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MISCELLANEOUS.
Beckwith Sewing Machine -$12.
ON 80 DAYS TRIAL!!

THE IMPROVED (s12 BECKwITH SEWING
MACHINE. WITH NEW BRAIDING FOoT, and many
other important improvements all complete with
Hemmer, Guide, Four Needles, &C., warranted two
years,-with care it willdo your family sewing for a
lifetime. Nearly ten thousand of these machines
have been sold the past season, which WITHOUT the
above improvements, giving universal satisfaction.
We will show letters to any who may all, from dis
interested purchasers in which they state that they
would not exchange ours for the best high-priced
machine in the market. 1t makes the popular Elias
tic Loop Stitch, and closes its seam securely, which
renders it the strongest and best yet when desired
it be unlo ked at pleasure. Fastned to any table
Easily worked by hand. This is the machine which
Messrs Orange Judd & Co., of the American Agri-
culturist, &c use so many thousands for premiums.
Full directions go with every machine If after hay
the machine 80 days. it does not give perfect satsfac
tion we will refund the s12 on return Of machine,
less the Express charges and take the risk Of its
ing injured All orders promptly filled on receipt Of
Post Office order for S12, or if So sent with your
order to u.s. the balance be paid to the Express
Co., when you rece We the machine. Terms to agents
liberal, but cash invariably for ALL machines when
received. If any doubt our honor or responsibility
will cheerfully give the best city reference. Bring
send sample of any goods with which to test the
machine, BECKWITH SEWING MACHINE CO.
&c West Broadway, N. Y. After May LIST, S62 Broay
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1t is cheaper to buy STANDARD Goods directly from
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get low priced poor goods. The fullest lorna
ton on all points connected with EN- FRY
GRIN DING MACHIN ERY will
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10 PERCENT.NET,

THE IOWA LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY will
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We make Specially Of County, City, and School
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sold collect the coupons without charge, taSe
as much cash on sales. g55- Send for price list
THE LAW of MUNICIPAL BONDS
just published by our senior should be in the hands
of all interested in this class of securities Two Vol
umes price $40. W.. N. COLER & CO.,
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A TRIMMING and Fancy Goods Store. with o
IA small well selected Stock, with steady increas'
ing trade in one of the best locations in the city.
Address BUSINESS THIS OFFICE.
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The Steamer lewiston,
CAPT. CHARLES DEERING,
Will leave Railroad Wharf every THURSDAY
Evening, at 10 O'Clock, for Rockand, Castine, Deer
Isle, Sedgwick S. w. Harbor Mount Desert) Mill
bridge, Jonesport, and Machiasport.
Returning will leave Machiasport every Monday
morning at o'clock, touching at the above named
landing. For further particulars inquire Of Ross g.
Sturdivant, 179 Commercial Street, or
CYRUS sTURDIvANT, Gen. Ag't.
Portland, April 8, 1873. apr5-tf
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A CHEAP, simple, and durable Machine-easily
operated and running wheels from x inches to u
x Inch.
Price OfMachine, $50.
Wheels which bevelled, double beveled anu round !n1
face from $S2.12 to 1895, according to thick
ness. Heavier Machines $40 and 800, run
nlng Wheels up to "a inches in diameter.
FOR illustrated Pamphlets or Photographs. address
THE TANITE CO.,
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KNOX & LINCOLN RAILROAD.

DireC trail route to Wiscasset, New
lee. Castle, Damariscotta WaldOboro
s1vg--tWu7Warren and Rockland.
No change Of cars between Portland
and Rockland.
Steamers leave Rockland for all points on the Pc
n0bscot river, Machias, Mount Desert Vinal Haven.
Hurricane and Dix Islands.
Leave Maine Central Depot at 700 A. NJ and LOO
p. NJ.
Stages connect at Rockland. for Camden, Lincom-
VIE Northport, South Thomaston and st. George,
daily. At Rockland for Union, Appleton and Wash,
ington, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
At Tnomaston tor st. George daily.
At Warren for Union, daily.
At Warren for Jefferson and WhIteteld, MONDAYS.
Wednesdays and Fridays
At Waidoboro' for North Waldoboro', Washington,
and Liberty daily.
At New Castle for Bristol and Pemaquid, daily.
Freight Trains daily and freight taken at low rates.
1v29dH c. A. COOMBS. Sup't.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-10-08

MAIDEN HAIR FERN Many Of our readers
are familiar with this beautiful fern, I'D an
tuns peda;ua, which We regard as the hand
soonest of all our native species. 1t may be
removed from the woods and transplanted
into the wilder, more rocky and deusely
shaded parts of the ornamental grounds, OF
introduced into the greenhouse or plant case
The London Garden gives the following
description
This is unquestionably one of the most
distlnct aud beautiful of the hardy ferns at
present in cultivation. 1t is native OF
North America, where it grows abundansiy
in the wo ,ds aud forests, dell ghting in the
shade of trees, and in the cool, moist deposi,
of rich leaf mould which is found beneath
their branches. The stems are slender. black
AID polished, rising erect to height of from
forked fronds, recurved almost horizontally,
the divisions of which are all on one side,
and are usually seven or eight in number.
The pinuules are Of triangular Oblong
shape, and appear as if halved, being entirely
veins proceed, and cleft aud fruit-bearing on
the other. This charming fern is partlcu-
larry suited for the lower and shaded parts O
and Strawberries, where it Can ENJOY cool,
moist, peaty or vegetable soil. 1t also forms
one Of the choicest ornaments of the conserv-
atory, for which purpose it should be potted
in mixture Of peaty loan and leaf-mould.
The plant is easily multiplied by division of
the tufts. This IS best done in autumn, and
care should be taken not to injure the roots.
Pot the divisions in peaty loam and leaf
mould, and put them under a frame for the
winter. In the following spring they may
be planted out.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-10-08

CREAM INFLUENCED BY CONDITION OF Cows.
Few persons are aware, probably, of the
extent to which the percentage OF cream is
Influenced by the condition Of the COW. 1t
is fact that any excitement to which the
animal is subjected causes a very large loss of
cream on the milk. Mr.. Lewis, an old ex-
perenced dairyman, says: 81 have taken
good de Il of pains to test the value of milk
that l have worked into cheese. | have
graduated glass for the purpose, and | have
found that COW whose uniform percentage
Of cream was eighteen per cent. reduced to
SIX in twelve hours-nok from any change OF
food, but from a little excitement. You
gentlemen who make butter, be careful to
adopt my advice and always treat your COW
kindly and gently; never get her excited,
because every ounce of excitement will take
from the milk one per cent. of cream. l
have known a COW to be abused by furious
brutal mixer, and the percentage OF her
cream went down one-half. Il is astonishing
what an effect excitement has on the per-
centage OF cream in the milk that COW
produces You will be astonished if you
will m Ike the test and make it carefully. l
have known a COW excited from natural
causes to drop from fourteen to six per cent.
10 twelve hours. So | would again repeat,
whoever abuses his COW knocks out of his
milk a large percentage Of cream
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-10-08

MAKING TEA.-"S.," Marb' ehead. Mass,
desires recipe for making tea. the most
important thing in brewing cup of tea con-
sists in having the water in the tea-kettle
freshly boiled, and one should never use that
which has been steaming and stewing for
several hours. So turn out all the water in
your kettle, and fill it up with fresh, pure
water ; then boil it up briskly. and as soon
as the steam appears, turn small quantity
OF water into the teapot, and shake 1t aboat
10 it. Then pour it out, and add one tea
spoonful of tea for each person who will
drink from the pot, and one teaspoonful for
the pot-(this is the old rule of our grand
mothers). Over this pour one large cofeecup
OF boiling water, and for breakfast tea let it
boil exactly ten minutes; boil hard. But
for green and Japan teas proceed as above, and
then place the tea pot on the back part Of
che stove, or upon the elevated reservoir for
water, and let it steep from FIVE to eight
minutes. Tea made from freshly boiled
water, and stepped in this manner, is an
entirely different beverage from that pre-
pared in any other way. In water, when
first boiled, there is always a small amount
OF alkaIi, which seems to have a peculiar
effect in extracting the pleasant properties OF
the tea and | can tell the instant | taste
cup of tea whether the water has Just boiled
or been boiling for even hall an hour.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-10-08

AFRICAN LADIES ADJUSTMENTS. - The
chief amusement of the ladies on the Gold
Coast is the Adunkuns or Nautch. A
number of girls assemble in house OF
yard, and while some of them beat q
drum and shake rattles covered with beads
the others clap their hands and sing melo.
dious airs. Then girl advances into the
middle OF the circle, and futters hand
kerchief to and fro. She dances with a
movement not unlike skating, or merely
undulates her body and waves her arms
with infinite grace in the air. Then she
throws the handkerchief to one of the
others, who follows her example. There
are dances of all kinds upon the Gold
Coast; but this, the dance of the salon, is
grave, elegant and decorous. Sometimes
men are present, and dance in the same
manner /; but the women seem always to
enjoy themselves more when they are by
themselves. The music is simple enough,
and is not changed for hours and hours !;
but the cadence is pleasing, the measure
we'll marked perhaps this continued reit
GRAFTON produces q peculiar excitement
just as a dervish makes himself drunk by
crying out " Alla!" the whole night with
out intermission certain it is, that no one
can 60 to an Adunkum without feeling .
violent desire to burst into the middle of
the circle and perform . pas seM. At the
same time strong liquors are provided, the
ladies being given to drawing-room al
coholism y; and what with rum in their,
heads. they are able, without partners. to
Keep up the ball like people Of fashion, !
till the break Of day" African Sketch
Book, Winscood Reade.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-10-08

horse at the Derby races. This gambling,
confned, of course, to the hop-growing coun-
ties, extends to all classes, farmer and labor.
er. landlord and tenant Tradesmen, me-
chanics, work-peop'e, 'the butchers boy and
shop-keeper's clerk and herdsman's hind
travellers over their ale, and lawyers on the
circuit, and parishioners coming from church
all keep " bo,k.' to which each perpet.
ually refers. On the publication of the duty
there comes I" a settling day." at which time
many thousands Of pounds sterling change
hanCs.
There are 5000 acres of hop-yards in
Eogland. The greatest number grown to the
icre-s4y 2O00-is in Maidstone, where
upon slaty ground with a stratum OF stone
the vines exceed in length the tallcst poles
and the increase is greater than on the
latest soils.
At the end of the season comes the harvest
home. 1t is never omitted. Tables arr
spread in the open air, food in abundance II
supple I. a dan q on the green follows. ant
then each family taxing up it's kit, the labor
ers start for their homes.-Hearth aud Home
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-10-08

for second dissection, preparatory to .
s. cond drawing. On removing the upper
part Of one of the shells there appeared ,
very pretty egg. somewhat like . hens
egg, with this difference The yolk was
pink instead Of yellow, aud about half Is
large as yolk of q hens egg. Its genera
appearance, including the germinative YES
icle, suggested the idea of some large bird Z
egg. At this the profs. feeling and the
interest of the observing students reached
its climax. Before it is moved said
he, 1 mnst take good look at it. lest
something happen to it." All :" con
tinued he. it is splendid sight it is the
most beautiful specimen ever saw. Now
DR.. Wilder, raise it out of the water
Stop give me look at it in the air be.
fore it goes into the alcohol Yes, there is
the blastoderm perfect. Now carefully
lower it into the ALCOHOL" then, long
fond, happy look before the utterauce, evl
identity with intense feeling and apparent
ly with perfect sincerity, of the following
words Il would not take two Thousand
dollars for that rare specimen. No human
eye but ours has ever seen it. L would
not exchange it for the Modonns of Ra
phael. Come, Mr.. Hawkins, draw this
beautiful thing once more" -Sufolk Co
Journal.
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Birdie BlTs,-Scarcelv day passes witt

Birdie Blrs.-Scarcely day passes with
out the occurren OF an accident arising
I rom biz breaking while in the horse IS
mouth. There are three ways Of making
these bits; one is to forge them throug hou
Of the toughest iron, or of soft steel the
other is to use cast cheeks and forge the
mouth pieces while the third is to cast
them throughout. The first is the only IN eth
cd that should be followed, but buyers will
not pay the price asked, and manufacturers
cannot afford to sell them for less. The
wrought mouth is the next best, and if the
cheek has been properly annealed makes a
serv ceable bit; cast cheeks, however, are
not always reliable, and the manu- :acturer is
as likely to De deceived in this respect as the
buyer. The cast bit is one that ought never
Co be used; harness makers should inform
their customers of the quality of the article,
and leave the responsibility with the buyer.
If for the sake of the difference in price be-
tween the two kinds, man chooses to risk
his life by using the poorer bit neither the
harness maker nor bit manufacturer should
be blamed. The bit and reins should always
be the strongest kind, no matter what the
merits of the rest of the harness.-Harness
and Carriage Journal.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-10-08
MISCELLANEOUS.
Vermont Central Il. K. Line.
SUMMER ARRANGEMENTs
Commencing Monday, June 2, 1879.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH AND EAST.

TRAINS GOING SOUTH AND EAST.
Leave Montpelier g. IS am, 2 .22 nd 3 50 pm.
Mail Train leaves Ogdensburg 1t 500 pm, St Al
and Bellows "a lis with trains for Boston, Worcester,
&C., and at White River junction with trains on Pas
:ampse Railroad at South vernon toa ans
] York.
Day Express leaves Montreal at s.45 St. Johns
1t 1910 am, Osdensburg 500 am, ST. Adams ~
100 M, arriving in BostOvia Lowell at loco pm.
| Night Express leaves OgdensburE At 2a5 p. m,
Ssps a. eoun.esn. At White River Junction
| and Bellows Falls with trains for Boston and Wcr-
i. In and
arriving n New York at 1880 pm, and II New Lon
TRAINS GOING NORTH AND WEST.
| Leave Montpelier $50 and 500 am, and $50 and
545p.m.
Day EXPIRES IS . YES Boston via lowell at 500 m
for Burlington, st. Adams, Montreal, &c Arriving in
Montreal at 9.45 pm., and Ogdensburg At IL so am,
| making connection for the West.
Mail Train for Burlington and st. Adams leaves Bos
ton via Lowell at 700 am. via Lawrence and Fitch
| burgh Ut $50 am. Springfield II 90 an, New
lows Falts 1900 m, WhiteRiver Junction 80 p. m
arriving in ST. Adams at ss5 pm.
Trains leaving Boston via Fitchburgh IT 7.3O am
and Springfield at 500 am, eonnec at White River
Junction with Day Express train.
Accommodation Train leaves Northfeid at7.45 am.
Rutland al $40 am, Burlington at 90 am, 81. Al
bans at 1900 m At. john at $50 pm, arriving in
ogdensbnrs, at ESQ pm
Night Express leaves New London At 2.44 pm.
South Vernon at s5s I'm, receiving passenger from
Connecticut River Railroad, leaving New York a.
500 M, Springfield $40 p.m., Bellows Falls IL 81
pm, connecting with trains over Cheshire Railroad.
leaving Boston at $50 nectng at White Rvei
Junction with train leaving Boston at 500 p.m, fop
Burlington, st. Adams, Montreal &c. arriving in Non
treal at 9.l5 am, and in Ogdensbureh, II 1875
Pm, connecting with Grand Trunk Railway forthe
West.
Sleeping Cars attached to the night Express Train
running between Montreal and Boston, and Montreal
| and Springfield, and st. Adams and Troy.
Drawing Room Cars day Express Trains between
Montreal and Boston.
Through tickets for Chcag 20 and the Weston sale
the principal stations.
g. NJ RILL, Gerl Superintendent.
st. Adams. Nav 3lsi, 1873
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How TO KEEP EGGS following is an
extract from an article on this subject pub
lished editorially in the (London, England J
Farmer:
For storing eggs a very good plan is to
have large board pierced with holes in
regular rows. Many breeders keep them
IN bran and this latter method is, perhaps
best for those meant only to be eaten, bu,
or setting hens the pierced board has many
obvious conveniences. They should be al.
This direction being exattly contrary to that
usually given, we should state that our at.
tsntlon was first called specially TO the subject
by most intelligent lady, who advocated
this plan, alleging as the probable reason oil
It's superiority, keeping eggs on the small
end appears to me to cause the air bubble to
spread. detaching it from the shell, or rather
from it's membrapous lining, and after being
SO kept for fortnight the air bubble will be
found to be much spread, and the eggs to
nave lost much vitality, though still very
good for eating" She then described her
success the other way, adding, "Owipg to
this method of storing, such thing as a
stale egg has never been known in my house :
and as regards success in Matching, for sever
al seasons, when was able to attend to my
poultry myself, OF many broods set every egg
produced chick" We were by NO means
hasty in adopting or recommending this plan,
but alter careful observation and comparison
tor two seasons, have proved indIspusably,
that both for eating and setting, eggs do keep
much better the large end down. There is,
after u week a marked difference in eggs
kept in the two positions as regards the
spreading of the air-bubble-which is we'll
known to affect both the freshness for eating.
and vitality for setting, of stored eggs-and
after three weeks the difference can be dis
cerned even by the taste alone. 1t will, of
course matter little which mode is adopted
PROVIDED the eggs stored with the little end
down cannot be depend.d on to produce more
than proportion Of chickens; those kept in
she way we now advocate will keep perfectly
good for Matching a mouth. or even more
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-10-08

VENTILATION OF CUPBoARDs.- the sani-
tary arrangement of houses, even for the
richer elias ,es, the ventilation OF cupboaIds is
neglected. 10 places let as tenements, clos
cts are the receptacles for bread and the
fragments of various other kinds of food.
Often the dirty clothes are put away in these
places waiting for the washing. 1t is there
fore most important that air should be plen-
tifully passed through such corners gener-
ally. however there is but little arrangement
made for this purpose. The doors are kept
closed without any perforation. There are
no venriIators in the walls, and in consequence
those places become cases of polluted air,
which, when the doors are opened, escapes
over the apartments. This defect is visible
in nearly all houses of old date and while
looking at some dwellings of recent eonstruc-
ton, it is seen that, although care has been
generally taken to ventilate staircases and
rooms. the cupboards are in this respect
neglected.-Ohio Farmer.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-10-08

The MoNBUrTAs.-The MAN. Milan
territory in Central Africa, is described
by DR.. Schweinturth as being occupied BY
brown-skinned race differing widely from
the contiguous negro tribes, both in co lo
and in civilization. These are the Mon
buttas, known also to the ivory .traders a.
the Guruguri, in allusion to their practice
of boring their ears. Their country. which
Dr.. Schweinfurth visited in 1868, and
where he remained FIVE weeks under the
special protection of the king, Munsa, is a
denseIy populated district lying between 3
and 4 N. lat, and % and 20 E. long, and
bounded on the north by the K,bali, a
and under the name of UeIle receives in
its passage through the Miam-Miam coun-
try number of other streams, that serve
as feeders to Lake Tsad. The country of
the Monbuttas lying at an elevation of
from $500 to 5000 #. above the level of
the sea, consists of an ever-varying alter
nation of gentle swelling hills and welI-wa-
tered valleys, alike rich in palms and ba-
nanas, and every other form of luxuriant
tropical vegetation. In this earthly par
adise where Nature spares man the bur-
den of labor, the people, although living
under an organized system of government.
and showing extraordinary skill in working
metals and other arts, are habitual canni
balls. This is not from want of animal
food, as elephants, buffaloes. antelopes and
wild swine abound, but whatever the cause
may be, the fact is undisputed that the
cannibalism of the otherwise gentle Mon
buttas exceeds that Of any other known
African nation, and is systematically graft
fed at the expense of the more degraded
blacks living beyond their frontiers, whom
they seize and carry away, driving their
captives before them like herds of sheep,
and slaughtering them as they need them.
The young children and the latest indivi-
duals are kept for the royal kitchen, where
the flesh is dried and prepared with cap
scum and many savory fruits for tho king,
Munsa, whose numerous wives have to
take it in turn to cook for him. The pow
er of the king is supreme and it would ap-
pear that the land of the Monbuttas may
rank as one of the most important mon
archical states Of Central Africa. In rae
the people seem to approximate to the
Fulbe, and in language to the north equa-
torial African group. They recognize one
supreme being, appear to have no outward
symbols Of worship, and practice circume
clslon.