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The Comet as a Moral Influence.

From the Nep York Herald. Wa9 p
1t is gratifying to learn that the brilliant
comet now visible in the eastern sky at early
morn is regarded in some portions of the
country as an indication that the world is about
to come to an end. Great revival meetings
are under way in some parts of the South, all
on account of the comet, and many thousands
of colored citizens are trying to flee from the
wrath to come by abjuring the chicken coops
and watermelon patches of their neighbors.
This indicates great improvement on the good
oldtimes when cometswere supposed to presage
war and pestilence, for then every one devoted
his days and nights to theft, SO as to be able
to get out of the country before the trouble
began But, in the name of suffering
country, we protest against the reformation
being monopolized by the South; great deal
of it is needed up this way. Have the mem
bers of the Republican State Committee
never seen the comet, or can they not get
out of their cosey quarters until after sun
rise? IF comets will scare men into repent
ance it might not be unadvisable to act ac-
cording to the committees own methods and
put some fraudulent comets in sight where
they would do the most good. s.
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A Republican Journals Tribute to
3.a Robson.

From the baltimore american. ID 9.
As the administration machine was worked
for all it was worth in behalf of Robson, and
the corruption fund was heavily drawn upon,
it is not remarkable that he captured re-
nomination for Congress from the First New
Jersey district; but it is an unfortunate thing
for the Republican party elsewhere. Every
where that his record in the Navy Department
and on the floor of Congress last winter is
known-and there is no nook nor corner of
the country where it is not known is a bur-
den that the party must carry in the coming
campaign. The Camden district of New Jer-
sey is naturally very strongly Republican, but
Robson managed to cut down the majority
from 5,045 in 1873 to 8, 457 in 1880, although
in the usual course of events popular candi-
date would have increased it in the presiden-
tial year. Unquestionably there is powerful
Republican revolt in the district against him;
but it was unable to make Roadway against
the influence of patronage and money. That
it should, however, prove persistent enough
to sacrifice the district to the Democrats for
the sake of terminating his public career may
not be an impossibility. 1t is one of the cases
whereia boiling is justifable and healthy for
the party at large.
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Hon. Frank Hurd has been elected to Con-
gress from the Toledo district OF Ohio, . DIS
trict with strong Republican majority against
him. He made his fight on the tariff guess
ton, defeating his protective Republican OPP
moment by majority Of about FIVE hundred.
Thisis one Of most cheering results OF the
Ohio election. - -
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some g new ~ cases Of yellow fever have &C

Some new cases of yellow fever have occur
red at ranches in the vicinity of Brownsville,
Texas Lieut.. Minnie at Fort Brown is ex-
tremely i'll and his recovery is scarcely expect
ed. Fifty new cases were reported on Mon
day at Pensacola, Fla, and three deaths.
There have been 1850 cases to date, l15I of
which were fatal. There is much distress
among the poor who have been thrown out OF
employment by the epidemic, especially among
the colored people. An appeal is made to
the country at large for aid. = 4 szi0oaoot
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Fifty thousand loaded breech- loading caps
blew up at the Union metallic cartridge shop,
at Bridgeport, Conn, Monday afternoon.
The building was blown to atoms, but no one
was injured.
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+ Gen. Montero, who is at Arequipa, has de-
clared his intention of continuing the war un-
less Chilli grants reasonable serms to Peru.
A battle occurred between the Monteneros
and detachment of Chihans rs miles from
Lima, in which the former were defeated with
q loss of two officers and Is men. y ...;sl
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-10-14

Daniel Camp, planter, died at Pine Bluff,
Arkansas, on Wednesday, from eating by mis-
take watermelon which he had poisoned for
some thieves who had visited his melon patch.
Three of his children who had partaken of
the melon are likely to die,
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Effects of the Treasury Surplus.

From the Nep York San:
An OVERLOOKING Treasury is q source of ex-
travagance and corruption, besides being
strain upon labor through enormous taxation.
Look at five years. figures of revenue:
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z 1sroEnNcI.AIMEn MATTER.
A TTENTIoN, FARMERS.

We have contracted for Carroll county for
the SILVER & DEMMING HAY and FOD-
DER CUTTER. VIII have car load about
the Goth of this month. Farmers in want OF
a machine would do well to examine. our cut
tiers before buying. All we ask is a trial
Recollect we have a safety hy-wheel; no break
ing of knives. Respectfully, ai
STOUCH & SHRIVER,
oct 14.St Westminster, Md.
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WEsrMrNsrER, Oct. 7th,. 1882. :
The President and Board of Directors OF
the Westminster Savings Institution, on the
above date, declared a dividend of six per
cent on the capital stock. and four per cent;
on the weekly and monthly deposits of SAID
Institution, payable on and after the 18th inst.
JOHN 7. tDIFFENBAUGH, res
oct 14-2t Secretary.
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XNANTEp.

Six four Horse Teams to haul Machinery
Castings, &C., from our shops to Railroad
Apply at Office of
q TAYLOR MFG. CO..
ssoct l4-tf g Westminster, Md
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DIR. Free expects to be in Westminster on
the 18th of October and on the 10th of No
vember, at J. G. Shunk's. Treats ladies' only.
oct 4, IA, nov 4, II la $. aag Ii aII,IllI
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DEPoRT OF THE CONDITION

Ofhe Union National Bank Of Westminster,
at Westminster, Ia the State Of Maryland,
at the close Of business, October Srd, 1882.
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FoR SALE.

Remington Mid Range Rife, with, Or with
ont Vernier sights. Price very low. Call on
or address I. S. WEAVER
oct 7-St at Railroad, Westminster, Nd.
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-06-21
Is Il Cotton Seed.

Mr. EDITOR There is some discussion
n this vicinity as to the effect on pigs of
milk from cows fed on cotton seed meal
This meal is being fed much moro than
'rmerly, and this spring large number
II young pigs are consigned to the COM
Jos heap or somewhere else. We hear Of
me farmer who lost forty nine out of fifty,
nd many others lose all or nearly all
One butcher riding round the country buy
ing beef says he heard Of moro than 800
lead pigs. Many farmers think this is
| caused by the use of cotton seed meal To
decide this it must be ascertained if all, or
4 large majority who feed the meal did
ose pigs, and if those who do not feed ii
have been SO fortunate as not to lose. One
young farmer who fed heavily Of the cot
ton seed menl is raising twenty fine pigs,
| having lost but two; while his next neigh
Dor who feeds lightly lost two-thirds OF
! hem, and another who feeds cotton seed
meal lost thirteen and raised five. Pleas c
give us your opinion and perhaps others
will do SO, for ifthe suspicion should prove
to be true, tho loss in feeding this meal
would be greater than the gain,
As our correspondent suggests trial must
determine this question. Cotton seed is q
very heavy, concentrated food, and we
think it unsafe to feed to young animals
We know of several who have lost calves
by feeding ii, two having seven head each
but whether the i'll results remain after
passing through one organism we can only
lcll by the test of experience, Ed.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-06-21

Grubs in tho head OF sheep are caused
by the gnd-by Of the sheep depOsiting its
eggs in the nostrils of the sheep during
tie months of July and Angus. These
eggs soon hatch and crawl up the nostrils
of the sheep, and those that arc not ex
pollod by the sheep in sneezing live
here until the next spring when they are
full grown, and many of them are expelled
to the ground when the crawl into it, and
come out in u few weeks a full grown fly
Sometimes some of the grubs work their
way into the cavities Of "a rams head
around their horns, and, | think, are the
principal cause of their death.
The remedies for grub in the head are 10
bcsmear the noses of the sheep with tar
once in two on three weeks in the months
of July and August, or TO anything that
will cause the sheep TO sncez1 violently.
In March whom the sheep first show signs
of grub in the head, fill common tobacco
| pipe with tobacco, make stopper with a
| hole through it, fit it To the bowl Of the
Pipe, get tho tobacco well on fire, insert
the stem of the pipe in one nostril of th'
sheep, pat the stopper into the bowl of The
pipe and blow through the stopper unit
the sln kc comes out Of the other nostr
and out Of the sleeps mouth; this will
cause the sheep TO choke somewhat; but i
anything will Kill the grubs and not The
sheep l think this will. II is necessary
for one person to hold the sheep, another
to operate the pipe. -
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-06-21

GLUCOSE Does anybody know what
glucose is good for? So far as the public is
generally informed it IS only used as an
adulterant. Mixed with sugar it makes
an inferior article and enables the mixer
to impose upon the public and make mon.
ey. The same is true of syrups. The
refuse from the glucose factory makes the
COWS give thin milk, and we would like
some one 10 tell US just wherein it is used
for any good purpose. Great factories are
built for its manufacture, and their propri-
etors appear to make great deal of mon
ey, but the glucose is not advertised for
sale, nor does it appear in the open mark.
ct TO any observable extent. Those who
buy and handle it seem TO do so in q
surreptitious way. 1t travels under as.
sumed names. 1t goes in at the back door
and never goes out ut the front door until
it has changed both its character andname
The whole American people are said to b.
eating glucose, yet not one out Of thou
sand ever saw or tasted it under that
name. If it can build fifteen.story build.
ings and add millions to the fortunes OF
millionaires, why should it hide Its head
in shame and avoid the scrutiny of the
public eyeP
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-06-21
Wheat vs.. Oats.

Mn EDlToR:-I think you recommt nd
farmers TO raise wheat in order TO save the
-four bill. That is well, but | question il
an acre of land will raise some other crop
of more money value, whether it will pay
tue farmer to raise wheat and he to thu
extra trouble of getting it made into flour,
often being obliged to 90 many miles for
the purpose. To be sure there are other
considerations-hc has the bran and the
coarse -four; and while may prove that
he can.buy all with the oats he could have
raised on that acre, confess I cannot tell
which would draw the most fertility from
the soil That must leave to President
Buekham's science.
Last year Mr.. d. proposed to SOW an
acre to wheat some of our neighbors raised
wheat, aud it would seom rather nice TO
raise our own flour and save paying out
money. was doubtful on both points, for
had the impression that even the best OF
bread makers often had more Or less
trouble in making good light breaL and
biscuit from home grown wheat, and we
might as we'll pay out money for flour rs
tor grain which we would 90 sure 10 have
to buy. AS it happened we failed to get
the wheat for seed, and the acre was sown
To cats OF which We had two acres aud
raised 1G0 bushels. Eighty bushels even
at 80 cents per bushel would bring $40,
and at present prices-60 to 20 cents
there would be a margin for bran, | think,
after buying what -four an acre of wheat
would yield. Owing to circumstances and
the season our neighbours yield OF wheat
was below an average,-eighteen bushels
from IL acres, twelve to the acre, and
he has raised nearly twice that. The re-
port of the department OF agriculture 1--WE
have almost full set of these reports and
do read them some) gives the average Of
wheat 10 Vermont in 1880 as fifteen bushels
to the acre. the average of oats thirty.two;
bat as the average Of oats on our own
farm that year was fifty-two, in 1879 fifty
six, in 1881 eighty, and in 1872 or 1875
one acre yielded ono hundred bushels, We
would hardly wish to take thirty-two as u
basis when farming with pen, But tC
90 little further. wheat Is quoted Sl.20
to S1.53 in Boston wholesale market and
oats 60 to 20 cents; take our own average
Tor the last three years-sixty-two ant
two-thirds bushels of oats, or take the two
crops as they were, twelve bushels o.
wheat and eighty bushels of oats, and ig
ure it out, and you will see that it may
not always be the most profitable to ras'
wheat in Vermont.
have heard it stated that five bushels
of wheat would make barrel Of flour
that, at az y barrel, would give little bet
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-06-21

ter show for wheat. ! presume some OF
our farmers will he bringing on their big .
wheat yieldstO prove that "wheat is king;
that is right. bring on your statistics.
wish more farmers kept them from year
to year, we are so apt to forget the poor
crops; but my farm items book shall be
more faithfully kept, find so much oil
interest to myself in comparing one year
with another. | commenced three years
ago, and often wish that had the crop
and butter accounts Of the years before.
Mrs. c. +. ID.
June .. 1882.
And whether wheat or oats, each farmer
must decide for himself, and bis decision
will be influenced by his soil. method of
culture, location and various other things.
Some soils seem specially adapted to certain
crops. We remember that at one of the
superintendent meetings farmer wanted
to know how he could raise oats, and
what was the matter he "could only raise
20 or so bushels per acre. and we asked
him what in the name Of common sense
he wanted to d. in raising oats ifhe called
that poor crep, and be said his neighbor:
raised ID hundred and more, and gave in
stances of one hundred and twenty-five
bushels per acre. Well, it would be folly
for one who could raise such crops to raist
wheat, unless he could raise a crop o
greater value as compared with its cost
f and the fertility It takes from tho soil
And it is just such observing and careful
people as our correspondents who ar
going to settle these questions intelligent.
for themselves and othors.-r En-.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-06-21
MISCELLANEOUS.
A PLEASANT LETTER,

d, p,us,,f a oratefuI Heart and gives Honor "nsie
Honor u Due
Mr. William w. Chadwick, of Hatch
vile. Conn, writes under date of June a.
1850 10 DIR. Kennedy. TO say that the use
of "Kennedy's Favorite Remedy has
cured him of Gall Stone. from which he
had experienced everything but eoml0tt
for long time. Mr.. Chadwick ieit whollt
cured when he wrote and says: Il nave
had no main for six months and have also
regained my iesh and can stand a iaiI
DAYS work. | recommend Kennedy q
Fayorite Remedy to any one suffering
from deranged liver " Grateful patlent'
are common DIR. Kennedy is daily IL
receipt of letters from them, expressing
similar sentiments. These letters are
spontaneous and put in all varieties o
phraseology, but invariably setting, iortf
one thiug-the value of "Kennedys ia
vorite Remedy" for many forms OF disease
II may be Just the thing you have beei
looking for. Is your Liver disordered
Have YOU Derangement of the Kidney
or Bladder, associated with ConshpatloI
of the Bowels? lfso, you want kennedy
Favorite Remedy DR. Kennedy practice
Medicine and Surgery in all their branches
Write and state your case frankly. Letter
promptly answered. Address DR.. Ddct
kennedy, Rondout, y. Y. "Dr. Kennedy
Favorite Remedy" for sale by all drug
gists.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-06-21

RAISING PoRK.--I was travelling once
In the old North State and as was riding
across an opening like, saw man some
little distance ahead of me, pointing, IS l
thought a long gun at something up In a
persimmon tree. refined up my horse TO
walt for him to fire. After waiting some
time and no firing done, l noticed the
man did not seem to be taking any sight,
but appeared to be shifting his piece from
time TO time, SO hailed him to ask him
what he was up to. Raising pork for the
IN arket," answered he, without turning to
me. | road up and the Tar-heel had q
little spotted shoat tied to q pole, holding
il up to eat porsimmons. Chicago Ne,ps.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-06-21
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Neville

w
is given by using BROWNS
Iron BITTERs. In the
Winter it strengthens and
warns the system; in the
Spring it enrichcs the blood
and conquers disease; in the
Summer it gives tone to the
nerves and digestive organs;
in the Fall it enables the
system to stand the shock
of sudden changes.
In no way can disease be
so surely prevented as by
keeping the system in per
feet condition. Browns
IRON BITTERs ensures per-
feet health through the
changing seasons, it disarms
the danger from impure
water and miasmatic air,
and it prevents Consump-
ton, Kidney and Liver Dis
case, &c.
II. S. Berlin, Esq., of the
wcll-known firm of II. 5.
Berlin & Co, Attorneys, lie
Droit Building, Washing
ton, d. C., writes, Dec. 9Th,
1881:
Gentlemen I take pleas
ure in stating that have used
Browns Iron Bitters for ma
LARA and nervous troubles,
caused by ovcrwork, with
excellent results.
Beware of limitations.
Ask for Browns Iron BIT
TIERS, and insist on having
it. Don't be imposed on
with something recon-
mcnded as Just as good"
The genuine is made only
by the Brown Chemical Co.
Baltimore, Md.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-06-21
agricultural Department.
O. N. TINkHAM. EDITOR.

All communications for this department should be
ssnt 10 the editor. Mr.. o. NJ. rINRHAA, n. Pom
fret. Vt.
Piease write side Of the paper only sign such
name or initials IS you wish published, but give
vonr yu1r NAME AND ADDRESS post once, County and
state
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-06-21
MERINOS FOR MUTTON

The Merino sheep and their grade is the
hest sheep for feeding for mutton. What
are the cncouragements for the production
of mutton? The increase 10 the consump.
lion of mutton is far greater than that Of
any other kind of meat This will be
seen by referring to the statistics of the
number of sheep slaughtered in the large
cities yearly. The increase in number
for few years past is far greater than
the increase of population In those cities.
Take the city of New York: The increase
was from .22S, $50 sheep in 1875 TO 1,769
598 in 1880, all increase OF 54l ,068 or AZ
per cent in five years. The increase in
Other cities has been about the same.
Tie average price of mutton has also
increased for several years. and If sheep
not increase with the demand must e
higher.
There is change in another respect in
relation to mutton as we'll as to other meat
animals. Medium sized carcasses are now
preferred to overgrown ones. One of the
largest purchasers in the Boston market
told me that he would pay as much pei
pound for lot of lambs at one year old
that would average 80 pounds live weigh,
MS he would for q lot averaging 100 pounds
--eaoh lot to he equally we'll fattened. A
lot of MeriDo lambs one year old vii
weigh without any trouble 80 pounds anc
mature wether 100 pounds. The value
Of tue pet is so much higher that the
Meruo and their grade are sold at as hlgl
price, live weight, as any breed in al
markets In this country.
What are the encouragements for thu
production of wool 10 New Englaudp Th
price of fine wool for the past 80 years ha
had wide range, though not more s,
than other products. Itbas passed through
dissstrous revolution in the money market
and periods without tariff protection; still
fine wool has been remunerative and IL
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-06-21
lICLENIA.
CUTICURA

me CutGnra Treatment for he cure Of sbln Scalp
and Blood Discusses, CONSISTS In the internal use Of
CuTI CrHA lh:EOLvENT, the new blood Purincr, aud
the external use Of CuTICUEA and CulICURA Soar
the Hroht SKIN Cures Price of CUTCURA small boxes
hNc.: large boxes, o. CuTICrRA REsoLvENr 81 ueI
bottle ErTICURA SOAP 95c.: CurICunA SHAyITG SOAR
F1 Depot, WEEKS K POTTER, Boston, Mass.