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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-08-26
MISCELLANEOUS.
~rNTRAL VERMONT r. r. LINE.
SUMNER ARRAN GEMENT.
Commencing Monday, June 2sh 1874
rn.,xs GOING SOUTH AND EAST

r,.,Nc GOING SOUTH AND EAST.
nTon,neter at 8 IS a. m, 225 pm. and 1000 IN.
hS;f rain leaves St Adams at SO an t;ns
at White River junction and BeVHh River function
oI Boston, ON he Passnmpsic Railroad at South aer
non for Springfield and New iorA' ~ 'e"
with steamer press leaves sl5 an st Johns a
at 10 30 a. m Odgensburgh at 6o a at 10 90 D. m
Night Express leaves 0gdensburg at IL Pb ans at
real at 345 pm St johns az Sve function and Bel
avs Falls with trains for Boston, MoIce VoS Nth
living in Boston at $50 am az Sou ar-ving in New
rar n at 70 al M and in New London at H. 10 ALL
TRAINS GOING NORTH AND WEST
,o ,Ion+ne,;er "a and $50 a.. M, and 33o ana a4o
Day Express leaves Boston via towe al M" in Mon
aai al, Is PM and ogdensburg at II 40 am making
'onnecon JOE r burlington and St Adams leaves Bos-
ON via Lowell at 200 via Lawre4ee ana onsnn at o0
It $50 Springfied, at go BE Bellows Falls at G
M White River Junction at LAO pm arriving III o''
Apans az s Boston via Fitchburgh at 30 m and
pring6eid at 500 m, connect at White RIVER JUNO
ion with Day Trn leaves White Junction at
80 am Mortified at 80 an Ha ut ~ p o. for St
Witt Express leaves New London at 3 PM Soa,n
yernon at a55 pm, receiving passengers ~ 90 m
orineid si0 pm Bellows Falls at lll5 Pm, con. con-
,ecting with trains the Cheshire @
BOSTON at 30 pm connectine at White iSer
b train leaving Boston at 500 p Tor I ~ q y
4 Adams Montreal &C., arriving in Montreal at ~,
;ran,d TT TRUNK Railway for the West, vi. 1,ross
Sleeping Cars attached 70 l1e . - m
Train running between Montreal ana b5sf t, anu
reaI and Springfield and ST. Adams and Troy 800,
Drawing Room Cars on Day Express Trans Oeet"eel
hrF6 tickets for Chicago and the West for sale al
| he principal s'a'oh JOHN w HOBART. Gen1 supt
| CT .lbans June o. 1874 FMly
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EtE |
The Corn Crop.

The August returns to the Department
of Agriculture from New England show
general improvement in the corn crop
during July, though it is still backward.
Maine averages ~ per cent, of a full crop;
New Hampshire 90; Vermont 81; Massa-
chusetts 10l; Rhode Island 100; Connec-
ticut 10Y.
1t is very promising in parts of the mid
die states, but in other parts it was injured
either by drought or excessive rain. A
decline is noted in New York, where the
average is "a, and in New Jersey 81.
Pennsylvania and Delaware have both
risen one per cent above the average.
OF the South Atlantic states Maryland
shows SO per cent. with the crop
damaged by drought, especially on
stiffsoils; Virginia 90 also damaged
from the same cause and from insect
ravages North Carolina 81, a loss of
of one per cent. South Carolina and
Georgia have risen to 10 per cent above
the average. Florida 1902; maintains her
July average Texas declines from LOG
to 1872
The other Gulf states show enhanced
average as follows; Alabama, 10Y Mis-
sissippi, So; Louisiana, II. The last
named is partly recovering from the et-
fects of the freshets. Some insect injur-
les is reported.
Of the southern inland states, Arkan-
sas IS, and Kentucky 80. show some i'm
provement, while Tennessee 20, and West
Virginia 80. indicate the continuance Oi
unfavorable conditions. These low avar-
ages are accounted for by severe and ex
tensive drought.
North of the Ohio River all of the
states show Il depressed condition from
drought and insect injuries. Chinch bug:
we're active in Illinois, and grasshopper:
in several counties of Wisconsin,
The state averages are as follows Ohio
SO per cent; Michigan, 90; Indiana, 106
Illinois, Sc; Wisconsin, 90.
West of the Mississippi River the ravage
grasshoppers and chinch bugs have beer
severely felt in some counties, in SOM
cases sweeping all the summer crops.
1t is very remarkable that in Minnesota
where local injuries have specially occu
pied public attention, the high state o
the crops in counties not affected by tn
pests have raised the condition to II full
average. All the other states, however
show decline as follows: Iowa, 1O4 to 102
Missouri, 100 to IA; Kansas, 1O2 to 10
Nebraska. 100 to ~.
; In the last-named state ever
county reports severe injuries from grass
hoppers. Ga the Pacific coast, Californi
has raised her average from ninety-two /
one hundred and three. Oregon depresse
hers from one hundred and three to on
r hundred.
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A NEW UTILITY.-Those gorgeous col
ors, the aniline dyes. exhibiting almost
every shade of the solar spectrum; stu
pendous blocks of alum; beautiful yellow
and red crystalline masses of ferro and
ferri cyanide of potassium; enormous
cakes of paraffin, chemical curiosity a
few years ago, but now one of the largest
of English manufactures the variety of
lucifer matches in connection with the
development and production of phospho-
rus; the almost endless combination of
artificial manures; the still greater assert
ment of paper in its useful APPLICATIONS,
are little else that the chemical products
of the dust-heap and the sewer Dirt has
been APPLY defined as valuable matter in
the wrong place; and that such is the
truth is evident from the fact that all the
manufactures alluded to, as well as those
of Prussian blue, disinfectauts, glue, etc,
have sprung into existence by the applica-
ton of chemical principals to such waste
products AS coa,-tar, gas-water, rags and
cones. In the destructive distillation of
boal for the production of ordinary gas,
quantity of misunderstanding water
AMI considerable bulk of tarry matter
are also produced These were formerly
thrown away as useless and deleterious,
but now they are utilized.
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Drying Fruit.

The time is now at hand for laying up a
stock of dried fruit against year of scar
city. which wi undoubtedly come soon
enough. With such crop of apples as is
now hanging from the trees, where they
have not been destroyed by the canker
worm or tent caterpillar, it is not to be
expected that much vigor will be left for
growing another crop next year. And on
the whole we are not sure but we ought
to be willing to have our apples all come
in alternate years until we can learn of
some effectual method by which we may
control the labors of the curculio and the
codling moth. Both these insects would
be help to the orchardst if they would
stop working as soon as they had suffi-
GENTLY thinned out the immature fruit, but
they have not yet been trained in that way
They seem to work wholly on their own
account. and show no disposition to pay
any regard whatever to the wants or opin-
ions of the owner of the trees. Probably
they consider themselves the owners, and
feel justified in acting accordingly
We never knew apples so near total
failure in most sections of New England
as last year There was not enough fruit
set to give the insects one apiece, so every
apple that did grow was covered with
punctures and riddled by worms. The
result was that we not only harvested
very small crop of apples last year, but
also a very light crop of insects, too, of
such as depended upon the fruit for pro-
pagating their kind. This year. on the
contrary. the fruit is remarkably free from
insect depredations thus far. There have
not been enough rsects to allow one to
each apple. and the apples on the trees at
this WI ting are as fair as western apples
used to be a few years ago. The cureulio
has helped thin the fruit to small degree,
but not any too much, while the cooling
moth has as yet done no damage worth
mentioning. 1t is possible that later
breod may yet injure the late crop, but
early apples are already past danger.
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Emhalm;ug Among the Egyptians.

The Egyptians, however, carried their
process to perfection by Introducing anti
scptics into the vacated interiors of their
dead, thus emhalming in their catacombs.
| it is estimated. not less than 100000, 600
persons. Herodotus and Diodorus Siculus,
especially the former, have infinitely eX-
planned the method of preservation, and
from them we learn that it was Il regular
trade The embalmers removed the brain
and the intcstines, supplying the empi-
ness with myrrh. cassia, and other spices.
and then placed the body in natron for
seventy days. Subsequently it was care
fully laved and wrapped with bandages of
fine linen smeared with gum, and put in a
wooden case shaped after the human fig
ure. There were other modes of embalm-
ing less expensive, the rate varying from
5 800 to 800 in our currency, which was
so much money in those days that we can
not now see how Egyptians of the ordinary
doubtless lived longer than they would
dent economy to avoid the extravaganza
of burial us long as possible.
| The cheapest way of embalming, adopt
ed usually by the poor, was to free the alb
domen of the intestines by means of clys-
ter-commonly the oil of cedar-tree-and
| let the DO iy lie in natron until the body
was imprcgnated Recent investigations
indicate that heat must have been applied
to the corpses after they have been filled
with some bituminous substance and creo-
sote generated and diffused through all the
tissues. The reason that heat was not
mentioned by the ancient authorities is
supposed to be their desire to keep the
process secret and enhance the dignity and
mystery of the art
Embalming is still employed. The
means adopted by Chaussier and others
have been to eviscerate the body and keep
1t constantly saturated with protochloride
Of mercury. The salt, combined with the
flesh, not only gives it firmness, but rem
ders it incorruptible either by internal or
external agencies. The injection into the
veins of a concentrated solution of sulphate
of alumina, or of chloride of mercury and
wood-vinegar, OF of zinc. has been found
very effective not only for anatomical pur-
poses, but also for embalming.
We might attain to the preservative ex-
cellence ofthe Egyptians were we SO mind
ed; but as embalming, except for Temporal
ry convenience, is not deemed desirable
with us, and forms no part of our theolog-
ical system. we have no ambition to rival
them in mummiication. Our sepulchral
vanity manifests itself in grandiloquent
epItaphs and sculptured monuments, in
stead of in dessicated carcass and pigmen-
tai DISCUSSES of death. The aesthetic ele-
ment alone would prevent US from initial
ing the jewellers on the Nile, who made
death more hideous to the eye than i
could be to the supremest superstitution.-t
JUNIUs HENRI BROWNE in Hdrper's Maya
zine for September,
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2oetry.
4 CATECHIS II.

What is Life? \ fragile bubble,
bursting with surcharge of trouble.
What is Hopei An ignis + t,sus,
Ave alluring, ever treacherous.
What is Pleasure? Cup quickly gu afFed'
Proving oft a bitter draught.
Memory, what? sweet--yet pain;
For Joy, once known, ne'er comes again.
What is JOY? A CLEAN of light,
Revealing how; intense the night.
What is Doubt? Twin to despair,
And the welded one of Care.
What is Love? fire consuming
Sweetest type Of bliss assuming
Again Love at the very best,
Is pain and ften cruel JEST
Love yet gain. is GVof lie
q, heaven, with untold rapture rifci
Love unrcquited and unknown:
Tn. Interest curse life may ownl
What is Death? peaceful sleep, dream
Beside LIES swiftly flowing stream.
The Grave? Secure The retreat and rest
Alter HES ftlul oil and quest
And do We ask me what is Heaven:
Cots sweet reward to virtue given
The home of every victor heart
Now wrestling with SIMS dreful dartl
Boston Transcript.
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DR. FLINT'S QUAKER BITTERs.

These celebrated Bitters are composed
of choice Roots. Herbs and Banks. among
which are Gentian, Sarsaparilla, Wild
Cherry, Dandelion. Juniper and other ber-
ries, and are so prepared as to retain all
their medicinal qualities. They invariably
cure or greatly relieve the following COM
plants: Dyspepsia, Jaundice, Liver Com
plant, Loss of Appetite, Headache, Bill
ious Attacks. Remittent and Intermittent
Fevers. Ague, Cold Chills, rheumatism,
Summer Complaint, Piles, Kidney Dis
eases, Female Difficulties, Lassitude, Low
Spirits. General Debility, and, in fact,
everything caused by an impure state of
the Blood or deranged condition of Stom-
ach. Liver or Kidneys. The aged find in
the Quaker Bitters a gentle. soothing slim
ulant. so desirable in their declining years.
No one can remain long unwell (unless
afflicted with an incurable disease) after
taking few bottles of the Quaker Bitters.
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MONTPELIER & WELLS RIVER II. r.
CHANG OF TT II E.
AFTER
MOND "A Y, J I l. \ 9TH, 81 t ,
Passc1laer TRIMS lciN r,1a1 as follows
TRAINS GOING EAST.

TRAINS GOING EAS1
MAIL TRAIN leaves Montpelier at 7-i5 a M last
ITontDeler O3 a. m. Plainfeld $50 an, MarsnheId
. "a am Peabody Station s57 Am Groton sis a m,
;Outh Ryegate 81 m, BOtonvllle S9 a. m ARRIVES
n Wells River at $50 am
EXPRESS AND PASSENGER leaves Montpelier IN pm >
asst Montpeer 81 pm, Plainfield , IL pm, Aarsh-
ieId IS pm, Peabody Station 40 2 m, SIroto QUO
m. South Ryegate 10 pm. Arrives III Nehs hi'ef
MIXED TRAIN leaves MOntpeer 445 pm. East Mont
,eIier o. p m Planfeld 535 pm, Marshheld 6g9 Pm
oeabody Station % pm. Groton 735 South rye
ate IS nm. Boltonville s.Gs pm Arrives IN Heis
River at p pm.
TRAINS GOING WEST
Express AND PASSENGER TRAIN leaves Wells River
10 "a m B0ltOnVille 1912 South Rye<ate IOoJ
m Cirnton II 90 am Peabody Station ll2g am,
Iarshfeld II SO m. PaiDfield ll5I last Mont
II Arrives in Montpelier at L . p m
Mail TRAIN leaves Wells River % Z m. BoltnnVllle
Is p M, South Ryegate % pm; Groton 40 2 pm
peabody Station 49, Marshfield BIB m pam
ield 535 pm. East Montpelier 5.41 pm Arrives III
Montpelier at 6-O5 pm
CONN TIONS.
At Montpelier with trains over Central Vermont
Railroad At Plainfeld with Stages Tuesdays Thurs
laws and Saturdays North Montpelier. East aais
south Woodbury. Woodbury. Center and Hardwlck
At Marshfied with stages for Cabot and walden helhtS
station on Portland and Ogdensburg Hallway Al
WeIls River with trains Connecticut Passu1np-
he: and Boston. Concord Il Montreal; White Noun
aims K Mount Washington Branch Rail Roads
p For further information see circulars:
JAMES g. FRENCH, MANAGER
Montpelier, Vt. July 81 ls74
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STAIR CARPETs.-To prevent the pile
separating at the edge of the stair and
wearing off, pads are used. These are
made Of a low grade of cotton, covered
with the cheapest muslin. A quilt OF
comforter that has seen service will answer
the purpose of stair pads. In addition to
increasing the lease of usefulness of the
carpet, the pads prevent noisy Gathering
of feet, and in case the baby should fall
down stairs the injury received would be
materially lessened. When first laid down
the carpet should be several inches longer
than is needed, that it may be disposed
after each shaking so that fresh place
shall come to all the edges. A wisp or
small broom is the best for sweeping
stair carpets. After thorough sweeping, q,
wet cloth may be used to good advantage
in removing all dust.
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There will be large surplus of early
apples, such as Porters and Gravenstelns,
besides great many varieties of natural
fruit, which cannot be used or marketed
as fast as they will ripen. These should
not 90 to waste, but should be dried for
use next year. A good apple-parer, good
weather through September and a little
help from the boys and girls during the
evenings which are now beginning to
lengthen, will enable the prudent house
keeper to lay up Il store of dried fruit
such rs will make the heart glad.
In the Western and Middle States where
more account is made Of drying fruit and
less of canning, perhaps than in New
England, artificial dryers are in quite COM
mon use. At late meeting of the Alton
Qll.) Horticultural Society, the subject oil
dried fruit was discussed, and specimens
of Strawberries, raspberries, blackberres,
corn, sweet potatoes and pie plant, dried
by what was termed the Hawley's pro-
cess, were exhibited. A committee was
appointed to report upon the same, who
with the assistance of committee of la
dies, whose aid was solicited, pronounced
the dried fruit presented OF the very bes
quality The agent of the dry TO 3; Com
DttllN was luOU CtllCu uPoh W GA pi.sAiA oii'
processmore fully and said
"Our small family fruit-dryer, which
will dry bushel of green fruit IN day
is heated by kerosene lamp. The hot al
rises among the fruit, and, having an es
cape at the top, returns with downward
current, absorbing moisture from the iru I
and falling lower till it reaches the exhaus
pipe at the bottom and thus escapes: M
dry air can get out of the chamber. SO tina
ali the heat is economical, and the fruit
quickly dried with no more heat than l
emitted from Kerosene lamp.
1.-The difference between fruit dried il
this sun and that by artificial heat. as b.
the process, is very marked. To dry frui
perfectly, the heat must not fall below 15O0
| With less heat than 1869, oxidizatio
takes place. That is, the fruit becomes i
u measure rotten, and the flavor Is destroy
| ed BY our process We raise the heat
| 1869 in few minutes, which dries frui
perfectly in few hours, preserving tn
havor and appearance OF the green fruit
so much so. that you can hardly tell tn
| difference when made into pie. The reaso
| is the moisture is absorbed so rapidly tina
there is no decay.
The value of it to every man VIII
grows fruit at all, is apparent. There AZ
times when you cannot get paying pric
for your berries and perishable fruit
which this dryer will save. That is, 20
can put your fruits in II condition in whic
they will keep till you can get It fair pric
for them"
We should think dryers similar to tn
one described above, would find Il read
sale in the New England States this fall
there are not too many patents connecte
with it to be paid for ut exuavagan
prices. Let US dry Il goodstock of fruit b
,ome means, either artiflcially or by su
heat.-N. f. farmer.
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PRESERVING BARNARD MANURE.-A
striking illustration of the value OF manure
made in the barnyard, by preserving 1t
from the influence of the weather, Is pre-
scented in the experiment lately made by
Lord kinnaird, Il Scotch land owner and
farmer Four acres of good soil We're
measured; two of them We're MANFRED
with ordinary barnyard manure, and two
with an equal quantity of manure from
the covered sheds. The products of each
acre were us follows:
POTATOES TREATED WITH BARNARD MANURE.
One acre produced 272 bushels
One acre pl oduced, Us bushels.
POTATOES MANFRED FROM The COVERED SHEDS.
One acre produced, 4i2 bushels
One acre Produced, AL bushels
The next year the land was sown with
wheat, when the crop was us follows:
WHEAT ON LAND TREATED WITH BARNARD
MANURE.
One acre produced Al bushels 10 pounds (ol 81
one acre produced Il bushels 80 pounds (of !
pounds per bu-hel)
WHEAT on LAND MANFRED FROM COVERED SHEDS
One acre produced % bushels pounds lof 81
pounds per Du>hci-i
One acre produced % bushels A pounds (of 81
pounds per buohel).
The straw also yielded one-third more
upon the land fertilized with the manure
from the covered stalls than upon that to
which the ordinary manure was applied.
In view of these facts, we hope that our
farmers will give this subject their full
attention for their own benefit, and in tax
ing shelter or stalls for stock, it might be
done with view to the increase of man
ure under the cattle, as it is not removed
before it is intended for use, if 1t is likely to
remain there for months.-Lire Stock
| Journal.
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goftru.
LINES TO KATE.

LINES TO KATE.
There's something in the name of Kate,
Which many will condemn:
But listen now while relate
The trials Of some of them.
There's advo-Kate, charming miss:
Could you her hand obtain,
She'll lead you in the path of bliss,
Nor plead your cause in vain.
There's deli Kate, modest dame,
Aud worthy ofyour love:
She's nice and beautiful in frame,
AS gentle as dove.
Communi-Kate's intelligent,
AS we may well suppose;
Her fruitful mind is ever bent
On telling what she knows.
There's intri-Kate, she SO obscure,
lis hard to find her out,
For she is often very sure
To put your wits to rort.
Pervari-Kate's stubborn mind,
She's sure to have her way;
The caviIing, contrary jade
Objects to all you say.
There's altel.Kate, a perfect pest,
Much given to dispute;
Her prattllng tongue can never rest,
You cannot her refute.
There's diso Ka c, quite in fret,
Who fails to gain her point;
Her case is quite unfortunate,
And sorely out of joint.
Equivo. Kate no one will WOO,
The thing would be absurd;
She is so faithless and untrue
You cannot take her word
There's vindi-Kate, she's good and tue,
And strives with all her might
Her duty faithfully to do,
And battles for the right.
There's rueti Kate, a country lass,
Quite fond of rural scenes;
She likes to ramble through the grass,
And through The evcrgIeeus.
all the maidens You can find,
There's none like edu Kate;
Because she elcva;cs the mind,
And aims for something great.
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A YER'S CHERRY PECTORAL.
FoR DISEASES or THE THnoAT AND Lungs, SUCH
COUGHS. CoLps, WHooPING CoUGH, BRoNcHETIs,-ss
ASTHMA AND CONSUMPTION.

The few compositions which have won the confidence
mankind aud become household words, among not
only but many nations. must have extraordinary
virtues Perhaps no one ever secured wide repu-
ation maintained it so long as AYERS CHERRY Pee
roRAL. 1t has been known to the public about forty
years, by long continued series of marvellous
that have for it confidence III its virtues,
equalled by any other medicine. 1t still makes the
most efectual of Coughs. Colds. Consumption,
that can be made by medical skill Indeed the CHERRY
PICTORIAL has really robbed these dangerous diseases
their terrors to great extent, and given feeling Of
immunity from their fatal effects that is well founded
if the remedy is taken in Every family should
in their closets for the ready and prompt relief
of its members Sickness, suffering and even life is
saved by this timely protection. The prudent should
not neglect it. and the wise viii Keep it by you
for the protection It affords by its timely in sudden
attacks