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ALExAsDnIA, Jan. i0-The market to-day was a
shade ilrmer and prices had an upward tendency
though there was no actual advance In figures. Wheat
sold at n rs for FuE, 81 " for mixed, and q 10 for
Lancaster. All the thar offered sold at Soc
Nothing doing IN rye and oAls.
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Job Printing

OF every description executed neatly at the short
est notice ut 1'HR REPUBLICAN Job Rooms.
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Yesterdays Chicago grain and provision market
furnished by Cooke Il Co., Pa. ave. and Fifteenth st..
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PRODUCE MARKETS.

BALTIMORE, jan l0.-Virglnla Gs, consolidated 63.4;
3Dia bid to-day.
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DIED.

BOY LE-January u, at p M, ELLEN II, BOYLE,
beloved wife OF Xii Boyle.
Funeral will take place from her late residence PIG
Massachusetts avenue northwest. Friends and rela-
tives are respectfully Invited. jaiO-3te
IRw1N.-At Richmond, Va, January 10, 1852 Col
onel JAMES w. lnwiN, formerly OF Washington, D.
o. aged 20 years
LEECH.-On Wednesday, January Is, PnwBE T.
LEECII, widow OF the late II. ID. II. Leech.
Her funeral will take place from Foundry Church
Friday nj II o. will leave house. llO3 sixteenth
street northwest, promptly at 1880 o'clock
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TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST.
On and amer SUNDAY, DECEMBER Is, 1891.


TRAINS LEAVE u. d p. DEPOT AS FoLLows
7iO a. m.--NEw ORLEANS MAIL. daily. pred
connections for the South and Southwest. Daily "A
pr points west Of GhaGjottssyi,,e on g 4 o, Railway
from washington to Atlanta via II Dsny II aSa
,., from LyRclneRrg and Atlanta 70 New 0rloans
PULLMAN sLEEpiNG V CARs som on il.ao a. m. trail.
o5 s'P MosspEFfP AA' E3'fnE daily for all
m, points south y!a Danyllle aud Charlotte.
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THE MODEL FAST, AND THE ONLY LINZ
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t2Jt-Chlcago, Cincinnati and ST. Louis itus expreua
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SIiSnnrs Winchester Hagerstown, aud Way.
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SlSE Philadelpha, New York, and Boston Exprcsa
$40 staunion and Valley Express. Connects rpr
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1870 a, m.-BnltimOre, llyattsville and Laurel Ex,
press. Stops at Annapolis Junction and Jes-
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college, Belsyille, Laurel, Annapolis Junction.
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tlGil-rittsburg Chicago, Cincinnati, and ST. Louia
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Stations
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t2:l5-BatlmOre Express.
t&O0-liaitmOre, Philadelphia, and New York EK-
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;ai-Bilmore and Way Stations (ylnchesier,
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chester, and Way stations. (On SUNDAY to Point
Ul Rocks ana Way stations unly.)
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Via Relay. stops vt lIyattsvlllc and fAlurpiD
G0i-puint OF Rocks and Way stations.
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t&lO-pltlshurg, Cleveland, and Detroit Express.
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slGcplng cars TO New York stops AT hyata-
tgi7- Chicago. Cincinnati and ST. Louis Express
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Sunday.
All trains from Washington stop ut Relay station.
For further information apply at the baltimore
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sUB-TREAsURY BALANCES
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Opening.
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E. E. JACKSON 81 CO.,

Corner Ohio A-v- and Thir-
tsszath ST. M. W..
WASHINGTON, d. 9.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-01
Gen. GrOut ON En- siIagr.

While gathering mater ial forth lectures
on ensilsge to be given at the n, II. Agli.
cultural College. we addressed y note OF
inquiry to Hon. VIM. w. Circuit, whose
siIo VIC visited last spring and of which we
gave pretty full account in the FREEMAN
Mt the time.
We were curious 10 know What bud been
the future condition of The stock after feed,
ing on ensilage one season, and below we
give the substance Of General CIRCUITS
reply;
The result Of last years feeding was
every way satisfactory. The stock came
out in good condition in the spring. did
well curing the summer, ard are eating
tnslage again this winter. Have ensilcd
seve.. or eight acres of fodder corn aid
three and one half acres Oh tho corn fodder
Of the field corn after the ears were picked.
Am now making about 100 pounds Of but
Ter per week, and have been since about
the 1st of November. After we began
tu. ding ensilage sold 1t at five cents per
pound more than before, though the diff.
ference think may, in measure, be ow.
Ing to ct her causes hut is certain the ensi-
lage does rot affect the milk or butter
urfavorably.
Tie truth is, friend Tinkham, that
ensiIage is success You public lecturers
are cautious about endorsing IT, and that
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-01

POULTRY YARD FENCE.-It is certainly
desirable to keep fowls from the farm and
garden Mt some seasons of the year. The
following plan for a cheap enclosure for
them has been recommended: Set posts
firmly in the ground six feet high. eight
feet apart. Take number nine wire and
stretch from post to post outside, fasten'
ing with staples made of wire driven into
the posts. Take common laths and weave
in leaving three inches between sides of
each. This makes the fence four feet high.
Then take other laths, picket one end,
chamfer the other like u chisel blade, and
Intervene among the top wires; then
shove the chamfered edge down beside
the top of the bottom hath, tapping under
wires two inches This makes cheap,
durable, pretty fence that is fowl tight.
Wires should be left somewhat slack, as
Intervening the laths will take it up
LoWG Homestead.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-01

EDITOR HOUSEHOLD DEPARTMENT:
think can sympathize little with the
unfortunate poet, who in sonnet to his
lady love. in comparing her cheek to the
red rose, was made by the printer to COM
pliment her red nose. Il read this in
newspaper, so it must be true)
In Chips from the waste basket" print
ed in your department not long since. l
wrote "three or four kinds of well cooked
food are enough for all legitimate needs"
not 'HsealS' as it was printed. Also in
the recipe for Railroad cake, it should read
Break two eggs into tea cup" etc., not
three eggs' as | am made to say, by the
bunder of the printer.
Now never flattered myself that I was
a handsome writer, but though my chirog-
raphy was tolerably legible and would
compare ftvorably with Horace Greeley's
or some other noted journalist, and it is
objectionable in the printer to make such
blunders.
If he cannot d"ciphcr ducks tracks or
Egyptian hieroglyphics by intuition, what
is he q printer for, would like to know /?
l.. b. BoYCE.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-01

DEMAND FOR HEAVY HORSES. de-
mand for heavy horses at present exceeds
that of any former year. Buyers are
securing the country for big" colts. A
word of caution is not out of place here.
Breeders are sometimes apt to overlook
quality provided they find size. Discrim-
nation should be used in selecting stations
of this kind us well as other kinds. The
strong demand is calculated to make buy
ers less exacting in regard to quality, and
this will not fail to result. in some cases.
in loss by and by. The shrewd breeder
will look ont and select his breeding stock
with a view to securing all the weight de-
sired, combined with attractive and desir-
able points that will insure saleabe horse
at any time. Without disparaging horses
OF other heavy breeds it is proper to say
that the English draft or shire horses are
rapidly gaining in public favor. as they
seem to combine the desirable qualities for
improving the small common stocks in the
United States. They are very compact in
construction, heavy in bone and muscle,
are very active and have strong consti
tuition. Breeders will do we'll to look into
the merits of the English draft horse
Fratrlc Farmer.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-01

MIR EDIToR:-To construct my sIo
took II barn fifteen by eighteen feet, which
was connected to my main barn. 1t ,tands
on a side hill and has posts eight feet from
the sills of the barn down to the ground
dug down one foot deeper, making the
bottom Of the silo two feet lower than nay
COW stable floor, and was boarded up on
two sides. Back side Of barn one year ago
dug out six feet wide and made root
cellar six feet wide, eighteen feet long,
and built Il lean-to over it to hold straw.
| boarded up the other two sides outside
of posts, then set up studding three feet
apart inside fot curb, making the corners
by setting us board endwise so MS not to
have a small square corner. purchased
five barrels of Newark cement, six barrels
of fresh lime and got sharp, washed sand
(coarse). Then took one part unslaked
lime, five parts sand and made a mortar rs
would to lay brick then took one bushel
cement, one bushel sand, five bushels NOR
tar, made thin with water, so it would
pour readily, then took two pals full of
this and poured it into the curb and filled
in as many small stones (suth as are
plenty on most farms and wanted to be
rid of) and pounded into the slush. and so
added the grout and stones till the curb
was full. 1t will harden in twenty
hours so as to raise curb. so one can work
most every day. and my boy consumed
some ten days drawing stones and filling
to construct walls. have door into my
stable and one into root cellar. The walls
are ten inches thick. If should reckon
our time with material, the walls 80 far
will cost something like forty dollars, the
capacity of which is fifty tons. They are
not finished but ten feet high, for if the
wooden slos prove satisfactory this year
it is my intention to finish them ten feet
higher with wood, or by lathng and plas
terng The inside measure is thirteen
feet two inches wide by sixteen feet eight
inches long.
Inow intend 10 finish off my root cellar
next spring, as have rye sowed to fill the
same with enslage for my cows next
August, and so on till can fill the large
slo with corn, using the rye ensiIage to
bridge over the dry season. have come
TO the conclusion that do not need root
ccllar--had much rather have even poor
ensilage than roots at their cost
S. +. STEELIN.
Woodstock, VT, Jan. lG, '62.
P.S Should like to hear what you
have to say In favor of ensilage some time
Do you publish your lectures at Hanover
In the Freeman s.F.s
The matter of the lectures at the col.
lege will appear in the main in the FREE
MAN
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-01
Another Chapter on Agents,

As the beautiful snow" is beginning 10
fall again, covering as with white mantle
the mud, leatless stalk and stubble, so that
the pent-up poets and other graphic writers
can have fit subject upon which to I'M
burden their massive ideas and weichty
thoughts, undisturbed trust, by 'ungag-
ged idiotic agents." who have heretofore
so thoroughly RULED the harmonious or
ganization Of our beloved sister of the
household, M. l.. A )" of Gouldsville, rs
expressed in her reasoned out of reason'
article Of December 29lh. deem it pertin-
ent to add another on the same subject.
Now | thoroughly believe that every
person has n perfect right to his or her
ideas upon any visible or invisible subject
or substance, and that those who differ in
opinion from US are just rs truly our sisters
as are those who agree with us. Believing
that tho term agent applied to different
and larger class of individuals than the
few vendors of "silver plating preparation
or "bottled stove backing" or any other
article, have taken from The shelf Apple.
tons American Cyclopcdia to ascertain
whether am right or wrong in my opin-
ion, and find the term agent rendered
thus: agent, in law, a person appointed
to perform an act for another; he may be
other special or general, or may be ap
pointed either expressly Of implicitly. No
| form disappointment is required. An agent
may be created either by deed, or by a
simple letter. or by word of mouth. Some
persons are agents by the very nature of
their business. such rs attorneys, auc-
tioncers, bailtfs, brokers, shipmasters, fac.
tors aud others" etc. Again, take down
Webster's unabridged and find similar
explanation of the incongruous term,
agent, with the additional rendering of
Dryden, who attaches TO it the exponent
of morality and immortality, as
| Heaven made agents, free to good or ILL.,
Now what want to say is this, that have
never been able in any class of business.
from tho market, the farmer, the store
keeper with post office, ticket agent or any
thing else combined, to the presidents
chair, Or from the mop squeezer to Queen
Victoria, to find all tho workers truthful
and honest.
Now II any sister has found such class
clique Or clan, will she inform us, so that
calm serenity may resume her throne
at tho prospect of such territory. In all
the larger places of Vermont and in some
other states. I know that in Broadway and
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-01

Money is the universal necessity, and
none but a oynic or a fool will affect to
despise it. Mr.. Abram Ellsworth, OF Port
Even. Ulster county. N. Y, had realized
this truth. His disease involved the whole
of his thigh bone, and the suffering man
looked forward, not without apparent rea-
son to death as bis only deliverer. His
family physician refused to amputate the
understanding that the operation would
kill the patient on the spot. DIR. David
Kennedy, of Rondout. N. Y, who was
consulted, held different opinion, and
amputated the limb. The Doctor then
administered freely his great Blood Speci-
fic FAVORITE REMEDY to afford tone
and strength to the system, prevent the
return of the disease. and Mr.. Ellsworth
remains to this day in the bloom Of health.
This gentleman's disease was the offspring
of foul blood, and Kennedy's FAVORlTE
REMEDY purified the blood and restored
to him the power once more to enjoy his
life. Are you suffering from any disease
traceable 10 the same cause? Try Favorlte
Remedy. Your druggist has it. ONE
DOLLAR Il bottle. Bear in mind the
proprietor's name and address; DIR. David
Kennedy, Rondout, New York.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-01

BREEDING PEN.-IIere is q plan for
preventing sows from OVERLAPPING and kill
ing their pigs Immediately after narrowing,
which is the cause of great loss in the
aggregate The pigs are weak, and I'M
able to get out of the way, and the sow in
lying down. brushes or smothers them
against the side of the pen. One farmer
told me he lost litter of twelve pigs in
two days. The sow does not lie down on
the pigs, but usually pushes them out OF
the way. To prevent crushing them
against the size of the pen, mortice Q
iour,inch scantlng firmly into each side Of
the pen, one foot from the wall. There
must be no support from below, as the
pigs would be as liable TO be crushed
against them. Scantling may be fixed
into the wal! on two opposite sides, and
for the ends, mortce the scantling into the
two side ones, one foot from the wall.
Fourteen days after narrowing the rails
can be removed. Never leave the feeding
trough in the pen, but remove Immediate
ly after feeding. Do not give long litter,
as the pigs get entangled in it. Short
litter and little of it. If the above plan Is
adopted it will save the pigs, without fail.
DR.. Stuart, in Ohio Farmer.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-01

IS well. think the system will develop
rapidly enough anyway; as rapidly as Is
consistent With thorough understanding
of the methods which will secure good
pnsilage. for 1t Is true that good preser-
walton is a great deal more valuable as food
than an imperfect one. I do not think this
is fully understood by many practising the
system. A perfect ensilage can only be
secured by a rapid and solid filling of the
silo and thorough exhaustion of the air
by heavy pressure. This done, with an
air.tight receptacle, and you will always
have satisfactory result. But enough.
There is nothing in my experience to dis
courage, but everything to encourage, the
continuance of the system.
(Signed) WIN. w. CIRCUIT.
Washington, d. c., Jan. IL, 1882.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-01
How TO Keep Wings.
AN INQUIRY.

Thinking perhaps the readers of the
household department would not overlook
n few words, written by younger sister
than many of its writer's, would make an
inquiry if nothing more.
have spent great part of my time in
the school room; but at present am home
on a vacation, and living in sunny Home
land. find it quite necessary that should
leave the pleasures of sitting-room and
parlor, for pleasure in the kitchen aiding
my mother, as she performs her daily
labor. l do not have any serious trouble
washing dishes or working over the cook
stove; but my trouble commences when
pick up Il wing and find when through
dusling. stray feather on the organ. an
other on the sofa and quilts everywhere.
with only the stubbed part of the wing left
in my hand. After once doing q piece of
work it is quite perplexing to be obliged
to 60 over it again us soon as possible.
am believer in the maxim "that q thing
that is worth doing at all is worth doing
we'll" Therefore that may be able tc
dust satisfactorily, would like information
how to keep wings from getting moth
eaten?"
lam able by drawing TO represent oh
jeets, 10 solve problems by mathematics
to picture Il sentence in its various rela
tions by diagram, 10 understand something
Of the feathered tribe by geological study
and am able TO learn methods of teaching
both ancient and modern in the history o
pedagogy, and yet find no textbook Civ
ing instruction in household duties.
GOLDEN HAIR.
| Homeland.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-01

We desire to call the attention of our
readers to the very favorable opportuni'ss
to obtain good family scale at an exceed
ingly low price; scale with scoop and
platform and capable of weighing from
hall an ounce to 240 lbs. A good, durable,
reliable scale. The publisher will send
this scale and the FREEMAN or MEssENG EH
one year for fue dollars. There can be nc
excuse for Guessing off" with weighing
machine available at such price. Gel
one and show 1t to your neighbors and ask
them to subscribe for the FREEMAN.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-01
Washington Co.
AGENT.

EBoNIzED FURNITURE furni-
ture made of ebonized wood in imitation of
the rich ebony and gold more common in
the eastern hemisphere, is quite popular,
and there are few fine furniture stores In
which more or less OF it is not displayed.
Some superb specimens are to be seen at
the dealers, where they attract much atten-
ton. The process of ebonizing wood is
comparatively simple, and has been de-
scribedas follows The wood is first stained
with decoction OF logwood, which may
be purchased from any druggist or dealer
in dye stuffs. 1t is dissolved in warm wa
ter until all has been taken up that the
water will hold. Application of this to
the wood is made ready with large,
soft bristle brush, and the surface is rub
bed with cloth to prevent the formation
of gummy coat thereon. After the ar
tcle has been left to dry for a few hours.
the second application. which consists OF
vinegar in which q quantity OF nails or
clean filings have been soaked for several
DAYS, is also laid on with brush. The
moment the vinegar touches the wood it
combines with the logwood solution in the
pores, making an ink which is permanent
let black stain The influence of the iron
in the vinegar is all important, and it is
really that which does the work. If any
tendency to gravness is noticed. n second
treatment with the logwood and vinegar
Is necessary, but this seldom happens If
the materials have been properly used in
the first instance. When perfectly dry,
the article is vanished and rubbed down,
or finished with furniture oil well rubbed
in. A dead black surface is what is sought
after. Cherry is considered the best wood
for ebonizing, and the furniture to which
we have referred is most generally known
to the trade as ebonized cherry. White
wood, maple and beech are, however,
used with good effect. Any close grained,
dense wood will answer. Ash, chestnut
and oak are not suitable.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-01

High streets in palatial residences.live men
and women of scholastic culture CLEANED
from our schools and colleges. who belong
to this same "dog" deserving class oil
idiots"
Against the charge of poor, credulous
bamboozed women" /. in behalf OF my
mother, sisters, nieces and daughter, firm
ly and determinedly deny the indictment
Dear sisters of the household, let us be
charitable one toward the other; let US be
careful that there falls no fouler stain on
our rag.carpet from our own hand, heart
or tongue than the daub of mud from
mother earth; let us remember our older
Teachers words, "he that is without sin,
etc., let us remember the law of necessity
and assistance which holds good here. and
as believe through the eternal ages, that
we shall never arrive at n point where
there will not be those above and those
below US, and as we render to those below
commensurately shall wereceive from those
above.
AGENT.
Washington Co.
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