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Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-02-27
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For the VERMONT FARMER.
BUTTER C0LORlNG.

notice in the last issue of the FARMER
an article from Allen Morse which to the
casual reader might appear to show that
carrots are the best coloring for butter. Now
will state here, fearless of successful con.
tradiction, that carrots are not fit to put in
to butter. Anything that will not keep Of
itself is not 6t to use for coloring. Any one
doubling this statement may try the follow
ing experiment Take some carrot juice
and put in an open vessel, sidc-by.side with
some of Bailey's Gilt Edge; place in warm
room two or three weeks. / think at the
expiration of that time it would not take
long to decide which would be preferred to
put into your butter. 1t is about as consist
ent to condemn it because person does not
know how to use it, and puts in too much,
as it would be for a novice to get too much
saleratus into batch of biscuit, and then
condemn saleratus. So much for that
Now for prices | sold to Bailey &
Parks, last winter, butter colorod with Gilt
Edge for 30 cents per pound they told me
80 was all they were paying for dairies; at
the same time had tub of butter that
had Of good dairyman in this town who
has taken first premiums on his butter at our
county fair, and the best could do was to
get 2S cents this tub was colOred with car
rots.
X. A. Willard, conceded to be the best
authority on dairying now living, says
"Pure annOttO rightly prepared is the best
artificial coloring for butter; it is a harm.
less vegetable substance prepared from the
seed of a tree which grows in South Amer.
lea it is perfectly wholesome, and has nc
more effect on the human system than the
color of strawberry" A. II. BAILEY.
ElmOre, FEB. l6.
[We give the above note from Mr.. Bal
ley place in our columns because, through al
oversight of the editor, his "Gilt Edge" wal
spoken of disparagingly by correspondent
We do not mean to admit anything Of I
personal character, and trust that when th'
relative eoloring value Of annotto and car
rOts is discussed no allusion will hereafter b,
made to any special preparation. We MAJ
add that the test proposed by Mr. Bailey i
hardly fair one, since he wishes to compar
carrot juice with annOtto chemically prepar
ed so that it will keep. A fair trial woulC
be to dissolve some annotto in water, il
which case it would ferment and becom
offensive as soon as carrot juice.-ED. FARM
ER.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-02-27
THE HABITS OF DRESS.

Among the dangerous habits of dress the ac-
customed method of exposing the feet to
damp and cold is productive, no doubt, of
more suffering and untimely deaths among
women than any other method of torture
and slow suicide which the despot fashion
has taught them TO practice. What strong
man could brave the winters mud, snow,
and ice in such shoes rs women wear ut all
seasons, and not lose his health? But tell
women-wivos, mothers, and daughters
how they should clothe the feet to preserve
health, and they will tell you fatty enough
that they cannot bear those coarse, horrid,
ugly, large leather shoes; that nothing is so
comfortable or fits so nicely rs cloth or thin
leather boots, with small, high heels; and rs,
for oyershocs, they are too clumsy to wear,
and are, therefore, out Of the question. The
prevailing system of tight-ftting, very small
high-hecled shoes, not only paralyzes and
destroys muscular strength and elasticity,
but distorts the feet and ankles, producing
eorns and bunions, and entirely ruins
graceful carriage. Upon the most reasona-
bic calculation, nine out of ten women be-
fore the age of twenty have, from this cause
alone, dcformed and suffering feet, which
forever afterward gives them n cramped and
hobbling gait. But deformity of the feet
from tight shoes is trivial moment compar
ed with the distortion of the waist and con-
seQucnt danger TO health, produced by cor-
sets. The habtual construction and dis
placement of important organs within the
thoracc and abdominal walls, produced by
tight lacing, is.,a most fruitful cause of bad
health, and hence. deserves the sevcrest con-
demnation. Another absurd and very dan
gerous fashion of dress, is the habit of load
ing the lons and hips with heavy underskrts,
while the upper part of the breast and the
shoulders have but little more covering than
is necessary to hide their nakedness.-Dr.
| RseUes
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-02-27
T' JOHNsBURY, FEBRUARY

where. But we we're every day losing these
men, because we did not encourage the busi-
moss for which they were fitted. Then again,
we had no lack Of money; but there seemed
no willingness on tho part Of the owners to
use that money in anything more enterpris-
ing than bond and mortgage.
What then was the lack ? II was nothing
more than want Of spirit to take hold Of the
subject. OF course the business must be
managed with prudence. He illustrated this
by reciting the history of the National Life
Insurance company. The history Of the
Fairbanks scale was also referred to as an
illustration.
The advantages were summed up as fol-
lows An increase Of the population Of the
state; an increase of the number and grade
Of our schools, our libraries and our CALLER
les Of art; IL would enable us to keep our
children at home it would increase the val
ue efthe farmers land by enabling him to sell
his produce at home il would employ idle
men and women.
In the resulting discussion, Prof Collier
spoke Of the lask Of faith as one Of the great
obstacles. He referred to one branch Of
manufactures which could be favorably pro-
noted in Vermont-that of artificial fertil-
izers.
Prof II. NJ. Seeley wished to have
pointed out the industries best adapted to
Vermont. He desired also to know the
cause Of the decline of the small Industries
Of the state.
MIR. j. p. Foster, Of Passumpsic, spoke oI
the benefit which had resulted from the es-
tablishing and maintenance Of the Fairbanks
works. He spoke at length and minutely
upon the advantages Of mandatory in
any town.
In answer to Prof. Secleys first question
Mr.. Heath said that any manufacture, OK
cept that Of heavy iron, would be successful
in the state, aud even that might be made t
pay on the lake where cheap freight might
be had In answer to his second question
he said that the reasons for many of the fail.
urcs were that they went on credit that tn,
goods they made were not fashionable.
Mr.. Douglas thought Mr.. Heath wa
wrong; mon did not produce with capital
but when they had acquired capital, they re
tired and loaned tteir capital to some on
else. The real reason for the Middlebur
failures was that the producers were payiu
altogether too heavy interest 1t was in th
nature of things that young man shoul
use borrowed capital in bis business, but
was not in the power of any business to pa
profits and at the same time the enormou
rates Of interest demanded lormoney by th
Shylocks who infested the small towns an
preyed upon tho men who asked for aid I
continue any kind Of business. After som
further unimportant discussion, the meetiu
was adjourned for refreshments.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-02-27

When heard Mrs. Blackwell talking of
the mothers sleep being broken by the rest
less baby wriggling all night long in his era
die, 1 thought that when we can have mothers
educated properly we shall have no more of
these wriggling babies. We shall have fine,
vigorous animals that will lie down and
sleep soundly, simply because mothers will
know better than to try 10 produce these
conditions with soothing sirups, advertised in
all manner of newspapers, as at present.
If you will have your children sleep, strip
them naked, give them n good bath of water,
and air and keep the house quiet, and then
they will lie down and rest and no longer
wriggle.--MrS. Caiy Stanton.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-02-27
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.


Of Rutland, read an excellent paper on
Sheep Grazing in Colorado, >" in which he
gave most interesting account Of his obser-
vations in that territory, aud expressed his
conviction that fine wool growing can never
be made success on the plains.
Prof Peter Collier
read paper on the Waste Products of
the Farm"
Mr.. w. p. Gage desired TO question the
speaker about his statement that there were
only % pounds of valuable substance in ton
Of manure. lie then alluded to what he deem
ed valuable, and what gross or worthless
parts Of the common stable manure.
Prof. Collier thought the gentleman was
in error in his classification Of useful and
gross parts Of the plant food. All the value
Of any fertilizer was in the amount Of phos.
phorus, potash, or nitrogen.
Mr.. Foster wished to know whether 25
pounds of the substances named would be as
valuable to the land as ton Of stable ma
nure.
Prof Collier said there was no value as 4
fertilizer in manure beyond the % pounds.
The rest of the ton had only mechanical
action, but was certainly useful as vehicle
for the articles named.
Mr.. Gage desired to say that Prof. Collier
had reached his own pOsition-that there
must be some gross vehicle Of application for
the finer substances.
DIR. T. ii. Hoskins, Of St. Johnsbury, said
that it would be physically impossible to ap-
ply the 25 pounds as manure. Again
these three substances were different in the
manure from what they were in tho chemists
laboratory. The gross matter was useful tC
make another supply Of plant food by a sort
of dissolution of the soil itself. He alluded
in passing to the Agricultural College of the
state, which stood in the rather peculiar anC
anomalous condition of a college without q
student and without farm. He hoped t
see college with farm which should fur
nish proof which would be satisfactory anC
convincing to the practical farmer.
Prof. Collier replied that there was NJ
real conflict between theory and practice
If the practice was found wrong, then thu
theory must be abandoned,
Mr. j. p. Foster thought that good phOs
phate was far preferable to stable manure
He utterly condemned muck. In reply Il
DR.. Hoskins' questions the speaker made
distinction between wet and dry muck-be
tween what he called muck and wash.
DR.. Hosklns rejOined that he had nov
found a man who didn't like and wouldn'
use muck under that name; but thought !
a good thing when called wash.
Mr.. Douglas said there were two kinds o
waste in our tivatiOn-diroct and indirect
He made some very sensible remarks on tn
two kinds, and gave some excellent advice l.
farmers on the general subject.
Prof. Seeley suggested way OF savinI
the bones always found on a farm, and whicl
were often an item of waste. He had bee
J in the habit Of pounding them when quit
dry with heavy hammer and allowing hi
hens to eat them. They consumed them ca
gerly, and their good effect was apparent.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-02-27

DE Quincy somewhere tells an anecdote
of a man who, on being threatened with as
sault by eighteen tailors, cried out "Come
on, both Of you"
What has surprised one most in history, is
to read of so few kings who have abdlcated
their thrones,-not above dozen or two at
the most.
A faithful brother in a Fairfield (Ct)
church recently prayed for the absent men,
bers who were prostrated on beds of sickness
and chairs of wellness.
There is some virtue in almost every vice
except hypocrisy and even that, while il is
a mockery of virtue, is at the same time
compliment to II.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-02-27
BUTTER CARROTS.

l wish to recommend through the FARMER
the carrot seed that l purchased Of T. II.
Hoskins, Of Newport, last spring, which
proves to be just what it is recommended
the best thing that l have ever found for
butter Any one wishing to see sample of
the carrots is invited to call on
j. G. OLIVER.
West Charleston, FEB. II.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-02-27
WHAT HE SAID.


Oh! yes-rll tell you the story,
The very words that were said
You see the supper was cooking,
And was slicing some bread,
And Richard came into the pantry,
Ills faco was exceedingly red.
And he opened his half-shut fingers,
And gave me a glimpse Of ringi
And then-oh yes, remember
The kettle began to sing,
And Fanny came in with her baby,
The cunningest bunch Of thing
And the biscuits were out in minute
Well, what came nextl Let me see
Oh Fanny was there with her baby,
And we all sat down to tea
And grandma looked over her glasses
So queer at Richard and me!
But II wasn't till after milking
That hO said what he had to say.
How was IT. Oh Fanny had taken
The baby and gone away
The funniest rogue Of a fellow
lie had new tooth that day.
We were standing under the plum tree,
And Richard said something low,
But was tired and Austered,
And trembled almost know
For old Red is the hardest Of mixers,
And Brindle so horribly slow.
And then-lot mo soe--Whero was
Oh the stars grew thick overhead,
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-02-27
After some further discussion on the pa
per, the meeting adjourned.

WEDNESDAY EVENING.
Prof II. M. seeIey
gave his excellent paper on Leaves" He
was followed by
MIR. z. Nc. Jameson
on "Swamp Lands" and the
Rev. p. p. barnard
on What Shall we do with our Boys ?"
After the reading of these papers the session
was at an end.
This session has been a very successful
one in point Of numbers, and in the character
Of the papers presented. The attendance oi
farmers wives and daughters has been fea-
ture Of these meetings. During the discus
sion of Mr.. Davis paper, tho statement wa'
made by Nathan G.. Pierce, Esq, Of West
minister, that a committee had gathered
shelled and weighed for him, and sworn be-
fore justice as to the entire accuracy o.
the statement, that he had raised 1872 bush
els and 80 pounds of shelled corn upon at
acre of ground.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-02-27

-Four eggs, one quart sweet milk, five
large teaspoons of Indian meal, nutmeg Gin
namon and sugar to taste, half teaspoon
of salt. Boil the milk and scald the meal
in it, let it cool before adding the eggs Bake
three-quarters of an hour
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-02-27

A child who cried for an hour did not get
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-02-27

[The editor Of the FARMER having been
compelled by sickness to return home from
the Westminster meeting Of the Board with
out attending the meeting at Bradford is
obliged to rely for this report upon some
brief notes kindly furnished by Y. E. jane
son, of Irasburgh. For the report, also, Of
the Westminster meeting he is mainly in
debted to the excellent reports on the Rut-
land Herald and Bello,cS Falls Times.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-02-27
FARMERS MEETING
with the Board of Agriculture at wsstm
at4r.

A session of the State Board Of Agricul-
ture, Manufactures and Mining was held at
Westminster, on Tuesday and Wednesday,
Feb. 10 and IL. The session was under the
auspices of the Westminster Farmers Club,
aud the meetings were presided over by
Il. Arnold,
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-12-03

The recent appraisal of the stock
of Oliver Ditson & Co., by the insur-
ance companies, brought out some
curious facts in a musical point of
view. One Of these was the cost of
producing music. The appraisers,
in their report, state that, Of the mu.
sic-books. the price charged for one
series was 81 each, the price allowed
was 80 cents, the cost of producing 18
cents; ditto, charge $2.55, allowance
$1.55, cost 40 cents;. again, charge
$1.25, allowance 80 cents, cost ID
cents. There were seven styles Of
work enumerated, and this is a fair
average. The claimants charged for
loss on their sheet music about $48,'
900; the appraisers made the value
little over $11 900, and charged the
loss to the insurers at about $8,700.'
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-12-03
DURATION OF THE EXECUTIVE TERM.

How shall the executive Of a re-
public be constituted? What shall
be the powers, the duties, the tenure
of Office, and manner Of choosing the
Chief Magistrate? These we're ques-
tions that embarrassed the Constitu-
ton trainers Of 1857. The light OF
experience was not Illuminating. In
fallen republics, the executive nlachin-
cry was weakest and had broken
down first. The failure of the old
confederation had proved that
government without any executive
was several degrees worse than a
government that was all executive,
like the Russian. Save examples to
be Stunned, the executive departments
of the original States were all tha,
those who gave form to our supreln.
law had to study.
Prior to the Convention. John
Jay, in reply to Washington's inquir-
les, expressed himself in favor Of an
executive limited in his prerogatives
and duration. General Knox declar
ed himself for Presidential
term Of seven years duration. In
the Convention the diversity Of opin-
ion on this question was almost irrec-
oncilable. The extremes Of opinion
as to duration Of service ranged from
a tenure for three years to a tenure
for life. James Wilson, Roger Sher-
man, and Cunning Bedford advocated
a term Of three years, Mr.. Bedford
desiring aprovision against re-elegibil-
ity after nine years. James M'Clurg.
Gouverneur Morris, Jacob Broome,
and Alexander Hamilton ex-
pressed in words and votes a prefer
ence for an executive during good be-
havior. On the 1st day OF June, six
days after the Convention organized,
it voted to fill the blank in the Ran
dol ph resolutions with theword seven,
ineligibility being Part ofthere solu-
tions. On the following day eight OF
the ten States then represented voted
to elect the Chief Magistrate bv the
national legislature for the term Of
seven years. On agreeing to the
ineligibility clause, Pennsylvania was
divided and Connecticut alone voted
no: After one successful, six unsuc-
cessful efforts to change to tenure.
the Convention, on the 26th of july.
reafirmed their first decision in favo1
Of a President chosen by the national
legislature, to be ineligible after
seven years service. It was not until
September 6, eleven days before ad.
|journment, that the existing system
was adopted, in accordance with the
recommendation Of the report Of the
committee Of eleven, of which David
DIed1Iy "oo Un.a1 iva.
years term, with silence as to ineligi
bility, was compromise to reconcile
and unite extremes.-The Galary 70,
| December.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-12-03
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Oath of the Chicago girl-Buy

Oath of the Chicago girl-Buy
gum.
The Oldest Western settler-the
evening sun.
Soldiers put their best foot for
ward. That is right:
-"The one thing needful for the
perfect enjoyment of love is conf
dence." Same with hash and sau-
~ages.
-"Stephan Stern NIT frau and II
kd," is one item in the steerage list
Of late Hamburg steamer. The
mind recoils from the infinite Jokes
suggested by those little Gterus.
A lower town turkey was OBJ
served on a fence the other day in
!entIy studying an almanac and reck-
oning on his toes how long it was
rom Thanksgiving. He doesn't do
50 any more.
Mrs. Nibbard suggested, in the
Chicago Woman's Convention, that
he danger Of wearing corsets may be
obviated by the ladies having their
husbands rub them after taking off the
garments aforesaid. The idea is a
good one. We have sent Mrs. Vib-
bard's husband a ream of sand paper.
New WAY TO YOKE OXEN
Farmer, (who has directed Patrick to
yoke the oxen, )-"What do you car
ry that club for?''
4 ut L 49,,
get this CONTINUANCE on thin if I
don't knock thin prongs of'the heads
O thin ?"
"No YER DoS'T, JUDGE. Scene
in court: A witness examined who
saw the assault on Mr.. Brown.
Judge.-Young man, do you know
Mr.. Brown?
Witness.-No you don't, Judge.
Judge.-What do You mean by
that, sir? Answer my question. Do
| YOU know this Brown?
Witness.-No you don't, neither,
Judge.
Judge.-Answer me, young man,
or l will commit you for contempt
of court. Do you know Brown?
Witness (applying his thumb to the
+:,> ~f his nose and wriggling mys-
teriously his outspread and extenueu
fingers You can't come it, Judge
l know what yer want; yer want to
ask me what Brown, and then yer
going to say Brown Stout. Yer can't
come it, Judge.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-12-03
CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.

1t would have been unfortunate
for the Empress of Russia had she
left her pocketbook at home when she
paid visit to her daughter at that
interesting period when maternal en-
couragement is Indispensable. 1t ap-
pears that Queen: Victoria secluded
herself at. Balmoral as soon: as the
Empress of Russia arrived at Buck
ingham Palace. Installed there, the
visiting Empress. was compelled to
pay her way just as if she were board
ing at = hotel. It might be urged
that the Duke: Of ..Edinburg: should
have entertained his Imperial mother
in,law, but those who know him best
declare that extravagance is not his
failing, and the support of'a: mother. the
in law is y luxury he could not afford
Hence the lady was compelled to sat:
isfy her. butcher, and: baker, and
candlestick-maker from her OWL
purse: This may be Court. etiquette
but the hospitable American canno'
help thinking itIsomewhat peculiar.
- , ~ :
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-12-03
TO REMOVE STAINS FROM CLOTHING

Benzine, or essence of petroleum, is
commonly used for removing grease
spote-, hut +laaa linnids present the
Inconvenience of leaving, in mo<1
cases;7a brownish aureola. To avoid
this, it is necessary, whilst the fab
ric is still saturated, and immediate
lyts the stain has disappeared, to
sprinkle gypsum, or lycopodium, over
the whole of the moistened surface
When dry, the powder is brushed
away. Stains of oil paint may be re
moved with, bisulphate of carbon
many,by means Of spirits of turpen
tine; if dry and old, with chloroform
F or. these last, as we'll as for tar-spots
the best way is to cover them witt
olive-oiI or butter. When the pain
is softened, the whole may be re
moved by treatment, first, with spir
| it's of turpentine, then with benziae.-
Phar,n. Gazette: