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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-08-09
General Rules for Applying Manures

1st-For all kinds OF soils put some fer
tlizer near the seed when it is planted or sown
in open hills Or drills to produce rapid devcl-
opmcnt of the first shoots.
End When seed is sown broadcast, or
drilled in with machine, let the seed be pre-
piously we'll coated with some fertilizer
3rd-On poor soils, in addition to the ma
nure upon OF around the seed, let there be ad-
diional supplies of manure mingled with ev-
cry part OF the surface to furnish future sup
plies Of food to the expanding roots.
When practicable, it is better to make the
general application of manures for consid-
cradle time prior to putting in seed. and to
thoroughly miuge the fertilizers with every
part Of the surface soil. Manure scattered
through the soil in Jumps, gives too much
stimulus to those roots coming in contact with
it, while other portions receive little or no
benefit This causes waste of manure, and
uncvenness in the growth of the crop. The
advantage gained by having the manure in
the ground during several days or weeks prior
to planting or sowing, is, that the circulating
water or moisture tends to dissolve the soluble
portions and diffuse them evenly through the
whole, SO that every seed may derive some
benefit ION it soon after termination.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-08-09
Work for August.

IF during this hot month you will clear
out fence corners, and cut off vexatious in
truders, the sun will do all it can to help you
kill them. If your wheat is troubled with
the weevil, thresh it out and leave it in the
chaff 1t will raise heat fatal to Its enemy
without injuring itself. Every farmer should
have little nursery row OF apple, pear,
peach and plums OF his own raising. Plant
tho seed when year old transplant into
rows eight inches apart in the row and two
feet between the rows During July. August
and September you may bud them with
choice sorts, remembering that a tirst-rate
fruit will live just as easily as worthless
sort. This is a good month to SOW down
lallow fields to grass. Plough thoroughly
harrow till the earth is fine; be liberal OF seed,
and GOVERN with harrow and not with a bush,
which drags the seeds into heaps, Or carries
them in hollows. The early part Of the
mouth should be improved by all who wish
to put in crop Of buckwheat or turnips. If
your pastures ale getting short, let your mich
COWS have something every night Corn,
sown broadcast, would now render admirable
service.
II you have ncglec cd to raise your bulbs,
lose no time now Take cuttings from roses,
and put in small pots, invert glass over
them in two or three weeks they will take
root, and by the next spring make good
plants. Gather flower seeds as soon as they
rinnn
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-08-09

A FEARFUL ''ScARE Crow One day last
spring we passed the field OF a farmer, and saw,
dangling by string, from a stake in the middle
of orn-feld a rum bottle. If the keen WIS.,
ion of the birds can discern all the evil spirits
which are prone to hover around objects of this
sort, not a ravenous crow or blackbird, will
dare to approach within gun shot Of the prem
ises Ii every farmer would hang up his rum
bottle for the same purpose, but few of those
terrible crows who come in the form of a sheriff
would be then preying upon his grain, his veg
etables, his fruits &C., after year OF toll, and
greeting the {" harvest moon.''
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-08-09
FREEMAN, AUG. 9, 1860.

fetal effect of the compost on the soil were
fully as permanent as those Of the barn yard
dung. The pit which contained the solid
manure of the fourteen cattle, MS well as the
litter employed in bedding them, only iur-
nshod two hundred and forty loads which
MANFRED six acres. The value Of the urine,
therefore, when compared with the solid ma
Inurc, was in the ratio of seven to six, so that
it was evident that the liquid is more va Iua'
bic than the solid matter. We have been
calling on our rural friends to construct tanks
and to satuaate muck and.solid manure with
the valuable liquid, which at present is so
much neglected, and we hope to sec our
views carried out BY having tank,
even Of the rudest kind the quantity OF
manure on a farm may be doubled and the
crops increased in proportion. We suggest
that il would be considerable saving of la
Dor to form the heap of muck in the field,
wherein it is to be used, and to draw the il
quid manure from the tank for the purpose
of saturating it. The spring is so short in
this latitude that everything that can be
done to forward farm operations should be
effected Late sown crops seldom produce
VOL
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-08-09
Making Manure.

Instead OF having one Of tho modern barns
with cellar, for making and composing ma
nure, have two or three old fashioned ones !;
and have adopted the following plan for max
ing manure. In one of my barns, where my
oxen, horses and about halt Of my stock is
kept, took up the floors and dug down to
the depth of two or three feet, then filled up
with straw loan, &C.. so that they can lie
down comfortably. | keep them well Uttered
with saw dust and loan; have bank of
sandy loan short distance from my barn,
where we can supply our stables at any time
during the winter In this way our cattle
are kept cleaner, more comfortable, and we
make more than double the manure Gin bulky
that we do at the other barn in proportion to
the stock, besides we consider one load worth
more than two at the barn where only the
solid part is saved. In this case all the urine
is saved, which by most farmers il considered
more valuable than the solid part; and the
solid part is more or less composted with the
loan, &C., which prevents much of it drying
up and evaporating, And the whole bed un-
derneath becomes good manure in the course
of the winter. intend to take up the floors
in my other barn another season, and adopt
the same course. j. b. B.
Rraintrea
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-08-09

ICELAND. This is forbidding country to
write about when the mercury is below zero.
But with the 1000 square miles of glacier in
Iceland, there are more than thirty volcanoes;
and so with the chilling associations connected
with the very name of the island, there are
mingled stirring and cheerful tidings The
people even there feel the spirit Of the age, and
are demanding independence of Denmark
{" Their assembly," says recent European cor
respondent, " remodelled in 1913, and composed
of twenty-fo four members, is sufficient for the pro-
gressists and the home government at Copen-
hagen appear to be willing to meet all demands
in the most accommodating spirit" The Danish
Finance Committee, with IL 1rankness that does
them great credit, confess that they know but
little of the affairs of the island, and declare
that the time has come for according to Iceland
the right Of managing its own affairs. 1t
would be strange if this old home of Northern
civilization should come to life again, and re-
new its Importance on the political map Of Eu
rope. Iceland has an area of $1,000 square
miles, and population of over 60 600.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-08-09

DRoMEDARY RIDING.-The rider sit on his
dromedary somewhat as woman does on horse
back. A simple halter is generally sufficient
for the guidance of the animal, unless he hap
pens to be of an intractible disposition, in which
case rein attached to a motalring inserted in
the nostrls is used. For urging on the ami
NAL they use cane with spike at the end of
it, with which they prick him behind the ears.
Sometimes a courbash, or whip of hppopota-
mus hide, is used for this purpose, but it
should be applied sparingly. Generally speak
ing, the dromedary accommodates his pace to
suit the will of his rider, putting great energy
into his action when hard pressed. If over
driven, however, he either drops, exhausted, or
lies sulkily down and tries to bite his tormen
tor.-Mysteries Of The Dessert
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-08-09
MONTPELIER Vt.
Thursday Morning. Aug. o, 1860.
Swamp Muck.

A farmer writes and inquiries eff Swamp
Muck, used fresh from the bed, is delcteri-
GUS ?"
Yes, until it has received just what the evil
needs-air-and from the air oxygen. That
will decomposc the ibres of the muck, and
sweeten the acidty spoken of.
1t is not profitable to apply muck fresh
from the bed, because it is sometimes iniuri.
GUS instead of adding fertility to the soil. 1t
may be hauled out upon the field where it is
to be used, and exposed to slow decay by The
atmosphere but it is better to docompose il
with lime and salt; that is, lime sackened
with water, saturated with SALT or by COM
posting the muck " it'll animal or vegetable
substances unit it becomes thoroughly pull
vericnt before using it as manure Where
it is convenient to carry muck to the farm
yard and stables, it will always pay to do so,
as it is an excellent absorbent of the gaseous
matter that escapes from the solids, as we'll
as OF the liquid substances of the stable Ev-
cry cord Of muck compostcd with stable ma.
nure makes two cords Of the compound, worth
more than one IF the manure alone.
We lay it downas an incontrovertibe fact,
IN all the Eastern States, that every farmer
H. l. Il 4
all his other manure by the use Of muck, over
and above the expense Of digging and haul.
ing any reasonable distance,
Further than this, we have handed your
inquiry to an esteemed correspondent who
will no doubt in due time give us at length
the benefit of his observations in the manner
Of applying muck.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-08-09

BATHING IN THE DEAD SEA.-The Dead Sea
has nothing of tho dcsolation which it has been
the pleasure of travellers to describe, and it
seems to smile at the secret dread it inspired -
[, of course, took bath here; and for swim
mer who has a fancy to keep his legs as well as
bis head out of water, imagine it must be
quite pleasant. My French friend, who is not
little inclined to corpulency, complained that
be could not get down into the water, and float
ed about, now one side up, now another, for all
the world like an inflated bladder. On emery
ing from the water, it was eyaporated by the
sun &; and the salt, crystalizlng on our bodies,
gave US the appearance of animated rock candy,
or family resemblance to Lots wife, with
sensation upon our skin as if We had been
picked for family use, and with taste in our
mouths compounded Of glauber salts and assafe"
tida. We concluded that one bath in the Dead
Sea was enough fora lifetime.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-08-09
August

The fervid splendor Of thy midday sun
With wonder strikes me, though its fire shun'
love thee most, whene'cr thy potentrage
Or Autumn'i breath, or yernal gales assuage
Though Mature pant beneath thy noontide power,
How sweet the freshness Of thy evening hour
What time TIE night throughout the geld air,
Wells with her sable wings tina solar glare,
Then loves the eye that shrinks before the day,
To drink refSeshment from the moon-pale ray
When modest Cynthia clad in silver light,
Expands her beauty on the brow ofnght,
Sheds her So beams upon the mountain side,
Peeps through the wood ad qniyers on the tide"
DELMLE.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-08-09

could be squally, if won't for the sail that
you hadn't had chance to furl was drove to
ribbons, and here an there stout spar snapped
like cornstalk, or the bulwarks stove by u
heavy sen. There queer things to be heerd'
too, in them parts cries to wind ard like a
drowndin man, and you can't never find him /;
noises right under the keel bells ringin off the
land like, when you ant within five hundred
miles of shore and Gurus halls out o'ghost-
ships that sail agin wind an ide.-Strange
strange declare for seems as though heerd
my old mother a'sngin' Near now -
CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-08-09

TAKEN BY SURPRIsE.-At the time when Mr..
Peale was exhibiting his beautiful picture of
the Court of Death in Boston, he sent the late
Rev. DR.. Osgood ticket, on which was in
scrbed, I" Admit the bearer to the Court of
Death The old gentleman never having
heard of the picture, was utterly confounded
81 expected to go before long" said he, g but
was not prepared for 50 abrupt summons
Cyclopedia Of Anecdotes.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-08-09

TAKE CARE OF THE MANURE.-.Ir at this
time each farmer will o serve the different APP
pearance Of lots well MANFRED, and those not,
he will see at once the benefit to be derived
from careful saving of all fertilizers. We
notice around many farm buildings, that there
is chip dirt and other refuse, soap-suds, Stops,
&c. &C.. enough left lying the whole year
through, to we'll manure several acres of land.
In many instances, the chip dirt is used mere
ly to fill up some depression in the highway,
or left from year to year to fill up the door
yard and render it unsightly. Clear it out,
scope up the refuse, save your Stops and top
dress your meadows with it, and you will re-
ccivo ample returns in both crops and the neat
appearance of your premises.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-08-09

AGRICULTURE For all things whatever,
the mind is the most valuable and the most
important; and in this scale the whole Of
Agriculture is in anaturaI and just order !;
the beast is an informing principle to the
plough and cart, the labor is as reason to the
beast, and the farmer is thinking and pre-
siding principle to the laborer.-Burke.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-08-09
An Easy Lesson in Chemistry.

Some Water and Oil
One day had boil,
As down in glass they were dropping,
And would not unite,
But continued to fight,
Without any prospect of stopping.
Some Pearash o'erheard
And quick as a word.
He jumped in the midst of the clashing
" hen all three agreed,
Ard united with speed,
And soap was created for washing.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-08-09
Agricultural Exhibitions for 1860.

SoUps.-When properly made, are very
wholesome. But how lew know how to make
them wholesome and paletabe To prepare
good soup requires more skill and labor than
almost any other principal dish, and few ever
learn, aud those who do know how seldom go
to the trouble Of making it right In a ma
jority Of families good soup is never eaten
or soup that is not very indigeslible. They
think to be good, it must look very yellow,
and made so by half an inch in depth OF
grease on the top
Now, the truth is, there should be little or
no grease about soup. 1t should be made of
lean meat boiled, or rather simmered, for
long time--say half dozen hour,-then
strained and boiled again. A little Drowned
-four, prepared as the Germans do for their
burnt meal soup, gives it "A dark c9lor.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-08-09

A friend that you haveto buy won't be worth
what you pay for him-no matter how little
that may be.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-08-09

With what /" mel" is a lady soonest caught?
In this country, net profits; in Europe, coro.
net
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-08-09

To PRESERVE HERBs-All kinds of herbs
should be gathered on dry day, just before,
or while in blossom. Tie them in bundles,
and suspend them in a dry, airy Place with
the blossoms downwards. When perfectly
dry, wrap the medicinal ones in paper, and
keep them from the air. Pick off the leaves
OF those which are to be used in cooking
pound and sift them fine, aud keep the pow.
der in bottles corked up tight
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-08-09

" A fool in fermentation" is the last and best
definition of a vain person
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-08-09

Prejudice lies when it talks, and squints when
It looks.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-08-09

A farmer writes and inquiries eff Swamp
Muck, used fresh from the bed, is delctori.
GUS ?"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-10-27
=. ii. WELCH, PreS't.
GEO. N. BARNES, Sec'y.

ALLEGHENY COUNTY (PA TO HERscHEL
V. JOHNSON GREETING AT Pittsburg, a
few days since, Herschel V. johnson, the
Douglas candidate for the Vice Presidency,
addressing the people of that busy city on
the beauties of Democracy, thus tainted the
working classes who make up so large por-
ton of its thrifty population:
''Look at the SLAVES IN yostr qOork-sAops
They are drivsn to the polls at the heck of
their masters unader penalty Of being dischar-
ged p
Shouts of indignant denial burst from the
crowd at this false and unmanly accusation.
1t ranked in the hearts of the mechanics and
working men of Alleghaney, and they burn
ed for the opportunity to refute the SANDER
and rebuke the slanderer at the polls. How
we'll they did the work-let the result on
Tuesday tell Allegheny county sends
greeting to Herschel Y. johnson, Douglas
candidate for Vice President from ''the szaves
IN her scorkshops." Seven thousand Re
pu6lican nacjority.-ALbony Journal
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-10-27
OHIO CORRESP ONDENCE
SArBRooK, Ohio, Oct. 19, 1860

SAYBRooK, Ohio, Oct. 12, 1860.
"Have you heard from Pennsylvania {?
and Ohio and Indiana go OF course you
have Who has not?
The contest was fierce. Every inch of
ground was contested with energy, skill and
confidence, and when the polls closed Tues
day night, and the work, whether for veal
or woe, was done the combattants listened
eagerly for the reports which should tell
them of victory or defeat. Not telegraph
station North or South, East or West, but
was crowded with anxious men of all par
ties waiting for the news which the wires
would bring. Slow and uncertain at first,
battling calculation and conjecture-a Dem
ocratic gain here: Republican gain there.
Not until Wednesday neon. was the doubt
cleared up; and the Democratic majorties
first reparted were balanced by Republican
majorittes from other counties; then over
wkelmed, and the victory rendered certain
No doubtful victory, won over a divided
few; but victory for the principles of Re
publicansm over all opposing forces united!
The news was stunning. Republicans wept
and cheered alternately. while Democrats
raved, or tried to mask their feelings in sui
len silence. Wednesday night the victory
was celebrated with ''bon6res an illumina-
tons" and demonstrations of "great ioy, :"
in almost every precinct from Maine to Mis-
souri,.
To the Democracy the defeat comes With
annihilating force. They had not only ex-
hausted every resource that ingenuity or the
desperate straits of party necessity could
suggest, but they had traded and Fused"
with the fag4ends of sll cseation-with
Know Nothings and AboIitionists. for the
purpose of defeating the Republicans in
these State elections, on which the result in
November so much depended. And defeat
under such circumstances brought With it
disgrace, and death To 60 down with
coIors flying at the mast head is honorable,
but to go down like pirates with no colors
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-10-27
. WHdLu IaHSIeu WeD We weave,
When first we practice to deceive"


PRAIRIE FIREs.-Below will be found
some good advice to teamsters, travellers,
and every body else, Which it will be well to
heed. 1t is true the grass is not so long
this year that if it takes fire, il will be as de-
structive to property as formerly: but we
need TO preserve it for feed as long as stock
will eat it, for the reason given.
Iwould like to call the attention of the
citizens of Kansas campers, travellers, team
sters and all others to the subject of Prairie
Fires. Every year there are tens of thous-
ands of dollars worth of property destroyed
by the inattentiye, careiessness and blum
dering of persons in setting prairie fires
In ordinary seasons this loss falls princi-
pally in the shape of crops destroyed, fences,
houses and buildings burned ; but this year
while all these are exposed the same as here
tofore, there is not only possibility, but a
strong probability that ii may visit US in a
still more fearful form; by The destruction
of feed for cattle. But little hay or winter
feed has been secuted, and hence the greater
necessity of saving all our available feed,
and if every one every where would see to
preventing the rayages. Ifthis fearful elem
ent tens of thousands of dollars worth of
stock may be saved that will otherwise per-
ish during the coming winter.
L. MARTIN.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-10-27
yention adjourned till 2 O'Clock, P. NJ.

The convention met pursuant to adj ourn-
ment at O'Clock. The committee on Gre
dentials reported the following names of
delegates entitled to seats, and the report
was adopted.
Superior Precinct-J. M. Winchell, o.
H. Sheldon, Geo. NJ. Barnes and E. l..
Hills.
Burlingame Precinct-C. H. WEIGH, L.
D. Joy, T. Playford, John s. Bush and S.
R. Canniff.
Ridgeway Precinct-John R. Green, Geo.
II. Roberts, o. Fl. Brown and L. 81. Elliot.
Havana Precinct-M. Beach and F. W.
Erdbrink.
Versailles Precinct-E. S. Boiling.
10 Greek Precinct-D. B. Burdick.
After the adoption of the report, T. Play
ford, J. NJ. Winchell and o. Fl. Brown, were
appointed the committee on Permanent Or
ganization, and reported the names of c. H.
WEIGH, of Burlingame Precinct, for Presi-
dent, and George N. Barnes, of Superior
Precinct, for Secretary.
The report was adopted and those gentle
men elected accordingly.
Mr. Sheldon in trodueed the following
resolution.
Resolved, That we now proceed to an in
formal vote for Representative each mem
Der as his name is called by the Secretary,
answering the candidate of his choice.
After some discussion the resolution was
adopted, and the Secretary proceeded to
call the rell. Twelve delegates having vo-
ted for J. N. Winchell. and FIVE delegates
having declined to vote, Mr. Sheldon moved
that J, III Winchell be nominated by accla-
nation, and that our delegates to District
Conyentiop, hereby be instructed to sup
port him; which motion was unanimously
adopted.
On motion the convention proceeded to
the nomination of three County Commits
sioners, and the following gentlemen were
unanimously nominated:
LIST Distrct-Marmanduke Rambo.
End District-Lucian Fish.
Sd District-John r. Green.
On motion the following nominations
were made.
For sherif-A W Bell; for superin-
tendent of Schools-James BrownIee; for
Assessor-John Perrill; for County Attor-
ney-J. r. Stewart.
On motion. the following gentlemen were
elected delegates to attend the District Con-
vention, to be held at Ottumwa, October
cath, 1860.
Y. R. Merritt. O. H. Sheldon, G. Il. Kent,
J. r. Stewart. N. Beach, H. H. Heberling,
L. H Elliot and E. L. Boiling.
The following central committee vas then
chosen.
J. II. Winchell, H. D. Preston, John
Smith. h. H. Heberling and D. B. Burdiek
On motion, the convention adjourned
sine-die.
C. II. WEIGH, Pres't.
GEo. N. BAREEs, Sec'y. ;.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-10-27

Bennett, of the N. Y. Herald, is sick. and
needs attention and sympathy. Hear him
moan:
'The overwhelming defeat of Foster, the
democratic Union candidate for Governor
in Pennsylvania, throws the whole weight of
the Presidential battle upon New York
Pennsylvania is irretrievably lost-the great
West presents no satisfactory signs of a
rescue-the New England States have been
abandoned to the enemy-our Northern
conservative forces arrayed against Lincoln's
election are, in fact, routed everywhere, ex-
cept in New York, and New York is their
forlorn hope.