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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-03-14

LITTLE GOLDEN-HAIR.
BY WILL NJ. CARLTON.

Little Goldcn.hair was watching, in the window
broad and high,
For the coming of her father who had gone the
foe to fight;
lie had left her in the morning, and had tod her
not to cry,
But to have kiss already when he came 10 her
at night.
she had wondered, all the day,
In her simple childish way,
And she asked, as time went on,
Where her father could have gone;
She had heard the musket firing, she had counted
every one,
Tillihe number grew so many that twas too great
load;
Then the evening fell upon her, clear of sound oil
shout Or gun,
And she gazed with wistGul waiting down the
dusty Concord road.
Little Goldcn.hair had listened, not single week
before,
While the heavy sand was falling on her mothers
coffin lid:
And she loved her father better for the loss that
then she bore,
And thought of him and yearned for him, what
ever else she did.
SO she wondered all tho day,
What could make her father stay,
And she cried little, too,
Ash he'd told her not odo;
And the sun sunk slowly downward and went
Grandly out Of sight,
And she had the kiss all ready on his lips to be
bestowed;
But the shadows made one shadow, and the twi.
light grew tonight,
Aud she looked, and looked, and listened, down
the dusty Concord rOal.
Then the night Igrew Hight and lighter. and the
moon rose full and round,
In the little sad face peerlng, looking pitiously
and mild;
Still upon the walks OF gravel there was heard no
welcome sound,
And no father came there, eager for the kisses
Of his child a.
Long and sadly did she wait,
Listening at the cottage gate;
Then she felt quick alarm,
Lest he might have come to harm;
With. no bonnet but her tresscs, no companion but
her fears,
And no guide except the moonbeams that the
pathway dirly showed,
With little sob of sorrow, quick she threw away
her tears,
And alone she bravely started down the dusty
Concord road.
And for many Il mile she struggled, full of weall
ness and pain,
Calling loudly for her father, that her voice lie
might not miss;
Till at last, among number of tho wounded and
the slain,
Was the white face OF the soldier, waiting for
his daughters kiss.
Softly to his lips she crept,
Not to wake him as he slept;
Then with her young heart at rest
Laid her head upon his breast.
And upon the dead face smiling, with the living
one nearby,
All the night Il golden strelmlct of the moon
beams gently Howell
One to live, lonely orphan, one beneath the sod
to lie
They found them in the morning on the dusty
Concord road.
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Music AS A FERTILIzER.-A correspOn-
dent is quite sure that the previously feeble
plants in his greenhouse were made to
grow luXurianty by his performance dai-
ly in this structure on IN instrument. lie
adds, that in deserts, on high mountains.
etc, where no birds sing vegetation is thin
and absent. How is it in our cities where
bands often performs He cites tho rich
music of birds in the tropics in connection
with luxuriant growth. lie might add
that ON the borders of Smiths Sound and
Bailin's Bay, where no birds sing, trees
and plants do not grow. Would it not be
cheaperto hire II few organ-grinders than
to buy superphosphate and guanoP-
English Mechanic.
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The SToCKBRIDGE FERTLIzERs.-Wc
have received the annual pamphlet for
1877 of Messrs. w. II. Bowker e. Co.
giving testimonials and other information
concerning the well-known Slockbridgo
Manurcs." Copies may be obtained by
persons interested in the subject of scien-
tific fertilization, on application to the
publishers, No. 43 Chatham street, Boston,
Mass.
We have received also from james j.
IL. Gregory, of Marblebead, Mass, his
circular and seed catalogue for 1867. Mr.
Gregory aims 10 deal directly with the
farmer, and warrants that the seeds sold
shall be what they purport TO be, that all
money sent according to directions given,
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/ of mixed leached and unleached ashes, on
top of each hill Immediately after plant
ing. l hoed the corn but once, but
cultivated it six times; three times in the
rows running north and south, and three
times in the rows running east and west;
and by careful measurement it yielded at
the rate of sixty bushels to the acre.
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gnGtrg
sARNIERS, ROYS.

FARMERS BOYS.
out in every tempest,
Out in every gale,
Buffeting the weather.
Wind, storm and hail.
In the meadow moving
Where the old oak stood;
Every fitting moment
Each skillful hand employs
Bless me were they ever
Idle farmers boys?
Though the palm be callous,
Holding fast the pillow,
The round check is rudy,
And the open brow
Has no lines or burrows
Wrought by evil hours.
For the heart keeps wholesome,
Trained in natures bowers;
Healthy, hearty pastime,
The spirit never clogs;
Heaven bless the manly,
Honest farmers boysl
AT the merry husking,
At the applc.bee,
How their hearts run over
With genial, harmless glce;
How the country maidens
Blush with conscious bliss,
At the love-words whispered
With II parting kiss
Then the winter evenings,
With their social joys
Bless me they are pleasant,
Spent with farmers boys,
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MISCELLANEOUS.
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CENTRAL VERMONT R.R. LINE
WINTER RRANeEMENT
mmencing Monday, November q, 1879
TRAINS GOING SOUTH AND EAST

Leave Montpelier at9l5A NJ, 2I5P.M., andem,
MAIL TRAIN leaves st. Adams zoe A. Nj Nnn,1% ~
q15 A. NJ, for Boston, New London, elltf
York and intermediate points. oN'u' New
EXPRESS leaves ROuseB Point ats 30 M Montro,to
A. NJ st. Adams at 1910 P. NJ, Burlington - il Ist0
Montpelier 5P. NJ, for Boston via Lowell r. n,
MIXED TRAIN leaves st. Albanss 5OP N arriving =,
Montpelier $40 N. ~
NIGHT ExPREss from ogdensburg. Montreal 81 4,
for Boston via. Lowell Or Fitchburg, sprngdsd ",
York and intermediate points. u'NeE
TRAINS GOING NORTH AND WEST
Leave Montpelier ats. 35A M. 6IOA. M 4m,
and $40 f.M n
DAY ExPREssleaves Boston via Fitchburpb ~,
NJ via Lowell VA. NJ, New London 900 IN StL;S
aeld 8OOA NJ, Montpelier LOOP. NJ for Burii,,pllR
Adams, Montreal and OEdeDshUig. 'oh 3
ACCOMMODATIONS leaves White RiverJuuctiori,,
Montpelier 61O p. T. Tor Burlington and St SSFs
Nontpelier6.lOA M, for Burlington st AIhs3OWWA
ford, st. Johns, Rouses Point. and Montreal Hlcl
NIGHT EXPRESS leaves Boston via LoWeiIat6 e.,.
via Fitchburgh $50 p. NJ. New York cor NJ SN'I H.
field, 800 P. M, Montpelier IS A. M for Ti,riiiR
5t.Albans, Montreal and OgdensburRh an dilt
Trains leave Montpelier for Barre at $40 !, WV
l295 P. M, and 4.2b P. NJ. a. Aud
Returning leave Barre at7.I0 M, and 20 ord Il,
p M. " Wv
Sleeping cars are attached to Night Expresst..,
running between Montreal and Boston and NGnttaln
and Springfield, and st. Adams and Troy HHtlI
Drawing room cars onDay Express traipEbe4w.
Montreal and Boston. N'"t'
| Through tickets for Chicagoandthewest fo,soi,..
| the principal stations. ''a
J.W HOBART General Su perinterdor.
St.Albans, vt. November 25, 1876 S'UeLl'
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-03-14

TIE HABIT OF FEATHER EATING. At
this season fowls have much idle time,
and get into mischief in consequence,
being deprived of animal and heterogeneous
food, they take us the best substitute the
feathers from each others necks. The
remedy is to give them sleeps pluck or
liver to peck at, hanging it up within
reach, and to give them wheat scattered
in the earth or litter of their houses.
This will give them food and work to oc-
cupy their time.-Anlerican Agricu(turiSt.
FATTENING FowLs.-Poultry properly
fed will acquire all the fairness needed for
marketing purposes in Il fortnight or three
weeks at the most. Their diet should be
Indian, oat and barley meal, scalded in
mi or water; the former is the best, as
it will expedite the fattening process.
They should be fed early in the morning.
at noon and also in the evening, Just be-
fore going to roost, and given plentiful
supply OF pure, fresh water, and plenty of
gravel, sliced cabbage or turnip tops. If
the fowls are required to be very fat, some
trimmings of fresh mutton suet may be
chopped up and scalded with their other
feed, or they may be boiled in milk alone
and poured TO the meal. This renders the
flesh lirmer than it otherwise would be.
When fit to kill, feeding must be stopped
for twelve hours or more, so that the in
testincs may become comparatively
empty London Field.
DUCKLINGs MORE PROFITABLE THAN
CHGCKENs.-T saying often applied to
young ducks that "thcy eat more than
they are worth" may be very unjust
one. Several years ago we were speak
ing with woman who raised yearly
large numbers of ducks and chickens, re-
garding the comparative amount of food
consumed to bring them to their full
growth. She stated "ducks eat less in
proportion to their growth than chickens. =
Our readers may be surprised Mt this,
but upon giving the matter IL little
thought they will understand the reason.
1t is because the ducklings reach matu-
rity sooner than the chickens, and, OF
course, the longer it takes to bring Il
creature to maturity, the greater the ex-
pensc not only of food, but of time and
trouble, Experiment has demonstrated
the fact that, with the same quantity OF
food and care, the ducklings in ninety
days from the she'll may be made 10 weigh
nine or ten pounds per pair, or over.
while chickens in the same length of time
come to weigh only six or seven pounds pei
pair. Hence the remark quoted at the
commencement of this paper does moi
apply when ducklings are properly and
intelligently managed.-Poultry World.
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This applies directly to the question OF
amusemcntS. | am often asked if it is
right TO dance, and my answer is that if
the spirit of God says YES" do it. So
people ask if it is right to 60 to the theatre.
Let The Spirit of God lead you, and if He
leads you there, 90. Christ did not lay
rules, but principles. Take this Word
and be guided by the Spirit, and you will
not go wrong. -Noody.
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PROOF.
WHAT Is NEEDED.

Boston, Feb IS, 1871.
Dear SirEAbout one year since found myself Il
feeble condition from general d9blllty W. NJ
been much benefited by its use Iprocured tne %
and alter using several bottles was restores 10 ~
there is no medicine superior to it Tor those
for which 1t is especially prepared, ana %ouu cueer
something to restore them to perfect health
- Ne'fo0'i"''' u L PETTINGILL,
Firm of NJ Pettingill Co. 10 State street. Boston
CINc1NNATI. Nov %, 1872.
Dear Sir-The two bottles OF VEGETINE furnishet
me by your agent my wife has used with great beneh
For a long time She has been troubled with dlzznes
and costyeness; these troubles now entirely re
moved by the use of VEGETINE. -..
She was also troubled with dyspepsia anu genera
debility and has been greatly benefited.
N''''-'' "''N THOS GILMORE, 2293 Walnut street
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-03-14

BLEACHING STRAws.-As to the mode
of bleaching straw for ornamental baskets,
my grandmother tells me 10 write that
when she was girl they used to bleach
rye straw for bonnets, and she thinks the
same mode would do for basket material.
They cut the straw into proper lengths,
removed the sheaths, and put it in weak
solution of pearl-ash until thoroughly wilt
ed; then, while moist, treated it with
fumes of burning sulphur. They put the
straws in loose pile so that the fumes
could get freely among them. As the
operation was on q small scale, they used
Il box with y cloth thrown over it, with n
saucer holding Il small piece of burning
sulphur inside. Take barrel with both
heads out, put false perforated bottom
within six inches of one end, tumble in
the straw loosely, throw u cloth over the
barrel, and then slip Il saucer Of ignited
sulphur under it, The bleaching effect of
sulphurous acid is we'll known. | have
often put light streaks and blotchcs on Il
dark rose by holding II lighted match un-
der heterogeneous Country Gentle
nun.
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agricultural Department.
n-MrIMKHAM. Editor.

All communications for this department should BIZ
sent to the editor, Mr.. o. NJ TINKHAM, N Pom
fret, vt,
Please write side of the paper only, sign sucf
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, 1877-03-14

SMALL PICS GROWING IN FAVOR
Watiacc's Monthly says: " 1t is only n few
years since swine breeders were vieing
with each other for the greatest weight o.
carcass; but this is changed. Hogs that
will weigh five hundred pounds are sole
at Il less price per pound than those Of two
hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds
The market in England has long favored
light weights. London is chiefly supplied
with pigs of less than two hundred ponds
weight. And this tendency of the market
to pigs well fatted but of small weight is
Just what the farmer should encourage
for it is exactly in the line of his interest
1t costs more to make the second one
hundred pounds of pig than the first, and
still more to make the third one hundred
pounds, and so every pound added becomes
more expensive"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-03-14

Saws Boston physician has no equal as bood pur
ifer Hearing Of its many wonderful cures, alter al
other remedies had failed visited the Set
from barks roots and herbs each Of which ls hsnIl
efectiye and they are compounded in such mamie
IA to produce aston shing results"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-03-14

DANCGNG.-Ihis dancing business has
become u madness in this city. Think of
young people of native intellect, capable
of becoming the best scholars, the best
orators, the best writers, the best thinkers,
and thus us well rs otherwise the most
useful and important citizens, satisfying
their ambition by becoming the best dan
GERS! Such an ambition looks contempti-
BILE to persons of intellectual character and
Attachments; and persons Jealous for such
low honors render themselves cOntempti-
BILE to those possessed of real intellect. Nor
should such low aims be encouraged by
the public prints going into family circles.
The time spent in becoming the best dancer
would 90 far toward making u young man
of natural intelligence the best historian,
the best geographcr, the best lingust, the
best poet the hest speaker, or the best
statesman Of his locality; and any one of
these would be u distinction worth possess
ing, while the dancing honor is sure to be
despised by all thinking people. What Il
day it would be to Bangor to raise up such
a prose writer as Washington Irving, or
such IL poet MS William G. Bryant, or such
an orator AS Wendell Phillips, or such Il
lnguist us Noah Webster, or such scien.
list us Louis Agassiz, Or such a statesman
us Daniel Webster! Instead of this, how
ever, we have fallen 10 the mean business
Of raising the best dancers And what is
worse, our citizens do not all of them see
the difference! When they do see it, we
shall have more study and less dancing,
and those Churches, now gone somewhat
astray, will return 10 their true work of
religious culture instead ofphystcal recrea-
lion. Dancing is II mere waste of time
that should be devoted to higher ends and
prospects DR., 7tft, IN Northcr1 Border.
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YEGETINE

Il now prescribed in of Scrofula and other dis
eases Of the blood. by many OF the best physclahs
owing to its great success in curing oil diseases OF Uni
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VEGETlNE

Was looked upon experiment for some time a DA
some of our best physicians but those most incredu
lous in regard to its merit are now It's most arueh
Frio, do mi suD
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Che family GirtIe.

RAPID WRlTERS.-The biographies of
authors furnish many interesting facts con-
corning the time occupied in the prepara-
ton of their works. From the number of
works prepared by some of the ancients
we Judge that they wrote very rapidly.
Livy wrote one hundred and fortv-two
books. Cicero wrote three or four impor-
tant works in single year. Byron, we
are told, wrote "The Corsair" in ten DAYS
Fenelon Telemaque in three months.
Walter Scott wrote work, for which he
was paid one thousand pounds, in two
days. "Rab, and His Friends" by DR..
John Brown, was written, it is said, at a
single sitting. Dean Shipley said to He
Der; " Suppose you write II hymn for the
service tomorrow morning" And the
hymn, "From Greanland's ley Mountain, "
was written and printed, and used in the
missionary service of the following day.
Baxter, in fourteen years, wrote and pub
lished nearly sixty volumes. Chalmers
being asked how long it took in the prepa-
ration of IL sermon, replied That de-
ponds on how long you want it. If your
sermon is to lie half an hour long, it will
take you three days; if it is to be three
quarters of an hour, it will take two, or
perhaps one, but if you are going to preach
an hour, then there is not much occasion
to think II great deal about it, 1t may be
done in an hour" When Robert Hall was
consulted on the same subject he gave
substantially the same answer. Both these
great men believed that the shorter the
time of composition the less of value the
production possessed. But Dr.. johnson,
who prepared forty-eight printed octave
pages ut II single sitting, when he heard
that it took Blair II week to compose SER
mon,remarked: Then, sir, that is for want
of the habit of composing quickly, which
am insisting one should acquire. would
say toa young divine; 'Hereis yourtext; let
us see how soon you can make Il sermon.
Then I'd say: Let me see how much bet
Ter you can make it, Thus | should see
both his powers and his judgment" While
it is true that some of the works of such
rapid composers us johnson and Scott and
Byron have obtained IL permanent place in
literature, the greatest number of works of
permanent worth have been the slow
growth of years and much painstaking. 1t
is true, as Pope says, TO take more pains
and employ more time cannot fail to pro-
duco more complete pieccs.n Says anoth-
er about this work: II spend long time
upon it, because intend it to last long
time y Anon.
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VEGETINE

and creating fictitious appetite but assists nature Il
Clearing and purifying the whole system. leading tint
natient GRADUALLY to perfect health.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-03-14

CUT STRAW INSTEAD OF HAY.-For the
benefit of any of your readers who may
be short of hay, l can recommend Il plan
OF feeding which proved very successful
with us last winter, viz, TO use cut straw.
Pea straw answers very well if saved in
good order. Sprinkle it with water from
IL common watering pot, and mix as much
chopped feed (peas and oats) AS will stick
10 the straw. In this way my horses stood
their work well last winter, reServing
some hay for the spring, In this way Il
ton of hay will keep three horses through
the winter until the grass is available next
spring. For oxen or COWS the cut straw
may be sprinklcd with pickle, and should
have some bran mixed with it. Milcl
cows, of course, are better for II regular sup
ply of roots, sugar beets, or Swedish tur-
nips throughout the winter Turnips oil
sugar bees may be fed to horses occasion.
ally. but carrots are better if to be had
us they tend to strengthen the horses
Wind Correspondence of Toronto Globe.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-03-14
VEGETINE

Is not vile nauseous compound, which simply purge
the bowels but safe. pleasant remedy which II sur
to purify the blood, and thereby restore the health
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-03-14
MISCELLANEOUS.
W L G E 7 1 N E
VEGETINE

Strikes at the root of disease by purifying lhe blood
restoring the liver and kidneys to healthy actlon ln'
yiRoratinR the nervous s. stem.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-03-14

DANGEROUS SoAP.-We have marked
of late the introduction into the market,
under high-sounding names, of various
strong potash combinations, intended for
laundry and cleaning purposes. One of
these preparations, which appears to con
tain more caustic potash than any other it,
gredient, lately caused the death of child
who accidentally ate some of it; and we
have found the same stuff strong enough
to remove old hard paint from wood work
when merely wetted by the same and al
lowed to rest thereon for perhaps an hour
or two We advise our readers to let such
preparations severely alone, they are ruin
Gus TO clothes, and except to cleanse kitch-
en- floors or other grease soaked places,
should not be used. Even the ordinary
low grade soaps are heavily charged with
soda, and impurities, which, the manufac-
turers say they are obliged to add in order
to hold their own with fraudulent dealers
who adulterate still more heavily; and
these soaps are also highly destructive to
fabrics. 1t is much better economy to pur-
chase a good quality, even a superior
quality, of white soap for household pur-
poses; for the extra cost of the soap, will,
in the end, be more than saved in the less
ened wear of clothes or oil-cloths, and OF
paint. 1t is hardly necessary to add that
strong alkali soaps should never be used
on the skin, as their effect is corrosive and
harmful The object of using soap for the
toilet is simply to overcome the natural
oil which cxudes from the skin and render
it possible for the water TO combine there
with and very little of the soap is ample
for this purpose.-Scjentyfc american.
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small fruit, learn 10 grow them and make
their families happy.

And here is tho matter viewed from
another standpoint. We can only say
with the old Dutchman, " You pays your
money, and takes your choice "
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-03-14

Everytl
destroyed
able cha
by naturI
princes nd
LOSSedW.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1877-04-04
A Singing RebIlxe.
II. K. HIrcHcooK,
Inspector General of Schools.

In his recent speech at the opening OF the
Dominion Parliament, the Governor General
dwelt for moment upon the Pacific Railway,
then presented the following scathing remarks in
reference to Indian affairs:
have made an engagement to negotiate
treaty with the remaining tribes east OF the
Rocky Mountains. The expenditure incurred
by the Indian treaties is undoubtedly large, but
the Canadian expenditures nevertheless
cheap. if We compare the results with those OF
other countries. and it is, above all, humane,
just and Christian policy. Notwithstanding the
deplorable war waged between the Indian tribes
in the United States Territories aud the Govern
ment of that country during the last year, no
difficulty has arisen with the Canadian tribes
lying in the intermediate vicinity of the scene of
hostlilies.'
There is enough truth in the abovs remarks to
have them appeal to the American people with
no small amount of wounded pride and humilia-
ton. Our Indian policy is disgrace to the ma
ton. Exceedingly expensive, it is totally in
efficient in carrying out either humane or II
just policy, while owing to its shortcomings we
are at constant war with the Indians, the FROM
tiers are being constantly ravaged and murders
committed and while the United States Indians
are yearly becoming fewer and less in numbers,
in Canada they have settlements, schools and
churches and are quiet law-ahiding citizens.