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The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1839-09-17
about sixty lbs. or thirty quarts of milk per day.
DOUGHTON HILL.
Victor, Ontario Co., Aug. 3, 1889.
... ..,. Genessee Farmer.

GRIND YOUR PRovENDER.-Those who have
much provender to give TO their cattle, or hogs,
will find themselves to be gamers by grinding
their grain, be it oats, barley or corn. One rea-
son of this undoubtedly is,that as it is deprived
Of the external coating, which was given it by
nature to defend it from external operations, the
gastric and other juices, which are necessary to
be incorporated with the food in Digestion, can
have more complete and thorough access TO it,,
and consequently more Of the nutritive matter
will be converted into chyle, and be more per-
fectly assmilated with the animal system. Some
who have used provender both ways and mark
ed carefully the results, do not hesitate TO say
that the ground is twice good or will pro-
duce twice the amount of nourishment andsfat,
that the unground will.-JNaine Farmer
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1839-09-17
FATTENING FOWLS.

Those who have never witnessed the process
are hardly aware of me rapidty and extent of
obesity that may be forced upon fowls where
fattening them is reduced to science. Thus tr-
keys are fastened down in dark rooms, and
daily crammed by forcing down with the fingers
as much wet meal as the stomach of the bird
can contain; process somewhat analogous to
that by which the African young ladies' of the
interior are fitted for Market or marriage, as the
case may be- Strasburg, in Germany, is not
more celebrated for its cathedral and beautiful
spre; than for its pies made of the lvers of geese
enormously enlarged by n peculiar process of
fattening. According to modern traveller, the
treatment is the following:-The goose is shut
I'D in a cage hut little larger than its body, and
is taken out but once or twice day, and then
70 be led with about quart of crude or unbro-
ken peas. These are introduced with a
finger into the throat of the bird, which is thus
made to swallow this large quantity of food, and
is then shut up in the cage. The immediate
result is an extraordinary fairness, and prodig-
ious enlargement of the liver, sometimes to three
or four times its natural size and that without
any apparent change of healthy structure. To
obtain these enlarged livers is the great object
in fa,tening geese in this way, as they sell each
from three to five francs, according to size;
weighing ten ounces. Every part of the goose
thus fattened1 Is found of value; the fat is
used for butter, the flesh is a delicacy at common
tables, unless too old, and even then its nutri-
tive qualities are not impaired, the feathers and
quilts are much sought after; the excrements sell
at high price as a valuable manure, and without
the vers there could be no Strasburgipies. Tha
the liver itself bee ONES fat is evident from the
oil that the paper, in which they carefully
wrapped, absorbs from them.-Bostom CuItiva-
tor.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1839-09-17
THE FARMER.

"Cows HoLDINe UP THEIR MILK. A farmer
requests us to inquire for remedy for cows
holding up their milk and if any of our readers
can name remedy we should be pleased to hear
from them on the subject. Gases Of this kind
frequently occur and sometimes they prove to
be serious evils as some cows hold up their milk
and continue to give less and less till they be-
come entirely dry.
We copy from the Maine Farmer the follow.
ing remedy from MIR Samuel Wood; but the
remedy he prescribes is only good care of the
COW and will probably prove effectual when the
evil is caused by want of proper care. There
in which cows hold up their milk
after their calves are killed though they have
the same feed and protection as before In
some cases they continue in this way till
they are dry. We copy as follows from Mr.
Wood
'As think have discovered the cause will
states ii as respects mine. She lodges on sand
or gravel in yard where there is no sward or
orts, hay or straw, and during this long spell of
wet weather her lodging has been cold. At
the suggestion of a neighbor, after the cow was
MIXED at night, sent her back to the pasture
where she might lay on edgy warm place,
and the cure has been effected, whether by this
or not you and others may judge. / know that
in the fall when the weather is Oder and the
nights are longer, the same result does not take
place when our COWS lay out. But then their
hair is longer,-mne having recently shed her
old hair and the new being very short. | wish
that others having cows that hold up their milk
TO try my remedy, and let me know the result.
YankeeFarmer. SAM'L. WooD.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1839-09-17

TERMS-THE CALEDoNIAN will be published
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advance. If payment is made within six months
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the publisher.
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The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1839-09-17

GREAT YIELD OF MILK. Mr. Tucker:-Hav-
ing noticed some statements of extraordinary
cows in your paper, I have taken the liberty to
send you the following for publication. had
cow although laboring under great disadvan.
tage in consequence OF short feed and extreme
warm weather, gave the last week in July, the
following quantity of milk:
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1839-09-17

Total 336
The cream from The milk of the two last
days was churned by itself and made "a lbs
of buIter, being an average of two lbs six ounces
per day, or sixteen pounds and ten ounces per
week. ..t . ...-r'..
This COW last season, while in good feed, gave
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1839-09-17

A MIC HrGAN FARMER.-Col. John NJ. Bar
hour of Bertrand Bcrrien county, on the St
Joseph river, raised this year thousand and
siTty eight acres of roheai. When were at
his place he had eighty men engaged in harvest
ing. Detroit Free Press
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1839-09-17

DEATH.-The following remarks OIL deatI,are
taken from DR. Roget's "Bridgewaer Urea tse ,
on the subjec of Vegetable Physiology consid
cred with reference to Natural Theology
"'The period prescribed for its duration being
at length completed, and tho ends of its exist
ence accomplished, the fabric can no longer be
sustained, and preparation must be made for its
inevitable fall. In order to form correct .udg
ment o! the real intentions of nature, with re-
gard to this last stage Of life, its phenomena
must be observed in cases where the system has
been wholly entrusted to the operation Of her
laws. When death is the simple consequence
OF age, we find that the instruction of the pow
ers of life observes an order the reverse of that
which was followed i'm their evolution. The
sensoriai functions, which are last perfected, are
the first which decay and their decline is found
TO commence with those mental faculties more
Immediately dependent on the physical conii-
IONS oil the sensorium. and more especially
with the memory, which is often much impair
ed while the judgment remains in full vigor.-
The next faculties which usually suffer from
The effects of age are the external senses and
the failure Of sight and sof herring still farther
contributes TO the decline Of the intellectual
powers, toy Withdrawing the occasions for their
exercise The actual demolition of the fabric
commences whenever there is n considerable
failure in the function of assimilation hut the
more Immediate cause of the rapid extinction
~
OF the sensorial power necessary for maintain.
ing the movements of the chest, creates 10 re
SEPARATION. The heart, whose pusations give the
first indications of life in the embryo, generally
retains its vitality longer than any other organ
but its powers being dependent on the constant
oxidation of the blood i'm the lungs, cannot sur
vve the interruption OF this function and on
the heart ceasing TO throb death may then he
considered as complete in every part of the sys-
tenn 1t is an important consideration, W it'll ref
erence to final causes, that generally long before
The commencement Of this
"Last scene of all
That ends this strange eventul history"
the power of feeling has wholly ceased, and the
physical struggle is carried on by the vital pow.
ers Alone in the absence of all consciousness Of
the sentient being, whose death may he said to
precede, for some time, that of the body. In
This, ms well as in the gradual decline of the SEN
sorial faculties and the consequent diminuton
both OF mental and of physical sensibility in adj
vanced age, we cannot fail TO recognise the wise
ordinances of experimenting and benefcent
Providence, kindly smoothing the path, along
which we descend the vale OF life, spreading
narcotic mantle over the bed Of DEATH and Civ.
ng to the last moments of departing sensation
he tranquility Of approaching steep.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1839-09-17

An Irishnan was observed to feed his pig
one day to repetion and to starve it the nexl!-
Oh being asked his reason for doing, SO, he said I,
"Och, sure, and isn't that like TO have bacon
with u srake o. fat and .strake o. lane equally
one after 'tother"
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1839-09-17

Revolutionary Patriots fast dropping a.
way into the tomb. Time, as it grown restless,
like reaper at his task, strives hasten the ac-
comphshment Of their destiny. Make much Of
them generations now upon the stage A few
short years and not a solitary heart of the revo-
lutionary host will beat this side OF the grave
Young men, go to them, and learn of their ex-
perience the lessons of wisdom. Treasure up
the "reminiscences Of that eventful period in
which they toiled that you might be free. Min
lister TO their comforts, and make soft the pillow
of their declining years. Vergennes Vermonter.
We find the following beautiful article in
the New Orleans Picaynnc:-- .. ......
SADNESS. There are moments in man life
when dispondency weighs upon him like an in
cubus. He has his sunny hours and his
hours Of gloom bright winged thoughts, like
birds Of paradise, f1rt through his mind Hope
gilds his days with glad promises, and Joy
spreads her charm around him. But the smi-
ling garden where roses grow and eternal sum
mer reigns the darkling night shade will
spring up and the funeral cyprus fling its shad-
ow. Sadness will steal in upon the Eden, and
convert the bright and rarest flowers 10 rue and
hemlock
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1839-09-17

DEATH.-The following remarks OIL death, ARE
taken from DR. Roget's "Bridgewaer Urea tise ,,
on the subject of Vegetable Physiology consid.
cred with re(erence m Natural rTboolooy
True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-10-26

U. s. Bonk Stock-rhc sales of the IT, S.
Bank Stock, at the Brl1ors' Board Yesterday,
amounted to $50 sales, i from $3.50 10 80 l-2-
mostly deliverable ahead. In fact, tho sales for
cash amounted to only . shares, and at the SC.
cond Board, we urc told, . great was tho DISPOSE.
ton to purchase, that e3was bid by several bros
kers, while but one lot wasoffnred at S. and that
small ono.
The game played in Ne' York with this stock
is bold one, and if successfully carried out, will
realize an immense sum for he projectors. A Ger.
tain leading house in Wall treet have been sellers
t. very large extent Of stok, deliverable ahoad
1t is strongly suspected, tina through the influence
of an eminent house in lpndon, backed by til e
hirclings of tho London Zines, they were tho
cause Of the bills Of the u. Bank, drawn upon
Hotlingeur Il CO. being pptcsted Immediately
upon the suspension Of on Banks, they raised q
hue and cry about the U. 5 Bank, and declared it
bankrupt. Through tho nrious partners Of the
house and their immediate Mnnexioiis, they pos
scss controlling lnfuenccn the principal banks
in New York, and have command of a portion of
the Wall street press. tits supposed that they
arc short, to use tho termof tho brokers, several
thousand shares, and thcr design evidently is 10
keep up the payment Of spcie in New York until
the Liverpool departs. II they attain this OBJ.
jcct and keep their paperstied with articles i'm.
pugning the faith and solency Of the u. S. Bank,
the steamer will, probably, carry out low quota.
ton for the stock and bj working on the tmdty
of the London STOCKHOLDERS, they hope to buy their
shares far below their lctual value, and deliver
them in Now York at al enormous profit. Tho
steamer once off, thersnc is accomplished, and
their banks will then Observation-Disclosures He
raid and Sentinel.
True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-10-26

2 Supreme Cou,t-Fhe term of this court, sitting at
Alexandria, closed on Tuesday last atern session of
two weeks and half There were upwards Of thirty
cases tried and decided indeed all in which the counsel
Employed were ready to try, heard Owing To the
sicky state of the country and in particulars
several lawyers left coit the first week. making afda
wits thattfey were in hourly apprehensons from the
prevailing sickness and did not deem it safe to remain
Two or three of the lawyers III attendance, actually
became sick, and consequently their cunses ware con.
tnued The Court however, expressed its readiness to
sit and hear every that ready Tor trial; and
notwith standing the sckly condition of the country,
applied itself with unilinching diligence, to the discharge
Of its duties. When twas opened at Alexandra (the
9Th nstant the sickness had abacd but on the connu
anee of the warm weather, it was on tile increase,
There were three and four deaths every ,wen,y.our
hours for the last week. in population not more than
two or three hundred souls.
The Judges and Reporter of the Supreme Cour,. re
turned to the city yesterday in good health, in the
steamer Robt. Morris.
On Tuesday the 23J instant, when the Robt. Morris
left Alexandria, the weather was warm and dry. Red
River very OWN places not more than four fee,
water. The cotton crops Bayou Buur and Red Rjvs
are said tobe very fine, and the season favorable 10
picking. ~
True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-10-26

4 Jack 1'ur's Idea of Locomotive. 1.-The fol
lowing description Of locomotive engine by an
honest hearted sailor, appears TO us rather drolI
There is something, however, romantic and senti,
mental in his language.
"Why, blast the thing" said he, there is no,
thing sh pshape, above board, or manly about it,
Watch ship now, with her canvass bcllyinp out.
laying down to it just enough to show she feels
the breeze-tossing tho spray from her bows, and
lifting her head over tho if she stepped over
'em-therc's something like life thcrc-that looks
as if the brains God gave us had something to do
with 1t. There's something noble too about a
horsc-hc stops If he knew he wa, ro;no md
was proud of'is duty, and ab @ to do it. But that
id lubbcr-ah that there Concern is only tho
curse in tho Bible carried out. 1t comes insnua.
ting, sneakng along-crawng on its belly
like laundering long snake with pipe in lis
mouth"
True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-10-26
NEW YORK, "Wednesday 18th n,, NJ

Nc' AoNN, wednesday, 10th Oct. Pm, q
our banks maintain their grourd, and there ;s
now prospect almost amounting to ccrt,;n,v
mat they Will continue TO puY SPECIE This can
victioh proceeds from many circumstances-one is
inc certainty that the general government will sus
tam them with all its resources, if they REQUIRE il.
another is that specie is coming in fast, even from
Canada, to which we generally send specie. bnt
winch, IN consequence OF tho British Comnissariat
making all its disbursements in dollars Unmarried
IRON, Mexico, now sends us and lastly, that the
Bank of the State of New York and Bank of
America, arc drawing on England at Ia 10
per cent premium, to prevent any cxportatiun of
specie by The steamer which sails on Saturday,
The Chelsea Bank and the Wool Growers Rank.
both established in this city under the late General
Banking Law, stopped payment en,irelytw or
three days ago, but their combined circulation does
not exceed S10O 900, for which stocks three times
tho amount arc pledged with the Comptroller of
the Stats,-and of SO little account was this &C.
currence considered, that l only learned it acct
IDENTITY to-tuy.
(, The Eastern, Now Jersey, and all the co -ntry
banks IN tins State, express full reliance on their
ability to continue. The Providence are, how
ever, an exception to the first named; the Norwich
~. nihK' II is SAID also suspended. Philadelphia
ana Baltimore notes continue a, Il tscount of o In
per cent.
The Liverpool packet which sailed today. III
United States, has II 5000 ktcrl ny in specie on
board. 'r~e0 %
The stock market has improved ,,lc this
inorplng, U 5 bank shares sold at so II 81; Della
Waronnd Hudson SEA- 81; Vieksburg 34a 81 10:
4 ksn'ucky II l-2 70; New Jersey Il. X. So; and
Caaton Co. 80. -,
There are but one or Two arrivals. and they of
mi or Importance,
The packet ship President, from London, Sept
10, vii! be up by the tnnc this is before our reo
icls.
True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-10-26
From the Philadelphia Norh American of Nth lust

Public Meeting.-A large meeting Of citizens was
held il, Independence Squire Saturday afternoon,
asreeaby to ajunrnment,i in rider to hear the report Of
committee appointed on Wednesday, last to inquire
into the causes which have Produced the late suspen
sion. The meeting was organized by calling Frederick
Stoever to the Chair and appointing some half dozen
Vice Presidents and Secretaries.
The report and resolu,iuso1ered, recommended for.
bearnilce mud moderation he part of the present. cr
sis-that the Auditor Generil furnish the Governor 4
statement Of the condition Of tie hanks ofis city-,he
Legislature to appoint committee visit the banks
and ma Ike report Of such eS,nnalion-to disco,ue.
questing the banks to pay mir notes of S. and the
United States Bank redeem her tan dollar notes.-the
city corporation issue mall lIs-,l,e citizens to
rely upon the law and toleld their influence to sustain
those banks which shall mliiest disposition 10 nc.
commodue the public and ssis the mercantile MINUS
featuring, and mechanical ,erests in just proportion
during the present criSs-ad appointing Committee
Of fifteen IL prep addnss 10 the citizens
True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-10-26

The effect Of Music on Healfh.-The influence
Of music nnnn the mind is refining, and tends so
much 10 bcgct feelings of kindness and beuevo.
fence, thus beietieal!y affecting the health, that
no system OF education can be considered compIo,o
which does not provide this mems of moral train,
ing. Music is taught in most schools OIL the con.
uncnt ma II is to this circumstances. among
9th rs, that as j CONCEIVE, the superiority of ,he
Germans aud Italians over ourselves in this science
mainly attributable, Besides, we lot equally
with them, Saxons and members of the great Ger,
man family aud arc net, therefore, our natural
capabilities originally tho same q The notion that
our countrynen have comparatively un :. car for
mise IS an uniounded prejudice. Our natural
lhief'oiny arises solely from the want OF cultiva
than, $500
True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-10-26
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2e, 1889.

Our winter residents and strangers ure IRVING in
great numbers the city is comparatively active atho',
as fur as we can learn but little real business is YET
doing.
About Eve THOUSAND bales of cotton have been sold
on Thursday, Friday and yesterday. ut Il general de-
cline OF ahont three quarters ola One small o'
OF afavorts mark We heard sold yesterday some
say at others high i5 which is at leas, one and
half to two cents over the market plce.
Considerable business has heen done the last two
days in Flour, which has been bought on speculation
S7as7 s., for shipment to Europe.
The money market is still tight, owing no doubt to
the uncertainty 20 the ultimate course tina, i'll be
pursued b, the New York Banks.
True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-10-26

The |ernalah.-This beautiful house has undergone,
during the dead season, thorough repair and cleaning,
and is now daily receiving large access;ons Of CUSTOM
well deserved for is kept in very superior style. We
accepted an invitation of the host to dine there on
Thursday, and were handsomely entertained. The
v'ands were not only excellent but served o which is
no bad recommendation, and the chumbertin was old.
md OF very pretty bousue The house is fast filling
up with boarders and strangers. When next they dis
sect fine, fat green turtle we'll por in agniu
True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-10-26
A 7Ho Headed SBnke-Thc foIIo,y;,r 49,

A 7no Headed Snake.-Thc following yerv
extraordinary statement wo find in the Lcavcns-
wortc, La. Arena Of last Thnrday:
"A very singular looking Snake was lately killed
on the farm OF Mr.. james Wrinkle. 1t was about
two feet long, uncommony largo in proportion,
with perfect head OIL each end of the body. 1t
could crawl both ways, but it did not appear to Gull
twist and st'nighten as much as snakes usually do
because its doublo head afforded an extra advan
tage over all other snakes. If it wishes to 20
different direction, it Mood not turn round, it only
had to crawl with the other head forward. We be.
oye this is the only snake of the kind ever known
in America
True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-10-26

4 Strong Pirture.-One of the Lisbon journals TIM
addresses Lord Brougham.
Member of the British Parliament look oround v,u.
what do sea sterile and unc rate soil ,bn, m
~pnys the sweat and laour of the bCors who Ill, i,-n
fatal and annhilaIing climate iron nnd lo, king nm
all the gifts of nalure,-horblr darkness DENYING n
passage TO the cheering of the SUM- Wlnt else ,o
you see An nrs'ocracy for the most part vicious and
disorder ", Irampns whou, pity upon the o,sr class
es-al the utmosta dozen of colossal fortunes, aud III,
rest OF the population plins under the weight bupprr
and misery. Coarse and i,solent Briton, raze from
your c"'Inrsa shield the noble lion an, place in il,
stead a sqlalid and starving wretch, vainy imploruz
a murscl of treud
True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-10-26

CAMP STREEr.-This little old avorte is not so we'll
attended as ii should b.. The pieces selected are ve,y
GOOD and the cnpany under circumstances, respocta
BILE. Mrs. Stuart is charming actress still improving
on acquaintance MIR. Morton is respectable Radcliffe
much improved and young Cowell quite srnrt, and
evlncihg a disposition to rise in his p,oessiun