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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-31

and many Of those still alive were wretch
edly emaciated. Hundreds OF them were,
TO use an expressive southwestern phrase,
con the lift -; that is, when they laid down
they were 80 weak that they could not get
up; but If they were helped to get up they
could walk about and feed until WEAKNESS
or weakness prompted them to lie down
again, when the process had 10 be repeated.
| saw great numbers of dead animals in the
pools and bitches, where they had come to
drink, and being too weak to struggle through
the mud they had fallen into the water and
been drowned. The owners appeared gen.
orally TO hold the same cheerful philosophy
with whom / talked at Corinth, Mississippi,
who thought he did not lose much when
hundreds Of his sheep died for want of food
and shelter, because, as he said, ave git the
WOOL" So those Texas cattle men seem
satisfied with the hides. Hundreds and
thousands of the cattle die when the new
grass begins to come; - 80 | was told every
where. The explanation is that the cattle,
weak from long starvation and ravenous
with hunger, eat excessively of the fresh
grass. They have no dry feed to serve
as corrective, and the surfeit on green food
kills them The whole system and plan of
cattle raising in this state seemed to me to
be enormously wasteful, yet the industry is
a source of wealth. 1t would, however, be
much more profitable with better methods
as the population becomes more Dense and
the range for cattle is circumscribed, these
will of necessity be adopted. Nearly every
pursuit in the sputh is to great extent car
ried on, or rather goes on, with similar
wastefulness of method and result. OF
course no business thus managed produces
so much as it would if prosecuted with even
moderate energy, foresight, and prudence.
l should not like to express my opinions
upon such matters so forcibly as southern
men express theirs everywhere.-June At
ldntic
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-31
Sealing.

The seals of the North Atlantic are not
hunted for their fur, as are their Alaskan
cousins, but chiefly for their oil, and second
arily for their skins 1t is an industry
which proftably employs hundreds of ships
and thousands of seamen, and it receives
the name of sealing"
You may know that near the end of win
ter enormous herds, chiefly of the harp-seals,
come down and congregate upon the float
ing fields of ice eastward of Newfoundland,
where the young are born in March. These
are the place and season of the largest
fishery, but the locality is never fixed nor
certain the fields, approached simultane-
ously by sailing fleets and steamers from
Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Scotland, Eng
land, France, Germany and Norway, must
be sought for every year as though for the
first time This is in the icy, tempestuous
North Atlantic, at the most stormy period
of the year. Dreadful gales may drive the
ships anywhere but where they seek TO go,
bergs may be hurled against them, the ice
may jam them between its ponderous edges
and crush the doubly braced hulls into splin-
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-31
An Agricultural Secretary.

The national house Of representatives
has almost unanimously passed bill max
ing the department of agriculture cabinet
office, the sneaking politicians in that body
who were privately opposed to the bill de-
pending upon the senators (who do not
have to go TO the people every two years. to
defeat it, which it is expected will be done,
We sincerely hope the senators, from what
ever motive, may reject the bill. 1t is no
advantage to the farmers to have the head
of this department in the cabinet. 1t is far
better to give it liberal appropriations and
let the commissioner devote his whole time
to the work. But until an intelligent prac-
tical farmer who is no politician is put at
the head of the department it will give a
poor return for even the present small ex-
penditure, which is mostly laid out in buy
ing seeds for cheap congressman to buy
cheap votes with. Give us a good commits
sioner, and shut up the political machine
shop, and we may have useful department
of agriculture.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-31
Farming with Machines.

Our readers are well aware that we favor
the introduction of all modern improve
ments on our New England farms, so far
and as fast as they are adapted to our needs.
We are glad indeed of any proof that our
farmers are awaking to the necessity of pro-
gress in this direction. A letter just re-
ceived from an Addison county farmer says,
Z" expect to plant some twenty acres of
corn, and have sowed nearly sixty acres of
wheat and other grain. now use as much
machinery as an Illinois farmer, which makes
farming easy, pleasant and profitable. l
never enjoyed farming better, or had more
aith in the calling than now." This writer
is not fancy farmer, but has acquired all
he possesses by hard labor on Vermont
farm. He is now past fifty, but has still
the spirit of progress in all his bones. He
| am, strong and well, scholar and worker
on the farm" Perhaps we may be per-
mitted to add a few more words from the
same letter, but of a more personal nature.
Referring to this department of the paper,
he writes Z" But with all your good inten-
tions suspect you will have something to
answer for in the matter of editorials. If
habitually TO turn to the agricultural de
partment first implies disregard of other
things, must first plead guilty. If to fail
to read the first part of the paper while
greedily devouring the last, reveals an un-
due love for worldly things, there also |
must plead guilty. You will see by these
confessions how you and the managers of
the paper may be implicated" Our friend
adds his advice to our publisher to put us
in charge of the rest OF the psper-'which is
about as preposterous an idea we remember
to have heard in long while. 1t would be
much like turning bull loose in china shop,
and we quite agree with the opinion of one
of our confreres that we had far better con-
fine ourself to COWS and rohan potatoes.
Fortunately our ambition extends no further
than to do well what is set for US to do.
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TOpnOOdy.

Mr.. Topnoody went to the minstrels last
night, and the funny conundrums and jokes
he heard set him to thinking. So at break
fast he began on Mrs. Topnoody. She was
warm and not very much in the humor for
pleasantly, but Topnoody slasbed away. al
say Mrs. Topnoody, can you spell hard water
with three letters ?" "No, can't might
though, if you had taken me TO the min
strels last night" This staggered him a
little, but not seriously. "And you can't
spell it Well, ice, amt that hard water ?"
Mrs. Topnoody never smiled, and Mr.. Top
moody went on Now spell money with
four letters" " | don't know how" she said
" Ha, ha, that's too good. A woman never
can get at this sort of thing in the same
clear-headed way a man can. Well, the
way to spell it is Cash, amt that money ?"
Again did Mrs. T. fail to smile :nd Top.
moody started out with another. Hold on
a minute" she interrupted, looking ugly I;
ave got one let's see if you can get it.
Spell Topnoody with four letters" Top
moody scratched his head and gave it up.
" Ha, ha," laughed Mrs. T., "that's too
good. A man never can get at this sort Of
thing in the same clear-headed way a
woman can. Well, the way to spell it is
f o-o-l, amt that Topnoody2" ?" But Top
moody never smiled and the breakfast was
finished in silence except an occasional
chuckle from Mrs. Topnoodys end of the
table,
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The Muck Question.

A correspondent of the Germdnto,on Tele-
graph from New Hampshire in speaking of
DIR. Nichols views on the Muck Question,
speaks of lecture given by the doctor at
Manchester, N. H., some ten years ago. We
quote " At that time he made number
of strange (and to many apparent errone-
GUS statements, some Of which still well
remember; for instance, he stated that all
the fertile matter contained in cord Of
crude manure could be carried in peach
basket another apparently wild statement
was, he could carry in a bushel basket on
his meadow, more fertile matter than was
contained in a cord of crude manure, giving
at the time the brand of super-phosphate.
Out of curiosity and to test the doctors
statement, | the next spring applied the
phosphate and a cord of crude manure, side
by side, on moist part of my meadow.
The result was four times better, and lasted
four times longer where the manure was
applied. That experience was enough for
me on that point as to his muck statement
thought the old farmers at the meeting
used his laboratory theory entirely up. One
old farmer was pretty severe on the doctor.
He stated that he had used muck for thirty
or more years, and in many instances found
the muck more valuable than crude manure.
He put clincher on his argument at the
close by saying that twenty years previous
he was hauling muck to the barn-yard on a
sled, and at the last load, something scared
the pesky cattle Just as he was passing the
bars from the field over which he was haul
ing, and striking the stone-wall dumped the
muck at the bars He spread it there on
the grass the next spring, two and three
inches thick. The result with all crops
grass, corn, potatoes and wheat for twenty
years was nearly double to other parts Of
the field. He wound up by inviting the
doctor to come next year and see what his
laboratory of Nature says about muck.
My next neighbor has field of about
four acres, south side of the road. There is
a gravelly knoll of about one-eighth of an
acre close to the road he has a bed of muck
(part road deposiD five rods from the knoll
now, whenever he plowed and manured that
land he would apply about twice the ma
nure to the knoll that he did to other parts
of the field, but with this advantage, the
knoll refused to respond like other parts of
the field. At last he adopted my sugges-
ton and hauled on to the knoll direct from
the bed muck to the depth of about three
or four inches, five years ago, planted it
with corn, and used half as much manure
as on the other part of land. The result
was that as good corn and grass on the
knoll as on other parts ever since. To me
this is Ito say the least) as valuable as the
chemists theory. AS have often said be.
fore, the chemists have done the agricul.
turist incalculable service, still there are
some things the old farmer with Natures
laboratory can beat them out of sight
notably the muck question"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-31
One Way.

When Professor Aytoun was wooing Miss
Wilson, daughter of Professor Wilson, the
famous christopher North" he obtained
the lady's consent conditionally on that of
her fathers being secured. This Aytoun
was much to shy to ask, and he prevailed
upon the young lady herself to conduct the
necessary negotiations. ave must deal
tenderly with his feelings" said glorious
old Christopher. "I'll write my reply on a
slip of paper, and pin it to the back of your
frock." "Papas answer is on the back OF
my Dress" said Miss Jane, as she entered
the drawmg-room. Turning her round the
delighted professor read these words
"With the authors compliments. Cham.
ber'S Journal.
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agricultural Deparfreh
T. II. nosKINs. Agricultural Editor.
SONG OF THE SPRING.

De spring-tlme Ia on an de March wind sqnallIn
DE lorg-rollln comm an de dead trees faln'i
DE Ian Ia dryin' an dc new groun's callin',
CALM mighty strong
De red-head peckerwoods beatin' an a-drummln',
DE butterflies swarmln' an de bumble-bee bummn';
DE appe-trees buddln an de peach-blossoms comm,
Comm right erlong
De breeze keep a-bowln an de pine-trees rockin,
DE sap-suoker peokin an de yaller hammer knockini
De bull-frog's jumpn' an de black-blrd's nockin'
Flockn' up de tree
Don't you hear de music dat the spring brlngin'7
De nel's gitin' green an de bushes keep a-ringin,
De sparrowhawk is sailin an de morkln-bird slngn,
singln' mighty freel
oh wake up, wake up, ary in de mornin',
De time Is a-comln' for to git dat corn I'M
90, hitch dem mules while de daylight dawnin'
Dawnn in de sky;
Go, git dem colters when de teams done drnkln',
start dat plantin while de jew draps' bllnkin'i
An wuk TIL de ebepn' sun 20 TO sinkln',
sinklu' bimeby
u A. Macon, in The Century Brte- Brdc for June
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-31

HOME PRoTEcTIoN-Last winter the
Legislature of Arkansas endorsed the "home
protection " idea by passing law that be-
fore any saloon keeper could open his shop
he must obtain the signatures of a majority
OF the women as well as the men of legal
age. This is nothing more nor less than
" the ballot by signature" and the results in
that frontier state justify all the hopes of
the temperance women. There is general
closing OF the saloons wall going up
from the dealers in Intoxicating drinks, and
such enthusiasm as was never before known
in that state. The movement is full of gen
uine religious power and the secular press
describe 1t as the most hopeful period in the
history of the state.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-31
Sugar from Sorghum.

Professor Peter Collier, chemist to the
National Department of Agriculture, ought
to be happy For several years he has been
experimenting upon sorghum as a sugar
producing plant in which, according to his
printed reports distributed from time to
time, he has met with very encouraging sue
cess. But he has pursued his work under
great difficulties on account of the opposi.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-31
Texas Cattle.

Westward from Houston the country be-
comes drier though there is still much low
prairie. All along the road through this
region one sees many cattle, and soon learns
the meaning OF the accounts, 80 often re.
peated, of cattle being able to 4" live out all
winter, without feed or shelter" They live
so that is, some of them do. Many die of
starvation. saw their bodies everywhere,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-31
Newspapers.

Somebody-if we knew who, we would
give due credit-writes thus tersely and
truthfully of newspapers and their worth TO
the world: "The value of newspapers is
not fully appreciated, but the rapidity with
which people are waking up to their neces-
sity and usefulness, is one of the significant
signs of the times. Few families are now
content with single newspaper. The
thirst for knowledge is not easily satiated,
and books, though useful--yea, absolutely
necessary in their place-fail TO meet the de.
mands of youth and age. The village news
paper is eagerly sought for and its contents as
eagerly devoured. Then comes the demand
for the county news, state news and national
and foreign news. Next TO the political,
come literary, and then the scientific Jour
nails. Lastly, and above all, come the
moral and religious journals. This variety
is demanded TO satisfy the cravings of the
active mind. Newspapers are also valuable
TO material prosperity. They advertise the
village, country and locality. They spread
before the reader map on which may be
traced character, design, progress. Ii a
stranger calls at hotel, he first inquiries
for the village newspaper; if friend comes
from distance, the very next thing after
family greeting, he inquiries for your village
or county newspaper, and you feel discom-
fitted If you are unable to find late copy,
and confounded if you do not take it. The
newspaper is just as necessary to fit man
for his true position in life as food or raj
ment. Show us ragged, barefoot boy
rather than an ignorant one. His head will
cover his feet in after life if he is well sup
piled with newspapers. Show US child
that is eager for newspapers. He will
make a man of mark in after life IL you
crafty that desire for knowledge. Other
things being equal, it is a rule that never
fails. Give the children newspapers"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-31

THE Omaha Bee tells how an engineer on
the Union Pacific railroad mistook signal.
The engineer, who had slight impediment
in his speech, was taken to task by the road S
superintendent because he had failed to re-
port the killing of a COW by his locomotive.
But think as much as he would he could not
recall any such recent incident. lie said {;
"No, c-ki-ki-can't remem-m m-m-remember
ki-ki-killing any COW. l d-d-do remember
stri-stri-striking one, b-b-but | looked out Of
the wi-wi.wi-window and saw her lying on
her b-b-back by the side of the tra.a-ck,
moving her feet "--motioning with his
hands" TO go ahead, and | to-to-took it to
mean that she w-w-was all right" lie was
warned not to be too sure of such signals in
the future.
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is independent OBJ de cole charities OBJ de
worl', wild incum OBJ S400 year an wen
man has dat mount OBJ money comm in
steady he can afford to speak de truff. hab
notise dat wen man talks to sujience, it
likes TO know wat he's wuth in hard cash
fore it begins to 'plaud. 1t is de bullion
benin man dat gibs weight to his pinion.
| feel, derefore, Wen Use afore de people,
dat de jingle OBJ loose dollars in my trowsers
pocket makes my argument perfectly logical.
An ornery man might say de same things, or
better; but dere's orde sumfn' wen talk,
or wen my friend Vanderbilt talks, dat con-
winces de folks rite off. don't say it's
'zactly rite, but do say dat it's 'cordin' to
de inwulnerable doctrine of Nat'ral S'lection,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-31

COLONEL lNGERsoLL says it is absurd to
ask him to believe that seven men could or
did blow down the walls of Jericho with
rams horns. Well, then, why does the
colonel try to blow down all the churches in
America with only his own good strong
breath Hadn't he better wait for rein
forcements p-BTlington Hapteye,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-31

THE PROBLEM.

like church; like a cowl;
love prophet Of the soul
And on my heart monastic aisles
Fail like sweet strains or pensive smiles;
Yet not for all his faith can see
Would that co wled churchman be.
Why should the vest on him allure
Which cond not on me endure2
Not from vain and shallow thought
His awful Jove young Phldlas brought;
Never from lips Of cunning fell
The thrilling Delphe oracle;
Out from the heart OF Nature rolled
The burdens Of the Bible old
The iltanies Of Nations came
Like the volcanoes tongues Of fame
Up from the burning core below
The canticles OF love and woe;
The hand that rounded Peters dome
And grolned the asles Of Christian Rome,
Wrought In a sad sincerity;
Himself from God he could not free;
He builded better than he knew
The conscious stone TO beauty grew.
Know'stthou what wove yon wood-blrd's nest
OF leaves and feathers from her breast2
Or how the fsh outbuilt her shell,
Painting with morn each annual cel2
Or how the sacred pine-tree adds
To her old leaves new myrads2
such and so grew these holy piles,
Whilst love and terror laid the tiles.
Earth proudly wears the Parthenon
As the best gem upon her zone;
And morning opes with haste her lids,
To gaze upon the pyramids;
Der England's abbeys bends the sky,
As on It's friends, with kindred eye;
For ont Of thoughts interior sphere
These wonders rose to upper air;
And nature gladly gave them place,
Adopted them into her race,
And granted them an equal date
with Andes and with Ararat.
These temples grew as grows the grass,
Art might obey, but not surpass.
The passive master lent his hand
To the vast soul that DER him planned;
And the same power that reared the shrine
Bestrode the tribes that knelt within;
Ever the fiery Pentecost
Girds with one flame the countless host,
frances the heart through chanting choirs
And through the priest the mind inspires.
The word unto the prophet spoken
Was writ on tables yet unbroken;
The word by seers or sybils told
In groves OF oak or fanes OF gold
still floats upon the morning wind,
Still whispers to the willing mind.
One accent Of the Holy Ghost
The needless world hath never known.
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A coLoRED man was driving white
horse up Somerville avenue the other day.
On reaching Laurel street the animal be.
came balky and refused to stir a step further.
Some laborers, on their way TO dinner, OBJ.
serving the condition of affairs, one of them
remarked; "That horse shows it has got a
mans sinse" How is that Mike 2" queried
a comrade. Bekase, it's white horse, and
refuses to be driven by naygur Somer-
piHe Journal
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AN aggressive selfshness that knows no
pity and feels no shame can manage to per-
petuate untold injuries without incurring
the penalty of any human law.
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Browns IRON BITTERs is
composed ofIron in soluble
form; Cinchona the great
tonic, together with other
standard remedies, making
a remarkable non-alcoholic
tonic, which will cure Dys-
pepsia, Indigestion, Malaria,
Weakness, and relieve all
Lung and Kidney diseases.
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Mansfield, Ohio, Nov. as, 1881.
Gentlemen: :-Ihave suffered with
pam in my side and back, and great
soreness on my breast, with shoot
ing pains all through my body, at
tended with great weakness, depres-
sion Of spirits, and loss Of appe-
tiic. | have taken several different
medicines, andw treated by prom
inent physicians for my liver, kid
neys, and spleen, but got no relief.
thought | would try Browns Iron
Bitters have now taken one bottle
and half and am about well-pain
in side and back all gone-soreness
all out Of my breast, and | have a
good appetite, and am gaining in
strength and flesh. 1t can Justly be
called the King Of medieiHeS.
JoHN X. ALLRNDRR.
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Wew eIdrerfisemenfs.
vegetine!
The BarkS, Roots and Herbs
FROM WHICH vEGET1SE Is MADE,
IN POWDER FORM
SOLD FOR
SO Cents a Package.
Vegetine
For Kidney Complaint and Ner-
yOus Debility.

IsLEsBoRo, Me-. December 2s, 1877,
MR. STEvEHs-Dedr Sir!--I had had Cough for
eighteen years when commenced taking the VEGETlNE.
was very low; my system debilltated by disease.
had the Kidney Complaint and very Heruous-cough
bad lungs sore When had taken bottle found II
was helping me it has helped my cough and strengthens
me- ] am now able TO do my work. Never have found
anything like the YEGETINE know II is everything tits
recommended to be. MRs. A. j. PENDLEroN.
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,Mew Idpertisements.

loO PER WEEK can be made in any locality
'1sbO Something entirely new for agents. Five-doar
outfit free q. w. INGRAHAM Il Co, Boston, Mass