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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-10-24

The GUENON SYSTEM.-EdS. COu1StrJ
Gentleman i see in your paper conlro
versy rs to the value of "Guenon's sys-
Iem," in which one gentleman thinks il Il
humbug. With no desire to be included
in the war alluded to, will stale u fact
strongly on the side of the Frenchmdn's
theory, Some years ago Il German gentle
man was brought before the agricultural
society of this place, who was said to be
i'm adept in Gucnons theory. lie desired
that II test should be made Of his skill in
any way the society chose. His offer was
accepted, and we proceeded at once 10 an
examination of the COWS in several Of the
large uailies near the town. As the adept
could not speak English, at my request
Prof. Puisner, afterwards Of Union College,
N. Y, agreed to act as interpreter. A
stenugrapher attached to the courts was
also employ ed to take down all that was
said by the German, and the statements Of
the owners of the COWS. The work took
up three days, and think not less than
sixty cows were eXamained. The result
was remarkable. The assertions of the
German and the statements Of the dairy
men were, it may be said with entire truth,
Identical and in some instances he gave
facts us to the COWS SO precise and in such
detail, us 10 be really astonishing. The
whole report, AS drawn up by the
slenographer, was read TO The society, and
| think printed. If any one wishes to SET
it, no doubt it can be found among the
archives of the society. This German gen
tleman did his work rs amateur, Receiving
nothing for his services, and was an entire
stranger to us ALL. h. EtWy1, Phtia.
deiphia, h.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-10-24

That man will be a statesman, indeed, who
will discover how to make New England
agriculture profitable. He closed his ad-
nirablo address. of which we can give
hut a meagre abstract bv saying that in
order to keep New England up whore she
should be, we must have virtuous and in
telligent rising generation. The youth
must be educated properly, and then they
will make their way anywhere. Brains
ell in the soil us well us everywhere else
Put the boys into the schools and he would
guarantee that every boy would tell.
Now we consider that i'm insult, because,
in the first place, he is not so situated, by
reason of his present and past occupation.
rs to know Whether what he asserts is truth
n not; and secondly, because it is not
rue Farmers do apply manure in retHrn
or what they take off not perhaps !" tHt
for all they take of-or that no manure is
wasted, or that nll is made and applied
which might be, but that they make no re-
turn is untrue And then again how very
touching the reference to the necessity Of
4 " virtuous and intelligent" rising gen
Grafton, to keep New England up where
she should be; and the necessity of II
proper education, when we remember and
wonder how much of education, intell-
gence and virtue ii must take to be weigh
ed in the balance and found so conspicuou-
" wanting; to have found ones opportu-
nifty, and proved so unequal to it, at II time
when noble example would nave stood
out in exceptional brightness; when the
country and humanity so sorely needed in
high places men with clean hands and pure
hearts, who should be an example in puri-
ty and integrity, and honor-as well us of
culture and intellectual attachments.
For an ignoramus to assume to teach
that of which he is profoundly ignorant.
for II rogue to lecture on the beauties and
benefits of morality and honesty, for lib
ertne and thief to descant feelingly on the
beauties and consultations of religion. is
I'm imperlinence and an insult to every one
who hears him, and it is no appeal to low
instincts or sen7eless prejudice to sag so
more than that, it is II right and duty.
ind one we trust we shall act up to our
best light in performing.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-10-24

SALT.-Ihe general effects of salt when
given in medium doses, and during the
eally part of its administration, are slimu-
liant and tonic, and are besides particular
" favorable 20 the exercise Of all the
functions of the body; thus the circulation
Is accelerated, the skin is more supple and
moist, the coat glossy, the urine more
abundant, the flesh tirmer, the blood red
Ter, The Strength increased. If, however,
he dose is much Increased, or if the adj
ADMINISTRATION is continued beyond the wants
Of the body, the effects are entirely chang
ed, and become decidedly alterant, lie
Mood becomes thin and pale, and the ami
NAL poor and weak.
From what has already been said of the
action Of 81 t, il is evident that its use may
he Indicated in u considerable number OF
diseases. We will first notice the cases in
which it is applied externally, and then
,noSe in which it is given internally. As
lotion for bruises, whether caused by
the harness, by blows. kicks or Otherwise,
Tie saturated solution OF salt applied two
II three times day, leaves little to be de-
,lred. Sprains Of the muscles, tendons Or
joints may be successfully treated in the
same manner, OF when practicable IL cloth
wet with the solu ion may be kept con.
stantly applied. 1t may also BIZ used in
cases Of y mphangitis, lntiltlatons, d. opsi
cal swellln9S, and many skin diseases A
weaker solution. consisting of a teaspoon
lul of salt 10 II glass OF water, has been
found exceedingly useful in superficial in
Elimination of the eye.
Internally lis local stimulating effect may
ne turned To advan age in Irregular and
poor appetite, in collie from indigestion in
The horse, in chronic indigestion of cattle,
aud in those cases OF depruvcd appetite in
which animals eat earth, lick walls, etc.
The dose for such purposes m y be one or
,Wo ounces for horses, TWO to tuur ounces
for cattle, one-lUurLh to one-llalf ounce for
sheep, given either dry or dissolved in u
small quantity of water.
Under no circumstances must tue ami
NAL be deprived of drink after receiving II
purgative dose of salt; for, aside from the
cruelty of such II privation, it would prob
ly produce unfavorable results. The dose
OF salt when given us II purgative is from
one-half 10 one and one-half pounds for
cattle, and from one to three ounces for
sheep. Instead of using salt alone his II
purgative, it is advisable to combine it
II with other purgative andlaxative agents.
Thus n servlceable purgative Tor IL COW
may be made by dssolving throe-fourtls
OF II pound each of salt and EPSON or
Gauber salts, in three quarts Of warm
water, TO which two ounces of ginger and
II pint of molasses have been added. Such
II dose will generally act in about fifteen
hours.--D. Y Salmon, D. Y. NJ, IN Conn
try Gentleman.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-10-24

THE EsCUTCHEON-A TEsT.-EdS. Conn.,
trJ Gentienln1 AS some attention has
recently been given in your columns to
the esculcheon us IL sign of milking caplc-
ity, | had the curiosity to examine this
mark on the COWS which competed for
prizes AS mixers, at the fair held last week
in this county. There WAS II remarkably
good ring of 26 COWS, mostly natives or
low grades, ana brought chiefly from
herds long established, the result Of seeG
ton by father and son for generations
Eighteen of these cows had good escutch-
cons, u being of the Flanders class, ana
6 of the Sewage, according TO Guenon.
The escutcheonS of the remaining s were
of only average quality, or somewhat be-
low it. Of course a theory, like that OF
the escutcheon, cannot be either established
or overthrow by single cases; but | give
this fact for what it may be worth, and
should be glad to learn the result Of simi-
lar observations made by other persons.
may add that few years ago, while
visiting district of Germany where the
COWS are still compelled to bear the yoke,
and are descended from ancestry which,
for long generations, had been worked in
this manner, and where, consequently, the
milking capacity remains what i always
was-very SMALL found the esCutcheOn
either very defective, or entirely wanting,
IL Million Macbie,R Country Gentleman.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-10-24

A plucky young gentleman is Master
OLLIE HAND of Sing Sing, aged fourteen,
who was lately despatched by his father
n sole charge of IL car load of twenty Jer-
,rys thence to the farm of Maj. Campbell
3rown At Spring Hill, thirty miles south of
Nashville, Tenn. They all arrived in safe
y and rs Maj Brown writes, in excellent
condition, after Il nearly six days trip.
There were four calves to feed, with only
me heifer in milk. The milk was supple
mented by water and raw eggs sufficiently
10" 60 round. '-COu1try Gentleman.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-10-24

HOME AMUsENIENTS.-A close observer
of American life said to us the other day
that great change had come in the last
ten wears to the home life of the country.
And in answer to our interrogation. he
proceeded 10 point out the character of this
change. One point which he made was
that IL great many games Of skill and
chance we're being played in New England
homes to-day which were not known, or if
known, were forbidden by parents ten
wears ago Our own observation comedies
with his on this point. We know that
chess within the last ten years has captur-
cd for ilselfa high place in popular re-
gard. 1t speaks well for u people when
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-10-24

such an intellectual game can become pop
ular. For it takes brains to play CHESS
even moderately well, and none but clever
and thoughtful people would ever IKE lie
We notice also that cards are no longer
abiured us they once were in households'
Whist and cuchre are domiciled to-day IN
homes where decade ago their names
could not have been spoken safely save III
a whisper. Checkers are not perhaps I'M
iversal, but they are more lashlohan.e'
They have fought their way into hlgh lllG !
and whereas they once found their lrlehu'
in The village tavern and in the farmers
kitchen. they are now admitted into the
parlors of the wealthy and the refined
The games played with historical cards
are also numerous, and many OF them
pleasantly exciting. And you find them
in almost every household
Nowall this is very pleasant and hope
fnI. 1t reveals to the thinker the tact that
home life is more vivaciOus and happy
than it used to be; that the long, dull eve
nings are being enlvened with sprig1tly
and stimulating amusenens and that the
home circle is charged with attractions
which it once sadly lacked. These games
are helping to make the homes Of the
country happier, helping to make the chi,
dren more contentel with their homes, and
in doing this they are helpingto make the
country more intelligent and more virtu-
Gus. BY wise parents these games are
looked upon as essential. They help solve
the problem of home amGsements and
recreation and this as all parents know, IS
one of the gravest problems they have to
solve Parents. make your homes as hap
py rs you possibly can for your children
and their mates. Fill them with fun and
frolic and the cheerfulness of spirited So
cial life. Play these games with Your
children yourselves, ap thus share their
Joys with them and feed your happiness
the spectacle Of theirs. A great many
homes are like the frame of Il harp that
stands without strings. In form and out
line they suggest music; but no melody
rises from the empty spaces; and thus 1t
happens that home is unattracive, drealy
and dull. Let us hope that this introduce
ton of pleasant games which try both
the wit and patience of the children and of
the other ones too for that mattcr-may
become the fashion of the times, until
every home in the land shall be perfectly
furnished with these accessories of profit
and pleasure For the children's sake, let
the reformation 90 on until every child
shall have, in his father house, be it hum
BILE or costly, such appliances and helps
for his entertainment that he shall find his
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-10-24
Sundry Matters,

Dry earth is the cleanest and most
healttu litter for the poultry house or pie
pen. Where sand is plentiful, this is also
Il clean and wholesome litter. Fine road
dust is, perhaps, the most convenient
shape in which to collect quantity of dry
earth for winter use. Ditch scrapngs are
also Il good litter. Now is II very good
time to procure these materials. lmpe
ments, tools. and machines may, now be
cleaned and stored away for the season.
Drains should be looked to. Root houses
and cellars should be cleaned, and made
ready for the potatoes, turnips, etc. The
nalf-yearly whtewashlng should not be-
neglected. Roads should be put in order
before the fall rains come. Paint wagons
and putty the seams, before they become
swollen by the rain. Everything that Can
be done now to prepare for winner will be
seasonable work.-AgflcaiturtSt.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-10-24

LARGE YIELD OF OATS.-We have from
Dunlap e. Jackson, of llaverhill, N. H., Il
statement ola large yield of oats; harvest
ing four hundred and eighty bushels, 81
pounds to the bushel, from l6t bushels,
Of sowing. We should like to hear from
any Of our readers of us good, or better
yields; and from Messrs D. & j., of the
particulars of the crop, and preparation
for it.
But thirty fold is IL pretty gool showing
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-10-24
LIVE AND DEAD WEIGHT OF TURN

LIVE AND DEAD WEIGHT OF TURKEYS
Farmers frequently have occasion to sell
turkeys by live weight and wish to know
What is the fair relative price between live
ind dead weight. In turkeys dressed for
tie New York market. where the blood
md feathers only are removed, the loss is
very small. For The Eastern markets the
heads are taken off and the enlralls are
aiken out. This makes Il loss of nearly
one-lenth in The weight. A large gobbler
was ent y killed, weighing thirt-yone and
me half pounds. After bleeding and pick
ny he weighed twenty nineand one-half
pounds, loss of Two pounds, or one ff-
leenth. When ready for the spit he weigh
cd twenty-ci9ht and one-lourth pounds,
which is nearly one-tenlh OF the weight,
VII the market requires the New York
style of dressing, the price is fifteen cents
Il pound, live weight, Or less, if the labor
Of dressing be counted anything. In the
other style Of dressing, if the price Were
twenty cents, the farmer could sell for
eighteen cents, Or less, live weight, with
nut loss. Farmers who never tested the
loss Of weight in dressing, often submit to
The deduction of three or four cents pound
tor the middlemen, who are interested in
making this large difference. -PhiIGdeL-
phiG Times.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-10-24
SUCCESSFULLY TREATED WITH
SANFORD'S RADICAL CURE.

c,TARRH is disease of the mucous memp itI S
Temberaments and constitutions very dss coj or a
cases. OataTrh may IAN change of atmos
phere wearing wet clothing or eXposuIHt ~ M, III
weather, and becoming thor3dSny inative condition
and the strength aud vital forces nf ne
ease arise from cosIeS and pphtheria in
h cases he eve and ear are generally anu
discharge quantities Of matter ing cases
he nose tie distinctive feature IN an J%e
sr vhatnyer cause they arise, may DC nm anu nn
erv and so acid as to cause redness ana fbic
Oh emitting foul OdOr, or clear and Whlte
Re he white of an egg, There MY De az s ii,ieIe
nj nf secretion the surface being dry aha leyersn'
80 W front and upper part of the head teeig I'M
and as If It was enclrcle9 D St t,b
iadng band This latter phase is called Dry CataIrh
% Froa mattery discharges cause the passages to
IelI and become thckened, rendering breathing
T rnnpb fine nose difficult or impossible ana the sun
erer Gnds il necessary to breath through the noun
rbv nermitting cold air to pass directly to the
tubes and lungs. The matter passing down
II throat creates constant desire to hawk and eH-
nectorate to throw it of; but when the membrane rs
bS nnse and throat the mucus becomes hard and
forms into scabs demonstrations, and hard lmps,wheh
adhere firmly to the nasal asseyGs ana Ihr p az d" ma
eya in sympathy becomes lniiamed, red, weak; anu
watery in the mornlnE the ids may oe or esa
1nantitv The car also becomes seriously anected;
quantities of matter besides beng visited
nv the mos violent neuralgia pains, ending irequent
IL in inflammation, liberation, and hnally DEAFNESS
fhe throat bronchial tubes, and lungs are IN many
nervous system is superadded such affections become
.,.. .,o,, 1i,oos On ,,,orrs oll
who are afflicted with 1t to make speedy preparations
for its treatment before it becomes chronic. The ad-
vautages offered by SANFORD's RADICAL CURE we con-
identIy believe are to be found IN no other remedy
Eeyery step in its pre- ration every Inc IN the dlrec
t0ns mark it as a scientific remedy, calculated to
meet every phase of the disease The numerous tes-
tmonias from the best people in the uulted STATES
been freed from the most destructive and dangerous
diseases with which mankind is to-day afflicted
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-10-24

Alta County Agricultural Exhibition in
France, the following sig lIicant inscrip
ton was placed on triumphal arch BE
fore the manufacture Of beet sugar, tn,
arrond ssement of Valeneiennes produced
695,750 bushels OF wheat, and fattened 700
oxen. Since The manufacture OF beet sugal
was introduced, the reimbursement OF
Vaenciennes produces l,l57,7j0 bushels
of wheat and fattens II 800 oxen"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-10-24

Fun IN THE FAMLY.-What II health.
full thing to have one jolly person in the
house, ready TO laugh ut anything ludi-
crous, or even able to create sport at any
time. There are enough to reflect on the
sad side of life, and the irritable side of
life, and It's sober side. We nee,l one more
to show the mirth, that often trembes just
below the surface of painful things. \
real, impctHous laugh dissipates mauy il.
lusions, sweeps the twilight out Of our
and brings honest daylight
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-10-24

A NOBLE Act Once opon time u
young man WAS convicted of Il crime in
this city, says the Detroit Free Press, and
sentenced by Recorder Swift to the State
Prison for three years. He made an A
20. l record in prison and was pardOned
by Gov. Baglcy IL short time before the eX-
piraIiun Of the term for which he had been
sentenced. On his return to Detroit, he
found employment at two dollars week
in one Of tn largest wholesale and retail
houses in the city. He conducted himself
in an exemplary manner, and he began to
believe that his lines had fallen in pleasant
places, until one morning IN omnous
message came informing him that he WAS
wanted in The proprie, or's private office.
Apprthensive that his history had been
disclosed, he entered the Office with II
eavy heart, but resolved to meet the issue
like man. The proprietor TODD by his
d' SIX holding in one hand let er. His
manner indicated nothing of what was
passing i'll his mind, but with Il deprecato
ry gesture he handed the letter to his clerk
and told him to read it. The young man
glanced hulriedly over the letter (l cow
"rdly anonymous produclion), which was
simply Il recital of the dark episode in his
care,T.
" Is hat truc?" inquired the proprietor.
. 1t is tine, was the sad reply.
The merchants face lighted in an in
stant. He gra>ped the abashed and trem-
bling clerk by the hand and said to him
" You are the man want. You may
draw thi teen dollars week from This
lime until further notice. and at the first
opportunity l shall give yen charge of u
lloOr. can trust II man who will face the
truth in this fashion and undefN these cir
cumsIanccs, and you may count upon Il
permanent situation us long as | am in
business"
What that young man sal in response
to this unexpected declaration of conf
dence has not yet been told; but the me- =
chant whose sense of justice and love of
ruth was 50 signally illustrated may be
assured that he has gained loyal friend,
and earned the dealhcss gratitude not
only d that young man, but OF all his
family, worth more than whole decades of
lmprsonments.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-10-24
2Uetry.


one of Jacks good friends, L. W. j., sends 20
his new fable:
See how helpl" said little mouse
To the reapers that reap the grain,
As he nlbblcd away, by the door of his house,
With all his might and main.
" See how hepI" he went on with his talk;
But they laid all the wide field low
Before he had finished single stalk
Ofthe golden, glitterng row.
As the mouse ran into his hole, he saidi
Indeed, cannot deny,
Although an idea had in my head,
Those fellows work better than l."
Jackin.the Pulpd." 81. NjchOldsJ0r Nor.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-10-24

A LESSON FOR GIRLs.-That was Il wise
father who, ON hearing his little daughter
requesting her brother to drive few nails
in the woodshed for her, said he would
teach her how TO do it herself. She was
apt, and drove in all the nails successfully;
80 pleased was she with her success, that
she would have set d ubc row around
The shed if her father had not concluded
chat these would answer for the present.
q" There, that little lesson helps TO make
you independents my girl, " he said. Now
| will teach You some day how to catch
and harness up IL horse. You have al.
ready learned to drive Il gentle one. Learn
to sharpen IL knife, and white too, wi h.
out cutting your liugcrs. Don't let the
door creak for want of an oiled feather, or
the little children's boots get hard in the
winter for the want little grease" fake
lesson from this, girls. You don't know
where you will be cast away some time
during your life. The most helpless PEG
pie ever met are those no can only do
one kind of work. Learn to help your-
self, even if sometimes you trench upon
" boys work"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-10-24

age our farmers to enter their fine blooded
swine or other stock for exhibition.
How often we hear IL talked among
committees that it won't do to award all
first premiums to one individual, but we
should equalize it by dividing it among A,
B and G.! Allow me to ask why-in the
name of heaven, why? when the pledge
has gone forth from our agricultural soci
ETY. that they will pay thus and so for the
best animal of any kind, or for the best
specimen of agricultural products or of
needle-work. For instance, SUPP osing !
shall exhibit in every class that is adver-
lised, and neighhor of mine shall also
exhibit in every class; and it so happens
that shall slightly excel my neighbor in
each class, which would entitle me to the
first prize in every class in which we ex-
hibit. l want to know what propriety
here is in n committees robbing my
pooket-book of money that rightfully be-
longs to me and pass it over TO my neigh
bor and what is still worse, of the credit
ue to my animals. This is often the case,
and results seriously against the interests
If agricultural societies; and one thing is
sure, that general opinion is prevalent
lnong the citizens of the county, that
where such unfairness exists among the
various committees, that either they are
prompted from selfish or partial motives
or else they exhibit great weakness of
Judgment: and let it be which way it will,
it tends to weaken the confidence of man
in man, and much impairs the credit of
Judges, AMI if tolerated, will soon run our
fairs into the ground. A MEMBER.