, provided the
test was square, was the true cause OF
Princess wonderful record. Her daily
rations we're % quarts OF ground oats, ID
quarts OF pea meal; quarts OF lfDseed oil
cake, quart OF wheat bran and sill the
carrots, beets and good clover hay she
would eat. 1t hardly seems possible tnat
this great amount of feed could be con-
sumed every day by one COW, but II we
believe one part let as swallow the whole
and not wonder that she made over six
pounds OF butter every "a hours.
The following story Is not bard to be-
lieve, as nearly the same thing once oc.
CURED with your correspondent. Farmer
b owned several cows, not called first
class, worth about $50 each. The whole |
herd could be MIXED into one pail.
Being one day at neighbours, be cav a
nice-lookIng COW MIXED aud found she
gave more than all of his. He enqujred |
the price, which was given as $75 Think |
ing It cheap for such an animal, be paid |
the money and took her home.
In about week he went back to the |
man be bought of and said, "What ais |
my COW ! had OF you She has shrunk in |
her milk to such an extent that / think |
she is going dry" The neighbor was
You feed her g' 1Feed her Why. lust
the same Ne my others hay, some |
straw and cornstalks such as come at the /
handiest, aud they go TO the brook for /
water" This Is similar to the way many |
cows are kept in Barnard. "Weil," said |
the neighbor, feed her as did. Put in
10 : pail 2 quarts OF meal, } OF shorts. |
little salt and some warm water; stir II |
mp nice and give her such a mess three
times day and / will warrant you she
will be as good as ever" Farmer B fol. |
lowed the advice and soon found be bad
the COW be bought.
The thought occurred to him to try one !
of the 20 ones In the same way and TO his |
surprise he found the cheap COW as good /
as the fancy one for go. This demon.
strstes that where we find great butter |
cows, we find they are well fed and kept |
in warm stables.
Fifty years ago the Morgan horse was so |
popular In Vermont and was inbred to |
such an extent that 1t decreased in size,
although retaining the original up and
down chnrning motion, that still plesses |
a few horsemen, but prevented a market |
value. Now, by an outcross with the |
Hambletonians, We have an increase in i
slze, more bone aud muscle, better color |
and twice the speed, thereby creating a |
larger demand, with higher prices. No |
cross is better than good Ham bletonian |
sire and Morgan mare. The first gives /
the size and speed, the other style ana |
nerve.
OF VERMONT, 1895, A REC
ORD BREAKER.
Hon. Kiftredge Haskins, speaker Of the /
House OF Representatives In the Vermont i
assembly OF 1898, calamity comes to the
front Ia The Brattleboro Phoenix, rescu-
ing the legislature from criticisms which |
the speaker thinks are unfounded and IN