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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-03-28

A SAILOR LADS ESCAPE FROM SHARKS.
Captain Gunson, of the ship Patlerdale,
relates a thrilling story of the escape OF
one of his ships boys from the nav of a
shark. The ship was in the tropics, with
wind enough to keep the canvas from
Hopping. and one Of the apprentices was
over the weather side, clearing off.
The captain, standing on the poop deck,
noticed that the boy was careless. and
warned him to look out for himself, and
not tumble overheard. The ship was 60
ing about three knots an hour, and the sea
almost us calm as u mill-pond. The lad,
in moment of carlessness, lost his bal
ance and fell from the platform slung
over the side. The captain saw the ac-
cident, and threw him ladder, which he
grasped and clambered up on the rounds,
us the ship left him astern.
No sooner had the boy settled himself
on the ladder than IL brace of large blue
sharks ranged up alongside, and actually
reared their heads out of the water in
their eagerness to taste the young sailor,
The boy screamed Justify, and grew half
frantic with terror. The ship was hove
to, and boat was lowered. Still the boy
hung on the ladder, trying to keep his
legs free from the swapping of the vicious
sharks, which seemed actually to jump out
of the water 10 get at him. After some
twenty-five minutes of horrible suspense,
II boat was lowered and he got into it.
As soon as the boy found himself safe, he
flintnd II was n fparfnllv narrow ns
capo-SaN francisco Null.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-03-28

The little daughter of very wealthy
New Yorker happened, not long ago, tc
hear her small schoolmates congratulating
themselves and one another upon the reg
ularity with which their fathers said grace
at the table. Her father did not say grace,
and, impressed by sense of inferiority
the little one wcpt that evening and be-
sought him to do it. He said he thought
it was time he began, and asked n blessing
with all proper feeling ut breakfast, next
morning. A younger sister of his little
homilist. \ young lady still in the nursery,
who had not heard the previous converse
ton, looked up surprised then her face
cleared. 81 know what you does at for,
papa" said she; " Its 'tause your'se get
ting roor!"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-03-28
guEtty.
TIE sANDHOPPER JIG.


Said Shrimp to a Sandhopper, one summers ia!
(They were walking along the beachD
" am told that you dance in wonderful way;
Pray, would you be willing to teach!'
"Quite willing, my dear,' sandhopper REPLIED
As merry aud pert as grig;
" Call your little ones here, aud I'll show 'em TN
steps
Of the rollicking SandhOpper jig.
And up in the air he proceeded to jump,
While the Hermit crab shouted" Hurrah"
And old Mr.. Lobster applaudcd so hard,
He broke'his handsomest claw.
" My starsP cried the children of good Mrs
Shrimp;
awe, none us, little or big,
Could learn we are sure, the very high Jumps
OF the rollicking Sandhopperjig.
"All alone must you hop your remarkable hops.
Said Mr.. Sandhopper, WILL
And haven't doubt, if you go to the beach,
You will find him there rocking STILL
Margaret Evtlnge, in st. Nicholas.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-03-28

WHAT IS FoRTuNEP-What dost thou
mean by iortuneP If mere chance thon
to envy the lot of others, or murmur -o 81
thine own is tollyi if providence, then it
is impiety; for whatever goodness, Guided
by nnerring wisdom, doth, must he ,"S co
well done that it cannot be mended on 81
whatever is merely in the power Of %''" "
bind gIddy and inconstant humor (which
is the notion by which men choose to ar
press fortunel, can neither be prevent I
D. d. LUCAS,
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MISCELLANEOUS.
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v1ISorating the nervous sy STEM
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VEGETINE
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a ~ onr hest physicians, but those oost ardent
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friends and supporters
VEGETlNE
os BOSTON physician has no equal as olo oteT ali
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VEGETINE
Ia acknowledged and re commended by phy 10 The
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Hood vet discovered, ana thousainus sPo"A Ia ~
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-03-28
agricultural Department,
o. M. TINKHAM, Editor

All communications for this department should be
SAINT to the editor, Mr. 0. NJ. TINKHAM N. Pom
ret, vt.
Please write one side of the paper only, sign such
name or initials you wished published, but give
State
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MAIL TRAIN leaves st. Adams 100 a ana 9Np
g;l5 A. NJ, for Boston, New London Sppin MontItj,
York, and intermediate points Lgheld' NJ
EXPRESS leaves ROuses Point at95OI,, \, wv
A. M, st. Adams atl2lO P. NJ, Bur litgi VntrsLei
Montpelier 10 P M, for Boston Via nm ,n 25
MIXED TRAIN leaves st. Albans35Op
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York, and intermediate points - 'PI'lKheld Ns,
TRAINS GOING NORTH AND Wper
Leave Montpelier at3 85A M, 6IOAn
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DAY ExPRRssleaves Boston via Fitch,,
M via Lowell8 OOA NJ. New London & o. Ikl atf;I
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Adams, Montreal, and 0Edenslurv burlington
ACCOMMODATION leaves White RiyerJupo. ''
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AccOMhoD4TloN Train caves Northfeid aatiggats.
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NIGHT EXPRESS leaves Boston via Iu,iocFal
via FltchburRh $50 p M, New YORK m ,StPy
field, 800 P. NJ, Montpelier 3 So A N TO- 81 hprl1
St.Albans, Montreal and OgdenshurRIiO buflingG
Trainsleaye Montpelier for Barre at an We wei
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M. 0l-U and 5lt
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ana opTlngneld' ana 81 Adams and Troy ''onittIl
Montreal and Boston. IS u a4ub DetRttt
Through tickets for ChicagoandtheWes4 IT,
the principal stations, "'S' Iotsalet
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st. Adams. Vt. November %, 1876 ''''A'ende1t
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PROOF.
WHAT IS NEEDED.


BOSTON, Feb. 10, 1911
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d Siscontinued its use. feel quite cOnhdent INA
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N''F'O' u L PETTINGILL,
Firm of NJ Pettingill Co, 10 State Street Boston
CINCINNATI, Nov %, 1872.
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me by your agent my wife has used WIN greai DGne
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and costiyeness these troubles are now entirely re
moved by the use of YEGETlNE. ,, ..,,,o.,
She was also troubled with dyspepsia anu genera
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uooiii'' anu THOS GILMORE, 229% Walnut street.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-03-28
Vermont Sheep for Texas.

About the middle of April, or ~ little
earlier, Mr.. A. E. Perkins of Pomfret will
start Tor Texas with car load of choice
Vermont sheep for that market, They
will be CARED at station on the Central
Vermont Railroad, and go through with
out change Of car. The Centennial Expo
silion seems to have settled the question
that sheep raised in the West and South
from Vermont stock will in time deterio-
rate from the standard of excellence in
Vermont. which has become the recog.
nizcd type of the American Merino, and
fresh blood from our Vermont ilocks
must be constantly infused to keep their
hocks up to high point.
In view of this it of the greatest import
ance to this interest in the state, that we
should breed carefully and intelligently,
and so hold the position we have already
gained, and which nothing but our own
carelessncss or neglect can take from us.
We give below an article on L" Raising
Lambs" from A. E. Perkins, Esq, of
Pomfret. Wherever Mr.. Perkins is
known he is recognized as authority on
sheep and sheep raising, and his article
will be found full of valuable practical
suggestions, which followed, will save
many valuable lambs. We are glad to be
able to promise an article each month
from Mr.. Perkins, on sheep, and their
management during the year:
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-03-28

In treating these diseases, steps should
be taken to stop the exudalion and inflam
nation, by rest, compression and cooling
lotions, us given in treatment of ringbone.
Can II SPAWN be blistcred awayp 1t is
barely possible that in an early stage Bills
tering may draw enough of the emulation
to the surface to effect cure by absorption
and resolution, but the lecturer preferred
actual firing by burning small holes
through the skin inst over the trodble; but
this should not be done in an advanced
stage of the disease and never by burning
long lines up and down, Or around the leg.
Burning does no good except directly on
the part involved, and as often practiced
will permanently distigure the animal
Any man who tells you he can apply
something which will absorb IL spawn in II
few drys, by kind of superphosp plate ar.
rangement, labels himself ut once us Il
quack. 1t is true that iodine may be ap.
piled on general principles, and some alb.
sorption gradually take place; but any
other absorbent recommended to cure in
five or ten days, well prove delusion and
q snare, and will be likely to ruin your
horse.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-03-28

ORIGINAL INsrMCr,-The turning round
OF dog before lying down to sleen
is natural instructive habit, derived from
his originally wild condition, and most
remarkably retained in n domestic state
A wild dog makes his bed among long
grass, and, TO render it comfortable, he
puts down his nose, turns around several
times, and so throws down the Grass in
the space in which he turns, then lies
down, and goes comfortably to sleen
There are other analogous instances of tbo
retention of an original instinct or habit
through countless generations. Thus tbS
common sheep in II state of nature seeks
s snl'y at night from beasts of prey upon
sheep retains the instructive habit sI
though the necessity for it no longer eT.
lists: All the morning it may be- seen
feeding, with its head down the hill md
as regularly ascending in the afternoon.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-03-28
COliNS.

The corn, proper, is stone-brusc, The
horse, by striking his foot hard on Il stone
may produce a conclusion of the sensitive
parts near the bottom Of the foot, which
may crush blood vessel. An effusion OF
blood taxes place within, and consequent
soreness and Inflammation. By cutting
through the bottom of the foot the blood
may be let out and the horse will get we'll
Most of the so-called corns, however
are caused by faulty shoeing. The black.
smith puts on too wide shoe, and piece
of gravel works in between the shoe and
the inside of the foot; or the hoof may be
so pared away as to aollw the shoe to
press too directly OH the soft part of the
foot; or the shoe may be so set us to press
too much on one side or the other. The
shoe should press evenly and only on the
horny portion of the hoof. The rim and
not the sole of the foot should be shod.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-03-28
CLINIQUE.

At the close of DR.. Cressy's lecture, on
Saturday, Il clinique was held in the yard
of the college, ut which the first animal
examined was fine colt owned by Mr..
Drew which was pronunced to have I'M in.
sipient SPAWN involving the fibro cartilage
with scarcely perceplible enlargement,
Treatment as described for spavin-rest.
de-colonzed iodine, laudanum, and cooling
lotions.
The next was ringbone of long stand
ing where the burs@, or sack had been cut
out.
In This case tho joint was lost by per-
feet union of the pastern and coronet
horse not much lame, and nothing more
could be done.
A third case was lameness from drying
and contraction of the hoof, for which fiji,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-03-28

A NOVEL Snow PLow-The Scientific
-Amertca4 makes mention of a novel
method for removing snow from rail-
road tracks, invented by one John Mabbs
of ioughton, Michigan. The inventor
simply makes use of the same element
that piles up these Instructions on railway
tracks to remove the same. Thus a great
scoop is placed in front of Il locomotive,
wide enough to clear the whole track at
once. Into this the snow is forced bv the
advancing train, and now, by an artificial
blast of air, this blast of snow is INSTANTLY
raised and forced up through an upright
pipe or sack the top of which is hunr on n
swivel, which is turned in whatever direc-
ton the wind may be blowing. Suppose
u train IS moving at the rate of forty or
sixty miles an hour it is self.evident that
the snow would enter the mouth of the
scope at the same rate of speed; but here
1T would instantly meet with counter
current travelling ut the rate of hundred
miles per hour if needed, and this would
scatter the snow like chatf before the wind,
so et1ectually in fact that not even a pile
of snow foot high would be left within n
radius of hundreds of yards from the
track.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-03-28
RAISING LAMBS.

RAISING LAMBS.
Mr.. EditOr:-One of tine most esscnta
points necessary TO good success in raising
lambs is to have the ewes come to the
barn ut early winter in good flesh and con
dition. 1t is useless to expect an eve
that is in poor condition and weak to ma
ture and develop IL strong, robust lamb
and such ewes will not give the necessary
amount Of milk for their lambs alter they
are dropped. shall not at this late sea.
son attempt to describe the necessary
winter care for breeding ewes, but will
say that in addition to liberal amount Of
good food, they should also have pure ail
and necessary amount of good exercise
and sunshine. This matter of air and ex-
ercisc is not Il hobby, but is one Of the
fundamental laws of nature, viz, that pure
air, sunshine and exercise promote health
strength and vigor
l commence feeding the breeding ewes
with oats and wheat bran about three
weeks before their time for lambng.
When the lambs are IL week old feed
them mixture of equal parts Of oats,
shorts and corn meal; this mixture should
be wet daily as wanted with hot water,
and given to the sheep when cool this
will cause the sheep to give milk better
than grain fed to them when it is dry, and
this feed should be given to them until
the grass is sufficiently nourishing.
Breeding ewes drop their lambs prema-
turely because of their being roughly han
died, and by being crowded through mar
row gateways, and by being injured in
various ways. If they are ted with a
large quantity of salt when they are hun
CRY for the same, it will sometimes have
the same effect.
The pens in which the ewes are to
lamb should be kept well Uttered with
straw, all cracks and places should be
stopped, through which II lamb can
crawl away from its dam. The trough in
which the water is kept should be COW
cred, except a small place for the ewes tc
get their noses to the water. Watering
troughs are generally places for drowning
lambs. A few small pens, three by foul
feet, in which to put ewes that do not own
their lambs are convenient, and some Of
these should be tolerable tight and cover
ed over; these are to put ewes into when
the weather is cold, that their lambs may
be warm Lambs should be assisted tt
draw the milk when they are first drop
ped, if necessary; II great many lambs die
because they are unable to start the milk
If the lambs get chilled give them hall
IL teaspoonful of whiskey, rub them, and
warm II stone Or piece of plank of suita
BILE size, which can be carried to the barn
place the limb upon it in its natural posi-
ton, cover it over well, except its head
which should be left uncovered; lambs
treated in this way will revive if there is
vitality enough left for them to live. This
way of treating lambs is better than tt
carry them into the house, 1t saves litter
ing the kitchen, and tends to keep thu
good woman of the house in good humo
which is an essential point in good SHEEP
husbandry. A. f. PERKINS.
Pom fret, March u, 1877.
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This WAS continuation of the same
type of disease in the SPAWN, which is Of
the same nature as ringbone, appearing in
another location.
There are some spAvins having no out.
ward sign whatever, no enlargement, but
are caused Ivy IN inflammation ofthe sYno
vial membrane, producing finally perfect
anchylosis, or joining of two of the small
bones of the hook joint When inhamma,
ton ceases and the union is perfect the
horse will frequently cease to be lame.
The sterotyped reason usually given fol
SPAWN is, leakage of the joint. Where
from irritation, inflammation ensues, il
will be accompanied by an emulation Of
synoval fluid, and lamencss, and more
swelling, and the question was, could il be
arrested and cured at this stageP 1t might
by the same treatment given in ringhone,
cooling lotions, bandages, etc. The differ.
ence between SPAWN and splint was again
II difference in location, and is IN exostosis
or IL deposit of bone between the splnt
and canon bone, thus joining them to.
gether with deposit involving them both
The same difficulty appears in the for
ward leg and is now getting to he known
us II spawn of the knee, and differs in nc
material particular ofdisease or treatment
from SPAWN or ringbone as before de-
scibetl.
A bog-spavin is wind gall type of dis
ease, an emulation of synovial fluid, no in
Illumination or particular heat, soft and
spongy, but which may further on termin-
ate in the bone spawn. The treatment ia
this stage should be a withdrawal of the
cXudation by the aspirator and then ban
daging as before stated; or if not using
the asprator, apply the iodine and a
starched bandage so rs to have the conline.
mcnt and compression as thorough as may
he
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-03-28
CURES DANDRUFF,

and all diseases Of the scalp, and shampoo and
dressing for ladies' hair, it cannot be excelled
Try bottle, use it thoroughly and be convinced.
TRYIT, AND YOU WILL USE NO OTHER.
Ask your druggists and merchants for it, sen
to me for trial bottle; $500 for four bottles.
Address G. W. RICHARDSON, Barnet, vt
ndstamp for circular.
George G. Goodwin, Boston, Mass, Wholesale Agent
for New England
NJ Beware of imitation. The genuine is put up n
light colored wrappers printed with black and red
inks with cut of female on the wrappers
For sale in Montpelier by Frank H Bascom and viii
Marshfeld G. 4 +. Wooster
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MISCELLANEOUS
CENTRAL VERMONT R.R, nrS


WINTER ARRAN
Commencing Monday, November 81 g..
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-03-28

Prof. Cressy took up the disease in
horses known as Ring bone,' describing
how the bones grow by examinations Of
osseous, or bony, matter from The perios-
teum, or membranous covering of the
bones. Perostetis is an inflammation of
this membrane with subsequent deposit
of bony manner, which forms the en-
largement and subsequent joining of the
bones involed In ringbone the first thing
to be discovered will be II Slight enlarge
ment, which if not arrested and cured
will soon be followed by lameness, the
hardening Of the swelling ending in well
defined ringbone. This trouble rarely oc-
ours in horses having an obique pastern
so that what we sometimes hear of as
hereditary ringbone" is rather breeding
of straight pasterns. They may be found
in both fore and hind feet, but more gen
orally on the fore foot, as the hind foot
has the more oblique pastern.
Specimens were shown by Prof Cressy
in which the joint was lost by u perfect
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-03-28
Veterinary Science.
NO, II,

TIE UNIVERSITY COURSE OF VETERINARY
LECTURES BY PROF. CREsSY, AT TIE
MEDICAL COLLEGE, AT BURLINGTON.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-03-28

Strikes root Of d ssssg Ry to qhea6s action
I,g19orating the nervous sy steh'
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ing the hoof with flax seed paste was
recommended.
A pair of oxen with wens on their necks
was next examined. Prof. Cressy said
the wens could be cut out; but he thought
the cheapest and best way would be to
make beef of them, us they might come
again if cut away.
Another horse with dried hoofs was ex
amined, which also had quarter crack
but the professor gave no remedy, ano
made no remarks on quarter cracks.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-03-28

Is not w nt safe pleasant remedy M SSaaaith
t6e Dp pyS he blood and thereby restore Tue
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-05-07

But they were comparatively unhurt,
and would have continued their defense
had not the garrison mutinied and cem-
PEELED their surrender. It Is well
known that Porter had to be sent ZOE 70
accept the capitulation.
Nor in the subsequent operations Oh
the Mississippi did monitors and iron
clads justify the praise bestowed on
them. In fact, they effected nothing
but disgraoeful disasters. Neither Vicks-
burg nor Island No. 10 was ever reduced
or even seriously damaged by them.
Per contra, the largest and strongest Of
these iron.clads, the Indianoia, was
knocked into pieces and compelled to
surrender to a Confederate river boat,
the Webb, commanded and manned by
volunteer soldiers. But why spin out
further our criticism and refutation OF
the obvious error embodied by this
writer and the artist whose work he
praises? We stop at the threshold
of task which would prove intermina-
bic and perhaps not sufficiently in
teresting to justify larger appropria-
ton Of our time and space.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-05-07
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