Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-02

lail contained, for each GOO gallons of wat
,ale about nine pounds pure coloring matt
'nG On The same day. l sent six gallons of
ana same liquid to a well known professor
rec chemistry for analysis, so as to be doul
l sure. The professors report was, in G
rty gallons of water, the proportion of coli
ing matter would be four ouncesi T
.nu professor Is to-day ut the head of I
rus chemical Department of one of the large
leu ana best endowed colleges in Americ
VINO was right? Both sCere ,Uron1i ri
,n- lrSt experimenter found more eolorir
u; matter in the liquid than was ever put i
Gu 70 IT, although in that liquid was color,
zoV pounds of cotton fibre, that is. in 81
y gallons OF waste liquid. he found more M
~ terlai tlan was at first put into six I'm,
e' ufed gallons of water! The professor wa
nearly right. You will bear in mind tn;
Is each package of six gallons for analysi
!; was from tub containing the original ST
Id hundred gallons.
y There has lately been decided in the Il
o. Courts case involving MANY tens q
l. thousands of dollars. The head and from
p" Vi tne Whole suit was question, whethe
certain coloring matter on vegetabl,
npTe contained copper in any form. Tn,
Is aolest chemists in Europe and Americ:
nave gwen their attention to the particu
e in Boston Ce1ohra,od nc 'ilal was neio
o England, grown old in the stpdv and ,roa
ice OF chemistry, contradicted each other
Ill tie most astonishing way. One found
OTHER Connd 60. i. ialse quaItlty; an
ties; still another was nnlan;Jo5 MIL 'h;il.
three were positive that it was Absolutely
Impossible 10 ind any trace of copper in
science Va , ~ .tny hhethou known to
coloring matter were we'll aware tha ,t o .u,S
per was present in sufficient quantity, and
!ne court SO decided. II. therefore, chem
SO powerless ot t ,n ne'... u lne science are
sence or presence of salt of conner wv what i'o
is the farming interest to expect from vonr
Experiment Stations where you cannot
| P'Iy res large enough to get the best
of medium oualtv, and wb mp'U ;o sn,i
| from the nature of vonr in st;,,'tio', opot'
final 10 ~ W
And ,,o bo,o =, ,;,.,o ,
-,., .o'i"ii''i "li W pro-
pun" i'sii' mere II therefore, chemists
VINO are at the head of the science are so
powerlcss, that aomnarativalv ,;ttIa oor,a
no ovncc+ol of III,
Iii, ""y 'Nhi III 'ile sclehce,
WHICH IN Experiment Station could COM
manu- we would ike to be told in mourn
iui NUMBERS what the ordinary farmer
iI''e' ~ ''o' oe'ns ZANZIBAR with the 'slm-
T,SS' - INV i''o' we ne"r SO inuch ABOUT.
r l"s'' s,e'.' ~ 'e oes're among the
= ""'e anu 'oihirers OF the
=, :.:N W ''''Ao ,'ni u hino OF Poiyglot t
'Pe"N' Vi Tue human race,
''i ''oS o'ope''it Oh science, art, literature,
' W. iio Is to'u ol his ignorance of /
~ "No vi us very amentab!e r
y, NV '''o"h ITO" he ought to be t
Soou 'cterlh''rHln 10 care for his stock;
NJ 'No''' w Soou mechanlc' as seen h
f
wv ui liio nisI thlhgs TO be taught boy o
,e GOOD carnenter an ", Iobis. iae snouiu II
act, able to make or mend most any, i'm ". i i
element upon the farm. A few tools are d
,tl""Ss necessary and the proper use of tt
arm n c"n SION '1 pe acquired So that the b
leds, build his barns and Tine tnrn aua m,' y
lay to account IFeSten Stock Journal and D,
'"I"e|' "
1,""' III shol'' Is 10 know and do about III
H.'''"s' ~
~ VI sooo chemist not only requires b,
i'lo'''i'e Vi Study and careful, patient pc
VIM o"' al outlay lor the appliances OF
''soiuteiy necessary 1of It's successful prac -
'e' WHICH 'he ehlire capital OF many of m
tr farmers would do little more than FL
'.No II ''lf commencement on. OIL
0''e" chemists are men OF science and ap
'of'h' ana even these' as shown by the tI
r''er ''ooVe' are not absolutely perfect in TT
iu e S',e"ce' tel
1 '0 " e'eriharan' one must be IA IT. tl,'
~" oo" l''t"'''e aha'omist; study lee tn,
ies' ''9soo''ohs' hh'lerla medlca, prac-
~ ""0 ''o" io'is VIII IL take a man to
''O''.' o''u worthy Tue name; ana IN all nv
ese IL ~ 'he man VINO makes 1t his life NJ W.
'r@' ana scofGS at 1t who amounts to ANY, ~
my M,
Those who think tboso motion. ~ ~
c,;no1 ,,;,,, = ''''''0'1 "'o e''s- W..
:'' It N'i.' u DIN e'9y lessons on r,i
siness, and gain them in about that way, un'
quacks, botchers, and we have plenty for
them in all our walks in life, botchers dov
chemists, who talk lcarnedly of " nitro he
nous matters and albuminoids " and quo
rbon and nitrogen, and who would hard pcl
be qualified to conduct the chemical agr
pertinent OF making Kettle of soap; clle
botchers OF Veterinarians who sign n lo' -,
ID. V. M, and we think that mu
'st mean Dec lofente, and liberal rem elias
ing read Vets. by the grace of Cod the
Ihey nave little else to show for it. m ,v9
'of instance, Dr: Cressy said in his lee ..st,
es at Burlington, that wolf teeth were
she'd mllk teeth, and could not produce Co
ophIhalmlc trouble, find the follow AS
IN answer to enquiry in one of our w
m Journals from Veterinary surgeon: This
Won -supernumerary teeth lie
netlmes appear IN front of the molars. Ah'
ey lrrltate and often cause the eyes to ~
anne, and should be removed by forceps. The