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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-02-23
A Barnyard Incident.

In our earliest brood of chickens. last
spring, was one which grew up to be bird
of singular beauty. lie was pure white, and
from his stately dignity and general con-
seriousness Of his position, the children gave
him the name of "Jupiter." lie was recog-
nized as an established authority by the
sovereign power, and no one disputed his
claims; least of all, n bird his Junior by
few weeks, which grew up with him, q
partl-colored fowl, of no recognized position
IN the community of poultry living in sort
of contempt, or at best Of toeration-not
even allowed a name by the children, but
described by them, when necessary, in mega
tiyes-whom, then, must call Quits"
Jupiter as the year and his powers ad-
vanced, began TO treat "Outis with the
greatest indignity and contumely, which
Quits bore with quiet patience that per
picked me, as ! began TO notice his growing
strength. But he dwelt apart and never
crowedi "Jupiter being particularly fond
of Growing, and usually mounting hurdle
close to the drive for the purpose Of exhibit
ing with greater effect
At length, in the autumn, matters came
to a crisis. There is thick, dark fr-tree
in the field assigned to the poultry, which.
generations before any of the existing com
munity were Matched, had been adopted as
an universal roosting-place. One evening,
after an increasing series of general snub-
bings and insults, "Jupiter" thought proper
TO dispute the entrance of the nameless bird
into the tree Half an hour later, exhausted.
covered with mud, and utterly forlorn. he
was found lying on the ground beneath the
tree, with "Outis " in ndsputed possession
above. The defeat had been sudden, and il
was complete "Jupiter" has at last recoy-
cred the beauty Of his plumage, but he lives
alone, in worse exile that did his former ri.
val. "Outis," in his place, crows constantly
and loud
We are all very sorry for Jupiter"
whose general grace aud culture naturally
place him far above his rival, a bird of a
somewhat vulgar and commonplace type,
though physically strong. But he brought
his discontinue on himself, entirely by his
own Indifferent self-assertion.
II what have written reads like an ale.
CORY, | cannot help III ii is literal fact
The Spectator
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-02-23
1876

Portable and convenient The fields are cultivated
to their utmost and the big barns are oven more
conclusive evidence Of prosperity than the houses
"There is not really poor person in the parish,
and il is hard to find objects Of charity within the
first parish to receive the annual contribution for
the poor made at Thanksgiving time. Few Of the
young men have gone 10 California, and those
who served In the war find it more profitable to
stay at home than 70 elsewhere Ministers from
abroad arc universally struck with the uncom-
monty large number Of Young men at the Sunday
services in the Westinghouse, and this is not be-
cause they are too unenterprising to 60 abroad,
but they have the enterprise and energy to wiring
from the soil prosperity as satisfying and more
secure than could be got from railroad or mill,
a shoe mandatory or an insurance Office. The
fact is community that has the intelligence and
to do it, can dig a competence ont Of
our rugged New England
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-02-23

THE SNOWFLAKE PoTATo.-We feel il to
be a duty to call the attention of our read
ers again to this, probably the very best of
all the new varieties that has yet been pro
duced, taking all the desirable points of
productiyeness, shape and quality, into con
sderation. We have no doubt that within
three years it will be the favorite market
potato. At the trials under the stimulus of
the high premiums offered last year by the
Messrs. Bliss, of New York, from ten hun
bred and sixty-nine to one thousand four
hundred and seventeen pounds of the Snow
flake are reported as the product of single
pound, in various localities. OF course this
was the result of fine cutting and high ma
nuring. In ordinary field trials, however,
the reports are favorable on this point. On
our own grounds, we were really surprised
at the crop, on soil not in the best condition,
and but lightly MANFRED.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-02-23

TnE Swedish plan Of setting milk for but
ter was described at the recent meeting Of
the Dairymen's Association, by Mr., Hard
ing, Of Louisville, Ky. lie puts his milk into
the pans as soon as MIXED, puts on the tight
fitting tin covers and places them in the re-
frigerator, which may stand in any ordinary
milk-room or cellar which does not freeze.
His temperature is forty-nine degrees, or
lower, and his pans twenty inches by eight
in diameter This plan keeps the cream
sweet, which produces more butter, better
butter, and that which keeps longer. lie
keeps his about thrty-six hours, and sells his
butter for fifty cents per pound. The aroma
or odor is preserved better than by the old
way of exposure to the atmosphere. The
quality is better, so is the color the grain
or texture is greatly injured by varying
temperature, which this method prevents.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-02-23

HELP BETTER THAN PIN.-There was
great rush to the trap, in which sat dis.
consulate mouse looking in blank dismay a;
the company of cousins clamoring outside.
" How could you be SO foolish ?" squeaked
one. " 1t goes to my very heart to see you.
dear" squeaked another; while cries of II
wonder you were not more careful +" "What
a thousand pities you should have fallen
sacrifice to your taste for cheese % " How
glad | should be to see you out of your
trouble~ etc. etc, rose in a chorus from
the rest. "There, II you can't do better
than sit there squeaking, be so good as to
CO. cried the prisoner Indignantly; "if you
would set TO work TO gnaw the wires, so as
to set me free, would call you friends, and
believe in your sympathy but your noise
aud doing nothing is worse than useless.
Your wisdom, which is aggravating comes
too late, and your pity is as contemplate to
me as 1t is cheap to you l"--lirs. Prosssr.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-02-23

CnIcKrS sALAD.-Turkey is more eco
nomical and better for salad than chicken
one turkey weighing more than a pair of
chickens, and costing much less. To tur.
key weighing about nine pounds allow nine
eggs-seven hard-boiled and two Of them
raw, yolks and whites beaten separately, To
each egg allow two tablespoonfuls Of salad
oil, perfectly pure and sweet, one saltspoon-
full of salt, the same Of mustard, and two of
Cayenne pepper to the whole celery to taste,
lettuce leaves, If in season, using only the
heart and the juice Of two large lemons or
three smaller ones
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-02-23
-for fine Uon,la.
LITTLE lisa.

The song.lament Of the little Spanish minstr,
boy, for his dead sister from George Eliot
Spanish Gypsy"
The world is great the birds all ny from me,
The stars are golden fruit upon tree
An out Of reach my little sister went,
And am lonely.
The world Il great tried To mount the hill
Above the pines where the light lies 20 STILL
But II rose higher little Lisa went,
And am lonely
The world i great the wind comes rushing BY
wonder where II comes from sea-birds cry
And hurt my heart, my little sister vent.
And am lonely.
The world j. great the people laugh and talk.
And make loud holiday how fast they walk
I'm lame, they push me; little Lisa went,
And am lonely
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-02-23

MURRAY RAPs the FARMERS KNucEGEs.
We take the following from the Golden
Rule; Wenever knew farmer to take an
AK or beetle and go round and break
wheel here and knock in a brace there, and
crack this section and clip that one, among
his farm machines, wagons and implements
that is, unless he was drunk But some
of them--pretty good farmers, too, in most
things-get about the same results in round
about way. They store the mowing-ma-
chine in leaky shed, where it is used as a
turkey roosti the lighter instruments are
kept where the stable fumes spoil the var
nish and general slip-shcd style knocks
off fifty per cent from the value of the farm
ing equipment, The farmer who keeps
things ship-shape is generally the thriy-
ing man. Down-at-the-heelatiy will
spread the black-frost of mortgage over
a farm nearly as quick as rum-drinking"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-02-23

A GRADE JERSEY Cow.-The american
Agricutwist says A hall-breed, whose sire
was a Jersey bull, and whose dam native
COW, was five years old when she calyed,
April 8, 1875. During one week, one month
after caying, she gave ninety-nine aud a
quarter quarts of milk, from which there
was made thirteen pounds aud fifteen and
thrce-quarters ounces of butter, being one
pound of butter to seven and one-tenth
quarts of milk. Her second trial was for one
week, four months after calying She then
gave eighty-six and one-half quarts of milk,
from which there was made twelve pounds
three and one-quarter ounces of butter be-
ing one pound of butter to seven and seven one
hundredths quarts Of milk. During the first
trial, she had two quarts of buckwheat mid
dlings aud four quarts of wheat shorts with
cut hay. She went to pasture May 81, and
had no grain up to the time of the second
trial, but during that week she had a little
grain in mashes and slop.' The COW weighs
eleven hundred and twenty pounds. Her
owner is confident that her success is due to
her Jersey blood"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-02-23

TnE APrLE-TREE.-John Burroughs, in
Winter Sunshine, says "'Ihe apple-tree
takes the rawness and wildness off any
scene. On the top OF mountain, or in re-
mote pastures, it sheds the sentiment of
home. 1t never loses its domestic air, or
lapses iuto a wild state And in planting
homestead or in choosing a building site for
the new home, what help it is to have a
few old, maternal apple-trees near by regu.
lar old grandmothers, who have seen trouble,
who have been sad aud glad through so
many winters and summers, who have bios
somed until the air is sweeter about them
than elsewhere, and borne fruit till the grass
beneath them has become thick and soft
from human contact and who have nour-
ished robins and finches in their branches
till they have tender, brooding look The
ground, the turf, the atmosphere Of an old
orchard seem several stages nearer to man
than those of the adjoining field, as if the
trees had taken back to the soil more than
they had taken from it as if they had tenn
pered the elements and attracted all the ge-
NAL and benefcent influences in the land
scape around"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-02-23
Teaching Calves TO Drink.

The editor Of the New England Farmer re-
Gently gave his own plan Of teaching his
calves to drink. 1t struck MS as a good way
and was certainly a new and useful idea to us.
4 correspondent Of the Farmer says Of it;
Some farmers, Mr. Editor, do not think it pays
to take an agricultural paper but it seems to me
that your article in the Farmer Of January sth
on Feeding young calves, was worth years
subscription to any man who has calves 10 teach
10 drink. and never thought Of your way before
What Is more irritating than a stubborn calf
which will only bite your fingers when he ought
TO drink, and the COW believing as II mad? A
man who can stand that and not lose his patience
does well I have never tried your way, but OK
pect to before many days. am sure it will work
well, for who ever saw a calf taken away from the
COW before it was satisfied, that was not ready to
suck anything it could get into It's mouth and by
letting It suck the COW after she was MIXED you
would surely get the calls appetite up, so you
cond make it suck your fingers"
The plan is expressed in the comments
given. 1t is simply to get up the calls am
bitiou by letting him suck the COW minute
or two after milking her dry, and then stick
his nose in the pail, with your finger in his
little mouth.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-02-23

Whisky is the key by which many gain
an entrance into prisons and almshouses.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-02-23
4 MtHICAN AND IOHEIGN PATENTS.
r. II. EDDY,
Solicitor Of Patents for Inventions,
1EApE-MAEKs. OR DESIGNS.
no rs STATE Si., OPPOSITE KnH ST.. BosroN

Anei nn extensive Practice o. upsarls g uity Year..
continues TO secure PATENTS Boz DIE United State, al.o in
Great Britain France and other foreign oountrss Cavca,
specifications Assignment usd al papers Patents ex-
ecniei on reasonable TERMS with dispatch Researches made
o deleluine he validity and utility Of Patents Of nyen-
ons' and legal and other advice rendered in all matters
touching ie same CoIa NJ che claims o. any patent fur
nished by reinithis dollar. Assignments frcor6ed 10
Washington.
80 igeHey 10 r taa State roffeffs supstor 0rclinsi
(ar oAairmg Pafan or afrerfaiaing ne
pafmia'lfy n iHteHnoaf.
All Necessity ui journey o. Washington % secure pat
cut anl tle usual great day ihor b. bore saved nteuor.
TEsrIM ONlNLs
- rtifd ST. lliy ~ nv ,si e1raffe ara fse-
reWH prstiitNnefs with whom have hld official iltaf-
course. tNAlLlS MASON, tumf 90 laferfs"
have uo hesitation BOO assurng inventors ulaf ihry con
hHl employ unu more rqupafaf and frHfHaffhr. af
m1r alfof ng ihei' applications 300 form ta secure
umoe. ilMlNp BURKE. late cunl'rof Patents"
~, r. ~ Eiiy has made for me o,es Thirty apriaa-
uput tNf luirH having ltfn sucrs-sfu BOO almost even
0A- Nnch numlstakahe Nfuof ~ great talent and ability
on i part leads ne 90 recommend Att Inventors oappy
in ln 20 pnHur itr patents they nav.
ing ihe most iahfnl attention bestowed their casss and
40 tcfy reasonable chargrs IONS TAGGAHr.r
Boston, January D. ISIS. lgg
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-02-23

Be content with what you have" as the
rat said to the trap when he left his tail in il.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-02-23
CHASE A EDGCUMBE.

gY;A CARD.-lIaynE sold my Boot and Shoe bns-
ness 70 Messm s'llman Chase and Eugene Edgcumbe,
now make my best bow and retire returning my tlanks 10
the people Of Montpelier and vicinity for their liberal p-
ronage and bespeakng for my successors who VIII keep
larger and more varied stock was able .o eontlnu.
anee Of the same. remain, Truly yours,
l9-tf A pFwtSo
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-02-23
Abel Woods
SASH, DOOR AND BLIND FACTORY,
South Barre, Vermont.

have on hand large stock of Doors Sash and Blinds
which viii sell a. low as amy factory IN the Sew Eng
land States. Parties wanting anything In my line will
consult their interest by examining my stock and get
ting my prices before purchasing elsewhere My work Is
Thoroughly kln dried and warranted 10 give satsfacton
All orders promptly attended TO.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-02-23
RooTs AND SHOES BOOTS AND SHOES
Chase Dc Edgcumbe,
Successors To- A, DeNing,
Dealers in Boots, Shoes and Rubbers,
RlAffO BLOCK,
State Street, ---- Montpelier, W.
First Glass Boot and Shoe Store

Having bought The stock Of Boot, Shoes formerly owned
by A. DeNins, we propose to kecpa
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-02-23
Two Of 'em. Valentine Story.

atom Hall 2" said the postman, as he
entered a small fancy-store--a mite of a
store, in dull uptown street, on st. Valen-
tines morning.
C. Yes, Sir; he lives here-that is, little
Tom does-his father Thomas l.. Hall,
whose name you see over the door, is dead"
said the mite OF woman who stood behind
the counter.
There's a valentine for little Tom.
then said the postman, handing her good
sized box
"a valentine for my Tom? Wen, Ineverl''
exclaimed the pretty, pale woman (; and in her
great surprise she forgot to answer the post
mans good morning as he rushed out into
the cold street again
just atthat moment Tom came ina Jolly,
roundfaced, bright-eyed, curly-headed boy
one of those fellows of whom the women
folks say when they are babies, Bless him
isn't he a regular boy "
What have you got there, little woman"
he cried, seeing the parcel in the widows
hand.
Its something for you, Tom" answered
the little woman; "but you'd never guess,
if you guessed forever"
Guess won't try, then, said Tom, laugh
ing, and laid violent hands upon it.
of came the cover in twinkling; and
10 another box, all green and gold. This
being opened carefully valentine appeared
so beautiful, that Tom said, "You take it
out, mother" afraid to touch it with his not
overclean hands.
But don't think for a moment, because
Toms hands were not quite clean, that Tom
was an untidy boy far from it. He'd been
playing SNOWFALL" and you know that Of
ten little mud gets mixed up with the
snow, and fellow snow-balling isn't apt to
stop to pick and choose. The mite of a
woman--she wasn't bit taller than Tom,
and he WIS only eleven years old-took out
the valentine. 1t had a wide lace border,
and around some verses, which were written
in girls hand in the center of the page, ran
a wreath of roses and forget-me-nots, with
cunning wee birds peepng from behind the
leaves, and a dear little cupid sitting on the
largest rose.
"Phew |" said Tom, " isn't that mag ~
he meant -" magnificent read it, little
mother"
Little mother" began
TO Tom Hail. that's me, sure
enough" said Tom, 60 on, dear"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-02-11
A Man Living with n Broken Neck.

On Sunday, Jan. 2, man named
Joseph Fooltz, aged 80 years, living at
the corner of California and Eighteenth
streets, fell down flight of stairs, a dis
tance of fifteen feet, receiving serious
injury about the neck. Fortunately, a
German doctor happened TO be at the
house at the time, and he, suspecting
that the man had broken his neck, had
him carefully picked up and laid on a
bed without moving his head more than
was actually necessary. Other physi-
clans were called IN consultation, and
they unanimously pronounced that the
man had actually broken his neck-that
the bone connecting the head to the
body was broken. The patient has been
kept in one position all the time, being
strapped to an appliance TO prevent him
moving IN the least. If ne moves his
head an inch in any direction, he is, to
use the language OF our informant, ga
goner," but on the other hand, if he
keeps perfectly still, he will, remarkable
to relate, ecover inside of two months.
Omaha bee.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-02-11
4 Colorado yoDhyr.

The heavy wind registered on Pixies
Peak the other day seems to have struck
earth about Cucharas, and Judging from
the reports received from that quarter il
must have been n pretty severe zephyr.
Considerable damage was done along its
track, and all work and business was
periorce suspended during the preva-
lence of the gale. A Cucharas cores
pondent of the Chieftain relates the
following among other effects of the
storm: "While the proprietor OF Gu
charas Sample Room was at breakfast
this morning, the back door OF his es-
tablishment was burst open by the wind,
aud his bar and bar fixtures were carried
through the front window and scattered
over the broad pampas in wild and dire
confusion. There was about 80 in cur
rency in the drawer, and all was lost.
Mr.. Mitchell, one of the leading mer-
chants here, has been engaged al the
morning removing his goods from the
shelves and putting them in place OF
safety. His house sways and Tbrates SO
much that he fears it may go down at
any moment. He also relates touch
ing story of mule being blown ont of
its harness at a grading-camp, and CAR
ried away bodily. The same paper also
earns from n gentleman just arrived
from Walsenburg that the most tremen-
dous storm of wind ever known in that
section commenced about daylight on
Wednesday morning. The air was full
of flying dust, the roar of the hurricane
was deafening, and it was almost impos-
sible TO stand on ones feet on account
OF the power of the storm. The houses
of Sheriff Thomas Sprout and Jose
Rival, as well as Mr.. Ben Arnolds sta
bles, were unroofed, and the timely use
of ropes alone saved the roof OF the Ma
sonic Hall from being carried out on the
prairie. Doors and windows were blown
in in all parts of town, out.buildings
overturned and unroofed, and the whole
place looks as though it had experienced
a heavy bombardment. Fortunately
during all the uproar no one was in
iured, though the air is said at times to
have been full of flying boards, shin
giles, etc.-DcnUer NetUS.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-02-11
wALDEMAR's UoURTsHIP.

Prince Waldemar strobe through his castle grand,
And swore 10y the ocean and the land
That he would woo and win well,
The daughter Of Reginald Won der Bell.
He would WOO her by love, and il she declined
In him true husband forever to find,
He would WOO her by fire, by lance and by speal,
Ana gain her consent by terror and fear.
So Prince waldemar set out at the head of his men,
All, how many returned not again
And he marched with trumpets and flags dying free,
To the castle OF Reginald down by the sea.
Surrender his daughter "No, never" replied
The true-hearted sire of the coveted bride;
To give her 20 Waldemar he could not e'er do,
For she now had lover both faithful and true.
Then Wademar swore by the sea and the lard
That only 10 him should be given her hand,
And he drew ont his troops in fearful array,
And so there commenced IA terrible fray.
But no effort of Reginald ever so bold,
Could make old Prince Waldemar loosen his hold,
And no smoke and no fire reached Won der Bell 8
hall,
Much less the white flags surrendering call.
And the fight grew ferccr. It would only take time
Over Sir Reglnald's ramparts to climb;
And Sir Waldemar aughed--right willing was he
To wait a little for his bride of the sea.
But the order given, and as the first man
To the top of the wall INTERESTINGLY sprang,
A maiden in white appeared from the door.
"she comes" laughed Sir Wildemar "grace to i'm
plore."
The maiden ran to the brink of the sea
Instantly into its waves sprang she:
Never again did Sir Wadcmar
The daughter of Reginald of the sea-
Only in dreams sometimes from the door.
He saw her come, no grace to implore,
And saw her spring into the water blue,
And knew that his cOurtship with her was through.
Sir Waldemar learned il was best in the end,
Never a woman's will 10 offend,
And compel her TO do what she does not please
sooner make water in Quito to freeze!
There is always a sea in which she will go.
And little she cares when the waves o'erhow.
So. men, don't you try it, for what do you gain?
Only, like Waldemar dreams for your pain.
Country Gentleman
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-02-11
A Useful Item.

The English Chemist and Druggist
says that good process for Waterproof
ing cloths is to dip them in solution of
sulphate of alumina or alum cake, and
afterward in warm solution of white
CASTLE or cured soap. Ordinary soap
may answer for dark cloths, but white
soap is essential i'll the case of white or
light colored goods. The cloths are
then to be rinsed in clear cold water, aud
allowed to dry. The chemical reaction
is simple enough in this case. Soaps
are mainly composed of stearate of soda.
which, on being rinsed with sulphate of
alumina, forms sulphate of soda that
disappears i'll washing, aud an insoluble
stearato of alumina is formed. which re-
mains on the cloths and renders them
water proof.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-02-11

The editor of the Covington (Ohio(
Gazette offers to eat quail each day for
sixty consecutive days, if anybody will
furnish the birds.