Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-01-14

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tune would come when we could carry out
iertilizing material enough IN n vest pocket
to manure an acre. avery likely observed
a friend. and carry the crop back in the
other pocket just rs long as we scrimp in
fertilizers and cultivation, Il will be hard
times. But some one says II don't pay to
make sugar. and It is all true, at seven or
eight cents per pound. Now my advice
would be, TO stop making seven cent sugar.
and II II don't pay to make twenty-six cent
butter, come to this meeting and learn Of
our good friend from Franklin county, how
to make thirty-iivo cent butter; and IL your
average. product Of butter per cow is one
hundred ami fifty pounds, learn how to make
II two hundred pounds
What do you say, brother flrmersp shall
we take ANEW DEPARTURE in ftrmingP
we Will have progress for our watchword,
and Improvement for our motto The LIST Of
january, 1875, will be n favorable time 10
strike tents and fall into line. The obsta-
cles that seem now almost insu.mountable.
will vanish as we approach them, like dew
before the morning sun; the hull difficulty
viii prove only gentle ascent. The lions
we have feared so much. will all be chained.
The hrst Improvement We make will open
the way Tor still greater one. and we shall
be twice paid for all our labor; once in the
satisfaction Il will AFFORD, and again in its
money value. With each improvement we
make, we shall get broader and more liberal
views OF life, and firmer faith that the
harvest will not fail us. We shall learn
that II pays TO put capital into farming, the
same rs in other business. We shall finally
come to love our chosen pursuit--our farms
viii not be for sale. Our boys will takO an
honest pride IN exhibiting our products Mt
the fairs, and finally, the very name of our
town will be a synonym for intelligence, en-:
terprise and thrift.
Following the chairman's remarks, Miss
Dora NJ. White of Washington read au ex.
cellent paper entitled, ,'Do Something, /"
which We give entire
What appeals so directly to our young peo-
pie rs do something? DO not idle away the
precious moments. or let them pass without
improving the one talent God has given YOU
There is place in this wide world for zach
one of us to oil, and work to do. We can
not achieve any great success, without doing
something for ourselves, working ont pur.
pose firm and true, arousing these faculties
which are inactive, and using to the best
advantage our ability. The ways for i'm
proving time ARE many; from thence a great
difficulty arises, to choose that occupation 10
which we can ndapt ourselves with the best
results. We need not wait to do something
great or go far away TO find our work. hut
do just what God requires of MS, AMI be
lNiltilul tut tNtIgNlll uulieS Oh llitt. mere
is nothing about labor that degrades; It ele-
Yates. II matters not If fortune has placed
us in afiiuent circumstances, poverty is still
around ms, and 1t should be u pleasure, rs
well rs n duty, TO give from our abundance.
and help to alleviate the sufferngs of those
in want Can any one be truly happy If he
has nothing to do either mentally or physl-
cally? These beautiful hills and valleys should
be brought to n better state of cultivation,
and to do this, every tiller of the soil must
do his part to enrich it and make tho barren
places fertile. In passing through u good
farming section we notice that the people
are industrious. The fences and barns are
kept in good repair, while In their homes,
the thrifty housewife finds work for her busy
hands-all doing something. Even the little
girl has 1t her care to feed the chickens, thus
inspiring her with desire to do something,
which in after years may be of use TO her.
The boys all so eager for play, should be
just rs ready for their share of tho work,
helping to make home cheerful and happy
Not only doing what they are commanded,
but having something they can call their own
TO care for; share of the garden to cult
vate; and how ambitious they will he to do
their work well, If encouraged by the exam
pie OF older people. In order that tho seed
may spring mp and yield abundant har-
vest, the soil must he prepared before The
sowing. We do not expect fields of grain To
grow spontaneously, yet with little more
care, the yield would be- much greater. We
40 not know what grand results may spring
from our efforts. Stephenson. the inventor
OF the locomotive, rs he was endeayoring to
provide means OF increasing the facilities
for drawing coal upon the rails in little cars,
did not suspect OF the great success he was
to achieve, thus enabling man to traverse
the continent with almost lightning rapidity,
and almost uniting distant lands by the bond
nF nj In uHn xTtns
lamented over all our land, was only a poor
boy, without name Or fame, yet he became
n noble man-an honor to our nation. We
have the example OF many great men. and
shall we not profit by them? Then let us go
to work, be OF some use in society. and make
tho world better for our being in il. In the
coming centennial which celebrates the dec =
laration of our national independence, shall
we allow reproacheS to be cast upon tho hills
of Vermont, that they produce nothing of
merit to he exhibited We must do some
thing worthy of our noble state and nation.
Sparkling gems are found only rs the reward
of patient toll. and often imbedded in mas
sive rocks. May we each make 1t point OF
our liie-work to seek out the good and beau
tiful things IN all the world. and make them
II part of ourselves, that God. whose eye can
penetrate the inmost depths of tho soul, may
find us many precious gems.
At the conclusion of Miss Whites paper,
DIR l.. s. Wiswell of Cabot was introduced
and announced the subject of his paper as
SANITARY Reform" History was replete
with plaques and epidemics, all of which
we're the outgrowths of bad sanitary condi.
ton. Some Of these, like the cholera and
yellow fever are not likely to appear here
but we have pneumonia, consumption, diph.
iberia and canker.rash, all Of which were
contagious and all preventible, and most
would be 10th 10 believe that neglect was the
cause of these diseases. Some might have
read Of the germ theory Of disease, something
in the air which caused disease-or, COM
monty speaking, a prevailing cause. The
microscope has shown this to be the cause
of many diseases. IL reveals minute organ.
isms, which feed on ami destroy animal aud
vegetable life Examine the under side of
a barberry bush leaf, and you will fnd
fine, yellow powder, which carried on 10
neighboring wheat fields will blight and de-.
stroy them. These organisms work on the
grape viue-they attack the silk worm they
fall on the potato and the crop fails
Throughout the animal world you will also
find the same germs. Their presence is ap.
parent in all diseases. The false membrane
in diphtheria is composed Of these germs
and causes death. You sec them in dysen-
terry and cholera infantum-and in fact, the
cause Of all infectious diseases will be found
10 specific germ, like producing like and
no disease ever occurs without taking into
the system the germ Of that disease. The
Doctor then proceeded to show how these
fungoid growths multiplied under favorable
conditions Of atmosphere. He was certain
no one could have good health while breath
ing foul air or drinking bad water, as the air
and water was in many cases filed with
these disease-produciug germs. Foul ema.
nations from cess pools, damp cellars and
badly-veutilated drains, were an efficient
cause in producing disease, and no urged
more careful attention to all the sanitary
Il. Il.