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Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-02-02

II Is an undsputed met that she most wonderful
effected by any nment have been perform
cd by DIR. Streeters Magnetic Eminent. For Rheuma-
tsm, Sprans Stiffness OF the JOINTS Contracted Cords
&C., II Is prompt and effective remedy. Our patrons
have only to try II TO be convinced Of It's great value
IL is good for man or beast
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-02-02

From the highest medical authority in SWeden.-As
have had occasion to several persons, who for
some time have used Halls Vegetable Sican Hair
Remover, and know that it has restored the original
color of the hair well being efficient in removing
the itching and dandruh that accompanies the falling
of the hair, consider it my duty TO acknowledge the
same TO Mr. Sachs.
VINCENT LUNDBERG
Physlcian.n-Chief to the King and Preserver
of his life.
Stockholm, July I, 1868.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-02-02

Foolishy spent, money paid for ohldron's shoes not
protected by SILVER TIPS. Two weeks Is about the
time II takes smart active child 10 vontate the toe Of
shoe. SILVER TIPS the only preventive.
Also try Wire Quilted solos.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-02-02
REPORT FROM A PRACTICAL CHEMIST
AND APOTHECARY.

Boston, January |. 1874.
Dear Sr; This is to certify that have sold at re-
tail l5il dozen Qs52 bottle Of your VEGETINE since
April IL, 1870, and truly say that it has given the
best satisfaction Ofany remedy for the complaints for
which it is recommended that sold. Scarcely
day passes without some Of my customers testyng to
Its merits on themselves or their friends ] am per-
ectly cOgnZant of several of ScrOuous Tumors
being cured by VEGETINE alone in this vicinity.
Very respectfully yours,
All GILMAN, 46s Broadway.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-02-02

HAWKS MOUNTAIN grange at Perkinsville
has elected and installed Abner Tolles, mas
ter and NJ. j. Billings, secretary.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-02-02

A Danbury girl has settled the matter.
She says frosty moustache is just like a
plate Of ice-cream.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-02-02

nhaling the hot vapOrs of solution Of Forest Tar
for Bronchitis and Consumption alaYs tho cough, add
expectoation, restores the appetite and promotes
sleep.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-02-02

AscUTNEY GRANGE will found library at
its next meeting. 1t is to be commenced by
contribution Of books by the members.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-02-02
Marriagts.

At Hardwck, January %, by Rev. J. NJ. Nelson,
Mr.. Charles H. Goodrich and Miss Lucy l.. Gate, both
Of Hardwck.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-02-02
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
THE MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK ,
or st. Johnsbury, VT,
Al tho close If husinass January 1877.

STATE OF VERMONT, I /, WM. +. HAVEN, cashier of
CALEDONIA COUNTY, 5 s, tho Merchants National
Bank of st Johnsbury, do solemnly swear that the
above statement true to the host Of my knowledge
and belief. WILLIAM Il. HAZEN, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this twentieth
day of january, 1877.
WA. s. STREETER, Notary Public.
Correct, Attest;
FRED'K FLETCHER,
II. r. FLETCHER, Directors.
A, NJ. DICkEY,
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-02-02

letter, Salt Rheum, Soad Head &c., will certainly
yield to the great Alternative effects Of the YsgstiHs
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-02-02

For chapped hands, solt rheum and skin diseases,
Forest tar Soap is best.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-02-02
1faths.

At Sheffield, January 30, of consumption, Jessie
Simpson, A.
At Passumpsic January 30, Hattie Lawrence, wife
Of Harley Butterheld, 36.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-02-02

My annual catalogue of Vegetable and Flower Seed
for 1877 will he ready by January and sent FREE to
all who apply. Customers of last need not APP
ply for II. offer Of the largest col leetions Of
vegetable seed ever sent out by any seed house In
America, large portion of which were grown on my
six seed farms. Printed directions for cultivation on
every package, All seed sold from my establ shment
warranted 10 he both fresh and true 10 far,
that should IL prove otherwise will refill the order
gratis. As the original intrOducer Of the Hubbard
and Marblehead Squashes, the Marb ehOad Cabbages,
and a score of other new vegetables invite the pat
TOnage OF all 0hO dnTiOus 20 hGUs eH seed fresh
"A speciality.
JAMES j. II GREGORY, MarbIohead, Mass.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-02-02
VEGETINE IS SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS
MARK THESE FACTS.
Testimony of the Whole World.
OHIO war PILLS.
Extracts from various Letters.

Extracts from various Letters.
81 had no appetite; Holloway's Pills gave me q
hearty one"
"Your Pills are marvellous"
81 send for another box and keep them in the house.
cdr. Holloway has cured my headhache that was
chronic"
-" gave Of your Pills to my babe for cholera
bus. The dear little thing got we'll in day"
"My nausea of morning is now cured.n
"Your box Of Holoways Ointment cured me Of noises
the ears, and the noise has left."
"Send me two boxes want one for poor family"
81 enclose dollar; your price is rs cents, but the
medicine 10 me is worth n dollar"
"Send me five boxes Of your Pills"
"Let me have three boxes of your Pills by return
nail, for Chills and Fever"
have 300 such testimonials these, but want
Of space compels me 10 conclude.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-02-02
H O 1 / O w y'S H 4 i i =
Invariably cure the following diseases;
niSOrdar IF tho KiInnUo

In all diseases affecting these organs whether they
secrete too much too little water; whether they
be afflicted with stone or gravel or with aches and
pains settled in the oins the regions of the kid
neys, these pills should be taken according to the
printed directions, and the Ointment should be we'll
rubbed into the small Of the back at bed time This
treatment will give almost immediate relief when all
other means haYe fniled.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-02-02
For CItaneOus Disorders,

And all eruptons Of the skim this ointment is most in
valuable 1t does not heal externally alone but pene
ates with the most searching effects TO the very roots
of the evil.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-02-02

This report pretty late, but we insert H. hoT
ing II will como earlier next timel
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-02-02
STATE NEWS.

The Knight Templar's levee will be at the
Van Ness House, Burlington, Thursday,
Feb. 8, and grand time is expected.
The Democratic advocate., 1877-11-24
sunAowers and Malaria.

This subject received some attention
about three years ago, when conversation
between Gen. Sherman and the cores
pondent Of London paper respecting the
great pestilential marshes around Rome,
was published. The General said ave
utilize such places and make them healthy;
we just SOW them with sunfower seed
common sunfower-and that does IT,"
My own experience points to the same
conclusion. Taking up the cultivation of
the sunhower few years ago, my atten-
tion was forcibly drawn to the subject of
its extensive cultivation having markedly
beneficial effect on the surrounding at
mosphere, by the fact that one season the
village near which l resided was visited by
severe epidemic Of scarlet fever and
typhus, many children died-one in q
cottage where the whole family was pros.
trated at one time, not hundred yards
from my own house. All my family es-
capped without q touch of sickness. had
at that time about sixty very large sun
flower plants in my garden surrounding
the house, many of them being twelve feet
high. My personal experience of the
efficacy Of the cultivation of the sunAower
as preventive of niasmatic fever has
been fully borne out by other and worthieI
authorities, of whom General Sherman is
one. A land owner on the banks of the
Scheldt sowed the sunAower extensively
on his property near the river, with such
effect that there has not been single case
of miasmatic fever among his tenants for
years, although the disease continues to
prevail in the neighborhood. The medi.
cal men in France, Italy and Germany be.
lieve the cultivation of the sunfower to be
effectual in removing the sources of disea
ses. 1t feeds largely by its leaves, absorbs
nitrogen more rapidly than any other
plant, and will evaporate as much as q
quart of water daily. lam convinced that
the cultivation of this much neglected
plant on larger scale would not only be
beneficial but remunerative. The fiber
can be used for making paper. The ripe
seed is most useful as food for poultry, es.
pecially during the moulting season. From
it fine oil-second to oliye---is extracted
The leaves are much relished by rabbits,
and the thick stems may be used as fuel.
The Democratic advocate., 1877-11-24
The Dutch Passion for Washing.

Every Saturday morning the Dutch
women wash their houses on the outside,
scrubbing them from pavement TO chin
ney. Amy point that is too high for broom
or ladder they reach by forcing pump.
Out Of nearly every window may be seen
woman, stretching herself halfway out, per-
haps, with brush and cloth reaching
after some fsncied dirt-spot, or dashing
pail Of water at it.
1t is understood at this time that the
town is given up to cleaning, and the
passers-by on the pavement below have no
right to complain if they get shower Of
water and suds over their heads. The
spiders have been driven entirely out Of
Holland, or left in disgust; and / do not
think | ever saw fly anywhere in the
country. No swallows are allowed to dirty
up their houses or stables, and, strange to
say, one sees no birds about whatever.
except the omnipresent storks, which are
allowed, by special favor, to build their
nests in the chimney-tops, owing to a
particular veneration which the Dutch
have for this bird, likely because il is
waterfowl, or rather water and land.
fowl; or, like the Dutch themselves, an
amphibious swamp animal.
As you go through Dutch town the
most common sight is the women washing
in the canals. On both sides, from one
end of the street to the other they may be
seen at all times of the day, washing ev-
erything, from baby's stocking to table,
cloth; and, when they have nothing else
to wash, they wash out their brooms and
brushes and tubs and themselves. Some
times the whole canal has the appearance
of flowing with soap-suds.
The Dutch have learned the art Of wash.
ing, and everything connected with it, so
well that other countries often send their
linen there to be washed and bleached,
especially the large manufactures. The
meadows outside of a Dutch town are fair
ly white with washed articles stretched
over them.-Ladies' Repository.
The Democratic advocate., 1877-11-24
Printing Office Secrets.

A properly conducted printing Office is
as much secret as n Masonic Lodge.
The printers are not under oath of score
cy, but always feel themselves as truly in
honor bound to keep Office secrets as
though triple oathed. Any employees
in a printing Office who willingly disre-
CARDS this rule in relation TO printing Office
secrets would not only be scorned by his
brethren Of the craft, but would lose his
position at once. We make this state
ment because it sometimes happens that
communication appears in a newspaper
under an assumed signature which excites
comment, and various parties try to find
out who is the author. Let all be saved
the trouble of questioning the employees
of the printing Office. They are know
notbings on such points. In such matters
they have eyes and ears, but no mouth,
and if any fail to observe this rule, let
them be put down as dishonorable mem
bers of the craft 1t is the same in Job
printing. Ii anything is to be printed and
kept secret, let proper notice be given of
the desire for secrecy, and you might as
well question the Sphynx as one Of the
printers, so that even the secret books for
lodges arc printed without fear. -PSlater's
Circular.
The Democratic advocate., 1877-11-24
Royal IdiOsynoracies,

Uer Moio.,v o,,oo, T,.L.ll.
fert nass;on SIeon Ison Aeaos"a S nus per.
coiIeoi;an [ Sh;.h -; !. 'aO1 i anu Possesses eso
ooo Th;" I'M a.Iiai.;' = ,A'uou - Ssel oi,ooo,-
of Lao. &c a, I;nSs aun. = e,,s0s .:a' museum
t;ss On "a drosa ~.I, nI.Sp SpOens, anu nasionan.
d'Alencon i ra,aoa [ !, 600 Vseu noo "a ~ is po.ns
i = sot of aounns. uei :; ~ S-O,VoO' anu .nere
which !. aro, es .sos ~ al, ~ H"sl9ee sS,Pure
;sb maD,;lls vo;I. % Sos So, M.;s..,' y, 'ns oPan,
iarna nnmha. .o o, ~. alss'y o"ns
The Democratic advocate., 1877-11-24


lady's offering at the shrine of the occult?
What a pity the Danbury man was abroad
however.
II you count all the white horses you
see at funeral you will soon die. How
1t works When there is only one, and you
can't help counting it, we do not know;
but the probability is that, chariots of FIRE
not being Of daily occurrence, you will
have to die.
What you dream sleeping in strange
bed will come true; aud il YOU are vouth
or maiden, bachelor or widow, il is wise to
assign to each corner OF the room some
especial divinity whom you wish to have
look graciously down upon you. If YOU
dream Of her you may ask what YOU wish.
Mince pies, cheese, sardines, raisins and
hard-boiled eggs are a good Introductory
supper to little matters of this sort. Some
thing is sure to come of ii then. The
deity will frown, perhaps, aud walk over
you, or sit upon you with the intention of
crushing you but this is all right, since
''Dhrames always go by conthraries, ye
know"
The subject of dreams, however, is too
wide a one 10 enter upon ut the end of
newspaper article. The same high autho.
rity assures us that "there's luck in odd
numbers"
lfyou put garment on wrong side out
you must not change it. You may let
another person do it for you, if you are
very serious about it, and intent upon some
wish at the time. Otherwise, though it is
your new silk, that is all Aounces, applied
to an alpaca skirt, you must wear it 50,
even at the risk of discovering the sham
to your nearest neighbor or dearest friend
Trouble will never come near folks
whose eyebrows meet. Certain such have
been hanged or imprisoned, but that was
probably no trouble to them. Wise legis-
lation took care of that.
These are but few of the commonest
of our extra articles of faith. There are
many more which would sOrve as texts,
and may yet be preached from. Mean
while, where does religion end and super
stition begin PSI. Louis Democrat.
The Democratic advocate., 1877-11-24

and timid as they were, it did not deter
them from thoirpractice Of night-walking,
and a tramp Of FIVE or ten miles, after
supper was nothing unusual. If they tar
ried in some strange kitchen or quarter
till nearly daybreak, they would be up and
off in time to reach home before the
"hands" we're called by the master or over
seer in the morning, although they might be
stupid and inert all through the next days
labor In his nightly excursions the corn
song resonnded from the stentorian lungs
Of the negro as the best way of ''keeping
himself compapy.n
The Democratic advocate., 1877-11-24
Selett poetrg.
THE OLD CLOCK.


O, the Old, old clock, of the household stock
=. was the brightest thing aud the ncatcst
its ands, though old, had touch OF gold,
- Ana It's chimes rang still the sweetest
IWas monitor too, though Its words were few,
Yet they lived, though nations altered:
Ana lb voice, still strong, warned old and young.
When the voice Of friendship faltered
Tick, tick, - II satd-"quick quick 10 bed,
For ten I've given warning;
upi up, and go, or else, you know,
You'll never rise soon In the morning
Afriendly voice was that old, old clock,
As II stood in the corner smiling
And blessed the time with merry chime,
The Winter hours beguiling;
but crOSs old voice was that tresOmc CLOCK,
As II called at the daybreak boldly,
When the dawn looked gray on the misty way,
And the early air blew coldly;
Tick, tick" Il said--"quiok out Of bed,
For five I've given warning;
You'll never have health, you'll mover get weallIl
Unless you're up soon in nthemOrnng
stl hourly the clock goes round and round.
With O tone that ceases never:
While tears are shed for bright days fed,
And the old friends lost forever,
Its heart beats on though hearts are gone
That warmer beat aud younger;
Its hands still move, though hand, we love
Are clasped on earth no longer
Tick, tlek," Il said--to the churchyard bed,
The grave hath given warning:
Up. up, and rise, and look to the skies,
And prepare for the heavenly morning
The Democratic advocate., 1877-11-24

A process has been discovered BY which
ordinary wood has impaired to it the ap-
pearance Of walnut adapted to the finest
cabinet work. The wood, first thoroughly
dried and warmed, is coated once or twice
with a liquid composed of one part, by
weight, Of extract Of walnut peel dissolved
in six parts Of soft water by heating il to
boiling, and stirring. The wood thus
treated is, when half dry, brushed with a
solution Of one part, by weight, Of bichro-
mate Of potash in five parts boiling water,
and after drying thoroughly, is rubbed and
polished. The color is said to be fixed in
the wood to the depth Of one or two lines,
and in the case Of red beech or alder, the
walnut appearance is perfect.
The Democratic advocate., 1877-11-24

The Shah of Persia one day expressed
longing for a Krupp cannon in the
presence of the Russian Minister, who at
once informed the Gar of the Shah's de-
sire. The Car, who was anxious to graf
lily the Shah, by return mail, as it were,
sent one Of the monster cannon 800
pounder-to his ally. The present was
landed at Enzili, on the Caspian Sea, but
it took months labor BY regiment Of
the Persian army to get the cannon 10
Teheran. Arrived there, q day was ap-
pointed to fire it. The Court and almost
the entire population Of the city assembled.
Bang went the cannon, away scampered
half the multitude, and down ,umbled the
minaret off one Of the city gates, near
which the gun had been PLAYED. But
there was another disaster. In IN hours
time messenger arrived from village
five miles away, and reported that the in
habitants were bewailing the loss Of their
mosque. The cannon ball from the can
non had struck the building and ruined IL.
The Shah was 50 dismayed by the effect
that he never permitted the cannon to be
fred again. sep
The Democratic advocate., 1877-11-24

The treatment Of timber by means Of
ereosote, for over forty years employed in
England, but just being introduced into
this country, If used on railroad ties and
wood pavemouts of our streets, would
greatly increase their durability. Creosote
has the effect Of arresting all decay in
wood, and Of rendering it almost as hard
as iron. The sap is first expelled by steam,
and the wood is then stepped with dead oil
impreguated with creosote. The hard pines
Of Honduras arr naturally supplied with
this material.
The Democratic advocate., 1877-11-24

Attempts will shortly be made to estab-
lish an industry, entirely new in the Uni
ted States, in Pike township, Berks county,
Pennsylvania-the manufacture Of pure
china porcelain. A Prussiau, claiming to
know oil about the manufacture Of china.
ware, and the ingredients which enter into
its composition, says he has discovered in
the above named locality the kind Of ma
terial needed for the finest and purest
china porcelain. Arrangements are being
made for an immediate experiment to test
the truthfalness Of the Prussians state.
ment, and II they prove successful nav
and valuable industry viii ha.seh>' 'ished
in the country Wv
The Democratic advocate., 1877-11-24

Carrier pigeons are employed by a
mercantile firm in Aberdeen interested in
the herring fisheries for the purpose Of
communication between the fishers at sea
and the main land. One is sent out with
each boat and is liberated the next morn
ing with message. The position Of the
boat, the state Of the weather, the safety
Of the men and thequantity Of ish caught
are thus transmitted to the shore. An
advantage Of the system is that the men
on shore can make definite preparations
for the reception and cleaning Of the fish.
The Democratic advocate., 1877-11-24

With clear sky, bright sun and
gentle breeze, you can have friends IN
plenty; but let fortune ffoRn and lhe
iirmament be overcast, aud then yanf
ftiands will prove like the slri1es II Aints,
Of which you win tighten many hsfsls
you viii end one that will bear ~ <itei>hI
and keep the pitch.
The Democratic advocate., 1877-11-24
Our OIio.
SUPERSTITI0NS.

Curious Popular Delusions-The Interpretation Of
Signs and Omens--seelng the Moon Over the Len
shOulder-Sweeping Down Spiders Webs-Ptck-
ing Up Pns-welghlng Babies-Thmwing Away
Hair-Spillng Salt-Tr'rteen at Table-Extln-
gushed Lights--Dreams.
The Democratic advocate., 1877-11-24
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Pin, though you are are pointed toward me,
Pointless may all sharp points be
Of disappointment or misery,
To the head Of Hope hurry me

This will ward off the evil, and you may
then, in reverential manner, pick up the
pin and go forth decently into the world.
1t is not part of your written creed, but
sort Of higher law sprung from some mys-
tical source, whose hidden origin makes it
all the more imperative. Don't have your
baby weighed when he is born. If you
do he will die--somcwhere between that
ceremonial and ten score, probably. Then,
even if il were not such fearful interfer.
ing with Providence--albeit it might seem
to be practical solution Of the Malthusian
philosophy--it is much better to guess at
the weight, 1t calls your higher faculties
into play, and forms an alliance between
Imagination and mathematics not possible
under any other circumstances. 1t talmost
disproves the axiom that figures cannot
lie. In this coalition, If the figures do not
lie, they are capable Of an expansion which
must increase their bulk. The mathema-
tical nine, aided by imaginative evolution,
becomes the more complete twelve. Re-
spect the Welsh superstition, then, aud
don't weigh your baby.
The recklessness with which snarls Of
hair arc thrown about would shock the
peasantry Of certain English counties
They cOnsidepIt unlucky to leave lying
about, or t0lf fhrow away any, even the
smallest sctsh pf hair. They therefore pick
it up, sweep be place where hair has been
cut aud scl,l hlously burn the sweeping in
the Gre. - g that, il left about, the birds
.aa1aRa 7iApests Of the hair--a ia
3 from whose head !!