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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1873-10-11
May Goth, l15a.

sir-I should have been down long be-
fore this, but my bu.iuess in Frederick
detained ma so,uerhat longer than l ex.
pecssd; aud Immediately upon my .stasn
from THENCE WAS taken with = violent
plsu,isie, which has reduced mo very low !:
bat puspo.e, 40 soon as / RECOVER my
strength, 10 wait on hi'. Betsy, 10 hopes
Of 4 fe+ocation Of tie former cruel SEN
teuce; and see il can meet With any
alteration in her favor. Have inclosed a
letter - her; which 'nou1d " muc1?
Obliged to you 70. the delivery it.
have nothing to add bat my best respect.
to your good lady AMI family. and
|that | am. sir,
Your mos. obt humble .ers't,
-f..a ~ .r. -re r. WAsurNorON
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1873-10-11
Gen. Washington's Probable
First Love.

The following letters, which explain
them.elves, cannot but Prove Of interest ia
American readess p" ''' ~ @'. -
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-11
A NEW LAWSUIT UP YOUR
HORSES AND CATTLE.

For the benefit of those who have hereto
fore been in the habit Of pasturing their
horses and cattle in the street, we publish
the following act in amendment of section
twenty-nine Of chapter one hundred of the
general statutes, which was passed at the
last session of the Legislature. Those who
have always considered our common and
roadside as being designed by the Almighty
for the special purpose of feeding their stock,
are invited to carefully read this section:
ANY person who shall suffer any cattle,
horses, sheep, or swine to run at large in
the public highway, or yard belonging to
any public building, except on his own prem
iscs, shall, for every offense wilfully or
knowingly committed, forfeit and pay 6ue
of not less than three dollars nor more than
ten dollars for each aud every offense so COM
mittcd, with full cost of prosecution, to be
recovered before any justice of the peace of
the county, whether residing in said town or
not, where such offense is committed on
complaint of any grand-juror of the town in
which such offense is committed, or the states
attorney Of the county; and it shall be the
duty Of town grand,jurors and states attor-
neys to prosecute violations of this act"
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-11
SOWING PEAS IN THE FALL.

Ruralist" writes the Rural Nero. Yorker
that " it is to be supposed that everybody
knows that the pea will! grow in very cool
weather, and the seed sprout at a very low
temperature; consequently, market garden
ers sow, for an early crop, as soon as the seed
can be got into the ground in the SPRING
This plan has always been the extent of my
efforts towards securing an carly crop; but |
have to own up that for once l am beaten /;
for two of my neighbors Informed me to-day
that they had peas up and growing finely,
just as was getting ready to plant. Upon
inquiriug how it was done, | learned the seed
was sown last fall, and remained in the
ground upinjured during the winter. l have
sown tomatoes, lettuce spinach and few
other vegetable seeds in the fall in order to
gain time, but never tried peas still, as
am nottoo old or too bigoted to learn any
thing useful, l will try not to be outdone on
the pea question next year"
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-11
For the VERMONT FARMER.
FARMERS AND PRICES.

In an article credited to 7. d. Curtis, in
the FARMER of June 81, picture is drawn
Of the relative position of the farmer as COM
pared with the trades and professions which
is in no way 6attering 1t shows that farm
ers do not fix the prices OF anything they
buy or SELL but that all prices are fxed by
combinations among mechanics, tradesmen,
and spectators" In the strictest literal
sense this may be true, and yet think the
statement as made carries wrong impress
sion. Though the merchant, and not the
farmers, fixes the price of the farmers pro.
ducts, he must needs set it at fair figure,
for there are more merchants waiting to
overbid him. The demand, and the ability to
supply it, are thecontrollng influences in the
market. Though spectators may combine
and for time raise or lower the price of an
article, it will soon reach again its proper
level. If one man is buying our sheep, our
wool, our butter, or any other product, for
less than fair price, other speculators are
not SO blind but that they will see it and
rush to share in the spoils; the competition
thus excited soon brings prices again to their
proper level.
I" Farm laborer" have not yet organized to
put up prices" Let us be thankful for that
and hope that they never may ct least not
after the manner OF the trades unions of the
cities, whose members are but the tools and
slaves of the ring " who control the union
In our occupation we are continually brought
face.to-facs with Nature, and Nature loves
freedom let US not, then, subscribe ourselves
slaves to any ring, political or otherwise, who
shall have power to say any day that no
farm laborer in this town, or in this county
shall do another days work until they all can
obtain an increase of wages. Farm labor is
scarce enough and high enough in the New
England States now. A man can make and
save more money by working on farm than
most of our mechanics can. Thirty or forty
dollars per month on the farm, where board
and washing are thrown in means something
more than two dollars per day in the manu-
featuring village, where half Of this sum
must be reckOned out for those expenses.
Then again many of the smaller necessaries
which man finds need of will cost two or
three times as much in the village as in the
country, For my part, think farm labor
ers as class have no need TO complain Of
low wages in New England. And if they
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-11

had, II il Ia fault that will mend itself IF
other pursuits pay better, men win leave this
occupation for them until the scarcity Of
help viii bring wages up. es
Much grumbling and complaining is boilt
from thr statement that = farming d"n't pay"
Now am convinced that farming does pay.
No occupation will pay the man who win
simply sit down aud wait for something to
turn up. We must use br aims, aud not be
afraid of work, If we would zee farming pay
with US. The fact that some men gets liv-
ing on the farm with very little Of either
brain work or manual labor Is no sign that
we must follow their foOtstepsI il only shows
that farming pays; for, if such man can
gain asabsistenoe, surely al, Intelligent. go
ahead, wids-awake worker win be sure to
add handsome profit to comfortable ly-
ing. ''-a4'i WIN. H. WHEELER,
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-11

vigilance from one years end to the other TO
be successful in any calling and more es-
pecially does il require vigilance in dairyiug.
As il has been truly said, Eternal vigilance
is the price Of liberty" SO also is constant
vigilance necessary to successful DAIRY farm.
ing.
The time has come when our farmers must
be educated. From mere drudges aud the
producers of raw material for the rest Of the
world, they must soon become the most in.
telligent class of meu among us. There Is 90
position iu the world which requires SO much
knowledge and judgment as that of the future
farmer BY the side Of his, that of the pro.
fessional man sinks in the shade. 1t is high.
time 70 begin to educate our sous and daugh-
ters for the higher life in agriculture. Let
them no longer look upon farm labor as de-
grading, back breaking drudgery, but as de-
snauding the highest services Of the best 10.
tellects The farm is The placee for both
mental and moral culture. 1t is here, out in
the broad fields and under the blue sky, that
man may truly T" look through Nature up to
Natures God" The jealousies, passions and
msannesses of the political and speculative
world wither not his soul. Here he may
grow large and free as God designed, and
develop to the fullest every faculty with
which he is endowed. The farmer occupies
the most useful, the most important station
in society. 1t is to his exertious that the
support, the food, the employment of every
other rank is owing. To the surplus produce
of the farmer we owe the institution and the
preservation of distinct employments, the or
igin Of commerce and manufactures, and the
existence of government. Ii is the surplus
produce of tho farmer that sets the wheel of
the manufacturer IN motion; that bids the
sails Of commerce whiten every sea; that
gives to religion her ministers to education
her students; that supports the busy popu-
lation of the crowded city, aud that lends to
the government its resources, Its energy, and
its very being. Let the farmer but raise on.
ly enough for his own support and the NIGH
ty heart, which, by its beatings communi-
Gates life to every extremity, would be chill
ed, and every member of the great body
polite be palsied in moment.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-11

The largest farm in England consists Of
three thousand acres, and belongs to man
with +ho Yankee name of Samuel Jones. In
its cultivation he follows the " four course 4"
system, the whole extent of the farm being
divided into four great crops: 75O acres to
wheat, $50 to barley and oats, $50 to seeds,
beans, peas, etc., and $50 to roots. His live
stock is valued as follows; sheep, S35 900 /;
horses, $4,000 bullocks, $4,000; pigs
S2500. The oilcake and corn purchased an
nually amount to $4,000, and artificial fer
tilizers about $4,000. The entire cost of
manure, in various forms, used annually, is
about $4,000. Sheep are claimed as the
most profitable stock he keeps, and from them
are realized about $50, 900 year
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-11

states Thus, Maine has thirty-nine per
cent, &c.
Column two shows the number of acres
of improved land to each person engaged
in agriculture.
Column three shows the amount in money
value Of farm land for each person engaged
10 agriculture.
Column four shows the total value Of farm
products for the year 1869 for each person
engaged in agriculture fs
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-11

Orchard grass is not half we'll enough ap-
preciatcd by stock growers 1t will not by
any means take the place of clover on the
grain farm, but in nine cases in ten orchard
grass is preferable to timothy to mix with
clover, for meadow Or pasture of one or two
years standing. 1t is well adapted to filling
gaps in the clover stand; by itself it is apt
to make large gaps, owing to its habit of
forming tusSocks or punches, hence the me-
cessity of clover with it, or else very thick
seeding and close pasturing. But if mixed
with clover, which is intended for hay, the
yield will be better and quality of hay also,
than if timothy is used. The orchard grass
is early and ripens with the clover, SO one is
not tempted to let the grass stand too long
aud get the clover over ripe, in order to let
the rest grow more, and thus secure larger
yield This grass also springs again, after
being cut, about as quick as clover; 50 it is
fine for pasture. In the Northwest it is
growing in favor with farmers, and can not,
probably, be there too highly praised.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-11


. - - ~ ..N t
In this world Pve gained 10 knowiodre,
And for II I've had TO pays
Though never went TO college, a i'ii
Yet Pve heard the poet say,
Life is like mighty ocean,
Rolling on from day to day,
Men are vessels cast upon II,
Sometimes wrecked and cast away.
CHORUS.
So do the bost for one another,
Making life pleasant dream,
Heip worn and weary traveller,
Pulling hard against the stream.
Many bright, goOd-hearted fellow,
Many q noble-mnded man,
Finds himself in water shallow
Then assist him fyou can.
Some succeed in every turning,
Fortune favors every scheme;
Others, too, though more deserving,
Have to pull against the stream.
Ifthe wind is in your favor,
And you weather every squall,
Think of those whose luckless labor
Never gets fair wind at all
Working hard eontented, willing,
Struggling through life's ocean wide,
Not friend and not q shilling,
Pulling hard against the tide.
Don't give up to foolish sorrow,
Let 1t keep you in good cheer,
Brighter days may come tomorrow,
If you try aud persevere.
Darkest nights will have a morning,
Though the sky be overcast,
Longest lanes will have a turning,
And the tide will turn at last
.T- CHORUS.
50 do the best for one another,
Making life pleasant dream,
Help worn and weary traveller,
Pulling hard against the stream.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-11

-"Whle canv;issng in the town of Cabot
n week or two since, was favored with the
privilege OF seeing nice flock ofthesc sheep
and lambs owned by Cornelius & f..
7. Smith. They have one buck, 4 years old
whose income, the past year, ameunted to
nearly Sl25,-clip of wool l94 lbs. at 90 cents,
old and good; can bc bought for $40, lambs,
good ones. from $50 to $50 each. These cx-
ira sheep were selected lot from the flocks
orr. G. Hill and ii. NJ. Hail. whose flocks arc
well knowA by many in CALEDONIA county
and any wishing to improve the quality and
value of their ilocks will! do well to call ind
examine for themselves. NJ. A. AMsDEN.
South Walden, w.. fs..s sr1
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-11
PRIZE SONG
OF THE PATRONS OF HUsBANDRY.


THE prize of SIS offered by the National Grange
Of that Order has been awarded to Mrs. Tucker 4
the following, which 1t is announced, will be set
music soon. The Secretary in making the anDoune
ment, says Mrs T. bad able competitors, and the d
csion was made in her favor by Mr.. Alden. udtor
HarPer's MdgaziHe.
'Tis ours to guard sacred truss,
We shape heaven-born plan;
The noble purpose wise and Just,
To aid our fellow
From Maine to Californias slope,
Resounds tho reaper's song;
"We come, to build the nations hope,
To slhy the giant Wrong.
Too long have Avaricc and Greed
With Golfers running Ger.
Brought sorrow and Distress and need,
To Labor's humble dGori
From Maine, to Californias slope,
Resounds the reaper's song;
We come, to build the nations hope,
To slay the giant Wrong"
royal road to place and power,
Have rank and title been;
We herald the auspiciOus hour
When honest Worth may win,
From Maine to Californias slope,
Resounds the reaper S song;
ave come, to build tho nations hope,
To slay the giaut Wrong"
Let every heart and hand, unite
In the benignant plan,
The noble purpose just and right.
To aid our fellow-man.
From Maine, to California's slope,
Resounds the roapers song;
We come, to build the nations hope,
To slay the giant Wrong"
Cptyo, WfnusbagO, Co.. Wis.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-11
General S9ritulture.
AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.

The following tables, compiled aud calcu-
lated from the census returns for 1870 fur.
nish some interesting facts in regard to the
agriculture of the United States,
Column one shows the ratio of persons en-
gagged in agriculture to the whole number of
persons returning occupations in the several
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-11

A good Maine farmer who sold a load of
hay in Lewistown tho other day became con-
vincrd on reaching home and thinking it
over, that the load could not have weighed
as much rs represented, and so the next day
his customer shnud receive back S4 for he
WAS - sure there must be u mistake some
where
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-11
A Good HeIfer.

- notice quite often inyour paper state
monts from my brother farmers of the
amount of milk produced, and butter made,
from some of their choice cows or heiiers,
These statements show that there are some
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-11

Artieies that are LrieG practical, and 10 the point
WH rscers the preference for this column. Ten lines
Of phat you know better than column Of ,0hat you
guess.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-11

In England the death Of young and valu.
able calves occurs, and is attributed to their
having sucked and swallowed straws. 1t is
now practice with some herdsmen to muz-
zle the calf as soon as it can stand, with
leather muzzle made of half dozen pieces
Of leather straps, crossed, and secured at
the top by circular strap and fastened by
another strap passing over the ears, These
muzzles are kept on until the calves are two
weeks old.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-11

EE- The queen of dairy implements is
the Blanchard Churu. An excellent name
for REALLY FIRST CLASS article.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-11
.1Nermpat Gatmtr
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
ar ST. JOH.rsBURF rT..
CUMMINGS 4 HosKIus..


rernass--0ne copy, per annum,.............e9,50
IfPad strictly in advance. .S.Oe
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-11
poN,r eIvn uP.

short advertsements 10 cents per inch ie fret Inser
ton. Each subsequent insertion, es cents porinch.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-11

extra cows ~ our State, aud from which, by
careful aud jndieious breeding, we ought To
make general advance IN the quality Of our
dairy stock Iwish to add .anothcr to the
list of extra good heifers. have two-year-
old grie Durham heifel' which gave, In
seven days, cJmntncina Ma, 22l, 929I ll,S.
Of milk. ,.veiSsring ,rver 80 nis pen. day. and
from whi,hI made % HIS df butter AT
another trial commencing june 10th, in sew
en- days she gave milk from which ln,ud,, II
lbs. of luttrr. In the last trial lweigh,sl
the milk only one day. when she gave 96b
lbs. Her feed has been grass IN pasture with
other cows, excepting in the first trial she
had one quart of oatmeal per day for the
three first days, after that nothing hut her
pasture feed Who has done bctterP
ID. B. WHEELocK.
Bgrrc, Jane 90"
Wintering OF Bees aud Poultry
- A correspondent asks How have the
bees wintered in VermontP' can only tell
how few have wintered. having but little
kpowledge of the e9ndilion. of bees ~ the
Stair, but will say ours wintered poorly
We placed twenty-four stocks in good dry
cellar, where heretofore they have Nvintered
nicely, having never lost any from starva-
ton. The past winter and spring have lost
seven stocks with plenty of honey in the hive
and no signs of disease, leaving some brood
showing that they were not queenless. A
neighbor of ours lost several stocks in the
same way. Would like to know if other bee
keepers in the State have had similar cXpe-
rience, Would hketo hear from Mr.. Waite
or some other one What is the cause. and
what the remedy?
will also give little experience in win
tering poultry. We began with thirtylouI
hens and five turkeys; fed with scalded corn
meal with scraps from the table. and fresh
meat in the morning, and corn mt night alsC
gave them frequently pounded bone, broken
earthen, lime and ashes. They laid pretty
well through the winter but did not meet
our highest ambitions for egg machines
The latter part of March few hens and on,
turkey began to refuse food and in n day o
two died, and upon II post morton examna
ton we returned a verdict of death from ex
cessIve intness, and put the rest upon u star
walton diet and lost no more hens. I'd
MRs l.. II. b.
Randolph, 1897
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-11

In Berkshire county in the old Bay State
write this letter, and will try to note few
items that will interest some Of the many
readers Of the FARMER.
The season here thus far has been very
peculiar. Spring cold and wet until the mid
die of May, since which time the wet has
been changed to dry. What everybody says
must be true, at least that will apply with
truth in regard to the lateness and back
wardness Of the spring here.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-11
Correspondence.

omrO, Wfnusbago, Co.. Ws.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-11
Cotsvold sheep.

Randolph, 1879
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-09
TRAVELLERS GUIDE.

u elegant I Steamboats, boat sTNNYsfpE and FowELL
lssss sSs
s ana baggage s SsS 0usa as.s M
FALL RIVER x,a liz. Hswp TO s sns Fsi River
The Ryr M " ana
daily Sundays excepted as6PPisoN sn0.r,n,.na.n.
sass New rom foo. Of Debross and
Cortlandt streets, as follcws:.. -. s...s
VIZ Pullman III Palace ea!s 50 saaz
For M and NE South at
lsIss sassy sss
ES snS Ha css M
I ssS s s$ Il; IS Id II L 5sss ~
r a..Si's IS !, : i i Is Is
For 4s$s s:iS - 90 and 70 4, s neon;
Isl $40 10 i. N. and i night Sunday, $50 and
For SSosS.iags ana Perth AmDoy' and 10 xase
rSF ssT a srprs Might Sunday .us
For P6irsburg and Belvidere. : and 2 N.
Fo aeP Pree sna IL I, A. NJ. and S n
For Boat nem PER So ~ ana VIA
a s.s 4 anS Il p asi4 sad.S
Monday. washington ana BsltiInors, S;s $780, -
pSis n sdaary III !2% s nsl'1 sS:
s 1stei oes ssn SO Fl ana IL No Aston
House and foot Desbrosses and Cortiandt streets.
EmsTanDsss TS4et Office No. Battery pl % Ghoyp
= General Manager General Passenger Agent.
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PROPOSALS.


NOTICE TO OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES WILL BE
IN received at the Engineers Offices Of the hre Rail
way, Grand Opera House. corner Twenty third street
and Eighth avenue. New York city, until noon OF Mon
day. May 49, 1873 the grading and masonry upon the
track Of the Erie Railway the following por
tons OF It's road, viz
From Lackawaxen to Narrowsburg, liz miles
From Lordville 70 Hancock, l0ls miles.
From AttIca to Lancaster. ~ miles.
The work will be divided into sections of about
mile each and bids will received for
tons Blanks for proposals and spe cincatons may be
MI e. Fay Engineer in charge, Narrowsburg;
Mr. A. X. Trew, Engineer in charge, Buffalo,
who will furnish such further information may be re-
aured. The work TO be completed within 20 days from
the awarding Of the contract sooner II possible. .
Contractors doing their work promptly and well VIII
have the preference in further lettings which
pectcd to IS miles double track work
The company the right Of rejecting any all
bids : ~x.~,vrn,, ,....,-,-
r. H. WATSON President
Mayo 1873
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RENT OF SMALL OFFICES.

INQUIRIES TO BE MADE OF
HOMER MORGAN, NO. 2 PINE STREET.
A TO LEASE, WORTH HOUSE, zoe FIFTH AVENUE
n. of Twenty-ffth street. through Broadway
Tor business hotel purposes. Apply to w. W. STE.
PIiENSON, 247 Broadway, room q.