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The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1877-01-18

A DoTING young father boasts that the
little stranger is so affectionate that he
sits up with his parents nearly all night.
and so tough that he seems to have no
conception of fatigue or of the time of
dav.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1877-01-18

A GENTLEMAN was accosted by boot
black In this manner: ssShine. sur ~,
moi Shine 'em quick, sur. Dot in
three different languages - publican
iob 5o' 'nS
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1877-01-18
Adjourned.

PA" asked a boy, "what is meant
by Paradise ?" Paradise, my son." re-
piled the father, gloomily, paradise is
the latter part of next summer, when
your mother goes On a visit to your
grandfather"
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1877-01-18
AUDITOR GIBBS REPoRT.-The best
campaign document of the season.

THE testimony of Judge Swami be-
fore the Congressional Committee, in re-
gard to Mississippi affairs, will be read
more in sorrow than in anger.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1877-01-18

A Cincinnati swell told his tailor that
ne wouldn't pay for "that last epilepsy,
1t was discovered that he meant q bad
fit."
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1877-01-18
FROM WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, Jan. H.--lndicatlons are
that the meeting of the National Democrat
ic Committee tomorrow night Will not
favor any unusual demonstrations OF the
Democracy in Washington pending the
counting of the electoral vote by Congress.
The proposition that the functions OF the
President of the Senate have scope beyond
Opening the returns, of which he is custo-
dian. and handing them to the official
tellers may be regarded as abandoned.
Special correspondents to Northern papers
adhere to the assertion that the participa-
ton of the Supreme Court in the count is
an inevitable element of any poss IDLE com
promise between toe House and Senate.
Fenian Officer Dying.
NEW York, Jan. I7.-Col. John O'Ma-
hony, formerly at the head of the Fenar
organization in this country, is in dying
condition.
Failure.
The failure of z. Benedict Sc Co., Ha
Makers, $40 Broadway, is reported. Liza
bilities, $4,000.
Foreign News.
LoNDo ;, Jan. IA special from Berlin
t. the daily News states that negotiation;
have been r,.opened between Germany a1C
France, and it is now probable that Germany
will reconsider her original decision ant
agree to participate in the Paris Exhibition
of 1878.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1877-01-18
Fenian Officer Dying.

The failurs of E. Benedict & Co.. Ha
Makers, $40 Broadway, is reported. Liza
bilities, $4,000.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-26
DEBATE ON THE ELECTORAL BILL.
SENATE.

wAsifISGroS, Jan 20 1877.
Tho following Is tho continuation and conclusion OF
tho full report OF Mr.. Conklns's speech delivered in
the Senate yesterday and the preceding portion OF
which was published IN tho HERALD Of to-day. When
the speech as published concluded Mr. Conkling was
showing that Congress In the past had assumed 10
exercise rs Judgment and control regarding tho cleo
tO.sl vote, and continued
MIR. Combines SPEECH.
But, Mr.. President, moro recently than 1873 NO
have illustrations vi the judgment the two houses
tho power 10 ASCERTAIN aud inquire. We nave had
committees sitting IN the delta OF the Father OF
Walers sitting ON the Atlantic coast and committee
sitting horo playing AS swivel gun plays-in all d.
rectons ana al longer range. For whaty The Senate
voted Tor whaty Lot mo read TO the senate what tho
instructed 10 inquire INTO the clIgibity 10
Office under the constitution Of me United
States Of any persons alleged have bcen
ineligb le tho ith day vi November lust or to be
ineligible electors Of President and Vice President
of tue United States, to whom certificates OF election
have been shall be issued by the
OF any State such electors, and whether tho up.
pointient OF electors or those claiming be such in
any of the States, h-now obscrvc--has becn made
The appointment Of electors has been made, de-
cared returned either by force, fraud or other
means otherwise than IN conformity with the cousti-
tuiion and laws vi tho United states and the avs
OF tho respective Statos, anu whether any such APP
pointmcnt action OF any such cector has been In
any wise unconsttutonaly or unlawiully intcrtercd
with.
For what Is this inquiryf II the two houses have
nothing 10 do with II u there Is nothing 10 be done
regard to ~ II all the votes, good, bad and in-
different, irrespective VI quality, are TO BIO counted
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-11-01

'aid a speaker at a meeting in New
TX: 1.-The doctrine of the Green.
* party is all wrong!' But he
mt undertake to prove it. It's a
lmon failing with most of our mod
Solomons that. while very glib in
'rtlng, they regard proving as un-
thy their brilliant minds.
Much Too STRONG The New
Times speaks of 1.-The Green.
movement SO called" as being
eady much too strong in some of
tates. That baby is very preco.
truly, especially as the Times
ne other organs made it out dead
Tune since. but the people have
IN hands and propose to make A
s EAST S AwAKE.-The Green.
rlumph in Ohio nerved the arms
addened the hearts of the friends
cause everywhere. and marked.
In the East. \ Geenhack ma.
to be started in Portland. Ne
lssachusetts labor and currency
iers have united for vicorons
ign. and the New Haven Union |
the organization of numerous
'ack clubs in that state.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-11-01

$ q 10 &25 ! day sure made by Agents
ons, and Re~s ,dfll'R Iot our cahromos, Cray
IL, Trans parent, ri ture and Chrome Cards
I IvO samples, worth "a, sent postpaid for 75c.
u Cata'ngue free j. II. RIFF
rOhD.S SONS, BOSTON. Established 1SaO
169-6m.f 11''0-
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-11-01
''TREAsURY DEPARTMENT.
WAsHINGToN, August 81, 1877.

"Mr Albert w s.. Des Mones love-.
DEAR SIR-ln response to your note of the
ed INST. | reply that the resumption of
specie payment does not mean the cancela
ton OF any greenback circulation, but in nv
opinion, the $500, Oo0, 900 of greenbacks spok
EN- OF in the resumption act cannot be reduced
pei0w that sum prior to January |, 1879; that
under the general law as it now stands, after
that date they can be reissued
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-12-19
The Jumping Frog.

Many of our readers no doubt remember
Mark Twain's story, 1.-The Jumping
Frog" and his disgraceful failure TO jump
in time of trial. and his owners mortifica-
tion and rage, when he discovered that his
frog had been weighted" for the lump
by having half pound or so of bird shot
forced down his throat, and when he held
him up by his hind legs the shot were
made manifest. Mark never should have
written that story. Mark should have
remembered that man, especially Yankee
man, is an initiative animal and he should
have foreseen that some future genius
would have put the hint to some equally
practical and legitimate use.
And so it was ut our State Poultry Show
Among the premiums offered was one for
the heaviest brace of plrtridges, and there
was goodly array of those plump birds
hanging on. exhibition. But when the
judges came to inspecting and weighing,
by some accident of careless handling, the
shot began to roll out of the mouth of one
of the entries, in such gu .ntites as 10
materially diminish the rather extraordi-
nary weight of the bird, There are two
theories among the philosophio minds, as
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-12-19

We read great deal in the hooks and
agricultural papers about methods OF feed
ing live stock, and frequently meet with
the advice, " feed poultry we'll" This is
all good as far as it goes. But every one
does not clearly understand what this
term, " feeding we'll" means.
1t is not feeding well to throw corn,
grain and soft feed promiScuously to your
flocks, in quantities double and treble what
they require for the time being. This is
waste, and tends to cloy the fowls, who
frequently show signs of indigestion, loss
of appetite, and Indifference to their food,
under such plan of treatment
II is not feeding well to offer food to
fowls at any time or no time, as the mood
may take you. Have system in feeding,
and give them three times a day, at least.
p regular allowance of varied food-all
they will eat up clean, and look slyly
over their shoulders for more"
1t is not feeding we'll to stint the birds
particularly when confined, where they
cannot forage for their partial subsistence)
and furnish them with only half rations.
This is starvation, not economy. Give
them cnough-not too much-and of that
which is good for them. So they will
thrive, because you will then be feeding
them we'll.
1t is not feeding we'll to stuff domestic
fowls with oily scraps, stale raw meat, sour
meal and old offal-when, with u little
more labor and care, you can give them a
moderate and systematic allowance OF
cooked meat, fresh-scalded meal daily, and
softened scraps, or table offal free from
mould or offensive acids, If you wish to
sickcn and disgust your penned-up fowls
with their fare. and yourself, alike, follow
the latter unwse course; but do not cnjole
yourself into the notion that under this
plan you are " feeding we'll"
Feeding wcU means that you afford your
poultry sufficient for their daily needs, Of
quality and in quantity that will best ap.
pease regular, habitual (not a transient
and vcious) appetite. All that they Can
take up time, comfortably, WSthout gorg,
ing, is ample. Let the periods for feeding
be triple daily, for old fowls, and four Oh
eight times day for young stock
Give them plenty of fresh clear water tc
drink; alternate their cooked vegetable
food with sound grains; give them Il range
if you can, where they may pick up par
of their living, and never allow them tt
get desperately hungry, through your neg
lect. Thus you may pride yourself upol
your system of feeding VcD.-Poulr!
World.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-12-19

service to wheat growers. An intelligent
farmer there tried the experiment OF
spreading light covering of it on his
wheat land after the grain was sown,
thinking that the growing stalk would
readily find its way through, and that dur
ing the drouth of July and August which
almost always occurs, it would act as a
mulch and be beneficial to his crop. In
this he was not mistaken, for the average
on that ten acres was forty bushels to the
acre, while on the same kind of land adj
Joining, with the same seed sown and as
carefully put in, the yield was not hut
TWENTY-FIVE bushels to the acre, The in
crease was thus nearly double, while the
straw was in excellent condition to turn
under this fall, and double benefit con-
sequently secured. The only objection we
see to the plan is, the winds of spring
might blow the straw into heaps and 9th
er Use disarrange it. but this might ba
remeded by applying it after the wheat
had come up A temporary check would
d ubtless be given to the stalk, but 1t
would soon come through and grow the
more vigorously afterwards.-Pioneer-
p1.eec
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-12-19

AUTHOR OF "WALKs AND TALKS" AND
"HARRIs ON THE PFC. "-Joscph S. Jones
of Yolo County, California, writes; ii
want to know the difference between
mangel-wurzels and sugar beets. Which
are the best for cows and pigs, to be fed
raw? Are they good for horses? Which
will stock do the best on, pound for pound
sugar beets or good squash, say Boston
Marrow? How much mangel Or beet seed
is required per acre, when sown where the
plants are to growP"
The genuine sugar beet, ton for ton, is
usually more nutritious than mangel-wur-
eel. But us food for stock, so far ms nv
experience goes, / think the mangel-wur-
eel is much more profitable than the SUI
gar beet 1t yields more per acre and keeps
better, and, at any rate, in the spring of
the year, my sheep and lambs prefer the
mangels to the sugar beets. This attrib.
ute to the fact that the sugar beets at
that season are soft and wthered, while
the mangels are firm, crisp, and fresh.
But OF course much depends on how the
mangels or beets have been bred. A va,
riety of mangel- wurzels can be grown and
selected year after year for quality rather
than size, and on the other hand Il variety
ofsugar beets can be grown and selected
year after year for size rather than quality
and if the "improvement' has been car
riod fur enough in both cases, the mango
may be more nutritious than the sugar
beet, and the sugar beet yield u large
crop per acre than the mangel. In point
of fact, however, when the improvement
has baen carried far enough the ''improvec
sugar beet" is sugar beet only in name
1t is essentially mangel-wurzel.- OH
Farmer.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-12-19
MISCELLANEOUS,
CENTRAL VERMONT R.R. LINE.
SUMNER ARRANGEMENT.
Commencing Monday, Sept "A, 1877


Leave Montpelier a 800 A. NJ, l45 p NJ Rpdo,t
MAIL TRAIN leaves St Adams ZOO A. NJ I'd P
00A NJ for Boston, New LOndcn Srinvg oi pelN
York and intermediate points. Neiu' New
EXPRESS leaves ROuses Point at l0.lUA NJ No.
90 A. M st. Adams at II 65 A. NJ, Burlington S9ghfti
Montpelier las P NJ, for Boston via Lowell -i'PN,
MIXED TRAIN leaves St AlbRns3.4OP. M arrivi,.
Montpelier 755 P. NJ. al
NIGHT EXPRESS from 0gdens burg Montreal @. .
hans and Burlington, leave Montpelier AT X Oh Al.
BOSTON via Lowelor Fitchburg ,Sprinvfeid IA; iiOr
and intermediate points. 'Ne"l0tl
TRAINS GOING NORTH AND WEST
Leave Montpelier at 800 A.M,61OAM au.
and617 M. O'OoF
DAY EXPRESS leaves Boston via Fitcbburvb,,.
M via Lowell 500 a. M, New London 1904 " q 10
field 90 A. M, Montpelier 335P NJ for BurlinSpfiIg
Adams Montreal, and OgdensburR. ''HK'0n, ST
ACCOMMODATIONS leaves White RiverJunrtiont
AoCoMMoDATIoN Train leaves Northfel Id at HHioa1f
Montpelier l0A M, for Burlington, st BIbaHs" 4 y
ford st Johns, ROuses Point and Montreal 'i hleh.
MIXED leaves White River junction g. OI NJ ~
field IL .00A M arrives at MOntpelier Il Gu 'Notth
NIGHT EXPRESS leaves Boston via LoweIIat5 ao
via FitchburRh 10 P. M, New York 90 P NJ XXI, n
field 8OOP. NJ, Montpelier 32OA NJ for Burinngott,tinE
Albans Montreal and Ogdensburgh and tbe WaUh,S st
Trains leave Montpelier for Barreat 6.s2 A. W,s
p, NJ snd855 p. NJ, Al" Ill
Returning leave Barre atT1OA. M, ,andl .Ooar04,,
M. '''P
Sleeping cars are attached o Night Ernro,, ..
running between Montreal an Boston, and Mo,;tall
and Springfield and st. Alban and Troy, ''on'fea
Drawing room cars on Day Express trains betv.,.
Montreal and Boston Oe'WeeL
| Through tickets for ChicaRoa an the West fors,
the principal stations.
St. Adams, VT, Sept, q, 1877. uell
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-12-19

Which is TIE RICHEST, MORNINGS OR
EVENINGS MlLK?-This subject has now
been put to the test eff chemical analysis
and the result is that the evenings milk is
found to be the richer. Professor Boedek-
er analyzed the milk Of healthy COW at
different periods of the day. The profess
sor found that the solids of the evenings
milk (l3 per cent? exceeded those of the
morning 40 per cent?; while the water
contained in the fluid was diminished from
sc per cent to sc per cent. The fatty
matter gradually increases rs the day
progresses. In the morning it amounts
to II per cent, at noon 81 per cent, and in
the evening 81 per cent. The practical
Importance of this discovery is at once
APPARENT it develops the fact that while
IL OF. of mornings milk will yield but
OF. of butter, about double the quantity
can be obtained from the evenings milk.
The casein is also increased in the even
ing's milk from 2f to q per cent, but the
albumen is diminished from 44-100ths per
cent to 31-100ths per cent. Sugar is least
abundant at midnight al per cent? and
most plentiful OF noon (4f per cent?. The
percentage of the salt undergoes almost
no change at any time of the day.-2orOn
10 Globe.
And so it would seem, we should milk
our COWS only in the evening, or possibly,
to be still sharper, sell the mornings milk
to the mlkman, and retain the evenings
mess for the home dairy. Is this the
practical point which is so APPARENT But
is it certain that another analysis from
another cow might not upset this diseov.
cry by showing quite opposite resultsi
One swallow doesn't make SUMNER
NeW England Farmer,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-12-19
Roetry.
HER LETTER.
IT, II. T. in the Graphic. I

The following lines were suggested by lett
found by the writer upon the beach near the scel
of the wreck of the Huron
We walked at night the wreck-strewn sand,
We walked and watched the dying storm;
With eager eye and ready hand
We sought to find some sea.tossed form.
And as we walked. the guard and l,
The tide crept out till broad and gray
The shngled sand shone smooth and dry
Beneath our 6tful lanterns ray.
On either side and everywhere
Lay limp and broken bits of wreck,
OF clothing, ropes, of wooden ware
All kinds of things one finds on deck.
From out this scattered wreckage waste
stopped and picked a little note;
A dainty monogram was traced
Above the lines the owner wrote
"My darling" but it gave no name,
AS ifhe only of mankind
To such sweet title had a claim;
The words were coined her love to bind.
Twas written full and crossed again,
All nterlined with afterthought;
Twas spotted DER with saler stain
Than cen the sea could yet have wrought.
any darling" there fold was pressed,
The words just here were fainter yet,
AS though 'twere worn upon his breast,
A priced and sacred amulet.
Anon, she wrote her hopes and fears,
OF tickle fortunes smile or lrown,
OF homelke joys in coming years,
When they were wed and settled down."
She spoke of spring and Easter flowers,
OF silk and satin for her bonnet,
OF sick friends, funerals, marriage bowers,
Her new suit and the trimmings on it.
And so this INSTRUMENTATION wrote
Her loving letter to its end,
And little dreamed the waves would float
Her writing to a strangers hand.
Somewhere, tonight, girlish face
Is raised to God in mute despair;
Somewhere n woman prays for grace
And strength Of soul her load to bear.
| Somewhere along the wintry coast
Her hopes lie buried in the sand,
| While this tells Of the love that's lost
This sea-stained letter in my hand.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-12-19

Saying smart things does not pay. It
may crafty your spite at first, but it is bet
ter to make friends than enemies. If Won
cannot make people happy, al least refrain
from adding to their misery What if this
woman is not your ideal of womanly per-
fiction, or that man your model man u
Your mission on earth is not to remind
them of the fact. Each of us has faults Of
his own or her own; in correcting them
we shall find ample occupation. A "stino'
or q 'dig" never did any good-peyer
helpsd any one to be any better. One who
falls into the habit of giving them soon
looks ill-nalured. 1t is not always DOS.
sible to join the Mutual Admiration Soci.
ETY., and be good member, but at leas,
one can hold ones tongue.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-12-19

ABORTION IN Cows In the P10ughman
of November oath, contained question
on the above subject with IN excellent ed
itorial reply, Allow me to add 10 the in
formation therein, that the milkmen neHr
Boston have found II satisfactory remedy
in the use of lime they give it to tn,
COWS by sprnkling 81 oonful at time
over their feed, Two or three times week
or sometimes they sprinkle lime among
the hay AS it is slowed away in the barn
A neighbor of mine who keeps about &c
COWS, AMI was formerly much troubled by
abortion among his herd, informs me that
for the last three years, since he has mad
use of lime, he has not had Il case. AM
that very many of his acquaintance have
had similar experience with their herds
Whether the we'll known lack of lime r
our Massachusetts soil has anything to. dc
with this, is an interesting question to the
man Of science; the farmer will be mos
interested in escaping II serious cause o
loss and disappointment. - W. d, p, ii
Massachusetts, PIoa9hman.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-12-19

wanted a oistern, and | wanted to pro"
vide for the tramps, who came into our
village in large numbers. selected a
convenient place for the cistern, and had
enough of earth thrown out to make it in
viting for workman, and instructed ev-
cry member of the household to give to
every tramp a cordial invitation to break
fast, dinner, or supper, as the case might
he. after an hour good work at excava-
ton. think three tramps have applied
for food ut our door since the eistern was
commenced, some two years or more ago.
The cistern remains unfinished. Tramps
still come to town, and such of my ac-
quaintances as make it a principle to give
nnearncd food have been visited by from
three to fourteen day .-Christian Union
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-12-19

CHEERFUL WOMEN.-In marrying, men
should seek happy women. They make
u terrible mistake when they marry for
beauty, or for talent, OF for stylei the
sweetest wives are those who possess the
magic secret of being happy under any
and NIL circumstances. Rich or poor, high
or low, it makes no difference, the bright
little fountain bubbles up just as musical
" in their hearts. Nothing ever goes
wrong with them, no trouble is too serious
for them to " make the best Of it, Was
ever the stream of calamity so dark and
deep, that the sunlight of II happy face,
falling across its turbid tide, would not
wake an answering CLEAN? Why, these
Joyous tempered people don't know half
the good they do. No matter how cross
and grabbed you may feel, no matter If
YOUR bran is full of meditation on "at1lict-
ing dispeusations," and your stomach
with medicines, pills, and tonnes just one
of those CHEEKY littlewomrn talking to you
and we are not afraid to wager anything
she can cure you. The long-drawn lines
about the mouth will relHX-the cloud of
settled gloom will vanish, nobody knows
where, and the first thing you know, you
will be laughing! ALI, what blessings are
those happy women! How often their little
hands guide the ponderous machine of life
with an almost invisible touch How W.
look forward through the weary day to
their hreside smiles! No one knows, nc
one ever will know until the day of judg.
ment reveals, how much we owe to these
helpful, hopeful, accomplishing, happy
women WaverIy.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-12-19

to how those shot came there. One side
maintaining with considerable force Of
logic that the party caught his game alive,
and fed them shot, thesfarmer feeds corn
to his hogs, to harden the meat, but the
other and more favorite theory is, that his
gun shot very "close" and the charge
happened to lodge so they shook out on
0eing shook up and examined by the
Judges, and several sportsmen, who are
jealous supporters of this theory, are
anxiously looking to secure that gun.
But we-ah, we remember the jumping
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-12-19

MISCELLANEOUS ANswERs.-Bone PhoS-
phate.-I enclose sample of bone phos-
phate, with q request that the amount Of
phosphoric acid be ascertained. The prep.
aration was as follows: | took one pound
crushed bones, and one pound lYe (dry)
added one half pound quick lime, to the
I've in solution, and after boiling ten min
ntes, allowed to settle, and poured off the
solution of potassa and then boiled it in
the bones for Il day or two.-C. d. II.
You were not very successful in con.
verting insoluble phosphoric acid into sol
ubla, as the product contains little less
than one per cent of soluble acid; proba
bly, portion of the soluble acidwas carried
off in the solution of the potash lye. A
better result would undoubtedly have beer
obtained by making up a pile of alternate
layers of bones and ashes, and simply
using water enough, in the shape of ma
nure-water from the farm-yard, kitchen
slops and the like, to keep the pile mois
for month or two. Nothing is gainet
by the additional expense of applying
heat, and much may be lost by the use o
too much water.