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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-23

HELPING THROUGH.-With less than av-
erGge hay crop it is highly important that
no effort IL spared to increase the amount
of cattle feed in every possible way 1t il
not too late To SOW white turpip seed, and
" To reasonably moist autumn and the soil
In good condition, generous help may be
obtained from this crop. From other sources
large amount of fodder may be derived, it
proper and reasonable Efforts are made
A writer in the Country Gentleman. saws:
Rape sown Immediately alter the harvest
ing Of grain, will produce heavy mass OF
food which young cattle, sheep, &c, could
feed on late IN the autumn, and would thus
save feeding with hay OF fodder so soon, and
this would seem to shorten the winter very
much. Rape Is grown extensively in Canada
Those who have prejudice against turnips,
rape, and all green food for winter, can go :
OF drill corn thick, and if they put plenty OF
manure, they may save great deal of very
valuable fiddler, which probably may b,
worth more per acre than any other faI
crops. Doubt, IS there is land enough
which will beido ng nothinlI spring to TO
fodder, turnIps, rape or oJner food, 10 sup.
port half the other animals in the United
States, and the land would really be benefit
ed in the cultivation and growth Of this in
tervenIng crop. Let any one reading this
statement, look round at MS neighbor's fields
where he will see hay which ought to have
been put in the barns long ago oxen anC
horses lying still which might ha We ploweC
and got ready the fields for planting with the
aforesaid crops, and every third arabic field
he passes Will be covered with weeds grown
among the preceding crop, which weeds seeC
the soil Tor successive years, and abstrac
more than a corn fodder crop or any OtheI
second planting would do.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-23

TIE Prairie Farmer ssys - Nothing is
better settled than that all biennials--such
as beets, carrots, turnips. and parsnips-
should be taken from the earth VI ere they
grow at about the Period they attain their
growth, and that they be subsequently,
trsnsplanted, in order to bear seed that shall
produce, IN turn, roots equal to those that
were originally grown. You en- easily
and quickly show that this is true by max
ing an experiment with racishes, if you have
them 10 your garden At the time, or short
" sfrer they are in the best condition for
the table, pull up few good specimens, re-
move part of the leaves, and reset them.
IT the weather is suited to their growth,
they will soon leave out, and produce seed
from which excellent radishes may be raised
Leave N the row some specimens similar to
those transplauted. and let them 90 to seed
and it will be found that the radishes
Will be greatly Inferior. being very tough
and branching. A beets and carrots require
to be housed during the winter in order to
prevent their decay, there is no danger of
their deteriorating, but parsnip- and turnips
will live through the winter IL the ground
and Will produce seed the following season.
The roots grown from this seed, however,
will be very interior. being generally stringy
ard branching. We have occasionally
kncwn some very late sown turpiIs to pro-
duce seed from witt ch fair turDips were
raised, but they will be worthless for table
use and inferior every way
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-23

Soul BUILDING.-We read ia fairy tales
Of how great cb2sms have been oridged
over in night by benevolent spirits,
dwarfs, ouphc,, and what not how they
hustled together vast rocks, aud piled one
upon another, and built piers and spauned
them with arches, so that the brave knight
could pass over them aud reach the castle
and get his lady-love. We read IN fairy
/ tales Of how cities have been built in a
single night; and We imagine to ourselves
/ how, while we sleep, ten million construct
ing fingers might carry up tia walls, and
surmoun, them with golden domes. and
/ how whole cities might stand IN the morn
/ ing where the night before there was only
a wilderness. But there is something more
strange than that would be, actually going
on in you. There is not thought that Is
not striking a blow; there Is not an i'm.
pulse that Is not doing mason work; there
Is not a passion thrust this way or that
way that Is not a workmau's thrust The
Imagination in all directions is building
Y GU think that you are throwing out the
net for game; you think that you are lay
ing plans for accomplishment; bnt back oil
all the conscious work that Is going on Ia
you, back OF your visible attachments
there is another work going on. There
are as many master-w orkmeu in YOU as
there are separate faculties; and there are
as many blows being struck as there arc
separate acts Of emotion or of volition
And ( this work Is going on pcrpetualy
Every single d&y these myriad forces are
building, building, building Here is a
great structure going up point by point
story by story, although you are not con-
sclous OF It. 1t is building of character
1t Is a building that is to stand. And the
word OF Inspiration warns you to take heed
how you build it; TO see to 1t that you have
foundation that shall endure; to make
sure that you are building on it-not for
the hour Ia which you live, but for that
hour of revelation, that hour of testing.
when that which hath been done shall be
brought out, and you shall be seen lust as
you are. Men are but partially known in
this life. You do not know what a man is
as long as be is prosperous. You do not
know what ne is as lougas he is interrupted
You do not know what he is until he is
brought into emergencies. But when the
day OF trial comes. mans true charac tel
is disclosed Thousands Of men present a
fair exterior as long as it is fair weather
but when the storm comes you know the
difference between man of capacity and a
man devoid of capacity.-H. W. Beecke1
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-23

Cur FLowERs.-The first thing to be con
sidered in arranging cut flowers is the vase
If it is scarlet, blue, or many cOlOred, 1t
must necessarily conflict with some hue in
your bouquet. Choose rather pure white,
green, or Transparent glass, which allows the
delicate stems to be seen. Brown Swisswoo1,
silver, bronze, or yellow straw conflicts with
nothing. The vase must be subordinate to
what it holds.
A bowl for roses. Tall spreading vases
for glodioIus, fern, white lilies, and the like
Cups for violets and tiny wood flowers. Bas-
kets for vines and gay garden blossoms. \
flower lover viii in time collect shapes and
yes to suit each group.
Colors should be blended together with
neutral tInts, Of viii n there are abundance
whites grays, puppies, tender green's
and which harmonic the plnks, crimsOns,
and brilliant reds into soft unison.
Certain flowers assert well only in families,
md are spoiled by mixing. OF these bal
sans, hOllyhocks and sweet peas, whose
tender liquid hues are as those of drifting
sunset clouds. Others may be mas-ed wito
good effect. In arranging large basket or
vase it is well to mentally divide 1t into small!
sroups, making each group perfectly harmO-
NOUS with itself, and blending the whole
With green and delicate colors And, above
al, avoid stiffness Let bright tendrIl or
spray Of vine spring forth here and there,
and wan Ter over aud around the vase at it,
viii.
The water shonld be warm for winter
yase-cool, but not iced, for a summer one.
4 little salt or bit Of charcoal should be
iided in hot weather, to ObvIate vegetable
decay, and the vase filed anew each morning
With these precautions your hJwers, if ret
beside an open window at night, viii keep
their freshness for many hours even in july,
and reward by their beautiful presence the
sind hand which arranged and tended them
Home and Society in ScriJrer's for Aug gust.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-23

CARBONATE OF AMMoNIA.-All lovers OF
flowers should always keep on hand guam
tity Of the salt 1t can be bought at almost
any druggists store at cheap rate. One
ounce dissolved in two gallons of water and
applied to the foliage of the plants, and To
the earth in which they grow, is of the
greatest stimulating value. The foliage and
flowers so treated are much more luxuriant
and the colors are more brilliant than if wa
tered in the ordinary way. The application
Of this wash Is also valuable as a prevent
i've Of the attacks of the aphides, these in
sects being entirely unable to Withstand Its
peculiar odor. Earths which have a tendon
cy to acidty as neutralized by this wash.
The application should be about once in four
PlOughmaH.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-23

4 Coon WAY TO preserve EGGS The
most convenient and satisfactory way to keep
eggs fresh that we have ever tried is TO punch
numerous holes in a small tin pail, fill it
with fresh eggs, lower the pail with eggs in
to a Kettle of melted tallow, which is ms hot
as it can be without burning ones finger
when thrust into the liquid: then lift the
pail out quickly and the melted tallow will
flow out, leaving thin coating over every
egg. Let the eggs be removed as soon as
possible from the pail, and be placed on the
ends in a keg, which should be kept in a
cool cellar until the eggs are wanted for use.
We have kept eggs in this manner for over
six months, so fresh that expert judges sup
posed they were fresh. As the eggs are 50
much colder than the melted tallow, thin
pelicle of cold taIlow will be formed almost
instantly, which Will render the shells i'm
pervious to air.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-23
gnftrn.
The Clover Field.

Wander with the wild wind, 80 tine wildworld over
Where's a sight lovely as a heid ofclOver?
When tits in its purple prime,
just before the morning time;
When the summer air is sweetest, and the boboInk.
are singing,
And on every other dewy top honey bee is swing
ing:
Colored like the blushing cloud the sunset hanging
over,
Fragrant as-what's halfas sweet rs is field o.
clover?
Hitler thither, fitting, restless as a swallow,
Seeking what's fairest, pleasures reckoning follow
Crested palm-tree towering high,
Lakes where starry lilies lie:
Stately woods and sunny vineyards, hillside rObed
in living heather.
Orange groves where fruit and blossoms hang upon
the bOughs together;
See the best the world can show % q world wide
rover,
Can you find a 5weeter sight than a field Of clover:
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-23
gnFtru.
Johns Wife.

A young wife stood with her head on her broom
And looked around the little room;
Is Nothing but toll, forever" she said,
" From early morn till the light has fed.
If you were only merchant now,
We need not live by the sweat or orr brow
Pegging away spoke the shoerhker John
We meier see well what we're standing on.v
\ lady stood by her husbands chair,
And quietly passed her hand DER his hair;
q You never have time for me now she said
And a tear dropped on the low bent head
II we were only rich, my dear,
With nothing to do from year to year
But amuse each other-oh, dear mel
What happy woman ! should be-"
Looking up from his ledger, spoke merchant John
il" We ne'er see well what we are standing on
\ stately form in velvet dressed
A diamond cleaning on her breast;
= Nothing but toll for fashion" she said,
e" Till sometimes wish that l were dead;
II might east this wealth aside,
And be once mere the poor mans bride"
From his easy chair spoke gentleman john
." We ne'er well what we're standing on.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-23

PICKLES -Cucum should be cut from
the vines, part Of the stem left on , observe
are not to mar them fors bruised they will
decay. Select such as are Of suitable size
and Of good quality, and cover them with
boiling water, let them remain until the
water is cool if for venegar pickles, add a
small quantity Of salt before scalding.
W hen cold, drain thoroughly, and cover,
with an addition OF spice if preferred. If
for brine, put layer of dry salt in the bot
tom Of barrel, and alter thoroughly drain
ing the pickles, put them in with dry salt
amongst hem. Add no water. Put a
weight upon them, they will furnish moist
ture for brine, and will keep better, besides
being more crisp and brittle for having had
the gum soaked from them by the boiling
water
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-23

WHY CATTLE NEED SALT-A correspondent
wishes the reason why cattle need salt. It
Is because phosphate Of soda must be fur
nished to the blood, whereas it is phosphate
Of potash that exists in grains and grasses
grown on soils deficient, as most soils are,
10 saline or sodic compound. When salt i
taken into the ANNA. system it Is partially
decomposed. Some Of it's chlorine unites
with the potassium Of the potash while the
liberated sodium is oxydized to form soda,
md this combines with the phosphorlc acid
from the potash phosphate Of soda. Soda
also exists in milk. 1t is this which gives
the fluid its slightly alkaline taste when
I first drawn II chis be absent, as when cat
tie are not supplied II some way with salt
the milk Is unwhOlesOme. Cattle are apt tC
prefer grass grown on lands topdressed with
I Two or three hundred weight of salt TO the
acre, FOR the reason that the salt readers the
/ grsss sSeeter, more tender and more succu
I lent. TIE weight of grass grown on salteC
lands il, how ever, likely To be diminished II
proportion as rankuess Of growth Is pre-
vented j. A. Whitney, in Rural Nelo York
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-23

Strawberries n DACOTAH TERRITORY -
We are hardly able to believe tins wonderful
strawberry story from Dacotah, yet it Is
vJuched for by the St. Paul Press. Straw
berry bushes three to four feet high are not
put down on the Horticultural Calendar %.
this part Of the United States vet that
paper says that in the ncighborE.od Of Fort
Potter, Dac,tah, there l. almost continuous
plantation OF wild straw berries, growing in
many Of the richer spaces, not on horizon tai
ines. but on bushes, many Of them three
and four feet high, on which the clusters OF
this delicious fruit attained size rarely
reached by the most asslduous cultivation
50 profuse was this native product Of
strawberries on what is called the Pcmbiua
Mountain that the cart-whecls, crushing
the berries as they rcvolyed, were fairly rel
with this wild vintage % the plains, and lett
long crimson trails, as Of blood, behind them
v lid straw berries are abundant ia every
part Of the Red River Valley but ON the
fertile plateau known as the Pembina Noun
tain, remote from every human settlement,
they grow with luxuriance which il sim
ply astonishing and, 50 far as we know, IN
rlsaled. 1t Is the only region where we ever
mct with the bush strawberry and the
! plant seems there to take the upr-i ght form
/ in the very pride of its eXubera mt fruitful
ness, as If it disdained to creep along the
earth with Its scarlet crown Of glory.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-23

valuable adjuncts of the household. 1t is
hardly as powerful as carbolic acid. but Meth
er is it 50 dangerous or expensive. 1t is a good
protection against malarious diseases; and
when the seasons approach when sucn dis
eases are most frequent, it is well to keep
small open dish in the room, where small
quantity of it can be kept dissolved in a lit
tie water.
1t is useful to scatter about cellars where
vegetables are stored, as it prevents rottlng,
/ heating. and fermentation. 1t is also ethca-
cious in driving away vermin. Some eau
ton must be exercised as to how it should be
used for it will rust steel and destroy gilt
# placed near them. 1t is an excellent
bleaching agent but cloth bleached with 1t
should be well and thoroughly rinsed or 1t
will be Injured.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-23
Little Home Body,
By GEORGE COOPER.

81 GEORGE COOPER.
Little Home-Body is mothers wee pet,
Fairest and sweetest Of housekeepers yet.
Up when the roses in golden light peep,
Helping her mother to sew and to sweep.
Tidy and prim in her apron and gown,
Brightest Of eyes, of the bonniest brown;
Tinest Of fingers, and needle so fleet,
Pattern ofwomanhood, down at my feet
Little Home Body is grave and demurc,
Weeps when you speak of the wretched and poor,
Though she can laugh in the merriest way
While you aIe telling tale that is gay.
Lily that blooms in some lone, leafy nook;
Sly little hide-away, moss sided brook;
Fairies fine where the silver dews fail;
Home faires-these are the best ofthem all
-Hsrry's Museum.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-23

les CREAM.-A plate of ice-crcam taken
lceurcly, while seated al table in pleasure
bic conversation. is far safer quencher of
thirst than glass of ice-water, or any other
iee-cod liquid; the ice-cream Is, in addition,
stimulating and nutritious, thus migrating.
cooling and strengthing the system at the
same time.
Ic5. cream should not be taken Immediately
after 8. full meal unless IN the most leisurely
manner possible-a plate full in the course
Of fifteen minutes, during lively conversation
If eaten rapidly it cools the sto mach, pre-
veu5s digestion. and causes acidity, unseemly
/ belchings. If not actnal chill. which in feeble
persons endangers life.-HalEs JotTHa' o.
/ Hedlfh.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-23

Housekeepers, mechanics, and others, in
handling knives, tools, and other sharp in
struments, very frequently receive severe
cuts, from which blood flows profusely, and
oItentimes endangers life itself Blood may
be made cease to flow as follows take the
fine dust of tea and bind it closely to the
wound-at all times accessible and easy to
be obtained After the blood has ceased to
flow, Iaudanum may be adyantageously APP
piled to the wound. Due regard 10 these
instructions would save agitation of mind
and running for the surgeon, who would
probably, make no better prescription if be
was present,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-23

WHicu IS THE BEST BREED OF CATT1E?-The
question can be answered only relatively.
For large quantities Of butter the jersey is
the best, by all odds. For working oxen
take the Devon for abundance OF milk 70
stll use the Ayrshire, for beet take the short
horned Durham. For good fair farm animal
good for milk, butter, or beef-the Ayr
SHIRE IL most popular but more money will
be made if particular breeds are chosen for
the SPECIAL purpose.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-23

\ good suggestion is found in Hearth and
Home for the water supply Of a grindstone
1t consists Of an old paint key, or some SINH
lar vessel, suspended to beam, or TO tie
limb OG a tree. al a convenient height above
the grindstone. This is supplied with some
sort Of a faucet-we think that wooden
plug would do very we'll and constant
dripping Of water can be secured Just where
it is wanted. Thus may leaky troughs be
done away with, and much running back
and forth for water when the grindstone is
in use may be avoided.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-23
[AGx YANA0 !
Ale)LISf7Sil51

This is an age of inquiry and people are
beginning TO realize the magnitude Of the
evil caused by the use Of Injurious compounds
for the hair, which are prepared and forced
into market. by men who are not practical
physicians. and who may not be aware Of the
injury they are producing. These prepara-
tions have been analysed by competent chem
lists, and shown 10 contain poisonous sub
stances, causing Nervousness, Headache, Par
alysis, and often fatal results.
In contrast with such injurious articles, we
call attention to the Hair Restorer prepared
by DR.. r. Greene, Superintendent Of the Bos-
ton Medical Institute, who has been n sue
cessful physician in Boston for more than
quarter Of a century. DR.. Greene uses Veg
etable Remedies only. and can assure the pub
lie that this Hair Bestorer VIII do all that is
claimed for it. without possibility Of injury
Il hare tested a sample Of D-. Greens's Hair
ReS,orer, and 1aF that 10 poisonous metals OF
Injurious matters sTist IN e.
C. T. JACKSON, Stctc 1ssGycr.''
The use Of this Hair Restorer for twenty
five years has tested its superiority IS q dress
ing, and its power to preserve the hair and
scalp in a healthy condition. 1t removes
dandruff, prevents the hair from falling off
preserves its natural color, restores it when
prematurely gray, renders 1t soft and glossy,
promotes its healthy growth, and is the best
dressing ever discovered. While other prep
arations are sold at almost any price, DR..
Greene's Hair Restorer has sustained its good
qualities. its price, and its reputation. L is
prepared by DR.. r. Greene at the Medical In
stitute, 81 Temple Place, Boston, and sold at
81 per bottle, or six for S., or sent by ex-
press TO any part of the country. Pamphlet
sent free. Address DR.. Il. Greene, "a Tenn
pie Place, Boston, Mass.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-23

To DESTROY MoTHs IL CARPETs.-Wring a
coarse towel out Of clean wat T: spread it
smoothly on the carpet; iron 1t dry with a
good hot iron; repeat the operation on all
parts Of the carpet suspected of being IN
Tested with moth No need to press hard,
and neither the pile the color Of the car
pet will be injured, and the moths will be des-
troyed by the hat and steam.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-23

How TO BRIGHTEN STRAW MATING AND
OIL CLoIH.-Wash it twice during the sum-
mer with salt and water, using about pint
OF salt dissolved in bali pail OF water, and
dry the mating quickly with a soft cloth.
For oil cloth, rub all over with cloth dipped
in milk, alter scrubbing or washing n the
usual way.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-23

THE CoRoR or YELKs or EGGs.-Can you
tell me what sort Of food hens need in order
to gave the yelks higher color? | keep
mine in yard; feed them on grain duck
wheat and coru) and boiled potatoes. But
tle yrlks are very lEht-colored.
We can only guess at it, but we guess at
what Is known among horsemen as green
meat that is grass in its season. and in
winter roots Especially carrots), cabbage
leaves. and the refuse Of fresh vegetables
such food is the natural source OF the color
vi butter, and we see no reason by il should
not equally affect the color of egg-yelks
The more color the food has. the more il
gives to the butter (and probably to tie
velk) and it Is therefore found that much
more effect Is obtained from fresh grass -
carrots than from cabbage leaves or turnips
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-23

A little dissolved alum is very effective in
clearing muddy water. If thrown into tub
Of soap-suds, tie soap, curdled and accom-
panied by the muddy PARTICLES, sinks to the
bottom. leaving the water clear and pure.
La times of scarcity of water this may bs
used second time for washing clothes.