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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-11-19
Worth Improvement.

No one of good sense would take coarse,
scaly, rotten piece of stone and try to carve
and polish it for any useful purpose. Just
so as regards education--it would be pre-
posterous to think of spending time and
money, with any hope Of success, in bene-
fitting worthless race of people. 1t is be-
cause the farmers of Vermont have, under
the disadvantages of our imperfect methods,
by native energy and strength, put them
selves in the van of progress, that we deem
them worthy of possessing all the modern
improvements for their children in the way
Of education. We like to see Brother Tink-
ham instructiug the fathers how to hitch up
team and handle a pillow, or Mr.. Bliss
showing them how to raise cream. And we
seem to see an advantage in beginning still
earlier with the rising generation, teaching
them in the schools some of the facts that
lie at the bottom of good tillage and good
dairyng, as well as good methods of fertili-
cation, a wise choice of seeds and trees, and
profitable selection and rotation of crops
We would like to see them taught the prin-
ciples of finance, as a protection against
usurers and spectators, and of political
economy as shield against the treachery of
representatives and schemes of monopo-
lizers. 1t is because the boys of our Yer
mont farms are such good material that we
want to see them given every advantage, for
we know it will pay. To represent us as
decrying their ability, therefore, is to vilely
misrepresent u.s. and there can be no greater
insult offered TO the parents than to tell
them that the men who urge them to edu-
cate those of the children who mean to be
farmers for farming are undertaking. the
parental intelligence. The more intelligent
the parent the more easily he sees the sense
and the advantage of such course.
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Can a Man Reform Himself!

Says John B. Cough; "A great many
men have said to me, | can reform without
becoming a Christian; but | say this,
within my own experience, that nine out of
ten who try 1t will fail. A gentleman that
know married into an excellent family,
yet got so far abased that he could drink a
quart of brandy day; how he stood it no
one knows; man Of strong constitution,
splendid physique, but he drank his quart
a day. He had lovely wife and three
boys, and one day he was in the house and
he said to his wife; Come, my dear, and sit
on my knee. She came aud sat, and then
she said, If my husband didn't drink,
would be the happiest woman in the land.
Well, he said, my dear, | married you TO
make you happy, and so | ought to do every
thing to make you so and if that will
make you happy, will never drink another
drop as long as | live. That was seven
years ago. He has never tasted drop from
that day 10 this. He had cut it off Just as
clean as you would cut off piece of cheese.
That man had mighty will but want TO
tell you something else. Walking with him
up Young street one day, he said You see
that red saloon | have gone two block out
OF my way many time TO keep out OF the
way of that. When came in sight Of it
and began to feel queer, | would turn right
down Front street but since have got the
grace of God in my heart, can go right by
that place, and il find the slightest inclin-
alton TO enter, | can calculate the prayer,
God help me, and | go right along. The
first was risk the second was absolute secur-
ity and safety"
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A MaiOr.GeneraI In the Gutter.

To-day there is man going about the
streets of this city, ragged, dirty and penni-
less, subsisting on free lunches and the
charities of gamblers, and has not slept in
bed for months, who, during the war, was
one of the most dashing cavalry officers in
the Union army, and was promoted from
the rank of first lieutenant to full brgadier
and brevet major-general for brilliant ex-
PLOTS on the field of battle, and who for
long time had large aud important COM
mand. He has been here for two or three
months under an assumed name, being
ashamed to dim the brlliancy of his coun.
try by an exhibition of his degradation
under his former honored name. He is gen.
orally very reticent, having little to do with
anyone or talking but little, save when Z" en-
cheering for drink, at which he is re-
markably successful. Night before last
while lying helplessly drunk in the rear part
Of Third street saloon, some men thought
to play joke on him by stealing his shirt,
and proceeded to strip him. Underneath
his shirt, and suspended by string from
his neck, was small canvass bag, which
the men opened and found it to contain this
commission as brevet major-general, two
congratulatory letters, one from Grant and
one from President Lincoln, photograph
of little girl and curl of hair-a chest
nut shadow " that doubtless one day crept
over the brow of some loved one. When
these things were discovered, even the half
drunken men who found them felt respect
for the mans former greatness, and pity for
his fallen condition, and quietly returned
the bag and contents to where they found
them and replaced the sleepers clothes upon
him. When reporter tried to interview
the man and endeavor to learn something of
his life in the past few years, he declined to
communicate anything. He cried like
child when told how his right name and
former position was ascertained, and with
tears trickling down his cheeks, said For
Gods sake, sir, don't publish my degrade
ton, or my name, at least, il you are deter
mined to say something about it. 1t is
enough that know myself how low have
become. Will you promise that much ? 1t
will do no good, but will do my friends
great deal of harm, as fortunately they
think | died in South America, where
went at the close of the war" Intemper-
ance and the gambling table, he said, had
wrought his ruin Washington Paper.
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The Young Farmers Catechism.

THE CULTIVATION OF CROPS.
Question-What are the most ancient i'm
plements used in the cultivation of crops
Ansuer-The ten fingers.
Question-What succeeded them?
Answer-The hoe.
Question-Have New England farmers
made much progress beyond that
Answer-No the Yankee farmers have the
best and greatest variety Of hand hoes in the
world, and most Of them think that there is
no possibility of improvement beyond that.
Question-What is the meanest and most
toilsome and most disgusting work on the
farm
Ansmer--Hoeing with hand hoe.
Quesiion-Is there any need OF it
Answer-No.
Question-Why do the Yankee farmers
persist in that kind of cultivation
Answer-Let them tell.
Question-How are the crops of the great
West cultivated
AnslCer-With horse hoes and cultivators
of various sorts, and with smoothing harrows.
Question-What is the objection to these
implements in New England 2
Ansoer-That the ground is too uneven,
too stumpy or too stony.
Question-What are the remedies ?
sswer-The first remedy is more gump
ton. When farmer has that he will clear
his land of stumps and stones, and smooth
it off; and that land which cannot be fitted
for machine tillage ought to be in perma-
nent grass, or in wood.
QuestiOn--When civilization and intelli-
gence have advanced to the point of perceiv
ing the necessity of having all titled land
fitted for machine tillage, what will be the
next lesson
Ans'Oer-To make all paintings in straight
rows at equal distances.
Quesiion-Why so ?
Answer-So that horse hoes and cultivators
can be run close to the plants without up
roofing them, and thus clear out nearly al
the weeds.
Question-Can field be kept clean Of
weeds with horse hoes alone 2
Answer--If the rows are straight and a
even distances, if the horse hoe is good on,
and the workman knows how TO use it, yes
Question-IIow often must hoed crops b,
titled
Answer-The tillage implement must b.
started as soon as the crop is up, and n,
weed must be allowed to get moro than al
inch high between tillages.
Question-Does not this require an i'm
mense amount of labor
Answer-About one-tenth as much as han
hoeing
Question-What is the best cultiyator @
horse hoe
Ansyer-One in which the teeth are mad
like little plows and are reversible.
Quesiion-Why so
Observation-Disclosures that work by scratch
ing like harrows compact the soil; thos
that try TO cut off the weeds like hand he
never half do it but turning cultivate
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s9or Ms Nonna.


"Httle darling. little darling. do you know
All the beauty and the wonder Of the snow2
Oh my wise and winsome baby, can you say
why the earth grows whittier. whittier all the day7"
"'rs because the little brides all have flown.
And they know the earth Ia sorry and alone;
30, think they drop white feathers from each wing
Just to keep the dear earth warm until the spring."
" Little darling, little darling. tell me pray,
Why the trees are all a-blossom In the May,
why the violets awaken from their dreams,
And the water goes a-aughng down the streams"
"oh thcsnow must turn TO blossoms. Don't you see
They are brides feathers hanging on tree;
And the brooks are all a-laughing for they know
How the brides bring the blossoms and the snow"
Little darling, little darling wilt unfold
Why the leaves have turned TO crimson and to gold
In this dreamful autumn weather. why have they
Grown 80 wonderfully beautiful and gayT
ooh the leaves have caught ahre in the sun,
And they'll burn and burn to ashes, every one.
But you sughn't TO be sorry, mamma, dear;
For they'll surely come to another year"
"LIttie darling. little darling, tell me true,
Did the brides give these secrets unto your
md the flowers whisper to you or an elf7"
"No, my mamma; but knew II all myselfp'
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Whisky In Pulmonary Diseases.

DIR. Henry Gibbons, senior, of San Fran
cisco, physician OF high standing and long
and Surgical Journal, referring to the COM
mon use of whiskey in pulmonary disease,
nary disease both in hospitals and private
practice, have observed with some degree
of attention and interest for many years.
But do not hesitate to declare that the
cases of benefit from it which have come
under my notice have been exceptional and
patients the disease has been developed dur.
ing the free use of alcoholic stimulants, and
under circumstances which would warrant
the conclusion that alcohol, so far from pre-
venting, had aided in producing IT,"
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WE are much indebted to Professor At
water of the Middletown (ConnecticuO Uni
versity for copies of his "Report of Work
at the Agricultural Experiment Station,
Middletown;' and of his Resume of Pro-
gress in Agricultural Science in 1878" re-
printed from the Annual Record of Science
and Industry. These are both valuable
publications, full Of information relating to
the science and the art of agriculture. The
"Report of Work " has many tables, the
proof reading and correction of which re-
quires much care; but without this care
they would be worse than valueless. We
have noticed only few errors in these, but
on pages thrty-fve and thirty-six, in the ex-
periments with fodder corn at the Maine
Agricultural College, the "opening for objec-
ton is not so much in the small areas tested
or the imperfect weighing, as in the fact
| that No. XXI is first mentioned as "thinly
sown," then in the first table as "thickly
sown," (No. XXI being given as thinly
sown and No. XIII "thiokly sown y
while in the three succeeding tables Nos
XXI and XIII are marked "thin sown
and XXI thick sown making the whole
thing complete muddle-all the worse t.
us because we were DESTROYS of exact infor
nation on this very point of thick or thir
sowing.
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SORGHUM SUGAR by THE ToN.-A. j..
Russell of Crystal Lake, Illinois, writes that
after reading Professor Golfers last years
report on the manufacture of sugar from
corn-stalks and sorghum, he made up his
mind to go into the business, and has this
season made fortytwo tons of excellent
sugar from the amber cane. We have reason
to believe that equal or greater profit can be
made from the corn when sugar-making is
combined with canning the green corn.
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agricultural Department.
II. II. HosKINs. Agricultural Editor.
SHARED.

said II in the meadow path.
! say II on the mountain-stairs-
The best things any mortal hath
Are those which every mortal shares.
The air we breathe, the sky, the breeze,
The light without rs and within
Life, with its unlocked treasures,
Gods riches-are for us TO win.
The grass IL softer to my tread
For rest It yields unnumbered feet;
sweete, to me the wid-rose red,
Because she makes the whole world sweet.
Into your heavenly loneliness
We welcomed me. o solemn peaks
And me In every guest you bless
who rcverently your mystery seeks.
And up the radiant peopled way
That opens into words unknown,
It will he lfes delight to say
"IIeaven Is not heaven for me alone"
Rich through my brethren's poverty
Such wealth were hideousl am blest
Only IN what they share with me.
In what share with all the rest. Selected.
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To SUCH an extent is good husbandry
based upon the high culture Of the grasses,
that 1t will be found true, If we take map
Of the United States and put our finger upon
the states or parts Of states in which lands
sell al the highest price, we shall find that in
those states, or parts of states the greatest
attention is paid TO the cultivation Of grasses
and forage plants. II we open the map of
Europe we shall find that the same rule holds
good. The cheapest lands in Europe are
those Of Spain, where little attention is paid
TO the grasses. -ErcAanQe.
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A New PAPER.-Mr. 4. II. Libby, the
founder Of the Scientific Farmer, has be
gun in New York the publication of an
illustrated agricultural weekly under the
title Land and Home, with which the Scien
tifc Farmer is consolidated Mr.. Libby
is man of ability and energy, having con
siderable experience in agricultural journal
ism, and we make no doubt that his new
venture will prove success. The first issue
just at hand, is well made up with an ex
cellent table of contents.
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LouIsIANA's temperance alliance gives
the amount of liquor drank in the state at
si2, 100000 yearly, or S2,0OO,OO0 more than
the value of the combined cotton, sugar and
rice crops.
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Foreign Letters, by
Edward NJ. King, Charles HARVARD.
Louise Chandler Moulton, Mrs. John Liiiie
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Short Religious Articles, by
Rev. Ray Palmer, ID. D.,
Rev. Theron Brown.
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Days passed and the captain grew fonder
and fonder of the adopted child. She won
his love by her sterling goodness, as well as
by her winsome beauty. She spent many
profitable hours with good Miss B., who
taught her new use for the littl 4, fingers
how to cut and shape aud sew her own gar
ments. While sewing with Miss B. Anne
told her own history, so far as she knew it,
Hers had been wild, wandering life, with
out use or end, except to exist. All she had
known Of life was TO eat, drink and sleep
but she accepted the new light as greedily
as thirsty travellers do water, and it seemed
to refresh her as much. She talked much of
this new, sweet life, but hated TO speak of
the old one and it, with all its misery, soon
dropped far out of sight. She soon became
favorite with all the lady passengers, who
loved TO see her about, and often talked to
her and told her stories, in order TO see her
great eyes fill with wonder. But the two
young men, who often passed her, and some
times talked about her. as she well knew,
never spoke TO her. Child as she was, she
wondered at it, aud one day, iu her own
simple way, stopped and said to them :" You
never stop and speak TO me, as all the others
do why don't you 7" Poor Paul shrank
some for, must it be confessed, little awe
was luiukiuo WIN aahitatious bAt
Arthur answered quickly ave thought you
had so many new friends that more would
be unwelcome, but we, too, are glad TO greet
YOU" And he took her hand in his aud
shook il heartily, so heartily that merry
burst of laughter filled half the ship with
gadness no one had heard her laugh like
that before. Indeed ii was the first time
ever such peal had been awakened in. her
breast. 1t was SO genuine, yet SO new, that
she herself cast quick, startled look of fear
about her, but instantly took courage, as no
frown met her eye.
Oh happy, happy heart of childhood |
brimfull OF natural love and gladness, though
stunted and smothered and choked by stern
poverty and untoward circumstances, yet
with the first bit of sunshine 1t is warmed
and freshened and recreated.
lcoxclupzp nExf wnsK.I
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Valuable Papers, by

DR.. Henry l. Bowditch, On Prevention OF Consumption
DR.. II. w. Williams On Near-sghtedness
DIR. ID. y. Lincoln, On Hygiene Scholars
George IL. Warng, Jr, On Ventilation.
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Practical Articles.

0ut-of.Door Work Girls. Miss A, II, Harris,
Advice upon Courses of Reading, Rev. Edward E. Hale.
How TO Make Cheap Tours Europe. Edward NJ. King.
History OF Great Enterprises, james Parton.
In West, Elder, OF Kansas,
stock Raising In the West, Frank WilkesOn.
mechanics Tor Boys, Charles Barnard.
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Swiftly now the steamer cuts it way
through the waves, all traces Of her passage
vanishing as quickly and as completely
from the waters, as from the surface OF hui
man society do the lives of great men, dying
every day. But there was one heart on
board which never had felt awe, and which
now was filed with only wonder and delight.
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Daily globe., 1879-06-24
right of Congress to deprive the executive of

SEPARATE AND INDEPENDENT DISCRETION
| and Judgment which the constitution confers
| and requires are equally cogent in opposition
| to this bill. This measure leaves the powers
and duties of the supervisors of elections un-
touched. The compensation of these officers
il provided for under the pc mauent laws and
no liability, for which an appropriation is now
required, would therefore be incurred by their
appointment; but the power of the national
government to protect them in the discharge
of their duty at the polls would be taken
away. The State may employ both civil and
military power at the elections, but by the
bill, even civil authority to protect Congress
sional elections is denied the general govern
ment. The object is to
PREVENT ANY ADEQUATE CONTROL
by the United States over national elections
by forbidding the payment OF deputy mar
shals of elections who are clothed with au-
thority to enforce the election laws. The fact
the majority of both houses of Congress is
urged as sufficient warrant for this legisla-
tion. There are two ways always to overturn
legislative enactments one is the repeal, the
other is to decision of a competent tribunal
against their validity. This bill seeks to de-
prive the executive department of the govern
ment of the means to execute the laws which
are not repealed, which have not been declared
invalid. and which it is therefore the duty of
the executive aud every other department. OF
the government to enforce. have in my for
mer message this subject expressed my
willingness to concur in suitable amendments
for the improvement of the election laws. but
repeal, and cannot approve legislation which
seeks to prevent their enforcement.
(SignedO RUTHERFORD B. HaYEs,
Executive Mansion, June %, 1879.