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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-02-16
VOL. XIX, NO. 12......wHoLE NO. 1922.

your dishes you must get your cards
and mako few rolls, for am quite
out Of grey yarn and we must have
some more stockings in the work. =
Old man don't cut them pumpkins
too thick. Ada, daughter, get
plate Of douglinuts and some Of those
nice fall pippins, and set them on the
table, guess these boys can cat a few
while they are cyphcring. | do
wonder if you have light enough
Sol, get another candle am sure
such industrious boys ought TO have
all the light they want"
Thus, my readers, have given
you a slight outline of a farmers
house, such as it used to be, such as
it might be, such as it always should
be, and such as am proud to say
many an American farmer boasts Of
even in these degenerate days of
=" boughten stuff gowns" and lack
a-dasical lounging of farmers girls,
who are tired and miserable of moth
ing to do. How do you like the
picture 2 II well, initiate it. II is a
happiness easily acquired. The
comforts Of the farmers life can
scarcely be too highly commended.
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The Farmers Kitchen.

What can be more cheerful and
pleasant, asks the Agriculiurist, than
the view of n farmers kitchen, taken
during the evening meal Of a cool
Autumn day: Ii is the picture Of
the calm happiness OF rural life.
The kitchen OF the old farm house
of New England Is not the cutlery,
or mere cooking-place Of some mod
ern houses--a dirty hole or comfort
less out-room, or sort Of human bake
oven, where the cook is almost as
much cooked as the food. No, il is
room perhaps "a feet long and l6
wide, well lighted, warm, neat, aud
every way comfortable. Upon one
side there is fireplace, large enough
TO roast a whole OK, in which great
FIRE of logs sends up cheerful blaze,
lighting up the whole room so that
its brightness might be seen through
the great uncuriained windows, like
u beacon light TO the traveller, as he
comes down the slope Of yonder hill,
two miles way, and makes him
Involuntary thank God, in aniicipa-
ton, for the good things spread out
on the table standing between the
window and the fire.
Let us take notes of this old-lash-
ioned meal. At the head of the
table sits a mairon of some sixty
summers-lhough in appearance
there is nothing of the winter of old
age about her-her dress is gown
OF homespun worsied, well fortified
with hannels from the same manu-
factory, that bid defiance TO the
Autumn winds of the rigorous
climate. She wears cap upon her
head, aud shoes and stockings upon
her feet, that were.in pursuance Of
the best medical recipe ever written,
" Keep the head cool and the feet
dry and warm"-ior the stockings
are the products OF busy fingers, and
idle moments with many housewives,
their shoes Of stout leather, made for
service, and the cap is mere orna-
menl-and her face is the indication
Of health and happiness.
Upon the right hand, sits the
father, dressed in u buiternut-colored
coat, blue pants, buff vest, white
linen shirt-every article homo made,
stout boots and black silk crsvat-
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Maxims for a Young Man.

Never be idle. Ii your hands
cannot be usefully employed, attend
to the cultivation of your mind.
Always speak the truth.
Keep good company or none.
Make few promises.
Live up to your engagements.
Have no very intimate friends.
Keep your own secrets, if you
have any.
When you speak to person look
him in the face.
Good company and good CONVEX
sation are the very sinews of virtue.
Good character is above all things
else.
Never listen to loose or idle con-
versation.
You had better be poisoned in
your blood than your principles.
Your character cannot be essen
TALLY injured except by your own
acts.
Ii any one speaks evil of you, let
your life be so virtuous that none
will believe him.
Drink no intoxicating liquors.
Ever live, misfortunes excepted,
within your income.
When you retire TO bed, think
over what you have done during the
day.
Never speak lightly of religion.
Make no haste to be rich if you
would prosper.
Small and steady gains give COM
potency, with tranquility of mind.
Never play at any kind of game.
Avoid temptation through fear
that you may not Withstand it.
Earn your money before you
spsnd it.
Never run in debt unless you see
a way to get out again.
Never borrow if you can possibly
avoid it.
BE jus. before you are generous.
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Hes Last. Mrs. Darlington,
reading AN account of railroad ac
cident, was much surprised to learn
that the locomotive had been driv-
en- off the track by one of the
switches. She shouldn't have
thought she said, "that the great
iron engine would mind such a lit
tie thing as switch" 4" Yes, but
you must remember, mamma" said
Ike gravely, "the locomotive has a
tender behind" "Oh that, in
deed, replied the old lady, resum-
ing her paper, well, you needn't
talk about it. my son; go on with
your lesson"
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An Englishman's Keio. A gem
tleman in this city received by the
Africa, letter from an intelligent,
liberal Englishman, who belongs to
the party of "Young England" in
which the following passages occur
in regard TO subjects of popular in
terest. Hearing them read, we ask
ed the privilege of copying them,
as they may be taken in some meas
ure as the views of large class of
of the middling interest business men
Of England. In regard to the East
ern war, the writer says "'The war
occupies the minds of all classes here.
There is no mistake about the unity
of our people they are very patriotic,
and will both fight and pay in their
country's cause. Tho position of
the allied armies in the Crimea is a
very difficult one, and the fate of
those at present there is uncertain.
The effect of war is making itself
apparent low cotton, high corn.-
The wages of labor keep up well
here, and great inducements are of
fered for men TO enlist. Ireland
seems to be exhausted OF popula-
ton, and your new party in the
States, with the unique and novel
name " Know-Nolhings," need not
make new laws to keep Irishmen
out of your country, for | believe
at this time wages are lower in the
central and western port ions of the
American Union than they are in
and.-Boston Tran"
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BIRD MANURE Much is said IN
the city and other agricultural
publications of the day, of guano, as
a quick and powerful manure and
farmers in the country, TO some
extent, have resoried To the city
vendors for small supply, as an
experiment, Of this very costly
manure. What is guano Nothing
more nor less than bird manure. -
Will ii pay, at a cost of forty or fifty
dollars per ton, after running the
risk of being shaved with spurious
article, manufactured for the pur-
pose We think not. Vermont
farmers generally keep Ducks,
Geese, Hens and Turkeys; and with
proper care, can save all the bird
manure their fowls make, and thus
manufacture their own guano upon
their own premises. Lime should
never be added TO, or mixed with,
this species of manure. II is sui-
liciently quick aud warm Of itself,
without the addition of line, or any
OF the alkalies.
The manure Of birds is richer
than that Of any animals, for the
reason that here we have the liquid
and solid excremen,s mixed together.
On this account il is found 10 be
particularly rich in nitrogen, and also
phosphaies. The manure Of doves,
hens, ducks, and turkeys, is very
valuable, and should be carefully
collected. The amount 10 be
obtained from these sources may be
thought SO insignificant us TO he
unworthy of notice but it must be
remembered that three or four hun
bred lbs. Of such manure, thu, has
not been exposed 10 rain or sun, is
worth, ut least, Ii 10 Is loads Of
ordinary manure.
"Guano, n substance that has been
SO much used within the past few
years, is q manure of this class. 1t
is found in those tropical attitudes
where there is seldom or never any
continued rain. Immense numbers
of sea birds build their nests, rear
their young, and pass their time,
when not upon the wing, on the
rocky shores and small isleis. Here
their cxcremenls have accumulated,
layer upon layer, FOR centuries,
remaining uninjured in those dry
climates beds of it have occasional
ly been found, from Is 10 90 feet in
thickness. The food of these Lirds
consists almost entirely of fish, aud
hence their manure is exceedingly
rich in its quality. The guano, in
its best state, is this manure concen-
trated by the evaporation of lis
water"
Bird manure sh ould be kept under
shelter. Two OF three times a week,
the hen house, or where fowls are
kept, should be cleansed, and the
guano carefully piled up, to be mixed
with twice an equal quantity Of muck
and yard manure. Two to
three tons OF this mixed manure, is
sufficient for an acre Of ground, in
good heart. The supply Of organic
matter, already in the soil, is thus
kept up, and large crops are obtained.
Farmers, make your own Guano /;
and, for this purpose, save the
deposits Of all your fowls. II is the
cheapest and richest manure you can
make. You can manufacture il
cheaper than you can buy il; besides
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-02-16
The Romance of Reality.

We are astonished at the dtvel-
opmenis made since the publication
Of the existence Of our association
one week ago. Then we announced
a fac, that sstonishcd the city -
that We had upon our books the
names of over one hundred widows,
nearly all with small children, and
some Of them sadly in want Of i'm
mediate help. Now we announce
that one single member Of the Assoc
citation, during one week, invesiiga-
ted over fifty cases, many OF which,
if the details were given, would har-
row up the souls of the most callous.
We give the following as the facts
Of single case;
A family, composed of a mother,
born and reared amid all the com
forts Of life, in one Of the best New
England married TO a man
with n name that thrills though every
American heart-who, in the prac-
tice Of his profession, gave his fami-
ly all the comforts and many of the
luxuries of life, but died early, leav-
ing his wife and six children unpro-
vlded loi--lle youngest, a girl now
Z; the next two, boys 10 and | 2 ;
three girls, ID, IL, and 10, who all
lived wei! and dressed well, and were
in prosperous business until a few
months ago, when the wholesale en-
ployer and furnisher suddenly broke
up and went off to California, leav-
ing them with great rent and moth
ing to do.
In vain they tried to get work, and
as the necessity grew stronger, they
were, perhaps, more importunaie,
and were answered NO at every shop,
and rudely repulsed by those who
tend rich mems doors, when they
sought work at private houses.
Despair now seized upon them
Their money was gone, aud yet,
they must live-siill hoping that their
trouble would be only for n little
time.
To That greatest of all curses to
the poor, they went for relief-to the
sign of the three golden balls.
First, they pawned the treasured
gifts of rings and jewelry then the
silver spoons F; then, as the cold wea-
Their came on, the summer dresses,
shawls, capes, collars, laces, bonnets ;
and still memorable hunger and cold
visited their door. Then went win
ter dresses; every thing fit for the
street; every little article that could
be spared. The landlord had forced
the mother TO mortgage her furniture
for rent, and they had TO carry out
the knives and forks, and plates, and
cooking utensils by stealth. Every
thing was now a wreck. They could
get only now and then loaf of bread,
and tear il apart aud divide it be-
tween them.
From the condition OF well-dres-
sed, honest, industrious American
women eight months ago, they were
reduced to condition that beggars
description, yet they would not beg,
They were Americans. Hope now
had iorsaken them, aud for two days
they sat covering without fire in 9
cold demonstrating.
Yes, Americans it is true. Or
the 25lh Of January, 1855, in the
rich Eighth Ward Of the city Of N
York, an American family, able and
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-02-16
A new Work on Slavery.

We now have a view of all sides
of slavery in the United States, from
the pen of very eminent English
entitled "The Two-fold
Slavery of the United States with
a project of self-emancipation, by
Marshall Hall, NJ d.; +. Il. s.; &c"
The volume has just been issued inf
London, and has not been reprinted.i
The work is addressed ITO the
Planters and the Members of the,
State Legislatures 1t consists Of
a series of letters written to different
persons in England during a visit of
fifteen months TO this country
DR.. Hall opposes both the abolition
and colonization schemes, and pro-
poses a plan of self-emancipation
:. so framed as to strike at the very
root of all slavery, eradicating at
once its degradation, its ignorance,
its injustice and its irreligion." lie
says:
81 propose that system OF edu-
cation and discipline and preparation
be adopted that a just and generous
premium be placed on each slave
that task work and over work be
appointed him, in the place of day
work that he be led by this means
to achieve his own emancipation,
the wages for his over-work being
secured, with liberal interest, in saw
ings banks; that his efforts be sec
onded by the generosity of others
that, when the sum appointed is
thus accumulated, it be paid over TO
his master by the proper authorities,
and that he be declared-free That
when free, he be retained, if he de-
sire it, in his former position, re-
ceivmg just wages.
"The African race, in the United
States, will thus bccome-the finest
peasdntry in the icorid, and be the
glory instead of the shame Of the
country
"From the very moment even that
this plan is properly and fully pro-
mulgated by law, there will no
longer exist in the United States
any other than a voluntary slavery /;
and the voluntary slave is at once
unworthy and incapable of free
dom !"
The work Of DR.. Hall contains
many valuable statistics in regard to
the slave system and its various re-
lations to our social and political
life. He speaks Of the two-fold
slavery of the United States. The
second form of slavery is what he
terms ga slavery of insensate pref
udice and oppression" which exists
against the African race in the
Northern States. He contrasts the
fate of the Negro with that of the
long-oppressed Hebrew nation, aud
from the present elevation of the
latter hopes for the amelioration of
the condition Of the former. He
urges that practical plan which
shall include the four leading elr-
ments Of " lndissoluble Marriage"
&" Education and Discipline" Self
Emancipation" and finally, "All a
Citizens Rights" will be effective
to remove oppression from our land.
The work is very we ! written, and
quite experimentation Trans
cript.
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15urtlp.
The Widows Treasures.

=,
nav "'"o'eu q" Wy
~, ""u ''o's" '".''' 80 "
And friends 80 kind and true.
This little ring. the first see
But brings my childhood back
Again | wander on the lea
OF rirlhood's sunny track
This string of pearls Of luslrous hue,
wore them when girl:
This little golden arrow too,
Then looped a shining curl.
a. 80 -, - 49,
a., -
To deck sisters hair;
And when the bride wreath was cast
Like worthless, weeds aside.
PLACID il among my treasures here,
In memory of,he bride;
And here. within this sacred spot,
And on dewy bed,
Is laid a iewelled miniature,
The semblance of my dead
=,
wy =, s'',0 -" Nv 80
>,
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Corn and Wheat-Cost Com
pared.

A correspondent in the Rural New
Yorker says -" am fully convinced
Of the importance TO the country, OF
an increased crop and more general
use of our ndficc food--Indian Corn.
Ii is the only Indigenous cereal that
enters into our articles of consump-
ton all the others being brought
from abroad and domcsiIcated here.
am quite certain that am
never so perfectly healthy as when |
partake freely of Indian corn food
1t possesses more of the flesh making
material than any other gam, for
from bushel of meal over quart
Of pure oil can be obtained. -
One of your correspondents as
serts, that 1--WE nowadays use
too much rich. and concentrated
food, which, when we eat cnoue h to
satisfy the appetite, often sours and
overloads the stomach and creaies
the various diseases that prevail. -
There can be no doubt but
sufficient quantity of nutrilive matter
TO sustain the system, mixed with a
coarser material, like Potatoes, Ora
ham or corn bread to fill and distend
the stomach and bowels, is condu-
Give to health, strength and long life.
4" Ii is very clear to my mind, that
both political and rural economy
points TO tho necessity of increasing
the corn crop. The uncertainty Of
the production of wheat, and the
great price and demand for corn in
Europe than 100000 bushels
have been shipped from New York
in one week this fall, al one dollar
per bushel-makes it very remun-
Grating crop. 1t is true Indian corn
should always bring, and it usually
does, half the price of wheat but |
shall disagree with your correspond
enl. 4" Prompier," that il is easier
raised and 4 more profitable crop
than wheat, even at that ratio, when
we estimate the actual manual labor
and the various manipulalions il has
to go through, in which neither team
nor machinery can asslst-In the
planting, hoeing, gathering and husk
ing, | think every farmer will agree
with me that it is a hard crop to make,
especially in this region where the
land is so foul with weeds and gras-
SEES. la the South and West they
mike corn easier there il grows so
large that it is difficult to harrow it,
and where they turn in their calves
aud sheep and hogs to keep down
the underbrush, is quite another state
of things; but here, where we have
10 manure, the man that makes corn
does it 10y the sweat of ms brow.
Cone of The great reasons for not
growing more corn in the wheat
region, and lis consequent disuse Tor
food IL, that il does not come in
right for a rotation. Ii you manure
for corn and follow the next spring
with oats or barley, The manure is
about used up and the land will not
be in good heart for wheat. Clover
being the Indispensable siimulnnt for
that crop, the corn year interleres
with The usual routine that experience
has shown TO be the true course.
Corn is a safer crop than wheat,
if not as profitable, and stern neces-
slty will inevitably cause farmers,
during the prevalence Of the weevll
at any rate, TO raise more corn, oats
and barley than formerly, in place of
their iavorite wheat crop"
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JfliSrrllanGOllG.

From the Report of the Trustees
Of the American Widows Associa
ton, in New YORK, we copy the fol-
lowing episode, introduced by the
authors TO illustrate the condition of
many widows and faiherless children
residing in the riches, city of our
country.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-02-16

Homespun Suits. The year
1909 was not the last or the only
year in which a member of Congress
from Berkshire district went TO
Washington in homespun cloth WOW
ell by his wife. In 1888 Mrs. G..
N. Briggs spun and wove piece of
cloth, for which she obtained a pre-
MUM at the Berkshire Agricultural
Fair, and this premium cloth was
made into dress coat and worn by
her husband in Washington, where
he had the reputation of being the
only member for whom his wife
spun and wove his coat. 1t was a
beautiful piece of cloth.-Er. Pa
per.
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in day, or upwards Of twelve mill
ion year. The nceces of at least
three million sheep are annually re-
quired to supply their demand. The
Bay State Mills give employment to
two thousand operatives.-Boston
Journal.
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Keep yourself innocent if you
would be happy.
Save when you are young to
spend when you are old.
Never think that which you do
tor religion is time or money mis-
spent.
Read some portion Of the Bible
every day.-Conlsels for Life.
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American Sha,cls. AT the Bay
State Mills, in Lawrence, which
next to the new Pacific in Lowell,
are the largest in the world, there
are annually manufactured four
hundred thousand shawls valued at
upwards of a million and half Of
dollars. Some of these shawls are
designed TO protect the stalwart
shoulders of the sterner sex, and
others, resting lightly upon the
shoulders of the fair, heighten the
charms which render women irresis-
tible. The prices of the most costly
shawls, chiefly for gentleman's wear,
range as high as ten and thirteen
dollars. The Bay State Mills con-
sumo forty thousand pounds of wool
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qt)attbnlau K 5tate saurnal.
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING.

TERMs.-sl .5Oeash Ia advance 5000 II payment
.iot.mide ia aivaace interest always charged from
tbs end ofthe yeai.
Annexed is list of agents to receive subscriptions,
slvefti,smenis aud communications, aud ueknowrjs.
p,ymentfor the same
Bakersfield, J. N.rOMERoy,
Bfookdeld, =. u. SMITH,
cabot, {. G. Brown,
Dansiiie, CHARLES :. DANA,
EImoie, s. q. SCOTT,
usdepatt, EDWARD H.sAWYEr.
Johu.on G. W. SCOTT.
Msrsh6rld, y. n. PUTNAM,
Marisvitic, J. G. MOVES,
Middleser, Jesse JOHNSON, jt
Northfcti, y. SMITH,
Orange, CARLOS CARPENTER,
Piainheid, A. r. BANCROFT,
south Hardwict, c. sHfPMAN,
stowe, JOSEPH c. RAyMoND,
straGord, WILLIAM ROLLINS,
South STAFFORD DANIEL W. JUDD,
Tunbtidsc, AARON N. KING,
wsitGoId and Fayston. ORANGE SMITH
Warren, FRANKLIN A. WRIGHT,
waterbury and Durbufy,
Wiiiiamstown. DARIUS PRIDE,
Worcester. JONAS ABBOTT.
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saving the trouble and expense OF
transportation and the modification
of being cheated with spurious
article.
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Is "a n II ss.lB.:..:ai 81
Northern, N. H., Railroad.

Amer oct, ., 1854, % Passenger trains leave
Concord At 10 is A. NJ. add - NJ, Or afrival 81
tr,iu. ftuu Ho.toa Worcester, Lowell, Lawrence, &c
connecting wi'h the train. ever the Vermont CeutFal
ssi Passungs.c Railroad
1880 z. 81. arrival OF the Cars isom the og
d-nshurgh, Va Cenirai rassampsic and hue houa-
tain K 4iifOafs.
Bo,h The Down T'ains ,his Rosd connect at
Nashua With trains to Groian JUncuani Woicesiefi
Nof~iuh, Se~fesk, Providence, sptinshch Se', nis@
n r,n, ord with tYains II Portsmouth,, hanchestef
IAwseacc aud salem and ~ Nashua, Lowell add Bo'
ton. -. ,.... ..,.., 49,. -.
Concord. n. II. Sept. 81, lsSi.
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Aiderney Coos. Charles Robia-
son, Esq, in Z communication pub
,ished in the New Haven Journal,
calls attention TO the Aidesney breed
Sss ~ rags.l b
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tJe 4tIum < t5r llne.
BY T.. T.. WALTON.

''fI that ~ the riow would thnve
iiintelf aust eithetHnLn o. pNIvE."
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Whites DaguerreotypeS,

Rooms two doors east af the Post ufiee. stats 81.
Long practice enables take pictures 10 the sery
style. Ga hand great variety of Cases, Jackets,
Pins, hings sc &C Particular auention paid 10 copy
mg Dagusnooiypes
NohtpeiisI, Get, lftk- DIV
A LARGE lot of Germaa A American CHA 81 iTom
~ 6-s to 2i3oi-iusi received at
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DAGUERR E0TYPES.
S. o. ii E II s E Y,
State Street, Montpelier,

(over Ellis & Banefoft's storc)
rs Prcpsred To take pAGuEkREO1NPEs Of tho
largest szosurt best style. warranted good. Come
. I'D
Ma,2s 1883 32tf
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TERMs.-sl 5oea.h In advance 5000 II Paymeu,
siot. ado ia aivaacc interest always charged IRON
,hs and The yrnt