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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-04-18
The Bright Side of Farm Life.

Abstract of an address of Rev. l.. b.
Hibbard, of Charlotte, at Hinesburgh
The speaker gave as one Of the first
reasons why young men did not like to
stay on the farm, laziness, the second
and last was, in his opinion, lazlness.
Every profession was full to overflow
ing, yet young men were crowding in
to them, young men following feminine
employments because they were lazy.
Providence has always bright side for
everything, and certainly he has made
no exception in the farmers life.
The first bright aspect he would men,
ton was the independence of the
farmers life. He can go aud come
when he pleases and no man shall say
him nay. The second bright aspect Is
its healthfulness, no employment or
profession but will give II much larger
percentage of youthful breakdowns.
His food is fresher and purer. He es-
capes those terrible authorizations prac-
ticed upon so much of the food of the
present day. The air h. breathes Is
purer air, and the contact with pure
earth was healthful. Animals ate
earth to make them healthy. Another
bright aspect was its leisure, which
gave opportunity for mental culture.
Its seasons of rest were needed to re-
pair the wear and waste of mind and
body, therefore the winter should be
employed by the farmer in repairing
the great waste of power of mind and
body that takes place during the busy
season, and this leisure should be en-
loved instead of looking for some other
hard working job offthe farm. Another
bright side is its opportunities for adj
vancement and the broad field it fur
nishes for experiment. This oppor-
tunity for testing theories is not
equalled in any other calling. One
beauty of all these experiments is they
can be tried without absolute loss.
Another bright side was, it is an hon.
orabe employment and is surround
ed by honorable associations.
The speaker mentioned many noble
examples of men who had returned tc
the farm after having accomplished Sc
great fame in otherprofessions, and the
farmer should feel himself and his call
| ing elevated in such noble company.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-04-18
Cranberry Culture.

Abstract of an address of Mr.. H. Hos
ford, of Charlotte, at Hinesburgh:
Mr.. H. said he could not say any
thing but what little he had learned by
experience. He had never seen cul-
tivated cranberry plant, except those
he had raised on his own land. In
1874 the crop was the greatest ever
raised in the United States The price
was as low as seven dollars per barrel,
but in the spring after the price was
eighteen dollars. proving that the de-
mand is equal to the enormous crop of
that year, and that the demand was
growing faster than the supply was in
Creasing. There were thousands of
acres here in Vermont that would pro-
duce cranberries to supply the demand
for which we are sending ten thousand
dollars out of the state to buy. The
vines were very hardy, but they would
not grow naturally in but two soils or
locations one was in q deep bed of
peat, the other in bed of clear sand.
They had many enemies, but they
could be conquered by water-it was
indispensable. The soil should be pre-
pared by taking off the sod and carting
1t away. The plants should then be
procured and cut very fine, spread upon
the soil and cultivated for at least two
years. Two years since he saved his
crop from frosts by building brush fires,
but last spring he was not as fortunate.
He had no doubt that he lost enough to
more than pay for covering of cotton
canvas for an acre Of land. The cherry
cranberry was smaller, not as fine look
ing, but much better than the Bell va
risty. The profits were large. His
crop of two hundred and twenty-five
bushels, year before last, was sold all
along shore (the same as the fellow was
born at eleven dollars a barrel.
The first enemy was small, green
worm. If the bed is so as to flow these
can he killed by water. The second
enemy was the fire worm. The remedy
was water. The third enemy was
frost. When the berry was green a
frost was fatal when they were ripe
they would stand hard frost. If you
have chance to flow quickly water is
protection for frost, but for want of
it his crop was reduced two-thirds.
With all the facilities he had named
he had rather have the crop OH twenty
acres than that of the best dairy in Yer
mont No berry in the world would
keep so we'll As the cranberry, if ripe
This was attributed to the large guam
tity Of tannin in this berry. He pro-
cured his plants on the south end o.
Shelburn pond, and thought them the
cherry cranberry. There were tive
kinds growing around that pond the
other was small gray berry. Hi
crop grew on about two acres that were
set some fourteen years ago, but he die
not understand their cultivation, an(
for number of years he had no crops
but failures, from different causes. Tn
first crop he obtained was about twelv
bushels, his second about sixty, and tn
third (year before LAST about two hun
dred and fifty bushels. but he saved bu
two hundred and twenty-five. The.
were formerly gathered by rakes, bu
1t was wasteful process, and since tn
berries have become so valui BILE rake
were not used. The berries are nov
picked by hand in Massachusetts,.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-04-18
AGRICULTURAL department.
suHpucIEp BY ALBERT CHAPMAN.
Don't Leave the Farm.

Come boys, l have something to tell you,
Come near, would whisper 1t low
You are thinking of leaving the homestead,
Don't be In hurry to 60.
The city has many attractions!
But think Of the vices and SINS
When once in the vortex Of fashion,
How soon the course downward begins.
You talk of tho mines Of Australia,
They're wealthy in gold, without doubt,
But, ali! there is gold on the farm boys,
If you will but shovel it out.
The merchantile life is a hazard,
The goods are first high and then low,
Better risk the old farm while longer,
Don't be in hurry to go.
The great stirring world has inducements,
There is many a gay busy mart,
But wealth is not made in day, boys,
Don't be in hurry to start
The bankers and brokers arc wealthy,
They take in their thousands or so;
All, think of the frauds and deccptions,-
Don't be in a hurry to go.
The farm is the safest and surest,
Tho orchards are budding to-day;
You're as free as the air Of the mountains,
And monarch of all you survey;
Better stay on the farm while longer,
Though profits should come rather slow;
Remember you've nothing to risk, boys,
Don't be in a hurry to go.
-Goidon Rlie.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-04-18
Offerings of the season-Twenty cents
on the dollar.

SENSIBLE ADvICE.-You are asked
every day TO use something for dyspep-
STA and liver complaint that you know
nothing about that you get discouraged
spending money with but little success.
To give satisfactory proofthat Green's
August Flower" will cure you of dys-
pepsia and liver complaint with all Its
ache, habitual cositiveness, palpitation
OF the heart, heartburn, water-brash,
coming up of food after eating, low
spirits, etc, go to n. +. Riders and
get bottle OF Green's August Flower
for ten cents, or regular size for
seventy five cents two doses will re-
lieve you. oZ ~
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-04-18
Selection of Dairy Cows.
Abstract of an address by G. s. Fas-
act. of EnOsburQb. at Hinesburph

Abstract of an address by G. s. Fas-
set, of Enosburgh, at Hinesburgh
The old plan that had been practiced
by himself and others was an unprofit-
able one and one that has many OBJ
jecti0nable features. Any COW that did
tolerably we'll had been used without
question as to her fitness for the specific
purpose for which she was kept. He
had found 1t necessary to institute care
full experiments to determine their real
value for making butter, which was
the purpose for which he kept cows.
A nsighbor of his had reduced and
changed his dairy of sixty cows to one
OF thirty-five, that had proved them
selves well fitted for his purpose after
carefully testing each individual COW,
and he now made as much butter from
the thirty-five as he formerly made
from the sixty. 1t would require nc
very great knowledge of figures tC
prove that his profits were more than
doubled since the selection and reduc
ton. after testing these cows. Elk
amples were given of extra cows, ant
of diaries of extra COWS that had re
turned great profits, proving their grea
value for butter making, and other ex
amples OF cows that had been kept TO
years as good cows, that proved upol
accurate trial to be nearly worthless TO
making butter. The cream from som,
cows milk rises much quicker thar
from others. The former have large
globules. the cream churns mucl
quicker than the latter, and by careful
experiment he had proved that tn
former would yield much larger pre-
portions of butter than the latter, as til
larger the globules, the more perfet
will be the breakage Of the sacs enve
Oping them, by the process Of churninl
As to breeds, he would prefer thu
cattle should be bred for some specifl
purpose his purpose was butter, there
fore he should choose Jerseys, but h
would consider II calamity to have a
Vermonters breed Jerseys only, Fo
cheese making, from his observation
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-04-18
M u d

go West, young man, go West"
but see what you will encounter. The
following comes all the way from
Illinois to the Country Gentleman:
"But the roads oh, the roads
They are past all memory for depth Of
mud and wretchedness. have spent
nineteen continuous winters in Cham
paign county, and l never saw the
time when communication with the
country was so completely shut off. In
city of this county containing five
thousand inhabitants. only three teams
were known to have been abroad Sat-
urday last, and the horses of these went
to their stables in less than two hours.
A dispatch from Bloomington, Mclean
county, says: The prevalence of mud
in the city ard country is depressing
all kinds of business. No such aflllc-
ton has ever been recorded in Illinois.
Communication with the country, ex-
cept by rail, is absolutely cut of.
Horses with riders mire in the streets.
Funerals have to be conducted on foot.
Coal Is delivered in barrows, baskets
and sacks, and merchandise is trans
ferred from station to station on hand
barrows. The sidewalks - narrow
benches bounding a fathomless sea Of
mud and the only thoroughfares-ar'
principally occupied for the delivery O.
fuel and goods. Universal gloom anc
apprehension prevail in country ant
city alike the great and paramount
problem being how to pay taxes equa
to two per cent. on the valuation, ant
how to avoid the tax collector and thu
sheriff-in fine, how to move in thi
nightmare of mud
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-04-18
Total in cannerie. and drysris..

Reduced to cans, the aggregate con-
sumption of the canneries Of the Pc
ninsula would yield 3,25l,72S three
pound cans, and the quantity dried is
equivalent to more than two hundred
and fifty tons. In this calculation 1t is
estimated that a basket of peaches will
yield eight three pound cans of canned
fruit, or three pounds of dried fruit.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-04-18

CANNED PEACHEs.-The Whining
ton Dell Commercial gives an inter-
esting statement of the peaches used
last season by the Gamers and dryers
on the Peninsula. The totals are as
follows, the figures denoting baskets
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-04-18

PA MO PRICES.
My stock is now complete in every department
and will be kept full, until every man and boy
within Is miles Of Brandon has an opportunity
to provide himself with n complete outfit fire.
head to foot, for the winter
have 4 biz lot Of those celebrated filth
OVER COATS,
Fine diagonal and basket wove
DRESS COATS AND VESTS
To match. Also,
CASHMERE SurTs AND FANCY PANTS,
In every grade and style.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
For men and boys, at prices that can't be beat
TRUNKS AND VALISES,
FINE AND FANCY SHIRTS.
KNIT SHIRTS AND DRAWERS,
GLOVES, MITTENS, HOSIERY.
SCARFS. TIES, COLLARS, &c. &c.
can show you the largest and best stock Of
goods, for men and boys, in the State. Call and
see.
81 No. 3 SIMosDs BLOCK Bra ionvt
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-04-18

The subscriber would most respectfully thank
the public for their liberal patronage the past
year; and would say to all that are in any way
inclined to rent or purchase en- instrument the
coming season. that it will he for their interest TO
consult him before purchasing elsewhere
, 1876-02-22


The measure proposelby Senator SHERMAN,
Of Ohio, for making tho dollar OF the United
States md tho pound OF Great Britain i.,~
tcrchangcable, llas excited favorable atton.
tion in Great Britain. The London Times
dovotes a recent leader to explaining 1t to tho
City, the approval Of whose monetary mag
mates it bespeaks for tho scheme. The con.
geryatisln of tho ananciers Of Lombard street
would certainly regret any proposal to change
tho valuc Of the pound atorliug, bnt, rs tho
Times explains to them, no sucl, chauge Is
to be ,nado. Senator sHEuMAA's plan, which
in alao that auggestod by JEsoss III
hls work on money, is to tako ad-
vantage Of tho present transitional period
in tho currency Of tho United States,
and change tho value Of the gold dollar while
1t Ia out OF general use 10 as to mako 1t an
a]iquot part Of the pound atorling. TO do
thia \ very slight ohAnge In Its value would DO
needed. Tho gold dollar il now worth IL I'D
in Englisl, money. It is valued, convention
ally OH tho Stock. Exchange ut Is, and il this
were ita real yaluo 1t would be interconyert-
ible with the pound at the rata Of ono Of tho
Inter to hycIof the former. In fact, five dol
lars aro worth suycn or eight pence more than
pound, and this Is sufficient to throw thom
out Of mutual relations. Senator SlEnMANs 3
plau proposes to get rid OF this disturbing
difference, NJ our zealers know, by making
ths yaluo Of the dollar jast oue.6tth that Of
the pound. The IIhles naturally con soo no
objection to this, as 1t involves no trouble or
change for the Driton. 1t says:
Mr. suEHNAxs proposal would inrolve no change
our part, except It ,nsy bo tho eo!nu9o Of souu
new goil pieces differing ln degree Of Anouess,
though not In yalue. from tho sovereign or sub.
disa.oas of the EoYcreigu On the part Of tue United
6Atss Il would Involve serious sAosk, lar - We
ca zoo, to Gocxl Rnd commercial arrangements, for
tho depreciation Of tho gresabact currency Las aead5
produced much oxtssna variations In value, and
Ia returning 10 apseis payments ths Anpf&tAn1 viii
Atmeat sut*s uEon usx ph&4a e3 naRtsAry ds.spp.
, 1876-02-22

The French Republicans, in the elections
for Deputies to the Assembly under the new
Constitution, have succeeded far beyond
their expectations. Not only hayo they cur
riod in tho larse cities, but in several OF tho
remote provinces. whore heretofore the Dona-
partists and Legitimists hayo divided tho
honora, Radical candidates laye been re-
turned. BUFFET, present Minister OF tho In
terror, who tried his fortunes in four arron-
disaements, VIVA Defeated in every instance
PAUL CAasAaNAo, tho editor-duolist, Is re-
turned from tho Department OF Gers.
, 1876-02-22

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.Gr"s All s,.a s r,p to spp';, IT, :, s s ,,as.
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fanf7or ~ tha Fair, In mil unrco, -, ~
-o..ut " ."o f~".' ~ ~" vuse'' u ufeat
bFttaln and lfeland. Enpfess Of 1hulas and Do.
feptIor OF tho Faithl What fatth5"
friend OF tho Wlna|oW family dcnouncoa IA
falao tho statonons Widely published IN .bs
newspapers taas they "ofo coun:esioissrs.
thisyog, and hs6AaainB. Tho ruotor and fstbo,
~ wins,o. troro -o.,,octoh,o f7h,,.,,.n ~ .s!e1
VI "1's'o" "o'o tesl'o'"ou uI1'nma" peop's.
nnu had nd connooston Nlth tha WinsloHa Of
Barre, VI. Poor W,ustow haa bad to sut,c+ d.
IT. o,,,,o. ro ro~,-.,t. .5t,,,,, e.ro .,' 'os
a4e ef'hlos. 1ho Porsfa'ss WHICH hs7o Appeared
In tho illustrated newspapers stnoo bis suldan
rfso tnto notorjatv haya hoao nuniaho,s".
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enough lot hll0nt plofan or 1alth' Cbhrlca
lambs oasaY "On the Danger Of Confoundtao
Mos"' WIN felsonAl Oolo'"ity hoVer received
moro appos!to enforcement than in thfa e.,s.
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slo p'lolo III" P'!osleu III ptsns ~ sno worst Of
mankind In enough almost 10 breAk Tho heara Of
a r,c,t.r crtp,trai tl,oo W,n,t,w
e'o"'e' ~''A''""' suAu % "'uo'o"'
, 1876-02-22

Tho Protestant Episcopal Bishop Of Quebec
has been e1cseillng1y annoyed by tho per-
forrnanccs Of the 1tev. Father Commons,
priest OF the Romish Church, who claims md
has freely exercised tho right to visit the
pEotestan. schools aud address tie children
on religious subjects, his excuse being tint
some OF tho children ars members OF lis
church. Tho Anglican bishop perceiycs both
dmpropriety and Danger In this impuacnt ut
tempt to interfere with and disturb the faish
Of the children in the national schools, md
has addressed to The Roman Catholic Bishop
Of Quebec e formal protest against such pro-
ceedings BY the Jesuit priests.
, 1876-02-22

CITY OERTiFI0ATEs or INDEBTEDNEsS.
1Yo print this morning tho legal opinion
given by alr. OBADIAH JACKSON, Of this city,
rs to the authority Of tho City Government
TO issue certificates Of indebtedness OF tho
form ind character which have been general
in this city for somo time. Mr.. JACKSON says
TINT, in his opinion, tho certificates ARE Illegal
that whatoyer power existed tomako tompo-
ra1y lonns Under tho old charter and tho old
Constitution, such powor has been repealed
by the now Constitution aud now charter.
It will be remembered that Judge ZANE, OF
Springfield, has decided TINT the Government
Of TINT city has no authority to issue such
certificates, and In Springfield thoro has bcen
no change Of charter; tho prohibitions Of the
Constitution operating, Judge ZANE holds, as
q repeal Of all previous authority to contract
debts IN exoess OF tho constitutional limit.
We repent, TINT creditors Of the city neod
bo under no apprehension that these cortia-
Gates will not be paid eventually. There may
DO some delay in payment, but rs rapidly ~
tho taxes arc collected tho certificates will bo
taken up. There may be somo ombarrass-
1neut Of the city in its financial dealings for
tims, but tho trouble will eventually prove
beneficial. Tho City Government must limit
its expenditures to the revenue In hand; oil
uno1pentled appropriations that can bo dis
pensed with should be repealea forthwith,
and appropriations for tho future must DO
1nade dependent on tho previous, and not
future, collection OF taxes. Tho city will not
suffer from n year Of economy and retrenola-
laent, oven 1t such virtues be enforced by
necessity.
In tho meantime, VIC suggest that the
Comptroller will readily accept these certia-
catcs III redemption Of tax-Balo certificates
and back personal taxes, and We have no
doubt that the city would mako arrangements
to receive these certificates in payment for
city taxes. A thoy hayo been issued In
anticipation OF taxes, they might equitably
bo accepted in payment OF taxes.
, 1876-02-22

Senator SHARON, Of Nevada, being on his
way to Washington, was intercepted by q
TR1nuNs interviewer yesterday, to whom he
expressed quito freely his notions of tie po-
litical situation, tho CANVASS for the Prcsi-
loncy, tho financial outlook on tho Pacific
Slope, and other topics Of interest. Perhaps
the most interesting thing Senator SHARON
had to Soy was about the Coustock Lolo, OF
which lo is the chief owner, and which Ia
expected to yield up about $40, ,000, 900 Of
eilver this wear,
, 1876-02-22

~N--*-e----<<4"
Tho Republican Stntu ContrM Committee
Of Illinois will meet in Chicago this morning,
md they will be aided in their conference by
leading Republicans from aIl parts Of tho
State, who have come here to co1npare notes
and consult as to the best policy to be
adopted.
Ono Of the points to DO considered is the
time for holding the State Convention, md
whether there shall be ono or two Conyen-
lions. Tile uniform practice in this Stato Inns
beon in tho Presidential year to hava but one
Convention, at which delegates to the Ma
tional Convention are appointed, and an
electoral and State ticket nominated LII
Some Of the other States tho practico has
been to hold Convention to appoint DELE
gntes to the National Convention merely, and,
after the Presidential nomination, TO hold
another Convention to nominate State
ticket
An adherence to tho long-established rule
is perhaps tho wiser policy. There is no
danger that any persons nominated for State
officers will decline tho nominations because
Of the action Of tho National Convention.
So thera is hardly nny reason why tho
ono Convention mny not close up tho
whole work at ono and the Same time.
This course will be rendered more acceptable
il tho time Of holding tho Convention bo de-
layed until short time before tho meeting of
the National Convention, which will meet in
Cincinnati in tho middle Of June. The I'LL.
nois Stats Convention might meet rs lato rs
Wednesday,, 1lny 81, md by 30 doing would
then be controlled by the mature judgment
Of tho people OF tho State in the selection Of
delegates. That date would not bo 30 much
in advance Of tie ordinary time for holding a
State Convention as to render the selection Of
candidates for Stato officers either premature
or inconsiderate. Once known that tho State
ticket was to bo nominated Mt that time, pub
llo sentiment would rapidly concentrate in
favor Of the candidates who ought to be nonai-
nntcd for Stnto officers. We think this Is tho
best policy to DO adopted, aud tho stato Com
mittoe to-day. aftor hearing an tho opinions
On tho subject, will doubtless adopt the
course hest calculated to promote succoss.
The meeting today will be Of especial in.
torest because Of tho very largo attendance,
outside Of tho Committee, of distinguished
membera Of the party, mud it will DO Of i'm
portauco rs the preliminary action Of the Re-
publicans Of Illinois, who are to exercise a
strong and controlling influence in tho grand
campaign Of 1876.
, 1876-02-22

The Chicago produce markets were general.
y sAsier yesterday. Meas pork was more act
lve and 1"a@95o per brl lower, closing strong
1t $2L4o for March aud $9l.G7t for April
Land was leGs active, aud declined goo per
100 tns, elottng dfmss at al3.77b cash and
4ia.97t@la.oo for April. Meats vaxs In fair
, 1876-02-22

Resolutions md petitions relative to the
ordering Of On election Of Mayor ut the gen.
eral election for city officers to be held April
IL were presented in tho Common Council
last evening and referred to the judiciary
Committee. Prompt action by TINT Commit
tee md report at tho earliest possible day
are i1nporative1y required by the people Of
Chicago.
, 1876-02-22

In accordance with resolution adopted by
both Houses Of Congress, tho President has,
by proclamation, ordered that this, the an-
niVoraary Of tho birth Of GEORGE WABu1sd-
TON, DO honorel and observed by IN entire
suspension of business in all tic Executive
Departments of tho Government.