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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-09-02

PoOL-W ALTERS 1t is truly excellent what
you say of not waiting at the pool. BE as
sured that many render the method of setting
out on the business of Christianity so mys-
teal, and separate from human agency
and so scrupulously remote from all that man
can will or do in the matter, as absolutely to
discourage him even from going to the pool
even from opening his Bible, even from dl-
recting his thoughts to the subject of 1T, even
from hearing what Christ has got to say TO
him, and turning to its obvious application
and purpose the plainest and most palpable
Of his reduirements-Dr- Chalmers.
Life bears us on like the stream of a mighty
river. Our boat first glides down the chan
through the playful murmurings of the
little brook and the windsings of Is grassy
borders The trees shed their blossoms over
our young heads the flowers seem to offer
themselves to the young hands; we are hap
py in hope, and grasp eagerly at the beau
ties around us, but the stream hurrieS on,
and still our hands are empty. Our course
in youth and manhood is along deeper and
wider flood, among objects more striking and
magnificent. We animated at the NOV
ing pictures and enjoyment and industry all
around us; we are excited at some short
lived disappointment. The stream bears US
on, and our Joys and our griefs are alike left
behind We may be shipwrecked. but
we cannot be delayed ; whether rough or
smooth, the river hastens on till the roar OF
the ocean is in our cars, and the tossing OF
the waves is beneath our feet. and the floods
are lifted up around us, and we take our
leave of earth and its inhabitants, until OF
our future voyage there is no witness save
the Infinite and Eternal.-Bishop Heb0r.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-09-02
Poetry.
Bill and Joe.


I'VE predict for this lyric a currency and perma
nent fame equal to the best of Beranger's world re
nowned pieces I'm a similar vein. 1t touches tina
failing keynote TO which the universal hear
IN every condition of life res ponds. The author o
- Old Ironsides and 1.-THE Chambered Nautilus
has achieved triumph IN verse-l
Come, dear old comrade, you and
VIII steal an hour from days gone by
The shining days when life was new,
And all bright with morning dew
The lusty days of long ago,
When YOU were Bill and was Joe.
Your name may faunt titled trail,
Proud a a cockerePs rainbow tail;
And mine - brief appendix wear
As Tam O'>hanter's luckless mare
To-day old friend, remember still
That / am Joe and You are Bill.
You've won the great worlds envied prize.
And grand you look in peoples eyes,
With II -. =. and L. T.. ID.
In big, brave letters, fair to see
Your list. Oh fcUowi or they GOT
How are you, Bills How you, Joe:
You've worn the judges ermined robe;
You've taught your to half the globe;
You've sung mankind a deaihIess strain;
You've made the dead past live again;
The world may call you what IT will,
But you and I are Joe and Bill.
The chaniing young folks stare and say,
e see those OLD buffers, bent and gray
They talk like fellows in their teens
Mad, poor Oil boys That's what it means =
And shake their heads; they little know
The throbhins hearts of Bill and joe
How Bin forgets his hour of pride
While Joe sits smiling at his side;
How Joe, in spite of times disguise,
Finds the old schoomate in his eyes
Those calm, stern eyes that melt and fill
As Joe looks fondIy up Bill.
All, pensive scholar, what is fame2
\ ftfuI tongue OF leaping flame;
giddy whirlwind's tickle gust,
That lifts pinch of mortal dust;
\ few swim years and who can show
Which dust was Bill and which was Joe:
The weary idol takes his stand
Holds out his bruised, aching hand,
While gaping thousands come and 90
How vain It seems, this empty show
TIL ali at once his pulses thrill;
lis poor old JOc's God bless YOU Bill
And shall we breathe in happier spheres
The names that pleased our mortal ears,
In some sweet lull of harp and song
FOR earthb born spirits none too long,
just whispering of the world below
Where this was Bill and that was Joe
No matter; while home Is here
No sounding name is half 50 dear;
When fades at length our lingering day,
Who cares what pompOus tombstones say?
Read ON the hearts that love US still:
He jDcet Joe HE jGcet Bill.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-09-02

NECESSARY FALL IN DRAiNING.-I wish to
drain ten or twelve acres of land | cannot get
as much fall as Waring recommends. Will it
answer to lay the main drain pipe, which will
be about twelve hundred feet in length, with
one inch fall in one hundred feet-if I wash
it out several times year with four-foot
head of water? All the laterals will have a
fall of three to six inches per hundred feet
and can discharge at or near the top of the
main.-W. r. 5.
There is no doubt that this can be easily
and EFFECTIVELY done. In foot note to War
iDg's Draining it is stated that some of the
drains in the Central Park are laid with a
fall of one in one thousand feet. and we hap
pen to know that one main drain in tina,
work, seven hundred feet long, is absolutely
level, and it has performed its duty satisfac-
torily from the day when it was laid, in the
summer of 1860.
These low grades are never desirable, but
they should never be considered an obstacle to
getting sufficient depth in the lateral drains.
which are, after all the important part of the
work. Of course drain made so nearly lev
ell as this should be laid with mathematical
accuracy; the boring rod should be used on
every foot of it's length, and if the bottom is
at all wet and soft (sludgy) a narrow strip Of
cheap plank should be laid under the tile to
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-09-02
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Ii VIII injuTe the fabric washed VIII g.
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other Ii viii not make the hands aud r.7
bat is OF beating nature 1t makes quick and heaHti
f sther and i splendid soap for washing he hand
face and all bathing purposes only il - not pertum-d
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all Itcan be used in hard or salt wafer with rfe
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dissolved aud added 10 the water. IL vii. accomplish
that any soap or should property do
Il gust tile soap for all consumers IL buy II
bjnes all the essential properties for shaving hatha
washing the hands and face, only OF the mechanc
whatever calling, but oal ohesrno matter neither
much begrmmed, of more delicate nature and FL.
every description OF clothes washing
Tie soap warranted in every particular prove
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-09-02
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-09-02
A CARD

A CLERGYMAN while residing in South America
~ As missionary discovered a safe and simple rem
edy for the cure of Nervous Weakness Early Decay,
Diseases of the Urinary and Seminal organs ana hi
WHOLE train OF disorders brought on by baneful aud
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noble remedy Prompted by a desire 10 benefit the
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Station ID, Bible House,
oana., New York CITY.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-09-02

RANGES FOR Hens. The following is from
a report before the Bristol (Mass.) Agricul-
tural Society
Perhaps there is no greater or more com
mon blunder made by the inexperienced than
in the estimate they make Of the space requiI-
ed for hocl, of poultry Not less than halt
an acre Of ground, az the very least-and two
thirds should be in grass-is sufficient to keep
flock of twelve in perfect health the year
round. An advantage would be gained by
giving even more than this. Yet how often
do we see flocks of thirty or forty confined
during the whole year to a space hardly one
half of this TO keep flock of such size
in health, it is no test even if they thrive the
first IN ouch limited quarters. The
second or third season, at most, roup and YER
min will begin to make their inroads, and af-
ter losing half his yonng broods, the farmer
concludes that raising chickens does not pay
and it ought not to under such bad manage
ment. =
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-09-02

WooL.-The history of the growth of WOO
is very curious Fifty years ago, not pound
of fine wool was raised in the United States
in Great Britain, or in any other country ex-
cept Spain. In 1894 a small flock was
sent to the Elector of Saxony as presen,
from the King of Spain, whence the entire
product of Saxony wool, now of such i'm
mense value. In 1850, during the invasion
of Spain by the French, some of the valuable
crown flock were sold to raise money. The
American Consul at Lisbon, Jarvis. purchased
14OO head, and sent them to this country.
A portion of this pure unmixed Merino flock
is to be found in Vermont at this time Such
was the origin of the immense flock of fine
wool sheep in the United States.-Farnaer' s
Advertiser.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-09-02
RK FROM CoRN.-Experiments made in

PoRK FROM CoRN.-Experiments made in
feeding swine with corn and Indian meal
with a view of determining how much pork
could be obtained from given quantity Of
feed, the following were the results 1t took
two bushels of corn in the ear, or one bushel
of shelled corn, to make from eight and a
half to ten and quarter pounds of pork
Upon an average, of several careful expert
ments, two bushels of corn in the ear or one
of shelled corn make nine and seven-twelfths
pounds of pork The same amount of corn
ground into meal and mixed with water pro-
duces eleven and one-eighth pounds of pork
1t will be seen, that with the present prices
for corn, there are no profits to be realized
in turning the grain into pork Utica Her.
Qld
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-09-02

SPLITTING RAns-Almost every farmer
can split rails, but there is considerable sci
ence in the work after all. One man will
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-09-02
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he Genuine Renne's Pain killing al gle
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-09-02
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-09-02

HARVESTING FIELD BEASs.-Take five rows
at time. Commence on the middle row :;
pull up as many hills as conveniently
be held in the hands. and then place the
handful, with the roots up, on the row
Then pull the two rows on each side, and
place the handfuls round the first on the mid
die row. Pail few spaces ahead OF the
heap and bring the handiuls back. Then
proceed as before. Sometimes the beans are
put in continuous windrow. The work is
usually done by boys, and If the crop Is
cfean a boy will pull half an acre a day
The heaps or windows should be moved or
turned every day two and If the weather
is bad the crop must be carefully watched,
and every opportunity seized to turn the
heaps and get them lightened up A little
neglect may spoil the crop, or at least render
hand picking necessary. Ordinarily there is
little difficulty in curing beans in this way
provided they are not neglected. When sufii-
GENTLY cured they are thrown into heaps OF
convenient size for pitching. If the beans
are dry and hard, and the vines perfcctly
cured, they can be moved away like hay
or grain but if little green, it is better t.
pat them on poles laid acros the beams IL
the barn, where the air can circulate through
them. Careful bean growers frequently stick
short stakes in the field, and place the bean:
around them, thatch the heap with straw
and let them remain, if need be, for severa
weeks. When this method is adopted, the
beans can be pulled while the vines are quite
green, as the half-matured beans will ripper
from the sap in the pod and vines. BY thu
method, too, there is little loss of leaves
and these, with the pods, constitute the
most valuable portion for fodder.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-09-02

POULTRY ExPERIENcE.-A correspondent of
the Iowa Homestead, having devoted five
years to the business of poultry raising. ar
rives at the following conclusions in reference
to the Brahma fowl
l. The knowledge that these fowls are I'M
equalled winter layers.
,. That their eggs average larger and rich
er than those of any other breed.
3. Their home-lke domestic qualities quail
ify them for confinement in small yards,
which, with little or no disposition TO roam,
make them a desirable fowl for cities or
villages.
Their superior quality for the table can
not be denied. Kill and pick one, and you
will have something that will do for meal
for IA fiiir-sized family. One will weigh as
much az two common fowls, and oftentimes
more.
5. Their chickens are hardy, easily raised
and grow rapidly, and, last of all, they are
fine, handsome-looking fowls. such man
can take pride in showing To his friends.
The materials and labor required to build
and keep fences in repair are among the hea-
w items Of farm expense. The cost of the
land on which they stand is another item on
which j Harris, Of Rochester, discourses as
| follows in the american Agr1culturiN
How much land does an old-fashioned
fence occupy? | have always thought it took
upa good deal of land, but never had the
| curiosity to measure But this summer we
have been building a stone wall along the
whole west side of the farm, and after it was
complete and the old fence removed, l wat
surprised at the quantity of land we had
gained. The ground, of course, might have
! been ploughcd closer to the fence, but, tax
| ing the case as it actually was, the old raj
fence, with stones, weeds, rubbish, etc, oc-
cupied strip of land one rod wide. a field
thirty-one rods long and thirty one rods wide
contains about six acres. If surrounded by
such fence, it would occupy a little over
| three quarters of an acre of land farm Of
one hundred and sixty acres so fenced would
have twenty acres of land taken up in thie
worse than useless manner Not only is the
use of the land lost, but it is, in the majority
of cases, a nursery Of weeds, and, in plough
ing, much time Is lost in turning, and the
headlands and corners arc seldom properly
! cul tiyated
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-09-02

IN AFFECTIONS PECULIAR TO FEMALES
Extract buchu is unequaiied by any other ren1sf -
Chlorosis or Retention, Irregnlarity PainfuIna. =
preston OF Customary Excavations, liberated ar -
rous state OF the Uterus, LeucOrrhea or Vhi1aa e-
DISEASE OF THE BLADDER KTDNFys -
VEL AND DROPSICAL SWELIJNGS Ia "AA
cine increases the power of Digestion and e,i, sl
Absorbents into healthy action, by which Tho W. lie
Calcerous dispositions, and all Unnatural FL 'ts 80
are reduced, as well as Pain and Inlammatiog
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-09-02

secure its uniform inclination. When lal1
with this degree of care, such drain VIII
be perfectly satisfactory while if carelessly
done, sothat single tile Is materially oeplesS'
ed below the general line of inclination,
nothing can prevent the choking OF the dram
in any ordinary soil.
There need be no hesitation about using
the boards recommended above. In that po-
stion, where they will be saturated with wa
ter, and out Of reach of the air which perme-
ates the soil above the tile, they will probab-
ly last an indefinite length OF time
The flushing or washing out, suggested IN
the inquiry it may be well to resort to once
or twice Immediately after the work Is finish
ed, but after the small amouat OF loose = Irt
that may rattle in at the JOINTS at the time
of laying, shall have been removed, the lush
ing will never again be necessary. Once
thoroughly secured in position. in regular
inclination, and its loose dirt thoroughly re-
moved, such drain will be as parmanant
and free as a mountain spring .-EUen'n9
Post.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-09-02
HOME BUSINESS &C.
NATIONAL
LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY.
EsCE, STATE SE Rect,
MONTPELIER, VERMONT.
Organized in lS50---Charter Perpetual.
Cast, Assets over $66l, IO4
losses by death inca
Dividends paid over 100000
Amount as0xy insured.

UEVE Sl.ZES,OIS
Expenses of management less than any Life
Insurance Company, in the ratio of ex-
pense to receipts.
The average loss by death less than any
Company.
The interest received as high any Com
pany.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-09-02

HELMBoID,S EXTRACT BUCHU la. el,st .-..-
case OF III ABEL Il m which IT has been gwen -
tl0n IF the Meek IF the Bladder and Iqfer-- .H'
Kidneys, Liberation Of the Kidneys and Bil7g no
OF Urine, Diseases OF the PROSTATE Giqa5 g..
Bladder, Calculus GrGrel Brick Dust Teao. ~ :, ''
or flLkg Discharges AID for En- esbled and c., -A
both Sores, attended with the following syfl,s
posifi'n TO exertioD, Loss of Power Los ,f '-'-
Difficulty of Breathing, Weak Nerves Tra,hl. y
ror of Disease, Wakefulness, Dimnes- af vs. ~ ~
IN the Back, Hot Hands, Flushing the B.5r H. t.N
of the SKIN. Eruption the Face. pslil 60 ''l"''-
Universal Lassitude of the Muscular system A.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-09-02
MEDICAL.
Ii NC II U.
(from Dispensatory of the United No,o.
DIOSMA CRENATA. BUCUU TE,yrJ

PROPERTIES.-Their odor is stron ar -
somewhat aromatic, their taste bttersh Isl'e and
mint. anu analogous
MEDICAL PROPERTIES AND USES-Rnehr
gently stimulsat with Dueiiu leaves
Urinary Organs. ueHcy 10 10
Ihey are given in complaints of the Urinary Orr.
uGn as %fase Chfonic Catarrh of the Bladder Mr.
prostate Gland, and Retention Incontnenre nj .s
from loss OF tone IN the parts concerned in its H-
dton Ihe remedy has also been recommendad =
Pepsls Chronic rheumatism, Cutaneous Aaec ~ "
Dropsy. e't"h> ana
HELMBoLD's EXTRACT BUcHu is used nv ,a,
the ages oil Is to % and frem IS S. or in he
or change of life; after Confinement or Iab n iiAe
Bed Wetting in Children. ' ans
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-09-02
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT Rrcttr ,>
URTIC AND BLOOD-PURIFVHcc III

And cures all Diseases rising from sbt. Of Ds-ir,t
Excuses and imprudences in Life Inquiries ~
The Blood. &c, supe Tseding Cupsiha m atfee
tons for which il is used such a.
GONORRCEA CLIENTS, of long standing ana
SYPHILITIC AFFECTIONS-in these Ii..-,.
used in connection with HELMBoLD'S ROSE WASH
SOLD AT
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-09-11
BOOKS AND PERIODICALS.

AT the request of the author, the pub
fishers have sent us a handsome copy
of ALEXANDER II. STEPHENS Constitu-
tional History of the War. We intend
to read and review the work carefully
as it deserves. ~ pf t'
HARPER & BROTHERS send us through
WEST Sc JOHNSTON, of Richmond, the
following :--Drapcr's Civil War in
America, Vol. II, Bulwer's Miscella-
neous Prose Works, 2 vols; Popular
Education, by S. s. Randall; The Opt
UNI Habit; Corners Navigation Sim
plified, and The Dover House, by An
ME Thomas. These, with other books
received some time since from the HAIR
PIERS, will be more fully noticed hereaf-
ter.
From Nashville we get The Ladies
Pearl, an Eclectic Magazine, John
Shirley Ward, editor--wellprintcd, IL
lustrated, with good selections and edt-
torial notes.
thermometers. by Rev. j. G. Iii.
den, is indeed clever. 9st i
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-09-11
rRArrsnuRe BARBECUE.

At the Prattsburg Barbecue, says the
Columbus Enquirer:
John Stapler (colored) of Sort Pu-
laski sweat-box notorlety,n was intro
duced, who told his co.ored brethren.
how their friends the Radicals had, on a
certain occasion, arrested him, carried
him to j oe Browns Fort, turned their
guns on him. lathered his head, threat
ened him with instant death, put him in
the sweat-box, and there for over thirty
hours barbarously tortured him, in or
der to force him to swear falsely against
innocent men in the Ashburn affair.
John Connolly tcolored), formerly,
believe, from Griffin, Ga, gave his at
tentive hearers, white and black, a
graphic and truthful account of the Ill
and inhumane treatment he received
during about four years sojourn in yam
kee land. He proved beyond a ques-
ton that the Northern Radicals were
opposed to negro labor there: that the
oniy true friends of the colored men
we're to be found in the South.-but not
in the Radical party. He made many
good hits on his Radical friends, and
was often interrupted with applause
from his colored aud white hearers,