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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-06-17

We desire here to alIude to a subject
which has an important indirect bearing,
at least on the subject of agriculture, be-
cause it illustrates the great rotation princi-
pie, in the vegetable kingdom.
The forest in many parts of our country,
are about changing their tenants. In our
vicinity, the great burden of our forest tim
Der, as found here by the first settlers, was
whte-oak. This is about giving place to
the blackjack, especially on elevated ridges,
or where the land is inclined to be sandy
The venerable whte-oak, with dameters
from 80 to so inches, are, in most nstan-
ces, surrounded by crop of sapling black
oaks, leaving beneath their shade nothing
to perpetuate their kind,
If we are not mistaken in our Judgment,
the cause of this is not very hard TO define
1t is matter well understood, by those
who have given any attention to the subject,
that there is, in every portion Of the earth,
certain elements or principles, which go in
to the composition of vegetable matter
That any particular species of vegetable
will sooner or later consume out of the
earth that which is peculiar to its nature,
after which that particular kind will not
prosper until the principle which nourishes
it is reproduced, either by resting the land
or by special manuring.
Some vegetables exhaust from the soil
their peculiar food more rapid than others.
Flax, for instance. 1t used to be said by
old farmers, that a piece of ground that had
borne a crop of flax would not bear another
for seven years.
1t is on this principle that The rotation in
crops is predicted, a doctrine, for the
knowledge Of which we are indebted to our
experimental farmers, and book reading.
This principle, of the rotation in crops, is
probably as well understood, at this time,
as any thing connected with she science Of
agriculture. And this is the principle, no
doubt, which explains why it is that the
whlte-oak is leaving our forests and giving
place to the blackjack timber. 1t has been
SO long the undisputed tenant of our woods
that, having exhausted from the soil thai
allment upon which it lives, it retires. in
the order of Providence, to give place to ,
successor whose special food yet remains il
rich abundance in the EARTH
Every farmer who has attentively observ
ed the progress of vegetation in his owl
lane and yard, must have noticed the oper
ton of this principle The order of GU
grounds is something like this-the frs
occupant was the smart weed-the next
species of white blossomed weed.-then tn
dog fennel, and now the yarrow is coming
As soon as the aliment was extracted tina
nourish each particular kind, it died 70
the want Of something to live on, and wa
succeeded by another species, and perhap
mere accident determined the successor
, Since our attention has been directed t
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-06-17
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A Conscientious Dog.

My father had dog Of the spaniel breed,
whose name was Ponto. Now, Ponto,
though decidedly aoaggish in one point, had
given evidence of being more religious than
many of his less canine neighbofs True,
he would never turn the "other cheek )"
and consequently, while he had good char
acter with the Peace Society, he was scout
ed by non-resstcnts. But Ponto was always
regular at church, and, in one instance at
least, gave evidence that he went there with
an idea that honesty and religion had some
connection with each other. lie was safe
enough in this notion, for more honest
dog than he never barked. Ponto always
walked into church with the family, though
he invariably took his seat OH the lower
stair of the sacred desk and none but the
oldest in the congregation remembered
when his seat was vacant.
ought to have remarked sooner, that
Ponto had but one enemy iii the wide world;
and who was that, but the deacon of the
church, and our next-door neighbor. for
get the cause-perhaps some SANDER
against Ponto in the days OF his puppyhood,
when, it must be confessed he was too much
addicted to fun to comport with a deaconlsh
idea of propriety. Be that as it may, Ponto
growled at nobody but Deacon Drury, and
the deacon threw stone at nothing so full
ously as at Ponto. If either exemplifed
the golden rule towards the other, it was
Ponto. So things sood at certain time
when the good pastor was called away for a
long Journey. But, parson or no parson,
the family all went to church, as usual, the
following Sabbath and none with longer
face or more gracious step than Ponto.-
His accustomed seat WAS taken: and when
the congregation rose for the early morning
prayer, Ponto rose with the rest-as he had
always done-and stood with closed eyes
and open ears, waiting for the first word of
supplication. To utter astonishmeut Of no
one but the sanctlmonious Ponto, that word
came in the voice of his old enemy, the pi-
Gus deacon! If the big Bible had fallen on
Ponto's tail, he could not have looked for a
cause with more rapid glance than he cast
upward to the pulpit He fixed his eyes on
the face of the deacon, as if to be sure of
the sacriege; and then with look of pi-
Gus horror | shall never forget, and step
as fast as the sanctty of the place would
allow, he passed out Of the house, and took
by-path home across the field. From that
day forth, as long as Ponto lived, he could
never be flattered or exhorted to enter the
church.door again; and, whenever from
necessity he passed it on week days, it was
with look that said, to all that knew him
as | did, "If Deacon Drury prays, the
church may count Ponto among the back
sliders."
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-06-17
The Food of Man.

A number of experiments have recently
been made in Glasco Prison, Scotland, on
various persons, to test the effects OF differ
ent kinds of food on them. 1t was found
that ten persons gained four pounds of flesh
each in two months, eating for breakfast
eight ounces of oatmeal made into a por-
ridge, with pint of buttermiIk for dim
ner three pounds of boiled potatoes, with
salt; for superb ounces of oatmeal por-
ridge, with one-half pint of buttermilk,
which cost two-pence three farthings per
day. Ten others gained three and half
pounds of flesh, eating six pounds of boiled
potatoes daily, taking nothing with them
but salt. Ten others eat the same amount
of porridge and buttermilk, without the po-
tatoes, as the first ten, but for dinner had
soup; they lost one and quarter pounds
of flesh each and twenty others, who had
less potatoes, but half pound of meat for
dinner, diminished in size likewise. From
this, it would appear that potatoes were bet
ter diet than smaller quantities of animal
food, at least for persons in confinement.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-06-17

Nor EASY TO BEAT.-Under this head,
the Lockport Courier says ;-"Geo. S. We'll
ton who resides on Beach Ridge, in the
town of Pendleton in this country, raised
from one acre of land, in three successive
years, the following large crops. First year
"a bushels of shelled corn second year, 80
bushels third year, 90 bushels The last
crop was taken off the ground, and it was
sowed to wheat, tile last of Sept. The fol-
lowing season there was harvested forty-six
and half bushels of Soules' wheat from the
same acre, weighing 60 "a pounds per
bushel The land is Of gravel or sand"
Niagara is an exceedingly fertile county,
and is surpassed by hardly any other in the
State in the growing of some kinds of pro-
duce. Much of our finest fruit is the pro-
duction of Niagara county.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-06-17

this transaction in the forest, we have
made the subject matter of inquiry, when
favored with the company of men who
would be likely to notice things of this kind
Having been referred, with reference to
this matter, to Joshua Coperthwaite, of
Medford, New Jersey, where they have
timber lands which have frequently been
cut off for the supply of wood TO the Phil
adelphia market, we wrote to thatlgentle.
man upon the subject. and have received
his answer, from which we take the follow
ing extract -" ii the pine is cut off the
oak will grow, and if the oak is cut off the
pine will grow"
At the late State Fair, at Cincinnati, we
met with an intelligent fruit grower from
Illinois, to whom we mentioned this forest
subject, and found that he had noticed this
change going on among the trees of the
wood. At our request he penciled down
end handed us the following statement. He
was formerly resident of Ohio, and his re-
marks refer to that state:-
81 have long been convinced that two
generations OF the same kind of forest trees,
seldom or never succeed each other on the
same tract of land. A crop of trees, near
ly all of the same kind, which last from two
to four and somtimes to FIVE centuries, seem
to exhaust the soil of that peculiar nutri-
ment, which is adapted to that sort, and at
the same time prepares it for some other.
"lnstances there is the track of an old
tornado, which passed through Delaware
county, the northeast corner of Liking, and
finally into the southeast part of Knox,
which, upon counting the ANIMALS on a num-
Der of stumps, | ascertained to have occur
red about the year I740. In the track of
this tornado, the timber is essentially differ
ent from the older timber on each side of it.
Again; most of the west part of Knox coun
ty, was, thirty years ago, when | first be-
came acquainted with it, covered with a
growth of beach, slightly mixed with other
timber That this growth had succeeded
an oak forest was quite plain, from the fact,
that oak trees of enormous size, in state
of decay, were to be found in every drec-
ton
The foregoing extract is taken from the
Agricultural Report Of the State of Ohio, a
large volume, for which we are indebted to
our respected correspondent, G. Springer,
Of o., who directed our attention to this
subject, which is contained in letter to E.
Hardness, Of Muskingum Co.
We have noticed, and we have heard
many farmers remark, that whiteoak and
maple came up after pines were cut down.
We have seen this in the pine forests in the
counties of Albany and Oneida in this state,
but we never have examined the subject
so attentively as to perceive the existence OF
a certain law in these changes. The SUBJ
ject, we believe, demands further investiga-
ton, for it is one of great interest to every
class of our citizens.-Sci. Am.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-06-17

ANOTHER INSTANCE OF MATERNAL Az
FECTlon.-lt TRANSFERRED at the Newport Do
lice court, lately that quite an old Scotch.
woman named Elizabeth Davidson, at the
age OF 81 years, had travelled on foot the
whole distance from Dundee to Parkhurst,
$40 miles. excepting only the steam passage
from Southampton TO Cowes) for the pur-
pose of seeing her son, who was ordered for
transportation. She managed, by existing
on pennyworth of potatoes and salt per
day, and spring water, to accomplish this
tremendous journey in the space of five
weeks, and arrived at Newport, worn out
with fatigue and illness, without a single
farthing in her pocket. Although compelled
before reaching her destination, to dispose
of several articles of warm clothing for the
purpose of enabling her to procure decen
resting places for her weary bones during
her journey to the island, she resolutely pre-
served for her child a copy of the New Tes
lament, and an edition Of "Jonson's Die
tionOry," he had desired her to send him.
Bath Journal.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-06-17

Book FARMING.-But will any one say that
book farming is all nonsense II answers no
purpose ? How is true thing the worse for
being printed and how mnch easier it is
to detect printed lie, than one that goes
from mouth to mouth, with instant varia.
tons. You have the facts put down so that
they cannot be altered. And if it dependo
on one man telling hisg neighbour. and he
an other, the fourth mans story bears scarce
ly any resemblance to the first. 1t might
indeed come back to the first man asa piece
of great news. Carpenters, miIl-wrights,
and workers in metals, all study their books.
A farmer will hunt up an old newspaper to
find somebody's new way of curing hams
but if he is asked to read in book way
of increasing his crops, his answer is
"pshaw!-don't know all about it !"-Ad
dress before the Union Agricultural So
cietv.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-06-17

PEATY SoILs.-Peaty soils abound in
swamps and marshes, where vegetable mat
ter exists in excess, in consequence of their
being habitualIy saturated with water, which
prevents decomposition. On being thor
oughly drained, some of these soils, in
which the vegetable has been reduced to
some thing like soft black powder, or where
the earths constitute considerable portion
of the stratum, have become very productive.
But where the vegetable matters greatly pre-
ponderate or are coarse and woody, it has
been found necessary, in order to render
them valuable, after draining, to bring on
decomposition by pairing and burning the
surface, or by the application of lime. or
barn-yard manure; and sometimes a good
dressing of sand, or loan, has induced fer
tility' The cause of sterility is not the want
of vegetable food, but the want of this food
in soluble or cooked state, prepared for
the mouths and nourishment of plants
Granite Farmer.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-06-17
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Fer the Freeman
LINES,

For the Freeman.
LINES,
cha death of Charles G. and Nancy Ellen MouItCa nv wh
On d ie Charles g. May 4th and Nancy June lo0z'
vo,r two sweet babes now sleep i'll dust
Their death has caused the heart wrung slgn-l
onimes you feel, could it be just
That they so soon were called to de-
While others live their friends to cheer,
And you are left almost alone
such thoughts will start the bitter tears
The constant sigh, the spirits groan'
When YOU recall how fond and fair,
And pleasant in their sporive play,
Alas the thought is hard to bear
That they so soon must pass away
You likewise view their sore distress
Row their young limbs were racked with pain
Language cannot the scene express,
Nor volumes half your thoughts contain
When YOU had bid your last farewell,
Returning home where once they were,
How did your anguish'd bosom swell,
And turned your thoughts to dark despair
But to those feelings give not way
Your children rest in sweet repose-
And could they speak would to you say,
"We have escaped life's bitter woes.
oAllhough we moulder hereto cay,l
Our spirits dwell above the skies
Aud at the last great judgment day
Our bodies will immortal rise,
"For this bright world oh then prepare-.
Place your whole minds on this great theme
Let not the earth your hearts ensnare-
It's not fancy nor dream.
" If by our death you learn your end,
And wisely to such calls adhere,
Our God will he your nearest friend,
And you with us in Heaven appear;
"Where friends are never called to part,
But peace and love forever reign,
And fill with joy each humble heart,
Unmarried by trial, age or pain" MIA
Wolcott, June ., 1852.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-06-17

To three fourths of sound mind add twenty-five score
To onehird of much wisdom add one inbred more
These annexed to one seventh of argeAstaely tree
Twill give yo group Of islands in the wide blue sea-
Berlin, May 9th, H"T''
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-06-17

Ground charcoal is said to be the best
thing IN the world for cleaning knives Il
Will not wear the knives away like dust
which is SO often used. "'''
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-06-17
From the Hartford Republican.
ACONUNDRUM.

"A WV ~ NAS ~A'
There was man Of Adams race,
Who had aCerlain dwelling place,
A house compact, well covered o'el,
Whe,e no man hath lived since nor before.
1t was not built by human art,
Brick, stone, nor lime in any part,
But curously was wrought within.
Twas neither in Heaven nor in He'll,
Nor on this earth where mOrtals dwell
Now if you know this man of fame,
Tell where he lived, and what's his name.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-06-17
PIlce % CTS, a boa, lClIh JUL uHeCIl0hS'
Era efanbaTo Health Ritters
Ora efenhprp 1--WE LOtiOfl,
DR.. LIBBEY'S
CaIahratRd Pile Ointment.


As prepared for the Gaefenberg Conway, and bearing
he Seal of that Institution None genuine unless 1t has
the Seal Of the Company.
The PILES, Tor Hemorhoids) is well known and wide
" spread complaint, sparing age condition of life
and after subecng the sufferer to years of ortue and
frequently the painful surgical operations pro-
nounced ncuralle Or But il is durable disease in any
and every STAGE everywhere the knife is pronounced the
last and only hope. It durable any malady that
acis the human Frame II yields to the right remedial
agency us promptly le yields TO water. On this point
there is not doubt by all who have used this Ointment
great number of Witnesses Of the very highest rcspecta
bty stand ready to testify to this, and to explain TO suf.
feers the history their IL is necessary To
trouble the reader with tedious recital of different cures
but simply to say that
9'A CURE rs WARRANTED.-EE
This sufficient argument to induce every person suf
ierng underthis disease to try it, The money will be i'm
medatey refunded il n does result from Its use
according to directions
9F Sold In Montpelier by Redfeld & Grannis, S.
Collins J. A. $. White, Northheldj c. Chapman, Wood
tiock Hicks Il Co. Calais; II. S. Il A. r. Camn Stowe
W. H. Woodward, Waterbury and by agent in every
own and village thronghout the State. 80
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-06-17

A MErAPHoR.-Poetry permits her vota-
ries to indulge in many metaphorical ideas,
but the latest one we have met with is posi-
lively the most original
"With eyes of fire, maiescally he rose,
And spoke diviney through his double barreed nose."
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-06-17
w alter Cure!
Concord WaterCure Establishment,

Concord WaterCure Establishment,
WHICH has now been in successful operation for two
w years, has recently opened under the medical drec-
ton of DIR. WILLIAM It. VAIL, of New York.
Dr.. V's experience in this most RATIONAL simple and eff
Gent method of treatment induces him to hope that the
invalid will find at his Establishment every facility for
gaining his lost health.
The general lack of knowledge concerning Water Cure,
and the incorrect notions entertained by many relative
1t, make peculiarly appropriate that we should say few
words in explanation of our method of curing the sick
and of the general applicability of the treatment
The successful experience of Water Cuss every
abundantly proves, that there is scarcely maady to
which human nature is liable, that does not find in Hydro
pathy appropriate remedy The majority of cases
treated at water Cure Establishments are such as have
been subject to all the appliances of poisonous drugs from
one 10 ten years more, in vain The greater part of
these are entirely cured, and of The remainder il re
thing to find one who has faithfully carried out the treat,
men that has not been benefited We use
Water of all Temperatures,
from as hot as well be borne cold spring water &C
cordng to the disease, condition of the patient and other
circumstances of the casenot, many suppose cold
water only
The Establishment is pleasantly situated and supplied
win every convenience and would invite all those
VINO have tailed to get rid Of their diseases by drug medca
o or who wish to do without subjeCtng themselves
TO the same, To give usa call.
ANY one calling on u.s. addressing us by note can
nave our opinion concerning the applicability Of Water IN
lneir ease, our terms, &C., free of charge.
Concord N. H., April 23d, 1852. 10
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-06-17
Hartford Life and Health
Insurance Company.
OFFICE, POST FICEBUlLDING. HARTFORD Conn
CanitaI and SUrnluS over S0O0 OOO.

1AASuEdtACC OOHU pGUys
OFFICE, POST OFFICE BUILDING, HARTFORD Conn
Capita and Surplus over 100000.
During Ttco Years Business Issued nearly 1000
Policies.
NO HEALTH RISKS TAKEN BY THE COMPANY.
The Hartford Life and Health Insurance Company take
risks on Life, grant purchase annties confer endow
mens, and make contracts upon and appeaning to defer.
red and Tevlsionary interests connected with life risks,
agreeaby to the powers and privileges conferred by the
charter. q.
The business of the company is conducted upon the
Joint Stock ana nHutUSA PLAN
at the option of the insured thus meeting the and
circumstances of the public fully it believed, than
purely Mutual Companies can do.
Annntes will be granted purchased and endowments
Conferred on terms highly favorable and according to the
rates of the most liberal ard well conducted Companies IN
this country and in England
The Charter Of this Company provides that the wife may
insure the life of her husband and the amount to be paid
be secure from creditors at his death.
An equitable will always be paid for policies surran-
dered to the company before they expire
Travelling sea, and foreign residence permits VIII be
granted at a small extra premium
Policies Oh lives of persons going to California will be
granted on the Joint Stock principle only and at an extra
rate of premium.
Extract from the Certificate of the Comptroller ofthe
State or Connecticut, dated
JANUARY 7th, 1851.
"The great success and prudent management of this
COmphhy logethef win us wen invested capal ana sur
plus, entte to the entire confidence of the community
and recommend it. my opinion equal in strength and
ability to the best institutions of the kind in the UniOn.
lSgned.
l.. ST. RUFUS G. PINNFY, Comptroller.
The Board of Directors is composed of active business
with capital and character involved and giving their
personal attention to the management and control Of the
transactions of the company.
JAS DIXON, President.
WIN. I. HOOKER, Vice Hresldent
HENRY L. MILLER, Secretary.
Hartford, Dec TO- 1851.
50 SmOs WIN. WOoDARD, Agt. Waterbury.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-06-17
OIn STOMACH COMPLAINTS.


There is no form of Old Stomach Complaints which it
does not to reach and remove at No matter
how bad they may be, Gives Instant Relief! A single
dose removes all the unpleasant symptoms and it only
needs to he repeated for hot time make these good
eecspermauent Purity of Blood and vigo ofBody follow
nj once 1t is particularly exccentn cases oNausea Vom-
ing Cramps of the pit Of the stomach, distress
after eating low cold state Of the Rood Heavness, Low
ness of spirits Dependency, Ema1ation weakness ten
dcncy To Insanity, 'ucide, etc 80,
Dr. Houghlons Pepsin is prepared in Powder and Huld
form-and in Prescription walls for the use of Pbjsans'
Private Crcnlar for the use of PhyS'ciHns may be Cd
tanned of ~ Hougon or his Agents. describing The whole
process of preparation, and giving the authorities upon
which the claims OF this remedy are based As il is
Not a Secret Remedy no objection can be raised against
its usu by Physicians in respectable standing and regular
practice. Price, One Dollar per bottle.
Or Observe This Every bottle ofthe genuine Pepsin
bears the written signature OF DR.. j. S. HoughtOn NJ. d.
Philadelphia, Copyright and Trade Mark secured.
gHJ- Sold by all Druggists and Dealers in Medicines.
AGENTS. X Collins, Montpelier; Wholesale and
Retail Agents, Theo A. Peck, Burlington, w P. Russell,
MddlebuTy 3S:ly