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| of him until his deliverer should come

| of him until his deliverer should come
back again.
The servant then returned to the town
in search of his wife and child, whom he
had given in charge of a neighbor, so that
he might himself save the life of his ben
efactor.
1t was, however, only on the next morn
ing that he discovered them among the
many families who were scattered home
less about the fields, waiting until succor
state of misery and restitution.
1t was on the next morning also that he
discovered his own cottage standing I'M
harmed amidst the dreary waste.
What his feelings were no pen can de-
scribe, no words could utter. In silent
awe he fell on his knees. thanking God
from his Utmost heart and earnestly pur-
posing that as he had until now served his
earthly master, SO he would henceforth
till the end of his life serve the Lord of
lords, the God who had so wonderfully
protected him and his in the time of great
danger.
AS soon as he was settled down again
he brought his master to his home, and,
together with his wife, he took care OF
him as long as he lived"
Glaris has since been rebuilt and looks
as cheerful as ever; bnt the story of the
faithful servant and his kind and generous
master will never be forgotten in the
hearts of its Inhabitants; still less the
wonderful way in which God protected
the poor mans cottage amidst fire and
flames, and rewarded him for his self-sac-
rificing gratitude Judy's Magazi12e
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-08
Boiled Corn for PoultrV.

In the breeding of poultry. rs in all
other pursuits, a little care and forethought
invariably return an apparently dispro-
portionate result. In the rearing of poul-
try, where the expenditure on each fowl is
small and the material provided compar
atively inexpensive, we are apt to over
look the small wastes which occur in the
transformation Of the different grains into
poultry. which aggregate quite respec-
table sum.
The opinion that corn is very nourishing
food for fowls is so universal that no fur
Their thought is given to the matter If
any one should suggest that corn would
be easier of digestion if soaked or boiled
he would very likely receive the answer
that corn was not hard to digest for birds
that swallow stones and other hard sub
stances without detriment A moments
thought, however, will convince that the
mill-stones and the grist are very different
things, and feeding bard grain, although
not exactly like feeding the mil! stones
with pebbles bears a certain likeness to it.
The trouble attendant on the preparation
of fool. if it is to be cooked, may indeed
seem very disproportionate to the advan-
tage to be derived from such treatment {;
before going the rounds of the nests Il lit
tie hot water may be poured over the corn,
Il tight cover put on the kettle, and the
whole placed on the stove, where, by the
time your )unds are completed, the corn
will have become steamed and mellow and
have lost none of its good qualities. Re
member each hen has IL certain amount of
animal force to be expended every day in
some direction, and the less she has to
give to digest her food, the more she will
have to give to be expended in egg pro-
ducing. The advantages of warm food
in winter, when much food goes toward
producing animal heat to withstand the
cold. are two-fold-the direct action of the
warmth and the slower action of the food
ITSELF to say nothing of the fact that the
content produced by nourishing food will
result in more eggs, for u hen thorou .hly
at home will lay more eggs than discon
tented one. We have performed the ex-
pertinent ourselves, and know that feeding
boiled corn does pay, and it is as u result
OF experience that we offer this plan to
our friends.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
CENTRAL VERMONT II. X. LINE.
SUMNER ARRAN GEMENT.
Commencing Monday, June 29M 1874.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH AND EAST.

TRAINS GOING SOUTH AND EAST.
Leave Montpelier at s55 am, % m and 1000 m;
Whit RIVER Junction and Bellows Falls with trains
for Boston Worcester &C. and at White River Junction
non for Springfield and New York; at New London
with steamer for New York @. ~.
Day Express leaves Montreal at el5 am, 81 Johns
I2I5 pm. arriving in Boston VIA LoWen at inoo Z m
Night Express leaves Qgdenspndrg at zo ph,n mon u,
% pm connecting at White River junction and Bel
lows Falls with trains for Boston, Morcester &C. ar
trains for Springfield and New York arriving IN Ne"
YORK at Il 81 D M and in New London at II. 10 am
TRAINS GOING NORTH AND WEST
Leave Montpelier 32sand $50 a. NJ, and aSs ana all
Day Express leaves Boston via Lowell at 90 m fol
Bnringt0n ST Adams Montreal, &c, arriving IN Mon
trea att Is PM and Ogdensburs at IL ~ aIn making
Mail Train for Burlington and st Albans Leaves Bos
ton via Lowell at 90 m va NV Iondnn az
am south Vernon at 10 90 M Bellows Falls at IL
am. White River Junction at Lao pm arriving III 81
Trims leaving Boston via Fitchburgh at 30 m ans
Springfield at 500 am connect III "hi'e hlNef JUNG
accommodstio Train leaves White River Junction al
4 20 a Mortified at 40 Rutland at olO am
Johns and Il 10 pm for ogdensbgrgh co,-+,
Night Express leaves New London at Il pm, Soutl
ticnt River Railroad leaving New York at 800 pm
Springfield $40 pm Bellows Falls AT lib Pm, CON
Meeting with trains over the Chesn1re
Boston at pm, connecting at White RIVER
with leaving Boston at GEO pm Tor Burhn g !
St Adams Montreal &c arryimg ~ Mon,rea in a viii
| Grand Trunk Railway for the West, ~
| Sleeping Cars attached to the Nl2ht f5AlIes
| treaI and Springfield and St Adams and Troy;
Drawing Room Cars on Day Express Trans oee'"eei
Through tickets for Chicago ana the est ior hale
'he priii'iiAi JOHN W HOBART Genl supt.
| Alhans lime FMlS
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Harvesting Ants,

In the Country Gentleman of Jaunary
10th, is an interesting communication, " A
Word for Ants" in which the supposed fal-
lacy of their storing grain for the purpose
of food, is set forth with many authorities
the argument being that, with mouths
adapted only to the use of fluid FOOLS. the
material OF seeds could not therefore be
applied; and that ut low temperature APP
preaching the freezing point, the insects
become inactive, and finally torpid during
winter, requiring no food. We submit that
such appear TO be facts with our native
ants as far as reported upon; but us - er-
rorS always contribute to u more perfect
knowledge" and we have vet much tc
- learn from the ant some more recen,
observations on their habits point to further
instruction.
Besides the brief papers by Col Sykes
in Trans. Ent. Society, London, l. lO3
1886, and of DR.. Jerdon, Madras Journal
1851, where the " Harvesting Ant i.
mentioned, we have now before us an in.
teresting essay by J.T. Moggridge of Lon.
don, on Harvesting Ants and Trap-door
Spiders" Mr.. Mo@gridge went to Men
tone, on the coast of the Mediterranean
for the express purpose of studying these
insects. and the points he obtained NAV be
briefly stated.
The seeds of oats, nettles, chickweed
DC, besides those of many of the grasses
were seen to be taken greedily by two
kinds of black ants, called Attt structoy
and 4. barbara, (Which resemble our
common wood ants) and carried into their
holes. They were afterwards found there
in, in small accumulations, where the floor.
roofs and walls of the passages were diff.
ferently cons ructed, us if to protect the
grains from access of moisture by DROP
ping water. Little rubbish heaps were near
many of the outlets to the subterranean
passages, and by microscopical examine
ton this substance was found to consist of
the earthly materials excavated, -pieces of
roots, husks, empty seed shells, etc, this
last fact proving the removal of the seed
kernels for purpose. While al army of
workers were seeking and bringing in SUD-
plies, others were busy sorting the materi-
ais thus obtained, stripping off the useless
envelopes of seed or grain, and carving
them out to throw them away. These little
mounds were sometimes large enough to
fill hat, and therein seed cases were M
merous. from which, by a small hole in
the side, the albuminous contents had been
removed. Now, if ants employ the grain
and seeds which they collect, as materials
Tor the construction of their nests, they
would certainly not reject such parts as the
chaf OF grasses and the like. which are
suited Tor the purpose, aud are actually
used for this end by other species of ants.
On searching the nest, masses of the black.
shining eds "f the amar nth were found
ored Ill Chambers, mixed with seeds of
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-08

Hollow HORN.-Will you tell me what
the disease commonly called by country
COW doctors. hollow horn, horn all. etc.
really is? l regard this as al misnomer
but the symptoms usually are dull ewes.
cold horns, no appetite, weak about the
hind parts, usually costive, and treated bv
thcse COW coctors by boring the horns,
filing with pepper and salt. sometimes tur-
pentlne, splitting the tail, ETC. Sometimes
they get better rapidly, and then the COW
doctor claims great credit, but when they
die his skill comes too late Answer =
There is no such disease as hollow horn or
horn all IN cattle. 1t is only an effect of IA
general arrangement of the system. We
might as well call the symptom of cold feet
in a man, foot all. 1t is most frequently a
symptom of palsy; many times caused bv
a low. damp situation of the COW stable.
1t Will be found more common in a rainy.
open winter, than when the temperature is
uniform although very cold so likewise a
cold, damp spring seems to assist in devel-
oping it. If farmers will improve their
stables, making them dryer, warmer. and
better ventilated, feeding with greater reg
ularity and more generously, this disease
will be seldom seen. And when COW is
afflicted with this, so called disease. the
best thing you can do is to make her as
comfortable as possible. But as it is usu-
ally attended with considerable internal
fever and constipation, u dose of cathartic
medicine, such rs linseed oil, and then one
qnart of oil meal given in feed each dav,
will soon relieve her. If she seems TO be
cold and shivering occasionally, give her
an ounce of powdered ginger in a pint or
quart of good ale, to warm her up; wet
ting her with warm water and rubbing her
thoroughly along the back and about the
os m ana H @h 1 Gue9nS s d pR }
tine, rubbing in well.--Bufalo Lire Stock
Journal.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-08

BAKED BEANs.-Many people do not
understand how to have nice baked beans.
Bake your beans all day Saturday, and if
convenient. let them stay in over night,
baking full twenty four hours, and our
word for it, your, beans will come out in
the morning smoking with a flavor that
will make your mouth water to taste OF
them, and your breakfast viii be the very
best you ever had. We sometimes see
persons who only have moderate liking
for baked beans who invariably bake them
three or four hours, and that is why they
do not like them any better. A day and a
night is none too much time to bake these
esculents. having parboiled them only IA
few minutes until the skins will crack when
the air comes to them.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-08

PREPARING CHICKEN FEED.--POultry
dough should not be made too thin. Many
young chickens die by beng forced to take
too much water in their food, whereas, if
fed properly, they might live. Giving meal
too wet will not prove fatal in the case of
grown fowls, but they thrive better if the
food is mixed stiff enough to crumble. The
food is moistened while in the crop by Sc
cretions from glands. 1t next passes, a
little ut a time, into II pouch formed by the
expansion of a part of the passage between
the crop and gizzard. Here other digestive
juices are secreted, also in the gizzard, and
still farther on. Now if the food contains too
much water before it is fed, these digestive
juices are diluted and impaired. All healthy
animals regulate their thirst by the needs
of the system; therefore, if they are always
kept supplied with water, separate from
the God, they will drink only what is ncces-
sary, and in mixing food it is best to be on
the safe side.
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DARROW 5 & PECK,
DR. FLINT'S QUAKER BIITERS.

These celebrated Bitters are composed
of choice Roots, Herbs and Banks. among
which are Gentian. S;rsaparilla. Wild
Cherry, Dandelion. Juniper and other Der
ries, and are so prepared rs to Ietaln all
their medicinal qualities. They invariably
cure or greatly relieve the following COM
plants: Dyspepsia, Jaundice, Liver Com
plant, Loss of Appetite, Headache. Bill
ious Attacks, Remittent and Intermittent
Fevers, Ague Cold Chills, Rheumatism,
Summer Complaint. Piles, Kidney Dis
eases, Female Difficulties. Lassitude. Low
Spirits. General Debility, and, in fact.
everything caused by an impure state of
the Blood or derangcd condition of Stom-
ach, Liver or Kidneys. The aged find in
the Quaker Bitters 4 gentle. soothing slim
ulant. so desirable in their declining wears.
No one can remain long unwen (unles>
afflicted with an incurable diseasc) after
taking few bottles of the Quaker Bitters.
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8. Give seven drops of tincture of aeon
lite. dropped on piece of bread, and fed in
a bran mash for two or three days, once
each day. Repeat as in No. l.
4. Give in same manner as in No 8, one
half teaspoonful of tincture of aconite root.
This is not the same as the " tincture of
aconite" in No. 81
s. Linseed oil, one ounce kerosene, one
ounce; tincture of aconite, twenty-five
drops. Rub the bag we'll with this mixture
two or three times day. Feed roots or
bran mashes freely.
G. Spirits ammonia, one ounce; cam
phor, one ounce; goose, skunk, coon. or
other soft oil, four ounces. Rub the bag
well and often with this.
I. Muriate of ammonia, three fourths
ounce; water, one quart. Wash the bag
daily with this, rubbing thoroughly.
8. Sweet oil, two ounces; alcohol, four
ounces; aqua ammonia. four ounces; tine
ture of opium two ounces. Rub in thor
oughly two, three, OF four times daily.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-08

How TO VARSISH.-Varnishs should al
ways be applied in IA warm room, as warm
as Il person can work in comfortably. At
II lower temperature there is always mois-
ture in the air, and an invisible dew, which
e eearan noe V This will Happen evenly on
fine summer day, and the only preventive
is to employ artificial heat to produce a
temperature of at least seventy-tive de-
grees Fahrenheit At this temperature
the moisture is not precipitated until the
alcohol of the varnish has sufficiently
evaporated to leave thin and smooth film
of shellac. The gloss and durability are
entirely dependent upon this.-Rurat New
Yorker.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-08

RECIPE FOR INK.-It occurs to me that
some one may be suffering for good black
INK and l might tell them how to get a
gallon of it for Il dime. l have made it
several times, and always with success,
and the materials have never cost over ten
cents. The actual cost is probably less,
but your druggist may not be willing 10
put up any prescription for even so small
Il sum Ask him for one ounce extract of
logwood, IS grains of bichromate of pot
ash, "a grains of prussiate of potash. Heat
a gallon of soft water to boiling, add the
logwood and boil five minutes, then add
the other materials and boil MI together
two minutes.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-08

FODDER CORN.-All dairymen doing
business on tirst-rate corn-lands, where
they can grow corn and feed it to COWS for
much less than they can grow and feed
grass, are doing just what l would do under
like circumstances; and with these dairy
men take no issue however much l may
pity their cows. But there isa large class of
dairymen who insist on growing corn for
COWS on first-class grass-lands where grass
can be grown and fed ut less cost than
corn, and its valne for food for the COW is
much greater. Yet these men do this year
after year, even without knowing the cost
of an acre of sowed corn, and the cost of
feeding it, or its cost as food in comparison
with the best grasses. With this class of
dairymen do take issue, and regret that
their cows cannot speak with mans voice
to their owners as Balaam's ass rebuked
the madness of the blind prophet. | do
not undervalue sowed corn as summer or
winter food for COWS, but | know good
grass is better. | have grown and fed
more sowed corn than very many who ad-
vocate it as food for cows, and should have
been growing and feeding it now if my
cows had not known more of its value than
| did Harris Lea0iS in N. 7. Tribune.
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goetru.


LIFE.
We are born; we laugh; we weep;
We love; we droop; we diei
All! therefore, do we laugh or weepl
Why do we live or die?
Who knows that secret deep?
Alas not /.
Why doth the violet spring
Unseen by human eye?
Why do the radiant seasons bring
Sweet thoughts that quickly fly?
Why do our fond hearts cling
To thiags that die?
Wetoil through pain and wrong;
We fight-and ny;
We love; we lose; and then, ere long,
Stone dead we lie;
o Lifc is all thy song
endure and-die?"
-B1rru Co, a,r1M
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To CLEAN CLOTH GARMENTs.-Weta
sponge in warm water, and squeeze it out
till nearly dry; then sponge one place at
ter the other until all the garment has
been cleansed. All the dust and soil will
be absorbed by the sponge. But if the
garment is very much soiled, wash the
sponge in clean water several times.
squeezing it as dry as possible by wrap
ping it in a piece of black alpaca. This
method of cleansing is more effectual than
Il hand-br1sh. and many spots will disap-
pear by the use of pure water.
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2oetru.
~
SEEF-FORGETTING'

Let me try to lift the curtain
s Holding.ot hearts from view;
You complain, but you are certain
That the fault is not in you!
In the summer sunny hours,
sitting in your quiet room,
Can you wonder if the flowers
Breathe for you so sweet perfume:
You must so to them, and stooribs'
Gull the blossoms where they 1--we;
On your bosom gently dropping,
All their treasures they Will give.
Fairly sought some point of contact
There must be with every mind
And perhaps the closest compact
Where we least expect 10 find
Closed the heart-door of Thy BROTHER
AHit treasures long concealed!
One key fails, then try another,
soon The rusty lock must yield
seldom can the heart be Lonely,
If it seeks a lonelier still,
SelffOrsetting, seeking only
EmpticT cups of love To fill.
-Frances Ridley Htrerga
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NERVOUS SICK HEApAcuE.-0nef fourth
of grain of ipecac, repeated every half
hour or hour, has relieved many cases of
this affection. and if the ipecac is continued
in one to three grain doses, three or four
times daily. a cure will frequently result,
ut least the intervals will be prolonged.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-08

GARGET IN Mich Cows.-The Countra
Gentleman gives the following as preserip,
tons that have been given for garget in
mich COWS:
!. Cutup fine the roots of sooke 7" (phy.
totacod decandro) or pigeon berry, and
give two tablespoonful in bran or meal
twice day for two or three days; then
omit the root for the same length of time.
Repeat until cured.
2. Give one ounce pulverized saltpetre
in bran mash once a day for two or three
days. Repeat rs in No. /.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-08

To RESTORE GILT FRAMEs.-Take one
ounce of cooking soda and beat it thorough
ly with the whites of three eggs. Blow
off the dust with a pair of bellows, or
brush it out with feather buster. Then
dip small paint brush into the mixture
and rub it all over the gildings, into every
tiny crevice, and it will render it fresh and
bright
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-08

A sandy or gravely soil is usually best
adapted to the use of plaster, but it is
found beneficial upon any soil Astounding
in vegetable matter A clay soil has the
power of absorbing ammonia from the air,
which is one Of the offices of plaster. and
therefore plaster is not as beneficial upon
a clayey as sandy soil.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-08

OIL MEAL AND CORN.-COtton and flax
seed meal are richer than corn meal
They have about twice rs much tlesh-form
inc material, five times as much oil, anC
about two-thrds as much of other food
There would not be much difference in the
profit of cotton seed meal at $50 per tor
compared with corn ut seventy cents pei
bushel. They are both rather to be re
garded rs flesh and fat producers; but as
whatever tends to improve the condition
and strength of COWS increases the milk
they would be useful fed in moderate guam
titles. With good hay, and mixed with
wheat bran, they would be good feed fol
cows.-Country Gentleman.
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nR. PLUMLEY'S METHOD
TREATING
CHRONIC DISEASES BY THE URINE.

clean bottle of the first morning passage
with patients and will enable to treat the
successfully. Specimens sent by express, pre-
paid with fee of ST. will be examined, and the result
sent the patient by mail Those who have failed to get
relief from their family physicians and the supposed
incurable most solicited.
Heart, Liver, and Kidney Affections, Female Weak
ness, Diseases of the Reproductive Organseither sex
early or late in life cured
Send for Circular.
G. H. PLUMLEY, NJ. D.,
Up. o. Box, 14D
Fasn MONTPELIER, VT
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CRACKER DEssERT-I do not remember
to have seen in print directions for making
I quick and cheap and pretty and palatahle
dessert which learned how to make many
years ago. Choose whole soda crackers,
and lay each one upon q separate small
plate Pour upon it enough boiling water
to soak it we'll, and leave none upon the
plate; cover with Il dressing of good sweet
ened ere m with spoonful of jelly in the
center if you choose, or dip upon it Il por-
ton of nice fruit, canned, stcwed, or fresh.
rs is convenient
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EARNSWORTH Il co.
MANUFACTURERs AND
DEALERS IN BOOTS AND SHOES,
Mum 81, opp. B1tery, Montpelier, VI.

4 DESIRE NET
As we rad the rich lore of the classical store,l
While or minds with rare scenes may grow
We desire that orr feet may be furnished complete
With protection from mud and from snow.
Viii II on Main Street we find OF full many KIND,
At the SHOE STORE OF FARNswoRrH X Co.
Who has nice boots and shoes from which any may
choose.
And Will SOL them for prices quite low.
Just examine his store you purchase before,
For lads IS gentleman's wear.
Work III serge. or kip OF in boots metal tip
Heavy leather or bronze light and fair.
While his orders with skin be viii promptly fulfill,
And the fitting attend to with care,
He has shoes to protect from the cold and wet
And would willingly any repair.