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The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1871-03-02

The Washington Sunday Herald tells
ola singular breeze in the Supreme Court
Of the District of Columbia, in that city,
on Saturday. The Chief Justice Carter
had IN opinion in the Farragut prize
money case, and when he had done, As
sociate Judge Wylie expressed his views
in dissent Of the opinion Of the Court.
The Herald says:
The Chief Justieewhitened with wrath.
His lion-like locks shook with fire, and
in voice whose notes were pregnant
with uncomfortable rage he said. al am
surprised at the dissenting opinion" The
Judge in the consultation room ,Assented
to my views; "he has crept out ola hole
into which he went" &c. The audience,
whose prophetic souis bad draWn them
to the spot to witness, without money,
without price, this Saturday matinee,
INDUCED in vociferous catchinations.
Judge Wylie. rose with the dignity of an
insulted mAnsand Judge, and said: al am
insulted." The Chief Justice was about
to proceed with his lively picture of the
consultation room, when the quiet inter
ference of his rbr61,cr Justices esarained
him in q degree, and here the battle
ended.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1871-03-02

Mr.. Greeley says the. child is now
born who will sce Kansas the fartl.
State in the Union. This State uow
ranks twcnty-scvcnth, under the rcccn:
census, having leaped six states within,
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1871-03-02

Amos Spaul.l <, of Groyden, New
Hampshire, has linen handkerchief that
is seventy years old, cmbelishcd with
a pictorial REPRESENTATION "f the death Of
George Washington, and with a conden>-
I'd memoir Of the father of his country
printed upon it.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1871-03-02

A newly discovered Chinese poem, Ii
Sac written three hundred years before
Christ,is said to prove that the existence
Of America was known to the Chinese At
that time. iaf5s 12AFTsFf.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1871-03-02

Among the treasures in the vaults Of
the Treasury Department at Washington
is q large bottle Of otto Of rose, present
ed to President Van Buren, by the In.
, mAA q Sam, and valued at $500. Ar
Oue kresesOts are not permitted to 10
csive pgeesAts from " foreigners" the
Try 04artment is veil filled with,
B100s -
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1871-03-02

"Pat, who's this Nilsson We here so
much 'spakin' aboit in the newspapers: y
sDon't you know, Mike! Why it is that
Ould sea-divil Nilsson, that fit the battle Of
the Nile, to he sure. F"
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1871-03-02

A man out west, speaking of the sing
ing Of his village choir, says it ais like
drift-wOOd in steram. 1t drags on the
bars, vet don't amount to DAM"
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1871-03-02

Royalty costs England $4,000, 900 per
annum. This sum simply includes the
grants to the Queen and her pauper f;,mi-
".
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1871-03-02

thsp- How, Charlie, run aad
khc - Chsrlie-"Ugh !! its :
SeO - staint Ct 70 tnrn . dog
"a ~ nksran fatAsr2:
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1871-03-02

To make Venatian blind put out his
eyes. esAsrEa .zLr-E ~ =.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-10-18
AbsOrsents for the Stable.

The best absorbent for COW stable is prob
ably dry muck. Sawdust is nearly as good
Dried ground obtained in q drouth) or dust
from the highway, ranks probably next
Then comes cut straw, the chaff of grain,
spent tan-bark, and almost any material that
is dry and in a pulveruent state. Apply
plentifully where milch cows are kept this
to absorb the odors as well as the moisture
for these odors are contagious TO milk. The
cows will do better for such comfortable quar-
tiers, whether in summer or winter and will
probably pay for the labor thus incurred; then
there is the profit Of all the manure--its
most valuable part, the effervescent ammonia
saved and what accumulatous there will
be, worth as much or more per yard as the
clear dung deprived Of its best parts. We
prefer it, as the absorbents continue to act
after the heap is made, and until it is given
to the soil then all goes to make plant food
Such manure is clean TO handle, is dry ill.,
odorous. Why should farmers be so much
without it Here is a large increase of
what we are so much troubled to obtain,
manure, and good manure. Clean stables,
clean yard, pure air, increased comfort, in
creased milk, good example-all these are
the benefits derived from the simple use of
an absorbent. 81 will rather work for
quarter day less in such manure than to be
besmeared with dung" said laborer on the
subject, Make farming pleasant as well as
profitable.
When these absorbents are used in fine
state, as they are, they can readily be spread,
and brought down evenly to the ground this
without any difficulty, the brush or harrow
finishing the job. And this is of such i'm
portance that the wonder is that it is not more
used-absorbents to give the pulverulent ef-
feet This alone will pay, mechanically.
Now is the time to see that the absorbents
are secured. Who that is not in the habit of
doingst will test it on small scale, if not
any more? Give fair, thorough test, as all
indifferent experiments will give but indifier-
cut results, aud hence end, more or less, in
encouragement. 1t is a good time now to
throw out muck preparatory to next years
use. Sawdust must now be secured Glover
chat is excellent-any chat. Sawdust will
dry with little exposure. Have clean, com.
Portable stables and barn surroundings, and
secure the profit at the same time.--F G., in
Country Gentleman
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-10-18


At different timer have read in your
paper many ways in which farmers wives
lay in their eggs Cor winter use, but ! never
saw the way DO it, simple as it is, it. |
have only good eggs, and good eggs every
body must have or they will not keep in any
way. In August | generally commence
saving eggs, aud am very careful to save on
y good aud fresh ones. | take boxes which
hold about 200, put on the bottom a layer
of oats, and set my eggs all point down
wards, so that not one touches another, until
the layer is fall, and then cover with oats and
mako another layer, and so on until the box
is fall, and then cover aud set it in cool
dry place, where it does not freeze, until
used. have followed this way for the -
twenty years and cannot say that ever lost
more than one or two out Of fifty, and then
generally found that il was knocked or put
down unsound ! use small boxes, so that
can use FIRST the eggs which put down first.
| have never thought Of changing my way,
although ! have read so many ways to do it,
for instance in ashes, in fat, in limo, 10 lime.
water, and even vanishing them, because my
way seemed TO me the simplest and cIeanost
and ! am just as sure 10 have good eggs next
February and March, which lay in now a.
| am to have good eggs nova Farmers
VIE, W COUUfrg Gentleman
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-10-18
Manure the Garden.

Ground that is used for vegetables next
spring should be MANFRED in the fall. Haul
out from the barn-yard all the manure that
can be spared for this purpose and spread it
over the surface, and then pillow under, and
leave the soil in slight ridges until spring. If
the manure is fresh aud warm, it will become
sufficiently cool and decomposcd by spring
and its juices thoroughly incorporated with
the soil. Where the surface Of the land is
nearly level, and there is no danger of the
manure washing away, it may be spread upon
the surface even after the ground is frozen
For vegetable the enrichiug materials should
be thoroughly decomposed and incorporated
with the soil and we do not know Of bet.
ter way of doing this than in autumn, plow-
ing once at this time aud then again in the
spring. The heavy rains will do more towards
mixing the materials than any manipulation
with the pillow or spade.-Rwalist.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-10-18
Fall Following.


IL IS now becoming understood that IT Us OF
great Importance to the ogriculturlst to man
ipulate the soil as much rs possible. Ihis Is
not done merely in order to render 1t moro
smooth, level and tillablc' but also to expose
the particles OF which the soil rs composed
70 the amellorating influence OF the atmos'
phcre. This both integratos the soh ana as
sists the decomposition oil the mineral clc'
ments OF plant food 1t contains ny bringing
them in contact with oxygen. Added TO this
Is the Susceptibility OF the SOIL TO absorb am
mona from the atmosphere and the rams ana
snow falling upon IT, which IT not taken m
at once when presented, soon again evapo-
rates The irosts and SHOWS OF our winter
seasons are to great extent storehouses OF
plant iood.
ouch Is theory Now Tor practice. 40
my own experience have always iound tnat
lanu intended to be sown with spring gram is
certain TO- yield heavier crops and OF better
quail'y II u mas been well plowci tho pfcVl-
Gus ial' ana lett IN the rough state exposed to
inc irosS OF winter Inc same thing aocordS
WIN my OBSERVATIONS anu mas oeen e'Peo'ai'y
cAeupilnou inns season / nave on many oc-
c'slOn9 no''ocu "'Jo'nlng NOUS OF "ulolH'"s
iarms' the crops on which materially differed
III appearance ana yield' although the sou ana
rotation Ioliowel nave oeen almost ailNe, ana
on making inquiry found mat on those neids
carrying inc pest crops the land had been
ploWeu IN the lall' WINE inc others had not
Anotner advantage Is gained oy IAN pow
ing, t9at Is not to DC overlooked ana mat Is
.nat inc lana SO worked Is always the nrst to
become ury ana warm 10 carly spring, "hicn
Is que 70 us oG'ns more absorbent inns en-
ao'cs 'ne Seeu 10 DC so"h carrier ana inc
young punt 10 gam strong lootho'u ana
more vigorous growth before the dry weather
comes than II can do on lana that has re-
mained IN compact ana sold state an WIN
ter Tor want OF having been iali plowed, Ihls
Is especially the case WIN barley which I'M
ess II can grow on iand 50 wen t'Iici as to
give a deep and mellow seed bed and the
oraird comes wei, forward before the now
usually prevalent dry weather OF May comes
on Is almost sure 10 suffer greatly For
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-10-18
How TO Make Hens Lay.


A correspondent sends US the following,
which we give without comment People
would better understand this matter, if they
considered for a moment hen to be, as she
is, small steam engine, with an egg.aying
attachment, and that there must be a constant
supply Of good feed and pure water to keep
the engine and its attachment up to its work.
In addition to keeping before hens that have
complete liberty, constant supply Of pure
water, summer and winter, | have found that
during the cool weather Of fall, winter, and
spring, dough, compounded as follows, fed
one day and then intermitted for two days, to
produce excellent results To three gallons
Of boiling water add one.half ounce of com
mon salt, tcaspoonful Of cayenne pepper and
four ounces Of lard. Stir the mixture until
the pepper has impaired considerable of its
strength to the water. Meantime the salt
will have been dissolved and the lard melted
Then, whilst yet boiling hot stir in meal
made Of oats and corn, ground together in
equal proportions, until thick mush is form
ed, Before feeding, taste to see that you
have an overdose neither of salt or pepper,
and to prevent the hens being imposed upon
with mixture not fit to be eaten, nor so hot
with pepper that you could not swallow it,
Poultry Standard.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-10-18
The Farmers Workshop.

The Farmers Workshop is a necessary de-
partment on every farm Not only necessary,
but it affords an agreeable variation to the
boys, aud in rainy days will furnish them prof
table and pleasant occupation Give them a
tool chest and a supply Of tools, and let them
make all such things as rakcs, harrows, hand
slcds, hcn-coops mond harness, cut threads on
bolts or bars, or anything else they desire
bet them experiment there as much as they
wish. and by and by you will see them bring
out something useful, save many trips to the
blacksmth's, wagon-maker's, and many hard
earned quarters If " variety is the spice Of
life it is surely needed on the farm, where
hard and constant labor is the rule, and recrc-
alton is the exception If you give them
supply of oil and paints you will probably
some fine day find the plows and harrows, or
may be the old wagon, looking like new, in
new coat, and the garden gate smiling to the
passer-by, in a new clean dress BY all means,
try to induce them, both by practice and pre-
cept, to keep the workbench neat, and the
shop orderly; habits thus formed will innu-
enco them through life, and may lay the foun-
daton for future success If you cannot teach
them yourself, furnish them with book ;
there are many such published at such a price
as will be repaid many times within year,
besides leaving a lasting Investment of good
effects for "A lifetime
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-10-18

The scarcity and high price of real cider
vinegar makes it always profitable article
Of manufacture on farms which possess an or
chard, as every farm should. At this season
apples commence to fall from the trees, and
the quantity that might be saved by few
minutes work each day is something worth
considering. A small cider-mil and press
may now be purchased for ten dollars and up
wards. and where there are twenty trees in the
orchard, the amount saved by its use the first
year would equal its cost. After every high
wind sufficient apples might be gathered for a
grinding the juice might be turned into cask
and additions occasionally made until it is
filled, when, after beisg properly converted
into vinegar and racked Tor the sediment, it
would find a good market in any town of con-
siderable size. The pomace would be excel
lent for the hogs, and a small quantity placed
in wide mouthed bottles or shallow pans and
covered with water would make very eff.
cient trap for moths of all kinds, We have
found this method of trapping successful
Hearth and Home.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-10-18
Large and Small Farms.

The advantages of the smaller farms arc:
/. They bring neighbors near together,
provide good roads, lead to good schools, and
to churches.
,. The owner or his sons closely Supervise
everything, and all may be kept neat aud done
in perfect manner, and there is less eye SER
vice Of hired men,
3. Less time is spent in going over large
surface, and in going to and from work.
4. Less labor is required in drawing ma
nure to, and crops from distant fields
The advantage Of large farms are
!. A more complete supply of farm imple-
ments and labor-saying machinery may be
employed, the larger capital and larger use
warranting the outlay.
. There may be a more complete division
Of labor, and men skilled in each kind of work
kept at what they can best do.
8. Large and snowy houses and grounds
may be had.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-10-18
Cooked Food for Cattle.

Experiments made by NM Raspal and
Blot of the French academy Of sciences
seem to have resulted in establishing the
following points: ]. That the globuIes con-
shutting meal, flour and starch, whether con-
tanned in grain or roots, are incapable of any
nourshment as animal food until they are
broken. 2. That no mechanical method Of
cracking or grinding is more than partially
efficient. 3. That the most efficient means Of
breaking the globules is by heat, fermcnta-
ton, or by the chemical agency of acids or
alkaies 4. That the dexrne which is the
kernel, as it were, of each gIobue, is alone
soluble, and therefore alone nutrtive. B..
That the shells of the globules, when reduced
to fragments by mechanism or heat, are not
nutritive. 6. That though the fragments Of
these shells are not nutritye they are indis-
pensable to digestion, either from their dis
tending the stomach, or from other causes not
understood it having been found by expert.
ment that concentrated nourishment such as
sugar or essence Of beef, cannot long sustain
life without some mixture Of coarsor or les.
nutritive food 7. That the economical pre-.
paration Of all food, containing globues oil
iccula, consists in perfectly breaking the
shells and rendering the dcxtrne contained
in them soluble and digestible, while the frag
ments of the shells are at the same time rond-
cred more bulky, so as the more readily tC
! fill the stomach.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-10-18

SWEET PoRK.-lt is beyond a doubt that
cleanliness has much to do with the flavor oil
pork. The filthy state in which many fatten-
ing hogs are kept has tendency not only to
give rank taste to the meat, but to render it
positively unwholesome. A very common
mode of penning hogs at this season is in
rail-pen, without protection from the weather.
The consequence is that such pens are not fit
to keep living animal in; wet and filthy,
cold and uncomfortable as they are, hogs will
not take on fat, and a great proportion of the
food is wasted while they are kept in them,
while the filth, considerable amount of
which the hogs will consume, must be detri-
mental to their health, and TO the health of
those who eat their flesh. 1t is not only
safer but more economical to give fattening
animals good shelter and dry beds and litter,
and keep them quite clean. The labor will
be well repaid,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-10-18
High Price of Hay.

We can recall several instances, says the
Men ENGLAND Farmer, in which there was a
general alarm about scarcity of fodder in
hay time, which was followed later in the
season by an abundance and much lower pri.
ces but we do not remember single in
stance in which unusual high prices thus
carly in the season were sustained throughout
the year. These results arc undoubtedly the
effect of causes. In an apparent scarcity of
fodder, farmers save much that would not be
saved in apparent plenty they reduce their
stock perhaps small crops are more nutri-
tive in proportion to bulk than large ones /;
perhaps, too, there is less difference than to
our excited senses there appears to be an
uniavorable spring and summer may be fol.
lowed by a favorable fall and winter, etc
Therefore, it would not surprise US if hay
should prove to be more plenty later in the
season than it appears to be now nor that it
should be cheaper in the winter than in the
summer.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-10-18
Renewing Meadows in Shortest Time.


A correspondent Of the Country GRtlc-
man gives the following modes Two ways
present themselves prominently. The first is
to harrow the ground thoroughly with har.
row with sharp teeth, the last of August or
early in September sow a liberal supply of
seed, give the meadow good coat of old
manure, spread from the wagon then brush
it over so as to have the manure made fine
and well incorporated with the surface. The
second way will be when the ground will adj
init, to pillow the meadow, turning a smooth
furrow, cultivating with the harrow and max
ing the surface smooth sow the grass seed,
following with liberal coat Of old manure
or compost, spread from the wagon, so as to
spread it evenly use the bush to incorporate
it firmly with the earth This process should
be completed early in September, so that the
young grass may be well rooted before win
ter, and full crop may be expected the next
season. Flowing and seeding with a crop OF
rye this fall, or crop Of barley early in the
spring, may be desirable in some cases, but
it will delay the hay crop at least one sea-
son.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-10-18

In Great Britain and Ireland the wealth.
est and most Independent farmers are those
who occupy large farms Of good grass land
and those who sell annually large number, Of
cattle. This class Of farmers are called gra-
zicrs; they keep very little Of the land in
tllage, do not winter large numbers of cattle,
but buy two or three year old heifers and steers
in the spring, keep them on choice pasture du-
ring the summer and autumn, and sell before
the animals begin to lose flesh late in the fall.
The vast herds Of Texan cattle are some
times managed in a similar way being pur-
chased when in low condition and driven on
the rank and succulent prairie grass until they
have become nearly fat. Farmers who have
good grass land should devote at least a por-
ton Of it to lattening stock good two or
three year old heiiers and steers, kept on a
rich pasture for six months, would probably
pay better than inferior tillage. The money
would all come together, aud the cost of trans
portation compared with that Of cereals
would be trifing Every farmer should fat
ten all his young stock that are not required
for the dairy or yoke. Selling stock Of any
kind before they are properly made up for the
market is very bad management, aud a great
deal Of money is lost by farmers every year
in this way.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-10-18
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VERMONT CENTRAL X. r. LIN
SUMNER ARRANaEMENT
oonmenc'Hg Monday, Jaiy q. 1871
TRAINS GOING soUTB ANN re,

Leave Montpelier at 1866 a. M, 2.9l n. m lao
Mail Train leaves Ogdensburgh At 600 p n.y., n
and Bellows Pals with trains for Boston vSuncoh
&C., at White River Junction with trains on M i,er
sumpsic Railroad AZ South Vernon for springeee ra
New York at CIRCUITS Corner for New London 'ui ttd
bay Express leaves Montreal at q.O0am'.st III,
at 1921 a. M, Ogdensburgh at $50 q. m s9hm
6Oc a. m, Moocrs junction at 1910 a. M ST. As.snN
l2l0 p m, arriving in Boston via Lowell At Id Bi
N, night Express leave. 0gdensburgh at lo0 y q
treal at 3i5 p. m, st. Johns at sos p. m 81 hh
~ ?. m, connecting at White River junction ~,
Bellows Falls with trains for Boston and Worls9il
&c, arriving at Boston Mt s.iOa ms Mt south V,H
with trains for Springfield and Now York, afrlri,.lA
New YORK At l2D p. m. gus A
TRAINS GOING NORTH AND NEST.
Leave Montpelier at 1928 a. M, 500 a. m, a33 ~,
Day y Express leaves Boston via. Lowell at sm,
Troy at 30 a. M Rutland at 2i0 p. me- for Burp1,l
st. Adams, Montreal, &C. arriving In montreal VI @
2. M and Ogdonsburgh at l22o a, m, making csn6s'
Mail Train for burlington and st. Adams l.,.
Boston via. Lowell at 100 a. M, VIA Lawrence and F
burg at - a. M Springfield at 500 M, Groutsc.
ner at e.2j q. m south Vernon at 1000 n. M, Bell,
Falls Ii 80 a. M White River Junction 25i D. m 1,.
INK In st. Adams AZ $50 y. N, Montreal 1900 p IN.
Trains leaving Boston Win fitchburgh nj aJa r
and Springfield at s.00 a. M. connect AZ White Ri
Junction with Day Express train. '
- Accommodation Train leaves Mortified at 7fs A r
Autiand a. 90 a. M, Burlington at $50 a. m.. 81 All
uans AZ 1905 p. m, arriving 10 Ogdenshurgha al iI ID
Nikht Express leaves 0routs Corner az sUI b. y
glal vernon at .is p M, receiving passenger r
connecticut River Railroad leaving New Yofk Al n
y, IN, 9ptngiield so ,, m. Bellows Fails lsipr
Sponneetlhs with train over Cheshire Railroad cl,
''n -, ~ .,p y; m, connecting AT White River JutA
non Win usn leaving Boston at 600 p m. Tor H..
OF. h9ans Montreal. &C., arriving In Monte
~ ~ =; n, flattsburgh llf0 n in and In Oris,
6ufgh At ~ ,. IN, connecting with Grand Tt.
Hallway and steamers Tor the West '"4 i'uA'
SeephE CAR arc attached 70 night EXPIRES. Train.
and Springfield, and st. Albans aud 'rros ''N -N1ei
Drawing Room Cars on bay Expre.s Trstr.
Montreal and Boston ""s NpiHt'e
Through Tickets for Chicago and tho We, ,,. ..,.
the principal stations q. MERRILL ~ sAio %
st. Adams. July -, 1871. ''" '~f