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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-09-13
Creameries VS., Private Diaries.

Whether creameries are of more
damage than benefit to farmers was
discussed at a Grange meeting at East
Bethel recently. But the talk was
largely as to whether or not private
dairying is more profitable that patron
izing creamery. The affirmative con
tended that carrying milk 10 the cream
cry is generally too expensive; that
farmers if they would could beat the
creameries in good butter and high
prices; that it encouraged laziness to
hire butter made; on account of the
creameries Vermont butter is losing
its reputation in market, is becoming
more plenty and therefore cheaper.
1t was not denied that it is more
profitable for some to make their own
butter but it was thought that creamer-
les could certainly do no harm to pri.
vate dairymen. 1t was simply mat
ter of choice. Many farmers have not
facilities or house help for butter-mak-
ing. G eameries have wonderfully de-
veloped the dairy interests in meny
sections, bringing greater prosperity.
1t was claimed that patrons of cream
cries are paying their debts and mott
cages as farmers never had before !;
fal mers keep more cows and by chang
ing work in car ying milk can greatly
reduce expense; butter may be cheaper
but it is more easily made and is all
consumed. The board of decision de-
cided in favor of the affirmative.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-09-13
AGRICULTURAL.
The Forest Worm.

The development of the forest worm
with such astounding rapidly compels
us to lock into the future with good
deal of alarm. Are we to have this
pest for several yeare in succession?
AS near as l can find out they have ap.
peared in New York but once before
within the memory of any one now liv-
ipg-lhat was in 1880 or 1881. AT that
time they remained for only two years.
We have no record of the cause of their
disappearance. 1t is probable, how
ever, that they were met by some coun-
ter attack, either of the insect or of
fungoid character. My sons inform
me that such enemies of the caterpil-
lar are already at work, while other
foes are attacking them in the cocoon
state. They were Matched out this
year about the first of April-appearing
first on the plum trees and apple trees,
and rapidly spreading to most OF the
other shade aid fruit trees. They did
not touch the magnolias, tulip tree,
Kentucky coffee tree, persimmon, paw
paw, English elm or Norway maple,
and in general did not prefer the soft
NAPLES of any variety.
the butternut and the walnut, but ate
the naples, white elm, oak and bass
wood, taking the ash as soon as 1t
leaved out-later than the rest.
Among the fruit trees it did not
choose the pear or the cherry. 1t
stopped it's work of defoliation about
the Goth of June, although many CO.
coons were spun earlier than this. The
moths emerged from the cocoons about
July 1. The work of the moth lasts
from two to three weeks. The eggs
appear TO be identical with the tent
caterpillar, but they are glued on all
sorts of trees. have even found them
wrapped around currants on the cur
rant bushes. The tent caterpillar con-
fines himself 10 the apple and wild
cherry, with an occasional nest on a
pear, plum or peach tree, but the forest
worm eggs must be sought for every
where, even upon the flower shrubs.
The problem what 10 do has no more
definite answer than simply fight,
fight, fight, and kill, kill, kill at every
stage Ct the existence of the pest My
lawns and orchards are proofthat where
the worm is at its worst we can con.
quer. We met them with torch, with
arsenicsl spray ing, with kerosene emul-
sion, and where the worms were gath.
cred, as they were, in vast masses, we
crushed them with gloves saturated in
kerosene. We have only to remember
that while kerosene is death TO them ii
is also death to trees if carelessly ap.
plied.-New York Tribune.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-09-13
Saving Seed Corn.

Why not use pedigreed corn as well
as pedigreed stock? AS soon as husks
turn white, the farmer should select the
largest ears from the largest stalks,
and those ears that are closest to the
ground, and leave small amount of
husk on each ear, then take it to the
barn or place of safety from rats, mice
and other vermin, and tie the husks of
two ears together and hang them across
wire high enough to be out of the
way. Blythe time the cold weather ar.
rives the corn will be sufficiently dried
to stand any freeze we ever have in
this country. No ears should be Sc
lected except those that have small
cobs and long grains, which extend out
over the ends of the cob. All ears OF
corn should taper gradually, with
straight rows. don't like to see swelled
butts and small end ears of COMA.
r. Peters.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-09-13
WARM MEALS IN POCKETS.
Ingenuity of COney Island Walters
in DefraudinE Their EN-
plOyerx.

Down at Coney Island the walters
have invented new plan of defrauding
their bosses. 1t is q remarkably cold
summer when they fail to do this, but
this seasons novelty is highly original
and exceedingly dramatic.
In all the Coney Island restaurants
the arrangement is to place a man on
guard at the kitchen door and charge
whatever is brought out to the waiter
who brings it out. For instance,
waiter emerging with porterhouse
steak is debited with the eight or ten
dollars they charge for that article at
the beach.
But the hotel men have reckoned
without the coat with the inside rubber
pocket. In this the waiter can stow
away porterhouse steak, dish, gravy,
and all, and get it out of the kitchen
without arousing the suspicion of the
boolikeeper. The only thing he has to
do is to square things with the cook"
An elaborate system of forged checks
has to be used by the smuggling waiter,
but that is mere trifle to man who
has slung food at Coney Island for any
length of time.
The success of the waiter with the
India rubber pocket depends upon his
skill as prestidigitateur. IF he knows
his business, he can stow a ten-course
dinner under his coat and get it out of
the kitchen in, at most, four trips. OF
course, when he goes into the kitchen
he has to pretend to have some other OBJ
ject in view. He will emerge with a
plate of bread in his hand, muttering as
he passes the bookkeeper: Darn that
cook-that's the twelfth time I've gone
in there for that steak and not got it,"
A truthful real estate man who
spends his evenings and a great deal
too much of his money at the beach,
says that waiter friend of his has not
only the ordinary India rubber wallet
which every Coney Island waiter car
ries, but has magician's waistcoat and
what is known as Hermann" coat
sleeves, full of little pockets. In these
he slows away sauces, pickles and other
little odds and ends.
But the hotel proprietors have their
suspicion. They talk of dressing the
walters hereafter in tights and swim
ming costumes, so that they will be
able to hide nothing about their clothes.
The kitchen will be operated in much
the same way as is n Kimberly diamond
mine. Every one will be searched be-
fore he leaves it.-N. Y, journal,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-09-13
Live Stock Market.

BEEF CALrLE-The market at Water
town was little stronger in tone than last
week. The demand was better. and the
sunply of desirable stock lighter, while
prices In the west were frmer. Western
cattle fetched st to &c l. w, and best north
ern 5bc. For inferior grades prices ranged
all the way down ia 2hc.
Prices OF market beef: A few choice, 81
10 500; extra, 90 to 6 rs; first quality, 3 90
to 10; second quality, 90 TO 49, third
quality, 800 TO 3.75.
Prices of store cattle: Farrow cows $40
to %; fancy cows, 80 To 65; milch COWS and
calves, 20 to 4s; earrings, 10 to 90; two-
vear-ods, % to 40; western fat swine live,
AZ 10 4sc.; northern dressed hogs, % to &c
per hi
SHEEP AND LAMAs The demand was
quite equal to the absorption OF the supply,
and the market was steady to in conse-
quenoe.
We quote: In lots, $3.50 to 800 each
extra, So 80 TO 30, or from p to 5hc per Id;
lambs, 10 7Ac; veal calves, q to &c.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-09-13

Capt. Butler and three companies Of
the Third infantry while upon recon
noissance met body of rebels yester-
day at San Rafael. The Americans
scattered the enemy and captured
seven prisoners, five rifles and 300
rounds of ammunition. They also de-
stroyed the rice in seven warehouses.
The rebels are supposed to belong to
the command OF Gen. Pho del Pillar,
who, with his main force, retreated to
the north.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-09-13
The Rennes Method.

"Gentlemen," said the distinguished
French Prosecutor before the court
martial, 1--WE anticipate no difficulty in
demonstrating to you that the prisoner
is guilty. This is easily done by prov.
ing that every other man in France is
innocent. We shall begin alphabet.
icaly with the First Arrondisseme
and the town of Arne. Will the CLERK
please call M. Abelard Abbe?"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-09-13
M. w. WheeIock's
Real Estate AGENCY
DEFAULTED SECURITIES.

The holders of Town, City, County or other bonds
WHICH are in default or of stocks or securities Of any
kind which pay no dividends are invited to call upon
will look up any securities and make report without
charge, and, III in the opinion of the company they
are coectihle, proposition to collect on an agreed
charge will be made. Any reasonable reference Will
be furnished. All communications confidential.
Boston pefaulted Securities Co, Room 52s,
Exchange Bldg 53 state Street, Boston, Mass.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-09-13
The Kind ofnug lie Was

She-Papa was asking me II you
were not a gold bug.
He-You just tell papa | am a kiss
Ing bug.
And he proceeded to demonstrate
indianapolis Journal.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-09-13

In Iceland horses are shod with
sleeps horn. In the valley of the
Upper Oxus the antlers of the noun
tain deer are used for the same pur.
pose, the shoes being fastened with
horn pins. In the Sudan the horses
are shod with socks made of cancels
skin. In Australia horseshoes have
been tried of cowhide.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-09-13
HOw's This Z?

We offer one hundred dollars reward
for any case of catarrh that can not be
cured by HALLS Catarrh Cure.
F. j. CHENEY & CO.,
Proprietors, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F.
j. Cheney for the lest fifteen years,
and believe him perfectly honorable in
all business transactions and fnan-
cially able to carry out any obligations
made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAX, Wholesale Drug
gists, Toledo, Ohio.
WALDING, KINNAN q MARVIN
wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls 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, Testimonial
free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-09-13
On One Side,

MY goodness, my little man." said
the preacher who had just called be-
cause he felt that it was his duty to do
so, "what is the matter? You are cry
ing as if your heart were broken, and
your nose is all skinned, too. What has
happened?"
"M-m-m-my nav she whipped me fer
fightin'," the child sobbed.
"Well, in that case fear you deserve
punishment Don't you know that it is
wrong to tight?'
"B-b-b-but didn't f-f-f-fght!"
"You didn't? Thenit is a shame that
you should be beaten. But how did you
get that nose?"
THE oth-oth-oth-other boy done all
the f-f-f-fghtin'."-Chicago Times
Herald.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-09-13
RETAIL DEALERS PRICKs.
Boston Produce Market.

m The quotations given below represent prices
obtained receivers lots mot joo6ins
prieesJ unless otherw indicated. intended
to represent actual lies.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-09-13

'Tisn't safe to be day without DR..
Thomas Eclectric Oil In the house. Never
can tell what moment an accident Is going
to happen.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-09-13

DeWitt'S WItSn Hazel Save
Cures Piles. Scalds. Burns.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-02

/ Lither tho Hon. Joseph II. Manley has
no, examined the charges against the
Maine Eye s. Ear Intirmary or else his
idens Of what is and is not the state S
| business are very much muddlel. 1t
makes no difference whether these charges
were made in consequence of a aocto's
quarrel or not Perhaps they were, ad-
nit it for the sake of the argument A
large percentage of the evil in this
world comes out through quarrel No.
| body ever heard Of judge charging a
grand jury that any case presented to
them which had its origin in IA quarrel
was to be dismissed as something that
| they had nothing to do vita because OF
that fact. No more can the state wash
its tnds OF the charges against the In
Urinary even if it were proved beyond all
question that they originated in doctors
quarrel; since they are charges which affect
the relations Of the state to the institution,
The only ground on which the legislature
has any right to appropriate money fer the
Inarmary is that it is II charitable insti
tuition comforting benefits upon The
poor OF tnt StHte. cnOW lDhU IL UOes no
such thing and the state would have no
more right to give to it money raised by
taxation than TO hand it over TO any other
buviness Institution. The essence Of DIR
Bowers charges was that it was net such
an institution inasmuch as it had repeat
edly charged for services which it agreed
to, ana was under obligation by its con.
tract with the state to, render Tor nothing.
How these charges originated is no SORT
Of consequences The question il, Arc they
true, and this is n question which the
stata cannot ignore when 1t is oonsiderin
the .ropriety of giving the people money
to this Institution. II 1t be shown that
the practices alleged have not occurred,
or II proper guarantees are furnished that
if they have occurred they shall not hs
repeated, them this Institution has as valid
claim for the state's bounty MS any other
of its character, but to say that 1t is no
concern of the state twhether they have
occurred OF not, whether they will go
on or stop, to undertake TO dismiss this
whole matter as merely doctors quarrel
ls,to say in effect that it is of no conse-
quence whether the enterprise the state Le-
comes partner in is worthy or unworthy,
whether it is what it pretends to be or
something very different
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-02
CITY OF PORTLAND.
TO the Electors of the City of
Portland:

Notice IL hersby given that the Board OF
Registration of Voters Of said city, VIII be in
open session at Room Number Eleven O1] CITY
Building. upop each of the Twelve seoul n days
prior to the Municipal election, which occurs
ON Monday the sixth day OF March ueXt being
from February twentieth TO March sixth, inclu-
sive The first nine secular days OF said ses-
sion viz: February Twentieth 10 March First
inclusive, VIII be Tor the purpose OF Receiving
evidence touching the qualification OF Voters In
said city. and TO revise ana correct the Voting
Lists of the several wards therein, from nine
o'clock IN the forenoon 10 one o'clock in the
afternoon, from three Till FIVE O'Clock in the
afternoon and from seven till nEe in the even
ing excepting on the last day OF said session
March IsO when II Will not b IN session after
Five o'clock In the afternoon. The sessions on
March End. 3rd aud Ith. viii be for the purpose
10 enable the Boaru To verify the correctness of
said lists and Tor closing up the records of said
Session
AUGUSTUS +. GERRisH, Board OF
MONROE A. BLANCHARD, Registration
MICHAEL i. Nc, ANN, } of Voters,
Portland, February 10, 1899 fehl7dtd
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-02

Rarely has there been seen in the his
tory of this city municipal campaign 50
thoroughly one sided as the present one
Nobody has any doubt whatever as to
the result. Nobody questions that the
Republicans will carry the city by an
overwhelming majority, and elect nearly
all the members of the Board of Alder
men and Common Council, The Demo
Gratis do not seem to be marking time
even. The truth is that Judge Robinson s
nomination met with such universal com
mendation, even from men opposed tc
him politically, that the only possible
foundation for u campaign against him is
a political one, and in Portland that is a
foundation SO narrow that no structure of
any considerable size can be built upon
sR
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-02
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The Portland daily press., 1899-03-02
TO INVESTIGATE WRECK OF
MOkAVIA.

Halifax. y. s., March 1.-lhe Domin-
ion government steamer Aberdeen sailed
this afternoon at four o'clock for Sable
island to investigate the wreck Of the
steamer Aloravia 1t is possible some Of
the crew of the steamer got ashore safely
as the position of the Moravia on the bar
was not far from the wrecked ship Croft
ton Hall, the crew OF which all got safely
away, two years ago. The berdeen is
expected back by hriday If the weather is
favorable for making landing. Other
wise she may he delayed considerable
time.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-02
WAGES ADVANCED.

Pittsburg, March IAN advance of
fifty cents ton was made today in steel
billets and Besse neI pig iron. Billets are
quoted S25 per ton ana Bessemer pig at
sl3. 50 Under the scale agreement of the
Amalgamated association, the advance in
steel billets will be followed by an in
crease of eight per cent in wages of the
skilled workmen. Tho advance Will affect
about 1000 men, Notices were posted at
all the blast furnaces at Sharon and
Sharpsvilie today, increasing the wages of
the employees from 100 to i5o day.
Fifteen hundred men will be benefited
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-02
SMALL pox CoNrAG1oN.


Dr. Alonzo GaroelOn of Lewiston, who
is attending the small pox patients In
Lewiston and Auburn. chang es his clothes
In every house he goes to so that he shall
not carry away oontagion. He also washes
lis face and hands with special germ
killing wash, and wears rubber gar
ment into the -oom where the patient Il.
lie is very careful u observe these regu-
lations. In speaking of the danger Of
carrying about the contagiQn, he said yes
terday Years ago l had man and h.s
wife, both Ill of smallpox here in Lewis
ton We took them to the hospital down
ON the river road, and there they got over
it. Two weeks after they We're well we
went down to fumighte the place, ana !
made them take of all their clothes anu
he smoked till l thought that they were
safe. We burned sulphur in the rooms
and thoroughly fumigated the clothes
that they wore. Then they put on clean
clothes and / brought them TO the city in
my sleigh. After they had been back two
weeks the little granddaughter of the
woman WAS taken i'll with small .pox. |
went to the house to take care of her anu
could not see how she got the disease !
looked the woman in the facs and asked
her il she took of all her clothes when
told her to at The pest house, and she said
yes all but pettiooat which she wore
next to her skin. She wasn't going TO
freeze for silly DOCTORS idea about
smoking clothes. And when she reached
her home she took oil that petticoat and
put il in the wash with the rest of the
clothes, and in two weeks the little girl
was tnken down. She WAS very sick, anu
when at last | went to fumigate the house
| resolved to unish the woman, and
smoked them until | made them pray for
-
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-02

Senator Reynolds's committee which
has been looking into the salaries and
expenses of state officials has been the
means of giving the public good deal
OF illumination on the subject of railroad
passes. Why passes have always been given
to state officials has gensraliy been a
sort of mystery, but Commissioner ofGame
and Fisheries Carleton in his testimony
made 1t perfectly clear. 1.-THE roads give
these passos.' said he, Ito help out the
Official, knowing that he is underpaid. !"
This Is certainly very kind and thought
ful of the railroads, and as there are a
good many other underpaid people In the
state, perhaps the roads can be prevailed
upon to extend their benefioence. Bank
Examiner Undertakes point that a
state official travelling on a pass could
not give the state the benefit of 1t by not
charging up mileage, without
showing discourtesy to the railroad.
seemed to lie something rev In
the line of etiquette Probably it would
not have occurred to most men that there
was any diseourtesy Involved in such "a
thing. but now that Mir. Tlmberlake has
called attention to 1t il is clear enough,
The road makes the state official a present
Of pass because 1t loves him
or pities him and to give 1t
or the benefit of it to the state would be
giving away II present which is always
ieckoued dscourteous and impolite. Al.
ter reading this testimony we are con-
vineed that corporations not only have
souls, but very big ones, and that our state
officials are the most polite and courteous
people in the world.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-02
FOR COUNGIEMEN.

VIZ WV ~ AS4fb -
Ward a Lindsay Il. Griffin.
Lewis T.. Huston.
Elmer q. GerTIsh.
Ward 3-,sOlsu II. Brown,
JameS Hepburn.
Thomas Barker.
Ward 3-CIlas. a. SlOEnan.
Ernest ETue.
George q. Dow.
Ward s-tse0Tge &. Jose.
gIarry W. way.
Henry 4. Elliot.
ward J-EVcTeii IL. JOSselyn.
Walter H. Brown.
Herbert .. Dyer.
Ward 6-EIiaS Thomas, Jr.
John HI. Pierce.
CIIas. T.. WnidrOn.
Raxk 7-Herbert d. Phillips.
Edwin &. MiilikeD.
lewis A. GOudy.
Ward S-ScOn Wilson.
Waiter Pickett.
VIM. B. Johnson.
q ssEss y o-Charies y. Farnham.
w. Il. Phinney
Elbridge l.. Cobb.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-02

rate estimates OF the cost Ne private
concern would embark in snch an enter
prise without making all theee inquiries
in the most thorough manner. As we
understand the matter is not settled be.
yond reasonable doubt that the Nicaragua
route would be better or even as good
As the Panama route. the surveys for The
former route are still incomplete and
the data for an accurate estimate of the
cost still wanting in many particulars.
This being the case TO attachsthe Mica
ragua bill to the river and harbor bill and
pass 1t without debate and inquiry would
seem TO be entire indefensIble. Doubt
less the country wants the canal built,
and In due time IL will be constructed,
but it wants it entered upon with fun
deliheration, with an intelligent knowl-
edge beforehand of the difficulties that
are likely TO be encountered and the cost
of overcoming them.