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Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-30
SEVEN KINDS OF CAKE.

A few years ago young married man
call cd ON me to obtain n situation as garden
err wanting man at that timo we soon
made bargain. Iagreed TO pay him ten
dollars per week, furnish him vegetables
and fruits from the garden and cosy little
cottage Of five rooms, rent free. He said
that he had been unfortunate and was not
only out of work but out of money as well.
l advanced him money TO bring his wife and
child rs well us household goods from his
former homO--a distance Of n hundred miles
or more. Soon after my new gardener COM
menced work it began to be talked about
among my old hands that he was going to
be very economical and lay up money out OF
his salary. He was temperate, indulging in
no lnxWries beyond pipe, of which no one
could complain, on the score of expense.
and he said that he could save Mt least six
dollars week out of tho ten received.
Further than this, his late expert onee would
teach him not again to be out of money and
work ut the same time. The garden ma
chinery moved on smoothly for the first
three or four months; then change In the
habits of our gardener was noticeable, and
he began to talk Of juicy steaks, mutton
chops, excellent pies and puddingsi and In
stead Of visiting the grocery only on Satur-
days he had to go In the middle Of the week
In order to secure supplies fer his table
Soon after this change had begun he boast
ingly announced to his fellow workmen, one
afternoon. that his wife had just finished
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noticed that he began to bo very absent-mind
ed, frequently forgetting to label the planti
set out, and that he had to visit his hons
several times during working hours before
and after dinner; failing in getting up In thu
morning in time to have breakfast before
seven o'clock was becoming common oo
currence in fact, too much cake and to-
little work began to show themselves yer,
conspicuouSly. During the next six months
there was little else talked of among thu
men but low wages and how mean u maj
must be not to pay his workmen enough t
supply them with necessary food. AT thu
same time, however, had two other men
one with five children and the othe
with four; but both managed TO keep thei
families comfortably on 50 per week, ant
are still doing the same. l presume, how
ever, that they do not live on tenderloi
steaks and cake. .........
OF course as my gardener became diSsat
sfied with his wages the less he would d
for what was paid him, and at the close Q
the year received notice that his salar
must be raised or he would quit and qui
he did, selling some of his furniture In oil
der to raise money to move what remained
for he had not saved dollar during th
year; the seven kinds Of meat, cake, G
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-30
BLooD-sUcnNe UsURERs.

The way the Industrial Age goes for
these curses Of the community is a caution
One Of the greatest curses 10 the towns
and cities in this country are the heartless
usurers--the men that hang around law Of.
fees and take advantage Of the necessities
Of the poor, the unfortunate and the enter
prising-who rob the arm Of industry week
days and insult the Almighty by trying to
pray IL of their souls on Sundays-who
even dare TO sppease the wrath Of an offend.
ed and just God with petty brides, in the
shape Of donations for charitable purposes
from their blood money. Your large
town and small city miser wants the world
10 consider him respectable" man---his
intense sel6shness prompts him to keep a
sharp lookout for all the pleasant spots
either on earth or in heaven-and It Is alike
amusing and painful to see the struggles be-
tween his ambition for social and moral po-
sition and his avarice. Men like these
gloat over their dollars, wrenched, accord
ing to law" from the enterprising mechan.
10 and manufacturer and the hardy laborer,
whom they have turned out Of business and
cast on the world, oftentimes homeless and
moneyless. If there be any spot in hell
more profoundly deep and hot than another,
il is where the shyster, tho miser and the
hypocrite will DO found-the blight and
curse Of every community in which they
lived on earth, and the despised and rejected
Of Heaven when they shall come to the
judgment Of just God.
Those who have become rich through
meanness and extortion, give tone TO q pop
ular sentiment peruicious to the general
prosperity. Where concrete meanness and
dishonesty is held at a premium by leading
citizens, in community Of a few thousand
inhabitants, what can be expected Of the
young, the thoughtless and others whs con-
stitute, the masses of their people 7 The
usual result is an acquiescence, if not an in
dorsement Of the degrading idea that the
many are made merely to be pigeoned
plucked aud rode over by the heartless few,
who own and control the corporations, and
sometimes even the courts. In such COM
munity, integrity, intelligent effort and en-.
terprise have no chance. The cities shrivel
up, real estate is depressed and valueless
and the skinHnts themselves are not half al
well of as they would have been if they
had spent half the amount Of time and
money in aiding and encouraging the in
dustrious and energetic business citizens that
they spent in laboring TO embarrass ant
ruin them.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-30

like Injuries, had taken II all It.is GER
tainly true that $3.50 is not a large sum for
man and bis wife to ent up but no labor
ing man can afford to indulge even to that
extent 0ne-half Of his salary might, with
out beggarly economy, have been saved or
expended for clothing; but It is useless to
talk to such men, for their appetites are
more powerful than their mental faculties
and become the banc Of their lives. An in
crease of salary only means an increase Of
luxures upon the table; and while believe
III good living, and the two hundred pounds
of body which ! carry is proof Tin this in
stance ut leasD that practice As well NJ
preach, still know there ARE many poor
families who arc kept 50 mainly through
their sxtravagance in eating. Whenever
hear n lAbOring man, who has had steady
emplOyn.en aud good wages, talking about
star ring, or not being able TO procure food
for his family, I am reminded of the seven
kinds Of cako.-A. s. Fuller.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-30
THEY MAY COME BACK.

At an election conducted on the system OF
the secret ballot most country boys would
vote against being farmers. There would be
nothing wrong about it, either, and nothing
that would show that the farms were all
going to be deserted. Boys and girls love
excitement. change and variety. These are
not to DO found, nor are they to be expected,
on farms rs they are ordinarily situated and
managed In truth, there Is such complete
absence of thom. that tho desire of change
that will insure them. becomes stronger ev-
cry year. Persons of mature years wonder
at this uneasy disposition. and seek to restrain
il. But 1t is q part Of boy nature, property
OF boyhood, the same rs the appetite for green
apples is. A farmer Of sixty, wonders why
boys want to go away while he is content to
remain on the farm. It does not occur to
HIM that he does not take much enjoyment
in climbing trees, playing leaP-frog, or
throwing snow balls. He forgets that all his
tastes have changed in fifty years, and that
it was but little while ago that he came to
take delight in the care of cattle and in the
cultivation of the soil. .
Ten to ono, the boys, who are so anxious
now to leave farming, will be anxious TO re-
turn to it again; not MS boys, indeed, but AS
mature men. Age likes quiet, regularity aud
freedom from excitement and these are
found on the farm. Hence comes the desire
of so many business men in our great cities,
to purchase farms, and to improve them with
view of spending their later days upon
them, In England, the men who go up to
London to get rich, go back to the country to
enjoy life when tho fortune is made. In ev-
cry age and in every country the story of the
prodigal son repeats itself, with the record
of the dissipation, perhaps, omitted To
many New England homestead n wandoror
returns, when he has failed to find what he
desires elsewhere. In many cases. too, tho
objects that were sought for so diligently
elsewhere, are unexpectedly found on the
very spot that was deserted. The taste for
counter-jumping, for circus riding, or for
peddllng pills, which was so strong at If
teen, Is gone at fifty; and in its place ha'
been developed love of cattle, trees anC
corn.-Prdirie Farmer.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-30

ful work impationtly waits tho doingP Why
should man be required to surrender
something OF his independence in accepting
the employment which will enable him to
earn by honest effort the bread of his familyP
Why should the man who faithfully labors
for another, and receives therefor less than
the product Of his labor, be currently held
tho obliged, rather than he who bu,s the
work, and makes good bargain Of tip"
In short. "why should speculation and
scheming ride so .jauntily in their carriages,
splsshng honest work as II trudges humbly
and YEARLY by on footP"
These are the questions which these many
years have been SO constantly before the la
Dor unions Of the cities. These are virtually
the questions agitHting the farmers mind
to-day, and demanding solutions with ever
increasing vehemcncc. They will no longer
down at the bidding Of the monopolist They
must Gro long be met squarely upon their
merits. Pinching poverty and laborouc
work upon the farm-superfluous wealth
and luxurious idleness in the trade martS
are the relative conditions, the Justice Of
which II is difficult for the farmer to com.
prehend, and for the latter to explain. Pa
tent under oppression, and slow to resent .
wrong, the farmers have endured the in.
creasing oxactions Of the masters, until tn,
latter have become confident Of their power
to enforce their every demand. Feeling sucf
confidence, it is but natural that they should
attempt tho enforcement
But they will learn THAT there is u poin
Mt which forbearance ceases to DO virtue,
If, indeed, they have not already connsd thu
lesson.
We counsel no extravagant threats, mol
i'll considered action. Such reforms mus
come, II at all. from the rejecting, sober
sense of tho people. Agitation and discus
sion, coolly and dispassionately conductsc
Is the necessity Of the hour.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-30
TREATMENT OF The BOYS.

/. Treat them as partners with you.
Give them to understand that they are in
torested in the success of the farming OPP
crations rs much as yourself. Hii
2. Converse freely with them. Get their
opinions, and give them yours. If Mt ali
prudent, make use Of their plans, and when
you think your own best, explain to them
why you did lot adopt theirs. Don't keep
them altogether in the dark with reference
to your plans for the future.
3. Don't require them to stay ut home in
the evenings all the time. When there il
any meeting or entertainment from which
they might receive benefit be sure TO lei
them 60.
4 Provide them with plenty of good
books and papers; especially referring tC
agriculture. Let them be well posted in
their own Understanding.
8. Never scold them because they dom
do their work or attend to the business o
tho farm as we'll as you do. .Encourag'
them.
8. Give them holiday now and then
They look for it, and they need It and Il
will be better for you and them to let then
have it.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-30

A very bad practice prevails in winter
time. We refer to watering at ponds or
streams that are frozen over, necessitating
holes being made in the ice, at which animals
are expected to quench their thirst. II is
very difficult, even when there is snow
enough to give firm foothold on the ice,
for quadruped to get his mouth down to
the water and obtain 4 drink. What efforts
are sometimes made by sprawling out the
legs, and bending them unnaturally to get
the desired liquid How often the uncom.
fortableness of the posture, aud dread Of
falling, compels the poor creature to content
itself with two or three little sips, when its
thirst is extreme. Sometimes animals are
driven on bare and slippery ice, where they
can hardly maintain footing at all and ex-
peeted TO drink when, at the first stoop,
their legs slip out from under them. When
the ice is thick, and uncovered with snow, il
is often impossible for stock TO obtain water
at all in this way. We believe that water,
in freezing state, is unfit for the use Of
warm. blooded animals in the winter time
but If they must be watered at openings ii
the ice, it is only common humanity to do il
with the aid Of trough and pail.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-30
PROBLEMS OF THE PRESENT

In 1850, Messrs. Harper & Bros. published
collection of essays and speeches, by Hor-
ace Greeley. Through them are discussed
many of the vexed relations between capital
and labor.
Problems which," he says, cat present
puzzle the knotted brain Of toll all over the
world, which necessarily cry out for solution,
aud can never moro DO stihsd, but will be,
come more vehement, till they are solved,
are these
"Why should those by whose toll all COM
forts are made available, enjoy so scanty a
share of themP Why should a man able and
eager to work, ever stand idle for want o
employment in world whore so much need
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-30
Rittrature.
rEARs.
Br ALFRED TENNYsoS.

Tears idle tears, know not what they mean,
Tears from the depths Of some divine despair
In looking on the happy autumn fields
And thinking Of the days that are no more.
Fresh a. the hrst beam entering on sad IA
That brings our friends up Com the outer world,
Sad a. the last which reddens ovsr ono n
That sinks with all We lore below The verge
So sad, so fresh the days that are no more.
All, sad and strange a. in dark summer dawns
The earliest pipe ofhaifawakenod birds
To dying ears whom unto dying eyes
The easement slowly grows Eiimmering square
So sad, 80 strange, the days that are no mere.
Dear as remembered kisses amor death,
And sweet as those by hopeless nancy telgned
On lips that are for others, deep a. love,
Deep as arst love, and wild with ali regret
0Death in Life, the days that are no more.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-30

Little Tommy didn't disobey mamma ant
60 in swimming, did hep No, mamma; Jim.
my Brown and the rest of the boys went in
but remembered, and would not disobey
you. And Tommy never tells lies, does he
No, mamma, couldn't go to heaven. Their
how does Tommy happen to have on Jimmy
Browns shirtP
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-30

the wound has become somewhat dry 80 as
to admit Of its adhering we'll
Coneiusion.
In considering the principles which relate
10 pruning, have assumed that the aims Of
Nature are benevolent and her methods wise,
30 that in the latter she only requires little
aid from the hand Of man to secure the re-
alization Of the former, And does not this
accord with the olden story Of Eden how
He who planned the beautiful garden and
planted il with every tree that is pleasant
to the sight and good for food" placed mar
therein ITO dress Il and TO keep it"H
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-30
CONSTITUTIONAL
CataTrh Remedy.

Te MEsses: LlTrLEnELD %, froPIletSr, 81 Constr
reside at Manchester, y. h. and previously resided
o. Henniker, and am native Of Weare, THIS state
have bad Satsrrh .Tenty;hIs years eyer since vas
period and nights IL would hl up and drop down in
my throat causing feeling Of choking, 90 that would
apring IN In bed 70 save myself nom strangulaton
II affected my hoad so that fct confused, and was
at time also had bad pains In shoulders back and
kidneys from which 1 suffered immensely. So bad
were they that year ago last summer was obliged
10 lie in bod most Of the tune for three months have
tried all kinds OF snuff and Catarrh remedies with
particular benefit and consulted physcians had o
hacking cough. I began to take the cOHstitntionai
Catdrrk Remedy last August. began TO grow better
before an shins the first bottle am now on the third
bottle. My CatArrh Is cured my health is restored.
have no palms. aches or cough. My whole system Is
made over new. know IL Is this medicine that has
me T ~ az e. AS S1 aS Snd n S.sr S
eeatest exposure and feel that cannot say too much
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-30

A vagabond beggar Jew applied for aims
to DIR. Raphael, the we'll known Jewish rab-
bi, and threatened to turn Christian if the
doctor would not help him. The doctor said
To him: Very well, go. Become good
Christian, and will be satisfied; for you
have been very bad Jew.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-30

The will of Samuel Miller, OF Lynchburg
Va, covering nearly 100000 worth Of
property, was put on record, few days ago.
1t gives SAC, 800 to establish female or
phan asylum at Lynchburg, $4,000 to the
city of Lynchburg for water improvements,
and 60 acres of land in Campbell county
Va, for the erection thereon Of a manual la
Dor school,
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-30
BRIEF BUT POINTED.

The Iowa platform is as follows:
WHEREAS, We believe that when man
steals he is thief; and
WHEREAS, "a majority of politicians Of
both parties steal; now, therefore,
Resolved, That we are tired of being
plundered.
Resolred, That it is a good time for
thieves to stand from under.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-30

May it please your honor, said lawyer
addressing one of the city judges, brought
the prisoner from Jail on habeas corpus
Well, said fellow in an undertone
who stood in the rear of the court, these law
yers will say anything. saw the man gel
out of a buggy at the court door.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-30
ARE THE CHILDREN AT HOMEi

Each day when the glow Of sunset
Fades in the western sky, "a
And the wee ones, tired ofpiaying,
Go tripping lightly by,
steal away from my husband,
Asleep in his easy-chair,
And watch from the open doorway fff
Their faces fresh and fAir IA lt Ut
Alone in tho dear old homestead
That once was full Of life,
Ringing with girlish laughter, "a.
Echoing boyish strife, .1 I'll s|st
We two ere waiting together
And on, As the shadows come r...
With tremulous voice he calls me,
at night arc the children homst''
Eyes, love " answer him gently,
They're all homo long ago"i-
And sing, in my quivering treble,
A song so soft and low,
Till the old man drops TO slumber,
With his head upon his hand,
And tell to myself the number
Home in the Better Land.
Home, where never a sorrow
Shall dim their eyes with tears!
Where the smile Of God on them
Through all the summer years
know = yet my arms are empty.
That fondly folded seven,
~ 49, - - 49, - ~ -
sometimes, in the dusk Of evening,
l only shut my eyes,
And the children are all about me,
A vision from the skies
The babes whose dimpled fingers
Lest the way to my breast,
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-30

Sentimental young men insist that it is
impossible TO talk love to the suburban
belle beneath the trees and in the moonlight,
owing to the intcrposition Of the caterpillars,
that even crawl between clasped hands and
beating hearts
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-30

The bequest of the late Johns Hopkins
Of Baltimore, to the Johns Hopkins universe
ty, to be built just out of Baltimore, consists
Of stock of the Baltimore aud Ohio railroad
worth $4,000, 900, and real estate enough to
make up the amount to S3,0O0,O0O.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-30

Tho newspaper is moro feared, to-day, in
congressional halls and the high places of
corruption and villainy than laws and courts,
the stings of conscience and the thunfers OF
Divine wrath.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-30
Catarrh !!
A Woman Having Catarrh
So Years, Cured.

And DrOPPings i'm Throat, ChOkIngs,
StrangIinEs, Pains Ina the Side, LOInS,
Headache, Dizziness and General
weakness, Cured by less than Three
Bottles of the
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-30
z a r m e r s.:

II you want the best variety Of eorp,-one which
will be sure to rpen, which will yield large crops Of
the vest quality OF grain and the stalks Of which will
make the best OF fodder, got the.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-30
THE GREAT REMEDY FOR
COMSU M PTION

WHICH, Cdh NC CuTeu ny u
timely resort to this stand
ard preparation, as has been
proved by the hundreds of
testimonials received by the
proprietors. 1t is acknowl-
edged by many prominent
physicians to be the most
reliable preparation ever in
troduced for the relief and
cure Of all Lung complaints,
and is offered to the public,
sanctioned by the experience
of over forty years. When
resorted to in season it sell
dom fails to effect a speedy
cure in the most severe
cases of Coughs, Bronchitis,
Group, Whooping Cough,
Influenza, Asthma, Colds,
Sore Throat, Pains or Sore
ness in the Chest and Side,
Liver Complaint, Bleeding
at the Lungs, &c. Wistar's
Balsam does not dry up a
Cough, and leave the cause
behind, as is the case with
most preparations, but it
loosens and cleanses the
lungs, and allays irritation,
thus removing the cause OF
the complaint.
PREPARED M
SETH W, F0wLI & SONS, Boston, Mass,
And sold by Druggists and Dealers generally.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-30
WANTED ID.

A Reliable Man to represent the Equitable
Life Assurance Society of the United States for the
North eastern portion Of Vermont. Address
WI. 8. wHITCodB, Manager,
Burlington, VI.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-30

by far the most of the pruning which tho
Orchadist performs, consists in removing su.
pernumerary branches, and in clearing out of
the center Of the head the feeble, useless
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-30

II assists the covering of wound made
by saw to pare its surface smooth with a
knife. The waxing Of wounds, by aiding
them to heal over, aud by inSuring the tree
in its future against any deeAying spots in
its interior, amply repays the pains which
it involves. Paint is poisonous, and we
need in our climate some more efficient COW
oring than shellac vArnish. A soft and elias
tic wax made of one part beemax, three
parts tallow, and three parts rosin, is per.
fectly satisfactory. II should be applied
hot, by means of brush or a swab, after
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-30

For the VERMONT FARMER
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-30
Method OF Cutting.

In removing branch the cut should be
made SO as to leave a. short stump as posi-
ble and at the same time to make the area
Of the wound as small as may be. II the
cut be exactly on level with the surface Of
the stump or main limb from which the
branch is taken, too wide wound will uSu'
ally be exposed. But, ordinarily, by cut,
ting half an inch or more further out, and
parallel with the main surface, we avoid the
enlargement at the base Of the branch
Though we may leave a slight projection
the growth Of the surrounding parts will
soon overtake II and cover il over smoothly