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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-08-09

HOUSEKEEPING AND HoMEKEEPING -
We are apt to consider the necessary
work that the household requires nothing
but drudgery. Do we. who have the
superintendent of the homework, strive
to make it what it ought to be? 1t is the
work of our homes. the most blessed work
that woman can do, for, from our
homes, the influence goes out all over the
land to make the rising generation better
or worse.
1t is not only housekeeping but some
thing more. 1t is housekeeping. 1t is
not only the mechanical performance of
rounds of duties each day, but it is an
art that brings into use all our latent
ingenuity, and requires - keen sense Of
the beautiful, with firmness and pcrsever-
ance TO overcome the petty trials and
difficulties that are forever crowding
around the path of the housckccper.
Housekeeping is an art that requires
Just as finished an education and as thor
ough practice to become I'm adept as
what is termed the Zine arts" bnt why
the fine arts know not. for if homekeep-
ing is not one of the fine arts, what isp
Order snd harmony shonld be every
place for everything, and everything in its
place" l do not say that the bread
should never be burned, or the room lit.
tered, for all these things will sometimes
happen to the best of housekeepers. But
do say there should be neatness and
order. not meaning that every chair should
be set back as though it were glued there,
and the whole house wear look of prim-
ness and GOODNESS that repels one. and
dampens the spirits of every one who
comes in, but that all things should be
refined and perfectly natural, from the
kitchen to the parlor, and blend and har-
monte in true beauty, without confusion
or disorder. Every housekeeper can and
should bo just as much lady as though
she never entered the kitchen and partook
of the labors therein.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-08-09

DEATH TO FLIES IN ONE-HALF HOUR
Heretofore one of the greatest of our trials
in summer has been in the keeping OF our
dining-room and kitchen free from flies.
1t is a rule with us that nets shall be in
all opened windows and that the net doors
must be kept closed, and there is no de-
Walton from this. But careful as we
might be the pests would get in. We have
brushed until shoulders and arm were
lame and hands blistered; have used
various fly catchers, sticky fly paper, dis
caTding the latter several times on account
of its poisonous properties and disgusting
effects, but returning to it because We did
not know what else to do. We will say
that our house is very sunny, light and
airy-we have no blinds, and cannot dark
en- the rooms and so keep the flies out. A
short time ago we became alive to the
necessity of throwing away once for all
the fly paper, having been convinced that
1t was impregnated with solution of
arsenic. Knowing the efficacy of Persian
insect powder-Pyrethrum roseum or
cinersfolium-in destroying insect life,
we closed the windows and doors of the
dining-room, sprinkled large handful OF
this powder upon few live Goals and
retired to await results. The smoke was
quite dense for two hours, yet ut the end
of that time not one fly was dead, they
were somewhat weak in the legs but soon
revived.
After this failure we next purchased 4
small insect powder bellows for one dollar,
half filled the receptacle with powder and
blew it all around the room, making fine
dust. Soon buzzlng was heard, as when
fly is caught in a spiders web, only
louder, and in one. half hour every fly in
the room was dead. The Ay season is
now robbed of its terrors for us, for few
puffs of the bellows each morning before
sweeping keeps our rooms free from flies.
The powder costs 80 cents per pound at
Wholesale, but with care will last some
time, for gentle puffs of the powder answer
every purpose, as it is only necessary to
blow it once where the flies can breath it.
-Rural.
The last named way is the proper one.
We have seen several instances where the
powder was burned and Of course no good
result followed. One should know that
fire would etfectually dispel any virtue or
harm from vegetable substance like
Persian powder. If one has no powder
bellows the same result may be reached by
putting the powder on plate and busting
it off gradually but violently with II wing
in various parts of the room. We use il
this way with perfect success.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-08-09

fellow, or even the much. abused and much
ooddled Oscar Widei 1t would turn a
city critic green with envy to hear them.
Where did they get it alp Why, from
the fountain head Of all literary accom-
plishment-from the books thems Ives:
On the centre-table in the ''best room" OF
these New England farmhOuses you'll
find nicely-bound copies of most of the
modern classics andsome of the ancient.
In fact, the rural districts furnish the
larger part of our reading population.
ut-of.door -work-or work of any kind
that fatigues the body-makes one hungry
and thirsty for books. Try it. Work
with hands and feet out of doors or about
the house for week, and you will fairly
ache for some kind of reading, not alone
to rest you, but to supply neglet ted part
of your organism the brain-with nour-
ishment. This is the secret of rural cul-
ture. All these pretty girls probably had
some sort of house-work to do, and when
evening came it always found them in a
mood fora good book WarertV Mrqasin
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MISCELLANEOUS.
$4,000 REWARD |!

Will be paid for the detection and convic.
ton of any person selling or dealing in
any bogus, counterfeit or imitation HOP
BITTERs. especially Btters or preparations
with the word lIoP or HOPS in their name
or connected herewith, that is intended to
mislead and cheat the public, or for any
preparation put in any form, pretending
to be the same as HOP BITTERB. The
genuine have cluster of GREEN Hors
(notice this) printed on the white label,
and are the purest and best medicine on
earth, especially for Kidney, Liver and
Nervous Diseases. Beware ofall others,
and of all pretended formulas or recipes
of Hop BITrERs published in papers or for
sale, as they are frauds and swindles,
Whoever deals in any but the'genuino will
be prosecuted.
HoP BITTERs MIRO. Co,
fmS0wS Rochester, N. Y.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-08-09

DEAR SISTERS OF THE HoUSEH0LD:-I
wonder how you exist Giving is out of the
question: through the hot months. | sup
pose you are all too busy with your own
special households to devote much time or
attention to this one, for the contributions
are somewhat scanty. Haying time brings
its portion of extra work in the house as
we'll as in the field, and the chief trouble
seems to be to provide something inviting
to cat when the hot weather renders
tempting food almost necessity. To
those families who are foud of the Yankee
specialty-pie, it is trying season, for pie
material is scarce unless berries are plen-
ty, and berry pies will not keep very long
this weather. One of our dependencies in
this line is boiled cider pie, as we find it
is the best to keep (if you give it chanoe)
of any kind. also its tart flavor makes it
favorite with us. will give you my
receipt which l got from good woman
during my wanderings as a school ma'am
" boarding around"
Mrs. Browns boiled cider pie: One eye,
one cup of sugar, one tablespoonful of
flour, one half cup Of boiled cider and two
tablespoonful of water. ] beat the egg
and sugar in a bowl and then add the rest
1t is not advisable to have the crust very
short. as the filling is more apt TO break
through and run out while baking. 1t can
be made in moderately deep plate with
one or two crusts, as you choose. gen
orally prefer two. Bake it thoroughly to
make sure that the inside is thick.
l will also give you receipt for sponge
cake that is quickly and easily made:
One cup of -four, one cup of sugar, three
fourths of a tea-spoonful of creamtartar,
three eggs, one-fourth tea-spoonful of
soda. Put together in the order written,
dlssolving the soda in little warm water.
Do not beat the eggs before putting them
into the flour and sugar. Bake quickly.
We have derived great deal of comfort
from our ice house, and ice water, iced
milk and sweetened vinegar and water
have proved very acceptable drink for the
hay makers. Hot coffee also is better than
many would think it. think these more
than replace the cider jug without which
no bayfield, used to be complete, and which
l hope will soon go entirely out of use and
existence.
Let us hear from the sisters If they can
spend the time to write. hope to see
one Of IN. i. AS" spicy articles when
the weather gets cooler.
Polly THORN.
July 3lst
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-08-09

BAD JERSEY BULLS Mr. Smith, tue
foreman of the Rural farm, was attacked
while in the cow-yard by Young jersey
bull which he had raised. Mr. Smith
fought back as well as he could with a
picket. But the picket broke in two, the
built knocked hi m over and would doubt.
less have wounded him seriously if not
fatally were it not for the timely and brave
interference Of his wife, who drove the
bull off by repeated blows over the eyes
and nose with the first Piece OF wood she
could lay her hands on, thus releasing her
husband. -RuraL Nc,o Yorker
There is much said und written of the
foreclosures of Jersey bulls They are
often dangerous, aud SO are any bulls
But by proper training much of the trouble
may be avoided. We once knew man
who had care of a cho CO Jersey bull calf,
and ne would play with him and enjoy his
play and mimic fighting. Soon the fight
ing came to be real and the bull was the
stronger. The end was that he became
positively dangerous and at last had to be
shot Treat one kindly. but have him
understand who is master, and that you
are that one. Any amount of severity
necessary to secure this and maintain it is
in the end kindness TO the brute. If he
faces you, at once give him the whip till
he thinks he would be more comfortable
further of, and gets away lively. We
have never had a cross bull, though they
have been kept till eight years old; and
are worked regularly in the yoke and are,
some Of them, older than we have named
Kindly but firmly is the way to treat them.
Make them know yom are master and IN.
tend TO be, and you will be likely to havo
very little trouble.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-08-09

Delicate persons and older ones will
find themselves assured of longer life and
increased strength by living wholly on
one floor. Those whose stock of strength
is not unlimited, find their bodily and
mental powers increased by cuttin e of
this incessant and useless drain on their
forces in going up and down stairs. Let
any one sit and lift bag of -four weighing
one hundred and twenty pounds six or
seven inches repeatedly, and he will have
some notion of the effort involved in going
up each step of the stairs, in which per-
son lifts his own weight that distance II
dozen times. Those with any tendency
to paralysis, apoplexy, or heart disease
should arrange 10 live wholly on the
ground floor, or ascend by elevators
Transcript.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-08-09

VERMONT GIRLS Tho beauty Of New
England country girls is no novelty in
fiction, but one must see it with his own
eyes in order to realize what the novelsts
say. Take forty Vermont maidens picked,o of
course, from sugar party or IN apple
bee under the shadow of the Green Noun
tains, and match them for beauty at any
court or centre Of fashion in the world,
and you will have a coterie of female
beauties fit TO win the hearts Of princes
andrcyolutionize kingdoms. We sat down
and talked with bevy of these mountain
beauties. They were at homo on art and
science and music. and oh! very much at
homo Oh poetry. How they could scintIl-
late on the subject OF Tennyson or Long
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-08-09

drinks. These are leaks through which
runs many a dime. causing weeds to
spring up to check the growing crops and
debts to multiply. They break down
fences, take glass from the windows aud
shingles from tho roofs of those who in
dulge in them, beside weakening the
powers of both body and mind. These
habits are holes through which runs honor
aud honesty, as we'll as health and indus.
try. elements of character. without which
life is failure. Break of those evils by
Righteousness and thou shalt prosper. for
the sweet singer of Israel hath said, d" l
have never seen the righteous forsaken or
his seed begging bread"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-08-09
agricultural department.
o. M. TINKHAM. Editor.

All communications for this del srtment should be
sent to the editor. Mr. o N TINKHAM. N. Pom.
fret. Vt.
Please write one side of the paper only sign such
name or initials as you wish published. but give
your FULL NAME AND ADDREss, post office. County and
state
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-08-09
HOUSEHOLD DEPARTMENT.

We invite for this column contributions from our
lady readers to make 1t such as shall bs Of value
and Interest to them Any topic OF domestic economy
which may suggest itself to them may be discussed
and we hope this feaure will prove successful aud an
additional attraction to our readers
Contributions should be sent to the Editor Of the
Agricultural Department
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-08-09

N III N mi business now before the public Yon
Al an make money faster at work for ma
H tnan At anything else Capital not need
IA H. ed We Will strrt you Slsa day and
HNlV upwards made at home by the indus
HNlV q ulous, Men, women, boys and girls
~ - ~ wanted everywhere to work for us Now
,,u -, 49, is the time You can work in snsre
vme only or giyeyour whole time to the busiI,esn
gu can lve at home and do the work. No other hnsI
mets VIII pay you nearly as we'll. No one can fail r.
make enormous pay by eng aging at once Costiv o 70
4 ano terms free Money made fast easily sn nt
pohoraoly' Address TRUE Co., Augusta, Maine n
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-08-09
CUTICURA.

The Cuticura treatment for the cure of Skin Scalp
and Blood Diseases, consists in the Internal use of
CUTICURA REsoLvENT the Blood Purifier, and
the external use OF CUTICURA and CUTICURA SOAP, the
great Skin Cures. Price of CUrICUBA, small boxes
5Oc large boxes SL00 OUTICURA REsoLvENr 81 per
bottle. CUTIcUHA SOAP, 35c; CUTICURA SHAVING
Derot, WEEKS 4 POTTER. Boston, Mass.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-08-09
SCROFULA SORE.
ECZEMA.

ECLEMA.
Sixteen months since an eruption broke out on my
leg and both feet which turned out to be Eczema and
caused me great pain and annoyance 1 tried various
remedies with no gOodiresults until used the CuTf
C RA REsoLvENT internally aud CuTICURA and CUTI-
CURA SOAP externally which emit rely cured me 50 that
my skin il as smooth and natural as ever.
LEN. NJ. FRAILEY, a South st, Baltimore.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-08-09

will now state that 1 made a miraculous cure Of
one of the worst eases of skin d eases known The
patient Is man forty years old had suffered fifteen
years His scalp and nearly his whole body pre-
teuted frightful appearance. Had had the attention
twelve different physicians, who prescribed the
est remedies known to the profession such as iodide
OF ssium arsenic corrosive ultimate sarsaparllla
tc, Had paid $3.50 for medical treatment with but
te relief prevailed upon nm 70 gse Inc nd
opRA SOAP externally He did 30, and was comptetety
cured. The skin on his head. face, and many other
parts of his body, which presented most loathsome
appearance is now soft and smooth as an infants
with ira se of the disease left behind He
has now been cured twelve months.
Reported by ,.,
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= Od trough or tuO OF waller IN the yard
,or he cattle to drink,) and then put a
tees cords Of muck dirt from the road.
side at the lower side of the yard to
+ absorb the liquids that will find their way
there, and this yard lelk will thus be
pretty well stopped.
We next come to The leak in the stable
floor. If you have not cellar to your
barns, (and but few have them compared
with the many,) see to it that such floors
be as tight as II tub, and then use some
absorbent TO take up the liquids of the
stable and thereby double the manure pile
and make it better in quality. Then keep
it housed by building sheds over the heaps,
when it is to remain till hauled to The
field where it is 10 be used. Trv it,.
brother farmer, aud be surprised at the
result. You will thus obtain an increase
of fertilizing material much cheaper and
far better than any of the so called com.
mercial fertilizers in the market.
Then, again. give your swine plenty of
muck, turfs, or washings from the road.
side, and each head will enrich or make
fertile from six to fifteen loads according
to age and siz,,) and it will be of the very
best quality.
DO you ask how you are to make your
stables warm without being to too great
expensoP Let me tell you; get few
hundred feet of boards-they may not be
No l boards eithcr-and line up your
stables and stuff with straw, and you have
that matter settled. Ten dollars thus ex.
pended will pay back or save five times
that amount in a single year.
Do you ask why so much talk about
manuresp Because right here lies the
foundation Of success orifailure in farming
Feed your growing crops well and they
will feed you; starve them and they will
siarvc you.
Some farmers lose much valuable time
and money sitting about tho village store
and chewing or smoking tobacco, md
some, alas too many, even in tho old
Green Mountain state, indulge in strong
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-08-01

EDITOR PosT-INTELLIarNcER:-On nv
way from Snoqualmis 10 Seattle. passed
through tho Squak Valley. It is elk
miles east Of Newcastle, and, for its size,
IL the finest valley I have seen in the
Territory. Il ia about three miles wide
b. six miles long, and il all settled ~,
There arc some tine farms here. met
our mutual friend General George w.
Tibbetts, who is carrying on a large
dairy farm. making from 15O to 200
pounds OF frst class butter week, for
which hs finds ready sale at Newcastle.
He ais has u store and il Postmaster-
besides no keeps tirst-ciass accommoda-
lions for the weary traveller, who is
served with good square meal and
good nights rest. General Tibhetts
makes every Que feel happy that passes
tnis way, and l predict that ere long he
wili DO one OF the solid men of this
county. visited the farm Of the Void
nrothers adjoining the Tibbetts farm
They seem to be Ken Of enterprise. They
nave . forty-acre field Of hops which
look very fine, besides large crop Of
nay md vegetables. Tney are building
saw mill on one branch of SQuak
creek, which will supply the local de-
mand for lumber, and 30 4 great oon.
venience for the settlers. There IL q good
opening Tor some enterprisinQ man with
small capital to put 4 stea mboat ON the
route from Seattle to SGuak-startinR
from tho McGilvrae place on Lake
Washington land ] am informed there
- large settlement along tho slough
oonnectinR Lake Washington and the
Samish. or SquAk Lake, aud that q live
" trade awaits tho lucky man that first
taxes advantage Of IL. There 10 one
tninX ! will mention, before closing;
That IN almost every house have visited
! md the PoSr-lNr.LIIoxNcKR, which
accounts for the people being intelli-
Rent and well poSted on the general
topics OF The day, etc. TaAvE1xa
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In condsming the practice OF accept.
ing and using passes by public men
while acting for the people, under pay
Of the people. the San Francisco Post
thus speaks Of a case in point: No
only has General StoneInan exhausted
the generosity of the railroads OF this
State in riding free over their routes
but he has also pressed into his grdtnit-
Gus service the water lines Of the coas.
While acting as commissioner to regn-
late fares and freis hts on steamer lines
rs we'll az railways. he went to Oregon
and returned on free pass Of the 10
egon Passenger Steamship Company
How could it be expected that he should
see any irregularity or oppression OF
the poor by company whose hospital
ity he was enjoying-their bread break
ing and their drink im5ibing. II, un-
der such circumstances, he had criti-
cised their charges, he might readily
have been accused of base ingratitude.