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VERMONT WATCHMAN & STATB JOURNAL: AVEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, l
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AGRICULTURAL,
TIio Potalo t'ropi
Accordlng to tho CBtlmnto of tlio
American Agriculturist, tho crop of
1800 will bo illly milllon buBhda lces
tliuu ttinl of 1805. Tho departmcnt ot
ngriculluro docs uot tunko up its report
of jield utittl ncxt liio 11 U), bul tll re
poits agreo in showlng tho provnleuco
of rot, nuil this will add matorlally lo
tho ebortoge. Tlio Agnculturist uucv.a
tho totul jitld this your it 245,000 000
bueht'ls. A ahortngo ia rcportcd iti Eu
ropu, cspcclally lu Gcrmany nnd other
honvy producltig couutrics. All things
Bccra favoiablo for higher prlceB, but
nt prcsciit tbo market is quiot, with no
proapect of n epecdy rieo. Ono of tlio
dlfllcult poluta iu rourkctlng this nnd
othtr crops is tho uticertalnly of futuro
pricea nnd tho risk of losa by rottlng,
but it aceina aafo to sny tbet tlio pros
ptcta nro good for a riao ut sorao futuro
timo.
Ono intertstiug fealuro of tho Agri
culturist report ia tho varintlona in
yield for thc diffctcnt atotea. Nono of
tho soulhcm statea ia roportcd scpa
rattly. Vermont lead8 the New Eug
land statea with a yield of 121 bushels
pcr ucrc. New York goes down to 80,
and Ohio ia ouly 00. rennaylvauin
goca to 127, nnd hcada tho liat. Maasa
chusctta goca down to 02, and no atatc
goca abovo "Vermont cxcept rcnuayl
vania. Thia is a prctty poor tliowing,
covoriug, aa wo euppoBO it doea, tho
total yield. Tho yield of rnerchnntable
potatocs muat bo very small. Foreign
countrica do tuuch bctlcr: Grcat Brit
nin, 130; Gcrniany, 140; Holland, 200;
Manitoba, 220; Bilgiutn, 205; Norway,
280. Tho averago annual yiold in tlio
TJuited Statea for thc laat sixteeu yeara
ia ouly 72 buahelB per acre. Thia i8
likc kcepiug cows that iuake 100 to 160
pounda of butter a ycar, and ia on a
level with wheat cropa of 13 buahcla
pcr acre. Whou wo thiuk of the fact
thut crop of potatoc8 have beou raised
on amall plota cquaT to 700 and oveu 1,
OOObuahcla per acrc,we eeohow far the
averige yield ia frora what it might be.
But if a yield por ncro so arnall gluts tho
inarkete, what would agrent yield do?
It seems incredible, but it ia true,
that every cent advanco in corn per
bualul adda to the valuo of thc crop
twenty-flve niillion doilars. Thus, in a
single weck, rccently, tho valuc of tho
crop advanced flfty six uiillion dollars.
All kinda of grain aro tending aharply
upward, wheat going higher than it haa
boen known in eighteen montha.
Hoard's Uairymaii.
Most "Vermont farnier8 aro dairy
nien. Uutter has been higher than
almoat any othcr farm product until,
thia ycar, it hna gone down with every
thing elao. How to make tho dairy
pay ia one of the moat important quea
tious Vermont farmera havo to aolve.
They nced all tho helppoaaiblo to solvo
thiB problem, and lliero ia no grcater or
better paperfor dairy muntban UoariVs
Dairyman. In it every phaee of the busi
neBB ia fully diecuaaed. The man who
wauts to learn how mcn make raoncy
dairy ingahould rcad it. Thoao who want
to learn how men loao tnoney dalrying
should read it. ThoBO who liko short,
pointed articlea ehould tako it. Thoae
who liko long cssaya and diecusaions
will flnd them in it. Thorc is informa
tion for the buttor-niaker, for tho
cheeao-maker, for the seller of milk in
towns, for tho brcedcr of dairy 8tock,
and for the raan who grows dairy feed.
There aro pagcs of information about
feeding, watering, stablea, care of
calvea, and, in short, ovcrything which
pertaina to tho dairy. And every dairy
country is ransncked for information.
You learn what othor countrieB are
doing. And tho whole agricultural
presa ia laid undor contribution, acorea
of articlea being takon from other
papera to enrich its columna, butalwaya
proporly acknowledged. Send a dollar
now to IloariVs Dairyman, Fort Atkin
Bon, WiB., and got tho paper till tho
ond of nextyesir.
Ilorsc-Itnlslng"-l'nst, l'resent nnd
Futurc.
A fow years ngo horee-raiaing wns
the most monoy-making buaineBB farm
era could ongago in. A two-year-old
colt would bring 8100 to S150, or more,
nnd aftor he wns sold tho farmera could
tbink of almoat no outlay at all for tho
colt. So every farmer went into horseB
with a rush, and many had from ten to
twenty horaes and colta. Thon tho
bottom auddenly dropped out of tho
buainesa and many loat moro than thcy
had raado. Down, down, went prices
until an ordinary horBO can acarcely bo
given away. Tho reBult haa been that
overybody got out aa iaat or fastcr than
he got into the buaines8,and in cvory
town, tho country over, you can count
tho colts on tho flngera of ono hnnd.
Lot ub seo what tho ilgures of UiIb
chango aro: From 1880 to 1803, tho in
creasn of liorBes waa ovorono milllon.
From 1803 to tho preaent, the decreaBO
has been ntarly ono niillion and ono
hundred thousaud. Tlio fihrlnkago In
valuo of to horscB in tho Unitcd
Statea from 1892 to 1800 nmounta to
the enormoua eum of $507,500,000 in
round numbors. Not all of thia has
been a dcad losa to tho farmors, aa thoy
do not own all tho horaes, atid a horao
is worth as much to work, no mattor
how pricea ataud; but tho cash loas liaa
bccn imraen80, aa a good many Ver
mont farmera can teatlfy.
"Vnrious causoa havo been aaaigricd to
this sliarp dcclinc, blcyclea and ilectric
cara comlng in for thuir sharo of tho
blamo. Hard timcs havo prevcutcd
mauy city pooplo from buylng horaes
who othorwleo would. But thinking
mcn aro bcgitining to aak what tho fu
turo will bring, and it certainly dpes
aeem aa though thero waa a chango
coming, and a grcat ono, too.
Every obacrviug tuan knoiva that if a
really good young horao ia wauted ho ia
cxtrcmely hard to flnd, and when ho ia
found, cspcclally if thoro ia two of hlm
or her, well matched, a good prico
muat bo paid. In fact, tho demnud for
cerlain kinda of horaes haa uovcr
ccased. Dwarfs, runts and fourth-rato
or flfth-rato trottcra aro wanted by no
ono at any price. A ecrub horeo ie a worao
invoBltueut tthau a ecrub cow. But
what about tho futuro? A grcat many
horaes aro ueedcd on farm and in citica.
A grcat many horaes dio cvory year.
Tho aupply has been almoat entirely
cut oft, and tho inevitatlo result muat
bc paying prices in tho ncar futuro for
dcairablo stock. It takcs a colt about
Qve ycara to get into goodshapo to ubo,
and within flvo yoars what shapo will
tbo horso busincsa bo in?
Hcro is ono Btraw. It uscd to tako,
aays tho Ohio Farmer, quoting from a
wcatorn papcr, 18,000 horaes a year to
supply tbo demand of tho horse-cars,
but last year we cxportcd ovor 13,000
horsca. Tho Farmer aaya: "Tho bi
cyclo ia not roplacing aa many horseB aa
imagincd, by a good dcal. Tho biko is
uaed lorgely by young people who did
not own or keep horaes. Tho 1 horao
lees vehiclo ' of practical utility ia Blill
an anticipation, and tbo raotor tbat can
tako tho placo of tho horao in tho truck,
ou tho road, and on the farm, ia a ro-
moto poasibility. Civilization and buai
nesa nocd tho horso and muat havo it.
When tho productivo induatriea of tbis
country get started again, aa they will
soon, thero will be such a boom in
horaes that-will sickeu 'tho farmor who
has robbed himaelf of the opportunity
to proflt by it."
Now, somobody ia going to mako
money when the boom comca, and it
ia pretly Buro to conie. In any case,
it i8 going to be safo to breed the right
kind of horsca. And right hcro ia thc
trouble. Good breeding atock coats
high, and mcn do not daro to inveat in
it with the bitter experienco of tho
pa8t boforo them. But thero aro many
Vermont farmera who have good marea
to breed from, and all auch ought to
atudy the aituation, and aeo if horse
breeding is not going to pay. Juet as
soon as the boom comes, many will go
into the bueineas; but the oxperience
of tho past will prevent such a ruah
into itas there haa been, especlally in
tho lino of scrub and light-weighte.
Tho objcct of this article ia to Bet farm
era to thinking and atudying the condi
tions of the buainesa, so that they may
be ready for tho boom when it comes.
Perhapa "boom" i8 not tho right word
that meana an unhenlthy and sudden
growth; but what is wanted ia a eteady,
healthy development, a demand ex
ceeding tho eupply, and paying pricea.
Vermont Dairy Iteports.
Lake Morey Cheamkky, Fairlee,
for Stptember. Milk received, 145,
806 pouuds; buttcrmade, 8,232 pounds;
paid patrona, 10 centa.
Champlain Valley CnRAMKiiY,
Fair Haven, for September. Milk re
ceived, 214.293 pounda; averago teBt
(Babcock), 3.99 per cent; paid for but
ter fat, 17 conta; for milk, per hundred,
(57 83 cents not on rourpor cent oaais.
McDoNOuan Ciikese Factoky,
Hinesburg!!, for Augu8t. Milk re-
ceived, 278,000 pounda; cheoae mado,
30 Uol pounda; avorage teBt (Uabcock),
4.15 pcr cent; paid for buticr fat, 20
centa four per cent basis.
Valley Falls Ciucameiiy, IlineB
burch, for Septembor. Milk recoived,
829,401 poundB; butter made, 41.039
pounda; averago tcat (Babcock), 4 10
per cent; paid for butter fat, 19 centa
per pound; paid for milk, per hundred,
70 centa four per cent baaia.
Dohset Ciieesk Association, for
AucuBt. Milk received.188.559 pounda;
cheeae mado, 17,004 pounds; paid for
milk, per hundred, 80 cents. Docs not
pay by Babcock teBt, but cxpects to do
ao anotbor seiuon; thinks it tho correct
way to get at valuo of ovcry patron's
milk. x
Giianu Isle Co.opekative Cream
eiiy, Pearl, for September. Milk re
cnived, 518.174 nounds: butter made,
25.143 pounds; avorago teBt (Babcock),
3.05 per cent; paid for butter fat, .150
cents; for milk, 02 conta four per cent
nasia; wnoio amount of money rc-
ceived for month'a product, $4,022 71
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CURRENT LITERATURE,
Tlio Korcmber Mngnzlncs
The Novembor Arena contains a
paper by Mr8. Mary M. llarriaon, who
haa for years mado a study of child lifc,
on " Ctiildron'a Senao of Fear," whicli
will bo of especial intcrost to thoso cn
gaged in traiuing tho young. Now
that child paychology is beiug made a
distinct study, it is to bo bopcd that thc
biilt-fiil and pornicioua old-timc custom
of filling the minds of little innoccnt
childrcn with frightful pictures, ao
Iargcly resorted to hithcrto aa a factor
in their moral training, will bo relo
gated to tho barbaritiea of the paat.
The October Cenlury contained a
number of uniquo illualrationa of
Fronch childrcn by Boutet do Monvel.
Tho November Century has an articlo
by that artist ou Joan of Arc, to ac
company a seriea of cxqulsito watcr
color deaigna in which do Monvol haa
dcpictcd tho carccr of tho child-aaiul
and warrior. Do Monvel has been
stu'iying Joan of Arc for soveral yeara
and ho haa trcatcd hia Bubjoct moat
aympathelically in thceepicturea, which,
by thc way, are printed in The Century
in advanco ot thoir publication iu
France.
The November Atlantic Monthly
contains the opening chaptcrs of Colo
nel T. W. Higgiuson's Itcmiuisccncca,
tho moat intcrcating rccollectioua
that havo any whoroappoared. Colonel
Iligginson'a carocr aa a writer, aoldior,
and man of lettcrB, covera thc laet half
contury, and thero ia hardly a man or a
movemout of that timo that ho lua not
bceu identiQed with. Colonel Illggin
son has chosen thc attraclivc titlc,
"Chccrful Yeetordays," and tho flrat
inatallmenl ia "A Cambridge Boyhood."
In it ho givea a delighttul glimpBO of
tho Cambridge of an earlier timo as
well aa a vivid picture of Ne,w England
boy-life of sixty years ago.
The superior truth and delicacy of
the old dagucrrcotypo aro mado mani
fest in tho Novomber McQlure's, whcro
tinoreproductionsof daguerreotype por
traita of Calhoun, Wobater, Edward
Everett, Dr. Holmea, Jeuny Liud, and
othera, from raro collectiona, atill sur
viviug, illustrato an entcrtalning paper,
by MrB. D. T. Davia, on tho devtlop.
ment of daguerreotyping in America.
Soon aftcr tho diacovery of tho procesa
American daguerreotypers became the
Qneat in the" world; and thero ia a
atrong movement now toward a revival
of tho art. Tho papor ia, therofore,
timely as well as entertainiug.
Fon variety and sustaincd intorest of
contents the November Scribner''a Mag
azine is a notablo number. Tho open
ing article, by Capt. C. J. Milliss, of
tbo Ninth Botnbay Infantry. "Pan-ther-shooting
in Central India," gives
not only a vivid impression of tho habi
tat of theae great cata, but it ia aho a
atirring narrativo of adventuro in their
purauit, drawn from personal oxperi
ence. The illust rations by Van Muy
don, whoae remarkablo animal otchinga
havo been praieed for their accuracy
and truth to ni ture by thoauthor of tho
articlo, will servo to mako this brilllant
artist of animal lifo moro familiar to
American readers.
An important featuro of Harper's
Magazine for several montha to como
will bo Poullnoy Bigelow's 8ories of
papera on tho " Whito Man'a Africa,"
treating in a thoroughly poptilar way
tho now contincut receutly opcned up
to European exploitation. Tho flrst
paper, in the November number, is
merely iutroductory, but it givea a
novel vlpw of Jameeon'a raid from ma
lerial plnced in tho author'a band by an
Engliah phyaician and a Boer ofllcial
thua presenting both aidcs of this re
markablo opiaodo. Tho seriea ia tho
result of a journoy to South Africa un-
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The coraplcto novel in tho Novem
ber i8suo of LippincotVs ia " An Intor
ruptcd Current," by Iloward M. Yoat,
a now writer with a hnppy knack of
atory-tclllng. Tho sceno ia in eaatern
Penni-ylvania, and tho action lurna on
tracing tho pcrpetratora of a bank rob
bcry and their plundcr. Dr. Jamca
Weir, Jr., a promialng naturaliat of
Kentucky, flnds in aomo of tho animals
what he calla"Tho Sixtli Souao" or
homiug inatinct, whicli cuabloa thom to
returu promptly to their quartera aftor
an outing. "Bread, Coiidiments, and
Fruita " aro diecuaaed in order by Cal
vin Dill Wilaon. "Tho Wind" ia
imaginatively treatcd by William Pott.
Tho poetry of this number isbyElla
Gilbert Ivca, Carrio Blako Morgan, and
Prof. Cliarlea G. D. Koborts.
Maoazine articlea about tho lato
Georgo Du Maurior aro likcly to bo
quito numerotn dtiriug tho coming
montha. Tlio flrat noteworthy atterapt
to form an ca'.imato of Du Maurier's
carccr that haB appearcd in America
ainco hia death ia in tho form of a pro-
fuBely illuatratcd articlo contributed to
the November Tfeut'eto of Iievkies, by
Mr. Erneat KnaufTt, who describca Du
Maurier'a qualitics as an.artut and 11
lustrator, rather than his more re
ceutly developed gifta as a writer of
liction. Mr. Knaufft haa for years fol
lowed Du Maurier'a work in Punch,
and hia article ia illuatratcd with many
cvidences of his zeul and bucccss aa an
onthusiastic collector of Du Mauriana.
Thero are aleo several intereating por
traits of the author of " Trilby."
MAiutiAOE ls cxliaustivi ly discusacd
in tho November Ladles' Ilome Journal
by Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney, who telli
her girl friends "Tho Truth About
Marriage," and Dr. Parkhurst, who
writcs of " Tho Young Man ond Mar
riage." Both papera, aa may be in
fcrred, are ablo and lucid prescntationa
of tho marriago queation. The samo
ib8ue containo the Urat of " Mr.
Moody's Biblo Clnsa " nrticleB, which
the fumous evaugtlist will contributc
to tho Journal in tho future as tho
leadcr of a great Nationnl Biblo Clase.
There aro alBo coulributions upon dreaa,
the tablo, necd'ework, homo gamee,
and tho uaual departmenta. The
Thanksging Journal is repleto with in
torcst and attractive artiatically; it ia a
magazine that appeala to every home.
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Montpelier, Vermont
Kxainliintlon f TcncIiciM,
For what purpoao doca tho Bchool
law provido on examinor of upplt
canta to tcach in tho echoola of tho
atatc? If hia busincsa ls to asccrtain
tho abillly and quallflcatlons of auch
applicanta, why aro cortiflcatos to teach
given to scorcs of npplicants whoso fit
noss or qualKicatlons thia ofllccr has
not aaccrtaiued, and is uot givou tho
right or opportunity to ascortain?
Graduntcs of tho Btato'a subsidizcd
acadomiea, cellcd normal achools, and
graduatcs of liigh Bchoola, acadenitcB
and collcgoa, whoso courso of atudy i8
approvcd by tho stato suporintondont
of education, aro pcrmittcd to tako ccr
tiflcatcs lo teach, without examlnation.
Now, inatead of puttiug up bara that
havo boon unwisely lot down, it is pro
poaed to removo othor barriors ond
givo lo grnduntes of tho normal schoola
of othcr atntcs a fivo-years' cortiflcato
to tcach. Thero is nothlng partlcu
larly unrcaaonablo about this proposi
tion if tho othcr prlvilcgcs aro to ro
maln in forcc. But tho moro ratioual
way ls to nbolish all apecial privileges,
and rcquiro all applicants for tho post
of loacher in the public schools to go
bcforo tbo stalo's appointed examiner
and provo their ability or qualiflcatious
to tcach. A graduato of ono of thc
leading collogoa of Now England ia
teaching in ono of tbo schools of tho
atato who holds a certiflcato grantcd
undcr tho law that oxompta him from
examlnation. Tho law waa n god-sond
to him, ho admita, for ho could not paas
an cxamination in tho branchea taught
in the public echools. Thia instancc is
ono of many.
If a graduato of a normal school of
this or any other state, or of a high
school, acadomy or collogo, is compe-
tcnt, thoro ia no hardahip in rcquiring
an examlnation oy uie stato's up
pointed examining ofllccr. Every ap
plicaut aliould be required to provo to
tho repreaontatives of tho stato's bov
ereignty in school affairs thc right to
carry the atato's cortiflcate of qualifl-
catiou for tho Important duties of an
instructor of youth. Every law or pro
vision of law that permits tho unqual-
ifled, with tho qualiflod, to steal into
the oflico of instructor ought to be rc
pealod.
Tho Next Senato.
Tho election of Major McKinloy
would bo relatively a barren victory
unleas congress alao is in harmony with
his administration. That thero will bo
a Btrong working majority in the Houae
supporting tbo principlca to which Mc
Kiuloy is plcdged, ia ub ccrtain as the
election of McKiulcy. Tho point of
intereatia tho political complexion of
the Senato. There ia, happily, no dan
ger that McKinley will bo hampered by
an advcrso Senato. Tho political
prophets and arithmoticians aro ligur
ing out a safo majority in this branch
of tho legislative department.
Thero aro now 80 membors of tbo
aonato. Of theae, thirtyooutof oflico
on tho fourth day of March, 1897. Out
of thcee thirty, there are fourteeu dem
ocrals, threo populista, eight atraight
republicans, and four Toller, Duboia,
Mitchell and Squirc are ailver men,
who have been claascd aa republicans,
whilo Mr. Pritchard of Nor'th Carolina
was olccted as a republican through
fusion with populits. Among tho
holdovers in the Senato are thirly-ono
ropublicane, cxcluding Mr. Dupont of
Delawaro, Cannon of Utah, Clark of
Wyoming, Mantlc of Montana, and Fet
tigrew of South Dakota, togother with
threo populiats and twenty-two demo
crats who alao keop their seata. With
tbo exception of Pettigrew, it ia per
hapa unjuat to count theae ailver mcn
outsldo tho republican rankB. It is
done only for the purposo of cauvaBE
ing all poaaibilities and lcaving out of
the estimato of tho republican strengtb
every man whoso loyalty to tho ailver
sentimont in his stato might make him
an obbtructionist of republican policy.
Thoso thirty-ono rock-ribbed republl
canB will bo reinforced by a sufllcient
numbor from the senatora nowly dected
to givo thoao who aro at onco gold men
and republicana a poaltivo majority
over silvor and gold domocrats, popu
liBta and silver republicana combined.
Connecticut, Vermont, New Hamp
Bhlre, Iowa, Ohio, Maryland, Califor
nia, Illinois, Now York, Wisconain,
Pennsylvania, Indiana and Washing
ton will contributo thirtcen more
atraiihl ropublicanB, making forty-four,
or ono lcas tban a majority. Thon
thore aro Nortli Carolina; Oregon,
Utah, Kauaaa, Kentucky, Miaaouri,
Dtltware, South Dakota and North
Dakota, in which tho republicana need
to win only two souatora to givo thom
an abaoluto majority of tho Senato, in
dopendont of any ailver combination,
ovon could it iuclude meu who havo
formerly boen oxtromo silvoritcs but
who aro' now suppoiting McKinloy.
Ono aonator from thoao etates will givo
tho republicana control with tho caBt
Ing voto of tho vico-prealdent
"Veiimont's 'Grand Old Mau'"I
What'a tho nocd or proprictyof import
ing a foreign phraso, colnod for Eug
land'a grcat orator and statesman, for
cvory culogistio charnctorizatlon of tho
American statesman who waa tho
father of tho flrat distlnctlvo moaauro
for tho protic.tion of American industiy
agalnat foreign, and particularly Hrltiah,
competitlon? Tho couatatit ropttitioti
of thia phraao in nowepapcr lilcraturo
botraya a deplorablo povcrty or indo
lcnco in lltcrory oxprcsalon aa woll as a
wooful lack of appreclation of Sena
tor Morrill'a indlvidual fomo and v cu-
llar litlo to dlatinction. Gladatono 1b
Ennllsh, and ia grcat in his sphoro of
action; but hia famo could notprobably
long eurvivo on his achievornonta in
practical atatcamanahip. Morrlll ia
American, uulque in an entirely diffor
ont, but moro practical and aucccaafui,
lino of atatcsmau-liko achicvem'cnt.
Hia famo nccds no eccoud-hand rlictor
ical raiment for ita adornmcnt. Evcn
a homcapun litlo, if American, moro
bccomc8 tbo fothor of protcction than
thc flricat fobric of Briliah literary mills.
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE.
West Fulrloo Conter.
Iiev. Mr. Vlncont o( Jamaica aupplleil tlio
pulplt hro and at Post Mllls vory accept
ably lately.
8overal arrlvala mlclit bo notod, Q. W.
Klmball and wifoof Oroonwood, iMusH.,aii(l
Mrs. DeAyilt of noaton amoiiR tlio numbor.
North Fayston.
Mastor Raymonil Qrantlelit o( Montnellor
la vlHltluR lils grandparentB.
It. W. I'orter was callcil to Iiollows
Falls on account ot tbo Ulnnss ot his daufjh.
tor.
Hardwick.
Georgo Klmball lu gradlnR for a new
houae on tha hlll above Q. M. Hoyt'a.
Tho rest of tho stono for tbo llbrary
bas nrrlvpil and tbo atono work la belng
rusbed aa faat as posslblo.
Ono of our moat popular townsmen, L. O.
Fosb, ia doad of lieart falluro. IIo waa
rapldly recoverlug froai typbold fevor.
Orunso.
F. A. Galo liaa returned to his home ln
Lowell, Masa., recently. Wallace Ilollea
accompanled blm. : Mrs. A. K. Nel
8011, who ls in Ileaton Ilospltal for
troatmon', ia aald to bo luiprovlne.
Cbarle.s Emeraon haa moved hts family to
M. U. Curtis' for tlie wlnter. z Cbarles
and Jobu Emoraou aro buildlng a houae in
Kast Barro.
Ilnudoiph Contcr.
A. N. Alexander, it is reported, haa sold
hia farm to tbo four nons of Moses Seyuour.
Misa Wlnnifred Eilson haa roturned home
from a montb's sojourn lu Pbiladelpbia,
Dr. and Mrs. Noyea have gone to
Chlcopoe, Jlasa., to spoud a part of tbe wln
ter with their cbildren.
An incipient contlagration occaaioned a
livoly buatllug in tho Uongrecational cburch
recently. Its timely discovery averted a
Hurloua loaa.
An agent for a patent tlro extineulsber
bas lately given a public exblbition on tbe
atreet bere. He bas already placed sev
eral ordors, which will afford a protection
much needed in tbis villaco.
Madain Pember, whilo attempting to
wait on beraelf, ;ln tbe abaence of her
of her nurse, fell in somo way, and, tboupb
it is tbouRbt no bonea woro broken, It ia
feared tbat aome llgamenta were ruptured.
Her son, J. Road Pember of Woodstock, ls
now with her.
Thetford.
Mrs. Eliza Brickett haa como to spend
the winter with her dauRbter, Mrs. G. Wil
mot. Mra. F. A. Rlchardson and daugh
ter have boen canvaaainp; the town in tbe
intereat of the Vermont Biblo Society.
North Thetford.
Tbo masona have begun work upon the
now tomb.
Tbe old-fashionod huskings havo been re
vived among the farmera.
Mra. Mary Baker, wbo has been stopping at
the old Latham home for tbe past three
weeks, haa returned to her home in
New Jeraoy.
Topsham.
Tbe town hall has been furnlshed with
one hundred new cbalra.
Mrs. Calvin Mills haa gone to MasBachu
aetta to livo wltb her daugbter, Mrs. J. D.
Thornton, through the winter.
West Topsham.
Mra. E. V. Eaatman, who haa been in
poor health for soveral weeks, went last
weok to Naabua, N. H., for treatment.
Jobn Campbell, who had been very slck
with inflaininatlon of tbe bowela, died re
cently aud his remains wore taken to his
home in Canada for b'urial.
Tunbridge.
Rer. E JA. Whittler cloied his work Oc
tober 20. The church bas been blessed and
about thirty incmlrers appear.
Washington.
Misa Olivo Calef gave a party to her
schoolmatea in honor of her flfteenth blrth
day. G. E. Huntington ia repairing hia
bouso. Warren Calef bas re
turned to his home iu Iowa. Mra. G.
M. Seaver ia sick with eryslpelas ln tbe
face. W. A. Gilbertaon of Barre is
instructlng tbe band.
TiiE smulleat book in tho world ia a
Conversationa Lcxikon, publiabed in
Berlin and preparcd by Dauid Sanders.
Tho volumo occupies tho apaco of only
six cubio contimetors O.300 cubic
inch iiltbough it ia clairued to contaln
175,000 worda. The book muat bo read
through a microacope especially pre
pared for it.
The patont ofllao of Great Britain
doos not rcquiro models.
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LIKE
C0NDIT10N POVDER
Tllort.foro,n(mlltterntHnrt food, you
with it iinhr Rlicridan'M ivmilrr Ot'.crwlso, your proOJ
tUlsfiillnml wlntor will 1 lnt w lirn th. inlcofor orcj
wvery lilirlu It mwniren perfivt nwlnllnllor o IhO'W'J
elemcnt !imi!iM tn pi-CMliK l.ralth anil form rpna.
1 1 liv ilniin;lt. I'nvpm, fml ilrli-r or ny mu.
Bliurlamk " 11m l 1jw Iwo-lli onn l.sa laj
ran.M ' i.imIiI V'n.nnl. ll t I'oiUTlty l'AI'ia"CrM
l.a.JOIl.NbO.SiCO ut'U'touillousoSU Iloto&BM
It wfll kocp yoar chlckena etroDffend ticviltny. rf
fu mako vouncr nulluu laj earlr. worth ita elti
trolil for raoulttnp; liens, anj prcveuts all dlsensui. U
alaolutclr Duro. UlKhlyooncciitrttteJ. InquantRr
ouly a tciith of a cunt auay. to other klnd llk K.
1 irrav
WEERLY MARKET REPORT,
Verinont Mnrkots.
Ilarre-
llutlcr, dairy le m
18
21
31
a
4
10
11
i'.kks. ti U"' m
1'otatoos. Kl bufc liol an
Hiim.drtimeil, Tjt Ib
Vrala, llre 4 S
HlirlriK lamba, 'l Ib 34
lloef, liliiiliiiiartcm, Jl n n
lleof, foronuartora, V Ib lib
Knwln.ll (b fp
BprliiR clilckins ,
ionfnfir
llutter, frpiili now, ln 8 Ih boien,fl rb.. .. m 18
lluttcr, rreb nnw, ln tuba, II Ib & ls
Clioete, dairy, II Ri 10 Th II
Ekks, V dor. 0i 20
I'otatoea, flbiiahel S 30
ItoKS, llve. 11 Ih iy, iu
IIok, droannd, II Ib .. & i
I.ainlu.tt Ib 3 ia IU
VenU, llvo (rt t
Chlckena 11 6b 14
Fowla 10
Turkeya , 11
lUthmotta
llutter, creamory IS fp 17
llutter, dairy, tuli (S 15
llutter. cratea m 16
Cheeae, factory & 9
Cheeae, dairy 9
Cheeae, aago lo
Kt lft
l'otatoea, l huahel 30
lloua, llvoVlll) tfi 3
Ho. droaaed, H Ib..... m it
Veala.llye Yrf (J
lleef, hlndfiuarters w 5
Ileet, foreuuartcri OT 4
Hheep, llve J
Sprltijj iHtnba 3
1urke;a " 10
Sir iik chlckei.a
Fuwla . .. 0
IVulfrfluri
llutter, freah, V lli m 16
llutter, cratea, m box 16
Kkk. V do: ii 18
l'otatoea, 1 btiahul B II
IIoKa.llve, V Ib 0 1(
HoKa.ilreaaed.l Ib OT 4
Lamba 3 31
Veala, llve a 4
Ohlcken 1.1 ra 14
Turkeya 10 1
UKTAtL DKALKHS' rillCKH.
Flour, Hprlnn Wheat V barre! 4 7.Vft 6 C0
Hlour, W inter Wheat.lt barrel 4 7! 9 00
Flour, Family Wheat, $ barrel 4 50$ 4 75
Feed, V cwt fioft e
Mnai.'tlcwt 7l) 75
Mllcning,tcwt HIS) B5
Oata.TiUmaliel 2ift 31
Corn,W buahel 31 S 40
llran, per cwt 5VW 6)
lleana.HI buahel 1 75 2 00
Uoston l'roduco Slarkot.
HTtlie quotatlona gtyen below repreaent prlcet
obtalned by rocetyera for uholetatt lolt (no Jobbinf
pricet) unleaa otherwlae tndlcated, and are lntended
to repreaent actual aalea.
BUTTEB.
Creamery. Vt. and N. H.,aaaorted altea, .. 20
Creamery, North'n N. Y.,aaaorted elzea, .. (n) 20
Creamery, northern flrats 17 18
Creamery, eaatern 16 (tt 18
Creamery, western fireta 16 ttt ls
Oreamery, seconna 12 & 15
Dairy, Vt.. extra 15 m 16
Dairy, N. Y eitra 0 14
Dairy, N. Y. and Vt flrata 12 II
Dairy, N. Y. and Vt.. aeconda 11
Dairy, N. Y. and Vt.. low Rradea 10
Itoxea, extra creamery 20 fft 21
lloxea, extra dairy IB 0 20
Itoxea, coin, to good,.... 12 0 15
Trunk, prlnta, ex. creamery 20 & 21
Truuk, ptinta, ex. datry 18
Trunk, prtuta. com. to Rood 15 st 17
CHRESB
New York, extra..
10 m
10 0
Verinont, extra
'ermont, larite extra..
Vermont, tlrata
Vermont aeconda
Kage
i'art aklma
EOOB.
Eaatern, cholce freah 20
Kaatern, fair to Kood 16
Vt. and N. II. cholce freah., 20
FLOUK.
Common extraa
Cholco extraa and aeconda
Mlnnneeota clear aud stralght.,
Mlchtgan, clear and atralKht...
New ork. clear and atraixht..
OI1I0 and M. Loula clear
Ohio and Kt. Loula atraight
Ohio and St. Loula patent
Wlacouatn aud 3Ilnu. patent....
3 2VJ8 3 50
3 &0S 3f0
3 40ft 4 00
4 01 Kg) 4 25
4 00'a1 4 25
4 0. 4 25
4 i& 4 40
4 4 50
4 11)8 4 35
I1F.ANS.
Pea, N. Y. and Vt., amall hand-plcked..
Pea, marrow, hand-plcked
l'ea, acreened
l'ea. aefonda
Medluma, choli e hand'plcked
Medluma, acreened
Medluma, aeconila ,
Yetlow eyea, extra ,
Yellow eyea, aeconda
lted Klduey ,
1 30 C
140
120
1 OOfi
S0 6
125
1 10
90
1 20C
1 Ooi
1 25
1 10
1 35 2
1 10 (S
SO 1
I C
1 40
I 33 (3 1 40
121
TOTATOE3.
Arooa'ook Hebrona
New Hampahlre llebrons
Vermont Hebrona ,
4S
45
45
COIt.V.
Bteamer yellow..
.. 331
3.'il3
31 Sl
oieainer
No. 3
Uood, no grade
OATS.
No. 1, cllpped white 27
No. 2, cllpped white 1ft
No. 2. white 36
No. 3. white cb
Kejected white 24X"
Newoata 25 (3
25
26
25
25
1IAY AND STRAW.
Hay, N. Y. and Canada, cholce to f ancy.. 16 00 5 17 00
llay, N. Y. and Canada, fair to good 14 uittrlt 50
Hay, eaatern, cholce .gl5 00
Hay, eaatern, ordinary to fair 13 lnn 14 00
Hay,eaatern, cominon 11 IHvj li 00
Hay, eaatern, cholce nue (15 00
Hay, eaatern, cominon nne 13 01
Hay, eaatern, clo er and dover mlxed. , 10 C0t12 00
Hay. awale 8 50 H 00
Straw, good to prtme rye 19 1 020 00
Straw, oat 8 . (s 9 00
COKN MEAL.
Oranulated, per bbl 2 30 2 55
Common. per bbl 1V155
llai; meal 683 70
MILL FEED.
Mlddllnga, aacked, per tou 11 50HI3 50
Hran.aacked, winter , 12 00
llran, aacked, aprlng 010 50
Cottonaeed lneal 1320 00
rttovisioNa.
Port-
llaoka 11 1)1)1 10 00311 00
Short cut clear 1100
Clear
,M'll uu
gu 00
Lean ecda..
Lartt
Clty rendered, pure Ib
Weatern compound 4a3
Vure kettle reudored
Smoked lami
lloaton, amall KJlb (ff
lloaton medlura ..
lloaton, large
FHESH MEAT8.
Ileef, cholce lb
lleef, llKht cholce Vb 7H$
lleef, heavy good l lb 6h
lleef, good Wh 5 iff
lleef, hlcdquartera, cholce t
lleef, hlndquartera, common to good.... 7 &
lleef. forequartera, cholce K$
lleef forequartera, cominon to good 3
Mutton, extra
Muttou, common to good 4
lAmba, oh. eaat. Ifllb
Lamba. com. to good )1 Ib 6
Veala cholce eaatern V lb
Veala, falrtogood OT
Veala, common 5
5H
Uoston Luiiibcr Markot.
LONO LUalBRR.
Ilemlook boarda, rough..,., 9 OOftl" 0O
Hemlock tioarda, nlaued 9 00.310 00
lletnlock boarda, No. 2 7 5ikS 8 59
Nprure boarda, lat, clear Itoor 17 00A18 w
hpruce lioarda, 2da, clear tloor lsiH QK tv
Spruce boarda, coarae 9 5WI0 00
8rruce.nor.rio. cara 12 01 12 M
Hpruce. matched 13;.vSllno
ilox boarda, 1 lu. llangor 11 .W
llox boarda ord JSS'SS
Hox boarda, 7-8 do 2 2
Hox boarda, s-4 d 7 fl J 00
llox boarda. 1M6 do JWJSJ
llox boarda, 5-8 do 7 SOig 7 .5
SIIOKT LUMBBIt.
Shlnglei, Fjiatern, aawed, cedar, ex.,
Hlilnglea, doclear
slilnirlia.do2da
2 50B 2H
,. ..W 2tw
'hlnglea, do ex. No. I it 00
. 150
Shlnglea, to No. 1 M 75
Clapboarda, do 4ft. ex 21 Oojll 00
ClaplKiarda, doclear 28 Owlt 00
Clapboarda, ,'da. cluar 23 0ott25 10
Clapboarda, extra No. 1 13 (HKy 18 1
Clapboarda, No. 1 10 00312 00
I.iith, aprure, b? cara 1 7Vw 2 00
Lath,apruce, by cargoea 1503 170
sntUCK.
Siiruce framea, cara, ordinary 13 00713 50
Foiirteendnch, do ,. 15 0i
1 weivn 11 11:11, 110 14 fuii
Northern boarda II v'i
Kernm1. An fi IVii
N. No. I atock. boarda 12tt nm
N. No 2. do U.l"":
l'laned, uarrow , vIWj
1'laued, wlde 10 01 i