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The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-11-07

Quininc, and the Trees that Produce IL.
Peruvian bark, Jesuit's bark, and in
ou= day, under its prepared form, qui-
nine, are the great weapon of the human
race to combat malarious fever, whether
in the Roman Campagna, the fens of
Lincolnshire, the meadows of New Jer-
sey, the Western prairies, or the 18th
mus
The first use of the bark as a febrifuge,
really authenticated, was in the case of
the Countess of Cinchon, wife of the
Viceroy of Peru, who was cured of H
fever by it in 1888. Of course those
who recommended it to lady of her
rank must have produced evidence of its
beneficial powers-whether we believe
or reject the story of the sick Indian who
recovered by drinking from the pool in
which log of this tree from the arid
slopes had been thrown.
The cure of SO great lady was noised
abroad and, as she took back to Spain
a supply of the precious bark, its merits
were soon tested and made known, and
Cinchona took its high degree in Materia
Medica. The Jesuit missionaries next
became such ardent admirers of its
merits, that it took the name of Jesuit's
bark. The original Indian name, Kina-
kina, gave place in Peru to that Of
Ccaspi-chucchu, or fever-tree.
Condamine and Jussieu first gave full
descriptions of varieties of this tree,
while others began to explore and deter
mine the district in which it was found.
This tract of country is crescent-shaped,
on the western slope of the Andes, be-
tween the ninth degree north and nine
teenth degree south. 1t loves the wood
ed hillsides, cool, dry spots, generally
shady. The species in which quinine is
active are found between the attitudes
of four and ten thousand feet, in the
highest becoming shrub. Where the
woods are intermingled with grassy
stretches the varieties found are of little
value.
These trees are sought out by cas-
cariUeros, who then eDcamp sometimes
for six months, till they complete their
work, raising crops of vegetables in the
woods, signs of which puzzle future
travellers. The trees are cut down, the
outer OF dead bark removed, and the
live bark within stripped off in long
pieces like shingles. The bark on the
branches is taken off entire. Each tree
will give eight or nine orrobas of bark.
These strips are then carried to the camp
and stacked up to dry. When thor
oughly freed from moisture, the bark
is - q woolen
cloth, which are enveloped in wet hides,
which are allowed to dry on, forming
tight, hard box. In this shape it Is car
ried to the ports and shipped.
Attempts made to introduce the tree
elsewhere have almost always failed, and
year by year the destruction of this use
full agent goes on. Hence an anxiety
exists that it may become so rare as to
be almost unobtainable as an ordinary
remedy
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-11-07
Curious PhenolenOn in the Oil Regions.

4
A correspondent of the BdltimOr,
american says that at Titusville, Pa.
Senator Anderson's beautiful grounds
on the suburbs of the city, present 6
splendid sight every clear night during
summer. The great attraction is the
fact that they are brilliantly illuminated
by natural gas from the Newtown
well, about four miles distant. This
well yields nothing but gas, and when first
opened the roar of the escaping gas
could be heard, it is said, for distance
of seven miles. The gas has since been
confined so as to be conveyed in pipes to
the city and is used extensively for
cooking and heating purposes. In the
house of Senator Anderson not stick
OF wood or lump of coal is used during
the year either for cooking or heating.
He uses the gas in cooking stoves and in
open CRATES in his parlors, sitting rooms,
and chambers. 1t gives too much smoke
to be used for light indoors, and simply
takes the place of fuel. There are about
twenty standards on the lawns and
around the fountain and lake in the
senator's grounds, and one magnificent
arch, the innumerable jets from the
pipe each throwing out flame about
twelve inches long. There are about
twenty standards in all, with about thirty
jets, each jet throwing out fierce fame
from twelve to eighteen inches long.
The portion Of the grounds illuminated
is to the extent of about four acres, and
is as light as day in every part. The
fountain is a magnificent work of art,
surmounted by nymph pouring water
from an urn into goblet, and four
swans, each throwing streams into the
basin below, while there is a beautiful
floral display at the base of the foun-
tain and on the ground surrounding it.
The lawn is kept in splendid condition,
interspersed with variegated flowers,
and the effect of this brilliant illumina-
tion may be imagined amid such a scene
of floral attractions. The gas is also
used for heat in the conservatory, and
we are informed by the gardener that
the entire cost of the gas used for domes-
tic purposes and illumination of the
grounds is but 800 per annum. The
force OF this gas is so great that recently,
in tapping the pipe to put in service
pipe for a dwelling, the particles of iron
were forced out with such velocity as to
enter the flesh of the plumbers arm.
The gas from the Newtown well is extern
sively used in Titusville in place of
fuel, similar to its use in the mansion of
S"n"to" A~I""ron and there 10 to1k
of using it for the general lighting of the
CITY.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-11-07
Facts Ah0Mf London.

London, England, covers an aera of
78,080 acres, or 100 square miles.
When the census was taken last year,
there were 1900 miles of streets, 1900
miles of sewers, 417,767 inhabited
houses, and population of 3,489, 428.
The inclusion of fifteen miles around
makes the population 4,2S6,607. There
are over 100000 professional men, Oil,
600 of the commercial class, sos, 1000 me.
chanics, $4,000 laborers, and $4,000
whose occupation is underlined. There
are 1,633,221 males, and 1,066, ,207
females OF the women, 892, 130 arc
married, and 226, 900 are domestic ser.
wants. There are $4,000 tailoresses,
$4,000 milliners and dressmakers, 81.
600 seamstresses and shirt-makers, anG
"A, 900 laundresses $4,000 are returned
as gentlewomen. The number of chill
dren reported as attending school ii
314,000. London, though much larger
in populatian than New York, is not al
densely packed as the latter. New York
in 1870, with a population of $40, 292
had only 65,044 dwelling-houses, ant
the average number of persons to {
dwelling was 1472. In London th'
average last year was 8.33, and this wa
smaller than the average, according t.
the census of 1870, in either Brooklyl
Boston, Cincinnati or Jersey City.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-11-07
Lost,

Lost.
A wild rose, by the wayside hung
DeN-glittering, on the morning air
pure, scarce conscious, perfume flung
loo.ed, and found the fow'ret fair
30 fair, sought, with sudden zest
10 wear its beauty on my breast. r...
The trembling petals at my touch
sweeter, subtler fragrance shed
lis strange loved that flower SO much.
- And-it was dead.
In that high mood when Thought hath wings
And finds alone its speech in song,
struck an old harp's slumbering strings,
And drew an idle hand along
Nor deemed the careless chords had caught,
The life-notet that my spirit sought,
Till sudden on my startled ear
Its dream-created accents woke.
Alack bought the rapture dear
Fik| irG li The string had broke
heard a wild bird on the shore, Isl~ ..
Singing wild song to the sea;
And bold the burden that it bore,
And sweater than all else to me-
SO sweet, Il Gagged the bird to hear
His magic minstrelsy more near.
Untamed, the captives swelling throat
In one sad song his whole soul cast
Too we'll / knew his loveliest note ..i" /
G.. asg.I Had been his last. -r .
And yet while memory hath power ag DO ..
To count the houra too xainIy eAanI
The fragrance o: that faded flower,
That harp's last dying music, blent
With the wild bird weird death-song, will
Haunt every waking moment still,
Teaching my heart the bitter cost
of all the eye OF hope hath seen,
OF all tiatlife hath won and LOST
That might have been.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-11-07
Bells.

The invention of bells is attributed to
Polonius, Bishop of Nola, Campania,
about the year 400. They were first in
troduced into churches as a defense
against thunder and lightning they
we're first put up in Croyland Abbey,
Lincolnshire, England, in 945. In the
eleventh century, and later, it was the
custom to baptize them in the churches
before they were used. The curfew
bell was established in 1918. 1t was
rung at eight in the evening, when peo-
pie were obliged to put out their fires
and candles. The custom was abolished
in HOO. Bellmen were appointed In
London in 1866, to ring the bells OF
night, and cry out : "Take care OF your
fire and candle; be charitable to the
poor, and pray for the dead"
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-11-07
Paying for Dinner by the Pound.


"Vidette," writing from Montreal to
the Boston Journal says: "The other
day I asked a singularly ministerial
looking friend where I could find good
place for lunch. He looked at me
with grave solicitude, and answered: 81
will show you restaurant where they
weigh their customers when they go in
and when they come out, and then charge
them so much an ounce for what they
have eaten" Not muscle of his intel
ligent face changed, as he checked an
exclamation of incredulity by adding:
az went there one day myself with a
couple of bricks in my pockets, which I
quietly slipped under the table, and
when I tipped the scales on coming out
they had actually to pay me seventy-five
cents. And with deprecatory ges-
ture-"I had fairly gorged myself with
all the most toothsome delicacies of the
season."
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-11-07

The Germans have this good proverbl
That thefts never enrich aims never
impoverish !. nor prayers hinder any
work.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-11-07

Call and learn our prices, which are much re-
|duced, especially op Milk Pans. No trouble to
Show you what we iaveon hand. ~
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-11-07

tV-If you want to make good BUTTER, get ono
pf Il. G. BaldSins Patent Cream Coolers, which, to-
zFeher with Cream strainer, I keep constantly on
shand. 4sta.rL ID
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-11-07

Don't preach charity and leave some
body else to practice 1t.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-11-07
HENDEE & FISK,

i SEQ. W. HESDEE. s- %. FISK
A TToRNEYs AT LAW, ia. ,-..........
"a 'fF t'h'A Morrisville, Vt.
Mr.. Fisk's connection with the Patent Office at
Washington for the past few years will enable him
procure Patents speedily, and he believes to the
entire satisfaction Of the applicant. Several valu-
Rheinyentions for sale on easy terms. =rat
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-11-07

That 10 q most wretched fortune which
ID without au enemy.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-11-07
AMERICAN HOUSE.

III F. KELLEY, Proprietor, 4a.i -.r.
D. Hyde Park, Vt.
Having rented The American Hotel and closed the
Union House to thepublio, we are now prepared to
iako good care of the patrons of both houses, and
lOpe to give satisfaction to all. ,.....l..g L., .
.H'.@' va '.'.'4 ]. f. KELLEY.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-11-07

WY TH HlsRy LEONARD.
CAHBRIneE Bono, VT. N
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-11-07
COME AND SEE

TF WE CANNOT MAKE A TRADE. I HAVE
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-05-18
To the Subscribers Of the Yer mont
Farmer.
ROYAL CUMMINGS

Having made arrangements to publish the
VERMONT FARMER in connection with the
AMERICAN CuLTIvAToR, and to supply news
papers free to all those who have paid for the
FARMER in advance until the expiration of
such subscriptions,we desire that all subscrib-
ers may carefully examine our issue dated
May 49, which has been sent free to them,
and in future continue to receive the AMERI-
IoAN CULTIvAToR as their standard agricul-
tural and family paper.
Since we already have larger number of
subscribers in Vermont than In any other
state, we feel that our previous efforts have
been appreciated, and we can only promise
renewed exertions in making paper worthy
the enterprise and intelligence of Vermont
agriculturists.
We desire to call special attention to a
few leading facts regarding the AMERICAN
CULTIvAroR. 1t is the largest weekly agri-
cultural paper in America and contains the
greatest variety of valuable matter. Each
number is handsomely illustrated, and no
pains are spared to stamp each issue with
typographical excellence.
In addition to its agricultural department,
vast amount Of valuable reading matter
is presented for the family circle, the ladies
and the youth, making it welcome guest to
every household. Its market reports con-
stitute the most important feature Of the
paper and are admitted by all to be the most
complete, trustworthy and comprehensive
published in any paper. In these days of
rapid fluctuations in the prices of produce
such reports are worth to any farmer the
whole cost of the paper.
AS the best evidence, not only of our in
tention but of our performance is in the pa
per itself, we hope for a careful reading and
a continuance of the same generous patron.
age 50 long bestowed upon the VERMONT
FARMER, and We shall continue sending tho
consolidated paper to the address of each
subscriber unless properly requested to dis
continue the same. Very respectfully,
TIE AMERICAN CULTvAToR.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-05-18

Under the provisions Of our new game
law, most Of the trout brooks are boing pla-
carded And for the first time in the his
tory Of the state some wol-de6ncd and in
telligent action is being taken TO replenish
our streams, and to make cheap ono Of the
most delicious and now most expensive, arti-
cles Of dict. OF course the new law is, to
a greater or less extent, an experiment, and
works hardship in few cases. Yet the re-
suit which is sought to be obtained is SO OBJ.
viously desirable, that we think all will con-
cede the propriely of at least trial in this
direction.
And while efsrts are being made to re-
plenish our streams, we are pleased to learn
that in some sections Of the sta te at least,
the state associations and game clubs are
also moving in the matter of restocking the
mountain lands Of Vermont with deer. The
law in regard to their protection is very
stringent, and as the clubs are at consid-
cradle expense in the matter, it safe to say
that they will prosecute all violations Of the
law with the greatest vigor. We quote
from the law: alt shall not be lawful to
pursue, take, kill or destroy any wild deer
in this state, from and after the passage Of
this act, until the first day Of September,
1880. Aud if any person, during said Pc
riod, shall pursue, take, kill or destroy with.
in this state, any wild deer, or shall have in
his possession any wild deer or part thereof
so taken or killed, he shall be liable to a
Eno Of fifty dollars for each and every deer
so killed, taken, destroyed, or had in poss.
ession. And the possession Of the
meat or hide or any part there
of Of any wild deer, by any person il
this state, charged with any Of the offences
mentioned in this section shall be presump'
tive evidence that the person so in possession
Of said meat, hide or part thereof, is guilty
of said offence. 1t shall be lawful for any
person to kill any dog found pursuing any
wild deer in this state, during the perioC
named in the third section of this act
provided such dog be killed while in tn
actual pursuit of deer"
During the past few years many dee
have been killed in the northeast part of tn
state, and some outrageous cases Of wantor
destruction are reported. We trust thai
the proper authorities will see that sucl
. cases are not repeated, or if they are, thai
some terrible examples are made of the per
petrators, 1t is hundred-fold easier to re
stock our hills where deer are to be foun,
at the present time, than to exterminat
those which we possess, and then have to i'm
port them from other sections of the countr
for that purpose. A word to the wis
! should be sufficient, and the unwise SHOULD
be made to pay for their folly.-MOntpelie
Waterman.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-05-18

A new species Of cotton plant has been re-
Gently discovered in Egypt, which promises
10 produce remarkable results. Its value
is in its remarkable produOtiveness Eight
acres Of this cotton, which was cultivated by
the Eugish engineer Of one Of the viceroy's
great sugar plantations produced 10000
pounds Of seed cotton. This gentleman says
that ION the best lands Of the American cot
ton belt the yield would not be less than
FIVE times the quantity grown from the ordi-
nary seed" lie describes IL as growing to
the hight Of ton feet, and having a straight
vertical main stem, with few branches and
sparsely leaved. Seventy balls, Of larger
size than an ordinary cotton plant, is not a
remarkable number for a single branch &c
bear. He planted the stocks from which
the results mentioned we're attained, half a
yard apart. The season which suits it best
is a spring damp and warm, with showers or
irrigation, that the plant may receive good
first growth. Then a summer with bright,
hot days, and nights cooler, with moist evap.
orations and heavy dews. The Egyptian
autumn, which is dry, permits the fullest
time for the maturity and gathering the
Drop. The viceroy has used every precau-
ton to prevent the seeds from being exported,
as he desires to retain so valuable plant
exclusively in his own dominion. Where
the new plant originated is not known. II
is thought TO have first been brought down
the Nile from some of the cotton-producing
countries Of Africa, lying under the equator.
The seed is worth in Egypt fifty cents per
pound, and will not be sold at all for expor-
tation.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-05-18

Gail Hamilton has not yet como to the
question of civil service, but her idea seems
to be that because Mr.. Blaine was sandered
and was not nominated there is no such
thing as civil.service reform. Perhaps
however, her covert purpose is to destroy
Mr.. Blaine's political prospects.-Hartford
Courant.
The fact is, that Mr.. Douglass is in no
sense of the word representative colored
man. His dark skin was a god-send to him
in more senses than one. lie has traded
upon it Travelled upon it.-Philadephia
Times.
We do not believe there is single state
officer in Iowa supporting the presidents
policy. We know, from our own knowledge,
that majority of them are decidedly OPP
posed to it, and that they are outspoken in
their opinion in regard to it. OF the Iowa
congressman several of them we know are
opposed to it, and it is safe to say that both
our senator's have the gravest of apprehen.
sions in regard to it and great distrust of it.
-Ioaca State Register.
The Cincinnati Times pounces upon SEN
tence in one Of our editorials, to the effect
that none of the presidents have left sons
that have been famous. OF course the
Times asks what is the matter with the four
generations of the Adams family. There
should have been foot note to our article
stating that the Adamses are an exception to
all rules in this country. Still we have
ceased to nominate Mr.. Charles Francis Ad-
ans for next president.-Cincinaati Com
mereial.
"The solid South" is no longer a political
myth-it is a stern, political reality. The
democrats Of the section referred to are ar.
rogant in their power, and intend TO make
their strength felt. 1t remains with the
American people to determine whether they
shall succeed or be forever deleated-it re-
mains for honest, law-abiding freemen of al
parties in this free land TO answer what
must now be regarded as the question OF the
hour Is the American republic to be ruled
by Wade hampton and John Kelly-by the
White League rufians of the South and
their allies in Tammauy Hall 2-HO0ard
Carroll IN NeU York Times.
We believe the governors Of Louisiana,
Mississippi aud South Carolina sincere in
their wish to dsarm and restrain the ball.
dOzcrs, but there is great diiiculsy in attain
ing the object. They can rest assured 10 re.
publican aid in exterminating this pest of a
bulldozer, nor should we be surprised it the
federal government should be called on by
the democratic governors to enforce the civil
rights and social protection law, as a means
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-05-18
Eastern Farming.

Col. Waring, in his paper in the Atlantic
Monthly, does not give any artiicia color
ing to the life Work of the Eastern Far
mer," but on the whole makes that avoca-
tion about as attractive as the average of
those in which man is compelled to toll and
strive to plan and economize to get his daily
bread. The labor is hard, but on the whole
Col. Waring concludes that il may be as
safely relied upon to give as certain returns
as any other. The writer treats the life
work Of the Eastern farmer in manner
which will entirely disabuse the reader Of an
idea which was quite prevalent years ago,
which was that any man who had muscle
and endurance could manage farm. The
writer Of the interesting article referred to
demonstrates that to be successful in New
England agriculture to-day man must pos
sess q good share of that practical, sound
sense which is essential to success in other
avocations. In short, the farmer ought to
have the best quality of brains. In treat
ing OF the causes which have made farming
in New England forbidding to the sons of
farmers, the writer thinks that it is the iso.
lation of the farm life, the dead-level, so to
speak, in which no and his family move more
than the severe toll makes it forbiddIng. If
some means could be devised to make the
country farm life more social Col. Warning
thinks that the occupation would become
quite attractive as any other calling. To
this end, he recommends the system which
prevails in Europe where people engaged in
agriculture live in little villages and 60 out
to till their acres. He admits that this sys-
tenn has its disadvantages, and expresses
doubts as to its success, but would like to
see it tried. The little village of half.
dozen farmers houses aud the help which
they would need, would constitute COM
muuity where all the advantages of New
England village would be available. The
farmers could associate and economic by
the introduction of a system Of cooperation
by which one could attend to the business of
a half.dozeu with little additional labor.
The good result of this cooperation has al
ready made itself manifest 10 the cheese fac
tories which have sprung up 80 rapidly in
some sections of New England The village
life would afford that recreation and social
intercourse which the isolation of the country
farm prevents, This, Col. Warning believes,
would remove the one feature OF farm life
which, more than any other, seems to make
it repulsive to the young man and young
woman.