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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-12-21
MISCELLANEOUS.
TRUTH ATTFSTED.
SOME IMPORTANT STATEMENTS OF WELL
KNOWN PEOPLE WHOLLY VERIFIED.

In order that the public may fully resizr tle zen
gans III the article n which they speak, se publish
berrRffh the fIs-sailg signatures ~ parties NHu7e
sirSerftV il beyond question. The truth 81 these
.estirnonals Is absolute nor the facts they an
nouce be Ignored
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-12-21
FIELDING.

Tn summer when hens run at large the
eat SEEDS, grass and other vegetables and
insects. In water and when kept in yards
they should BE- supplied with these three
Kinds oil food, grains, vegeta Dies and som"
K nd OF animal food. Corn whole, cracked
nd ground. shorts, buckwheat, oat>,
heat screenings, IN almost any Kind OF
grain may be fed, keeping in mind thai
rs need variety, 1t is better that a
part o tn, grains should be ground AM
cooked or, at least, scslded and III shouhl
ne put in the reed boxes in he morning
| The vegetables and meat may be cooned
or chopped fine and mixed with the meal
3u, cher scraps or any Kind OF waste
animal TODD may BE- used. Hens love to
scratch and hunt for their food and tn"
whole or cracked gram may be buried
under few inches of straw. On sunny
days this may be put under the shed or
| in the yard described above. 1t is best
for hens to exercise they will he healthier
and ay more. Mortar and gravel should
( he supplied, also water.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-12-21
44~,.6 8tu~
Prescription Clerk, F. Bascomb's Drug Store.

MONTPELIER, Vt,LAusust 20 ISL
HH WARNER & CO.. CeHtlsBteH:-
For the past twenty years hav9suheted WITH L-iSor
III ug TO permanently help me until PECAN l1Lus
!. Wfrnaris safe Kidney ( Liver Cure htye taken
three bnttes and have exuereured great benefit from
# can recon mend il with Iuddeuce 20 all troubled
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-12-21
or What Usel

1t has sometimes been question in our
taken notes of how things are managed
on various and different farms. of what
use it is to write in our agricultural jour
nails what work should be done on the
farm at certain seasons of the year
Here is an item we clip from an article
on the subject in an exchange:
An occasional cold night reminds tn
farmer that winter is near and that it is
not only time to house all grain and root
crops, Int that it is also time to pick NJ
all stray tools and pack them away into
winter quarters, also to see that the roof
of ord buildings are tig and that there
are no cracks in the walls of the barn.
l. is important that the cellars ne look
Ell after. and made tight and warm; such
work can be done much better now tnan
after heavy snow storm and severe
cod wa her SEES in. As the farmer
WAYS fms enough to do he often puts OH
the little things connected with >nuggtn-
up nt his Buildings until the cold weather
&c ually comes hen it is not only a very
di~agteeable task. but it cannot be done
halfas quick. or we'll as it can in goou
weather
Nv if farmer has had any experience
he will tno,D that his potatoes and turnip~
will f,erz if left out of do1rs, and that tht
house il much m IRE easily banked up he
fore snow comes foot deep, and if he ha
no experience. one winters work shout
teach him more tnan cords of newsptp"T
precept. We do not believe any amour
of such writing will reg-n srate a born or
habltual sloven
Just as we'll preach against lazness
which josh Billings says he never knew :
man cured of, but he had known secon'
wife to bury it up rnsi derabIy.
Anv man with sense enougi to go II
when It rains, knows that tolls LETT on
through sunshine and storm are bein
damaged Yet they are often seen. If
man does this from 1 settled purpose, frou
conclusion deioer ltely arrived at, tha
it is cheaper to buy new piows! hsrro W.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-12-21

: ems H4Hsed;I u g SaI pay 4 Ti'6
IA ,-r---s 4. g tI.tlCLES and FAhlL' ssA x
HE---z sup - :. -; e1 isS ~ s.:9oo
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-12-21
NoSrPELIER, VI. Aug -, ISL.

H Fl. WARNER & co. Gsntismsa:-
have used Warmers safe Kidney aud Liver cure
with good effect and 1t Is in my opIulon an honest
A liant m
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-12-21
BREEDS, PROFIT ETC.

For eggs we think the white Leghorn-
are unequaled. For hens and chickens to
fattpn we should choose Plymouth Rocks
There may be better breeds, ii so We
should like to get them Etch one mus
determine for himself whether be will
keep LAYERS or raise chickens for market
Near cities the latter is probably most
profitable, back in the country the former
Both may be and to certain extent mu>,
he combined Where Leghorns are kept,
some hens of sitting breed must b. kept
70 make the most profit, the pullets tor
LAYERS must be ha ched early, either IL
March or April. They will be stronger
and will if rightly managed lay during the
next fall and winter when the eggs ar,
the highest They should not be kept thu
second winter.
In counting the profit the msnnre shout
always be taken into account. II is WORT
from one half to three fourths the value u
the feed 1t is best prepared for USE b.
being mixed with dry earth.
FROM single hen on, can eaisly reckon
profit of a collar and "A hal or two do lars
| if The eggs are sold when they are lwent
or twet ly-five cents per dozen But
flock ldom average so high. There wi
be losses in many ways, yet if well care
Tor. hens will pay well, More than fit
should not be kept in one flock. and les
than this number would generally do be-
ter. Ii allowed to run at large they viii
as a rule. be healthier, and the cost {
keeping will be- loss in summer. The
will also destroy vast number OF insect,
Ii they get into mischief give them scmr
thing to do by burying their days allow
The Portland daily press., 1881-04-05
Chili'S Victory.

Chill has put Peru to heavy ransom, but
has done no more than might be reasonably
expected. The war was wantonly provoked
by Peru. and has cost Chill much expendi-
ture OF blood and treasure. She has lost
3o,OO0 soldiers, and spent $3O,0OO,OO0 The
money-cost she intends to take out of her
antagonist, and as she holds entire posses
sion OF Peru she can enforce her terms. In
addition to the heavy war indemnity she
takes possession of the disputed province of
Tarapaca, the port of Iquiqui, the Lobos
islands valuable for their guano deposits,
and the territory around and including the
cities of Tacna and africa. .--.
The quar- rel, it will be remembered, be-
gan over the nitrate of soda fields held in
common by Chill and Bolivia. The fields were
developed by Gillian enterprise and millions
OF dollars we're invested by the Chilians.
As soon as the industry began to prove prof
table Bolivia, backed by Peru, endeavored
to monopolize it, and imposed heavy duties
on the Chilian companies After many
complain is and long time wasted in delay,
Chill resorted to arms. The war has been
to her one of unvarying success. She has
defeated the allied armies wherever she has
met them, has destroyed the Peruvian navy,
has invaded Peru and now occupies its cap
ital. The terms of peace she dictates are
hard but just, and everyone will sympathize
with the energetic little republic which has
made its way against so many obstacles to
the headship of the South American States
Peru undertook scheme of spoliation and
is properly punished. 9a b.t..-t q.
The Portland daily press., 1881-04-05
How 1t Operates.

To the Editor Of the Press:
was stopped in the street the other day by
a gentleman whom did not know. He intro
duced himself and said: 81 am Just from
Moosehead Lake. As 1 was coming along in
the cars, gentleman asked a share of my seat
AT Milo some eighty men boarded the train on
the way from their winters work in the woods.
They were ragged, uncombed, and unshaven,
but behaved themselves with the utmost pro
priety. The stranger asked, who are these
men?' They are lumbermen', l answered,
who have been in the woods all winter, away
from their families and civilization, and are
now going home It's extraordinary said
the stranger, that such a rough looking lot of
men should behave themselves with such per-
feet propriety.
Don't you know the reason?'
No. said the stranger.
well, it is one of the effects of the Maine
Law; there are no grog-shops in all this part of
the country | remember very well, before
the law, when the crews of men coming out of
the woods in the Spring of the year, would be
roaring drunk, quarrelling and fighting among
themselves, and insulting every stranger they
met. All that's changed now, as you see'
Yes, L see, said the stranger, 'but 1 have
heard many times, the law was failure
You have an opportunity now to judge for
yourself how 1t fails. y NEAL Dow.
4th April, 1881.
The Portland daily press., 1881-04-05

A REDUCTION of five cents per 100 pounds
on grain and provisions has been ordered
on the railroads leading east from Chicago.
The new rate, 35 cents ON provisions and 30
cents ON grain, is as low as the lowest that
prevailed last summer during the hight of
the navigation season,
The Portland daily press., 1881-04-05

SOME special elections for members of the
Dominion Parliament which have recently
ministry will not continue long in power.
The Pacific Railway scheme matured by
Macdonald has rendered him unpopular in
the eastern portion of the Dominion.
The Portland daily press., 1881-04-05

TIE Irish land league prisoners in Kill
mainham jail, Dublin, were at first supplied
with food by the league, but after trying it
one day thought that the prison diet would
be preferable. One breakfast and dinner Of
the governments menu, however, satisfied
them, and again they returned to the land
leagues bill of fare, which is sent in from a
neighboring hotel
The Portland daily press., 1881-04-05

LEWISTON Journal: The Portland Ar
gus says: "Garfeld has removed Miss
Elizabeth Van Lew, Union lady who lost
her property in her devotion to the Union
cause, from the post Office at Richmond to
make place for Malone repudiationist." !"
II is only necessary to say in reply: First,
Miss Van Lew has not been postmistress of
Richmond for four years, having been dis
placed by President Hayes at the expiration
of her term in March, 1877. Second, Presi-
dent Garfield did not appoint ''Mahone re-
pudiationist" OF an ''eX-confederate Demo-
cratic re2udiationist," but he reappointed
DR.. Gilmer, Union man throughout the
war, and faithful and active native Vir-
ginian Republican, who in State matters has
taken sides with the readjusters.
The Portland daily press., 1881-04-05

WISCONSIN is becoming one of the wealth.
lest of the Western States. The actual value
of the real and personal estate in Wisconsin
is greater than that of California by $6O,OOO,-
900, is five times as much as the State of
Texas, four times as rich as Kansas, three
times as rich as Minnesota, and twice as
rich as Virginia. The average wealth of
each pers on, supposing the wealth to be dis
tributed equally to every man, woman and
child, is $765.90, while that of Kansas is
$51s36, Michigan, SOCIAL, Iowa, $6O1. .O3,
Texas, S194.3O And yet Wisconsin is but
new State, and but small fraction of its
resources have been developed.
The Portland daily press., 1881-04-05

Jim Webster sighed heavily. whats de
matter, Jim?" asked uncle Nose in sympa-
thizing tone. 81 has made up my mind to quit
the chicken business. Use tired being ar
rested and hiring lawyers, an habin' folks ask,
'Whar's my chickens?' l am gwine to go in
ter a bizness whar' I'll be respected, and
whar de police won't nebber bodder me no
NOAH" "Wat bizness am dat, Jim?'' "Gam-
bling "-Galveston News.
The Portland daily press., 1881-04-05

A MEMORIAL to the Archbishop of Can
terbury, which has received over 1000 sigma
lures, states that while the signers are anxi-
GUS to maintain reasonable latitude of opin-
ion and practice, they feel themselves "con-
strained to enter a solemn and emphatic
protest against the liberation, within the
Church of England, of any doctrines or
practices which favor the restoration of the
Romish mass, or any colorado imitation
thereof-any reintroduction of the confess
sional-or any assumption of sacerdotal
pretensions on the part of the clergy in the
ministration of the word and sacraments."
The Portland daily press., 1881-04-05
TIIE PRESS.
TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 5.

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate signed by Stanley Pullen,
Editor, All railway, steamboat and hotel managers
Will confer favor upon us by demanding credentials
OF every person claiming to represent our journal
The Portland daily press., 1881-04-05

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases indispensable, not necessarily for publica
ton but as guaranty of good faith
We cannot undertake to return or preserve com
IN munications that are not used
The Portland daily press., 1881-04-05

THE western association Of ticket agents
publishes the names of twenty eight So
called newspaper men, and among them is
that Of Eli Perkins, who have sold or other
wise disposed of railroad passes issued to
them by the association, and who are
disbarred from obtaining other favors of
that kind through having violated the con-
aitions upon which the passes were OBJ
tanned
The Portland daily press., 1881-04-05

CONGRATULATIONS on your crusher"
was inscribed on the.card sent with bou-
quet to Senator Kellogg by a lady friend the
other day t.t
The Portland daily press., 1881-04-05

The whole number of bills and joint reso-
lutions introduced during the forty sixth
Congress wasl 10,056; of these only 645 be-
came laws
The Portland daily press., 1881-04-05

EX-SENATOR GORDON of Georgia says that
he has been in the North great deal since
the war, and has noticed more interest in
the South in the past sixmonths than in the
ten years before. ''It looks as if nearly ev-
cry man you meet is anxious to make an in
vestment in some Southern industry or
property, or is willing to be shown that there
is good thing down there"
The Portland daily press., 1881-04-05
Health is Wealth

DIR. E. C. VESTS NERVE AND BRAIN TREAT
MENT; specific for Hysteria, Dizziness Con vul
sions, Nervous Headache, Mental Depression, Loss
tary Emissions, Premature Old Age caused by
over eXertion, sef-abuse, over-ndulg gence which
leads to misery, decay and death. One box will
recent cases. Each box contains one months
treatment. One dollar box, or six boxes for five
dollars; sent by mail prepaid on receipt of price
We guarantee six boxes to cure auy case With
each order received by us for six boxes, accompan-
led with tive dollars, will send the purchaser our
written guarantee to return the money if the treat
nent does not effect a cure. Guarantees issued by
all druggists in Portland and everywhere.
JOH w. PERKINS q CO., General Agents.
sep6deow&weow1y ortland
The Portland daily press., 1881-04-05

THE New York Spirit of the Times, in or
der to decide election bets, went to the
trouble of obtaining correct election returns
from the various Secretaries of State. from
which it appears that Garfeld's plurality
over Hancock in the late election was 1922,
The Spirit takes the sum of the highest
votes cast for a Republican elector in each
of the States, and the sum of the highest
votes cast for Democratic elector, and
compares them. The result is as before
mentioned.
THERE is good reason to believe that Bis
marck has perfected an alliance with the
German Ultramontanes, who will support
his financial policy and assist him in his war
against the Socialists. In return Bismarck
will let the Ultramontanes have pretty much
their own way. In view of the reconcilia-
ton there should be mutual retractions of
the hard names and ugly epithets formerly
applied by the parties to the alliance to each
other.
The Portland daily press., 1881-04-05
THE PORTLAND. DAILY PRESS,
PORTLAND PUBLISHING CO.,
THE MAINE STATE PRESS

AT IVJ IACHANGE ST., PORTLAND.
TERMS: Eight Dollars Year. To mail subscrib
RS Seven Dollars Year, if paid in advance.
St. Landry democrat., 1881-10-08
MOTHER S BOYS.

Yes, know there are stains on my carpet,
Tha traces of small muddy boots;
And see your fair tapestry glowing,
All spotleSS with blossoms and fruit.
And know that my walls are iisfigured
With prints of small fingers and hands:
And that your own household most truly
In immaculate purity stands.
And know that my parlor is Uttered
With many old treasur es and toys;
Viii g your own is in daintest order.
Unframed by the presence of boys!
And kow that nv room is invaded
Quite boldly all hours of the day;
While you sit in yours unmOlested
And dream the soft quiet away!
Yes. l know there are four little bedsides
Where must stand watchful each night
While you go out in your carriage,
And flash in your dresses so bright.
Now, think I'm neat little woman;
like my house orderly. too;
And I'm fond of all dainty belongings:
Yet would not change places with you.
No! keep your fair home with its order,
Its freedom from bother and noise;
And keep your own fanciful leisure,
But give me my four splendid boys!
Lancaster Examiner.
St. Landry democrat., 1881-10-08
Practical knowledge in Farming.

1t is a misfortune that the value to a
farmer of what may be classed as the.
oretical knowledge--such as is gained
by reading or hearing lectures, or the
conversation of others, or by process
of reasoning often ignored or I'M
derestimated. This want of apprecia-
ton of such knowledge often arises
from lack of any clear idea OF the
relative places of "practicar' and
''theoreticar' knowledge. AS indicated
above, practical knowledge-that
gained by personal experience or OBJ
servation-will enable a farmer to meet
difficulty in simple manner, but the
farmer who relies wholly on his. own
experience must necessarily be mar
row man, and radical change in his
circumstances will leave him helpless.
A man who undertakes farming with
only theoretical knowledge will almost
certainly make many mistakes, and be
Justly liable to the charge of being
Missionary Such man, however, will
often become more successful farmer
than his purely practical neighbor,
when practice has led him to modify
and adjust his theories to his circum-
stances. What is needed, of course, is
due amount of each of the two kinds
of knowledge.
1t is often sneeringly said that agri-
cultural colleges "cannot make success
full farmers This is true in the same
sense that it is true that no professional
school can ''make'' successful minis
ter, lawyer or physician. Each can do
much to help young man in acquiring
practical knowledge, and in better fit
ting him to apply such knowledge when
GAINED. National LiUe- Stock journal.
St. Landry democrat., 1881-10-08
Translated by the Queen.

A good story reaches us from Bel
GUM, the truth of which is guaranteed.
A banking house at Verviers recently
received letter from a bank at Buda-
Pesth. The recipients knew that it re-
lated to a matter of the greatest im-
portance; but, unfortunately, they
could not master the contents of the
missive, as it was written in the Hun
garlan language, and there was not
soul at Verviers who understood that
tongue. Accordingly, one of the part
ners took a journey to Brussels, expect
ing to find everything he wanted at the
Capital, but only to be disappointed
nobody at the banks could read Hun
garian. There was, however, still the
Austro-Hungarian Embassy, whittier
the banker betook himself, to learn
that there was an attache who spoke
Hungarian, but he had gone to ,Biarritz
for some sea-bathing. Almost in de-
spair, the hero of the story called upon
the Burgomaster, with whom he was
acquainted, and related his troubles
After some thought his worship. strik-
ing his forehead, exclaimed: "After
all, sometimes our most foolish ideas
prove the best" With this enigmat-
| ical observation he asked for the letter:
The next day he returned the original
to the gentleman from Verviers. with
translation in French, in neat, fem
mime hand. "To what Hungarian fairy
do owe this good fortuneP" asked the
delighted banker This sn is an mi. affair III
happy to pay handsome doaeceur to
the translator who has enabled me to
get at the meaning of the letter in time
to conclude the affair" Il take you at
your word,' replied the Burgomaster.
..Give me 100000. for the poor OF Brus-
sells, for the translator is none other
than the Queen. She has experienced
lively satisfaction in employing her
knowledge of the Hungarian language
to oblige one OF her subjects. = The
Queen Of the Belgians is daughter OF
| the Archduke Joseph. whose benehcene
rule of Hungary is still remembered BY
the people. and she was born in the
capital city during her father'spalatin-
ste.-Manatester (Eng.) Examiner.
St. Landry democrat., 1881-10-08
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

-Scribner's Monthly is 20 be known
as The Century after October.
The composer Of "Die Yacht am
Rhein" receives pension OF one thou
sand dollars a year.
Mrs. Jessie Fremont Ferris, a niece
of General John G. Fremont, has made
her debut as an actress.
The cearest-headed and best-in-
formed political writer in France Is q
woman-''Juliette Lambert
Senator Ben Hill has undergone q
second operation upon his tongue for
the removal Of fungoid growth.
Carl Schurz has agreed to lecture
the coming season, under the auspices
of the Williams Lecture Bureau.
"A bust of Artemus Ward is wanted
by an advertiser in an English newspa-
per- Artemus Ward was, and still is, q
great favorite in England.
The first printer in the German
city of Frankfort was Christian Egeno-
lof,, born in 1902 and died in 1866, and
a tablet has just been erected to his
memory in the wall of the house where
he worked and where he died.
"A spare. handsome man of sixty
four. with fine nose and tense upper lip,
is the Rev. Newman Hall. His work
"Come to Jesus has been translated
into twenty languages, and has reached
a circulation of three millions.
"A work on photography, just pub
lished in Germany, says that Schiller's
"Song of the Bells" has received
eighteen French TRANSACTIONS, seventeen
Latin, fifteen English, four Italian, four
Bohemian, four Polish, three Hungari.
an, two Russian, and one each in Dutch.
Norwegian, Danish, Spanish, Hebrew.
Lithuanian, Swedish. Slavonic, Low
German. Flemish, Wendic and Rouma~
man. in all, eighty three TRANSACTIONS
St. Landry democrat., 1881-10-08
HUMOROUS.

There is aman in St. Louis who has
a wonderful memory. 1t is thought the
city will eventually employ him to re-
member the Sabbath -LouisUiUe COalr-
ter-Jour7aal.
A New York man recently sold his
wife to a neighbor for dollar. Some
men seem to take delight in swim
ding their neighbors. -Norristown Her.
uM
"A Kentucky girl was struck by
lightning and killed while dressing for
her wedding, and the hard-hearted
Cincinnati Enquirer says: There's
such a thing as a girl being too attract
ive.''
j. W. Riley has poem on "The
Lost Kiss" He doesn't make it very
plain as to how he lost it; but it is pre-
sumed her mother came into the room
Just in time to catch him at it. -Roches-
ter Express.
-"Did you get that girls picture,
Brown? You remember you said you
were bound to have it" "Well. not
exactly replied Brown; II asked her
for it and she gave me her negative"
Boston Transcript.
The man of prudence employeth
the hired handmade whose hair match
eth in color that worn by the wife of
his bosom, but the fool heedeth not
this important point, and, when he
weareth long, blonde hair ON the lap
pei of his coat his black-haired wife
waxeth wroth thereat, and patteth his
his head with a club. Detroit Free
Press.
She said he had a flattering tongue,
AS to his arms she fondly clongue,
And loves sweet roundclay he songue.
For that, said he my love, guess
You cannot cannot love me lue55;
Give me the little hand pruess!
IT'S thine, she said, with glance oblique,
While blushing roses dyed her chi4ue-
The twain will be made one next wique.
-SOmerUitte Journal