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The New York herald., 1869-03-17

IOT ] uOut Waut W iv0Nc tui5 uoucy
pve got here In this safe over night. can keep
until halfpast three O'Clock. ~ can make special
deposit Of u IN my bank, but cannot keepit any
would be brought down before halfpnst three
O'Clock at the latest. ! would say hero that had
BE- found with sns bonds in HIS possession,
70 hand the bonds back TO the neEotiator after he
had made . memorandum Of them, and then for hum
90 that We could take the noise made By te door ss
signal for us to pounos In upon tho men. At last
ssn. e cans, % but '' 70 our ~ sarpsss the 'I stamp
counted four but We found out afterwards that thus
was owing % the cxtrsme ncrvousness Of my banker
pied BY the banker making out . memorandum Of
the bonds, and when this was done heard him 70
su :. As me ~, S second ss oo4s s' c. me
once sprans to our Zee, and dashed ous INTO the cor
close the door we found Il locked against us q we
reached It. II had evidently been locked BY one Of
tne, nesotiascrs ai!er they had gone in. Trapped
seid, T il Z low voice, "opsn the door, "1r THcy
refused 70 open IL and heard one of tho men
Job ws win give IL 70 you fratn The door was :
dows os the men only on the other s,dc WI when n1
and Edsall 20 60 into the other room and enter the
banking % once through the window, while
door WITH che ntenson ot bfessiSs Il ousn a sho c
same moment heard one OF the men inside aay to
one Of hm compantonS ~l'll take the box follow mo
aud III clear the way for youn The door opened the
nrst man, who had revolver In his nand. pressed
my revolver against him and forced down the
hand he held his shooter In. He then exclaimed
IAN righkr Dust - tins occurred which was ali In
nsecond, irving and Edaall Jumped through the win-
dow and covered the other two men. There were
three OF them with their revolvers. One Of them
esked what We wanted, ana ] soid him that we
wanted tne bonds and them too, We then arrested
them. put them tn coach NJ the door and drove
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1869-09-01
agricultural.

WHEN WHEAT SHOULD BE CUT.-The Ger
mantown Telegraph says =" There has been
some diversity of opinion as to the best time
to cut wheat, judging from the common prac-
tice of farmers. 1t is generally cut when
dead ripe, or at least when the grain has be-
come hard. This is no doubt an error, and
one of more importance than many suppose.
1t should be remembered that wheat is com
posed of gluten, starch and bran. Gluten
is the nourishiDg quality of the grain, makes
the -four stick together in the hands of the
baker, and gives weight to the grain-and
there is the greatest quantity of gluten in
the grain just when ths straw is yellow two
or three joints from the ground, the head
turns downward. and you can mash a grain
between your thumb and finger without pro
.ducing any milk. 1t may therefore, be set
down'as an indisputable truth that every day
the wheat stands after this stage of its ripe
ness, the gluten decreases in quantity, and
and the bran increases in thickness.
1--WE give these facts in time that the far
mer can take advantage of them the present
season."
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1869-09-01

How TO FATTEN a Poor HoRsE.-Many
good horses devOur large quantities of grain
or hay, and still continue thin and poor the
food eaten is not proper " assimilated. If
the usual feed has been unground grain and
hay, nothing but a change will effect any de-
sirable alteration in the appearance of the
animal. In case meal cannot be obtained
readily. mingle a bushel of hax-seed with a
bushel of barley, one of oats, and another
bushel of Indian corn, and let it be ground
into fine meal. This will be a fair proper
ton for all his feed. Or the meal, or the
barley, oats and corn, in equal quantities,
may first be procured, and one-fourth part of
oil cake mingled with 1t, when the meal il
sprinkled on cut feed.
Feed two or three quarts of the mixture
three times daily, mingled with a peck of
cut hay or straw. If the horse will eat that
greedily, let the quantity be gradually in
creased until he will eat four or six quarts
at every feeding three times a day. So long
as the animal will eat this allowance, the
quantity may be increased a little every day.
But avoid the practice of allowing a horse
to stand at a rack well filed with hay. In
order to fatten a horse that has run down in
flesh, the groom should be very particular to
feed the animal no more than he will eat up
clean and lick lis manger for more.-Er.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1869-09-01

One HUNDRED VARIETIES OF PoTAroEs.-
What is the use of growing so many varie-
ties? Why not select one or two of the very
best and discard the remainder? But there
is one more question to be answered. How
are veto ascertain which are the very best
except by experimenting with all of them ?
This is Just what we have been doing, and
the result is not altogether satisfactory, be-
cause there are SO many really good varieties
that it is difficult to determine which two,
three, or even a dozen sorts are best. Be
sides, we find that not only tastes differ, but
soils and localities have considerable to do in
establishing the value of any particular va
riety. One man may be fully satisfied with
the Harrison, because on his soil it may yield
ab~undantly and be first-rate in size and quail
ty, while in another locality it is quite the
reverse, consequently two growers may give
quite different reports and still be correct, so
far as their own experience goes. This varia-
bleness in the different sorts is so well known
that potatoes growers always prefer to test a
variety themselves instead of depending upon
the testimony of others N. Y. Sun.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1869-09-01

and shoe his own horses. In making a shoe
be punched the holes altogether from the out
side or bottom, thus making them like a
square or rectangular wedge, and then made
the large end of the nails in the same sha Pc
The result was that the shoe did not come off
as soon as the heads of the nails wore away.
1t stayed on until is was pulled off or utter
ly worn out. All good smiths shoe in the
same way. There are many who, by this
standard, would not be judged good. Many
of the nails sold in the stores are very fiat
and thin near the head, which is abruptly
squared instead of being sloped.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1869-09-01

CURE FOR SUMNER CoMPLAINr.-Boil one
quart of ripe blackberries in a pint of water
until they are reduced to a jelly. Then
strain them and return the liquid to the pre-
serving kettle with half II pound Of white
sugar, and one table spoonful of ground
cloves.-Let it boil up once, and then take
it from the fire when perfectly cold, add
half a pint of best brandy and bottle it. Take
lived.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1869-09-01
gnftru.
A Gem from Mrs. Browning.

WHAT we are, imparts us more
Than what we eat; and life you've granted me
Develops from within. But innermost
of the inmost, most interior of the inferno,
God claims his own, Divine humanity
Renewing nature,-or the piercingest verse.
Prest in by subtlest poet, still must keep
AS much upon the outside of a man,
As the very bowl, in which he dips his bread.
And then, the rest. cannot surely speak,
Perhaps 1 doubt more than you doubted then,
If i, the poets veritsble charge
Have borne upon my forehead. If 1 have,
1t might feel somewhat like to a craven,
The foolish green one even. All, 1 think,
And chiefly when the sun shines, that I've failed
But what then, Romney Though we fail indeed
You . L. a score of such weak works. II G
Fails never. If He cannot work by US,
He Will work over us. Does he want a man,
Much less a woman, think you? Every time
The star winks there, SO many souls are born,
who shall work too. Let our own be calm;
We should be ashamed to sit beneath those stars
Impatient that we're nothing.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1869-09-01

Picking BEANs.-We know no better
way than to pick them before they have have
any strings, soak in weak salt water for "a
hours prepare vinegar with spice as for
other pickles, pour it hot on the beans, and
then after three or four days pour it off and
re-scald it. Alittle alum hardens them, but
is not desirable, nor is the poisonous verdi
girls from the brass kettle that gives such a
beautiful green to pickles cooked in that
metal. 1t is much better to have pickles
of any kind wholesome, rather than make
them attractive to the eye by injurious addi-
tiOns .-Erchdnge.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1869-09-01

How TO PRESERVE SHEEP SKISs.-One part
of alum to four of saltpetre, finely powdered
and shaken thickly over the skin to be tanned,
will be found to answer. The skin should be
stretched and nailed tight either to a wooden
frame or on a floor where the air can get to
it.. Skins preserved thus do not damp, and
bear a great deal of hard usage bird skins
can also be saved in the same way.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1869-09-01

y DEseER OF EATING MoULDY BREAp.-Tbe
~pse OF bread containing mould ought to be
I rejected; indeed, several cases of poisoning
have been observed by the use Of mouldS
bread Joiner has signalized the poisoning
bread Westerhoff has made known the case
of the poisoning of two children who had
taken rye-bread containing the naueor ni1cedo
the most common species of mold. The
mould commonly found in bread is the A.
copAeTd nanoedo, a species of minute fungr
closely allied to the mucor mucedo named
above, This last is the kind that is often
found plentifully on ripe fruit, preserves, etc.
and when observed should be removed ar
once, not only because of its deleterious ma
sure, but also for the reason that it materially
hastens the progress of decay.-Anerina1
Artisan:
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1869-09-01

THINNING FRUIT.-Those VINO prefer large,
smooth, excellent specimens of fruit, to small
knOtty, worm eaten, and stung specimens,
should resort to the thinning on all trees that
have anything of a crop. In good bearing
seasons there are but few trees that do not
bear too many specimens for their full devel-
opment in size and favor. Some of the
fruit will be smooth, fair, and uninjured,
while some will be distorted, shabby, and
almost valueless. By removing these kuotty
specimens which can never be good for much
the smooth ones will have a nance to develop
themselves, and while the increased size will
prevent the number of bushels from being
diminished, the improved appearance, as well
as quality, compensate for all the labor. Such
fruit will be more saleable In market and
much more satisfactory for home use. If
this thinning is properly attended to, there
will be no need of providing support for a
tree to prevent its branches from breaking
down. Any branch or tree which requires
propping has more fruit than it ought to
carry, either for the good of the tree or the
good of the fruit. If we would have good
healthy, uniformly growing fruit-trees, not
destroyed by premature age, we must not
let them oyerbear--Rurd American.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1869-09-01

Al OF THE HAIR.-No more bald heads
would PROBABLY be the real state of things if
men were only instructed early in life with
7 eDrf to the best method of treating the out.
he head, and would follow the in
Who ever cav e baldzheaded bar;
55ject Of ridielle- These. men inxa riably
have thicky sfz2PgAair, and yet sbey treat Il
after q Wanser that ONE physicians will tell
you -g$195-pe destructive of the capillary
ss1an<s4 ou mustn't put bay rum on your
hal saya<9f. So-and-so. and yet the BARRIERS
viii tell that they use it every day. You
viii hear too. from some prescibers, that oils
or pom&db Of any kind is hurtful to the hair.
and yet every barber in the land has his crisp
locks glittering with some such stuff. Per-
hsps the secret of preserving the hair is to
wash the scalp very ofteA. and trust more to
the towel for friction than~fo brushes. II il
certain that barberghsye very frequent re-
course to the shampoofng process. and equally
certz4R4Ag 81 persons, sgho are careless about
thetr h4ir become prematurely bald. The
head ought to be thoroughly washed with
soap and wafer at least once or twice a week
'anifhs matter of pomade may then be left
t65the discretion of the individual, none of
the nostrums in use being injurious perhaps.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1869-09-01

how TO MAKE HORSE SHOES AND NAILS
one who has beer once elected to Congress
says that he used to NOW his own meadows
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1869-09-01

ACG4SA4G.
Perhaps no one medi-
cine is so universally re-
g@ eFSar 9E e BeT Tss yv as
--2 any before so universal
A Is adopted into use, in
Nys8 q: +: 4 S.; ;:::: ::5: s: 9: :$ g
~ o is, thafitis a more re
liable and farnore edec-
tual remedy than any
other. Those who have
tried il, know that 1t cured them; those who have
not, know that it cures their n%eighbors and friends,
that it never fails through any fault or n~eglectOf
its composition. We have thousands upon thou
sands III certi6cates Of their remarkable cures Of the
following complaints, but such cures are known in
every neighborhOod, and we need not publish them.
Adapted TO all ages and conditions in all climates;
containing neither calomel or any deleteriOus drug,
they may be taken with safety by anybody Their
sugar coating preserves them ever flesh and makes
them pleasant to take, while being purely vegetable
no harm can arise from their use in any quantity.
internal arSs io Tfscers by p 1nqif P tRs 6Iooa ia and Stimulate Ia eh it
into healthy actiOn-renove the distractions of the
stomach, bowels, liver, and other organs of the
body, restoring their irregular action to health, and
by correcting, wherever they exist, such derange-
ments as are the first origin OF disease.
Minute directions are given in the wrapper on
the box, for the following complaints, which these
For or indigestion. ListIess-
ness. LanguOr and Loss OF Appetite. they
should be taken moderately to Stimulate the stow-
sch and restore its healthy tone and action.
For Liver Complaint and its various symp-
toms, BiIiOus Headache. sick
Jaundice or Green sickness. Bilious
Collie and Bilious Fevers, they should be jn-
dlciOusly taken for each case, to correct the diseased
action or remove the distractions which cause it.
For Dysentery or Diarrh0ea, but one mild
dose is generally required
For R~heumarisnn, GOuf. Gravel. PaIni-
tafion of the Heart, Pain i'm the side,
Back and Loins. they should be continuously
taken, as required, 10 change the diseased action OF
the system. With such change those complaints
disappear.
For DrOpsy and DrOpsicaI sweIIfugs they
should be taken IN large and frequent doses to pro-
duce the effect of a drastic purge.
For Suppression a large dose should be taken
as it produces the desired effect by sympathy.
As a Dinner PIN. take one or two Pills 10 pro-
mote digestion and relieve the stomach.
An occasional dose stimulates the stomach and
bowels into healthy action, restores the appetite,
and invigOrates the system. Hence it is often adj
vantageouSw where no serious arrangement exists.
One who feels tOlerably well, often finds that a dose
of these Pills makes him feel decidedly better, from
their cleansing and renovating effect on the diCes-
tive apparatus.
DR.. y. C. AVER q CO., Practical Chemists,
LOWELL. MISS U. S. A.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1869-09-01
PRIZE CHURN COMPANY,

To the Farmers Of Vermont, NeU Hampshire
and Massachusetts:
We would catt your attention 70 the above cut repre-
sentInE the PRIZE CHURN, Patented July 2lst. 1856,
aud OcIoher oIh- 1867, which has been in use tor the
past two years. ana has hal a very large sale wherever
II has been offered. for the following reasons:
First, II - = perfect butter maker, producing the
largest amount of butter possible. from 4 given quantity
OF cream, an from three to twelve minutes, and woFkU
out h butler milk in The same time.
Second, II i easily operated AID easy to clean, which
very essential IN making good butter.
Third. II l. thoroughly IN de Of old growth pine, with
iron hoops, aud painted with oIi paints
Fourth. Il has taken the highest premium for two sue
cessIve years ls67 and lc6S, al the Vermont STATE Pairs,
in competition W th n number Of other churns.
In presenting our CbuTn TO the cubic, we ask fer the
closest scrutiny Of butter makers, BY a trial, which l.
the best proof.
To dealers IN Agricultural implements. who sre unsc-
quainted with The merits of our Churn,we will send one
for rial and inspection 1t our lowest wholesale price
and If not sarifactory, It may be returned, al cur ex-
penSe-
Please send for our Circular and Price List.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1869-09-01
Cathartic Pills,

For all the purposes of a Laxative
Medicine.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-05-16

rated only by plank partition with a
door in it. The Judge was at his table,
busy with briefs and bills in chancery.
The doctor was writing a letter, and,
pausing for a moment called out
Judge, isn't e-q-u-i the way to spell
equinomical ?"
Yes, think it is, said the Judge !;
q but here's Webster's dictionary can
soon tell you
He opens the book and turns over the
leaves, repeating aloud " e-quinomical-
e-quinomical." Finding the proper
place, he runs his eye and finger up and
down the column tive or three times,
until he is thoroughly satisfied that the
word in question was not there. Clos
ing the book with slam, the Judge lays
has specs on the table, and rising slowly
breaks forth
"Well, sir, I've always been a Daniel
Webster man and I voted for him for
President; but any man that win write
as big a dictionary as this, and not put
as common a word as e-quinomical in it,
can't get my vote for anything hereaf-
ter. - Montgomery Nail
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-05-16
The Philosophy Of Walking
Sticks.

I do net know why walking sticks are
seldom carried at present in our streets,
where, three years ago, it was common
to carry them but if any one had a
month in which to find out, he could find
cut ana very likely his investigation
would carry him up among the great
events and men Of the age. He nigh {
have to write to Count Bismarck about
it; the national deb may have some
thing TO DO with it. The shade Of care
that comes over the countenanees of a
community when times are hard, and
which our faces have worn for the last
three years, since our burden began to
settle down heavily upon US, (the flush
money Of the war being all spent, and
the fictitious prosperity of war having
been succeeded by its proper action, J
may explain it; for a walking stack is
the natural accompaniment Of a mind at
ease. 1t is when We go forth to stroll
among the girls in the Fifth Avenue on
fac afternoon that we take cane with
us; not when we are going down town to
collect or borrow money. But leave
this interesting branch of the subject TO
future Investigators, and return to my
hats, merely reporting, for the informa-
ton of those investigators, that, during
the whole Of the year 1868, the walking
stick trade was exceedingly dull, and
that IN 1854 aud 1865 it was very brisk
indeed.-Atlasstie Monthly for My
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-05-16
SOONER Or LATER.


sooner or later the storms shall beat
over my slumbars from head TO feet;
Sooner or later the winds shall rave
In the long grass above my grave.
shall not heed them whers lie,
Nothing their sounds shall signify,
Nothing the headstOue's fret of rain,
Nothing TO me the dark days pain.
sssoner or later the sun shall shine
With tender warmth on that mound OF mine (;
Sooner or later in Summer air,
Clover and violet blossom there.
shall not feel, in that deep laid rest,
The sheeted light fall over my breast,
Nor ever note in those hidden hours
The wind blown breath OF tossing howers.
Sooner or later the stainless SHOWS
Shall add their hnsh 10 my mute repoSei
sooner or later snail slant snd SHIFT.
And heap my bed With dazz ing drift.
chill though the frczsn pail shall seem,
lis touch no colder can make the dream
That reclSs not the sweet and sacred dread
Sarouding the city OF the dead.
Sooner or later the bee shall come
And MI the noon with its golden hum
sooner IT later, on half-poised wing.
The blue binds Warble about me ring
Ring and chirrup and whistle with g!ee;
No hing his music shall seem 10 me;
None Z these beautiful thing shall know
How soundly their lover sleeps below.
Sooner or IQter, far out In the night,
The stars above nle shah wing their hlght,
Sooner or later by dsrkliDg dews
Catch the white par in the silver ooze.
Never a ray shall part the gloom
That wraps me round in my kindly tomb;
Peace snail be perfect for hD and brow
Sooner or laier-OI why not now
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-05-16
Ingredients of JsweIry.


Very few persons who admire or deal
in precious stones are acquainted with
the intimate structure of these valuable
minerals, and most persons viii be aston
ished to learn that these bodies, appar
emily so solid and homogeneous, are
often full Of minute cavities, which en-
close liquid. Sapphires generally con-
tain fluid cavities. Sir David Brewster
met with one no less than the third Of
an inch long, but other authors have
seen none more than one-tenth Of an inch
in diameter. These are usually half
filed with mobile and highly expan-
sible liquid, which is considered to be
carbon1e acid. Sapphires are composed
Of pure alumina, cOlored- by metallic
exide. The ruby is also eOlored alumni
ma. Cavities, we are told, are far less
numerous in these than in sapphires,
and, moreover, they appear to contain
only water or saline of solution. Oc-
casionally liquid with similar charac-
teristics to that observed ia sapphires is
seen, but not often and We are thus led
to suppose that the stone may be pro-
duced by different reactions and under
different physical conditions. Emeralds
are often full Of cavities, which contain
liquid that does not expand when
heated, and is apparently strong aque-
Gus saline solution. The diamond is, Of
course, the most interesting of all cur
precious stones, the origin and mode of
formation of which has always been a
great puzzle to chemists and mineralo-
gists. Its structure has already been stu
died by Goppert, who discovered what he
conceived to be organic remains, and
hence infers that the diamond Is the re-
suit of vegetable decomposition under
peculiar conditions. Sir David Brews-
ter first noticed fluid cavities in the dia-
mond, and explained the optical pecu-
liarities of some diamonds by their pre-
se~
But diamonds sometimes inclose min
ute crystals of a different mineral, to
which circumstance they also owe in
part their peculiar optical properties.
In the diamond, also, the inclosed liquid
appears to be carbonic acid, as shown by
its extraordinary expansibility. Only
one other known liquid has anything
like an equal Of expansion, and that is
nitrous oxide. The occurrence of this
body in minerals is, it is said, highly
improbable, and it seems, on the whole
that we may be justified in including
liquid carbonic acid among natural liquid
mineral substances.