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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-09-12

ORIGIN OF THE NAME OF " PUMPKIN
HEADS. "-Newhaven (now New Haven't
is celebrated for having given the name
of pumpkin heads TO all New Enghnders.
1t originated from the Blue Laws which
enjoined every male to have his hair cut
round by a cap. "When caps were not to
be had they substituted the hard shell of
a pumpkin, which being put on the head
every Saturday, the hair is cut by the
shell all round the head. Whatever re-
ligious virtue is supposed to be derived
from this custom, | know not: but there
is much prudence in it; first, it prevents
the hair from snarling; secondly, it saves
the use of combs, bags, and ribbons;
thirdly, the hair cannot incommode the
eyes by falling over them; and fourthly
such persons as have lost their ears for
heresy and other wickedness, cannot con-
ceal their misfortune and disgrace. -
Peters History Of Connecticut.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-09-12

The Pail Null gazette relates how \
French ornithologist has taken the trouble
to find out at what hour during the sum.
mer the commonest small birds wake m
and begin to sing. The result of his in.
quiry shows that the earliest riser of oll is
the greenfinch, who probably imaoines
that he may make up for the tbinness If
his voice and the monotony of his strains
bv beinr first in tho tioIJ A. nn,, m''n
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-09-12

Go TO THE FAIRS-WHY?-" FAN" is
not Just the word for our autumn shows
" Exhibition would be better-but the
word has come by use to mean exhibition,
when it don't mean ." hUrse-race " exclu-
sively. We say, 60 to the fairs. Just as
reading others thoughts enlarge and
stimulate ones own thinking, so contact
with other men, seeing what they do,
what they show, asking how they pro-
duced this or that good thing, can not fail
to afford some new hints and do one good.
A day at the fair lifts one out of daily
drudgery the sight of so many people
engaged in the same calling, helps one
out of that low view which the great mass
of farmers set upon their own pursuit
However much farmers may talk of the
dignity of their calling, there is in their
hearts too low an estimate of it. If SOD
goes into store, or Il daughter marries Il
merchant, or professional man, they will
speak of it as something to be proud Of
this is wrong. Agriculture, from Adam
down, has been and is the nobest pursuit,
Going to the fair will help in this and
many other ways. Go early in the day,
and have II quiet look at things, before the
horse-races disturb the general and good
order of the day.-Agricuctmist
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-09-12

The TRUNDLE BED. The balniest s,,,.
we ever experienced was when we VIC VIZ
nesting in the old trundls he'd With He' : 9
ourly-headed brother just turned ont Of fI II"
parent parent S nest to make room for new Gus.
TONER But trundle bed dreams were soon
at an end for when the next custo Nncm
came we were crowded out of the trundIa
bed to make room for the next that ny
turned out of the parent nest, and 80 W." n'S
Kept alternating for years until we ws We
turned out into the wide world. OH wbore
are the little heads that we have kissed =
thousand times Ger as they nestled in MI N"
old trundle bed? Some of them have gro' sue
old and gray, aud others are restinos nnon
l1eir everlasting pillows in widely s e rTn
ed lands. We are always sad when NO
think OF the old trundle bed. "'
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-09-12

Potatoes bid fair to command remu.
neratiye price, especially the late ones. II
is well to dig them rs fast rs ripe, and
store in the cellar if not wanted to market
at once, otherwise they may decay in the
ground, in consequence offall rains. Elk
percnce has taught the writer that early
potatoes will keep nearly as well as those
maturing late. Svae labor by digging with
u pillow or regular potato digger; the lat
ter, Rue's, for example, doing the work
beautifully, and at IL great saving of ex-
pense. Some of the cultivators which
have double mold-board tooth may be
utilized for this purpose by removing the
rest of the teeth. After blowing out, the
HeXamer prong hoe is an excellent nipple
ment for sitting them from the soil. The
potato digger does its own sifting-Scien-
Hfc Farmer.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-09-12

MOUNTING Moss -The following is n
good method for preserving the leaves of
moses, ferns, etc. Wash them perfectly
clean, draining off thoroughly and drying
partially, so rs to remain flexible; then ar
range upon the center of slide. Over
this place a pane of clean glass, and fasten
the two together by clamping or clip. "
Then taking hold of the Slide and glass
thus united witha pair of forceps or pliers,
hold them in the left hand, and with the
right apply a little Jelly of glycerine, y
which may be obtained from an opticians
certainly, and perhaps from other places,
along the edges of the two, allowing it
to run under the glass by capillary attrac-
tons When sufficient has passed. having
a spirit lamp turned low hold the forceps
or clip, 1--WE use IA spring clothes pin,) firm
ly in the hand, and pass it backward and
forward OVER the lamp until the glycerine
boils, using care not to crack the glass BY
heating too rapidly. Clean the glass care
fully and varnish with gold-size. Moses
mounted in this way retain their beauty of
color far better than when simply dried
Household EleganeicS.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-09-12

MARKETING FRuTT.-lf every fruit
grower could 60 to the market where his
fruit is sold, and see his own packages in
contrast with those of many other growers.
and notice the preference of the buyers,
he would learn useful lesson. If his own
parcels went off well, he would see why
this was the case, and study to improve
upon their present style; if, on the other
hand, his fruit was passed by, and that of
another preferred, he would learn that
what seem to be trihes have IL money val
ne. A new half barrel, lined with clean,
white paper, may contain no better Bart
lett or other pears than his own second
hand package, but his are not touched until
al the clean and bright parcels have been
taken up, and at a price that much more
han covers the difference in cost between
the two packages ,-4gricnlturiS.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-09-12

AMUSING EXPERIGENT.-Take a sheet
of stiff writing paper and fold it into tube
an inch in diameter. Apply to the right
eve and look steadfastly through it, focus
inc the eve on any convenient object, Keep
the left eve open. Now place the left hand
held palm upwards, edgeways against the
side of the paper tube, and about an inch
or two above its lower end. The astonish-
inc effect will be produced of hole, APP
parently of the size of the cross section OF
the tube, made through the left hand.
This is the hole in which we propose to
materialize another and smaller hole. AS
we need IL genuine aperture and it would
be nconvenient TO make one in the left
hand, let sheet of white paper be sub
stiluted therefor and similarly held. Just
ut the part of the paper where the hole,
equaing in diameter the orifice Of the tube,
appears, make an opening quarter of an
inch il diameter. Now, stare intentY into
the tube, and the second hole, defined by
its difference of illumination, will be seen
floating in the fest hole, and yet both
will he transparent. The Illusion for, of
course, it is one of those odd pranks our
binocular vision plays upon US, is certainly
one of the most curious ever devised. Be-
sides here is the actual hole clearly visible,
and yet there is no solid body 10 be seen
to define its edges. 1t is not mere spot
of light, because, if Il page of print be re-
garded, the lines within the boundaries of
the little hole will not coincide at all with
those surrounding it and extending to the
edges of the large apparent aperture.
Every eye obviously transmits an entirely
different impression to the brain, and that
organ, unable to disentangle them, lands
us in that palpable absurdty of materi-
allied hole.-IluStrated Weekly,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-09-12

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES home amuser
ments the best is the good old habit OF
conversation, the talking over inc events al.;s
of the day, in bright and quick pay oi wv wv
and fancy, the story which brings tn9
lauoh. and the speaking the good ana k'nu
and true things, which all have IN tnel[
hearts IT is not so much by dwelling
mon what the members have in common
M bringing each to the other something
Interesting and amusing that home'llfe IS
to be made cheerful and joyous. hach one
must do his part to make cohVersa'io"
genial and happy. 18th .o,,s
o We are too ready TO converse with news
naners and books, 10 seek some com Panloh
1T the store, hotel or club-room' ana 10
forget that home is anything more than
Mace to sleep and eat in. The revival OF
conversation. the entertainment OF one an
other, MS IL roomful of people VIII entertain
themselves, is one secret OF happy nome
Wherever it is wanting, disease has STRUCK
into fine root of the tree; there is want
which is felt with increasing force rs Time
goes on. ....L.4
Conversation in many cases is Just what
prevents many people from feiaPSlhS INV
hitter seIfshness at their fresides. This
conversation should not simply occupy
husband and wife, and other older mem
beers of the family, but extend itself to the
children. Parents should be careful 10
talk with Them to enter into their life, to
share their trihes to assist in their studies
to meet them in the thoughts and feelings
( their childhood,
1t is great step in education when
around the evening lamp are gathered the
different members of II large family shar-
inc their occupations with one another the
older assisting the younger, each contrlbu,
ting to the entertainment of the other, ana
all feeling that the evening had passed
only too rapidly away. This is the trnest
and best amusement. 1t is the healthy
education of great and noble characters
Tie time thus spent by parents, IN the
higher entertainment of their children,
bears harvest of eternal blessings, and
these quick evenings furnish just the time
-LhurcbHluH.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-09-12

APPLES OF GoLD.-If a golden apple is
beautiful to the eye, equally pleasing to
the ear is golden word. OF such are
those kind and sympathetic words, which
touch the heart and elicit God bless
you" such as carry joy and sunshine to
poor, weary souls, and awaken glad mem
cries of happy days gone by; such as
cheer the weary pilgrim in his journey,
and cause him u 90 on his way rejoicing;
such as make the desponding more hope.
tul anu cOntented with their lots in life
such as tend to elevate and refine, and
make men think higher of themselves than
10 pass life like the brute. It is a sad
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-09-12

KEEPING APPLEs.-The Western Agyi
eulturtSt says: Use great care in picking
hem from the trees, and when transfer.
ring them from the basket to the barre
handle them like eggs. Get the best gran,
nlated sugar barrels to keep them in, and
when the barrels are full cover them with
4 thick paper to keep them from the air.
Then with barrel-header press the heads
in, and keep them out of the cellar as late
rs you can without having them freeze.
Put them in the dryest part of the cellar,
and raise them from the ground three feet
Of more on skids, and do not open or dis
orb them until they are wanted for use.
If exposed to the air by opening the bar
'els to pick them over, some of the apples
will rot and others will wither.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-09-12

ltrutb that conversation is adorned by too
few golden words. Should it not be t ne
first care of every Christian to have me
fountain purified, that its waters may De
sweet, clear and sparklingP "A whole
some tongue is a tree of life; but pervcrIsse-
ness therein is breach in the spirit. -
Christian Observer.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-09-12

A LITTLE ONES LoyE.-The Pough-
keepsle Eagie tells an affecting story of
Il little child between two and three years
old, whom lady found walking on the
streets, evidently lost, and crying bitterly.
Taking her by the hand the lady asked
her where she was going.
" In going to find papa" was the reply
of the child between sobs.
What is your papa's name?n asked
the lady.
81 His name is papa" replied the limo
cent little thing.
But what is the other nameP" queried
the lady. What does your mamma call
him?M
She calls him papa" persisted the
little one.
The lady took the chill's hand and led
her along, saying:
lyon had better come with me; l guess
you came this way"
#" Yes, but don't want to 90 back,
want 10 60 10 my papa" replied the little
girl, crying afresh as if her heart would
break
=" What do yon want of your papa" ask
ed the lady.
" want to kiss him.
Just then sister of the child came along
looking for her, and led her away. FROM
subsequent inquiries it appeared that the
it'll ones papa, whom she was so earn
estly III search of, had recently died. In
her loneliness and love for him she, tired
of waiting for him to come home, had
gone to find him and greet him with the
accustomed kiss.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-09-12
agricultural Department.
o. M. rINKHAM, editor.

Accommodations for this department should be
sent to the editor. Mr.. o. Al. TINKHAM, N Pom
frot, Vt.
Please write on side of the paper only sign such
name or initials you wished published, but give
your FULL NAME AND ADDRESS, post Office County and
State.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-09-12

A TRUE MAN.-Two years ago an hon.
est mechanic did a days work in one Of
the houses of a Massachusetts town, Tho
night the house was robbed. The work.
man was at once suspected, and his honse
scare ed. Though no evidence of bis
guilt could be found. he was pnt under the
ban OF the community; his friends Stunned
hlI,' his employers gave him no work, A
large family of children depended on him
tor support, but his hands could find moth.
ing to do, He asked for trial. No one
would bring charges against him. He wac
advised to leave the town and that con ",so
seemed the only means of relief. That
however, would be construed as a con I''''
sion of guilt. He determined to remain
and live down suspicion. Unlike manr IN
similar situations, he neither took to ,lrirt
ing. lost his religion, became sour or hlnm,
ed men for regarding him MS thew Jid
since he would have done likewise nn ~iu,
similar circumstances. He lust remoino o,
firm and kept hoping. The other dav ,ho
real thief was found and the persecp tnS
man is yindicated '''u'eu
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-09-12

Currants, raspberries, etc., do best when
set i'll fall. Set now they get a good
growth before winter. Select rich, deem
soil for them, and the returns will be pro
portionate. On the plantations. OF iii rows
m the garden. already growing, all dead
and bad growing canes should DO removed
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-09-12

WHEAT FOR New ENGLAND.-With
suitable care in selecting the SOIL and in
culture, believe tFat the former obstacles
may be overcome; and that, too, at not too
great an outlay to allow of the crop being
Il paying one, pecuniarily; but that good
crops can be obtained with the same cul-
ture formerly given, | would not wish to
be understood as claiming, for we can
claim it for no kind or variety of crop
The severity of our winters cannot forbid
its culture, for wheat has been and is grown
here, and in climates equally or more Sc
we're, Insect enemies need not be a COM
plete obstacle to success, for in other Sec
tions and countries such (or worse) are to
be contended with, and yet the crop is not
abandoned on that account. Exhaustion
of the soil indicates defects in culture
which, with our present aids and lights,
may be remedied and guarded against with
a reasonable certainty of success. En-
lightened, thorough culture will enable us
to grow, even on our New England soil,
renumerating crops of wheat, and to sue
cesSlully compete in our home markets
with wheat grown on the cheap lands of
the West. If demonstration of the practic-
ability of wheat culture in New EnIgand
were needed. we could obtain it from any
one of the six states. for it is grown in
them all by occasional farmers-by some
in considerable quantities above family
alphabetically Gentleman.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-09-12
MISCELLANEOUS.
VEGETIN L
is MY FAMILY
NJ ED I c 1 N E
wish no other.
vvBG TIN E

Iwish no other.

PROVIDENCE, April 7, 1870
n q ,,,vvNs-Dear Sir: When i was ABOUT .
Mr. II H. minor broke out upon me, when m X
years OF tn aGre by giving me herp teas anu az
motnel rar edias as she pnew Of bqt ~ nd
otner suvh vrt finally she consuted pn3 sletan
grow WI S the ealt rheum, ana dOctoreu nc ~ = ~
ne sAiu He relieved me some but salq cSu ~ ne
nantiy cured the disease earS
~ PsrmS anained great sufferer Ior sefeldhi I'D
Dlo9aii ba If and consulted physician Mno s 70
u! ~ ofulous humOr and Woulu al9 70 nm
1eu t m he would cure me. dlu ~. aId - ~
doctor ~ hiinS mn my sores and succeeded III
Lnenoeu nSsnaT cure but in short TIME the usoa
luk an ID ,ain in q worse form tnan eyer an
Soo 5npon my lungs, throat anu heau., ~ ha no
% mot ferrble pain, and there seenleu 10 nj an
~ snd ed "a friends thought must soon
rslsuy ION was called while reading NJ
my WA n N testimonial OF Mrs 70 70
20 i Eu Street South Boston, and |, formerly
~ Sdn1 in south boston and being pers2ny eaah
sdt t ~ or and knowing her, former teeDle leatn
ed VIII aad HonId try the Vegetne; After MAD tak
s hotties Il seemed TO force the sores GUY u ny
ga i1" had running sores in my ears when iot
Ware very painful but continued 10 take tpe
le nnfI had taken about bottles my ne f
oSSgnvinT ali the time from the al w 10
ny hntle nd the TO heal cOmlne .hi w
M veetine in 1879 aud continued lts constshG use .t
sHe months Al the present time my leaIn y ;
IN y, var mas been since was child me tegetiu9
tnau beiped me and most cordially recommend IL
u Nh an Fereors especially my friends had Desn
W Srar for yer Sd years, and until useu tne
tina ION nd no remedy; nov use IL AZ my iaihHy
madeline and wish no other. ~, u n COOpER
M 10Y Street, Providence, R. l.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-09-12

The OCEAN OF DENu.-We are told
that far down through the ocean fair white
shells are constantly falling. like snow
flakes in breathless winter dav, that
strew with downy drifts the prairie of the
sea. SO the rude wrecks aud unsurrender.
ed dead must in the course of wears re.
ceiye silent burial, as one would hide a
sleeper's form with leaves of lilies, and the
winds pass by them undisturbed. This
shower is made of microscopic shells. thew
say, but in reality the old miniatures are
nameless tribes that once held atoms Of
the life that fills the creation; the old army
Of warriors who fought their sparkle If
day and died; now, through the dense
heaven of Il sea, let gently down upon that
plain. No storms are there. no chance of
seasons, and no murmer of the world
Along that prairie they will lay the tele.
graphic nerves, and through these downy
drifts the quick intelligence will come and
go, Through the dumb realm will PASS
the brothers call to brother round the
world. and syllables of love and hope will
pulsate like heart within the rough At.
lanlic.-ErereH.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-09-12
VEGETINE.

The of disorders which yield 70 the lhnuenee
of the medicine and the number 81 dengu
single medicine has hitherto be even y o
nnsf1m These diseases are Serotua ana az eruhtHe
diseases and Tumors, Rhumatism Gont, NeursigiS,
tons Ulcers al dsesses Rd9 IL ya and ons s
ErdSrs which 80 generally attlict American women,and
which carry annually thousands OF them to prema
can manhood HEARTBURN, Piles, Constipation Ner'
yonsnegs Inability TO sleep, and impure blood. -
This is formidable list of human ailments for any
single medirne to successfully attack, and It is not
prnbabie that any one article before the public has
Tie power to cure the quarter of them except
are the AZ at the root of the tree or disease by
hrst Eliminating every impurity from the blood, pro,
noting the secretions, opening the poresthe great
escape valves of the system nvigoratng the lycr %
its fu and natural action, cleansing the stomach and
atrengthening digestion. This much accomplished,
ths speedy and the permanent cure of not only the
diseases We have enumerated, but likewise the whole
rain OF chronic and constitutional disorders, ls GER
tain to follow. This is precisely what VeHetns does
aud 1t does it quickly and 50 easily that 1t Is an ac
cOmplished fact almost before the PATIENTS aware OF
1t himself.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-09-12
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-09-12

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that dream
him Of goo
kings and
and dream
nand. w
this the nj
store has
lottery ticH
the stren
reputation
been know
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women Of
children f.
cd Of fire
ladies who
room nine
under the
in order
good luck
1t woul
nance and
of inagina
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babies and
the motheH
kind friend
sleep)of d
luck to COZ
delusions)
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long ago,
the writer
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wound ha
Portable
asleep. III
the ward
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the banks
the still W
a great ne
were carr
them GRO
rocks. II
better vieI
awoke. /
reading |
off than
noise, and
shaped tll |
mined to- |
the other
who had |
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and speaI
repeated @
mencing |
l had r.
the sleep
line he nj |
perspiratA !
nervous.
awoke W
BILE drea
strugglinH |
reach a IL
of him,
at length |
self sinki !
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ter, as IN |
caused M |
admit or |
cot, occuH
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valescen
was slee
told by tt
In to
standing
peated To
rick Hem
boy. Al
words IT,
words M
irregula
minutes
awoke;&
could be-
real. II
rapid, M
his oars
finish W
may sta
tested al
.nineteeI
one stool
or repe
diferen
back or
high, OF
familiar
were en-
speaking
dreans#
also tho
and pc
claimed
peculia
us wer
can it
victims
ceptibl
cases
feet he
outside
not per
were 81
did mI
and Pc
neighin
ers to
Will
perim
accord
men
was br
softly
struck
awake
the hes
until ID
becan
ing ne
spot
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auu it,
when
people
scores
dozen
sever
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soft
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ly by
the &c
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dread
dead
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happ
that
of M
CONT
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-09-12
GREEN

once in the
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-11-07
LOST F!

T OST, ABOUT AUGUST SECOND. AN
IL A~m.rican-mads GOLD STEM WIND
En- WATCH. q. Ii. Read. maker. Marion.
n. j.. the numb being 72,17. and on the
lace, limited States Watch Co." The watch
had q small black iron chain attacaed. Any
person leaving the same at this office will be
literally rewarded and no questions ask ed.
Eureka. Sept 8. 1871. sspr9-tf o.