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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-17
Living on Fish.

AS a result of personal experience
may state that some years since 1 lived
for a period of 40 days, so far as what is
called solid food is concerned, solely on
fish, with, of course, the addition of bread
tho potatoes were eaten during the peri
ODD, but l cannot recommend that mode
of living. l discovered before the 40 days
had expired that fish was not the staff of
life.
In the course of my experiment I not
only lost flesh, but also energy. nor did
feel my head clearer or my thoughts and
feelings more alert than when subsisting
on more varied food. While living on fish
only one feels "a want" craving for
something you don't know what''-that
Is to say, you cannot give a name to your
desires, nor does the feeling wear off as
you continue the dietary. At all events,
in my case "custom came not to the res
cue" so after 40 days had expired l re-
turned to the fleshpots, not all at once,
being convinced that caution was neces-
sary.-Temple Bar.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-17
FINGER NAILS.

Short nailed men never give I'D an ar.
gument.
a keen sense of humor accompanies
short nails.
Long nails indicate ideality and an ar
tistic temperament.
Short nails thin and fat at the base
Indicate a weak action of the heart
Long nailed people are apt to be very
visionary and hate to face disagreeable
facts.
Short nails very fiat and sunken, as it
were, into the flesh at the base are a sign
of diseased nerves.
Short nails very fat and inclined to
curve out or lift up at the edges are the
forerunners of paralysis.
Short nailed persons make good crit
les. They are sharper and more logical
than long nailed people and usually more
positive in assertion.
Long nails never indicate such great
physical strength as short, broad ones.
Very long finger nailed persons are apt
to have delicate chests and lungs.
Long nails very wide at the top and
blush in appearance denote bad circula-
ton. Long nailed men and women are
less critical and more impressionable than
those with short nails.
Don't use nail bleaches too generously
and don't fail to be stingy of rouge and
powder. Let your nails be beautiful,
with no visible signs of the manicuring
that keeps them pink and lovely.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-17

MOVABLE FENCE.

end nail on cleats of same material
with clinch nails and also one such
cleat in the middle of the panel. Make
as many Of these as will reach across
the field you wish to divide and dis
tribute them where you want to put
them up. Now take similar material
and make Fig. A as shown In cut,
making notches like and 10 in cut
two inches wide and three inches deep
In center Of crosspieces. Make one
more of these than you do of the panels
and distribute in the same way.
Now stand Fig. A up and place and
3 of one panel together with 8 and Z
of the next panel in notches 8 and 10
of Fig. A, tapping the panels about one
foot, and so on until your fence is erect
ed across your field. If you have larger
stock than hogs on each side of the
fence, you can prevent them rubbing
against the fence by stretching one
barb wire on each side and fastening
with staples to Fig. A at IL and II
This makes very durable fence, which
can be put up quickly or taken down
quickly and moved or piled away fol-
future use.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-17
Current Comment.

LUMBER.-The market for schedules is
very firm, orders being fairly plentiful and
the means of satisfying them very limited.
The mills that we're compelled to shut down
for want of logs have not yet been able to re-
sume operations, but prospects for their do
ing 80 are brighter. There is a word, at
least, from Bangor that after a long delay
the great log drives on the tributaries of the
Penobscot are moving ard there Is great
hope that during the first week in July
quite number of saws will again be at
work. The west branch and the Mousse
head drives are in motion, and the Machias
River drive have reached Whitneyville
boom Supplies Of spruce lulnber. there
fore, are likely to be increased shortly. At
the moment they are light, and buyers, re-
cognizing this fact, are willing to pay full
prices at Lease where frames are concerned.
For random the tone is not so firm as for
schedules, but we do not hear OF any actual
concessions from quoted prices within few
dave.
FLOUR. - The market has developed
somewhat easier tone during the week
and prices are lower. The demand is slow,
and buyers are taking what they mead from
time To time, ON the basis Of quotations,
which show slight falling off. Spring pat
ents are selling at about Is 70 TO $50 at
general range OF prices, but some Chicago
tiours can be- bought as low as 80 65 The
trade will not buy ahead OF present needs,
even at these prices, there being no specu-
lative feeling apparent. Minneanolis pat
ents have been sold as low rs So 70 while
this price is quoted for good Wisconsin
brands. Winter hours show rather more
strength than springs, but most business is
doing in the latter hours. For winter pat
ents the range is about $3.50 to 1856. while
clear and straight winter hOurs are SELF ng
at about SO 80 to $3.50, few sales being
made above the latter price.
Wool The market is less active than
last week, rs manufacturers are lnite busy
in taking up their earlier pure asses. The
sound condition o. the trade is best evinced
by the fact that the largest house in the
trade has found its packing force insu III
cient and has just taken on from 20 TO 30
outside jumpers, to aid IN the disposal OF It's
wool. There has been, moreover, more or
less shopping throughout the week, and on
fine woods prices have at last advanced,
though only to fractional extent. The
whole situation is decidedly stronger and
better. Manufacture q have reduced their
supplies and therefore are obliged TO cover
their sales of cloth with orders for wool
Eastern dealers are co hdent that the mar
ket has touched bottom, and those who
have held out from the growing Districts in
the early part OF the spring are now plung-
generally are showing very good results,
and the results between them ana mediums
is steadily widening. The short supply OF
merino wool In the world, so long counter
balanced by the overstock OF old WOO Is car
ried yer, Is at last beginning to make itself
felt. There Is a particularly good demand
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-17
III aE TEZ.EEIIl1j

There is no argument more convinc-
Ing than one whose premises are sup
ported by dollars and cents, and the
following account of an experiment at
the Iowa Agricultural college clearly
demonstrates the difference in cash re-
turns that may be expected from feed
ing an animal of the most improved
beef type, such as the Hereford, and in
feeding a scrub While in this incident
the two extremes perhaps are used,
the result is not an unusual one.
A Hereford steer made a gain of
3-100 pounds per day under feed and
was sold at "a months, weighing 1924
pounds. A high grade Jersey steer fed
under like conditions was sold at 33
months, weighing 1900 pounds, and
for the nine months fed made a gain
of two pounds per day. The amount
of feed given each of the animals was
practically the same, and the feed lot
results were practically equal. The
gain in weight depends solely on di-
gestion, and the digestion of the unim-
proved steer or scrub may be just as
good or even better than the digestion
of the highly improved beef breeds.
There is no reason that the latter
should give greater returns for the
feed. But when these steers were mar
keted there was a great difference. The
comparison was by altogether a differ
ent standard. The Jersey sold at
$2.121a below the top of the market
and the Hereford for 10 cents above,
making a difference of $2.221a per 100
pounds. In the sale of the two types
the Hereford netted 671a per cent Of
beef and the Jersey 571a per cent, the
beef type having 10 per cent more
beef.
When the carcasses were hung up,
that of the Jersey weighed 7G3 pounds,
with 100 pounds of internal tallow and
b5 pounds of suet, while the Hereford
carcass weighed SSS, with 90 pounds of
internal tallow and SO pounds of suet,
the per cents of these as compared
with the carcass being respectively
821 and 10, the proportion Of tallow
and suet in the Jersey being more than
twice as much as in the Hereford. A
great point was in the gain of the
choice cuts in the beef type, the power
of these animals to make the kind of
product the market demands, instead
of the Jersey putting the gain in tai
low while there was not enough flesh
on the back to cover decently the
bones. The market returns from the
Hereford carcass were 40 per cent
more than from the Jersey carcass.
The tallow price was cents, while
the high priced cuts were 10 cents.
Forcing n Bull Calf.
Use of corn, oats, bran and middlings
equal parts for concentrates, says
The Breeders Gazette. If the animal
is somewhat delicate, make liberal use
of oats and bran, more freely than the
other articles named. Do not overfeed,
but If possible endeavor to have the
animal consume and utilize pound
and half of concentrates for each 100
pounds Of live weight. For roughage
feeG the best provender available. Le-
guminous hay like that Of the cowpea
vine, clover or alfalfa is preferable.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-17

leu on the ground or In rack that me
sheep jumped into the minute the hay
was put in and soon put it in shape
that it would not be eaten. The water
trough had several inches of manure in
the bottom. The feed trough where the
grain was fed was half buried in ma
nure, and the farm poultry had access
to it and ate what the sheep left, the
larger quantity. The sheep were run
down in flesh and lambs came weak,
no milk for them. Many died, both old
and young.
"These men told the truth when they
said they fed fine mixed hay, all the
flock would eat, water always befor"
them, and the troughs almost always
had grain left in them until the hens
got around. They had simply furnish
ed the food and water in such shape
that a fastidious animal like sheep
would starve rather than eat and drink
filth. They became debilitated, drop
steal swelllngs appeared under the jaw
and death usually closed the scene. My
friend, fear some of these things will
hit your neighbors If they don't you.
When sheep always have disease of the
kind you speak Of in springtime and
no other, as you say, there is call for
better food, more food or better man
ner of serving it to the flock. This Is
the truth, the whole truth and nothing
but the truth, and the remedy is to reg
ulate the conditions SO as to prevent.
Drugs are of no account In these
cases."
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-17
Calais, Curious Street,

In Calais not far from the landing
pier Is what is known as the fisher quar-
ter
The inhabitants of this part of the
town, numbering something like 1000,
form a community Of their own and live
quite apart from the rest of Calais. The
young people never think of marrying out
of their quarter.
Just in the heart of this district is u
very narrow street, its width being about
five feet at most. The curious thing
about it is that the bottom room of every
house is quite isolated from the upper
rooms, and the tenants who wish to 20 up
to the bedrooms have to come out into
the street and enter another doorway,
behind which is fight of steps leading
up stairs.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-17
Live Stock Market.

There were on the market at Brighton
last Tue day 1888 cattle, 456 swine, 448 veal
calves, q horses and 300 pounds of poultry.
Under the influence OF an nc i've demand
and light supplies prices OF Northern and
Eastern beef cattle ruled high Sales 5
beef cows, aver Re 1000 pounds, 3fc; beef
COWS, average 965 pound , Sic; 2 cattle, av-
ersge 2025 pounds, 5bc; cattle, average
1900 pounds, 54c; 4 cattle, average 1890
pounds,5aci beef COWS, sverge $50 pounds,
4c.
For mich cows the demand was not very
active, but several sales we're effected at
prices ranging from $40 TO go each, accord
ing to quality.
or veal calves the offerings were oompar-
atively meager, but butchers bought spar
iugiy and prices we're no higher. Sales: 10
calves, average 1874 lbs, Ole; 81 calves, av-
erage 1913 lbs DC; 80 calves, average 1873 lbs,
6tc; 100 calves, averag- ia lbs, 61c.
There were not enough sheep and lam bs
on offer to make market
Receipts OF Western beef cattle we're light.
There was not much ocean space Offering.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-17
blowing inc nose urtpr Dutnrng.

blowing the nose artpr Datnrng.
or course one blows his nose because
there is some salt water in it, which
makes him uncomfortable. This water he
forces into the little eustachian tube that
runs from behind the nose to the ear.
Here the water remains for days, and the
particles of salt set up inflammation. The
next step is that the eustachian tubes get
blocked and remain more or less so per-
manently, causing partial deafness.
You should always wait some time aft
er your bath before blowing your nose,
and then you should do it gently.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-17
CARE OF SHEEP.
why Some Growers Cannot Make
Their FIocks Pay.


Their FIocks Pay.
81 have young sheep that have swell
ing under their jaws. When first no.
ticed, the skin hangs loose. 1t comes
on through the day and is nearly gone
in the morning. The swelling increases
In this way until they die. Some swell
only little and then get well. One
died last year. Some farmers lost near
ly half their focks three years ago
from this disease. Their heads are
swollen sometimes about six weeks be-
fore they die. Appetite good. Have
been feeding mixed hay, timothy and
clover and oats twice a day, a few
potatoes and cut turnips once a day
Of late. This disease comes only in the
spring Of the year."
The above plant is answered by O.
D. Smead in The National Stockman
as follows:
"My friend, short answer to your
question would be starvation. The
cause of the swelling is general de-
bility-nothing more, nothing less. The
fact of its always being present in the
springtime makes 1t clear that worms
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-17
Glorious News

Comes from DIR. ID. B. Cargle OF Washita,
|. I. He writee: electric Bitters has
cured Mrs. Brewer OF scrofula, which had
rible sores would break out on her head
and face, and the best doctors could give nc
help, but now her health is excellent
Electric Bitters is the best blood purifier
known. It's the supreme remed for &C.
zema, letter. salt rheum, ulcers, boils, and
running sores. II stimulates liver, kidneys
and bowels, expels poisous, helps digestion
builds up the strength Only 30 CTS. Sold
by @. Blakely, Druggist. Guaranteed.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-17

do not cause the debility. What, then,
can do it or, rather, does it? Simply
lack of food or food, water and care.
But you say you have fed mixed hay,
timothy and clover and oats and few
potatoes and turnips of late. But you
don't say how long you have fed this
class of food, neither do you say how
much oats per head.
II mentioned care. That means more
than food and shelter from storms. l
have seen men who had good sheep
shelter, fed nice mixed hay, furnished
plenty Of water and fed grain In plen-
tx, hut how was 1t done? The hay was
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-17
Roof Preseryatiyea.

For tin roofs, cutters, spouts and
metal work an oil paint must be used.
Plumbago and raw linseed oil, with a
tablespoonful of drying japan to every
two quarts, make suitable paint for
tin and will last for many years. Dry
venetian red, oxide iron paint and
Princes metallic paint, all dry, mixed
with oil and little japan, make good
roof paints. Apply roof paint thin
brush 1t out well and allow no surplus
around the edges.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-17
RETAIL DEALERS PRIoKs.
Saved His Leg,

P. A. Danforth of LAGRANGE, Ca, sui
fered for SIX months with frightful run
ming sore on his leg; but writes TIL at Buck
days. For Ulcers, Woun de-, Piles, it's the
best sslve in the world Cure guarsnt aed.
Only 25 cts. Sold by G. Blskely, druggist.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-17
The Appetite OF a Goat.

Ia envied 10y all whose Stomach and
Liver are ont ~ order But such should
know that DR.. Kings New Life Pills. give
q splei ded appetite, sound digestion and a
regular bodily habit that nsures perfect
health and great energy. Only 25c at Q
Blakely's drug store.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-17
Dr.. Wiles'
He art Gore

gives new strength to the heart,
regulates the circulation, stimu-
lates the digestion and restores
health. Sold by druggists on
a guarantee.
DR.. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-17
Durability of Wood.

In very dry atmospheres the durability
of wood is almost incredible. Pieces OF
wood, wooden caskets and wooden arti
Giles have been withdrawn from Egyptian
catacombs of an antiquity 1000 or 3,00C
years antedating the Christian era.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-17
DFopsY

starting in the feet or ankles
comes from a weak or diseased
heart-a heart that cannot keep
up the circulation. The blood
then settles in the lower limbs
where the watery portions ooze
out into surrounding tissues
causing bloat and swelling.
The heart must be strengthened
and built up before the dropsy
can be cured to stay; and the
best Of all heart medicines is
DR.. Miles Heart Cure.
"Heart disease caused my sons
ankles to swell to twice their
natural size and his body shook
with every beat. -Four BOTTLES of
DR.. Miles Heart Cure cured
him." MRS. A. NJ. DEM1NG,
1906 Broad ST., Providence, r.. L
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-17

The best is the cheapest in paints
and painting, as well as in many other
things, but 1t often happens that
farmer wants to improve the looks of
his buildings while feeling that he can
nat afford to nay out the necessary
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-17

The Millionaire-Yes your highness, I
intend to settle ten millions on my daugh-
ter the day she is married.
The Duke-Just give me a months OPP
ton on that and I'll consider it.-Brook-
lyn Life.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-17
Little Knovvle dRe.

A small boy went to see his grandmoth-
err. After looking eagerly round the
handsomely furnished room where she
sat. he exclaimed inquiringly:
"Oh. grandmamma, where is the miser-
able table papa says you keepW-Fun.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-17
Government whItewash.
Lime and Sulphur Dips,

Lime and sulphur dips should never
be used. Some large buyers of wool
refuse to buy the wool from sheep
which have been dipped in lime and
sulphur.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-17
He Knew.

Teacher-If you are polite and kind to
your young comrades, what will be the
result?
Bully Jones-They'1 know they can
lick you.-Puck.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-17
HANDY MOVABLE FENCE.
Easily Made and Suitable For Fenc-
ing Hogs or Cattle.

ing Hogs or Cattle.
Replying to request for a way to
divide hog pasture without building
a permanent fence, G. w. Walker sub
mits this plan in Breeders Gazette.
1t may also be used for fencing stock
or any similar purpose:
1t is made by building panels Of
fence, taking four common fence
boards inches wide and ~ feet long
Tor 10 If desired) and laying them fat
on the floor from four to six inches
apart. Then about one foot from each
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-17
WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.
Boston Produce Market,

1.-THE quotations given below represent prize
obtained ov receivers lots (not ioobino
ri;ssJ unIess otherwise indicated. aud intended
to represent actual S. les.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-17

Our deposits of borax are believed to
bs practically inexhaustible.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-17

When Not to Blow Your Nose.
One Of the peculiar effects of salt water
bathing on some persons is the deafness
which it produces. The cause Of this is
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-17

Narrow minded people are like narrow
necked bottles-the less they have in
them the more noise they make in get
ting It out.-Chicago News.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-17

money for n good grade of paint.
There are several substitutes which
can be used that look we'll for n time
and serve to protect the wood in a
greater or less measure. The following
Is recommended by a practical man
who has tried n variety of paints,
whltewashes, calcimines, etc.:
Slack one peck fresh stone lime, and
while the liquid is still warm add four
ounces glue previously dissolved, one
quart raw linseed oil and such color as
is preferred, stirring 1t all well together.
This is said to be very durable on stone,
brick or wood and will not rub off.
Whitewash or dry color put on with
water is much more durable If var
nished over with raw oil. Another
cheap paint is made by mixing vene-
tlan red ground in oil with boiled lin
seed oil and adding five times the guam
tity of crude petroleum.
Government Whitewash.
The whitewash which the United
States government puts on its light
houses Is made as follows: Slack one
half bushel good stone lime In boiling
water keeping it covered while slack
ing strain and add one-half peck salt
dissolved in warm water, three pounds
ground rice bohed to thin paste, one
half pound powdered Spanish whiting
and one pound clear glue dissolved in
warm water. Mix this all thoroughly
with the strained Stacked lime and let
stand for several days. Apply as hot
as possible with clean brush. Dry
pigment can be added to make any de-
sired color.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-17
How Are Your Kidney.s

DR. Hobbs sparagus Pills cure all kidney ills. Sam.
pie free. Add. sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or N.
The age-herald., 1901-10-08

terests of the negro that they could lose nothing by supporting this constitution even if the same was declare. unconsti- tutional or in opposition to the fifteenth amendment; that the negro would have the same rights then that he has now. and the people would be even then blessed with an improved instrument in every other particular. He told of the promise of the ex-Governor, when he called that m emorable session to repeal the act call ing the constitutional convention. to pro- vide relief in the shape of an amend ment; that he never had presented the amendment, and of how the three ".exes" were telling of an amendment that lay in the future that they had never outlined.
 No White Man to Lose Vote.
 The crowd cheered and cheered when he assured the people that under the workings of the new constitution no white man would be deprived of his vote. He drew graphic picture of the scenes in North Carolina when the negroes ruled the people; when they had more than two thousand of the offices and the city of Wilmington was awed by negro domina- ton.
 He read from an editorial of a negro ed itor and described the recent meeting of the negroes in the city of Birmingham and the resolution they passed. MT. Knox's speech was more of plain legal argument than anything else, and he added much to the popularity of the cause in this county.