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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-07-30

OIL OF VITRIOL FOR WEEDS.-A correspond
ent of the journal Of Horticulture (English)
recommends the use of oil of vitriol for de-
stroylng such hardy weeds as plantains and
tnIstes on lawn or along fences. 1t is
much more cffectual and expeditions than
salt We condense the following extracts
Take an old backing bottle. with wire
round it to carry it by and stick to dip
with The stick should not be pointed, but
should be notched round for an inch or two
just one drop quite in the heart OF the plan
tain is sufficient to cause death, and the
notched stick will contain at one dip enough
TO destroy three or four plants. If the acid
is good the work of death can be both seen
and heard, for the vltriol Kisses, and it burns
up the plantain in moment. A row of
plantaln a foot wide sprang up on lawn
here where an iron fence formerly ran. The
owner, seeing at a place he visited the good
effect Of vltriol, put the hint in practice. The
plantains were killed in an hour, and have
never appeared again. 1t is three years ago,
and 1T Is impossible to recognize the line OF
the fence; it completely burnt the roots out.
| have tried it on dandelions with the same
result. One OF the young gentlemen here
amused himself by hunting out the longest
thistles he could find to experiment on; the
vltriol completely killed them by eating the
roots out. One drop will do. Care is re-
CURED that it does not touch the skin, boots
or clothes; it is not safe in the hands of
children, but a man or woman with ten min
utes practice can kill plantains much more
quickly than any lad can eat gooseberries.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-07-30

WINGED BURDENs.-Stand upon the
shore and watch the ships, as, with sails
flung to the breeze, they pillow the deep,
bringing treasures from foreign lands.
Are the sails a burden, think you? A
burden indeed to the masts and spars, and
thoroughly do they test their strength
while they impart motion and power to tn e
ship--a burden without which the vessel
would lie idly rolling aud rotting in the
harbor where her keel first touched the
waves. What the sails are to the chip
Ch-ist's yoke is to the soul 1t tests every
faculty. 1t calls into use every grace. 1t
demands service, and, at the same time,
renders greater service, 1t thrills the
soul with energy, and bears it, freighted
with things most valued, across life's
ocean. Call the service of Christ bur-
den, if you VIII yet sure it is one without
which the soul, moored to the earth, will
perish in incidence and ignoble ease. as
su ely as the ship, without her sails, will
decay in her native harbor.
Will you call the sunbeams and dew
drops burden to the flower that receives
them into its opening chalice, its slender
stem bending beneath their gentle weight
You may but know that it is burden
upon which the life of the flower depends
without which there could he neither
strength nor beauty DOR fragrance. Like
this is the dependence Of the soul upon the
burden which Christ asks us to bear. l..
requires strength but new life CON es
with the surface. He who accepts most
cheerfully Christ's yoke, and most loving
ly bears the tender burden, exhibits, 10
the fullest measure, the grace of Christian
character.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-07-30

fore-limbs may be called diggers. They
are short and strong, and somewhat re-
semble the hand, and are armed each with
FIVE powerful, fiat claws like spades, with
! which it easily digs its way in search Of
its food. 1t has its burrow or home under
the foundation of the house or barn, or
some other place where there is little dam
ger of its being disturbed. There it safely
abides during the winter season, as it does
not 60 forth in search of food, as the froz-
en- ground would not permit its locomotion,
and it would not find its peculiar prey
which, during the winter, has retired some
feet beneath the surface.
The only food of the mole is the angle
worm which fishermen employ as bait
This worm is like the mole in this respect
that it is also blind, but is endowed with
the instinct of knowing its enemy; for
when 1T perceives the approach of the
mole, it will come to the surface with
great haste and fear, and make the utmost
exertion to escape.
The mole and the worm, then, are both
blind, and both live under ground, seldom
appearing on the surface except on special
occasions. One of those occasions. as to
the mole, is to fight its battles. | have
seen two moles come to the surface and
engage in fierce fight, which continued
for some time, until | interfered to decide
the contest by killing the combatants.
| could tell my young friends great
deal more about the mole, but [ have
probably said enough fo- this time.
Now, can't you learn something from
the mole as we'll as from the bat | think
we all can, as nature is full of instruction :;
and you know the Bible says, {" Go to the
ant, thou sluggard consider her ways and
be wise"
You, and all of US, may learn from the
mole the following lessons, viz:
l. Not to be willfully blind to truth
and duty. None so blind as those who
won't see." That person is blind as the
mole, who is obstinate and perverse, and
shuts his eyes to the light.
2. To be content with the arrange
ments of Providence, and the sphere of life
assigned US.
3. Not to do injury to others in our
pursuit of the means of living or pleasure );
for thereby we should make them our en-
emies, as the mole does the gardener.
4. Not to quarrel or fight with 9TH
ers; for that tends to self-destruction.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-07-30

CoRNs ON HORSES FEEr.-Corns are not a
disease, but result from injuries to the sole
of the foot. When the sole is pared thin. a
blow from tstone which strikes it INJURIES
the sensitive portion of the foot which
should be protected by the sole, and an effu
sion OF blood or serum occurs, which presses
upon the bruised part and causes lameness.
red or discolored spot is seen. This is
supposed to be corn, and is pared awav
until 1T bleeds, and instead of good beiny
done there is much evil. If the shoe is also
improperly put on, so that the bearing is
unequal, parts of the sole become bruised
with the same result. remedy is to TO-
ment the sole with hot water, or to stuff the
foot with tow, which should be soaked in
hot water repeatedly. If badly-ftt:ng
shoe Is the cause, it should be removed be-
fore the lamentations are applied, and reft-
ted with an even bearing all round, but es-
pecially at the heel, when the lameness will
soon disappear. If the shoes were always
well fitted, and made long at the heel. and
the sole and frog not pared down until no
protection to the foot is left, there would be
many fewer lame horses.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-07-30

BLIND AS MoLE.-This adage is no
so generally used as the one Blind as 6
bat," yet it has the merit of implying :
physical truth, for the mole is entirely
blind, not being furnished with eyes as are
all animals that live above the surface o.
the earth. l have caught great many
moles, and have frequently examined
them with the view of ascertainine
whether they had eyes, as some assert, anc
many think that they have; but have
not discovered any eyes, or the semblan nee
of an eye, in any that | have examined
In not furnishing the mole with eyes, the
Greater has shown his wisdom and benevo.
lence; for what use would eyes be to ar
animal that spends his whole life under
ground? To have eyes, instead of being
a benefit, would be positive disadvan.
tage and injury, impeding its progress
and giving it pain by the particles Of
earth coming into frequent contact there
with. The mole is a clear instance of
the law of compensation SO frequently to
be seen in the creatures of God. Instead
of eyes, the mole seems to belendowed with
another sense, by which it knows the situa-
ton of building, or the direction of a
fence, and is thus enabled to direct its
course with unerring certainty. ItAis re-
calculated in its form for it's
mode of life and motion; having long
and round body covered with thick and
line coat of fur to protect its body from
injury by friction in passing through the
soil, as well as from the GOODNESS of the
ground in early spring and autumn.
1t is possessed of four limbs (they can
scarcely be called legs,-which are intend
ID and nicely formed to assist it in max
ng its way through the ground. The
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goetrY.
Gather the Way-side Flowers.

o, crer.sl the human flowers
That are scattered a,org the way,
And hello them >ur1 Lac;r faces
TO he light of me brgn dayl
o, he'o mem to seek ne sulsn'le
That g.eams o'e- the path OF riani-
IT. ne shadows that lie a oout them
Shall change to glol Gus i GIT.
o, many the e ase trat are fadira,
On the EFT n INV. oi',e;
rag droop. g & u dJ,ng
M d ceS sele3s O az: Sc E
But there's neve, 1t e fower
Be IL e'ec so III no es d i&n,
b. o. reeve = Is ,ef . oo.en
Pc ,e loe,'y ,ovet, tlemaIi
o, we " % won { we Goa trt,lv
A Ia hes the words, I'VE donen-
Stretch iorth thy hand TO HIS children,
AGO gather t1em one by one
Into the beact { 81 nsh;pe,
Out of tee shadow of sin;
With he nd thet is gentle and loving,
Tenderly gather them in
o, then vii the blessings of a. gels
Be waiteu to :hee rom ABOVE
And the light of their presence will guide thee
In thy beau LuI mission of love
And TO- the KIND words thou hast spoken
To the suffering children OF God,
A crown of bright flowers immortal
My brother, will be thy reward
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-07-30

A LOUISIANA SALT M1NE.-The owners
of the steamboat line from Brashear to
New Iberia, and agents for Louisiana rock
salt, conceived the idea recently to
brig hten their trips up the beautiful
Ieche by inaugurating cheap trips for
those who are endowed with sufficient
curiosity to view one of the greatest
wonders OF our new world-ninety million
tons ofpure, solid, compact rock salt, To-
Gated on an island, about one hundred and
elghty-fve feet high, which unaccountably
rises from miserable sea marsh. How
this island, containing over three hundred
thousand acres Of excellent land, could
nave come into existence in such locality
Will always remain a matter Of useless
conjecture. The route is monotonous. and
would be quite wearsome were it not
that the distance is only eight or nine
miles.
Once on the high land, inquisitive
eyes gaze at the scene nearly bewlldered
Vegetation is more prolific than in the
rich prairies just left behind, and the
landscape SO varied that the unused eve is
weary with the many beauties. Among
the trees may be seen the magnolia live
oak, cypress, maple, locust, gum, walnut
thorn, and fruit-bearing trees. The soil
is composed of sand, loan, gravel, clay
and composites, and the traveller at one
glance can see both the sugar bowl and
the salt cellar. Sugar cane thrives uucom-
monty well, and several large fields
promise good yield.
These things were observed as the par
ty wended their way towards the objec.
tive point, the salt mine. Arrived there.
down we went from temperature of 90
to 10 Q, in covered elevator, each side.
top and bottom of which is composed of
solid salt, all as dry as powder. This alb
sence of moisture is one of the most
striking features in the scene. Iron and
steel implements used by the miners are
quite bright. There are two chambers
made by the salt taken ont, and it is in
these that the visitor finds the grand
point Of attraction. Here one can partly
form faint estimate of the immensitv Of
the bed. Forty feet over his head is
solid rock salt, uubroken even BY a seam
The same is on each side, and it is i'm
possible to even conjecture what is beneath
his feet. The present mine bottom is a
foot below the sea-level, and as vet no
effort has been made to ascertain how far
1T extends. The uniformity in the quality
OF the salt-nearly pure as it is mined
one OF the great features. is truly won
dertal. How it got there or what pro-
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-07-30

The FEEDING OF Young TURKEYS WHY is
it that one farmer will raise nearly every
turkey-chIck that comes out of the shell and
do this nine years out of ten, without much
respect to wet or dry seasons, while another
loses from half to three-quarters with about
the same uniformity? We know of men
with whom success is the established rule
They are very systematic 10 this. as in all
their other business We visited one of
these thrifty farmers, who raised one hun
dred and slxty-hve turkeys last year from
nine hens, and upon inquiry found that he
did about the same thing every year. We
wanted to know Just how he MANAGED to
secure this uniform result, and found him
communicative. He insists upon good stock
to begin wlth-the best always selected to
breed from. Then he places great reliance
upon regular feeding during the fall and
winter, so that the flock becomes very gentle
and the hens make their nest Immediately
about the sheds and barns in places prepared
Tor them. This is great safeguard against
foxes, skunks, crows, hawks and other crea-
lures that destroy the birds or their eggs.
When the young first come off the nest thew
are confined in pens for a few days until they
are strong enoug b to fly over board incos
ure one foot high. He feeds frequently with
coarse cornmeal and sour milk until four
o'clock in the afternoon. He found in his
experience that he lost great many chicks
from the food hardening in the crop. There
is danger from over feeding. As the chicks
grow, the sour milk diet is increased and
during the summer it is kept constantly in
trough for them. They are exceedingly
fond of sour milk and buttermilk, and thew
grow very rapidly upon this diet An Incl
dental advantage, and very important one
he thinks, is that the young birds are pre-
vented from strayiDg very far from the house.
They return many times during the day to
the buttermilk trough Tor their lavorte food
IhIs, with Indian-meal, constitutes their
principal food until midsummer, when in
seets are more abundant, and they wander
farther from the house. This method can
easily be tried on dairy arms.-AqricuZ-
tIaIst.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-07-30
The Four Seasons.
A BIRTHDAY POE

If this white bened;cuon of the srow
Fell no rom HEAVIER uoO1 our oxen felds,'
Thy summer festival would hardly know
What wealth June ripeneth proud Autumn
yields.
If never sorrow should come nea- thy heart
Nor alv Goodness dim the int of love,
Tnou coulcst not know thy patu.e bet e. part
Or look fof Hopes oest harvest % II above.
sunshine and perpetual heat
Make deser-s ocly. Goes lnat > rig no ain
shelter no gardens, id 10, he eyes, my eel,
MustF1ow what tears a-e,.. -onc eyes 10 ena'n.
T ". sous.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-07-30

KEEPING Pics WITHOUT CL0vER-A farm
er who is raising pure-breed Essex pigs and
their grades writes 10 the Agriculturlst
- Grain is caeaper fer my pigs than clover
pasture. WIFE the pigs do as well on the
grain if they run n the woods at pleasure
| can not get much bran, but chop corn, rye
and oats together-half corn. Have no roots
and no steamer He is told that the Es-
sex will stand all grain when young and
growing as well as any other bree land
better than common pigs; but as they get
older you must not feed too much. Still, il
they have plenty of exercise. we should ap-
prehend no trouble from pretty liberal feed
ing The real point is to feed steadily-not
to feed high for few weeks and then sud-
denly put them on a starvation diet We
should soak the meal until quite solt, say
from twenty-four to thirty-slx hours, to get
1T to absorb as much water as possible. Feed
1t with large proportion of water say two
quarts of meal to each ten-quart pail of wa
ter. This is about the proportion of water
IN green clover. Let the sows have all they
will drink Of this slop twice day. If they
get too tat, put only three pints Of meal to a
pail OF water. Ii not fat enough, put in a
little more meal. Let them have all the
water they will drink
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-07-30

DRYING CHERRIEs.-As cherries will som
be here, those wishing to dry them will
doubtless be satisfied if they follow INV nlan
as follows: Cherries intended to be dried
must be first stoned, then spread on fat dish
es and dry them in the sun or warm oven .
pour whatever juice may run from them over
them a little at time; stir them about tbat
they may dry evenly. When perfectly div
line boxes or jars with white paper and mach
close in layers; strew little brown snga-
and fold the top of the paper over them and
keep 10 dry sweet place Germantown
Telegraph.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-07-30

\ FIVE ACRE FARM-What a difference
there Is IN men, and certainly what a differ
ence IN farmers. The Country Gentleman
answers the question s. What can a man do
with five acres of Iand?" by suggesting the
way trenchman (gardener) would use it ::
- Monsieur Bonnet will take five acres. He
will first put 1t in good condition, for Mon
slcur Bonnet cannot make five barrels of corn
on the whole Desert of Arabia with any
means at his sposal; but Monsieur Bonnet
will put his five acres in condition, and then
they will yield him as much as is realized
from large farm. He will plant those
things which will bring the largest return
tor the amount OF space occupied. Possibly
he Will give to strawberries one acre; aspar-
agus, one-half acre; celery, half an acre
one acre IN mixed grasses, for his COW ;
space Tor kitchen garden and dwelling with
out-nouses, half an acre; for currants,
grapes, gooseberres, pie plant, ETC., one and
4 hall acres; and the margi in of the whole
will be occupied by the most profitable fruit
trees. Monsieur Bonnet will not keep a
horse, TOR he will eat up every month $12
He will keep COW, because she will give
hun sixty cents worth of milk every day,
and can live on the acre of mixed grasses
with tue refuses from the kitchen garden.
Monsieur will have his poultry and eggs, and
at the end OF the year he will have more
money than many big farmer.
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duced it is something that puzzles SCI
enti6c men. But it is fact that more
than ninety million tons of solid salt are
quietly resting there.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-07-30
fli]ll7TI|!3,1!!K
Old Established Troy BeIIFoundry

Oiu EStdpiISheu roy 6ellf Oun0ry
Continue TO ma nufacture those BELLS (whichhay
aade TROY celebrated throug bout the world an
which have been made at this hme during III
past twenty years. and making more bells an
nually, than any other foundry in the country for
Churches. Academies, Plantations, &C., made
Of genuine Bel! Metal "copper" and TIM Rotary
satisfactory.
Large illustrated Catalogue upon
to JONES q CO., TRoY,N. Y
CAUTION. Beware OF parties ciaimi y gto manu-
scture Genuine Troy Church Bells whose
Foundry NOT, and NEvER has been situated Ia TRov
N. T., said claims are intended to deceocive
M4yl
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1AH - made from so c.s. Gail and examine or 10
xlOSampies sent postage free) for so cts. thai
fc',i qnssk Tor $40. n25eowvI.
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Extract of Root and Herb. which almost invariably
| cure the following complaint =
Dyspepsia. Heart Burn, Liver Complaint. and
| Loss OF Appetite cured by taking few bottles.
Lassitdue. Low Spirits, and Sinking Sensation
cured at once.
Eruptions. Pimples. Blotche and all impurities
of the b,od: burst ng through the skin or otherwise,
cured lily by following the directions on The
bottle.
For Kidney, Bladder and Urinary deiange-
ments it mas qIil one bottle will convince the
most sceptcal
Worms erps.d from the system without the least
difficulty few bottles are sufh Gent tor the most
obstinate case.
Piles one bottle has cured the most difficult case
when all other remedies failed.
Nervous Difficulties, Neuralgia. Headac he,
&c. eased Immediately.
Rheum atism Swellsd Joints, and all Scroular
Aiict ions removed or greatly relieved by this nvsu
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Bronchitis, Catarrh, Commissions, and Hyssr
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Difficult Breathing. so prevalent among
American ladies', yields readily to this invalu med
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Bilious, Remittant and Interutant Feve RS, SO
prevalent in ny parts of our country, cor ietey
eradicated by the use of the Quaker BitIers.
The Aged find in the Quaker Buffers just the ncie
they stand in need OF in their declining II
quickens the blood aud the mind and paves
passage down the plane inclined.
No one can remail ong unweu (uness afflicted with
ncurabIe disease after taking few bottles the
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HEALTH! BEAUTYll
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SARShPARILlIAN RESULVEbT
HAS MADE THE MOST ASTONISHING f------
50 QUICK. 50 RAPID ARE THE ana u,
THE BODY UNDERGOES. UNDER II!
FLUENCE OF THIS TRULY WuNIE.zr,
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The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-01-25

look of aver sion which drew general
notice, suddenly stopped ina confidential
toue said
Stranger 7 know what'll take that
scent out of your clothes !: YOU
What what do you mean, sif7' said
the exquisite, fred with indignation aud
starting from his char.
'Oh, get mad, now swear, pitch
round. fight, just because man wants
To do you kindness! cusly replied coun-
try. But | tell you do know whtt'il
take out that smell ,pLew! You just
bury pour clothcs-bury ,em day or
two Uuclc Josh got foul oi' skunk,
and he -
At this instant there went up from
the crowd simultaneous roar of meti-
meat, and the dandy very sensibly
cleared the crop AMI VANISHED up
stairs.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-01-25

An old gentleman, who, ny tho way,
was almost entirely deaf, had brought a
suit against cue OF his neighbors, claim
Ing certain damages The case was one
which the justice thought o"ght not to
to a jury. He therefore instructed the
a;torncy,o ask the old gentleman what
he would take to settle the suit The
lawyer, utting his mouth close to tn :.
deaf man 's ear, said in loud tone
The ourt waits to know what you
will take
Turning his eye blandly toward the
judges bench the old gentir,uan umilip .ly
replied
"Thank the Squire for me, aud tell
him will take little Sanity Cruise ru n
without sugar