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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-09-10

Vermont Central 4. Z. Line
SUMMER ARRANGEMENTS.
Commencing Monday, Jnne 2, 1873.
rRAINs aoING aOurH AND EAsT.

TRAINS GOING SOUTH AND EAST.
Leave Montpelier g. IS am, 2.22 Ind . 50 pm.
Mail Train leaves OgdensbuTg At 500 p.m:, 81. Al.
and Bellows Fails with trains for Boston, Worcester.
&C., and at White River Junction with rains on Pas
sumpsic Railroad at South Vernon Tor Springfield AND
New York at New London, with Steamer for New
York.
Day Express leaves Montreal at s.45 am. ST. Johns
At IL. 10 am, Ogdensburg at 500 am, st. Adams ~
1900 M, arriving in Bostovia Lowell at loco pm.
Night Express leaves Ogde nsburg at 1875 p. m:
Montrea Al al 3 IS PM, ST. Johns at $50 p.m., 81. Al
bans al 1870 pm. connecting at White River Junction
and Bellows Falls with trains for Boston and Wcr-
cester, &C., arriving in Boston at6.3O a.m,at sonth
Vernon with trains for Springfield and New York
arriving in New York al 1880 pm. and IN New Lon
TRAINS GOING NORTH AND WEST.
Leave Montpelier $50 and 500 am, and $50 ano
5.45 pm.
for Burlington, st. Adams, Montreal, &C arriving in
Montreal at Gas p.m., and Ogdensburg at IL so am,
making connection for the West.
ton via Lowell at 700 am. via Lawrence and Fitch
burgh at 130 am, Springfield at SoO an, New
London at go an. south vernon q io:o q; m', Bei
arriving in St. Adams at s.55 pm.
Trains leaving Boston via Fitchburgh At 7.3o am
and Springfield at 500 AM, connect at White Rive
Junction with Day Express train.
Accommodation Tram leaves Northfeld at7.45 am:
Rutland at $40 am, Burlington at 9. 90 am, ST. Al
bans at 1900 M, st. john at $50 pm, arriving il
Ogdensburg, at $50 pm.
Night Express leaves New London at 2.A4 pm
South Vernon at 9.58 pm, receiving passengers from
Connecticut River Railroad, leaving New York a
800 p.m., Springfield $40 pm, Bellows Falls ll.2l
pm. connecting with trains over Cheshire Railroad
leaving Boston at $3.50 p m, connecting AT White Rive
Junction with train leaving Boston at 500 p.m., TO
Burlington, st. Adams, Montreal, &C., arriving in Mon
treal at sis am, and in Ogdensburgh, at 1913!
PM, CONNECTING with Grand Trunk Railway for thu
West.
Sleeping Cars are attached to the night Express Trair
running between Montreal and Boston, and Montrea
and Springfield, and st. Adams and Troy.
Drawing Room Cars On day Express Trains between
| Montreal and Boston.
! Through tickets for Chicago and the Weston sale al
the principal stations.
G. E RILL, Gea'I superintendent.
| st. Adams. My 3lss. 1873.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-09-10

QUALITY I N PoRK.-We all know what a
difference there is in pork. Breed has some
thing to do in this matter, but not so much
AS macy suppose. 1t is the kind OF feed that
makes kind In pork. Use milk oe whey
largely, and your pork is sure to be soft
dabby, and will fry away at least half. What
IS lett is not relishable. Hence our dairy
pork is our poorest pork, varying accord lng
70 the amount of grain that is fed So still
fed pork is in bad repute. Miscellaneous
ICED makes ordinary pork, often quite ordrn
airy. Stop will not do there seems to be
100 much water. The grains are what is
wanted to make good, sweet pork, pork that
is solid, and will fry well. Rank pork is un-
endurable, and yet there is much of it, and
some people like it, like the pork from large
strong hogs, A dirty, offensive sty is an el-
ement no doubt in producing strong or even
fetid pork. Have clean quarters, a clean an
NAL, good ventilation and feed grain For
drink give cold, not in any way foul, water.
Corn for feed is the best, and old corn at
that. Do not house too close, nor feed too
sharp look TO the convenience OF the hog /;
and tat him so that he is in good condition,
not o%verlat. with possible diseased parts
about him in consequence, the pork being
hCNbto ~ W. ONo WILL - hNhA
will yield most pork, but it is doubtful
whether the QUALIFY is as good as when led
raw. SO probably with all the grains. We
have had chances to note clear distinctions
IN the quality of pork. Where the dairy is
excluded and the grains are I'D. there is good
solid pork ;. and, unless the hog is old and
large, We find it to be sweet. We find it dit
GcuIt to get good pork among dairymen: that
IS, pork that will not fry away too much,
and is of a No. l keeping quality. This
among all breeds, for all are kept here. We
are tatting a pig for our own use, of mixed
breed of Chester White and Berkshire. and
| We feed him old corn, ground. and give hin
water to drink. We expect the first quality
of pork, and we shall not be disappointed
We have practiced this for years, and seen il
practiced, ami with unvarying success. The
pork is always solid cooks well in all forms
is sweet and toothsome, and more whoIesom,
than the rank bacon. We have no difficult,
in keeping our pork.-Cor. Country Gentle
| man,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-09-10

A HUMM1NG-BIRD DUEL.-The other day
as A. T.. Clearwater, of this city was coming
down East Front street, he witnessed a novel
battle in the yard opposite the Presbyterian
church. Two green-backed humming-
birds were the combatants, and the fray
lasted seventeen minutes. The tiny antag-
onlsts would dart on each Sother most vi
clously ; would soar twenty feet or more in
the air. and then return to the flowers IN
the beds for a moment or two, where the
warfare ragged most bitterly. Occasionally
the larger would pin the smaller to the
ground, when the latter would strike yigor-
ously at the throat of its foe. Finally the
larger bird apparently became very much
enraged, and made ar energetic squirt. The
other fell to the ground, its wings huttered
the body quivered, one quick gasp, and the
ruby throated little one was dead. The
victor few to a dead twig on a n~eighboring
shrub, smootned its RULED plumage as a
dove would, and twisted its neck from sldt
to side, then for a moment lowering over the
~lifeless body of its enemy as if to be certain
life was extinct, it few swiftly away
Kingston IN " freeman, Aug s.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-09-10

CAMPHoR.-Camphor gum is brought to
this country in a crude or impure state,
and here it is subject to the process Of dis
t~illation to render it fit for employment.
There are several important re6neries in
the country, one of which is at Rumney,
N. II. A correspondent of The People
presents the following interesting facts re-
garding camphor and this refinery
The camphor of m comes from
Formosa, Sumatra, Borneo, Japan and
China. 1t is obtained in crystalline mass
es already formed, and also in grains by
distillation. The tree which produces
the former kind is a near relative of our
Eastwood, which we know as a charming
tree, pertaining the air and yielding the
finest honey in the world. 1t grows on
the Dirt mountains in Sumatra and in Dor.
neo. 1t towers upward more than a hum
dread feet, and has been known to attain a
girth of fifty feet. The spirited persuasion
of the axe draws from this forest monster
the white treasures secreted in Longitude
nal assures in it's heart wood, sometimes,
though rarely, in a layer as large as a,
mans arm, bnt more frequently in ma
fragments to be carefully extracted by
some sharp pointed instrument.
1t is not an abundant bearer. Twenty
pounds is a rare yield for a great tree /; ter
pounds is a good harvest from one of me.
dunn size, and many are felled and spill
that furnish no camphor. This, however
is not an entire waste, since the wood il
easily worked and is never attacked by the
voracious myriads of Eastern insect:
which destroy all other varieties except
the teak and c~alambuco. House and ship
timber are made from it, besides many ar.
ticles of furniture, and the aromatic trunk
is extremely valuable to the housekeeper.
of our colder climate. This kind of cam
phor seldom finds its way to Europe and
America. The Chinese ascribe to 1t mar
velous medicinal properties, and pay for i
enormous sums, thus securing the entir'
yield.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-09-10

"Slowf No it isn't. I set it by,railroad
time myself this morning; what do you
mean ?"
We put it back . whole hour" the
boys then confessed, mournfully.
What on earth did you put it back
for ?" exclaimed their father.
$50 we could have time to learn our
lessons"
Their mother looked grave and plying.
Their father jumped out Of the carriage
and called the hired man to take the horse
back to the barn.
Well my lads" he said, +" come into
the house, and I'll hear you recite lessons
You have lost your chance Of going out te
C~heeseboro's, and l think you have pretty
thoroughly learned another lesson besides
your geography and arithmetic. Come
in."-Exchanye.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-09-10
goetry.
September.

Not the full richness Of autumnal gladness;
Thine, the first ~languors of decay and sadness,
Roses, not W thered qui e. yet slowly fading,
Leaves, only edged about, with tint and shading;
Grapes. purpIing on the amethystine cluster.
Not all fulfilled. their highest tone of luster;
Juice-suckled fruits on orchard boughs late swim
ing.
Still swelling, with; the sweets, moist skies are
bringing.
Pumpkins a-gold upon the'slopes reclining,
Slow. nell W suns above, h~aze-dimmed in shining
Booklets. bereft of half their fret and babble,
Among the lichenel rocks and pebbly rabble;
Gales, scented with the late mown hay and clover
No more to deck the Helds; the sunni er's over;
The bIrdling's song has lost is wont ell sweetness
A twitter. now, the breadth of It's completeness.
Quiet the days; the cricket's note so CHEEKY
Death seems far,-ani yet, before he morrow,
The scene may change, our waking be in sorrow.
For human lives oft die in their September,
As calm and sweet-some of us well remember;
Happy are they to fade, when fad the roses
Before autumn tide its frost discloses.
Or, like the enpurpled grape of royal splendor-
Or full-ripe fruit-completei lie to render;
Let us be wise; give both due thought and measure,
Then death will not O'ercOme, nor idle pleasure.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-09-10

How WOLVES CAPTURE Wild HoR SEES.
mischief, there is always a numerous
train of smaller ones to follow in tho rear,
and act as auxiliaries in the work of de-
struction. Two large wolves are sufficient
to destroy the most powerful horse, and
seldom more than two ever begin the as
sault, although there may be d score in
the gang. 1t is no less curious than
amusing, to witness their ingenious mode
of attack. If there is no snow, or but lit
tie on the ground, two wolves approach in
the most playful and caressing manner, ly-
ing, rolling and frisking about, until the
too credulous and unsuspecting victim is
completely put off his guard by curiosity
and familiarity. During this time the
gang squatting, are looking on at a dis
lance. Alter some time spent in this way
the two assailants separate, when one ap-
proaches the horses head, the other his
tail, with a shyness and cunning peculiar
to themselves. AT this stage of the at
tack, their frolicsome approaches become
very interesting; the former is a mere
decoy, the latter is the real assallant, and
keeping his eyes steadily fixed on the ham
strings or flank of the horse. The critical
moment is then watched and the attack is
simultaneous, both wolves spring at their
victim at the same instant--one to the
throat, the other to the Aank-.and it sue
cessful, which they generally are, the hind
one never lets 60 his hold till the horse is
completely disabled. Instead of kicking
to disengage himself, the horse turns
round and round. without attempting a de-
Tense. The wolf before then springs be-
hind to help the other. The sinews are
then cut, and in half the time | have been
describing it, the horse is on his side-his
struggles are fruitless, the victory is won.
At this signal the lookers-on close in a
gallop; but the small-fry Of followers keep
at a respectable distance, until their supe-
riors are gorged, and then they take their
turn unmolested. Russian Sketch Book.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-09-10

A WONDERFUL APPLE TREE There is
now growing in an orchard in Petersham,
Mass. lately belonging to my honored father,
the Rev. Aaron Whitney, deceased, an apple
tree, very singular with respect to it's fruit.
The apples are fair, and when fully ripe of a
yellow color, but evidently of different tastes,
sour and sweet. The part which is sour is
not very tart, nor the other very sweet. Two
apples, growing side by side, on tie same
limb, will be of different tastes, the ooe all
sour, and the other all sweet and which is
more remarkable, the same apple will be soul
on one side, end, or part, and the other sweet:
and that not in any order or uniformity: nor
IS there any difference in the appearance Of
the one pait from the other. And as to the
quantity, some have more of the acid, and
less OF the sweet, and so vice versa. Neither
are the apples so different in their tastes, Pc
cullar to any particular branches, but are
found promlscuOusly on any and every branch
of the tree. The tree stands almost in the
midst of a large orchard in a rich and strong
soil. and was transplanted there about fifty
years ago. There is no appearance of the
trunk or any OF the branches having been in
grated or inoculated. It was a number of
years after it had borne fruit, before these
different tastes were noticed; but since thew
were first discovered, which is upwards OF
thirty years, there has been constantly the
same variety observed in the taste of the
fruit of this tree.
For the truth of the above account an ap-
peal may be made to many persons OF distinc-
non and OF pice tastes, who have travelled a
great distance to view the tree and taste the
truIt; but to investigate the cause of an effect
80 much out of the common course. must
thlLk be attended with difficulty. The only
solution l can conceive is, that the corcula.
'r hearts OF two seeds, one from a sour and
the other from a sweet apple. might so incor.
porate in the ground as to produce but one
plant. or that tarina from blossoms of those
opposite qualities might pass into and i'm.
pregnate the same seed hitney's Histor,
of Worcester Co.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-09-10

How 70 DRIvE-There is another point CT
prime importance in driving any horse, but
especially a young one; it is the way you
handle the reips. Most drivers over-drive.
They attempt too much and, in so doing,
distract or hamper the horse. Now and
then you find a horse with such a vicious
gait, that his speed is got from him by the
most artificial processes but such horses
are fortunately rare, and hence the style of
management required cannot become gener-
al. The true way is to let the horse drive
himself, the driver doing but little but direct
ing him, and giving him that confidence
which a horse alone gets in himself when he
feels that a guide and friend is back of him.
The most vicious and inexcusable style of
driving, is that which so many drivers adopt:
VIZ, wrapping the lines around either hand,
and pulling the horse backward with all their
might and main, 30 that the horse, in point
of fact, pulls the weight back of him with
his mouth, and not with his breast 10
shoulders. This they do under the impress
sion that such a dead pull is needed in order
to g steady the horse.
This method of driving l regard as radical
ly and superlatively wrong. 1t would tax
the ingenuity of a hundred fools to invent a
worse one. The fact is, with rare exception,
there should never be any pull put upon the
horse at all. A steady pressure is allowable,
probably advisable; but anything beyond
this has no justification in nature or reason;
for nature suggests the utmost possible free
dom of action of head, body and limbs, in
order that the animal may attain the highest
rate of speed; and reason certainly forbids
the SD pposltion that by the bits, sand not by
the breast collar, the horse is to draw the
weight attached to it. In speeding my
horses, | very seldom grasp the lines with
both hands when the road is straight, and
free from distractions. The lines are rarely
steadily taut, but held in easy pliancy, and
used chiefly to shift the bit in the animals
mouth, and by this motion communicate
courage and confidence to him. | find that,
by this method, my horses break less, and go
much faster, than when driven by men who
put the old-fashioned steady pull upon them.
From Mr.. Murray's Book on The Perfect
Horse"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-09-10

Young STock IN FALL AND W1NrER.-A
writer In the Country Gent. eman says:
"The time has arrived when Young stock
is to be seen to. Winter will soon be here
and the long. cold rains and wet SHOWS O,
autumn are impending. Are we going t.
keep out, as is so much the case, our tess
calves and young colts, till the snow forces
them to shelter? Quite likely, the most OF
US. And what would be the result? 1t will
be not only a lessening of the flesh, but b
check IN the growth, which Can never be
remedied. On this point We are very heed
less-many OF US ignorant. We act as though
We did not know that what is lost in th.
growth OF a young animal is a loss to th,
mature COW. horse or sheep, or any othe,
stock. And If lett out DOW in the rains ana
SHOWS with short feed, frozen and faded to
ward the last, this will surely, and to a con-
siderable extent, be the C Use. Tue fields alsu
are hurt by being denuded, and the evil thur
has a lwolold hold upon the future.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-09-10
agricultural.
Scalding Milk.

We have pracliced scalding our milk, and
think we get one fourth more cream during
the warm season than without: seldom skim
any sour milk; fles are not found in the
cream. Process Raise by a moderate heat
in pans the milk till a good thick skim is
found on the Enthusiastically re q owe the
pans to a cool place where abundance of air
from windows and doors circulates; it will
be found that in twelve to twenty hours the
cream will all be risen. When skinned off
it should be kept in a cool well, or spring
both before and after churning till it is well
worked. Good, hard butter may be produced
through all the warm season. W.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-09-10
A Detroit newspaper tells this prett

A Detroit newspaper tells this pretty
little story A boy ten years of age, lead
ing a lively little dog, called atthe central
station and asked if that was the place
where they shot dogs. Being answered in
the affirmative, he said: "Well, please
shoot my poor little Dan. He's an awful
good dog, and he plays with the baby all
day, but fathers deaf, and mothers sick,
and l can't raise money to get q license"
Then turning to the dog the boy lifted him
up tenderly and stroked him, saying !:
" Poor Dan! how Billy will cry when 1
tell him you are dead" Great big tears
rolled down the boys face, and in : little
time those around him made up = purse
sufficient to ave his dog. and q person
went with him after q license. The boys
eyes sparkled at his unexpected luck. and
speaking to the dog he cried out, "Youfe
saved, Dan You're saved let's 60 right
home to Billy"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-09-10

FLOWER DoLLs.-Little German children
make dolls of flowers perhaps American
children would like to do the same. There
are many small. round seed pods on a stem,
such as peoples take them before they are
ripe, in the green state cut them off, with
a piece of stem left on for the body. Take
the leaf OF the scarlet poppy, or the petunia,
or any flower leaf; and fasten it Tor several
of them) with the fiber of a leaf round them,
thus making a handsome skirt. Then gather
the calyx OF green cup of the carnati n, or
any flower, and make a cloak push through
the stem either a pin, wire or stick, to form
the arms. Your little flower maiden will be
formed. Fuchsis that tall o7 the stems are
pretty to arrange as dolls. Their dresses
are all formed cut off the stems, SO that
the flower will stand on its leaves; mark the
top with eyes, nose. mouth and even hair,
with a pen, and pass a pin, wire or stick
through for arms. These answer in the
place OF paper dolls, and we know they will
amuse little chlldren.-Americdn Home Book
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-09-10
9ostry.
For You"

A happy bird sang out to me,
Sang from her nest in the hawthorn-tree;
This song she warbled to me-:
The flowers grow purple, red. and blue.
They smile from mounds and garden beds;
They lift dew-wet their radiant heads;
And one is growing there for you
One rare sweet flower will bloom for you.n
Where clusters of lilies hang
The little bird still sang,
Till the Towering bluebells rang y,
"The flowers grow scarlet, golden, and white;
With every breeze they lightly dance,
While from their leaves the dew.drops glance
And one shall bloom in the golden light
Shall bloom for you in the light"
The echo came back, "For you;"
Twas the gay wild bird, 1 knew,
Still singing, For you, for you,
The flowers are opening with colors gay;
Down in the garden such clusters grow,
Nodding merrily-oh, you'll know
Before The close of the golden day;
But 1 must away, away, away"
Then a ripple of song ran over
The fields of daisies and clover,
And away the wild bird.few,
Lost, lost to my view
In the depths of ether blue.
Another song l heard,
Sweeter than wildwood bird,
A voic my whole soul stirred,
That tenderly said, For you,
The whole of my love is for you"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-09-10


MUTTON HAMs-This method of curing
mutton like hams deserves notice. Tn meat
should be fat. Mix two ounces of raw sugar
with one ounce of common salt, and half a
spoonful of saltpetre; rub the meat with this
mixture and place it in a deep tureen let it
be heated and turned twice daily for three
consecutive days. The scum having been re-
moved, it is to be wiped and rubbed with the
mixture. Next day it should be again beat
en-, and the two operations ought to be re
peated alternately during ten days. The
meat should be eaten cold. To cure German
hams, as in Westphalia, let them be placed
in tubs and covered with layers of salt anc
saltpetre: a few laurel leaves should be add
ed. At the end of five days they are covered
with brine. At the end OF three weeks after
wards let them be taken out and left to soak
twelve hours in clear well water. Let then
be exposed for another three weeks to smoke
produced by juniper branches, in November
and March.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-09-10

MILK.-Milk for buttermaking should be
handled gently and put at rest as soon as
possible. A reduction of temperature is de-
sirable as soon as the milk is drawn. This
should be effected with the least possible
amount of stirring. The more it is stirred
the less will be the yield of cream. When
set, it should be protected from even the least
jar. Churning IN a milk-room Oh any work
chat jars the building will retard the rising
OF the cream. Milk, to get the best yield OF
cream, requires absolute and undfsturbed
rest.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-09-10

CHICKEN CArARRH The best treatment
for young chicks with catarrb-a comnlaint
which is distinguished by discharge of gum
my matter from the eyes and mucous from the
shroat-is to keep them perfectly dry and
warm battle the eyes with a weak solution Of
CHLORIDE of slnc, and wash the throat with q
leather dipped in the same. There sbonid
be a little cayenne pepper or ginger given in
the food, which should be ecalded. Fine
corn meal or coarse wheat-middiings or bread.
crLmbs i,d warm.