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Year: 1870

The following essay was read before
the Farmers Club, at their festival in
this place the 22d, by Mr.. HENRY c..
IDE.


There is hardly another subject ap-
propriate TO come before this meeting
upon which | should have felt in the
least competent to speak. But the ed
ucation suitable for the ms of Vermont
farmers is a theme upon which every
citizen feels an interest, ard | am clad
OF an opportunity to add my word to
that Of many others. When George
Peabody WIS founding one of the first
"t his noble educational enterprises, he
prop psed this toast, ''Education. the
duty thlt the present generation owes to
the future" That duty the farmers of
Vermont as class feel, but it is TO be
feared that they do not feel it with the
depth and earnestness that the impor-
tancc OF the subject warrants. Thev
are cOiftented with too poor schools and
with too little time given to them. In
former years the ability 10 ''cipher'' as
far AS the ''rule Of three" was regarded
as an accomplishment, and our good ma
tron thought that if her daughter got as
far as the ''rulc of two she would do
for farmers wife. Though improve
ment Is being made from year to year
in this respect, yet a false view of econ
omy and the desire for immediate wealth
are too apt to keep the boy and girl plod-
ding at home. But we should remember
that large or even lavish expenditure in
this direction is true economy. Many
town expends more money in law suit
to get rid of a pauper family than would
have thoroughly educated the head of the
family and made him an ornament to the
state Look in your prisons and see how
ignorant the great majority of the crimi-
mails are. 1t costs the state of New York
four times as much to support her crimi-
nal courts as to educate her children.
Year: 1870

IT Is announced from Now York that
such Is the accumulation of national cur
rency in the city banks that they loan it
from two to five days without interest,
and then take tho checks Of the borrow.
ers, as they are payable in greCnbacss
The Government takes national currency
for gold when sales arc made.


The New York Iot does not have
much faith in the present upward
turn Of prices in Wall street. and
says that It Is puzzle to many
people. 1t attributes 1t to tie abundance
OF unemployed capital, itself bad sign,
and also to "the diminishing prospect Of
any sound policy in Congress looking to
specie payments" This state Of things II
regards as unhealthy and concludes that
ION tho whole 1t may be doubted whether
there was ever a time when little unex'
pected event might produce so great an
effect us now"
Year: 1870

IMPRISONED IN BoILER.-A somewhat
extraordinary and very alarming accident
occurred recently at the steam printing
Office of Messrs. Norman. at Cheltenham,
Canada. The engine boiler is powerful
Cornish one, of Tuxford's make, there be-
ing two fre-holds in parallel tubes passing
through the middle of the cylinder. at
the time of the accident the boiler was
being cleaned, and two persons. man and
a boy, were at work inside Of it, the man
being in the further end of the cylinder
and the boy just inside the man-hole


1t Is supposed that the lad was about
getting out through the man-hole, when his
foot slipped between the two tubes, and,
losing nerve, his struggles to extricate
himself only forced his leg further in until
it became jammed above the knee joint
An effort to pull him out was resisted by
the lad, and very soon his leg began to
swell, so as to make its removal increas-
ingly difficult His body being fixed in
the aperture of the man-hole almost ex-
cIuded the air from the man at the end of
the boiler, and things were looking serious
before couple of surgeons and gang of
smiths from the wagon works could be
brought.


Fears being entertained for the man, the
first task was to wrench off the safety-valYe
pipe, and so give him air aud pass stimu-
lants to him. The men then applied them
selves to the extrication of the lad, and al
first tried to free him by forcing wedges in
through the man-hule to drive the tubes
asunder. After some time this was found
to be impossible, the lads body leaving


little room for the insertion of the wedges
and the tubes bruising instead of bending.
The men then had to face the task of loos-
ening one of the tubes from the boiler
plate and as they we're fastened together
by counter-sunk rivets, the task was A
formidable one, and two or three hours
before it could be effected, the lad bad
tainted several times, and it was with
difficulty life could be kept in him. Both
are now suffering from the shock and from
the bruises which the jarring of the boiler
occasioned.
Year: 1870

Indians in making their spear and arrow
heads. In several places, also, urns or vases
of different kinds have been discovered. S
vessels made of steatite or soap-stone, and
suited TO be used over fire, as pot or ket


tie, arc frequently met with. These | have
been disposed to regard, on account of their
superior finish, as the workmanship of the
more ancient Inhabitants of the country.
An old citizen informed me that about forty
wears ago, while he and two of his neighbors
were at work constructing or repairing a
road near what is called the Rolling Bank in
SwantOn, they found human skeleton of
gigantic size. 1t was uncovered by the
seraper with which they were removing the
soil The skull was of such dimensions
that one of the men, although himself of
large proportions, readily placed his head
within its cavity. The bones, or portion
of them, were examined by physician, and
according to his estimate, were such as to
indicate that the individual TO whom they
belonged must have been from seven and g
half to eight feet in height. These, per
haps, were likewise the remains of one of
those ancient people who once inhabited the
region. and Of whom it may be ftly said


" there were giants IN the land in those days.
Year: 1870

A band of young men recently were
about to lynch colored preacher, through
prejudice to the race, when be meekly re-
marked, Il have been wondering for long
time how it was that so good a man as the
Apostle Paul should have been whipped
three times for preaching the gospel, while
suoh an unworthy man as l am should
have been permitted to preach for twenty
years without ever getting lick They
were disarmed by his meek aud Christian
spirit.
Year: 1870

The Manufacturer and Bladder says
When water is evaporated and changed into
steam at two hundred and twelve degrees,
it is found that it expands about one thous-
and seven hundred and twenty-eight cubic
inches, the common and correct statement
is. that every cnbic inch of water will give
one cubic foot Of steam. Steam, therefore,
is one thousand seven hundred times lighter
than water, and as common air is only
about eight hundred times lighter than,
water, it appears that steam possesses less
than half the weight Of air for the same
bulk. This, by the way also explains the
diminished atmospheric pressure Of the
moist atmosphere, as demonstrated by the
falling of the barometer before the excess
Of moisture comes down-that is to say,
before it rains


Different experiments and observations
have shown, moreover, that it is necessary
to change fifteen cubic inches Of water into
fifteen feet of steam every minute in order
to obtain one horsepower. This is the
mean result, and is adopted as tolerably cor
rect. 1t will, therefore, require the eva
poration of sixty BY fifteen or nine hun
dred and fifty cubic inches of water per
hour and a boiler must be capable to
evaporate about one thousand cubic inches,
or about forty pounds Of water per hour for
every horse power of the work to be per
formed. CA horsepower is, of course,
thirty-three thousand pounds lifted every
minute one foot high.) A boiler Of one
hundred horsepower means, then, boiler
able to evaporate four thousand pounds Of
water per hour but practice shows that it
is economical to have the boiler larger and
Of more steam producing capacity than is
absolutely required. But the expansion Of
water into steam gives an increase of /, 700
times its volume only by the use of very
low pressure, while this increase in volume
is considerably less when, BY the application
Of heat far above PIP deg, (the common
boiling point steam is produced Of higher
pressure and temperatures. Therefore, in
place of requiring the evaporation Of only
$50 or 1000 cubic inches of water per
hour to produce one horsepower, it usually
takes some 100 to 1900 and sometimes
1000 cubic inches, except in boilers and en-
gines of very superior construction. Hence
the usual statement. as laid down in the
books, which il, in the main, correct, that
il is necessary to evaporate one cube foot
Of water per hour for every horsepower
To do this properly requires, as found BY
long experience, for every horsepower one
quarter, one bali, or one whole square foot
Of fire-ba in the CRATE, eight to eighteen
square feet of heating-surface Of boiler, three
cubic feet of furnace room, ten cubic feet Of
water in the boiler, and ten cubic feet of
steam room. These are somewhat rough
approximations but they are numbers
easily remembered, and sufficiently near the
truth for stationary hand-engines. For
steamships, and still more for locomotives,
these proportions vary considerably.
Year: 1870

To take grease from paper, gently warm
the parts containing the grease, and apply
blotting paper SO as to extract as much as
possible. Boil some cleaa essential oil Of
turpentine and apply il to the warm paper
with soft, clean brush. A little recti6ed
spirits of wine should be put over after
ward


STUFFED BEEFsTEAK.-Cut q thick
slice from the round, in shape as near an
oblong square as near On oblong square as
possible. Rub over it salt and pepper to
taste. Make stuf6ng Of stale bread and
fat salt pork; season with salt, pepper.
sage, &c. Roll it up in the steak sew
the edges Of the slices together with strong
twine 90 that none Of the stufing may
escape Bake in quick oven.


How TO RAISE BREAD QU1cK.-We
have way of making bread, which, we
think, is superior to the old method. We
take one pint of shorts; of sugar, salt,
saleratus and ginger, one teaspOonful pour
on boiling water and stir il until it is all
wet through, and let it stand over night; in
the morning make it about the consistency
of common emptyings, using warm water
keep it warm until it rises set this away,
ana when making emptying put in spoon
full of it, and you can have your bread
baked in two hours and half 1t will
keep long time.-Erchdnge


PEA SoUP.-W ben your corned beef is
about half done, take it up for short time,
pour enough cold water in the pot to stop
the boiling, and skim off all the fat that
rises. Have ready, picked and washed,
pint or a quart of dried split peas Gas your
family is large or smalD, put them in the
pot, put back the meat, and let all boil
slowly till the peas are soft and the meat
done. The soup is very good, and the beef
is nice to eat cold, in thin slices.


RAISED CAKE WITHOUT EGGs.-Stir
together a coffee-cupfull of light sugar, and
half cupfull Of butter; add a pint of
warm water, half a cupfull Of yeast. and
-four enough to make as thick as ordinary
fruit cake. Rise overnight When very
light, add little mace, cinnamon, allsplce
and nutmeg. and cup Of chopped raisins
Put in the pan, let rise until light; then
bake.
Year: 1870

don Builder of Feb. 5, contained a sugges-
ton that for interior walls, and indeed for
surfaces exposed to weather, one end and
one side Of the bricks should be covered with
vitreous glaze.


The suggestion is, in our opinion, an ex-
cellent one, and worthy earnest considera-
ton. Not only might increased durability
be thus secured without the use of paint,
but ornamental effects of the highest order
might easily he obtained


The article in the Builder has called
forth an interesting correspondence upon
the subject, from which it appears that the
plan proposed BY that journal, namely, the
glazing of walls after their construction, by
the use of a heated iron plate to fuse the
coating Of glazing material previously ap-
piled: has in it many elements Of impractical
bility.


1t is argued that difficulty would be ex-
perienced in laying on the glazing material
with a brush, where colors had been pre-
viously employed for ornamentation, without
at the same time disturbing the colors !;
and that if q glaze sufficiently bard
to resist the action Of the weather be used
it would be impossible TO fuse il i'm the
manner proposed. A better way would be
to lay the glazing material upon half burn
ed bricks, and complete the burning in q
muffied kiln that is. kiln with lining Of
thin tire-clay, to protect the surfaces of
the bricks from dust.


The halfhalf burnt bricks will take color
well when it is desired to ornament them.
ln this case it is suggested that the half
burnt bricks be laid in wall in the position
they are to occupy when put in buildings,
and the design painted upon them, after
which they they are to be taken down and
burned as above stated.


| 1t is thought that in this way impervious
walls Of highly decorative order might be
obtained, and we fail to see any impractica-
billty in the plan. Ia fact, one Of the cor
respondents of the Builder states that he
has glazed several common bricks. in imi-
tation of the old Assyrian and Babylonian
bricks to be seen in the Museum of
Geology, in Jermyn street. London, with
perfect success not only making the bricks
non-absOrbent, but initiating the colors Of
the ancient specimens referred to. He also
states that be has had perfect success in
painting designs and burning them in, and
that be is convinced common bricks can be
thus glazed at moderate cost. He also has
succeeded in glazing bricks ard retaining
their bright red color, and states that the
bricks thus produced would make highly
ornamental interior walls, without the use Of
plaster, paper, or paint.


A great collateral advantage in the use
of such bricks for outside walls, aside from
the fact that they need not be painted to
render them impervious, is, that their sur
faces would be cleaned by every fall Of rain,
and would therefore always look fresh and
bright There is no doubt that the prevail
ing monotony Of bricks and mortar, which
now prevades many Of our American cities,
might be greatly enlivened and relieved BY
the introduction Of glazed and ornamented
bricks for fronts. What architects will be
the first to carry out the idea in this coun-
try?
Year: 1870

PicKLED pEAcHls. Throw your
peaches, few at u time, into hot lye
let them remain in it but two or three
minutes, put them in clear water and
wipe off the down, make q strong
brine, lay them in, let them stand for
two days take them out, WASH and
wipe them, place them in j.rs, cover
them with white wine vinegar and
loaf sugar, in tho proportion Of one
quart of vinegar to one pound Of su-
gar. Put thom in glass jars, cover
closely, and keep them 10 u dry, cool
place.
Year: 1870

How TO HAVE a LovING WIFE
4 correspondent sends the following to
the chronological Journal:


If you would have a loving wife be as
gentle in your words after as before mar
rage treat her quite as tcnderly when
a natron as a miss don't make her the
maid of al work ard ask why she looks
less tidy and neat than when ''you first
knew kerr" don't buy cheap, tough beef,
and scOld her because it does not come on
the table ''porter house - don't grumble
about squalling babies if you can't keep
up nursery" and remember that baby
may take after papa in his disposition !:
don't smoke and chew tobacco, and thus
shatter your nerves, and spoil your tenn
per and make your breath nuisance, and
then complain that your wife declines to
kiss you; 60 home joyous and cheerful to
your wife and tell her the good news you
have heard, and not silently put on your
hat and 90 out to the '.club" or 'lodge," "
and let her afterwards learn that you spent
the evening at the opera or at fancy ball
with Mrs. Dash. Love your wife, be pa
tient: remember that you are not perfect,
but try to be !; let whisky, tobacco, and
vulgar company alone; spend your even
ings with your wife, and live decent,
Christian life, and your wife will be loving
and true-if you did not marry thought
less beauty without sense or worth; if you
did, who is to blame if you suffer the con-
sequences?
Year: 1870

IT would be unjust, considering all the
abuse leveled at tobacco-smokers and how
often they are solemnly told that tobacco
destroys all their energies not to admit
that the success of the Germans in the pre-
sent war is rather a feather in the smokers
cap. These misguided men seem to live


on tobacco the Uhlans who in little par
ties of three or four trot gayly in advance
and take possession of fortified towns, in
variably carry pipes in their mouths. The
mayor of each town is directed to Sud ci-
gars for everybody before anything else is
DONE The German troops, it is stated,
think but little of scarcity of provision
they fight as we'll without their dinner
as with it-but tobacco is indispensable
to them. On the whole, we f,ar exper-
fence shows that smoking army iscapable
of greater endurance and of making grea-
ter efforts than non-smoking army. The
gun without the pipe would be of little
avail, nor can we be much surprised at this
when we reflect that the quantity Of foul
air we are called upon to inhale in this
world is probably far more injurious to
health than the tobbaco-smoke which, al
though it acts as an antidote to the poison
of the atmosphere gets no thanks for its
pains but only reproachful language.
Year: 1870

THE funeral of Admiral Farragut,
which took place in New Yord city on the
o0th inst, was the most imposing ceremony
witnessed in New York since the obse-
quies of President Lincoln, and but for
the terrible storm would have equaled or
perhaps surpassed even that historical de-
monstration. The military and naval dis
play was admirable, and the civic portion
of the pageant was much greater than we
bad any reason to expect that it would be
under the circumstances. The chief IN
terest of the occasion, however, was in the
evidently spontaneous and hearty charac-
ter of the popular testimony of respect to
the old hcro's memory testimony which
we may safely say would never have been
paid had not Farragut been something
much greater than brilliant naval COM
inauder and sturdy fighter, namely, an
unselfish patriot and a true gentleman.
Year: 1870

IT is announced, upon the authority of
Berlin newspaper, tn at the chignom has
gone quite out of fashion in that city, no.
body wearing this unsightly adtlendam ex-
cept the demimonde. How good will it
be for our eyes if our charming American
young women (as well as the more ancient)
will but follow this example 1t is not pos
sible to make this artificial excresence
sightly-it is a defornlity upon the tall
and equally 50 upon the short. With the


natural hair carried well back and tied up
behind the ears, finely shaped head has
some chance of being recognized and duly
admired but the head of the Venus her.
self would be insupportable in bag-wig.
Through what mysterious influence is it
that fashion and deformity are always go
ing hand in hand?
Year: 1870

REMEMBER this, and you will avoid
many pitfalls. Too many, Esau-like,
sell their best hopes of success for a mere
trife of present qualification. and destroy
the opportunities which would naturally
come to them in their pathway. The aspi-
rant for riches, the ambitious for honor.
the uneasy seekers for pleasure, may find
their goal, but never in its truest sense, if
procured through dishonesty intrigue
treacherous and unprincipled action, inter
course and companionship with the gay and
festive. Such are in too much hurry and
their conscience and their sense are sacrih-
ced to tiiis unnatural feeling of impatience
and unrest. None should be satisfied with
what they are, but every effort toward adj
vanccment in any direction should be by
the strong hand of sound judgment and
right 80 ~ adt
Year: 1870




The Lewistown Fulton county) Union
reports that the daughter of an scqusint,
Anoe, IN the southern part of thss county (,
lately found her hair coming out to On
unusual extent, aud was also troubled with
continuous nching on the back part OF her
bead. As Q matter of course the young
lady wore chignon. Upon examination
of her scalp, beneath the chignon, it was
found to be covered with smaIl black insects
about the sIze OF grain OF wheat, which
had eaten into her head and down her neck
10 most frightful manner. Says the
Union


This head gear" is made of sea, moss,
aud it is supposed to contain tho eggs of an
insect which were incubs,ed BY the warmth
of the bead. The vermin were At last
removed, though not without considerable
trouble and pain. The case was at frs.
reported to be critical, but lately We learn
that the lady is recovering. She will how
ever, lose ali the hair which grows on the
back part of her head, but will no doubt,
consign to the flames the chignon.


similar case, near Farmington, is re port.
ed as proving fatal, the truth of which we
are unable to vouch for.


But the devslopements of the casa men.
toned ought to Danish from society this
unsightly fashion. Already . number of
ladies, hearing of this case, have consigned
TO the flames their chignons, and no doubt
many others who wear them will do the
same thing. .-.E 4
Year: 1870

According to the Boston NeWs they have
in that illus,rious to wn sacred ram shops
where Communion Wine is made specially,
to be drunk by the glass or gallon" We
suppose this is modern improvement. IL
i. considered temperance dodge?
Year: 1870

ceeds to redeem much of the notes of such
bank, as they come into the treasury, as will
equal the amount required from it, and shall pay
the balance to such bank: Provided, That no
circulation shall be withdrawn from States having
an excess until after the fifty two millions granted
IN the first section have been taken up.
Year: 1870

A week. 1t is but short time, indeed.


but its events are host. To whom has
the week just closed brought joy? to whom
sorrow? to whom riches to whom power
ty? to whom friends? to whom health ?
to whom happiness?


What all these changes in one week ?
Yes, and host more numerous than the
sands of the sea. Many who saw the
dawn of the present week will be in an
other world ere it cleses: many on whom
fortune smiled 4 week ago, are groaning
beneath the withering frowns of poverty |:
many who were floating gently on the
bark of life Ger the unruffled sea of han
piness aweek ago, are now wrecks of ruin
on the shores of atfiiction; many uron
whom the sun of last Sabbath shone pro-
piticusly, have ere this met with ill-for-
tune and been turned upon the world
children of poverty. and many whose ex-
pectations and hopes were beaming forth
bright and prosperous, are at its close the
miserable beings of cruel disappointment.


And such is sthe life of man 1t is SUBJ
ject to changes in a week, day; nav,
even an hour. The world is still in COM
motion-revolution succeeding revolution
time spreading its progress, leaving be-
hind traces Of destruction and in small
community many thrilling and exciting
circumstances might be summed up and
recorded at the close of each week.
Year: 1870

Mothers, take into your own hands the
early instruction of your children Com
mence with simple stories, from the Scrip
lures, from the varied annals Of history,
from your own observation of mankind. -
Let each illustrate some moral or religious
truth. adopted to convey instruction, re-
proof or encouragement according to your
knowledge of the character and disposition
of your beloved students Care and study
may be requisite to select, adapt and SIM
plify. But can any one do this so patient
ly as mother, who feels that her listen
ing pupil is part of herself? .,.


Cultivate in your children tenderness Of
conscience, deep sense of accountability
to God, conviction that their conduct
must be regulated by duty, and not by i'm
pulse Read to them books of instruction.
selected with discrimination, or make use
of them as texts for your own commen-
tary.