Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1863-10-09
miscellaneous.

A House. FOND OF MIsCHIEF.-A gentle
man some years ago, speaking of the habits of
animals, gave the following curious account
" There is,'' ne said, "a very fine horse in the
possession of Sir Henry Meux & Co., the en-
inent brewers, which is used as a dray-horse,
but he is so tractabl9 that be is left sometimes
without any restraint to walk about the yard
and return to the stable according to his fancy
In the yard there are also a few pigs OF pc
culiar breed, fed on grains and corn, and to
these pigs the horse has evidently an insupera
able objection, which is illustrated by the fol-
lowing fact. There is deep trough in the
yard, holding water for the horses, where this
horse goes alone with his mouth full of corn,
which be saves from his supply. When he
reaches the trough, he let's the corn fall near
it on the ground, and when the young swine
approach to eat it for the old ones keep aooO,
be suddenly seizes one of them by the tail,
pops him into the trough, and then capers a.
bout the yard, seemingly delighted with the
lrolic. The noise Of the pig soon brings the
men to his assistance, who know, from expe-
UenCe, what Is the matter, while the horse in
dulges in all sorts of antics, by way of show
ing his glee, and then returns quietly TO the
stable
LARD AND SULPHUR FOR APTIE TREE
WoRMs,A writer in the Rural american
says, " have not seen described in the Rt-
raj, or in any other paper, the method Of treat
ing apple worms AZ treat them. And think
ing it might be Of interest to your readers,
send you my recipe. Take two pounds OF
melted lard, to which add one pound of COM
mon sulphur when cold it wil,make a thick
paste. Take n common case knife and apply
| the paste in streak around the body Of the
/ tree, say an inch wide. The worms when they
come to this paste will not pass over it, but
| will cluster above and below. | have killed
millions apple tree worms, by treating them
| IN this way. ! have young orchard joining
my timber lot, and by applying the paste to
/ the trees as above described, | find it proves
a sure preventive against forest worms My
neighbors have tried he same method, and
they all say it works like charm
| HoP BEER The editor of the Genesee
Farmer pronounoes beer made by the follow
/ ing rule, SUPERB: eellent;
This beer is very easily manufactured, and
will keep six or eight months. Three months
after it is fermenied, it is almost equal to ale.
! This recipe ia for fifteen gallons Twelve
ounces OF hops, six quarts Of molasses, ten
| eggs. Put the hops in bag aud boil them
| fifteen minutes in three pailslul of water. Put
in the molasses while hot. and pour immedi-
ately into strong ale cask which can be
made perfectly ar-ught, and put in the re-
mander Of the water cold Let the mixture
stand until cool, and then add the eggs. The
beer will not ierment in cold Gather, unless
put in quite a warm place
A German being required to give receipt
in full, after much mental effort, produced the
following 81 ish full / wants no more
money. John Swackhammer"
A blacksmith, at Louisville, KY, who has
been for some years deprived Of the use of his
legs by rheumatism, saw a few days ago that
he had been robbed He was so excited by
the discovery that he burst into general and
profuse Precipitation. He instantly recover
ed the use Of his legs and has been well ever
since.
There is a bachelor who says that all he
should ask in wife would be-a good temper,
health, good Understandings agreeable physi-
| ognomy, good figure. good connections, do
nestle habits, resources OF amusement, good
| spirits, conversational talents, elegant man
ners-money The unreasonable rascal
/ Isn't there something more be can think Of :
SINGULAR Incident In town near Dan
bury, some men engaged 10 putting up light
ming rods called upon forehanded farmer,
well known in the county, and proposed to
put some rods upon his buildings. He per-
emptoriy declined the offer, saying that "ii
God Almighty owed him any grudge, he could
destroy his property" Strange to say, that
in less than week afterwards, a heavy storm
passed over his premises, and bolt descend
ed upon his dwelling. killing him instantly,
but doing no Injury 70 any other person in
the house, although there were several in il.
- NeO Karen Palladium.
Good men have the fewest ft ars. He has
but one who fears to do wrong He has a
! thousand who has overcome that one.