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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-22

The BEST FARMING.-The best farming
is that which produces from mans land
the largest net profit without impairing
the soils capacity to produce. The
average farmer tills his acres for profit,
and not for the purpose of coming into
the possession of abstract truths. Ninety
nine farmers in hundred will accept
the above definition of the best
farming; the hundreth farmer, in an
experimental way, expects to be of great
benefit to his class; makes an assignment
for his creditors benefit, and is useful TO
his neghbors simply as warning.
According to the definition given above.
the best farmers in the New World are
found in New York State In some
regions the farms are hilly, and so stony
that the cobbles taken from the soil are
plenty enough to fence the land with
solid walls; but every knoll and hillside
is cultivated for all it is worth, and all the
stones are found in the walls that enclose
the productive fields. In those regions,
fertilizers, except such as are produced on
the farm, are to expensive to. be largely
used. The farmer must manage to get
crops without buying fertilizers, or de-
creaslhS Iie PtolucllS cdpaclIy ol his
land. These farmers avoid exhaustion of
the soil by skilful rotation in the uses to
which their fields are put, and that is why
they deserve to be called the best farmers
in the New World.
The practical farmer usually has pro-
found contempt for what he calls "book
farming" He considers the farmer who
talks more than he ploughs as little else
than an imposter. Thoroughly UNDER
standing his own soil. as an instructor
understands pupil who has been for a
long time under his tuition, he is apt to
carry this feeling too far, and to refuse to
hear some truths which person of scen-
tific education might impart to him, and
which would be of considerable benefit
Springfield Republican.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-22

POLAND-CHINA SwfNE.-This breed
will fairly divide the honors with the
Berkshire at the fairs in the great cor
growing states, and in many cases will be
the most numerously represented of all
the breeds. 1t is the breed variously
known as Poland China, Magic, and
Miami county hog. 1t is unquestionably
originated in the Miami Valley of South
ern Ohio and was the result of crossing
several distinct breeds. and of long
continued selections with view to pro-
ducing great fattening qualities and early
maturity, as we'll as great size; and while
there is still considerable lack Of
uniformity, it has clearly become an
established breed. The color is black
with irregular white spots, the black
largely predominating; and some of them
with white markings, almost Identical
with those of the modern Berkshire cross
But this suspicion is by no means waran-
ted by the facts. us some of the purest
bred specimens we have ever known were
so marked. AS IA breed. they are larger
than the Berkshire, more quiet and sluggish
in their movements. heavier in the jow
and flank, and do not stand up so firmly
upon their feet. In some cases the ear,
are rather large and pendulous, but il
the herds of majority of good breederl
of to-day, the ears, while always dropping
will be found quite small and thin. Tn,
head and snout is shaped much like thos,
of the best-bred Berkshires, although
there is, perhaps, more of the "dishe,
face" tendency in the latter than in thu
former. This is the popular breed among
general farmers all over the West. and it
advocates claim that its quiet and con
tented disposition make it the best breet
in the world for converting corn into porI
and lard. National Live Stock Journal
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-22

There is a large class of small infringe.
ments upon the rights of the person
against which there is no protection by
law, fla man spits on the wayfarer, or
thrusts stick between his legs or trips
up his heels, or ostles him rudely, or
throws vitrol or any unclean thing upon
him, or crowds close to him and screams
in his ear, or " makes faces at him-any
of these acts done purposely is so far in
the nature of assault that the affronted
person, if physically able. might stand jus
titled in retorting by any muscular exer-
tion not severe for the offence. But sup
pose the act is not leveled against any
particular person, and that it has no con-
ceivable intent of disturbing anybody A
legion of persons drop fruit skins on the
sidewalk, regardless of the possibility that
any piece may cause fracture or spran to
somebody; umbrellas and canes are carried
in such way AS to make the loss of an
eve possible; whoever carries paint ol
other uncleanly articles is quite careless
whom he rubs. Tobacco leads to constant
infringement of personal rights. The street
car is made loathsome by the chewer
smokers are every where, and some Of
them never fail to disregard the obvious
rule that nobody, whether a user OF the
weed or not, likes to be made the direct
recipient of the products of tobacco con
sumption laden with the personal char
acteristics of the consumer. The catalogue
of these offences is almost endless. 1t is
difficult to draw the line exactly, because
although noseless person for example, i'
not pleasant sight, such a persons righ,
to use the street could not be questioned
nor have we a right to object toa bizzarf
costume because it offends our retineC
taste; yet, suppose a person likes ASA
felida, employs it as perfume and ther
goes TO church, or that somebody whose
colIhes soil whatever they touch, pushe,
steadily through every kind of people il
the streetP Evidently, wrong done tC
the person does not require that some par
ticular subject for it is selected, or ever
| that there is an intention to do wrong
These acts are done because they suit til,
convenience or crafty the desires of the
doer. The people who go through the
world, fguratively speaking, with theil
elbows sticking out from their sides, are
doing what tbey like, without troubling
themselves how they affect others. Ther'
is no remedy for these sins of manner
through life except in IA gradual recogni
ton of the rights of the rest in little a'
well rs in large things.-NeO York Times
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-22

ONE CAUSE OF Poor BUrTER.-In Civ
ing some directions as to the treatment of
milk and cream for churning, Mr.. T. d.
Curtis, of Utica, N. Y. says:
Half the butter in the country-and I
do not know but larger porton-is
spoiled by letting the milk stand too long
before skimming, and the product is still
further injured by letting the cream stand
still longer before churning Milk should be
skinned, when set in a room kept at a
temperature of 600, as it begins to get
fairly sour, or just as it begins to thicken
on the bottom of the pan. If it stands
longer there is a loss of quality without
any compensating gain in quantity. The
cream should be churned at once. The
longer it stands the greater will be the
loss of aroma from decomposition and
evaporation of the volatile flavoring oils.
Only the slightest acidity, if any, should
be permitted in the cream before it is
churned. Yet it is Il common thing for
people to let the milk Topper before it is
skinned, and to allow the cream to stand
until quite sour before churning. Moth
ing but bad-favored and rapidly -decaying
butter can be made of such cream. Yet
| have seen cream standing with mould
on it, and serum filling the cracks of the
creamery. Is it any wonder that there is
so much poor butter in the marketp
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-22

There is a danger and it is not small,
that teachers will spend more effort and
time on methods than on the subject mat
ter of what they teach. There is ten
dency, too. to show what they can do in
the way of snowy results rather than what
they can accomplish in the way ofawaken
my the pupils mind and faculties 1t is
known as the cramming process the child
getting over The largest possible number
OF names and the largest variety of topics
in the briefcst time. The teacher is tempt
ed TO magnify his art by extending its
scope over SO much ground rs he can,
rather than by his effort on the under
standing of his scholars. The true prao
tical education lies in awakening the
powers of the human mind. The child is
the proper object of solicitude, and not the
book nor the teachers reputation for yer
salility and learning. If instructors only
thoroughly understand the subj set matter
of their course, they will find the bcs
method Of making others understand il
also, The function of teachers conven
tionS should be to see how clearly chill rer
can be taught the subject matter rathe
than the method of their studies. - PrOvi
dence Press
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-22

CAPTIVATING BEAUTY.-In riding
through some sections of the country it
seems to an observant tourist rs through
the love of the beautiful is the least i'm
proved of all the good gifts of God.
There is nothing in the world so universal.
so free, so satisfying and refining as beau
ty. When you say truly of II man, "He
hath a daily beauty in his life," you
have paid him superlative compliment
And when, in addition to this divine
beauty in character, Il man or woman
has the gift of expressing their sense of
beauty in things as we'll as in acts-in
their homes and surrounding, as well as
in their characters. there is a combination
that adds to ones faith in the millennium.
rhe average American has been so much
of utilitarian. compelled thereto by the
necessity of the subduing continent,
building cities and railroads, rearing men,
founding states, experimenting in govern
| ment, and controlling new civilization
in this broad field,-that beauty has been
| the heritage of the few, and toll hardship,
| treadmill activities and absorbing enter
prises the lot of the many. But 50 much
of this foundation work of all sorts has
been done during the past hundred years
that our people will be justified in now
giving more thought to the superstructure.
The country will get along very well it
the people attend to themselves for II
while. Human rights, civil and religious
liberty, popular education, internal inn
provements. foreign relations and domes
tic politics, have absorbed attention long
enough. They are all doing very well
and are in Il good way, say what the
croaker may. What is wanted in Ameri-
ca to-day is that artifice and sham in our
social and business life-aye, and in our
religious affairs-shall give way to honest
independence and reality; that our cities
shall be better governed. and the people
that congregate in them be better housed
and cared for in moral and physical ways
that the wit and wealth of the ruling
classes shall devise and provide more
rational amusements, and better and
more universal recreations for the people
that public spirit shall transform villagt
life into something higher than the
meagerness and pettiness that character
ize so many of our small communities
and that farm life be made so attractive
that young people shall not flee from its
isolation, stupidity, and unloveliness, a,
they have been doing for a generation
past. LET US cultivate the beautiful,
said the wise Goethe, ''for the useful will
take care of "-Golden Rule.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-22

PRAYERFUL.-The late Rev. Luke H..
Wiseman says, Il was conversing with IL
pious man who lived in the most crowded
part of Lambeth, on private PRAYER.
knew that he had wife and five children,
all at home, and that they had only one
small room for the whole family. How
do you manager inquired; can you col
lect your thoughts at all with your family
all round you?' why, SIR he said, L
cannot do without being alone. We are
commanded to enter into our closet and
shut the door and pray to our Father in
Heaven ;but have no such place. can
not keep the commandment according to
the letter, but strive to keep it according
to the spirit. When | want to pour out
my heart In private, sir, | turn out into
the street. The more public the street is,
the better; for then nobody takes any no
tice of me, and | take no notice of any
body. am 50 accustomed to do it now
sir. and the Spirit helps my infrmites
that can plce up and down Westminster
Bridge Road or Walcott Place after dark
of an evening, and feel as much shut out
from the world as you do in the study
And often, when have been pacing over
those stones, have felt my soul so happy
in the love of God that. if it had not beer
for nv wife and the little ones at home,
could there and then have clapped my
glad wings and scared away to mlngIt
with the blaze of day Times of he
freShtng.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-22

Go forth to the battle of life my boy,
Go while it is called to-day,
For the years 20 out aud the years come in
Regardless Of those who may lose or win,
OF those who may work or play
And the troops march steadily on, hhy boy,
To the army gone before;
You may hear the sound of their falling feet.
Going down to the river. where two worlds meet
They 20 to return no more.
There is no place for you in the ranks, my boy,
And duty, too, is assigned;
Step into the front with cheerful face,
Be quick, or another may take your place
And you may be left behind.
There is work to be done by the way. my boy,
That you never can tread again;
Work for the loftiest, lowllest nell
Work for the pillow, plane, spindle aud pen
Work for the hands and the brain.
The serpent will follow your steps, my boy.
To lay for your feet snare;
And pleasure sits in her fairy bowers,
With garlands of poppies and lotus flowers
Enwreathing her golden hair.
Temptations Will wait by the way my boy,
Temptations without and within;
And spirits of evil with robes as fair
As those which the angels in Heaven might wea
Will allure you to deadly sin.
Then put on the armour of God, my boy,
In the beautiful days of youth;
Put on the helmet and breastplate and shield
And the sword that the fullest arm may WELD
In the cause of right and truth
And go to the battle of life my boy,
With the peace the Gospel shod
And before high Heaven do tho best you can
For the great reward and the good of man,
For the kingdom and crown of God.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-22

Cows FOR THE DAIRY.-It would not
pay to buy costly cows for dairy purposes
that is, rs business. If person for his
own personal qualification will ignore the
earning of interest on his investment, he
may be paid in that way for the keeping
of herd of choice pure-bred Jerseys or
Ayrshires, but he will not get one cent
more for the milk or butter in the market
A grocer won't give II cent for the pedi-
gree of the cows which produce the butter
he buys. Quality is all he wants; and
common COWS, we'll selected, will yield
just as good butter as any pure bred cows
and as much on the average. Therefore
for profit, one should pick up herd Of
the best native cows he can find at the
common market price; feed them wei
and manage his business in the best man
ner, and he will have the same income as
he could get from the same number Of
COWS that would cost him five times as
much.-AmericGn Dairyman.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-22

A minister was questioning his Sunday
school concerning the story of Eutychus-
the young man who, listening to the
preaching of the Apostle Paul, fell asleep.
and falling down, was taken up dead.
e What" said he, " do you learn from
this solemn eventP' when the reply from
a little girl came very pat and prompt.
" Please, sir, ministers should learn not to
preach too long sermons"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-22

Every triumph that the republican party
has achieved in the last twenty years has
been grumblingly and hesitatlngly adop.
ted by the democratic party about five
years after it was done. There is not an
element of power, of strength, of manhood
or decency in that party to day that they
did not borrow from US" Gen. Garfield,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-22

A lawyer in Virginia, not remark able
for his cleanliness OF person, appeared at a
party a while ago with rose in his but
ton hole Where do you suppose it came
from?' said he to n brother lawyer who
was admlring it, The latter looked IN
and down the entire length of the ques.
loner, and with great deliberation re.
sponded, why, l suppose it grew therer
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-22

An exchange notes that the beauty Of the
Episcopal service lies in the fact that 1t
allows IA man to confess himself miserable
sinner, without feeling that he is alone in
the confession.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-22

All the horses were owned in the society.
The trolting was spirited and the purses
closely contested by the trotters in the last
race.
General good feeling manifestly prevail
ed through the day, and we predict long
life and increase of usefulness and interest
for this society The Moretown drum
corps" furnished good music of the kind'
and the soldiers especially enjoyed 1t as =
reminder of the days Of martial music ana
the glory of battle field.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-22
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-22

Second race, purse No. B, open TO all
$40
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-22

Then the closing races were called.
Purse No. 4, $20, open TO horses four years
old and under. The following is the
score:
Robinson, us Molly. lly.........,.............."S
Fred Wilder Columbus Navigator. .............
George Fisher, MS Black Jerry. ..:.:,..:.;;.',.:
Ilne........................... S'h' 90
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-06-11
Biz boys.

G street. Virginia. vas thrown into q
state Of excitement last evening by the
APPEARANCE Of Bill Mooney with one Of
his best turnouts carrying the big man
OF Nevada. The passengers were regis
tered ON the way bill as iollows: Bill
Gibson, Gold Hill, weight $50 pound';
]. Mooney. Aurora, $50; A. Armbrust,
Virginia City, $40; George Tu6y. Oar.
SON. 275; and T. II. Hadley. Unionvills,
279H. Bill Mooney, who acted %
driver, is no chicken himself, As he pulls
down the scales to over 200 pounds. A
the equipsge was leaving the front OF the
Fredericksburg Saloon. John Kaneen
stepped forward and presented Mr..
Hadley with . tall and handsome bou.
qust OF Mount Davidson sun.fowers.
II was labeled "To the Chief Whine.
muck" A. l.. Edwards, the insurance
man. wanted to write an accident policy,
but they couldn't stand it-wantsd to
keep their money for beer.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-06-11
EASTERN DISPATCHES
Illinois State Convention.


spRnoYIrID, juno 1.-The Demo.
cratic State Convention met at 10A5
A. n. yesterday, with Hon. 8. 8. Mar.
shall for temporary chairman. Com.
mittess were appointed and . recess
taken.
Upon reasssmbling. the COMMITTEES
on Credentials reported no contests and
all delegations full. The temporary Or
e~anization was made permanent and the
following were appointed delegates ct
large to Cincinnati: n. W. Fuller, 8.
8. Marshall. j. A. MeClernand and w.
T. Dowdall.
District delegates, Presidential Electors
and q State Central Committee were ap.
pointed.
A resolution was offered BY Cloudy Of
Chicago, very Mandatory Of Seymour a.
the nominee for President. and while
not instruoting for him, earnestly 70.
questing the delegates TO the National
Convention to take suoh action a. they
may deem advisable to present the name
Of Horstio Seymour before the oonysn.
ton for the ofacs Of Prssidsnt Of the
United States.
Lyman Trumbull was nominated for
Governor; Lieutenant Governor. L. B.
Parsons; Secretary Of State. John d.
Obsrly; Auditor. Louis Startal; Treas
ursr. T. Butterworth; Attorney General,
l.. Harmon.
Tho resolutions oppose . protective
tariff and . third term; demand civil
service reform; equal rights; NO military
interference; gold, silver and paper In.
tsrconvsrtbls; no land grants and NO
eight to seven frauds; laws protecting
labor,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-06-11
The Bodis stage Robbers.

The Carson Appeal says the two msr
who robbed the Bodis stage recently
were seen last night In Genoa. A Sher'
it, posse are on their track and they
are so hsmmsd In that their capture
within twsnty.four hours 10 almost Ger.
tain. The Tribune says: They were
undoubtedly old hands Of the bust
ness, for tho gent who went through the
passengers discovered In the pocket oil
one q small sized pistol. He looked at
II derisivsly, handed IL back 10 its owner
and coolly remarked my friend.
II you should happen to fire that thing
at me I would turn you over and admin.
lister . spanking" The robbers secured
$4,000 in treasury from Wells, Fargo 4
Co., and between $50 and $40 from the
passengers, besides the six watches.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-06-11
seImour and filden.

sYRAcusr. June l0.-Horatio Seymour
yesterday said to Judge Graham, Of
Oneida 1T see that Roscoe Coakling
said In bis speech ct Chicago that Grant
would carry the State Of New York
against Horatio Seymour. II I were
the nominee OF the Cincinnati Convsn'
ton I should certainly carry New York.
but I am In no sense . candidate, % the
nomination does not belong TO New
York"
A prominent anti.Tildsn politician
says the candidacy Of Seymour at DIN.
cinnsh Is now . certainty, and hs will
accept II named with reasonable una
nimity.
Nrw Yoax, June 1O.-Abran 8. How.
1T says Tildsn has taken no steps for
the nomination. should think that II
hs cared to run hs could have NO greater
satisfaction than 10 run against Garfield,
whose vote In the Electoral Commission
cost him the Presidency the last time.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-06-11
The Alta Situation.

The east orosssut on the 1850 level Of
the Alta has yet about AIty feet to 60 10
reach the point where the strong flow
Of water was struck BY the diamond
drill. The crosscut IL passing over the
drillhols. which Is nov under the floor
or bottom OF the erosscut. A diamond
drill. though started in level, naturally
tends downward. The great length Of
unsupported stem (seotions OF Raspips
screwed together) unavoidably says.
The main incline Is making good prog.
ress, and IL down sixty feet below the
1850 level. though the rock Is quite
hard at present. II will Be pushed as
rapidly as possible to the next level.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-06-11
Grant on the Presidency.

CHICAGO, June II. = An Inter Ocean
Milwaukee special says: Daring an In.
tsrview with General Grant yesterday hs
expressed the opinion that Seymour
would be the nominee OF the Democracy.
In relation to the Republican nominee,
he said: General Garfield has always
been right, and that In case Of bis cleo
ton his administration would be salts.
factory and harmonic With the advanced
thought Of the country" The General
did not allude In any length 10 his posi.
ton before the Chicago Convention. but
said he was grateful to the friends who
had stood by him there, particularly to
Senator Conkling. who should have been
nominated, be said.