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SATURDAY. Dec. 22.-FLouR .ASp MrAt-The
ursen, Dan Yesterday, aud NO or,her improvement
tlk place. We quote. s.sie AZ Mc;;,ern snperane,
whcss s,,is. s'5 s s's No. k ant Sxx s. s7
winter wheat extra. g t,ts, z. DO Xxx aud XxN. 500
tTrs. ss1Sss" ~ southern bakers AND smiv brands
mes-we.tsrn q ssp RSsayWiac s-' Rys ro@r
sseo%it2t Wheat red s.'s'si 70. rye eed' siss
cor1os pots we're nut aud UNCLAIMED md.llins up.
eo.,i a. at il i5c ior pc,cmber ii s Tor January.
u pc. for February. II iue Tor March. II ~ ior
future delivery 2r2oo bales keceius at the ports ihs
rRoysioss~Pok on the spot firm 2 400 bhl. inspected
new me.s -od st fia Is. mturcs nat. with .c Ter. At
snd si2 s"ssa oc'sia 40 M Bssi IN lair d,nind 6ai
beet hams dal bacon - demand a &c fr short clear
.oa ai,ac wr.t 70! ms mlr.e, =, 81 ~ Lara opsnea
90 tcs a. ~ TOR prime CITY ani = POS - ior prime
8 :, Tor D,comlsr = i. se,ss 4. Tor january a. 80 ior
cncs; 2ss', state tubs and drains 10 ,'c Nrs,ern
do i2e-oc Clg.'c nominsl state actor TO-. rs
Gnns- Wheat wa. rather hrmer hut the demand mod.
g. rs ss sy 81 i 2, o t' 30 DO 81 y i 'or
Sii,c and fer iaiSrs .d'.vc5s, sou bu.i SO Mi
iiGNbu.h A. 7ss7ic ior So Nv, storm ami q ~ 'or
state Barley quiet Oa's were hru. hut quiet,
for white inc.unns 80 GRADED At -, nYlc TOT mixed
and ao', for white also No chicago. SN4c.. and
not Ssi S Scvc sales On tS s s" ' pn6 At 80 @
Tor western mixed including 80 afctc aiioat AMI so
lat 300 iNc new yellow Jersey. 5--l. Tor iuturc ie
livery. - - hush. Steamer mixed a. pc or ~
unfv ini hii epc Tor February and No mixed at
csc for iarHHry ant SO for May.
ocHklts-tulst du D. wcH.. anil nominal ~ 49, p
lot e. gold for earlOas lilo RICE quiet aud unchaue,
a. sggc. Raw .rsaf tuii sd nominal; .nl.s ?. ~
bags Hr4fil % ! fnlr % -oot refining. ~ 80 re-
nnrl oi isof - fnr haris. amt ntIr1lr Ter standard
A. MIu..es nominal 'or for,,n and lul tor New
orleans ~ TlfllOt inr common 90 .trrti, choice.
srNnhAs- l,un icuu dnll and nominal az Sc for 70
ruel. and - Tor Crud, n bulk spirit. turpcuffne
afNt .feHlv 81 strained strfdv rat luiei
90 50 - s-i 80 WhiskeN lI"t 10 - 10 uw 80 rtv
at a.. lur Irmc Ocean q. lsl Ner. qu.t hut hrn
erfn 10 Liverpool by steam fo All $, 81 -four = AT
luu To lunf 10 s steam AZ . va aud by sui vt > 6d
su1 hv sail - 90 Rnstoi ~ sail NJ s,d "a
tnrA orders 10 rs cast coast oi IRELAND. o.. 80
rcantd petroleum Antwerp kuttr fdaIn at 4 sd
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The widows Cloak.


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rre h,rr'im thc. lg.h hsaris rs-p'm'
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30 -'sul- proudly onr.nn,
NAa .,.,.
,ntne.a.'. aa,.eo.f' p .rt-sa leach
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go. owns tlem MI
TO- .H'l a'e i,r m'nat call. that ride in golden
T.. na,.....' t.r -a. half round the world
he'
3D. i.e l.n. t".,n
NNn aft Alt t4te"'
W.T.
lrufr ana da1shrrs II need
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Dr.. .u' n ate
WV
.ra. Sous dow. nfor. who leads she bfi ht
Nrl. o. flf- tlat como in NAY
c. ul, precious creature lcuehtn my angels
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Beheaded by a Grindstone.


fffnl ~ fnftfHiloft' JpNfh',
ponjamin Urgnnt was instantly killed at Fort
vnf Ind while grlufls saw The -rndstune was re-
vn.'ug with great velocity, when II burst one rag
NJ H struck him the neck. almost cNtrin- hi- head
tom las body. and another striking him in the breast
Crushing u ia ami pentraung his heart
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pOOTH's THEATRE.
MISS FANNY DAvENPORTS
FAREWELL APPEARANCES IN IfilS CITY
Mondav Evening ~ RIOS ALfND In A. YOU LIKE 1T
CHRISTMAS night MS RIOS AffNn last uu0I
W,inc -iaV Night ~ VIOLA In TWELFTH NIGHT
Thursday Nlghf As VIOLA.
FrfnN Nlht L. VIOLA
SATURDAY MAIINtE a. VIOLA laet time)
Saturday Night MISS DANlNNfokrS FAREWELL
BENFtIr
Matinee Christina. Day Miss Davenport A. ROSALtNp
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no PiIILADELrIsit,
PENNSYLVANIA NAILRONO
HE OLD ESTABLISHED ROUTE AND SHORT LlSH
H. tween
NEW YORK AAp IlilLADELpllIA


THREE uEr0rS \ 'ril,LfuTLrUih
THO IL ALN YORK
Double IRA the most lnw 'yrd lgulH'ut tli the
Fastest Time consist nt wiz rb,Viuie saictf.
On amt after Nov - 1877,
Exrrcss Train, Leave NV YORK. Via Desnrosses AMI
iuif.n'' si~ FriIi.s. N,i..lnNN.
3D. ~.l 90 so Nnf'. 10 II A NJ. a. 2. & 800 = ~
anaOfM sunds4s9 VI 6'G'sj, RIO and
T. NJ
Boat, Of BROOKLYN Annex connect witt an throrsr
uans nj JcrsD ,it,, aAonnns Il speedy ana diIcc.
uwnNrrfOr krouklY travel
Rerwluna trans isuNc Fhnleiphis 20. 3 ~. 7 30 g.
$40 ani II a 81. Omitd eApres, 80 T. A., >, T.
p 80. Z Hni nt AMI ~ midnight ON sunday
A-na'i ~ p. stpA 4 : 3, r. and 2 mtnir't
Ticket offices 80 and iii broadway. 10 lAsor House
hnd loot u D.shloss1s ant Nuru"nlt 81, 'u,lt -
and bluukA ~ Ann.N dVpui loot 1t Fulton % Hi3uAlNn
li@ 10 AMI us hudtol Il, honokcn, dgUpt, JsISe
CITY kmlsrani urset once, Battery plHcc
FRANK THOMSON |, L. FARMER.
NSL-IAl AAAhrv. 0en'l PAseNh. - A. NJ.
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An Artist without Arius.


Cesar Ducorent was born I'm Lille. France
Jan. ID. 1900. Born a. he was without arms
what WIS he to do. even in this busy world 2
Each foot had only four toes. but he early
lcurned 10 use these IN advantage. When very
Young he could with ease throw ball cut with
n knife, and draw lines on the door with chalk
and could even cut figures On paper with his
mothers scissors. He early became "A good
penman. From this he possed H. drawing. and
naturally enough TO painting. the wide space
to grasp his brush firmly. A. the aae of thir-
teen his progress DstOn shed Watteau. professor
Mt the School OF Design Lille, who received him
~ pupil. Only three years later he took the
from nature. After this he pursued his studies
in Paris. He was Of a lively temperament, and
when in conversation he became animated, WAS
in the habit of gcstulating with his legs ~
others do with their arms.
Some one has des ribbed visit TO his paint
ing room. which is interesting:
Across the whole extent of the canvas ran with in.
crr iihc agility like nv upon the wall. the stuutcd
psn.ive brew and cyc. OF fr, and wherever the srpsr
uau pas along t" canvas he leit the color
were aware 90 loN but slender scanolln- in trout oi
flr canvas. Ali aud -l. rs aui -iaet
% which Climbed srd or UGH .. aud fNi>tc lit l. i'm.
come to We then that he deprived arns.
That hc had NO hshs iha ms shor legs were closely
united 10 uls hey ana WAT each Of his c.t wanted a
Co" Is, u' oi l- Get h held palette. hN thu other
a nd pencil Auiin an fi. hafne-. he moved. and
ROLLED. AMI Nuia,t. and laiuf.d manner morc than
mHr'c lous ANuec MUSICAL grave AMI >"noruus. saut-
ne H. BY name invited us be seated Then The appari
tion sided down The whole icnsth the scafod 10 the
ground ana ADVANCED OF rather rolled toward s and
~ watched him with ntcr,.' nrl hal u .ln. CON.
N.r.auou -" iti hun He nA u- he rad h,,uuo.u With
nns.s money y f, -, ~ r.ed ~ ,e, ,,,i 1 i',,T
- much ee.. A. ueOr|r io their hnHl. Hc wrote b
lane vita goat raii, and well and Vid usAe shaved
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Double TrlOk the mo.t fMWpv IqHunn'nl tli
Fastest Time consist nj viii rb -Vinie ,aictl.
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WHITE sTAk LINr.

!" HIVE SIN N IN v
w FOX QCLENslONN AND LIVERPOOL
BAITlC ....,.......,..... THURSDAY u n. 1850
KEFl BITC ,............. .. SituiuAy. Jan J. q 4 VI
BklrANNlCu.............. saturday, Jan =. 1850
CELTIC. .......... . Iuur-lay. IAN ". 4. NJ.
From White Star DO q iicr -, N,rm kiscr
Cabins All amid-hps Saloon So ~ and 500, gold.
Eeturn uckrt, ON favorable terms Shtralr. So
L. ]. CVkIIS, Agent, u BrVadNA!, aew York
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ANc"o" ''yn;-r NNA,,,,fNras
100 tiA SGnN lNNiDtN.Nt. aus .NfNNNL
ln I.NN N.i. uIIfI l.Nf |,l IS .liNl -tA.
Cabin. .,i $50 r..Ul .t,Ni eii s'.-i . 80
CONTAIN = OflitIS. : IuN II,t, GREEN
ulADlf-nN HipS A. tt.
INMAN linz RON 81 VAIL STR NEEs
l IOt Jt d. ,~4nNA AAu .li itODl.
cay or tlll-tf - = fHtd. l unU ~ I T.
CITY or NiN NuNk fhurfday. jan IS. . i \.
CITY or MONTREAL rhil .lAt fnl ~. $50 4. VI
frln i..r g.. Nurth XIV
CARrN 40 : % auJ si,,i gold grurn ticket. ou
lowest rates
SALOONS, s,ate Rooms smoking and Raih Rooms amil-
SHIPS JOllN q DALE, Ag'ut n and ~ Broadway, y
NATION .IINE.-rcr, ~ aud u, North rivcr
1N--toR LONDON Victoria pochs. -----
Italy, sat, Dec - ~ HOLLAND
--FOR QUEENSTOWN AAp LIVERPOOL ------
England Jan o. q iuA NJ The pucou Jan. r. II AN
Cabin, so 20 so. currency, ,lerrgr 81 pHus from
a. upward issued a. very low lat, G. ihpanA uhces,
. 4, a =
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-07-04

/ SETTING MILK.-We notice by recent
communication to the Country Gentleman,
that Mr.. Secretary Bliss, who short time
since was bringing forward evidence
designed to show that the deep setting Of
milk was failure, is now on the other
tack. The large, shallow pans, as against
the Orange county deep pail system, had
his support while Mr. Douglas was en-
deavoring to popularize his modification
of the last named method. But now Mr..
Bliss says: "Of all the unnatural, I'M
philosophical schemes of cooling fluids,
that of passing cold water underneath
them while exposed to atmospheric infu-
ences was the masterpiece. Fluids convey
but do not conduct heat to any considera-
BILE extent. The colder strata always lie
at the bottom. 1t is possible, and indeed
it is common, in these pans for the top
stratum of the water and the bottom
stratum of milk TO become of the same
temperature while there are many degrees
of difference between the lower strata of
the water and the upper strata of the
milk. Again, it is practically impossible
to very considerably reduce the tempera-
ture of large shallow body of milk
while entirely surrounded by and exposed
to the atmosphere, with little or no pro-
lection" Mr.. Bliss, at present prefers
the Hardin refrigerator, though he speaks
well of the Colby " submerged system.
AS for our self, we can see no reason why
the Douglas tanks and pails-with covers
to the latter, and water of lower temper
allure than Mr.. Douglas used to advise
are not all that can be desired cheap,
perfectly efficient, and free from all patent
rights. Vermont Waterman.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-07-04

The failure of timothy seed is very otter
soil. All plants after termination are nour.
ished for a short time by the seeds from
which they terminated; and the smaller
the seeds so much the sooner is this source
of supply exhausted, and the plant forced
to draw on the sun for its nourishment. II
follows then that if the soil is deficient in
proper nouriShment for young plants, they
will perish from mere starvation. In a
case like this, a liberal application of barn.
yard manure on the surface of the soil be-
fore seeding, is the only thing that will in
sure good catch Of any variety of grass
seed. Another and very frequent case of
the uncertain seeding of grass is drouth
We have what we call good seasons and
poor seasons for seeding to grass, which
means that in one season succession of
warm refreshing showers after seed time,
Injuries good catch of grass with ordinary
seed on the poorest soil; or that period
of dry weather after seed time, reduces the
seed bed to the condition of IN ash heap.
The careless, thriftless farmer is more apt
to experience these bad seasons than the
good farmer. The remedy for drouth is
always part of the good farmers's plan of
operations. Good, thorough cultivation be-
fore seeding, and rolling Immediately af-
ter, will enable soil to Withstand drouth
and retain moisture to great degree. Sow
grass seed as early as possible in spring
with some grain crop to shade it, and |
think no trouble will be experienced from
drouth.-Cor. Country Gentleman.
While we agree with this correspondent
in the Importance of thorough prepara-
ton of the seed-bed, we have had the
poorest of success in seeding with grain
crop in the spring,and especially when oats
was the grain crop sown. The reasons
which we concluded caused the failure,
were the drouths usual in early summer,
which is intensified for the tender grass
sprout, by the sucking up of the moisture
by the deeper rooted, ranker growing
grain. Our best success in seeding has
been in late summer Or early fall, by SOW
ing on the grass seed alone, and this
method has been largely in use in the
vicinity where we live.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-07-04
BY DIR. HIRAM A. CUTTING,

Many OF our common insects have pecu
liar histories, and we think the Frog
Hopper" one of them. Doubtless nj
persons have noticed upon grass, near the
ground, usually in midsummer, little
bunch of froth that looked like spittle, anG
in fact, it has here obtained the name o.
frog spittle," and in some other sections
is called Cuckoo spittle." 1t is the Sc.
erection of the Frog Hopper, and comes
about in this wise: The adult insects Law
their eggs in the ground, and as soon as
they hatch the young ones crawl up the
stems of grass short distance, and pierre
ing the stalk with their sucker, commence
sucking the juices contained therein. This
suction going on almost continually ex.
tracts much more fluid than the little in
sect can hold, and tiny drops of clear,
watery fluid escape from certain pores of
its body. 1t is soon enveloped in the fluid,
and as it breathes, as most insects do.
through spiracles upon its abdomen, it is
in danger. of suffocation. But as it is
obliged to breathe air it secures it by turn.
ing up the hinder part of the body, quite
out Of the watery bath, and by means of
little appendages ii clasps bubble of air,
which by change of position is caused to
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-07-04

shower. 1t is useless to tell them that
their chances of being injured are one in
a hundred million, for the innate cowerdice
is there, and that persons have been struck
by lightning is enough to make them not
only fear it but endeavor to guard against
injury from it. 1t is an old saying that
" it is an ill-wind that blows good to no
one" and the fear of lightning has made
many man rich and given employment
to thousands, and this, we fear, with little
good to those who have sought protection
in various ostensible Safeguards. Of
course we are not disposed to dispute the
utility of lightning rods under certain
conditions, but as ordinarily constructed
and put up, they are as likely to do harm
rs TO ward off the electric fluid. But it is
not so much the weakness of mon who
seek protection from lightning by the use
of rods of any description, which calls SO
loudly for denunciation as the swindlers
who not only work upon the fears of
farmers and their wives until they get an
order for a rod but then proceed, by some
rascally trick, to obtain five times what
the said rods and fixtures are worth.
Intimately connected with this is the
record of tricks of scoundrels who take
that line of business as the oslensible
means by which the better to swindle
somebody. One of the latest is reported
from Michigan by a correspondent of the
Western Rural, who says:
l would like to call the attention of the
public to lightning-rod swindlers that are
now travelling through Michigan swind-
ling the people. The plan is this; Two
sharpers, with fine riggs" 60 head and
get contracts to put up lightning rods, and
offer to give to the person policy for ten
years in old Etna against lightning. They
figure the cost with the farmer, and if he |
demurs they will fall to very low figure,
rather than lose the chance of getting his
name toa paper. Their plea is, they
want to get start in the town, and want
him to give them recommend when the
work is done. Some men have given
them their names. The agents then leave,
and in IL few days agent No. 2 comes along
with the rods and n contract, which he
proceeds to fill. But 10! and behold!
when the work is done the contract proves
to be different from what was agreed
upon, and the man is holden for the whole
amount, which is beyond all expectation.
If you refuse to take the rods, No. 2 claims
to have nothing to do with the matter,
only to put up the rods. He says that if
you refuse he will send the contract to Mr..
l1othrop of Detroit for collection. Well,
there are not many farmers who want to
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-07-04
Curing Cheese and Improving the Product

A very interesting address was made by
X. A. Willard of Little Falls, N. Y, al
the last session of the Vermont Dairy.
mems Association, on the philosophy OF
curing and improving cheese He said
that American cheese will not be likely to
reach its highest excellence until more at
tention is given TO the construction OF
curing houses. The more important points
in it may be gained by this summary:
|. That but little advance can be made
in the quality of our best fancy cheese
without special care in curing.
2. That by proper attention in curing
it is possible to reach the highest excel
lence in the cheese product. That by this
means immense losses now annually sus-
tanned may be avoided, while consumption
will be promoted.
8. That the proper temperature for cur
ing cheese, to get the best result in quality,
has been determined by experiment to be
from 700 to $50 Fab.
4. That the temperature above named
must be uniform, and that uneven tempera-
lures, by alternately checking and unduy
increasing fermentation, cause bitterness
and other Objectionable taints in cheese.
5. That moisture is an important Gle
ment in cheese; that it should be properly
distributed through the solids and so as
simulated as to form one homogeneous
mass mellow and plastic, giving the
cheese the appearance of great richness.
g. That at least from thirty to thirty
three per cent of moisture should be re-
tanned in curing cheese; that, as we de-
crease the percentage of moisture from
this point, the percentage of butter must
be increased to obtain mellowness of tex
ture; that the cheese is not improved in
taste by this substitution, which is often
serious loss. and this loss may always be
estimated to be in proportion between the
cost of water and fat.
I. That by proper temperature and at
tention in retaining a right proportion of
moisture, the cheese is not only of better
flavor and quality, but IA saving in weight
of from three to four per cent is made to
the producer over the ordinary methods of
curing.
8. That by the use of refrigerator
rooms cheese may be kept at any desira-
BILE point of flavor. and thus by holding
when the markets are dull or the weather
unsuitable for shipping, the intervening
space of time may be bridged over by the
factories without detriment to the flavor or
quality of the cheese.
O. That with our present knowledge of
cheese making, certain amount of fat in
he milk is needed to make Il good, pala-
table cheese. Hence excessive skimming,
Or reduction of the fat in milk below one
and half to two per cent, is not to be
recommended where the skinned milk is
10 be made into cheese, unless other fat be
to. supply the deficiency.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-07-04

TIE BEGINNING OF ILLNEss.-If moth
ers would watch for the first symptoms O
illness in their children, and take things il
time, they might save themselves from
great anxiety, their little ones from main
and their husbands from the DOCTORS bill
Nearly every ailment proceeds at first from
a cold, Sometimes the child droons anf
seems heavy and languid for DAVIS goipe
to school unwilllnglV, and dropping t.
sleep over lessons. At such times, insteaC
of Gliding and squirting the weary one tc
exertion, t would be far better to rive the
child a vacation. True. the teacher woulC
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-07-04

Now hold it is not decent for a SC ientiic gent
To say another is an ass-at least to all intent;
Nor should the individual who happens to b,
meant,
by heaving rocks at him to any great extent
Bret Harte is authority for the foregoing
bit of professional etiquette; and yet w
notice in an exchange where one scientific
gent trespasses the above rule, at least
to all intent" by insisting that the other
s, G. knew nothing of the matter because
he said in his article, "potato bug" in
stead of "potato Or Colorado beetle, tc
which order it belongs" We intend tc
be safe in this matter. The bird is the
DoTyphorG Decemljncata, and no wonder
he is such Il destructive fellow with name
like that His increasing numbers render
him an object of increasing interest, as
the eggs hatch and the young beetles COM
mence their breakfast, which lasts as
long as the potatoes do unless you appeal
to their sensbiliies in some way. Hand
picking works we'll as preventative of
eggs, but when the young are Matched
and are on the war path, it is Intellectual
on large areas, besides being disagreeablo.
Paris green is no doubt sure death for
them, and may, with the exercise of great
care, be used with safety.
The greatest danger in its use is 10 the
person handling it in making the applica-
ton.
Below is an item from Talks with the
Deacon" in the CulticatOr, where cores
pendent asks the Deacon to answer his
questions:
"'O Have you ever known any per-
sons injured by handling Paris green, Or
from eating the potatoes to which it has
been applied while growing?'"
" 1t was only yesterday" said the Dea-
con, that | heard of the death of q man. a
few miles from here, who was poisoned
by Paris green, and another was so sick
that he was not expected to live. 1t is
thought that he got some of the green on
to his fingers or into his tobacco box, and
in taking a chew of tobacco he got the
poison into his mouth"
=" Paris green" said the Doctor, is a
virulent poison, and the wonder is that SO
few accidents have occurred from its use.
But as to its application on the leaves af-
fecting the tubers, that question seems SET
tied beyond dispute. There is not the
slightest evidence that particle of it ever
enters into the circulation of the plant"
We have used the " Pest Poison" made
by the Kearney chemical works we be-
lieve, and found it a sure kill, as have sew
eral of our neighbors.
This is still poison, and in handling
any and all articles of this class the utmost
care should be taken to guard against ii
effects. This poison is used in solution,
and we think it less dangerous en- that &C.
count being soluable, and if we were
driven to the use of Paris green, would
always use it in water, rather than in flour
or plaster, as sometimes recommended.