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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-07-09

Here is a light and airy description from a
southwesterN paper of an episode OF southwest.
ern life: -Four kentuokisns, in Jail for murder.
ing neighbor, had surprise party from hun.
dred or two citizens the other night They had
Mt any words ready, and wouldn't have had any
time to say them ii they had. All leave fami-
lies"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-07-09

A little boy, six years DID, writing from Wash.
ington TO his grandfather in Louisville, says
Ma took me to the Presidents to see Spotted
Tail don't like Spotted Tail He is nasty,
dirty man. In the middle Of the levee, when
Gen. Grant was talking to him and all the ladies
were looking at him, he unbuttoned his panta.
looms and famed his stomach with his shirt"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-07-09

INDIA RUBBER Chambers journal gives
the 1Ollowing illustration OF the power of India
rubber to deaden sound!
I'VE once visited factory where some forty
or fifty coppersmiths were at work in shop
above our heads; but what was remarkable,
scarce sound of their noisy hammerng could
be heard. On going mp stairs we saw the ex.
PLANTATION. Each leg of every bench rested on
cushion made of India rubber cuttings This
completely deadened the sound"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-07-09

An exchange says that great economy in the
manufacture of bread is secured by the follow.
ing process: Gluten to the amount Of ten or
twelve per cent. is extracted by boiling water
from bran. and the -four i kne4ded with this
infusion, whereby from twenty 10 thirty per
cent. more bread is Obtained The bread Of
course, IS not so white that of the first quail.
", bu. it is much more nutritious.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-07-09

so you are going to keep school ~ said a
young lady to her old aunt. "Well. for nv part
sooner than do that, l would marry a widower
with nine children
II would prefer that myself" was the reply
''but where is the wIdower ~
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-07-09

A valuable horse was killed Inv a hos. in
Bloomington, recently. The two animals we're
grazing in the same field, when the hog, beoom-
ing enraged, rushed upon tn. horse nd inflicted
such injuries that the owner had to shoot the
after.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-07-09

One of the Yancton Sioux chiefs calls him.
self Bill Goosequill." The Detroit ZlibuHe
says: This is evidently rude attempt by the
poor untntored red man to pay tribute TO the
name and fame OF William Penn
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-07-09

Both houses OF congress have done that which
is eminently right and just, by agreeing that fe.
males IN Government employ shall receive the
same salary as males similarly employed, when
performing the same service.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-07-09

"Bub, is your sister at home -
yes; but she won't see you tonight"
why :"
Because she said she was going to have one
more mess Of onions if she never got another
beau
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-07-09

After welding it was formerly custom to
drink honey dissolved in water. for thirty DAYS
"a moons age. Hence the origin of the honey
moon.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-08-03
From the Maine Farmer
Top DRESSING When and How TO DO IT,.

Some interest has been manifested by farm
ers of late in relation to this subject, many
writing and speaking in favor Of it, and
scarcely any against it. Top dressing is now
practiced to some extent by many of our most
successful and practical farmers, whereas but
a few years since the practice was unknown
What has brought about this RESULT an-
swer, patient investigation, intelligent action,
and experiment conducted in common sense
manner by the practical farmer. But when
is the best time to top dress A diversity
Of opinion exists among our best farmers rela-
tive to this point some advocating the
spring, others Immediately after haying, aud
others late in the fall after the ground is
frozen. TO the first and last Of these periods
Of time | have objections. Ia the spring the
ground is usually soft and it is very difficult
for the team to 60 on to moist ground with
out material injury Another objection is
that unless the dressing is old manure and
very fine it will be in the way Of moving and
raking Where top dressing is attended to
late in the fall and the ground frozen there
is danger Of the extract running off and being
lost, especially on siding ground.
My modus operaAdi in top dressing is sim
ply this : As soon after haying as convenient
| commence getting out my dressing, spread
ing it as evenly as possible. BY this prac-
tce the benefit Of the heavy rains is secured,
an opportunity is given for the dressing to
get somewhat pulverized and incorporated
with the soil before winter In early spring
| 60 over the land thus dressed, with hoe,
pounding up all Jumps remaining on the sur
| a 4 - -
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-08-03
shelter for Dairy Cows.

Lewis T. Allen contributes to the Prairie
Farmer the following: Every man who has
been for any length Of time conyersant with
cows, knows that equabe temperature has a
decided effect upon the yield Of q cows milk.
Exposure to a cold storm will diminish the
quantity onc-lourth to ono-half even in a
days time. according to the severity which
she is exposed to. 1t may be said that these
cold storms, rains, etc, do not occur to any
extent in the dairy season, say from May to
November or December, which is the grazing
season for COWS. ! admit that the storms
are not 50 severe during this season, but the
changes are sometimes frequent and violent,
and conyeniencos should always be at hand to
guard against them and for that reason,
sheds and stables should always be at hand,
under which the cows may be driven and tied,
chained or sanctioned up, each one by her
self for milking always feeding when ncces-
sary. In the best and most successful dairy
districts Of New York this is now almost
universally rractccd, much TO the case Of
those who own and manage the COWS, and to
/ the increase and consequent profit Of the milk
drawn from them
A COW is an animal machine for the man-
uiacturo Of milk, as much as a boiler is
manufacturer Of steam for the propulsion Of
/ the engine Neither can work TO advantage
without the proper pabulum or food to create
what is demanded Of them The COW needs
food, water and bodily comfort as well as the
boiler needs water, fuel aud protection from
an outside exposure to a chilling atmosphere,
with the difference between them, that the
COW does oil within her own body, while the
boiler performs only half the office Of the
engine in supplying its propeling power
For 30 odd years | have kept cows on my
farm, from 10 to 80 in number. With the
largest number, | for some years kept q milk
dairy. | began with milking the cows in
an open yard, with promiscuous mixers, who
MIXED the first COW they come to. The cows
would gore each other more or less, as some
will always be quarrelsomo. Some would
start while being MIXED, as a domineering
one approached her the mixer, out of pa
thence with her movements, would thump her
with his stool and then general uproar
throughout the yard would be the conso-
qucncc, and several minutes would occur before
the cows became quiet, and the work begun
again. Sometimes a COW would kick and
then another fuss, perhaps have to be driven
into "A fence corner aud be tied, and another
mixer called off his work to stand by and
keep her under subsection In short, there
is no end to the interruptions aud delays, II,
well as dirtiness, to which this yard milking
is subject to.
But, with stable well appointed Will
stalls, stanchions ropes or chains, to secur,
, each one in her prOner ulnce and mauper,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-08-03


viii young men consider the thoughts in
the following article copied from the Ad-
caNce2
The first and main step towards obtaining
competency OF ten, twenty or fifty thousand
dollars, is the securing of one thousand the
chief difficulty in getting one thousand is in
obtaining the first hundred, and keeping it.
liacsncyed as this may appear, it is fact
that is ever new and one that ever needs to
be drummed into the ears Of the struggling
millions who work hard and look with strain
ing vision, but in vain, for the coming Ct
plentiful days. And especially does this
homely philosophy OF wealth need to be en-
phaszed at the present time, and impressed
upon the young men of this generation, since
the prevalent tendency now more than ever
before, Is Tor beginners IN married or business
life TO adopt such scale OF personal and
family expenditure as must render gain or
thrift impossible. The youth OF our time
seem likely to forget that easy circumstances
IN middle or mature age are, as rule, only
to be purchased at the cost OF rigid seli-deni-
al in earlier years. The son and daughters
are ambitious to begin lie where their parents
iN"NO oh III o'nOl Molu0' my Nl0h W iN"P
where they have not sown, or before they
have sown, and theresult Is lives OF makeshlit,
anxiety and failure. Most OF those who are
really industrious ana yet ind themselves at
the noon OF life with only their daily efforts
between their families and want, could have
been IN more comfortable circumstances, had
they learned the lesson that the key to COM
potency lies in the practice of rigid economy
at the outset OF life. lie who does not begin
to save when he commences life for himself,
will rarely begin 1t at ALL Tor where not even
the nucleus OF modest fortune has been
early acquired, family expenses Will, after a
time' grow as fast az the income, and the two
keep abreast ever aiterward.
Some Of the ways in which even very
small sum, actually saved and put aside IL
early life, serves stepping stone to future
competence, are these
The saving gives the young man the rep
utation among his nelghbors and business as
soelates OF being careful frugal and prosper
Gus. 1t gives him what is called good bust
ness credit II Is accepted as an index OF his
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-08-03

Book of % closely printed pages, lately issued,
contains lst Of the best American Advertising Modi-
ums, giving the Names calculations and full particulars
concerning the loading Daily and Weekly Political and
Family Newspapers, together with all those having
large circuatons published Zoo the interest Of Religion,
Agriculture Literature, Sc, sc. Every Advertiser
and every person who coutcmpate- becoming SUCH will
find this book OF great value. Mailed free any adj
dress on receipt Of fifteen cents GEORGE p. ROWELL
& CO.. Publishers, No. 40 Park Row New York
The Pittsburgh tPa) Leiysr, In 10. issue Of May ~ 1870
says The firm Of g. r. Rowell Co.. which issues this
interesting aud valuable book, Is the largest and best
Advertising Agency in the United States, and we can
checrhy recommend it to the attention Of those who
desire To- advertise their business SCIENTIFICALLY and
srsWNAuchtr in such way that De- to secure the
money
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-08-03

Home nom his Journey Farmer John
Arrived .his morning, safe aud SOUND
His black coat Of, and hi. old cloihes on
And he thinks hTn look around
Up leaps the dog. "Got down, you pup
Are you 20 glad you would cat me W
The old COW lows at the gate, 70 greet him
The horses prick up their cars 10 meet him.
well well, old Ray
la hn old Gray
DO you eoi good feed when am away w
" You haven't rbln says Farmer John
"The cattle are looking round and sleek
The colt Is going TO be roam,
And beauty, too; how he has grown
Wen wean the calf next week.
Saws Farmer John, when I've been OF,
To call you again about the trough.
And watch you, and pet you whileyou drink,
Is greater comfort than you can think &"
And he pats old Bay,
And he slaps old Gray r.
"Ah, this is the comfort Of going away '
"For, after all,n says Farmer John,
1.-THE best Of Journey b. getting home
I've seen great slghts-hut would give
This spot and the peaceful life ! live,
For all their Paris and Rome
Those hills for thc city's stined air,
And big hotels all hustle and glare
Land all houses, and roads all stones
That deaien your ears and batter your bones
Would yeu, old Bay
Would you, old Umy
That's what one gets by going away '
1--WE found out thisn saws Farmer John
That happiness IS not bought and sold,
And clutched in a life Of waste and hurry,
In nights Of pleasure and days Of worry
And wealth isn't all In gold
Mortgage and stocks and ten per cont,
But In simple ways and sweet content,
Few wants, pure hopes, and noble ends,
Some land 10 TIL, and few good friends
Like you, old Bay,
And YOU old Gray
That's what I've learned by going away"
And happy man is Farmer JOHN
Oh, rich and happy man Is he
He sees the peas and pumpkins growing
The corn In tassel, the huckwheat blowing,
And fruit on vine and tree
The large kind oxen look their thanks
As he rubs their foreheads and strokes their hanks
The doves Light round him and strut and COO
Says Farmer John, III take you too
And you, old Bay,
And you, old Gray
Next time travel 20 far away ~
J. r. Trowbridgs, IN Our Young F0A'
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-08-03

MATURING Grass LAND-No doubt hot.
reeking manure, in which ammonia is formed
and escaping, loses good deal of its value in
being spread upon meadow, and exposed to
the sun and winds But that which is not in
this condition loses very little, and one over
hauling or mixing with muck or earth will
efiectually prevent loss Fine compost of
this kind, with little bone dust and ashes is
the very best dressing moving lands can have
and it should be applied freely as soon as the
grass is cut. A half rainy day is just the
time then, especially if it rains hard after
it is spread the grass gets the most benefit,
and the quick start it will make, and the ra.
pidity with which it will cover the manure
out of sight, will please every one.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-08-03
From the Rural New Yorker
sailing Butter.

Dairy salt must be of the best, perfectly
white, odorloss, and if dissolved in cold water
no froth or scum will arise. Onondaga salt
ranks the highest, We have used il with
perfect success for several years. The salt
must be pounded in mortar, and large
tablespoonful is enough for pound-perhaps
too much for all tastes More than half the
butter sent to market is made too salt The
favor Of tho butter is injured by it, After
the salt is worked in, more butter-milk will
flow so turn the dasher and press it out.
Then have the butter bowl, paddle and stamp
well scalded; put bits of ice into the bowl to
cool it; have a dish of hot and cold water by
your side to put your paddle and stamp into.
Take the butter from the churn with the pad
die, scraping the sides Of il clean, and work
it with paddle or fingers. A butter paddle
made with five fingers, curved like salad
fork, would be better than smooth fat sur.
face like those now used. Such paddle
would force the butter through in thin sheets,
and press out all the milk. work the but
ter thoroughly the first day salt it, and make
into cakes what is needed for the table.
Stamped butter is more attractive than plain
piece and the corrugated butter stamps now
used do make such tempting little pats
Shells, diamonds, tiny rolls, etc, can be manu-
featured by their aid, and, placed on the but
ter plates now so much used, they cannot fail
to tempt the palate Of the most fastidious.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-08-03

PuDDISGs AND now TO MAKE TuEN.--APPLE
CUsrARD--Pee, quarter and bake rich, tart
apples, or stew them slowly in very little
water fill pudding-dish two-thirds full
When cold, pour over custard made by stir
ring into a quart of boiling milk tablespoon.
full Of -four wet with little milk, two spoon
fuls of white sugar, and two eggs. Flavor
with lemon. Bake in quick oven, To be
eaten cold.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-08-03

TATocA PuDDING.-Soak tea-cup of tap.
ioca in three and one-half cups of boiling wa.
ter, and two spooniuls Of white sugar Keep
it in warm place for three hours. Fill a
two-quart pudding-dish twO-thirds full Of
rich, ripe, tart apples, peeled and qvartered.
Pour the tapioca over the apples and add half
tea.cup of cold milk to brown the tapioca.
Bake an hour.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-08-03

sAGo PUpDrSG.- over and wash a
tea-cup full of sago pour on nearly quart
Of boiling water add half.toa.cup of sugar,
and little milk, if preferred TO brown,
When cold, pour il over the apples, OF mix
the two together in pujding-dish aud bake
an hour.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-08-03

These figures are taken from the Report of
the Department Of Agriculture for the year
1865. They do not show great decadcnce Of
New England agriculture, nor DO | imagine
that, when there is such prcponderance in
production per acre in favor of Vermont the
people will all leave the State aud 60 to the
prairies Of the West
The reason why there are not so many per-
sons engaged in agriculture in New England
as formerly, is that, through the introduction
Of machinery it does not take so much help
to cultivate the same amount of land, and
many Of the farmers, not having land enough
to afford to buy expensive machinery, sold to
their richer neghbors and went west, or into
the villages to work in shops and factories
The same amount Of land is cultivated as be-
fore, and probably better than before as the
use Of machinery compels the farmer to keep
his fields ireer from stone than when the work
was done by hand.
A great majority Of the people in this Vi
cinity wish the " forces which produce mod
orn material development" let alone for
there has been no time for many years when
there has been so much building as for the
past three years, and at present Shoe-shops
wooden-ware, and agricultural implement
manufactures, chair, cab and toy shops are
going up all around US where water power
can be obtained also mills to make paste
board out of straw, and paper out Of wood
and a large number of dweling-houses to ac-
commodate the help in these factories. Thi.
gives US good prices fer our lumber and farm
products, and we cannot nearly supply the
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-08-03
Agricultural.


This Department is conducted by
Hon. J. W. Colburn and Hon. John Gregory.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-08-03

Movement Of Population and Wealth TO
the West

\ correspondent Of the Country Gentleman
made the following statement in recent issue
of that paper
Is am going to show one of these days that
II the forces which produce modern material
development are not modified by the best eff.
forts Of aunitcd people, population and wealth
will so strongly gravitate to the rich prairies
OF the West as to leave all outside Of them
comparatively dcpopulated and given over to
perennial poverty and perpetual barronness.
Towhich r. NJ. c., Of Windsor county, VI,
makes the following response;
" Not knowing but that some figures from
this section Of the country might be Of some
help to b. +. j. in what he intends to show,
! will give them to the readers Of the Cam
try Gentleman, and he can have the benefit
Of them with the rest will compare Yer
mont with Illinois, the prairie State Of the
West, in the production per acre Of what b
T. j. deems the three principal crops, viz
wheat, corn and potatoes
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-08-03
Adtertis
VERMONT CENTRAL, SULLIVAN 4
Y MONTREAL, and vi. JUNCTION RAILRoAns
GUNNER ARRANGEMENT,

VERMONT CENTRAL, SULLIVAN 4
' MONTREAL, and VT JUNCTION RAILRoAns
8UMMER ARRANGEMENT,
Commencing Monday May 80. 1870
TRIMS GofNG soUTH am EAST
Leave Montpelier at $50 A. M, 22t p m, io.osp .,
Mail Trim leaves Osdcnshursh ut o.n p. M, 81 At
bans nj o. ma. M. and connects at burlington for ~
and ut White luyof Junction and Bellows Pals wil3
trains for Boston, Worcester, Springfield, New yotI
and with trains on the passumpslc Railroad.
at 1920 M, Ogdonshurgh a d.l0 Q. M st. Allnns t
1919 z. NJ arriving in Boston via Lowell at 1890 y M
tronl at B. % D. NO. st. Johns at b0i D. M st. Allan m
7il D. M, arriving NJ Boston at -iDa M. connoeti"
OF bellows Falls with Cheshire Road for Boston ap5
Worcester and with Vermont valley Railroad Tor snr
fold. &C. and arriving In New York at 1870 D. m ''-
TRIMS 0oiNG NORM AND WEsr.
Leave Montpelier at 2iOa M, 500 a. M. $50 d. IN
BAY Express leaves Boston via. Lowell at sooa IN
Tor burlington, 81. Albans, Montreal Sc, arriving a
Montreal at q.il .. M, and Orlcnsburg az w. 40 N h.
making close connections with trains iur the West f
Mail Tfaia leaves Boston via. L0wsll at 7OUn m o.,
Lawrence and Fchhurg az 90 %. M, Springfield Az W
a. m. for Burlington aud 81. AlnaDs
Trains leaving Boston via. Ftchhurg az s.3Ja.m
and Springfield at -ul "a. tn, connect no White H1.
Junction with Day Express Train.
Accommodation Train leave. Norhfcld al 7.fs a. I'm
Tor burlington, Rutland 81, Adams, Ogdenslureh a.
Night Express leaves hellows Fails at l0.l5 D. a. no.
cciylug passengers from Vermont Valley road le,g
nE New YORK 90 l2ll p. n., aud nom Cheshire N.il
road leaving Boston at $50 p M, connecting 90 Wlfs
River Junction with train leaving Boston Via L0r.1
40 GOO %. no.. Tor Burlington Montreal and Osi.,
bursh with Steamers aud Grand Trunk connecting Hs.I
way Tor the West
Sleeping ears are attached to night EXPIRES. r,,.,.
running between Montreal aud Boston. and 50 kI
bans and Springfield, and So. Alhans and Troy .i,t
nmwingfoom ears between Montreal aud Boston ,r
tho principal stations. g. MERRiGL. an , s.', "
st. Adams May Ai $50.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-11
NEW YORK CITY.
New York, Mar. 10.

New YoRK, Mar. 10.
Mary Resdalc, of Brooklyn, has attach
cd the property Of John G. Foster, the re.
puted author oil the twelve Temptations"
now being played at Fisk's Opera House,
to secure the payment Of claim sllc has
against him for board and money lent To
Judge Daley. The Court Of Common
Pleas yesterday denied u motion 10 vacatG
the attachment .-t. .l...-.
The condition of ]. P. SIcehan, editor Of
the Irid american, who was shot on the
night of February 2sth, by DR.. Kienan, Is
becoming more critical every day. No
ono Is permitted to sec him, and none are
allowed to mention the circumstances Of
the shooting in his presence, lie Is per-
lectly unconscious, but suffers pain when
moving his head, and It is not thought
safe to attempt to remove the ball from
his neck.
The logs of ships which arrived ut this
port yesterday, show that during the Inst
two months navigation has been attended
with unusual perilS The heavy gales at
this season have been without precedent
1t Is feared many disasters must have oc-
CURED not yet reported.
The hdbedS corpus case Of the Gar.
diners of New Orleans, who were accused
of poisoning and robblng Capt, Jno. Alex
antcr, ut their boarding house on 125th
street, in March, 1869, was before Judge
Ingraham, in the Court Of Oyer and Ter.
miner, yesterday, md the GARDENERS were
held to await the result ofthe coroner's In.
quest.
The complaint in the Bishop case was
dismissed yesterday, on the ground that
the evidence was insufficient TO show that
the defendant lind caused the nrrcst Of
Mrs. Bishop. g.a
John Deylin, well.known from his con-
nection with whisky cases and having
served term In the State prison, but par.
doned by ex.Prcsident johnson, yesterday
got verdict OF 81, ,4SO 70 against George
b. Crary, Ethan D Watson and Henry
Pike, to whom he sold % barrels Of alco.
hol in September 1867, but which mp 10
the present timc they had not paid.