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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-11-07


A Chicago dispatch says: TIE vote in this
county has been light. Up 10 IL O'Clock p. IN.
returns from the city give McCrea, rep, for
county treas lrer, 6,2i0; Lynch, dem, $685.
These figures are from 50 out of 1l3 precincts.
and indicate q very close vote in the city with
proba biiities in favor OF the democratic can
didate, but SIS towns outside will give som
1900 re publican majority, il is confidently
expected by republicans that they will over
come tie city majority. The tickets are run
ming evenly. with little scratching.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-11-07

BACK AGAIN.-The Senate COMMITTEES to
attend the funeral of Senator Morton re-
turned TO Washington this morning Sens-
tor Burnside left the party at Pittsburg and
has gone TO his home in Rhode Island by the
way of New York
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-10-24
Butter for Europe.


The commercial papers inform us that
agents are now buying butter in large guam
titles for shipment to England. The i'm
mense refrigerators which were constructed
on foreign steamers for shipping fresh meat
many of which are now not used for that
purpose, as beef is too high and scarce in
this country, afford facilities for shipping
butter in prime condition, and will tend to
promote foreign shipments This will give
butter a steady market, much more so than
would be the case if the city demand, which
is liable to be glutted, regulated the market.
1t is important for dairymen to foster this
foreign demand for dairy products as much
as possible And the best way to foster it
is to make frst-rate butter. The oleo-mar-
garne manufacturers of New York can
supply all the low-grade " cooking-butter -
that the home and foreign markets will take.
The call for poor butter was never so great
as for prime article, and since the counter
feiters have taken hold of the business they
have almost beaten the scrub-farmers out of
the market. But the time will never come
when COW butter, gilt-edged, will not find a
ready sale. Let us make it.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-10-24
Most Profit in High Feeding.

An English farmer, twenty-five years
settled in this country, after speaking of the
high feeding Of stock and land in the old
country, says Now, if American farmers
who own their farms were to keep lots of
live stock, and use quantities of oilcake,
meal, bran, etc. they would have rich land,
and grow three-fold the crops they now do.
As they have no rents to pay, they would be-
come as wealthy as the English landowners ;
for they would have the same support for
their housekeeping and families as the Eng
lish farmers and the rent these pay to their
landlords as we'll This winter, then, is a
good time to begin, but it is OF no use to
buy the stock unless there is courage
enough to feed without stint, for there is no
such ptiable sight as to see man with a
quantity of cattle, sheep, ETC., afraid to give
them a sufiiciency of good feed. OF course
the animals will have to be fed according to
what it is intended to do with them, and
anyone who has not judgment to do this, is
not genuine farmer, and has to suffer loss
at first, till experience gives him practical
knowledge.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-10-24
Possibilities Of the Corn Crop.

There is no grain that yields like Indian
corn. Even with poor culture it often sur
prises us. And that is perhaps the reason
we do not give it more care. When it does
so literally by us, we think it would be
wicked perhaps, or ungrateful, to push it to its
utmost. But Dr. Sturtevant, Of the Scientific
Farmer has no conscientious scruples of this
kind. lie believes corn may be made to
average two hundred bushels to the acre,
and he is at work with skill and energy to
do it. His plan is to improve both the cul-
ture and the seed Good seed with poor
culture gives only multiplicity of nubbins.
Poor seed with good culture gives only a
swamp of fodder. But good seed and high
culture (Which includes heavy manuring as
well as thorough tillage) he thinks will give
us the grain of five acres at the present
average upon one single acre.
We have not doubt of DIR. Stutevant's
success. Twenty thousand stalks to the acre,
with three full ears to the stalk of good
eight-rowed corn, will give two hundred
DuSHelS Ol Snelltu GOTH w lit dUIt' ~ plp'
duce variety of corn that will give three
full ears to the stalk is by no means very
difficult task. But there must be sufficient
plant food in the soil, available to the roots
of the plant at the right time all through
the season, to produce all this grain. And
it must have the necessary tillage. Whether
root-pruning" shall constitute part of this
tillage remains for DR.. Stutevant to demon
strate. But we haven't doubt that if the
Doctor lives and sticks to it he will yet show
to an unbelieving world one thousand six hun
bred bushels of sheled corn as the product
of eight acres of light sandy land in a single
snasnn.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-10-24
Montreal Horticultural Society.

Secretary Evans, of this society, writes us
that their recent exhibition was the most sue
cessful ever held, with the exception of last
year when the Provincial Exhibition was
held at the same time. There are seven
hundred and sixty members on the roll OF
the society, and the total receipts, for mem
bership tickets and at the door, were two
thousand two hundred and forty-fve dollars
Mr.. Evans has been most energetic and in
defatigable worker for the society, and he has
been backed by many of the members in a
very vigorous manner This is the way to
make success Vermont also ought to have
an horticultural society. We have plenty
of material in the Champlain and Connec
ticut valleys all that is wanted is a little
energy and push on the part of our florist,
and fruit growers, to make and sustain
what would bea most useful organization
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-10-24
The New STYLE OF Fairs,

Jonathan Lawrence, Esq, of Passumpsic,
writes us on this subject "Let us follow up
this kind of farmers fairs, and we can drive
horseracing and its attendant evils from the
state. We hear of other sections moving in
the matter. Let them be farmers fairs, not
exclusively grange fairs. The people are
ripe for a change" We are not so san
guine about driving horse-racing from the
state, but we think that the farmers can in
this way show, at least that agricultural
fairs without the horse-trot can be made an
entire success. The New York State Agri-
cultural Society has had no racing since its
establishment, and is entirely successful.
The show-bills of the last New England fair
at Portland were simply bills of the races
connected Herewith. Such things are dis
creditable to agriculture A horse-race is
as much out of place at a farmers fair as at
mechanics fair.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-10-24
Which was the Worse 7

A poor man, on his way home from his
days work, found a ragged boy lying under
the fence by the roadside. "Can / do any
thing to help you 2" he asked. The boy
moaned, and said he was very tired and
hungry, and had long journey yet to go.
So this kind man took him home, and
gave him food, some clean clothes, and their
best bed to sleep upon. lie had but seven
dollars, and these he kept hid away in an
old-fashioned clock. Six of them he gave
to the boy keeping only one for himself,
which he laid back in its place And to-
morrow" he said, "after you have had a
warm breakfast, will set you on your way
again"
| What do you think this wicked boy did ?
He rose softly in the middle of the night,
crept down stairs on his bare feet, stole the
other dollar, and fed away.
When | told this story TO the boys in my
Sabbathschool class, they said there wasn't
a boy among them who would do so mean a
thing.
Then | told them that out of the seven
days in each week God had given us six for
our own use, and only kept one for his Sab
bath. And yet had seen boys so migrate
full and mean that they took Gods day fol
themselves, and played and skipped stone:
in the water, instead of going to church.
Little Willie hung his head very low, anC
| am afraid some of the readers of this littll
story can guess why.--Chdd at Home.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-10-24

But il seed is scarce il is well to know that
q properly prepared piece of ground VIII
give, in an ordinary season, a large and good
crop from single eyes. This is not, however,
q practice to be followed continuously.
Hiing.-These experiments, like our own,
show that killing reduces the crop. Deep
planting and clean, fiat culture, give the
best results. The loss by high killing is at
least fifteen per cent, and the lighter the
soil the greater the injury. On wet, mucky
soils, surface planting and high killing is
necessary, but such is not a proper soil for
potatoes.
Changing Seed.-In localities where pota'
toes do not seem at home, and the crop de
creases when homegrown seed is used it is
necessary to obtain seed from some locality
where the potato grows to perfection. But
mere change, without some reason like this
gives no promise of advantage, and is as
likely to do harm as good
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-10-24
Potato EXDeriments.

One of the editors of the Country Gentle
mdn-John j, Thomas we suppose-pub-
fishes the results of some experiments ia
potato-growing which agree very nearly with
similar experiments made by us number
of years ago, and reported in the Vermont
Farmer. We summarize these experiments
as follows:
Cut and UncW-In dry and cloddy ground
cut potatoes are likely to dry up and not
grow. But in properly prepared soil, if
planted early, cut pieces grow well, aud pro
duce less small tubers than large, whole
seed.
Large and Small Seed,-In using small
potatoes for seed, as they are ordinarily cut,
there are more eyes TO piece, and conse-
quently there may be more shoots. In this
case the growth is weaker and the product
smaller. If cut with the same number OF
eyes, the resulting plants may be smaller at
first, but in good season the crop will be
nearly or quite equal to that from the larger
pieces and stronger shoots of large potatoes
We have observed that when medium sized
potatoes are planted whole, it almost never
happens that more than one or two shoot,
grow, most of the eyes not starting at all
We prefer for seed, well-ripened, whole DO
tatoes, rather smaller than medium in size
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-10-24
The Native Country of "Indian Corn"

We are indebted to Secretary Boardman,
of the Maine Board OF Agriculture Tor
copy of an interesting monograph from MS
pen upon the history, varieties ana s'austicS
OF Indian corn. Among the numerous note
worthy things IN TINS essay are the scriptural
extracts gong to show that our corn, ana
not wheat, was the corn oil the Bible mus
IN ii. hlngs, 4th chapter aZd verse; IL
is said, There came man from Baal-shal-
isha, and brought the man oil "od twenty
loaves OF barley and 1ull ears oil corn IN
the husks thereof, and said' give unto the
people that they may eat In LeViticus'
I'd chapter, llth verse, there is an inJunc-
ton TO oifer as "meat oiierihg OF hrs'
fruits unto the LORD green ears oil corn
DRIED ny hre, even corn oeated out OF lull
ears In deuteronomy, 2od chapter, 2ith
ana zooh verses there Isl command respect
ing the cohouct OF persons VINO may DE III
need OF 1ood, IN THESE words " "hen thou
CONTEST into thy neighoors vineyard then
thou mayest eat grapes my NIL al thy own
pleasure; put thou shait not put any Ill thy
vessel "hen thou CONTEST INTO the stand
ing corn OF thy helghoori theh thou inayest
pluck the ears with thihe hahd out thou
small hot move the SICKLE INTO my helghoor
corn In LeVitlcus' 2od chapter' I4th
verse; the Israeiltes are Ioiu' we shaii cal
heither pread nor parched CORN nor green
ears uhtiI 'he sel-same day. uhtli you nave
Drought an offering unto your Tod
Botanlsts are convinced, we believe, that
our corn Is really natiVe oil ASIA, and was
known in emma before America was discov-
cred lt.was simply relntroduced TO west
ern Europe after Its discovery IN America
where 1t has never been found growing wild,
like the potato Mr. Boardman makes the
following observations on TINS point;
Modern botahlsts nave advanced the
opinion, that as neither North nor South
America possess plants allied to maize, and
as Eastern Asia has them in numbers, and
as it is true, as general statement, that
plants OF allied families are quite sure to be
found growing together, it has therefore beer
- . $3.50 $3.50 N N N
yea mays was first correctly described anc
illustrated IN Chinese work written IN 100.
that the plant has an Asiatic origin. The
inference to be drawn from the above is
that at period so remote we have no recorC
OF 1t, America aud Asia were connected b,
land at Behring's straits, and over this ole
highway OF an ancient civilization came
vast Immigration from Eastern ASIA, bring
ing to what afterwards became the New
World the maze pant the seeds OF TN
Catalpa' Honey Locust and other seeds an'
plants ms coming from Asa to Amer
lea might have occurred by other mean
than across Behring's Straits, since within
the memory OF man, there have been seyera
shipwrecks and castaways OF junks iron
China and Japan on the Pacific islands
junks drifting with passengers, crew AM
cargo, safe and sound two thousand fv
hundred miles from home, and landing oil
the northwest coast OF North America"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-10-24

in her face, asked, Smother, what did the
clock say ?"
ITO me-" said his mother sadly, it
seemed to say, Gone-gone-gone !"
"What, mother what has gone ?"
"Another hour, my SON"
"What is an hour2"
"a white-winged messenger from our
Father in heaven, sent by him TO inquire of
you--of me, what we are doing, what we
are saying and what we are thinking and
feeling"
"Where is it gone, mother ?"
Back to him who sent it, bearing on its
wings. that were so pure and white when it
came, record of all our thoughts, words
and deeds while it was with us. Were they
all such as our Father could receive with a
smile Of appreciation 2"
Reader, what record are the hours, as they
come and go, bearing up on high of you.-
Selected
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-10-24

ABORTION OF Sows.-A correspondent
of the Rural New YORKER says "While we
are talking about pigs, we must not forget
to mention that we met Mr.. David Smith,
of Glenville, and he was discouraged. -Four
sows, one after the other had aborted, and
he could not tell the cause. They had not
been hurt-ran out to grass, and had water
aud all the pumpkins they could eat. Mr..
Smith did not know until we told him that
pumpkin seeds were apowerful diuretic, and
that they undoubtedly caused the premature
births. Another SOW was in the meadow,
and had had no pumpkins, and she had done
well, bringing him ten fine pigs"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-10-24

My loving bride no Jewels hath
Save one plain ring she weags,
Few roses strew her daily path
OF humble household cares;
To deck her head with gorgeous plumes
No bird Of beauty mourns,
No wondrous welt Of cunning looms
Her graceful form adorns;
But she's the bright, best jewel of
My busy, tong life,
Whose wish Ia but to live and love
Az helpmeetand as wife.
white her gown at norma fair,
Soft robe at evenings hour,
And II aught she wear In her dark hair,
'ris simple wildwood flower;
But, oh the kiss that bids me forth,
Light hearted, to my work,
surpasseth all the flowers Of earth
That in the greenwood Turk;
And the glance that lights me home at last
When the days long task Is through.
Is sweeter than is sunward cast
From violets dashed with dew.
From her soft arms our baby spreads
Its chubby hands, and crows,
The glancing nrelight round their heads
lNT SANITY Hhl1 tii'NNf
And sometimes. when see them so,
or In the doorway stand,
Touched by the sunsets rosy glow
with peace on every hand,
My thoughts revert, with reverent love,
Unto the picture mild
That Raphael wrought so purely of
Madonna and her child.
Few are the hours we snatch from toll
Bread winners IN the strife
We've little Of the corn and oil,
And an the cares Of lifei
Yet whiffs We have OF country air
Sometimes on afternoons,
with the birds and flowers, in park and square,
That are such greatful boOns;
And we envy not the rich and proud.
whose teams and coaches gay
We yet may watch. and swell the crowd
That lines their flashing way.
And, best Of all. we never NOPE
Apart in rrief-alone;
when heart to heart speaks comfort, hope
Ne'er quite deserts her throne.
Hard times upon ~ often press,
We've bread, and little more.
But whatever cup Of bitterness
May be- for me In store,
know my wife will drain her part,
Though it nantes dark and high,
And know the love that brims her heart
VIII never never die Select
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-10-24
What Did the Clock Sayi

The clock upon the tower of neighbor-
ing church tolled forth slowly and solemnly
the knell of the departed hour.
As the last sound died away, Willie, who
was sitting on the carpet at his mothers
| feet, lifted his head, and looking earnestly
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-10-24

FIFTY bushels of wheat per acre, or hum
bred bushels of corn, though possible under
right conditions, peYer result from clinging
10 prejudice or a delusion.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-10-24
AW- white Hickory

for spokes and Rims and ROCK ELM for Hubs. The
wheels being call them, the foundation Of Carriage,
parties should give them thorough Inspection. My wheels
are constructed by Mr.. CHARLES WADE, Jr, who makes
remark that any wishes to heat him at making
Wheels he Is at their service at any time, for trial"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-10-24
The Best assortment Of
Fine Light Buggies

Top Wagons Phaetons offered for sale In Yer
do offer for sale cheap work al low prices. but
offer that will sustain the reputation gained by my
EXHIBIT AT PHILADELPHIA In 1876. employ no
salesman add the expense Of Carriage but people
visiting my
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-10-24
| Challenge Competition

in workmanship style prices sebar work built to
der with Stevens Patent Circular Combination Spring.
make this demonstration 10 convince the public that IT Is
money only thoroughly constructed work, and
that which warranted by parties capable of making their
good use hut hrst-cass material, and in
ve public Inspection of the my Factory. employ
none skilled workmen Taking these two facts together,
they sustain the warrant that give with every Car
rage sold. | claim that my
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-10-24

ALL-WOOL BLACK CASTIMERES, for
ty-eight inches wide, very fair quality,
only SIxTY-FrvE CENTS PER YARD.
ALI-WOOL BLACK CASIMERES, for
ty-eght inches wide, splendid quality,
SEvENTY-FIvE CENTS PER YARD.
ALL-WOOL BLACK CASHNERES, for
ty inches wide, for only FIFTY CENTS
per yard.
COLORED AND BLACK CASHMERES,
forty inches wide, for only THrRrY-FIvE
CENTS PER YARD.
Also fine line of MERINOS, POPLINS
ALPACAS, MOHAIRS, BRILLIAN
TINES, SERGES, DEBEIGES, &c, &c
all very cheap.
We have just received large stock OF Ladies'
Misses and Chlldren's
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entertainments.
CENTRAL VERMONT RAILROAD LINEi
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT.
Commencing on Monday, Sept. nth, 1877.

Trains Gotng South and East.
Leave Montpelier at 800 a. NJ, /. 40 =. NJ, 735 y.
NJ, and 915 p NJ.
MaiI-Leavea ST. Adams at 100 A. w. Montpelier at 800 A.
w. for boston, New London Springfield New YORK and
intermediate points.
Day Express Leaves Ronses Point at l0lOA NJ, Mon
ireai atgOo st. Adams at H. NJ Burlington ut
l2l5P Montpelier ut As NJ for Boston via lowell
MIXED Train-fetve ST. Adams at $40 ?. arriving Al
Montpelier at Ib1 Pm.
Night Express Prom Ogdensburg, Montreal. 81. Al
bans and Burlington, leaves montpelier ~ Nl5 IN,
for Boston via Lowell or fitchburg Springfield, New
York and intermediate points.
Trains Going North and West.
Leave Montpelier at 800 A. NJ, 6.10 A. NJ, 335 p.
NJ, and iii p. NJ.
Express Mail-Jeaves Boston via Fitchburg at 100
Springfield at 500 A. NJ Montpelier 335 p. NJ, for
Burlington, ST. Adams, Montreal and Ogdensburg.
Accommodation Train-Leave. Northneld at 800 A.
Montpelier ut Clio ", for Burlington. st. Adams,
Richford, 81. Johns Rouses Point and Montreal.
Mixed-Leaves W, r. junction at $50 Northhed at
ll.0O NJ. Arrive at Montpelier at l2O0h
Accommodation Train Leaves White River june
ton at IS p. Montpelier at BIZ ?. M for Burling-
ton and 81. Adams.
Night Express Leaves Boston via Lowell at $50 P. NJ.
via Fiichbnrg NJ 500 y NJ. New York AZ 500 p ~,
lngon, 81. Adams, Montreal and Ogdng and the West
Trains leave Montpelier for Barre at $50 NJ, and l2l5
and3bP. N, Returning, leave Barre at ITO A. Nand 100
p. NJ, and "a 2. NJ.
Trains leave St Abans for Sheldon and Rchfod at 500
A. NJ, and 2.l5 p. N.
Sleeping cars are attached to Night Express trains running
between Montreal and Boston, and Montreal and Spring
ael5 and 81 Albans and Troy.
Drawing Room Day Express trains between Mon
Through tickets for Chicago and the sale the
''''9'' J.w HOBART. General supt.
st. Albans VI, September Is, 1871.
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LARGE STOCK OF CORSETS !

The best stock in the country. Don't fail to
see our celebrated "CHOICE Corset.
A splendid woven Corset, only FIFTY
CENTS, equal in value to Corsets usually
sold for from seventy-fve cents to one
dollar. Our Double Busk Corset the
"LEADER," beats them all extra length,
only ONE DOLLAR. We have also DIR.
Warmers celebrated "IIEALTH" Cor
set price reduced to Sl.25.
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agricultural Department
THE woRKMAN's WIFE.

An Communications for this Department should be sent
TO The agricultural Editor Nepport, w.
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Prices are Lower

than the prices Of other builders OF the class Of work.
Parties wishing consult their best interests will give me
q call before looking elsewhere. WOOL MATS in stock,
low Also full line OF Carriage feathers and
Trimmings.
F. G. GILMAN.
Montpelier, May lst, ls77. III
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DOOK AND STATIC merry,
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1877-03-16

PLUNKEr was once engaged in a
case, when toward the end OF the al
ternoon, it became a question whether
the court should proceed or adjourn
till the next day. Plunkett expressed
his willingness to go on if the jury
would "set." "Sit, sir, sit" said the
presiding Judge, mot set hens set
al thank you, my lord" said Plunkett
The case proceeded, and presently the
Judge had occasion to observe that Il
that were the case he feared the &C
ton would not "lay." 'I4ie, my lord
lie," exclaimed the barrister, mot lay,
hens lay"