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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-28

NATURAL CIsrEKNs.-Wken rain falls,
where does it go?
Into the ground, we say.
Then how are lakes and rivers made, if
rain sinks into the earth.
They are fed by springs.
But how are springs fed
They are fed by the rains Did YOU ever
police the different colored bands of earth
exposed by railroad-cut through a bank?
You observe that there are bands of thick
blush clay at intervals, and that the space
between are filed with sand, gravel, or fine
earth. Through these the water can pene-
trate freely, but when it reaches the clay it
must stop, for the clay is as % water tight -
as the best of india-rubber Upon the top
Of such bed Of clay the water accumulates.
Il saturates the OVERLAPPING sands, and fol-
lows the descent of the clay-bed until it
reaches the margin, over which the water
lows, and then passes freely through sand
and gravel as before, until it is stopped by
another bed of clay.
Thus these clay-beds form natural cisterns.
where God saves the rains within reach of
the surface. not permitting them to be lost
IN the depths of the earth, as they would be
we're it not for these waterproof bands.
But if The earth were level surface the
water would remain in these natural cisterns,
and the water could only be reached by dig
gIng wells. That would do well enough for
men, but how would the poor wild animals
find water to drink?
For their benefit, it is planned that many
OF these beds OF clay should end on hill
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-28

CATTLE RAISING IN COLoRADo.-A cores
pendent of the New York Tribune writes as
follows from Denver, Colorado
g Buffalo can be seen every day along the
lines of our far Western railroads They
have become so accustomed to the cars that
they pay no more attention to them than the
cattle grazing beside the road. For fifty or
seventy miles along the buffalo range the
caTcasses are almost as thick in some places
as the punches or grama grass. Whole
herds died during the terrific snow Of last
winter some Of them appear lust as they
fell-mummihed, as If 1t were, by the dry air
Others, by far the larger number, have been
turned into clean white skeletons bv the
wolves. Going from Denver to Colorado
Springs one journeys through the Platte Ial-
ley, which has the appearance of an Old
healthy, and rich country. Colorado wheat
promises well this year, and Colorado farm
ers say they can prove it to be the best
wheat in the world. In Denver, Colorado.
-four is Sl4 per hundred pounds, and East
ern flour go, really a good argument i
prove what Colorado wheat can do Leav-
ing the Platte we follow the line of small
stream, where we find some farms cultivated
without irrigation Passing the summit. we
are on the head-water Of the Fountain Que
BOuille, where immense herds of cattle and
sheep are living happy, fat, and growing
lives At Colorado Springs, one man has
Il, 900 sheep, and other persons over I50.-
900 herds of stock in the small valleys
around. This is really the heaven for sheep,
being high, dry, and cool in summer. and
not iniuriously cold in winter, and having
moisture enough to make the grass excel
lent"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-28

VITALITY OF WEED SEEDS venture the
assertion that the efforts usually put forth
to destroy the chickweed always results in
increasing the pest, for the stellaria family
Of which there are seven or eight varieties,
possess the power Of ripening their seeds,
If need be, before they are half matured in
size; SO that when the plants are chopped
up by the hoe and left to die on the surface
Of the soil, millions of those seeds viii ripen
sufficiently to retain the terminating pow er f.,
and that, too, when the seeds are 50 small
as to be scarcely visible. The 5 Media, as
botanists name the chickweed that nfests
our gardens, produces seeds as hard as shot
The same too may be said of the purslane
and many other weeds Now, if these
weeds be merely taken up and carried to the
dung heap, the seeds will not rot, if in an
ordinary compost, but will be brought back
to the garden, where they will grow again.
To fight weeds successfully, they should be
chopped or pulled out as soon as they appear
above ground, and should be at once re-
moved, not to the dunghill- but to some sep
arate limbo in a corner, expressly set apart
and there undisturbed let them severely alone
year after year to rot, seeds and all, on the
surface of the ground Utica Herald
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-28

OMELETs.-Few articles of food are SO
readily attainable. 80 attractive in appear
snce. and SO quickly cooked an omelets. A
coed and economical omelet is made with four
eggs well beaten, and added to one cup of
milk, into which has been stirred one table
spoonful of pounded crackers and one small
teaspoonful of -four. Stir the mixture well
together just before pouring in the well-but
tered griddle, which should not be too hot,
lest the omelet should have strong flavor
of scorched butter Turn it, as soon as it
begins to - set " around the edge, with
wide-bladed knife foil it over once, and
then again, and at once lift the griddle, and
turn the omelet upon a warm plate. 1t will,
of course, be Of four thicknesses. The best
and really incest omelet is made with one
egg in one spoonful of milk. For an unex-
pected guest, this one egg omelet is just the
thing tor luncheon or tea, as it s easily
made and turned off the griddle 50 handsome
Iy. very good Omelet is made by prepar-
Ing mincemeat OF boiled ham, or cold veal,
or chicken well seasoned, and after the egg
is poured upon the griddle, Immediately
scattering on a thick layer Of the mince and
then folding the omelet as usual. Never put
salt into an Omelet.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-28

DIGGING AND STORING Early POTATOES
We know large potato grower IN Western
New Y OTk who dug ten or a dozen acres of
Early Rose potatoes last year in August
He was offered forty cents bushel for them
at the time, but thinking they would be
higher ne pitted them il the field. lie ap-
pretended no danger, aud it was only for
some casual reason that he opened one Of
the heaps when he was surprised to find it
so hot that he could scarcely bear his hand
in it. Had they been left few days longer
every potato would have been spoiled As
it was, he Immediately drew them into his
barns and basement cellar, and was glad TO
| take the first offer be could get for them.
Early potatoes should be barreled and mar
keted as soon as they are dug, or else they
should be placed IN thin layers or small
heaps in a barn or cellar, and turned over
occasionally if there are any signs Of heating
If this cannot be done, 1t is better to leave
them in the ground until cool weather sets
in. In the case we have alluded to, the
farmer dug them because he wanted to SOW
the land TO winter wheat. The expense of
handling potatoes is so great that, as a rule,
those farmers make the most profit, espec-
tally in the case Of early potatoes, who Ship
them directly from the feld.-Americaa
AgTicultUrlst.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-28

rushed 10 the sidewalk. No one noticed
an unprotected little one standing there,
with blanched face and eyes wild with
terror no one heard feeble wailing cry.
A great burly boy with basket on his
arm, pressed forward with blind speed,
found something in his pathway and bore
it down. Then it was all over. The mad
horses were down the street ami far away.
The relieved pedestrians came out of their
pl aces of refuge. Only one did not
move.
A little, lifeless figure. with wide open
blue eyes, long, soft, golden curls sweeping
the curb stone, and dimpled hands thrown
out, lay where it had fallen. The jockey
hat had rolled from her head, its white
feather was draggled in the dust. but the
postage stamp still chung to her shining
forehead. The crowd looking on, noted it
with curious eyes. 1t had done its work
well. All me the little letter has
gone safely to papa and to God.-FrOni
Our Young Folks.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-28

COOKED CUCUNBERs.-'' 1t does not seem
to be very generally known says an OK
change, "t that the cucumber is one Of the
most useful vegetables we have, and can be
dressed in greater variety of palatable
ways than any other except the tomato 1t
is better than squash and more delicate than
the eggplant, prepared in the same manner
can be srewed, fried or stuffed, and, above
all, can be par-boIled, mashed up in batter
and fried as fritters; Is more pleasant and
easily prepared than any other vegetable OF
fruit. When cucumber becomes Just too
old to be used raw or for picking, it is then
at Its best for cooking, and may be used tor
that purpose even until the seeds become
bard. A raw cucumber j., for most persons,
an IndsgestIble abominatioD, however much
they may admire its flavor
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-28

side, where the waters they hold can over
dow, and escape in clear bubbling
.prings. From these springs tiny rills of
water 20 trickling downward, sometimes
getting lost again in the earth, to descend
until they meet other beds of of clay. But
often they join other tiny rills, until several
Of them form brook, which, growing larg
er and larger as it wanders, finally becomes
small river like the Croton, or perhaps a
large one like the Hudson. Or, finding
somewhere on the surface deep hollow
with bottom of clay, the brook may spread
out into broad, clear lake. Thus We see
one of the very many ways in which God.
when he planted the earth, thought of and
provided for the wants of both men and ami
mals.-Hedrth and Home
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-28

CUCUMBER SALAD.-A lady correspondent
of Hearth and Home says s. We have Just
prepared our winters supply of cucumber
salad, and this is how we made it There
were about dozen ripe White Spine -
cucumbers lying on our vines, and these we
picked, washed, pared, cut into stripes,
taking out the seeds, and then to each dozen
cucumbers-which we cut up into pieces
like small dice-we put twelve large white
onions, chopped, six large green peppers,
also chopped, one quarter pound each OF
black and white mustard seed, and a gill of
celery seed. These were all mixed together.
a teacup of salt added, and they were then
hung up in cotton bag to drain for twenty
four hours. Then the salad, with enough
clear cold vinegar added to cover it, was put
into stone jars and fastened nearly air
tight. In six weeks it will be TT for use
1t looks as well as 1t tastes, SO white and
crisp, and makes an elegant salad for joint
of cold meat. IL is rot like the Spanish
salad, that requires "a counsellor for salt, a
miser for vinegar, spendthrift for oil, and
mailman to stir it up but it is quite as
good IN its way, and not very troublesome
to make"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-28

WHAT MAKES THE SEA-SHELL SING p
When a she'll is held up to the ear there is
peculiar vibratory noise which children
assure each other is the roar of the sea.
however distant they may be from it,
Philosophically Investigated the peculiar
sound thus recognized is phenomenon that
very much perplexed learned men for a
long while. The experiment is easily made
by simply pressing a spiral shell, common
in collections, over the cerebra of either
ear. If a large shell the sound is very
much like that of large cataract. Now
what causes it? Every muscle in the body
is always in a state Of tension. Some are
more on the stretch than others, and partic-
ularly those of the fingers 1t is conceded
that the vibration Of the fibers of those in
the fingers being communicated to the shell
it propagates and intensifes them as the
hollow body of violin does the vibrations
Of its strings, and thus the acoustic nerve
receiv es the sonorous impressions. Muscles
of the leg below the knee are said to vibrate
in the same way, aud if conducted to the
ear produce the same result
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-28

\ PRETTY WAY TO TRAIN a FrcH~IA.-
W hen a slip has grown seven OF eight inches
high, nip out the top down to the next
leaves 1t will then throw out branches on
each side. Let these grow eight or ten
inches, then nip out as before the tops Of
each branch when grown the same height as
the others. then nip out again, then procure
a stick the size Of your finger, eighteen
inches in length, take hoop skirt wire, Irvine
back and forth alternately through holes
made in the stick equal distances apart,
place this firmly in the pot back Of the
plant, tie the branches TO 1t, and you viii
have, when in flower, beautiful and grace
full plant. Having one trained IN that way
last season, 1t was the admiration Of all who
saw it.--$maH Fruit Re.0rdar
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-28

CoMPosT.-Thc excessive growth Of way
side weeds and shrubs the present season Is
very suggestive. They mean fertility to
many fields. If taken now in the flush of
this growth, covered in the barn yard with
fresh Stacked lime, and then the turf or
muck and cattle allowed to lodge upon them,
1t would not be long before they would de-
cay and could be broken fine by frequent
ploughing and might be drawn out this fall
or next spring and used where it is most
needed. Don't let this growth 20 to seed
where it stands. As a seed bearer it is a
threatening pest, a. fertilizer it is Of great
utility.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-28

The PEERLESS PorAro.-Therc Is a great
deal Of anxiety in regard to the future of
this new variety. 1t is known to be large
yielder and Of good shape and color. It ma
lures in far season, and the tubers gro y
quite compactly in the hill. But will it sell
Is good az the Peachblow? VIII it be as
good quality and as popular in the great
eastern markets? If 50, the days OF the
Peachbow are numbered. 1t VIII be sup
planted by the Peerless as the Dykman was
by the Early Rose. These are queries which
this seasons experience will doubtless de-
ermine-RurGi Home
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-28

Marguerite.
By MARY z. O. wYETH.

i.
was but the village weaver's girl,
He only the hireling of churl;
Yet into our lives there dropped pearl.
II.
He drove the kline by meadow and dale,
And searched the hollows in every vale,
For flower OF love, TO tell the tale.
A spring time daisy, waxen white,
Lay on my breast when fell the night,
And the stars shone down with tender light
".
He to the plough, and I to the LOOM
Filling and toiling; yet love may bloom,
And I'LL our hearts with its sweet perfume.
V.
Heart of mine, have waited long;
Life and love are poets song;
Life is ieeting, but love is strong.
VI.
It was lonely waiting, but God knew best,
Lay me now by my love TO rest,
A spring-time daisy upon my breast.
august atlantic,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-28

BUcEwHEAT CAKEs.-Are they healthy ?
Next TO oatmeal muSh, boiled 50 as not TO
pulp the graz ulation, we know no farinaceous
food more palitable nor more heaIthful. The
cake Is porus, it sits lightly on the stomach,
and the gastric juice penctratcs it readily.
Other hot cakes pack like dough, and the
gastric juice finds difficulty IN digestiDg
them. Buckwheat is not SO nutriteye as wheat
barley and oats, by chemical analysis yet t
contains the same essential clements IN pro-
portion but slightly differing from other
cereals, and It il certainly preferable to -four
OF wheat when the bran j. extracted. The
only objection To huckwhcat cakes i= their
seductiveness. They plead for too much but
ter and they encourage saliopins consump-
ton
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-28
goetru.
The Sewer and the Reaper.
BIZ FRANCIS RIDLEY HAvEReAL.

e had much seed to SOW" said one: planned
To all broad burrows and TO watch it spring
And water il with care But now the hand
OF him to whom sought great sheaves to bring,
Is laid upon his laborer, and wait,
weak, helpless, useless, at his palace gate.
q Now have nothing, only, day by day,
Grace to sustain me till the day is done;
And some sweet passing glimpses by the way
OF him, the Altogether Lovely One;
And some strange things TO learn unlearned befo re
That make the suffering light, II II out teaen me
more"
Yet from the hush of that secluded room,
Forth foated winged seeds Of thought and prayer
These. reaching many a desert place TO bloom,
And pleasant fruit an hundred-fold to bear,
Those, waited heavsnward with song ana sign
To fall again with showers of blessing from on high
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-28

In England, by the use Of steam engine
one pound of coal will turn over nine tons
of earth in the shape Of burrows. On the
Duke of Northumberland property blowing
is done by steam, at two dollars per acre:
the land is then cultivated 80 inches deep.
the first time for one dollar, and the second
time for fifty cents per acre. 1t is then har-
rowed, with harrows with l2-inch teeth. for
thirty cents per acre. This had been done
for three years satisfactorily, on fields of
twenty, thirty, and forty acres
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-28

To PICKLE SNAIL CUCUMBER AND CHER
KINs.-Choose small, perfect gherkins, or
cucumbers spread on platters mix a small
bit of alum, Pulyerized, with silt, and cover
them let them lie in this a week. Then
drain them, put them into jar, cover with
boiling vinegar, and cover it thick with
grape leaves. Set them near the fire. If
they do not become tolerably green after an
hour OF 50 pour the vinegar into another Jar.
set it on the hot range or hearth until too
not to bear your hand in, but 10 no let 1t
boil, then POUR again over the pickles, cover
with fresh leaves; repeat this till they are
as green as you wish
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-28

RASPBERRY JAM-Pick the fruit over very
as it is more apt than any other
to be infested with worms. Weigh equal
quantities of fruit and sugar put the fruit
into the kettle, or preserving pan, break it
with a ladle and stir continually. Let it
boil quickly. When most Of the juice has
wasted, add the sugar and simmer slowly
little while The fruit, preserved in this way,
retains its fresh taste much better than if
the sugar is added at first II is scarcely in
ferior to raspberries gathered from the
vines.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-28
MISCELLANEOUS.
MISS SAWYER'S SALVE.

-rpE roD have a saIve combining soothing and
healing properties, with no dangerous ~ -
lent a remedy at hand for the many pans anu
sches wounds and bruises TO which 1esn Is 5 lt
Is more easily applied than many 3tneI I,evino
never producing bad effect, but always renewing
T. l.; ~ DTenared by HISS Sqtover who has used IL
IN her own extensive treatment Of the SICK lof
nearly twenty years, with great success 3; 90,
The principal diseases for which this save y rec
or1mended are. ChiIbfQius Rheumatism, fFttsr
Scrofillq Old Ulcers, Salt RhetD SpratIs' b'y7ls,
Ferer Sores, Felons. Plnpfss, ETysBelIs, 80
Eyes, Bar5sy's Kch DeGtRess Bot5E, ring '0I r
C0rns, Bites Of Insects C9aeers I005haeHs, ~.
ache Sore Nipples, BGlaness' S'cotLtl b7 ys'
FcR Sr4lf lieut. TeethiHg, thdppsd H0hts,
.Scal3s, cuts, Bruises, Group, Cracked L'Ps' anu
Sores on children
srDIied. Rub II on well with the hand three times
a dav. In several cases 1t has cured pasled nIos-
For Piles it has been discovered 70 be sure feiil-
edy. Persons that have been aillcltu lgi - -.
have haen relieved BY few applications. FOR Efy-
stps.LS ; I. - 79fiGrt For Chopped Hands II
TrSi1ces a cure Immediately. Let those with S1}t
fhsum obtain this Salye. and apply i ifeely- anu
they will find it invaluable II + goo II ass "a
Scr1flil1 and TW9ore cancers nave atel - ",
with it. The best Saivc ever invented i1L S.'ze
sure 10 afford relief Sore or Weak Eyes-huo Il
on the lids gently, once or twice d Jay ~ -.
ness by putting IN the ears % pee ~ o..r.l'
For Ft'1pS this j. superior 20 anything AAo"l.
For PaHTlts this acts like charm Fer Runs
immediate relief For oil Sores, apply once
For HORSES AND CATTIr.-For sores ol
Bruises on Horses Cattle this Salvcls lnNhui13ie7
and has astonishing effect DIP curing scratches lA
horses. This S5Lve Ea- worked is own way INTO
u8torietv and is SAT-, and sure remedy Tor All the
above ailments
We. the Undersigned have been acquainted with
Miss Sawyer for many years. and believe neT % De
A Christian ia3y and d -kilfu nurse. ana having
pleasure ia saving lt is the best general medicine
we have ever used
Rev Z 7 Cutter. john i Eary-
H. H. l: 3 In E ~ \ .-5 5.... sa5.
Rev George Pzl't- Mr. Alex SNOW
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-28

BLACKBERRY JAM-Gather the blackberries
in dry weather, weigh them, and put one
pound of sugar TO one and quarter of fruit
Mash them well together, and cook perfectly
done free Of any syrup.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-28

BERRY CAKE.-One pint of milk. two eggs
one cup of sugar, butter the size of an egg,
one quart of -four, one quart of berries, a
little salt, add one teaspoon of soda.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-28
MISCELLANEOUS.
Vermont Central r. r. Line
SUMMER ARRANGEMENTS
Commencing Monday, June 8, 1872.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH AND EAST.

TRAINS GOING SOUTH AND EAST.
Leave Montpelier 8. IS am, 2.1s nd 1905 pm.
Mail Train leaves Ogdensburg at 500 pm, st. Al
bans al 6.20 connecting at White River junction
and Bellows Falls with trains tor Boston, Worcester,
&C. aud at white River Junction with trains en- Pas
sumpSc Railroad South Vernon for Springfield and
New York; at New London, with Steamer for New
York.
Day Express leaves Montreal at 800 am. St Johns
At 10 20 am, OgdeHshurg 500 Plattsburgh al
$50 s.al, st. Adams Al 1910 PM, arriving IN Boston
Night Express leaves Ogde nsburg at 90 pm Patts-
burg 10 pm, Montreal at 3i5 St Johns at sos
functon and BELLOWS Falls with trains for Boston and
Worcester &C, arriving nBoson at $50 am at South
Vernon with trains for Springfield and New York,
arriving n New York al 1880 pm. and in New Lon
don al 1905 pm.
TRAINS GOING NORTH AND WEST.
Leave Montpelier $50 and 500 am, and s.s5 and
Dav Express leaves Boston via Lowell at 500 am.
for Burlington ST. Adams Montreal, &C arriving IN
making connection for the West.
Mail Train for burlington and st Adams leayeS Dos
ton via Lowell at 700 an. via Lawrence ana FItch
| burgh 81 80 am, Springfield at 90 a-m'' Sew
London at 800 am South Vernon At 1000 am, bel
lows Falls Has an, White River Junction 2S1 pm
/ arriving in ST. Adams At $50 pm.
Trains leaving Boston via Fitchburgh at 80 am
and Springfield at 90 am. connect at White River
| Junction with Day Express train.
| Accommodation Train leaves NoTthhed at t.i5 am
Rutland al SIS a.m-, Burlington al 50 am -. "a
bans al 1900 IN. st. John at $40 pm, arriving IN
Night ET6Tsss leaves New London al pa pm.
South Vernon at9J % pm. receiving passengers from
Connecticut River Railroad, leaving New York a
/ 800 m, Springfield $40 pm, Bellows Falls ll2t
pm, connecting " i:h trains Cheshire Railroad
leaving Boston al $50 M, connecting at Nhite hiEe
Junction with train leaving Boston al 90 pm; io
Burlington 81 Adams Montreal, &c arriving IN Mon
treal at 945 am. PlausburEh 1900 am, aud ~
Ogdenshurgh, at l235 Pun, connecting win hrant
Trunk Railway and Steamer for the West.
Sleeping Cars attached tn the night Express Tran
| running between Montreal and Boston, aud MontTed
I aud Springfield and st. Adams and Troy.
( Drawing Room Cars day Express Trains between
! Montreal and Boston.
Through Ckets tor CnIcago and the " est Tor sale d
/ the principal stations.
&. VI r Il ILL, Ge0'I Supertn tendent