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The Florence daily tribune., 1899-03-03

A dutiful German son advertises in
the Leipsic Tageblatt' Marriage
seek for my father, a strictly respectable
man with quiet business, an elderly
solitary widow or maiden with some
property in cash. Address, with state
ment of conditions, -"
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-03-03

The Hindoos were the first to use
playing cards. though they We're uset
in China as early as 1870 A d.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-03-03
A Railway Chaplain.

general understanding of things
to regard railway corporation as
interested in the affairs OF It's en-
ployees other than in a secular way.
1t WAS, therefore, with some sur
prise aud not little misgiving
that the delegates to the recent
road- masters convention in Den
yer received that the session then
being called would be opened
with prayer by the chaplain Of
the Denver& Rio Graude Railway.
Investigation develops that the
roadnamed has a regularly appoin-
ted official designated as chaplain,
whose duties are more or less def
nitely assigned and whose time is
devoted entirely to the service of
the company in the line with such
duties. Principal among these
duties are attendance upon sick or
injured employees in hospitals,
rendering assistance at wrecks,
officiating at public gatherings in
charge of the company and the
maintaining of reading room for
the employees of the company at
Pueblo, Further than this, the
spiritual wants of the employees
are looked after, so far MS circum-
stances create opportunities
Besides matters like these, which
seem to require the attention of
the chaplain with some degree of
regularity, he divides his spare
time among the employees on the
trains, in the shop and on the track.
often entering into the personal
affairs of discharged or suspended
men, by interceding with the Off
cials in their behalf, and in cases
attempting the reformation of
those addicted to unfortunate hab-
its. In addition to this he sup
plies literature to employees upon
request, and carries in his pocket
a supply of tickets good for loaf
OF bread or cup of coffee at bak-
cries or restaurants in towns along
the line, for the benefit of persons
in straitened circumstances. The
chaplain's time is devoted, there
fore, mainly to work of charitable
nature rather than to the perform
ance of formal religious exercises.
The incumbent of this position
is the Rev John Brunton, for
thirty years a railroad conductor
and engineer. Formerly he was
connected with the train service
of the pennsylvania Railroad. also
tho Big Four; and il may be iu-
teresting to state that he attended
the first convention OF locomotive
engineers in Baltimore. in 1855.
Ia 1856 he came west and entered
the service of the Denver n Rio
Grande road. Seeing. the great
need of help among railroad men,
he often gave his attention to
needy persons IN personal way,
until finally, he became. noted for
such work, and the value of his
services came to be appreciated
by the company 1t was in this
manner that he gradually worked
into the field of great usefulness,
and since 1891 he has been Off
cially recognized the chaplain of
the road,
Father" Branton, as he is
called, everywhere, is familiarly
known among all the employees of
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-03-03
iO0D Times HAVE COME.

.ou can Afford to Indulge yourself or your
.hmily in the luxury OF a good weekly news
paper and quarterly magazine OF fiction
You can get both of these publications with
almost library of good novels for S. per year
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-03-01

your young orchard. If you do not
know what to set, turn to that ever
ready resource, the experiment station
for advice. They may not go to the
lenght of telling you to buy AS trees
and not to buy from x but they will put
you in the way of getting what you
need. AS to varieties they will prob
ably send you Gf you write to the Yer
mont Station) their bulletin No. 61.
"Hardy Apples for Cold Climates"
You will most certainly need this if you
live above the central part of the
State; you ought to have it in any case.
Be sure and set some early as well as
late kinds. And don't forget the sweet
apples. So many orchards have not a
single tree of sweets in them, great
mistake in our estimation. A few
years ago one of the editors of the
Rural Ne,D- Yorker wrote disparage-
ingly of sweet apples, and many readers
wrote in praise of them. Sweet baked
apples are dish fit for king. The
early apples are poor keepers. Take
the Oldenburg or Duchess, they are
early, but so far as the writer has
known, are very poor keepers, rotting
almost as soon or even before they are
ripe.
There are plenty of varieties of APP
Piles which can be grown in any part of
Vermont. You will find full lists In
the bulletin. What a blessing it is
that this fruit can be grown in the cold
north. The best of all fruits, the fruit
which keeps the best is given to the
people of the cold northern New Eng
what desirable varieties are listed for
the hardest:
l. Oldenburgh, Pewaukee, North
Star, Scott Winter.
2. Wealthy, Gideon, Wolf River,
Yellow Transparent, Tetosky.
3. Fameuse, etc.
d. Blue Pearmsin, Bethel, Summer
Pearmain and Sweet Pearmain.
There are eight of these lists, l be-
ing the hardest, 2 next to the hardi-
est, and 30 on, this being the list given
by d. G. Hicks in the bulletin. How
it makes ones mouth water to even
read these lists of apples, and to think
of how good they look. Make your
plans this winter and then next spring
plant an orchard.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-03-01
Bee Keepers In Council.

The twenty-fourlh annual convention Of
the Vermont Bee Keepers Association
opened Thursday afternoon in the parlors
OF the Addison House at Middlebury. A
large number Of newly-devised appliances
for use In bee culture were on exhibition,
and they were examined with much curl
osity and interest by all present. w. G.
Larrabee OF Larrabees Point spoke on "The
Management of the Apiary." His address
was followed by general discussion of the
subject.
The question OF the spraying Of apple
trees with regard to its effects upon the
bees was then brought up and several per-
sons gave their experiences but as it turned
out, the talk was generally more in relation
to the effect of spraying upon the apples
than upon the bees. The experiences re-
ported were widely divergent.
The principal address of the afternoon
was given by George H. Perkins of Burling-
ton on "The Relation of Other Insects to
Bees" This subject was further discussed
by Prof. II. M. Seeley and j. e. Crane of
Middlebury, R. H. Holmes of shoreham
and others. The evening address we'll by
j. K. Crane of Middlebury, II. l.. Leonard
of Brandon and Prof. Perkins.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-03-01
Live Stock.

BEEF CATTLE.-The supplies were heavier
than last week, and prices for both Yves.
tern and New England steers were in cons e.
Quence / to ] easier. With the quality OF
Northern aud Eastern cattle there was
some fault and few only reached outside
figures.
Prices OF market beef; A few choice, ST..
90 TOT 30; extra, 5000 to $50; first quality,
So 90 TO 5.75; second quality, $500 TO 70;
third quality, SO 90 to 90.
Prices Of store cattle: Farrow cows, S12 to
%; ia icy cows, 500 to Co. milch cows and
calves $50 TO 4S; yearings, $40 to 20 p
year-olds, S14 TO 80; 3-year-ods, S22 TO 40;
w stern fat swine, live, 81 to Ale; Northern
dressed hogs, 49c per h.,
SHEEP AND LAMBS Stocks were heavy
and the demand was inclined to be light
with the result that the whole tone OF the
market was easier.
We quote: In lots, So 30 to 800 each; ex-
ira, 1925 60 81 90; or from q to Ale per lb
spring Tau bs, to DC; veal calves, 81 TO 6fc
Mich Cows.-There were more COWS on
offer than for a long time and fair bush
ness was put through at range of 1875 to 80.
SwNE.-There was no essential change.
Western swine were offered at 81 to 41c |.
W., and country dressed at Ago d. W.
VEAL CALvEs.-The demand was slack
and from the outside figure there was
practical decline. 6tc being the highest
price for actual business.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-03-01
NOTICED THIS BEFORE,
You Probably Have and May Have
spoken About 1t,

The reader of this paper, if he takes the time
and trouble to look carefully through its col
umns, will probably find half a dozen state
ments tackled on to the foot of reading notices
about medicinal preparations, Note this fact.
In each and every case, so far as Montpelier is
concerned, SO far as the readers knowledge of
the party is concerned he might Just as well
be in the moon Make another note of this.
The only remedy on the market which gives
testimony at home, local proof in every town
and city in the Union to back up its claims is
Doans Kidney Pill4. They all try it but they
cannot do it. Why they are unable to do it
can safely be left to the reader to draw his own
conclusions. Here is Montpelier proof for
Montpelier readers:
Mrs. Sarah Downing, of No. II Barre street,
says: My kidneys troubled me for many
years, and l suffered a great deal from them.
A few years ago had fever and it aggrava-
ted the complaint. The pain across my back
was very severe, especially after hard days
work, and if / stood on my feet for any length
of time it was so bad that it made me restless
and nervous at night so | could not sleep. A
kidney weakness which was always distressing
and annoying bothered me. used various
medicines but got little relief from them.
read of Doan's Kidney Pills and my grandson
got box for me at Lester H. Greenes Drug
Store. l am glad to state that they did me a
great deal of good in every way. My back was
stronger and / could sleep well at night The
kidney secretions we're also corrected. intend
to keep Doan's Kidney Pills in the house to use
if the occasion arises. My daughter also used
them with good result. You may refer to me
as having used Doan's Kidney Fills, and take
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all dealers;
price 80 cents box. Mailed on receipt of
price by Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y,
sole agents for the u 5.
Remember the name Doan's, and take no
other.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-03-01

juring them as the plow is liable to do.
As to fertilizer, the clover will be q
help If il does well, and it would be
very likely to pay to use either fertili
zers or manure in at least small
amounts. Muriate of potash and acid
phosphate are the chemicals usually
recommended, or potash and bone dust
or meal, but we like the acid phosphate.
For most orchards tilage is far better
than sod; occasionally the sod is best
but it should be well MANFRED.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-03-01
Timothy Hay.

No dairyman, alive to his interests,
has any business to feed timothy hay to
his dairy cows. This hay has the
highest market value and about the
poorest feeding value of any hay upon
the market. So let the horsemen have
the timothy and the dairymen the clo-
yer and rowen hays. Suppose dairy
man has produced large lot of timo-
thy hay upon his own farm; that is no
reason at all why he should feed the
same to his cows. Better far to sell
this timothy for its market value as
horse hay and buy clover hay with the
proceeds for the cows. This practice
will result in big saving to any dairy
| man.
Sure To.-George-Do you think that
your father will consent to our mar.
rage?
Ethel-Oh, yesl he has always hu.
mored my silliest wishes - Brooklyn
Life.
The Mother. | am sure you would
learn to love my children.
Nurse. What wages do you pay?
The mother. Eighteen pounds a
year.
Nurse. l am afraid, ma'am, could
only be affectionate with them at that
price.-Glasgow Evening Citizen.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-03-01


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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-03-01
Sod or Tillage for Orchards.

The apple orchard which l owned
for years was in sod. The next one l
had to do with was titled, and judging
by my experience with that, should
say that frequent cultivation with a
cutaway harrow during the spring and
early summer was the best thing for
such an orchard. Now 1 live in q
peach orchard which is kept in tillage,
fertilized, and bears immense crops.
1t is sown every spring to COW peas, q
part OF the pea pods are picked by
hand, the rest of the peas are harvest
ed by our hens, the pods and all the
vines being left to enrich the soil. The
best and latest information on orchard
culture is to be found in two Cornell
bulletins: Nos. 102 and 103, which are
still in print and can be obtained by
any one who applies to Cornell Uni
versity Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton, Ithaca, N. Y.
These bulletins are, to put it mildly,
worth their weight in gold, to any one
owning or intending to start an orchard.
And this brings up point that there
are probably thousands of apple trees
in Vermont which do not bear Just
from neglect. They are in land that is
bearing grass every year, they are not
pruned, no pains taken to fertiize the
trees, and there is strong appearance
of trying to get something for nothing.
Well, some orchards will stand this and
give good returns. Some soils under
such treatment will bear thousands of
bushels of apples, will bear year after
year for scores of years, but fine large
fruit cannot be obtained. To get this
there must be care, and in many situa-
tions there must be care to get any
fruit at all.
Did you ever think how much plant
food successive crops of apples take
from the soil? 1t has been calculated
that an acre of orchard will in twenty
years take from the soil 1907 worth of
plant food, beginning when the trees
are thirteen years old. An acre of
wheat would take from the soil plant
food in grain and straw to the value of
1928 in the same time. Nobody would
think it wise TO grow wheat on the
same land for twenty years without
fertilzing, but this is done with hun
dreds of acres of orchard. This esti-
mate was made by careful analysis and
is as correct as is possible without work
extending over many years.
We doubt whether it would be best
for most farmers tilling an ordinary
amount of land, to devote very much
land and time TO the orchard. An
acre or Whereabouts would be enough
to use and some to sell, and the care of
such ali orchard would not be such a
burden as the care of larger one. Set
out an acre of good land to trees, keep
it well titled in the spring with the cut
away harrow, in June SOW crimson
clover, leave this till the next spring,
then use the harrow again. We like
the cutaway because it goes over the
roots instead of catching under them
and tearing them up. Then it can be
driven quite close to trees without in
SEE FIFTH COLUMN
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-03-01

DocToRED MINI YEARS FOR TErrER.-
Mr.. James CASTOR, merchant Of Wilkes.
barre Pa, writes For nine years l have
been dishgured with letter on my hands
and face. AT last l have found a cure in
Dr.. Agnew's Ointment. II helped me from
the first application, and now / am perma.
nently cured. "-18. Sold by @. Blakely and
w. K. Terrill & 90.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-03-01

! you are out OF order, without
being exactly sick. The cold
wind seems to blow clear
through you, a storm chills
your marrow, and you per-
; haps have rheumatism, neu-
ralgia, biliousness or kidney
disease because of your dis
ordered condition. You must
take the best medicine to give
you renewed strength and vi.
tality, the best blood builder
and purifier, the best nerve
strengthened and invigorator.
DIR. Greene's Nervura blood
and nerve remedy is the best
medicine in the world to do
all this. 1t purifies and en-
riches the blood, feeds,
strengthens and invigorates
the nerves, in fact, it makes
the weak strong, the sick
we'll, and will cure your
stomach trouble, your bilious
ness, your kidney trouble,
rheumatism or neuralgia.
Mr.. Daniel A. Foster, Went
worth, n. H., says:
~ had the Grip so that I was un.
conscious for several DAYS for most
of the time. l have had the rheu.
matsm enough to kill a man. When
! had the Grip everybody thought l
would die | was so weak, nervous
and run down. l saw DIR. Greene's
Nervura blood and nerve remedy
advertised and got a bottle. That
did me so much good that I got
another bottle, and that helped me
Still more. l have now used five
bottles, and can truly say that it has
helped me more than all the other
medicines and doctors put together
that | ever had. had the rheuna-
tism so badly that | could not sit up
nor dress myself, and l thought l
knew what pain was, but not be-
fore. But now that is all gone |
do not have an ache nor a pain and
work every day and do as much
work as any man in town"
ly now for your spring medi-
pie as no other remedy has,
DR.. Greene, "a Temple Place,
the most cures of any physi-
arge by anybody, personally,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-03-01

Ten thousand demons gnawing away at
ones vitals couldn't be much worse than
the fortunes OF itching piles. Yet there's
cure. Doan's Ointment never fails
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-03-01
RETAIL DEALERS PRICES.
Boston Produce Market.

ES-The quotations given below represent prices
obtained receivers rAoiesae lots mot ,oobtns
preesJ dniess otherwise indicated. are intended
to represent actual sales.
The Florence tribune., 1899-04-22
Arid Lands Of the West.
Prom the Philadelnhia Ledge,

From the Philadelphia Ledger.l
 F. H. Newell, the Photographer of the United States Geological Survey, lectured at Association Hall last even- ing, before the Franklin Institute and Young mems Christian Association. on the reclamation of the arid lands of the West.n
 He called attention to the enormous area of extremely fertile land still in ownership Of the United States govern ment, and showed that fully one-third the territory of the entire country, ex- elusive. of Alaska, is yet unsold and open to settlement this area is nearly three times that of tue original this- teen states. Within it are rich agri- cultural lands, capable of sustaining population of many millions if sufi- ci ent water were obtainable.
 Pioneers had settled along the smaller rivers and creeks issuing from the mountains, and have built irrigat. ing ditches. carrying water to their lands. Nearly all the available sour ces of water supply have been claimed by individuals or corporations within the last ten years. The larger oppor- tunities for obtaining water have been neglected, owing to the great expense necessary to meet the cost of construe- tion. Where large corporations have been formed for the purpose they have been financial failures, although of great benefit to the country. In nearly every instance investors have been robbed of millions of dollars through stock and bond selling schemes manipulated by promoters.
 The increased value does not come to the builders of irrigation works. even when the companies have been well managed, but to the land owners and the public in general. By increase of population, growth of trade and
The Florence tribune., 1899-04-22
Will Fztten Their Own Cattle.
lFrom the Tucson star.l

John Brown returned from Denver last week, where he went to look into the business of making arrangements for feeding and fattening his range cattle for the markets. The buyers of feeders have, in & measure. ignored Arizona cattle men with view to for cing down prices. Our stocbmen came to the conclusion that they could get along without these middle men, and that they could take their feeders to to the Colorodo, Kansas, Montana and other northern pastures as we'll as to these spectators, and reap the benefit themselves. To this end Mir Brown has made arrangements to feed and fatten range cattle at the rate of twenty cents per head month, or il00 per head for the season of five or six months. Hay win not cost more than sl.50 per ton to feed the stock.
 This moving of their feeders nearre the market and then fattening them for consumption will prove of much benefit to them. Messrs. John Brown, N. A. Bernard and George Pusch have already arranged to ship four train loads of feeders to these ranges, which will be sent forward early next month. Mir. Pusch has left for Kansas City to make arrangements for the sale of these fattened feeders. There will be number of other stockmen who will join in the business of sending their feeders to the northern grass ranges and make the profits themselves, now made by middle-men; so that it will not be necessary for Montana and Dakota cattle buyers to coma down to Arizona to inform our stockmen of the value of their cattle.
The Florence tribune., 1899-04-22
Social Problems to be Solved by Irrigation.
From the National Advocate.l


 The whole power of the people and of the government should be enlisted to work out the problem of making this nation of rural homes, with a rural population so far outnumbering the population of our cities as to wholly oyerbalance their power for evil. It is not only national duty, it is national necessity, to preserve the plain people whom Webster loved and multiply the strong and sturdy race which gave us Lincoln and trant, and which can come only from the country, and the power of the nation should be as strongly put forth to do this as it was to sustain its life when it was threatened by disunion and Civil war.
 Let us for the time being lay aside all differences and unite the whole power of the state and federal govern ments, the whole power of the people and the press, unite all classes of men in all classes of occupation, unite cap ital and labor, unite the corporations and the people, unite the rich and the poor, unite the labor unions and the
The Florence tribune., 1899-04-22

manufacturers, unite the federated trades and their employers, unite the advocates of both protection and free trade, unite the east with the west and the north with the south; unite those sho believe in the gold standard wlth those who be- lieve in the free coinage of silver, unite the silver miners with She bank CTS of Wall street. unite the dee tor and the creditor, the farmer and the mana- facturer, the merchant and the artisan, unite all philanthropic organizations, in one grand and harmonious effort to turn the people from the cities back to the country and root them there to the soil in rural homes cn small holdings where every family will be independ- ent and self-sustaining, and where they will cling through generations to the family home and bearthstone amid surroundings so favorable to the ful- fillment of all the desires of human life that the superficial glitter of the cities will never lure them away.
The Florence tribune., 1899-04-22
Wise Men Have Said.

There is no policy like politeness, since good manner often succeeds where the best tongue has failed [Magoon.
 As riches and favor forsakea man we discover him to be fool, but nobody could find it out in his prosperity.- [Bruyere.
 Every man is his own ancestor, and every man is his own heir. He devises his own future and he inherits his own past.-[H. F. Hedge.