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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-05-26
MEET AT MONTPELIER.
This City Gets the Vermont Health
Officers School in August-AbOut
2i0 Delegates.

24O Delegates.
The convention of the Vermont
Health Officers will be held in this
city under the auspices of the State
Board of Health early in August ac-
cording to notification received by
Health Officer William Lindsay The
sessions will be held in Kellogg-Hub-
bard library continuing four days and
there are about 240 attending officers,
the visiting delegations being accom-
panied usually by their wives. The
school met in Montpelier last year
and the city is so centrally located
and the conditions surrounding last
years meet were as satisfactory, that
the capital was chosen again.
The program has not yet been ar
ranged but several speakers of note
will be secured and the convention
will be addressed by men of wide
prominence.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-05-26
Announces Candidacy.

Rutland, May 23.-E. B. Moore,
Democrat today announced his condi-
dacy for city representative. Former
Mayor r. L. Richmond, Republican
also is candidate, having made his
announcement recently.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-05-26
Vermont Boy Chosen.

New Haven, Conn, May 24.-At a
meeting of the sophomore class OF
Yale University tonight, Donald r..
Hyde of st .Albans, VT, was elected
assistant manager of the university
baseball team for 1911.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-05-26
A""V'
ARE YOU AMBITIOUS TO

accumulate an estate for your fam
lily If you die, or for your own
old age? The only sure way to
guarantee both is by Endowment
Insurance. National Life Insur-
ance Co, Montpelier, VT. (Mutual)
S. S. Ballard General Agent, Lang
don Block, Montpelier, VT.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-05-26
Household Remedies

are a blessing to the vast army. ol
people who live in rural districts
and such standard medicines as
lydia II. Pinl1ham's Vegetable Com,
pound, which has stood the tess OF
time. growing in popularity and fa'
yor every year, will continue to be
the safeguard of American women foi
ali diseases peculiar to their SEX
Adv
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-05-26

Your breakfast table is not COM
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The man who gives in when he is
wrong Is wise; the man who gives in
when he is right is generally mar
ried.--Life. .. a.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-05-26

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TRANSCRIPT
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-07-12
THE PEST.

To the great majority Of people, the
mosquito ike the house fly is looked
upon as an unavoidable nuisance, over
the presence of which WE have no
control. Seldom DO we stop to think
or investigate sources OF this trouble
some pest. We simply try to keep
them out of the house by screens o"
other protection and if some do gain
access an effort is made to kill them
enc by one opportunity
affords. When occurring in enormous
berS in country districts, especial
ly serving as a continual irritant to
man in his daily Iabors and as a
source of constant annoyance to do
mestic animals they are simply tOler-
ated, and the hope is expressed that
the wind viii change, or that the in
sect Will take a notion to lessen its
attack. Moreover, if one Of the family
is attacked by chills and fever, even
with a mild attack of malaria fever,
it is the usual custom to attribute
such sickness to unusual exposure to
the night air or the communicating in
fluence CT WampN areas during the
spring and umTn months. In aG-
dition to acting as an agent in the
transmission Of specific diseases any
species of mosquito may disseminate
blood and Intestinal diseases by in
fIicting wounds with a proboscis con-
taminated with fecal bacteria.
1t IS nopeO ina III LitS age OF pro-
g~ressiveness people viii appreciate the
possibilities of protection of human
uife, the great increase in land Valua-
ton and the benefit to man and
animals by conducting, in the near
future q campaign looking towards
the control and determination of
mosquitoes.
Experiments show that the house
mosQuitO IAN only breed where there
is available water standing for q week
or more. The water may be located
in any conceivable place, in old tins,
rain barrels, buckets, tubs, cave
troughs, cessrOOls, sewers cisterns, or
in fact aything within or without and
around the home. AS water is rfeces-
sary to four stages OF the insects life
the doing away with all water in
vessels around the home is the most
practical, in fact, the only real means
of preventing their breeding. In
simply doing away with their breeding
places by drainage or otherwise and
killing by f~umigation or other means
all OVerWintering adults that may be
seen in cellars, atticS or other places
this great pest may be controlled
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-07-12
WHEN MAKING jelly.

Glass iads should always be placed
upon a cloth wet with cold water dn1
oct Of q current of air when beng
filled with fruit to avoid breaking.
BE sure to fill the jar full = the
brin. as there is generally a shrink
age when the air is excluded. Place
the jars top down after sealing TO
make certain they are air tight.
Jelly Will never mold if white paper
cut to fit the glass and wet with al
cohol or brandy is placed next TO the
Jelly before the cover is put on tho
glass. Parafin is also good to cover
jelly to prevent Inolding. Melt and
run over the Jelly or jam while bot,
covering well.
Jellies and sarns should be kept in q
cool. dry place. Canned fruits must
be stored where they viii not freeze
To insure being perfectly air-tight
all canned fruits should be kept in
sight a few days being being stored
for winter use.
If The season is a dry one some of
the plants in the garden viii haVe to
be watered if want flowers from
them. This is especially true OF the
Dahlia. Use enough water to peHe-
trate all the soil in which their roots
grow, and see that it is kept moist
Watering today and neglected for a
week to come isn't the proper thing
Save the suds from Wash-day for this
purpose. III soap in the water wII
benefit the plants.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-07-12

bring in return Another is
TO destroy those ~monopolies. and IL
repeal the law that favors them, which
are so powerful a factor III keeping
up prices.
But there is one remedy which we
always have opposed. and expect to
continue to oppose. and that Is the
taxing Of the people Of this country
IN order TO make the business OF sail
ing ships under the present handicapS
profitable. We do not believe in he
policy Of hiring men. at the expense
of the public treasury. to show the
American flag in the harhor Of Singa-
pore. or IN any other harbor. That we
Go not believe would be q remedy.
but Il would be a highly immoral
proceeding. At least such is our opin-
ion. Some little time ago the people
OF the United States We're greatly sur
prlsed to learn that American ship
builders had got the contract for the
construction OF hattleship for the Ar
gentine, and had Won over English.
German and italian competition. The
Philadelphia Record SAYS that the
reason Is that the steel was furnished
10 the builders at export prices. which.
OF course. are considerably lower than
the price paid for steel that is used
n building in this country. Thus, in
spite of our boosted rebate system. we
build ships for foreign countries more
- - AAA - q VI w 'otLN <
for our own people.
There are dozens of remedies,
mostly in the way of removing hin
ORANGES and restrictions. which we can
apply without any cost to ourselves.
But as long as We continue to main
tain these it is foolish to talk of a
subsidy, which would be futile as well
as vicious OF curse, the laws that
have been proposed would in no way
help the Singapore situation. for they
mostly have to do with our South
American trade, and with lines To the
Philippines. If we were to extend the
system so as to cover the ocean with
our vessels each one of which shall
be subsidized Out of the treasury. we
shall have to increase taxes cnorm-
OuSly.
The great bulk of the deep-sea
commence is today wholly unsubsi-
world. not because It IS subsid 'zed. but
because it is free. We should not
forget that we are already paying
pretty heavy subsidies to certain lines,
as was shown some time ago when the
amounts paid for carrying the mails
to Cuba were set out. We conclude
by repeating that we shall be glad to
assist in finding a remedy But we
draw the line IN the subsidy scheme.
Shall MIR. Baker prevail where the
Jolly mariners Of Cleveland and their
American Flag LAY failed? Hardly,
we should say.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-07-12

has acquired a liberal education and
displayed a capacity for leadership.
The loss of rural leaders by emigra-
ton to the city has been one of the
most serious retrogressive factors in
our whole civiliza ton. The Farmers
cooperative Demonstration Work has
DoaSed the problem. These young
men left the farm because they We're
repealed by the ~hardships, excessive
toll, ana meager gains on the farm
and were allured by a seemingly
greater opportunity to acquire wealth,
influence, and position in the city.
h demonstration work undertakes
to create in the schOOlboy a love Of
the farm and q new hope by showing
the wonderful possibilities of the soil
when properly managed and the ease
With which wealth and distinction are
achleVed IN rural life When science
and art join hands. This is worked
out by the cooperation of the lemon
tratlon workers, the county superin-
tendent OF public instruction, and
the rural teachers.
The superintendent and teachers or
game the schoOlboys over 10 years
Of age into clubs; the demonstration
work furnishes the plan of organiza-
ton and the instructions (Which the
boys agree to Observer; the respective
parents furnish land, teams, and i'm
plements; the merchants and bankers
provide the prizes, and the local pa
pers give the publicity. Each boy
must personally work 1 acre under
the am regulations governing all
other contestants. The result of 500
to 400 boys entering such a contest
in a county arouse intense interest.
The boy learns the best way to raise
corn or cotton and his appreciation
of the farm is greatly enhanced.
The boys in the corn contest of one
cOnntV in M jSSiSSiDDi last wear aver
aged a production of "A bushels OF
corn per acre( while the farmers aver
aged less than 2G. In South Carolina
n boy raised 1852 IL bushels on d
measured acre, while the state average
was 16.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-07-12
CARE OF THE ROSES.

This is the season for waging war
fare on the enemies of the rose. If one
would have fine flowers, he must
make up his mind that he's got 10
fight for them. use an eTnulsiesl
of soap and Kerosene. To make it
/ shave a half-pOund of some good
laundry soap into fine strips, and
pour hot water owe them. and set
them on the range to melt. When
they have liquefied, l add a teacupful
of kerosene and then all0W the nix
ture to come TO a boil. ] dilute one
part of his c~OncOctiOn with about
fifteen parts water, . apply it to the
ashes in the form of q spray, using
either the ordinary hand-SDrayer or a
portable fOrce-pump with hose and
nozzle attachment. 1t is very neceS-
sary hat the application shOGld get
to the underside Of the leaves, and
the inside of the bushes, where the
insects are likely to hide away, there
fore it Will be we'll to have some one
assist by bending the bushes over and
holding them in that position while
the application is being made. Worms,
slugs. green lice, and the roSc-chafer
can be kept from injuring the bushes
if this emulsion is applied thoroughly
and frequenuy.-EbCn r. ReXford.
Let both mind and body be at
tuned to natures harmOnies and sym
phonies that the whole person may
be rounded, mentally. morally and
physically into the highest type of
~WCmanhOOd and manhood.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-07-12
HITTING THE WAGON BED.

We all know how troublesome and
incOnvenient it is to change the
bodies, especially when there is only
n to do it. The method Illustrated is
simple but very satisfactory. The
piece used as a lever is twelve feet
long. It may be a 2X6 inch piece of
strong timber or ever a nice, straight
pole viii answer.
The posts are eight and twelve feet
above the ground, and should be set
deep enough to prevent pulling UP or
careening and should be of sufficient
size to prevent bending or breaking.
The lever is bolted to the long post 10
feet from h ground with four feet
projecting over the wagon. To the
end of the lever are fastened the rope
swings, four of them with loops on the
lower end to hook over the bottom
cross frame of the wagon body.
The short post is seven feet from
the long one, and has a row of pins set
in the side of it to hold the end Of the
lever after the body has been lifted.
The different pins correspond to the
different heights of the wagons The
plan is suggestive of many changes.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-07-12
WanteI-i Remedy.

Indianapolis News.
We have received a handsomely en-
graVed card which reads as follows:
FROM CONSULAR REPORT.
Today the harbOr of Singapore
is crowded with ships n steam
ers from all countries of the earth
except the United States. The
total number of vessels entered
here in 1908 was 29,234 with q
tonnage of 15.507.102. OF this
number one small craft of CO.
tons, flying the Stars and Stripes,
came in with ballast and was sold
to the highest bidder.
VIII you not assist in finding
q remedy?
Baltimore. b. n. BAKER,.
Certainly we shall be glad to assist
in finding q remedy. We have always
been willing to do this. And many
remedies suggest themselves. one IS
to allow our ship owners to buy ships
wherever they please, on the best
terms they can get, and Their. to sail
them under the American flag. An
other is to reduce or remove our duty
on steel out of which modern ships
are made. Another is to reduce u
tariff. and to remove altogether many
of our duties. so hat the ships which
carry Q out OF the country VIII
not be fined 40 per cent and more
on their value when they seek to
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-07-12
PAYS DEBT IS YEARS OLD.
Woman Never Forgot the So Store Bill
Size Owed.

New York, July 11.-Mrs. Carrie L.
Searies, of No. II East Jersey street,
Elizabeth, n. j., was living in Mans
held, OHIO, ~forty-slX years ago. She
was q widow with one son, without
much money. She bought 50 worth
of goods at a store there and said she
would pay for them when she could.
This was agreed to by Black Bros, the
proprietors.
A few days ago Mrs. Searles sent the
firm q letter inclosing the IS, which
read, in part:
L could have sent this money some
years age, but | felt that l should also
send the interest. My son has since
died, and now I fine that l am only
able to pay the principal. ! hope that
some day | NAV be able to pay the
interest. | am now s~eventy-siX years
of age and realize that | have not
much longer to live, but l don't want
to die with any debt unpaid
She received a receipted bill for her
money Yesterday. Nothing was said
about the interest. 1t was only by the
dint Of hard work that she was able to
ave the 50.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-07-12
CLOSE FIGURING
IN TENTH DISTRICT
Gudger Claims it by the
Fraction OF a Vote
THERE WILL Be CONTESTS

Cache Claims Strength in Some COlIn-
ties Where GuGger's Figuring Con-
,cdcs Him None, and This Wiz Up
set the Map Now Made Out
Gudgcr's Nomination is Effected,
However, as He Has a Majority in
Every County Except h Home
county OF walter Moore-Tile Judi
ciai Convention Tuesday Will Re
nominated Adams and Reynolds.
,Special to News and Observer
AsheviIle, July 81. w. Gudger's
friends. upon the face of the returns
from the thirteen counties of the
Tenth Congressional District, are to-
night claiming that he probably has
the Democratic nomination on the first
ballot with 1905, whereas 149.1 is
nee essary to nominate.
This allows w. j. Cooke, of Bun
cunlbe. 74.57: Walter f. Moore, of
jackson, 1892; Sol. Gallert, of Ruth
erfrrl. 24.21. and Frank r.. Hewitt, Of
Buncombe, 14.11.
The feature of the convention
(Which meets here July l4) will be
the contests OF h vote in some OF the
counties. For instance, in Jackson
county. Gudger is reported as recefv-
ing lis and Cooke none, whereas Mr..
Cooke maintains that he received some
strength IN jackson and should have
his pro rata.
In Haywood, Cherokee, Graham and
Clay counties there is likely to be
contested returns and possibly in some
Ct he others.
The most favorable county to MT
Gutger gives him just one vote more
than is necessary to nominate him
and should the other candidates be
able to even slightly change the re-
turns, Mr.. Gudger's nomination on
the first ballot Will be defeated.
However, he viii be close to the
nomination in any event. Gudger
las carried all of the counties except
Jackson, which threw its strength to
Moore.
Judicial Convention Tuesday.
The judicial convention Will meet
here July Il to r~e-nOminate Judge
Joseph $. Adams and Viii nominate
Robert -. Reynolds for solicitor.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-07-12
ALFALFA HONEY.

Alfalfa honey is White and clear. in
an extremely delicate comb, has q de-
Hcious laVOr and a most delightful
aroma. A report from n Of the al
falfa districts of the West tells of q
single hive that contained nearly two
hundred pounds and of another haV-
ing ninety-six pounds. The owner Of
these bees had twenty-five acres OF
alfalfa. while the average yield in the
East is said to vary from fifteen to
thirty pounds, a much larger amount
is gathered In the alfalfa territories.
Thus the financial returns Of alfalfa
may he greatly increased and IN some
Instances doubled by having two colo
MES Of bees for each acre. Or II only
a part of the alfalfa raiSerS in a neigh
bOrnOOd keep bees this ratio could be
doubled or trebled by those who do.
Unlike other espasse on neighbOrs'
farms, the bees do a distinct favor by
fertiliZing the alfalfa.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-07-12
SPREADING OUT.
Farmcr.)

OSIt cSIN I'd lt1tI.t
i0 you notice how The Progressive
Farmer and Gazette is enlisting men
IT, all the various sections of the
Southern country? Men who studied
the conditions in their States and are
familiar with the wants of the farm
ers there, Dr.. Butler knows things
Ill Mississippi. Professor Barrow
knows South Carolina. Professor Dug
gar has long been doing excellent
work in Alabama and knows well the
needs Of her farmers, and has studied
the needs of her soils. Tennessee
furnishes Mr.. Miller. MIR. French
came to the northern part of North
'df0lIna with the ideas of the Middle
ana has had a long experience under
Southern conditions, and has brought
ms stock feeding experience here to
lind that North Carolina has finer
summer pastures than Ohio. Pro-
lessor Newman has had extended ex-
ptrlenco in South Carolina, Arkan-
SaS, and now IN North Carolina. MI.
roe has broad views of the economic
questions in the South and handles Il
pen to beat the crowd. His arraign-
hient Of the patent medicine crowd is
not only a scathing rebuke to the men
,Nh" are advertising these frauds, but
a. d wonderful piece Of pen Work.
me fellgIOus papers are among the
worst OF offenders in this line. In q
recent issue Of one Of my own church
papers counted fully a dozen adVer-
(ISements, not one of which could
nave gotten into The Progressive
[@Tmer and Gazette for any price.
enc the worst Of his is, hat people
pace special confidence in their
'H"ffh papers and are more easily
o'teIV"d by fake ads in them then
T,' where. Some of the religious pa
t'lS' fear, are doing more harm
rI9lSh fake advertising than their
tt~"lhG pages do good. At a recent
u-"l'l conference held in my town L
1ue d note about the ads in Our
nome missionary paper to the Bishop.
49, mace no reply, and I do not know
o-Nl my DrOAoSt had any effect.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-07-12

otherwise the hens are apt to con-
tract the ~egg-cating habit.
Be sure that the new hen house IS
located where the drainage is good
and not in a place where water Will
stand for any length of time.
A chickens m is not made
of iron. and the same diet day after
day harms them much as it does a
human.
Now that feed is high you should
use judgment in the buying Of all
leed, but don't resort to the cheap
grades Tor money saving. There are
many poultry feeds on the market
TOR sale, some of which are good.
While there are some not SO good.
Ihere isn't nue. chance for a far
1ner to make his poultry more profit
aple until he gets the idea out Of his
mead that a male bird for improving
his flock isn't worth more tina a com
mon market rooster.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-07-12
CURING NANCE.

Mango in dogs can be cured al
though it requires patience. First
clip off the hair on the affected
parts. then apply green SOAP ana al
low if 10 remain five hours. When
washed with warm water the sCabs
and scurf will come Off. The parts
should then be wiped dry and the fol-
lowing remedy applied by rubbing 1t
thoroughly into the diseased skin:
Kreso one ou1ce oil Of tar n ounce,
flowers of sulphur one ounce, laId or
vaseline eight ounces. MIX all TO-
gether and rub into the afflicted skin
once daily for three or four days, then
withhold for Il week and apply again
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-07-12
POULTRY NOTES.

IF the poultry house is
kill off some of the older birds Keep
stocked up with young thrifty layers.
Don't let the hens suffer for water.
Damp houses are the greatest pro-
motors of disease among fowls.
If cog shells are fed to the hens,
they should be broken into small bits
so that they will not resemble an esg'
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-07-12
HE INK OF BAD ROADS.

Dht OF the greatest problems be-
hnHF me American people has been
fooL 20 interest in rural life and at
-" 20 the farm the young man who
The sun., 1910-10-08
HUNTING A CANDIDATE.
Massachusetts Democrats In DesperAt,
search for q Man Co Run for Governor.

BosroN. Oct. 7.-Frederick W. Mans
field. labor leader. was nominated as
a dummy candidate for Governor by the
Democratic State convention. which
ended IN confusion at I:SO o'clock this
morning.
Mankfleld was nominated on condi-
ton that he would withdraw within
seventy-two hours TO make way for q
candidate to be selected by a committee
appointed for that purpose.
This programme was the result Of q
row in the convention which made it
inadvisable 20 nominate either Foas.
Vahey or HAmlin.
The necessity for putting up dummy
candidate was due 90 the fact that nomi-
nations must be fled before o'clock to-
night and at the hour OF adjournment
no candidate was in sight.
The COMMITTEES appointed just before
adjournment completed the ticket by
naming as a temporary candidate for
Lieutenant Governor Clifton T. I.orinK
Of Medford. Both Loring and Mans
field are expected TO withdraw before
next Wednesday. The committee has
then three days In which 20 all the vacan-
cieS. To-day the committee was hunt
ing a suitable man TO head the ticket
and the one most prominently mentioned
j. Col. William A. Castor. president OF
the National Shawmut Bank The latter.
before the convention. said he would
not take a nomination II 1, were offered
He has run for Governor several times
and has been ba dly beaten.