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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-01-03

4 HANDSOME FARH.-A correspondent of
the Prarle F,trmer describes the farm OF NJ.
Briggs, near Kellogg, Iowa, which consists
Of 1000 es,-wood- Land, prairie, and cult
waited fields 1t has 5 miles Of good board
fence the houses, with wings and porticos,
stands near the centre, and barns and tenant
houses appear like a beautiful village. Plat
form scales, a complete boiling establishment,
aud other convenience, enables the prOPries
tor 10 conduct his business ia the best manner.
ne has fine Short-Horn cattle, improved
sheep. horses and other animals. In sJu.t
fields mixture of rye and clover, sown for
the purpose. gives a fresh and green au-
rumn and winter pasturage, when every
thing else Is dry and brown. We are told
that the owner mas wealth and refined taste
and that his place is exceedingly attractive.
There is one point on which we are not in
fOrmcd-tdat is, ia relation TO hired help,
an in the absence of this Information we
may suppose that he adopts the old practice
IF boarding hired men, at least to great ex-
tent. To make farm lite attractive and per-
feet. and To remove the intOlerable burdens
which women labor under. sufficient num-
Der Of labOrers cottages mot tenant houses
should re erected on different parts OF the
premises, to furnish all the bred labor re-
guIreJ ! laborer's wife has comparatively
little else t. do. and can get his meals at less
expense than any one else,-the cost oil
board thus consisting chiefly Of the material ;
and better and steadier class d men may
be had III selecting married men Country
Geutiem07.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-01-03

HEEnIxG OUR POULTRY Now Is the time
for breeders Of fancy poultry. if they have
not done 50 already. to 20 through their
aocks and weed ami e weed out = imperfect
birds. and those that are not desirable for
breeding stock, fatten them and send them
to D. arket or the table. If possible, the pens
should be thoroughly cleared OF all delormed,
imperfect. moDgrcis, and old fowls, male and
female for nothing is made by keeping over
a lot Of monde scrpts.
Care must be taken TO select from
rhe pens the best and earliest pullets-as
regards health. size, action and plumage-
DO not, on any account, keep over badly
marked birds; have those that you do keep
over come as near perfection as possible, in
build and plumage, TO the strain you desire
to breed to- Do not breed in-and-in, but
select from pen (other than your OWN the
most vigorous two-year-old cock, of a differ
ent strain, that can be found, and pl ice him
with the pullcts select for breeding purposes.
By 50 doing you will not only be able to in
troduce a new strain of blood in your flock,
but a variety that will in most cases produce
a healthier breed than you would secure by
keeping ever your old stock.-RurGl Nsl0
Yorker.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-01-03

4 BBAtE LITrLE Gul.-A paper pub
Ii,hed il Missouri-the Cameron Obserrcr
tells this anecdote Of little girl
"A few mornings since. little Effe, a
bright-cyei curIv-headed livc-vear-old.
belonging to Mrs PARRISH, living on Main
street, lust south of Thomas a Parry :
liycry-stab.c, took puuge-bath that
came near resulting fatally. There is a
deep well on the place holding some four
teen feet Of water. 1t has no curb. aud
water is drawn By means Of a rope
Fife had been watching Mr.. Thomas
drawing water from the we'll iu a bucket,
which she called a kettle. The rope
broke and the kettle went to the bottom.
This troubled the little girl, and after
wards, in peering into the well looking for
the kettle, She lost her balance. and pung-
ed head first into the well.
" Her mother heard her scream as she
toppled over, ran into the yard and hap
penlng, by the merest chance, to glance
INTO the well, saw Etie as she came 10 the
surface the first time. Powerle.s herself,
she ran to the livery stable, shouting at
every step; Effe's in the we'll Efie's
Ia the well -
" Mr. Thomas was at the we'll IN no
time, aud, without moments thought as
to how he was to get out, plunged in,
bracing himself as best he could against
the smooth walls as he went down, aud
reached the water in Zine to meet Effe
on the way up the second time, and Of
course rescued her. As soon as the little
one could get water enough out and breath
enough to speak, she said to Mr.. Thomas,
Jack, have found your kettle, il was
clear down to the bottom, aud, sure enough
she had the rope tightly clinched In her
little fingers.
" We hardly know which most TO ad-
mire, the bravery of the man who risked
his life to save that of the little girl, or
the GOODNESS OF the child in hunting up the
kettle, when fourteen feet under water. T"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-01-03

WILL CHESS PRODUCE CHEss-Mr John |.
Carter, Superintendent of the Eastern Ex-
detrimental Farm al West Grove Pennsylvania,
writes to the Germantown Telegraph
Allow me to report the result of an expert
meDt m tde this season at the farm, with
chess or cheat, that we might do our share
toward settling finally that oft-sxploded
myth of wheat turning to chess.
/ think some one offered through your col
umns reward of some considera bic sum, to
any one who would grow quart of chess
from chess seed sown. To show the folly
of such an offer. We sowed square rod
with chess, which made fine growth, and
Welded this harvest peck OF nice seed.
There was no trouble about the seed general
ing. And the seed grown, is as perfect s
that sown The resulting conclusion is,
that farmers should not SOW foul wheat with
the hope that chess seed will not grow
We also fenced off piece of growing
wheat this spring, and pastured bare with
ducks and geese, but not spear Of chess
made its appe lrance. Hence, we are also to
infer that if there is no seed in the ground,
no chess will grow.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-01-03

A MUSEUM OF ODD Things Jack
Tar makes high festival at the cutting-up
of shark, and has great delight in open
ing the creature for the purpose of finding
out the articles which 1t has swallowed !:
for a shark, when following a vessel, will
eat any anything that falls overheard.
The contents of a lady's work box, cows
hide entire, knives, hats. boots, and vari-
Gus other things have been found in its
interior. On one occasion, the papers of
a slave ship We're found in the stomach of
a shark. By means Of these papers the
SLAYER was known, and the cruel men who
carried on the base traffic were convicted
and punished
That shark became a detective police
officer without knowing it. How many
cries of misery had gone up from that
slave ship The sound of these cries at
last reached heaven.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-01-03

UTILIZATION OF SURPLUS PoTAroEs. -In
cases where the potato crop is so large as not
to be readily marketable, and more or less
in danger of decaying through the winter,
the surplus can be so treated as to furnish
valuable article of food, capable of preserva-
ton for a long period of time. For this purpose
the potatoes are to be washed clean, steamed,
peeled while still hot, and finally pressed
through hot sieve. The potatoes thus com
pressed are then to be laid, while st II hot
upon grating and dried as quickly as
possible, say in ten or twelve hours, in order
to avoid any souring or qualification this
being generally the result of driving too slow
~, or with an insufficient heat The pota-
toes dried in this way are of an excellent
flavor, and can be packed and kept for years
IN dry place, and are serviceable for pro-
vlslonIng ships, armies in the field, etc.
About LOCO pounds if fresh potatoes will
make lOO pounds of the dry article, which,
when properly prepared, will have precisely
the same taste and appearance of freshly
boiled potatoes.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-01-03

VALUABLE HrNTs.-Salt stimulates dgc--
ton.
Pineapple irritates the bowels.
Ripe currants will cure disease Of the
bladder.
sunstroke is caused by a check Of prespi-
ration.
Dry rennet and rhuharb wine will cure
dyspepsia.
bad liver.
Homeopathic and Allopathy Mercurius is
the same thing.
Onions are the best vegetable known to
correct bad blood.
Ice cream produces acute dyspepsia in
consumptive patients.
Cantsloups, eaten freely, will cure dysen-
tary and cholera mOrbus.
Gooseberries contain sstringent qualities
and are good in 1iarThoea.
Cracked wheat, boiled or cooked as rice,
is good diet for dyspeptics.
Mush and milk Is the best diet for those
desiring an increase of avoirdupois.
Hydrophobia has been cured by Thompson's
Third preparation of Lobelia.
Ice held in the mouth will quench thirst
in cholera, cholera morbns and fever.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-01-03

How TO CURE HAys.-The following re-
ceipt for curing 1000 lbs. Of pork hams is
the one used by the gentleman who won
the first premium Of the State Agricultural
Society Of Maryland mix two and a half
pounds aaltpetre, finely powdered, one half
bushel fine salt, three pounds brown sugar,
one gallon molasses. Rub the meat with the
mixture pack with skin down Turn over
once a week, and add little salt After being
down three or four weeks. take out, wash
and hang up two or three weeks until it Is
day. Then smoke with hickory wood three
weeks, then bag, or pack away in cool
place-not a cellar-in chaf or hay.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-01-03

An aitqrac Of the AUc7cal. AqrIculturist has,
with fendish ingenuity ,contrived q way to
czasucrate the Grove lie makes little
cones Of stiff white paper, touches the in
side IF the large end with old mucilagnous
linseed oil, puts some grains of corn IN the
apex, scatters or sets the seductive cones
about the corn field and awaits the
result. A crow with a white fools cap on
mis- head must be an amusing object TO DIS
interested spectators, If they do not belong
to the Society for the FERMENTATION, etc,
The feelings Of the crows we can hardly
expect 70 protray.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-01-03

Hoes HEAD CHEzsE.-Put h0g's heads in
salt aud water for two days, then wash and
scrape them clean, and boil until all the
bones come out. Take it up, pick all the
bones out and chop it fine ; season it with
sage, pepper, salt and a little cayenne, with
a small spoonful Of spice. Put it in a cloth
or a tin pan, cover it, and put heavy weights
on to press 1t. When cold take out of the
mould and cover it with vinegar Cut it in
slices for the table as cold souse, or beat it
up and fry it, with or without batter
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-01-03

RArs a correspondent Of the Field says
The best mode Of catching rats alive | have
ever discovered, is by means of the common
obiong trap with square ends, made solely
of wire-0ne end 70 open upward, when set
bv a fastener from the top communicating
with the inside This shuts with q spring,
when freed from the catch by the rat touch
ing the hook, or better, platform of wire
inside. to which the bait is tied I have for
4 long time found this trap most useful in
catching a single rat az time but lately
/ have tried a fresh mode of setting it. In
addition to piece Of bacon or cheese tied
rs the inner platform, | place the trap on q
wooden tray. or board (about half an inch
wider than the trap all round.) with slips of
wood haitian inch high along three sides,
leaving one end open for the door OF the trap
on this we place sufficient meal 20 bed the
bottom of the trap. 80 that the rats can walk
through without feeling the wire, which
H-i-htens them. This additional bait in
duccs many 70 enter AT once. and frequently
five on six arc inside before the catch Is ac-
cidentlv freed by one of them, when all are
caught 4 very few days ago eleven We're
found 1t one time. I have no doubt that
with this appliance, freshly set each day,
she most infested place may sooD bs rid Of
w. these mIschieyOus visitors
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-01-03

SPEEDY ROwTH or RADIsHEs The Ac-
climation Society of Palermo teaches that
radishes may be obtained at any season, and
very quickly, in the following manner; The
seeds are TO be first soaked for twenty-four
hours, and then placed in bags and exposed
to the sun. They begin to gerninate in
about twenty-four hours, and are then to be
set in a box filled with well MANFRED earth,
and moistened from time to time with luke
warm water. 10 five or six days the radishes
will attain the size Of a small onion. To
grow radshes in the winter the box is to
be placed in a warm cellar, covered with a
top and the earth mOstened from day to
dav with lukcWarm water.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-01-03

seed it with timothy; lift be meadow land,
enrich it thoroughly. When the thistle is
in bloom, the meadow will be fit to NOW,
and of course the thistle will be cut. The
timothy, growing rank will o choke . the
thistles, which in addition to their being cut
each year, Will destroy them soon as the
third year. No other process that know OF
is so effectual.'
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-01-03

WoRxs AND House. PLANTs.-A Western
correspondent who in the neuter gender, as
A Lover of Flowers, writes " My plan
for expelling worms from flower pots Is as
follows To two gallons OF water | add
about ten drops Of liquid ammonia, and use
the solution to saturate the soil The effect
thus far has been entirely satisfactory. The
worms are expelled through the aperture in
the bottom OF the pot. An excess of am
monia is injurious TO house plauts.'
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-01-03

wise But all can be good at heart. And
heart goodness is wonderful makeup for
loss of beauty. The good person is loved.
Goodness in the heart makes loving eye
and gives sweetness and kindness to the tones
of voice. BE good, my bright-eyed boy,
be good y
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-01-03

AIg BEDS is THE MORNING. The wise
h0usckceper should see 70 1t that all beds
should be aired Immediately after being oc-
cupied. The impurities which emauatc from
the human body from insensi0le Precipitation
while sleeping are made up of minute
atoms which. DC allowed 70 remain
long, are absorbed by the bed and viii then,
to a greater or less extent vititate the air FOR
a considerable time aftcrward. Let the oc-
cupant throw the bed open on rising, and
a soon as is convenient, open the windows,
and vcntilate the sleeping rom. One hours
early ventilation is worth two hours late
airing.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-01-03

RsNovArfNo GaAss LANDS The Chair
man. Mr.. Ely. asked how be should manage
a piece of grass land on which the seed had
not taken very well Mr. Lyman thought
il would be a good plan TO harrow il and put
On fresh seed Mr. Curtis would top-dress
it with manure instead Of narrowing, which
had only a mechanical effect. Mr.. Ely
thought be would try both, and 20 be sure
American Institute Discussions
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-01-03

TREATMENT OF WHETsroNEs.-Whe hen first
putting a new milestone into use, try water
upon it, and if this keeps the surface from
being glazed or FURNISHED, oil will not be
needed Some stones work better with water
than oil. dry stone is very apt to give
wire-edge. Ii has been said that little
carbolic acid added to water will increase the
friction on either milestone or grind
stone.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-01-03

Despite the revolutionary troubles and the
reports of planters and spectators to the
contrary, the sugar crop in Cuba this season
promises to be very large one. Labor has
been plenty in all departments except that
of the west, where Valmaseda went to ar
arnge matters, and 1t is estimated that from
fifteen to forty per cent. more acreage are
under cane this year than last
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-01-03

To KILL CANADA THIsrLEs.-A writer in
the Prairie Farmer says: % notice that
there is great deal being said abou Canada
thlstles IN Western papers. Their extinc-
ton is effected more readily than a grea
many other pests which the farm has To
deal with On my fathers farm in New
York, this thistle made its appeara nee, and
was eradicated IN three years. The process is
this: II the ground on which they grow be
not very rich, manure it heavily, and then
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-01-03

PUKE WArER.-Wc should let our water
pipes run a minute before we take water TO
drink. or use for cooking in the morning
and in going into new house, or into one
n which water pipes have just been placed
il is better not to use the water for drinking
or cooking for at least one month. And IN
returning home after some weeks absence,
10 summer excursions or for other reasons,
take the same precautions. Perhaps in
these things we find the reason OF some per-
sons sIckeniug and dying soon after getting
into new houses.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-01-03

WHEAT GEowISG.-There are two WAYS of
cultivating this crop. The first consists in
sowing after the corn crop, with no manur-
planted -ploughiDg the ground in the spring
as shallow as possible, and sowing from the
first TO the middle of May. The other meth
cd, am sorry to say, is practiced by much
he smaller number Of farmers, and differs in
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-01-03

g Lockiaw, correspondent of the London
Times, protests against the introduction OF a
new verb which some polemic has used in
controversy. The verb is latitudinarianize.
.. Lockjaw - says that be thought the worst
extreme of verbal length had been reached IN
conturba6antur. Constantinopolitan, lnnu-
merabilibus, sollicitudinibus /; but that lat
itudinarianize beats them altogether.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-01-03

Governor Perham Of Maine is no dandy
official but a genuine farmer. On recent
tour Of inspection to the Swedish settlement
in Arostook county, the Governor noticed
some wheat which ne { ought was not prop
erly secured. lie at once put up several
stock - after the Yankee manner, which
was new way to the Swedes. They will
profit by the lesson
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-01-03

The best farm in England IS kept by
woman, and took the first prlzo recently OF
fered by the Royal Agricultural Society IL
is a farm Of 400 acres devoted to pasture,
grain and stock The soil was originally
poor. but had been much improved by skill
ful treatment
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-01-03

Il is advantageous for all. sick or well. 10
mix among strangers, it breaks up the weary
monotonv Of home life breaks UP that
stagnati0n 81 thought and feeling and
emotion which attends life of samencss and
inactivity
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-01-03

Perhaps no one r,eii
80 cine IS SO universally r.
quired by everybody r.
~ q cathartlc, was .vf.-
<3Z any before 50 universal
So - Nv adopted into use n
81 every COuntrya and anon
Ays = Fa1 e.'5 ISIS s s N. d.
- Eonis shat 1t Is a more =.
fe-szz@---ssESe5..s liable and lar more efaa.
tual remedy tuau any
@=@Z=@= other. Those who h7.a
tried if. know that it cured them; those who nave
not know that Il cures their heleuo59 gnu -l.-.
and alI know that what it does once lt does alnas
that il never fails through any fault Fl neseHt.t
it, composition. We have thousands upon tEaa-
f,lavyina complaints, but such cures are known %
e.er,- neghborhood, and we need not pqoli- tt-a.
--1faininr neither calomel or any deleIel1oli= -,
thev may be taken with safety p any s''is' iis=lr
SUGAR coating preserves them ever itt7 AMI makes
ti7 ,,laasent TO take, while being purely vegetable
n, harm can arise from their use m any guanu-r-
iley oRe[lye y Irifv me blood and -tiraul-
INTO healthy action remove the distractions " de-
stomach bowels, liver, ana oLler organs u t#e
~ restoring their irregular action to health. aal
Nv correcting, wherever they exist such gertH-.-
tueut. as are the first origin OF disease
Minute directions are given IN the wrapper
the box for the following complaints, wi-.l r..--
pcT Ipvspepsisa or Indigestion. EistIess.
ness. E.an<uor and loss Of Appetite. r1e-
should be taken ueilcT,'telE y sti41i fi- -.a-
-rh and restore its healthy tone and action.
For liver Complaint and It's various s-.1s.-
-15as, Bilious He.atisieii:,. sci, FEe.ld.,che.
.TauaisiCe or &Ereen S'cines~- bilious
cole and Bilious FeSers, they zH7a,3 FL r..
ii.ious ~ taken for each case z" correct the diseased
F6- Epvsenrrry or DiH-r1sarl, Bu- one .rs-E
lose Is generally required
For ERheuuIa1ialia- srout- Gravel PALM.
s.arfon or the Heart. Pain in rEs9 side
Back and E0ins. t1eF -haH3l ba ceufuu0r-i-
taken. as required To change tae diseased ac-.1- r
the system With such change those complains
For Eprop>y and Esron>icaI sreIIfngs tbe-
-H.lFFf " 4 + \ .sHr i
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-01-03
MISCELLANEOUS.
Ayers Cathartic Pills,
perhans - - -.

For all the purposes Of a Laxative
Medicine.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-01-03

Perhaps no one ne5i
cine is SO universally r.
quired by everybody +.
q cathaTtlc, nor was eya-
any before SO universal
" adopted into use. rs
every COuntryand anon
al classes. as this ug3
but efficient pUr-aur-
pm. The obvious raa-
Fonis, thatitIs more h.
liable and lar more etra
tual remedy tuau ~
.,~f4.av- Those vt-r.r. 1.-
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-05-16
Definition of Democracy.

In answer to II question put to him
By the New York 81" reporter, Judge
Black, Of PENNSYLVANIA, made the follow
ing characteristic reply;
a"Democracy means common sense
",nl common honesty organized for DO
litical purposes and applied to public
affairs. That is the substance Of I'LL IFS
platforms, and the object Of all it's strug-
giles. Its success results i'll obediencs to
law: III the practicll recognition Of H.
divilual rights and the autonomy Of the
States; i'll the faithful distribution of
Justice; in liberty, order and peace; il
that moral elevation which alone can
give dignity Ia the character " stability
t" the institutions 81 Il free people
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-05-16

a number Of resolutions were offered
and referred.
an, nEuTN IL NOMINATED as A~vCLAVtTIoN.
#. y, Van Dyke, II MclIiun, moved
that Jno. {. Brown be nominated by
acelamation. Carried unanimously,
Messrs, T. Nixon Van Dyke, Of Me-
MINI, \. J. Kelln, ui Shelby, aud J. d.
Richardson, Of Rutherford, were mp
pointed Il committee TO wait on Gov.
Brown, and inform him of his uomma-
ton.
Mr.. Junes, Of Chattanooga, moved
that the Convention adjourn until the
Committee on Resolutions should re-
port, Lost.
Gov, Noil $. Brown was called for
and addressed the Convention.
Judge 7. Nixon Van Dyke, from the
Committee to wait upon the Governor
and inform him Of his nomination, re-
ported that the Governor accepted the
nomination and woIld appear before
the Convention during its sitting.
The Convention took u recess until
IS o'clock, p. m.