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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-12-26

The two most important characteristics
of guest are tact and observation, and
these will lead you to notice and do just
what will give pleasure to your friends in
their different opinions and ways of living.
Apply in its best sense the maxim
" When you are in Rome, do as the
Romans dc"
Unless you have some good reason for
not doing so, let your friends know the
day, and, if possible, the hour when you
expect to arrive. Surprises are very well
in their way, but there are few households
in which it is quite convenient to have n
friend drop in without warning for pro-
tracted visit. Ii they know that you are
coming, they will have the pleasure of
preparing for Vt on and looking forward to
your arrival, and you will not feel that you
are disturbing any previous arrangements
which they have made for the day.
Let yonr friends know, if possible, soon
after you arrive, about how long you
mean to stay with them, as they might not
like to ask the question, and would still
find it convenient to know whether your
visit is to have u duration of three days
or three weeks. Take with you some
work that you have begun, or some book
that you are reading, that you may be
agreeably employed when your hostess is
engaged with her own affairs, and not be
sitting about idle as if waiting to be en-
tertained, when her time is necessarily
taken up with something else. Make her
feel that for IL small part at least of every
day, no one needs to have any responsible
ty about amusing you.
A lady who is charming as guest and
as hostess once said to me: Il never
take Il nap in the afternoon when | am at
home but do when am visiting, because
| know what relief it has sometimes
been to me to have company lie down for
II little while, after dinner. "--SuSan A.
Byown, 81. Nicholas for January.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-12-26

Ones physical frame-his body-his
muscles-his feet-his hands-is only u
living machine. 1t is the mind, control
ing and directing that machine, that gives
its power and efficiency. The successful
use of the body depends wholly upon the
mind-upon its ability to direct we'll If
one ties his arm in a sling, it becomes
weak and finally powerless, Keep it in
active exercises, and it acquires vigor and
strength, and is disciplined to use this
strength as desired. Just so ones mind,
by active exercise in thinking, reasoning.
planning, studying, observing, acquires
vigor, strength, power of concentration
and direction.
Plainly then, the man who exercises his
mind in reading and thinking, gives it in
creased power and efficiency, and greater
ability to direct the efforts Of his physical
frame--his work-to better results, than
he can who merely or mainly uses his
muscles, If a man reads Il book or II
paper, even one he knows to be erroneous,
it helps him by the effort to combat the
errors. The combat invigorates his mind.
Of all men, the farmer, the cultivator,
needs to read more and think more-to
strengthen his reasoning powers, so that
they may help out and make more effect
i've, more profitable, his hard toll. There
Can be no doubt that the farmer who sup
plies himself with the most reading, the
most of other mems thoughts and eXper-
fences, will in the end, if not ut once, be
the most successful.
1.-The mind makes the man" is u trite
but very true adage. How much above
the brute that tolls with him, is the man
who merely works, eats, and sleeps, and
cares for his progeny The brute does all
this. The man rises in dignity, in self
respect, in the respect of others, just 50
far as he rises in intelligence. We have a
certain regard for the ant, or colony of
ants, that by long, hard, patient toll. gath
ers fine, large, snowy mound of earth
yellow earth it may be, or of silvery white.
In what is that man superior to the ant
who spends his life wholly in scraping to,
gether mass of land, and pile of yell
low gold or white silver, and IL large
house, lives in it and dies thereP lie may
be called successful man, u rich man,
but what does that amount to after all? If
he be rich in good deeds, if he be an in
telligent man, if he be able, by superior
cultivation of his mind, his thinking and
reasoning powers, not only to plan success
fully for himself, but to give wise counsel
to others, he commands our real respect.
Farmers, think of these things. Now
and for few coming months, while the
field work don't press, devote some time
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-12-26

MANNERS. Il used just now that word,
manners. Let me beg your very serious
attention to it. | used it, remember, in its
true, its ancient-that is, in its moral and
spiritual-sense. | use it rs the old Greeks,
the old Romans used their corresponding
words; us our wise forefathers used it,
when they said well, that Manners
makyth man." that manners are at once
the efficient cause of n mans success, and
a proof of his deserving to succeed; the
outward and visible sign of whatsoever in
ward and spiritual grace or disgrace,
may be in him. | mean by what our
our Lord meant when he reproved the
pushing and vulgar arrogance of the
Scribes and Pharisees, and laid down the
golden rule of all good manners " He that
is the greatest among you, let him be the
servant of all" Next | beg you to re-
member that all, or almost all, the good
manners which we have among us-cour-
teseS, refnements, self.restraint, and mu-
tual respect-all which raises us socially
and morally above our forefathers of one
thousand and five hundred years ago
deep hearted men, valiant and noble, but
coarse and arrogant and quarrelsOme-all
that, or almost all, we owe to Christ, to
the influence of His example, and to that
Bible which testifies of Him. Yes, the
Bible has been for Christendom, in the
cottage as much as in the palace, the
school of manners and the saying that
he who becomes II true Christian becomes
IL true gentleman is no rhetorical boast,
l. Il h;,tx,,;,, C,o LSa1,Io,,
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MISCELLANEOUS.
CENTRAL VERMONT r. r. LINE.
WINTER ARRANG MENT.
Commencing Monday, Dec. "a, 1877.
rRA1Nsao1NG SOUTH AND EAST.

Leave Montpelier ats.l5 AM 40 Pm .,and9.9O p
MAIL TRAIN leaves 81. Adams 700 A. M, Montpelier
s.l6A, NJ for Boston, New Londcn, Sringheld, New
York, and intermediate points.
EXPRESS leaves Rouses Point at lO30A M. Montreil
90 A. M st. Adams at 70 OP. Nj? BurlnRtonl23OP M
Montpelier l45P M, for Boston via Lowell.
MIXED TRAIN leaves tAlbane3. 4OP M. arriving at
NIaHT ExPREss from Ogdensburg Montreal 81, AL
hans aud Burlington leave Montpelier az gaP ,f"r
Boston via Lowell or Ftchburg Springfield ,NewYork
and intermediate points.
TRAINS GOING NORTH AND WEST.
Leave Montpelier at $40 M, 6.lOA. M AObP,
and P NJ go, .oo
M via Lowell 800 A. M. New London 5.0OA, M Spring
field 100 NJ Montpelier 4O5 p. NJ for Burlington, st
Adams, Montresl, and OgdensburR.
ACCOMMODATIONS leaves White Rivera JUNCTION 20 ?.
M Montpelier So P. NJ for Burlington and 81 Abanb,
ACCOMMODATIONS Train leaves Mortified ats O0A; M,
MONTPELIER l0A. M, for Burlington, st. Adams Rich
ford st Johns ROuses Point and Montreal.
MIXED leaves White River Junction 6.30A. NJ. North
field 70. 20 A. M arrives at MONTPELIER 10 Pm,
NIGHT EXPRESS leaves Boston via Lowella b3OP M
via Ftchburgh 90 NJ, New York 100 ?. M Spring
field 800 P M Montpelier 800 A. M fO= Burlington st
Adams Montreal and Ogdensbnrgh and the west.
Trains leave Montpelier for Barre at 63S A. M, LILO
P NJ, and 425 p. M.
M. 49, ~, q, . r, -.--.-. ...4-
running between Montreal an Boston, and Montreal
and Sprin Fheld, and st. Adams and Troy.
Through tickets for OhiCago the West forsaleAt
the principal stations. .
ST AlbAnR. Vt, Dec, ", 1877.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-12-26

MIDGETs.-There are two persons now
in New York who are attracting n good
deal of attention. The name of one is
Miss Minnie Obom, and the other, General
Mite They are exhibited in hall on
Fifth Avenue, and are visited daily by
crowds of people. Miss Obom is thirteen
years old and weighs only ten pounds.
General Mite is also thirteen years old and
weighs only twenty-five inches, he says
or, upon being corrected, only nine pounds.
These young persons are justly called in
the advertisement, the L" Wonderful Mid
gets. The price of admission is twenty
five cents. The exhibition is more anus
ing, and much less unpleasant than that Of
any dwars | have ever seen The gener-
al is rediculously and unbclievably small
believe all the delightful old fairy stories
about dwarfS being sent round in pot pies.
Lillput ceases to be myth.
1t must be very curious thing to be a
midget; and yet Il great many Of us are
midgets without knowing it, That is to
say, we derive our celebrity entirely from
accidental circumstances heard midget
make speech the other evening; | did
not know he was midget, however, till
the speech was over. | went into hall
where great public question was being
discussed and | heard Il dapper little man
making the most proper and common
place and silly address on this great public
question that | ever listened to in my life.
When he sat down some one whispered in
my ear: THAT gentleman's name is Julius
Caesar; he is grandson of the true,
original, and only Julius Caesar, of whom
you have heard" Julins Caesar is used
here, of course, merely in place of another
familiar name, which Immediately called
to mind one of the most towering reputa-
tions in American history.
Princes and princesses of the blood,
heirs and heircsscS, and men who wear
their hair long, are all midgets. There
are midgets also in literature and art.
Some of our celebrated" painters and
sculptors would never have been heard of
il it had not been for their fathers, or
their grandmohers, or their wives.
Celebrity in art is sometimes reached by
no more artistic qualities than endurance,
push, enterprise, knack. In literature the
faculty of memory goes great way to-
ward Il reputation. When an author has
Il great memory, and can by this means
make his writings interesting and widely
current, we sometimes get to calling him
a great writer Mr.. Bryant, in his recent
speech at the Goethe Club reception, tried
to prove that he himself was II midget
in other words a poet celebrated for the
accident of longevity instead of the excel
lence of his poetry. 1t was Of course moth
ing but II Joke. His audience was intensely
amused; they were very well aware that
the sly old poet knew better.
At the exhibition in Midget Hall the
fathers of the two little people are present.
They take excellent care of their children,
and do not permit their tiny brains and
bodies to be overwol ked. They are also
very proud of their offspring, and there is
evidently rivalry between the father of
Minnie Obom, and the father of General
Mite. 1t is always this way in the families
of midgets -" The old CaJmct;" Scribncr
for January.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-12-26

FooD AND MILK SECREuoN.-Some in
teresting experiments, conducted at the
experimental station of Ilohenhcim, Ger
many, show the following results, in rela-
ton to the effect of food given on the
secretion OF milk, showing that the power
of secretion lies in great measure in the
animal itself
After calving, the quantity of milk Sc
creted is most plentiful; then after II period,
more or less long, this quantity diminishes.
BY feeding two cows, Swiss breed, and
weighing each 1000 weight, on clover,
hay crushed barley and beet, and later on
green clover, hay, crushed beans and bar
ley-the increase of milk was proportion
ate to the quantity of food But it was
demonstrated ut the same time that COW
not possessing milking qualities naturally,
yielded no proportionate increase of milk
from an augmentation of food. The guam
tty of milk is less influenced by the feed
ing than the quality; by quality is under
stood its chemical composition, irrespec-
tive of flavor or aroma; the proportion of
serum, as compared with fat, casein,
sugar and mineral substances, will be
augmented. but not the other ingredients.
This curious fact can be explained by
physiology; milk, as was for a long time
supposed is not secretion of the blood,
where the mammals play the role of a
simple filter-it is II secretion of Il special
organ. Milk, in word, is the substance
of the mammals in liquid state. The
intensity of the secretion depends uron
the development of the organ, this is to
say, of race, of II property natural to the
animal, and independent of food. The al
bumcn of the latter is transformed into
butter or fatty matter, by the cells of the
mammal; the part not transformed re-.
mains in the milk us albumen or casein.-.
Exchange.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-12-26
Corn CObs.

q readers will remember an article 4
coulAe of weeks ago on " grinding cobs. .
Since writing that, we have met an article
combining just the information we wanted
TO fhd in an article in the Coantrg GEN
Saetn, which we reprint below. This
? consider COOL corroborative evidence,
a y in all these questions we put results of
z Il offence before theoretical conclusions
ISIS liable to mistake:
Lon page 764. wishes the expert
.\of your readers in the use of cob
M This is one of the matters which
WI OF seem likely to be settled to the
Action of everybody. There are
y who suppose the cob to be injurious
lex, but its analysis does not show
ding likely to be hurlful. And it
y tlnot show the cob to be very valuable.
otilinding cob and corn together saves
. sh&, and the feeder gets whatever
stg ,utnt the cob contains | think. the
~ of ill opinions of the heallhful-
clof the cob comes from defective
bjng. If corn is ground rs fine as
or aid be for the greatest profit, there
I .lever any harm result from the cob.
lYe used corn, ground in The ear, for
Iee6g all classes of stock for ten years,
and lever fourd any i'll effects from it. In
nct 4 think it more healthy to grind with
me cob, if the meal is to be fed alone to
"tocJk The cob gives more bulk, separates
the particles of meal, and pervents the
meal from going into the stomach is so
compact n form as when the pure meal is
fed alone. | have fed working horses
upon it for grain ration, almost eXClus-
lively for three or five years at a time, with
as good result rs can b. attended with
this single grain. But in this case, clover
hay was fed with it. The clover was cut
in IL inch lengths, moistencd and the
meal mixed with it. Hogs do well upon
It Nsl healthier than on pure meal, be-
cauless concentrated Have fed it to
calhnd colts with satisfaction, in con-
K ned with other food. Never feed meal
aloho any stock, except hogs, and tc
the Inly in the final fattenng period.
VALUE OF THE Coz.
Eft still remains to fix the real value
Z. of tcob as food. Chemistry will de.
teri e this comparatively. Practically
i isbt so easy to fix the value of the cob
becbe it is never fed alone; but we car
n ,omte its food constituents with straw
md Y and get some idea of its relative
talul 1t has been analysed to show its
'trgk4matter as well as ash constituents
yes the following rs its proximat,
qtion, and we add also his analyst;
ms 1T, barley, rye and oat straw, corn
Gao and timothy hay:
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-12-26

NOBLE ILLUsTRATIoN.-Lord Canarvon,
in addressing the people of Birmingham,
used the following illustration: Travel
ers tell us that in some of the Eastern seas,
where those wonderful coral islands exist
the insects that form the coral within the
reefs, where they are under the shelter of
protecting rocks, out of the reach Of wind
and wave work quicker, and their work is
apparently sound and good. But on the
other hand, those little workers who work
outside those reefs, in the foam and dash
of waves, are fortified and hardened, and
their work is firmer and more enduring.
And so believe it is with men. The more
their minds are braced up by conflict, by
the necessity Of forming opinions upon
difficult subjects, the better they will be
qualified to go through the wear and tear
of the world, the better they will he able
to hold their own in that conflict of opin-
ion which after all it is mans duty TO
meet"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-12-26
For the Freeman.
viii 1t Pay ?

Z" To be or not to be, that is the ques.
.tion," said Hamlet, but Hamlet was not a
Yankee; if he had been, he would have
asked, b" Will it pay?" The one lesson
which the rigorous climate and rugged soil
Of New England has taught her sons is,
that TO succeed in obtaining livelihood
~ the cultivation of the SOIL they must
Experiment carefully, and indge all results
I by stle one question, " Will it payP" In
the south, where the climate is mild and
nature is lavish with her gifts, scanty
population may live without work, and
without care; but not so here. Nature will
not take care of New England farmer;
he must make his labor pay. What we
propose to discuss in this paper is this
z Can the keeping of sheep be made profit
/ blepn
An affirmative answer to this question
epends
1st.-0n the care and management be-
slowed upon them.
2nd.-Upon the kind of sheep selected.
There is great lack of definiteness in
agricultural newspaper reports, as a rule.
she impression left upon tile reader is that
twenty-five of the " facts " are guess
Fk, and that great results are obtained
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-12-26

If the dairymen of Windsor county and
Che vicinity are interested in having the
Next meeting of the Dairymen's Associa-
ion. it can be held at White River juno
II NJ those interested will take hold and
~ Unnecessary work ut once. The
bf these meetings is well known and
sion in dairy neighborhood will
pod results. White River Junction
N ely central location and there has
" 4 Ibeen II meeting of the Association
1 IA this part of the state, Will you
fin the work and get the meeting?
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-12-26

BREAKING HALTER BREAKERs.- Put
the horse into common head-stall batter
take a 3-8 to u 10 inch new rope about
seventeen or eighteen feet long; double it
rs for driving lines; put the center of the
rope under the tail MS you would u crupper
and give it one or two twists; pass the end
under the girth, sending an end each side
of the horses neck--and then through the
nose piece of the head-stall (fa bride is
on, put the ropes through the bride bit
rings), one on each side of the horses
mouth, and tie to a strong, well set post,
leaving three feet play of the rope. Give
him an invitation to 90 back (using his
ordinary scarce. The rope (or remedy
attacks his tail, hurts him suddenly and
and he ut once comes for
ward. For his coming forward pet him,
II these instructions are followed few
horse being securely tied to a
post--a permanent cure will follow. N B.
DO not vary the directions in any parlicu-
lar. They are perfect. =" Lgon" IN 11T6-
u1'e.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-12-26
be seen that corn cobs have a

be seen that corn cobS have 40 4
N[aitof digestible food, and this is
cove ~ either wheat, barley, rye or oat
~ corn fodder, and that only timo-
'lop exceeds it in carbohydrates. 1t
tho t as large proportion of ash us
fr, kind of straw, but has more potash
,waiss silica, which improves its value
I'D. The phosphoric acid and lime
"on' the bones are equal TO straw, and
Gu, assed by the timothy hay. When
led, '''' Ter its mechanical advantage us
4 SEPARATION of the particles of meal, and
the labor it saves in Smelling, the cob may
be considered, when finely ground, to be
as valuable, according to weight, as hay.
Of course the hay is somewhat more
nutritious as single food, but the other
advantages in grinding corn and cob TO-
gether will balance this. Every hundred
bushels of corn has about / 400 pounds of
cob, and if we count it worth one-half
cent per pound, it would make The cobs
worth seven cents per busheI But if the
cob is not to be finely ground it should not
be ground Mt all, but discarded. Farmers
make great mistake in having corn
ground coarse. If there is Il profit in
grinding corn at all for animals, there is u
proportional profit all the way down to
the finest meal that can be ground by a
burr milestone, without heating it too
much. All the best eastern feeders grind
the corn very fine of late years, having
been led to this by the practical demon
Js@ation of its benefit. L. VS..
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-12-26

Westminster Abbey was filled with Lon
don laborers fortnight ago at a special
service for the members of various associa-
ted working mems clubs. Dean Stanley,
in his sermon, remarked that the higher a
mans education was, the more it made
him feel the grace, the value and the
worth of genuine work. A studious shoe
maker at Norwich had once told him that
there was nothing he enjoyed more, after
reading his books, than making n good
pair of shoes,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-12-26

WANTED-A BoY."-A tradesman
once advertised in the morning papers for
a boy to work in the shop, run errands,
and make himself generally useful. In a
few hours the shop was thronged with
boys of all ages, sizes, SORTS and condi-
tons, all wanting to find II situation. The
shop-keepcr only wanted one boy, but
how to get the right one was the difficulty.
He thought he must find some plan to
lessen the number of applicants. and give
him better opportunity of selecting good
one. So he sent them all away and thought
the matter over little. Next morning
the papers contained the following adver-
tiSement:
WANTEp-A boy who obeys his molher"
" Now, them" thought the tradesman,
" shall sec soon who will apply" He
also put bill in the window with these
words on, and how many do you suppose
did Gomez The story is that there were
only two of all the numerous boys seeking
employment in that big city who felt that
they could honestly come and say, | obey
my mother
The crowd of lads was indeed quickly
thinned out most effectually. and the
tradesman had not much trouble in select
ing boy.
Such boys as these boys that obey their
mothers-are in great demand. My little
boy, if you saw an advertisement for such
a boy could you 90 and truthfully offer
yourself for the situationP If not, | fear
there is something wrong about you. Look
to the matter; seek the Lords salvation ;
be an obedient son, and God will bless you
Friend.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-12-26

Ofall business men, farmers this year
should be the most contented. No matter
how Frustrated trade may become, there
is u ccaseless demand for the products of
the farm. The forge may grow chill, the
loom cease its active motion, and the anvil
rust from want of use, but there is "a prof
table market at all times for the farm and
garden crops, for people must live, and
they cannot do that unlesS they cat. The
labor OF the farmer is but seldom given in
vain, and his free and independent voca.
ton should always promote contentment
and comfort. Germantown Telegraph.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-12-26

VERMONT DAIRYMEN's ASSOCIATION
From letter of Mr.. o. S. Bliss, we
learn that the executive committee of the
Vermont Dairymen's Association invite
proposals, that the winter meeting of the
Association of three days duration shall
be held with them during the third week
in January next.
The town where the meeting is held
will be required to furnish, Without ex.
pense to tine association, warmed and
lighted room suitable for the occasion, and
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-12-26
Cream RAISING

Here is small nut for the cold settlers to
TACK. On the occasion of the visit, not
ing since. Of Mr.. Mason, president of the
)airymen's Association, Mr. E. S. Wood
pf Pomfret strained some milk, warm from
me COW, into Il per cent glass and set it on
Sshelf not six feet away from the stove
nd up as near the ceiling as he could
Nfeach. In three hours there was a perfect
separation, showing over thirty per cent OF
cream.