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AVermont Horse Corporation.

The Legislature of Vermont at its last
session chartered company for the pur-
pose of breeding horses. 1t is to have
capital of 100000, and has liberty to in
crease it to S250,000. 1t is proposed to buy,
import, breed, grow and improve horses in
Vermont.
The charter does not allow operations to
be commenced until $4,000 are paid into
the treasury, and the debts are never to
exceed two-thirds of the cash capital paid
in. In case they do, the directors, or per-
sons so contracting them are to be person
ally liable therefor. If the full plans of
the movers can be realized, Vermont will
have the finest stock of horses in few
years to be found in America.
The plan is to have farm of some 300
acres, comprising some of the best Pastur-
ing in thc state, with best of stables, sheds
and paddocks the farm to be thoroughly
fenced for horses, and worth, say from
$4,000 to $25, 900.
Eor STOCK, IL Is pIoposeu W ha'o nan d
dozen of number one thoroughbred mares,
if they have to import them; at least one
first class thoroughbred stallion; half a
dozen mares from the american STAR
family, and one of the best HambletOnian
stations to be found in that celebrated
family of trotters; also, some ten to twelve
Of the best Vermont breeding mares, and
one or two of the very best Vermont stall
lions
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A Warm Bed for Pics.

We very we'll remember a saying of an
old gentleman, an excellent farmer, that if
you would make hog profitable, you must
never let him see a winter; and we think
we have satisfied ourselves that spring pigs.
well kept and nursed, are far less expen-
sive, and yield far more in return for their
keeping than those fifteen or eighteen
months old. But one thing is quite GER
tain; if we prefer our store hogs to come
in the fall, We ought to be careful to keep
them through our long, cold winters both
warm and DRY.
Every Obsevant farmer who knows that
if his cattle are not sheltered from the cold
weather and the storms, they will require
much more food to keep them in tolerable
order, than if they are kept warm and COM
Portable. Just as 1t is with pigs, if they
are suffered to run over your premises in
the snow and sleet, with their legs and
snout as red as the gill of your gobbler,
without warm and dry bed of clean straw
to resort to when they choose, they will
not only, with all probability, come out
with mango in the spring, but every grunt
they give will convince you that all the
food they have devoured has been thrown
away; for shotes that have cold, damp,
comfortless bed, will get NANCY, and man.
gy pigs cannot grow.
Let any one who has mind to try the
experiment, take two pigs of the same litter
suffering the one to run as above, and lei
the other be well housed and well fed, and
1t will be found that the superior growth O.
the latter will pay for the care bestowed
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Winterinq Young Stock.

The colts and calves, as also young ami
mails which are growing, are frequently
more seriously injured at this season than
at any other. They will often by lying
with older cattle, and if foddered, as is too
much the case, with a sparing hand, and
no care taken to prevent the stronger ones
from driving the weaker, that portion of
the herd requiring the food most, will get
none, and then, after while, when the
poor little things become emaciated, they
will receive more attention; but it will be
too late, for if they are got through till
spring the check to their growth and the
shock to their constitution is never got
over, for they continue to be, through life,
a stunted, i'll favored set.
Year after year this occurs. The own
er goes to his barn and his crib, declaring
great economy is needed, for if the spring
should be late, the hay or the corn may
give out" etc. So every animal has its
food doled out in such frugal way, that
the farmer considers himself one of the
most careful men in the world
Economy, frugality and carefulness !,
What perversion of terms, for this is cent
wisdom and dollar foOlishness. The cat
tie, especially the young, pine and waste,
till in the month of May they reel to grass.
and some stagger to their last home, for
their stomachS have become so weak, and
their whole system so reduced, that the
sour grass scours them to death. A few
more acres of corn grown, would Obviate
any necessity for this unquestionable ''hus-
banding of resources" and if such meI
were not beyond the reach of argument
and proof against the experience of others
they would get deal of ploughing done
in the fall, and manure hauled in the win
ter, so as to get the corn planting over tint
enough to grow several acres fine roots Il
help the hay and corn, while at the sam'
time the stock would come out so mucl
better, that in every way the liberal feed
ing would cause economy, frugality ant
carefulness-so often misappIed as to b
hated like poison ahirator and Count,
Gentleman,
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House, Farm and Garden.
1, d. II. COLLINS, Editor.
Black River Valley Agricultural Soci-
ANNUAL MEETING, CRAFTsBURY, JANUA-
RY 4th, 1870.

ANNUAL MEETING, CRAFTsBURY, JANUA-
RY 4th, 1870
According to the requirements of the
constitution, the society met at the town
house at O'Clock P. NJ, and the president
being absent, was called to order by the
vice president, E. S. Gage. The secretary
then made his report, which was accepted
and adopted. On motion of A. Dawson,
the president was directed to appoint a
committee of three to nominate officers for
the ensuing year, and A. Dawson, D. Blu
chanan and ]. W. Gage were appointed
for that purpose. On motion of J. W.
Gage, rule LIST of the bylaws of the society
was amended so that the executive COM
mittee shall consist Of six instead of three
members. On motion of l. d. R. Collins,
article I'd ofthe constitution was so amen
ded that the annual meeting shall be held
on the second Tuesday in January each
year, instead of the LIST. The nominating
committee then made the following report:
For president VIM. J. Hastings; vice pres
ident, H. W, Chafey; secretary and treas
urer, |. D. R Collins; executive commit
tee, G. w. Seaver, j. W. Gage, A. A. Ran
dali, J. B. Freeman, J. B. Cook, Dan
Goodrich. On motion of G. F. Sprague,
the report was adopted, and the gentlemen
nom mated were elected to the respective
Offices On motion of j. w Simpson, the
president was directed to appoint COM
Mite. Of three to nominate the awarding
committee for the ensuing year, and j. w.
Simpson, r. NJ. Haines and G. w. Seaver
wee appointed for that purpose. The
committee then made their report, which
wasadopted and the awarding committee
eleced. "a list ofthe committee will be
published hereafter.) On motion of A.
Dawson, the meeting adjourned sine die.
TIE meeting was fairly attended and
veryharmonious in its action. The ques
ton having arisen, whether the society
should continue its organization or not, it
was ably argued by several members, that
it had beena decided benefit to the agri-
cultural interests of this section, as evinced
by the improvement of stock and crops
within the past three years, that it was not
antag0nistic to the interests Of any similar
organization, but rather cooperative, and
that the agricultural interests of this sec
ton could not afford to give it up. These
sentiment. seemed to be unanimously con.
CURED in by the members present.
|. d. R. COLLINS, Sec'y.
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We Shall be Like Him

1t is blessed hope that we shall be like
him. The Bridegroom will come, and bring
with him all those that he took to him.
Those that were too good for earth. because
ripe for heaven, and therefore gathered in
to everlasting gamers, he will bring with
him. Those on whom the cold shadow of
death has lain for many long and weary
year, he will waken from the sleep of death
and bring with him. The infant which
dropped from mothers lap, she thought
INTO unknown space, she will find wa. laid
in the lap Of its Father in heaven; this in
fant ne will bring with him. The babes
that fell from the tree of life. and the gray
haired men that withered by the wear of
years by its branches, the fair. the beauti
full, the holy ones that We would have kept
because we loved them better, will all rear
pear, with not one blemish left upon sim
gle brow not one rude mark remaining on
the spirit, not one sting in any heart all
sensations bliss, all sights beauty, all sounds
music. 'The bride shall receive the BRIDE
groom, and she shall no more go out; and
there shall be no more tears" How beau.
tiful the apocalyptic passage; it is almost
music to hear it: land there shall be nc
more tears, nor sorrow, nor crying, MOI
death; all things shall be made new"
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The Fruit of TrihuIation.

A Connecticut pastor says: There Is
strange contrast often betweeH the sub
stance that nourishes the root and the per-
tected flower. The Apostle Paul tells us
that "tribulation worketh patience; and
patience experience; and experience hope"
revealing to us how the life having its
roots in those things which are sad and re-
polling, under Divine influence may grow
and blossom into hope. Let us mark the
stages of this growth.
The seed cast into the earth proves the
power of the life within, by its struggle to
break through the evil that covers it. 1t
must lift the dirt in order to get into the
sunshine. When tribulation comes we
shall prove the power Of the Christ life
within us, by the efforts which we make to
rise into the light which faith makes to
shine upon the soul. Sorrow, trial, when
it overwhelms men and leaves them in
darkness which lies upon them a burden
of woe, soon brushes out the life. What
matters it if the pulses still beat. So the
clock ticks until the weights run down.
/ Is that life? Patienceis the earliest growth
Of the life which struggling out of tribula-
ton is to eliminate in hope. We are 10
seek this first. The Lords Prayer teaches
us this. THY will be done, comes before
we ask even for daily bread. We shall mo-
come into this state of soul without effort
Patience is not mere listlessness, a sinkin!
into state of helplessness like the beas
which, finding its burden heavy, lies dow
and will be urged no further.
Patience reveals itself in the smile o
peace which r-pples over the face of tn
invalid whose every nerve is keen and aliv
to suffering That smile, that quietness, i
of the soul. Those lines of pain, the tigh
shut mouth for moment, is of the body
Patience is the heavenward look, which til
sorrow stricken heart lifts up through il
tears, saying, Father, not my will bu
thine be done" Patience strengthens trus
and the soul, no longer dropping earthwarC
looks up and opens to heavenly influences
then it is that the life enters into blesse
experiences on every side. Who shall te
what hopes have budded and blossome
out Of these Christ given experiences? Flu
Of fragrance and beauty, these hopes unliE
, earth born flowers, shall never fade Tho.
who have come up through great tribuli
tons are only transplanted into that brigh
7 er world where there is no more sorrow.
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Excuses.

Ever since sin entered our world men
have sought excuses under which to hide
their guilt rather than to put away their
sin by earnest and hearty repentance
How unreasonable and worthless such pre-
fences are, every one could see were not
their minds darkened by sin. There can
be no sufficient excuses for wrong doing.
Whatever is wrong must be repented Of
and put away. There are greater and less
er degrees of guilt, according to the cir
cumstances of the person and case. Blu;
wrong must be put away from US. We
not extenuate the wrong and hold it fast
without bringing upon ourselves the guilt
Of willful and deliberate transgression.-
What was at first only fault in which we
were overtaken by sudden temptation, be-
comes by being excused-instead ofrepent-
ed ola deliberate and outbreaking sin.
We deliberately and cody cherish, and
excuse, and extenuate wrong which we
can now see in its true character. The
quit oil wrong Is wonderfully enhanced by
the excuses which men invent to cover Their
guilt Let us never play into the hands o
Satan by hiding under excuses. In tn,
day of Judgment, excuses will be useless
Even those who have so many now to offe
will not bring forward single one in tn,
hour of their extremity. In the presence
of the all-seeing Judge their excuses will
vanish into nothing. How inexcusable i
wrong doing, how hateful is sin, and hoy
unjustifiable the course of those who choos
to follow their own course rather than Il
obey God Beware of hiding under excu
ses. They cannot cover us from the sigh
of our final Judge. NC.
Barton Landing
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upon him, with good interest. Hogs that
are too confined, and cannot get to the
earth, will frequently be benefited by hay
ing a little charcoal, soft brick-bats, or soft
rotten wood thrown into them; and tri-
fling quantity of birthstone mixed IN their
feed, occasionally, is an excellent thing.
The hog has the reputation OF being
dirty fellow. but we should remember that
he likes to be dirty in his own way, and for
his own pleasure ; he neither prefers to live
in cold and filth; still less does he choose
to be half fed. DR.. Franklin's man said
the hog was the only gentleman in Eng
land, because he alone was exonorated
from labor. If this be so, surely he ought
to be well fed and well housed in America.
We entirely believe that the same amount
Of food that will barely carry apig through
the winter with bad management, will,
with good prudent treatment, keep him
growing, and in the spring you have some
thing to build upon that will by-and-by
make you solid porker that will do credit
to your sty.-Ruraiist
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Disparaging Common Sense.

Rev. Washington GLADDEN., in the Con-
gregationalist, remarks upon a feature of
the discussions in the Christian Conven-
tons now so common, and in other relie-
iJus assemblies:
do not know that | ever attended an
assemblage of Christians, called to discuss
Christian work, in which the suggestion of
methods by which this work might best be
done did not call out most emphatic pro-
test from brethren who are in the habit of
insisting that what we want is not better
methods, but more faith and more conse-
Grafton. This sentiment is quite apt to pre-
vail in a Christian Convention. 1t is an
easy thing to say; many persons who have
never exercised their minds yery deeply in
studying how to show themselves approved
of God as workmen that need not he asham-
ed, are quite in the habit of saying it and
it is certain to be said very often in all our
Conferences and Conventions.
Now it is quite true that what we need
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Christianity Essential.

Christianity is part of the law of the
land. Everything declares it. The mass
i've cathedral of the Catholic; the Episco-
palian church, with its lofty spire pointing
heavenward; the plain temple of the Qua
ker; the log church of the hardy pioneer
of the wilderness; the mementoes and me-
MORALS around and about us; the conse-
Grated graveyards, their tombstones and
epitaphs, their silent vaults, their molder-
ing contents, ali attest it. The dead prove
it as well as the living. The generations
that are gone before speak to it, and pro-
nounce it from the tomb. We feel it. All,
all proclaim that christianity, general toll
Grant christianity, christianity Independent
of sects and parties, that christianity to
which the sword and fagot are unknown,
general, tolerant christianity, is the law of
the land.-Danie Webster.
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Whatsoever He Saith.

MY dear child" saida pastor to young
christian, Whatsoever He saith unto you,
do it,
But, sir, l cannot"
you hear the Saviour's voice bidding
you go work."
Eyes, for many days He has been bid
ding me, by His Spirit to tell a young
friend of his love, but cannot"
at is a hard master who commands an
impossible thing, and expects its accom-
plishment You have a hard master, have
you?"
ooh no, sir, He is dear, loving Master"
But He bids you do impossible things
you say"
Eyes, but the fault is mine. 1 am 50
weak"
"Does He know that ?''
Eyes, no doubt He does, for it seems to
me, l am perfect weakness"
Strange that He should give such a
hard command to so weak a servant. tits
not right, is it?"
Eyes, it is all right, know, but can
not do it. am so weak cannot say any
thing and know it would not do any
good"
Then your master gives a useless COM
mand, as well as a hard one Is He a wise
master, them"
ooh, you show me more and more, my
weakness and sinfulness. What shall
do?"
Whatsoever He saith unto you, do it.
The Master never gives a command which
is too hard to perform. 1t might be; it
would be, if you were expected 20 do it
alone, but He knows you are weak; so He
says, Here, my child. Take my strength.
1t is enough. With it you can do all things,
have all things Jesus never will give
you a cross to lift except He can carry the
heaviest end Himself. Will you let Him
A leaden cross lifted thus, seems lighter
than feather Whatsoever He saith unto
you, will you do it, then?"
"Christ helping me, l will"
"Ah, you cannot afford to do otherwise
Each act, each word for Christ brings it
own rich reward. We lose much Joy by
virtually telling Christ: 4 cannot do al
you bid me; give my work and my joy ant
my crown to another"
'My dear child" said the pastor in con
clusion, II will give you motto to hell
you by the way; it is this: 4 can do al
things through Christ that strengthened
me- "-JI0Tning Star
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Landing at Plymouth.

Look at that little company huQdIed to-
gether on the bleak and desolate strand at
Plymouth. They are poor they are cold,
they are hungry, they are sick. What has
brought them there? Is it for pastime that
they have made this periIous venture over
an unknown and stormy sea? Have they
left sweet peace and undisturbed homes
and backward reckoning hands behind
them? And have they planted themselves
down on these barren wastes, with death
at the right Of them. and death at the left
of them, because their hearts and their in
terests have drawn them to the spot? Nay
nay Hate and outrage trimmed the ship
that was to bear them to this wilderness
world and threats and prosecutions hoist
ed the Sails; and prescription and intoler-
ance were the fierce winds which waited
them to an unknown destiny But what
sublime hOsannas of praise to Almighty
Sod were yet to be raised out of that wrath
of man How the wild shriekings of ami
mostly and rage with which those devout
but brave souls were pursued, were to be
caught up and blended in the great halle
lujah chorus, through which jubilant hosts
in after times, should ascribe honor, and
majesty, and dominion unto the Lord
All! it is not only true that good men
often build wiser than they know, but bad
men are also Gods mechanics. And when
they think they are tearing down and de-
molishing those structures which the right
eous cherish, they are more frequently lay
ing deeper and broader the foundations of
better things that shall be, How manifest
ly was it so here For free schools, free
church, a free Republic-these were the
invisible freightage of that one frail craft
which cruel hands launched upon the sea.
Poor rage-benighted souls; these persecu-
tors thought they were abating a nuisance
Instead they were helping truth, and JUS
tice, and liberty to the best vantage ground
they ever occupied. And while the world
stands | do not suppose the good influence
of that one event-which had never been
but for the blind perversity of the foes OF
freedom and righteousness-wil ever die
out. Its spirit descends and abides still.
Men rail at New England and parade
her faults, and call her mean and salute
her with all sorts of hard Names And fal
from perfect she very certainly is-nont
knew this better, none feel it more keenly
than they who are of her own kith and kin
But New England keeps right on, running
her mills, pushing her inventions, estab
fishing her schools, supporting her mission
aries, sending abroad her teachers, maxim,
her books, advocating her "ideas," witt
her busy fingers and teeming brains, doini
more perhaps than any other equal portion
of the globe to inspire and direct the thot
of the time in which we live.-Rer T. A
Noble.
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most is faith and conservation without
these the best methods will be good for
nothing. But it is not true that we have
nothing to learn as to the best ways OF
working. Grace is needed, but common
sense is not to be dispensed with. Effort
is often wasted because it is wrongly direct
ed; in many cases the energies of the
church are not brought out, because there
is no definite plan of christian work. We
have known of churches in which the adop-
ton of excellent plans of labor was not fol-
lowed by any good results; but these in
stances do not proye that method is useless;
they only show that method is not all that
is wanted. Plans of organization may be
so complicated and so clumsy, that they
shall hinder rather than facilitate the work
of the church but among the many ways
of doing good there are some that are best
for each body Of christian workers; and it
is of the utmost consequence that these
should be thoroughly canvassed, and the
VI CO4lI CN ~ tAeae Ne'SAA
of us may learn how to be all things to all
men, that we may by all means gain some.
1t is not, then, the part of wisdom to
despise these discussions concerning the
methods of christian labor Neither is it
the part of charity. TO insist that the sole
condition of success is personal devotion,
is not always fair; some there arc, among
our pastors and our brethren in the church
es, whose zeal and devotion are known to
God and men, and yet who are most earn
estly inquiring what are the best ways Of
doing good. They are not lacking in con-
secration, but they feel that they are lack
ing in practical knowledge, and while they
ask of God, who gives to all literally, that
this want of theirs may be supplied, they
do not forget that God will answer this
prayer not only by direct communication
of his Spirit to them, but also by pointing
out to them the results which have been
wrought out into his church underline guild
ance of his Shirt