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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-07-16
MASSACHUSETTS, EGG FARM.

In the eastern part of the town of
Fairhaven, Mass. famous for its Mill
icent Library, its town hall, and a
magnificent new memorial church, all
gifts of Henry H. Rogers, vice-presi-
dent of the Standard Oil Company,
who was born there, is located n of
the largest and most successful egg
farms in the New England States.
George H. Rowland, who owns and
manages the farm, has devoted his
time and attention to this one branch
for twenty-one years, His property
consists of sixty acres of land, situa-
ted on Bridge street almost at the
eastern edge of the town. Mr., How
land lives in a modern house, pictur-
esquely located at the entrance of the
farm, but when he started raising
hens and getting eggs for market his
home was an old-fashioned building,
hardly more attractive than some of
his hen houses now are.
Mr.. Howland's flock numbers about
fifteen hundred hens, all bred with
the one idea of raising good, steady
layers. In the best seasons seventy
or eighty dozen will be collected, and
there have been times during the last
winter when seven or eight dozen
comprised the days lay.
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STEAMERS COLLIDE IN A FOG.

Newport, r. l., July 10.-The steamer
Priscilla of Fall River with 600 pass
engers which left here for New York
last night returned this morning in
tow of the Puritan of the same line
having been in collision with the
steamer Powhatan of the merchants
and miners line. The accident &C.
Cured near Point Judith at eleven
o'clock last night during a dense fog.
The Powhatan struck the Priscilla a
fair blow on her port bow cutting
into her about twenty feet, almost
cutting off her bow. The wood work
was torn back nearly to midships.
The first and second compartments
were filled, pulling the dynamo out
and leaving complete darkness. About
five hundred barrels Of fish were
thrown overheard which lightened the
forward part Of the boat so that the
pumps could take care of the water
in all but the first and second com
part ments. The shock was not heavy
enough to waken all the passengers,
some of whom were wakened by the
crew who passed life prescrvers
around. The passengers were not
much alarmed and no great excitement
followed the accident. The passengers
say the suspense was the worst feature
of the situation. The Puritan came
along and took the Priscilla in tow
arriving here at s 80 when the pass
engers were transferred to the rail
road and proceeded. The only fatal
ity known was the death of Muniz, a
Portuguese stevedore who was asleep
in his bunk. His remains were still
imbedded in the wreckage at eleven
this morning.
Providence, r. l., June 10.-The
steamer Powhatan arrived this morn
ing with a badly damaged bow from
a collision with the Priscilla. She
had on board the Maryland delega-
tion to the convention of the Baptist
Young Peoples Union among whom
was great CONSERVATION when the
accident occurred.
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THE QUEENS ESCAPE.

London, July 10. Shortly after
Queen Alexandra passed on her way
to open the Coronation BAaar, the
decorations across L%ongham Place,
heavy and sodden with rain, were
caught in a squall of wind and fell,
dragging down a mass of coping from
the top of All Souls church. A Miss
Streathy, believed to be a Canadian,
was killed and several persons injur-
ed.
The Coronation Bazaar, which is
undoubtedly the biggest affair of it's
kind ever held, and an organization
which was chiefly due to the energy
of Mrs. Cornelius Adair, Mrs. Joseph
Choate, wife of the United States am
bassador, and other prominent Amer
leans, was opened by Queen Alexandra
this afternoon. The bazaar was held
under a temporary structure covering
$50, 600 square feet, in the Botanical
Gardens, Regents Park. 1t was in
aid of the hospital for sick children.
Over 5000 tickets at a guinea (S5. 25)
each were sold in advance. One of
the features of the affair was to have
been the rafting of a number of
motor cars, pianos and various arti-
Giles of iewelry. For these, tickets to
the value of thousands of pounds had
already been sold here on the Govt
nent, and in America, but the police
interviewed. In the House of Commons
yesterday evening, the Home Secre-
tary, Mr.. Richie, announced hat the
proposed raffies were a violation of
the law, and that they would lot be
permitted.
London, July lit is said on good
authority that subject to the approval
of King Edwards physicians, the
coronation will occur August 8.
Liverpool, July 1.-THE Post today,
a Y the King is so anxious to hurry
the coronation that the doctors believe
it would be an advantage to have it
as soon as possible as the King is wor-
rying himself a great deal on the sub
iect.
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GYPSY MOTHS.

AS is generally known, the common
wealth of Massachusetts, in 1891 to
1900 expended several hundred thous-
and dollars in checking this pest.
While the work went on, the caterpil.
lars were not very noticeable, because
they were confined to a comparatively
small area and were nearly extermin-
ated in some towns. Just as soon,
however, as the work by the State
stopped, the pest increased at a fear
full rate. In 1891 many woodland
tracts were pretty well thinned, that
is to say, the defoliated trees gave "a
bare appearance to the woods.
This year early in June the young
caterpillar Matched in myriads. By
the middle of the month they had ac-
complished great destruction and had
SO devoured all foliage that they were
forced to march in millions to new
feeding grounds. In this section they
eat every green thing except the ash.
If they continue to spread unchecked
this country will find it has by all
odds the most fearful pest it has ever
seen. If anyone who reads this com
munication will take the trouble to go
where the moths are and see their
work, he will realize the terrible
danger.
If they get into the forests of north
ern New England, they can never be
checked, because of the sparse popula-
ton and the difficulty of fighting
them on rough ground l would ask
each reader to write to the Massach-
usetts State board of agriculture, Bos-
ton, for a bulletin on the Gypsy Moth
Danger and Protection from 1t. This
bulletin was published in 1898. 1t
will cost nothing but the trouble of
writing, and will tell the whole story.
l would like to go on record, Mr.. Ed
itor, as predicting that unless a strong
force is dispatched against this pest
within a very short time, the people
of New England will cringe before
the most formidable enemy that ever
invaded the continent S. Symmes,
in New England Homestead.
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BLOODHOUNDS.


Kent, Wash. July Hilary Tracy,
the Oregon convict, was at the home
of E. M. Johnson, two miles south
east of this place Wednesday night.
When he left the house he was armed
with q new revolver and his Winches-
ter, and had a plentiful supply of both
ammunition and provisions.
Not only did Tracy force johnson
to buy the revolver, but he made him
borrow the necessary money i'll Kent.
Johnson went to Tacoma, purchased
the weapon without sounding any
kind of a warning to the authorities.
He was badly frightened. While he
was absent from Kent, Tracy remained
in the vicinity of the home and APP
peared to be uneasy, as if expecting a
visit from the officers. Several times
he went to the top of a small hill in
the rear of the Johnson home and
viewed the surrounding country.
Seattle, Wash, July l1.-rracy ex-
changed shots with the posse at Gov
ington Lumber Company's saw mill
about a mile from this city at mid
night. Tracy then plunged into the
brush and disappeared. About three
O'Clock a man believed to be Tracy
attempted to board a freight train
but failed. Later, a second train was
hailed from the sawmill, it is suppos-
ed by Tracy. 1t is believed he was
wounded in the encounter.
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WASHING SHEEP.

A correspondent of the National
Stockman desires to know whether it
pays to wash sheep before shearing.
That depends entirely on the way
sheep are kept, the locality and, above
all, the established method of hand
ling wool in that locality. Washing
sheep does not pay where they are
housed and fed, having a large guam
tity of oil in the fleece, and where
buyers will pay for wool according
to its condition and shrinkage. But
where sheep run out doors most or all
of the winter and where buyers insist
on a discount of one-third on unwash-
ed ieeces it is necessary to wash be-
fore shearing, because as usually
washed there will not be a shrinkage
of vel ten per cent in the fleece.
Washing is injurious to the sheep, es-
pecially to the eve sucking and to
her lamb, and it should no longer be
necessary anywhere. Globe Demo-
crat.
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AGRICULTURAL.
THE GOSPEL OF CLEANLINESS.

There are q great many important
elements in the production of a super
ior quality of butter, but the ''great.
est of these" is cleanliness. With
perfect cleanliness, some falling off at
other points may be comparatively
harmless, but without it the best but
ter maker in the world cannot pro-
duce a good article of butter. 1t
should begin with the feed, so far as
the feeding of musts, molds and feeds
affecting flavor are concerned, for
dirt is after all merely matter out of
place, and any of these are out of
place, when fed in such a way that
they will affect the milk. Neglecting to
clean the udder of the COW, too, is an
other very common ource of filth in
milk. When the udder is not cleaned
before milking, all the accumulations
that have been there since the last
milking are ready to be scraped down
into the milk pail by the hand of the
mixer, and the trouble about these
infinitesimal particles of dirt is that
no straining or other treatment will
ever after wholly remove them. Still,
good straining is important, too, and
it is very essential that the milk be
not allowed to stand in a place where
odors are bad after it is drawn, for it
takes on these odors with the greatest
facility. 1t is also very important that
the milk be not set for the cream to
rise in an impure atmosphere if the
cream is raised by the gravity process.
Many people use the cellar as a milk
room and at the same time keep in it
vegetables that are undergoing more
or less decay, and other articles that
grow musty and thus contaminate the
atmosphere. On the important question
of cleanliness nearly all the condi-
tions are within the control of the
dairyman. He can be careless about
them and his product will suffer to the
extent lof his carelessness or he can
be careful and avoid the evil results
of want of cleanliness in the dairy,
if he will, but he must watch his
processes in order to ascertain at what
points, under his management dirt
is likely to interfere with his work,
and, having ascertained them, guard
against them. Exchange.
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LIVE

The receipts at the different local yards
for the week ending June s were 1929 cat
tie, 1912 sheep. 1851 win ana 2433 calves.
OF this aggregate lS44 cattle. 1868 sheep
and 1852 swine were from the West. The
balauce were from New York, New Eng
land and Canada.
There was "A good demand for all sorts
and descriptions of beef cattle and the
tone of the market was steady. There was
more choice but less common stock on
offer thar was the case last week. Sales
included: II cattle, averaging 1900 lbs,
Z l-4c; 4, 1910 lbs, 6 Lac; ?, 1000 lbs, SC; e.,
1912 lbs, 4 3.4c; ?, l4l0 lbs, : 4; 8, 1850 lbs,
&c; IL, 1900 lbs, &c; y beef COW, 1850 lbs,
g. 4c; 2; averaging 1880 lbs 4c; heifer,
1869 lbs, 4 lie; 3 canners, averaging $40
lbs PC,
Theirs was a very fair number of mich
cows on offer, and at prices ranging from
S25 to ,65 each a moderate business was
lone with spectators
The market for veal calves was active
and steady. Sales included: 10 calves,
averaging 1856 lbs, &C.; ll2. LAP lbs, &c: Is,
l45 lbs, & &c; 8. 10 lbs, 6 lie: 80, 40 lbs,
8 LIE; 81, 1873 lbs, 8 l-2c; 20. l29 lbs, 5 LIE.
From the West receipts of sheep and
lambs were large, fl'tm nearby points
moderate. Sales included: 8 sheep, aver
aging 20 lbs, 3 : Sc; 3, 10 lbs, ic.
The market for hogs was firm. There
were sales at s to S lac per Id W.
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NJ WEATHER AND
CROPS.

Pownal. Recent rains have kept
grass growing, but orn is a slim
crop. Pastures are good and stock is
doing nicely. George Dunn is put
ing up a new silo. Hay is backward
and farmers will not begin until next
week.
Cambridge. Gold very wet weather.
Much corn still implanted. What
is up looks very sickly Prospects
are poor. Grass is looking slim, A.
bout two-thirds of last years crop
New Haven. The severe shower
and wind of -Junea16 did considerable
damage to fruit trees on Beech hill.
The season is very backward, wealth
er cold and wet. The hay crop will
be a good one. Beef is very high.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-07-16
ANOTHER TROLLEY WRECK.

Troy, N. Y, July 10.-As the re-
suit of a head-end collision between
two cars on theHudson Valley railroad
at Caldwell late Wednesday afternoon
one person was killed and at least six
teen others were more or less serious
ly injured. One car was an express
and the other a~lpassenger, the latter
loaded with eighty-four excursionists
from saltwater, members of the An
cient Order of United Workmen.
The cars met between two switches
at a point where both were running
down grade. The collision was terri
fc in its force. The motorman of
the passenger car, James Viele of
Sandy Hill, was buried in the wreck.
He was very badly injured and up to
a late hour last night had not re-
covered consciousness. The cause Of
the accident cannot be definitely
learned until he is able to speak. 1t is
said he received orders to watch out
for the express car which was known
| to be within the switches.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-07-16
FAMOUS VIOLIN RECOVERED,

New York, July 10.-After eight years
Of wandering, the famous $1,000 'red
S%tradivarius" violin will be restored to
the widow of its owner, J. J. Bott, from
whom it was stolen on the afternoon of
March 81, 1894. The restoration will be
accompanied by the dismissal ofthe indict-
ment against Victor Flechter, an instru-
ment dealer, who was once convicted of
the theft, but to whom the appellate divi-
sion granted a new trial which is now
pending.
While the case was OF appeal the red
Strad" was found, on Aug, II, 1900, I'M
der an old sofa in a little shop conducted
by Mrs. Leon Springer, a dealer in tailors'
trimmings, at 155 Jay ST. Brooklyn. EN-
perts who examined it pronounced it
genuine.
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OVERWORKED WOMEN.
WHY 50 MANY LOSE THEIR At
TRACTNENESS
Miss Mossey Tells How Headaches, Back
aches, Weakness and Fitful Tempers
NAV Be AVOided or OYercOme.

May BE Avoided or Overcome.
Miss Georgiana j. Mossey, of No.
1919 Lake street, st. Adams, VT, is a
bright healthy young woman and from
her appearance one would never think
she had ever been sick for a day in
her life. But there was a time, a few
years ago, when she was very low,
when physicians treated her without
avail and hope for recovery was al
most gone. But at last she was cured
and now tells how in the following
words
"Overwork," she says, twas the
cause of my illness. My system be-
came all run down generally, my
blood was poor and the doctors said
I had anRmia. My appetite failed
me, l became pale and sickly with no
color at all in my face. | had dizzy
spells and severe headache. My ill
ness affected my limbs and l could not
walk any distance without becoming
very much f~atigued and short of
breath.
Il suffered for1two years and twice
was confined to my bed. l doctored
with the local physician for over q
year and received no benefit. Then l
went to Montreal and took treatment
from a physician there but he did me
no good and began to fear l would
never get well.
"While in Montreal, a friend Of
mine who had a niece who had been
greatly benefited by DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People, advised
me to try that medicine. l began TAX
ing them and soon saw a change for
the better. | noticed that my lips
and ears were beginning to look red
and the pallor was fading away. My
cheeks began to fill out and my appe-
tite returned. My friends noticed the
change at once and asked me who was
my doctor now. l told them that DR..
| Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
were doing all this.
"Altogether l took twelve boxes
and by that time l was a strong and
healthy girl again,
"When | went to the store here to
buy a supply of DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People," Miss Mossey
said, ''the clerk told me l could buy
them cheaper in bulk than in the
package. But l remembered l had
read a warning that the genuine pills
were never sold in bulk and so l in
sisted upon being given the package
with the wrapper on it bearing the
full name-Dr. Williams Pink Pills
for Pale People-and l got them"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People may be had of all druggists or
direct by mail from DR.. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N.
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WET o

The continued unreasonable wealth
er threatens many Vermont dairymen
with a partial failure of the corn
crop, and many are querying what
they may do to provide a sufficient
supply of forage for their cows during
the coming winter. 1t is now too
late to plant corr in most portions of
the State with much hope of matur
ing it. If some small variety of Can
ada corn be planted on exceptionally
early pieces, and if frosts hold off late
in the fall, success may be attained.
The chances are, however, against
rather than in favor Of late planting
Oh the generality of farms.
AS make-shifts in this contingency
the State Experiment Station advises
that corn be sown thickly broadcast,
with a view of haying it; or that
millet, either the Hungarian or Japan
ese varieties, be grown.
The sowing of corn for hay is not
al uncommon practice in the North
west. Corn hay makes very nutritious
and well relished forage, and a con
siderable amount of digestible food
may be grown in this way. The cur
ing of corn hay is Somewhat difficult
but not impossible in the sunny days
of late August and early September.
The millet are well known plants
which make a quick, rank growth
of fairly nutritious forage. They may
be either put in the silo, hayed, or
fed green. AS a rule, however, millet
silage is not a success. There are few
farms in Vermont where Hungarian
or Japanese millet may not be grown
and brought to the proper stage for
haying in sixty, or, at the most, sew
enty days. Millet should be cut be.
fore the seeds begin to harden and
before the stalks begin to get woody.
When the plant reaches this stage OF
its'growth the hay is unralatable and
yields poor returns. About half q
bushel of seed may be used to the
acre.
1t should be said once more thar
these procedures are simply make
shifts and.. unsatisfactory as compared
with corn grown in a normal year
Many Vermont farmers, however, arr
up against a hard proposition thi
year, and cannot do as well as if ma
ture had favored them.
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STATE NEWS

Washington, July TO- Secretary of
Treasury Shaw, accompanied by his wife
and two daughters, has gone to a small
place on Lake Champlain, near Burling-
ton, VT, where Mrs. Shaw and the Miss
es Shaw will spend the remainder of the
summer. The secretary will be with
them about a week, He then will re-
turn to Washington, but will rejoin them
later.
Rutland, July 11.-John Robidau,
charged with intoxication, was fined s.
and costs Of SSH Thursday, which he a
greed to ray. He produced a bottle Of
peppermint from which about three ounces
had been AIKEN. This is the first pep err
mint drunk in the city court for several
years.
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Summer shade must be provided for
hogs, especially brood sows. At this
day and age when hog wallow is in
disfavor, the animals must be provid-
ed with some place where they can
cool off. Clumps of trees or shrubs
are very desirable, but if these are
o at hand a simple shed with board
roof and one or two sides open answ-
ers very nicely. This shed should be
so arranged that all of the sides can
be raised during the hottest weather,
making a free circulation of air posi-
BILE.
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CANNIRAL TROUT.

Trout are cannibals and it is a moot
question wether in some waters large trout
should not be Systematically destroyed.
Dartmoor fisherman are in favor Of killing
them. They say that fish in their streams
of one pound to two pounds weight are
hardly ever caught by ordinary means
and live entirely on their own brethren.
A two pound Devon trout is probably re-
sponsible for the death Of several stones
weight of his own kind.-Nature Notes.
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Vermont Markets..
PRODUCE.
Poisoning the system.

Ii is through the bowels that the body
is cleaned of impurities. Constipation
keeps these poisons in the system, causing
headache, dizziness and ~melancholia at
first, then unsi2htly eruptions and finally
serious illness unless a remedy is applied.
DeWitt's Little Early Risers prevent this
trouble by stimulating the liver and pro-
mote easy, healthy action of the bowels.
These little pills do not act violently but
by strengthening the bowels enable them
to perform their own work. Never grippe
or distress. c. Blakley's.
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The New Century.

begins with no medicine better than Cal
cura Solvent, the new medicine for dis
eases of the Liver, Kidney, Stomach and
Blood. 1t is up to the high water mark of
progress. 1t cures cases in which the
earlier and less scientific remedies failed.
1t represents the experience and study of
many years, Discovered by DIR. David
Kennedy, Kennedy Row, Kingston, n. Y.
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Parsnips and mangels are probably
the best roots for hogs. They can be
raised easily and are not difficult to
keep over winter. If these can be
''pulped" before feeding SO much the
better.
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Fewer calIons; Wears Longer.

You can paint a building with fewer
with Mixed Paints, and it will wear twice
as long as lead and oil mixed by hand.
Sold by Abbott & Bailey.
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Put on sections when the colony is
populous, the combs are well filled
with brood, the bees are securing
honey and have begun to lengthen the
cells near the top bars or build bits of
comb here and there about the hive.
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Years of suffering relieved in "A night.
Itching piles yield at nee to the curative
properties of Doan's Ointment. Never
fails. AT any drug store, 80 cents.
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POINTERS

Provide a trough for sucking pigs
and see that they have plenty of slop.
They will begin using this when
two or three weeks old.
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TITUS DEFEATED.

Henley, July 9.-Kelley of Oxford
defeated Titus the American easily in
their semi final for the diamond SOULS
today. Time, s minutes 3S seconds.
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THEY DIFFER.

Advertisements differ from women in
that the palmer they are, the more they
attract.
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We do first class work on short notice
Vermont Waterman Co.