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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-03-11

AGRICULTURE IN Observation-Disclosures
three crops of vegetables can be raised an
nually, still agriculture is IN a very back
ward state, and most of the fruits enumer-
ated are specially rather then generally
cultivated. In the early colonial days it
was the chief occupation of the people, but
was afterward abandoned for other pur-
suits, and after the introduction of slavery
the land was mostly titled by slaves and a
certain disgrace attached to this kind of
labor. Ignorance reigned in the fields,
and it is only recently that an attempt has
been made to wrest them from its sway.
The mo- progressive men are now deep
ly interested in the subject, and strong eff
forts are being made to induce the people
to cultivate something besides the stereo
typed onion, potato. tomato, and arrOwroOt,
the last said to be the best in the world,
though the quantity raised is constantly
diminishing, as it exhausts the soil, and
does not prove rs remuerative as some
other crops.
Small patches of land are selected here
and there, and carefully spaded-the pillow
not being in common use-and from them
the surprisingly large crops are realized.
The land is quite generally enclosed by the
Oieitnuef, anu 10 prevent lnfoaIiS upon IL,
all creatures that feed out of-doors, from a
hen to II cow. are usually tied. The poor
things have that resigned look peculiar to
individuals linked to anything from which
tn Y are too weak or too stupid to escape.
One great drawback to the colony has
been the lack of regular steam communica-
tons with New York. The government
now pays IA subsidy to induce steamers to
run to Bermuda In the great crop season
during the months of April, May, and
June weekly trips are made. At other
seasons they run once i'll twenty days
'The value of exports last year, 1873, has
been alb tut $350,090, or an increase of
| $50, 900 over that for the year 1872. The
ready market which is secured by steam
communication the Introduction of better
farming utensils, the greater demand thai
will be made for products the country car
so easily supply, will make of Bermuda
ere long that for which she is 50 vel
fitted the garden of New York.-Mis>
Christina Rounds. TN Harpcr'S Magazine
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-03-11

How TO FRAME CHROMos.-As gem
eral rule, the predominant colors in a pic
ture should be taken as Il guide. Black
walnut frames, or brown panels. will be
suitable for bright pictures, while dark
pictures, and especially those in which
brown predominates, should always be
framed in gold. Whenever you are I'M
able to decide between the two, take gold
frame by all means. us gold will agree
with every picture. Black walnut espe-
cially if enriched by delicately engraved
and gilt lines, is very beautiful. The width
of the frame should also be determined
by the character of the picture The
stronger the picture, the wider the frame
should be. Width of frame adds to the
Importance and dignity of the picture.
The style of the wall paper should, in
some degree, influence the selection of a
frame. When the paper is figured. the
frame should be wide, in order to separate
the picture from the paper. The best
black ground for pictures is neutral gray
or dark maroon.
Ornaments should be proportionate to
the size Of the frame. Rather have them
too few than too many rather too plain,
than too gaudy. Simplicity will never do
any harm while the reverse may.-L.
Praug & Co.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-03-11

BANG-Almost every boy who goes
cunning. if he can find nothing that he
wants to bang away at, considers it the
next best thing to kill few woodpeckers
They look so funny, wrong end up on the
side of a tree bobbing and whacking
around the loose bark, that the temptation
is strong, and the poor, Jolly hammerer
has no friends--so bang!-and down he
comes, and he is given to the dog to play
with and tear to pieces. That poor little
bird, if over a year old, has killed and eat
en- many hundred thousands of bugs,
larvae, in the form of grubs and worms.
and almost every one of kind which is
injurious to vegetation. The cat-bird. one
of our finest singers, and a bird that is al
ways sociable, if ever permitted to be SO,
eats a cherry occasionally, and of course
he must be banished OF suffer death. He
pays II better price for every cherry he
eats than any fruits ever would dare de-
mand in the markets in the worms he de-
stroys, and throws in complete bird-opera
several times a day in the bargain.-S
Nicholas.
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They both listened and another thump

They both listened, and another thump
and scratch was heard.
ooh! grandma, don't open the door"
cried Annie. IF it isn't bear it's a
wolf. 1 know" And she ran and hid
when grandma went to open the door.
The next she heard was Giants bark.
and, oh! how glad grandma was! and
how glad everybody was! and what a
hugging good old Giant got, wet as he
was! While Annie laughed and cried and
ran about the room half wild with Joy.
Tears stood in Grandma Braces eyes as
she poured the milk out of that bottle, and
hurried for dear life to get it warmed and
ready for the precious baby. And she
gave Giant almost whole loaf of her
best sponge cake-he loved sponge-cake
dearly-and said all sorts of nice and
grateful things to him. He listened, and
wagged his tail. and understood every
word of it as well as you would-the
brave, faithful, dear old Giant.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-03-11

TURKEY CULT RE.-It does not cost
any more, or much more. to raise II pound
OF turkey than II p pund of len flesh In
the summer they require to be fed less,
being mastery camp .igners ON their own
account, while III winter very likely their
nervous disposition demands somewhat
more stimulus than other fowls. If well
ted, they do not require nearly as careful
housing rs the hen, although it is good
policy to make them roost indoors; but left
to themselves, they prefer to weather out
the widest storm in the tree-tops Finally.
when brought to market, their flesh is
worth much more than that f the hen, so
that. other things being equal, it is econo-
my to keep them instead. Also, and this
IS well worth considering, allowing that
the percentage of loss of young turkey
chicks under most perfect management is
greater thtn the loss of chicks of the COM
mon fowls; still, the turkeys that survive
reach such great weight that given
number of pounds of turkey flesh NAV.
perhaps, be raised with less labor than the
same quantity of flesh of the common
fowls.
The breeding of turkeys is much better
under TODD than formerly. The importance
OF the selection ofthe stoutest largest COB
blers for breeding, is better recognized,
and the facts that too scanty range. in
sufficient food, and close in-and-in breed
ing dwarf the stock, and render it feeble,
and cause the chicks to die off. are better
known. Also, wild turkeys are crossed
with tame more frequently since the value
OF such Infusion of bloc has been St en-.
1t is in this country, the home of the wild
species, if anywhere, that we should nat
urally expect the domestic stock to reach
its highest perfection, and our poultry
breeders may justly feel peculiar pride
In this strictly American production
Poultry World
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-03-11

\ IIINDoo LETTER.-You have all
heard of the late Governor Seward. | sup
pose, and how, though he was an old man.
he made II journey around the world, and
afterward wrote Il big book about it. Did
You ever hear of the letter he received
from Il Maharajah of Hindostan, one of
the richest men of the country? This let
ter was only Il friendly line to Governor
Seward, requesting the honor of a visit;
but think ofthe style, 1t was written by
the great Maharajah's secretary, in beauti-
full Arabic characters on gilt paper. The
en- velope WAS not like those used in
America, but was a bag Of the finest kin
cot; that is a kind of silk, woven stiff
with golden threads. and costing about
seventy-tive dollars a yard. The bag and
the letter within it were perfumed with
costly altar of roses, and the whole was
tied with silken cord. on which WAS
suspended the great waNen seal of the
Kingdom, principality, or state of Puttenia.
This seal alone weighed four ounces.
Some body sent President Grant a pos
tai card the other dayr | wonder what
His Magnificent Higmess the Maharajah
would think of tiut.-.St. Nicho(aS.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-03-11

VENTILATION OF BEE HIvEs.-Bees re-
quire honey in winter to keep up animal
heat-the carbon of the honey is burned in
body of the bee as coal burns in stove
# the hive is too cold, the bees will be
found to flop their wings in the cluster
and thus increase their heat us q man does
by slapping his hands in cold weather. This
REQUIRES lust so much more expenditure of
honey as food DR.. Carpenter, speaking
of an experiment, says humble bee was
found to produce one-thrd OF Il cubic inch
of c.lrbonic acid in the course of Il single
hour. during which its whole body was in
Il state of agitation. from the excitement
consequent upon its capture, and yet dur
inc the whole twenty-four hours of the
succeeding day, which it passed in a
state of comparative rest the quantity of
carbonic acid generated by it twas abso-
lutely less.
From these considerations, it is manifest
that unnecessary loss of at is exactly
equivalent to unnecessary loss of honey;
the walls of the hive, therefore should be
us non-conducting rs possible, and IN or
der to make these the most nOn-conduct-
ING, they should be kept dry. Ventilation
is a most important means Of keeping the
walls dry. Inns Will be seen Ii we con-
slider the fact that heated air has much
greater capacity to absorb vapor than cold
air, and that the vapOr thus absorbed rises
Now if there be an escape for this vapor at
the top of the hive, the air heated inside
the hive will pass of charged with moisture
and thus leave the inside dry. And the
admission of air at the bottom will bring
cool air, which when heated by the bees
the top, and thus by 4 circulation keep the
insi lie dry, and warmer than if this moist
ure were ret tined.-Lire Stock Journal.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-03-11

MANUR1NG FOR NEGErABLEs.-J. B.
Root. a successful market gardener I
Rockford, H., states in the Fruit Recorder
that he applies to his gr und heavily in
winter, broadcast, ut the rate of 40 loads
per acre, we'll rotted manure, so that the
soluble food is lea he'd out and is ut hand
in the soil for the young vegetables in
the spring In no other way can he make
the same amount of manure tell So well.
and he is never delayed - day in getting
his manure out IN spring before plantation.
This practice of winter manuring, which
we have strongly urged, is becoming more
and more appreciated, and possesses many
and although especially useful
when applied to grass for inverting us sod
in spring, we have long since found it
efficacious when used on mellow OF worked
soil. Fresh manure may be used in this
way to better advantage thtn in the com
mon mode of application inasmuch rs all
the soluble parts are carried down and
more finely diffused among the PARTICLES of
the soil than can be done mechanically
with the finest compost; while the course
litter which remains. may be either left as
a mulch, spaded in, or raked off. as may
be most advisable. Country Gentleman.
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2oetry.
THE GREATER,

hold him great who, for Loves sake,
Can give with generous, earnest will;
Yet he Tho takes for Loves sweet sake,
think hold more generous still.
/ bow before the noble m ind
That freely some great wrong forgives;
Yet nobler is the one forgiven,
Who bears that burden we'll an d lives.
1t may be hard to gain, and still
To keep lowly, steadfast heart;
Yet he who loses has to ill
A Harder and a truer part.
Glorious it is to wear the crown
OF a deserved and pure success;
He who knows how to fail has Won
A crown whose luster is not less.
Great may he be who can command
And rule with just and tender sway;
Yet is Diviner wisdom taught
Better by him who can obey
Blessed are those who die for God,
And earn the martyrs crown of light;
Yet he who lives for God may be
a greater conqueror in his sight.
adelaide Proc or
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-03-11

HAVE IDEAS OF YOUR OWN.-When Il
person does his or her best to please anoth-
er, sometime, sacrificing inclinations small
and great and counting it Il pleasure to do
SO, to be blamed. suspected or tainted,
even in little hints. is discomaging. and
strains loving forbcarlnce To a dangerous
extent. No one can strive and strive al
ways in vain to please, without giving up
after Il while and resolving to please mum
Der one and see if that will work better
1t may be treason to say it, but truth
founded on observation compels the con
clusion that H. or sha who lives true1t to
himself or herself, with independence to
disregard the opinions and wishes of others
is sure to please oftener thtn those who
ever strive to win the appreciation of
Others by twisting, turning and often
warping their inner consciousness and in
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-03-11

FEED FROM THE ACRE.-A correspondent
of the Practical Farmer gives the following
account of what he produced from two and
IL half acres of land in first rate order, used
for soiling and root-growing. The land
was used from August lst, 1871, to the end
of the season, 1873. The fodder-corn,
green rye for autumn use, and white mus
tard, furnished food for twenty five COWS
for two months, thirty five COWS and two
oxen for one month. In addition to this
he raised eight hundred and forty bushels
round turnips, the same quantity of beets,
two hundred and fifty bushels of ruta ba-
gas. When dairymen learn to produce
such an amount of fodder from an acre, a
fifty acre farm will carry rs many COWS as
two hundred acres under the wasteful
system of three or four acres to pasture Il
COW. If dairymen would study the best
method of feeding more cows on their
small farms, instead of buying more land
be spoiled by half tillage, they would
move in the right direction.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-03-11


A GARDENERS BARoMETER.-Thc COM
mon camphor bottle makes very cloudy
index of atmospheric weight and weather
changes, on which the following is an i'm
provement: Dissolve q dr;lchms of cam
phor in IL fluid DIR tchms of alcohol. Put
IS g aims of nitrate of potash {saltpetre1
and SO grains of muriate of ammonia (sal
ammoniac) into 8 fluid drachms of water:
when all are perfectly dissolved, mix the
two solutions. Shake them well in a two
ounce or four ounce white glass vial, cork
very loosely, or, better, tie over the mouth
= piece OF linen or cotton cloth, and place
the instrument in u good light out of the
S .nshine, where it can be observed with
out handling. When the weather is fine
and clear. the fluid is also; but on the least
C ange, the chemicals, which lie as a sedi-
ment, rise in beautiful frond-like CRYSTALS
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-03-11

roportionately, and again duly subside. By
watching these changes one soon becomes
able to predict the changes ofweather pro-
bable for a few hours to come. in any To-
cality. This instrument is also pretty
philosophical toy, showing how sensitive
some chemical solutions are to atmospheric
influences. We saw barometers of this
kind for sale in London several years ago,
but do not recollect meeting with them in
this country, except the homemade ones
prepared according to the above directions
which have been several times published,
but may be new to some of our readers.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-03-11
Birds Acquiring New Brutal Habits.

Professor Samuel Lockwood gives an
interesting account of that beautiful bird
known as the golden robin, or Baltimore
oriole. in connection with the common
humble bees. Last June large numbers
of these bees we've found under the horse
chestnut trees, then in full bloom, in the
campus of Rutgers College; every one of
them decapitated, and the heads lying
around with the bodies and it further APP
pears that every one of the headless bees
was 4 stingless male. The professor
worked out the case with much patient
perseverance, and found to his surprise
that this wholesale slaughter was the work
of four orioles Another fact which as
tonished him was, that the bodies of these
insects were empty, the viscera having
been drawn out at the ring-like opening
where the head had been neatly shipped
nv the birds The process was to catch
the bees while lowering ut the ball-like
opening of the flowers After seyering
the head they extracted the viScera for the
sake of the honey sac. Several very inter-
esting considerations are brought out in
the course Of the article-such rs the ac-
CURED taste; the birds had found out that
honey was nice Was it not singular. too.
that they had learned that it could be got
in such Il manner? And there was also
the curious fact the bird confined its ma
rauding to the whiteheaded- bees, the
stingless males-thus carrying on his ter
rible work with impunity. and almost
wantonness as it contented itself with sim
ply the honey-bearing sac. Professor
Lockwood also notes a curious change of
habit in the king bird. Speaking of the
wonderfully plucky manner of this coura-
geOus little bird in attacking crows and
other large birds, as securing the general
admiration, he SAYS that for himself that
admiration has gone down to zero, rs he
has noticed that the bird has not any true
knightly qualities. but can do some very
mem things. The Professor then instan
ceS case in which pair of robins had
built nest in a tree 50 near by that the
process could be watched from the house.
A pair Of king birds kept all the time near,
and watched the progress with genuine
royal Incidence, and when all was finished,
with kingly impudence took possession.
The rightful owners made but a feeble eff
fort to resist this invasion. The king
birds retained possession until their young
We're raised. More than a year ago. Pro
feSsor Lockwood likewise called attention
TO the fact that the great butcher bird, or
northern shrike, contrary to all precedent,
had begun to visit in winter the cities
where the the European sparrows have
become naturalized. The bird in summer
collects grasshoppers. small lizards, etc,
and impales them on the spines of the To-
Gust or other trees, eating them ut its lei
sure. He notices the case in which 4
shrike in its winter visit gibbetcd spar
row in the city by putting its neck in the
crotch of 4 small branch of larch, and
then, having knocked in the top of its
head. the bird extracted its victims brains
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-03-11
CURE FOR SCAB.-The North Brjtis

CURE FOR SCAB.-The North British
Aqriculturist calls attention to a new sheep
dip, which has been found efficient in Aus
Italia for the cure of scab and the destruc-
ton of the sheep tick: Take OF. of sui
phur, o. of lime for each gallon ofwater.
Before mixing with the water sift the dry
sulphur and lime well together, then put
the mixture into boiling water, and contin-
ne to boil for 20 or 30 minutes stir while
boiling, then put the liquid into the tank or
dip; cool down with cool water; OF. of
carbonate of soda may be added to each
100 gallons. In boiling the sulphur and
lime it is necessary to watch well to pre-
vent it boiling over; to prevent this add
hot water" In the Australian practice of
dipping sheep the animal is kept for sever
al minutes in the bath, and the temperature
is usually above 1909.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-03-11
DR.. FL ST'S
q UAK Err b litter S,
A GREAT MEDICAL DICOVERY AND
REMEDY.


Extract Of Root and Herbs which almost invariably
,ure the following complaints
DYSPEPSIA Heart Burn, Liver COM aint and Loss Of
Appetite cured By taking few bottles.
LAssIruDE, Low Spirits and Sinking Sensation cured
1t once
ERuPTIoxs Pmples. :Blotches and all impurities of
he blood bursting through the skin otherwise, cured
,asily by following the directions the bottle
For KIpxyY, Bladder and Urinary derang ements it
equal; bottle viii convince the most seept-
cal
WORMS expelled from the system without the least
lifficulty bottles sufficient for the most OBJ
stinate case
PILES; one bottle has cured the most difficult case
when all other remedies f4ied-
NERVOUS DIFFICULTIES Neuralgia, Headache, &c,
aased.immediately.
RHEUMATISM Swallei joints and all Scrofular At
ctons removed or greatly relieved BY this invaluable
medicine
BRoSCHITIs, Catarrh. COuvulsions and Mysteries
cured much relieved.
DIFFIcULT BREATHING, prevalent among Ameri-
IAN ladies, yields readily this invaluable medicine,
The Quaker Bitters.
BILIOUS, Retnitent and Intermittent Fevers SO prev
llent many parts OF country completely er4di-
-ated by the of the Quaker Bitters-
The Aged find in the Quaker Btters just the article
they stand in need of in their declining years It quick
the blood and cheers the mind and paves the pass
down the plane inclined
No one can remain long unwel unless afflicted with
an ncurable dsease> after taking few bottles Of the
Quaker Bitters.
Sold Jy all Druggists and Dealers in Med
icines.
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MONTPELIER & WELLS RIVER r. r

WINTER ARIA GE MENT.
Commencing Nonday, Norember q, 1873.
TRAINS GOING EAST
No l. MAIL TRAIN, leaves Montpelier at 80 m Ar
cives at Wells River at 40 IL season to connect
Nth Express Trains and Mail trains down. Pas
nmpsic and Boston Concord and Montreal Railroads,
and from Boston.
No. 3. MINED TRAIN, leaves Montpelier at 400 pm
Arrives at Wells River at s-G0 pm
TRAINS GOING WEST
No . MIXED TRAIN, leaves Wells River at l0.25 am.
on arrival of trains Passunpsic and Boston,
,ncord and Mon real Railroad. ARRIVES at Montpelier
pm, to connect with afternoon trains
North and South the Central Vermont Rail
I'D
rival of trains from stOn the Passumplc and
i)stOn. Concord and Montreal Railroads. Arrives at
Iontpeiier at 3 - pm.
JAMES q. FRENCH, Manager.
Montpelier, Vt. Nov 18th, 1873 FN47
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lam self-made man." said native
of Stonington the other day to a New
York gentleman with whom he had been
driving sharp bargain. ''Glad to hear
you say so," responded the New Yorker,
who had been worsted in the trade, Is for
it relieves the Lord of great response
bilitv."
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MISCELLANEOUS.

@ VS.! SA VS.!
COMMON CROSS CUT SAWS.
STAR CROSS-CUT SAWS,
ONE MAN CROSS CUT SAWS,
THE HANDY SAW,
HAND AND PANEL SAWS.
TAPER DRAG SAWS,
COMPASS KEY-HOLE SAWS.
BILLET WEB SAWS.
BA RROW s & P &c X s
Main Street, Montpelier, Y.