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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-07-14
FARMERS OF VERMONT

You have wide awake Agricultural Paper in your
own state. Send so cents to the Publisher
ROYAL CUMMINGS, Newport, w.,
and try the VERMONT FARMER the remainder OF thls
year You WiHhke IL, Read what the papers say ofit'
Ably odted.-Rtcord, Brattleboro.
Especially interesting TO the farmers OF vermont
aud well worth the price of
Hyde Park.
Worthy Of liberal support-Mass. PiOughmdn
Its editor is ready writer and practical Agricui-
turist,-S 81. JOAHsbUry Ca'edoHtan. -.
We have heard but one opinion expressed OF ~
which il commendatory In tho highest degee.-SfaHd-
ord, Barton,
1t contains large amount OF special interest to
farmers which In presented IN systemAtic and con.
denSed form.-St. Adams MfssfAgfT.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-07-14
HAIGHT & O.
No. o Wall Street.

For sale by s. NJ. WAITE, Cashier LIST National Bank
Of Brattleboro, GEO, $. DOWLEN, Cashier Vermont
National Bank of Brattlohoro, GEO. NEWMAN, Treas
urer windham Provdont Institution for Savings Brat
tleboro, ]. A. BUTLER Cashier Jamaica National
Bank T-O
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-07-14
NEW YORK STATE RAILROAD BONDS, Firs
~ Class Home investment.

NVEW YORK STATE RAILROAD BONDS, First
~ Class Home investment
First Mortgage Gold Bonds of RoNDouT AND os-
wEGo RAILROAD, Principal and interest payable in
Gold Seven per Cent. per Aunum-rayablc Semi
annually.
This road covers 100 miles Of the most direct posi-
BILE line between the Great lakes and deepWaer naN-
CATION on the Hudson River the whole line 81 which
will be completed aud in operation on or before Oct Il
1872 and give line Of road to Lake Ontario aud
the West, twenty-five miles shorter than any line that
can be found.
The issue Of bonds is limited to $40, 900 per milo
of COMPLETED ROAD, the couI ons payable in gold
in this City Price Of the Bonds, 90 in currency aud
accrued interest.
Full particulars Of the above and the Bonds for sale
EDWARD HAIGHT & CO.,
No. Wall Street.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-07-14

IARDINERS RHEUMATIC AND
" NEURALGIA COMPOUND Is a
SAFE AND RELIABLE CURE for all Complaints Of
scrofulous Nature. splendid Blood Puriherl
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-07-14
YOUNG AMERICA
THE
MESSENGER TROTTING STALLION.
PEDIGREE.
pERFORNIANCES.

YOUNG AMERICA trotted, when two years old, two
races on the Centreville Course, Long Island. one
against LAZY Beuins and one against Rocky HiH,
winning every at with ease, and making the best
time on record, in a match for a two year DID, viz =
minutes and seconds.
His colts are all Of more than ordinary promise. A
year old, owned by Mr.. W. NJ. Parks, of Brooklyn,
New York, match for $4,000 in 1870, beating a
mare by Rysdicks mb'sfonion owned by Geo d.
Alley.
IIazor, throc-old, trotted, october, 1870 IN tho
Prospect Park Stake in 2.52. He was lame In, as
one of the four starters in twenty -four entries.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-07-14
Ayers
Hair Vigor,
For restoring Gray Hair 10
its natural Vitality and Color

A dressing which
is at ouce agreeable,
healthy, and eilectual
for preserving the
hair. Fdied on gray
hdr is soon restored
To It's original coior
wiM tie gloss anil
.GesL"css Of youih.
Thin hair is thick
Macon beacon., 1871-08-19

And a small bunch Of flowers from Jennie
Thought she must send something too.
Aoq 10 dom the politics bully, as all of our
family agree;
Just keep your old goosc-quilla Aoppin and
give 'em good one for me.
And now you arc chuck full of busincss. and /
-, won't bo takin' your time; save INV
Iyo things of my own 10 tend to-rood- -dny.
cir, b'lieyo Twill climb"
The Editor sat in his sanctum, and brought
down his fist witha thump;
"GOd bless that old farmerl" he muttcrcd he's
Irregular jolly old trump!"
And 'tis thus in our noble profession, and thus
So, 1t will ever be still,
There arc some who appreciate its labor, and
some who perhaps never will.
ButJin the great timo that is coming. when
Gabriel trumpet shall sound,
Aud they who have labOred and rested shall
come from the quiYcring ground
When they who have striycn and suffered to
teach and cnnoblc the race,
Shall march at the front of the column. each
ono in his God-givcn place
AS they pass through tho gates of The City,
. with proud and victorious tread.
Tho Editor, Printer and "Dcyip' will travel
not far from the head.
Macon beacon., 1871-08-19

! DOM Piatt, of Cincinnati, is not
an encouraging man to trust with a
lady, it seems, from an account Of a
droll misadVCnturC which he gives IN
the Gaiary. lie writes: II never
left a depot that somebody was nst
put under my care. | don't know
why this is suppose it is something
in my cOuntCnancC; i'll knew what,
| would have it extracted. / don't
like having unprotected females and
schOolbOys and girls turned over TO
me. Itsal little hard on man. And
what is the good of it? Nobody
needs protection /; if any one does, II
is a benevolent, gOod-loOking, innO-
IOccnt sort of a man-suCh as the
writer of this,
81 was leaving on the morning
train once from Philadelphia, when
a. respectable looking old scoundrcI
in gold-rimmcd glasses asked me to
tahC charge of his daughter. She
could have taken charge of me. She
was thirty, ifa day, with face that
had been on the offensive for ten
years. I'd like to sec any man at
tack that woman I'd go odds ten to
one on the scratch.
"Thc old fellow seemed to be in a
great hurry, and thrusting the lady
under my arm left the cars and drove
OIL. In thin, angular voice that
was meant to be very sweet and was
not, she asked mc to take her pocket
book and get the necessary ticket. |
left the car for that purpose, but
when | approached the opening
where the ticket agent kept in soli-
tary confinement, snaps at the world
outside, found that | had left my
pockcl-book under my pillow at the
hotel, and, what was worse, my
watch with it. | had about twenty
minutes, and jumping into a hack !
promised the driver $40 if he would
get to the hotel and back in time for
the train. lie started off at a furious
rate, ran over an apple stand, Grip
pied a venerable gentleman on the
corner opposite, and in less than the
time stated | and the driver found
ourselves marched of to the station
in the hands of the police. We were
taken before cOrpulcnt Justice of
the Peace, who had as much adiposc
in his head as most men carry about
their muscles, and it took the old
fellow just two hours to try, repri-
mand and fine us for our drunken
and disordCrly conduct. OF course
the train went Oh with my charmer.
1t went of with her pockct-boOk.
meyer saw her again, although made
dilligcnt search and advertised in
the daily papers. But one unfortu-
nate day some months after, | en-.
countercd a male member of her
family, who made some serious
charges against me connected with
the dcsertion Ofa lady and stealing
her pOckct-book. | tried to explain,
but failed to get my words in salts
was forced to make an As
sault on this male member of her
family that ended in some black eyes
and bloody noses.
"Now, what was the good OF put
Ting that aged female under my care?
1t only led to her giving NE that
pockct-book and the catastrophe that
followed. She could just as well
nave gone off on the Pennsylvania
Central without as with me, The
hing is an outrage. If people want
o put their females under the care OF
let them try the conduc-
ors-thcy arc hired for such pur-
'oscs-and not impose on innocent
passengers"
Macon beacon., 1871-08-19

HE CRUST OF TIE EARTH.-lf we
Dury II thermometer fifty feet below
the surface of the earth the mcrcurv
Will remain at the same point the
year round, in winter and in sum
mcr showing that the influence of
the sun docs not reach below that
depth tive carry the Thermometer
lllIy feet lower, the mercury will rise
one degree, and will rise in tbc same
ratio for every fifty feet we 20 down
II can be easily calculated at what
depth all known substancs will mclt
inns would not exceed fifty miles. II
VIII thus be seen that the crust-or
SOLID part-Of the earth is exceed
ingIy thin, in proportion 10 the di-
amctcr; not 50 thick rs an cgg shell
Ill proportion TO the size of ibc
egg, With u crust SO thick, con-
Stantly cooling, and producing a
pressure upon the internal mass
rs, II Is not strange that the bed
of ihc ocean should be elevated in n
single day, and whole cities have
,N, been sunk in the same space of time.
The side OF Il volcanic mountain
once broke away, and the living
masscS flowed out forming river
twelve miles wide, which, in lis
course melted down six hills COO
tert h'Sh, filling up valleys GOO feet
deep and spreading over surla3 3c
HOO square miles.
Macon beacon., 1871-08-19
The Lords Prayer.

'erd to think the Lold's Prayer
II short prayer; but as | live
llnd see more of life, | bcAin TO
r. there i5no such thing rs get
slroll%h it, liza man in pray
pal prayer were 10 stop in every
Pee mtiIhc thoroughly prayed
9uld take him n life time. "Om
there would be a wall a
fcd Icct in these two words for
smcn. If he might say "our
or" our monarch, or even
creator, he could get along
1uI' our Father, why the man
Ro'I Il saint who can pray that.
rcad, "Thy will be done, "
~ Say to yourself, 90, | can
ahaI but God says, "IIow is it
your temper and your pride? !?
IS IT about your business and
alaIIy lilc?' This is u rovoluy
4! pcilll0h. 1t would make an
Sh2p or store tumble to the
TO utter it, Who can stand
c'o OF the avCnnc along which
Pheasant thoughts and wishes
9,oNSoCing like flowers, and
nSSe terrible words, Thy
done crushing through it
l,N 1t the most searching
'oiI Rltm the world.
Macon beacon., 1871-08-19
Easy Method of Cutting Glass

The cutting of glass, sqys the
lcchnologist, is an operation 50 ire-
qucntly put in practice in the Iabora
tory that any simple method of el-
tcctlng 1t is sure to run the rounds
OF the press as soon as published.
Almost all the methods in common
use are very old. Of course, for cut
| ting flat glass, such as window panes,
the diamond is the best agent. For
cutting rounds or ovals, out of fat
glass, the diamond is the best tool;
amt If the operator has no diamond,
1t Will always pay to carry the lob to
a glalicr, rather than waste time and
make poor jobs by other and inferior
means,
When, however, it is required to
cut of Il very little from a circle or
oval, the diamond is not available.
except in very skillful hands. In
this case a pair of pliers, or very dull
scissors, is the best tool, and the cut
ting Is best performed under water.
A little practice will enable the oper-
ator to shape Il small round or oval
with great rapidity, case and preci-
sion. When bottles or TASKS are to
be cut the diamond is still the best
tool i'll skilllul hands but ordinary
operators will succeed best with pas
tiles, or a iedhot poker.
We prefer the latter as being the
most easily obtained, and the most
efficient, and we have never found
any difficulty in cutting off broken
TASKS so as to make dishes, or to car
ry a cut spirally round long bottle,
so rs to cut it in the form of a cork
scrcw-and by the way, when so cut.
glass exhibits considerable elasticity:
and the spiral may be elongated like
a rlnSlct. The process is very sim
pie. The line of the cut should be
marked by chalk, or by pastinr a
thin strip Of paper alongside of il;
then make a file mark to commence
the cut ;apply the hot iron and a
crack will start; and this crack will
follow the iron wherever we choose
to lead it.
For drilling holes in glass a com.
mon steel drill, well made and tenn
pcrcd, is the best tool. The steel
should 10 worked at u low temDera-
turc so as to be sure not to burn it.
and then tempered as hard as posi-
bic in either mercury or a bottle
of salt water that has been we'll boil.
cd. Such a drill will go through
glass very rapidly if kept we'll mois.
tened. A good liquid for moisten-
ing such drill is turpentinc in which
some camphor has been dissolved.
This was the lubricator recommended
by Griffin in his work on chemical
manipulation, and it has been fire..
qucntly published since. Diluted
sulphuric acid is equally good, if not
better; and we have found carbolic
acid siugularly efficient.
1t is stated that at Berlin, glass cas-.
tings for pump barrels, ETC., are drill.
cd, pIancd and bored like iron ones.
and in the same lathes and machines,
by the aid of sulphuric acid.
a littlcpractico with these differ.
cnt plans will enable the operator to
cut and work glass as easily as brass
or iron.
Macon beacon., 1871-08-19
MISCELLANEOUS.

Boston IS eating on an average OF
~ hundred aud fifty bushels OF
H, kbcrics each day.
Ilis,aid thatthc chewing ofcoarsc-
am gcutain root after every meal
m cure the taste for tobacco.
a piu, carclcssIy dropped in the
an by the female operative, spoil
Rrycu hundred yards Of cloth in
Il orthcmiII8 Of lawrence ON Tues
4 remarkable family lives in Dallas
,aulr, Ark. The father is lO9 years
ii licmolhcr lOG, and the two are
q parcnts Of twcnty-ninC children
aItccn boys and fourteen girls.
Thc people of Chicago have appro-
iarcd one thousand aud iilty-iiyc
ri of land on the south and south
cs Of the cityat u distance of some
yor cight miles from the business
nlrc, for the purpose OF Il pubic
N,
Napolcm. visits London every day,
,mralIy following along the sunny
de Of Bond street, or haunts the
III window OF a clubhouse. lie
gcry popular with the working
,,.I. ,I,,,. linn n,I H., /;
VI IT,, ,,rr ""' r, ''''' '''''' ~ -
- wy ,""I "Y ,o
hcF'l''o h'po'i u H'' u lIl'cell
W |"5 ,!, Iou'H G'., '.-'l,@ py lllc
u ana oco4 ~ ,,l!.i ''!a "a ,,'' y 'op!Gco
ce al ''I,''l W , !,uso' on r, rLlaay
q fii'ilS' 1t - S"Pp"1cu lIiaC nc
W. I,I,'',c' % a'rI'lcll'll.y WIllic
n fl'l'c,'''"S III dangerous gym
sF' ic''7'
Macon beacon., 1871-08-19
2 q, ,
VA Preaching 10 Twenty Thou
sand Persons.

llr London correspondent Of the
sttn .lirJiisCr says:
'Imcc heard Mr.. Spurgcon preach
tln Crystal Palace to twenty thouS-
lpcrsons, Whichever way you look
you saw Il mass of human beings.
I wilc sat Immediately below his
lp Shcgrcw frightened and began
shd tears. Mr. Spurgcon observed
rpnd calling some one TO him, sent
nesagc asking her tOsit where she
lld not look at him, and after She
q moved, her NERVOUSNESS passed
'aY So little did lie exert himself
w could not believe the people at
! nm o(thc circle could hear, bat !
IsNrong,
When the doXology after the SER
m had been sung, the great Zap
lrcachcr, with the familiarity
lleil seems to be allowed to partiCu-
mn, said: No, no; that will not
Not halfof you sung then. Let
hIvc the words again, and let
w one join, Mr.. Organist, please
y he verse once more The organ
: pt the extreme end, scarcely in
hk The organist looked like a
ck dot But he heard the little
" man in the pulpit, and turning
lhe keys sent forth Il glorious vol
leei music, And the people heard
Wel i the five thousand singers be-
ag twenty thousand. 1t was won
lH to find those enormous regi-
M Y, OF singers suddenly joining the
Macon beacon., 1871-08-19
True.

oU,'g woman ever looks so well
'lSl9Ie man rs when dressed in Il
,c", modest attire with but lit
4. '''amlleht about her. She looks
.nollSh She possessed worth in
ana needed no artificial rig
~ enhance her virtue. If u
woman would spend as much
proving her mind, training
1 ,Ier, aI@, cherishing kindness, mer-
yIner ,,l good qualities, as most
Hua IRA dress and ornaments TO in
1elr personal charms, she
."J "J 'eSsl he recognized among u
"u-hcr character would be
''er countcnance.
NIch'hs of all the school teach.
massachusetts, are women.
o,, W. Aecr your head clear
0'cry hair of.
Macon beacon., 1871-08-19

VICTOR HUGO is engaged ou new
WORK entitled, "The History of the
! ear of Trouble," which will riyc =
history of the war with Prussia, and
OF me civil war. In his hands il will
doubtless be a very thrilling and deem.
~ Interesting narrative of those dra-
matte events,
Macon beacon., 1871-08-19
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| i,,rhartpd for Gs embellishments.
.,t,II iorbidn advertisements will be
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,rrli>rmcnts for benevolent purposes
Lc inserted at half price.
bsters Circulars, Cards &co printed al
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Macon beacon., 1871-08-19

The TRANSIT OF NENUs.-The star
Venus will cross the path light, be-
tween the Garth and sun, in the year
1871, In astronomical language, this
IS called the transit of Venus" II
occurs every l2jth year. Since il
last took place great improvements
nave been made in instruments of
obscryation.-Several scientific So
cioties in Europe are now making
preparations to observe the transit OF
Venus in 1874.
Macon beacon., 1871-08-19

NlcIoRLNs daughter, Crown Prin-
cess of Prussia, is growing fat, like
her mother She is ii years old.
and has given birth to six children,
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1871-12-23

Elephants have the bitterest enmit5
to camels When the camel scents tho
elephant It stops still, tremblcs 10 all
its limbs, aud utters an uninterrupted
cry Of terror and alright. No pefsua-
sion, no blows eau induce Il 10 rise; it
moves its head back wards and forwards,
and its whole frame is shaken with
mortal anguish. The elephant. Cd tho
contrary, as soon as he pefcoiyes the
camel, elevates his trunk, stamps with
his feet, and with his trunk thrown
backwards, suortiug with noise like
the sound of a trumpet, he ruslies to-
wards the camel, which, with its neck
outstretchcd and utterly defenceless,
awaits, with the most patient resigna-
tion, the approach Of its enemy. The
elephant, with its enormous shapeless
limbs, tramples on the unfortunate ami
NAL in such manner that 10 few
minutes ID is scattered around in small
fragments.
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Charcoal for Sick Cattle,

Nearly all animals become sick from
improper eating In nine cases out OF
ten, the digestion is wrong. Charcoal
is the most efficient and rapid correc.
tive. II will cure in majority Of ca.
ses, if properly administered. Az ex.
ample Of its use--the hired mau came
in with the intelligence that one Of the
finest cows was very sick, aud kind
ueighbor proposed the usual drugs and
poisons. The owner, being i'll. and
unable TO examine the COW, concluded
that the trouble came from some over
eating, and ordered teacup of pulver-
lied charcoal given in water. Il was
mixed, placed in a junk bottle, the head
held upwards, and the water with its
charcoal poured downwards In FIVE
minutes On Improvement was visible,
and 10 few hours the animal was 10
the pasture quietly eating grass. An.
other instance Of equal success occurred
with young heifer which became bad
ly bloated by eating green apples after u
hard wind. The bloat was SO severe
that the sides were almost as hard as u
barrel. The old remedy, salearutus,
was tried for the purpose Of correcting
the acidity. But the attempt to put It
down always caused coughing, aud il
did little good. Half teacupful Of
fresh powered charcoal was next given.
In six hours all appearance Of bloat had
gone, aud the heifer was well. CoHn.
try Gentleman.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1871-12-23

The HOLLY TREE,--Y Young seedlings
ofour native Holly can be obtained from
the woods, and il carefully transplantcd
and severely pruned at the time, they
will soon make elegant plants. | have
specimens that were treated in this
manner, and they arc doing we'll, sew.
eral OF them making a growth Of three
feet the second season after removal.
The deep green leaves, interspersed
with bright red berries of our native
Holly, should be in themselves sufii.
ciently attractive to make every one
desire at least few plants to give home
surroundings cheerful aspect during
the long dreary winters.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1871-12-23
Che farmer.
Cause of the Failure of the Wheat Crop.

Frederick Watts, Commissioner Of
Agriculture, iu a recon. letter, says:
"The experience of many years has led
me to the conclusion that the deteriora.
tian Of the crop is mainly attributable
to the improper use Of barnyard manure.
In our practice the clover sod is turned
down and planted with corn. The
ground is again plowed in the spring
and sowed with oats, and upon the
stubble Of this crop all the manure OF
the barnyard is put then plowed again
and sowed with wheat. This delicate
plant is thus subjected to the rawness
and grossness Of barnyard food, with
all its germs Of flies, worms, lice and
bugs-seemingly sufficient cause Of
the unsuccessful growth Of grain so
pure and delicate as wheat. Corn is
the hog Of plants, and will devour food
of any quality and thrive upon it.
Here then, upon the sod, to be plowed
for corr, is the place for barnyard
manure. Bury it deep, and when the
corn is cut of, break the stubble even
with the ground during winter. Iu
the spring, harrow the ground we'll, SOW
your oats upon it and roll it. You will
thus keep your manure where you put
it, and not subject the oat crop to
being thrown down by it. When this
crop is removed, bring your manure
to the surface by deep plowing and
thorough tillage. The barnyard manure
having thus received proper prepara.
tiou, Is a fit food for the wheat plant.
Experience has taught me this lesson.
On my farm in Pennsylvania | never
fail to raise a satisfactory crop of wheat,
aud have known no such thing us
Midge, Hessian Fly, or Army Worm"
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0risinal stora.
A NIGHT OF HORROR.
Written for the Democratic Advocate
BY STYLUS.

The stories Of the tolls aud privations
Of the early settlers Of this country have
ever possessed thrilling interest to
those who have como npou the stage Of
life at later period. The pioneers Of
civilization in America were men Of the
steruest mould. They built their rude
huts of logs, felled the forests, stirred
and planted the virgin soil, fought the
Indians, wild beasts aud reptiles, aud
gave to civilization this magnificent
country, the highest and greatest
achievement of man. But the phole
story Of their struggles, privations and
sutferings, has never been told, and
never will be- We have received, now
and then, fragments Of the early history
OF the bold spirits who "subdned" the
wilderness Of this broad western cont
nent, and the little we have received
has only tended to whet the appetite
for more. Would that We could safe
these cravings for more thorough
knowledge Of the men aud the expe-
riences Of those early times; but we
cannot. We can only, like-others who
have written before US, add one more
fragment to what is already known.
The incident we are about to relate is
one which comes to us well authentica.
ted. Il occurred sometime subsequent
to the Revolutionary war, in that part
Of Pennsylvania then known as the
"Red Stone Settlement" There we're
few log cabins at that time in the
settlement, aud the number was added
to, from time to time, as newcomers
came in. These hardy pioneers would
select site for their cabins, fell the
trees, cut off the logs to proper length,
hew them into shape, and put thom up
with the assistance of the neiehbors,
aud cover them in with shingles risen
by hand out Of the same material Of the
logs. These humble tenements we're
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1871-12-23
seleet 9oetru.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.


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W.T. isanelng as they COME,
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