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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-02-21

II. col,sls. asstioassr, ~nb iisil. on Monday,
February ~ Al 10 o'clock, a. a., lot of dry
goods,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-02-21

The NEw CoLosNADE HOTEL, philadelphia, ia.
Ia within four blocks Of all the Newspaper oficea.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-02-21

WHEN ooSsuNRRS buy directly from the mann
laeturer they get better and cheaper artlcles
aolay A Morrill,, corner Fifteenth and y stfeets
opposite Treasury Department, receive thel
watches from their mandatory In Geneva.
Repairing done by skillful WOrkmen,
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Ute family Cirsle.
The sunday school Concert.

Were going to have a concert. A
Sunday School concert" said little Minnie
Burton. bursting into the sitting room on
her return from Sunday school. "And
we're going to cite verses, and sing, and
me and the little girls are going to sing,
o, such a pretty song, cause we're the
infant class"
whats all this that Minnie is telling p
said her mother to Anna, the elder sister,
who had come in more quietly.
1" It's about our Sunday-school concert"
said Anna. The superintendent says
we're to have a concert, and we're going
to sing some of the prettlest hymns in our
new Sunday school nymn-book, and recite
texts from the Bible, and the minister is
going to talk to US
40, yes !" broke in eager little Minnie,
{. He said the minister would 'dess US, and
perhaps tell US a story. 0, know it'll be
50 nice !" and she danced around the room
with delight.
BE quiet, Minnie, DEAR" said her
mother, land don't disturb father"
And said Anna, glancing timidly at
her father, he wanted us to invite our
parents and friends to come. You will go
won't you. mother?"
Minnie sidled up to her father, who
seemed to be absorbed in the newspaper,
and, laying her soft, plump hand in his,
with little pat, said, coaxingly, Won't
you 90 to the concert, father p
Nonsense" said Mr.. Burton, grufty,
but at the same time he put his arm
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He did not know the book he had treated

He did not know the book he had treated
with so much contempt, contained such
words of hope, love and comfort, just
answering the needs of the human soul.
And when his daughter Anna repeated the
words, "Ho, every one that thirsteth, come
ye to the waters and he that hath no
money come ye, buy and eat; yea, come
buy wine and milk without money, and
without price. Wherefore do ye spend
money for that which is not bread, and
your labor for that which satisfied not"
etc, the conviction seized upon him that
he had been feeding upon husks all his
life. Another song, and then the minister
spoke briefly Of the love of Jesus-repeat-
ed the old, old story. in simple. but glowing
language-which brought tears to many
eyes. Then the school and congregation
joined in singing, Shall we gather at the
river? ?" The benediction was pronounced,
and the concert closed.
Minnie clasped her fathers hand tight
ly but something in his face hushed her
into silence, and none spoke until they
reached home. Then drawing his children
to him, he said, Children, your father
has been wrong all his life but [ am
going to seek a better way. am not
going to spend any more money for that
which is not Bread but am going to
study the Bible which you love, and seek
with you the way of life, and you must
pray for me-" They could reply only with
tears and embraces, and felt that this was
indeed happy closing of the Sunday.
school concert.-Pupu and Gazette.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-03-19

For the Freeman.
Manure.

A short time since, IN conversation with
stranger, he remarked " some folks feed their
cattle so close that they eat their manure all
up l bad been accustomed to associate
large stock with correspondiDgly large ana
valuable quantity of manure. That remark
aw kened new train of thought in my
mind it now seems clear to me that there Is
no more certain way to make these green
hills barren waste than by overstocking
them
But am in danger of wandering from nay
subject. wish some one who has time and
ability would write volume on the subject
of overstockng, while give an account of nay
method of saving and composing manure.
The first essential in making manure is to
feed literally. 1t is the feed that makes the
manure, and not the an imal fed, A false
notion prevails of keeping hogs to make ma
nure. My plan is to keep stock for profit
and save all the manure. l house all stock
at night, summer and winter. Horses, pigs
and calves do not 60 to pasture. The ma
nure heaps are so arranged that all the liquid
manure TAILS directly upon them; no water is
allowed to ningle with the manure; it viii
not Iay carriage Manure dropped IN the yard
is thrown upon the heaps daily.
In summer when cattle are eating green
food and there is a large proportion OF liquid
manure, enough muck is used to prevent
waste; during the winter very little is neces-
sarv. The horse manure is used in the cow
stable instead of muck, the manure from one
horse being sufficient for four TO six cows
By this process the horse manure is improv-
cd and the heap made more friable. | never
allow the smell of heating manure about the
premises; it indicates waste. Nearly ali
refuse, animal vegetable and mineral, may be
proftably converted into manure. Calves,
skunks and woodchucks make good manure
Yes, Mr. Editor | have passed the A" " God
chuck BILL pay bounty of five cents for
each and every woodchuck caught on my
farm by my boys and buried in my manure
heap. Alter paying bounty on twenty four the
past season | have no desire to repeal the bill.
And now for the results: For the year ending
June 10th, with an average stock of 81 head,
including eight yearlipgs. eight spring calves,
and two spring pigs, made and drew out
SSl loads of Al feet each, it being no cords
nearly II -2lOadf, CT II cords, per animal.
do not claim this manure free from muck
and straw, but do claim it to be well worth
two dollars load, or IS so per cord.
Taking this estimate, the aggregate value
would be $1,000 for the year, SOB. 80
a-month. and nearly S25a year for each
animal kept on the farm. For the current
year ending June 10Th, with continued sue
cess ] shall make at least 400 loads valued at
$500, 90, and this is real estate.
Is not this subject worthy of more thought
and attention? The farmer motto should
be " Manure is king" j. n. PERRIN.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-03-19

The RAT PEST We know of three meth
DDS l. The old French plan; this is follow
ed chiefly in Paris by men making 1t special
business. They take a deep tub, with water
on the bottom, and little elevation in the
middle, ike an island, on which is only
place for Just one rat to sit on. The top is
covered, and has a large balance valve, open
ing downward On the middle of the valve
a piece of fried pork or cheese is pl aced, and
when the rat walks on it to get the cheese,
the valve goes down, drops the rat into the
water, and moves back into position A road
is made from the rat hole to the top of the
tub, by means Of pieces of board rubbed
with cheese, so as to make the walk attrac-
tive for the rats. In the course of night,
some ten, twenty, or even more rats may 90
down, and if the island was not there, they
would be found most all alive in the morn
ing. quietly swimming around but the pro-
vision OF the little island <saves the trouble
Of killing them, because their egotistic in
stinct for preservation causes them to fight
for the exclusive possession of the island, on
which, in the morning, tie strongest rat is
found in solitary possession, all the others
being killed and drowned around bin. ,.
New York plan, invented by one of our
friends. The floor near the rat hole is COW
cred with a thin caustic p0tassa. When the
rats walk on this it makes their feet sore
and tue result is that they shun this locality
bot alone, but appear to tell all the rats
lu the neighborhood about it, and eventually
the house is entirely abandoned by them,
notwithstar ding the houses around may be
luIl of rats. 3 The Dutch method. This
is said to be used successfully in Holland :;
we have, however, never tried it. A number
Of rats are left to themselves in a very large
trap or cage, with no food whatever; their
craving hunger will cause them to fight, ard
the weakest will be eaten by the strongest,
After short time the fight is renewed, a d
the xt weakest is the victim, and SO it goes
on till one strong rat is left. When this has
eaten the last remains of any of the others,
It is let loose: the animal has now acquired
such taste for rat flesh that he is the terror
OF ratdom, going around seeking what he
may devour In an incredibly short time
the prem ises are abandoned by all other rats,
which will not come back before the cannibal
rat has left or oied.-Manufacturer and
Builder.
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How DRINKING CAUSES AroPLExY.--It is
the essential nature of all wines and spirits
to send an increased amount Of blood to the
brain. The FIRST effect of taking glass of
wine or stronger form of alcohol, is to send
the blood there faster than common, hence
the circulation that gives the red face. 1t
increases the activity of the brain, and it
works faster, and so does the tongue. But
as the blood goes to the brain faster than
C, mmon, it returns faster, and no special
harm results. But suppose man keeps on
drinking, the blood is sent to the brain 80
fast. in such large quantities, that in order
to make room for it the arteries have to en-
large themselves they increase in size. and
in doing so they press against the more yield
ing facid veins which carry the blood out
of the brain and thus diminish their size.
their pores, the result being that the blood
is not only carried to the arteries of the
brain faster than is natural or healthful, but
it is prevented from leaving it as fast as
usual; hence, a double set of causes of death
are in operation. Hence, man may
drink enough of brandy or other spirits in a
few hours, or even minutes, to bring on a
fatal attack of apoplexy. This is literally
being dead drunk.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-03-19

Our FooD.-Fhere is no country where
there is so much dyspepsia as in America.
because our people pay so little attention to
food, and eat too much food for the exercise
they take. If one has mental labor, fish ev.
cry second day at least is requisite. Soup
sets all the glands at work, and prepares
the stomach for the more important func-
tions of digestion, and therefore should be
taken at dinner every day. Beef broth is
to the old what milk is to the young. Cook
cry properly attended to keeps man in
health. If the stomach is cut of order, the
brain is affected. We should eat more fruit
vegetables, soup and fish. Good and we'll
prepared food beauties the physique, the
same as good and well-directed education
beauties the mind. Wrinkles are pro-
duced by the want of the variety of food.
The man who does not use his brain to select
and prepare his food is not above the brutes
which take 1t in the raw state.-HOnse ana
Health.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-03-19

How TO WATER HORSES One writer says,
never water Immediately before or after
feeding. say that if horse is thirsty al
ways give him drink, and he will thank you
for it. [ have often seen horses put in the
stable at noon for an hour or two, and not
eat pound Of hay and grain, but looking
wistfally for water, and then their careful
owner, who would not let them have water
when warm, will come to give them enough
to kill, and drive the remainder of the day
on two buckets Of water and no feed. Ten
chances to one his horse gives out with him
or gets sick before night. Now, say, give
the horse water if be is ever SO warm; give
him a swallow rinse out his mouth and nos
trils, give him a bite of hay, in short time a
little more water, but not too much.
If he is watercd several times, little at a
time, until be is satisfied, he will not drink
more than hall what he would If you let him
gulp it down all at once-Cor Tribune
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-03-19

STEAM RENDERED LARD.-A correspondent
of The New York Tribune, who inquiries re-
specting this article. is informed that it is
made in kettles heated with steam, bv which
means the temperature never gets SO high as
10 scorch and discolor the fat, which often
occurs when fire is applied directly. Lard,
equal in quality and appearance, may be
made in the kitchen for domestic use By
using care and cleanliness in preparing the
fat, and melting it in an enamel LINED pan in
which quart or two of water is placed.
When the lard is rendered, it should be
strained from the scraps and cooled, and the
water poured off; any impurity which is
found at the bottom should be removed, the
lard re-melted and poured into the kegs or
pals prepared to receive it for keeping.
Sometimes lard of very beautiful appear
ance is got up for sale in disreputable man
ner, by which its fatty character is changed
into somewhat of a soapy one, and one by
which the mixture of a large proportion of
water is made possible. Such very white
pearly lard should be suspected.
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For the Freeman.

We cannot get rid of the impression pro-
duced by hearing and reading that excellent
paper of Mr.. Andrews on farm buildings
How true it is that the farmers generally are
careless and show want of taste and order
in the construction of all farm buildings and
their surroundings. The great architect OF
the universe has carved out between these
mountains some OF tie most delightful valleys
that the sun ever shone upon; all along en-
every bar d may be seen substantial and in
some respects neat farm buildings but they
stand out naked, and alike exposed to the
storm blast and the noon-tide SUM- Where
are the shade trees. tie beautiful gardens, the
orchaid DIS, and the lawns? Where are those
numberless little attractions that serve to
make home pleasant, home delightful, to our
children? Would we allure them from the
haunts OF vice and ruin, we must make home
pleasant and attractive. W believe that there
is not word in the English language that
has charm and a significance ike that
little word home, sweet home" We NAV
forget every thing else, but never the home
of our youth. We say again {" farmers make
homo attractive" A tree planted BY a
fathers hand and given to son to cultivate
and care for, may leave an impression upon
the mind of that boy that time will never
obliterate. rose bush or flower shrub given
By fond mother to her daughter to care for
may have an Influence upon that opening
mind that we cannot estimate No rose SO
sweet, no fruit SO delicious as that we plucked
in our youth. Other flowers NAV bloom Oh
LIES pathway, but a father Ia mothers gentle
hand did not plant them. Alas, how MANY
farm houses are poorly constructed, poorly
ventilats d, and perfumed with tobacco smoke
and other odurs too numerou US to mention.
from one years end to the another, nauseous
IN the extreme and tie children aredoomed to
drag out that interesting period of childhood
and youth in an atmosphere that will abso-
lutely stultify the intellect and brurslize the
mind. All this when God in his ms rev has
given US an atmosphere pure and invigorat-
fDg,and deeked all creation with sweet scent.
ed flowers waiting their delicious odors upon
every breeze. Man, vile man, has no right
to contaminate this mountain atmosphere,
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this air which We inhale, with tho nauseous
breath of the tobacco monger or the dsnnkard.
Z. ". B.

To MANAGE CUTrINos.-In selecting cut
ting great deal depends upon iudicious
choice; if the slip is too young and full of
fresh sap, it will fade away from too much
evaporation, and if it is too old C., hard
and woody, it will take great while to strike
root.
You must take q cutting that is partly
ripened, and is from vigorous shoot, yet is
a little hardened at the base
1t is also essential to have a bud or Joint
at or near the end of the cutting, as all roots
strike from it, and the nearer it is to the
base, the greater your chance of success.
Plant your cuttings in common red pots,
filed half full of rich loan, and two inches
of, sand on the top Occurring sand will do, but
not sea sandy, wet this thoroughly. and put
tht cuttings close around the edge of the pot !;
for If the bud joint comes in contact with the
surface of the pot, it seems to strike root
more quickly. Pull off the lower leaves be-
fore you plant the cutting Press the wet
sand tightly about the tiny stem, for great
deal OF your success n raising the cuttings
depends upon the close contact Of the sand
with the stem. When the cuttings are firm
ly planted, cover them with glass shade, if
possible, for it will greatly promote the
growth of the plants.
Moisture, light. and heat are the three
essentials to plant life without them no
cutting will start.
Shade for two or three day 8 from sunlight,
but don't let the sand become dry; then give
all the sun you can obtain; keep up a good
supply of moisture, and you can hardly fail
to root most of your cuttings.
Cuttings of roses, verbenas, oleanders
heliotropes, etc., can also be rooted in small
Walls filled with warmish water and suspend
ed from the window easement. Select the
cuttings as described above; pull off the
lower leaves, and insert the end for about an
inch into the vial. Tie a string about lis
neck and hang in the sun. If a bit of cotton
WOO is wrapped about the cutting where it
goes into the neck Of the vial, and it is kept
wet, it prevents the rapid evaporation of the
water
When the tiny roots show themselves about
an inch or more in length, fill up the vial
with rich composted soil; let it hang for
two or three days longer, then break off the
glass carefully, without disturbing the roots,
and pot the plant.
Managed in this way the roots receive no
check, and the plant will grow very vigor-
ouSly. The cutting can be taken from the
water and the roots planted in pots, but they
will cling closely together and are not as
naturally disposed as when the glass is broken
off, after the roots are covered with soil.
If the water evaporates third or more in
the vial, it must be filled up with warmish
water -F2orat Cabinet
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Vaccinated.
(Disgasfi6us non disputandupi.)

NDSghsttUuS MON dtSpzItUHuuRtsi
What vile abomination
1s this awful vaccinationi
Half the arms of half creation
Mast he scariied and sore.
Mine is itching, swelling, aching,
fortunes new forever making,
And wonder-''Is it taking?"
And murmer What boref"
Not word or sign of pity
Can flbd In all the city.
Every fool who would be witty
Makes remarks about my arm.
Some, with hearts than icebergs colder,
In their malice growing bolder,
Seize me roughly by the shoulder,
Just to laugh at my alarm.
Every mortal is my foeman;
Sympathy l win.from no man;
But with courage truly Roman,
Bear my misery alone.
Every one who cometh nigh me
Finds some way to tease and try me;
Poking, rubbing jostlipg by me,
Wondering how cross / We grown.
Shade of Jenner, long departed,
Had yosr arm SO ached and smarted,
Less severe and softer hearted
You'd have been in life below.
Had you known this pain distressing
Which the worlds all confessing,
You'd have left some mllder blessing
With little less of woe.
Life becomes but void and frightful;
Horrid visions fill my night full;
Even smallpox seems delightful,
Matched against this little sore.
Would that were dead or dying,
Passed beyond this torture trying,
To some home Of angels hieing
Where they vaccinate no more.
r ". Clarke IN Commonwealth
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The Winter stars.
BY MISS AMANDA NJ. DOUGLAS.

Omerrily dance the stars tonight,
merriiy dance the stars;
A nd the moon looks down in silver light,
Through the blue enameled bars,
There is no sound in the forest round
No voice from the flower and tree;
Ana the winter rime with its sparkling chime,
At its task goes silently.
Merrily over the fieccy snow,
We glide with spirits light;
The moon looks down with its yellow glow,
And the stars are gemmed with light.
o merrily beat our hearts ton night,
o merrily beat our hearts;
The winter has for us a delight,
That summer meier imparts,
Our eyes are bright with the warm love-liGht,
That the wintermay not chill;
And the sparkling snow with its silver glow,
In JOY CLEANS round US still,
Merrily dance the ST rs tonight,
With their eyes of golden hue;
And with young hopes in joyancc bright,
Our hearts are beating too.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Vermont Central r. R.Li ne
WINTER ARRANGEME HTs.
Commencing Monday, Dec. 9, 1872.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH AND EAST.

TRAINS GOING SOUTH AND EAST.
Leave Montpelier s.55 .m., s.ls and 9.55 pm.
Mail Train leaves Oedensburg at 600 pm;, st Al
and Bellows Falls with trains for Boston, Worcester,
&c, and at White River junction with trains on fas
sumpsic Railroad at South Vernon for sPrngneld ana
New YORK /; At New London, with Steamer for New
York.
Day Express leaves Montreal at $40 am. ST. Johns
1T l00) a.m Ogdensburg at $50 am, Piattsbureh al
500 am, 81. Adams 1900 M. arriving in Boston
via Lowell at 10 90 pm.
Night Express leaves Ogde nsburg at l29o m, fas
burg 30 pm, Montreal at 80 ST. Johns at 4oo
PIN. st. Adams - pm. connecting at White kver
Junction and Bellows Falls with trains for Boston and
Worcester, &C., arriving nBoson at $50 am, al south
Vernon with trains for Springfield and New YORK
arriving in New York at 1880 pm, and in New Lon
don at Ills am.
TRAINS GOING NORTH AND WEST.
Leave Montpelier $50 and 7.45 am, and 70 and
s.l5p.m.
Dav Express lea YES Boston via Lowell att 90 am
for Burlington ST. Adams, Montreal, sc arriving il
Montreal at Gas pm, and Ogdensburg at l 40 am,
making connection for the West.
Mail Train for Burlington and st. Adams leaves Bos
ton s Via 81 at o s snr,s Via s e New
l. Ddon at 500 am, South Vernon at 1000 AIM Bel
lows Falls 1900 M. WhiteRiver junction 23fP N
arriving in St. Adams at Gas pm.
Trains leaving Boston via Fitchburgh at 80 am
and Springfield at 500 AM, connec at White Rive
Junct ion with Day Express train.
Accommodation Tram leaves Norhfeld at 100 am
Rutland at SOD am, Burlington at g. 90 am, ST. A
bans at 1900 m, 81. John at $50 pm, arriving II
cSuehsUHis, al CIV P'h-
Night Express leaves New London al 2.44 PIN
South Vernon at 95s m. receiving passengers iron
Connecticut River Railroad, leaving New York a
800 m, Springfield $40 pm, Bellows Falls li.2
pm, connecting with trains over Cheshire Railroad
leaving Boston at $50 m, connecting at White Rive
Junction with train leaving Boston at 600 p.m, TO
Burlington, ST. Adams, Montreal &c, arriving in Mon
treal at 945 am, Plattsbureh 1900 AM, and II
ogdensburgh, at l2.45 p.m., connecting with Gran
Trunk Railway for he West.
sleeping Cars attached To the night Express Tran
running between Montreal and Boston, and MOntrea
and Springfield, and ST. A hans and Troy.
Drawing Room Cars day Express Trains betwee
Montreal and Boston.
Through tickets Ciica an the West for sale a
the principal stations.
&. MERRILL, Gem; Superintendent
st. Adams Dec 9. 1872.