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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-09-22
OUARR YMEN KILLED.

Bethel, Sept. 49, 1t was gruesome
sight that met the gaze of the people
of this town as they arose on Sunday
morning to find arms. legs and brains
Of three men scattered all along the
tracks near the freight depot for sew
eral yards.
The victims, who were run over
were Edward Smith of Granitevllle,
Dennis Lynch and Jerry Shea of Bond.
vile, Mass, all quarrymen employed
by E. B. Ellis here.
The details of the strange accident
will probably never be known as the
only eye witness to the affair, if there
was one, was SO dead to the world at
the time that he is only able to tell
n disconnected story. The men were
probably run over by the south bound
freight train, engine 821. which passed
Bethel about 1 O'Clock Sunday morn
ing. Engineer Alexander was una
ware of any accident whatever and
passed on.
The bodies were found about 3
O'Clock in the morning by the fourth
man of the party, who awoke to find
himself in freight car. When he
looked out of the car door in the
morning he saw the scattered rem
nants of his companions interstrewn
with clothing and whlskey bottles.
He gave the alarm and soon helping
hands we're at work picking the re-
mains of the unfortunate victims in
baskets and carrying them to the bag
gage room which was used as emer.
genoy undertaking quarters.
1t is thought the men were either
attempting to get into the freight car
on the siding in which the fourth man
spent the night or to get out of it
when struck by the early morning
freight. 1t is thought by others that
the men laid down on the tracks to 60
to Sleep A peculiar thing connected
with the accident is the fact that the
night passenger train must have passed
over the bodies later without discov-
ering them.
The bodies were so badly torn to
pieces and mangled that it was a hor-
riDle sight to look upon. Edward
Smiths body was dragged about
hundred feet. Both legs were cut off
and his arms. The body of Lynch
was cut squarely in two and the head
severed about at the mouth. Shea
had one leg broken, was smashed
about the head and his body badly
bruised.
Sunday morning when tho paper
train arrived the conductor sent word
to st. Albans that he thought mans
body was on the track about four miles
from the village. 1t was found, how
ever, that Smiths coat had been
dragged there and as it was bloody
had attracted the attention of the con-
ductor.
The officers of the Quarrymen's S
Union took care of the bodies of their
brother workers. On Sunday Smith 8
body was claimed by his relatives in
Graniteville. He was young man
about twenty -four years of age and
had sister, Mrs. John Maiden. in
Graniteville. He commenced work on
the quarries only last Thursday.
Lynch was twenty eight years of
age and had been employed there since
Memorial day. Shea was forty-two
years of age and commenced work last
July. 1t is understood Lynch had a
father and mother residing in Bond
Vile, and sister at Menson, Mass.
Shea has wife and daughter also
living in Bondville.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-09-22
AGGREG 1TE OFFICIAL
VOTE.

Taking the candidates in tho order
they appeared on the official ballot, to
wit: Bell, Republican; Porter, Dem
ocratio Comings, Prohibition Morse,
socialist, the fifth figures being the
scattering vote, the official aggre-
gate vote in the. late election by coun-
ties was as follows
Addison, 4,047; $50; no; 16.
Bennington. 1854; 1,317; So; "a.
Caledonia, 3,622; 1,010; 80; 81.
Chittenden, 4, 1885, 2,670; 1903; 81; 1.
Essex, S44; 337 II; 3.
Franklin, 3,70S; 1869; 141; 20.
Grand Isle, SOB; $40; 10; 2.
Lamoille, 2,054; 48o; 90; 5,
Orange, 2,945; 936; 99 10; 1.
Orleans, 3.45S; 513; 80; Z.
Rutland, 6,105; 1880; 81; 199
Washington, 4, 507; 2,072 1872 /; 1873 3.
Windham, 1887. 1879; Sc; 152; /.
Windsor, 5,s79; 1,147; 81; 118; 1.
Total, Bell 4S, 026 Porter, 16, 532 !;
Comings, LIB; Morse, 1853; scatter
ing, T.
The foregoing are complete; with
the single exception of Jay, in Or
leans county. jays vote in 1902 was
Mccullough, ga; Clement, "a; McGet-
trick a. Jay has apparently disap-
peared from the map of Vermont.
Several letters have been sent from
the Office of the secretary of State to
that town, but no response has been
received.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-09-22

Shanghai, Sept. 2O.-The general at
tack on Port Arthur which began
yesterday and in which the Japanese
feet is cooperating was resumed to
day. The japanese captured two i'm
portant forts ON either side of Sueis-
heying, north of Port Arthur.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-09-22
Leading Hatters.
CARD OF THANKS.

To the many friends, who so kindly
gave us their aid and sympathy at the
time of our great bereavement, and to
those who sent such a profusion of beauti-
full flowers, we wish to extend our heart
felt thanks.
Mrs. Minnie j. Chalmers and children.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-09-22

J6
p. s. Abbott & Bailey sell our pair
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-09-22
REASONS FOR INSURANCE.

Expenses eat up wages and sal
aries. Year after year the aver
age man expects to build up an
estate. The usual result is no
provision or only small one for
wife and children. Life Insur-
ance does the work by easy pay
ments.
lConespondencs solicited
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-27
WHAT NIGHT HAVE BEEN.

The Bishop of Texas is man of physical pro-
portions commensurate with the great diocese
over which ne has charge. Leaving a barber
shop one day during the recent Episcopal con-
vention in Boston, he lighted cigar.
why, Bishop" inquired the barber, you do
that sort of thing?"
ooh, yes" was the reply Il have done that
sort of thing ever since 1 was twelve years Old
The barber surveyed the six feet four inches
of individual before him. Then:
IT'S we'll yo' began young Bishop" he COM
mented. for they do say it stunts yo!"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-27
4 GREEN FIREMAN.

Thomas A Edison was one day explaining an
intricate machine to a newspaper writer.
81 know l am very green as regards machin-
cry the reporter said apologetcally.
ooh, L have seen greener,' said Mr.. Edison.
Did l never tell you about the fireman 1 once
met in Canada?
We'll, in a certain Canadian town where l
running a telegraph office in my youth
new factory, with very fine engine house was
put up. l visited this factory one day to see
the engine The engineer out. and the fire
man showed me about As we stood admiring
the engine together | said:
What horsepower has this engine?
The fireman gave loud laugh.
Horsepower he exclaimed. Why, man,
don't you know that the machine goes by
steam""
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-27
SIGHT At LAST.

The Prodigal Son gazed anxously at the home
Of his boyhood.
"All in darkness" he muttered.
At that instant, however, the gray haired
mother put a kerosene lamp in the window
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-27

plained 1.-The teacher gave him a sum about
appesr'
Stung by the insult. Adam strobe forth to see
how much influence he had with the Board of
Education.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-27
HELP FOR PORT ARTHUR.

observed that the finger put in my mouth was
not the one 1 dipped into the pot
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-27
TJVITTING on FACTS.

Adam came home to find Eve in tears.
Il had to take Abel out of school," she eX-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-27

turned out the four gas jets and the Prodigal
came home
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-05-13
Richard Rrinsley Sheridan.

Sheridan gave almost no promise in
childhood of his future brilliancy. His
mother pronounced Richard Brins-
ley'' to be "the dullest and most hope
less of her sons" and he was sent
home from DR.. Whyte's academy with
the reputation of being an impenetra-
BILE Ounce, who wrote think for
thing" But he must have been able
to think I'd thing OF two even in those
days, for at twentysix he had written
the School For Scandal Of which
Leigh Hunt observed, 1T is a very
concentration and disqualification of all
that is sparkling, clear and compact
in the materials of pure comedy" 1t
should, however, be mentioned that
more judicious Of the youthful Sheri-
dams preceptors, Samuel Parr, one of
the masters at Harrow, detected the
latent spark Of his pupils genius and
aided it by judicious cultivation.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-05-13
SCOURS IN CALVES.
Treatment Suggested For This An
nOying and Costly Complaint.

The preventives are far better than
cures, for a calf that has had bad
spell of scours is never what it would
have been if it had never had it. It
is bad stunt that is hard to get over
if it does not die at that time, says
Harding Bailey in Jersey Bulletin.
There are two kinds of scours. One,
caused by mite, is sometimes called
white scours," or contagious. Wher-
ever this RACES you will find the cattle
or COWS full of sores or roughness of
the skin, sometimes called "cowpox,"
and hard to cure. The best remedy
/ have found is chloro naptholeum "a
byproduct of petroleum OLD, which is
dark liquid, but when put in hundred
times Tor more its bulk of water it be-
comes white. With a sponge / go over
the cows legs, under belly and wher-
ever there is any soreness or roughness
of the skin once a week or two or
three times, as | think they need it.
On the bad sores l use crude petro-
leum oil, which is more penetrating
than the water and will kill mites and
cleanse and help to heal the sores.
The other kind of scours is caused by
improper feeding. have been raising
calves from deep rich milking Jerseys
for many years, and it formerly was
hard for me to raise a calf from rich
COW, one that would make pound of
butter from twelve pounds of milk.
But now l have not lost O. calf with
scours fer over four years, raising
calves all the time and at all times of
year from rich mixers.
/ put the COW due to calve in box
stall, and after she calves l let the calf
suck once; then l draw from the udder
all the rich milk | can get, but leave
the calf with the cow so it can suck
again before much milk collects. Care
must be taken that the calf does not
fill itself too full. I let it suck the
mother for about two weeks so as to
develop its stomach. Nobody can take
as good care of the calf as it's mother
can when it is little.
After two weeks I take the calf
away from the mother and feed it the
mothers new milk until it gets to eat
ing well, then taper off gradually By
adding some skinned milk to feed IN
til it is all SKINNED milk Should the
calf show any signs of securing take
a small handful Of fine salt and make
it eat all can. Repeat the salt if nee
essary, and if securing symptoms &C.
cur at time while / am feeding milk
i take off one-half the milk and add
one raw egg we'll mixed with the milk
until scours subside.
You must feed the calf so as to keep
it growing all the time if you want to
make a good animal out OF it.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-05-13

A true story is told of a skeptical
Massachusetts captain who, way back
in the early years Of the republic, de-
termined to exhibit the fallacy Of the
Friday superstition. He contracted on
a certain Friday for the building of a
ship, and it was arranged that the keel
of this vessel was laid on Friday, that
she was launched on a Friday, named
Friday, commenced loading on a Fri
day and hauled into the stream on the
same day of the week. To add to the
possibilities Of disaster, a negro cook
named Friday was engaged, and, thus
fully freighted with the sinister name,
the Friday sailed on Friday, bound to
a port in the West Indies. From that
day to this no tidings of the i'll condi-
toned craft have been received.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-05-13
JESSIE VEEMAN A.

in her official test she produced TWEEN
ty-six pounds four ounces of butter in
seven days and eighty-seven pounds of
milk in one day. She is nine years
past and has dropped eight daughters,
of which we have seven in our herd at
the present time. They all have fam
lily resemblance and are making good
official records. Without question the
Veemans are destined to be one of the
foremost families of the breed
The Neglected but Patient Cow.
Mr.. w. w. MARBLE of Missouri says
The milk COW has been fed on shucks
to make twenty cent butter, while her
brother has eaten corn to make four
cent beef. She has been sheltered in
post oak brush, while the good warm
barn was used to keep a forty dollar
race horse in. The cows only protec-
ton in winter was heavy coat Of
frost, for which she gave in return $50
worth of butter The race horse wore
nice red blanket and won $40 at the
county fair in the fall, and yet with all
these indignities the cow has patiently
awaited her day.
Butter Production I'm Siberia.
The production of butter in Siberia
is keeping pace with the development
of that part of Russia's railroad trans
portation facilities. Russian papers re-
port an increase in diaries from 40 in
1898 to i, 10Y in 1900 and $500 in 1902.
The butter exports increased from
5,420,0O0 pounds in 1898 to 9O,2SOOOO
in 1902
Select a Dry Spot.
If a separate house is built for the
dairy, a dry spot of ground where the
atmosphere is always pure should be
chosen. Have the room light and well
ventilated and put up plenty of shelves
where the pans and other vessels will
have room to air thoroughly when not
in use. There is usually a cellar under
the dairy room, and this should be
drained so it will always be dry and
have at least two windows to furnish
light and air. Then it IS necessary to
provide drainpipe or some other con-
triyance to carry away all the water
used and to keep the ground surround
ing it dry.
If there is a place about the farm
house where cleanliness is more desir-
able than in the dairy we have failed
to find it. Bacteria and disease germs
multiply wherever milk is spilled and
allowed to dry. Many pound Of but
ter is spoiled because the chlrn, butter
bowl or milk pans are not kept perfect
~ clean, for the least impurity will i'm
part an unpleasant favor. The floor
and shelves should be scrubbed fire.
quently.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-05-13
Feast of Fools.

The best authorities agree thct the
origin Of the ancient custom Of cele-
brating a feast of fools is unknown.
Some identify it with the Roman feast
of fools on March 81. But why did the
Romans institute the feast of fools? In
India March 81 is 1.-The hull festival"
when all manner OF pranks are played
upon the needless. But, again, where
did the Hindoos get it? The French
call the April fool ''un poisson d. Avrir,,
april fish, To the Scotch he is a
''gawk'' "a cuckoo.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-05-13

Butter during cold weather season
is likely to be hard and soft by turns,
depending on the ups and downs of
temperate In the home the milk
crock or jar is kept near some fire in
the hope that the cream will rise and
that good butter will Je churned. Too
often this butter is white, soft and wa
terry. You can only improve the but
ter by changing the plan of setting the
milk and cream and avoiding the use
Of hot water in the churn, ''foaming"
and the wearied churner-Farm and
Ranch
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-05-13

The inventors of a method by which
milk is now being soiidified on a con-
siderable scale confidently believe that
their discovery will not only abolish
the many dangers of the dairy, but
will eventually do away with the dairy
itself, according to a yarn printed in
the San Francisco Call. They are con-
fident, that is, that the day of liquid
milk is over.
People who have tried to solidify
milk before have employed too low a
temperature in their fear of decOmpOs-
ing it's fats and sugars and in c0nse-
quence have failed. But by the Just
Hatmaker process the liquid milk is
whisked round polished cylinders kept
at a fierce heat by steam and comes of
in a few seconds in the form of con-
tinuous creamy white sheet five feet
in width. This is reduced to powder
and may be compressed into cakes.
The feature of the product is that it
is still potentially milk-the whole milk
and nothing but the milk, and to make
new milk at any time it is only nee
essary to add the seven parts of water
which have been evaporated.
The result is said to be difficult to dis
tinguish from fresh milk. Its cream
rises naturally, and it may be made
into butter or cheese. The powder and
cakes keep indefinitely, and samples
have been sent round the world and
kept for three weeks in Shanghai, re-
turning quite fresh. Obviously it is
impossible to water, skim or adulterate
solid milk, and a fact to which the in
ventors attach extreme Importance is
that all attempts to cultivate microbes
on it have failed.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-05-13
Calendars of the Aztecs.

Calendars are probably the oldest
form of literature in the world. The
cards which appear by the millions liz
all civilized countries nowadays have
their counterpart among the most ar
cient known races. The Aztecs, for eX-
ample, were well supplied with calen-
dars, and several Of them have been
preserved to this day. They were pub
lished in stone and set up in public
places.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-05-13
For Shorter Hours.

They were discussing the labor ques-
ton. 81 believe in shorter hours" said
Mr. Linger. $50 do l." replied MISC
Keedick earnestly. Il think an hour
and half is plenty long enough for an
evening call" And the young man had
been there three hours.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-05-13
A Fine HOIgtefn Cow.

At the New York state fair last fall
the Holstein COW whose picture is re-
produced from the Holstein- Friesian
Record won first prize in her class and
won the champion prize also. Stevens
Bros. say of her: ''She is the exact
type we are trying to breed, combining,
as she does, rich breeding, fine individ-
uality and large capacity. Last season
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-05-13
CnWS of Switzerland.

The most popular breeds are the Sim
menthaler and Brown Swiss. The for
mer are big, large boned animals. They
have large spots Of white and yellow,
and the coat OF hair is very silky.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-05-13

No Tongue can Truthfully Tell
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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-05-13
NOTES FOR FEEDERS

Varying with the size of the cow and
quantity and quality of the daily yield
of milk, the cow should have from
twenty to thirty pounds Of dry matter
in her daily allowance Of feed, in
which there should be from one and a
half to two and half pounds Of di-
gestible protein and from twelve to
sixteen pounds of digestible carbohy-
drates, reckoning ether extract or fat
two and a quarter times as valuable as
the digestible fiber and nitrogen free
extract
For example, a COW giving thirty
pounds of per cent milk should have
approximately 81 pounds Of digesti-
BILE protein, 13.42 pounds of digestible
carbohydrates and SO pounds of digest
ible fat, and the nutritive ratio of such
a ration would be as one is to seven
that is to say, mere is seven times as
much carbohydrates and fat when the
latter is multiplied by 214) as there is
protein.
The latest German standard for MI.
tritive ratios averages to 81, but
American experience has shown that a
wider ratio is equally satisfactory. The
average at the Wisconsin experiment
station is about 1 to 10.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-05-13
Diversity Feeding.

1t is not wise to confine the dairy
cow to too few feeds She must not
only repair all the wear and tear Of
her Body, the nervous and muscular
systems, the wonderful digestive and
secretory organs, etc., but she has to
elaborate product that is complete
and perfect food in itself, says L. w.
Lightly. To do all this the cow must
of necessity have an abundant supply
of material. TO give her these mate
rails in a readily available condition it
is wise to construct her ration out of
a number of feeds in preference to two
or three
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-05-13
CornmeaI For Gers.

When exposed to the air cornmeal
becomes heavy and soggy, consequent
~ should be ground just before feed
ing. 1t is well to mix meal with bran
or shorts and thus Tighten its charac-
ter Corn and cob meal is quite salts
factory for dairy cows where the ex-
pense Of grinding is not too great.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-05-13
M AN
IA n I ED
We want a man in this locality
O sell the world renowned
WHEELER & WILSON,


the only sewing machine so far IN
advance of all others that with 1t
the dealer can readily overcome all
competition. 1t is backed by rep
utation of so years unparalleled
success and thousands of the first
machines made are still giving
their owners faithful service.
We prefer a man with experience
in some kind of canvassing (but
this is not absolutely necessary
and who can procure horse and
wagon. To such person we can
offer exceptional inducements.
We do not sell our machines to
catalogue houses or department
stores. We furnish them to our
authorized agents only and protect
them in their sale.
This is splendid opportunity
for some energetic man to establish
himself in a good permanent bust
ness.
When answering, please give full
information regarding yourself,
age, previous occupation, etc.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-05-13
Vital Magnetism

natures only method OF restoring per-
feet health, no matter now long stard-
ing or how hopeless the case may appear.
We cure to stay cured.
All kinds of headaches removed in one
minute without the aid of drugs.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-05-13
Cowpea Hay.

Cowpea hay contains nearly so per
cent more nutriment than corn slower
1t is therefore much cheaper at $40
than stoyer at $15, says Hoard's Dairy
man in answer to a correspondent. We
also think it considerably cheaper than
sorghum. We are inclined, therefore,
to recommend cowpea hay almost ex-
clusively for roughage except for few
hulls to be used for distending the cot
tonseed meal. A daily allowance of
ten pounds of cowpea hay, two and a
half pounds of cottonseed meal and
eight pounds Of hulls, with the addi-
ton Of some slower, if the cows seem
to want it, would furnish all the nutri-
ents required for cows yielding not to
exceed twenty-five pounds Of per cent
rr1iI1y
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-05-13

catually accomplishes results in curing
lingering diseases, where drugs and
medicine either fail or fall far short o.
complete success. Now in order to con-
vince you that the above statements are
true we are willing to demonstrate to
your entire satisfaction the why and the
wherefore by extending a cordial invita-
ton to all who suffer from any form of
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-05-13
Rheumatism,

Paralysis, St. Vitus Dance, Epilepsy
(fits), Asthma, Gall Stones and Cancer
removed, no knife, no risk. All disease
OF Stomach, Liver, Kidnery cured. Come
and be convinced OF the wonderful
mower of