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TAXATION AND ExEMpTioN.-The. seizure
~ Missouri railroads for taxes from which their
charter IL M declares them exempt, leads the klch-
T mond Wing to observe; The present eonstl-
tuition tuition of Virginia declares all property subject
10 1dAS a., charter or law, the question will arise
emp' W veil a. in Missouri" Maryland 5 case is
.,IS mere a. that of Virginias but it is known that
eAS:S0 5a;a;ors have long ago been made that such
"~t;ons ueclr' from taxation are in the nature of
anntrsct which, under the constitution of the
4rD;tsd 4T;nS States, cannot be impaired. Yet the
o.nat;o, comes up later as to the power of a
9 99aeisIature to grant such exemptions.
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L mo 10 w "'sV@i By sending 80 cra. with age.
height color Of eyes and hair, you will receive, by
return mail, correct picture Of your future husband
or wife, with name and date of marriage. Address
w. FoI, 2. O. Drawer No. "a, FultOnvIle NY. ag24t
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New Advertisements.
8 O'CLOCK.

cO7S A MONTH-EIpenses paid-Maie or Fe.
ROt male Agents-lIorse and outfit furnished.
aug2 4t Address SACo NOVELTY Co, SacO. Me,
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hOn. George SandersOn,

hOn. George SandersOn,
A. VI" OF Lancaster Pa, writes: "MIsHLERs HERD
known and used. and so successful are
A, powers that It has become as familiar as House
ana necessary addition In the medical require
on. 's'T Anily Having used It myself and knowing
a nave used 1t with beneficial results. can only add
opinion it is the best remedy ever introduced fer
VI the Numerous Ills to which es.h ia heir"
num- THADDEUs STEVENS, VI. c..
'nunE hisHLERs HERB Birrsa's to a friend pro-
,, 'As MOST WONDERFUL o0xBISATIoS of medci-
saw aug2d-lm
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TrInanGIn& &S

of every description, which she offers at the very
lowest CITY Prices Call and examine her stock he
fore purchasing elsewhere. dcc2l 20
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Ma the 1taaS, S,EsS, BLINDFEss and CATARRH treated
1eases of Ihe by J. lsAAcs, NJ d. and Professor OF
Iyege Of isye and Etlr his speciality in the Med
Hoand No sSx = years expereuce, dormerly OF
Ia can be seen ~ oo Arch Street Philadelphia. TestmO
ewes he has secrets in his practice.
MIhout pain. No charge for examna-
Octloty
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Rifles, ShOt-Guns, RevOIvers,

Gun materials OF every kind. Write TOR Puce List
to Great Western Gun Works. Pittsburgh, Pa. Army
guns and Revolvers bought and traded for. Agents
wanted. aug1 II
Smyrna times., 1871-08-02

Whreeas certain persons are 0ndeavorng TO prevent
from making and selling our Siqve Peach Basket,
by claiming Letters Patent publish, for the iniOr-
nation of all persons interested the following emI-
nent lega! opinion:
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-03

10 GROW MELONS AND CUCUNBERS.-A
correspondent in the Rural NeIc Yorker
says: - Take a tight barrel or cask, remove
one head and partially ill the barrel or ask
with large pc lbles or stones hall full upon
these stones place a mixture of compost with
rich alluvial soil, or fine fresh, vegetable
mold, until the barrel or cask Is filled to
within three or four inches of the top; in
which plant the seed and cover t. the requi-
site depth. This barrel or casl may be
placed in any convenient situation where
sufficient room or space can be obtained, and
around which arrange lattice work or brush
to sustain the Uutspreading plants III W hat
ever manner may be found most convenient
for affOrdlng access at all times to both the
barrel and the plants. Upon the outer side
OF the cask insert a pipe OF convenient size,
through which water may be introduced to
the lower under half OF the cask daily, or
as often as occasion may require this pOr-
ton of the cask should be kept constantly
filled with water. Midway Of the cask the
slaves should be perlora led with several half
inca holes, for the free escape Of any surplus
water, and at the same time To permit the
admission of an equal distribution of air
this purpose would be better accomplished If
the holes were bored upon a liue at equal
distances apart around the cask. The effect
Of this arrangement, az will be readily seen.
Is that through the capillary attraction OIL
the soil sufficient moisture Is absorbed at q n
times t. nourish the plants, while the ad-
mission of air can be controlled at pleasure
by opening or closin.. the aperturts upon
tue sides Of the cask- As to the production
Of cucumbers alone under this plan, il has
been found to greatly exceed any other the
yield, under proper management, from one
- generating tub - has been found amy
sufficient to fill closely packed barrel with
pickles.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-03

KILLING BEABs.-In some parts of the
country the trappers and hunters are &C
customed to resort TO a little strategy IN
the capture Of the bear, giving Bruin the
laborIng oar. The plan is to suspend a
large weight, as a stone, for example, by a
rope attached to limb Of a tree. the stone
hanging down by the side of houey-bee' 5
nest Bruin, ike most boys, j., fond Of
honey and does not hesitate to take il even
without leave, wherever he can find it.
As he comes along to get his honey-dinuer
the stone hangs in his way and he natural
ly pushes it aside. OF course it swings
back again to it, place, directly in Bruin ;
way. He thrusts it aside again, and again
1t comes back TO interfere with his dinner.
Presently, getting angry with the stone, he
gives It blow that sends it, pendulum
like, to a great distance, but be finds that
when it comes back again it comes CORES
pondingy hard, and hits him a blow-a
stunning blown the side of his head
that almost makes him see stars at noon
day. In this way the bears are made to
destroy themselves, pounding their own
head with the swinging stone till life Is
extinct, or till they become 50 stunned
that the hunter is able to capture them.
Now, have often thought that this Is
just the way that Satan plans the destruc-
tlon Of the yOung-makes them destroy
themselves, though not directly, by stun
ming blow in the head Instead Of the
suspended stone, cigar will do Just as
well. The boy smokes that for awhile.
making martyr Of himself, for he really
10 - -
ally. He Is generally a. sick as he can
be, and yet with the false idea of making
man Of himself in this way he perse-
yeres till he is able to smoke without be-
ing sick. This prepares the way for a
black pipe, then a glass of cider, ale,
porter, lager beer, wine, and then some.
thing still stronger. After pounding the
side Of the head with these smaller stones
the milder drinks, pretty soon the larger
ones come, the whisky, gun, brandy, rum.
etc, and oh, what stunning blows they give
themselves with these How often they
are made to feel Just what the wise man
means when he asks Who hata woe
Who hath sorrow Who hath eonten
lions? Who hath babblings? Who hath
wounds without cause Who hath red
ness Of eyes? They that tarry long at
the wine
Indeed, were | demon and wished to
devise some means of destroying a whole
community, | know of no surer way of
accomplishing such vile purpose than BY
corrupting the young for l should well
know that to secure this class, controlling
the rising generation would give me power
over all others, in the end Planting bad
habits among the young-habits of smok-
ing, chewing, drinking, frequenting bar
rooms, billiard-rooms, stables, slaughter
houses (as they too often are) taverns,
theatres, ETC., ETC., will far too soon do the
work Of destruction, the victims effecting
their own ruin, putting the weight in mo-
ton that must come back with terrible
foi &c upon themselves, bruising, manning
and destroying themselves, unaided by
others. J. H.. II.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-03
An Anchor of Safety.

This little sister will be an anchor Of
safety to her brothers, said friend on be-
ing shown a new born baby girl.
She did not seem, as her little round
expressionless face looked out from the
blanket in which she was wrapped. as if
she could anchor anything but fond
mother, whose wondrous love would main
tain a sleepless watch over the tiny, help
less form, and whose ear would understand
each cry. How could anything so small
and feeble, so ignorant, 50 uninteresing to
strangers, be an anchor of safety to a fam
lily of romping, whistling, whiting, up
roarous boys
\ birch rod, a shaking dismissal from
school, being sent before the mast. is the
anchor they need, some would say who
know not the soft, sweet kernel in the boy
heart.
God who made the dear boys and gave
them their vigor and manly energies, so
troublesome in childhood, so useful in after
life, knew better than any one what kind
Of an anchor they needed, anl 80 sent a
helpless baby, whose tiny touch would dis
arm Satau's power.
From the day that the boys admitted
their schoolmates one by one to the privi-
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-03

mers the advantage of getting the potato crop
into the ground much earlier than was Tor
merly the practice. To make the best growth
it requires moisture and good deal OF 1T,
| in ths growing season. By early planting 1t
1 secures this and avoids the disastrous affects
of dry summer. 1t is more likely, too, to
escape the rot, maturing before the early
part of August, at which period the rot
usually makes it's appearance. Begin there
fore to prepare the ground and the manure
as soon as they will be in condition 20 work
upon. Not that you are to plow land that
is so wet as to turn up in Jumps, and so
cl immy as to adhere to the plow. Nothing
/ is gained by this injudiciOus cOurse. 1t only
verifes the proverb q the more haste the
worse speed Coarse manure, especially
/ for old land. will answer all requirements if
used in hills or dells. But if you have fine
manure and plenty of 1T, 1t may De spread
broadcast and plOwed in. IN this way the
largest and iarest potatoes are obtained
For seed use large-sized tnbcrs cot into piec-
es. with an average Of two eyes to piece
and drop them in the furrow from IS to 90
inches arart The rows should be wide
enough apart to admit a horse hoe for cult
waiting. When there is a large field, 1t may
be narrowed either with blunt-tOOthed hac-
row or a bush one, in a line with the rows.
This destroys the young crop OF weeds, and
does no harm to the potatoes. Time and la
Dor may thus be greatly ecOn0mized. In
fact to make this a profitable crop, horse Ia
Dor must be used in every possible way, and
this can be d ne to a far greater extent than
is Iracticed by most farmers. We have yet
to see however, a horse potato digger that
will do its work even with tOlerable certainty.
The idea of such an implement is floating IN
the minds Of many men, but hitherto it has
proved failure when reduced 10 practice.
For an carly potato, the Early Rose con-
tinues to take the lead 1t is very popular
IN the market, and this Of itself Is sufficient
reason for all farmers to raise 1t. The price
will be likely to rule high this spring, As
large quantities have been shipped to Great
Britain, its reputation having already reached
there For a late variety. however, we
vastly prefer the jackson White and the
OrinJ. which are nearly identical in quail
ties These have that peculiar flavor Of the
potato, which Is readily recognized, and
more Of it. according to our taste, than the
Early ROse--a flavor that gives to the potato
character, and makes 1t : general iavOrte.
- oH9rSgatiOnallst.
We can endorse all that is said in favor Of
the Ea-ly Rose. and have also found it t. be
an excellent winter potato. As for later va
rietes, after Experimenting with several OF
the best known kinds, we have found tic
Excelsior among the best, and should select
it in preference TO any other a field crop.
The jackson White is standard variety,
and when grown under favorable circum-
stances is rarely surpassed.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-03

JUNE Butter ALL THE YEAR ROUND.-
Butter that will melt in your mouth from
the frailness Of it's texture, fresh, blooming
and freight "a with scents Of the clover and
sweet grasses 81 the field If you have it to
remind YOU OF such things. YOU have a great
advantage gained, just as much as you lose
ty the taste of the churn and the smudge OF
the room. You want June butter the year
round if YOU can get it and you can as
vet the world Is not all after II. s. make
your butter in June; make it for the ~ elye
months. Ii Will keep readily 1t viii keep
letter than any other butter. 1t will be
hard, solid, fragrant, sweet and whenever it
appears Will be appetizing. This Is wanted
This we have tried But this We DO not al
ways get
People prefer fall make They prefer it
because it IS near the time they want to use
il. and they therefore think it fresher than
earlier MADE butter. They simply think IN
error the bouquet Is not there the quality
is not, though early fall butter Is not 50 good
as the sweet grasses and perfect water Of
June make it. The grasses in autumn are
less tender, m IRE hard and unsanltary wa
ter Il stagnant the air itself IS charged with
the elfluvia, watch the fall rains have not vet
washed away, the spring rains have 10
June, and are finishing off with showers.
There are no such showers those Of June
no such fields; no such healthy look and
prosperity Of cattle the milk j. in it-
prmest, Just as the first nursing draft h =
subsided. and the clear vet full flow Of the
milk a. of the brook, is frOthing the pals rs
no other kind can froth them.
Then is the time to make your butter
make for winter. for the whole years use
summer and winter its fragrance, bringing
its fields ADD all its freshness to you. If this
Is poetcal it is at least true, and 1t certainly
has a charm. We live by association, men
tally, socially.
Pack we'll your butter IN small Jars or
vessels, air-tight, always, and scentless.
Cover with brine and unmelted salt. Oh
course you have tutter-nO milk in it, nc
excess Of salt to Kill its sweetness you have
not broken the grain { he little globules) by
/ harsh working; you have only the butter
/ without foreign odOrs-all of which are foul
necessarily Such butter will keep almost
any length of time, and Will come out at tn,
end Of the twelvemonth fragrant as it wen
in and. unless the season Is very early, hO
and dry, July will do. 1t Is better thar
August or September, or even October
Rather than make in these months we preie
the first Of winter, when the June hay is fed
If harvested ea:ly and tender, and cure'
without rain, this VIII give you June butte
or the next thing To it. Let the hay be tim
othy il posi- Die, or timothy and white clover
though that Enthusiastically gives a great flow
of milk But there il time to lay up tn
fresh thing from the field in the summe
months Rural WOrld.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-03

/ lege of seeing our baby, and laughed and
and squirming ways, to their dying day,
that sister is power for evil or good. 1t
is sweet, honored place in the family !
/ Her winning smiles, her cheerful ways,
help make the home an inviting spot to
/ tempted boys. A boy who loves and is
| loved by a patient, kind, Christian sister is
far harder to ruin, and if he sins is more
apt to repent and reform than one who is
denied that sweet relationship.
Dear reader, are you an anchor of safety
to your brothers Do you keep them at
home when bad boys and worse men are
tempting them to sin ? Are you patient
with their rough ways and boisterous games?
or do you feel relieved when the boys
are out and say how pleasant a house is
without boys Do you dread their vaca-
tions and holidays? Then you are no an
Choir of safety You are not doing the
sacred, holy work for which God placed
sisters in families
Dear girls, bear with your brothers.
their loud, noisy manners are given them
that they may push their way among hard
hearted, rough men. Nothing pays better
than loving and petting and bearing with
head-strong boy. Satan fears sisters
caress and smiles and loving confidence,
and will do all he can to make you neglect
your work. He is never sure of a youths
destruction while he tells his secrets to a
sister.
When you leave your book or sewing to
mend rip in ball while big, bolster
Gus brother stands whistling beating time
with his thick boots and hurrying you, and
finally runs off, tipping over a chair or
two and leaving all the doors open, with
out word of thanks, remember that he
is boy Forgive his rude ways Give
him heart full of tender love. He will
return it in his fashion. A brothers love
is priceless possession through life. BY
and by, when he is man Of influence and
worth, he may say many others have
done, | tremble to think what | might
have been but for my little sister
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-03
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The Seaside Well.

Waters flowed over mine head: then l said, / a
cut on
One day / wandered where the salt sea-tide.
Backward had drawn its wave,
And found a spring as sweet as e'er hillside
To wild flowers gave.
Freshly it sparkled in the suns bright look,
And mid its pebbles strayed
~ if it thought to join happy brook
In some green glade.
But soon the heavy seas rpsistles- swell
Came rolling in once more;
Spreading its bitter Ger the clear sweet well
And pebbled shore.
Like fair star thick buried in a cloud,
Or life in the graves gloom,
The well enwrapped in a deep watery -hroud,
sunk to its tomb.
As one who by the beach roams lar and wide.
Remnant of wreck to save,
Again 1 wandered when the salt sea-tidc
Withdrew its wave.
And there, unchanged, no faint in AN il. sweet
No anger in its tone.
still a it thought some happy brook 10 meet,
The spring flowed on.
While waves Of bitterness rolled DER its head,
Its heart had folded deep
Within itself, and quiet fancie- lcd
A. in a sleep.
iii when the ocean loO>ed las heavy chain,
And gave it back to day,
Calmly it turned to It's own life again
And gentle way.
Happy, l thought, that which can draw ats life
Deep from tho neither springs,
safe meath the pressure tranquil miI the strife
OF surface things.
>aie-for the sources of the neither springs
Up in the far hills lie,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-03

GKANDrArnEK's SToRY.-. There's my
little grandson, George, said he. \ bet
ter boy don't breathe. He's comfort
everywhere
Why, he continued, last summer
took him off with me on trip of five
thousand miles, all over the west to St
Louis and Chicago and Milwaukee and
Detroit, and then down Eas; to Nova
Scotia, and so back home
How old Is he p | asked.
Nine years old, said grandfather
Well said |, he must have enioyed
such trip as that.
You better believe he did said
grandfather, aud did too
The good thing about George. YOU see,
be went on to say. Is, he always does
Just as he Is told If there is any thing
he j, expected to DO, he does it, and if
there is any thing he is expected not to
90. he does Mt do it, And If | tell him |
am going to 20 something, or am not 90
ing to DO something, why that'~ an end Of
il. He knows what he's to expect and
tnkes it,
The fact Is continued grandfather,
always keep my word with George.
ana he knows / mean what say II |
promised him half dollar, Ia as soon
have my note protested as to break my
promise or forget it, And 90 with every
thing else. 90 a, | say. | tell his
mother that if parents would keep their
word with their children. they woudn I
have half the trouble with them they do.
So saying, grandfather whipped up his
horse, and in a a few minutes we were in
sight Of home. And thought as we rode
along. how wise it was in Georges grand
father to stick to his word, aud IN George
to obey it how much both Of them gained
by il; the one a good grandson, whose
company was a constant delight, and the
other a grandfather's favor, and long
journey into the bargain There are pre-
cious few boys Of nine years old that I
should want to take ON a journey Of a
thousand miles, with their teasings and
complaints and disobediences The boy,
like George are the boys for me.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-03

Com NOT An EXHAUSTIVE CROP 1t is in
p 'cordance with the experience Of our best
farmers that corn is the least exhaustive to
the soil of all the cereal crops. Why IL
this Is it not largely owing to the fact
that the soil is kept loose durin. a large
period of the growth of the crop, and being
thus kept loose, docs it not absorb a large
amount of fertilizing matter from the atmos-
phcre2 Does it not take in great amount
Of ammonia and carbouic acid gas, sub
stances which are necessary ingredients in
the growth Of vegetation If this Is so,
does 1t not furnish Us a hint in regard to
growing small grains in rows eight, twelve
OF sixteen inches apart, thus enabling the
farmer, by means Of horse noes, to keep the
sol stirred during the growth Of the crop ?
We understand that in England the wheat
crop il horse hoed to a large extent, and We
know that in that country the average yield
of wheat per acre is annually on the increase.
- Cincinnati Gazette.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-03
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The Angel of Patience

Reside the toiIsOme way
Lonely aud dark, by fruits and flowers unblest,
Which my feet tread sadly, day by day,
Longing in vain for rest,
An angel softly walks,
With pale, sweet face, and eyes east meekly down
The white from withered leaves and iowerless stalk
She weaveS my fitting crown.
y sweet and patient grace,
A look of firm endurance, true and tried,
Of suffering meekly borne, rests on her face
20 pure, So gloriied.
And when my fainting heart
responds and 1uurmurs at it, adverse fate
Then quietly the angels bright lips part,
Whispering softly- " Wait!
Patieucc!" she sweetly saith
=. The Fathers mercics never com too late
GIr,I thee with patient strength and trusting faith
And firm eudurance-wati
Angel, behold wait
Wearing the thoruv crown through all life hours
wait till thy hand shall ope The eternal gate,
And change the thorns TO flowers.
SIN Fruncisco ItHte..
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-03

VERMONT HORSE STOCK AssocIATIoN-E En-
fe1slUe purchase Of biooded stock 1t l. re-
ported that Nessrs. {. H. Blodgett. Charles
Jones and l. d. Tucker, purchasing commit
tee OF the Vermont Stock Farm, al Shelburne.
have purchased of Mr.. f. 5 Wadsworth. OF
the Forest Bay Stock Farm, near Waukegan
H.. the six year old black stallion Woodburn-
Pilot by Alexander's Pilot. Jr, dam by
Clay's Mambrino Chief, for $40, 600; the six
year old black stallion Claybrino, by r lis
Mambriuo Pilot, dam Mollie Harrison. bv
otrader's Cassius VI. Clay, Jr and the
thoroughbred stallion Yorkshire LexiEg ION,
by Lexington, dam Hymenia. (Ansel's dam)
by imported Yorkshire. Also the followin.
brood mares
Thoroughbred mare Cressida, by Oliver
he by Wagner) dam by Medoc (he by
Eclipse); ID dam by Lance Che by Eclipse J
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-03

MakING SoAP.-A great deal Of grease
may be saved for soap that would not be nice
mixed with soap. Put all your grease in a
large kettle, scraps. marrow bones and any
thing else from which grease may be extract
ed) cover it with lyc. and let it boil an hour
or two, then put quart, more or less, of
course salt, which will separate the grease
from the rest and rise 10 the top; Ic. IL boil
halt an hour then fill il up with cold water,
ana let it stand till cold Take all the
grease off the top, throwing away the bot
tom, which viii contain "a great deal Of sed-
iment. Then put the grease and I've tozeth-
er, and boil, and you viii not fail Of having
good soap, if the I've il good. A trough j.
much better than a barrel to keep it in, as
the hoops are liable to burst - Farmer 8
NUe. m Name Farmer