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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-12-23
Tho Secrets of Chenn Pork.
There are several of these secrets know
to the initiated. To wit =

There are several of these secrets known
to the initiated, to wit -
First A good breed You may stuff any
of the land pixies with any quantity of corn
and he will not fatten. Suilolks, Chester
White, or grades Of any pure breed, will show
their keeping.
Second. Good housing. \ pig wants q
nice, clean, dry pen to sleep in. The yard
may have muck aud plenty Of litter for ma.
nure making, but the pen, or sleeping apart.
ment, should be warm and well strawed.
mira Early fattening. Pork is made
much more economically in warm weather
than in cold
Fourth. \ variety Of food, II cooked
Indian meal is the staple, let it be varied
with green food while it lasts, cornstolks
weeds, purslane, and clover, aud in winter
feed enough cabbage and roots to keep the
bowels in good condition.
FIN. Regular feeding, three times a day
A lattcning pig should never squeal, and he
will not if he always finds his food ready AT
the regular time. Calculate to have youl
pork worth no more and perhaps little les
than the feed costs, and look for all YOU
profits in the grand heap of rich manur,
which the dying porker leaves as legacy
These secrets make cheap pork in our pen
even at the present price of corn.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-12-23
Early Rose Pniaines.

We find the following account in the
Massachusetts, Ploughmaa Of u Rose dinner
recently given in Boston, by Cyrus Jennings,
of IIubbardton, VII
AT the appointed hour we met at Young's
Hotel, and after the Introductory dishes were
disposed of the potatoes were placed before
US. Now we, without making any great pre-
tentions, know what good potato is, but we
must confess that our experiences, heretofore,
have been with something that fell short Of
the perfection which we realized in the Early
Rose. The skin is thin, and when it is re-
moved the whole potato falls asunder into a
mass of almost foury texture. In olden
times we met with what are called mealy po-
tatoes; in fact, we find them now, grown in
newly cleared lands, on what, in Maine are
called burned lands but we never saw any
which, when boiled or baked, could equal the
Rose for fineness Of texture and delicacy OF
favor.
The Early Rose is one Of seven varieties
grown from the seeds of single potato ball
and it is a remarkable fact that of these
seven varieties all but one have proved great
successes. We were shown numbers two
and four of these, and we predict for them q
great popularity when they are placed before
the public. Mr.. Jennings has almost exclu'
sive control Of them, and his stock is we un'
derstand, the largest of any dealers.
Wehaye before recommended the Rose pc.
tato TO our friends and readers, for its aston
ishing yield, and we now can speak in unqual'
flied praise Of its unsurpassed table qualities
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-12-23
Rules for Teeding Siock.

The golden rules for feeding are, to give as
much food as will be comfortably eaten and
only 80 much aud 10 furnish such variety as
will tempt the animals TO eat as much as is
requisite for their most rapid growth, or fat
tening for the greatest working strength, or
for the largest flow of milk. But, like most
rules this one is to be applied with judgment,
and with fall appreciation Of its many ex-
captions.
Farm teams, which are to do but little
work during the winter, should not be forced
to the condition that is necessary for spring
work; breeding males should only be kept in
vigorous health, without the high feeding
they require in 4" the season :" milch cows
should not be made to take on fat; aud none
Of the stock should be tempted to oyerleed
Good hay such as will be frequently eaten
may as well be fed without cutting, but corn.
stalks and inferior fodder of all kinds should
be cut, wctted and busted with a little bran
or meal, both to insure its entire consumption
and to improve its feeding quality
Roots may, with advantage, be much more
largely fed than is the custom in this country
with advantage, that is, when they cannot be
sold, as they generally can Tor many times
tncI iecuihB NaiuV.
Common turnips should be fed first, as
they only keep sound for short time; next
should follow carrots and rutabagas, and after
them come mangels. These keep in GOOD
condition much longer than any of the others
and, indeed, their quality improves up tc
about February or March, after which time
they have considerably greater value as food
than when they were first dug, They will
keep well until may or June.
pAll roots should be cut by one of the ma.
chipes sold for the purpose. OF these there
are several, the best being made with re.
volying upright cone, furnished with gouge
shaped knives, which cut slices with a ores
cenl-shaped section. With the hand size o.
this machine, we have cut up bushel O.
large rutabagas in less than sixty seconds.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-12-23
A Word from Vermont.

In your issue of September 9, we notice
the report of a good product from one-hall
pound Of Early Rose potatoes | purchased
Of Messrs. Breeze and Best thirty pounds at
a cost, all told, of nearly 500. ] received
and planted my FIRST pound the 18th day of
May, and notwithstanding an almost unpre-
cedcnted drouth, which continued through the
entire season and nearly ruined all other and
less rapidly growing varieties, | unexpectedly
picked out, the 10th day Of July, ffty-ninc
days from planting, twenty potatoes weighing
ten pounds. | then conceived the idea Of
raising seed potatoes from the vines above
ground | picked out the large potatoes
leaving the vines and few small ones; 9TH
ers Immediately set and | subsequently laid
down the tops and covered them nearly half
their length with the sandy soil, which caused
the vines to grow with renewed vigor, and
although they would have died if undsturbed,
many of them blossomed. The result was,
that with only ordinary clean culture, took
of good potatoes from the roots, sixty bush.
els, and from the vines, many of them one
foot from the roots, two full barrels of seed
potatoes, which, including the small ones in
the hills, are worth the entire cost Of the
seed and culture, making in all seyenty-ono
bushels from thirty pounds planted. My
samples of Early Rose potatoes grown on the
/ tops of the vines drew from the Governor OF
New York and ex-Goyornor Of Vermont, ex-
pressions of admiration and surprise, and
| from the officers of the State and County
Fairs and members of the press, enconiums
Of praise and the first premiums. A man in
Chittenden County, by new and valuable
treatment which will commend itself to every
one, actually raised fifteen bushels from one
and one-half pounds of Early Rose.
O. G. WAITE
West Georgia, w., Sept 1868.
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Agricultural.
This Department is conducted by
Hon. J. W. Colburn and Hon. Joha Gregory,



MrssRs. EDTroRs lit is well known that
Vermont produces excellent stock The
noble horse is among its best productions.
If one interested in the treatment and growth
Of domestic animals, were to visit among
our farmers extensively, las It has been my
privilege for several months), he would be
surprised by two things, 10 wit the poor, UNI
improved wasting stock, kept by the negligent,
wasteful farmers, and the nice, improved
even beautiful animals, carefully bred by our
entcrprising and thrifty agriculturalisis. The
difference in these two conditions Of our far
mers and their stock, is truly surprising.
Having enjoyed the hospitality Of one of
our cnterprising stock.growors, VIM. Hanson
Esq, Of Williamstown, and noticing quite an
unusual specimen for a yearing Colt among
his stock, asked to have the colt secured
and that might be allowed to take a moa-
surement of him, which thought would be
a pleasing item for the farmers to read. The
colt was Of the Benedict Morrill, stock, aud
measured as follows fifteen hands high,
fifteen inch breast, twenty-five inches through
hips length of hip, two feet; length Of
shoulder, twenty-seven inches; length Of
back, eighteen inches twenty and one-fourth
inches around arm of the fore leg; eighteen
inches around gambrel Of hind leg width of
hind leg, above the ankle, four inches five
feet seven inches in girth, in ordinary flesh !;
weighs nine hundred and forty pounds, and
is well proportional every way. The colt is
not fat, granted, slick-looking creature but
with so many excellent points, and with such
treatment as he will be likely to receive from
Mr.. Hanson, bids fair to make a splendid
horse.
What say you, farmers, have you anything
better in the colt lne2 O. rs.
Washington, w., Dec. 8, 1868.
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SHEEP.-farmers are making great mis-
take in slaughtering their sheep. But moth
ing will stop them. 1t is pity we cannot
have more stability and fxedness of purpose
in our agriculture, What we do we should
do well--and stick to it. A farmer should
think for himself, and not be influenced too
much by outside opinion "You cannot
make anything by raising common crops,
said friend year ago; "you should set
out hop-yarl.' What would he say now ?
There has been more money lost in hops the
'last year than would richly eudow an agricul-
tural college, Aud if people We're educated
to think they would have ioreseen such re-
suit. The fact is that common crops pay bet
ter now than anything else, provided you can
only raise enough of them per acre. Stick
to what You understand, and let those who
have a fancy for novelties try them. There
are enough farmers, SO called, who wish to
make money easily and rapidly, without you
and me adding to the numbcr.-Ameriean
Agricuharist
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-12-23
10 not Waste Winter Food On ole and Infcrior
aLnDI-


lifun inc American STOCK juufuali
Every farmers motto, in regard to stock,
should be 49," Keep the best Of each variety,
and take the best care of it," Every farmer
expects, or should expect, to make a profit on
wintcring stock if he docs not, why does
he keep it2 If an animal is worth no more
in the spring than it was in the fan, there
will have been a great waste Of food in sus-
tanning it through long winter. In many
cases the food, consumed through winter,
would be worth more money than the animal
Ia the spring. In that case il would hc bet
ter to have given Che animal away, or to have
killed it and sold the food the labor Of TAX
ing care Of it might also have been turned to
a better purpose.
This is a matter that needs looking into
for there are thousands Of cattle, winlcrcd
every year, that are not worth any more
money in the spring than they were in the
autumn-many Of them not so much Why
do such farmers follow the business They
will tell you that they don't know any thing
else Very true and they don't know
much about that They are too scl-ooncct-
ed to read an Agricultural Journal--thcy
don't believe in hook farming Well
the tree is known by It's fruit" A man
who understands farming and has the energy
to execute what he knows, viii make money
/ by it, Here is the great tombstone to Try
his knowledge by, and it is an unerring one.
| Farming is the foundation on which all
other branches Of industry are based, IS when
money can be made by any other branch OF
industry, money can be made by farming il
/ it is iutclligontly and theoretically pursued
The profits will sometimes be- greater than
others SO it is with all other branches bat
the intelligent energetic farmer will Away.
be successful The old fogy farmer, who
joys along in the well beaten path Of his an.
ccstors with prejudice against reading Az
riculmral Works. or adopting any new mod,
Of farming, or stock raising, cannot compel,
with his more intelligent neighbor, who sub
scribes to, and reads the current agricultural
literature Of the day and profits by so much
Of it as may be adapted to his locality and
surrounding circumstance
A poor farmer cannot conceal the fact that
he is a poor farmer. An his surrounding.
proclaim the verdict against him. his horses,
cattle, wagons, harness, plows, fences, fields
even his wife and children bear silent but
unmistakable evidence against him. On the
other hand, all these things will testify favor.
ably on behalf of good farmer Every
passer by can read this evidence pro or con-
This fact alone, ought to stimulate every
farmer to do his best, for the sake of his own
character, ms well as interest for he may
rest assured that every passer by will pro-
nounce Judgment according to the evidence.
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4ETNA LIVE STOCK ms. co,
or HARTFORD CONN
CAPITAL and ST RPLus, over s1llnO
A c. BROWN, Agent
4 MEXICAN & FOREIGN PATENTS.
II. II. EDDY,
SOLICITOR or PATENTS.
Late Agent Of the l. s. Patent Once Washington under


Late Agent of the l. s. Patent Oulou Washington under
the act OF 1857,
no 70 state Street, Opposite kilhy ftrcet) Boston
Aitr an extensive practice OF upwards of twenty years
continues 10 secure patents n the United States also In
nfeat britain, France and other countries Caveats
specheauonsi bonds Assignments and ell papers OF
drawings or patents eAecuttd reasonable tens with
dispatch, Researches made into American aud Foreign
WORKS TO determine the validity and utility of Patents Of
inventions ana legal and other advice rendered in all
htei touching the same. Copies Of the claims Of any
Paieh's furnished by RENTING one dollar Assignments
recorded In Washington.
NO Agency in the United States possesses superior faei-
wv vr obtaining patents or aaecItilnng the patent
During eight months the subscriber in the course
hs nlse practice made on twice rejected applicat
sixteen hppeuls every of which was decided In hs
hFof hy the Commissioner Of Patents.
TESTIMONIALS.
" regard NJ, Eddy as one Of the most capable and
uVvesui practitioners with whom have had Official in
"ivoufse CliAs. MAsON.n
Commissioner OF Patents.
nave no hesitation Ia assuring inventors that they
cnlhot employ man more competent and Trustworthy
ahu more capable of putting their application IN form
s,oupe iof them an early aud favorable cons ration
~ inc rhtent uhce. EDMUND BtRKE.m'
800, - - Late Commissioner OF Patents
Mr. r, II. Eddy has made for me Thirteen appilca
lons m al but one Of which patents have been gntod
anu mat Is the one now pending such unmlstnkable
PROOF OF great talent and ability his part leads mo 10
ttu9mnend au Inventors To apply to him 10 procure
h. patents, as they may be sure of having tie most
athni attention bestowed their cases, aud at very
"' t ehatses. JOHN TAGllART."
"Ah ~ iaN7s 4f.15
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LANES PATENT IMPROVED LEVER
SET CIRCULAR SAW MILLS,

WIFI TAIENT FNTVTIVN THHU
In cnsc and economy Of operation ana quantity anu
quality Of production, unsurpassed.
More thnn Eve hundred Of the above Board Machines
arc now SO successful operation. They may be found
not only n a parts OF the United States but In Canada,
Cura. Dmqil, amt even Russia.
our Nee illustrated Circular of dny-six book pagesl
containing information Of much value to every mill
owner and sawyer will be sent FRrR on application
h PITKIN q BROCK,
Montpelier w.
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A GENTs WANTED TO SELL THE

4 I Penn LETrEN nOUk.N
For CopViay Latcrs without Press oT U0icr.
This Great Time Lnhor nul M.noy-savinE Invention
hlls longut want, bringing really indispensable
feature of nns.uu. within the reach OF nl.-purc, i
and upward.
None see i hsi to praise O. simplicity and convenience
and o tillWl agent haa ony o. show y properly as
AKA fo Women M yIan and ,.aii +" s'r, & NJ
business 10 docs not play outn the Ofst sale ia
only beginning Fer Testimonials. terms. Sc. address
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The State debt of Pennsylvania has been
reduced s2,O00,4l4 during the past year.
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VIII run a. lNAtNMnt
UPWiRD TRIMS.
AocouunAuoy TRAIN leaves Concord a. iatn..
mr White River Junction, connecting vim tl,,- ~
Wells River, So. Johns1ury, Barton. Newport NM
by aad Magur Lakes sinnstcad, Bath, LiUataa f.-i
ter &c. Also, with trains Tor Montpelier pafir-,
St. Adams, Housos Point, Montreal, csdenslursl .l
the Wcst rs" A'
nsF E1rnGss TRAM leaves Concord az loa..
Ur White Nfcr Junction, connecting with team, ~
Montpelier burlington Rnuse's Point Nontr1.T ~
aud with uliuusHgfgh ami urand Trunk Rain,a3ssy
Ono West
Bnisroi rnAw iea,csa at a.27 p. m.- mr Flsaits an,
UrIs.Nl
EtHsiso ENrurss TRAM leaves Concord atsla,
or Whic River Junction, connecting with tax r.
Montpelier Huriin -t0n ST. Allans. llouso's POM ~
utaI. % -IUus ur-l and tse West.
sOr 90 arrival Of trains from Boston W oraoslei p5r
mouth Portland, &c.
DOWNWIRD TRAINS
+Nnnslso Fsrnrss TnAiv leaves White Nr.r Is.
zion Tor toncoui nc $50 m., or on arrival of irani @
O4lgushur-h uuI Montreal on Mondays AZ DC Ia
fBaiaot Tn,ix leaves Bristol iof Concord a. 1o.
m. and franklin 10 90l "a. M.
fMkIL InAig leaves White River Junction fir Can.
sori at u D. ., ur arrival OF trains over Tie NJ,
mont Central. Passumpsic and White Mountain, la
roads.
DAY Eyrnrss TRny leaves White River Junction Al,
$50 D.. no., or uu arrival ol trains nun Montreal ~
OQiunsaurrh huttleH0rn, kcrno, Bellows faIls NM.
sor Sos connecting at Concord with trains Tor Manelet
Ger. Nashua Lowell, all Boston,
fThcse tfilua conucat AZ Conconl with trAins De
Manchester, Lawrence Portsmouth, Portland, Nastui
Worcester. Nos inTki lowell and Boston
oNsLON STEARNs. Agssf
Concord. a. H.. Dee l-o,.
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Advertisements.


,t,uF SUBSCRIBERS having purchased the entire In
1 forest % uEyNis LANr, n the late Urn OIL " Lane,
pitkIn Eroctn would respectfully announce thnt tv9
entinur under thc rm and style Of PrKiN BROCK
e business heretofore carried on by the above partner
las. W. BROCK
Moutpouer. Aug. 90. 1858.
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Il OOD MANS NOR CNNSUMPTIYEs

~ LADY held captive for several months by In.
dnns, cured OF settled c0numpt ON and female weak
ness by their horhs She will send the history OF her
with particulars of her free of charge 60 any Sufferer
oreenpont NY.
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wv AND CORN BREAD from Tried Receipts. will
le ipnnd W q. iRIH, NS H0Nr NiG iZiNE' ir Jane
uary, lrl', Twenty cents % nuuHrr Gee 10 nom Ncws
Agents; os send Tie price 90 H. S.. ABruJR Is SONS.
Philadelphia. and 10 viii Doc promptly mailed.
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~ scnd Tor Circulars lnd .a. oHs t.rus. au1 full
d.. rptou of Che work. AiII.H ibNE. BROTHERS
co., Philadelphia, Ia.
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NORTHERN RAILROAD.


WINTER ARRANGEMENr.
ON and afcr December Il, isCs. Pts.engs, ,..
- Do ran tH fullnws. ga
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DAClFIC NAIL STEAMSHIP cos
ROUGu TGNE
I q c A l. + o h N "a
CHINA AND JAPAN.

IuIVHINW NJ HfNIVAN FVNIa.
and carrying the L. ;. Mail through %
California in twenty-five days
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RESISTING PROVIDENCE.

RESISTING PROVIDENCE.
Do IFE INSURANCE enables O man to
IL put himself in harmony with Di-
vine Providence. Providence has brought
the institution into being TO bless the
race. Ho who refuses it, distrusts and
desplses Providence and invites its ven
geance upon a himself and his household.
We know OF no fallacy so transparent, no
deinslop more groundless, than that
which makes the practice of Life Insurance
appear as an attempt to controvert the
Divine will" =
Thousands of widows and orphans live
to attest the divine beneficence of LIFE
INSURANCE. Without it's protecting
1gis, many of them would, to-day, bo bog.
gars upon the streets, or occupants of
poor-houses and penitentiaries. No man
can foretell what will be his circumstances
at the time of his death. Tho rich man of
to-day dies the pauper OF tomorrow, and
tho family. delicately reared, become the
unprepared victims of dire Want, with her
train of countless evils. Such result as
l1nPosSible, with policy of Life Insurance.
1t, indeed, offers the only absolutely safe
Investment which can be made for the
benefit of ones family and of his own old
age. al other investments 7adu result in
loss or ruin. If all would insure, who can
calculate the immense suffering and Grim O
which tho world would be spared
GTNA LIFE INSURANCE CONPA-
NY, of Hartford, Connecticut,
Assets S1O,OOO,OOO
H. e. NICHOLS & CO.,
october 23 3mos General Agents.
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lBINApC1AE avn U0sIsl Ola ..

NAh CtAAs an - tCOhAhAAlt1QAAfz. 81
Con5SiIfA. NossniBSr 5.@SaidS Of
cotton to.day s530 bales middlings
sSEw, YoRK. ,Npyeniber 5-AffIT DON. -
| Cold 825a. Faouf 5(9t0c. lower.
| Wheat 1c. lower. Mess pork lower,
at 26.40(928 co. Cotton quiet, at
251a. Freights dull. Money becom-
ing tighter. fFs taj,f 4
7P. M.-Cotton less actiye;. sales
1000 bales, at -2516. FlourlState
and Western dull, and heavy, at s. 80
@6.25; extra 6.40(96.65; Southern
dull ani decliningScommon to fair
extra sos. rs. Wheat 2@4c. lower,
during the day. Corn unchanged.
Oats lower. Mess pork lower but
more active, at 26. 37j6@26 rs. Lard
heavy-steam 15(9l71S; kettle 1716
@17A. Whiskey quiet and nominal.
Gold steady, at 32Ls
BALTIMeRE, November F.-Bread-
stuffs and grain dull. without material
change. Bucon active-shuulder 13 %
@13M.
CHARLESTON, November 5-Cotton
aoeiNC obo I4V. OeGIer StleS oOU DuleS,
receipts ,2S3-middlings "a.
AUGUSTA, November 5.--Cotton
market dull; sales 176 bales; receipts
445-middlings 23@23M.
SAVANNAH, November 5.-Cotton
closed easier; sales 600 bales-mid-
ding 232l@24; receipts 234.
MOBILE, November 5.-Sales of
cotton 1. 600 bales; market quiet and
firm-middlipgs 2314; receipts 367.
New ORLEANS, November 5.-Cot-
ton easier-midilling 2324; sales of
$500 bales; receipts 3,427. Gold
33%. Sugar hicher-fair 123l; prime
14as; yellow clarified 15ss. MoIasses
firmer-fair 80; prime to choice S2(9
90. Flour dull-superfne and single
extra Sc 80. Corn in light supply
new 5000; old S11O. Pork dull,
at $32 25. Bacon in demand-shonl-
ders 14a4@15; clear rib 1S3l@19;
clear ~.
LONDON, November SIS p. M
Consols 9414. Bonds TAN.
LIVERPOOL, November 5-3 ?. nj.
Cotton steady. Shipments from Bonn
bay to the 31st ult., since last report,
10000 bales.
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Mn. EDITOR: Please announce MAI.
JOHN ALEXANDER as a candidate for
the Office of Mayor Of tho city of Column
bia. Maj Alexander is property holder,
and this is ono Of the great elementary
doctrines of the Democratic party-that
property-holders should be elected to
office. The Democratic press has been
opposed to tho great maturity of the mem
bers of the so-callod Legislature OF this
State because they were property
holders; therefore, the friends of Mai.
Alexander propose his name, and know
that he has friends enough to elect him if
he will consent for his name to be used in
the canvass. Maj. Alexander is the COM
ing man, and will bo certainly elected.
No clique, composed of packed clubs, but
one of the peoples choice.
Nov 1 't" VOX POPULI.