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THE VERMONT PHOENIX, AND RECORD AND FARMER, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 188,3. Agricultural. "JlnimrliMlile" Jfrnoriint-r. A remarkable battle of tees recently took place In an English aviary. It was noticed that there wai a great uproar in ono of the hives. Closer Inspection ehowetl the ground below to be covered by several hundred dead drones, and hosts ot them were still being brought to tho eutranco and buudlod out by the workers generally by being solzed bo hind the head and dragged along to tho eilt, where, as a kind of farewoll, a sting was giv en to them. Examination of the slain re vealed the fact that they bud been severely handled many were headless, others had lost legs or wings, or both, and all bore evi dence of rough usage. That the bees were very much tho superior force was ehowu by tho fact that only about fifty of them had fallen in tho fray. The battlo Lad raged from about seven In the morning to about seven in the ovenlng, and seemed then to end ouly with the utter annihilation of the drones. Airie England Farmer. A very singular thing to occur among tho bees Indeed! A wonderful battle! and tho report of it has come all the way from Eng land. The most remarkablo thing, howover, about tho story Is tho remarkable Ignorance of the writer of it. What he supposes to be bo "remarkable" occurs each year in every prosperous colony of bees. Tho drones, or male bees, If any remain at the closo of the honey season, are slaughtered or driven from the hive to perish. In our climate this usu ally takes place In August ; but many drones are uovcr suffered to remain long in a hive after tho failuro of tho plants to yield honey, unless the blve Is without a queen. If, es sometimes happens, tho queen is lost, all the drones are Buffered to livo until after a new queen Is reared and assumes her maternal duties. Though nearly twice as large as the worker boe, tho drone has no sting nor any weapon of defeuse. It is burly in form and noisy, but whon attacked makes no resistance. Whonthe drones are destroyed by tho worker beos it is a massacre rather than a battle. A Illsjjruce to Jimriiullsni. Tho Elmira Husbandman explains the want of impartiality that is sometimes seen in the reports of exhibits at tho fairs, and exposes tho lawyer-liko practice of a claBS of reporters who are paid by exhibitors for puffing their wares i "When the reader of a newspaper sees in the report of an agricultural fair exhibits high ly commended he very naturally supposes that truthful expression is given to tho k'eas of the reporter, who may be a capable judge, or ho may not, but tho presumption is that bo has reported opinions moro or less valuable as they are based upon full or defective un derstanding. Such is tho general rule. It is not assumed by the ordinary reader that the report Is made to order that it is wholly a mercenary affair, with its price, cash in baud, paid by tho exhibitor yet such is tho fact in many cases, and the custom of making reports for exhibitors is a disgrace to journalism. One day last week, at the liath fair, a reporter said oxultingly, when his labors for the day were about completed, "Well, this is pretty good ; I have got just $Sil to day for writing up ex hibits." The Bame reporter another day, at another fair, gathered in by the same process $30 ; perhaps that was about an average of his day's work through the week In fact, through tho cutiro fair season ; and the samo paper that employs him may have sovoral oth er reporters engaged in like service, each de ceiving the readers of the paper, each pre senting opinions that have no basis In under standing opinions that are but the paid ex pression of interest on the part of exhibitors, usually manufacturers. Thus wo find a sew ing machine highly commended as a perfect piece of workmanship and admirably adapted to every uso in stitching, when in reality the machine is inferior not at all comparable with many other kinds that are not noticed. Tho wholo system of reporting for money is a fraud upon tho public. The mercenary ex hibitor or dishoneBt manufacturer may pro euro expression of opinion laudatory in tho highest degree of the articles exhibited, while meritorious articles in tho same class will not even be mentioned. It is a shame that a news paper writer or reporter will proatitute bis talent to such uses. It is a debasement repug nant to the moral sense. Ethical considera tions are brushed aside when the reporter ac cepts a fee for noticing favorably any exhibit at a fair. Upon what grounds publishers can defend the practice of bribe-taking in this way, wo do not understand ; but when tho publio learns that reports of fairs In papers whoso reporters solicit fees from exhibitors embrace mainly the interested opinions of ex hibitors crowded into tho columns of their journals at a price for every word, such re ports will cease to have value the vocation will bo gone." lleuillssp uml JFecdlnff. After the reading of I'rof.Ooessman's paper on "The influence of chemistry on a rational system of stock feeding," at the winter meet ing of tho state board of agriculture in Northampton, Mass., last winter, a gentleman present rose and said, in effect: "All these facts, as I suppose them to be, are interest ing, but I am only a plain farmer, and I do not understand these strange terms ; this talk about nitrogenous and non-nitrogenous sub stancos, carbohydrates and albuminoids, is all Greek to me. Now what I want, and what all the rest of tho farmers want, Is to have these things brought down so that we can un derstand what is meant. Let us have it in plain language, so that we shall not have to dig and puzzle our brains in trying to under stand all these now fangled ideas." This sally was followed by a buzz of ap proval all over the hall, in the midst of which up rose anothor farmer and said, substantial ly : "One day last July I had a number of loads of hay ready to draw to tho barn, and up came u shower about noon and wet it so that haying was impossible for that afternoun. I came into the house and got out some of l'rof. Sanborn's tables of value of different feeding materials. I sat down to them for tho purpose of studying out fiom tho tables a mixture of hay and grain which I thought would give the most milk. J worked at those tables all the afternoon, abd I never did a halt-day's work that tired me any more than it did to tlx that fodder ration in my mind and in accordance with the tables. The fol. lowing day I began to feed my herd of cows the mixture I bad decided on. The cows fell oil In their milk tho first day, the second day they camo back all right ; the next day tbey gaiued a little, and each day after that a little more, till tho average milk increase of the herd at tho end of a week or ten days was "5 per cent, on the new ration. Some of the cows increased more than others, and ono cow neither gained nor lost ; the ration had no ef fect on her to increase the flow of milk. Now it seems to me that if this matter of feeding could be reduced to a system, so that every man could pick out a particular table which would be just what he wanted, wo farmers who do not understand chemical matters would be saved much trouble." The speaker resumed his seat in tho midst of n sensational rustle of approval and a vol ley of questions, of which, "Will the gentle mau just seated please tell us what the mix ture Ut" was the most prominent. With true farmer's frankness he gave a statement of the combination of different grains and fodders he used, but I could tto more have taken his receipt and compounded his ration, than I could have calculated the time of the next solar eclipse. Yet in his mind the matter was as clear as the sun at noon-day, for the reason that he had studied it out, and reduced theory to practice on his own farm. At this poiut in the proceedings the clear ringing tones of the late President Chad bourne of the Massachusetts agricultural col lege was heard.as be said : "I want to drive a wedge here. The gentleman who last spoke said that he never did a harder half-day's work than the time he spent poring over those, feed ing tables of l'rof. Sanborn's. I should like to ask the gentleman if he ever did a half, day's work that paid him any better, or brought him any more money? I think from his own statement that it was the most profi table half.day's work he ever did on bis farm." President Chadbourne went on to say that the coming farmer was to bo a book.farmer : that the tables, so hard to bo understood by the farmers, are none the less hard to be un derstood by educated men j and that it would be of no advantage to farmers to make a table to be read at sight, if it were possible. Ills feeling was that farmers needed educating on the farm, not off from it, and that a machine, farmer was a poor sort of a maohine. Jt needed 6tudy hard, wearing and laborious to accomplish the highest results in these latter-day glories of agricultural thought and conquest. Tho most successful formers would be the studious ones. This presentation of the case brought those present to a consideration of the subject In an altogether different light. For myself, on coming homo I turned my attention to those same tables, with a result which surprised me, I am not going to tell you what my receipt is. You can get up as good or a better ono if you try. It has been a help to me, but I think there is room for improvement i and what use will the unsettled conclusions I have reached do those who may chance to read this article r If you want to know something about it, look up this matter for yourselves, If you havo not tho "education" necessary to accomplish It, it is time you had ; because machlno farming doesn't begin to pay thoso who practico it, and each farmor'n domains must bo bis own laboratory, II'. II. Unit, in the Homettttul. X lllst. trail. lrong;lit In till Mouth. Tho drought this year In the southern stales has not been equaled slnco tH.'it, nud Its ef fects are almost ruinous, There has been no rain of any consequence since the 1st of July, the showers being sudden, of brief duratiou, and widely separated as to time. In such caso tho rain does more harm than good, ns it aids the sun in baking the soil Into a brick like consistency. The severity of the drought is found on the cast and west lino passing through middle Georgia, Alabama and Miss issippi, lower Arkansas and northern Texas. In many portions of this district there has not been a drop of rain for 40 days, and practical ly the drought is now !)() days old. North and south of this lino there havo been occasional showers, but tho aggregate is totally Inade quate. Tho rainfall during Septombor was .'JG Inch, or not enough to lay the du9t. Mo bile's most hopeful of recently-born Indus tries, truck farming, has been very much in jured by lack of water. The last crops wero to a groat oxtent damaged, and now, when the winter crop should be well advanced, no planting has been or can be done on account of tho dryness of the soil. It is almost too lato now to think of making a crop. This fact is a striking evidence of the severity and long continuance of tho drought. Cotton has suffered, and has ceased growing ; tho top crop does not promise to appear at all. In tho centre of the drought district ono balo to ten acrCB Is about the average ; in some local ities tho rate is one to l.", in others nothing. There Is ono consoling feature : hog meat Is abundant and old corn from last year's sur plus Is abundant. Tho farmers, finding they could not sell their corn at a profit, fed it liberally to their hogs. The result proves to be their salvation this season, when cotton is scarce and tho cornfields are burned up. Tho Construction und I'm'TiiIiics. of Kill llaslin. A few days ago, while I was at work dig ging out a "catch-basin," a neighbor asked what I was about. I was a little surprised at the question, for I had supposed that all farmers wero familiar with theso basins. To begin at the beginning, let mo define : A catch-basin is a shallow well dug at ono end of n culvert or drain, in which dirt, manure and leaves settle during tho passage of water through tho drain. A great many mowing fields are. so situated that the waters from tho road during the winter, and tho rnlntaturo floods that sometimes come with summer showers, run into the grans and over the fields, carrying with them cartloads of what might be excellent top-dressing if properly spread, but which injures rather than belpB when piled upon a small surface. If there is no culvert to conduct the water from the roadside!, it will, in many cases, pay the owner of tho adjoining land to make one, and at its end, just within tho fence, a basin, which may be threo or four fost in diameter and three feet deep, or deeper if there is a large amount of water to pass through. Dur ing tho winter and spring, on i well-traveled road, n considerable amount of manure will be carried off by the water and deposited in tho well. This can be taken out at leisure and spread where needed. On the farm of Marshall Symmes, In Winchester, there are a number of culverts and basins, and cartloads of rich deposit are annually secured at a tri fling cost. The road which runs for a dis tance by tho farm is macadamized, and high er than the fields, so that there is an excellent chance to operate. Still, I believe there are many other farms, equally well situated, where the basins aro not used, whre they might be with profit. S. Symmtt, Mid dlesex county. Mats., in Jlomttttad. Thr nlilffrt Hbrrp. The very smallest of all the kinds of sheep is the tiny Breton sheep. It is too small to be very profitable to raise ; for, of course, it can not have much wool, and as for eating, why, a hungry man could almost eat a whole one at a meal. It is so small when full grown that it can hide behind a good-sized bucket. It takes its name from the particu lar part of Franco where it is most raised. But if not a profitable sheep, it is a dear little creature for a pet, for it is very gentle and loving, and, because it is so small, is not such a nuisance about the house as was the celebrated lamb which belonged to a littlo girl named Mary. It would need to be a very large little girl a giant girl, indeed who could take an ordinary sheep in her lap and cuddle it thero ; but any little girl could find room In her lap for a Breton sheep quite as easily as for ono of those very ugly little dogs called by the ugly name of pug. One of this little creature's peculiarities is its extreme sympathy with the feelings of its human friends, when It has been brought up as a pet in the house, and has learned to dis tinguish between happiness and unhappiness. If any person whom it likes a great deal is very much pleased about anything, and Bhows it by laughing, the little sheep will frisk about with every Bign of joy j but If, on the contrary, the person sheds tears, the sympathetie friend will evince its sorrow in an equally unmistakable way. A kind word and a loving caress will also fill it with hap. piness, while a croBs word or harsh gesture will cause it evident distress. St Nicholas. Cuttle und ftliecp Hei-iUngr. Sheep herding in the far west may be ro mantio and it may bo profitable, but a man may even pay too much for money. In San Luis Obispo county, California, there is a ranch of more than ."jO,000 acres; four of more than -10,000 ; two containing over SO, 000 and less than 40,000 acres ; four between 20,000 and 30,000 ; and nine between 10,000 and 20,000. The Tribune of that county says, by way of comment: "In some of our neighboring counties there are tracts of 100,. 000 acres in the possession of sheep herders who live in a six by-ten ehanty, without book or newspaper, littlo abovo the sheep in intellect. There moy bo ono nest of children, no more, who are compelled to lead a life of seclusion and ignorance awoy from society and all that is elevating. Not a school house, not a church, not a fruit tree, or even a flower to mark the wide desolation." Cattle herding has precisely tho same objectionable if not revolting features. It is tho farm or the dai. ry, with the pleasant, cultured home and the real social enjoyments attached to it, that are worth more than tho herds upon the savage plains with all the dearly bought wealth. The Dairy. llevf JIuIsIurt. The Texas Farm and Itanch says: "Sever al causes have combined to mako the present an era of exceptional prosperity to beef, raisers. First, in spito of the apparent great increase in the cattlo trade, tho number of cattle is smaller in proportion to the popula tion than it was twenty years ago. Second, ly, the consumption of meat is constantly in creasing, even faster than the mere growth of population. Thus, the yearly average consumption per capita in Europe is fifty pounds, whereas in the last century it was only twenty-five pounds. In Great lfritain it is one hundred and ten pounds and In the United States ono hundred and twenty pounds. Thirdly, the railroads seem to be doing their best to prevent cheapening of prices, by so adjusting their rates as to check the trade In dressed beef from the west. Since 1600 the population of the United States has increased sixty.flvo percent., while the increase in live stock has been barely fifty percent." ' A Model Noulhttrn I'uriuer. Messrs. Canning & Gill were surprised yes terdy when a negro inquired the price of a nice vehicle In their carriage depot. They wero interested when ho eaid he would come back directly and take it. They were aston ished presently when he returned and paid for It, entirely In cash, about 225. Inquiry develops that bis namo is Arthur Clark, and that he lives on Mush Creek In this county. He owns a good farm of bottom Jand, some of it tho best on the creek. Ho made 23 bales of cotton last year, and this year will make about 17. Ho owed nothing on his crops, bo his commission merchants, Messrs. Carlisle, Jones & Co., Inform us. Ho paid all of his expenses this year by sale of corn and farm truck. He wanted a conveyanco to take his family to church, ha said, and hence bis pur. chose. Ho is a model negro farmer. In fact, he is a model farmer for any one's Imitation, white or black, since very few can say that their cotton crop is an entire surplus, as his is. Fu Mil Life In llnlrcnrlln. Free from the oppressive dictation of ft guldo-book, wo wandered far into Ualecarlia (Sweden), wherever tho plcturesqueness of people- or landscape led us, regardless of Iho conventionalities of travel. Tho long days ot midsummer, with no darkness and little twi light, followed ono another liko n succession of day-dreams, for no arbitrary Nature drove us to bed or summoned us to rise. At mid night wo wero sometimes working on eunsot color studios or sitting at tho window reading. Wo Btartod for our day's walk an hour after supper, sleeping whon wo were sleepy, and eating when we woro hungry. How long a mau accustomed to a lowor latitude could en. dure tho dissipation ot this Irregular llfo we did not discover, for our experiment was not long enough to fix the limit of our endurance. For a while, at leoBt, it was an agreeable change, and we looked forward to dark nights with no pleasant anticipation. Thero came continually to mind tho complaint of the thrifty New Eoglandhousowlfe,who,although rising at dawn, and continuing her work by evening caudle-light, never thinks her day half long enough for the bundrod duties that aro crowded into it. Hut tho Ualccarlian farm er doubtless finds his working hours ns many as human naturo can endure, for ho is obliged In this short season to mako up for the long and dark winter, when candles aro lighted In tho afternoon, and tho cattlo do not leavo the barns for months. The farm-boy bitches up the horses to harrow at ten o'clock in the evening ; toward midnight tho carts laden with hay rumble along tho village streets, and thero are sounds of life all night long. Even tho birds scarcely know when to cease sing ing, and their twitter may bo beard far Into the evening, ltlse when you like in the morn ing, and you will always find the farmer al ready at work. In tho heat of high noon be may be asleep in his wooden bunk in the living-room, but moBt of the day the house is deserted, and tho key hangs on tho door-jamb or is stuck in tbe shingles of tho low porch, Tho laborers come In for their dinner after hours of dusty labor in tho fields, A huge copper pot is brought out in tho tniddlo of the court-yard and flllod with water. The girls take off their kerchlofs and bathe, their arms and necks, huddling together in the shade, of tbe porch. Men follow, and repeat the operation. Then the girls dip their feet in the bath, and dry them on tho embroidered towels hanging in tho sun, and finally tho men and boys finish their dinner toilet in the same water. The meal is a simple one por ridge, milk, unleavoned bread, and perhaps some dry or pickled fish. Weak fermented drink Is banded round in a clumsy wooden firkin, with side and cover painted or carved two generations ago. At tho closo of the meal they sit around the room and sing a hymn togethor boforo they return to the fields. Everything in the house is of the most primitive order. In the single large room on the ground-floor aro chairs made of hollow tree. trunks, tables of rough hewn plonks turn up on folding legs against tho side of the room, and thero are bunks in tbe wall, with curiously carved and pointed trimmings. Its Bfde the rudo stone lire platform, where the smoke curls up under an overhanging hood, stands tho well-known cbopping-block, whero during the long evenings of the winter months tho farmer sits by tho hour splitting kindling wood and whittling. From the smoky beams overhead hang tools, baskets, and poles drap ed with great bunches of folded rye bread, about tbo appearanco and texture of coarse brown paper. To lighten up tho dull-tonod interior tho farmer's wife has hung her em broidered towels and brilliant coverlets along tho front of tbo straw. filled bunks, and spread a richly colored piece of soft home-woven wool over the painted chest whero tho Bibles and hymn-books are carefully stored. Ou tho floor sho has sprinkled fresh birch leaves or stretched a piece of home made rag carpet. Geraniums and roses bloom In the long, low window, where the green-toned gloss set in lead lets in a mellow light. The rakes which bang by the door are whittled out of tough wood. The beer.mug, tho old band-mangles, and the saddle-bows are carved in grotesque forms or covered with intricate ornamenta tion. Among the fow pieces of coarse crock, ery is found perhaps a quaint silver cup, and sticking in the same rack with the clumsy wooden ladies is a battered but serviceable silver spoon which has fed a half-dozen gen erations. The only literature in sight is a bundle of Swedish newspapers from far-off Minnosota.carefully prescrvcd,and read again and again. Compulsory education has given an untold impulso to the development of the country. The peasant who can not read or write is almost a curiosity. Their knowledge of the outside world is sometimes burprising. Few families but have near relatives or friends who have emigrated, and through tho means of constant correspondence they get an ac quaintance with the manners and customs of other countries. Wo met more than ono peas, ant who, although tbey bad never seen a lo comotive or worn a coat of newer cut than a hundred years ago, were better posted on the tonnage and speed of American steamers than we were ourselves, and bod no little knowl edge of tbe politics of tbo world. Emigration seems to be chilly caused by tho high rate of taxes in somo parishes ten per cent of the net income and by the low wages for labor one crown and a half about forty cents a doy. Tbe proportion of cleared land to for. est is very small, and tbe reason given for this is tbe expectation of a new division of land. "No one," eay tbe farmers, "will im prove his land as long as there is a prospect of a new division. Those who are badly off are always clamoring for this new division, and when it comes it will take at least fifteen or twenty years to execute it, and meanwhile everything will bo in confusion," Tbe troub U is that the farmers' sons, when they marry, receive a definite portion of the form as their inheritance. This custom has naturally tend ed to a great subdivision of the land, and fur thermore has brought about, after several generations, an incxtricabla confusion of ti tles. Tbo forms of any great extent are now made up of many small parcels of land scat tered all over the country. Some farmers hove pasture lauds adjocent ; others must drive their cows a day's journey, and keep them there all summer at great inconvenience. To remedy this confusion a new division of land is Eometimes resorted to. This may be decided upon by a vote ot tbe parish ; and if the grumblers carry the day, tbe land is re divided, the proportion accurately fixed, and the farm boundaries properly adjusted. This primitive method of settlement of a great dif ficulty is not without its injustice, and a new division causes no end of disturbance and ill feeling. Frank I). MUM in Oct. JIarpcr't. HALIFAX FA11. Lambreqalot seit lt.ee curUlni are furnUbed tod put up, or materials and deslgui, at abort notice, of Ibe very beat, at 1'iine'a Importing and Mauufactur lug establishment, Canal street, iloiton, 'Tor fourjeart,"wrltKnappl; Weeks of Vfallbam, Mass., '?, e filled to btlp one of our boraea tbat bad elorked lege. Ellls'a Spavin Cure cured blm, bowev. I know not vuere Ilia Ulanda lift Tbelr fronded palma In air; I uily know 1 rannot drift lleyond II la love and care. Dr. M.T. Qamble, Farmington, 111., save! "I pre. scribe Drown'. Iron Hitters In mr practico tud tbe give satisfaction," ' "Dr, Uenaoa'a Celery and Chamomile Will for tbe enre of Neuralgia are a aucctw." Dr. O, P. HolmtD, CbrlatiaBburg, Va, COc, a box at druggists. Fruit culturt is ;'"nding so rapidly in Cal ifornia that thero is already an overproduc tion in Borne varieties and the outlook for the future is not promising. Tho kola nut, a product of tropical Africa, where it is largely used for making an invig orating beverage, is becoming an important article of commerce in London as a substi tute for coffee. Concerning the orange crop the Florida Times says : Tbe universal testimony of our exchanges from all ports of the stole is to tbe effect thot the yield will be one-eighth great er than lost year. The old trees are bearing quite as well as usual, and there are many new groves which will this year, for tho first time, yield something like a paying crop. It is stated thot not long ago John Bright attended an auction Bale of high-priced short horn cattlo in England, and in response to bn inquiry said : "No, I have not come to buy j but to see the fool who will pay 2,000 for a bull." "Thero ho is," said Lady Skelmers dale promptly pointing to her husband. The reply made by the People's Tribune is not a matter of record. Tbo condition of the pulse Is a good test of the health of animals as well as human be ings. In a horse a good and strong but quiet pulse beats forty times a minute, in an ox fifty to fifty-five, in sheep and pigs not less than seventy or more than eighty for ordin ary health. It may be felt wherever a large artery crosses a bone. A rapid, hord and full pulse in stock denotes high fever ; a rap id, small and weak pulse also fever, caused by a weak and poor stato of the subject. A very slow pulse indicates brain disease, while an irregular one indicates trouble with the heart. X,oaa und Cluln. CHAPTER 1, "I was taken alck a year ago With bllloua fever." My doctor pronounced at well, but I got alck again, lth terrible palm In my back and aide, and I got so bad I Could not move! I abrunk t From 218 lbs. to 120! I bad been doctoring for mjr liver, but It did me no good. I did not expect to live more tbau tbreo montba. I began to uae Hop Bitters. Directly rny appetite returned, my pains left me, my entire ayatem seemed renewed aa If by magic, and af ter ualng aeveral bottles 1 am not ouly aa Bound at a aoverelgn, but vt clgU more tban I did before. To Hop liltlera I owe my life. It. FITZPATMCK. Dublin, JuneC, 1811. How to Oct Kick, Etpoae yourself dayandnlgbt; eat too mucb vltbout exerclae ; work too hardwltbout reat; doctor all tbe time; take all tbe vile noatrums al)ertiaed and Ibea you will want to know bow to get well, which la answered In three wordi-Take Hop bitten I 1,1. t of Irrniliinia. Mortars, Slalllons, l'erley Itlch, Wllmlogloii, 1st. Matched aud fancy boriea, W A Urlon lat, II Tenner 3d, Fast boraes, r T Miner. Saddle berate, 0 1) nil lat, Chas Thnrbefad. Carriage horses, Clinton Harris, Cole nine, 1st, Jss Worilen 2d, Ocorge Upton ad, Brood mates with rolls, II Barber 1st, OF(lrimn2d, J M Mies 3d, Ira Larrabee Ith. Colts 3 yrt old, K 8 Al len 1st: 4 jr old, 0 Fdrlfrln 1st; 3 jr. old, r T Mi ner lat, Cbaa Hatch 2d, W E Thnrber ad, J (lalvln 4th ; I yr old, A llamcs 1st, Austin Hill 2d. CATTLK. Bnlls-M Wordtn lstand 2d. Oicn-5 jr. old, 0 l'rmily 1st, Geo fulnam 2d, J Wlllard 3d) i yra old, U F Urliiln 1st, K H Allen 2d, II Barber 3d, O B 4tb ; 3 yra old, A Illllman 1st, I) II Collins Sd. ororllhn a J, K II Tl.url.fr 4th. Hteers II Blown ist, A A Fait banks 2d, w KThurberali ljr.1,1, UFarlfflnlst, M Powers 2d t calves, Freddie Orlfllo 1st, UTbnrber 2d, II Esmes 3d; trained, Freddie (Irlnin 1st, Hortls F.amca 2.1 (Ibe former received 82 and the latter f 1 .60 of tbo Anderaon premluma). Cows COTbitrberlst, M Powers 2d, W E Tburbrr 3d, O Johnson 4tb. Helf. era, F Hill 1st. Ilratt cattle, 0 EPronty lat.OWPut. nam 2d, J Wlllard 3d. Fancy rattle, (J Pronty 1st, H Barber 2d, VO Adams, Uullford, 3d, Teams, Cast part 1st, Boutti part 2d, SHEEP. Otla Joliuaoti 1st onCotswold sbcrpt IICBelMston peu middle wool and pen flue wool abeep, aud floe wool bucks C F Urlfhu 1st on Bacondowu buck, SWINE. Hoar and sow, F T Miner 1st! pigs, I Stowe 1st, II O Bell 2d. roULTRT, Plymouth Hocks, w Allen 1st. C Tucker SJ, O B Dli 3d, Ucu Barber Ith. rnciT. Apples Utile Core and Baldwins, A Treston 1st, D HYH.rdtn2d; 20 ounce, OH Hlgley 1st, DBWorden 2 1 j Maiden Blnsb, Northern Hpy, Uolden Tlppln, (III llflowcr, C F (IrlOlu 1st, Quinces, BeoJ Barber 1st, Pears Bell, Tlson, Buffum, Flemish Beauty, Bell Fur ness, II Barber 1st ; Tlson and IlurTnm, A Preston 2d. Peachca Early Clifford, I Stowe 1st: late Clifford, Clingstone, frost, n Bsrber Istj frost, I Btowe 1st. Urapea Concord aud Delaware, A Preston 1st. OABPEIS VEOET1BLES. Tomatoes, M Wicks 1st. Besns, yellow eye, C F Oriranlst, D E Tucker 3d, A K Powers 3d; Ht Law. relief .Thousand and Oue, Bla Weeks,Csllforula Htrlug, AKPowtralet; Coffee, Wild (loose, II C Bell 1st. Peas, Marrowfat, C F Qriffln 1st. lints, Egyptian, C F (Irimnltt. Turnli.a-Ss.edlsb,CF(lrlmn ist; flat, () Johuson 1st; Lane's Improved, b Tucker 1st, M Powers2d, Pnrapklua Fancy, J M Nllea Ist; com mnu,c FUHlhn 1st, M Wicks 2d, II Barber 3d. Car rots Long Orange, P shearer 1st, C F (Irlfllusd itihort Hnrii, P Hbean r 1st, A Button, Cnleralnr, 2d, I Larra bee 3d. Onions, J aaltln 1st, A Ktone, Heath (3 var), 3d, II Barber 3d, P Hbearcr 4tb. Melons, II Barber 1st, Peppers, A Preslou 1st. Cabbais, A Preston 1st, M Wlcks2d. K.UI .-, M Wicks lt. A Preston Yd, M Powers 3d. Dandelions Curled, M Powers 1st, Potatoes- Tbe committee ou potatofa report tbe eiblblls very Hue. Kumuer Worden bad tbo most tsrletlts, and M Potters the best In spparent qusllty. J II Bar ney of Oollford, Ira Larrabee and w E Brown also showed line potatoes, nuTTEtt. Box butter, Mrs A Preston 1st. Of lump butter there wi re four entrlf s Mrs H Icks, Mrs W E Thur ber, Mrs J M Nllea and Ira Larrabee all of which were so eicellent tbat the committee were undecided how toaward tbe premiums. ahticles or roou. Canned fruit, Mrs II Btowe 1st; strawberry-apple Jelly, Mrs A F Worden 1st; wbrst bread NitlleHcott 1st, LeltleTbnrber 2.1, Flora Rlowe 3d (Miss Melt re ceived 51 aud Miss Thurber S'V. of tbe Atidersou pre miums), svnur. Warren Fessendcn 1st. HUNET. D 11 Collins 1st. OIIAII. Oils, (1 M Scott 1st; BenJ Barber 2 1; D K Tucker 3d. Buekwbeat.UU Bell lit;C F (IrllSu V.l; M Powers 3d. Winter wheal, D Barber 1st; Israel Stowe ii. Bprlugwbeat, H C Bill lat; Iaratl Ktowe 2d. Vtblte Itusslan, A btone 1st. Rye, A Priston. 1st; B Barber 21; I Stowe3d. Coru Early and late Canada Cap, M l'owiralst. Common porn, H Wonleri 1st: I htowe 2.1; J and OJ Hale 3d. Karly Dent, II C Bell 1st. Pep corn, H Birbee 1st; A Preston 2d; M Powers 3d, Dwarf, II C Bell 1st. Hweet corn, A Preston 1st; A Dnttou. Coleralne, 21: M Powers 3d. Tlmotby seed, II M Kccttlst; M lowers Sd ; H 0 Bellud. Sunflower, A Pnston 1st. TOOLS ANU UAM-rACTVIIKS. Champion borae-rake, M Scott 1st. Iron Beam side bill plow, Shovel plow. Buckeye mower. Corn planter, II C Bell 1st. Hawing machine, H (I Blrkford 1st, Hew ing machines, New Home, Scott Duuklee 1st. Ox bows, D S Worden 1st. Spring bed, Clark & Fair banks 1st. novsrnoLD AnricLts, lpr mittens, Mrs J M Mies 1st; Mrs I. Collins 3d. Men s socks, Mrs J M Nllea 1st; Mrs LColllos 3d. In fants' sucks, Mrs M O Nichols 1st. Ladies' socks, Mrs L Colllus 1st; Mrs B Bsrber 2.1. Stocking )srn, Mrs 1. Collins 1st, Log cabin quilt and quilt 6W5 pieces, Mrs A F Stowe 1st; bedqullt, Mrs K (Ireen 2i; Mrs (I M Scott 3d. Crib quill Mrs M Wicks 1st. Brick work quilt, Mrs Charles Clark 1st. Bssket work qultt, Elhe Brown 1st. FUuuel blanket, linen sheet and towel, Mrs II Fowler 1st. Carpetlug, Mrs w E Tbur birlst. VAMCT AUTICLES. Tidies canvaa, MraE Grecu 1st; Mrs E Tucker 2i. Worsted, Mrs O P Worden 1st; Miss Eleanor (IrlfBn 3d. Crochet, Mlsa Jennie M Harria 1st; MrsMWicks 3d; Mrs O B Dix 3d. Macrame, Mrs C O Tburber 1st; Lima Worden 2d; Ida Harris 3d. Knltod, Mrs 11 Fowler 1st; Annie Qslvin 3d. Stool, Mrs Henry Bar ber 1st. Lamp mat, Flora Stowe 1st; Mrs Cnas Clark 21, Moss lamp mat, Mrs L II llallutl 1st ; Anule Oal iu 2d. Lambrequin, May Oriflln 1st; Jennie Miner 2J. Drawn rug, Mrs H Htowe 1st ; I'.osa Warren 2d. Chenille rog, Mra A F Wjrdeulat. witch bsxrl rng, Mrs Bell 1st. Work done on New Home sewlog ma cblue, Mrs CC B'llerly 1st; Mrs S A Marshall 2d. Brnsb broom esse, shawl case, breikfaat cap, Mra E Tucker 1st. Apron, Mrs O II Dli, 1st; Mrs E Tucker 2d, Handkerchief case, crocheted hood, Sarah L Mor rrlaon 1st. Motto, Mrs II Stowe 1st; Mrs A Crosier 21; Flora Stowe3d. Knit lsce collar, Mrs A Crosier 1st. Knit lace, Mra O B Dix 1st. Music bolder, twine thread basket. Alice Tburber 1st. Bead plcturefrsme, MrsLH Ballou 1st; Alice Tburber 3d. Illonersrt, Alice Tburber 1st, Wall pocket, Jennie Harria lat; Mrs II Fowler 2J. Sham bold, r, worsteel lace, Helen Thnrber 1st. Knit toilet set, Mrs n M Scott 1st. Motto, Mrs (1 P Worden 1st; Mary (Irlffln 3d, Motto, silk embroidered, and worsted, Nellie scult 1st, Work basket, comb rase, Mrs II C Belt 1st. Towel sbams, Mr- II Barber 1st. Watch pocket. Bertha drlmn 1st. Letter receiver, Eva Orlffln 1st. Psper flowers, Min nie Thnrber 1st. Embroidered sofa pillow, embroi dered collar, rustic! easel, Mra L II Ballon lat. Wall pocket, splssbers, match safe, Mrs II Fowler .St. Bal ioon, Mra J It Thompson 1st. Picture f rsmes, brack et, Jessie Thompson 1st. Worsted wrlsters, Mrs W Brown 1st. Worsted scarf, Mra II R Stowe Ist. Wax fruit, Mra L H Bsllcu 1st. Wax bouquet and wreath, Mra ( M Scott 1st. fLOBil, rnxrABTXX.1T. Platter phlox, basket panslss, besp of everlasting flowers, Mrs O B Dix 1st. Coleus, Nlgbt blooming cereus, Mrs E Tncker 1st, Bouquet wild flowers, Mrs II Htowe 1st. Bouqoet flowers, Grace Worden lat. Bouquet grasses, Irs W E Thurber 1st. Fncbsla. Mra (1 M Scott 1st. Cactus, Mrs M Wicks 1st. Fo.dlog plant, Mrs E Tucker 1st. BEL1CS. Csse of coins, a valuable collection of rare pennlea and ancient corset, IW years old, A C Nllea. Japanese Idols, Mrs D DeWolf. Indent crockery, Mrs A F Worden, UISCXLLANEOCS. Ancient bottle, Nettle Whitney. Chinese relics, Jsp apeae picture, Mrs D DeWolf. Map of U States drswn when 13 yrs old, Etta Worden, Family picture, Mra H Harris, Sugsr evaporator, toss sap spouts, Warren Feasenden lat. Scrap book, Clara Clark 1st By neglect of committees In not returning books tbe secretary la unable to make fall returns, W. W. Btowe, Sec'). "Mrs. Partington. wLat do you uae for very bad cold ?" asked Mrs. Dull. "Handkerchiefs, ma'am," anawered the aged dame, looking over her spectacles. Handkerchiefs are a desideratum in the event of a cold, but Dr. Bull'a Cough Syrup Is a uec-sstty, be cause It not only relieves but cures tbe worst cold or cough. Nobody will use other people's experience, nor baa any of bla own till 'tis too hte to use It. Mr. B. Johnson, No. 1 FaneullHall Market, Boston, says: "Ellla'a Spavin Cure ia all you claim for it. It has enred my borso of Spavin." It alwaya doea tbat, reader If we could read tbe secret history of our enemies, we should And In each man'a life sorrow aud suffering enough to disarm all hostility. Longfellow. am haypy to say fr. lletinon'i .Sli'n Cure Aas currti My rrrriKl eftht icalpvfuur years' sfandiri." Jno. A, Andrews, Att'y at Law, Aabton, 111, $1 at druggists', Endorsed by physicians, Ver can't allua Jedaa ob a man by bla walk. Some times it's de nicest steppln'maudat ruuadowudebeel ou ae anoe, if lanunon rnuoaopuy. A Xew lieenartui-ft. One good result of the bard times a few yeara ago was tbe bringing luto life an article In proprietary medicine wblcb gave to every purchaser a full equiv alent tor ma money, ine rule or inia class or mecu clues la from 10 to 25 dosea for 1 1, the best only reach ing 40. Meaars. Hood & Co, took a new departure, and In tbe article now so wclland favorably known as Hood's Saraaparilla, tbey gave tbe unprecedented quautity of 100 dosea for It. These facts commend this remedy b the consideration of the sick; also of ine wen, jor iney are uaDie to ue avea. Be 'on.au what la de wuat 'bout runnln"roun' de neighborhood telbn tails la de one dat complains de louoea woeu someDoay laixs -oout nor. nutlAN Blood. On tbe purity and vitality of tbe u,ooa aepeuu ine vigor ana uesitn ot the wnoie ays tern. Disease of various klnda la often only tbe aign tbat nature la trying to remove tbe dlaturblng cause. A remedy that glvea life and vigor to the blood, eradl catea scrofula and other Impurities from it. as Hood's Sarsspartlla undoubtedly doea, muat be tbe meana of preventing many dlscaaes tbat would occur without its use. sola oy ueaiers. The man who originated tbo aa)lng, "Hurrylathe loirsuisHeai isinu, usrrr was cosisa oy a ouu-dog. Ahsweb Tun, Is there a person living who ever eawacaaeor ague, nuiousneas, nervousness, neural gia, or any diseaae of tbe stomach, liver or kidneys, tbat Hop Bitters will not cure ? Can't be beet A parsnip, "JL Celebrated Cute." It teems probable tbat Mr. Michael O'Connor of alesburg, 111., la not related to tbe celebrated Cbaa. O'Connor. Uesaya: "Samaritan Nervine cured mo ol dyspepsia and general debility." A correspondent of tbe Sclsntlflo American taya a piece of lean fresh meat will ttop tbe pain of wasp sting almost Instantly. Wh-n ,n , , . I 1. ....... .UUC. a.UUl U j JIClJBia, UCSIIUUIU, U4a.B' rla sffectlont, kidney disuse, liver complaint and other wasting diseases. When you wish to enrich the blood and purify the ayittm generally. When you wiah to remove all feeling of weakneaa, veartneaa, lack of energy, try a bottle of Brown's Iron Bitten and tee bow greatly It will benefit you. It eurpeeaea all known reraedlee aa an enrlcber of the blood and a perfect regulator of the various bodily functions. Ask your druggist. People's National Bank, We reipectfully offer our irTlcei for tbe tr.nMCtloa of aay banking or collection builoeu you mi) btve lotUUviciQity, We bur a Mil UNITED STATES BONDS, tud for tbe sccommodfctioD of our cuitomere f urnUh IK VESTMENT BECUItlTiEK aultiblt. tar trust fundi anJ coatmtthe luveitori. We drw FOREIGN EXCHANGE, tod cm f urn lib Letten of Credit for traveller!' iu la Grtt Britain and Europe, Aaj buslneai entrusted to our care will recelTe prompt aud careful atteoUon. W. A. FAULKNER, CatbUr. PARLEY STARR Frealdeot. Ij39 Kittrraaninn JLImIiI. Mil. A. H. Mratuu., the popular MpreMinan of HriiDfwtttr, Me., tit mi ur on Miy IS, IRKt.ia follows; "HavltiglirtnKrTcrfljraftllrtfil for about two yeara with loftamroatlou of the kidney and Madder, no call ed by my phyildini.t Buffered with dlitrraMtiif palm la the back and retention of tnloe, caused by a atup pace of tbe neck of tbe bladder, and a coniplkatlon of other dlaeann, I waa hardly able to attend to my biiftlut'ft. and at tltnee would be completely proitrat ed. I waa alto affected with Ineontlnente of urine to au alarming degree Indeed, It demanded my alien Hon flttern or twenty times per night, and at time a It would neern impONSlblo for mo to ride down to the de pot on my wagon, for every Jar from tho wagon would almost aeem to take my life. Having failed to obtain relief from my doctor, I finally con mlled oar drug giitt Dr. Merrymau of Brunswick, and requested him to furnish me with the most reliable and speedy cure for such slckD(n, for 1 was suffering too mucb for human nature to endoro long. Tho doctor recom mended roe to use Hunt's Remedy, aa It had been uaed w'tU remarkable aucccis In a good many cases lu I'runswtck and vicinity, I purcbaaed a bottle, and received such great relief that I continued, and had not used two bottles before 1 began to Improve beyond my expectations. The pains In my kidneys and loins disappeared, I galmd strength, and my water begin to pans naturally, and I was able to sleep aouudly,and obtain the greatly needed rest which for a long time 1 could not, I am fully restored to health, and can at tend to ray builneas. Thanka to ltuut's Remedy for my restoration, and I highly recommend It to all who are troubled with kidney complaints." Could Hot lilfi ta lounil, Tbe above are the words of Mrs, Harriet Bailey of Putnam, Conn Hbe writes May 9, 1&43I "I have been troubled with kidney and liver dlseane for two years. I Buffered severe! In the back and loins. Re fore taking your wouderful medicine, Hunt's Reme dy, I could not lift a pound. After giving It a fair trial, I began to Ituprorr, and can now truly say It was a 'Godsend to me, as I am now able to do my household work and enjoy tbe best of bralth. 1 hae recomramded Hunt's Remedy to two of ray neigh tors, who have been greatly benefited by It. This let ter I send luntarlly, wltb the hope that It will be tbe means of Inducing Home sufferer to uie Hunt's Remedy, and bo cured as I have been." Continued from tatt vctt.) How Watch Cases are Made. In 1R7G, thirteen men conipriscxl tlio entire working force useil in tho mnnu fsicturcof tho James Host? UoldWatch (hte sNowoverrcAunJrctiaro cnijiloyeil, unit tho number in constantly incrca&iiiK. Tho rea f i of thU increaio is this: In tho Jama Jto&j Gold )VntcK Clue all tho im-tnl in bight and subject to w ear U totut fohI,UQ tho ro nmimkT, v.'hich only lends tdrentli to tho case, U of MroiiKer tiutal than gold, giving gold where gold U needed, and fctrong, elastic metal where strength and elaMieity nro ncuded, a combination pro ducing a wntch cae letter than solid gold and at ONE-HALF the coot. tf jum Over 200,000 of these cases have lictn sold, and every jeweler in tho country can testify to their quality and merit, LrnwoToiv. Mirn., rxv. It. E W Man!., of tho Jitmorrit, IxniKbt a Ju. lions (lold Wau.li 4 aw 1H ) i ars ajro, and carriod It until a short time atro, when I pimhanetl It, and wld It to a nintuiiKT 1 lie cam showed no MafUK f ear, CXlXl't tint natural to any ran, and I am eUfltxl ran bo Mfely iruarantivii for at knot un j tarn more. I hao enl.l the Janw Ifawn'eioldU atrhrate for many yn, and the partltti bo InUsht the find one ar carry Inn them Uwltr, a well aatiefied an thoiifrh Uiey bad boiiirlit a solid t?old cam ootttairtwIonUra money I nirard them u tho only cm of this kind a jeweler fchould ptllwho dcelrtH to trite his runtomera tba wirth of their money or alnei hi reputation. ViM. J. CLUIiWAr, .tr, fWirl t Up !. KrftUat Watrfc ( trtHt, rilltvs ilkla, rrf kadoa I1lattrtU4 riMI.Ufc Java Km' m4 KrlM WaUh Can r 4. To U Continued) F. A. WHITNEY & CO. THE CLOTHIERS Aunoimro (lie nrrivnl of their Fall & Winter Stock FOREIGN & DOMESTIC WOOLENS IN GREAT VAiaiOTY! Gentlemen In lvnnllof DRESS OR BUSINESS SUITS, OVERCOATS, And so forth, arc cordially invited to look ns over. ZRE! .A. ID J JD E COUNTERS Aro crowded. Prices will be low. All kinds of Underwear. Tho hest 50c. garment in town. Full line of Fiii iiisliini; (Joods, Trunks, Valises, Umlirellas, c. CARRIAGES I ALL THE LATEST STYLES, AT LOWEHT l'HICEal. GREATER STOCK AND LARGER VARIETY THAN EVEK HETOItE. ANY KIND OR STYLE Of Carriago that a customer may want, on hand or furnished at short notice. JOHN Ii. RAY, IIIlATTI.EIIOnO, VT, til WAIT! WAIT! WAIT! oiund orn.siNa ok Boots & Shoes IN- BROOKS HOUSE BLOCK, Saturday, Oct. 13th. GIVE U8 A GALL IT WILL PAY YOU. He member tbe pluceIIrooba llouae lllocb. DROWN & BLISS. jO-ll TEA CLUBS vc auk civijru away Golil, ll rr ssi.it Nlcbtil IVsslchxa, lilit. tssossil Illnr, Kllrer IVaro, Wlilt. anil Decorated Tea, Dinner and Toilet Belt, Moss Ho., and Gold Dand Cbloa Tea Beta and tbona and. of other Uaeful aod UrDtraeotal Article, at XIE.iIIC!iforthefoniili)gof Jgfl CLUBS Send your address to THE GREAT CHINA TEA COMPANY, al NT AXE HT.,llUMXII?r,MAHM,, aud vri will arod you our CI, I' II HOOK contain, log. l'llldi; 1.I8X of our Tea. tud Coffee, tud XJat of our rroJiiluitiH. 40-1 'Th0mrit rrmnrkaf-lfi ritnMtf ttf th n$ Citraortilnarlty valuablo In nroorlntf narw-fw, am mu r la(UimatiB "Itlstho only preparation that will.' IT llMOTIS M'lim L'nilUpatril !'UIe KtUfiM-e of AbMtlato Carta. IT WILL CURE whero others fall B Pl.t ITS niM.nnfri A, IT LEADS ALL tho world, and is iiir.niT mxHwrn An Til K m.flTof nil Homo ltrrnc11c. in h tout ttv tiir iiousr.j with tnLLmonlalt, Htt frMa AfjilUillnii, a rimiimi. will oonvlnco every one. tkarl (.in.tOf.ifo.til, Wo trfj-nr Oimlition lUwtfern and llmf Olntrnt-iit, Hrnte I'nmler. Worm liwile r rfl Cnllc r.nn1 m AlltlirfwanMleatlimtrj J Trice cf Hlla'a sprit in rlorf ami hari -dealt ra, I Irurt- 1.00 f r Itittl . JW lamrtlnili r, tnv tH.rAn. iM. , nlu lu ki Ninvi.v crin: ( .. 00 Mod burr M.i liotton.or 870 -lib, Ate,, cw York. ANOTHER LOT Ofllioso siilcmllil Wnck Dress Silks of which ivo hnvo sold so tunny. Thpy m o soil, lustrous, lmndsoino gootls. Kvcryliody admires llioin, ami then buys. Wn are making very low prices on Ihem, and will save customers I'roni $1 to $! on each dress on any Hoston or New York retail prices. Don't full to sec them. Our Jllnck Cashmeres and Jlro cades arc; beauties, selected from tho very best makes of French and German goods, in the most desir able shades of Jel aud III no Muck. Hig slock Dress Flannels, Colored Cashmeres, Foulcs, Nun's Veilings, Albatross Cloths and Worsted Dress Goods, all at prices that are right. Our stock of Carpets, Oil Cloths, Kugs, Mats and Straw JIaltings was never so large as now; No bet tor stock to be found in the State, and no hotter prices. No goods sold on more than U months credit. All persons having outstanding bills of more than the nboe time should settle at once. HOUGHTON&KUECH NOW OPAj ThelARGES imostLomriTenensive k INDUSTRIAL 3XPOSITI0 If III. s A VsT ' r.MV I A AVT mm 4m- vx i w OTCE&ART ?lnn,Tll rSOUTHaiidWCS? CL0SIN0N0V.3 TRADE MARK REGISTERED. COM PO U N D, 1109 & llll UIRWD ST, PHILIP. A NEW TREATMENT For C'onauititlon, ltliniu, Ilroncliltla, HjaiiPiialUtCulurrli, Ilruiluclie, Drlilll ty, lKliruiiiultam, JYruruIffJu.unil a. ' Chr till- and .Verroua lJi$oriier, A CA11V. We, tbe UDderitftDttl. hiving rerpiieil creat and periuaneut benefit from tbe uto of "CUMI'OL'NI) OX VOEN," prepared and administered by Pita. Ktab eky IUleh. of I'MIadelpliia.and belnj catlified tbat It la a new diicotrrjr In medical aclence, and all tbat la claimed for H, cod aider 11 a duty which e owe to tbe many thouaandi ho are Buffering from chronic and ao-called Mncnrablc1' dlaeasea to do all tbat we can to make lta virtue known and to Implre tbe pub lic with confidence. We hate peraonal knowledge, of Dr. Starkry k Ta leu, Tbey are educated, luttliRent, and conscientious phjitciam, who will not. we arc ure.make any state ment which they do not know or believe to U true, nor publish any ttatlmonlala or reports of caaea which are not genuine, Wm. D. Kellilt, Member vj Vvngre from Philadelphia, T, H. Abthub, Editor and I'ulhthtr "Arthur lluine Maja ztnt, J'hiladrtjihia. V.L. Conrad, Editor "Lutheran Olaereer" Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Ta., June 1, 1882. In order to meet a natural inquiry In regard to our professional and peraonal standing, aud to gtte in creased confidence In our statements and lu the gen uineness of our testimonials and report a of cases. e print tba aboiecard from gentlemen well and widely known and of the hlitbest personal character. Our "2'r ratine on Vomjxmmi Oxygt n" containing a history of tbe discovery of and mode vt action of tbla remarkable curative agent, and a largo record of sur prising cures in Consumption, Catarrh, Neuralgia, Bronchitis, Asthma, etc., aud a slde range of cbronio dlseasei, 1U be tent free, Addreaa pus. STAItKEV h PALKN. 3MQ UOtt and 1111 Qlrard Street, 1'hlla., Pa. PUTT, WRIGHT & C LATEST STYLES IN FALL AND WINTER SUITS, OVERCOATS &, DRIVING COATS FOR MEN, YOUTH AND BOYS. J. A. CHURCH, MAH U7ATCBEB OF Doors, Sash & Blinds, WINDOW AND DOOlt FRAMES MOULDINGS, Insido Finish & Stair, Rails. PLANING-, JOINTING- AND MATCHING, souoLL SAirixa as turning DONE TO OllDEIi. SHIK-Q-LES, Lath, Clapboards, Dullding und Flnlahlns; X.uuiber, BmUCE EAVE BF JUTS, Wood Fittod for tho Stovo. ICINDHiINGB, ETC., Constantly on hand. Mb ci it taiid 1'urd on Flat Htr,rt,oppos!te Brattleboro Manufacturing Co I a" Office at shop, Orderi by icallorotherwlse promptly attended to, j, A.cuimcu. Brattleboro,NoT.ai,U81, hiiim giiiiiih i iniii mi, SPECIALTIES UNDERWEAR. TRUNKS & BAGS 1 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, CUSTOM DEPARTMENT. AX ELEOAXT UM OF FOREIGN AS AJIEIUCAK Sl'ITIMS AIM) PANTALOON GOODS; OVERCOATINGS IN GREAT VARIETY. We have a Full and Complete Stock, and all goods will be sold Low for Cash. Pratt Wright & Co, NO. 3 GRANITE BLOCK. jpwgBs, m WHO IS UNACQUAINTED WITH THE CEOCRAPHY OF 1 HIS COUNTRY. WILL OSS UT EAAMININU I ma IflAri infll ins Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R'y, Belne the Great Centrat Lino, affords to travelers, by reason of Its unrivaled geo graphical position, tho shortest and best route between the East, Northeast and Southeast, and the West, Northwest and Southwest. It Is literally and strictly true, that Its connections aro all of the principal lines of rond botween tho Atlantic and tho Pacific. By Its main lino and branches It reaches Chicago, Jollet, Peoria, Ottawa, La Snllo, Cenesco, Mollnc and Rock Island, In Illinois; Davenport, Muscatine, Washington, Keokuk, Knoxvtlle, Oskaloosa, Fairfield, Des Moines, West Liberty, Iowa City, Atlantic, Avoca Audubon, Harlan, Cuthrfe Center and Council Dluffs, In Iowa j Gallatin, Trenton, Cameron and Kansas City, In Missouri, and Leaven worth and Atchison In Kansas, and the hundreds of cities, villages and towns Intermediate. The "GREAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE," As It Is familiarly called, offers to travelers oil the advantages and comforts Incident to a smooth track, safe brtdces. Union Depots at all connecting points. Fast Eipress Trains, composed of COMMODIOUS, WELL VENTILATED, WELL HEATED, FINELY UPHOLSTERED and ELEGANT DAY COACHES a line of the MOST MACNIFICENT HORTON RECLINING CHAIR CARS ever built ; PULLMAN'S latest designed and handsomest PALACE 8LEEPINC CARS, and DININO CARS that nro acknowledged by press and people to be the FINEST RUN UPON ANY ROAD IN THE COUNTRY, nnd In which superior meals are served to travelers at tho low rate Of SEVENTY-FIVE CENT8 EACH. THRCE TRAINS each way between CHICACO and the MISSOURI RIVER. TWO TRAINS each way between CHICACO and MINNEAPOLIS and ST. PAUL, via the famous ALBERT A New and Direct Line, via Seneca and Kankakee, has recently been'opened, between Newport News, Richmond, Cincinnati, Indianapolis and La Fayette, and Council Dlufls, St. Paul, Minneapolis and intermediate points. All Through Passengers carried on Fast Eipress Trains. For more detailed information, see Maps and Folders, which may bo obtained, as uoll as Tickets, at all principal Ticket Offices in the United States and Canada, orcf R. R. CABLE, E.ST. JOHN, Vlco-Pres't &. Cen'l Manager, Cen'l T'k't 4. Pass'r Ag't, CHICAGO. LEA ROUTE. FAYS GRAPES ALL BEST, HEAD. Kl fUsl I WP AflU QUARTERS. WBBI Ba.a- EOBe OLD. WiI.Ii FHI'IT AMD TIH:i-.i. LOW TO Iir.AI.IIUS AND I'fcAitTKUS. Mock t'lrsl-Cliits. free Culitlogncx. ;!:. s JlnirfcVM, I'rcd' c 3LASSV g f 1 p I papers! IpANDmERSJ i GOOD NEWS BLAPIESI Novv'n yourtlmo t irtt in Orilfr furnurrFl.YllUA IhD'ltAS auil CU1-FKKS. and r urn n linuiit Fnl Mits.a TtO S Hor GOLD-1IANI1 CHINA TKA-hKT Ul pieces), our ou n 1 in portal Ion. One of tbtbt bcuutl ul rh.ua st'Ujdven away to Urn party Beading an ordir for 115. Tbla In tho Rnuttst Inducctntnt cvurotlered. Bend In your orderi and enjoy a cup ol (iOOI) TK or COFFEE, and at tho same limn procure a HAND WJMK CHINA TEA-SET. Xo liumouff, Oood Teai, Wc.,35.,and. perlb. Excellent, loan, Mc audUJc., and wrv best IroniCSc to ink . We aro tho oldest and largest Tt-a Company In tbo business. 1 he reputation af our house require no comment. v have lust Im ported Komo MT tine WIlliK (jftAMlti DINN'Ul llsTS, (US pleccO, wMch v.e Rive aw ay ith Tea and Cuffeti order of ttu and upward. For lullpr rticulari, Address THE GREAT AMERICAH TEA GO. -f.0. 2S8l. 31 sad 83 Voter 81. New York. Now "Perfect" return-Hue Furnace. JVo iinirt. Iluf Cliliunrra V Cll lluurs. Muild of Ht-iai ur Fuels Gui or lluat. The full benefit from cat obtained by nJiitioB fruru four tinira the usual beatlug iurfa Fiirnucr but no Itolt-Ml JoloU. A ot hi rig- lu rur ( Examine the merita of tbia creat heate-. withiti Nuliil cuil rrtum-flur JKudlalur uml 3 Hut IiuiIt. Will last I'uytr without tip - tban any furnace made. Hichahpson Jt IicuNTON Co.j Mfri., 2J2 A: V31 Water-Ht., St Y -Sold by E A. WOOD, llrattleboro, Vt. l-3 A Pull Stook of Caskots, Cof fins and Hobos. IlODIF.H EMBALMED and prepared for burial. , Warerouma oer A. V. Cox 'a btov store. f IfConnected with Telephone. H. e. bond. HARNESSES. Splendid Chanco to Cot a Good Bargain! I litve Just received a due lot of Ilaroetsrs from one of the best lionaea In Sew EualauJ. If1' ""'0 at a barcalu, auil mjr cuatomrra sball receive tbett"" eat ofll. i:n ai.t:iin, -ac. P. W. MILLER, OJ Elliot Street. tn