Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-12-29
ORTS.

The value Of sewage manure may be seen
by the fact that the "Earl of Derby having
offered to take the whole Of the sewage OF
Dudley on his farm free of expense, and to
find an engineer to undertake the necessary
works, the Town Council has accepted the
scheme This, it is said, will save the rate
payers 100000"
The total production of beet root sugar
in Europe is now estimated to considerably
exceed 100000 tons.
The daryman's motto is "one good churn
deserves another II the churning is tire
some he consoles himself with the proverb
Where there's will there's whey"
We don't know whether the slander is of
the horse or the man, but we do know that
''you may lead reform democrat to the
water, but you can't make him drink it,"
Railroads are pleasant, inexpensive lux
uries, just see some figures as to the Central
Vermonts' annual expenditure The cost of
fuel alone, used by the road, has been about
1888, 900; oil for machinery some $4,000
year, with little item Of S2,7O0 for cot
ton waste, conductors, baggage.men and
brakemen, 1928, ,269,730; engiuemen and
fremen, S222,50l; watchmen, S28,039;
law expenses, S3S,6l9.
The extreme height of misery is small
boy with a new pair of boots and no mud
puddle.
And now they are talking of young man
| Of "a from Vermont who saw a train Of cars
for the first time the other morning What
he said was "By snum!"
| koIo
Ing well-nigh ruined the sensible old-fash.
ioued methods, prevented progress, almost
banished stock-raising, sent over the world
for fertilizers mortgaged farms to pay for
them, and led many towns to the verge of
bankruptcy, while we have had to import
from distant regions our baled hay, and
paid extravagaut prices for our spring chick
ems, our Thanksgiving eggs, and numerous
other articles which ought to be plenty aud
cheap.
! Cotton and linen cambrics are washed
with soap much better in soft water; but
then it is much better to rinse them after
wards in hard water, as it shrnks and hard
ems the fibres and gives the cloth more firm
ness and elasticity, while the soft water
would leave the fabric more lax and limpd
| and less brilliant.
This is the way board fences sometimes
read: prepared glue-for the teeth :"
"De Lancey's Hair-Vermifuge;" edwin
Booth as-a Live Whale in Tank :" "Iaw-
renee Barrett in his Great Character Of
Pulmonic Waters; "Hayes and Wheeler
Soothing Syrup; )" and "lilden and Hendricks
-Extracted without Pain"
In carving turkey in the presence of
strangers it is breach of etiquette to stop
more than twice to spit on your hands and
get a new hod.-NOrriStoWn Herald
After fooling around for whole week
to open a big safe, Dubuque merchant
discovered that it hadn't been locked any Of
the time and he called his head clerk
fool and discharged him.
10 keeping cider one man who has tried
it for four years says he lets it Torment
enough to be just right to the taste, then
pours into the cask or barrel in which it has
stood half pint Of sweet or linseed oil and
then bungs it tight, aud keeps it in cool
place. lu this way he says it will not pass
through the acetic or acid fermentation for
years.
There is no reason why every farmers
house should not be supplied with water
convenient for use. If not supplied by
aqueduct, tank, in the upper story, with
: pipe leading down by the side of the chin
ney hue, will make the labor Of washing days
seem easier.
} "The way it is," said little Johnny, de-
: scribing raill1 at a church fair, "you SEQ
somethi1' aud you give a half dollar for a
chance to win it, another fellow always gets
, it, and they never offer you your money
/ back"
+ Do arguments prevail on the American
public to ventilate its churches, cars or
; sleeping rooms The air it breathes is more
poisonous than the exhalations from any
grave, yet from habit it persists in breathing
The American Agricuturist emphasizes our
remarks last week on getting in the supply
Of ice early, and says December ice though
not as thick is cleaner, more firm and pure
. and should be secured by all means. Tis
not too late now, SO do not wait any longer.
. The second advantage possessed by Texas
: over the remainder Of the country was that
4 it was the finest stock region on this conti-
nent The third point was that the climate
was, in his opinion, the finest in America,
taking the average the year round.
Head work is what we want on the farm.
/. 1t is brain power that makes things move in
J this world, aud keeps them on the track
s Make aud lay out the plans for the year.
0 Map out the fields so as to know Just where
and when to put 10 the work. The great
4 secret of luck on the farm is to do things at
the right time and in the right way.
1t was an intelligent and observing gran
ger who said, I'VE ought to labor to accom-.
pIish the following objects; To develop a
] better aud higher manhood and womanhood
! among ourselves, to enhance the comforts
0 and attraction, of our homes and strengthen
our aIlachmenis 10 onr nnrsniisn