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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-08-07
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The Old Clock,

o. the old clock, of the household stock,
Was the brightest thing, and neatest;
Its hands, though old, had a touch of gold,
And its chime rang still the sweetest;
It was a monitor, too, though its words were few,
Yet they lived, though nations altered;
And its voice. still strong, warned old and young,
When the voice of friendship faltered;
" Tick tick it said" quick, quick to bed,
For ten I've given warning;
Up up and go, or else, you know,
You'll never rise soon in the morning.
A friendly voice was that old, old clock,
As it stood in the corner smiling,
And blessed the time with merry chime,
The Wint'ry hours beguiling;
But cross old voice that tiresome clock,
AS it called at aybreak boldly;
When the dawn looked gray DER the misty way,
And the early air blew coldly;
" Tick tick'- it said" quick out of bed,
For i've I've given warning:
You'll never have health you II never have wealth
Unless you're up soon in the morning."
still hourly the sound goes round and round
With a tone that ceases never;
While tears are shed for bright days fled,
And the old friends lost forever
Its heart beats On-though hearts are gone,
Its hands still mOve-thOugh hands we love
Are clasped on earth no longer
a. Tick tick" 1t said to the church yard bed,
The grave hath given warning;
Up, up, and rise, and look at the skies,
And prepare for heavenly morning."
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-08-07
agricultural.
Timely Suggestions.

Strapleaf and other sorts of turnips NAV
be sown from July Goth to Aug. Goth
should always be sown in drills, for conven-
fence of working and thinning We have
always practiced sowing turnips on every
vacant space, and among corn at the last
cultivation. Slugs easily caught by
throwing down cabbage or lettuce leaves.
which they will at once appropriate for a res
idence Lice are destroyed by sitting on fine
wood ashes or SCOT. Beets for a late crop
may be sown on good ground--grown rapid
ly in the cool portion of the season, they will
be more tender than if sown early. Keep
all odd corners clear of weeds, and hoe con
stantly about all growing plants. Be careful
not To bruise tops of carrots and beets, az
they need all their foliage, and, after extend
ing pretty well, need no culture except the
removal of large weeds growing among them
Be sure and thin them enough before thu
period arrives Melons are benefit d by hav-
ing the ends of the runners punched out, in
ducIng them To put out liberals re freely
for fruit. The smallest fruit should be Re
moved, Onions should be frequently dressed
and properly thinned. The liner squashes
are getting To be valuable crup-the more
80 as it is difficult to preserve them from in
sect enemies. Keep well-ho d, clear of weeds.
dust with tine ashes, SCOT superphosphate
OF lime, examining the lie ives on the under
side, removing and killing the insects. We
are trying crude petroleum this year. We
take a roughly made swab on a stick feet
long. dip It in small pail of petroleum. and
pass the swab In a circle around and. close to
the hill, but not to drop Al of the
j ayes Thus the plants are completely en-
circled WI stencil said to be SO offensive
as to drive off all insets. As soon as straw
berries done on beds intended To remain fork
IN decOmpbsed manure, and dress the sol
with wood ashes keep down all runners
and thus secure strong. healthy stock to
withstand the winter, and to perfect a maxi
mum crop OF fruit next year A few plants
may be allowed to run, in order To secure a
fresh stock for new planting. Keep down all
suckers of raspberrics. allowin, two to four
strong shoots II grow to a stool. So with
blackberries- Look out for the currant worm
and borer. and sustain overloaded branches
with suitable props. Wherever the red spi-
der appears, give him frequent doses of soap
suds- Thin fruit on all yOuny trees and vines
allowing only from one third to twr thirds to
perfect pineh in all superfuous shoots that
all the energies of the plant may be directed
In proper channels. This is the very hest
month to do all tree praning as the wounds
heal quickly and the tree can be better stud
led Pruning grape vines should be very
carefully attended to, pinchng all latera's to
one leaf, that the whole strength may go in
to the fruit bearing branches. which should
be stopped at the second leaf beyond the last
bunch of fruit, except leading canes which
should not be so closely stopped.-Farns and
Fsreside for JULY.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-08-07

WEDDING POTATOES WITH SHEEP.-It may
not be known to farmers in general that it is
a common practice in some of the potatoes
growing districts to turn focks of sheep into
the potato-felds for the purpose of eating
down the weeds. The sheep will not touch
potato-vine- This pasturing with sheep is
very advantageous when the crop is a late
planted one, 50 that the hoeing cannot be com
pleted until the haying or harvest is finished.
At the growing season it is the planters aim
To keep down the grass and weeds, SO that
they may be covered with dirt by the cultiva
tor and hoe, when these are used. Pasturng
with sheep will attain this 'ject. Early plan
ted crops, the cultivation of which is compile
ted in the first half of the summer, freauen-
tly becomes grassy and weedy before the time
of digging-when the size of the tops pre-
cludes cultivation. In this stage the sheep
are economical weeders. 1t is hardly neces-
sary TO mention that the feed thus given to
the sheep makes a double profit, inasnuct as
it costs absolutely nothing, while labor is
saved, and weeds prevented from seeding.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-08-07
Hard Times Bed-Quilt.

"H. A. N" in the Wa.Iingford Circular
tells how to make what she calls a hard times
bed quilt
g 1 do not know the origin of this quilt
but suspect it must be Yankee invention.
Probably in the time of the war, when cali
CO and cotton were scarce and high-priced.
necessity impelled some sharp-witted lady O.
invent It, As it deserves to be considered an
improvement on old fashioned quilts, L Will
endeaver to describe the method of making
it.
Take piece of white cloth quarter of a
yard square, and a piece of calico one inch
and hve-sxteenths square, get the exact cen
tire of each, and place the centre of the cali
CO on the centre of the white cloth and stick
a pin through it. If the piece of calico Is
dark, take two pieces of light colored calico
of the same size, lay one of them with the
right side down on the dark piece which Is
pinned on, and sew it on one edge, taking the
stitches through the white cloth, then turn
the light piece back. Do the same with the
other light piece on the opposite edge of the
dark. This will make three square pieces
side by side, the centre one dark, and the
two outsides light. Next take two pieces of
dark colored calico, an inch and five-sixteenths
wide, as long as the three pieces sewed to-
gether, and sew them on in the same way you
did the others, on the top and bottom of the
lutCC picCcc- 1HcH ccW Ou IlplI COlOTeu pie
ces on the two sides, then again dark colUrcd
ones at the top and bottom, ana so on until
you have covered the white piece. The cali
co pieces after they are sewed on, will be one
inch it width, nine inches just covering the
quarter of yard, the five-sixteenths being
taken up in seams.
q" If your center piece of calico is light col
ored. then reverse the process exactly In
setting these squares ,gether for your bed
quilt. you alternate light and dark centres
always p acing the dark edge of one square to
the dark edge of another. W hen they are
sewed together, and the white iel'ed down on
the back side, YOU will have a beI-quilt ready
to bind, the wearisDme quilting being done
Ofcourse it contains no bittIng. You need
have no regard to the ma ching of pieces. ex-
cept to keep the light and dark distinct. The
width of the calico pieces can be varied as one
pleases. Eleven or thirteen pieces across the
qulrter of a yard lining. would make a grea-
ter number of seams, and consequently more
thickness to the quilt By trying it one will
find shat all colJrs and sizes of pieces can be
worked up economically. The smallest pieces
that usually go into the rag bag can be used
housekeeprr could keep basket for pieces
and she had leisure, now and then make a
square, and in the course of I year or SO she
would have bed-quilt without feeling it.
More than all, she will he astonished at t.
effect of putting the squares together. When
completed it is quite beautiful, resembling
Mosaic work
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-08-07

HARVESTING GRAIN--The object TO be Sc
cured in getting grain crops should be kept
in view. l, To gather them in without loss ;
2, In the best condition 3, That the straw
may be most available for stock The longer
grain stands after given period of approach-
ing maturity, the more firm becomes It's tex
ture and some of its elements are changed
into the more ineoluble, woody, fbre-lIke
material, hence less valuable for food. When
the grain has Just passed its milky state, so
as to show some degree Of irmness, the tops
of the stalks begin to exhibit "a yellcwish cast,
and the leaves at the bottom begin to dry
At the time grain should be cut, bound up
securely in moderately sized sheaves and made
up into snug stocks. Not only is the grain
better for use, but nearly all loss by Smelling
Is avoided. while the sprouting of the grain
in the straw il prevented. 1t may remain
under hay cap in stock some days after
having been cut, without giving any signs Of
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-08-07
AN ACT RELATING TO TIE REDEMPTION OF
BANK NOTES.

AN ACT RELATING TO TIE REDEMPTION OF
BANK NOTES.
hereby enacted By the General 7ssenby Of the State
of Fremont:
bank chartered by this STATE after the termination of
the existence of such bank agreeahy 10 the laws
this State such bank notice Ia be published
all the weekly newspapers the where such
bank located for full year. forth that said
bank will redeem outstanding bills the day of the
pirafion charter date of the termination OF
existence, and copy of this act And due
publication of such neither such bank lis off
shall be liable any for the redemption
f outstanding bills unless he shall have
duly presented End payment thereof demanded
within the year aforesaid the banking house of said
bank.
. After the expiration of the charter, after the
termination OF the existence of such bank aore
said, such bank shall Ia he subject {" the operation
ii1bie the provisions of the third section of
chapter eighty nine at The General Statutes.
SEC B. This >hali take effect from its passage.
Approved November 10, 1866.
la pursuance Of The pvI-inns of the above reced
he Vermont Bank of Montpelier. VT. gives notice
that charter terminated September 18th, 1868 thai IT'S
bills will he redeemed until January let.
1865, its of business the OF the First
National Bank of Montpelier.
J. A. PAGE, Cashier.
Montpelier, December 20, 1866.
the provisions the above rerited
The Mortified Bank gives notice, that it, charter termi
mated July I3h 1866 that outstanding bills will be
redeemed until January LIST, 1865, its former place uf
business in Mortified, vi.
A. ROPES, Cashier.
Mortified, December 20, 1866.
In accordance provisions OF the above act of
the Legislature OF the State of Vermont, the Bank OF
Waterbury, Waterbury, VT, hereby notice thar
charter terminated September 1863 that the
standing bills Of SAID Bank will he redeemed the
Waterbury National Bank, IN Waterbury, and also the
National Bank Of Redemption Boston, until lie 1t
j. X. FULLERTON, Cashier.
Dated at Waterbury, Dec. Goth, 1866. MSF52yl
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-08-07
4 Thomas =. MOOre's Estate

STATE OF VERMONT In Probate Court, hi ho11 sn
dav # July A. u. 1867.
yINHOMAS P. MOORE, JR.. Adninstrator of the es
/ tate Of 1homas p. More, late of Chtl-ea in
said strc- makes application 10 said ccurt
for al the zeal estate Of said deceased
repre- ting that said sale oud beneficial to the
heirs of said estate;
Nbereupon, il ordered by said Court, that said
applicst under cUnsi Grafton and be card on
the 5h day of Augut, A. D. 1887 at The Probate Office
in Chelsea:
An it further ordered. that ell persons inter
ested tel hereof. by purl cation Of notice o
this apple and orde thereon, tn e. weeks sue
cessiveIy, the Green Nounia'a Freeman printed
Montpelier before said tim of hearir that they
may sppear at said time and place and, if they
cause, OBJECT thereto,
By The Court.
Attest PC. JONES, Register
A copy of record.
Arrest P. C. JONES, Re lister.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-08-07
ASTROLOGY.
THE WORLD i T0NlSIlED
At THE WONDERFUL. REVELATIONS
MADE BY THE GREAT PSYCHOLOGIST.
Madame Il. A.PERRIGO.

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the very day yen will marry Tire name likeness
aud characteristics ot tie person. She reads
Thoughts and her almost Supernatural
the dark and hidden ct the future. From
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-08-07

sprouting. Cut early, thus the straw is
sweeter, more nutritious, and more valuable
for stock. When the cropi is SO far cast down
or s. lodged as to injure the perfection of
the grain, it should be mown and made into
hay
Of late years some farmers have practised
of moving oats with the machine quite early,
raking them up and making them into hay
only grading enough to supply seed and some
grain to be fed by itself to road horses. The
advantages claimed are that no grain is lost.
the expense of thrashing is avoided, the straw
is made to serve the place of hay. and thus
tie whole cropis economical. We think it a
good practice for that portion of the crop for
home use. Great care should be taken, when
grain is gathered, to remove all bad weeds
that may have been overlooked during the
growth of the crop.
Barley need not be bound ; cut, cooked up,
and handled about like Timothy hay, it is
easily harvested.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-08-07
Know TIL Destiny.

MADAME T.. F. THoRSroS, the English AStrolog
Isl Ciarv"n, ant aud P-ycb"netcian, who has sstonis
-hed the scientific classes oi the Old World
located herself AT Hudson, n Y. Madame Thornton
possesses such wonderful powers of second sight
able her Ia impar knowledge q" the Importance
tn The single married of either Whtlr
trance she deIineates the of The
10 and by the aid of
power known The Psyrhomotrope. pro-
luce iiieke picture of the future husband and wife
The app can't together with the date o position
lite. leading Of character. This hun
bug. as thousands imonIals will
send " hen desired certificate, written
that the picture what II To he y enclosing
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position and complexion, and enclosing fifty and
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son, N. Y. 7y.Y
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-08-07
William Pcrrin,s Estate.

THE SUBSCRIBERS, havir been appointed by Inc
Honor bic PROBATE Court for the District OF nan
ooiph Comm ssicners. to receive examine ana ADJUST
all cha demands Of all persons. against The es
Of William Perrin, lai Of Wiiiamaiown IN sara
District represented insolvert and the term
Il moths the 9Th June, 1867 being 81
lowed said &C the creditors OF sad
xhbit and prove their respective claims before Us :
motto that will at nd to the duties OF our ar
poin, ment the dwelling house of H. d Marsh, IN
Wi mstowp, said District, the i4th day OF
September next at ocock in the afternoon OF said
day
o 5GHS Rr = Walker, o0mm'r'.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-08-07
FARMING IN NEyApA.-The Humboldt IN,

FARMING IN NEvADA.-The Humboldt me
vada) Register says: :" the barley crop alone
this season is estimated at not less than one
million pounds. The wheat crop will be
about one third Of that amount The potato
crop will be equal to all demands for home
consumption. The value of the barley,
wheat and potatoes, at a low estimate, will
not be less than one hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars, and not a twentieth part of the
arabic land in the county is unter cultiva-
ton. The potato crop will not be near as
large this year as it was last. owing to the
fact that tncrc is no market for them out
side of the hUme demand There is now in
the county no less than three hundred tons of
as fine potatoes as ever were grown that will
rot for want of market, besides large guam
titles that have been fed to hogs"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-08-07

TINE SUBSCRIBERS having been appointed BY the
/ Hon. Probate Court for the District OF Wasnn ttoh,
Commi. stone to re .eive anime and adjust Az CLAIMS
and persons against the estate 81 Amasa
ed insolvent and the months from the
18th day Of June 1857 ing allowed by said Court to
of raid decreased 10 e, ana prove
respective claims before us give that We I'll
attend to duties Of appointment. att dwei'ng
house OF Mrs Iarr Russ Watsfeld in SAID as
trct on the 18th OF Sc ptember December xt at
one O'Clock in the afternoon. CHI of said days.
CHARLES ~ SMITH, tcoum.rs
JOSEPH HAZ 3LTlNE, \
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-08-07
A tannery has been located at Rockford.

A tannery has been located at Rockford
ILL.,. in which is employed the patented pro,
cess by exhausting the air from the vat. The
tanning is said to be accomplished in twelve
hours, and that of sheep ekin in fifteen min
utes. The weight of leather from given
weight of hides is ten per cent. greater than
by the ordinary process, and the cost Of the
works is but ten per cent. over that of the old.
1t is also claimed that the leather is better
but this point can only be determined by
wear.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-08-07

THE GRAIN F ELDs.-Should the weather
be good, cut before fully ripe, ifcontrary, cut
pays to bind wheat and oats we'll. and shock
carefully to shed rain A great deal of
grain might be saved from sprouting by care
full and skilful shocking. Rake the stubbles
Barley can be handled best unbound Rea %
it, and if heavy and somewhat green let the
gavels dry day, then cock it with barley
forks. In this condition it will throw off a
great deal ofrain and cure ell. If the wealth
er is extremely hot. work early and late, and
take longer :. mornings Strong tea. taken
clear, is refreshing beverage for the harvest
field it may be drank warm or iced, though
if taken hot is equally refreshing and more
healthful -RuraI Neic York.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-08-07

Do KING BIRDS EAT HONEY BEES "A wri-
ter in the Northern New York Journal is in
clined to think they do not, and that their
character has been unj Justly aspersed. His
theory is that they eat the drones, but not
the workers. He says:
g To fully satisfy myself that this bird
when SO engaged feeds only upon the drOnes,
| have watched from covert near the scene
of operations, and seen him catch the drones
from the worker bees that were swarming in
every direction, and afterwards shot him
down, and examined the contents of we'll
filed stomach by the aid of microscope
Although crushed and torn, the appearance Of
the fragments fully assured me in the opinion
that 1 had observed correctly. The broken
pieces exhibited none of the distinctive parts
of the worker and all the peculiarties of the
drone such as no sting in the pOsteriors,
short proboscis, prominent eyes, hairy exteri
or, no pockets upon the legs to carry pollen,
&c -
During the present season he has watched
pair of king bird, very narrowly " Not the
least disposition could l discover in them to
feed upon this insect until called by the loud
humming of the drones this was the signal
for active operations. Since which time they
have promptly responded to each call mani
testing as much correctness in their work as
two boys spearing fish from shoal by torch
Light
Now, the drone can only be called honey
bee in the sense that he eats it voraciously
and if the correspondents induction is wide
enough to prove his case, all bee fanciers are
called upon to change their opinion and treat
ment of an unjustly suspected friend.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-08-07
DR. L. DIX'S
PRIVATE MEDICAL OFFICE,
No. 81 k,mdtcoIt ,trrrI. .susIol

DR.. L. DIX'S
PRIVATE MEDICAL OFFICE,
No. Ell E,ndicoit street, aUsEor,
eed that patients hesreach other
having connection with Iii residence, consequently
family interruptions So that "n account any
person hesitate apply ing at hs office
DIR. DIN
boldly asserts ,and conradiced except ty
oiack~ wh" will ~ay or 30 any, thing even picture them
selves 10 impose upon patients thar lie
ONLY REGrLAR OR DUsTE FtfsIcI.N sovERrIsING
SIXTEEN YEARS
engaged in treatment special Diseases well
k~uwn TO many CHtz-ns Peb~her-, Merchants, Hotel
PrueI"r, thai he l. much recommended, ard par
ucuiaFy 10
STRANGERS AND TRAVELLERS
avoid an escape Imposition of Frreien and Native
Quacks IN Bust'n than other large cities.
DR.. L. DIX
proudly refrs To Professors ana respectable PNSIcfan-
many ct whom consult hun IN critical cases, because a
hs ackn"'S lodged skin AMI reputation attained through
50 lor experience, PTacrIoe and observation
AFFLICTED AND UNFORTUNATE,
he rubbed aud add yor -TeringS heng deceived
by the si"g boasts interpretations false misses
and Preteution~ ct
FOREIGN AND NATIVE QUACKs,
who know title of the nature ami character st Special
Diseases and their Some exhibit forged
pip Institutions Colleges which existed
IN any part "i the world "h = tAlr diplomas 81 the
Dead, h"w obtained, us known, not only assuming and
advertising names at those inserted IN lie Diplomas,
but o tur hertheir Imposition. ASSUME names az other
most celebrated Phy~lcsI> long since dead Neither be
deceived hy
a. A. y N'-i tt Vi II ANt-tt--
'ou-9 &c oet',hae@ si3 feirfeHee' 'i'"
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contradict them ~ " h", ie>fe~ fe further their impo
Stt"n CRY inn Aslirai He''-- n1 mat Is written "i
the quae>, aud effect az efeuf herbs aud ptff~ and
a~cuhe< s!it4e their i~ pee 'iic..
tSt 81 "ui'- not all, contain Mercury because 81
u , iTI ~ H. ',tt. i,s f..tA l4.ts 10y I"
cnnStiEutiouaily injufed Tor life
IGNORANCE OF GU ACk DOCTORS AID NOS
TIKI u ~ AkE Frs
The i'm 10 raI sFlI rn
other remedy he Tetf~ rp.n Mercury. and gives o. m
ali ms patients in Pins Ir.f~ Il c. 80 tie Nn~rrn Ma
ser equally ignorant adds T.. I- called Extracts Spe-
cIdc Antidote &c both rel, ing u.s A. effects ID cur
iess hIa Gred IT p-eI ip va3,,u< was~
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balance some 90 Whom die others er worse AMI are
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