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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-03-20

the men whistliDg and singing, just as they
do in the street."
But how do they get along on the
ground ?"
Common salt is not so very hard, but
the finest sort is as hard as stone, and they
put layers of this for the flooring. They
showed us some pretty toys made OF this
kind of salt that looked just like carved
crystal"
g. And what do the poor horses think of
this funny white country How do they
get water for them all ? They can not tie
enough of that to ropes, at any rate"
They have no need to trouble to do
so, as there is beautiful spring of clear
water enough for all purposes but as to
the poor horses, of which there are very
many kept, when they are down they have
to stop down, poor things, they genera ly
90 blind before long. l suppose 1t Is the
white salt and their not being able to run
about the country, as the miners can do
sometimes. But, however, they do their
work all the same, and are well cared for
I by the men. Poor fellows they seemed
very glad to see Us. and very proud of the
beautiful mine. We stayed down two or
three hours, watching the large blocks OF
salt being dug out with chisel and pick
axes-big blocks weighing a great many
hundred pounds But | must say my en-
joyment of the novel scene was spoiled by
the recollection of the uncomfortable jour
ney back"
" Are there any other mines like it,
uncle 1"
" Not quite so important, though at
Sowar in Hungary, there is very wonder
fuI one There, too, is a chapel, with altar,
pulpit, and chairs-all cut out of solid
salt"
Il thought there were salt-mines in our
country"
.. So there are, but not to be compared
with those we have been speaking of, though
even these, when lighted up with candles
and torches, look almost like fairy grottoes
they sparkle and glitter so prettlly."
Then does all salt come from these
mine. ?"
" No; great deal is manufactured from
sea water, or salt springs. The salt water
> is made to flow into pits or tanks, where
; in time the sun and wind dry up the water
leaving all the salt then more water Ii
let in again and dried, and so on severa
ii mes until the brine is very strong. L
e Is then put into boilers, and when all th'
e water is quite boiled off the salt is lef
t white and sparkling, like sugar. But il
hotter countries the brine Is left to I'd,
heat of the sun. There are large salt
D works at the Bay Of Biscay, and that sal
r is called bay salt, and at Turk 5 Island il
$ the West Indies
\ Who would think it wa. 50 much
; trouble % get rs little salt for our dinner
4 though it would not be nice without it."
We could not live without salt, no
/ only what is mixed with our food, but VIVA
e goes to preserve meat and fish 50 that /
. can be kept and carried from one place L
D another And then a great deal Is use,
: as manure, to make things grow, or nike,
up with the clay with which our cups, an
o saucers and plates are made, though yo
would scarcely think that the polish O
: them was produced by some Of the sal
which Is used to give flavor to the con
r tents Golden Hours.
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LOOK TO THE CELLAR.-Cellars are apt 10
be close damp, and unventIlated. In ad IL
ton TO this, there are usually stored in them
fuit, vegetables, etc, which decay and give
of large guam 5ItIes OF poisonous gases. Con-
hned ar, especially If It IS withheld lr, N the
purify ing influence OF the sun and filled wit
moisture, soon becomes impure and unit 10
breathe. Ii in add ton To tn 5, it is min led
with the cares OF decOmpOsIug vegetables, 1t
forms one Of the surest disease producing
AGENTS we have. A majority OF Country
houses have Just this kind OF an a:mos pheIc
in their cellars, and the only chance Tor ii
to escape is through the cellar door, or in
the floors, or through the cellar doorway, IT.
eelf, whenever the door Is opened into the
inhabited rooms above them, To be breathed
by the occu pants Of the house. There is no
surer way OF poisoning the system and IN
ducng disease, especially levers, than this
have no doubt large proportion of fever
cases IN this country the result of this
cause. 10 avoid this prolific cause Of dis
ease, the cellar should re kept scrupulolsly
clean all decaying yeEeta1le should be
removed light and air should be freely ad-
mttted, and, last, and most im pOrtanJ Of all
a ventilatIDs hue, connected with the chin
new hue, or Yentlldting shalt, extending to
the top of the house, should be Kept open al
all times, so as to draw off the impure air
aud prevent it's entering the rooms above
DR.. A. l.. Wood in Herald Of Health.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-03-20

VARIETIES OF THE Pea F. Z. Elliott re
ports the results of bis experiments on sew
eral different varieties OF the pea, in the
Prairie Farmer, the substance OF which we
give in condensed form, as follows Carter =
FIRST Crop, which he cultivated some thirty
years a. o, long before it received the present
name, he finds the earliest pea of all. Car
actacus is the market-man's early sort, and
next alter that Philadelphia Extra EiI.y, a
name often wrongly applied To the faVorless
Early Washington. McLean's Little Gem,
a wrinkled sweet marrow, supersedes the
round, smooth pea, known as ION Thumb
but too small we think, to be popular or
valuable Laxton's Prolific, unreliable, but
may do well on rich prairie soil Mr.. f..
thinks the American grown seed OF the uni
versaIly commended Champion of England
better than the imported The Yorkshire
Hero is nearly or quite equal to the Cham
pion, and a little later McLean's wonder
Jul has very long pods, ometimes with
thirteen peas to the pod. and ID recommend
ed for trial Remarkable characteristics OF
this sort, and not merit, are often the reason
of the seleo ion of such varieties, and we
should therefore hardly expct much from it..
= Country Gentleman.
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meadows and soon. If mechanical and trade
pursuits do not by the prospect of extraordi
nary profits entice away from our rugged
soils all the young men, we will have New
England's fields correspond in productive
ness with those of Old England We have
pluck here, and are not frightened by a
granite boulder, or a messy swamp; we
can tear in pieces the one, and dry and pull
yerize the other. New England may yet be-
come the garden of the country.-BOstOn
journal Of CHEMISTRY.
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gnftru.
The Light of VIII.

5 proud snip stood with her fair sails furled,
On the angry, white capped bay,
Only waiting the word OfcOmmand
To unm Dor and sail away.
=. oh, let rs not tempt the angry seat
a youthful sailor cried,
g. It is surely an omen III to sail
Against adverse wind and tide;
The waves are rough in the sheltered bay,
On the ocean mountain high;
We may AN be lost M taa raging storm
Let us wait TIL 1t passes by.
81. We heed notthe Storm the captain said,
when near cur native shore:
Wen brave now, AMI when far away
II fury VIII be DER;
F0rour ship Is strong . breast the sea,
And valiant our gallant crew"
The word was said the sails unfurled,
And o'or the waves they hew;
ON the morrow the wind. were hushed and sim,
And me sun smiled TRANQUILITY,
And tine ship was safe IN a distant port,
ErS a storm had swept the sea.
Two countries, alike in wealth ami power,
And lyn5 side by side,
By a tJwern-, cloud capped mountain chain
We're separated WIDE;
And over This towering mountain height
The travellers Joumcyej slow,
VIVA drcary step. and longing eyes
Cast toward the plans below,
Aud they cried '' Cannot some means be found
To ~uosten This irk=ome way
70 seems nor long, but It wearie= our feet
For many a toIl=ome day"
Tunnel the m7untlinl" the master said,
AMI -trstishway the work began
The work which seemed given Of God TO try
The power and VIII Of man.
The labprer- came, with brawny hands,
And dug IN the eaith'z deep gloom
= Boz 70 and darksome cavern, which seemed.
Like u mighty giants tomb.
After years 81 toll the work was lone.
And with steam a motive power,
The journey, which was once the work Of days,
Was per formed in one little hour.
An author, who welded mighty pen,
Was burning The midnight oil;
He'd wrought until body and brain alike
Were weary with ceas.-less toll,
q VIII lay aside my work" ne said
Atlt-t, '' an @ rest tonight;
My wild BRAIN tnroDs with a weary pain"
But the spirit >tl SAID q" Wntel"
He seiz "a his pen, and his mighty mind,
With pam add toll o'erwrouSht,
Gave fJItu II e lightning from thunder cloud,
Flashes OF living thought.
-GOdey's Lddgs Book
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WINTER LIVING IN

WINTER LIVING IN FLoRmA.-We get
up in the morning and eat few oranges
by way of preparing an appetite for break
fast Mrs NJ. and l.. take theirs ia their
rooms. | take mine under the trees.
After breakfast, which usually consists of
about fifteen dishes, more or less, oftener
more, we 90 out for walk We usually
begin under an orange tree; always end
III re. There are $4,000 Of the trees,
which accounts for it. At dinner we have
oranges again. They constitute the sixth
coarse, each course having from one to
thirty dishes. If they are not on the
table we ask for them. We have never
had to ask yet. They are both cooked and
uncooke ed, skins on and eff. After dinner
we eat oranges under the trees | forget
all about lunch. One day l counted
eighteen dishes and two negroes we bad
oranges, and had them again in the after
noon.-B0Ston Journal
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-03-20

The NATURE OF CATs.-They are not
allies and companions, like dogs. They
make no attempt to take part in human
affairs, as dogs do. They undertake no
responsibilities of guarding the house. or
protecting the person, or joining in the
sports OF man They will not disturb
themselves if burglars break into the dwell
ing, or If violence assaults their protec-
tors. They are not conservatives ike
dogs. curious Of suspicious characters. turi-
Gus against unlimited strangers Nor are
they liberals. like dogs, in the welcome
they give to change, and the Joy with
which they transfer themselves TO fresh
fields and pastures new. Like Calico. they
care for none Of these things They prob
ably have no idea that they are valued for
their propensity 10 slay and scatter mice.
aud imagine that they are only superfu-
ous'y indul ging the bent OF native genius
Tor natural selection, when they are
really performing the one function for
which they are treasured by thrifty house
keepers and fer which they receive the
"grant-in-aid" Of milky payment by
results They are as unconscious as Mr.
Carlyle could wish men to be Of their one
genius and merit as attendants on our
domestic civilization. You will see dogs
full Of pride at the accomplishment of their
little tasks, aud looking up to men for
recognition. But there is nothing of this
about the cat. She is o 5 innocent of merit
Us if she had been brought up by Calvin
ist.-L0RdoH Spectator.
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NEW ENGLAND AGRICULTURAL leading
Phil delphIa journal has remarked, that
"a there Is no use in denying that the whole
interior of New England has been pretty
much exhausted for agricultural purposes
by it's original population" This is not
true Poor as is our land, VIC cap produce
more bushels of wheat, corn, and the other
cereal grains to the acre, than any other
section Of the country. There is no Difficult
~ IN raising on fair land. properly Guilt
waited, IS OF even 100 bushels Of wheat 10
the acre. We are now busy in blasting
rocks, extracting stumps, and draining
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deem it Of the first moment to a true
plan of life to give to the acquisition oil
worldly gear its just position, as an i'm
portant incident, not the chief object, of a
manly career. He who has reached his
thirtieth, fortieth, fiftieth year, yet is still
poor and needy, may possibly have been
kept poor by unusual burdens or successive
mistortunes but, in the absence Of these,
the natural presumption is strong that he
has been idle, or luxurious, or dissipated
and misused or neglected his oppor tunities.
lie had no moral right to become a hus-
band and father without earnestly striving
to make that reasonable and just provision
for the legitimate wants of his household
in the absence of which, the great apostle
would regard him as worse than an inf
del.-Hordee Greeley.
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2oetru
u -
Children at Play.
By GERALD MAssY.

q Open your mouth and shut your eyes"
Three little maldens were saying
''And see what God sends you'll" Little they though
He listened while they were playing!
So little we guess that light, light word
At times may be more than praying.
50 /, p said Kate, with the merry blue eye,
Would have lots of fun and folly;"
" ," said Ciss, with the bonny brown hair
Would have life always smiling aud jolly"
-'And would have just what our Father may send,
sad lovable little pale Polly.
Life came for the two, with sweetness new
Each morning IN gloss and in glitter,
But our Father above, in a gush OF great love,
Caught up little Polly and kissed her,
And the churehyard nestled another wee grave,
The angels another wee sister.
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An agricultural writer declares that tie
often repeated truth remains unmoved and
inmovable, that fence post set top end
down will generally last twice as 10. g as
if set the other way.
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TESTIMONIALS

" regard Mr.. EDDY OF The most capable and
successful with whom have td oiiic al
tercourse. CHARLES NJ +SON, Comms'r Of Patents
81 have hesitation in ass1riuP inventors that fhea
connOt emOOv man e'mDetsRt cHd trEs'B8rtku q,
and capable OF putting tueiT app lcafioUs
time tor them early nd tavorsb . can>id-
Grafton AT tbs Patent Office. EDMUND BURk E
Late Commits, iuneT OF PATE nts.'
''Mr. r. II. EpDT has made for me over THIRTY ap
p'iciti tor Patents, having been ful aim
veIy Such unmi-tzkabie proof of great taien'
add ability his part lie ads me 20 recommsud ALL ia
'entors To apply To him TO procure th-tT paenls,
hey be of having tue mast faithful site ~
bestowed their cases. and a. ve-v reasonable h r.
ges. JOHN rAGGARJ.''
ton. Law / 1872 Ftsl
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Grass Culture

OLD LINE

A PAPER READ BEFORE THE LATE MEETING O
The BOARD OF AGRICULTURE AT MONTPELIER,
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r. Fl. EDDY,
SOLICITOR OF PATENTS
For Inventions, Trade Marks or Designs.

4 FfER an extensive practice of upwards Of thirty
L1Iesr>, continues secure Patents IN the Uniged
states also IN Great Britain, France ard other foreign
ountrIes. Caveats, Specifications, Assignments, d
III papers tor Patents executed reasonable terms
with despatch. Researches made determine the
dty and utility OF Patents Of Inventors legal and
other advice rendered all matters touchiI . the
topics OF the claims OF any patent furnished by
TING one dollar. Assign recorded IN Washington
No agency "a ,As bEItsd States possesses superior tIe
tees for obtaining PGtsHts rtah t.s patsHtablg Of
iaueAtiOAs.
duent. aud the usual great delay the mere
inventors.
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A man whom we can put no with-a good
otel keeper
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To charge Of thar department She has also tn'
ave- rv from T. TaV Inr' one the most ta-horahI-
Houses in The Cuy for Ladies and Childre7'~ pattern
for oresses sSd eloaks. WI supply country trade
A $50 pa peri 1tt rms. BoHUets nd usi-.
Embroidery and braid stamping done here
AZ. for The Improved
ELIAS HOWE SEWING MACHINE.
ROOMS % and 30. in HOLMES, BLOCK. STATE ST
U stars.
MAS. 4. f. N9URSE.
Nontpelief Va. Ictoher3 1871.
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Brigham and the Ian..


SALT LAKE, February Minister
DeLong, with the Japanese embassy,
arrived here this morning, escorted
from Ogden by a delegation of the
city authorities, headed by Mayor
Wells. They came through in q
special train, and took quarters at the
Townsend house, which has been
thronged ever since by the friends Of
the minister and the public Much
disappointment was expressed by Mr..
Long at finding it impossible to pro-
ceed east. He says this snow blockade
will involve the loss Of millions of
dollars to the trans-cOntinental route
by diverting, through the report
of the japanese embassy, most
of the winter travel and trade to the
ocean routes. The Japanese them
selves are discontented by the delay,
they and the Minister having started
from California with the understand
ing that the railroads were open. In
terviews with DeLong this evening
were exceedingly gratifying. The re-
marks OF the Minister concerning the
Japanese customs, and the resources
and condition Of the people, were most
interesting and instructive. Brigham
Young sent an invitation to the EN-.
bassy to call upon him, but it is un.
derstOOd that Japanese etiquette
will require Brigham to call upon
them If courtesies are exchanged. O..
Walcott Brooks, japanese consul to
San Francisco, accompanies the party.
A number of personal friends Of Mr..
DeLong, principally Californians and
Nevadians, are arranging for testi-
monial dinner in his honor.
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volunteered their assistance. 1t was
the largest benefit ever given in that
city, and it gave me $500 in gold,
clear OF expenses. Besides, when l
came away, Mr.. Mcguire and the
whole theater company accompanied
me to the depot. My character stands
as high in San Francisco to-day as in
Albany, my native city, or any.
where else heve ever lived. was
for long time superintendent of the
Lieb house there, of which my mother
is proprietor, and there is not public
man in the State, of prominence, that
l do not know, and by whom 1 am
not respected. Then, to be branded
as a bIackmailer, it is too much. /
believe Josie was entirely innocent Of
the blackmailing affair. Had I not
believed so, Ishould not have married
her. To show you how am regarded
by the people of Albany, where l was
born and raised, will say that right
after the fire, which pretty nearly
ruined me financially, went there
and was given a $500 benefit.
R-YOu spoke of seeking redress in
the courts.
Mr.. LII did, and l have already
requested my attorneys to commence
a suit for libel against the New York
Sun. 1t is not enough now 90 publish
a retracfion. must prove my innO-
cence of the charges in the courts.
That shall have no trouble in doing.
Several of my friends in New York
have written to me for authority to
deny it in their name, but l do not
care forsuch disavowal. cannot
imagine what could induce a man to
write such tissue of falshoods, unless
it were for the deliberate purpose OF
running me. 1 do not fear its belief
among those who have been aequaint-
ed with me, for don't remember OF
ever doing dishonorable action or re-
fusing or failing to pay an honest
debt, but it may be believed where l
am not so well known.
With this the Times representative
closed the interview with the courte-
GUS but injured actor, and went his
way. Mr.. LaWlor mRnifests no Bit
teri ess toward the ill-stsrred woman,
who has sent one man to an untimely
grave, another on his way to the gal
lows, and has embittered the better
portion of his own life.
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WASHINGTON.
The IoIst High Commission Again.

WASHINGTON, February At is
said in official circles that the govern
ment has no information which ex-
cites fears that the Geneva arbitration
will fail in its object, Notwithstanding
the recent comments of the Lon ion
press respecting the American state.
ment of the case before that tribunal,
and attention is called to the fact that
in commissioning the British high
commissioners Queen Y Victoria pledged
her royal word that, whatever things
should be transacted and concluded
by her high commissioners should be
agreed to and acknowledged and re-
garded by her in the fullest manner,
and that she would never suffer,
either in whole or in part, any person
Whomsoever to infringe on the same,
or act contrary thereto, as far as lay
In her power.
The London Observer to- day states
that the British government has sent
a dispatch to Washington withdraw
ing its agreement to submit the Ala
hama claims to arbitration before the
Geneva board of liability Of Eng
land, as Indirect damages will remain
an open question. The dispatch is
cOuched in friendly terms and gives
expression TO an earnest desire on the
part Of her majesty's government to
carry out all the provisions of the
Washington treaty,
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LA COMMUNE.
HBgo Becomes Heroic Again In the
Presenes Of Peace.
He UncOrks bic Wrath to a WOr Cor
respondent.
The Name Of Thisrs "WIII 90 Down to
Postsrity 6Ored with Blood"

NEW YORK, February A Paris
correspondent of the World has had
an interview with Victor Hugo, and
in answer to questions regarding the
Commune,s Hugo said:
'In this last revolution honOred
the principles on which it was made,
but 1 despise the members of the
Commune who compromised by their
foliies and crimes, one of the
grandest popular movements that
the world has ever saw. Only think,
If the army had not been bounded on
by Thiers to a asas5inat9 the young
republic and to murder her children,
the vagaries Of the Commune would
have been arrested by the co-opera-
tion of the great towns or centers of
civilization. How thorough we
should be laying by this time the
foundation principles Of social re-
generation" Hugo further said: 81
have no hesitation in telling you that
/ consider Theirs meaner spirit than
Louis Napoleon. Those who call
him a great statesman know as little
of him as OF French history. He is
little man, and has a little mind
that is inc ,pRble of learning any
thing from the experience of
past; and is incapable of learn
ing a liberal plan for the future.
His name will go down to pOsterity
gered with the blood of the misled
men he masSacred in the streets of
Paris. Tens of thousands fell under
his chassepots. Napoleon le petit has
been surpassed by Thiers ie tres petit.
If another chamber were to De elect.
ed tomorrow Thiers' power would
crumble into dust. His home policy
is to hold the sword of State by
the handle and give the blade
to the people, but his foreign
policy is to humOr Count Bismarck
by acceding to all his requests and
delaying measures. His war policy
is that of compulsory military SER
vice, which might enable us to lift up
our heads again. In his cOnceit, he
may think it the first duty of every
good patriot to keep Theirs in Office,
but whether he be sincere or not his
government is based on corruption,
and let it call itself provisional, re-
publican, or mOnarchical, its fall is
certain. God grant that 1 may be
false prophet; but as sure as the sun
will set to-day, so sure am that the
military tyranny will again be infiiet-
ed on my poor country. When it be-
comes a question OF cOnspiring and
underhand dealing there is but one
party who has any chance in such
infamy. The BOnapartists must
have all their own way, the Due de
Chambord's is an anachrOnism. The
tieur de lis would never live in the
modern French soil. The Due d'Au-
male is valiant soldier in the repub-
lican army, but he has as little chance
of wearing the crown as he has Of be
coming president of the republic, and
supposing either to be probable, he is
not the man to have any influence
over the destinies of France. There
is but one man at present in France
for whom / would vote for the presi-
dency; that man is 6ambetta. He is
a great and true citizen. He has
proved himself a practician as well as
theorist. His ideas are moderate and
at the same time they are infiexible.