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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-28

1t is one Of the mystries Of providence
that those invested with the crown and
glory of motherhood are not always those
best qualified to bring up their offspring.
1t is one thing to bring child into the
world AMI quite another thing to carry it
safely through it; and the child of an I'M
Gle, or an aunt, is frequently more to be
congratulated than is one who is left en-
tirely to the control of its parents.
History has furnished us with instances
where those "born in purple" the very
flower of nobility, and heirs 10 extensive
kingdoms, were through lack of the gov
erning power, the wise prerogative OF
kings wholly unfit to reign ovel the realm
to which their rank entitled them. In
this way nature annuls the privileges of
royalty, and makes Il regency wise neCes-
sity.
Yamacois, in his instructive picture of
the " Education of Prince which is u
volume Of satire put upon so many feet of
canvas, and not too highly colored, fur
nishes us n most suggestive theme for
thoughtful meditation and inquiry. The
boy, mere baby, is placed upon The floor
in the middle OF II large room of palatial
proportions. His military toys are set out
in battle array, and the child finds an
orange u most convenient instrument of
war. Destruction in his element; immo-
bity in his abomination; he strikes, they
fall, and the kings cabinet Immediately
becomes an astrological assembly. The
Minister of War telegraphs to the Minis
ter of Finance; my Lord Treasurer is lost
in weighty calculations and the face of
each member of the royal household is
expressive of peculiar and varied emo
tions.
One can read the whole story at II glance;
how instinct is mistaken for intelligence,
and wherein lie the grevious errors that
may be made even in the education of n
prince. Nature has great deal to do
with nobility; but there is nothing that so
develops sturdy, solf.reliant, courteous,
and considerate manhood as to graduate
from "the college of hard knocks"
If | see splendid specimens of manhood
or womanhood, l always feel curious to
know the sort Of training they have had;
Just us | would enjoy reading of or seeing
the transition process of n crude mass OF
metal into an exquisite vase, or of an I'M
attractive piece of marble into a statute
which is "a thing of beauty"
1t was my good fortune this past sum
mer to be thrown into n company of n
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-28

But the opinion of butchers is, (and per-
sonal observation goes to confirm it) that
there is no better sweeter and solder pork
made. than that fed and fatted in n slaurb-
ter yard, where the swine have the choice
of n mixed grain and meat diet. Pork so
made will shrink less in the pot and in the
frying pan; will be sweeter to the taste !.
tender in proportion to its age; and when
taking mouthful of the fat meat, the
eater will never have occasion to suspect
he has made mistake, and is feeding
from a lard kettle. Latterly, for myself
when buying pork, l look for q piece from
the carcass TO one, which has been falted
in the slaughter yard, in preference to a
piece from one which has been exclusively
corn-fed; and have never had occasion
to regret my choice.-Cor. Country Gen.
tic1hdn.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-28

FOREST LEAVES In accordance with
advice given in the Farmer, | gathered
forest leaves last TALL, and used them rs
bedding for stock. l selected a damp
misty day, in which to gather them, and
found that l could pack very good 10 ID
in the wagon. l gathered principally
from part of my woods where the trees
were scattering, raked them together in
piles, and two of us hauled in and stored
ten loads in day. had what l thought
was an abundance, and bedded my hogs
altogether with them. They are the best
hing for this purpose | ever tried. The
hogs would root and work them over,
mixing them thoroughly with their ma-
nure, and the consequences were-the best
lot of hog manure ever had also bed
died horses and cattle until the leaves were
used up. | believe I gained fully ten
loads of manure, altogether. by using ten
loads of leaves. Not that much in bulk,
but in increased value, by absorbing
he liquids which would have escaped.
But another advantage | want to mention.
he open woods, cleared of leaves, was
raked and scratched over with an iron
rake, and red top, blue grass and orchard
grass sown. 1t happened to catch well,
and afforded good deal of pasture this
summer, and will afford much more next
summer G. A. PEBBLES.
We have found it very easy and rapid
way TO gather leaves, to fasten the hay
rack on the framed sled, where of course
it will project some distance behind it,.
Then driving into the woods we can easily
set the sled where the rear end of the hay
rack will rest on or nearly on the ground,
where the leaves can be raked in from The
ground with no handling in n basket. We
gather ours as dry as possible and with
plenty of side boards and four end boards
we can draw Il heap OF them Mt once
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-28

The cultivation of the sweet potatoe in
some of our northern states is steadily in
creasing. This year the crop raised in
Glastonbury was quite a large one and was
in every way Il success. One farmer re-
ports II yield of twenty bushels from five
rods of land, or at the rate of six hun
dred and forty bushels to the acre. The
potatoes were us dry and sweet as most OF
the potatoes that find their way to our
markets. Many others report
large yields of extra fine sweet potatoes.
-NeW England Homestead.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-28

WARM BUILDINGS FOR LAYING HENS
IN WINTER. Poultry, 10 pay in winter,
require warm winter-houses to keep them
from that extreme cold that is so biting ard
pinching to all domestic animals which
have to Sleep in out.buildings that do not
receive any artificial heat. Fowls will en-
dure some very severe weather without
showing any i'll effects, especially Asiatics.
These will stand about on n cold day
scarcely caring to get in the sunshine, so
long as they have had plenty to eat. Hens,
even in o neglected condition, will lay
some eggs, but their yield then is Il long
way behind the number of eggs that fowls
will lay when they are well fed and eCarna-
~ housed.
A hen to lay must be in good condition
not fat but fleshy. This requires II GER
tain amount of food and warmth; but to
produce eggs she requires more than Il
suf1iciency for her own comfort. She
must eat enough nourishing food, first for
her own bodily sustenance, and then
enough additionally for the formation of
eggs. Where fowls are kept too cold, it
takes all that the bird can digeFt merely to
keep up heat enough to sustain them. Of
ten the same quantity of food would, with
warmer quarters, keep them not only in
fine condition. but enable them to produce
eggs, which are so much more valuable
amid the rigors of winter than in the
spring.
1t is asserted by some that, under any
circumstances, hens will lay only certain
number of eggs in year, but even in this
case they may us well lay them when they
are worth the most, yet, as fowls will gen
orally lay in proportion to the care they
receive, there is but little doubt that when
hens are not kept up to their full laying
capacity, many eggs are lost or undevel-
oped, which to their keeper is practically
the same thing.-MOOrc'S Rural.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-28

NIrRoGEN.-This is commercially the
most valuable fertilizlng clement. 1t &C.
ours in various forms or states. OrgG1iC
nitrogen is the nitrogen of animal and
vegetable matters generally, existing in
the albumin and fibrin of meat and blood,
in the uric acid of bird dung, in the urea
and hippuric acid of urine, and in num-
Der of other substances. Some forms OF
organic nitrogen, as that of blood and
meat are highly active as fertilizers; 9TH
ers, as that of hair and leather, are COM
paratively slow in their effect on vegeta-
ton, unless these matters are reduced TO a
fine powder or chemically disintegrated.
44mnionia and nitric acid are results of de-
cay of Organic nitrogen in the soil and
manure heap, and are the most active
forms of nitrogen. They occnr in COM
merce-the former in sulphate of ammo
MIA, the latter in nitrate of soda.-E&-
chdnqe
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-28

sets in it two, seventy-six, or two hundred
hours, makes no difference with the ioeP"
What sort of canary bird do l take you
for, Mr.. Hardinp Well, 1 don't know.
You have finally asked question which
| can't answer. l give it up. But you
ought not to take advantage of your posi-
ton as correspondent of a paper, to mis-
represent q business competitor.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-28

stores and agencies started in this State,
we are unable to call to mind one which
has survived. 1t is true that there are
so-oalled cooperative stores, but they are
virtually in the hands of three or four
men, and they sell goods on time, and are
as eXacting in their demands for profits MS
any middleman dare be. The same state
of affairs exists in Iowa. rs the following
extract from q Grange paper indicates :;
Granger cooperative stores in Iowa
haved proved a poor experiment. The
latest to fail is the Muscatine County Co
operative Factory for making agricultural
implements 1t has been in operation
three Or four years, with the result now
announced of the utter wiping out of the
$4,000 cash capital, and the forced sale of
all the property. 1t is the last Grange
factory in Iowa to succumb."
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-28
MISCELLANEOUS.
CENTRAL VERMONT R.R. LINE,
SUMNER ARRANGEMENr
Commencing Monday, Sept. a. 1S77
TRAINsGoING SOUTH ANpEAsr

Leave Montpelier at9.OO A.M.,I45P.M ,rao.
MAIL TRAIN leaves st. Adams ZOO A NJ 'aU Va Viz
GOA. M, for Boston, New London SringMs olhlptFr
York, and intermediate points. sneid, NsE
EXPRESS leaves Rouses Point at l01UA NJ u
IA M. St. Adams at II SO A. NJ Burpvto,' ~ 0nts
Montpelier las NJ, for Boston via Lowell lS'I6p II
MIXED TRAN leaves st.Albans3 4OP M. arrivi,.
NIGHT EXPRESS from 0gdensburg Moptr..i r..
bans and Burlington leave Montpelier al ~ 81 AL
Boston via. Lowell or Fitchburg Sprinvfeid " for
and intermediate points. 'NeNIOt
TRAINS GOING NORTH AND WFer
Leave Montpelier at 800 An, 6.lOA.M a,
and517P.M 055P \
DAY EXPRESS leaves Boston via FitchburDb.
NJ, via Lowell 800 4. NJ New London 5GOA NJ 60 A
field s0OA. M, Montpelier 335 r. M for Ping
Adams, Montreal and OydensbIrg 'inK'on, St
ACCOMMODATION leaves White RiyerJuncti.
M, Montpelier OILY p. NJ for Burlington q TBS
ACCOMMODATION Train leaves Northfcid 81 Alba1s
Montpelier l0A M, for Burlington St Ai6anosV
mond, st Johns, Rouses Point and MoutrnsTH RCL
MIXED leaves White River Junction ~ A " \,
field ll00A NJ arrives at MONTPELIER l2WN "rNOftl.
NIGHT EXPRESS leaves Boston via Lowelistso
via FitChburgh 500 P. M New York 300 p W 'usoVP n
field 8OOP M Montpelier 32O A. M for Bnriii tllR.
Adams, Montreal and Ogdensburgh and fhn St
Trains leave Montpelier for Barre at 639 ' y
p. M, end 800 Pm a. NJ, 2.l
Returning leave BARRE at 71OA. NJ. ,audl ooar,,,.
NJ. NuitbP
Trainsleave st. Adams for Richford 6A,, on,.,,
p, NJ, 'uu VII
Sleeping cars are attached to Might Fy5ro,.
running between Montreal an Boston aid yvss ttii1
and Springfield, and ST. Alban and TROY "ohtfea
Drawing room cars on Day Express tTAins hot.
Montreal and Boston. ''"s oetWeti
Through tickets for Chicago and the West fo,s,,.
the principal stations. '''0'sdlea
J. W. HOBART, neralSurerjptsrt,.
ST Alhans Vt. Sent % 1877 - - 4HtelQeLt
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-28

RED ANTs.-Mrs, G. asks for directions
for extermiunting the little red ants-bo-
rax, Persian powder and cayenne pepper
having failed to drive them away. If she
will dissolve two or three ounces of alum
in n little boiling water, and wash the
shelves thoroughly with it, and then will
sprinkle chalk about, or draw heavy lines
of it around the articles likely to be inlest-
ed with these pests, she will not be
troubled with them. boiling hot alum wa
ter being certain death to all insects and
also their eggs.-DaiSy Eyebrtght, IN
COuntyU Cent? man..
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-28

D...-..,,-,.'- I--,,,.,-,... D'---rl
PRACTICAL NlNDNESS'-ohe Oh the most
oea9l'lul anu praoIlcal instances OF real
klndnesS ever saw cahlo TO me IN tins
wise; 1 had gone ihIo my butchers shop
one saturday n,Sh'' ana was waiting for
my STEAK. WINE dong So u man. black
with Inc TOLL ana dust OF machinery came
ln' lie was qld ana money! ana meanly
dressed ana never should have looked
upon MN as a olVihe agent OF consolation
had not lllIle GiFl come IN ana revealed
MN TO me. tlow's lather to-day, Pol
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-28
MISCELLANEOUS.
NATARR II.
THE EYE, EAR and THROAT
SUCCESSFULLY TREATED WITH
sANFORD'S RADICAL CURE.
NAT A r R H.

SUCCESS is the Of merit and s9c @aSY N m te
triI ofaiInres means undoubted spechc curauye
TSroperes in the remedy used docs n25Seft
RADICAL CURE for Catarrh possess sucn ppstYmonia
gro e be most respectable people all stations OF me
must be conclusive on the point Never W. valuable
in le 6sSb Been ~ offered freely in favor OF any
remedy than that in the possession Of tne az
Of NOT hoGsandh part Of the
nendations which are to-day offered by dsamept
II al parts Of Che country daily admit its
aver ANY method of cure known to the reEniat f
ppnhIished statement Hence the testimonies III ~
possession represent but small part 81 tnose VIII
Xii for the reason mentioned The following W r.
He itd ~ test monal from HENRY WELLS ESQ., OF Melis
FarSo h Go q Express is an outspoken Endorsement
~ Which we are Justly proud,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-28

l have been living in Tuscola County,
Michigan, thirteen years; have cleared up
sixty acres of timber-land, and have made
a comfortable home for myself and wife
and ten children; can pay all my bills
this winter and have my years provi-
sions and lots of pocket-money left, and
enough to pay our grocer's bills when we
get them and don't want any better trade
than FARMING. CorrespOndent Of Tribune.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-28

FARM LIFE FROM A WoMAN's POINT OF
VIEW What TaJitha TrimSharp Thinks
of it." Farmers, my dear" said Aunt
Tabtha, as she spread a rug in the CHM
ney corner for her favorite, the cat, "are,
take them all arornd, pretty contented
set They like their business-those who
don't like it, you see, drop out of the har-
ness before they're fairly broken in
there's something in it, you sec, that flat
tiers their selflove, makes them feel conse-
quential, and when q man feels his conse-
quence in the world he isn't likely to fall
out with bis business. But the women?
All! there's difference. They're as hard
worked and discontinued lot MS you'll
find, and ten times to one, it's their own
fault, 100 They think. poor dears! there's
nothing for them but hard work, and are
forever drawing unfavorable comparisons
between their own lot and that of the
wives of tradesmen, a dozen of whom
they could buy out and never feel it.
Now this state of things, us l said be-
fore, is mainly the fault of the women
themselves. A man may be Indifferent in
u matter where he is not Intentionally cru
ell. He may see woman working far he
yond her strength; having no thought for
the cultivation of her own or her chill
dren's minds; staying at home when she
ought to 90 abroad and take rest; sitting
up till long after he has gone to bed, to
make or mend, and think very little about
it, for the reason that it is just what he has
always been accustomed to. The fact is,
farmers wives begin their married lives
in II wrong way they begin by taking toe
much work upon themselves. They do
this out of mistaken economy that
amounts to downright StjngineSs Moore
RuTdl.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-28

ARAB MAXIMs.-I. Let your colt be
domesticated and live with you from his
tenderest age. and when horse he will be
simple, docile, faithful, and Injured to
hardship and fatigue.
II. Do not beat your horses nor speak
to them in loud tone of voice; do not
get angry with them, but kindly reprove
their faults; they will do better thereaf-
ter, for they understand the language Of
man and its meaning.
III. If you have long days journey
spare your horse Mt the start; let him fire.
quently walk to recover his wind Contin-
ue this until he has sweated and dried
three times, and you may ask of him
whatever you please, he will not leave
you in difficulty.
w. Observe your horse when he i.
drinking at Il brook. If in bringing down
his head be remains square, without bend
ing his limbs, he possesses sterling quail
ties, and all parts of his body are bull
symmetrically.
V. -Four things he must have broad to-
front, chest, loins and limbs; four thing
Iong-neck, chest, forearm and Group
four things short-pasterns, back, ear
and tail.-IriJane.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-28
agricultural department,
o. NJ. rINKHAM, EDITOR.

Accommodation fob this department should be
sent to the editor, Mr.. o. NJ, TINKHAM, N. Pom
fret, vt.
Please wrteon side of the paper only, sign such
name or initials as you wished published, but give
your FULL NAME AND ADDRESS, post Office, County and
State
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-28

On Nov. 9Th we slaughtered Il pair of
Berkshire pigs, six months
old, both out of the same litter, that weigh
ed after hanging over night, 204 and POS
pounds respectively. A sow pig from this
litter, which was retained for breeding
purposes. is superior to those above men
toned. Who will show better weightsfor
Berkshiresp
| wish TO state that these pigs dressed as
white us auy hogs ever saw.
Very respectfully,
A. A. SOUTHWICK,
Farm Supt Mass. Agricultural College.
-MnSS. Pi0ughn1an.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-28

Speaking of cooperative stores, the
Chicago Tribune says:
of the vast number of cooperative
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-28

In Vermont we have had even worse
luck than this. We have three small lit
erary colleges in this State, and when it
was attempted to establish State Indus
trial College on the basis of the Govern.
ment grant. these institutions, in great
alarm, left no stone unturned to defeat the
undertaking. They succeeded in delay
ing it until the time in which the grant
could be secured had nearly elapsed, and
then, by flank movement, one of them
outwitted the others, and captured the
fund under the promise to establish an
agricultural college as branch of their
own. They have not even kept the word
of promise to the ear. They have simply
taken the fund to recruit their exhausted
exchequer, and established only such pro-
fessorships as completed their Faculty, and
put it somewhat on an equality with other
well endowed literary colleges. They
have bought no farm, they have no gar
den, they have no professor of agriculture
horticulture. or any other practical branch
of industrial instruction. AS an agrcul-
tural college it is Il barefaced fraud, and as
a matter of course it has never had IN
agricultural student. Perhaps your read
ers may ask why the farmers of Vermont
have endured this for ten years They
have complained, and have asked the Legis
lature 10 investigate, but the truth thai
possession in nine points of the law, ha.
only had one more illustration in this case
for the sole result was white washing re
port, lobbied through the legislature, anC
the chief manipulation was Immediately
complimented by being made one of the
trustees of the institution.
With this experience you can easily I'M
dersland why dislike TO see an institution
that is really trying to do good work il
training young men to be farmers, hardly
critised in an agricultural paper. Let u
be patient and charitable toward all such
and save our ammunition for those whc
neither try nor intend to to try to honest
ly earn the money that pays for their breaC
and butter.-Dr. HOSk&ns, IN Raral Nou
Yorker.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-28
Invaluable.

Nressrs WEEKS & POTTER, Wholesale Drugglsts,
pnston Mass: Gentenen,-I have for some months it
ali Il n duty that owe to suffering humanity 70 WIle
vnn stating the great benefit that have derived IRON
2he nse Of SANFORD's RADICAL CURE FOR CAIAihhta
Fnr more than 20 years have been atlcted WITH Hs
very troublesome complaint have tried an lne
renipdies that | could find but without material VI
armament benefit Last fall the disease haH arrteu
AZ that state that must have relief or de me ehtfe
memhranous system had become so infamed ana Lne
stomach SO disordered that it was doubtful mater
bether could 20 to the Pacific coast, or II dld ~
whet6er should live to come back or not saw an
advertisement of this medicine, and altnouSh 3einH
very increduous about specifics or n2strus oI d any
kind vet in sheer desperation tried thls anu WAS az
once blnehted byt The changes OF climate enron
ic disease of the liver and my age-oYer I0IWaS pre-
vent my entire restoration, butthe Deneht uerWe
from its daily use is to inuailGbe, ana am mop
ing to be completely cured, and at last arrive Ut
respectable old age. - $3.50 oo,,-;oo 20
II this statement of my can be Of any service u
those afflicted as have been, and enable yOn 10 Orine
This remedy into more general use, especially on tHt
Pacific coast (Where it is much needed) my OBJECT IL
wiring this note will be obtained. 1850. ,,,,,
Very truly yours. HLNh1 M Ias Co
Aurora, n. Y, June 1876, VI Wells, rarho q w
Each package contains DR.. Sanford's improved In
hainx Tube and full directions for use III all case
Price SlOO For sale by all Wholesale ana hetal
Druggists and Dealers throughout the United State
and Canadas. WEEKS L. POTTER, General Agent
and Wholesale Druggists, Boston, Mass
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-28

Without free use of whitewash no
poultry breeder can expect to keep his
fowls healthy for any length of time. and
to neglect of this can be attributed many
of the disappointments and much of the
loss experienced by amateurs, who do not
realize, until they have paid dearly for the
experience, that cleanliness is one of the
first principles of success in poultry keep
ing, and that lime, in different forms, is
an invaluable agent in promoting cleanli-
ness in poultry houses and amongst fowls.
Where it can be done without too much
expense, we would advise persons in build
ing their poultry houses to use planned
hoards-at least planed on the inside--in
preference to rough ones, for it is far easier
to keep the fowl house clean when smooth
boards are used. while the lice and other
vermin cannot so readily find lodging
place. AS u preventive is better and
cheaper than u cure, we would advise those
who build poultry house to give it good
whitewashing, both inside and out, before
the fowls are let inside. To make the
whitewash still more distasteful to the
vermin which have such taste for poul-
try, mix small quantity of carboic acid
with the wash, stir it well till it dissolves
and then apply. 1t is not injurious to the
fowls, but it is to the vermin, and at the
same time is "a deordorizer and disinfectant
-Car0linG Farmer.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-28

The English Catholics are about to re-
wise the Douay version of the Bible.