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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-08-29
MISCELLANEOUS.
UEGETINE
Is MY FAMILY
NJ E d c 1 N E ;
l wish no other.
We GE T N E
PROVIDENCE, April 7, 1870.


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ME ~ aye humor broke out upon me- winch ,d "a Y
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.S anrh ram edies as she pnew Of Dut IL NJ
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DloQai ed ~ and consulted physician VINO sAld
MA he ofulous humor and II wod ari4m 70 CON,
nad tne sct "a void cure did So ana ne GoLt
doctor a. enS M my and succeeded III eneot-
inehceo nesnaf cure but in short time the ulsease
nH gu ~ teain in worse form than eyer as cauSer
ApPba a1 1 ron my lungs throat ana nead. sq9i
~. iot terrIble pain and there seemed ~ I 10
ca Wy sd nav friends thought must soon ue,"
nfinn was called, while reading neWsPaiyl
my VIZ M testimonial of Mrs waternouse NO
Io tana atreet South Boston, and i0IHery
~ Az 20 uth boston and being personally acquhht
tt ~ her and knowing her, former ieeDle lehin
ca VIZ, would try the VeKetine; After nad Iah
@ hotties II seemed to force the sores out q ny
Gu 49,, had running sores in my ears Whlch IoI
ra vary painful but continued 10 take ny
WIZ milf had taken about % bottles, my heaitn
hesoyng ali the time from the commencemehI Oh tne
LILY hottIe nd the sores to heal IcOmmenceu takins
tvsne in 1872 and continued its constant use iOr
sne 01nhs At the present time my heaIth is OetteI
81 II Ever has been since was child inc tegetne
!na, heiped me and most cordially recommend u
u ME- a., fereors especially my friends. had been
~ ror Tor YER 80 years and until used the fese-
sine ION nd no remedy; now use II as my iahHy
mndicine and wish no other. A., n CoopFR
No.tJoy Street, Providence r. l.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-08-29

During these hot days, hitch your horse
under the shade of u tree, and do not keep
him out in the broiing sun to wait your
convience. How careful you are yourself
to get under the shade of a tree, in the cool
OF porch or at the north side of the house.
Your horse would do the same, if he could.
-HaruI Ne,O Torker.
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-08-29

Farmers, provide pure water for youl
stock. Water that is not pure enough fol
you to drink, is not fit for your horse OIL
cow Do unto them us you would have
them do unto youth the matter of water
at least
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-08-29

Selecting seed corn is best done Will,
husking. You can then see at II glanc,
the size and length of stalk, and Judge o
the earliness, soundness and other quail
ties OF the corn. Purity of variety, small
ness Of cob easily broken in husking
plump, thick'set kernels, regularity o
rows, length of ear, II small, well-iilIe(
top are the characteristics to guide voul
choice. Ears that have become wet be
fore husking should never be saved fol-
seed, however perfect in other respects, as
wetting and drying Injuries the germina
tive powers. The ears should be ALWAYS
kept under cover in dry, still atmos
phere. II frozen when wet, the germ is
utterly ruined, 1t takes but little extra
care and labor now to look to your seeC
corn, and make the best selections of Other
seeds also, and proper attention at presen,
will be richly rewarded next year.-Ratral
NcW Yorker.
In Vermont when corn is cut and drawn
into the barn before husking, the above
advice is unsafe to follow, rs we have
known instances where corn SO served
would not grow and planters were COM
PEELED to plant over for crop. We have
been well satisfied with our way, which is
going through the field when the husks be-
gin to whiten' and select early ripening
ears from stalks having two or more good
ears on them; them husk and trace M.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-08-29

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has removed 70 1t,
NEW CTOpC o,~ r,n.
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one door East of former place Of bpst..
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Tin, SHEET IRON AND,,rr
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-10-20

joey, as Dawes plowshare turned up
brown bowl from the earth. Dave
stopped his horses, picked up the bowl,
and turning it over in his hands, said:
81 swan to man, boys, but that's hu-
man critters skull~
" A skull" cried both the boys at once,
with eyes agog with awe and wonder.
| Abe drew back little.
"Oh, it won't hurt ye," said Dave.
l reckon this belonged to one of them
Revolutionary fellers that fit here a hun
bred year ago"
Fought here, did theys" cried Joey,
eagerly.
Yes, fit here, they did," said Dave,
and he seated himself on the cross beam
of his pillow and looked thoughtfully at the
brown relic. GIVE heerd my gran'ther
Durham tell the story many and many a
time. He was into the last war, but his
father he was Revolutionary pensioner."
What little skull for a manm re-
marked Joey. "Should think it must
have been boy"
Shouldn't wonder shouldn't Won
der! And here, you see, is where the
British bullet left its mark. Drefful good
shot that" and Dave regarded the little
round hole with real admiration. "The
Teller that put that there could knock
over that red squirrel yonder just as
easy" -...
What did they fight for?" demanded
Abe To him it seemed wicked that
people should fight and kill each other.
and this remnant of cruel war should
now be turned up in the midst of the life
and beauty of spring.
Wal! you'll hev to ask your ma about
that. She wuz Perkins, and some of
her folks fit into IL e Revolutionary war.
There wuz old Capt. Joe Perkins; he WIZ
your gran'ther Perkins granther, or
great-gran' ther, Idon't justly know which.
But it was a great fight, anyway"
Fl" A fight for independence, said
lothian, stoutly.
" That's it, joey. They fit for their
country Many poor Teller bit the dust
in that war. But they did their dooty
and it's all the same in a hundred years"
So, tenderly placing the skull on a
rock, Dave took up his reins and went
on with his blowing. .. ...., .........
"Here's something else" cried Abe,
as the pillow moved on He picked up
what seemed to be ball of dried grass.
1t fell into powdery dust as he fingered
it and left in the palm of his hand lit
tie bar of lead. .....
" A tom-cod sinkerp exclaimed Joey.
" And that stuff must have been a fish
line. Tom-cod line, dye suppose?"
Don't know" said Dave, who had
turned back to look "But l know l
sha'n't get my stent done afore night if l
stop to talk with you boys. Get up,
Whitney, and Dave drove on.
Abe fastened the angely-found sinker
to his line, and the lads went to their
fishing in the Back Cove.-No5Ie Brooks,
in October st. Nicholas.
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joss.

We enter a temple whose outside is
adorned with gliding and lacquer, and
quaint designs of birds, animals and I'M
real monsters. They have religion of
some sort, as Wang Heng "a very intelli-
gent Chinese with whomI am acquainted)
assured me, with churches and endow-
ments as in England; that is to say, they
have the system, but not the faith.
had supposed all along that the curious
reconstructed temples, sacred to Joss,
had more or less of a religious character
about them, but was now undeceived.
My habit on passing these edifices was to
call in and see what was going on, and l
found out that Joss was nothing more
than fortune teller, after the manner
of the Oracle of Delphos. When inside
the temple we see the figure of Joss
placed on high, with ornaments of pea
cocks feathers, whilst long streamers of
colored ribbons, pictures and flowers;
presents of tea, oil or opium; lighted ia
pers in colored wax; joss sticks burning
slowly and sending their perfume around !;
heaps of joss paper smoldering in trays;
bamboo boxes with bundles of small
sticks, on the end of which are inscribed
certain cabalistic characters, surround
the figure. At certain hours in the morn
ing the temple becomes sacred. 1t is the
hour of divination. Anyone now about
to undertake a journey or make pur-
chase, and DESTROYS of knowing if he will
arrive in safety or make profitable in
vestment, comes to Joss. He pays his
obeisance by profoundly bowling and sa
flaming; then lights certain number of
matches or tapers and makes a present.
After while, when it Is thought Joss is
conciliated, the suppliant takes box of
marked sticks, and, after shaking them
about, selects half dozen, and passes
them to the priest or Sheong.ti (son of
heaven) in attendance, who refers to the
book of mysteries and there reads the
will of Joss. If he is warned of mis-
fortune he forbears the journey or de-
clines the bargain; and waits for more
fortunate day. If Joss advises other
wise, and good profit is the result, the
happy merchant makes substantial
present. Joss is, therefore, as will be
seen, fortune teller, and nothing more,
and Sheong-ti is only sensible, cunning
fellow, who prefers to live by the credu
lily of his neighbor rather than by the
labor of his hands -Sprys Voyages ana
| Scsnss an Mana Lands
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-10-20

How happy Mrs. Clark looked as her
husband left her and went up. stairs, and
how richly rewarded she was already for
the trouble she had taken! And, after
delightful supper, and frolic with the
baby, and an hours singing of the old
familiar songs, Mr.. CLARK said
Gwen, what nice birthday surprise
you have given me! 1t seems like the
old happy time over again! / shouldn't
be sorry to have birthdays come every
week, instead of once year~
IN try to give you one every week"
said his wife, land we'll have kind of a
rival club up here p
Mrs. Clark related to her friend, Mrs.
Banks, the next day the successful birth
day celebration, and thanked her, with
tears in her eyes, for the happy sugges-
| tions, and said:
81 do believe l can win him back
again. Oh, you don't know how happy
he did seem last nightT'
I'm sure you WILL" said Mrs. Banks,
"and you will learn, as have learned,
that there is more satisfaction and Joy in
doing things to please your husband, and
in making yourself constantly attractive
to him, than in the applause and flattery
of the world beside, when you hear no
longer his loving words, or enjoy his ap-
preciative smile"
This was the beginning of happier
days, and, although Mrs. Clark's tea.ta-
BILE was not always adorned with flowers,
nor her meat-dishes decorated with pars-
ley, nor her parlors filed with the sweet
fragrance of geraniums and roses, yet
her husband found an attractive home,
neatly-dressed and cheerful wife, who
talked of something more interesting than
the servants and gossip about the neigh
bors; and ere the winter had passed he
was counted out at the old club-rooms,
and used to tell some of his old chums,
when they wondered what had become of
him, that he had fallen in love with Sc
lect club at the Clark House, and could
not spend much more time with them.
His winter evenings were now passed de-
lightfully at home, reading aloud to his
wife while she sewed, or singing, or
making visits with her to pleasant friends,
and occasionally attending concerts and
agreeable entertainments. The indiffer-
ence and the GOODNESS between them had
all melted away and home had be-
come a delightful place, to which the
heart of the husband turned with ever
increasing joy.
A short time before, how dark the
future looked to Mrs. Clark, for lack of
the love and appreciation and compan-
ienship of her husband; and how easily
she herself had been able to win HIM
back again! Many wives are sadly mis-
taken who think they can, if only liter
airy, sit with unkempt hair, in slovenly
attire, and disordered house, and still
retain the freshness of love and the. con-
slant esteem of their husbands. A bright
and interesting woman, in neat attire
and the queen of quiet, well-ordered
home. though she have but an hour
day for mental improvement, is far more
winning and far happier than she who
spends the day with her books, oblivious
of her surroundings, and who can talk in
scholastic style.
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Why They Often Fail.

Young men often fail TO get on in this
world because they neglect small oppor-
tunities. Not being faithful in little
things, they are not promoted to the
charge of greater things.
A young man who gets subordinate
situation sometimes thinks it is not nee
essary for him to give it much attention.
He will wait till he gets place of re-
sponsibility, and then he will show the
people what he can do. This is a very
great mistake. Whatever his situation
may be, he should master it in its de-
tails, and perform all its duties fai hfully.
The habit of doing his work thorough
ly and conscientiously is what is most
likely to enable young man to make
his way. With this habit, person of
only ordinary abilities would outstrip
one of greater talents who is in the habit
of sighting subordinate matters.
But, after all, the mere adoption by a
young man, of this great essential rule
Of success shows him to be possessed OF
superior abilities.
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LYING A OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

After harvest dews and harvest moonshine,
Lay the stone beneath this autumn sunshine,
Ere the winter frosts the leaves are thinning,
Let the workmen see the works beginning,
Let the slender pillars, rising higher,
Catch new glimpses of the sunset fire,
And the shelterng walls, fresh beauty showing,
Day by day be strengthening and growing:
Though full many weary task be meted
Ere the perfect fabric is completed
Work in faith good neighbor beside neighbor,
Work, and trust Heavens smile upon the labor;
Ay, though we who in the sunshine stand here,
Joining voice to voice. and hand to hand here,
Ere the moss has grown DER wall ana column,
Shall be sleeping in silence solemn,
Or in clearer light and purer air
Busy about His business, Other-Uhere.
Ay, though in the mystery OF mysteries
Lying underneath our strange world-histories,
Midst of labor earnest wise and ferYent,
The good Master may call many servant.
Sudden rest may fall on wearied sinews-
Workers drop and die-the work continues
God names differently what we name falling"
In glory-mist his purpose yelling
One by one He moves us. hands amounted,
By His hands, to do our task appointed.
But the dimness of our fleshly prison
Hides the total splendor of the vision.
Grant us, Lord, behind that veil to feel Thee,
In our humble lfe-wOrk to reveal Thee:
Doing what we can do. and believing
one with Thee, are giving and receiving,
So, this happy sunshine the act gliding,
Lay the stone. and may God bless the buildingl
By the Aathor Of "JOhR HaliJar, GsnttensaR.' 50
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dress yourself as carefully as you used
to when MIR. Clark was lover, have your
sitting-room looking pretty and tidy, and
welcome your husband with smiles and
joyful greeting, and know you will soon
see wonderful change in him. Now,
to do all this only requires an extra half
hour Of time, but it will bring you a good
many half hours of joy. You have got
into the habit, which too many married
ladies have, of thinking that of course
your husband loved and admired you
more than anyone else; that he always
would, and you could sit all day in your
wrapper, and that not over nice, sewing
and reading, and meet him in the evening
looking just as he left you in the morn
ing. But you and they are sadly mis-
taken have found that wives, and
husbands, too, need to make themselves
attractive continually if they wish to re-
tain the freshness of their love and a
growing admiration for each other. And
wives are much more apt to lose their
personal ambition in this regard than are
their husbands. And if their love and
admiration begin to lessen, their res ect
for each other dies also, and they are
soon living along in kind of business
partnership, but without particle of en-
thusiasm or real congeniality. And l
have no doubt that little carelessness
on this and other matters has been the
first cause of troubles which have grown
to be unmixed calamities."
They conversed little while longer
on the same subject, and then Mrs.
Clark procured the desired recipes, and,
thanking Mrs. Banks for the plain, kind
talk, started for home, telling her she
would follow her suggestions and soon
let her hear the result of them.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-10-20
CHAPTER II.
1877.

"Say ma mayn't l 60 a-fshing down
to the Back Cove, with Joey Gardner"
Lincoln Parker's mother hung two
more of her boys shirts on the clothes
line before she glanced up at the sum-
merry sky, and said: .t....
"Why, my son, it is going to rain, I'm
afraid. Besides there's no good fishing
in the Back Cove. Better go down on
the wharf"
ooh, you can catch tom-cods off the
rocks, if you only have a long pole.
Say, ma, mayn't II"
A few minutes later, Abraham Lin
coin Parker, with a luncheon basket in
his hand, was tugging after lothian
Swansdowne Gardner, who was two
years older than he, and was &C
counted the most knowing fisherman
of all the village lads. The two young
sters cut across the fields, scaled the
grassy ruins of the old fort on the hill,
and, with a wild cheer of savage Joy in
freedom, scampered down the hill which
slopes to the Back Cove.
The robins fled away from the newly
plowed ground as the boys approached;
and squirrel that had been scolding at
them from the top of Dave Sawyer's
fence dropped his tail and scudded away
in alarm. Squirrels and robins usually
have a wholesome dread of young peo-
Pile, though neither Abe nor Joey was
their enemy. These boys had their
thoughts on tom. Gods, and they scarcely
noticed the green and velvety tufts of
moss that adorned the pasture-knolls, OF
saw the pale petals of the May flowers
that sent forth their delicate odors from
the very edge of the lingering snow.
drifts under the spruce trees.
Young Dave" as he was called, was
blowing in the little patch which his
father had fenced in from the pasture
Summer comes late in Maine, and though
this was warm May, the time for plant
ing had only just begun. The air was
full of life. The peewit and the chicka
dee were complaining in the bushes
The water spiders and pollywogs were
lively in the clear puddles that filed thu
grassy hollows, and eye-brights and vel
low violets were blooming on the swal,
which is still called 1.-The Battery"
"Hullo, Davel what's thatY" asked
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-10-20
The Drought and Famine in India.

The drought, and consequent scarcity,
which have afflicted so large an area of
India during the past and present year
are phenomena of unusual gravity.
Good and bad years succeed one another
in most parts of the world with an irregu-
larity which as yet is regarded as capri
cious, although it has been reduced to a
sort of rude average of expectation. 1t
is accordant with this general law, which
affects alike the green crops and the
cereals of England, the vineyards of
France, and the olive gardens of Italy,
that the very conditions which stimulate
the luxuriance of the heaviest crops ag-
gravate the evils of years of misfortune.
The powerful influence of the rays of
the sun in Stimulating the process of the
organic chemistry of the plant is the
more sensible the more direct is their in
cidence. In tropical and sub-tropical
regions so active is the creative power
that plants may be almost seen to grow.
But the greater the solar heat, the greater
is the need of water for the support of
vegetation. The greater, also, as gem
eral rule is the supply. As it is from the
equatorial seas that the greatest depth
of the water which provides the rainfall
of the earth is evaporated, so is it in the
close vicinity of that main source of sup
ply that the cooling and attracting effect
of lofty mountain chains is most sudden
and most apparent, and that the most
violent precipitation ensues. The ranges
of mountains that line the western coasts
of the Indian peninsula to the north of
the Gulf of Cambay, of British Burmah,
and of Siam, are annually watered by
more than 100 inches of rain. Nor is
the quantity of the water-supply its most
important feature. Its regularity is Pc
riodic. AS the sun crosses the equinoc-
tial line the winds follow in its course.
The Nile rises, almost to a day, on
the fall of the solstitial rains in
Abyssinia. And the arrival of the Indian
monsoons, or trade winds, which bring
rain on their wings, is anticipated to &C.
cur with regularity nearly as exact as
that which characterizes the changes due
to the complex cycle of the moon.
When, from causes which science has not
as yet grasped, this punctuality of water
supply is interfered with, the heat which
would have stimulated the growth of the
well-watered plant parches and withers
inc VeSeIdIlOn Vi al arlu SOll. TOT inc
culture of rice, and of other main crops
of Indian agriculture, not only mini
mum quantity of rain is necessary, but a
certain distribution of that quantity ac-
cording to the age of the young plants is
indispensable to their welfare. And thus
it occurs that when those disturbances of
the normal course of the monsoon rains
of which we speak attain a certain gravi-
ty, vegetation in the stricken districts is
partly or totally cut off. The famine of
the year 1877 is at least the eighteenth
of those which have affected India since
the commencement of the British rule,
and the fourteenth during the present
century. The most recent one affects an
area of 1873, 81 square miles, and popu-
lation of 26,S97, 97l souls.-EdiH6urgh
ReUieu. ... .-..... .........
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0nr panna falls.
MAKE BELIEVE.

Lets make believe now. Berthe,
like that best of all"
"'Spose you begin, then. Rosie,
While mend my ball"
I'VE are two Fairy-folk.
Little Bride and Groom,
Living in palace,
Under a mushroom.
have hundred gowns.
The prettiest ever seen:
And rings and chains and bracelets,
All MT for queen.
You do not scowl, like Papa,
When | ask You for money,
To go to the Fairy Market
To buy pot Of honey.
You never say: MY dear.
You're looking like fright
Grown-ups often do it,
But Fairies are polite.
We've visitors in plenty,
Gay Butterflies and Bees;
Our neighbors are the Birds,
That live in all the trees.
We dance with other Fairies,
When the moon is bright;
Round and round we go,
Until broad daylight.
Upon the thistledown
Through the air we float;
We ride upon the lake
In lily boat.
1--WE know the flowers secrets
How all of them are fed;
Why Lilies are milk white
And why the Rose is red.
1--WE hear the grass a-growing,
Pushing through the mold;
And at the rainbow's end
We've seen the crock of gold.
But OH the humming bird,
With the diamond crest;
For US she sings, how sweet
To us she shows her nest.
We're never sick or sorry,
Or hungry or cold;
We do not work or worry,
And we never can grow old"
"Oh! silly Rose, what stuff.
Now run and get my bat.
Hi Bobby Wylde. That you?
Quick, Rosie, fetch my hat
Elizabeth Matte
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-10-20

AT public contest lately held the fol-
lowing was the prize conundrum What
is the difference between tenant and
the son of a widow The tenant has to
pay rents but the son of widow has
not two parents.