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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-12-01
Chopping and Swearing.

A late distinguished president of one of
our Western colleges was one day walking
near the college, with his slow and hoiseless
step, when a youth who had not observed his
approach, while engaged in cutting wood
began to swear profanely to his yexation-
The doctor stepped up and said, Give me
the axe :" aud then very quietly chopped the
stick of wood up himself, Returning the
axe to the young man. he said in his pecu-
liar manner, You see now the wood may
be chopped without swearing
The reproof was ciiectuaL and led, there
is reason to believe, to an entire abandon
mont of that impious habit
good many other things besides chop
ping can be done without swearing, quite as
well as with it and the breath wasted in
basphemy and impety might better far be
spent in prayer aud praise to Him who gives
Us every blessing, and who spares from q
thousand ills.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-12-01

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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-12-01
cGor the Dunng.
corNrfNa I'M rINorns

nayl, dear. yout fingers holds
Listen till mY story told.
Ihmnh'su rogrc. and vhiseoni. Cumo,
Lotus steal thr sweets, say. Thumb.
STRAIGHT nrt finger bends to hcar3
Shes % rogue when Thumb 3. near
Second nugor ays "lmeoi"
Cries ihrl finger " Count mo, too."
Little finger stand. alone
say. The sweet. are not our own"
Thumb says " Lei 300 finger .ay
Who're The sweets have gone to-day,"
fst nnsor then eiie, ont. D." No.
N1tn word from me shall Co."
Second finger shakes Den head.
She would suffer death instead"
rnse nmnl i- fuu of fear
Ls-t ihc maris of sHlt appear"
Little nuserc.ics " ror shame
Q shah icl where iIe- the blamc
"ifwcal Hfe mle BOZ maif
Win the rect 600 bear mr pan.'
And nlns that Through ami through.
iti.e hngu's aeht Don't youf
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-12-01

Cnusrs GENTLENEss.-One of the sweet
est things in the life of our Saviour is the
gentleness of His manners. The ordinary
anxieties of daily living which we allow to
fret us so, had no power TO rufile Him. If lie
told people to be not anxious over the NOR
row." lie also obeyed the injunction Himself,
With Him, sufficient for the day is the evil
of it," The hepresent burden is always enough
for us. God knows this aud forbids us TO
enlarge it by forestalling what is to come.
Meet your troubles as your Master met His,
fellow disciples--one by one, and sSeetly'
II is enough, remember, for the servant to
be like his Master, aud the disciple as his
Lord G0lien RuIc
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-12-01


Margaret Gray was in some sort am upper
servant ia the household of Judge Wallace.
The Judge had lived m % handsome house
in the suburbs of tine little country village of
Ihomdale.
Margaret was Left an orphan at an early
age, aud the Judge and his wife had taken
her into their house DO save her being thrown
upon the charity of The town.
They had done their part well for her
They bad two children of their oWn-Alice
and Algemon, tWius-and Margaret had en-
j1yed every advantage of education in com
mon with the brother and sister
As She grew older aud began 10 realize
how much she owed the Judge and his wife,
She felt q desire 30 be able in some way 10
make them rccompense for kindness, and
as She was a strong, active gih, She soon be
came very useful about the domestic affairs
of flie household. Mrs Wallace was feeble
woman. and very willingly resigned some of
the cares and burdens to Margaret, and in
due course of time the young girl came to
/ be trusted and depcnded upon. until bv the
I time she was two-and-tweniv. She was really
/ the head Of the establishments. though Mrs.
/ Wallace still did the honors in her quiet.
/ lndy-hke way. and poured the ten and coffee
l at the head of the table.
Alice had married. early and zone 10 the
I far ,,est with her husband Algeuon was
I finishing his medical studies at German
university, and only the Judge and his wife
and Margaret beside the man and woman
/ seryopt who had bpeu with Them for vears-
( r.lnained al home.
Sorno unfortunate speculations. LARGELY
/ INDUCED In when the JUDGE was quite a
young man. had encumbercd the old estate
/ with "A morto,pe. and this IL was the .Jndre's
/ ambition To discharge. lie wanted 10 leave
/ fine pl,e. totally free from debt to his son
/ Algtruou.
The ,trictest economy had been practicel
! Tor wear, In the household. with this end in
/ yieN. and at last the judge held in his hand.
the money with which toiiauidate the claim
Il wa. late ON Saturday night when he
brought it home. and said to Ills wife, as he
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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-12-01

Kindness. lie invited him 10 his house for
week, and had not one evening ouly, hut
good many with the microscope and other
recrcatious
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-12-01

THANKSGIVING makes our prayers bold
and strong; easy, moreover, pleasant and
sweet feeds and enkindes them as with
Goals of fire,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-12-01
limiroad Gimc Gable.
<,FNTRAL VERMONT RAILROAD LINE
WINTER ARRANGEMENT

rnllys aoNa sonrN AN0 Nlsr

TRIfyS GOIYG SOCTH dND EdST
Leave Montpelier at 80j A. ST., . 10 and 800 g.. a.
Mail Leaves Waterbury Of 1874 ". Monipalcrat 900 a.
w. f1r Hostur, New ioni1n Springfield SON hufA fnd
intermediate points.
pay Express Leaves Malone at 200 4 No. Montreal at
Dos No. 81. Alhaus 10 200 M Munilelci ai 2lV d. ht
TOT Boston via Lowell
Mixed Train -teavcs st. Aiins ai 900 o.. Mo- arriving at
Montpelier of $40 D.. N,
frsai Id tl5 O.. H 81. Albnus at 500 N Mnnl eei 90
sO1 r w. Tor Boston via Lowell ur liDlhuW Spring
ncld Sew Nork and intermediate points.
TRiFys gOfyC NORTH
Leave Montpelier 80 and sos A. 49, and i20r. st.
t.,press Mail -fe,vea Boston fia flibuu a i9o Na
tIa Lowell % 300 A.. u.. Sew london 10 hiM A. M.f
surInrafll lf 900 A. st.. MOnirclrf ni $40 r 800 tnf
Accommodation Train Leaves Norihhcd ai $50 Al.
n Montpelier ut SOD A. 49, Tor hniihtInh N' AlHNi-i
Uthfnrl. ST. Johns and Oliclsnurf
Tn itrihufa at $50 o.. u., Sow fuk nt 300 q. nr
springfield nt $50 o. &c.. fIr hWunEiuni ~. AInin+.
Montreal and oflru.hufa. nHd tNr West
Trains leave Montpelier Cor Harc % hll anl 1000 n
nud Dior u. Etlu.us. leave Hiire 900 iNl hni li-D
ST., nud 600 w.
sleeping csr. are attached to Sight Expires fan. rnnne
iatN,.n Montreal and Boston, aui Montreal Hnd rrflus
neld and st. Albaus and Troy.
Drawing Room ears on pt1 Express rNin HoiNten M'h-
n'raash urfei faf chlessoaud ue West ar ale ai nc
principal stations az ,,,.,.t ,s.
1T AIhrua. November 80. isii.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-12-01
,Slrw cFhrrtisemrnfs.

BVOIt SAIE.-Oue hundred Iron bound c..a suitable
. f1r oder Warranted clolu and sweet, -
-nff D.. H. ut tNtlNGTuN.
NYONFY WANTED. fvl.l' f0 evrhrHae nnfH .1
VI real e-iatc iuu.nso drawing -lt lr. c'ul inf rl
cl.h. Adde'S
Oi-f ro, 20. Mlteipvu, Nl
NOTICE Nntlra BE- nnfrhr a'tcn tiaf inasmHoh nf
aln, MafN uNnei'. has lH'i ml riliiun uifhiHf
ui consent. llu piY poo Hl.e ie.'' 0.a'.i i li.
South wloluu, ucioaes a0 s. p.Ia5. sU'
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-12-01

bate tuufH iNf Warrington lN-It|I NiN Nf NfA % II
ufrf Boo Montpelier. nn ItFsnAN Cd Nkcu Nfth. Al Nl'
rf. ou business connected with the Office should No ah
sl.sssad t1 the unlHfsI fnrl. 90 NHnfneN0f.
HARVEY TituhN jude'.
December isin A-N
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-12-01

deal ESTATE FOR SALE.-fhe snhernor
II ohris for 'ale tvgn3 ~ 'li .,l..i 'i. &
gll uulnle Il excellent IaI. tlf lce N De- sai 90
ila fuHe. and ieun- Of IAf nsHi eis'
TiiEElN OBJ. BAILEY
M.nIa'c. yi. February u.l05 @u
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-05-28
The Butter Supply.

The butter supply of this country is
not fully up to the demand. At
least the supply of good butter is not
sufficient to meet the wants of the
people, and the result is that vast
amount of butter is used which must
be very injurious to health, as well as
exceedingly obnoxious to good taste
A recent experiment has demon
strated the fact that butter may be
successfully shipped from South
America to this country, and our
eastern cities expect a lively trade to
be built e,e long. The Brooklyn
.4rgus thus refers to the manner in
which the butter shipped was packed
and the condition in which it arrived:
"a sample of butter, packed in tin,
was lately received in New York,
which has been seventeen months
put up, and has passed by the sea
from Denmark to London, thence to
Bolivia, and lastly to New York.
The packing and transit of butter was
an experiment, the success OF which
depended on the non-corrosion of the
case-which latter, together with the
contents, arrived in New York in per-
feet condition. Produce merchants
are of the opinion that this novel
way of packing butter, which by the
way, is said to be cheaper and more
convenient to handle than wood, may
give rise to an extensive trade in the
article with South America, as we
should have a great advantage over
Europeans in point of distance.
Should this result in supplying our
markets with good butter to such an
extent that bad article can find no
sale, only at reduced rates, the people
would certainly have cause to be
thankful. Nearly, if not quite, one
half that is marketed in this country
is unfit for use. The globules of the
butter are in state of rottenness
when the butter is made, and the
whole mass is offensive to taste and
smell and injurious to health. To
correct this evil and compel butter
makers to learn how to make good
article, perhaps a just discrimination
in prices would be most effective, but
with limited supply, this method
cannot be successfully adopted. =
Should the importation of butter
from South America prove profitable,
consumers may be better able to make
such discrimination against bad but
ter as will render it profitable for
manufacturers to make good article.
1t is not profitable, perhaps, for far
mers who keep few COWS to make
the necessary preparations for manu-
featuring a tirst-class article of butter
This is especially the case when a
poor article will command the same
price that paid for a good article. If
farmers would club together, in the
same manner adopted for the manu-
facturc of cheese, each factory hay-
ing distinct brand, the market
might be supplied with the sweetest
and best butter; but SO long as the
sources of supply are as now, we
must expect our markets to be flood
ed with butter which is unfit to be
taken into any dwelling house.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-05-28
Domestic Hints.

Milk for breakfast, when used i'll
the form of bread and milk, should
never be boiled but steamed; that is,
the Jug of milk should be stood in a
saucepan Of boiling hot water for two
or three minutes until hot.-E1-
change.
How to Select Mutton.-Y GU may
be sure that mutton is good when
the flesh is rather black and the fat
white, if the fat breaks easily, it is
young. The wether is much superior
to the eve. You will know if a leg
of mutton comes from the wether if
there is large and hard piece Of fat
on one side at the larger and upper
end; if from a eve, that part is mere
" kind of skin with little fat on it.
The Housekeeper.
Treatment of Gorged Horses
A correspondent of the Neao Eng
land Farmer gives the following
method of treatment for animals who
may have gorged themselves with
grain: keep the animals from
water. Put quart OF wood ashes
into pail of lukewarm water, stir it
up and let the horse drink one or two
quarts of this alkali water at intervals
of one or two hours, and in this way
the horse always does well, and after
a days treatment water and feed as
usual"
How to Grind Wheat for Feed
A writer in the Farmers Union
gives the following instructions: SIT
should be always ground and fed
dry, or scalded with hot water. For
horse feed it should be cracked as
fine as possible without Touring; for
cattle it needs to be much finer, and
for hogs finer still; We think an iron
mill is preferable to q burr-stone mill,
for the kernel can be cut better in an
iron mill without Touring. We have
run horsepower feed-mill for the
last four years, and done much Gus
tom work for our neighbors, and
have taken particular pains to have
the different grades of grinding tested
by our customers, and nine-tcnths OF
them agree with us. We have test
ed it with our own stock, and are
we'll satisfied with the result.
Yield Of onc-fourth acrc.-In my
estimate of the proper size for a gar
den suited to the wants of a family
of medium size, | named forty rods
or the fourth of an acre, as likely te
prove sufficient. If a garden spot O
such size be fifty laid out it viii
produce from one and-a half square
rods fifty quarts of strawberries; from
one rod, thirty-two quarts of rasp
berries; from one rod, forty quarts o
blackberrics; from two rods, 100 Tbs
of grapes; from two rods, two bushels
of currents; the value of which frui
we may reasonably set down a
| $24.25; or the strawberries and rasp
berries at twelve and a half cents pc
quart; the blackberries at ten cent
per quart; grapes at six cents pc
pound, and the currants at two dol
lars per bushel; prices which are les
than the majority Of consumers bav'
to pay.-L0y. Country Gentleman
---.uuu ---------S
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-05-28
An Unhappy Coroner.
Detroit Free Press.

He is a solemn looking boy, about
ten years of age, and he wears a long
face as he drops into the Coroner's
Office and remarks:
shocking murder, wasn't it?"
"What! What's that" exclaimed
the Coroner, springing up.
chopped her head clean off" con.
tinued the boy, carelessly.
"Whcre-when-what street,"
"And she was perfect ladyw adds
the boy.
''Come on = half a dollar - other
Coroner-gct a hack" calls the Cor.
oner, getting into his overcoat.
~ was speaking of Marie Anton.
cite, Queen Of France in l793-re GU.
lar put up job!' demurely replies the
lad. eff you want to read the partic,
ulars of the case I'll fetch over the
book"
The Coroner sits down and con
templates the steaning end of the
stick Of cordwood protruding from
the stove, and the clock on the desk
goes ahead with its labor of ticking
time into eternity.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-05-28
GRANGE DIRECTORY.

WINTHROP GRANGE, No. 611.-Meets at Win
throp ON Friday on or before the full moon Of
each month.
s. G. PIERCE. Master. s. W. RICH. Sec.
WEST BUFFALO GRANGE, No. 1216.-Meets
Tuesday, on or before full MOON
j. D. RUSSELL. Master. :
MIDDLEFIELD GRANGE. No. 52S,-Meets on
Wednesday, on or before full moon.
b. DU BOlS Master E. j. WIGG. Sec.
SUPERIOR GRANGE, No. 352-Meets Saturday
on or before full moon, at No. 8 School House
Hazleton twp. T. MESSENGER,
+. B. FILLMORE. Secretary. Master.
BYRON GRANGE No. 267. Meets at Jnstus Dur
KEGS, ON Tuesday evening, on or after full
moon. ii. NJ. COUNTRY Master.
CHAS FERNALD. Sec
PERRY CANOE. No 31S.--Meets ut the Center
School House, in Perry Township, or Tuesday
evening, on or before full moon.
Il. LITTLE Sec.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-05-28

TO make excellent raised dough-
nuts, take pint Of milk, two eggs,
one cup Of yeast; mix with -four to
make stiff batter. Let it raise sever
al hours. Then stir in two cups of
sugar, three-fourtl,s Of cup Of but
ter, two-thirds Of a teaspoonfal of
soda, spice and salt to taste; mold
it and let it rise again,
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-05-28
c.. b. X A N DY,
Importer and Breeder OF
Pure Bred Poultry !

Light Brahmas Dark Brahmas, Partridge Coch-
ms, Game Bantams. Houdons. White Leghorns,
Golden Spangled Polands, Golden Pheasants. and
Dark Spanish
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-05-28

The other day Young America asked
his father for money to fix his skates,
and was ordered from his august
presence. The youth with wrath
blazing from his eyes, rushed through
the hall crying: ''Pll get sick and
die" The next morning he was
Frustrated with fearful cold, and
his affectionate parent was obliged
to procure bottle of Vests Pulmo-
nary Balsam to cure him. Moral
Either give your boys all the money
they want, or keep Vests Pulmonary
Balsam constantly on hand.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-05-28

Ashamed of being q servant? No,
indeed. Let no honest woman be
ashamed Of that. If she is able to
earn her living, and he fairly and
squarely independent as cook or
chambermaid, or nursemaid, let her
take that path in life, and hold up
her head with anyone-tha. is, if she
is good servant, honest, faithful, re-
speeding herself too much to be disre-
spectful to her employers.
Many and many painted beauty,
who would have scorned domestic
service in her girlhood, wishes to-day
that she had the rough, honest hands
and comfortable conscience of a re-
spectacle domestic. have no doubt
that her life is much we,rier than
that of the vcriest drudge IN any
kitchen.
Many an idle though reputable
young woman, who folds her hands
while a bent old father earns her liv-
ing, would show proper spirit if she
went cheerfully into some ones
kitchen and brought home all she
could spare Of the wages domestics
now command.
OF course education, t,lent, and
peculiar opportunities, render it bet
ter that some working women should
take other walks in life. But there
is always good opportunity for any
one with common strength and com
mon sense, to become independent as
a household servant. Stores, work
rooms, factories, overflow. Good
workwomen are often destitute. Did
any one ever hear of good cook,
who was Il sober woman, coming to
the almshouse?
No woman who has been brought
up to do house work dislikcs it. 1t
is only the name of servant from
which she shrinks; and what unuttcr-
able folly it is, since we are all SER
wants. No man who is unseltish, no
woman who does her duty, but is at
service all his or her life for some
one or something. A clergyman,
lawyer, physician, soldier, sailor, each
acknowledges the claims. Surely
wife must serve her husband and
children, and 4 child its parents; and
a hired servant who gives good value
for value received, can hold up her
head with any lady in the land
Mary Kyle Dallas.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-05-28

Good corn weather.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-05-28

The largest pumpkin grown in
France was exhibited for long time
in one of the show windows of a
Paris restaurant. Its weight was
about one hundred and ninety-cight
and one-half pounds avoirdupois, and
measured in circumference something
more than nine feet.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-05-28
9s''''''''.' 4's',

ed mainly, to topics pertaining to FARM and
HOUSEHOLD. The farmer readers Of the BULLETIN
are requested to write for It,
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-05-28
Dark Brahmas.

For all purposes of the most valuable breeds
not as common the Light but rapidly increas
ing in popularity. They are noted for their great
size, doubtless the largest Of all varieties OF do
nestle fowls, handsome in appearance, etc. Are
very hardy and will thrive under any circumstanc
es Good winter and summer layers
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-05-28
Houdans.

Are French breed, large, heavy bodied and un-
surpassed In their great merits egg producers.
They mature very early and will make pound
Of chicken quicker than any other fowl and are
superior for the table. They are great layers OF
large white eggs and do not set.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-05-28

This celebrated breed 10 unsurpassed ~ layers
cock and hen having large rcd combs BOOSTERS
crow 1t six weeks old; hens are non-setters.
Zoos FOR HATcHtMo IN SEASON.
Send stamp for descriptive price l,st. P. o Boz
50 Independence. lows.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-15
S9bitnarr.

Died at the residence of his sorl-in-lav.
Usel b. Mcintyre, No. % Leonard
street, city, April 7fh, 1875. of Pncuno.
mia, JONATHAN MINER, on his 72d
birthday. His remains will be taken to
Whitehall, on Friday next to be pIac ed
beside his wife, who died at the resi-
dence of her son DIR. u. Miner, Sept ~
Der Sd, 1869.
Thus in the autumn of his life has an
other old pioneer passed away. In 1896
he left Lancaster, in the State of New
York, to find for himself and family a
home in Michigan. He passed the fol-
lowing winter in Lenawee county. In
the spring he started out to select n
home in the then almost wilderness in
the Grand River Valley, arriving where
the city Of Grand Rapids now stands in
the year 1S37.-then small village Oh
the outskirts of civilization with but "A
few hundred inhabitants. He selected
land for q farm in the township of
Plainficld, built him home and COM
menced clearing up his land. Here he
remained for about ton years, doing his
trading in this city, and carrying his
goods and supplies, in an early day,
home upon his back. He subsequently,
sold his farm and purchased another in
the town of Grand Rapids, where he re-
sided, cultivating farm, for number
of years. He has lived the past two
years in and near this city. He leaves
a large circle Of relatives and friends TO
mourn his loss Grand Rapids Dc1a-
Ocrut.