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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25
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THE SPIDERS BRIDGE.-One chilly day
[ was left at home alone, and after was
tired reading Robinson Crusoe, | caught
a spider and brought him into the
house to play with. Funny thing to play
with wasn't, it Well, | took a wash
basin, and fastened up a stick in it like a
liberty pole or vessels mast, and then
poured in water enough to turn the mast
into an island for my spider, which |
named Crusoe, and put him on the mast
As soon as he was fairly cast away, he
anxiously commenced running round to
find mainland He'd scamper down the
mast to the water, stick out foot, get it
wet, shake it, run round the stick and try
the other side, and then run back up to the
top again, Pretty soon it became seri-
Gus matter to Mr.. Robinson, anl be sat
down to think it over. As in a moment
he acted as if he wanted to shout for a
boat and was afraid he was going to be
hungry, | put molasses on the stick. A
fly came, but Crusoe wasn't hungry for flies
just then. He was homesick for his web
in the corner Of the woodshed He went
slowly down the pole to the water, and
touched it all around, shaking his feet like
pussy, when she vets her stockings in the
grass, and suddenly thought appeared to
strike him. Up he went ike rocket to
the top, and commenced playing circus.
He held one foot in the air, then another,
and then turned round two or three times.
He got excited and nearly stood on his
head, before [ found out what he knew,
and that was this. that the draught Of air
made by the fire would carry line ashore
on which he could escape from his desert
island. He pushed out a web that went
noating in the air, until it caught on a
table. Then he hauled on the rope until
it was tight, struck it several times to see
If it was strong enough to hold him, and
then walked ashore. | thought he had
earned his liberty, and so L put bin back
in the woodshed again.-HearM and
Home
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25

TERROR TO ANIMALs-Even the boldest
and fercest animals often show signs Of
extreme terror
Once during great inundation in India
many thousands of people were swept
away by the rising waters. One gentle.
mans estate stood on higher ground, and
to this the poor people focked, and many
of them were saved. When the room.
were crowded SO closely that there seemed
hardly room for another, what should come
stealing in through the crowd but great
tiger. His head was down, his tail be.
tween his legs, and his whole appearance
that OF the most abject terror. He crawed
like cat into corner, aud curled him.
self up as a great Newfoundland dee
would have done
The people were terrified at this new
danger; but the master of the house, bid
ding all remain quietly, silently loaded his
gun and shot him dead where he lay.
1t seemed sad to thus betray the poor
creatures confidence, but very little prov
ocatlon would have teen enough to arouse
the teroclous spirit in him, and then nc
doubt, many would have lost their lives.
During many Of our battles in the last
war, the poor squirrels in the woods We're
SO terrified at the din and crash of the ar
t'llery, and the rain of lead that fell about
them, that they rushed from their retreats
into the very bosoms of our men for safety
1t Is cruel and barbarous for any one tc
awaken this terror in the breast Of \
helpless animal. When you see boy
with disposition which leads him to such
acts, you may expect to ace him a har-
dened, degraded man. God notices every
such instance Of ill-treatment, and very
often Furnishes it in very marked manner
even in this world.
Blessed are the mercifuI, for they
shall obtain mercy" are the words of our
Savior; and the reverse Of all these bless.
lngs are just as sure to be fulfilled -
Presbyterian
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25

NICE WORK BY LIGHTNING.-One OF
the incest little pieces of fine work ever
done by Notwithstanding impossible
for human hands to do was accomplished
at the residence Of Mr.. w, Brown, on
Fifteenth Street, near Main, Wednesday
afternoon. On stand in the parlor stood
a top bureau, beautiful little piece of
cabinet skill, with portion pitts corners
gllded. 1t was surmounted with a mirror.
About foot from the bureau Law a
photograph of Mr.. Browen's son, while
Immediately opposite the picture was a
stereoscope. The stand was near an open
window. Well, the ightning-and a
very minute portion of electricity it must
have been-entered the room, took a mart
of the gliding from one of the posts of the
bureau as clearly as could be, and trans.
ferred to the picture, fixing it right across
the face Of the lad, where it remains
brighter than when on the bureau. Not a
particle of gilt is left on the part of the
bureau thus deposed of its orna mentation
1t would be utterly impossible for any hu-
man art to accomplish the feat. The
lightning played an instant on the face of
the mirror-leaving dark zig-zag streaks
there which will remain as long as the
glass is g lass; and this is funny, too, for
glass and lightning have nothing to do with
each other, as general rule. OF course
MIR. Brown intends preserving these spec
linens of electrical work.-DaUenport
(Ioa0a) Gazette.
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CULTlvATING THE WHITE AsH.-The value
of the white ash for timber is 80 we'll known
that it may seem almost superfuous to name
it. There is scarcely farm implement,
from rake handle to a reaper or mower, of
which the tough white ash does not form a
part. But the cultivation of this valuable
tree has been and is still neglected in regions
where good timber for the purposes named
is and ever will be needed. The time must
soon come when the implements required for
agricultural purpo>es on the far western
prairies will be manufactured there, and
good timber must be had therefore it re-
quires no great stretch OF Imagination to
see that profitable market will soon exist
tar away from the present source of supply.
The cultivation of such timber is like money
put out at compound interest, and man in
vesting small sum at first will soon find
himself the possessor of large and constant
~ Increasing capital. The white ash is a
tree easily grown from seed, which may be
obtained in unlimited quantities and very
cheaply. The seedlings may be easily trans
planted without fear of loss, and they will
succeed in almost any good rich soil. At
first the seedlings appear to make slow pro-
gress In comparison with cottonwoods and
willows, but when fairly established, their
growth is rapid and in every way sa satisfactory.
As soon as the trees are few inches in di-
ameter the timber is ready for use, and
rhenceforward continues to Increase With
age. Farmers who are in need, or likely to
be, of good timber, should not neglect the
cultivation of this most valuable tree.-An-
dre,p S. Fuller.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25

How TO MAKE MUSTARD PLAsTER.-How
many people are there who really know how
to make a mustard plaster? Not one in a
hundred. at the most, perhaps, and yet mus
tard plasters are used in every family, and
physicians prescribe their application, never
telling anybody how to make them, for the
simple reason that doctors themsely yes do not
know, as a rule. The ordinary way is to
mix the mustard with water, temperng it
with little -four, but such plaster as that
makes is simply abominabe. Before it has
halt done it's work it begins to blister the
patient, and leaves him finally with a pain
full, fayed spot, after having Produced far
less effect in a beneficial way than was in
tended. Now a mustard plaster should never
make blister at all. If blister is wanted
there are other plasters far better than mus
tard for the purpose. When you make a
mustard plaster, then, use no water what
ever, but mix the mustard with the white of
an egg, and the result will be a plaster
which will " draw perfectly, bnt will not
produce blister even upon the skin of an
infant, no matter how long 1T is allowed o
remain upon the part. For this we have the
word of an old and eminent physician, as
we'll rs our own experience
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25

placing the stakes only few inches apart,
leaving space open for the door of the
tent. The stakes must driven very firmly
into the ground, with deep groove cut in
the top of each stake, in which to fasten
the rope. The stake should only be left
about SIX inches above the ground. When
your stakes are all driven in, then fasten
to each stake piece Of rope (such as is
used for clothes lines)-and stretch and
fasten them firmly to the top of your pole.
1t adds to the beauty of your tent to
fasten flagstaff and pulley to the tent pole,
in order that a flag can be run up on gala
occasions, to float gayly its bright folds IN
the wind to welcome guest.
| Now for the green covering. You have
only to plant your seeds and roots of
vines at each stake, and wait patiently for
them to grow and weave their walls OF
living green" The Madeira vine is first
to be mentioned, it grows SO rapidly, and
its white, fragrant clusters of flowers add
beauty to the green. The roots Dug bit to
De started in an early hot bed, as the
earlier they are started the sooner Will
your tent be covered. Intersperse this
with nastlrtium seed. morning glory
maurandya, or even scarlet bean; your
tent in time will be gorgeous in bright
colors. The German ivy grows rapidly.
An enduring tent might be formed with
our native woodbine but it would take
time. We saw one in a western city but
the sides of the tent were formed of bark
The woodbine completely covered it. In
the fall its scarlet leaves contrasted beau.
tifuIIy with the russell brown of the bark.
The floor of the tent can be boarded, sod
d, or grav,led A table can be made
around the flagstaff with boards or bark.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25

EARLY FoALs.-Virgil Hotchkiss, in the
Farmers Union, gives the following reasons
ia favor OF early loals, by an old farmer:
With d-cently warm stable give me
early fOal. There are many reasons why
make this choice.
|. My experience has taught me that il
he mare Is to be used, especially on the pillow
during the season, the colt needs age anC
strength to bear the g blood heating" of tn.
mother.
3 The early foal gets a start before fly
time, season of wear and tear upon all
morse flesh, as you know.
3. When dropped early, say in March, I'm
able 10 wean and teach the creature to eat
with the young stock, and being accustomed
ID Slid loJd to keep it in growing condi-
ZION during our long and cold winters.
4 My early foals always make larger and
stronger horses than the late stock
8. When | have to work my mares | lose
10 time, ii the colts are dropped early and all
properly cared for.
&. \ colt ouce wintered is a yearling, and
must rank as So ch at the fairs. [ fad my
early stock has an uniooked-for advantage
over the colts exhibited.
But says |, ''yOu want your mare on
the ground fields early IN the spring. Can
they be relied upon SO soon after foaling ?''
Certainly. L feed Literally on chopped
eed, with plenty Of oatmeal and wheat bran
to produce milk. Warm drink, also, has u
,eudency to increase the fJw, SO when the
ground is ready to work, as general clsr.
the mares are IN good condition and the foal,
able TO follow.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25

PEANUrs.-The peanut is for sale at
every corner, out-of doors shop, in the gro.
ceries, and in the confectionery shops in
this city, and We suppose in every other
Go where you will-in the theatre, lee
ture-room and on the street-and you
have the everlasting munching of peanuts.
Every boy, almost, eats them som etimes
the shells are quite full of plump kernels,
while at others they are small and worth
less but how this is brought about every
body don't know and it is for the purpose
OF illuminating everybody on this subject
that this article is given to the public
We'll, the peanuts are rssorted The good
and detsetlve are separated by fan, some
what like a wheat fan. A box 70 bin is
placed in front Of the fan, with a black
division in the centre Of it. somewhat
Z CHER than box. The nuts are placed
i this fan, which when put in motion,
b VS. the light and imperfect ones over
the center board in the furthest bin, while
those that are full and heavy drop into
the bin. The trade understand this, and
denomlnates the two qualities as first and
second the former, of course selling for
the higher price The retailer sells both
at what appears to be the fixed price of
late, ten cents quart but he who sells
second makes the larger profit. The
quantity ofpeanuts grown in the South
ern States amount to millions of bushels
annually, and their production is more
profitable to the farmer than wheat, corn
or tobacco.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25

A TENT OF LIVING GREEN.-We saw
last year lovely tent of living green. 1t
appeared from a distant view like a
mound of green leaves and flowers, with a
gay flag floating from the top of it. This
tent was formed by four children, two
girls and two boys, with a little advice
and assistance from their father. In this
tent, during the warm days of the month
of August, they played, read, or rested :;
often taking their lunch under its fowery
canopy, and occasionally they had tea
party in their lovely bower They read
in an English book the directions to form
such tent. We examined the tent care
fully, with reference to our young friends :;
therefore We feel quite sure we can tell
you just how to build one, with the assist
ance Of the diagram We have sketched.
Flrst,set strong pole firmly in the ground.
If the pole is fifteen feet long, nearly one
third its length should be buried in the
ground. Then you must make your stakes
or pegs. Then draw your circle. This
circle should be sufficiently large to allow
good floor room, yet not be out of
proportion.
10 draw "a circle, take piece of rope
half the diameter of the circle you REQUIRE
tie one end to your pole; then let one bow
hold the end of the rope and stretch it out
in straight line from the pole. while
another drives in stake at the end of the
line, and so on all around the circle.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25

SUBsoILING AND DEEP PLowING.-These
terms are not synonymous. Deep blowing
is turning over deep furrow and thus
bringing the subsoil to the surface Subsoil-
lns IS breaking and stirring the subsoil with
out bringing 1t to the surface. The usual
plan until within few years was to pillow
an ordinary iulrow with one team; and
then to follow with another team and SUBJ
soil plow. The latter had no mold-board.
1t simply ran in the furrow left by the first
plow. and broke up the subsoil. We have
seen plowlDg of this kind done in England
with three horses on the first pillow, and six
horses on the second or subsoil-plow. As a
rule it was too costly to he profitable. In
this country we rarely put more than two or
three horses on to either the first or second
pillow. And within few years several con-
trlvanccs have been patented, and more or
less used, whereby the subsoiling and plow-
ing are done with the same pillow and at one
operation.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25

The GUNEA-PIG is extensively used in
Peru as an article of food, not merely by the
rrsher classes as delicacy, but mainly by
the poor, rom its cheapness and abundance.
Ii is an entirely herbivorouS animal, and a
clean ieeier, being there chiefly maintained
"a green lucerne or tretoil, but it would
doubti,ss thrive equally well on cabbage or
lettuce-ieayes and most sorts of green garden
otuf-in hort, on The same food as The rabbit
t. when 1T has many points of similarity.
1t only slmlltude To the rat is that, after
the hair has been scalded off, it presents an
appearance not unlike what large rat IN light
10 II similarly treated-mInus the tail For
cook ng, it is not skinned, but the hair being
scaled off, it is split open and cleaned, and
generally fried entire in frying pan, or
sometimes grilled over the Goals. Thus pre-
pared, it IS savory and delicate, the flesh be-
ing white. succulent and nutritious, very su-
FerIor to the rabbit, and is makes most ex-
ceient dish. The cost Of rearing and keep
ny them is next to nothing, and their intro
ddctiOn into this country as an article of food
would prove an inexpensive addition to our
materials Tor the breakfast or dinner able
-JOuraat of Horticulture.
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RUINEDBY SILVER TEA-SEr.-S,id

RUINEDBY SILVER TEA-SEr.-Siid a
young husband whose speculation, were un-
successful :--'' My wIfe's silver tea set, the
bridal gift of a rich uncle, doomed me to f.
nanoial luin. 1t involved hundred unex-
pected expenses, which, in trying to meet.
dave made me the bankrupt | am His
experience is the experience of many others,
WHO, less wise, do not know what is the
goblin of the house, working its destruction
A sagacious father, OF great wealth. exceed
ingly mortified his daughter by ordering il
to be printed on her wedding cards, % No
pre- ents, except those adapted to an income
of $1,000 Said he, 8. You must not ex-
pect to begin life in the style am able by
many years of labor to Indulge and know
of nothing which will tempt you to try more
than the well-intentioned but pernicious gifts
OF young friends" Such advice is timely
If other parents will follow the same plan,
many young men would be spared years of H.
cessant toll and anxiety; they would no,
6nd themselves on the downward road be-
cause their wives had worn all of their salary
or expended it on the appointments of the
house. The fate of the poor man who found
4 linch-pin, and felt himself obliged to make
. carriage to fit it, is the fate of the husband
who finds his bride in possession of gold anG
silver valuables, and no large income to sup
pors the owners gold and silver style.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25

THE LAUGHING PLANT.-Palgrave's
work on Central and Eastern Arabia furn-
ishcs something new for botanists. A
plant is described under the name of laugh
ing plant. the seeds Of which produce eff
fects very much like laughing gas, familiar
to those who have attended Dr.. Colton's
exhibition of it at the Cooper Institute.
1t grows only in Arabia, attaining a height
Of only about six inches at Kaseem. while
at Oman it rises to three or four feet,
with wide-spreading branches, being woody
and the leaves green. Its flowers, in tufts.
are yellow. Two or three black seeds
much like French beans in size and shape,
are produced in soft woody kind of cap
sue. They have a sweetish taste with
a slight flavor Of opium. The odor from
them is rather offensive, producing sick
ening sensation. The essential property
OF .this extraordinary plant is in the seed
which, puverized and administered eau
tlously, soon begins to operate in a way to
create establishment. The person begins
to laugh boisterously ; then he dances
sings aud cuts fantastic capers of udi-
crous character. Such extravaganza of
manner was never witnessed from any
other dosing. 1t is uproariously funny
for about an hour. 1t is common amuse-
ment to charge food with the power for an
unsuspecting individual, for the harmless
enjoyment OF his capering antics. When
the excitement subsidies, the exhausted ex.
h'btor falls into a profound s!umber. In
another hour, on awaking he is totally
unconscious of what has occurred. 1t is a
common expression that there is nothing
new under the sun. Surely to men of sci.
ence this IS something new, demanding the
careful Investigation of such extraordinary
properties of vegetable growth that ex-
erclses such potent influence over the brain.
But 1t IS morally certain that this recently
discovered vegetable growth, so extraordi-
nary IN It's potent influence on the human
brain, is something new to science, demand
ing the attention of dispensatory-m kers,
as we'll as those professors of materia
medlca who are supposed to know all that
is to be known of plants, from the cedars
of Lebanon to the hyssop that springeth
out of the wall.-American artisan.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25

CosT OF ABUSING Mich Cows.-Harris
Lewis, tue eminent Herkimer Co, N. Y,
dairyman, said lately, in an address TO milk
producers, that be had known COW which
uniformly gave eighteen per cent. of cream
TO her milk, to decrease her yield to six per
cent. IN the short space oftwelve hours, mere
ly IRON the excitement caused by the bad
treatment OF brutal mixer. It was not
guess work, because he used graduated glasses
TO test the matter. This shows pretty con-
usIvely that it does not pay darymen to
allow their COWS to be ill-treated. And in
ill-treatment is to be included anything that
will alarm or excite them-fast driving tn
and from pastures, worrying by dogs, yelling
az them, and threatening demonstrations by
boys, e., &c.
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goetry.
The Two Roses.

Twas once upon a summer day
so the story goes
The FrankIn's daughter CHANGED to stray
Where the mill stream flows.
And as the rustic bridge she crossed
So the story gOe'-
Over the rails she stopped, and lost
From her breast rose.
Tie stream ran fast the stream ran strong,
So the story goes
And on its waters bore along
The car, less maidens rose.
The miller's son stood by the bank
SO the story goes
He stopped the wheel and, ere it sank,
Caught up the maIden's rose.
Then in his cap he placed the flower
SO The story goes
An boldly to the maiden's bower
lie HE'D at daylishts close.
Is this thy ,ver sweethea TT :" he cried
So the stry goes
The maiden blushed, the maiden sighed,
'Oh give me back my rose"
1.-Two flowers he said, = so sweet and fair
So he story gues-
"'Twere shame t. part-One breast should bed
Thyseif and this L, rose"
What more the youth and mli'len said
That summer eve, who in rvs
But he Kept tn. aver AMI won the maid
SO the story goes.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25

FARMERS SENTIMENrs.-The following are
specimens ofthe inscriptions which appeared
upon the banners in a procession of five
thousand farmers in Lawrence, Kansas, the
other day:
down with Banks, and Up with Corn ~
" No Quarters to Monopoly !"
" Equal Taxation -
God Speed the Plough -
g United We Stand, Divided We Fall !"
Z" Live, and Let Live ~
Money Rings, Beware ="
" The Ides of November, '73 !"
Farmers Will be free -
" Harmony!'
No More Parasites ~
Less Offices. Less Laws, Less Taxes and
More Justice!''
i" Industry Will Be Rewarded !"
" Farmers to the Front-politician to the
Rear -
d" Peacefully if We Comfortably if We
Must -
Reform or Revolution -
8" Vox Populi -
" Passes Up Salt River Free -
Fraternity, Equality, and Fair Ex-
change ~
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goetry.
The Last Voyage.
BY ALICE CARY.

BY ALICE CARY.
At shut of day they sat and talked,
In the old house by the sea;
The weather-beaten Solomon,
And his good wife, Marsalee.
"The Sun looks like Ship" ne said,
"That has nearly come to land;
That slanting beam, like plank pushed out
To take aboard some hand"
And when, at length, the gold backed clouds
Crouched in the dark, from view,
He said " 1t will be stormy night;
May the good ship weather throughp'
At last the old vile, Marsalee,
Could win no answering word;
The ship was gone, the plank hauled in,
And Solomon was aboard.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25

There may be sensbility without much
taste, but hardly much taste without sen.
sibility. Taste is, in great measure,
acquired, cultivated, an art sensibility, a
native endowment. 1t may be developed,
strengthened, educated, but not acquired.
Genius produces, sensibility admires, taste
judges or decides. Their action is recip-
rocal. If taste corrects and estrains the
too ready or too extravagant sensibility,
the latter, on the other hand, furnishes the
ground and data upon which, after all,
taste must rely in its decisions.