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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-06-28

CLINToN. Iowa, June ?, ISL
M,s,r, Ediors II send you a specimen Of our
western locust, also -omeapple twgs showing their
work The ncision- in the twig are made by the
spade or probe-like extremity Of the body, into
which the egg !. deposited in the centre of the
twg. BY opening it you will find scores Of them
about one line in length The deposit Of these
eggs causes the death OF the part and being broken
By the wind, il falls or The egg in time be-
comes a worm and burrow, deeply in the earth,
and after II years, 50 says western account, finds
it, ways - the surface 10 sing the song and Do
the mischief Of the " Il year locust" We have
negatively enjoyed their song for four weeks
It is like the cry of child in the distance some
say like the cry Of the pig They are great ven
triloqui-ts music seeming to he in the dis
lance when perhaps the musician is on your hat
Their deprelatons thus far are directed 10 fruit
trees and the forests The extent of injury is yet
to be determined They are now my-teriously
thinning out, or leaving the country and " nc
farewell tear is she'd
Yours truly.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-06-28


~. The Book Committee Of the Methodist
Church. which has been trying DR. Lanahau
for the grave oTcnse Of aging that there
have been frauds in the Methodist Book Con
Germ, and trying to prove his assertions under
great difficulties, has found him guilty, aud
voted TO dismis. him from the assistant agen.
cy of the concern This is quite in keeping
with their previous strange action in this
case, so their course will excite no surprise
But we shall be much mistaken if the matter
is allowed to rest here Dr. IIanahan re-
licyel Of his official responsibilities, will now
have more leisure to devote to the prosecution
Of his charges, and fresh incentive to do So,
and will probably take his ease to the secular
courts which will be likely to deal both with
him and the concern more justly than the
court has done The bishops
who have heard the case have the power Of
veto on the verdict of the book committee,
but there are no Indication. that they intend
to use it,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-06-28

Shifting THE NEW NORTHWEST. Tho
claim made by the promoters Of the Northern
Pacific Railroad. as to the excellent character
of the country traversed by that tboroughiare,
seems TO be verified by the fact that settlers
are moving to the line Of the road in Mime
sofa aud Eastern Dakota in unprccented num-
beers. \ late number Of the st. Paul P'oHerr
says
The roads leading to the Red River Valley
are literally covered with cmigrant wagons
with their usual accomplishments Of families,
furniture. and stock Of all kinds. The wagon
roads from Sank Centre to st. Peter show
daily accessions to the vast caravan vending
ia way to the fertile regions Of Noriho
Minnesota. The extent Of the great inco,'
ing tide Of humanity eau be best estimated
on the main road between Alexandria aud
Pomme dc Tcrre. Two hundred wagons per
day pass owes this portion Of the route north.
west and the came-Gres are seldom allowed
to 20 out--a fresh train Of emigrauts arrives
almost as soon as It's predecessor has resumed
its march. 4 noticeable feature Of this years
emigration is he duality-the wagons come
loaded with household goods and farming i'm
poments, and are followed by herds of cattle
and other stock which in guilty would DO
credit 10 any country
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-06-28

The iron uael upon the Lam1ille Valley Rail.
road is of the best improved quality, and the rail.
are twcnty-lolr feet long, and are 70 De- joined
together with the " joint, which consists of two
bars of wrought iron about two feet long. fast.
ened on each side of the rail under the crest BIS
means OF four bolts which pass through both rails
and bar. ia holes made 1r the purpose So
chairs are used under the rails. bui they re.i upon
the ties
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-06-28
RUTLAND COUNTY.

At eleven o'clock Thursday night, an alarm
Ere was given which proved to be a barn in tat
rear of the French nunnery in Rutland. The ir
soon spread to the buildings of John Ellswori.
and Albert lAndon, facing Grove street The
steamer and other hand engines soon got to work
and in less than half an hour the fire was under con
troll The barn where the fire first originated wa
consumed. Four horses and cow, also a sleigh
buggy, etc, were saved The barn of Mr.. Ian
don was burned and his house 80 burned as TO be
useless for any future use Mr. Ellsworth
place was considerably burned The whole dan
age amounts to about 5000 The fire wa
probably the work OF an incendiary. The amoun
Of insurance on the buildings was s. 900
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-06-28

ohas. H. Adams, Of North Adams, Mas, La.
been arrested and locked up in Bennington Coun
ty jail, for forging the name Of Alonzo Fox. Of
Woodlord, to an order to the amount of between
thirty and forty dollars
Manchester is not without its wonder ,
child was born there last Tuesday which weighed
only twenty four ounces, but was perfectly form
Ell, and hopes are entertained Tor It's living Il.
face can be almost covered By an old.hsha,l
cent and lady's finger ring can be slipped
| the arm
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-06-28

NlNpoVh tolNIA.
About midnight on the 18th inst, the baA
smith shop belonging to Joseph Chaput in u
kinsyille, was discovered to be in flames, and
short time was burned TO the ground. lnsur'
on shop, 5000 on tools, 5000, which will ne'N
cover the loss.
Messrs. A. 4 VIM. Felt, of Andoyer, who y
Gently lost their mills by fire, are going to FeDu.'
Immediately, The citizens have Subscribed sew,
al hundred dollars to aid in rebuilding and "''.
will be added,
A man in Royalton who could have taken (
enteen dollars, In the market, for three w.
calves, chose to take them home,. some lou N,
five miles, and knock them in head and bury ''''
making clean loss. That seems worse than
ing to law to crafty spunk'
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-11-13

RICE WAFFLEs.-Take three gills Of Geld
boiled rice, warm it with a pint of milk, mix
it smooth; then take it from the fire, and stir
in pint of cold milk and a teaspoonful of
salt. Beat four eggs. aud stir in with flour
enough to make stiff batter. Cook on q
srddle.
RAISED BIscUIT.-One pint OF milk, one
egg, one gill Of butter, half pint Tor. lessl OF
sugar, two potatoes baked quite dry and
mashed through a eolander. Mix together
over night, with rather less than half pint OF
| yeast, and -four in proportion. 10 the morn
| ing, mold them by hand. with as little -four as
possible. These quantities will make three
dozen biscuits.
FRIED HoMNY.-Take boiled hominy, hot
1r fsr eold Il e9f sa Ii add piece Of but
milk, and enough -four to stiffen it-one or
mo,e eggs. Fry on griddle after cutting il
| in thin slices.
| SWEET APPLE PUDDING.-One pint of
scalded milk, half pint of Indian meal, one
| teaspoonful of salt, six sweet apples cut in
| small pieces, one small teacupful of finely
chopped suet. two great spoon uls of molasses,
half teaspoonful of ginger, nutmeg or cinna-
mon,-whichever is most desirable; two eggs
well beaten, and half teaspooniul of soda.
Beat all well together, put into a pudding
| mold and boil two hours.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-11-13

PORTLAND.
MONDAY NOVEMBER 10, 1871.


/
oh .he eastern shore of Canandaigua lake
"ecoruihS 10 the Rochester Union. live two
very singular people. The question whether
women can make good lecturers, doctors. pro-
iessors or store-keepers, is now, by many, con-
ceded on the score of practical denonstra-
"on ana The cases to which we refer may be
prontaby cited in behalf of the fitness of
women 10 succeed, unaded, in agriculture.
oioping doWn In emerald turf to the lake there
lie, affirms our authority, two beautiful farms
winch have been entirely worked out of prim-
it''e wildness by women. The owners are
Two sisters, daughters of a pioneer named
rulier, who, more than half a century ago.
lhaue MS way into the forest regions surround.
lnS tue romantic lakes OF interior New York.
At bis death be left bis children laud. but IN.
t'e else, and the two girls, Laura and Electa.
resolved to become farmers. Both are now
past 6O, and, since early womanhood, they
nave cultivated their grounds with their own
hands. Each has smiling farm and a snug
cottage, the latter nesting among shade-trees,
close to the edge of the lake. The lands,
bearing "fruit," grass and other crops" stretch
far away up the rolling hills. The editor of
The journal named has lately "intervie yedn
the proprietors, and thus became aware of the
facts he has made public. GAN about" he
says, "looks thrifty" and tie farm work ap-
pears TO be thoroughly and judicious.y done.
Miss Laura Fuller was irst called upon. This
lady wears "a short and rather loosely fitting
dress, a hood and pair OF mems boots" She
has "a beard as heavy as is often seen upon a
man, and voice that would not be mistaken
for that of woman" She is "tolerably well
informed" and showed that her heart was in
her vocation. That she plies il without mas
culine help, and, and with decided prosperity
is unquestionable. Her sister, Elccta, is,
however, regarded as the best manager and
"most business-like person of the two" Her
visitor found this lady to have much the ap-
pearanee Of her sister, but she is more dsni-
fed and patriarchal, with head considerably
bald, and locks, whitened by the irosts of
many winters" Miss Fuller, we are assured,
cut away the virgin forest that once covered
her farm, with her own hands. All the toll
that was Deeded 10 bring the land into condi-
tion, she performed, solitary and alone. She
has reared stock OF all kinds, "including fine
horses and colts. Tor which great fancy had
been taken" The wild beasts that formerly
Infested her neighborhood, this Diana of the
wilderness herself slew; and rumor has it
that "men who had presumed to trife with
Electa. had fallen as did the beasts and trees"
We take il for granted, however, that this i3
one of those delicate exaggerations which the
world is so prone TO invent Tor persons at all
eccentric, and W. bod and fur have been the
only victims to Miss Electa's bow and spear
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TAKING UP RooTs.-Much extra labor
may be avoided by managing the root harvest
with judgment. There is great deal of
handling Of this crop, and many a back-ache
Is necessarily incident 10 it at the best. "A
serviceable and useful tool to pick M roots.
either turnps or potatoes, may be made by
taxing piece OF three-eighth inch round iron
rod. three feet long, bending 1t in the form OF
scoop, bringing the ends together. and in
seitlnS them Into long fork-handle. Then
ket. shaped like deep spoon or ladle, on this
frame OF rod, with interstces two inches
square. The effect is to make a tool with
which roots may be scooped up rapidly with
out stopping, and pitched into a cart or wac-
on, or thrown into heap for pitting.
Small potatoes, stones, and loose earth will
escape through the spaces. We have used
such contrivance many seasons with great
increase OF comfort and expedition in bar
vesting our root crops.
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GLippinRa.

-Cardington, Ohio, wants female mayor.
The garottirg season has opened in Gin
cinnati.
Kansas city speaks scornfully of H11-
WORTH"
The original dollar-store = the United
States Treasury.
Egypt proposes to use the pyramids for
weather signal stations.
-Secondscrop strawberries are selling as
Norfolk at dollar box.
The Cincinnati soup-house in Chicag,
supplies nearly two thousand persons daily.
-"Uxoreide" is what the PHILADELPHIA
Press calls it when man has only killed his
wife.
MIR. Sinsei of louisville thrashed hi,
wife so badly that she wishes Lhe had re.
manned sineel.
A couple were recently married In Kan
sas City after hasty coultship of only
eighteen years.
1t is computed that Milwaukee sew.
Ing society can blast persons reputation in
seven minutes.
"A recent leading editorial in Richmond
paper was printed entirely in capitals, small
SaPitdiS ldllCS.
In Chinese illustrated edition OF the
"Pisrin's Progress" Christian is endowed
with an extensive pig-tail.
"A New York newspaper correspondent
says his "very soul was coiled up in horror"
BY certain incident of the Chicago FIRE.
Eleven persons were fined for profanity in
Washington police court one day recently,
and Congress not in session either.
| "A Missouri lady advertises for a person
| who is in the habit of serenading her to staud
nearer the house, so that she can scald him.
| An Indisnan tried to stop revolving bal
| ance wheel of a stationary engine, and has
| been turning double somersaults ever since.
Some of the st. Louis papers dont't like
1t because Chicago has won the worlds chant
pionship for big fires. They ask the suspen-
sion of puolic sentiment until they get ready
to show what they can do.
In suit for damage. for breach of prom.
ise Of marriage brought by Memphis colored
woman against man OF her race, the plain
tiff mentions two hundred and forty-nine
dollars as the proper compensation. 1t would
be interesting to know the data and rules OF
value on which this obviously careful estimate
is based.
The revenue cutter Andrew johnson is
| being used in transporting provisions from
Milwaukee Tor the Wisconsin sufferers. The
original Andy johnson was a cutter, though
| not revenue cutter; but he was never put q
so good use.
-One OF our exchanges recently contained
the startling announcement that October IA
drawing to a close" 1t should now inform
its readers that November is upon us y and
that yesterday is nc more"
An English life insurance oampblet IA
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-11-13

"chuch EnhAlpss DOmcstnc S1mpl1citYs .
The residence occupied by Mr.. Phillips for
many years, except during OCCASIONAL summer
absences from the city, is an old-time, exceed
ingly humble looking two-and- -a-half story
building in Essex street, cosy, sequestered
nook 10 the heart of the city. The house,
like almost all Of the old-style residences one
meets with in Boston, smacking of revol,,-
tonary times and legends, is built close upon
the street, with no grass-plot or railing inter-
vening between it and the narrow side walk
The door, approached by two steps from the
pavement, is framed under projecting arch
1T curious fashion of construction, with the
name OF Phillips" rudely painted upon one of
the panels. Altogether, in the appearance of
the dwelling ard its surroundings, it is lust
such siNple abode as in large city would
be supposed to be within reach of and likely
to be occupied ty an Industrious artisan or
person of very limited means. Yet under its
lowly roof has dwelt for years the seer whose
prophetic lips, long in advance, have foretold
page after page of our swiftly-enact I'd Ameri-
can history-the scorned and revied "ianat-
ic" of yesterday, but the justified champion OF
human rights of to-day-he, to whose Cincin.
natl lowiness of abode, gladly aud proudly, as
on pilgrimage to shrine, have journeyed
the admirers attracted by fame that has
penetrated every quarter OF the civilized world.
Possessing an income far beyond bis simple
| expenditures, the receipts derived from his
numerous lecturing engagements, with all
| other superabundant means, are expended
annually in deeds of charity. OF his silent,
unostentatious gifts to the needy, much OF
which never reaches the ear of the public.
whose loiters around among the humbler of
the old residents OF Boston will hear many af-
fecting narrations. A leveler in theory, Nj.
Phillips is conscientious to degree rare in
our time. that his every day life aud practice
should correspond strictly with the enuncia-
| tion OF his public opinions. Than the interior
| Of his home and the appliances for creature
con forts, nothing could be simpler. Only
books and pictures, and the brooding pres
ence of culture and high refinement beautify-
ing all, make different the home oil the think
er, tue humanitarian, The nations foremost
orator, from the humble abode of one of the
to:ling masses, for the amelioratiou of whose
condition his lite is henceforth consecrated. =
| Letter to N. Y. Times
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VARIED DIET FOR PoULTRY.-Corn Is the
cheapest and best food tor fowls, IL we are to
name one article. They like it better than
any other grain, and it probably must always
be the main dependence in this country In
Heeping poultry. But there must be variety.
They even exceed swine in this respect We
a'i know bow distasteful a uniform diet Is TO
ourselves. The appetite, both In men and
orutes, Is determined by the varying state OF
the system, and akind of food that Is craved
at one time will be rejected at anott er. Wheat,
buckwheat and oats must have a place on the
det-list. The latter are best ground. Wheat
bran Is excellent. Hens soon tire of cooked
grain, but 1t should be fed part Of the time.
Every day in The year, when fowls do not have
access to grass, fresh vegetable food should be
allowed aid small quantity of meat If there
is not insect forage. Corn should preponder-
ate for growing chickens. because the cheap
est; and for fattening fowls; but for layers
wheat should occapy prominent place.
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"A New METHOD OF PACKING BUrTER.-
Michigan dairyman has lately published his
methcd of packing butter. He has oaken
tubs, with heads at each end. They are Ia
inches in diameter at the top, Q inches at the
bottom, and 16 inches high. In packing, a
cambria bag is made to fit the tub The but
ter is packed in the tub as IL stands on the
small end-the sack being long enough to ex-
te1d above the edges OF the fub-audis is press
ed down firmly until within an inch aud a
half of the top, when a circular cloth Is laid
over it, the edges of tho sack turned over that,
and layer Of fine salt placed on it. The
head is now put in its place, the tub turned
up, and the butter 10 the sack, of course, fall
ing down to the bottom, leaves a space all
round il which is filed with brine poured
thr, ,ugh hole in the small end When FULL,
the hole is corked up tight The butter floats
in the brine and is effectually preserved from
the air) and will keep for on almost indefinite
period
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ernas $500 per AMMAN. In advance.

elements removed by gazing animals. Re-
member that potato field which gives but
100 bushels to the acre requires at least 100
pounds OF potash, but by allowing the tops to
decay upon the field, go pounds Of this is re :.
stored to the soil again, as that amount is
contained in them; a medium crop of pota-
toes requires twice as much phosphoric acid
as medium crop of wheat, SO that in two
years with wheat the land Is deprived of no
more ofthe agent than it loses in one year
with potatoes.-Bostoa Journal Of Chemis-
fr1g
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-11-13

THE Moon AND THE SIGNs.-George w.
Palmer, Of Covingtop, La, asked II there
was any truth in the common idea that the
moon influenced vegetation. f. C. Curtis
stated that in his Deighborhood (Saratoga, N.
~ faf the farmers believed in 1t, and plant
Ell according TO the "signs," but 1t was pop
ular error. The prevalent idea in the Club
was, that man who believe in the moon, in
thisway, was lunatic.
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For salai

III OUSE and large lot OF land on the corner of
Ii Clark and Saem street. The house is well ar-
ranged for two families. Will sell all part OF the
land as may suit put Terms easy. For par
tieulars inquire OF VIM. KILBY,
nov7-tw on Sturdiyant's Wharf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-11-13

How TO RAISE PoTAToEs.-Ne all have
observed the great deterioration in our Potato
crops during the past 10 or 20 years: and
what is the cause of this alarming decrease of
tubers? Can science, can chemistry, point
out the reason or aid in remedying the diff
Guilty? We think it can, and, in order to
place the matter in clear light, we will
point out the kind and amount of food which
the potato demands. We had field of pota-
toes upon the farm which yielded 800 bushels
to the acre; this may be regarded as an old
fashioned crop This crop removed from the
soil in tubers and tops at least 400 pounds OF
potash; also it removed $50 pounds OF phos-
phoric acid. Now these amounts are very
large, and serve to show that the potato
plant is great consumerof the two substan-
ces, and it also shows that in order to restore
out potato fields to their former productive
condition, we must supply phosphate COM
pounds and Substances holding potash in
lai ge quantities. For six or eight generations
in New England our fathers have been ex-.
hausting the soil, by removing these agents
in their pototo and other crops, and we have
reached time when the vegetable is starving
10 our fields for want oil its proper food. Our
farmers have found that new land gives the
best crops, and this is due to the fact that
such fields afford the most potash. But AZ
long as we crop our pastures so unreasonable
we cannot resort to new land, as land Is no,
new that has had its potash aud phosphate
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-11-13

WARM CELLARs.-A correspondent writes
"lf any of our readers wish to keep their Gel
lars warm-not warm enough to eat and
sleep in, but warm enough 10 preserve their
stores of roots from frost-they can find no
better way Of doing it than by pasting four or
five thicknesses of brown paper, or old ne vs.
papers against the walls, and across the joists
of the floor above. All cracks and openings
in the windows should also be carefully past
ed up. 1t will not be found an easy thing to
fasten paper to stone walls, but if plenty of
good, strong paste is used, and the walls are
well swept down previously, it can be done,
and the dlfficul y will only be with the first
thickness. Paper, and. old paper in particu-
lar, has never hal its proper degree of credit,
and if we knew how valuable it was we would
seldom kindle our fires with it if anything else
was 10 be had. 1t is an excellent non con-
ductor of heat, and when we'll made aud Of
average thickness it is among those substances
which air finds it very difficult to penetrate.
Whenever, then, we wish 10 keep in heat and
keep out air, our old papers will come admir-
ably into play. Many poor man has shyer-
ell through cold winter night, when in his
room there were cd newspapers, enough, il
spread beneath his miserable covering, to have
kept him warm and comfortable"
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WM. III. J-ERRIS,
Real Estate and Loan Agent.

Houses, Lots and Farms for Sale.
He would refer parties abroad to the following
named gentlemen OF this city: Hon. GeU. r. Shep-
ley Hon. A. w. II. Clapp, Hon. Benjamin Kings
bury, Jr., Hon. Nathan Webb, Hon. John Lynch,
Nj. g.
Portland Nov 1. 1870. no1tf
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TO LEI
Good Rent !!

VERY convenient tor small family wthin three
minutes walk oi City Hall. Rent $50.
Apply to W. Ii. JERRlS, Real Estate Agent,
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