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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-10-25
Training Shepherd Dogs.

The natives of New Mexico seem to
have an original way of training shep-
herd dogs. A pup is taken from its
mother as soon after birth as possible
Che breed of dog is immateriaD The
young Of sheep or goat is taken away
and the pup is substituted. After the
first few days the pup is never fed ex-
cept just before the flock goes to pas
ture in the morning and just after the
sheep are brought in at night. AS soon
as he can walk he goes out with the
flock and stays with it all day. When
ever he begins to anticipate supper by
trying to drive the flock in before sun
down he gets punished. After he is
about year old he takes a flock out,
guards from other dogs and coyotes
during the day, and brings them in at
the proper time at night without super
vision. | have tried all kinds of tempta-
ton on dog that was encountered in
the hills with his flock, but in spite of
all he would remain faithful to his duty,
driving his flock to safe distance be-
fore venturing to make the acquaint-
ance of my own dog.-Orange Judd
Farmer
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-10-25
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies
Deafness is caused by an inhamed con-
dition of the mucous lining of the Eus-
tachian tube. When this tube is in
famed, you have a rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when it is en-
tirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken
out, and this tube restored to its nor
NAL condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever. Nine cases out of ten are
caused by catarrh, which is nothing but
an inflamed condition of the mucous
surfaces.
We will give one hundred dollars for
any case of deafness Caused by catarrh)
that can not be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
+. j. CHENEY q CO.,
TOLEDO, OHIO.
Sold by druggists; seventy-6ve cents
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-10-25
Cheap Pork.

The uncounted wastes on the farm
can often be turned into pork and pro-
duce neat sum of money without very
much trouble. A couple of pigs will
grow and thrive on scraps that are or
dinarily thrown away, aud such scraps
make the best of pork. Any one who
has never made any account of the
waste vegetables from the garden, the
small potatoes, the cabbage and lettuce
leaves, the pea pods and all such things
that are usually cast into the back yard
will be astonished to find how valuable
they are when worked into pork by q
hungry pig.
Our neighbors in Ireland understand
how to do this to perfection, and the
pig that pays his rent" is the product
of the scraps from families where scraps
are not plentiful, and these very pigs
make the Irish bacon that sells for the
highest price of any hog product in the
world.
"A couple OF pigs Is the poor mans
savings bank. They can be grown into
barrel of pork with very little ex-
penditure of money for grain, and this
is expended in little sums along, so il
is notigreatly missed, while the prod
uct of this carefulness in little things is
substantial addition TO the comforts
of the family. 1t is just as important
that the well-to-do-man should be care
full of the scraps, for it is the little
leaks that hurt the American farmer
more than any other thing.
Work the scraps and waste matter in
to pork. This keeps the place cleane r
and saves a waste that is indefensible.
Farmers Voice.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-10-25
Feather Pulling-.Scab Mites.

So-caled feather pulling is often due
to the presence of small mite para
site, the Sarcoptes 'nvis, or depluming
scab. mite. 1t is easy to credit fowls
with having "the vicious habit OF
feather eating" when a little careful
examination would prove them to be
infested with Idepluming mites. The
trouble is quite common, and should be
suspected whenever fowls are noticed
plucking their own feathers or those
of their companions. Frequently the
trouble is not suspected until fowls are
seen with considerable portions of their
bodies denuded of feathers.
Pluck feather near the edge of this
bare area, and if mites are the cause
you will find grayish mass of scales
near the root Of the feather. Reduce
this. mass to powder, and examine it
under the microscope, and you will find
that it contains a number of small round
mites Of all ages and sizes.
The trouble usually begins beneath
the vent or on the head at the base OF
the comb, and it spreads rapidly to
other parts of the body. The bird;
evidently pull the feathers to rid them
selves Of the irritation caused by the
mite, and probably render each othel
service in this matter of plucking GU
one another's feathers. The mites ar,
easily spread from enc fowl to all tn,
flock by contacts sscoA.@ -
@The local Application of some ONT
ment. like sulphur ointment, or carbo
lated vaseline, is the best remedy TO
scab mites. In using ointment larg
areas should not be covered at on
time, as it is liable to have an ill effec
on the fowl. Several successive dali
treatments are preferable. Dustin
with. carbolized lime has been recon
mended to rid fowl of deplumin
mites, but it is not as satisfactory or a
certain as the ointment application
DR.. Wood, in Farm Poultry.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-10-25
Corn Fodder.


After harvesting the corn at the prop
er stage, 60 as to save nutrition and
have the fodder more succulent and d.
gestble, there can be further saving
by proper preparation of the food be-
fore feeding. Within the past ten
years the shredder has come and it not
only converts the stalks into shreds
and husks off the ears, but also cuts
the stalks and blades at the same time,
which permits of utilizing the entire
corn plant 1t is claimed that from
ten to forty per cent is saved in The
fodder by this method, according to the
quality of the fodder. AS the corn
stalks in their entirety were formerly
thrown into the barn yard to be pickt d
over by cattle, their consumption due
to proper preparation is clear gain.
Some portions of the shredded fodder
will be rejected by the cattle, but only
little when the corn is harvested at
the proper stage. The quality depends
upon when the corn is removed from
the ground and shocked, but it is the
cutter or shredder that enables the
farmer to use the whole of his corn
crop.
The ensilage cutter is also as ser.
viceable for cured corn fodder as for
ensilage. There can be no lose, even
~ fha raIuoal fa1Iar 90. ba
refuse can be used for bedding and
then as absorbent material in the ma
nure heap. In fact, if the cutter and
shredder were used for no other pur-
pose than to convert the stalks into
bedding they would be valuable: but
there will be but little of the corn fod-
der rejected if it is bright and in good
condition. 1t is of Importance to give
the saving of the fodder more atten.
ton, as it is more valuable than the
grain if properly prepared for the ami
mails. Horses will keep we'll on good
fodder and come out in the spring ready
for work, but if the fodder is dry, and
the blades whipped off by the winds,
and the shocks exposed in the fields,
the animals will only select the best
portions. Shredded fodder can also be
baled, like hay, and shipped any dis
lance.
This country affords a wonderful
spectacle to the foreign farmer who
travels along the highways. He be-
comes surprised at the waste of valu-
able feeding material, for in every field
may be seen shocks of corn fodder that
have fallen ov'r, the snow, wind. and
rain destroying it, while that which is
left from destruction is leafess and the
stalks frozen. The farmer contents
himself by hauling this worthless fod
der to the barn-yard to be trampled by
cattle and converted into manure; but
he loses the fodder as food and as an
aid to the supply of hay. 1t is not as
valuable for the manure heap when
exposed as when cut or shredded, for
when reduced it absorbs the liquids
more readily and will also decompose
sooner.-Philadelphia Record.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-10-25
Starting in Farming.

When you have $500 or $500 ahead
you can begin to think of renting a
farm and starting out for yourself.
But if you have paying employ
ment you had better stick to it
until you have enough ahead to VEN
ture on buying farm of your own. l
think it safe for healthy, industrious
young man of good habits to go in
debt for home. But would caution
him against taking too great a burden
upon himself in this way. Better go a
little slower and safer. A small debt
ia an incentive to greater exertion and
economy, but big debt is apt to be
like milestone tied to ones neck, to
sink him in encouragement and failure.
There are many small pieces Of land
for sale cheap, and it will often pay a
young man to buy such a piece for a
start. Go in debt for part of it, if
you have not The means to pay all cash.
Rent it, use your spare time and spare
cash to improve it, and then watch for
chance to buy more land near il, or
trade or sell and buy a larger piece
when the occasion offers. In this way
you " Il gradually work into a farm
that you can settle on and be } our own
master.
A mistake that young men are apt to
make is to marry before they are ready
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-10-25
Results OF Root. Killing.

Throughout many orchards the full
effect of last winters cold weather is
just now apparent. The trees that
were root killed of course failed to pre-
duce foliage, but many others that
were only partly injured show the eff
fects of the drain upon their constitu-
sion by failing TO produce fruits of any
good. These trees may be saved, but
it is question whether it would not
pay better in the end to cut them down
and plant out new ones. The winter
killing of trees in the orchard is diff
fcult trouble to avert when we have
cold winters like last. Even the har-
diest sorts of grapes were killed, as
we'll as apple, peach, pear and plum
trees.
1t is noticeable that the trees were
injured in two different ways. Those
that were not root killed bad their up
per branches and trunk killed. In
shady locations, where the ground was
covered with snow most of the winter,
the roots were not severely injured, A
blanket of snow thus protected many
trees, and ha there been proper wind
breaks, probably the upper parts of the
trees would have escaped. The expe-
Tience last winter seems to indicate
that if the orchards were properly pro-
tected with a mulch and windbreak the
trees would have escaped all harm. A
windbreak of some kind on the north
and west sides of the orchards will pro-
tect the trees from the sleet and hail
which beat down mercilessly upon
them. Such windbreak can easily be
made of hardy trees, buildings or a for
est. In planting an orchard it is we'll
to consider the situation. An orchard
located on the south side of range of
hills will receive enough protection to
save the trees from the worst storms.
If there is no such hill the object de-
sired can be accomplished by planning
the orchard on the south side of a nat
ural woods or swamp.
Protection of the roots of the trees is
more easily accomplished than protec-
ton of the upper part. Mulches pay
every time around trees, whether we
have severe winter or not. If the
mulch is put around the trees late and
taken away in the spring no damage
will be done to the trees. The danger
of weakening the trees by covering the
roots up too much is much overdrawn.
Certainly the protection from the freez-
ing and thawing of midwinter more
than counterbalances any injurious eff
feet that the mulch might have, even
if left around the roots too late. 1t will
be impossible to find iron-clad, hardy
varieties of trees that will not suffer
from such severe weather as we had
last winter, unless protected in some
way by windbreaks, hills and root
mulches. 1t pays to raise the best fruit
treee, but it is necessary to protect
them to make them paw. E. Far
mer, in American Cultivator.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-10-25
AGRICULTURAL.
Harvest Hymn.

A II hail to the days that are ming,
How lovely the blue ether sky;
The fields in their beauty are smiling,
The harvest already Is nigh
The voice of the brook and the fountain,
The song of the brd and the bee,
Their carol in harmony blending,
Are happy as happy can be.
10, vol der the queen OF the harvest
Comes forth as the toilers appear,
And, waving her chaplet of Ii les,
She greets them with mlrth and good cheer.
Now thrust in your sckles, ye reapers,
And gather the ripe, golden grain;
The Lord has rewarded your labor,
And crowned It with plenty again.
The seed that you scattered in springtimo
Grew up with the fruits al the flowers,
Refreshed with the ioy-laden zephyrs,
The sunshine, the dew and the showers.
And o, when the sheaves you have garnered
BE MINDFUL His love to recall,
Aud praise with your highest devotion
The bountiful Glvor of all.
o land, by the Diod of our fathers
Protected, exalted and blest;
o Nation, where Freed )m has pl nted
The banner OF peace and of r. ST.
Give thanks for plentiful harvest
His rame and His mercy revere
who prospers the hand of the toier
And crowns with his goodness the year.
Fanny Crosby
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-10-25
We Will Positively Pay You

One dollar if one bottle OF Smiths
Green Mountain Renovator does not
benefit you in case you are troubled
with any blood disorder, chronic rheu,
matism or neuralgia affections. 1t is
endorsed by the best physicians in the
country and is warranted to do what is
claimed for it. G. Blakely, W. E. Ter
rill & Co.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-10-25

acknowledged the country the leading National Family
all the
publisher our fayore home paper has
him furnish both papers the trihng cost of 50 90 per
himself his family
his local
his home
his
wide
family.
o o hese only $500
all WATCHMAN, Montpelier, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-10-25

DIR BULLS CoUGH SYRUP has saved many
life. 1t can always be relied on to cure
the dangerous Group and whooping cough.
1t gives immediate relief and should be
kept in every home. 1t only costs rs cents
bottle.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-10-25
NbE
Fiftv- EIGHT Years Old y!

L. long life, bit devotion to the true
interests and prosperity of the American
People tss won for it new friends as the
gears rolled by and the original members
of it's family passed to their reward, and
these admirers are loyal and steadfast
to- dey, with faith in its teachings, and
confidence in the inform .tion which il
brings to their homes and fire. ids
AS a natural consequence ii enjoys in
its old age all the vitality and vigor of its
youth, strengthened and ripened by the
experiences of over half century.
1t has lived on it's merits, end on the
cordial support of progressive Americans.
II is .tTue New York Weekly Tribune. y
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-10-25
RETAIL DEALERS PRICKs.
Boston Produce Market.l

rkThe quotations given below represent prices
obtained recelvers lofi mot joooine
prieesj unless otherw so Indicated sud are intended
to represent actual So es.
The silver lance., 1899-02-10
CIT the Cnrpsrs Mixed.

A queer telegraphic correspondence
was carried on recently between the
capitals of Saxony, Bohemia and Rus-
sia. Somebody or other in Dresden
had a maiden aunt who was taken
sick and died in a hospital at Prague
while on her way to Vienna. The
nephew was notified, and he telegraph
ed to the Prague hospital authorities
to send the body to Dresden for en-
tombment in the family vault. When
the coffin on its arrival was opened 1t
was found to contain not the body OF
the aunt, but that of a uniformed and
bedizened Russian general. Immedi
ately the nephew wired to Prague:
mo dead aunt, but Russian general
Where dead aunt?" "a
From Prague came the reply:
"If dead aunt not arrived, then Pc
tersburg."
The next telegram went to the rail
way authorities at st. Petersburg, and
read:
What do with dead Russian gen
eral? Where is dead aunt?"
And from st. Petersburg was re.
ceived the characteristic reply: -
Bury general In all silence. Aunt
Just buried here with highest military
hOnOre."
The silver lance., 1899-02-10
LAMBS "UNRURAL EMOTIONS.
He Loved tho City Better Than the
COuDtry.

He Loved tho City Better Than the
Country.
Lovers of Charles Lamb, who are
than in England, however our British
cousins may try to persuade them
selves to the contrary. may like to be
reminded, for we opine that the moro
studious among them already know.
that "find" OF old letters addressed
to the members of one family was
lighted upon in the earlier part of the
year 1898, and has just been published
under the title of Charles Lamb and
the Lloyds." Who the Lloyds were
they need not be told. II they remem-
ber the earlier recollections of Lambs
correspondence. or. not remembering
these accurately, are familiar with the
biographies of his good friends. Cole
ridge and Southey. wherein two Of the
Lloyds figure. says the New York Mail
and Express. What most concerns
them is that there are twenty-three
Of these letters, none of which has
been in print before, and they have the
touch and the flavor of Ella, as may be
inferred from this abstract from one
Of the number, addressed to Robert
Lloyd, in praise Of London life, Of
which he knew nothing. and Lamb so
much, thorough cockney that he was:
Let them talk Of lakes and noun
tains and romantic dales-all that fan
tastic stun; give me a ramble by night
in the winter nights of London-the
lamps lit-the pavements Of the mot
ley Strand crowded with to and fro
passengers-its shops all brilliant and
stuffed with obliging customers and
obliging tradesmen-give me the old
bookstalls of London-a walk in the
light piazzas, Covent Garden. 1 defy
a man to be dull In such places, per-
feet Mohammedan paradises upon
earth. ! have lent out my heart with
usury to such scenes from my child
hood up and have cried with fullness
Of Joy at the multitudinous scenes of
life in the crowded streets of ever dear
London. wish you could fix here.
don't know If you quite comprehend
my low urban taste; but, depend upon
1t that a man of any feeling will ha, e
given his heart and his love IN child
hood and In boyhood to any scenes TO
which he has been bred; as well to dir
ty streets land smoky walls As they
are called as to green lawns where
live nibbling sheep and to the ever
lasting hills and lakes and dales. A
mob Of men is better than a flock of
sheep and crowd Of happy faces jost-
ling into the playhouse at the hour of
is more beautiful spectacle to man
than q shepherd driving his silly
sheep to the fold. Come to London
and learn to sympathiEe with my ma
tural emotions"
The silver lance., 1899-02-10
Two Sympathetic Lakes.

The Wetternsee, in Switzerland, like
SO many other lakes, has long enjoyed
the local reputation of being a bot
tomless pit. The Swedish scientists
have now destroyed the venerable le-
gend, says the Kleine Zeitung, for in
the measurements taken a few days
ago they have successfully demon
strated that the greatest depth of the
lake is only 119 meters. There still
remains, however, series of mystic
ries which science must be content to
leave unsolved-at least, for a time.
1t is not only legendary belief. but
there is quasi-scientific ground for
the queer supposition that living crea-
lures, animal and vegetable, can and
do make journeys to and fro between
the high northern lake Of Wettern
and the South German lake OF Con-
stance. This bold conclusion has been
partly justified by the appearance of
exactly the same fauna and even of
the same animal life In the Swedish
and the Swabian inland seas. 1t is
even asserted that whenever there is
q storm on the Lake Of Constance the
Lake OF Wettern begins sympatheti-
cally to roll and swell, and that the
southern lake is similarly moved by
any agitation in the distant northern
lake. fEo eat
The silver lance., 1899-02-10

7 Is any wonder that Jacksonian and
| Jeffersonian banquets are resorted to
| in order to obtain palatable Demo-
| cratic dish?
Mr.. Speaker. | cherish the profound
| est respect for our early statesmen. but
| | am proud that belong to party OF
| progression and one which has hereto
| fore. and will continue to produce a
hero and a statesman equal to any ana
every emergency.
Mr.. Speaker, l would not for one mo-
ment detract ray of splendor from
the halo of glory that surrounds our
immortal Lincoln; / would not filch
one gem from the brilliant crown of
the illustrious Grant; nor would by
act or word becloud the splendid fame
of our lamented Garfield and Blaine
Yet. sir. Mr.. Speaker. in my attempt to
express my appreciation and ardor Tor
the Republican party of to-day, ana OF
the present chief executive of the Unit
ed States. | proclaim to the world that
it is sufficient for me to have lived in
the days of Mckinley. Dingley and
Dewey.
Mr.. Speaker. |. too, believe in the
teachings of the Holy Bible Its sac
red theme will be my support in my
dying hour. / believe that there is a
Divinity that shapes our ends ana III
"ects the progress of nations. l be-
lieve that Moses was the chosen agent
Of God to lead a sinful and grateful
people from out a wilderness OF confu-
sion and sorrow into the broad plain of
sweet content and Christianity. And
Mr.. Speaker, so firmly as | believe i'll
all these beautiful and glorious pre-
cepts of the Holy Book. so firmly do |
believe that William Mckinley was
and is the chosen instrument in the
hands of an all-wise God, to lead the
American people out of wilderness of
discomfort and sin into the broad light
of his love. that sorrow and inhumani-
ty may forever be banished, and
peace and Christianity reign through
out the world.
The silver lance., 1899-02-10

1t may interest inconstant or disap-
pointed wooers. who think Of demand
ing return of the presents given the
objects of their temporary regard, to
learn that by q recent decision of a
Massachusetts court all presents given
to the prospective bride at any time
previous 70 marriage are thenceforth
her own personal property. Thus slow
ly but surely are the rights and priv
ileses Of the ignoble man becoming re-
stricted or ahrogated. -. = ~
The silver lance., 1899-02-10

sAlhlfa is recommended for railroad
pfanting az a fire preventive a. 1t ap-
pears TO be . IRE proof plant owing to
its tendency to remain green during
the season when flres are most fre-
qusnt,. and 1t has quite successfully
dem nonstrated its value as fire guard.
The absence of the plowed strip for fire
protection where the Union Pacific
railroad passes through the great al
falfa nelds Of 1000 acres lining the
treek on the Watson ranch. west Of
Keaxney, t31ebs. hes proven. It is said.
the value Of alfalfa - used for IRE
Dgoteetiou. .
The silver lance., 1899-02-10
ROos evelt's Reply.

Before his election as governor Colonel
Roosevelt received the following letter:
Sir: l like to think of you sitting in
your library, brooding over your inefitable
defeat"
BY return mail the letter-writer re-
ceived this reply:
Sir: Inevitable is spelled with v, not
with an +. Very truly yours,
'THEODORE ROOSEYELT.n
The silver lance., 1899-02-10

A French invention-a gun camera
il the latest adjunct to instantaneous
photography. and in competent hands
may be rendered more obtrusive than
the omnipresent Kodak. 1t has a stock
like that of the ordinary gun. but the
barrel is four inches in diameter. and
is covered with leather. At the breech
is a square box. to which several
small levers are, attached. The weapon
is leveled upon flying bird or any
moving object the trigger is pulled,
a shutter is sprung. and the object is
transfxed upon the film. Twelve shots
may be taken with It. and It Is re-
loaded In much the same manner as
the ordinary camera. 1t strikes one
that the Industrious burglar may OBJ
ject to the instrument. as being an
other possible interference with the
undisturbed exercise of his profession
As, with the microscope. Justice may
ma IN 1t an incidental auxiliary.