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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-09-20
NAMES BIG BURBERRY PATCH.

Three .fourths of all the canned blue
berries used in the United States grow
on the plains of Washington county,
upon the white clay soil from which
the pine trees have been cut off and
which is too poor to grow anything but
gray birches, sedges and berry shrubs.
The tract which is given up to blue
berries has an area of about $4,000
acres, and is owned by half dozen
friends who control and operate can
neries for putting up bneberries. The
land is worthless for all practical put
poses, except for the growing of blue
berries, and is not taxed by the county
or towns in which it is situated, though
the owners pay small revenue to the
State. The average gross income to
the owners is from So to SO an acre
every year, nearly one-half of which
sum is paid to the pickers who harvest
the crop with rakes, after which the
fruit is winnowed in tanning mill,
picked out by hand to remove green
berries and stray insects, and is then
sent to the cooking watts to be made
ready for the cans.
The picking begins about August 20
and lasts until the berries are all gath
cred or dried up on the vines. As
there are no houses or other buildings
on the plains the pickers arrive in
wagons, bringing along tents, bedding,
cooking utensils and material for MAX
ing BURBERRY boxes along. While a
party, made up from the young people
OF a neighborhood, is not an uncommon
sight, most Of the pickers come In fam
lily groups, grandparents, parents and
children abandoning their home for
three or four weeks in order TO earn a
little spare change. AS soon as the
tents are set and the horses are teth-
cred out among the grass, the entire
group begins picking. The men push
the blueberry rakes over the broad
tracts, while the women and children
pick among the cradle knobs by hand.
A blueberry rake is modified car
pet-sweeper. 1t runs on low wheels
similar 10 those on lawn mower,
Placed close to the ground is fat tin
Dan for catching aud holding the ber-
ries. A few inches above the pan are
two dozen stiff steel wires that are
placed side by side and reach out -four
or five inches beyond the pan. The
man who drives the picker forces The
wires among the laden bushes, vibrate'
the frame up and down and sideways
until the fruit falls into the pan and
then pushes his machine ahead fol
more fruit. An active man with {
ECKER can gather from Two or three
bushels of berries in day. Those who
pick by hand seldom get a bushel in
day and consider half bushel fai
stint for ten hours work.
When the berries are gathered ant
freed from chaff and insects they pas
under the eyes of the inspector, Wit
pays from a cent and half to tw'
cents quart for all the fruit he &C
cepts. After this the fruit is nailed VI
in boxes holding eight quarts ant
hauled away TO the factories. Thougl
the individual pay is small, the join
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-09-20
PRETTY FANCIES.
Various Tribes Which Are Now Popu-
lar with Followers of
the Fashions.

Never was lace in such demand as it
Is to-day; every kind and description
for every possible use. 1t is the keynote
of a young girls attire, and she never
was daintier than she has been since the
avalanche of lace descended upon her.
Skirts, seamless and all over lace; boil
eros ready to put on, parasol covers,
tunics and guimps, as well as lace
bought by the mile; polonaises of ex-
quisite limitations of Venetian point and
point de Flandre," ready shaped, are
among the lace connections of the day.
Guipure has been revived. Laces are
mixed regardless of their particular
era.
Wells of white and cream colored and
plain tulle without dots take the lead.
There is fresh rage for white gloves.
The popularity of this article has d.
minished so very little that the sudden
demand is scarcely noticeable.
Orchids for hat trimming is new
idea this summer. When combined
with a darker shade of velvet they are
strikingly handsome.
Parasols, narrow tucked from the
center to the edge, Is the greatest nov
city offered in any one line of sun
shades in years.
Pique, linen, crash and duck skirts
are deliberately embroidered and APP
pliqued.
A Partisan fancy is to be one flower
girl. striking brunette who INDUCES
in this illusion wears all the shades
of violet, from lilac to royal purple
and green. The violet is her flower,
of course, and ladens her hat and her
corsage, is the figure in the cloth of her
gowns, and its fragrance on her per-
son makes her very real violet girl.
Silks with blurred designs are com
bined with some vivid hue, usually laid
under lace insertions or lining RULES.
Spanish turbans, with jetted brims
and pompons of tulle, give dashing ana
daring effect.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-09-20
AGRICULTURAL.
Cattle Scare.

The explanation which the western
slaughterers offer of the recent aG-
vance in the price of meat has some
truth. For seven years the number
of beef cattle in the country has been
constantly decreasing, as the Farm
er" and Homes have frequently
shown in quoting statistics. A loss Of
ten million head in that time is quite
enough to warrant the argument that
there has come TO be a scarcity and
that something like scarcity prices
must be expected.
But how did this scarcity come
about2 Who caused il2
There has been no such decrease in
mich cows; their number remained
almost unchanged from 1891 TO 1896
and though there has been some de-
crease since it has been small. Why is
it that the decrease in beef cattle has
been so much larger?
Is it not possible that the combina-
ton of slaughterers has had something
to do with this and that the scarcity
which they now tffer as an excuse for
advancing prices is in part Of their
own making?
1t is matter of common knowledge
that there has been constant complaint
among cattle raisers, both west and
east, that prices have been and are de-
Ginning and that profits are reaching or
have reached the vanishing point.
Why should this be so if the supply of
cattle is decreasing, and how does their
complaint tally with the statement of
the slaughterers that they have had to
raise the prices of their meat because
they have had to pay more for their
cattle?
The western buying of cattle is al
most entirely in the hands of small
number of packers in Chicago, Kansas
City and Omaha. Practically dc zen
men or less fix the prices of cattle on
the hoof; and the Providence Journal
thinks if the whole truth were known
it might be found that packers have
forced down prices to the cattle raisers
until the latter, finding the profits
gone, have curtailed production; where
upon the packers have turned round
and told the consumers with many pro-
testations of regret that the available
supply of cattle has become so small
that they are forced to charge more for
meat,
HSh III 4NOW IhSAohA ohOedSA WI
dition has been brought about by the
beef monopolists. The dressed beef
refrigerato1s all over New England
have driven cut the old time country
butcher. Many times this has been
done, not in accordance with the ordi-
nary laws of trade but by actually fore
ing out of business the market man
who would not handle exclusively
western dressed beef. AS result New
England abounds in abandoned slaugh-
ter houses, and in thousands of cases
the farmers who might like to raise two
or.three steers each year on cheap pas
lures, as a small side-issue of their
other. linesof business, find themselves
absolutely without market, even at
low prices.
A half-truth is sometimes worse
than falsehood, and there is only half
of the truth in the statement ttat IL ere
are fewer beef cattle in the country TO-
day than there were several years ago.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-09-20
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

New York is said to have 1900 barber
shops and $4,000 BARRIERS.
Rela Kittridge, of Belfast, Me-, holds
the worlds record for writing by plac-
ing $4,000 words on an ordinary postal
card.
Elephants have only eight teeth-two
below and two above on each side. All
baby elephants teeth fall out when the
animal is about IA years old, and new
set grows.
One street railway system in Chicago
netted over 100000 beyond its usual
income in the worlds fair year of 1893.
The receipts from passengers on the
banner day were $37,500.
An Italian who pays $4,000 year for
the shining privilege" on the Staten
Island ferry line is reported to clear
$4,000 annually. He employs colony
of boys of his own nationality.
The men-of-war of the Romans had a
crew of about 225 men, of which ia
were oarsmen working on three decks.
The speed of these vessels was about
six miles an hour in fair weather.
A Renaissance of Aaron Burr was
dug up in New York street few days
ago. 1t was a hollow chestnut log, still
in good condition, used as water pipe
and laid under contract secured by
Burr from the legislature.
The cost of Solomon's temple has
been estimated by an eminent Old Tes-
lament student to exceed $50,000,000,-
900. In the first place, the value of the
materials in the rough is estimated at
$12,500,0 100000, and the labor at $1,000
100000. The vessels of gold were valued
at $2,326,4S ,0l5; the vessels of silver al
$3,231, 715,000; the vestments of the
priests and the robes of the singers al
$1Oo50,o0o, and the trumpets of gold
! Mt $1,000 900.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-09-20
HOw's This e?

We offer one hundred dollars reward
for any case of catarrh that can not be
cured by HALLS Catarrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY & CO.,
Proprietors, Toledo, O..
We, the undersigned, have known F..
j. Cheney for the last fifteen years,
and believe him perfectly honorable in
all business transactions and inan-
cially able TO carry out any obligations
made by their firm.
WEST g. TRUAX, Wholesale Drug
gists. Toledo. Ohio.
WALDING, KINNAN 81 MARVIN,
Wholesa e Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system
Price, seventy-fve cents per bottle
Sold by all druggists. Testimonials
free.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-09-20

earnings of family often amount to
"a or SIS a day. AS the living lie plain
and inexpe usive, and as The outdoor
air aud exercise are sure to bring good
appetites ard sweet sleep, many pre-
fer four weeks on tie plains 10 more
expensive Gu ing at the seashore or
mountains.
Nearly 800 white tents are nc scat
tered over the plains, forming small
villages around springs of living wa
tiers, and stretching away in re- ular
streets along The banks of streams.
The occupants of the tents come from
nearly al the town Of Eas tern Maine.
Two families have driven down from
Blaine, which is neatly 200 miles away.
M. and Mre. James Cole Of Coles
Corner, Winterport, arrived here
week ago on their wedding j urt ey,
and have made good wages every
day.
"Jimmy wanted 10 take me to Bos-
ton and see Bunker Hill Monument
aud the Old South NJ citing House"
said Mrs. Cole in telling why she chose
cotton tent for bridal chamber, "but
surely a trip would have cost him near
ly $50 He hasn't paid for his new
house yet, and 1 told him he'd better
save bis money. So We came down
here. We've had splendid time aid
have earned almost $15 in one week.
BY the time we get ready to go home
we can paw almost 800 on the house,
and | th II have blue berries enough TO
last US all winter. think it is just the
incest wedding trip a young couple
can take"
In winter, when ice clings 10 the
limbs of the trees, the seeds of the
Cry birch fall eff and the wind takes
The m and carries them to the plains on
top of the snow. They fall down
among the burberry bushes, and in a
few years young birch trees are grow
ing ever ywhere. They would soon kill
off the berries if they were not che OK
ed. Therefc re the proprietors burn off
the lard every five or six years, the fire
killing everything 10 the ground. The
blueberries, having long creeping root
stalks, send up new shoots which bear
fruit the second year. The birches are
killed outright and give no more trouble
until new seed is sowed. The ashes
which result from the fire stimulate the
blueberry plane to a more vigorous
growth and cause them to produce
larger berries. About 10000 bushels
of berries are canned in Washington
county every year. This season the
crop will probably reach $4,000 Nuehol'.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-09-20
Yorkshire Parkin.

Yorkshire parlSin, If made as fol-
lows, will be excellent, but it should be
kept two or three days before serv-
ing, till 1t has become perfectly soft:
Take one pound of oatmeal, one pound
of dark molasses, one-quarter pound
of butter, one-quarter pound of moist
sugar, mixed spice and ginger to taste.
Rub the butter into the meal, with the
sugar and spice, then add the molasses,
melted if too thick, mix all together
thoroughly, and bake in fiat tins, such
MS are used for yorkshire pudding, in
slow oven for two hours or MORE
Boston Globe.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-09-20
A WRECKED LIFE.
Woman Whose Career Had Been
Blighted by Strong Drink.

Suggestive and sad beyond expires.
sion were the dying hours Of wretch.
ed woman In New York city the other
day. She had been beautiful in her
time, but had chosen, with sister, to
lead what the newspapers call "a gay
life" in this country and Europe, and
like all others who follow this path had
come at last to broken, miserable and
friendless condition, an abject slave to
drink as we'll as other evil passions.
Two years ago the sister died drunk
ard, and left the survivor the sum Of
$4,000. This only fastened the end
AS her last hours approached, neigh
Dor who had learned Of her feeble con-
dltion sent for doctor. When he came
the woman said to him: "They
shouldn't have sent for you, doctor.
There's po use Of mourning this ex.
pense. | know am going to die, and
want to die. My sister died a drunk
ard, and l am going in the same way.
For the past two years, doctor, have
done nothing but drink. | have let out
this house here and others that / own,
and just lived in one fat and another,
spending my days and nights In drink
ing. It's nearly over now, and all !
want is to be left alone" After this
her only plea was for more drink. "Oh,
give me-" she said, "a pint of beer be-
fore gol" Such picture of the awful
degradation wrought by drink and
vicious living calls for no comment
No words Of ours can add to the dark
ness and horror Of such an ending
Christian Work.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-09-20
Horse on Him.

Got good johe,o on myself" said the
man who has accumulated a little prop
erty by hard work. ~ asked my wife
what was the difference between me
and horse, intending to say that l was
a forehanded man and the horse was a
four-footed beast. What do you sup
pose she said2" -
"Give 1t up" said the other man.
Said she guessed It must be the
lenEth Of my ears."-Indianapolis Jour
81
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-09-20
CONFIDENCE SHATTERED.
A CurIo Dealer In Los Angeles Dee
tails Ills Experience with Hnst-
ern schooIma'am

"There is big joke on some of the
teachers who went on the Los Angeles
excursion in early july" said Brook
Ign teacher the other day, land al
though it is at the expense of my pro-
fesson | shall have to tell it.
ION the beach there is a charming old
man who keeps a curio shop. He has
been an expert mineralogist for 30
years. and is versed in conchoogy and
geology as well as mineralogy. When
he heard that lot of New York and
New Jersey school teachers were COM
ing to the convention his heart over
flowed with delight at the thought of
the delightful symposiums he would
have with these learned women, who
would appreciate to the full his rare and
curious treasures.
For weeks he busted himself in
leisure moments in carefully brushing,
arranging and classifying his choicest
specimens, many of which he consid-
cred too sacred for the casual gaze of
the ordinary tourist"
That his confidence in the intellectual
acumen of his prospective visitors was
misplaced may be CLEANED from the fol-
lowing bit of dialogue which he gravely
transmitted to relative here and was
furnished by the school teacher:
THE schoolmarms," he writes, ARE
thick here, and all of them are asking
questions at the same time. They are
not, however, of the kind that expect
ed. We have a devilfsh in jar in the
shop, and | will give you a specimen of
our conversation:
"'Hol What pretty shells How do
i you sell them?'
"'Different prices
"'What is in that iarr
IA deviltish or octopus
"(All together) oh, it looks like the
devl'
"'What is the price of this shellp
Which one do you mean|
Have you got any for five cents"
ayes
"'What is in that jar?'
"'Devilfsh.'
"(All together) Let me see that pin
(The tray is taken out.)
"'Let me see that other tray
Ut is taken out.)
(From a new arrivaD What is in that
jar?'
"'Devilfsh.'
ais it alive2'
emo
"(All together) What time does the
train leave?'
Don't know (Heaven forgive me
did, thoughD
Ibid you get all these shells hereT
"'No.
"'What comes out Of these shellsT
"'Shellfish.'
"'What matches out of themT
"'Shellfish.'
"Is this coral real coral?'
"'Yes.'
"Let me have five cents worth, ant
pack it good
"'Oh, yes
ais this the Pacific ocean,
ayes
"And SO on ad infnitum."
What wonder that his confidence II
the deep, intellectual gifts of eastern
schoolma'ams is somewhat shattered
IN. Y. Tribune.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-09-20

the country as the leading National Family
ion, publisher of THE (our yore home paper a
"Th New York Weekly Tribune which enables
him to furnish both the trhng cost $2O 90 per year
Every vag himself family to
which lives cordial his local works
his home
his
home markets.
wide
grei family
of thesep $500
81 subs o WATCHMAN, Montpelier, VI.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-09-20

Hon. James NJ Slade, Judge of probate,
died suddenly Wedn ssday evening AZ his
home in Middlebury. He had been critically
i'll for several days, but the end came so
swiftly that no member of his family was
with him when he died. Funeral arrange
ments are not yet completed.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-09-20
RETAIL DEALERS PRICES.
Boston Produce Market.

~ The quotations given below represent prices
obtained py receivers lots mot ,oo6ns
priee,J unless otnerw 20 Indicated intended
to represent actual ss 90.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-09-20
M Il CARLY
Fiftv-Eieht Years OId!!

It's long life, but devotion TO the true
Interests and prosperity of the American
People has won for it new friends as the
Years rolled by aid the original members
of lis family passed to their reward, and
, hese admirers are loyal and steadfast
10 dey, with faith in its teachings, and
confidence in the information which it
brir gs to their homes and firesides.
AS natural consequence it enjoys il
lis old age ali the vitality and vgOr of its
youth, stIeng thened and rpened by the
experiences of over half century.
1t has lived on tie merits, and on the
cordial support of progrt ssive Americans.
1t is tue New York Weekly Tribune"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-09-20

Get your Job Printing done at The WATCH
MAN Office
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-09-20

DeWitt's Witch Hazel Saive
Cures Piles. Scaids. Burns.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-14
PAWTUxET VALLEY.

The Phenix w. G. y. T.. held an in
teresting meeting in their hall i'm Main
street yesterday. Next Thursday after
noon memorial services in memory OF
Mrs. Esther Birmingham, am old resi-
dent of the Valley. will be held.
The officers of McGregor Post, Phe-
nix were installed i'm Grand Army hall
last evening.
The following officers Of Active Hose
60. No. 3 of Riverpoint kere elected
last evening: Foreman, Henry Nc
Kenna; first assistant, Felix Kernan:
second assistant, II. ii. Quinn; treas
urer, James Coryle: secretary, Peter
Conlon; ianitor. Felix Herman; conn
mittee on bylaws. Henry Mckenna,
George Quinlan. u. III. Quinn.
Mrs. Ann Rodgers OF Apponaug is
visiting friends in Centreville.
The following officers Of Washington
Lodge No. II, I. %. o. r., We're INSTALL
cd i'm their hall on Main street, River
point by Deputy Grand Master +. u.
Wilcox: n. g.. Charles A. Keough; V.
c., :. NJ. Clark: II. s., G. II. Littlefield; (;
Il. s, T.. T.. Payron; treasurer, Byron
Walker; II. s. TO -. c., Joseph Wood I;
l.. $. TO y. c., ". a. Lindsay; conduc-
tor w. A. Carpenter: warden, :. II.
Whipple: X. :. to V. c.. w. A. Hill;
L. s. to V. c.. w. III. Whitman; II. s. s.,
j. q. Goodness: l.. :. 8, j. w. Champ
lain: chaplain. J. w. Main; .. c., 4. f..
Colvin; I. g.. II. A. Cahoone: trustees,
n. NJ. Holden, w. IL. II. Whitman.
Joseph Wood
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-14

Large Audience Listened 10 an Excellent Concert
GIVEN bY The Tramrnl sYandsen CcmpanI.

Last evening the fourth entertainment
in the Y NJ G. a. Course was given in
Association han. There was a large
audience present to listen TO the fine
concert given by the fremont, Svend-
sen combination including the well
known fremont quartet
The following was the program:
Strike. Strike the Lyre Cooke, Ire
mont quartet finale from Trio i'm ID
minor Mendelssohn. SVendsen Trio
Might Time" Van de Water, Mr..
Swaine: "Bedouin Song" Foot, Ire
mont Svendsen. Allegro Nivace, from
Concerto. Op. Ga, Mendelssohn, Miss
Nichols Ca THE Maid Of the Valley,
Herbeck; (b) My Love" Parker. Tre-
mont quartet: "Andante." from suite;
I'm the Forest" Pepper. Miss Tolman
THE Two Grenadiers" Schumann. Mr..
Mcpherson: Sunset" Van de Water,
fremont quartet Romance Rosellen,
Svendsen trio; "Moonrise,' j. Pache,
fremont -SNendsen. The musicians were
fremont quartet. Messrs. George II. G.
Deane. first tenor; Charles w. Swaine,
second tenor: Robert G. Whitten, bari
tone: Walter +. Mcpherson. basso, and
the Syendsen trio. Misses Marie Nichols.
violin: Annie Laura Tolman, cello, and
Louise Emelle Watt, piano.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-14
AUBURN.

The funeral Of the late Edward Patt,
whose death occurred at the institu-
tion Tor the insane ot Howard, took
place from the residence of his brother,
William II. Patt, on Park avenue. yes
terday afternoon. Mr.. Patt, who was
IS years OF age, lad been member of
the Rhode Island Light Infantry for
about 10 years. lie was a member OF
Park Hill lodge, No. "A, /. .. ,. t., and
also a member OF the Nestall Lodge of
Masons. Providence. The funeral SER
vices. which were private, were officiat-
ed al by the Rev. Harry G. Lowden of
the Peoples Free Baptist church. Au
burn The interment was at Pocasset
cemetery.
\ meeting of the Eden Park Fire
company was held in the j. A. Budlong
company's office last evening. The Slip
perry condition of the streets interfered
somewhat with the attendance.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-14
A TIMELY entertainment


Under the auspices of the Women's
Home Missionary society very enjoy
able entertainment was given last
evening i'm the Union Congregational
church. A lecture on the late war with
Spain was the chief feature, and the
evenings program began with THE
Wreck of the Hesperus.' the parts be-
ing taken by Mrs. T. III. Ellsbree. So
prano: Miss Hicks, contralto: Samuel
Brown, tenor. and ID. G. III. Tinkham,
baritone. Charles l.. Kenyon acted as
pianist and director.
Walter n. Wentworth was the lee
turer, and the stereopticon with which
il was illustrated was i'm charge of r..
G. Morse. The lecture was interesting
and complete, while the views gave 20
IL an added attraction. Miss Hicks sang
Way Down Upon the Suwanee River"
pleasingly, and the entertainment was
concluded with Won't You BE My Lit
tie Girl?" sunk by Sidney Harding of
Mansfield. The attendance was large
and the financial result must have been
satisfactory.