davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-12-09
DIR. JOHE b L Is
: GOOD Reason soE tie ,altsia's i@i'a.
Read the Captains Letter


ryyrns yAnNsfk-. Missouri, sPri' N iN't'
N, WHY. t.tt- itsr sir. lNNNiiE ne 'ft.fftA
W s...,,e " ia ai.a 49,. lc .rf anH 'tA-t'A 4'"'
". \ ...ses..- seut you ~ i"'i"N hE -'"''h'.H1
I'M. e.r,,.l.. s;out ,wo wears ag''--rs. taken F'''
,r KY. confined iUr -iA months i',i's N''.''l tN
n, \, v.,rte A.y. nt.i hesisfi Nef hs'. WY ."'
'o .ai ..r,e. ~. ounasd ~ -hri 'hf".s- ~
M s.,44r.i b.Altli - in4.girsd. snH h''N r'''t
" t y, t.,.s u,tnr. Ihas. more tsiin n .''.t s'l
@ n. tb.,. sp,ihine ci.e vish ih-t n N 4'''
in .esss .xtress me- ht 2 a".sn ~ le,ssi '''t'
~ CsFTNs 4. y s1nNsil@,
~ ipais. ra,nari.
-, r.r.ut,.. vss written Ar-ii 10 iNhI by
NJ. feutf. !. ht~nn Mother rf tsf ~. "hAs't
D. e,+t- tlear SIR. NJ hn-isnf, " ,o.,F
stirril aurg..,n snd phvsie-n n ''h'FAl \.
uaer. N al.a lesvinE y, r"Ne 4 T.'"''" ~ X,
, ts-ta.f, ,sn-- n ats ~ hsd thf'nf NiAtf'~
MA seroe. sor eli,h gave A'n or s-ft.E-'.'''
IN ,,s.nYt.s have for YEN lsir~ r"eNhh''h"'A
1900, m Npv york ohin ai.d Iowa m f'f''''A l"se
lsr~. snd -.-ss dehAMy fefiec' sAe'rH' .Ss A'l"is
n M. ce.se xf4scTsp a. tnAs 'Afss .. = S'fi 4
MI, .-,,. 1855 ss.. ,tno.r E.asct lore. aAl any
li. rr ,.r .u 70 auain hays gee" Y I" l"Ni a. ~
,ris M n f.atf,s x getting spnsions sTthls Lsc
MI yrr. .s you NJ IL Bis woands "ef- terrible ~
Ia believe 81 v4l,recoysr. >~,p tounSox
Respectfully, S'
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-08-24
agricultural.
Harvesting and BaIing Hops.

Much care is required TO prepare the crop
for market. The first is clean picking the
next is to have them fresh when they are put
in the kiln, as they will heat in sacks, il
crowded, in four hours in hot weather IL
sacked in the fore part of the day, but one
box should be put in a sack, the sack spread
its entire length on the ground, and no pres
sure allowed on them. When they are put
on the kiln floor they should be spread even
ly, and fire put under them at once, and
the heat raised to about 1909 Fahren heit,
and remain there four or five hours, when
the hops next the floor will begin to dry /;
then the heat should be slowly reduced to
about 1902 When dry enough to turn,
which is when the top hops have commenced
to get dry, so that they are getting lighter,
they should be carefully turned over.
The sulphur. should be used (the first of
the seasan) at the rate of about one and a
half pounds to forty boxes but during the
last OF the season the amount should be in
creased, as then the hops are not as bright
In using sulphur the steam should be well
started on the hops first, so that they are
quite damp then it should all be burnt at
once on the stove in large dish like drip
ping pan, that it may burn quick, SO that
the fumes may be forced through the hops at
once.
After turning the hops, the heat should
De gradually reduced 70 ABOUT I3U~, as they
will thereby be rendered tough, and no dan
ger of overdrying or the lupulin being crys-
talized, which renders it nearly worthless
After being dried so that at least seven
eighths of the stems on the inside of the
hops are entirely dry, they may be showed
from the kiln to the cooling floor, and from
there (when another kiln full is ready to
the stOre-room.
In baling, care should be taken that the
corners and outside are well packed in the
press, that the bale be of good shape, the
sewing well done, and the selvage edges Just
drawn together, so that the bale will all be
of a size. When completed the name or in
itials of the grower should always be put on
the top or bottom side of tho bale, 50 that
up it can always be seen.
One thing every hop grower should remem-
ber-that his hops are always made or spoiled
after they are ready to harEest.-RIraI Nelo
Yorker.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-08-24

But it would not be strange to MS. We know
the value of these fowls, and 30 far as we are
informed, would prefer them to-day to any
others. We mean q very particular variety
of the Domioue-the middle sized, single
combed, yellow legged. There were at least
two others-the small and the large varieties
but our choice is the most beautiful and uni
form in appearance These, at least, are as
docfle as any fowls we have ever owned.
They seldom scratched never few over q
five foot fence they were hardy laid good
sized egg: they were good sitters and moth
ers their bodies, when fatted for the table,
were plump, and their flesh excellent. We
notice here and there in the agricultural
journals, little paragraph in their favor,
written with the greatest regard to modera-
ton, and as if the writer were afraid some
BODY would see it But we are bound to say
that these quiet friends of the Dominiques
are becoming somewhat more confident and
assuring, and some of the later paragraphs
look as though desire lie concealed to flesh
these birds and run a modest speculation
with them"
While we agree with our contemporary in
every point relating to the great value of a
Dominique fowl, we must say that our expe-
rieuce is that the friends of this breed are
here. at least, neither afraid that somebody
will know that they are such, nor quiet in
their praises; neither are they bashful in
charging enormous prices for the birds and
eggs We tried last year to purchase q
handsome trio, but were refused them fol-
any price less than twenty-five dollars. There
is no question that the breed is most valu.
ble,-the difficulty here is to get the birds
PLoughmGH.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-08-24

BREEDING PoULTRY.-It is universally ad-
mitted that a continued system of breeding
in and in, in the horse, cow, sheep or hog, is
sure to produce deterioration. Not only is
there a decrease of size, but tenderness OF
and increased liability to dis
ease.
One of our subscribers was recently telling
US of the care he took Of his poultry in this
particular, not only every season to have a
change of ROSTERS, but also in selecting his
own stock for keeping over the year, and in
selling pairs always to couple those not akin.
He ir.fsri sis.s .-IsiIoIss~ s,sssr.eor- bad
among their poultry roup, gaPes, cholera,
and other chicken diseases, his own stock
was and had been entirely free from them.
He considered this to be the cause, and there
can certainly be no reason why the same
objections to in and in breeding should not
operate as with other stock.
We apprehend that in selling poultry, very
few farmers take pains to pair them not akin,
and indeed, there is obvious difficulty in do
ing so, unless more system and method is
introduced into the poultry yard, and more
divisions than usual. We have occasionally
purchased fowls from party having a small
enclosure, and who feeds high, retaining
year after year the same stock. These are
| large and fine, but we have had them, with
out any previous warning, drop over sudden
ly, we presume from something like apo
plexy.
The crossing of distant breeds, making
what farmers value as the barnyard fowl
more hardy and better layers than some Of
| the pure breeds, may operate in this way. Ii
is common remark with those who sell eggs
and get their profit from them more than
from selling chickens, that they get more
eggs from mixture of breeds.
| 1t may be well for poultry breeders TO at
tend to this more than they do.-Practioal
| Farmer.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-08-24

CANNING ToxAroEs In the Syrac use
Union we find the following '' The most
thorough and reliable mode of canning toma-
toes is as follows: They are just sufficiently
steamed, not cooked, to scald or loosen the
skin, and are then poured upon tables and
the skin removed, care being taken to pre-
serve the tomato in as solid a state as possible
After being peeled, they are placed in large
pans, with false bottoms perforated with
holes, so as to strain off the liquid that en-
anates from them. From these pans they are
carefully placed by hand into the cans,
which are filed as solidly as pOssible-in
other words, all are put in that the can will
hold They are then put through the usual
process and Theoretically sealed. The cans,
when opened for use, present the tomato not
only like the natural vegetable in taste and
color, but also in appearance; and moreover,
when thus sealed, they are warrs nted to
keep in any climate, and when opened will
taste as naturally as when just plucked from
the vine
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-08-24

Once Week has the following -" Every
body knows the value of milk as liquid food
for the young and weak but everybody does
not know that Of all milk, that from the SOW
is the richest and most nutritious. 1t con-
tains fifty per cent. more of solid constituents
such as butter, cheesy matter, and sugar,
than does the lacteal produce of the cow.
This Is shown in recent anal ysts by Pro
lessor Cameron of Dublin He Appears to
be only the second chemist who has exam
ined the secretion. Curiously, the sow's is
generally absent from the lists of milk analy-
SEES the reasons. doubtless, being the diff
Guilty of securing specimens. Your porcine
mother strenuously resists the appeals of the
fairest of milkmaids, beauty cannot induce
or dexterity compel her to yield drop Of her
offspring's legitimate food, even for the
benefit Of science. So, unless these scruples
can be overcome, there is little chance of the
rich diet coming TO market
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-08-24

FINE WOODS IN AUsTRALIA.-lt is apparent
that the fine wool business the world over has
been overdone. Here is an account of the
change that has taken place in Australia, as
given by a correspondent of the QueenslGnder
" The low price Of wool is having its effects
upon the tastes of the people, and through
them upon the market. From the abundance
of low grade woods, coarse descriptions OF
cloth of the Scotch cheviot kinds have gained
a footing in public estimation, and are COM
ing decidedly into favor. This change in
taste has had tendency to create demand
for low grade woods, of which comparatively
few are grown, and to raise their price. As
our wool growers well know, fine woods have
been in demand for some years; but the re-
action has set In, and we should not wonder
to see, within year or two, as keen de-
mand for coarse wool as has of late existed
for the fine descriptions"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-08-24

BREEDING TRoTTING HoRsEs.-Most of the
breeders of the trotting horses are grertly in
error in regard to the principles of breeding
| 1t is a very common notion that trotter il
a chance production than this, no greater
error exists. Only few first class travellers
have appeared out of the multitude of at
tempts made to obtain such, grant; but
this proves nothing, for trotting is of recent
date, and those engaged in this kind of breed
ing are novices in the business. e. in the
future will appear so-and do not yet under
stand upon what rests its success.
Somewhere / have read, that a certain man
went through his wheat field and gathered
the earliest and most promising kernels OF
wheat the year following he sowed that Sc
lection out of that he selected again, and 50
on until q superior kind was obtained. 1t
seems to me that good lesson might be
learned from this experience, in the breeding
of trotters.
There are those who argue that, because
the same horse and mare did not produce
two colts alike, it made little difference how
they were coupled. This is also erroneous
and can be accounted for in two ways. First,
for want of sufficient inbreeding to establish
a kind secondly, want of the same condi-
tiOns that produced the first. And-just
here SO stick pin condition in the parents
is the keystone that completes the structure
in every perfect form in the animal kingdom :;
do not say that perfect form may not he
obtained without due regard to condition,
but do say that it Is very unsafe to attempt
to produce a perfect organization without it.
Condition is the handspring which will de-
termine for the trotter. Thatday may yet
live to see. 1t may be taught that he who
could assert his belief in a mile being trotted
in two minutes, must be Z" cracked" yet
do so iearlessly.
Take care of the brood mares, if you have
them select the best horse to cross with
them, no matter about the price, but look
sharp after his breeding and condition if
you fail, charge it to " Wagner. Cor
Western Farmer.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-08-24

KEEPING Tires ON WAGON WHEELs.-A
mechanic gives the following method of put
ting tires on wheels SO that they will not get
loose and require resettings . Before put
ting on the tires | fill the felloes with linseed
oil, and the tires will wear out, but will never
get loose. My method is as follows: use a
long, cast-iron heater, made for the purpose
the oil is brought to a boiling heat, the wheel
is placed on a stick SO as to hang in the oil,
each feIloe an hour. The timber should be
dry, as green timber will not take oil. Care
should be taken that the oil is not made hot
ter than boiling heat, or the timber will be
burned. Timber filed with oil is not suscep-
tible of injury by water, and is rendered much
more durable by this process.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-08-24

FLIES ON HoRsEs.-The Journal Of Chem
istry gives the following as a preventive OF
horses being teased by flies: Take two or
three small handfuls of walnut leaves, upon
which pour two or three quarts of cold water
let it infuse one night, and pour the whole
next morning into kettle, and let it boil for
a quarter of an hour. When cold, it will be
fit for use. No more is required than to
moisten a sponge, and before the horse goes
out of the stable, let those parts which are
most irritable be smeared over with the liquor
viz: between and upon the ears, the neck,
the TANKS, etc Not only the gentleman or
lady who rides out for pleasure will derive
pleasure from the walnut leaves thus pre-
pared, but the eoachman, the WAGNER and
all others who use horses during the hot
months.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-08-24
9astry.
The Chicken,s mistake.

A little dorny chicken, one day,
Askedleave to go onsthe water.
Where she saw duck with her brood at play,
Swimming and splashing about her.
Indeed, she began to fret and cry.
When her mother wouldn't let her;
" II the ducks can swim there, why cantI?
Are they any bigger or better?p
Then the old hen answered. "Iisten to me,
And hush your foolish taking.
Just look at your feet, and you will see ~.
They were only made for walking y-@Sthat y
But cbicky wistfnIly eyed the br the mrs
And didn't half believe her;
For she seemed to say, by knowing look,
"Such stories couldn't deceive herr
And as her mother was scratching the ground, 2
She muttered, lower and lower.
" know I can go there and not be drowned,
And so 1 think Pll show herr
Then she made plunge where the stream was dee
But saw too late her blunder;
For she had hardly time TO peep
Ere her foolish head went under
And now hope her fate win show
The child my story reading,
That those who are older sometimes know
What you viii do well in needing.
That each content in his place should dwell,
And envy not his brother;
And any part that is acted well
Is just as good as another.
For we all have our proper sphere below,
And this is a truth worth knowing,
You will come to grief if you try to 20
Where you never were made for going.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-08-24
gpetrg.
Rest i'm Work.


Oh, tell me some secluded place,
where, weary with this fitful race,
These tired limbs awhile may rest,
These tired eyes with sleep be blest,
This aching heart be freed from cares,
From disappointments and despairs,
And breathe there DER my soul calm,
Amid the fragrance and the balm.
Yet il it be not wise to rest
If calls the race for speed and zest,
Or shine the fields with harvest white
That must be garnered DER the night,
NV feet shall run, my hands shall toll
No signs for rest my purpose foil
To Co the work, and do it well;
No friends so fair or foes SO fell
Shall win or fright me from the task,
Nor lessening of the work I'll ask.
III bear a manly part in life,
Nor fret or falter in the strife;
And, spirit crushed or heart depressed,
Yet full of hope, alive with zest,
Protract youths joys far into age,
Walk royalty on pilgrimage;
Be meek hut not a dolt or slave,
Patient in dole, in danger brave;
Till blossomed white with grief or joy,
take my bliss without alloy.
But tell me some sweet resting place,
That may run the better race;
A respite give awhile from pain
That the grief may bear again.
Yet if this boon be still denied,
OH Thou to whom none fruitless cried,-
Grant me atleast one sweet relief:
Since there are ever sons of grief,
Grant me to help them bear their load,
And teach to tread the paths trod;
In sympathy with those who weep
A respite from my sorrows reap.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-08-24

Raspberry vinegar is good for colds and
sore throats, and diluted with cold water, is 8
most pleasant summer drink, 1t is thus
made Put pound of fruit into bowl and
pour on quart of good vinegar; next day
strain the juice on a pound of fresh raspber-
ries, and the following day the same but do
not squeeze the fruit, only drain the liquor
as dry as you can. The last time strain il
through coarse bag wet with vinegar, to
prevent waste. Put it in z stone jar, with a
pound of crushed sugar to every pint OF
Juice stir it when melted, and put the jar
into saucepan Of water, or on hot hearth
or stove-top let it simmer and skim it
When cold, bottle it. Use no glazed or met
al vessel for it.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-08-24

flow Of milk more than quart week by
the mere difference In the mode of milking,
and without the slightest change in food Of
the animal, and that, too, Notwithstanding
the fact that her regular mixer is quite as
good ms the average, and no doubt thinks he
knows how to milk as well as anybody.
1t is not always fair to judge of the milk
ing qualities Of cow without taking into
consideration the question as to who milks
her, and how this operation is performed. A
poor mixer will spoil the reputation of any
GOWN E. Homestead
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-08-24

SAVE THE HEN MANURE-The value of this
article as fertilizer is very generally over
looked. In most cases, it is allowed to 90 tc
waste. The hens roost on trees or fences, OF
some out door place where their droppings
cannot be gathered up, and in numerous
instances, when this is not the case, the ac-
emulation of their department is looked
upon as nuisance hard to be endured But
occasionally, we find one who knows itt
value. The following, given by a CORES
pendent, is in point. Says he: 81 have
a field of corn which grew very slowly, and
the prospect for crop was very discourag
ing. A neighbor offered me the droppings
in his hen roost. His offer was gladly &C
cepted, and two large wagon loads of manure
was the result. This was literally applied, a
handful to a hill as far as it would go. Two
weeks after this application, there was a
great difference between the manfred and
unmannred portion the manfred part was
much larger than the yellow sick looking
unmanured portion. At length, many good
farmers expressed great wonder at the vast
difference between the two portions. The
part MANFRED yielded three times as much az
the unmanured per acre, and of much supe-
rior quality" We have corresponding tes-
timony from other sources relative to the
value of hen manure, not only for the corn
crop, but also many kinds of vegetables. ltf
value being beyond question, 1t should bt
preserved and applied as well as other ma
nures.-ErchGn9e.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-08-24

To SEE DOWN WELL.-The New Hamp-
shire Journal Of agriculture suggests plan
for exploring the bottom of well "a 1t is
not generally known how easy matter it is
to explore the bottom of well, cistern, or
pond of water, by the use of a common mir
ror When the sun is shining brightly, hold
mirror so that the reflected rays of light
will fall into the water. A bright spot will
be seen at the bottom, so light as to show the
smallest object very plainly. By this means
we have examined the bottoms of wells fifty
feet deep, when half full or more of water
The smallest straw or other small object can
be perfectly seen from the surface. In the
same way one can examine the bottoms of
ponds and rivers, if the water be somewhat
clear, and not agitated by winds or rapid
motion. If a well or cistern be under cover.
or shaded by buildings, so that the sunlight
will not fall near the opening it is only nee
essary to employ two mirrors, using one to
reflect the light to the opening, and another
to send it down perpendicularly into the wa
ter. Light may be thrown fifty or hundred
yards to the precise spot desired, and then
downward. We have used the mirror with
success to reflect light around the field to a
shaded field, and also to carry it from a south
window through two rooms, and then into a
cistern under the north side of the house.
Half dozen reflections of light may be made,
though each mirror diminishes the brilliancy
of the light. Let any one, not familiar with
the method, try it, and he will not only find
it useful, but pleasant experiment. Ii will
perhaps, reveal a mass of sediment at the
bottom of well that has been little thought
of, but which may have been fruitful source
of disease, by its decay in the water"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-08-24

GOLDEN WoRDs.-At the funeral of a
little child the silvery-haired pastor en-
tered the room. Needing not the chair
pIaced for him by the small table with the
Bible upon it, he walked first to the little
form, gazed upon it, and laying his hand
upon the marble forehead, spoke first to
the dead !. Dear lamb safe in the fold j;
safe in the fold.' Every heart throbbed,
ard every eye gave forth its tears at this
sweetly solemn congratulation. The words
of comfort rested in the parents hearts then
and ever after, and those present whe laa
also mourned, believed and looked upward.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-08-24

To PrcKLR RED CABBAGE.-Get head Of
the darkest red cabbage, and slice it very
thin shake on it little coarse salt and LEI
it rest twenty-four hours to drain. Boil an
ounce of black pepper and an ounce of all
spice in quart of vinegar, and when cold
pour it over the cabbage, then pack it close
and keep it well covered. - Germanto,CH Tel
e0raph