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POTASH AND SALT AS MANURES.
From Me ". Y. Herald1

At a meeting of the Farmers Club of the
American Institute, DR.. 0. +. Wellington sub
mitted the following Programme for Expert
ments:
A great variety Of experiments in Europe
and America show that most lands long under
cultivation need potash to give the best effect
from other manures. In some places potash
alone has secured better results than rich COM
posts without potash. The Farmers Club y Of
the American Institute desire, if possible, to
secure the results of experiments on a great va
riety of soils and in all parts of the United
States by using wood ashes alone. We select
potatoes as the crop, because this seems in
many instances 70 be the most benefited, and
because there can be greater uniformity. We
wish, therefore, to secure the result of an ex-
pertinent with 100 hills in two rows, fifty to be
planted without any manure and fifty using
wood ashes alone. AS soon as the plants ap-
pear above ground we wish to have a small
tablespoonful of salt applied to each of twenty
five hills, or one-half of each row. The salt
must not be applied so as to kill the vine, but
be hoed in around it. Thus we desire to see
the actual effect of potash and salt, both alone
and with each other. To make the experiment
accurate we would like to have the seed care
fully weighed, though this is not absolutely
essential. But on digging we wish the weight
Of the product of each twenty five hills to be
accurately given. Enterprising farmers will
see many ways to extend the experiment. by
combining with other manures, and we will Dc
glad to learn the results. AS potash is found
to be valuable in so many instances we desire
to test this thoroughly, and hope many farmers
will aid. For further information address John
w. Chambers, Secretary American Institute
No. % Cooper Union. eo 81
OH. WELLINGTON, } iai VIE.
JOHN CRANE, SCommittSs. 2s
STEWARDS TODD
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-06-11
How Writ Found a Wife.

A recent sketch of the loves of the great
lawyers contains this touching incident in
the life of William Writ:
In his younger days he was a victim to
the passion for intoxicating drinks, which
has been the bane Of SO many distinguished
in the legal profession. Afilnced to a beau.
tiful and accomplished young woman, he
had made and broken repeated pledges of
amendment, and she, after patiently and
kindly enduring his disgraceful habit, had at
length dismissed him, deeming him incor.
rigible.
The next meeting after his dismissal was
10 a public street in the city of Richmond.
William Writ lay drunk aud asleep on the
sidewalk, on a hot summer day, the rays Of
the sun pouring down on his uncovered
head, and flies crawling over his swollen fea-
lures. As the young lady approached in
her walk, her attention was attracted by the
spectacle, strange to her eyes, but, alas SO
common to others who knew the victim as to
attract little remark. She did not at FIRST
recognize the sleeper, and was about to hast.
en- on, when she was led, by one Of those i'm.
pulses which form the %turnlng-point in hu.
man lives, TO scrutiuize his features. What
was her emotion when she recognized in him
her lover! She drew forth her handker.
chief and spread it over his face aud hurried
away. When Writ came to himself, he
found the handkerchief and in one corner the
beloved name. With a heart almost break.
ing with grief and remorse, he made a vow
OF reformation. He kept the vow, aud he
married the owner Of the handkerchief.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-06-11
The Secret of Happiness.

The secret of happiness is to make the
best of everything. No matter what hap.
pens to annoy, let all glide along as easily,
and with as few words of complaint aud
fault.inding, as possible. Little inconveu.
fences will intrude upon the most fortunate
people, so the only way to be the master of
every situation is to make up your mind not
to notice small annoyances. People may
keep themselves in a constant broil over
what amounts to nothing, and which, without
accomplishing the least good, may ruin the
peace aud quiet of a neighborhood. The
sooner the person understands that we can
not have everything just as we want it, the
sooner he may have a true basis for hqppi-
ness. 1t is the greatest folly to set the
heart upon uncertainties, and then, If disap.
pointed, refuse to be comforted or reconciled.
DO the best you can, and then take things
as they come. If a man strives with his
best knowledge, energy and u~utiring labor to
accomplish a certain object, working with
skill and patience, he is a success. whether
the scheme fails or succeeds, and he ought to
reconcile himself to a failure il it is ~ineyita-
BILE. Ii his labors have been of brain and
hand, he is better fitted to succeed in other
undertakings. And the question Of success
or failure is not settled till this life ends
no, not till the life to come shall reveal its
grand results.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-06-11
Flinging Shadows.

We have no more right to fling an uucer-
tain shadow over the spirit of those with
whom we have to do, than we have to fling
a stone and iDjure them. Yet this Ainging
shadows is a very common sin, and one to
which women are particularly addicted. One
whose spirits are not affected by wet days or
little disappOintments, or whose milk of hu-
man kindness does not sour in the sunshine
Of prosperity, such a woman in the darkest
hours ~brightens the house like a little piece
Of s~unshiny weather. The magnetism Of her
smile, the electrical brightness Of her looks
and movements, infect every one. The chill
dren 60 to school with a sense of something
great to be achieved her husband goes into
the world with a oonqueror's spirit. No
matter how people worry and annoy him all
day, far of her presence shines, and he whis-
pers to himself, "At home / shall find rest"
80 day by day she literally reneys his
strength and energy, and if you know a man
with a beaming face, a kind heart, and q
prosperous business, in nine cases out of ten
you will 6nd he has a wife of this kind for
nothing is more certain than that the man
who is married must ask his wife for permits.
sion to be happy and wealthy. Blessed is
he who hath cheerful wife; the world may
be a " valley of strife" to him, but his home
is a land of Beulah, a heaven of rest and
quiet aud his life is made up of cheerful
yesterdays and confident to-morrows.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-06-11
A True Home.
by REV. E. p. POWELL,

In my visiting l have found a home. 1t
is not a mere house with a family in it, but
a genuine, true, charming, ideal home. 1t
is not in the country among the hills, nor is
it in one of the favored streets of luxury 10
the city. It is within a stones throw of
considerable restitution, and it has an out
look that | wish could be bettered. The
first thing you will see in the little front
room is a bunch of dried fern.leaves, ele-
gantly grouped with a few moses, and fast.
ened on the wall then a bunch of lichens
and a group of leaves. These are exquisite,
displaying the art Of nature in arrangement.
They take the place Of chromos or more
costly paintings. "Ohw you say, show
sweet and fresh and tasty" You know
what to expect in the mother of this house,
hold; and you will not be disappointed.
She is not an artist nor a scholar, does not
understand botany nor drawing she has no
advantages which are unusual. She has
simply used we'll what she had. l found
that she not only knew how to arrange her
house, but how to keep home. Her children
were growths of this home. They grew up
out of their deas,-thrift, taste, love, order.
She had an idea that home was not worth
building apart from the family. Its object
was to be applied every way to the rearing
Of young souls. So in all her apartments
she had studied an adjustment between
things and spirits. This was where her
babes were to get their first impressions and
conceptions, where they we're TO be nodded
and cultured, and made wise and strong for
society.
But why do | talk Of the mother? The
father was the head of the family, aud he
kept his place. He was firm, but unswerV.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-06-11
Don't Quarrel.

One Of the most easy, the most common
and most perfectly foolish things in the
world, is-to quarrel, no matter with whom,
man, woman, or child or upon what pre-.
tence, provocation, or occasion whatsoever.
There is no kind Of necessity in it, no man.
ner of use in it, and no species or degree of
benefit to be gained by it. And yet, strange
as the fact may be, ~theOlogians quarrel, and
politicians, lawyers, doctors, and princes
quarrel, the church quarrels, and the state
quarrels; nations and tribes and corpora
tons, men, women, and children, dogs and
cats, birds and beasts, quarrel about all man
per Of things, and on all manner of occasions.
If there is anything in the world that will
make a man feel bad, except pinohing his
fingers in the door, it is unquestiona6ly n
quarrel. No man ever fails to think less of
himself after than he did before one-it de-.
grades him 10 his wi eyes, aud i1 the eyes
Of others-and, what is worse, blunts his
s~ensibility to disgrace on the one hand, and
increases the power Of passionate irritability
on the other, The reason people quarrel
about religion, is, because they really have
so little Of it, and the harder they quarrel,
the more abundantly do they prove it.
Politicians need not quarrel. Whosoever
quarrels with a man for his political opin-
ions, is himself denying the first principle of
freedom freedom Of thought, moral liberty,
without which there is nothing 10 politics
worth a groan ; it is therefore wrong upon
principle. You have on this subject a right
TO your own opinions, so have Others YOU
have a right to convince them, if you can
they have the same. Exercise your rights,
but again | say-dOn't quarrel.
The truth is, the more quietly and peace.
ably we all get on, the better-the better
for ourselves, the better for our %neighbors.
In nine cases out Of ten, the wisest policy is,
ifa man cheats you, to quit dealing with him
if he is abusive, quit his company if he
ISLANDERS you, take care to live so that no.
body will believe him no matter who he is,
or how he misuses you, unless there be some.
thing outrageous to complain Of, the wisest
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-06-11
Moral Courage.

Have the courage to face a difficulty, lest
il kick you harder than you bargained for.
Difficulties, like thieves, often disappear at
a glance. Have the courage to leave a con-
vivial party at the proper hour for doing SO,
however great the sacrifice and to stay
away from one upon the slightest grounds
for objection, however great the temptation
to go. Have the courage to do without
that which you do not need, however much
you may admire it. Have the courage to
speak your mind when it is necessary that
you should do SO, and hold your tongue
when 1t is better you should be silent. Have
the courage to speak to a poor friend 10 a
seedy coat, even in the street, and when o
rich one is nigh. The effort is less than
many people take it to be, and the act is
worthy Of a king. Have the courage to adj
init that you have been in the wrong, and
you will remove the fact in the mind Of 9th.
ers, putting a desirable impression in the
place Of an unfavorable one. Have the
courage to adhere to the first resolution
when you cannot change it for a better, and
to abandon it at the eleventh hour upon con-
~vic.ion.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-06-11

ing, and the idea Of responsibility ran
through all he said or did. Throwing open
the door Of a little nook filled with books
and maps and globes, he said,-
This Is our wardrobe; walk IN
But | do not sec a garment here" 1
said.
"No; but still here are several coats and
dresses and bonnets; and here,7 pointing to
a cyclop@dia, "i1 a pile Of furs. You see
we thought, like others, that we could not
afford books. But we found that we ate up
a valuable volume at each meal that a coat
would buy from twenty to forty volumes
and that by a little saving we could indulge
here. So, we don't have quite so large a
wardrobe for our bodies, but a much larger
one for our minds"
One evening each week this family gives
regularly to such Of the neighboring children
as care to call. The father and mother,
with gentle refinement and prayerful love,
make the evening bright and joyous. 1t is
a training-school in which the scholars do
not see that they are under discipline. o.
casionally some fruit or refreshmeht is
served always there is talk about manhood
and honor aud good faith and talk about
God is brought 10 as naturally and easily as
about books. The children get accustomed
to coming with their cares, temptations, dan
gers aud sins to these parents, aud 30 they
are led and nodded into a higher life.
L cannot tell you half of what l saw in
this house. The charm was, it was all so
easily done. There were no marvels, no
wonders; nothing that depended on vast
wealth or education, or peculiar gifts. Any
one could do the same. 1t was the result Of
a determination to live u%sefIlly, wisely, and
godly,-to make a home that was essentially
beautiful and adapted to the best results.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-06-11
How to Grow Beautiful.

Persons may outgrow disease aud become
healthy by proper attention to the laws of
their physical constitution. BY moderate
and daily exercise men may become active
and strong in limb and muscle. But to grow
beautiful, howl Age dims the luster OF the
eye and pales the roses on beauty's cheek /;
while crow.feet and burrows, and wrinkles.
and lost teeth, and gray hairs, and bald
head and lettering limbs and limping most
sadly maj the human form divine. But dim
as the eye is, as pallid and sunken as may
be the face Of beauty, and frail and feeble
that once strong, erect aud manly body, the
immortal soul just Hedging its wings for its
home in heaven, may look out through these
faded windows as beautiful as the dew.drop
of a summers morning, as melting as the
heart that glistens in affections eye-by
growing kindly, by cultivating sympathy
with all human kind, by cherishing forbear-
ance toward the follies and foibles of our
race, and feeding, day by day, on that love
to God and man which lifts us from the
brute and makes us akin to angels.-Dr.
Hall.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-06-11
THERE Is NO EArH

There is no death! The stars go down
To rise upon some fairer shore;
And bright, in heavens jeweled crown,
They shine fOrevermore.
There is no DEATH Tho dust we tread
Shall change beneath the summer showers
To golden grain or mellow fruit,
Or rainbow-tinted flowers.
The granite rocks ~disorganize,
And feed the hungry moss they bear;
The forest leaves drink daily life
Prom out the viewless air.
There is no DEATH The leaves may fall,
And flowers may fade and pass away;
They only wait through wintry hours
The coming Of May-day.
There is no death! An angel-form
Walks DER the earth with silent tread;
And bears our bestowed things away,
And then we call them "dead."
He leaves our hearts all desolate,
He plucks our ~fairest, sweetest flowers;
Transplanted into bliss, they now
Adorn immortal bowers.
The bird-likO voice, whose joyous tones
Made glad these scenes of sin and strife,
Sings now an everlasting song
Around the tree of life.
Where'er he sees a smile too bright,
Or heart too pure for faint and vice,
He bears it to that world Of light,
To dwell in paradise.
Born unto that undying life,
They leave US but to come again;
With Joy we welcome them the same,
Except their sin and pain.
And ever near us, though unseen,
The dear, immortal spirits tread;
For all the boundless universe
Is life-there Is no dead
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-06-11
YaOits' department.
HOW LITTLE WE KNOW OF EACH
OTHER

How little We know Of each other
As we pass through the journey Of life,
With Its struggles and fears and temptations,
Its heart-brsaking cares and It's strife.
We can only see things on the surface,
For few people glory in sin,
And an unrufHed face is NO index
To the tumult which RACES within.
How little we know OF each otherl
The man who to-day passes by,
Blessed with fortune and hsnOrs and titles,
And holding his proud head 80 high,
May carry a dead secret with him
Which makes Of his bosom a hell,
And he, sooner or later, n feloR,
May Writhe in a prisoners cell.
How little we know of each otherI
That woman Of fashion, who sneers
At the poor girl betrayed and abandoned,
And left to her signs and her tears,
May, ere the sun rises tomorrow,
Have the mask rudely torn from her face,
And sink from the light Of her glory
To the dark shade OF shame and disgrace.
How little We know Of each otherl
OF ourselves, too, how little we know
We are all weak when under temptation,
All subject 10 error and woe.
Then let blessed charity rule us;
Let US pat away envy and spitoi
Or the skeleton grim in our closet
May some day be brought to the light.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-06-11
For the VERMONT FARMER.
ECHOES.


From the world unknown there fall
Answering echoes 10 our call.
Often through the listening soul
Endless longings backward roll
From the skies Of mystery,
From the overriding sea,
With some message family told.
with some vision half unrolled,
Or a thought that fades and dies
In the depths Of distant skies,
Leaving naught but memory,
Lost upon a painless sea-
Echoes have a mystic SPELL
Half to hide, and half 10 tell
OF their wondrous tale. And Oft,
As they rise and swell alon,
We can catch a secret stray,
Ere the echo dies away.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-06-11
For tho VERMONT FARMER.
ACROsTIC.
ny A ATHERroS

P early drops Of heavens dew
A re in cloud-land all for you;
U nderneath the soft blue skies
L Of thy mathis ever rise.
P riceless r the gems you hold,
A Try cloudlets fiecked with gold.
S livery like evening bells
T rill the notes thy spirit wells.
N ever stay thy sweeping hand
o 'er thy harp, but WELD the wand
r inging clear throughout the land.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-06-11
Ladies' Seminary.

The school Year has opened with a larger number Of new
pupils than ever entered before at any one time, and they
represent nearly hall the States IN the Union.
Oatht liberal board Of Instruction large and yet from
S22o to 5000 per school year pays all bills for board aud
with use Of plano.
Pupils admitted at any time, and charged only from time
Of enterlng.
send for a catalogue 10
A ORoUTT, A. NJ, West Lebanon, n. II.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-06-11
Salem Lead

Warranted PURE WHITE LEAD. We'll
known throughout New England as the wHITEST,
LEAD TAPE, 5s inch wide, on reels for Curtain
LEAD RIBBON, from l2 to inches wide. on
reels for Builders.
LEAD PIPE, Of any size or thickness.
AT lowest market prices for goods Of eQual aualitV.
FRANCIS BROWN, Treasurer, Salem, Mass.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-06-11

way is generally just to let him alone, for
there is nothing better than this cool, calm,
quiet way Of dealing with most of the wrongs
we meet with.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-06-11
DIAL SIS.

brown stallion, l6 hands, foalcd June I, 1863, by
Terms OF Paymant-20 per cent. will he payable at
foal. "'' P'''0' !"
Mares sent for when desired. and kept at reasonable
rates at owners risk.
For circulars and all matters pertaining to the
horses address S. TOWN, superintendent,
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-06-11
sewing Machine for Sale.

An American Machine, With Button Holo Attach
ment. Has been run a few years, but for all practical
purposes is as good as new. Having another machine,
II will be sold low, or perhaps exchanged for other
n. CUMMINGS, II. Johnsbury, VI.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-06-11
MALVERN FARMS STUD,
MoRRIsvILLE, VT.
1875.
The following stallion will make the season of 1876
at Malvern Farms
T%ATTERSALL, $50.

Brown stallion, 1911 hands high, foaled Aug. 9, 1867,
Ipy hRsdyks Hambletonian, dam by Daniel Lambert,
~ htnah Allen, out Of Fannie Cook, by Abdallah I'd
uam Vuakeress, by Young Emperor, by Bridges En-
Peror, out of Cherub, by A6iallah Sd dam by Sir
Charles thoroughbred son of Duroc). Is limited to
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-06-11
How lsEsAfsI1

A New Work by a Practical Painter, design.
ID for the use of Tradesmen, Mechanics.
Merchants, Farmers, and as a Guide to Pro.
fesaionai Painters. Containing a Plain Com.
mon Sense Statement Of the Methods employed by
Painters TO produce satisfactory results in Plain
and Fancy Painting of every description, includ-
ing for Mixing Paint in oil or
Water, Tools required, etc. This is just the Book
needed by any person having anything to paint, and
makes
Every Man His Own Painter"
Full Directions for Using ~Lead-Lamp-
Black-Green- Yellow -BrOVn-WhIt.
Ing Glue Punice Stone Spirits of
Turpentine - Oils - VarnIshes Furni-
ture VarnIsh- MILK Paint-Preparing
KalsOmtne, etc.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-06-11
CENTRAL VERMONT RAILROAD.
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT.

Law 4
GOING SOUTH ANT EAST.
Trains leave Montpelier:
Mail at s; 5j A. NJ, for Boston, New York, &c.
Day Express at | 30 r, NJ, for Boston.
Night Express ats; SO T.. NJ, for Boston, New York &c.
Trains teaUe White Riuer Junction.
Mail trains at 8. 90 A. NJ, and l2: 20 p. NJ, for Boston.
VIA, Fitchhurgl, New York, &c.
Mixed Train at 81 90 p. NJ, for Brattleboro.
Night ENpressa at 20 A. NJ, for Boston, New York, &c.
GOING NORTH AND WEST.
Trains isdue White RiUer Junction.
Mixed Train at 6. 50 A. NJ, for Northaeld.
Express Mail at 50 p. NJ, (lOntpelier at 3: As p.
NJ for Burlington, st. Adams, Montreal, 0gdensburg,
and the West.
Mail at | IS p. NJ, Montpeller at 3. % p. MI for
Burlington, st. Adams, Montreal, and Ogdensburg.
Night Express at | Oh A. NJ, montpelier ut 3 2S A,
and the West.
Accommodation Train leaves Mortified at I. 40 A.
NJ, Montpeller at 81 90 A. W. for Burlington, st. Al
bans, st. Johns, and Ogdensburg.
SLEEPING CARS are attached to the Night Elk
press Train running between Montreal and Boston, and
Montreal and Springfield.
DRAWING ROOM CARS on Day Express Trains
between Montreal and Boston.
THROUGH TICK for Chicago and the West for
sale at the principal stations.
J. W. HOBART, Gen'l supt.
st. Adams, VT, May29, 1875
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-06-11
A%UCTlONEER.S 500.

Bay stallion, l5i hands, ioaled 1871, got by latter
sail, by Rysdyk's Ilambelt0nian, dam ni6ernla, by
imp CONSERVATION ID dam Roxana, Jr., by Ameri-
can Eclipse "a dam Koxana, by Sir Arcly 4th dam
Tlmoleo9's dam, by imp. Saltram, is limited to ten
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-06-11
S35.

BAY stallion, l6l hands, fOaled 1867, got by Rysdyk's
mamOletonian, dam June, by True Messenger, he by
leXan Jimmy, out Of q mare by Dey's Messenger, and
ne ny Liberty. by Coriander, a son of Messen ger, out
u = mare by Messenger 2d dam by Revenge, he BY Re-
Nense' out OF Young Empress, by Financier.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-06-11
WOODBURY.,

Sired by WOODBURY. Pilot. Dam by Old Morrill,.
WOODBURY. Pilot was purchased by the Vermont Horse
Stock Company, Of ]. S. Woodwork, of Chicago, H.
for $sOoO, and is probably the fastest .nd best moving
large stallion etsr in gsrmoHt. He received the First
Premium at the Vermont State Fair last fall.
Terms for WOODBURY., $500 to insure.
q. Robinson,
J. =. HemenVaY,
pFOprietors.