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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-08-13

ALTOGETHER TOO QUICK. morning
an enraged countryman came into Mr.. Ms
store, with very angry looks. He had left
Il team in the street, and had good-sized
stick in his hand.
"M Mr.. NJ" said the countryman, " |
bought paper of nutmegs here in your
store, and when | got home they were
more than half walnuts; and that's the
young villain bought them Of" pointing
to John.
John,n said Mr.. NJ, "did you sell the
man walnuts for nutmegs?'
mo, sir" was the ready answer.
You lie, you little villain," said the
countryman, still more enraged at his
assurance.
Now look here you old goose" said
John, " if you had taken the trouble TO
weigh your nutmegS, you would have
found that put in the wanuts gratis"
80, you gave them to me, did you?"
Yes, sir. l threw in handful for
the children to crack, said John laughing
at the same time.
Well, now, if that amt young
scamp" said the countryman, his features
relaxing into grin, us he saw through
the matter.
Much hard talk and bad blood would be
saved if people would always stop to
weigh before they blame others.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-08-13

COMPETITION NOT THE LIFE OF TRADE.
-" Eight sweet Flo i'd oranges for
dime here, fifteen GEMS II dozenn' bawled
an orange peddler, as he stopped his
wagon close TO the curbstone on Fifth
street, Cincinnati, the other day, where a
small crowd congregated.
Another peddler Of oranges drew up TO
the same spot and went one better, as
follows
Eight sweet oranges for nine cents;
the only oranges in the state Of Ohio that
are fit to eat"
Eight sweet oranges for eight cents"
yelled No. /: "rich and juicy, and not
picked by yellow fever patients,like some
oranges that know OF"
"Eight large, fine oranges for seven
cents" retorted No 2, and the crowd
began to manifest an interest in the pro-
ceedings.
Eight delicious oranges for six cents,,'
yelled No. /, and he looked black as the
Moor of Venice at his competitor.
Eight overgrown oranges for five
cents, and they re the only oranges in this
city that are not stuffed with sawdust."
Eight for four cents!'
Eight for three centsr'
Eight for two centsn
Eight for one cent?
Eight for-nuthin', by gracious!" yell
led the desperate dealer.
"Nuf sedr exclaimed his rival, leaping
to the ground and beginning to transfer
the eight-for-nothing fruit into his own
wagon; "Nuf sed, yer oranges amt worth
no more than that, nohow, but seein' it's
you, I'll take the whole lot at that price,"
and all the while he was scooping them
out in handfuls of dozen.
"I'll take handful at them figures"
yelled newsboy, as he climbed upon the
wheel.
"So'll L" screamed another.
Here, toon
"Make room on that wheel for your
uncler'
The unfortunate man whose stock was
being reduced at such Improbable figures,
whipped up his horse and escaped. with a
few oranges under the seat, and as he
whirlsd around corner he stopped swear
ing long enough TO say that he could lick
the man that said competition was the life
lof trade.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-08-13

Occasional storms and tempests may
strengthen and make US hardy and healthy
if we are properly prepared to endure
them; but sunshine and calm are our
daily need. A little necessary leaven of
evil may be we'll enough, but we do not
want an overdose of it. Hills and noun
tains beautify and diversity the landscape,
but there must be beautiful meadows,
broad prairies and fertile fields. and green,
sunny acres of lowland to make the hills
even tolerable. So the philosopher calmly
takes life as he finds it, and makes the
most and the best of all that is, knowing
that it is but the result of all that has
been, and that we must work out our own
good and our own salvation from misery,
amid the environments that surround US
by our own individual efforts. s.-Elmiaa d.
Stenker.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-08-13

Upon the af Of the cabbage it appears
as engraved, in white patches; the leaves
become deformed an / swollen or blistered
even before we can make out fully the
cause of the mischief outside. These
bistered pustules have minute system of
branching threads, which traverse the
pulpy parts Of the leaves, and which
threads, insinuating themselves between
the cells that constitute the pulp, take
their nutriment at the expense of the
growing foliage.
1t is after the puStules assume the white
color and are visible on the skin or cuticle
thai the reproductive parts termed conidia
can be detected. See Figure 6. From the
multitudes of these beads or spores form
ing the white powdery dust, the term
coaidjn is applied, which means dustlike.
Other plants, besides, are often affected as
the watercress, peppergrnss, mustard,
radtsh and even the weed purslane does
not escape its ravages. Its mode of vege-
tation is one of peculiar interest, in fine,
one Of the most curious phenomena of
plant life, and indicates in this low order
OF vegetation relation to higher struct-
ural forms, not only in plants but even in
animals. Thus, if a few particles Of the
white dust be immersed in drop of water,
and examined under the microscope they
will be seen to rapidly absorb water, and
swelling. large and obtuse papilla re.
sembing the neck of a bottle is produced.
and seeming empty space is formed in
the contents of each spore. As these dis
appear the whole granular substance be-
comes separated by fine lines into five to
eight portions each, with small, family
colored, empty space in the center. These
portions are so many zoospores. These
are soon expelled one by one, and soon
afterwards begin to move. being provided
with seeming fins or fringes by which
they are enabled to swim about like AN
animalcule; but they are only buds endow-
cd with motion, same as many other plants
have. These Of course are capable of in.
fecting plants, as we have seen.
The prodigal provisions of nature is
here, as every where, especially In its low
er orders signally manifested, when we
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-08-13

GLAZED PoTs.-Glazed pots are con-
demned by most writers. The majority
of these writer's are greenhouse men, or
those with but little experience with
growing plants in the dry air of our par
lors and living rooms; and in watering,
those in glazed pots would naturally re-
ceive the same supply as those in COM
mon porous pots alongside. The evapora-
ton from the porus pots would take place
much more rapidly than from the glazed,
and the one would be comparatively dry
while the other would be still wet. The
next watering repeats this process, and
the result is quickly seen. The plant in
the glazed pot pershes at once, or drags
out Il sickly, miserable existence. Glazed
pots can be used with good results in the
parlor or living room. If the drainage is
good, SO that the surplus water can pass
off, there are many plants that will grow
well in them. To this it may be added
that many people are very irregular in
watering house plants. They forget to
attend to it until the dry and parched ap-
pearance of the earth admonishes them OF
their neglect. OF course tho plant in the
unglazed pot suffers worst under this
treatment, for the earth gets dry from top
to bottom. while in the glazed pot the
great bulk of the earth, being protected
from rapid evaporation, may remain com.
paratively moist, though the top is dry
Journal of Chemistry,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-08-13

EDUCATION FOR THE KITCHEN.-The
next great step must be to do something
for the art of cookery; and the friends of
genuine social improvement may congrat-
ulate themselves that the progress of
education is beginning to take effect on
this important department of domestic
life. Cooking schools are springing up
in many places in this country and Eng
land, and the English are taking the lead
in organizing them rs II part of their
national and common school system. OF
the Importance, the imperative necessity,
of this movement there can not be the
slightest question. Our Kitchens, as is
perfectly notorious, are the fortified in
trenchments of ignorance, prejudice, ira
tional habits, rule.of thumb, and mental
vacuity; and the result is that the Ameri-
cans are liable to the reproach of suffering
beyond any other people from wasteful,
unpalntabe, unhealthful and monotonous
cookery. Considering our resources and
the vaunted education and intelligence
of American women, this reproach is ust.
Our kitchens are in fact almost abandoned
to the control of raw servile menials that
pour in upon us from various foreign
countries. We profess to believe in the
potency Of education, and are applying it
to all other interests and industries, ex-
cepting only that fundamental art of the
preparation and the use of food to sustain
life, which involves more of economy,
enjoyment, health, spirits, and the power
of effective labor than any other subject
that is formally studied in the schools.
l. ,.,,,t,Ns VA,
female colleges, high schools and normal
schools, supported by burdcnsome taxes,
in which everything under Heaven is
stnded except that practical art which is
n daily and vital necessity in all the
households of the land.-PrOf. Yountan'S S
IN Popular Science Monthly.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-08-13
A WOMAN'S WISH.

Would we're lying in field Of clover.
OF clover cool aud soft, and soft aud sweet,
With dusky clouds in deep skies hanging over
Aud scented silence at my head and feet
Just for one hour 10 slip the leash OF Worry,
In eager haste. from Thoughts impatient neck.
Aud watch it coursins-in its needless hurry
Disda'ninS VISIONS whistlo5-Duty's beck
All it were sweet where clover clumps are meeting
Aud dalses hiding. so 10 hide and rest;
No sound except my own hearts sturdy beating
Rocking itself to sleep within my breast.
just to lie there filled with the deeper breathing
That comes Of listening to free birds song
Our souls require at times this full unsheathing-
All souls will rust II scabbard kept too long.
And am tired so tired Of rigid duty!
SO tired of all my tired hands find to do
Iyearn. faint, for some OF lifes free beauty.
Its loose beads with straight string running
through
Aye, laugh If laugh you will at my crude speech
But women somstimes die OF such greed;
Die for the small Joys held beyond their reach.
And the assurance they have all they need
Mary Ashley ToWnshend.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-08-13
LETTERS on NATURAL HISTORY.
No. 10.
BY DR.. HIRAM A. CUTTING.
Fungi and Animalcules.
TIE ONION SMUT.


This fungus, called by Prof. G. c..
Frost of Bratlleboro, UrOcystiS CepW'e,
since its first appearance in New England
in 1870, has caused much damage to that
crop. 1t is thought to be allied to the rust
on Indian corn, bat not exactly the same.
The damage caused to single towns in
Massachusetts from this smut alone is
estimated at thousands of dollars. There
is as vet very little known about the devel-
opment Of this fungus. 1t has never been
known in Europe, aud is supposed to
originate from some of our wild species OF
fectly known here. 1t changes the onion
to the peculiar dark sooly powder 50 well
known as smut, and the infested onions ut
once cease to grow, and though the black
may often be peeled off apparently with
one or two layers of the onion, they are
not considered healthy, and great loss is
cntaled to those aising them. As The
spores doubtless remain in the ground,
and nothing put on the ground would b.
likely TO eradicate them, the only known
help is to change the locality, giving the
onions ground on which they have not
been previously raised, and using the
onion bed for other purposes, or for suci
crops rs the spores would not njure.
A'e' a time, p rhaps four or five years
the old heds might probably be again
planted, rs doubtless the spores would
have los their tality.
As This smut at he present time is prin-
cipllly confined to Massachusetts and Con-
necticut, with little care on our part, il
will be a long time before Vermont will
materially suffer from this fungi.
Should i. appear among us it should be
at once stamped out by burning over the
land and not trying to raise onions on ii
for at least four years, rs trial would moi
only be useless, but would endanger whole
townships by the increase of the spores.
1t should as much be the law to staml
out by legal procee Iings such pests, as to
keep small pox out Of our towns, as tn,
diseases resulting to the human family ar,
none the less to be dreaded because slow
and in ,idious in their workings.
Those WHO desire to know more of thi,
disease we will refer to the Massachusetts!
agricultural report for 1851, where it is
fully described,
WHITE RUST.
The idea we have thus far of rust anC
smut is that it is dark colored, or like the
rust OF iron, but as speak of white RUS
that opinion must be overthrown, as the
white rust Of the cabbage, turnip, and all
similar plants is one that the gradener has
often to content with. bring it in tC
show that fungi must be looked for il
every place and under all colors. This
white rust is called CyS,opuS candjdus. Il
is represented in Figure as it occurs or
shepherds purse, Il. showing the fruit
with the rust upon it; b, portions of the
cabbage leaf with the same species upor
it;and C, condia of the same. (See Cook.
treatise on fungi.)
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-08-13
TOO LIT TLE.

Johnny and NJ ay and Dicky and Bell
We're going down to the Daisy Dell;
"Iknow you're going, know very we'll;
Take me too !" said dear little Nell.
TOO much bother !" says lazy John.
May, Who wants you tagging along7"
" Too little !" said Bell. COURSE !" said Dick
Hurry, nov, Nellie aud grow up quick"
Two sweet lips to quivering fell
" Too little for lohItf" said dear little Nell
Too little :" cried m other" too little to bear
Our portion in life--a burden of care.
Too little heart for trouble to weigh,
Too little for tears a moment to stay;
OF wrongs aud rebufs too little to know;
From mothers own side too little to go.
Let Johnny and Mary and Dicky and Bell
Go frolicking down to the Daisy Dell;
But mother and Nell and pussy- -catmew
Will have the merriest picnic too"
The quivering broke in showers of smiles
When mother went on to tell of the piles
OF strawbrrry-cakes, and candies, too,
With bread and milk for pussy -cat-mew.
The four round faces visibly fell
Looked sober enough az mother and Nell;
She nestled and said, 1t Ia much rather stay
l aint too little for you. anyway"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-08-13

SCIENTIFIC RELIANCE ON SoAP.-Dr.
Richardson lectured recently, in this city,
on the germ theory of disease. He ac-
knowledged his obligation to Tyndall for
his microscopic investigation on air dust,
spores and other comforting and salutary
topics. 1t is worth while for common
people to learn that $4,000 typhus germs
will thrive in the circumference of pin
head or visible globue. 1t is worth
while for them to note that these germs
may be desicated and be borne, like thistle
seeds, everywhere, and, like demonical
possessions, may jump noiselessly down
any throat. But there are certain things
spores cannot stand, according to the
latest ascertained results of science. A
water temperature of 1902 boils them to
death and soap chemically poisons them.
Here sanitary and microscopic science
come together. Spores thrive in low
ground and under low conditions of life.
For redemption fly to hot water and soap,
We who live in danger of malarial poison
ing. Hot water is sanitary. Soap is more
sanitary. Fight typhus, small pox, yellow
fever and ague with-soap. Soap is board
of heallh.-PhiIadelphia Press.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-08-13

o man or woman, whosoever thou art
young or old. what wilt thou do that thou
mayest inherit eternal life? Not simply
life somewhere when thy mortal days are
ended, but the eternal life which may
begin within thee now by following the
spirit of the Eternal. If thou livest for
nothing-for only such nothing as thyseli
I will not say that thou wilt die. for thou
art dead already; but if thou wilt live as a
true child of the Eternal, if thou wilt keer
His commandments, if thou wilt strive to
be perfect by doing what thou canst-thy
divine parentage will make itself felt
more and more, and thou shalt have eter-
nal life indeed Thomas Sddler.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-08-13

A COLLEGE EDUCATIoN.-The New
York Nation briefly discusses the value OF
liberal education with much intelligence,
showing that the professional man in
whatever branch of his general calling is
always more successful than the purely
business man. 1t remarks that the statis-
tics of trade, so far as they show the
percentage of failures or the part of those
who try to acquire wealth, or even Il
decent competency for their later years
form the most melancholy reading imagin.
able. The great mass of poor boys who
begin in store never make fortune, OIL
fail to keep one if they make it, but simply
make poor subsistence for themselves
and their families, and die in obscurity
There are "A smaller proportion Of success
ful business men to the number than o
professional men who are successful. In
u profession a man succeeds by his own
capacity alone, of which possession moth
ing but his own negligence or misconduct
can deprive him. Even in adversely he
is apt to have mental resources and conso
lations which are but rarely within reach
of the unfortunate business man.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-08-13

REGULATING THE SMALL BoY.-Satur-
days are red-letter days in the lives of
schoolboys, and the amount of live ex-
perience that can be crowded into spring
Saturday is something to think Of |
know boy whose infant feet have pressed
the blossoms of something like fourteen
summers, or thereabouts, who made four
kites and flew them with his mothers
patent thread, tore his pants zigzag trying
to nail a pigeon box to the woodshed,
played trapcze on the clothesline, and
came down in the slop barrel. These
were only casual incidents of an hour.
He coaXed strange rooster into the yard
and raised a revolt in the hennery, upset
pail of whitewash on the clean porch,
and caused the hired girl to leave with u
big ironing on hand; dropped the shears
into the cistern. and broke the small blade
of his knife, besides other and minor
things beyond number. 1t is one of the
impossibilities to regulate the leisure
hours of a boy.-CtncinmGH SATURDAY
Mght.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-08-13

He STAYED MESMERIZED Recently q
York street family entertained number
of friends, and among the guests was u
Nicholas street young man with mischief
in his eye, and who has a penchant for
practical joking. There was also in the
party Sussex street merchant, who
boasted during the evening of being able
to put the strongest mind in the room un-
der the influence of mesmerism. 1t oc-
Cured to the Nicholas street young man
at that moment that he could have jolly
time, and his eyes twinkled. and a smile
beamed over his face as he announced
himself ready for the sacrifice. The mer-
chant commenced the operation, and in
less than two minutes concluded that he
had the Nicholas street man under control.
He was allowed to think so, for his sub
iect performed all manner of odd tricks at
his suggestion, much to the amusement Of
the company. Half an hour later the
merchant considered that it was time to
restore the young man to his senses, but
he soon discovered that he was powerless
to perform the act, and, to all appearances,
had lost control of his subject. When he
had been under the influence an hour the
merchant began to get scared, and so did
the company, who looked upon the affair
as genuine transaction. Finally, doc
tor was sent for, but before he arrived the
young man had kissed all the young la
dies in the room and scattered the compa-
ny about in every direction. When the
doctor reached the house he had fully re-
covered, and it was not until few days
ago that the cat was let out Of the bag
OuaUa Ciizen.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-08-13
The late General Shields was fond of

The late General Shields was fond of
telling the following story:
"I remembe: particularly we'll that on
the 18th day of September, 1917, the
American army found itself before the
ramparts of the city of Mexico. The city
contained two hundred thousand inhabit-
ants and was defended by thirty thousand
disciplined soldiers. yet six thousand six
hundred American soldiers crossed the
ramparts and captured that city. Can
you show me any other instance of the
kind in historyP | recollect an old
English militaire who was there, and
after he looked at the little band he said ::
Is this the army?' Yes WELL said
he. all l have to say is this-you Ameri-
cans are not only the brave-t people ever
heard of, but the most audacious people
on,earth to come here with such an army
as that"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-08-13
THE TREE GOD PLANTS

AHe Wihd that blows can never kill
The tree God plants;
1t bloweth east, it bloweth west.
Ihe tender leaves have little rest,
But any wind that blows is best;
The tree God plants
Strikes deeper root, grows higher still.
spreads wider boughs, for Gods good will
Meets all its wants.
There is no frost hath power to buvht
Tne tree God shields;
The roots are warm beneath soft SHOWS
ana when spring comes it surely knows,
And every bud to blossom grows.
The tree God shields
Grows on apace by day and night,
Till, sweet to taste and fair to sight,
Its fruit it yields.
There Is no storm hath power to blast
The tree God knows:
No thunderbolt, nor beating rain.
Nor lightning flash, nor hurricane
When they are spent it doth remain
The tree God knows
Through every tempest standeth fast,
And from its first day to its last
Still falrer grows.
II in the souls still garden place
seed God sows-
A little seed-it soon will grow.
And far and near all men will know
For heavenly lands He bids it blow:
seed God sows,
And up it springs by day and night;
Through life, through death it groweth right
Forever grows.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-08-13

THE DRESS OF CHILDREN IN SUMMER -
This subject is practically and srnsibly
discussed by contributor to the Chicago
Inter- Ocean. She considers that children
dressed wholly in cotton are not sufficient
ly protected against sudden changes of
temperature. Chills and fevers result, and
lurking seeds of disease are developed.
On the other hand, swathing in flannel. in
which the children seethe and swelter,
impairs the vitality and the ability to
repel disease. The writer further says
" Following the advice Of q friend who
had given much attention to the subject
in her own family, did not discard the
flannel swathe across the bowels till after
two summers had passed. This can be
made with shoulder straps, and, if prefer
red, can be cotton across the back. | also
provided shirt and undershirt of summer
flannel. At night every article worn
during the day was removed and n long,
loose night dress of summer flannel put
on. This sometimes seemed too warm at
night hut never in the morning. No
injury resulted from throwing the bed
clothes off during the night. and the
summer complaints and troubles incident
to teething were unknown. OF course,
many other precautions are requisite to
secure good health. Damp feet and ex-
treme heat and excitement of any kind
should be avoided. Pure air, pure water,
simple food we'll cooked, and fed at regu.
lar hours are the chief essentials. If fed
artifcially too much care cannot be given
to the articles containing them to keep
them all sweet and clean, and in any case
be sure and give the child enough to eat
Nature can relieve an over.burdened
stomach-though the extreme should be
guarded against-but has no appeal from
AN empty one, and too little food for ,
child is seed for future disease, being like
u weak spot in tho foundation Of build
ing"