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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-08-19
Hints About Work.

The most important work on a farm in
not blowing and sowing, haying or har
vesting. THESE are big jobs that force
themselves on our attention. They are
rarely neglected.
Little things, which we are apt to over
look and neglect, are the most important.
We need to look more to the little rivets
that ftsten the sections on the cutter bar
of IA reaper than to the main driving wheel.
Dipping lambs to kill ticks is more import
ant than shearing the sheep. because more
likely to be postponed and forgotten.
Some of the most successful farmers we
have ever known were men who kept 9th
ers at work, but did little so-called work
themselves. They knew how everything
should be done, and saw that it was done
promptly and well They lent hand
Hhen it was necessary, but took hold Of
no steady work that an ordinary lab0rer
could perform.
Your own health and that of your fam
ilv should be the first consideration. See
that the cellar is clean, and the sink and
out-house are not giving off poisonous
gases.
Dry earth is cheap disinfectant. Use
it freely. and be not sparing Of water,
soap, and lime.
Personal cleanliness would be less rare
among Woodworking men and boys II
bath NO convenienceS were more common.
\ good swim IS Il good thing. bus a man
can be clean without having 4 river to
battle in. \ tub of soft water in the barn,
if need be. with soap and sponge ana
towels. should not he lacking on any firm.
| We should think little # the man or boy
who will not use them.
/ In INJURIOUS regions do not pet up toc
early in the morning; and in our change
die climate no house should be without
/ the means of making a fire at moment 5
notice. If the evenings are damp o!
chilly, make fire, if necessary for com
fort. and keep the doors AMI window,
open. Many people seem to think if they
make a fire they must shut the doors.
Nutritious food and plenty of it IS es
sential to good health. A man who doe,
not eat can not work Meat soup is bet
ter than beer. and cup Of good coffee i,
more nvigorating than Il pitcher OF hor
cider. For Il Woodworking man, goot
bread ard firm, fat pork, are tett"r thar
cakes or cookies.
1t is less fitiguing to milk ten COWS il
IN hour than in an hour an a In f. ant
Won have the half hour to give them &;
little extra food which Is certlinly goo,
for the COWS. Horses should rest in tbs
pasture or the stable. but not when in har
ness. Heavy boots and slow motions be-
.ong to Il species of farming which is fits
brcominr extinct DO not carry one p1i
Of water when You ctn carry two study
/ the economy of labor. DO not waste YOU
time or Your energy. Make every >trok,
count, and let the strokes be given with
villa gricuturiSf.
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Putnam'S Nolf's Den.

\ correspondent of the Boston -iItartlser
writes as follows:
- 1t was my fortune while making u
short stay recently in the pleasant town of
Pomfret, Conn, to visit, in company with
II Jolly picnic party, the famous wolf
Den where General Putnam. when 81
young man, in 1899, attacked aud killed a
she wolf whose depredutions upon tile
sheep and goats of the neighbour od had
reused the whole country against her
General Humphreys in his life Of Putnam.
published in 17SS, has given a very minute.
account of this adventure. and in his de
scription of the den he says:
80 The aperture of the den, on thc east
side of Il very high ledge OF rocks. l. IL on,
two feet square; from thence it dcscenus
obliquely fifteen feet. then running hori-
zontally about ten feet more, it a~c,nl9
gradually sixteen feet towards its tvlmina-
lion. The sides of this subterranean cavity
are composed of smooth and solid rocb,
which seem to have been divided from
each other by some former earthquake.
The top and bottom are also of stone. and
the entrance in winter, being covered with
ice, is exceedingly slippery. 1t Is in no
place high enough for a man to raise him
self upright, nor in any part more than
three feet IN width.
Il was curious to investigate this his
torical den for myself and though the
prospect was far from inviting. | stripped
off my coat ond crawlcd in. | had pr0yid-
ed myself with Il stout stick, about fOur
feet in length, to feel my way ahead, as the
passage was entirely closed by my entrance.
and / could see nothing us | proceeded
After working myself along on my elbows
with considerable difficulty. | al lcnrih
reached the end Of the cave. AMI found
myself in a small chamber, very low indeed.
but some wider than the entrance to it.
- AS Humphreys says, the entrance is
about two feet square, but as to there being
an oblique descent and ascent towards the
termination, he is utterly at fault. As
crawled in, | did not notice the least de-
preston in any part of the way, and when
| reached the end of the cave, where
found Il little more room, a few rays of
light from the entrance struck the rocky
wall opposite, which could not have taken
place if the passage had not been level.
And further, the passage is perfectlystraig OH
from the opening to the end, and not OBJ
lique, while the distance, which | carefully
measured, is not over twenty-five feet.
account makes it over forty
feet. | effected my retreat from this hole
by the only possible method-that OF back
ing out-and was thankful not to have en-
countered any of those reptiles (snakes)
which, according to tradition, in.est the
place.
Notwithstanding the dramatic way in
which Humphreys tells his story, besides
making the pass .ge from which his hero
was drawn out by his leg, a crooked one
and nearly double its true length, still Old
Puts achievement is entitled to the adj
miration of all boys, of small or larger
growth
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-08-19

of English farming might be still more
emphatically true of American agriculture.
Our autumns are longer and drier and
hotter than they are in England, and we
have a better opportunity to clean our
land, while there is certainly a greater
necessity. Our fields are fearfully foul
with all kinds of weeds. and in many in
stances they are annually gaining strong
er footholds. We must fight, if we would
win. 1t will not do to 60 on in the old
way. W tn our drying winds and hot SUI
we ought to have the cleanest farms in the
world-and sooner or later such will be the
case. We musta kill weeds by wholesale.
1t will not do to depend on the hoe and
the fingers. Nature is never at rest. 1t
will not do to let land lie idle. When
it is not occupied with growing crops, we
should be occupied in stirring the soil and
killing weeds. 1t is the great secret of
success in farming.-Anaerjcan Agrdcu1tu-
rist.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-08-19

LOFTY LANGUAGE.-You should have
heard the children laugh. They were all
going to the brook for crosses, and little
Maggie Palmer was telling them about a
negro man that her mother had engaged
during housekeeping time. 1t appears
'he -hrd once been q servant TO u learned
professor, and so had picked up any num-
Der of bic words.
"Oh, girls said Maggie, you Just
ought to have heard him. When mamma
proposed to him to yellow-wash the kitch-
en- walls, he stood up just like a dandy
and said:
Miss Palmer, marin, if you Il allow
me to speak differentally about this mat
ter, white-wash would be appropriated, as
of smoke and mnltifarious
kitchen gases is more conspicuouser on
yellow-wash, marin. And when MAN.
ma asked him what he would charge for
white-wsshing the hall ceiling. he made
such bow, and said:
Cant say circumstantually, marin.
The altitude of my charge, marin. will
de, end on the elevation of the walls,''
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CLEANING STUBBLE LAND.-The farmer
who has Il field which has grown wheat or
barley or oats this year, and is not seeded
down, and which is not to he sown with
any other crop until next spring, has an
opportunity of cleaning his land. that
should on no account be neglected The
English farmers seldom seed down their
land with wheat. After the wheat is har
vested, they harrow the land, or tear it to
pieces with II three or four horse cutivator
or g grubber.n This pulls out the roots Of
quack-grass, and starts the seeds of other
weeds. The field is afterward plowed.
when of course all the young weed-plants
are destroyed. The grubber is Kept at
work as often as necessary to clean and
mellow the land The next sprinp this
land is sown to turnips or lnangles, or, on
heavy land, to beans or barley. 1t is said
that this autumn cleaning Of stubble land
by the free use of the grubber, especially
when operated by the all-powerful steam
engine, is one of the greatest agricultural
of the age. What is true
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MONTPELIER & WELLS RIVER r. r.
CHA GE OF IT. E.
on AND AFTER
MON DAY, j L Y 27th, 81 (,
Passenger Trains aciH run as tolio'cs:
TRAINS GOING EAST

TRAINS GOING EAST
MAIL TRAIN leaves Montpelier at 7.i5 am, East
Montpelier S % a. m. Painhed $50 am, Marshneld
$50 m. Pea BODY Station s.57 Groton se a m
South Ryegate go Boltonvllle e9 a. m ARRIVES
Wells River at $50 a
EXPRESS AND PASSENGER leaves Montpelier 40 pm
East Montpelier L57 pm, Plainfeld II pm, Marsh
field Is pm. Peabody Station 245 m, Groton so
pm. South Ryegate 3 10 pm. Arrives in Wells River
a 3s5 p
MIXED TRAIN leaves Montpelier IS pm East Mont
pelier p.m Paicfe 3 pm. Marshfeld @ m
Peabody Station 53s pm. GrOtOn 735 = m, South Rye
gate 80 pm, Botonville sos pm. Arrives IN Wells
River al p pm.
TRAINS GOING WEST
EXPRESS AND PASSENGER TRAIN leaves Wells River
1899 am. Botonville 1912 am; South RyeEate l05l
Narshfied II IS m. Plaineld II 81 East Mont
peier u u p IN. Arrives in Montpelier at y .
MAIL TRAIN leaves Wells River 4 % Bolt0nyllle
Is m. South Ryegate % pm: GrOton 4-35 7 m
Peabody station 81 pm, Marshfied rs Plain
field 535 pm. Fast Montpelier 81. pm Arrives IL
Montpelier al 6.05 pm
CONN TIONS.
At Montpelier with trains Central Vermont
Railroad At Plainfeld with STAGES Tuesdays. Thurs
days ard Saturdays for North Montpelier East Calais
Marshfied with for Cabot and Walden heights
station Portland and Ogdensburg Railway At
Wells River with trains Connecticut & Passump-
sic: and Boston Concord 4 Montreal; White Noun
tains & Mount Washington Branch Rail Roads.
81 For further information see circulars
JAMES G. FRENCH. MANAGER
Montpelier, VT July ., 1874.
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CUTTING FLOWERS. cut your
flowers during intense sunshine, nor keep
them exposed to the sun or wind; do not
collect them in large bundles, or tie them
tight together, rs this hastens their decay
DO not pull them, but cut them clearly off
the plant with sharp knife not with
scissors. When taken indoors place them
in the shade, an reduce them to the re-
quired length Of stalk with a sharp
knife, by which the tubes, through which
they draw up the water are left open, and
the water is permitted to ascend freely !;
whereas, if the stems are bruised or lac
Grated. the pores are closed up. Use pure
water to set them in, or pure white sand
in = state of saturation, sticking the ends
- the stalks into it, but not in Il crowded
manner. If in water alone, it ought to be
changed daily, and thin slice should be
cut off the ends of the stalks with every
change of water Water about milk-warnl
or containing II small quantity of camphor
dissolved in spirits of wine, will often
revive flowers that have begun TO fade
Place glass shade over them during the
night, or, indeed, ut all such times as they
are not purposely exhibited; Shade them
from every bright sunshine, and when
UNtpNett't. SET tutIl where tncN may not
be exposed to a draught of air \ COO
temperature during the summer is favora-
bic for them, and the removal Of the slight-
est symptoms of decay is necessary. When
10 tie carried n di-tance carry them in a
hallOW, air-tight tin case, or cover them
with Il diaper. to exclude them from all
an light. CharcOal saturated with water
IS also a good medium to stick them in
and the thinner they are kept the better
Every family may, and ought to, have
fresh flowers in the house every day, sum
mer and winter. Oh, the humanizing in
illrnce Of flowers on our sin-sick souls
Lldies, if You would add an attraction by
which to make your homes heaven or
earth, gov flowers. -Fl0ra} Cabinet.
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2ostra.
y -
Pats Letter.

Well Mary, me darlint. I've landed at last;
And fiit' though the tell me the steamer was fast
1t sames as if years upon years had gone by
siuct Paddy looked Until yer beau tiful eyel
Amcrika, darlint-ye'll think il ia qaare-
I, twintv times fnrler than Cork from kildare;
The saw is that broa1, and the waves are that high
Ye're tost, like fut ball 'twixt weather and silky
Ye fall like a pratiej ist bust in the shkin;
Jist all We can do is to how'd ye' self IN
Arrahl now. me swate jewel, the say may bei9rand
But whin We come over, dear hrdrei by lind!
A wonderful country this-so l am towll-
THEY'LL not look at guineas c1ape Is the gowlt;
The three me dear m rtner sewel int me coat,
1 sowld for a thrias on LAWN the boat.
The quarest of fashions We liver have scent
They pay We wild picters all painted IN "a cen.
The crowds that are rushn' hee mornin' and night
Womb make the Lori Lieutenant shake wild alrish'
The strates are that flu, that there's one can
pass:
The only law IS 10 not trea on the grass"
Their grass quarest of shows bv me row
It wouldn't be munchcd by a Canllemas cow.
Tell father whit a he babe me tn see
His friend, Tim O',hannan from Kllyclughnee.
It's rowling in riches D'>hannon snow,
WId wifi, an tin babies with six pie AMI a SOW;
Arate little house, stanln down f.on the strate,
Two be tutlful rooms, AMI piS7thle c7np!tte-
1 taught Of ye da1tlt an dre1ne such dream
That mlyhaps, 30 N lty. WI b. Iv'l' TIM s1ne
Thou sh fuu Tim O'shlnaon's wife never would
dare
(Poor WALLER skinne crlytherD VIII ye - compare
While. as fpr the pigs. shurh, 'tvIs ajsy to see,
The bt,tes were DOT made for the Ian Of tlc free
I thnk Of ye Il srlint f,om mornin' till night;
An whiu 'm not thinkIn', we're sul IN me -ighti
] see yer blue ewes yid he sun IN their glance;
Yer smre in the eadow. yorfooI in the dance,
I'll love We. aut tu>t Sc both l,vn' aa delii
Lei Phil Blake look out t'r hi c9rfoty headN
I'm wprAIn' drI-hll fpr ye-)Ily We
III make a LADY, il tIrUe ye VIII be;
Though, fat one can't Climb ~ Fortunes laldc
sOquck,
Whin both OF lis III sulIers are loaded with bri k
Will DO 1T swear 1t by-this and by-Jhat!
Which means what daren't say
Your own losia- PAT.
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Confecti0nCrY ia all its rd5.,
MEAD sYRUPS. PEANUTS. CIGARS
MANHOOD: How Lost, HOwResto red

Just published. in new edition Of DIR. CULVER
WELLS CELEBRATED ESSAY the radical cure with
Involuntary Seminal losses, Impotency, Mental and
Physical Incapacity. Impediments to Marriage, etc
also Consumption. EPILEPSY and Fits, induced by self
indulgence or sexuel extravaganza.
~ Price in a Sealed Envelope only six cents.
The celebrated author in this admirable essay clearly
demonstrates thirty successful practice
that the ALARMING consequences of selfabuse may be
medicine or the application of the knife; pointing oi
mode of cure at simple, certain and efectual BY
means of which sufferer. matter what his CON
diton may be, may cure himself cheaply, privately
and radically
rr- This lecture should be in the hands of every
youth and every in the land.
Sent under seal in plain envelope. to any address
postpaid receipt of six cents or two post stamps
Address the publishers.
CHAS j. C.. KLINE G CO.,
127 Bowery, New York. P. o. Box 1856
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MISCELLANEOUS.
CENTRAL VERMONT r. X. LINE.
SUMNER ARRAN G EN- ENT.
Commencing Monday, June 29m 1874.
u,.,vs co,Na SOUTH AND EAST.

TRAINS GOING SOUTH AND EAST.
Leave MONTPELIER at s55 am, 29S pm and loOo Pm Pm
Mail Train St Adams at 90 En- CON- eins
for Boston Worcester &C. and at h1te River
with trains on the Passumpslc kalToaa a scum
non for Springfield and New 1orh' at NC" A
nay Express leaves Montreal at sl5 am, ST Johns
eg p ma srTSns IN Boston on via
Night Express leaves QgdensbuTg at ESP piIbans at
!rsal at so 81 at White and Bel
lows Falls with trains for Boston, worcester, w. al
B0son ct and New T
York at Il so pm, and in New London at lllo ain
TRAINS GOING NORTH AND WEST.
Leave Montpelier 32s and $50 a. m, and SSo ana a4o
RnrEngt6n ST Adams Montreal &C, arriving IN MON
trea ati 915 pm and Ogdensburg at l2ao ah' hiahIs
Ma Train o for burlington and St Adams leaves Bos
ton via Lowell at zoo a. m via Lawrence and ttcnpur
at 80 s AIN SpTnon at 81 am Bellows Falls at M
M White River Junction at L4o pih' arri'ihs Ii 81
TTans leaving Boston via Fichburgh at I 30 m and
Springfield at 500 am connect at White river june
ton with Day Express train whit. rior Junction AZ
$50 Nor6eld at 20 shsr s at p pi for St
Bgrngton at S2 an t 81 0d hsoab5 i
Night Express leaves New London at y p M SCUM
Vernon at 50 receiving passengers from 90 9
Springfield s. 10 m Bellows Falls at lib PM con-
Meeting with trains the Cheshire Railroad
Boston 80 connecting at Whlte RIVER
with train leaving Boston at 500 p M Tor Burning
st Adams Montreal, &C. arriving in Montreal AT ~
ANA an an Er IN RniiWaV for the West
Sieepine Cars are attached TO the Night Express
Train running between Montreal and Boston ana MON
treal and Springfield and st. Adams and Troy;
Drawing Room Cars ON Day Express Trains pee'"eeH
Throngh tickets for Chicago and the West for sale at
the principal stations o,,,- w uop.pr co,,,l S,,r+
Ct aIbans Jnne % ls74 FMy
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MARKET DAYS IN CENTRAL NEW DIRK.
In the dairy district Of Nv York a evs-
lem Of market days for the sale Of butter
nd cheese has been inauguntcd that
might well be initiated in every region
where the dairy is the main resource of
the farmer The plan was first aIopte /
It little Falls, where. for a number of vear~
the products from the surrounding country
ire collected together on y certain ,ilv OF
elch week, and are sold to the various
buyers who REGULARLY meet there on mar
iet days TO get their supplies. This plan
has advantage for both buyer and Selle-
rhe buyer finds here a variety of stocks
which he can inspect and from which he
an select to suit his customers. AMI H.
can do this ut gleat economy Of time and
It very little expense compared with the
Old system of going about the country in
search of the desired goods lie can
count also with certainty upon the time the
roO;is will arrive IN the city. and having
place provided for them, the risk Of dis
posing of them at remuneratiye prices Is
less; consequently, he can pay more and
be surer OF msking 4 margin than on
goods bought to be delivered ut uncertain
times. for in the latter case a considerable
lutI = III must Dc diiON tit 10 1tONltt against
loss on account of change in the market.
On the other hand, the seller, by having a
large number of buyers together. some OF
whom are seeking for one quality of goods
and some for another quality, is able to
dispose of his stocks at the best market
rates, since the competition among BUYERS
will not allow sales to be made much below
real value. Again, the seller, by having
4 weekly market, gets rid of his stocks
when they are i'll prime condition for mar
keting, and thus escapes the risk of deteri-
Grafton on account of holding, while the
loss from shrinka@e and the labor of tax
ing care of accumulated stocks are avoided.
The expression among all those doing
business ut Little Falls market is unani
NOUS that the establishment of regular
market days has been of immense advan-
tage to both buyer and seller, and this
expression, we believe, is generally enter
tanned by those interested in dairy pro-
ducts ut other places where the system OF
market days has become established.
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4 NOVEL MOUND.-In Ohio II mound
Of a novel character has recently been cut
through. in order to make tie approach
to the NeNtown bridge, near Cincinnati.
1t was evidently. the debris of huge
sacrifice of children. \ space twenty-five
feet in diameter had been covered with an
immense heap of wood; then it was set on
fire, and the children were probably tossed
in. one by .one, as the ancient sacrifice to
Moloch The heat was evidently intense
and long continued, rs the ground plainly
showed the effects Of violent conlagration.
As soon rs the sacrifice was complete and
the fire hal died out, the remains of the
victims We're all rakel together in the
center. and then the mound was raised in
a very remarkable way. Soil was brought
apparently by different tribes, from differ
ens locali,ics.and each varietywas carefully
deposited by itself, 50 that the difference
was clearly distin@u stable The remain,
collected consist mostly Of jaws and teeth
of children \ pierced tooth Of II rodent
wa. found which h5d evidently been used
as an ornament The remains will be
placed in Il museum at Plainville, Ohio.
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2oetru.
UNSEEN.


CHARLES G. AMEs.
How do the rivulets find their way?
How do the iowerets know the day,
And open their cups to catch the ray?
see the germ to the sunlight reach,
And the nestlinss knows the Old birds Speech
1 do not see who is there TO teach.
1 see the hare from danger hide,
And the stars through the trackless spaces ride
do not see that they have guide.
He is eyes for all who is eyes tor the mole;
All motion goes to the rshtful goal
o God | can trust for the human soul.
cL.r.a1rc
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WEus.-Lcigh Hunt thus beautifully
partrays tie felicity enjoyed iy = family
by Oh. rearing of flowers. % pleasure which
is within the reach IF the humblest of
our citizens. He saws; Set flowers on
your table. a whole no~e~ly if You can
got IT.. or put two or three. or 4 single
flower. q rose, pink, daisy. Bring Il
few daisies or huttercnps from Your last
field work. ana keep them alive i'll Il little
water: preserve but u bunch of clover, or
a handful of Towering grass, one of the
most elegant Of Natures productions and
You have something or your table that re-
minds Won of Gods creation. and gives
you u link with the poets who have done
It most honor. Put Il rose, or Il lily, or a
violet on your table, and YOU and Lord
Bacon have Il custom in common, for the
great and wise man was in the habit of
having flowers in season upon his table,
we believe. morning, noon, and night;
that Is to say. al all meals, seeing that they
were growing all day. Now here is a
fashion that viii last You forever, if YOU
please never change with silks and silver
forks, nor be dependent on caprice of some
fine gentleman or lady. who have moth
mo bat caprice and changes to give them
importance anl Il sensation. Flowers on
the morning table are especially suited to
them. They look like the happy waken-
inc of creation; they bring the perfume
Of the breath Of Nature into your room;
they seem the very embodiment and rep
rcsentatives of the very smile of Your
home, the graces Of good morrow; proofs
that some intellectual beauties are in our
selves or those about Us, some Aurora Of
we We're so lucky as to have such com
panion) helping 10 strew our life with
sweetness, OF ourselves some masculine
wilds9ness not unworthy to possess such
Il companion OF unlikely to gain her.
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Root crops must not be neglected. They
must be kept clean and thinned out ceyere-
": Strap leaf turnips may be sown early
this month. Use plenty of seed. Two
pounds per acre, sown in drills a to 2S
inches apart, will not be to much for safe
ty. $50 lbs. of superphosphate. fine bone
flour or Peruvian gulno near the seed. w II
greatly help the crop. With roots the
start IS the great point. Thin out to -
inches apart in the row. when the plants
are well established and keep the ground
free from weeds. Homegrown seed is
better than imported.