davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-10-13
N OTICEl

THIS is TO forbid all persons purchasing any
noies. Mortgages, or Bill Sales payable To the
iehoHing persons, viz: Dyer & Clarke; Gibbs
n. Ciarke; Fences W, Clark TILES w Clarke
81 Island Hoad, VI. And notify the sgneTs OF
al such notes not 10 pay the same Snless pre-
the above named persons were stolen Tron
my safe ON the night Of August 2Sth, 1871.
Island Pond, VI, August 20, 1871.
GIBBS r.. CLARKE.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-10-13

nfN-T-~N-rNa-s~=
A Office TO SELL RIAL ESTATE OF VIM.
- WEEKS. DECEASED.
SiAIE OF VERMONT, 90
District Of Essex, ( -
IN Frohate court, held at Guildhan. I'm aud for
SAID district, on the 18th day o. September,
isaiah u. Piekard, Administrator of the es-
ta'e OF VIM. Weeks late Of Canaan i'm said
district: deceased. makes application to said
Court IN connection with Helen NJ. Weeks
late widow OF said Weeks now Helen NJ. BIod-
set' Tor license to sell all OF the real estate of
salu deceased, to wit:-The homestead and
sugar place used in connection with said
homestead and all reveasiOn and interests
therein; representing that the sale thereof
wouid be conductive TO the interests of ali
concerned therein.
Whereupon, il Is ordered by said conrt that
SAM application be referred 10 a session there.
OF 10 be held at the Probate Officc. in said
SuliuhalI' on the 9th day of October, 1871 for
aiIng anu decision thereon.
Ana IL Is further ordered that all persons
interested be notified hereof, by publication
OF hotce OF said application and order there
on, lnlee weeks successfully, in the Essex
Couhiy HERALD, a newspaper published at
Sulidhall, and which Gil culates IN the neigh
Oorhoou OF those interested, before said time
OF nearing, that they may appear at said time
to. i'
Vim. II. HARTSHORN, Judge.
true copy of record.-attest.
VIM. ii. HAkTSHORN JHdpe
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-10-13

For the relief and
cure OF all derAnEe
ments in the stom.
ach, liver, and bow
els. They are q mild
apsrient, and an
excellent purgahve.
Being purely Vege-
table, they contain
no mercury or mine
raj whatever. Much
serious sickness and
suffering is prevent
Al ~ fha7E trial.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-10-13

y MAKE HOME PLEASANT.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-04-13

changeable, aimless method sure 10 follow the
rotation in Office.
The foundation Of all good roads lies in
proper drainage. Roads arc made soft only
by water; give that a chance to escape and
the result will be satisfactory. Smooth and
hard surfaces are the main points, gravel is
most desirable, next to'ths hardest earth 10
be found. Never use soft top, earth, monld
or ditch deposits, and if solid hard-pan ex-
lists beneath it scrape off and cart away the
soil to adjacent fields. Remove all loose
stones, for no ordinary covering will prevent
their coming to the surface and causing dam
age and inconvenience to passing teams.
Aside from the Importance at all times Of
supporting good roads, special inducemeut
exists at present, when 80 large number of
people now residing in cities and villages are
looking about for country homes. At no
time during the past fifteen years has this
demand been so great as at the present sea-
son, and il becomes matter Of Importance to
all land owners, as well as to those who de-
sire the encouragement Of new citizens, to
improve the highways and make their towns
as attractive as possible to those in pursuit
Of new homes. Nothing impresses straD-
ger more favorably than smooth, hard, dry
poblc roads.-American CNltipdtor.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-04-13
Building Fence on Steep Side Hills.

The natural inclination Of land on side
hills is deceptive. Most persons of an mex
perieuced age will invariably tip the post
down hill. A level, or long-handled shovel
held between the thumb and finger if turned
one way will make the post nearly
plumb. A post set plumb, or little down
hill will invariably fall down hill sooner or
later, If the land is moist aud the fence is
subject to strong wind it will fall quicker.
Hence we see all over the country fences tum.
bIed down the bank. The best remedy l
know offs to set the posts tipped up hill from
three to six inches according to the steepness
Of the bank and the moisture Sf the land.
If the posts are thus tipped they will seldom
fall down hill. Also when a string Of fence
fence is built down a steep hill the same pre-.
caution should be exercised, if not the whole
string in the course Of time will slant down
hill If the posts are tipped up hill little
and occasionally an extra post is set more
braciOg between the others, such fence will
stand. HORACE A. BARNES.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-04-13

plished, he receives for reply Twelve all
been busy and no time has been lost" The
reply may be true as the help look on the
case buthad the employer been present one
third more work would have been done, aud
the help would not have been overworked iu
the least. AZ is the loss Of minutes that
causes lessnFork to be done than coald have
been easily accomplished. One stopping here
and another there yarn to be spun by A..
to which all must listen, and, if the sun is
hot, get into the shade aud loll for half an
hour, and in numerous ways to pass of the
time.
Nor are but few hired men trusty in other
respects. Teams are used harshly and inn
properly fed unless the eye Of the owner is
constantly on them, which cannot always be
the case. The great want of farmers is
trusty help, and the lack of such hands often
makes farming uphill work. One man hires
tramp that comes along and he knows but
little about driving cattle, and the farmer
sends him to the mill to get few boards to
build fence around piece he contemplates
plOughing up ami planting to corn; the cattle
run off and coming in contact with tree
one of the oxen is killed; loss of Gfty
dollars just in the busiest time when he
needs them so much and he has to purchase
another yoke at an exorbitant price and
this tramp likes cider so we'll he would keep
drunk half Of his time; the farmer forbids
him the cider, he flares up and quits; in a
few weeks his splendid barn is burnt one
night; cause unknown.
Very many farmers are so harsh with
their boys they leave the old homestead the
first opportunity and in many cases run away,
and these men will hire hand not half as good
their own sens and will let them do Just
about as they please, and why 2 because they
are afraid Of them; but they must have
something to spit their spite out on, hence
their patient, dutiful wife, whom they have
promised IN the sight OF high heaven to love
and protect, has to have double dose as the
son is away. Poor wife afar from her kin
dred, welded to such a monster-not man,
for no man would be guilty of such usage.
What happiness can the wife take now Her
only hope is in religion, aud future life uu-
Darred by any of the ills that beset us here,
and she constantly prays for her husband
and his reformation. j. l.. HERsEY.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-04-13
Tree Planting.

Our American forests are fast disappear
ing before the fatal axe of civilization. The
ponderous engines that traverse our valleys
in every direction devour the products of
acres of woodland daily, and it is high time
that more strenuous efforts were made to re-
place the ravages of the axe. Here and there
we see that certain communities seem to
awake to the Importance of the subject, aud
an effort is made to encourage the planting
of trees upon grand and liberal scale, es-
pecially in some of the Western states,
where millions of young trees have been set
out within the last twelvemonth.
No country in the world is blessed with
richer or more varied sylvia than our own,
but these forest trees are not to be valued
simply as ornaments or as fuel (; they con-
tribute largely to the preservation and en-.
riching Of the soil. They deepen and i'm
prove it by their annual deposits of leaves (;
their roots open the ground TO the influence
sun, rain and air, while in many places they
grasp and bind together the shallow soils and
prevent their waste. Science has clearly
shown that trees equalized the temperature of
the climate, protecting man beast from the
violence of winds aud the scorching rays Of
the summer sun. They furnish us with
building materials for our dwellings, our
shops, ships, steamers and agricultural i'm
plements. In short, every consideration
urges us to plant trees aud to foster their
luxurinat growth about US,
To say nothing Of the cultivation of GER
tain varieties of trees for the value of their
bark and nuts, the sugar maple recommends
itself to us as a source Of easy and enormou:
profit. We have heard Of a single town iu
this commonwealth which has produced two
hundred thousand pounds of sugar from this
tree in one season, aud there are many towns
we believe, in Vermont, which have exceeded
this large aggregate. Let every man witt
lives outside the city limits this year set ou
a tree; it will keep his memory greer
through many generations. There is no sucl
faithful biOgraph as noble tree.-Americal
CRitiIatOr.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-04-13
ST. JOHNsBURY. FRIDAY, APRIL ID, 1877

Fowls are fond Of scratching and picking
among coal ashes. They 6ud something
choice and of calcareo-sulphurous nature
which they require. The practice Of spread
ing kerosene about the nests and on the roost-
Jog poles of fowl houses is pernicious. The
odor from the oil is disgusting aud sickening
10 the extreme, as anybody who has sat up
all night in a close room with a burning ker.
osene lamp can readily testify. 1t fills all
the air, aud renders IL unfit to breathe.
l detest kerosene as much as l do a pole cat
aud sigh for the good old reign of tallow dips
When it is fould necessary to clense the
building Of vermin, use a wash of fresh
slaked lime This is purifying and arid, aud
combines nothing that is injurious or unpleas-
ant in fact it is rather beneficial. Kerosene
is unsuitable to mix with the food of fowls
neither is it fit to apply outwardly. 1t Il
rank poison, or nearly so, and so far as Of
any benefit to mankind, it were better never
to have been discovered.
Coed, comfortable superstructureS, built
for use and not for looks are all that is re-
quired. If airy and roomy on the ground
floor, il is not necessary to have them more
than eight feet at the peak. Give sheltered
position and sunny exposures, especially fol
the combed varieties. The Asiatics do moi
required SO much a sunny protected house
but will do well if given warm quarters tC
roost in, and a secluded sunny, open shed OF
yard. They are the village fowl, and can bC
kept where it would be next to an impossi-
bility to keep fowls otherwise hence their
deserved popularity. Buildings should be
supplied with low roosts, as birds are often
injured by flying from lofty roOsting places
and alighting suddenly on the hard ground
or floor. have found the common old.fash'
ioned Donminiques to be good winter layers
if halfway housed in comfortable quarters
and in open oasons.-Country Gentleman.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-04-13
Trusty Farm Help.

1t is getting to be well understood that a
large majority Of farm hands, at the present
day, take little interest 10 the success Of
their employer beyond his ability to pay them
their monthly wages. One cause of this state
of things is the fact that they are less inclin-
ed to be contented in one place, than hands
used to be 20 or 30 years ago aud the result
is, farmers are changing their help too often
for their own interest and the interest Of
those they employ. 1t is almost impossible
for a farmer to find hauds who will work
faithfully unless he is constantly with them,
To this fact many farmers can testify in
Verne at as we'll as We here IN New Hamp.
shire. The employer being away the hired
help take it easy, and when he returns and
says, "HOw is this2 l expected you would
have done much more than you have accom-
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-04-13
Poultry Houses.

These should be built with an eye moro to
the comfort Of the birds intended to occupy
them, and adapted to the locality and situa-
ton rather than with an idea Of producing
an effect to the landscape surrounding. A
snowy house, or one erected with an eye to
style, never yet produced a beneficial effect
upon the hens intended to occupy and to
detray the expense thereof. In the first
place, select dry foundation, and one that
commands the sunshine all day long. This
Is especially beneficial in the winter season.
II surrounded by shade trees it is all the
better for summer, only the trees should not
be so situated as to hold the dampness,
Dampuess does not agree with fowls any
more than 1t does with human beings, They
can endure a dry, cold atmosphere better
than warm, damp one. Even the combed
varieties will stand low temperature if ac-
customed to it gradually as the cool season
comes on in the fall. Approaching by de-
grces from cool to cold, they become habit
uated to it, and it does not injure them, but
the hens will not lay as well. This is more
apt TO be the case with the later broods
The heat develops the combs OF both cocks
and hens. The combed varieties will winter
we'll in rather an open, sunless house, if ha-
bliuated, as said before, by degrees be
remarkably healthy and make good spring
aud summer layers but VIC require winter
eggs, as they are in that season not only 8
luxury TO our tables but are also very re-
munerative. For this We find it necessary
to prepare and give our layers sunny build
ings.
The buildings, or rather the foundations
should have proper drainage. The position
may be dry in the summer, but it is the thaw
ing of the winter and spring SHOWS that W,
must guard against. There is nothing tina
will produce roup sooner than damp grounC
or board floor upon which the rays of the sui
daily pour with q sitting heat at MONDAY
There is moisture arising thorefrOm that i
sickeniug both to fowls aud their attendants
Besides, oltentimes the temperature sinks be
low freezing in these buildings before morn
ing, even when the day before q summer hea
reigned therein. This moisture is congeale
on the ceilings and walls of tho buildings t
again be evaporated through their breathin
space. There should be ample ventilator'
either in the roof Of the building, arranged 8
that they can be closed at night, or il tn
windows be in the slope of the roof the
should be fixed to shove down at the toE
This admits the fresh, pure air, that drive
out the dead, stagnant vapor, and thus tn
atmosphere is kept in a healthy condition
The building should have dry, airy situa
ton, with a graveled or cemented floor, IN
this should be we'll sprinkled with dry WOO
ashes, or Air.slAked lime. The ashes frOl
coal are not at all suitable TO sprinkle on th
flooring, as when they once collect mois
ure it is next to an impOssibility to dry the
again. Ii placed in the buildings the
may readily be removed when they beeou
impregnated with filth.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-04-13

OLD-FAsHIONED FARMING. - Many we'll
meaning men are disinclined to attempt new
methods, to try experiments, to vary from
the traditional style of their fore-fathers;
and yet climate, markets, circumstances may
be entirely different to-day from the sur
roundings Of fifty years ago. We should
smile at the man who set his clock five years
ago and refused to change the hands regard
less of its accuracy. We should esteem q
captain of passenger steamer guilty Of q
crime who neglected to consult his compass
every hour during the voyage. and govern
his course in accordance Herewith. We
should esteem the merchant who based his
business calculations on q price current OF
twenty years ago, fit candidate for lunat-
ic asylum. The world moves; wise men
have not labored in vain; the means of
knowledge have increased the forces Of ma
| ture are better understood, and no one needs
to take advantage Of this advance more than
the farmer, whose whole success depends on
the workings Of natural laws, and yet no
GLASS are SO decidedly opposed to any change
in present routine. Open the windows OF
your minds, let in the sunlight of progress,
prepare the way to conviction on such points
as your common sense approves, regardless
of the antiquity Of former errors, customs
and traditions. Participate in the discussions
at your clubs, invite practical and scientific
men to relate their experience at your
meetings, read the agricultural journals OF
the day, accept information from any legeti-
mate source and profit thereby.-American
CultiUator.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-04-13

got-well, disturbed. and exclaimed with
the poet, or should If I had thought Of Il
Just then
"IIail 10 the chief who in triumph advances"
only II was not specially appropriate, just at
that moment. Remembering, however, what
Wordsworth has so beautifully said
THAT host portion Of a good mans life,
His little, nameless, unremembered acts
or kindness and Of love-"
persevered, and Bismarck had his sup
per, and wrapping the drapery Of his couch
about him, he "laid down to pleasant
Dreams" while went to the house for u
thorough washing, and an evening given to
politics Of Louisiana. The next morning
the fourth time-all went merry Us a mar
riage bell, except that Bismarck--who is
nearly white like his mother, save a red face
like hers, hence her name "Ruby"--was yet
stubborn about putting his head unaided in
to the pail, but that difficulty he will over
come, and his very slowness in learning is
proof Of great undeveloped and latent re-
sources that l regard him, on the whole, the
most promising calf: preCOcity is abnormal
and in the long run uufruitful and uupro6t-
able. This principle applies to children as
we'll as calves, and the same might be said
Of some others mentioned. My victory is
complete; my philosophy Of teaching calves
is to teach them, just as the way to re-
sumo specie payments is to resume. Now if
Editor Tiukham or any other editor will fol-
low my example, his success will be COM
plete.
Charlotte.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-04-13
Road Making.

Tho condition of the roads in any locality
is an index to the character of its inhabitants.
In new, wild countries poor roads are ex-
pected in prosperous towns good roads are
sure TO prevail, and the variations from bad
to geod is test Of the civilization Of the
people. 1t needs no labored argument to
convince any individual of common sense that
no town investments yield a better return
than the outlay in improving its roads, that
good roads increase the value Of ell
lands bordering on them, and add to the
returns Of all the products Of the soil by
diminishing the cost Of transportation, Good
roads can never be expected until our COM
munities are thoroughly aroused to the fact
that they are cheaper than poor ones, the
rule which too often prevails being to see
how little can be done to continue the road
passable for another season. Ii the daily
contribution Of teamsters and travellers on
bad roads, in the form Of broken wheels, har-
nesses aud wagons, sprainod and injured
horses, lost tempers and wicked oaths, could
be aggregated in one mass, they would form
an unanswerable argument in favor of the
economy and necessity of Improvement in
highways.
The improper construction and repair Of
our country roads is due, in largo degree,
to faulty methods of appointing highway
surveyors or road overseers. This important
Office is too often taken in rotation by differ.
ent citizens, who, without experience or previ'
Gus training, are propelled by some peculiar
hobby or personal prejudice. Far better fol
each town to appoint its most active, capable
aud intelligent citizen for the term of fv'
years, and let him establish a permanent
system Of utilizing the means at his command
A divided responsibility invites failure and
unnecessary expense. A well-dovisod plan
supported by the pride aud experience o
Competent individual, would soon con
vince community Of its superiority over tn,
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-04-13

the roots are essential to the health Of the
stock.
How is il with the oat crop ? The aver.
age yield of oats 10 1875 was 80 bushels per
acre price SO cents $3.50 per acre. Can
we do better with our land than 10 grow
oats : Some Of our good farmers are cutting
their oats when just in the milk, saving them
for hay instead Of letting them mature for a
grain crop. This practice will be increased
l think with many dairymeu who are maxi
ing milk a speciality. Other grains are
raised in such limited quantities as to vary
essentially the result. In the opinion Of
some good farmers India wheat is the only
paying, or the best paying one in the state.
In this county il is on the increase according
TO the statistical returns. 1t has been called
the poor mans crop, growing where no other
crop would. 1t looks very much like aban-
douing the grain crop when India or buck
wheat is the best paying crop of grain grown
10 the state. Now, gentlemen Of the board
and brother farmers, what are We going to
do about ii ? have in my illogical aud in-
coherent way stated few facts in regard to
the grais crop Of Vermont and close by re-
newiug the question, must the grain crop be
abandoned in this state If have said any
thing that will direct the attention Of the
farmers present to this important subject,
leave it for them to discuss hoping that some
plan can be devised whereby the farmers of
our beloved state can grow again their own
bread, and not depend, as now, upon others
for our daily food.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-04-13

COMMISSIONER OF AGRIoULTURE.-Among
the many names mentioned in connection
with this office, none strike US 30 favorably
as that of DIR. Il. l.. Sturtevant of this state.
Possessing youth, vigOr, activity; trained In
the science Of agriculture, versed in its prac-
tice having extended acquaintance with the
agriculturists Of the country, knowing the
wants and necessities Of the producing classes,
he could not fail to make this department a
mighty engine in the development and i'm
proyement Of the agriculture Of America,
aud to infuse life and inspiration into the dry
bones of an organization now devoid Of esteem
or usefulness. We need such a progressive
man as is imbued with high aims and unsel-
fish ambition to work out the possibilities Of
the situation. American CultiUatOr.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-04-13

TnE following is from a correspondent at
TuftOnbOro, N. IL 'Itis quite good wheel
ing here; snow mostly gone stock Of all
kinds looking finely and can get considerable
browse iu the pastures. Hay is getting
scarce, and there will be small quantity
summered Over--sugar-making is all the 60
now and there will be some made, though
the weather is rather unfavorable. We are
expecting a wet spring aud TO balance the
extremely dry winter. Ice in Lake Wiuui-
pisuukee is getting decidedly thin aud must
break up very early. Farmers are hopeful
of better times and money is plentier.--
J. l., H."