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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-16
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How TURPENTINE IS PRODUCED-An iu-
teresting account of the great turpentine
forests of North Carolina is given by a
correspondent. The forests which he Wis
tied are not dark and gloomy, as they are
generally described. On the contrary they
are so thinly wooded as to afford scarcely
any shade. The trees from which the
turpentine is obtained are known as the
ong-leaved pine. This tree abounds in
both the Caroinas, in Georgia, Alabama,
and some of the other Southern States, but
it is found only where the original forest
has not been removed. When once cut
down it never grows again. If the land is
allowed to fall out by cultivation it is fol-
lowed by growth Of oak, and this in
turn is replaced by a pine of an inferior
kind. The turpentine pine is tall and
straight, from three to five feet in diane.
ter, to height of forty or fifty feet.
1t is without branches, except at the
top. The turpentine in its crude state, is
obtained by tapping, About foot frou
and parallel to the ground cutting is
made with an axe at the side of the tree
to the depth of six or eight inches high al
the outside. In the shelf, a pocket i:
scooped out, capable of containing quar-
or two, and the gum is made to collect il
it by scarifying the bark triaugularly
with an angle pointing to the pocket. Or
large trees, as many as three and ever
four of these cuttings are sometimes made
it being found that a strip OF bark three
inches wide between them will keep the
tree alive.
Each successive year more and more Of
: the bark has to be removed, but even thu:
tree lasts usually from fifteen TO twenty
years. When the pocket has become fu
the gum is barreed and carried away tC
be distilled. The turpentine continues Of
uniform quality throughout the life Of the
tree, but the resin, which is the residuuu
a fter distillation, rapidly deteriorates The
first years resin is far the best, and is
known as =" pale or " window lass" The
second and third years is known as vel
low dip"
Common or dark resin is the product Of
trees worked four years or more the work
of attending the trees is done entirely by
negroes, one negro taking charge of " d
crop" of 10000 pockets; for which the
wages, since the war, have usually beer
fifteen to twenty dollars per month without
board. This year ages have been as higt
as twenty-five or thirty dollars a croE
is estimated to yield about 800 barrels Of
crude turpentine in a season.
The rent of the crop varies from $50
to 5000, The negroes prefer working il
the turpentlne woods to any kind o
agricultural labor, as the work is better
paid, and is more agreeable in itself On'
consequence OF this is, that there is grea
scarcity of field hands in the centra
counties Of the State
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-16

PRUNING FRUIT TREEs.-We copy the fol-
lowing from the Geanga CO., Republican, as
part of the proceedings of the g Claridon
Farmers Club - of March 10, 1873:
" Question by A. G. Treat-W hat is the
best time of the year to prune fruit trees IN
order to promote their bearing? Or does the
time make no difference in that respect?
"C,lonel Spencer called the attention Of
the Club to very Furnishing pear tree in
front of fhe house, and remarked that the
tree had always been very thrifty, but form
erly produced very little fruit He said that
some three or four years ago, MIR. NJ. B.
Bateham, of gainesville, was at his house,
and that be spoke to him about it. Mr..
Bateham asked him when he pruned 1t. The
answer was, that he had been III the habit OF
trimming iG in the spring. Mr.. Bateham
said that if you want "a fruit tree to grow,
trim IN the spring OF the year; but II you
wish it to bear fruit, prune 10 the fall. Col
onel Spencer said that since that tine he
had practlsed pruning that tree in the fall
and 1t had borne good crops OF fruit,
81. Q. Wells, in answer to the ques ton il
fruit buds were ever formed in the spring
replied, that during the growth of summer,
the buds for the coming season were always
formed; that under no circumstances could
new buds be produced in the spring thai
they were liable TO perish from lack OF suff
cient nutriment, or from being to much
shaded, Over-crowded, Sc; and that Was the
reason why, il pruning was done IN the fall
or winter, or before the growth commenced
IN the spring, the tendency would be tC
greater fruitfulness.'
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-16
goetry.
Only a Word.

A frivolous word, sharp retort,
A parting in angry haste,
The sun that rose on a bower of bliss,
The loving look and the tender kiss,
Has set on barren waste,
Where the pilgrims tread with weary feet
Paths destined never more to meet
A frivolous word, sharp retort,
moment that blots out years,
Two lives are wrecked on a stormy shore
Where pillows of passion surge and roar
To break in spray of tears
Tears shed to blind the severed pair,
Drilled seward, and drowning there.
A frivoulous word, sharp retort,
flush from passing cloud,
Two hearts are scathed to their lnmost core
Are ashes and dust forever more.
Two faces turn to the crowd,
Masked by pride with lifelong lie,
To hide the scars of that agony
frivolous word, a sharp retort,
An arrow at random sped.
1t has cut in twain the mystic tie
That had bound two souls in harmony,
Sweet love lies bleeding or dead
A poisoned shaft with scarce an aim,
Has done a mischief sad as shame.
A frivolous word, a sharp retort
Alas for the loves and lives
So little cause has rent apart,
Tearing the fondest heart from heart
As the whirlwind rends and rives,
Never to reunite again,
But live and die in secret pain.
A frivolous word, a sharp retort-
Alas that it should be So
The petulant speech, the careless tongue.
Have wrought more evil and more wrong,
Have brought to the world more woe,
Then all the armies age to age
Record on hist'ry's blood-stained page.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-16

FIT COLLARS TO HORSES SHoULDERs.-Ir
is very important to have collar fit nicely
and snugly to the shoulders OF the horse. 1t
enables him TO work with great deal more
strength. 1t prevents CALLING and wounding,
as the friction Is avoided. Collars are made
SO, or should be so made, as to throw the
chief force on the lower part of the shoulder.
rIe horse can apply but little strength on
the upper part, and for this reason breast
Collars are coming greatly into vogue, as
the strength is exerted on the lower part OF
the shoulder To make a new collar fit the
sAouIder OF the horse, the collar should be
purchased of the proper size; just before
putting it on the lsS time lmmerse it in wa.
Ter. citing it remain about minute, and
Immediately put 1t on the horse. being care
ful To have the names 80 adjusted at the toy
and bottom as to fit the shoulder, and then
put the Nurse to work. The collar by being
vet W IL adapt itself to the shoulder, ant
saOuld dry Oh the horse. When taken off Il
should be lie In the same shape it occupied
On tic horse, and ever after you will have
snus -fttIng collar and no wounds.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-16

THE JoYLEss AMERICAN FACE-What
is to be done to prevent this acrid look of
misery from becoming an organic charac-
teristic of our people! MAKE them play
MORE" says one philosophy. No doubt
they need to play more" but when one
looks at the average expression OF a
Fourth of July crowd, one doubts if ever
so much multiplication of that kind OF
holiday would mend the matter. No
doubt we work for too many days in the
year, and play for too few but, after al
it is the heart and the spirit and the ex-
preston that we bring to our work, and
not those that we bring to our play, by
which our real vitality must be tested and
by whcn our faces will be stamped. If
we do not work BEAUTIFULLY, reasonlngly,
moderately, thankfully, joyously, we shall
have neither moderation nor gratitude nor
10y in our play. And here is the hope
Iessness, here is the root of the trouble, oil
the joyless American face The worst OF
all demons, the demon of unrest and over
work, broods in the very sky OF this land
Blue and clear and crisp and sparkling as
our atmosphere is, it cannot or does not
exercise the spell. Any old man car
count on the fingers of one hand the per
sous he has known who led lives of serene
unhurried content, made for themselve:
occupations and not tasks, and died a
last what might be called natural deaths
| So long as the American is resolved tt
do.in one day the work of two, to make
in one year the fortune OF his whole life
and his children's, to earn, before he i:
forty, the reputation which belongs tt
three score and ten, SO long he will g
about the streets wearing his present alb
jeot, pitiable. over-wrought, joyless look
But, even without change of heart or {
reform of habits, he might better his coun
tenance a little, if he would. Even if he
does not feel like smiling, he might smile
if he tried and that would be something
The muscles are all there; they count the
same in the American as in the French OF
the Irish face; they relax easily in youth
the trick can be learned. And even ;
trick of it is better than none of it
Laughing masters might be as we'll paie
as dancing masters to help on society
From bats Talk" By II. II.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-16

Healthy HEN-RooSTs.-If we would keep
poultry IN healthy state during the winter,
the heunery must have its house-cleaning as
well the dwelling-house. Clean out
the nest-bJxes, and whitewash them in
side and out, ready for another spring; and
when fresh hay or straw is put in, sprin-
kle handful OF Fl our of sulphur into each
Paint the roosts well with petroleum oil or
K 'rosene. Clean out all the earth under
ne tt the hen-roOsts, and sprinkle fresh sand
OF i1am over the whole floor of the room. If
III is we'll attended TO every autum mn, there
viii b. n danger of diseased. vermin-covered
. uitry, but the whole stock will be in a
healthy co1d,ti n. Next see that there is a
-ood supply OF pure water every morning for
.hcir use There is a recipe for keeping
fowls healthy which has been sold under the
titles OF Unve sal Poultry Crops" aud
Poultry Keepers FrIend,'' and its use has
been ound very beneficial to all kinds OF
p0ultry. To hal pound of su phate of iron
add one ounce of diluted sulphuric acid, and
pour 1t into two gallon, O. water; let it stand
ourteen days alter hottllng it, and then put
tedspOoniul into each pint OF water every
olher day, and let the fowls drink it freely.
Chickens should have the same amount twice
1 week. The effect OF TIL stlmulant is soon
pparent; the feathers OF the birds will as
sumo a rich, glossy appearance, and the
W ole q OK will be in the best possible
he,lth aud spirits. II poultry are affected
with the y roup, this remedy will prove a
cure, and will ward it off from hoeks that are
not tainted With little attention to clean
mess, large hocks of poultry can be kept
rec from disease, and either tattened for
Il ,rket, or SO fed that they will yield a
b)uutiul supply OF eggs. At this season OF
he year it is well to let the fowls have the
un OF the orchard and the garden, and they
Will destroy quantities of worms, bugs and
ther insects. A hundred fowls in a quarter
i an acre will do good service to the horti-
culturIst and the gardener, and lay large
number of eggs, which are always cash ar
ticle, aud desirable in the kitchen and on the
tBble.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-16
MISCELLANEOUS.
Vermont Central h. Il. Lin e
WINTER MENTs.
Commencing Monday, Dec. 9, 1872.

TRAINS GOlNG SOO hND EAoA.
Leave Montpelier SIS am, 9 .1s and 955 pm.
Mail Train leaves Ogdensburg at 600 pm, 81 Al
bans $40 connecting at White River Junction
and Bellows Fa lis with trains for Boston, Worcester
&C and at White River Junction with rains on Pas
sumpsic Railroad South Vernon Tor Sprngneid anu
New York at New London, with Steamer LOT ne"
York.
Day Express leaves Montreal at $40 AM 81. Jonns,
at 10 90 am, Ogdensburg al go am Piatso4ten al
800 An, ST. Adams at 1900 M, arriving IN Boston
Night Express leaves Osde nsburg at 1900 m, Plans
burg 80 pm, Montreal at 80 pm, ST. johns al 4.oo
p.m St Adams al 30 pm connecting at white RIVER
Junction and Bellows Falls with trains tor boston aho
Worcester &c, arriv inBoston al $50 an al voutn
arriving n New York al 1876 pm. and IN New Lon
don at IL Is
TRAINS GOING NORTH AND WEST.
Leave Montpelier $50 and 7.45 am, and 42o and
Day Express caves Boston via Lowell at 800 am
for Burlington, st. Aibans Montreal, & arriving IN
Montreal at e.45 pm, and OgdenSburg al l 10 a'm''
making connection for the West
Mail Train for Burlington and ST. Adams Bos
ton via Lowell at 700 am, via Lawrence ana f.cn
london at 800 am, South Vernon at lo.on am, be
lows Falls 1900 M, WhfeRiver Junction 23tp m
Trains leaving Boston via Fchburgh ct 7.3O am
and Springfield at 800 am, counec' at White klve
Junction with Day Express train.
Accommodation Train leaves Mortified at 13O an
Rutland 800 am, Burlington at g. 90 am, ST. Al
bans at 1900 m, ST. John at $50 PM, arriving IL
| Ogde nsburg, at g. 10 pm.
Night Express leaves New London 2.44 pm
South Vernon at 958 pm, receiving passengers ron
| Connecticut River Railroad, leaving New York a
| 800 M, Springfield $40 pm, Bellows FAILS liz
pm, connecting with trains over Cheshire Railroad
leaving Boston al $50 H. recting at White Rive
Junction with train leaving Boston at 600 p.m, TO
Bur ngton, ST. Adams. Montreal, &C arriving IN Mon
treal at 945 am, Plsttsburgh 1890 am, and II
| Ogdensburgh, al l2.45 p.m., connecting with Gran
| Trunk Railway for the West.
Sleeping Cars attached to the night Express Tra
running between Montreal and Boston, and MontIea
and Springfield, and ST. Adams and Troy.
| DRAWING Room Cars ddV EXPRESS ITdlnS DeiWee
Montreal and Boston.
Throug tickets for Chicago and the West for sale
the principal stations.
G. MERRILL. Gent Superintendent
| st. Adams. Dec 9. 1872.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-16

CANKER WoRMs.-The snow and ice have
kept the canker worm grubs In the ground
later than usual this spring. Ordinarily
they begin to ascend about the middle OF
March and it is necessary to tai or ink the
trees as early as that to make sure of head
ing them off. If you begin Immediately
YOU will be in season for them this time, as
they can't make any Roadway till the snow
is off. and the ground opens. Consider now
whether it is not worth little trouble to
have your trees Look all green and fresh in
June, that is if you have been troubled with
this insect heretofore Plomghman.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-16

CHOOSING MATCHING EGGS Eggs for hatch
Ing should be chosen of the fair average size
usually laid by the hen they are from, any
unusually large or small being rejected
Some hens lay immensely large eggs, and
others small ones A fat hen will always
lay small eggs, which can only produce small
and weakly chickens. Absolute size IN eggs
is, therefore, of but little Importance. Round,
short eggs are usually the best to select :;
very long eggs, especially if much pointed at
the small end, almost always breed birds with
some awkwardness in style of carriage.
Neither should rough-shelled eggs be chosen
they usually show some arrangement of the
organs, and are often sterile. Smooth-sheli
ed eggs alone are proper for Matching. 1t is
farce to suppose that the sex of BIRD can
be determined by the shape Of the egg.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-16

A PERPETUAL PASTE. dissolve a tea
spoonful of alum in quart of warm water
When cold, stir in as much -four as will give
it the consistency of wet cream, being partic
ular to beat up all the Jumps; stir in a:
much powdered rosin as will lie Cd dime
and throw in a half dozen cloves to get a
pleasant odor. Have on the fire a teacup OF
boiling water, pour the -four mixture into it
ST. ring well at the time. In very few
minutes it will be Of the consistency OF mush
Pour it into an earthern, or China vessel; LEI
it cool; lay cover on and put it in a cool
place. When needed for use, take out pol
ton. and soften 1t with warm watrr. Paste
thus made will last twelve months. 1t Ii
better than gum, as it does not gloss the pa
per and can be written on.-J0urnaE o
ChemiStrv
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-16
gnetrY.
The City by the Sea.
omewhere an ancient city stands,

somewhere an ancient city stands,
A beautiful city by the sea,
And moss grown gables seem to frown
From the pointed roofs of the houses brown
That line the streets of the quaint old town.
VI that city by the sea.
Never sound of clamorous strife
Disturbs this city by the sea;
But calm and sweet is the tranquil day
The white sails ride on the moonlt bay
Or slip heir moorings and float away
From this city by the sea.
Sometimes at eve, when the tide goes out,
troop of children, glad and free,
GambOl and shout-a merry band;
Or over the shining, sea-wet sand
Go two young loy ers, h and in hand,
From the city of the sea.
Often and often sit and think
OF this beautiful city by the sea,
Till see the flush of the crimson sky,
And the youthful lovers, fond and shy,
And the snow-white sails as the ships go by
Past this city by the sea.
Is 1t picture-or a dream
Whose haunting memories come to me?
Or lid | somewhere, long ago,
Pace the shining sands when the tide was low
Hear the murmurous sea-waves ebb and flow
Did see the crimson sunset glow,
And watch the white sails come and go
Past this city by the sea?
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-16

Loss oFW EIGHT IN COOKING is greater than
many persons suppose. Flour gains in weight
about one sixth IN passing into bread But
meats of ali kinds lose both in substance and
weight. Nine pounds ten ounces of mutton
roasted, is reduced to six pounds twelve
ounces, and the weight of the cooked meat
was only four pounds thirteen ounces, just
one-halt the weight before roasting. BeeI
does not lose weight in like proportion
Much waste may be prevented by care, but a
large portion of food is wasted in any process:
of preparation for the table Eggs alone
come back to you with full weight, and i
the first cost is not to high, are convenient
nutritious, and cheap article of food.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-16

An old woodman was observed in
Clarksburg, Mass, last fall, cutting away
brush for roads through his wood lots, and
Being asked what he was doing the job for,
replied. "If we don't get six feet of snow
in the woods next winter, amt no demo-
GRAFT" His neighbors, since the immense
fall of snow, have concluded that the old
gentleman belongs to that party.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-16

How TO SMOOTH RIBBoss--Ot course al
the little girls wear ribbons. but wonder If
they all know how to smooth them when
rumpled. My plan is as follows Take a
moderately hot h,t-iron. set it on an ironing
board; then place the ribbon on the lett side
of the iron. and pull it carefully through I'M
derneath the iron. If the ribbon is not pull
ed too fast, and the iron is the right warmth,
this will be found to be much better way
than simply rubbing the iron over the ribbon.
learned the above from milliner.-Mryd
w. Cooke, in the Western Rural.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-16

In reply to correspondent, the Prairie
Farmer says, IN less top onions have been re-
peatedly frozen and thawed, SO as to have
lost their vitality, they will grow and pro-
duce good onions. Many think the best WY
to keep onions, either for the table or for
planting, is to freeze them up early in the
season and let them thaw out gradually as
they are wanted for use. Nearly all the top
onions offered for sale for seed have been
frozen
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-16
A we'll known German florist related to me

A well known German florist related to me
the other day, in high state of irritation
his troubles in this way. lie said s. have
so much drouble with de ladies when dey
comes to buy mine rose; dey wants him
hardy, dey wants him doubles, dey wants
him moondly, dey wants him fragr and, dey
wants him nice gouler, dey wants him cherry
dings in one rose. | hopes am not what
you calls one uncaliant man, but [ have some
times to say to dat ladies', NJ ldame, never
often sees dat ladies dat was beautiful, dat
was rich, dat was good temper, dat was
youngs, dat was clever, dat was perfection in
one ladies. | see her much not ;"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-16

be terrible. As it is, the losses from pleuro-
pneumonia alone are very heavy. to say
nothing of other equally contagious but less
fatal diseases. But as legislation stringent
enough to stamp out these diseases is out of
the question, farmers must rely on their in
divIdual efforts. - Western Rural
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-16

| RAISING PoTAToEs.-The potato is as in
dispensable to the farmers table as tht
wheaton loaf, and as the potato crop the pas
season was poor in most localities, it would
| be well, | think, for farmers to give some
more attention to its cultivation. Years
ago wheat was considered quite sure cror
when sowed as late as the last of May; bat
now it is firmly fixed on the minds of every
farmer tGat in order to secure good crop OF
wheat he must SOW it in the fall or in the early
spring. Consequently the ground is prepared
in the fall, and the wheat, if sown in the
spring, is sown as soon as the weather and
soil will admit
| Now think the fashion has changed about
the same with potatoes. Years ago we were
sure OF good crop if planted late, but the
experience Of late years teaches US that the
potato does better planted early. Last year
| Tor instance, the rust struck the tops OF all
at about the same time. The consequence
was, that the potatoes that were planted
very early were good, while those planted
late in the season were hardly worth dig
gEng. 1t takes the potato long while to
come up, and it may be planted as soon as
the soil is dry enough to work, without be-
ing III any danger from the frost, if it is
plented deep enough. Oats and some other
kinds of gra n do better not to be put into
the ground until it is so warm that they will
come up quickly, and grow fast. The ad-
vantage then IN planting potatoes early is
twoiold, as it insures better crop, and it
may be done before it is hardly time to do
many other kinds of work
c. NJ. FISHER.
Cabot, w., March II, 1873.
REMARKs.-We have generally practiced
on the idea that oats might be sown with
safety vsry early, on the soil we have cult
waited. On wet, heavy soil a later sowing
may be advisable.-NeW England Farmer.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-16

In two cheese factories in Geauga county,
Ohio, last year, 3,972,394 pounds of milk
made 405, 1868 pounds of cheese. This is a
fraction over 81 pounds of milk for pound
of cheese. Price received for cheese i2.o
per pound.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-16

It is our pride that makes another's crit
cism rankle; our selt-wiu that makes
another's deeds offensive.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-16

It does not follow that man who bolts
his food will have the lock-jaw.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-16
Children CRY for Pitchers Castoria.

A substitute for Castor Oil. Ii sssImilates the food
cures Wind Cobr amt causes natural sleep. Ii does
not contain mrophne pleasant to take, grippe
and never tails. The best phv>ic known.