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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-05-24
POlly's Revenge.

The bell clinked merrily the signal for dis
mission forth from the school-hOuse poured
the happy children, foremost among them
Polly Dayton, who, running briskly down
the road, soon out-distanced her noisy COM
panions.
1t had been trying afternoon for Polly.
Her sums would not add she had descended
the spelling class third from the foot, and
had barely escaped extra imprisonment be-
cause of her general inattention and disor-
der. Ordinarily she was busy as a bee, and
the teacher could see no reason for her
strange misbehayior.
But Polly thought there was very good
reason. That noon time she had gone into
the woods 10 inspect the chestnut trees not
with much hope, for the season was back
ward and the burrs persistently green when
TO her surprise, she beheld goodly company
of brown coats scattered here and there over
the ground. Quickly she stopped and began
gathering them into her apron; but the
school-bell broke in upon her raptures and
despoied her hopes Of feast. She hurried
her picking, and, depositing apron and all
at the foot Of the tree, scampered dutifully
back.
So far Polly was a good little girl, yet it
required much effort for her 10 face these
long columns Of figures when her thoughts
had room only for the brown-coats in the
woods. But she battled hard, and might
have succeeded, only that, as the minutes
passed, she noticed Bob Buffers seat still
vacant, aud no prospect of his return. Bob
Butler was Polly's dread he was the source
of great troubles, failures and disappoint-
ments and the belief that he was even now
deyouring her chestnuts was more than poor
Polly could bear She gave full vent to her
wrath and indignation, nor cared for the
result.
Polly was right Escaped finally from
durance vile, she hurried 10 the woods but
to view heap OF empty burrs, and Bob But
lsr's unmistakable tow-head retreating down
the road. II was too much for Polly.
you mean boy" she shouted, I'll do
something dreadful, see il DON'T" aud
with this, great tears ran down her cheeks.
She sobbed aloud.
This would seem foolish behavior for
Polly, when shortly there would be deluge
OF chestnuts in the land; but you see, II
was not so much the loss of the browncoats
that grieved her as the part that Bob But
Ter had played therein. ! am sorry TO admit
that presently she dried her tears and medi,
tated some plan for revenge,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-05-24
Patrons Agricultural Society.

The following is the constitution of the
Patrons agricultural society, lately organized
in Orleans county.
article This society shall I've called the Or
leans Patrons Agricultural Society.
Article 2-The object Of this society shall he TO
encourage the improvement of agricultural prodnc-
tons, useful domestic animals, and domestic
manufactures
article SAN members Of the Order of Patrons
Of iIusbandry in Orleans county are members Of
this society.
Article 4-Ihe officers Of this society shall con-
-ist Of president two yice-presdents, two seere-
i.ries, treasurer, and A business committee OF
two from each grange, a majority Of whom shall
constitute quorum and all Of whom shall be
elected by ballot II called for and shall hold office
until others are elected. The frst six shall he
elected annually in the County Council or Pomona
Grange, In the regular meeting In January. The
business committee shall be chosen in each
grange In the regular meeting in December.
Article SIT shall be the duty of the officers tc
superntend and direct the prudential concerns Of
the society, to direct what premiums shall b,
awarded as rewards for industry and skin IL
managing agricultural productions, domesti,
manufactures, and for the breed of domesti,
animals according To the funds OF the society
and appoint the necessary committees, unless APP
pointed by the society, To inspect the ,ariou
agricultural productions, the various domestic ami
mails, and domestic manufactures which may b,
exhibited for premiums.
Article Git shall be the duty Of such com
mittee NJ shall be appointed TO inspect sgricul
tural productions, In making their report on tn
same, TO take into consideration the skin, In
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-05-24
The StOckbrldge Fertilizers.

49,
w give "e'o" so''e VI ''' I''"', Pa, '''
ihuIas lor ieruiHihg h'iNt''r'S' as "or''e" OUT
by Prof. Stockbridge, OF the Massachusetts
Agricultural College Orom the tables IN
Johnson's How Crops Crow, for various
farm and garden crops. There is no patent.
40 ,ro n,,dors,ord (o,d ~. do not SEQ how
there could be) on the mixtures themselves.
h,, I'll, -, ,hor, ,,ho, sold 49, :. S,ocL
~, - -
"'iuseS 4" i''o ~ "' '''''' '''''','
WIN S''o' ~ S"ee'' W. suppose ''''''''' No
uhuer announcer name WIN gro" "s nluou
wheat. We see no objection TO try them
II, o,,,ce one hundred bushels POTATOES pcr acre
sulph ammonia, q per cent dry salt lo5 lbs
Sulph. potash, 70 per cent dry SALT. 225 lbs
Superphosphate, - per cent soluble acid 81 lbs
To produce tpenty bushels Of feid beans
Sulph. ammonia, "a per cent. dry salt 265 lbs
Sulph. potash, 70 per cent. dry salt ... l9S lbs
superphosphate, 10 per cent soluble acid, 100 lbs
10 produce one ton of clocer per acre;
sulph ammonia, "a per cent dry salt 2li lbs
AIuriate potash, so per cent dry salt 10 lbs
Superphosphate, i3per cent solubleacid, 81 lbs
To produce Indian corn tod,ier, nco tons pei, acre
sulph ammonia, "a per cent dry salt 100 lbs
Nitrate potash ~ per GEM, dry san ,a ~, los
yo..,.,.. tat, ,.. l,,.t,i.ofo,,,..
s,,,,, .n,,,..,,,, -, hoy ,o,,, dr, s,i, t,,u,s
Mnr,a,o nn,a.h so nor cert dry saIt 4ous
49,, -, -. -,,.1,l.,, oor..
suPefphuSph"te 10 per cent so'up'o "''u' j" 'os
ioP'V""e ~" ~" " y''o" V"V0""''
Suiph' ammonia - per cent ory SAT- 80 Jus
Sulph. potash, 20 per cent dry salt -.... 20 lbs
Snperphosphate. 10 per cent. soluble acid 30 lbs
10 produce mr. o"She" % i"i'd" corn
/ Sulph ammonia "a per cent dry salt 800 lbs
un,,s,a no,ash IN NOR cant drv salt IA lbs
s s'''''', fN',''"' =, -. ~, o,s ~.
onperph"sphaie' l'pei cent Soiupie "'ui 30 i"f
III u,o,l,ice teenfy-Gre bushels Of ,rbeaf.
Gil, ...,...,. o., ,,.. .on, A., al, %, IN.
suiph ammonia q per oen'' "'S sat 800 o' i''
Murlate potash, 80 per cent. dry SAT- ~ lbs
| superphosphate, - per cent. soluble acid 100 lbs
To produce one hundred bushels o. fUnps
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-05-24
The Young Wife's Trials.

Mrs. Selden was a model housekeeper.
Everybody knew that. Young wives wtre
little shy of her lest she should discover their
mperfcctions. But she was the kindest OF
critics.
One day, soon after my first experiment
in housekeeping Mrs. Selden came in to see
me- She found my eyes red with weeping.
How could she know that | had not quar-
relied with my husband
"You are i'll this morning and III not
STOP unless | can do something for You, she
said
"No. I'm not sick viii you stop2
want 10 talk with you"
"What is It 2" she asked, kindly.
Nothing, only-only--" and again the
tears flowed. But in a moment dried my
eyes, and looking mp, with an amusing effort
at smiling. said ~ don't know how 10 keep
house. Mrs. Selden."
ooh, well, if that is all, you will not gain
much 10y crying. You must tell me just
what you mean and perhaps | can help you.
IL mean Just what | said" replied.
Before | married | scarcely helped at all
about the house. ! was away from home a
great deal of the time either attending
school or teaching. So it came about that
| was allowed, when at home TO have good
time. which really meant Sinking everything
chose to. Now I'm reaping what ! have
sown. James is very particular. lie ex-
e'Va u'o " 80 'I'3 =, Wv IN a., ",au
hour lie is systematic aud wishes me to
be so. In short II laughed and cried, too,
as | said it." he wishes his home TO be a
model, like his mothers" The tears were
now flowing fast.
MIS- =. N"''eu inei'e"' '0i INC 70 o'
CUM o'l,"'
Il WlSu we Mgle ooaIul'ls' i Soooeu 3u u,
l' very W MS arrangement lo' you .iia'
you a'' iu'' "l.n Iour ple'e'' .een.,s'
noo1l n9useNeePlng' a year of uo"Iu,ng
Nvu'" l'aHe you snI',lA loIeNei iroii' "'ue'
oae'ng 70 Keep mouse py yourself u,
she Salu '''S III II'oVheIlE way 'n"
soo'n"H me-
~, la' sha'. | 90 ASKED Jane I
WIZ soon set 'lreu Oh eAcuslng my plun
GERS ied' ne VIII laugn OUT OIL the "Ionl
eoruer OF ms mouth Il go ON aS nav
oeeil uoihs' =,
va never ''lhu' ne Is IishO' IL
better tli''' ne suouIu ie' you know III IN
Deg mug Just What ne nkes' y ism s.
lhu'il 1he laui'-nnuihg as II W9uiu DE, alte
you had oeeh gong on lor Whlle' withou
hlhV oil inns lastluloushess' Every Woiha
VINO mas common sense can become goo
nouSeh'eIes sue Se's hrISeii ABOUT II
earnest ne trouule usually IS gltIs WI
uo' p''"'''o' 'ooNu's P,ISiS'e,.iy' ~ my
''i.H n"Nlc "' HAVING i"u '"uiu ~
PAM OF Sc" OF pay the piano II you ma
not neeh very determined 10 succeed
: hu, " Is so uiherent win cooking;
can TELL tlh tne ioou Is READY Ior the 'aol'
4 Il.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-05-24

son falls through the gathering twilight
The rain frum the dripping caves.
And stirs, with tremuious rustic,
The dead and the dylne leaves
while afar. in the midst Of the shadow.
hear the sweet voices Of bells,
Come borne on the wind ofth autumn.
That ntfnily rises and swells.
1he. call and they answer each Other,
Aud answer and minsle again,
\. tho deep and the shriil In m anthem
Make harmony still IN their strrin'
Asthe voices Of sentincls mingle
In mountainous regions ~ snow,
TN from the hill-topa chorus
Floats down 10 the valleys below.
The shadows. the freight OF eNen,
The sound OF The rains distant chime
Come bringing. with rain softly druppins
sweet thoughts Of a shadovy time
The slumheruus sense Of ssclusiun'
Prom storm and ntfuders aiuof.
We feel when We hear In the midnight
The patter Of rain on the roof.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-05-24
CHE Donir Circle.
HOPES SEASON.

HOPES SEASON.
The SKY Is smiling over me
Hath smiled away the ffust
Clothed with Young green the patient iea
with buds the wood embossed.
The trees yet shut moi out the sky.
10 sees down To the flowers
They lin their beauty fearlessiy.
They hide nleafy bowers.
This day d yours, sweet binds SINS 0ni
The cold is all forgot,
Sc had dream. but II IL gone
Pain that ls past a. not.
Joy that was past D. come agaiui
and II the summer brings
Sew care, It Ia loving pain,
That broods instead Of sings
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-05-24

WHAT BOYS Musr Nor Do Not grumble
or refuse when asked to do some errand
which must be done, and which otherwise
would take the time of some one or other
who has more to do than themselves. Not
tease boys or girls smaller than themselves.
Not take the easiest chair in the room and
put il directly in front Of the fire, and forget
TO offer il to their mother when she comes to
sit down
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-05-24

liz was smoking cigar on car where
there were ladies. A lady took out her
purse, got ten cents, aud handed to the
smoker whats this for 2" said he. It's TO
buy you a good cigar when you smoke in
the presence of ladies'" lie threw the cigar
out Of the window, the scrip in the lady's
lap, ierked the strap, and jumped out
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-05-24

A MANS action is only picture book OF
of his creed, lie does after what he believes.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-05-24
agricultural Department
RAIN ON THE ROOF.
r. m. uosKiNs. EDITOR.

rp-Att CONVERSATIONS Tor tidsdepntment should be
sent 10 the agricultural eior, whose po@-ofce New
vsrtnouf
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-05-24

MI AsaapiAY, at home. Agents wanted. ouinl
~'W TRUE \ CO., Augusta, Maine
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School Books
SPECIAL REDUCTION II PRICES uNrIr

Of all kinds, &C Wholesale and retail Any book you al
vertlsed Will De- sent. post paid, receipt Of price.
7s-u 7. c. rHlSNEY. Montpelier Vt
, 1876-06-30

A GREAT many farmers actually lose
from one to ten cents per pound on
their wool simply because the fleeces
are not put up in neat and marketable
manner. Dealers cannot be deceived.
The proper way to do up wool is to lay
the fleece on the table, turn in the head
and tail, and turn in the tanks and roll
it up, commencing at the tail end, tying
it with two strings to keep the roll in
place, and then with one string across
the ends. This is sufficient. A fleece
thus tied is Light, easily handled and ex-
amined, and can be felt all through. It
does not require . thorough examina-
ton to determine whether there is any
thing in it that is not wool.
, 1876-06-30

PooKEr-MoNEY FOR CHILDREN.-There
is no error more fatal than imagining
that pinching q youth in his pocket
money will teach him frugality. On
the contrary, it will occasion his rum
ming into extravagance with so much
more eagerness when he comes to have
money in his own hands; as pinching
him in his diet will make his appetite
only the more rapacious. II you put
into the hands Of your child more money
than is suitable to his age and discre-
ton, you must expect to find that he
has thrown it away upon what is not
only idle but hurtful. A certain small,
regular income any child above six years
Of age ought to have. When he comes
to be capable Of keeping an account, he
ought to be obliged TO do it; he will
thereby acquire habit of frugality, at
tention and prudence that will be of
service to him through his whole life.
On the contrary, to give q young per-
son money to spend at will, without ac-
quiring any account Of it, is leading, or
rather forcing, him upon extravagance
and folly.
, 1876-06-30
An Old-Faahioned Business.

Shoemaking is of great antiquity.
The instrument for cleaning hides, the
shoemaker's bristle, added to the warn
and his knife, were as early as the twelfth
century. He was accustomed to hawk
his goods, and it is coniectured that
there was q separate trade for annexing
the soles. The Romans, in classical
times, wore cork soles in their shoes, to
secure the feet from water, especially in
Winter, and, as high heels were not
then introduced, the Roman ladies who
wished to appear taller put plenty of
cork under them. The streets of Rome,
iu the time of Domitian, were blocked
up by cobblers' stalls, which he there
fore caused to be removed. In the Mid
die Ages shoes were cleaned by washing
with a sponge; and oil, soap and grease
were the substitutes for blacking. Buck
les were worn in shoes in the fourteenth
century. In an irish abbey a skeleton
was found with marks of buckles on the
shoes. In England they became fash
ionable many years before the reign of
Queen Mary; the laboring people wore
them of copper; other persons had them
Of silver or copper gilt. Not long after
shoe-roses came in. Buckles revived
before the revolution of 1889, and finally
became extinct before the close of the
eighteenth century.
, 1876-06-30

1t has been absolutely asserted that
in many cases tea is not tea, but some
thing furnished up to look and taste
like tea the prices charged for 1t being
little better than picking the pocket.
To make sure, as you imagine, against
imposture, you go to the length of buy
ing q chest. There it stands, a very
honest looking chest, studded over with
Chinese characters, and you are almost
certain that it has not been tampered
with. Quite true. The chest is Just as
it came from China. But there are
wheels within wheels. This honest look
ing chest is sham. 1t was packed with
rubbish in Chiua /; for the Chinese are
as dexterous in cheating and the art of
turning the penny as anybody on the
face Of the earth. To their adulterated
compounds they candidly give the name
of Lie tea. We learn on good authority
that this article, which is in all respects
lie, is an ingenious composition of the
dust of tea leaves, foreign leaves, sand,
quartz, and magnetic oxide of iron, all
skillfully united by a solution of starch
into little masses of various forms and
sizes, in imitation of different kinds of
tea. Here we are called on to use the
new verb Ito face" To make rubbish
look like tea of some particular kind, it
is faced, or disguised in some kind of
appropriate coating. Those teas, for
example, which are made to initiate Ca
per at Shulan are coated with plumbago
or black-lead and if gunpowder, with
Prussian blue, tumeric. china-clay. and
other white mineral powders So clever
are the Chinese in manufacturing this
lie tea, that it requires skill and prac-
tice to detect it. These iniquitous adul-
teratiOns are chiefly, if not altogether,
found in low-priced and much broken
tea, or in the lower qualities of black
and green gunpowder. What was
thought to be adulteration by iron fl
ings, is found to be the magnetic oxide
of iron derived from the soil, which
finds its way into the tea from the dust
on the leaves. The amusing reason the
Chinese give for dyeing their tea is !:
That as foreigners seem to prefer hav-
ing q mixture of Prussian blue and
gypsum with their tea, to make it look
uniform and pretty-these being the ar
ticles used for that purpose-and as
these ingredients are very cheap, they
have no objection TO supply them, espe-
cially as such teas always fetch higher
price !" They, however, take good care
never to dye or face any tea they drink
Observation-Disclosures Journal.
, 1876-06-30

Mr.. CoRvIE, of London, in his valua-
BILE pamphlet on hydrophobia, indorses
the theory Of DIR. Thompson, according
to which it is q vulgar error that pa
tients in hydrophobia are mad. They
are not mad there is no such thing as
madness connected with the disease.
The Duke of Biohmond, who, while
Governor General of Canada, was bit
ten by a rabid fox, and suffered from
the most violent paroxysms, which end
ed in death, had sufficient fortitude and
self-control in the intervals to give all
necessary directions for the conduct Of
public business and the settlement Of his
own private affairs.
, 1876-06-30

CRANP AND CHoLKRA.-The indica-
tions Of cramp ill poultry are stiffness
and rigidity Of the limbs or neck and
Of cholera, profuse diarrhea with dis
charge from the eyes. When subject to
these diseases fowls may be destroyed
at once, as it is more trouble to attempt
a cure than the fowls are worth the
causes, which are cold, damp or un-
wholesome food, should be removed as
the best preventive.
, 1876-06-30

SUNFLowERs are rich in honey and are
consequently good neighbors for bees.
Oil, hardly to be distinguished from dive
oil by any one but an expert, may be
extracted from the seeds, in the proper
ton Of one gallon to one bushel. One
acre win produce something like fifty
bushels Of seeds. The seeds, too, make
food, not unpalatable by human beings,
and very good for animals and poultry.
The Portueese and the American In
dians make kind of bread from them,
and use them as q substitute for coffee.
The stalks may be used as bean poles
while growing. Dry, they make passa-
BILE roofs for sheds and the like, and
burn readily on the hearth. The ashes
are rich in potash. Altogether it is a
very useful plant. and to crown all, it
has q reputation which the scientists
have never disproved, for absorbing
malaria, and acting as an efectual screen
against that scourge Of low lying dis
tricts, fever.
, 1876-06-30

A NEW AND INGENIOUS INVENTION
The curious meteorological chart
which for some time past has appeared
each day in the London Times, says q
correspondent of the World in letter
Of recent date, shows at q glance what
the weather has been for the last twenty
four hours throughout England, Ireland
and the North of France, with the
course Of the wind, the temperature and
the state Of the sea. The chart looks
like an engraving on wood, but it is the
result and only one of the results-of
Q very ingenious invention by Mr..
Shanks, Of the well-known firm Of
Shanks, Reville & Co., Red Lion Square,
Mr.. Shanks has invented and perfected
o most ingenious machine by which q
map. q chart, a picture or anything
drawn or written may be transferred, in
reduced size and very quickly, upon q
plaster cast, from which still more
quickly metal cast ready for printing
can be taken.
The Meteorological Office sends to
Mr.. Shanks each day at O certain hour
chart showing the condition of the
weather during the last twenty-four
hours. This chart is upon q sheet of
paper about eighteen inches long and
twelve wide. 1t is placed on the table
Of Mr.. Shanks' machine. and Q smooth
cast of plaster of Paris, the width of q
newspaper column and about five inches
long, is placed beneath . rapidly re-
volving drill, which is connected with q
pencil suspended over the chart. The
kAsa w,ar0s1 -
over the lines and words ON the chart,
and the drill makes the same move
ments, but on a reduced scale, upon the
plaster Of Paris cast. In few moments
the reproduction is effected with per-
feet accuracy, every line, word and fig-
ure being cut in the plaster. Then from
this q metal casting, type-high, is taken
and sent off to the Times and to the
other numerous Offices which print the
chart.
, 1876-06-30

THE original Masonic apron worn by
General Washington, has been present
ed 10 the Centennial historical depart
ment. It was given by Bushrod Wash
ington, the Generals favorite nephew
and executor, to Governor Smith, of
North Carolina, and by him bequeathed
to DR.. Citherall, whose son, DR.. Clith-
erall, now deposits it in the above
named department. 1t is Of white satin.
with appropriate emblems.
, 1876-06-30

Nor BAD RULE.-The subject Of
giving was up in a church In the vicin-
ity Of Boston, lately, and ELECTED new
rule, which we presume, has not been
adopted to any wide extent. A gentle
man, we'll known for his benefactions,
was asked what part of his income he
was in the habit Of contributing to the
Lords treasury. ~ do not know" he
said; "I do very much as the woman
did who was famous for the excellence
of her rhubarb pies. She put in as
much sugar 90 her conscience would al
low, and then shut her eyes and put in
q handful more. 1 give all my con-
science approves, and then add hand
full without counting it."
, 1876-06-30

To ENCOURAGE tree-planting in the
several counties of Iowa, the Chicago
and Northwestern Railway offers a pass
to Chicago and back for the farmer and
his wife in each county who, during the
year. plant and keep living the greatest
number of trees.
, 1876-06-30

PRoF. G. v. REILLY, the State EntO-
mologist of Missouri, in the course Of q
recent lecture in st. Louis on Insects" "
said that the annual loss to farmers,
caused by insects, averaged $100, ,OOO, 900
a year; that the chinch bug alone, dur
ing 1875, caused loss Of $50, ,00O, 900 in
Western States, of which $19, ,0O0, 900
were lost in Missouri. Prof. Reilly esti-
mated the losses by locusts tgrasshop-
pers), during the last three years, at
$50. ZOO. 900.
, 1876-06-30

FORMING CHARAcTER.-Amos Law
renee, the senior member of the long
known house Of A. & A. Lawrence &
Co., was one of the most successful
business men of Boston. He won sue
cess by high character, industry and
business talent. His biography is worth
reading by every young man, as a help
to the formation of his own character.
When a clerk in a store it was the habit
of all the other clerks to mix little
liquor for drink, and to enjoy a good
cigar. Young Amos, though often
tempted to initiate the example, resisted
resolutely.
he says: During the rest of my
apprenticeship = five years. never
drank spoonful, though 1 mixed gal
Ions daily for my old master and his
customers. decided never to be a
slave to tobacco in any form, though
loved the odor of it then, and even now
have in my drawer q superior Havana
cigar, given me not long since by q
friend, but only to smell of. 1 have
never in my life smoked cigar, never
chewed but one quid, and that before 1
was fifteen. never took an ounce of
snuff, though the scented rappee of forty
years ago had great charms for me. Now
I say, to this simple fact of starting Just
right, am / indebted, with Gods bless
ing on my 4abors, for my present posi-
ton"