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Methodist History on the Peninsula.


Methodist History on the Peninsula.
1t has been very appropriately said that .
" Methodism is Christianity in earnest
From its commencement in a college .
among few students to the present day .
the above eulogy holds good. The revival /
of Christian experience by preaching the /
forgot ten doctrines of the Church of Eng /
land, ard the formation Of class meetings
as a place of religious instruction, as well as
q financial institution, gave an impetus to
the machinery of Methodism which calls
into rsauisition the diversified talent Of the
church, so that every earnest member can
find something to 10.
If the preacher in charge Is absent there
is an opportunity for tie local preachers to
occupy the pulpit. If none OF them are
present the exhorters or class leaders I'LL
up the time by iudicious and profitable re-
marks, interspersed with song and prayer.
If all the official male members are absent,
there are scores Of r0Daen qualified by educa-
ton and grace to supply the deficiency.
All of the above named grades of member
ship have contributed TO the spread OF
Methodism in new localities were it had
not reached.
1t was introduced into these Colonies by
t,oo IriskRen, local preachers, viz: PHILIP
Elnbury, who settled in New York, and
Robert Strawbridge who settled on Sans
Creek, Frederick county, Maryland. They
arrived in this country in l760, and Mr.
Strawbridge commenced preaching in his
own house the same year and formed a
society as early as 1862 or ]769. " In 1894
or 1865 log meeting house was erected
about a mile from Mr. Strawbridge's resi-
dsnce. and through his influence on Pipe
or Sans Creek" at was twenty-five
feet square. On one side the logs were
sawed out for a door, on the other three
sides were holes for windows. 1t stood
without windows, door or floor until 1874
when it was demolished. Several canes
were manufactured out Of some of the
logs and presented to the Bishops anc
others.p
This truly was an humble beginning TO
church that in so short time was t
aggregate millions within its pale. | hav'
gone beyond the limits of the Peninsula il
writing about this humble Meeting House. 70
so they were all called previous to 1874
when the Methodist Church was organized
IN Baltimore, Md. 1t was here at the 10
Meeting House that the Rev. sJobn /
Durbin worshipped when a boy, who j
after years numbered among our creates
preachers. He gave such an impetus
the Missionary Society Of the Ii. Z. Churc
that il is spreading over thewhole earth. II
also was member of the PHILADELPHIA
Conference, which had Jurisdiction over tn
whole Peninsula Of Methodists for man
Years.
!" Mr.. Strawbridge preached the fir
Methodist sermon on the Peninsula at NJ
John Randle's, Kent county, Nd.
S. P. NJ.
SMYRNA, Nov. 2nd., 1879.
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Delaware & Chesapeake
Railway.
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT

On and after MONDAY, July . 1879, trains will run
daily MS follows, sunday excepted:
Smyrna times., 1879-11-05

me windy weather is drying up the corn
nice,y, out-there's always q 6gt Ia aglicul-
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-04-23

PRCKLY CoMFREY.--Ilere is how Col. +.
d. Curtis pays his respects to the prickly
comfroy humbug, in the Rural NelO York
er. With The variety of good grasses We
have we have no call for this sort Of
" mullein:"
We have had an experience on Kirby
homestead with cOmfrey Of the common
sort, for almost hundred years. We sup
pose the prickly is the same so far AS hab-
its, taste, etc, are concerned, only perhaps
more so; and if it is, it is all the worse for
it. for the comfrey without the prickly is
pest. We never knew an animal to taste
of it, and they have run in the lot where
il grows when the feed was very short.
The roots are excellent for tea, or to
make into a syrup by sleeping them and
extracting the mucilage contained in them.
This is what it was planted for by an old
save woman at her cabin door. 1t is an
old-fashioned medicinal herb, and that is
its only value.
On the other hand. it is nuisance. for
its propensity to spread taxes the patience
and skill of any one who has it; for, once
rooted, it is almost impossible TO get rid
o: it. Every bit of root or fragment of a
root will grow, and the more it is mutt
lated. the more comfrey. The old slave
woman has been gone almost century,
but the comfrey "goes marching on and
has reached far out into the field A more
lasting memento could scarcely be.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-04-23

ENGLISH MUTTON IN AMERICA.-Dr.
Stuart, Scotch gentleman, the other day
really thought he was eating English
mutton while dining with Us. When
told him that the roast mutton was ITO the
manor born he would scarcely believe it,
as the favor was so excellent. The NUT
ton was essentially English, as it was
fatted on turnips. 1t was carefully butcl-
cred so that tn ere should be no wool faint
to il, which is always the case where the
wool touches the flesh. or when the butcher
handles the meat without washing his
hands after handling the pelt. We tried
The experiment this winter of fattening II
few sheep on turnips for family use, and
we are very much gratitied with our sue
cess. English mutton, eh. that is going
to the top shelf on the start. Our pen of
sheep were old ewes, all but one, u year
ling wethcr We began with about four
quarts each of turnips sliced in the MT
chine, and in week increased the quant-
~ to rs many as they would cal, which
was about peck each. A quart of buck
wheat bran for the first few weeks wa,
given with the turnips each day, and they
had besides all the clover hay they wanted.
they got no water. They were small
sheep-a cross of Merinos and Southdowns
They began to gain rapidly from the start,
and never missed feed, showing they
were in perfect health all of the time, for
when sheep is sick it will not eat.
Larger sheep would have eaten more
turnips, and would have done equally rs
well. The rule should be. after the first
week ia Give them all the turnips thew
will eat There is no danger Of sheep
eating too many turnips in winter if the
stable is warm.-F d. Cn1tis.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-04-23

LATE MILKING A CAUSE OF ABORTION.
The last number of the RuraI was re,
ceived by this mornings mail. In perus-
ing it find an article on Abortion in
Cows, "a matter of great importance to
stock raisers and dairymen. On this sub,
ject | would like to give an opinion, how
ever little it may be worth Several wears
ago | was in llerkimer county, n. Y,
when dairymen were suffering serious loss
by the trouble above referred to, and
could discover no cause or remedy. |
visited and examined number of stables.
made many inquiries, aud formed an
opinion and told the dairyman how | be.
Iieved it could be avoided.
The cows had been well fed and were
in good condition. The water furnished
them was the best well or spring water
they were well cared for-only large
numbers were stabbed together in wei
and closely built barns. But found that
the COWS were MIXED very late befor,
calving, and | reasoned that, no matter
how well COWS were fed or kept suflicien,
nutrnrnt could not be supplied to nour
lsh the l9tus and furnish milk at the same
Time. Acting upon this hint, the trouble
was stopped. While the statements mad,
by the Rur@J'S CORES pondent may have
weight, and may be true, none of the con
dtions he mentions We're found in the
region refer toll. +. B0welS, NJ D.
We do not believe the doctor has reach
ed the root of the matter We hav,
known cows MIXED right along for thre,
years raising call each year, and will
no trouble of the sort. The true cause We
think has not yet been found.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-04-23

RELATIVE VALUE OF FRESH AND OLD
MANURE But in considering
the value and effect of manure it is very
necessary to take notice of its condition.
because upon this greatly depends its
relative composition and its effectiveness.
Fresh manure consists almost wholly of
undccomposed vegetable matter and u
small quantity of waste animal matter,
with some mineral salts in state of solu-
ton. In its moist and fnely-divided
condition it soon undergoes fermentation,
which is the first process of decomposition.
Before this occurs the nitrogen contained
in it is totally inert and useless, and the
mineral matter-in the solid portion ut
east-is still locked up in the vegetable
cellular tissue. In the decomposition the
nitrogen is changed into ammonia, and the
vegetable matter is changed in u great
part by II process of oxidation or slow
combustion into heat and carbonic acid,
leaving IL residue of mineral matter, or,
strictly speaking, ash. During this change
the mass undergoes Il great loss of bulk
and weight and thus from the time that II
pile of manure is thrown together into
the yard until the time when it is in the
state known rs well rottcd there is II grad
ual loss in bulk and weight, the loss being
in water driven off as vapor and in the
heat ITSELF with considerable portion of
carbonic acid, hydrogen, and sulphuric
acid, which escape rs carburetted hydro
gen and sulphuretted hydrogen; the escape
Of these gases being the cause of the disa-
greeable smell of decomposing manure,
and not the ammonia, rs is generally sup
posed,
In this example we see that after
six months exposure to the changes
wrought by decomposition, the available
or soluble organic matter is increased
nearly twenty-five per cent; that the solu-
bile mineral matter had increased nearly
thirty-three per cent, and that the insoluble
organic matter had become mineralized or
reduced to condition for future plant
food TO the extent of nearly forty per cent
while the available nitrogen had been
increased nearly fifty per cent in he solu-
bic organic matter, and had suffered a loss
of only fourteen per cent in the decompo-
sltion of the insoluble matter
From these tables may be
gathered the interesting facts that barn.
yard manure contains all the constituent
parts of fertile soil in certain proportions,
but that these proportions, are remarkably
small as compared with the bulk of the
mass; that three fourhs of the weight of
the manure consists of water; that the
condition of the manure is greatly improv-
ed by its careful keeping for at least six
months before use, and that to restore 10
the soil those parts of it which are remov-
ed by any ordinary crop will require n
much larger dressing of manure than any
farmer can supply from the resources Of
his farm alone, unless the manure has the
abil ty to loosen from the soil a large
proportion of its natural insolube elements
and render them available for the snbsst-
ence of plants. -New York Times,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-04-23

Ill., p...... ...u,,.,: -. D.,,.,.,, I.
LIE REVOLUTION IN DAihilN a. ~ Is
scarcely more lllan II year slnce . Tue. "eSl'
erh PeoP,p WEI" oo'lP, ,,l; tn't Tue
orlnu western upon 'lie'r "'!IlS puck
ages conveyed in inference oi nm, inieriot''y
OF qua,'ly' anu was "ccoli' I o Il
4ec"eu 'nler,ol'.y III inrIHe. W''u .h
Eastern men sa'l Pa'roi,1'nS,y, rnlse .!ie
quality Oh your Eoou' anu 'ne li'lNot WIN
respond ~ once ina ai western s;T outer
eqii' 10 ours anu 'he prizes Will Regulate
themselves ,-,
AZ lne same lllne lneS testeu ooniiie er
IN lhe opinion llaI SUCH 9rLa, s'"Io oi an tlrs
c1uiu never occur. my sleP' on lhaI
idea Just as .ne mare In tnc l'o'e slept on
tue luea llltI lhe claw',hS 'or'o'Sc couiu
never overIa.c h her III h tae 'ace nuI east
erh "IiI ihen n"'o ooIH a""henco IN "
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-04-23

This ia tine month for graft
ing,and we would urge every one who has
healthy trees of inferior varieties to have
some good kind put in at once, as in three
years they will begin to bear again. The
proper time for grating is just as the buds
begin to swell, which will be at different
periods for different kinsd of fruit Thus
the cherry. which begins growth early,
must be grated early in the month. The
stock should be little in advance of the
scion in growth. Scions are better if cut
IL few weeks before using, although the
apple and pear may be grated with
success, with scions taken off at the time
the work is done. Success in grating
aside from little mechanical skill, de
ponds principally upon the vigorous con-
dilon of the stock .-Scieptifc Farmer.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-04-23

EARLY MELoNs.-Gardeners generally
find it difficult 10 get as early melons as
they would like for the reason that they
will not bear transplanting. | have tried
Il way by which they can be started early
and transplanted when wanted Save all
the pasteboard collar boxes and fill them
with the best soil. Any kind of boxes
will do; they can be made of wood with
bottoms tackled on. After warming the
soil, plant the seeds, about five to the box.
They can now he sunk in the hot bed, or
if you do not have one, they can he kept
in the house by the stove. When the
young plants are large enough they can BE-
transpanted. After making the ground
mellow, make hole the size of the box
then slip out the bottom, and the earth
with the plants, will slip through without
being disturbed. This plan will do fol
other plants besides melons, as cucumberS
etc, the tender egg plant, and some varie'
lies of flowers. BY starting plants early
in this way several weeks can be gained
-Prdcticdl Fdrnltr.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-04-23

BREED UP THE MERNo.-We are mi,
an advocate of crossing the Merino viii
other breeds. We fully recognize thai
when in near proximity to large cities
the carcass is an important, in fact. in
many cases, The important consideration
But there are mutton breeds that ARE ,ll
that are required, and the Merino fills -
place by itself and should be kept pure
In the crossing that has been done, the
object has been TO increase the size of the
carcass, without any reference, perh,ps in
any case to the alteration of the character
of the fleece. In the reports of Mr.. Har.
ris' experiments in crossing the Cotswold
upon the Merino, tho main points made is
the increase of the weight of the carcass
1t is said that he had a Merino eve weigh.
ing seventy-fve pounds that had a lamb of
three months old by her side, weighing
seventy-five pounds. Thus it WonIII
appear that the carcass is what is looked
af,er.
Sill care should be taken to improve the
Merino by careful selection. This of
course is easily done, and verv MANY
breeders have done it. We know of one
breeder in Michigan who by careful selec.
ton has greatly improved the size of the
CARCASS Western R"ral.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-04-23
Waste in Farming Through Imperfect
Methods.

Facilities for doing what most Of the
Maine farmers have to 10 is what are
most needed. Buildings and rooms adapt
ed to their wants would greatly facilitate
their business. Very few of our farmers
have any chance for the manufacture or
care of manure. The most of them take
care of it the same way that western
farmers do of their stock and farming
tools-out of doors. Very few have any
facilities for dairying, except, perhaps,
good cowS-nn suitable milk room, nor
any chance for the care of butter and
cheese, to keep it in good condition, if it
CHANGED to be so when made. 1t must be
that farmers lose at least fifty per cent
annually between what they do produce
and what they might produce, with their
present facilities. 1t must be that they
lose fifty per cent Of their manures, and
that very much more might be made and
saved from what now goes to waste. They
also lose fifty per cent of their feed fed
between October and April, by not feeding
quite enough, and that in rooms of low
temperature.
In The making of beef they are five
years in doing what can easily be done in
three, and in The cultivation Of the soil the
labor and fertilizers bestowed upon three
acres would not only pay better. but actu
ally produce more, if bestowed upon two
Il is astonishing TO see how much labor,
as well rs material, is wasted through the
want OF convenient buildings. Il is safe
TO say that it requires double the labor in
the average farmhouse ana barn 10 DO the
sam" work that 1t does in others, with
nothing in the way of Improvement But
with all the outs there is enough produced
by the farmers for all the world " and the
rest OF mankind" and u way Of doing it
with one half the expense is the patent we
WANT. L. Lucas, in imCrican CUiiru-
tor.
We manage TO get Il good deal of amu3c-
ment out of this life rs we 90 on through
it, and here is IL man who has helped u
brAvcly in that way. Now We wager II
bad nickel that that man is no. farmer.
at least not IL successful one. Farmers
lose one-half of their manures," and so do
not produce half Of what they might with
present facilities and then half Of that
No doubt but farmers, many Of them al
least, fail to get the most and best possible
from their farms, but that three quarters
is wasted is too much to ask one TO be.
lieve 1t is this tendency to such eNtlava-
giant statements and visionary calculation
which works such mischief
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-04-23
Che family Circle.
" Bimeby,O

BlmeDy.'
| have little friend whom we all call
" Bimeby," because ne always says, by.
and-by," when he is asked TO do anything
lie will get up by-and-by; he will bring
in wood for his mother, or 90 to the store
for her groceries by-and-by.
A great many troubles come to him and
to his friends from this bad habit of put
ting off his duties, AMI not long ago, it
was the cause of II very serious misfortune
One morning when the ground wa,
covered with ice, little Bimeby's"
mother said,
Jack, | want you to sprinkle some
ashes on that icy place by the back door.
All right" SAID Jack, IN do it by
andby.
But you must do it right off said
Mrs. Harris; somebody will fall there, if
it is neglected.
d" Yes, mother" ana " Bimeby - started
off to get his sled that he had lent to the
boy next door, thinking that five minutes
delay could not make mnch difference.
Just about that time. Mamie, jacks
four-y ear.od sister, begged to 90 out and
play in the yard.
" 1t is so shiny out" she said, guess
it's m st like summer. And mebbe | shall
find fower peeping up somewhere"
SO nanny put on her little rubber
boots, her warm cloak, and hood, and
mittcns, and let her 60 out with her tiny
sled.
Poor Mnmie! She clambered down the
steps, laughing and cooling to herself, and
talking about the " Towers" But all at
once She uttered loud cry of fright and
pain. She had slipped on Bimeby's ~
ice and broken her arm.
Then came the surgeon to torture the
little soft, fair arm, and long days of
WEAKNESS followed days Of great care and
anxiety for the household. and all because
one careless boy put off obeyng his moth
er II few minutes.
One day when Mamie lay asleep, and
Jack sat sadly watching her, Mrs. Harris
said some very serious words to "timebv,
If | could take my choice" she said
-" would rather be blind, or lame. or de
formed, than to be under the habit Of put
ling of. Such II habit steals away til,
very best Of life; it mixes up our work
and our pleasures, till there is no gout
result from either-tll we do nothing an,
enjoy nothing. And need not tell you
that such IL habit makes endless trouble,
for all our friends. Think of the sut1ern.
you have caused your little sister"
The tears rolled down Jacks cheeks.
| know You do not mean to max,
trouble and sorrow.' added the mother
-" but You always will until you learn t.
do every duty ut the right moment-tha
is. ut the first moment possible"
Bimeby" took the lesson to heart
and his friends hope that they will soor
have reason to change his name to Right
off,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-04-23

Prof. Brewer says that farmers, as a
general rule, are n6 good gardeners. He
says that the time whit n a large field is
waiting to be sown. upon which field the
farmer expects to raise Il crop from which
his income is to come. is the very time
when his garden needs attending to; and
while his garden is an important thing for
his own table. it is no his business, and il
either is neglected. it is his garden rather
than his field. Farmers do not raise as
good vegetables as gardeners do, because
it conflicts with their regular business.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-04-23

CoLoRING EASTER EGGs.-Easter eggs
may he colored beautifully and safely by
dipping them in solutions of the anaine
colors, or for light red, of which every
shade can be procured, in decoction OF
madden root; for dark red, in logwood
for blue, in indigo; for brown Or purple,
first in indigo and then in logwood OF
madder; for yellow, in gamboge; for
green. first in gamboge and then in indi-
20; stripes of different colors may be
made by wrapping rubber bands around
parts of the egg, and coloring the rest;
then drying and changing the bands on to
the colored parts, and then coloring the
fresh places; various devices may be made
by using broad bands cut like stencil
plates, or the bands may be made arounC
the eggs both ways, and so form checks
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-04-23

SHEEr.-Sheep do not pull their wool
on account Of ticks. but on account OF irri
tation of the skin, which is usual at this
season after having been fed on dry food.
As remedy. mix one pound of cream of
tartar, and give each sheep one table
spoonful Tally for ten days or two weeks
The mixture may be given along with
some llnseed meal and molasses, rolled up
into pellets or balls. which, if the sheep
will not eat them, may be put on the back
part of the tongue to be swallowed.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-04-23

DR.. Sturtevant reminds his readers in
the Scientific Farmer that when far
mer plows "A furrow of seventy-eight yards
in length when he could as well plow a
furrow two hundred and seventy-four yards
in length, he is getting waste of three
hours and twenty minutes out of day of
eight hours; or, if the days labor of men
and team be reckoned at three dollars, he
is losing by the short length of furrow
about Sl.25 day. This. though an ex-
treme case. does not lessen the force of the
argument"