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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-09-25
Poetry.
BURNS AND BEECHER.

The following poem was written by MIS-
J. Webb, of Scotland, sixteen years ago
on the occasion of the appointment OF
Henry Ward Beecher to lecture at the
celebration of Burns one. hundredth ami
yersary, January, 1859:
[ learn the task has fam to you
To gle the bard O. Ayr his DUE
But use him Weel;
He kept sweet Charity in view,
Fen for the Dell.
His few sma faults We need ma tell;
Folk say ye're no DER guild yourself
But Dell may care
Gin ye're but half as guild as Rab,
Well ask nae mair.
Then dinna seek to find a flaws
But DER his faults a mantle thraw,
And leave the rest
TO Him who made and tried the heart
He kens the best.
A century hence an Wha can tell
what may BETA yer cannie sell
Some holy preacher
May TAX the cudgels up for ane
Cad Harry Beecher
haze nae doubt yed like to ken
VIVA it's that talks the auld quill pen
To write this rhyme
The knowledge Wad be little WORTH
I'm past my prime.
But when lasSle, young and fair,
I've wandered aft by bonnie Ayr
Wi heartsome gee,
zen 1ate'S stern mandate sent me forth
Far DER the sea.
Still ScotiaS hills and Scotias plains
Herpoets and her poets strains
To me are dear
A desert spring within my heart
They claim tear.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-09-25
T.A.BLEDs0E, Agent, staunton, Va.

Thiscompany, wellmenaged au dsGccessful OF
a period ofthirty- -four years, offers INDEMNITY
AGAINSTLOSS BY FIREon asfavorableterms
as other good companies
Its capitaland income promote asfaras practi'
able, theindustry Of our State.
W L COWARDIE. Presiden' \
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-09-25

4 NHRISTMAS GOODS::ss
LARMoUR g. CO..
sl95 W Baltimore ST.,
BALTIMORE, MD.
We now have the largest stock of GOLD and
SILVER WAMCHES in the city, ard at prices
to suit the times-key and stem wiuders.
An assortment of nseful and fancy articles in
Sterling Silv er and Triple Plat ,ur apprcacha-
BILE i'll style and cheapness.
FINE FRENCH CLOCKS
AN BKONZES
Selected by our Mr. Larmour in Paris, which we
now offer at a small advance on cost OF trans
portation. Our usual extensive assortment of
DIAMONDS, PEARLS, STONE CANOES,
GARNETS, AND RICH JEWELRY,
Pms, Ear Rings, Lockets, Studs, Sleeve But
| tons Chain and Band Bracelets, Opera
and Leoatine Chains Vest
Chains &c.
FINE ENGLISH TABLE CUTLERY
| III ivory fedTl anu Soilu udnules, WIN pam
! and silver plated blades.
| Gold Head Canes Gold Pens and Pencils, Gases,
S2ectacles, Opera Glasses,
THERMOMETERS, BAROMETERS, STORM
GLASSES, &C,
| All at extremely low prices for Cash. Particu-
| lar attention paid TO the manufacture OF
HAIR JEWELLERY!
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry repaired in the
best manner and warranted.
SIGN OF THE ELECTRIC CLOCK.
Dec II, ls73,-tf
ESTABLISHED 1881
GEO. W. WEBB, ALBERT REMIcK.
x FORGE W. WEBB & Co.,
III Corner Bait and Light Streets,
BALTIMORE, MD
FINE WATCHES,
RICH JEWELRY,
AND STERLING ARES,
a full assortment OF fine
SILVER PLATED WERE.
FRENCH MARBLE CLOCKS.
n.y. Especial attention paid to Repairing
Watches and Jewelry BY experienced workmen
72Gct29y
WYNN. MANN, WHOLESALE DEALER
w IN ALL KIND
AMERICAN CLOCKS,
ANDMANuFAoTURER OF
MAHOGANY, ROSEWOOD AND GILT
FRAMELOOKING CLASSES.
1a,roond voriad ooaortment of TOTTET
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-04-20

RAISING CALvEs.-A writer in the
Ohio Farmer says :-"Supposing it does
require two gallons of sweet milk per
day, and that milk is worth on the aver
age 10 cents per gallon for cheese, the
feed at the end of four months will have
cost S24. The animal may not be
worth the difference between the milk
and slop and grain. but when the calf
is three years old the difference will ap-
pear threefold the other way. If the
cost of raising a calf on new milk is s24
for the first four months, and the ami
NAL is not really worth more than $40
at that age, then, of course, there is a
loss of Sl4, so it will not pay to raise
common or inferior calves where milk
can be sent to the factory or made into
cheese on the premises. Where butter
is made, either on large or small scale,
skinned milk may be fed with profit,
for the caseine, or curdy part, furnishes
the proper requisite for growth and de-
Velopment, but we do not wager any
thing on there being good paying results
from feeding whey or dish water to any
grade of calves.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-04-20

SOFT SOAP AND VINEGAR FOR THE
HANDs.-A correspondent of the .Scien-
t!JFc american says: "Our men in the
shop use soft soap to remove the grease
and dirt from their hands when they
quit work. This, they find, causes
cracks to come: but if they dip them in
vinegar, just after washing with soft
soap, their hands will remain soft and
smooth, and any cracks on the hands
will Immediately heal up The editor
says, commenting on the above state
ment:
ain the ordinary careless manufacture
to soft soap, there sapt to be sometimes
an excess of alkali or lye, above that
necessary for complete saponifcation.
This has caustic action on the skin.
making it rough and otherwise iniuring
It, After using soap of this kind, wash
ing in vinegar removes the excess of
alkali from the hands. Vinegar, being
an acid, combines with the alkali, form.
ing neutral and soluble salt.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-04-20

How TO GROW EARLY PoTAToEs.-A
correspondent of the N. E. Homestead
tells how he ripens early potatoes by the
fourth of July. He says:
For several years past L have grown
my early potatoes as follows:-I take
shallow boxes, l2x24 inches, 4 inches
IN depth, fill them partly full of good
SOIL and upon that soil put in my cut
tlngs of Early Rose potatoes, cut with
one eye to the. piece, as closely as l can
place them, and cover them SLIGHTLY
with soil. Put the boxes where thew
will keep warm. See that they do not
get dry Time of setting them, about
the 18th of March. Two of such boxes
are sufficient for my family.
As soon as all danger of ground freez.
ing out of doors is past, [ prepare the
hill by putting shovel full of well rot.
ted compost in the same, and set the
plants (Which are we'll started by this
tlme) as you would tobacco or cabbage
plants. If there is danger of much frost
put little soil over them. Last wear
my potatoes were frost bitten ones, which
did not kill them and l had new pota.
toes hit for the table by the 4th of July
My plants are started in a cold grapery.
A kitchen window would answer the
purpose equally we'll.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-04-20

ENGLIsH FARMING AND American
In an address to the farmers of New
Jersey, the other day, the orator of the
occasion alluded to the fact that in Eng.
land IN less than century, the produc-
ton of wheat had risen from &. 600 600
to lOO,O00,000 bushels. This enormous
increase he attributes to systematic at
tentlon to all the requirements of good
farming; to the skill and exactness
with which all the operations are Der.
formed; to their careful selection of the
best varieties of seed, and to the exten.
siVe and good use of their barn-yard
manure. Nothing is left to casualty
or chance. No expectations are ipdulg-
ed In that an unusually favorable season
Will atone for shortcomings or neglect
he alluded to the business-hke liberal;-
ty OF the English farmers in resort;no
70 the earth, by means of purchased
manures, the elements of fertility ex-
hausted by cultivation, and stated that
In 1873, the first year in which homes
came into general use as a fertilizer
the foreign bones imported were valued
at the custom-house at ST. 500 600
since which time it is eyt;mo.ol A..
Tic amount paid for imported bones
alone amounts to $3.50 DOC. 600
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-04-20

HEALTHFUL DwELLINGs.-Amo the
indispensable requisites of healthful
dwelling are that it shall be absolutely
free from damp because damp house
is most potent and active and ever
present cause of disease, especially of
rheumatism, neuralgia, colds, coughs,
consumption and such like. The site,
therefore, if not naturally dry, must be
rendered so by means of asphalt or &C.
ment, throughout the foundation, and
the roof and cutters and drainage must
be perfect. All the house drains should
terminate outside the house on an open
grid or trap; that is, they should be
ventilated by having pipe run up
from every soil pipe and every bend in
the house. And, second, that the house
shall be SO placed that the direct rays
of the sun shall have free admission into
the living apartments because the suns
rays impart a healthy and invigorating
quality to the air, and stimulate the
vitality of human beings, as they do
those of plants, and without sunlight
human beings, as well as plants, would
sicken and die. The aspect. therefore,
should be southeast.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-04-20
2feric,tlfttral Department

BUTTER IN FRANcE.-Ifour dairymen
need a spur, an eye-opener, a lesson
which speaks volumes in three words,
here is one at the head of this article.
Butter is actually brought from France
and sold by the New York dealers.
And this is thus because there is an act
ual scarcity in the market of good butter
put up in attractive shape for small
consumers. When we know that one
dairyman gets sl,l5 a pound for his
product, unother 81, and another rs
cents the year round, at his dairy door,
it is easily seen that it will pay to bring
butter across the ocean from France, if
it is only good and shapely enough to
suit the fastidious purchasers who will
have something nice whatever it may
cost. All this butter is made from
choice cows, choicely fed on clean sweet
food; the milking is done in the clean
est manner. The milk is handled as
carefully as though it was nectar; the
cream is churned with utmost care by
clock thermometer, the butter is worked
with skill, and is made up in shapely
cakes, which do not require to be cut
when brought to the table. Compare
then, this cake-hard, golden yellow,
sweet, fragrant and tempting to all the
senses-with an unsightly chunk, which
is cut out of greasy keg, and smells
of old age and rancidity, and is made
from i'll kept cream from COWS filthy
lodged and carelessly MIXED, and is
churned anyhow, and the difference is
amply accounted for.-N 7. Tribune.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-04-20

CROPS IN THE GULF STArEs-There
appears to be promising outlook for
the crops in the Gulf States the present
year. There is an abundance of labor
and prices rule lower than heretofore
while the policy adopted by the planters
OF hiring on shares rather than on month.
ly wages has cleared the plantations of
idlers. The wisdom of a diversity of
crops is perceived, and the raising of
corn, wheat, oats and rice is receiving
needed attention. In anumber of local
tiles corn will be most relied upon. and
IN many quarters it is already up, pre-
sentlng Furnishing appearance. In
consequence of the large exodus of ne
groes from certain parts of the country
whole plantations are given up to stock
raising. Altogether complete reyolu.
ton IN the agricultural system of these
States has occurred, and the farmers are
IN excellent spirits at the cheering pros
pect the change has placed before them
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-04-20

VALUE OF WooD LOTs.-The Canada
turner says Time was when ,bo
wooded part Of a farm was considered
the least valuable, and was we'll n;ob
regarded as of no account until cleared
Now the opposite condition Of cur affairs
Is last coming TO be accepted as the true
state Of the case. Partially cleared
farms are bought, with the timber est;
mated as most important item in the
purchase account Bush land is no long
er a drug in the market. Most of IL l.
either already within such easy access
by railroad. or, it is expected, soon will
De- that proprietors are figuring up the
pronts OF cord wood. and buyers are
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-04-20
THE FARMERS WIFE.-Another want
of the farmer is well expressed in the
following couplet:
A little farm well TILED,
A little wife well willed

The man may have the little farm
well titled, but without the wife it will
not be productive of much happiness.
However good the husbandman may be
without the wife it will avail but little
toward making money. 1t is the farm
er's good wife that makes farming pay.
Good wives add comfort to our lives and
joy to our homes. We should therefore
be more careful in preserving their
health, strength and beauty. Naturally
our mothers, our wives and daughters
are the most beautiful women in the
world. Why do they not remain SO
1t is not because they are growing old.
1t is not because they are wife or a
mother; not because they assume a
reasonable amount of responsibility ;
nor even because they perform with their
own hands proper amount of la Dor :
but by too much never-ending drudgery :;
too much work at improper time with
little recreation. Therefore, if we would
add to the comfort and joy of our homes,
let us try and preserve their health,
strength and beauty.-D. B. WHeeEock
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-04-20

CHOOSING HAToH1NG EGGs.-A CO.
temporary says eggs for Matching should
be chosen of the fair average size usually
laid by the hen they are from; and m.
usually large or small being rejected.
Some hens lay immensely large eggs.
and others small ones. A fat hen will
always lay small eggs, which can oplv
produce small and weakly chickens
Absolute size in egg, is, therefore of
but little Importance. Round. short
eggs are usually the best to select: very
long eggs especially if much pointed at
the small end, almost always breed
birds with some awkwardness in stvlA
Neither should rough-shelled eggs be
chosen; they usually show some de-
rangement of the organs, and are often
sterile Smooth shelled eggs alone are
proper for Matching. 1t is a farce 70
suppose that the sex of bird can he
determined by the shape of the egg.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-04-20

doing the same. The consumption of
wood as fuel, by locomotives, makes a
steady, enormous drain on our forest re-
sources. Already the price of cordwood
in our towns and villages, has reached
what were city rates five or ten years
ago. AS wood becomes more scarce, its
value will 60 up, until it reaches the
coal standard, and that is likely to be
raised, from the large demand made for
it in manufacturing and railroading.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-04-20

10 check Potato Rot in potatoes after
they are stored, it is recommended to
store them ina dry place and expose
Them from time to time, to the fumes
OF burning sulphur. 1t will prevent
further infection, without injuriDg the
potato.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-04-20
INDISPUTABLE EVIDENCE

A Custom House man writes that bc
mas heard ladies of refinement. wealth.
position and education lie customs Of
fcer out of countenapce
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-04-20

$4,000 bushels of African naann,o
arrived In Boston last week-duty 5
cents per bushel.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-04-20
SCIENTIFIC AND SAFE TREAT.
~MENT.

When applied with DIR. Pierce's Nasal
Douche and accompanied with DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery as constitu.
tlonal treatment, DR.. Sage's Catarrb
Remedy produces perfect cures of the
worst cases of Catarrh and Ozena of ma.
ny years standing. This thorough course
OF medication constitutes the only seien.
tlnc' rational, safe and successful man.
ner of treating this odious disease that
has ever been offered to the afflicted So
successful has it proven that the propri-
etor has long offered standing reward
OF 5000 for case of catarrh which he
can not cure.
lNDIsPUTABLE EVIDENCE.
lhos. j. Bishop of South Brooklyn
n l., writes that his wife had snfFarad
since child with catarrh, until it had
resulted In what eminent physicians pro-
houneed consumption; that she has used
Dr. sage's Catarrh Remedy with DR.
Fierees Golden Medieel Discovery, and
they have worked wonders with Der case
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-04-20

I
zens of NIL classes, establishes the fact, that
CHERRY PICTORIAL will and does relieve and
cure the affecting disorders of the Throat and
Lungs beyond any other medicine. The most
dangerous affections of the Pulmonary Organs
Weld to its power; and cases of Consumption,
cured by this preparation publicly known,
so remarkable as hardly to be believed, were
they not proven beyond dispute. As remedy,
it is adequate, on which the public may rely
for full protection. BY curing Coughs, the
forerlnners of more serious disease it saves I'M
numbered lives, and an amount of suffering not
to be computed. 1t challenges trial, and con-
vinces tie most sceptical Every family should
keep it on hand as protection against the early
and unperceived attack of Pulmonary Alice
tions. which are easily met at first but which
become incurable, and too often fatal, if neg
lected. Tender lungs need this defence; and it
is unWise TO be without it. As n safeguard TO
children. amid the distressing diseases which
beset the Throat and Chest of childhood CHERRY
PICTORIAL is invaluable; for by its timely USE
multitudes are rescued from premature graves,
and saved TO the love and affection centred on
them. 1t acts speedily and surely against ordi-
nary colds, securing sound and heath-restoring
sleep. No one will suffer troublesome Infiu.
enZa and painful Bronchitis, when they know
how easily they can be cured
Originally the product of long aborous, and
successful chemical investigation. no cost or toll
possible perfection 1t may be confidently relied
exhibited, and capable of producing cures as
PREPARED nv
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-04-20
Ayers
Cherry PICTORIAL,
For Diseases of the Threat and Lungs
such as Coughs, Colds, Whooplng-
Cough. Bronchitis, Asthma,
and Consumption.

Among the great
discoveries ot modern
science. few are of
more real value 10
mankind than this ef-
feetual remedy for NIL
diseases of the Throat
and Lungs. A vast
trial of its virtues,
throughout this and
other countries, has
shown that it does
surely and effectually
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-07-02
educational.

MINUTES of the E. D. Teachers
Association. The E. D. T. A. met
at Dist, No. s, Somers, Saturday
June 20. "a
The meeting was promptly called
to order at the time appointed by
the Pres. p. r. Barnes, the teachers
OF So1aa.5 ..111 T.ess.ssa...l Prairie being
fairly represented, We have often
read, in reports Of teachers meetings,
of the zeal of teachers of the mascu
line persuasion in which personal
comfort was sacrafced at the shrine
Of duty, by walk of several miles,
to the place appointed for holding
Teachers Association !; but we can
now record an instance of the per-
severing efforts of the weaker q sex,
by stating the fact that a young lady
walked distance Of four miles with
the thermometer sway up among the
nineties .,t
The first exercise was one IN Fen
manship, conductedb by F. r. Barnes.
in which writing in concert upon the
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-07-02
RAILROAD CASES TO BE TRIED THIS
WEEK.

The United States Circuit Court will sit In Mad
ison on Wednesday, July list, when VIII Dc heard
the in the suit of creditors of the North
western railway company for an Injunction to re-
strain the state officers from enforcing and the
oficers of the company from obeying the Potter
raiIrosd law Judge Davis, of the Supreme Court
will occupy the bench, in connection with Judge
Drnmmond of the Circuit and Judge Hopkins Of
the District Court. Hacket, OF New York, Law
rance. OF Chicago, and John W. Cary, OF this city,
will il is said, appear as counsel for the plaintiffs
while Attorney General Sloan, assisted by ex-
Judge Dixon, win appear for the defense.
The Ackley and Villas case against the Milwau-
kee and st. Paul Company for oyerchargee, which
was recently tried In the Circuit Court in this city
will come up in the State Supreme Court on Tues
day on appeal. SO that the railroad controversy is
likely soon to receive some further eluc;oation.-
RascsDsss,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-07-02

Agood teacher will perpetually study
the mental habits of his pupils, and
try to learn In what things each is
most deeply interested. Every OPP
portunity to overhear the talk Of
children with one another, and note
their characteristic ways of quitting
things" should be improved. IF the
teacher can learn what particular
thing any child is deeply concerned
in, and persuade it to talk to him on
paper about it, he may secure a gen.
uine composition. All instruction
about writing should be feeling
after these topics of vital interest to
the scholar, and the encouragement
of the most natural and Characters
tic way of setting forth his ideas and
feelings about it. Errors in hand
writing and spelling cf course should
always be noticed. The grammati-
cal correction is matter offar great
err Importance for we are convinced
that, in ajority of cases, the nat
uraI style of the child is destroyed in
the effort to reduce his performance
to formal grammatical proprlety.--
A. D. MAYO. 5 I'm. Is. IS = s. +. - ~" ~
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board was practiced with some pro-

board was practiced with some pro-
fciency.
The second exercise was a class in
grammar, Supt. J. P. Briggs, teach
er, subject, parsing and Analysing
sentences in which some of the teach
ers received new ideas upon the sub
ject of infnitives.
Next followed class exercise In
sounds and marking OF vocals by
Hattie Spence. The various sounds
given showed the need of practice in
this art but, with the aid of the
members from Oshkosh" the class
succeeded commercially in render
ing even the more difficult sounds.
In discussing the merits of maerc9s
over bar, d5erese's in place of dot.
&C., we felt the need OF Webster's
new Unabridged and we presume
that that much used volume received
attention Saturday evening, or, at
least. Monday morning. Intermlssion
followed.
The afternoon exercises opened
with school reports from the teachers.
present, and remarks upon the GEM
eral state OF the schools in the coun-
ty by J. P. Briggs, in which he
stated that the schools as whole
were progressing tavorably. Then
followed a continuatlo of the sounds
Of the letters. The subvocals and
aspirates tried the lung powers of the
class in making the sounds heard IN
the remotest corners of the room, and
some gave marked evidence of their
zeal to accomplish the latter feat
somewhat to the detriment Of the
sounds themselves.
Next followed an Essay by Miss
Mary E. Burgess.
After a class exercise in Physiclo
gy, subject. Lungs by Lena O'zanne.
in which some practical points such
as the ventilation of schooI-houses
and the temperature of schoolrooms.
received attention.
The meeting then adjourned. s5'ae
die. L. A. O'zANNE, Sec.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-07-02

VAHNEN BROTHERS, No. ~ Main st x noeha
"a Merchant Tailors. We keep constantly on
Aand wells elected stock of cloths, Gents Fur
uishing Goods, Ready Made Clothing, Hats and
Caps Of the lateststyles. Work done and good g
old as cheapa as at any therestablishmentfnthe
tyss LYLE
~" DOL 81, anhsasr tHas ta dauIi' :.
- DOAN ,dealerin Dry Goods ,stapleand Fan
sc cy Goods, allkinds o. Cloths Ready Made
0lethiRg Gents Furnishing Goods Hats and Gaps.
&C., sc. Let it be remembered thai we keen
othinG but frstsclas goods and further I viii
OF be nndarsn'd 81 th's orGny other wcsternrity
KimbalPs Block. Main ct. Ken0sha. Wis
An. 1y1