Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1853-04-28

ITEMS FOR FARMeRs-Keep doing, al.
ways doing, and whatever you do, do It
well, and with all your might. Taking,
dreaming, intending, by and by, never ac-
comPlished any thing manly. 10 ,cW and
to do, is the way to work it, probably and
benefcially -
"a sabbath well spent
Rings week Of content
And health for the tolls Of the morrow"
1t is SAID that walnut leaves, stepped in
boiled water, and the liquid applied to the ears
and in accessible parts Of horse is an
efiectual remedy for the trouble of horse
flies ia their attacks upon the animal. As
Oboklch said to his instructor, about
drinking water from his hands, I. is easy
try it." -- 1t may cost more to raise
stock than to buy It. But this important
advantage is gained in raising. You are
sure of good stock. A COW, that is good
mixer, taken to the male of good mixer
produces a good breed of good cows for
good milk --- An ornamental tree soci-
ETY. has been formed ia Shoreham. Mass
May it grOio abundantly in numbers and in
trees. What if somebody" should try the
setting out Of cedars on the line of road fem
ces, and use them, after suitable size, for
beautiful shades aud living posts We
barely plant the idea, and leave to farmers
10 plant the trees-FOr the b0ys In
dia rubber balloons and foot balls are made
by blowing up bit of rubber that has been
boiled in water for an hour or two -
At late meeting of the New York Farm
ers' Club, an able paper was read on the
cultivation maple sugar. aud lis great i'm
portance to the country. 1t was shown that
IN 1850 thirty-lour million OF pounds OF
sugar from the maple were made in this
country aud that an orchard OF maple trees
is Just about of the same value, acre for
acre, as the cane, for sugar and molasses.-
Now is the time to test the truth of the as
serton. Can the Quartz veins of Cali
fornla, inquiries the New York Tribune,
generally, be worked at profit, as yeti or
must they await the filling up Of the State
with farmers and the consequent cheapen-
ing Of food, labor aud transportation Be
our PLAN answer this. No state, uation, OF
individual, that did not rely for prosperity
aud success principally on the fruits of the
earth, individual efforts, and the blessing of
God, never did aud never wL prosper
Gold digging may endure for a season but
until the pillow and the hoe keep time with
the tools of the miner, there will be no per-
manent prosperity. Chipping togic.
" Brudder Bones, can YOU tell me the dil-
ference twene dieing and dieting p "Why
ob course can, LemueI. When you diet,
YOU lib on noflin, and when you die you
hab nofiiun to lib on" Well, dats differ
ent from what tort it was tort it was q
race atween de doctor stuff and starvation.
to see which would kill fust "---Can
YOU inform me how shall keep my hus-
band at home washing day 2 inquiries lady
correspondent of the Morrlsylle Observer.
The St. Albans Democrat answers the ques-
ton thus "Gel up in the morning with
smile; handle the klltle quietly don't
knock any of the children down, nor kick
the dog, nor pull the cats tail, nor NEEDLE
with any ones business but your own.-
Your husband, madam, will be completely
iransfxed with establishment, aud conse-
Queutly unable to leave the house. -
General Henry Lee once remarked to far
mer Washington, we are amazed, sir, at
the vast amount of cork that you accom-
plish." Washington replied, Sir, rise
at four o'clock in the morning, and great
deal of my work is done while others are
asleep" "A Judge and punster observed
TO a brother OF the Bench THAI one OF the
Witnesses had vegetable head. GLOW so p
was the ihquiry. He has eGrroiy hair,
redtiish cheeks, tUrnup nose, and sage
look books, Newspapers, and period
ical publications are fast becoming valuable
sources of knowledge TO the farmer Edu-
Gated men, men of science and of practice,
are giving the results of their study aud eX-
perience, To the agricultural world. Young
farmers and old ones, should study much,
and put the knowledge gained by books and
papers, to the best of practice, and try II M
the cruclbe OF daily experience. There
has been quite raising at Washington
Congress, at its last session, raised the sala-
nv of the Vice President from five TO eight
thousand dollars; Attorney General, from
four TO eight thousand dollars and that OF
The other Cabinet officers from $4,000
10 5000 The four missions to England,
France, Russia, and SPAN, from $4,000 to
SI5 600 each. Add To this sol 500 appro-
prialed for repairs to the Presidents house
and we have quite an item of expenditures.
The price of country produce, and the pro-
ducts of the pillow, the loom aud the anvil,
Congress had not time to raise. The crop
of new officers, assistant secretaries, aud
e l......, ,nnhcants hoWaVpr