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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-02-03

SOMETHING good can be said even of the
whipping post. Delaware alone among all
the States of the Union retains that social
corrective, and though we all know that It
is ''relic of barbarism," and that its COM
panon piece, the pillory, is equally bar
barous, it seems to be fact that thieves
respect them, and steer clear of them bet
ter than they do of the jails and houses of
correction in other States. In Delaware
the same thief rarely appears twice for
punishment. In the other States the penal
institutions are filled with old Offenders.
who again and again take the risk of inn
prisonment. There is something, tangible
about the whipping post, the pillory and
the iron collar which convicted thief ia
compelled to wear six months, with the
word "ThieT' conspicuously branded on II
and the light-fngered loafers, who have
turned their backs on honest industry.
make haste to leave a State which is So
much behind the spirit of the age. Perhaps
other States suffer, but it is well establish
ed that thieves are scarce in Delaware
Boston Herald.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-02-03
Tie Leisure Hour.
QT.TLITI HILL.

w
room with her foot on tbo round Of bor
chair. and her tinrcrs in bor cars
"I like to hear thunder well enoupb 7
don't know INIT what do. am not anv
afraid of that Dnt bc somo scart of
1;ohtr;ro, >, sbo soid stortiro nc ,ho hoo,,
ems b,ozcd ovor with n sheet of Aomo in a.,
instant glory with n crosb ond roor ,,,o,
round ito wav tbrougb two vvods or cotton
burstipp on her oars like tbo trpmn af
doom.
"Ncrcv on me y, sbriekod Mrs. Wood
cock "that struck. Now Won NAV rolv
upon il. as true as that Won are n living
creature, that strucllr'
Mr.. Spofford's old sorrel horse. the ONLY
living creature in sight, made no reply. but
kept on nibbling away at the white clover
on the green before the door, He only
turned his back to the driving rain, that
flew from the west TO the east so fast and
so heavy il was more like a bank of fog
than moving drops of water; and gave a
passing shiver when the rain fall changed
to hail, and ratified down in stones as large
as birds eggs.
But Mrs. Woodcock was above the blind
trust of the beast; as, pale and trembling,
she pressed her hands tighter over her ears,
looked at SPIDERS web in the darkest cor
ner of the room as steadily as if she was
sitting for her photograph.
The thunder growfed itself to sleep, at
last the lightning flashed its life away, and
the sun broke out like a sudden smile on a
babys face. Still the unconscious Mrs.
Woodcock held on to her ears and gazed
at the spiders web until the outer door
was flung open, and the chore-boy shufIled
in. He was hampen-haired, butter milk
eyed lad of fifteen, who was either half
witted or haf-crazed-possiblv both.
''Ho! Aunt Prissy," he cried "what
are YOU keeping Independence for the day
after the Fourth? 1t has all come off clear
os new cider. and Won are wasting your
time sitting there like a statue. You bet
ter be mending nv pantaloons.
As he smoke A sudden sunbeam darted
through the western window. and flashed
athwart the corner.
"If there isn't cobweb right in nv
kitchen - ouoth Mrs. Woodcock. deliber-
atelv nuttinp down her fingers and bor
feet. and going for wlne-a prav goose
wing that HING by a strin of rod cal;co on
a nail bebind the door.
ooh Won como Orsor9 vhoro ala +,
strike ~ she continued annearino to dis
oo,,o,. .l,o ,,r;nriu,,b,,
..rho hoiI strrcl, oyor,u,horo u.,,o,,
y, Dr Soooroe,,s ororo ,,ino ho,.o,,,.
heard 40 the thunder strpcl ot all mo, avon
on some folks, cars - returned Orson ,yho
was mainly composed of n noir of oYor-
grown hare feot blue cotton frool, ond o,,or
alls n got of broad ,vbito ,ooth ond =,
weather beaton hat with ,vide s,ouohirn
brim
"you don't moon to s,y ,ho doo,,.,u
prano-vines are hurt ossentiallv do won 9n
ouoriod Mrs woodcoclx door 10 tIo IN,
nortinonco nc ebe had boen to tho thundor
"Don,tknow nothing about no os.onoos y,
rcnIiod Orson who was fond or Iona ,yorIs
but not clear ne To their uso "pnt con
tell Won ono thing tbougb Won ought
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-02-03
P0etYy.
CLE.fR THE U:fI'.

Men of thought, be up and stirring
Night and day;
Sow the withdraw the curtain
Clear thewayl
Men Of action, aid and cheer them
As ye mayl
There's fount about TO stream,
There's light about to beam,
There's warmth about to glow,
There's flower about to blow,
There's q midnight darkness changing
Into gray;
Men Of thought and men Of action,
Clear the wayl
Once the welcome light has broken,
Who shall say
what the unimagined glorics
OF the day7
What the evil that shall perish
In its ray?
Aid the dawning, tongue and pen;
Aid it, hopes Of honest men;
Aid it, paper,-aid It, type;
Aid it, for the hour is ripe;
And our earnest must not slacken
Into play.
Men Of thought and men Of action,
Clear the way!
Lol clouds about to vanish
From the day;
And brazon wrong to crumblo
Into clay.
Lol the Rights about to conquer;
Clear the wayl
with the Right shall many more
Enter smiling at the door;
with the giant Wrong shall fall
Many others, great and small,
That for ages long have held us
For their prey.
Men Of thought and men Of action,
Clear the way!
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-02-03

Lot poets sing Of love and sorrow,
OF dreams that vanish with the morrow,
OF Joys that hope and fancy raise;
For mc, I'D rather sing the praise
OF hashi
What dish did mother use to make
That went so well with johnnycake,
When children round the board we clustered2
Alas the joys we found in mustard
On hashl
What gave us boys our youthful vim?
What made our girls 20 neat and trim?
What built our bodies, gave us muscle
T. endure life's stern fatigue and tussle?
Twas hash
What gave our soldiers health and vigor
To storm the fort and pull the trigger
To wade through all wars bloody scenes7
Excuse the word, o potent beansD
Twas hashl
Then hence, o love away, o grief!
Wen sing the marriage Of King Beef
And Queen Potato. Here's a bumper
Deep be thy dish, and broad-I vumper!-
Hashl
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-02-03
M THE SE.f.

But yester morn the angry waves
Tossed high their crests of foam;
The piercing winds with fury ragged,
And wanderers longed for home.
Now meath the shade Of moss-grown rock,
watch the quiet sea;
And list the gentle ripping sound
Which softly says to me
"The voice that stilled the angry waves,
And hushed the storm to rest,
Can all thy hearts vain tumult soothe
And hll with peace thy breast
Oh, restless heart wilt thou not turn
70 Him who gave thee life?
His love can bring thee deepest calm
And save from endless strife"
MRs. C. A. MEAN
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-02-03
.nnryAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.

Open from 1880 A. M. to =. NJ. Holidays from st
II $50 \. NJ and 2 to GP NJ.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-02-03
IE.fsIE.

tThe young ladies' Of the West Brattleboro Reading
Circle issue weekly paper entitled "Hasb, to which
the following article was contributod;l
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-02-03
VOL. XXXVIII.
GBeUer 49enit.
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY EVENING,
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once No. o Granite Row, Drattleboro, VT.

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Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1871-09-23
GROUND BONES FOR POULTRY.

The editor of the Canadian Poultry Chron-
icle, in IN excellent article on rearing and
feeding chickens, after enforcing the neces-
sity, of scrupulous cleanliness, feeding well,
often, and not more ut one time than will
all be picked up, and using by preference rs
the staple feed coarse DAT meal moistcned
with milk, and the occasional mixture of
rice or other grains-for the sake of variety
thus aludcs to the efficacy of ground bone:
"Mr. Wrightrecommends,i in addition to the
above, the use of ground bones, or bone dust.
The latter substance, he says, has many adj
vantages, and after many years experience,
we can affirm without hesitation that there
is II marked difference both in the size and
stamina of birds reared with it over others.
1t adds to the size of birds; it postpones their
maturity or Setting" us poultry men call it,
after which growth nearly ceases; it greatly
prevents leg weakness in the cockrcls, and it
tends to produce full and profuse fcathcring,
and to assist in Hedging. Burnt bones, or
phosphate Of lime, have not the same effect
by any means; and raw bones crushed have
the fault of inducing early laying in the pull
lets, whereas the bone dust rather postpones
it. The proportion should be about IL tea
spoonful to every half PITT of meal, and be
given thus from the time the chickens are
ten days old"
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1871-09-23
CANDY-EATING.

''Shall let my children eat candy.?' is II
question over which parents are still some
times puzzled. This is not surprising, for
doctors and doctors books differ upon the
question. Some teach that candy is an evil
to be avoided; others, who like it themselves
say that white candies ut least are harmless
and may be eaten ut discretion. Neither
side is quite right. The chiefinjury that can
dies do is that of spelling the appetite for
other food. When honestly made, colored
candy is quite harmless in itself. Thus the
red candies are colored with beet Juice. But
it is safer on the whole to stick to the white
candies, which are made of starch and sugar
favored. The love of sugar is natui;, and
healthy appetite, especially in children, who
need more saccharine matter than grown
persons. Yet they should not be allowed to
eat sugar to the exclusion of heartier food.
BY devouring candy in large quantities be-
tween meals they spoil their appetite and
often injurc their digestion. This is the only
serious objection to candy-eating. a good
rule in the matter is to prevent the child
from eating candy SO near to mcal-timcs us
to make him leave full plate of breakfast
or dinner. But after II meal he can eat us
much us he chooses without preoccupying
his appetite for the next. Good candy eaten
ut the right time is an excellent food.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1871-09-23
VULGARIsMS.

1t is very vain to use strong and emphatic
assertions, snch us II know" IL am poS,tirc-
ly certain" "Ycs-but | happen to know all
about it," 1t is ntolerably conceited, and
in most instances irritates, without exciting
the slightest respect for your declaration.
Always substitute II think" II believe" at
seems to me-" Excuse me, but think |
have heard" &c. 1t is not enough to limit
your words in this respect, you should never
emphasize the voice too forcibly. One may
say, 81 beg your pardon, sir" with an eX-
preston equivalent to II flat and insulting
contradiction. Still more vain and vulgar
is the use of such expressions MS "II'm!'
"Pshawm "Much you know about it,
Stuff" and "Fiddlesticks!" These express
sions, and others like them of strongly dis
scnticnt nature, should never be uttered by
any one under any circumstances whatever.
They are all rude, as is indeed every word
and every emphasis which directly expresses
denial of any assertion.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1871-09-23
Gaoies' department.
ARE OUR DOMEsTIcs ABUSED,

1t is often claimed that the reason it is so
difficult to get American girls to do house
work is because their rights are not respect
ed in such situations.-that their employers
are unreasonable and unkind beyond other
employers of labor. The n. Y JouyWM Of
Commerce denies this. 1t says
On the contrary there is not II dependent of
either sex us tenderly and carefully treated
outside of these conditions rs the cook and
chambermaid. There is no genteman's son
in Il bank or counting house in this city that
dares to put on such airs us are daily AS
sumed in our Kitchens. Bridget or Dnah
will give warming" or in most eases leave
without warning, for tenth of the rating or
fault-findiug which the best accountants or
clerks have to take without grumbling III
most every day of their lives. Ifyour young
man i'm the store or Office does not suit in his
work you tell him plainly to alter it, and he
is glad enough if You do it kindly; your wife
is fortunate in her help if she dares repeat
that experiment in the same tone and temper
with the best-natured girl in the house, We
ask our fair author who insists that "house-
hold drudges are so sunk in misery and
wretchedness from the ill-treatment of the
mistress that no decent American girl can
be found to take their places" where she
will find any other class in service of any
sort, including the best of American boys
whose feelings are so carefully considered
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1871-09-23
puultrp.
FEEDING FOWLS.

Don't keep food always by your poultry,
because, if laying fowls, they are made too
fat, and if fattening ones, not fat enough
To fatten poultry, feed three times in twenty
four hours all they will eat, and remove all
they leave, and they will eat more than when
cloycd and disguised by the constant pres
ence of food, To keep layers in proper con-
dition, feed twice or thrice daily n regular
ration, but not as much us they will eat.
Some say feed us long us they will run for
what you throw to them and eat grccdily,
but that is not right for they get too fat, I'M
less they are laying freely. They will show
engerness about us long rs they can swallow,
and will scramble for what you give them
until in their rivalry they stuff and cram
themselves week after week, and become II
mass of fat. yet they will still act ut feeding
time us if they were half starved. Feed
your regular laying stock moderately and be
governed by their state of flesh rather than
by their greed. Take II few fowls from the
perch ut night occasionally to test their
weight, and little practice will enable you
to quickly decide on the condition of the
flock. Increase the ration us the yield of
eggs increases, and so long rs the laying keeps
pace with the diet you may give rich and
stimulating feed in any quantity. Feed the
select breeding stock more sparingly than
the rest of the layers, so us to give only IL
moderate yield of eggs for Matching purposes,
for if you promote great prolifcness in the
parents the result will be weakness in the
progeny. Chickens, during the period OF
their rapid growth, should be fed very often,
they are growing, there is no danger of over
feeding il they are fed frequently and allow
cd perfect freedom, so that they may TAKE
the exercise that is indispensable to theil
! thrlt.-HearM and Home.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1871-09-23
THE GAME OF GOSSIP.

This is an old game, children; one we
played years ago: but there is II lesson to he
learned from it, even if it is old and we
hope that while it may afford you amuse-
ment, you may also learn the lesson it teach
es 4 number of little folks-say fifteen. or
twcnty-st around the room in n circle.
Then the leader-whoever in the circle may
be appointcd-whisper very rapidly COM
plete scntence-not too long nor too short
to her right hand neighbor. The sentence
whispered so rapidly is not likely to be clear
~ enunciated, or fully understood by her
listener, but the latter must use her own im-
agination and make sense out of it and then
whisper il to the next one, and so on to the
last one, who whispers it to the author of the
sentence, who rises and repeats aloud the
original remark. and the way it has been re-
turned to her after its wandering. The
two sentences are generally entirely different.
Gossip is good name for the game, isn't
it, children? Sometimes we hear things that
somebody else has said about us; we do not
ask FOR in explanation, but we stop liking
that person. we stop sharing our pleasures
with her; we give frowns for smiles, &c
When you hear such remarks, remember
this little game of Gossip, and recall how
easy it is for remarks to get twisted ant
changed.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1871-09-23
Crab Apple Jelly.

a Jelly equal to the famous Guava jelly of
the West Indies, and similar in flavor, can
be made out of the Siberian crab apple. The
apples Thoroughly ripe, but sounoD must
first be stewed soft in sufficient water to
nearly cover them, plate being put over the
fruit to keep in the steam. The juice must
then be wrung out of the fruit through II
strong, loosely woven crash bdg. 1t must
then be strained through fine cloth. Place
1t on the fire in porcelain lined kettle, add
three pounds of sugar to four pints of juice,
and boil rapidly, Swimming well, until it jel-
lies firmly in II spoon. This jelly cannot be
made out of cider; the whole fruit must be
cooked to extract the "pectmn or vegetable
gcatine, and the quicker all the processes
are gone through with the better the result.
The color will be very near that of currant
jelly.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1871-09-23
THE "HEALTHINEsS" OF FOOD.

One of the most unnecessary comments
that we hear made upon this or that article
of diet, especially of vegetables, is the re-
mark that it sis healthy" Now all clean,
well-cooked food, or ripe edible fruit, is
healthy. We may say that it is equally
healthy for all persons who have not some
peculiarly of constitution or stomach; some
idioSyncrusy, us the doctors say. All food is
composed of few classes of substances,
fewer and more simple than most of us sup
pose Though these substances are com
bined and varied by nature in an infinite
number of ways, yet they have pretty nearly
the same power in all their combinations,
whether us flesh, fish, fowl, vegetable, or
fruit, to nourish the body and to produce the
condition we call health Not that health
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1871-09-23
VERM INT Fla II Nj e r..

could be maintained upon one article of diet
alone, or even upon one class of articles of
diet. Were any person who speaks in this
way of peaches, or tomatoes, or
unbolted bread, or bcefsteak, us healthy"
to make the experiment of living upon either
one alone of these substances, he would soon
find it to be by far the most unhealthy dict
that he had ever tried. But either kind of
food in combination with others is just rs
healthy, and no more healthy than the rest.
1t is foolish to call any particular article of
diet, in general terms, "hcalthy.'
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1871-09-23

A lady in London got the idea into her
head that the devil was in her, and hung her
self. If women 90 to hanging themselves
for IL little thing like that, they're going to be
scarce, that's all.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-06-29
Greisiiag gstate 5Jparmat.
THE TAX ROBBERY.

A correspondent of the Charlottesville
I'aettgencer (Democratic) shows realizing
sense Of the situation in letter, from which
we make the following extract. The whole
people will ere long be reused to danger
and duty, and without distinction of party
unite to save the State from destruction
"We sent of our unwise and prod
lgal sons to leglslate for us. What have
they done? They passed a law that we
should be taxed and ground to powder. to
pay debt of forty million dollars. Far
mers, merchants, laborers and mechanics
have you any money to spare for such an
object! Is it not with the greatest difficult
W That we can pay our taxes, and some of
us cannot, without selling property. Where
does the money go to? to our Northern
iask-masters, who own two-thirds of the
debt! They came down here, electioneer-
ed with our legislative "babies'' and cot
them to pass law, that they shall be paid.
and rumor says that they were well paid.
"Ihese Northern bondholders. not only
aided by their money, but by force, to sub
due the State that owed them, taking away
at the same time, at least, two-thirds of
our property that the debt was based upon.
Gan these Northern bondholders rightly /
complain under all the circumstances {? + !
nave taken some pains to ascertain public
sentiment In regard to this debt; may
Say, say y amounts nearly to manimity that we
VIII never pay it. We are taxed to death
unnecessarily, when we arc not able
70 sell produce enough to clothe our
Gnilofen Gn and to carry ON our farm work.
II our Legislature had made it a speciality +
10 oppresss their people by legislative enact
menus, A. mthey could not have succeeded bet
ter. Their whole effort appeared to he 70
tax the working-class, lessen tax on in
come, and swell the interest upon the moor
working people, while they were feasting
and frolicxing." -
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-06-29

Manchester News and Gossip,

1. o. B. B.-This society has gone on n
picnic excursion to-day to Branch's church.
where no doubt pleasant time will be
had. Plc-nics are quite the rage with us
over the river.
a SNfpe,.--Ihe members of Manchester
Council, Friends Of Temperance. we I'M
stand, propose giving supper to the Rich
mond Lodges of the Order on the second
Tuesday night in July.
ne have been requested to call the =
tentlon OF the proper authorities to the old
building on Second street. Last night n
watch had to be placed over it, to prevent
its being set fire to.
l, Hymeniat.-During Il month of ,June
there were issued from the clerks office of
Chesterfield, twenty marriage licenses. Of
winch nne We're for white persons.
;. A'rested.-The young man who struck
little son of james r. Harding, few DAYS
back, with brick, cutting his lip in an
awful manner, was arrested this morning
and Is now confined in Jail for trial.
Distractions. The attention of the nolic.
IS called to large stone and number of
brlck-bats that obstructed the sidewalk
last night.
A resident of Second street desires us to
inform the Dispatch reporter that the said
resident lives on Second street. and NOT in
tnc lower BOWery. as he calls IT,
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-06-29

0bices E9ected.-Chickahominy Tribe,
L. U. X. NJ, have elected the following Off,
GERS for the ensuing term: G. C. Sine, sa-
chem; en-! Geo. w. Fowlkes, senior sycamore;
Elisha n Bethel, Junior sycamore; I. Wiley
keeper of wampun. This Tribe is located
on Church Hill and is in prosperous state.
Fidelity Division, No. Al, S. of T., have
elected the following officers: C.S. Terry.
W. p; James Calder, W. A.; I. j. App,,
PIeyard, K. s.; G, j. Bransford, A. R. S.
W. A; Turner, Z: s.; Rev. james Z.
Gates, Sr., T.; r. 7. Davis, chaplain; H.
=. osterblnd, c.; James Z. Gates, Jr., A.
e.; Charles Evans, |. s.; ID. Wicks. @.
s.; j. j. Weeks, p. w. p.
These officers will be installed privately
on next Tuesday evening. On Thursday
evening, July 9th, the division will hold a
temperance meeting. The exercises will
consist of temperance dialogues, poetry.
speaking, and singing by the Glee Club.