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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-02-10

EtHuMl.AI.-A Norwegian boy. with
eyes IL blu" ~ wo ,d-,iolr:~ an hlir #
he ptlr gold color of a datfv that has
crown in the ~,lrlr. lately told a voun-
lady. il nly l"lsin- about a very queer
~orJ OF tlour tl:at lic had seen at home. and
III in 4 few other countric>-Tu~canv. in
Italy. f.r instance. 1t is called bersmcal.
he said Cor hprymc!Il. from the German
btrJ mountain. AMI n1.lA. mea y 10 give.
a loaf Of bread mad. from this flour.
would he almost literally To give a S.one
f"r bread; for the hrr"mehl, our boy said.
is not m de from grain. but from :; vcrv
fine white "r crcam-colnrel p ,w,!er. nl:, II
" composed of tiiniy shells. 50 very small
that on" square inch of the powder is said
to contain millions Of Tho M
Is his bread good. and can one live
upon lt?' the younw lady asked Tie Nor
Veg gan lad
He shook his herd rather Sldlv. and
said No. it Is nos good. ana one could not
live upon it alone; Ii in hard times when
.raln t"u" l. very scarce and costly. the
poor people =" out up II the mountains
and gather Tins powder TO mix with gain
I flour. To make it last longer
IL" snll that There wis something else in
tn" ber"nrhl hes de : the p rt.cles If Il n V
shells. and that his something had Il lit
nolr sFnnont in it: but the main thing is
that the mounla n-tour Increases the b Xix
of the fool. and even that is an a,lyautnu.
in times Of famine
was gla'' that the poor people of Nor
way could get this berrmcll when tn, Y
could not GET good grain flour; but ]
would much rather We should send them :;
Jew h;pl"ads of wnca. or rye. or buck
wheat, or lndian-r"rn. Wouldn't You,
my Gear? -'Ltck-it-Me-P u'pn. 81. N,ch
olds for Ftbruury.
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9ortru.
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WAITING:

rnde, the " intv skies
All ualld and stlll rs the moon,
Tho coId calth slumhel ing lies,
Close wound in her whit cocoon.
In he, ehrou,l.i and drramlc-s 'cet
She awaits the coming of spun:
And The soul OF sing IN my breast
Is ,iuml,-I cam ing.
Dut soon al Il touch, ut the glance
Tn ,hllll- The ploud spirit beneath,
She Will wake, he VIII rouse i'on her trance
Sh.viII burst from her chIy sails shcath-
All tiIitaIn. IN sheen
OfyIctmrns IImplr and i"Id,
Fresh robcd IN sai'phI ard green
Fun winged with l4u' pie and 2"iii
When the world, &c awakened ON "calh'
Is.:v,rng tlu"bbing IN lI-ht
Aud plnttug with pe,Itmtd bfcaih
Inn heaven "G sound and Of >lSht-
Oh then, ith al juhiIari things,
VIII NV soul til It II - >lnmbeiet so long,
Awake IN the glory Of WINS,
Arise With Tie rapture oi sor@'
J. /. THOwRKIT GE-
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-02-10
THE PATCHWORK QUILr-It was I

THE PATCHWORK QUILT.-It was the
traditional old woman who said t e next
best thing t" keeping Il Journal WIS m h
ing Il hcd-quilt; and, indeed. it is C rill>
to See what L record Of f,mily hist ~ an
od-fashionch pieccd-up country lrd-quilt
is. Get your grandmother to slow you
one, and she willtrll you-
"Therc. Mary Jane wore the red lres
when she was tw" Years old. Pretty lilt!.
OF she WAS, with her curls flying and her
ewes dancing. and her checks us red as
roses If any of the children were sur,
10 grow up, you'd have said it would bt
Mary Jane; lut there's Il grave in the
southeast corner of the old hurvin-ground
and il willow tree dropping over it. AM.
Mary Jane lies there. There's ano.hrr OF
her tiresses-thnt bit of crimson marino
remember that, because she wore It tn.
first winter she went TO dancing school
Pretty creature she WAS thrn-iust the
same shining eyes and red checks us when
she was i child; anil the curlS, too, only
they were tied back with ribbon. and moi
tlving and dancing all around her he:,.
any more. But she's gone-shc never
grew old, and l spnse l shall find hel
when | get to the promised lnnd
And there that was your mothers.
Now Your mother was Il meek, quiet kind
of Il child-you'd a thought. maybe she
wouldn't live; but she did and grew
stronger every year, and held her own
pretty we'll with all you big bays There's
:, bit of her welding gown that shiny,
liac-colorcI stuff; they didn't wear white
so much then in the country. She looked
like II flower, AS she stood up there, all
smiling and blnshing and crying together
but she's grown old. and YOU never
would guess she was the same Martha
that wore the llac-colored gown on her
wedding day
And this was little Ruth'S; and shes
gone too. There's more of them there-I
can't pick out any moie-.here's some
thing ails my eyes
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-02-10
The Morning Bath.

How Tot does dread it, and what IL face
he makes :hont it, while his loving mo;h-
or holds olt her arms to him To make 1t
easy for him to come. | wonder why il
i tlit human babies most always make
their mothers Il great deal of trouble
abont the morning bath AMI brushing
and dressing. Baby kittens lie very still
while mother pussy smouths them all
down with her queer tongue. and >'me-
Tunes it seem, ~ if >Ie We're rubbing very
hard too. Little birds delight in splash
iny about in tiny wa>h-hasins that they
SPY out in the rock, anI m">sv places
AMI they firIv r'.vel in the spray of the
fountain that plays on the lawn in the
>unmcrt me. But many of the dear lite
! ro.s that have seen. m,kr Il ~ >orrv
.acr hen HE Spn,r md has n appear III
| he morning Tor their rcfrr>hmcnt, and
mamma ; smiles and clr,.>>r> fail t. make
mp for The l"lmen's of soap and water.
| Perhaps it j. because some 81 tpy seeds
are still srtou:inr in their eyes; o! il may
| lie that their bl>!nc>> l. 50 pressing Cor
Who can lave more 10 TO tn IN TOT. who
! has to practice even his walking. u his
mother Goes her piano lcs~un) tia wash
nT and dI, >>.E.r seem Il very uIe>ome
DELAY.
But one Of these DAYS when little Tot
has ceased 10 be little Tot. and is known
! is john. and Is master of his feet, and
urr AMI w,Il mon his h., wh.n MI
the mysteries are beginning To unr.,vcl L.
him. and The ample batl.-tlib is con>iicle, Ell
Ills Dire II of IN. n,or,,in, h,lh End xiIi
wal th,. l,i,..Is ard Inks Win Ii- nnn,r
;.,I
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DeyOns and Ditchiny.

The subject of" Devon Cattle and thai
Of "Ditching' came up incidentally during
Friday forenoon's session of the receh
Dairymrn's Association. In response II
u call from O. s. Bliss, Gov. HYDE OF Con
ncctcut said that the Devons are not re-
rardpd us Il desirable breed for beet. lie
said that each and all the different breeds
of cattle had their merits. and farmers
must adapt their stock to their land. III
| had tried the AVIS ire. and did not snc-
coed, rs he believed. from the fact TINT III
soil was not adapted to that breed OF cat
tie. He was compelled to keep Devons
because they were best adapted to his sol
and feed He could not give statistics III
reg nd to any of the different breeds. as
he had none with him. The evons, will
| him, gave more milk and fully % pl
cent. more butter fro N tie same food
He said that offers had been made to pul
the Dcvons i'll competition with OF cI
breeds, without finding any one to taxi
the ,,ffrr He had made two and Il quar-
ter pounds of butter per day from some OF
his COWS; they being fed two quarts o
com meal per day, in connection with the
or. binary pasture feed. While the DevOns
IRE small, they have Il rotundity and brau'H
that certainly eXccls; and when put upon
the scales. they always disnpp"int in The
right direction He said that animal
should be bred for especial purposes. an'
he had bred the Devons particularly tol
mixers and dairy purposes. An alma
that had been bred with Il view to It's value
for beef, would prove u failure when The
attempt is made 10 make mixers of them
i John w Brown, of Milton. hein" ctlle,
upon, gave some facts AMI statistics in Re
rard to farm drainage. He believed /
had not received the attention it deserved
from filmers There is too much coli
water in much of the land in the STATE
and Il ere is no way to make such Ian
available for agricultural purposes but t
:. drain it. For dairy purposes. he l. gardc
, ii as almost Indispensable that the tilla@
. and pasture lands should be thorough
drained. As to the various systems {
draining. the one most commonly rra'
II, ed is hv open drains; but this is to
=, expensive. the en- drains occupyin
VI nearly one-third of the land This i be
cr than no drain, but \ poor sub~ttu,
, Tor Il good drain. The covered drain
" filing in the bottom of the ditch wit
!, stone CT brush and then GOVERNS" thti
up had been proved to l.e inefficient, II
drains 30 made very soon filling up an
becoming useless. He pref rred the ii
drain us beng the most permanent, dur
; be and tie cheapest in the long ru1
/ he cot Of the drains will vary i'll diff
tnt localities, according to the cost OF l.
or and materials He referred briefly
the cost of the drains, and the kind
lrnds that required draining. lie said ;
, tnd> that have Il rttcntive S!tb-Soll T.
1
well afford TO carry on their falms wit
! ut draining
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u.1r,v(, AND WATCHING FOR ME.
BY JOHN LINDOl

WAITING AND WATCHING TUX JAZZ
BYJoHN LINDoP.
ran ell tradition says that those we nave served
y, e,rth shall be first to welcome us in Heaven.
There are little ones CHANGING about on my PAIN,
In need of friend and guidel
here are dim little eyes looking up into NINE,
Whose tears could be easily dried.
,ut Jesus may beckon the children away
In the midst of their grief or their glee;
viii any of these al the beautiful gate
BE waiting and watching for me:
There are old and forsaken who linger awhile
+. the house which their dearest have lett,
And an action of love or few gentle words.
Might cheer the sad spirit beIcr
Blu, the reaper is near the long-slandins corn,
The weary shall soon be free;
viii any of these at the beautiful gate
BE waiting and watching for me:
There are dear ones at home may bless with m
1--we,
There ave wretched ones pacing the streets;
here ire r endless and suffer ing strangers arounL
There are tempted and poor must meet;
There are many unlhousht Of, whom, happy an
blest,
In the land of pure love shall see;
Viii any of these at the beautiful gate
Be- waiting and watching Tor me!
-Cbristiau at York.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-02-10
4 YER'S CATHARTiC PILLS,

Fof al III, pltrpostr ~ II funttlH Ny>jr,
CT RING;
{ stlveirss. Dyspepsia IIdc J.uIce Dy ser
cry Foul Stnnat h and Breath ErH sIpoas He aache
Piles Kheunat:slm. Eruptio,s and Diseases Ri,
i"usnesS Liver Complaint. DrNI>y. letters. Tunors
AID salt Eheuin Worms. tiout. NciIalgia Dinner
Phi and Purity Ing the Blood the congelial
iurEatlvc Yet lcrfc, ted Their effects ahuI.ian;ly
SNOW how much they excel all other Pills They are
afe and pleasant. IL take. but powerful t. cure They
uur-e out the foul humors OF tiie blood they
sluggish or d:sorercd organs acton tlev
mrar; health ana tue II the whole being They cure
not only the every day complaints OF every body hut
ormidible and dangerous diseases Most skliliul rllv
lans most e:ni.lent clergy men, and best tlzels
send 'ortllatc> OF cures PERFORMED AID
it, they have derived from these Pills The, are the
fest AID best ply sic for Children bee ause mid as
well as efectual Being sugar coated they easy
ia ie: AID being purely vegetable they entirely
Harmless
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Jnsei'h v illiaIns Hair Dresser. LIE
- June. 1874: an d,ir.=- eli vii. tic l!..-
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1t a few times P.ease SEED me IL /. g.,
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CENTRAL VERMONT X. X. LINE
WINTER AREANG EMENT.
Connnrlriny -No,uity. Ue'enldcr II. 1874,
TRAINS GOING SOUTH AND EAST.

TRAINS GOING SOUTH AND EAST.
Leave Montpelier a: : - -. P. NJ and 50 P N
Mail Train lraN 81. Albaus at ~ A NJ, conne"tnz
White RIVER Junction and Bellows Falls win irsiis
iur Boston. Worcester etc; at White River JUNCTION.
NTH trains the Iass l raliroad al South Yer
Mn str SF1 iaf S@ a@ *" 'Fk al Ne"
BAY Express leaves MoLtrell at p A Il. st Johns
Il 10 y Malone At 10 \. Il. It Aiaus 1T Il 90
NJ arrlv ing IN Il 'ston Ie'~ ell Al lotcP-M.
Night e>I're>s leaves o-ciel sl.r- at /! 10 NJ Nor .
- p NJ c,nI-,tlllG, al Wlnte Eiver Junction and
Bellows Falls With trains h siUn and crce>itr.
t. arrlvIl,g- a. u SION A. - II: II south VEN Oh.
NI-A tor Si'rln-teld AID New York arrlNlEf
New York al II a Y Nj.
TRAINS GOING NORTH AND WEST
Leave Montielier al - NJ. eGoA 3 As AID els
BAY E>yress leaves Boston via Lowell at A n
FIR Bar iustou - Adams. Montreal. etc. arriving IL
a akI = r"',n+|ti VI toT ,he wtst
Maj Train il Blr il-t, d st Adams leaves B =
1t 81 A NJ SYrirGtt.d at 80 \ NJ. New Iona y, ii
NJ South Vernon a; IL Bellows Falls ~
Il 40 NJ. White I,Ivrr JlIlct at 81 NJ =
Flt,hhUrs Al j. NJ. AID - rlngti,ld at 30
"''reyt AZ White RIVER Junction with Day ExI ross
Accommodation Train le., g Ncrthfr,d ats NJ
Itlar 4 at 10 Il Ir-' y AZ : NJ. - y hal
Nsh; fNrress leaves son- Vernon Al 10 Is P N re-
etkllE New York At o. z NJ - rln-iield Al 10 i
BE- vs. Fall AT i POI n n"l.,i,'tE "l:h tran oH.r
a. White Kl>er lHli,ti II With tram leaving B
II G" r NJ tor iurili stl. 81 Ata.s MOI veal. &c"
Il - 'oiliie ;i;,- Will tie GRAND irtlk rli~HA
-ull:lli.r between Montreal ana + II. and Mour,al
nd >IrluSf-ld. a'I' = ban. AID Troy
lrta"i ~ ON cars IN Day lAirtss tTEins lotHe>n
Thr nigh tickets Chicago .I., the West fur
J. " HOBART Genera! Superintendent
S&Altans. Dec nj er l.. r.
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DRAINING lIOLLoWS.-C pom one occasion
the writer WAS asked To-. .,dv.ct, Il to tn
training of 4 hollow i'll 4 cultivated field
from which no outlet cou d be made With
ont cutting at least 10 Tee, in depth for
L lone distance. A. The hollow WIS no
over IN acre in extent, the cost of This cut
ting made il impr;tctlc ,br. Yet some
thing must be done. rs the water dranIn.
from ten acres, collected in this hollow.
drowned he crop and allowed nothing Il.
grow but immense smart weed. Which WIS
IN eve-sore and Il nuisance. \ plan was
adopted with success. and attc wards the
writer had occasion to follow the sam,
plan for his own benefit with an equally
satisfactory result. There are many pI;tc~s
where SINH ar hollow> exist. which, by IL
lew DAYS Labor. may he drained ana rcn-
dcrel useful. The plan al"l ted Was ~
follows: In tie center of the hollow, the
surface soil WIS removed and carried 10
t.c side. and 4 deep pit WIS here dug.
and the earth thrown ont was sc;tttrrcC
over the bottom of the hollow raising is
level. The pit WAS dug down 10 Il porous
rravel stratum. and WAS then filled L"
within two feet Of the top with large
stones, finishing Oft with smaller stones
and :. layer of gravel. Upon the gravel
the surface soil was then spread. except ii.
the center, where Il wooden curb two fee
in diameter was paced wi icl was i'll con-
nrclon with tn stone below, AID filled
with stone up to the top. The stone WIS
lised in II small pile Il few inches abov'
he surface. so rs to av, id accidents by
running over it with Il pillow or otherwise
The water which flowed in the hollow III
the winter season. found Il ready escape
into the pit aid away through The gravel
md gave no more trouble. The whole
e st WAS Il few DAYS labor ut !. Season
when such labor cost but little. Tier,
re many similar cases in which Il like
| amount of labor ut this season when there
is little else to do. my be u>efully xpcnd-
ed. american Agrlcolturlst.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-02-10

Look AFTER THE Fruit TKfFs.-Thc
Older readers remember that ninrtrrn
years ago, that is the winter of 1870 30.
ere was an immense devastation of frti
recs hv the Gnawinr of nice. Ih,s'
csts seemed to abound like the frogs in
N, lent Egypt They even drSr yru
rousehrrrN ,curr,nt. rose AMI other bushes
md eases came % our knowledge of whole
.icL!s stripped of grass as evenly rs if Gu
off with Il mower In March and D,.crm-
Der was given Il theory for their prcva-
nee. which WAS generally approved
NJ &c multiply very rapidly. a >n@l'
pair will soon stock Il house with their
progeny The fall of 1870 wa- very d, Y.
nd winter closed in with no rainfrl If
ter which tile ground W long covered
with a deep snow mantle. The mice not
only multiplied grel, y IN SIMMER and al-
tunln, but they We're not k Hell oft rs III
ordinary years by the freezing up OF
water akcd ground and the snow al
orlcd them apple protection under which
they carried on their destructive work.
,luing damage to the amount of millions OF
dollars. The past autumn has been Il SINH
lar enc in most parts of the country
| though rain pr ohably filled the yrovnd dur
un November in some localities. lh'
rain. however. fell upon froz' II ground in
many northern sections, and ran eft oV'
The surface, vet it DOUBTLESS drowned on
mlnv mice 1t well. therefore. to be on
| The careful watch; mice will travel miles
even. under light snow. and no one know
Whence an inv:s IN may come. Wh"r,
practicable, SHOW should be carefully
r;,mprd hard every time it falls or blows
freshly around the trees. Curved pieces
Of t n, or larrcd OF roofing paper 81
| ,round the trees is Il help, though III 1870
ii they of, II barhed the roots ih light. dry
soils. The little lokc-trals costing we
or three cents, !. hole, set freely. Will XII
hem neutrality-suspicious..
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,uts ito fo1iace in the front rank in respect

puts its foliage in the front rank in respect
to beauty. The rustic effect of its lon"
shaggy trunk and its fine form c 'mbin
other elements also destined to make
even more of Il E,vorite than it now is with
those who plant trees for either the beaut.
the trees add to their estate, for mercenary
or for :e -thetical reasons. Thousands o
such hickory trees are thus adding to the
attractveness of the landscape. The,
are standing, too. in most cases, on lane
>hich would otherwise be unpro'!uctive.
and also performing the part assigned
them by nature us climate con>erv;tors:
and the fruit of many one of them hat
an annual value equal to the net gain
| from IL dairy COW. 1t does not take Il
tenth as much ground to grow in us it doe>
the grass eaten by the cow, and not Il
hundre,lth part of the time and labor t.
secure the results. Nuts for planting
should be kept in sand. in a damp. dark
place in Il cellar. and with the bulls left
on them. Plant the following spring"
Dr. j. V. G.. Smith said that II friend in
Kansas once told him that he cultivated
fruit trees instead of ordinary crops, and
found it more profitable. In other parts
of the world nuts We're more utilized for
food than here. In Spain good bread WA
made from chpStnuts and acOrns, which
were used in ancicnt times us food. and
! were turned to good account by som'
Indian tribes. They dropped them int"
water and afterward p unded them fine il
:: mortar. BY their treatment of the acori
before it WAS prepared for eating 1t was
robbed of its bitter taste.