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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-26

setting sun shown on spire and tower [
Rejecting upon the transparent glass,
against which my face was pressed. what
they saw know not. but only that they
took TO their heels. crying. A ghost! al
phostr | supposed they must have seen
Something back of me. and already felt
myself in the icy grasp of the inhabitants
beneath the church, where | thought
I was being dragged by the hair of my
head.h
Aunt De Forest paused.
"Oh, do 20 on" / eXclaimedi what
happened neXt?p
Its Il good place to end chapter
said auntie, teasingly, but L suppose you
want the sequel well, heard and knew
no more until stir about the bed, where
lay, and my sister Maude calling my
name. After few minutes it all came
back to me, those dreadful moments, theh
wanted to know the rest. 1t seems my
white shawl, streaming hair and wild look
had so terrified the men who saw nue. tlld'
they ran to the janitor and told NM
! Remembering about my being lelt thete
| he fastened to the church to fnd me
! EGintng upon the floor. lie carried me 10
his house und sent for physician. AS
did not return to our hotel, and 1t was
getting quite dark, my friends became
alarmed and came in search of me. Emu
ing the church locked they fastened to tue
ianitor's to inquire. When l recovered
sufficient to tell my story, the lanltor ana
his wife laughed heartily, explaining the
ghost on the stairs rs their two little Slrls
who knew nothing about ghosts, and were
not afraid TO play around the homes OF the
dead. They were wholly unconscious oil
NV presence, and often laughed on the
gallery door, and then ran swiftly down to
hear the echo of their own voices below
That afternoon they were dressed as grown
ladies; little girls are quite fond OF lmita'
tine their elders sometimes" Aunt DE
Forest looked at my sister Significantly
And they had some old lace curtains ioi
trails, giving them such weird appear
ance, dragging far behind them rs they
ran down the stairs. persuaded Maud'
to return with me, after few days IL
: finish the sketch of Jephthah's daughter
You have seen the painting in the parlor
a d you mry he sure never see 1t wllhou
being wildly reminded of my ghosts II
Rome; but children said my aunt
impressively, the point OF The story
this, and | wish you to carry 1t all you
, lives, it may save you much annoyance
and trouble, there are no more real ghost:
} than those two little girls, and you lna.
always be assured, when you hear o
haunted houses and wandering ghosts
i, that there is some natural cause Tor To
.! strange noises or sights. '-Intertor'
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2oetru.
TWENTY-FIVE.

Grown TO name statureI o my little child
My bird that sought the skies SO long agOl
My fair sweet blossom, pure and undehlei'
How have the years flown since we laid the 10"
What have they been 10 thee II thou vert here
standing beside Thy brothers, tall and fair
With bearded lip, and dark eyes shining clear
Aud glints of summer sunshine in thy hair
should look up into thy face anu say,
wavering perhaps between a tear and SMILE
"Omy sweet son, thou ant man to-day p
And thou wouldst steop to kiss my lips the while
But-up in Heaven-how is It with thee dear
Art thou a man-to mans iull stature grown
Dost thou count time as we do. year by year,
And what of all earth's changes hast thou known
Thou hatst not learned to love me. Ddst thou TAKE
Any small germ of love to Heaven with thee,
That thou hast watched and matured for my sake
Waiting till its perfect flower may see
What is it to have lived in Heaven always;
To have no memory of pain or SIM
Meier to have known in all the calm, bright days,
The lar aud fret Of earth's discorJant din
Thy brolhers-they are mortal-,hey must tread
Outlines il rough, hard ways with bleeding feet
And acrcs Apollyon face to face must meet.
I, who would give my life for theirs,
| Icannot save them from earths pain, or loss
| | cannot shield them from its griefs OF cares;
| Each humIn heart must bear alone It's cross!
Was God then, kinder unto thee than them,
| O thou whose little life was but span:
| All, think it notl In all His diadem
No star shines brighter than the kingly man.
who nobly earns whatever crown he wears,
Who grandly conquers, or as grandly dies
| And the white banner of his manhood bears
Through all the years uplifted to the skies
What lofty peans snail the victor greet
What crown resplendent for his brow be Mt!
o child, if earthly life be bitter-swcet
Hast thou not something missed in missing II !:
Julia c. Dorr, in Sunday afternoon.
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JonNNY's OWN WAY.-Johnny wanted
very much to help' his mother bake
pies one morning. So she gave him Il
piece Of dough, the cover Of II starch box
for pastry. board, and It clothes pin for
- rolling pin. When he had rolled so
hard that his face was very red, he put his
lite pie on the stove he nth to bake, and
then he saw the pretty, soft steam putting
out of The kettle lie tried to catch it in his
hand, but it flew away. hen lie put his
fingers under the nose of the kettle. His
mother saw him and cried, 80, johnny,
take cure, or you'll burn your fingers, my
DEAR
" Steam can't burnt cried wise John
ny. " only fire burns"
" You must not try it. Believe me it
will turn you. DO stop, Johnny"
Ion dear cried Johnny. " why cant
have my own way sometimes? do like
my own way When I'm II big man |
mean To thand and poke my foreinger in
the tea kettle all day, thome time, and
have my own way. and
| Poor Johnny did not wait until he WAS
IL big man to do this; Il scream of pain
told that he had had his own way already.
The dear little white fingers were sadly
burned, and for hours Johnny screamed
and jumped so that his mother could hard
| ly hold him on her lap.
" Ga! ohl oh! what shall doP Oh,
dear mamma, I'll never have my own
way again ath long ath live. When I'm
Il great man | III never put my fingers in
the tea kettle. Oh, dear, dear, dear.
Take cale, little folks, how you take
your own way; there are worse foes in the
world than Johnny's steam. Your parents
are wiser than You, and they love you too
we'll TO deny you any harmless pleasure.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-26

The second of the series of meetings
held by the superintendent in connection
with the Rutland County Agricultural Soci-
ely was called to order in the Congrega-
tional church on the afternoon of Tuesday,
the 18th, and the exercises were begun by
an address of welcome by Rev. Mr.. My
rick, in which he spoke of the action of
the legislature in abolshing the board
with condemnation, and also with q
pleased disappointment of the work done,
and beneficial results achieved by the SUI
perintendent. Mr.. Clarke responded brief
iy. The meetings are held for no class,
but for the people, and the people are
those who should profit by them. He
briefly reviewed the history of the town
and its agricultural condition and of the
Rutland County Agricultural Society. This
society had taken new departure, and it
was intended that every town in the conn
ty should have meeting similar to this
one during his term of office.
Mr.. S. w. Southworth was chosen
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differently combined. we have two prom |
inent varieties, called cane sugar and |
grape sugar. The first Is composed of
twelve parts Of carbon. twenty-five parts
of hydrogen and eleven parts of oxygen.
The second is composed Of twelve parts
of carbon, twenty-four parts of hydrogen
and twelve parts OF oxygen. There are
three or four other varieties of sugar, re-
sultiug from slight variation in their
composition.
Sugar cane stands first among the sources
of supply, and beets come next. These
two vegetables. the reedy cane and the
pulpy root, produce the same kind of SUI
gar, and in the greatest quantities. Sugar
cane is the sweetest variety, and is the
most readily crystallized. 1t is consumed
in large quantities as luxury, and has
become almost n necessity in civilized life.
Sugar as II chemical compound is curl
ously held together. The union of the
elements is peculiarly weak. The oxygen
and hydrogen are constantly struggling TO
unite and form water, but the presence of
carbon, which has an attraction for both,
prevents the union. 1t seems 10 bu its
chief Office to hold them apart, and thus
make sugar possible. The carbon has no
power to unite with either the oxygen or
hydrogen, so long as the third element re-
tains is opposing force. Hence carbon
remains on picket duty, all day and all
night, lest the bowl of sugar which the
good housewife has reserved for breakfast
Should be changed into water! How Won
derlul is our lump of sugar. Immense
forces are pent up in lis tiny grains.
The value of sugar depends upon its
Sweetness, and its sweetness depends upon
he rapidly with which the crystals dis
solve in the mouth. Fine sugar appears
sweeter than coarse, because fine particles
dissolve more readily than course particles.
1t is poor economy to purchase impure
sugars for domestic purposes. The pur-
chaser pays too high IL price for the molas-
SEES and water it contains. Another idea
now generally understood impure
sugars contain large numbers of the most
disgusting inSects' DR.. Hassall estimated
that there were no less than hundred
thousand in single pound of raw sugar
which he examined. This insect is never
found in refined sugars, rs all consumers
will be glad to know. 1t is II little start
ling to contemplate that thousands of liv'
ing animals may be taken into the stomach
with single S,Oeetened meal. Buy only
The refined sugars.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-26

A DUrcH DAIRY FARM Mr.. j. How
lett from Syracuse, n. T., says the Massa-
chusetts PlOughmaH, writes from Europe:
d" After feeding the horses and resting al
little while, we drove about eight miles
further on to one of the best stock and
dairy farms in Holland. They use the
very same stable at the farm that they did
in the fourteenth century. They have
little rings in the ceiling with cords pass
ing through them, by which the COWS tails
are held up to keep them from getting
dirty. The stable was carpeted and had
plants and flowers in it. The floor of the
Stable was of small bricks. Al the back
of the stalls was trough of masonry
about eight inches wide and nine inches
deep, with ditch or reservoir at one end.
As soon rs the trench was dirtled they
turned on the water, and all the manure,
ETC., was carried out to the covered vat,
whence it could be removed to the fields
or wherever they wanted it moved to.
The cows were rs clean if not cleaner
than YOUR horses. All the fastening they
have is little cord around their necks,
and they are SO gentle and quiet that they
do not require anything stronger.
They use the brass milk pail instead
of wood or tin ones. We saw the way
they make the round cheeses that are sent
to America. They have wooden moIds in
the shape of two hemispheres or half balls.
These are hollow and fit together. The
cheese curd is roughly pressed into shape
and then put into the mods. The lower
half of the mold is stationary, while the
upper part is fastened to Il kind of screw
working in beam overhead. The upper
half is >crewed down tight, and the cheese
is left for week. At the end of third
week the cheese is exposed to the mir and
the curing begins. 1t takes three months
for II cheese to be cured, and wear before
it is fit for the market. Everything was
rs sweet and neat rs any PAL lor ever
saw.
The stables and stalls for the horses
were covered with mating. You have nc
idea how clean everything was, without
seeing how it was done.
They use the same kind of churns, the
same kind OF cheese presses, and the samt
kind of pals, etc, that they did five hun
bred years ago They think it is showing
disrespcct to their ancestors to make any
improvements in the implements that
their forefathers used.
f II inquired the price of the cattle, an'
, found that the cows cost from 200 to 2j
guilders, and the bulls from 800 to ~
| guiIders or in our money COWS $50 t.
/ Sl4O and bulls from 1920 to $3.50 or $50
each"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-26

Determine your course in life, and then
do not swerve from it. Many young men
commence their career without any definite
plans. Thinking to-day, perchance, to
amass II fortune through some particular
channel, they, tomorrow, easily alter it
for some other. SO they pass their lives,
continually varying, always disconnected
with the present, and ever looking to the
future for brighter days. which their indie
dision does not warrant them to expect.
Ma" said little four year old, !
saw something run across the kitchen
floor this morning without any legs. What
do you think it was?' The mother guessed
various legless worms and things, and
then gave it up; when the little fellow
said " Why, ma, it was watcr''
The devel runs an immense manufac-
tory of excuses. They are of all sizes and
shapes, suited to every possible occasion.
and such is the demand for them that it is
impossible to oyerstock the market.
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What is n Lady2

Miss Winchester, what is the secret oil
being IL lady? Is it to be true and fearless
like II man, or to be just, or polite and
charitable, and always giving up oneself
for others?
Miss Winchester was darning Il table
cloth She always did the nice part OF
housekeeping, TO steady her nerves. She
said. and she took time to answer.
THE truest ladies ever knew had two
things so blended that one never knew
which to be surest Of, their sincerity or
their Kindness. | never saw lady,
whether she was a girl or grown woman,
who had not the faculty II Wise writer calls
II genius for loving 1t was born in them
and bred with them. 1t is not that kind
of don't know what to do with myself
feeling that makes girls throw their arms
around the nearest friend and smother her
with kisses, tn 1t is Geigning pretty jeaI-
ouscs of others, and saying / wish you
could love me- when one isn't in mood
Tor sweet stuff Tie most loving-hearted
Urls don't show their feelings by any
means. They do not love to kiss or parade
affection, but they are kind, o, SO kind to
their last breath and drop of strength, to
those who need and deserve their care.
Kind with the kindness that makes one
wise for others happiness, so that mother
| looks into the men, lng basket TO flnd that
troublesome torn shirt sleeve made whole
and the apron finished for Bobby, and
! father has the room quiet for u long evening
when he wants to read the debates, or tC
make calculations, and Jennie finds hel
r,in-sLoilcd dress sConged and ironed
| E,., L. Ia II ., ,,-,r,lr,l,n ..,,l Nrs RrnWn
over the way, sees the children taken out o
the house when she has Il racking headache
land the teacher knows who will run VI
the llounces and sew on buttons tor The
new suit She is hurrying to make out OF
school hours. There is nothing too homel1
OF distastcful for this sort of gll to do, ant
she might take for her signature what
saw once in Il Kind letter OF Llizabelt
Stod,larl's, the novelist, Iours, to serve.
The kisses and the love making may b.
shy enough with her, but the kindness i
for every body, and it runs very deep
Nothing draws on her help and sympath,
50 much us to need it most, to be withou
interest or attraction in any way,
The best tcipe for going throu III li
in an exquisite way, with beautiful man
ners, is to feel that everybody, no matte
now rich or how poor, need all the Kind
ness they can get from others in the worlt
, The greatest praise written of Madam
| Recamer, the most beautiful woman an
! complete lady Of her own or any othe
, known time. was this" and Miss Win
- chester's face softcned, and her voice fe
= to moving key rs she repeated softly tn
, words afterwards SAW copied in an oil
n black manuscript bo ok of hers, and kne
that she loved them: "'Disgrace IN
misfortune had for Madame Recamier II
h same sort Of attraction that favor IN
n success usually have for vulgar souls. >
# There WAS the nature of great lady
n Wide i}EdEe.
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ny AGRICOLA.


hIoL ~ i-Cthi Va bSNhA''
Sugar is of vegetable origin. 1t is
found in the juices Of plants. Some have
claimed that the human liver secretes this
substance: but we doubt it, rs we do not
always find slUectteSs in human nature!
Here are three substanCes-a lump of
sugar, a lump of salt and Il lump of cream
of tartar The first is SeCCet, the second is
bitter and the third is sour. Why this diff
ference. They are all nearly alike
Chemistry reveals only the simple fact
that the differen! elements of which they
are composed are grouped in different pro-
portions. But this does not account for
the different nerve sensations which they
produce. Sugar is u nervous substance,
remarkable for its instability and the an
tagonism of its particles. The slightest
disturbance will produce radical change.
Heat and acids act the most readily upon
its molecular arrangement. This lump OF
sugar placed upon thin plate Of metal
and held over IN alcohol lamp will be
speedily changed from white crystalline
substance into black, crispy mass OF
charcoal, Whence this black charcoal?
1t does not come from the air nor from
the heat; it is always constituent part
Of the sugar, and is developed only by
heat. Strange us it may appear. beautiful
white sugar is largely composed Of black
carbon!
Sugar is II compound made up of three
elements, viz. carbon, hydrogen and oXy-
gcn. If these elements were always COM
bned in the same proportions we should
have but one kind Of sugar; but being
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-26

PRUNING TREES.-Set Il green hand TO
prune trees where limbs of any size are TO
be removed, and the chances are, len to
one, that he will commence ut the top and
saw through the limb until it falls of its
own weight, tearing down the bark and
wool inflcting n great, ugly wound,
which may require years to heal and
which, if not carefully protected from the
weather. will cause such decay rs to
destroy the tree. The method commonly
recommended to prevent injury is, to
begin at the bottom and cut half way
through and then finish at the top or,
with very large limbs, have them support
ed by orotched pole or pitchfork held by
an assistant below; but we have found "A
better plan. and quite us easy. to be to
make two cuts. the first ut II convenient
distance, say II foot, from the point where
we wish the limb removed This short
stump can, except in the ease of very
large limbs, be easily held in one hand,
while the final cut is made With the other.
.-- Fruit Recorder,
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Central Vermont R. R. Line.
Commencing Monday Dee. 80, 1873.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH AND EAST.


TRAINS GOING SOUTH AND EAST,
raave MONTPELIER at II % A. NJ. $40 and 900 2. N;
MAIL TRAIS from Montreal, Malone. -. Adams
RnrIinRtOn &c leaves Montpelier ll-4O 4. N, LOT
Boston, New London, Springfield, New YORK anu
MIN RsIs leaves st Abans3 40 ?. N, Burlington
/, 10 p NJ Montpelier ~ P NJ for Northneld., %. ,
NIGHT EXPRESS from Osdenshurg, Mphtreal' ~ a.
Roston via, Lowell or FltChburEh, SprlnYheld, Ne"
York and intermediate points.
TRAINS GOING NORTH AND WEST.
Leave Moutpeler at 95 nam, u 10 and 29 P. NJ
bay ExPRFSs leaves Boston via, Fltchburgh at "
SpringheId 1904 NJ, Mpntpeler 4 % P N, for Bur
linvton st Adams, Montreal and OEdensburx
ACCoMaoDATIoS Train leaves Northheld az ; ~ 4. N
NOutpelier X 40 A. NJ, Tor burlington, huthnu' ot'
Adams st. Johns and Richford. 80. . ~-..,
MIXED leaves White River Junction "a NJ, NOrtn-
field i2OO NJ arrives at Montpelier 1913 P NJ r.
ACCOMMODATION leaves Montpelier l2lO p NJ LOT
Burlington Rutland and st Adams. ., "a
N1GHr EXPRESS leaves Boston via, Lowell at 90 p
NJ via Fitchburgh 500 p. New 1oEk 5O r M 70
Snringheld 40 NJ Montpelier % 4. for Burling
ton, st. Albans' montreal anu O8uehsDui4 anu INT
Trains leave MONTH eer for Barre at72O a. NJ 1000
A NJ, and4 ~ P NJ o,. - =. -
Returning leave Barre III sOJA II anu ~ ~ A. N 'ahu
Sleeping cars are attached to Night Express trains
running between Montreal and Boston, ana montreal
Parlor Cars and Day Express between Boston and
TRrough tickets for Chicago aud the West for sale
the p'in''pA' S'"''0''' HOBART,
denl.Supt.
G. BENTLEY,
Geul.ManaHer.
st. Adams, Vt Dec. IS ISIS.
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The Castleton meeting was called at the
town hail. on the afternoon of Wednesday,
~. ,ou, ;.,,a,,t rol,od 20 ordor lv NJ
''o i''i instant C''l." ~ p,N''
Clarke, ana ID. d. eoie' Esq" CHOSEN
chairman. Rev. Mr.. Foster made brief
address Of welcome, which was responded
,.L, A., C,,rlo Tho first manor road
~ ~ MI o''', nv =" nv ff
was by u. ID. spencer Esq., OF fairLaVeh
on Slate as Fertilizer" Slate is color
ed soliditied CLAW; how came it solidifed
~. ,,uossnro hr obom;col action or was
W iles'u'o' ', 0'''D'' -,
anything ADDED "nich VIII PrcEe oehe-
iic"l 10 the ''ller OF 'he sou! , ol''1e mas
Oeeh useo successi,i'S us lo' ''i'Iei' anu
contains Silica alpuiiiini; pot"s''' mag
nrsla' lime ana several otner ihgreuieht Is
when are well known iertll'Aels, IL ll"s
also nllfe' IL is also an aosoroeht oi ''e'l'
anu conductor Vi moisture ;'hu - eA-
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ANIMAL REFUSE AS MANURE.-Atten-
tion is being directed to the importance of
torrefied animal refuse, such rs bones.
horns, leathe: clippings, hair, wooden rags,
blood, &c. BY special cnntrivances these
matters are so acorched rs to retain their
organic richness, though reduced to II
state of powder. This powder ferments-
in other terms. easily and grad
ually; the phosphates are assimilated with
facility, and the humus in the soil tcono-
mized. This torrefied refuse peculiarly
flvors large return per acre of beet. in
addition to the juice being markedly rich
in sugar, because less alkaline salts or
heterogeneous matters are present. Beets
thus raised have been sold as high rs
twenty four francs the ton, or six francs
more than usual rates. 1t is admitted
that the manure ensures the uniform ger
mination of the seeds in II remarkable
manner, and keeps off insect, owing to
the offensive odor of the compound. 1t is
most ef1icacious when employed in moist
weather, autumn, or spring. -Fi0mer's
AdrOcdte.
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agricultural department.
ON. rINKHAm. Editor.

All communications for this department should be
snt to the editor. Mr.. o. NJ. TINKHAM' y. Pom
Irst, VI.
Please write side Of the paper only, sign such
name or initials you wished published. but give
YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS, post uihce County and
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