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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-10-29

brilliantly lighted and compactly filleC
with an attentive multitude extending
all the way from the rosIrum to tn,
highest seat in the gallery. 1t wa,
generally known that the Rev. Mr.
Eaton. who had short time before re-
turned from his summer vacation, was
to be greeted with a gladdenning re
cepton of some kind and that per
haps, called out many who might have
otherwise remained at home. The ex
ercises were conducted by Mr.. II. E.
Murphey, and opened with the well.
known song, Welcome the Beautiful
Day. In response, the saith psalm
was read and made many feel tina: a
day in the heavenly courts is better
than thousand, and mentally declare
that they'd rather be door-keeper in
the house of the Lord, than dwell in
the tents of ungodliness. After pray
er by the pastor, and another song,
Miss Lizzie Farrar recited g The Lee
gend OF st. Anthony" This was ex
cellently done, and revealed, on the
part of the speaker, endowmepts Of
an unusually rare aud fne-grained
character. The best thing on the pro-
gramme was unquestionably Miss EN-
ma Sprague'S recitation entitled The
Muster Roll" 1t was, in fact, the
best amateur declamatory effort we
have heard for long time. The la
dys delivery was faultless, her ex-
preston perfect, and her general bear
ing at once dignlfied aud commanding
Altogether, her style = her rich, sweet
voice, the light of intelligence in those
magnificent eyes all this reminded
Que of Anna Dickinson, that is the
gentle Anna of a dozen summers back
Wilbur Dodge read 4" have drunk
my last Glass, Boys" and read it we'll
too and with telling effect, even if he
did somewhat mouthingly murder the
burden of the tale. The welcome adj
dress in behalf Of the Sabbath School
was spoken by Miss Della Phelps, Mr.
A. r. Bushnell appearing before that
most kindly disposed jury, the audi
enc, on the part of the older members
of the church These speeches called
out Mr. Eaton, who entertained his
hearers with a brief sketch in outline
of his travels history. He told where
he went and how, whom he met and
what he saw. Had sailed among the
thousand islands in the St. Lawrence
river, had shot the rapids of the same
noble stream, had visited the old city
of Quebec and trod the heights of
Abraham, "where valor fought in 9TH
err days" He told us about the mon
ument erected there to the memory of
Wolfe and Montcalm, those two gal
liant commanders Of opposing forces
who fought and died so nobly on the
18th of September, 1859. The pastor
also referred to his ramhle among the
White Mountains, and spoke of man
who had likened those everlasting hills
-" rock-ribbed and ancient as the
sun to the enduring gospel of the
meek aud lowly Nazarene. After some
more appropriate and excellent re
marks, aud some more fine singing,
the benediction was pronounced, and
then the congregation came out from
under that frescoed ceiling and gliGed
quietly away to their homes in a Sc
rene and charitable frame of mind.
A BRUTAL Row.-Last Monday
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-10-29
STRAYED-HoRsE.

From the subscriber in the town Of Pennimore' on
Sept g. a dark rCn gray, medium size horse, years
old last spring marks. has large feet WIN pay
liberal reward for information where said stray can
be found. 32w4* SAM MckE1NoLDo
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-10-29
TAKEN UP-MARE.

Taken up by the subscriber, residing in the town Of
Potosi about two miles north of the village one bay
mare colt about three years Old little white on the
hoof near the right his1 leg. The owhers requested
10 call prove property pay charges and take said
stray away. JACob "ihDNAasN :.
pofosi &. 5VW4T
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-10-29
TAKEN UP HEIFEK.

II q IL E-N y L - II Elf Els
Py the subscriber. living on lands owned oy MIN
n, section 2 town l. Beetcwn, on or about the l3th
az october one ? year old heier, light red. with Q
cnt in each ear The owner is requested 20 call
prove property, pay charges and take said stra!
away. PHILLIP D. sChAub
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-10-29
ROAD NOTICE.

Commercial agent supplied with covered or open
rigs on reasonable terms. 'h
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-06-24
The End Of the Horse.

When the horse falls, he is bled, and his
blood is preserved for the use of the dyer
The name and tail are next cut off, for the
manufacture of sleeves, hair-cloths, and
bow strings for the violin; the shoes are
taken Oft for the mailer; the hoofs are cut
OF for combs and various other kinds of
horn work. and a portion of the feet goes
to the glue-maker; the skin is stripped off
| for the tanner, who converts it into excel
lent leather for boots, harnesses, &C., and
the collar-maker finds it in its rough state
the best material for cart harness. The
flesh IS then cut up for earn ivorous beasts
in menageries, or for dogs, and though
without knowing that they are hippophagi,
IA club OF horse-eaters, who regularly adj
vertise their club days,) some of our fellow
CT eatures are RECALLED in the cheap eating
houses of great cities, with delicate bits of
carcasses in the form of pates. pretended
beefsteaks or soup. When the flesh and
fat have been removed, the stomach and
lntestines are laid aside for machine straps
and strings for musical instruments, and
are often sold for the last purpose, as the
best Naples cords; the ribs are turned into
buttons and children's toys; the large
round bones serve for tweezers, whistles
terrules. knife-handles, cups, balls domin-
oes &C.. the large fiat bones are of use to
the toy men for many things even the
teeth are useful, when polished, to the
dentist, and for many purposes for which
ivory is required. The bones of the head
are either consumed in heating furnaces
or crushed for manure The remainder
of the carcass is burned, and by this pro-
cess produces ivory black, soot-black, and
valuable manure; and from the fat is ex-
tracted coarse oil, which is used by
mechanics
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-06-24
To Kill Weeds Cheaply.

There are very few gardens, the soil
OF which has not been allowed to become
filled more or less with the seeds of weeds
When crops spring up, the weeds spring
up with them. If numerous. the weeds
get above the crops hard work at hoeino
and laboriOus, finger wedding follow. The
crops are over borne and become small.
Backaches and discouragements are dew
eloped. More weeds give plentiful seed
ing another year.
With industrious gardeners, who take
time by the forelock, much of this trouble
and loss are prevented by DESTROYING the
weeds when very small. When only half
IN inch high, the bulk of a weed is not a
hundredth part as great as when six inches
high. 1t has not vet drawn a hundredtb
part as much on the crop and on the soil,
single movement of a steel rake at this
hour Will kill fifty weeds; but when they
grow six inches high the rake will do moth
ing, and the hoe must be ground sharp
and applied with many hard strokes.
There is better way still. Kill the
weeds broadcast just as they are coming
up. The i ain thing is to do this right
The seeds of nearly all garden weeds are
small. Now, get your ground or beds all
ready to plant, but do not yet A little
warm weather will start all the seeds for
about an inch down; and rs soon as YOU
see the first green or yellow point peepino
up through the black mould, then is the
time for action! Do not wait till next day
nor till afternoon, for they will now spring
up amazingly fast.
lake your steel rake and 90 over the
surface two inches down, raknr and cross
raking. till you have torn all the delicate
little plants to fragments Now then there
is pretty fair chance for a clean surface.
for very few that are deeper than two
inches will get up to the light 1t would
be safer, however, if You can afford the
time to wait a few days and give your
beds second raking. If your soil is good
you VIII 60 over it thus with great rapidity
twenty times faster than after the sow
ing of the crops, and you will pulverize
the soil admirably. The few days delay
will be more than made up by the clean
surface, freedom from choking weeds. and
by the vigorous crops.-Country Gentle
man.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-06-24
MISCELLANEOUS.
CENTRAL VERMONT r. r. LINE.
SIMMER ARRAN CEMENT.
Commencing Monday, May 10Th 1874.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH AND EAST.

TRAINS GOING SOUTH AND EAST
Leave Montpelier at IS an 3 m and lo PIN
at White River Junction and Bellows Falls with trains
Boston worcester &C. and At Mhe HlyeI Ven
non for Springfield and New York; at New London
with steamer for New York. O. 1h
at To- 30 a. m Odgensburgh at 945 am. Malone at bog
am st. Adams at L. pm, arriving III bos'sn Via
SiSht Express leaves Ogdensburg at II IS Mon.
reai 345 pm St Johns at 5o pm 81 AdDa d e a.
lows Falls with trains for Boston, Morcester &C. ar
irving in Boston at $50 m, az South vernon VIII
trains for Springfield and New York, arriving IN new
York at H. 81 PM, and in New London at Ills am
TRAINS GOING NORTH AND WEST.
Leave Montpelier and 7.45 q. m and 33s and 90
Day Express leaves Boston via Lowell at 500 M for
Burlington St Adams Montreal, &C. arriving In Mon
treal at lO1 pm. and 0gdensburg at Il ~ am making
connection for the west. - -, -, n,
ton via Lowell at m via LawreHce and Fitchburs
SpTinged # Bellows Esw fafs at At iSS
am White River Junction at LAO pm, arriving IN ST.
Trans leaving Boston via Fitchburgh at 30 and
Springfield at 500 am, connect at White River juno
ton with Day Express train ,,,..o ,;or 1,,,.io a,
Burlington at s05 am, St Adams at 200 ~, for St
Night Express leaves New London at g. u p M South
Vernon at So receiving passengers from Oonnec-
Springfield g. pm Bellows Falls at ll2o p M con
Meeting with trains the Cheshire Railroad eavg
with train leaving Boston at p.m for burlington
St Adams Montreal, &C. arriving in Montreal at gS
Grand Trunk Railway for the West,
Sleeping Cars are attached TO the Night Express
treal and Springfield, and St Adams and Troy;
Drawing Room Cars on Day Express Trans oeet"een
Through tickets for Chicago and the West for sale at
INC - 'p'- JOHN W. HOBART Genr supt.
St Adams May 25 1874 FM1y
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-06-24
agricultural.
How to Fatten Cattle,

The following communication from r.
A. Steele, Il prominent stock raiser of Kan
sas, to the DrOuerS' Journal is full OF
good sense. and if stock raisers will follow
it the quality of cattle sent to market will
be rapidly changed:
The price of cattle fattened for market
depends on the symmetry of the animal as
well as the fat" style as the shippers
term it. | want here to state that good
blood is important, but not absolutely nee
essary, to make what is termed good
seller. In order to fatten steer to bring
the highest market price, he must be kept
in growing condition from calf, and in
no case allowed to go hungry. 1t is starv-
ing the first and second winters which
willis. and shrivels up a steer, that causes
him to be sold mt reduced price. No
amount of feeding will make him first
Class seller, no difference what his color OF
blood. An animal well fed q care not
what the blood-Texas or mott from calf
until the spring he is three years old, will
be smooth, with bones well covered, and
will sci! ut a profit; while II hall-starved
animal becomes broken in the back. bone
projecting, and shriveled up, takes the
best part # the summer to get in condition
to live, and will not be in condition for
market until he is four years old, and then
will bring a price which is unsatisfactory
to the producer, and to every one that
handles him. This is no theory, but a fact
deducted from close observation, us have
tested the plan for several years.
1t will and does pay to feed corn to
calves and to yearlings. They start out on
grass in the spring, strong and vigorous,
you are then able to market your cattle in
the spring they are three years old, weigh
ing 400 pounds, which is heavy enough to
bring the first price The best steer | sold
in 1872 was a common native. He had all
he could eat from calf, and was never
hungry. He was handsome animal, and
was worth more per pound than anything
| shipped in 1872. He weighed in Chic
ago, 1850 pounds, aged three years.
now have a steer calf eleven months old
from very ordinary cow. The calf Nav
~ weighed six hundred pounds. think
it will weigh, when three years old, l. SOC
pounds. | do not wish it understood that
am not in favor of improving the blood a.
well as feed. | shipped two Texas steers
last spring which were three years old
They were smooth and nice, and sold
them with lot of Durhams four years old
at the same price, and they were worth
as much per pound and weighed better
according to age. They are raised and
ted by different parties. Mammoth, over
grown steers have had their day, and we
now come down to the neat, compact, well
fattened animal, both in hogs and cattle,
10 accomplish this in cattle, good feeding
from a calf is necessary.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-06-24

A MOULDY CELLAR-Can the Tribune
tell what will destroy the germs or spores
of mould in cellar? For many wears il
was entirely free from anything of the
kind, but for the last two ye;trs, winter and
summer, whatever we place in it-mcat,
fruit, milk or vegetables-is soon spotted
over, and, if left long, completely covered
with mould. All the cleansing and white
washing we ca n do SO far failed to be of
any benefit, pan of new milk placed
there IN the evening will be covered on
the surface by morning with black mold.
AnS0er.-The requisites for an album
dant growth of mold (besides something
for 1t to grow on are dampness and
warmth Dampness is the most common
cause, and the cellar spoken of is, most
probably, too damp. First make it drier
by draining; then purify it by burning
two or three pounds of sulphur in it..
This is easiest done by putting the sui
phur on burning Goals Gin an old pot or
large shovel; Close the windows and
doors, and be careful not to breathe the
gas given off from the burning sulphur,
and keep the house above ventilated while
doing this. Ventilate the cellar thorough
ly before using. and repeat it the second
time If necessary. l know of no other
practical way.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-06-24

HE POTATO BUG AND How TO Ex-
TERMINATE IT.-A correspondent of the
Louisville Courier Journal writes :. The
advent of the Colorado or potato bug this
season has been much in advance of last
year and the numbers greater than here
tofore known. My observation is that
they do not destroy the plant us rapidly as
usual, but the immense number of eoos
laid by them insures future supply of
ravenous bugs greater than last year. |
notice they lay their eggs in clusters on
the leaves of the potato and are SO numer-
Gus that we may expect to have much
trouble in preventing the destruction of
the crop. There is an enemy, however,
making its appearance just now, in the
form OF Il small scarlet insect which de-
Yours the egg of the potato bug, and if
farmers will not destroy this little friend
OF theirs. supposing it to be depredator
also 1t may prove to be the exterminator
OF the pest. Close observation will be
required to direct the efforts of extermina-
ton. We are now trying Paris green.
one pound, mixed with ten pounds of flour
or plaster Paris, and sprinkled when the
dew is on the plants. Great care should
be had in the use OF Paris green. as it is a
deadly poison
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-06-24
az mucb food as five to ten acres of pasture

as much food as five to ten acres of pasture
it will be the strongest argument in favor
of gradually decreasing the number OF
acres of pasture and making up the def
cheney of soiling. We do not believe the
expense of keeping COWS will always in
clude from two to four soils of pasture
each, when one-half acre will produce all
the summer food cow can eat. Dairying,
in the older states, cannot much longer be
carried On, profitably, with the use of so
much high priced land per cow. These
reasons of scarcity of fodder will soon open
the eyes of dairymen to the great waste OF
pasturing tillable lands, one-half acre OF
which. in good clover will represent three
acres in pasture.
We trust farmers everywhere will make
the most of these opportunities this season
and see that there shall be no lack OF
fodder the coming winter.-Lire Stock
Journal
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-06-24
your room, and stay till I give you leave

your room. and stay till give you leave
to come down."
All the afternoon Robert spent alone
in his room, and when every now and
then ringing peals of laughter reached his
ears from the room below, where Bessie
and Laura Mason were having a good
time together, he thought bitterly that
Bessie had forgotten him in his trouble
and disgrace. But he was mistaken, for
when Laura had gone home, and it began
to grow dark, Bessie went to her fathers
study, and pleaded his cause in the pater-
nal ear Poor Rob! He'll get so lonely,
I'm afraid he'll throw himself out of the
window, OF do something dreadful"
Robert was sitting by the window in his
room when Bessie softly opened the door
and said, Are you here, Rob? It's so
dark l can't see."
She drew breath of relief at his dis
NAL Yes, of course"
I'm so glad. Well, father says you can
come down now"
Robert jumped up, eagerly. did you
ask him to let me?''
Yes"
"Well, you're real jolly good girl,
you are" said Rob chokingly. and after a
pause added, ''Ill take it all back, Bess,
what said this morning. You're twice
as honest as | am"
'.Oh, no, Rob, but you did give me some
real good advice" said Bessie mischievous-
E.
Don't, Bess," pleaded Rob, I'm so
ashamed of myself
Well, won't ever say a word about
it," she answered, and she kept her word;
but Rob never forgot that Saturdays les
-CongregatiOnalist
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-06-24

OLD POTATOEs.-It is, and has been fol
some weeks past, the time of year for poor
old potatoes. Many families do not seem
to know how to keep potatoes so as to have
them good through the whole year. Ihey
are kept in cellars in heaps on the ground,
or spread out to the light. by which they
are turned green and bitter, and thought
to be poisonous. too,-poi,on or not, they
are very unpalatablc. Potatoes to be good
should never be exposed to the light, but
be kept in as dark place as possible
After they begin to sprout in the spring.
they should be taken up from the bins or
heaps and kept in boxes or barrels If
you have a few barrels saved out for fam
lily use, instead of picking them over and
spreading them every few weeks put them
into enough barrels so that you can easily
turn them from one to another Have one
extra barrel, and once every week. turn
them all out from one barrel to another.
This keeps them moving so often that the
sprouts cannot grow enough to do much
harm. The sprouts which come out from
the potato use up the nourishment it con-
tains, and leave it soft, watery and insipid.
BY treating them as proposed above, they
may be kept in condition for the table sew
eral weeks longer than by sproutiDg them,
and the same time save ii deal of work.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-06-24
2oettu.
THE CHURCH SPIDER.

THE CHChCH Sf1DEhs
Two spiders, so the story goes,
Upon living bent,
Entered the Westinghouse one day
And hopefully were heard to say:
"Here we shall have at least fair play,
With nothing to prevent"
Each chose his place and went to work;
The light webs grew apace;
One on the altar spun his thread,
But shortly came the sexton dread
And swept him Off and so half dead
He sought another place.
"I'll try the pulpit next" sain he,
"There surely is prize;
The desk appears so neat and clean
Pm sure no spider there has been;
Besides how often have 1 seen
The pastor brushing flies"
He tried the pulpit, but alas
His hopes proved visionary;
With busting brush the sexton came
And spoilt his geometric game,
Nor gave him time nor space to claim
The right of sanctuary.
At length, half starved, and weak, and lean
He sought his former neighbor,
Who now had grown so sleek and round
He weighed the fraction of pound,
And looked as if the art he'd found
OF living without labor.
"How is it, friend" he asked, Sc that
Endure such thumps and knocks,
While you have grown SO very gross?"
.''Tis plain, he answered, mot a loss
I've met since first 1 spun across
The contribution box"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-06-24

NG.-Transplanting cab
bage, tomato, and tobacco pants, is often
carelessly done, and great losses are sus-
tanned in consequence. A few hours ex-
posture of the plants to the sun and wind
will result in the loss of some days, growth
at least, if il does not cause the entire
loss of the plants.
The plants should not be lifted from the
bed if it can be helped. till the ground and
the holes are prepared to receive them. 1t
is capital plan, if the soil is not already
very moist from rain, to water them thor
oughly in the bed an hour or two before
lifting. 1t will cause a greater amount OF
soil to adhere to the roots.
"Take them up tendery, lift them with -
is the rule to be observed here as in other
things. g No pains, no gains" is the
motto. Select Il rainy or damp day if pos
sble; if not just before sunset is better
than morning. We like to have pretty
dry soil to set them in, but we would have
a supply of water to pour into the hole
after it is made, and before it is soaked
away set in the plant and fill in with dry
soil. This is wet by the water, and the
plant is surrounded by moisture, and yet
the surface is loose and open, and not
packed too close or baked round the plant.
A little extra pains will pay well. Try it
and see.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-06-24
goetru.
TRANSPORTATION.
they tell at Fontenay

This pretty tale they tell at Fontenay:
How once ST. Christopher of blessed fame,
Passed near town whence many children came,
Bringing rare flowers to strew upon his way.
Among them little maid SO poor,
She brought no offering save simple store
OF cowslps, gathered for her evening meal;
But these she proffered with such gentle zeal,
The while her face its hungry pallor wore,
That the saint stopping, blessed her. Giving back
The blossoms to her hand he said: No lack
OF food, my child, shall vex thee any more
Upon these yellow disks spell is laid.
Co boil them as thy wont is, unafraid."
T his did the chi d but soon, within the pan,
A tiny tinklng, as ofcoins began;
And 10 poured out upon the burdened tray,
For each poor weed a golden ducat layl
-AppietOn's Journal
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-06-24

HAY FINE AND CoURsE.-Producer
are sometimes puzzled to know why city
buyers generally ask for course, we'll ma
tured hay in preference to the more tender
and in reality more nutritious kinds. The
Lice Stock Journal thus enlightcns them
- City men feed hay for different purpose
than the farmer The farmer feeds it for
its nutriment and a principal food, while
the city men regard grain as the cheapest
food, and only gives sufficient hay to make
bulk in the stomach, and for the purpose
of health. Coarse, well-matured timothy
serves this purpose better than the early
cut and fine grasses. They do not desire
such hay as will tempt the horses to eat
too much of it. Straw would answer this
purpose if cut and mixed with the grain,
about as well. But farmers should be
content with this practice of the city Gus
toner, for it enables them to sell their
poorest hay for the best prices and to re-
tain the best quality for home consump-
ton