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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-12-31

AMERICAN IMPLEMENTS AHEAD.-We
have long been aware that in ingenuity
and effectiveness American agricultural
implements and machinery have surpass-
ed the world, and it is gratifying to read
the following statement in regard to our
implements at the late Paris exposition.
rne recognition of the superiority of
American agricultural implements at the
Paris exposition of 1873, proves to have
been complete and is highly hatteriug to
our inventors and manufacturers. Eleven
special prizes in addition TO the customary
medals, were awarded in this department
for the exceptional merit of machines as
exhibited in the field. Seven of these
prizes, which were beautiful Sevres vases
valued at one thousand francs each have
lust been received in this country, one o.
them going to firm in Auburn, n. Y.
for their harvesting machines, which are
probably the most perfect Of any now
made in the world. 1t was significant
that the English exhibitors were unwilling
to permit test of their machines in th,
field, and that only two or three of their
entered for competition.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-12-31

As an evidence of the appreciation in
which they are held we quote from a
report published in the Philadelphia Led.
ger, the prices which were brought in that
city. ut u recent auction of a herd oi
twenty-five animals recently imported
from the Island of Jersey, by Mr., f. P.
P. Fowler, the breeder. A two-years old
COW brought three hundred and ten dollars.
A tive-years- old was sold to Ex-Governor
Smith, of Vermont, for two hundred and
forty dollars. and Mr.. S. w. Robbins, OF
Wetherstield, CT, paid one hundred dol
lars for neifer calf Governor Smith
also purchased bull two years and four
months old. TOR three hundred dollars,
The average price realized at this remark
able sale was two hundred and tifty-lhree
dollars head. 1t would seem as if stock
raising like this would pay, but these
prices are not all extraordinary.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-12-31

A CuuD's MARVELLOUS EsCAPE.-One
of the most remarkable escapes from in
slant death that we have heard of for some
time, was related to Wheeling, West
Virginia, paper by gentleman who was
on the train when the accident occurred.
q" A lady and two children were on their
way from Kansas City to Staunton, Vir-
gnia. The youngest was about one year
of are, and while its mother was asleep it
crppt back to rear seat, and. climbing up
to An open window, leaned quite Il distance
out. A sudden jar of the train caused it
TO tiy ont of the window unobserved by
any of the passengers. The train was near
Parkersburgh, and the mother happening
to awake Il moment after discovered her
loss, and search through the car falling
TO reveal the infant, she became frantic
with grief The passengers all enlisted in
the search. and, surmisng that the baby
had fallen out. the train was instantly
stopped and large crowd went back, and
at a distance of at least half mile, dis
covered the lost one sitting on a pile of
brush. where it had alighted, crying lusti-
ly, The joy of the mother in behslding
her baby safe was truly pathetic. 1t was
found that the child was totally uniniured,
with the exception of a slight brusc on its
head.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-12-31

A RAILWAY Up TIE VOLCANO VEST
vIUs.-The railway for the ascent of
Vesuvius is now finished. 1t is 900 me-
tiers in length, and will enable tourists to
ascend by it to the edge of the crater
The line has been constructed with great
care upon 4 solid pavement. and it is be-
lieved to be perfectly secure from all in
cursions of lava The mode OF transac-
tions, says the Engineer, is by two steel
ropes put in movement by a steam engine
at the foot of the cone The wheels of
the carriages are 50 made rs to be free
from any danger of leaving the rails, be-
sides which each carriage is furnished
with an exceedingly powerful automatic
break, will stop the train almost insttn-
taneously. One of the chief difficulties
of the undertaking was the water supply
but that has been obviated by the formt-
ton of two very large reservoirs, one at
the station. and the other near the obser-
vatory Scientific american.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-12-31

WHAT TO DO IN AN EMERGENCY If n
person falls in fit and begins to snore
loudly, with red face, it is apoplexy
Let him be seated, so as to favor the blood
going downwards, away from the heal ;
apply cloths to the head. or cushions OF
equal quantities of snow or pounded ice
and common salt. If the person is per-
fectly still, face pale, and there is no per-
ceptible breathing, it is II tit of faintng
Lay the person on his back. loosen his
clothing, and slightly elevate his head.
The faint is caused by mumentary cessa-
ton of the circulation of the blood to the
head If there is very violent motions OF
the hands and feet. and all sorts of contor-
lions, it is epilepsy. Let the man comfort
until he is tired; you cant hold him still ;
all that ought to be done is to keep the
unfortunate man from hurting himself;
there is no suffering felt, for as soon us he
comes to and finds himself lying on his
back he will want to know what is the
matter. Dizziness often comes instanta-
neously, and we begin to reel before we
know it. Shut the eyes, whether you are
walking along the street, looking over the
precipce, ascending ladder; the fear OF
dizziness disappears instantly if you look
upward.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-12-31

MARRIED WITHOUT SHOES About
twenty years ago young fellow named
johnson, in the wilds of the Cheat Mount
aims, in West Virginia, made up his mind
to be married.
But You have not penny, demonstrated
his friends.
have my hands. A man was given
two handsome to scratch for himself, the
other for his wife, he said.
On the day of the wedding johnson ap-
peared in whole coat and trowsers, but
barefooted.
This is hardly decent, said tie clergy
man. will lend you pair of shoes.
No, replied johnson; when am able to
buy shoes will wear them-not before.
And he stood up to be married without
any thought Of his feet.
The same sturdy directness showed it.
self in his future course. What he had
not money to pay for he did without. He
hired himself o \ farmer for year s
work. With the money he saved he
bought a couple of acres of timber land
and pair of sheep, built himself hut,
and went to work on his ground.
His sheep increased. As time flew by
be bought more; then he sold off the
cheaper kinds, and invested in Southdown
and French Merino. His neighbors tried
by turns raising cattle, horses, or gave
their attention to experimental farming.
Johnson, having once found out that
sheep raising in his district brought Il
handsome profit, stuck TO it. He had tha,
shrewdness in seeing the best way, and
that dogged persistence in following it.
which are the surest elements of success.
Stock buyers from the eastern markets
found that Johnson's flecces were the
finest and his mutton the sweetest on the
Cheat. He never allowed their reputation
to fail-the end of which course is, thu
the man who married baref0oted is nov
worth large property.
The story is I'm absolutely true one, ant
may point moral for the hor,les of stout
able-bodied men who crowd the oitie
complaining that they must starve fo
want Of work.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-12-31
Utilization OF Waste Material.
THE PULP MACHINE.
By DR. HIRAM A. CUTTING

A. promised your readers in my pre-
vious letter upon this valuable and novel
discovery, of converting wood into pulp,
and hen into whatever is desired, to de-
scribe The machine to which alluded, l
wiI now attempt that desert ption. First
the wood goes through 4 peculiar crushing o
machine which softens it by pressure and
makes it easy to draw the fibre in the
pm ping or grinding machine. This same
crushing machine also chops or breaks it
in such way that it can be fed to the
grader, mixed with shavings or sawdust,
or not. rs you choose. The shavings, saw
ll-t OF other fine material add nothing to
the strength Of the articles to be made,
and if not in excess do not detract there
from, SO such worthless material-worth.
less alike for fuel or for Il fertilizer-can
oe Used in considerable quantity, with
better material, without injury; Or it can
be used alone to make many articles
where great strength is not required.
After the material is prepared as above.
let it be refuse lumber, brushwood or
whole trees, it is fed into the pulp ma
chine, which is in appearance like large
run of mill stones, with this exception
that the top stone is stationary while the
bottom one revolves. These stones are
rigidIy set in Il strong iron frame, and
nicely adjusted, SO that the quality of the
pulp can be fully controlled. A jet of
water, regulated so as to be just sufficient
to make the pulp of proper consistency, is
thrown into the top of the mill. Through
the hole in the top stone the crushed wood
Is fed through proper regulating ar
rangement. The pulp, ready prepared.
runs from this mill into vats, where it is
ready for the mold.
In the mold all superfuous moisture is
pressed cut, yet when the articles are first
removed they are damp, and 60 direct to
the dry house.
The stones for preparing the material
are a species of the burr stone imported
from France, being the toughest of the hard
quartz rocks known. The peculiar hard
ness and toughness of this stone is such
tha. the grinding Of Il woody fibre does
not seem to dull or iniure the cutting sur
face, and hence those mills are very dura-
bic, and are destined, doubtless, not only
to use up the waste material, but to make
Il valuable saving Of lumber, and thus in
considerable degree prevent the wanton
destruction of the forests of the world,
which for many years has engaged the
attention Of scientists.
As this machine changes the line OF
various manufactured articles. it will ere
ate new industries as well rs new wants
In recent t ial of strength in Portland,
Me-, betv cen the common nail keg and
the nail keg manufactured by this new
process 4 key of nails in each, was rolled
down two flights of iron steps on to the
side walk. The common keg was de,
molished the first trip and the nails scat
tered, while the one made from pulp was
rolled three times down both flights OF
stairs without material injury. This trial
very definitely points out the great
strength of the material.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-12-31

A carpenter, who was tired of making
an honest living, came to u gentleman
with petition for public house license
which he requested him to sign. The
gentleman looked at him, and asked him
why he did not stick to his place at the
bench. The answer was, The public
house pays better, sir"
well, but do you not think you will he
atfording additional facilities to drunkardS
10 destroy themselvesN'
perhaps | shall"
do you not believe that at least three
men every year will become drunkards il
you succeed in getting Il license?'
Why, never thought of that before
but 1 suppose it would very likely be
So
Then if you keep public house fol
ten years thirty men will have become
drunkards through your agency
The man threw down his petition, went
back to his honest occupation, and was
never tempted to desire license again.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-12-31

WIEN TO FEED Corn ROR FATrENGNG
HOGs.-The question hIs heen asked and
answered many times, with varying re-
suits, according to the breed, the care and
attention, the shelter, time of year, etc.
Store hogs in healthy condition and of
good breed should lay on q pound of addi-
tional weight for every five and six-tenths
pounds of merchantable corn fed to them.
and will do it on the average, with reason
able care. When they do not do it We think
there is q defect somewhere.
If the above statement which in our
experience we have verified. be true, one
bushel of corn-a part meal and fed as
slop and part, all the animal will eat in
the ear or sheled changing trequen ly =
should make ten pounds addition to the
weight. Ten bushels of corn will lh-n
represent 100 pounds of pork. The fol-
lowing conclusion is then reached: 1t
paws. when corn is thirty cents per bushel.
to convert it into pork when pork sells for
50 per 100 pounds, as the manure will
abundantly pay for the cure, when proper
" saved. So when corn is 40 cents, pork
should sell at 81 per 100 pounds; corn at
80 cents, pork So; corn at 90 cents, pork
COj COtu Ut ~ CCntS, POkA SuOulu oclA dL
81 50. When corn is worth $780, pork
must sell at SIS per leo pounds. If the
pork sells for less than is thus represented
by the corresponding price of corn, it is
fed at loss; if more, the advance is profit
in each case regarding the manure as
pay for the trouble.
Fattening is accomplished most profta-
bly as the cool weather of autumn advances
the animals having plenty of water or
mud in which to roll when they choose, with
good shelter and warm quarters in which
to lie. The feeding place should be kept
clean, and corn in the ear or snelled fed
night and morning, as much as they will
eat up clean, and slop or meal at noon.
with pure clean water night and morning.
The fatter they become, the closer their
quarters may be. In the early stages of
fattening they need room for exercise,
with wheat bran, charcoal and sulphur
occasionally to keep them in condition and
increase the size of bone and muscle, fol-
when quite heavy they need only rest
Ohio Farmer.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-12-31

THEY STARTED AT TIE BOTToM OF THE
LADDER success Of the prominent
New York capitalists is due in no small
degree to those simple elements of charac-
ter-honesty, industry and good sense.
William H. Hays began as an office boy
at one dollar week, and ended as Il bank
president Well. boys, here is AN exam
pie for you l DO not suppose that you
will all become bank presidents, but can
safely say that by following such Il plan
you will reach success. 1t is u curious
fact that all the present Wall street mag
mates began in humble manner. Moses
Taylor (whose father was book -keeper)
started as an iIl-paid clerk in the house ol
Rowland & Aspinwall. Ex-Governor
Morgan was bred to hard labor on farm
whence he went to equally hard labor in a
store. Jay Gould began poor, and, power
ty, hard as it may be. is SC powerful an
impulse that it often develops our greatest
business men.-C0rreSP0Hds,I IN Troy
Times.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-12-31

Receiving but one mill year for each
native of this empire, at which rate the
widows two mites would pay for seven,
We are enabled. by Gods blessing on these
individual amounts, so small that in
America you have no coin Insignificant
enough TO represent them. to support our
forty -four missionaries to this people. Be-
side their support, out of this one-tenth OF
IL cent each, we publish an eight mage
Christian newspaper, also, $4,000 pages
of books and tracts, maintain two schools
for girls, one theological and training
school, with seven years course, where
We htve a hundred students; besides doing
IL large medical and dispensary work
reaching hundreds, perhaps thousands, o.
the diseased and maimed.-De Wit G.
Jelcks, Kobe, Japan.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-12-31

A simple and beautiful method of giving
to floors an almost perfect appearance Of
oak or walnut has come into vogue in
London and is largely increasing in popu-
laritv. The method consists in putting
one ounce Of Vandyke brown in oil, three
ounces of pearlash, and two dra1hms OF
dragons blood intoan earthenware pan or
large pitcher; on this mixture is poured
one quart Of boiling water. and the whole
stirred with q piece of wood. The article
used may be hot or cold. The boards are
first smoothed with plane and gluss-
papered, the cracks filed up with plaster
of Paris, and then u stiff brush Is dipped
into the stain. and with this it is rubbed in
well-the brush not being rubbed across
the boards, but lengthwse. Only small
piece is prepared Mt 4 time. BY rubbing
in one place more than another an APP
pearance Of oak or walnut is more appar-
ent. When quite dry, the boards are sized
with glue size, made by boiling glue in
water and brushing it in boards hot, and
on this becoming dry the boards are
papered smooth and vanished with brown
hard varnish, OF with oak varnish-the
first-named kind wearing better and dry
ing quicker, and previously to be thinRed
with littls French polish, It smooth
brush to be employed in applying it to the
boards.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-12-31

Wesang Il the church Gu Christmas day.
And the music of the psalms
Arose and i0atod heayenward
Beyond earth's storms and calms;
And doubtless many an aching heart
That has been burdened long
Laid By its sorrow and took part
In that trump Lant song.
Yet to mine ear the voice Of Praise
Was not so clear and high
As when we sang in happier days
With our beloved ones nigh,
For dark and wide across the land
Has deaths dark shadow swept,
And many broken household band
The feast with tears hath kept.
Oh friends on that FAR distant shore.
Ye hear our trembling song.
And knowing ye viii weep no more,
Our grief must do ye wrong;
But On this day We sadly miss
The light your love d d make,
And Christmas lays Of byxone days
Are silenced for your sake.
No healing consolation comes
Fen while we own Gods will;
our lonEnz hearts and lonely homes
Cry for our dear ones still.
'ris said God called you-be it go,
Our souls are tempest-tO
Heav'n is so far from earth below,
We name you a. cur lost
But yet as ships On unknown seas
To wreck and death are driven.
Let rs not lose in losing these.
Our faith in God and Heaven
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-12-31

NUMBER NINE.-The most romantic oil
all numbers is the figure 8, because il
can't be multiplied away or got rid OF
anyhow. Whatever YOU do, it is sure to
turn up again, as the body of Eugene
Aram victim. One remarkable property
of this figure (said to have been first dis
covered by Mr.. Green, who died in 179D
is that all through the multiplication table
the product of comes to 9. Multiply by
what you like, and it gives the some re-
suit. Begin with twice 8, IS; add the
digits together, and and make 8. Three
times are 27; and , and ! are .. So it
goes on, up to eleven times 9, which gives
80. Very good; add the dgits Q and 9
are IS, and l are 9. Going on to any
extent it is impossible to get rid Of the
figure o. Take a couple of instances At
random. Three hundred and thirty nine
times are 3,05l: add up the figures and
they are 0. Five thousand and seventy
one times 9 are 1859; the sum Of these
digits is q; , and are 9.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-12-31

GRIEF Sorrow can be told, but grief is
voiceless. We feel it, but cannot speak it.
1t finds no solace in the crowded streets or
halls of fashion. Grief buries itself in
our deepest affections, like the grave of its
object. 1t listens to the moaning night
wind as an echo of its own voice 1t is
always watching for the face it shall never
see. 1t loves the silence of the night
rather than the hustle of the day. 1t is
entranced by the music of the minor key.
How rare the home which knows it not .
The more atfeCtionate the home the deeper
the sorrow. Grief is always the child of
love and its depth is measured by its ST.
lence. Tens of thousands look into the
clear sky every night, and only the angels
see them. They who sing the sweetest in
heaven leave the saddest heart here. Home
has its glory in winter time; and the long
evenings are its crown. Oh, ye whose
eyes have been blinded and whose songs
are hushed, the vacant chair shall make
the long evenings longer, and their pleas
ures less real Strange that we never
hear the sweet voice call now, Strange
that when we almost forget and speak the
dear name, no answer comes! And yet
nv 5IIdll-t. HC uOuSGS vi LlIG uCiu OuI-
number far those of TIE living, and the
mourners shall always crowd our high
ways. The streets Of gold are better than
these streets of snow. The mansions of
God are better than our mansions. The
trees Of heaven never stand with withering
falling leaves. Its river is never frozen.
The harps of the great orchestra are never
broken; the vol es that sing are never
discordant; and God has wi ped away all
tears. Our night is no night to them and
they know no blight Of sin. Love never
aleth. Their love for US hightens their
Joy; and our love for them deepens our
grief. Thus love and grief grow ever on
earth from the same stock, but joy shall
come in the eternal morning; and we shall
then look back, even as our loved ones are
now looking upon US, and almost wonder
why we ever wept at all Selected.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-12-31
MONTPELIER, VT, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 81, 1879.

And whatsoever holds fast to this great
hope for himself and for the world at
large, he is a true believer in the distinc-
tive promise of the New Testament viz,
the second advent of Christ, and may use
with sincerity all the words and phrases
in which it has been expressed-Er Erposit0r.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-12-31

The Scotch colony established ut VIM
bledon have been enjoying sher fAvorile
gtme Of curling during the recent frost.
y keen earlier and true son Of Scotia let
off rather keen specimen of "wut y the
other day on losing the game, owing to the
bad play of his partner, who happened on
this occasion to be Sassenaeh. Turning
on him with a sardonic grin, the Scotch
man rem rked, "Eh, maun, you'll ne'cr
max turler in this warld, and you II
e'er see ice in the next"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-12-31

ARRANGEMENT OF FERNs.-Ihe follow
ing hints, recently published in the Art
Exchange, about tae arrangement of ferns,
may be found useful to those who intend
to adorn their rooms with some of the
different varieties to be found in this vi
cinity:
Ferns, when placed in room, should
always be in groups. They should be
clustered in masses above the pictures or
on the mantles; they should never be
suffered TO look as il tornado had torn
them from the turf and pasted them,
without any order or design, upon chance
spots of the wall. And the way to accom-
pish this grouping is exceedingly simple
all that is necessary is to feel that ferns
may be used, without stint, and that they
can be treated. even when pressed and
dried, very much as though they were
green. To group them in masses above
pictures, first fill all the space between
the cords. and for two inches outside, with
pins stuck in the wall and placed about
three inches apart, and then, commencing
at the top, near the nail, hang the ferns on
the pins, building downwards until the
whole space is filled up. Of course more
or less judgment must be exercised in
order to gracefully fringe out the sides
with good ferns, and to give q luXuriant
effect to the whole. In this way, as in no
other, dried leaves can be used for the
purpose of introducing life and freshness
into otherwise stiff and unattractlve inte-
riOrs.