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Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-01-03
g'en-SpHEGCrS.

State ofaffairs in Utah-Harcm- scarum.
The most popular woman's paper-A pa
per of pins.
Motto for grocers-IIoncst tea Is the best
policy.
Advice IL like kissing-it don't kost moth
ing and is pleasant thing to do.
Sekrets are like meazlcs-they take easy
and spread easy.
Trusting to luck Is only another name for
trusting to lazincss.
Bill Shanks says that comtship is bliss but
matrimony IS blister.
A Sunday school teacher was impressing
on his class the horrors of eternal punish
ment, and described hell as lake of fiery
birthstone, when an urchin broke in with
"Well, they won't have the itch there
Said an orator, thoroughly warmed up
with his subject There is not Il man, wo-
man or child in the house, who has arrived
at the age of fifty years, but what has felt
this truth laundering through their minds for
centuries"
Among wcll-bred people II mutual defer
encc is shown; attention given to each in his
turn; and an easy stream Of conversation
maintained, without vehemence, or without
eagorness for victory, and without any airs of
superiority.
A lady with very inharmonous voice in
sisted on singing at an evening party. "What
does she call that?n inquired guest "IhG
Tempest, think answered another. "Don't
be alarmed, 80 said sea captain present, "t's
no tempest: its only Il squall.'
To love the unlovcly, to sympathize with
the contrary minded to give to tho unchar-
liable, to forgive such as never pity, to be
Just to men who make iniquity law, to pay
their ceaseless hate with never-ceasing love
is one of the nobest atuinmcnts of man, and
i'm this he becomes most like God.
A thinking man is the worst enemy the
Prince of Darkness can have; every time
such an one announces himself there runs Il
shudder through the neither empire; and
new emissaries are trained with new tactics
ifpossible, to entrap him, and hoodwink anC
handcuil him.
Probably no human production is so stupiC
as newspaper presided over by men wh'
have no sense Of humor, But it is still tru'
that in the popular mind, n certain gravity
which may even border ON stupidity, is con
sdored essential to II great man, especial,
to Il man who is to occupy public position.
The true art of being agreeable is to ap
pear well pleased with all the company, ant
rather to seem well entertained with then
than to bring entertainment to thom, A MAJ
thus disposed may not have much learning
nor any wit; but If he has common sense anC
something friendly in his behavior, it concili
ates mems minds more than the brightes
parts without this disposition.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-01-03
8ee Aetpin9.
For the VERMONT FARMER.
WHO MAY AND WHO MAY NOT
(conciWded merit wsek9
by o. C. WAIT, OF GEORGIA.

Fearing | may be thought more Jealous than
discreet in advice to Others l would like to
have it understood that it is not consistent
with the public good for all to invest even a
small amount in bee keeping. Bees have no
attractions for some men, while many such
men have so great an attraction for the bees
that they can hardly 60 within hailing dis
tance without attracting them, and may con-
slider themselves fortunate if they get away
without Qike one of the editors Of the So.
Adams MesSenger) carrying away scores of
the little torments pinned to their counte-
nances. Also there are cases where persons
have been so poisoned by one bee sting that
their lives have been despaired of, while in
other more rare cases, individuals have died
from the effects of the poison of course it
would be unkind to advise these classes to
repeat the dose. Moral How much
mischief may result from little thing or
wrong action.
Those who do not first determine to know
all that is to be learned, and do all that can
be done to ensure success, need not under
take it for profit, for their reasonable expec-
tations are small, and their profits also. To
quote the language Of one of our most sue
cessful bee keepers, A. |. Root, of Ohio,
would best express our views :--"Kind read
er, if you are in the habit Of saying such
and such duties ought 10 be attende4 10, but
you have neglected them, please don't 60
with us farther; you may succeed in some
things, but you cannot IN bee culture. y
Some one is ready to remind us that bees
have been kept for long series Of years
without any special care we admit it; so
have sheep and cattle eked out a miserable
existence, unfed except what they could
gather, and unsheltcred except by the forest
trees and fences; but did that pay? Ger
tainly not. We know Of cases where bees
have been kept in this way from 40 t. 20
years, but they are rare exceptions, and even
in these cases they have paid little more than
care and interest. In one of these cases
which | have in mind, they are doing some
thing yet in another there is one colony
less than there wos 40 years ago in anoth-
er they are all dead With good care, and
such results as are obtained now, the annu-
al profits of those bees, if invested, would
now exceed the value of the large farms on
which they have been kept, besides paying
their own expenses, would not be under
stood that many are necessarily disqualified
from the above causes, since the inexperienc-
ed can protect himself, and even "oft repeat
ed stings grow comparatively harmless"
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-01-03

l cannot forbear pointing out to
you, my dearest child, said Lord Col
lingwood to his daughter, "the great advan.
tages that will result from temperate con.
duct and sweetness of manner to all people
on all occasions. Never forget that you are
gentlewoman, and all your words and ac-
tions should make you gentle. Inever heard
your mOther-your dear, good mother-say
harsh or hasty thing to any person in my
life Endeavor to initiate her. am quick
and hasty in my temper but, my darling, it
is a misfortune which, not having been sufii-
ciently restrained in my youth, has caused me
inexpressiblc pain. 1t has given me more
trouble to subdue this impetuosity than any
thing ever undertook"
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-01-03

Mr.. Holmes is intending soon to put up a
cider-mill to utilize the early windfalls in his
orchards and he foresees the necessity Of
soon building fruit-house to preserve until
the spring months the choicest of his fruit
Such an enterprise as this enables us to
take very encouraging view Of the pros
poets of fruit.culture around the waters of
this lake. Mr.. Holmes success may in a
smaller way be attained by very many 9TH
ers, if they are thorough and intelligent cul-
tivators. There are as suitable lands, in
smaller tracts usually, and there are as fa-
vorable situations all along the lake still oc.
cupied, or but half occupied in the more or
dinlry branches of husbandry. 1t is to be
hoped that the owners of these lands will in
form themselves of the inducements offered
by this interest to those who engage in it
wisely. And there are such lands for sale I;
indeed am informed that the continuation
Of this ridge which Mr.. Holmes has planted
might be bought
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-01-03
SHORTHORNS AS MIXERS.

Mr.. w. Carr, an eminent English author
ity on neat stock, who is now travelling in
America, and who has lately contributed a
long and thorough account of Mr.. Coch-
rane's career as an importer and breeder, to
the Country Gentleman, says, in a recent
letter to that Taper; -
There is trite saying which | have found
as common in the mouths Of American as Of
English breeders, and which runs thus :
"Booths for the butcher, Bates for the pail, f"
which,-to use Charles Lambs words in ref
erence to another popular fallacy,-contains
a principle of compensation that disposes
men to admit the truth of it. As implying,
however, that the Booths are not also good
mixers, it conveys false impression. This
proverb, Qor such it has become,) must have
been the invention of some ingenious bucolic
Tupper who had never seen Warlaby or the
deep-uddered matrons Of its herd. The
Bliss family, like the Farewels, the Bios
SONS, the Strawberrys, the Mantilinis, and
that remarkably excellent, though compara-
lively modern family, the Hecubas Of Kill
lerby, have all been equally available for the
butcher or the milking-pail, at the breeders
option. Royal Blithe's ancestress, Bliss,
died ofmilk fever he. daughter, Blithe, and
her grand daughter, Lady Blitho, were both
excessive mixers, being seldom dry before
calving yet the daughters Of the latter La
dy Fragrant and Lady Grateful, when called
upon to display their grazing aptitude, rap
idly acquired that wonderfully bounteous de-
velopment Of flesh, the capacity for which
constitutes the special and distinctive value
Of the Shorthorn race-indeed their oaLy su.
periority over the many excellent breeds we
already possess, Cultivate the milking proper
ty in the Shorthorn as you will, she can never
compete, las regards yield Of milk in propor-
tiOntotoOd consumed with the tribes that have
been bred, like the Ayrshires, with a special
view to the development Of this function
She may, and perhaps ought to, nourish her
calf, but if you exact much more, you rob
the Shorthorn Of almost every attractive lea.
ture, and instead of the obong-cubc, with
its rounded outlines, you get more or less
according to the extent Of the drain upon
her SYSTEM of the shelly, raw.boned, wedge,
shaped proportions Of the dairy COW.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-01-03
nostom Crenm Cakes.

Rub into one pound of -four half pound
of butter; add little sugar; stir it quick
ly into one quart Of boiling water; boil one
minute. When cold, add ten eggs, two at a
time, ,oithou beating, and stir only to mix
it. Drop the paste in cakes on the pan and
bake, rubbing the top with butter and egg
mixed, before putting in the oven, Make a
cream of one quart milk, boil and stir in
four eggs, beaten with two ounces of -four.
Sweetcn and flavor with vanilla. When the
cakes are baked, open with knife-blade and
pour in the cream.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-01-03
RECIPES.


The weight Of ten eggs in sugar, half
their weight in -four, one lemon. Beat tho
whites and yolks of eggs separately; whites
to a stiff froth, yolks till nearly white. Add
the grated riud and juice of the lemon to the
sugar; then add the yolks aud beat five
minutes. Stir in slowly small portions Of
the whites of the eggs and the flour Bake
in quick oven
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-01-03

One cup of sugar, one-half cup OF sweet
milk, one egg, two teaspooniuls of cream tar
tar and one of soda, or instead Of the cream
of tartar and soda, use three teaspooniuls of
baking powder. Bake in thin layers like
jelly cake. Prepare custard, by boiling a
pint of thin cream, one beaten egg, one ta-
blespOOniul of flour, one teaspOOnful of corn
starch, and one.half cup of sugar together,
and when cold flavor with lemon, or any ex.
tract to suit the taste, and spread this be.
tween the layers Of cake.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-01-03
Jelly Cake.

Beat together thoroughly one cup of but
ter and two cups of sugar; add the beaten
yolks of four eggs; stir in one cup of milk,
and two even cups and scant third cup of
-four. Beat the whites Of the eggs, and stir
into the batter. Then add one teaspoonful
of lemon extract, and two and half tea
spoonfuls of baking powder. Stir ten min
utes aud pour into pans.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-01-03
MoInsses CnndY, No. 2.

One large cup full of molasses and two
very large tablespoonfuls of sugar boil as
rapidly as is possible for twenty minutes.
Try if it is brittle by dropping into cold wa
ter, When done, rub half teaspoonful Of
soda smooth, and stir dry into the boiling
candy. Mix it thoroughly and pour into
buttered pans. Stir while boiling to keep it
from burning. Do not pull. If you like
pop corn balls, pop it fresh, and stir into a
part or the whole of it.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-01-03

In cake making never beat the eggs and
sugar together before adding other ingred-
ents, as the sugar hardens the eggs. In us
ing havoring, one must depend upon
taste instead of directions, as some extracts
are much stronger than others. If, in bak-
ing layers of cake, it breaks in coming out
of the tins, either make it less rich, or add
more egg.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-01-03

One reason why grass does not do well,
is that it is not susceptible of cultivation.
As the harrow leaves the land, so it must
remain, save what little effect the frost may
have. But the sun generally brings this
back to its hard state again, Docs it not
then seem clear what to do2 We are to pre-
pare our land in the very best way for
grass make it as mellow as possiblo-and
with a capacity to keep mellow. This is
not done by mere plowing and narrowing.
1t is not done by manure only. Ditching
does not do it, nor the deepest and best of
subsoilng, but all these together. Then
your land is mellow; will remain mellow ;
is rich will remain rich, where clover alone
is used and will be but little impoverished
where the grasses are grown, give but good
aftermath for protection and for growth in
he spring
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-01-03

Two cups Of sugar, one egg, piece Of but
ter the size of a large egg, one cup of sour
milk, one teaspoonfu! of soda, little salt
and nutmeg, one teaspoouful of lemon, three
cups of -four beat the white Of egg sepa-
ratcly, the sugar and yOlk and butter togeth-
er bake in thoroughly heated oven.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-01-03
VOL. III.--NO. 3.
CUMMINGS & HOsKINs.
Rates of Advertising.
"sTIck TO THE FARM

To sturdy sons Of care and toll,
Who cultivate the virgin soil
with an untiring arm
What yer may betide in life,
oh give not o'er your noble strife,
But still stick TO the farm.
Though very hard the times may seem,
Yet, still, of failures do not dream,
Nor give yourselves alarm
For surely everybody knows
That fortune ever smiles on those
Who will stick to the farm.
It will not do to fret or scold
Because our winters are so cold
Or summer is so warm;
Fer natures treasures fresh and pure,
In rich profusion they secure
Who e'er stick 70 the farm.
While city pleasures pass away,
Like shadows at tho close day,
The country still doth charm
Ifyoud enjoy long life and health,
DO not in cities seek for wealth.
But do stick to the farm.
iowa Homestead.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-01-03
,Jupnbles, No, I.

One-half pounl butter, one-halt pound
sugar, three-fourths pound -four, three eggs !;
flavor with rOse-water and nutmeg. After
the ingredients are mixed, take out little
on wcll.sugared board, and cover with su-
gar Cut in short strips, and cross on a
well -hnttered tin.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-01-03
Snonge Cnke.

Three eggs, one and half cups sugar,
beaten together five minutes, half cup of
water, one teaspoOnful Of cream tartar, one
half teaspoontul of soda, and two cups of
-four Flavor with extract of lemon.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-01-03
Pickle for Hams.

For 100 lbs. Of ham, take six gallons
water, 8 lbs, salt, quart mOlasses, 3 o..
saltpeter, and l OF. saleratus. When ready
to smoke they can be soaked and then fresh
ened to taste, If too salt,
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-01-03

One and half cups of molasses, one cup
of water, one cup of butter one teaspoonfu!
of soda, two Of ginger; -four enough to roll
nut
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-01-03

OF all the dreary places, says Colonel
Curtis, deliver me from the farm houses
which so many people call home Bars for
a front gate, chickens wallowing before the
door, pig.pens elbowing the house in the rear,
scraggy trees never cared for or no trees at
all, no cheering shrubs, no neatness, no trim.
ness. And yet a lawn and trees aud neat
walk and pleasant fence don't cost a great
deal, They can be secured little by little
at odd times, and the expense is hardly felt.
And if the time comes whan it is best to sell
the farm, $50 so invested will often bring
| $500.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-01-03
.InnhIcs. No. 2.

Two cups Of sugar, one cup of butter, one
egg, five cups of flour, one.half cup of sweet
milk, one half teaspoonful of soda
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-01-03
NIoIasses Candy, No. 1.

Two cups mOlasses, one cup sugar. one ta-
blespoonful vinegar, butter size of hickory
nut. Boil briskly twenty minutes, stirring
all the time. When cool, pull until white.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-01-03
WHOLE NO. 100.
gaOies' department.
A TRUE LADY.

We particularly desire contributions 10 this solamH
upon all SUBJECTS Interesting 10 our lady readers.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-01-03

FIVE could read the secret history of our
enemies, we should find in each mans life
sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all
hostility
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-01-03
EXHAUSTION OF OUR LUMBER
FORESTS.

A writer in the LumbermanS Gazette
computes that Michigan turns out about
three billions of feet of lumber per annum.
He estimates that there is still standing in
the forests Of Michigan over iOrty-two bill
ions Of feet Of merchantabe pine, making
the supply in that quarter sufficient only for
fourteen years consumption. Figures like
these cannot be very correct but they put
in striking shape fact people are prone
to forget that while the supply of lumber is
limited, the demand steadily increases, and
greatly acce!erates the approach of the day
of scarcity. The same exhaustion is going
on in pine regions elsewhere, to the north of
us, and in Canada as it has in Norway and
Sweden England was originally one vast
forest but now receives all her supplies of
timber from abroad. The scarcity of wood
is even more felt in Germany and in France,
where the jealousy with which the forests are
guarded sufficiently attests their present val
ue. We are approaching, though slowly,
the same goal, and may well felicitate our
selves upon our present abundance.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1873-03-13
Shooting Hens.

When a woman has hen to drive
into the coop, she takes hold Of her
hoops with both hands, shakes them
quietly at the delinquent, and says
"Shew! there The hen takes one
look at the object to convince herself
that it is woman, and then stalks
majestically into the coop in perfect
disgust OF the sex. \ man don't do
that way. lie goes out doors and
says, ut is singular nobody in this
house can drive a hen but myself"
and picking up stick of wood hurls
itat the offending biped, and observes:
Get in there, you thief The hen
Immediately loses her reason and dash
es to the opposite end Of the yard,
The man straightway dashes after
her She comes back again with her
head down, her wings out, and follow
ed by an assortment Of stove-wood,
fiuit-cans and coal clinkcrs, with a
much putting and very mad man in
the rear Then she Skins up on the
stoop, and under the barn, and over a
fence Or two, and around the house,
and back again to the coop, all the
while talking as only an excited hen
can talk, and all the while followed by
things convenient for handling and by
a man whose coat is on the sawbuck,
and whose hat Is on the ground, and
whose perspiration and profanity ap-
pear to have no limit, BY this time
the other hens have come out to take
Il hand in the debate, and help dodge
the missiles-and then the man SAYS
every hen shall be sold in the morn
ing, and puts on his things and goes
down street, and the woman dons her
hoops and has every one Of those hens
housed and contented in two minutes,
and the only sound heard on the pre-
misses is the hammering by the oldest
boy as he mends the broken pickets.--
DonJ,uy Ners.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1873-03-13

The Danbury Ncrs says: A re
tired clergyman sends us an account OF
a little affair that happened in his
place. 1t appears that there was a
young woman, 4 fine, spirited girl, en-
gagged at u wash tub, opposite an
open door. Just behind her was a
young man, as is generally the case,
and in the yard was an old buck that
was allowed the freedom Of the premi-
ses, which is not always the case, we
are glad to say. Well, this buck came
up to the door and looked in, and the
young man, going close behind the
young woman pointed his finger
straight at the buck, and the old fel-
low, recognizing at once the pressing
character of this mute invitation, put
down his head and dashed forward,
and the miserable man stepped one
side and fled, and the young woman,
all unconscious of the arrangement,
received the awful shock without
warning and passed over the tub, and
the air for an instant appeared to be
full OF slippers and wet clothes, and
soap, and hot water and suds. And
the next minute that goat came fly
ing out Of that door at dreadful
speed, bald the whole length of his
spine, and with wild look in his eye
And for an hour afterward he stood
back of the barn, scratching his chin
and trying to recall all the circum-
stances in the unfortunate affair.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1873-03-13
NORTHERN RAILROAD.

1870 WINTrp Apr ANCI,lIrvr le-q
Az onL aftnr Dcr if 1875 p,ss",'
| Ger Trein win rur ~ foIIows.
UPWARD TRAINS.
Dov E,nrrss Troin lcores Concord ot IN An
A, NJ and Recommendation Twain nt To- A.
AM. *for White River Junction. connective
with train for we'll River. ST. .Tohmsh,,r,99
Barton. Newport, Willonabby and Mn@61t
Lakes, Stonstcad' Quebec Hath. Iittjcton'
Lancaster, and thcWLito and Frauconi,,
Mountains. Also, withtraiu, for Mont
heller, Mansfield Mountain. BURLINGTON. 81,
Albal.s, Rousc's Point, Montreal, Ogdens.
bureh. and the West.
Observation-Disclosures TRAM leaves Concord ut
327 p. M for White River junction & Bristol,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1873-03-13
Notice 10 tho Afflicted and Unfortunate


The wel-knOwn Ludlow House is offered for
sale or will be rented The house is centrally
located in the business part of Ludlow village
has recently been repaired throughout and an
addition built to accommodate increasing pat
ronage, and now contains 10 rooms. House
and barns are supplied with excellent running
water. The barns are in fine condition, and
will accommodate 40 horses There are also
good roomy sheds and an ice-house attached.
In fact, every requiEitlon for running first
class hotel is supplied.
Tho thriying5village of Ludlow lies beautl-
fully empowered in the enchanting valley of
the Black river ard on the line Of the Rutland
d Burlington railroad. and is just midway be-
tween Rutland and Bellows Falls, being 25
miles from either place. The business of Lud-
low is yearly increasing and real estate is ad-
yancing. As place Of summer resort, it is
constantly gaining favor, and each season
brings new accessions. The scenery immed.
lately, about the village is unsurpassed, blend
ing wild grandeur with valley beauty and love-
illness. Numerous and famed trout brooks and
miniature lakes abound in and about the
town, which together with the fine drives in
every direction and the salubrity of the air, al
lure alike the pleasure seeker and the invalid.
Applications may DO made to
II. i. HOWE,
l7w3 Proprietor