Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1866-02-09
General iAtsrsllauu.

How TO MAZE MUTroN--A lot Of Cotes
void sheep having been seen in New Yor
that would weigh from 500 to 400 pounds
the proprietor Ia Canadian) was asked hi
method Of fsttening sheep, and replied
In the first place secure a good breed
/ hat is the most important point. The mex
thing is to keep them growing from the tim
they are wesned till they are taken 70 ia
slaughter-bcuse, never allowing them to gro'
poor at any season Of the year. have fe
them all the hsy. peas and oats they will ca,
Peas are better than Indian corn for maxim
mutton. Oats furnish heterogeneous matte
for the formation Of necessary muscle. Pea
produce more fat than the same number o
pounds Of cereal grain"
Do you feed any roots and straw ?"
Yes, each sheep gets NOT less than on
or two pounds Of turnips daily, with all tn
straw 70 eat and lie 90 that be wants and
good shed is provided, with supply Of pur
water, and salt TO lick a. pleasure"
How much do ypp sxp.,, 70 get for III
largest Of your flock Z
/ Two hundred dollars per head. or shi
them from this matket!'
The next day we learned taey were takei
al that price for Christmas mutton.
FBARPuL SCENES IN A GERMAN VILLAGE
Elders ben one Of the ptettiest towns il
Germany, is now filled with mourning an
dssolation. During a month previous to th
Oh ult., death bad been carrying off tn
adult Inhabitants rapidly, until upward Of on
hundred had died after unexampled suffering,
There was hardly house in the village th
did not number a victim, and upward
three hundred at the date above mentione
were awaiting death, which they knew to b
inevitable -a prey to fearful suferings.-
I Physicians say that the victims Of this terribl
plague are eaten up alive by legion
worms hardly so thick as a human hair, tn
have worked their way into the tissue Of the
flesh, their muscles and their nerves. Frol
seventy to eighty Of the inhabitants, who
the outset Of the epidemic had felt unwel
bad taken to flight, but they had fallen dow
on the roads aud died without relief r
children seem to enjoy an immunity from Il
disease, none having fallen victims TO it
to the latest accounts.
The epidemic, Dr.. Pouchet proceeds to sa,
was caused by the ravages Of the worm call,
trlchine, whence the epidemic has receive
the name Of triehinosis. The trichine is OF
Of the eatozoa Of the pig aud it is capable
being rensplanted into and thriving in Il
human body. In Germany, pork flesh, in
perfectly cured aud smoked in the shape
Ham and German sausage, is staple ar,ic
OF food, and from the human stomach, whe
they penetrate with the ham and sducisso
dear to Germanic palates, the larvae OF the
entozoa pass iuto the blood, their size beil
so microscopic as to enable them to penetra
even into the minutest veins; they lodge )
the nerves, in the muscular aud cellular tls'
ues, and feed upon those parts Of the huma
organization. causing fearful agony and gre.
constitutional disturbance, which ends
death.
CoNsorESr1ous.-InJ J,own in Connect
cut resides man who made fortune in tt
milk business, by not giving the full measure
as he grew rich he though. be would chan.
his occupation to something more respectabl-
and accordingly bought gristmill. In CO..
versaton with his wife, ne said he did
feel right about the cheating he had prActic
in the milk bnsiness, and WISHED way cou
be devised whereby he could repay 10 II
grist mill what he had cheated in the otht
At last he settled on the following pla
which was to have the measures with whit
they took toll as much TOO large as the mi
measures we're too small.
A CRAZY WoMAN.-Ths Springfield (Mass
Republican speaks of tue vagsries Of an insa
woman, evidently well educated and ",
reared, but coming from nobody knows whe
who has been sorey vexing the lawyers al
city authorities OF late. The other day s.
called at Gov, Trask's, and introduced he
self "Is this Mr.. Trssk's;" "Yes, ma
am" " Governor Trash: AT your sc
vice." with a low bow. Il am Satan, siI
I" What, madam" Satan. | am Sata
and having more business on my hands, iu
now, than can well attend to, and heari,
that. since the late city election, you were
leisure, | called to enlist your aid" "Y-e
madam--I understand-I think | am yo
man" And the Governor helped her
board and lodging in the Insane Asylum
Northampton, where she now remains.
The Inspector Of Weights and Measures
Albany. N. Y, has recently con6scated o
hundred and eleven sets OF false scales US,
by farmers and butchers in the State sire
matket and other places Of business in tn
city.
A few years ago a druggist of PortlaI
purchased lot Of rhubarb at so cents per
Last week he sold large quantity Of Il
same to Boston firm for $3.50 per ID.
snug little margin for profit, that.
Rents IN NEW YoRK.-No. only hour
rents but store rents are going up in Ne
York. The J6drHat -Sf- Grnmsree relates IL
following case in point;
/" A dry goods Arm have rented store T,
the past year At $4,000 The owner call,
on them few weeks since TO ask their il
p tentions for another year. They expressed
wish to remain II the terms were made agre'
able. He offered to treat them fairly. an
suggested that $4,000 per annum for
three years lease would be a reasonable az
vance. They Indignantly refused to trea
and he lett. After few hours search f
another place, they concluded to pocket the
: Indignation and accede to the terms. Callir
2 on the owner for this purpose, they learnc
that they we're too Ate, the premises hsvir
been leased for three years at $4,000 p,
) annum. A further search left them hopslo
of securing anything more eligible, and the
have purchased the lease of the new parti
for bonus OF $4,000"
KEEPING A HoTRL.-rhe proprietor Of
Reese River hotel has posted up the followiI
rules and regulations
Board must be paid in advance wi
: beans, fifteen dollars without beans, twel'
!, dollars salt, free No oextras allowed. +
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