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Seed Corn and Birds.

The late L. r. Allen, in his american
Farm Book, says: repeated experiments
have demonstrated the great utility Of
stepping seed corn, for one or two days be-
fore planting in solution Of saltpctre.
This acceleratcs the growth of the plant
and is protection against birds, squirrels.
and mice, and for while it viii keep eff
worms. An etIectual remedy against these
dePredations, is to add halfa pint Of boil
ing tar to a peck of seed, stirring the corn
briskly for several minutes, as the tar is adj
ded, till every kernel is thinly coated with
it. This supersedes the worse than absurd
practice OK scarecroWs.
l have successfully practiced the above
method Of preparing seed corn. Some
times the crows have pIucked up a few
plants, but they did not seem to relish the
taste or smell of tar, and left the field in
disgust. In several instances, I have
known farmers to apply so large a coating
of tar as to prevent the termination Of the
corn, thereby causing the disagreeabIe ne
cessity Of rcplanting. To separate the kcr-
nels after being tarred have finely ground
plaster-tor lack Of that, have made use of
Indian meal as a division
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Hot Hearts,,

There is a whole sermon 1.-THE following
utterances of DR.. Burns We need men of
hot hearts to tell of the love of Jesus, was
the appeal sent home. by some Chinese con-
yerts the other day. That is what the
church needs-what the world needs-'men
of hot hearts
q would We were hot" is the Masters
cry. If we are to succeed we must be on
fire about it. r.Arnot of Edinburg, tells
of being at a railroad station one day, and
wearied of waiting for the train to move, he
asked one Of the men what the trouble was.
Is there want of water?
"'Plenty of water, sir was the prompt
reply, but it's no bilin''
That's the trouble with the church to-
day. There's an abundance of machinery
the engine is all in order, the train is
made up, the men are at their posts
there's plenty of water, but it's no bilin'.
The great motive power is wanting. We
need to heap on the fuel of sound doctrine,
not shavings of sentiment, which make a
big blaze, only to g out as quick but the
solid logs of fundamental tluth-chunks,
if you will. But we need yet more the fire
to be baptized with the Holy Ghost, as
with fire."
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A New Discovery with Corn.

An intelligent and reliable neighbor of
ours, who has for many years been making
experiments with corn, has discovered an
importance and value in replanted corn
which is quite novel, and worthy Of publ
cation. We have always thought replant
ed corn was Of little consequence, but this
gentleman says, lit is Of so much conse-
quence. he replants whether it is needed
or motor rather, he plants two or three
weeks after the crop Is planted, a hill about
every fifteenth row each way" He says ::
81 If the weather becomes dry during the
filling time, the silk and tassel both become
dry and dead. In this condition if it
should become seasonable, the silk reyives
and renews its growth, but the tassel does
not recover. Then, for want of pollen the
new silk is unable to fill the Office for
which it was designed. The pollen from
the replanted corn is then ready to supply
the silk, and the filling is completed" He
says nearly all the abortive ears, so common
in corn crops, is caused by want Of pollen,
and that he has known ears to double their
size in this second filling. "-Eccdange.
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Fish and Muck Compost.

To prepare fish and muck compost, COM
mence with three shovels of swamp muck.
and spread it on the ground in circle, if
for a small heap Of few barrels Of fish
pomace, or in long heap for large guam
THY; then beat the fish fine and scatter one
shovelful over the muck, and so continue
alternately until all is mixed leaving the
heap cone shaped. In about a week the
heap will begin to heat, and should be
turned and mixed, commencing on one
side and making all fine with the back Of
the shovel. In a week or ten days more.
it should be turned again. In three weeks
it will be fine and fit for use. 1t may be
kept until wanted to be used, but will re-
quire further turning if it continues to heat.
The muck should be damp when mixed,
or it will not heat sufficiently. Peruvian
guano and muck, or earth, should be mix
ed in the proportion Of six to oneof guano.
1t does not heat, but requires the same
turning and mixing as fish and muck. A
handful of either in the hill is about the
quantity generally used, but Of the fish
compost, more is required than Of the gu
ano-as much as can be held in the hand
with the palm upperm. St and the finger.
spread. If thrown into the hole in heap
it should be spread before being covered
to avoid the danger of destroying the seed
which should never beplanted directly up.
on it.-4mericaa Aqricult,rist
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PeacnIiIa a River

Let the believer live near to God; let
him, through the aids of the Holy Spirit,
maintain a conscience void of offence to-
wards both God and men; and unlike the
tides that ebb and fow-now full, and
anon leaving waste of sand behind-this
peace would be as persistent as it is prec-
ious. For what says the Lord? "Thy
peace shall be like a river" No pool
shallow pool ruffed by every breath-that
water turns to ice and summer drought to
mud; but a river, sparkling, flowing, ever
full and ever flowing, growing deeper,
broader, calmer the farther it goes, the
nearer to its rest in the ocean. Justified
by faith, net by frame of feelings-that
shift like weather vaEe, with every
change of wind, but by the firm and finish
ed, and accepted, and approved righteous
ness of Jesus, we have peace with God
And therefore able, as he looks forward to
az. hour of death and the day of Judgment,
20 say, 1t is God that justifeth. Who is
he that condemneth ?' the believers heart
is the home of peace-a peace that passeth
understanding, has God for its author, faith
for its source, and the heart for its dwell
ing.-Sunday Magazine.
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StimuIants in Milk ever.

The publication of the alcoholic cure of
COWS suffering under this terrible and hith-
erto fatal complaint, has brought forth
great deal of discussion in the English ag-
ricultural papers. The veterinarians feel
aggrieved that the old treatment is found
fault with, and the COW feeders come out
strong with the actual results of their alco-
holic treatment. Several London COW
keepers have appeared in print, and state
that their universal practice in such cases
is to administer large and continuous doses
of spirits, and with good success. Indeed,
some go further and declare that spirit is
an almost certain cure for pluro-pneumOnia
as well as milk fever. Now, The best phase
of the cure seems that it can be tried at any
time while life continues in the animal.
This being the case, it will, no doubt, be
extensively adopted. There is no Difficult
ty, unfortunately, in getting any amount
of whisky in any part of the province, and
it certainly is much better use for it to
apply to sick animals, than to brutalize
the animals master or owner.-C Canada
Farmer.
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WaIkinq at Liberty.

The inspired author of the CXIXth
Psalm makes use Of an expression having
a graphic force which will repay examina
ton. As it stands in our version it reads
rs w. "and viii walk at liberty; for |
seek thy prcccpts.' As literally as we can
render the Hebrew, we make it thus, Il
will walk in the wilderness; for thy pre-
cepts have | sought" Our translators have
given the marginal suggestion of "at large"
as a synonym for liberty" The Septua-
gint translates it "in broad place" Luz
ther suggests Freely" In so doing he I'M
questionably hits the spirit of the exact
sense.
The idea in the mind of the writer which
the word labors to convey was, without
doubt, that of freedom and unrestrainedness
without bounds or confines; in which
the soul should feel at ease, and take its
ease in the largest spirit of liberty.
Nor does this idea appear to be mainly a
material one. That is, the reference does
not seem to be, at least prominently, to
foes and obstacles and environments from
without, but rather to freedom from all re-
straints within the soul arising from sinful
habits and wicked principles, and corrupt
imaginations, and ungodly tastes; the ser
vitude of sin, the slavery of sense-that
condition of mind and heart under which
Paul groaned, when he said: 'The good
that l would, l do not, but the evil which
/ would not, that dO-anOther law in my
members, warning against the law of my
mind, and bringing me into captivity to
the law Of sin which is in my MEMBERS
1t is Gin the Wilderness" of blessed freedom
from all this, that the good man walks OF
whom the Psalmist here sings.
And the reason why, 81 have sought thy
precepts'-that is, it is the habit of his
soul to study, reverence and obey God.
precepts-to make them the guide of hi:
life; to be directed by them and by moth.
ing else.
Why should not such a man walk eli
the Wilderness" of the freest, largest liberty
possible to any human on earth? God, who
made him, who knows the utmost breadth
Of genuine manhood and whose precepts
contemplate it as the standard of develop
ment toward which his children SHOULD
strive, and, which, when perfect, they shall
attain, is his father and his friend as vel
as his ruler, and his providence gives hin
the benefit Of his perpetual and benignan
oversight. The man who avails himself 0
that providential aid in his constant en-
deayor to keep those precepts, cannot fai
to gain such c0nquests over indwelling sin
and to realize such growth in grace, as t
make it easy for him to feel Eat liberty.
"The opening of the prison to them tina
are bound" is one fthe prophetic triumph
of the gospel as Isaiah preached it, and
is realized in the individual deliverance {
those whom the grace of God emancipate
from the thraldom Of evil ways, and carna
appetites; even more strikingly and Joy
fully than in any Of those outward sense
in which it meliorates the physical cond
ton Of those who have been under bondag
in the flesh.
Blessed liberty to walk in the widene,
of perfect freedom from all thraldom
evil!-C ongregationalist.
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EXTENDING Christ's Invitation,

Unless in the sense of guarding their
peace Of mind from being disturbed by
temptation, and their purity from being
stained by sin, those who find treasures in
the gospel do not hide them. On the con-
trary, they seek tomake the great discovery
known, and to communicate its benefits to
all. There is no temptation to do other
wise, to keep it to ourselves, since it has
blessings in the pardon and peace of God
enough for us and for all othesr 1t is as if
one of a caravan that had sunk on a burn
ing desert were in making last effort for
life, to discover no muddy pool, but a vast
fountain-coOl as the SHOWS that replenish-
ed its spring, and pure as the heavens that
were reflected on its BOSOM He revives
at the blessed sight, and pushing on 10 the
margin stoops and drinks; yet ere his thirst
is fully quenched, see how he speeds away
to pluck his friends from the arms Of death.
and bark! how he shouts, making the lone
d sert ring with the cry, "Hol every one
that thirsteth, come we to the waters Pr
None ever found Christ but they wished
that Others might also find him, were ever
saved without desire to save springing
up.in their hearts-theirs to the spirit of
Andrew, when he went to his brother Pc
ter, saying, awe have found the Messias'
of those who said, "Come thou with us,
we will do thee good" "Arise, forw have
seen the land, and behold, it is very good."
Guthrie.
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that there cannot be luxury. The state
" palaces of Fifth Avenue are not what |
am attacking. There will be just as stately
palaces, and just as gorgeous-but there
will be a thousand instead of one. But
there never will be one of them-not one
will ever lift its marble walls from its
foundation, while there is the filth, the de-
moralization of Five Points within half a
mile. 1t will come in due time, it is all
before Us. The race has never reached yet
the luxury, nor the refinement, nor the
splendor, nor the pomp which its ultimate
development will accomplish. l don'twar
against that. l only say that while there
are such influences to grapple with,
christian man never can turn his energy,
his disciplined and trained intellect and
skill toward the rolling up of forty or sixty
millions OF dollars. | claim that from the
very moment of his adult life he owed so
much of his waking hours personally to
his fellows, and then that iniquity would
not have been possible. l do not want his
wealth. l want him. | do not want his
contributions; want his countenance.-
Your millions are not enough, want you
actually at the legislative lobby; l want
you to 60 down with me into that suffering
street.
But you say it can't be. 1t can. In the
war time you did it; every woman of you
either went down into the hospitals or
staid behind and held up the hands of
those who did. What made the soldier so
accomplishing who was clutched from this
very class that you can do nothing with in
the city? You cannot hold him back from
! the State prison; you cannot hold him
back from the grog shop; you cannot keep
| him back from vice. The testimony is,
! from the lips Of no wounded man was there
| ever heard a curse in the presence Of wo-
man; from no agonized heart was there
ever heard complaint. What lifted that
common humanity into such a level? Be-
cause all christendom bent in the presence
of that nursing person over his crib. Be
cause he felt it was no substitute that came
down, paid to do an agents work to give
him charity. Because he felt that laid on
the same altar where he laid his life, was
all the wealth, and all the heart of the
broad North that he left behind him; that
every woman's nature was working, every
heart was feeling, and every foot was swift
to come to his bedside. You left virtue
a self control, self devotion and purity
such as other years cannot equal. Go t
him in his own hut here in the same way
net as paid agent, but as a christian, feel
ing just as much for him WHO'S the victim
Of fercer war than the South ever waged
who is wounded under battery more bit
| ter and destructive than Lee ever marshal
f ed; who needs just as much your sympa
thy and your christianity to help him.
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Secret of Success.

Don't hang dismal picture on the wall,
and do not daub with sables and glooms in
your conversation. Don't be a cynic and
discOnsolate preacher. Don't bewail and
bemoan. Omit the negative propositions.
Nerve us with incessant propositions. Don't
wasteyOurself in rejection, nor bark against
the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.
When that is spoken which has right to
be spoken, the chatter and the criticism
will stop. Set down nothing that will not
help somebody;
For every gift of noble origin
Is breathed upon by hopes perpetual breath"
The affirmative or alternatives is love.
As much love, so much perfection. As
caloric is to matter, so is love to mind so
it enlarges, and so it empowers it. Good
will makes insight, as one finds his way to
the sea by embarking on river. l have
seen scores of people who can silence me,
but | seek one who shall make me forget
or overcome the frigidities and imbecili-
ties into which fall. The painter Giotto,
Vasari tells us, renewed art, because he put
more goodness iutO his heads. To awake
in man and to raise the,sense of worth, to
educate his feeling and judgment so that he
shall scorn himself for a bad action, that is
| the only aim.
IT'S cheap and easy to destroy. There
is not joyful boy or an innocent girl buoy
ant with fine purposes of duty, in all the
street full of eager and rosy faces, but 3
cynic can chill and dishearten with a sin
gle word. Dependency comes readily
enough to the most sanguine. The cyniC
has only to follow their hint with his bit
ter confirmation and 60 home with heavier
step and premature age. They will them
selves quickly enough give the hint hi
wants to the cold wretch. Which of then
has not failed to please where they mos
wished it? or blundered where they wer,
most ambitious of success? or found them
selves awkward or tedious or incapable o
study, thought, or heroism, and only hopeC
by good sense and fidelity to do what the,
could and pass unbalanced? And this witt,
malefactor makes their little hope less will
satire and skepticism, and slackens tn
springs of endeavor. Yes, this is easy
but to help the young soul, add energy, in
spire hope, and blow the Goals into use
full flame; to redeem defeat by new thought
by firm action, that is not easy, that is tn
work of divine men.-Emerson.
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Anybody can run it. The feed can be raised
or lowered for light or heavy work.
No more bother with the old style shuttle
with its crude incOuvenient and difficult tension
adjustment, produced by threading through
row of holes, attended with veXing uncertainty,
great expense of time, and breaking thread.
The Improved Shuttle admits of being instant
ly adjusted by the inexperienced with any de-
gree of tension required for sewing anything
from LEATHER to ONE THICKNESS OF
TISSUE PAPER, (see samples.) These Ma
chimes make the Lock Stitch alike on both sides
of the work, are large, strong and roomy, and are
supplied with extra cloth plate and leather nee
dies, for sewing leather, if desired.
Their superior workmanship, style of finish,
durability, speed and power, running stiler and
easier than other shuttle machines, attract the
attention and elicit the admiration of machinists
and mechanics everywhere. This, and the fact
that it is almost impossible to make them break
the thread or miss stitch commends them to
the general favor of all.
Ifyou desire TO secure the best Shuttle Ma
chine in Market don't fail to see them before
purchasing.
Price, with cover, lock and key, hemmer, cor
der. three braiders, and usual outfit, $50, and
same Machine with button hole and Oyerseam-
ing movement combined, SIS.
Also the Gold Medal Machine, universally
acknowledged to be the best double threader in
market, with hemmers TO turn both ways and
any width, $40 to SIS; also the best of single
threaders with steel movements and well finish
ed, at reasonable prices, and warranted. All
Machines hereafter sold by me or my agents will
be furnished with SELF ADJUSTING NEE
DIES, invented by the undersigned, for which
patent is pending.
On exhibition and for sale at J. y. Webster
Daguerrean Rooms, Barton, and at the resi-
dence Of Henry Dudley, Craftsbury, Vi.
Agents wanted IN the Counties Of Orleans,
Essex, Lamoille and Caledonia.
Orders by mail promptly attended to and sat
isfaction guaranteed.
+. ?. CHENEY, Glover, VT,
Manufacturers Agent
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GARDENING for Women.

Frances Power Cobbe says that among
healthful amusements and occupations for
women gardening ought to have a foremost
place, and adds
1t is at once an art and an exercise-an
art wherein we dull Saxons have thorough
ly proved our power to excel, and an eXer-
else which brings every muscle into play
in the blessed fresh air. 1t may be so
cheaply pursued that even the poorest cot
tager or even town-garreteer may enjoy it;
and it may be costly and splendid enough
to crafty the taste of queens. The natur-
al affinity between women and flowers is
so strong. SO few women of any rank are
devoid Of it, and so much of gardening and
conservatory work can be well doae bv w0-
men, that it is quite curious instance of
the way in which pleasant and lucrative
trades are monopolized by men, that there
are no such things as garden girls, and te-
male head gardeners, and women manag-
ing nurseries and market gardens. Many
hundreds Of English ladies work from
choice half their days in their own gardens,
and being their own head gardeners, enjoy
every flower which blooms ten fold more
they had the honor of meekly smelling it
under the rule of a Scotch autocrat. But
no woman Of the humber class that ever
we heard Of was allowed to gain her bread
by doing precisely what these ladies do
from choice; though how many would re-
joice to quit dreary school rooms and work
rooms to undertake the same. Heaven
alone can tell.
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Early and Late Planting.

Peas may be sown very early, even if the
soil is quite cold, as considerable frost or
cool nights will not injure them. Beans
will rot if the soil is cold and wet-there-
fore wait until it is warm. Wheat oats
and. barley will do well if sown early, but
keep the corn out of cold, wet soil, or it
will either rot or grow feeble. Onions,
beets, satisfy, and parsnips, should be sown
early; carrots later, melons and cucumbers
still later. Plant all kinds of hardy trees
and shrubs just as early as the soil is suit
able and the earth will become settled
about the roots by the time warm weather
commences. A little haste in spring will
usually prove of great advantage before
the close of the season, but be sure that it
is properly applied.
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House, Farm and Garden.
/. ID. r.. COLLINS, Editor.
Prenarafion of Seed Corr.

A correspondent of the Country Gentle
man desired to be informed how to prepare
seed corn to render it unpalatable to birds,
so that they will not pull it on its first
coming up. The following replies were
made:
Now, it is very easy to prepare seeds to
prevent the ravages of birds. The modus
operandi is as follows: To peck of corn
use only tablespoonful of tar In a wa
ter tight vessel, place the tar on top of the
seed. Pour boiling water on the tar until
the seed is covered. Stir it briskly until
the tar is dissolved, and all the grains will
be discolored. Turn it out on the ground
on spot bare of grass, throw on ashes suf-
icient to dry it, and stir it quickly, which
will prevent any adhesion of the grain.
/ think nothing but hog will touch the
seed thus prepared. 1t vegetables we'll. If
the corn has been previously soaked,
(which is Objectionable it should be treat
ed to the hot water.
My first attempts at tarring corn were
ridiculous enough; | used ten times too
much tar. and water not sufficiently hot.
The birds will of course test the field to
taste of the corn, but will soon become dis
gusted
W. w. RATHBONE.
l have found coal tar very efectuaI. 1t
not only prevents the birds from pulling It
up, but also prevents it from rotting, should
the weather be wet before the corn sprouts.
The tar should be heated before applied ;
one-half pint to a bushel of corn is suffi-
Gent. CIR.
The plan generally adopted by the farm
ers of this county to prevent bIackbirds
from pulling up corn in the spring, is put
the corn, say one-half bushel, in tub OF
other convenient vessel, and pour over sui
ficient hot water to cover it; and let il
stand few minutes, or till the corn i,
thoroughly warmed then drain off the wa
ter and pour over the corn a very little
gas or coal tar, which has been previously
warmed till it Is thin, and with a stick sti
it thoroughly, which will give every grair
a thin covering Of the tar; lastly, dust owe
it some dry plaster or earth, to prevent tn
grains adhering together, and stir again.
The birds may pull few stalks, but ga
tar being decidedly unpaIatable, they sool
find it won't pay, and desist from furthe
attempts. A pint of tar would be sulHcien
for two OF three bushels, if properly ap
piled. Carolina tar would probably an
swcr the purpose, but there woul. be
danger of putting too much on, 50 as to in
terfere with the termination OF the seed.
AGRICOLA.
, Salem Co.. y. j.