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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-04-30
-H"th0dS ~ temperance Effort.
~ IHE AGENT uI TIE STATE TEM-
rEEANCE SOCIETY.

Mr. R"uury, the new agent of the
Vermont STATE Temperance society, has
issued an appeal to the people, which we
find in the columns of the Phcnix At
ter describing the evils OF intempcrance,
the extent ot it in Vermont. the aggra-
>ati1u OF the effects ol alcoholic drinks
10y the prevalent adnlteraIion Of liquors,
and the need of renewed. determined and
effective action. he proceeds to discus.
the methods ut reform, a. follows:
The question now arises What shall
bc done II We approach that inquiry
Wl'h the determination to meet the evil,
IL It practically exists. and TO take coun-
81 OF our better judgment. rather than of
our pride and our fears, We shall have
uarr ouy OF opinion and of action Our
measures will he stern enough for eilici-
cncy, where decisive action is advisable
and flexible enough to adapt themselves
To the condition of things in every COM
munitv. We have
|. 1He u,thod IF buc. This is eff
tcctual, and acquirsccd in, wherever pub
lie sentiment bears out its enforcement.
In some towns IL Is Il practical /rohiJhioH
of the liquor traffic. In others, where
popular opinion i more moderate, it
operates simply a. Il restraint. And in
others still has 10 Pytfcttcd results what
ever, simply because drinking is common
and respectable, temperance principles
c0wed, and nobody will take the rcspon-
~ibility of prosecutions. This law pro-
nounces the popular verdict against rum
selling. 1t places this business in the at
ttudr of a utord Nuisance, that the people
may ahatc, 10y their condemnation. re-
mon>tranccS, and (whcn such measures
'ai) by legal proceedings.
No statute gives it It's sactions, or ,ir-
tuouS public sentiment its approval. 1t
Is Just what it is designed to be, an in
-trumcntaity dependent on public sent-
ment tor lis efficiency, and 10 be used for
the enforcement of the popular verdict.
To attempt more than this is To irritate
and madl len our enemies, and stir up
sympathy tor them, (aS pa>ecmed.) and
effect no permanent REFORM Let the
law stand ;,s il l., look tor no modifica-
ion or amendment; they will serve no
purpose for good. But let us turn our
attention to other agencies which must
come in 10 meet the cNigencics of the
case, and which are calculated to secure
popular favor.
,. li'e >AoaH hare mdiyTIual reform.
Personal enlightenment on the laws of
health, and competence TO obey them. is
the basis of the temperance structure.
he conclusive arguments Of our fathers,
on the uselessrcSs and dc>tructivencss of
alcoholic drinks, all require to be present.
cd again for the benefit of this generation.
And with these arguments, the terrible
lessons to be drawn from the d0uJy dis
hlicd poi>onS now vended for drinks.
There must be light, and there must be
decision, TO every individual for and of
himself. Else all resolutions made, and
pledges given, will be Of no avail.
). We require socaal organizations.
We know that eloquent lecturers have
stirred up the people, and secured thou
sands Of signatures to the temperance
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Che farm and Garden.
4pDticdtjOH Of fishes to Fruit
Trees.

| often make use of ashes around nv
trees, ,-certainly is often as once year,
and believe it to be of great benefit to
them. But, like some OF your other cor
respondents, | have learned not to apply
It in contact with the bark of the trees,
rs they become moiStened and form lie
often too strong for the growing wood.
l generally Use about one quart of ashes
to tree, scattering it around them a.
tar as the roots are supposed to extend
underneath. My large trees, in bearing
ten or twelve years, receive an applica-
tiln OF from six TO eight quarts of un-
leached, or double the quantity of leach
ed ashes to each tree, scattered in the
same manner. l never permit the ashes to
lie upon the ground i'll any place more
than one inch in depth.-JohH burroughs
IN Farmer.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-04-30

BI JOSH BILLINGS.

Spring came this wear rs mutch "a us
ual. Hail butuous virgin, 1000 wears
old and upwards. hale ard hearty old
gal, wclcum tew York State and parts
adjacent.
Now the birds jaw, now the cattle
hollar, now the pigs skrcam, now the
geese warbul, now the kats sigh, and ma
tur is trisky the earnest piSSmire, the
virtuous bedbug, and the nobby cock
roach, are singing Yankee Doodle and
Coming thru the Rhi.' Now may he
seen the musketcr, that gray outlined cri;-
ter ov destiny, solitary and alone, exam
ining his last years bill, and now may be
heard, with the naked ear, the shanghigh
bawling in the barn-yard.
Kittens in the doorway, and puppies
Oh the green, nei@hbor chats with neigh
Dor, and the languid urchin crceps ls;-
less towards the skool These things are
all fuSt-rate in their place, but spring
brings bilcs, and plants them carclessly,
sometimes among the maidcn's charms,
aud sumtlmes amun5 the young mems. |
can tork like Il brochure poet about biles
jest now, for have one in full bloom
CROWN on me, almost ready to pick, ~
big az an egg, and full of anguish az a
broken heart.
Biles are the sorest things ov their
size on reckord, an az kross few the
touch as setting hen, or dog with a
fresh bone. l'iles alwas pick out the
handyst place on you're body tcw build
their nest, and if you undertake to brake
them up, it only makes them mad, and
takes them longer tu hatch out. There
aint no sutch thing as coaxing nor driving
them away. They are like impudent
bedbugs; they won't move, till they have
got their fill.
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Hannah BjHdihg Shoes.

Poor lone Hannah.
Sitting al the window. binding shoes.
Grey and wrinklcd
sitting. stitching in a mourntul muse.
Bu@ht-eYed beauty once was She.
When the bloom was on the tree:
Faded Hannah.
sitting al the window. binding shoes.
Not ncighbor
Passing. nod or answer will refuse.
70 her whisper.
Is there from the fishers any news
Oh. her hearts adril with one
On an endless voyage gone.
Lonely Hannah.
Sitting At TIE window. bindin" shoes.
Fair y"un" Hannah.
Ben. The sunbUrnt fisher. "ayly wooS:
Hale and clever.
For willin. heart aud hand he sues.
Mav-Gay skies are all ag'ow.
And the waves are laughing so.
For her wedding
Hannah leaves her window and her shoe,
Close beside her.
Through the pea .iI-trec's bloom Il pigeor
COOS.
Bu, She >liuddrr>.
turthe mild sDuth-wc-tcr mischief brcws.
Round the rocks OF Mar1lehead,
Outward bound. a schooner sped.
MIil,. p,,l. Hannah
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-04-30

A lady brought child TO a physician
to consult about its precarious state of
health Among other things, she inquir-
ed II he did not think the springs would
be useful. ''Certainly, madam," repli-
ed the doctor, as he eyed the child and
then took pinch of snuff | have not
the least hesitation in recommending the
springs, and the sooner you apply the
remedy the better" you really think
1t would be good for the dear little thing.
don't you ~ Upon my word, it's the
best remedy L know "What sprinc
would you recommend - ''Any will do
madam, where you can get plenty soap
and water"
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ed considerable size, it is best TO be two
or three years i'll doing it, as it is ALWAYS
injurious to large trees to lose all or near
ly all their tops at once. There is dan
ger, when too much of the top is remoy-
ed, of losing the tree, for if there be not
sufficient top to receive the sap which the
roots naturally furnish, unless the tree
he uncommonly vigorous and throws out
a great number of sprouts, the sap must
stagnate in the roots and trunk, thereby
causing serious injury to the tree though
II the tree survive the shock, and the
gratis grow much faster then they other
wise would III consequence of receiving
SO large share of nutriment, it would
be to the future injury Of the tree The
growth OF the scion would be so great
that the wood would not be sound and
healthy, and the result is, the overgrown
scion has large pith, and in the end be-
comes rotten-hearted, diseased tree
while II the wood had grown more slow
ly, it would have been hardy and endur
ing" To graft, saw off a limb which
should be from three-fourthS of an inch
to two inches in diameter, and pare Oft
the end with sharp knife then split
1t about two inches by driving on knife
with mallet, and insert wedge to
keep 1t open about one-fourth of an inch;
cut oft piece for a scion containing not
more than two buds, and if the buds are
healthy, and over one inch apart one
bud Is better than two, as the longer the
scion the more apt are they to dry up and
die pare off the lower end in the form
OF wedge about one and one-half inches
long, leaving the outside little thicker
than the inside Next insert in the cleft
IN such manner that the inner bark of
the scion will exactly meet that of the
stock. Two sclons are thus inserted when
the stock Is large enough, one on each
side. The scons being thus properly
placed, carefully remove the wedge then
make bail OF wax, and place on the
stock between the scions, and press it
down over the sides of the stock, leaving
1t quite thick over the corner to prevent
1t from cracking next cover the clefts
with wax, joining nicely to that on the
head OF the stock, being careful to make
an air and water joint over the end of
the stock and cletts, and lastly stick a
piece of wax over the top Of the scions.
10 make grating wax, take four parts
resin, two of beeswax, and one of tallow;
melt the whole together, and pour it in
70 cold water, and work it until it as
'umes whiteish appearance. If This
wax is too hard, it may be softened by
l>!ng more tallow. Keep the wax IN
warm water while using, to secure the
proper consistency, keeping the hands
lIghtly creased to prevent It's sticking.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-04-30
Great Mixers for Butter Dairies.

1t is fast coming to be understood that
for the manufacture Of butter simply,
great mixers are not always the best
cows. 10 say nothing of the superior
butter-maklng qualities of Jersey cattle,
the difference iii butter-making capacity
between different cows of any breed de-
pends very slightly on the quantity Of
milk that they give and almost entirely
on It's quality. A cow giving ten quarts
OF milk per day will often make more
butter than another of the same breed
giving sixteen quarts, and where tins Is
the case, ii the business is exclusively, or
chiefly, the manufacture of butter, the
smaller mixer is much the more proilta-
BILE, for the reason that the SKINNED milk
is usually of little value, except for the
manufacture of pork, and this will not
compensate tor the greater amount Of
food that the larger milker consumes.
For butter diaries, then, it should be our
aim setting aside all other considerations,
to select such animals as ample expert
encc has shown will make the largest
quantities OF butter from Il given amount
OF food. Whether the food be fed to one
animal or to two is Il matter OF little con-
sequence. What we want is to get the
most money as the results of its consump-
ton and this is often attained by feed
Ing it to a larger number of smaller milk
ers. In the case of thoroughbred ami
mails, the advantage of the larger num-
Der OF cows is still greater, for the rea-
son that they give US more valuable calves.
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VOLUME 80 NUMBER I657

WELL said he, ''since you are man
OF SO much taste, and such quick percep-
ton, I'll let you Off" And we all burst
in hearty peal of laughter, as he said
This is my wife. | have been waiting
tor her. l knew that it was safe prop
Osition."
lie told the story to his wife, who
looked tentold sweeter as she heard it.
Before we reached Chicago, we ex-
changed cards, and | discovered that my
GENIAL companion was popular Episco-
Pallan preacher of Chicago, whose name
had frequently heard. Whenever | 90
to Chicago, | always 90 and hear him,
and hearticr, more natural and eloquent
preacher. is hard to find. lie was then
young man he is now well known as
one OF the ablest divines of the Episcopal
denomination in the Vest HarDey's
Weekly.
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IN Excellent Fertilizer.

We advise our readers, those who have
farms and gaedens TO cultivate, to pre-
pare as large quantity of the tertI zrr
we suggested and recommended in the
April No, Vol. H., of the Journal, as
thcy possibly can. 1t embraces in its
composition quite every element required
N the growth and maturation of roots
and the cereal grains ; and it has the ad-
vantage OF being comparatively cheap
and easily prepared. No fertilizer we
nave yet devised-and we have prepared
and experimental with a large number
-atfOrds more certain and satisfactory
results than this one and those who
prepared and used it last season are ex-
travagant in their praises of it, 1t sup
plies a most desirable dressing for fruit
trees and vines. We use no other fertil-
lzers for our grapes and if any of our
friends have had better results in their
cultivation than we have, it will afford
us pleasure to publish their successes
The method Of preparing the fertilizer is
us follows:
Take one barrel of pure, finely ground
bone, and mix it with barrel of good
wood ashes during the mixing, add
gradually about three pailfuls of water
The heap may be made upon the floor of
an outbullding, or upon the barn floor ;
and by the use OF a hoe, the bone and
lshes must be thoroughly blended togeth-
er. The water added is just sufficient to
Iiberate the caustic alkalies, potash and
soda ami these react upon the gelatine
Of the bone, dissolving the little atoms,
forming kind OF soap, and fitting it for
plant aliment. 1t must be used in small
quantities, or in about the same way as
the so-called superphosphates. A barrel
If this mixture is worth two of any of
the commercial fertilizers, and the cost
will be but about half as much 1t re-
mains to be added if the bone meal
and ashes are very dry, four pailsful of
water may be required, but care must be
exercised not to have it inconviently wet.
1t will be ready for Use in week after
it is made. Pure, raw, Underground
bone and the best Of ashes should be en-
ployed. JOtumai Of Chemistry.
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Any-business is more respectable than
what is termed loafing. A young man
had better sell CLANS by the pailful than
hang around public resorts, numbering
time and his own reputation.
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Rev. Thomas X. Beecher-one of tie
Bercher>-who is pastor of a Congrega-
tional church at Elmira, \ Y, has been
dl>!cIlowsmPed by the Ministerial Union
of that place.
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An indignant orator a; a recent politi-
cal meeting, in refuting an opponent,
thundered Mr.. Chairman, -corn the
allegation, and defy the allie gator"
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The following sentiment is attributed
to Napoleon Bonaparte "A handsome
woman pleases the eye, but a good woman
pleases the heart, The one is jewel
the other is a treasure
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Josh Billings says he will never pat
ronize lottery so long as he can hire
anybody else to rob him at reasonable
wages.
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II you want TO get more than one
hundred cents for a dollar, invest it in a
bottle of pertumerv
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Old maid>-embers from which the
sparks have fled.
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Effects Of Marriage and Lam
Ucrity.


: =; The effect Of marriage upon the Ion
gevity of the sexes is subject worthy q
investigation. Unfortunately the Stats
ties given in our registration report d,
not show the married or single condition
OF those who die, so infinitely as to at;
ford the data upon which we can safely
base our calculations or inquiries.
Still, from Investigations which have
been made, and statistics which hay,
been gathered in Scotland, by James
Stark, VI. d., the accomplished and
learned chief of the general registry of
nee OF that country, we may gather some
information bearing upon this important
subject. The tables given by DIR. Stark
contain the number OF married and un-
married men and women at each Quiu-
quennial period of life in that country in
lS63: the deaths at the same aces, and
the percentage OF deaths to the living ut
each age. The tables show an immense
difference between the mortality of the
married and unmarried. At every pc
rod, from 20 TO 50. the death rate Of
the married men Is much smaller than
that OF the unmarried. OF every one
hundred thousand unmarried men be
tween the ages of 20 and -, III died
during the year: while of Il like number
OF married men only J97 died In 9th
er words, the death rate of bachelor,
between those ayes is almost double that
OF the married men.
And 50 as the age advances. the death
rate shows marked difference in favor
OF married men at every period Of lite
and even ut the extreme ace of 50 10 -.
while lp,GSS died during the wear out of
every 100. 900 bachelors, only l.. 100
died out OF a like number ut married
men. The influence of marriage upon
male mortality is thus shown To be OF
the most potent kind. and bachelor lie
to be more destructive TO the male sex
than the most unwholr>ome of trades.
Ihl> Fact Is rendered still more striking
if we calculate the mean age at death OF
the married and unmarried men. The
figures ot the doctors tables, show the
mean aye 1t death OF married men was
- 40 years: whereas the mean agc
At death of the bachelors, was only 10
years. Married men EI'c therefore "a
chance OF living - 10 wears longer
than those who remain bachelors.
-, also. in relation to married aud
unmarried females. The tables show
that although the proportion of deaths
among 'Irn, dIiercd slightly from tine
males during several OF the periods. Yet
'ierr l. Il" disagreement III the ultimate
results "' The COMPARISON. Marriage
tends 10 Ien='hcn the lite OF both sexes.
DEATHS.
The death. in 1oG- v.ar,.9t- .,r...,,..r
than in IeGn. and 2In los ,h,,p ,,.
AVERAGE for eleven wears. lS57-G7. tina,
lvcra-e being BOZ. one to every Il in
hahltant~.
Tie counties OF the state rank in
as follows: Windsor, Rut-
land. Winlham. Chittcndeu. Wasting
ton. Caledonia. Orange. Franklin. Ben
uimglun. Addison, Orleans, l.amo.llr.
Essex. Grand Isle.
The order of months in fatality i A.
follows: September. Au.u>t. October.
April. March. December. November.
July. Nav. January. June. February.
In 1866. August cave the greatest nor
ia!itv. and July the least.
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Cultivate the habit of giving, but never
give up.
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...., Greensboro.
''-lAN ST.. g.. !:j .EpEE. Proprietor.
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!r,,.., Newpor
ahENA'ipG HUls4--L. Eroa, Proprietor.
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NJ. |. SCOTT, Nj. o.,
"a .AIlu, RAY ~itIAN AND D.. EGEDN
-' e.-.l.., k'Tu,ut.
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''and, from my knowledge Of the merits
oi the case, | am heartily glad that | am
I" defend instead of prosecute, :" lie
left the room, returned in twenty min
utr>, tricd, and arou the cause.
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Experiment With Paaper Children in
- -. England

An important experiment is being tried
with reference to pauper children, which
must be very carefully watched or it may
give rise to evils far greater than those it
is to remedy. The guardians in several
unions are placing the orphans under their
charge, upon certain stipulated scales of
payment in the care OF working class ia
miles, by whom they are to be boarded,
clothed and brought up to industrial habits
The idea is borrowed from the Scotch and
partly from the French systems, both Of
which have been found admirable in their
working. The former includes a plan of
removing infant paupers from the close at
mosphere OF towns into the more healthy
rural districts and it has not been ascer-
tanned that any serious abuses have grown
out OF the practice. The child nursing, is
deposited with persons who are themselves
parents; it is examined registered, and ap-
pointed as trust. The commune bears
the cost and once il every month, a vista
tlou is made and the results are reported.
Cluelty, neglect, or fraudulent exchange
become impossible; and the cases have
been exceedingly rare in which any offense
has been attempted The lot of the Or
phan IS hard one usually; scarcely less
bitter than that of the baby who is S:farm-
ed, and individuals in these respects, fire.
quently have less feeling even than '.the
parish" They accept the conditions. but
the temptation is strong to make an illeei-
innate profit out of them.
1t is remarkable circumstance that, in
England more than in any other country
OF Europe the actual adoption of children
is rare. Then, what of the parochial or
phans? It may be hoped that guardians
will exc eise human discretion, will keep
these children of God, as the German mo :
alist calls them, under particular super
vision and will insist upon their kindly
treatment. But, as was observed in the
House of Commons here is the example of
an innovation that may be put to the best
or to the worst of uses. If the hapless or
phan gets into kind hands, it will escape
the degradation of the workhouse and be
led to an independent livelihood. If it falls
under mercenary guardianship, what guar
antee exists that it will not be starved,
beaten or abandoned to the kennel? Be-
fore the principle is established we should
prefer to see some regulation of a parental
character imposed .-