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The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-15
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSE.
TAKE CARE OF the TOOLS.

We cannot too strongly urge the ne
eessity of proper care of farm imple-
ments. This care especially consists
in housing, painting aud repairing, in
return for which we have tools that
are better, that will wear longer, and
that will be less liable to break, as
well as vastly more convenient to use,
the total result of which is "econo-
N.Y."
Every farmer should make it rule
to keep his tools under cover when not
in use, There are always corners
enough in the barn, where hoes, shov-
els, ploughs and harrows can be stored
away at any time without being in the
way. At trifing expense shed can
be built, in which may be kept the
wagons, carts, moving machine, etc. !;
it will take no longer to run them un-
der the building than to leave them in
the field.
Furthermore, every farmer should
see that his tools are kept in good or
der. When any part Of an implement
gets out of place, or is broken, the ad-
joining parts sustain greater wear, and
in a short time are beyond repairing.
Nuts, bolts and screws become loose,
admitting dust, and gravel, and caus-
ing unnecessary friction, which is more
wearing than actual work. AS soon
as any part becomes weak it should be
repaired at once. We once knew a
thrifty farmer who made it a rule to
repair everything before it was broken,
and we presume he was saved many
vexatious delays. Another important
matter not to be overlooked is the use
of paint; a good coat of brown paint,
that costs but little, will exclude the
moisture to considerable extent, and
prevent decay.
Proper care and q neat look will in
sure better tools and better handling,
since every one prefers to use an i'm
plement that is bright and polished to
one that is rusty and weather-beaten,
and in the matter of service the one
will last until literally worn out, while
the other is liable to give out when
least expected.
1t has been stated that implements
are not made of SO good material as
formerly, and that many of them are
too light for hard service, but we be.
lieve these, especially the former, tc
be mistaken ideas. The material is o1
small consequence compared with the
treatment the tool receives. 1t is true
that good steel and good wood work
are better than poor; but rust and de-
cay will soon destroy either. Many
Of the best and toughest varieties o,
timber if exposed to the weather, will
decay quite as soon as the poorest.
Economy is term which we have
seen used in almost every journal thai
we have read for the past three years
and doubtless every shiftless farmer il
New England thinks he is really eco
nOmical, but when we pass their hous
es, and see expensive implements an(
wagons standing out in the hot SUI
and the soaking rain, we are prone tt
remark that with such, ct least, econ
omy is g tdrce.-American Cultivator
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-15
ABOUT THE FLY.

When Detroit woman answered the
door-bell the other day she found
stranger on the step. He had bum
die in his hand, smile on his face,
and he said:
Madam, can 1 sell you some fly
paper?"
"Does the paper fy?" she asked.
"No, Maam, but it makes the flies
fly"
"What do Iwant the flies tohy for~
she continued.
"Every fly, madam" he was ex-
planning, when she called out:
81 want you to fly! l can get along
with flies better than with agents p
"But | am not on the fly" he softly
protested.
sour dog is, "she grimly replied, and
so he was. He flew around the cor
ner, the agent flew for the gate, the
roll of fy-paper flew over the curb, and
news-boy climed tree-box to be
out Of the muss and shouted:
"She flew, thou fyest, he flied, and
| believe the dog got piece of meat
with that coat tail p
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-15

rates between your soul and Christ is
sin, at least to you. The door of the
closet must be shut on it. That closed
door ought to shut out Incidence.
"Believe me-" said Samuel TAYLOR
Coleridge, "to pray with all your
heart and strength; with the reason
and the will; to believe wildly that
God will listen to your voice through
Christ, and verify do the thing he pas
seth thereupon-that is the last, the
greatest achievement Of the Christian
warfare on earth" Ard Coleridge
agrees with Scripture. What we read
as TO the "effectual, fervent prayer"
ought to be rendered the energetic,
aoorking prayer. We must pray as
though prayer we're real; only thus
can it be real. That closed door ought
to shut out hurry. 1t is the patient,
silent quiet Of the closet that we need.
l think of these words of James Mar
tineau-"There it is-in such patient
silence-that We accumulate the in
ward power which we distribute and
spend in action that the soul acquires
greater and more vigorous being,
and gathers up its collective sources
to bear down upon the piece-meal diff
ficulties of life and scatter them to
dust there alone can we enter into
that spirit of self-abandonment by
which we take up the cross of duty,
howeverhe heavy, with feet however worn
and bleeding" To such high and in
vigorating silence, hurry is quick
death. Often we must leave hurry
outside that closed closet door. But
what is that closed closet door to shut
in7 God-God and our own souls.
Robert Burns lamented that he could
not ''pour out his inmost soul, with
out reserve, TO any human being, with
out danger Of one day repenting his
confidence" But there Is q secret
oracle where the soul may utterly tell
forth itself. Shut thy door on your
self and God. Tell him of your beset-
ting sins and temptations, troubles,
infelicities, perplexities--the greatest,
the least; let him speak to you, breathe
upon you, quiet you, strengthen you.
And though none but God and your
own soul shall know what goes on in
side that shut door, all shall know
that something mighty and beneficent
has gone on inside Of it; you shall
come forth so calm, so shining and SO
strong. The symbol of strong life
is the shut door.-Methodist.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-15
RELIGIOUS.

Behold Him on the cross. A light divine
Burns on his brow. In his uplifted gaze
Is grand silent poem oftears and praise
A sacred anguish that doth not repine:
Behold Him on the cross! Oh, human
brain,
Thou canst not fathom this souls bitter
ness!
Hush! listen breathless. The pale lips
unclose:
What is the fatal sentence of his foes?
Nay, even his dying accents can but
bless:
"Father-forgive them" oh, subllmest
pain!
Oh, boundless Lowell The angry spears
are hurledl
His head bows down, like to some tender
shoot
That the storm beats. His patient lips
are mute.
So dies Christ Jesus to redeem the world
From the Spanish Of Boaalde.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-15
SETTING MILK FOR CREAM.

A writer in the Philadelphia Times
says it is not to be wondered at that
the average dairyman of our state is
puzzled to know what to do for the
best. Prof. Wilkinson tells him plain
ly that nothing but shallow
pans and subearth ducts will do;
while Prof. Hardin is equally certain
that deep pans (20 inches) sunk to
the rim in water, at a temperature of
so degrees, alone insure the largest
yield Of the best quality Of butter I;
and now both of these are overtopped
by the new Cooley system, which pro-
poses to inclose the milk in a deep,
narrow can, with water-tight lid and
sink it under water, which is carefully
kept at low temperature by the use
of ice.
Our own experiments satisfy us that
both extremes are right, provided GER
tain rules, as unalterable as those Of
the Medes and Persians, are observed.
At a temperature above 600, deep
cans will not do; the milk will usually
sour before all the cream reaches the
surface. When this temperature is
unavoidable, shallow and broad pans
will give the best results. When cold
water is abundant and the means of
keeping it at SOC or lower are at hand,
it will be found that cans, 20 inches
deep and eight or nine in diameter, will
save much labor, and at the same time
make quite as much and better butter.
Those dairymen whose situation is
covered by the first case, should be
cautious in the use of deep cans. 1t
is no doubt for the want of proper OBJ
servance Of these simple rules that we
now have conflict of sentiment as to
the comparative merits of deep and
shallow sitting.
In this connection, Philip Hazard in
''Butter and Butter Making" says -
'1t is mooted question as to the
depth the pans shall be filed for set
ting the cream, and the arguments are
strong for both deep and shallow pans,
those who argue the matter generally
remaining firm that their own way is
the best. Those in favor of deep pans,
which should hold about the twelve
quarts, or rather deep setting of the
milk, argue that the cream will rise to
the top under all circumstances, and
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-15
BLUE SKY SOMEWHERE" :"

Children are eloquent teachers.
Many q lesson which has done our
heart good have we learned from their
isping lips. 1t was but the other
day another took root in memory.
We were going to picnic, and of
course the little ones had been in &C.
stacies for several days. But the ap-
pointed morning broke with no glad
sunshine, no songs Of birds, no peals
of mirth.
There was every prospect of rain
even hope hid her face and wept.
"Sha'n't we go, mother2" exclaim-
ed child of FIVE, with emphasis.
"If it clears off,"
"But when will it clear off,"
90, look out for blue sky"
And SO he did, poor little fellow,
but never bit Of blue sky gladdened
his eyes.
"Well, don't care, MOTHER" said
he, when the tedious day had at length
numbered all its hours. "IfI haven't
seen it, | know there is blue sky some
where"
The next morning there was blue
sky, whole sky full of it; clear, glo-
rious blue sky, such as only greets us
after a storm.
"There, mother, didn't / tell you
sol" cried joyous voice; "there is
blue sky" Then the little head
dropped for a moment in solemn
thought.
"Mother !" exclaimed the child,
when he again looked up, "there must
have been blue sky all day yesterday,
though | never saw bit of it, cause,
you see, there amt no place where ii
could have gone to. God only GOV.
cred it up with clouds, didn't he Pr
Appeal.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-15

Parson Jedediah Dewey, who preach
ed war sermon the Sunday before
the battle of Bennington, was the first
pastor Of the first church in Vermont.
His strict theological views sometimes
brought him into contact with Colonel
Ethan Allen, the hero Of Ticonderoga,
who lived in Bennington some years.
Preaching on the character Of God,
one Sunday, Col. Allen rose in his
prominent pew and disputed one of
the parsons statements. Pointing at
the disturber, Mr.. Dewey retorted:
"Sit down, thou bold blasphemer,
and listen to the Word of God"
During the thanksgiving service for
the surrender of Ticonderoga, Mr..
Dewey had been ascribing the glory Of
the victory to the Lord rather more
sweepingly than was agreeable to AL
len, who called out in the midst of
prayer, "Please mention to The Lord
about my being there !"
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-15

Madison Graves in an essay on the
cut-worm, before the Lenawee Farm
ers' Club, set forth the importance of
cultivating the increase and the care
of our native birds as the only sure
remedy against the fearful rayages Of
the swarms Of insects already upon us.
Mr.. Bradish agreed on the importance
of bird help, but said he had discov-
cred a simple and very effectual reme-
dy for the cut-worm in his corn. Itwas
to punch a great many holes along the
row Of corn with a sharp round stick,
and in the morning he had found as
many as ten or twelve worms trapped
in each hole, where they couldn't get
out. Mr.. Moore had this year discov-
cred chipmunks, with large numbers
of cut-worms in their crops, greatly to
his surprise.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-15

therefore there is less exposure to the
air to become contaminated or cheesy
and form into a skin, as it will do if
exposed too long. Now this objection
is obviated if the milk is SKINNED reg
ularly every day, as it should be. We
favor the shallow setting of the milk,
say from three to four inches, as we
believe there will be more surface to
receive the cream, and the whole of it
will rise, and less will be retained in
the milk from any effort to rise. If
the air of the milk-house is kept pure,
and so that the winds will not blow
over the surface of the pans, the cream
will come out right; if disturbed while
the cream is rising, it becomes agita-
ted too much for the perfect separa-
ton of the two.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-15
VOL. 1.-NO. Is.
CURIOUS MISTAKE.

Among the other curious mistakes
that have happened to Congressman in
the correspondent of the
Boston journal relates the following
1.-The little suites Of rooms at the Ma
tional Hotel open upon little halls, uni
form in appearance, connected by long
corridors, and are all furnished alike.
One night Senator Mangum, of North
Carolina, then President pro ten. of
the Senate, a dignifled gentleman of
the old school, had just returned from
party, when Mr.. Upham, a senator
from Vermont, came in without any
ceremony and took a seat. The two
chatted away on politics, the weather,
the social amusements, etc., until the
clock on the mantle-shelf struck one.
Really, Mr.. Upham,' said Mangum :;
Il am always pleased to see you, but |
really believe it is getting very late
Il have thought so for some time re-
piled Upham, but he made no move
ment. Presently the half-hour
sounded, and Mangum remarked: Il
thought, Mr.. Upham, that you had de-.
cided to go to bed, sir so Ihad, Mr..
President answered the Vermonter,
yet he did not bulge. Mangum stared
at him in amazement, and at last plain
ly said: But why don't you go to your
room, Mr.. Upham? 1t will soon be
two o'clock My room, Mr.. Presi-
dent? why, this is my room, and Ihave
been waiting foryou to go away for two
hours past. Mangrum sprang to his
feet, looked into the sleeping room adj
jacent, and found that he was in Up
hams room instead of his own. Mr..
Websterusedto to enjoy joking him about
his visit to Vermont"
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-15

RED PEPPER AND PoULTRY.-A cor
respondent of the Poultry Bulletin
says: l do not know whether other per-
sons who raise poultry and pet birds
are as much dependent as | am on red
pepper; but l have found so much
benefit from its use in my poultry
yards and cages that it may not be
amiss to call the attention Of others to
its good qualities. do not speak of
the article that is sold in drug stores
(and sometimes not remarkably fresh) =,
but Of the capsicam that grows in our
gardens. l have tried all the different
varieties and find that the most pung-
ent and efflcscious is the small kind
usually known by the name of "bird's
pepper" The plant in itself is beau
tiful object it grows about two feet
high, and in autumn its bright little
scarlet berries look like coral beads
peeping from under the dark, green
foliage, Indeed, one plant in a pot
seems very pretty ornament for a
flower stand, The seed possesses a
stimulating and reviving property, and
| find that two or three given to newly
hatched chickens, if they are weakly,
have most happy effect. II hen
looks feeble after moulting, six of these
berries or pods, given daily, in some
corn meal and sweet milk improves
her wonderfully. Last summer two of
my finest canaries began to droop.
Every day l gave them each one seed
of the "bird pepper" and in less than
week they were quite well. The
same remedy is invaluable for mock
ing birds.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-15

The secret of preserving eggs is in
excluding the air, sealing the pores
of the shell. This may be done by
dipping the eggs in melted tallow and
afterwards packing them in bran, layer
upon layer, covering the uppermost
well with bran, or salt may be used
instead of bran, or water saturated
with lime and salt is also good. An
English lady, an experienced poultry
breeder, has preserved eggs in this So
luton, keeping them for several years
without a single failure. -Fanciers
Journal.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-15

For the last five years l have not
lost cucumber or melon, vine or cab
bage-plant. Get q barrel, with q few
gallons of gas-tar in it; pour water
on the tar; always have it ready when
needed, and, when the bugs appear,
give them a liberal drink of the tar
water from garden-sprinkler or 9TH
erwise, and, if the rain washes 1t off
and they return, repeat the dose. 1t
will also destroy the Colorado potato
beetle, and frighten the old long pota-
to-bug worse than a threshing with q
brush. Five years ago this summer
both kinds appeared on my late pota-
toes, and | watered with the tar-water.
The next day all Colorados that had
not been well protected from the
sprinkling were dead, and the others,
though their name WAS legion, were all
gone, and l have never seen one of
them on the farm since. j am aware
that many will look upon this with in
difference, because it is SO cheap and
simple remedy. Such should always
feed both their own and their neigh
bors' bugs, as they frequently do
Chicago Tribune.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-15

Mohammed's birthday was clebra-
ted as usual in Cairo this year. The
imaum rode for a quarter of an hour
on horseback over the PROSTATE faith
full. The number of these was limited
to three hundred, and to a very low
class. Many broken legs, arms, and
ribs, and some fractured skulls, was
the result. Fifteen of the wounded
have since died
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-15
A Derry correspondent of the New,

A Derry correspondent of the News
Letter writes as follows: "Don't kill
the crows, even though they raise a
little corn on their own hook. A farm
er in our town shot one last week, and
found his crop literally packed with
potato beetles. There are meaner BIZ
peds than crows" We are informed
that a Londonderry farmer is this year
successfully fighting the bugs with a
little army of guinea hens, and there
are some who claim that ducks will
earn an honest living destroying the
bugs
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-15

During the outbreak in Louisville
some thousand citizens enrolled them
selves for the defence of the city, and
federal and confederate soldiers served
side by side-among other instances
Benjamin Ii. Bristow standing guard
with General Basil Duke. The same
was true in referance to the volunteer
organization for quelling the riot in
San Francisco.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-15

''Don't kiss me again, orPll seream,"
she said. 81 wouldn't; your mother
will hearyou," trembled theyoungman.
"No, she won't" said sweetness, arch
ly; and then he "don't" "-ed-seven or
nine times. 1t was Sunday night. An
Advertiser reporter saw the whole per-
formance.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-15

Webster Of the Monitor office in o
recent advertisement said: ''The mere
labor of taking in the green and filthy
lucre, (2l., :-'*ttSNF~ has worn
me from stout new man to the merest
shadow Of a dissecting-room skeleton"
Strange country he lives in. 1t can't
be any Wherein these U. S. that we
know of.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-15

A Chicago reporter has just won his
spurs by an article headed "Desperate
Bloodshed-The B Murdered Not En-
pected to Live"
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-15

A bachelor editor, who had pretty
unmarried sister, lately wrote to one
similarly circumstaneed: '.Please ex-
change"
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-15

The summit of Mount Washington
was once bought for two cents an acre,
and that was considered a bad bar
gain.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-15
More Cattle

y ca 70 Try to save few dollars by buying
noWs and Young Working Cattle on
lns h as heretofore; and with due feel
A rlhAluiness la.in ! say to those who have
co nOng with their patronage that l hope
Ua UUUnllnllatlon of the same; and / say TO
may wish to buy or sell the kind of
uto ~. named, that ] am willing to work
IVY. nrder them to my old customers for
1Iloinai1l Ilimalon in regard to my way and
NE April Eth, 1877.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-15

Relieving that the best interests of both buyer
and seller are enhanced by dealing in u good
and cOnfine myself to such policy, and cordially
invite your support. Believing also, that nine
tenths of the failures of business men are due TO
the ruinous system Of selling on credit shall do
business (buy and selD on the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-04-04

about to commit, and thanked Heaven it was
not too late to resist the temptation After
| the lapse Of few moments l went up to her
| room to possess myself of the key had put
into her hand which 1 found on her dressing
table. then went back to your study, put it
pack IN It's place; wrote the present letter,
opened the window and shutters, and babe
farewell to the house where had spent so
many happy hours. H.n
And now that you know what have done,
try and forget my ingratitudelf you can.
Ever yours lovingly, my dear friends,
~ EUGENE MENTION.
So ended the letter. Poor man T
inquired of my father if nothing could
be done to trace him, and get him to
return. He replied he would do what
he could. We succeeded in tracing
him to New York, and there the clue
was lost. We tried every means which
occurred to us for discovering his
whereabouts, and inserted advertise
ments in the New York and Canadian
papers, begging him to let us know at
least that he was alive and we'll; but all
our endeavors were in vain-we never
heard of him again. .. .....
We often think Of him with pity and
regret, for, whatever were his faults,
there must have been some good in a
man who was capable of feeling such
profound and sincere contrition for a
guilty northumberland Weekly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-04-04
The Sahara Project.
b New York Sun.


AS has already been noted, the prop.
osition is seriously made to form sea
of the Desert of Sahara by cutting q
channel TO let in the waters Of the Med
iterranean-an enterprise regarded as
entirely feasible, more 80, in fact, than
the cutting of the Isthmus of Darien,
which may be said to be arl assured
project. A German scientific writer,
however, goes 50 far as to assert that
the Sahara project, if carried out,
would eventually turn Europe into an
other Greenland. He alleges that the
diversion Of the Gulf Stream, by the
cutting of the Suez Canal, has already
begun to have an influence on the eli
mate Of Europe, and that the covering
of the burning sands of the 6, eat At
rican desert with water would destroy
the hot winds necessary for the melt
ing of the Alpioe snow and ice, and
would finally result in glacial forma-
ton that would overwhelm Italy. He
instances the changes in climate in
Australia and New Guinea by the de-
viatlon of a warm current Of water
which formerly ran through Torres
Straits as a practical illustration Of his
LQSOTY. -.s.Es ryn4 --r.-- g. .4tr. tjre
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-04-04
Social Intimidation.
Washington Letter.


A gentleman said to me, I have not
voluntarily chosen a partner this win
ter The mammas offer nue. seat in
their carriages to and from entertain
ments, thus saving livery bills-which
Of course / couldn't m eet-when am
slightly indisposed; foods of cream
and mountains of jelly, pour in upon
me. made by the fair hands of NAM
mas interesting daughters. I call to
offer my thanks when the, next Ger
man is preached. Poor Angelina can
not go. She has no partner. I of
course see the straw Indicating from
which quarter the breeze is blowing,
and throw myself upon the altar of
can't do otherwise, although I may
have had a desire to use my own free
choice. have not only. been limited
at In this manner, but openly asked by
mammas to dance with their daugh-
ters, and have heard them placidly tell
some matron with untakable girls on
their hands, that dear Louie and Jose
phene have had partners for every
German during the winter Oh! the
tricks and ways of Vanity Fair are
past finding out. sosr,, 81 fr.. -l'5