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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-12-08

IRRIGATING MEADows.-Some people
appear to think that the chief object in
irrigating grass land is to furnish water
during the dry, hot weather Of summer.
In some arid climates this is the case; but
as general rule the benefits of irrigation
are derived from water flowing on the
land during the late fall, winter, and early
spring months. And there are many
places where sidehill meadows might be
easily irrigated from streams which run
only at three seasons of the year. We
have seen rude dam that, thrown across
such a stream, directed the water over
several acres of poor grass land and caus-
ed it to produce heavy crops of hay.
Now is the time to attend to this matter.
Build dam high enough to cause the
water to overflow, running in third sheet
over the land. This is rude method of
irrigation, and very inadequate descrip-
ton of it; but still may induce some Of
our readers to avail themselves of the
water which now runs uselessly down
their hill.sidas at this season of the year
and in the spring.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-12-08

STORING WINTER APPLES. cor
respondent Of Law Of Life, who claims to
have extended experience, is of opinion
that apples keep far better when put into
close boxes or barrels and secluded from
the air. When thus stored, he says they
will come out in the spring full and plump
as when taken from the tree. Many va
rieties, as the Tallman Sweet, Spitzen-
burg, and those kinds that are not con-
sldered as long keepers and shrivel badly,
will do well treated in this way. have,
he continues, found universally that they
keep better to let them lie without picking
over. 1t is much better to pile them into
large bin across the cellar, say six or
seven feet high, and four or five feet wide,
and cover them up tightly, than to lay
them on shelves.
I once saw such bin that man had
kept through the winter. About the first
Of April he thought he would open the
windows on the side of the cellar next
the apples to let in the air that they might
keep better. I was at his place and he
called my attention to the fact. Two win
dows just over the bin were opened about
ten days or two weeks, and the apples
just opposite the windows about one third
rotted for as much as foot in depth, and
the remaining part on either side were not
rotted at all
Another instance: A neighbor of mine
had about 500 bushels in a pile in a cellar.
as they became little specked he COM
menced picking them nvA- whom about
half done got tired and concluded to let
them go. When marketed about six
weeks after, found that about one third of
those picked over were not fit for Market
while all but about one twentieth of the
others were good. This l have seen in
numerous instances. If you wish to try
the experiment, make box as tight as
carpenter can make it, and when picking
from the orchard fill it and nail fast. Let
it lie in the orchard until it is in danger
Of freezing; then put in the cellar. Put
the same on shelves for trial. am pref
ty sure one experiment will convince
Record.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-12-08

INTERESTING EXPERIMENTAL re-
cent work of science gives the following
novel experiment, which settles a ques-
ton OF some Importance in philosophy
Two hundred pounds weight of earth
was dried in an oven, and afterwards was
put into an earthen vessel. The earth
was then moistened with rain water, and
a willow tree, weighing five hundred
pounds, was placed therein. During five
years the earth was watered with rain or
pure water the willow grew and flourish
ed, and to prevent mixing with fresh earth
and dust from some source, it was covered
with metal plate, numerously perforated
70 admit air only. After growing in the
air for i've years, the tree was removed
and found to weigh one hundred and sixty.
nine pounds plus, and the earth in the
vessel being removed, dried and weighed,
and found to have lost only about two
ounces Of its original weight. Thus one
hundred and sixty-four pounds of woody
hbre, bark and roots, were certainly pro-
duced but from what source unless from
air.-N. ". Farmer. s-
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-12-08

THE WAY TO BLANKET Houses
Those parts of the body of horse which
surround the lungs require the benefit of a
blanket in preference to his TANKS and
rumps. When we are exposed to cur
rent of cold air, to guard against any in
jury from contracting cold, we shield our
shoulders, neck, chest and back. If
these parts be protected, the lower part
of the body will endure degree of cold
far more intense, without any injury to
the body, than if the lungs were not kept
warm with suitable covering. The same
thing holds good in the protection of
horses. The blankets should cover the
neck, withers and shoulders, and brought
around the breast and buttoned or buck
led together as closely IS a man buttons
his overcoat when about to face driving
storm. Let the lungs of a horse be kept
well protected with heavy blanket, and
he will seldom contract cold, even if the
hindmost parts of the body are not cover
Ad.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-12-08

KEEP THE SMALL POTATOES UNTIL
SpR1NG.-Farmers frequently feed Their
small potatoes to fattening pigs in the fall
1t would be much better to keep them
until spring, and then cook them mix them
with a little meal and feed them to suck
ing sows and young pigs. In the spring
before the clover is ready to turn into, we
are generally short of succulent food
whereas in the autumn we have apples
pumpkins, cabbage leaves, and variety
of vegetables that will not keep until
spring. The value of potatoes as food fol
stock does not lie so much in the mere
nutriment they certain as in their giving
tone to the stomache and they will prove
much more useful when fed out to young
pigs and breeding sows in the spring, as
is usual, than when fed TO fattening pigs
in the fall. ..
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-12-08
Agriculturr.l Items.

SELLING BY WEIcHr.-On former
occasion, we advocated the selling by
weight Of nearly every article Of farmers
produce, and we have met with no argu-
ment sufficiently strong to convince Us
that our views, then presented were not
correct. The fact is, selling by weight Is
the only fair way Of dealing, and the won
der is, that Congress has not long since
taken the subject in hand, and passed q
law compelling it. Those who have been
in the habit of buying potatoes, apples,
turnips, or in fact any vegetables or fruits,
that are sold by measure. cannot tail To-
have noticed how frequently a skillfal
measurer will defraud them out of large
portion of their honest dues. Were these
articles sold by weight, such frauds could
not be practiced, unless the scales were
not properly balanced. A pound, is
pound, and nothing more or less, but a
peck of potatoes or apples represents
nothing definite. BY the measurement Of
one individual who understands the art of
making the fewest apples or potatoes fill
the vessel, the weight will be much smaller
than the filing of the same measure by
one less expert or more honest. II can
be safely asserted, that the difference on
the average. will not vary much from
twenty-five per cent. Now if these arti-
cles were sold by weight, there could be
no such departure from accuracy, and if
farmers were compelled to sell, as well as
buy, by weight, they would in the end be
none the losers, This, we believe, they
are nearly all ready to admit, and would
cheerfully comply with the terms of law
making it obligatory upon them. The
opposition would come from the middle
men or hucksters, who, buying at whole
sale, dispose of their purchases in smaller
quantities. Hence the sufferers are main
~ the consumers, and of these, persons in
humble means form no inconsiderable part
Justice to this class, and in fact to all
classes, demands that the measure system
be abolished, and that of weight substitut-
ed, and if some of our prominent members
Of Congress would forget for brief season
their desire to distinguish themselves in
politics, and devote some time to the per-
fecting Of law, compelling all sales of
solids to be made by weight, they would
entitle themselves to the gratitude and re-
spect of the whole country Journal of
The Farm.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-12-08
Labor and Wealth in the United
States. -'

| One of our greatest causes of thanks.
giving is that labor whistles and sings in
our territories. Elsewhere it is mourning
its own death. The prodigious facilities
for acquiring wealth in America are Just
beginning to be perceived. The wealth
is here, easy to be developed, concentrated
and administered. The being "wcrth a
million" won't make man eligible to the
class of rich men much longer. Some
think wealth dangerous. Wealth is DOW
err, and that is always dangerous, but no
nation ever rose from a barbarous state
without it. Missionary preaching is of no
use if it does not show the heather how to
make money. No poor man can be much
in poor community, although among
nabobs his intellect may compensate for
lack of worldly goods. But riches must
be somewhere. The dangers of wealth
here are less than we fear. Organized
wealth Expresses the community, but will
yet prove itself benefactor. 1t tends to
despotism because of its nascent state. 1t
is not necessary that the wealth which
owns the market should also own civility,
or should control courts and legislatures.
But we must consider the hygienic quail
ties Of wealth. 1t is the almoner of en-
ployment, of comfort, Of enjoyment. Mon
ey is vivifying industry to the very bottom
of the community. Riches are the poor
mans providence, and on the whole, are
in subordination to intelligence and do
nestle virtue. How to use money is an
art. Many can make money, who haven't
the slightest idea of spending it correctly,
while many more can spend that don't
know how to make but, as general thing,
money earned wisely is expended discreet
ly; Men live here in better constructed
houses-which require more ingenuity to
keep constructed-than anywhere else.
The money producing force of America is
more than double the average money pro-
ducing force of any other nation. There
are Is 900 landowners in Great Britain.
Here land is SO cheap that scarcely an ia
habitant but owns his plot, whether little
or big. I know farmers I should hate to
meet in argument unless were on their
side, while many hammer away at the
anvil all day and read scientific and his
torical works all the evening. Men who
deride money are almost invariably minus
the article themselves, and, if they will
only consider, will find that the universal
diffusion Of wealth is one of Americas
greatest blessings. Get rich! Pay any,
thing for it but YOURSELF your honor, love,
sympathy, faith in man and faith in God.
Wealth here is public spirit. Architecture
is its adopted child. Cornell, Vassar.
Cooper, and hundreds of others, are signi-
fcant American names, and the time an.
proaches when wealth shall be symbolic
of every public improvement. Wealth
has its evils and temptations, but TO-DAY
is something for which we, as nation.
may thank God, and pray that the time
may not be far removed when the streets
OF gold syoken Of in Scripture may be
here on earth. -Beschsr's Thanksgiving
Sermon.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-12-08

A correspondent of Moore's Rural Neu
Yorker says: "The superiority Of the
light Brahma fowls over the mixed breeds
consist in not only producing twenty-five
per cent, more eggs, but in being very
hardy and fitted for this northern climate
They are easily raised, more quiet, and
bear confinement better than any breed
am acquainted with; take on flesh more
rapidly, and are fit for the table at any
time. AS winter layers they are four Of
Eve times more bountitul than the mixeG
breeds"
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-12-08

VITRIoL FOR CABBAGEs.-A cores
pondent Of the New England Farmer
says, if persons who have lost their cab.
bages this year by the caterpillar, which
is the offspring of the Pieris Rape, will
another year, after setting out their cab
bages, keep them well sprinkled with a
solution of blue vitriol and water "a piece
OF vitrioi as large as walnut to pail OF
water-they will not be troubled much
with the worm. Hellebore answers very
we'll in place Of the vitriol. Care must be
taken not to get the solution too strong
as it is poison. Liquid hen manure Is
also very good. 800
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-12-08

A correspondent of the Maine Farmer
says, Were the average product of hay
per acre in Maine one tun, we should enjoy
a higher state of farming than we now do.
Far too many farmers get from one-fourth
to one-half ton per acre. d
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-12-08

REvoLUTIoNARY There are
now on the pension rolls quite number
of the widows of Revolutionary soldiers
who are over one hundred years of age.
A recent inquiry sent out by the Pension
Office has elected the names of these ven
cradle ladies, whose ages range from one
hundred to one hundred and nine. The
following reside in New England. Anna
Place, Portland, Me. 100 years Happy
Morse, Portland, Me-, 100 years; Hannah
Andrew, Lowell Centre: Me-, lOl years ;
Pitcher M MoAiteblo, buf1eld, Conn.,, 1O2
years /; A. Gross, Amherst N. H., 100
years. Many of these were the second
wives of the revolutionary vetrans, who
had lost their spouses during I" the
time that tried mems souls"
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-12-08

A duck in the poultry yard of Calvin
L. Parker of Winchester, Mass, lately
stole her nest, laid % eggs, and set and
came off with rs young ducks, all alive
and doing well. Whose duck, with all
modern conyeniences.' has done better
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-12-08

NOTICE.-THE SALE AT AUG
~ TON Of lot Of land in Mendon, belong
ing TO the estate OF Benz; Parker, advertised for
Saturday, November 10Th, 1870, stands adjourned
until Saturday, the 18th day Of December next,
at the same place and hour.
LENSEY ROUND, Administrator.
Clarendon, November ~, 1870. 4s:w3v
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-12-08

The farm at the Maine Agricultural
College, Orono, Me-, contains 375 acres,
about half being woodland. About 80
ceres are in pasture and meadow, Only
II acres are under the pillow this season.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-12-08

There are manufactured in the United
States each year, over 100000 scythes
at cost of about that number of dollars
employing not far from $500 hands.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-12-08

The potato crop in Elkhart Co., Indi-
ana, was so complete failure that farmers
are importing their supplies from Michi-
gan.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-12-08

-Night.sail is powerful fertilizer.
II should be mixed with at least fold
Of its bulk Of leaf, mould, peat, or>loam.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-12-08

"A New York farmer fed his horse
amply on a peck of oats day and what
grass grew on a quarter of an acre from
July LIST till grass had ceased to grow.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-12-08

Honey is getting to be very i'm
portant item in the marketable products
Of the West. Jefferson, Wisconsin, in
one day last week, shipped 10, $40 pounds.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-12-08

A farmer in Boone Co., No., says his
oat ground, ploughed in the Fall, produc-
ed one-third more than that ploughed in
the Spring.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-12-08

Late Agent Of The United States Patent OTos.
Washington, under the act Of 1881,
No. 70 State st., opposite Kilby St., Boston,
After an extensive practice of upwards of twenty
years, continues to secure patents in the United
States; also in Great Britain, France and other
Assignments, and all papers or drawings for Pa
tents, executed ON reasonable terms with dispatch
Researches made into American and Foreie a
works, to determine the validity and utility of Pa
rendered ON al matters touching the same. Copies
ofthe claims of any patent furnished by renting
ON dollar. Assignments recorded in Washington.
No agency in the United States possesses sups-
nor facilities for obtaining Patents ascertainir
the patentablility Of inventions.
During eight months the subscriber in the
course Of his large practice made twice rejected
applications, SIXTEEN APPEALS, EVERY
ONE OF which was decided in isfavor by the Com
missioner Of Patents.
TESTIMONIALS.
regard Mr.. Eddy as one of the most capable
and successful practitioners with whomI have had
official intercourse"
.sr CHARLES MASON,
Commissioners OF Patents.
have no hesitation in assuring inventors that
they cannot employ man more competent and
Trustworthy and more capable of putting their ap-
phcations in . form to secure for them an early
and favorable consideration at the Patent Office.
EDMUND BURKE,
Late Commissi0ner Of Patents"
applications, in all but ONE Of which patents have
been granted, and that one II now pending. Such
unmistakable proof Of great talent and ability on
his part, leads me TO recommend al inventors 20
be sure Of having the most faithful attention i.
slowed On their cases, and at very reasonsbp
charges. JOHN TAGHARTS
ooseonOan. l, 1871. l:wty
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-12-08

A farmer of Oswego county N. Y,
has recently been engaged in digging a
second crop Of potatoes from the same
piece of land, this year.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-12-08

The corn crop of this country the
present year is estimated to be two hun
bred and fifty million bushels. ~
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-12-08

5OO REWARD FOR A CASE OF
wv Catarrh that Demeritt's North Amer
clan Cat.rTh Remedy, cannot cure. Price pr
package Sips two bottles For sale By sii
CARRUTHERS DENERIJT
100 Hanover Street, Boston. Send for ciFeu Ar
and home testim ,nials E--s-" 3e.wsra
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-12-08

"E WILL PAY AGENTS A
wv Salary Of $35 per week or allow a large
commission to sell our new Inventions. Address
. GtbHH8 J,W, FRINK & CO.,
4e;w4w Marshall, Mich.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-12-08

GTATE OF VERMONT, DISTRICT
~ Of Fairhaven, %. The Probate Court for the
District Of Fasrhaven:
To all persons concerned, GREETING /:
Whereas, Robert e. Meanwhile of Castleton.
in said district and County, guardian Of Flora C.
Meanwhile, residing in Csstleton, has made ap-
plicatlon to said court for license 70 sell al the
real estate Of his said ward representing that It
cell said real estate for the purpose OF putting the
proceeds Of such sale at interest," otherwise in.
vesting Il for the bene0t OF his said ward There
fore, ff .. t-z-.s
By the authority Of the State Of Vermont. you
are hereby notified TO appear before said Court It
the Probate Office, In Casteton, in said district,
on the 18th day Of December, A. d. 1870, to show
not be granted.
Dated 1t Castleton, in said district, this 10th
day Of November, A. d. 1870. 81 :, 1850
HENRY L. CLARK,
47:wsw 'is 3alll1 Register.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-12-08
HIGHLY IMPORTANT. TO FE
MAI.Ea IN DEI.ICATR HEAITH.
C!ERTAIN CURE IN ALL CASE'

~ OR NO CHARGE MADE.
DIR. Dow Is consulted daily, from .. m. to n =.
m, as above, upon Al difficult and chrome d. =
Of every name and nature.
DIR. Dow, Nos. and Endicott street, Boston.
Those whose need the services Of an experienced
physician and surgeon should give him . call.
N.B.-Dr. Dow imports and has for sale new
article called the French Secret. Order by mail.
Two for 81 and q red stamp.
Boston, April, 1868. l7-ly
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-12-08
M A R r I A G e GU I'D E
@ EVERY ONE HIS OWN DOCTOR.

=" EV EN1 O1VE u1O y W n DOC1O1s.
A private instructor for married persons or
those about to be married, both male and female,
in everything concerning the physiology and re-
lations Of our sexual system, and the production
and prevention of offspring, including all the new
discoveries never before given in the English Ian
guage, by VIM. Young, NJ. D. This is really a
valuable and interesting work. 1t is written in
plain language for tie general reader is illus
trated with numerous engraviDgs. All young
married people, or those contemplating marriage,
and having the least impediment to married life,
should read this book. 1t discloses secrets that
every one should be acquainted with; still IT is
book that must be locked up and not lie about the
house. It will be sent to any address on receipt
Of so scents. Address DR.. VIM. YOUNG, No.
4l6 Spruce Street above Fourth, Philadelphia.
42:w6mos
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-12-08

no THE AFFL,IOT

IMPORTANT TO THE AFFL1OI-
i ED. sfe Dov continues 70 b ccns1ited at hi
oface,Nt, , and Endicott street, Boston, on
al diseaos eta r
PRIVATE Oh DELICATE NATURE.
Beneath his treatment all the hoExun Of veneEa
and impu0U blood, Imp0tencys 6cro6ulA, Con.
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Procreataun, Inflammation Of the bladder and
kidneys, Nydrocele, Abscessee, Human fiehtful
swellings aad the long train Of horrible cympe0ma
attending this class Of disease, are made 70 become
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SEMINAL WEAKNES9.
DIR. Dow devotes large portion 8 ~ tme g
the treatment Of those cases caused BY secret ana
solitary habit which ruins the body and mind.
Weakness OF the Back and Limbab Dxxineo q n
Head Dimness Of Sight Pa,Ritasoa q TIE 49, ~
Dyspepsia, Nervousness, Oeran8e@ens g tns
Digestive functions, Symptoms q Consmpaoo.
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Patients who wish to remain under Oow's treat
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Medicines sent to alpaxts Of the country with fuu
directions.
Dr. Dow has also for sale the French Capotte.,
warranted the best preventive. Order BY maa.
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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-12-08
USE RENNE's PAIN KILLING MAGIC OIL

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request, and sell you Genuine Renues Pain KILL
ing Magic Oil, at the manufacture lowest price
at retail.
"a Sold by Druggists, Merchand and Grocers
It Is put up in three sizes, and called Trial
Size, %" Medium Size" and Large Family Size
bottles
VIM. RENNE,
Sold Proprietor and Manufacturer
PITTsFIELD, Mass.
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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-12-08

An Indianian is raising LOO hogs
this season, which he values at $75, 900.