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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-03-30

He GOT HIS ANSwER--In New Hsmp-
shire is a well known eccentric individual,
self,constituted curer Of all ills-a sort of
panacea, body and SOUL head, heart and
conscience doctor, who, with his eccen-
tricites, has fund of actual wit that is
hard to beat
Not long ago the doctor was called upon
the witness stand. The opposing counsel,
who is said sometimes to wet his whistle
with flicker pizen," knowing the doctors
pecularties, ventured, in cross examin-
ing him, to show him up bit,
"What is your business?" pompously
inquired the counsel.
"My business is to do what little good
can do to my felow-man," modestly re-
piled the doctor.
"But that doesn't answer my question:"
grutfly answered the counsel. "How do
you spend your timer"
"Why, square, it takes about all my
time to do what said" replied the doc
| tor
But want something more definite"
stoutly demanded the counsel. How do
you 90 about your business?"
THAT depends upon circumstances, ''ex-
planned the doctor. For intsance, if
were going to begin on you, the first thing
| should do would be to advise you to
sign temperance pledge!'
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-03-30

CONCERNING THE HANGING OF Pic.
TUREs.-The majority of people hang pic
lures too high on the wall. Whatever the
height of room, the pictures in it should
be hung on level with the eye of an adult
when standing, an adult of average hight.
Pictures are hung upon the wall, supposa-
bly, to he seen with both ease and pleasure;
but when they are perched up nearly to
the ceiling they can be viewed neither
with the one feeling or the other. When
you have occasion to buy picture cord,
buy, instead wire, for hanging frames.
Cord wears ou', becomes moth h.eaten, and
some day down comes your pictures with
crash. Hang your pictures so rs to be
nearly, if not quite, fiat against the wall.
People who understand the art of hanging
pictures well, no longer hang them so that
the top leans out from the wall.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-03-30

Dairymen should bear steadily in mind
that it is not the big mixer, when fresh,
that is the most profitable COW in the herd.
It is rather the medium mixer, that hangs
to her work the season through. To ar
rive at this fact, it is absolutely necessary
to weigh the cows milk; not every day, if
the work is too much trouble, but once a
week, or at least once a month. The less
frequently it is Dc ne the less reliable it
becomes; but it is useful. however the
measuring is done. Trust not to guess
work; it is thoroughly unreliable and
dangerously misleading. No merchant
would for a moment trust his business to
guesswork. 1t would land him in the poor
house in short time. The dairyman, by
hard physical work. can, in a measure,
counterbalance the waste caused, by carry.
ing Improbable mixers; but little more
brain work in his business right here
would be of immeasurAble advantage to
him. american Ddiryman.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-03-30

RESPECT FOR CONDITIONS
do not trouble people in anything but
religion. An audience of farmers will
listen appreciatively to a man who defines
the conditions of success in farming. He
may demand subsoiling, drainage, or any
of the labOriOus. expensive methods to
secure larger crop; they admit his theo-
ry; if work will do it, they put the condi-
tions into effect. So of an audience of
students. II W otter they listen to the
hard. arbitrary conditions of scholar ship;
then with what zeal do they enter upon
the fulfilment of the conditonsl !
What severe conditions does the singer
comply with. There is not a man or
woman in this hall this morning who ex-
poets to do his work tomorrow without
complying with stern conditions. Whether
feeling well or not, one must take the early
car; another must put household atftir in
order; another may have to sit up late and
read proof or write up the days accounts;
failure in these things is failure in life's
work
Now when you come to religion. which
is SIMPLY the principle that governs the
moral life, men seem to think it is a sort
of ,as-you-please, nothing particular
demanded, think as you will. believe what
you take notion to, and live as it happens
to suit your convenience.
How unreasonable this is! IF a man on
the rich soil of earth cannot harvest u good
crop without work and wise planning, how
can he expect TO harvest eternal life, in Joy
and blessedness, without II preparation for
it in this life If a man with all the appl
ances of education cannot rise to eminence
as scholar without hard, persistent, con-
tinued effort. how can he expect To rise to
the grandeur of everlasting life, in all that
is pure, and noble, glorious. without
corresponding effort?
The conditions to eternal life are princi-
Piles TO govern the purest life. They are
few: Sin NUT be repented Of to insure
holiness Faith must attach the soul to
God, to give strength to live q Christian
life. And then, in all that is just, honest,
pure and righteous man must daily live.
If he does not, he will never find Heaven,
no matter where he shall be. If he does,
Heaven is growing in him, and when this
preparatory condition is finished the man
is In Heaven, wherever he is. You see,
friends, the conditions of eternal life are
not theological statements; they are not
matters of opinion; they are not customs
TO be or not to be adopted. But they are
reasonable moral requirements. They
must be met and fulfilled, else eternal life
in CHI ist is farce, ending in a tragedy
Req H. a. Shorey
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-03-30

81 CAN TAKE CARE OF MYsELFl".-
This is the favorite answer of the heady.
high-minded and reckless, who disregard
good counsel and follow the devices of
their own hearts. A young man, when
warned against strong drink. says. 81 am
able to take care of myself" But it is
frequently the case that before the end OF
his career he needs two or three policemen,
number of sheriffs, constables, lawyers,
Judges, j,lors, turnkeys, and sometimes II
nangman, to take care of him. He is by
no means as independent as he supposes.
A Girl says, Il can take care of myself!'
She goes from her quiet home and plunges
into the whrl of some great city, spends
everything she can earn for vanity and
folly, and, perhaps, starves in garret or
dies of consumption. where she might in
her quiet country home have lived a happy
and useful woman, Il blessing TO the world,
and blessed and honored by all around.
II can take care Of myself!' says busl
ness man, when, riding on the tide of pros
perity, he oppresses the poor and tramples
down the needy but by-and-by financial
troubles come, and he finds himsef strait
ened. borne down in the whirlpool OF
bankruptcy and disaster, and all his
bravado is gone.
mo man liveth to himself Neither
men nor women are able to defy their fell
lows, or reject the friendship Or disregard
the sympainies of their kind. We all Of
us need something with which we cannot
supply ourselves. We are dependent on
others for a thousand friendly offices
above all, we are dependent on our Coo
and Savior. 1t is well for us to acknowl
edge our dependence, and also to listen t.
the counsel of those who advise us for oul
good He who claims that he is able tt
take care of himself is very likely to bt
poorly cared for and to require much more
assistance than others do who are les
self confident, and more willing to accept
the counsel OF their friends The appeal
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-03-30

AMERICAN JERSEYS THE BEsT--l. The
best jersey cows living to-day are in
America.
2. The best cows in America have the
longest lines of American bred ancestors
behind them
). We may expect to 90 on improving
our American Jerseys generation after
generation in the future, because we can
see in the past n steady rate of improve
ment over the imported foundation stock,
rs in the jersey Belle of Scituate who was
bred to 700 pounds of butter from three
crosses of u grandson of Flora who gave
500 pounds, Eurotas who was bred to
nearly 800 pounds of butter from the
blood, rendered prepotent by in breeding.
of Alphea. The blood of the grandson
of Flora is twice strongly bred into grand
sires of Jersey Queen of Barnet.
4 A dash of entirely fresh blood is
valuable, rs in the case of Rioter Cd the
sire of Eurotas; Pansv s, one of the
granddams of Pansy 1919; Fannie, 1928.
one of the granddams of Jersey Belle of
Scituate, and Dazzle 379 one of the
gran Idams of Jersey Queen of Barnet.
But good line must first be we'll estab-
lished by close breeding before we attempt
to participate, as the chemists say, by the
introduction of new substance the gold,
G. e. butter) in the solution we have at
first formed, and Jersey cattle are now so
well spread over the varied climates of
the United States that we may as well
hereafter import from one part of America
to another the fresh blood we may have
need of for. an outcross, as to go to Eng
land or the island of Jersey for it
Richd I'd Goodman.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-03-30

WHAT ONE New YORK GIRL DID,
When girl concludes to put up her hair
and make herself look sweet, the best
policy is to let her have her own way. She
can't be drawn away from her mirror by
any of the ordinary things of this life. A
fire will sometimes do it, but it has been
shown that even fire may fail to excite
some girls. The other night u New York
lodging house took fire, and at u most un-
comfortable hour, when most girls prob
ably have their back hair down. One of
the young ladies heard that the place was
burning down, but she didn't feel like
making her appearance before the Gro wd
which had gathered in the street looking
like u perfect fright. She shut the door
leading into the hall to keep out the flames
and went to her mirror to fix her hair
nybody who has waited for a girl to fix
her hair kno ws that it takes time and a
great deal of it. This girl wasn't any
quicker than the average, and she was very
particular about having her hair done u[
exactly MS it should be. The fire had cut
off her chances OF escape by the stairs, anC
her lover, after appealing to her for some
time, finally lost his patience and got away
without her. A fireman got up to the
room on u ladder and she made him sit or
the edge of the window and wait until sh,
had arranged her hairpins and ribbons fol
a right sort of public appearance, then she
threw herself into his arms-it was 81
romantic-and slid down the ladder with
him, looking just sweet. The whole thins
was tremendous success, but when tn,
careful young girl was safely landed oil
the pavement she found that she had for
gotten her stockings.-Phitadelphia Times
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-03-30

CANDY MAKING AT HOME.-Tt is neces-
sary to observe certain rules in order TO
make good candy, such rs is made by
confectioners, some of which cannot well
be observed by any except professional
candy maker. Still excellent can be
made a: home.
Take for instance the old.fashioned
molssses candy of our fathers. A me-
dunn priced molasses should be used, as
from it one can get certain flavor that
cannot be obtained from the highest priced
articles. but do not use a black or smoky
kind. To pint allow spoonful of
vinegar and spoonful of saeratus the
latter not to be added till just before it is
taken from the stove Cook slowly, stir
ring to prevent burning. After boiling
twenty minutes try it by dropping 1t in
cold water. If it snaps it is done. Fla
vor if desired, put in the saleratus stirring
hard; take off Immediately and pour on a
buttered dish AS soon as it is possible tc
handle it, take it from the dish, butter and
-four the hands and pull it rapidly back
and forth, as long as it is possible to do so
This makes it light colored and tender
Confectioners use an iron hook driven il
the wall. to assist them pulling it, anc
this is valuable adjunct. if it can be
obtained. When il becomes so hard tha
you can no longer work it, pull the stick:
TO a desired length, and cut with scissors
Don't use knife, l beg of you for scissors
work So easily. l always cut it int
pieces about an inch long, as they are sc
much easier to handle.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-03-30

A SPIDERS STRATEGY.-One chilly day
| was left at home alone; and after l was
tired of reading Robinson Crusoe, |
caught a spider, and brought him into the
house to play with. Funny play mate,
wasn't itp Well, took wash basin,
and fastened up stick in it like vessels
mast, and then poured in water enough to
turn the mast into an island for my spider
which named Crusoe, and put him on the
mast. As soon as he was fairly cast away
he anxiously commenced running around
to find the main land. He'd scamper
down the mast to the water, stick out a
foot. get it wet, shake it, run around the
stick and try the other side. and then run
back to the top again. Pr tty soon, il
became serious matter to Mr.. Robinson
and he sat down to think it over. AS in q
moment he acted as if he wanted to shou
for boat, and was afraid he was going tc
be hungry, put treacle on the stick
tly came; but Crusoe was not hungry fol
flies Just then. He was homesick for hi,
web in the woodshed, He went slowl,
down the pole to the water and touched
it all around, shaking his feet like puss,
when she vets her stockings in the grass
and suddenly thought appeared to strik
him. Up he went like rocket to the top
and commenced playing circus. He hel,
one foot in the air, then another, an,
turned around two or three times Ii,
got excited, and nearly stood on his heac
before found out what he knew; anC
that was this, that the draught of air mad
by the fire would carry line ashore, oil
which he could escape from his deser
island. He pushed out web that wen
floating in the air, until it caught on tn
table. Then he hauled on the rope unit
it was tight, struck it several times, to Sc
if it was strong enough to hold him, anc
walked ashore. thought he had earnet
his liberty so put him back in the wood
shed again.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-03-30

ROBERT LINCOLN Mr.. Robert Lincoln
has been obscured by the shadow of a
great name, and still more by his own mod
esty. Those who know him as the people
of Chicago do, will not need to be assured
that he is good lawyer, and that his
whole life has been marked by an unusual
degree of fidelity and adherence to princ-
Pile. He is scrupulously exact, methodi-
cal. and business-like in his own practice,
and possesses all the qualifications for a
good executive officer. He has had some
military experience as an assistant adju-
tant-geDeral on General Grants staff, and
in this respect is better for the war office
than most of those who have held it. His
age is nearly 40 years, SO that he cannot
be considered too young; and his knowl.
edge Of Washington life will project him
from the mistakes that too often result
from inexperience. We do not wholly
reject the sentimental ground in consider.
ing this appointment 1t was grateful
thing for Gen Garfield to honor the son o
the great Illinoisan. The people of Iii.
nois will thank him for it. 1t is we'll thai
he has done so. too, as seems to be the
case Of his own motion, without sug
gestion or urging from any quarter, -
Chicago Tribune.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-03-30

WARNING Rooms IN VIENNA.-Vienna
has several places of refuge for the desti-
tute, called warming rooms,' where all
persons who are in need, without distinct
ion, are allowed to sit and make them
selves comfortable, and are given soup,
coffee, or tea with bread, free of charge
No inquiries are made as to their charac-
ter or calling. 1t is sufficient that they
say they are cold and hungry. If they
prefer it, they receive hot grog. Capa-
cious stoves warm these places, benches
run along the walls, and newspapers are
provided, but mainly on account or their
adverti- i-ements of help wanted The food
and drink are given to each person twice
every day, and at night those who need
lodgings, which is not the case with all
who apply for warmth and nutriment. are
enabled to sleep there. The experiment
has proved so satisfactory that another
place of the same kind is about to be
opened large enough to accommodate 800
persons. Since December $40, ,736 persons
were assisted at these places with food.
lodging or otherwise. and between the
18th of December and January 20. not a
single instance of suicide traceabe to
poverty was reported, although self-mur-
der for that cause was not infrequent
before
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-03-30

A little apparatus which may we'll be
termed detective camera, has recently
been invented. To all appearances it looks
like a shoe blacks box, rough square
shaped box, which may be slung over the
shoulder with a strap, or rested upon the
psvement, if need be. In fact, when
wanted for work, it is put down on the
ground. 1t carries gelatine plates already
in position, with a lens that is always In
focus far any distance from twenty to
thirty feet. The camera may be used
without the least fear of discovery. 1t
may be dropped in the street, in the
middle of the pavement, before a shop
upon bridge, any time the owner sees a
group he wants picture of. AS the box
touches the ground bulbs squeezed, and
the exposure is made. The inventor shows
an instantaneous sketch taken on board a
steamer. OF two men by the paddle box
one of them rubbing his forehead in the
most innocent and unconscious manner
while the other relates some story OF
incident.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-03-30

Cows are about coming in now, as
rule, and one point shall receive particular
attention from her owner, and that is, that
she should have dry quarters. Many
calves are lost bv being dropped on cold
night in the mud of the cow-yard or pas
ture; or if not actually killed, are so much
injured that they never thrive, Give the
COWS the best quarters you can afford,
especially at night The COW will do bet
ter on this trying occasion in stanchions
on bare floor than out in the mud and
wind of the cow-yard. If it can be done,
however, warm box stall, well Uttered,
with the COW loose, is best, with no holes
or boards off for the calf to hurt itself with
1t is astonishing how small hole Young
calf will slip through.-American Dairy
man.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-03-30

FEEDING RATIoNs FOR SAVING HAY
Having received so many good hints from
your agricultural columns, feel it nv
duty to send YOU report of my winters
experience in feeding Last fall found me
with forty head of cattle in stanchions. in
an old, cold barn, with half crop of hav
and straw, and an unusually heavy crop
of corn (Stowell's Evergreen); the stalks
were ten to twelve feet high, and very
stout. To feed this corn in the shape in
which il grew was a heavy task and a
great waste. | had no power, no place to
put one, and no moneJ to buy one. sold
four heifers thinking could not keep
them Finally pulled ont a small fodder
cutter (Baldwn's, I think, had had it
for ten years, always in nv way, never
using it. Putting it in order | set two
men on it and found that it did wonders,
especially on cold days The corn was
cut in half.inch lengths, stalks, ears and
all. put it in large boxes, moistening
it little, mixing in cotton-seed meal, salt
and sugar -beets, always contriving to have
at least one days feed ahead. The cattle
ate it all. the frost having but little effect.
The ration for forty head, some heif-
ers. at least three-fourths Of them in milk,
for one day was as follows: Four hundred
and eighty pounds corn fodder, one hun
dred and fifty pounds cotton seed meal.
and twenty bushels sugar-beets. I fed
this three times day, and they have done
we'll; they had nothing else all winter
until February 26, when the corn gave out
and had to come down to good hay.
The gratifying results Of feeding the past
winter are the using of all my corn fodder
without waste, the saving of hay TO such
an extent that will have some to sell.
which is quite an object at 1913 ton, and
being able to buy in more stock, keeping
them all in good order. with the usual
flow of milk. which attribute to the use
of the little old fodder-cutter, which I
discarded for ten years and considered
worthless. Ensiage may be the thing; II
you can't get that come as near to 1t as
you can.-L,s @. Hemingway, Valley
Farm. NeW Haven o., Conn.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-03-30

RHEUMATISM IN THE HORsE.-Rheuma-
tism in the horse is most common in the
fore quarters. Sometimes one fore ex-
tremity, and occasionally both are affected.
The following medicine may be given
night and morning for a week. and he re-
peated every other week: One drachm
of iodide of potassium, one ounce of
sulphuric either, and four drachms of
cream of tartar mixed with pint of thin,
cold Cruel. Meanwhile the affected joints
may he well rubbed every night with soap
liniment. to every pint of which may be
added a quarter of pint of spirit of
hartshorn. Change the food frequently,
give comfortable quarters. curry and
brush his body daily, and blanket him
Prairie Farmer.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-03-30

horse at Faribault, Mimi, turned
loose in his masters dooryard, saw a bas
ket hanging on IL pole about seven feet
from the ground II contained pet cat
The horse walked to the basket, put bis
nose up to investigate it, and the cat gave
the intruding nose lively scratch. The
horse turned around, looked back over his
shoulder as though to take aim and meas.
ure the distance, kicked, and cat, basket
and all shot into the air like a rocket. The
horse watched the success of the shot, then
gave low whinny of delight and walked
away.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-03-30

John p. Williams of Shrewsbury, agent
of the Vermont state fish commission, re-
Gently conveyed about thousand live
Lake Champlain smelt by rail, in tanks
from Burlington to Lake Memphremagog
The smelt were caught with hook and line
from Burlington breakwater and dock
where they are found in large numbers
every winter. They are related to the
trout, which they nearly equal in delicacy
of flavor and a ae seldom found weighing
over four or six ounces They never bite
except in winter, and at certain times dur.
ing the season they fairly swarm in their
chosen locaiti IS, one of which is along the
ice crack which always spans the narrow
neck of Lake Champltin from Gimme y
Point to Crown Point. where they some
times appear so voracious that they readily
take hook baied with only piece of red
CLOTH Messenger.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-03-30

DARWIN REVERSED. appears to be a
we'll established rule with some farmers to
fatten and sell all their best and handsom.
est calves, leaving only the mean. scraggy
ones to grow up. Their excuse for doing
so is that likely calf. when six or eight
weeks old. will sell for about as much as Il
yearing would cost, If purchased. So,
instead OF allowing survival Of tittest,"
the rule is changed to survival Of the
poorest" and they get tucked under the
bars" about as soon (not always as they
can 20 1t alone, E1chdege.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-03-30

TARRED PAPER FOR RATs.-A new
way TO get rid of rats has come to my
notice. Deacon A. H. Temple few years
since was much troubled with rats in
certain part of bis house. Having occa-
sion to repair it, he put on tarred paper to
keep out the cold and at once the rats fed
that part of the house and commenced
work in the woodshed. Afrer awhile he
put some of the tarred paper on that
building and they left. Some time after
they troubled the apples in the cellar and
he put some of the paper over the barrels.
That sent the rats away but be found the
apples had q tar taste, even to the bottom
ones in the barrel. Has anyone like ex-
perienceP-D., RsaIdnd,