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The Osceola times., 1875-05-15
Twain Is credited w,tl

Mark Twain Is credited with
ihe following description OF the
Washington Monument" us seen
rom The dome OF the Capitol. "SuiIl
IN The distance, but on lLis side OF
The water, and close to i,s edge. the
MoLument of the Father OF bi.
Country lowers out OF the mud
sacred soil Is the customary term. .
IT has the aspect of a factory chin
nsy with the top broken ufi. lhe
skeleton OF u dccaying scaffoldinr
fingers about its summit, and ,radl,
ton says that the spirit oi Washing,
ton often comes down and sits on
those rafters to enjoy this tribute
OF respect winch the na,ion has
reared "s the symbol OF it's unap-
peasable gratitude. The monument
n to be finished some day, and ",
that time our aslihgton vii have
risen still higher in he naloa's
Senesatson, spd will be known NJ
She great great grandfather Of h,s
sosnHy. The memorial chimney
stapavN . 9niet, pastoral locality,
Aae hAse o. reposcisl expression "
vita ag)ass yOv can aee the COW
seedA aesst its base, and he con
esses sheep pstbling rrbbles "
~ 6cssss sSlit~slss thsS s~s,O~..
" as% ~ tired piga doaia9 ~ shs
A0!y satn ol ,ts prvtesling sLsd
The Osceola times., 1875-05-15

-
1t is hardly probable that az,
ol US, while on earth. will eve,
come 10 KNOW just why the earli.
MAS made, but We can look aroupc
as and con lecture. Ii the beg,
m'hus OF Tie present century could
pe set TO work on the problem they
~euld IN all probability report tha,
The old shell Was gottcn NJ ,x-
pressly for the convenience OF the
man WHO smoked tobacco, the mat
VINO chews tobacco, and the man
VINO keeps dog, and that the ie.-
'o"'ci'iAehs OF those three autocrut-
were created through some incom.
prehensible b!under, as dlsiress,n.
as II Is mysterious.
The Osceola times., 1875-05-15
THE sun
DAILY AND WEEKLY For lS75

The spl roach OF the i'resldertiai election give
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WAYS c"nu'n the most interesting stories aud ro-
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he Agricultural Deuartment l. a prominent
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'lrmer
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The Osceola times., 1875-05-15

The TACT is cur eyes deceive ue
most ridleulous'y, even about ih,
commohesi thing Al hrs, though,
when s"Vuid GU say vas inc tai
err, . yenr oid chiia or flour Lui
rel ana conid anything tut ac..
ual measurement c0nShce Nul
shut the same chlld is halt us hlgi.
rs siX-iootery There is an o,o
~sying that a child at two yc.Is
CID is bali as tail AS he ey.rwi.i be,
ana after q few experiments n,
measuring one can easily believe
u, but not before.
The Osceola times., 1875-05-15


"A California story tells Of n
man who resolved to give up drink
ing anu went to lotary pubhc
to get him to draw up IN ufh davlt
TO that effect. The document wus
drawn, read, and proved the p.rN
held up his hand and murrnurcu
The usual promise. The paper wac
Icn properly sealed and delivered
What's 10 pay 2 asked the piedg,
'"Kef. 4" pay-to pay 7 eAclalm
ed inc notary. Nothing OF cou. SC
this Is u labor o. love-. .Nolhlup
to pay ! returned the gr,aliuI but
very iorsetlul pledge tuker. .You
arc trlck Z! Let's .ake ur,vk =
The Osceola times., 1875-05-15

"A charSe 10 Aeep / raNr
gently sang old Deacon : kinnet, =,
ARKANSAS, ~ l., .o.u,D nis snoi,.
heavily ana Jay IN waitih the \
clhliy vi spring Tor ii he ishDo.
against whom le had II grudsc a",
who was coming after wafer.
There ls fountain nlied wiz.
blood, bumlred The deacon pleas
antly, us be slrolIed home ait,i
making an admirable shot.
The Osceola times., 1875-05-15

~ loved Charles" said she,
nipiug her eyes with the tem o
her ovurskirk-" loved Charles IL,
much as any woman e"hif' love !.
mso: but when he commen,r,
wearing spIteuris ! dropped him.
Que OF the saddest things aLouI
human nature is, iha1 nxn ma.
guide offers in The path oi II.
without walking IA II himSe.
thai lac maS be liiol anl y.
IastaWaN.
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lit u the husi beautiful anr
humane thing Ia tho world - mia.
Gle gravity with pleasure, that on'
may not SINK INTO m.lancncly an,
The olber rise nr INTO ~antUnuer, .
The Osceola times., 1875-05-15
-One OF the Cd ddesl things aLoul

-"John Jon" . wake al there ,
u burglar IN the house, s.ud It,,
wife. Jonn sat upright IN beu.
"3urg rglar-l-L-r-s- CT bnrsler"-
ana he rolled over waiting ior =
harder word.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-08-04

WHY BEES Do Nor PAY.-Thc profits
in the apiary depend entirely on the person
who has charge of it. AS Mr. Hazcn saws,
common sense is a good counselor. >;
Very few men are qualified to take charge
of bees; rs Il rule, this business is more
neglected than any other. Usually after
the bees are put in the cellar for winter,
they are left unmolcsted till spring ap
proaches, when those which have succeed
ed in coming out alive are placed upon
their stands. These are generally two feet
from The ground, on L bench, closetogethcr,
and the hives, as general rule. are rough
boxes put together in 4 few minutes, with
unlimited harbors for the moth worm.
One of these bee men was at my house
the other day looking at some of the
Quinby bee hives made in a workmanlike
manner, and painted with three coats of
paint. He looked nervously around and
began to boast how quick he could make
Il hive. "Why," said he, 1.-The other ,lav
when Il swarm came off made one in five
minutes, and hivcd the bees too If the
swarm stay, very we'll; if not, better luck
another time" A neighbor, who has lost
five out of eleven swarms since last fall.
says he will lose all of them on account of
'iie "c''lh vi oHe VI tile l.tiiiiy. Will give
the true reason of his losing those swarms.
His first one was lost by moths Cor, rs he
robbing), which so reduced the
bees that they were soon plundered by
other bees. To satisfy him | turned the
hive over and showed him some of the
most perfectly developed moths he had
ever seen. Three swarms were lost in the /
,eltr by starvation, and one blew off the |
stand. Such are the profits in Bookkeeping
lere.-Rensselder Falls, " y
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-08-04

TIE SENSIBLE CAT.-This is true sto-
ry, and it happened just rs l am going to
tell you.
There was a gentleman in New York
who kept house by himself. and having
no children to pet and play with wien he
came home from business, he amused him
self with keeping pet animals. He had
rabbits and guinea pigs in the garden; a
pair of squirrels that lived in Il great cage
on the piazza; canary birds and goldfish
in the parlor. and Il white cat who made
herself ut home everywhere.
She, for her part, was Il cat who conduct
ed herself with propriety, rs a general
thing. She never mistook the gainea-pigs
for Il queer kind of mice, as some cats do;
and she never cast longing eyes at the Ca
nary-birtls. But the best of people have
their weak moments sometimes, and pussy
was tempted one day by the goldfish
There We're two of them. lazy. fat fellows
with their shining sides glistening through
the glass globe. Everybody knows how
the heart of Il cat bankers after Il fish, and
these We're so pretty, and SO handy. The
glass globe stool upon 4 table, where
there was plenty Of room for puss to stand
also. She had only to spring up and help
herself 50 She pondered the matter, and
once, when she thought herself alone in the
parlor, she determined to li>k it. Jumping
lightly on the table, she put her paw into
the water, and WAS Just about to clutch a
fish, when in walked her master. Puss
dropped her treasure, shook her wet paw,
and tried to run; but the gentlemen caught
her, and brought her back to the table.
Now, madam, You must understand in
the beginning that this will never do" he
>;ad stcrnly. ." have caught You in the
act. and you must be punished. Take this,
and this. and this - and he boxed her ear,
>martly. "Now remember, never touch
the gold fish again
With this he set her down, and pllss ran
to hide herself in the corner. Her master
watched her TO see if she would NEEDLE |
with the fish again. and this is what he |
saw her do instead. Creeping ont from
her corner presently, she ran to the rue
where her kittens were. picked them up
one by one. and carried them over to the |
table where the goldfish stood Then She |
stretched out her paw to the globe. rs if to
say, Do you see that?' and deliberately
boxed each kitten by the ears. After
which she went gravely back to her place,
and the kittens scampered of. rs if they
their lesson perfectly.
They did too, for it never had to be re-
pcatcd; and the goldfish lived in peace
unmolcstrd by cat or kittens.
| simply want to ask if she wasn't sensi-
bic cat? And if she might not set a good
example to some children we know?
Mis-. BRADLEY.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-08-04
oh, if can only live till night: and sec m

little gentleman"
She proposed to send for him; but that
was not what the boy wished.
NO." he said, feebly, Il want to see
him coming in, at the old time, with some
flowers in his hand, 'and make a sunshine
in a shady place. Somebody said that.
mother-1 forget who; Il forget everything,
now; but that's what he does he makes Il
sunshine in this shady place."
A dozen times it seemed rs if the breath
coming so family must be his last; but he
chung to life with strange, silent tenacity.
At last, just a few moments before it was
time for the accustomed visit, he said:
kiss ME goodbye, mother, want to
save the rest of my strength for him."
She kissed him, with her bitter tears
falling fast. He put up hand so thin that
you could almost see through it, and
brushed the tears away.
Don't cry" he said; lit hurts me.
Life here was hard. and up above, Christ
says, it will be all made easy
Then he was silent, and presently Rob-
ert came with great bunch of white
lilies in his hand
The lilies of heavenr' murmured
Jamie, in low. strange tone. Then in
to his eyes broke once more the light
which never failed to respond to Robert s
coming, and 4 wan smile fluttered over
his lips, as soul might ihutter before it
flies away.
Il am going, now, he said. Il waited
to say goodbye, my little gentleman
DO you think they are all gentlemen up
there?''
With this question his life went out, and
voices we could not hear made answer
This was the beginning of Robert Shafts
bury's career. No harm came to him
through his patience in the fever tainted
house-but he had learned u lesson there.
The one thing for which he has striven in
life is to be 4 gentleman; and his inter-
probation of that much-abused phrase, he
finds in the Book which tells us to do unto
others rs we would that they should do
unto us.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-08-04
Dipping Lambs.

We have Just been dipping the lambs
We ll.ISh'd >heariny Last week, and -
usual the ticks from the >hearcd ewes >no,,
20 ON 'hr lambs | only dipped my ewes
once last Summer. hcyapparrntlv were 50
tree from tick that We did not dip Them
last fall | suppose this i the reason why
we had 50 many ti-l~ on the, vouner lambs
this spring. i took two gallons of soft
>oap, about >iN HIS. If grease. half = III nf
whit" hcl.cborc. and one quart of c,ulo
rIrholi. acid. and boiled the whole toocth,r
for half an hour i'll light pailluls (,ay Is
.c'!i"n>) of water. until the orcas, wa, all
dissolved and thoroughly mixed with the
waiter. 10 this we added six pailf,ls nf
cold water, or sufficient to reduce fine
temperature of tho dip to about blood heat
have two-inch plank w:,trrinr-tro,,ob
l0 feet lone, ; feet wide. and Il; inches
deep, with Il partition in the centre. We
put the fourteen pailiul> of liquid into tn.
trough. and raised one end of the trou,,b
until the liquid was within a few inch,
"f til" top 1T the other end. and put blocks
under To- hold 1t in this position. have.
used thl> trough for dipping lamb. and
sheep tor som" years, hut have alw,v.
used more liquid. and never before tbouGht
OF the plan OF lifting mp one end of the
trough. 1t worked admirably. We had
~!Aly lambs to dip, many of them nearly
- LARGE ~ common Mcrino sheen. W.,
dipped the largest first When we rot
through there was only about five p,ilf,,I.
Of the liquid left but AZ the lambs ,vnro
smaller, there WIS nearly enough to cover
them, and by turning them over in thn
liquid. every part of the body. EXCEPT N.
li'''i' was immersed. One man caught
tn" Emll>. and two dipped them. and | |
stood by ami held the lamb bv the nose
:" /" tie sure that none Of the LIQUID GOT
INTO his mouth or noStril>. 1t took = littIn
over onr hour To dip the sixty lamI,s |
Every tick seemed to be almost inst,nti,
Killed. IN hour afterward we cxominnJ
several OF the lambs. We found hundred.
OF dead ticks, hut not 4 single live one
never had :" dip 50 entirely satisfactory
ana riirctuaI. None of the lambs shovel
any symptoms of sickness, and the next
morning they were fri>king about as hap
H. before the ewes were sheared
on have omitted one or two points =
';'Id the Deacon. You put the binI-
quarters OF th. Lamb III the deem w,t.,.
ant The head III the shallow w,t.,
o"Aiu The centre Of tie trough. Then '
'lirr lh" lamb had been in the w.,tn,. |
'bG L - seconds. You lifted him ont and |
FL MN >t'nd In the upward part of tb4 Il
rough ami there pressed the liouid ont a
1 thr wool. and let it run back tLrouob :, D
ole III The Partition. / never saw Won J.
ave an,thln@ 30 we'll arranged before. I II
sr'i'.h never saw ticks So easily and 50 !
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-08-04

GOLD AND CRIMsoN.-Once on a time a
little leaf WAS heard to sigh and cry As
leaves often DO when 4 gentle wind is
about. And the twig said, What is the
mater little leaf The wind.' said
the leaf, just told me that one day it
would pull me off and throw me down on
the ground TO die" The twig told it to
branch on which it grew. and the branch
told it to the tree. When it heard of it.
it ruStlcd all over and sent back word TO
the leaf:
DO not be afraid; held on tightly. and
You shall not 60 till You want to- So the
leaf stopped signing, and went to nesting
and singing; and So it grew all summer
long, till October. When the bright DAYS
of autumn came the little leaf saw the
leaves around becoming very beautiful.
some were scarlet. some We're yellow. and
some We're striped with both colors. Then
1t asked the tree what it meant, and the
tr'e said. 'All these leaves are gettino
ready to fly away. and they have put on
these beautiful colors because of ioy."
Then the leaf began TO want to 90. and
grew very beautiful in thinking of it: and
when 1t was very gay in cOlors it saw that
the branches of the tree had no color in
them, so the leaf said. ). o branch. why
are You lead-colored and we golden?"
> We must keep our work clothes on.
said the tree. " for our life is not done vet
but your clothes are for holiday. because
your task is over" just then Il little puff
Of wind came, and the little leaf let 90
without thinking of it; and the wind took
t and turned it over and over, and then
vhirled it off like Il spark of fire in the
'lr' and let it fall gently down under the
'dSe of the fence, among many other
caves and it fell into Il dream, and new
r woke up to tell what it drcamt abont.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-08-04

| TRAIN YOUR TREES.-Now is an excel
lent time to 90 oyer all your trees and put
them into shape. If this matter were at
! tended to every season. there would be no
large limbs to cut away, leaving huge sears
! t. dlshTure your specimens. Another rood
reason for the immediate performance of
his work Is that the wounds will heal over
ut once. Indeed the presence of knife
Is almost unnecessary. us the unrulv twirS
may be pinched oft without any dctriment
whatever to the health of the specimen
| 1t Is really surprising what :: little fore
sight IN this way Will accomplish For
instance, on a friends lawn stands the
handSomest specimen ofthc weeping beech
have ever seen, and, as every one knows
tins tree Is a crooked. ungainlv grower
| when lett to lis own Resources; but the
Specimen to which | alIude has leen
punched IN. and tied in, until it is rs round
Is Il globe, with all the outer limbs curyino
gracefully to the ground. The owner
says 1t was very little trouble: but then
be 1t remembered, the work was perform
r ut the right time. | know of some
kosteZer pear trees that are roundbraIod
and compact, simply because they were
Frequently pinchcd during sumniar. and
always Just beyond IN inside bud, while
other varieties of I compact habit naturally
were pinchcd off ut an outside bud This
may seem trivial. but attention 10 the little
things Somotimcs produces great results.
After the bloom is over, tlowerin" shrubs
should be sheared into shape-not on the
rule and line svstcm.n but the Ionror
branches should be healed back. and TINS
encourage the weaker ones to grow. Rub |
OF Hll suckers us soon as they appear on !
The trunks of the trees, and if necessary
scrub them with strong soap suds
rc>pone}eW v. J. Trid1ule.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-08-04
MISCELLANEOUS.
CENTRAL VERMONT r. r. LIME
SUMNER ARRANGE MENT.
Commencing Monday, Nay 81. 1874.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH AND EAST.

TRAINS GOING SOUTH AND EAST.
ro.vo Nontpelier at g. IS A. NJ 155 and so P N
Mai Train leaves St Adams at ~ A. NJ, connectins
at White River Junction and BELLOWS as mnct,on
With trains ss e soTt london
WIZ bay Espress leaves Montreal at eos St Johns
at lois A. NJ Ogdensburg at IS A M 81 AipaMs d.
Mint express leaves Ogdensburs at Il - P NJ Mon
trea at st Johns at Slo v M anction and
bellows Falls with trains for Boston ana Ver,en
etc arriving Boston at 30 a. lou rrvinr in
with trains for Sprlnsheiu anu NC" '
New York at L. p NJ. ,,c,r
TRAINS GOING NORTH AND WEST
Leave Montpelier at 3ssA M 500 A M $40 anu DIV
nav Express leaves Boston via Lowell at 500 A NJ,
for H,rlinrton St Adams, Montreal etc arriving IN
Moptreai at 20 p NJ o al the Vest
Mail Train for burlington and st AiDaIs
ton via Lowell at ~ at 20 "a Me- New London
500 A. M South Vernon at 100 NJ Bellows Taiis ~
White River Junction ns a.. SS with train for
Montreal and Ogdsnsbsrg Trans iesvIn. y. ~ "
Fchburg at 80 NJ ana tin With Day Express
Accommodation Train leaves Mortified at 40 A M
pnt.y,d NJ Oh NJ Burlington at g p A NJ ST Adams
at II Is P NJ for Johns. and at l2W A M lor oK
uivht 1nress leaves South Vernon at 1005 p N. re-
ceiyiu1 passeueers from Connecticut RlTer
Rel,nns Fails at II 20 connecting with train over
Cheshire railroad leaving Boston at 80 p NJ connect
a ~ a. ~ for burlington ST. Adams, Montreal ETC.
arriving in Montreal at go NJ and ~ oSIensLar r
at 10 40 P NJ connecting with the Grand Trunk railway
Seaime cars are attached Night Express trains
and Sprnsfeid. and St. Adams and Troy. ,o.,.o.,,
ID Drawn room cars Day Express trains between
hra1h tickets for Chicago and thewest for sale at
VIC j. W. HOBART. General Superintendent
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-08-04

surely killed. "-"Good for you, Deacon"
said l. land suppose I tell them what a
mistake you made about the quantity of
liquid we should need" The Deacon said
we should not have half liquid enough, as
this long acool will hold a great deal of
water" We found it was precisely the
other way. The gradelambs, and especial,
ly those with only one cross of Cotswold
blood, had shorter, thicker, and finer wool,
and we were all astonished at the great
amount of water which the feeces Of these
lambs he.d-on the principle, suppose,
that fine sponge holds more water than
Il course one. 1t shows that if a line
wooded lamb should get soaked through to
the skin in heavy rain. the fleece would
not dry so soon, after the rain is over, as a
long wooded lamb" Walks and Talks
IN .imericda Agrieulturist.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-08-04
LITTLE ELBOW ROOM.


Good Fl lend, don't crowd SO very tight
There's room enough for two,
Keep in your mind that I've right
To live as well as you.
You rich and strong, poor and weak.
But think you presume,
When only this poor boon ask.
little elbow room.
IT'S such as you, the rich and strong;
If you had but the Will
To give the weak a lift along,
And help him up the hill;
But no, you josie, crowd. and drive,
You storm, and fret, and fume;
Are you the ouly man alive
In want of elbow room?
But thus it is on LIES rough path,
Self seems the god of all;
The strong will crush the weak to death,
The big devour the small.
Far better be rich mans hound,
His valet. serf. or groom,
Than struggle midst the mass around,
When we've no elbow room.
Up heart, my boy, don't mind the shocks
Up heart, and push along.
Your skin will soon grow tough with knocks
Your limbs with labor strong.
And there's hand, unseen, to aid,
star TO light the gloom;
Up heart, my boy, nor be afraid,
strike out for elbow room.
And hen you see amid The throng
a fellow toll or Slip,
just give hun, as you pass along,
y kind and friendly grip.
Let noble deeds. though poor you be,
Your path in life Hume,
And with tue Christian charity,
Give others elbow room.
In struggling on with might and MAN,
An altered, better man,
Grown vie with many a bygone pain,
And many a broken plan:
ThouLh bruis ed by many a luckless fall,
And blinded by the gloom,
I'll up, and I'll redeem it all,
But give me elbow room.