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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-31

lNDERGEoUND ENrLoEATIoNs.-A west
ern writer who has recently visited cave
in nearly the highest point of thu Ozark
Mountains, Green county, Mo, and about
six miles from the city Of Springfield, thus
describes it:
This cave was recently discovered by
a hunter, whose dog chased a fox into it.
The entrance was small, but has since
been SO enlarged that a horse might be
ridden m In beauty it far exceeds any
thing Of the kind of which the writer has
any knowledge As YOU enter you will
observe huEdreds OF bushels of sweet po-
tatoes, apparently as fresh as when first
taken from the ground, placed in the cave
last fall. Next nview will be seen, when
brilliantly lighted which the proprietor
"a always does Tor his patrons, a vast profu-
sion OF splendid staIac,itcs and sta!ag-
mites in some cases meeting, and with a
little help of the Imagination, one can see
statuary of rare beauty, variety and of
vast proportions. Is well as dog, cate,
sheep. horses. lions aud hooded women.
The ceiling Is completely decorated for
very long distance from the entrance
with stalactites resembling In many cases
vast icicles, beauti6ed 10y an endless pro-
fusion of smaller ones, and what have the
appearance of small sea shells and fish
" hen the stalactites and stalagmites meet.
as the formations often DO. they form I'm
some places columns OF vast proportions,
one of which ] think Is feet in height.
and TO " in diameter. Apparently some
of these columns are beautifully draped in
snowy white, resembling cloak or mantle,
Of beautiful, heavy WOODEN goods, hanging
in graceful fold, from the shoulders Of L
tall man. All the formations are white
except where they have been soiled by
handling, or the smoke of lamps. OF
course they are carbonate of lime. found
only Ia limestone countries, and to the ge-
o.og',t il must he an interesting study to
estimate the vast time of their formation.
1t Is impossible TO describe the endless va
rietie> of these lime formations To the
traveller a visit | think will richly pay.
IL is proposed to sell and deliver for s30.-
uuo, one of these columns to the Central
Park Committee. New York [ believe
the full extent of the cave has never been
explored I'm Southwest Missouri are
many other caves, from some of which
large streams Of excellent water run. in
quantities sufficient for manufacturing
purposes
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-31

THE MArIN HcUR-Oh. the blithe
morning waking of childhood! There IL
nothing in after-life like it. They who
have so much to remember-who, pressing
their hands to their foreheads when the
day breaks, ask themselves, What is it to-
day ? what cross to carry? what added
burden to bear? what new-made grave to
remember? can still thank God for the
blithe waking of the little children and the
birds, although the music and the bright
ness may have gone out of their own
hearts forever.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-31

THE TRUrHFUL HEN.-A youthful hen
found an egg, aud yielding TO the vernal
instinct, sat upon it until the process Of in
cubation was complete. Her mother, who
laid the egg and had taken great pains in
shaping and coloriug it, came along, and
seeing only the broken shell, burst into
tears and said :. Alas. my daughter, who
has destroyed my favorite egg" The
.eathered offspring quickly responded /
cannot tell lie, mother; | cannot tell a
lie [ did it with my little hatch IL"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-31
Hne Art of Living.

y great part OF tue aII OF lie CONSISTS
in the skill with which a man will do, il
the right time and in the right way, what
he has to do. \ man should school anC
train himself to seize the passing moments
and to secure every advantage OF position
The knack Of doing these things, or the art
of it, comes from practice alone This is
an art very hard to acquire, even in that
rudimentary form which consists in going
in an orderly and thoughtful way through
the business of the day. 1t Is perhaps for
this reason that the great majority of peo-
pie are not brought to the necessity OF
learning this lesson for themselves. Most
people have their hours Of work rigidly
marked out for them. Their hours are
from ten to four. They 90 forth to their
work and to their labor until the evening.
They are not intrusted with any power Of
option. The clerk must be at his office,
the sehoolmaster with his pupils the doe
tor on his rounds, the barriStcr in the
courts while the judges are sitting. They
are constrained by network of circumstan-
ccs for which some of them cannot be sut-
ficiently grateful The whole business OF
life would fall out OF gear if the steaGiness
Of its transactions depended On their voli-
tious. Then there are many people, the
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artists, and scholars, and thinkers who are
left uniettered by precise lines of days and
hours and seasons they are left to their
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-31

MAY-May is one of the most beauti-
full months in the year, because every day
in it is the record of growth and the wit
ness of transformations. The earth robes
herself in beauty under our eye. Out of
the brown soil, and bough, come verdure
and loveiness and while we look. the
sombre scenery of the landscape shifts
like the drapery of the stage. as though
earth were a fairy land. The old order
breaks up. Everything becomes fluent.
We live in the midst of marvels and mys-
teries, and are ourselves part of the mir
acle of things seen and unseen.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-31

his proud head to kiss her; and they went
on in the fading afternoon, and so into the
great world which lay beyond, happy and
beloved The blessing Of that old nan dead
followed, and will cling to them even to the
end
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-31

ground, the amount of water, and swiftness
of the current. Prot. Tenney ia Sabbath
School Scholar
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-31

ELoArING ISLANDS IN NICTORIA.-
Gippsland Is a province of Victoria. Ii
is bounded by the Australian Alps on all
sides except on the south, which the sea
washes for over one hundred miles. 1t
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-31

\ Virginia lady returned home rather
ate, one evening recently. after a short
absence, and, hearing noise in the room
which She and her husband occupied.
looked through the keybole and saw the
rotund figure OF woman upon whose
shoulders her lord was adjusting a shawl.
Enraged by Jealousy she seized shot gun
aud, forcing open the door, shot the intru-
der in the back Her husband screamed
and She tainted, but when coming to her
senses found that she had desperately
wounded a dummy which her husband,
dry goods merchant had brought home for
repairs.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-31

FINDING WHAT WAS Nor Losr.-A
street-car accident in San Francisco -
= The lady earelessly raised her dress to
the top of one slipper, that its ornament
might not be lost to view, or that it might
not become loosened. 1t so happened that
the straw in the bed of the car enveloped
the Cinderella member, and the buckle
alone was visible. a near-sighted gentle
man on the opposite seat noticed the scin-
tillation of the jewel, and he went for it
then and there \ hasty grab, a faint
scream-and his mistake was discovered
He Immediately changed his ideas about
horse-car riding it moved too slowly for
him, and so he walked the rest of the way
heme. He viii not try to pick another
gold buckle out of the straw"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-31

The Amherst Alumni in Boston, at their
recent dinner, made themselves merry with
out the aid of wine, and, until the very
end of the feast, without cigars. Two
wine-glaSses were placed at each Of the one
hundred and eight or ten plates, but not
one of them was used. One alumnus said
to another, should like a glass Of wine,
but it would not be in good taste here.
This admirable example is worthy of imi-
tation not only at Alumni dinners, but
on other festive gatherings The careful
avoidance of all incentives to partake of
Intoxicating drinks on these occasions, will
greatly help to promote general sobriety.-
Tribune.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-31

A clergyman in the village of Baden
recently made himself 80 obnoxious to his
parishioners by engaging in various squab-
bles, resulting in lawsuits, that he was
obliged to resign. Ia delivering his fare
vel sermon, he said Il have been really
happy but three times in my life. The
first time was when | made my first COM
munion; the second was when ] said
mass and now comes the third, which is
the occasion Of my taking leave Of you,
my well-beloved. At that very moment
the orgauist drowned the speakers voice
n the cheerful strains of Great God be
Praised and the whole congregation,
rising to its feet, Joined in singing the
words.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-31

may be called the Piedmont of Australia,
rich fertile plains intersected by rivers
flowing into lake system extending all
along the coast, and separated from the
sea by sandy ridge, with one navigable
opening. 4 local paper the Gippslqnd
Times, contains the following description
of floating islands on the lakes
8 As one of the Gippsland Steam Navi-
CATION Company's steamers was recently
crossing Lake Wellington, the man at the
wheel suddenly observed land right in the
track of the steamer, apparently only
short distance from the straits separating
Lakes Wellington and Victoria He cali
ed the captains attention to the strange
sight, and on coming up close, the land
was discovered to be j small island, about
thirty yards in length by twenty broad.
1t was covered with 4 rich coating of lux
uriant grass and small trees, tea tree,
and bush shrubs appeared to be growing
in profusion. The only occupants OF this
remarkable apparition were a few pigs.
feeding away contentedly and apparently
enjoying their novel journey by water. A
second island Of the same description, but
much smaller, was noticed little farther
on, but this had evidently detached itself
from the larger piece of land, or most
probably haG been separated by the root
ing depredations of the porkers. From
what portion Of the main land this floating
island came, IS Of course, matter Of con-
lecture, but it IS known that a portion of
the soil at Marley POM, on the southern
shore Of Lake Wellington, became detach-
ed recently, and loated miles across the
lake with some twenty or thirty head of
pigs aboard As long as the wind drove
it in that direction, the island drifted to-
wards M'Lennans Straits. but a change OF
wind brought it back again. after a three
days trip, within a mile Of the spot from
which it had broken away
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-31

\ cheerful correspondent of the little
Morning Cal of Duluth, Mimi, says it Is
shame for city with such magnificent
future prospects not to have a beautiful
and attractive burying place, and that,
from its poverty in this respect, invalids
from abroad may well hesitate in making
Duluth their temporary home.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-15
Framework for Women.

President Abbott of the Michigan Agricul-
tural College states that the experiment of
admitting women to the institution has proved
in the highest degree successful. " They
study" he says, g botany, chemistry, horti-
culture, surveying and other branches. Their
progress IN study is exceptionally rapid
Their work so far has been to prepare seed
for the ground, to transplant the lighter
plants, prune shrubbery,' etc Here is a
career for all grades OF women which has
common sense to commend it. There is no
reason why girls should not be taught scien-
tihc agriculture as well as boys, and made fit
to transact the head-work of farm. Not
wlthstanding the inertness of the Southern
women, 1t has long been no uncommon thing
to ind them intelligent and skillful planters
Some OF the largest estates in Virginia before
the war were under the management of wo-
men and in Kentucky, among the most sue
cessful stOck-raisers, who amassed LARGE for
tunes by sales to government, were some half
dozen OF the fair but shrewd sex. These
women obtained their knowledge insensibIy
by home-training but it is certainly as
easily acquired by study as that of medicine
or theology, and is surely a more wholesome
and safer work. A woman may have a mes
sage from God to the world to deliver or not.
She may or may not have the peculiar men
so4 Gnu nysical skill 10 NJ her Tor surgeon /;
but the ground is always waiting to be titled
and seed to be planted. Besides, if her crops
fail, she alone is the loser; she has tempered
with the bodies and souls only of turnips and
potatoes.
The very lowest grades of farm work ought
to be open to women. There is sort of
chIvalrlc horror in this country of a woman
doing held-work, whereas the fact is that
half of the stout Irish and German women
who come here have been used to it at home.
and, with our own negro feld-hands, are
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-15

How TO MAKE HENS LAY" People would
better understand this matter" says the
Country Gentlemen, - if they considered for
a moment hen to be, as she is, small
steam engine with an egg-laying attachment,
and thus there must be u constant supply OF
good feed and pure water to keep the engine
and its attachments up to its work.
In addition to keeping before hens, who
have complete liberty, a constant supply pure
water summer and winter, | have found that
during the cool and cold weather of fail g,
winter, and spring, dough compounded as
follows, fed one day AMI then intermitted for
two days, to produce excellent results
To three gallons OF boiling water add one
half an ounce of common salt, teaspOonful
of cayenne pepper, and four ounces of lard
Stir the mixture until the pepper has i'm
parted considerable of its strength to the
water. Meantime the salt will have been
dissolved and the lard melted. Then, while
yet boiling hot, stir in a meal made of oats
and corn, ground together in equal proper
tions, until a thick mush is formed.
Set it away to cool down to a milk warmth
Before feeding, taste to see that you have an
overdose neither of salt nor pepper, and to
prevent the hens being imposed upon with
mixture not fit to be eaten. The hen mush
should not be more salt than to suit your
own taste, nor so hot with pepper that you
could not swallow it were 50 much in YOUR
broth
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-15
gnftru.
Not Knowing.

! know not what will befall mes God hangs a mist
DER my eyes;
And DER each step Of my onward pain lie makes
new scenes 10 rise,
And every JOY he sends me comes as sweet anu
see not step before me- a. tread the Gays Oh inc
year,
But the past D stIIl IN Gods keeping the lu9 NE
mercy shall clear
And what looks dtTk III 'ii' Instance '-
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-15

SIMPLE MUsIC.-How much greater is
the power of an old song, with simple air
and words, than those more difficult and
artistic ones which sometimes throw the
professional musician into ecstasies of de-
light. 1t may not be because there is
more music or more feeling in them; but
they are endeared to the hearts of the
common people through familiarity, and
associated with home scenes of love and
affection, and appeal to sentiments and
feelings that otherwise could not be awak-
ened, no matter how artistic or sparkling
with gems of beauty. When these have
become familiar, and associated with the
loves and joys of lifetime, then they will
also become household words, and awaken
the same feelings; but until that is the
case the simple songs Of yesterday will be
the most popular.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-15

THE APPLE IN THE BoTTLE.-On the
mantel-piece Of my grandmother's best
parlor, among other marvels, was an ap-
pie in vial. 1t quite filled up the body
of the bottle, and my childish wonderment
constantly was, How could it have got
there?" By stealth climbed chair to
see if the bottom would unscrew, or if
there had been join in the glass through
out the length of the vial. L was satisfied
by careful observation that neither of
these theories could be supported, and the
apple remained to me an enigma and a
mystery. One day, walking in the garden
| saw it all There, on a tree, was a vial
tied, and within it tiny apple, which
was growing within the crystal. The ap-
pie was put in the bottle while it was
little, and it grew there.
Just so we must catch the little men
and women who swarm our streets-we
call them boys and girls-and introduce
them within the influence of the Church
for, alas it is hard indeed to reach them
when they have ripened in carelessness and
in.-Spurgeon.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-15

The IDEAL FARMER.-The New York ECen-
ing Post describes the ideal farmer in the
following moderate and well chosen terms
" First of all, he should be a healthy, bon
est, scrupulOus man man whom his
neighbors Will trust, and in whom all with
whom whom he deals will place implicit
confidence. Such a character, coupled with
robust and hearty good health, would be the
best half of a young farmers stock in trade.
Then again, he should be thoroughly versed
in the details of farming as an art. When
and how to plOw, to sow, to hoe, to harvest
to garner, and to sell how t. keep his land
improving in richness and in filth how to
buv, how to breed, how to feed, how to
grow, and how to sell his live stock how to
drain land, build fences, lay out fields, ar
range and construct farm buildings, break
roads and manage all kinds of farm machine
ry; how to manage the dairy, from the set
ting Of milk to the marketing Of the products.
All this and much more should be learned
not parrot-fashion, but so that the knowledge
will become as intimate as an instinct, and
always ready in any emergency.
Underlying all this should be a knowledge
of the science of agTiculture-the reason
WHY Of all this work, so far at least as the
present state Of agricultural knowledge
makes possible vegetable physiology, that
is, the construction of plants and the manner
in which they form their growth and per-
petuate their species; vegetable chemistry,
or the composition of various parts Of plants,
and the different composition of the same
parts at different stages Of growtbs vege-
table nutrition, or the sources from which
the plant obtains its food, and the manner IN
which the food is assimilated: the chemistry
and mechanics Of the soil the manner in
which it is influenced by growing and by
of water, and of air, and of the various
chemical agents; why wet land should be
drained, and why dry land irrigated or fire.
quently stirred
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and one half feet. This latter distance L
consider the best as it gives more space TO run
the cultivator. 1t is always better that the
crop should be made up of large sound roots
than that it should consist of great number
of smaller ones, even though the weight be
the same per acre. The large roots require
less labor from the singing out 10 the final
harvesting of the crop, and indeed till they
are fed out [ have the plants Is inches
inches by 30, there will be IL ,616 per acre.
| At this distance each beet weighing 8 pounds
would give to the acre 46 IL tons.
sINGLING AND HoEINo THE CROP.
After the plants have put forth their sec
ond pair of leaves, the cultivotOr should be
run between the rows, and the punching
should follow; this is doneiwith hoe. cutting
out twelve or fifteen inches in the drill, I'M
touched all along its length Soon after
punching, the singing and wedding should
be performed. After singing out the plants
and the first wedding is performed, the after
labor is all accomplished with the hoe and
cultivator, requiring but little more labor
than an ordinary hoed crop. Beets require
a large amount of moisture and by fire.
quent tiIIage, keeping the surface light and
porous, the soil will retain this necessary
moisture.
In ordinary seasons, the middle of October
is the best time for harvesting this crop
This variety of beet can be lifted by hand
without the use of fork. The roots when
pulled, are left lying in the rows until dry,
the tops are removed by wrenching off the
tops by hand, or cutting with knife. If
the knife is used, care should be taken not
to iDjure the crown of the beet. As the tops
are removed, place the roots in heaps to dry,
and 90 through the sweating process, previ-
GUS to their removal to the cellar. Protect
them at night and from storms, with their
own leaves. After two or three days, they
can be stored in the cellar for winter use, and
if slowed dry, will keep sound even if hun
dreds of bushels are placed in one pile.
COST OF RAIsI C.
IF we will make field crop of the beet
avoid the old practice of doing all the labor |
with the hoe, thumb and finger, giving them /
clean culture by the frequent use of the |
horse cultvator, they can be raised for five
cents per bushel, of sixty pounds At this
ow cost and considering their great value as
God for cattle, sheep and swine, how can
armer think of wintering his stock without
Ills cellar of roots This subject is well de-
serving the attention of all farmers.
BENR- LANE.
Cornwall, VT.
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CoLD RooMs.-It is an old notion, but
a foolish one, that it is better to sleep in q
cold room than in a moderately warm one.
Given good ventilation, and fire in a
sleeping-room in cold weather is healthy.
There is no gain in the chilliness of dress
ing and undressing in temperature near the
freezing point, but the shock to the system
is positively injurious. Nor is the ventil-
alton of an open chamber window in cold
weather so good thing as some think.
Ventilation from another room through a
door standing ajnr is preferable. The ex-
posure from sudden night changes of tenn
perature make the open window unsafe
with even strong people /; with feeble peo-
pie it is dangerous.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-15

DR. Holland says in Scribner's Monthly !:
There is no question that in this matter of
personal honesty America has refrigerated
within the last ten years. The rich cor
poration and the rich man are come to be
regarded by tradesmen and laborers alike
as sources of money which they may draw
upon to the extent of their ability, without
rendering an equivalent. An honest days
work is a much harder thing to get to-day
than it was ten years ago and unless
reformation takes place, the good old stand
ard of personal honesty among the labor
ing poor, and of business integrity among
the prosperous, will become a thing of re-
only.
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n. 2. Willis wrote this fine simile if
you have ever seen field of broom corn
the most careless branching and free
swaying of all the products of summer
and can fancy the contrasts in its destiny
between sweeping the pure air with the
winds handling and sweeping WHAT more
usefully may when tied up for handling
brooms, you can understand the difference
feel when using my thoughts at my
pleasure, as in country life, and using them
for subsistence, as in my present profession.