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2 VERMONT WATCHMAN & STATE JOURNAI, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1883. rknliurnJ. T. 11. IIOBKINS, Newport, Vt., Killtor. COUNTKY COUHINS. ltow dcnr lo ray htart are the awoet country coualna, Wlicn deg daja of inmmcr begln to draw near, When brlcka have grown liot, nnd when aunatrokea by dozena Flll body with angnlih and boaom wltli fear I The green wavlng flelda and theacet-amelllng brceaa, Tho Voaptng f rom tutmoll 10 nulct andcnlm, Tho rlch creainy mllk which the ready liand Kltri, And o'cn tho brown coualna wlio llve on tho farm. The plaln country couMna, the uneullured coualna, Thoaweet country coualna wlio llve on the farm. The awect country coualna I Oh I aren't they a treaaure ? Ilow bandy to have at tbe vacatton tline I And paylng one'a board la too coatly a pleaanre, When all can be bad without apendlng a illine. Ilow pleaaant to llve on ilch cream and rlpn berrlca, Freali golden litiod butter and cakea light and warm, Free use of the lioraea.the carta and the wbcrrlea Of iwret country coualna wlio Uve on the farin I Tbe plaln country coualna, the uncuHurcd coualna, The aw cet country coualna who llve on tho farm I Ilow dear are the aweet country coualna ln aummcr, llow frogrant the meadowa, romantlo the dawn I llut atralghtway your face begln to grow glummer At Ihoughta of their vlaitneit winter to town, The thcatre, the concert, the lecture, the moncy Expended ln tlcketal Tho tliought glvea a qualm, The aeqnel of aummer la not qulte 80 f unny Why don't the aweet coualna remaln on tbe farm ? The brown-vlaaged coualua, tho great awkward coualna, The botheraome coualna should atay on tho farm. liural A'eu Yorler. A Uclnted Jtcport. Wo seoured excellent assistanco frora orery eeotion of the state in making our roport to tho American Pomological So oiety, and finiahed and forwarded it Au gust 10th. Sinoe then Mr. Levi Swift o Middlesex has forwarded a report (re ceived Augnst 27) whioh is 80 valuable for his vicinity that we insert it here, so that it may not be lost. Mr. Swift npolo gizes for his delay, saying that lio had a wrong impression as to the time it should havo beon sont. MIl. SWIFT'S ltEl'OUT. Apples grow successfully in this vicin ity, if the right varioties are selected ; also poars of the hardier kinds, Flemish Beauty and Clapp's Favorite. iVofc. Clapp's Favorito is becoming kuown as one of the hardiest pearj, as well as one of tho beat. It ia a croaa between Flem ish Beauty and Bartlott, but hardier than eithor ; a thing Mr. Heiler of Wisconsin (originator of the I'ewaukee and other hardy apples) siugularly declared, at a re cent meeting of the pomological sooiety of that state, to be impossiblo. If no new fruit can be hardier than either par ent, how can the hardincas of our fruits ever be inereased V Wo flnd the Clapp decidedly hardier than Flemish. Ed. I havo a few young trees of blue and Lom bard pluns. The blue are large enough, and bear finely. I keep the trees trimmed, and in good soil have no trouble with black knot or other diseases. The samo may be said of cherries, although I often see trees here that have become worthless from these causes. My cherries are tho common pie cherry Late Kent ish. Ed. and Early Richmond grapes are not grown with much success in this town. My apple orchard contains four hun dred trees, about eighty of which were set aomo seventeen years ago, one hundred three years ago, and two hundred and twenty last spring. They consist of the following varieties : In this list one star ineans desirable, two stars very desirable, for tho locality. Ed. Early Ilarveat, Sops of Wine, Tetof- sky, Sweet Bough, Iled Astrachan, Micbigan Pippin, cions came from Michigan, a large green apple, somewhat subjeot to dry rot in blotches under the skin; tree a very good grower, bushy top ; think the name may not be correct. There is no apple of this name in tho fruit list of the Michigan Pomological Society, nor in Downing Ed." Harris Sweet, Byham Sweet, a large, hand eonio apple, the tree grows thrifty, but somo object to the fruit as it is sllghtly bitter. Probably Byam's Sweet. Ed. Golden Sweet, quite a share of the fruit is imperfect, otherwise desirable. Duoh ess of Oldenburgh ; think this the most desirable for early use for cooking, being hardy and productive. This apple is a great acquisition in uorthern Vermont. It succeeds anywhere, and under any treatment. Ed. llampart. Can fiud no description of this apple ; what is it like, and what are tho qualities that en title it to two stars V Ed. Twenty Ounce. known as Bursour and Canada Graft. This pnzzles us. There is a Twenty Ounce apple, also called Cayuga Jlcd Streak, and another called Cabashea, or, sometimes, Twenty-Ounce Pippin. There is also a Canada apple called Bou rassa, but this is a rather small russet ap ple with a red cheek. We should like a desctiption of this apple. Ed. Fa raeuse, American Golden Husset, Northern Spy, long coming to bearing, Hhodo Island Greening, too tender, 1 Baldwin, tco tender, Talman Sweet, Patterson Sweet, these are an oblong red apple, medlum size, rich yellowish lleah, the best keeper I know of among the sweet varieties. Downing desoribes a Patorson's Sweet, but gives the season as September and October. Ed. Wine Apple. Ib this a winter apple 1Ed. Yellow Uellflower, Vermont Green ing , found in old orchards, grafted flfty years ago, medium size, green, tums yellowish and by March is good to eat or cook. This is not in tbe books. Why do you give it two stars V Ed. Shel burnSour. Ditto.ditto Ed. Pound Sweet, good for baking or preaerving; it water coies, but this can be preveated by gathering early. Seek-no-Fnrtlior. fs this tho WestQeld Seek-no Further ? Ed. Peach of Montreal, Alezauder, Ben Davis, Ilampshire Sweet, set laat spring. My orchard is on yellowish loam soil, ono and a haff-jniles north from Winooski river, nearly level, sllghtly sloplng to the west. Tho great obstaolo to Buooesaful fruit oulture is want of oaro. That's so, Ed I koep tho soil rlob enough to pro duco a good o.rop of grass or grain. For the first threo or four years I plow the land nnnually, and keep tho soil frco from weeds for a spaco of tliroo feet around tho tree. Aftor sceding to grass I keep the soil fortilized by top dresaing with ma nure, ashes, otc, I give each troo two good shovelfuls of nshes each year. I am inclined to think tho trees should not be too much proteated from tho breezes of winter, as thaws in winter are nioro apt to start tho sap j then af ter f reezing sud donly the bark starts, and perhaps kills tho tree. The tent catterplllar I contend with by moans of n polo with throo wlres driven in the end of it, so as to twist out the nest beforo it gets large. Other worms and insects have to be mot as they appear. I wash all tho smaller trees onco or twice a year with strong soapsuds, hav- ing a little lyo mixed with it. This re movos all bark lice, and keeps the bark thrifty and green. I havo no trouble with tho borer. I profer to havo tho head of the treo about ftve feet from the ground ; have the branches como out horizontally, and I take great pains to prevent crotched troes that will oventually split down and spoil the tree in its prhno. Tho mode of prun ing must be variod somewhat with tho varioty in hand. I strive for what is known as the open or umbrella-shaped top, spreading out to let in tho sunshine and wind. My cellar is very damp, the water from tho barrel runs through the entire length in an open ditch, which pre vents freezing. I keep my apples in bar rels, aud koep the cellar as cold as I can and not havo it freeza tho fruit. I think the best way is to havo tho barrels beaded up and lying on the side. Most of the apples sold in this vicinity and Montpe lier come from the lake towns and Massa chusetts, in fact many of tho farmers bay their graft apples or go without. I think this is decidedly wrong, as with caro in selectiug tho right varieties, all might raise an abundant supply. This is an interesting report, and Mr. Swift has our thauks for it. He seems to have worked his way along maiuly by himself, and has a number of not widely known kinds, yet lacks some that we be lieve he would flnd very valuable. Of theso we would especially call his attention to the Wealthy, which wo feel sure will take tho place of the Baldwin in the colder parts of Vermont. We havo had it nino years, aud like it better the longor our ex perience with it becomes. Fairs ln Mnssncliusctls. The agricultural societies in Massachu setts receive a bounty from tho state of G0O annually to aid the cause of agticul ture, but from tho manner in which it is applied, seem to think it is given for pre miums for horse trotting, cotnpotition of fire engines, balloon ascensions, side shows, etc. Instead of aiding the causo of agri culture, they retard it. The agricultural societies need reorganizing, and new blood infused that of young, active, pro gressive farmers, who mako f arming their business, and who are the most interested. We have been going long enough in this slipahod way under the control of thoso who see no light but that of other days and must do as has been dono in times past. This is an age of progress, and ag riculture has progressed as well as other branches of industry, and more in tho last forty years than centums before. In New England we are behind the times in stead o in tne advance, aud must wake up to thia interest. If we do not, wo can not expect to hold our own in our man' ufacturing; one will not thrive without the other, and the chief ia agriculture w, Totato Culture. Very careful oxperiments inade in New lork laat season show that the flat cul ture of potatoes produces the fineat tubers and the largest yields. The beat results louowea tne imtch metuod of planting, which consista in keeping tho surface of the ground level, plauting a single eyo in a (uaici wrouui; ib out lucnes aeep, aua ai' jowing uui a Bingie staiK to grow on a nui, wuica are a ioot apart eacn way. This may be the Datch method Of it, growing potatoes (though wo doubt seemg that in the " Hollow-land " tho fields are below the level of the sea and the rivers and hilling would probably be the best way), but it is a way we havo practiced successfully for twenty-fivo years. We prefer, however, to plant two eyes in a placo and thus avoid too many skips. If both eyes start, one genorally takes the load aud the shoot from tho other makes little growth. We fear Commissioner of Agriculture Loring got astray, in his remarks before the forestry oongreas in St. Paul, a few days ago. He is reported a3 saying the spruce timbor of Vermont will be ex hausted in four years. We berr leave to correct the doctor on that, as' he is as far out of the way as when he was dopreciat ing the sorghum industry. Thero ia, wo aro sorry to say, a somewhat rockless de struction of timber in Vermont, but thore will be spruce timbor in that stato long after Dr. Loring is forgotten. Chicago neview. It is not enough for us to say that our farming pays, or that wo are doing better than our neighbors. It is our privilege and duty lo preas our business to tho ex tent of our ability and for all that tho farm will give. As a general prinoiple it may be afilrmed that good yields of butter can bo produced from any breed, and that freqnently a common cow will yield as muoli and as good butter as ono with a boaatod pedi gree. Tiik bulk of tho American peoplo nre liviug by farmig, and tho growth of the countrj'a wealth is suffiolent proof that it pays. For the Vermont Walchman. 1IKAVICN. bt i). o. coLiswontnr. There Is a clty bullt by Ood, Whtre mortal fooUlep ncver trod, Unhallowrd by the talnt o( atn, And all Ia pnilty wlllilii, Heraphle cong? forerer glow On llpa tliat no rormptlon know, And teara and pnlna have no control, To tnar the ploaaurca of the toul. There, batblng In a aea of rcnt, The aalnla of every ago are bteiti The trcacheron patha throngh which they came, The bllter llfe of forn and hame, The croaa, tho rock, the dungeon'a gloom, That dld their noblo llvfa conaume; The flrea of holl througli whlrh they paaaed, Llghted tlictr aoula to heaven at lait. Socnre boncath tho Savlor'a care, Sweet cvery thonght, love cvery prayer, Tho wondrona world of llght ahall be Thclr happy home cternally, Fathrrl when fleah aud hcart ahall fall, The te mpter nevcr moro aaaall, 0 grant arald the glorlotia thronfr That I may ahont tho vlctor'a eong. Tho Ittinc nml tho Splgot. That orifico ln tho bulge of a barrel or cask, wo call tho bung. Through this tho vessel is ulled. Jiut thero is another opening into whioh is inserted a spigot, through which tne contents aro to flow out. The ono is the door of admission. the other tho door of doparturo. The ofRco of tho former must not be con- founded with tho cflice of the latter. Few Eersons need any instruction on the para le of tho bung and the spigot. But tho particular kind of folly that would bo ek nmnlifiRtl in nsinr' thnsnifot fnr thn hnnrt is not very hard to find. Tho rarest and I uuab uuuuwiiiuut, uubcjiuu ui iiiu racQ 01 (jnnsi in tno numan noart, is tno pos- session of common sense. It is a question whether there can be a healthy growth of religion on any soil that is not enriched by -this wonderful fertilizer. How natu ral it is for us to designate those wlio have mado high attainments in holiness as persons of remarkable sense I Those who have been distinguished as teachers of religion havo been notcd pro eminently for that which Sir Williara ilamilton is pleased to call " tho faculty of first princi ples;" but which is ordinarily known by tho designation of common senso. Whftn a sinner takes God at his word aud adapts l. : -1 , . 1. 1 A : : 1 1. .1 r t i he gives the very best evidence that he pof sesaes the faculty of " first principles." ihis he needs at every subaequent step of his progress jnat as much as at the be- ginuing. We must have the wisdom that cometh from above. The " horse sense," that cotnmands such a liigh premium, has its origin, no doubt, very often in God's guidance. It is not possible to trace dis tinctly tho line that separates tho wisdom of this world from that which is the resnlt of tbe grace of Christ. We so often see people of the world so well furnished with common sense, and wo see so many in the church who are scantily supplied with this commodity, that we are perplexed. Tho solution of tho mystery must be found in the fact that grace cannot be substituted for brains. The relieion of Christ raiaes a man spiritually, but en gages not to increase his mental calibre. in the olden time, " the chudren of the world were in. their generation wiser than the chiiuren ot light.' is it not so now V Among the many who profess f aith in the Lord Jesus Christ, how frequent the de-rS ationB from the lino of common sense. As it is painful to look upon a thing to which life belongs from which life has departed, so it is nnpleasant to con template the conduct of one who pro fesses to walk in wiadom, but whoso pur sult is folly I In order to walk worthily of our vocation, tho highest wisdom is re quired. There are points'to be observed as well as points to be overlooked ; and there aro some adaptations to be made, and somo to be avoided; and there aro times when we must bo fearful, as well as times when we must bo courageous. It is still true that " there is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and there is that with holdest more thau is juat, but it tendeth to poverty. The liberal soul shall be mado fat, and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. Ho that with holdeth corn, the people shall curse liim ; but blossing shall be upon the head of bim that selleth it. Ile that trusteth to his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a branch." Our religion is designed to givo as well as to receive, and it should be our aim to do both wisely. There is a homely proverb that roads thus : " Saving at the spigot, and wasting at the bung." Any one who would liter ally so use his barrel of molasaes or viue gar, would be regarded as a fool. But in the ordinary practice of Christiamty this is sometimes done. Wo have all observed tho " tricks of trade " eraployed by wide awake business men in order to draw cus tom. And, on the other had, we have seen men standing in their own light, and failing misorably, for want of ordinary wisdom in securing that which was almost within their reacb. It is charged that men sometimes employ their standing in the church aa a means of promoting their worldly business. But what right havo we to judge the motives of thoso who havo secured the confidence of tho Christian publio and are now doing what they can to hold it? It is their prerogativo to manago their own barrels. If they use tho bungs and spigots properly, they do well, and they command our respect. But wheu men invert tho proper order of things, and labor to savo at tho spigot while tho buug is open, wo may well doubt their sanity. Wo then say they aro penny-wise and pound-foolisb. Here is a specimen of the economiziug referred to. A business man entered the church by profession. He was in moderate cir cumstauces, and not at all indifferent to tho importance of securing custom. The attention of the congregation was now drawu particularly to him, and some of tbe best families resolved to patronizo him. Suddenly, however, he took offence at the action of the church ollicers in set ting a prico upon the pews. He regarded tiie assessuieut on his own as $5 beyond what he would pay. Thero was no com pulsion for him to pay anylhing, aud ho was urged to let tho matter drop and at tend the ohurch as usual. But bo saw proper to absent himself. Ile had a right to do so j the church also had a right to go elsewhere to mako purcbasos. A shrewd old business man e;ninated that in this persistent determinatio'i to Bave $5 he drove awsy from his counler 500 worth of custom, Ho saved at tho spigot, at least, but he lost at tho buug I Wo have all heard of tho childreu who discovored a hornota' nest in their father'a bam. They resolved to got rid of the pest. Fire was applied-, tho end sought was ac complished, and moro too tho hornets' nest disanneared, and the baru also I But hvo we uot bIso seen childreu of largpr growth doing foolith things ? Wa have atet BOBis wuo were so oxceedingly tena- oloua of their rlghts that they would never yield an inoh for fear of losing their stand ing. Afllioted with .this woakness, they soon bocorao poworless for good. They save at tho spigot, but start tho flow at tho bung, nnd beforo they know it their barrels aro empty. Then, too, you flnd somo who aro airaid to aoUupon tho prin ciplo that There Ia a tlde ln the afltlra of men Which, taken at the flood, lcafla on to fortnne." They guard too carefully the spigot, aud instead of making a wholesorae, heroio venture, they do uothing and they keep othors from doing. They oat, drink, slcep and vegetate, but they mako no progress. All their influenco escapes out of tho bung, while they are concerned about tho spigot, and at last their barrel becomes a fit omblom of what Nahum predicted Nineveh would be, " empty and vold and wasto." Christian at Work. A Dcarth of Hcarcrs. We havo read and writton so much on tho subjeot of a famino of tho mlnistry, that we do not deetn it amiss to call at tention to another side of the question which is quite as importaut, a famino of hearers. It is certainly true that we have not ministers enough to meet the needs of the world, or even of our own Christian country ; and tho indications of a ripen ing harveat, with an increasing demand for Christian laborers in every land, shows a still greator defieiency in prospect. But whether wo look at the churches of diit'er ent denominationa in city or country, wo cannot fail to be impressed with the fact that there is a very general and very seri- ous delectiou ln attendance npon the preachiugof tho Word. Thero is not a city of any size, and wo do not except this great city with its miliion and a quarter of people, whero there are not to be found numerous houses of worship that are only half, or less than half filled, from Sabbath to Sabbath. And when wo como to the smaller towns and villages and country places, it is the rule to flnd districts of a fow hundred people with a full assort ment of churches Preabyterlan (of one kind or more), Congregational, Baptist, Mothodist, aud perhaps several othors. In very many cases each one of theso churches has an attendance of only a few score, not all having even a score of regu lar atteudants. We venture on this well worn thome, not for tho usual purpose of illustrating the evils of sectarianism, but to suggest one obvious reason why thero aro not ministers enough among the churches to go round, and why there can not be expeoted to be enough. Wo havo little right to be complaining of a famine, while there is so much wasto ; or to won der that a sufliciont number of young men are not offering for positions which aro so restricted both as to scope and support. In some parts of the country, and in numerous places, thero is not so much a famine of ministers as n surfeit of churches. The decay of church-going, and the limited attendance whero there has been no decay, is to bo accounted for on various grounds. We cannot now enumerato them. One plainly is, that the church service, and especially the sermon, is not as notable a feature in men's lives as it was before these days when " many ruu to and fro, and knowledgo is in creased." Even in the country, tho newa paper, the post-oflice, tho telegraph, the cheap publications, tho circulating li brary, are not only supplying domands for which people once looked largely to the pulpit, but are a serious diversion from the ministrations of tho sanctuary. The Suuday paper pursues the people to their remoto summer resorts, and at all seasons is a too successful rival of the morning service. And as to evening ser vice, that is rapidly becoming something "which decayeth-and waxeth old, and is ready to vanish away." In other words, the pulpit has been robbed of ono of its chief element8 of extraneous attraction as a mental stimulus, and a moro or less novel and exciting episodo in an isolated and uneventtul nte. ho tnat wo may rather wonder that church-going retains as general a hold upon the people as it does. Another clew is to be found in the fact which we have recently adverted to, the lack, in so many instances, of an at tractive pulpit manner. Since the people havo come into possession ot bo much reading matter, in daily and weekly newf papers, magazines, cheap books of every sort, tho distinctivo charm and power of oral instruction must bo found in the maenetism and vicor of tbe speaker's per sonality. If tho manner of its delivery adds no emphasis and imparts no vitality to tho written matter, if his presence and countenance and voice, his earnestness and syrapathy, aro not a commentary and an illumination to the words he utters, ho is at a sad disadvantage. The truth is hindered and marred, rather than helped and eloriued, by passmg through his lips : and it makes the draft aud strain upon tho purely spiritual appreciation of the hearer unduly great. Thero is no dis cuisinr; the fact that there is a growing lack of syinpathy between the masses of the people and the church, as represented in the Sabbath services. Too much of the preachiDg, also, has a certain far-away aspect and sound to the plain man, who comes in from a week's " knocking about " in the world. The atmosphero of the university and the theological school, the essayish torm ot the sermon, or its evi dent existence for its own sako as a work of homiletio or elocutionary art not to speak of its too frequent nervelessness and laoK oi muscuiar gnp removos n into a region outsideof men's sympathies, ! intellectual or spiritual. They aro not made to feel the reality to tbemselves of those things which the service represonts, and either stay away or become listless hearers. Wo want more preachers who, metaphorically speaking, take off their coats at least, who bring the gospel home to the man of to day as the preachor of the ,ordan and his Master, tho Prophot of Nazarotb, dld in their day and wo may be sure that "the common people" will "hoarthem gladly." Wo have suflicient indication of this in tho marvellou9 suc ce83 of such unconventional preachers as Spurgeon and Moody. Mauy cultivated, thoughtful Christians may not feel the need of such ministrations; they may even criticise tho multitudes who throng to tho camp-jrounds in Bummer and to the evangelistio services in winter, aud who listen with wrapt attention to such meu as speak evou in tho siraplest language diructly to the bearts cf men, aud lu tno spint oi uio great inemes on whioh they dwell. But wo shall not reraedy the famine of hearers from which the church is sufferiug, unless we learn their secretof breakingupand oultivating the fallow ileld of tho human hoart. Aud what wo neod as an essontial oomplement to all the rest, is tho power of tho Holy Ghost. Forwhon tho Spirit of God takus of tho things of Christ and shows them to meu. thoro is elonuence, and novelty, and iuagnotisru, and dramatio intonsity, tho souse of reahiees aud self-conceru, and everv elemont of attraotion. llioconUt tion of this power is, that the Holy Ghost be not ouly iu the word but iu the man, as a coiisumingflro thatburns up self and makes him, like his Lord, a Beeker and Savior of tho lost. Such men will not bo produced by mero semlnarv culture or soundncss in theology, or an advanco in salarles, hut only from tho knees of motli- ors ltko Ilannah, and from tho homes of llvlng godllncss which are becoming all too few ln our worldly day; and from churches which shall not seek out popu lar preachers (in tho popular senso of tho term), or seek to draw congregations by any meretricious attrnctions, but seek first the kingdom of God and his right' cousness, in the assured faith that all other things audionces, and incomes, and truo success shall bo addod unto them. New Yorh Obwrver. cw AvtvfiHfpnmtn. PURE is tiik A.USOXjUTJJ3 NKCffiSSITY OF 1IKAI-T1I. BLOOD THE mnrvcnou.i results ot IIood's Rau sai'AIiilla upon all hutnors and low condltlnns o tho Wood (as ts. prov cn by tho cnrcs clTccted) vy provo It tho licst lir.OOI) Jti:i). y K'lNE. Such has liccn tho su. ClJ ccss of tlils artlclo at liomo that ncar Ij every famlly ln wholcneli;li. horliood-j havo hccn taklng lt at tho samo tlmo. V It cradlcatcs scroftila, vltal. ir.vn and cnrlch es tho blood, tlicrcby rcstorhig nnd renovatV ing tho wholo sys tcm. IIood's c SAnsArAitn.r,A purl fies tho a blood. IIood's Saiisa l'Aitit.i.A OO curcsdvsncnsla. Hood'.-i HAItSA- C' Aiin.LA cures blllous- A.DOCtlllar liolnt In HninlU Baii- sai'Aihu.a ts that tt bullds U!) and Rtrpnrrtlinnq tlin fivtfin. uhlln tf cradlcatcs dlseasc, and as naturc's great asslstant provcs ItscK Invaluablo asapro tcctlon fiom dlscascs that orlghialo in cliauges ot the seasons, of clhuato and of litc. SCROFULA. 135 HowAno STnrr.T.l l.pwi:i.i Mass.,.J.hi. 17. ( Jlrssns. C. I. Hooi (Jo.: tleiitlcmen I havo uscd IIoon's Sai!sai,ai!ii,i.a inmy famlly for scroftilou'j hmiior with wonderful success, and am happy to tcll jou tliat it ls tlio best medlclno wo cver uscd. I do sln ccicly ailvlso any nno whn Is troablcd with .scrofula to give this valtiahla rcmody a trlal, and asstiro them they will not be dlsappolnt cd. Very truly yours, (Coburn Slmttlo Co.) C. C. riCKUUIN'G. IIoon's SAltsAl-AUiM.A is sold by all Dnig. glsts. I'rico Sl'pcr bottlc; slx for S5. I'ro pared by C. I. HOOI) & CO.. I.ocll, Mass. Better than Brcrzos nnd Blossonis. Under a New Flns. Kven the halmy alr and orange grovca of Florlda fall to keep Iti people full of lupplneaa and comfort. Art muathelp naturo every whereln tho troplca aa among the plnea of the Xorth. " And chief among tbe bleaalnga which aro ndapted to all zonea,'1 wrltea Ur.J.O.Wal lacoof Kort Dadc, FlorhU, "Ia 1'aiikf.k's Tosic. It aeems to have the world f or a fleld, amt moat of tbe cur rentdleaaea yield to Ita action. I have ued lttnthe case of a deltcato and dyapeptlc yourg lady with the mopt gratlf j ing renlta. It aeemed to eccoinpllrh wltb eaae what the usual precrlptlons and treatment for that mtaerable malady falletl nholly to btlng about. I am also gladtoatate that the Tonlc haa greatly relleved me personally of a troubleaome atonlc condltlon of tho stomach of long standing. It ls the Ideal purlfier and Invlgorant." .Messrs. lliscox ,t Co, call rspeclal attention to tho fact that after Aprll 16, 1833, tbe name nnd st; le of Ihla preparatlon will hert-after bo Mmply Varler't Tonic. The word " fllnger " la dropped for the reason thatun prlncipled dealera are constantly decvlvlrg their patrons by sublltutlng lnferlor preparatlons under the namn of Olnger; and as glnger Ia an unlmportant flavorlng Ingre- dlent ln our Tonlc, we are aure that our f rlenda will agree wltli us aa to the proprlftyof thechange. There liif! It no changt, liouner, lu the preparatlon ltselfj aud all bottlea remalnlug in the hands of dealera, wrapreil uniler the name of " Parkeb's Gisger Tosic," contaln tbe genulne medlclno lf the algnature of lliscox V. Co. Ia at Ihe bottcm of outslda wrapier. Admiration OF TBB WORLD. Mrs.S.A.Allerts WORLD'S HairRestorcr IS PERFECTIONI Public Bonofaotross. Mrs. S. A. Allen hasju5tlyearnedthii title, and thouands arc thii cliy rcjoicmg ocr a fmc head of liair produced by her unct;ua!ed prcparation for restor ing, invigorating, and bcautifyingtha Hair. Iler World's Ilalr Rcstorer quicls.ly cleanses the scalp, removing DandrufT, and arrests thc fall; the hatr, if gray.is changed to its nntural color, giving it the same vitality and luxurious quantity as in youth. COMPLIMENTARY. "My hair is now rcstored to its youthftil color ; I have not a gray hair Icft. I am sat isficd that the preparation is not a dye, but acts on the secretions. My hair ceases to fall, which is cer tainly an advantagc to mc, who was in danger of be coming bald." This is thc tcstimony of all who use Mrs. S. A. Allen's World's Hair RESTOREii. " Ouo Bottlo dld it." That ia the cpresion of many who hate had their gray hair rcstored to ita natural culor, and their liald spot covcred with Inir, nftcr using one bottle of Mks. S. A. Allen's World's Hair KusTOKiiK. Itisnotadye, How Many JIUcs Do You Drlvo J Tho 0D0METEK Will Tell. Tlila Initrument la no lancer than a watch. It tella tlie exacl numtier of milea driven to the liomhjiart ol : a mlle; oounu u to 1 Ui) lulleas watnr aud duat llKhtj alaluordpri avi horaea from Jwtng over-drlvenj U eaally attai hed to the hel ot a lltiicr, Ourrlnte. hulky. WHitnn, Idutif JOwrt. .yUKyLjJ'Ji"?! lti r, nlVnvi-r, ir oth" vrtiiclfc Ijjvaluaule To LTviittTUKN. l-UlAaniK l)RiytK511I8ICIl)i8, VKU- iaa, hi Rvayoaa, Iiihthkk. iIxTiSmbm. xtaqk liwS K8, Ao7 l'lliw oiily ft.l.llO nct, one Ihlid th prii'eof anolTu'F tMonietef. Wlveu oidrilng give rtl mrter uf llio whfl. Heutbynull on rtrelpl ot piloe, jkmi jmIiC Addieaa JloDO.NNIil.l, ODO.Ml.TUK )()., J North l.u Hilllo Ht., Chloato. tSff Brnd for Clrcular. M-1S wcj 100 FANCY ADVERTISING CARDS, -Js n dlfforenl, wtth or Kltbout advertlnenU on thani podt free, for Ua 3-oent itaaipt 300, all dlfferent, Wl 104 bAnAac.ua Kerap Pook rietnree,lnetita. Addreaa UMIOM CAKIi OOurANT, MonHxUer, Yt. Montpelier & Wells R. R. R. Taking EffeJune 25, 1882, Tratm tenvn Motitpttlnr n follotvti Mallat8.0O A. H,, Eipra atl.30 V. M., llUed at J.M r. . arrlve at Wella lllver at 0.40 A. H 3,10 r. M,, 6.4 P. H. 7VI)M tcnte V'eltit lllvrr nn foXlowti Mlied at 4.00 A. M., ArcommoiUtlon at 10.05 a, h Mall at 4.00 r. M.i arrlve at llontpellcr at 7.45 A. K., 11.M A. ., D..W p. M. Tralna loavlng Montller at 8.00 A. M. and 1,30 r. st. inakeoloaeconupcllona at Wella lilver for all polnta In the White .Mountnlnaj alao for lloalon and alllnterme nlatepolnl.. A. HfOWKLb, SuptrMendent. r. W. M0118K, Oencral l-a$itnger Agrnt. Central Vermont Railroad. CommencinE Aug, 20, 1883, Traini doing South will Xnt) Montpelier u& foUowm H(( m J,A''" fro" Rt. Albana and Ilnrllngton QM a, III, for Concord, Manchester, Naahna, Wor ceijUr, Lowell, KitchbniB, lloston, Spring fleld, New lyndon and New Tork. 11 'ill S ITI '',M,1TKI)E?1:1''"''.fromMontreaI,Og 1 1 ,JU d. Ill, denaburg and the West, for lloaton, vfe lowell, and New ork via Hpringfleld and New London. 11.50 a. m, MIXEDforj,otiiifleii- 7 Vt I) m MXEr, from Ht. Albana, Rntland and I.OJU, III, imrHngton forNorthBeld. 19 in a m NIOllT EXPUKH8, from Montreal, Og U.IU d, III, denshurg and the West for lloaton via Lowell and Pltohburg, Hprlugneld, New I-ondon and New Vork, and all polnta ln New Kngland, Hleeplng Cara to Hpring fleld and lloston vla Lowell. Tralnn (loina IS'orlh aml M'etli 4 Ofl a m NIOI1T EXPRKS.S, from lloaton and New t,tu a, III, Yprk for Jlontrenl, Ogdenaburg and tho efli. ciecping ar 10 jionireau m ACCOMJiOItATION, from Northfield for lll liurllnitton. Hutland and Ht. Johna. 8,25 a. 9.45 o m l.OCAL KXPHESS, from White Rlver d. Ill, Junctlon for llurllngton, Ht. Albana, ltlcb- luni hqii ituuses roini. mI)AY KXPllKSS, for Burlington, St. Al- bans, .Montreal, Ogdenaburg and the West. Drawing ltoom Car to Montreal. 4.30 1 6,50 1 m. CII1CAOO KXl'RESi. Trnlnn lenvo for Itarre at 7.00 a. m., 10,4 a, m. and 4..V) p. 111. Tbrough tlcketa to Chlcago and all points West fot aale at the prlnctpal atatlons, J. W. IIOlIAltr, Oeneral Superlntendent. W, CUMMISOS, Oeneral I'aaaenger Agent, A. C. J31I0 W8 Insurance Agency, MONTPELIER, VT. Capital Represented, $150,000,008. Iu tlieao days Of doubt and uncertainty in business, eapecinlly in the standing and solvency of Fire and Life Insurance Com panies, tho attention of insurers is respect fully called to the followiurr list of reliable and subslantial Cotnpanies represented in thia Agenoy. Life Oompany. Connecticut Mut. Life Ins. Co. OF HAJlTi'Oltl). A. 0. BROWN, General Agent for Vermont. Thirtr-llf IU Annniil Stntemont. Aaaeta, Deoember 31, 1S80, S19.493.639 K Surplus, 3,351,1W 15 Katlo of exiienae of management to recelpta, 7.7 per cent. Fire Oompanies. Northern Insurance Company O' X OTj.LXH, Organlzed in 1830. - - Assets, 823,225,596. Imperial Fire Ins. Company Organlred tn 1803. - - Aopets, S12,270,090. Phcanix Assurance Company Organlzed in 1782. - - Asseta, 55,107,125. Pennsylvania Fire Ins. Comp'y OI' J'1IH,A1HL1'JJA, Organlzed in 1825. - - - Assets, 1,500,000. Philadelphia Fire Association OF rUIZ,AlJSLl'HIA, Organlzed in 1820. - - - Assets, 84,000,000. Insurance Co. oi" State of Penn. OF FlllLAJiELFllIA, Organlzed ln 17SM. - - - Assets, 8650,000. Ncav York City Insurance Co. OF JVJd" XOltK, Organlzed in 1872. - Assets, 8425,000. Continental Insurance Comp'y of js'js r rouic, Organlzed ln 1852. - - - AssoU, 83,100,000. Manhattan Fire Insurance Co. OF A'JSII' YOltlC, Organlzed In 1872. - Assets, 8900,000. Connecticut Fire Insur'ce Co. OF HAllTFOHl, Organlzed in 1850. - - - Assets, S1,BOO,000. First National Fire Ins. Co.. OF W01l01SSTF.lt, MASS., Organlzed in 1868. - - - Assets, 8300,000. The Royal Insurance Comp'y OF nxazAxn, Organlzed In 1815. - - Assets, gold, 820,000,000. London & Lancashire Ins. Co. OF EXOLAXl), Organlzed ln 1861. - - - Assets, 87,500,000. Commercial Union Ass'ce Co. OF HXOLAX1), Organlzed in 1861. - - Assets, 819,351,671. Lancashire Insurance Comp'y OF JHXaLAXl), Organlzed In 1852. - - AsseW, gold, 810,000,000. La Confianco Insurance Co. OF FltAJi'OJE, Organlzed ln 1844. - - Assets, gold, 86,700,000. Travelers' Insurance Comp'y OF HAltTFOltV, Paid-up Capital, 8000,000. Assets, 84,955,990.42. Hecure a Oeneral Accldent I'ollcy for a iperlfled inm, tobepaldln caaeof death by accldent, or a weekly ln denmlty lf the lnjury wholly uUablea tbe lnsnreU from hla employment. It will be wrllten for one or raoM iuontha or a year, aa may be deetred, and tbe cot la so low aa to place a comf ortable Inaurance wlthln tbe reach of almoat every man w hoite tbne and labor are of any value to blm and hla tamtly. One ln etiteen of tbe ln aured liave recelved casb ayments under tbelr accldent Dollclea, Large risks placed at a moinent's no tice, and at equitalle raies. Losses ad justod and paid at this oillce. aud due notico of expiratiou of policies given. Correspondence, and ordera by njail or telegraph, faithfully atteuded to. J. C. BROWN, Genkual Insukanoe Agknt, Montpelier, Vt. Auction Commission Housel Come hlgh, come low, to the Auction Commlaaloa llouw and uuy yourJeaa dlrect from Cblna and Japan, through the recelvefS Alwaya on bandl rrult.lobacoo and (Jigara. Heoonutfdnd Furnltare. 1 ara tbe enlv Auo tloneer ln Montiwller thal inakea a fpeclalty ot aaUlng real and toiwual property. KnlPl0,n'SI,.A!ScJr,' JJAJ4IK14 UAKU. SontbMalnSU, MoatjjUer, VI. -