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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-04-09
FARM SEPARATIONS.

Some of the butter makers are max
ing a lively kick against the introduce
ton of the farm separator. They might
as well kick against a stone wall, for
kicking will not stop its coming.
There is only one thing that will
check its rapid introduction, and that
is better skimmilk from the creamery.
Farmers are getting more and more
determined to raise good calves and
they purpose to do this with separ-
ator skimmilk
If the butter makers don't clean out
their pumps, pipes and tanks and give
the skimmilk thorough pasteurizing
the farmer is certain to lend an atten-
tive ear to the farm separator agent,
separator will be installed on trial
and you can count on its staying. 1t
will then be too late to protest, for at
ter farmer pays 800 for a separator
he is quite apt to find a factory that
will take his cream. Dairymen of eX-
perience have found that the best of
calves can be raised on good separator
milk, and every intelligent butter
maker knows how to return it in good
condition. Northwestern Farmer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-04-09
STATE NEWS.

The hearing in the case of State
against Joseph Mears of Sandgate,
charged with putting corrosive subli-
mate into whiskey drunk by Philan-
der Moffat for the purpose of poison
ing him was concluded at Bennington,
on Tuesday. Mears was held in the
sum of 81 900 for appearance before
the grand jury Not being able to Sc
cure a bondsman he was ken back to
Jail. No testimony was introduced
by the respondent.
The will of the late A. p Stafford
of Wallingford, which was recently
filed at the probate Office in Rutland,
grants to that town q conditional leg
acy of Sl2,00 to be used to build q
town hall. The conditions of the leg
acy are that the town shall take in
trust the S12, 600 and pay the interest
on it as long as the wife and daughter
of the deceased shall live. At their
death the money shall go to the town
for the purpose mentioned above, but
if the daughter shall leave any chill
! dren one half of the S12, 600 shall go to
them and the balance to the town
The town is thus sure of SO, 600 and
may get S12,0 The town has not
accepted the gift.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-04-09
RIGHT IN HIS LINE.
HOW A DRUGGIST WAS CURED OF
GRIPS AFIER-EFFECTS.
He Tells Reporter the Reason why He
Recommends DR. williams Pink Pills
for Pale People.

a nan who can speak authorita-
lively on medicines is Mr.. j. S. Nc
Elwee Phi. G., manager of the Red
Gross drug store i'll Dover, N. j.
Years of experience has demonstrated
to him that one preparation excels all
others as remedy for diseases arising
from the blood and nerves. When
asked by a reporter what he consider
ed the best medicine for such diseas-
es, he said
II have recommended hundreds of
people to take Dr. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People for l know both
from observation and personal expe-
rience what they will do in restoring
health. -
You said you have tried them
YOURSELF"
Yes, and with the best of results.
| had severe attack of the grip last
spring." he continued, land it left
my system in bad condition. / was
much run down, weak, and listless,
nervous, food didn't appeal to me-in
short | was generally miserable. |
had had previous experience with
| other tonics and they had done me no
good But l knew what DR.. Will
liams' Pink Pills would do and be-
gan taking them Three boxes restor-
ed me to health, strength and good
spirits, They are a splendid blood
maker and nerve tonic. My wife has
taken them with great benefit and she
believes in them as thoroughly as l
dc"
1t is of the utmost Importance to
your health if you have suffered from
the grip that you should cleanse the
system of the lingering germs and
put it in condition to rest and ward
off disease.
Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People contain, in condensed form,
all the elements necessary to give new
life and richness to the blood and they
restore shattered nerves and they are
an unfailing specific not only for the
after effects Of the grip, of fevers
and of other acute diseases, but also
for such diseases as locomotor ataXia,
partial paralysis, st. Vitus' dance,
sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, ner-
vous headache, palpitation of the
heart, pale and sallow compilations
and all forms of weakness, either il
male or female. DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People are sold by all
dealers or will be sent postpaid on re-
ceipt of price, fifty cents box; six
boxes, two dollars and fifty cents, by
addressing DR.. Williams Medicine
Co., Schenectady, N. Y.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-04-09
CURRENT COW MENr.

BUTTER Receipts are still running
very light for the season of the year and
stocks of everything except box ana
print butter are very low. There has
been light demand for fine fresh butter,
however, and receivers have been obliged
TO make concessions in good many cases
in order to clean up. Some sales of fine
fresh northern creamery were made this
morning at % LIE but the market showed
more strength later, land closes firm at
2Sc. Under priced goods keep closely
sold up and are wanted. Northern dairy
lots sell promptly at fun quotations
Boxes and prints are still in full supply.
DRESSED POULTRY. Receipts for the
week have been fairly liberal but only Il
small proportion has been fresh killed,
Fresh western fowls have been in limited
supply but trade quiet and since Monday
best marks have been selling at Re, with
some ordinary southwestern cleaning up
at 10 l-2 TO lie. Old cocks have had Il
steady sale ut Sc. Frozen poultry held at
about former prices, but in limited de
mand Fowls have TO be extra to exceed
l2c.
BEANS. -Receipts have been heavy for
the past week and include 5,597 bags for
and receivers have been obliged to shade
prices.
POTATOES, -AroOstook Green Mountains
have been selling generally at 80 TO 93c.
Hebrons have been more plenty and rul-
ing lower, late sales of best stocks at SOC.
Rose have been scarce and bringing full
prices Dakota Red steady at Soc Moth
ing of consequence doing i'm foreign stock.
EGGs.- Receipts have been heavy and
stocks have accumulated little since our
last weekly report, There has been a
steady demand for fresh western at Is lie,
and since Tuesday best marks of Michi-
gau, Indiana, etc have had a moderate
sale at 10 3-lc. Some stock selected and
packed for storage has been sold at 16c,
but there is not much doing in this line as
yet. Best marks of eastern held steady
at lGc But little doing in duck or goose
eggs.
CHEEsE.-Receipts for export, 10, lG7
boxes There has been Il steady fair de-
mand for the past week, and with only
moderate stocks on hand the market has a
firm tone. Sales of fine northern fall
twins continue ut IL l-2 to he, with to
good lots steady at IL to lie.
HAY AND STRAw.-The market for
choice hay is fairly steady, about all of
the demand being for the better grades.
Fest hay is selling at $3.50 to IS, the latter
price being about the top for any hay now
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-04-09
EARLY HATCHIN G.

As rule hens do not perform the
duty of incubation to large extent
until the middle of March, and if a
poultryman wishes to allow his hens
to commence as early as that he must
begin to save eggs now. In selecting a
flock to breed from for eggs for setting
purposes select a dozen strong healthy
hens and put them in the yard with a
vigorous male. Save only the largest
and best formed eggs for Matching,
Eggs keep best in a cool place If eX-
posed to low temperature, however,
they freeze and break open, and of
course are then fit for eating only If
they can be kept not lower than forty,
nor higher than sixty, degrees they
will need no packing Of any kind, and
will keep until ready to set the hen
in a few weeks. TO prevent the eggs
settling, that is the yolk sticking to
the shell, they should be turned about
half over twice a week. BEFORE the
eggs are put away they should be
spotlessly clean and should be uni
form in size and color, if possible, al
though the color makes no material
difference. The most essential thing
for chicks young in winter is warmth.
Everyone understands that the hen
will keep her brood warm if she pos
sibly can do so, but it all depends on
whether the hen herself is warm and
comfortable, or not In order to get
chicks into market early it pays to at
tend to the mother while she has the
care of them. No work should be
considered too ardous as the loss Of
one chick means something from an
early brood, The fixed number Of
thirteen eggs for hen is the proper
one, and poultry raisors too often
make the mistake of trying to get just
one more egg under a hen and that
one may be the means Of chilling all
the rest, for in trying to cover all the
eggs there is always one that will
have to be left out, and it is not the
same one each time the hen turns or
rolls the eggs. 1t must also be kept
| in mind that when the chicks are
Matched they will grow, and while a
large number can huddle under hen
when they are two or three weeks old,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-04-09

when they grow larger they require
q great deal more room, and some poor
little fellow has to be left out in the
cold, and will, in nine cases out of
ten, die before morning. If one wish
es to begin to hatch chickes before
the cold weather is over he will have
to take the utmost care of the hens
and their broods, and of the chicks
after they come out of the incubator.
But after he has accomplished his
aim, when the weather begins to
break, and others are just starting he
will be the one that has the most
money. But, as has already been stat
ed to poultry raisers hundreds of times,
the more care and work the more dol
lars and cents.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-04-09
DOMESTIC.

Washington, Apr. lowing to the
increased receipts i'll customs and to
expected reductions in government eX-
penditures, the treasury officials be-
lieve the surplus will reach 800, 000,
600 by the end of the present fiscal
year. The third quarter of the fiscal
period ended on Monday, and the
treasury surplus stood at SCI, 032, Ia
Last year, on the corresponding date,
the excess of receipts over eXpendi-
lures was only S42, 600, 900, yet this
had been increased to so, 600, 600 three
months later. The March receipts
from customs this year were S2l, 04S,
500 in March of last year. The re-
ceipts of the fiscal year to date from
this source have been $3.50, 1Sl ,692, as
against $3.50, 224, PA in the same period
of last year.
Peekskill, N. Y, Apr 2.-Laborers
of the New York Central railroad
near Anthony's Nose three miles
above this village, dug up on Tuesday
"A chest containing about 200 silver
coins of the size of dime and a
smaller number about as large as dol
lars The coins are apparently Ger
man and the small ones bear torch
on the diverse and the motto Wer
Wagt Gewinnt" (Who ventures wins)
on the reverse. There is no date on
the coins
Havana, Apr. 3. - The Supreme
Court ruled on "Wednesday that ex-
director of posts Rathbone, under SEN
tence of ten years Imprisonment for
postal frauds, was entitled to be adj
mitted to bail pending his appeal.
The court fixed the amount of bail at
500, 600 cash, as asked for by the Fis-
cal.
Boston, Apr 3.-Intimate friends
of Edward Everett Hale, who is today
celebrating his eightieth birthday,
on tomorrow morning will give him
substantial purse, which will prob
ably amount to many thousands.
Boston, Apr 3.-Fifteen hundred
brewery workers and seventy two fire
men employed at the breweries struck
! this morning. Bottlers, stationary
engineers and coOpers may follow
within twenty-four hours. Transfers
also may become involved When the
brewers endeavor to start breweries
with non-union men the tug of war
with other labor organizations will
follow.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-04-09
MANURIAL VALUE OF MUCK.

Perhaps there is no form of fertilz-
ing material about the value of which
there is so general uncertainty and
such variety of opinion as the matter
of muck. But comparatively few peo-
pie have studied the subject sufficient
ly to know the latest teachings upon
it and the owners of but few farms
having muck beds make any use of
them The American cultivtor makes
extended comment upon the subject
and says that the muck swamps vary
much in the character Of the growth
around or upon them causing variety
in the character of the soil and in its
manurial value when carried to high
er land lacking in vegetable matter.
The swamp where the long water
MOSES grow, or those which receive
the fall of leaves from the surround
ing forests of hard woods and naples
or beech, should accumulate a large
amount Of vegetable matter each year.
This material furnishes an amount of
nitrogen and potash varying according
to the material from which it is made,
but usually contains but little phos-
phoric acid.
OF some twenty samples examined at
the experiment station III Maine, none
are reported as having less than IS per
cent water when taken out, and some
nearly 81 per cent. 1t is this which
makes the cost of handling it so great.
When it was dried to a water free ma
terial, which can be done in the labor
atory but not very well on the farm,
they were found to vary from 81 6 to
&c. per cent of organic matter; those
which had the most organic matter did
not have the most nitrogen, that vary
ing from 2.8j per cent III sample
with Sc of organic matter to l.15 in
5l.6 organic matter. Phosphoric acid
varied from nearly two per cent down
to ll-10o of one per cent, and potash
from 90-l00 to 02-10O per cent.
This gives some idea of the vari-
able quality of muck from different
localities, and is it can scarcely be so
dried as to contain less than forty to
fifty per cent of moisture, the amount
of fertilizing material in a ton would
not be large i'll even the best samples
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-04-09
AGRICULTURAL.
SKILL IN MILKING,

Milking is an operation which re-
uuires skill as it it has an important
effect on the amount and quality of
milk given. Dairymen know that
there are as great differences between
mixers as between COWS and that
COWS will do much better with good
mixers than with others. Indeed,
good COWS are often almost ruined by
poor mixers
The mixer should avoid handling
the COW more than is necessary, and
he should make it a rule to do his
work quickly and thoroughly. he
should never go from a sick COW to
a well COW without first cleansing his
hands. The habit of wetting the
hands with milk is filthy i'll the eX-
treme and should never be practiced.
Some people think it necessary. but
this is a mistake. The hands should
be kept dry. If they are not, it is
impossible to prevent drops OF milk
from constantly falling from them
into the pail.
The pail should be held close to the
udder so as to expose the milk to
the air as little as possible. The fur
Their the streams fall and the more
they spray, the more dirt and bacteria
they collect. Contamination from
the foremilk must be avoided by dis.
carding the first few streams drawn,
or less than a gill in all. This entails
little loss as the first milk drawn il
always poor in butter fat and if il
happens to be badly contaminated, a.
is frequently the case, much injur!
and trouble may be saved. - Farm
Field and Stockman.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-04-09
FOREIGN.

Queenstown, Apr. Carl Roub-
bitzek, a saloon passenger on the
steamship Merton from Boston, which
arrived here on Tuesday, was arrest
ed on the charge of having embezzled
1920 from Graf Brothers of Broad
way, New Y ork. The officers found
1896 in his possession. Roubitzek was
arraigned in the police court here and
remanded pending the arrival of Off
GERS who will take him to London.
London, Apr. miss Stone, the
missionary, is suffering from "a Sc
we're cold. She intends to devote the
proceeds of her proposed lecture and
magazine articles to the furthering of
mission work.
Princess of Wales started for Copen-
tion of the birthday of King Chris
tian, the Princes grandfather
London, Apr. 3. - Messrs. Haw-
thorne and Leslie of Newcastle-C
Tyne have received orders from the
Admiralty for the construction of two
torpedo-boat destroyers, one to be fit
ted with reciprocating engines and
the other with turbines. In addition
to the recent order for three fast
cruisers the Admiralty has placed or
ders with Clyde shipbuilding firms
for a battleship Of l6, $50 tons, with
speed of 1879 knots and first-class
cruiser. The orders thus far placed
with Clyde builders amount in value
to S11, $50, 600 The Laird and Arm
strong companies will each build a
third class cruiser.
Pekin, Apr. 3.-The Bankers COM
| mission at Shanghai. will accept the
March payment on the indemnity un-
der new arrangement by which it
will be divided into six equal parts
instead of five. The February indem-
nifty was withheld from circulation
and this caused complaint from bust
ness men. The new arrangement will
permit bankers to utilize the money
but it is effective only for the present
/ installment. The ministers are hope
| full that the question of the final divi-
sion of the indemnity will be settled
! by their home governments sending
direct instructions to the bankers
commission.
Amsterdam, Apr. 3.-The Kroon-
stadt, Daily Mail published a telegram
which stated that British terms of
peace with South Africa were the un-
conditional surrender of the Beers
This has been brought to the attention
of the Boer advisers and leaders here
| One of Kruger's advisers said IF it
| is true, it means that the war will
| continue. There is nothing in the
recent history of the war to make us
despair.
Madrid, Apr. 3. -Siokels, secretary
of the American legation here in an
interview regarding the proposed
friendship and commercial treaty be-
tween Spain and the United States
said today; cone of the events sue
ceeding Alfonzo's coronation will be
a demonstration of complete renewal
of friendship with America. The
| treaty has not yet been signed because
the Spaniards asked that it be post
poned so that it could he an act of AL
fonzo's first cabinet and stand as a
happy augury of the new reign.
Americas consideration of her anti
Cuban citizens has had most excel
lent effect.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-04-09
Observation-Disclosures

that water is mainly derived from the
buttermilk, the SAMPLE will necessar-
ily contain an abnormal amount of
oasein, which will cause the butter to
have a fuller flavor and aroma when
freshly made, but will very soon after
cause chemical changes of a very
detrimental nature to take place.
Therefore, flavor and keeping quail
ty in butter depend much more upon
the percentage of casein (or butter
milk incorporated with the water
than upon the actual amount of pure
water.
In the manufacture of butter the
most important point to aim at is
keeping quality. 1t is frequently the
case that butter which has been
churned into lump, and which is
full of buttermilk, tastes better the
day that it is made than that which
has been we'll made and thoroughly
washed; but the former very soon
loses its excess of flavor and in few
days becomes rancid. While a full,
high flavor in butter may be valuable,
it is of less Importance if gained at
the expense of keeping quality. 1t is
therefore strongly to be recommend
ed that throughout the whole process
of MISUNDERSTANDING, washing,
sailing and working-the great ain
should be to secure the finished prod
uct free from all excess of buttermilk
Exchange.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-04-09
WATER IN BUTTER.

While the percentage of water in
butter may, according to the system
of manufacture, vary very widely,
the limits, ten to fifteen per cent,
will represent the proportion usually
present; indeed, twelve to fourteen
per cent is the usual amount in well
made samples. Though within the
above limits the water content per Sc
does not appreciably affect the flavor of
the butter, yet flavor may, to GER
tain extent, be affected bv the circum-
stances under which brtter is ordinar-
lily made-wetter or dryer. For ex-
ample, butter may. contain very
low percentage of water; still, if
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-04-09
Wants to Help Others.

Il had stomach trouble all my life, says
Edw. Melcher, proprietor of the Union
Bottling Works, Erie, Penn, land tried
all kinds of remedies, went to several doc
tors and spent considerable money trying
to get a moments peace. Finally | read
of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and have been
taking il to my great satisfaction. | never
found its equal for stomach trouble and
gladly recommend it in hope that | may
help other sufferers" KodOl Dyspepsia
Cure cures all stomach tronblrs. You
don't have to diet. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
digests what you eat. Sold by George
McGrath and G. Bakley.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-04-09
500 Reward, 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleased
TO learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure
in all its stages and that is Catarrh Halls
Catai1h Cure is the only positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease requires Il
constitutional treatment Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system, thereby destroy ing the fOunda-
ton of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work
The propretors have so much faith in its
curative powers that they offer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that it fails to
cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address, f. j. CHENEY, Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists 75c,
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-04-09
Shot in His Left Leg.

For all kinds of sores burns, bruises, or
other wounds DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
is Il snre cure. Skin diseases yield TO it mt
once. Never fails in cases of piles. Cool
ing and healing. None genAine but DE
Wits. Beware of counterfeits. 81 suffer-
ed for many years from Il sore caused by
gun shot wound in my left leg says A.
$. Fuller, English, Ind. at would not heal
and gave me much trouble. | used all
kinds of remedies to no purpose until |
tried DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. A few
boxes cured me" For sale 10y George
McGrath and Q. BlakleY.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-04-09

OF Virginia is q breeding ground of Ma
laria germs So is low, wet or marshy
ground everywhere. These germs cause
bones ana muscles, and may induce dam
geTous maladies. But Electric Bitters
never fail TO destroy them and cure ma
larial troubles. They will surely prevent
typhoid. I'VE tried many remedies for
Malaria and stomach and Liver troubles, 4"
writes john Charleston of ByesVille, o.,
but never found anything as good rs
Electric Bitters Try them. Only SOC.
At G. Blakely Guarantee satisfaction.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-04-09
RETAIL DEALERS PRICES.
Saved Many a Time.

Don't neglect coughs and cold, even if it is
spring. Such cases ofteu result seriously
at this season just because people are care
less A dose of one Minute Cough Cure
will remove all danger. Absolutely safe.
Acts at once. Sure cure for coughs, colds,
Group, grip, bronchitis and other throat
and lung trouble 81 have used one Min
ute Cough Cure several years. says Post
master c. o. Dawson, Barr, Ill. at is the
very best cough medicine on the market.
1t has saved me many a severe fit of sick
ness and | warmly recommend it," The
childrens favorite. Sold by George Nc
Grath and @. BlalIley.