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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1861-01-17
Why Young Men Leave the Farm.

Why do they THAT'S the question. One
leaves because loddering is liable to get his
clothes all hay seed-another because he
want, to see what he has notseen, and never
can SEQ on the farm the busy street and its
exciting scenes. Another thinks the farm in.
| telerably dull. aud bar-room. dark ~
] Egypt with tobacco smoke and full Of men
he can neither love nor trust, preferable he
takes his choice Another having read Dick
/ Turpin, but never Of Downing, desires fame
and goes to work away from home Tor it.
Soberly-.we live in an age Of wonderful
transitions. Great changes take place. The
old German who said when they succeeded
in building turnpike across the Allegha.
MES he would be ready and willing to die
has lived to &c the turnpike and numerous
railroads across those mountains completed.
The last fifty years has set wonderful many
wheels in motion. All these Innovations
call for mcn-ablc bodied mcn-meu with
brains as well as mouths This call has been
met. The mea have been given that were
needed for onward progress When men OF
brains aud good habits are wanted, where
should We turn Tor them sooner than to the
farm The young men eff the farm have
been called, and many OF them have obeyed
the call to-day they are guiding IN some
way the engine Of progress.
As husbandmen We are the losers. The
highest bid takes not only the young man
but bis sister, and away they go from the
hrm.home. What can we do to keep them?
Stop the wheels Of progress stop cars and
engines, aud abolish the great want which
have called our boys TO a more immediate re.
ward than we could offer ? No. we will let
the vast exist we will let the age want our
boys, aud thank God they are not goue on
any crack Drained crusade of adventure but
are laborng on, blessing 10 the race.
But the promises heretofore held out, are
less gittering than Of yore. True CaIor-
MIA yet remains, and golden adventure is
found beneath nearer shadows, yet the pom
Uses OF success are less glittering than they
were. We ophccy that the change will
re'ain boys on, and return boys to the farm.
Welcome them.
Another reason why boys leave the farm,
is because the girIs--tber sweethearls- ask
it. Where is the girl of spirit, education,
and beauty, who is preparing and looking
forward, hoping first Of all to win a farmer
Where is the gnl, who is educating herself
as Understandings III her part oil the business
OF farming as many of our young men are :?
The educated young lady farmers daughter
to the manor born, mean Who are tho tie.
roos on whom the first matrimonial prizes de-
sire to lean? Are they iarmers2 Are they ?
Make this true aud your boys will stay at
home. Make it true and there will be a
knightcrrant rush Tor the plough aud the
ipruning-hook, Educate your daughters right
aud your boys will serve seven years for
them. VINO.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1861-01-17
Farmers Daughters.

Many years ago there lived family Of
growing up children On one Of tho farms Of
Northern New York There were four
daughters and two sons For long time,
they had no servant, but as The family grew
up, one servant Vas necessary to do the
washing. On such occasions, the mother and
daughters we're up betmcs had the water
heated, and tubs prepared, and clothes ready,
and while one daughter busted up the house,
another prepared the breakfast, the Others,
with their mother, stood in their lot beside
the servant aud while tney washed, they at
the same time saw 10 it, that the hired
help earned her wages. As to the sons,
they worked in summer, and went to school
10 winter, and out Of school hours, did tie
chores, fed the pigs, cut the wood gather
ed the kindlngs and brought in all the cobs,
that sisters might kindIc the kitchen fire
easily, and that mother might not have to
90 out OF doors at daylight in the bitter
cold. The result was, the sons grew up to
feel that they must work for a living, and
soon there came nob.er sentiment, that of
manly Independence, which grows out Of the
conviction that living can lie made.
As to the daughters it is true that they
baked bread, washed the floors, darncd the
stockings, sew, on buttons, aud did what
ever was to be done aud being rid of the
ntoIerable arrogance of slauern servants,
there was constant sunshine in the house, in
Their hearts, and ia Saeir faces, while upon
the. whole roein ~ character, there was )
seH-oonSciousueSs --arsE. asd Of indepen
dence, which ne5N fails to command the
respect OF all who come in contact with the
possessor oil these.
These girls were not caught up in hurry.
The scum and fitting birds we're not at all
attracted to girls at the wash.tub, but in due
time they all married men. One is the
mother OF children, who are foremost in
wealth and influence in the large city where
they live A second did just as well in an
other large city. and third Likewise. The
ourth and eldest is the mother Of four
children, the wealth Of each Of whom, in
New York city counted by millions, liter
ally. As to tie two sous, both are rich,
within Ten mile, Of the City Hall with large
families, and not one black sheep among
them The sou Of one is nearing professional
emnence and success, equal to The highest
and the son oil the other is wo.th a million
in WsIl Street, and his name good for mill
ions more. Who then shall say, that any OF
these we're the worse for the wash.ub, the
,crubbing brush, the kitchen, or the hoe.
handle? And yet, large proportion of pa.
rents in our country have an abiding impress.
sion that there is degradation in these things
and the mother takes the broom out of her
daughter hand, and the father grubs in hi:
blouse, while the son sports a moustache OF
imperial, aud promenades in gloves and
broadcloth. Halls Journal
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1861-01-17
Bedding for Cattle.

All stock that is fastened in stalls should
have bedding of some kind A bed of loan
or sand is better than tinker Of any kind ;
but when cellars are made under the stalls,
plank floors are wauted-aud these should
be covered with something more compact
than straw.
Sawdust is good article for bedding, and
when it is nigh by it is more convenient than
loan, as it is lighter and may Re procured
when loam is frozen, Sawdust alone is-not
valuable as manure, but as a retainer OF the
excremcnts Of cattle, it is good article for
vegetable growth.
The feet Of horses must not rest on dry
plarks. Tie fore feet ia particular should
be kept moist, tibet the hoofs may hold the
nails better. When a farmer keeps but
one horse and has room enough, be may have
a stall ten feet square, with no floor but the
natural soil Then throw on any kind Of
straw or litter, enough 10 keep the horse
clean and the stable need not be daily Or
weekly cleaned out but good lot Of such
manure may be found under the horse 1t
will rot heat in.caso he stands on it--siuce
no air can come 10 it.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1861-01-17

To RESTORE LusrER TO SILK-Every
lady knows that black silk often looses its
lus.er aud looks old, long before it is worn
out. 1t is pity to lay it aside, yet it is
nor pleasant to wear for gossincss is one of
the beauties that makes silk more desirable
than other fabrics even bright new calico
looks better than Iusteress faded silk. We
recently saw silk dress which had been
worn long time, restored so as to look al
most as good as new, by a very simple
process, description of which we procured
for the Agrjcu turaGst. Take two raw po'
tatoes of ordinary size pare them and remove
the core if they are hollow. Slice them into
half pint Of cold water aud leave them
over night The next morning sponge the
silk with the water, not wetting it too freel y
then iron it, and its appearance will be great
ly improved.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1861-01-17

HousING CArrLE.-An English exeriment-
er, last autumn tied up four bullocks under a
hovel, three in separate boxes, and kept seven
loose in two yards, four in one and three in
another, zach ha wing howell shed to run
under. The fourteen beasts were all alike
in age, and were treated in the same way,
namely eight pounds of insced cake each
per day, three quarters of a bushel of man
gold wurtzes. and hay or oat straw distrib'
uted equally to all Those shut up in the
boxes, and those tied up, were all ready for
market first, and those fed in the yards re-
placed them in the boxes, but when they
came to be marketed, it was found that they
were not ready by month as early as those
that were tied or fastened up.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1861-01-17

vousNEss.--Take plenty of bodily ex.
ercise, live well and avoid smoking and ar.
dent spirits The following is said to work
wonders in such cases - Dandelion beer
Take of dandeion roots, well washed and
dried two ounces; boil them in six quarts OF
water for half an hour strain, and add trea.
Gle one pound, and hall an ounce Of yeast
The whole to b put into a bottle and left to
lerment for twelve hours. A wineglass full
morning and evening.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1861-01-17

HALLS Journal of Health recommends APP
Piles as hcalthful article of food, and says
that if taken freely at breakfast, with coarse
bread and butter without meat or flesh OF any
kind. it has an admirable effect on the gencr-
al system, often removing constipation, cor
rocting acidities and cooling off febrlle condi-
tions more eaectually than the most approved
medicine, Solomon says Comfort me with
apples.n
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1861-01-17

THERE are four millions of people in France
who eat no bread. Some eat chestnuts, and
some other kinds of vegetable. The people
of Ireland, for long time, subsisted mainly
on potatoes The facts prove not only that
there are large numbers in civilized countries
who do not raise their own bread, but an
equally important iact,--they have not the
means Of buying it.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1861-01-17

CANDLES FROM SOFT TALLow.-Thc fol.
lowing recipe have used, and know it TO be
valuable = To twelve pounds of taIlow add
half a gallon OF water; to which add three
tabespooniuls oil pulverized alum, and two
of satpetre, which heat aud dissolve. Then
add taow and enc pound of beeswax; boil
hard all together, uatiI the water eyaporatcS
and skim well while boiling. 1t should not
be put in moulds hotter than you can bear
your hand in. The candles look much nicer
when the wicks are not tied at the bottom
1t is not only dsagreeable task to cut the
wick off, but it INJURIES the mouldS. Never
heat moulds to draw candles in cold weather
Perhaps it is not generally known that tai
low from beeyeS, fed on IN or grain, is much
sof or than when fed on grass or clover
There ore, the taIow from grass.fed cattle
should always be hard, with the addition of
very little alumni and beeswax. In very cold
weather much less alum must be used, or
they will crack so as to fall TO pieces some
times aud third more Of ea,h should be
used 10 very warm weather, if the tallow is
very soft.-Prairie Farmer.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1861-01-17

RAREy's RAREsr SEcREr.-To teach your
horse all the accomplishments known to Mr..
Raroy's most favored proteses, you have
only to feed him entirely on oats, when he of
course becomes az tait (of hay)
n. B.-Herc the laugh comes in. Make
IN oat of it.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1861-01-17

WARM Enclosures FOR ANIMALS FATTES-
lNG.-Eyery Que Rho has examined into the
nature OF the animal system is aware Of
the vast importance which heat cxcrts upon
its functions. When, with the approach OF
cold weather, the body fails TO receive the
stated amount of heat from without, it re-
quires more food 10 supply the additional
amount of blood needed, which, circulating
through the body, keeps it in warm and
healthy condition Were we to weigh the
amount OF food which is consumed at differ
ent periods Of the year, we should find that
at least onesxth more is required in cold
than in warm weather. This is equally true
of animals, and is a very important matter
to be taken into consideration when fattening
them. Warmth" in the language OF
Professor Liebig, " is essentially an equlya-
lent Of food and if our animals are well
housed, instead Of being kept out in the
cold, exposed to the various changes Of
weather, the large amount of food which
would otherwise be consumed in producing
animal heat, will be devoted to fat;ening pur
poses.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1861-01-17

They call whskey "hoise medicine in
Springfield, one Henry Williams having been
sued twice for getting 1t to cure his horse of
lameness.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1861-01-17

Uoor. Of Yorxe Hoesrs-We saw r..
Gently an instance If the IN ELECTS rosuItino
from the NEGLECT to shorten the excessively
lopo boot. If ,onng horse. coli win
.p,ll, lam. booI. Lod ~ ~ ,l.y sto,,rod
~ XXI
front part OF the hooi OF one loot to the
quick. The accident was attended with some
bleeding aes excessive lamenoss the poor
fellow beng unwilling to put his foot to the
ground. Ten minutes work would have
saved the animal much PAIN, and the owner
might have had the profit Of three months
growth instead OF having 1t arrested Tor that
period.
But the occasional breaking off Of part OF
the boot is but tribe when compared with
other mlscueis resulting from the same
cause. When the toe Is too Iong, the strain
on the ietlock joint is greatly increased and
permanent INJURY TO ihc suspensaty Iigameot
Of the loot often follows. Dung horses
frequently have wndga and other evidences
OF spralns' before they are put to work, and
10 ninety nnc cases out OF hundred, these
are where shortening The toe has been neg
Iected. On some grayey and stony lands
and hard roads the hools will wear fast
enough, as nature evidently intended they
should but 1t horses are Kept on god
smooth luri, Their ieet must be short 10y ar'i'
fetal means "'' f"'"'''
p.an,,,,rs or Durrpsvr KINDS OF Cons.
i. To- ca,.a accord,nc 70 prof johnson
- s,arcb oil and albumin. but in very
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1861-01-17
" Stick to the Farm. -

Let US sing snatch from this good old
song. Yes stick to the farm. If half the
time and energies now wasted in politics,
hazardous speculations. and busy idleness
were spent in the advancement Of agricul.
ture if the people were as intent Oh pre-.
serving their farms from deterioration, as
as they are in preserving the Uoiou,' and
settling the manifold yexcd questions of the
day if they were half as earnest 10 battling
with brars and weeds and poor fences and
bad soils, as with their political opponents,
should we not be better of as a nation and
as individuals? Why is England to-day the
garden Of Europe. unless it is because every
acre is 50 wisely cultivated Why is even
barren New. England made so productive un-
less because Of the industry aud intelligence
Of her agrculturists? Well has one said
The fields ought to be the morning and
evening theme Of all Americans who love
their country. To ferlilize and improve his
farm, ought to be the prime temporal object
of every owner Of the substantial soil All
national aggrandizements, power, and wealth,
may be traced to agriculture as it' ultimate
source. Commerce and agriculture are only
subordinate results Of this handspring. We
consider agriculture as every way subsidiary
not only to abundance, industry, comfort and
health, but to good morals, aud ultimately
even to religion itself - We
always sing Speed the plow we shall al
ways regard the American farmer, dressed
for bis employment, and filling his grounds,
as belonging to the order Of real n,bIemen.
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-10-29

VTKUSTEE'S SALE.-Whereas, ON the 25th
i day Of October, A. D., 1858, Julia Z. Coo,
and Wales Zoe, her husband, executed unto Alb
ner DAWSON as Trustee, a certain deed Of Trust,
conveying to said Trustee the land in Scott coun-
ty, Iowa, described as follows, wit: The west
half Of lot No. three %, in Alock No. two(2.) in
Maekintosh's first addition to the city of Davcn-
port being AZ feet trent Locust street, by log
feet deep; which said conveyance was made b.
the said Julia Il. Coe and Wales Coe, tor tho pur-
po.e Of securing the payment Of . certain pron-
issory note and the interest thereon, signed by
said Julia +. Coe and Wales Coe, dated the 25th
pay Of DC tobcr A. d., 1855, fsr the SUN Of $3.50.
yable one year thereafter, with interest 1t ten
per cent. per annum, and drawn to the order OF
Levi Miller.
And now, said prom:ssory note having become
due and payable, and the said Julia h. Coo and
v ales Toe having failed to pay the same, I,Abner
Dawson Trustee as aforesaid, do hereby give this
public notice, that by virtue Of the power which is
in me vested by said Deed Of Trust, will on Sat
uriay the 10Th day Of Oct, d., 1861, at the hour
Of two o'clock in the afternoon Of said day, ~ the
Court House door, in the city Of Davenport, Scott
county, State Of Iowa, and offer tor sale ct
bile auction the parcel Of land above desert or
80 much thereof shall be necessary satisfy and
pay the amount due sail note with interest
thereon to the day of sale, together with ell costs
and expenses attending said cost Of this notlce
and Trustees fees. :
Dated the ID day Of October, A. r., 1851.
AbNkk DAWSON,
oc2-dts1 Trustee.
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-10-29

TNRUSTEE'S SALE.-On the first day OF No
i vember, 1861, at 2 o'clock +. n. Of said day
| will sell for Gosh TO the highest bidder 1t the
Court House door in the city Of Davenport
County OF Scott and State Of lows, the
foi lowing described real estate situated in Rock
Island county, ILL.,, to-wit : Lot No. seven ~
being the south east quarter Of the north west
quarter of section sixteen rs, lot No. two (2.)
being the southwest quarter Of the northwest
quarter of section sixteen 40 both lots together
being the south half Of the north vest quarter Of
said section sixteen l6, containing eighty asses
more or less also lot No six 81 being tie north
east fractional quarter If the sonth west quarter
Of section sixteen Q6,) containing twenty-six
acres and thirty-fo rods more or loss also the
southwest quarter Of the southeast quar-
ter Of section number four a. con-
tanning forty acres more or less also the porth-
west fractional quarter Of the southwest quarter
Of section sixteen (ls,) containing twenty-six
acres three rods and thirty three poles more or
less, oil IN township No. seventeen III north Of
range one, west Of the fourth (lth) r. n. !; BY
virtue Of : deed Of Trust made TO me BY Miles
Peter Peterson nd Christina Sophis Peterson,
and duly recorded in the records Of Rock Island
county, ILL.,, March 9Th, lS67s in volume i" W."
Of deeds page 26,.
81 :fs1s1sss
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-10-29

INKUSTEE'S SALE.-Whereas, the 18th
i day Of December, A. d., 1861. san ford Dix
son and Prescila his wife, of tho county OF Scott
and State of Iowa, executed and delivered unto
John G. ILLS "a Trastee, certain Deco Of Trust,
conveying to said Trustee the tract Ot real estate
in the county Of Scott aforesaid described fol
lows, to wit: The east half { ~ Of the South
cast quarter u of section number twcnty seven
y and the west half Of the south west quarter
GA OF section twenty six 20, and the west half
Ia of the north east quarter Of section number
thirty four "a in township number seventy nine
(79,i north OF range number four, east OF the st..
principal moridias, containing two hundred aaj
forty acres which said Decd Of Trust was cxecut-
ed as Aforesaid for the purpose Of securing the
payment of three several LrGmissory notes, exc
cuted by said Sanford Dixon to I. q. Campbell en-
the eighteenth day Of December aforesaid, viz. ::
one for 900 payable January LIST. 1861 ; one for
one hundred and foriy-eght dollars, payable
November lst, 1861, and one tor $1,000, payable
per cent. from date, AMI payable at said I. &.
CampbiiPs "hlce, in Davenport, in said county, TO
his order. And, whereas, by the provisions OF said
eed Of Trust, all OF sad notes have bee, m due
and payable, and no par thereof having been paid
Except the sum of $I43 6O-lUO, paid on the las,
Of the above named notes, January 9Th, 1861,
the said John g. Bills Trustee AZ aforesaid,
at the request If the eWner Of said notes, said
Campbell do hereby 81 this public notice thai
by vi tue of the power in lne vested by said Deed
OF Trust will on SaturdaJ the 10Th day Of DC
tobe,, A. d., 1861, at the hour OF two o'clock in
the afternoon Of that day, at the Court House
door, in the city OF Dayen ort, in said county OF
Scott, sell ut ubic auction to the highest bid Ter,
tor cash, the lands and premises heretofore des
ciibed mucn thereof as shall DO necessary to
sau.ty the amount que on said note OF principal
and interest to the day OF sale, and the costs Of
this notice trustees fees and expenses Of sale.
Dated Davenport, October 3, 1861. Ioc4
JOHN &. BILLS, Trustee.
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-10-29
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where. nov27 d&wly
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-10-29
HOW ARD ASSOCIATION
PATL.ADE PAl.a.

A Bencrole,t Institution established special En-
dooment. toc the Rdiefot the Sex and Dtstre,sed
-4gitctsd oith V,ratsnt and Cir mic Dtseds $
and espcc.aiIy for The Cure Of u sease o,the se.r
uat Organs.
MEDICAL ADVICE GIVEN GRATIS, BY
WI the Acting surge L, to all who apply by
,ettcr, with description of their condition, age
occupations, habits OF life, &C. and ia cases of ex
trcine poverty, Medicines furnished free of charge
Valuable reports on Spermatorthea, and other
Diseases Of the H~xua Organs, and on the NEW
tkAiEDlES employel N ire Dispcnsary, sent T.
the afflicted in sealed envelopes, free of charge
Two or three Stamps tor postage will be accopta-
ole.
Address. DR.. SkilLIN HOUGHTON, Actin.
-1rgeon, Howard Association, No. 2, south Ninth
street, Phllade phla, pa. by order If the Direc
tors. EZ0A ID. nEAkTWELL, Pres't.
GEO. FAlRCtilLD, Sec'y. myi-wly