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Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-09
A FANCY.

| suppose If all the children
Who have lived through ages long
We're collected and inspected
They would make wondrous throng.
oh, the babble Of the Babel
Oh, the lutter Of the fuss
To begin with Cain and Abel
And to finish up with us.
Think of all the men and women
Who are now and who have been,
Every nation since creation
That this world Of ours has soen
And all of them, not any
But was once baby smalli
While Of children, oh, how many
Never have grown up at all
some have never laughed or spoken,
Never used their rosy feet
Some have even flown to heaven
Ere they knew that earth was sweet.
And indeed wonder whether,
five reckon ev'ry birth,
And bring such flock together,
There is room for them on earth
Who will wash their smiling faces
Who their sauoy ears will box,
Who will dress them, and caress them
Who will darn their little soeksl
Where are arms enough to hold them'
Hands to pat each shining head
Who will praise them who will scold them
Who will pack them of to bed
Little happy Christian children,
Little savage children too,
In all stages Of all ages
That our planet ever knew
Little princes and princesses,
Little beggars wan and faint;
Some in very handsome dresses,
Naked some, bsdaubed with paint.
Only think Of the confusion
Such q motley crowd would make;
And the chatter Of their chatter,
And the things that they would break.
Oh, the babble Of the Babel
Oh, the autter Of the fuss
To begin with Cain and Abel
And to hnish OF with us.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-09

CoNGREss DRAWN TO THE LFE.-Imagine
crowd of school boys implicated in an ap-
pie orchard robbing misdemeanor and you
will have in your minds eye a photograph
Of the back-pay members of the forty-third
Congress. The first one says, 81 didn't
mean to do it !" the second, al didn't know
it was against the rules !" the third, "I'm
blamed if care if did do it," the fourth
81 was hungry and needed the apples !" the
fifth an do as like; = the sixth, "Billy
Jones did it before me; !" the seventh, 81
didn't expect to be caught at it," and SO on
and so on. Aud now altogether in a cho.
rus, comes repeal. "Don't lick me this time;
I'm sorry, and LII never do so any more.
Washington Letter to Worcester Spy.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-09
Religious.
THE OTHER WORLD.

It lies around US like a cleud,
A world We do not see
Yet the sweet closing Of an eye
May bring us thero to be.
Its gentle broezes fan our check,
Amid our worldly cares,
Its gentle voices whisper love,
And mIngle with our prayers.
Sweet hearts around US throb and beat,
Sweet helping hands are stirred
And palpitates the veil between
With breathing almost heard.
And in the hush Of rest they bring,
IT'S easy now to 500
How lovely and how sweet a pass
The hour Of death may be.
To close tho eye and close the ear
Wrapped in trance OF bliss,
And gently laid in loving arms,
To swoon to that-from this
Scarce knowing Il we wake or sleep,
Scarce asking whore We are,
To feel all evils sink away,
All sorrow and all care.
Sweet souls around us, watch us STILL
Press nearer to our side;
Into our thoughts, into our prayers,
With gentle helping glide.
Lot death between us be as naught-
A dried and vanished stream,
Your joy be the reality,
Our suffering life the dream.
ME-. H. D. Stow
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-09

To do worthy work for God and man, let
a man bo brave and manly as we'll rs sin
cere and earnest. Lot him keep clear of the
MINOR key. Let him hide his own griefs and
trials with cloak of cheerful and patient
resolution. Let him not whino, nor crOak,
nor scold, nor boast. Let him bury tho story
of his own sufisrings out OF sight, and, in
stead of asking sympathy for himself, plead
for aid to the right cause. Let him not be
forward in making his own plans the expo
nents of Gods thoughts, nor accuse his own
critics Of freshly crucifying Christ. Let him
keep his faith in God steady and his charity
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-09

1t is certain he has lived sufficiently who
has learned to live well and has prepared
himself to die well. To what purpose should
this miserable and langushing life be length
ened few daysP Art thou afraid to be
happy too soonP and fearest thou to see the
end of thy tormentsP Does the traveller
endeavor to lengthen out n painful and dan
gerous wayP Does the workman grieve to
have finished betimes his laboriOus task
Does the sailor murmur because he comes
of his watch and guardP Miserable man
what are all the years for which thou dost
so impationtly aiilict myself and vainly do
sreP For day with God is as thousand
years, and n thousand years in His sight are
but one day.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-09

Many will say, II can find God without
tho help of the Bible, or church or minister"
Very we'll. Do so If you can. Tho ferry
company would feel no jealousy of II man
who would prefer to swim to Now York.
Let him do SO if he is able, and we will talk
about 1t on the other shore; but probably
trying to swim would DO tho thing that
would bring him quickest TO the boat. So
God would have no jealousy of n mans 60
ing to Heaven without the aid of the Bible
but let him try to do so, and it will be the
surest way to bring him back to it for as
sistance.-H w. Beecher.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-09

pride is rendered impossible on the one hand
and indolent dependence on the other. Deep
devotion and earnest war with sin harmonic.
Man in prayer humbly says unto God 81 am
nothing; thou art my ALL" And In life's
battle field he conquers his passions with di-
vine power and vigorously chases away sin,
saying, " Get thee behind me, Satan - Rc-
shub Chnndor Sen.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-09
MARRIED IN LEAP YEAR.
BY AMY RANDOLPH.

Five and fifty years." said Squire Dock.
worthy, meditatively, shaking the ashes out
of his pipe, " FIVE and fifty years. A man
amt likely to be married l guess, when he's
lived satisfied with single lot all these
years"
Stranger things have been known to hap
pen, Uncle Dockworthy, said Ferdinand APP
perly, who was graccless college boy of
nineteen or thereabouts.
Not in these here parts guess Opin-
ed the Squire.
We'll, but Uncle, things are so different
from what they used to be-" replied Ferdi-
nand. You see there has never been peri
cd before, when women's rights were in the
ascendant as they are now"
don't see as that affects my particular
case" said Dockworthy. Il amt a wo-
man."
All but you don't comprehend the i'm
minence of the danger" said Ferdinand SOL
EMMY.
Eh !" said the Squire.
With Miss Arimathea Jenkyns living
next door, and leap year at that - added
young Apperly, mischieviOusly enjoying his
relatives growing CONSERVATION.
" But you don't s'pose-"
{" | suppose nothing" interrupted Ferdi-
nand. 81 only put the case probematically
to convince you, sir, that you cannot be too
careful"
40 pshaw!' said the Squire, uneasiIy
drawing yellow silk handkerchief across
his brow. L" You can't scare me with any oil
your college nonsense Ferdy. A man cant
be married without saying will, no more'r
woman"
But when he went to the village that af
ternoon, Ferdinand noticed that he
took the way down Hollow Dam, q
good eighth of mile out of his way
sooner than pass the easements of Miss Ari
mathea Jenkyn's one story residence, next t.
his own on the high road.
81 I've made some impression on him at al
events" said Ferdinand to himself, with
sparkle Of merry diaJlerie in his eyes.
The Squire was sitting in the fre.ligh
that evening, enjoying the season between
daylight and dusk, technically known as tn,
blindman's holiday" when there sounded
soft tap on the panels of the door.
Come in" said the Squire and tai
form entered the door, clothed in sober black
with bonnet of bombazine trimmed with 4
huge jet buckle.
"Good evening t'ye Miss Arimathea,
said the Squire little trOmulousiy, as h
recognized the bonnet and garb Of his spin
ster neighbor That there colt of mine ha
been breaking through your pickets again
declare to gracious I've a great mind t
sell him."
'Tisnt that Squire, thank you kindly,
was the answer.
Set down, sci down." said Mr.. DOcL
worthy, bless me, what cold you've got
you're as hoarse as a cow"
Ahem !" said Miss Arimathea, tn
weather is trying to weak lungs; but cal
ed on business, Squire"
81 knew it was the colt" said tn
Squire.
But it amt the colt" said Miss Jenkyn
" It's myself, Squire"
"Oh I" said the gentleman.
have concluded" went on his yisitan
to take advantage OF the rights accorded {
the sex by the year, and and--in shor
Squire
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-09

Men say you should not think OF
the week on Sunday nor of your business in
your devotion, nor bring your world into
your church But this is just what l would
do-remember the week in my Sabbath, my
business in my prayer, the world in my
church. would do this that all these things
might be sanctifod. In your highest state,
it is always well to remember your lowest
Theodore Parker.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-09
RneraturE.
For the VERMONT FARMER.
THE cRAvEVAuD


For the VERMONT FARMER
MOUND IN THE GRAVEYARD.
There's anguish in tho household,
It's desolate and lone,
For fondly-oherished nursllng
From the parent nest has flown.
A little form is missing,
A heart has ceased 10 beat,
And the chain Of love llos shattered
At the desolator's feet.
A mound is in the graveyard
A short and narrow bed,
No grass is growing on 1t,
No marble at It's head.
You may 20 and weep beside II,
You may kneel and kiss the sod,
But you'll find no balm for sorrow
In the cold aud silent clod
Remove the empty cradle,
His clothing put away,
And all his little playthings
With your choicest treasures lay.
Strive not 10 check the tear drops
That fall like summer rain,
For tho sun Of hope shines through them
You shall see his face again.
0 think where rests your darling
Not in his cradle bed,
Not in the distant graveyard
With its still and Wondering dead,
But in heavenly mansion,
Upon his Savior's breast,
with his brothers arms about him,
He takes his salnted rest.
lie has put on robes Of glory
For the little robes 20 wrought,
And he fingers golden harp strings
For the toys his sisters wrought;
0weep but with rejoicing,
A beart-gem ye have given,
And behold its glorious setting,
In the diadem Of heaven.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-09

The independent has an article by Samuel
4. Spear. ID. d.. in which the question, " Is
guilt transferable" is clearly answered in
the negative. This question leads teanother
of the same nature, " Is merit TRANSFERABLE"
which is answered in the same way. 1t is
not difficult to see the bearing of this ques-
ton upon the common doctrine of vicarious
atonement The article closes with these
remarks:
When theologians by their speculations
contradict the most elementary convictions
of the human mind, they are not stating mys-
teries, which transcend the grasp of reason (;
but rather propounding absurdities, which
reason cannot accept without ceasing to be
reason When, in addition to this, they
claim the authority of the Bible for their
speculations, they discredit either the book
itself, or their Interpretation of its contents.
When they proceed to launch forth anathe-
mas against those who will not and cannot
assent to their speculative dogmas, they SIM
ply prove their arrogance and their bigotry.
If we know anything we know that no GRIM
inality, loyal responsibility, or penal liabili-
ty, can be Justly attached to n being for
things done before he existed, and in respect
| to which he has exercised no choice. Any
theory which runs athwart this proposition,
is confronted by the natural and unsophisti-
Gated common sense of mankind; which, by
the way, is the truest common sense IN the
world, since it has not been doctored by any
system of scholasticism. 1t is born common
sense, with the imprint Of the Creator upon
it, and for this reason the most trustworthy.
| Religious beliefs are not destroyed by ar
gument; nobody openly assais them; they
are not formally abandoned; and yet, when
you come to question religious men, or they
come to question themselves, you find that
they have ceased to hold great many doc
trines they once held, and have ceased to
know where their belief stops and their I'M
belief begins, and yet cannot tell why or
wherefore. The process ofdecay is, of course,
everybody knows, due mainly to the spread
of the scientific habit of mind, or in other
words, the doubling habit of mind; but it is
due also to the increasingly commercial
character of the church organization. A
leading church in this city has had, until this
summer, its choir run Fat an enormous eX-
pense by an enterprising stock-broker on pre-
csely the same principle on which he would
have conducted tho opera-high pay for
good music with plenty of variety. AS he
has just " burst up " in the panic, the church
will now probably praise God more econom-
ically We are sorry to see no papers on
this theme in the programme Of the alliance.
-NeU York Nation.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-09

toward men sweet. Let him heroically
abandon whatever really seems like playing
the martyr and God will be pretty likely to
afford him opportunities to bear grateful and
effectual witness to the truth.-London
Morning Star.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-09

ing and economizing farm-yard manures
which the system Of stall.feeding implies
but IL is also fast getting to be recognized
that they must come in as a necessary adj
iunct to the farm-yard manures in high
farming everywhere. And hence If the ex-
act statistics could be known, and the extent
to which they are used in all parts Of the
country, the figures would be truly astonsh.
ing.
Tho official inspector of fertilizers in Geo
gia, for example, estimates that the planters
Of that State alone pay over $4,000, 900 a
year for fertilizers, while il is stated by
those in position to know, that in four
months, from December, 1869, to April,
1870, more than 100000 tons Of fertilizers
passed through the city of Charleston, South
Carolina that over 100000 tons passed over
the Georgia Central Railway aud other
points in that state that over 5000 tons,
valued at 100000, are manufactured at
and sent from Chicago, on an average, every
year. 1t is estimated that fully half mill
ion dollars worth are used in tho State Of
New Hampshire every year. There are
many single towns in Massachusetts, that use
from $4,000 to $4,000 worth, on an av.
erage, every year. There are several large
fish guano establishments in Maine, Massa-
chusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New
York, New Jersey and Virginia, one of
which is known to make over 1000 tons a
year. These, it is true, are but isolated
facts, but they serve to mark the changes
which science has already introduced into
our practice. A thousand other facts might
be mentioned to show what science has done
to throw light upon the labors of the farm,
and what progress has already been made in
studying the composition of soils, Of manures,
of feeding substances and Of plants, while
investigation and experiment are still being
pushed with such vigor as to promise far
more profitable and tangible results in the
future.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-09
Catafrh |!
A Woman Having Catarrh
36 Years, Cured,

And DrOppings I'm Throat, Chokings,
StrOnRIinRs, Pains jn the side, Loins,
Headache, Dizziness and General
Weakness, Cured by less than Three
nottIes 0e the
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-09

packed and delivered cars 80 cents EACH $50 per hundred
aiken dug, S95 per hundred
Address all orders l. H. ilOSAlNS Nc"P"' ~
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-09
w AN Il E ID

A Reliable Man to represent the Equitable
Life Assurance Society of the United States for the
Northeastern portion of Vermont Address
w. H. S. wHITCOMB, Manager
Burlington, Vt.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-09
Dirigo!
Great Industries of the United States

We have few copies of this interesting book which
We will sell for 5000 per copy, except one which
shall put into our library. 1t is book Of 1894
pages substantially bound in cloth, and is sold by
book for $3.50 per copy We will deliver the book
at the Farmer office, at the Job Printing Office at
Newport, send 1t by express receipt Of the $780,
By mail for $3.50, the postage being SO cents. Express
charges to points near by, I5c.
CUMMINGS H0SKlNS,
Pubs. Hermont Farmer, ST. JOhnsburY, Vt
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-09
Winter,
True to me.

The advantage this will be appreciated by hundreds who have
for English apples andi them o 70
MEANEST KIND OF OR Ans.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-09

To the earnest spirit of inquiry which
these societies awakened in the community
is due, in great measure, the growth and
responsibility of the agricultural literature
of the country. With the exception Of four
brief Essays on Field Husbandry," by the
Rev. Jared Eliot, of Connecticut, the first OF
which is dated in l747, know of no agri-
cultural book printed in the colonies previ-
Gus to the Revolution aud all that followed
that event for many years consisted chiefly
Of the more or less valuable papers submitted
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-09

to the Massachusetts,, the Philadelphia aud
the New York societies, till the american
Farmer was started in Baltimore in 1919.
This is believed to have been the first regu.
lar strictly agricultural journal published in
the United States. Others soon followed,
however, till wO have now about hundred
periodicals devoted to the various branches
Of farm economy, some of which are of q
very high order of merit. The aggregate
regular circulation Of the journals cannot be
less than three hundred thousand copies, and
they indicate widespread desire for infcr.
nation which must necessarily have an inn
portant influence on the future development
Of this great interest
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-09

Summer.
Ladies' Favorite
Mackie's Beauty
Rose of Stanstead
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-04-16

There is no one SO dumb as not to
understand, without commentary.
the drift of such gentle hints to the
old Democracy not to "possum' toe
long, as the following which appeared
last week in that staunch Anti Mono
cratic paper, the Clinton Age:
The recent elections have aston
ished the dead (?) Democracy out
west. Such overwhelming defeats of
the Republican party seem to set the
Democrats to thinking Of a good
many things Of q political nature
Some Democrats have gone TO comb
ing the hayseed out Of their hair.
cleaning their boots, and trying to
conceal all evidence Of their having
been Changers.
But we hope the Democracy will
not 60 too fast. Some things look
well and some things don't. Among
things that don't look well, we NAV
class the picture Of corpse combing
hay seed out Of its hair. If our party
is dead and of the past, let it behave
itself as any respectable corpse ough,
to. This continually turning over and
reaching for something, too closely
initiates the habits Of the party il
power. Let the hayseed stay, and
put the comb behind the clock for
future emergencies.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-04-16
How il 1t.

Mr. EDITOR. recent issue OF
your paper appears what puris,rts To
he al address drlivt red befrr the
American L.crusn. by enc A & Cart
right, on the greatly v-xed question ~
tiauspnrtatian. by which IN. grand
= .h.m- If reducing present rates Is
illuminated in a mastery and compre-
h-nsive way. We take io exception,
Mr.. T. iitor, Ia the decidedly ron-erva-
i've way in which the learned gentle
nan ai!ows his progressive ideas Ia
sid. along the track at s'eretsped ar
yameuts an.. figures but would simply
s-k hi,p, in n ffi-n,.ly way. Whea the
American Lyr.utn had the pr,vi,er.
III listening lo Inc address r-irred f.?
There seems 10 NJ something mysi-r-
inu- Connected with tie delivery al
the sane, AS certain members ni The
society, who cisim to u ,ve been IL
regular attendance since it, arganiz,-
tipit. have no recollection Of IT, How
L. IT? Are the members ia the wrong.
ar has Mr. G. INDUCED in such copion-
iraughfs Of Congress ionai proceedings
NJ 10 slightly 'infiafe" his i,nayina-
iiona
Yours, etc, Plea
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-04-16
FROM LOUDEN.

Perhaps few Items from here
would interest you. The night Of the
3lst of March, this dry goods store OF
Petersen Bros was entered by bur
glars and large amount Of goods Ia
ken, cor -i-ting of revolvers, j-w-irN
silks, boots. shoes. etc, etc. M cie~
a. 20 the perpetrators.
Last geek u little difficulty arose he
tween two uai, In saloon while en-
gagged in Il sa,ns, -','"h Resulted H.
one man getting a blorsiy uo-e. aud
the ether ino-ing q part of his coat -
The next day Robert wac caitei on ="
give an accmunr for the deeds done nu
the body. When Robert was called
10 answer to the tune If ibifiy dollar
ht answered to The charge AID CAV.
baii-..y bail Ani on not returning
hi. wife went To tie salann Keeper nj q
Informed him that il tie fine WIS nor
paid soon thar she would commence
actioi, against him.
IF some incfp Of our women had ihr
gril IF Mrs. Minuey nd assert then
rights. how much better il would h.
We glory in wnrnan's spunk Ike
April l3, 1871
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-04-16
Fever and Ague, Chill Fever, Etc.

A frw mouths after having com
mpuced the Manufacture OF Dr. Prin-'s
Go den Medical Dis, overy. the pro-
prietnr began 10 receive um-rous lei
ier- from all parts If The Western ana
SnutIern STATES besiowing The most
unbuun,ied praise uIr,u il for having
promptly cured tie writers or iiieif
friend. nt Fever aud Ayue. or othei
forms Of iuiasntiic, or Inalarious dis
eases. He wa repeatedly urged t.
nuke known the wonderful virtues Oi
the Discovery Ia the ure Of Ayue ant
kindred diseases. He always replied
that 1t wa- not intended for \ ''curr
ali,' and should he recommend it Ia
people n. n remedy far 81 many ditf r
ent forins aud classes of disease. lie
feared those VINO never tested it, viz
tnaa would at once class II among the
numerous humtugs of the day. This
answer was sai isfactar, To no one; they
argued that tie whole country ought
to know 1t at once. AMI expressed Their
Acknowledgement at his Indifference to the
suhj-et. His ear aud heart teing At
ali times open 10 the call Of suffering
humanity, he kas at last, after having
received testimony from hnndi eds
who have been speedily cured by II.
and many Of them after qninia aud all
the usual m. ans had fai'.d, cunsentet
to make the mater known.
NEWMAN, j. IT, Co.. Kan,
Jan 9Th. 1873
De. PIERCE: - Deer Sir: Having used
y few bottles a your Gnldan Medical
Discovery, a;li hriieving IL 10 he the
very hes, medicine for Chiils ard F--
YER, | wish IN buy it hy the dtzsn,
piease give mr. your price Ter il.
REV. THos. O'RlELLy.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-04-16

And still they cry-from the New
York Tribune down TO the little four
by nine newspaper what-is-it out in
1owa-''Look at Come cticut! Read
in the late Republican defea: there
the certain prophesy of Republican
decline and oar swift coming sue
cess" Well, what about Co,necti-
cut? The Republican candidate for
Governor was defeated, it is true
Ingersoll, the Democratic candidate
was elected by $500 majority but
last gear this same Ingersoll, on the
same Democratic ticket, was elected
to the same office by 3,34. majority
showing net loss to the Demo-
Gratis in one year of S47 votes. You
can figure yourself to see how many
such victories the Connecticut Dem.
ocrats can stand.