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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-06-06
Some Little Things Learned 10y EX-
URriencP,

If your coal fire is low, throw on a table
spoonful of salt, and it will help it very
much. A little ginger put into sausage meat
improves the flavor. In icing cakes, dip the
kuife frequently into cold water III boiling
meat for soup, use cold water to extract the
juices. If the meat is wanted for itself alone,
plunge in boiling water at once. You can get
a bottle or barrel of oil off any carpet or
WOODEN stuff 10y applying dry buckwhoat plen-
tifully and faithfully Never put water to
such grease spot, or liquid of any kind.
Broil steak without sailing. Salt draws the
juices in cooking; it is desirable TO keep
these III if possible. Cook over a hot fire,
turning frequently, soaring on both sides.
Place on platter; salt and pepper to taste.
Beef having a tendency to be tough can be
made very palatable by stewing gently for
two hours, with pepper and salt, taking out
about a pint of the liquor when half done,
and letting the rest boil into the meat. Brown
the m,ut III the pot. After taking up, make
a gravy Of the pint of liquor saved. small
piece OF charcoal i'll the pot with boiling cab
bage remove, 5 the smell. Clean oil cloth with
milk and water brush and soap will ruin
it. Tumblors that have had milk in them
should never be put in hot water. A spoonful
of stewed tomatoes in the gravy of either
roasted or fried meats is an improvement.
The skin of boiled egg is the most efica-
cious remedy that can be applied to boil.
Peel it carefully, wet and apply it to the part
affected. 1t will draw off the matter and re-
levc the soreness in few hours.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-06-06

FoOD FOR YOUNG TURKEYS some cases,
even the best of care fails to secure good
number of young turkeys. Before they have
fully feathered up they are the tenderest of
birds but when they have put on n full dress
of feathers nothing in the way of poultry is
more hardy or less liable to disease or disor-
der AS young turkeys like young guineas,
make such very rapid growth of feathers
when young, they require constant care, and
food in fair quantities and often, to enable
them to withstand the great strain on their
systems and not supplying them fully at
that stage of growth is what causes so many
to drop off suddenly, from no apparent cause
Boiled egg, chopped fine, no doubt makes q
good food for turkeys, to commence with,
but it is not at all necessary One of the
most successful breeders of turkeys we know
| of never fed a crumb of boiled egg, but COM
menoes with stale bread crumbs slightly
mixed with new, fresh milk, giving them FIVE
or more feeds daily, but only in such quaint
| ties as they would eat up clean at every feed.
| Onion tops or lettuce, chopped up fine, and
mixed with their food, was given, while an
occasional seasoning of red (cayenne) pep
per was supplied. They We're treated to
sweet milk for drinking purposes, and when
they got some little age, cottage cheese was
literally supplied-and they are very fond
| of it. There is as much in the care as in the
feeding, and they must have the best of both
| to induce them to stay with us. Dampness
and dew are fatal to young turkeys the rem
edy suggests itself in a preventive.-Ameri
can Poultry Yard.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-06-06

CUCUMBER CULTURE Although the cucum-
Der is pronounced by physicians to be very
unhealthy, yet it is very generally cultivated {;
and, in fact, no kitchen is complete without
it. 1t usually sells for good price in mar
ket, especially in the form of pickles, if these
are put up as they should be. My mode of
culture is to dig out good-sized holes, six feet
apart each way, and place about one peck of
well-rotted manure in each; then fill up
somewhat higher than the original surface,
so that after the dirt settles it will be about
level with the surrounding ground, and plant
eight or ten seeds in each hill. If very dry
give them sprinkling each evening after
sunset before they come up, as well as
through the season, for they are plants which
require considerable moisture. | hoe often,
and after danger from the striped bug is pass
ed thin to four plants in hill.
The striped bug, DiaJrotica cittqta, seems
to be q natural enemy of the cucumber, and
against him have tried all sorts of remedies
which l have seen recommended Boxes
with thin cloth tackled over the top are effect
ual preventives, but if one has many hills,
devices of this sort are expensive. The last
season kept vines free from bugs by the use
of ashes and kerosene. moistoned the ashes
with Kerosene and applied handful to the
center of each hill. 1t seemed to spread too
strong an odor for them, and they beat re-
treat. After commencing to bear, We look
them over every day, and gather some for
pickles, saving n few of the earliest and most
perfect ones for seed, and when they are ripe
we pick them off and place them in the sun Il
few days; then the seed is taken out washed
clean, dried and put in paper bags for the
next springs planting. -RUrdt Men Yorker.
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writer in the Boston journal says that
few corn cobs saturated with molasses and
suspended from the branches of plum tree
are a sure protection against the curculio.
The method is very simple. Procure a doz-
en- cobs for each tree-the larger the better.
Attach wire of six inches long to each and
immerse in a small pail half full of molasses.
1t requires day or two for the cobs to be-
come thoroughly saturated Allow the cobs
to drain off the surplus liquid by suspcnding
them over the pail, and then attach them to
the tree while the pums are small. A long
rain sometimes renders second and even a
third immersion desirable. The cobs will
soon be covered with great variety of in
sects which would otherwise destroy the
plums. The smoking of plum trees with gas
tar is also said to be a sure remedy A writ
err in the Rural World describing the process,
says
During the summer of 1874 l procured
from the gas house several gallons of coal or
gas tar. l put about quart into long han
died stewpan, and with a few shavings and
match soon had dense, black smoke. This
l carried under my plum tree, SO that the
dense smoke pervaded all parts of the tree.
My first efforts We're very gratifying in seeing
insects of all sorts hurry out of the tree. Ants
came running down the tree, various kinds of
worms and spiders let themselves down by
their webs, and all winged insects flew out,
leaving the tree deserted of all animal life.
spent about half an hour in smoking forty
two trees, and this l repeated three or four
times each week. unless rain had washed off
the smudge, when again repeated the smok-
ing. After my first efforts l tried the shak-
ing process, but invariably failed to catch or
see single specimen of the curculio. 1 con-
tinued this process until near the time of
rpening, and got my first crop of plums-
over thirty bushels. The whole cost of coal
tar for those forty-two trees during the sum-
mer was less than two dollars. l began the
smoking a little too late, after | had tried
forsome time the Earring into the sheet-there-
fore, some ofthe fruit had been stung; and had
it not been forthismy crop of ripe plums would
have been stilllarger. During 1870 the plum crop
was an entire failure, and | had no oppor-
tunity to continue this experiment; but the
summer of 1876 brought large plum crop,
and Mt once resorted to my favortc remedy.
I commenced smoking my trees as soon as the
plums We're the size of n hazel nut, and con-
tinued up to the time Of ripcnng, and not n
single curculio sting was to be seen on my
fruit, the trees of which were treated to the
coal tar smoke. purposcly left trees of diff
ferent varieties unsmOkcd, and all the plums
excepting one sort were stung and dropped
of before ripening"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-06-06

CULTIYATING DANDELIONS. Most persons
have looked upon the dandelon as a weed TO
be got rid of, though rather better than most
weeds, as when cut up by the root in spring
it makes an acceptable accompaniment to
salt meat Our readers are aware that we
have on more than one occasion advised the
cultivation of the dandelon-not indeed by
sowing the common weed, but an improved
kind When one introduces new vegetable
into cultivation, he is a public benefactor, so
when one induces another to cultivate n veg
etable new to him though old to cultivation.
he is private benefaetor; by enlarging his
knowledge of the good things of the world,
and inducing him to try even but one of them,
that mans comfort and enjoyment of life is
increased. The fact that the dandelion is
weed, is no argument against it's cultivation !;
parsnip and carrot are vastly worse weeds,
yet We go on cultivating them. If one is
fond of the dandeliOn at all, he should cult
vate 1t, for two reasons: he can cut bushel
in less time than he can hunt up quart in
the fields, and the cultivated is as much SUI
perior TO the wild as a Savoy is to a common
Drum-head cabbage. In the course of improv-
ing the dandelion, three useful varieties were
established, the Large-leayed, the Thick loav-
ed, and Curled-leaved, which have been in
cultivation for several years and this year
the French journals announce still another
the Very Double" Ga cgUr plei1). The
French use the dandelion almost solely as a
salad it is blanched by covering the leaves,
usually with earth in few days they lose
their green color and nearly all their bitter
ness, and come out white, crisp and tender
! Am. AgrieHiturist
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-06-06

SUNTLowER SEEDS FOR PoULTRY.- Many
farmers look upon the sunhower as simply a
worthless weed, and never dream of the yalu-
able qualities the seeds of this plant possess
For several years they have been used by
breeders of fancy poultry as a food for choice
birds; in small quantities, they are mixed
with the other food, and the peculiar proper
ties of the seeds impart a beautiful gloss
which no grain will give 10 the plumage of
the adult birds. For those who raise fancy
fowls for exhibition, it is essential to perfect
success that the plumage should be in perfect
condition, and to attain satisfactory results,
we can recommend no more valuable aid
than judicious feeding of this seed. 1t has
long been known that the oil extracted from
sunhower seeds makes dressing for the hair
which is very beneficial, imparting a smooth
ness and yigor highly appreciated by all who
have tried it, 1t grows very readily, and the
poultryman should not forget this cheap and
useful assistant to his labors.
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For Sale!
THE SMALL VILLAGE FARM AND BEAUTIFUL
RESIDENCE KNOWN AS
& 3 H L A r."

Pleasantly situated Grcenleaf street. West Brattle
bOru, w. only six eight minutes walk from post
Office, stores, churches Academy and other schools
The farm consists of nine HCres Of land, of which
about two woodot aud pasturage, watered by
brook; the other seven being level arabic and highly
productive, with frontage Of more than nifty rods
the street. thus affurding good number Of eligible
building lots.
The dwelling house, Of two stories, having good
cellar yeranda in front and ON one side, and l.
part with dormer window, contains fourteen rooms
all arranged as to accommodate either one two
families. The other buildings include barn, sheds
carriage apartments ice house hcnnery, &c.
The place is supplied with an abundance of both
well and running water at house and barn The fruit
trees, nearly all in their prime number more than
$780, and include all the best varieties Of apples few
pears and ounces. The street is lined with thriving
sugar naples for shade; the Rrapery, Of young and
choice vines, is ample and well placed the fences
walls, hank-Walls underground drains and buildings
Of every kind. are all well arranged, well made and
In good repair.
For further particulars inquire Of the proprietor on
the premises, address "BELAlR,"
4G West BrattlebOro Vt.
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FOR SALE!

A account of $I2.ss against JOHN A. DAVIS,
IN the organ tuner This account has been run
ming nearly 1--WE years. and is just good to-day it
ever was. Those wishing TO make a permanent iu-
yestment will lind this 4 chance. VIII sell cheap
for cash. or will exchange for small farm in the
country. A. v. COX co.
Bratlleboro, VI, May 10. 1879. u
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NEW LONDON NORTHERN RAILROAD
TRAINS LEAVE BRATTLEBORo AS FOLLOWS:
Going south.
Going North.
VERMONT VALLEY RAILROAD.

-ea0 NN and after NOy.l1 ,ls1B,
Y6-ss5d5ds-15=7 4 IL trains on this road will
ti;i:i:-=: isi:s Sssh leave BRATTLEBORO for all
zA--AA-------points North at 1880 4. m,
5:4j p. IN. aud 10 30 p. m.
The 10 20 p m. train Is express for Montreal wa
white River Junction. with sleeping car attached.
The 10 go train Is mail train for Montpeher,
st. Adams, Rutland, Burlington, Montreal the PaA-
sunpric road aud the White Mountains.
The AS y. ~. train nail train for White River
Junction aud Rutland.
Trains leave BELLOWS FALLS for the South. con-
Meeting with the Connecticut River line at Brattebo-
TO- as follows: Montreal express train at 80 a. m
mail aud accommodation, . 10 4. III. mail and accom-
mediation, , :35 =. IN.
The 80 a. IN. train arrives in New York at 1900
m. tue 9l5 a. train at as p. M the 1888 p. m
train does not connect for New York.
Althcse trails make close connection with Boston
Albany Il. r., both east and west II Sprin shcd.
% J. MULLTGAN, Superintendent.
, 1879-01-11

evcn Tho amal1cst-of bis own immense business
lis meteortc IN his appearances IN Now York
and Washington, and would very possibly be IN
Europe evefT year, II his home Rurro.lndLnRs
wcrc nut 10 pleasant that he can scarcely afford
to leave them for more than very sliort
period.
There fs ore emphatic lesson to 10 learned
from the career Of t}enreu W. Clltta. and thht
II ons which the atlyocatcs Of Socialism never
care to hive their hearers know.. II IL that
there IL a tendency In American life to make
mon who accumulate large fortunes use tllctn
Tor tho public goud H. q manner " !ltc few, II
any, Eutopcnn capttafats would do. The Try
the poor. Tic whole life Of Sir. Ch'ls ls an
elective contradiction ol this slander. Let tue
workman meet the moneyci man llaif way, ns'l
the worttt will 20 nm oil right. Besides, Wllat
splendid testimonial to the Gcnctlcent working
Of onr american social thcury L. The fact tnat
George ". Chtl1s, at tho aga ot ~, by sheer
industry nnd pluck, has built up ssupendous
hc ran,c frfrntflcss and will Htlt t1ullar.
Mr. Chtlt!s, like President ttnrcs and A good
many other prominent Republicans, Is Grant
tntrdsrrtn man. nnd he cierluliy told mo Ut tt,,
preparations now In progress for the reception
Df The e1-i'rrRjdcnt wien he conns l,omcwaru
world. The ticneral will lind every Drcat city
through which he passes OIL his tr~nsconttncntHt
journey next May rcatr to receive bin toyous1y,
~ ErrAt citizen fur whom no foreign honors
hare tern too good. Ths to,fr around the
world is sure to be fntcresttng and Dtqunnt, for
although Gen. Grant is popuarly supposed to
tRkc no interest tn pIcturcs+ or scenery, or
ancient tetnpics, hu extracts yust amount OF
Information from tho people OF svefy country,
aud IN conversation niter,rnrti shows that hc II
not only krcn observer but that 10 1uzrps with
marvellous raptllty.
, 1879-01-11
Chf1tls oE tbs Ftt!atlsiphIa Ledger.

,.Gfnay i<tftr IN p0sfos ,l"KraaL
WALL whitman, the sKuud gray pnct," went
nNt VI tue paatia! oiIice VI At. Ch!!ds OF lha
FhiEatlclphia 4sst4er a. entered 1t. Mr. Whit
lIa0 haI been to SECURE for tho cArtlriyart, who
aEc especial pets VI hls, suno neCcAsagY warta
clothing fur Christians gifts. and II tlc poet dts-
pthses freely 1t lAts SEASON. 1t IL lTrAuss tue
senefous newspaper proprietor enables hifL to
do ~. Sir. C4ll1's charities ara lc.lon. aud tlo
menliun ot one years. list wuld dill tho COLUMN vi
Il lasge iouruai. lticht all will Ill hts s.npluYca
around him rich, thc owner of tho L<lIff feels
j. Ills duty Gu contribute u TITO general rotl4i.
fUuul hlm. AZ Usual. full Of iIforIhxtluu euu.
!eEnus public men Ynl ,natters, Just nuH La
ID Especially Interested In Gen Grants truIrcs-
ed tulir aroulnl tho world. Tho Wbute Of lhs
tx-E1csIdcnt'1 EuropeAn Journey was platlnei
IN thts exquisite ollart, mud III tho shelves OF
rich gattsets HOW lta Iiahy Of Ills luost valuable
prcseuss which the General has received, suu
which hare aftrA'ly pern sent hume, among
them the costIy gilt OF the municipality ol LOU
dOu, q gold hox lu which waA inc!usctf tho papcF
according to Grant this freedom OF tbs city.
There, too, arc h3r. ChlId's own ast.tTeaSurej,
china, and tyories,-Uf the latter the owuer ol
she 5'ud|ic Lsdgtr has the 1nest collection III
Aulrtacu,-aud the hundreds OF forms Ut Lrlc-A
bfac, which the tastc and luxury uf half a tloxen
prominent nations have created for tnc deleeta-
t!on ot men Of wealth. 1t has been said Ut Ar.
Chflus tbat he never eeGtus busy, yet IL aIways
At work, and this Is e11lneutly true. lie car
Eits OIL colossal correspondence With public
aud urtyste gentlemen iu the Guitcd States nna
t.u7upe, hunts up manufacturers and shop
keepers who ure poor, ausl lcuds them u helping
hIl,. rha ii cunvvr=aut With all tAe details.
, 1879-01-11
WISCONSIN TRAMPS,

The QogerAos Of wisconsin IN bis message
thus speaks OF tho professional tramps who sn-
Test that stata:
AT In tho larger titles they are somewhat re-
strained by yiglIsnt polite forcc, In tho villages
md towns they haye become tho daily dread aul
nightly horror Of all well elI-disposcd persoux The
little glrl "a her Way to aul from school, tho
farmers wits busy wiki Aouscnold cares, the
aged and .nnrn, are alike tbs victims Of their
cowardly and lteenttous vlo@enrr,. Whatever
maT be urged In rxtenuatlon OF other crimes
aud vfcea, tie responsibility fur this crime of
vagabondagr, which may now be Justly said To
include every crime known to the law, IL upon
tho Individual Apd not upon society. In JULY
last snsll army OF these &clf-fn4ds
aoetal outtRst& turned their faces toward
Wisconsin, and thefr adyanea guaru,
taking possession ot raslway trains. dictated the
term. upoa which, they might proceed. II IL
unlmportant that tho terms proposed wcrc ONLY
that thu invaders should 10 furuIshcd FREQ
transportation: for. II that much Ind been COLI
keded then more would h4yc been demanded
next time. Fortunately, tue good judgment
aud assu determination of the Superintendent
of the Madison Dlvlaion Of the Chicago Il
Northwestern Railway enabled the cities OF
Helot aud Madison to meet the ts&ue OF
lawlessness against Law fairly upon the merits,
aud wIh mOst satisfactory resulta tor the time
being"
Tbs Governor asks for 'le9isIaiion that will
puul.h these .nfscrsa1ts uhereyes they may bo
!ouna In the state.
, 1879-01-11

tertne school; It noon n. is Always a!los,h,.
hathr i u unfavorabe for startling oa ions,ttss
OF f. fhsssne seeoe fes1esTS' az e favorable ,o,
battling: i nhfavotable for startiaa ttnst III II
The third day; there ara nd Indications.
TIM fourth day; may fecs1sa or make y,.f., -,
barter, and make presents Mar not 20 sopnsfss on
1he .Ifth day; may Wait, baths, shave ind .t..
up. May not plan! and SOW. s'ses
Tho si1tt1 "a! fs favoFahlc for saerlace. conj,n
building, hfcaxing Eround; At 4. n, ,mnpoa'as moa
up conttscis. open shop barter, send psetsas ss,s
seal. test tho roll. und burr. 'saa
The seventh day; may lercl roads. bul mu, -.
I'hs eighth; NAV sacrifice. memo,,.1t,, .,,.
ut toward she sonthesst: aso, fsiorsb'a ~, n y,
jnral union. vis'ts, weddings. taking on ! ~.
servant. starting on journey. erecting upti.s.
a.'6 @ putting % 9M ssesHesams' building, tenoT,a,
The writer. Eiycs few more items, and Tn
mcnts as follows: wa
And 70 II gnea on for nearly svery day IN H.
5sar Enough on hss been i,.nsiatsa to shes T. T.
i7th ono may bc treated for iiincss ind /, IN. N
eaeaes o! urovtsona. On tho 22d II i, s siie,,xt nt
n'nst not be opened Or wels dag nn:i ii Ii. a,. 81
Arrests thonla he n,aae on the bath: ihs /, ~ !.
only favorable daT IN she n,nnth-a very s,th.,s
tory .rranaen1ent for criminals. There srs Ia,
lays in 10 on which one may cut out clothts ~ s's
The s4u,e number On which oue mar swesn u; ~
cltan MP. II II advised TO shave on ~ -
Eth. 23d and cnlh. .snd to batha ,.,s ~
times in tho month. Unfortunately The !h,,,s
walls between tho l,ath-l1s are nneqnal aud drs y.
heitcvc, In tho Almanac must wait frnm the sts ~ -
the 18th. and from The 18th to the 2:'d. Deild.s
on the lat, bathing IN favorable at m ineon,eni,s
hour. YSx.. neon: the hsuF Oh tho 2yth Is q cots,
II much better. 3l
Thcpe indications seem too silly to affect seuts,,
men, yet whIla the chinaman II not only senshs
hiF more Important hhaiea oy tho Almanac IL
pnnrsr claesea watch the Almanac carefully, IL
marry. bury. and do other thtEQa only when M
sseA, and It ia to be feared that The better edqr,i
h0 mol start on journey nor enter ofcs e1ctpi 4.
favorable days. though It IL 70 be hopsd they b,ts
ailaye. aud clean ngtcueF.