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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-05-09
My Vegetable Garden.

A marked feature of American farm
ing is the general absence of vegetable
gardening. Or, if there be plot that
passes for such garden it is unculti.
waited, full of weeds and evidently
mere makeshift. The women and the
smaller children manage to get out of
it few cabbages and mess of green
peas, while bunch of nasturtiums
fights its way with a hill or two of
squashes. The farmer has supply of
sweet corn in his field, and probably
plenty of beans and pumpkins. The
luxury of having large variety of fine
vegetables is not more important than
the advantage to health. l notice that
our medical journals are laying special
stress on the value of vegetable prod
ucts in medicine. This is reaction
from the reign of drugs. We are told
that the fresh leaves and stems of our
nasturtium, our lettuce and cress and
celery and shallots should be used very
freely as tonics for the digestive or
gans-much as we use parsley now
The tomato not only holds all Its old
claims as valuable food to act upon
the alimentery canal and liver, but is
displacing the cathartcs and mercur-
ials.
The onion should be used more by
Americans than any other vegetable,
and yet for some reason it is left out
largely from our dietaries. To its
tonic effects is added quieting in
fuence on the nervous system. 1 do
not know which is now most popular
with the doctors, the extract of oats or
the extract of celery, to be used as a
nerve tonic. Every farmer knows the
value of oats as food for his animals !;
it is equally valuable on his own table,
but no more 30 than celery. Parsley is
now said to be something more import
ant than garnish for meats and soups !;
it is rival of the cranberry to be ap-
piled for external or internal infam-
nation.
In fact, the farmer has every reason
for making speciality of vegetable
garden. 1t will save him many dollars
a year otherwise paid out for meats and
for doctors. am in the habit of test
ing new varieties OF vegetables for an
other reason. l find that if 1 get no
other good from it the family is fur
nished an intellectual stimulus from
the habit of experimentation. There
should be plot given to the young
people for trying new seedlings and
cross breeds of their own originating.
When boy learns to create something
new he has gone far ahead of the mere
effort to cultivate something old.-New
York Tribune.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-05-09
Practical Work Among Bees.

Spring is here, summer will soon fol-
low, and farmers should have every
thing!ready for the hurrying part of the
season; tools all repaired and put in
shape for use. Farmers who keep bees
should have their hives all ready, for it
seems the delight of bees to swarm on
your busy days. But if you are pre-
pared, the,getting them in the hives is
short work. Some people still hold to
the old.habit of blowing horns and rat
ting on.tintpans, thinking that din
will cause them to light. If the noise
has any effect, 1 would sooner think it
would scare them away.
have used a.device like this: Take
piece of board, say, ten or twelve
inches square; bore nine or ten inch
holes in it, and in each of these holes
stick corncob. Get light stick four
teen to eighteen feet long, insert one
end in .tlis. board, and when your bees
swarm elevate these cobs, and carry
it aroundI among the bees where they
seem to belthickest, and they are quite
sure to "settle" on them. Then you
have only to empty them down before
the alreadyfprepared hive. You see,
this saves.climbing into trees, cutting
off .limbs and lowering them down,
which,needs aIcareful hand, and even
then for one cause or another, they
are Jared off and the work has to be
done over This scheme simplifes
matters, is very practical, is easily done
and there is no patent on i'll. T.
Elliott, in Germantown Telegraph.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-05-09
AGRICULTURAL.
A Study of Dairy Cows.

Dairying occupies an important place
in the agricultural interests of Connec-
ticut, and the Storrs Station, recog-
nizing this fact, has recently given
much attention to the consideration of
problems in connection with the sub
ject. Professor G. l.. Beach, instruc-
tor of dairying at the Connecticut Agri-
cultural college, made a canvass last
summer among the large number Of
herds which supplied certain cream
cry, for the purpose of finding ont the
average milk and butter yield per COW.
In "Study of Dairy Cows" a bulletin
just issued by the Storrs Station, he
points out the fact that the general
average is low, in fact, considerably be-
low what should be considered the
profit yielding point Professor Beach
believes that the herds examined are
fairly representative of the cows to be
found on the average Connecticut farm,
and suggests that dairying in Connect
cut can be made far more profitable
than it is at the present time.
While he believes that errors in feed
ing and care are responsible in part for
this low average, he considers the chief
reason to be that the COWS themselves
are not perfectly adapted to the pur-
pose for which they were selected and
that no amount of proper care and feed
could bring many of them up to the
point of yielding good profit to their
owners. He believes that cows of the
regular dairy type should be selected
for milk and butter production, as OPP
posed to the general purpose" or
"beef" COW, and gives suggestions as
to the characteristics and general con-
formation to be observed in selecting a
dairy herd. In illustration of these
points, he epitomizes the results of a
comparative study of the dairy herd be-
longing to the Connecticut Agricul-
tural College, the facts indicating that
the regular dairy type gives the best re-
suits in milk and butter yield. The
Bulletin, which is illustrated with pic
lures of cows of the different types, is
worthy of the careful consideration of
every farmer interested in obtaining
the highest returns from his dairy herd,
and should lead to his study of the
question in connection with his own
herd. The Bulletin is sent free on ap-
plication to the station, Storrs, Conn.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-05-09
The Strawberry Bed.

The specialist that has whole fields
in strawberries cannot give his fields
the extensive culture that the farmer
can give single bed devoted to fam
lily use. Half of the failures in straw
berry-growing are due to the fact that
the ground does not receive the atten-
ton in culture and in manure that it
should. A writer in the Journal Of
agriculture says that he has made beds.
that brought forth abundantly and he
has made beds that were complete fail.
ures. The difference was always in
the work and manure put on the beds.
Sometimes the rains fall or the insects
come and cut short the crop, but the
rule is that the shortness of the crop is
caused by lack of attention by the own
err. The variety of strawberry to be
grown will dictate to some extent the
work that must be done, the manure
that must be applied. Some of the va
rieties of strawberries are gross feed
ers and some are light feeders. One
of the most prominent reasons why the
old Wilson iran out" 30 to speak,
was that is very gross feeder and this
was not sufficiently taken into consid-
Grafton in preparing the soil for it.
This is proved by the fact that one Of
Wisconsin's most successful gardeners
grew the Wilson in great perfection up
to Tthe time of his death few years
| ago. But he was great man to fer
tilize his land, and made it excessively
rich-so his neighbors said. The writ
er remembers helping to make a "bed"
for the Wilson. The land was already
rich, but it was plowed deep and work
ed fine. The hog manure was hauled
on and spread 30 thickly that the
ground was covered. This was in turn
worked in. After some weeks the
plants were set and made big growth
from the beginning
The kind of treatment might moi
have been suited tC some other varie'
ties that feed lGss grossly. In the
West especially those varieties are
most popular that do well on soils or
dinarily rich. One man said to the
writer, "What is the object of raising
strawberries that have to be fed &c
heavily, when we have varieties like
the Crescent that will do we'll on poor
er soils?" There is something in thu
argument implied in the query, but thu
trouble is that the strong point of thes'
varieties leads men to do too little To-
them. We ieven see those varietie
planted in sod of virgin land that ha
been ploughed for the first time. Fail
ure in such case is certain, even will
such hardy varieties as the Brandy
wine. Whether a gross feeding vari
ETY. is to be grown or light feeder
the land should be we'll MANFRED an,
we'll worked. The man that does no
want to do this will.fnd it more profit
able to let strawberry-growing alone.-
Mirror and Farmer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-05-09
culture,

Cows on the American farm were
worth only from SPLIT to 1921 each
under the Democratic administration
of President Cleveland. Less milk was
bought when our factories were closed.
But busy factories mean money to
spend and more milk for the family; 30
the farmers cows are worth more un-
der the protection of the Dlngley tariff,
which gives the home market to the
home worker, A difference of $40 in
the value of each COW, between free
trade and protection times, is an Sob
ject lesson" for the armer.-Exchange
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-05-09
Beware Of Ointments for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury

AS mercury will surely destroy the senes
of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering it through
the mucous surfaces. Such articles
should never be used except on pre-
scriptions from reputable physicians, as
the damage they will do is tenfold to
the good you can possibly derive from
them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufac-
tured by F. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo,
o., contains no mercury, and is taken
internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the sys-
tenn. In buying Halls Catarrh Cure be
sure you get the genuine. 1t is taken
internally, and made in Toledo, O., by
f. j. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
CO Sold by Druggists, price sew
enty-fve cents per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-05-09
Vermont Possibilities.

John Gould, the noted Ohio dairy
man, has been talking at some of the
Vermont farmers institutes. In CIV
ing some of his observations in regard
to Vermont crops, soil and possibilities
he says: "We honestly doubt if Ver-
mont has as yet fully realized the pos
sibilities of her own resources in home
grain and clover growing. With such
evidence as we have come across we do
not believe that the State, with clover
established and corn growing pushed,
would find it necessary to buy bushel
of Western corn with which to feed her
diaries.
81 am sure Vermont is buying mil
lions of dollars worth of feed, making
an enormous State tax, which might be
saved, and with their Northern climate
it would seem that oats, peas, clover
and the like could be grown to perfec-
ton and save 30 much of the proteine
bills, though if grain must be purchas-
ed it would be the best policy to buy
gluten, bran, etc.
"The man in the West has little con
ception of the agricultural value of this
Champlain Valley of Vermont, which,
while not level, like the Western prai-
RE, is wonderfully fertile. Its grasses
are very fine; bluegrass has almost the
luxurious growth of Northern Ohio,
and no end of good stone with which to
fence farms and make permanent
roads. New England Farmer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-05-09

In almost every neighborhood there is
some one whose life has been saved by
Chamberlain's Coiic, Cholera and Diar-
chronic diarrhoea by the use of that medi-
cine. Such persons make point of tell
ing OF it whenever opportunity offers. hop
ing that it may be the means of saving
other lives For sale by G. Blakely and w.
E. Terrill & Co., Druggists
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-05-09
A WOman's Awful Peril.

"There is only one chance to save your
fe and that is through an operation" were
the startling words heard by Mrs. 1. B.
Hunt of Lime Ridge, Wis, from her doctor
after he had vsinly tried to cure her of a
frightful case of stomach trouble and yell
low jaundice. Gall stones had formed and
she constantly grew worse. Then she be-
gan to use Electric Bitters which wholly
cured her. It's wonderful stomach, liver
and kidney remedy. Cures dyspepsia loss
of appetite. Try it. Only SOC. Guaran.
teed. For sale by G. Blakely, druggist
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-05-09
The Value of a Cow.

The American COW has been feeling
the effects of the good times, and has
come in for share of the prosperity
tn at now exists in every corner of our
country. Note the following figures of
the total value of all COWS in the United
States, and the average value of each,
as shown by the Department of Agri-
culture.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-05-09

~ had stomach trouble twenty years and
gave up hope of being cured till 1 began to
use Kodol dyspepsia Cure. 1t has done
me 80 much good call 1t the savior of my
life," writes w. r. Wilkinson. Albany,
Tenn. 1t digests what you eat.-W. Il.
Terrill b Co.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-05-09

"DeWitt's Little Early Risers are the
finest pills I ever used ID. j. Moore
Millbrook, Ala. They quickly cure all
liver and bowel troubles.-W. e. Terrill &
Co.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-05-09
WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.
Boston Produce Market.

T6-The quotations given below represent prices
obtained by receivers pAoleia lots mot ioo6in2
prices dness otherwise Indicated Hnd are intended
to represent actual sales,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-05-09
RELIEF IN SIX HouRs.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder Disease re
leved in six hours by 'NEw GREAT SOUTH
AMERICAN KIDNEY CURE" 1t is great sur
prise on account of its exceeding promptness
in relieving pain in bladder kidneys and back,
in male or female. Relieves retention of
water almost Immediately. If you want quick
relief and cure this is the remedy. Sold by
Montpelier, Vt.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-10-30
Great Shoe Sale.

l.. b. Kerr 81 Co, Ltd, having
bought the stocks OF the Fairchild
Shoe House and A.. X. Murphy &
Co. at prices that enable them to
nell at one half the original cost
prices, the public will be offered
bargains, call early and secure first
choice.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-10-30

terestiug of which are several show
ing the desalution that exists at All
gun, at one time a thrifty and popu
lous city extending for nearly Z
kiometers along the Amur, and not
a house in which has been left stand.
ing,
The travellers speak in the highest
terms Of the great kindness they re-
ceivsd at the hands OF the Russian
civilian and military officers.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-10-30
Business Cards.
A. M. HEWLETT,

rs,ghf S-yl0rk and G5seved0Te
Old Reliable Again on Deck.
Office AT the Old Van Dorne Premises
1A6-ly
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-16
Made Six Speeches in Wisconsin and Was
Greeted by Immense Crowds.
Reception at Madison Was Particularly EnhusiasticSen
ator Hanna Laid Particular Stress Upon Trusts.
and the Attitude of the Democratic
Party in Regard to the Tariff.

FOR what he termed his "attempt TO array
class against class and then took up the
trust question, saying;
Tho constitution does not reach them
all, or the laws upon the statute books
OF the United States. The Sherman act.
passed by a Republican congress, has
wiped out all the trusts that can be
reached. and when / say trusts I mean
the combinations OF capital whose invest
ments are in the hands of stockholders.
but whose stockholders have no right 10
vote. the stock being simply voted by the
trustees, as the sugar trust was. as the
iron pipe company was, and as the Trans
missouri Traffic Association was. All OF
these were wiped out by the sherman act
and the supreme court OF the United
States"
Mr. Hanna then predicted that II in or
der to destroy trusts the protective tarirf
was removed. general business disaster
would follow, and concluded as follows;
''Do we want TO give notice to the great
army of workingmen In this country thar,
in Difference TO theory, TO satisfy the am
billions of one man, we are going TO de-
stroy their hopes for tho future? II comes
down to that, my friends. That Is ex-
actly what II means In the name OF all
that is good and holy: in the name OF the
men, women and children who have come
to us from foreign shores to better their
condition. let us stand together. maintain
ing the wages or the American working
man, continuing to build up these grea.
Industries, availing ourselves of these
great reservoirs of natural wealth that
God has given us. and 20 forward brush
ing from our paths all demagogues ana
ambitious men by telling them that we
know our business and are going TO attend
to ~"
After leaving the Casino Mr.. Hanna was
driven to the city park. where he address,
ed a large outdoor meeting, following up
the lines OF his previous speech.
The party was then driven TO the train,
which at once left for Madison.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-16
MADI5ON'S WELCOME
WAS MOST HEARTY.
Two Speeches Were Made and Were
Well Received by Great
Audfenc~u.

MADISON, Wis, Oct Ex-senator Han
mas special train reached Madison shortly
before o'clock. Here two speeches were
scheduled for the evening. one az Assem-
bly, hall. in the state Capitol, the other
in the immense University hall Gov.
Scofield and other state officials escorted
Senator Hanna and party TO the Park no.
tel.
At sp. m. Senator Hanna proceeded to
the Assembly hall. whore he spoke in part
as follows.
The paramount issue Is What is for
the best interests OF our people, each indi-
vidIal and the whole country Ny life
has been spent as business man, ! am
in public life because | felt II was my
duty, because | thought that unless
change was effected in this country wo
would 20 down hill even more rapidly than
We had been going Nearly all our great
industries were paralyzed- Every one
seemed ~ have LOST confidence in the fu-
ture. and II wanted some man whose
character whose ability. whose integrity
OF purpose, whose patriotism. would
gather around him the support of all
pubiic~spirited American citizens 20 save
this country from commercial ruin. Such
a man was William Mckinley. He wns
nominated and elected. and since then this
republic has passed through four years
second In Importance so none uf the four
years preceding. He has served his cnun-
try and placed Il IN the front rank of na-
ttons, commanding the respect OF all ma
creditor nation.
'tn order "a secure a continuation of
these things we must ask the people 70
have confidence in the future Mr.. Bryan
would bring about q condition ~ an
archism and socialism He would bring
strikes and riot and bloodshod to accom-
pilsh bis purpose. hut the people see
through his designs, ard have no fear ~
the result Of the election"
The senator was driven 20 the univcr-
sity gymnasium AZ this meeting Senator
Frye Was Tho principal speaker. his speech
being along the same itnes as that at
Waukesha. II was quite late when sem
ator Hanna reached the building bot
when he finally appeared the audience ap-
plauAad him for several minutes, the
University % Wisconsin, ycli with varia-
tions complimentary % the rational chair
man being given time and time asaia
4 woula Ike 10 have That Elee cluh
along with me on my tour" said Dir
Hanna.
Al the conclusion cf bis speech Mr..
Hanna ~aas drlyen 90 the station ana de-
parted for Winaaa. Aina.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-16

SHENANDOAH. Pa. Oct. E-Advices
have reached Gen. Goblin. in command of
the state troops here that a large body
OF marching strikers have left McAdoo
for the Panther creek region. They ex-
pect TO reach that valley IN time TO in
tercept the miners on their way 10 work
in the morning.
Gen. Goblin ordered six companies OF
the Fourth regiment 10 leave tonight for
that valley. and special train on the
Philadelphia Reading railroad was pro-
vided to take them TO Tamaqua, which
station In but a few miles from Coal
dale.
Gen. Goblin went with the troops and
assumed personal command.
The governors troop OF cavalry. which
is stationed at Oneida. win leave for the
Panther creek region early in the morn
ng.
Gen. Goblin. before leaving. said he was
requested by Sheriff Toole TO send sol-
diers to the Panther Creek valley.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-16

MADISON. Wis, Oct. Ex-senator Han
ma began his speech-making tour OF the
Northwest today, by making six speeches
In Wisconsin, some Of them OF considera-
bic length. The principal addresses OF the
day were made at waukesha, where the
special train carrying Senators Hanna
and Frye and other Republican leaders
was held for over an hour and at Madi-
son. At each Of these places Senator
Hanna made two addresses. Short
speeches were also made at Racine juno
ton and Racine.
Senator Hanna was everywhere greet
cd By Immense crowds. his reception at
Madison being particularly enthusiastic.
In his speeches today Senator Hanna
laid particular stress upon the trusts, and
the attitude OF the Democratic party in
regard to the tariff
There are no monopolies In this coun-
try" said he. except those which are
protected by patent issued by the gov
ernment"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-16
GREAT CROWDS GREET
TIE HANNA PARTY.
Famous Ohioaa Discu-sc. Issues of
the Campaign and Wins APP
plausr OF Hearers.

MADISON. Wis. oct. is-The first ex-
tended stop of the day was made az Wan
keSha. Wis. where elaborate preparations
had been made for she reception az the
senator Escorted by reception commit
tee. which met the special train at Mill
wauRee. senator Hanna and party. on ar.
riyinE az WaUkcsha. were driven through
the decorated streets ur the city to the
Casino. npar one ~ thH springs The
building Was packed 20 the doors some
time before the party arrived The sp-
psarance OF Senators Hanna and Frye Was
the signal for applause which lasted sew
erAi moments. Senator FRYE WAS lnEro-
auaod. ard spoke az some length,
when senator Hanna was introduced
instantly someone asked u there was any
thing tho matter with Hanna. and the aa-
aience roarca that he was all right sen-
star Hanna bowed ana waved Ms hAne-
Kefshjef 20 crowd ~ Young laiips On
the stage. decoratca 90 represent the ar
fereat states - the Union. ami whsn qaist
had bVen restored spoke IN pars as fai-
lows
n consider tne lssues and results n thta
campaign second IN importance % uous
Siuce the foundation ~ oar gpvernmeny,
certainly none since the foundation % fhe
RspnAnraa party. ! consider s9 ~ sascn
Importance because it comes down 90 a
pure business prop0siticu--a propositioa
in xnlrh = tnVoiNf4 uAf Mttt-IsinSs tbe
comfort and happiuess * omr families. fee
ma lntsaance a. peaey In the atminis-
traftan OF our government 0rich msaa.
A continuance ~ THO grand development -
this grea. natien. a continuation % pros
perttv which bfiuKs happiness % every
aressae and wealth and greatness go the
nation ! say e is 3 business propositina
heeause in the great widening and sprsaf-
ing ns our influence and development the
r,nfsoa states os America has taken
'front.' rank. iss iannence mas spread he
,on5 the borders az our couutFy, Nnd the
wealth that is being gathered 20 our
shores Is the result o. our Industry and
a tribute 10 The Intelligence uf our peo-
re"
Trust Question Discussed.
Mr.. Hanna then aen9aaeea Mr.. Bryan