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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-02-19

Hope is the blossom of happiness.
Gratitude is the memory of the heart
Never rejoice but when thou hast done
well.
He has the largest life who lives in tho
llVes OF the largest number of people.
good conscience is able to bear very
much and is very cheerful in adversities.
lie is richest who is content with The
least; for content is the wealth of nature
Socrates.
If you would not have u person deceive
you, be careful not TO let him know Won
mistrust him.
One act of benelicence, one act of real
usefulness, is worth all the abstract senti-
ment in the verdi.
Benefit your friends, that they NAV love
you still more dearly benefit your enemies,
that they may become your friends.
Faults are pliabe in infancy chanpeable
IN childhood; more resolute in youth;
irml rooted in manhood and infexible
in old age,
To pin our faith on another mans sleeve
and submit to be led by authority, deprives
us of independence, and subjects us to lust
contempt.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-02-19

4 The ODD ions OF WNTEI.-Therc
isn't much chance, perhaps, TO make a
dollar on a farm between now and April I;
but there are plenty of chances to save
one, and plenty more to learn how to
make an extra one next summer. Let us
suggest a few: You can save hay and
grain and beef and mutton by keeping
your barn tight and warm. 1t takes more
fodder to keep stock barely alive in a cold
barn, into which the snow drives and
through which the wind whistles, than it
does to keep it thrifty and in good flesh in
a warm stable, where the manure will not
freeze. Perhaps you can't afford to Clap
board your barn; but you can stop the
cracks, and the quicker you do it the better.
You can save manure and contribute to
the comfort and value Of your stock by
keeping it well bedded. You ought to
have good stock of bedding on hand
when winter sets in, but, if you haven't
got it, you can draw sawdust from some
mill, and that is much better than nothing.
Again you can fix some place for your
fowls to rOost in, so as to save the drop
pings and thereby obviate the necessity of
buying phosphate next spring. You can
be careful that your cellar does not freeze,
and spoil potatoes worth a dollar bushel,
and turnips, cabbages and apples which
your stock will need next spring. You
can get up years supply of wood, have
it fitted for the stove and packed in the shed,
so the hired man won't have to leave his
planting to prevent row in the family
You can see that the tools you have used
this summer are stored away where they
will not be spoiled, and if any of them need
mending, you can do that, too, and SO on
through whole chapter of odd jobs which
are really just as important rs planting or
hoeing .-Nirror and Flrnler.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-02-19

and experience; such as will always suc
coed without the aid of Prof. A or b.
If we have boards of agriculture. IL, tbc
members of that board be made nm of in.
telligent fIrmers-men who know whereof
they affirm. We say, give us more such
men and less of the parlor, Office and
laboratory farmers; and if we are to have
instead superintendent of agriculture.
give us the man we have-one who works
and owns his farm. The gospel would
make poor progress unless preached by an
exemplary clergy. The degree of success
in any good work is in proportion of prac-
tice to theory; so We say again. let our
teachers be men of example and expert
enee, and the measure of benefit resulting
from it will be very much greater.
The farmers, in common with other
people, have their evenings, and need TO
exercise great care and diligence to guard
against their eneroachments. We think
sometimes we need to labor with one hand
and carry Il weapon in the other to pro.
tect ourselves against the great army of
agents which no man can number. -
not only the patent manure men, but book
agents, tin peddlers, lightning rod men
and pack peddlers of all kinds, for there is
no class of people suffering so much from
them rs the farmers.
In writing this paper l have not done it
with the presumption that it is in every
sense to be taken without some qualifica-
ton, but hoping some things referred to
might lead to profitable discussion. In
concluding let me say what has already
been said by inference, and what believe
TO be true; that whatever organization,
society or man shall be instrumental in
waking up the farmers of Vermont to help
them TO know their ability, and, knowing
that ability, be stimulated TO greater exer-
ton in the direction of improved farming,
will confer II greater benefit than all the
professional farmers between here and the
wide sea.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-02-19
For the Freeman.
A Chat with the Family.
No. 16
BY AGRICOLA

l am not a physician but physiologist
From my standpoint, therefore. menta
activity resolves itself into soundness OF
nerve element,aRd the vigor and complete
ness of nutrition. Hence mental disease
would naturally result from instability OF
nerve structure consequent upon defective
nutrition. All causes, therefore, which
influence nutrition have bearing more
or less direct upon mental conditions and
character. No fact in science is more
hrmly established than that bodily defects
and diseases are hereditary. Perhaps,
however, ii may be more proper to speak
OF prediSposition to disease, rather than
the disease itself. us hereditary. There
can be no doubt that Il strong prediSposi-
ZION to consumption, govt, asthma, cancer,
leprosy and insanity runs through some
families, while other families inherit the
qualities that tend to soundness of health
ana longevity. Hence, one of the prOmi-
nent questions to be answered in Judging
OF the probable length of mans life, is,
was your family subject TO any hercdita-
ry diseased"
IL has been estimated that from one
fourth to nine-lenths of all cases of insan-
lty may be ascribed to predispositon.
Careful inquiry has led to the conclusion
mat mothers are more liable than fathers
10 transmit to their children IL predisposi
ton to insanity, as well us other diseases.
but inns tendency is not transmitted to all
the family alike, as results seem to show
NOT does the disease in the parent always
develop itself in the same form in the
chiiu; sometimes, as in the case of can
GER the disease reappears not in the child
Dut IN me grand or great-grandchild But
the saddest view of this whole matter is
yet to he presented under the head of
hereditary imbecility and crime
lhere can be no doubt that the loss of
vital power by hereditary influences swels
The ranks of the idiotic and other depend
ent classes; and it is equally true that the
reihiorcements of the dangerous classes
that MI our prisons is largely to be attrib-
uted TO the criminal propensities trans
United from parents. Immoral trainIno
anu vicious associations are potent apen- |
cles IN educating the young for Il career
Ol vice and crime; but bad blood is Il ro. !
operating cause of far greater power.
helr Inherited tendencies and tastes are
easily developed into habits. The children
OF paupels generally inherit IL lack of |
physical and mental vigor; the drunkar's
son Is often born with IN Unsuitable thirst
Tor strong drink; the offspring of Grimm.
ms carly develop strong vicious propensi-
lies and weak restraining sentiments.
In the light of such facts, the causes of
mental arrangement acquire new and
startling influence. The various agencies
II work IN human society to impair the
health and shorten the life also tend to the
leTeneracy of the race, physically, men
ally and morally. And thus evils are
to posterity, "to the third and
ourth generation" Hence physical us
well as II spiritual Christianity is necessary
% the perfection of our race.
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aMistellanu.

| DISEASES OF OUR Own CAUSING
an average, one half of the number of out
patients treated by hospital surgeon
suffer from diseases due primarily to
want of knowledge of the laws of healtt
and cleanliness. First, the ignorance o
hygienic laws which affects so disastrously
the health of the rich as well as the poor
exists chiefly in regarl to dress, ablutior
and ventilation. This statement may, ut
first appear startling but an enumeration
OF the diseases that can be traced to the
above causes will show upon how SOUND
Il basis this statement rests. The follow
ing are examples: Varicose ulcers from
dress; skin diseases from want of cleanli
ness; chest diseases and fevers from de-
fective ventilation. The large number oil
liberated legs treated in the out patient
department of hospitals, in workhouse in.
lirmaries, and in private practice, arise
from varicoSe veins. A varicose ulcer is
caused by distended condition of the
veins of the legs, which have to sustain
the pressure Of the blood caused by gravi-
tation. In varicose veins. the valves which
help to support the column of blood are to
great eXteut destroyed through the
veins having been distended by mechani.
cal obstruction TO the free return of the
blood from the extremties, thereby distend-
ind the lower veins and separating the
edges of the valves. Thus the wei ght of
an uninterrupted column has to be borne
by the veins. This, of course, causes fur
Their dstension, giving rise TO congestion
of the capillaries of the skin and causing
swelling, eczema, and ultimately ulcera-
ton. This is the varicose ulcer so COM
mon in the laboring classes. 1t is always
difficult and often impossible to heal, even
by prolonged rest in bed; hence it is the
dread of surgeons, and the cause of mis-
cry to thousands. Varicose ulcers are
seldom admitted into general hospitals, so
that hundreds of poor families are driven
to the work house, and such cases form a
majority in the work house infrmary. The
most frequent and fragrant cause of oh.
struction is the ordinary elastic garter,
which should never be worn, as the stock
ing can be just us well kept up by AN elias
tic strap attached to the waistband. If
garters are worn, however, they should be
applied above the knee, because at the
bend of the knee the superficial veins of
the leg unite and go deeply into the under
part OF the thigh, beneath the ham, string
tendons; so that, while ligature below
the knee obstructs all the superficial veins,
one above is rendered harmless by the
ham string tendons, which keep the pres
sure off the veins that return the blood
from the legs. Again, nine out of ten
aborlng men wear II cord or buckled
strap tightly applied below the knee, for
what reason could never learn but these
though hurIful, are not nearly so injurious
as the elastic bands, which follow the
movements of the muscles. and never re-
TX their pressure on the veins. Nom |
Elastic bands become considerably relaxed |
1t intervals during muscular exertion,
md allow n freer circulation of the blood. |
-Pop"lar Science Monthly.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-02-19

AMMONIA IN TUE KITCHEN.-The pan
Try shelves are getting grimmy; or finger
marks around the door latches and knobs
are looking dark and unsightly. For lack
OF time they are left day after day, for it
Is hard work to scour all the time, and it
wears off the paint too. The husband
keeps his bottle of oil, Or perhaps II large
can holds it, for he never stints in that.
Now suppose his wife has her bottle of
spirits of ammonia to use. She takes u
basin of water and II clean cloth, Just puts
on few drops of the fluid and wipes off
all the dirt. Il is worth more than Il half
days labor, and does nor hurt the paint.
either. She should put few drops in
her dishwater and see how easily the
dishes could be cleaned; few drops on
sponge would clean all the windows in
the sitting room, making them shine like
crystal. 1t would take the stains off the
teaspoons, and Il teaspoonful in the mon
pail would do more toward washing up
the kitchen floor than ten pounds of elbow
grease applied to the mop handle. A
housewife has just as much right 10 make
her work easy and expeditions as her
husband has, If she does not do it, the
fault is her own in great measure.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-02-19

SENATOR EDMUNDs.-Tho New York
Heratd says that Senator Edmunds has
been growing rapidly of late as n possible
candidate on tho republican side for the
presidency. Mr.. Edmunds is one of our
half dozen big Gf he were dead we would
say greaD men. For man who is never
spoken of as magnetic as for instance
Blaine is, he is wonderfully Thought
about, because he has weight in diso1s.
sion, When he rises to speak in the
Senate on any question the noisy little
mice who have somehow got into that
body keep quiet. He is hardly a man to
swing torchlights around, and he would
have made good chief Justice"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-02-19

head a the Waterbury Center Necliu0
6y d. H0DkiqS. Elsa

"ea" a. tAe lpaterJury Center Mcctinl
by d. Hopkins. Esq !
Very much has been said and w,i,tor
on the subject of agriculture which ha,
been designed on the part of the speok,
and writer to better the condition of farm
ers-lnuch that has been safe and nroctin,
ana very much that has been unsaf. and
impractical. loo much of agricnltur,l
'eachlh9 comes from men of theory oud
Vlslons-men of faith without works
men whose work is done at the desk or in
the Office rather than on the f,rm-non,
larly termed brain work :" men who c,n
tell US better e0hat to do than how jboI, u; :,
IL; men who consider themselves INSPIRED
TO plan largely for Others to perform; from
men who can tell you how to raise one
hundred bushels of shcIed corn per aero
VINO never hoed a hill of corn in thnir
iiiVesi men who will picture and paint of
inc noble calling" honorable callinc y
lleai'ninlnesS, beauty, and what NAV he
a'yIed the romance or poetry of FARMING
10 such degree as to make it more dosire
aole Than Paradise itself; men who Give
US lessons on the raising'and care of stock
VINO nave not sense and grace enough to
learn calf to drink; men who write lonn
essays on sheep breeding and husbandr99
who' II given the care of hundred sheer
through u winter, would most likely be
ape 10 give the number of live ones in
APril by counting their fingers; men who
WIN give Us lectures on model Farm.
ing who cannot go about their own
'rolncseS without being "clothed upon .
~ u rev friendly burdocks. which 1" stick
'ioSer lnah brother" as a reminder of a
ilgner degree in farming, and to suggest
ne prayer OF the Pharisee-that they are
o DC thankful they are not like other
armers. ''oi
ne story was current few years 400
lat one OF these Pharisaical farmers Went
neighboring town to give II lecture on
How to Make Farming Pay;" and car
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-02-19
Comparative Richness in Milk.

There is paragraph going the round.
10 The effect that the milk drawn at the
nights milking is much richer in cream
than that drawn in the morning, as prov.
cd by careful analysis. We know NOTHING
oil analysis, but We do know that the GER.
eral opinion of dairy women is to the con-
trary, especially Of milk in summer and
we believe yet that the mornings milk is
the richer at that time, while in wip,or
there is little difference.
This belief is held by many of the best
dairy women of our acquaintance and VIC
do not doubt that the matter will be tested
practically during the coming summer
and we shall wait with some curiosity IN
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9oetrH.
CnICk.A-DEE,s BREAKFAST.


Chick-a-dee came to the window.
But where could his breakfast be7
II had always been there. enough and 10 spare,
And prompt as the morn was hei
But now the cold ice covered the sill.
And where could his breakfast bel
Chick -a-dee wise little fellow.
All III his black and white,
Dancing round in the storm to keep himself warm,
Seeding with all his might;
" o, you people," said he, " have forgotten the.
In the space of one winter night.n
Chick dee wanted his breakfast,
And looked for it sharp could be:
Through the thin clear sheetke lasses at his feet
The crumbs he could plainly see
He turned in trice. and sat down on the ice,
As still bird could be,
With his tail on glass of the window,
Spread out in the funniest way,
Till his warm little feathery body
Had melted theice away,
Then thanking himself for his breakfast
He ate it and babe good day.
Ruth Dyer, in February Vide 4 rake.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-02-19

CURIOUS TRIAL.-It is we'll known that
plants sleep at night, but their hours of
sleeplngar matter of habit, and may be
disturbed artiicially, just as the cock may
be walked up to crow at untmely hours by
the lantern. A French chemist subjected
a sensitive plant to an exceedingly trying
course of discipline, by completely chang
ing its housekeeping it to a bright
light at night so rs TO prevent sleep, and
putting it in dark room by day. The
plant appeared 10 be much puzzled and
disturbed ut first. 1t opened and closed its
leaves irregularly, sometimes noddlng in
spite of the artificial sun that shed its
beams at midnight, and sometimes waking
up from force of habit to find the chamber
dark in spite Of the time of day. Such
are the trammels of use and want. But
after an obvious struggle, the plant sub.
mitted to the change and turned day into
night without any apparent ill effects
london Express.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-02-19

An excellent paint for ceilings and wal.
has been invented bp German nance
Reissig. 1t prevents the formation o.
fungi, and renders the surfaces coatet
with it impermeable to fluids CT vapors
and capable of being washed down witt
boiling water without injury. This pain
is solution of about so grammes of stear
ate of soda in 1000 grammes of spirit.
having a specific gravity of &c. The So
luton may be given any desired tint by
the use of aniline dyes, or of ochre, ultra.
marine,or such other colors as are moi
subject to decomposition.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-02-19

An old darkey who was asked if, in his
experience, prayer was ever answered,
replied; We'll, sab some prars is ansud
and some isnt-'pends on you axes TO-;
just arter de wah, we'en it was mighty
hard scratchin' TO de culled bredden. I
'bsarved dat W enebber l pway de Lo'd to
sem one O Marse Peyton's fat turkeys TO-
de ole man, dar was no notice took oh de
partition; but wo'en l pway dat he would
SEN de ole man TO lie turkey, dc matter
was tended to befo' sun up mex mornin,'
dead sartinn
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-02-19

Besides the above Mr.. w. has fifteen
tons of hay on hand more than he will
need for his stock this winter Some of
the hay was cut on another piece of land,
but the income aside from this was entire
Iy from the home farm. We advise all
our young men who are becoming dis.
couraged with farming and Vermont, and
who may be thinking of going to tho city
or of taking Horace Greeley's advice to
g go west. to call on Dir. Whitcomb and
h rstimable wife, and there learn what
9stry and economy may accomplish
vEen bore in I'omoille countY,--Lamoillc
NCUS.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-02-19

FARMING IN VERMoNT-WHYG Go WEST?
Mr., A. NJ, Whitcomb of Hyde Park, who
is but 80 years old and has II family con-
sisting of wife and four small children,
The eldest but eight years old, has, during
the past year supported his family and
father, mother and sister who live with
him, and who, with one hired man, make
II family of ten persons. For the wear
1878 Mr.. Whitcomb can figure up good
clean income of 5000 from farm of 200
acres, after paying taxes, hired help and
supporting his large family, and leaving
his stock in as good or better condition
than it was year ago. He has made
from $1,000 TO $4,000, but has had to re-
duce his stock somewhat TO do this. The
following are some Of his receipts:
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-02-19

A valuable glue can be made from chest.
nuts by freeing them from the shells
grinding the kernel into flour, mixing il
well and washing in water and passing
through n sieve. The fine lloury mass So
obtained is washed in clear water several
times and allowed to settle. The sedi.
ment or starch thus deposited, is dried in
the air, and again treated with chlorine
water, washed again and made into glue
similar to that made from starch. The
advantage of this glue is that it will re.
tain its liquid State even at cold tempera-
ture, while common glue must have con-
slant fire to keep it ready for use.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-02-19

The rowing gypsies and horse ockies OF
most countries, and even the Arabs and
Iartars, give their horses arsenic as q
remeny for broken wind and heaves, and
to improve their general condition. Ac.
cording to M. Montegu, formerly French
consul in China, no tobacco is smoked in
northern China without the addition of
arsenic. and missionaries have assured
him that the arsenic smokers are stout
fellows, with lungs like blacksmiths' bel
lows, and rosy rs cherubs. DR.. Loude re.
Gently, and Trousseau earlier, have re-
commended the smoking of arsenicated
cigarettes in lung diseases. - Canada
Lancet
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-02-19

Talk about the necessity for government
and to negro emigration at the south! The
voluntary outflow of colored labor to Texas
from Georgia and Alabama has been so
serious drain that the legislatures of
both states have tried to stop It. A license
tax OF 500 is now demanded of every
agent who comes to solicit people to emf.
CRATE.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-02-19

Portland cement is made near Roches
ter, England, in this way Gray chalk i.
intimately mixed with one-fourth of it:
weight of clay in pug mill supplied with
warm water, and is then run off into a set.
Ting pond, whore the superlluous water is
removed. The sediment is dried on a
floor especially constructed aud provided
with fues, then burned in kiln, and,
lastly, ground between mllstones.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-02-19

record the results. Let our readers test
the matter carefully and send us reports
oil their tests. Meantime we would like
to hear the opinions of dairy men and
women on this point rs founded on their
observation in handling milk for years.
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agricultural department,
o. NJ. TINkHAM, Editor.

All Communications for this department should be
ent to the editor Mr.. O. N. TINKHAN y. Pom
fret. VT.
Please write side OF the paper only sign such
name or initials You wished published but give
your FULL NANE AND AnDRrss. post Office County and
state