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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-21
AGRICULTURAL.
FEEDING LAMBS BY HAND.

In rearing lambs that have lost their
mothers, or when the latter cannot
give enough milk to nourish the lambs
properly, it is best to feed cows milk
from bottle that has a small rubber
nipple attached to it, We have found
this method more satisfactory than
feeding with spoon, and even prefer
it to letting the lamb learn to drink
from dish without aid, as they will
then frequently gorge themselves by
drinking too much milk at one time,
A newly born lamb requires about
two tablespoonfuls every two hours !;
give first feed early in the morning
and last late at night. We have not
found it necessary to sweeten the milk
with sugar or dilute it with water,
but l would strongly recommend to
heat the milk to a temperature of 100
degrees Fahreiheit before feeding it.
The lambs seem to like it warm, and
they certainly seem to thrive better
upon it than they will upon luke
keep the nipple, the bottle and the
vessel in which the milk is heated
thoroughly clean and free from any
disagreeable odor or TASTE such as that
of sour milk, etc, else the lambs may
refuse the milk. Sour milk will also
bring on the scours among very young
lambs.
After a week or ten days the lambs
may be fed less frequently, until at
the end of two months they are able
TO take the milk fed in two feeds,
which has been gradually increased
until two pints of milk are given to
each lamb daily, one in the morning
and one at night. In addition to this
they should have some ground feed
and all the good hay or grass they
will eat To teach the lambs to eat
feed while quite young, spread little
granulated sugar over the feed, and
take little of this and put it into
their mouths if necessary and as they
find it sweet they will readily learn
to eat it. By occasionally feeding
the lambs a little grain from the hand
they will soon become very tame.
They are few things more disagree
able to good shepherd than to see a
flock of sheep run away as if in great
fear, at the approach of a person. -
L, o. Folio, in Michigan Farmer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-21
A Mechanics Peril.
He Saved Himself When Others Were
POWerleSS to Help.
j. winn Had "a Narrow Escape while
working at the Sedgwick Machine
Works. The Account as lie Gave
IL to "A Reporter.

e. j. VIM, a machinist in the en-
ploy of the Sed gwick machine works,
at Poughkeepsie, N. Y, had mar
row escape but saved himself by his
own efforts. He told the story to a
reporter as follows
II had been working here for elev-
en- years" he said, without even a
weeks time to spend in rest. 1t was
all right till a year ago when l be-
gan to lose flesh and to experience a
severe pain in the right side. My
appetite was fair but | could eat only
the plainest of food and not heartily
of that. My weight was reduced to
11S pounds.
Besides the pain which was very
sharp at times l could not stoop over
without being dizzy when l stood
erect again, and my blood was thin
and watery. | employed physicians
who said / was suffering from indiges-
ton. | did not obtain any material
relief and as a friend suggested that
l should try DR.. Williams Pink Pills
for Pale People, did so.
"The result is very evident. l no.
ticed little Improvement by the time
the first box had been taken. per-
sisted and continued till four boxes had
been taken. This was about year
ago | have had no return of the
trouble; l am back at my normal
weight of 1872 pounds and am feeling
we'll and strong. If anything | can
say about the remedy will do any
good to others who are afflicted as |
was; am glad to say it, for there is
no doubt that DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People cured me. .
Mr.. VIM lives at No. 1926 Church
street, Poughpkeesie, N Y, and is
willing to substantiate his above
statement, The pills which cured
him are not a patent medicine, but q
prescription used for many years by al
eminent practitioner who produced
the most wonderful results with them,
curing all kinds of weakness arising
from a watery condition of the blood
or shattered nerves, two fruitful
causes of almost every i'll to which
flesh is heir DR.. Williams Pink Pills
for Pale People are sold by all drug
gists, or direct from DR.. William:
Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y,
fifty cents per box six boxes for two
dollars and half. Send for free
booklet of medical advice.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-21
CARE OF TEAMS AND DRIVERS.

When the spring work begins many
farmers are apt to feel so hurried
that they want to make long days and
keep the team moving all the time
This may do for a team that has kept
fairly busy during the winter, but
may prove poor economy if the team
has been idle much of the time The
animal, like the man, comes out lit
tie tender and languid in the warm
days of spring if they have not had
work to keep their muscles firm, or as
athletes say, to keep them in training
during the winter There are sore or
lame muscles for both and possibly a
loss of appetite because the stomach
partakes of "that tired feeling and
does not digest its food For the
team, also, there is chance of sore
shoulders and saddle gals if the har-
ness is not very soft, pliable and well
fitting.
1t is better to work with the team
five or six hours day at first and
then let them rest while the men take
some other work that will exercise
another set of muscles. Beginning
to feed heavily when hard work be.
gins is always great mistake. In
crease the food gradually so that they
will not lose appetite and digestion.
BY following these rules days of total
ideness from sickness may be avoided.
Cultivator.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-21
CLOVER AND SOIL EXHAUSTION.

Some writers are inclined to make
much of the fact that clover when
grown with much frequency on land
takes much phosphoric acid and pot
ash out of it, and that because of this,
a good deal of caution should be used
as to the frequency with which it is
grown. 1t may be observed just here
that much depends on what is done
with the clover. 1t does draw min
neral matter out of the SOIL but it
also draws it out of the subsoil. And
when it does, and the manure made
from feeding is put back on the same
land, the result may be to increase
rather than to decrease the amount Of
mineral matter in the cultivable por-
ton of the soil. In other words it
may be thus made to enrich rather
than impoverish the soil in its posses
sion of phosphoric acid and potash
True, it takes some of this matter out
of the subsoil and deposits it where
other crops can get at it and use it,
but there is usually large supply
left. There is fortunately goodly
supply of mineral matter in nearly all
soils. Much of it may be in an inert
form. 1t unlocks very gradually and
is not easily lost. Ont the other hand
nitrogen is easily lost, but the air has
a limitless supply and the clover can
draw on it from this source to keep
up the supply in the soil. The grow.
ing of clover on land, therefore, at
short intervals, is not likely to deplete
fertility in the soil in any marked
degree for many years unless the
clover is continuously sold from off
the land. Farmer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-21

twenty-five feet long. The roosts in
a poultry house should all be on
level, for birds will always fly to the
highest point and all of them will
crowd on the top one, hence the result
will be as bad as if there were only
one roost. The roosts should not be
high from the floor, not over three
feet, for jumping from high roosts
gives weak legs to birds that do So
The roosts should be one foot apart
and arranged so that they can be lift
ed out and cleaned without much
trouble. Thus house for one hun
dred hens should be twenty five feet
long and eight feet wide, the roosts
taking up four feet in width, allow
ing the other eight feet for floor
space, making a total number of 200
feet for the floor, or two feet for each
hen. A poultry house should never
be less than six feet high in the rear
and nine feet in the front 1t should
have southern exposure so that the
sun will shine in nearly all the year
round. Different houses should be
provided for the different stages of
life of the fowls, as all sizes should
never be kept in the same house, If
young birds are kept in with the older
ones, the older ones will get all there
is to be had in the way of food and
quarters, and the little ones will
suffer. They Will also be in danger
of being trampled.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-21
THE QUARTERS FOR POULTRY

AS the poultry houses are now be-
ing stocked with birds of all numbers
and sizes, it is well to state how
much room there should be for flock
of fowls. If they are crowded not
only can disease work its disasters
more easily, but fearful results will
follow from overcrowding. Each hen
in house should have at least five
feet of floor space and one foot of
space on the roosts. OF course small
er chicks do not require as much, but
should be allowed sufficient room as
it is their nature to crowd. If very
small birds are allowed to crowd they
will smother themselves to death and
be injured in other ways. a hundred
hens would require four roosts, each
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-21
Like a Drowning Man.

Five years ago a disease the doctor
called dyspepsia took such hold of me
that could scarcely GO" writes George s.
Marsh, well-known attorney of Noeona
Tex II took quantities of pepsin and
Other medicines but nothing helped me
As drowning man grabs at a straw |
grabbed at Kodol. | felt an improve
ment at once and after few bottles am
sound and we'll" Kodol is the only prep
aration which exactly reproduces the
natural digestive juices and consequently
is the only one which digests any good
food and cures any form of stomach
trouble. q, Blakely.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-21
Don't Start Wrong.

Don't start the summer with lingering
cough or cold. We all know what sum
mer cold is. 1t is the hardest kind to
cure. Often it "hangs on" through the
entire season Take it in hand right now.
A few doses of One Minute Cough Cure
will set you right. Sure cure for coughs,
colds, Group grip, bronchitis, all throat
and lung troubles Absulut, ly safe. Acts
at once Children like it, zone Minute
Cough Cure is the best cough medicine
ever used says j. h Bowles, Grovetown,
N. H. 81 never found anything else that
acted so safely and quickly" c. Blakely.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-21
pangerousIfhe Neglected.

Burns, cuts and Other wounds aften fail
to heal properly if neglected and become
troublesome sores. DeWitts Witch Hazel
Salve prevents such consequences Even
where delay has aggravated the injury
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve effects cure
Il had running sore on my leg thirty
years says ii c. Hartly, Yankeetown.
Ind After using many remedies, tried
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. A few boxes
healed the sore Cures all skin diseases.
Piles yield TO il at once. Beware of
counterfeits c. Blakely.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-21
Reveals a Great Secret.

tt IS OIten asked how such Startling
cures, that puzzle the best physicians, are
effected by DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption. Here's the secret. IL cuts
out the phlegm and germ-infected mucus
and lets the life-giying oxygen enrich and
vitalize the blood. IL heals the infamed
cOugh-worn throat and lungs. Hard
colds and stubborn coughs soon yield to
DR. King New Discovery, the most in
fallible remedy for all Throat aud Lung
diseases. Guaranteed bottles soc and 81 90
Trial bottles free at Blakelys.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-21
What Thin Folks Need

Is greater power of digesting and as
similating food. For them DR.. King 5
New Life Pills work wonders. They tone
and regulate the digestive organs, gently
eXpel all poisons from the system, enrich
the blood, improve appetite, make healthy
flesh. ONLY 25C at Q. BlakelYs.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-21

Don't let the little ones suffer from
eczema OF other torturlng skin diseases
No need for it. Doan's Ointment cures
Cant harm the most delicate skin. At
any drug sto. e, 80 cents
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-21
DAT HAY AND TIMOTHY.

Dat hay makes very fair feed for
horses, although it is not quite the
equal of timothy. One hundred
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-21
a State of Siege

That's your condition if you have
been attacked by that arch enemy,
a cold, But don't surrender
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-21

There better Norhfd
of
Dr. David Kenndys Remedy
to Dr. David Kennedy for publication.
For five years L afflicted with kidney disease
and rheumatism the latter Il had i'm its
form i'm my hip. 4 suffered SO 4 could not turn
I'm bed ut times resOrted to many different kinds
of treatment, only 10 find myself than ever.
was advised to use Dr. David Kennedy's FavOrits
Remedy, and after had taken four bottles il L
considered myself completely cured.
Sincerely yours,
a
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-21

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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-21

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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-21
Hale's
Honey Of
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will enable you to defeat that foe. 1t
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AT all druggists. 25e, 500, and 81 90
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The Washington times., 1902-06-08
The Commonwealth Dog--A True Storu.
By EDITH TOWNSEND.

the SO. the rescuing party consisted OF
about fifty little folks, each of whom,
having contributed toward the captive S
release. felt that Tick was partly his or
her personal property.
The man at the Shelter laughed as ne
counted cut the money and then. goin g
into an inner room where there were
scores of dogs and cats, opened the door
and led Tick out. With a rush he threw
himself rapturously on everyone of the
children in turn, licking Effie's face with
canine ecstasy and barking and capering
so wildly that all the dogs inside who
were not SO fortunate set up dismal
howl until the din was deafening Then
the triumphal homeward- bound process
sion started. The people at the windows
along the avenue gazed in wonder at the
crowd. asking their neighbors what the
commotion was all about. The baker
and the butcher had to come out into
the street to pat the returned wanderer.
The policeman. who was just going out
on duty. thought something needing his
presence was going on until he beheld
the small black dog capering so joyous
~ in the midst of his admirers. The
grumpy old man who was curious to
know what was the cause of the excite
ment banged down his window and was
not seen on the street again for a day.
When he did come out he made pass"
at Tick with his cane, but the little fell
low failed to resent it, for what did one
old mans animosity count to him the
dog of the commonwealth?
The Washington times., 1902-06-08
OUR BUCKwHEAT CAKES.

Our home is very small and plain.
We have no steam or gas;
We have no nickel-plated range,
On which to cook. alas,
Our food is plain as plain cau be,
We have no stomachaches.
Unless. perhaps, it's when we eat
A meal of buckwheat cakes.
When winter spreads across the hills,
With everything froze tight;
Then mother gets her buckwheat out
And stirs it up at night
She lets it stand behind the stove
Till early morning breaks,
And then she greases up the pan
To fry her buckwheat cakes.
Well. talk about banquet fair,
With all its filigree;
1t can't compare with mothers cakes
For dad or John or me.
We eat and eat while mother fries,
A score or more it takes
To half way ease our appetites
OF mothers buckwheat cakes.
/ like to see her standing there
Like one born to command.
The old black spider smoking hot.
With knife and fork in hand
What care we if our youthful flesh
In coarse goosepimples breaks
We're healthy, happy. and content
On mothers buckwheat cakes.
JOE CONE.
The Washington times., 1902-06-08
A SMASH JOE COULD NOT REACH.

standing. l move that We buy up these
bonds, which would cancel our obliga-
tions and leave about $3.50 on hand
Charley's report was enthusiastically
applauded. and his motion carried. after
the report had been formally accepted.
Roy Rogers attended the meeting, al
though his ankle still troubled him a
little. II came around nicely in a few
days-but he always regretted that he
could Lot have finished that great game
The handsome silk pennant was en-
broidered with the name of the winning
club, and by the end of the week il
hung in the clubhouse. precious trophy
of a memorable struggle
The citizens of the town. who had al
ways expressed great interest in the
club, found very appropriate means
of proving to the boys how deeply they
appreciated their efforts in bringing the
championship to Riveryiew.
A number of the boys had played ten
mis- and in Difference to their wishes the
club voted to lay out tennis courts and
organize tennis team.
las far as laying out the courts are
concerned" remarked George Graham,
I'D much rather play ping pong!"
The treasurer was authorized to buy
two dozen tennis balls, 120 yards of wire
netting three yards wide. and the neces-
sary lumber for the framework OF the
backstops. The boys supplied their own
racquets.
AS soon as everything was in shape
the club members took up the sport
with enthusiasm and practiced con-
stantly. Other boys clubs in neighbor
ing towns had tennis teams. and of
course Perseverance was not to be out
The Washington times., 1902-06-08

! the field toward the clubhouse, the teams
and their strange charge following Still
in the dark, the boys could only look
! blankly at their unexpected visitors. who
| greeted them with amused smiles. The
long wagon was halted at the edge OF
the crowd, but. as 1t was loosely cover
| ed with canvas. no one could find out
what Il bore.
! Mayor Barclay stepped forward with
| spade in his hand and bowed to his
mystified hosts. At certain place in
the field. quite near the house. four
| small pegs were seen in the form of a
| square. The mayor dug the spade into
the turf and tossed spadeful OF earth
to one side. Two sturdy laborers took
up the task at once and were soon dig
ging a deep pit about three feet in diam
cter. The mayor was almost convulsed
with laughter. but he recovered himself
| cleared his throat and addressed the
audience:
Ladies. gentlemen and sorely puz-
zled members of the Perseverance Club:
feel that some explanation is due. in
view of the extraordinary actions Of
myself and this delegation of sober and
solid citizens. We are thoroughly In
our right minds. though | must confess
appearances are against us. Laughter
To be brief. We have felt that the town
Of Riverview owes a debt of gratitude
to the Perseverance Club. not only for
its splendid work in bringing the base
ball championship to us. but for its ex-
cellent standing and character, both in
dividual and collective.
You stand for all that is noble and
worthy in sport, and you have made the
town Of Riverview proud to count your
organization among its hcnored insti-
tutions. IApplause.l You do not al
ways win, as our friends. the Golden
knights, can testify today llaughterl.
but you take your defeats as you take
your victOrie9-like true sDortsmen!
And now, In behalf of the citizens of
Riverview. il becomes my pleasant duty
to present TO you this token Of their
sincere regard and lasting esteem As
he spoke these words the crowd broke
and made way fof eight men carrying
on their shoulders a beautiful white
nagpole. 50 feet IN length. They stopped
at the pit, dropped the butt of the pole
into II and slowly erected it TO its full
perpendicular by means of forked props.
When the pole was in place the pit
was quickly filled up and the surface re-
The Washington times., 1902-06-08

Ensign beat Rex Ticknor and Tom Barry
beat Alfred Davidson. Teddy and Tom
fought out the finals for the individual
championship. Teddy finally won, &C
80, 81, 4-6, Ga.
| On Wednesday the team, under Teddy
captaincy. played the Dauntless Club
team. AS was expected, the latter
proved very easy, the Perseverance boys
making clean sweep in both singles
and doubles. A tournament with the
Golden Knights was arranged for Me-
mortal Day.
The tournament was held on the Per-
severance courts, beginning at 2 o'clock.
The Golden Knights. smarting from their
defeats at basketball and baseball, were
resolved to beat their opponents, whose
hollow victory over the Dauntless team
had inspired them with confidence. In
the first series Teddy Ensign beat Rob
ert Van WORT, Go, 6-3. 60. On the
other court Sands and Robinson beat
Tom Barry and Joe Stein, &c, g.,
Sc. 6-1. In the next series Sands beat
Tom Barry. ca. 60, 60 and Jones
and Van WORT beat Teddy and Rex,
l0-S, 20. 40, 6-3, 81.
Perseverance had now lost both sets
of doubles and had broken even on the
two sets of singles played. Rex Ticknor
was beaten by Jones, 10, 4-6, IL.
Sc. 81, so that Joe Stein would have
to beat Robinson in order to tie tJe
score. At the close OF the Ticknor-
jones series Joe was leading his oppo-
nent, Sc, 20, 81. 90, lilo. The
play was fast and scientific, and sur
prisingly good for boys not over sixteen.
Robinson used 4 fancy serve. which