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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-06-22
The Extract of Meat.

The influence of the extract of meat
known as Liebig's " Extractum carnis, -
upon debilitated constitutions and exhausted
nervous systems rs now admitted by all ply
sIclans, and this article is commonly pre-
scribed in Europe, especially in England
either alone or i'll glass Of generous wine,
as means of nourishment when no other
will July succeed.
Prof. ankester, in the last number of the
Nature, discusses the question in what the
real value of the extract consists. The gen.
eral belief that 1t is highly condensed nour-
ishment, and that pound of it contains as
much nutritious matter as thirty pounds of
beef, does not bear examination. A chemi-
cal analysis shows that the difference between
the extract and good beef is this In the
former there is one-third as much water.
there is one-fourth less albumen, no fat, and
four times as much mineral matter while
set of bodies called creatine, creatinine,
mos C acd and osmazOne are INTRODUCED which
are not found in beef at all.
Now creatine is analogous in many of its
properties to quinine, morphine, strychnine
and other vegetable bases which powerfully
affect the nervous system. The other sub
stances contained in the extract are less I'M
derstood. but it seems certain that, as COM
bined in the juice of the flesh, these articles
SbO hCIfCS VI Luc bbUudCU, anu
awaken and sustain both the appetite and
the digestive powers. In these respects they
act like tea, coffee, beer or wine, but have
none of the depressing or sedative effects
which follow these stimulants.
But Prof. Lancaster insists, &c whatever
doubts may arise as to the action Of creatine
and its consequences on the ultimate nutri-
ton, there can be no doubt of the beneficial
action of the mineral matters contained in
Liebig's extract !" 1t contains phosphorus,
calcium, potassium, sulphur and iron Gle
ments indispensable to the body, yet which
may not be supplied sufficiently in ordinary
food. 1t may thus often supply needed nour-
lshment to the nerves and muscles.
The extract is made in South America and
Australia at ten shillings E glish per pound,
including carriage, and it sells in England at
thirty shillIngs; and much more here. Thus
the pr III of the manufacturers is enormous,
while the Irice is too high for the article to
be made generally useful When it is man
nfactured and sold at price including only
Its cost and fair profit, it will doubtless
take It's place among the most common and
valuable articles of household consum ption
or the broth it makes with hot water is far
more healthful, and seems to many persons
20 be quite as agreeable beverage as the
'est tea or coffee.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-06-22

near them, lest the " fowls" as the ducks
are called, should be frightened They
have thus become so tame that the natives
can walk near them, sometimes even among
their nests. without frightening them from
their places. On the Greenland coast,
and In other places where they are subject
ed to the usual annoyance of men and ami
mails, they are among the most wary birds
to be found.
When we think of birds, our mind al
most instinctively reverts to the caverns of
the Farce Islands, the crumbling cliffs of
the Westman, the coast of Iceland and
Greenland. Probably in all these places
they have reached nearly to the natural
limit of their numbers as determined by
the means of living. And the vastness of
their numbers, in contrast with the dreary
waste and solitude of the land, makes an
Impression which no wealth of life in the
midst of fertile fields and luxuriant forests
can ever give.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-06-22

dug hole seven feet deep and seven wide :;
put in single row of common soft brick.
and run the wall up some two feet above
ground, and threw and pressed the dirt firm
" about that part of the wall above the sur
face; which made it as firm as any other
part. Thus have a hole nine feet deep and
seven wide-less the small part taken up by
single row of brick. Thus you see, have
cistern of good and sufficient capacity for all
garden purposes, and for ten or a dozen head
1T stock. as l let the water in every time it
rains during the year. Although it is better
to crown such cisten with brick, still, as
designed it TO cost me as little as possible,
only covered it with a platform of stout
plank, which answers nearly as well. or
course, plastered it with two heavy coats Of
water lime-commonly called hydraulic &C.
ment. 1 made cutters on the sheds, ETC., of
six inch plank, which, if painted will last
many years. cheap and durable force
pump, and few feet of hose, enable me to
water my berries, plants, hot-bed, pits, vege-
tables, etc.; and also to wash off vehicles
stock and anything else requiring to be clean
ed. Perhaps other rural readers have stables
and sheds, or other buildings So situated-if
SO, do as have done. you would not be with
out 1T for many times its cost. l can, with
tight box. in every department of my harm.
water all my stock in ten minutes. without
taking single head from its stall.-COr
Rural World.
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and the amount of power required to operate
it. not only by the horses but by the driver
In some machines it is actually necessary for
the driver to stop bis team TO pass an OBJ
struction, while in others, he can drive right
along by the same, his lever works SO easily
which raises the cutter bar from the ground
am very much in favor of having the cut
ter bar and scythe in front of the drive wheels
because then the drivers whole attention can
be on his machine and the ground at the
same time, whereby were it in the rear Of
the wheels the driver must sit sidewise, Ia
very uncomfortable position on moving
machine and quite unsafe) and his attention
must be here and there at the same moment
Many of our farmer friends will doubtless
differ from me on this point, but let any man
try it who is novice in the art, and feel
very sure he will give his preference to the
machine with the scythe in front.-Maine
Farmer
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-06-22

DEATH TO BUcs.-A correspondent sends
the following recipe. which be has success
fully used for years. 1t is certainly worth
trying:
=" Bugs on squash and cucumber vines
how to destroy them-dissolve a tablespoon
full of saltpetre in pailful of water /; put
one pint of this around each hill, shaping
the earth that it will not spread much, and
the thing is done. Use more saltPetre you
can asorp tit is good for vegetable, but
death 70 animal life. The bugs burrow in
the earth at night, and fail to rise in the
morning. 1t is also good to kill the grub on
peach trees, only use twice as much, say a
quart or two on each tree. There was not
yellow or blistered leaf on twelve or fifteen
trees to which it was applied last season. No
danger of killing any vegetable with it. A
concentrated solution applied to young beans
made them grow wonderfully Exchange.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-06-22

LOOK TO YOUR GRAFTs.-It should not he
forgotten that gratis which have been set this
spring, when they once fairly start to grow
they mostly go ahead rapidly, and becoming
laden with leaves, and the hold they have
upon the stock being very slender, they fire.
quently break of. Birds will also light
upon them and their added weight snaps
them. They, therefore. should be attended
to, and pruned. when they have shot six to
eight inches by one halt They usually
make better branches by this abscision, and
in no event If there any injury. Crafts set
this spring should also be examined, and
where the wax has become loose and fallen
away, or where the split has widened, add
tional wax should be supplied, otherwise the
water gaining entrance will either kill or
weaken them, giving them an unsightly APP
pearance.-Ger. Telegraph.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-06-22

How TO GET BIG CRoPs.-As a rule farm
ers are much more ambitious to get big
prie IS than big crops. There are few farms
whose annual production could be doubled
in a very short time by more capital and la
Dor. 1t is safer to use capital in farming
than in almost any other busiress. The
credit of the pillow is quite as good as that of
the loom and the anvil, and the capital will
come If it is called for. Use more manure
and get thirty bushels of wheat where you
now get fifteen, and eighty bushels Of corn
where you now get forty. The quantity of
grain per acre is mainly question of manure
and tillage. A big compost heap makes a
full grain bin. With high manuring. the
soil needs deeper stirring and gradual
bringing up of the subsoIl 10 the surface
With the present horse-harrows and cultiva-
tors, nearly all the cultivation can be done
by horsepower at great saving of ex-
pense and great increase of the crops.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-06-22

HATING.-We must urge upon the reader
once more the Importance Of commencing
haying early. Proofs enough of the import
ance of this have been given in these columns
them now. Our observation has convinced
ll5 ti'sss, Tar a. tocafNeT IL concerned, the
most favorable time for making hay is the
last ten days in June, and the first ten in
July. As a general thing, also, the grass cut
during this period is worth much more than
most of that cut later. The evidence, too. i
clear that grass cut while in the blossom and
cured without much exposure TO the sun. is
very much more valuable than that cut later.
and exposed part of two or three DAYS to
sun and air. Grass cut early and made
mostly in the cock, retains more fully the
grass qualities, and this all stock like better
than any other feed.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-06-22

HENS AND CHICKENs.-Now that hens are
to be shut up, great care should be taken to
feed them regularly, to give them plenty of
fresh water, and to afford them dust bath
as often as they desire it, which will be every
day. Place in the coOps boxes filled, or nearly
SO, with dry road dust, wood ashes and
sprinkling of sulphur. If they can be let
out just at shutdown every day, they will eat
the young grass ravenously, but will not or
dinariIy incline to scratch. Chickens require
only little dough made of corn meal apd
clean water. They will take care of them
selves as to the rest. A free range in the
garden and nothing to disturb them, and
there will be little mortality among them
Providence Journal.
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gnetry.
The Golden Shore.

There is many rest in the road of life.
If we would only stop TO take it;
And many tone from the better land
If the querulous heart would make II
To the sunny soul that is full of hope,
And whose beautiful trust ne'er faiIetb
The grass is green and the flowers are bright.
Though the wintry storm prevalent.
Better to hope, though the clouds hang low
And keep the eyes still lifted;
For the sweet blue sky will soon peep through
When the ominous clouds are rifted.
There was never a night without dav.
Or an evening without a morning:
And the darkest hour, as the proverb goes.
Is the hour before the dawning.
There is many gem in the path of life,
Which we pass in idle pleasure,
That is richer far than the jewelIed crown.
Or the miser's boarded treasure;
1t may be the love of little child
Or a mothers prayer to heaven,
Or only beggar's grateful thanks
For cup of water given.
Better to weave in the web of life
\ bright and golden filing,
And to do Gods will with a ready heart
And hands that are swift and willing.
Than to snap the minute, delicate threads
OF our curious life asunder,
And then blame heaven for the tangled ends,
And sit, and grieve, and wonder.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Vermont Central r.. r.. Line.
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT.

Commencing Monday, May so, 1870.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH AND EAsr-L..y,
Montpelier at S. An, "a Pm, and 10 O5r.x.
mai RAJ" leaves Ogdensburgh at 6 90 PMst Al
o@Is - ~ and connects Burlington for Trny
and az white River junction and belloss FaIIs lii
r&ihs !or boston, worcester, Springfield New York
and with trains on the PaSsumpSic Railroad
DAY ExPREss leaves Montreal AZ o 90 - i, Toh-
AZ ~ ~ An OgdensbuTfh al 80 An 81 AIhaps AZ
Il " F M arriving IA Boston Lowe at 10 80 Pm
MIGHT EIrREss leaves ogdensburFh at l 90 Pm
nohHeai AZ 8 % Pm, St-JOhns II S 05 Pm ST Al.
bans at 40 Pm, arriving in Boston al 40 ~ ron
necting a. Bellows Falls with Cheshire Road for Boz
ton and worcester aud with Vermont Valley RAILROAD
tor Spnneneid, &C., and arriving in New York a.
TRAINS GOING NORTH AND WEST.
Leave Montpelier 40 AM, soOA.M5 5Op~.nd
o5 Pm. @
DAY EIFEEbs leaves Boston via Lowell al 8 eo.n
for Burlington, St Aibans, Montreal SC arriving ~
Montreal al 9 IS PM and Oede nshuTeh AZ 70 90 ~
making close connections With trains for the W-sf
MAIL TRkIS leaves Boston via Lowell Al 90 ~
via Lawrence and FItchburg a 80 Springfield al
90 NJ, tor Burlington, and ST AibaPs.
Trains leaving Boston via Fiicbburg at 80 An
Junction with Day Express Train.
AccoMAoD ALTON TRA n leaves Mortified AZ Is ~
tor Burlington, Rutland, ST. Albans OPdersbureb
NIGHT ENPREss train leaves Bellows Falls A. 10 rs
Pm, receiving passengers from Vermont Valley Rail-
road, leaving New York - Is Pm and from Cbeeh
Railroad, leaving Boston II 30 PH copDrcTiDg AZ
White River Junction with leaving Boston Wis
Lowell, at 9 90 Pm, for Burlington, Montreal and
Ogdenshurgh, connecting with Steamers and Grand
Trunk Railway TOR The West.
Sleeping attached the night Express trains
running between Montreal and Boston and St AIhe ms
and Springfield, and ST. Adams Troy, and Draw
between Montreal and Fsos ton on Dav
Express Trains.
Through Tickets for Chicago and the West for sale
Il the principal stations
St Adams MAY 30 1870
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-06-22

To HAVE PLENTY OF CUCUMBERs "A CORES
a narrow border not more than two and a
half feet wide, on the edge of high fence.
planted three cucumber hills in the border,
and laid some brush (such as is used for
pea vines) between them and the fence. As
soon as they crept up to tho brush, pinched
off the ends of the vine, which thickened
rapidly around the roots and in every di-
rection, throwing out the most vigorous
foliage and profusion of flowers.
did not allow the cucumbers t. grow
but watched them, and such as ] wished to
reserve for the table l picked as soon as they
became of proper size and all the rest were
gathered every day for pickles every day
pinching off the bud at the end of each shoot
In this way the hill continued fresh and pro-
ductive- until they were touched by frost.
Some Judgment can be formed of the value of
this practice when | add that more than
barrel of pickles were made from three hills,
besides allowing a SUPPLY for the table.
Whenever leaf began to look rusty or
yellowish, it was removed and the cucumbers
and leaves were cut off with large scissors,
SO as not to disturb or wound the vine.
There is an advantage in having them run
upon brush instead of trailing over the
ground, because they are much injured by be-
ing trodden on, and by being kept low on the
bushes they can be easily and thoroughly ex-
amined every day, which is essential, for if
cucumbers are overlooked, and grow very
large, the yield of the vine is stopped.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-06-22
Sonnet to Night.

Mysterious night when our first parent knew
Thee from report divine, and heard thy name,
Did he not tremble for this lovely frame,
This glorious canopy of light and blue?
Yet, meath curtain of translucent dew,
Bathed IN the rays of the great setting fame,
Hesperus with the host of heaven came.
And loi creation widened in mans view
WhocJuld have thought such darkness lay c0nceard
Within thy beams, o sun? or who could lind,
Whilst fruit and leaf, and insect stood revealed,
That to such countless orbs thou mad'st us blind
Why do we then shun death with anxious strife?
II light conoeals SO much-wherefore not life?
-BIdnco White
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-06-22

ABOUT MowISG MAcHINEs.-" A stitch In
time saves nine," is the old adsge. SO a word
IN time to our farmers who are about to pur-
chase Moving Machines, may prove of bene-
Mt to them To begin with, let no farmer
nuy machine upon the recommendation OF
the agent-let him examine every part of
the machine infinitely. and be sure it is well
made and of light draft-let him see the ma
chine at work if possible by the side of other
machines and he careful and note the ease
with which it is drawn through the grass,
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goetru
Wishing.
BIZ JEAN INGELow.

When / reflect how little have done,
Add to that how little have seen,
Then furthermore how little have won
OF joy. or good, how little known, been;
1 long for other life more full more keen,
And yearn to change with such well have run.
Yet reason mocks me-nay, the soul, ween,
Granted her choice who'd dare to change with none
No,-not to feel as BIondel, when his lay
Pierced the strong tower, and Richard ans'r'd it
No, not to do as Eustace the day
He left fair Calais to her weeping fit
No, not to be Columbus, walked from sleep,
When his new world rose from the charmed deep.
Good Words.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-06-22

WATER Your TOMATO VINEs.-A CORES
pondent of the Country Gentleman says that
tomatoes want water almost as much as
ducks, but as the vine is hardy and will
stand almost any amount of heat and drouth,
few supply the water it demands. In order
to make toma toes ripen quickly, they should
be watered at least once a day. The evening
is the best time TO water them.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-06-22

PASTURE LASD.-Top-dress with plaster,
leached or quick ashes, bone-dust, or any
handy manure. Bone-dCst bushels, wood
ashes (quick) 4 to bushels, plaster l bush
ell, makes an admirable top-dressing for any
kind of grass land. 1t is excellent also for
DO a'os and for corn. If it stand three
weeks, and is well shoveled over two or
three times, it is much improved. Take the
stock off top-dressed land alter soaking
rain.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-06-22

1ARDEN CIsTERN.-One of the most useful
con' enIences about my garden is small cis-
tern In one corner thereof, into which run
all 'ne water from st.bles and sheds. which
are situated in one corner of the garden.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-06-22
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No. Is Mate st. opposite kiIby ST, Boston
4 FTER an extensive Practice OF upwards of invent,
II years continues to secure patents the United
states also IA Great Britain Frauce nd other fnreg
countries Caveats, Spec nc tious, Bonds. Assign
mems aud al papeS- drawings Patents execut g.
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same Copies OF the ella inns OF any patent furnished
nv remfuing on dollar. Assignments recorded in
Washington.
No Agency in the United States possesses supertn,
tAcles tor obtaining Patents uScertaiRing the pa
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During eight months the subscriber IN the course OF
his lar practice made twice Tejec ted applications
SIXTEEN APPEALS, EVERY ONE Of which was
decided IN has favor BY the Commissioner Of Patents
TESTIMONIALS.
regard Mr. Eddy Of the most capable and
-uccessiu pIactitlontrs with W hon have had official
intercourse Oh ARIES MASON.
Commissioner of Patents
=" have no hesitation in assuring inventors rhat
theS cannot employ man mere competent and trust
worthy, and more capable Of putting their applications
m form 10 secure tor them an early and favorable
consideration at the Patent Office"
EDMUND BURKE
Late Commissioner OF Patents
" Ar. R. II. Eddy has made for me THIRTEEN an
phesuons, IN all but ON OF which patents have been
granted, and that one Is now pending. Such unmis-
taxable proof Of talent nd ability on his part
LEAFS me to recommend all inventors 10 Apnv TO him 10
the most faithful attention bestowed their cases and
AZ very reasonable charges
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Boston, Jan. l, 1870. rIvI
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AND FOREIGN PATENTS.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-04-22
Dom eStic News.


BALTIMORE, April 2O.-The case of
Kimberly Brothers against Butler, for
rent OF property Mt Fortress Monroe,
was postponed to November.
New ORLEANS, April 20.-The Lonisi-
ana State Fair opens on the 81 of May
Visitors are arriving. The nunnery case
OF Saurin Us. Starr has been struck from
the oalendnr of the court, having been
finally settled
ALBANY, April 21.-Accounts of iniu-
rles from the flood have been received.
The canal will probably not bo opened
until the middle of May.
New York, April 21.-Thc Mcfarland
trial has been adjourned to Monday. on
account of the sickness of the RECORDER.
PORTLAND, April 2l.-The Suco River
is higher than since 1927. All the tim
Der booms and many mills have been
swept awcy.
BosroN, April 21.-The House re-.
jected the ten hour labor bill, by vote
OF 173 to 33.
BALTIMORE, April 21.-The steamship
Ohio, from Bremen, has arrived. On
the 10th she spoke tho British steamer
vonezuela, from Liverpool for the West
Indies, with her rudder gone. Her
Captain thought sho would reach port
without assistance. The passengers had
been taken off by another steamer.
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NomRonk, Va. April Geeapt. J. D.
PROCTOR, Master of Trahsportatiohf on
the Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad,
was shot in the arm and neck. to day, BY
an engineer named John Sykes, who had
just been discharged. The wound is not
mortal. 80,
JACKSON, MISS, April 21.-The Legis-
lature appointed committee to prepare
an address to the Governor, asking the
impeachment OF Judge Shackleford, for
releasing Yerger.
CHARLESTON. April 21.-Arrived-
schooner Falcon, Baltimore.
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TEaEs1slesEEa. "a. A.i:sHI5
ForciRE, Iswa,.

PARIS, April 2l.-The Senate; after a
stirring speech from Olivier, passed the
(. Seadtus ConsuHu',s, regarding plebiscitun,
5000. 600 francs have been raised by
the friends of tho plelIiscite for cam
paign expenses.
T Paper hangers will join in the strike.
LONDON, April Moon. There were
10 600 cholera deaths within six weeks
on the island of Zanzibar.
Legal proceedings have been instituted
against the Sheffield Daily Telegraph for
asserting that the Princeof Yates wonld
soon re-appear in the Divorce Court as
o correspondent in the case of Earl vs.
the Countess of Seton.
MADRID, April 21.-The Republican
Deputies charge Prim and Venero with
causing disturbances ut Barcelona.
The family Of Henri de Bourbon re-
fuse S6. 600 awarded them by the Council
of War from Mo1tpensier.
An industrial demonstration ut Cadiz,
was suppressed by the local authorities,
after killing one and wounding several.
LIVERPOOL, April 21.-A large meeting
protested against the proposed official
inspection of converts.
The missing steamer City of Brussels
passed Crook Haven, this morning, under
sail.